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ion, Clive Tyldesley and John Rawling. Others included Phil Duffell, Tony Jones, Bob Symonds, Martyn Dean, Trevor Harris, Donovan Blake. Angus Scott was also a regular commentator before his move to Setanta.
# End of the show.
The show came to an end in May 2009 when ITV's Football Lea... | 16,500 |
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Rob Roy (novel)
Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is considered one of the Waverley novels, as the author identified himself on the title page as "by the author of "Waverley"".
Frank Osbaldistone narrates the story. He is the son of an English merchant who parted from his family... | 16,501 |
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in his business. Rashleigh is an intelligent young man, but he is unscrupulous, and he causes problems for the business of Osbaldistone and Tresham. To resolve the problems, Frank travels into Scotland and meets the larger-than-life title character, Rob Roy MacGregor.
# Composition and sources.
John B... | 16,502 |
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have begun writing the novel immediately, but it was not completed until late December, partly because of illness.
The Rob Roy of Scott's novel is largely fictitious, with an input from stories he had heard, handed down over the generations. As is his wont he adjusts historical chronology freely for hi... | 16,503 |
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the 13th edition of 1776 being in Scott's library. And Bailie Jarvie was suggested by another book he owned, "The Highland Rogue: or, the Memorable Actions Of the Celebrated Robert Mac-gregor, Commonly called Roy-Roy" [by Elias Brockett] (1723).
# Editions.
The first edition, in three volumes, dated 1... | 16,504 |
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sporadically, for the 'Magnum' edition and provided notes and a very long introduction: it appeared as Volumes 7 and 8 in December 1829 and January 1830. The standard modern edition, by David Hewitt, was published as Volume 5 of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels in 2008: this is based on the ... | 16,505 |
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father's anger and disappointment, since he has been more preoccupied with writing poetry than learning the business, much to his father's disgust.
William was originally disinherited in favour of his younger brother Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone, who has inherited both the family fortune and the family ... | 16,506 |
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to stay with his uncle Hildebrand in Northumberland, near the border with Scotland. Frank sets out on horseback, meeting some travellers on the way. He observes that one of the travellers is nervous and protective of a box that he carries. Frank begins to tease the traveller, Morris, pretending to assum... | 16,507 |
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his destination, he encounters a fox hunt in progress. A lovely young huntress, dressed in riding habit, greets him and guesses his identity. Frank is smitten by the young woman, noting her intelligence and beauty along with her independent manner. She is Diana "Die" Vernon, a relative by marriage of Si... | 16,508 |
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Rashleigh, who, unlike his father and brothers, is sober, charming and erudite. Frank notes a connection between Die and Rashleigh. Die explains that Rashleigh, a scholar intended for the priesthood, is her tutor.
The next day, after encountering Andrew Fairservice the gardener, a loquacious Scotsman, ... | 16,509 |
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than Morris. Morris, a government paymaster, has been robbed of his mysterious box, which contained gold specie with which to pay the English troops in the area. Frank's prior light-hearted interest in Morris' box on the journey north is the basis for the charge.
Upon Frank's vehement declaration of in... | 16,510 |
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not see Frank.
Freed by the Squire from the charge, Frank returns to Osbaldistone Hall. He is consumed with jealousy after discovering that Rashleigh was in serious consideration for Die's hand in marriage; the usually sober Frank gets drunk with the family after Die exits, and strikes Rashleigh during... | 16,511 |
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with his cousins, he converses with Andrew Fairservice and learns much about goings on at the Hall: there are suspicious visitations by shadowy persons unknown; the servants fear a ghost that haunts the library; and a mysterious Catholic priest, Father Vaughan, visits the hall.
Frank receives a letter ... | 16,512 |
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parts with Diana. She is destined to live in a convent due to a family compact (in which she has no say), as she refuses to marry any of Sir Hildebrand's sons. He enlists Andrew Fairservice as his servant and guide and hurries to Glasgow to find Owen and catch Rashleigh, who is now understood to be a Ja... | 16,513 |
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Frank. Osbaldistone and Tresham's favoured Scottish trading partner, MacVitie, maliciously made Owen a debtor on behalf of his now insolvent employer and imprisoned him.
