title: The Divergent Series

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The Divergent Series is a feature film series based on the Divergent novels by the American author Veronica Roth. Distributed by Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Films, the series consists of three science fiction action films set in a dystopian society: Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. They have been produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick.

The series stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James as lead characters Beatrice Prior (Tris) and Tobias Eaton (Four), respectively. The supporting cast includes Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz, and Miles Teller. Kate Winslet played the main antagonist in the first two films. The first film in the series was directed by Neil Burger, while the second and third films were directed by Robert Schwentke.

The Veronica Roth novels consist primarily of the trilogy of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Development began in 2011 following Summit's acquisition of the film rights to the Divergent novel in partnership with production company Red Wagon Entertainment. The studios announced production on the sequel following the first film's strong performance in Thursday late-night screenings, where it grossed $4.9 million. They acquired film rights to the Allegiant novel in December 2013, deciding in April 2014 to split the third novel into a two-part film adaptation.

The first installment, Divergent (2014), grossed over $288 million worldwide, while the second installment, Insurgent (2015), grossed over $297 million worldwide. Insurgent was also the first Divergent film to be released in IMAX 3D. The third installment, Allegiant (2016), grossed $179 million. Thus, the first three films of the series have grossed over $765 million worldwide.

Development
In March 2011, Summit Entertainment picked up the rights for Divergent with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher's production company Red Wagon Entertainment, while Lionsgate distributes the franchise. Neil Burger was announced as the director on August 23, 2012. Evan Daugherty, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor, said, "I get hung up on the toughness of the movie but of equal importance is the love story between Tris and Four. It's inherently and inextricably linked to Tris' character journey. There will be plenty of sexual tension and chemistry, but it's important that all of that stuff doesn't just feel like it's thrown in, but that it all helps Tris grow as a character."

Daugherty further added, "It's tricky because the book is a very packed read with a lot of big ideas. So, distilling that into a cool, faithful two-hour movie is challenging. Not only do you have to establish five factions, but you have to acknowledge that there's a sixth entity, which is the divergent, and you also have the factionless. So there's a world that really has to be built out for the big screen… the movie is going to do it a little more efficiently." Author Veronica Roth said about script of the film, "Reading a script is a really interesting experience.  I'd never read a script before.  I was really impressed by how closely it stuck to the general plotline of the book."

Initially, the budget of the film was $40 million but later Lionsgate increased it to $80 million (which finally changed to  $85 million) due to the success of The Hunger Games. Analyst Ben Mogil said, "Divergent is more similar to Hunger Games in that the company owns the underlying economics (i.e. production) and the budget (at $80[million]) is more manageable."

In December 2013, Summit Entertainment announced that a film adaptation of Insurgent, the second novel in the Divergent trilogy, would be released as The Divergent Series: Insurgent on March 20, 2015, as a sequel to the film adaptation of Divergent with Brian Duffield originally chosen to write the script for the film. On December 16, 2013, it was announced that Neil Burger, director of Divergent, would not return to direct Insurgent as he was still working on the first film. On February 13, 2014, it was announced that Robert Schwentke was offered the director position for the film, and Akiva Goldsman hired to re-write Duffield's script.

Also in December 2013, Summit Entertainment announced that the film adaptation of Allegiant, the third and final novel in the Divergent trilogy, would be released in March 2016, serving as the finale of the series, which at the time was planned as a trilogy, but on April 11, 2014, the studio decided to split the novel into a two-part film, much the like the Harry Potter, Twilight, and Hunger Games franchises did with the finales of their series. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger said in a statement that, "Veronica Roth brings her captivating story to a masterful conclusion in 'Allegiant,' a rich, action-packed book with material that is ideally suited to two strong and fulfilling movies. The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films, a storytelling strategy that has worked very well for us on the two Twilight Breaking Dawn films and about which we're tremendously enthusiastic for the two upcoming Mockingjay films of The Hunger Games franchise". Noah Oppenheim was announced as the screenwriter for the first part of the Allegiant adaptation on July 9, 2014. On December 5, 2014, it was announced that Robert Schwentke will return to direct Part 1. On September 10, 2015, it was announced that the two films would be re-titled, with Part 1 being renamed as The Divergent Series: Allegiant and Part 2 as The Divergent Series: Ascendant.

Casting the main roles

On October 22, 2012, it was announced that Shailene Woodley had landed the lead role of Beatrice "Tris" Prior. Lucas Till, Jack Reynor, Jeremy Irvine, Alex Pettyfer, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Ludwig and Luke Bracey were all considered for the role of Tobias "Four" Eaton. On March 15, 2013, it was announced that Theo James  had been cast as Four.

Though James was 10 years older than the character when cast, Roth praised his casting "I was sure within seconds: this was 'Four', no question. Theo is able to capture 'Four's' authority and strength, as well as his depth and sensitivity."  She also mentions the chemistry between him and Shailene: "He is a perfect match for Shailene's incredibly strong presence as Tris. I'm thrilled!" The producers said about his casting: "We took our time to find the right actor to fill the role of Four, and Theo is definitely the perfect fit. Veronica has crafted a truly iconic character in Four and we cannot wait to begin production and bring him and this story to life for millions of fans around the world."

Production
Filming for the franchise began on April 16, 2013.

Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick, and Pouya Shabazian have been producers for all films in the series. Veronica Roth and Neil Burger have acted as executive producers on the first two films. Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate collaborated on all three films. On April 11, 2014, the studio decided to split the final book, Allegiant, into two parts, much like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Parts 1 and 2, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 and 2.

Directors
Neil Burger directed the first film, Divergent, and was originally going to direct the sequel, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, but in December 2013 it was announced that Burger would not return, due to him still working on post-production work for the first film. Speaking on the subject the director stated, "There was no breathing room. They were like, 'We're holding to a March 2015 release date, and we have to start no later than May 2014.' It was a recipe for failure, at least with me on board. I wouldn't be able to do either thing right. I reluctantly let it go". In February 2014, it was confirmed that Robert Schwentke would direct the sequel instead. On December 5, 2014, it was announced that Schwentke would return for The Divergent Series: Allegiant.

Scripts
Snow White and the Huntsman screenwriter Evan Daugherty and Hope Springs screenwriter Vanessa Taylor co-wrote the screenplay for Divergent. During the time that Neil Burger was originally going to direct the sequel, Brian Duffield was recruited to write the screenplay for The Divergent Series: Insurgent, but after Burger dropped out of the film and Robert Schwentke took over as director, he brought in Akiva Goldsman and Mark Bomback to rewrite Duffield's script.

The two-part finale screenplay, The Divergent Series: Allegiant and Ascendant, was written by Noah Oppenheim, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, and Stephen Chbosky.

Cast
On March 11, 2013, it was announced that the roles of Tori, Christina, and Caleb had gone to Maggie Q, Zoë Kravitz, and Ansel Elgort, respectively. Ray Stevenson, Jai Courtney and Aaron Eckhart were announced to be in talks to join the cast on March 15, 2013, Stevenson and Courtney joined the cast as Marcus Eaton and Eric, respectively. That same day, Miles Teller was cast as Peter.  The studio's announcement included a bit of casting news: Mekhi Phifer will play Dauntless leader Max. Kate Winslet was announced to be in talks on January 24, 2013. Later it was confirmed that she would portray Jeanine Matthews.

Talking about playing the negative character for the first time, Winslet said, "I'm no idiot. The idea went through my head that I have never played a baddie before, I was almost kind of surprised." Since Winslet joined the filming late, she used that distance from her co-stars to appear aloof on the first day of her shoot. "I wanted to break it and say, 'It's OK, I'm really fun. I promise.' But I thought, just for today, I'd let them think that I am a complete bitch." On March 25, 2013, Ben Lamb was cast as Edward, Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Will, and Christian Madsen as Al. In April 2013, Ashley Judd and Tony Goldwyn joined the cast as Natalie and Andrew Prior, Beatrice's parents.

In 2014, the cast for the second film was announced. On May 12, 2014, it was announced that Octavia Spencer joined the cast as Amity representative Johanna Reyes. Late May 2014, Suki Waterhouse and Jonny Weston were cast as Marlene and Edgar respectively. Early June 2014, Stephanie Leigh Schlund announced that she was cast in the film as a member of the Amity, and Naomi Watts and Daniel Dae Kim joined the cast as Evelyn Johnson and Jack Kang. On June 9, 2014, Rosa Salazar joined the cast as Lynn. On June 10, 2014, Australian actor Keiynan Lonsdale joined the cast as Uriah. On June 11, 2014, Emjay Anthony joined the cast as Hector.

On April 28, 2015, it was reported that Golden Globe nominee Jeff Daniels joined the cast for Allegiant as David, the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. On May 1, 2015, it was announced that Bill Skarsgård had joined the cast as Matthew.

