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3. Vince Gribbin
4. Eppie Gibson
5. Syd Lowdon (No. 5) circa-1950s
6. Phil Kitchin circa-1956-65
7. Arnold 'Boxer' Walker
8. Bill McAlone (Testimonial match 1960)
9. Aaron Lester
10. John Tembey circa-1950s
11. Bill Holliday
12. Dick Huddart
13. Gordon Cottier
14. Billy Garratt (No. 3) ci... | 14,600 |
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Oobi (TV series)
Oobi is an American children's television series created by Josh Selig of Little Airplane Productions. The series follows four characters, represented by bare hand puppets with eyes and accessories, on their everyday adventures. It began in 2000 as a series of shorts commissioned by t... | 14,601 |
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Sezamkowa", the Polish version of "Sesame Street". Roles on "Oobi" were offered to veteran puppeteers from related Sesame Workshop shows. The Jim Henson Company, which designed the puppets on "Sesame Street", held a stake in Noggin at the time of "Oobi"s inception. Principal photography took place at K... | 14,602 |
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such as hats and hairpieces. The puppeteers' thumbs are used to represent mouth movement, and their fingers flutter and clench to indicate emotions. The characters speak in simplified sentences that do not contain prepositions or conjunctions. The puppets have been compared to those of ventriloquist Se... | 14,603 |
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"Oobi" posted an average Nielsen rating of 2.35 among the preschool age group by its second season, becoming the highest-rated series ever to air on Noggin. It is the most widely distributed Noggin original program, having aired in over 23 markets worldwide by 2005. A spin-off titled "" premiered in 20... | 14,604 |
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they speak in simplified sentences resembling the speech structure of a child just beginning to talk. For example, "Uma, school, first day" is said in place of "It is my first day of school." Prepositions and conjunctions are rarely used. The show is intended to help preschool-aged viewers develop soci... | 14,605 |
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often misunderstanding Oobi's discoveries in a comical way or providing humorous commentary about the episode's topic. The series is meant to mirror the stage of early childhood "when everything in [the] world is new and incredible" and "when each revelation helps build a sense of mastery and self-conf... | 14,606 |
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or memory) in which viewers are encouraged to play along with the characters. When "Oobi" was renewed for a second season in 2004, game segments were dropped in favor of extended storylines. Interviews remained an integral part of the program in later episodes, but instead of being shown after the stor... | 14,607 |
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episodes. Recurring elements in the series include Oobi's aspiration to become a piano player and his favorite toy, a miniature red model car. He acts as a role model to his younger sister, Uma, who often looks to him for guidance.
- Uma (Stephanie D'Abruzzo) is Oobi's three-year-old sister. She is sh... | 14,608 |
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words.
- Kako (Noel MacNeal) is Oobi's excitable, confident, and slightly arrogant best friend. Kako generally has a playful attitude and often cracks jokes, but he can prove to be insightful and sincere whenever Oobi needs advice. He has green eyes and wears a red knit cap. His catchphrase is "Perfec... | 14,609 |
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look taller. His favorite pastimes are cooking and gardening. He develops a romantic relationship with Oobi's piano teacher, Inka, throughout the series. His catchphrase is "Lovely!"
## Recurring.
- Inka (Stephanie D'Abruzzo) is Oobi's piano teacher and Grampu's love interest. She often takes Grampu ... | 14,610 |
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for singing but gets stage fright whenever he has to perform in front of an audience.
- Mrs. Johnson (Jennifer Barnhart) is Oobi's elderly neighbor and one of the few left-handed characters on the program. She wears a white wig, glasses with circular lenses, and a sleeve-like brown dress. She has a pe... | 14,611 |
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at the local community center. He is also in charge of the town's theatrical productions. He wears a bow tie and a gray wig made to resemble the distinctive hairstyle of Ludwig van Beethoven. His index finger is always extended and he uses it as a conducting baton.
- Frieda the Foot (Cheryl Blaylock) ... | 14,612 |
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of diversity.
- Moppie (Heather Asch) is Uma's best friend from preschool. She has curly red hair, and her fingers are curled in a fist-like position. She is high-spirited and energetic, but also afraid to try new things. Her favorite activity is drawing portraits of her classmates.
