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East Orange, New Jersey
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East Orange is a city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The city was the states 20th most-populous municipality in 2010, after having been the states 14th most-populous municipality in 2000, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 3.924 square miles, all of it land. East Orange shares borders with Newark to the east and south, South Orange to the southwest, Orange to the west, unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Ampere and Brick Church. East Orange is officially divided into five wards, but is unofficially divided into a number of neighborhoods. The station was named in honor of André-Marie Ampère, a pioneer in electrodynamics, roughly bounded by Bloomfield to the North, Lawton Street & Newark to the east, 4th Avenue to the south, and North Grove Street to the West. Greenwood, So named after Greenwood avenue and the teen streets that run through it and it is often grouped together with Ampere. This area was disturbed by the construction of Interstate 280. The Grove Street Station of the former DL & W Railroad was located here at Grove, roughly bounded by 4th Avenue to the North, North 15th Street/Newark to the East, Eaton Place/NJ Transit Morris & Essex Lines, and North Grove Street to the West. Presidential Estates, Recently designated due to the streets in this area being named after early presidents of the United States. There are many large houses situated on streets lined with very old, roughly Bounded by Bloomfield to the North, Montclair-Boonton Line and North Grove Street to the East, Springdale Avenue to the South and the Garden State Parkway to the West. Elmwood Located in the part of the city. The area holds one of the surviving Carnegie Libraries, the Elmwood Branch of the East Orange Public Library, doddtown, Named after John Dodd who founded and surveyed the area of the Watsessing Plain. The former campus of Upsala College is located here and it was converted into the new East Orange Campus High School on the east side of Prospect Street, and an adjacent new housing subdivision. Roughly bounded by Bloomfield to the North, the Garden State Parkway to the south, Park Avenue to the South, as of the census of 2010, there were 64,270 people,24,945 households, and 14,742 families residing in the city. The population density was 16,377.1 per square mile, there were 28,803 housing units at an average density of 7,339.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 4. 13% White,88. 51% Black or African American,0. 39% Native American,0. 72% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,3. 69% from other races, and 2. 50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7. 93% of the population,35. 8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the family size was 3.33
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Tustin High School
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Tustin High School is a public high school located in Tustin, California, United States. The schools mascot is the Tiller, Tustin High is a part of Tustin Unified School District and was originally established in 1921 as Tustin Union High School. Tustin High School is a California Distinguished School, in 2015, it was recognized as a California Gold Ribbon School, an award given to top high schools in the state for its academic success, positive school environment, and innovative learning centers. It has been recognized by Newsweek magazine seven years in a row as one of the top 600 public high schools in the United States, Tustin High School is the oldest school in the district, with the second oldest having been built in 1963. In 1927, a new wing was added, and then a large gymnasium, the football stadium and 440 track were constructed in the mid-1940s. The stadium and field were later named Northrup Field after Orville Northrup, who taught woodshop and physical education, in 1966, the original building was judged to be unsafe in case of an earthquake. It took wreckers 10 days to demolish the structure during July of that year, in 1972, the Tustin Union High School District merged with Tustin Elementary School District to create the Tustin Unified School District. Tustin High is a California Distinguished School and has recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 600 high schools in the nation. Tustin High School is located on 29 acres of land in the middle of the city of Tustin, todays campus consists of 22 single-story buildings, a two-story science building and 17 portable classrooms. The campus includes two fields, two softball fields, a discus field and two gymnasiums. It also houses the District football field, an Olympic-sized swimming pool and our strong bond can neer be broken, Form’d in Tustin High, Far surpassing wealth unspoken, Seal’d by friendships tie. High school life is best at passing, Gliding swiftly by, Then let us pledge in work and deed, Alma Mater, Alma Mater Deep graven on each heart, Shall be found unwav’ring true When we from school shall part. In June 2008, the Tustin school board approved a plan that would guide the possible renovations of Tustin High School or the construction of a new campus. The plan would include a new building, a 2-story science center, a sports pavilion. The estimated cost of the renovation was put at around $150 million, the Sports Pavilion was finished in the summer of 2012, costing $11 million. It seats 2500 students and faculty within 29,000 square feet of space, the new facility houses four-sided bleachers, and can be formatted either as three basketball or volleyball practice courts, or a college sized basketball court or main volleyball court. In December 2012, reconstruction at Northrup Stadium and swimming complex began, the updated stadium includes a synthetic field, nine-lane synthetic track, concessions building, a 1000-seat visitor bleacher and 1000-seat home bleacher. The new $1.7 million swimming complex includes an Olympic-sized pool, new scoreboard, bleachers, in February 2016, Tustin High broke ground on a new humanities building, housing English and language courses
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University of California, Los Angeles
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The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919 and it offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. UCLA enrolls about 31,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students, and had 119,000 applicants for Fall 2016, including transfer applicants, the university is organized into six undergraduate colleges, seven professional schools, and four professional health science schools. Fourteen Nobel laureates, three Fields Medalists, two Chief Scientists of the U. S. Air Force and three Turing Award winners have been faculty, researchers, or alumni, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1974. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015–2016 ranked UCLA 16th in the world for academics, in 2015-2016, UCLA ranked 12th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 31st in the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings. UCLA student-athletes compete as the Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference, the Bruins won 126 national championships, including 113 NCAA team championships, more than any other university. UCLA student-athletes, coaches and staff won 251 Olympic medals,126 gold,65 silver and 60 bronze, UCLA student-athletes competed in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception, and won a gold medal in every Olympics that the United States participated in since 1932. The State Normal School at Los Angeles opened on August 29,1882, the facility included an elementary school where teachers-in-training could practice their technique with children. That elementary school is related to the present day version, UCLA Lab School, in 1887, the school became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School. In 1914, the moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood. However, David Prescott Barrows, the new President of the University of California, the same legislation added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science. After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname Bruins, in 1927, the Regents renamed the Southern Branch the University of California at Los Angeles. In the same year, the state broke ground in Westwood on land sold for $1 million, less than one-third its value, by real estate developers Edwin and Harold Janss, the campus in Westwood opened to students in 1929. The original four buildings were the College Library, Royce Hall, the Physics-Biology Building, the first undergraduate classes on the new campus were held in 1929 with 5,500 students. A timeline of the history can be found on its website, during its first 32 years, UCLA was treated as an off-site department of UC. As such, its presiding officer was called a provost, in 1951, UCLA was formally elevated to co-equal status with UC Berkeley, and its presiding officer Raymond B. Allen was the first chief executive to be granted the title of chancellor. The appointment of Franklin David Murphy to the position of Chancellor in 1960 helped spark an era of growth of facilities. By the end of the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a range of subjects
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Actor
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An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance. Simplistically speaking, the person denominated actor or actress is someone beautiful who plays important characters, the actor performs in the flesh in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής, literally one who answers, the actors interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is playing themselves, as in forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly, to act, is to create. Formerly, in societies, only men could become actors. When used for the stage, women played the roles of prepubescent boys. The etymology is a derivation from actor with ess added. However, when referring to more than one performer, of both sexes, actor is preferred as a term for male performers. Actor is also used before the name of a performer as a gender-specific term. Within the profession, the re-adoption of the term dates to the 1950–1960s. As Whoopi Goldberg put it in an interview with the paper, Im an actor – I can play anything. The U. K. performers union Equity has no policy on the use of actor or actress, an Equity spokesperson said that the union does not believe that there is a consensus on the matter and stated that the. subject divides the profession. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times stated that Actress remains the term used in major acting awards given to female recipients. However, player remains in use in the theatre, often incorporated into the name of a group or company, such as the American Players. Also, actors in improvisational theatre may be referred to as players, prior to Thespis act, Grecian stories were only expressed in song, dance, and in third person narrative. In honor of Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians, the exclusively male actors in the theatre of ancient Greece performed in three types of drama, tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans, as the Western Roman Empire fell into decay through the 4th and 5th centuries, the seat of Roman power shifted to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Records show that mime, pantomime, scenes or recitations from tragedies and comedies, dances, from the 5th century, Western Europe was plunged into a period of general disorder
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Al Robbins
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Dr. Albert Al Robbins is a fictional medical doctor in the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by actor Robert David Hall. Al has appeared in every episode since Who Are You. with the exception of Still Life from season six, Albert Al Robbins was raised by his mother, who was also a registered nurse. Consequently, Al spent most of his childhood in hospital environments, from a very early age, he was able to understand the cycle of life and as a young man graduated with a Masters Degree in Physiology from Johns Hopkins University. At a young age, Al was hit head-on by a drunk driver and he walks with the use of prosthetic limbs and a crutch. Als accident runs parallel to an accident that Hall had at age 32. Robbinss first appearance was in the Season One episode Who Are You and he became a series regular from Season Three onwards. Dr. Albert Robbins is the Chief Medical Examiner of the Las Vegas Police Department, working in conjunction with Dr. Gil Grissom. Since Grissoms departure, Robbins has been shown to be developing a sort of friendship with new CSI Raymond Langston. Due to his age and disability he usually sends his assistant David Phillips to examine the body on site, Robbins has a good working relationship with his colleagues. He acts as a mentor to Phillips, especially in Season 3 when Phillips performs his first exhumation. In the season nine premiere, For Warrick, an obviously distraught Robbins tells the team that he is going to have the day shift coroner do the postmortem on his friend, little was revealed of Robbinss personal life for the first several seasons. He was a twin, though the other was stillborn and his mother attributed his career choice to spending so many days next to a dead body. He is married with at least three children, according to the episode Overload, the youngest child was born in 1987. He is also terrified of rats, and suits up in a suit before hunting for an escaped rat in the mortuary in the season seven episode Lab Rats. In the season 12 episode Genetic Disorder, it was revealed that he and his wife Judy are grandparents as their daughter Pam just had a baby boy and that their cat was named Cinder. Robbins has a fondness for coffee, specifically macchiatos and plays guitar in a band he has formed with the day shift coroner. He also keeps an album of photos of celebrities who have died in Las Vegas and wound up on his table, including Tupac Shakur. He walks with a limp and uses crutches because of his prosthetic legs and it is not clear what happened to him, although it is probably due to the accident with a drunk driver which resulted in the amputation of both his legs
