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Maker Faire
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Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself mindset. Flagship Maker Faires are held in San Mateo, California, Detroit, the New York Maker Faire is also known as the World Maker Faire. It included six exposition and workshop pavilions, a 5-acre outdoor midway, over 100 exhibiting makers, hands-on workshops, demonstrations, the second Maker Faire was held on 19–20 May 2007, also at the San Mateo County Event Center. Another fair was later the same year in Austin, Texas. Maker Faire 2008 was held on 3–4 May 2008, at the San Mateo County Event Center, there were approximately 65,000 people in attendance. Featured guests included Adam Savage, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Lee David Zlotoff, Tony Baxter, an additional 2008 Maker Faire was held on October 18–19,2008, in Austin, Texas. The 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire was held on 30–31 May at the San Mateo County Event Center, Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 was held on May 22 and 23, at the San Mateo County Event Center. Featured makers included Adam Savage, Eepybird, OK Go, ArcAttack, Maker Faire Detroit 2010 was held on July 31 and August 1. Maker Faire New York 2010 was held on September 25–26, organised by science museum Continium and the FabLabs in Maastricht, Aachen, Genk, Liege and Luxembourg. Trondheim Maker Faire on August 29–30,2014 down town Trondheim, Paris Maker Faire on June 21–22,2014 at the Cent Quatre, Paris Maker Faire. European MakerFaire October 3–6,2014 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, MakerFaire Rome Maker Faire Hannover July 5–6,2014 in Hannover, Germany Maker Faire San Diego, oct. 3-4 Maker Faire Hong Kong, PolyU, Hong Kong. November 28–29,2015 Maker Faire Pittsburgh, October 10–11,2015 Maker Faire San Diego, oct. 1-2 Maker Faire Rome, Rome, Italy. October 14 +15 +16,2016 Make Magazine assists independent event organizers in producing small-scale Maker Faire events in local communities. The first Maker Faire in the United Kingdom took place on March 14–15,2009, in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the US, the 2009 Maker Faire Rhode Island was scheduled for September 6–19. The first Maker Faire North Carolina 2010 was held on April 25 in Durham and it moved to Raleigh, North Carolina for 2011. In 2010, Canada had their first Mini Maker Faire in Ottawa, March 12–13, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Centre for Life and Discovery Museum April 28, Westport, Connecticut June 18, North Carolina, Gov. It took place in,2009 in Accra, Ghana 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya 2011 in Cairo, Egypt Makezine Official website
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Wareham, Massachusetts
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Wareham is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 21,822, the town of Wareham includes a number of distinct recognized subsections, including Onset, Wareham Center, West Wareham, East Wareham, and Weweantic. Wareham was first settled in 1678 by Europeans as part of the towns of Plymouth and it was officially incorporated in 1739 and named after the town of Wareham in England. Because of its geography, Warehams early industry revolved around shipbuilding and it also served as a resort town, with many smaller resorts scattered around the town, especially in Onset. Like Sandwich, its waterways, especially Buttermilk Bay, were considered as possible pathways for the Cape Cod Canal, although the canal proper goes through Bourne and Sandwich, the southern approach to Buzzards Bay passes just south of the peninsulas that make up the topography of the town. Wareham is home of the Tremont Nail Factory, the oldest nail manufacturer in the United States, the factory was established in 1819. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 46.3 square miles. The total area is 22. 64% water, Wareham is bordered by Marion to the southwest, Rochester to the west, Middleborough to the northwest, Carver and Plymouth to the north, and Bourne to the east. The towns localities are numerous, the most important being East Wareham, Onset, Point Independence, Wareham Center, and West Wareham. The town is just west of Cape Cod, and is 18 miles east of New Bedford, approximately 45 miles east of Providence, Wareham is the innermost town on the north shore of Buzzards Bay. The Weweantic River empties in the southwest corner of town, with the Sippican River and other brooks emptying into it. The Wareham River, which is formed at the confluence of the Wankinco and Agawam rivers, flows into the harbor east of the Weweantic, and has brooks and the Mill Pond River as tributaries. To the east lie Onset Bay and Buttermilk Bay, both of which empty into the head of the bay, at the right-of-way of the Cape Cod Canal, the southern boundary of Myles Standish State Forest is concurrent with the town line between Wareham and Plymouth. As of the census of 2000, there were 20,335 people,8,200 households, the population density was 568.1 people per square mile. There were 10,670 housing units at a density of 298.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 87. 42% White,2. 92% African American,0. 05% Pacific Islander,5. 20% from other races,1. 44% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.02. In the town, the population was out with 24. 5% under the age of 18,6. 3% from 18 to 24,28. 5% from 25 to 44,24. 5% from 45 to 64
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New England College
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New England College is a private non-profit college located in the town of Henniker, New Hampshire, enrolling a total of approximately 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students. Founded in 1946, New England College was established to serve the needs of servicemen and women attending college on the G. I, during its early years, the college purchased the Tortington Park School for girls in Arundel, in the English county of West Sussex. For a time, the school functioned as a campus for NEC students wishing to study abroad, at one point. However, the Arundel campus was later sold and this was a model program that combined study abroad with practical theatre experience. The Contoocook River runs through the center of town and alongside the NEC campus, a covered bridge joins the main campus with roughly 20 acres of athletic fields. The campus is known throughout New England for promoting environmental education initiatives, New England College offers 37 bachelors degree programs,12 masters degree programs, and 1 doctoral degree program. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools, additionally, the schools Teacher Education Program are approved by the New Hampshire Department of Education. Currently, the school employs 40 full-time faculty members, and holds a 13,1 student-to-faculty ratio, New England College emphasizes experiential learning as an essential component in the development of an enduring academic community. The college is home to student organizations, including various student government committees. Students also publish a campus newspaper called The New Englander. Fraternities and sororities are also an active and vital part of life at New England College. The Greek life chapter on campus is the sorority Kappa Delta Phi NAS, New England College competes in 16 intercollegiate NCAA Division III athletic sports, including soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, softball, baseball, basketball, and cross-country. In 2011, New England College Athletics began competing in the North Atlantic Conference, notable alumni include, David C. W. Bush Official website New England College Graduate Degree Programs NEC Athletics New England College Online
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Boston University
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Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The university has more than 3,900 faculty members and nearly 33,000 students and it offers bachelors degrees, masters degrees, and doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17 schools and colleges on two urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Bostons Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, BU is categorized as an R1, Doctoral University in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education, the University was ranked 39th among undergraduate programs at national universities, and 32nd among global universities by U. S. News & World Report in its 2017 rankings. In 1876, BU professor Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in a BU lab, American Civil Rights Movement leader and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received his PhD in Theology from BU in 1955. The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAAs Division I, BU athletic teams compete in the Patriot League, and Hockey East conferences, and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University is well known for hockey, in which it has won five national championships. The University organized formal Centennial observances both in 1939 and 1969, on April 24–25,1839 a group of Methodist ministers and laymen at the Old Bromfield Street Church in Boston elected to establish a Methodist theological school. Set up in Newbury, Vermont, the school was named the Newbury Biblical Institute, in 1847, the Congregational Society in Concord, New Hampshire, invited the Institute to relocate to Concord and offered a disused Congregational church building with a capacity of 1200 people. Other citizens of Concord covered the remodeling costs, one stipulation of the invitation was that the Institute remain in Concord for at least 20 years. The charter issued by New Hampshire designated the school the Methodist General Biblical Institute, with the agreed twenty years coming to a close, the Trustees of the Concord Biblical Institute purchased 30 acres on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline, Massachusetts, as a possible relocation site. The institute moved in 1867 to 23 Pinkney Street in Boston, in 1869, three Trustees of the Boston Theological Institute obtained from the Massachusetts Legislature a charter for a university by name of Boston University. These three were successful Boston businessmen and Methodist laymen, with a history of involvement in educational enterprises and they were Isaac Rich, Lee Claflin, and Jacob Sleeper, for whom Boston Universitys three West Campus dormitories are named. Lee Claflins son, William, was then Governor of Massachusetts, on account of the religious opinions he may entertain, provided, nonetheless, that this section shall not apply to the theological department of said University. Every department of the new university was open to all on an equal footing regardless of sex, race. The Boston Theological Institute was absorbed into Boston University in 1871 as the BU School of Theology, in January 1872 Isaac Rich died, leaving the vast bulk of his estate to a trust that would go to Boston University after ten years of growth while the University was organized. Most of this bequest consisted of real estate throughout the core of the city of Boston and was appraised at more than $1.5 million, Kilgore describes this as the largest single donation to an American college or university to that time
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Jeff Goldblum
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He also starred in several TV series including eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order, Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols. Goldblum was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Homestead, Pennsylvania and his mother, Shirley, was a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm, and his father, Harold L. Goldblum, was a medical doctor. He has a sister, Pamela, and an older brother, another older brother, Rick, died of kidney failure when he was 23. His family is Jewish, and had emigrated from Russia and Austria to the U. S, during his childhood, Goldblum belonged to an Orthodox synagogue and had a bar mitzvah. Goldblums parents were interested in show business, Goldblum moved to New York City at 17 to become an actor. He worked on the stage and studied acting at the renowned Neighborhood Playhouse under the guidance of acting coach Sanford Meisner and he made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical Two Gentlemen of Verona. He is also a jazz pianist and declared that if he did not act. He made his debut as a thug in the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish. He briefly appeared as a protester in the TV movie Columbo, in 1974, Goldblum appeared in Death Wish as Freak #1. Later in his career, as Lacey Party Guest in Annie Hall, Goldblum is seen saying into the telephone at a Hollywood party, This is Mr. Davis. Goldblum has had leading roles in such as The Fly, The Lost World, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Tall Guy, Vibes. For several years, Goldblum was the voice for most U. S, apple commercials, including advertisements for the iMac and iBook. Toyota commercials as well as Procter & Gambles facial cream line and he has recently appeared on Irish TV in commercials for the National Lottery. Goldblum taught acting at Playhouse West in North Hollywood with Robert Carnegie and it was with several actors from this acting company that he improvised and directed the live action short film Little Surprises, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996. In September 2006, it was announced that Goldblum was one of the members of a new theater company in New York called The Fire Dept. His guest appearance was on Sesame Street in 1990 as Bobs long-lost brother Minneapolis where Big Birds friend Snuffleupagus had the golden cabbage of Snuffertiti hidden in his cave. He has also appeared on Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Colbert Report, in 2014, Goldblums jazz band did a weekly show at the Carlyle Hotel. Goldblum replaced Chris Noth as a detective on Law & Order
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Archery
