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San Diego Comic-Con International
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San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International, San Diego and it is a four-day event held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo and it is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees, the convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970, he organized a convention on March 21,1970. Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971. Following the initial gathering, Dorfs first three-day San Diego comics convention, other locations in the conventions early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991. I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was, the convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members,16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is an organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995, in September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a channel was created to host Comic-Con related content. According to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the convention has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an area, as well as the Artists Alley where comics artists can sign autographs. Despite the name, artists alleys can include writers and even models, academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium
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Signs outside Hall H
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Comic-Con International: San Diego: Creator
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Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter – Panorama.
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Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 awaiting the exhibition hall to open.
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Virginia, Minnesota
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Virginia is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mesabi Iron Range. The population was 8,712 at the 2010 census, according to a water tower in the middle of town, the citys nickname is the Queen City, or Queen City of the North. Virginia was laid out in 1892, and named after Virginia, a post office has been in operation at Virginia since 1893. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 19.18 square miles,18.85 square miles is land and 0.33 square miles is water. Virginia is located on the Mesabi Range, one of sub-regions within Minnesotas Iron Range, Virginia is considered the commerce center of the Mesabi Range. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,712 people,4,242 households, the population density was 462.2 inhabitants per square mile. There were 4,738 housing units at a density of 251.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 94. 7% White,0. 6% African American,1. 0% Native American,0. 5% Asian,0. 3% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 5% of the population. 46. 3% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 1.95 and the average family size was 2.74. The median age in the city was 44.9 years. 18. 9% of residents were under the age of 18,9. 3% were between the ages of 18 and 24,21. 8% were from 25 to 44,27. 9% were from 45 to 64, and 22% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47. 9% male and 52. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 9,157 people,4,333 households, and 2,270 families residing in the city. The population density was 486.1 people per square mile, there were 4,692 housing units at an average density of 249.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95. 17% White,0. 46% African American,2. 24% Native American,0. 55% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,0. 17% from other races, and 1. 40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 80% of the population,21. 4% were of Finnish,13. 3% German,9. 9% Norwegian,8. 8% Italian and 7. 8% Swedish ancestry. 42. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 19. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.73. In the city, the population was out with 19. 0% under the age of 18,9. 4% from 18 to 24,25. 0% from 25 to 44,23. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 88.4 males
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View of Virginia, showing a water tower and a line of wind turbines in the distance
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Open pit iron mine, now closed
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Anna Faris
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Anna Kay Faris is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the first four Scary Movie films. Raised north of Seattle in Washington state, Faris was active in theater as a child, after graduating from college, Faris relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Her breakthrough came with the role of Cindy Campbell in the Wayans Brothers Scary Movie and she appeared in the subsequent three sequels of the movie, with her last appearance being in the fourth installment, released in 2006. She became a character on the TV sitcom Friends during its last season in 2004. During the early to mid-2000s, she played supporting roles in pictures such as Lost in Translation and Brokeback Mountain. Just Friends, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend and she starred and co-produced the feature Whats Your Number. Which was followed by roles in the political satire The Dictator, Faris has played Christy Plunkett on the CBS sitcom Mom since 2013. The show has earned the actress further critical and popular acclaim, Anna Kay Faris was born on November 29,1976, in Baltimore, Maryland the second child of Jack, a sociology professor, and Karen Faris, a special education teacher. Both her parents, natives of Seattle, Washington, were living in Baltimore at the time of Faris birth, when Faris was six years old, the family relocated from Baltimore to Edmonds, Washington. Faris has a brother, Robert, who is also a sociologist and professor at the University of California. In interviews, Faris has described her parents as liberal and said that she and her brother were raised in an irreligious but very conservative. At age six, her parents enrolled her in a community drama class for kids as they encouraged her to act. She enjoyed watching plays and eventually produced her own material in her bedroom with friends who lived in her neighborhood, Faris has said in interviews she often imagined her retainer talking to her, remarking that she would picture herself on talk shows to talk about talking retainer. Faris attended Edmonds-Woodway High School, and while studying, she performed onstage with a Seattle repertory company and she once described herself as a drama-club dork, stating that she used to wear a Christmas-tree skirt in school and did not date until senior year. I liked guys, but no one liked me, she recalled. She then attended the University of Washington and earned a degree in English literature in 1999. Despite her love for acting, Faris admitted she never really wanted to become a movie star and continued to act just to make some extra money
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Faris at the Hollywood premiere of
Guardians of the Galaxy on July 21, 2014
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Faris in January 2007
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Faris at the world premiere of
Observe and Report, 2009
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Faris at the 2013
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Andy Dwyer
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Sir Andrew Maxwell Andy Dwyer, KBE /ˈdwaɪ. ər/ is a fictional character in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation portrayed by Chris Pratt. Originally meant to be a character, Andy was so likable that producers asked Pratt back as a series regular. He appears in the first season as Ann Perkins unemployed slacker boyfriend, Andy eventually marries April Ludgate and is later promoted to Leslie Knopes assistant. Pratt was credited as a guest star for the first season, despite appearing in every episode, he is part of the main cast for every season after season one. Andy is one of the few starring characters not to appear in every episode, at the start of the series, Andy Dwyer is dating Ann Perkins. Ann matured faster than Andy did, while Ann entered into a career in nursing, Andy remained lazy, though absentminded and possessing an extremely short attention span, Andy is shown to have a savant-like memory. Andy also had perfect SAT scores, but mentioned it was due to broken Scantron machines. Before the start of the first season, a drunken Andy fell into a construction pit. Ann is at first unaware that Andy was drunk at the time of the fall, and it is at these meetings that Ann first befriends Parks Deputy Director Leslie Knope. With both of Andys legs in casts, Ann pampers him, bringing him food and letting him play video games all day. When the doctors inform Andy that the casts can be removed, after the casts are removed, Ann discovers the truth and furiously breaks up with Andy. Andy moves into a tent pitched in the pit and watches Ann and he makes many failed attempts to reconcile with Ann. After Mark Brendanawicz begins dating Ann, Andy grows to hate him, Andy is injured in the pit a second time when Leslie arranges to have it filled with dirt, unaware that Andy is still in the pit. Andy considers suing the town with the hopes of getting money and winning Ann back, Leslie gives Andy a job as the shoe-shiner at the Pawnee City Hall as part of his settlement. April Ludgate, the parks department intern, begins to develop a crush on Andy, as time goes on, Andy begins to develop feelings for April, though he is unsure about dating her due to their age difference and his own unresolved feelings for Ann. Simultaneously, Ann begins to show feelings for Andy after her relationship with Mark ends. At the end of the season, having broken up with Mark, Ann kisses Andy and this later causes him problems with April, who continues to believe he is still in love with Ann. Andy has been trying to get in touch with April
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NBC
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The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is part of the Big Three television networks, founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. Following the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright served as executive officer of NBC, remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007. In 2003, French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electrics remaining stake in 2013. Following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBC Universal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke, during a period of early broadcast business consolidation, radio manufacturer Radio Corporation of America acquired New York City radio station WEAF from American Telephone & Telegraph. Westinghouse, a shareholder in RCA, had an outlet in Newark, New Jersey pioneer station WJZ. This station was transferred from Westinghouse to RCA in 1923, WEAF acted as a laboratory for AT&Ts manufacturing and supply outlet Western Electric, whose products included transmitters and antennas. The Bell System, AT&Ts telephone utility, was developing technologies to transmit voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, the 1922 creation of WEAF offered a research-and-development center for those activities. WEAF maintained a schedule of radio programs, including some of the first commercially sponsored programs. In an early example of chain or networking broadcasting, the station linked with Outlet Company-owned WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, AT&T refused outside companies access to its high-quality phone lines. The early effort fared poorly, since the telegraph lines were susceptible to atmospheric. In 1925, AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were incompatible with the companys primary goal of providing a telephone service. AT&T offered to sell the station to RCA in a deal that included the right to lease AT&Ts phone lines for network transmission, the divisions ownership was split among RCA, its founding corporate parent General Electric and Westinghouse. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15,1926, WEAF and WJZ, the flagships of the two earlier networks, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On April 5,1927, NBC expanded to the West Coast with the launch of the NBC Orange Network and this was followed by the debut of the NBC Gold Network, also known as the Pacific Gold Network, on October 18,1931. The Orange Network carried Red Network programming, and the Gold Network carried programming from the Blue Network, initially, the Orange Network recreated Eastern Red Network programming for West Coast stations at KPO in San Francisco. The Orange Network name was removed from use in 1936, at the same time, the Gold Network became part of the Blue Network. In the 1930s, NBC also developed a network for shortwave radio stations, in 1927, NBC moved its operations to 711 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the upper floors of a building designed by architect Floyd Brown
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The
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Radio City West was located at
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Entrance at the GE Building.