- Bella (Lisa Buc... | 14,613 |
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Polish adaptation of "Sesame Street". Each puppeteer used their hand and a pair of ping pong balls in place of a puppet. This is a common technique among puppeteers in training, as it helps them learn the basics of lip-syncing and focusing the eyes of a puppet. Selig noted the amount of expression conv... | 14,614 |
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Street" when he was given the opportunity to propose his own show to Noggin. He pitched "Oobi" to them under the working title "Pipo", which he intended to name the main character. He decided to rename the show "Oobi" after he discovered that "Pipo" was already trademarked by an Italian brand of jeans.... | 14,615 |
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Little Airplane Productions. Of the shorts, he said, "I set up a shop to produce that series. So we just signed a one-year lease, it was really an experiment for us ... and after the first year we found that we loved having a company." The shorts were filmed in 1999 and started airing in mid-2000 on bo... | 14,616 |
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Workshop alumni. Kevin Clash, best known for being the original performer of Elmo in many Muppet projects, was an ensemble puppeteer on "Oobi" and guest-starred as Randy in the "Babysitter!" episode. Matt Vogel, the current puppeteer for Kermit the Frog and Big Bird, played the recurring role of Angus.... | 14,617 |
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Lisa Simon, who won 20 Daytime Emmys for her work as a director of "Sesame Street", acted as the supervising producer.
Sacred Noise, a music production company in New York, provided the show's background music. A staff of New York-based composers wrote original songs sung by the characters. Christophe... | 14,618 |
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sound mixer.
## Filming.
"Oobi" was filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York. The show's set pieces were built on tall wooden poles, positioned to be level with the puppeteers' hands when they raised their arms. This kept the actors' heads out of the camera frame and allowed them to walk normall... | 14,619 |
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lines in post-production, specifically for the musical sequences, which required them to record different takes to match their voices to the music tracks.
Many of the show's sets were made to evoke the appearance of old-fashioned home environments. To simulate natural window light in the studio, the c... | 14,620 |
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shave their arms regularly if they played younger characters; Josh Selig said in a 2004 interview that Lagasse had to shave often so that Oobi would not "look like a hairy kid." Tyler Bunch was told specifically not to shave, as his natural arm hair gave Grampu the appearance of an elderly, hairy grand... | 14,621 |
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a new set that allowed Blaylock to raise her foot alongside the hand puppets. To do this, they assembled a ramp-like stage with a chair connected to it, resting on its side. Blaylock was able to lie down in the chair and rest her leg on the ramp, making her foot appear to be standing at the same height... | 14,622 |
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in English and wished to create a tailored version for a new audience. The same American prop makers from "Oobi" supplied the puppet costumes, which were identical to those of the original show. The cast of adult puppets, which was expanded to include a set of parents in addition to a single grandfathe... | 14,623 |
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Broadcast.
## Episodes.
26 full-length episodes (each consisting of two segments) and 48 shorts aired during the series' run. The shorts were shown as interstitials on Noggin and Nickelodeon during the Nick Jr. block. The full-length episodes, each one spanning ten minutes, were aired in pairs.
## A... | 14,624 |
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Nickelodeon's on-demand service from 2004 until 2009. In 2005, "Oobi" episodes were released to Nick Jr. Video, a section of the TurboNick broadband video service. Later that year, the show was aired as part of "Cox Family Fun Night," a weekly event featuring content from Nickelodeon that was broadcast... | 14,625 |
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of the Noggin mobile application. The show has been available for streaming on Amazon Video since June 2018.
By the end of its run in 2005, "Oobi" had aired in over 23 international markets, many of which span multiple countries. In Canada, TVOntario aired both the shorts and the full-length episodes.... | 14,626 |
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"Oobi" has been one of Nickelodeon Pakistan's flagship series since 2009; as of 2018, it continues to air on the network once per day.