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Archery is the sport, practice or skill of using a bow to propel arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity, a person who participates in archery is typically called an archer or a bowman, and a person who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite. The bow and arrow seems to have invented in the later Paleolithic or early Mesolithic periods. The oldest signs of its use in Europe come from the Stellmoor in the Ahrensburg valley north of Hamburg, Germany and dates from the late Paleolithic, about 10, 000–9000 BC. The arrows were made of pine and consisted of a mainshaft, there are no definite earlier bows, previous pointed shafts are known, but may have been launched by spear-throwers rather than bows. The oldest bows known so far come from the Holmegård swamp in Denmark, bows and arrows have been present in Egyptian culture since its predynastic origins. In the Levant, artifacts that could be arrow-shaft straighteners are known from the Natufian culture, the Khiamian and PPN A shouldered Khiam-points may well be arrowheads. Classical civilizations, notably the Assyrians, Greeks, Armenians, Persians, Parthians, Indians, Koreans, Chinese, akkadians were the first to use composite bows in war according to the victory stele of Naram-Sin of Akkad. The Welsh longbow proved its worth for the first time in Continental warfare at the Battle of Crécy, in the Americas archery was widespread at European contact. Archery was highly developed in Asia, the Sanskrit term for archery, dhanurveda, came to refer to martial arts in general. In East Asia, Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea was well known for its regiments of skilled archers. Central Asian tribesmen and American Plains Indians became extremely adept at archery on horseback, lightly armoured, but highly mobile archers were excellently suited to warfare in the Central Asian steppes, and they formed a large part of armies that repeatedly conquered large areas of Eurasia. Shorter bows are more suited to use on horseback, and the bow enabled mounted archers to use powerful weapons. It is possible that barbarian peoples were responsible for introducing archery or certain types of bows to their civilized counterparts—the Xiong-nu, similarly, short bows seem to have been introduced to Japan by northeast Asian groups. The development of firearms rendered bows obsolete in warfare, albeit efforts were made to preserve archery practice. In Wales and England, for example, the government tried to practice with the Longbow until the end of the 16th century. This was because it was recognised that the bow had been instrumental to military success during the Hundred Years War, early firearms were inferior in rate-of-fire, and were very susceptible to wet weather
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The Fly (1986 film)
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The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaans 1957 short story of the same name, the score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis. The film was released on August 15,1986 to massive acclaim by critics and audiences, with praise regarding the special effects. It grossed $60.6 million at the box office against its nine-million-dollar budget, Walas and Dupuis work on the film resulted in their winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup, the only film directed by Cronenberg to win an Oscar. A sequel, directed by Walas himself, was released in 1989, Seth Brundle, a brilliant yet eccentric scientist, meets Veronica Quaife, a science journalist, at a press event. He takes her back to his warehouse that serves both as his home and laboratory and shows her his invention, a set of Telepods that allows instantaneous teleportation from one pod to another. Brundle convinces Veronica to keep the invention a secret in exchange for rights to the story. Although the telepods can transport inanimate objects, they mutilate living flesh, Seth and Veronica soon begin a relationship. Their first sexual encounter inspires Brundle to reprogram the Telepod computer to cope with living flesh, in a fit of drunken jealousy, Brundle decides to teleport himself alone, unaware that a common housefly has slipped inside the transmitter pod with him. After the teleportation, he emerges from the pod, seemingly normal. Veronica soon becomes concerned about Brundles growing insanity, as well as strange, Brundle quickly becomes arrogant and violent, insisting that the teleportation process is like a beneficial drug, and tries to force Veronica to undergo teleportation. When she refuses, he abandons her, goes to a bar and he meets a woman named Tawny and brings her back to his warehouse for sex, then tries to forcibly teleport her. Veronicas arrival prevents this, but in a fit of anger, Brundle proceeds to throw Veronica out, however, when his fingernails starts falling off, Brundle realizes that something went wrong during his teleportation. He checks his computers records and discovers that the Telepod computer, over the next four weeks, Brundle continues to deteriorate, losing body parts and becoming less human in appearance. He reconnects with Veronica and theorizes that he is becoming Brundlefly and he has begun vomiting digestive enzymes onto his food to dissolve it, and has gained the ability to cling to walls and ceilings. He also realizes that he is losing his reason and compassion. Attempting to find a cure for his condition, Brundle installs a program into the Telepod computer
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Beetlejuice
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Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. After the success of Pee-wees Big Adventure, Burton was sent several scripts and became disheartened by their lack of imagination, when he was sent Michael McDowells original script for Beetlejuice, Burton agreed to direct, although Larry Wilson and later Warren Skaaren were hired to rewrite it. Beetlejuice was a critical and commercial success, grossing $73.7 million from a budget of $15 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards, Best Horror Film, Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney, the film spawned an animated television series that Burton produced and a planned unproduced sequel, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. In 2012, new development on a sequel was announced, Barbara and Adam Maitland decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home. As the two are driving home from a trip to town, Barbara swerves to avoid a dog, after they return home, she and Adam notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a Handbook for the Recently Deceased. The house is sold and the new owners, the Deetz family, Charles Deetz is a former real estate developer, his second wife Delia is a self-proclaimed sculptor, and his goth daughter Lydia, from his first marriage, is an aspiring photographer. Under the guidance of interior designer Otho, the Deetzes transform the house into tasteless pastel-toned modern art, the Maitlands own caseworker, Juno, informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years, on pain of a dire fate. If they want the Deetzes out of the house, it is up to them to scare them away, barbaras and Adams attempts at scaring the family prove ineffective, despite their ability to shape-shift into monsters. Although Adam and Barbara remain invisible to Charles and Delia, teenage Lydia can see the ghost couple, against Junos advice, the Maitlands contact the miscreant Betelgeuse, Junos former assistant and now freelance bio-exorcist ghost, to scare away the Deetzes. At first, they are unaware that Betelgeuse is pronounced Beetlejuice, however, Betelgeuse quickly offends the Maitlands with his crude and morbid demeanor, and they reconsider hiring him, though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the Deetzes. The small towns charm and the supernatural events inspire Charles to pitch his boss Maxie Dean on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot, but Maxie wants proof of the ghosts. Horrified, Lydia summons Betelgeuse for help, but he agrees to help her only on the condition that she marry him, Betelgeuse saves the Maitlands and disposes of Maxie, his wife, and Otho, then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minister. The Maitlands intervene before the ceremony is completed, with Barbara riding a sandworm through the house to devour Betelgeuse, finally, the Deetzes and Maitlands agree to live in harmony within the house. Betelgeuse is stuck in the waiting room, there he attempts to cut in front of a witch doctor. Being Betelgeuse, however, he remains upbeat, This could be a look for me. Meanwhile, Adam, Barbara and Lydia are seen in the front room of the dancing to Harry Belafontes Jump In The Line to celebrate Lydia getting an A on her math test at school. The financial success of Pee-wees Big Adventure meant that Burton was considered a bankable director, while Warner Bros. was willing to pay for the scripts development, they were less willing to green-light Batman
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Thelma & Louise
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Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, the supporting cast include Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt, whose career was launched by the film. The film became a critical and commercial success, receiving six Academy Award nominations, Scott was nominated for Best Director, and both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for Best Actress. At its release the film stirred controversy, at the intersection of several genres, it is now considered a classic. It influenced other films and artistic works, and became a landmark of feminist film, in 2016, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Two friends, Thelma Dickinson and Louise Sawyer, set out for a vacation to take a break from their dreary lives in Arkansas. Thelma is married to a man, Darryl, while Louise works as a waitress in a diner. They head out in Louises 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible and they stop for a drink at a roadhouse where Thelma meets and dances with Harlan Puckett. Thelma starts to feel sick, so Harlan takes her outside into the lot to get some fresh air. He starts kissing her and taking her clothes off, Thelma resists, but Harlan slaps her and begins to rape her. Louise finds them and threatens to shoot Harlan with a gun that Thelma brought with her, Harlan stops, but as the women walk away, he yells profanities and insults them. Thelma wants to go to the police, but Louise says that because Thelma was drunk and had been dancing with Harlan, afraid that she will be prosecuted, Louise decides to go on the run and Thelma reluctantly accompanies her. Louise is determined to travel from Oklahoma to Mexico, but refuses to go through Texas, something happened to her in Texas years earlier, but she refuses to say exactly what. Heading west, they come across a young man named J. D. Louise contacts her boyfriend Jimmy Lennox and asks him to transfer her life savings to her. When she goes to pick up the money, she finds that Jimmy has come to see her to deliver the money in person, Thelma invites J. D. into her room and learns he is a thief who has broken parole. They sleep together, and J. D. describes how he conducted his hold-ups, at the same time, Jimmy asks Louise to marry him, but she declines. In the morning, Thelma tells Louise about her night with J. D, when they return to the motel room, they discover J. D. has stolen Louises life savings and fled
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A League of Their Own
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A League of Their Own is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, the screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson. In 2012, A League of Their Own was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. In 1988, Dottie Hinson attends the opening of the new All-American Girls Professional Baseball League exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame and she sees many of her former teammates and friends, prompting a flashback to 1943. When World War II threatens to shut down Major League Baseball, candy magnate, ira Lowenstein is put in charge, and Ernie Capadino is sent out to recruit players. Capadino attends an industrial-league softball game in rural Oregon and likes what he sees in Dottie, Dottie turns down Capadinos offer, happy with her simple farm life while waiting for her husband Bob to come back from the war. Her sister Kit, however, is desperate to get away, Capadino is not impressed by Kits hitting performance, but agrees to take her along if she can change Dotties mind. Dottie agrees, but only for her sisters sake, Dottie and Kit head out to Harvey Field in Chicago for the tryout. They and eight others are selected to form the Rockford Peaches, while 48 others are split among the Racine Belles, Kenosha Comets, the Peaches are managed by Jimmy Dugan, a former marquee Cubs slugger who initially treats the whole thing as a joke. The league attracts little interest at first, with a Life magazine photographer in the stands, Lowenstein begs the players to do something spectacular. Dottie obliges when a ball is popped up behind home plate, the resulting photograph makes the magazine cover. A publicity campaign draws more people to the ballgames, but the owners remain unconvinced, due to Kits sibling rivalry with her sister, she is traded to the Peaches rival, the Racine Belles. The Peaches end the season qualifying for the leagues World Series, in the locker room, Jimmy gives Betty a telegram that informs her her husband was killed in action in the Pacific Theater. The grief-stricken Betty leaves the team, later that evening, Dottie receives a surprise when Bob, who was serving in Italy, shows up. He has been discharged from the Army, the following morning, Jimmy discovers that Dottie is going home with Bob. He is unable to persuade her to at least play in the World Series, the Peaches and Belles meet in the World Series, which reaches a seventh and deciding game. Dottie, having reconsidered on the back to Oregon, is the catcher for the Peaches. With the Belles leading by a run in the top of the ninth, Dottie drives in the go-ahead run
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
