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343573 | Diane Ablonczy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diane%20Ablonczy | Diane Ablonczy
e at the Organization of American States with ambassadors to the OAS representing countries from the Americas
- Worked with consular officials to promote safe travel habits of Canadians travelling abroad
In addition to her Cabinet position she served in the following Cabinet Committees:
- Legislative ... | 50,400 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
Dear World
Dear World is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. With its opening, Herman became the first composer-lyricist in history to have three productions running simultaneously on Broadway. It starred Angela Lansbury, who won the Tony Award fo... | 50,401 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
over those of greed, materialism and science.
# Productions and background.
The musical had a notably troubled preview period that included multiple changes to the script and score. Lucia Victor, Gower Champion's assistant and a director of several revivals, including "Hello, Dolly!", was hired as director... | 50,402 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
between Mr. Glenville and Miss Lansbury, the composer, the authors or the producer... an advance arrangement had been made with Mr. Glenville to direct the show through last week only." The show's final director, Joe Layton, was then hired, also replacing the choreographer Donald Saddler.
The musical opened... | 50,403 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
to a massive production that effectively overwhelmed the simplicity of the original tale. After the Broadway closing, Herman, Lawrence, and Lee rewrote the show, "putting back the intimacy that had been undermined on Broadway."
A revised version was produced at Goodspeed Musicals (Connecticut) in November–D... | 50,404 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
2002 with Maureen McGovern playing Aurelia. Thompson had revised his previous revision of the book.
The Canadian premiere of this revised version was presented by the Toronto Civic Light Opera Company in May 2012. Directed by Joe Cascone, the production starred Barbara Boddy as Aurelia, David Haines as the ... | 50,405 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
by Mike Robertson, musical direction by Ian Townsend, sound by Mike Walker, and orchestrations by Sarah Travis.
The York Theatre Company (New York City) presented the musical from February 25 to March 5, 2017, starring Tyne Daly as Aurelia. Daly previously starred in a concert version of "Dear World" at the... | 50,406 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
and reminiscing about her past. When the corporation decides to blow up the bistro to get the oil, a young executive, Julian, helps to foil the plan because he has fallen in love with Nina, the bistro's waitress. Aurelia lures the corporation executives to the underground in the sewer system.
# Songs (origi... | 50,407 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
- Orchestra
- 9. Chimes•Concertina Underscore #1 - Orchestra
- 10. Drowned Man - Orchestra
- 11. Chimes•Concertina Underscore #2 - Orchestra
- 12. "Each Tomorrow Morning" - Countess
- 13. "First Reprise: Each Tomorrow Morning" - Countess & Chorus
- 14. Chimes•Concertina Underscore #3 - Orchestra
- 15.... | 50,408 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
Person" - Countess & Chorus
- Entr'Acte
- 24. Entr'Acte - Orchestra
br
- Act II
- 25. "The Spring Of Next Year" - President, Prospector, Lawyer
- 26. Stoned Music - Orchestra
- 27. "Memory" - Constance
- 28. "Pearls" - Countess and Gabrielle
- 29. "Dickie" - Gabrielle & Countess
- 30. "Voices" - Co... | 50,409 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
39. Finale Ultimo - Countess & Company
- 40. Bows - Countess & Full Company
- 41. Exit Music - Orchestra
# Songs (as revised).
- Act I
- "A Sensible Woman" – Aurelia †
- "The Spring Of Next Year"—The Chairman of The Board, The Prospector and The Corporation
- "Each Tomorrow Morning"—Countess Aurelia a... | 50,410 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
Aurelia
- "Memories"—Constance
- "Pearls"—Countess Aurelia and Gabrielle
- "Dickie"—Gabrielle
- "Voices"—Constance
- "Thoughts"—Countess Aurelia
- "And I Was Beautiful"—Countess Aurelia
- "Have a Little Pity on the Rich"—The Sewer Man †
- "Each Tomorrow Morning" (Reprise) Julian
- "One Person"—Count... | 50,411 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
The Chairman – William Larsen
- Nina – Pamela Hall
# Awards and nominations.
Tony Award
- Best Actress in a Musical – Angela Lansbury (winner)
- Best Scenic Design – Oliver Smith (nominee)
# Critical response.
The show received mostly negative reviews, with critics seemingly "personally offended" by s... | 50,412 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
is endearing throughout the evening and at her commanding best here..." Her song, "I Don't Want to Know" is "a song surprised by its own unexpected passion. The effect doesn't always work out for composer Jerry Herman... 'Dear World' is attractive when it is staying close to its addled Good People... it is i... | 50,413 |
343586 | Dear World | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dear%20World | Dear World
own unexpected passion. The effect doesn't always work out for composer Jerry Herman... 'Dear World' is attractive when it is staying close to its addled Good People... it is in trouble whenever it turns to the Bad People... Oliver Smith's settings are perfect."
