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343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
margins for querying. Usually the copy editor is asked to write in a bright color, so the author and other parties can easily recognize the editor's changes.
## On-screen editing.
Every year, more editing projects are being done on computer and fewer in print. Also, if there is a digital version of a tex... | 9,400 |
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mainly differs from hard-copy editing in the fact that the copyeditor should edit more cleanly on-screen, refraining from saving parts of words, and be careful in maintaining proper line spacing.
## Querying.
Copyeditors often need to query their authors in order to address questions, comments, or explan... | 9,401 |
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employed with, his or her goals may change, however there are a few constituencies that must always be served – the author (the person who wrote or compiled the manuscript), the publisher (the person or company that is paying to produce the material), and the readers (the audience for whom the material is ... | 9,402 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
in the middle of the 15th century opened the doors to the first printing houses in Europe. Even after the invention of the printing press and on to today, the editor's job is to correct perceived mistakes. Within these printing houses, there were a variety of employees, one being correctors, or as it is re... | 9,403 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
press, monastic copyists altered words or phrases they thought were odd, under the assumption that the copyist before them had made a mistake. This is what led to so much variety in standard texts like the Bible.
After the globalization of the book from 1800 to 1970, the rise of American authors and edito... | 9,404 |
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was good enough to be published. As time passed, the role of an editor and publisher became more distant. Although there was a newfound relationship between editors and authors, thoughtful editing did not end.
Copyeditors were employed at various publishing houses, magazines, journals, and by private auth... | 9,405 |
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language used today are unclear. Despite its long history, copyediting as a practice has not experienced any extreme upheaval other than the desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s. This phenomenon began as the result of a series of inventions that were released during the middle of this decade, and ref... | 9,406 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
begin to edit compositions entirely on-screen rather than by hand, desktop publishing revolution morphed copyediting into the practice it is today. Most copyeditors today rely on more modern WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text processors such as Microsoft Word that are based on the original PageMak... | 9,407 |
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and greatly accelerated that process". Paired with another string of strikes led by The New York Newspaper Guild against a number of smaller newspapers in the summer of 1934, these actions served to shift the image of the editorial worker as a "professional" to one as an average citizen. Another strike fro... | 9,408 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
result of lowering the status of editors across the various publishing fields, it could be said that they sparked the decline of copyeditors that can be seen across the publishing fields today.
Owing to the rise of the Digital Age, the roles and responsibilities of a copyeditor have changed. For instance,... | 9,409 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
digital as well as print versions of text. Digital copyediting requires copyeditors to understand RSS feeds, social media such as Twitter and Facebook, and Hyper Text Markup Language. What should be accounted for is that in this digital age, information is constantly being released which then leads to the ... | 9,410 |
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some even edit video content. Copyeditors are now sometimes referred to as "copy/layout editors" or "producers/designers".
# Changes in the field.
Traditionally, the copy editor would read a printed or written manuscript, manually marking it with editor's "correction marks". At sizable newspapers, the ma... | 9,411 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
often read on a computer display and text corrections are entered directly.
The nearly universal adoption of computerized systems for editing and layout in newspapers and magazines has also led copy editors to become more involved in design and the technicalities of production. Technical knowledge is ther... | 9,412 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
But, often, when push comes to shove, we will let every single one of those requirements slide except the last one, because you have to know that in order to push the button at the appointed time.
# Traits, skills, and training.
Besides an excellent command of language, copy-editors need broad general kn... | 9,413 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
often in journalism, the language the text is written in, or communications. In the United States, copy editing is often taught as a college journalism course, though its name varies. The courses often include news design and pagination.
In the United States, The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund sponsors internsh... | 9,414 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
editing test or a tryout. These vary widely and can include general items such as acronyms, current events, math, punctuation, and skills such as the use of Associated Press style, headline writing, info graphics editing, and journalism ethics.
