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Back to the Beat (EP) Back to the Beat was the first significant EP release by the Minneapolis based pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack. The EP was recorded in Sound In Motion Recordings and released by Modern Radio Records and includes tracks that were later re-released. "Throw Down", "Back to the Beat" and "Capital...
Motion City Soundtrack discography The following is the discography of Motion City Soundtrack, an American rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and dru...
Panic Stations (album) Panic Stations is the sixth and final studio album by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack. Produced by John Agnello, the album was released on September 18, 2015 by Epitaph Records. Following an extended touring cycle in which the group performed several past albums in full, Motion City Sou...
I Was Totally Destroying It I Was Totally Destroying It is a five-piece powerpop band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, featuring current and former members of Saddle Creek band Sorry About Dresden. After self-releasing and touring the country behind their first full-length album, the band signed with Portland-based in...
Motion City Soundtrack Motion City Soundtrack was an American rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and drummer Tony Thaxton. Over the course of their n...
Commit This to Memory Commit This to Memory is the second studio album by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack. Produced by Mark Hoppus, the album was released on June 7, 2005, in the United States by Epitaph Records. Motion City Soundtrack, formed in 1997, had first found success with their debut album, "I Am the...
Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song) "Superstar" is the title song from the 1970 rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Irene Cara Irene Cara Escalera (born March 18, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She sang and co-wrote the international hit song 'Flashdance... What a Feeling' (from the movie "Flashdance"), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Perfo...
Vinylshakerz Vinylshakerz (also known as Vanguard prior to 2005) were a German tech house/electro house act, formed in 2004 and best known for the 2005 remix of the Murray Head hit "One Night in Bangkok". The producers have also remixed material for other artists, mainly for dance compilation CDs.
1970 World Sportscar Championship The 1970 World Sportscar Championship season was the 18th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1970 International Championship for Makes and the 1970 International Cup for GT Cars, which were contested concurrently from 31 January to 11 October over ...
Helen Shingler Helen Shingler (born 19 August 1919) is a British film actress, widow of Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head, mother of actor/singer Murray Head, and actor Anthony Stewart Head and the grandmother of Kathryn and Sophie Head and actresses Emily and Daisy Head.
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies "Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" (a.k.a. "Tiny Sparrow" or "Little Sparrow") (Roud #451) is an American folk music ballad, originating from the Appalachian region. It has been recorded under either of its two title variations by numerous artists, including The Carter Family, Pet...
Bob Weston (guitarist) Robert Joseph "Bob" Weston (1 November 1947 – 3 January 2012) was a British musician who had a brief role as guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s. He also recorded and performed with a number of other musicians, including Graham Bond, Long John Baldry, Murr...
Alan Spenner Alan Henry Spenner (7 May 1948 – 11 August 1991) was an English bass player who performed with Wynder K. Frog, The Grease Band, Spooky Tooth, ABC, David Coverdale, David Soul, Joe Cocker, Lynda Carter, Peter Frampton, Ted Nugent, Mick Taylor, China Crisis, Murray Head, Kokomo, Roxy Music, and played on the...
Say It Ain't So, Joe (song) "Say It Ain't So, Joe" is a song written and performed by Murray Head. The song was released on Head's second studio album "Say It Ain't So", and was also released as a single in 1975.
Under the Blue Moon Under the Blue Moon is the fifth studio album by American R&B boy band New Edition by MCA on November 24, 1986. Their fourth album and third with MCA and first album after New Edition member Bobby Brown was voted out of the group, the group was going through a transitional phase during this period. ...
The Journey (Immature album) The Journey is the fourth album by R&B boy band Immature, released on September 23, 1997 on MCA Records. It peaked at #92 on the "The Billboard 200" chart and at #20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. This will be the last album under the name, Immature before moving to their fifth album ...
B Boy Baby "B Boy Baby" is a song written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry Craig Klepto Tucker, Peter Celik and Angela Hunte. It features uncredited vocals by singer Amy Winehouse and was produced by Salaam Remi for Mutya Buena's debut album, "Real Girl", being released as the fourth and final single from t...
