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1 For example, if one large potato takes 10 minutes to cook, two large potatoes would take between 16-17 minutes. 2 If you prefer crispy skinned potatoes, you can cook the potatoes in the microwave for 5-6 minutes, then transfer to a baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 400 Â°F (204 Â°C) for 20 minutes.
Electromyography (EMG) is an electrodiagnostic medicine technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles.EMG is performed using an instrument called an electromyograph, to produce a record called an electromyogram.MG is used as a diagnostics tool for identifying neuromuscular diseases, or as a research tool for studying kinesiology, and disorders of motor control. EMG signals are sometimes used to guide botulinum toxin or phenol injections into muscles.
What is AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARE (ADS)? What is AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARE (ADS)? COMMON STOCK issued by a foreign company in the US marketplace. ADSs, denominated in US dollars, are registered with the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION and are traded on an EXCHANGE or OVERTHECOUNTER. See also AMERICAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT, GLOBALDEPOSITORY RECEIPT, GLOBAL DEPOSITORY SHARE. More On This Topic Three Things to Know About Tenancy in Common International Business Law Best Way To Legally Trademark A Band Name Exploring Presidential Conflicts of Interest Requirements For Canadian-American Dual Citizenship How To Get An I-551 Visa Stamp Lista de aerolíneas que se encuentran en bancarrota Difference Between Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common How To Handle Foreign Income Tax What the Dish Deal Means for the Legality of Ad Hoppers Related Legal Terms GLOBAL DEPOSITORY SHARE (GDS), AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARES (ADS), AMERICAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT (ADR), GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPT (GDR), EUROPEAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPT (EDR), CENTRAL REGISTRATION DEPOSITORY (CRD), PERMANENT INTEREST BEARING SHARE (PIBS), AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE (AMEX), EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS), A-SHARELink to This Definition Did you find this definition of AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARE (ADS) helpful? You can share it by copying the code below and adding it to your blog or web page.<a href="https://thelawdictionary.org/american-depository-share-ads/" title="AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARE (ADS)">AMERICAN DEPOSITORY SHARE (ADS)</a>Written and fact checked by The Law Dictionary ADDENDUM B CHANNEL
St. Elizabeths Hospital opened in 1855 as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing over 8,000 patients at its peak in the 1950s, the hospital at one point had a fully functioning medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, and accredited internships and psychiatric residencies. Its campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
The oldest known platypus in captivity lived to the age of 17, but it is estimated that their lifespan is closer to 10-12 years. Little research has been done on platypuses because they are so elusive. Platypuses start reproducing from around the age of two, and they have been known to still be reproducing at age 9.
Major League Baseball Triple Crown The Triple Crown reflects the ability of a batter to excel in three important ways: to hit safely a high percentage of the time (batting average); to hit the ball long distances (home runs); and to produce when runners are on base, driving them home to score (RBI). It is an uncommon feat to lead all batters in each of these categories. It has been accomplished 17 times, most recently in 2012, by Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera's was the first since 1967, when Carl Yastrzemski accomplished the feat.
Zorlu Center is a multiple-use complex in the Zincirlikuyu quarter on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 2013 to a design by Emre Arolat Architects and Tabanlıoğlu Architects, the center is situated at the junction of the European connection of the Bosphorus Bridge (O-1 Motorway) and Büyükdere Avenue which leads to the central business district of Levent. It contains Zorlu Center PSM, the largest performing arts center in the country, as well as the country's first Apple store.
The Chevrolet Tahoe (and its rebadged version GMC Yukon) is a full-size SUV from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Blazer/Jimmy model names through the early 1990s. This situation changed when GMC rebadged the full-size Jimmy as the Yukon in 1991. Chevrolet waited until 1994 to rebadge the redesigned mid-size S-10 Blazer as the Blazer, renaming the full-size Blazer as the Tahoe. The name Tahoe refers to the rugged and scenic area surrounding Lake Tahoe in the western United States. The name Yukon refers to the Yukon territory of northern Canada. For the 1995 model year, the Tahoe and Yukon gained a new 4-door model slotting in size between the 2-door models and the longer wheelbase and higher passenger capacity to up to 9 nine passengers like the Chevrolet Suburban and newly named Yukon XL.
Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s and made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in "The Sand Pebbles". His other popular films include "The Cincinnati Kid", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Bullitt", "The Getaway", and "Papillon", as well as the all-star ensemble films "The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape", and "The Towering Inferno". In 1974, he became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in films again for four years. McQueen was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.
It looks like Matt Lauer is having no problem getting a successful and seemingly intelligent woman to think he could be a good man to date and to even trust her heart to. Page Six is reporting that the disgraced former “Today” host, 62, has been “spending time” with Shamin Abas, 53, described as a “powerhouse publicist” and luxury-brand “marketing guru” who, incidentally, bears a strong resemblance to his ex-wife, Annette Roque. Matt Lauer dating marketing guru Shamin Abas after finalizing divorce https://t.co/zYBebuKJVb pic.twitter.com/TW0on1lSDN — Page Six (@PageSix) December 31, 2019 The way Lauer and Abas are “spending time” together is “serious” and consequential, according to Page Six. They recently enjoyed the holidays together in New Zealand, where Lauer owns a $9.2 million lakefront ranch, Page Six said. A source close to Lauer told Page Six, “Matt and Shamin have known each other for many years, as she spends a lot of time in the Hamptons, as does he. They very recently began dating, she is a lovely woman.” The couple’s friendship only recently became romantic, according to Page Six. The turn came a few months after Lauer and Roque finalized their divorce in September, after more than 20 years of marriage. But one has to wonder how Abas thinks Lauer could be a good prospect for a healthy, happy relationship. Sure, many people found him charming and affable on TV, and many find him attractive, in that graying, distinguished way of prosperous, older men. And, yes, Lauer still seems to have plenty of money — despite being unemployed and paying out at least $20 million in a divorce settlement to Roque. But Lauer also has been accused of rape, and he admitted himself that he engaged in extramarital affairs during his marriage. Booke Nevils, a former NBC News co-worker, alleged in Ronan Farrow’s new book “Catch and Kill” that Lauer raped her in his hotel room at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Nevils’ allegations prompted NBC to fire Lauer in 2017. Nevils also asserted that she continued to have sexual encounters with Lauer after the Olympics but that they were completely “transactional,” because she felt he could hurt her career if she didn’t comply. Nevils’ allegations were only the tip of the iceberg in a #MeToo-era scandal involving the downfall of one of America’s most popular and powerful TV news personalities. Several more women came forward to allege that Lauer was sexually inappropriate with them during his 20 years at NBC, and network executives have faced charges — which they denied — that they knew something of Lauer’s allegedly harassing behavior but did nothing to stop it. Tabloid reports of Lauer being a “womanizer” went back years. Roque first filed for divorce in 2006, alleging “mental abuse, extreme mental and emotional distress, humiliation, torment, and anxiety.” After Lauer and Roque reconciled, she continued to deal with reports that Lauer kept his Manhattan apartment so that he could enjoy a bachelor lifestyle during the workweek while she lived apart in the Hamptons and raised their three children, ages 13 to 18. Following the publication of Farrow’s book in October, Lauer issued a lengthy statement in which he vehemently denied forcing Nevils to have sex with him, Variety reported. He said their encounter in Sochi was consensual, and he said their subsequent sexual encounters also were consensual. “I have never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex. Period,” he wrote in his open letter. But in his letter, Lauer also admitted to having other “extramarital relationships,” which would probably give some women pause in getting involved with him. “Because of my infidelity, I have brought more pain and embarrassment to my family than most people can ever begin to understand. They’ve been through hell,” Lauer wrote. But Lauer also claimed in his letter that he had “taken responsibility” for what he did “wrong” and accepted “the consequences.” Maybe Lauer has indeed reformed, and Abas is perhaps catching him at a point in his life when he would no longer put another woman through the “hell” Roque endured. Then again, according to Page Six, Lauer’s allure is such that there have been other women vying for his attention in the wake of his downfall. “There have been numerous reports of Lauer spending time with new girlfriends in the Hamptons since his split with Roque,” Page Six reported. But it looks like Abas is the first woman he has decided to keep company with on a serious basis, Page Six added.
Fox's Pizza Den is a pizzeria chain based in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1971 by Jim Fox in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, and currently has more than 250 locations in 28 U.S. states, all franchise-owned. Fox's Pizza Den has consistently ranked among the Top 25 pizza chains in the world. The Small Business Administration named Jim Fox as one of the country's top entrepreneurs during National Small Business Week, May 5–11, 2002. Since that time, many Fox's Franchises have closed due to a poor business model. The alarming rate of failure lead to the SBA discontinuing the lending of money for Fox's Franchises. Fox's Pizza was ranked "Best Pizza Franchise" in 2007.
Grotle lives in forests, but leaves during the day to allow more sunlight on its trees. Berries grow on the trees, attracting some species of PokÃ©mon. In the anime, Grotle is seen to produce acorn-like nuts instead. Grotle evolves from Turtwig at level 18 and it will evolve into Torterra at level 32.
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the Borrelia type. The most common sign of infection is an expanding area of redness, known as erythema migrans, that begins at the site of a tick bite about a week after it has occurred.ot all patients with Lyme disease have all symptoms, and many of the symptoms are not specific to Lyme disease, but can occur with other diseases, as well. The incubation period from infection to the onset of symptoms is usually one to two weeks, but can be much shorter (days), or much longer (months to years).
Nick Frost - IMDb IMDb View Resume \| Official Photos » Nick Frost is an English actor, screenwriter and comedian. He is known for his work in the series of British comedic genre films The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013). He also co-starred in Paul (2011), with frequent collaborator and friend Simon Pegg . Nicholas John "Nick" Frost ... See full bio » Born: ‘Into the Badlands’: First Look Photos From Season 2 Feature Daniel Wu and Nick Frost Ready for Action 4 December 2016 2:40 PM, -08:00 \| Indiewire a list of 34 people created 06 Sep 2012 a list of 25 people created 29 Nov 2013 a list of 46 people created 08 Mar 2014 a list of 29 people created 22 May 2014 a list of 35 people created 07 Jan 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Nick Frost's work have you seen? User Polls 2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Known For Hot Fuzz PC Danny Butterman (2007) 2017 Sick Note (TV Series) Dr. Iain Glennis 2015 Esper 2 (Video Game) Ernie 2005-2007 Man Stroke Woman (TV Series) Various 2006 Green Wing (TV Series) Just a Man 2005 Dirty Tricks (TV Series) Monkey 2005 Spider-Plant Man (TV Short) Scientist 2002-2005 Look Around You (TV Series) Hot Jon / Stone-age Man - Live Final (2005) ... Hot Jon - Music (2002) ... Stone-age Man 2005 Twisted Tales (TV Series) Keith 2004 Funky Pete (Video short) Ed 2000-2004 Black Books (TV Series) Paul / Security System Man 1998 Big Train (TV Series) Engineer / Construction Worker 1996 Jim's Gift (TV Movie) Wally 2014 Cuban Fury (original idea) 2011 Paul (written by) 2004 Danger! 50,000 Zombies! (Short) (unconfirmed - unconfirmed) Hide 2004 Shaun of the Dead (performer: "White Lines") 2004 Traffic (TV Mini-Series) (performer: "Things") Hide 2013 The World's End (executive producer) Hide 2015 Larry King Now (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2014 Doctor Who Extra (TV Series documentary) Himself 2014 Lennon or McCartney (Documentary short) Himself 2014 The Last Leg (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2014 This Morning (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013-2014 Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short) Himself 2011-2013 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2013 This Week Live (TV Series) Himself 2012 The World of Tintin (Video documentary short) Himself 2012 Tintin: In the Volume (Video documentary short) Himself 2012 MSN Exclusives (TV Series) Himself (2013) 2011 The Big Picture (TV Series) Himself 2011 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2011 National Movie Awards (TV Special) Himself 2011 Good News Week (TV Series) Himself 2011 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2011 Film Fiend (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2011 Top Gear (TV Series) Himself 2010 The British Academy Television Awards (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2009 Cinetipp (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 Rove Live (TV Series) Himself 2009 Brit Awards 2009 (TV Special) Himself - Presenter 2007 Suck My Geek! (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2007 Hot Fuzz: Outtakes (Video short) Himself / PC Danny Butterman (uncredited) 2007 07 Spaceys (TV Movie) Himself 2007 Perfect Night In (TV Series documentary) Himself - Presenter 2007 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2007 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2007 Brit Awards 2007 (TV Special) Himself 2007 Hot Fuzz Special (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2007 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself 2006 Movie Rush (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Morning Glory (TV Series) Himself 2005 Supernanny (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 Lucy's Cam (Video documentary short) Himself 2004 Simon's Cam (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 A Very British UFO Hoax (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Presenter 2002 Movie Mistakes Uncovered: Uncut (TV Series documentary) Himself - Presenter 2002 Danger! 50000 Volts! (TV Series documentary) Himself 2001 Top Ten (TV Series documentary) Narrator 2016 No Sleep TV3 (TV Series) Clive Gollings 2011 The Big Picture (T
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Oscar Palmer Robertson -LRB- born November 24 , 1938 -RRB- , nicknamed `` The Big O '' , is an American former National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks . The 6 ft , 205 lb Robertson played point guard and was a 12-time All-Star , 11-time member of the All-NBA Team , and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 professional seasons . In 1962 , he became the first of only two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season . In the 1970 -- 71 NBA season , he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their only NBA title . His playing career , especially during high school and college , was plagued by racism . Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee , having been inducted in 1980 for his individual career , and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men 's Olympic basketball team and president of the National Basketball Players Association . He also was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 . The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their College Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998 , and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006 . He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN . Robertson was also an integral part of Robertson v. National Basketball Ass 'n of 1970 . The landmark NBA antitrust suit , named after the then-president of the NBA Players ' Association , led to an extensive reform of the league 's strict free agency and draft rules and , subsequently , to higher salaries for all players .
Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature (also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, binominal name or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs; the second part identifies the species within the genus. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo and within this genus to the species Homo sapiens. The formal introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus, effectively beginning with his work Species Plantarum in 1753.[1] But Gaspard Bauhin, in as early as 1623, had introduced in his book Pinax theatri botanici (English, Illustrated exposition of plants) many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus.[2]
The Kushan Empire expanded out of what is now Afghanistan into the northwest of the subcontinent under the leadership of their first emperor, Kujula Kadphises, about the middle of the 1st century CE. They came of an Indo-European language speaking Central Asian tribe called the Yuezhi, a branch of which was known as the Kushans. By the time of his grandson, Kanishka, they had conquered most of northern India, at least as far as Saketa and Pataliputra, in the middle Ganges Valley, and probably as far as the Bay of Bengal.
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis , Minnesota . The Vikings joined the National Football League -LRB- NFL -RRB- as an expansion team in 1960 , and first took the field for the 1961 season . The team competes in the National Football Conference -LRB- NFC -RRB- North division ; before that , the Vikings were in the NFC Central , and before that they were in the NFL 's Western Conference Central Division . The team has played in four Super Bowl games , but lost each one . The team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in the Downtown East section of Minneapolis .
BBC - Devon Discovering Devon - Home town - Honiton tour The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. FACTS Wool and cloth were some of the first goods to be traded on a commercial basis in the town in the 13th Century. By the 19th Century, around the year 1881, Honiton's repute had spread beyond fabrics and wool, to pottery. It began to produce highly unusual and world renown pieces after the Second World War, when its art deco pieces established the town as a centre for expertise. PRINT THIS PAGE View print friendly version of this page.. Honiton, the 'gateway' to Devon and Cornwall, stands on the main road & rail route to London and Exeter. A pleasant residential and market town, Honiton is world famous both for its lace products and the unique hand painted pottery produced here. The visitor to this friendly town will be delighted at the number and variety of antique shops and could while away many hours browsing through them. Honiton's vibrant street market Each Tuesday and Saturday, Honiton has market stalls lining each side of the broad main street. You can buy such diverse items as clothing, electrical goods, books and paintings, as well as antiques and bric-a-brac. With the addition of local garden centre products, the end result is a colourful vibrant display. The local museum has a wealth of artefacts from Honiton's colourful past, situated on the high street next to St. Paul's church it's certainly worth a visit. Ian pictured outside Honiton Museum Honiton is said to be the first place in Devon in which wool was manufactured into cloth. The serges produced from the looms in the town enjoyed a great reputation for their quality. Sadly, with the advent of cotton, there was a decline in demand and eventually only one serge-maker survived. more on Honiton
A plan or insurer may provide a SBC in paper form or electronically, if the requirements of the Department of Labor's electronic disclosure safe harbor are met. If SBCs are to be mailed and the employee and any eligible dependents are known to reside at the same address, a single SBC may be provided to that address. If renewal is automatic, the SBC must be provided no later than 30 days prior to the first day of coverage in the new plan year. 2 Group health plans that offer more than one benefit option can provide just the SBC for the benefit option the participant is already enrolled in with the open enrollment materials.
The Amanda Show is an American live action sketch comedy and variety show created by Dan Schneider that aired on Nickelodeon in April 4 , 1999 as a pilot , then as a regular series from October 16 , 1999 to September 21 , 2002 . It starred Amanda Bynes , Drake Bell and Nancy Sullivan , and featured John Kassir , Raquel Lee , and Josh Peck . The show was a spin-off from All That , in which Bynes had co-starred for several years . The show was cancelled at the end of 2002 . Writers for the show included Schneider , John Hoberg , Steven Molaro , and Andrew Hill Newman . Two years after the end of The Amanda Show , Dan Schneider created a new series , called Drake & Josh , featuring Drake Bell , Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan .
Ireland -LRB- -LSB- ˈaɪərlənd -RSB- Éire -LSB- ˈeːɾʲə -RSB- -RRB- , also described as the Republic of Ireland -LRB- Poblacht na hÉireann -RRB- , is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country 's 4.75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George 's Channel to the south-east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the Oireachtas , consists of a lower house , Dáil Éireann , an upper house , Seanad Éireann , and an elected President -LRB- Uachtarán -RRB- who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the Taoiseach -LRB- Prime Minister , literally ` Chief ' , a title not used in English -RRB- , who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President ; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers . The state was created as the Irish Free State in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty . It had the status of dominion until 1937 when a new constitution was adopted , in which the state was named `` Ireland '' and effectively became a republic , with an elected non-executive president as head of state . It was officially declared a republic in 1949 , following the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 . Ireland became a member of the United Nations in December 1955 . It joined the European Economic Community -LRB- EEC -RRB- , the predecessor of the European Union , in 1973 . The state had no formal relations with Northern Ireland for most of the twentieth century , but during the 1980s and 1990s the British and Irish governments worked with the Northern Ireland parties towards a resolution to `` the Troubles '' . Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 , the Irish government and Northern Ireland Executive have co-operated on a number of policy areas under the North-South Ministerial Council created by the Agreement . Ireland ranks among the top twenty-five wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita , and as the tenth most prosperous country in the world according to The Legatum Prosperity Index 2015 . After joining the EEC , Ireland enacted a series of liberal economic policies that resulted in rapid economic growth . The country achieved considerable prosperity between the years of 1995 and 2007 , which became known as the Celtic Tiger period . This was halted by an unprecedented financial crisis that began in 2008 , in conjunction with the concurrent global economic crash . However , as the Irish economy was the fastest growing in the EU in 2015 , Ireland is again quickly ascending league tables comparing wealth and prosperity internationally . For example , in 2015 , Ireland was ranked as the joint sixth -LRB- with Germany -RRB- most developed country in the world by the United Nations Human Development Index . It also performs well in several national performance metrics , including freedom of the press , economic freedom and civil liberties . Ireland is a member of the European Union and is a founding member of the Council of Europe and the OECD . The Irish government has followed a policy of military neutrality through non-alignment since immediately prior to World War II and the country is consequently not a member of NATO , although it is a member in Partnership for Peace .
The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn. After the battle, in which the Americans were defeated, leaving subsequent smaller armed engagements following in its wake, the city became the British military and political base of operations in North America. The city was a haven for Loyalist refugees, as well as escaped slaves who joined the British lines for freedom newly promised by the Crown for all fighters. As many as 10,000 escaped slaves crowded into the city during the British occupation. When the British forces evacuated at the close of the war in 1783, they transported 3,000 freedmen for resettlement in Nova Scotia. They resettled other freedmen in England and the Caribbean.
The Man with the Iron Fists is a 2012 American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth . The film stars RZA , Russell Crowe , Cung Le , Lucy Liu , Byron Mann , Rick Yune , Dave Bautista , and Jamie Chung . Set in 19th century China , the story follows a series of lone warriors who are forced to unite to defeat a common foe and save their home of Jungle Village . Development began in 2005 when RZA shared his idea for the film with Roth . After nearly two years of development , Roth and RZA secured financial backing in May 2010 . Filming began in December 2010 on a $ 15 million budget and concluded by March 2011 . The film was shot in Shanghai and at other locations in China . RZA and Howard Drossin composed the film 's musical score , and RZA produced its soundtrack , which featured several new songs by various artists . A series of concerts featuring music from the soundtrack were held to promote the film . The film was released in North America on November 2 , 2012 . Critics were divided over the film 's homage to martial arts films , considering it well-choreographed and representative of the genre , but offering nothing original , and the direction was criticized for a lack of refinement . The performances of Crowe and Mann were well received . The film earned $ 19 million at the box office .
â¢ Trevi Fountain. The most famous fountain in all of Italy is the Trevi Fountain, an over-the-top Baroque masterpiece completed only in 1762. At all hours of the day, the Fontana di Trevi is thronged by tourists who visit it to throw coins into its pool in the hopes that this practice will ensure a return trip to Rome.
In addition to business strikes, special collector coins were struck for the Bicentennial in silver clad; silver proof sets in which the dime, quarter and half dollar were struck in 90% silver were first minted in 1992. In 2014 a special edition of the Kennedy half dollar was also struck in 99.99% gold.
DNA Cell division is essential for an organism to grow, but, when a cell divides, it must replicate the DNA in its genome so that the two daughter cells have the same genetic information as their parent. The double-stranded structure of DNA provides a simple mechanism for DNA replication. Here, the two strands are separated and then each strand's complementary DNA sequence is recreated by an enzyme called DNA polymerase. This enzyme makes the complementary strand by finding the correct base through complementary base pairing and bonding it onto the original strand. As DNA polymerases can only extend a DNA strand in a 5′ to 3′ direction, different mechanisms are used to copy the antiparallel strands of the double helix.[115] In this way, the base on the old strand dictates which base appears on the new strand, and the cell ends up with a perfect copy of its DNA.
Answers. Relevance. Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Well, if your E: drive is a partition of one large drive, it may be being used as Vista's backup area, and isn't very large (just big enough to hold the backup information needed). You can technically store information there, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle , Washington , in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell , lead guitarist Kim Thayil , and bassist Hiro Yamamoto . Matt Cameron became the band 's full-time drummer in 1986 , while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990 . Cornell remained in Soundgarden until his death in May 2017 , putting the band 's future in doubt and leaving Thayil as the only remaining original member of the band . Soundgarden was one of the seminal bands in the creation of grunge , a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle , and was one of a number of grunge bands signed to the record label Sub Pop . Soundgarden was the first grunge band to sign to a major label -LRB- A&M Records in 1988 -RRB- , though the band did not achieve commercial success until they popularized the genre in the early 1990s with Seattle contemporaries Pearl Jam , Nirvana , and Alice in Chains . Soundgarden achieved its biggest success with the 1994 album Superunknown , which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and yielded the Grammy Award-winning singles `` Black Hole Sun '' and `` Spoonman '' . In 1997 , the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction . After more than a decade of working on projects and other bands , Soundgarden reunited in 2010 and their sixth studio album , King Animal , was released two years later . As of 2012 , Soundgarden sold more than 10.5 million records in the United States , and an estimated 22.5 million worldwide . VH1 ranked Soundgarden at number 14 in their special 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock .
Several Germanic tribes celebrated the returning of the daylight. A predominant deity was during this jubilee driven around in a noisy procession on a ship on wheels. The winter would be driven out, to make sure that fertility could return in spring. A central figure was possibly the fertility goddess Nerthus. Also there are some indications that the effigy of Nerthus or Freyr was placed on a ship with wheels and accompanied by a procession of people in animal disguise and men in women's clothes. Aboard the ship would the marriage of a man and woman be consummated as a fertility ritual.
. [–] discorayado 10 points 3 years ago *As demonstrative pronouns, este is masculine , esta is feminine, and esto is neuter. The first two are fairly clear, since they always refer to nouns with matching gender. However, unlike many other languages, Spanish has no nouns with neuter gender. However, expressed ideas, speech, and unidentified or unknown objects are all referred to using neuter pronouns. In these situations the grammatical element (not a noun) to which the pronoun refers is either neuter or its gender is unknown to the speaker. Neuter pronouns are sometimes used to refer to objects with a defined gender, however this generally restricted to non-animate objects. That is to say, using neuter pronouns to refer to animals is not normal, and referring to a person with neuter pronouns is offensive. For example, if we're looking under the bonnet of a car, you might point and say "esto es el carburador" ("este es el carburador" would be equally acceptable). In this circumstance, you might think of "esto es" as "this thing is". However, you would never say "esto es nuestro invitado". Este and esta are also used as determiners, as in "este chico" or "esta chica". But since there are no neuter nouns, esto can never be used in this way. Historically, este and esta were accented (i.e. éste and ésta) to indicate their use as pronouns while the unaccented versions were determiners. Since esto can never function as a determiner, it has never been accented in this way. However, the current advice from the RAE is to never accent them, although they consider it acceptable (though optional and not recommended) to accent them where there is the risk of ambiguity.permalink embed save [–] bear-knuckle Learner 10 points 3 years ago Piggybacking on this excellent explanation, I'd like to illustrate how esto is used to refer to an idea. "El carburador está roto. Esto no es bueno. ""The carburetor is broken. This is not good. "If we were referring to the carburetor being "not good," we would use este, but that isn't the case. What's "not good" is the carburetor being broken, which is not a noun, neither masculine or feminine, but an idea. Thus we assign it a gender-neutral word: esto.permalink embed save parent [–] Seddis 2 points 3 years ago This is a great explanation. Thank you.permalink embed save parent
BBC - A Sporting Nation - The first international football match The first international football match © SCRAN Twenty months after the first international rugby match between the two countries, the Auld Enemy met for the first official association football international match. Like its rugby counterpart, the match was played in Scotland on a cricket ground. Whilst the rugby match had taken place in the east, football looked to the west, and Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Cricket Ground, was selected as the venue. Prior to the first official meeting, there had been several unofficial international matches played between the countries at the behest of the English Football Association. Such was their enthusiasm for these fixtures they arranged the venue, the officials, the selection of the English side and, incredibly, the selection of the Scottish side. For these matches, the "Scotland" team was assembled from players in and around London who had Scottish connections. In 1872 League Championships had yet to begin in either country. The FA Cup tournament had completed its inaugural running in England and the Scottish competition would start the following year. For the match on 30 November 1872, St Andrew's Day, the Scotland players were all selected from Queen's Park, the leading Scottish Club of its day. This was not the original intention but the Scots were unable to obtain the services of two countrymen who had competed in the FA Cup final. Arthur F Kinnaird of the Wanderers and Lt Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour of the Royal Engineers would have to wait until 1873 to play for their country. While Scotland was eventually represented by eleven men drawn from the Queen's Park club, England played the match with players from nine different sources selected by Charles Alcock the English Football Association Secretary and captain of the FA Cup winning Wanderers. Alcock, who was the driving force behind the unofficial matches, was unable to play in the first official meeting due to injury but he participated by running the line. Three England players came from Oxford University but only Reginald Welch played from the successful Wanderers side. Scotland wore dark blue shirts, the then colour of Queen's Park, with a single lion crest badge attached. England, in white, had the badge of the three lions on their shirts. © SCRAN The crowd who gathered to watch the match numbered 4,000 and they paid an entry fee of a shilling, the same price charged by the English Football Association for the first FA Cup final. They endured a twenty-minute delay to the scheduled 2pm kick-off but then settled to watch the contest in the relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere that would accompany the fixture for over one hundred years before the wrong shade of partisan behaviour started to creep in during the 1970s.
