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Waiting to Exhale Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 American romance film directed by Forest Whitaker (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison, and Mykelti Williamson rounded out the rest of the cast. The original music score was composed by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The story centers on four female friends living in the Phoenix, Arizona area and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are "holding their breath" until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man.
Gang Related Gang Related is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Jim Kouf starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer and James Earl Jones. The film revolves around two corrupt cops who attempt to frame a homeless man for the murder of an undercover DEA agent they themselves had killed. The film was Tupac Shakur's last film performance. It was released over a year after Shakur's death.
A Time to Kill (Grisham novel) A Time to Kill is a 1988 legal thriller by John Grisham. It was Grisham's first novel. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published "The Firm", Wynwood released a trade paperback of "A Time to Kill", which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of "The Firm", bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for "A Time to Kill" and released a special hardcover edition.
Julia Roberts filmography Julia Roberts is an American actress and producer who made her debut in the 1987 direct-to-video feature "Firehouse". Roberts made her breakthrough the following year by starring in the coming-of-age film "Mystic Pizza" (1988). For her supporting role in the comedy-drama "Steel Magnolias" (1989), she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roberts' next role was opposite Richard Gere in the romantic comedy "Pretty Woman" (1990). The film is estimated to have sold over 42 million tickets in North America—the most for a romantic comedy in the United States as of 2014. For her performance, Roberts won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). In 1991, she appeared in the psychological thriller "Sleeping with the Enemy", and played Tinker Bell in the Steven Spielberg-directed fantasy adventure "Hook". Two years later, Roberts starred in the legal thriller "The Pelican Brief", an adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. During the late 1990s, she played the lead in the romantic comedies "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), "Notting Hill" (1999), and "Runaway Bride" (1999).
Any Given Sunday Any Given Sunday is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team. The film features an ensemble cast, including Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley, Marty Wright, and NFL players Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor. It is partly based on the novel "On Any Given Sunday" by famed NFL defensive end Pat Toomay; the title is derived from a line in the book (also used in the film) that a team can win or lose on "any given Sunday", said by the fictitious coach Tony D'Amato.
Matthew McConaughey filmography Matthew McConaughey is an American actor who made his breakthrough by starring in the Richard Linklater-directed coming of age comedy "Dazed and Confused" in 1993. His first lead role was in the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel "A Time to Kill". The following year, McConaughey played the lawyer Roger Sherman Baldwin opposite Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins in the Steven Spielberg-directed historical drama "Amistad", and also starred opposite Jodie Foster in the Robert Zemeckis-directed science fiction drama "Contact". In 1998, he appeared in the Linklater-directed comedy-drama "The Newton Boys". During the 2000s, McConaughey was typecast as a romantic comedy lead in the films "The Wedding Planner" (2001), "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003), "Failure to Launch" (2006), and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009).
The Client (TV series) The Client (also referred to as John Grisham's The Client) is an American television series that was broadcast on CBS. It aired for one season, premiering with a two-hour movie pilot on September 17, 1995, and airing new episodes through April 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film "The Client", itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also titled "The Client". It starred JoBeth Williams, John Heard, and Polly Holliday in the roles created in the film by Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Micole Mercurio, respectively.
The Firm (2012 TV series) The Firm is a Canadian-American one-hour television drama that began airing in January 2012 on Global in Canada and NBC in the United States and in February 2012 on AXN, and is a sequel to the 1991 John Grisham novel of the same name and its 1993 film adaptation. The television adaptation is set ten years after the novel and film.
Fordham Rams football The Fordham Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Fordham University located in the U.S. state of New York. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Patriot League. Fordham's first football team was fielded in 1881. The team plays its home games at the 7,000 seat Coffey Field in Bronx, New York. The Rams are coached by Andrew Breiner, who succeeded Joe Moorhead following the 2015 season after the latter was named offensive coordinator at Penn State.
Charles Hamilton (rapper) Charles Eddie-Lee Hamilton, Jr. (born November 10, 1987), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Harlem, New York City, New York. In addition to his solo career, he is a former member of The Chosen Few, and is also a former member of the All City Chess Club. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, Hamilton would sign to independent record label Demevolist Music Group. In 2008, Hamilton would release a series of mixtapes entitled "The Hamiltonization Process", and on December 8, 2008 Hamilton would independently release his debut album entitled "The Pink Lavalamp".
Hamilton Fish III Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish, Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was a soldier and Republican politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the state, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1945 and during that time was a prominent opponent of United States intervention in foreign affairs and was a critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Fish celebrated his 102nd birthday in 1990, he was the oldest living American who had served in Congress.
Anna Strong (spy) Anna Smith Strong (April 14, 1740 – August 12, 1812) of Setauket, New York, was an American Patriot and a possible member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution.
Cotterell Court Cotterell Court is a 1,750-seat multi-purpose arena in Hamilton, New York. It was built in 1959 and is home to the Colgate University Raiders basketball and volleyball teams. It hosted the 1996 Patriot League men's basketball tournament final. On November 4, 1977 the Grateful Dead played here as the homecoming weekend headliners. Similarly, The Doors and Bob Marley have played here, as well as Phish, who headlined Spring Party Weekend on April 23, 1993. It is named for Wesley M. Cotterell '19, a two-time letterwinner in basketball and school trustee. It was built as the eastern half of the William A. Reid Athletic Center, which also houses Starr Rink. The complex is located on the western side of campus next to Andy Kerr Stadium. It was renovated in 2000-2001.