Imajin Imajin is an American R&B boy band that is known for their hit "Shorty (You Keep Playing With My Mind)" featuring Keith Murray. The group also made a version of this song with (rapper) Mr. Cheeks of the rap group The Lost Boyz. This single peaked at number 25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, number 20 on Billboard's ...
Raz-B De'Mario Monte Thornton (born June 13, 1985), known as Raz-B, is an American, singer and actor. who was a founding member of R&B boy band B2K.
Omarion Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984, known by his stage name Omarion) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and dancer. He is best known as being the lead singer of the American R&B boy band B2K; the group achieved success with singles like "Bump, Bump, Bump", "Uh Huh", and "Girlfriend",...
B2K B2K was an American R&B boy band that was active from 1998 to 2004. In 1998, the group was formed by American record producer Chris Stokes. They released their self-titled debut album on March 12, 2002. The album peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" 200 and #1 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs albums chart.
Dr. Freeze Elliot Straite, also known by his pseudonym Dr. Freeze, is a singer, songwriter and record producer. His songs are mostly in new jack swing style. He has, for example, written and produced the hit song "I Wanna Sex You Up" by R&B boy band Color Me Badd and co-written and co-produced "Break of Dawn" for Micha...
B Boy (song) "B Boy" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Meek Mill. It was released as a third single from "Dreams Worth More Than Money" on March 3, 2015, by Maybach Music Group and Atlantic Records. The song, which was produced by Sap, features guest appearances from Big Sean and ASAP Ferg.
Meek Mill Robert Rihmeek Williams (born May 6, 1987), better known by his stage name, Meek Mill, is an American hip hop recording artist. Raised in Philadelphia, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group, The Bloodhoundz. In 2008, Atlanta-based rapper T.I. signed Meek ...
National Oil Corporation The National Oil Corporation (NOC; Arabic: المؤسسة الوطنية للنفط‎ ‎ ) is the national oil company of Libya. It dominates Libya's oil industry, along with a number of smaller subsidiaries, which combined account for around 70% the country's oil output. Of NOC's subsidiaries, the largest oil prod...
Archbold Gymnasium Archbold Gymnasium is a gymnasium located on the campus of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. It was built in 1908 with money donated by John Dustin Archbold, a major benefactor of the university, who also funded the building of Archbold Stadium, just to the west of the gymnasium (now the sit...
Skellerup Glacier Skellerup Glacier ( ) is a glacier flowing west north west between All-Blacks Nunataks and Wilhoite Nunataks, west of the Churchill Mountains. Named in honor of P. J. Skellerup, who sponsored the Antarctic wing at Canterbury Museum. He is particularly keen on scientific research and donated money to b...
Aghajari oil field The Aghajari oil field is an iranian oil field located in Khuzestan Province. It was discovered in 1938 and developed by National Iranian Oil Company. It began production in 1940 and produces oil. The total proven reserves of the Aghajari oil field are around 30 billion barrels (3758×10tonnes), and p...
Schmidt Field House Schmidt Field House is an on-campus arena at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was built in 1927 and opened on March 7, 1928 with a win against archrival Cincinnati. It is named for Walter Schmidt, Class of 1905, a benefactor to then-St. Xavier College who also donated money for Schmidt Hall...
Skelly Oil Skelly Oil Company was a medium-sized oil company founded in 1919 by William Grove (Bill) Skelly, Chesley Coleman Herndon and Frederick A. Pielsticker in Tulsa, Oklahoma. J. Paul Getty acquired control of the company during the 1930s. Skelly Oil became part of Getty Oil Company, Mission Oil Company, Tidewate...
Manley Field House Manley Field House is a multi-purpose arena in Syracuse, New York. The arena opened in 1962 and at one time held 9500 people for home games. It was home to the Syracuse Orange men's and women's basketball teams, the indoor track team, and the women's volleyball team before the Carrier Dome opened in ...
