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206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
3 (A312) covering part of the journey between Heathrow Airport and central London. The lane which had no intermediate exits was for use by buses, coaches, motorcycles, emergency vehicles and licensed taxis but not mini-cabs.
The bus lane was used by 7% of vehicles which carried 21% of the people. At the en... | 29,900 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
vehicles and improved visibility. This special surface was publicised in an episode of the BBC's "Tomorrow's World" programme. This was the site of the first trial of the new road surface when it was laid down in 1993.
## Elevated and heated section.
The elevated section of the M4 in West London, built in... | 29,901 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
4b with the M25. Junction 4b has to make provision for the railway line passing beneath the M4. Due to the nature of these junctions, one cannot make a U-turn at either of them.
## Notable junctions.
Junction 8/9 near Maidenhead, Berkshire, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire is the only one in the UK with ... | 29,902 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
the junction with the A4 became 9B. Junction 9A is the exit for Cox Green and White Waltham. To the west of junction 13 on the eastbound carriageway there are a set of sliproads signposted "Works Unit Only". The signs have red borders, implying a military exit. It is a back entrance to RAF Welford, a Second... | 29,903 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
for a new business park on a site north of the M4 were submitted in 2007 to Cardiff Council. The developers of the business park, St Modwen Developments, would likely fund the new junction, which would be on the A469. A freedom of information request in 2010 to Cardiff Council shows that whilst the land tha... | 29,904 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
junction layouts. Junction 27 (High Cross) is a normal grade-separated roundabout junction, but has severe space constraints: traffic joining the motorway must initially travel in the opposite direction to the intended direction of travel, before making a sharp left-hand turn from the slip road onto the mot... | 29,905 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
motorway at this junction.
Junction 41 comprises two different junctions; one for local traffic to and from the west and one from the east. The former leads to and from a spur leading to the roundabout in Briton Ferry, formerly known as junction 41a, and the original bridge over the River Neath, which woul... | 29,906 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
a "right-turn" on a roundabout. Similarly, slip roads pass under or over the main motorway at junctions 41 and 42.
There have been calls to close the slip roads at junctions 40 and 41 to improve traffic flow. The motorway has only two lanes on this stretch and is a major traffic congestion blackspot. The s... | 29,907 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
of Newport. The Welsh Assembly Government had revived the scheme as a tolled bypass in 2007 and later abandoned it for financial reasons. An extension to the Newport Southern Distributor Road through the old Corus steel works was considered. This road is already a dual carriageway but not open to the public... | 29,908 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
Brynglas Tunnels. Heavy congestion occurs along this stretch and either side of it at peak hours."
# List of junctions.
!scope=col|mile
!scope=col|km
!scope=col abbr="Eastbound"|Eastbound exits (B carriageway)
!scope=col|Junction
!scope=col abbr="Westbound"|Westbound exits (A carriageway)
- Coordinat... | 29,909 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
a crash near Maidenhead resulted in 13 deaths.
- In March 1991 ten people died in a series of crashes in 1991 involving 51 vehicles near Hungerford.
- In May 1995 a coach carrying Royal British Legion members left the road close to the Severn Bridge, resulting in 10 deaths.
- In April 1998, drummer Cozy ... | 29,910 |
206965 | M4 motorway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M4%20motorway | M4 motorway
cident on the M4 near Bristol.
- In July 2002, Gus Dudgeon, a music producer known for his work with Elton John, and his wife died when the car he was driving veered off the M4 between Reading and Maidenhead. The inquest recorded a verdict of accidental death.
# See also.
- M4 corridor
- M4 Thames Bridg... | 29,911 |
3447178 | John Curtin (U.S. politician) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Curtin%20(U.S.%20politician) | John Curtin (U.S. politician)
John Curtin (U.S. politician)
John B. Curtin (c.1865 – May 18, 1925) was a politician from the U.S. state of California. He was member of California state senate from 1899 to 1915. In 1914, he ran for Governor of California on the Democratic ticket, but lost to incumbent Hiram Johnson. | 29,912 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
Pannawonica, Western Australia
The town of Pannawonica is an iron-ore mining town located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, near the Robe River, about 200 km south-west from Karratha and 1429 km North from Perth. At the 2016 census, Pannawonica had a population of 695.