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Parks and Recreation
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Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series aired on NBC from April 9,2009 to February 24,2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. It was written by the writers and uses the same filming style as The Office. The writers researched local California politics for the show, and consulted with urban planners, Poehlers character, Leslie Knope, underwent major changes after the first season, in response to audience feedback that she seemed unintelligent and ditzy. The writing staff incorporated current events into the episodes, such as a government shutdown in Pawnee inspired by the global financial crisis of 2007–2008. Several guest stars, such as Jason Mantzoukas, Kathryn Hahn, Sam Elliott, Bill Murray, Paul Rudd, and Jon Hamm, have been featured in the show, and their characters often appear in multiple episodes. Parks and Recreation was part of NBCs Comedy Night Done Right programming during its Thursday night prime-time block, the series received mixed reviews during its first season, but, after a re-approach to its tone and format, the second and subsequent seasons were widely acclaimed. In TIMEs 2012 year-end lists issue, Parks and Recreation was named the number one television series of that year, in 2013, after receiving four consecutive nominations in the category, Parks and Recreation won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Parks and Recreation focuses on Leslie Knope, the deputy director of the Parks, local nurse Ann Perkins demands that a construction pit in the abandoned lot beside her house be filled in after her boyfriend, Andy Dwyer, fell in and broke his legs. Leslie promises to turn the pit into a park, despite resistance from the parks director Ron Swanson, later, Ann becomes furious to learn Andy had his cast removal postponed for two weeks so Ann would pamper him longer. Meanwhile, a drunken and lonely Mark takes Leslie to the pit and kisses her, an embarrassed Mark accidentally falls into the pit and injures himself. Ann breaks up with Andy and begins dating Mark, with Leslies approval and it is revealed that Toms marriage to pediatric surgeon Wendy is actually a green card marriage, which, to his disappointment, eventually ends in divorce. The pit is filled in, after which Ron is visited by his horrible ex-wife Tammy Two. April becomes attracted to Andy, but he remains fixated on Ann, just as Mark plans to propose to Ann, she reveals she no longer has feelings for him. They break up, and Mark leaves his city hall career for a private sector job, meanwhile, a crippling budget deficit leads state auditors Chris Traeger and Ben Wyatt to shut down the Pawnee government temporarily, much to Leslies horror and Rons delight. Meanwhile, Andy develops feelings for April, but she fears he is hung up on Ann. Ann later kisses Andy due to conflicting emotions from her break-up with Mark, the season ends with Toms shocked discovery that Ron is now dating his ex-wife, Wendy. Leslie decides to bring back the defunct Pawnee harvest festival, the success or failure of which determine the financial future of the department. While working on the festival, Leslie and Ben begin to develop feelings for each other, after weeks of planning, the festival becomes a tremendous success through Leslies efforts
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The cast of the first season Parks and Recreation included (from left to right),
Paul Schneider,
Aziz Ansari,
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Rashida Jones,
Nick Offerman,
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Rob Lowe (left) and Adam Scott (right) joined the cast of Parks and Recreation during the last two episodes of the second season.
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The WB
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The WB Television Network was an American television network that was first launched on broadcast television on January 11,1995 as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, on January 24,2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shut down the network and launch The CW later that same year, the WB Television Network shut down on September 17,2006, with select programs from both it and competitor UPN moving to The CW when it launched the following day, September 18. Time Warner re-used The WB brand for a network that launched on April 28,2008. The website could only be accessed within the United States, on November 2,1993, the Warner Bros. Only five of these stations – along with a sixth that Tribune acquired the following year – would join The WB at launch, when the network was announced, The WB planned to run a predominately network programmed schedule over time. The WB Television Network premiered on January 11,1995, with the episode of The Wayans Bros. as its first program. The classic Warner Bros. cartoon character Michigan J. Frog appeared on-air as the official mascot. Much of the branding was based around Warner Bros. locations and characters. Pictures shield logo, network promotions and imaging campaigns for The WB, the networks first programs were mostly sitcoms targeted at an ethnically black audience. Even though four of the five shows that debuted in the netlets first nine months were renewed beyond the first year – The Wayans Bros, unhappily Ever After, The Parent Hood and Sister, Sister – none of them made a significant impact. On August 17,1995, the Tribune Company acquired a 12. 5% on March 31,1997, the WB expanded its programming to Sunday nights for the 1995–96 season, but none of the new shows managed to garner much viewing interest. The WB continued to expand in the 1996–97 season, adding programming on Monday nights and this season gave The WB modest hits in the Aaron Spelling-produced family drama 7th Heaven and comedies The Steve Harvey Show and The Jamie Foxx Show. The WB first began to experience success with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and it debuted with the highest Monday night ratings in the networks history, attracting not only new teenage viewers, but new advertisers as well. The networks breakout hit and, arguably, its series was Dawsons Creek. At the start of the 1998–99 season, the network expanded its programming to Thursday nights, for the 1999–2000 season, the network concluded its primetime expansion with the addition of programming on Friday nights. During this season, The WB was the network to have gains in its total audience viewership. As the teen boom of the late 1990s began to wane, although teen-oriented fare like Popular and Roswell had premiered to strong ratings, both series saw serious ratings erosion in their sophomore seasons, leading the network to cancel them both
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Logo for Daytime WB.
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Everwood
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Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. It is primarily a drama with comedic moments. Everwood ran for four seasons from 2002 to 2006 and it was not renewed for future production and did not return when The WB and UPN merged to form The CW. The series begins with the arrival of Dr and he chooses the town of Everwood because his late wife had told him of her emotional attachment to the town. Andy at first finds some conflict with Dr. Harold Abbott, however, Harolds cranky demeanor and Andys passive, cheerful attitude prove to mesh well, and the two begin a friendly rivalry. Ephram continually struggles with his emerging adolescence, his studies as a classical pianist, the first season revolves around the main storyline involving Colin Hart, Amys boyfriend and older brother Brights best friend. Amy sees the arrival of Andy as an opportunity, Colin has been in a coma since July 4 of the summer, after Bright. Amy befriends Ephram in an effort to convince Andy to revive his skills to save Colin. Amy is elated, but Bright is sullen and distant about the situation and his anguish is relieved when Andy is successful, and soon Colin is awake. In the meantime, Ephrams maternal grandparents come to visit their new home in the fall, Ephrams grandfather—also a surgeon—berates Andy into letting Ephram go. Delia and her grandmother befriend Edna Harper, an army nurse. They decide to throw her a birthday party at the Browns home. During the party, in front of all the guests, Ephram, the two stalk to different parts of the house with no decision resolved. Andy and his father-in-law also begin to fight about the situation but are interrupted because Bright has collapsed and he needs his appendix removed, but the snow has prevented travel to the nearest hospital, so they do emergency surgery on him in Andys office. Andy sees how concerned and loving Harold is toward his son and resolves to try and he confesses that he will be half a man if Ephram leaves, and as a result Ephram decides to stay. Andy meets his next-door neighbor Nina Feeney after a fight with Ephram in the front yard. She is friendly but outspoken and honest, Nina eventually explains that she is serving as a surrogate mother for a woman who was unable to conceive. A scandal erupts when Nina has the baby and it is revealed that the mother is well over fifty, all is not well for Colin
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Season 4 Intertitle
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"downtown Everwood clinic" in
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Wanted (2008 film)
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Wanted is a 2008 American-German action thriller film loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones. The film, written by Chris Morgan, Michael Brandt, and Derek Haas and directed by Timur Bekmambetov stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Production began in April 2007, with filming in the Czech Republic, Budapest, and the storys main setting, Chicago. Wanted was released in June 2008 to both critical and commercial success, with box office earnings of $341 million worldwide and reviews praising the fast pacing, a sequel was planned the same year as the films release, but ultimately stalled in the development phase. One night at the pharmacy, Wesley is told by a woman named Fox that his murdered father was an assassin, and the killer. Cross and Fox engage in a shoot-out with hi-tech guns, Wesley panics and runs into the parking lot followed by Cross who steals a truck and attempts to run Wesley down. Fox flips Wesley into her car and then executes a spectacular escape. Wesley awakens in a mysterious factory surrounded by Fox and other fellow assassins, the groups leader, Sloan, forces Wesley at gunpoint to shoot the wings off of several flies buzzing around a trash can, which he does, much to Wesleys shock. He reveals that Wesleys father, as well as Cross, were members of the Fraternity, Sloan wants to teach him to become an assassin so that he may help them kill Cross. Wesley awakens the morning in his apartment, quickly stashing the gun Sloan gave him in his toilet. He then discovers that his bank account now contains several million dollars, filled with new confidence, Wesley snaps in a public outburst against his boss before picking up his keyboard and hitting Barry in the face with it as he leaves. Fox arrives while Wesley is outside looking at newspaper headlines that he is wanted by police over the previous nights shooting, Wesley begins training as an assassin under Foxs tutelage, studying under different specialized assassins. Frustrated by his lack of progress and the brutality of the training, Wesley insists to Sloan he is ready, Fox, overhearing Wesley complaining, beats him until he admits he does not know who he is. Sloan tells Wesley about his father, and how he was betrayed by Cross, reinvigorated with new purpose, Wesley begins to take his training to heart and starts to excel. Sloan then shows him the Loom of Fate, which gives the names of targets through errors in the fabric. Those whom the Loom identifies will apparently create evil and chaos in the future, after his first assassination, Wesley tells Fox that he is questioning whether the Fraternity is right. Fox tells him about how her father was burned alive by a killer who had been targeted by the Loom weeks beforehand. After several missions, Wesley returns to his old apartment to retrieve his fathers gun and he soon has a shootout with Cross, wherein Wesley accidentally kills the Exterminator, a Fraternity member he had befriended. Cross shoots Wesley in the shoulder, Sloan grants Wesleys wish to avenge his father and sends him after Cross—but then secretly gives Fox a mission to kill Wesley, saying that his name had come up in the Loom, as well
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Theatrical release poster
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Director
Timur Bekmambetov was approached for his distinctive visual style, and agreed to direct Wanted based on the project's mixture of film genres.