Chip Wass Chip Wass (born 1965) is a well-known American illustrator, designer, and animator whose drawings are noted for their ironic style and trenchant comic wit. His art has appeared, among other places, on Nick at Nite and The Cartoon Network, in the New York Times, "Entertainment Weekly", and the Washington Post, and on albums of the Florida Ska band Less Than Jake. He has been a jury member of the AIGA (the professional organization for design) and a board member of the AIGA/NY.
Hamilton, New York Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American patriot Alexander Hamilton.
Johan Jost Herkimer Johan Jost Herkimer (Herchmer or Hercheimer c. 1732 – August 1795 ) was a Loyalist born in 1732, the second of five sons of Johan Jost Herkimer and Anna Catherine Herkimer of German Flatts, New York. He was the younger brother of the American Patriot General Nicholas Herkimer.
William S. Hamilton William Stephen Hamilton (August 4, 1797 – October 9, 1850), a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was an American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and territorial Wisconsin. Hamilton was born in New York, where he attended the United States Military Academy before he resigned and moved to Illinois in 1817. In Illinois he lived in Springfield and Peoria and eventually migrated to the lead-mining region of southern Wisconsin and established Hamilton's Diggings at present-day Wiota. Hamilton served in various political offices and as a commander in two Midwest Indian Wars. In 1849 he moved to California on the heels of the California Gold Rush. He died in Sacramento, most likely of cholera, in October 1850.
Frederick James Hamilton Merrill Frederick James Hamilton Merrill (1861–1916) was an American geologist, born in New York City. He graduated at the Columbia School of Mines in 1885, received his Ph.D. there five years afterward, held a fellowship in geology at Columbia College (1886–1890), and was assistant in the New Jersey Geological Survey (1885–1889). From 1890 to 1893 he was assistant geologist for New York State. He was assistant director (1890–1894) and director (1894–1904) of the New York State Museum, and was in charge of the New York exhibit at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892, at the Buffalo Exhibition 1901, and at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He afterward established himself in Los Angeles as a consulting mining geologist. To the bulletin of the New York State Museum he contributed "Salt and Gypsum Industries in New York" (1893); "Mineral Resources of New York" (1896); "Road Materials and Road Building in New York" (1897); "Natural History Museums of the United States and Canada" (1903).
Play the Game (2015 film) Play The Game! is a 2015 Austrian mystery thriller film portraying a series of events which take place in the context of a real-life game. It was written and directed by Jörg Helbig. The film uses elements of film noir and psychological thriller. It opened in Austria on June 16, 2015.
Jack (2015 film) Jack is a 2015 Austrian thriller film about serial killer Jack Unterweger, directed by Elisabeth Scharang. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Revanche (film) Revanche is a 2008 Austrian thriller film written and directed by Götz Spielmann. It centers on the ill-fated love story between a Viennese ex-con and a Ukrainian prostitute who get involved in a bank robbery.
Raman Raghav 2.0 Raman Raghav 2.0 is a 2016 Indian neo noir psychological thriller film directed by Anurag Kashyap. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the role of Ramanna, a psychopathic serial killer inspired by a serial killer who operated in Mumbai during the mid-1960s named Raman Raghav. Vicky Kaushal plays Raghavan, a cop assigned to investigate the serial killings. The film premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight to a positive critical reception, raising hopes of a good showing at the box office. It was released on 24 June 2016.
Ek Villain Ek Villain (English: "One Villain") is a 2014 Indian romantic thriller directed by Mohit Suri. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh in lead roles, and tells the story of a hardened criminal whose terminally ill wife is murdered by a serial killer. The film was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. The film is an unofficial remake of the 2010 South Korean action thriller film "I Saw the Devil". Upon its release on 27 June 2014, the film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics, and was a commercial success.
Charles Cullen Charles Edmund Cullen (born February 22, 1960) is a former nurse who is the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey history and is suspected to be the most prolific serial killer in American history. He confessed to authorities that he killed up to 40 patients during the course of his 16-year nursing career. But in subsequent interviews with police, psychiatric professionals, and journalists Charles Graeber and Steve Kroft, it became clear that he had killed many more, whom he could not specifically remember by name, though he could often remember details of their case. Experts have estimated that Charles Cullen may ultimately be responsible for 400 deaths, which would make him the most prolific serial killer in American history.
Sun Hill Serial Killer The Sun Hill Serial Killer was a major storyline from ITV's cop show "The Bill". Known originally as the "River Murders", the storyline spanned several months in 2002 and served as the exit for popular cast regular Cass Rickman (played by Suzanne Maddock). It was the first of several serial killer storylines from the show. Events came to a head in the New Year of 2003, when Acting DI Samantha Nixon discovers the truth and is taken hostage by the serial killer, before a final confrontation in which she is overpowered by DC Duncan Lennox, charged and thrown into the cells at Sun Hill Station.
Hannah (1997 film) Hannah is a 1997 Austrian thriller film directed by Reinhard Schwabenitzky. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The House That Jack Built (2018 film) The House That Jack Built is an upcoming psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Matt Dillon in the title role of Jack. The story follows Jack, a serial killer, over the course of 12 years in the 1970s and 1980s in the US state of Washington. Von Trier has described the film as celebrating "the idea that life is evil and soulless."