In 2011... | 29,913 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
name was derived from nearby Pannawonica Hill, named by a surveyor in 1885 after the corresponding Aboriginal placename which is said to mean "the hill that came from the sea". The traditional legend is that two local Aboriginal tribes were arguing over the ownership of the hill which was... | 29,914 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
visitors, the company's accommodation being reserved for its staff and visiting contractors. Some visitor accommodation is available at the Pannawonica Tavern.
Pannawonica is home to more than 1000 people: Rio Tinto Iron Ore employee families, staff on fly-in fly-out (‘fifo’) roster from... | 29,915 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
season that can stretch from December to March, and cyclonic storm events.
# Resident facilities.
The town’s facilities include a post office, supermarket, milk-bar, pub, a public swimming pool, sports fields, police station, petrol station, primary school, tavern bistro, gym and a free... | 29,916 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
other volunteer-based groups.
An annual Gala weekend held around August boasts a Gala Ball evening to raise funds for a Family Fun Day with children's rides and local stallholders showcase their wares.
# Mining and loading.
The Pannawonica residents work at the nearby Mesa J opened in ... | 29,917 |
3447169 | Pannawonica, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pannawonica,%20Western%20Australia | Pannawonica, Western Australia
g high above the surrounding ground, remnants of terrain carved by an ancient river system.
The Robe Valley operation produces two pisolite (spheroidal crystalline) iron-ore products called Robe River Fines and Robe River Lump. The blasted high-grade ore is hauled directly to a train loa... | 29,918 |
3447189 | The Haunted Storm | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Haunted%20Storm | The Haunted Storm
The Haunted Storm
The Haunted Storm (1972) is author Philip Pullman's first book. He was only 25 at the time and it was "published by a publisher who didn't realise it wasn't a very good book". "The Haunted Storm" became joint winner of the New English Library's Young Writer's Award in 1972.
# Chara... | 29,919 |
3447189 | The Haunted Storm | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Haunted%20Storm | The Haunted Storm
a very good book". "The Haunted Storm" became joint winner of the New English Library's Young Writer's Award in 1972.
# Characters.
- Matthew Cortez.
- Elizabeth Cole.
# Plot summary.
Unease and suspicion divide a small village following violence and death. Matthew Cortez is physically involved i... | 29,920 |
3447213 | IFrame | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IFrame | IFrame
IFrame
IFrame may refer to:
- iFrame (video format), a digital video format developed by Apple
- The HTML element iframe | 29,921 |
3447193 | Sandfire, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandfire,%20Western%20Australia | Sandfire, Western Australia
Sandfire, Western Australia
Sandfire is a location and roadhouse on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia between Port Hedland and Broome. It is on the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert, and east of Wallal Downs and Mandora Station. It is inland, and located 20 km from the co... | 29,922 |
3447193 | Sandfire, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandfire,%20Western%20Australia | Sandfire, Western Australia
.
It is only one of three fuel stations (the others being Pardoo and Roebuck roadhouses) in the 610 km between those two towns.
In April 2007, the Sandfire Roadhouse was extensively damaged by fire, leaving a $1.5 million damage bill. It was damaged again in December 2009. In the 2011 and ... | 29,923 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
Emilio Osmeña
Emilio Mario Renner Osmeña Jr. also known as Lito Osmeña, (born September 11, 1938) is the grandson of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña. He was the Governor of Cebu, Philippines from 1988 to 1992. He is the founder and chairman of PROMDI Party (Progressive Movement for the Devolution of I... | 29,924 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
of Science in Business Administration at the University of San Carlos, Cebu. Early in life, Lito managed Hacienda Lugo. He developed Maria Luisa Estate Park, a family owned residential subdivision.
In the 1970s, he was a political prisoner during Martial Law in 1973 at Fort Bonifacio for nine months and ... | 29,925 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, he ran for the position of Governor for the province of Cebu in 1988 and won. During his term as Governor of Cebu, Osmeña was able to increase the provincial budget to 1 billion pesos per annum. He made possible the construction of flyovers and causeways, and pur... | 29,926 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
the municipal telephone system throughout the province. Osmeña initiated the modernization of Cebu's International Airport. He also worked with Fr. Fancisco G. Silva in developing "Rural Electrification" for remote areas of the province. He also initiated direct flights from Cebu to the different parts of... | 29,927 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
invitation and accepted his offer citing his vision to follow his grandfather's footsteps. He however lost to Joseph Estrada in a 7-way race for Vice President.