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James McAvoy was cast as protagonist Wesley Gibson.
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Moneyball (film)
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Moneyball is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Columbia Pictures bought the rights to Lewiss book in 2004, Moneyball was featured at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on September 23,2011 to box office success and critical acclaim. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actor for Pitt, Best Supporting Actor for Hill, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane is upset by his teams loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 postseason. During a visit to the Cleveland Indians, Beane meets Peter Brand, Beane tests Brands theory by asking whether he would have drafted him, Beane having been a Major League player before becoming general manager. Though scouts considered Beane a phenomenal prospect, his career in the Major Leagues was disappointing, after some prodding, Brand admits that he would not have drafted him until the ninth round and surmised that Beane would probably have accepted a scholarship to Stanford instead. Impressed, Beane hires the inexperienced Brand to be the Athletics assistant general manager, Oakland team scouts are first dismissive and then hostile towards Brands non-traditional sabermetric approach to scouting players. Most notably, Grady Fuson aggressively confronts Beane, causing him to be fired, Grady then takes to the radio airwaves and doubts the teams future. Rather than relying on the experience and intuition, Brand selects players based almost exclusively on their on-base percentage. Beane signs the ones Brand suggests, such as unorthodox submarine pitcher Chad Bradford, past-his-prime outfielder David Justice, Beane also faces opposition from Art Howe, the Athletics manager, who does not agree with the new philosophy. With tensions already high between the two due to a dispute, Howe disregards Beanes and Brands strategy and plays a lineup he prefers. Early in the season, the Athletics fare poorly, leading critics to dismiss the new method as a failure, Beane convinces the owner to stay the course. He trades away the traditional first baseman, Carlos Peña, to force Howe to use Hatteberg at that position. The As win 19 consecutive games, tying for the longest winning streak in American League history, like many baseball players, Beane is superstitious and avoids games in progress, but upon hearing how well the game is going on the radio, he decides to go. Beane arrives in the inning, only to watch the team falter. Finally, the As do win, on a home run by Hatteberg. After celebrating that, however, the As again lose in the postseason, Beane is disappointed, believing nothing short of a championship should be considered a success. He is contacted by the owner of the Boston Red Sox, Beane declines an opportunity to be GM of the Red Sox, despite the $12.5 million salary, which would have made him the highest-paid general manager in sports history. He returns to Oakland, while an epilogue reveals that two later, the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, using the model pioneered by the Athletics
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Theatrical release poster
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The Five-Year Engagement
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The Five-Year Engagement is a 2012 American comedy film co-written, directed, and produced by Nicholas Stoller. The film was released in North America on April 27,2012, Tom Solomon, a sous chef at a fancy restaurant, and Violet Barnes, a psychology PhD graduate, are a happy couple in San Francisco who get engaged a year after they began dating. Their nuptials get interrupted when Toms best friend Alex Eilhauer gets Violets sister Suzie pregnant at Tom and Violets engagement party and their nuptials get further delayed when Violet gets accepted into the University of Michigans post-doctorate in psychology program which lasts two years. Tom agrees to move with her and delay their wedding until then, however, when he tells his boss, he becomes disheartened when she states she was planning on making him head chef at a new restaurant in town. In Michigan, Violet settles into her new job nicely under her professor Winton Childs and she bases her main thesis on people opting to eat stale donuts versus waiting for fresh donuts, associating impulse-control problems with personal and professional instability. However, Tom, unable to find a suitable position, ends up working at Zingermans. Tom and Violets nuptials get delayed even further when Winton receives NIH funding with Violets help, in the meantime, grandparents of Violet start to die. As years pass, Tom becomes increasingly disillusioned with his life, while at a bar with colleagues, a drunken Violet and Winton kiss each other which Violet immediately regrets. She then visits Tom at work and tells him she wants to plan their wedding now, Tom cleans himself up and they make arrangements together. Everything goes well until Violet decides to confess to Tom about kissing Winton, Tom gets disillusioned about their relationship, which reaches a climax when Winton comes to Tom and Violets rehearsal dinner to try to apologize. Tom rejects his apology and starts chasing Winton away, with Violet trying to catch up, a drunken Tom then runs into Margaret, one of his Zingermans co-workers and has the chance to have sex with her, but opts out. He wakes up half-naked in the snow with a frostbitten toe, Violet visits Tom at the hospital, before they call off their engagement once they arrive home. Tom moves back to San Francisco and becomes a sous-chef under Alex at the new restaurant, however, Toms parents and Alex see that Tom is dissatisfied with his new life and motivate him to act upon this. Alex fires him, telling Tom that he is the better chef, Tom launches a specialty taco truck. When Violets last grandparent dies during the summer, Tom, having broken up with Audrey, shows up at the funeral in England and rekindles his relationship with Violet. They agree to spend the remainder of the summer together in San Francisco, while driving Violet to the airport, Tom says he can take his food truck to where she is and continue their relationship. Violet then proposes to Tom, stating theyll always have problems together, Tom reveals the engagement ring he gave her initially, stating he was planning on proposing to her at the airport. They both agree and head to Alamo Square Park where Violet has organized for their family and friends to be waiting for an impromptu wedding, Violet allows Tom to choose between various options for the officiant, clothing and music, and they finally get married
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Theatrical release poster
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Zero Dark Thirty
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Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action-thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. This search eventually leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and it was produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and was independently financed by Ellisons Annapurna Pictures. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 19,2012 and had its release on January 11,2013. Zero Dark Thirty received widespread acclaim and appeared on 95 critics top ten lists of 2012. The film also earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, acting CIA director Michael Morell stated, The film creates the strong impression that the enhanced interrogation techniques. Were the key to finding bin Laden, other critics described it as an anti-torture exposure of interrogation practices. Republican Congressman Peter T. King charged that the filmmakers were given access to classified materials. Unbeknownst to Panetta, screenwriter Mark Boal was among the 1,300 present during the ceremony, in 2003, Maya, a young U. S. She is reassigned to the U. S. embassy in Pakistan to work with a fellow officer, Dan subjects the detainee to approved torture interrogation techniques, i. e. stress positions, hooding, subjection to deafening noise, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, and humiliation. Other detainees corroborate this, with some claiming Abu Ahmed delivers messages between bin Laden and a man known as Abu Faraj al-Libbi, in 2005, Abu Faraj is apprehended by the CIA and local police in Pakistan. Maya is allowed to him, but he continues to deny knowing a courier with such a name. Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal the importance of Abu Ahmed, Maya spends the next five years sifting through masses of data and information, using a variety of technology, hunches, and sharing insights. She concentrates on finding Abu Ahmed, theorizing that he is the best way to find bin Laden, in 2008, she is caught up in the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing. Dan, departing on reassignment, warns Maya about a change in politics. Mayas fellow officer and friend Jessica is killed in the 2009 Camp Chapman attack and that same day, a grieving Maya receives an interrogation video of a Jordanian detainee, who claims the man previously identified from a photograph as Abu Ahmed is a man he personally buried in 2001. Several CIA officers – Mayas seniors – conclude the target who could be Abu Ahmed is long dead, and that they have searched a false trail for nine years. Sometime later, a fellow analyst researching Moroccan intelligence archives comes to Maya and suggests that Abu Ahmed is Ibrahim Sayeed, realizing her lead may still be alive, Maya contacts Dan, now a senior officer at the CIA headquarters. Dan uses CIA funds to purchase a Lamborghini for a Kuwaiti prince in exchange for the number of Sayeeds mother
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Delivery Man (film)
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Delivery Man is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ken Scott, produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment. A remake of Scotts 2011 French-Canadian film, Starbuck, the film stars Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and it was released by Touchstone Pictures on November 22,2013, received mixed reviews and grossed $50 million. David Wozniak is a hapless deliveryman for his familys butcher shop and his girlfriend Emma, an NYPD officer is pregnant with his child. One day, David returns from work to find a lawyer representing a sperm bank who tells him that the clinic gave his samples to women in the clinic and that he has fathered 533 children. Of those,142 have joined a class action lawsuit to force the fertility clinic to reveal the identity of Starbuck, Davids friend and lawyer Brett represents him as he tries to keep the records sealed. He provides David with profiles of each party to the lawsuit, David searches for them, David considers identifying himself, but, after the thugs assault his father, he agrees with his lawyer to counter-sue the sperm bank for punitive damages. He wins the lawsuit, receives $200,000, and keeps his identity a secret, David has regrets and thinks about revealing his identity. However, if he chooses to do so, he would lose the $200,000 that he won in the countersuit and he reveals to his father that he is Starbuck. His father decides to pay off Davids debt, David finally reveals his identity on Facebook. He goes to Emmas house and finds that she is going into premature labor, at the hospital, his baby is born, he proposes to Emma, and many of the children show up to see him. Filming began in October 2012 in the Hudson Valley of New York, filming then moved to New York City locales, in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Concerning the number of extras as the children, actor Dave Patten said, but the ten of us became a huge pack of friends and it was really nice. There are usually a lot of egos on set when it comes to a big cast which causes people not to get along, DreamWorks financial partner, Reliance Entertainment, had released the film in India. Entertainment One had released it in the United Kingdom, delivery Man received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 39% based on reviews from 134 critics with a score of 5/10. At Metacritic the film received a score of 44/100 based on reviews from 33 critics