In both the US and the UK, there are no official bodies offer... | 9,415 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
the digital era, copy-editors used to take a red pen to a piece of paper to point out errors and inconsistencies using a markup language made up of symbols universally known by copy-editors. The traditional copy editor was once defined as editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation and other mechanics of st... | 9,416 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
make changes is no longer the most efficient process. The position of copy editors is at risk because time demands quicker results that can be done by automatic correction software that catches grammatical errors. Transferring the responsibility from human copy editors to digital software has been adopted ... | 9,417 |
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are seen as a luxury in publishing. The potential for a company to use editing software may also require the copy editor to only perform heavy editing and querying. Though the steps for copyediting are the same, the execution is what has been changed due to the introduction of digital environments.
The te... | 9,418 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
on documents. On Google Docs users can invite others via email to view, comment and edit any file of their choosing. Those invited can view and edit the document together in real time. Unlike Google Docs whose files can only be shared through the web app, Dropbox shares from a desktop app. Dropbox users ca... | 9,419 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
history feature which tracks changes made to documents and lets users revert to earlier versions.
Useful in many word processors, a track changes feature allows users to make changes to a document and view them separately from the original document. In Microsoft Word users can choose whether to show or hi... | 9,420 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
under the Show Markup dropdown menu in the Review ribbon. Users can also choose to accept or reject changes by clicking either Accept or Reject in the Review Ribbon.
## Contemporary copy-editor.
The field of copy-editing is not obsolete. Teresa Schmedding, president of the American Copy Editors Society (... | 9,421 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
of video, images, search engine optimization, and audio are just some of the components that are now created and included to digital publications by copy editors. Digital journalism has created many new roles for a copy editor, such as editing on the Web. Digital editing now requires copy editors to become... | 9,422 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
problems with copy-editing is that it may slow the publication of text. With the digital publishing era came an increased demand for a fast turnover of information. Additional details such as color printing, page size, and layout are determined by the allotted budget. Web-based publications, such as BuzzFe... | 9,423 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
chief Lowen Liu and deputy editor Julia Turner.
In response to such high demands for fast-produced content, some online publications have started publishing articles first and then editing later, a process known as back-editing. Editors prioritize stories to edit based on traffic and whether the content w... | 9,424 |
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terms and navigation devices", especially when readers are looking at text in a second language.
# Effects of the Internet.
As online resources rise in popularity, copy editors endeavor to meet the increase of digital consumerism to the best of their abilities, and such high competition has resulted in a... | 9,425 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
content. Pagination is a convenient feature in programs such as "Pagemaker, the Quark Xpress, and AdobeIndesign". Despite the increasing number of programs, however, some copy editors believe their basic functions and duties haven't changed much. Other copy editors think the Internet has simplified the pro... | 9,426 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
importance of copy editing. Although it may be tempting to neglect proper revisions in favor of convenience, the credibility and quality of an editor's work should still be maintained, as there will always be updates in software and technology. As formats evolve, so too will the opportunities for journalis... | 9,427 |
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Bacon, 2004.
- Rewritten and updated: Brian S. Brooks and James L. Pinson. "The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence", 11th edn. Routledge, 2017.
- Einsohn, Amy. "The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications". 2nd edn. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2... | 9,428 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
"The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)". Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Ó Brógáin, Séamas. "A Dictionary of Editing". Dublin: Claritas, 2015. .
- Smith, Peggy. "Mark My Words: Instruction a... | 9,429 |
343323 | Copy editing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copy%20editing | Copy editing
gotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)". Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Ó Brógáin, Séamas. "A Dictionary of Editing". Dublin: Claritas, 2015. .
- Smith, Peggy. "Mark My Words: Instruction and Practice in Proofreading". 3rd edn. Alexandria, VA: EEI Pres... | 9,430 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
60 (number)
60 (sixty) () is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. Being three times 20, it is called "three score" in older literature.
# In mathematics.
It is a composite number, with divisors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60, making it a highly composite number. Because it is t... | 9,431 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
that have more divisors than any number less than twice itself , one of six that are also lowest common multiple of a consecutive set of integers from 1, and one of six that are divisors of every highly composite number higher than itself.