Filming
Principal photography of Divergent began on April 16, 2013, and concluded on July 16, 2013. Almost all of the filming took place in Chicago with reshoots taking place from January 24–26, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Principal photography for The Divergent Series: Insurgent began on May 27, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia, and concluded on September 6, 2014. Filming took place at United States Penitentiary, Atlanta. A set was constructed for the Amity Compound at Serenbe Community South of Atlanta. In downtown Atlanta, a zip-line scene was filmed for which a set was constructed on the roof of Peachtree Center. For two days, production was moved to Chicago with scenes being filmed in Wells Street, Franklin Street, and Adams Street. Production was then moved back to Atlanta for reshoots.

Principal photography for The Divergent Series: Allegiant began in Atlanta on May 18, 2015, with filming concluding on August 23, 2015.

Music
Junkie XL scored the first film in the film series, Divergent, while Joseph Trapanese scored the second and third entries, Insurgent and Allegiant.

Plot

Divergent (2014)

In a world in which people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned that she is Divergent and will never fit into any of the groups. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust the mysterious Four, and they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it is too late.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)

As they search for allies and answers in the wake of the uprising, Tris and Four are on the run. Hunted by Jeanine Matthews, the leader of the Erudite faction, Tris and Four race against time as they try to figure out what Abnegation sacrificed their lives to protect and the reason that the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the people she loves, Tris faces one impossible challenge after another as she unlocks the truth about the past and, ultimately, the future of her world.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)

On December 16, 2013, Summit Entertainment announced that the film adaptation of Allegiant would be released on March 18, 2016. On April 11, 2014, Lionsgate announced that the film adaptation would be split into two films with the first part titled, The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1. The film was then retitled as The Divergent Series: Allegiant.

Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family that they have ever known to find a peaceful solution for their embroiled city. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris must quickly decide who to trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago. To survive, Tris is forced to solve dilemmas on courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Cancelled fourth film
A fourth film was initially planned, with a March 2017 release, based on the latter half of the Allegiant book. The timing was changed to a June 2017 release, with Lee Toland Krieger then attached as the director. The film was subsequently cancelled, resulting in the series having ended on a cliffhanger.

Cancelled television series
In July 2016, after the poor performance of the third film at the box office, the producers considered creating the fourth as a television film, which would add new characters to the story and possibly continue in a spinoff television series that would move beyond the books.

In September 2016, Shailene Woodley stated on Today that the decision of film or television had not been finalized and that it was "a limbo waiting game." In the same interview, Woodley spoke despairingly of the chances of her returning to the project in a television format, but she noted that she would be open to returning to it as a theatrical film. In February 2017, with the producers having confirmed that it would be a television project, Woodley was announced to have backed out of her starring role.

In August 2017, Starz and Lionsgate Television announced that they were beginning to develop the television series with the director Lee Toland Krieger and The Legend of Tarzan writer Adam Cozad remaining attached from the original project. In December 2018, Starz announced that it no longer sought to develop a television series and cited the lack of interest of the cast and the network executives.

Recurring cast and characters

Crew

Reception

Though the first two films were commercially successful, the series as a whole has not been well received by critics. Each successive film release has been rated lower than the previous release on review aggregator websites. Negative reviews of the third novel Allegiant and the studios' decision to split it into two films have been blamed for the third film's lackluster performance at the box office.

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Action film series
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title: Ha Il-kwon

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Ha Il-kwon (, born January 10, 1982) is a South Korean manhwaga. He graduated from Sejong University in South Korea and majored in Cartoon-Animation.

Bibliography

Adaptations

Screen
 The Sound of Magic (Annarasumanara) () (2022)
 Duty After School () (2023)

Stage
 Sambong Barber Shop () (2011)
 Annarasumanara () (2014)

References

External links
 Official Naver Blog

1982 births
Living people
South Korean manhwa artists
South Korean webtoon creators
People from Seoul
Sejong University alumni


title: Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet

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Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (9 February 1697 – 10 December 1772) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He sat in the  House of Commons of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754.

Sir James was the son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet. In 1719 he married Barbara Murray, daughter of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank. They had 14 children: 8 sons and 6 daughters. Johnstone succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1727.

He was the MP for Dumfries Burghs from 1743 to 1754.

He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son James (1726–1794), who became MP for Dumfries Burghs and then for Weymouth.

References

1697 births
1772 deaths
Johnstone baronets
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1741–1747
British MPs 1747–1754


title: Renato De Carmine

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Renato De Carmine (25 January 1923 – 18 July 2010) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. After graduating at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, De Carmine worked mainly on stage, notably at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan under the direction of Giorgio Strehler. He also appeared in more than seventy films and television series and TV-movies, including Lucio Fulci's The Return of White Fang (1974). He died of acute anemia.

Selected filmography
 Hand of Death (1949)
 William Tell (1949)
 Mistress of the Mountains (1950)
 Captain Demonio (1950)
 Milady and the Musketeers (1952)
 Charge of the Black Lancers (1962)
 Angelique and the Sultan (1968)
 Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)
 The Return of White Fang (1974)
 Allonsanfàn (1974)
 Devils of Monza (1987)
 Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)

References

External links

1923 births
2010 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
20th-century Italian male actors
Male actors from Rome
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Italian male stage actors


title: Verity Charles

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Verity Anne Simmons; born 19 May 1991 in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian netball player. In 2012, Charles played her first season in the ANZ Championship with West Coast Fever. In 2014, she transferred to the Queensland Firebirds, and was part of a team that made the ANZ Championship Grand Finals in 2014. And in winning the premiership in 2015.  In 2016 she transferred back to West Coast Fever and was appointed vice-captain for the inaugural season of Suncorp Super Netball in 2017. She also appeared in Australian Ninja Warrior in 2019 and has made it to the semi-finals.
Now divorced from Rugby player Nathan Charles.

References

Living people
1991 births
People from Grafton, New South Wales
Australian netball players
Queensland Firebirds players
West Coast Fever players
ANZ Championship players
Suncorp Super Netball players
Netball players from New South Wales
Australian Netball League players
Netball New South Wales Waratahs players
Western Sting players
Australian Institute of Sport netball players
Queensland Fusion players
Australia international Fast5 players
Rugby union players' wives and girlfriends


title: Kiribati at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Kiribati competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014.

Due to a scheduling conflict between the Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Micronesian Games in Pohnpei, Kiribati has had to split its delegation between the two events. In Glasgow, the country is represented by 20 athletes in six sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. Participating in their fifth Commonwealth Games, Kiribati won its first medal, a gold, in men's weightlifting 105 kg by David Katoatau.

Medalists

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Field Events

Badminton

Boxing

Men

Women

Taoriba Biniati is Kiribati's first female boxer. She represented her country at the age of 18 in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. This was her first ever fight against another woman. She lost on points to Mauritian fighter Isabelle Ratna in the lightweight division.

Table Tennis

Singles

Doubles

Team

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

References

Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Kiribati at the Commonwealth Games
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title: Cyprus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Cyprus competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3, 2014.

Athletics

Men

Field Events

Women

Field events

Cycling

Mountain biking

Road

Women

Gymnastics

Artistic
Men

Individual all around final

Women

Rhythmic
Individual

Individual finals

Judo

Men

Shooting

Men
Shotgun

Women
Pistol

Shotgun

Swimming

Men

Women

Weightlifting

Men

Women

References

Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Cyprus at the Commonwealth Games
2014 in Cypriot sport


title: Cook Islands at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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The Cook Islands competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014. The country participated in the Commonwealth Games for the tenth time, and has never previously won a medal.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Women
Track & road events

Lawn bowls

Men

Women

Rugby sevens

Cook Islands has qualified a rugby sevens team.

Roster

 Harry Berryman
 Ashley Drake
 Sean Fletcher
 James Iopu
 Junior Kiria
 Koiatu Koiatu
 Simon Marcel
 Gregory Mullany
 Teu Paerau
 Josh Petero
 James Raea
 Twoboys Taia

Bowl Quarterfinals

Bowl Semifinals

Bowl Finals

Weightlifting

Women

References

Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Cook Islands at the Commonwealth Games
2014 in Cook Islands sport


title: Jubilee Oval (Adelaide)

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The Jubilee Oval was a sporting ground created in 1895 between the Jubilee Exhibition Building and the River Torrens. It was located next to the railway station at the end of the Jubilee Exhibition Railway line, which operated from 1887 to 1927. It incorporated a (banked) cycle racing track, and a new grandstand and seating on the mound were built in 1896.

It was created, in part for the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society as a venue for the Royal Adelaide Show, replacing their "Old Exhibition Grounds", which had been home to the Show for fifty years. The Autumn Show was held at the Jubilee Building in May 1895, with the horse events being held on the Oval. In 1896 the first Live Stock Show was held at the new site.

The first sporting contest held on the oval may have been the cricket "friendly" between two Government departments: the Land Titles Office and Treasury in February 1895, using a matting wicket. The following month saw a match between two departments of the South Australian Register, though the condition of the ground was hardly conducive to an enjoyable game, a horse show having been held on the oval a week before. The first race on the cycle track took place in July 1895, and was praised, but very few spectators were present.