# Post-Governorship.
## Chief Economic Adviser.
Osmeña served as Executive Vice President of Lakas-NUCD and Chief Economic Adviser of Presiden... | 29,928 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
the Southern Tagalog Arterial Highway (Sto. Tomas-Lipa Section), C-5 Road (from South Luzon Expressway to Katipunan Avenue), the Metro Manila Skyway (Buendia to Bicutan), the Edsa/Boni underpass, the Kalayaan/EDSA flyover, the Ayala-Pasay Road interchange, the EDSA-Shaw flyover, the Bohol Circumferential ... | 29,929 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
(Probinsya Muna Development Initiative). With Ismael Sueño as his running mate, he ran for the position of President in the 11-way presidential election but lost to Joseph Estrada.
## Recent Activities.
Osmeña returned to private life after the elections handling the party he founded as a party-list par... | 29,930 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
Personal life.
Lito, as he is often called, is married to Annette Versoza and has three children namely Mariano, Maria Luisa, and Emilio III. He has 8 grand children – Annette, Santino, Marie, Katrien, Alexander, Emilio IV, Illeana, and Julia. Lito is part of the Osmeña clan, a very influential political... | 29,931 |
3447181 | Emilio Osmeña | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emilio%20Osmeña | Emilio Osmeña
.
Lito, as he is often called, is married to Annette Versoza and has three children namely Mariano, Maria Luisa, and Emilio III. He has 8 grand children – Annette, Santino, Marie, Katrien, Alexander, Emilio IV, Illeana, and Julia. Lito is part of the Osmeña clan, a very influential political family in th... | 29,932 |
3447199 | Antonovka | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonovka | Antonovka
Antonovka
Antonovka, Антоновка, or Antonówka is a group of late-fall or early-winter apple cultivars with a strong acid flavor that have been popular in Russia (Soviet Union and the Russian Empire) as well as in Poland. The most popular Russian variety is Common Antonovka (Антоновка обыкновенная), from which... | 29,933 |
3447199 | Antonovka | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonovka | Antonovka
to sustain long harsh winters typical for some regions of Eastern Europe and Russia and for its superior fruit preservation qualities. Sometimes nicknamed "the people's apple" (народное яблоко), the Russian variety was especially popular among the dacha owners, and remains widely grown at dachas in many Post-... | 29,934 |
3447199 | Antonovka | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonovka | Antonovka
began to spread from Kursk region of Russia in the 19th century. While the fruit-bearing trees have not received a wide recognition outside the former Soviet Union, many nurseries do use Antonovka rootstocks, since they impart a degree of winter-hardiness to the grafted varieties.
# Culture.
On August 19, 2... | 29,935 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
As Tall as Lions
As Tall As Lions was an indie rock band from Long Island, New York.
# History.
High school friends Dan Nigro (lead vocals & guitars), Saen Fitzgerald (guitar, keyboards, & percussion), Brian Fortune (guitars & keyboards) and Cliff Sarcona (drums & percussion) founded the band in Dec... | 29,936 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
of the local music scene. Without a permanent live bassist however, the band used studio engineer Rich Leigey, who had worked on the EP, and friend Julio Tavarez, before Dan Nigro began auditioning and recruiting bassists. It wasn't until October 2002 that the band brought on board bassist Brian Caesar... | 29,937 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
year, Nigro, Sarcona and Caesar went back to Chicago's Gravity Studios, using money out of their own pocket and successfully remixed and re-tracked the final three songs. Later the band returned to O'Keefe on several occasions to record the songs "33" & "Mellon Collie..." for an unreleased Smashing Pum... | 29,938 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
luck, the band agreed to move vocalist Dan Nigro to guitar (he had previously been strictly a vocalist) and continue on as a quartet. The band set out on numerous tours in support of "Lafcadio" and while they admit they were "young and having fun," they were losing money daily. Then in July 2004, bassi... | 29,939 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
the progress. Soon thereafter As Tall as Lions wrote "Songs for Luna," "Love, Love, Love" "Maybe I'm Just Tired" and "A Break A Pause." In October, just as they were about to enter the studio, the band completed writing with "A Soft Hum," "Ghost of York," "Be Here Now", "Kicking Myself," and b-side "Un... | 29,940 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
third week of January, the band finished mixing and set out on tour. It was around this time that the band decided to ask friend, Rob Parr, to join the band on tour as keyboardist after having met him while touring in support of Lafcadio. Having never played piano, Parr worked hard to familiarize himse... | 29,941 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
and cover "O' Holy Night", only to be unreleased but lived on via different web sites & released compilations. The band inked a spot on the AP Tour in March of that year and remained on that bill through April. The band began a headlining tour in June and July, playing to packed crowds nightly. On July... | 29,942 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
Top 50 for the first week of release. During its release, drummer Sarcona and bassist Tavarez went on a national tour with the Boston-based project The Dear Hunter. An ATAL tour with Silverchair followed in December, as well as other select dates. The EP was released on vinyl on March 17. In January 20... | 29,943 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
Dan Nigro is working on a solo project, named Blocks. On January 29, 2013, Sarcona and Tavarez announced their new project, The Black and the White, along with releasing new music and touring in 2013 and 2014. Guitarist Saen Fitzgerald is currently in a band called Willis Work. Keyboardist Rob Parr is ... | 29,944 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