It is the sum of a pair of twin primes (29 + 31) and the sum of fou... | 9,432 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
polyhedra form 60-node vertex-transitive graphs. There are also two Archimedean solids with 60 edges: the snub cube and the icosidodecahedron. The skeleton of the icosidodecahedron forms a 60-edge symmetric graph.
There are 60 one-sided hexominoes, the polyominoes made from six squares.
In geometry, it is... | 9,433 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
the smallest positive integer that is written with only the smallest and the largest digit of base 2 (binary), base 3 (ternary) and base 4 (quaternary).
60 is also the product of the side lengths of the smallest whole number right triangle: 3, 4, 5, a type of Pythagorean triple.
# In science and technolog... | 9,434 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and several other countries in the Americas is 60 Hz.
An exbibyte (sometimes called exabyte) is 2 bytes.
# Cultural number systems.
The Babylonian number system had a base of 60, inherited from the Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations, and possibly motivat... | 9,435 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
a role in Chinese calendar and numerology.
In and in refer to 60 = 5 dozen = small gross. This quantity was used in international medieval treaties e.g. for ransom of captured Teutonic Knights.
# In religion.
60 occurs several times in the Bible; for example, as the age of Isaac when Jacob and Esau were ... | 9,436 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
and Glorious, created Adam in His own image with His length of sixty cubits.."
# In other fields.
It is:
- In time, the number of seconds in a minute, and the number of minutes in an hour. (a legacy of the Babylonian number system)
- The number of feet in the standard measurement tool to evaluate an aut... | 9,437 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
in miles per hour, for freeways in many U.S. states
- A common speed limit, in kilometers per hour, in urban areas in Russia
- In years of marriage, the diamond wedding anniversary
- The maximum number of marbles (game pieces) in Chinese checkers
- The code for international direct dial calls to Malaysi... | 9,438 |
343325 | 60 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=60%20(number) | 60 (number)
t Strip" was a TV show on NBC (2006–07)
- "Gone in 60 Seconds" is a movie starring Nicolas Cage
- Miss Sixty is a women's apparel brand
- The number of cards in the game Rack-O
- The number of the French department Oise
- Alpha 60 is a brain-computer in the movie Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard
... | 9,439 |
343331 | George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Somerset,%203rd%20Baron%20Raglan | George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan
George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan
George FitzRoy Henry Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, (18 September 1857 – 24 October 1921), styled The Honourable George Somerset until 1884, was a British soldier and Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1900 to 190... | 9,440 |
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he remained until 1874. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
# Military and political career.
In 1870 Somerset joined the Grenadier Guards. He fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, reaching the rank of captain. He served as Under-Secretary of State for ... | 9,441 |
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nt Governor of the Isle of Man. He arrived on the island on 18 October and was sworn in at Castletown on 21 October. He served as such until 1919. During his term as Lieutenant Governor he became the Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons in the Isle of Man from 1912 to 1919 and had... | 9,442 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
70 (number)
70 (seventy) is the natural number following 69 and preceding 71.
# In mathematics.
70 is:
- a sphenic number because it factors as 3 distinct primes.
- a Pell number.
- the seventh pentagonal number.
- the fourth tridecagonal number.
- the fifth pentatope number.
- the number of ways t... | 9,443 |
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integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member.
The sum of the first 24 squares starting from 1 is 70. This relates 70 to the Leech lattice and thus string theory.
# In science.
- 70 is the atomic number of ytterbium, a lanthanide
## Astronomy.
- Messier o... | 9,444 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
of Nations.
- There were 70 men in the Great Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court of ancient Israel. (Sanhedrin 1:4.)
- According to the Jewish Aggada, there are 70 perspectives ("faces") to the Torah (Numbers Rabbah 13:15).
- Seventy elders were assembled by Moses on God's command in the desert ().
- allots th... | 9,445 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
Septuagint.
- In Christianity:
- In , Jesus tells Peter to forgive people seventy times seven times.
- In , Jesus appoints Seventy Disciples and sends them out in pairs to preach the Gospel.
- Seventy is a priesthood office in the Latter Day Saint religion.