The first League football match held on the oval was Norwood v. West Adelaide on 7 May 1898.

It also held the 1904 SAFA Grand Final between  and , with the latter winning the match. This is the only instance as of 2022 where the SANFL premiership was not decided at either Adelaide Oval or Football Park.

The oval was later deemed too small for league football, with the last game there being played on July 16, 1921, with South Adelaide defeating West Adelaide.

On Saturday 6 October 1923, Australia played China in an association football match at Jubilee Oval in front of a crowd of approximately 9000 people, with the match finishing in a 2-all draw.

The oval was demolished in 1945 to allow for new buildings for the University of Adelaide.

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Australian rules football grounds
Sports venues in Adelaide
Sports venues completed in 1895
1895 establishments in Australia
Soccer venues in South Australia
Defunct cricket grounds in Australia


title: Gibraltar at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Gibraltar competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Women
Track & road events

Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Cycling

Road
Men

Shooting

Men

Women

Squash

Individual

Doubles

Swimming

Men

Women

Triathlon

Individual

References

Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Gibraltar at the Commonwealth Games
2014 in Gibraltarian sport


title: She's My Weakness

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She's My Weakness is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown (assisted by Dewey Starkey) and starring Sue Carol and Arthur Lake. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ruben, based on the Broadway play Tommy by Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson.

Plot
Tommy Mills wants to marry his girlfriend, Marie Thurber, but cannot afford it.  When he inherits a piece of property, he plans on selling it in order to facilitate the marriage.  However, Marie is also being pursued by Bernard Norton, who is not as seemingly dull as Tommy.  Marie's parents would prefer their daughter to marry Tommy, but things get complicated when Marie's father, Warren, needs to sell a piece of property he owns in order to get himself out of financial difficulty.  The town is interested in both pieces, but will only purchase one of them.

To further complicate matters, Tommy's uncle, David Tuttle is attempting to broker the deal for the purchase of the land.  In the confusion which ensues, both land parcels are sold without the permission of their owners.  The resulting chaos gives the appearance of misdeeds by Tommy, which pushes Marie towards the arms of her other suitor. However, the truth comes out in the end, both Tommy and Mr. Thurber sell their properties and alleviate their financial needs, and Tommy and Marie get married.

Cast

 Arthur Lake as Tommy Mills
 Sue Carol as Marie Thurber
 Lucien Littlefield as Warren Thurber
 William Collier Sr. as David Tuttle
 Helen Ware as Mrs. Thurber
 Alan Bunce as Bernard Norton
 Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Oberlander

(cast list as per AFI database)

Reception
The New York Times, in its review of the film, gave it mostly lukewarm and negative reviews. The critic commented negatively on the performances of the two leads, going so far to characterize Lake's performance by stating his "... adolescent appearance makes him ideal for the part but whose apparent ignorance of what is good acting is appalling." while calling the acting of some of the supporting cast adequate, and was also less than thrilled with the direction of the piece

Notes
The Broadway play on which this film was based, Tommy, was directed by the playwrights, and ran from January through August 1927 at the Gaiety Theatre.  It was revived for a short run in August 1933 at the Forrest Theatre, which is now known as the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. The tagline for the film was "Youth whoops it up in the rumble seat!"

References

External links

American romantic comedy films
1930 romantic comedy films
American films based on plays
American black-and-white films
RKO Pictures films
Films directed by Melville W. Brown
1930 films
1930s American films


title: Dominica at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Dominica competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Field Events

Women
Field events

Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Boxing

Women

Table Tennis

Singles

Doubles

References

Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Dominica at the Commonwealth Games
2014 in Dominica sport


title: Giuseppe Zucca

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Giuseppe Zucca (1887–1959) was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote twenty six screenplays during his career, including the 1949 adventure film William Tell.

Selected filmography
 The Old Guard (1934)
 Aldebaran (1935)
 Backstage (1939)
 The Iron Crown (1941)
The King of England Will Not Pay (1941)
 Blood Wedding (1941)
 Headlights in the Fog (1942)
 William Tell (1949)
 Red Seal (1950)
 The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)

References

External links

1887 births
1959 deaths
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Writers from Messina
20th-century Italian male writers
Film people from the Province of Messina


title: Carex bushii

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Carex bushii, Bush's sedge, is a species of sedge in the genus Carex. It native to the eastern United States where it is found in areas of natural grassland.

Carex bushii is distinguished from the similar Carex caroliniana, Carex complanata, and Carex hirsutella by having pistillate scales that are at least as long as the perigynia (the covering of the achene).

References

bushii
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of Texas
Flora of the North-Central United States
Flora of the Northeastern United States
Plants described in 1910
Taxa named by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


The 1966 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent United States Senator Lee Metcalf, who was first elected to the Senate in 1960, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary uncontested, and moved on to the general election, where he was opposed by Tim M. Babcock, the Republican nominee and the Governor of Montana. Though the race remained close, Metcalf was able to expand on his 1960 margin of victory, and defeated Babcock to win a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Lee Metcalf, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Republican primary

Candidates
Tim M. Babcock, Governor of Montana

Results

General election

Results

See also
 United States Senate elections, 1966

References

Montana
1966
1966 Montana elections


title: List of years in Latvia

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This is a list of years in Latvia.

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also
Timeline of Latvian history

Latvia history-related lists
Latvia


title: Long Island (Kings County)

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Long Island is an island in the Kennebecasis River near Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada. The island is accessible by boat during warm months and by crossing the ice in the winter.

Nature preserves
The island contains two nature preserves:  Minister's Face Nature Preserve and Rayworth Beach Nature Preserve.

References

River islands of New Brunswick
Kennebecasis


title: 2012 in Latvia

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Events in the year 2012 in Latvia.

Incumbents
President - Andris Bērziņš
Prime Minister - Valdis Dombrovskis
Speaker - Solvita Āboltiņa

Events
2012 Latvian constitutional referendum

Arts and entertainment
In music: Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Sports
Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Football (soccer) competitions: Baltic League, Latvian Higher League, Latvian Football Cup. See also: List of Latvian football transfers winter 2011-2012.

References

2010s in Latvia
Years of the 21st century in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia


title: List of artists who sculpted Hawaii and its people

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Fritz Abplanalp
 Marguerite Louis Blasingame
 Kaili Chun
 Arthur Eriksson
 Marisol Escobar
 Thomas Ridgeway Gould
 Malvina Cornell Hoffman
 Kate Kelly
 Roy King
 Isamu Noguchi
 Marianna Pineda
 Alice Louise Judd Simpich

See also
 :Category:Sculptors from Hawaii
 List of artists who made prints of Hawaii and its people
 List of artists who painted Hawaii and its people

Footnotes

 Sculptors
 Sculptors
Hawaii
Hawaii-related lists


title: Gornje Nerodimlje

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Gornje Nerodimlje (, ) is a village in Ferizaj municipality, in southeastern Kosovo. The village was first mentioned in the Gračanica charters (1311–16) of Serbian King Stefan Milutin.

Geography
The settlement lies in the cadastral area of Gornje Nerodimlje which has 1107 hectares.

History
The village was first mentioned in the Gračanica charters (1311–16) of Serbian King Stefan Milutin. Serbian King Stefan Dečanski had one of his royal courts here, in which the Dečani chrysobull was written in 1330. Emperor Stefan Dušan and his son Uroš V had their court near the fortresses of Gornji and Donji Petrič, where many charters, letters and other documents were written.

Stefan Milutin died in 1321, in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Archangels, from where his body was transferred to his endowment, the Banjska monastery. In 1371, the last monarch of the Nemanjić dynasty, Emperor Uroš V, also died, in Nerodimlje. In 1705, his body was transferred to the Jazak monastery in Fruška Gora (in northern Serbia).

According to the Ottoman defter (tax registry), there was 71 Serbian households and two Orthodox priests. Several church buildings and ruins are located in the village.

The local monastery and church was built in the 14th century, and renovated in 1700. Up until 1975, a giant black pine tree grew above the church, said to have been planted by Stefan Dušan in 1336.

The Monastery of St. Uroš is situated in a hamlet above the village, and it is said to have been founded by Empress Jelena on the grave of her only son Uroš V. His remains were transferred to Jazak from this church. There are also ruins of the Church of St. Nicholas and foundations of three churches whose dedication is unknown.

Several ethnic Serbs were abducted from the village during the Kosovo War (1998–99). The Church of the Holy Archangels was looted and burnt. Also, all of the Serbian gravestones were desecrated or destroyed.

References

External links

Villages in Ferizaj
Nemanjić dynasty
Anti-Serbian sentiment
Medieval Serbian sites in Kosovo


title: The Prisoner (2013 film)

text:
The Prisoner is a short fiction film directed by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, and written by Sharon Y. Cobb in 2013, based on a short story that was written by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh. It has participated in several major international film festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival, and East Lansing Film Festival. Although the movie is based in Florida, it was totally shot in Coastal Georgia. It won Best Short Film Award and Best Supporting Actor Award at Hollywood CineRocKom International Film Festival, and won Honorable Mention Jury Award at Indie Fest USA International Film Festival. It also became a nominee for Best Director at Hollywood CineRocKom International film festival as well as Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor at Red Dirt International Film Festival The film has been discussed in local Newspapers and Magazines.