The series has been dubbed in a variety of languages. From 2005 to 2006, an Icelandic-dubbed version of "Oobi" aired on Stöð 2. In China, a Standard Mandarin dub aired... | 14,627 |
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June 2010. A Polish dub titled "Rączusie" aired on Nickelodeon Poland from July 19, 2009 to February 28, 2010. Nickelodeon Arabia, which broadcasts to the Middle East and North Africa, aired an Arabic dub from 2009 to 2011. The series was also shown in other Oceanian regions, such as Tonga. Although "O... | 14,628 |
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was inspired by "Oobi" and features hand puppets in the style of the show. Ruess is represented in the video by a puppet wearing a bowler hat on his knuckles, in a fashion similar to the "Oobi" character Kako (who also sports a cap). It begins with Ruess's character creating a shadow puppet, but "the s... | 14,629 |
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The Format's announcement that it would break up, and not release another album. The video was also briefly shown on Viacom's own networks MTV2 and MTVU. The newspaper "Pipe Dream" noted in 2008 that the video "was just making the rounds on alternative music networks ... but almost as quickly as [The F... | 14,630 |
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The "Oobi" hand puppet (named "Elizabeth") was intended to be a metaphor for masturbation, which is generally regarded as a taboo subject in the country. The company had produced other anti-masturbation advertisements in the past, all of which were unsuccessful in Turkey. Havas Worldwide stated in an i... | 14,631 |
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with Turkish consumers. The advertisement received over five million views on YouTube in its first week of release, despite how the website was blocked in Turkey at the time. The amount of Durex Turkey's followers on Facebook also increased by 20% following the commercial's first broadcast on televisio... | 14,632 |
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to the actors so that they would be familiar with it.
# Reception.
## Ratings.
"Oobi" was instrumental in growing the Noggin network's viewership. From 2003 to 2004, full-length episodes of the show (along with premieres of "Miffy and Friends" and "Connie the Cow") were responsible for increasing No... | 14,633 |
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"breakout original series "Oobi"." Its growing audience was what led Noggin to order a second season of full-length episodes. The premiere of the "Uma Preschool!" episode on September 6, 2004, posted a 2.35 Nielsen rating among the preschool age group, becoming the highest-rated premiere of a Noggin or... | 14,634 |
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News" called "Oobi" "the most imaginative and interesting preschooler program to debut in years," describing its characters as "amazingly expressive hands that show anger, fear, happiness, even age and youth." The Coalition for Quality Children's Media wrote positively of "Oobi", complimenting its conc... | 14,635 |
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encourage kids to be imaginative." Jaime Egan of Families.com commended the show's messages of inclusion and diversity, calling them "invaluable" and highlighting Frieda the Foot and Kako as stand-out characters. Ryan Ball of "Animation Magazine" described the show as "an offbeat new entry" to Noggin's... | 14,636 |
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target audience. 'The simplicity is really understandable by my two-year-old, but my ten-year-old really giggles at "Oobi". Andrew Dalton of "The Stir" stated that he was a fan of the show himself, adding that "Oobi" is "just happy to be simple and gleeful, and that actually makes it more appealing to ... | 14,637 |
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premiere; they are good. But another new show outreaches the rest: "Oobi"." In a 2018 interview, Noel MacNeal recounted, "Some of our biggest fans became [college] kids coming back from parties, who were just like really stoned, and would just sit and watch "Oobi"."
## Awards and nominations.
In spri... | 14,638 |
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the "Up to 6 Fiction" category at the . In 2007, Common Sense Media named the series on its annual list of "Best Bets for Young Kids 2-4." In June 2009, Josh Selig was presented with an Innovation Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation for his work on the show. In 2014, Prix Je... | 14,639 |
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2014 Epica Awards.
## Cultural impact.
"Oobi" has made an impression on celebrities. Actress Uma Thurman, who shares her first name with the character of Uma, revealed to Stephanie D'Abruzzo (who plays "Oobi"s Uma) that she was familiar with the show and its characters in 2004. As part of his "Brothe... | 14,640 |
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out of context and provided sarcastic commentary on them. After watching a scene from the "Showtime!" episode that depicted Oobi and Kako glued together, McHale joked about the puppets being homosexual.
During its run, the series developed a cult following of Muppet fans and amateur filmmakers who cre... | 14,641 |
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reported that "the show - the work of various "Sesame Street alumni" - is developing a strong cult following; the real Uma [Thurman] is said to be a fan of hand Uma." An online catalogue of unofficial "Oobi" puppets and accessories, OobiEyes.com, was operated from 2006 to 2013. A community of amateur p... | 14,642 |
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as hand puppets and given "Oo"-themed names in the vein of Oobi and Uma.
