title: The Amazing Race Vietnam 2014

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The Amazing Race Vietnam: Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2014 is the third season of the reality television game show, The Amazing Race Vietnam. It featured nine teams of two in a race around Vietnam for 300 million₫.

The program premiered on VTV6 and aired every Saturday and Sunday primetime (7:55 p.m. UTC+7) from 21 June to 31 August 2014. The host for this season is Huy Khánh.

Singer and Athlete Hương Giang and Criss were the winners of this season.

Production

Development and filming

The season was filmed in early 2014.

Unique to this season, each leg aired with two-part episodes.

The final Detour featured moderately-famous musician Anh Bằng and Vietnam's Got Talent season 2 semifinalist Nguyễn Phương as judges.

Marketing
The show was sponsored by Sting Energy Drink.

Cast

This season was another celebrity edition, but this time featuring many celebrities who were chosen to race on the show as well as non-celebrities. The cast was announced in May.

Huê "Mint" Nguyễn died on 13 March 2021 at the age of 39 due to cancer.

Future appearances
Hương Giang Nguyễn and Huy Phương "Criss" Lai, as well as Minh Long Nguyễn and Sơn Ngọc Minh (who compete as separate teams), later competed in the fifth season which aired in 2016. Hương Giang appeared on the sixth season as a clue giver during the third episode and served as the host during the seventh episode in 2019.

Results
The following teams participated in the season, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data.

Key
A  team placement means the team was eliminated.
A  indicates that the team decided to use the Express Pass on that leg.
A  indicates that the team won a Fast Forward.
A  team placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg.
An  placement indicates that the team was "Marked for Elimination" and had to come in first on the next leg, otherwise they would be served a 30-minute penalty.
An  placement indicates that the team would not receive any money at the start of the next leg.
An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing. An underlined team placement indicates that the team came in last and was not eliminated.
A  indicates that the team chose to use the U-Turn;  indicates the team who received it.

Notes

 Kim Thanh & Khải Anh initially arrived 2nd, but were issued a 30-minute penalty for being "Marked for Elimination" and not coming in 1st. Six teams checked in during the penalty time, dropping Kim Thanh & Khải Anh to 8th.
 Miko Lan Trinh & Hoàng Nam did not complete the weight-guessing challenge and were issued a 1-hour penalty before receiving their next clue.
 Miko Lan Trinh & Hoàng Nam initially arrived in 7th, but they had lost their Detour clue and could not check in without issuing a 30-minute penalty. Trang Khiếu & An Đinh, who checked in after them in last place, had found their clue. They were given the option of returning the clue to Miko Lan Trinh & Hoàng Nam, but doing so would eliminate them. Trang Khiếu & An Đinh chose not to return the clue and settled for the 7th-place finish, resulting in Miko Lan Trinh & Hoàng Nam's elimination.
 Leg 4 was originally planned as an elimination leg (which would have resulted with Mai Trang & Hoàng Dương eliminated), but shortly afterwards they were informed to still be in the competition in a prior brief scenario and that they would keep on racing.
 Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mint used their Express Pass to bypass the Detour in Leg 5, however they still had to do one side of the Detour since Hương Giang & Criss U-Turned them before they got to the board.
 Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mint initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 15-minute penalty for not earning enough money during the hat-selling challenge. Long Điền & Kim Dung checked-in during the penalty time, dropping Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mint to 5th.
 Kim Thanh & Khải Anh were issued a 2-hour penalty at the marketplace for not completing the hat-selling challenge.
 Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mint were not able to climb one of the inflatable platforms and were issued a 15-minute penalty before getting their next clue. Trang Khiếu & An Đinh were not able to climb two of the platforms and issued a 30-minute penalty before getting their next clue.
 Criss, Long Điền and Mint were unable to complete the Roadblock; their teams were all issued 1-hour penalties at the Roadblock site.
 Sơn Ngọc Minh & Mint were issued a 30-minute penalty as they borrowed money from locals to pay for their final taxi ride of the day, which was prohibited by the rules. They elected to serve their penalty at the start of the next leg.
 Long Điền & Kim Dung were issued a 1-hour penalty at the desert for not completing the pot-balancing challenge.
 Kiwi Ngô Mai Trang & Đỗ Hoàng Dương and Trang Trần & Hiếu Nguyễn initially arrived 1st and 2nd respectively, but were each issued a 30-minute penalty for talking while inside of the Jeju Stone Museum. This did not affect either teams' placements.
 Hương Giang & Criss arrived in 3rd, but they had lost their leg's final clue. They were required to backtrack and retrieve the clue before they could check in. This did not affect their placement.
 Trang Khiếu & An Đinh left the Pit Start at Leg 9 by approximately an hour late because An Đinh had difficulties traveling internationally with her passport. This did not affect their departure placement since they were the last to depart.
 Hiếu Nguyễn was unable to complete the Roadblock on Leg 11 and he & Trang Trần were issued a 1-hour penalty at the Roadblock site.
 Trang Khiếu & An Đinh were unable to complete the high-wire challenge on Leg 11 and were issued a 2-hours-and-30-minute penalty at the site.

Prizes
Leg 1 – The Express Pass (Thẻ Ưu Tiên) – an item that can be used to skip any one task of the team's choosing up until the 8th leg.
Leg 5 – A vacation to the Alba Hot Springs, Huế.
Leg 11 – 300,000,000₫

Race Summary

Leg 1 (Quảng Ninh)

Airdates: 21 & 22 June 2014
Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam (Tuần Châu Harbor) (Starting Line)
Hạ Long (Bãi Cháy Bridge)
Hạ Long (Muong Thanh Hotel)
Yen Tu Mountain (Hoa Yen Pagoda)
Yen Tu Mountain (Mot Mai Pagoda)
Yen Tu Mountain (Trần Nhân Tông Buddha Statue )
Yen Tu Mountain (Copper Pagoda)

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to rappel off of the bridge to reach the bottom of a hanging rope, where they would grab two bottles of Sting. They would then get a clue instructing them to travel alone to Muong Thanh Hotel, where they had to search for their partner who was hidden somewhere on the 18th, 19th or 20th floor. Once reunited, they would receive their next clue.

This season's first Detour was a choice between Ăn (Eat) or Học (Learn). In Ăn, teams would have to properly cook three vegetarian meals: tofu, water spinach and prepared peanuts. In Học, teams had to memorize a spoken poem by Nguyên Hỏa, both the original version written in old Vietnamese, and the modern translated version. If they could recite both versions correctly, teams would get their next clue.

