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San Diego Comic-Con
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San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International, San Diego and it is a four-day event held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo and it is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees, the convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970, he organized a convention on March 21,1970. Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971. Following the initial gathering, Dorfs first three-day San Diego comics convention, other locations in the conventions early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991. I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was, the convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members,16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is an organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995, in September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a channel was created to host Comic-Con related content. According to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the convention has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an area, as well as the Artists Alley where comics artists can sign autographs. Despite the name, artists alleys can include writers and even models, academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium
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Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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Abington Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to Philadelphias northern fringe. The population was 55,310 as of the 2010 census, the population density is 3603.3 per square mile, making it the second most densely populated township in Montgomery County. Abington Township is one of Montgomery Countys oldest communities, dating back to before 1700 and it is home to some of the countys oldest transportation routes, industries and churches. Many of these older business and transportation centers were the forerunners of modern Abington, Abington contains the Willow Grove Park Mall, several small businesses, and a few of Montgomery Countys largest employers. The land that comprises Abington today was purchased from the native Lenape by William Penn during the 1680s, by the next decade, a handful of European settlers built and lived in Hill Township, at the crossroads of Susquehanna Street Road and Old York Road. After brief times under other names, the township incorporated as Abington in 1704, the names origin is not known. A local 1734 census counted 42 resident landowners, during the American Revolutionary War, there was a small battle that took place at Edge Hill. Some institutions have been in Abington for most of its existence, the cornerstone of the original Abington Friends School, in operation since before Abingtons incorporation, is used in todays school building. The Abington Presbyterian Church opened in the years of the township. The railroad reached the township in 1855, with the first station building erected in 1873 on the site of todays Noble Station, Abington Senior High School and Fox Chase Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has an area of 15.5 square miles. Their primary importance, aside from community identity, is the postal system, additionally, some portions of some of these subdivisions, including Glenside, Huntingdon Valley, North Hills, Willow Grove, and Elkins Park, are actually in neighboring townships. The civic associations work together on Traffic Summits in even years and these Summits focus on eliminating traffic congestion that interferes with the growth of businesses in the Township. As of the 2010 census, the township was 79. 7% White,12. 4% Black or African American,0. 1% Native American,4. 9% Asian,3. 2% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of 2008, the U. S. Census Bureau estimated there were 55,234 people,21,252 occupied households, the population density was 3,563 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the township was 80% White, 12% Black, 3% Asian, a fraction of a percent Pacific Islander, 1% from other races, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3% of the population. 26% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.11. In the township the population was out, with 22% under the age of 18, 9% from 18 to 24, 25% from 25 to 44, 29% from 45 to 64
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Nashville is the capital of the U. S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the central part of the state. The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries and it is known as a center of the country music industry, earning it the nickname Music City, U. S. A. Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government which includes six municipalities in a two-tier system. Nashville is governed by a mayor, vice-mayor, and 40-member Metropolitan Council, thirty-five of the members are elected from single-member districts, five are elected at-large. Reflecting the citys position in government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Courts courthouse for Middle Tennessee. According to 2015 estimates from the U. S. Census Bureau, the balance population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Nashville, was 654,610. The 2015 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,830,345, the 2015 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 1,951,644. The town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson, and it was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville quickly grew because of its location, accessibility as a port on the Cumberland River, a tributary of the Ohio River. By 1800, the city had 345 residents, including 136 African American slaves and 14 free blacks, in 1806, Nashville was incorporated as a city and became the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1843, the city was named the permanent capital of the state of Tennessee, by 1860, when the first rumblings of secession began to be heard across the South, antebellum Nashville was a prosperous city. The citys significance as a port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river. In February 1862, Nashville became the first state capital to fall to Union troops, the state was occupied by Union troops for the duration of the war. Within a few years after the Civil War, the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Confederate veteran John W. Morton, meanwhile, the city had reclaimed its important shipping and trading position and developed a solid manufacturing base. The post–Civil War years of the late 19th century brought new prosperity to Nashville and these healthy economic times left the city with a legacy of grand classical-style buildings, which can still be seen around the downtown area. Circa 1950 the state approved a new city charter that provided for the election of city council members from single-member districts. This change was supported because at-large voting diluted the minority populations political power in the city and they could seldom gain a majority of the population to support a candidate of their choice
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher film, and a remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The fifth entry in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, the film was directed by Marcus Nispel, written by Scott Kosar and it was also co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper, co-creators of the original 1974 film. Though met with negative reception from critics, the film was received by fans. A prequel was released in 2006, titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, on August 18,1973, five young adults—Erin, her boyfriend Kemper, and their friends Morgan, Andy, and Pepper—are on their way to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert after traveling to Mexico to buy marijuana. While driving through Texas, the pick up a distraught hitchhiker walking in the middle of the road. After trying to talk to the hitchhiker, who speaks incoherently about a bad man, she pulls out a.357 Magnum, the group goes to a nearby eatery to contact the police, when a woman named Luda Mae tells them to meet Sheriff Hoyt at the mill. Instead of the sheriff, they find a boy named Jedidiah. Erin and Kemper go through the woods to find his house, leaving Morgan, Andy and they come across a plantation house and Erin is allowed inside by an amputee named Monty to call for help. Meanwhile, Kemper goes inside to look for Erin and is killed with a sledgehammer by Thomas Hewitt, also known as Leatherface, meanwhile, Hoyt disposes of the hitchhikers body. After Erin finds that Kemper is missing, she and Andy go back to Montys house, Monty realizes Andy is inside and summons Leatherface, who attacks him with his chainsaw. Erin escapes and heads towards the woods, but Leatherface cuts Andys leg off and carries him to the basement, Erin makes it back to the mill, but before she and the others can leave, Hoyt shows up. After finding marijuana on the dashboard, he orders Erin and Pepper to get out of the van, gives Morgan the gun he took from the hitchhiker, Morgan, disturbed by his demands, attempts to shoot him, only to find that the gun is unloaded. Hoyt handcuffs Morgan and drives him to the Hewitt house, taking the key with him. Erin and Pepper are attacked by Leatherface, who is wearing Kempers face as a mask, when Pepper attempts to run, she is killed by Leatherface. Erin runs and hides in a nearby trailer belonging to an obese middle-aged woman known only as the Tea Lady, and a woman named Henrietta. Erin discovers they have kidnapped the baby, but passes out before she can escape. Erin wakes up at the Hewitt house surrounded by the family, Leatherface, his mother Luda Mae, Hoyt, Monty and Jedidiah. Luda Mae informs Erin that Leatherface was tormented for his life because of a skin disease that left his face disfigured
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a 2005 American drama film released by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on the novel of the name by Ann Brashares. It was directed by Ken Kwapis and screenplay by Delia Ephron, the films production budget was $25 million. At the box office, it brought in a domestic gross of $39,053,061. The DVD was released in the United States on October 11,2005, and features commentary by Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel. The film was shot in the Kamloops and Ashcroft area in British Columbia. A sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 was released in 2008, four teenage girls—Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena—are best friends from Bethesda, Maryland, who are about to separate for the summer for the first time in their lives. Lena is spending the summer in Greece with her grandparents, Tibby is staying at home, Bridget is going to camp in Mexico. The girls dub them the Traveling Pants and decide to share them equally over the course of the summer and they part the next day, and the film focuses on each girls journey separately. During the summer, Carmen goes to her dads house in South Carolina, during her time there, her father and her new family neglect her emotionally, driving her to throw a stone through their dining room window, and catch a bus back to Maryland. At home she tells Tibby about her time with her dad and Tibby convinces her to confront her father with a phone call, Carmen tells her father and he apologizes. Her summer ends with the four of them returning south where she is an attendant at her fathers wedding, through the unexpected intervention of the Pants, Lena meets a local Greek boy named Kostas Dounas. Lena learns from her grandparents that her family and Kostas family are sworn enemies stemming from an old family feud, despite this, Kostas continues to pursue Lena, and the two develop feelings for each other. Lena holds back, though, until one day when she admits to herself that she is afraid of love, once she makes this realization, she begins a secret relationship with Kostas. On their last night together, Kostas tells Lena that he loves her, before Lena can answer, Lenas family barges in, angrily pulling her away. Lena later confronts her grandfather and asks to go see Kostas before he leaves, Kostas and Lena share a passionate kiss, and Lena confesses her love for him. While on the job at a discount department store, Tibby hears a crashing sound. She frantically calls for help, and the girl is taken away in an ambulance, when Lena mails the magical Pants to Tibby, they are delivered to the wrong house
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Grind (2003 film)
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When skating legend Jimmy Wilsons skate demo tour hits town, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, hell sign them up for his renowned skate team immediately, right. Unfortunately, the guys are intercepted by Jimmys road manager and they cant get their foot in the door, but they do get some free advice, keep skating, stay true to yourself, and stay in the game—if youre good, youll get noticed. Following their dream—and Jimmys national tour—Eric, Dustin and Matt start their own team, reluctantly sponsored by Dustin. The professional scene doesnt exactly welcome nobody, but these outsiders stick together through extreme misadventures, the film received unfavorable reviews from critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 8% of critics have given the film a review based on 71 reviews. Metacritic gave it a score of 30 out of 100 from the 24 reviews it collected. Joe Laydon, of Variety Magazine called the Skating scenes, unremarkable and repetitious, concluding that the film was less than good. Keith Phipps, for The Onions A. V, will gleam the cube only of viewers with an unusually high tolerance for porta-toilet and Dutch-oven gags. Grind Grind at the Internet Movie Database
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Poseidon (film)
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Poseidon is a 2006 disaster film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen. It is the film adaptation of Paul Gallicos novel The Poseidon Adventure. It stars Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas and it was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. in association with Virtual Studios. The film had a release in the IMAX format. It was released on May 12,2006, and nominated at the 79th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Poseidon grossed $181,674,817 at the worldwide box office on a budget of $160 million. The MS Poseidon, an ocean liner, is making a transatlantic crossing. Former New York City Mayor and FDNY firefighter Robert Ramsey is traveling with his daughter Jennifer and her boyfriend Christian to New York, soon to be engaged. Also on board is former Navy submariner-turned-professional gambler Dylan Johns, architect Richard Nelson, Maggie James and her son Conor, stowaway Elena, and waiter Valentin. As the passengers are celebrating a New Years Eve party in the ships ballroom, to survive the wave, they try to turn the ship to take the wave bow-first. However, the ship does not turn fast enough, the wave swamps and capsizes the ship, killing the bridge officers and many passengers. Badly injured, Captain Bradford tries to order and assures the remaining passengers that help is on the way. Unconvinced, Dylan leads Conor, Maggie, Robert, Richard, and Valentin towards the bow, as they head up, they have to cross an elevator shaft, into which Valentin falls before being crushed by the falling elevator. The group crosses a bridge across the lobby, where Lucky Larry gets crushed by the engine. The pressure from the water finally cracks the ballroom windows, drowning and killing its occupants, including Captain Bradford, with the water rising rapidly, the group is forced to escape through an air duct and some ballast tanks, although Elena hits her head underwater and drowns. With the ship sinking, the survivors soon find themselves in a crew lounge where they find the bow section is flooded. The group enters the bow thruster room and are horrified to find the still running. With their path blocked by the propellers, and knowing that the room is submerged in water. He finds the shut off switch to be broken, but presses the button instead