Bailie Nicol Jarvie, a Glasgow magistrate who is also a Scottish partner of Osbaldistone and Tresham, arrives at the jail after midni... | 16,514 |
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Dougal, Rob tells Frank to meet him in his Highland home and suggests that Bailie Jarvie should accompany him to collect his gold.
While Jarvie and Owen discuss finances, Frank takes a walk to the University grounds, where he spies Rashleigh walking with Morris and MacVitie. Frank confronts Rashleigh a... | 16,515 |
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objections of the landlady and the three men in plaids, drinking brandy at a table. A brief brawl ensues between the two parties, which is broken up by a fourth Highlander who has been sleeping on the floor. This man disappears, as Frank recognises him as Dougal, Rob's man. Frank and Jarvie converse wit... | 16,516 |
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with them. Frank and Jarvie are arrested as they fit the descriptions of the two people whom the patrol seeks. The soldiers force Dougal to lead them to Rob's lair, bringing Frank, Jarvie and Andrew along. They are ambushed by Highlanders, and the patrol is disarmed. Dougal, playing the fool, has led th... | 16,517 |
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two sons arrive. They report that Rob has been captured by the Duke's army.
After Jarvie successfully appeals for clemency for them from Helen, pleading kinship, Frank is sent as emissary to the Duke's camp. He finds Rob is tied up for execution. The Duke's army sets off, but Rob escapes in crossing th... | 16,518 |
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expressing anger at Morris' murder. There, Jarvie and Andrew are already ensconced. Jarvie reviews the recovered bills and declares Osbaldistone and Tresham to be cleared of debt. Rob repays Jarvie with 1000 pounds of gold louis d'or.
During the night, Rob tells Frank of how he and Rashleigh robbed Mor... | 16,519 |
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warmth and forgiveness by his father, who has prospered while on the continent. In gratitude for his assistance and even-handedness, William rewards Bailie Jarvie with the commercial accounts that he has stripped from McVitie.
While finishing up their business in Glasgow, a rebellion of Jacobites break... | 16,520 |
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Hall by his uncle's last will. Rashleigh, the surviving son, has been disinherited in favour of Frank as punishment by his father.
Frank travels to claim the property. He meets with Justice Inglewood to review his uncle's will and learns from him that Diana and her father are thought to be out of Engla... | 16,521 |
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how Sir Richard had been hidden at the Hall during his earlier stay.
They plan to leave, but Rashleigh arrives with Jobson and the local constables, bringing a warrant to take possession of the Hall and arrest the Vernons and Frank. They are easily captured and taken away in a carriage. Still on the pr... | 16,522 |
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approval to marry a Catholic, as startling to him as his son owning Osbaldistone Hall.
# Characters.
"principal characters in bold"
William Osbaldistone, of the firm of Osbaldistone and Tresham
Frank, his son
Mr Owen, his head clerk
Morris, a government agent
Andrew Fairservice, Frank's servant
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MacAlpine, landlady of the inn at Aberfoil
Major Duncan Galbraith of Garschattin
Allan Stuart of Iverach and Invershalloch, two Highlanders
Captain Thornton, an English officer
Rob Roy MacGregor (Campbell)
Helen, his wife
Robert and Hamish, their sons
# Chapter summary.
Volume One
Ch. 1: Frank ... | 16,524 |
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fill the place in the firm and sends Frank north to assist in the procedure.
Ch. 3: On the road, Frank encounters a traveller with a particularly heavy portmanteau [later identified as Morris] and teases him by encouraging his fears that he might be intending to rob him.
Ch. 4: The travellers are join... | 16,525 |
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him that the sixth, Rashleigh, is to leave home for a career with Osbaldistone and Tresham. Escaping from the circulating bottle, Frank encounters the gardener Andrew Fairservice, who expresses his disapproval of the family's Roman Catholicism and Jacobitism.
Ch. 7: Die tells Frank that Morris, who is ... | 16,526 |
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his clerk Jobson descends into farce.
Ch. 9: Campbell arrives to testify that he was present at the robbery, and that Frank was not involved. Frank and Die plan a meeting with Rashleigh.
Ch. 10: Die introduces Frank to the library, her sanctuary. Rashleigh arrives and gives an explanation of how he ha... | 16,527 |
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friend of Die's.
Ch. 12: Frank gets drunk at dinner and assaults Rashleigh. The next morning Sir Hildebrand smooths the matter over.