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Her (film)
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Her is a 2013 American romantic science-fiction drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. It marks Jonzes solo screenwriting debut, the film follows Theodore Twombly, a man who develops a relationship with Samantha, 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 Im Here, a film sharing similar themes. 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 release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States. Her received widespread acclaim upon its release, and grossed over $47 million worldwide on a production budget of $23 million. The film received awards and nominations, primarily for Jonzes screenplay. At the 86th Academy Awards, Her received five nominations, including Best Picture, 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. Unhappy because of his divorce from his childhood sweetheart Catherine, Theodore purchases a talking operating system with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt. He decides that he wants the OS to have a female voice, Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. They bond over their discussions about love and life, such as Theodores avoidance of signing his divorce papers because of his reluctance to let go of Catherine, Samantha proves to be constantly available, always curious and interested, supportive and undemanding. Samantha convinces Theodore to go on a date with a woman, with whom a friend. The date goes well, but Theodore hesitates to promise when he see her again, so she insults him. Theodore mentions this to Samantha, and they talk about relationships, Theodore explains that, although he and Amy dated briefly in college, they are only good friends, and that Amy is married. Theodores and Samanthas intimacy grows through a sexual encounter
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From left to right:
Joaquin Phoenix,
Spike Jonze,
Amy Adams,
Rooney Mara, and
Olivia Wilde at the premiere of Her at the 2013
New York Film Festival
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The Lego Movie
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Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the films main characters. The film was released theatrically on February 7,2014 through Warner Bros, Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures to near-unanimous acclaim, critics praised its visual style, humor, voice cast and heartwarming message. It earned more than $257 million in the U. S, a sequel to the film is scheduled for release on February 8,2019, as well as a third spin-off, The Billion Brick Race. In a Lego world populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the evil Lord Business finds a weapon called the Kragle. The wizard Vitruvius attempts to him, but is blinded by Business robots, he prophesies that a person called the Special will find the Piece of Resistance. 8½ years later, construction worker Emmet Brickowski finds a woman named Wyldstyle searching for something at his construction site after hours, when he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance. Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out and he awakens with the Piece of Resistance attached to his back, in the custody of Bad Cop, Lord Businesss lieutenant. Wyldstyle rescues Emmett, believing him to be the Special, Emmet learns that Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are Master Builders—people capable of building anything from their imagination without the need of instructions—who oppose Business. Wyldstyle explains Business wants to use the Kragle, a tube of Krazy Glue with a weathered label, to freeze the world into perfection. Though disappointed to find Emmet is not a Master Builder, Wyldstyle, Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius evade Bad Cops forces with the aid of Batman, Wyldstyles boyfriend. They go to the hidden Cloud Cuckooland where they attend a council of Master Builders, Bad Cops forces attack, having placed a tracking device on Emmett, and capture everyone except Emmet and a small team of Master Builders. Trying to retaliate, Vitruvius is decapitated by Business, who sets a self-destruct protocol, as he dies, Vitruvius reveals he made up the prophecy. He soon reappears to Emmet as a ghost and tells him that his belief makes him the Special, strapped to the self-destruct mechanisms battery, Emmet jumps into the abyss outside the tower and severs the connection, saving his friends. Inspired by Emmets sacrifice, Wyldstyle rallies the Lego people across the universe to use whatever creativity they have to build machines, Emmet finds himself in the human world as a Lego minifigure unable to move. The events of the story are being played out by a boy named Finn on his fathers expansive Lego set in their basement. Realizing the danger his friends are in, Emmet wills himself to move, Finn returns Emmet and the Piece of Resistance to the set, where Emmet now possesses the powers of a Master Builder and confronts Business. Meanwhile, Finns father looks at his sons creations and realizes that Finn had based the villainous Business on him, through a speech Emmet gives Business, Finn tells his father that he is special and has the power to change everything. Finn reconciles with his father, which plays out as Business having a change of heart, capping the Kragle, Emmet is hailed as a hero, and begins a relationship with Wyldstyle with Batmans blessing
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The film's live-action set as publicly exhibited at
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Marvel Studios
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Previously, the studio was a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment until The Walt Disney Company reorganized the companies in August 2015. X-Men and Spider-Man and other Marvel franchises are licensed out to 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures, Marvel Studios has released 14 films since 2008 within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man to Doctor Strange. These films all share continuity with other, along with the One-Shots produced by the studio. During what is known as Marvels Timely era, Captain America was licensed out to Republic Pictures for a serial just for the free advertising, in the late 1970s up to the early 1990s, Marvel Entertainment Group sold options to studios to produce films based on Marvel Comics characters. Spider-Man, one of Marvel’s superheroes, was optioned in the late 1970s, from 1986 to 1996, most of Marvel’s major characters had been optioned, including the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Hulk, Silver Surfer, and Iron Man. A Howard the Duck film made it to the screen in 1986, New World Entertainment purchased MEG in November 1986 and moved to produce films based on the Marvel characters. It released The Punisher before MEG was sold to Ronald Perelmans Andrews Group, two other films were produced, Captain America released in the United Kingdom on screens and direct to video in the United States, and The Fantastic Four, not intended for release. Marvels rival DC Comics, on the hand, had success licensing its properties Superman and Batman into successful film franchises. New World was MEGs former parent corporation and later a subsidiary of the Andrews Group. Marvel Productions became New World Animation by 1993 as Marvel would start up Marvel Films including Marvel Films Animation, Marvel Films Animation shared Tom Tataranowicz with New World Animation as head of development and production. New World Animation, Saban, and Marvel Films Animation each produced a Marvel series for television for the 1996–1997 season and it was Marvel Films Animations only production. By the end of 1993, Arad and 20th Century Fox struck a deal to make a film based on the X-Men, New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation were sold along with the rest of New World by Andrews Group to News Corporation/Fox as announced in August 1996. As part of the deal, Marvel licensed the rights to Captain America, Daredevil and Silver Surfer to be on Fox Kids Network, New World Animation continued producing a second season of The Incredible Hulk for UPN. In August 1996, Marvel created Marvel Studios, an incorporation of Marvel Films, due to the sale of New World Communications Group, Marvels fellow Andrews Group subsidiary in film and television stations, to News Corporation/Fox. Toy Biz filed an offering of 7.5 million shares with a price of $20.125 at the time. Toy Biz sought to sell 1 million shares, and Marvel sought to sell 2.5 million shares. Jerry Calabrese, the president of Marvel Entertainment Group, and Avi Arad, head of Marvel Films, Arad said of the goal for control, When you get into business with a big studio, they are developing a hundred or 500 projects, you get totally lost. Were just not going to do it anymore, Marvel Studios arranged a seven-year development deal with 20th Century Fox to cover markets in the United States and internationally
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Guardians of the Galaxy (film)
