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WonderCon
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The convention will return to the Anaheim Convention Center in 2017. The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center, in 2003, it moved to San Franciscos Moscone Center. The shows original name was the Wonderful World of Comics Convention, the WonderCon logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Tim Zach. Retailer Joe Field and his partner Mike Friedrich owned and operated the convention for fifteen years, in 2001, they brokered a deal with the management team that runs the San Diego Comic-Con International to make it part of the Comic-Con International convention family. This gave the San Francisco show an audience and has made it a venue for previews and early screenings of major motion pictures. These have included Spider-Man 2 in 2004, Batman Begins and Fantastic Four in 2005, Superman Returns in 2006,300 in 2007, Watchmen in 2009, all of these events featured the stars of the films fielding questions from the audience. WonderCon had 34,000 attendees in 2009,39,000 in 2010, the show left the Bay Area after the 2011 con, because San Franciscos Moscone Center was being remodeled. The convention moved to Anaheim in 2012, and was rebranded WonderCon Anaheim, in 2016, a new convention started in the Bay Area, called the Silicon Valley Comic Con. WonderCon relocated from Anaheim to Los Angeles in 2016, and is now called WonderCon Los Angeles and was held March 25-27,2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 2017 edition of the convention returned to Anaheim and was held March 31-April 2,2017. While the main attraction of WonderCon has always been various retailers selling back issues of comic books and action figures, there is also an Artists Alley featuring mainly comic book artists selling artwork, signing books, and doing sketches, and mainstream celebrities signing autographed pictures. WonderCon hosted the Harvey Award ceremonies from 1997–1999, since 2007, academicians and comic industry professionals have held the Comics Arts Conference in conjunction with WonderCon. In addition, WonderCon features an event called Trailer Park, where trailers for upcoming films are shown, the WonderCon masquerade competition usually takes place on Saturday after the convention closes. Awards are given to those with the most creative performances, though anyone can participate, official website WonderCon feature on Sidewalks Entertainment WonderCon founders website
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Castro Valley, California
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Castro Valley is a census-designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it is the fifth most populous unincorporated area in California, the population was 61,388 at the 2010 census. Castro Valley is named after Don Guillermo Castro, who was a soldier in the Mexican army, first known for chicken ranches, Castro Valley eventually became a bedroom community. Before the arrival of European settlers the area was settled by the Chocheño subdivision of the Ohlone Native Americans, with the arrival of Europeans, Castro Valley was part of the land granted to Mission San Jose in 1797. The area Castro Valley now occupies was part of the colony of New Spain in what was the state of Alta California. Castro Valley was part of the original 28,000 acre land grant given to Castro and this land grant included Hayward, San Lorenzo, and Castro Valley, including Crow Canyon, Cull Canyon, and Palomares Canyons. Castro had a habit and had to sell off portions of his land to pay gambling debts. The last of his holding was sold in a sale in 1864 to Faxon Atherton for $400,000. Atherton in turn began selling off his portion in smaller parcels, two gentlemen named Cull and Luce bought some 2,400 acres and began running a steam-operated saw mill in Redwood Canyon. The Jensen brothers also bought land from Atherton in 1867, during the 1940s and 1950s, Castro Valley was known for its chicken ranches. Later it developed into a community, where workers live. Lake Chabot lies at the north of Castro Valley, directly to the west is San Leandro. To the east, the closest cities are San Ramon, Dublin, the San Leandro Hills extend along the northeastern edge of the community. The 2010 United States Census reported that 61,388 people,22,348 households, the population density was 3,690.3 people per square mile. There were 23,392 housing units at a density of 1,382.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 58. 0% White,6. 9% African American,0. 5% Native American,21. 4% Asian,0. 7% Pacific Islander,6. 1% from other races, and 6. 3% from two or more races. 17. 4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race, the Census reported that 98. 0% of the population lived in households,0. 4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1. 5% were institutionalized. 5. 0% of households were unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 1. 0% were same-sex married couples or partnerships,21. 7% of households were made up of individuals and 8. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older
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University of Washington