John Dustin Archbold John Dustin Archbold (July 26, 1848 in Leesburg, Ohio – December 6, 1916 in Tarrytown, New York) was an American capitalist and one of the United States' earliest oil refiners. His small oil company was bought out by John D Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Archbold rose rapidly at Standard Oil, ...
Branch Rickey Arena Branch Rickey Arena is a 2,300-seat multi-purpose arena at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, located centrally on campus and adjacent to Edwards Gymnasium. It is home to the Wesleyan Battling Bishops basketball and volleyball teams. It opened in June 1976, replacing Edwards Gymnasium, whic...
Standard Oil of Iowa Standard Oil Company of Iowa was created in 1885 as a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Trust to handle marketing along the Pacific Coast states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, and Arizona. Though named for the midwestern state, it never included Iowa as one of its primary marketing areas. A...
Paul Feig Paul Samuel Feig ( ; born September 17, 1962) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2011 film "Bridesmaids", featuring Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and the 2016 film "Ghostbusters" also starring Wiig and McCarthy. Feig also directed the comedy...
Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius (] ; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor best known for his 2011 film, "The Artist", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed sp...
Stanley Hart White Stanley Hart White was a professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois from 1922 until 1959 and the inventor of the green wall. White called his invention "Botanical Bricks" and developed prototypes in his backyard in Urbana, Illinois. Stanley's brother E.B. White documents the in...
Me and You and Everyone We Know Me and You and Everyone We Know is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July (her directorial debut) and stars July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Natasha Slayton, Najarra Townsend, Carlie Westerman, and JoNell Kennedy.
Lukyamuzi Bashir Lukyamuzi Bashir (or Badi)(born 7 December 1986) is a Ugandan music director, film director and producer. He directed Blu*3's video "Where you are" featuring Goodlyfe Crew, Iryn Namubiru’s Bona Obasinga, and "Vumilia" by Chameleone. He also directed Goodlyfe Crew's music videos "Talk n Talk", "This is ...
Jackass Number Two Jackass Number Two is a 2006 American reality comedy film. It is the sequel to "" (2002), both based upon the MTV series "Jackass". Like its predecessor and the original TV show, the film is a compilation of stunts, pranks and skits. The film stars the regular "Jackass" cast of Johnny Knoxville, Bam ...
Katie Moussouris Katie Moussouris is an American computer security researcher and writer who is best known for her ongoing work advocating responsible security research. She created the bug bounty program at Microsoft. Formerly the Chief Policy Officer at HackerOne, a vulnerability disclosure company based in San Franc...
To Kill with Intrigue To Kill with Intrigue (Chinese: 劍花煙雨江南) is a Kung Fu 1977 Hong Kong action film, directed by Lo Wei. In the movie's plot, Chin Chang Yin (Feng Hsu) leads a gang known as the Killer Bees on a revenge mission to kill Cao Lei's (Jackie Chan) family. However, she kills everyone but Cao Lei and falls i...
Fernando Meirelles Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (born November 9, 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. His best known film is "City of God", released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was event...
Miranda July Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, author and artist. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital media presentations, and live performance art. She wrote, directed and starred in the films "Me and You and Ev...
Max Charles Max Charles (born August 18, 2003) is an American teen actor. In addition to his appearance in the 2012 film "The Three Stooges", Charles played a young Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man" and had a role in the ABC comedy science fiction series "The Neighbors". In 2014, Charles voiced Sherman in DreamW...
Kentucky Jones Kentucky Jones is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active horse farm owner, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der. Harry...
Sam Clemmett Sam Clemmett is a British actor. Born in Brundall, Norfolk, Clemmett began his acting career in 2013. He is known for being cast as Albus Potter in 2015 for the British play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. His performance in the play has made him popular with Harry Potter fans, as well as the creator of...
Paul Winters Paul Winters (born April 20, 1954 in Pennsylvania) is an American filmmaker, writer, and actor. He played Colonel Ben Loftin in the film "Nate and the Colonel" (which also starred Ricco Ross as Nate).