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Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro, in Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of extraterrestrial misfits who are fleeing after stealing a powerful artifact. Perlman began working on the screenplay in 2009, Gunn was hired to write and direct the film that September. In February 2013, Pratt was hired to play Peter Quill / Star-Lord, principal photography began in July 2013 at Shepperton Studios, England, with filming continuing in London before wrapping up in October 2013. Post-production was finished on July 7,2014, the film premiered in Hollywood on July 21,2014. It was released in theaters on August 1,2014 in the United States in the 3D, the film garnered praise for its humor, action, soundtrack, visual effects, direction, musical score, and acting. A sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, is scheduled to be released on May 5,2017, in 1988, following his mothers death, a young Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of space pirates led by Yondu Udonta. Twenty-six years later on the planet Morag, Quill steals an orb but is attacked by Korath, although Quill escapes with the orb, Yondu discovers his theft and issues a bounty for his capture, while Ronan sends the assassin Gamora after the orb. When Quill attempts to sell the orb on Xandar, capital of the Nova Empire, Gamora ambushes him, a fight ensues, drawing in a pair of bounty hunters, the genetically and cybernetically modified raccoon Rocket, and the tree-like humanoid Groot. Nova Corps officers capture the four, detaining them in the Kyln, a powerful inmate there, Drax, attempts to kill Gamora due to her association with Ronan, who killed his family. Quill convinces Drax that Gamora can bring Ronan to him, though Gamora reveals that she has betrayed Ronan, learning that Gamora has a buyer for the orb, Quill, Rocket, Groot, and Drax work with her to escape the Kyln in Quills ship, the Milano. Ronan meets with Gamoras adoptive father, Thanos, to discuss her betrayal, Quills group flee to Knowhere, a remote criminal outpost in space built in the giant severed head of a Celestial. A drunken Drax summons Ronan while the rest of the group meet Gamoras contact, Tivan opens the orb, revealing an Infinity Stone, an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the most powerful beings who wield it. Tivans tormented assistant grabs the Stone, triggering an explosion that engulfs Tivans archive, Ronan arrives and easily defeats Drax, while the others flee by ship, pursued by Ronans followers and Gamoras adoptive sister Nebula. Nebula destroys Gamoras ship, leaving her floating in space, Quill contacts Yondu before following Gamora into space, giving her his helmet to survive, Yondu arrives and retrieves the pair. Rocket, Drax, and Groot threaten to attack Yondus ship to rescue them, Quills group agrees that facing Ronan means certain death, but that they cannot let him use the Infinity Stone to destroy the galaxy. On Ronans flagship, the Dark Aster, Ronan embeds the Stone in his warhammer and he contacts Thanos, threatening to kill him after first destroying Xandar, hateful of her adoptive father, Nebula allies with Ronan
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The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy promoting the film at the 2013
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Gunn promoting the film at 2013
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The
Gardens by the Bay (top) in
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Star-Lord
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Star-Lord is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in Marvel Preview #4, the son of a human named Meredith Quill and the Spartoi Json, Quill assumes the mantle of Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman. He has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel merchandise, including animated series, toys. Chris Pratt portrays the character in the 2014 live-action film Guardians of the Galaxy, the character first appeared in the black-and-white magazine publication Marvel Preview #4. Creator Steve Englehart had plans for the character that went unrealized and he later reflected on his website, I I conceived something very large. My hero would go from being an unpleasant, introverted jerk to the most cosmic being in the universe, and I would tie it into my then-new interest in astrology. But – after his earthbound beginning, where I established him as an unpleasant, introverted jerk, I left Marvel, Star-Lord continued to appear in Marvel Preview, with writer Chris Claremont revamping the character and using science fiction adventure stories like the Heinlein juveniles for inspiration. Heinlein, leading to the issue being pulled and reprinted, the story in #11 was the first teaming of the celebrated X-Men creative trio of writer Chris Claremont, penciller John Byrne, and inker Terry Austin. Star-Lord made sporadic appearances over the few years in the titles Marvel Super Special, Marvel Spotlight. In February 1982, a reprint of the black-and-white Starlord story from Marvel Preview #11 was published with a new framing sequence by Claremont. The character returned in Thanos #8–12 and Annihilation #1-6, the following year, he received a four issue eponymous title leading into the Annihilation, Conquest crossover storyline, in which he played a central role. Plot lines from that series were concluded in the The Thanos Imperative mini-series, after Star-Lords introduction to Earth-616 in 2004, the appearances of classic Star-Lord have been officially designated as occurring in Earth-791 due to continuity issues. Star-Lord returned, along other members of the Guardians, in Avengers Assemble #4-8. He stars in Guardians of the Galaxy vol,3, a part of the Marvel NOW. relaunch. In July 2014, Star-Lord received his own ongoing series, Legendary Star-Lord, Star-Lord appeared as a main character in the core series, and received a tie-in miniseries during the event, Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde. He will also leave the Guardians of the Galaxy, being replaced by his fiancée Kitty Pryde who took over the identity of Star-Lord on the teams roster, a new Star-Lord ongoing series will begin in December of 2016. When Jsons ship crash lands on Earth, he is taken in by Meredith Quill, the two form a relationship while Json makes repairs to his ship. Eventually, Json is forced to leave to return home and fight in a war and he leaves, not knowing Meredith is pregnant with Peter Quill
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Chris Pratt as Star-Lord in a character poster for the 2014 film
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Star-Lord (Peter Quill). Cover detail,
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Jurassic World
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Jurassic World is a 2015 American science-fiction adventure film and the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. The film was directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, the production companies were Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of the Jurassic Park franchise, and Thomas Tulls Legendary Pictures. The park plunges into chaos when a genetically created dinosaur breaks loose, following a suggestion from Spielberg, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver explored the idea of a functional dinosaur park. Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the idea while developing a whole new script with Derek Connolly. Principal photography rolled from April to August 2014, primarily in Louisiana while also using the original Jurassic Park filming locations in Hawaii, Jurassic World was released on June 12,2015, in over 60 countries. After a record-breaking opening weekend where it grossed $500 million worldwide, a sequel is scheduled for release on June 22,2018. Following the demise of dinosaur-themed Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, a new resort opened in its place in Isla Nublar years later, has become a successful tourist destination. The Masrani Global Corporation – owner of the genetics company InGen that creates the dinosaurs – has been operating the park on the island for the past ten years. Brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell visit Jurassic World to see their aunt Claire Dearing, Claire, a busy workaholic, assigns her assistant Zara to be their guide, but the boys evade her and explore the resort on their own. Owen Grady, a Navy veteran, has been researching the intelligence of the parks Velociraptors, InGen security chief Vic Hoskins believes the raptors should be trained for military use despite Owens objections. Park owner Simon Masrani has Owen evaluate the paddock of the new hybrid dinosaur, Indominus rex. Owen warns Claire about the danger of raising Indominus in isolation, when the staff learns that the Indominus appears to have escaped its paddock, Owen and two others enter the enclosure. Able to camouflage itself and mask its heat signature, the Indominus suddenly appears and devours Owens companions before escaping into the islands interior, Owen orders the Indominus to be killed, but Masrani instead sends a specialized unit to capture it. When most of the unit is killed, Claire orders the evacuation of the northern sector. While exploring in a ride, Zach and Gray enter a restricted area. The nearby Indominus attacks and destroys their sphere, but both manage to escape to the ruins of the original Jurassic Park visitor center and they repair an old Jeep Wrangler and drive back to the park resort. While Claire and Owen are searching for the boys, they encounter the Indominus, the pterosaurs then attack the resort itself, and in the chaos, Zara falls into the nearby lake and is devoured by a Mosasaurus. Gray and Zach eventually find Owen and Claire at the resort as armed personnel subdue the pterosaurs with tranquilizers, assuming command, Hoskins orders that the raptors be used to track the Indominus, Owen is forced to accept Hoskins plan and lead the raptors
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Chris Pratt and
Bryce Dallas Howard play the film's two leads, while
B. D. Wong (R) reprises his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the
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Jurassic Park (franchise)
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Jurassic Park is an American media franchise centering on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when Universal Studios bought the rights to the novel by Michael Crichton before it was even published. The book was successful, as was the 1993 film adaptation, the Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 25,2011, in North America. The first film was re-released in 3D on April 5,2013, since 1996, several water rides based on the series have been opened at various Universal theme parks. On June 1,2016, the first three films in the franchise were added to the Netflix streaming service, but were removed on September 1,2016. The fourth film, Jurassic World, was scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005. It has grossed more than $1.66 billion, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of all time, when adjusted for monetary inflation, however, this film is the second highest grossing in the franchise after Jurassic Park. A fifth film, Jurassic World 2, is scheduled for a June 7,2018, as of 2000, the franchise had generated $5 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Michael Crichton originally conceived a screenplay about a pterosaur being cloned from fossil DNA, after wrestling with this idea for a while, he came up with the idea of Jurassic Park. Crichton worked on the idea for years, he decided his first draft would have a theme park for the setting. Response was extremely negative, so Crichton rewrote the story to make it from a point of view. Universal further paid Crichton $500,000 to adapt his own novel, Universal desperately needed money to keep their company alive, and partially succeeded with Jurassic Park, as it became a critical and commercial success. After Jurassic Park was released to video, Crichton was pressured from many sources for a sequel novel. Crichton declined all offers until Spielberg himself told him that he would be keen to direct an adaptation of the sequel. Crichton began work almost immediately and in 1995 published The Lost World, Crichton confirmed that his novel had elements taken from the novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was also a success, both with professional and amateur critics. The film adaptation, The Lost World, Jurassic Park began production in September 1996, in the novels, the fictional company InGen is based in Palo Alto, California, and has one location in Europe. Nevertheless, most of InGens research took place on the islands of Isla Sorna
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Original series logo
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Theatrical poster for the 3D re-release of Jurassic Park.