plus B-side) {2013}
# References.
http://theywillrockyou.com/2010/05/dan-nigro-tall-lions/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100920125855/http://chicagomusicguide.com/interviews_2010_atal.htm
http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/22/interview-dan-nigro-as-tall-as-lions-overthinking-it/
http://weworemasks... | 29,945 |
3447190 | As Tall as Lions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As%20Tall%20as%20Lions | As Tall as Lions
/http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/as_tall_as_lions_as_tall_as_lions
https://web.archive.org/web/20100113003919/http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2009/11/as-tall-as-lions-you-cant-take-it-with-you.php
http://www.openingbands.com/printerfriendly.race?ID=509
http://top40.about.com/b/2009... | 29,946 |
3447186 | Jules Lund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jules%20Lund | Jules Lund
Jules Lund
Jules Lund (born 24 April 1979) is an Australian television and radio presenter from Melbourne and founder of TR|BE.
# Early life.
Lund was born in Melbourne in 1979, where he attended De La Salle College, Malvern. Lund studied Graphic Design, Photography and Film before winning the FOX FM Radi... | 29,947 |
3447186 | Jules Lund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jules%20Lund | Jules Lund
in 2012.
He has hosted the Logies red carpet arrivals every year since 2006 (now in his tenth consecutive year). In July 2006, Lund appeared in Channel Nine's "Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice" and was partnered with professional ice skater, Kristina Cousins. He was 5th eliminated in the competition. In Oc... | 29,948 |
3447186 | Jules Lund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jules%20Lund | Jules Lund
a breakfast show across the Austereo Today Network. From February 2011, Lund and Fifi Box co-hosted a Drive Shift radio show called "Fifi and Jules" across the Today Network leaving Friday's show open for Hamish and Andy to do their show. In 2013, the show aired five days a week and Lund’s interest in the di... | 29,949 |
3447186 | Jules Lund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jules%20Lund | Jules Lund
January 2015, Emma Freedman and Lund were announced as hosts of "The Scoopla Show", an entertainment news segment which was cancelled in February 2016 by the Hit Network.. JULES continues to have a behind the scenes role.
In September 2015 Lund launched TR|BE, a marketplace for social influencers and the br... | 29,950 |
3447186 | Jules Lund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jules%20Lund | Jules Lund
documented Lund's good friend and mentor Jim Stynes life and his battle with cancer. Lund met Stynes through his involvement with The Reach Foundation and Stynes was Lund’s groomsman at his wedding. When Stynes was diagnosed with cancer, Lund found Stynes so compelling and inspiring that he captured moments ... | 29,951 |
3447220 | Please Don't Eat My Mother | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please%20Don't%20Eat%20My%20Mother | Please Don't Eat My Mother
Please Don't Eat My Mother
Please Don't Eat My Mother is a 1973 exploitation film directed by Carl J. Monson.
It is an adult-themed parody of Roger Corman's "The Little Shop of Horrors".
# Plot.
A shy and timid man who lives with his mother buys a plant he thinks talked to him. His loneli... | 29,952 |
3447220 | Please Don't Eat My Mother | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please%20Don't%20Eat%20My%20Mother | Please Don't Eat My Mother
Eventually the plant wants to try a delicious woman, like in the pictures Henry has hanging in his room.