Harry Morgan Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg, April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both "December Bride" (1954–1959) and "Pete and Gladys" (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on "Dragnet" ...
Anthony Bushell Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958–59), and also appeared in and directed various British TV series such as "Danger Man".
AfterMASH AfterMASH is an American sitcom produced as a spin-off and continuation of "M*A*S*H" that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to May 31, 1985. The series takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Potter (pl...
Tenma Shibuya Tenma Shibuya (Japanese: 渋谷天馬 ,traditional Chinese: 澀谷天馬,simplified Chinese: 涩谷天马,other names: Shibuya Tenma,Segu Tianma; born January 13,1969) is a Japanese actor, Japanese classical dancer, and cultural exchange activist. He began his career as an actor in 1993 after returning from US, where he attended...
Victor Beaumont As Peter Wolff, he appeared in a number of German films ("Revolt in the Reform School, Der brave Suender" etc.) and at least one play ("Die erste Mrs Selby"). After emigrating to the United Kingdom in the 1930s, he appeared in British films and television dramas from the 1940s and Hollywood films from t...
Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom set in a German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1971 on the CBS network. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running...
WSTU WSTU (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Stuart, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by Treasure Coast Broadcasters, Inc. WSTU went on the air in December 1954. Les Combs was the original owner. In 1969 the station was sold to Harvey L Glascock, whose famil...
KYTC (FM) KYTC (102.7 FM, "Super Hits 102.7") is a radio station that broadcasts a classic hits music format. Licensed to Northwood, Iowa, U.S., it serves northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Digity 3E License, LLC. The station was originally operated by ...
KWPW KWPW (107.9 FM, "Power 108") is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Robinson, Texas, United States, the station serves the Waco area. The station is currently owned by Bill McCutcheon.
Bill McCutcheon James William McCutcheon (May 23, 1924 – January 9, 2002) was an American character actor known for his roles in film, television, and theatre, several of which won him Emmy and Tony awards.
KAND KAND (1340 AM) is a radio station that serves the Corsicana - Ennis - Waxahachie area, and is owned by New Century Broadcasting. This station runs a country music format, and is also the home of Corsicana High School Tigers and Navarro College Bulldogs football games, and the latest news from the Texas State Netwo...
Radioshow Radioshow is а cult Lithuanian black comedy radio and TV show hosted by Algis Ramanauskas-Greitai and Rimas Šapauskas. It is also the name of their humorous rock band. Radioshow has started at radio station Radiocentras in 1992. Later it has moved to the radio station Ultra Vires. In 1995 Radioshow debuted as...
Q101 Chicago Q101 Chicago is an alternative Internet radio station in the Chicago metropolitan area. "Q101 Chicago" is a direct continuation of the programming that was featured on terrestrial radio station WKQX 101.1 from 1992 until 2011. Following a sale of the radio station and closedown of the format on July 14, 20...
Voix du Sahel La Voix du Sahel (English: "Voice of the Sahel") is the national radio station of Niger, owned by the Nigerien government, operating on 91.3MHZ. Based in Niamey, the radio station was established in 1958 as Radio Niger but adopted its current name in 1974. It is the only national radio station in the coun...
Al Lewis (actor) Al Lewis (born Albert Meister; April 30, 1923February 3, 2006) was an American character actor best known for his role as Count Dracula lookalike "Grandpa", opposite Fred Gwynne's and Yvonne De Carlo's characters on the CBS television series "The Munsters" from 1964 to 1966 and its subsequent film vers...
Southern Rhodesia The Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa from 1923 to 1980, the predecessor state of modern Zimbabwe.
Violet King Henry Violet Pauline King Henry (1929-1981) was the first black woman lawyer in Canada, the first black person to graduate law in Alberta and the first black person to be admitted to the Alberta Bar. She was also the first woman named to a senior management position with the American national YMCA.
George Tawengwa George Tawengwa (6 March 1915 – 13 April 1982) was the first black millionaire (in US dollars) in Zimbabwe, a prominent businessman who was engaged in transport, retail, hotel and agriculture industries. He was the owner of the Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, Harare and others. In 1960 he was the fi...