The show is mentioned in a variety of books published by television producers, puppeteers, and parents of young children. Satirist Neal Pollack mentions the show in his autobiography "Alternadad", in which he notes that "Oobi" "o... | 14,643 |
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the preschool entertainment business and its effect on parenting. Robert Rodriguez, a filmmaker who directed "Sharkboy and Lavagirl" and the "Spy Kids" franchise, also likens the show to Señor Wences' puppets in his book "The 1950s' Most Wanted". Lisa Guernsey mentions that "Oobi" "promot[es] cognitive... | 14,644 |
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Oswald", which featured a clip from the "Dance Class!" episode. Several of these videos have been repackaged and sold in DVD packs as recently as 2015.
"Oobi" has been featured in many television-related magazines. Information about the show was frequently incorporated into "Nick Jr. Magazine", whose ... | 14,645 |
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"Oobi" characters. "Kidscreen" regularly included news about the series. In July 2005, it mentioned the show in a description of the Little Airplane Academy. The June 2007 issue included a story about how Little Airplane conceived the "Oobi" series' title.
## Online content.
"Oobi" activities were av... | 14,646 |
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the characters were also released on the site. The games based on the show were mentioned by "Time" magazine when it named Noggin.com one of the 50 best sites of 2004, and by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences when the site won a Webby Award in 2005.
The majority of the games recei... | 14,647 |
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kids drag a bubble wand next to Oobi's 'mouth' so he can blow bubbles. This just teaches tots to click and drag. Wouldn't it be more fun to do this with real wands and soapy water?"
## Promotional events.
The 2001 North American Trade Show Tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota, included a replica of the "Oob... | 14,648 |
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these events, and visitors were supplied with "Oobi" puppet eyes and activities.
Fifteen minutes of "Oobi" shorts were played as part of the 2001 Kids First Film and Video Festival, presented by the Coalition for Quality Children's Media. The festival was a nationwide event; the first screening occurr... | 14,649 |
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at Jillian's restaurants as part of the chain's "Noggin Play Day" promotion. At these events, attendees could watch a live feed of Noggin with themed activities and meals.
""Oobi" Arts and Crafts" sessions were held throughout November 2007 at Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando, Florida. Sets of pla... | 14,650 |
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Orangeville, Ontario
Orangeville (UA population 30,734) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County.
# History.
The archeological record in Dufferin County dates indigenous occupation of the area to the "early Paleo-Indian" time period from 9000 to 8400 BCE. What ... | 14,651 |
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counties", according to Sawden's "A History of Dufferin County" the Petún also lived farther south at the source of the Grand River in Dufferin County.
The Petún were decimated by European diseases in the 1630s, going from a population of approximately 8000 to 3000, and were subsequently attacked ... | 14,652 |
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the trade between European markets, and the trade between tribes of the Great Lakes region.
After the decimation and dispersal of the Huron, Petún, and Neutral people of southern Ontario, Algonkian peoples from northern Ontario moved into the area at the end of the 17th century and the beginning o... | 14,653 |
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years since their displacement from southern Ontario, and despite the heteroglot and diasporic nature of their contemporary communities (located in Oklahoma, Michigan, Kansas, and Quebec), they continue to recognize their shared history and are united through a modern-day Wyandotte Confederacy.
Th... | 14,654 |
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in the militia. Lawrence purchased the land that became Orangeville from Robert Hughson. Orange Lawrence committed suicide December 15, 1861. In 1873, the Act of Incorporation was passed and Orangeville was given town status on January 1, 1874. The public library, located at Broadway and Mill Stree... | 14,655 |
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Fairgrounds Shopping Centre. Many residents in and around Orangeville also commute to other areas of the Greater Toronto Area for work.
There are a number of manufacturing plants located in the town. Major industrial employers include Greening Donald (automotive airbag components), Resolve Corpora... | 14,656 |
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Highway 9) and First Street. Highway 10 runs through Orangeville on its east side.