One day, Henry's mother breaks into his room thinking to confront him with a woman and all she can find are Henry and the plant. But soon the plant eats her and discovers that women are r... | 29,953 |
3447220 | Please Don't Eat My Mother | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please%20Don't%20Eat%20My%20Mother | Please Don't Eat My Mother
ences urges and Henry finds a male specimen. The male eats men while the female eats women. One woman is willing to end Henry's life of virginity but accidentally gets eaten. Henry is broken and tries to kill himself while the plants get passionate with one another. Henry is too clumsy to suc... | 29,954 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
USS Kidd (DDG-993)
USS "Kidd" (DDG-993) was the lead ship in her class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Derived from the , these vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. The vessel was the second named after Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was aboard dur... | 29,955 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare. "Kidd"-class ships were known in the fleet informally as the "Ayatollah" or "dead admiral" class.
# History.
USS "Kidd" was commissioned 27 June 1981 at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
On 8 December 1982 the destroyer deployed ... | 29,956 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
The deployment ended with her return to Norfolk on 2 June 1983. In September 1983, "Kidd" was awarded the Battle Efficiency "E".
On 16 February 1984 USS "Kidd" left Norfolk, Virginia, to participate in battle-readiness maneuvers as part of Operation United Effort. She returned home to Norfolk on 29 ... | 29,957 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
and Gaeta and Naples, Italy.
From 30 May 1985 "Kidd" took part in U.S. Sixth Fleet operations in the Black Sea through 3 June. USS "Kidd" cut short a port visit to Haifa, Israel, on 16 June in response to the TWA Flight 847 aircraft hijacking. She returned to Haifa on 15 July before visiting Alexand... | 29,958 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
under the power of her gas-turbine engines, arriving in Norfolk. and ending her deployment on 2 October 1985.
In September 1987, under Commander Daniel Murphy, USS "Kidd" was awarded her third Battle Efficiency "E" award while deployed as part of the Middle East Force 3–87. She departed Norfolk on 6... | 29,959 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
in Operation Nimble Archer in October, during this deployment.
On 9 January 1991 USS "Kidd" departed from Norfolk, bound for the Persian Gulf, along with , in support of Operation Desert Storm. "Kidd" faced several roles while operating in the Persian Gulf, among them the location and destruction of... | 29,960 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
Army OH-58 AHIPS helicopters were embarked, giving a total of four helicopters embarked on board "Kidd" at one time.
In December 1991 USS "Kidd" was again awarded the Battle Efficiency "E", this time for excellence during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
In October 1992 "Kidd" was deployed in counte... | 29,961 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
Isaac Kidd, Jr., USN(Ret.) presented this award to the crew at a pierside ceremony.
USS "Kidd" was assigned to Carrier Task Force 60 (CTF-60) in October 1994, forming around . During this period, the task force provided support of the naval weapons and ammunition embargo of the war-torn republics of... | 29,962 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for a community relations project before assuming drug interdiction duties in the Caribbean. She transited the Panama Canal to the Eastern Pacific on 30 April. Following another transit of the Canal and a brief stop in Charleston, South Carolina, USS "Kidd" ended her final depl... | 29,963 |
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USN.
# Current status.
The vessel has been renamed , a guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy. She was formally commissioned at the Su-ao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 2006-11-03, along with her sister ship, . Due to her somewhat run-down condition fro... | 29,964 |
3447195 | USS Kidd (DDG-993) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Kidd%20(DDG-993) | USS Kidd (DDG-993)
uided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy. She was formally commissioned at the Su-ao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 2006-11-03, along with her sister ship, . Due to her somewhat run-down condition from her storage, she was the third former "Kidd"-class vesse... | 29,965 |
3447227 | Remote scripting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Remote%20scripting | Remote scripting
Remote scripting
Remote scripting is a technology which allows scripts and programs that are running inside a browser to exchange information with a server. The local scripts can invoke scripts on the remote side and process the returned information.
The earliest form of asynchronous remote scripting... | 29,966 |
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interface.
The web development community subsequently developed a range of techniques for remote scripting in order to enable consistent results across different browsers. Early examples include JSRS library from 2000, the introduction of the Image/Cookie technique in 2000.