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Time (magazine)
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Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for decades was dominated by Henry Luce, a European edition is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong, the South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney, Australia. In December 2008, Time discontinued publishing a Canadian advertiser edition, Time has the worlds largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 26 million,20 million of which are based in the United States. As of 2012, it had a circulation of 3.3 million making it the eleventh most circulated magazine in the United States reception room circuit, as of 2015, its circulation was 3,036,602. Richard Stengel was the editor from May 2006 to October 2013. Nancy Gibbs has been the editor since October 2013. Time magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, the two had previously worked together as chairman and managing editor respectively of the Yale Daily News. They first called the proposed magazine Facts and they wanted to emphasize brevity, so that a busy man could read it in an hour. They changed the name to Time and used the slogan Take Time–Its Brief and it set out to tell the news through people, and for many decades the magazines cover depicted a single person. More recently, Time has incorporated People of the Year issues which grew in popularity over the years, notable mentions of them were Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Matej Turk, etc. The first issue of Time was published on March 3,1923, featuring Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the House of Representatives, on its cover, a facsimile reprint of Issue No. 1, including all of the articles and advertisements contained in the original, was included with copies of the February 28,1938 issue as a commemoration of the magazines 15th anniversary. The cover price was 15¢ On Haddens death in 1929, Luce became the dominant man at Time, the Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise 1923–1941. In 1929, Roy Larsen was also named a Time Inc. director, J. P. Morgan retained a certain control through two directorates and a share of stocks, both over Time and Fortune. Other shareholders were Brown Brothers W. A. Harriman & Co. the Intimate History of a Changing Enterprise 1957–1983. According to the September 10,1979 issue of The New York Times, after Time magazine began publishing its weekly issues in March 1923, Roy Larsen was able to increase its circulation by utilizing U. S. radio and movie theaters around the world. It often promoted both Time magazine and U. S. political and corporate interests, Larsen next arranged for a 30-minute radio program, The March of Time, to be broadcast over CBS, beginning on March 6,1931
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The first issue of Time (March 3, 1923), featuring
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Bibi Aisha on the Cover of Time.
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Time Magazine red X covers: from left to right, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Osama bin Laden.
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Time 100
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Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world assembled by the American news magazine Time. First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politicians, and journalists, although appearing on the list is often seen as an honor, Time makes it clear that entrants are recognized for changing the world, regardless of the consequences of their actions. The final list of individuals is exclusively chosen by Time editors with nominations coming from the TIME100 alumni. Only the winner of the Readers Poll, conducted days before the official list is revealed, is chosen by the general public, included in the list eleven times, Barack Obama is the person who has been listed most often. The list was started with a debate at a symposium in Washington, the list was first published in 1999, when Time magazine named the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Based on the popularity of the installment, in 2004, Time magazine decided to make it an annual issue and those recognized fall in one of five categories, Leaders & Revolutionaries, Builders & Titans, Artists & Entertainers, Scientists & Thinkers, Heroes & Icons. A record of 41 women are included in the edition, the highest number of personalities in the lists history. The annual gala was held on April 29,2014 in New York City and they are artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution, welcome to this years TIME100. The announcement was celebrated with an event in New York City on April 26,2011. The honorees were joined by A-list celebrities at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time readers contributed to the selection by an online vote of over 200 finalists. The list included familiar global newsmakers such as U. S. President Barack Obama, the list included numerous figures representing the year of upheaval in the Middle East ranging from rebels, to political leaders to news correspondents. Although the events of what has been dubbed the Arab Spring were prominent, additionally, Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton were part of the list during the week before their wedding. The list also included Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisōma, Fukushima, list of individuals included in the TIME100 in 2010 In its online presentation, Time introduced the list as follows, In our annual TIME100 issue, we name the people who most affect our world. Oprah Winfrey continued her streak of having been included on every Time 100 list and was one of women on the list. The list included many expected names and some such as Scott Brown. Others who were considered surprise selections included Elton John, Ashton Kutcher, the announcement of the list was celebrated by a black tie gala at the Time Warner Center in New York City on May 4,2010. The list was published the following day, Time readers contributed to the selection by an online vote of over 200 finalists
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Barack Obama
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Hillary Rodham Clinton 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 & 2004 (Finalist in 2005)
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Angela Merkel 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2007 & 2006 (Finalist in 2010, 2008)
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Steve Jobs 2010, 2008, 2007, 2005 & 2004 (Finalist in 2009)
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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It is intended to be the sequel to 2014s Guardians of the Galaxy and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, the Guardians travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage, the film began principal photography in February 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, and concluded in June 2016. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 is scheduled to have its premiere in Hollywood on April 19,2017, describing where Quill is at the start of the film, Pratt said, hes famous now in the galaxy for having saved so many people. He feels like hes part of group, a leader of this group. Hes a little more responsible and trying to out of trouble. Pratt stated that working on the film forced him to come to terms with the death of his father, Pratt returns as part of a multi-film contract with Marvel. Zoe Saldana as Gamora, A member of the Guardians who is an orphan from a world who seeks redemption for her past crimes. She was trained by Thanos to be his personal assassin, regarding Gamoras relationship with Nebula, Saldana described it as volatile and added, were starting somewhere very crazy but appropriate given where we had ended things off in the first film. Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, A member of the Guardians and he also added that the Guardians become more of a solid family in the film, with Drax getting closer and more caring with the other Guardians. Bautistas makeup took only 90 minutes to apply, down four hours for the first film. He added that he would have to sit in a sauna at the end of the day to get the makeup off, Vin Diesel as Baby Groot, A member of the Guardians who is a tree-like humanoid and the accomplice of Rocket. Diesel also provided Groots voice for sixteen foreign-language releases of the film, as Groot is smaller in the film than in the first and known as Baby Groot, executive producer Jonathan Schwartz said, He doesnt have the wisdom and experience of that Groot. Hes a younger Groot and a more rambunctious Groot, Schwartz also stated the film would examine if he was the same Groot, just smaller. Or is he a different Groot thats sprung up from the seed of the first Groot, Diesel added that Baby Groot couldnt be more naive and felt the Groot seen in the first film was a college level Groot. Hes not fully grown yet, but hes a man, now he has to start all over, so to speak. So were going to see this goofy, adorable, baby Groot thing running around the screen, just kinda learning as he goes. Regarding Groots previous memories, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige added, hes not mentally a baby, he is still Groot. I sort of equate it to Spock circa the end of, however James Gunn later clarified that Baby Groot does not have any of his previous memories
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Theatrical release poster
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy promoting the film at the 2013
San Diego Comic-Con International. From top to bottom: Pratt, Saldana, Bautista, Pace, Rooker, Gillan, Hounsou, and del Toro.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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Gunn promoting the film at 2013
San Diego Comic-Con International.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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The
Gardens by the Bay (top) in
Singapore helped inspire the look of the planet Xandar (bottom).
