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Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort, commonly known as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. The resort was developed by Walt Disney in the 1950s, when it opened to guests on July 17,1955, the property consisted of Disneyland, its 100-acre parking lot, and the Disneyland Hotel, owned and operated by Disneys business partner Jack Wrather. During the expansion, the property was named the Disneyland Resort to encompass the entire complex, the company purchased the Disneyland Hotel from the Wrather Company and the Pan Pacific Hotel from the Tokyu Group. The Pan Pacific Hotel later became Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel, the property saw the addition of Disneys Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, a second theme park, named Disney California Adventure, and the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment area. Walt Disneys early concepts for an amusement park called for a Mickey Mouse Park located adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, the consultant recommended a remote location near Anaheim, adjacent to the then-under-construction Santa Ana Freeway. The consultant correctly predicted that the location – covered by orange groves at the time – would become the center of Southern California. Since the location was far from Southern California population centers in the 1950s, Disneyland opened on July 17,1955, with a televised press preview event on ABC. Despite the disastrous event, later dubbed Black Sunday, during which several rides broke down and other mishaps occurred, the hotel, which opened three months after the park, enjoyed similar success. To Walt Disneys dismay, the city of Anaheim was lax in restricting their construction, the area surrounding Disneyland became the atmosphere of colorful lights, flashy neon signs, and then-popular Googie architecture that he wanted to avoid. The Anaheim Convention Center was built across the street from Disneylands original parking lot, eventually, Disneyland was boxed in, a factor which would later lead Walt Disney to acquire a significantly larger parcel of land for the construction of Walt Disney World. In the 1990s, Disney decided to turn the theme park into a similar multi-park. In 1991, Disney announced plans to build WestCOT, a park based on Walt Disney Worlds EPCOT Center. Its estimated cost was US$3 billion, largely due to the high cost of land that Disney would have needed to acquire. With the new Euro Disney Resort, which opened in 1992, becoming a financial and public relations albatross for the company, Disney was unable to finance the project, $1.4 billion was budgeted to build the park, a retail district, and hotels. Construction began in 1998, with much of the property being a construction site until 2001, the original park remained largely untouched during this time. Temporary surface parking lots were set up across West Street with tram service to the entrance to offset the loss of the 100-acre parking lot. Parking lots were set up on smaller parcels of acquired land Disney east and southeast of the park, primarily used for employee parking. Several Disneyland landmarks were demolished, notably the marquee on Harbor Boulevard, also demolished were the Disneyland Hotels original buildings from 1955, as well as most of the facilities outside of the three guest room towers
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Anaheim, California
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Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 336,265, making it the most populous city in Orange County, Anaheim remained largely a rural community until Disneyland opened in the city in 1955. This led to the construction of hotels and motels around the area. The city also developed into a center, producing electronics, aircraft parts. Anaheims city limits extend from Cypress in the west to the Riverside County line in the east and encompass a diverse collection of neighborhoods, Anaheim Hills is a master-planned community located in the citys eastern stretches that is home to many of the citys affluent. Downtown Anaheim has three historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim Resort, a district, includes Disneyland, Disney California Adventure. The Platinum Triangle, a redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets. Finally, Anaheim Canyon is a district north of California State Route 91. Anaheims name is a blend of Ana, after the nearby Santa Ana River, and heim, the city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia in Bavaria. For $750 a share, the formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company. Their new community was named Annaheim, meaning home by the Santa Anna River in German, the name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán, although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside 40 acres for a center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870, for 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines, other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the railroad network in 1887. The famous Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julian Sypniewski, while living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger, the second wife of August Langenberger
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Geographical coordinates
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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The Walt Disney Company
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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on October 16,1923 – by brothers Walt Disney, the company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and then Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it expanded its operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio, music, publishing. In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its studio, Walt Disney Studios. Disneys other three divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Media Networks, and Disney Consumer Products. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6,1991, Mickey Mouse, an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney. In early 1923, Kansas City, Missouri, animator Walt Disney created a film entitled Alices Wonderland. After the bankruptcy in 1923 of his previous firm, Laugh-O-Gram Studios, Disney moved to Hollywood to join his brother, Walt and Roy Disney formed Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio that same year. More animated films followed after Alice, in January 1926, with the completion of the Disney studio on Hyperion Street, the Disney Brothers Studios name was changed to the Walt Disney Studio. The distributor owned Oswald, so Disney only made a few hundred dollars, Disney completed 26 Oswald shorts before losing the contract in February 1928, due to a legal loophole, when Winklers husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. After failing to take over the Disney Studio, Mintz hired away four of Disneys primary animators to start his own animation studio, Snappy Comedies. In 1928, to recover from the loss of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney came up with the idea of a character named Mortimer while on a train headed to California. The mouse was later renamed Mickey Mouse and starred in several Disney produced films, ub Iwerks refined Disneys initial design of Mickey Mouse. Disneys first sound film Steamboat Willie, a cartoon starring Mickey, was released on November 18,1928 through Pat Powers distribution company and it was the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon released, but the third to be created, behind Plane Crazy and The Gallopin Gaucho. Disney used Pat Powers Cinephone system, created by Powers using Lee De Forests Phonofilm system, Steamboat Willie premiered at B. S. Mosss Colony Theater in New York City, now The Broadway Theatre. Disneys Plane Crazy and The Galloping Gaucho were then retrofitted with synchronized sound tracks, Disney continued to produce cartoons with Mickey Mouse and other characters, and began the Silly Symphonies series with Columbia Pictures signing on as Symphonies distributor in August 1929
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Disneyland
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Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17,1955. It is the theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the attraction on the property, its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland after visiting various amusement parks with his daughters in the 1930s and 1940s. He initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit, however, after hiring a consultant to help him determine an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a 160-acre site near Anaheim in 1953. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17,1955. Opened in 2001, Disney California Adventure Park was built on the site of Disneylands original parking lot, Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with over 650 million guests since it opened. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 16.2 million guests, according to a March 2005 Disney report,65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort, including about 20,000 direct Disney employees and 3,800 third-party employees. To all who come to this place, Welcome. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy. The concept for Disneyland began when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching them ride the merry-go-round, he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together and he may have also been influenced by his fathers memories of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Another likely influence was Benton Harbor, Michigans nationally famous House of Davids Eden Springs Park, Disney visited the park and ultimately bought one of the older miniature trains originally used there, the colony had the largest miniature railway setup in the world at the time. His ideas evolved to a play park with a boat ride. The initial concept, the Mickey Mouse Park, started with an 8-acre plot across Riverside Drive and his designers began working on concepts, though the project grew much larger than the land could hold. Disney hired Harrison Price from Stanford Research Institute to gauge the proper area to locate the theme based on the areas potential growth. Based on Prices analysis, Disney acquired 160 acres of groves and walnut trees in Anaheim
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Disney California Adventure
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Disney California Adventure Park, commonly referred to as Disney California Adventure, California Adventure, or DCA, is a theme park located in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, the 72-acre park is themed after the history and culture of California. The park opened in 2001 as Disneys California Adventure Park, the concept of a theme park dedicated to California arose from a meeting of Disney executives in 1995, following the cancellation of the WestCOT project. Construction of the began in 1998 and was completed by early 2001. Disney spent the several years incrementally adding new rides, shows, and attractions. In 2007, Disney announced an expansion of the park as well as a major overhaul of a significant portion of the park. Construction lasted for five years and was completed in stages, culminating with the opening of Buena Vista Street, according to the Themed Entertainment Association, the park hosted approximately 9.4 million guests in 2015, making it the 11th-most visited theme park in the world that year. In front of the Sun Icon of the former Sunshine Plaza, To all who believe in the power of dreams, Disneys California Adventure opens its golden gates to you. Here we pay tribute to the dreamers of the past, the people, explorers, immigrants. And we salute a new generation of dreamers who are creating the wonders of tomorrow, from the screen to the computer screen. Disneys California Adventure celebrates the richness and the diversity of California and its land, its people, its spirit and, above all, the dreams that it continues to inspire. On the plaque of the flagpole in Buena Vista Plaza on Buena Vista Street, To all who come to place of dreams. This unique place embraces the richness and diversity of California and its land, its people, its stories and, above all, the dreamers it continues to inspire. In front of the Sun Icon of the current Sunshine Plaza while On the plaque of the flagpole in Buena Vista Plaza on Buena Vista Street, To all who believe in the power of dreams, Disneys California Adventure opens its golden gates to you. Here we pay tribute to the dreamers of the past, the people, explorers, immigrants. And we salute a new generation of dreamers who are creating the wonders of tomorrow, from the screen to the computer screen. Disneys California Adventure celebrates the richness and the diversity of California and its land, its people, its spirit and, above all, the dreams that it continues to inspire while To all who come to this place of dreams, welcome. This unique place embraces the richness and diversity of California and its land, its people, its stories and, above all, the dreamers it continues to inspire
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Disneyland Hotel (California)