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The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 American neo noir action film directed and produced by Renny Harlin, written and produced by Shane Black and starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. Samantha Caine is a schoolteacher in the town of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, with her boyfriend Hal. Eight years earlier, she was washed ashore on a New Jersey beach, pregnant with Caitlin. Having never remembered her real name or any part of her life from before day, Samantha has hired a number of private investigators to try to discover her past. During the Christmas holidays, Samantha is involved in a car accident and suffers a concussion. Some time later, they are attacked by One-Eyed Jack, a convict who escaped from jail after seeing Samanthas face on television, but she demonstrates the prowess to subdue and kill Jack bare-handed. Worried that she may scare Caitlin, Samantha leaves with Mitch, the suitcase contains a note directing the two to Dr. Nathan Waldman, who they arrange to meet at a train station, unaware that unknown agents are tracing the doctors calls. En route, Samantha discovers the bottom of the suitcase contains a disassembled sniper rifle which she can expertly reassemble, along with other weapons. At the station, Samantha and Mitch go to meet Dr. Waldman and are attacked by a number of agents, the doctor reveals that he knows Samantha is really an expert CIA assassin, Charlene Elizabeth Charly Baltimore, who had disappeared eight years prior. Unsure if they can trust him, Samantha and Mitch leave Waldman behind and seek another contact named on a note within the suitcase, Luke, Samantha escapes, kills Luke, and escapes with Mitch. First however, she has a quick snazzy blond makeover to her old self, Mitch helps her to recognize the importance of her daughter to her. Charly implores Timothy not to hurt Caitlin, after realizing that Timothy is actually Caitlins biological father, Charly and Mitch attack the staging area, forcing Timothy to launch the attack early, meanwhile Caitlin escapes and accidentally locks herself in a cage on the truck carrying the chemical bomb. Mitch is gravely injured in the attack, but gives Charly cover to chase to the truck. She overpowers the driver, diverting it out onto an empty bridge before it overturns. Charly and Timothy fight, but she overpowers him and knocks Timothy out on top of the truck, badly injured, Charly frees Caitlin and tells her to clear the bridge, but Timothys agents prevent her from leaving. They just manage to escape the blast by the skin of their cars bumper, as they dodge flaming cars raining down on them. For his part, Mitch enjoys the publicity attracted by his role in the crisis, and is last seen being interviewed by Larry King on television, where they discuss Perkins, who was indicted for treason. In the films opening release, it grossed $9,065,363 from 2,245 theaters, in the United States and Canada, the film grossed $33,447,612
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Stuart Little (film)
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Stuart Little is a 1999 American live-action/CGI animated family film directed by Rob Minkoff. It is loosely based on the novel of the name by E. B. White. It combines live action and computer animation, the screenplay was written by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker. The plot bears little resemblance to that of the book, as some of the characters. The films sequel more closely resembles the original novel, minkoffs first live-action film, Michael J. Fox is the voice of Stuart Little. Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie star as Eleanor and Frederick Little, with Jonathan Lipnicki as Stuarts big brother George, the film was released on December 17,1999, by Columbia Pictures. It received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination, and it was Estelle Gettys final film before her retirement in 2001 and her death in 2008. Eleanor Little and Frederick Little go to the orphanage to adopt a younger brother for their son George, at the orphanage, they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic mouse named Stuart. Despite discouragement from Mrs. Keeper, they adopt Stuart and take him home. However, Stuart is poorly received by George, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat Snowbell, who is against the idea of having a mouse for a master. Stuarts new life at the house gets off to a bad start when George unknowingly traps him in a pile of laundry, Stuart quickly feels ostracised in the large Little family, especially when George declares Stuart is not his brother, but simply a mouse. When Stuart tells his parents that he is lonely, they ask Mrs. Keeper to do some research on Stuarts biological family. At the same time, one of Snowbells alley cat friends, Monty, visits unexpectedly, determined not to have his reputation ruined, Snowbell meets with Montys leader, Smokey, a mafia don-like alley cat, and plots to remove Stuart from the household without harming him. Stuart and George finish the Wasp in time, but when the controller gets broken on the day of the race, after this, George feels more comfortable with Stuart and calls him his brother. Somberly, Stuart leaves with the Stouts, three days later, Mrs. Keeper comes to visit and tells the Littles that Stuarts parents actually died many years ago in a supermarket accident. Realizing their son has been kidnapped, the Littles call the police and that night, Snowbell meets with Smokey and the alley cats, who reveal they had forced the Stouts to pose as Stuarts parents in order to remove Stuart from the household. Fearing retribution should the Littles discover Snowbells deception, Smokey orders the Stouts to hand Stuart over to them, however, the Stouts, having bonded with Stuart, tell him the truth and instruct him to escape. Smokey subsequently orders a mouse hunt for Stuart and he and the alley cats confront him in Central Park, and chase him into a sewer drain, but he manages to outrun them, losing his roadster and suitcase in the process
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The Accidental Tourist (film)
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The Accidental Tourist is a 1988 American drama film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan and scored by John Williams, the films screenplay was adapted by Kasdan and Frank Galati from the novel of the same name by Anne Tyler. John Williams was nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Best Original Score, Macon Leary is a Baltimore writer of travel guides for reluctant business travelers, which detail how best to avoid unpleasantness and difficulty. His marriage to his wife Sarah is disintegrating in the aftermath of the murder of their twelve-year-old son, Sarah eventually leaves Macon, moving out of their house and into an apartment. After he falls down the basement stairs and breaks his leg, Macon is pursued by Muriel Pritchett, an animal hospital employee and dog trainer with a sickly son. Macon eventually hires Muriel to put his dog through much-needed obedience training, although Muriel at first seems brash and unsophisticated, Macon finds himself slowly opening up to her and trusting her, and he spends most nights at her house. When Sarah becomes aware of the situation, she decides they should move together into their old home. Macon leaves Muriel, and he and Sarah set up once more. When Macon visits Paris for research, Muriel surprises him by showing up on the flight and stays in the same Paris hotel. She suggests that they enjoy themselves as if they are vacationing together, Macon insists he is there strictly for business, and he keeps Muriel at arms length. After Macon is bedridden in his room by his back problem, Sarah comes to Paris to care for him, after some time, Sarah confronts Macon about his relationship with Muriel, but he refuses to discuss the situation in any depth. Macon dresses while Sarah still sleeps, then wakes her to tell her that he is going back to Muriel, on the way to the airport, Macon spots Muriel hailing a taxi and tells the driver to stop. Thinking the driver stopped for her, Muriel bends to gather her luggage and she smiles, and Macon returns the smile
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered a performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of award for her role in Anthony Adverse. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, however, winners received full-sized statuettes, currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS, winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. Since its inception, the award has given to 78 actresses. Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the most awards in this category with two awards each, despite winning no awards, Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions, more than any other actress. As of the 2017 ceremony, Viola Davis is the most recent winner in category for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto Press, inside Oscar, The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. New York, United States, Ballantine Books, oscars. org Oscar. com The Academy Awards Database
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Commander in Chief (TV series)
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The series began broadcasting on ABC on Tuesday, September 27,2005, at 9 p. m. Eastern Time, although most countries outside North America began screening the series in mid-2006. The show was #1 on Tuesday nights until FOXs American Idol started in January, the show was also the #1 new show of the season until CBS Criminal Minds surpassed it. Its major competitor in the 9,00 p. m. timeslot was FOXs House, which aired after American Idol. The series was created by American director Rod Lurie, director of the films The Contender and Deterrence, and may have inspired by The West Wing. Mackenzie Allen Mac is a member of Congress from Connecticut. During the first season, Mac decides she wants to run for re-election, nathan Templeton Templeton is a Republican congressional leader from Florida and the Speaker of the House. He was Bridges choice to succeed him as President, and thus he harbors significant resentment towards Mac and he and Mac slowly become more acquainted with one another over the course of the series, and begin to develop a political kinship. He has his own intentions to run as a Republican candidate in the next election and he is married, with no children. Jim Gardner Jim was Bridges chief of staff, and was asked by Allen to continue into her administration, a loyal supporter of his Commander in Chief, Gardner finds himself resented by her husband, Rod Calloway, who served as her vice presidential chief of staff. Gardner becomes Vice President of the United States following the resignation of Keaton, Rod Calloway Calloway is Macs husband. He was her vice presidential chief of staff, and thus was initially resentful of Gardner, during the first season, Calloway encourages Mac to give him an office in the West Wing, and a real role in the administration. He later returns to a more traditional First Person role, though Macs mother continues to act as hostess, kelly Ludlow Brought into Allens administration from her vice presidential residential staff, Ludlow was the VPs communications director. She is promoted to Press Secretary ahead of the incumbent Deputy Press Secretary, as the series progresses, Mac offers her a more in-depth role in the administration, and thus keeps her apprised of numerous political developments. Richard McDonald Dickie is an advisor and political strategist hired by Rod Calloway into Macs administration. He idolizes the President, and believes her unquestioning principles to be unmatched in Washington and he often irritates senior staff by focusing only on the political outcomes of personal situations, although he states he does so in order to secure Mac the middle fifty percent of voters. Horace, Rebecca, and Amy Calloway Horace, Rebecca, and Amy are Mac, Horace and Rebecca, aged sixteen, are twins, and Amy is six years old. Rebecca frowns on her mothers choice to assume the presidency and holds more conservative views than her mother. Warren Keaton, the Vice President of the United States who resigns in episode fifteen, kate Allen, Macs mother and the White House hostess
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Grey's Anatomy
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Greys Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on American Broadcasting Company as a mid-season replacement on March 27,2005. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents and attending physicians, as they evolve into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives. The title is a play on Grays Anatomy, a human anatomy textbook by Henry Gray. The shows premise originated with Shonda Rhimes, who serves as a producer, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, Mark Wilding. Although it is set in Seattle at the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital it is filmed in Los Angeles. The show was originally titled Complications, a reference to the complicated medical procedures, the series was created to be racially diverse, utilizing a color-blind casting technique. It revolves around the title character Dr. Meredith Grey played by Ellen Pompeo. The original cast consisted of nine star-billed actors, Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr. Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey. The cast has undergone changes through the shows run, with many members leaving and being replaced by others. In its twelfth season, the show had an ensemble of sixteen actors. On February 10,2017, ABC renewed Greys Anatomy for a fourteenth season,3 drama on all of broadcast. Greys Anatomy has been received by critics throughout much of its run. Since its inception, the show has been described by the media outlets as a television phenomena or a juggernaut, owing to its longevity and dominant ratings. It is considered to have had a significant impact on culture and has received numerous awards. It has received multiple Emmy nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, in 2012, Greys Anatomy was named the fifth-highest revenue earning show, in terms of advertising per half-hour. It is the longest running scripted primetime show airing on ABC. The series follows Meredith Grey, the daughter of a general surgeon named Ellis Grey. The residents are joined by Jackson Avery and April Kepner, former Mercy-West residents who join Seattle Grace following an administrative merger in the sixth season
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Academy Award for Best Actress
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The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered a performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the branch of AMPAS. In the first three years of the awards, actresses were nominated as the best in their categories, at that time, all of their work during the qualifying period was listed after the award. The following year, this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actress is nominated for a performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year, one actress has been nominated posthumously, Jeanne Eagels. Only three film characters have been nominated more than once in this category, elizabeth I of England, Leslie Crosbie in The Letter, and Esther Blodgett in A Star is Born. Six women on the list have received an Honorary Academy Award for their acting, they are Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Pickford, Deborah Kerr, Gena Rowlands, since its inception, the award has been given to 74 actresses. Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category, with four Oscars, meryl Streep, who has a total of 20 Oscar nominations, has been nominated in this category on 16 occasions, resulting in two awards. As of the 2017 ceremony, Emma Stone is the most recent winner in category for her role as Mia Dolan in La La Land. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31, for the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1,1932 to December 31,1933