Beginning in 2005, a major roadwork project was initiated to resurface Broadway through Orangeville. The downtown section was completed in early 2006, with extensive work still to be done on the west end in late 200... | 14,657 |
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narrow for fire trucks to properly set up in case of a fire in a downtown building.
Construction of the South Arterial Road, often referred to as the 'Orangeville by-pass', was completed on August 3, 2005. The road runs from east to west, connecting Highway 10 and County Road 109 (formerly Highway... | 14,658 |
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MacCallum Ltd. and Gartner Lee Ltd.
Orangeville Transit is the town's own public transit system, and there is a commuter GO Transit bus service to Brampton. In the early 1990s, preliminary plans were drawn up for GO Transit rail service to Orangeville. However, it never got past the drawing board.... | 14,659 |
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serve Orangeville, to be called the Huron and Ontario Electric Railway.
# Demographics.
According to the 2016 Canadian Census, the population of Orangeville is 28,900, a 3.3% increase from 2011, with a per annum average growth rate over the same period. The area is , giving a population density o... | 14,660 |
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of $61,348.
Orangeville inhabitants are predominantly of European descent. The racial composition of Orangeville is:
# Education.
Upper Grand District School Board operates secular anglophone public schools. The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board operates anglophone catholic public sch... | 14,661 |
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St. Andrew's RC, St. Benedict's RC, St. Peter's RC, Island Lake Public School and Spencer Avenue Elementary, as well as a holding school, formerly Springbrook Elementary. Along with these publicly funded schools, there are several private schools in the area: Headwater Hills Montessori School, Duff... | 14,662 |
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said to be the result of 'improper foundation for the area' as the school was built upon a swamp. It is currently being used as a holding school that other schools including Island Lake, Montgomery Village, and Princess Margaret, have used while repairs, renovations, rebuilds and construction were ... | 14,663 |
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2007 at a temporary location at the Alder Street arena. A new campus was planned on an site located on Veteran's Way. The first phase of the new facility is planned to open in late fall 2007 or early 2008. Upon opening, the campus is expected to accommodate up to 400 students, expanding to 2,000 by... | 14,664 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
Orangeville Opera House. This facility is the home base of professional theatre company Theatre Orangeville, and hosts plays and concerts throughout the year.
Begun in 2003, Orangeville's Art Walk of Tree Sculptures features more than 50 detailed works by local artists. The sculptures are carved f... | 14,665 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
Recreation Facility until moving to Brampton in 2018. Orangeville was also home to a professional basketball team, the Orangeville A's of the National Basketball League of Canada, who played at the Orangeville Athlete Institute. The Athlete Institute Academy is home to Orangeville Prep, which has p... | 14,666 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
has historically targeted the broader Greater Toronto Area and Toronto (having moved its tower closer to the city, and operating from studios in Etobicoke) rather than operate as an Orangeville-specific outlet, and has faced orders from the CRTC requesting that the station regularly broadcast more ... | 14,667 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
district of Dufferin—Caledon. This was changed from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey when the Province instituted the 107 electoral districts revision in 2006. Its current Member of Provincial Parliament is Sylvia Jones, former assistant to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader, John Tory. ... | 14,668 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
Haggis/Jubilee Riots
- Ryan Cooley, actor who portrayed J.T. Yorke on ""
- Adam Copeland, WWE Hall of Famer, retired professional wrestler/actor better known as "The Rated R Superstar" Edge
- Nick Cvjetkovich, professional wrestler better known as Kizarny in WWE and Sinn in TNA
- Robertson Davi... | 14,669 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
alumnus of the Athlete Institute and 2016 draft pick of the Denver Nuggets
- Jason Reso, WWE and TNA World Champion, retired professional wrestler, better known as Christian Cage/Christian
- Brett Ritchie, Dallas Stars, NHL
- Nick Ritchie, Anaheim Ducks, NHL
Orangeville has produced a number of... | 14,670 |
1214813 | Orangeville, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orangeville,%20Ontario | Orangeville, Ontario
r
- Brodie Merrill, NLL Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2006
- Brandon Miller
- the Sanderson family, including Terry, Nathan, Josh, Phil, and Chris
- Dillon Ward, NLL, MVP of 2014 World Lacrosse Championships
# Accolade.
On November 4, 2015, The Canadian Institute of P... | 14,671 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor.