Plot
Sonny and Dub once shared a cell together. Now Sonny is a free man keeping his life as simple and care free as possible. While Dub is on Death Row and sentenced to be executed in a matter of days, Sonny comes to visit Dub one last time. Dub has a last request - a dying request that hopes to entrust Sonny with.

Awards and nominations
5- Award for Best short fiction film at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013
4- Award for Best Supporting Actor at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013
3- Honorable Mention Jury Award at Indie Fest USA International Film Festival, October 2013
2- Nomination for the Best Lead Actor at Red Dirt International Film Festival, OK, USA, Oct 2013
1- Nomination for the Best Supporting Lead Actor at Red Dirt International Film Festival, OK, USA, Oct 2013

Festival Participations

12- Lucerne International Film Festival, Switzerland, Oct 2014
11- Amelia Island International Film Festival, FL, USA, Feb 2014
10- Hong Kong Cinerockom International Film Festival, Hong Kong, Dec 2013
9- Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, CA, LA, USA, Oct 2013
8- East Lansing International Film Festival, MI, USA, Nov 2013
7- Red Dirt International Film Festival, OK, USA, Oct 2013
6- Indie Fest USA International Film Festival, CA, USA, Oct 2013
5- Laughlin International Film Festival, NV, USA, Oct 2013
4- Vagrant International Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus, Sept 2013
3- Trinity International Film Festival, MI, USA, Sept 2013
2- Montreal World International Film Festival, Canada, Aug 2013
1- Gwinnett International Film Festival, GA, USA, Jun, 2013

References

External links

2013 films
2010s English-language films


title: Carex muskingumensis

text:
Carex muskingumensis is a species of sedge known by the common name Muskingum sedge. It is native primarily to the Midwestern United States where it is found in wet areas such as swamps, low woods, and sedge meadows. It is a fairly conservative species, usually being found in areas where native vegetation is intact.

References

muskingumensis
Plants described in 1824


title: Anomiopus nigrocoeruleus

text:
Anomiopus nigrocoeruleus is a species of true dung beetle that can be found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It can be found in cerrado and chaco biomes. It may be a myrmecophile.

References

nigrocoeruleus
Beetles described in 1955


title: Rafael Calvo

text:
Rafael Luis Calvo Muñoz (30 December 1911 – 9 December 1988) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films including Miracle of Marcelino (1955).

Selected filmography

 Currito of the Cross (1926)
 Doña Juana (1927)
 There Were Thirteen (1931)
 Paloma Fair (1935)
 Bound for Cairo (1935)
 Saint Rogelia (1940)
 The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
 Arribada forzosa (1944) - Matón de Mariano
 Una mujer en un taxi (1944)
 The Captain's Ship (1947)
 The Holy Queen (1947) - Fernán Ayres
 When the Angels Sleep (1947) - Ventura
 El ángel gris (1947) - Ramón
 The Drummer of Bruch (1948) - Coronel Carotte
 La muralla feliz (1948) - Ladrón
 Campo Bravo (1948)
 Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
 Doce horas de vida (1949) - Raúl
 Catalina de Inglaterra (1951) - Enrique VIII
 María Morena (1951) - Cristóbal
 The Pelegrín System (1952) - Bremón (padre)
 Service at Sea (1951)
 The King's Mail (1951)
 Em-Nar, la ciudad de fuego (1952) - Comandante Balboa
 Amaya (1952) - Eudonio
 The Floor Burns (1952)
 Court of Justice (1953)
 Magic Concert (1953)
 Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
 Sucedió en mi aldea (1956) - Colás
 El fenómeno (1956) - Gregorio
 Miguitas y el carbonero (1956)
 Fedra (1956)
 Mensajeros de paz (1957) - Gaspar
 Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958) - Julio Olvedo
 Gli zitelloni (1958)
 Die Sklavenkarawane (1958) - Murad Ibrahim
 Patio andalu (1958)
 The Thieves (1959) - Zio di Vincenzo
 Noi siamo due evasi (1959) - Pietrone
 Der Löwe von Babylon (1959) - Säfir
 Alfonso XII and María Cristina (1960)
 Legions of the Nile (1960) - (uncredited)
 Compadece al delincuente (1960)
 Un hecho violento (1960) - Harris
 Ursus (1961) - Mok
 El secreto de los hombres azules (1961) - Don Pedro
 King of Kings (1961) - Simon of Cyrene
 Rosa de Lima (1961) - Adrián
 Historia de un hombre (1961)
 Terrible Sheriff (1962) - Tornado
 La pandilla de los once (1963) - El Coco
 El camino (1963) - El Herrero
 Backfire (1964) - Le Borgne (uncredited)
 El señor de La Salle (1964) - Tabernero
 The Uninhibited (1965) - Pablo
 Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote (1966) - White Feather (uncredited)
 Un hombre solo (1969)
 The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) - Commissioner (voice, uncredited)
 La tribu de los aurones (1988) - Maestro Jonc (voice) (final film role)

References

Bibliography
 Mira, Alberto. The Cinema of Spain and Portugal. Wallflower Press, 2005.

External links

1911 births
1988 deaths
Spanish male film actors
Spanish male silent film actors
Male actors from Madrid
20th-century Spanish male actors


title: Antoñita Colomé

text:
Antoñita Colomé (February 18, 1912 – August 28, 2005) was a Spanish film actress. She was a popular star during the Spanish Republic, appearing in films such as World Crisis (1934).

Selected filmography
 The Pure Truth (1931)
 A Gentleman in Tails (1931)
 Mercedes (1933)
 The Man Who Laughed at Love (1933)
 World Crisis (1934)
 The Wicked Carabel (1935)
 The Dancer and the Worker (1936)
 The Lady from Trévelez (1936)
 A Woman in Danger (1936)
 The Reluctant Hero (1941)
 The Wheel of Life (1942)
 Idyll in Mallorca (1943)
 The Gypsy and the King (1946)

References

Bibliography
 Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

1912 births
2005 deaths
Spanish film actresses
Actors from Seville


title: Susan McEachern

text:
Susan McEachern (born April 7, 1951) is an American/Canadian artist. McEachern is best known for her photography, which frequently includes text. Her work follows the feminist idea of "the personal is political," as she often combines images of her own life and personal space to investigate and comment on themes of socialization, gender, sexuality, and the natural world. McEachern has also been a professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University since 1979.

Education
McEachern received a BA in Theatre from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Visual Communication/Photography diploma from the Banff Centre in Alberta and a Master of Arts in Sociology in Education in Feminist Studies and Gender Relations from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Early works
Some of McEachern's early works include: The Home (1983), The Family in the Context of Childrearing (1983 — 84), and On Living at Home (1987). These projects all focus on the domestic domain.

On Living at Home is a four-part photographic installation. Part One- AGORAPHOBIA, includes eight 16 by 20 colour photographs with text, and deals with the fear of the world outside one's home. Part Two- DOMESTIC IMMERSION includes twelve colour photographs with text that are also 16 by 20. Part Two deals with work that goes on inside the domestic sphere that is unpaid, and not seen as labour in the outside world. Part Three- MEDIA CONSUMPTION consists of fourteen photographs with text (nine of which are black and white), and looks at how the media portrays the fantasy of a “perfect housewife” and never the unpleasant realities such as domestic violence. Part Four- THE WORLD OUTSIDE, consists of seven photographs and looks at consumerism and daily life experiences.

Relating to the theme of the domestic domain, The Family in the Context of Childrearing, is another of Susan McEachern's photographic projects, which also has four main parts and nearly 150 images with added text. The first parts of the work revolve around the daily activities involved in caring for a family. McEachern's is a standard family unit with father, mother and two children. The last part of the work exhibits the writings of well-known psychologists, sociologists, historians, feminist thinkers, as well as McEachern's own personal perspective on her experiences.

Based on another of McEachern's experiences is The Creation of Desire, which has five parts: The Stories We Are Told, Stories We Tell Ourselves, Finding Our Place / Defining Difference, Fitting In and Stories We Can Tell. This body of work portrays an interaction between militarism and romance, and the gender roles that society has given to men and women in time of war.

Later works
McEachern's later projects include Questions of Nature (1994), Backyard Community (2002), Structures of Meaning (2004), and her Equine studies. These works introduce nature, a new area of inquiry for McEachern.

Questions of Nature, like McEachern's earlier works is grouped in sections: “animals”, “trees and water”, “garden” and “reproduction”. McEachern uses the word “nature” to describe the natural world around us (plants and animals), as well as our own human nature, and how these two relate to one another.

Nature is also evident in Backyard Community, through the examination of “human social structures from the point of view of the garden and the insects that live there."