Gary Leon Ridgway -LRB- born February 18 , 1949 -RRB- is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer . He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders and later confessed to nearly twice that number . As part of his plea bargain , an additional conviction was added , bringing the total number of convictions to 49 , making him the most prolific American serial killer in history according to confirmed murders . He murdered numerous women and girls in Washington State during the 1980s and 1990s . Most of his victims were alleged to be sex workers and other women in vulnerable situations , including underage runaways . The press gave him his nickname after the first five victims were found in the Green River before his identity was known . He strangled the women , usually by hand but sometimes using ligatures . After strangling them , he would dump their bodies in forested and overgrown areas in King County , often returning to the dead bodies to have sexual intercourse with them . On November 30 , 2001 , as he was leaving the Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton , Washington , he was arrested for the murders of four women whose cases were linked to him through DNA evidence . As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women , he was spared the death penalty and received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole .
AmeriSpec Inspection Services Omaha. Tom Sutko purchased the Omaha and Lincoln offices of AmeriSpec Home Inspection Services in spring 2010 from John Wanninger, who started the local franchise in 1997. Since that time, the company has grown to a team of more than 20 employees that has performed nearly 100,000 home inspections. This makes AmeriSpec one of the top inspection firms in the nation. Tom is an AmeriSpec Certified Home Inspector. He also is licensed in Nebraska and Iowa as a Certified Radon Measurement Specialist. AmeriSpec has made many strides which have kept us at the forefront of the home inspection industry. Our honors include: -- Being named âBest of Omahaâ in the Home Inspection Service category for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
The unit also apprehended 72 robbers, 111 snatchers, 105 auto lifters and several bootleggers Delhi Police felicitated its PCR unit for saving over 500 lives, reuniting over 200 missing people and rushing 67 women having labour pain to hospitals this year, a police official said today. A felicitation function was held at Aiwan-e-Ghalib Auditorium, where the Joint Commissioner of Police (Operation), K Jegadesan, distributed commendation certificates to Police Control Room (PCR) unit personnel for their performance, the official said. The PCR unit is the first responder to the caller in distress and attends approximately 5,000 to 6,000 calls daily on their emergency number 112, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (PCR) Sharat Kumar Sinha. From January 1 till December 29 this year, the PCR staff have performed a record number of 1,824 "good works", which includes saving 508 lives, reuniting 213 missing persons with their families and attending to 67 pregnant women by helping them reach hospitals and even providing assistance for child birth inside the PCR van in some cases, Mr Sinha said. The unit also apprehended 72 robbers, 111 snatchers, 105 auto lifters and several bootleggers. It also traced 1,199 stolen vehicles across the national capital, the DCP said. The PCR staff recovered illicit arms and stolen articles and even rescued animals from the clutches of smugglers, the officer added.
David Walliams Since 2012 Walliams has been a judge on the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent with Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell. In 2015 and 2018, he was recognised at the National Television Awards as Best Judge[17] for his involvement in the series. His chemistry with Simon Cowell on the show has often been praised.
The productive life of a layer hen is about 2 years. Hen usually start laying at about 5 to 7 months old and reach peak egg production at 11 months old. The number of eggs laid will drop at about 18 to 24 months old but some birds will continue to lay up to a year after that. Egg production will also drop when the hen molts or if nutritional needs are not met.
Despite its tropical wet and dry climate, extensive irrigation makes it a rich agricultural region. Its canal-irrigation system established by the British is the largest in the world. Wheat and cotton are the largest crops. Other crops include rice, sugarcane, millet, corn, oilseeds, pulses, vegetables, and fruits such as kinoo. Livestock and poultry production are also important. Despite past animosities, the rural masses in Punjab's farms continue to use the Hindu calendar for planting and harvesting.
First, the Manchus had entered "China proper" because Dorgon responded decisively to Wu Sangui's appeal. Then, after capturing Beijing, instead of sacking the city as the rebels had done, Dorgon insisted, over the protests of other Manchu princes, on making it the dynastic capital and reappointing most Ming officials. Choosing Beijing as the capital had not been a straightforward decision, since no major Chinese dynasty had directly taken over its immediate predecessor's capital. Keeping the Ming capital and bureaucracy intact helped quickly stabilize the regime and sped up the conquest of the rest of the country. However, not all of Dorgon's policies were equally popular nor easily implemented.
Many ancient works, such as the Bible and the Greek tragedies,[citation needed] survive in hundreds of copies, and the relationship of each copy to the original may be unclear. Textual scholars have debated for centuries which sources are most closely derived from the original, hence which readings in those sources are correct.[citation needed] Although biblical books that are letters, like Greek plays, presumably had one original, the question of whether some biblical books, like the Gospels, ever had just one original has been discussed. Interest in applying textual criticism to the Qur'an has also developed after the discovery of the Sana'a manuscripts in 1972, which possibly date back to the 7–8th centuries.
Back to Options. Return to Home. The secret of Kombucha is that it cures a multitude of illnesses alternatively including cancer. Kombucha boosts the immune system to fight cancer and other debilitating sicknesses attaining a healthy balance of the metabolism and body organs.ombucha tea is a powerful health drink, which is reported to be the answer to many health problems. Pronounced [Com-boo-cha], It is made and drunk around the world.
Cassia is the strong, spicy flavour associated with cinnamon rolls and other such baked goods, as it handles baking conditions well. Chinese cinnamon is generally a medium to light reddish brown, hard and woody in texture, and thicker (2â3 mm (0.079â0.118 in) thick), as all of the layers of bark are used.
Cuba Gooding Sr. Cuba Gooding Sr. (April 27, 1944 – April 20, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient, replacing former lead singer Donald McPherson who died unexpectedly of leukemia. According to Billboard, as the lead vocalist he scored five top 10 hits most notably, "Everybody Plays the Fool" (1972), peaking at No. 2 for 3 weeks, and peaking at No. 3 on Billboard's all-genre Hot 100 list. "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974), "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" and "Rolling Down a Mountainside" were also top 10 hits on Billboard charts. He also recorded as a solo artists with hits of his own.[1][2]
Quick Answer. The bathroom of a maritime vessel is known as the head because of its location aboard vessels in the bow or fore of the ship, as explained by the Naval Heritage and History Command. The term first appears in 1708 in Woodes Rogers' book, A Cruising Voyage Around the World.. Continue Reading.
Grove, Oklahoma Grove, Oklahoma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search Grove, Oklahoma City Nickname (s): Round Grove Motto (s): "Living the Grand Life! "Location of Grove, Oklahoma Coordinates: 36°35′19″N 94°46′59″WCoordinates: 36°35′19″N 94°46′59″WCountry United States State Oklahoma County Delaware Area• Total 9.3 sq mi (24.0 km 2)• Land 9.2 sq mi (23.8 km 2)• Water 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km 2)Elevation 774 ft (236 m)Population (2010)• Total 6,623• Density 721/sq mi (278.3/km 2)Time zone Central (CST) ( UTC-6)• Summer ( DST) CDT ( UTC-5)ZIP codes 74344-74345Area code (s) 539/918FIPS code 40-31600 [1]GNIS feature ID 1093427 [2]Website www .cityofgroveok .gov Grove is a city in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 6,623 at the 2010 census, an increase of 27.6 percent from 5,131 in 2000. [3]Contents [ hide ]1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Points of interest5 Notable people6 Notes7 References8 External links History [ edit]Prior to Oklahoma statehood, Grove was part of the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a grove of trees where it was sited. A post office, named "Brennen", was located in the limits of present-day Grove in 1888, but the city was not incorporated until the 1890s, [a]Rose Stauber, "Grove", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, making it the only incorporated town in Delaware County when Oklahoma became a state. [3]The city underwent a $3.7 million park project to attract fishing events to Grand Lake, most recently attracting the 2013 and 2016 Bassmaster Classic. [4] Grove is also home to the Grand Lake Casino, which was opened in 1988. Geography [ edit]Grove is located in northern Delaware County at 36°35′19″N 94°46′59″W (36.588611, -94.783110), [5] on the east side of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. U. S. Route 59 passes through the city, leading north 15 miles (24 km) to Interstate 44 near Afton and south 12 miles (19 km) to Jay, the Delaware County seat. Oklahoma State Highways 10 and 25 lead east out of town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.3 square miles (24.0 km 2 ), of which 9.2 square miles (23.8 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.69%, is water. [6]Demographics [ edit]Historical population Census Pop. %±1900 314 —1910 888 182.8%1920 869 −2.1%1930 804 −7.5%1940 1,093 35.9%1950 928 −15.1%1960 975 5.1%1970 2,000 105.1%1980 3,378 68.9%1990 4,020 19.0%2000 5,131 27.6%2010 6,623 29.1%Est. 2015 6,751 [7] 1.9%U. S. Decennial Census As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 5,131 people, 2,286 households, and 1,490 families residing in the city. The population density was 569.2 people per square mile (219.9/km²). There were 2,807 housing units at an average density of 311.4 per square mile (120.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 82.60% White, 0.08% African American, 10.19% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races, and 5.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.72% of the population. There were 2,286 households out of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.68. In the city, the population was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 19.0% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 29.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 80.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $28,464, and the median income for a family was $38,347. Males had a median income of $31,908 versus $19,106 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,351. About 9.3% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.0% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. Points of interest [ edit]Grand Lake o' the Cherokees Lendonwood Gardens Notable people [ edit]Jack Chrisman, drag racer, helped develop the Funny Car Roy Clark, musician and popular television personality from Hee-Haw Pat Dodson, former Major League Baseball player (first base)Jana Jae, country music artist, violinist/fiddler Oliver Winfield Killam, Texas oil industrialist, former state legislator from Delaware County Radcliffe Killam, Texas oil industrialist and philanthropist Darryl Starbird, hotrod car designer and builder Grant Wistrom, professional football player, NFL defensive end, retired Notes [ edit]^ The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture states that the date of incorporation is uncertain, but was probably in 1895. [3]References [ edit]^ a b "American Fact Finder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.^ a b c Rose Stauber, "Grove", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed August 6, 2012.^ Stogsdill, Sheila. New Grand Lake fishing facilities paying off for Grove, Tulsa World, February 26, 2013 (accessed April 12, 2013).^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grove city, Oklahoma". U. S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved December 7, 2015.^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016. External links [ edit]City of Grove official website Grove information, photos and videos, Travel OK.com Grove Map Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Grove [ hide]v t e Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States County seat: Jay Cities Grove Jay Towns Bernice Colcord Kansas Oaks ‡ West Siloam Springs CDPs Brush Creek Bull Hollow Butler Cayuga Cleora Cloud Creek Copeland Deer Lick Dennis Dodge Dripping Springs Drowning Creek Flint Creek Indianola Kenwood ‡ Leach New Eucha Old Eucha Rocky Ford Sycamore Tagg Flats Twin Oaks White Water Zena Other unincorporated communities Chloeta Eucha Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties Categories: Cities in Oklahoma Cities in Delaware County, Oklahoma
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912. He grew up in the states of Arizona and California. Pollock later said that the wide-open land of these western areas greatly influenced his expansive artwork. In 1930 he moved east to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League.
Gerald Rudolph Ford , Jr. -LRB- born Leslie Lynch King , Jr. ; July 14 , 1913 -- December 26 , 2006 -RRB- was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977 , following the resignation of Richard Nixon . Prior to this he served eight months as the 40th Vice President of the United States , following the resignation of Spiro Agnew . He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment , and consequently the only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected to executive office . Before his appointment to the vice presidency , Ford served 25 years as U.S. Representative from Michigan 's 5th congressional district , the final nine of them as the House Minority Leader . As President , Ford signed the Helsinki Accords , marking a move toward détente in the Cold War . With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency , U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended . Domestically , Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression , with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure . One of his most controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal . During Ford 's presidency , foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play , and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President . In the Republican presidential primary campaign of 1976 , Ford defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination . He narrowly lost the presidential election to the Democratic challenger , former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter , making him the first President who succeeded to office as a result of a mid-term vacancy since Chester A. Arthur not to be elected in his own right . Following his years as President , Ford remained active in the Republican Party . After experiencing health problems , he died at home on December 26 , 2006 . Ford lived longer than any other U.S. president -- 93 years and 165 days -- while his 895-day presidency was the shortest of all presidents who did not die in office .
Tatiana Gabriele Maslany -LRB- born September 22 , 1985 -RRB- is a Canadian actress . She has starred in television series such as The Nativity , Being Erica , and Heartland . In 2013 , she won the ACTRA Award for her portrayal as Claire in the film Picture Day and the Phillip Borsos Award for her performance in the film Cas and Dylan . Other notable films starring Maslany are Diary of the Dead and Eastern Promises , the latter of which she narrated . Since March 2013 , Maslany has played the lead in the Canadian science fiction thriller series Orphan Black . She has received widespread critical acclaim for her performance , winning the Primetime Emmy Award -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , the TCA Award -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , two Critics ' Choice Television Awards -LRB- 2013 & 2014 -RRB- , and four Canadian Screen Awards -LRB- 2014 -- 2017 -RRB- , in addition to receiving a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination . After winning the award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards for her role on Orphan Black , Maslany became the first Canadian actor from a Canadian series to win an Emmy Award in a key dramatic category .