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The University of Washington, commonly referred to as simply Washington, UW, or informally U-Dub, is a public flagship research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast, the university has three campuses, the oldest and largest in the University District of Seattle and two others in Tacoma and Bothell. Washington is a member of the Association of American Universities and is ranked among the top 15 universities in the world by a variety of international publications. In athletics, the university competes in the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference and its athletic teams are called the Huskies. Seattle was one of several settlements in the mid to late 19th century vying for primacy in the new Washington Territory, in 1854, territorial governor Isaac Stevens recommended the establishment of a university in Washington. Several prominent Seattle-area residents, chief among them Methodist preacher Daniel Bagley and they convinced early founder of Seattle and member of the territorial legislature Arthur A. Denny of the importance of Seattle winning the school. When no site emerged, the legislature, encouraged by Denny, in 1861, scouting began for an appropriate 10 acres site in Seattle to serve as the campus for a new university. Arthur and Mary Denny donated eight acres, and fellow pioneers Edward Lander and Charlie and this tract was bounded by 4th and 6th Avenues on the west and east and Union and Seneca Streets on the north and south. UW opened on November 4,1861, as the Territorial University of Washington, the following year, the legislature passed articles incorporating the University and establishing a Board of Regents. The school struggled initially, closing three times, in 1863 for lack of students, and again in 1867 and 1876 due to shortage of funds. However, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became the first graduate of UW in 1876 when she graduated from UW with a degree in science. By the time Washington entered the Union in 1889, both Seattle and the University had grown substantially, enrollment increased from 30 students to nearly 300, and the relative isolation of the campus had given way to encroaching development. A special legislative committee headed by UW graduate Edmond Meany was created to find a new campus able to serve the growing student population. The committee selected a site on Union Bay northeast of downtown, the university relocated from downtown to the new campus in 1895, moving into the newly built Denny Hall. The regents tried and failed to sell the old campus, the University still owns what is now called the Metropolitan Tract. In the heart of the city, it is among the most valuable pieces of estate in Seattle. The original Territorial University building was torn down in 1908 and its former site houses the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The sole surviving remnants of UWs first building are four 24-foot, white, hand-fluted cedar and they were salvaged by Edmond S. Meany—one of the Universitys first graduates and the former head of the history department
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Tisch School of the Arts
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The New York University Tisch School of the Arts is a center of study in the performing and media arts. Founded on August 17,1965, Tisch is a ground for artists, scholars of the arts, filmmakers. The school merges the technical training of a school with the academic resources of a major research university to immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines. It is located at 721 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City, NYU has the most alumni working at Broadway theatre. Tisch School of the Arts was founded in order to provide training in theatre and film. The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, in recognition of the generosity of the Tisch family, the school was renamed Tisch School of the Arts. Tisch also offers a selection of classes to NYU students not enrolled in any of its programs through the Open Arts curriculum, the Graduate Acting Program offers a three-year MFA that equips acting students with the skills of a working career in theatre and/or film. The Department of the Dance offers training on the graduate and undergraduate level to students preparing for careers as dancers or choreographers, while taking full advantage of the liberal arts resources of the New York University and the cultural resources of the New York City. The Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program is an MFA program specially designed for the major collaborators in the creation of new theater and opera, composers, lyricists. NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program has gained a reputation for its selectivity. Zelda Fichandler became chair of the program in 1984 and stepped down in 2008, in May 2008, Mark Wing-Davey became chair. Graduate Acting alumni have gone on to achieve many acting accolades, faison Edi Gathegi Jordan Gelber,2000 Enver Gjokaj Matthew Gray Gubler Logan Marshall Green Christopher Guest,1971 Danai Gurira Michael C. Many of the