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The Disneyland Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, owned by the Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks and Resorts division. Opened on October 5,1955 as an inn owned and operated by Jack Wrather under an agreement with Walt Disney. Under Wrathers ownership, the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations over the years before being acquired by Disney in 1988, the hotel was downsized to its present capacity in 1999 as part of the Disneyland Resort expansion. At the time of its construction in the early 1950s, Disneyland was in an area outside Anaheim. Walt Disney wanted to build a hotel for Disneyland visitors to stay overnight, but Disneys financial resources were significantly depleted by the construction of the park. Initially he tried to interest his friend Art Linkletter in building the hotel, at the time, Linkletter was hesitant about the prospects of the park. Wrather was a Texas oil millionaire turned film producer who owned hotels in Las Vegas and Palm Springs. The original Disneyland Hotel was designed by the firm of Pereira & Luckman and opened on October 5,1955, various strikes caused the opening to be postponed from the August date advertised in pre-opening promotional materials, and the hotel only had limited capacity when it initially opened. The hotel originally consisted of just over 100 rooms in 5 two-story guest room complexes that rented for $15 a night shopping, dining. Additionally, it had a doctor and dentist on site as well as a barber, on August 25,1956, the hotel celebrated its official grand opening with many Hollywood stars and celebrities attending the festivities. It was quickly expanded in 1956 with three North Garden guest room structures, one more North Garden structure in 1958 and lastly, the hotel now boasted over 300 guest rooms and suites. It was one of the first hotels in the region to offer accommodations for four persons per room, when the Wrather-Alvarez partnership ended acrimoniously in 1958, Wrather bought Alvarez share of Wrather-Alvarez Hotels, making him sole owner of the Disneyland Hotel. Over the years, the hotel was expanded to three guest room towers, Sierra, Marina, and Bonita. Guests traveled between the hotel and the Disneyland Park main entrance via a tram, the Disneyland Monorail was extended from its original 1959 configuration and a station opened at the hotel in 1961. Recreational areas, attractions, and a convention center were added over the years. The hotel also featured a Richfield service station for years as part of Richfields sponsorship of several Disneyland attractions. Wrather refused to sell, just as he had refused Walt Disney many years before, Wrather died two months after Eisner took over at Disney, and in 1988, after Wrathers widow Bonita Granville died, Disney bought the entire Wrather company. At the time Wrathers company also owned the rights to The Lone Ranger and the Lassie TV series, though Disney kept the hotel, it has since sold the other assets that came with the purchase
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Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
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Disneys Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is a hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The hotel was constructed as part of an expansion of the Disneyland Resort in 2001. It was built by The Walt Disney Company and has operated by The Walt Disney Company since its inception. This luxury hotel is designed to celebrate the early 20th Century Arts and Crafts era and it also features a Disney Vacation Club wing that opened in September 2009. The hotel has an entrance to Disney California Adventure Park. Designed by architect Peter Dominick of 4240 Architecture Inc. it is based on the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s, the hotel has 948 rooms, in addition to 44 suites and 71 villas. Craftsman homes often have a garden theme, for the Grand Californian, the theme was taken from a garden idea and scaled up so that the garden became a forest. The reception hall is based on the interior of the Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco, the central lobby is a living room done in immense scale with a massive fireplace and vast arching beams overhead, and furnished with chairs and sofas arranged around small coffee tables. Many of the items found throughout the hotel have been handcrafted by modern practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement using traditional techniques, some early Roycroft items are on display in the lobby. Some of the rooms are tributes to various Craftsman-era architects. The Storytellers Cafe features a tile mural that is a reproduction of an original design by the Gladding, McBean Company for a Robin Hood Room in the Wilmington, California. Its name is based on Disneys Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, its sister resort, the two hotels do not share themes, though, as the Grand Californian is a Craftsman theme, while the Grand Floridian is of a Victorian theme. It does, however, share many elements with Disneys Wilderness Lodge with its national park lodge theming at Walt Disney World. The hotel has an entrance to Disney California Adventure Park park, the hotel opened on January 2,2001. At about 3,00 am on December 28,2005, all 2,300 guests at the hotel were evacuated within four minutes. The fire was contained by the sprinkler system and by the Anaheim Fire Department. Two guests were treated for injuries, one of which was a severe headache. Guests were returned to their rooms by 7,00 am, during this expansion and renovation, a new swimming pool was added as well as a 300 space underground parking garage
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Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel
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Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, owned by The Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks and Resorts division. The hotel was built and owned by the Tokyu Group. It was renamed Pan Pacific Hotel, Anaheim in 1989 when Tokyu merged its Emerald, Disney purchased the hotel from Tokyu in 1995 and renamed it Disneyland Pacific Hotel. The hotel was rebranded as Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel on December 15,2000, Tokyu Group built the 15-story Emerald of Anaheim in 1984. The hotel was renamed the Pan Pacific Hotel, Anaheim in 1989 when Tokyu consolidated its Emerald, in December 1995, Disney purchased the hotel from Tokyu for a reported US$36 million and changed its name to Disneyland Pacific Hotel. The lobby and convention/banquet facilities have undergone renovations since the re-branding. The area is now the site of the expansion of Disneys Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, guests may still access the park through the turnstiles located in Disneys Grand Californian Hotel, which are officially exclusive to guests of all Disneyland Resort hotels. The hotel complex consists of a high-rise guest room tower with 481 rooms, which includes 25 suites. At the base of the tower is the lobby, restaurants, a shop, recreational facilities including a video arcade, over 30,000 square feet for meeting space. There is also a swimming pool and California Streamin themed waterslide located on the third floor. Disneys PCH Grill Surfside Lounge Mickey in Paradise Official website
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Napa Rose
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It specializes in California cuisine and has a Napa Valley wine theme. The restaurants design is inspired by Scottish art nouveau designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, disney hired Sutton and Jordan in order to raise the credibility of its food and wine program. The restaurant has won multiple awards, media related to Food at Napa Rose at Wikimedia Commons Official website
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Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar
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Trader Sams Enchanted Tiki Bar is a tiki-themed bar located at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, United States, that opened in May 2011. Trader Sams incorporates elements of traditional tiki bars combined with memorabilia from Disney rides and movies like Indiana Jones and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, according to Brandon Kleyla, Disney Imagineer and head decorator for Trader Sams, there are more than 1600 items decorating the interior. In addition to classic tiki bar details, Trader Sams contains references to elements of the Adventureland area of Disneyland. The Jungle Cruise ride introduces Trader Sam as the head salesman of the Jungle Cruise Navigational Company, the tiki drummers above the bar near the ceiling are also from the Enchanted Tiki Room. Many references to various Disney franchises are scattered throughout the bar as well, the harpoon from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is also present. A few references to the Adventurers Club at Walt Disney World in Florida are also present, a postcard from Samantha Sterling and you can also get a Kungaloosh cocktail at Trader Sams, named after the Adventurers Club official greeting. Trader Sams in unique amongst any other bar in the world in its use of animatronics, lighting, sound effects. Though not all drinks cause something to happen, the following is a list of drinks that do, Shipwreck on the Rocks → The ship in a bottle above the bar encounters stormy seas and begins to sink. Krakatoa Punch → The serene Polynesian scene outside the window shows a storm gathering as the volcano begins to erupt. Shrunken Zombie Head → Certain barstools will begin lowering toward the floor, → The bartender rings a bell and people begin chanting Uh OA. Uh OA OA OA. and Cast Members spray water into the air so it feels like its beginning to rain, • Draft Beer → Beer draft handles are carved tiki heads with lighted eyes. When a bartender pulls a draft, tiki drums and chants begin to play, the more drafts that are pulled in succession, the faster the drums and chanting. A second Disney tiki bar, called Trader Sams Grog Grotto, during a Halloween event at the Disneyland Trader Sams, more details were shared about the new location in Florida. Recipe Talking Tiki - The Sublimity of Trader Sam’s
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World of Disney
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The World of Disney is the flagship chain of specialty retail stores owned and operated by the merchandise division of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Currently, there are four locations that sell Disney products, Disney had entered the retailing field outside of the parks with the first Disney Store opened in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California on March 28,1987. In 1994, Disney Stores opened its location in New York City at a corner of 55th Street. The first World of Disney store opened October 2,1996 in the Disney Village Marketplace at Walt Disney World Resort. At approximately 51,000 square feet of space, it is said to offer the largest selection of Disney character merchandise in the world. A2006 renovation added a small princess-themed salon called Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, plus a new childrens merchandise inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. The Boutique was moved out of this store with the Disney Springs overhaul of Downtown Disney in mid to late 2016 to Once Upon a Toy store, located in the Marketplace section. A second,40,000 square feet location opened on January 12,2001 coinciding with the opening of Downtown Disney District of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, the rental cost for the location had become unreasonable and Disney had purchased back the US Disney Stores. Disney Parks merchandising department added another location, Disney Vault 28, its first high-end apparel store. An additional location opened at Disney Village in Disneyland Paris on July 12,2012, the 1,400 square-meters store was a part of a major overhaul for the village. The newest World of Disney location opened in the Disneytown area of the Shanghai Disney Resort at the opening on June 14,2016. Chronology of the Walt Disney Company, Disneyland Resort Walt Disney World Resort Shanghai Disney Resort
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Disneyland Monorail System