Ch. 13: Die tells Frank of Rashleigh's improper advances towards her as her tutor. Rashleigh leaves for London, and Frank writes a warning letter to Owen before taking o... | 16,528 |
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3 (16): Die advises Frank to go to London, where Rashleigh has been put in charge and will further his own ambitions. He confesses his love for her, but she rejects him, citing her dedication to the cloister.
Ch. 4 (17): Frank surprises Die in the library, having learned that Fr Vaughan is away from th... | 16,529 |
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disposing of a horse stolen by Fairservice, Frank and his servant arrive in Glasgow and approach the cathedral.
Ch. 7 (20): Frank and Fairservice attend a service in the cathedral's Laigh Kirk, during which Frank receives a whispered warning and a summons to meet on the bridge.
Ch. 8 (21): After overh... | 16,530 |
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aware of its problems. Bailie Nicol Jarvie arrives and agrees to stand surety for Owen's appearance.
Ch. 10 (23): Jarvie and Rob, who are cousins, engage in good-natured verbal sparring. After receiving a letter from Die, Rob indicates that if Frank and Jarvie come to see him in the glens he may be abl... | 16,531 |
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in on Rob's background and Rashleigh's likely aim of fomenting Jacobitism in the Highlands.
Volume Three
Ch. 1 (27): As they journey towards the Highlands Jarvie advises Frank and Fairservice how to conduct themselves.
Ch. 2 (28): At the inn known as the Clachan of Aberfoil the travellers become invo... | 16,532 |
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Highlanders, now identified as Inverashalloch and Allan Stuart of Inverach, and Galbraith. An English officer arrives with a body of infantry to arrest a couple, whom he takes Frank and Jarvie to be, for correspondence with the outlawed Rob.
Ch. 4 (30): Guided reluctantly by Dougal, who has been captur... | 16,533 |
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from Helen to the Duke (unidentified in the fiction) who holds Rob, but the Duke declines to release him. After news is received that his Highland allies have deserted him the Duke interviews Rob.
Ch. 7 (33): Rob escapes on the march. Frank, accused of helping him, flees and receives a packet containin... | 16,534 |
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expresses to Frank his conflicted feelings about his sons' futures. The next morning, on the road, he defends his clan's behaviour and indicates that Rashleigh has switched to the government side. Helen hands Frank a ring as a parting gift from Die.
Ch. 10 (36): Frank and Jarvie leave the Highlands for... | 16,535 |
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Frederick, who had been publicly declared dead.
Ch. 12 (38): Frank is joined in the library by Die and her father, who are fugitives from the government, but their presence is carelessly divulged by Fairservice to Clerk Jobson's spy.
Ch. 13 (39): During the night government officials arrive at the Hal... | 16,536 |
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of appearance).
Francis "Frank" Osbaldistone: The narrator and protagonist. He is an educated young man in his early twenties, wilful and impetuous. Although he is quick to argument, both verbally and physically, he is sensitive and kind-hearted by nature. He falls deeply in love
with Die Vernon and c... | 16,537 |
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mentors, he despairs of Frank's attitude at the start of the novel, but later joins Frank in Glasgow, hoping to save Osbaldistone & Tresham.
Morris: Government agent and paymaster, first encountered by Frank on the road to Osbaldistone Hall from London. He is weak and easily influenced. His cowardly an... | 16,538 |
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which he excels, being strong, bold, crafty, and fearless. Notorious throughout the Western
Highlands, he is either loved or hated by other clans. He is married to Helen, and has two sons, young men of about 20 years old.
Diana "Die" Vernon: The beautiful, intelligent and unconventional teen-aged niec... | 16,539 |
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She loves Frank in return, but warns him off due to reasons disclosed to him late in the narrative.
Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone: Holds both the title and ancestral manor of the Osbaldistones, long-established Catholic nobility in Northumberland. He is a retired Cavalier, mildly sympathetic to the Prete... | 16,540 |
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intelligent and is ostensibly preparing for the Catholic priesthood. He is sober, learned and courtly in manner but his humble appearance and discourse belie a cunning and rapacious nature. Rashleigh becomes Frank's nemesis, acting secretly as a Jacobite agent and conniving to plunder Osbaldistone and T... | 16,541 |
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and Jarvie as the plot progresses.