faculty have their own independent of the dance department. The program strives to prepare students for the life of a dancer, preparing them by treating their third year students as a company. Students graduate in three years, hence the schedule which is accelerated in order for dancers to graduate earlier than their peers in other college dance programs. Because of brevity of the program, students attend a six-week summer course following their first. During these summer intensives, six different companies come in a week each and teach students their style of movement and this is an excellent way for students to be introduced to companies and have the chance to get noticed and get to know the different companies in an intimate setting. This is unique to the Tisch Dance Program, and is conducive to introducing dancers into the world of auditions
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Simon Escher
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This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Burn Notice. The article deals with the main and recurring characters. Jesse Porter is a former Counterintelligence Field Activity/Defense Intelligence Agency agent introduced in the Season 4 premiere and he was initially stationed in the field, but his risky and impulsive tactical maneuvers led to his being demoted to desk duty. Because of his research on the organization that Management was hunting, Michael stole Jesses work in the course of his investigation. Jesse came to Michael for help as a fellow burned spy, but the fact that Jesse was insistent on exacting revenge on whoever burned him led the team to cover their trails leading to his burning. Left with nothing as Michael was, Jesse moves in as a tenant with Madeline and quickly fits into the team and their regular jobs. Because of the circumstances of his burning, his old handler Marv believes he is innocent and had set up. Marv makes contact with Jesse, convincing him to find the people he believed burned him by locating a bank and a book-cipher Bible. He later agrees to work with Michael and recovers the book-cipher for them, by the next season, Jesse is reinstated into an official agency, but finds the bureaucracy and red tape unbearable, so he quits and begins working at a private security firm. His position grants him many opportunities to give Michael, Sam, central Security Service Agent Jason Bly is assigned to Michaels case after Michael gained access to his burn notice and his FBI surveillance team is pulled. In the first season, Bly attempts to coerce Michael into giving up his attempts to return to the fold by harassing him and threatening his friends. Michael finally rids himself of Bly by framing him for taking bribes, Michael also blackmails him into providing a copy of Michaels classified dossier. In the second season episode Bad Breaks, Bly returns with enough material on Michael to force him to hand over Blys file. Then Bly shows up at a bank where Michael is helping the client. After Michael treats his wound and foils the robbers, the two develop a mutual respect and they exchange their respective blackmail files and part ways on good terms. In the sixth season, Bly returns as the lead interrogator handling Fionas case and he also tries to convince Fiona that Michael did not survive an explosion and is presumably deceased during his interrogation. Bly also tries to get Fiona sign a confession and attempts to give her a deal, in the season finale, Bly calls Michael and offers him protection as a witness in the investigation in order to stop the CIA investigation. Michael is able to produce evidence by staking out a meeting between Riley and a cartel kingpin, but a marina guard throws a grenade into Blys car, killing him and incinerating the evidence
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Burn Notice
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Burn Notice is an American television series created by Matt Nix which originally aired on the USA Network from June 28,2007 to September 12,2013. The show stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless, the title of the series refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. When spies are burned, their connection to an organization is terminated. According to the narration during the credits, the burned spy has no prior work history, no money, no support network – in essence. The television series uses second-person narrative and frequent voice-overs providing exposition from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, the voice-over commentary is in the form of tips for fledgling agents as if for a training or orientation film. After fleeing a blown operation in Nigeria and being kidnapped and beaten, Westen finds himself in his hometown of Miami, Florida. He is tended to by his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Glenanne, extraordinary efforts to reach his U. S. government handler eventually yield only a grudging admission that someone powerful wants him on ice in Miami. If he leaves there, he will be hunted down and taken into custody, if he stays, he can remain relatively free. Westen invites his old friend Sam Axe to assist him, while Fiona invites herself to join them, at the same time, Michael must follow the trail that leads him to the people responsible for his being burned, and later finding out why. The series juggles these two narratives, the series dealing with why Michael was burned, and individual episodes focusing on the cases he works for clients. Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, former US Army Special Forces soldier, with his assets frozen, he is forced to live off his wits and any small investigative jobs he can find while he searches for answers about who has burned him and why. He has two black belts or, as he puts it in one episode, thirty years of karate and is rated with anything that fires a bullet or holds an edge. He has an ability to assume cover identities, working in numerous regional dialects and international accents, however. He believes that his childhood, largely at the hands of an abusive father, has helped to make him into a natural covert operative while also making close relationships difficult for him. He has a brother, Nate, who appeared in several episodes before being killed by a sniper in Season 6. Michael presents himself as a cynic hardened by experience but occasionally reveals a soft and his favorite food is yogurt, which is featured or eaten by at least one of the characters in each episode. He has a relationship with Fiona. In the series finale he and Fiona are living in Ireland raising Charlie as their son, Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne, A former IRA operative and Westens ex-girlfriend
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Burt Chance
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Raising Hope was an American sitcom that aired from September 21,2010, to April 4,2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Cloris Leachman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Plimpton also won the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, the fourth season premiered Friday, November 15,2013, at 9,00 pm Eastern/8,00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes. On March 10,2014, Fox canceled Raising Hope, James Jimmy Chance is a 23-year old, living in the surreal fictional town of Natesville, who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night stand. Earning custody of his daughter, Hope, after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball, lucas Neff as James Jimmy Bon Jovi Chance, Hopes father. A good-natured, wide-eyed 23-year old who is clueless about raising a child, Martha Plimpton as Virginia Slims Chance. Hopes grandmother, Jimmys mother, and Burts wife, Virginia became pregnant with Jimmy at age fifteen, delivering him when she was sixteen. Garret Dillahunt as Burt Jebbidiah Chance, Hopes grandfather, Jimmys father, and Virginias husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen and he has a lawn care/pool cleaning business with Jimmy as his assistant. Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins, Jimmys coworker and love interest, baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance, Jimmy and Lucys daughter, Virginia and Burts granddaughter and Maw Maws great-great-granddaughter. Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes, Manager of the store where Jimmy, Cloris Leachman as Barbara June Maw Maw Thompson, Virginias 84-year-old grandmother, Jimmys great-grandmother, and Hopes great-great-grandmother. In June 2009, Fox announced it had booked a put pilot commitment with show creator Greg Garcia, Actress Olesya Rulin was originally cast as Sabrina, the love interest for Jimmy, and Kate Micucci was added to the cast as Jimmys cousin. The pilot was filmed in December 2009, in March 2010, Fox decided to recast two roles from the pilot. Shannon Woodward replaced Rulin as Sabrina, also recast was the role of Jimmys cousin, changing from Micucci to male actor Skyler Stone as Mike. With this, Micuccis role changed from Jimmys cousin to become Shelley, Fox green-lit the pilot to series with an order in mid-May 2010 for a fall premiere in its 2010–11 television schedule. On January 10,2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, on April 9,2012, Raising Hope was renewed for a third season. On March 4,2013, Raising Hope was renewed for a fourth season, on March 10,2014, Fox announced the cancellation of the show after four seasons. Raising Hope has received reviews from critics
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Raising Hope
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Raising Hope was an American sitcom that aired from September 21,2010, to April 4,2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Cloris Leachman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Plimpton also won the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, the fourth season premiered Friday, November 15,2013, at 9,00 pm Eastern/8,00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes. On March 10,2014, Fox canceled Raising Hope, James Jimmy Chance is a 23-year old, living in the surreal fictional town of Natesville, who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night stand. Earning custody of his daughter, Hope, after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball, lucas Neff as James Jimmy Bon Jovi Chance, Hopes father. A good-natured, wide-eyed 23-year old who is clueless about raising a child, Martha Plimpton as Virginia Slims Chance. Hopes grandmother, Jimmys mother, and Burts wife, Virginia became pregnant with Jimmy at age fifteen, delivering him when she was sixteen. Garret Dillahunt as Burt Jebbidiah Chance, Hopes grandfather, Jimmys father, and Virginias husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen and he has a lawn care/pool cleaning business with Jimmy as his assistant. Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins, Jimmys coworker and love interest, baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance, Jimmy and Lucys daughter, Virginia and Burts granddaughter and Maw Maws great-great-granddaughter. Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes, Manager of the store where Jimmy, Cloris Leachman as Barbara June Maw Maw Thompson, Virginias 84-year-old grandmother, Jimmys great-grandmother, and Hopes great-great-grandmother. In June 2009, Fox announced it had booked a put pilot commitment with show creator Greg Garcia, Actress Olesya Rulin was originally cast as Sabrina, the love interest for Jimmy, and Kate Micucci was added to the cast as Jimmys cousin. The pilot was filmed in December 2009, in March 2010, Fox decided to recast two roles from the pilot. Shannon Woodward replaced Rulin as Sabrina, also recast was the role of Jimmys cousin, changing from Micucci to male actor Skyler Stone as Mike. With this, Micuccis role changed from Jimmys cousin to become Shelley, Fox green-lit the pilot to series with an order in mid-May 2010 for a fall premiere in its 2010–11 television schedule. On January 10,2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season, on April 9,2012, Raising Hope was renewed for a third season. On March 4,2013, Raising Hope was renewed for a fourth season, on March 10,2014, Fox announced the cancellation of the show after four seasons. Raising Hope has received reviews from critics
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Justified (TV series)
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Justified is an American crime drama television series that premiered on March 16,2010, on the FX network. Developed by Graham Yost, it is based on Elmore Leonards short story Fire in the Hole, Timothy Olyphant portrays Raylan Givens, a tough deputy U. S. Marshal enforcing his own brand of justice in his hometown of Harlan, the series is set in Lexington and in the Appalachian mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically in and around Harlan. The series, comprising 78 episodes, aired over six seasons, Justified received critical acclaim throughout all six seasons, particularly for its acting, directing, art direction, writing, and Olyphants and Walton Goggins performances. Justified was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards, with two wins, for Margo Martindales performance as Mags Bennett and Jeremy Davies performance as Dickie Bennett. In response to his controversial but justified quick-draw shooting of mob hitman Tommy Bucks in Miami, Givens is reassigned to Lexington, the Lexington Marshals offices jurisdiction includes Harlan County, where Raylan was raised and which he thought he had escaped for good in his youth. The story arc of season one concentrates on the crimes of the Crowder family, Raylan seeks to protect Ava Crowder from the rest of the Crowder clan after she shoots her husband, Bowman Crowder, dead in retaliation for years of abuse. Her biggest threat comes from Boyd Crowder, a local criminal masquerading as a white supremacist whom Raylan shoots in a stand-off. Boyd survives the shot to the chest and claims it is a sign from God that he should change his ways, Raylan hesitates to believe him, but Boyd is soon sent to prison, where he spends his time reading the Bible and preaching to convicts. Bos release is followed by Boyds, after a technicality prevents him from being further incarcerated. While Bo works on gaining dominance over the drug trade. The explosions cause a few casualties, leading Raylan and the other U. S. Marshals to keep an eye on the team. In the meantime, Raylan is dealing with personal dilemmas, including working in the building as his ex-wife. His continuing visits to Harlan are peppered with small crimes and big shootings, Bo promises the niece and nephew of Gio Reyes, head of a Miami drug cartel, that he will deliver Raylan to them in exchange for a large shipment of drugs. Boyd catches word of this and, with his flock of reformed prisoners, blows up the carrying the shipment, leading the niece. This leads Bo to go to Boyds camp and threaten to kill his own son, instead of killing Boyd, though, Bo offers his son the option to abandon his group, after which Bo will leave all of them alone. Boyd walks away into the forest, where he hears gunshots and this sends him, depressed, to Raylans door, saying he will help Raylan find Bo as long as he is allowed to be the one to kill him. An earlier plan is foiled, involving Arlos shooting Raylan, to deliver Raylan into Bos clutches, then handing him over to Gio and this is the turning point that drives Boyd and Raylan to join forces for the first time, and Boyd leads him to the Crowder cabin