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Blue Valentine (film)
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Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. The film premiered in competition at the 26th Sundance Film Festival, Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis wrote the film, and Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling played the lead roles as well as serving as co-executive producers for the film. The band Grizzly Bear scored the film, the film depicts a married couple, Dean Pereira and Cynthia Cindy Heller, shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the dissolution of their marriage several years later. Michelle Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film, throughout the film, the present timeline is intercut with the story of how Dean and Cindy became involved. Dean is a high school dropout, working for a moving company in Brooklyn. Cindy is a student living with her constantly fighting parents. Cindy and Dean meet at Cindys grandmothers nursing home while Dean is delivering a new residents furniture, Cindy discovers she is pregnant, and tells Dean that the baby is most likely not his, as her ex-boyfriend Bobby didnt use protection. Dean asks Cindy whether or not she wants to keep the baby, before the wedding, Bobby finds out about Dean and beats him up. Five years later, the lives in rural Pennsylvania with their daughter Frankie. Dean works at painting houses while Cindy is a nurse at a clinic, One evening, Dean insists on taking Cindy out for a romantic getaway at a motel so they can have some time off from their preoccupied lives, much to Cindys reluctance. While buying wine in a store, Cindy sees Bobby. She hesitates, but eventually says no, in the car, Cindy and Dean get into an argument when she mentions seeing Bobby again. At the motel, they continue fighting during sex, Cindy is called away early in the morning to work at the clinic, and she leaves a note for Dean. Visibly upset, Cindy says she thought he was offering her the position because she was good at her job. Angered that Cindy left the motel without waking him, Dean shows up drunk at the clinic, Cindy says she wants a divorce after Dr. Feinberg fires her. After leaving the clinic, Dean tries to persuade Cindy to give the marriage another chance, Cindy says she does not want Frankie to grow up with parents who are so hateful to each other. Dean reminds Cindy of their vows, and the two apologize to each other. Dean is seen walking away from the house, with Frankie running after him, Dean tells Frankie to go back to her mom despite Frankie begging him to stay
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The Help (film)
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The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor, and adapted from Kathryn Stocketts 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, the film and novel recount the story of young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia Skeeter Phelan. The story focuses on her relationship with two maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights Movement in 1962 Jackson. The films casting began later that month, with principal photography following four months after in Mississippi, Touchstone Pictures released The Help worldwide, with a general theatrical release in North America on August 10,2011. The film was a critical and commercial success, receiving positive reviews, the Help received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress for Davis, and Best Supporting Actress for both Chastain and Spencer, with the latter winning the award. The film also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the story is set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963. Aibileen Clark is an African-American maid who works for Elizabeth Leefolt, aibileens best friend is Minny Jackson, a plain-spoken African-American maid known for her culinary skills who works for Hilly Holbrooks senile mother, Mrs. Walters. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan, a white woman, returns home after graduating from the University of Mississippi to discover that her mother, Charlotte, has fired Constantine. Much to her mothers chagrin, Skeeter aspires to be a writer, Minny eventually finds work with Celia Foote, wife of wealthy socialite Johnny Foote, Hillys former beau. Celia is starved for friendship due to Hillys efforts to ensure she remains a social pariah, Celia befriends Minny during cooking lessons and informs Minny that she is pregnant. Their relationship deepens after Celia miscarries, Skeeter submits a draft of her book to Harper & Row. Her editor, Elaine Stein, advises her that more maids stories need to be included, following the assassination of Medgar Evers and the arrest of Yule May, the maid hired by Hilly to replace Minny, more maids decide to offer Skeeter their insights. As the writing continues, Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny worry that some maids, Minny, as a form of insurance, reveals the terrible awful thing” she did to Hilly. Minny predicts the story will keep the safe from retribution. With the book almost finished, Skeeter confronts her mother about Constantines firing, to save face, Charlotte fired Constantine and ordered her and Rachel to leave immediately. Rachel subsequently took Constantine to live with her in Chicago, Charlotte had every intention to bring Constantine back to Jackson, but Constantine died before she could do so. The book, published anonymously, is a success, Hilly does everything in her power to protect her reputation after reading about Minnys “terrible awful thing”. She becomes unhinged when a check from Celia for one of Hillys charitable works is made out to Two Slice Hilly and she drives intoxicated to the Phelan plantation to confront Skeeter and inform Charlotte about her daughters hippie ways
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Bates Motel (TV series)
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Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that premiered on March 18,2013. After recurring heavily in the first season, Nestor Carbonell was added to the main cast from season two onward. The series begins in Arizona with the death of Normas husband, after which Norma purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so that she and Norman can start a new life. Subsequent seasons follow Norman as his illness becomes dangerous, and Norma as she struggles to protect her son. Bates Motels storylines ignore the timeline of the films sequels. The series was filmed outside Vancouver in Aldergrove, British Columbia, A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series, opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season. On June 15,2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season, the fifth and final season premiered on February 20,2017. Bates Motel has also won three Peoples Choice Awards for Favorite Cable TV Drama, and for Favorite Cable TV Actress, the first season follows Norma and Norman Bates as they buy a motel after Normans father dies. On one of the first nights of the two owning the motel, the former owner breaks in and sexually assaults Norma, Norman knocks the attacker out, and Norma stabs him to death. She decides its best not to call the police and to cover up the murder and she and Norman dispose of the body. He complicates the cover-up by keeping a belt that belonged to the victim, when the town sheriff and his deputy notice that a man has gone missing, Norma and Norman must keep them from digging too far. The second season follows the aftermath of Normans teachers murder, as her mysterious past comes to light, meanwhile, Norma finds herself making dangerous decisions in order to keep the motel running and preventing the impending bypass. Bradleys search for her fathers killer leads to the extremes, the third season focuses on Normans waning deniability about whats happening to him, and the lengths he will go to gain control of his fragile psyche. The dramatic events of last season leave Norma more aware of her sons mental fragility, meanwhile, Sheriff Romero begins to distance himself from the Bates family after he suspects Norma is lying to him about her husbands death. The fourth season follows Norma as she becomes fearful of Norman. This complicates their once unbreakable trust as Norman struggles to maintain his grip on reality, meanwhile, Sheriff Romero once again finds himself drawn into Norma and Normans lives. The fifth season begins two years after the death of Norma, publicly happy and well-adjusted, Norman struggles at home, where his blackouts are increasing and Mother threatens to take him over completely. Meanwhile, Dylan and Emma find themselves back into Normans world
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Cloverfield
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Cloverfield is a 2008 American found footage monster horror film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and written by Drew Goddard. It is the first film in the Cloverfield franchise, before settling on an official title, the film was marketed as 01-18-08. The film was received by critics and it earned $170.8 million at the box office against a $25 million budget. The film is presented as found footage from a personal camcorder recovered by the United States Department of Defense, a disclaimer states the footage is multiple sighting of a case designated Cloverfield and that it was found in area US447, formerly known as Central Park. The video consists primarily of segments taped the night of Friday, May 22, occasionally, older segments are shown from a previous video that was taped over. The first video segment is filmed by Rob on the morning of Monday, April 27 and they make plans to go to Coney Island that day, and footage of their excursion is spliced all throughout the film. The footage then cuts to the evening of Friday, May 22, when Jason, Robs brother, and his girlfriend, Lily, prepare a party for Rob. Their friend Hud uses the camera to film testimonials during the party, after Beth has an argument with Rob and leaves the party, an apparent earthquake strikes, and the city suffers a brief power outage. The local news reports that an oil tanker has capsized near Liberty Island, when the party-goers leave the building, the severed head of the Statue of Liberty is hurled into the street in front of them. Hud records what appears to be an enormous creature several blocks away causing the Woolworth Building to collapse, later, during the evacuation of the city, the creatures gigantic tail destroys the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Jason and several other people. News reports show the Army National Guards 42nd Infantry Division attacking the monster, smaller parasite creatures fall off its body and attack nearby pedestrians and soldiers. Rob listens to a message from Beth, saying she is trapped in her apartment. Going against the crowd, Rob, Hud, Lily, and they get caught in a battle between the creature and the National Guard and run into the Spring Street station, where they are attacked by several of the parasitic creatures inside the subway tunnel. Marlena is bitten by one of them, exiting the subway via the 59th Street station, the four come to a command center and field hospital, where Marlena develops a reaction to the bite, which causes her to bleed from her eyes. Medics drag Marlena into a tent where it appears that she explodes, the group rescues Beth, who was impaled on exposed rebar, and the four make their way to the evacuation site at Grand Central Terminal, where they encounter the creature once more. Lily is rushed into a departing Marine Corps helicopter and escapes, Moments later, Rob, Beth, and Hud are taken away in a second helicopter and witness a U. S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomb the creature. The bombing appears to harm the creature, causing it to fall, the film skips to the early morning of Saturday, May 23, less than an hour later. A voice on the crashed helicopters radio warns that the Hammer Down protocol will begin in fifteen minutes
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Under the Dome (TV series)
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Under the Dome is an American science fiction mystery drama television series. It premiered on CBS on June 24,2013, and concluded on September 10,2015, the series was developed by Brian K. Vaughan and based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Under the Dome tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chesters Mill. A small group of people inside the dome must also unravel complicated mysteries in order to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when it will go away. Under the Dome was an instant success for the network, the premiere in June 2013 broke the record as the most-watched summer drama premiere on any network since 1992. The show continued to enjoy high ratings throughout its first season. Initially, Under the Dome had a critical reception, which changed into mixed reviews as the series progressed. Under the Dome came to a conclusion in September 2015, over three seasons,39 episodes were produced. Executive producer and showrunner Neal Baer stated in an interview after the finale aired and we made it so there could be another … but it wasnt necessary. The cast members portray characters who were taken from the original novel, although some have been combined. Vaughan was hired to adapt the novel as a series, then set up at cable network Showtime, Showtime entertainment president David Nevins felt that the series was not right for the network and suggested to Nina Tassler, his CBS counterpart, that she take on the project. Tassler was interested and picked up the series along with attaching veteran television producer Neal Baer and it was announced in November 2012 that CBS had bypassed ordering a pilot and given Under the Dome a 13-episode straight-to-series commitment. In January 2013, CBS released its summer 2013 schedule, which revealed that Under the Dome would premiere on June 24,2013, a teaser trailer was created specially for the 2013 Super Bowl. In the first season, Brian K. Vaughan and Stephen King served as producers along with Neal Baer, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Jack Bender, Steven Spielberg. Danish director Niels Arden Oplev produced and directed the pilot, Baer served as the showrunner for the series. Vaughan exited the series before the premiere of two, citing personal reasons. However, he had helped plan the season with Baer. Tim Schlattmann joined the series as a producer for season three
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The Case for Christ