Established in 1983 to encourage young write... | 14,672 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
scandal, no award is recognized for 2004. "See also: Brad Vice." Starting in 2016, there was only one winner per competition cycle.
# Winners.
- 1983 David Walton for "Evening Out"
- 1983 Leigh Allison Wilson for "From the Bottom Up"
- 1984 Mary Hood for "How Far She Went"
... | 14,673 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1988 Gail Galloway Adams for "The Purchase of Order"
- 1988 Philip F. Deaver for "Silent Retreats"
- 1989 Carol L. Glickfeld for "Useful Gifts"
- 1990 Antonya Nelson for "The Expendables"
- 1990 Debra Monroe for "The Source of Trouble"
- 1990 Nancy Zafris for "The People I... | 14,674 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
"Large Animals in Everyday Life"
- 1998 Frank Soos for "Unified Field Theory"
- 1999 Hester Kaplan for "The Edge of Marriage"
- 1999 Mary Clyde for "Survival Rates"
- 2000 Robert Anderson for "Ice Age"
- 2000 Darrell Spencer for "Caution: Men in Trees"
- 2001 Bill Roorbac... | 14,675 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
LaSalle for "Tell Borges If You See Him"
- 2008 Andrew J. Porter for "The Theory of Light and Matter"
- 2008 Peter Selgin for "Drowning Lessons"
- 2009 Geoffrey Becker for "Black Elvis"
- 2009 Lori Ostlund "The Bigness of the World"
- 2010 Jessica Treadway for "Please Come... | 14,676 |
1214842 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flannery%20O'Connor%20Award%20for%20Short%20Fiction | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Boots"
- 2011 Amina Gautier for "At-Risk"
- 2011 Melinda Moustakis for "Bear Down, Bear North: Alaska Stories"
- 2012 E.J. Levy for "Love, In Theory"
- 2012 Hugh Sheehy for "The Invisibles"
- 2013 Jacqueline Gorman for "The Viewing Room"
- 2013 Tom Kealey for "Thieves I'v... | 14,677 |
1214869 | Halls | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halls | Halls
ls
Halls is a plural of the word hall.
Halls may also refer to:
- Halls of residence, a type of student housing or dormitory
- Halls (cough drop), a brand of cough drop
- Halls, Georgia, an unincorporated community
- Halls, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Halls, Tennessee, a town in West Tennessee
... | 14,678 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
I Robot (album)
I Robot is the second studio album by British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 1 June 1977 by Arista Records. The album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction "Robot" trilogy, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligenc... | 14,679 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than to be specific to the Asimov universe. The cover inlay reads: "I Robot... The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his br... | 14,680 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
of the Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris. Over this is superimposed a painting of a robot with a stylised atom for a brain. The robot also appears on the label of the record. The original vinyl release has a gatefold-style cover; the inside spread has the lyrics and a monochrome photograph of P... | 14,681 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
multiple times in various formats since its initial release on vinyl, including numerous audiophile releases. Besides the 8-track, vinyl and compact-cassette releases, Arista also released the original aluminum CD along with the rest of the Project albums, up to that time. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFS... | 14,682 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
a remastered version along with bonus tracks on CD. It was later released in Japan as an SHM-CD, with the same mastering.
The album was re-released under Legacy Recordings as a "legacy edition" in 2013 on CD, with an extra disc with unreleased bonus tracks, mastered by Dave Donelly. There was also a vi... | 14,683 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
in the 2013 video game "Grand Theft Auto V" on the fictional radio station Los Santos Rock Radio. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" is also featured in an episode of the Netflix series Mindhunter.
# Track listing.
All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, except where noted.