God's Spy God's Spy is a 2007 bestselling thriller novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado originally published in Spain. It has become an instant bestseller throughout Europe with a million copies sold to date and is going to be published in 42 countries. The plot is set in the Vatican, where, in the aftermath of Pope John Paul II's death, the hunt for a serial killer and sex offender — and former priest — reveals a chilling conspiracy. It is a detective story where the psychological portrait of Victor Karosky, the serial killer (which name is known from the first line of the book) is the spine of the novel. The action also takes place in a Maryland institution called the Saint Matthew Institute, a center for the rehabilitation of priest with a history of sexual abuse, which is based in a real-life place. This subject has aroused controversial issues in Catholic countries as Spain and Poland.
1931 Stanley Cup Finals The 1931 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks, making their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance. The Canadiens, defending champions, won the series to become the second NHL team to repeat as champion. Former player and now coach, Chicago's Dick Irvin, made his Finals coaching debut against the team he would later coach to three Stanley Cup titles.
1983 Stanley Cup Finals The 1983 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Edmonton Oilers in their first-ever Finals appearance and the defending champion New York Islanders, in their fourth, and fourth consecutive, Finals appearance. The Islanders would win the best-of-seven series four games to none, to win their fourth-straight and fourth-overall Stanley Cup. It was also the fourth straight Finals of post-1967 expansion teams, and the first involving a former World Hockey Association (WHA) team. This is also the most recent time that a defending Stanley Cup champion has won the cup four years in a row, and also the first (and, to date, only) time a North American professional sports team has won four consecutive titles in any league competition with more than twenty teams. Since 1983, no professional sports team on the continent has managed to win four straight championships and no NHL team has won more than two consecutive championships (most recently the Pittsburgh Penguins in and ).
1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season The 1984–85 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' sixth season in the NHL, and they were coming off a Stanley Cup championship in 1983–84. Edmonton would win their fourth-straight Smythe Division title, and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. On June 5, 2017, this team was voted by fans as the greatest NHL team, as part of the NHL's centennial celebrations.
2007 Stanley Cup Finals The 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2006–07 season, and the culmination of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Anaheim Ducks and the Eastern Conference champion Ottawa Senators. It was the second appearance in the Final for Anaheim since 2003 (known as the Mighty Ducks) when they lost to the New Jersey Devils. It was the first appearance for the Senators since entering the NHL as an expansion team in 1992. Anaheim defeated Ottawa in five games and were awarded their first Stanley Cup becoming the eleventh post-1967 expansion team to win the NHL championship trophy, and the first Stanley Cup championship for a team from California.
Gordon Haidy Gordon Adam "Gord" Haidy (April 11, 1928 – October 6, 2004) was a professional ice hockey player who played right wing, shooting right. He was born in Windsor, Ontario. Gordon played only one game, in the semi-finals, for the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in 1950. Haidy's name was not included on the Stanley Cup, because he was not a regular member of the Red Wings. He did qualify to be on the cup, however, so the NHL credits him with winning one Stanley Cup. Haidy never played another game in the NHL but played for several more years in the minors and at the senior hockey level for the Ontario Hockey League. Haidy is one of only three players who played their only NHL game in the playoffs for a Stanley Cup winning team (See Doug McKay, Chris Hayes). Haidy and his teammate Doug McKay accomplished the same feat of the winning both the Calder Cup and Stanley Cup in the same season.
1998 Stanley Cup Finals The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1997–1998 season, and the culmination of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals. It was the 105th year of the Stanley Cup being contested. The series was the Capitals' first appearance in a Stanley Cup Final since the franchise's inception in 1974. The Red Wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none. It was the Wings' ninth Stanley Cup, and the most recent time when a Finals concluded with a sweep (as of 2017). This was also the last time until that a Stanley Cup Finals ended after an NBA Finals in the same season had concluded. Detroit coach Scotty Bowman won his eighth Stanley Cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the Montreal Canadiens in , , , , and , the Pittsburgh Penguins in , and the Wings the previous year), tying him with former Canadiens coach Toe Blake for the record of most Cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the Red Wings win the 2002 Cup).
List of Montreal Canadiens seasons The Montreal Canadiens (French: "Les Canadiens de Montréal" ) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. The club is officially known as "le Club de hockey Canadien ". Founded in 1909, they have played a total of 107 seasons, 8 with the National Hockey Association (NHA) and 99 with the NHA's successor, the NHL. They are the only club to have played every season for both leagues and the only active NHL team to pre-date the founding of that league. They have won the Stanley Cup 24 times, once under the NHA and 23 times since the founding of the NHL, and have also won 11 O'Brien Cup titles, 24 division championships, and 8 conference championships. Overall they have the most games played, most wins, most ties, most points, highest points percentage, most years in the playoffs, most division championships, and most Stanley Cup championships of any team in the NHL.
1984 Stanley Cup Finals The 1984 Stanley Cup Final was held between the Edmonton Oilers and the then-defending champion New York Islanders. The Islanders had swept the Oilers in four straight games to win the Cup. In 1984, the Islanders were seeking their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup championship, but the upstart Oilers would win the best-of-seven series four games to one to win their first Stanley Cup, becoming the third post-1967 expansion team and first former World Hockey Association team to win the Cup, and also the first team based west of Chicago to win the Cup since the WCHL's Victoria Cougars became the last non-NHL team to win it in . It was also the fifth straight Finals of teams that joined the NHL in 1967 or later and a rematch of the 1983 Finals—a Stanley Cup Finals rematch would not happen again until the Finals. s of 2017 , the Islanders' four consecutive Cup wins (, , , 1983) and their appearance in the 1984 Cup Finals is an NHL record of 19 consecutive playoff series wins that currently stands unbroken. This would be the second of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from Alberta (the Oilers appeared in six, the Calgary Flames in two), and the first of five consecutive Finals to end with the Cup presentation on Alberta ice (the Oilers won four times, the Montreal Canadiens one).