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Susan Sarandon
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Susan Abigail Sarandon is an American actress and activist. She is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner who is known for her social and political activism for a variety of causes. She was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006, Sarandon began her career in the 1970 film Joe, before appearing in the soap opera A World Apart. In 1975, she starred in the classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Atlantic City, Thelma & Louise, Lorenzos Oil, and The Client, before winning for Dead Man Walking. She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Client, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking. Her other films include, Pretty Baby, The Hunger, The Witches of Eastwick, Bull Durham, White Palace, Little Women, Stepmom, Igby Goes Down, Enchanted, The Lovely Bones, Tammy and she returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King. On television, she is a five-time Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends and Malcolm in the Middle, in March 2017, Sarandon began portraying Bette Davis in the first season of FXs anthology series Feud. Sarandon was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City and she is the eldest of nine children born to Lenora Marie and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, an advertising executive, television producer, and one-time nightclub singer. She has four brothers, Philip Jr. Terry, Tim and OBrian and four sisters, Meredith, Bonnie, Amanda and her father was of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry, his English ancestors being from Hackney in London and his Welsh ancestors being from Bridgend. On her mothers side, she is of Italian descent, with ancestors from the regions of Tuscany, Sarandon was raised Roman Catholic and attended Roman Catholic schools. She grew up in Edison, New Jersey, where she graduated from Edison High School in 1964. She then attended The Catholic University of America, from 1964 to 1968, in 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion-picture Joe with her then-husband Chris Sarandon. Although he did not get a part, she was cast in a role of a disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld. Between 1970 and 1972, she appeared on the soap operas A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow, playing Patrice Kahlman and Sarah Fairbanks, in 1975, she appeared in the cult favorite The Rocky Horror Picture Show. That same year, she played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper. She was twice directed by Louis Malle, in Pretty Baby, the latter earned Sarandon her first Academy Award nomination. Her most controversial appearance was in Tony Scotts The Hunger in 1983
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Regan MacNeil
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Regan Teresa MacNeil is a fictional character from William Peter Blattys horror novel and film, The Exorcist and its first sequel, Exorcist II, The Heretic. In both films, she was portrayed by Linda Blair, Regan MacNeil is a 12-year-old girl and the daughter of actress Chris MacNeil. Regan is caught between her mothers grueling working schedule and the fact that her parents are in the process of an acrimonious divorce and she is described as shy, even different, and it is not within her nature to behave aggressively. She is devoted to her mother, making clay animals as gifts for her, Chris is determined to be a good mother, spending all her off days with her. Because she is an atheist, she does not teach Regan about religion, even though Chris knows Regan very well, it takes her some time to realize that Regans bizarre changes are not neurological. As soon as she accepts the idea of possession, she consults Fr, karras and begs him to evaluate Regan for an exorcism. C. While her psychiatrist believes her memories are only buried or repressed, as the story progresses, Regan is revealed to have psychic healing powers. For The Exorcist III, Carolco Pictures had the idea of a grown up Regan who gives birth to possessed twins but it was abandoned, john Carpenter wanted to direct The Exorcist III but William Peter Blatty directed it changing the story and the movie. Regan McNeil appears in the television series The Exorcist, as an adult she changed her name to Angela Rance to escape the demons, but they find her again and attack her family. Pamelyn Ferdin was a candidate for the role, but the producers may have felt she was too well-known, sharon Stone was considered for Regan MacNeil. Jamie Lee Curtis was sought by the producers to audition for the role, carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds were contenders for the roles of Regan and Chris MacNeil, according to Variety magazine. Brooke Shields was considered but William Friedkin didnt give her the role because he felt she was too young for the part and she was eight years old at the time. Anissa Jones, known for her role as Buffy in Family Affair, auditioned for the role, having played Buffy Davis in a recently cancelled sitcom, the producers were concerned the role would confuse and scare fans of both the show and Jones. Kim Basinger, when working as a model, auditioned for the role, laura Dern and Eve Plumb auditioned for the role. Melanie Griffith revealed that she auditioned for the role, Kay Lenz turned down the role because she didnt like the script. William Friedkin decided she was too old, dana Plato claimed that she had been offered the role but her mother Kay had turned it down. Plato was cast for a role in Exorcist II, The Heretic, in the end, Linda Blair was selected from a field of 600 applicants for her most notable role in The Exorcist. Regan MacNeil appears in the television series The Exorcist portrayed by Geena Davis, in the Supernatural season 2 episode The Usual Suspects, Linda Blair guest stars as a police detective helping them against an apparent vengeful spirit
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Horror and terror
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The distinction between horror and terror is a standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic literature and film. Terror is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying experience, by contrast, horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. It is the feeling one gets after coming to a realization or experiencing a deeply unpleasant occurrence. In other words, horror is more related to being shocked or scared, Horror has also been defined as a combination of terror and revulsion. The distinction between terror and horror was first characterized by the Gothic writer Ann Radcliffe, terror is characterized by obscurity or indeterminacy in its treatment of potentially horrible events, it is this indeterminacy which leads to the sublime. She says in the essay that it expands the soul and awakens the faculties to a degree of life. Horror, in contrast, freezes and nearly annihilates them with its unambiguous displays of atrocity, Horror is also a genre of film and fiction that relies on horrifying images or situations to tell stories and prompt reactions in their audiences. In these films the moment of horrifying revelation is usually preceded by a build up. In his non-fiction book Danse Macabre, Stephen King elaborated on the themes of terror and horror and he describes terror as the finest element of the three, and the one he strives hardest to maintain in his own writing. Citing many examples, he defines terror as the moment in horror before the actual monster is revealed. Horror, King writes, is that moment at which one sees the creature/aberration that causes the terror or suspense, but if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, Ill go for the gross-out. Fantastic art Fear Horror fiction Horror film Monster literature Nightmare Steven Bruhm Gothic Bodies, gary Crawford Criticism in J. Sullivan The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. Ann Radcliffe On the Supernatural in Poetry in The New Monthly Magazine 7,1826, gina Wisker Horror Fiction, An Introduction. Julian Hanich Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers, the Aesthetic Paradox of Pleasurable Fear. Noël Carroll The Philosophy of Horror, Or, Paradoxes of the Heart
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William Peter Blatty
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William Peter Blatty was an American writer and filmmaker best known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist and for the Academy Award-winning screenplay of its film adaptation. He also wrote and directed the sequel The Exorcist III, following completion of his masters degree in 1954, he joined the United States Air Force, where he worked in the Psychological Warfare Division. After service in the air force, he worked for the United States Information Agency in Beirut, some of his other notable works are the novels Elsewhere, Dimiter and Crazy. Blatty was born on January 7,1928, in New York City and he was the fifth and youngest child of Lebanese immigrants, Mary, a devout Catholic and the niece of a bishop, and Peter Blatty, a cloth cutter. His parents separated when he was a toddler, roosevelt when the President was cutting the ribbon for the Queens–Midtown Tunnel, telling him, For when you have company. He lived at 28 different addresses during his childhood because of nonpayment of rent and we never lived at the same address in New York for longer than two or three months at a time, Blatty told The Washington Post in 1972. Eviction was the order of the day and he attended Brooklyn Preparatory, a Jesuit school, on a scholarship and graduated as class valedictorian in 1946. He later attended Georgetown University on a scholarship, where he earned his bachelors degree in English in 1950, while studying for his masters degree at George Washington University, Blatty took menial jobs. Initially unable to find a job in teaching, he worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman, a beer truck driver. He earned his masters in English literature from the George Washington University in 1954 and he then enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he ultimately became head of the Policy Branch of the USAF Psychological Warfare Division. Mustering out of the Air Force, he joined the United States Information Agency and worked as an editor based in Beirut, in the 1950s, Blatty worked as the public relations director at Loyola University of Los Angeles and as a publicity director at the University of Southern California. He published his first book, Which Way to Mecca, Jack, in 1960, a humorous look at both his early life, and his work at the United States Information Agency in Lebanon. Thereafter, he never held a regular job and he then published the comic novels, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home. I, Billy Shakespeare, and Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane and it was at this point that Blatty began a collaboration with director Blake Edwards, writing scripts for comedy films such as, A Shot in the Dark, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy. Gunn, and Darling Lili, a musical starring Julie Andrews, other screenplays include the film adaptation of John Goldfarb, Please Come Home. and The Great Bank Robbery. The book sold more than 13 million copies in the United States alone and was translated into over a dozen languages and he later adapted it with director William Friedkin into the film version. Blatty went on to win an Academy Award for his Exorcist screenplay, as well as Golden Globes for Best Picture and it also became the first horror film ever to be nominated for the best picture Oscar. The film was a commercial flop despite critical acclaim, Movie critic Jerry Stein called it a masterpiece in The Cincinnati Post, and Peter Travers described it as the finest large-scale American surrealist film ever made in People magazine
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The Exorcist (novel)
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The Exorcist is a 1971 novel by American writer William Peter Blatty. The book details the demonic possession of twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil, the daughter of an actress. Published by Harper & Row, the novel was the basis of a successful film adaption released two years later, whose screenplay was also written by Blatty, and part of The Exorcist franchise. The novel was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession, as a result, the novel takes place in Washington, D. C. near the campus of Georgetown University. In September 2011, the novel was reprinted by Harper Collins to celebrate its fortieth anniversary, an elderly Jesuit priest named Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and is studying ancient relics. Meanwhile, in Georgetown, a girl named Regan MacNeil is living with her famous mother, actress Chris MacNeil. As Chris finishes her work on the film, Regan begins to become inexplicably ill, Chris initially mistakes Regans behavior as a result of repressed anger over her parents divorce and absent father. After several unsuccessful psychiatric and medical treatments, Regans mother, an atheist, after a few meetings with the child, now completely inhabited by a diabolical personality, he turns to the local bishop for permission to perform an exorcism on the child. The lengthy exorcism tests the priests both physically and spiritually, when Merrin, who had previously suffered cardiac arrhythmia, dies during the process, completion of the exorcism ultimately falls upon Father Karras. When he demands that the demonic spirit inhabit him instead of the innocent Regan, Karras heroically surrenders his own life in exchange for Regans by jumping out of her bedroom window and falling to his death, regaining his faith in God as his last rites are read. Blatty has stated that Harding was the model in my mind when I created the character, whose first name. Aspects of the novel were inspired by an exorcism performed by the Jesuit priest, William S. Bowdern, who formerly taught at both St. Louis University and St. Louis University High School. The boy was sent to his relatives home on Roanoke Drive in St. Louis where most of the exorcism took place, Blatty refers to the Loudun possessions and the Louviers possessions throughout the story, mostly when Fr. Karras is researching possession and exorcism to present the case to his superiors and he also has one of his characters tell a brief story about an unnamed fraudulent Spiritualist medium who had studied to be a Jesuit priest. This story can be found in Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research,1930, in an article about fraudulent practices by Daniel Dunglas Home. According to a research from the Spanish Book Institute, the Spanish translated version was the eighth-most popular book sold in Spain in 1975, on October 31,2010, Cemetery Dance published a special omnibus edition of The Exorcist and its sequel Legion, signed by Blatty. A limited edition of 750 copies, it is now out of print, on September 27,2011, The Exorcist was re-released as a 40th Anniversary Edition in paperback, hardcover and audiobook editions with differing cover artwork. It also features all new artwork and interiors by the artist Jeremy Caniglia