A positive work environment can prevent employee fraud and theft. There should be a clear organizational structure, written policies and procedures and fair employment practices. An open-door policy can also provide a great fraud prevention system as it gives employees open lines of communication with management.hese employees are assets in the fight against fraud. According to the ACFE 2014 Report, most occupational fraud (over 40%) is detected because of a tip. While most tips come from employees of the organization, other important sources of tips are customers, vendors, competitors and acquaintances of the fraudster.
Timothy David Olyphant -LRB- -LSB- ˈɔːlʌfɪnt -RSB- ; born May 20 , 1968 -RRB- is an American actor and producer . He made his acting debut in Off-Broadway theater in 1995 in The Monogamist , winning the Theatre World Award for his performance , and then originated David Sedaris ' The Santaland Diaries in 1996 . Following this he branched out to film ; in the early years of his career , he was often cast in supporting villainous roles , most notably in Scream 2 -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Go -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , A Man Apart -LRB- 2003 -RRB- and The Girl Next Door -LRB- 2004 -RRB- . He came to the attention of a wider audience with his portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO 's western Deadwood -LRB- 2004 -- 2006 -RRB- . He then had starring roles in the romantic comedy Catch and Release -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , the action film Hitman -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , the thriller A Perfect Getaway -LRB- 2009 -RRB- and the horror film The Crazies -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . He was a villain in Live Free or Die Hard -LRB- 2007 -RRB- and was a recurring guest star in season two of the FX legal thriller Damages -LRB- 2009 -RRB- . The best-known performance of Olyphant 's career to date has been as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX 's modern-day Kentucky western Justified -LRB- 2010 -- 2015 -RRB- . He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 . He later had guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms including The Office -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , The Mindy Project -LRB- 2013 -RRB- and The Grinder -LRB- 2015 -- 2016 -RRB- , for which he won a Critics Choice Award . Olyphant currently stars with Drew Barrymore in the Netflix comedy Santa Clarita Diet -LRB- 2017 -RRB- , and is also an executive producer on the show .
Southern Hemisphere From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search This article is about the southern half of planet Earth. For use of the term describing astronomical observations, see Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Coordinates: 90°0′0″S 0°0′0″EA photo of Earth from Apollo 17 ( Blue Marble) originally had the south pole at the top; however, it was turned upside-down to fit the traditional perspective The Southern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow ( Antarctica not depicted)The Southern Hemisphere from above the South Pole The Southern Hemisphere is the half sphere of Earth which is south of the Equator. It contains all or parts of five continents [1] ( Antarctica, Australia, about 90% of South America, the southern third of Africa, and several southern islands off the continental mainland of Asia ), four oceans ( Indian, South Atlantic, Southern, and South Pacific) and most of the Pacific Islands in Oceania. Its surface is 80.9% water, compared with 60.7% water in the case of the Northern Hemisphere, and it contains 32.7% of Earth's land. [2]Owing to the tilt of Earth's rotation relative to the Sun and the ecliptic plane, summer is from December to March and winter is from June to September. September 22 or 23 is the vernal equinox and March 20 or 21 is the autumnal equinox. The South Pole is in the middle of the southern hemispherical region. Contents [ hide ]1 Characteristics2 Demographics and human geography3 List of continents and countries3.1 Continents and microcontinents3.2 Countries and territories4 References5 See also Characteristics [ edit]Southern Hemisphere climates tend to be slightly milder than those at similar latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, except in the Antarctic which is colder than the Arctic. This is because the Southern Hemisphere has significantly more ocean and much less land; water heats up and cools down more slowly than land. Aurora australis appearing in the night sky of Swifts Creek, 100 km (62 mi) north of Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia Aurora australis appearing from Stewart Island / Rakiura in the south of New Zealand In the Southern Hemisphere the sun passes from east to west through the north, although north of the Tropic of Capricorn the mean sun can be directly overhead or due south at midday. The Sun rotating through the north causes an apparent right-left trajectory through the sky unlike the left-right motion of the Sun when seen from the Northern Hemisphere as it passes through the southern sky. Sun-cast shadows turn anticlockwise throughout the day and sundials have the hours increasing in the anticlockwise direction. During solar eclipses viewed from a point to the south of the Tropic of Capricorn, the Moon moves from left to right on the disc of the Sun (see, for example, photos with timings of the solar eclipse of November 13, 2012 ), while viewed from a point to the north of the Tropic of Cancer (i.e., in the Northern Hemisphere), the Moon moves from right to left during solar eclipses. Cyclones and tropical storms spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere (as opposed to anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) due to the Coriolis effect. [3]The southern temperate zone, a subsection of the Southern Hemisphere, is nearly all oceanic. This zone includes the southern tip of Uruguay and South Africa; the southern half of Chile and Argentina; parts of Australia, going south from Adelaide, and all of New Zealand. The Sagittarius constellation that includes the galactic centre is a southern constellation and this, combined with clearer skies, makes for excellent viewing of the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere with brighter and more numerous stars. Forests in the Southern Hemisphere have special features which set them apart from those in the Northern Hemisphere. Both Chile and Australia share, for example, unique beech species or Nothofagus, and New Zealand has members of the closely related genera Lophozonia and Fuscospora. The eucalyptus is native to Australia but is now also planted in Southern Africa and Latin America for pulp production and, increasingly, biofuel uses. Demographics and human geography [ edit]Approximately 800 million humans live in the Southern Hemisphere, representing only 10–12% of the total global human population of 7.3 billion. [4] [5] Of those 800 million people, 200 million live in Brazil, the largest country by land area in the Southern Hemisphere, while 141 million live on the island of Java, the most populous island in the world. The most populous nation in the Southern Hemisphere is Indonesia, with 261 million people (roughly 30 million of whom live north of the equator on the northern portions of the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi, while the rest of the population lives in the Southern Hemisphere). Portuguese is the most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere, [6] followed by Spanish and Javanese. The largest metropolitan areas in the Southern Hemisphere are São Paulo (21 million people), Jakarta (18 million people), Buenos Aires (12 million people) and Rio de Janeiro (11 million people) and Kinshasa (11 million people). The most important financial and commercial centers in the Southern Hemisphere are São Paulo, where the Bovespa Index is headquartered, along with Sydney, home to the Australian Securities Exchange, Johannesburg, home to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Buenos Aires, headquarters of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the oldest stock market in the Southern Hemisphere. Some of the richest, most advanced nations in the world are found in the Southern Hemisphere, along with some of the poorest and least developed. Among the most developed are Australia, with a nominal GDP per capita of US$51,850 and a Human Development Index of 0.939, the second highest in the world as of 2016. New Zealand is also well developed, with a nominal GDP per capita of US$38,385 and a Human Development Index of 0.915, putting it at #13 in the world in 2016. The least developed nations in the Southern Hemisphere cluster in Africa and Oceania, with Burundi and Mozambique at the lowest ends of the Human Development Index, at 0.404 (#184 in the world) and 0.418 (#181 in the world) respectively. The nominal GDP per capitas of these two countries don't go above US$550 per capita, a tiny fraction of the incomes enjoyed by Australians and New Zealanders. The most widespread religions in the Southern Hemisphere are Christianity in South America, southern Africa and Australia/New Zealand, followed by Islam in most of the islands of Indonesia and in parts of southeastern Africa, and Hinduism, which is mostly concentrated on the island of Bali and neighboring islands. The oldest continuously inhabited city in the Southern Hemisphere is Bogor, in western Java, which was founded in 669 CE. Ancient texts from the Hindu kingdoms prevalent in the area definitively record 669 CE as the year when Bogor was founded. However, there is some evidence that Zanzibar, an ancient port with around 200,000 inhabitants on the coast of Tanzania, may be older than Bogor. A Greco-Roman text written between 1 CE and 100 CE, the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, mentioned the island of Menuthias ( Ancient Greek: Μενουθιάς) as a trading port on the east African coast, which is probably the small island of Unguja on which Zanzibar is located. The oldest proven archaeological site in the Southern Hemisphere is Sechin Bajo, located on the coast of northern Peru, and dates back to 3600 BCE. Sechin Bajo may also be the oldest site for monumental architecture in the Americas. List of continents and countries [ edit]Continents and microcontinents [ edit]Africa (about one-third, from south of Somalia in the east to south of Libreville in Gabon in the west)Antarctica (the entire continent and its associated islands are wholly within the Southern Hemisphere)Asia (the very southern island portion including East Timor, most of Indonesia, and a few islets of the Maldives)Australia (the entire mainland is in the Southern Hemisphere)South America (mostly, from south of the Amazon River mouth in the east to south of Quito in Ecuador in the west)Zealandia ( New Caledonia, New Zealand and other associated islands are wholly within the Southern Hemisphere)Countries and territories [ edit]Africa Entirely Angola Botswana Burundi Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mayotte ( France)Mozambique Namibia Réunion ( France)Rwanda Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Mostly Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Republic of the Congo Partially Equatorial Guinea Kenya São Tomé and Príncipe Somalia Uganda Asia Entirely East Timor Mostly Indonesia Partially Maldives Australia Entirely Australia Papua New Guinea South America Entirely Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay Mostly Brazil Ecuador Partially Colombia Indian Ocean Entirely British Indian Ocean Territory ( United Kingdom)Heard Island and Mc Donald Islands ( Australia)South Atlantic Ocean Entirely Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas (Administered by United Kingdom / Claimed by Argentina)Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( United Kingdom)Southern Ocean Entirely Antarctic and subantarctic islands Bouvet Island ( Norway)French Southern and Antarctic Lands ( France)Peter I Island ( Antarctic Treaty signatories / Claimed by Norway)South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Administered by United Kingdom / Claimed by Argentina)South Orkney Islands ( Antarctic Treaty signatories)South Shetland Islands ( Antarctic Treaty signatories)South Pacific Ocean Entirely American Samoa ( United States)Ashmore and Cartier Islands ( Australia)Christmas Island ( Australia)Cocos (Keeling) Islands ( Australia)Cook Islands ( New Zealand)Coral Sea Islands ( Australia)Fiji French Polynesia (including Tahiti) ( France)Jarvis Island ( United States)Nauru New Caledonia ( France)New Zealand Niue ( New Zealand)Norfolk Island ( Australia)Pitcairn Islands ( United Kingdom)Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau ( New Zealand)Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna ( France)Mostly Kiribati References [ edit]^ "Hemisphere Map". World Atlas. Retrieved 13 June 2014.^ Life on Earth: A - G.. 1. ABC-CLIO. 2002. p. 528. ISBN 9781576072868. Retrieved 8 September 2016.^ "Surface Ocean Currents". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2014.^ "90% Of People Live In The Northern Hemisphere - Business Insider". Business Insider. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2015.^ "GIC - Article". galegroup.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.^ "Potencial Económico da Língua Portuguesa" (PDF). University of Coimbra. See also [ edit]Media related to Southern Hemisphere at Wikimedia Commons [ hide]v t e Hemispheres of Earth Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Land Hemispheres Water Hemispheres Book: Hemispheres of Earth Portal: Geography Commons: Maps of Earth's hemispheres Categories: Hemispheres of Earth
Bates Motel (TV series) The series, a contemporary prequel and reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho (based on Robert Bloch's novel of the same name), depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) prior to the events portrayed in the film, albeit in a different fictional town (White Pine Bay, Oregon, as opposed to the film's Fairvale, California) and in a modern-day setting.[5][6] Max Thieriot and Olivia Cooke both starred as part of the main cast throughout the series' run. After recurring in the first season, Nestor Carbonell was added to the main cast from season two onward.
The Fifth Element -LRB- Le Cinquième Élément -RRB- is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film directed and co-written by Luc Besson . It stars Bruce Willis , Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich . Primarily set in the 23rd century , the film 's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth , which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas -LRB- Willis -RRB- , a taxicab driver and former special forces major , after a young woman -LRB- Jovovich -RRB- falls into his cab . Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against an impending attack . Besson started writing the story that became The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old ; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas . Besson wanted to shoot the film in France , but suitable locations could not be found ; filming took place instead in London and Mauritania . Comics writers Jean `` Moebius '' Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières , whose comics provided inspiration for parts of the film , were hired for production design . Costume design was by Jean Paul Gaultier . The Fifth Element received mainly positive reviews , although it tended to polarize critics . It has been called both the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time . The film was a financial success , earning more than $ 263 million at the box office on a $ 90 million budget . At the time of its release it was the most expensive European film ever made , and it remained the highest-grossing French film at the international box office until the release of The Intouchables in 2011 .