1999 Stanley Cup Finals The 1999 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1998–1999 season, and the culmination of the 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Eastern Conference champion Buffalo Sabres and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars. It was the 106th year of the Stanley Cup being contested. The Sabres were led by captain Michael Peca, coach Lindy Ruff and goalie Dominik Hasek. The Stars were led by captain Derian Hatcher, coach Ken Hitchcock and goalie Ed Belfour. It was the Sabres' second Stanley Cup Final appearance, the first being a loss to Philadelphia in 1975. It was the third appearance for the Stars' franchise, and their first since moving to Dallas from Minnesota in 1993. Minnesota (known at the time as the North Stars) lost in the Final to the NY Islanders in 1981 and to Pittsburgh in 1991. The Stars defeated the Sabres four games to two to win their first Stanley Cup, becoming the eighth post-1967 expansion team to earn a championship, and the first Southern team to win the Cup. This was the first time since 1994 that the Stanley Cup Finals did not end in a sweep.
1917–18 Toronto Hockey Club season The 1917–18 Toronto Hockey Club season was the first season of the new "Toronto" franchise in the newly organized National Hockey League (NHL). The team was intended as a 'temporary' franchise, operating without an official club nickname (the press would dub them the "Blue Shirts" or "Torontos", and in 1948 the NHL would engrave "Toronto Arenas" on the Stanley Cup as the 1917–18 winner) and without a formal organization separate from the Toronto Arena Company that managed the Arena Gardens. Despite this, the team came together to win the first NHL Championship, competing against existing teams that had transferred directly from the National Hockey Association (NHA). Toronto would go on to win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association champion Vancouver Millionaires – the first Stanley Cup for an NHL team and the second Cup for a Toronto team after the Toronto Blueshirts' victory in the 1913–14 season of the NHA.
Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken Higemaru Makaijima (魔界島 七つの島大冒険 , "Makaijima Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken" , lit. Hell Island: Great Adventure of 7 Islands) is an action-adventure game developed for the Famicom and MSX home computer, and released by Capcom in 1987. It is a sequel to a 1984 arcade game developed by Capcom known as "Pirate Ship Higemaru". Neither the arcade game, nor this adventure adaptation were released outside Japan, although a prototype exists for a canceled North American NES release, where it was to be renamed ""Makai Island"".
Red Dead Redemption Red Dead Redemption is a Western action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in May 2010. It is the second title in the "Red Dead" franchise, after 2004's "Red Dead Revolver". The game, set during the decline of the American Frontier in the year 1911, follows John Marston, a former outlaw whose wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a hired gun. Having no other choice, Marston sets out to bring the three members of his former gang to justice.
Red Dead Redemption II Red Dead Redemption II is an upcoming western action-adventure video game developed and published by Rockstar Games for release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Q2 2018. The game is a prequel to the 2010 title "Red Dead Redemption" and will be the third entry in the "Red Dead" series. It follows outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Dutch van der Linde gang.
Rise of the Kasai Rise of the Kasai is an action-adventure game developed by BottleRocket Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America exclusively for PlayStation 2. The game serves as a followup to the 2002 action-adventure game "The Mark of Kri". On March 8, 2016 It was re-released on the PlayStation 4.
Rugrats: Royal Ransom Rugrats Royal Ransom is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Software and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. The game was released on November 26, 2002, and is based on the "Rugrats" television series, which ran from 1991 to 2004 on Nickelodeon. The game's plot is loosely based on "". It is also the first and only Rugrats video game on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube, as well as the last Rugrats video game on home consoles.
Romancia Romancia (ロマンシア ) , also known as Dragon Slayer Jr., is an action-adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom in 1986 for the PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX, and Sharp X1 computers. A later Famicom version was developed by Compile and published by Tokyo Shoseki. An enhanced remake was released for Windows in 1999 by Unbalance. It is the third in the "Dragon Slayer" series, preceded by "" and followed by "Dragon Slayer IV". "Romancia" is a simpler and brightly colored game in comparison to the other "Dragon Slayer" titles, hence the name "Dragon Slayer Jr."
Paul DeBoy Paul DeBoy (born September 14, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor. He is best known for appearances in "A Dirty Shame" as Wendell Doggett, "Red Dead Redemption" as Jimmy Saint, "Haber" as Bernhard Moritz and for episodes of "Law & Order" and "Law & Order Trial by Jury". DeBoy is a member of Naked Angels Tuesdays@9.
Undead Nightmare Undead Nightmare is an expansion pack to the 2010 video game "Red Dead Redemption". As a standalone episode, it adds a zombie horror-themed single-player campaign, two multiplayer modes, and cosmetic additions to the environments and characters of the open world Western action-adventure game. The alternate timeline story follows the returning protagonist and former outlaw John Marston as he seeks to find the cause and cure for a zombie plague that has infected his wife and son. Marston liberates towns overrun by the undead and assists other non-playable characters with quests along the way.