Clive Barnes in "The New York Times" gave Lan... | 50,414 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
Online music store
An online music store is an online business which sells audio files over the Internet, usually sound recordings of music songs or classical pieces, in which the user pays on a per-song or subscription basis. It may be differentiated from music streaming services in that the online... | 50,415 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
band for each song. Some online music stores also sell recorded speech files, such as podcasts and video files of movies.
# History.
The first free, high fidelity online music archive of downloadable songs on the Internet was the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) in 1993. IUMA was started b... | 50,416 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
purchase the MP3 format via downloading. It sold single songs for $0.99 and entire album downloads for $9.99. The company's graphical user interface was attractive enough to garner distribution deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Bertelsmann Music Group and Warner Music Group.... | 50,417 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
which meant that users could listen to MP3 files directly.
The realization of the market for downloadable music grew widespread with the development of Napster, a music and file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning that made a major impact on the Internet scene during the year 2000. Some service... | 50,418 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
Napster became an online music store until it was acquired by Rhapsody from Best Buy on December 1, 2011. Later companies and projects successfully followed its P2P file sharing example such as Gnutella, Freenet, Kazaa, Bearshare, and many others. Some services, like LimeWire, Scour, Grokster, Madste... | 50,419 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
to navigate and use. Sony's pricing of US$3.50 per song track also discouraged many early adopters of the service. Furthermore, as "MP3 Newswire" pointed out in its review of the service, users were actually only renting the tracks for that $3.50, because the patron did not own the audio file. After ... | 50,420 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
and heavy limitations on how downloaded files could be used once paid for. In the end, consumers chose instead to download music using illegal, free file sharing programs, which many consumers felt were more convenient and easier to use.
Non-major label services like eMusic, Cductive and Listen.com ... | 50,421 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
for the US in September 2007, expanding it gradually to most countries where Amazon operates
# 2000s.
There are also an increasing amount of new services popping up in the 2000s that enable musicians to sell their music directly to fans without the need for a third party. These type of services usu... | 50,422 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
for whatever price they wanted to pay, legally allowing them to download the album for free. About one-third of people who downloaded the album paid nothing, with the average price paid being £4. After three months online the album was taken down by the band and physically released it in the CD forma... | 50,423 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
stores—especially iTunes—experienced a marked increase in sales. Consumer spending shifted away from the purchase of compact discs (CDs) in favor of purchasing albums from online music stores, or more commonly, purchasing individual songs. The iTunes platform has been the main reason for this shift, ... | 50,424 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
Furthermore, with the arising popularity of Cyber Monday, online music stores have further gained ground over other music distribution sources.
iTunes rolled out an Instant Gratification (instant grat) service, in which some individual tracks or bonus tracks were made available to customers who have... | 50,425 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
on other online music stores including Amazon and Spotify.
# Compared to file sharing.
Much controversy surrounds file sharing, so many of these points are disputed.
## Advantages of legal online stores.
- The sale of licensed content adheres to copyright laws
- More consistent and higher-qualit... | 50,426 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
is theoretically working for less than minimum wage - "By spending an hour of your time to save less than four dollars, he calculated, 'you're working for less than minimum wage!'".
## Disadvantages of online stores.
- Many major online music stores only offer music in one audio format.
- Most onl... | 50,427 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
but in larger size files than FLAC or ALAC without advantage in sound quality. In contrast, lossless rips of CDs in FLAC format are widely available on the web for illegal downloading.
- Some stores use Digital Rights Management technology, which limits the use of music files on certain devices. The... | 50,428 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
stores receive competition from online radio, as well as file sharing. Online radio is the free distribution of webcasts on the Internet via streaming. Listeners can create customizable "stations" based on a genre, artists, or song of their choice. Notable Internet Radio service providers are Pandora... | 50,429 |
343585 | Online music store | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Online%20music%20store | Online music store
o, as well as file sharing. Online radio is the free distribution of webcasts on the Internet via streaming. Listeners can create customizable "stations" based on a genre, artists, or song of their choice. Notable Internet Radio service providers are Pandora, Last FM and recently Spotify, with Pandor... | 50,430 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba (; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in "Camp Nowhere" and "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994), but rose to prominence at 19, as the lead actress of the television series "Dark Angel" (... | 50,431 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
is a frequent collaborator of director Robert Rodriguez, having starred in "Sin City" (2005), "Machete" (2010), "" (2011), "Machete Kills" (2013), and "" (2014).
Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells baby, personal and household products. Magazines including "Men's Health... | 50,432 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before settling back in Claremont, California, when she was nine years old. Alba has described her family as being a "very conservative fami... | 50,433 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
also had asthma since she was a child. Alba became isolated from other children at school, because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. She has said that her family's frequent moving also contributed to her isolation from her peers. Alba gr... | 50,434 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
acting lessons. An agent signed Alba nine months later. Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature "Camp Nowhere" as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.
Alba appeared in two national t... | 50,435 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.
In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama "Brooklyn South", as Lea... | 50,436 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique tormenting an insecure copy editor in the romantic comedy "Never Been Kissed", opposite Drew Barrymore, and as the female lead in the little-seen, now cult classic, comedy horror film "Idle Hands... | 50,437 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
for Choice Actress, and Saturn Award for Best Actress. Her role has been cited as a feminist character and is considered a symbol of female empowerment. Writing for the University of Melbourne, Bronwen Auty considered Max to be the "archetypal modern feminist hero —a young woman empowered to use her body a... | 50,438 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
in "Honey". Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus was: "An attractive Jessica Alba and energetic dance numbers provide some lift to this corny and formulaic movie". Budgeted at US18 million, the film, nevertheless, made US$62.2 million.
Alba next played exotic dancer Nancy Callahan, as part of a long ensemb... | 50,439 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
for Sexiest Performance.
Alba portrayed the Marvel Comics character Invisible Woman in "Fantastic Four" (also 2005), alongside Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, and Julian McMahon. "The Guardian", in its review for the film, noted: "Feminists and non-feminists alike must absorb the "Fantastic F... | 50,440 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
opposite Paul Walker, one half of a couple who find themselves in trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane. The film saw moderate box office returns, with a US$44.4 million worldwide gross. She hosted the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the ... | 50,441 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
it flat. We can CGI the tears in.'" According to Alba, this experience filled her with self-doubt: "And then it all got me thinking: Am I not good enough? Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough? Do people hate them so much that they don't want me to be a person? Am I not allowed to be a person in... | 50,442 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
in similar poses. While the film was heavily panned by critics, it made almost US$60 million upon its release. Her third starring vehicle in 2007 was the psychological thriller "Awake", portraying the girlfriend of a billionaire man who is about to have a heart transplant. Reviews were lukewarm, but Roger ... | 50,443 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
February 2008, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba made her acting transition to the horror genre in the film "The Eye", a remake of the Hong Kong original, in which she obtained the role of a successful classical violinist who receives an eye tran... | 50,444 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
Logan Lerman and Elizabeth Banks, and starred in the comedy "The Love Guru", as a woman who inherits the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, opposite Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake. Mick LaSalle, of the "San Francisco Chronicle", noting that she was "prominently" in the film, felt that she "finally seems re... | 50,445 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
Film Festival to polarized reactions from critics. Her next film was the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day", in which she played the girlfriend of a florist as part of a long ensemble cast consisting of Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Taylor Lautner and Julia Roberts, among others. Despite negative reviews, t... | 50,446 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
2008, premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival. In it, she portrayed a painfully withdrawn young woman. Her last 2010 film was the comedy "Little Fockers", in which she played an extrovert drug representative, reuniting with Robert De Niro, who was also in "Machete". Despite negative reviews from critics, t... | 50,447 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
in comparison to the previous films in the franchise, but was still a moderate succcess, taking in US$85 million around the globe. Alba next appeared with Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Jane Lynch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Catherine O'Hara in the comedy "A.C.O.D." (2013), portraying what the "Washington ... | 50,448 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
2013, Alba also made her voice acting debut in the moderately successful animated film "Escape from Planet Earth".
Alba worked once again with director Rodriguez for two film sequels. She reprised her role of an Immigration Officer, in an uncredited cameo appearance, in "Machete Kills" (2013), which flopp... | 50,449 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
limp attempt to turn Alba's character from an exploited figure into an empowered one". She next took on the roles of a cabaret show performer in the dramedy "Dear Eleanor" (2014), the athletic girlfriend of a successful and well-respected English professor in the romantic comedy "Some Kind of Beautiful" (2... | 50,450 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
to get into shape for the film, and was drawn to the strength her character exhibited, remarking: "I think for these types of movies you don't often get to see the female romantic lead kind of kick butt. I mean, it's usually she's being saved by the guy, and so it's nice that I got to come to the table wit... | 50,451 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
In early 2013, Alba released her book, "The Honest Life," based on her experiences creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family. The book became a "New York Times" Best Seller.