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Television program
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It may be a single production, or more commonly, a series of related productions. A limited number of episodes of a show may be called a miniseries or a serial or limited series. Television series are without a fixed length and are divided into seasons or series. While there is no defined length, U. S. industry practice has traditionally favored longer television seasons than those of other countries, a one-time broadcast may be called a special, or particularly in the UK a special episode. A television film is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in theaters or direct-to-video, a program can be either recorded, as on video tape, other various electronic media forms, played with an on-demand player or viewed on live television. Television programs may be fictional, or non-fictional and it may be topical, or historical. They could be primarily instructional or educational, or entertaining as is the case in situation comedy, a drama program usually features a set of actors playing characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures, except for soap opera-type serials, many shows especially before the 1980s, remained static without story arcs, and the main characters and premise changed little. If some change happened to the characters lives during the episode, because of this, the episodes could be broadcast in any order. Since the 1980s, there are series that feature progressive change to the plot. For instance, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time television series to have this kind of dramatic structure. While the later series, Babylon 5 is an example of such production that had a predetermined story running over its intended five-season run. In 2012, it was reported that television was growing into a component of major media companies revenues than film. Some also noted the increase in quality of television programs. When a person or company decides to create a new series, they develop the elements, consisting of the concept, the characters, the crew. Then they offer it to the networks in an attempt to find one interested enough to order a prototype first episode of the series. They want very much to get the word out on what types of shows they’re looking for, to create the pilot, the structure and team of the whole series must be put together. If the network likes the pilot, they pick up the show to air it the next season, sometimes they save it for mid-season, or request rewrites and further review
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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CSI, Crime Scene Investigation is a procedural forensics crime drama television series that premiered on CBS October 6,2000. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, the series concluded on September 27,2015, after 15 seasons, with a feature-length finale titled Immortality. The team is led by Gil Grissom, a socially-awkward forensic entomologist. Grissoms second-in-command, Catherine Willows, is a mother with a cops instinct. Born and raised in Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement, following Grissoms departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to Supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston, Willows is replaced by D. B, Russell, and recruited to the FBI shortly thereafter. Russell is a man, a keen forensic botanist and a veteran of the Seattle Crime Lab. In the series season, Russell is reunited with his former partner Julie Finlay. During the 1990s, Anthony Zuiker caught producer Jerry Bruckheimers attention after writing his first movie script, Zuiker was convinced that there was a series in the concept, Bruckheimer agreed and arranged a meeting with the head of Touchstone Pictures. The studios head at the time liked the script and presented it to ABC, NBC and Fox executives. The head of development at CBS saw potential in the script, and the network had a pay-or-play contract with actor William Petersen. The networks executives liked the pilot so much that they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after The Fugitive. Initially it was thought that CSI would benefit from The Fugitive, which was expected to be a hit, formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that companys interest was later bought by the investment firm GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. CBS acquired AACs international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change, the series is currently in syndication, and reruns are broadcast in the U. S. on the Spike and TV Land cable networks. The show has aired in reruns on the USA Network since January 14,2011, the CSI catalog has been exclusive to the whole NBC Universal portfolio since September 2014. Occasionally, the cast would still shoot on location in Las Vegas, other California locations include Verdugo Hills High School, UCLAs Royce Hall, Pasadena City Hall, and California State University, Los Angeles. While shooting took place primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, CSIs theme song was, since season one, Who Are You, written by Pete Townshend with vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. In certain countries, to music licensing fees, a unique theme was used instead
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Academic degree
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An academic degree is a qualification awarded on successful completion of a course of study in higher education, normally at a college or university. These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels, typically including bachelors, master’s and doctorates, often alongside other academic certificates, and professional degrees. The most common degree is the bachelors degree, although in some countries lower qualifications are titled degrees while in others a higher-level first degree is more usual. The degrees awarded by European universities—the bachelor’s degree, the licentiate, the degree. The doctorate appeared in medieval Europe as a license to teach at a medieval university and its roots can be traced to the early church when the term doctor referred to the Apostles, church fathers and other Christian authorities who taught and interpreted the Bible. The right to grant a licentia docendi was originally reserved to the church required the applicant to pass a test, to take oath of allegiance. The Third Council of the Lateran of 1179 guaranteed the access – now largely free of charge – of all able applicants, at the university, doctoral training was a form of apprenticeship to a guild. The traditional term of study before new teachers were admitted to the guild of Master of Arts, originally the terms master and doctor were synonymous, but over time the doctorate came to be regarded as a higher qualification than the master degree. The earliest doctoral degrees reflected the historical separation of all higher University study into three fields. Over time, the D. D. has gradually become less common outside theology, Studies outside theology, law, and medicine were then called philosophy, due to the Renaissance conviction that real knowledge could be derived from empirical observation. The degree title of Doctor of Philosophy is of a later time. Studies in what once was called philosophy are now classified as sciences and humanities, Master of Arts were eligible to enter study under the higher faculties of Law, Medicine or Theology, and earn first a bachelors and then master or doctors degrees in these subjects. Thus a degree was only a step on the way to becoming a qualified master – hence the English word graduate. The naming of degrees eventually became linked with the subjects studied, scholars in the faculties of arts or grammar became known as master, but those in theology, medicine, and law were known as doctor. As study in the arts or in grammar was a prerequisite to study in subjects such as theology, medicine and law. The practice of using the doctor for PhDs developed within German universities. The French terminology is tied closely to the meanings of the terms. The baccalauréat is conferred upon French students who have completed their secondary education
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English literature
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However, until the early 19th century, it only deals with the literature of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It does not include literature written in the languages of Britain. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years, the earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England, early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible as well as the Great Vowel Shift. Through the influence of the British Empire, the English language has spread around the world since the 17th century. 450, after the withdrawal of the Romans, and ending soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066. These works include such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, from the 9th century, that chronicle the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The poem Battle of Maldon also deals with history and this is a work of uncertain date, celebrating the Battle of Maldon of 991, at which the Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion. Oral tradition was strong in early English culture and most literary works were written to be performed. Epic poems were popular, and some, including Beowulf, have survived to the present day. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national status in England. The only surviving manuscript is the Nowell Codex, the date of which is debated. Beowulf is the title, and its composition is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. Cædmon is the earliest English poet whose name is known, and it is also one of the earliest recorded examples of sustained poetry in a Germanic language. The poem, The Dream of the Rood, was inscribed upon the Ruthwell Cross, Two Old English poems from the late 10th century are The Wanderer and The Seafarer. Classical antiquity was not forgotten in Anglo-Saxon England, and several Old English poems are adaptations of late classical philosophical texts, the longest is King Alfreds 9th-century translation of Boethius Consolation of Philosophy. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. Under the influence of the new aristocracy, French became the language of courts, parliament
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Percussion
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A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater, struck, scraped or rubbed by hand, or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, the percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive instruments, such as whistles and sirens, percussive techniques can also be applied to the human body, as in body percussion. On the other hand, keyboard instruments, such as the celesta, are not normally part of the percussion section, Percussion instruments may play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony. Percussion is commonly referred to as the backbone or the heartbeat of an ensemble, often working in close collaboration with bass instruments. In jazz and other popular ensembles, the pianist, bassist, drummer. Most classical pieces written for full orchestra since the time of Haydn and Mozart are orchestrated to place emphasis on the strings, woodwinds, however, often at least one pair of timpani is included, though they rarely play continuously. Rather, they serve to provide additional accents when needed, in the 18th and 19th centuries, other percussion instruments have been used, again generally sparingly. The use of percussion instruments became more frequent in the 20th century classical music, in almost every style of music, percussion plays a pivotal role. In classic jazz, one almost immediately thinks of the rhythm of the hi-hats or the ride cymbal when the word swing is spoken. Because of the diversity of instruments, it is not uncommon to find large musical ensembles composed entirely of percussion. Rhythm, melody, and harmony are all represented in these ensembles, music for pitched percussion instruments can be notated on a staff with the same treble and bass clefs used by many non-percussive instruments. Music for percussive instruments without a pitch can be notated with a specialist rhythm or percussion-clef. The word percussion has evolved from Latin terms, percussio, as a noun in contemporary English it is described in Wiktionary as the collision of two bodies to produce a sound. Hornbostel–Sachs has no high-level section for percussion, Most percussion instruments are classified as idiophones and membranophones.1 Concussion idiophones or clappers, played in pairs and beaten against each other, such as zills and clapsticks. 111.2 Percussion idiophones, includes many percussion instruments played with the hand or by a mallet, such as the hang, gongs and the xylophone. 21 Struck drums, includes most types of drum, such as the timpani, snare drum, (Included in most drum sets or 412. Stringed instruments played with such as the hammered dulcimer