The Legend of Kage 2 The Legend of Kage 2 (影之伝説 , Kage no Densetsu 2 ) is a Japanese action-adventure game developed by Lancarse for the Nintendo DS, and published by Taito in 2008. Taito's parent company, Square Enix, published a North American localization of the game later that year. "The Legend of Kage 2" is the sequel to "The Legend of Kage" (1985), an arcade game developed and distributed by Taito.
Red Dead Revolver Red Dead Revolver is a 2004 western action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by Rockstar San Diego, published by Rockstar Games and distributed by Take-Two Interactive for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is the first game in the "Red Dead" series.
The Bomb Factory The Bomb Factory is a live music venue and event space located in the Deep Ellum district of downtown Dallas, Texas. Since its reopening in March 2015, the venue has hosted acts including Erykah Badu, Sturgill Simpson, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Disclosure, Don Henley of The Eagles, Future, D'Angelo, Brand New, Hardwell, Chvrches., Kraftwerk, Hatsune Miku, and Ludacris.
The Strand (Providence theater) The Strand is a 2,000-capacity live music venue in Providence, Rhode Island. Opened in 1915, The Strand was originally a vaudeville theater, and later a movie theater, and then reopened as a music venue in the 1990s. Some of the artists that performed at The Strand include Cheap Trick, Bob Dylan, Joe Satriani, B.B. King, Bad Company, Jon Bon Jovi, Joe Cocker, Slash's Snakepit and David Lee Roth.
P.A.'s Lounge P.A.'s Lounge is a live music venue in Somerville, Massachusetts, located near Union Square at 345 Somerville Ave. The venue's name derives from its original popularity as a club frequented by Portuguese immigrants (the letters P and A standing for Portuguese-American). P.A.'s then became a Portuguese seafood restaurant before re-opening as a live music venue and bar in the fall of 2002.
UC Theatre The UC Theatre is a music venue on University Avenue near Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, California. From 1976 until 2001, it was as a movie theater known for a revival house presentation of films. In 2013, The Berkeley Music Group was formed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to renovate and operate the UC Theater as live music venue. It reopened its doors on April 7, 2016.
Georgia Theatre Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. Many prominent national and local acts across all genres have performed at the Theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. The venue is on the Athens Music History Walking Tour sponsored by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau. Georgia Theatre opened as a music venue in 1978, but spent a few years in the early 1980s operating sporadically as a movie house. It was reopened as a music venue in 1989 and has since hosted many of the major touring acts that come through the state.
JB's Dudley JB's Dudley, usually known simply as JB's, was a nightclub and live music venue located on Castle Hill near the centre of Dudley, West Midlands. Originally opened on a different site in 1969, it claimed to be the longest-running live music venue in the United Kingdom, and hosted early performances by acts such as Dire Straits and U2.
Murray Hill Theatre Murray Hill Theatre is a Christian music venue and cafe located in Jacksonville, Florida. It is an independent, 501(c) non-profit charitable organization that is not affiliated with any church or denomination. It first opened as a west side movie theater in 1949 until becoming a Christian music venue in 1995. It is the longest-running live music venue and nightclub in Jacksonville, Florida.
JV's Restaurant Founded in October 1947, JV's Restaurant is a Falls Church and Fairfax County, Virginia restaurant and live music venue. Located on Arlington Boulevard, Route 50, just west of Annandale Road, JV's has provided live music for more than four decades. In 2004, the Washington Area Music Association presented JV's with the Special Appreciation Award, voted on by participating Washington-region musicians, as their favorite live venue.
Somerville Theatre The Somerville Theatre is an independent movie theater and concert venue in the Davis Square neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Over one hundred years old, the Somerville Theatre started off as a vaudeville house and movie theater. The theater has since transitioned and now operates as a live music venue and first-run movie theater. As a music venue, the theater has played host to many historic concerts, including the first of the two Last Dispatch concerts, two shows by Bruce Springsteen in 2003, and a performance by U2 in 2009. Recent live performances have included Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Cursive, Norah Jones, The Jonas Brothers, Joan Baez, and the John Butler Trio. The building also hosts the Somerville branch of the Museum of Bad Art.
Ziggy's Ziggy's was a live music venue and bar in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Baity Street venue closed after Thanksgiving in 2007. On August 5, 2011, Ziggy's reopened in Winston-Salem, in a 14,000 sq foot space on the corner of 8th and Trade St. in the Downtown Arts District. That venue closed down on February 21, 2016.
FG Hemisphere FG Capital Management, Ltd. is an American investment management firm based in New York City that focuses on equity investments and debt restructuring in emerging markets. As part of its management of distressed assets, FG Capital investigates and exposes financial fraud by engaging politicians, governments, and international organizations to combat corruption.
Bridgewater Associates Bridgewater Associates is an American investment management firm founded by Ray Dalio in 1975. The firm serves institutional clients including pension funds, endowments, foundations, foreign governments, and central banks.
PIMCO Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (commonly called PIMCO), is an American investment management firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with over 2,000 employees working in 13 offices across 12 countries, and $1.51 trillion in assets under management as of 30 June 2016. The company provides mutual funds and other portfolio management and asset allocation solutions for millions of investors worldwide. PIMCO offers a broad list of investment strategies that encompass the entire risk spectrum and capital structure, including core bonds and credit, structured credit, alternatives, real assets, equities and currencies.
Soros Fund Management Soros Fund Management, LLC is a private American investment management firm. It is currently structured as a family office but formerly as a hedge fund. The firm was founded in 1969 by George Soros and in 2010 was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades. It is headquartered at 250 West 55th Street in New York City.