Justice Inglewood: Like Sir Hildebrand, Squire Inglewood is a retired Catholic Cavalier, and lover of revelling. He is a neighbour of Sir Hildebrand and friend to the Osbaldistones. He is the local Justice of the Peace, being the only suitable candidate. He prefers to... | 16,542 |
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and a relative of Rob Roy. Although garrulous and self-important, he is an upright and respectable burgher of that city. He becomes involved with Frank's arrangements with Rob Roy and accompanies Frank to visit Rob in the Highlands. A client of Osbaldistone and Tresham, he is very prudent financially – ... | 16,543 |
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has him thrown in jail instead, as a debtor.
Major Duncan Galbraith of Garschattachin: A Lowland gentleman, leader of the Lennox Militia.
Captain Thornton: The honourable leader of a squad of English infantry who mistakenly arrests Frank, Jarvie and Andrew, and with them, unsuspectingly falls into Hel... | 16,544 |
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of the Pretender. In hiding at Osbaldistone Hall when Frank first arrives, he is reliant on Rashleigh's complicity. In hiding there at the end of the narrative, he is the target of the turncoat Rashleigh, along with Die and Frank.
# Historical setting.
The story takes place just before the Jacobite ri... | 16,545 |
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a time when many Europeans started regretting colonialism and imperialism, as reports circulated back of horrendous atrocities towards indigenous cultures. It was also a time when debates raged about the slave trade, the British occupation of India, and, more relevant to the novel, the disastrous effect... | 16,546 |
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Vision of Don Roderick". The term "guerrilla" came about during this period, due to the influence of the Peninsular War.
# Reception.
"Rob Roy" met with a generally enthusiastic reception from the reviewers. Only three ("The Anti-Unionist", "The British Critic", and "The Theatrical Inquisitor"), were ... | 16,547 |
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mostly noted significant variations which meant they were not mere repetitions. Although one or two reviewers were surprised by the failure of Rob to live up to his prominence in the title he was generally judged a success. The Highland landscape descriptions and striking individual scenes also attracte... | 16,548 |
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heroic Robert Roy MacGregor over the years, none of them to date has been directly adapted from Walter Scott's novel, in which MacGregor plays a lesser role than Osbaldistone. For example, though a 1995 film is based on the same eponymous hero, "Rob Roy", starring Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, and Jessica Lang... | 16,549 |
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Judy Sheindlin
Judith Susan Sheindlin ("née" Blum; October 21, 1942), known professionally as Judge Judy, is an American prosecution lawyer, former Manhattan family court judge, television personality, and author. Since September 1996, Sheindlin has presided over her own successful 4-time Daytime Emmy A... | 16,550 |
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court judge, television personality, and author. Since September 1996, Sheindlin has presided over her own successful 4-time Daytime Emmy Award–winning arbitration-based court show series, "Judge Judy", produced by CBS Television Distribution.
Sheindlin passed the New York state bar examination in 1965 ... | 16,551 |
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North Shore (TV series)
North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST) for seven months in 2004 and 2005. It centered on the staff and guests of the fictional Grand Waimea Hotel and Resort (actually the real-life Turtle Bay Resort loca... | 16,552 |
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reception.
Critical reviews tended towards the low scale, with most critics acknowledging that "North Shore" was not meant to be high-brow theater:
# Plot.
The central character is Jason Matthews (Kristoffer Polaha), General Manager of the Grand Waimea. In the first episode, Nicole Booth (Bro... | 16,553 |
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for rekindled romance are then dashed when Nicole reveals she has become engaged since they broke up.
Later in the series, Nicole told Jason that she returned to Hawaii to seek him out before getting married, because she wanted to know if there was still a chance for their relationship.
The fi... | 16,554 |
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beach); in episode three it was mentioned that he is planning to "turn pro" as a surfer. He does end up turning pro, with varying degrees of success.
- MJ Bevans (Nikki DeLoach), a waitress at the hotel bar; she is trying to start her own island clothing line. She starts the show in a relations... | 16,555 |
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the end of the show, she is involved with Frankie.
- Frankie Seau (Jason Momoa), the hotel bartender. He ends the season involved with Tessa.
- Gordy Matthews (Michael Ontkean), Jason's father and a local surfing legend who owns a local bar and surfboard shop; his home was burned down in the f... | 16,556 |
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Sam (Robert Kekaula), the head of hotel security.