- ... | 14,684 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
– 1:01
- 3. "I Robot (Boules Experiment)" – 1:59
- 4. "I Robot" (Hilary Western Vocal Rehearsal) – 1:33
- 5. "Extract 1 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide" – 1:04
- 6. "Extract 2 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide" – 0:57
- 7. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" (backing track rough mix)... | 14,685 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
15. "The Naked Robot" – 10:19
# Personnel.
- David Paton – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Stuart Tosh – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Ian Bairnson – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Eric Woolfson - keyboards, vocoder, backing vocals
- Alan Parsons - keyboards, vocoder... | 14,686 |
1214849 | I Robot (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%20Robot%20(album) | I Robot (album)
d acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Eric Woolfson - keyboards, vocoder, backing vocals
- Alan Parsons - keyboards, vocoder, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
- Duncan Mackay – keyboards
- B.J. Cole – steel guitar
- John Leach – cimbalom, kantele
- Lenny Zakatek, Allan Clarke, Steve Harley, Jack Har... | 14,687 |
1214851 | Gerald Götting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Götting | Gerald Götting
Gerald Götting
Gerald Götting (9 June 1923 – 19 May 2015) was a German politician and chairman of the East German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1966 until 1989. He served as President of the People's Chamber ("Volkskammer") from 1969 to 1976 and deputy chairman of the State Council of East Germa... | 14,688 |
1214851 | Gerald Götting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Götting | Gerald Götting
party. He then spent two years at the Martin Luther University of Halle, where he studied German studies, history and philology.
In 1949, Götting became General Secretary of the CDU and, after the establishment in the Soviet Zone of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was elected as a member of the Pe... | 14,689 |
1214851 | Gerald Götting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Götting | Gerald Götting
Chairman of the CDU faction in the People's Chamber; from 1958 to 1963 as Deputy Prime Minister of the GDR; and from 1963 to November 1989 Götting served as Deputy Chairman of the Council of State, a position equivalent in rank to the vice-presidency of the GDR. Götting also served as Chairman of the Peo... | 14,690 |
1214851 | Gerald Götting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Götting | Gerald Götting
socialism.
Götting held a number of other positions in East German society. From 1961 to 1969, Götting was Vice-President of the German-African Society, and from 1963 he was a member of the Albert Schweitzer Committee. He visited with Schweitzer twice, which meetings he recorded and publicized in his bo... | 14,691 |
1214851 | Gerald Götting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Götting | Gerald Götting
Wall, Götting was forced to resign as Chairman of the CDU. Five days later he stepped down from his position as a member of the Council of State, too. In December Götting was arrested, but released in February 1990.
On 19 May 2015 Götting died in Berlin, aged 91.
# Works.
- Der Christ sagt ja zum Sozi... | 14,692 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
Financial system in Australia
The Australian financial system consists of the arrangements covering the borrowing and lending of funds and the transfer of ownership of financial claims in Australia, comprising:
- authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) or financial institutions, co... | 14,693 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
Exchange (ASX) and the smaller National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX), both of which provide stock exchange facilities for Australian listed securities. NSX acquired the Bendigo Stock Exchange in June 2012 and merged its operations.
Most foreign exchange transactions are largely free ... | 14,694 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
deposit funds, public unit trusts, cash management trusts, mortgage originators, insurance companies, institutional funds investing in and financing debt.
## Financial institutions.
Banking in Australia is dominated by what are known as the "big four", which are also referred to as the p... | 14,695 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
a retail banking presence. The central bank is the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Since 2008 the Australian government has guaranteed deposits up to $250,000 per customer per institution against banking failure.
## Insurance market.
Australia's insurance market can be divided into roug... | 14,696 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
in Australia is government-supported and encouraged, and minimum provisions are compulsory for employees. Superannuation arrangements are provided by banks and insurance companies, though most funds are self-managed. Superannuation funds are tightly regulated.
# Payments and clearing syst... | 14,697 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
Exchange System (ACDES).
## Cheques.
Cheques are still the most important non-cash payment instruments in Australia, in terms of the value transferred. The number of monthly cheque transactions in 2008 was 33.7 million with a value of $139.3 billion. Cheque use is in decline worldwide, b... | 14,698 |
1214837 | Financial system in Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial%20system%20in%20Australia | Financial system in Australia
called CS1) are cleared and settled in accordance with the regulations and procedures set by APCS.
Cheques use MICR encoding containing the BSB and account number to identify the bank and account to debit, as well as other information to streamline the processing of cheques. In 2014, the ... | 14,699 |
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