Imagine you have a ruler that is shrinking... so today you use it to measure the distance from your house to that big tree in the back yard. 50 ft... wonderful... BUT TOMORROW... (since your ruler is shrinking) you measure it to be 55 ft... is your yard expanding? No, not really, all that is changing is the "ruler". In physics this is called the "scale factor", it turns out that (based on all our observations and best current theories) that the "scale factor" is not constant, it changes with time, and in fact it is not just changing, but right now it is shrinking at an accelerated rate... that makes it seem to us that the Universe is expanding at an accelerated rate... but nothing is really expanding, only the measured distance between points far apart is changing. (far apart here means REALLY FAR APART, like the distance between two super clusters of galaxies, there is no expansion say between the Milky Way and Andromeda as we are part of the same neighborhood of galaxies)
Tariffs in United States history When the Republicans regained power after the war they restored the usual high rates, with the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922. When the Great Depression hit, international trade shrank drastically. The crisis baffled the GOP, and it tried to raise tariffs again with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. This time it backfired, as Canada, Britain, Germany, France and other industrial countries retaliated with their own tariffs and special, bilateral trade deals. American imports and exports both went into a tailspin. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Dealers made promises about lowering tariffs on a reciprocal country-by-country basis (which they did), hoping this would expand foreign trade (which it did not.) Frustrated, they gave much more attention to domestic remedies for the depression; by 1936 the tariff issue had faded from politics, and the revenue it raised was small. In World War II both tariffs and reciprocity were insignificant compared to trade channeled through Lend Lease.[66]
One More Light is the seventh studio album by American rock band Linkin Park . It was released on May 19 , 2017 through Warner Bros. . Records and Machine Shop , following the 2014 album The Hunting Party . The album 's first single , `` Heavy '' was released on March 16 , 2017 . It is their first album with a title track . In deciding on the title track , they felt that the song `` One More Light '' was the heart of the album . The album features guest vocal appearances from Pusha T , Stormzy , and Kiiara , and production and songwriting collaborations with Julia Michaels , Justin Tranter , Ross Golan , Andrew Goldstein , blackbear , and Eg White . Acoustic performances of the lead single by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda helped promote One More Light . A few of them included performances with Kiiara , Waxx , and Sofia Karlberg .
Von Neumann introduced the study of rings of operators, through the von Neumann algebras. A von Neumann algebra is a *-algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space that is closed in the weak operator topology and contains the identity operator. The von Neumann bicommutant theorem shows that the analytic definition is equivalent to a purely algebraic definition as an algebra of symmetries. The direct integral was introduced in 1949 by John von Neumann. One of von Neumann's analyses was to reduce the classification of von Neumann algebras on separable Hilbert spaces to the classification of factors.
If it's the same liquids in the same amounts, then the final temperature is the average of the two. If you have different amounts, then it is the weighted average of the two temperatures. If you have different liquids, then you need to use the more general formula: m1c1(Tf-Ti)=m2c2(Tf-Tf) Where c is the specific heat capacity of each substance.
Danny Alexander 'will lose seat in 2015 unless there is a miracle turnaround' according to Lib Dem strategist - Telegraph Liberal Democrats Danny Alexander 'will lose seat in 2015 unless there is a miracle turnaround' according to Lib Dem strategist Senior Lib Dem strategist privately admits Chief Secretary of Treasury is heading for defeat as backlash against Coalition creates 'anti-Danny' sentiment Strategists want Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to focus on local issues in battle to save his seat Photo: CLARA MOLDEN By Ben Riley-Smith , Political Correspondent 6:00AM GMT 18 Nov 2014 Follow Danny Alexander will lose his seat at the next general election unless there is a radical turnaround in fortunes, a senior Liberal Democrat strategist has privately warned. The source believes the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's closeness to the austerity cuts and George Osborne will create an "anti-Danny" backlash among constituents that could topple him. It raises the prospect of one of the four most influential figures in the Coalition being kicked out of politics in less than six months. Party insiders have raised concerns that his closeness to the Tories means his Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency will be one of the hardest seats for the party to hold in Scotland. Strategists have decided the best hope of saving his seat is to focus overwhelmingly on local issues, such as highlighting Mr Alexander's campaigning against average speed cameras on the A9, rather than defending Coalition policies. Related Articles Sketch: Danny Alexander unlocks George Osborne’s secret 18 Nov 2014 Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland who stepped down last week and is considering running for Westminster next May, has ruled out running for the seat despite reports he was considering mounting a challenge. Polls show support for the Liberal Democrats has plummeted since 2010 while as many as one in two Scottish voters could back SNP as the party enjoys a surge after the independence referendum. While Mr Alexander beat the SNP candidate by 22 per cent in 2010, the party currently leads the Lib Dems by more than 40 per cent nationally. Jo Swinson, the education and business minister widely tipped to be promoted to the Cabinet at the last reshuffle, is also expected to lose her Scottish seat. A Scottish Lib Dem source said Mr Alexander would be focusing on his record as a local MP to hold off any challenge form the SNP. Mr Alexander is considered one of the architects of the Coalition, having played a central role in the Lib Dems' negotiating team after the 2010 election. He is also one of the so-called "Quad" alongside David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Mr Osborne through which all major Government decisions are passed. It is feared Mr Alexander will be attacked for being "in bed with the Tories" – an SNP line used with great effect during the Scottish independence campaign – and blamed for the austerity cutbacks.
Interesting Facts About Reunion Island - Fun Facts About Reunion Island Fun & Interesting Facts about Reunion Island Reunion Island is one of the overseas départements of France. Reunion Island is one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. Reunion Island was discovered by the Portuguese in the early 16th century and was uninhabited at that time. The capital of Reunion Island is Saint-Denis. Reunion Island was claimed by the French in 1643 and named as Bourbon. French established their first colony on the island, in 1662. The island was renamed as Reunion Union in 1793 Reunion Island remained a French colony throughout, except for a brief occupation by British, from 1810 to 1815. Sugarcane industry dominates the economy of Reunion Island. The main exports of Reunion Island include sugar, seafood, rum, and vanilla. The official currency of Reunion Island is Euro. Majority of the people in Reunion Island are Catholics, followed by Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. Reunion Island is quite mountainous and volcanic in origin. Piton des Neiges, at 10,069 ft (3,069 m), forms the highest point in Reunion Island. The lowest point in Reunion Island is formed by Indian Ocean, at 0 ft (0 m). Reunion Island was the first region in the world to use the euro, mainly because of being located in a time zone to the east of Europe. Administratively, Reunion Island has been divided into 4 arrondissements, 24 cantons, and 24 communes. Reunion Island serves as a useful stop for yachts sailing from the Mauritius to South Africa. Juan de Nova, Europa, Bassas da India, Iles Glorieuses and Tromelin are the uninhabited islands near Madagascar, administered by the Reunion Commissioner. Reunion Island is divided, by its mountain range, into the lush, rainier windward side in the south and the drier leeward side in the west. Reunion Island sends five deputies to the French National Assembly and three senators to the French Senate. Reunion Island is a part of the Indian Ocean Commission. The culture of Reunion Island is a blend of European, African, Indian, Chinese and insular traditions. Reunion Creole, derived from French, is the most widely spoken language in Reunion Island. Official language of Reunion Island is French. How to Cite
Rae Carruth Rae Lamar Wiggins[1][2] (born January 20, 1974), known as Rae Theotis Carruth, is a former professional American football player, a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL and convicted murderer. In 2001, he was found guilty of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with his child and is serving a prison sentence with an expected release date of October 18, 2018.[1]
At which part of a magnet is the magnetic force the strongest? Home Questions MCQs Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Write Article Articles Connect to us Similar Questions What is the unit of force which, acting upon a mass of 1 gramme, will produce acceleration of 1 centimetre per second ? What is a Neodymium Magnet? What is the name for the unit of work done by a force of 1 dyne moving through a distance of 1 centimetre? Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to which force? If blood has iron content, why does it not get attracted by a magnet? Hot Network Questions Solve This (? + ? + ?=30)If 1111=R, 2222=T, 3333=E, 4444=N Then 5555=? Guess the Hindi Muhawara from the following whatsapp Emoticons? Sweet, Medicine, Film, Girl, City, Car, Place, Doggy all are name same, guess which word it is? Guess me who am I, I am the first on earth, the second in heaven... At which part of a magnet is the magnetic force the strongest?0 votes52 views At which part of a magnet is the magnetic force the strongest?scienceposted Oct 12, 2016 by Deepak Chitragar Share this question1 Answer+1 vote Best answer The magnetic field of a bar magnet is strongest at either pole of the magnet. It is equally strong at the north pole compared with the south pole. The force is weaker in the middle of the magnet and halfway between the pole and the center.answer Oct 13, 2016 by Shivaranjini Similar Questions0 votes What is the unit of force which, acting upon a mass of 1 gramme, will produce acceleration of 1 centimetre per second ?0 votes What is a Neodymium Magnet?+2 votes What is the name for the unit of work done by a force of 1 dyne moving through a distance of 1 centimetre?0 votes Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to which force? Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to which force? A. force of adhesion B. force of friction C. centrifugal force D. force of cohesion+4 votes If blood has iron content, why does it not get attracted by a magnet?
How to Use Ice and Heat Therapy for Lower Back Pain. Using heat or ice therapy is often used as a preliminary treatment for back pain. By regularly adding heat or ice to the affected area, pain can often be relieved temporarily, and in some cases, for good. The best part of using ice or heat for back pain is that you can often do it with items already in your home.
Yeast infections affect different parts of the body in different ways: 1 Thrush is a yeast infection that causes white patches in your mouth. 2 Candida esophagitis is thrush that spreads to your esophagus, the tube that takes food from your mouth to your stomach. 3 Women can get vaginal yeast infections, causing vaginitis.
Hiroyuki Oze (小瀬浩之 , Oze Hiroyuki , September 2, 1985 – February 5, 2010) was a Japanese baseball outfielder from Daitō, Osaka who played professionally for the Orix Buffaloes. He played two seasons for the club, hitting .262 in his rookie year in 2008 and .303 in 2009, his final professional season. Before joining the Buffaloes, he played at Jinsei Gakuen High School and Kinki University, where he was drafted in 2007. Oze received the memorable nickname "José" from Orix alum Ichiro Suzuki during the latter's visit to Buffaloes spring training.
Sheldon Cooper The character of Sheldon Cooper was inspired by a computer programmer personally known to series co-creator Bill Prady.[11] He is named in honor of actor/producer Sheldon Leonard[12] and Nobel Prize Laureate Leon Cooper.[13] Chuck Lorre originally intended Johnny Galecki to play the role, but Galecki thought he would be "better suited" for the character of Leonard.[14] Lorre said that when Jim Parsons auditioned for the role, he was "so startlingly good" that he was asked to reaudition "to make sure he hadn't gotten lucky".[15] Sheldon is one of four characters to appear in every episode of the series, along with Leonard, Howard, and Raj.
Andrew Jackson -LRB- March 15 , 1767 -- June 8 , 1845 -RRB- was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the Democratic Party . Before being elected to the presidency , Jackson served in Congress and gained fame as a general in the United States Army . As president , Jackson sought to advance the rights of the `` common man '' against a `` corrupt aristocracy '' and to preserve the Union . He became a practicing lawyer in Tennessee and in 1791 he married Rachel Donelson Robards . Jackson served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate . Upon returning to Tennessee , he was appointed a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court , serving from 1798 until 1804 . In 1801 , Jackson was appointed colonel in the Tennessee militia , and was elected its commander the following year . He led Tennessee militia and U.S. Army regulars during the Creek War of 1813 -- 1814 , winning a major victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend . The subsequent Treaty of Fort Jackson required the Creek surrender of vast lands in present-day Alabama and Georgia . Jackson won a decisive victory in the War of 1812 over the British army at the Battle of New Orleans , making him a national hero . Following the conclusion of the War of 1812 , Jackson led U.S. forces in the First Seminole War , which helped produce the Adams -- Onís Treaty of 1819 and the transfer of Florida from Spain to the United States . Following the ratification of the treaty , Jackson briefly served as Florida 's first territorial governor before winning election as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee . Jackson was a candidate for president in 1824 but , lacking a majority of electoral votes , lost the election in the House of Representatives to John Quincy Adams . In reaction to a `` corrupt bargain '' between opponents Adams and Henry Clay , Jackson 's supporters founded the Democratic Party . He ran again for president in 1828 against Adams and won in a landslide . As president , Jackson faced a threat of secession by South Carolina over the `` Tariff of Abominations '' enacted under Adams . The Nullification Crisis was defused when the tariff was amended and Jackson threatened the use of military force if South Carolina attempted to secede . Congress , led by Clay , attempted to reauthorize the Second Bank of the United States ; Jackson regarded the Bank as a corrupt institution and vetoed the renewal of its charter . After a lengthy struggle , Jackson and the congressional Democrats thoroughly dismantled the Bank . In 1835 , Jackson became the only president to completely pay off the national debt , fulfilling a longtime goal . In foreign affairs , Jackson 's administration concluded a `` most favored nation '' treaty with Great Britain , settled U.S. claims of damages by France from the Napoleonic Wars , and recognized the Republic of Texas . His presidency marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the `` spoils system '' in American politics . In 1830 , Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act , which relocated most members of the Native American tribes in the South to Indian Territory -LRB- now Oklahoma -RRB- . The relocation process dispossessed the Indians and resulted in widespread death and sickness . In his retirement , Jackson remained active in Democratic Party politics , supporting the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk . Jackson was widely revered in the United States , but his reputation has declined since the mid-20th century , largely due to his role in Indian removal and support for slavery . Surveys of historians and scholars have ranked Jackson between 6th and 18th most successful among United States presidents .
Broca's area Language processing has been linked to Broca's area since Pierre Paul Broca reported impairments in two patients.[2] They had lost the ability to speak after injury to the posterior inferior frontal gyrus of the brain.[3] Since then, the approximate region he identified has become known as Broca's area, and the deficit in language production as Broca's aphasia, also called expressive aphasia. Broca's area is now typically defined in terms of the pars opercularis and pars triangularis of the inferior frontal gyrus, represented in Brodmann's cytoarchitectonic map as areas 44 and 45 of the dominant hemisphere.[3] Studies of chronic aphasia have implicated an essential role of Broca's area in various speech and language functions. Further, fMRI studies have also identified activation patterns in Broca's area associated with various language tasks. However, slow destruction of the Broca's area by brain tumors can leave speech relatively intact, suggesting its functions can shift to nearby areas in the brain.[4]
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Employee Notice Requirements. The FMLA requires employees to give notice of their need to take FMLA leave. Here are some of the changes the new regulations make to these requirements: The new regulations require employees to give notice 30 days in advance if their need for FMLA leave is foreseeable, just as the old regulations did. Now, however, an employee who does not give 30 days' notice must explain why such notice was not practicable, if the employer requests.