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Gil Grissom
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Gilbert Arthur Gil Grissom, Ph. D. is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by William Petersen. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and, for the series first nine seasons and he appeared in 198 episodes, and was replaced by Laurence Fishburne and, later, Ted Danson. Following his departure from the main cast, Petersen reprised his role on five occasions. Voice Season 09, Turn, Turn, Turn Season 13, Wild Flower, Dead Air On Screen Season 11, The Two Mrs. Grissoms Petersen also guest starred in Immortality, CSIs feature-length series finale. Anthony E. Zuiker, who created the show, loosely based Grissom on real life Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department criminalist Daniel Holstein, Zuiker was fascinated by Holstein, who, like Grissom, kept maggots and pigs blood in his refrigerator. Holstein works as a consultant for the show, the name Gil came from one of the actors hobbies, fishing. In 2000, CBS had bought the script from Zuiker, and Nina Tassler, CBSs head of drama development, passed it on to Petersen. Petersen has said that many TV shows were offered to him over the years, however, he was impressed with the complexity of Grissoms character, and he decided to audition. It was the second time Petersen portrayed a forensic scientist, having portrayed Will Graham in the 1986 film Manhunter, Gil Grissom first appears in CSI, Crime Scene Investigation on the pilot episode. William Petersen did not appear during the six episode Gum Drops. This episode was going to be how Grissom was convinced that an abduction victim was still alive. When Petersens nephew died, he flew home and was unavailable for the filming of the episode, also in 2007, the character appeared in a two part crossover with another CBS series, Without a Trace. It was the episode of the sixth season entitled Where. The plot of the crossover between CSI and Without a Trace involved a serial killer that had eluded capture in Nevada and had escaped to New York City, Gil Grissom was brought in to assist in the apprehension. Gilbert Arthur Gil Grissom was born on August 17,1956, as a child to a middle-class family in Santa Monica. Grissoms father taught botany at a college and passed his enthusiasm for natural sciences onto his son. His father died when Grissom was 9 years old, Grissom recalls the day his father died to Catherine Willows in the episode Still Life, He came home from school, one hot humid day, laid down on the couch. I was watching TV, my mom brought in some cold drinks, no one would tell me why
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Semi-trailer truck
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A semi-trailer truck, more commonly called a semi truck, is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a fifth wheel hitch, the result is that both tractor and semi-trailer will have a distinctly different design than a rigid truck and trailer. The tractor unit typically has two or three axles, those built for hauling heavy-duty commercial-construction machinery may have as many as five, the most common tractor-cab layout has a forward engine, one steering axle, and two drive axles. The fifth-wheel trailer coupling on most tractor trucks is movable fore and aft, ubiquitous in Europe, but less common in North America since the 1990s, is the cabover engine configuration, where the driver sits next to, or over the engine. With changes in the US to the length of the combined vehicle. Cabovers were difficult to service, as the cab could not be lifted on its hinges to a full 90-degree forward tilt, Trucks average from 4 to 8 miles per US gallon, with fuel economy standards requiring better than 7 miles per US gallon efficiency by 2014. The cargo trailer usually has tandem axles at the rear, each of which has wheels, or eight tires on the trailer. In the US it is common to refer to the number of hubs, rather than the number of tires. The combination of eight tires on the trailer and ten tires on the tractor is what led to the moniker eighteen wheeler, many trailers are equipped with movable tandem axles to allow adjusting the weight distribution. To connect the second of a set of doubles to the first trailer, and to support the front half of the second trailer and this has one or two axles, a fifth-wheel coupling for the rear trailer, and a tongue with a ring-hitch coupling for the forward trailer. Individual states may further allow longer vehicles, known as longer combination vehicles, Long Combination Vehicle types include, Doubles, Two 28.5 ft trailers. Turnpike Doubles, Two 48 ft trailers, Rocky Mountain Doubles, One 40 to 53 ft trailer and one 28.5 ft trailer. In Canada, a Turnpike Double is two 53 ft trailers, and a Rocky Mountain Double is a 50 ft trailer with a 24 ft pup, future Long Combination Vehicles under consideration and study for the U. S. MAP-21 transportation bill are container doubles. The US federal government, which regulates the Interstate Highway System, does not set maximum length requirements. Tractors can pull two or three if the combination is legal in that state. Weight maximums are 20,000 lb on an axle,34,000 lb on a tandem. There is a width of 8.5 ft and no maximum height. Roads other than the Interstates are regulated by the individual states, maximum weight varies between 80,000 lb to 171,000 lb, depending on the combination
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Gasoline
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Gasoline /ˈɡæsəliːn/, known as petrol /ˈpɛtrəl/ outside North America, is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the distillation of petroleum. On average, a 42-gallon barrel of oil yields about 19 US gallons of gasoline when processed in an oil refinery. The characteristic of a gasoline blend to resist igniting too early is measured by its octane rating. Gasoline is produced in several grades of octane rating, sometimes, gasoline also contains ethanol as an alternative fuel, for economic or environmental reasons. Gasoline, as used worldwide in the vast number of combustion engines used in transport and industry, has a significant impact on the environment. Gasoline may also enter the environment uncombusted, as liquid and as vapors, from leakage and handling during production, transport and delivery, from tanks, from spills. As an example of efforts to control leakage, many storage tanks are required to have extensive measures in place to detect. Gasoline contains benzene and other known carcinogens, Gasoline inhalation can produce an intense high, however the practice is thought to cause severe organ damage, including mental retardation. The first automotive combustion engines, so-called Otto engines, were developed in the last quarter of the 19th century in Germany, the fuel was a relatively volatile hydrocarbon obtained from coal gas. With a boiling point near 85 °C, it was suited for early carburetors. The development of a spray nozzle carburetor enabled the use of less volatile fuels, further improvements in engine efficiency were attempted at higher compression ratios, but early attempts were blocked by knocking. In the 1920s, antiknock compounds were introduced by Thomas Midgley Jr. and Boyd and this innovation started a cycle of improvements in fuel efficiency that coincided with the large-scale development of oil refining to provide more products in the boiling range of gasoline. In the 1950s oil refineries started to focus on high octane fuels, the 1970s witnessed greater attention to the environmental consequences of burning gasoline. These considerations led to the out of TEL and its replacement by other antiknock compounds. Subsequently, low-sulfur gasoline was introduced, in part to preserve the catalysts in modern exhaust systems, Gasoline is the term that is used in North America to refer to the most popular automobile fuel. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use to 1863, when it was spelled gasolene and it was never a trademark, although it may have been derived from older trademarks such as Cazeline and Gazeline. Variant spellings of gasoline had been used to refer to raw petroleum since the 16th century, Petrol is the preferred term in most Commonwealth countries
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Prosthesis
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In medicine, a prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions. A persons prosthetics should be designed and assembled according to the patients appearance, for instance, a patient may need a transradial prosthesis, but need to choose between an aesthetic functional device, a myoelectric device, a body-powered device, or an activity specific device. The patients future goals and economical capabilities may help choose between one or more devices. Craniofacial prostheses include intra-oral and extra-oral prostheses, extra-oral prostheses are further divided into hemifacial, auricular, nasal, orbital and ocular. Intra-oral prostheses include dental prostheses such as dentures, obturators, limb prostheses include both upper- and lower-extremity prostheses. A transradial prosthesis is a limb that replaces an arm missing below the elbow. Two main types of prosthetics are available, cable operated limbs work by attaching a harness and cable around the opposite shoulder of the damaged arm. The other form of prosthetics available are myoelectric arms and these work by sensing, via electrodes, when the muscles in the upper arm move, causing an artificial hand to open or close. In the prosthetic industry a trans-radial prosthetic arm is referred to as a BE or below elbow prosthesis. Lower-extremity prostheses provide replacements at varying levels of amputation and these include hip disarticulation, transfemoral prosthesis, knee disarticulation, transtibial prosthesis, Symes amputation, foot, partial foot, and toe. The two main subcategories of lower extremity prosthetic devices are trans-tibial and trans-femoral, a transfemoral prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces a leg missing above the knee. Transfemoral amputees can have a difficult time regaining normal movement. In general, a transfemoral amputee must use approximately 80% more energy to walk than a person with two whole legs and this is due to the complexities in movement associated with the knee. In the prosthetic industry a trans-femoral prosthetic leg is often referred to as an AK or above the knee prosthesis, a transtibial prosthesis is an artificial limb that replaces a leg missing below the knee. A transtibial amputee is usually able to regain normal movement more readily than someone with an amputation, due in large part to retaining the knee. Lower extremity prosthetics describes artificially replaced limbs located at the hip level or lower, in the prosthetic industry a trans-tibial prosthetic leg is often referred to as a BK or below the knee prosthesis. Prosthetics have been mentioned throughout history, the earliest recorded mention is the warrior queen Vishpala in the Rigveda. The Egyptians were early pioneers of the idea, as shown by the wooden toe found on a body from the New Kingdom, roman bronze crowns have also been found, but their use could have been more aesthetic than medical
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Film