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The Case for Christ is an upcoming Christian drama film directed by Jon Gunn and is based on a true story that inspired the 1998 book of the same name by Lee Strobel. The film stars Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway and Robert Forster, the film will be released on April 7,2017 by Pure Flix Entertainment. After completing an investigation for almost two years, he finds a new faith in Christ. Official website The Case for Christ at the Internet Movie Database
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NBC
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The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is part of the Big Three television networks, founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. Following the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright served as executive officer of NBC, remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007. In 2003, French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electrics remaining stake in 2013. Following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBC Universal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke, during a period of early broadcast business consolidation, radio manufacturer Radio Corporation of America acquired New York City radio station WEAF from American Telephone & Telegraph. Westinghouse, a shareholder in RCA, had an outlet in Newark, New Jersey pioneer station WJZ. This station was transferred from Westinghouse to RCA in 1923, WEAF acted as a laboratory for AT&Ts manufacturing and supply outlet Western Electric, whose products included transmitters and antennas. The Bell System, AT&Ts telephone utility, was developing technologies to transmit voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, the 1922 creation of WEAF offered a research-and-development center for those activities. WEAF maintained a schedule of radio programs, including some of the first commercially sponsored programs. In an early example of chain or networking broadcasting, the station linked with Outlet Company-owned WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, AT&T refused outside companies access to its high-quality phone lines. The early effort fared poorly, since the telegraph lines were susceptible to atmospheric. In 1925, AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were incompatible with the companys primary goal of providing a telephone service. AT&T offered to sell the station to RCA in a deal that included the right to lease AT&Ts phone lines for network transmission, the divisions ownership was split among RCA, its founding corporate parent General Electric and Westinghouse. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15,1926, WEAF and WJZ, the flagships of the two earlier networks, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On April 5,1927, NBC expanded to the West Coast with the launch of the NBC Orange Network and this was followed by the debut of the NBC Gold Network, also known as the Pacific Gold Network, on October 18,1931. The Orange Network carried Red Network programming, and the Gold Network carried programming from the Blue Network, initially, the Orange Network recreated Eastern Red Network programming for West Coast stations at KPO in San Francisco. The Orange Network name was removed from use in 1936, at the same time, the Gold Network became part of the Blue Network. In the 1930s, NBC also developed a network for shortwave radio stations, in 1927, NBC moved its operations to 711 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the upper floors of a building designed by architect Floyd Brown
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Philadelphia
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In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia was one of the capitals in the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became an industrial center. It became a destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration. The areas many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational, with a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016 including several prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and rich history, Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism, Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States. Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape Indians in the village of Shackamaxon, the Lenape are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government. They are also called Delaware Indians and their territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island. Most Lenape were pushed out of their Delaware homeland during the 18th century by expanding European colonies, Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases, mainly smallpox, and violent conflict with Europeans. Iroquois people occasionally fought the Lenape, surviving Lenape moved west into the upper Ohio River basin. The American Revolutionary War and United States independence pushed them further west, in the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in the US state of Oklahoma, with communities living also in Wisconsin, Ontario. The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony, in 1638, Swedish settlers led by renegade Dutch established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina and quickly spread out in the valley. In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their defeat of the English colony of Maryland
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Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Warminster Township is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States and was formally established in 1711. It is 3.7 miles northwest of Philadelphia and had a population of 32,682 according to the 2010 U. S. census, the town was called Warminster Township as early as 1685, before its borders were formally established in 1711. It was originally part of Southampton Township, which was founded in 1682 by William Penn, Warminster was named after a small town in the county of Wiltshire, at the western extremity of Salisbury Plain, England. Warminster, Pennsylvania was mostly settled by English and Scotch-Irish after William Penn received a grant of land in the area from King Charles, Warminster began as a small farming community and remained that way throughout most of its history. Warminsters Craven Hall is included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Warminsters most significant historical figure was William Tennent, an outspoken religious leader and educator. Warminsters Naval Air Warfare Center, previously called the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center and then the Naval Air Development Center and its site was acquired by the U. S. Navy from the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation in 1943. The Center initially served as a development and airplane testing facility. It then became a center for the Mercury, Gemini. The facility developed a black box, best known as the indestructible recorder of cockpit conversations. Warminster Township is 3.7 miles northwest of Philadelphia at their closest points and has an area of 10.2 square miles. Warminster is drained by the Delaware River tributaries of the Neshaminy Creek and its villages include Breadysville Casey Highlands, Hartsville Johnsville, Rosewood Park, Warminster, and Warminster Heights. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Warminster has a subtropical climate. The population density was 3,061.0 people per square mile, there were 11,644 housing units at an average density of 1,135. 7/sq mi. 20. 0% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.16. Of all township residents,24. 5% were under the age of 18,7. 6% from 18 to 24,29. 0% from 25 to 44,23. 6% from 45 to 64, the median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males. The median household income was $54,375, while the family income was $60,907. Males had an income of $41,033 versus $30,302 for females
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World War II
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the worlds countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the bombing of industrial and population centres. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history, from late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, in 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy, thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world, the United Nations was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia, most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities, the start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. The dates for the beginning of war in the Pacific include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or even the Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 19 September 1931. Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and this article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939, the exact date of the wars end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945, rather than the formal surrender of Japan
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Battle of the Bulge
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, the surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war, the battle also severely depleted Germanys armoured forces on the Western Front, and they were largely unable to replace them. German personnel and later, Luftwaffe aircraft, also sustained heavy losses, the Germans officially referred to the offensive as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, while the Allies designated it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase Battle of the Bulge was coined by contemporary press to describe the bulge in German front lines on wartime news maps, once that was accomplished, the German dictator Adolf Hitler believed he could fully concentrate on the Soviets on the Eastern Front. The offensive was planned by the German forces with utmost secrecy, with minimal radio traffic and movements of troops, intercepted German communications indicating a substantial German offensive preparation were not acted upon by the Allies. The Germans achieved total surprise on the morning of 16 December 1944, due to a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance. The Germans attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, columns of armor and infantry that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This, and terrain that favored the defenders, threw the German advance behind schedule, improved weather conditions permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, the Germans initial attack involved 406,000 men,1,214 tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns, and 4,224 artillery pieces. These were reinforced a couple of later, bringing the offensives total strength to around 450,000 troops. Between 67,200 and 125,000 of their men were killed, missing, for the Americans, out of 610,000 troops involved in the battle,89,000 were casualties. While some sources report that up to 19,000 were killed, British historian Antony Beevor reports the number killed as 8,407. It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II, after the breakout from Normandy at the end of July 1944 and the Allied landings in southern France on 15 August 1944, the Allies advanced toward Germany more quickly than anticipated. The Allies were faced with several military logistics issues, - troops were fatigued by weeks of continuous combat supply lines were stretched extremely thin supplies were dangerously depleted. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff chose to hold the Ardennes region which was occupied by the U. S, the Allies chose to defend the Ardennes with as few troops as possible due to the favorable terrain and limited Allied operational objectives in the area. They also had intelligence that the Wehrmacht was using the area across the German border as an area for its troops. The speed of the Allied advance coupled with a lack of deep-water ports presented the Allies with enormous supply problems
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Seabee
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United States Naval Construction Battalions - better known as Seabees, a heterograph of the first initials - C. B. comprise US Naval Construction Forces. International law made it illegal for civilians to resist enemy attack, doing so would classify them as guerrillas, the Seabees would consist of skilled workers that would be trained to drop their tools if necessary and take up their weapons at a moments notice to defend themselves. The concept model, A USMC trained Battalion of construction tradesmen that would be capable of, any type of construction, anywhere needed and it was quickly realized that this model could be utilized in every theater of operations as it was seen to be flexible and adaptable. The use of USMC organization allowed for smooth co-ordination, integration or interface of both the NCF and the Marine Corps elements, in addition, Seabee Battalions could be deployed individually or in multiples as the project scope and scale dictated. What distinguishes Seabees from Combat Engineers are the skill sets, Combat Engineering is but a sub-set in the Seabee toolbox. They have a legacy of creative field ingenuity stretching from Normandy and Okinawa to Iraq. Seabees believe that anything they are tasked with they Can Do and they were unique at conception and remain so today. In 2017, the Seabees celebrated 75 years of service and have not changed from Admiral Ben Moreells conceptual model, as far back as the War of 1812, US Navy seamen were employed in large numbers for major shore construction. In 1813, Essex, under command of Captain David Porter, rounded Cape Horn from the Atlantic Ocean, after capturing several British ships he discovered that a British naval squadron had been sent to search for him. Needing to repair and prepare Essex and his squadron, he sailed for the Marquesas Islands to find a suitable site for him to build the US Navys first advanced base. During construction they were attacked by unfriendly natives, during which they would have to lay down their tools. It wasnt until World War I that Navy craftsmen would be employed in large number again, in 1917, the Twelfth Regiment was organized at Naval Training Station Great Lakes. This allowed the Public Works Department to grow to nearly 600 men by July 1917 and they were organized into the Twelfth Regiment, which was essentially the Public Works Department because staff officers could not exercise military command. Lieutenant William C. Davis was appointed commanding officer of the regiment, he exercised military control, in October 1917, the regiment began building Camp Paul Jones. With its completion, on 30 December 1917, the regiment became operational with 1,500 men organized into three battalions. By April 1918, the regiment consisted of 2,400 in five battalions, men were withdrawn for assignments in the US and abroad. In spring of 1918,100 men were given special mechanics and ordnance training before being sent to St. Nazaire, France, later they would join the gun crews and perform combat duties along the railway lines in proximity to the German lines. The Twelfth Regiment reached its peak strength 5 November 1918,55 officers and 6,211 enlisted men formed into 11 battalions, however, with the end of the war on 11 November 1918, the regiment gradually faded away by the end of 1918
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United States Navy