In October 2015, Alba launched a collection of skin care and beauty products called Honest Beauty.
## Charity and politics.... | 50,452 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
also said, "I think it is important for young people to be aware of the need we have in this country to get them more active politically...People respond to things that are shocking."
Alba endorsed and supported Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama during the 2008 primary season. She also endorsed... | 50,453 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
June 16, 2009, Oklahoma City police said that they would not pursue criminal charges against Alba, because none of the property owners wanted to pursue it. Alba apologized in a statement to "People" magazine and said that she regretted her actions. She later donated an undisclosed amount of money (over US$... | 50,454 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
She has also been a strong supporter of gay rights and on June 27, 2013, she expressed her delight with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down DOMA on her Twitter account. She tweeted "#equality #love".
Alba's charity work has included participation with Clothes Off Our Back, Habitat for Humanity, Na... | 50,455 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
2015, Alba and The Honest Company sponsored a laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The lab was announced to be a specialized room designed to keep out dust and particles, where a team of epidemiologists would research links between household chemicals and autism.
# Public image.
Jessica A... | 50,456 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
Alba was voted as the fifth Sexiest Female Star in a Hollywood.com poll. In 2005, she was named as one of "People" Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, and also appeared later in the magazine's 100 Most Beautiful list in 2007. Alba has also been named as part of "FHM"'s Sexiest Women lists.
Alba was named... | 50,457 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
after receiving a personal apology from "Playboy" owner Hugh Hefner, who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported. Also in 2006, readers of AskMen.com voted Alba No. 1 on "99 Most Desirable Women"." In 2007, Alba was ranked No.4 on Empire Magazine's "100 Sexiest Movie Stars". Both ... | 50,458 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
was seeking plastic surgery to resemble Alba in order to win back an ex-boyfriend; the star spoke out against the perceived need to change one's appearance for love.
Alba has commented on her fears of being typecast as a sex kitten based on the bulk of parts offered to her. In an interview, Alba said she ... | 50,459 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
but declined the offer, saying, "I don't do nudity. I just don't. Maybe that makes me a bad actress. Maybe I won't get hired in some things. But I have too much anxiety". She remarked of a "GQ" shoot in which she was scantily clad, "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna ... | 50,460 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.
Alba also had objections to the church's condemnations of premarital sex and homosexuality, and what she saw as a lack of strong female role models in the Bible, explaining "I thought it was a nice guide, but it certai... | 50,461 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
the church.
While filming "Dark Angel" in January 2000, Alba began a three-year relationship with her co-star Michael Weatherly. Weatherly proposed to Alba on her twentieth birthday, which she accepted. In August 2003, Alba and Weatherly announced that they had ended their relationship. In July 2007, Alba... | 50,462 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
"Fantastic Four" in 2004. The pair were married in Los Angeles in May 2008. They have three children: daughters born in June 2008, and August 2011, and a son born in December 2017. The first pictures of her eldest daughter which appear in the July 2008 issue of "OK!" magazine were reportedly paid US$1.5 mi... | 50,463 |
343554 | Jessica Alba | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica%20Alba | Jessica Alba
eportedly paid US$1.5 million.
In 2014, Alba appeared in Henry Louis Gates's genealogy series "Finding Your Roots", where her lineage was traced back to the ancient Maya civilization. The show's research indicated that the surname Alba did not come from a Spanish man, since her father's direct paternal li... | 50,464 |
343598 | Carole-Marie Allard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole-Marie%20Allard | Carole-Marie Allard
Carole-Marie Allard
Carole-Marie Allard (born September 6, 1949) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of Canada's House of Commons. She represented the riding of Laval East from 2000 to 2004. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a membe... | 50,465 |
343598 | Carole-Marie Allard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole-Marie%20Allard | Carole-Marie Allard
he Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Non-medical use of drugs. She lost the 2004 election to Robert Carrier of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Alfred-Pellan.