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. Southeastern Asset Management is an employee-owned, global investment management firm founded in 1975 by O. Mason Hawkins and the investment advisor to the Longleaf Partners Funds, a suite of mutual funds and UCITS funds. Southeastern has approximately 60 employees worldwide, as of December 2013, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, with additional offices in London, England; Singapore; and Sydney, Australia. As of December 2013, the firm had $35 billion in assets under management.
Winton Group Winton Group, Ltd (which includes Winton Capital Management) is a British investment management firm founded by David Harding. It is a quantitative investment manager whose trading decisions are guided by models developed from scientific research and mathematical analysis. In the United States, Winton is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment advisor and with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a CTA, and is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. The company trades on more than 100 global futures markets in a wide variety of asset classes and on global equity markets. The firm was launched with $1.6 million in 1997 and as of 2016 it held $32 billion in assets under advisement. Winton Group has nine offices around the world: London, Oxford, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, Sydney, San Francisco, Tokyo and Zurich.
Brandywine Asset Management Brandywine Asset Management, Inc. is an American investment management firm founded and managed by Michael Dever. The firm is registered as a commodity trading advisor.
Fortress Investment Group Fortress Investment Group is an investment management firm based in New York City. When, Fortress launched on the NYSE on February 9, 2007 with Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers underwriting the IPO, it was the first large private equity firm in the United States to be traded publicly. As of June 30, 2016, the firm managed approximately $70.2 billion alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds and credit funds. In 2014, Fortress Investment Group was named "Hedge Fund Manager of the Year" by "Institutional Investor" and "Management Firm of the Year" by "HFMWeek". Fortress has previously been recognized by "Institutional Investor" as “Discretionary Macro-Focused Hedge Fund of the Year” for 2012, and “Credit-Focused Fund of the Year” for both 2011 and 2010.
D. E. Shaw & Co. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a global investment management firm founded in 1988 by David E. Shaw and based in New York City. The firm has offices in New York, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Shanghai, London and Bermuda. The company has made investments in technology, wind power, real estate, and financial services firms. Subsidiaries of the company acquired the toy store FAO Schwarz and eToys.com.
Renaissance Technologies Renaissance Technologies LLC is an East Setauket, New York-based American investment management firm founded in 1982 by James Simons, an award-winning mathematician and former Cold War code breaker, which specializes in systematic trading using only quantitative models derived from mathematical and statistical analyses. Renaissance is one of the first highly successful hedge funds using quantitative trading—known as "quant hedge funds"—that rely on powerful computers and sophisticated mathematics to guide investment strategies.
All for One Theater All For One Theater is a theater production company based in New York City. It exclusively produces solo shows. Noteworthy performers whom AFO has produced include Tom Hewitt, Deb Margolin, Leslie Jordan, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Bill Bowers. Hewitt, Margolin, and Bowers are frequent collaborators with All For One. All For One often runs its shows out of the historic Cherry Lane Theater.
Frew McMillan Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. Altogether, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37.
Laura Bullion Laura Bullion (October 1876 – December 2, 1961) was a female outlaw of the Old West. Most sources indicate Bullion was born of German and Native American heritage in Knickerbocker, near Mertzon in Irion County, Texas; the exact day of her birth is unclear. Data in the 1880 and 1900 Federal Census suggest a Laura Bullion might have been born on a farm in the township of Palarm near Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas, and might have grown up in Tom Green County, Texas. Other sources claim Laura Bullion was born in Kentucky in 1873.
Josiah Henson Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden, in Kent County, Upper Canada, of British Canada. Henson's autobiography, "The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself" (1849), is believed to have inspired the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852). Following the success of Stowe's novel, Henson issued an expanded version of his memoir in 1858, "Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life" (published Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1858). Interest in his life continued, and nearly two decades later, his life story was updated and published as "Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson" (1876).
Strathclyde Park Rowing Club Strathclyde Park Rowing Club (SPRC) is a rowing club which was founded in 2000 by Iain Somerside, Karen & Peter Barton and Tom Hewitt. It is the only 'open' club based at the international rowing course at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
Tom O'Hare Tom O'Hare (born 1943 in Mayobridge, County Down) is a former Northern Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local clubs Mayobridge and Clonduff and was a member of the Down senior inter-county team from the 1960s until the 1970s. O'Hare won an All-Ireland winners' medal with Down in 1968 scoring two points from 45's. Tom was recognised as one of the best defenders ever to play Gaelic football. He is currently a trustee and vice president of his club Mayobrisge. Tom was named on the respected and famous Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh's team of his life which was published in the Sunday Independent.
Marie Trainer Marie Trainer, born circa 1946 , is the outgoing mayor of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada after having been defeated on October, 25th 2010 by Mayor Elect Ken Hewitt. Hewitt finished with 6,984 votes, Trainer 5,748 and third-place finisher Buck Sloat with 2,929 in unofficial final results. She took office after defeating the incumbent, Lorraine Bergstrand in the Ontario municipal elections, 2003. The residents of Haldimand County re-elected Marie Trainer as mayor in the Ontario municipal elections, 2006. Trainer received national attention after making controversial comments while being interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the Caledonia land dispute.
Elliott Hewitt Elliott Jack Hewitt (born 30 May 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for League Two club Notts County. He can play in a variety of different positions, including right-back, centre-back, winger or central midfield. He is known at Notts County for his versatility and pace.