Additional tasks
At Tuần Châu Harbor, team members had to take turns kayaking out into the water to find boats filled with balls. They had to find five balls that, together, contained the words Cuộc đua kỳ thú 2014 in order to get their next clue. However, each team member would only grab one ball at a time before they had to return and let their partner have a turn.
At the Mot Mai Pagoda, team had to search for a large box filled with books, and had to transport this box to the Trần Nhân Tông Buddha Statue. They would deliver the box to a monk, who would ask them for "The Green Lotus Bud". Teams had to figure out that this was the name of one of the books in the box and present said book to him. In exchange, he would hand them their next clue. If teams could not figure out what The Green Lotus Bud was, they could continue to climb the mountain to the chairlift station (bringing the books with them), where an attendant would tell them the answer.

Leg 2 (Quảng Ninh → Hanoi)

Airdates: 28 & 29 June 2014
Hanoi (Ngọc Sơn Temple) (Pit Start)
Hanoi (Gas Station at the Intersection of Hang Bun Street and Yen Phu Street)
 Hanoi (Near Cua Bac Street)
Hanoi (Quán Thánh Temple)
Hanoi (Bach Ma Temple )
Hanoi (Kim Liên Pagoda)
Hanoi (Voi Phuc Temple )
Hanoi (Duong Lam Village )
Hanoi (Ta Hien Street)
Hanoi (Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member would have to apply shaving cream to three balloons and then use a straight-edge razor to shave it off. If any of the balloons popped, teams had to serve a 15-minute penalty before trying again.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Trống (Drum) or Chè (Candy). In Trống, teams traveled to a nearby temple. Once there, teams would have to balance on a seesaw. One team member had to raise their partner up high enough to be able to strike a drum three times, making sure not to go too low themselves or they would pop the balloons that were attached to the underside. They then exchange all the flags they were holding to their partner on the other side, letting neither side of the seesaw touch the ground. In Chè, teams would have to make a traditional candy called Che Lam. If a judge was satisfied with their cooking, they would receive their next clue. Both Detours had only a maximum of two work stations.

Additional tasks
Teams had to drive themselves from the Ngoc Son Temple to the gas station on motorcycles. There, they had to search for a marked person.
After the Roadblock, teams would follow a series of hints as to where they had to go next. These hint would direct them to four temples around the city, making the north, south, east and west gates to the ancient city. At each temple, they had to search for a marked photograph depicting the next temple, which they would pick up. While on the grounds of any of these temples, team members could not communicate with one another. A person at the last temple (Voi Phuc) would give them their next clue if they had all four photographs.
The clue at the Voi Phuc Temple would instruct teams to copy a traditional Dong Ho picture using traditional brushes. If they could copy the picture perfectly, they would get their next clue.
At Duong Lam Village, teams needed to find the oldest house in the village to get their next clue.
After the Detour, teams had to find a marked location, where they would play the local game of Đẩy gậy against two strong opponents. Players would stand on a slippery playing area, and each party would hold onto a stick. They had to try to pull or push the stick in order to get their opponents to leave the playing area. If teams would remain in the playing area for three minutes, they would receive their next clue.
On Ta Hien street, teams had to search for a hidden marked person who would give them their next clue. They would then have to sell five scarves to locals, making a total of 1.5 million ₫ (About US$70).

Leg 3 (Hanoi → Dien Bien)

Airdates: 5 & 6 July 2014
 Hanoi to Dien Bien Phu, Điện Biên Province (Bến xe khách Điện Biên) (Pit Start)
Dien Bien Phu (Kéo Pháo Memorial)
Tuan Giao (Ban Po Village) (Overnight Rest)
Muong Phang (Military Control Center for Battle of Dien Bien Phu)
Pá Khoang (Ban Vang 1 Village)
Dien Bien Phu (Barracks near A1 Hill )
Dien Bien Phu (A1 Hill)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to hold a spoon in their mouth and balance an egg on it. While balancing the egg, they had to observe the statues of soldiers around the memorial. After this, they would be asked how many soldiers there were (29) and how many soldiers with hats there were (28). If teams got the correct answer, they would receive their next clue. If not, they had to wait 15 minutes before trying again. Only two teams could attempt this task at a time.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Quân (Soldier) or Dân (Citizen). In Quân, teams had to dig a precise, exact rectangular hole into the ground, following military specifications, to receive their next clue. In Dân, teams had to use bamboo-frame bicycles to transfer four bags each filled with  of rice across the village to a marked location to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
At Ban Po, teams would have to build tools they could attach to an old waterwheel and then use them to fill up a large vase with water.
After the waterwheel task, teams had to find a designated place in the village and learn a traditional bamboo dance. However, both team members had to wear incredibly heavy shoes while they danced. Each shoe weighed . Teams would then have to convince a local family to let them stay for the night.
In the morning, teams had to find the oldest house of Ban Po, where they would receive two goats. They had to lead the goats through the village to a marked place, where they would have to guess the goats' weight. Teams only had a margin for error of . If they guessed the correct weight, teams would get their next clue. If not, they had to return their goats to the goat pen and serve a short penalty before they could try again.
At the control center, teams had to build a special kind of fire known as Bếp Hoàng Cầm, used during the war because it made no smoke. Once it was built, teams had to boil a hotpan of water over it to get their next clue.
At the barracks, one person would be tied to a fixture with a rope, while the other would be tied to another with an elastic. The second team member had to fight the elastic to hand over a flag to their partner.

Leg 4 (Điện Biên → Nghệ An)

Airdates: 12 & 13 July 2014
Dien Chau, Nghệ An Province (Đến Cuông )
Dien Chau (Trai Bo Ecological Tourist Zone)
Dien Kim (Diễn Kim Bridge)
Dien Chau (Kim Lien Salt Plains Corporation [Cánh Đồng Muối HTX Kim Liên])
Vinh (Vinh Stadium)
Vinh (King Quang Trung Temple)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Tinh Mắt (Sharp-Eyed) or Siêng Năng (Diligent). In Tinh Mắt, teams would have enter the water and observe a group of swimming ducks in a pond. They had to look closely and pick out two ducks with ribbons around their feet matching the team's colour to get their next clue. In Siêng Năng, teams had to use the provided tools to harvest  of the nearby plants and prepare feed for the elephants, and then had to feed  of the feed to the elephants. They then had to clean up elephant waste until they had collected  and had to transport it to a disposal site.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to make their way to the boats beneath the bridge, where they would learn a traditional Hò love song. They had 30 minutes to memorize and perform this song to get their next clue. If they performed the song wrong, they would receive a 15-minute penalty.