The Fate of the Furious -LRB- alternatively known as Fast & Furious 8 and Fast 8 , and often stylized as F8 -RRB- is a 2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan . It is the eighth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise . The film stars Vin Diesel , Dwayne Johnson , Jason Statham , Michelle Rodriguez , Tyrese Gibson , Chris ` Ludacris ' Bridges , Scott Eastwood , Nathalie Emmanuel , Elsa Pataky , Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron . The Fate of the Furious follows Dominic Toretto -LRB- Diesel -RRB- , who has settled down with his wife Letty -LRB- Rodriguez -RRB- , until cyberterrorist Cipher -LRB- Theron -RRB- coerces him into working for her and turns him against his team , forcing them to find Dom and take down Cipher . The Fate of the Furious marks the first installment in the franchise since The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift -LRB- 2006 -RRB- not to star both Paul Walker , who died in a single-vehicle crash on November 30 , 2013 while filming Furious 7 -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , and Jordana Brewster ; following script rewrites to the seventh installment after Walker 's death which completed the story arcs for both of their characters -LRB- Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto , respectively -RRB- , both characters were retired . Plans for an eighth installment were first announced in March 2015 when Diesel appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live ! and announced that the film would be set in New York City . Preparations for the film began immediately after the release of Furious 7 , with Diesel , Morgan and producer Neal H. Moritz re-signing . After setting an initial release date in the same month , casting took place between April and June 2015 . In October 2015 , Gray was announced to direct the film in the place of James Wan , who had directed the previous installment . Principal photography began in March 2016 in locations such as Mývatn , Havana , Atlanta , Cleveland and New York City , continuing the franchise 's tradition of filming in exotic locations around the world . The Fate of the Furious premiered on April 4 , 2017 in Berlin , and was theatrically released in the United States on April 14 , 2017 , playing in 3D , IMAX 3D and 4DX internationally . The film received mixed reviews from critics , who praised the action sequences and performances , while criticizing the storyline . The film has grossed over $ 1.2 billion worldwide , making it the thirtieth film -LRB- and the second in the franchise , after Furious 7 -RRB- to gross over $ 1 billion , the second highest-grossing film of 2017 and the eleventh highest-grossing film of all time . The film grossed $ 532 million worldwide during its opening weekend , setting the record for the highest-grossing opening of all time , ahead of Star Wars : The Force Awakens -LRB- $ 529 million -RRB- . A sequel is scheduled to be released on April 19 , 2019 .
Behaviorally, the short-term negative reinforcement of task removal outweighs the effort to gain access the long term reinforcement. When the due date for a project approaches, the distant future becomes the present, and the balance shifts. In short, the "Oh Fuck" moment is a stronger MO (motivating operant) when it is temporally closer. Source: I'm a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
The works of Virgil almost from the moment of their publication revolutionized Latin poetry. The Eclogues, Georgics, and above all the Aeneid became standard texts in school curricula with which all educated Romans were familiar. Poets following Virgil often refer intertextually to his works to generate meaning in their own poetry. The Augustan poet Ovid parodies the opening lines of the Aeneid in Amores 1.1.1–2, and his summary of the Aeneas story in Book 14 of the Metamorphoses, the so-called "mini-Aeneid", has been viewed as a particularly important example of post-Virgilian response to the epic genre. Lucan's epic, the Bellum Civile has been considered an anti-Virgilian epic, disposing with the divine mechanism, treating historical events, and diverging drastically from Virgilian epic practice. The Flavian poet Statius in his 12-book epic Thebaid engages closely with the poetry of Virgil; in his epilogue he advises his poem not to "rival the divine Aeneid, but follow afar and ever venerate its footsteps." In Silius Italicus, Virgil finds one of his most ardent admirers. With almost every line of his epic Punica Silius references Virgil. Indeed, Silius is known to have bought Virgil's tomb and worshipped the poet. Partially as a result of his so-called "Messianic" Fourth Eclogue—widely interpreted later to have predicted the birth of Jesus Christ—Virgil was in later antiquity imputed to have the magical abilities of a seer; the Sortes Vergilianae, the process of using Virgil's poetry as a tool of divination, is found in the time of Hadrian, and continued into the Middle Ages. In a similar vein Macrobius in the Saturnalia credits the work of Virgil as the embodiment of human knowledge and experience, mirroring the Greek conception of Homer. Virgil also found commentators in antiquity. Servius, a commentator of the 4th century AD, based his work on the commentary of Donatus. Servius' commentary provides us with a great deal of information about Virgil's life, sources, and references; however, many modern scholars find the variable quality of his work and the often simplistic interpretations frustrating.
Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 . It was originally scheduled to be released on the PlayStation 3 and feature PlayStation Move support , but in August 2014 the game was reintroduced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive , and was released worldwide in August 2015 . Set in Western Canada , Until Dawn centers around a group of eight teenagers who decide to vacation for a night in a cabin on the fictional Blackwood Mountain , exactly one year after the disappearance of two girls , the twin sisters of a member of their group . Shortly after arriving , the gang find themselves under attack by a psychopath , and must attempt to survive until sunrise . Throughout the adventure , players alternate between all eight characters , making critical decisions as the story advances which drastically affects the game 's outcome , leading to hundreds of different scenarios . Until Dawn was met with a positive critical response upon release , with praise directed at the visuals , ` choice ' mechanic , horror elements , music , characters , voice acting , and gameplay design . Most of the criticism the game drew concerned the second half of the story , the camera angles , character movement , and the game 's partially linear plot .
Natalie Wood -LRB- born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko ; July 20 , 1938 -- November 28 or 29 , 1981 -RRB- was an American film and television actress . She was known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street , Splendor in the Grass , Rebel Without a Cause , The Searchers , and West Side Story . She first worked in films as a child , then became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult , receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old . Wood began acting in movies at the age of four and , at age eight , was given a co-starring role with Maureen O'Hara in the classic Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street . As a teenager , her performance in Rebel Without a Cause -LRB- 1955 -RRB- earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . She starred in the musical films West Side Story -LRB- 1961 -RRB- and Gypsy -LRB- 1962 -RRB- , and received Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass -LRB- 1961 -RRB- and Love with the Proper Stranger -LRB- 1963 -RRB- . Her career continued with films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice -LRB- 1969 -RRB- . After this , she took a break from acting and had two children with different husbands , appearing in only three theatrical films during the 1970s . She was married to actor Robert Wagner twice , and to producer Richard Gregson . She had one daughter with Gregson , actress Natasha Gregson Wagner . Wood gave birth to Courtney Wagner during her second marriage to Wagner . Her younger sister Lana Wood is also an actress . Wood starred in several television productions , including a remake of the film From Here to Eternity -LRB- 1979 -RRB- for which she won a Golden Globe Award . During her career , her films represented a `` coming of age '' for both her and Hollywood films in general .
Throughout history there have been a series of lingua francas in the area to allow for better communication. The dialects spoken in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo have taken on this role historically. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mandarin, which is not mutually intelligible with any of the local dialects, has been promoted as the standard language of communication throughout China. As a result, most of the population now can, to some degree, speak and comprehend Mandarin and can code-switch when necessary. A majority of the population educated since 1978 can speak Mandarin. Urban residents tend to be more fluent in Mandarin than rural people. Nevertheless, a Zhejiang accent is detectable in almost everyone from the area communicating in Mandarin, and the home dialect remains an important part of the everyday lives and cultural identities of most Zhejiang residents.
Uther Pendragon ~ Other Characters in Arthurian Legend \| King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table Uther Pendragon King Uther Pendragon was the father of Arthur. He was the brother of Ambrosius whom he succeeded as King of Britain. Falling in love with Igraine, he went to war Uther Pendragon vows to deliver the child to Merlin. with her husband, Gorlois. During the war, Merlin magically made Uther assume the likeness of Gorlois and in this guise he visited Igraine and became the father of Arthur. When Gorlois died, Uther married Igraine. He died in battle and was supposedly buried at Stonehenge. The Prose Tristan says Uther was once in love with the wife of Argan who defeated him and made him build a castle. The Petit Brut tells how he fought a dragon-serpent in Westmorland (now part of Cumbria). Henry of Huntingdon calls him Arthur's brother while a Cumbrian legend makes him a giant. In Cumbria, he is said to have founded his kingdom in Mallerstang and to have tried to divert the River Eden to make a moat around his castle. It has been suggested that Uther is a chimerical character created by a misunderstanding of the Welsh phrase: Arthur mab Uther, which was taken to mean 'Arthur son of Uther' but actually means 'Arthur, terrible son'. However, there is evidence for independent tradition regarding Uther.
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Madonna gave another provocative performance later that year at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, while singing "Hollywood" with Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliott. Madonna sparked controversy for kissing Spears and Aguilera suggestively during the performance. In October 2003, Madonna provided guest vocals on Spears' single "Me Against the Music". It was followed with the release of Remixed & Revisited. The EP contained remixed versions of songs from American Life and included "Your Honesty", a previously unreleased track from the Bedtime Stories recording sessions. Madonna also signed a contract with Callaway Arts & Entertainment to be the author of five children's books. The first of these books, titled The English Roses, was published in September 2003. The story was about four English schoolgirls and their envy and jealousy of each other. Kate Kellway from The Guardian commented, "[Madonna] is an actress playing at what she can never be—a JK Rowling, an English rose." The book debuted at the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and became the fastest-selling children's picture book of all time.
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Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams play in the National League (NL) and American League (AL), with 15 teams in each league. The NL and AL were formed as separate legal entities in 1876 and 1901 respectively. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities beginning in 1903, the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000.[6][7] The organization also oversees Minor League Baseball, which comprises about 240 teams affiliated with the Major League clubs. With the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament.