- Walter Booth (Christopher McDonald), Nicole's billionaire father who wants to buy the Grand Waimea by whatever means necessary; he and Vincent have a long-standing rivalry dating back to Vincent's affair with Walter's wife; Vincent is convince... | 16,557 |
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ng-standing rivalry dating back to Vincent's affair with Walter's wife; Vincent is convinced Walter killed his wife as revenge. He ends up in jail.
- Trey (Dylan Bruno) MJ's former boyfriend and pro surfer; he tried to win her back in the first season, even kidnapping her at one point; MJ was r... | 16,558 |
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Jack Wagner (actor)
Peter John Wagner II (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on the soap operas "General Hospital", "Santa Barbara", "The Bold and the Beautiful", and "Melrose Place".
# Early life.
Wagner was born in Washington, Missouri. Raised as a C... | 16,559 |
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Acting career.
Wagner first appeared on the scene in 1982 in the role of Clint Masterson, in Douglas Marland's short-lived cable soap opera, "A New Day In Eden" (co-produced by Susan Flannery, who would later be Wagner's co-star on "The Bold and the Beautiful").
His most famous role has been Frisc... | 16,560 |
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with Judith Light, "Frequent Flyer" with Joan Severance, Nicole Eggert, and Shelley Hack, and "Dirty Little Secret" opposite Tracey Gold.
He appeared for many years on Aaron Spelling's Fox nighttime soap opera "Melrose Place", as the alternately caring/conniving Dr. Peter Burns (1994–99); he direct... | 16,561 |
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soap "The Bold and the Beautiful".
In 1985, Wagner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Best Younger Actor" for his work on "General Hospital". He was nominated again in 2005 for "Best Lead Actor" for "The Bold and the Beautiful".
Wagner guest-starred on primetime television in notable prog... | 16,562 |
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Comes the Bride premiering in February 2018.
# "Dancing with the Stars".
In 2012, Wagner was a contestant on season 14 of "Dancing with the Stars", partnered with professional dancer Anna Trebunskaya. They were eliminated from the competition on April 3, 2012, placing 11th.
# Singing and stage ca... | 16,563 |
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Crowd"
- 2005: "Dancing In The Moonlight"
- 2014: "On The Porch"
### Singles.
Although Wagner had been playing the guitar since he was 14, his initial audition for the role of Frisco Jones on "General Hospital" with producer Gloria Monty did not include any singing. Wagner had five auditions wit... | 16,564 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
to rise up the charts. Quincy Jones protégés Glen Ballard and Clif Magness produced Wagner's first two albums on Qwest Records/Warner Brothers. Wagner's singing talents led him to appearances on "American Bandstand", "Solid Gold", "Soul Train" and "The Merv Griffin Show".
Eventually, his musical th... | 16,565 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
could redeem himself. Theatrically, it was when I played Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway." He also appeared in a national theatre tour in 1987 in the role of Tony in "West Side Story", and a national tour of "Grease" in 1988.
While he toured as a rock/pop performer in concert c... | 16,566 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
"Will the Rain Fall Down" on iTunes. He also performed the song acoustically on "The Bold and the Beautiful".
In 2014, Wagner released the full-length release "On the Porch". A notable song from this release was the fan-favorite "The Right Key", which made its debut on "General Hospital" in 1989. H... | 16,567 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
Place" love interest Heather Locklear in 2007; they became engaged in August 2011. The couple called off their engagement on November 15, 2011.
In May 2013, Wagner confirmed to "Soaps In Depth" that he and his former "The Bold and the Beautiful" co-star Ashley Jones had been dating for about a year... | 16,568 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
2, 2012.
Wagner is an avid golfer and is ranked as one of the leading celebrity golfers. He is the only non-professional athlete to have won the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic, the annual competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and entertainment celebrities. Wagner ... | 16,569 |
750555 | Jack Wagner (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Wagner%20(actor) | Jack Wagner (actor)
e has a total of nineteen top ten finishes. The tournament, televised by NBC in July, is played over three rounds at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.
Wagner also won the Missouri junior college championship in 1980, and at one point considered a career in pro golf. He has a Celebrity Golf ... | 16,570 |
750618 | Ur-Nammu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ur-Nammu | Ur-Nammu
Ur-Nammu
Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: , ca. 2047-2030 BC short chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. His main achievement was state-building, and Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his... | 16,571 |
750618 | Ur-Nammu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ur-Nammu | Ur-Nammu
to above", and "Year Ur-Nammu made justice in the land".