Additional tasks
At Đến Cuông, teams had to put together a puzzle with numbers written on the pieces, and use the numbers to find a related word. They then had to follow the given key which would help them translate the numbers into letters. If they came up with the correct code word of Vương (King), they would receive their next clue.
At the salt plains, teams had to help harvest salt. They had to shovel up the sand that had previously been laid, and then pick up the sand with their feet, adding water to it. They would then spread this onto a smaller field, as it now had a high concentration of salt. They then had to harvest the salt until they had collected at least , as well as spread new sand onto the field. Finally, they had to use a wheelbarrow to transport the salt they had harvested to a nearby boat. There, they would receive their next clue.
At Vinh Stadium, teams had to perform a number of soccer exercises. First, teams had to hit the ball between themselves using only their heads and keep it airborne for 4 hits, 2 each. Then, one team member would kick the ball around a series of cones and kick it to their partner, who had run through a slalom of sticks. Their partner had to kick it into an open goal. Teams had to kick three out of five goals in order for them to get their next clue. If they failed this, they would receive a 15-minute penalty.

Leg 5 (Nghệ An → Thừa Thiên Huế)

Airdates: 19 & 20 July 2014
Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế Province (Alba Hot Springs)
 Huế (Perfume River or Le Brothers Gallery)
Huế (Thiên Mụ Pagoda)
Huế (Cầu Ngói Thanh Toàn )
Huế (Dong Ba Market)
Huế (School of Specialized Futures [Trường Chuyên Biệt Tương Lai])
Huế (Quoc Hoc Temple)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ride the park's zipline. During the ride, they would have to memorize the numbers they saw along the ride. Then, they had to punch in the string of numbers in the correct order as they appeared to dial a person who would have their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Truyền Thống (Tradition) or Hiện Đại (Modern). In Truyền Thống, teams had to take a basket and wade into the Perfume River. where they would use it to collect snails from the waterbed. Once they had collected at least , teams would get their next clue. In Hiện Đại, teams had to use the provided tools and materials to install a work of modern art. Once their work was approved by a judge, teams would get their next clue.

Additional tasks
Once at the Alba Hot Springs, one team member had to complete a complex high-altitude ropes course while blindfolded (The Hi-Wire course). Their partner would be on the ground verbally guiding them. Once they retrieved their clue halfway through, they would take off their blindfolds and complete the course with their next clue held in their mouth. If they dropped the clue, they had to start all over again. Once they rode a short zipline and rejoined with their partner, they then had to make their way to the park's large zipline to find this leg's Roadblock.
At Thiên Mụ Pagoda, teams had to learn and perform a traditional song and dance routine known as múa chén. When they met the approval of a judge, they would get their next clue.
At Cầu Ngói Thanh Toàn, teams had to make an intricate, traditional Vietnamese hat (Nón). Once their hat was approved, they would receive their next clue.
Teams would bring 20 of the aforementioned hats to the Dong Ba Market, where they had to sell every one of them to locals. Teams could sell each hat for any price they wanted, and had to reach a total profit of 3,000,000₫ in order to get their next clue.
Teams would donate all of the money they had made selling hats to the School for Specialized Futures.

Leg 6 (Thừa Thiên Huế → Khánh Hòa)

Airdates: 26 & 27 July 2014
 Huế (Huế Railway Station) to Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province (Nha Trang Railway Station)
Nha Trang (Hòn Chồng )
Nha Trang (Công Cộng Public Beach)
Nha Trang (Biển Xanh Beach)
Nha Trang (Bến Cano Dinh Bảo Đại)
 Nha Trang (Hòn Mun Islands )
Nha Trang (Nha Trang Naval Institute)
Nha Trang (Floating Market)
Nha Trang (Waterland)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dive down to a coral reef where they had to search for one of many underwater boxes. They could use a provided key to open these boxes, and only one of them would contain a glass sphere, which they could bring back to the boat and exchange for their next clue.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Lên Núi (Mountain Top) or Xuống Biển (Deep Sea). In Lên Núi, teams had to search around an incredibly rocky and unstable path of one of the Hon Mun islands, looking for their next clue hidden amongst the rocks. In Xuống Biển, they had to properly repair a broken salvage net at a different Hon Mun island.

Additional tasks
At the public beach, teams had to apply paint to their bodies except their hands and feet and then apply the paint to a canvas. Once they had finished painting a picture that represented Nha Trang, teams would get their next clue.
At the second beach, teams had to swim out into the water where they had to climb onto seven large inflatable action platforms and follow the instructions of a man on the beach. Once they had successfully mounted each one of them, they would swim out to an outrigger boat. There they had to 10 Sting bottles into a net and bring them back to shore, where they would receive their next clue.
Teams would be taken from Bến Cano Dinh Bảo Đại to the site of the Roadblock in a motorboat.
At the Naval Institute, teams would have to participate in a naval rescue exercise. One team member had to learn to properly tie knots in a rope used for rescuing people, and then use it to rescue their partner from a life preserver in the water.
Teams had to paddle unwieldy basket boats out to a boat on the floating market, where they had to successfully make grilled fish (Chả cá). Once they had gathered and prepared the ingredients, they had to bring their small stove into the basket boat and paddle out into the middle of the water as the fish cooked, after which they could return to the boat. If a judge approved of their fish, and they didn't take so long in the water that it burned, they would receive their next clue.

Leg 7 (Khánh Hòa → Ninh Thuận)

Airdates: 2 & 3 August 2014
Nha Trang (Waterland)
 Ninh Hải, Ninh Thuận Province (Pacific Beach Resort)
Thuận Nam (Van Lam Village Stone Cemetery)
 Ninh Phước (Phước Lập Village)
 Ninh Phước (Bàu Trúc Pottery Village or Ba Mọi Little Farm)
Ninh Phước (Nam Cương Sand Hill)
Ninh Phước (Po Rome Tower )

For this season's only Fast Forward, each team member from one team had to eat an incredibly large serving lamb to win the Fast Forward award.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to enter a pen of sheep and herd two sheep into adjoining pens, one with a green bandana and one with a red bandana. However, they would be blindfolded and had to rely only on verbal clues from their partner.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Đất Đai (Land) or Cây Trái (Fruit Trees). In Đất Đai, teams had to travel to the pottery village where they would have to craft a local clay pot to exact specifications. In Cây Trái, teams made their way to the little farm where they had to care for the grape plants by trimming the vines and branches and then harvest grapes.