She is a lawyer, former pr... | 50,466 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
Bullet (Misfits song)
"Bullet" is the second single released by the horror punk band the Misfits. The four tracks comprising the EP were recorded, along with thirteen others, in early 1978 for the proposed "Static Age" album. When the band could not find a record label to release the album, they ... | 50,467 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
Records issued a Pere Ubu record on their own Blank Records imprint, unaware that Danzig held a trademark on the name. They offered him thirty hours of studio time in exchange for the rights to the Blank Records name, which he accepted. In January and February 1978 the Misfits, then consisting of ... | 50,468 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
the band were unable to find a record label interested in releasing the album, and instead released four of the tracks as the "Bullet" EP in June 1978 on Danzig's new label Plan 9 Records.
The song "Bullet" references the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, with sexually explicit lyrics direct... | 50,469 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
gatefold cover and lyrics sheet. These copies had "distributed by Ork" printed on the back sleeve, as a distribution deal with Ork Records had been planned, but distribution through Ork never took place. A second pressing of 2,000 on red vinyl had a different back cover, removing the band photo an... | 50,470 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
album "Misfits" (1986), released three years after the band's breakup, included "Bullet" and "Hollywood Babylon", while "Collection II" (1995) included "We Are 138" and "Attitude".
The Misfits box set in 1996 presented the complete "Static Age" album for the first time, including all four tracks ... | 50,471 |
343596 | Bullet (Misfits song) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet%20(Misfits%20song) | Bullet (Misfits song)
e "Static Age" album for the first time, including all four tracks from the "Bullet" single. "Static Age" was also released as a separate album that July.
# Cover versions.
"Bullet" was covered by Refused for the "Children In Heat" compilation, and the Hellacopters covered it on the tribute albu... | 50,472 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
Reg Alcock
Reginald B. Alcock, (April 16, 1948 – October 14, 2011) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock was a member of the Liberal Party o... | 50,473 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
result of his efforts, Manitoba became the first province in Canada to introduce official protocols to deal with instances of child sex abuse. Alcock has also been active with the Harvard Policy Group, which studies the effects of Information Technology on the public sector. He began his political career at ... | 50,474 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
incumbent Lloyd Axworthy in the 1988 federal election. Alcock served as official opposition house leader and finance critic and was re-elected in the 1990 provincial election despite a shift against his party. He endorsed Jean Chrétien's bid to lead the federal Liberal Party in 1990, and declared his own int... | 50,475 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
Government backbencher.
Alcock soon developed a reputation as one of the most technologically savvy members of parliament. In 1994, he became the first MP to electronically coordinate his parliamentary office from his riding instead of relying on permanent staff in Ottawa. At around the same time, he became... | 50,476 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
as it coincided with significant flooding from the Red River into Winnipeg. Alcock, along with other Manitoba Liberal MPs, requested a delay until the flooding was under control. When Chrétien called the election anyway, Alcock transformed his campaign office into a volunteer relief centre. He was personally... | 50,477 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
Riel's conviction for high treason and recognize him as a Father of Confederation.
There were frequent rumours that Alcock would be appointed to the Chrétien cabinet, but he was passed over on more than one occasion. His professional relationship with Chrétien deteriorated after 2000, and in 2002 he became ... | 50,478 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada on December 12, 2003, he appointed Alcock to cabinet as President of the Treasury Board, Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board, and political minister responsible for Manitoba. He was also named to the government's priorities and planning committee, des... | 50,479 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
to the federal sponsorship scandal, in which some public monies were misappropriated by bureaucrats and advertising agents in Quebec with ties to the Liberal Party. Alcock announced a new appointment process for crown corporation executives in 2004, and the following year he issued a new policy of management... | 50,480 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
Critics considered this to be excessive and some suggested that Alcock was micro-managing his department.
Alcock also released a comprehensive proposal for reforming Canada's regulatory system in March 2005. He argued that his reforms would reduce delays for patent drug approval and avoid the duplication of... | 50,481 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
position against the legalization of marijuana, saying, "If we actually wanted to break the back of organized crime, we would be better off to control it. When you have these things underground, what you end up fuelling is organized crime."
# 2006 election.
Alcock was unexpectedly defeated in the 2006 fede... | 50,482 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
of Alcock's final acts in office was to approve a payment of up to $40,000 to assist Jean Pelletier with legal fees in a court challenge against the Gomery Commission. Representatives of other parties criticized this payment, saying that the government should only cover legal costs for working civil servants... | 50,483 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
political organization later worked for Ken Dryden's campaign, and Alcock himself endorsed Dryden at the leadership convention. Dryden dropped off after the second ballot and endorsed Bob Rae and then eventual winner Stéphane Dion.