Among his military exploits were the conquest of Lagash and the defeat of his former masters at Uruk. He was eventually recognized as a significant regional ruler (of Ur, Eridu, and Uruk) at a coronation in Nippur, and is believed to have constructed bu... | 16,572 |
750618 | Ur-Nammu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ur-Nammu | Ur-Nammu
by his army) was commemorated in a long Sumerian poetic composition.
# Stele.
In 1925, a shattered nine-foot tall limestone pillar was discovered in Mesopotamia. Under the remote supervision of Leonard Woolley, it was reconstructed by the Penn Museum. In 1985, Jeanny Canby determined that it had been pieced ... | 16,573 |
750618 | Ur-Nammu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ur-Nammu | Ur-Nammu
pieces she found in the museum's storeroom, and discovered the figure of a courtesan embracing a deity. "It's an amazingly intimate scene for a royal monument," she said.
# See also.
- Sumerian King List
- Code of Ur-Nammu
# External links.
- Site drawings of the temple built by Ur-Nammu at Ur to the moon... | 16,574 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
Fiat Cinquecento
The Fiat Cinquecento (Type 170) (, ) is a city car, launched by Fiat in December 1991, to replace the Fiat 126. It was the first Fiat model to be solely manufactured in the Fiat Auto Poland plant in Tychy, Poland, which had been sold to Fiat by the Polish state, and where production o... | 16,575 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
of the Cinquecento ended in 1998, when it was replaced by the Seicento. Despite its name, its lowest displacement was 704 cc. The Cinquecento was available in one body style only, a small, angular three door hatchback, with a favourable drag coefficient of only 0.33 that bore similarities to the Lancia... | 16,576 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
At the time it was one of the few city cars sold there. The Renault Twingo, launched around the same time as the Cinquecento, was not sold in Britain, as Renault did not feel that there was sufficient demand for that type of car there at the time. However, by the end of the 1990s, city cars in Britain ... | 16,577 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
choices, with the 1.1 L "FIRE" or "sporting" joining the lineup later. Although the 704 cc engine was mounted longitudinally, the bigger units were fitted transversely, making the little Fiat one of the few cars in the world available with both configurations at the same time.
## 704 cc.
The smallest... | 16,578 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
resulted, among other changes, in the crankshaft revolving in the opposite direction than in the 126p BIS.
## 903/899 cc.
The bigger engine was the 903 cc version of the veteran Fiat 100 OHV four cylinder engine, which saw service in many small Fiat models, starting with Fiat 850. (This engine dates ... | 16,579 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
layout it now has hydraulic tappets. Also now uses twin coil distributorless ignition.
## 1.1 "FIRE" (Sporting).
In 1994, Fiat introduced the Cinquecento Sporting, featuring the 1108 cc SOHC "FIRE" engine from the entry level Punto of the same era, mated to a close ratio gearbox. Other additions were... | 16,580 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
variant of the Cinquecento called the Elettra. The car was offered with either a lead acid or NiCd battery pack, providing a ranges of and respectively. Unlike purpose built electric cars, the Cinquecento Elettra used two battery packs, one in the engine bay and one under the rear seats, replacing the ... | 16,581 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
a fitted 3rd brake light. There were also a set of 13" Speedline five spoke alloys wheels available, instead of the standard Sporting alloys.
Unlike true Abarth models, there were no engine upgrades available from the factory and the car could not be purchased as a whole separate model. The Abarth par... | 16,582 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
a proposal for a new Cinquecento by Giorgetto Giugiaro. However, instead of the car becoming the next small Fiat city car, a version of the design ended up being put into production by the South Korean Daewoo Motor, as their Matiz in 1998. Instead, Fiat decided to update the Cinquecento's styling in ea... | 16,583 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
used in filming is an 899cc model). Its appearance and features (including a tape deck and a replacement red side door) are frequently ridiculed by the lads. In March 2011, the car was listed on eBay, in order to raise money for "Red Nose Day 2011".
Over the course of the series, the car ends up with ... | 16,584 |
750593 | Fiat Cinquecento | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Cinquecento | Fiat Cinquecento
Sutherland engaging in fingering and a handjob with a punk girl, causing the seats to go all damp (Caravan Club).