Tom Hewitt (footballer) Tom Hewitt ((1889--)26 1889 – 1980) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1911 and 1914, playing 8 matches. He played his first match on 28 January 1911 against Ireland and his last match on 16 March 1914 against England. At club level, he played for Wrexham and Chelsea.
Tom Hewitt (actor) Tom Hewitt (born c. 1957) is an American actor and Broadway stage performer, and a native of Victor, Montana.
Tongva language The Tongva language (also known as Gabrielino) is a Uto-Aztecan language formerly spoken by the Tongva, a Native American people who live in and around Los Angeles, California. Tongva is closely related to Serrano.
Anhaica Anhaica (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was the principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida. In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee Province. The site, now known as Martin Archaeological Site, was rediscovered in 1988.
Southern Sierra Miwok Southern Sierra Miwok is an Utian language spoken by the Native American people called the Southern Sierra Miwok of Northern California. Southern Sierra Miwok is a member of the Miwok language family along with Lake Miwok, Coast Miwok (extinct), Saclan (extinct), Plains Miwok (extinct), Northern Sierra Miwok and Central Sierra Miwok. The Miwok languages are a part of the larger Penutian language stock. The original territory of the Southern Sierra Miwok people is similar to modern day Mariposa County, California. The Southern Sierra Miwok language is nearly extinct with only a few speakers existing today. However, as of 2012, an active revitalization program is underway.
Taensa The Taensa (also Tensas, Tensaw, and grands Taensas in French ) were a Native American people whose early settlements, approximately 1,200 people in several villages, had their former locations in present-day Tensas Parish, Louisiana. The Taensa ultimately migrated as a result of Chickasaw and Yazoo hostilities, first lower down the river, but ultimately, protected by the French, to lands near the current eponymous Tensas river near Mobile, Alabama "ca." 1740. The meaning of the name, which has the further variants "Taënsa", "Taenso", "Tinsas", "Tenza" or "Tinza", "Tahensa" or "Takensa", and "Tenisaw", is unknown, although it is believed to be an autonym.
JoAllyn Archambault JoAllyn Archambault (born 1942) is a cultural anthropologist with an expertise in Native American people. She is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's American Indian Program. Born to a Sioux father and Creek mother, Archambault was raised in Sioux traditions and is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. Archambault has had a great contribution to anthropology by providing an insider's perspective to her research on Native American people.
Ho-Chunk The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocąągra or Winnebago, are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Luiseño language The Luiseño language is an Uto-Aztecan language of California spoken by the Luiseño, a Native American people who at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging 50 mi from the southern part of Los Angeles County, California, to the northern part of San Diego County, California, and inland 30 mi . The people are called "Luiseño" due to their proximity to the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
Syilx The Okanagan people, also spelled Okanogan, are a First Nations and Native American people whose traditional territory spans the U.S.-Canada boundary in Washington state and British Columbia in the Okanagan Country region. They call themselves the Syilx (] ), a term now widely used. They are part of the Interior Salish ethnological and linguistic grouping. The Okanagan are closely related to the Spokan, Sinixt, Nez Perce, Pend Oreille, Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux peoples of the same Northwest Plateau region.
Tiagba language The Lélé language, "Lélémrin," also known as Tiagba "(Tiagbamrin)" after its principal town, is a Kru language spoken by ethnic Aizi "(Ahizi)" on the shores of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. It is not intelligible with Mobu, also spoken by Aizi at the lagoon.
Timbisha language Timbisha ("Tümpisa"; also called Panamint or Koso) is the language of the Native American people who have inhabited the region in and around Death Valley, California and the southern Owens Valley since late prehistoric times. There are a few elderly individuals who can speak the language in California and Nevada, but none are monolingual and all use English regularly in their daily lives. Until the last decade of the twentieth century, the people called themselves and their language "Shoshone". The tribe then achieved Federal recognition under the name Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone Band of California. This is an Anglicized spelling of the native name of Death Valley, "tümpisa", pronounced ] , which means "rock paint" and refers to the rich sources of red ochre in the valley. Timbisha is also the language of the so-called "Shoshone" groups at Bishop, Big Pine, Darwin, Independence, and Lone Pine communities in California and the Beatty community in Nevada. It was also the language spoken at the former Indian Ranch reservation in Panamint Valley.
Dr. Wily Doctor Wily (Dr.ワイリー , Dokutā Wairi ) , ( ) full name Albert W. Wily, is a video game character and the main antagonist of the original "Mega Man" series. He appeared in the first "Mega Man" video game and later in promotions and other media related to the series. In Japanese, he is voiced by Takeshi Aono in all appearances except "" and its sequel, as well as "", where he instead was voiced by Kenichi-Ogata; in English, the character is voiced by Dean Galloway, Douglas Kendall, Ian James Corlett and Scott McNeil voicing the character in "Mega Man Powered Up", "Mega Man 8", "", and the animated series, respectively.
E. Honda Edmond Honda (エドモンド 本田 , Edomondo Honda ) , more commonly known as E. Honda, is a video game character created by Capcom for the "Street Fighter" series of fighting games. Introduced in "Street Fighter II" as part of the starting lineup, he has appeared in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", "Street Fighter IV", and the "Capcom vs. SNK" series, as well as several cameos. Honda is a professional sumo wrestler and "sentō" proprietor. He is one of the original eight playable characters in "Street Fighter II", representing Japan alongside Ryu.