McEachern's Equine studies include: Still Seeking Athena, Herbivores and Stable Community. Stable Community (2005) is part of McEachern's Equine studies that was included in her Structures of Meaning touring exhibition. It is composed of twelve close-up images of horses and their riders.

Exhibitions
Susan McEachern's work has been exhibited across Canada. Starting with The Home in Montreal's Powerhouse Gallery in February 1983. From Montreal, the show travelled to Saskatchewan and ended in Toronto's Mercer Union in June 1983.

"The Family" also travelled extensively across Canada and was housed in The Toronto Photographer's Gallery in July 1986. "Creation of Desire" was, in January 1992, another of McEachern's works that was exhibited in The Toronto Photographer's Gallery.

"Questions of Nature" toured Canada and was exhibited in the Dalhousie Art Gallery in Halifax in September 1994.

One of McEachern's more environmental pieces, "Sandy Cove Outfall," was shown at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in September 1997.

"Structures of Meaning" was exhibited at The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa from September 2004 until January 2005. The show then went onto be shown at the Patrick Mikhail Gallery, also in Ottawa, from March to April of the same year.

McEachern's latest exhibition, "Fight/Flight," was from January to February 2011, and was presented at the Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Ottawa. "Fight/Flight" is part of Susan McEachern's ongoing Equine studies. It portrays the relationship between horse and human.

Susan McEachern has also been in group shows. Two of which are "Roots and Shoots" and "Microcosm." "Roots and Shoots" was an exhibition at the Mount Saint Vincent Gallery in Halifax, which was shown from August to September 2006.  Microcosm was displayed at the Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Ottawa from September to October 2009.

Collections
Susan McEachern's work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie Art Gallery, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Walter Phillips Gallery, the Photographers Gallery, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Bibliography

References

1951 births
Living people
Canadian women artists
Canadian contemporary artists
Canadian photographers
Hamline University alumni
University of Toronto alumni


title: Terrance Plowright

text:
Terrance Kippax Plowright  (born 31 March 1949) is an Australian artist, based in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. His works include contemporary and figurative sculptures. He has designed and created large public sculptural water features and murals, substantial public cenotaphs, commemorative cast bronze sculptures, and a large body of religious and spiritual work that includes stained glass windows, altars, lecterns, baptismal fonts and mosaics.

Biography and early career

Plowright was born in Paddington, New South Wales. In 1966, he worked as a copy boy for The Australian Women’s Weekly, then trained and worked as a film editor for the ABC. He studied music privately for a short time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for a number of bands. He developed a keen interest in science, philosophy and music. In 1975, he founded the Awareness Centre in Sydney, and also spent time in the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. He conducted workshops around human potential and spiritual awareness. His works, in the past 30 years, have endeavoured to explore these themes and to reveal the connection between all living things.

In 1981, Plowright pursued his emerging interest in fine art and spent nine months in New Zealand, where he furthered a growing interest in stained glass creation. In 1983, he established his first studio at Wahroonga in New South Wales.

In 1985, he created a large stained glass window for a private client. In the same year, he was selected as one of two Australian artists to represent Australian glass artists at the Sydney Craft Expo. His first major piece, also in 1985, a commissioned stained glass window, was a memorial to the Royal New South Wales Regiment for the Garrison Church, in The Rocks, Sydney. In 1988, Plowright created one of the country's then-largest stained glass windows, installed in Galston Uniting Church. Another significant work was an 11 x 3m stained glass window, commissioned by St Bernadette's in Castle Hill, New South Wales. His large stained glass piece The Gathering of the Most Sacred was created for an exhibition for the World Council of Churches in 1990. This piece and Living Waters were also exhibited at the Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest Glass Show in 1991.

In 1990, he completed a granite, aluminium and beveled glass sculpture, Purity of Spirit, for Neeta City in Fairfield, New South Wales (now in a private collection). He was invited by the World Council of Churches to be the sculptor and artist-in-residence at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1991. His works, created during the two-week conference, were televised to over 120 countries. Also in 1991, Plowright was commissioned by the Penrith Returned and Services League to design and create a bronze sculpture, a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli.

His book, Stained Glass:Inspirations and Designs, was written in 1993, and launched by Hazel Hawke.

Recent work

 2020: Plowright is currently working on a life-size Sam Male Project with cast bronze figure and contemporary Corten Steel sculpture to be installed in Broome, WA.
 2019/2020: Plowright has completed a 3m high, cast bronze sculpture of Tayla Harris - "Not just a kick" - to be installed at Docklands Stadium, Docklands, Melbourne
2019: He created a 2.2m high, cast bronze and glass sculpture with sequenced lighting - Eternal Flame - for Bathurst City Council.
 2013/2014: He has completed a 15m/50foot high contemporary sculpture, a national project celebrating 60,000 years of nationhood. This is to be installed in the River Torrens, near the Adelaide Oval.

Recent achievements
 2019: Awarded Order of Australia medal (OAM) for his services to the visual arts.
 2015: Invited to exhibit at the X Florence Biennale
 2015: Awarded 4th place for sculpture in 2015 Florence Biennale
 2015: Invited to exhibit at the New York art gallery, Artifact
 2014: He was a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2014 at the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery in Melbourne.
 2013: Invited to exhibit at the IX Florence Biennale, and received a Medici Medal and Special Mention for artistic and sculptural contribution to sculpture at the Biennale
 2012: Tubular Resonance. Plowright was a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Prize in Melbourne for his 5m stainless steel interactive sound sculpture.
 2012/13: Winner of the City of Frankston People's Choice Award at the McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, for Tubular Resonance', which was purchased by McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Melbourne

Other works

Plowright has created many figurative and contemporary works, and water features, from both public and private commissions, including:
  Elvis Presley in 2018: a larger-than-life-size, cast bronze sculpture for Parkes City Council.
  Basil Sellers in 2018: a larger-than-life-size, cast bronze bust, private collection.
  George Jones (Air Marshall Sir George Jones) WW2 and Frank McNamara (Air Vice-Marshall Frank McNamara) VC recipient, WW1 in 2016: larger than life-size busts, Shepparton Council in conjunction with Australian War Memorial.
  St. Thomas Aquinas in 2016: 80m stained glass, Australian Catholic University, St Thomas Aquinas Chapel, Ballarat campus.
  Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth in 2015: larger-than-life-size cast bronze busts. Gregory Blaxland installed in Blaxland, William Lawson installed in Lawson and William Wentworth installed in Wentworth Falls, all in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
  Robert Mactier, World War I Victoria Cross recipient: in 2013/2014: a 2m high bronze portrait commissioned by the City of Greater Shepparton and the Tatura RSL, Victoria, unveiled on 31 October 2014.
  Lachlan Macquarie in 2013: 3m high cast bronze sculpture for the Government of New South Wales, Hyde Park, Sydney.
 Avian Gesture 3 in 2012: A stainless steel contemporary work exhibited at Sculpture at Scenic World.
 Vietnamese Boat People Memorial in 2011: Bronze sculpture, including four 3/4 life-size figures and boat. Memorial for 500,000 Vietnamese who perished at sea in voyages from Vietnam. Commissioned by the Bankstown City Council.
 Life Teeming-Life Teaming in 2011: A 4m stainless steel sculpture commissioned by the Waverley Council for Bondi Junction,.
 Eternal Flame in 2012: 1.5m stainless steel work incorporating 49 LED lights controlled for sequenced lighting. Penrith Memory Park War Memorial, Penrith, New South Wales.
 Steve Waugh in 2012: 1¼ life size, cast bronze sculpture at Sydney Cricket Ground. Commissioned as part of the Basil Sellers Sports Sculpture Project.
 Tribute to Beethoven's Sixth in 2011: A contemporary work of cast 316 stainless steel exhibited at Darling Park Sculptors Society Exhibition.
 Reg Gasnier and Stan McCabe in 2010: 1¼ life size, cast bronze sculptures at Sydney Football Stadium and Sydney Cricket Ground respectively.  Commissioned as part of the Basil Sellers Sports Sculpture Project.
 Life from a Suitcase in 2010: Nine bronze larger than life figures of three generations of the Signorelli family at Pyrmont Bay ferry wharf, Sydney, celebrating early immigration to Australia.
 Awakening Flower of Peace in 2010: A 5m high, stainless steel work in Gough Whitlam Park, Sydney. Commissioned by the City of Canterbury.
 Trevor Allen in 2009:  A larger than life size cast bronze sculpture in the Sydney Football Stadium, Commissioned as part of the Basil Sellers Sports Sculpture Project.
 Dance of Intimacy in 2009: A 2.4m high stainless steel work exhibited at the 2009 Darling Park Sculptors Exhibition, page 12.
 Penrith Cenotaph in 2009: 8m long x 3m high, cast bronze, sandstone, stainless steel work with LED lighting in Memory Park, Penrith, New South Wales.
 Sir Henry Parkes in 2008: A larger than life bronze commissioned by the Parkes Shire Council, New South Wales.
  Inseparable in 2009: A contemporary granite work. Received Highly Commended Award at the 2009 Darling Park Sculptors Society Exhibition.
Richie Benaud in 2008: A larger than life size cast bronze sculpture in the Sydney Cricket Ground. Commissioned as part of the Basil Sellers Sports Sculpture Project.
Life-saver in 1908: A cast bronze, 3m high sculpture at North Wollongong Beach, commemorating 100 years of life-saving in Wollongong.
 Road builders/convict memorial in 2006: Five larger than life bronze figures, each weighing approximately 2.8 tonnes at Echo Point, Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
 Emergence in 2006. A 6m high solid granite and stainless steel sculptural water feature/fountain with 3 sets of stainless steel contemporary figures surrounding the main feature. Newcastle Permanent Building, King St, Newcastle, New South Wales.
 Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams in 2005: A 50m water feature in Deutsche Bank Place, Phillip Street, Sydney.
 The Surfers in 2004: Three figures in cast bronze, using the Lost-wax casting tradition, Twin Waters, Maroochydore North Shore, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, a Delfin Lend Lease Commission.
 Wings of Spirit in 2004: A contemporary stainless steel sculpture at Twin Waters, Maroochydore, Queensland.
 Three Sisters Dreamtime in 2004: Seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2m high. Katoomba Scenic World, Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
 Cobar Miner in 2002: A larger than life bronze sculpture in Cobar, New South Wales; a tribute to 130 miners killed whilst working in the mines.
 Sports Figures in 2001: A series of white sports figures for the Champions sports area in Mount Pritchard, Liverpool, New South Wales.
 Meriton Fountain in 2001: A 5m, cast resin, fibre-glass water feature on the Pacific Highway, Chatswood, New South Wales.
 Exploration of Conscious Space (Harmonic Celebration) in 2010: A 2.3m (with plinth) stainless steel contemporary work exhibited at the Sculptors Society Darling Park exhibition in 2010.
 Aqua-helix in 2001: 11m high stainless steel sculpture at Central railway station, Henry Deane Plaza, Sydney.
 Sydney Olympics sculpture auction piece for the 2000 Summer Olympics: This raised $1.72 million for Australian athletics.
 Pit Pony and Welsh Miner in 2001: Life size cast bronze at Katoomba Scenic World, Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
 Dancing Brolgas in 1998: Featuring twelve 1.6m high cast 316 stainless steel brolgas at Cockle Bay (Sydney), Darling Harbour, was Plowright's first water feature.
 A relief mural at Westfield Parramatta in 1995.
 Hand-painted ceramic figurines of Mary MacKillop for Pope John Paul II's visit to Australia in 1995.
  A 3m cast bronze coat of arms for the Commonwealth Bank in Brisbane in 1995.
 A cast bronze contemporary sculpture for the Qantas air terminal in Adelaide in 1987