Additional tasks
Before departing Waterland, teams would have to get into a whitewater raft and ride it down a series of heavy rapids. During the wild ride, they had to throw balls so that they landed in nearby baskets. If they could get at least three balls into baskets before they reached the end of the rapids, they would get their next clue. After their second failed attempt, they would only have to get two balls into baskets, and after four failed attempts they would only have to get one in.
Once at the sand hill, teams had to balance pots of water on top of their heads and walk across the dunes to a designated spot without dropping the pots. They could then use them to fill up a large pot, after which they would repeat the task until the pot was full.

Leg 8 (Ninh Thuận → Đồng Tháp)

Airdates: 9 & 10 August 2014
Cao Lãnh, Đồng Tháp Province (Xẻo Quýt Resort)
Cao Lãnh (Anh Út Mười Field)
 Cao Lãnh (Ấp 6 Village – Kênh K6)
 Cao Lãnh to Lai Vung
Lai Vung (Tân Phước village)
 Châu Thành (Bến Đò Xã Vạt) to An Hiệp (Huỳnh Phát 1 village)
 An Hiệp to Châu Thành (Bến Đò Xã Vạt)
Sa Đéc (Ancient House of Huỳnh Thủy Lê )

This leg's Detour was a choice between Lịch Sử (History) or Truyền Thống (Tradition). In Lịch Sử, teams had to use a series of numerical codes to reveal a passphrase. The numbers would reference specific pages, lines and words in Vietnamese history books. Once they had the correct phrase, they would get their next clue. In Truyền Thống, each team member would have to weave together a traditional thatched basket.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to utilize a large slingshot to fire a coconut at a hanging pan. They would fire five coconuts and had to hit the target three times. Every time they failed, they would have to wait a 15-minute penalty, and would then receive extra shots (7 and then 10) and have to hit the target one less time (2 and then 1).

Additional tasks
At the Xẻo Quýt Resort, teams had to get into riverboats and paddle themselves down the river to reach their next clue. They would then have to eat a meal of assorted local delicacies, including live worms and cooked scorpions, cockroaches, lizards, frogs and grasshoppers. After they had finished their meal, they would get their Detour information.
Teams traveled from the resort to the Roadblock location on tandem bikes, and then to the village on the same bikes.
At Ấp 6 Village, teams had to drive a tilling tractor around a marked field. After this, they would spend the night before receiving their next clue.
At Tân Phước, teams had to use traditional methods to make an edible food wrapper known as Bánh tráng. Once they had correctly made 42 of these, they would get their next clue.
At Huỳnh Phát 1, teams would have their legs tied together as in a three-legged race, and had to search around the large brick storage area of the village for their next clue hidden inside of a brick.

Leg 9 (Đồng Tháp → South Korea)

Airdates: 16 & 17 August 2014
 Ho Chi Minh City (Tan Son Nhat International Airport) to Seoul, South Korea (Incheon International Airport)
 Incheon (Incheon International Airport) to Seoul (Gimpo International Airport)
 Seoul (Gimpo International Airport) to Jeju City, Jeju Island (Jeju International Airport)
 Seogwipo (Seongsan Ilchulbong)
Jeju City (Kimnyoung Maze Park)
Jeju City (Jeju Stone Park)
 Seogwipo (Daeyoo Hunting & Shooting Club)
Seogwipo (Jeju Folk Village)
Seogwipo (Jeju Folk Village – Dae Jang Geum)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Phóng Tên (Throwing Arrows) or Phất Cờ (Flag Waving). In Phóng Tên, teams had to make their way to a high point of the mountain, on the way retrieving a sticker. Once at the top, they could exchange it for 10 sticks. They had to toss these sticks into a faraway jug, having them land inside. One team member had to throw the sticks from atop their partner's back. Once teams could sink three sticks within 10 throws, they would get their next clue. If they ran out of sticks, they had to climb back down to receive another sticker. In Phất Cờ, one team member would have to travel across the cliffs to a lookout point and use flag semaphore to convey a message to their partner, who remained at the starting point. If the message was conveyed correctly, teams would get their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to fire a shotgun at launched clay pigeons. Once they had hit and destroyed five clay pigeons, they would receive their next clue. They only had 16 bullets to do this, and if they ran out of bullets they would have to wait 30 minutes before they would receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
At Kimnyoung Maze Park, teams had to search for two parts of their next clue hidden somewhere inside of the large stone maze in two different clue boxes.
At Jeju Stone Park, teams had to search among the nearly identical-looking statues for the one depicted in a photograph they had been given. They then had to enter the park's museum and count all of the stones on display. They were not permitted to speak while inside of the museum.
At Jeju Folk Village, teams would have to dress up in traditional South Korean wedding outfits and convince a local to take their photograph. They then had to search the village for a woman singing a traditional folk song in Korean. She would give them a package of rice, which they would take a marked area. One team member would then use a traditional grinder to grind the rice into a fine powder, while the other had to memorize the same folk song they had previously listened. After grinding the rice they had to perform the song, and would receive their next clue if they sang it correctly.

Leg 10 (South Korea)

Airdates: 23 & 24 August 2014
 Jeju City (Jeju International Airport) to Seoul (Gimpo International Airport) (Pit Start)
Seoul (Gyeongbokgung)
Seoul (Bukchon Hanok Village)
Seoul (N Seoul Tower)
Seoul (Dongdaemun Design Plaza)
Seoul (Good Morning City – Spa Rex)
Seoul (CGV Yeongdeungpo)
 Seoul (Tous Les Jours)
Gapyeong, Gyeonggi (Riverland Park)
Incheon (Incheon Asiad Main Stadium)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Tình Yêu (Love) or Khoảng Cách (Distance) In Tình Yêu, teams would choose a key and had to search among thousands of love locks attached to the railing near the tower, attached there by couples in love, for a lock with the Amazing Race logo and unlock it with their key to receive their next clue. In Khoảng Cách, teams made their way to the top of the tower. From there, they had to figure out how far away the tower was from Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro and Hanoi. They then had to combine these distances into a total amount to get their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to select a bun or bread product from a basket and eat it. They would then flip over the card placed in front of the basket, which had been dealt out randomly. If teams flipped over a black card, they had to try again. If they flipped over a red card, they would get their next clue. If they flipped over a joker, they had to wait 15 minutes before trying again.