# JavaScript Remote Script... | 29,967 |
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L (or XHTML)
- The Document Object Model manipulated through JavaScript to dynamically display and interact with the information presented
- A transport layer. Different technologies may be used, though using a script tag or an iframe is used the most because it has better browser support than XMLHtt... | 29,968 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
Little Shop of Horrors (film)
Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical comedy horror film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a geeky florist shop worker who ... | 29,969 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986.
"Little Shop of Horrors" was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Produced o... | 29,970 |
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the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video.
# Plot.
In the early 1960s, a three-girl "Greek chorus"—Crystal, Ronnette, and Chiffon—introduce the film, warning the audience that some horror is coming their way ("Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors"). Seymour Krelborn... | 29,971 |
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plant that Seymour owns. Immediately attracting a customer, Seymour explains he bought the plant--which he dubbed "Audrey II", from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse ("Da-Doo"). Attracting business to Mushnik's shop, the plant soon starts to wither. Seymour accidentally pricks h... | 29,972 |
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own blood, draining his energy ("Some Fun Now"). Seymour soon attempts to ask Audrey out, but she turns him down because she has a date with Orin, who is revealed to be a dentist ("Dentist!"). After Seymour closes up shop, Audrey II (Levi Stubbs) begins to talk to Seymour, demanding more b... | 29,973 |
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but cannot bring himself to use it. Orin, who abuses nitrous oxide, puts on a type of venturi mask to receive a constant flow of the gas, but breaks the valve, and Seymour watches as he asphyxiates. Seymour dismembers Orin's body and feeds it to Audrey II, which has grown to enormous size,... | 29,974 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
swallows Mushnik whole ("Suppertime").
Despite widespread success, Seymour worries about Audrey II's growth and unbridled appetite ("The Meek Shall Inherit"). Offered money and a contract for a botany TV show, Seymour becomes overwhelmed and decides to escape Skid Row with Audrey using mo... | 29,975 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
with her. Explaining that he fed the plant to become successful and win Audrey's heart, Seymour discovers she has always loved him. Approached by an executive named Patrick Martin (Jim Belushi) from a botanical company, Seymour is offered a contract to breed Audrey II and sell the saplings... | 29,976 |
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the destroyed shop, Seymour safely reunites with Audrey. The two wed and move to the suburbs: as they arrive at their new home, which is the one seen in Audrey's daydreams, a smiling Audrey II bud can be seen among the flowers in their front yard.
## Cut ending.
During production, direct... | 29,977 |
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but is too late to save her, as she is mortally wounded. As she is dying she tells him what the plant said about Orin and Mushnik, and then Seymour confesses that he fed them to the plant. Audrey requests that Seymour feed her to the plant too so that Seymour can earn the success he deserv... | 29,978 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
domain. Realizing Audrey II is planning global domination, Seymour climbs down from the roof with the resolution to destroy the plant. Returning to the shop, he confronts and tries to kill Audrey II, who tears down the shop, fishes him from the rubble and eats him alive. The plant then spi... | 29,979 |
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States Army attempts to fight the buds as they ascend the Statue of Liberty and Audrey II eventually bursts through the movie screen and presumably eats the viewers ("Finale (Don't Feed The Plants)").
# Cast.
- Rick Moranis as Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy florist who loves "strange and inte... | 29,980 |
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DDS, a sadistic, nitrous oxide-addicted dentist and Audrey's violent, abusive boyfriend.
- Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II, an evil and boisterous flytrap-like extraterrestrial plant with plans to take over the planet.
- Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, and Tisha Campbell as Crystal... | 29,981 |
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ending) was unavailable to reprise his scenes for the re-shoots.
- John Candy as Wink Wilkinson, the DJ for WSKID who puts on a radio show about "weird stuff" called "Wink Wilkinson's Weird World".
- Christopher Guest as The First Customer, the first customer to enter the flower shop and... | 29,982 |
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as the doo-wop backup singers.
- Jim Henson's daughter Heather Henson cameos as one of Orin's patients.