Wilbur K. Howard Wilbur Kenneth Howard (February 29, 1912 - April 17, 2001) was the first black person to be ordained in the United Church of Canada and, in 1974, became the denomination's first black moderator. He was elected Moderator after the fifth ballot during the meeting of the 26th General Council in Guelph, On...
C. Bette Wimbish C. Bette Wimbish (March 24, 1924November 30, 2009) was one of the leading African-American woman activists in Florida promoting the desegregation of schools and civil equality. A tough-minded woman who was determined to break the pattern of discrimination against African Americans in city employment pr...
Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) Andrew Watson (24 May 1856 – 8 March 1921) is widely considered to be the world's first black person to play association football at international level. He played three matches for Scotland between 1881 and 1882. Arthur Wharton was commonly thought to be Britain's first black play...
Tawengwa family The Tawengwa Family are a prominent and influential family of Zimbabwe engaged in business, agriculture and politics. The original family business was Mushandira Pamwe Buses, which was established in the 1950s by George Tawengwa Snr. In 1960, George Tawengwa became the first black person in Southern Rho...
Ronald Blackwood Ronald Alexander Blackwood (January 19, 1926 – February 22, 2017) was a Jamaican-born American politician who served as the Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, for eleven years from 1985 until 1996. On January 25, 1985, Blackwood became the first black Mayor of Mount Vernon, as well as the first black per...
Charles Burleigh Purvis Charles Burleigh Purvis (April 14, 1842 – December 14, 1929) was a physician in Washington, D.C. He was among the founders of the medical school at Howard University. He was the first black physician to attend a sitting president when he attended President James Garfield after he was shot by an ...
Ike Jones Isaac Lolette "Ike" Jones (December 23, 1929 – October 5, 2014) was an African-American producer and actor who was perhaps best known for coming forward after the death of actress Inger Stevens to reveal he was her husband, a claim that was backed up in court by Inger Stevens' brother, Carl O. Stensland. He a...
Walt Disney Classics Walt Disney Classics was a brand name used by Walt Disney Home Video on their American, Japanese, European, and Australian home video releases of List of Walt Disney Animation Studios features. The last title in the Classics line from 1984–1994 was "The Fox and the Hound". With the release of "Snow...
Pete's Dragon (2016 film) Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American fantasy comedy-drama adventure film directed by David Lowery, written by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a reboot of the 1977 musical film of the same name written by Malcolm Marmorstein. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard...
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 神と神 , Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kami to Kami , lit. "Dragon Ball Z: God and God") is the eighteenth Japanese animated feature film based on the "Dragon Ball" series and the fourteenth to carry the "Dragon Ball Z" branding, released in th...
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, known in Japan as Dragon Ball during its initial theatrical release and later retitled Dragon Ball: Shenron no Densetsu (ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説 , Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu , lit. "Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong") for its home video releas...
Midnite Movies Midnite Movies is a line of B movies released first on VHS and later on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment. The line was begun by MGM in March 2001 following its acquisition of Orion Pictures, which bought out Filmways, the owner of American International Pictures. AIP had a library of B movies from the 1950s...
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, originally released theatrically in Japan as simply Dragon Ball Z and later as Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!! (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯をかえせッ!! , Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Ora no Gohan o Kaese!! ) for its Japanese VHS and Laserdisc release, is the fourth anime film ...
Home on the Range (2004 film) Home on the Range is a 2004 American animated musical western comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 45th Disney animated feature film, it was the last 2D animated Disney film released until "The Princess and the Frog" in 2009. Named...
Ashes and Light Ashes and Light is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records. According to the liner notes, Heard recorded Mosaics first, but the record company wanted this album released first.
Mosaics (album) Mosaics is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1985 on Home Sweet Home Records. According to the liner notes in "Ashes and Light", this album was recorded first but delayed by the record company who wanted the less rock-oriented "Ashes" released first. Consequently, this was the first album recorded in ...