Published works
 Stained Glass:Inspirations and Designs Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. 1993, reprinted 1995.

References

1949 births
Living people
20th-century Australian sculptors
21st-century Australian sculptors
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia


title: Yarwun, Queensland

text:
Yarwun is a rural coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the  the locality of Yarwun had a population of 119 people.

Geography
The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-west (Byellee), passes to the north of the town, and then exits to the south-east (Aldoga). The locality is served by three railway stations, one on the main railway line and two on branch lines servicing major industry sites:

 Yarwun railway station on the main railway line ()
 Fishermans Landing railway station on a branch line ()
 Comalco railway station on a branch line ()

Road infrastructure
The Gladstone–Mount Larcom Road runs through from east to south-west.

History
Yarwun Provisional School opened on 5 June 1906. It became Yarwun State School on 1 January 1909. The school was relocated to the centre of town in the late 1990s in a land swap with Queensland Rail as part of the straightening and duplication of the North Coast railway line.

The Yarwun-Targinnie Co-operative Association was established in 1924 to market locally-grown fruit. The district was well known for its pawpaws. In 1963 the Co-op established a store at 60 Butler Street to provide goods needed for fruit production, such as timber cases. Later the store expanded to general goods for the community and postal services.

In June 2003, the Yarwun railway station was relocated to the Calliope River Historical Village as its ticket office and kiosk.

In March 2005, Rio Tinto Alcan opened an alumina refinery in Yarwun. Bauxite from Weipa is processed by the Bayer process into alumina. The refinery was expanded in 2012 including a 160 megawatt co-generation facility, which converts heat into electricity.

In the , Yarwun had a population of 239 people.

In the  the locality of Yarwun had a population of 119 people.

Heritage listings
Yarwun has one heritage-listed site:
 60 Butler Street:  Yarwun-Targinnie Co-op store

Economy
The alumina refinery is capable of producing 3.4 million tonnes of alumina each year and employs over 700 people.

Orica operates an ammonium nitrate plant at Reid Road; it produces over 500,000 tonnes per year for use in the mining industry in Australia and overseas. It operates  a raw material import facility at Fisherman's Landing, 5 km north of the Reid Road plant, from which the raw materials are delivered to the plant by underground pipeline. Orica has 200 employees and 100 contractors working at Yarwun.

Education
Yarwun State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 35 Butler Street (). In 2013, the school had 52 students in 3 multi-age classes with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 33 students with 4 teachers (3 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).

There is no secondary school in Yarwun. The nearest government secondary schools are Gladstone State High School (to Year 12) in West Gladstone to the south-east and Mount Larcom State School (to Year 10) in Mount Larcom to the west.

References

Further reading
  — also covers Yarwun

External links

  — contains history of Yarwun in Section 2

Towns in Queensland
Gladstone Region
Coastline of Queensland
Localities in Queensland


title: Anomiopus parallelus

text:
Anomiopus parallelus is a species of true dung beetle that can be found in northern Brazil and French Guiana, and can be found in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. It may be a myrmecophile.

References

parallelus
Beetles described in 1862


title: Tuba Skinny

text:
Tuba Skinny is a traditional jazz street band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band's instrumentation includes cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, tenor banjo, guitar, frottoir, and vocals. The ensemble draws its inspiration from the early jazz, ragtime, and blues music of the 1920s and 1930s. The group began as an itinerant busking band and has performed around the world, including at music festivals in Mexico, Sweden, Australia, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain.

For over a decade, Tuba Skinny "has grown steadily in popularity, releasing [ten] albums, frequently touring, and attracting high-profile fans from R. Crumb to Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman. They've garnered fans from all over the world—young and old, neophytes and niche-enthusiasts." Their albums have garnered multiple awards, and they have been hailed by Offbeat magazine, The Syncopated Times, and other publications as one of the best traditional early jazz bands performing today.

The band is popular on YouTube with "more than 500 videos, many with 100,000-plus views, in a variety of languages." However, the ensemble does not have an official YouTube page, and nearly all of the recorded footage is fan-made. The band's fan base has been described as possessing a "lighthearted, fun, flapper vibe," a reflection of the Jazz Age time period evoked by their music. Despite the band's global fame and frequent performances in nightclubs and at jazz festivals, they have continued to perform on the streets of New Orleans and other cities in order to maintain their intimate connection with audiences.

History

Beginnings in street bands

The nucleus of Tuba Skinny began coalescing in the Crescent City circa 2003 to 2005, just prior to Hurricane Katrina. Several of its musicians played together in a handful of other bands on the streets of New Orleans. None of them are native to the city. The band's orchestrator and cornetist Shaye Cohn—the granddaughter of jazz saxophonist Al Cohn—is a Bostonian. Trombonist Barnabus Jones is a Virginian. Todd Burdick, the eponymous tuba of Tuba Skinny who also plays the banjo and guitar, is a Chicagoan. Guitarist Max Bien-Kahn is from San Francisco. Vocalist and bass drummer Erika Lewis is from New York's Hudson River Valley and resides in Tennessee. Clarinetist Craig Flory and frottoirist Robin Rapuzzi are from Seattle.

Dead Man Street Orchestra

In 2005, Shaye Cohn, Barnabus Jones, Todd Burdick, Kiowa Wells, and other itinerant street musicians who would eventually comprise Tuba Skinny formed a busking string band called the Dead Man Street Orchestra and often played in the hurricane-ravaged city. Subsisting in modest circumstances, they "played for tips in Jackson Square out of necessity more than choice." Cohn played the accordion, Jones played the fiddle, Burdick played the banjo, and Wells played the guitar. Alynda Segarra—future band leader of Hurray for the Riff Raff—played the mini-washboard. Their tramp band played Cajun folk music, gypsy music, and Balkan melodies, as well as "old-time mountain music in the fashion of Old Crow Medicine Show, the Avett Brothers, and Uncle Earl." A surviving 2005 recording of their Balkan melody interpretation of "You Are My Sunshine" illustrates the band's inchoate style during this period.