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Designated hitter Designated hitter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search In baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 5.11, [1] adopted by the American League in 1973. The rule allows teams to have one player, known as the designated hitter (abbreviated DH ), to bat in place of the pitcher. Since 1973, most collegiate, amateur, and professional leagues have adopted the rule or some variant. MLB's National League and Nippon Professional Baseball 's Central League are the most prominent professional leagues that do not use a designated hitter. Edgar Martínez, who spent most of his career as the full-time designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners Contents [ hide ]1 Major League Baseball rule1.1 Interleague play and exhibitions2 Background and history3 Awards4 Debate5 Designated hitter outside Major League Baseball5.1 Minor League Baseball5.2 International baseball leagues5.3 Amateur baseball6 Sources7 References8 Further reading9 External links Major League Baseball rule [ edit]In Major League Baseball, the designated hitter is a hitter who does not play a position, but instead fills in the batting order for the pitcher. The DH may only be used for the pitcher (and not any other position player ), as stated in Rule 5.11. Use of the DH is optional, but must be determined prior to the start of the game. If a team does not begin a game with a DH, the pitcher (or a pinch-hitter) must bat for the entire game. The designated hitter may be replaced as DH only by a player who has not entered the game. If a pinch hitter bats for, or a pinch runner runs for, the DH, that pinch-hitter or pinch-runner becomes the DH. The designated hitter can be moved to a fielding position during the game. If the DH is moved to another position, his team forfeits the role of the designated hitter, and the pitcher or another player (the latter possible only in case of a multiple substitution) would bat in the spot of the position player replaced by the former DH. If the designated hitter is moved to pitcher, any subsequent pitcher (or pinch-hitter thereof) would bat should that spot in the batting order come up again (except for a further multiple substitution). Likewise, if a pinch-hitter bats for a non-pitcher, and then remains in the game as the pitcher, the team would forfeit the use of the DH for the remainder of the game, and the player who was DH would become a position player (or exit the game). Unlike other positions, the DH is "locked" into the batting order. No multiple substitution may be made to alter the batting rotation of the DH. In other words, a double switch involving the DH and a position player is not legal. For example, if the DH is batting fourth and the catcher is batting eighth, the manager cannot replace both players so as to have the new catcher bat fourth and the new DH bat eighth. Once a team loses its DH under any of the scenarios discussed in the previous paragraph, the double switch becomes fully available, and may well be used via necessity, should the former DH be replaced in the lineup. Interleague play and exhibitions [ edit]See also: Home advantage § Causes In Major League Baseball, during interleague play, the application of the DH rule is determined by the identity of the home team, with the rules of the home team's league applying to both teams. If the game is played in an American League park, the designated hitter may be used; in a National League park, the pitcher must bat or else be replaced with a pinch-hitter. On June 12, 1997, San Francisco Giants outfielder Glenallen Hill became the first National League player to DH in a regular-season game, when the Giants met the American League's Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington in interleague play. [2]At first, the DH rule was not applied to the World Series. From 1973 to 1975, all World Series games were played under National League rules, with no DH and pitchers batting. For 1976, it was decided the DH rule would apply to all games in a World Series, regardless of venue, but only in even-numbered years. Cincinnati Reds first baseman Dan Driessen became the first National League player to act as a DH in any capacity (regular season or postseason) when he was listed as the DH in the first game (he was the DH in all four Series games that year). This practice lasted through 1985. Beginning in 1986, the DH rule was used in games played in the stadium of the American League representative. There was initially no DH in the All-Star Game. Beginning in 1989, the rule was applied only to games played in American League stadiums. [3] During this era, if the All-Star Game was scheduled for an American League stadium, fans would vote in the DH for the American League's starting lineup, while the National League's manager decided that league's starting DH. Since 2010, the designated hitter has always been used by both teams regardless of where the game is played. [4]In spring training games, the home team chooses whether the designated hitter is used. Occasionally National League teams opt to use the designated hitter, usually when a player is recovering from an injury. Background and history [ edit]The rationale for the designated hitter rule arose comparatively early in the history of professional baseball. It was observed that, with a few exceptions — most notably Babe Ruth, who began his career as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox — pitchers are usually selected for the quality of their pitching, not their hitting, and that most pitchers were weak hitters who had to be batted ninth in the batting order and pinch-hit for late in games when their team was trailing. The designated hitter idea was raised by Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack in 1906, [5] though he was not the first to propose it. The rumors were that he grew weary of watching Eddie Plank and Charles Bender flail at pitches when at bat. Mack's proposal received little support and was even lambasted by the press as "wrong theoretically". The notion did not die. In the late 1920s, National League president John Heydler made a number of attempts to introduce a 10th-man designated hitter as a way to speed up the game, and almost convinced National League clubs to agree to try it during spring training in 1929. [5]However, momentum to implement the DH did not pick up until the pitching dominance of the late 1960s. In 1968, Denny Mc Lain won 31 games and Bob Gibson had a 1.12 ERA, while Carl Yastrzemski led the American League in hitting with only a .301 average. After the season, the rules were changed to lower the mound from 15 to 10 inches and change the upper limit of the strike zone from the top of a batter's shoulders to his armpits. In addition, in 1969 spring training, both the American League and National League agreed to try the designated pinch hitter (DPH), but they did not agree on the implementation. Most NL teams chose not to participate. On March 6, 1969, two games utilized the new DPH rule for the very first time. Two newly formed expansion teams, the Montreal Expos and the Kansas City Royals, would participate in one such game, and the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in the other. On March 26, 1969, Major League Baseball nixed the idea for the time being. However, a four-year trial in which the International League and four other minor leagues started using the DH for their games began that year. [6]Like other experimental baseball rule changes of the 1960s and 70s, the DH was embraced by Oakland A's owner Charlie O. Finley. On January 11, 1973, Finley and the other American League owners voted 8–4 to approve the designated hitter for a three-year trial run. [5] On April 6, 1973, Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history, facing Boston Red Sox right-handed pitcher Luis Tiant in his first plate appearance. "Boomer" Blomberg was walked. [7] The result of the first season of the DH was that the American League posted a higher batting average than the National League, something which has remained consistent to this day. In response to increases in American League attendance because of the designated hitter, the National League held a yes/no vote on August 13, 1980, to determine whether or not the league would adopt the designated hitter. A majority of the 12 member teams was necessary to pass the rule, and the measure was expected to pass. However, when the teams were informed that the rule would not come into effect until the 1982 season, Philadelphia Phillies vice president Bill Giles was unsure of how the team owner, Ruly Carpenter, wanted him to vote. Unable to contact Carpenter, who was on a fishing trip, Giles was forced [ by whom?] to abstain from voting. Prior to the meeting, Harding Peterson, general manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was told to side with the Phillies. [ clarification needed] The final tally was four teams voting for the DH (Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres), five votes against (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, and San Francisco Giants), and three abstentions (Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Houston Astros). Five days after that meeting, the Cardinals fired their general manager, John Clairborne, who was the leading proponent for the adoption of the DH rule, and the National League has not held another vote on the issue. [8]As time passed, the designated hitter rule has ended up offering American League managers multiple strategic options in setting their teams' lineups: they can rotate the DH role among part-time players (for example, using a left-handed batter against a right-handed pitcher and vice versa) or they can employ a full-time designated hitter against all pitchers. It also allows them to give a healthy everyday player a partial day off, or to give an injured player the opportunity to bat without exposing him to re-injury while playing in the field. In recent years, full-time DHs have become less common, and the position has been used to give players a partial off-day, allowing them to bat but rest while the other team is batting. This option comes in very handy when a team's lineup includes several older players. The 2012 Yankees, for example, rotated five players through the DH spot during the season, all of them over 34 years old. [9] Only a handful of players compile over 400 at-bats as a DH each year. With the Houston Astros having moved to the American League for the 2013 MLB season, which requires interleague play season-round (as well as the Astros to start using a DH full-time), there is debate within MLB to unify the rules of the two leagues, with either the American League returning to its pre-1973 rules and have the pitcher hit, like the National League or the National League adopting the DH. [10]In January 2016, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that the National League might adopt the DH for the 2017 season when a new collective bargaining agreement is created after the current one expires on December 31, 2016. [11] However, he later backtracked on this statement to say that he does not see unification coming any time soon. [12] Accordingly, the DH rule was not adopted by the National League for 2017. Awards [ edit]Major League Baseball presents an annual award to the most outstanding designated hitter of the season, called the Edgar Martínez Award. Renamed for the former Seattle Mariners DH after his retirement in 2004, the Outstanding DH Award was introduced in 1973 and has been handed out every season since, except 1994 due to a player's strike. Notable winners include Martínez (five times) and David Ortiz (seven times, five consecutively). DHs have generally not made much impact on the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award or National Baseball Hall of Fame voting, because of the relative rareness of the full-time DH and the fact that the DH does not contribute on defense. During the 1993 season Paul Molitor became the first player to win the World Series Most Valuable Player award while playing 137 of 160 games (85.63%) as a designated hitter; David Ortiz did the same in 2013. Ortiz was also the first designated hitter to win the ALCS MVP in 2004. Ortiz and Molitor played games at first base in their World Series MVP seasons, leaving Hideki Matsui in 2009 as the only World Series MVP to never play the field that season. Among Hall of Famers, Paul Molitor and Jim Rice were, until 2014, the only inductees to even have played at least 25% of their games at DH. With the election of Frank Thomas on January 8, 2014, he becomes the first Hall of Famer to play the majority of his games at DH. Edgar Martínez is currently on the ballot (received 70.4% of votes in 2018 ). Debate [ edit]There is considerable debate over whether or not the designated hitter rule should be removed, [13] [14] while some [13] have argued that the National League should adopt it. On the other hand, there are also fans who enjoy the fact that the American and National Leagues use different rules. Two generations of fans of American League teams have grown up with the designated hitter rule being in place, so some may consider the designated hitter to be as much a traditional part of baseball as the pitcher taking his turn at bat is for fans of National League teams. Critics often argue that use of the designated hitter introduces an asymmetry to the game by separating players into classes, creating offensive and defensive specialization more akin to American football. Opponents of the rule believe it effectively separates pitchers, other fielders, and designated hitters into separate roles that never cross, possibly causing issues with promoting ' batting cage ' players whose scope of experience is extremely limited. However, when the pitcher bats alongside everyone else, all nine players must take turns at the plate and in the field, and the hybridization of roles requires that everyone knows other roles in addition to their own. The designated hitter rule also changes managerial strategy in late innings. In the National League, a manager must decide when to let a pitcher bat or remove him, as well as whom to pinch-hit with and where or if that player should take the field afterward. When the decision to remove a pitcher is made, the manager may also elect to double switch, delaying the new pitcher's turn at bat. Advocates of the designated hitter [13] [14] point to the fact that it has extended many careers, and, in a few cases, created long, productive careers for players who are weak fielders or have a history of injuries, such as Edgar Martínez and David Ortiz. Hall of Fame members George Brett, Carl Yastrzemski, and Paul Molitor continued their careers longer than they ordinarily would have without the rule. [15] Barry Bonds, who spent his entire career in the National League and actually won eight Gold Gloves earlier in his career, was used strictly as a DH later in his career when the San Francisco Giants played away interleague games due to his poor fielding. [16] Some believe that extending careers of older players is less of an advantage and more of a disadvantage, filling spots that otherwise may have been taken by younger players who end up not finding a place in the major leagues. Interleague play has added a new wrinkle to the controversy. Some feel that it is not fair to ask an AL team to play without their DH when their roster has not been set up to do so, or on the other hand, to ask an NL team to use a DH when they may not have an appropriate player. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig once proposed that the road team's rules should be followed for interleague games in order to combat this advantage for the home team, but the idea has not received traction. [17]The decline of pitcher Chien-Ming Wang due to an interleague game injury has been cited in support of the designated hitter. On June 15, 2008, Wang was taken out of an interleague game versus the Houston Astros due to a right foot injury he sustained while running the bases, something he was not used to doing, since pitchers do not bat in the American League. Wang was diagnosed with a torn Lisfranc ligament and a partial tear of the peroneus longus of the right foot. The cast was removed on July 29, but the extensive rehabilitation process prevented Wang from being an effective pitcher at the major league level since. Yankees' part-owner Hank Steinbrenner showed frustration with pitchers having to bat in the National League and suggested that the League "join the modern age". [18]Designated hitter outside Major League Baseball [ edit]Minor League Baseball [ edit]Among Minor League Baseball teams, Rookie and Single-A level leagues use the DH in all games. At the Double-A and Triple-A level, when both teams are National League affiliates, pitchers may bat. In the Pacific Coast League, pitchers only hit when both clubs are NL affiliates and both clubs agree to have their pitchers hit. The reason for the difference is that as players get closer to reaching the majors, teams prefer to have the rules mimic, as closely as possible, those of the major league teams for which the players may soon be playing. [19]International baseball leagues [ edit]The DH is used in most professional baseball leagues around the world. One notable exception is the Central League of Japan, where pitchers bat as they do in the National League. Japan's Pacific League adopted the designated hitter in 1975. When teams from different leagues play against each other in the Japan Series or interleague games, the DH rule is adopted if the Pacific League's team hosts the game. The DH rule is used in the Japanese minor leagues. Amateur baseball [ edit]In American high schools and other amateur baseball leagues that use National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) rules, a DH may bat in place of one player in any position, not just a pitcher. Many coaches use a designated hitter in place of the weakest hitter in the lineup, if they use one at all. In amateur baseball, many pitchers are also good hitters and will often play another position (or even DH) when not pitching. Japanese high school baseball is one of the few amateur baseball leagues in the world that has never used the designated hitter rule at all. In high school baseball in South Korea, the rule has been adopted since 2004. American Legion rules, on the other hand, allow the DH only to bat for the pitcher; prior to 1995, the use of the DH was not allowed in Legion baseball at all. In college baseball, NCAA rules state that the designated hitter must hit for the pitcher, but in many instances the pitcher is also a good hitter, and the coach may elect to let the pitcher bat in the lineup. If the pitcher opts to bat for himself, he is treated as two separate positions – a pitcher and a designated hitter (abbreviated P/DH on the lineup card) – and may be substituted for as such (i.e. if he is removed as the pitcher, he may remain as the designated hitter and vice versa). However, if a player who starts a game as a P/DH is relieved as the starting pitcher, he may not return to the mound even if he remains in the game as the DH, and he may not play any other defensive position after being relieved as the pitcher unless he immediately moves to another defensive position, in which case the new pitcher must assume the spot in the batting order of the fielder the P/DH substituted for, and the DH is lost for the remainder of the game. Conversely, a player who begins the game as the DH, but not as the pitcher, may come into the game as a reliever and remain as the DH (in effect becoming a P/DH), be relieved on the mound later in the game but continue to bat as the DH. In Little League Baseball, the DH is not used. However, a league may adopt a rule which requires all players present and able to play to be listed in the batting order (such that the order contains more than nine players), and thus all players will have a turn to bat even when they are not assigned a fielding position. Players in the batting lineup without a position on the field are given the position designation extra hitter (EH), a position seen occasionally in other amateur organizations (both youth and adult). Sources [ edit]Baseball portal Will, George F. (1990). Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball. Mc Kelvey, G. Richard (2004). All Bat, No Glove: A History of the Designated Hitter. Dickey, Glenn (1980). The History of American League Baseball. Johnson, Lloyd (1999). Baseball's Book of Firsts. Mahony, Phillip (2014). Baseball Explained. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. References [ edit]^ "Official Baseball Rules 2015 edition" (PDF). December 10, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2015.^ "June 12, 1997 San Francisco Giants at Texas Rangers Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. 1997-06-12. Retrieved 2011-06-19.^ "July 11, 1989 All-Star Game Play-By-Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-06-19.^ John Schlegel / MLB.com. "Modifications in place for All-Star Game \| MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2011-06-19.^ a b c Wulf, Steve (1993-04-05). "Distinguished History". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-03-31. The following excerpt is from the article "Why the Pitcher Ought to Bat", which first appeared in the Philadelphia North American and was reprinted in the Feb. 3, 1906, edition of Sporting Life: The suggestion, often made, that the pitcher be denied a chance to bat, and a substitute player sent up to hit every time, has been brought to life again, and will come up for consideration when the American and National League Committees on rules get together. This time Connie Mack is credited with having made the suggestion.^ http://sabr.org/research/historical-evolution-designated-hitter-rule^ "April 6, 1973 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. 1973-04-06. Retrieved 2011-06-19.^ ESPN Baseball Tonight, airdate Friday, 12am, July 12, 2013^ Baseball Explained, by Phillip Mahony. Mc Farland Books, 2014. See www.baseballexplained.com Archived August 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.^ "Debate over the designated hitter still rages \| MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.^ "The National League is getting closer to adding DHs, maybe in 2017". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2015-01-21.^ Crasnick, Jerry (January 26, 2016). "Rob Manfred: No foreseeable change to DH rule coming". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 29, 2016.^ a b c "Renewing the DH debate". USA Today. September 7, 2004. Retrieved May 1, 2010.^ a b "ESPN.com: MLB – Designated place in history". Static.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2011-06-19.^ "Sports". M.startribune.com. 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-15.^ "Who should sign Barry Bonds?". Hardballtimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.^ Antonen, Mel (2005-06-24). "Interleague: Natural rivals, but more often than not". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-04-01.^ Mc Carron, Anthony (June 16, 2008). "Irate Hank Steinbrenner blames Chien-Ming Wang's injury on NL rules". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 5, 2009.^ General Minor League information (at "6. Do pitchers hit in the Minor Leagues?"). Mi LB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-09-26. Further reading [ edit]Chen, Albert (April 11, 2011). "Going, Going ... Gone? : Adam Dunn is powerful, plodding, productive and very well paid—and in today's game, he's a dinosaur. In an era that values run prevention and lineup flexibility, the DH as we knew it is a dying breed". Sports Illustrated. p. 53. External links [ edit]Rule 6.10, the Designated Hitter Rule, from MLB's Official Rules The Etiology of Public Support for the Designated Hitter Rule, by Christopher Zorn and Jeff Gill, June 1, 2006The Designated Hitter as Moral Hazard, by Daniel H. 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In the Mahayana, the Buddha tends not to be viewed as merely human, but as the earthly projection of a beginningless and endless, omnipresent being (see Dharmakaya) beyond the range and reach of thought. Moreover, in certain Mahayana sutras, the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha are viewed essentially as One: all three are seen as the eternal Buddha himself.