- In Islamic history and in Islamic interpret... | 9,446 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
expire after 70 years.
# In sports.
- In Olympic archery, the targets are 70 meters from the archers.
- In college football, West Virginia Mountaineers scored 70 points against Clemson Tigers in the 2012 Orange Bowl, setting the record as the most points ever scored by one side in the history of all bowl... | 9,447 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
and motorcycles on the best grades of road.
- 70 years of marriage is marked by a platinum wedding anniversary.
- 70 is the hull number of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrier USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN-70), named after U.S. Representative Carl Vinson.
- The French department Haute-Saône is number 70.
-... | 9,448 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
Age of the Olden Times (古稀 Guxi in Chinese, Koki in Japanese, 고희 Gohui in Korean, etc.), as written in one of Du Fu’s poems.
- Under Social Security (United States), the age at which a person can receive the maximum retirement benefits (and may do so and continue working without reduction of benefits)
# N... | 9,449 |
343334 | 70 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=70%20(number) | 70 (number)
poems.
- Under Social Security (United States), the age at which a person can receive the maximum retirement benefits (and may do so and continue working without reduction of benefits)
# Number name.
Several languages, especially ones with vigesimal number systems, do not have a specific word for 70: for... | 9,450 |
343338 | 80 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=80%20(number) | 80 (number)
80 (number)
80 (eighty) is the natural number following 79 and preceding 81.
# In mathematics.
80 is:
- the sum of Euler's totient function φ("x") over the first sixteen integers.
- a semiperfect number, since adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 1, 4, 5, 10, 20 and 40) gives 80.
- a ménage n... | 9,451 |
343338 | 80 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=80%20(number) | 80 (number)
The atomic number of mercury
# In religion.
- According to Exodus 7:7, Moses was 80 years old when he initially spoke to Pharaoh on behalf of his people. Today, 80 years of age is the upper age limit for cardinals to vote in papal elections.
# In other fields.
Eighty is also:
- used in the classic book... | 9,452 |
343338 | 80 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=80%20(number) | 80 (number)
le Around the World in Eighty Days
- the length of the Eighty Years' War or Dutch revolt (1568–1648)
- the standard TCP/IP port number for HTTP connections
- the 80A, 80B and 80C photographic filters correct for excessive redness under tungsten lighting
- The year AD 80, 80 BC, or 1980
- Eighty shillin... | 9,453 |
343340 | 90 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=90%20(number) | 90 (number)
90 (number)
90 (ninety) is the natural number preceded by 89 and followed by 91.
In the English language, the numbers 90 and 19 are often confused, as sounding very similar. When carefully enunciated, they differ in which syllable is stressed: 19 /naɪnˈtiːn/ vs 90 /ˈnaɪnti/. However, in dates such as 1999... | 9,454 |
343340 | 90 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=90%20(number) | 90 (number)
number, preceded in the sequence by 39, 51, 68.
- a Harshad number since 90 is divisible by the sum of its base 10 digits.
In normal space, the interior angles of a rectangle measure 90 degrees each. Also, in a right triangle, the angle opposing the hypotenuse measures 90 degrees, with the other two angle... | 9,455 |
343340 | 90 (number) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=90%20(number) | 90 (number)
horium, an actinide. As an atomic weight, 90 identifies an isotope of strontium, a by-product of nuclear reactions including fallout. It contaminates milk.
- the latitude in degrees of the North and the South geographical poles.