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A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession, the process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry. The word cinema, short for cinematography, is used to refer to the industry of films. Films were originally recorded onto plastic film through a photochemical process, the adoption of CGI-based special effects led to the use of digital intermediates. Most contemporary films are now fully digital through the process of production, distribution. Films recorded in a form traditionally included an analogous optical soundtrack. It runs along a portion of the film exclusively reserved for it and is not projected, Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them, Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gives it a power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles to translate the dialog into the language of the viewer, some have criticized the film industrys glorification of violence and its potentially negative treatment of women. The individual images that make up a film are called frames, the perception of motion is due to a psychological effect called phi phenomenon. The name film originates from the fact that film has historically been the medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for a motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photoplay. The most common term in the United States is movie, while in Europe film is preferred. Terms for the field, in general, include the big screen, the screen, the movies, and cinema. In early years, the sheet was sometimes used instead of screen. Preceding film in origin by thousands of years, early plays and dances had elements common to film, scripts, sets, costumes, production, direction, actors, audiences, storyboards, much terminology later used in film theory and criticism apply, such as mise en scène. Owing to the lack of any technology for doing so, the moving images, the magic lantern, probably created by Christiaan Huygens in the 1650s, could be used to project animation, which was achieved by various types of mechanical slides
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Starship Troopers (film)
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Starship Troopers is a 1997 American satirical military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier. It originally came from a script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine. The story follows a soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Ricos military career progresses from recruit to NCO and finally to officer against the backdrop of a war between mankind and an insectoid species known as Arachnids. The only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise, it received reviews from critics on release. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, Verhoeven says his satirical use of irony and hyperbole is playing with fascism or fascist imagery to point out certain aspects of American society. Of course, the movie is about Lets all go to war, in 2012, Slant Magazine ranked the film #20 on its list of the 100 Best Films of the 1990s. In the 23rd century, humanity has become a space-faring civilization, while colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or Bugs, with their home being the distant world Klendathu. The bugs appear to be more than savage, unrelenting killing machines. In the Federation, citizenship is a privilege, earned by performing such activities as military service, John Johnny Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez and best friend Carl Jenkins attend high school in Buenos Aires. Fellow student Isabel Dizzy Flores is in love with Rico, and they all enlist in the Federal Service after graduation, despite Ricos parents disapproving of military service and wanting him to enroll at Harvard University instead. Carmen becomes a pilot assigned to the battleship Rodger Young. Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry, expecting to be with Carmen, but is surprised to find Dizzy, at Mobile Infantry training, Career Sgt. Rico is later promoted to leader after showing initiative and quick thinking during training exercises. He later receives a Dear John letter from Carmen, as she desires a career with the fleet and now serves under Ricos high-school sports rival, Zander Barcalow. Following a live-fire training incident that kills one of Ricos squad and causes another to quit out of guilt, Rico rescinds his resignation and remains with the Infantry as an invasion force is deployed to Klendathu. The first strike on Klendathu is a disaster, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Rico is severely wounded in the leg and mistakenly classified KIA, Rico, Ace and Dizzy are reassigned to the Roughnecks, an elite unit commanded by Lt. Jean Rasczak, Ricos former high-school teacher
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The Negotiator
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The Negotiator is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as two hostage lieutenants. When Roman goes for another meeting, he finds Roenick murdered seconds before other police arrive, matters become worse for Roman when Internal Affairs investigator Terence Niebaum, whom Roenicks informant suspected of involvement in the embezzlement, is assigned to investigate the murder. Roman is forced to surrender his gun and badge and his colleagues are doubtful of his protests of innocence, with embezzlement and homicide charges pending, Roman storms into Niebaums office and demands answers about who set him up. When Niebaum refuses to answer, Roman takes Niebaum, his administrative assistant Maggie, police commander Grant Frost, Sabian clashes with the CPD but is given temporary command of the unit after they hastily attempt a breach that goes awry, resulting in additional officers becoming Romans hostages. Roman trades Frost to Sabian in exchange for restoring the buildings electricity and he also discovers recordings of wiretaps, including a conversation that suggests Roenick was meeting his informant before he was killed. Sabian, using the information Roman provided, claims to have located Roenicks informant in a bid to get Roman to release the hostages, Roman realizes Sabian is bluffing when Niebaums files reveal Roenick himself was the IAD informant. When Roman threatens to throw Niebaum out of an office window, when Niebaum confronted the guilty officers, he received a bribe from them to cover up their crimes, but does not know who the inside ringleader is. Roman single-handedly fights them off using the flashbangs he seized from the officers in the previous failed breach, believing that Sabian and the police cannot resolve the situation, the FBI assume jurisdiction over the operation. The FBI cease negotiations, relieve Sabian of his command, Sabian now believes in Romans innocence and gives him a chance to prove his case, while the FBI and SWAT raid the building and rescue the hostages, Roman escapes disguised in a SWAT uniform. Roman and Sabian proceed to Niebaums house, but are unable to find the wiretaps, the police arrive and the corrupt officers enter the house but they back off as Frost enters and tries to talk Roman down. Sabian observes Frost discreetly taking one of the guns and realizes that Frost is the ringleader of the conspiracy, in front of Frost, Sabian seemingly shoots Roman dead and offers to destroy the evidence they have uncovered in return for a cut of Frosts take. Frost agrees and effectively makes a full admission to his crimes, when Frost exits the house, he discovers Roman had feigned death and used a police radio microphone to broadcast his confession to the police surrounding the area. Frost attempts suicide but is disarmed and arrested with the corrupt officers. As Roman is loaded into an ambulance, Sabian gives him back his badge, the film is dedicated to J. T. Walsh, who died several months before the films release. The building used for the IAD office is 77 West Wacker Drive, when it was made, The Negotiators $50 million budget was the highest ever given to an African-American director. This films conspiracy plotline is based on the pension fund scandal in the St. Louis Police Department in the late 1980s. The film received a positive critical response and a score of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Negotiator at the Internet Movie Database The Negotiator at AllMovie The Negotiator at Rotten Tomatoes The Negotiator at Metacritic The Negotiator at Box Office Mojo
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The West Wing
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The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22,1999, to May 14,2006. The West Wing was produced by Warner Bros, for the first four seasons, there were three executive producers, Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme, and John Wells. The West Wing received acclaim from critics, as well as praise from political science professors, in total, The West Wing won three Golden Globe Awards and 26 Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Drama Series, which it won four consecutive times from 2000 through 2003. In the years since its run, it has appeared on lists of the greatest television dramas ever made. The Writers Guild of America also ranked it #10 in its 101 Best-Written TV Series list, the West Wing employed a broad ensemble cast to portray the many positions involved in the daily work of the federal government. The President, the First Lady, and the Presidents senior staff, numerous secondary characters, appearing intermittently, complement storylines that generally revolve around this core group. Sam Seaborn is the Deputy Communications Director and he departs the White House following the re-election of President Bartlet to run for Congress. He is recruited to become Santos Deputy Chief of Staff at the series end, mandy Hampton is Josh Lymans ex-girlfriend and a media consultant contracted by the Bartlet administration. She departs without explanation following the first season, charlie Young is originally the Personal Aide to the President and later a Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff. He is in a relationship with Zoey Bartlet, at the series end he begins to study law at Georgetown. She succeeds Leo McGarry as Chief of Staff and departs White House at the end of the Bartlet administration, post-series, she marries Danny Concannon and has a child. He is fired from the Bartlet administration during a leak investigation and he has twin children with his ex-wife who is a congresswoman from Maryland. Leo McGarry, Bartlets close personal friend and Chief of Staff, following a heart attack, he becomes Counselor to the President, and later the Democratic Candidate for Vice President. Josh Lyman, is the Deputy Chief of Staff to Leo McGarry and C. J. Cregg, when Santos is elected, Josh becomes White House Chief of Staff. Josiah Jed Bartlet is the President of the United States, an economist by training, he is a former Congressman and Governor from New Hampshire who unexpectedly won the Democratic Party nomination. He suffers from multiple sclerosis, a fact he hides from the electorate. Donna Moss is the Senior Assistant to Josh Lyman and she later departs to be a spokesperson for the Russell campaign and then the Santos campaign. Upon Santos election, she becomes Chief of Staff to the First Lady, abbey Bartlet is the First Lady, Jeds wife, and a physician
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L.A. Law
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L. A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC, from September 15,1986, to May 19,1994. The series often also reflected social tensions between the senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. In addition to its main cast, L. A. Sanders, James Avery, Gates McFadden, Bryan Cranston, pounder, Kevin Spacey, Richard Schiff, Carrie-Anne Moss, William H. Macy, Stephen Root, Christian Slater, and Lucy Liu. Several episodes of the show included celebrities such as Vanna White, Buddy Hackett. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series. The series was set in and around the fictitious Los Angeles-based law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, the exteriors for the law firm were shot at the Citigroup Center in downtown Los Angeles, which was known as the 444 Flower Building at the time. The show often combined humor and drama in the same episode. In the pilot episode of the series, only the back and hand of law partner Chaney, one of Chaneys final acts was to hire a new secretary, who began work on the morning Chaneys body is discovered. Later in that episode, in front of his partners, friends and his wife, the secretary at Chaneys eulogy reveals that she is transsexual, Chaney had been financially supporting her gender transition, and hired her as part of her real life test. She is then fired from her job by Douglas Brackman. This once caused problems when a client used him to set up her husband to be murdered, a running gag during Harry Hamlins tenure was to have his character, Michael Kuzak, always shown picking, scrutinizing, and eating pastries or fruit at the morning staff meetings. He was the one who ate from the mountains of food provided. To some extent, the sexual peccadilloes of almost the entire cast would become fodder for episodes of the series. After Grace van Owen makes a comment that Michael Kuzak would have to be a monkey before shed be interested in him, Douglas Brackman becomes involved with a sex therapist. Benny Stulwicz, an intellectually disabled clerk at the office, has sex with the disabled daughter of a client of the firm. Leland McKenzie and Rosalind Shays, antagonists, secretly become lovers, Douglas Brackman, their boss, is also arrested in the mayhem of the riots as he is on his way to get remarried. In one scene later in the series, the writers enacted an inside joke, in her final scene, the character of Rosalind Shays steps into the empty shaft and falls to her death. The name Chaney remains in the name of the law firm, despite changes in personnel
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Deal of the Century