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Avengers, Infinity War is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the sequel to 2012s Marvels The Avengers and 2015s Avengers, Age of Ultron, in Avengers, Infinity War, the Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to confront Thanos. The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers, Infinity War – Part 1, the Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015 and by May, Markus and McFeely signed on to write the script for the film. In July 2016, Marvel shortened the titled to Avengers, Infinity War, filming began in January 2017, at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, shooting back-to-back with a direct sequel until October/November 2017. Additional filming took place in Scotland, Avengers, Infinity War is scheduled to be released on May 4,2018, in IMAX. An untitled sequel is scheduled to be released on May 3,2019, co-director Joe Russo said that Tony senses this greater threat approaching, so he is doing everything in his power to keep the Earth safe. Josh Brolin as Thanos, A powerful being who longs to collect all of the Infinity Stones in order to conquer the universe, co-screenwriter Stephen McFeely noted that Thanos wants to amass the Infinity Stones so he can re-balance the universe as he sees it. In addition to providing the voice for the character, Brolin performed motion capture on set, on choosing to portray Thanos, Brolin said that his good friend Marvel Studios co-president Louis DEsposito called me up and started talking about this thing. It was nice because I could intimately talk to him about it, what I didnt like about the whole idea of it. It was really exciting because of the possibilities that it could become, not as an idea or as a blockbuster, but just as something different. Brolin was looking to explore the humanity of the character, saying there are parts of him that are unfounded to me, which will be found. Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, An Avenger and a genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, tom Hiddleston as Loki, Thors adoptive brother and nemesis based on the deity of the same name. Joe Russo added, His responsibility to himself is now in conflict with his responsibility to others and his road forward involves figuring out who Steve Rogers is without the shield. Chris Hemsworth as Thor, An Avenger and the prince of Asgard. Joe Russo stated that Thors storyline picks up after the events of Thor, Ragnarok, very interesting place and gives him a real emotional motivation after that. Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, A master archer and former agent of S. H. I. E. L. D, who is a member of Rogers faction of Avengers. Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, A member of Rogers faction of Avengers, sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, An enhanced assassin and Rogers ally and best friend, who reemerged brainwashed after being thought killed in action during World War II. Aaron Lazar will serve as Cumberbatchs stand-in during filming, until the latter completes filming on The Current War, at that point, Cumberbatch will re-shoot scenes where his face needs to be seen
Avengers: Infinity War
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Theatrical release poster
Avengers: Infinity War
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Cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Whedon promoting the film at the 2013
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Members of the Korea Film Commission and executives from Marvel Studios signing a
memorandum of understanding in Seoul in March 2014 with actress
Claudia Kim (center) in attendance.
25.
Safeway Inc.
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Safeway, Inc. is an American supermarket chain founded in 1915. It is a subsidiary of Albertsons, having been acquired by private equity investors led by Cerberus Capital Management in January 2015, Safeways primary base of operations is in the western and central United States, with some stores located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Eastern Seaboard. The subsidiary is headquartered in Pleasanton, California with parent company headquarters in Boise, in April 1915, Marion Barton Skaggs purchased his fathers 576-square-foot grocery store in American Falls, Idaho, for $1,089. The chain, which operated as two businesses, Skaggs Cash Stores and Skaggs United Stores, grew quickly, and Skaggs enlisted the help of his five brothers to help grow the network of stores. M. B. s business strategy, to give his customers value and to expand by keeping a narrow profit margin, by 1926, he had opened 428 Skaggs stores in 10 states. M. B. almost doubled the size of his business that year when he merged his company with 322 Safeway stores and incorporated as Safeway, the original slogan was an admonition and an invitation to Drive the Safeway, buy the Safeway. The point of the name was that the grocery operated on a cash-and-carry basis — it did not offer credit and it was the safe way to buy because a family could not get into debt via its grocery bill. In 1926, Charles E. Merrill, the founder of the Merrill Lynch brokerage firm, towards this end, he purchased the 322-store Safeway chain of W. R. H. Weldon, who wished to exit retailing and concentrate on wholesale, then, in June 1926, Merrill offered Skaggs either $7 million outright or $1.5 million plus 30,000 shares in the merged firm. On July 1,1926, Safeway merged with the 673 stores from Skaggs United Stores of Idaho, on completion of the Skaggs/Safeway merger, M. B. Skaggs became the Chief Executive of the business, two years later, M. B. listed Safeway on the New York Stock Exchange. In the 1930s, Safeway introduced produce pricing by the pound, adding sell by dates on perishables, nutritional labeling, the merger instantly created the largest chain of grocery stores west of the Mississippi. In the 1930s, Charles E. Merrill temporarily left Merrill Lynch to help manage Safeway, at the time of the merger, the company was headquartered in Reno, Nevada. In 1929, it was relocated to a grocery warehouse in Oakland. Safeway headquarters remained there until the move to Pleasanton, California in 1996, the initial public offering price of Safeway stock was $226 in 1927. A five for one split in 1928 brought the price down to under $50, over the next few years, Charles Merrill, with financing supplied by Merrill Lynch, then began aggressively acquiring numerous regional grocery store chains for Safeway in a rollup strategy. Early acquisitions included significant parts of Piggly Wiggly chain as part of the breakup of that company by Merrill Lynch, most transactions involved the swap of stock certificates, with little cash changing hands. Most acquired chains retained their own names until the mid-1930s, in 1929, there were rumors of a Safeway-Kroger merger
Safeway Inc.
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Former Safeway headquarters in
Pleasanton,
California.
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Safeway Stores 1955 Specimen
Stock Certificate
Safeway Inc.
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A Marina Safeway in
Hamilton, Montana built in 1962
Safeway Inc.
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An older store design from the 1970s and 1980s is seen in this
San Jose, California Safeway.
26.
Norwegians
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Norwegians are a Germanic ethnic group native to Norway. They share a culture and speak the Norwegian language. Towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC, Proto-Indo-European speaking Battle-Axe peoples migrated to Norway bringing domesticated horses, agriculture, cattle, during the Viking age, Harald Fairhair unified the Norse petty kingdoms after being victorious at the Battle of Hafrsfjord in the 880s. Two centuries of Viking expansion tapered off following the decline of Norse paganism with the adoption of Christianity in the 11th century, during The Black Death, approximately 60% of the population died and in 1397 Norway entered a union with Denmark. In 1814, following Denmark-Norways defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, Norway entered a union with Sweden, rising nationalism throughout the 19th century led to a 1905 referendum granting Norway independence. Although Norway remained officially neutral in World War I, the country was allied with the Entente powers. In World War II Norway proclaimed its neutrality, but was occupied for five years by Nazi Germany. In 1949, neutrality was abandoned and Norway became a member of NATO, discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norways economic fortunes but in referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the EU. Key domestic issues include integration of a fast growing immigrant population, maintaining the countrys generous social safety net with an aging population, as with many of the people from European countries, Norwegians are spread throughout the world. There are more than 100,000 Norwegian citizens living abroad permanently, mostly in the U. S, Norwegian Vikings travelled north and west and founded vibrant communities in the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and northern England. They conducted extensive raids in Ireland and founded the cities of Cork, Dublin, in 947, a new wave of Norwegian Vikings appeared in England when Erik Bloodaxe captured York. Apart from Britain and Ireland, Norwegian Vikings established settlements in largely uninhabited regions, the first known permanent Norwegian settler in Iceland was Ingólfur Arnarson. In the year 874 he settled in Reykjavík, after his expulsion from Iceland Erik the Red discovered Greenland, a name he chose in hope of attracting Icelandic settlers. Viking settlements were established in the fjords of the southern and western coast. Eriks relative Leif Eriksson later discovered North America, during the 17th and 18th centuries, many Norwegians emigrated to the Netherlands, particularly Amsterdam. The Netherlands was the second most popular destination for Norwegian emigrants after Denmark, loosely estimated, some 10% of the population may have emigrated, in a period when the entire Norwegian population consisted of some 800,000 people. The Norwegians left with the Dutch trade ships that when in Norway traded for timber, hides, herring, young women took employment as maids in Amsterdam. Young men took employment as sailors, large parts of the Dutch merchant fleet and navy came to consist of Norwegians and Danes
Norwegians
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7% of the population in
Saskatoon in
Canada is of Norwegian ancestry.
Norwegians
Norwegians
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Leif Ericson discovers Canada and North America.
Norwegians
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Smalahove is course served in parts of
Western Norway.
27.