# In sports.
- Nike Total 90 Apparel is a brand name of football apparel and... | 9,456 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
Bob Barker
Robert William Barker (born December 12, 1923) is a retired American television game show host. He is known for hosting CBS's "The Price Is Right" from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history. He is also known for hosting "Truth or Conseq... | 9,457 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
in 1956, hosting "Truth or Consequences". From there, he hosted various game shows, and the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants from 1967 to 1987, giving him the distinction of being the longest-serving host of these pageants. He began hosting "The Price Is Right" in 1972. When his wife Dorothy Jo died, he b... | 9,458 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota. The U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885–1940, list Barker as an official member of the Sioux tribe. His mother, Matilda ("Tillie") Valandra ( Matilda Kent Tarleton), was a school teacher; his father, Byron John Barker, was the foreman on the electrical high... | 9,459 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
(now Drury University) in Springfield, on a basketball scholarship. He was a member of the Epsilon Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at Drury. On the outbreak of World War II, Barker served in the United States Navy as a fighter pilot. However, the war ended before he was assigned to a seagoing squadron. A... | 9,460 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
Beach (now WPBR in Lantana). In 1950, Barker moved to California in order to pursue a career in broadcasting. He was given his own radio show, "The Bob Barker Show", which ran for the next six years from Burbank. He was hosting an audience-participation radio show on KNX (AM) in Los Angeles when game show pr... | 9,461 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
(usually an off-the-wall question that no one would be able to answer correctly) before "Beulah the Buzzer" was sounded. If the contestant did not complete the "Truth" portion, there was a "Consequences", usually a zany and embarrassing stunt. If the contestant answered the question, invariably, the question... | 9,462 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
goodbye, and hoping all your consequences are happy ones!"
### "End of the Rainbow" (1957–1958).
On December 4, 1957, Barker began hosting a new Ralph Edwards creation, the short-lived "End of the Rainbow" for NBC. On this show (similar to Barker's "Truth or Consequences" and Edwards' "This Is Your Life"),... | 9,463 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
the surprise) announced that the current month's rent was free and that the grocer's rent would never increase.
### "The Family Game" (1967).
In 1967, Barker hosted the short-lived game show "The Family Game" for Chuck Barris, where he asked children contestants questions about their families' lives, and t... | 9,464 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
on "The Joker's Wild", which has led some to believe that Cox or DUNDAS was an alias for Jack Barry or Dan Enright, since "Joker" used the theme in its original 1968 pilot). There is at least one (somewhat low-quality) clip of the pilot on the video sharing website YouTube.
### "That's My Line" (1980–1981).... | 9,465 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
revival of "The Price Is Right" to stations, with Dennis James as host. CBS expressed interest in the series, on one condition: instead of James, Barker would be installed as host. After some initial resistance, Barker instead offered to host another upcoming CBS game show, Jack Barry's "The Joker's Wild" (w... | 9,466 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
September 4, 1972, Barker began hosting the CBS revival of "The Price Is Right". In the 35 years of the CBS version, Barker became far more associated with the series than first host Bill Cullen was with the 1956–65 original. When James' contract for the nighttime "Price" expired without being renewed in 197... | 9,467 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
role of executive producer for the show in 1988, following the death of the original executive producer, Frank Wayne. In this capacity, Barker created several pricing games, instituted a prohibition on foreign cars and animal-based products (see "Animal rights" below), and launched a prime-time series of spe... | 9,468 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
daytime game shows in 2009.) Overall, in daytime programming (excluding Saturday and Sunday), "The Price Is Right" is ranked sixth among the longest-continuing daytime television programs (NBC's "Today" ranks the longest, followed by four daytime soap operas: "Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", "General H... | 9,469 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
on June 15. The first airing was in the show's normal daytime slot and the second airing was in primetime as the lead-in to the "Daytime Emmy Awards". Repeat episodes from Barker's final season continued to air until October 12, 2007. On July 23 it was announced that comedian Drew Carey would take Barker's p... | 9,470 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
and subsequently retired, and Barker's Bargain Bar has been retooled as the Bargain Game after a four-year hiatus between 2008 and 2012.
After his retirement, Barker made three return appearances to "The Price is Right". He first appeared on the episode that aired on April 16, 2009 to promote his new autobi... | 9,471 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
where he took Drew's place at the show's intro. He hosted the first one bid and pricing game of that day before handing the hosting duties back to Drew. He also appeared during the showcase of that episode.
# Personal life.
Barker married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Jo Gideon, on January 12, 1945. ... | 9,472 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
began in 1991 after he complained of vision problems while exercising. After a visit to his doctor, he was sent to see a neurologist, who told Barker he had had a mild stroke. He recovered and went back to work.