Additional tasks
At Bukchon Village, teams had to search the village for four people who would each give them a bag. They then had to make their way to a specific house where they would have to make a few traditional crafts.
Teams would only be given a picture of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza and had to figure out where it was.
At Spa Rex, teams would enjoy a stay in the sauna, clean the spa and its equipment, receive a spa treatment, and then help pack spa clothing for storage. Once teams had received both treatments and performed both jobs, they would get their next clue.
At CGV Yeongdeungpo, teams would purchase tickets for the South Korean film The Target. After watching a brief scene from the movie, teams had to use their intuition to figure out what the actors were saying and then re-enact the scene. If they got it correct, teams would get their next clue.
At Riverland Park, both team members would have to complete a large bungee jump off of a platform over the river. Before their jump, they also had to reach out to a card hanging in midair. If a team member panicked and couldn't jump, the team would receive a 15-minute penalty. However, after the penalty, they would receive a clue telling them they would have to try again anyway.
At Incheon Sungui Stadium, teams would have two of their legs tied together as in a three-legged race. They then had to complete 15 laps of a course that involved obstacles to climb over and crawl under.

Leg 11 (South Korea → Ho Chi Minh City)

Airdates: 30 & 31 August 2014
 Seoul (Incheon International Airport) to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Tan Son Nhat International Airport)
Ho Chi Minh City (Above Thủ Thiêm Tunnel) (Pit Start)
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica)
 Ho Chi Minh City (Vân Đồn Swimming Club)
 Ho Chi Minh City (Star Academy or Maximark Supermarket – BHD Star Cinema Maximark 3/2)
Ho Chi Minh City (Above Thủ Thiêm Tunnel)
Ho Chi Minh City (Bitexco Financial Tower – BHD Star Cineplex)
Ho Chi Minh City (Bitexco Financial Tower – 47th Floor)

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to play a game similar to beer pong, where they had to bounce a ping pong ball on the table and try to get it to land in three cups of water. Their partner, meanwhile, would be placed into a glass box and slowly lowered into the water. The one performing the Roadblock had to get all three ping pong balls into the three cups of water before 1 minute 30 seconds. Once successful, they would get their next clue. If they failed five times in a row, then after that, the balls would not be reset after each failed attempt.

This season's final Detour was a choice between Ca Hát (Singing) or Ảo Thuật (Fantasy Art). In Ca Hát, teams had to learn and sing the song "'O sole mio" to receive their next clue. In Ảo Thuật, teams had to learn how to perform a series of magic tricks to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
At the Notre-Dame Basilica, teams had to search among the many pedestrians there and in the nearby park for one of three who secretly held their next clue. Each clue-giver only had one clue to give out.
Upon returning to the area above the Thủ Thiêm Tunnel, teams would have to traverse a series of rickety platforms hanging above the water. They had to stand on thin wooden platforms suspended by a wire and then carefully slide the pieces along so that they could traverse the wire without falling off. Only one team at a time could perform this task; first come, first served. Teams had to cross the bridge within 30 minutes, and if they took longer than this they would receive a penalty of 15 minutes for every five minutes they went over the limit.
At the BHD Star Cineplex in Bitexco Tower, teams would have to play a game. They would have to tilt a table with 12 pool balls on it, trying to get all of them to rest in tiny depressions on the table that marked the 12 points of a Star of David. Six of the balls would start out in positions (the inner points) and at the end, all of the balls on a line had to total 26. If teams could not do this within the given time limit, they would receive a small penalty and the board would be reset. Once all of the balls were sitting in the proper spot, teams would get their next clue.
Teams had to climb the tower's stairs to reach the Finish Line and could not use elevators.

References

External links

Vietnam
2014 Vietnamese television seasons
Television shows filmed in Vietnam
Television shows filmed in South Korea


title: Gordon Miller (athlete)

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Gordon Albert Miller (born 16 December 1939 in Croydon, Greater London, England) is a former British high jumper.

Athletics career
Miller first competed internationally at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. Representing England, he finished in tenth place in the final of the high jump with a jump of . One month later at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Miller, representing Great Britain in the high jump, only managed to clear  and was not enough to make the final. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Miller qualified in equal 13th place for the final of the high jump with a jump of . In final, Miller didn't improve on his qualifying height and finished in 16th position. Two years later at the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Miller finished in 11th place in the high jump final with jump of . Two months later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, Miller recorded his best international result finishing fourth in the high jump clearing the bar at . At his final international meet, the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Miller in the high jump cleared the qualifying height of , however in the final the best he could manage was . This placed him in 18th position.

References

1939 births
Living people
English male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games


title: Bae Woo-hee

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Bae Woo-hee (born November 21, 1991), known professionally as Woohee, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Dal Shabet and for finishing 7th in the show The Unit, making her a member of the girl group Uni.T.

Early life and education
Bae Woo-hee was born on November 21, 1991, in Busan, South Korea. She currently attends Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts, majoring in Broadcasting Entertainment.

Career

Pre-debut
Bae was a trainee of the now defunct entertainment agency Medialine Entertainment, where she was slated to debut within the five-member girl group Viva Girls. The project was terminated in early 2011 due to financial difficulties within the agency.

Following her leave from Medialine Entertainment, Bae became a trainee under Happy Face Entertainment, and debuted with Dal Shabet in 2012.

2012–2014: Career beginnings
On May 24, 2012, it was announced that Bae would be joining the pop girl group Dal Shabet, where she would be replacing former member Viki. Dal Shabet released their first teaser video of Woohee on June 1, 2012.

Bae wrote and composed the song "Maybe", a track from Dal Shabet's sixth extended play, Be Ambitious, which was released on June 20, 2013.

Bae collaborated with the band Every Single Day to release the track "Nap", which was included on the band's extended play Sky Bridge.  The track was released on August 27, 2013, along with an accompanying music video, which Bae also appeared in.
Bae made her acting debut in the 2013 SNS drama Infinite Power, where she played the recurring character Han Su-ja.

On November 14, 2013, Bae released her first solo track, "Towards Tomorrow", for the OST of the SNS drama Infinite Power.

On February 24, 2014, it was announced that Bae would be making her big screen debut through a cameo in the 3D horror movie Tunnel 3D.

Bae released "Hello My Love" on April 29, 2014, for the OST of the MBC's weekend drama, Jang Bo-ri is Here!.

2015–2016: Acting roles
In June 2015, Bae was cast in supporting roles in SBS' The Time We Were Not in Love.