- Vincent Wong as the Chinese Florist
- Kerry Shale as "Life" magazine assistant
- Audrey II was operated by John Alexander, Anthony Asbury, Don Austen, David Barclay, Michael Barcla... | 29,983 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
3. "Da-Doo"– Seymour, Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal
- 4. "Grow for Me"– Seymour, Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal (off-screen)
- 5. "Somewhere That's Green"– Audrey
- 6. "Some Fun Now"– Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal
- 7. "Dentist!"– Orin, Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal
- 8. "Feed Me (Git It)"– Audrey II,... | 29,984 |
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Pods
- 15. ""Little Shop of Horrors" medley" (end credits)– Company
- Original ending
- 2. li value="13""Somewhere That's Green (Reprise)"– Audrey, Seymour
- 3. "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"– Audrey II, the Pods
- 4. "Finale (Don't Feed the Plants)"– Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal, ... | 29,985 |
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Charles B. Griffith. John Landis was also attached to the project for a time.
Geffen then offered the film to Frank Oz, who was finishing work on "The Muppets Take Manhattan" around the same time. Oz initially rejected it, but he later had an idea that got him into the cinematic aspect of... | 29,986 |
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song is expanded to include an additional verse to allow for more opening credits. The song "Ya Never Know" was re-written into a calypso-style song called "Some Fun Now", although some of the lyrics were retained. Four other songs ("Closed for Renovation", "Mushnik and Son", "Now (It's Ju... | 29,987 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
the original off-Broadway Audrey, the role was given to her. "She's amazing," Oz said. "I couldn't imagine any other Audrey, really. She nailed that part for years off-Broadway." The character of the masochistic dental patient (who in Corman's original film was named Wilbur Force and playe... | 29,988 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
the scenes were filmed at Pinewood Studios in England, making use of every sound stage there, including the 007 Stage. Oz and his crew did not want to shoot on location as it would tamper with the fantastical mood of the film. Part of the giant 007 stage was used to film the 'Suddenly Seym... | 29,989 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
Story".
As mentioned, additional sequences and songs from the original off-Broadway show were dropped or re-written in order for the feature version to be paced well. The notable change was for the "Meek Shall Inherit" sequence. As originally filmed, it detailed through a dream sequence S... | 29,990 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
the songs from the original ending. The sequence was deemed to be lost until in 2012 when it was rediscovered on a VHS workprint that contained alternate and extended takes and sequences.
## Operating the plant.
The film's version of Audrey II was an elaborate creation, using puppets des... | 29,991 |
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convincing and lifelike. They realized they could film the puppet at a slower speed, making it appear to move faster when played back at normal speed. "By slowing it down it looked it was talking real fast. We then went 'holy cow, look at that. We can do it. The frame rate for filming the ... | 29,992 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
were filtered through a harmonizer when slowed down so that they were coherent for Moranis or Ellen Greene.
There are no blue screens or opticals involved in any of Audrey II's scenes, with the exception of the reshot ending where the plant is electrocuted, designed by Visual Effects supe... | 29,993 |
3447166 | Little Shop of Horrors (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Shop%20of%20Horrors%20(film) | Little Shop of Horrors (film)
hours depending on the size. The "Suppertime" number uses two different sizes of Audrey II. When the plant is singing all alone in the shop, it is actually a smaller size: the same size as when it sang "Feed Me", but now standing on a scaled down set to make it look larger. The full size o... | 29,994 |
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Geffen was actually against it. "He said you can't do that", Oz recounts. "But again he knew what Howard and I wanted to do, so he supported us." A special effects team skilled in working with miniatures, and Special Visual Effects team, went to great lengths to create the finale. The mode... | 29,995 |
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by Bran Ferren (Altered States).
Reportedly the entire planned climax cost about $5 million to produce, and included elaborate special and visual effects. Oz said in an interview, "this was, I think, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had done at the time." As the film was nearing compl... | 29,996 |
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setting another test screening in L.A. to see if they would get a different reaction. Geffen agreed to this, but they received the same negative reaction as before. Oz later recounted, "I learned a lesson: in a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow—in a movie, they don... | 29,997 |
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Dooley (who was unavailable for the re-shoot) as Patrick Martin. The musical number "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" was left mostly intact from the original cut, with new shots of Audrey observing from a window added in. A brief sequence from the "Mean Green Mother" number was also re... | 29,998 |
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the chorus girls in the yard and was replaced with a lookalike seen only from the waist down.
"We had to do it," Oz recounted. "[and do it] in such a manner that the audience would enjoy the movie. It was very dissatisfying for both of us that we couldn't do what we wanted. So creatively,... | 29,999 |
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