At least one of the band members was arrested for "bumming for money on Bourbon Street" in the heart of the French Quarter and had learned to play a musical instrument in order to no longer have to beg for spare change. As itinerant musicians, they frequently undertook boxcar tours as far away as the East Coast and West Coast. At the time, the Dead Man Street Orchestra was described by The New Yorker as a motley collection of New Orleans street people belonging to "a subculture of rail-riding, outdoor-living hobos." They were known to "sleep out in the open, look for food in trash cans, indulge themselves with excessive drinking and drugs and play great music." A gritty photo-essay chronicling the hardscrabble perambulatory band, The Ballad of the Hobo by photographer James Heil, was published in Time magazine in 2006.

While playing as the Dead Man Street Orchestra, the seeds for a brass band began to germinate in their minds. "We had this talk one day when we were with Dead Man Street Orchestra," recalled Barnabus Jones, "I remember Shaye said, 'Wouldn't it be great if one day we had a brass band?'" When the Dead Man Street Orchestra informally dissolved, Cohn, Jones, Burdick, Wells, Segarra, and other instrumentalists joined the Loose Marbles led by trumpeter Ben Polcer and clarinetist Michael Magro.

Loose Marbles
By performing with the Loose Marbles, the budding musicians who would later comprise Tuba Skinny learned to play traditional jazz. Polcer's and Magro's Loose Marbles was "a sort of amalgamated jazz corporation that creates subsidiaries around the city, to maximize tips and minimize boredom. The fifteen musicians play clarinet, trumpet, banjo, washboard, accordion, trombone, guitars, tuba, standup bass, and guitars, but you're likely to see only seven or eight performers at any given gig." The ever-changing impromptu line-up sometimes included jazz vocalist Tamar Korn and trumpeter Marla Dixon.

Cohn initially played jazz piano with the Loose Marbles. This reflected her training as a classical pianist. However, she had "burned out on classical piano" due to spending "many, many hours practicing in a tiny rehearsal room going over the same four measures again and again." One day in New Orleans, while residing in a dilapidated building where there was an assortment of "abandoned" instruments, Cohn salvaged a flood-damaged trumpet and became a devotee of the instrument. "Barnabus [Jones] and I were trying to figure out scales on the trumpet together, and it was just so fun. I just got really hooked. I had never played a wind instrument before and it just felt really powerful, so I got to play second trumpet with [the Loose Marbles], sometimes they'd invite me to play with them."

Todd Burdick likewise began his musical background on different instruments. He had played punk rock and experimental music as a percussionist, but he was introduced to the banjo, guitar, and other instruments by busking with the ensemble: "It was like learning from the ground up with them." Over time, as various musicians rolled in and out of the Loose Marbles, new ensembles were born such as chanteuse Meschiya Lake's Little Big Horns Jazz Band and, later, Tuba Skinny.

Formation and early years

 Shaye Cohn, Barnabus Jones, Kiowa Wells, and Todd Burdick had been frequently playing jazz on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans while learning an array of various instruments. They selected hot jazz because—in their estimation—it was the most accessible form of music. "People bump into you and say, ‘What kind of music is that? I never heard that kind of jazz,'" Cohn explained, "which I can relate to because, at one point, I had never heard this kind of jazz either." Since "Bourbon Street's loud bars and drunken crowds make busking, or street performances, all but impossible," Tuba Skinny often performed on Royal Street with its quieter "art galleries, antique and jewelry shops and restaurants."

The band's name, Tuba Skinny, was purportedly acquired by happenstance and was a sarcastic remark by a passerby. Whenever the band's slender sousaphone player, Todd Burdick, would cycle down a street with his iconic instrument in Faubourg Marigny, a random heckler would repeatedly shout: "Hey, look, it's Tuba Skinny!" This remark was a reference to Jackson Square musician Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, a "folk hero" who fought for the rights of street musicians and who died in 2004. Burdick recounted this incident to his friends and band mates. The band decided to run with the incident and christened themselves, "Tuba Skinny." Other than the happenstance name, the band has neither official ties to Tuba Fats nor was named in his honor.

In their early years, the band drew extensively upon the Loose Marbles' repertoire. As time passed, they began resurrecting forgotten tunes by "Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Jim Robinson, the Mississippi Sheiks, Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Johnny and Baby Dodds, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, the Memphis Jug Band, King Oliver, Bessie Smith" and others. They became a popular ensemble among local traditional jazz haunts because of their historical fidelity to the traditional 1920s jazz, which is an era that is often overlooked in the New Orleans music scene. Unlike revival or pre-revival bands, Tuba Skinny attempts to imitate the sound of traditional jazz in the days "before phonographs were widely available."

Global tours and albums

Tuba Skinny began globally touring as a band in July 2009 when they flew to France. An acquaintance had invited the band to the coastal town of Meschers-sur-Gironde where they played music in the streets and at a local tavern. They purchased used bicycles in Meschers and embarked upon a bicycle tour visiting the picturesque seaside towns along the southwest coast of France. They camped overnight to reduce expenses.

Over the years, the band has continued their celebrated busking tradition. They played as a busking band in Hobart, Tasmania—where they recorded their fifth album Pyramid Strut in 2013—and in old town centers throughout mainland Europe such as France, Italy, and Spain. Reportedly, their least pleasant experience while busking occurred at a flea market in San Severo, Italy, where not a single person lingered to listen to them. The band also toured in their native homeland of the United States. To do so, they squeezed their eight members, primary instruments, secondary instruments, and several pets—including Barnabus' pet dog Tupelo—into a six-seat van.

Over the years, Tuba Skinny has released ten albums containing more than a hundred tracks. In September 2016, Cohn and Lewis released a country album Waiting For Stars for their other lesser-known band, The Lonesome Doves. The album, described as "original country from Chattanooga by way of New Orleans," consisted entirely of songs composed by Lewis. On the album, both Cohn and Lewis sang vocals, with Lewis playing the guitar and Cohn playing the fiddle.

During Summer 2018, the band was invited to the Netherlands where they performed five nights a week for several months with the Ashton Brothers circus. Their performances included Lewis' vocals accompanying trapeze acts and Cohn playing ragtime solos. When not performing with the circus, the band members bicycled into Utrecht where they busked on the city streets. The circus invited them back the following year, but the band declined due to their commitment to seeking out new experiences. "We're jazz musicians and seek improvisation all the time," frottoirist Rapuzzi explained, "We can't fix ourselves to the same set list of songs let alone the same acts and show routine for another season, all very untrue to the nature of our band."

In April 2019, the peripatetic band released their tenth album Some Kind-a-Shake which was recorded at The Living Room Studio in New Orleans and featured nine instrumentalists. In addition to traditional jazz and blues songs, the album featured two original compositions, "Some Kind-a-Shake" by Cohn, and "Berlin Rag" by noted clarinetist Ewan Bleach. The jazz-centric publication The Syncopated Times reviewed the album and declared that the band's "tenth album, as unbelievable as this will sound, is their best." The publication further observed that Tuba Skinny's "method is to rehearse on the street, fine tune in performance, and nail it in the studio." Particular praise was given to the album's throwback emphasis on an ensemble sound as opposed to solos.

Repertoire

Tuba Skinny's repertoire, while it includes some original material they have composed, is drawn from the lesser-known compositions of the early jazz era and has been documented to include over 400 songs. Their selection of deserving tunes has garnered praise and the following is especially noteworthy: "New Orleans Bump," "Cushion Foot Stomp," "You Can Have My Husband," "Jackson Stomp," "Deep Henderson," "Banjoreno," "Treasures Untold," "Russian Rag," "Oriental Strut," "Minor Drag," "Michigander Blues," "In Harlem's Araby," "Me and My Chauffeur," "A Jazz Battle," "Droppin' Shucks," "Fourth Street Mess Around," and "Carpet Alley Breakdown."
The singers and composers whose material they favor include Victoria Spivey, Jelly Roll Morton, Lucille Bogan, Memphis Minnie, Jabbo Smith, Jimmie Rodgers,Georgia White, Skip James, Merline Johnson, Ma Rainey, Hattie Hart, Blind Blake and Clara Smith. Some of the bands whose material Tuba Skinny has interpreted in its own manner are the Memphis Jug Band, the Dixieland Jug Blowers and the Mississippi Mud Steppers.

While hailed as outstanding performers of traditional jazz, Tuba Skinny have not restricted their selection of material exclusively to what is permitted in the traditional repertoire. In fact, their goal is not to be circumscribed by rigid genres. The ensemble began playing predominantly early jazz and, as time passed, they transitioned "towards jug band music, country blues, string band music and ragtime." They briefly incorporated folk-country songs and New Orleans rhythm and blues into their performances before returning to their early jazz roots.

Musical style
Their music has been praised by music critics for its originality and technical competence. One review of their 2014 performance at the Melbourne Music Festival captured the quality of their music well:

Band members
Although the band's members have varied somewhat since their début in 2009, the ensemble as of 2018 includes the following musicians.