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Deal of the Century is a 1983 American comedy film directed by William Friedkin and starring Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, and Sigourney Weaver. The film follows the adventures of several arms dealers that compete to sell weapons to a South American dictator, eddie Muntz is a small-time American arms dealer who talks his way into a job with a large defense corporation selling high-tech military unmanned aerial vehicles to a South American dictator. Muntz arrives in war-torn and impoverished San Miguel to sell weapons to both its leader and the rebels seeking his ouster, in the middle of a sales pitch to the rebels, Muntz is caught in a firefight and is shot in the foot. Hobbling in a rundown hotel days later, Muntz meets Harold DeVoto, Muntz peddles small arms, whereas Luckups product is more sophisticated—the Peacemaker UAV, a military dream that operates without pilots or airbases. But the military junta of San Miguel strings DeVoto along, driving the man to suicide, Muntz successfully takes over the deal and wins a contract worth millions. On returning to America, he is confronted at gunpoint by Catherine. Demanding the contract, Catherine shoots Muntz instead, reopening the wound on his foot, waking up in the hospital, Muntz is told by Frank Stryker, a Luckup executive, that San Miguel reneged on the deal after a distastrous and highly publicized demonstration of the Peacemaker. Muntz nevertheless decides to help Luckup re-sign San Miguel and he is joined by his partner, Ray Kasternak, an ex-fighter pilot now undergoing a religious crisis of conscience, and also by Catherine. Muntzs efforts are complicated by tensions with Luckup, Rays religious conversion, The Peacemakers many technical glitches, massagi also explains how recent changes to federal law not only legalize bribes to foreign dictators, but make those bribes tax deductible. These revelations spur Muntz on, while adding to his unease. Muntz accompanies San Miguels dictator to the expo, where billions of dollars of high technology are displayed and demonstrated. To the dictators, Muntz disparages any warplanes he sees, reminding them of the benefits of pilot-less aircraft. While Muntz demonstrates some of his own wares, Ray hijacks one of the jets being demonstrated, threatening to attack the expo. Ray circles overhead as representatives for defense contractors bicker among themselves as to whose weapons are good enough to him down. Stryker takes matters into his own hands, launching the Peacemaker and this time, the UAV proves a much more formidable threat, and not even Ray can destroy it. Misusing all of the Peacemakers weapons, however, Stryker instead destroys the entire expo, before he can try again for Ray, Muntz uses his cane to shut off the Peacemakers remote control panel, allowing Ray to destroy it. In the final scene, we learn that Ray has left the industry to become a missionary. Muntz is also out of weapons trafficking, but still a salesman working at his brothers car dealership and he sells Catherine a car, and its implied that they will be doing other deals together
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Here Come the Littles
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Here Come the Littles is a 1985 animated fantasy film produced in France by DIC Entertainment and distributed by Atlantic Releasing. It was directed by Bernard Deyriès and adapted by Woody Kling from John Petersons series of books, The Littles, Here Come the Littles follows a boy named Henry Bigg as he meets a family of miniature people that lives in his home. While his uncle Augustus plans to build a center at the site of his home. The film was screened at weekend matinees during its original U. S. release and it was not a critical success, reviewers found fault with the story and animation style. The film was released on VHS in late 1985, and on DVD in early 2004, another Littles film, Liberty and the Littles, premiered on television in late 1986. Henry Bigg learns that his parents have been lost during a trip to Africa. His housekeeper Mrs. Evans says his Uncle Augustus is his next of kin, thus, Henry moves to Augustus residence, as the uncle neither wants to have a housekeeper nor move to his nephews house. Meanwhile, Tom and Lucy Little snag an apple that Mrs. Evans had left for Henry and they repay the boy by finding his lucky rabbits foot and sneaking it in his suitcase. They are carried away to Augustus house, trapped inside the luggage, another two of the tiny creatures, Grandpa and Dinky, soon find them. There, the Littles soon learn of Augustus ill-tempered and mean-spirited ways, He treats Henry more like a slave, while the creatures try to escape, Henry discovers Grandpa and Dinky, not knowing who—or what—they are. Augustus also sees them, but mistaking them for toys, grabs them from Henry, Here, Dinky and Grandpa discover that Augustus forged the documents in order to become Henrys legal guardian, as well as to steal and redevelop the Biggs property. To rescue those two, Lucy persuades Tom to talk to Henry—a bold move, considering that humans never knew about the creatures until recently, Grandpa and Dinky, whom Henry finds inside the study, both prove the evidence of Augustus fraud. Before Augustus locks him inside his room, Henry soon creates a diversion allowing Tom, eventually, Lucy and Tom are hungry, and begin to search for food. Tom gets trapped in a jar of honey, and a change of plans ensues, at first Grandpa resists, but consents since Henry has already met them. After several attempts to escape, the Littles finally flee away aboard their gas-powered toy plane, Henry attempts to go to the police station, but gets lost and is eventually caught by his uncle. The Littles, however, distract Augustus long enough for Henry to run down there, meanwhile, Augustus orders the demolition crew by phone to start tearing down the Biggs place. When the Littles get to Henrys house, they split up, Grandpa looks for Mr. both plans succeed just in the nick of time. The moment Augustus arrives, policemen arrest him, Henry is reunited with Mrs. Evans, and prepares to meet his rediscovered parents at the airport
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Dink, the Little Dinosaur
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Dink, the Little Dinosaur is an animated series produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises and Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series originally aired on the CBS Kids block on CBS from 1989 to 1990, several of the series episodes were combined into the 1989 video movie Dink the Little Dinosaur while further episodes combined to form the Land of No Return on September 14,1994. The series followed Dink, a dinosaur, and his four friends as they explore and its outlines fostered positive behaviors such as caring about oneself and others, tolerance, ecology, problem-solving and teamwork. The second season introduced a segment called Factasaurus that taught lessons. In 1994, Dink, the Little Dinosaur was released 6 individual videos, titled Land Of No Return, Shylers Friend, The Sky Is Falling, Lights Out, Rivals And Phantom Of The Cave. Each of the 6 Dink, the Little Dinosaur videos contains over 5 episodes, one of very many childrens animated series of the 1980s, Dink didnt leave a lasting impression on many viewers. Dink, the Little Dinosaur at TV. com Dink, the Little Dinosaur at the Internet Movie Database
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Class Action (film)
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Class Action is a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Michael Apted. Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star, Laurence Fishburne, Colin Friels, Fred Dalton Thompson, the film was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. The story is about a lawsuit concerning injuries caused by a defective automobile, the suit takes on a personal dimension because the injured plaintiffs attorney, Jedediah Tucker Ward discovers that the automobile manufacturers attorney Maggie Ward is his estranged daughter. The central premise of the film is roughly analogous to the surrounding the Ford Pinto. A1977 article in Mother Jones alleged Ford was aware of the flaw, refused to pay for a redesign. The magazine obtained a cost-benefit analysis that it said Ford had used to compare the cost of repairs against the cost of settlements for deaths, injuries, the document became known as the Ford Pinto Memo. The film received positive reviews, it currently holds a 75% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It holds a 58/100 on Metacritic, indicating mixed or average reviews
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Once Upon a Forest
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Once Upon a Forest is a 1993 animated film based on the Furlings characters created by Rae Lambert. A Hanna-Barbera/HTV Cymru/Wales production released by 20th Century Fox, the film was directed by Charles Grosvenor and it tells the story of three forest denizens that go on an expedition to cure their friend, Michelle, who became sick from chemical fumes. The films environmental theme divided critics at the time of its release, along with the animation, the film was a box office bomb, grossing US$6.6 million against a budget of $13 million. The story opens in a forest known as Dapplewood, where Furlings live alongside their teacher, the four Furlings central to the story are Abigail, a woodmouse, Edgar, a mole, Russell a hedgehog and a badger named Michelle, who is Cornelius niece. One day, the Furlings go on a trip through the forest with Cornelius, Russell is almost run over by a careless driver, who throws away a glass bottle that shatters in the middle of the road. Cornelius orders the Furlings to forget the road and their ends with a boat ride. Michelle panics and runs to her home to find her parents, breathing in the gas, Abigail risks her own life and saves a comatose Michelle, but can do nothing for Michelles parents. The Furlings go to Cornelius house nearby for shelter after they find their homes deserted, there, Cornelius tells the Furlings of his past encounter with humans that claimed the lives of his parents, hence why he is fearful of all human beings. He says he needs two herbs to save Michelles life, lungwort and eyebright, with limited time, the Furlings head off for their journey the next day. There, they meet the bully squirrel Waggs, and Willy, after getting the eyebright, they discover that the lungwort is on a giant cliff making it inaccessible by foot. Russell suggests they use Cornelius airship, the Flapper-Wing-a-Ma-Thing, to get to the lungwort, the Furlings manage to get the lungwort after a dangerous flight up the cliff, then steer their airship back for Dapplewood. They crash-land back in the forest after a storm, and bring the herbs to Michelle, a group of humans appear and the animals, thinking the humans mean them harm, escape through the backdoor of Cornelius house. Edgar gets separated from the group and gets caught in an old trap, when one of the workers finds him, the animals are surprised when he frees Edgar and destroys the trap, revealing the men are cleaning up the gas. The group, especially Cornelius, realize that there are humans in the world. The next day, she appears unresponsive but a tear from Cornelius awakens her from her coma. Cornelius sees the Flapper-Wing-a-Ma-Thing and becomes amazed on how the Furlings have grown-up, the Furlings families and many of the other inhabitants arrive as well, except for Michelles parents, who died in the gas accident, but Cornelius promises to do his best on taking care of her. The Furlings happily reunite with their families, who are relieved to see that their children are alright, Michelle asks Cornelius if anything will ever be the same again. Cornelius looks at the trees in the forest and says to her that if everyone works as hard to save Dapplewood as the Furlings did to save Michelle
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Dream Lover (1993 film)
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Dream Lover is a 1993 American erotic drama film written and directed by Nicholas Kazan and starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick. The original music score was composed by Christopher Young, the movie opens on divorce proceedings involving Ray Reardon, a successful architect, and his first wife. Shortly after their divorce, he agrees to go to an opening to meet a woman with whom his obnoxious friend, Norman. While he is there, he embarrasses himself by bumping into a woman and she wastes no time verbally abusing him. A week later, he runs into the woman, named Lena Mathers and she apologizes for her behavior and the two go to dinner. They have sex the next day, marry shortly thereafter, despite his happiness in the marriage, Ray becomes suspicious after catching Lena in several lies about her past. Over time, Ray becomes increasingly paranoid when his wife begins sporting bruises that she will not explain, during a tense confrontation, Lena taunts Ray by claiming to have had an affair with an unnamed friend of his and refusing to tell Ray if their children are biologically his. Ray hits Lena, who then has him arrested and committed to a hospital for observation. Despite an attempt to prove that Lena has been lying, the judge finds Ray to be mentally incompetent and orders him held for six months. Shortly after Ray has been committed, Lena privately admits to him that his suspicions about her were all along. After Ray convinces one of his friends to tell Lena that she has made a mistake in her master plan and he then chokes her to death on the lawn. James Spader as Ray Mädchen Amick as Lena Fredric Lehne as Larry Bess Armstrong as Elaine Larry Miller as Norman Kathleen York as Martha Kate Williamson as Mrs