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The Disneyland Monorail System is an attraction and transportation system at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, United States. It was the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere, Walt Disney originally envisioned the monorail as a practical form of public transport for the future. The job of building the monorail was originally assigned to the Standard Carriage Works of East Los Angeles, the Mark I trains consisted of three cars each. In 1968 Mark III Monorail Green joined the fleet, and both platforms were lengthened for the arrival of the streamlined and efficient five car Mark III monorail train conversions. From Hotel Station there were two trips above Disneyland available aboard the monorail, a tour and general admission. Nose and tailcone door latches were independent from the door release button. A simple dial indicator above the compartment door could be turned to one of three positions - General admission guests, round-trip only guests, and mixed. Hostess attendants at Tomorrowland Station would check the position and open the door for general admission guests. If general admission guests boarded the tail-cone in Tomorrowland, the dial would be set to mixed, by the early 1980s, the Mark III trains were showing their age and the wear of years. In 1985, Disneyland began phasing out the Mark III trains one by one, the older trains were stripped to the chassis and rebuilt as Mark V trains. The Mark III Green went first, to become the Mark V Purple followed by the Mark III Yellow becoming the Mark V Orange, the Mark III Blue remained blue and the last was Red, remaining Red. The notable difference was the loss of the drivers area in favor of a streamlined Learjet look similar to the Mark IV trains at the Walt Disney World Resort. The new trains also sported closed passenger compartments and pneumatic doors, following the 1985 Disney World monorail fire, a safety handrail was added along the spine of the train, as well as emergency fire exit hatches leading to the roof. The attractions name remained the Disneyland Monorail System, as it had been painted on the Mark III trains skirts, the Mark V trains were built by Ride & Show Engineering, Inc. incorporating bodies that were produced by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm of Germany. Purple first made her appearance for testing in Autumn of 1986, Orange was delivered in late Summer of 1987, followed by Blue in early 1988. The oldest train, Red, was also the last to be removed from the line for refurbishment in the Spring of 1988, the beamway path was re-aligned into the Eeyore section of the parking lot in 1994 to accommodate the construction of the Indiana Jones Adventure show building. Additionally, the Disneyland Hotel Station and all of its nearby hotel structures were completely demolished, General admission was required to board at the Downtown Disney station. The system resumed limited operations in 2000, when the Downtown Disney Station became operational
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Shopping center
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A shopping arcade is a specific form serving the same purpose. Many early shopping arcades such as the Burlington Arcade in London, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, however, many smaller arcades have been demolished, replaced with large centers or malls, often accessible by vehicle. Technical innovations such as lighting and escalators were introduced from the late 19th century. From the late 20th century, entertainment venues such as movie theaters, as a single built structure, early shopping centers were often architecturally significant constructions, enabling wealthier patrons to buy goods in spaces protected from the weather. In places around the world, the shopping centre is used, especially in Europe, Australia. Mall is a term used predominantly in North America, outside of North America, shopping precinct and shopping arcade are also used. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, malls are commonly referred to as shopping centres, the majority of British shopping centres are located in city centres, usually found in old and historic shopping districts and surrounded by subsidiary open air shopping streets. Large examples include West Quay in Southampton, Manchester Arndale, Bullring Birmingham, Liverpool One, Trinity Leeds, Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow and these centres were built in the 1980s and 1990s, but planning regulations prohibit the construction of any more. Out-of-town shopping developments in the UK are now focused on retail parks, planning policy prioritizes the development of existing town centres, although with patchy success. Bullring, Birmingham is the busiest shopping centre in the UK welcoming over 36.5 million shoppers in its opening year, there are a reported 222 malls in Europe. In 2014, these malls had combined sales of $12.47 billion and this represented a 10% bump in revenues from the prior year. One of the earliest examples of public shopping areas comes from ancient Rome, One of the earliest public shopping centers is Trajans Market in Rome located in Trajans Forum. Trajans Market was probably built around 100-110 CE by Apollodorus of Damascus, the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul was built in the 15th century and is still one of the largest covered shopping centers in the world, with more than 58 streets and 4,000 shops. Numerous other covered shopping arcades, such as the 19th-century Al-Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus, Syria, isfahans Grand Bazaar, which is largely covered, dates from the 10th century. The 10-kilometer-long, covered Tehrans Grand Bazaar also has a lengthy history, the oldest continuously occupied shopping mall in the world is likely to be the Chester Rows. Dating back at least to the 13th century, these covered walkways housed shops, with storage, different rows specialized in different goods, such as Bakers Row or Fleshmongers Row. The Marché des Enfants Rouges in Paris opened in 1628 and still runs today, the Oxford Covered Market in Oxford, England opened in 1774 and still runs today. The Passage du Caire was opened in Paris in 1798, the Burlington Arcade in London was opened in 1819
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Amusement park
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An amusement park or theme park is a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. Theme parks, a type of amusement park, are usually much more intricately themed to a certain subject or group of subjects than normal amusement parks. Amusement parks evolved from European fairs and pleasure gardens, which were created for peoples recreation, Worlds fairs and expositions were another influence on the development of the amusement park industry. In common language, the theme park and amusement park are often synonymous. However, a park can be regarded as a distinct style of amusement park. A theme park has landscaping, buildings, and attractions that are based on one or more specific themes or stories. The amusement park evolved from three earlier traditions, the oldest being the periodic fair of the Middle Ages - one of the earliest was the Bartholomew Fair in England, the worlds oldest amusement park appeared in the Continent. Bakken at Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, opened in 1583, a wave of innovation in the 1860s and 1870s created mechanical rides, such as the steam-powered carousel, and its derivatives. This inaugurated the era of the modern funfair ride, as the classes were increasingly able to spend their surplus wages on entertainment. The second influence was the pleasure garden, one of the earliest gardens was the Vauxhall Gardens, founded in 1661 in London. By the late 18th century, the site had a fee for its many attractions. It regularly drew crowds, with its paths being noted for romantic assignations, tightrope walkers, hot air balloon ascents, concerts. Although the gardens were designed for the elites, they soon became places of great social diversity. Public firework displays were put on at Marylebone Gardens, and Cremorne Gardens offered music, dancing, prater in Vienna, Austria, was opened in 1766. The concept of a park for amusement was further developed with the beginning of the worlds fairs. The first World fair began in 1851 with the construction of the landmark Crystal Palace in London, the purpose of the exposition was to celebrate the industrial achievement of the nations of the world and it was designed to educate and entertain the visitors. American cities and business saw the worlds fair as a way of demonstrating economic. The Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinois was an precursor to the modern amusement park
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Resort
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A resort is a self-contained commercial establishment that endeavors to provide most of a vacationers wants, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term resort may be used for a property that provides an array of amenities, typically including entertainment. A hotel is frequently a central feature of a resort, such as the Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, some resorts are also timeshare or fractionally owned, or wholly owned condominium complexes. A resort is not always a commercial establishment operated by a single company, commonly these facilities are of higher quality than would be expected if one were to stay at a hotel or eat in a towns restaurants. Closely related to these resorts are convention and large meeting sites, generally these occur in cities where special meeting halls, together with ample accommodations as well as varied dining and entertainment, are provided. An all-inclusive resort charges a price that includes most or all items. At a minimum, most inclusive resorts include lodging, unlimited food, drink, sports activities, all-inclusive resorts are found in the Caribbean, particularly in Dominican Republic, Egypt, and elsewhere. Many also offer sports and other included in the price as well. They are often located in warmer regions, the all-inclusive model originated in the Club Med resorts, which were founded by the Belgian Gérard Blitz. Some all-inclusive resorts are designed for specific vacation interests, for example, certain resorts cater to adults, while even more specialized properties accept couples only. Other all-inclusive resorts are geared toward families, with facilities like craft centers, game rooms, all-inclusive resorts are also very popular locations for destination weddings. A spa resort is a short term residential/lodging facility with the purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits. Historically many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs or sources of mineral waters, golf resorts are resorts that cater specifically to the sport of golf, and include access to one or more golf course and or clubhouse. Golf resorts typically provide golf packages that provide visitors with all greens and cart fees, range balls, accommodations, in North America a ski resort is generally a destination resort in a ski area. Ski resort is less likely to refer to a town or village, a megaresort is a type of destination resort which is of an exceptionally large size, such as those along the Las Vegas Strip. In Singapore integrated resort is a euphemism for a destination resort. A holiday village is a type of self-contained resort in Europe, a holiday camp in the United Kingdom refers to a resort where the accommodation is in chalets. The term holiday park is used for a resort where the accommodation includes static caravans, there are 1500+ timeshare resorts in the U. S. that are operated by major hospitality, timeshare-specific, or independent companies
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Walt Disney World
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The Walt Disney World Resort is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida. The resort is the destination of Disneys worldwide corporate enterprise. Opened on October 1,1971, Walt Disney World is the most visited vacation resort in the world, the resort is owned and operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a division of The Walt Disney Company. It was initially operated by Walt Disney World Company, Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex, in 1971, followed by Epcot in 1982, Disneys Hollywood Studios in 1989, and the most recent, Disneys Animal Kingdom in 1998. Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the Florida Project, as it was known, was intended to present a distinct vision with its own diverse set of rides. Walt Disneys original plans called for the inclusion of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Walt Disney died on December 15,1966, before construction began, without Disney spearheading the construction, the company created a resort similar to Disneyland, abandoning experimental concepts for a planned community. In 1959, Walt Disney Productions began looking for land to house a second resort to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955. Market surveys at the revealed that only 5% of Disneylands visitors came from east of the Mississippi River. Additionally, Walt Disney disliked the businesses that had sprung up around Disneyland, Walt Disney flew over a potential site in Orlando, Florida – one of many – in November 1963. To avoid a burst of land speculation, Walt Disney World Company used various dummy corporations to acquire 30,500 acres of land, in May 1965, some of these major land transactions were recorded a few miles southwest of Orlando in Osceola County. In addition, two tracts totaling $1. Some are now memorialized on a window above Main Street, U. S. A. in Magic Kingdom, the smaller parcels of land acquired were called outs. They were 5-acre lots platted in 1912 by the Munger Land Company, most of the owners in the 1960s were happy to get rid of the land, which was mostly swamp at the time. Another issue was the rights to the land, which were owned by Tufts University. Without the transfer of rights, Tufts could come in at any time. Eventually, Disneys team negotiated a deal with Tufts to buy the rights for $15,000. Working strictly in secrecy, real estate agents unaware of their clients identity began making offers to landowners in April 1964 in parts of southwest Orange and northwest Osceola counties