In January 2007, Alcock was appointed to the faculty of the University of Ma... | 50,484 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
2005, Alcock donated an original painting entitled, "The view from my seat in the House of Commons, May 19, 6:10 p.m.", to a charity auction in Winnipeg. The work, a parody of Edvard Munch's The Scream, depicted Alcock's impression of the opposition Conservative caucus moments after the Liberals won a crucia... | 50,485 |
343590 | Reg Alcock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reg%20Alcock | Reg Alcock
vative caucus moments after the Liberals won a crucial confidence vote that could have forced early elections. Alcock acknowledged that the painting was mostly traced. It sold for $2,200.
- Alcock suffered weight-related health problems during his political career. Facing the prospect of severe diabetes, he... | 50,486 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Emperor Ling of Han
Emperor Ling of Han (156 – 13 May 189), personal name Liu Hong, was the 12th emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. Born the son of a lesser marquis who descended directly from Emperor Zhang (the third Eastern Han emperor), Liu Hong was chosen to be emperor in 168 around age 12 aft... | 50,487 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Empress Dowager Dou's father, Dou Wu, and the Confucian scholar-official Chen Fan in 168. After reaching adulthood, Emperor Ling was not interested in state affairs and preferred to indulge in women and a decadent lifestyle. At the same time, corrupt officials in the Han government levied heavy taxe... | 50,488 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
collapse. After his death, the Han Empire disintegrated in chaos for the subsequent decades as various regional warlords fought for power and dominance. (See End of the Han dynasty.) The Han dynasty ended in 220 when Emperor Ling's son, Emperor Xian, abdicated his throne – an event leading to the st... | 50,489 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Shu (劉淑) were also formerly Marquis of Jiedu Village. His great-grandfather, Liu Kai (劉開), the Prince of Hejian (河間王), was the sixth son of Emperor Zhang, the third emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. His mother, Lady Dong, was Liu Chang's formal spouse.
When Emperor Huan died in 168 without a son ... | 50,490 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
on the throne, and continued ruling on his behalf as regent. The newly enthroned Emperor Ling bestowed posthumous titles on his grandfather, father and grandmother, honouring them as emperors and an empress respectively. His mother, Lady Dong, did not become empress dowager and instead received the ... | 50,491 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
emperor into custody (after persuading him that it was for his own protection) arrested and executed Chen Fan. Dou Wu resisted but was eventually defeated and forced to commit suicide. The Dou clan was slaughtered. The powerful eunuchs, led by Cao Jie (曹節) and Wang Fu (王甫), became the most powerful ... | 50,492 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
that the "partisans" (i.e., Confucian officials and those who supported them) were plotting against him, and a large number of partisans were arrested and killed; the others had their civil liberties stripped completely, in an event historically known as the second Disaster of Partisan Prohibitions.... | 50,493 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
empress dowager. The key officials only know how to be officials and had nothing faithful to say."
The angry eunuchs ordered an investigation which led to over 1,000 arrests, but nothing conclusive was found. In that year, the eunuchs also falsely accused Emperor Huan's brother, Liu Kui (劉悝), the P... | 50,494 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
corruption for the most part. A major defeat of the Han army by the Xianbei tribes in 177 further drained the imperial treasury.
In 178, Emperor Ling's wife Empress Song, whom he made empress in 171 but did not favour, fell victim to the eunuchs' treachery. Her aunt, Lady Song, was Liu Kui's wife, ... | 50,495 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
Middle reign.
In 178, Emperor Ling introduced the practice of selling political offices for money – a practice which severely damaged the Han civil service system and led to widespread corruption. The people who paid for these positions perpetuated corruption upon taking office. That was exactly wh... | 50,496 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
women for the emperor.) She received the position of empress because she bore Emperor Ling a son, Liu Bian; the emperor had other sons but they died prematurely before Liu Bian's birth.
During these years, Emperor Ling became interested in building imperial gardens so he ordered the commandery and ... | 50,497 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
but was not consistent in doing so. His subjects often found it frustrating to try to convince him on policy issues because he only listened to them when he wanted to.
# The Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Sometime before 183, a major Taoist rebel movement had started in Ji Province (present-day central ... | 50,498 |
343588 | Emperor Ling of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Ling%20of%20Han | Emperor Ling of Han
and Hunan), Yang Province (present-day southern Jiangsu and Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang), Yan Province (present-day western Shandong), and Yu Province (present-day central and eastern Henan). Several key imperial officials became concerned about Zhang Jiao's hold over his followers, and suggested th... | 50,499 |
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