- The car getting clamped after Simon parks in front of a 'no parking' sign by a warehouse, followed by an angry man beating the car after he missed all his deliveries, because of Simon's ... | 16,585 |
750629 | Space simulator | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space%20simulator | Space simulator
Space simulator
A space simulator is a system that tries to replicate or simulate outer space as closely and realistically as possible. The experience of space flight in a spacecraft is usually part of this. This includes full-size cockpit replicas mounted on hydraulic rams and controlled by state of t... | 16,586 |
750629 | Space simulator | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space%20simulator | Space simulator
dustry and the military for cosmonaut/astronaut training, disaster simulation and spacecraft design. Examples of devices that simulate the environment of outer space include the Large Space Simulator at the European Space Research and Technology Centre and The Space Simulator at the Los Alamos National ... | 16,587 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 – 5 March 1876) was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the lagoon of Venice, during the brief Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.
# Career.
Piave's career spanned over twenty years working with many of the significant composer... | 16,588 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
poet and stage manager at La Fenice in Venice where he first encountered Verdi. Later, Verdi was helpful in securing him the same position at La Scala in Milan. His expertise as a stage manager and his tact as a negotiator served Verdi very well, but the composer bullied him mercilessly for his pa... | 16,589 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
in 1870, had he not suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Verdi helped to support his wife and daughter, proposing that "an album of pieces by famous composers be compiled and sold for Piave's benefit". The composer paid for his funeral when he died nine years later in Mi... | 16,590 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
"that drama essentially consisted of the arrangement of pieces and the clarity of the musical forms..[so that]..he began to become aware of the structure and architecture of musical composition, something which was not even clearly hinted at during the period with Solera. The composer began to con... | 16,591 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
he demanded, following that up with the admonition not to allow the matter to drag on: "If I were the poet I would be very, very concerned, all the more because you would be greatly responsible if by chance (may the Devil not make it happen) they should not allow this drama [to be staged]"
Noneth... | 16,592 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
1844, and then "I due Foscari" (1844), "Attila" (1846), "Macbeth" (the 1847 first version), "Il Corsaro" (1848), "Stiffelio" (1850), "Rigoletto" (1851), "La traviata" (1853), "Simon Boccanegra" (the 1857 first version), "Aroldo" (1857), "La forza del destino" (the 1862 first version), and "Macbeth... | 16,593 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
"La Traviata", directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1983)
- "Macbeth", directed by Claude d'Anna (1987)
- "Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story", directed by Gianfranco Fozzi (2005)
# References.
Notes
Sources
- Baldini, Gabriele (1970), (trans. Roger Parker, 1980), "The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Obert... | 16,594 |
750619 | Francesco Maria Piave | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco%20Maria%20Piave | Francesco Maria Piave
ohn (1998), "Piave, Francesco Maria" in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", Vol. Three, pp. 999. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc.
- Budden, Julian (1996), "Verdi". New York: Schirmer Books (Master Musicians Series).
- Kimball, David (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), "The ... | 16,595 |
750615 | J Mascis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%20Mascis | J Mascis
J Mascis
Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (; born December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects. His most recent solo albu... | 16,596 |
750615 | J Mascis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%20Mascis | J Mascis
died in 1985 while his father, Joseph Sr., died in 1993.
Mascis became a music and drumming fan at the age of 9. He joined the jazz ensemble in school as a drummer, because there was not one of rock or punk. At 17, Mascis joined the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow, Scott Helland, and Cha... | 16,597 |
750615 | J Mascis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%20Mascis | J Mascis
years recorded several more Dinosaur Jr. albums, as well as the 1996 acoustic solo album "Martin + Me". In 1989 Kurt Cobain suggested that Mascis join Nirvana.
The manager for Deep Wound was Gerard Cosloy, who then went on to found Homestead Records. Homestead released Dinosaur Jr.'s first record. Mascis says... | 16,598 |
750615 | J Mascis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%20Mascis | J Mascis
a side project, he was the drummer in Boston doom metal group Upsidedown Cross, who released a self-titled album on Taang! Records in 1991. He wrote songs for the film "Gas, Food, Lodging," in which he made a cameo appearance. In 1996, he had a small part in the movie "Grace of my Heart" and provided a ballad ... | 16,599 |
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