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Disney Springs
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Disney Springs is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. The complex includes four areas, Marketplace, The Landing, Town Center. Buses and water taxis operated by Disney Transport provide transportation between Disney Springs and other areas of Walt Disney World, the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, which opened on March 22,1975, was originally envisioned as an area shopping mall. Two years after its opening, the complex was renamed Walt Disney World Village, construction began the following August and Pleasure Island was opened on May 1,1989, the same day as the Disneys Hollywood Studios theme park. Later that year, the complex was renamed Disney Village Marketplace, in the mid-1990s, the growth of Walt Disney World created the potential for further expansion, leading to a $1 billion investment in projects across the resort. The first World of Disney store opened October 2,1996, the re-branding was introduced on September 7,1997. On September 15, Downtown Disney West Side, a 66 acres expansion, opened as a shopping, dining, and entertainment area featuring venues such as La Nouba, DisneyQuest. On September 27,2008, the Pleasure Island nightclubs closed, the Downtown Disney complex gained a sister district in California on January 12,2001, with the addition of Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort. On March 14,2013, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs announced that Downtown Disney would be redesigned and renamed as Disney Springs, the 3-year renovation and expansion project would include 150 new tenants, two parking structures, and a near-doubling of mall area. Prior to this announcement, the last renovation of Downtown Disney had been in 1997, in order to facilitate the construction of the area and the increase in capacity, two large parking structures were constructed in previous surface parking lot areas. High Line structures were built across the West Side in order to both theme and shade. The complex was renamed Disney Springs on September 29,2015, Town Center, built just south of The Landing in the surface parking lots, was opened on May 15,2016, completing the major construction on the project. The complex is bordered by Lake Buena Vista to the north, Walt Disney Imagineering took inspiration for Disney Springs from real coastal towns found throughout Florida, such as St. Augustine and Coral Gables. Creative director Dave Hoffman said about the area, Each neighborhood reflects its function, the Marketplace houses many shops and restaurants reminiscent of the American Craftsman-style of the 1930s. The first restaurant in the Earl of Sandwich chain is located here, t-Rex Cafe is a dinosaur-themed restaurant operated by Landrys Restaurants, which features animatronic dinosaurs. It opened on October 14,2008, Landrys Restaurants also operates Rainforest Cafe at this location. A walkway spanning the Village Lake and connecting Rainforest Cafe with the Lego Store—The Marketplace Causeway—was constructed and opened in 2015, the Landing depicts the fictional towns transportation hub and marina. The Landing was formerly the site of Pleasure Island, an entertainment district with two comedy clubs and four dance clubs
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Footbridge
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A footbridge is a bridge designed for pedestrians and in some cases cyclists, animal traffic, and horse riders, instead of vehicular traffic. Footbridges complement the landscape and can be used decoratively to visually link two distinct areas or to signal a transaction, in many developed countries, footbridges are both functional and can be beautiful works of art and sculpture. Simple suspension bridge designs have developed to be sustainable and easily constructible in such rural areas using only local materials. An enclosed footbridge between two buildings is known as a skyway. Bridges providing for both pedestrians and cyclists are often referred to as greenbridges and form an important part of sustainable transport movement towards more sustainable cities. Footbridges are often situated to allow pedestrians to cross water or railways in areas where there are no roads to necessitate a road bridge. They are also located across roads to let pedestrians cross safely without slowing down the traffic, the latter is a type of pedestrian separation structure, examples of which are particularly found near schools, to help prevent children running in front of moving cars. Small footbridges can also be used for an effect in ornamental gardens. Complicated engineering is not needed and the footbridges are built with readily available materials, most footbridges are equipped with guard rails to reduce the risk of pedestrians falling. Where they pass over busy roads or railways, they may include a fence or other such barrier to prevent pedestrians from jumping. Much rural travel takes place on local paths, tracks and village roads and these provide essential access to water, firewood, farm plots and the classified road network. Communities and/or local government are responsible for this infrastructure. Pedestrian overpasses over highways or railroads are expensive, especially when elevators or long ramps for users are required. Without elevators or ramps, people with mobility handicaps will not be able to use the structure, often, people will prefer to walk across a busy road at grade rather than expend the effort to climb up the bridge and go over it. Overpasses should only be used where the number of users justify the costs, narrow, enclosed structures can result in perceptions of low personal security among users. Wider structures and good lighting can reduce this. Footbridges are small, but important, because they are presented in townscape. The appearance of footbridges, and indeed of any other bridges, people have to live with these structures, usually seeing them every day
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Regrading
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Regrading is the process of grading for raising and/or lowering the levels of land. Such a project can also be referred to as a regrade, regrading may be done on a small scale or on quite a large scale. Regrading is typically performed to make land more level, in case it is sometimes called levelling. )Levelling can have the consequence of making other nearby slopes steeper. Reasons for regrading include, Enabling construction on lands that were too varied and/or steeply sloped. Enabling transportation along routes that were too varied and/or steep. Changing drainage patterns and rerouting surface flow, improving the stability of terrain adjacent to developments. Drainage problems for areas not considered in the regrading plan, loss of aesthetic natural landscape topography and/or historical cultural landscapes
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Jamba Juice
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There are approximately 287 company-owned locations and 517 franchise-operated stores in the United States, in addition to the 45 international stores. Before the creation of the company, Jamba Juice was a project completed by Kirk Perron. Jamba Juice was conceived and founded on March 31,1990 by Perron and he was joined in the business by three friends, Kevin Peters, Joe Vergara, and Linda Ozawa Olds. It was incorporated in 1990 as Juice Club, Inc. in San Luis Obispo, Jamba Juice acquired all nationwide Zuka Juice, Inc. stores in October 2000. Zuka Juice was founded in Orem, Utah, by Dave Duffin, since then, Jamba Juice has expanded to become a well known smoothie chain. The first location in New York was at Columbus Circle and 59th Street in the basement of the Time Warner Center and is part of the Whole Foods Market seating area. Other locations include one south of Union Square, Times Square, Tribeca, on August 14,2003, Jamba Juice agreed to be acquired by Services Acquisition Corp. International for $265 million. A special purpose acquisition company, Services Acquisition is headed by Steven Berrard, upon the closing of the transaction, the publicly traded Services Acquisition changed its name to Jamba, Inc. In June 2006, Jamba, Inc. announced that it had completed a $35.0 million convertible preferred stock transaction. The convertible preferred stock becomes redeemable by Jamba, Inc. at the election of the purchasers in June 2016 unless converted earlier, the preferred stock is convertible into common shares at a price of $1.15 per share. “This transaction complements our focus exclusively on investing in businesses with strong management teams that capitalize on emerging demographic or psychographic trends. ”In December 2008, Jamba began a strategic move to transform the company from a smoothie shop to include a line of wraps, sandwiches, salads. Jamba currently has over 750 locations in 26 states across the U. S. in July 2009, in promoting its new line of products, Jamba Juice was criticized for running an advertising campaign which was described as a ripoff of the work of cartoonist David Rees. The ad campaign looked similar to Rees Get Your War On series, Rees was informed of the Jamba Juice ads by a fan who sent in a letter. Rees stated that Jamba Juice bit my style, with no credit, in 2014 Jamba Juice launched its expanded Fresh Juice menu, and began making juices blends to order with fresh ingredients such as kale, beets and ginger. On November 16,2015, Jamba, Inc. announced the construction of their first concept store, located in the center of Old Pasadena, the Innovation Bar replaced their nineteenth store, which was roughly double to triple the size of a typical Jamba Juice store. Alongside the usual serving of smoothies, this location also sold many other foods, including bowls, artisan hummus toast with vegetables, homemade potato chips. It was also the first location to house a WiFi-enabled dining area where customers can watch as their beverages are prepared, matt Kafka, who is the Senior Director of Operations at Jamba, explained it as a cool and hip place in Southern California. Jamba opened the Innovation Bar on July 14,2016, during a ribbon cutting at 10,00 am PDT
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La Brea Bakery
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La Brea Bakery is a retail bakery, restaurant operator, and an industrial baking company started in Los Angeles, California. Since opening its flagship store on 468 S La Brea Avenue in 1989 and it also sells its products in the United Kingdom and Ireland. La Brea is one of the USAs largest sellers of fresh bread, since 2001 La Brea has been owned by Aryzta AG, the largest bakery company in the world. Founder Nancy Silverton had originally wanted to open a restaurant that offered fresh-baked bread, at the time, she was working at Wolfgang Pucks Spago. However, she found that unless you were set up for it, it wasn’t very profitable to make your own bread. You need to have a space and you need to do wholesale to make money at it. Originally just a small storefront, in 1998 the business raised US$10 million for a new plant in Van Nuys. The facility prepares par-baked bread, dough that has been 80% baked and then quick-frozen for baking later, in 1990, Nancy Silverton received the James Beard Foundation “Best Pastry Chef of the Year” Award. She has also several books. The company’s website includes some of the articles that have written about its breads. In October 2008, La Brea Bakery was chosen to open a new restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport, in 2014, for the companys 25th year anniversary, the logo and packaging was redesigned. The burgundy logo with a capital B was replaced by a b on a bright red background. The flagship location also underwent a design renovation, history of California bread La Brea Bakery website
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Starbucks