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The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U. S. Navy is the largest, most capable navy in the world, the U. S. Navy has the worlds largest aircraft carrier fleet, with ten in service, two in the reserve fleet, and three new carriers under construction. The service has 323,792 personnel on duty and 108,515 in the Navy Reserve. It has 274 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of October 2016, the U. S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. It played a role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy. It played the role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan. The 21st century U. S. Navy maintains a global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean. The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Navy is itself a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations is an admiral and the senior naval officer of the Department of the Navy. The CNO may not be the highest ranking officer in the armed forces if the Chairman or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, the United States Navy is a seaborne branch of the military of the United States. The Navys three primary areas of responsibility, The preparation of naval forces necessary for the prosecution of war. The development of aircraft, weapons, tactics, technique, organization, U. S. Navy training manuals state that the mission of the U. S. Armed Forces is to prepare and conduct prompt and sustained combat operations in support of the national interest, as part of that establishment, the U. S. Navys functions comprise sea control, power projection and nuclear deterrence, in addition to sealift duties. It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, the Navy was rooted in the colonial seafaring tradition, which produced a large community of sailors, captains, and shipbuilders. In the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, Massachusetts had its own Massachusetts Naval Militia, the establishment of a national navy was an issue of debate among the members of the Second Continental Congress. Supporters argued that a navy would protect shipping, defend the coast, detractors countered that challenging the British Royal Navy, then the worlds preeminent naval power, was a foolish undertaking. Commander in Chief George Washington resolved the debate when he commissioned the ocean-going schooner USS Hannah to interdict British merchant ships, and reported the captures to the Congress
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William Tennent High School
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William Tennent High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12, located in Warminster, Pennsylvania, US. The school is the public high school serving Warminster and Upper Southampton townships and Ivyland borough in the Centennial School District, located in Bucks County. Frank Coonelly - Class of 1978, president, Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Vogel - actor, class of 1998. Kermit Cintron - Champion boxer, class of 1999, Mike Pettine - head coach, Cleveland Browns, was a head coach for the school before being terminated. Steve Capus - president of NBC News, 2005-13, currently executive producer of CBS News, log College Middle School Eugene Klinger Middle School McDonald Elementary Willow Dale Elementary Davis Elementary Official school website
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Secondary school
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A secondary school is both an organization that delivers level 2 junior secondary education or level 3 secondary education phases of the ISCED scale, and the building where this takes place. Level 2 junior secondary education is considered to be the second, Secondary schools typically follow on from primary schools and lead into vocational and tertiary education. Attendance is compulsory in most countries for students between the ages 11 and 16, the systems and terminology remain unique to each country. School building design does not happen in isolation, schools need to accommodate students, staff, storage, mechanical and electrical systems, storage, support staff, ancillary staff and administration. The number of rooms required can be determined from the roll of the school. A general classroom for 30 students needs to be 55m2, or more generously 62m2, a general art room for 30 students needs to be 83m2, but 104 m2 for 3D textile work. A drama studio or a specialist science laboratory for 30 needs to be 90 m2, examples are given on how this can be configured for a 1,200 place secondary. The building providing the education has to fulfil the needs of, The students, the teachers, the support staff, the adminstrators. It has to should meet health requirements, minimal functional requirements- such as classrooms, toilets and showers, electricity, textbooks, Government accountants having read the advice then publish minimum guidelines on schools. These enable environmental modelling and establish building costs. Future plans are audited to ensure that standards are not exceeded. The UK government published this downwardly revised space formula in 2014 and it said the floor area should be 1050m² +6. 3m²/pupil place for 11- to 16-year-olds + 7m²/pupil place for post-16s. The external finishes were to be downgraded to meet a build cost of £1113/m², a secondary school, locally may be called high school, junior high school, senior high school. Sweden, gymnasium Switzerland, gymnasium, secondary school, collège or lycée Taiwan, Junior High School, Senior High School, Vocational High School, Military School, in Nigeria, secondary school starts from JSS1 until SSS3. Most students start at the age of 10 or 11 and finish at 16 or 17, Students are required to sit for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. To progress to university students must obtain at least a credit in Maths, English, in Somalia, secondary school starts from 9th grade until 12th. Students start it when they are around 14 to 15 years of age, Students are required to study Somali and Arabic, with the option of either English or Italian depending on the type of school. Religion, chemistry, physics, biology, physical education, textile, art, design, when secondary school has been completed, students are sent to national training camp before going to either college, or military training. In South Africa, high school begins at grade 8, Students study for five years, at the end of which they write a Matriculation examination
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Sprint Corporation
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Sprint Corporation, commonly referred to as Sprint, is an American telecommunications holding company that provides wireless services and is an internet service provider. It is the fourth largest mobile operator in the United States. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Sprint traces its origins to the Brown Telephone Company, which was founded in 1899 to deploy telephone service to the rural area around Abilene, Kansas. In 2006, Sprint exited the local telephone business, spinning those assets off into a newly created company named Embarq. The company continues to be one of the largest long distance providers in the United States, prior to 2005, the company was also known as the Sprint Corporation, but took the name Sprint Nextel Corporation when it merged with Nextel Communications that year. In 2013, following the shutdown of the Nextel network and concurrent with the acquisition by SoftBank, in July 2013, as part of the SoftBank transactions, Sprint acquired the remaining shares of wireless broadband carrier Clearwire Corporation which it did not already own. On August 6,2014, it was announced that CEO Dan Hesse would be replaced by Marcelo Claure, Claure is the founder and former CEO of wireless supplier Brightstar. Sprint Corporation traces its origins to the Brown Telephone Company, which was founded in 1899 by Cleyson Brown and Jacob Brown to deploy telephone service to the area around Abilene. The Browns installed their first long-distance circuit in 1900 and chartered their own company in October 1902, in March 1903, they joined with 14 other Kansas independents to incorporate the Union Telephone and Telegraph Company, which would provide long-distance service to Kansas City. Brown formed United Telephone and Electric in 1925 in order to stock in subsidiary companies across widely scattered geographical areas. Browns UT&E eventually controlled more than 68 other companies, more than two-thirds of which were telephone companies, the Great Depression caused more than three million telephone subscribers to give up their phone service between 1931 and 1933. Consequently, UT&E suffered severe financial strain and had to seek protection to reorganize under bankruptcy laws, all but six of UT&Es 85 companies survived, with some showing profits again in 1936. During the reorganization, a number of companies were merged and later phased out, the reorganization plan received final approval in late 1937. UT&E was dissolved, and its assets were placed in a newly formed company, United Utilities, Incorporated, when Paul H. Henson became president of United Utilities in 1964, he almost immediately reorganized the company in accordance with C. L. Brown’s belief that some of the company’s functions would result in greater efficiency, cost reductions. In 1972, United Utilities changed its name to United Telecommunications, in 1980, United Telecom launched a national X.25 data service, Uninet. To enter the long-distance voice market, United Telecom acquired ISACOMM in 1981, in 1983, United Telecom began offering cellular telephone services in their territories under the brand name Telespectrum. Southern Pacific Communications Company, a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad, SPC was headquartered on Adrian Court in Burlingame, California, where Sprint still maintains its Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs
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Cairn University
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Cairn University, formerly called Philadelphia Biblical University, is an institution of higher learning located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania founded in 1913. All students take a minimum of 30 semester hours of Bible, graduate programs at Cairn lead to Master of Science degrees, Master of Arts degree, a Master of Business Administration degree, a Master of Divinity degree, or a Master of Theology degree. Cairns stated mission is to educate students to serve Christ in the church, society, and the world as biblically minded, well-educated, and professionally competent men and women of character. On July 8,1913, W. W. Rugh founded the Bible Institute of Philadelphia as an extension of the National Bible Institute of New York. After teaching public school in his days, Rugh spent several years walking a circuit to teach Bible classes throughout eastern Pennsylvania. This led him to establish an institution where the Scriptures could be taught on a daily basis, around the same time, C. I. Scofield and William L. Pettingill, leading Bible teachers of their day, were holding a conference in the Philadelphia area. Encouraged by numerous requests to establish a permanent school to continue teaching, Scofield, known internationally for his Bible teaching and his work on the Scofield Reference Bible, became the first president of PSOB and Pettingill was the first dean. On October 8,1921, Rughs school became independent of the New York school, both BIOPA and PSOB focused on training lay people in the Scriptures for service in the church and their communities. In 1951, the two merged to become Philadelphia Bible Institute, located at the YWCA Building at 1800 Arch St. At the time of the merger, William A. Mierop from BIOPA was appointed president and Clarence E. Mason, Jr. from PSOB, PBI offered a three-year Bible diploma. In 1967, the school received accreditation from the Middle States Association. During the 1970s, PCB continued to develop its academic offerings and was authorized to grant two additional degrees, the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Social Work, students were required to take 55 credit hours of Bible, doctrine, and Bible college distinctives courses. Since the merger, the school has had five presidents, William A. Mierop,1951 to 1956, Ryrie,1958 to 1962, Douglas B. MacCorkle,1963 to 1977, and W. Sherrill Babb,1979 to 2007, Todd J. Williams became the Universitys fifth president January 1,2008. W. Sherrill Babbs appointment as president coincided with a relocation from Center City, under his leadership, in 2000, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania granted the college approval to become a university and the institution changed its name to Philadelphia Biblical University. In 2007, a new curriculum was introduced. It included changes to the approach of the institution
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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London
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London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain and it was founded by the Romans, who named it Londinium. Londons ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1. 12-square-mile medieval boundaries. London is a global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism. It is crowned as the worlds largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world, London is a world cultural capital. It is the worlds most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the worlds largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic, London is the worlds leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. Londons universities form the largest concentration of education institutes in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times, London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population was 8,673,713, the largest of any city in the European Union, Londons urban area is the second most populous in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census. The citys metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants, the city-region therefore has a similar land area and population to that of the New York metropolitan area. London was the worlds most populous city from around 1831 to 1925, Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Pauls Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world, the etymology of London is uncertain. It is an ancient name, found in sources from the 2nd century and it is recorded c.121 as Londinium, which points to Romano-British origin, and hand-written Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70-80 include the word Londinio. The earliest attempted explanation, now disregarded, is attributed to Geoffrey of Monmouth in Historia Regum Britanniae and this had it that the name originated from a supposed King Lud, who had allegedly taken over the city and named it Kaerlud. From 1898, it was accepted that the name was of Celtic origin and meant place belonging to a man called *Londinos. The ultimate difficulty lies in reconciling the Latin form Londinium with the modern Welsh Llundain, which should demand a form *lōndinion, from earlier *loundiniom. The possibility cannot be ruled out that the Welsh name was borrowed back in from English at a later date, and thus cannot be used as a basis from which to reconstruct the original name. Until 1889, the name London officially applied only to the City of London, two recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area
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Levi Strauss & Co.