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The Gene Generation
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The Gene Generation is a 2007 Biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers. The film was directed by Pearry Reginald Teo, and stars Bai Ling, Parry Shen, Faye Dunaway, in a futuristic world, Michelle lives everyday battling with DNA Hackers who use their skills to hack into peoples bodies and kill them. She is an assassin, battling her past demons and trying to keep her younger and extroverted brother, Jackie, when Jackie gets involved in a petty crime of robbery, he propels himself into the world of DNA Hackers, Shylocks and Gang Fights. Wanting the respect that the world has never given to him makes it harder for Jackie to peel himself away from the underground trades, against the hopes of his sister. Michelle always wanted to leave the city and lead a calm, the soundtrack for the film features various tracks by Combichrist, Encephalon and Tribal Machine, while the score was composed by Scott Glasgow with additional music by Ronan Harris of VNV Nation. The score was released on CD by the Varèse Sarabande label in March 2009. The following tracks are listed at the end of the film, On February 4,2010, it was revealed that a sequel, The Gene Generation, filming was due to begin in March 2010 and be completed by September 2010. However, since this announcement there have no further details on the status of the production. Official website The Gene Generation at the Internet Movie Database The Gene Generation Soundtrack Review
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)
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Joe, A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. The popularity of these led to the production of a five-part G. I. Joe mini-series which aired in 1983, the plot centers on the titular M. A. S. S. Device, a powerful matter-transporter, and G. I, Joe and Cobras race around the world to acquire the three catalytic elements which power the machine. Both mini-series were written by Ron Friedman, Joe was promoted to an ongoing series in 1985, with an initial order for a first season of 55 more episodes. The season was edited by Steve Gerber. A second season of 30 episodes followed in 1986, beginning with a fourth story, Arise, Serpentor. Slaughter as a member of G. I, for this season, Buzz Dixon replaced Steve Gerber as story editor. Joe, The Movie, a film version of the series, was intended to be released theatrically followed by The Transformers. However, the movie encountered unexpected production delays which allowed the Transformers feature to be released first, due to the poor box office performances of the Transformers and My Little Pony films, G. I. Joe was relegated to direct-to-video status and it was released on VHS on April 20,1987 and was later split into a 5-part mini-series for television syndication. The Movie follows up on the events of Season 2, revealing that Cobra Commander is actually an agent of a civilization known as Cobra-La led by a half-serpent humanoid named Golobulus. In addition to Cobra-La, two new sub-teams were introduced within the Joe Team, the Rawhides and the Renegades, both composed of characters introduced during the toylines 1987 lineup, Marvel Productions would continue to produce animated commercials for the toyline and comic books after G. I. Joe, The Movie, which was intended to set up Season 3, however, the company never got around to produce a third season, as they ended up losing the license to competing animation company DiC during pre-production. Michael Charles Hill, who wrote episodes of the show, had already proposed an outline for Season 3 that wouldve followed the events of The Movie. Joe series premiered in 1989 with a five-part mini-series titled Operation and it was turned into a regular series, airing from 1990 to 1992, lasting two seasons for a total of 44 episodes. The DiC series followed the continuity as the earlier Sunbow series
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ABC Weekend Special
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The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Beginning in 1979, the series was hosted by Michael Young, in 1984, the puppet character Capn O. G. Readmore took over as host of the series, along with Jon Bowzer Bauman. The character also starred in five animated episodes of the show, during the series tenure on Saturday Mornings, ABC Weekend Specials had three main opening title sequence packages, all of which included storybook/literary elements and characters in varying forms. Listed by original airdate, however many of the episodes were put into heavy rotation,14 episodes,11 episodes,12 episodes,8 episodes,6 episodes,9 episodes,9 episodes,8 episodes,9 episodes,9 episodes, Capn O. G. Readmore Meets Little Red Riding Hood —1988. Apr.02 Here Come the Littles —1988. Apr.23 Here Come the Littles —1988. Apr.30 Here Come the Littles —1988. May.07 Capn O. G. The Big Lie —1992. Jan.25 Capn O. G, Readmore Meets Chicken Little —1992. Apr.18 The Kingdom Chums, Original Top Ten —1992. May.02 McGee and Me. Two ABCs Wide World of Sports for Kids specials were produced in 1994. The Great Alaska Dog Sled Race —1993. Mar.06 Rhythm and Jam, Rhythm & Rap —1993. Sep.18 Rhythm and Jam, Melody & Harmony —1993. Sep.25 Kids on Ice, A Skating Adventure
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Highway to Heaven
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Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. The series aired for five seasons, running a total of 111 episodes and it was shot almost entirely in California. The series starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, and Victor French—Landons co-star from Little House on the Prairie—as Mark Gordon, Jonathan Smith is an angel who has been stripped of his wings and is now on probation, sent to Earth. He meets and pairs up with his partner and friend. Jonathan and Mark are given assignments by The Boss, where they are required to use their humanity to help various troubled souls overcome their problems, each episode typically begins with Jonathan and Mark arriving in a new city and assuming the identities of business employees or civil service workers. This allows for a variety of identities and scenarios into which the two find themselves inserted, both Jonathan and Mark faced the same difficulties as people on Earth trying to rectify these problems, and had no special abilities except for the Boss tutorial. However, in situations, The Boss would help the protagonists with The Stuff. The episodes did have a range from serious issues to some that were more in line with ordinary problems. Nor did every episode point out that one individual or group was always wrong or always right, while dealing sensitively with these situations, the show also uses humor, particularly between Jonathan and Mark. Their personalities often clash, but they support each other. Jonathans mission on Earth is to do good in order to regain his wings and, presumably. As Jonathan and Mark develop a relationship and Jonathan is in better favor with Heaven, Mark would sometimes try to impede Jonathans progress. Guest stars Devon Odessa, Alyson Croft, and Joshua John Miller all won Young Artist Awards for their appearances, landons Bonanza co-star Lorne Greene appeared in a 1985 episode. Landons Little House on the Prairie co-star Matthew Laborteaux appeared in the one episode The Right Thing. Moses Gunn, who also co-starred on Little House and starred on Father Murphy, barbara Stuart appeared as Carla in the 1986 two-part episode Love and Marriage. In his last roles, Tyler McVey appeared in episodes in 1985 and 1986 as a minister. Don Keefer portrayed Dr. Washburn in the 1986 episode For the Love of Larry, anthony Zerbe starred in the episode The Devil and Jonathan Smith, playing a slave of the Devil whose mission was the exact opposite of Jonathans. In season ones two-part episode, The Thoroughbred, Helen Hunt starred as a young, in season threes Code Name, Freak, a young Jeff B
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Life Goes On (TV series)
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Life Goes On is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 12,1989, to May 23,1993. Reruns aired on The Family Channel from 1992 until about 1995, FX from about 1995 until about 1998, and PAX from 1998 until about 1999. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago, Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome. The drama featured the Thatcher family, whose son, Charles Corky Thatcher, has Down syndrome, tony Award-winning stage actress Patti LuPone played the mother Elizabeth and Bill Smitrovich played the father Drew. Eldest sister Paige Thatcher was played by Monique Lanier during the 1989–1990 seasons, Beccas boyfriend and Corkys buddy, Tyler Benchfield, was played by Tommy Puett. Jerry Berkson was Libbys quirky boss, in the last two seasons, Beccas boyfriend Jesse McKenna was played by Chad Lowe. Executive Producer Michael Braverman first cast Chris Burke in the 1987 television movie Desperate, based on Bravermans favorite book, after seeing Burkes work, ABC executives asked Braverman to create a show around Burke. The show is set in the Chicago suburb Glenbrook, Illinois, the name itself is a blend of the real suburbs served by the school, Glenview and Northbrook. Each episodes opening credits end with a shot of Arnold, the family dog, apparently forgotten by the family in their rush to get ready for the day, he sits forlornly in the kitchen with his empty food bowl in his mouth and lets it drop to the floor. During the shows first year, the focus was on Corky. Much of the show examined the challenges of a family whose son had Down Syndrome, the Thatchers sought to have Corky interact with regular society after spending years socializing him amongst other kids with Down syndrome in special classes. In addition, during the first three seasons, episodes included Tyler Benchfield, Beccas high school crush, who also had a brother with Down syndrome, Corky eventually got a job as an usher at a local movie theater. He later found a girlfriend, Amanda Swanson, who also had Down Syndrome, by the second season, the writers had begun to expand the shows scope beyond Corky, and the third and fourth seasons centered on Becca and a new character named Jesse. Jesse, a junior, met Becca through the theatre department. As the two friends, Jesse told Becca he was HIV-positive. Tyler became a prominent figure in Beccas life, and was jealous of Beccas closeness with Jesse. The character of Tyler was soon out of the show. Much to the surprise of those around them, Becca and Jesse began a relationship despite his HIV, the writers began to explore life with HIV through Jesses character, and the difficulties the disease causes with romantic relationships
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Batman: The Animated Series
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Batman, The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It was developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski, Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5,1992, to September 15,1995, with a total of 85 episodes. During its second season, the series was given the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, the series was praised for its thematic complexity, darker tone, artistic quality, film noir aesthetics, and modernization of its title characters crime-fighting origins. IGN listed The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book cartoon of all time, wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time. TV Guide ranked it the seventh Greatest Cartoon of All Time, the widespread acclaim led the series to win four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program. The series was also the first in the continuity of the shared DC animated universe, spawning further animated TV series, comic books and video games with most of the same creative talent. Its ratings success and critical acclaim led the series to two feature films, Batman, Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze. The series took influence from Tim Burtons live-action films, Batman and Batman Returns, the visual style of the series was based on the artwork of Radomski, although Timm is often mistakenly given credit because the characters were based on his designs. However, the backgrounds and look and feel of Gotham City were based on the initial designs laid out by Radomski. In addition, Radomski issued an order to the animation department that all backgrounds be painted using light colors on black paper. The distinctive visual combination of imagery and Art Deco design was dubbed Dark Deco by the producers. The series initially took a variation of music written by Danny Elfman for the Burton films as its theme, the score of the series was influenced by Elfman and Walkers work on the Burton films, as well as music of 1940s film noir. The series is more adult-oriented than previous superhero cartoons and it depicts outright physical violence against antagonists, including realistic firearms. During the series production, producer Alan Burnett wrote a silent episode entitled Silent Night to explore more of Batmans sexual life, Burnett also intended to make an episode featuring a female vampire that would bite Batman to suck his blood, but plans never materialized. The role was given to Tim Curry, but at the final. The recording sessions, under the supervision of voice director Andrea Romano, were recorded with the actors together in one studio instead of taking separate recordings and this method would later be employed for all subsequent series in the DC animated universe. Al Pacino was considered to voice Two-Face in the series, one of the series best-known inventions is the Jokers assistant, Harley Quinn, who became so popular that DC Comics later added her to mainstream Batman comic book continuity. The Penguin underwent change for the series, his appearance was remodeled after the version seen in Batman Returns, New life was also given to lesser-known characters for the series such as the Clock King