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (Japanese: ドラゴンボール 最強への道 , Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Saikyō e no Michi ) , is the seventeenth Japanese animated feature film based on Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" manga, following the first three "Dragon Ball" films and thirteen "Dragon Ball Z" films. It is a ...
Building Little Italy Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians before Mass Migration is a 1998 nonfiction book by Richard N. Juliani, published by Penn State University Press. The book discusses Italian immigration to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from its beginnings in the 1750s through the 1870s. The book discusse...
Combatting Cult Mind Control Combatting Cult Mind Control is a non-fiction work by Steven Hassan described as a "Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults." The author discusses theories of mind control and cults based on the research of Margaret Singer and Robert Lifton as well as the cognitive ...
Incident Command Post According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the Incident Command System (ICS), the Incident Command Post (ICP) is one of five predesignated temporary facilities and signifies the physical location of the tactical-level, on-scene incident command and management organization. It...
Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince is a biography by Marc Eliot, presenting a darker picture of entertainer Walt Disney than his popular perception. Eliot alleges lifelong anti-Semitism and he also documents Disney's covert activities on behalf of the House Un-American Activities ...
RCAF Western Air Command Western Air Command was the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Pacific coast of Canada during the Second World War. When Canada declared war against Germany in September 1939 the command consisted of only five squadrons. Four of t...
Command and Control (book) Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety is a 2013 nonfiction book by Eric Schlosser about the history of nuclear weapons systems in the United States. Incidents Schlosser discusses in the book include the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion an...
Electronic Systems Center Electronic Systems Center was a product center of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Its mission was to develop and acquire command and control, communications, computer, and intelligence systems. ESC consisted of professional teams specia...
1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion The Damascus Titan missile explosion was an incident in the United States in 1980 in rural Arkansas. Liquid fuel in a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile exploded at a missile launch facility on September 19, 1980. It occurred at Launch Complex 374-7 ...
Sweet Dew Incident The Sweet Dew Incident ("Ganlu incident", or 甘露之變 ) refers to an incident on December 14, 835, where Emperor Wenzong of the Chinese Tang dynasty, angry about the power that the eunuchs had, conspired with the chancellor Li Xun and the general Zheng Zhu to slaughter the eunuchs. The plot failed, howev...
China's Wings China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight is a 2012 book by Gregory Crouch, published by Bantam Books. The book discusses the history of the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and is focused on William Langhorne Bond as the central ch...
Ant & Dec Anthony McPartlin, OBE (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly, OBE (born 25 September 1975), known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy TV presenting, television producing, acting and former music duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Lai Van Sam Lại Văn Sâm 1958 in Phú Thọ, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese journalist, he was host of many television programs, such as "Đấu Trí" ("PokerFace"), "Đấu trường 100" ("1 vs 100"), "Chiếc nón kỳ diệu" ("Wheel of Fortune"), "Hãy chọn giá đúng" ("The Price Is Right"), "SV '96", "SV 2000" and "Trò chơi liên tỉnh" and no...
PokerFace PokerFace is a British game show broadcast on ITV, where one person is guaranteed to win £1 million. The show was created by Ant & Dec, who also host it. As implied by the title, "PokerFace", is based on the bluffing aspect of poker games. The contestants do not necessarily need to get the questions right in ...
The Hunter of Fall (1918 film) The Hunter of Fall (German: Der Jäger von Fall) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by and starring Ludwig Beck. It is based on the 1883 novel "The Hunter of Fall" by Ludwig Ganghofer.
Children of No Importance Children of No Importance or The Illegitimate (German: Die Unehelichen) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Margarete Kupfer and Elsa Wagner. It was part of the series of Enlightenment films produced in Weimar Germany, examining socia...
The Story of Dida Ibsen The Story of Dida Ibsen (German:Dida Ibsens Geschichte) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss. It is an adaptation of Margarete Böhme's 1907 novel of the same title, a sequel to her best-known work "The Diary of a ...