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Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. As of November 2016, it operates 23,768 locations worldwide, many stores sell pre-packaged food items, hot and cold sandwiches, and drinkware including mugs and tumblers, select Starbucks Evenings locations offer beer, wine, and appetizers. Starbucks-brand coffee, ice cream, and bottled cold coffee drinks are sold at grocery stores. Starbucks first became profitable in Seattle in the early 1980s, the first Starbucks location outside North America opened in Tokyo in 1996, overseas properties now constitute almost one-third of its stores. The company opened an average of two new locations daily between 1987 and 2007, on December 1,2016, Howard Schultz announced he would resign as CEO effective in April 2017 and will be replaced by Kevin Johnson. The company took the name of the mate in the book Moby-Dick, Starbuck, after considering Cargo House. Bowker recalls that Terry Heckler, with whom Bowker owned an advertising agency, the founders brainstormed a list of words beginning with st. Someone pulled out an old mining map of the Cascade Range and saw a mining town named Starbo, Bowker said, Moby-Dick didnt have anything to do with Starbucks directly, it was only coincidental that the sound seemed to make sense. The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle at 2000 Western Avenue from 1971–1976 and this cafe was later moved to 1912 Pike Place, never to be relocated again. During this time, the only sold roasted whole coffee beans. The only brewed coffee served in the store were free samples, during their first year of operation, they purchased green coffee beans from Peets, then began buying directly from growers. In 1984, the owners of Starbucks, led by Jerry Baldwin. During the 1980s, total sales of coffee in the US were falling, by 1986, the company operated six stores in Seattle and had only just begun to sell espresso coffee. In 1987, the owners sold the Starbucks chain to former manager Howard Schultz. In the same year, Starbucks opened its first locations outside Seattle at Waterfront Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, by 1989,46 stores existed across the Northwest and Midwest and annually, Starbucks was roasting over 2,000,000 pounds of coffee. At the time of its public offering on the stock market in June 1992, Starbucks had 140 outlets, with a revenue of US$73.5 million. The companys market value was US$271 million by this time, the 12% portion of the company that was sold raised around US$25 million for the company, which facilitated a doubling of the number of stores over the next two years
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Sprinkles Cupcakes
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Sprinkles Cupcakes is a Beverly Hills, California-based cupcake bakery chain established in 2005. It is considered one of the first cupcake bakeries, in 2002, Candace Nelson and her husband Charles Nelson, both investment bankers, visited Candaces sister in New York and tried the cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery. Candace decided that it was time for cupcakes to stop being the backup dancer to cakes, having had started a custom cake business after attending Tante Maries Pastry Program in San Francisco, she set her sights on cupcakes. I was taking orders for special occasion cakes which I came to realize are, by definition, reserved for special, infrequent occasions, she said. I wanted to create an artful and handcrafted dessert, yet one which people could eat on a daily basis. which led me to reinvent and elevate the lowly cupcake. Although starting a cupcake bakery was a venture and the bakery business was in a four-year no carb decline. On April 13,2005, the Nelsons opened Sprinkles first store on Little Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, the first day, the cupcakes sold out in three hours, and 2,000 cupcakes were sold the first week. Sprinkles now has 17 locations throughout the United States, with plans to open in 15 more cities including London, the Nelsons also started a traveling Sprinklesmobile, a Mercedes Sprinter van designed by Sprinkles architect Andrea Lenardin and built by Pimp My Rides West Coast Customs. In 2007 the company developed a line of cupcake mixes sold exclusively through Sprinkles and Williams-Sonoma stores in the United States, in February 2011 Sprinkles released an iPhone app that features free cupcakes and virtual gifting. Sprinkles Cupcakes opened its first New York City store on May 13,2011, a second New York City store was slated to open at Brookfield Place in the fall of 2013. In 2013, a branch was opened in Kuwait, on March 6,2012, Sprinkles Cupcakes opened the worlds first Cupcake ATM in Beverly Hills, CA. The second Cupcake ATM opened a few months later in Chicago, a third Cupcake ATMs is located at its bakery in Dallas. The fourth Cupcake ATM is located outside of the Lexington Avenue branch in New York City, the Cupcake ATM dispenses cupcakes and doggie cupcakes 24 hours a day and is continuously restocked throughout the day with freshly baked cupcakes. It can hold up to 600 cupcakes at a time and they now offer nationwide shipping and have a traveling ice cream cart. The Sprinkles Ice Cream is slow churned in order to create a denser, creamier and she also creates offbeat offerings like vegan and gluten-free cupcakes and even cupcakes with dog-friendly ingredients. The cupcakes are baked daily and are free from preservatives, trans fats. Sprinkles has gained many celebrity endorsements, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Tyra Banks, Katie Holmes, Paris Hilton, Blake Lively, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Cruise, and Jake Gyllenhaal are among its customers. Barbra Streisand was one of Sprinkles first customers and introduced Oprah Winfrey to the brand by sending her a box of cupcakes, the couple managed to catch an overnight flight, and the cupcakes were featured on Oprahs show
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Wetzel's Pretzels
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Wetzels Pretzels is a Pasadena, California-based franchise of fast-food restaurants. The first Wetzels Pretzels location opened in 1994 at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, currently, Wetzels Pretzels has 300+ locations in the United States and six other countries worldwide. In 1994, Rick Wetzel and Bill Phelps were working in marketing at Nestle USA, on a business trip to Seattle, the colleagues, though not friends at the time, started kicking around the idea of pretzels as a new snack-food business. An eavesdropping stranger told them soft fresh-baked bread pretzels were really tasty, the pair got excited and started mapping out a business plan that night at a bar. They wrestled with finding a name that could be trademarked, everything Phelps wanted had already been taken. Wetzel, who had been teased in the schoolyard with Hey Wetzel, you pretzel, a friend who was a marketing consultant finally pointed out the obvious for a name. The chain expanded quickly, and in 1997, Hollywood movie producer John Davis came in with $1 million raised from angel investors, only after opening a company-owned flagship store at Disneyland in 2001 did the pair realize they had made it. It was one of the top retailers in all of Downtown Disney per square foot, in 1996, Wetzels began franchising their brand, and now has a co-branding relationship with Cold Stone Creamery, Juice It Up. Los Angeles private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Inc. bought a majority stake in the company in 2007 for an undisclosed amount, Phelps still owns a 20% share, while Wetzel holds a smaller stake. In October 2016, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sold majority stake to Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners LLC. after holding the majority stake for 9 years. Wetzels Pretzels, along with Rick Caruso of Caruso Affiliated, each donate $7,500 to the Beyond the Bell program of the Los Angeles Unified School District, as of 2016, Wetzel’s Pretzels has 305 locations in 28 states and six countries. Its stores are located in shopping malls, outlet centers, theme parks, select discount retail stores, train stations, Pretzels, consisting of several different flavors such as. Wetzel’s Original, Hand rolled, baked fresh, and lightly buttered & salted, Wetzel’s Original, Hand rolled, baked fresh, and lightly salted without butter. Sinful Cinnamon™, A sweet, sinful treat coated with cinnamon & sugar, almond Crunch, Slightly sweet with a crunchy almond topping. Sour Cream & Onion, Mild sweet onion flavor and a hint of sour cream, cin-A-Yum®, Coated with melted cinnamon butter, then topped with sweet glaze. They also have baked cheese pretzels like the Cheese Meltdown, Fresh-baked pretzel topped with hot, grateful Garlic™, Hot, melted cheese with a light garlic flavor. Pepperoni Twist, Fresh baked cheese pretzel topped with pepperoni slices, jalapeno Cheese Melt, Big, juicy slices of jalapeno and hot, melted cheese. Jalaroni™, Fresh baked cheese pretzel topped with pepperoni slices and big and they also have other pretzel items such as
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Disney pin trading
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Disney pin trading is the buying and trading of collectible pins and related items featuring Disney characters, attractions, icons, events and other elements. The practice is an officially supported and promoted by Disney. Many thousands of pins have been created over the years. Pins are available for a time, the base price for a pin is US$7.95. Limited edition pins, and special pins cost up to $14.95, featured Artist and Jumbo Pins cost between $20 and $35 and Super Jumbo pins cost upwards of, and sometimes beyond, $125. Pins are frequently released at special events, movie premiers, pin trading events or to commemorate the day of a new attraction. Some pins have appreciated well on the market and have reached prices of over US$2000 at venues such as eBay. Most Disney pins are enamel or enamel cloisonné with a metal base, the backs of each pin are very sharp and should be used with care by young collectors. Pins have always been present at Disney parks, but it wasnt until 1999 as part of the Millennium Celebration that Disney Pin Trading at the Walt Disney World Resort was introduced. The next year, the spread to the Disneyland Resort, which has become the home of most Pin Trading events. Since then, Pin Trading has spread to Aulani, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and Disney Cruise Lines with each location creating their own pins and traditions. Although the trading of pins has been suspended in Tokyo Disney Resort, pins are still offered as prizes at carnival games, in all Disney resorts, a large variety of pins are available for purchase and trade. Most merchandise cast members wear pins on lanyards around their necks, additional cast members may wear lanyards if pin trading does not distract from their responsibilities, some managers choose to wear lanyards, but ride operators are not permitted. Some cast members wear a teal colored lanyard at Disneyland and a green lanyard at Walt Disney World with pins tradable to children ages 3 to 12. Each lanyard contains around a dozen unique pins, and cast members must trade with guests if they are presented with an acceptable pin. The cast members may not decline a trade based on preference or rarity of the pin. Each guest may only trade two pins with the same cast member in one day, if the cast member gives his or her lanyard to a different cast member, a guest may trade again with the new cast member even though the physical lanyard is the same. The specifics of what make a pin acceptable for trading varies from park to park, at Disneyland and California Adventure parks, the cast members are instructed not to accept pins that have a clasp or brooch-type backing
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The Lego Group
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Lego A/S, doing business as The Lego Group (stylized as The LEGO Group, is a Danish family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark. It is best known for the manufacture of Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks, the Lego Group has also built several amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland, and operates several retail stores. The company was founded on 10 August 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, the word lego is derived from the Danish words leg godt, meaning play well. The word lego also means I put together in Latin, and I connect or I tie in Italian. In the first half of 2015, The Lego Group became the worlds largest toy company by revenue, with sales amounting to US$2.1 billion, surpassing Mattel, which had US$1.9 billion in sales. The history of Lego spans nearly 100 years, beginning with the creation of small wooden playthings during the early 20th century, manufacturing of plastic Lego bricks began in Denmark in 1947, but since has grown to include factories throughout the world. Below are historical images of the Lego logo throughout the companys existence, since the expiration of the last standing Lego patent in 1989, a number of companies have produced interlocking bricks that are similar to Lego bricks. The toy company Tyco Toys produced such bricks for a time, other competitors include Mega Bloks and these competitor products are typically compatible with Lego bricks, and are often marketed at a lower cost than Lego sets. One such competitor is Coko, manufactured by Chinese company Tianjin Coko Toy Co. Ltd, in 2002, Lego Groups Swiss subsidiary Interlego AG sued the company for copyright infringement. On appeal, the Beijing High Peoples Court upheld the courts ruling. In 2003, The Lego Group won a lawsuit in Norway against the marketing group Biltema for its sale of Coko products, also in 2003, a large shipment of Lego-like products marketed under the name Enlighten was seized by Finland customs authorities. The packaging of the Enlighten products was similar to official Lego packaging and their Chinese manufacturer failed to appear in court, and thus Lego won a default action ordering the destruction of the shipment. Lego Group footed the bill for the disposal of the 54,000 sets, citing a desire to avoid brand confusion, in 2004, Best-Lock Construction Toys defeated a patent challenge from Lego in the Oberlandesgericht, Hamburg. The Lego Group has attempted to trademark the Lego Indicia, the appearance of the Lego brick. On 24 May 2002, the Federal Court of Canada dismissed the case, asserting the design is functional, the Lego Groups appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court of Appeal on 14 July 2003. In October 2005, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Trademark law should not be used to perpetuate monopoly rights enjoyed under now-expired patents, and held that Mega Bloks can continue to manufacture their bricks. Because of fierce competition from products, the company has always responded by being proactive in their patenting and has over 600 United States granted design patents to their name. Lego acknowledges the impact of its operations on the environment, in particular in areas such as change, resource and energy use