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Beverly Hills, 90210
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It is the first of five television series in the Beverly Hills,90210 franchise. The show was created by Darren Star and executive producers Charles Rosin followed in later seasons by Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Paul Waigner, Steve Wasserman, the 90210 in the title refers to one of the citys five ZIP codes. Beverly Hills,90210 was named one of the Best School Shows of All Time by AOL TV, the series became one of Foxs top shows when it began its next season that fall. The show also had many cast changes, with Garth, Spelling, Ian Ziering, the show followed the dramatic lives of its characters through high school, college, and ultimately the adult world, while introducing several additional characters as its seasons progressed. It is the show produced by Aaron Spelling, airing slightly longer than Dynasty. Shannen Doherty left the show at the end of the fourth season, dohertys character, Brenda Walsh, was written off the show as moving to London to attend school at the Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts. While the characters absence was originally described as only being for a year, she never returned and she was replaced with former Saved by the Bell star Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, who played the bad-girl character Valerie Malone. Dohertys departure from the show would be the longest the continuity had seen with a lead cast member not making another guest appearance after they had left the show. Spanning for a time of 14 years, Brenda Walsh was not seen in any 90210 incarnation until September 2,2008, in which she reprised her role in the CWs spinoff,90210. Doherty appeared as Brenda Walsh in the 2008 spin-off series,90210, along with former costars Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Ann Gillespie, Gabrielle Carteris left the show following the fifth season. Her character, Andrea Zuckerman, changed radically from high school to college, in high school, Andrea was the brainy editor of the West Beverly Blaze, had a crush on Brandon, and secretly lived out of district. During the fourth season, Andrea becomes pregnant, and gets married to someone she knows before the year is out. Her plot lines chronicled the struggles of trying to juggle college, marriage, the character eventually headed to Yale University. After her original five-year contract ended, Carteris voluntarily left the show for her own self-titled talk show, Carteris returned to the show for guest appearances during the sixth, eighth and tenth seasons. Both actors left the following the fifth season at the end of their original five-year contracts. During the high school years of the show, Jim and Cindy Walsh played secondary roles, offering advice to Brenda and Brandon, along with their friends and they generally spent most of their time reacting to various things that Brenda, Brandon and later Valerie did. Following the fifth season, both characters left Beverly Hills for Hong Kong, making occasional guest appearances in the sixth, seventh and eighth seasons, even though all the Walshes eventually left the show, the Walsh home continued to play a central role in the series. The show explained this by having Brandon tell Steve his parents had given the light for Steve to keep living in the house
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Andersonville (film)
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The film is loosely based on the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier imprisoned there. His line on escaping prisoners is similar to the book. The film begins with a group of Union soldiers being captured and forced to surrender at Cold Harbor, Virginia and they are transported to prisoner-of-war Camp Sumter, near Andersonville, Georgia. With every able-bodied man required for fighting, young teenagers and old men are used as guards, at one watch tower, manned by two young guards, a Union soldier offers money for some corn. He is instructed to step over the dead line fence and approach the tower to trade. But reluctantly, compelled by need, the soldier steps over the line, as the story unfolds, the unit captured at the beginning of the film ally with some inmates, and help them by working on their tunnel under the stockade wall. Eventually it is complete, but one man tries to inform the guards and he is captured and TT is cut into his forehead as a warning. The escape is attempted one night, and all well until the last man is spotted and shot. In a very time, most escapees are back in the camp. The situation with the Raiders eventually becomes unbearable, as group after group of new prisoners are targeted upon arrival, night raids are made, with possessions being taken from tents and prisoners injured or killed by the Raiders. After a banjo is stolen, one man fights to get it back but is badly beaten, things progressively get worse until finally one man decides he has seen enough of the vultures out to rob and murder the new boys. He rallies support from the groups, and within minutes hundreds of his comrades are charging the Raiders camp. A massive and deadly riot ensues, in the end the Raiders are beaten, stolen goods are redistributed to their owners, but many want them all hanged outright. But upon the insistence of a few, a request for a trial is made to Captain Wirz. A trial is held, with a made up of new internees. As the film ends, an announcement is made by Wirz that all prisoners are to be exchanged – the surviving Federal soldiers leave the camp, filing past their dead comrades on the way to the trains. Against a view of the present-day Andersonville National Cemetery, the movies end coda reads, In 1864–5, the men who walked to the trains were taken to other prisons, where they remained until the war ended. After the war, Wirz was hanged, the soldier to be tried and executed for war crimes committed during the Civil War
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High Incident
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High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian and it first aired on March 4,1996, running a total of 32 episodes. The show focused on the stories of a group of El Camino Police Department officers investigating and solving crimes. Although it received reviews and fair ratings, it was canceled after the end of its second season in May 1997. Thursdays 8,00 p. m. Tuesday 10,00 p. m, high Incident at the Internet Movie Database
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Prison of Secrets
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Prison of Secrets is a 1997 American television film directed by Fred Gerber. The film is based on a story and focuses on a female prison inmate who fights for womens rights while still in jail. Lynn Schaffer is a mother and wife, who gets arrested for a crime she did not realize she had committed. She does not take the arrest seriously at first, viewing herself as innocent, she goes against the advice of her lawyer to take a plea-bargain. Instead she opts for a trial, coming as a complete surprise to her, she is convicted, receives the maximum sentence of 10 years and is and sent to a womens prison, leaving behind her husband Larry and daughter Carey. Lynn is determined to stop this, but Larry advises her to not interfere, Lynn tries to take his advice, knowing that tough Angie and Betsy are the only people who are raped. However, when Frannie, one of the few women Lynn befriended, becomes the victim, she realizes that nobody is safe. With the help of her husband, who runs a radio station, sergeant Crang, determined to keep Lynn silent, watches her every move, prohibits her from receiving visits from her husband and even physically assaults her. Angie has always been profiting from the system, getting drugs from the police. In the end, Lynn receives a file from a female guard with all the evidence she needs. Eventually, more than 20 guards are fired and replaced by female guards, Lynn is allowed to serve the rest of her sentence on house arrest
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Brooklyn South
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Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for one season during the 1997–98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch, the series attempted to create a setting of a gritty, realistic police station similar to that of NYPD Blue, but differed by focusing on the uniformed police officers rather than the detectives. The pilot of Brooklyn South was noted as the first TV-MA rated episode on broadcast television, the focus for Brooklyn South was the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City. Francis Frank Donovan was the sergeant who presided every day over the morning shift assignments he gave to the uniformed officers. It was later revealed in the season that Donovan became an undercover informant 15 years earlier for IAB to protect his father, in the pilot episode, a psychotic gunman went on a shooting rampage outside the police station, killing a number of policemen and innocent bystanders. He was wounded in the shootout and brought back into the station where he died from his gunshot wounds, because the shooter was black and all of his victims were white, the killers family pressured the city to launch an Internal Affairs investigation. Kersey then had an affair with Donovan, but it did not last. Kersey and Donovan later got back together, later in the series, Kersey was designated to detective. Terry left the academy to take an undercover assignment to infiltrate an Irish street gang planning a bank robbery. Roussakoff briefly dated Jimmy and Terrys younger sister, Kathleen, but was awkward, Terry helped foil the Irish gangs robbery, and he ended up joining the police vice squad anti-crime unit. Jack Lowery was a street cop coping with personal demons which included his selfish and nagging wife, Yvonne. Lowery later started an affair with his partner, Nona Valentine, which did not sit well with Clement Johnson, Nonas former boyfriend. Eventually Nona and Clem got back together, then broke up, hector Villaneuva was a young rookie cop who was tutored by the rest of the officers how to do his job the best be could. Richard Santoro was the desk sergeant, a police veteran who had seen it all and was the voice of reason in the station house. Santoro later stuck up for Donovan when he came out as an informant for Internal Affairs Bureau to save Santoro from a corrupt IAB officer who was trying to ruin Santoros reputation, MacElwaine also stuck up for Donovan after finding out Donovans work with IAB. In the series episode, MacElwaine decided to retire from the police force. So, Captain Jonas threw a double-party for the police station in celebrating Santoros promotion. In his speech, MacElwaine changes his mind and decides not to retire, also, Emily Flannagan was a local barmaid and the daughter of Irish mobster Paddy Flannagan who was the leader of the small Irish gang that Terry had infiltrated
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Party of Five