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Fox Broadcasting Company
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The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. It is the third largest major network in the world based on total revenues, assets. Launched on October 9,1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks, Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U. S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U. S, the network is named after sister company 20th Century Fox, and indirectly for producer William Fox, who founded one of the movie studios predecessors, Fox Film. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters, 20th Century Fox had been involved in television production as early as the 1950s, producing several syndicated programs. Following the demise of the DuMont Television Network in August of that year after it became mired in financial problems. 20th Century Fox would also produce original content for the NTA network, KTTV in Los Angeles, KRIV in Houston, WFLD-TV in Chicago, and KRLD-TV in Dallas. In October 1985, 20th Century Fox announced its intentions to form a television network that would compete with ABC, CBS. The plans were to use the combination of the Fox studios, organizational plans for the network were held off until the Metromedia acquisitions cleared regulatory hurdles. Then, in December 1985, Rupert Murdoch agreed to pay $325 million to acquire the remaining equity in TCF Holdings from his original partner, Marvin Davis. These first six stations, then broadcasting to a reach of 22% of the nations households. Except for KDAF, all of the original owned-and-operated stations are part of the Fox network today. Like the core O&O group, Foxs affiliate body consisted of independent stations. The Fox Broadcasting Company launched at 11,00 p. m. Eastern and its inaugural program was a late-night talk show, The Late Show, which was hosted by comedian Joan Rivers. By early 1987, Rivers quit The Late Show after disagreements with the network over the creative direction. The network expanded its programming into prime time on April 5,1987, with Children and the sketch comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show. Fox added one new show per week over the several weeks, with the drama 21 Jump Street. On July 11, the network rolled out its Saturday night schedule with the premiere of the drama series Werewolf
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Given name
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A given name is a part of a persons personal name. It identifies a person, and differentiates that person from other members of a group, such as a family or clan. The term given name refers to the fact that the name usually is bestowed upon a person and this contrasts with a surname, which is normally inherited, and shared with other members of the childs immediate family. Given names are used in a familiar and friendly manner in informal situations. In more formal situations the surname is commonly used, unless it is necessary to distinguish between people with the same surname. The idioms on a basis and being on first-name terms allude to the familiarity of addressing another by a given name. The order given name – family name, commonly known as the Western order, is used throughout most European countries and in countries that have cultures predominantly influenced by Western Europe. The order family name – given name, commonly known as the Eastern order, is used in East Asia, as well as in Southern and North-Eastern parts of India. The order given name - fathers family name - mothers family name is used in Spanish-speaking countries to acknowledge the families of both parents. Today the order can also be changed legally in Spain using given name - mothers family name - fathers family name, under the common Western naming convention, people may have one or more forenames. If more than one, there is usually a main forename for everyday use, sometimes however two or more forenames may carry equal weight. There is no particular ordering rule for forenames – often the main forename is at the beginning, a childs given name or names are usually chosen by the parents soon after birth. If a name is not assigned at birth, one may be given at a ceremony, with family. In most jurisdictions, a name at birth is a matter of public record, inscribed on a birth certificate. In western cultures, people normally retain the same name throughout their lives. However, in some cases names may be changed by petitioning a court of law. People may also change their names when immigrating from one country to another with different naming conventions, in France, the agency can refer the case to a local judge. Some jurisdictions, like in Sweden, restrict the spelling of names, parents may choose a name because of its meaning
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Vermont
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Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It borders the other U. S. states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Lake Champlain forms half of Vermonts western border with the state of New York, Vermont is the 2nd-least populous of the U. S. states, with nearly 50,000 more residents than Wyoming. The capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the U. S, the most populous municipality, Burlington, is the least populous city in the U. S. to be the most populous within a state. As of 2015, Vermont continued to be the producer of maple syrup in the U. S. It was ranked as the safest state in the country in January 2016, for thousands of years inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Mohawk, much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by Frances colony of New France. France ceded the territory to Great Britain after being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years War, for many years, the nearby colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed control of the area. Settlers who held land titles granted by New York were opposed by the Green Mountain Boys militia, ultimately, those settlers prevailed in creating an independent state, the Vermont Republic. Founded in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, the republic lasted for 14 years, aside from the original 13 states that were formerly colonies, Vermont is one of only four U. S. states that were previously sovereign states. Vermont was also the first state to join the U. S. as its 14th member state after the original 13, while still an independent republic, Vermont was the first of any future U. S. state to partially abolish slavery. It played an important geographic role in the Underground Railroad, sights in Vermont Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles, making it the 45th-largest state. It is the state that does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet. Land comprises 9,250 square miles and water comprises 365 square miles, making it the 43rd-largest in land area, in total area, it is larger than El Salvador and smaller than Haiti. The west bank of the Connecticut River marks the eastern border with New Hampshire. 41% of Vermonts land area is part of the Connecticut Rivers watershed, Lake Champlain, the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-largest body of fresh water in the United States and separates Vermont from New York in the northwest portion of the state. From north to south, Vermont is 159 miles long and its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles at the Canada–U. S. Border, the narrowest width is 37 miles at the Massachusetts line, the states geographic center is approximately three miles east of Roxbury, in Washington County. There are fifteen U. S. federal border crossings between Vermont and Canada, the origin of the name Vermont is uncertain, but likely comes from the French les Verts Monts, meaning the Green Mountains
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Flute
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The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening, according to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly. Flutes are the earliest extant musical instruments, as paleolithic instruments with hand-bored holes have been found, a number of flutes dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe. Flutes, including the famous Bansuri, have been a part of Indian classical music since 1500 BC. A major deity of Hinduism, Krishna, has been associated with the flute, the English verb flout has the same linguistic root, and the modern Dutch verb fluiten still shares the two meanings. Attempts to trace the word back to the Latin flare have been pronounced phonologically impossible or inadmissable, the first known use of the word flute was in the 14th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this was in Geoffrey Chaucers The Hous of Fame, today, a musician who plays any instrument in the flute family can be called a flutist, or flautist, or simply a flute player. Flutist dates back to at least 1603, the earliest quote cited by the Oxford English Dictionary, flautist was used in 1860 by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Marble Faun, after being adopted during the 18th century from Italy, like many musical terms in England since the Italian Renaissance. Other English terms, now obsolete, are fluter and flutenist. The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a cave bear. In 2008 another flute dated back to at least 35,000 years ago was discovered in Hohle Fels cave near Ulm, the five-holed flute has a V-shaped mouthpiece and is made from a vulture wing bone. The researchers involved in the officially published their findings in the journal Nature. The flute, one of several found, was found in the Hohle Fels cavern next to the Venus of Hohle Fels, on announcing the discovery, scientists suggested that the finds demonstrate the presence of a well-established musical tradition at the time when modern humans colonized Europe. Scientists have also suggested that the discovery of the flute may help to explain the probable behavioural and cognitive gulf between Neanderthals and early modern human. A three-holed flute,18.7 cm long, made from a mammoth tusk was discovered in 2004, the earliest extant Chinese transverse flute is a chi flute discovered in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng at the Suizhou site, Hubei province, China. It dates from 433 BC, of the later Zhou Dynasty and it is fashioned of lacquered bamboo with closed ends and has five stops that are at the flutes side instead of the top
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Organ (music)
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In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions, each played with its own keyboard, played either with the hands on a keyboard or with the feet using pedals. The organ is an old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria. It was played throughout the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman world, subsequently it re-emerged as a secular and recital instrument in the Classical music tradition. Pipe organs use air moving through pipes to produce sounds, since the 16th century, pipe organs have used various materials for pipes, which can vary widely in timbre and volume. The pipes are divided into ranks and controlled by the use of hand stops, although the keyboard is not expressive as on a piano and does not affect dynamics, some divisions may be enclosed in a swell box, allowing the dynamics to be controlled by shutters. Some organs are enclosed, meaning that all the divisions can be controlled by one set of shutters. Some special registers with free reed pipes are expressive and these instruments vary greatly in size, ranging from a cubic yard to a height reaching five floors, and are built in churches, synagogues, concert halls, and homes. Small organs are called positive or portative, increasingly hybrid organs are appearing in which pipes are augmented with electronic additions. Great economies of space and cost are possible especially when the lowest of the pipes can be replaced, non-piped organs include the reed organ or harmonium, which like the accordion and harmonica use air to excite free reeds. Electronic organs or digital organs, notably the Hammond organ, generate electronically produced sound through one or more loudspeakers, mechanical organs include the barrel organ, water organ, and Orchestrion. These are controlled by means such as pinned barrels or book music. Little barrel organs dispense with the hands of an organist and bigger organs are powered in most cases by a grinder or today by other means such as an electric motor. The pipe organ is the grandest musical instrument in size and scope, along with the clock, it was considered one of the most complex human-made mechanical creations before the Industrial Revolution. Pipe organs range in size from a short keyboard to huge instruments with over 10,000 pipes. A large modern organ typically has three or four keyboards with five each, and a two-and-a-half octave pedal board. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called the organ the King of instruments, some of the biggest instruments have 64-foot pipes, and it sounds to an 8 Hz frequency fundamental tone. For instance, the Wanamaker organ, located in Philadelphia, USA, has sonic resources comparable with three simultaneous symphony orchestras, most organs in Europe, the Americas, and Australasia can be found in Christian churches. The introduction of organs is traditionally attributed to Pope Vitalian in the 7th century
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Congregational church