On January 5, 2016, Bae released her second solo track, "Love Hurts", in Dal Shabet's ninth extended play, Naturalness.

2017–present: The Unit and UNI.T
In 2017, Bae joined the KBS idol competition show The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project along with her fellow Dal Shabet member Serri. On February 10, 2018, during the final episode of The Unit, Bae placed seventh among female contestants and became a member of the final female line-up which was later revealed to be named Uni.T.

In 2022, Bae will hold a solo fan meeting Between Us at the Unexpected Theater in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul on July 29, 2022.

Discography

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Theater

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
MBK Entertainment artists
South Korean female idols
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean film actresses
South Korean female models
Dal Shabet members
South Korean television actresses
South Korean web series actresses
Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts alumni
Uni.T members
The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project contestants
Actresses from Busan
Singers from Busan
Models from Busan


title: Clarksville Iron Furnace

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Clarksville Iron Furnace was a charcoal iron furnace in Unicoi County, Tennessee, built in 1833 and operated until 1844. Its ruins are in Cherokee National Forest and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Clarksville Iron Furnace was built in 1833 by Edward West & Co., a business venture formed by Edward West, Elijah Embree, and Montgomery Stuart. Elijah Embree owned an iron ore deposit in Bumpass Cove and ironworks in Embreeville. The furnace was built to smelt iron ore mined in Bumpass Cove together with charcoal produced from the wood of trees cut from woodlands near the furnace.  The furnace installation included a furnace stack and a bellows that was powered by a waterwheel. The site was selected because Clark's Creek could be used for water power; Bumpass Cove lacked a suitable water power source. A road was built to carry ore from Bumpass Cove, about  away on the other side of a mountain ridge.

The furnace began operation in 1833 or 1834. Initially it was fairly successful, producing iron for use in making nails and wrought iron in Embree's iron works in Embreeville, as well as castings that were sold locally and material that was shipped out of the area on river flatboats. Within a few years, differences arose between the business partners. In 1837, West sold his share of the business to the other two partners, and in 1841 West and Stuart filed a lawsuit against Embree. Production ended abruptly in 1844 when the millrace that channeled water to the waterwheel failed, causing water to spill onto the furnace site. The resulting flood extinguished the fire in the furnace and chilled the material that was being smelted at the time. In order to restart the furnace, it would have been necessary to dismantle the stack and rebuild it; the owners chose to abandon the operation instead of rebuilding.

The ruins of the furnace are easiest to find and observe during the winter, after the surrounding trees and shrubs have lost their leaves.

See also
Elihu Embree

References

Industrial buildings completed in 1833
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Unicoi County, Tennessee
Industrial furnaces
Cherokee National Forest
National Register of Historic Places in Unicoi County, Tennessee
Ironworks and steel mills in the United States


title: North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council

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The Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council  or "NEMLEC" is a non-profit consortium made up of 63 police departments in Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk County and 2 County Sheriff's Departments.  Member agencies participate by sharing resources and personnel, allowing member agencies to provide supplemental services to citizens in the 925 square miles they serve. NEMLEC coordinates the mutual aid between agencies in accordance with M.G.L. Section 40, Paragraph 8G and 4J. The organization is headquartered at 314 Main Street, Suite 205 in Wilmington, Massachusetts. In 2014 its president was Michael Begonis, the chief of the Wilmington Police Department. By the next year, press reports indicated the president was John Fisher, chief of the Carlisle Police Department.

Specialized services offered by NEMLEC include:

 RRT/SWAT - Regional Response Team and SWAT Team (which includes a Crisis Negotiation Team) and K-9 Unit trained in search & rescue.
 Motor Unit - Provides escorts, traffic safety and crowd control
 CISM Team  - Critical Incident Stress Management Team
 STARS - The School Threat Assessment and Response Team is made up of police officers and licensed clinicians who respond to critical incidents at schools as well as provide threat assessments to member districts
 IMT - The Incident Management Team provides support to all NEMLEC units in terms of communications and coordinates same and operational plans for large scale events

As a private corporation, NEMLEC claimed in 2014 that it was able to keep its internal organization and operations out of the public's view. It would not respond to open records requests. Other such organizations in the state, such as the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, claimed the same. As a result of a lawsuit by the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 2015 it changed policy and released documents requested by the public. Days later the Washington Post published an article based on the documents describing an "excessive" use of SWAT teams for routine police matters.

Agencies that belong to NEMLEC include:

 Amesbury Police Department
 Andover Police Department
 Arlington Police Department
 Ayer Police Department
 Bedford Police Department
 Belmont Police Department
 Beverly Police Department
 Billerica Police Department
 Burlington Police Department
 Carlisle Police Department
 Chelmsford Police Department
 Concord Police Department
 Danvers Police Department
 Dracut Police Department
 Dunstable Police Department
 Essex County Sheriff's Department
 Georgetown Police Department
 Gloucester Police Department
 Groton Police Department
 Haverhill Police Department
 Ipswich Police Depaetment
 Lawrence Police Department
 Lexington Police Department
 Lincoln Police Department

 Littleton Police Department
 Lowell Police Department
 Lynnfield Police Department
 Malden Police Department
 Marblehead Police Department
 Maynard Police Department
 Medford Police Department
 Melrose Police Department
 Methuen Police Department
 Middlesex County Sheriff's Office
 Merrimac Police Department
 Newbury Police Department
 Newburyport Police Department
 Newton Police Department
 North Andover Police Department
 North Reading Police Department
 Peabody Police Department
 Pepperell Police Department
 Reading Police Department
 Rowley Police Department

 Salem Police Department
 Saugus Police Department
 Somerville Police Department
 Stoneham Police Department
 Sudbury Police Department
 Tewksbury Police Department
 Townsend Police Department
 Tyngsborough Police Department
 Wakefield Police Department
 Waltham Police Department
 Watertown Police Department
 Wenham Police Department
 Westford Police Department
 Weston Police Department
 Wilmington Police Department
 Winchester Police Department
 Winthrop Police Department
 Woburn Police Department

References

Law enforcement in Massachusetts


title: Geometric Poisson distribution

text:
In probability theory and statistics, the geometric Poisson distribution (also called the Pólya–Aeppli distribution) is used for describing objects that come in clusters, where the number of clusters follows a Poisson distribution and the number of objects within a cluster follows a geometric distribution. It is a particular case of the compound Poisson distribution.