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Party of Five is an American television teen drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12,1994 to May 3,2000. Notable co-stars included Scott Grimes, Paula Devicq, Jeremy London, however, in 1996, Party of Five won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, after which ratings and popularity grew for the majority of the remainder of the series. A spin-off starring Hewitt debuted on the network in 1999, Time of Your Life, the show, set in San Francisco, centered on the five Salinger siblings, who become orphans after their parents are killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. The siblings take over the running of their familys restaurant, Salingers, Charlie initially serves as bartender and manager, and later Bailey takes over. Matthew Fox as Charlie Salinger, the sibling who struggles to live his own life in the reluctant role of legal guardian to his brothers and sisters. Immature and insecure, he dropped out of college his senior year to find himself and was planning to re-enroll when his parents put him as legal guardian to his younger siblings. Scott Wolf as Bailey Salinger, the sibling who is forced to grow up fast. Neve Campbell as Julia Salinger, highly intelligent, emotionally sensitive teen who struggles to adjust to being an orphan, lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger, a gifted violinist struggling to build a life for herself and also deal with being an orphan. The role of the youngest, Owen Salinger, was recast three times as the character grew. He was played by Alexander and Zachary Ahnert in the episode, Brandon and Taylor Porter as an infant, Andrew and Stephen Cavarno as a preschooler. His character was aged faster than time, in a television process known as SORAS-ing. Paula Devicq as Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger, graduate student who is hired as Owen Salingers nanny, Scott Grimes as Will McCorkle, Baileys best friend from high school. Michael Goorjian as Justin Thompson, Julias friend, and later boyfriend, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sarah Reeves Merrin, Baileys sensitive, off-and-on girlfriend from high school who struggles also to find herself. Alexondra Lee as Callie Martel, Baileys roommate during his first year at college, Jeremy London as Griffin Chase Holbrook, moody and troubled teenager whom Julia becomes involved with. The character was portrayed by James Marsden in one first-season episode. Jennifer Aspen as Daphne Jablonsky, an erotic dancer who becomes involved with Charlie. The following lists all actors who appeared in five or more episodes during the run of the show, the show was created by the team of Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman and produced by Columbia Pictures Television and High Productions. CPT would later be folded into Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, which afterward became Sony Pictures Television
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Superman: The Animated Series
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Superman, The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comicss flagship character, Superman. It was produced by Warner Bros, animation and originally aired on Kids WB from September 6,1996 to February 12,2000. Premiering ten years after the 1986 reboot of the Superman comic-book character, midway through the series run, it was combined with The New Batman Adventures to become The New Batman/Superman Adventures. Originally producer Bruce Timm wanted the show to have a more 1940s Fleischer Studios Superman-cartoon feel, as with the first season of Batman, the opening theme sequence of Superman lacked an on-screen title. Also like Batman, the theme for Superman lacked any lyrics. One noticeable aspect of the series carried over from Byrnes work was Supermans powers were significantly downplayed compared to his book counterpart. Where as in the comic he could lift millions or billions of tons effortlessly, the writers admit that he was made as strong as story permitted. His durability was also considerably less that while bullets bounced off him, heavier ordnance like high caliber bullets, cannons and missiles caused him pain or discomfort. In addition, the ship carries the infant Kal-El to Earth is designed to have a pilot. This was done so that the ship is in working condition during Supermans adulthood. Season two was scheduled to run 26 episodes, but it was extended to 28 episodes in order to accommodate a two-part story featuring Supergirl. Paul Dini wrote the first issue of the series, followed by Scott McDaniel, Mark Millar, among the artists that contrinuited with the series are Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, Mike Manley, Aluir Amancio, Min S. Ku and Neil Vokes. Superman, The Animated Series is widely regarded as one of the finest and most faithful adaptations of the character ever and it is considered the animated counterpart/equivalent to Batman, The Animated Series, sharing its unique animation style and adult-oriented approach. It currently holds an 8.2 rating on IMDb ranking 3rd on DCAUs best reviewed shows, behind only Batman and Justice League, which are listed as 1st and 2nd respectively. In January 2009, Superman ranked #36 on IGNs Top 100 Animated Series list, again listed behind fellow DCAU shows Batman and Justice League, the DVDs present the series episodes in their airing order along with special features. Volume Two was released on December 6,2005 and Volume Three was released on June 20,2006. On November 24,2009, Warner Home Video released Superman the Complete Animated Series, part II was later altered from its original airing on February 7,1998. These characters and persons were later removed and the pacing was re-edited for subsequent airings and its DVD release on Superman
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The New Batman Adventures
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The New Batman Adventures is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, and is a continuation of the 1990s Batman, The Animated Series. It was produced by Warner Bros, animation and aired on The WB from September 13,1997 to January 16,1999. According to the reference book Batman Animated, series writer Paul Dini originally wanted the new show to be titled Batman, Gotham Knights, stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batmans supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan and The Creeper, characters who would appear with Batman in Justice League. In addition, the takes place around the same time as Superman. The 2001 video game Batman, Vengeance and its follow-up Batman, the New Batman Adventures premiered on The WB just two years after Batman, The Animated Series ended its original run on Fox. The animation style was changed significantly from BTAS due to budgetary issues, TNBA was later given the same opening theme of BTAS when aired in syndication. The show had a significant change in focus from the series, with episodes focusing less on Batman. The art became more streamlined and darker with simpler color schemes, while the Art Deco and his gadgets and vehicles were given a sleeker, redesigned look with a more black color scheme. Kevin Conroys voice for Batman became more stern, as well as less distinguishable from his voice for Bruce than in the original series. The writers made an effort to keep Batmans dialogue as terse and grim as possible, batgirls costume was changed to a look similar to her original outfit from her comic debut in Detective Comics #359. Melissa Gilbert was replaced by Tara Strong as the voice of Batgirl. and in the feature, Batman, The Killing Joke which reunited her with Conroy. Tim Drake was introduced as the new Robin in the episode Sins of the Father, however, Dini remarked that The Tim Drake origin in the comics as written now didnt work for us with him having a father and living so close to Wayne Manor. It seemed to work fine in the comics, but we needed our own family unit of Batman, Robin, Batgirl and occasionally Nightwing -. For these reasons, the team came up with their own origin for Tim Drake. The new color scheme was simplified to red, black and yellow, the costume retained the familiar red short-sleeved shirt, as well as the black cape with yellow inner lining. New elements included black sleeves, gloves, trunks and boots with red leggings, the familiar domino mask had also changed, giving the new Robin a more wide-eyed, innocent look. Dick Grayson, having abandoned his Robin persona as a result of an out with Batman seen in Old Wounds, had now adopted the identity of Nightwing
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Touched by an Angel
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Touched by an Angel is an American supernatural drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21,1994, and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27,2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, throughout the series, Monica is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives. From season three on, they are joined by Andrew, the angel of death. The series went into syndication in 1998, and has shown on Ion Television, Hallmark Channel. Monica in one episode outlines that she started in the choir then annunciations, followed by search and rescue, most cases involve a single person or a group of people who are at a crossroad in their lives and facing a large problem or tough decision. Monica and Tess bring them messages of hope from God and help give them guidance towards making their decision, as the series progresses, Monica continues gaining experience as a case worker and, during some cases having to learn lessons of her own. During the series pilot, an angel of death named Adam is introduced, in the season two premiere, Interview with an Angel, the Angel of Death is introduced as Henry. In the season two episode entitled, The One That Got Away Andrew is introduced as the Angel of Death. During season seven, a new angel, Gloria, is sent by God during one of Monicas assignments, the explosion killed most of the children, leaving the citizens devastated. An out of town developer claims Zack is the perpetrator and despite the lack of evidence, Zack is put on trial. Monica does all she can to help him, including asking Mike to represent him, but the prosecutor in the case, Jones, is really Satan in disguise, and Zack is eventually convicted. After the trial, Monica is able to help the citizens realize their mistake and they begin going back to church, welcomed by the pastor they had once abandoned. Their change of heart, however, cannot free Zack, so Monica visits him in jail and she then promises him that she will become his guardian angel, forgoing all future assignments and the coveted promotion, to protect him from harm in prison. When she returns in the morning, however, the cell is empty, the citizens decide not to search for him, and it is revealed that Joey inadvertently caused the explosion after the devil tricked him into turning the boiler too high to warm some kittens hed found. The perplexed Monica returns to the desert to find Tess and Zack, There, she learns that Zack was actually God, and that her defending him was a test, which she passed by being willing to sacrifice herself for him. As she leaves, she says her goodbyes to Gloria, and to Andrew, before parting, Tess gives Monica the keys to the Cadillac, as she is leaving her job to sit at Gods feet. Monica is last shown driving away as the camera out over the desert. Roma Downey as Monica, a soft kind-hearted angel who is sent town-to-town to encourage people, Della Reese as Tess, a tough and sarcastic, but loving supervisor who plays a key role in every one of Monicas cases
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The Practice
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The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The Practice focused on the law firm of Robert Donnell and Associates, plots typically featured the firms involvement in various high-profile criminal and civil cases that often mirror current events. Conflict between legal ethics and personal morality was a recurring theme, Kelley claimed that he conceived the show as something of a rebuttal to L. A. Law and its romanticized treatment of the American legal system and legal proceedings. At the start of the series, attorney Bobby Donnell employs associate attorneys Ellenor Frutt, Eugene Young, Lindsay Dole, by the fourth episode, Bobbys friend Jimmy Berluti is hired as an associate. Before that, Jimmy is a working as a loan officer. When he falsifies loan documents to help Bobbys struggling practice, he loses his job, Bobby maintains sole control over the firm until an ultimatum by Lindsay motivates him to name Ellenor, Eugene, Lindsay, and Rebecca as junior partners. To maintain control over the firm, Bobby writes into the charter that each received one vote in partnership meetings. While this decision prevents Lindsays power play from becoming ugly, it causes some tension when Bobby and Lindsay later become romantically involved. The partnership agreement also initially alienates Jimmy who feels insulted that he was the one on staff not named a partner. This is exacerbated by the fact that Rebecca is made partner despite her being the receptionist, Rebecca earns her law degree in Season 3, and Jimmy is eventually made partner at the end of Season 7. Bobby and his associates all share a friendship with A. D. A, Helen Gamble, who even shares a brief romance with Bobby – all highly unusual, considering how often Helens job places her in opposition to the firm. While the strategy is effective, it would occasionally backfire once the D. A. s office grew familiar with the strategy. This tactic invariably causes great distress for the attorney employing the plan when they know that the target is most likely innocent. Thus, in cases, Plan B is used only as a last resort. In 2003, Bobby Donnell leaves the firm, fearing he had become the blue-chip lawyer he had long resented and he names Eugene as senior partner. Along with Ellenor, Eugene decides to make Jimmy a full partner and extends an offer to Lindsay, and her associate Claire Wyatt to return to the firm. This occurred at the end of seven, at the end of which most of the cast was fired for budgetary reasons as ABC agreed to renew the show only if the budget per episode was drastically cut. Season eight began with half the original cast missing