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Congregational or Congregationalist churches are Protestant churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. Congregationalism is often considered to be a part of the wider Reformed tradition, ideas of nonconforming Protestants during the Puritan Reformation of the Church of England laid foundation for these churches. Congregationalists also differed with the Reformed churches using episcopalian church governance, within the United States, the model of Congregational churches was carried by migrating settlers from New England into New York, then into the Old North West, and further. With their insistence on independent local bodies, they became important in social reform movements, including abolitionism, temperance. Congregationalist tradition has a presence in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and it has been introduced either by immigrant dissenter Protestants or by missionary organization such as the London Missionary Society. Congregationalists believe their model of church governance fulfils the description of the early church, Congregationalism is more easily identified as a movement than a single denomination, given its distinguishing commitment to the complete autonomy of the local congregation. The early Congregationalists shared with Anabaptist theology the ideal of a pure church and they believed the adult conversion experience was necessary for an individual to become a full member in the church, unlike other Reformed churches. As such, the Congregationalists were an influence on the Baptists. They differed in counting the children of believers in some members of the church. On the other hand, the Baptists required each member to experience conversion, in England, the Anglican system of church government was taken over by King Henry VIII. It declared the sovereign of England to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I, this title was changed to Supreme Governor of the Church of England, an act still in effect. Robert Browne, Henry Barrow, John Greenwood, John Penry, William Brewster, Thomas Jollie, the underground churches in England and exiles from Holland provided about 35 out of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, which sailed from London in July 1620. They became known in history as the Pilgrim Fathers, the early Congregationalists sought to separate themselves from the Anglican church in every possible way and even eschewed having church buildings. They met in homes for many years, in 1639 William Wroth, then Rector of the parish church at Llanvaches in Monmouthshire, established the first Independent Church in Wales according to the New England pattern, i. e. Congregational. The Tabernacle United Reformed Church at Llanvaches survives to this day, during the English Civil War, those who supported the Parliamentary cause were invited by Parliament to discuss religious matters. This government would last until 1660 when the monarch was restored, in 1658 the Congregationalists created their own version of the Westminster Confession, called the Savoy Declaration, which remains the principal subordinate standard of Congregationalism. The work in South America began in 1921 when four Argentine churches urgently requested that denominational recognition be given to George Geier, the Illinois Conference licensed Geier, who worked among Germans from Russia who were very similar to their kin in the United States and in Canada
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Sandviken
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Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 22,965 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm, the rail journey to Stockholm takes about 2 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden´s main international airport, no more than 1.5 hours. Sandviken is also home to a number of activities, Kulturskolan means the cultureschool, Sandviken Big Band, Sandviken Symphonic Orchestra. Sandvikens Art Gallery shows throughout the various interesting exhibitions. During the winter months the downhill skiing facilities and the Snowpark at Kungsberget attract a number of visitors from near and far. Sandvikens AIK have become Swedish bandy champions several times, from the season 2009-10, they play indoors in Göransson Arena. This arena will be the Division A venue for the 2017 Bandy World Championship, football clubs located in Sandviken are Sandvikens IF who play in Division 2 Norra Svealand and Sandvikens AIK FK who play in Division 4 Gestrikland. Their Jernvallen stadium was a venue of the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Sandviken lies on the southern side of the intersection of Route 68/80 and Route 272 Högbovägen. The city extends to the south along Route 272 until they meet Storsjön, Sandviken airport, although closer to the town of Valbo, serves the air travel needs for Sandviken, as well nearby Gävle
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Sweden
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Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east, at 450,295 square kilometres, Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of 10.0 million. Sweden consequently has a low density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre. Approximately 85% of the lives in urban areas. Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats/Götar and Swedes/Svear, Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence. Today, Sweden is a monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as head of state. The capital city is Stockholm, which is also the most populous city in the country, legislative power is vested in the 349-member unicameral Riksdag. Executive power is exercised by the government chaired by the prime minister, Sweden is a unitary state, currently divided into 21 counties and 290 municipalities. Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages, in the 17th century, it expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire, which became one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, the last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, maintaining a policy of neutrality in foreign affairs. The union with Norway was peacefully dissolved in 1905, leading to Swedens current borders, though Sweden was formally neutral through both world wars, Sweden engaged in humanitarian efforts, such as taking in refugees from German-occupied Europe. After the end of the Cold War, Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995 and it is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Sweden maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides health care. The modern name Sweden is derived through back-formation from Old English Swēoþēod and this word is derived from Sweon/Sweonas. The Swedish name Sverige literally means Realm of the Swedes, excluding the Geats in Götaland, the etymology of Swedes, and thus Sweden, is generally not agreed upon but may derive from Proto-Germanic Swihoniz meaning ones own, referring to ones own Germanic tribe
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Swedish language
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Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken natively by more than 9 million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, along with the other North Germanic languages, Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is currently the largest of the North Germanic languages by number of speakers, Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties descended from the rural dialects still exist. The standard word order is, as in most Germanic languages, V2, Swedish morphology is similar to English, that is, words have comparatively few inflections. There are two genders, no cases, and a distinction between plural and singular. Older analyses posit the cases nominative and genitive and there are remains of distinct accusative and dative forms as well. Adjectives are compared as in English, and are inflected according to gender, number. The definiteness of nouns is marked primarily through suffixes, complemented with separate definite and indefinite articles, the prosody features both stress and in most dialects tonal qualities. The language has a large vowel inventory. Swedish is also notable for the voiceless velar fricative, a highly variable consonant phoneme. Swedish is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages, by many general criteria of mutual intelligibility, the Continental Scandinavian languages could very well be considered dialects of a common Scandinavian language. In the 8th century, the common Germanic language of Scandinavia, Proto-Norse, had some changes. This language began to undergo new changes that did not spread to all of Scandinavia, the dialects of Old East Norse that were spoken in Sweden are called Runic Swedish while the dialects of Denmark are referred to as Runic Danish. The dialects are described as runic because the body of text appears in the runic alphabet. Unlike Proto-Norse, which was written with the Elder Futhark alphabet, Old Norse was written with the Younger Futhark alphabet, from 1200 onwards, the dialects in Denmark began to diverge from those of Sweden. An early change that separated Runic Danish from the dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é. This is reflected in runic inscriptions where the older read stain, there was also a change of au as in dauðr into a long open ø as in døðr dead
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Bachelor's degree
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A bachelors degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelors degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. The term bachelor in the 12th century referred to a knight bachelor, by the end of the 13th century, it was also used by junior members of guilds or universities. By folk etymology or wordplay, the word came to be associated with bacca lauri in reference to laurels being awarded for academic success or honours. An honours degree generally requires an academic standard than a pass degree. In most African countries, the university systems follow the model of their former colonizing power, for example, the Nigerian university system is similar to the British system, while the Ivorian system is akin to the French. The degree is typically identical to the program of Frances universities, bachelors degree programs cover most of the fields in Algerian universities, except some fields, such as Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science. Bachelors degrees at the University of Botswana normally take four years, the system draws on both British and American models. Degrees are classified as First Class, Second Class Division One, Second Class Division Two and Third as in English degrees, but without being described as honours. The main degrees are named by British tradition, but in recent years there have been a numbers of degrees named after specific subjects, such as Bachelor of Library, in Morocco, a bachelors degree is referred to as al-ʾijāzah. The course of study takes three years, which are divided into two cycles. The first cycle comprises the first, or propaedeutic, year, after successfully completing their first two years, students can pursue either theoretical specialization or professional specialization. The second cycle is one long, after whose completion students receive the licence détudes fondamentales or the licence professionnelle. This academic degree system was introduced in September 2003, University admission is extremely competitive, with attendant advantages and disadvantages. Nonetheless, it takes four to five years to complete a bachelors degree, in cases of poor performance, the time limit is double the standard amount of time. For example, one may not study for more than 10 years for a five-year course, students are normally asked to leave if they must take longer. B. Arch. and other specialized undergraduate degrees, such as B. Eng, Science undergraduate degrees may require six months or a semester dedicated to SIWES but it is usually mandatory for all engineering degrees. A semester for project work/thesis is required, not excluding course work, the classifications of degrees, first-class, second-class, third-class and a pass
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Mannequin
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A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, windowdressers and others especially to display or fit clothing. During the 1950s, mannequins were used in tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans. Mannequin comes from the French word mannequin, which had acquired the meaning an artists jointed model, in early use in the United Kingdom, it referred to fashion models themselves, the meaning as a dummy dating from the start of World War II. Shop mannequins are derived from forms used by fashion houses for dress making. The use of mannequins originated in the 15th century, when miniature milliners mannequins were used to demonstrate fashions for customers, full-scale, wickerwork mannequins came into use in the mid-18th century. Wirework mannequins were manufactured in Paris from 1835, the first fashion mannequins, made of papier-mâché, were made in France in the mid-19th century. Mannequins were later made of wax to produce a more lifelike appearance, in the 1920s, wax was supplanted by a more durable composite made with plaster. Modern day mannequins are made from a variety of materials, the ones being fiberglass. The fiberglass mannequins are usually more expensive than the ones, tend to be not as durable. Mannequins are used primarily by retail stores as in-store displays or window decoration, however, many online sellers also use them to display their products for their product photos. Historically, artists have often used articulated mannequins as an aid in drawing draped figures, the advantage of this is that clothing or drapery arranged on a mannequin may be kept immobile for far longer than would be possible by using a living model. Medical simulation mannequins, models or related artefacts such as SimMan and these are sometimes also referred to as virtual patients. The term manikin refers exclusively to these types of models, though mannequin is often also used, in first aid courses manikins may be used to demonstrate methods of giving first aid. Fire and coastguard services use mannequins to practice life-saving procedures, the mannequins have similar weight distribution to a human. Special obese mannequins and horse mannequins have also made for similar purposes. Mannequins were a frequent motif in the many early 20th-century artists, notably the Metaphysical painters Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio. Shop windows displaying mannequins were a frequent photographic subject for Eugene Atget, the Twilight Zone episode The After Hours involves mannequins taking turns living in the real world as people. Mannequins are a theme in horror fiction
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Ann Inc.