The probability mass function of a random variable N distributed according to the geometric Poisson distribution  is given by

where λ is the parameter of the underlying Poisson distribution and θ is the parameter of the geometric distribution.

The distribution was described by George Pólya in 1930. Pólya credited his student Alfred Aeppli's 1924 dissertation as the original source. It was called the geometric Poisson distribution by Sherbrooke in 1968, who gave probability tables with a precision of four decimal places.

The geometric Poisson distribution has been used to describe systems modelled by a Markov model, such as biological processes or traffic accidents.

See also

 Poisson distribution
 Compound Poisson distribution
 Geometric distribution

References

Bibliography

Further reading

Poisson distribution


The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. For the previous five decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests. So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia’s electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders.

This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive “antiorganization” factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote. Historical fusion with the “Readjuster” Democrats, defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver, and an early move towards a “lily white” Jim Crow party meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state.

In 1928, the GOP did carry the state’s presidential electoral votes due to anti-Catholicism against Al Smith, but it was 1952 before any real changes occurred. In-migration from the traditionally Republican Northeast turned growing Washington, D.C., and Richmond suburbs Republican not just in presidential elections but in Congressional ones as well, although the Republicans made no gains in the state legislature where all their few seats remained in the rural west.

1954 saw Virginia’s politics severely jolted by Brown v. Board of Education — one of whose component cases Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, originated from a student protest in the state. Despite calls by Governor Thomas B. Stanley for a “calm” and “dispassionate” response, the Byrd machine recognised that segregation could unite most of Virginia’s electorate behind it and avert criticism of its other policies. State representative Howard W. Smith played a major role drafting the “Southern Manifesto”, which was signed by Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation, including its two GOP Representatives. Although Eisenhower refused to publicly endorse Brown, the fact that he had appointed Brown author Earl Warren meant that there was substantial anger in the Southside, and as in 1948 a “states’ rights” ticket, this time headed by Virginian former Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews, was filled and placed on the Virginia ballot in mid-September, when a poll said that 28 percent of likely voters would back a states’ rights candidate if on the ballot.

Predictions

Results

Results by county or independent city

Analysis
Despite the doubts of the Sunday Star and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and States' Rights Party nominee Andrews. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 57.37 percent of the vote.

Although Andrews cut into support for both candidates, Eisenhower improved upon his 1952 margin over Stevenson, although the state was marginally less Republican relative to the nation than in 1952. Andrews’ support was centered in the Southside, and he won an absolute majority in Prince Edward County, the epicenter of “Massive Resistance” to school integration and the home of his state chairman Robert B. Crawford. Andrews was nonetheless a weak candidate and poor campaigner, limiting severely his ability to attract segregationists dissatisfied with both major parties.

The major change from 1952 was a rapid trend of the modest but growing black electorate towards Eisenhower: whereas in 1952 he had won less than a quarter of black voters in Richmond and Norfolk, it is believed he won over three-quarters in 1956. , this is the last election when majority-black Charles City County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

This was the first time that a Republican carried Virginia twice. Goochland County voted Republican for the first time since 1888. Prince George County since 1892, and Prince William County for the first time ever.

This election marks the most recent time Virginia voted to the left of Maryland, New York or Massachusetts (by margin of victory).

Notes

References

Virgin
1956
1956 Virginia elections


title: Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium

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Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in the Syrian city of Aleppo. It was opened in 1965 and has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is mostly used for football matches and is currently the home ground of the Syrian Premier League club Al-Ittihad.

History
The stadium was opened in 1965 in the Sulaimaniyah district of Aleppo. It is owned and operated by the Aleppo directorate of the Ministry of Education.

The stadium is mostly used for football matches of the Syrian 3rd division. It also hosts local competitions of athletics.

During the Syrian Civil War, the stadium hosted all of the domestic matches of the football clubs in Aleppo who compete in the Syrian football league system, as it was the only stadium in the city not damaged during the war events, being located in a relatively secured neighborhood.

See also
List of football stadiums in Syria

References

Sports venues completed in 1965
1965 establishments in Syria
Football venues in Syria
Sports venues in Aleppo


title: Laser mask

text:
Laser mask may refer to:

 Photomask, a lasering pattern mask used in laser etching and lithography
 Laser surgical mask, a mask worn by people during laser surgery

See also

 Laser (disambiguation)
 Mask (disambiguation)


title: Alan Gutierrez

text:
Alan Gutierrez (born 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an artist and illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Gutierrez grew up in southern California, and he received his BFA  in illustration  from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1982.  His first professional sale was to Fantasy Book in 1983. He then began painting covers for Tor Books, Baen Books and other publishers. Gutierrez has also painted covers for  Analog magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and other SF magazines. As of mid-2014, he is credited with 156 book and magazine covers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. His works have been nominated for several awards.

References

External links
Artist's home page and gallery

1958 births
Art Center College of Design alumni
Artists from California
Fantasy artists
Living people
Artists from Kansas City, Missouri
Role-playing game artists
Science fiction artists
American speculative fiction artists


title: The Grey Zone (1997 film)

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The Grey Zone () is a 1997 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Bernini.  It entered into the competition at the International Critics' Week of the 50th Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Grolla d'oro for best screenplay.

Cast
 Claudio Amendola: Dario Campisi
 Francesca Neri: Claudia
 Enzo De Caro: Giulio
 Toni Bertorelli: Judge Consoli
 Barbara Cupisti: Teresa
 Massimo De Francovich: Prof. Sembriani
 Teresa Saponangelo:  Patient

References

External links

1997 films
Italian drama films
1997 drama films
1997 directorial debut films
1990s Italian films
Fandango (Italian company) films


title: Min-seok

text:
Min-seok, also spelled Min-suk, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:
Sportspeople
Kim Min-suk (swimmer) (born 1979), South Korean swimmer
Kim Min-seok (table tennis) (born 1992), South Korean table tennis player
Kim Min-seok (figure skater) (born 1993), South Korean figure skater
Kim Min-seok (speed skater) (born 1999), South Korean speed skater

Entertainers
Oh Min-suk (born 1980), South Korean actor
Kim Min-seok (actor) (born 1990), South Korean actor
Xiumin (born Kim Min-seok, 1990), South Korean singer, member of Exo
 South Korean lyricist who wrote the song "Fucking USA"

Other
Cho Minsuk (born 1966), South Korean architect
Baek Minseok (born 1971), South Korean writer
Jeong Min-suk (born 1978), alias Jeong Yol, South Korean LGBT rights activist

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Tanaproget

text:
Tanaproget (INN; developmental code names NSP-989, WAY-166989) is an investigational nonsteroidal progestin. It is a high affinity, high efficacy, and very selective agonist of the progesterone receptor (PR). Due to its much more selective binding profile relative to most conventional, steroidal progestins, tanaproget may prove to produce fewer side effects in comparison. As of December 2010, it is in phase II clinical trials in the process of being developed for clinical use as a contraceptive by Ligand Pharmaceuticals.