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/ˌliːvaɪ ˈstraʊs/ is a privately owned American clothing company known worldwide for its Levis /ˌliːvaɪz/ brand of denim jeans. It was founded in May 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, the companys corporate headquarters is located in the Levis Plaza in San Francisco. Levi Strauss started the business at the 90 Sacramento Street address in San Francisco and he next moved the location to 62 Sacramento Street then 63 &65 Sacramento Street. Jacob Davis, a Latvian Jewish immigrant, was a Reno, Davis did not have the required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Strauss suggesting that they go into business together. After Levi accepted Jacobs offer, on May 20,1873, Patent 139,121 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patented rivet was later incorporated into the companys jean design, contrary to an advertising campaign suggesting that Levi Strauss sold his first jeans to gold miners during the California Gold Rush, the manufacturing of denim overalls only began in the 1870s. The company created their first pair of Levis 501 Jeans in the 1890s, modern jeans began to appear in the 1920s, but sales were largely confined to the working people of the western United States, such as cowboys, lumberjacks, and railroad workers. Levi’s jeans apparently were first introduced to the East during the dude ranch craze of the 1930s, another boost came in World War II, when blue jeans were declared an essential commodity and were sold only to people engaged in defense work. Between the 1950s and 1980s, Levis jeans became popular among a range of youth subcultures, including greasers, mods, rockers. Levis popular shrink-to-fit 501s were sold in a unique sizing arrangement, the indicated size referred to the size of the prior to shrinking. The company still produces these unshrunk, uniquely sized jeans, additionally, the back pocket rivets, which had been covered in denim since 1937, were removed completely in the 1950s due to complaints they scratched furniture. The acquisition led to the introduction of the modern stone washing technique, simpkins is credited with the companys record-paced expansion of its manufacturing capacity from 16 plants to more than 63 plants in the United States from 1964 to 1974 and 23 overseas. As a result, Levis plants were perhaps the highest performing, best organized, the Dockers brand, launched in 1986 and which is sold largely through department store chains, helped the company grow through the mid-1990s, as denim sales began to fade. Dockers were introduced into Europe in 1996 and led by CEO Jorge Bardina, Levi Strauss attempted to sell the Dockers division in 2004 to relieve part of the companys $2.6 billion outstanding debt. As of 2016, most Levis jeans are made outside the US, though a few of the higher-end, labor history, distributing more than $9 million in restitution to some 1,200 employees. Levi Strauss claimed no knowledge of the offenses, then severed ties to the Tan family and instituted labor reforms, during the mid- and late-1990s, Fuerza Unida picketed the Levi Strauss headquarters in San Francisco and staged hunger strikes and sit-ins in protest at the companys labor policies. The company took on debt in February 1996 to help finance a series of leveraged stock buyouts among family members. The corporations bonds are traded publicly, as are shares of the companys Japanese affiliate, Levi Strauss Japan K. K
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Grounded for Life
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Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10,2001, as a mid-season replacement on the Fox Network. It was created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin and it ran for two seasons on the network until being cancelled only two episodes into its third season. It was immediately picked up for the rest of the season by The WB. The show starred Donal Logue and Megyn Price as Sean and Claudia Finnerty, the show also stars Kevin Corrigan, Bret Harrison, and Richard Riehle. The show, set in an Irish neighborhood of Staten Island, one of the central aspects of the show is that Sean and Claudia Finnerty had their first child and got married when they were only 18 years old. Thus, although their eldest is a daughter, the parents are themselves relatively young. The show features a style of storytelling, often starting with a scene at the end of the story or sometimes in the middle. Its main concepts are an Irish/Italian Catholic family with one daughter, the opening sequence is set to a guitar theme, performed by the band Ween, that also serves as the music between scenes. The first sequence, used for the first 11 episodes of Season 1, from the twelfth episode onwards, it showed a mix of scenes from Season 1. The sequence was updated each year to include scenes from the current season, the opening sequence was later truncated, as cast names were shown after the sequence, over the episode itself. Music is important in the production of the series, as musical cues introduce, episodes are also named after songs or are a play on song names or lyrics. Each episode has different music in the opening sequence, differing at the end of the sequence. Two episodes from Season 3, Oh, What a Knight and Part-Time Lover, did not air on primetime, Donal Logue and Megyn Price portrayed Sean and Claudia Finnerty, a Staten Island couple who were married and expecting by age 18. Sean was an electrician in the underground of the New York subway, by their early 30s, Sean and Claudia had three children. Lily is a selfish, spoiled brat who seeks male attention, often turning to dorky next-door neighbor, Brad OKeefe and she also dated the drummer of Sean and Eddies band, Dean Peramotti, they went steady until she cheated on him with Brad. Lily is ragingly jealous of her mother, Claudia, fearing that Claudia is hotter than she, Lily has been drunk on several occasions, including a college party at which she bumped into Claudia and they arranged to keep it from Sean. Lily blames all her problems on her parents, mostly on the grounds that they had her so young, Lily was shocked to discover she was born before her parents were married, but later realized she was proof of their love. Jimmy, the second Finnerty child and first son, is the black sheep
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Skateboard
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A skateboard is a type of sports equipment or toy used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. It usually consists of a specially designed maplewood board combined with a coating used for making smoother slides. Most skateboards are made with 7 plies of this wood, a skateboard is moved by pushing with one foot while the other remains on the board, or by pumping ones legs in structures such as a bowl or half pipe. A skateboard can also be used by standing on the deck while on a downward slope and allowing gravity to propel the board. If the riders leading foot is their right foot, he/she is said to ride goofy, if the leading foot is their left foot. If the rider is regular but chooses to ride goofy, he/she is said to be riding in switch. Recently, electric skateboards have also appeared and these no longer require the propelling of the skateboard by means of the feet, rather an electric motor propels the board, fed by an electric battery. There is no governing body that declares any regulations on what constitutes a skateboard or the parts from which it is assembled. Historically, the skateboard has conformed both to contemporary trends and to the array of stunts performed by riders/users, who require a certain functionality from the board. Of course, the shape depends largely upon its desired function. Longboards are a type of skateboard with a wheelbase and larger, softer wheels. The two main types of skateboards are the longboard and the shortboard, the shape of the board is also important, the skateboard must be concaved to perform tricks. Longboards are usually faster and are used for cruising and racing. See, Skateboarding The following descriptions cover skateboard parts that are most prevalent in popular, many parts exist with exotic or alternative constructions. A traditional complete skateboard consists of the deck, trucks, wheels, bushings, nuts and bolts to fasten the truck, older decks also included plastic parts such as side, tail, and nose guards. Modern decks vary in size, but most are 7 to 10.5 inches wide, wider decks can be used for greater stability when skateboarding. Standard skateboard decks are usually between 28 and 33 inches long, the underside of the deck can be printed with a design by the manufacturer, blank, or decorated by any other means. Long boards are usually over 36 inches long, plastic penny boards are typically about 22 inches long
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Adam Brody
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Adam Jared Brody is an American actor, writer, musician and producer. Brody was born in San Diego, to Valerie and Mark Brody and he has younger twin brothers, Sean and Matt. His parents, both Jewish, are originally from Detroit, Michigan, and Brody had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, Brody attended Wangenheim Middle School and Scripps Ranch High School, receiving poor grades, and grew up in suburban San Diego, where he spent his time surfing. He has said that he pretty much lived at the beach, Brody attended community college for one year, dropped out at the age of nineteen, and moved to Hollywood in order to become an actor. He subsequently hired a coach and signed with a talent manager. After a year of training and auditioning, Brody landed the role of Barry Williams in the television film Growing Up Brady and he also appeared in the Canadian comedy series The Sausage Factory. In 2001, he played a role in American Pie 2. Brodys first major role in a series came in 2002. In 2003, he appeared in the feature film Grind, the same year, Brody was cast in his breakout role as Seth Cohen on the teen drama series The O. C. Brody is reported to have improvised some of the characters comedic dialogue. Brody was the first male on the cover of Elle Girl and his next film role was in the romantic comedy In the Land of Women, starring Meg Ryan and Kristen Stewart. Brody played a writer who returns to his mothers Michigan hometown in order to care of his sick grandmother. The O. C. ended its run in 2007 after four seasons. Brody had said that he was not unhappy with the cancellation. After the end of The O. C. s run, the same year, Brody appeared in supporting roles in the films Smiley Face and The Ten. In 2009, he co-starred with Josh Lucas in Boaz Yakins drama Death in Love, in 2010, he appeared in Kevin Smiths film Cop Out, which co-starred Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, and then in The Romantics alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel. In July 2010, it was announced that Brody landed the role of Detective Hoss in Scream 4, in 2011, Brody voiced Woodie in the MTV animated series Good Vibes. The same year, Brody appeared in The Oranges alongside Leighton Meester and he then co-starred with Meester again in Life Partners. In 2015, he appeared in Sleeping with Other People, and began starring as Billy Jones in Direct TVs sitcom Billy, aside from acting, Brody is credited as a musician and writer, stating that he writes screenplays and songs during spare time
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Jennifer Morrison
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Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress, model, producer, and director. She is known for her roles as Dr. Allison Cameron in the drama series House. She also has portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosbys love interests on the comedy series How I Met Your Mother, Winona Kirk, Kirk in the 2009 science fiction film Star Trek, and Tess Conlon in the 2011 sports drama film Warrior. Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Arlington Heights and she is the oldest of three children, her sister, Julia, is a singer-songwriter and music therapist, and her brother, Daniel, is a high school band director. Her father, David L. Morrison, is a music teacher. Morrison attended South Middle School, and then graduated from Prospect High School in 1997 and she was friends with writer Ian Brennan. She was an All-State clarinet player in the marching band, sang in the choir. She attended Loyola University Chicago where she majored in Theatre and minored in English and she studied at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting. Morrison started her career as a model, appearing in print advertisements for JCPenney and Montgomery Ward. She was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Kids with basketball star, Michael Jordan, Morrison made her feature film debut at the age of 14 in the 1994 film Intersection, and later appeared as Samantha in Stir of Echoes. Morrisons first leading role came in the 2000 film Urban Legends, Final Cut, and she has gone on to appear in films including Grind, Surviving Christmas. In 2004, Morrison won the role of immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron on House and she played this role for the first six seasons of the show, from 2004 to 2009. Morrisons character left in 2009 in an episode called Teamwork, camerons story concluded at this point. Morrison returned in Season 8 for the series finale Everybody Dies in 2012, in 2006, Morrison starred in and produced the independent film Flourish. She is also one of the producers that found Glee during its early draft and brought it to attention of writer Ryan Murphy, who adapted it into a television series. Morrison did not stay involved creatively, but is credited as a producer on the first season for her involvement in finding it. In 2007, Morrison appeared as Kirce James in the computer game Command & Conquer 3, Tiberium Wars and her film projects that year included Big Stan and The Murder of Princess Diana, a television film based on the book of the same name by Noel Botham. Produced by Lifetime and Working Title Television, Morrison portrays an American journalist, Rachel, in 2009, Morrison returned to the big screen, appearing in the opening scene of J. J. Abrams Star Trek reboot as James T. Kirks mother, Winona