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Ann Inc. is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women. The company headquartered in New York City and operates as a subsidiary of Ascena Retail Group, the stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories. The brand is marketed under five divisions, Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lou & Grey, Ann Taylor Factory, Richard Liebeskind, the founder of Ann Taylor, opened his first Ann Taylor store in New Haven, Connecticut in 1954. Ann Taylor was the name of a dress at Liebskinds fathers store. Both the best-selling dress and the name Ann Taylor were given by the father to his son, Richard Liebeskind, Liebeskind decided to go with the name Ann Taylor because Ann was considered a very New England name, and Taylor evoked the image of tailored clothing. The name supposedly created the identity of classic womens apparel. In May 1991, the company completed a public offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds of approximately $166.5 million. In March 2011, the changed its name to Ann Inc. from Ann Taylor Stores Corporation. On May 18,2015 Ascena Retail Group announced a $2.16 billion acquisition of Ann Inc, the buyout was completed on August 21,2015. Ann Inc. will operate as an Ascena Retail Group subsidiary going forward, Ann Taylor is a chain of clothing stores for women. Ann Taylor stores compete in the category, with clothing targeted at affluent career women. Ann Taylor was founded in 1954, LOFT, originally Ann Taylor LOFT, was established in 1996 as an extension of the original Ann Taylor brand, offers more relaxed fashions for work and home, in the upper moderate priced category. Lou & Grey sells active-wear fashion, Ann Taylor Factory, offers reduced prices, as well as Ann Taylor Factory merchandise. The company is now moving away from Ann Taylor Factory clearance stores and are changing their stores to carry Ann Taylor Factory merchandise, there are currently 128 LOFT Outlet stores throughout the U. S. Ann Taylor Celebrations, was launched in August 2005, it is a collection featuring dresses, wraps, sashes, shoes. Each piece in the Collection is dyed to match, the Collection can be worn for occasions from wedding parties to black tie and special events. In 2009 this line began being offered online only, Ann Taylor Collections, was launched 2007 and consists of luxury apparel, accessories, and shoes made using Italian made fabrics and yarns. The craftsmanship is of a value and the price point is higher than other pieces
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61st Academy Awards
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During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Allan Carr, ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson. Rain Man won four awards, including Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman, Best Director for Barry Levinson, the telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 61st Academy Awards were announced on February 15,1989, PST, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Richard Kahn, president of the Academy, and the actress Anne Archer. Rain Man led all nominees, with eight nominations, Dangerous Liaisons, the winners were announced at the award ceremony on March 29,1989. Best Actor winner Dustin Hoffman was the person to win the aforementioned category twice. Sigourney Weaver became the performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year. However, she became the first to lose both nominations. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with double dagger. At the time of the announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $188 million. Rain Man was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, the film was followed by Working Girl, The Accidental Tourist, Mississippi Burning, and finally Dangerous Liaisons. Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year,52 nominations went to 13 films, the other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Coming to America, Die Hard, Beetlejuice, and Willow. National Film Board of Canada Eastman Kodak Company Richard Williams For the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. In interviews with media outlets, he expressed that it was a dream come true to produce the Oscars. Notable changes were introduced in the production of the telecast, for the first time, presenters announced each winner with the phrase And the Oscar goes to. Rather than And the winner is, instead of hiring a host for the proceedings, Carr heavily relied on presenters often grouped in pairs that had some connection, either through family or the film industry. Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony, Jeff Margolis served as director of the telecast. Lyricist and composer Marvin Hamlisch was hired as musical supervisor of the festivities, comedian and writer Bruce Vilanch was hired as a writer for the broadcast, a role he has had ever since
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Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, some of his other best known works include Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, Three Days of the Condor and Absence of Malice. His subsequent films included Havana, The Firm, The Interpreter, Sydney Pollack was born in Lafayette, Indiana, to a family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, the son of Rebecca and David Pollack, a semi-professional boxer and pharmacist. The family relocated to South Bend and his parents divorced when he was young and his mother, an alcoholic with emotional problems, died at the age of 37 while Pollack was a student. Despite earlier plans to attend college and then school, Pollack left Indiana for New York City soon after finishing high school at age 17. Pollack studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse from 1952–54, after two years army service, ending in 1958, he returned to the Playhouse at Meisner’s invitation to become his assistant. In 1960, John Frankenheimer, a friend of Pollack, asked him to come to Los Angeles in order to work as a coach for the child actors on Frankenheimers first big picture. It was during this time that Pollack met Burt Lancaster who encouraged the actor to try directing. Pollack played a director in The Twilight Zone episode The Trouble with Templeton in 1961, but he found his real success in television in the 1960s by directing episodes of series, such as The Fugitive and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. After doing TV he made the jump into film with a string of movies that drew public attention and his film-directing debut was The Slender Thread. Over time, Pollacks films received a total of 48 Academy Award nominations and his first Oscar nomination was for his 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Dont They. and his second in 1982 for Tootsie. For his 1985 film Out of Africa starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, only Young and Lange won Oscars for their performances in one of Pollacks films. His disputes with Hoffman during the filming of Tootsie became well known, eventually Hoffman began pushing the idea that Pollack play the role of his agent, and Pollack reluctantly agreed despite not having had any film roles in 20 years. Their off-screen relationship added authenticity to their scenes in the movie, Pollack subsequently took on more acting roles in addition to producing and directing. He appeared as himself in the documentary One Six Right, describing his joy in owning and piloting his Cessna Citation X jet aircraft. As a character actor, Pollack appeared in such as A Civil Action. He also appeared in Woody Allens Husbands and Wives as a New York lawyer undergoing a midlife crisis and his last role was as Patrick Dempseys father in the 2008 romantic comedy Made of Honor, which was playing in theaters at the time of his death. He was a recurring guest star on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, playing Will Trumans unfaithful but loving father, George Truman
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Tootsie
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The film tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman in order to land a job. The film was adapted by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson, Elaine May and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart, Michael Dorsey is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to him anymore because he is difficult to work with. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him no one will hire you, he dresses as a woman, auditions as Dorothy Michaels. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and his character quickly becomes a television sensation. When Sandy catches Michael in her bedroom half undressed, he covers up by professing he wants to have sex with her and they have sex despite his better judgment about her self-esteem issues. Michael believes Sandy is too fragile to handle the truth about him winning the part. Their relationship, combined with his deception, complicates his now-busy schedule, exacerbating matters further, he is attracted to one of his co-stars, Julie Nichols, a single mother in an unhealthy relationship with the shows amoral, sexist director, Ron Carlisle. At a party, when Michael approaches Julie with a line that she had previously told Dorothy she would be receptive towards. Meanwhile, Dorothy has her own admirers to contend with, older cast member John Van Horn, John apologizes for intruding and leaves. The tipping point comes when, due to Dorothys popularity, the producers want to extend her contract for another year. Michael finds a way to extricate himself. Sandy and Les, who are all watching at home, react with the level of shock as the cast. The one exception is Jeff, who was aware of his roommates dual role and remarks, the revelation allows everybody a more-or-less graceful way out. Julie, however, is so outraged that she slugs him in the stomach in front of the cast once the cameras have stopped rolling before storming off, some weeks later, Michael is moving forward with producing Jeffs play. He awkwardly makes peace with Les in a bar, and Les shows tentative support for Michaels attraction to Julie, later, Michael waits for Julie outside the studio. Julie resists talking but finally admits she misses Dorothy, Michael confesses, I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man
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Buffalo Bill (TV series)
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It premiered June 1,1983 on NBC and ran for two seasons. It was also shown on the then-new UK fourth TV channel Channel 4, in 2005, Lionsgate released the entire series on Region 1 DVD. The series received 11 Emmy Award nominations, joanna Cassidy also won a Golden Globe Award in 1984. In 1999, TV Guide ranked Bill Bittinger number 42 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list, former NBC President Brandon Tartikoff wrote in his memoirs that his biggest professional regret was canceling the show. Buffalo Bill at the Internet Movie Database Buffalo Bill at TV. com Buffalo Bill at epguides. com Buffalo Bill at Jumptheshark. com
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Knight Rider (1982 TV series)
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Knight Rider is an American television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1982 to 1986, the show stars David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech modern crime fighter assisted by KITT, an advanced artificially intelligent, self-aware and nearly indestructible car. This was the last series Larson devised at Universal Television before he moved to 20th Century Fox, self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity and a new name, Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization. Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where direct action might provide the only feasible solution, heading FLAG is Devon Miles, who provides Michael with directives and guidance. Dr. Bonnie Barstow is the engineer in charge of KITTs care. The car used as KITT in the series was a customized 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am sports model, nose, dash and other interior of the car were designed by the design consultant Michael Scheffe. David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, an undercover Los Angeles police detective who, while on a case in Las Vegas, is shot in the face, Wilton Knight, founder of Knight Industries and creator of FLAG, directs his doctors to save Longs life and reconstruct his face. With his new identity, Michael Knight, Long is provided with high tech crime-fighting equipment, William Daniels as the voice of KITT, for Knight Industries Two Thousand, the autonomous, artificially intelligent car, with whom Michael Knight is partnered. Daniels, who starred on St. Elsewhere, requested not to be credited for his role as KITTs voice. Edward Mulhare as Devon Miles, the leader of FLAG, who appeared in every episode to provide mission details to Knight. He was also the spokesman for FLAG whenever it came under scrutiny, Patricia McPherson as Dr. Bonnie Barstow, KITTs chief technician and romantic tension for Michael. Rebecca Holden as April Curtis, chief technician for KITT, the character was written out when Patricia McPherson returned. The connection between the two was never established in any installments, peter Parros as Reginald Cornelius III aka RC3, driver of the FLAG mobile unit and occasional sideman for Michael and KITT. Richard Basehart as Wilton Knight, the creator of FLAG, who dies in the pilot episode, baseharts voice, however, is heard throughout the series, narrating over the intro and outro. Peter Cullen/Paul Frees as the voice of KARR, the evil autonomous artificially intelligent car, Frees took over the role for KARRs second appearance, but as he was also closely associated with Disney, he requested not to be credited for the role. The Knight Rider Theme was composed by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson. The series DVD bonus material contains an interview about this lead music, where Glen A. Larson says he remembers a theme out of a classic piece from which he took pieces for the Knight Rider Theme