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Pandora (jewelry)
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Pandora A/S is an international Danish jewellery manufacturer and retailer founded in 1982 by Per Enevoldsen. The company started as a jewellery shop in Copenhagen. Pandora is known for its customizable charm bracelets, designer rings, the company has a production site in Thailand and markets its products in more than 100 countries on 6 continents with more than 8,100 points of sale. Pandora was founded in 1982 by Danish goldsmith Per Enevoldsen and his then wife Winnie Enevoldsen, the pair began on a small scale by importing jewellery from Thailand and selling to consumers. After a successful venture, in 1989 Enevoldsen hired in-house designers and established a manufacturing site in Thailand. With low production costs and an efficient supply chain, the Enevoldsens could provide affordable, pandoras collection grew to include an assortment of rings, necklaces, earrings and watches. Pandora started selling its signature bracelets in 2000 after a patent, the Danish private equity group Axcel bought a 60% stake in the company from the Enevoldsen family in 2008. Shares totalling DKK9.96 billion were sold in an IPO in October 2010, one of the biggest IPOs in Europe that year, the company is publicly listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen Stock Exchange in Denmark and is a component of the OMX Copenhagen 20 index. Pandora became the worlds third-largest jewellery company in terms of sales, after Cartier, in 2011, more than one piece of Pandora jewellery was sold every second.9 billion and net profit in excess of DKK3 billion in 2014. Sales of the Pandora brand began in Europe and it first entered North America in 2003, the company opened concept stores around the world before its franchising model began in Australia in 2009. Pandora products are sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through approximately 8,100 points of sale, the company employs over 21,500 people, of whom 12,400 are located in Gemopolis, Thailand, the companys sole manufacturing site since 1989. Pandora launched a sales platform in Europe in 2011. Europe and the United States accounted for nearly 90% of group sales in 2014, the group announced a Chinese distribution deal in 2015, with plans to increase store numbers to a couple of hundred in China. In 2015, it bought out Oracle Investments shares in its Chinese distribution service
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Sephora
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Sephora is a French chain of cosmetics stores founded in 1969. Featuring nearly 300 brands, along with its own label, Sephora offers beauty products including makeup, skincare, body, fragrance, nail color. Sephora is owned by luxury conglomerate LVMH as of 1997, the Sephora logo is a white S-shaped flame against a black background. The name comes from the Greek spelling of Zipporah, the most beautiful wife of Moses, Sephora first launched in Paris in a partnership between the UKs Boots PLC and Nouvelles Galeries as a perfumery chain in 1970. It was purchased by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1993, who merged the purchase with his own perfume chain under the Sephora brand, Mandonnaud continued to expand the Sephora brand through the 1990s, opening up its flagship store in Champs Élysées in 1997. In July 1997, Mandonnaud and his partners sold Sephora to LVMH, Sephora opened its first United States store in New York City in 1998 and its first Canadian store in Toronto in 2004. Its North American headquarters is located in San Francisco, with offices in New York City. Sephora currently operates over 360 stores across North America, Sephora launched its online store to the U. S. in 1999 and into Canada in 2003. The Canadian head office was opened in February 2007 by Marie-Christine Marchives, Marie-Christine Marchives returned to France in July 2010 to become the general manager of Sephora France. She was replaced in Canada by Klaus Ryum-Larsen, Sephora currently operates over 1,700 stores in 30 countries worldwide generating over an estimated $4 billion in revenue as of 2013. As of September 2013, the Sephora at Champs Élysées in Paris, France, in 2006, Sephora. com purchased the assets of Eve. com for high six-figures. In 2010, Womens Wear Daily named Sephora the specialty retailer of the year, on 18 November 2014, four customers filed a class action lawsuit against Sephora. On 1 January 2014, Calvin McDonald replaced David Suliteanu as president, Suliteanu was named CEO of Kendo Brands, another business in the LVMH portfolio. In 26 August 2016, Sephora opened its 400th location on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, the store is the citys new flagship location. In August 2015 it was announced that Sephora would launch a subscription service, the monthly subscription service offers boxes containing five deluxe sample size products and a bonus fragrance sample for $10 a month. Boston, Columbus, and Cincinnati were the three cities to test the initial service launch in September 2015. The service launched throughout the US in 2016, in January 2015 Sephora launched FLASH 2-DAY shipping as a $10 annual subscription service. Note, The service is a subscription service that automatically renews at the end of every 12 month subscription period unless you cancel
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Swing (dance)
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Swing dance is a group of dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s-1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular swing era. During the swing era, there were hundreds of styles of swing dancing, but those that have survived beyond that era include, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and Lindy Charleston. Today, the most well-known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, while the majority of swing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances, a swing era dance, like Balboa, developed outside of these communities. Somewhat surprisingly, swing dance was not commonly used to identify a group of dances until the half of the 20th century. Historically, the term Swing referred to the style of jazz music, jitterbug is an umbrella term that denotes all forms of swing dance, though it is often used as a synonym for the six-count derivative of Lindy Hop called East Coast Swing. It was also common to use the word to identify a kind of dancer, a jitterbug might prefer to dance Lindy Hop, Shag, or any of the other swing dances. The term was associated with swing era band leader Cab Calloway because, as he put it, look like a bunch of jitterbugs out there on the floor due to their fast. A strong tradition of social and competitive boogie woogie and Rock n Roll in Europe add these dances to their local swing dance cultures, Lindy Hop evolved in the early 1930s. It is a dance of African American origin characterized by a degree of physical vigor. It is characterized by an 8-count circular basic or swing out and has an emphasis on improvisation, the name Lindy Hop is often attributed to Shorty George Snowden during an interaction with a reporter who asked him what kind of dance they were doing. Because Charles Lindbergh had just made his famous solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Shorty George is said to have replied, whether it was Shorty George who coined the name is disputed by some writers, but, in any case, the name stuck. The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem was the home of the Lindy Hop, as its popularity increased, professional troupes were formed. These troupes toured the United States and Europe performing versions of the Lindy Hop, Balboa, also known as Bal is an eight-count dance thats done in closed position. The earliest form of the dance evolved in the mostly conservative dance halls of southern California where space was limited and these dance halls usually prohibited the wild kicks of the Charleston and Lindy Hop. Pure Balboa is characterized by an upright posture with partners standing chest to chest, there are no spins or turns and the dancers remain in contact through the upper chest at all times. Not leaving much scope for variations, pure Balboa is a very simple dance. The few step variations generally play with the rhythm or look and feel from below the knee downwards, Balboa is frequently danced to fast jazz, though many like to Balboa to slower tempi. While most dancers differentiate between pure Balboa and Bal Swing, both are considered to be a part of the dance, Bal Swing evolved from Balboa when original Balboa dancers experimented with fancier variations of the dance which forced the chest to chest connection to be broken
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Alamo Rent a Car
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Alamo Rent a Car is a car rental agency in the United States. Based in Clayton, Missouri, it has branches across North America, South America, Africa, Europe, in 1996, Alamo was acquired by Republic Industries. AutoNation spun off its car rental properties as ANC Rental in 2000, ANC filed for bankruptcy a year later, its properties were sold to Vanguard Automotive Group in 2003. In 2007, Vanguard was acquired by Enterprise Holdings, operator of the largest rental car company in North America, a report in the Denver Post described a snowbound passenger who was charged $950 per day by Alamo around Christmastime in an instance of apparent price gouging. There was a report in the New York Times that supposedly midsize Alamo rental cars were uncomfortably small, a report in USA Today suggested that increases in rental car rates, which averaged 4% in 2013, were leading many rental car users to switch to taking taxis instead. Alamo was criticized in the New York Times for failing to provide information about insurance rates for its rental cars on its website, Alamo reclassification of car sizes has caused considerable customer confusion. Cars such as the Chevrolet Cruze are classified as compact at other firms, Alamo Rent a Car official webpage Confessions of an Alamo Car Rental Agent. List of SIPP codes used by Alamo to categorize their rental cars
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AMC Theatres
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Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the American theater market ahead of Regal Entertainment Group and Cinemark Theatres. The chain has 346 locations in North America, and 86 more locations in mainland China, the companys headquarters are located in Leawood, Kansas. AMC Theatres was founded in 1920 by the Dubinsky Brothers, who had been traveling the Midwest performing melodramas and they purchased the Regent Theatre on 12th Street between Walnut and Grand in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Dubinskys eventually changed their name to Durwood, and the company formed was called Durwood Theatres. In 1961, Edwards son Stanley took control of Durwood Theatres, then a small 10-theatre chain, Stanley had attended Harvard University and served as a navigator in the U. S. Air Force during World War II. He renamed Durwood Theatres as American Royal Cinema on October 1,1968, as he later explained to Variety magazine, We needed to define what our company was doing in the business. It was structured under the belief that every customer was a guest, under its new name, AMC opened the two-screen Parkway Twin theatre in a shopping center on Kansas Citys Ward Parkway in 1963. This marked the companys first foray into using the multiplex model, the industry quickly embraced the multiplex concept, where additional screens meant very little difference in staff and operating costs, but resulted in a significant increase in profits. The concept also provided more film choices at one location, drawing bigger crowds and it also gave owners the flexibility to show big hits on more screens, and less reliance on any individual film that could turn out as a bust. By the 1980s, the company was experiencing strong growth, AMC had built and was operating a number of ten-screen multiplex cinemas in the United Kingdom, including sites at locations such as Dudley and Tamworth. These were subsequently bought and taken over by UCI, in the later part of the decade, AMC MeyerPark in Houston, Texas opened with 14 screens, and became the largest theatre in the United States under one roof at the time. AMCs megaplexes were a success overseas as well, on December 20,1996, AMC opened the AMC Arrábida 20 in Portugal. At the time, AMC was publicly traded on AMEX under the code AEN, the company filed for a $450 million IPO in its third such filing since 2006 on 14 July 2010. Stanley Durwood died in 1999, and was succeeded by Peter Brown, gerardo I. Lopez succeeded Brown as CEO and president on March 2,2009. Previously, Lopez was the Executive Vice President of President Consumer Products Group, Seattles Best Coffee and Foodservice at Starbucks. Under new leadership, one of the first major announcements came in March of the same year, the company used to have its headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The state of Kansas had offered $47 million in incentives to get the 400 jobs to move, the company continues to officially be headquartered in Kansas City, although it has moved its headquarters to the Ten Main Center, where it now leases space. The disability rights group had accused the company of only providing closed captioning or audio description systems at some of its locations in the state, AMC was acquired by Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate headquartered in Dalian, in May 2012