On September 16, 1999, Barker was in Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress regarding HR 2... | 9,473 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
to remove the blockage. The procedure went well enough that he was able to return to work within the month.
Three years later, Barker had two additional health crises after taping the 30th-season finale of "The Price is Right". While lying in the sun on May 30, 2002, he experienced a stroke and was hospital... | 9,474 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
do not currently pose a threat to his life. During a televised interview, Barker told viewers, "I urge anyone who has spent some time in the sun, whether you're doing it now or not, go to a dermatologist once a year."
On October 20, 2015, two police officers passing Barker's Los Angeles-area home saw him tr... | 9,475 |
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fall. In October and November 2018, he was rushed to the hospital for severe back pain.
## Lawsuits.
In 1994, former model Dian Parkinson filed a lawsuit against Barker alleging sexual harassment following a three-year affair while working on "The Price Is Right". Parkinson, who alleged that she was extort... | 9,476 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
Barker dropped his case, but Hallstrom did not, finally ending in settlement in 2005.
Following their testimonies in Barker's failed lawsuit against Hallstrom, models Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley were fired, and later received out-of-court financial settlements. Director Paul Alter was removed fro... | 9,477 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
and "The Price Is Right" producers, claiming that she was forced to quit her job after testifying against Barker in a wrongful-termination lawsuit brought by a previous show producer. Curling claimed that she was demoted to an "intolerable work environment" backstage which caused her to leave the job. Curlin... | 9,478 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal.
## Animal rights.
Barker became a vegetarian in 1979. That same year, he began promoting animal rights. He was named national spokesman for "Be Kind to Animals Week" in May 1985. On A&E's "Biography" program, he credited his wife, Dorothy Jo, with causing him to bec... | 9,479 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
phrase: "This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the pet population — have your pets spayed or neutered." After Barker retired, Drew Carey continued his signature sign-off advocating neutering. Fellow game-show hosts Jack Barry and Bert Convy eventually followed Barker's lead in promoting animal rig... | 9,480 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
all over the United States. He worked closely with Betty White as an advocate for animal rights. However, in 2009, reports indicated that Barker threatened to not attend the 2009 Game Show Awards, where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award, because White would be attending. The reason for the confl... | 9,481 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
and helped fund a student clinic in environmental law.
Barker also supported United Activists for Animal Rights, and together with the group, publicly accused several media projects and the American Humane Association of animal mistreatment or the condoning of animal mistreatment, a tactic which resulted in... | 9,482 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
from U.S. Representative Bill Young, (R) Florida, whose wife had been "appalled" by what she saw. Annette Tarnowski, the tribe's attorney general, said a federal inspector had found nothing wrong in May 2009 at two of the zoos, and that the tribe had dealt with the few violations at the third. Hicks made no ... | 9,483 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
of the Japanese whaling fleet. In 2010, Barker began funding the cost of a helicopter, named the Nancy Burnet (after the president of United Activists for Animal Rights); the helicopter accompanies the society's fleet.
In March 2010, PETA announced that it received a $2.5 million donation from Barker to hel... | 9,484 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
in the Adam Sandler comedy "Happy Gilmore". In one scene, Barker beats up Gilmore after an altercation arising from their teaming up in a Pro-Am Golf Tournament. In 2007, during a CBS prime-time special commemorating Barker's career, the fight scene from "Happy Gilmore" was shown, after which, Sandler made a... | 9,485 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
episodes of the NBC sitcom "Something So Right".
- He appeared in two animated television series as himself: in the "Futurama" episode "The Lesser of Two Evils" in 2000, followed by the "Family Guy" episodes "Screwed the Pooch" in 2001, "The Fat Guy Strangler" in 2005, and "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing" i... | 9,486 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
the Rose Parade from Pasadena, California for several years during the 1970s and 1980s.
- He created and hosted "The Bob Barker Fun and Games Show", which was a combination of stunt participation in the style of "Truth or Consequences" and pricing games such as "The Price Is Right" in which he traveled thro... | 9,487 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
"Truth or Consequences".