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Riptide (U.S. TV series)
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Riptide is an American TV detective series that ran on NBC from January 3,1984 to August 22,1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. The series was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, the main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. A mid-season replacement, it debuted as a two-hour TV movie in early 1984, after its cancellation, reruns were aired on the USA Network during the late 1980s. Cody Allen and Nick Ryder are two former Army buddies who decided to open the Pier 56 Detective Agency in Los Angeles, the team operate out of Codys boat, the Riptide, moored at Pier 56 at King Harbor Marina. The men have other tools in their fight against crime. Nick also owns a classic red Chevrolet Corvette and in early episodes Cody drives an orange Woodie station wagon which is replaced by a four-wheel custom GMC Jimmy. Lt. Quinlan is a police officer who continually harasses the trio. Lt. Parisi, the police contact during the final episodes, is more cooperative. During the first few episodes, Mama Jo is the crusty skipper of the Barefoot Contessa, introduced later in the first season is Max, a comedian at a local club. Second season episodes also feature Dooley, a boy who occasionally assists the team in their escapades. Although local mobsters were depicted in most episodes, some reflected sensitive topics, like corruption among the U. S. Army, high-level cover-ups, the third seasons Home for Christmas, with a performance by James Whitmore, has a strongly emotional tone. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a three-disc DVD set of Riptide, The Complete First Season on February 14,2006, although the Sony release includes all of the episodes from the season, many of the opening teasers are missing. Visual Entertainment has released all three seasons of Riptide, available in Canada only, unlike the U. S. release, all of the opening teasers are intact. However, several episodes have music replaced and sequences edited out due to copyright issues, on October 14,2008 VEI released Riptide, The Complete Series, a 13-disc box set featuring all 58 episodes of the show. The release was scheduled to be released on September 9,2008. As of 2013, these releases have been discontinued and are out of print, in Germany the show is known under the title Trio mit vier Fäusten. Universum Films has released all three seasons of Riptide for Germany on May 29,2009, July 31,2009 and September 25,2009. The DVD sets feature 4,3 Pal, DD2.0 mono German and English, no teasers, the Season 2 boxes will contain an episode not broadcast in Germany, The Twisted Cross, in English with German subtitles
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Family Ties
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Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22,1982, and concluding on May 14,1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States from the liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young Republican Alex P. Keaton and his parents, Steven and Elyse Keaton. The show won awards, including three consecutive Emmy Awards for Michael J. Fox as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Married in 1964, Elyse is an independent architect and Steven, a native of Buffalo, New York, is the manager of WKS. Mallory was also presented as an airhead, who was fodder for jokes. Jennifer, a tomboy and the youngest child, shares more the values of her parents. Steven and Elyse had a child, Andrew, who was born in early 1985. Andy is the youngest, on whom Alex doted and quickly molded in his conservative image, meredith Baxter-Birney as Elyse Keaton Michael Gross as Steven Keaton Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Originally, Elyse and Steven were intended to be the main characters, however, the audience reacted so positively to Alex during the taping of the fourth episode that he became the focus on the show. Fox had received the role after Matthew Broderick turned it down, supporting cast and characters includes neighbor Irwin Skippy Handelman, Mallorys Sylvester Stallone-esque boyfriend artist Nick Moore, and Alexs feminist artist girlfriend Ellen Reed. In season 3, episode 17, Elyse gave birth to her fourth child, bewitched actor Dick Sargent guest-starred as Elyses father Charlie in Season 1. A number of Hollywood stars appeared on the show before they were famous or during the years of their careers. A Jane Adams played Marty Broadie in two 7th-season episodes, They Cant Take That Away from Me, Part 1 and They Cant Take That Away from Me, christina Applegate played Kitten, a member of Jennifers band, on the episode Band on the Run. Hank Azaria played a co-worker of Mallorys in the season 7 episode Designing Women, timothy Busfield played Doug in two 1984 episodes, and Young Matt in a 1986 episode. C Jeff Cohen played two different characters, Marv Jr. on the episode The Visit, and Dougie Barker on the episode 4 Rms Ocn Vu, james Cromwell played John Hancock in the 3rd-season episode Philadelphia Story. D Geena Davis portrayed inept housekeeper Karen, F David Faustino played Keith Bailey the son of a divorced family friend who was taken away from his mother by his father in the episode To Snatch a Keith. Corey Feldman played a 7th grade classmate of Jennifer who was a nominee to win the Thomas Dewey best student achievement award on the episode The Disciple, G Crispin Glover played one of Alexs friends on the episode Birthday Boy
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Remington Steele
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Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises, the series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural. Remington Steele is best known for launching the career of Pierce Brosnan, to solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events in the first episode, License to Steele, Pierce Brosnans character, behind the scenes, a power struggle ensues between Laura and Steele as to who is really in charge, whilst the two carry on a casual romantic relationship. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Daniel Chalmers, a con man who was Steeles mentor and surrogate father. He died in the last episode, Steeled With A Kiss, beverly Garland as Abigail Holt, Lauras mother. Gary Frank as Detective James Jarvis, a less than competent police detective who more often than not falsely accused the principal characters, Michael Constantine as George Edward Mulch, a business man with far-fetched ideas looking only for fame and fortune. James Tolkan as Norman Keyes, an insurance investigator bent on proving Steele to be a fraud, blake Clark as Fred, the Chauffeur Guest stars included, Louie Anderson, Steele Spawning, Season 4 Tom Baker Hounded Steele Season 2. Recent evaluations, in the wake of the full release on DVD, conclude that Steele was solidly crafted, well-acted. Other recent evaluations have also noted that series has aged better than other series of its time. Remington Steele referenced film noir in the mystery storylines and it subverted 1970s detective show conventions by telling its stories from the point of view of an independent, professional woman. At a time when hour-long series were serious and half-hour series were humorous and it pioneered the slowly evolving will they or wont they relationship arc that is now common to television drama of all genres. Speaking of the women she meets, Zimbalist said They are extraordinary women, theyre sort of, what my character was – and I meet them all the time. Also in 2005, Robin Rauzi published an article in the Los Angeles Times saying that Laura Holt was her hero, Rauzi concludes, I’ve decided to stop being embarrassed to say Remington Steele changed my life. It did and for the better, Remington Steele’s initial premise was conceived in 1969 by long-time television director Robert Butler as a series featuring a solo female private investigator. Butler pitched the idea to Grant Tinker before he was head of MTM, in January 1980, following the success of several sitcoms featuring working women, including the groundbreaking Mary Tyler Moore Show, Butler and Tinker, now head of MTM, revived the concept. MTM Vice President of Programming Stu Erwin felt Butlers concept was only half a show and suggested that Butler work with veteran writer Michael Gleason to expand the premise. Imagining Holt’s fictional boss, Gleason proposed to Butler, “Wouldn’t it be if he showed up and made her crazy. ”In 1981, Gleason, Butler, Erwin and Tinker pitched the series to NBC
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Sara (1985 TV series)
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Sara is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from January to May 1985. Starring Geena Davis in the role, the series features early performances from several actors who went on to greater acclaim, including Alfre Woodard, Bronson Pinchot. Sara was set in a San Francisco Legal Aid office and featured one of the earliest regular gay characters on an American television series, david Returns – January 23,19852. Saras Mom – January 30,19853, dueling Lawyers – February 13,19854. Helen Steps Out – February 20,19855 and you Cant Win Em All – February 27,19856. A Date with Keith – March 13,19857, rock n Roll Father – March 20,19858. 27 Candles – March 27,19859, saras Short Story – April 10,198510. Meet Mr. Cooper – April 17,198511, girls Just Want to Have Fun – April 24,198512. A Night at the Ballet – May 1,198513, brief Encounter – May 8,1985 Although the series was critically well-received, it was scheduled opposite Dynasty, which was then the most popular series on the air. Sara failed to attract an audience and was cancelled after 13 episodes, according to TVTango. coms ratings database, Sara ranked 48th out of 104 programs that aired during the 1984–85 season, with an average household rating of 14.44. Alternate Channels, The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio, Sara at the Internet Movie Database
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Fletch (film)
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Fletch is a 1985 American comedy action-thriller film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman and is loosely based on Gregory Mcdonalds popular Fletch novels. Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker appear in supporting roles, the film revolves around Los Angeles Times reporter Irwin M. Fletch Fletcher, who is offered a large sum of money to kill a millionaire with a terminal cancer prognosis. Fletch becomes suspicious when he discovers the man is not ill, in the 1970s, Burt Reynolds and Mick Jagger were considered to portray Fletch but these suggestions were rejected by Mcdonald. The author agreed to the casting of Chevy Chase despite never seeing the comedian in anything, Chase reportedly enjoyed the role because it allowed him to play several different characters and work with props. In a 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chase confirmed this was his favorite role, Fletch fared well from critics and performed well at the box office. It has since developed a following and is generally considered Chases best film. It was followed by a 1989 sequel, Fletch Lives, a prequel, Fletch Won, has been in development for over two decades. Los Angeles Times reporter Irwin Fletch Fletcher is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles, posing as an addict during his investigation, he is approached by Boyd Aviation executive vice president Alan Stanwyk who mistakenly assumes Fletch is a junkie. Stanwyk claims to have cancer, with only months left to live. Stanwyk offers $50,000 for Fletch to come to his mansion in a few days time, kill him, Fletch, while not completely convinced on the truth of Stanwyks story, reluctantly agrees to the plan. Along with his colleague Larry, he begins investigating Stanwyk instead of completing his drug trafficking exposé, disguised as a doctor, Fletch accesses Stanwyks file at the hospital and learns Stanwyk lied about having cancer. Fletch visits Stanwyks wife Gail at her tennis club, pretending to be a tennis instructor and friend of Alans, he flirts with her during an impromptu tennis lesson. Looking into Stanwyks finances, Fletch finds that Gail recently converted $3 million of her stock in Boyd Aviation into cash for her husband, to buy a ranch in Provo. Fletch breaks into the office and discovers the deed lists the sale price as only $3,000. Meanwhile, LAPD Chief Jerry Karlin learns of Fletchs drug article and he warns Fletch that the article will jeopardize his undercover operation on the beach. Karlin threatens to kill Fletch unless he agrees to drop the investigation, at the tennis club, Fletch overhears an arrogant club member, Mr. Underhill, insulting a waiter and decides to use Underhills tab to treat Gail to an expensive lunch in her private cabana. Fletch reveals Alans murder scheme to her and tells her the price of the ranch. Fletch watches Stanwyk making a suspicious briefcase exchange with Chief Karlin and he returns home to find LAPD officers lying in wait at his apartment
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