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Wuthering Heights (2003 film)
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Wuthering Heights is a modern-day adaptation of the classic novel that aired on MTV in 2003 and was later released on DVD. It stars Erika Christensen, Mike Vogel, Christopher Masterson, Katherine Heigl, John Doe, the screenplay was by Max Enscoe and Annie deYoung, from an original screenplay by Jim Steinman and Patricia Knop. Although set in California, the location was Cabo Rojo. The executive producer was Jim Steinman and it features his song The Future Aint What It Used to Be, which originally appeared on Original Sin, the concept album he wrote and produced for Pandoras Box. Wuthering Heights is one of Steinmans favourite books, and it was the inspiration for his song Its All Coming Back to Me Now, the original soundtrack album was co-released by Ravenous Records and the MTV Original Movies label in November 2003. The latter had previously appeared on the Steinman-produced 1989 concept album Original Sin, more was originally written and recorded for The Sisters of Mercys 1990 album Vision Thing. Wuthering Heights at the Internet Movie Database Wuthering Heights at AllMovie Official site Categopy, 2000s drama films
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MTV
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MTV is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1,1981, the originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys. In its early years, MTVs main target demographic was young adults and it has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTVs influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years, in recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat, MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have gone independent. As of July 2015, approximately 92,188,000 US households have received MTV, several earlier concepts for music video-based television programming had been around since the early 1960s. The Beatles had used music videos to promote their records starting in the mid-1960s, CBS rejected the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer. The series featured clips from various popular artists, but was canceled by its distributor in 1971. The channel, which featured video disc jockeys, signed a deal with US Cable in 1978 to expand its audience from retail to cable television, the service was no longer active by the time MTV launched in 1981. The QUBE system offered many specialized channels, One of these specialized channels was Sight on Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music-oriented television programs. With the interactive QUBE service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs, the original programming format of MTV was created by media executive Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer of MTV Networks. Pittman had test-driven the music format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks, the inspiration for PopClips came from a similar program on New Zealands TVNZ network named Radio with Pictures, which premiered in 1976. The concept itself had been in the works since 1966, when record companies began supplying the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with promotional music clips to play on the air at no charge. Few artists made the trip to New Zealand to appear live. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of hour in various forms. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star and this was followed by the video for Pat Benatars You Better Run. Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR, MTVs lower third graphics that appeared near the beginning and end of music videos would eventually use the recognizable Kabel typeface for about 25 years
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Erika Christensen
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Erika Jane Christensen is an American actress and singer whose filmography includes roles in Traffic, Swimfan, The Banger Sisters, The Perfect Score, Flightplan, How to Rob a Bank, and The Tortured. In 2006, she starred on the drama series Six Degrees on ABC. From 2010 until its ending in 2015, Christensen starred as Julia Braverman-Graham on the NBC family drama series Parenthood, in 2014, she won a Gracie Award for her performance in the role. Christensen portrayed Betty Beaumontaine on ABCs short-lived crime drama series Wicked City, Christensen was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Kathy, a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, an insurance worker and human resources executive. She has an older half-brother, Nick, and two twin brothers, Dane and Brando. She has Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, Christensen was raised in suburban Los Angeles, California. She started out acting on television in commercials for McDonalds, Christensen is a member of the Church of Scientology. Her parents became Scientologists in their 20s and raised her to be a Scientologist and her parents also decided to homeschool her. She went on to guest star in other television series in the late 1990s, including Frasier, The Practice, 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred in the Disney Channel original movie Can of Worms in 1999, also in 1999, she starred as Abigail Winthrop on the short-lived CBS sitcom Thanks. That same year, she featured in Michael Jacksons music video for his song Childhood, also in 2000, Christensen guest starred in single episodes of Time of Your Life, Movie Stars, FreakyLinks, and The Pretender. In 2001, she had a role on the sitcom The Geena Davis Show. She also appeared in an episode of the Fox sitcom That 70s Show and she was named one of Peoples Breakthrough Stars of 2001. The following year, Christensen starred in three films, the teen thriller Swimfan, the crime drama Home Room, and the comedy The Banger Sisters. In 2003, Christensen starred in MTVs television film adaptation of Wuthering Heights and she also recorded multiple songs for the films soundtrack. In 2004, she starred in the teen heist film The Perfect Score, in 2005, Christensen recorded a version of Lets Fall in Love with John Stevens for his debut album Red. The following year, she starred in the series Six Degrees, low ratings caused its cancellation after one season, leaving 5 episodes unaired. In 2007, she appeared in the comedy-drama film Gardener of Eden, Christensen made a cameo in the Joaquin Phoenix-directed music video Tired of Being Sorry for Balthazar Gettys band Ringside
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Blake Lively
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Blake Lively is an American actress. She is best known as her role as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW drama series Gossip Girl. Lively has also starred in films as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Town, Green Lantern, Savages, The Age of Adaline. Lively was born on August 25,1987, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles and she is the daughter of Ernie Lively, an actor, and his wife, Elaine, who worked as a talent scout. She was named after her grandmothers brother and she has an older brother, Eric, two half-sisters, Lori and Robyn, and a half-brother, Jason. Both of her parents and all of her siblings are, or have been, during Livelys childhood, her parents took her with them to acting classes that they taught because they did not want to leave her with a babysitter. Lively said that watching her parents teach acting classes helped her learn the drills of acting and she was initially not particularly interested in acting, and wanted to attend Stanford University. During the summer between her junior and senior years of school, her brother Eric asked his agent to send her on a few auditions over a period of a few months. From these auditions, she was cast as Bridget for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Lively filmed her scenes in that film between her junior and senior years at Burbank High School. While at Burbank, Lively served as class president, a cheerleader. Lively began her career at age 10, when she appeared in the 1998 film Sandman. She describes her role as a bit part and she appeared in the film adaptation of the novel of the same name, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, in 2005, as Bridget, one of the four female leads. Livelys performance in the film earned her a nomination for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout – Female, in 2006, Lively co-starred with Justin Long in Accepted, and Lively had minor roles in the horror film, Simon Says. While Accepted was not well received by critics, Livelys performance was, in 2007, she played one of the two title characters in Elvis and Anabelle as Anabelle, a bulimic girl who hoped to win a beauty pageant. Lively said of getting into character for the role that she had shed serious weight for her height, Lively stated that that process was difficult for her because food is the No.1 love of my life. MovieLine. com praised her performance in the film and credited it as having been her breakthrough role, Lively was cast in The CWs series Gossip Girl, based on the book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, which premiered in September 2007. She played Serena van der Woodsen in the teen drama until 2012 when the show ended and her first magazine cover was the November 2007 issue of Cosmo Girl, where she discussed her time in high school and her career prior to Gossip Girl. In 2008 Lively reprised her role as Bridget in the sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, similarly to the first film, Livelys performance was positively received by critics
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Supercross (film)
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Supercross is a 2005 American action film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Steve Howey and Mike Vogel. The movie is a mixture of youthful relationships set in the world of professional Supercross. K. C. Carlyle and Trip are brothers who compete in a supercross, K. C. accepts a lucrative deal to race on a factory team and leaves behind his brother to fund his own racing. When an accident disables Trip, K. C. resolves his differences with him, the director of photography for the dramatic segments was William Wages. Talk is that he was asked to re-create a sort of olden times look to the movie, the grainy and at times thin film is in contrast with the deep and clear cycle racing photography. Corporate teamwork created for the some of the best imagery that Clear Channel has to offer. Also, Steve Boyum excelled during his strong points of motorcycle race, modeled sound effects mix it up with an IMAX style combination of extreme close-up and fine focus film footage during most of the actual Motocross and Supercross live action events. The Las Vegas Supercross final events live action filmed using a cable camera. Supercross is the soundtrack to the motocross film Supercross and it has not been released yet but here are the tracks listed in the film
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Havoc (2005 film)
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The film is about the lives of wealthy Los Angeles, California teenagers whose exposure to hip hop culture inspires them to imitate the gangster lifestyle. They run into trouble when they encounter a gang of drug dealers, written by Jessica Kaplan and Stephen Gaghan and directed by Barbara Kopple, the film was shown at several film festivals and then went directly to DVD on November 29,2005. A brawl ensues between Tobys gang and another gang, which ends with both sides fleeing just before police arrive, later that night, Tobys gang goes to a party at Erics house, and Allisons relationship with Toby as well her other friends Emily and Sam is further revealed. At the end of the party, Allison performs oral sex on her boyfriend, the next day, Allison meets with her father, Stuart, at work to discuss family problems, the awkward conversation revealing the virtually non-existent relationship Allison has with her parents. Afterwards, she and her friends drive downtown into East LA, intent on buying marijuana, eventually encountering Mexican drug dealer Hector and his crew. Toby and Hector make a deal, but Toby believes that Hector did not sell him enough for what he paid, and attempts to confront Hector, Allison persuades Hector to leave Toby alone. The next night, Allison and her girlfriends return to the location of the drug deal, there, she and her friends once again meet up with Hector and his crew, who invite them to a party at his house. Before they leave, Hector informs Allison of a motel where his crew regularly party, the next day, Eric continues his film project at Allisons home, with Allison turning his interview of her into a bizarre mind-game. That evening, Allison meets up with Hector again in a store and his guided tour abruptly ends when the police arrive in force, ostensibly on a drug bust. Allison winds up being arrested with the other present gang members, the experience only serves to increase Allisons fascination with the inner-city lifestyle. The night after her release, Allison and Emily agree to head downtown the next evening to hang out with Hectors crew. The two meet up with Hector and his gang at a motel, and a night of partying and drinking results in Allison and Emily asking Hector if they can join his crew. Hector informs them of their initiation, to join the gang, Allison rolls a one, Emily rolls a three. Hector and Allison pair off, but Allison has second thoughts and refuses to have sex with him, Emily eagerly engages in sex with Hector, but as she does so, Hector has one of his fellow gang members copulate with her anally, against her will. When Allison storms the room and screams at the men to stop, they flee the room, leaving the two distraught women. The next day, Allison returns to the motel and confronts Hector over the night, but he responds by saying he didnt do anything wrong. The same day, Emily is shown at a station, accusing Hector. Allison is brought in for questioning, but claims to know nothing about a rape, Hector is subsequently arrested, and members of his crew vow to seek out and silence Allison and Emily, but wind up getting lost in Bel-Air