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Odeon Cinemas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search Odeon Cinemas Limited Type Subsidiary Founded 1930Founder Oscar Deutsch Number of locations 122 (United Kingdom) 11 (Ireland)Area served United Kingdom and Ireland Key people Mark Way (Group chief executive officer)Owner AMC Theatres Parent Odeon Cinemas Group Website www .odeon .co .ukwww .odeoncinemas .ie Odeon is a cinema brand name operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which along with UCI Cinemas and Nordic Cinema Group is part of the Odeon Cinemas Group subsidiary of AMC Theatres. It uses the famous name of the Odeon cinema circuit first introduced in Britain in 1930. The first Odeon cinema was opened by Oscar Deutsch in 1928, in Brierley, Staffordshire, although initially called "Picture House". The first cinema to use the Odeon brand name was Deutsch's cinema at Perry Barr, Birmingham in 1930. Ten years later Odeon was part of the Rank Organisation who continued their ownership of the circuit for a further sixty years. Through a number of sales and acquisitions in the early 2000s the company was purchased by Terra Firma, which merged Odeon and UCI Cinemas to form Odeon UCI Cinemas Group. Most UCI cinemas then took the Odeon brand name in 2006. Terra Firma/UCI sold the company to AMC Theatres in November 2016. Ironically, UCI was originally formed through the merger of AMC UK and Cinema International Corporation in 1989. In 2016, Odeon was the largest cinema chain in the United Kingdom by market share (although the Irish cinemas were also included within this figure). [1] [2]Contents [ hide ]1 History1.1 Establishment1.2 Expansion1.3 Present day2 Services3 Controversies3.1 Refusals to screen certain films3.2 Public customer complaint4 References5 Further reading6 External links History [ edit]Establishment [ edit]One of the former Odeon cinemas in Leeds. This is now a Sports Direct branch. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch. Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, " O scar D eutsch E ntertains O ur N ation", [3] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek. [4] The name " Nickel odeon " was coined in 1888 and was widely used to describe small cinemas in the United States starting from 1905. However the company is most associated with J. Arthur Rank, the owner for the longest period in its history. The first cinema opened by Oscar Deutsch was located in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England in 1928. [5] The building has long since been demolished, but as of 2006, the former UCI Cinema (built in the 1980s as an AMC multiplex) at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Brierley Hill was refurbished as an Odeon Cinema. However, its style is more functional than that of original Odeon cinemas. The first cinema that opened under the "Odeon" brand was located in Perry Barr, Birmingham. [6] [7] It was designed by Harry Weedon. The frontage was remodelled following damage sustained during the Second World War and, having been a bingo hall, has since been converted into a conference venue. Expansion [ edit]The Odeon in Leicester Square, London By 1930, "Odeon" was a household name and the cinemas known for their maritime-inspired Art Deco architecture. This style was first used in 1930 on the cinema at Perry Barr in Birmingham, which was bought by Deutsch to expand the chain. He liked the style so much that he commissioned the architect, Harry Weedon, to design his future buildings. [8] George Coles was also one of their principal architects, remodelling a partially complete assembly hall in Portslade and designing his first purpose-built cinema in Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent which opened on 22 October 1934 and closed on 22 October 1960. It is currently a bingo club in the Mecca chain. It featured central linear lighting, a feature that became characteristic of his work. In 1935, Oscar Deutsch commissioned John Maltby (1910–80), a professional photographer, to photograph every cinema in the Odeon chain at that time. The resulting collection, of internal and external photographs, is held in the public archive of English Heritage and can be seen online. Deutsch sold the chain to the business interests of J. Arthur Rank, who was in the process of forming the Rank Organisation in 1938. In addition acquisitions of other cinema chains had taken place following the Rank takeover including the UK cinema operations of Paramount Pictures in 1939 and purchase of Gaumont British cinemas in 1941. By the time of Oscar Deutsch's death in 1941, 258 Odeons had opened throughout Britain. [9] After the sale to J. Arthur Rank Corporation, Odeon also operated a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Odeon Theatres (Canada) Ltd., with more than a hundred cinemas in Canada, coast-to-coast. The head office of Odeon Canada was in Toronto, and later, the north Toronto suburb of Willowdale, Ontario. This business was sold in 1978 to the Canadian Theatres chain and became Canadian Odeon Theatres, then was sold again in 1984 to Cineplex, forming Cineplex Odeon (now, once again, Cineplex). It also owned fifty percent of an Australian subsidiary, Greater Union Organisation, based in Sydney, with dozens of cinemas across Australia. The Rank Organisation's share of Greater Union Organisation was sold to Amalgamated Holdings Ltd., an Australian company, also in 1984; Greater Union Organisation is now known as Event Cinemas. Each Odeon cinema had a character different from most other cinemas in the UK, often having a unique and spectacular interior. They also ran their own advertising company, called Rank Screen Advertising, in competition with the UK market leader Pearl & Dean, which it eventually overtook. Rank Screen Advertising was later rebranded as Cinema Media before being taken over by Carlton Communications and became Carlton Screen Advertising. In 2008, Odeon, along with rival chain Cineworld, bought back the company and today it is known as Digital Cinema Media. A smaller number of Odeon cinemas opened in the post-war years ( Odeon Marble Arch and Odeon Elephant & Castle being notable instances), but many single-screen cinemas either closed, sub-divided into smaller screens or were converted into other uses, such as bingo. Present day [ edit]Since the turn of the century, Odeon has undergone a series of sales after the Rank Group needed cash injections to reduce their debt, firstly to Cinven which merged Odeon with Cinven's ABC Cinemas. In 2004, the chain was purchased by Terra Firma and merged with United Cinemas International to produce the largest cinema chain in Europe. [10] As a condition of the merger (imposed by the Office of Fair Trading ), Odeon's Newcastle upon Tyne, Sutton Coldfield, Poole, Quinton, Hemel Hempstead and Bromley cinemas were sold to Empire Cinemas. Many smaller, older cinemas such as Odeon Grimsby on Freeman Street were closed to keep market-share within legal limits. The remaining UCI cinemas, including thefilmworks brands, were rebranded as Odeon from 4 November 2005. An Odeon Cinema at Intu Merry Hill, Brierley Hill, West Midlands UCI cinemas in Ireland have also joined the Odeon chain, and while they initially retained the UCI brand name, evidence of the merger became apparent, for example when booking tickets by credit card, the name "Odeon" appeared. The Odeon in-house film review magazine, "Onscreen", was now also distributed in the UCI cinemas, retaining the Odeon logo font throughout. In August 2007, UCI launched a new Irish website with an identical layout to odeon.co.uk. This website stated that the Irish cinemas were sold to an Irish group, Entertainment Enterprises, in September 2006. This transaction went unreported in the Irish media. It also stated that the cinemas remained part of the Odeon chain under a management contract. Rank /Odeon previously ran cinemas in Ireland (including the flagship, the Savoy Cinema in O'Connell Street) until 1982, when they were purchased by Ward Anderson. In April 2008, Entertainment Enterprises announced that it purchased the Irish assets of Storm Cinemas, and as with the existing UCI chain, would be contracting the running of the cinemas to Odeon. On 31 May 2011, Odeon announced that it had bought back the UCI chain in Ireland (including the Storm Cinemas-branded locations) from Entertainment Enterprises. [11] Odeon rebranded all of its Irish cinemas under the Odeon brand during 2012; the first rebranded cinema reopened on 27 March 2012. [12]In 2007 Odeon acquired 10 cinemas in Italy. [13] It is now the largest cinema chain in Europe. [14] In March 2012, the Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group under Terra Firma's control reported a £70 million loss for the year 2011, as posted on Companies House. Terra Firma announced in February 2015 that it planned to sell Odeon and UCI Cinemas for around £1 billion. [15]In April 2015, the company agreed to sell its cinemas in Gerrards Cross, Esher, Muswell Hill and Barnet to its smaller rival Everyman Cinemas for £7.1 million. [16]In July 2016, the company was bought for $921 million by U. S AMC Theatres, which is owned by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, The deal received approval from the European Commission on 17 November 2016, [17] and was completed on 30 November 2016. [18]Services [ edit]The company operates a website and mobile apps for i OS and Android, allowing customers to book tickets in advance of performances. They ceased a telephone booking service in 2014. They run their own Guest Service Centre, based in Stoke-on-Trent, sharing the building with the cinema, but operated separately. The company has a support office in Manchester, and a smaller office in London. "Limitless" is a nationwide scheme, where, on a 12-month contract basis, allows members to see regular-2D screenings as often as they want for a monthly fee. [19]Odeon offers premium services for customers who are 18 years or older. It provides a fine dining experience in the Lounge at Whitelys, [20] and a Gallery, offering a premium service, at six locations. [21]Controversies [ edit]Refusals to screen certain films [ edit]In 2008, Odeon made a controversial move by refusing to screen Rambo on any of its UK screens, blaming it on "commercial differences". [22] In 2010 Odeon attempted to boycott Tim Burton 's Alice in Wonderland at its cinemas in the UK, Ireland and Italy, over a plan by Disney to show the film for a shorter period to allow it to release the film on DVD earlier. [23] Following individual negotiations with Disney, Odeon, Cineworld and Vue reached agreements. [24]Public customer complaint [ edit]On 24 August 2012, a customer named Matt Pledger posted a complaint on Odeon's Facebook wall about his experience with the cinema, citing high ticket prices, high food prices, inattentive staff, sound bleeding through from the cinema next door, and displaying adverts on how piracy was killing film. [25] The complaint eventually went viral, with over 275,000 'Likes' and over 23,000 comments as of 3 September 2012, as well as receiving attention from the national media, [26] [27] [28] including a programme feature on BBC Radio 4. [29]References [ edit]^ http://www.screendaily.com/news/odeon-regains-uk-market-lead-from-cineworld/5098608.article^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/european-cinema-chain-odeon-uci-777995^ "From bargain-bin store to bingo hall, the sad fate of the Odeon popcorn palaces". London: The Daily Mail. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.^ "Odeon". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Keith Farley. "The Coming of the 'Talkies' and the 'Super' Cinemas". Wolverhamton History & Heritage Site. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Gorst, Thom (1995). The Buildings Around Us. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-419-19330-8.^ "20th Century to the present". Digital Handsworth. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ "Cinema History For Sale at First Odeon". Birmingham Evening Mail. 11 August 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Jonathan Glancey (18 May 2002). "The mogul's monuments: How Oscar Deutsch's Odeon cinemas taught Britain to love modern architecture". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ "About Us". Odeon Cinemas. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Lynch, Suzanne (1 June 2011). "Butler brothers sell nine Irish cinemas to Odeon ICI". The Irish Times.^ "About Us". Odeon Ireland. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Wendy Mitchell (19 June 2007). "UCI Italia buys 10 cinemas from Cinestar Italia". Screen Daily. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Georg Szalai (15 August 2012). "Odeon UCI Cinemas Second-Quarter Loss Narrows". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2012.^ Johnston, Chris (25 February 2015). "Odeon cinemas set to go on sale for £1bn". BBC News. Retrieved 25 February 2015.^ Armstrong, Ashley (20 April 2015). "Everyman raises £20m to snap up four cinemas from Odeon". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2015.^ "AMC Theatres' Odeon & UCI Acquisition Gets EU Approval". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 November 2016.^ Lieberman, David (30 November 2016). "AMC Theatres Becomes World's No. 1 Chain As Odeon & UCI Deal Closes". Deadline. Retrieved 1 December 2016.^ "Limitless Membership Scheme". Retrieved 21 August 2016.^ "ODEON cinemas Lounge". Retrieved 22 February 2017.^ "ODEON cinemas Gallery". Retrieved 22 February 2017.^ Gibson, Owen (7 March 2008). "Not coming to a screen near you". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2013.^ "Alice in Wonderland will not be shown in Odeon cinemas". BBC News. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.^ "Odeon reverses Alice in Wonderland boycott". BBC News. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.^ "Dear Odeon, I went..." Facebook. Retrieved 7 November 2012.^ Alice Jones (31 August 2012). "Alice Jones: Please don't kill the magic of the movies – Commentators – Voices". The Independent. Retrieved 7 November 2012.^ "Odeon Facebook rant goes viral". The Periscope Post. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.^ Steven Vass (1 September 2012). "The multiplex backlash". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 7 November 2012.^ "BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours, How do you rate your cinema?, Is the cinema value for money?". BBC Radio. Retrieved 7 November 2012. Further reading [ edit]Eyles, Allen (2002) Odeon Cinemas; Vol. 1: "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation". London : Cinema Theatre Association ISBN 0-85170-813-7Eyles, Allen (2005) Odeon Cinemas; Vol. 2: From J. Arthur Rank to the Multiplex. London : Cinema Theatre Association ISBN 1-84457-048-7External links [ edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Odeon Cinemas. 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