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Anna (Disney)
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Princess Anna of Arendelle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios 53rd animated film Frozen. She is voiced by Kristen Bell as an adult, at the beginning of the film, Livvy Stubenrauch and Katie Lopez provided her speaking and singing voice as a young child, respectively. Agatha Lee Monn portrayed her as a nine-year-old, created by co-directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, Anna is loosely based on Gerda, a character of the Danish fairytale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. The original fairytale in general and the character of the Snow Queen in particular posed problems to adapt into a feature-length production. Several film executives, including Walt Disney, made their attempts towards the story, finally, directors Buck and Lee solved the issue by portraying Anna and Elsa as sisters, establishing a dynamic relationship between the characters. Anna has received acclaim from film critics, who praised the determination. Bell was also extolled by various reviewers for her performance in the film, however, the story and particularly the Snow Queen character proved to be too problematic to Disney and his animators. Namely one of the troubles they encountered was that the story lacked necessary interaction between the main protagonist, Gerda, and the Snow Queen. There just was not enough character conflict to form a full-length feature, around 2008, Chris Buck pitched Disney his version of The Snow Queen. At the time, the project was planned to be traditionally animated under the name of Anna, however, by early 2010, the project encountered the same problem and was stuck again. Jennifer Lee, Frozens co-director, later recalled, The issue with the original for us in a lot of ways is its a very symbolic story and its very hard to translate symbolism into concrete things. Film is concrete, so you translate it, now, when the film was revived again, one of the main challenges that Buck and his team had to face with was the character. The storyboards were presented to John Lasseter, who would tell the assembled production team You havent dug deep enough, Lasseter commended that Chris Bucks latest version was fun and very light-hearted, but the characters were not multifaceted, and thus did not resonate for the producer. The original character of Gerda, known as Anna, was one of the three characters in the script at this time, along with the Snow Queen, Elsa and Kristoff. This changed the story dramatically, shifting from the conflict between the good and the evil to the conflict between love and fear, the only thing she really has in her, shes not a superhero or anything, but she has love. And its love that conquers fear in the end, on March 5,2012, Kristen Bell was cast to voice the adult Anna. Additionally, Agatha Lee Monn, daughter of the films director Jennifer Lee, Lee explained about these casting decisions, We really wanted to use the first two verses of this song to show you Annas personality. And we wanted the singing to be done by real-sounding kids, Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel had both auditioned for Rapunzel in Tangled and had already known each other, but they did not get the part
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Elsa (Disney)
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Queen Elsa of Arendelle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios 53rd animated film Frozen. She is voiced primarily by Broadway actress and singer Idina Menzel, at the beginning of the film, she is voiced by Eva Bella as a young child and by Spencer Lacey Ganus as a teenager. Created by director Chris Buck, Elsa is loosely based on the character of The Snow Queen. In the Disney film adaptation, she is introduced as the princess of the fictional Scandinavian kingdom of Arendelle, heiress to the throne, Elsa has the magical ability to create and manipulate ice and snow. She inadvertently sends Arendelle into a winter on the evening of her coronation. The Snow Queen character, neutral but cold-hearted in the fairytale and villain in numerous adaptations of the character. Several film executives, including Walt Disney, attempted to build on the character, Buck and his co-director, Jennifer Lee, were ultimately able to solve the dilemma by depicting Elsa and Anna as sisters. As much as Anna’s struggle is external, Elsa’s is internal and this led to Elsa being gradually rewritten as a sympathetic, misunderstood character. Elsa has enjoyed a positive reception from reviewers, who praised her complex characterization. Menzel was also praised for her vocal performance of Elsa, especially that of her performance of the song Let It Go. Attempts were made as early as 1937 by Walt Disney to adapt Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale, The Snow Queen, however, Disney struggled with creating a believable, multi-dimensional adaption of the fairy tales title character, who was intended to be a villain. In the story, she is described as a woman, dressed in garments of white gauze and she was fair and beautiful, but made of ice—shining and glittering ice. Still she was alive and her eyes sparkled like bright stars, Disney was unable to find a way to make the Snow Queen more real and eventually abandoned film plans. Several film executives later made efforts towards the project, including Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, Dick Zondag, Glen Keane, in 2011, director Chris Buck began work on another attempted adaption and also faced challenges with the Snow Queen character. Producer Peter Del Vecho explained that this was primarily because she was not relatable and too isolated, as a result, they could not explain her motivations. After several changes were proposed, someone on the team suggested making the Snow Queen Annas sister. Once we realized that these characters could be siblings and have a relationship, everything changed, earlier manuscripts included more antagonistic actions by Elsa, such as intentionally cursing Arendelle with an eternal winter. Within two months, however, scripts were altered to give emphasis to her lack of control over her powers, Olaf was reduced to the only snowman created by Elsa, and he instead serves as a reminder of the sisters childhood friendship
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Build-A-Bear Workshop
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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is an American retailer headquartered in Overland, Missouri, that sells teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Customers go through a process in which the stuffed animal of their choice is assembled and customized during their visit to the store. Build-A-Bear Workshop is the largest chain that operates in this style, the company has been acclaimed for the quality of its working environment, especially as a workplace for teenagers. The companys slogan was Where Best Friends Are Made from 1997 to 2013 and is currently The Most Fun Youll Ever Make, Build-A-Bear Workshop was founded by Maxine Clark in 1997, with its first store in the Saint Louis Galleria. The chain also originally had at least one store in Brazil and one in Oman, in 2006, the company acquired The Bear Factory from Hamleys and began operating in its flagship store in London. Build-A-Bear has also engaged in charities, including the WWF Collecti-bear series which has given over $1 million to the World Wildlife Fund. A Build-A-Bear Workshop video game was developed by The Game Factory, from Hop, both Alvin and Brittany from the Alvin and the Chipmunks film series, a Jonas dog, a Shake It Up bunny and a Wizards of Waverly Place bear. In 2010, in honor of the Sanrio companys 50th anniversary, Build-A-Bear released limited edition Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Chococat, My Melody and this included the release of mini keychains of the four characters along with Deery Lou. In 2010, Build-A-Bear also started selling Zhu Zhu Pets, a line of electronic hamsters by Cepia LLC, also in 2010, Build-A-Bear introduced a line of smaller bears in boxes and already stuffed bears called smallfrys. A variety of smallfrys were available ranging from bears and rabbits to blue tigers. Just like the normal 30–40 cm bears they had clothes and accessories but were not as big a variety as the larger bears, starting in 2011, Build-A-Bear added Victoria Justice as their new spokesperson. In the mid-year, she began appearing in all Build-A-Bear Workshop commercials, Build-A-Bear also released a feature film available on the iPad through MoPix in December 2011. In late October 2007, Build-A-Bear Workshop opened a virtual world called Bearville. It allowed users to play games, explore an expanding world, the virtual world closed in 2015 and is no longer playable. It was replaced by the site Bearville Alive, containing a web series featuring Build-a-Bear characters. Met, the mascot of the New York Mets, at their Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan, a location at Citizens Bank Park closed at the end of the 2010 season. Friends 2B Made was a store that allowed customers to make dolls. The store was briefly in nine locations before closing in 2009
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Chip and Pepper
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Chip and Pepper Foster are identical twin businessmen from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They are co-owners of the self-titled Chip & Pepper apparel company and former hosts of their own NBC series, Chip, at a peak in their popularity, the Foster brothers were featured on a Canadian TV station singing Chip and Pepper, get hip or get out. The footage came into the hands of NBCs Head of Entertainment Brandon Tartikoff, in fall of 1991, Chip and Peppers Cartoon Madness debuted. Serving as a cornerstone to NBCs animated lineup, it included sketches and interviews, the show only lasted one season, however, before NBC dropped its animated block altogether in 1992. Chip and Pepper jeans typically have a boot cut fit and are made of high quality and they are frequently distressed to increase their style, and are similarly priced to other designer jeans, such as Diesel, Seven for all Mankind, and True Religion. During the Fosters TV work in Los Angeles, their business was, according to them. This eventually led to a battle over the ownership of the Chip & Pepper trademark. In 1994, the Fosters opened a store by the name of Golf Punk, as it grew, the Fosters decided to resurrect their signature brand, which took place in fall of 2003 in Los Angeles. The duo gained notoriety as stylists on the Style Network show The Look For Less, more recently, the Fosters introduced a brand new line called C7P. The line is aimed particularly at the teen market and it also includes an array of denim items including jeans, skirts, Bermuda shorts, and crop pants along with T-shirts, tops, and fleece. Chip and Peppers Cartoon Madness at the Internet Movie Database
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Earl of Sandwich (restaurant)
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Earl of Sandwich is a restaurant franchise based in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was founded by The Rt Hon, the 11th Earl of Sandwich, his younger son John Montagu, and businessman Robert Earl, founder of Planet Hollywood. Earl of Sandwich is the brainchild of The Hon. Orlando Montagu and he and his father are direct descendants of The 4th Earl of Sandwich, who popularised the sandwich in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. The first restaurant was opened on March 19,2004, located in Disney Springs on the property of the Walt Disney World Resort outside of Orlando, Florida. Earl of Sandwich has franchising plans in the United States and the United Kingdom, including the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first Earl of Sandwich franchise opened in Sugar Land, Texas, additional locations have opened since, in various states across the U. S. The first Earl of Sandwich restaurant outside of the United States opened on April 18,2011, in London, but closed on 28 February,2014, another one has since opened in the Disney Village at Disneyland Resort Paris. Petersburg International Plaza and Bay Street in Tampa Fort Pierce at the Port St. Marne-la-Vallée, just outside Paris, at the Disneyland Resort Paris Doha, Qatar, at The Pearl-Qatar Official website