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Anne Hathaway
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Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress and singer. Hathaway went on to become a widely praised role model for children for her roles in Nicholas Nickleby, Ella Enchanted, The Princess Diaries 2, Royal Engagement, and Hoodwinked. In 2011, Hathaway voiced Jewel in the animated film Rio and hosted the 83rd Academy Awards with James Franco, in 2012, she portrayed Catwoman in Christopher Nolans The Dark Knight Rises, for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she starred as Fantine in Tom Hoopers Les Misérables, which earned her acclaim and she won the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA. Hathaway has since gone on to appear in Rio 2, Interstellar, The Intern, People magazine named Hathaway one of its breakthrough stars of 2001, and she appeared on its list of the worlds 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006. Following a four-year relationship with real estate developer Raffaello Follieri, Hathaway married Adam Shulman in 2012, with whom she has one son, Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Gerald Thomas Hathaway, is a lawyer, and her mother, Kathleen played Fantine in the first U. S. tour of Les Misérables. When Hathaway was six years old, her moved to Millburn, New Jersey. Hathaway is the middle of three children with her brother, Michael and younger brother, Thomas. Kathleen is of Irish descent, and Gerald is of Irish, French, English, at the age of fifteen, her relationship with the Catholic Church changed, after learning that Michael was gay. She said, I realized my older brother was gay, and I couldnt support a religion that didnt support my brother, now I call myself a non-denominational Christian, because I havent found the religion for me. In 2009, she stated that her religious beliefs are a work in progress, Hathaway attended Brooklyn Heights Montessori School and Wyoming Elementary School in Millburn. Later, she appeared in plays, including Jane Eyre and Gigi at New Jerseys Paper Mill Playhouse, Hathaway studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was the first teenager admitted into The Barrow Group Theater Companys acting program. Between 1998 and 1999, she sang soprano with the All-Eastern U. S, high School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall and in plays at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey. She is a stage actress and stated that she prefers performing from stage to film roles. Her acting style has been compared to those of Judy Garland and she cites Garland as one of her favorite actresses and Meryl Streep as her idol. At the age of sixteen, three days after her performance at Carnegie Hall, Hathaway was cast in the short-lived Fox television series Get Real. She made her film debut The Princess Diaries, which is based on Meg Cabots 2000 novel of the same name, Hathaway auditioned for the role of a princess-to-be during a flight layover on the way to New Zealand and was cast on the strength of this one audition
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Rumor Has It (film)
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Rumor Has It is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine and Mark Ruffalo. The concept of the screenplay by Ted Griffin is that a woman learns that her mother and grandmother may be the inspiration for the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb. In 1997, Sarah Huttinger, an obituary and wedding announcement writer for The New York Times, travels to Pasadena, California, for her sister Annies wedding, accompanied by her fiancé Jeff Daly. Jeff points out Sarahs parents were married just short of nine months before her birth, Sarah also discovers her grandmother might have been the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson, an infamous character in the novel The Graduate. The two go out for drinks, and the following morning Sarah wakes up in Beaus bed in his Half Moon Bay home, although guilt-stricken by her behavior, Sarah allows Beau to convince her to be his date at a charity ball, where she meets Beaus son Blake. Beau explains his wife wanted a child and was artificially inseminated to become pregnant. Mollified, Sarah kisses Beau and is caught by Jeff, who has returned to California to find her, following an ensuing argument, Jeff leaves her. Dejected, Sarah returns to visit Katharine, who flies into a rage when she learns Beau has slept with her granddaughter, the two learn Annie suffered an anxiety attack while flying to her honeymoon and wants to talk to Sarah. Sarah tells her sister about the three generations of Richelieu women have had with Beau. She reassures Annie she truly is in love with her husband, Scott and it is also revealed that Earl was the one who accidentally caused Beaus testicular trauma. This makes Beau somewhat nervous to be around Earl, though Katherine is quite pleased by the revelation, Earl reveals to Sarah he always knew about Jocelyn and Beaus affair. Despite Beau being a fling for her, Jocelyn returned to Earl because she loved him, on the night she returned, Sarah was conceived. This explained the difference between her birthday and her parents wedding. Determined to win Jeff back, Sarah returns to New York City and they reconcile on the condition, if they ever have a daughter, she would not be allowed anywhere near Beau. The film ends with Sarah and Jeffs wedding, screenwriter Ted Griffin was the original director, but problems arose soon after principal photography began on July 21,2004. The production fell several days behind schedule in the first week, original cast members Charlie Hunnam, Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Bill, and Greta Scacchi were replaced by Reiner. Nellie McKay recorded six tracks for the film, all of which were released exclusively on iTunes, Rumor Has It. received mostly negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 20% rating based on reviews from 111 critics, with the consensus, This riff on The Graduate has a solid cast, but is too lightweight to fully register
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Jennifer Aniston
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Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, producer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of Greek-born actor John Aniston and American actress Nancy Dow, the character was widely popular during the airing of the series and was later recognized as one of the 100 greatest female characters in United States television. Aniston has played the female protagonist in a number of comedies and her box office hits include Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, Marley & Me, Just Go with It, Horrible Bosses, and Were the Millers, each of which have grossed over US$200 million in worldwide receipts. Her other films include Along Came Polly and Hes Just Not That Into You, in 2008, she co-founded the production company Echo Films. In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and she is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and as of 2014, her net worth is estimated to be US$150 million. She has also included in magazines lists of the worlds most beautiful women. People magazine named Aniston The Most Beautiful Woman in 2004 and 2016, divorced from actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, she has been married to actor Justin Theroux since 2015. Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, the daughter of actor John Aniston and her father is Greek, while her mother was born in New York City. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was an Italian immigrant, and her mothers ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her older maternal half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother, Anistons godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her fathers best friends. As a child, Aniston lived in Greece for a year with her family and they then moved to Eddystone, Pennsylvania, where they lived with her grandmother Stella Anastassakis in a three-bedroom home. While living in Eddystone, Aniston was enrolled at a elementary school. She and her family moved to New York City. Despite her fathers career, Aniston was discouraged from watching TV. When she was six, she began attending a Waldorf school and her mother and father split up when she was nine years old. Her father is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives and her mother appeared in two 1960s TV series, The Wild Wild West and The Beverly Hillbillies. In 2015, she spoke about an incident that led to her lifelong fear of water. She stated during an event for her film Cake, I basically have a real fear of going underwater
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Kevin Costner
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Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award, Costner has played Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, Crash Davis in Bull Durham, Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Lt. John J. He directed, produced, and starred in The Postman, Costner was born January 18,1955 in Lynwood, California. He grew up in Compton, California and he is the youngest of three boys, the middle of whom died at birth. His mother, Sharon Rae, was a worker, and his father, William Costner, was an electrician. His fathers heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s and Costner also has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and he instead enjoyed sports, took piano lessons, wrote poetry, and sang in the First Baptist Choir. He has stated that a viewing of the 1962 film How the West Was Won at the age of seven had formed his childhood. Spending his teenage years in parts of California as his fathers career progressed, Costner has described this as a period when he lost a lot of confidence. Costner lived in Ventura, then in Visalia, he attended Mt. Whitney High School and then moved to Orange County and he went on to earn a BA in marketing and finance from California State University, Fullerton in 1978. While at CSUF, he was a fraternity brother in Delta Chi. Costner became interested in acting while in his last year of college, Burton agreed to speak to Costner after he finished reading his book. Costner, who had been taking acting classes but had not told his wife about his desire to be an actor, watched Burton closely and approached when Burton gestured. Costner told Burton that he would prefer to avoid the drama that followed Burton, Burton replied, You have green eyes. After landing, Burtons limousine pulled up to the curb where Costner, Burton wished Costner luck, and the two would never meet again. Still, Costner credits Burton with partially contributing to his career, having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive, Costner began taking acting lessons five nights a week, with the support of his wife. His marketing job lasted 30 days, Costner allegedly made his film debut in the film Sizzle Beach, U. S. A. Although a biography claims it was filmed in the winter of 1978–79. Costner made a brief appearance in the Ron Howard film Night Shift. He is listed in the credits as Frat Boy No.1 and appears at the climax of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue, Costner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of celebration
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Joint Task Force Guantanamo