- He appeared on "Bonanza", playing a character named Mort in the 1960 episode "Denver McKee".
- He has appeared on various talk shows such as: "Dinah!", "Larry King Live", "The Arsenio Hall Show", "Crook & Chase", "Donny & Marie", "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", "The Ellen DeGeneres S... | 9,488 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
transition to digital television in the United States. The advertisement was produced under the first proposed date of February 16, 2009 for the transition.
- On September 7, 2009, Barker was a special guest host for "WWE Raw" (called "The Price is Raw") in Rosemont, Illinois.
- Barker agreed to be a rotat... | 9,489 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the special election in his Congressional district.
- Barker voiced the character Bob Barnacle, a snail business owner on the Nickelodeon animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants".
# Awards and honors.
- 19-time Emmy Award winner
- 14 individual awards for ... | 9,490 |
343327 | Bob Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker
in Springfield, MO renamed "Bob Barker Way"
- "Time Magazine's" Greatest Game Show Host of All-Time
- NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame (class of 2008).
- GSN Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2009 WWE Slammy Award for Best "Raw" Guest Host.
# Autobiography.
Bob Barker has written his autobiography, assisted by... | 9,491 |
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e 50 years of his television career.
It was also then reported that Barker would appear on "The Price Is Right" to promote his book. His initial appearance was scheduled for the March 2, 2009, taping. However, the taping was postponed until March 25, due to host Drew Carey's bout with pneumonia. The episode... | 9,492 |
343339 | Emperor He of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20He%20of%20Han | Emperor He of Han
Emperor He of Han
Emperor He of Han (; 79 – 13 February 106) was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty who ruled from 88 to 105. He was the 4th emperor of the Eastern Han.
Emperor He was the son of Emperor Zhang. He ascended the throne at the age of nine and reigned for 17 years. It was during Emper... | 9,493 |
343339 | Emperor He of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20He%20of%20Han | Emperor He of Han
Zhong and his brother Liu Qing the Prince of Qinghe. This in turn created a precedent for eunuchs to be involved in important affairs of state. These trend would continue to escalate for the next century contributing to the fall of the Han dynasty. Further, while Qiang revolts, spurred by corrupt and/... | 9,494 |
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He's reign arguably began Han's long decline, notable scientific progresses were made during this period including the invention of paper by the eunuch Cai Lun in 105.
One additional trend that started with Emperor He was the lack of imperial heirs - most of Emperor He's sons predeceased him, and at ... | 9,495 |
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Consort Liang in 79. Because Emperor Zhang's favorite, Empress Dou, had no sons of her own, she adopted Prince Zhao as her own son; in doing so, she might have been inspired by her mother-in-law, Empress Ma, who had adopted Emperor Zhang, born of Emperor Ming's concubine Consort Jia. By the time Princ... | 9,496 |
343339 | Emperor He of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20He%20of%20Han | Emperor He of Han
of Crown Prince Qing, had become ill, and in her illness, she craved raw cuscuta, and she requested that her family bring her some. Empress Dou seized the cuscuta and accused Consort Song and her sister of using it for witchcraft. Emperor Zhang was enraged and expelled Crown Prince Qing from the palac... | 9,497 |
343339 | Emperor He of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20He%20of%20Han | Emperor He of Han
victims. After Prince Zhao was made crown prince, his birth mother's clan, the Liangs, did not dare to openly celebrate, but were secretly happy. When the Dou clan heard of this, they were displeased and fearful, and they felt that they had to destroy the Liangs. Empress Dou began to give false report... | 9,498 |
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Early reign under the shadow of the Dous.
The boy Emperor He had no real powers; powers was in the hands of Empress Dowager Dou, and her brothers Dou Xian, Dou Du (竇篤), Dou Jing (竇景), and Dou Gui (竇瑰). Of her brothers, Dou Gui alone was humble and unassuming, but the other three, particularly Dou Xia... | 9,499 |
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