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ESPN Zone
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Original, this was a restaurant chain in the United States operated by Disney Regional Entertainment subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts using the Disney-owned ESPN brand. In 1992, Art Levitt conceived of an ESPN/Disney project, while he was Disney Parks and Resorts vice president of resorts and special projects, levitts concept was to put an ESPN experience in Disney World. Despite discussions with ESPN, the project did not immediately given the green light, Levitt exited Disney for the CEO post at Hard Rock Cafe International. The ESPN Club sports bar, at Walt Disney World with 13,000 square feet of TV screens, was a modest attempt that came from those discussion plus drew enough as a proof of concept, the restaurant opened on July 1,1996 at the Boardwalk entertainment complex. A similar project, Sports Center USA, led by Lynda ODea attempted to get started for four years in the early 1990s with its selected first location was Baltimores Power Plant, a lack of financing ended this project that was done in conjunction with Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. ESPN Grill was renamed on December 29,1997 to ESPN Zone to reflect that there is more to the venue, the first ESPN Zone opened in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 11,1998, in the Power Plant on the Inner Harbor. After the Chicago location opening, there was to be a new location every three months, in 2009, Disney Regional Entertainment closed two ESPN Zone locations. A restaurant in Denver closed in June, and another in Atlanta closed in October of that year, the Atlanta location had opened in 2000, while the Denver location opened in 2001. In both cases, Disney Regional Entertainment cited the economic environment as the reason for the closures, in June 2010, all but two locations were shuttered, with the remaining restaurants located in Southern California. A. Live location to Anschutz Entertainment Group, the company owns the L. A. The Los Angeles location, housed in the ESPN West Coast headquarters building, the prototype ESPN Zone was a two level 35,000 square-foot complex with stadium like design which could hold 550 customers. People may dine at the bar or restaurant area,200 TV screens were hung from the walls and ceilings. There are two rooms, a screening room and a 10, 000-square-foot arena for actual and virtual game play. ESPN Zone incorporated sports news into daily operations, each shift, all staff were to received daily sports news briefings. Place mats would be generated daily as a page of a newspaper. The chain was to change its program, games and memorabilia regularly. All of the ESPN Zone restaurants were equipped to be remote ESPN broadcast locations, the Anaheim ESPN Zone was the home of Unscripted with Chris Connelly, from 2001 to 2002. The ESPN Zone in New York Citys Times Square was used as the location of the Monday Night Football halftime show for several years, several of the locations also had radio studios, used by the local ESPN Radio affiliate and leased to other stations on occasion
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House of Blues
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House of Blues is a chain of live music concert halls and restaurants in major markets throughout the United States. House of Blues first location, in Cambridges Harvard Square, was opened in 1992 by Isaac Tigrett, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, the first House of Blues opened on November 26,1992, in the Harvard Square commercial district and retail area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was financed by Dan Aykroyd, Aerosmith, Paul Shaffer, River Phoenix, James Belushi. This original location has since closed, however, the hands-in-concrete driveway where members of the Blues Brothers and others left their mark, still remains. In 1999, House of Blues acquired Universal Concerts from Seagram, on July 5,2006, Live Nation acquired House of Blues. As a division of Live Nation, the company currently operates 11 clubs throughout North America, the iconic Sunset Strip location in West Hollywood, CA closed in July 2015, a new location has not been found. Nine of these locations also feature the VIP membership club, Foundation Room
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Kitson (store)
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Kitson was an upmarket department store chain whose head store is on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles. This store is a place for celebrity spotting, especially by paparazzi. Kitson was founded in 2000 by Fraser Ross, the original shop on Robertson grew into a hotspot for both celebrities and fashion enthusiasts. Kitson carries exclusives from Homies, Boy London, Yosi Samra, Lauren Moshi, the Wall Street Journal reported, At Kitson, Mr. Ross has made a science of understanding trend-conscious consumers. His stores, christened with his name, are often mentioned in gossip columns alongside photos of celebrities who are seen exiting with a new handbag or pair of pricey jeans. In February 2014, Kitson opened its largest store to date in Las Vegas at The LINQ, a retail, dining, and entertainment complex featuring High Roller, the worlds tallest Ferris wheel. On December 9,2015, the announced that it would close all of its 17 locations throughout California, Oregon. As of that date, the store, ShopKitson. com, was already no longer in service. The source of the trouble was unclear according to news reports
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Rainforest Cafe
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Rainforest Cafe is a themed restaurant chain owned by Landrys, Inc. of Houston. It was founded by entrepreneur Steven Schussler, the first location opened in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, on February 3,1994. By 1997, the chain consisted of six restaurants, all in the United States, in 1998, it was planned to build 12 additional restaurants in the United States, seven in Mexico, and five in the UK, for a total of 22 restaurants by 2008. In 2000, the Rainforest Cafe was bought by Landrys Restaurants Inc. a company specializing in dining, hospitality, entertainment, to date, the company owns restaurants in the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the U. A. E. Rainforest Cafe focuses on tourism for a majority of their income. Most locations also have themed exteriors as well as interiors, the Rainforest Cafe in Disney Springs, Orlando, located under a large artificial volcano which erupts during the simulated thunderstorms. Others, such as the locations in Atlantic City, Anaheim, Mall locations usually have waterfalls and simulated plant growth outside of them, visible to those who pass in the mall. Nearly all locations have a pond, usually with a moving crocodile figure. The restaurants are partitioned into rooms by means of rain curtains that fall into basins running along the tops of partition walls and booths. Most locations have two connected, but at the Walt Disney World locations, three tanks are connected. One portion of most locations includes a bar located underneath an enormous mushroom, the chain is known for its characteristic bar stools, made to resemble the legs of animals, designed and sculpted by the artist Glenn Carter. There is usually a ceiling in the middle of the restaurant. Rainforest themed merchandise is sold in the shop, mostly printed by the Atlanta-based fashion apparel company. Toys including stuffed toys and action figures of the restaurant mascots are sold as well, Rainforest Cafe also has a set of mascots, called The Wild Bunch. Cha. the red eye tree frog, Iggy, the iguana, Nile, the crocodile, Rio, a macaw, Maya, the leopard, Tuki, the elephant, Bamba, the gorilla, Ozzie, the orangutan. These eight characters may be represented on childrens menus, merchandise, to enhance the theme, some of the animals are animatronic, manufactured by Russells Creative, LLC of Apopka, Florida, formerly UCFab International. Nearly all locations have elephants, tigers, gorillas, jaguars, snakes, elephants are typically found in a pair consisting of an adult and young. These face diners from, like most animatronics, an area from a wall
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Ridemakerz
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Ridemakerz is an American retailer of customizable toy cars. The business was started in 2007 by Larry Andreini, Chip Foose, the first location opened June 1,2007 in Myrtle Beach, SC at Broadway at the Beach. Since then, twelve locations had opened in ten other states, in late 2009 Ridemakerz began closing most of their stores. Plus they will be selling their products in the newly repurchased and re-imagined Disney Stores, the company currently holds licenses to make the Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Ram, Dodge Viper, Ford F-250 Super Chief, Ford Mustang, Mini Cooper, and the Scion xB. In April 2008, Ridemakerz won Best Attraction Retailing for stores under 5,000 square feet in Chain Store Age Magazines Retail Store of the Year awards Ridemakerz is a liability company. It was founded in 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Rancho Santa Margarita, the main financier is investor Norman Pozez. Build-A-Bear owns about 25% of the company, in 2010 it is opening a warehouse and distribution center in Valencia, California and moving its headquarters to Irvine, California. There are approximately 250 employees nationwide and 16 employees at its headquarters, while in the store, the customers come into the store and build ridez that can either be a freewheeling car or remote control car. It is estimated that over 649,000,000 different ride combinations are possible, each stores number is prefixed with 15 and the order of opening denotes the individual store number. December 2008- Ridemakerz launched their Ridemakerz Virtual World, which is similar to Build a Bear Workshops Build-A-Bearville, march 2009- RZ Virtual World opened from its closed beta test. September 2009- Ridemakerz stopped tech support for their virtual world, RIDEMAKEZ Website Myspace group Ridemakerz Forum
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Quiksilver
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Quiksilver, Inc. is an American retail sporting company, founded in Torquay, Australia, but now based in Huntington Beach, California. It is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment and its logo, designed by company founder Alan Green and John Law in 1973, was inspired by Japanese painter Hokusais woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It consists of a wave with a mountain on a red background. The company also produces a line of apparel for young women, the Roxy logo consists of two copies of the Quiksilver logo, one reflected, forming a heart. Quiksilver has another line of apparel for women under the brand Quiksilver Women, as of 2013, the company lost financially for six years and initiated a turnaround plan to resolve this. However, in September 2015 the company filed for bankruptcy, after emerging from bankruptcy in early 2016, the company once again became privately held with Oaktree Capital Management as the majority shareholder. Quiksilver purchased Skis Rossignol for $560 million in 2005, but sold Rossignol on 12 November 2008 for $37.5 million in cash and it owned golf-equipment maker Cleveland Golf up until 31 October 2007, when it sold the company to a Japanese sporting goods company. In 2009 Moodys included Quiksilver on its Bottom Rung list of companies most likely to default on its debt, Quiksilver also owns DC Shoes, a skateboard shoe brand. Co-founder and CEO of Quiksilver Bob McKnight stepped down as CEO on 11 January 2013, McKnight then acted as Executive Chairman, until retiring in October 2014. Andy Mooney, who was chairman of Disney Consumer Products. The current CEO is Pierre Agnes, andy Mooney stepped down as the CEO of Quiksilver and was replaced in March 2015 by longtime Quiksilver employee Pierre Agnes to restructure the brand. Their products were sold in many other outlets across the world such as PacSun. With PacSuns decline in prominence, Quiksilver and other brands have suffered diminished sales. In addition, the company operated a number of separate Roxy, as of 2013, the company lost financially for six years and initiated a turnaround plan in an attempt to resolve this. In September 2015 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. After emerging from bankruptcy in early 2016, the once again became privately held with Oaktree Capital Management as the majority shareholder. As of 2016, their current retail presence is significantly smaller after restructuring by Oaktree, in 1990, Quiksilver launched its sister brand for young women, Roxy. The brand was shuttered after 1991 surf industry crash but revived by Bob McKnight and Danny Kwock in 1992 and it was differentiated from the main Quiksilver line for fear it would damage the mens brand, according to Randy Hild, the companys senior vice president of marketing. Roxy was chosen because it sounded like a band or club
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