Birdie (Street Fighter) Birdie (バーディー , Bādī ) is a video game character from the "Street Fighter" series of fighting games by Capcom. He debuted in the first "Street Fighter" as a non-playable character though he later made prominent appearances in the three "Street Fighter Alpha" games. His first appearance depicted him as a late 1970s tall white British punk rocker, but he later reappeared in the "Alpha" series as a hulking black British punk.
Cody (Final Fight) Cody (コーディー , Kōdī ) is a video game character who debuted as the lead character of Capcom's 1989 beat-em-up "Final Fight". He would appear as a playable character in "Street Fighter Alpha 3" and later "Final Fight"-related spin-offs. Cody is an American street brawler and vigilante who specializes in knife fighting. He was given the full name Cody Travers in "". The character's reception has been mostly positive.
Cammy Cammy White (キャミィ・ホワイト , Kyamī Howaito ) , also known as Cammy (キャミィ , Kyamī ) and the codename Killer Bee (キラービー , Kirā Bī ) in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", is a video game character in the "Street Fighter" fighting game series and the second female fighter to appear in the series, after Chun-Li. She debuted in 1993 as one of the four new characters in "Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers". She has also been featured in the "Street Fighter Alpha" games, first as a secret character and then as a playable character. The games explore her backstory as one of the evil M. Bison's deadliest assassins or "dolls" turned an amnesiac MI6 operative for the British government.
Rolento Rolento F. Schugerg (ロレント・F・シュゲルグ , Rorento Efu Shugerugu ) , is a video game character from both the "Final Fight" and "Street Fighter" series. Like Sodom before him, he first appeared as a boss character in "Final Fight", but later evolved into a playable fighter in "Street Fighter Alpha 2".
Guy (Final Fight) Guy (ガイ , Gai ) is a video game character who first appeared in the 1989 arcade beat-em-up "Final Fight" by Capcom. Guy, along with other "Final Fight" series characters, has also been a recurring player character in the "Street Fighter" fighting game series since "Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams" in 1995. Guy is a crimson-clad ninpō master of Japanese descent who has been taught the Bushin (武神 , Warrior God ) form of ninjutsu. The kanji, 武神, written on Guy's top literally translates to "God of War".
Kate Higgins Catherine Davis "Kate" Higgins (born August 16, 1969 in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.), also known as Kate Davis, is an American voice actress, singer and jazz pianist. Her major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and is best known as the voice of Sakura Haruno in "Naruto". She has also voiced C.C. in "Code Geass" and Saber in the original "Fate/stay Night". In 2010, she voiced Miles "Tails" Prower in the video game series "Sonic the Hedgehog". She also voices Kate, Stinky and Lilly in the "Alpha and Omega" sequels. In 2014, She became the voice of Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz English dub of "Sailor Moon".
Omega Quintet Omega Quintet (オメガクインテット , Omega Kuintetto ) is a video game developed by Galapagos RPG, a subsidiary of Compile Heart, for the PlayStation 4. A hybrid between an idol simulation game and a role-playing video game, the player plays as Takuto, the manager of the Verse Maidens, an idol group that use the power of song and dance to fight off a phenomenon called the "Beep" and save the world. "Omega Quintet" is the first game by Compile Heart for the PlayStation 4, and also the first retail game for the PS4 to utilize PlayStation Move. An English version of the game, available in both digital and retail format, has been announced, and was released on April 28, 2015 in the United States and in Europe on 1 May 2015. A Microsoft Windows version, produced and published by Ghostlight, will be released in 2017.
Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting) Robert Garcia (ロバート・ガルシア , Robāto Garushia ) is a video game character created by SNK. Robert stars in the fighting video game "Art of Fighting" as the lead character along his best friend Ryo Sakazaki. The game has both of them as practitioners of the Kyokugenryu Karate fighting who search for Ryo's younger sister, Yuri Sakazaki, who was kidnapped by a criminal named Mr. Big. He is additionally featured in most of "The King of Fighters" crossover games, in which starts into the King of Fighters tournament in teams composed of three members. Thus far, he has been a playable character in every edition of "KOF" except "The King of Fighters XI"; however, he has been added back in for the PlayStation 2 version of the game.
Richard Bentley (publisher) Richard Bentley (24 October 1794 – 10 September 1871) was a 19th-century English publisher born into a family of publishers. He started a firm with his brother in 1819. Ten years later, he went into partnership with the publisher Henry Colburn. Although the business was often successful, publishing the famous "Standard Novels" series, the two men ended their partnership three years later in great acrimony. During the 1830s and early 1840s, Bentley successfully ran his own publishing firm, establishing the profitable and well-regarded "Bentley's Miscellany". However, he and its editor, Charles Dickens, quarrelled, and the periodical went into decline after Dickens left. After 1843, Bentley's business started to falter, as hard economic times set in. He was forced to sell many of the copyrights he had purchased as well as "Bentley's Miscellany". Only 15 years later did his business recover and he began initiating projects again. In 1867, he was injured in an accident at a railway station and he suffered ill health after that until his death four years later.
Son of Your Father "Son of Your Father" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It is the fourth track on his third studio album, "Tumbleweed Connection". The lyrics tell of an argument between two men (one blind) on "an East Virginia Farm." After a while, their argument leads to death because the two men did not follow the golden rule as stated in the lyrics (but in different words). It is the only song off "Tumbleweed Connection" John has never performed in concert.