 Shaye Cohn:
 Barnabus Jones:
 Todd Burdick:
 Craig Flory:
 Gregory Sherman:
 Max Bien-Kahn:
 Jason Lawrence:
 Robin Rapuzzi:
 Erika Lewis:

Part-time members include:
 Jonathan Doyle:
 Ewan Bleach:

Discography

 Tuba Skinny (2009)
 Six Feet Down (2010)
 Garbage Man (2011)
 Rag Band (2012)
 Pyramid Strut (2014)
 Owl Call Blues (2014)
 Blue Chime Stomp (2016)
 Tupelo Pine (2017)
 Nigel's Dream (2018)
 Some Kind-a-Shake (2019)
 Quarantine Album: Unreleased B-Sides (2020)
 Mardi Gras EP (2021)
 Magnolia Stroll (2022)
 Hot Town (2023)

Tuba Skinny also appears on:
 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Music From the Second Series (2013)

References

Notes

Citations

Sources

External links

 Tuba Skinny at Bandcamp

Dixieland ensembles
American jazz ensembles from New Orleans
Swing ensembles
Musical groups established in 2009
Musical groups from New Orleans
Jazz musicians from New Orleans


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title: In the Blood (2014 film)

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In the Blood is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by John Stockwell and starring former fighter Gina Carano in her second lead role after 2011's Haywire. The plot revolves around a 26-year-old newlywed named Ava who searches for her husband after he is abducted on their Caribbean honeymoon.

Plot
In 2002, Ava, a 14-year-old girl from Bridgeport, Connecticut, is woken up in the middle of the night and sees her drug lord father murdered by two masked intruders, before grabbing a shotgun and gunning down the two assailants. Twelve years later, after a rough life and recovering from drug and alcohol addiction, Ava marries the affluent Derek Grant in Arlington, the two having met while attending Narcotics Anonymous gatherings.

After the ceremony, the newlyweds fly off for their honeymoon to a Caribbean island where Derek's family owns a summer home. One evening, the couple befriends a young local named Manny who invites them to a nightclub, where Ava gets into a violent fight with several patrons following an encounter with local criminal Big Biz.

The next morning, Manny invites Ava and Derek to ride "El Viudador" ("The Widowmaker") a mile-long zip-line in the rainforest. Once there, Ava, who's afraid of heights, declines to go down the line, but Derek does, and his harness snaps while descending, making him fall to the ground. Ava finds him in the forest, unconscious and severely injured, but alive. Unable to ride in the ambulance with her husband, she eventually reaches the hospital, where staff deny that Derek was brought in. After realizing that none of the island's other clinics and medical facilities have admitted her husband, Ava goes to the police to declare him missing. The police take her to the zip-line but the owner denies being open the day Derek fell and denies that he knows anyone involved. Ava starts to look on her own.

Meanwhile, Ava interrogated one man at the zip-line, threatening him that she will drop him straight into the forest if he doesn't confess Derek's whereabouts only to get busted by the cops. After seeing Ava's recent actions on a cell phone recording, Police Chief Garza ordered one of his officers to send Ava away from the island via ferry. However, when Ava gets escorted to the women's restroom, she breaks the officer's skull and grabs his key before freeing herself. Ava jumps off the ferry and swims back to the island to continue her search for her husband.

Later on, outside a cockfighting arena, Ava follows another man who was responsible for driving the ambulance that had Derek earlier, into the slums off the street. After a scuffle with the man she was pursuing, Ava knocks him out and interrogates him over Derek's whereabouts at night only to attract unwanted attention from his brother. Despite all effort of interrogating both of them over Derek's whereabouts, Ava ends up killing one of them in which gets the police's attention again.

This time, at the station, Garza orders two police officers to have Ava locked up in a prison for her crimes on the island. However, at night, Ava sees from inside the police cruiser that the officers are attempting to kill her and bury her in an isolated spot. So, Ava breaks free her right hand from her cuffs unnoticed and suddenly strikes back at the officers, killing both of them. In Garza's house, he gets a phone call only to hear Ava's voice via Santos' cell phone. Garza arms himself with a revolver before heading to his daughter's room, after hearing that Ava requests him to met her there.

As soon as Garza faces Ava again, he sees Ava aiming her gun at his daughter, much to his horror. Fearing for his daughter's life, Garza surrendered his gun and finally confessed to Ava that he was responsible for Derek's disappearance. Although Garza admitted that what he did was wrong, he owes the Doctor Elbar after he helped saved his daughter from this one health problem on the day that she was born, ensuring that Garza will not tell anyone else about his wife's pregnancy. When Ava asks again about her husband's whereabouts, Garza explained that the Elbar made a mistake about handling Derek's broken bones and puncturing his artery. After failing to save Derek, Garza was begged by Elbar to lie to the rest of the staff and witnesses that Derek didn't make it to the hospital, as well as attempting to silence Ava, otherwise the American Government will terminate his clinic, much to Ava's grief. Feeling bad for what he had done to Ava and Derek, Garza committed suicide off-screen before Ava exits his house, leaving a trail of bloody footprints on the floor.

At Manny's house, Ava started weeping in tears over the fact that she lost her husband. After getting comforted by Manny, Ava rests up before making her final move. In the morning, Ava makes it to the hospital entrance and kills a female attendant with a chokehold before grabbing her ID and hiding her body in the vehicle. Inside the hospital, Ava wraps Elbar's face inside a red plastic bag while interrogating over what happened to Derek's body. Ultimately, Elbar asked Ava to take a look on at the surveillance screens. In such a surprise, Ava sees that Derek is still alive and is on a wheelchair being hauled into the hospital by a group of men lead by Silvio Lugo. Shocked and infuriated by how Elbar lied to Garza over Derek's so-called death, Ava attempts to jam her gun into his jaw only to be given one last chance to save her husband for Elbar explains that if he dies, Derek will die too.

Meanwhile, the group of men escorting David reached the operations floor to greet Elbar and Ava, who is disguised as a nurse going by the name Kristy. At the operations room, Ava attempts to put the Lugo to sleep before pulling out a gun and subdue all of his men, maiming most of them before getting Derek back on his feet. Lugo explained that he was suffering from a rare cancer called multiple myeloma. He bribed Elbar to find capable donors that have stem cells with effective transfusions with bone marrows to help suppress his cancer, considering that Derek happens to be one of those donors. Nevertheless, Ava and Derek make their way out of the operations room, but not before getting caught up with a gun fight with several of Lugo's men in the hospital's corridors and outside, with Ava killing the latter.

Along their escape route, they get help from Manny and a group of kids that used all sorts of contraptions to keep Lugo and his gang of criminals at bay. As the criminals pursued them to a nearby village, Ava and Derek take down the henchmen and Ava has a fight with Lugo. Ava, after struggling is able to win the fight and use him as a shield with a knife to his neck. Big Biz arrives. He takes the knife from Ava and cuts the throat of Lugo, killing him. He then tells Ava and her husband to leave the island and go home. Ava and her husband leave the island on a boat as the film ends.

Cast
 Gina Carano as Ava Grant, the 26-year-old lead character, who's trying to find her husband.
Paloma Olympia Louvat as Young Ava at 14 in the film's prologue and flashbacks.
 Cam Gigandet as Derek Grant, Ava's husband who goes missing on their honeymoon.
 Ismael Cruz Córdova as Manny, a young local who befriends Ava and Derek.
 Luis Guzmán as Chief Ramón Garza, the officer in charge of investigating Derek's disappearance.
 Treat Williams as Robert Grant, Derek's father, who disapproves of Ava.
 Amaury Nolasco as Silvio Lugo, a local crime figure.
 Stephen Lang as Casey, Ava's father, who appears in flashbacks.
 Danny Trejo as "Big Biz", a local crime figure.

Production
The film was shot in Puerto Rico from November 25 to December 26, 2012. Although portraying a 26-year-old, Gina Carano was actually 30 at the time.

Release
In the Blood premiered in the United States on April 4, 2014, through a limited theatrical release and video on demand before coming out on home video two months later. Internationally, the film received a theatrical release in countries such as Vietnam, Kuwait, Singapore, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, the Philippines and Japan while coming out direct-to-video in the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Germany and premiering on television in Spain.

Reception
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 37% based on 41 reviews and an average rating of 5/10.

Variety'''s Ben Kenigsberg called the film a "serviceable action vehicle", while on the other hand, Nick Schager in The Village Voice described it as a "subpar action movie", that is "grim" and "formulaic", while singling out Gina Carano’s "badass-beauty charm". In The New York Times, Andy Webster also praised Gina Carano but lamented that she was "trapped in B-film depths", hoping that someone would "give her a better script and director". Writing for the New York Daily News however, Elizabeth Weitzman was more critical of Carano, stating that while "an undeniably impressive force" she was "not convincing" as an actress, but noted that the film had "a strong supporting cast, some pretty scenery and a taut mystery". Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com'' gave the film one star out of four, writing that the "film history is filled with xenophobic tales of pretty Americans who disappear in foreign lands and the pretty people tasked with finding them".

References

External links

 In the Blood at AllMovie

2014 films
2014 action thriller films
American action thriller films
Films directed by John Stockwell
2010s American films