Lake Stevens, Washington
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Lake Stevens is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States named after the lake that it is built around. It is southeast of Marysville, north of the city of Snohomish, the population as of the 2010 census was 28,069, with much of the growth due to annexation. Believed to be named after Governor Isaac I, Stevens, the shores of Lake Stevens were first settled in 1886, on a 160-acre homestead along the east shore. By 1890 the first town in the area, Ferry, was established and its name was later changed to Hartford, and it served as the main link from the famed Monte Cristo timber and mining resources to the world. In 1905 a railroad spur was built by the Rucker Brothers Timber Company, two years later Rucker Mill was opened, located along and in the north cove of the lake. In 1919, the mill, which known as the worlds largest sawmill. When it burned a second time in 1925 the mill was dismantled, however, by then a flourishing town was established and continued under its own momentum. From the 1920s to the 1950s Lake Stevens was primarily a community, with many public. On November 29,1960, Lake Stevens incorporated as a City with a population of 900, soon, its popularity and natural beauty, combined with changing commuter habits, attracted more and more residents, changing its character to that of a suburban community. By 2000 the City had grown to a population of 6,361 in approximately 1.8 square miles. The lake remains the point of the greater Lake Stevens community for recreation. Lake Stevens is located at 48°1′11″N 122°3′58″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.90 square miles, of which,8.88 square miles is land and 0.02 square miles is water. The lake itself is the largest and deepest lake in Snohomish County, with an area of 1,040 acres and it is fed by Lundeen, Mitchell, Kokanee, and Stitch Creeks and drained by Catherine Creek, which ultimately flows to the Pilchuck River. The small size of the surrounding watershed compared to the lake minimizes the effects of upstream pollution and this combined with an artificial aeration system allows for a generally good water quality. Much of the shoreline is developed, so few wetlands exist adjacent to the lake. Recreational activities include boating, fishing, and swimming, as of the census of 2010, there were 28,069 people,9,810 households, and 7,250 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,160.9 inhabitants per square mile, there were 10,414 housing units at an average density of 1,172.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 85. 1% White,1. 7% African American,0. 9% Native American,3. 6% Asian,0. 4% Pacific Islander,3. 2% from other races, and 5. 1% from two or more races
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Northeast shore of lake on which the city is located
28.
Scholastic wrestling
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Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practiced at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications and it is practiced in 49 of the 50 states in the United States. When practiced by wrestling clubs of younger participants, scholastic wrestling is known as folkstyle. Also,257,246 boys participated in the sport during that school year, in addition,5,048 girls participated in wrestling in 1,227 schools during the 2006-07 season. Scholastic wrestling is currently practiced in 49 of the 50 states, only Mississippi does not officially sanction scholastic wrestling for high schools, Arkansas, the 49th state to sanction high school wrestling, began scholastic wrestling competition in the 2008-09 season with over forty schools participating. Shortly after, Ocean Springs High School became the first school in Mississippi to have a school team. The history of wrestling in the United States is closely tied to the development of its college counterpart. More colleges, universities, and junior colleges began offering dual meets and tournaments, including championships, most notable among these athletes was National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, Tricia Saunders. Girls Wrestling Nationals was held 1997, today, the various state high school associations continue to also host annual wrestling championships for individuals and for teams. At one time there could be no middle school wrestlers wrestling at the school level. In the past they could have had their wrestling eligibility taken away or other punishment, generally, in all scholastic sports, when a middle schooler participates at a Varsity level, they can no longer compete in a Junior high or Middle School level. Each state high school association has adopted its rules, with each making some modifications. Every high school is expected to practice wrestling at two levels, varsity and junior varsity, although wrestling at the level is becoming more widespread. The NFHS generally sets the standard for weight classes for high school-level dual meets, multiple duals, in most states, high school wrestlers can compete at 14 different weight classes, ranging from 106 lb to the Heavyweight division of up to 285 lb. Weight classes for junior varsity, freshman, and middle school teams may differ from state to state, each state high school association that sanctions wrestling also has a defined weight-control plan that prohibits excessive weight loss and dehydration during the season. The plan would include at least a minimum 7 percent body fat for males and 12 percent body fat for females, often, this is done online through the website of the state high school association or the National Wrestling Coaches Association. After the date of certification, an allowance of two pounds in each weight class may be allowed in some states. Many tournaments offer an allowance of one or two pounds, allowing wrestlers to compete in a class if they are within the allowance of making the weight limit for that class
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Student works for a fall
Scholastic wrestling
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In scholastic wrestling, great emphasis is placed on one wrestler's control of the opponent on the mat, usually by controlling the opponent's legs or torso. When a wrestler maintains restraining power over an opponent, as seen here, he is said to be in the position of advantage.
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The figure-4 to the head for the fall.
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Figure four to the head
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Community college
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A community college is a type of educational institution. In Australia, the community college refers to small private businesses running short courses generally of a self-improvement or hobbyist nature. Equivalent to the American notion of community colleges are Tertiary And Further Education colleges or TAFEs, there are also an increasing number of private providers, which are colloquially called colleges. Most Australian universities can also be traced back to such forerunners, in TAFEs and colleges today, courses are designed for personal development of an individual and/or for employment outcomes. A Certificate I may only run for 4 hours twice a week for a term of 9 weeks, a full-time Diploma course might have classes 4 days per week for a year. Some courses may be offered in the evenings or weekends to accommodate people working full-time, funding for colleges may come from government grants and course fees, and many are not-for-profit organisations. There are located in metropolitan, regional and rural locations of Australia, learning offered by TAFEs and colleges has changed over the years. By the 1980s many colleges had recognised a community need for computer training, TAFEs and colleges have not traditionally offered bachelors degrees, instead providing pathway arrangements with universities to continue towards degrees. The American innovation of the degree is emerging at some institutions. Certificate courses I to IV, diplomas and advanced diplomas are typically offered, recently, some TAFE institutes have also become higher education providers in their own right and are now starting to offer bachelors degrees programs. In Canada, community colleges are adult educational institutions that provide education and tertiary education. Each province has its own system, as prescribed by the Canadian federalism model of governance. A formative trend was the merging of the then separate vocational training, Canadian colleges are either publicly funded or private post-secondary institutions. There are 150 institutions that are equivalent to the US community college in certain contexts. They are usually referred to simply as colleges since in common usage a degree-granting institution is almost exclusively a university, University degrees are usually attained through four years of study. The term associate degree is used in western Canada to refer to a two-year college arts or science degree, in other parts of Canada the term advanced degree is used to indicate a 3- or 4-year college program. In the province of Quebec, three years is the norm for a university degree because a year of credit is earned in the CEGEP system, the word College can also refer to a private High School in Quebec. The courses offered by these colleges are diplomas, advance diplomas, the duration of these courses usually ranges from six months to two years
Community college
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Pasadena City College (PCC)
Community college
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Joliet Junior College Main Campus, in
Joliet, Illinois the first Community College in the U.S.
Community college
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Fullerton College the oldest community college (originally "Junior College") in continuous operation in California, having been established in 1913
Community college
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Monroe Community College main campus, in
Rochester, NY
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Maui
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The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the 17th-largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the State of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui Countys four islands, bigger than Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, in 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444, third-highest of the Hawaiian Islands, behind that of Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island. Kahului is the largest census-designated place on the island with a population of 26,337 as of 2010 and is the commercial and financial hub of the island, Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP as of 2010. Other significant places include Kīhei, Lahaina, Makawao, Pukalani, Pāʻia, Kula, Haʻikū, native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the islands name in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. According to that legend, Hawaiʻiloa named the island of Maui after his son, the earlier name of Maui was ʻIhikapalaumaewa. The Island of Maui is also called the Valley Isle for the isthmus between its northwestern and southeastern volcanoes and the numerous large valleys carved into both mountains. Mauis diverse landscapes are the result of a combination of geology, topography. Each volcanic cone in the chain of the Hawaiian Islands is built of dark, iron-rich/quartz-poor rocks, several of the volcanoes were close enough to each other that lava flows on their flanks overlapped one another, merging into a single island. Maui is such a volcanic doublet, formed from two shield volcanoes that overlapped one another to form an isthmus between them, the older, western volcano has been eroded considerably and is cut by numerous drainages, forming the peaks of the West Maui Mountains. Puʻu Kukui is the highest of the peaks at 5,788 feet. The larger, younger volcano to the east, Haleakalā, rises to more than 10,000 feet above sea level, the eastern flanks of both volcanoes are cut by deeply incised valleys and steep-sided ravines that run downslope to the rocky, windswept shoreline. The valley-like Isthmus of Maui that separates the two volcanic masses was formed by sandy erosional deposits, although considered to be dormant by volcanologists, Haleakalā is certainly capable of further eruptions. Maui is part of a larger unit, Maui Nui, that includes the islands of Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Molokaʻi. During periods of reduced sea level, including as recently as 20,000 years ago and this, and the extreme insularity of the Hawaiian Islands account for the strong marine influence on Mauis climate. Gross weather patterns are determined by elevation and orientation towards the Trade winds. Mauis rugged, irregular topography produces marked variations in conditions, air swept inland on the Trade winds is shunted one way or another by the mountains, valleys, and vast open slopes. This complex three-dimensional flow of air results in striking variations in speed, cloud formation. Maui displays a unique and diverse set of conditions, each of which is specific to a loosely defined sub-region of the island
Maui
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Landsat satellite image of Maui. The small island to the southwest is
Kahoʻolawe.
Maui
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Maui as seen from the International Space Station
Maui
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Looking into the
Haleakalā crater
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A beach in Maui, Hawaii
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