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Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U. S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command, the unit is currently under the command of Rear Admiral Peter J. Clarke. In 1992, the United States established Operation Sea Signal to prepare for a migration of refugees from Haiti. In 1994, Operation Sea Signal led to the creation of Joint Task Force 160, JTF160 was responsible for housing and processing more than 40,000 migrants awaiting repatriation or parole to the United States. In 1996, Operation Sea Signal came to an end and the military abandoned Camp X-Ray, in December 2001, after the September 11 terrorist attacks and the United States intervention in Afghanistan, Joint Task Force 160 was reactivated. In January 2002, the first detainees were transferred to Guantanamo Bay, the International Committee of the Red Cross had its first visit to the facility six days later. The ICRC has continued quarterly visits up to 2010, the United States government defines them as enemy combatants, claiming their status was not that of a prisoner of war as recognized under the Geneva Conventions. In Rasul v Bush, the Supreme Court held that the detainees had the right to counsel and to challenge their detentions at an impartial tribunal, on June 29,2006, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. In Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court held that the right to habeas corpus could not be taken away by the Military Commission Act of 2006. In addition, the Supreme Court held that detainees had the right to access federal courts to hear their habeas corpus challenges, some of the cases are proceeding through the federal court system. In February 2002, Joint Task Force 170 was created as the task force to work side by side with Joint Task Force 160. In April 2002, construction of the new 410-bed Camp Delta was completed, the detainees were moved from Camp X-Ray to Camp Delta that month. In November 2002, Joint Task Force 160 and 170 were merged to create Joint Task Force Guantanamo, the Joint Detention Group is one of the components of the Task Force. It is the assigned to guarding the captives, and maintaining camp security. The guards within the Joint Detention Group come from the United States Army, United States Navy, in 2009, guards outnumbered prisoners in Guantanamo by more than five to one. Each prefab unit houses four to six personnel, each prefab unit ships with a toilet and sink, but no internal partitions. Occupants are allowed to erect curtains to make temporary partitions, for privacy, occupants share communal showers, shared between prefab quarters. Officers and senior non-commissioned officers typically share cottages left over from family residences that were constructed when the base had a permanent population
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)
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The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 American disaster film directed by Ronald Neame, produced by Irwin Allen, and based on Paul Gallicos novel of the same name. It features an ensemble cast, including five Academy Award winners, Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Albertson, Shelley Winters, parts of the movie were filmed aboard the RMS Queen Mary. The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, a luxury liner on her final voyage from New York City to Athens before being sent to the scrapyard. On New Years Eve, she is overturned by a rogue wave, passengers and crew are trapped inside, and a rebellious preacher attempts to lead a small group of survivors to safety. It is in the vein of other all-star disaster films of the early-mid 1970s such as Airport, Earthquake, by the end of 1974, it was regarded as a widely successful film. The film won two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award, a 1979 sequel, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, was also based on a novel by Gallico, but was a commercial and critical failure. The S. S. Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement and scrapping, makes her way across the North Atlantic Ocean, the Reverend Frank Scott, a minister believing God helps those who help themselves, delivers a sermon. Detective Lt. Mike Rogo and wife Linda, a former prostitute. Susan and younger brother Robin are traveling to meet their parents, Robin is interested in how the ship works and frequently visits the engine room. Retired Jewish hardware store owner Manny Rosen and wife Belle are going to Israel to meet their two-year-old grandson for the first time, haberdasher James Martin is a love-shy, health-conscious bachelor. The ships singer, Nonnie Parry, rehearses for the New Years Day celebration with her band and that evening, passengers gather in the dining room to celebrate. Harrison is called to the bridge in response to a report of an undersea earthquake and he receives word from the lookout that a huge wave is approaching from the direction of Crete, at 60 knots. He issues a mayday signal and commands a hard left turn. The wave hits the ship and she capsizes, in the dining room, survivors take stock of their predicament. Acres, a waiter, is trapped at the galley door now high above. Scott surmises that the route will be found upwards, at the outer hull. Robin tells him the hull near the shaft is only one inch thick. The Rosens, the Rogos, Susan, Robin, Acres, Nonnie, Scott unsuccessfully tries convincing more passengers to join them
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Emmy Rossum
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Emmanuelle Grey Emmy Rossum is an American actress, director and singer-songwriter. She is known for her portrayal of Fiona Gallagher in the television series Shameless, Rossum has starred in movies including Songcatcher, An American Rhapsody, and Passionada. Her role in Mystic River garnered her wider recognition and she starred in the science-fiction film The Day After Tomorrow and received critical acclaim for her performance in the leading role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. She has since starred in Poseidon, Dragonball, Evolution, Dare Beautiful Creatures, Before I Disappear, Youre Not You, in 2007, Rossum released her debut album, Inside Out. She also released a Christmas EP the same year, titled Carol of the Bells, in 2013, she released a follow up album called Sentimental Journey. Rossum was born in Manhattan, New York City and she is the only child of Cheryl Rossum, a single mother who worked as a corporate photographer. Her parents separated while her mother was pregnant, as of 2007, Rossums mother is Jewish and her father is Protestant. Rossum identifies as Jewish, and has stated that her mother instilled in her the Jewish code of ethics and she was named for her great-grandfather, whose first name was Emanuel, using the feminine spelling Emmanuelle. She is a relative, by marriage, of designer Vera Wang, upon singing Happy Birthday in all 12 keys, Rossum was welcomed to join the Metropolitan Opera Childrens Chorus by chorus director Elena Doria at seven. Over the course of five years, she sang onstage with the chorus and had the chance to perform with great singers such as Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. For anywhere from $5 to $10 a night, Rossum sang in six languages in 20 operas, including La bohème, Turandot, a Carnegie Hall presentation of La damnation de Faust and she also worked under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli in Carmen. Rossum joked in interviews that her talent and affinity for music developed because her mother always listened to classical music. By 12, Rossum had grown too big for childrens costumes, an increasing interest in pursuing acting led to taking classes with Flo Salant Greenberg of The New Actors Workshop in New York City. She also has worked with acting coach Terry Knickerbocker, Rossum attended the Spence School, a private school in Manhattan, for years, before dropping out to pursue career opportunities. She received her high school diploma at 15 years old via online extension courses offered by Stanford Universitys Education Program for Gifted Youth, Rossums television debut was in August 1997, as the original Abigail Williams in the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She also had a guest role as Caroline Beels in Snoops, Rossum was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1999 for Best Performance in a TV Movie for her work in the made-for-TV movie, Genius. She then portrayed a young Audrey Hepburn in the ABC television film, Rossum made her film debut at 13, in 2000s Songcatcher, as Deladis Slocumb, an Appalachian orphan. Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, the won the Special Jury Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
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Warren Worthington III
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Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1. Angel is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants and he originally possesses a pair of large feathered wings extending from his back, enabling him to fly. He is the heir to a corporation called Worthington Industries. This privileged background results in Warren being stereotyped as a self-absorbed playboy during his years with the X-Men. This personality was replaced with a more introspective and brooding personality in the late 1980s. One of the original X-Men, Archangel has had a frequent presence in X-Men-related comic books throughout the years and he appeared occasionally in X-Men animated series and video games. Ben Foster played the role of Angel in the 2006 film X-Men, The Last Stand and Ben Hardy portrays him in the 2016 film X-Men, the character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-creator Jack Kirby and first appeared in X-Men #1 as Angel. He appeared as a character in that title until it was cancelled with issue #66. The title was revived shortly after, reprinting earlier issues from issue #67 to #93, in 1970 and 1971, a three-part Angel solo feature was published as a back-up strip in Ka-Zar #2 and #3 and Marvel Tales #30. Angel appeared in the X-Men revamp by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in 1975 with the introduction of the All-New, All-Different X-Men, Angel and fellow X-Men Iceman were transitioned into a new series called The Champions, which ran from 1975–1978. The series was written by writer Tony Isabella, and was conceived as a showcase for both former X-Men characters. Angel returned to the X-Men briefly in Uncanny X-Men #134, officially returning to the roster in issue #138 before once again leaving in issue #148, Angel would stay with the title, as the groups leader, for the books last three years of publication. The series was canceled in 1986 to free up Angel and his fellow X-Men to star in X-Factor, Angel remained in the book until issue #70, which was the last issue before the book was revamped with an all-new roster. During X-Factor #16–24, the character is presumed dead after losing his wings, Angel was dramatically revamped as a character, given a new costume, blue skin, and metallic wings which could fire blades. He first appeared as Archangel in X-Factor #24, Angel was added to the cast of the Uncanny X-Men title and appeared in that series and its companion series X-Men for most of the 1990s. In 1996, Marvel also published a one-shot story simply called Archangel and he also appeared alongside Psylocke in a limited series called Psylocke & Archangel, Crimson Dawn. From 1999 to 2001, Angel also featured in the series X-Men, The Hidden Years, under Joe Casey and Chuck Austen, Angel became leader of the X-Men team that appeared in the pages of Uncanny X-Men. After Chris Claremont replaced Austen on that title, the character went away for months before reappearing in the pages of another Claremont-written series
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X-Men: The Last Stand
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X-Men, The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film, based on the X-Men superhero team introduced in Marvel Comics. The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, is the sequel to 2003s X2 and the third installment in the X-Men film series. Bryan Singer, who had directed the two films, X-Men and X2, decided to leave to work on Superman Returns. Matthew Vaughn, who was hired as the new director, left due to personal and professional issues. Filming took place from August 2005 to January 2006 with a budget of $210 million and it had extensive visual effects created by 11 different companies. X-Men, The Last Stand was released on May 26,2006, critical reception was mixed, with the acting and the action scenes receiving positive notice, and criticism directed at the screenplay, and overuse of characters and style. Twenty years in the past, Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet young Jean Grey at her parents house to invite her to join their school, the X-Mansion. Ten years later, the industrialist father of Warren Worthington III discovers his son is a mutant as Warren tries to cut off his wings. In the present, Worthington Labs announces it has developed an inoculation to suppress the X-gene that gives mutants their abilities, the cure is created from the genome of a young mutant named Jimmy, who lives at the Worthington facility on Alcatraz Island. While some mutants are interested in the cure, including the X-Mens Rogue, Lehnsherr re-establishes his Brotherhood of Mutants with those who oppose the cure, warning his followers that the cure will be forcefully used to exterminate the mutant race. With help from Pyro, Lehnsherr recruits Callisto, and several other mutants and they attack the mobile prison holding Mystique to free her, also freeing Juggernaut and Multiple Man. Mystique saves Lehnsherr by taking a shot of the mutant cure aimed at him, hateful of humans, Lehnsherr abandons Mystique, much to her shock. Meanwhile, Scott Summers, still distraught over the loss of his fiancée, Jean Grey, Jean appears to Summers but, as the two kiss, Jean kills him. Sensing trouble, Xavier sends Logan and Storm to investigate, when they arrive, they find only telekinetically floating rocks, Summers glasses, and an unconscious Jean. Logan is disgusted to learn of this psychic tampering with Jeans mind but, once she awakens, the Phoenix emerges, knocks out Logan, and escapes to her childhood home. Lehnsherr learns of Jeans resurrection through Callisto, and the X-Men arrive at the Grey home at the time as the Brotherhood. Lehnsherr and Xavier go in alone, and both vie for Jeans loyalty until the Phoenix resurfaces and she destroys the house and disintegrates Xavier before leaving with Lehnsherr. During the fight, Kitty Pryde saves Jimmy from Juggernaut, who had sent to kill him
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