An analog of tanaproget, 4-fluoropropyltanaproget (18F), has been developed as a radiotracer for imaging of the PR in positron emission tomography.

See also
 Finerenone
 Mapracorat
 Prinaberel

References

Progestogens
Nitriles
Pyrroles
Thiocarbamates


The 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1952. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

For the previous five decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests. So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia’s electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders.

This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive “antiorganization” factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote. Historical fusion with the “Readjuster” Democrats, defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver, and an early move towards a “lily white” Jim Crow party meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state. In 1928 a combination of growing middle-class Republicanism in the cities and anti-Catholicism against Al Smith in the Tidewater allowed the GOP to carry Virginia and elect three Congressmen, including one representing the local district of emerging machine leader Byrd. However, from 1932 with the state severely affected by the Depression, Republican strength declined below its low pre-1928 level, although Byrd himself became highly critical of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies as early as 1940.

Largely because of fear of losing several seats in the House to resurgent Republicans, Virginia’s federal officeholders, although all firmly opposed to Harry S. Truman’s civil rights bills, did not endorse Strom Thurmond in 1948. However, Byrd became almost completely opposed to the Truman administration’s policies during the ensuing presidential term, and after initially preferred nominee Richard Russell Jr. called for repealing the Taft–Hartley Act, the Byrd Organization refused to endorse any Democratic nominee, explicitly rejecting eventual nominees Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and Alabama Senator John Sparkman.

Background
Following the end of Reconstruction Virginia voted for every Democratic presidential nominee except for Al Smith in the 1928 election.

Campaign
U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. opposed President Harry S. Truman's support for civil rights and chose to remain neutral in presidential elections. This allowed his political machine to support Republican presidential candidates while voting for Democratic candidates down ballot.

Following this election Virginia would support every Republican presidential nominee except for the victory of Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 election. Virginia was the only southern state that Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter failed to win in the 1976 election.

Polls

Results
Despite polls being uncertain, Virginia would be comfortably won by Republican nominees, Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower, running with California Senator Richard Nixon.

Results by county or independent city

Analysis
Eisenhower won Virginia by a 12.97 point margin, making this the first time Virginia voted for a Republican since it was won by Herbert Hoover in 1928, and the best Republican performance in the Old Dominion to this point. Virginia was Eisenhower’s strongest state state in the old Confederacy, marking a shift from Virginia being previously regarded as a safe blue state to more of a red state. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 55.18 percent of the vote, making Virginia two points more Republican than the nation at-large. This was the first occasion any Confederate State voted more Republican than the nation since Virginia itself in 1888 voted 0.30 points more Republican while its blacks remained enfranchised and large numbers of white Readjusters had joined the GOP.

The key to Eisenhower’s win was gains from the large in-migration to Northern Virginia, where the many new voters were not tied to the Democratic Party as Virginia’s older generation was, with the result that Eisenhower gained four-fifths of approximately two hundred thousand new voters since 1948. Like the rest of the former Confederacy, Eisenhower also gained from transfer of 1948 Thurmond votes and from increasing upper-class Republican voting in cites such as Richmond. Nevertheless, the basis of Republican strength remained the old Readjuster and pro-gold standard regions of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia.

This was also the first election after Colonial Heights was incorporated as an independent city. Eisenhower won Colonial Heights by a close margin of roughly three points. In the decades since, Colonial Heights has established itself as one of the most Republican leaning independent cities in Virginia, and has yet to be won by a Democratic presidential candidate. Eisenhower’s 1952 and 1956 victories in Colonial Heights of three points and four points remain the two lowest margins of victory for a Republican presidential candidate .

, this is the last occasion when Virginia voted to the left of Oregon.

References

Works cited

Virgin
1952
1952 Virginia elections


title: Sankt Florian Psalter

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The Sankt Florian Psalter or Saint Florian Psalter ( or ,  or ,  or ) is a brightly illuminated trilingual manuscript psalter, written between late 14th and early 15th centuries in Latin, Polish and German. The Polish text is the oldest known translation of the Book of Psalms into that language. Its author, first owners, and place of origin are still not certain. It was named after St. Florian Monastery in Sankt Florian, a town in Austria, where it was discovered.

Origins and history
It is not known exactly who was original owner of the book. Most likely it belonged to a female member of the House of Anjou (wife or daughter of Louis I of Hungary), or it was made for Jadwiga of Poland. Its creator is also unknown, and even its place of origin is uncertain, with scholars seeing either Bohemia (Kłodzko) or Lesser Poland (Kraków) (or both) as the likely regions of origin. The text contains several examples of central Lesser Polish dialect, and some scholars suggested that the work might have been carried out or at least influenced by bishop Piotr Wysz.

Polish historian of literature, Julian Krzyżanowski, suggested that the text is a copy of an older work, perhaps the St. Kinga's Psalter (whose very existence is still disputed by scholars) though admitted that there's scant evidence for this.

It was rediscovered by local librarian, Father Josef Chmel, in 1827 in St. Florian Monastery, in the town of Sankt Florian near Linz, Austria. It first published in print in Vienna in 1834, by Polish publisher Stanislaw Jan Borkowski. In 1931 the psalter was purchased by Polish government for the National Library of Poland. During World War II it was evacuated to Romania and later to France and Canada, and returned to Poland in 1959.
By 1939, whole book was published in Lwow by Ludwik Biernacki.

Currently, the book is kept at the National Library of Poland in Warsaw.

Composition
The manuscript contains a trilingual translation of the Psalms into Latin, Polish and German, as well as two prologues by Ludolph of Saxony, the Athanasian Creed, and musical score for several canticles. It is richly illustrated with astrological and Christian symbology.

The text is divided into three parts:
part one, psalms 1–101,
part two, psalms 102–106,
part three, psalms 107–150.

Each part was created at a different place in time. The first part was probably written in late 14th century, while second and third were written in the 15th century. One date given for the year that the work on the  Psalter begun is 1398; another – 1370s. In these parts, influences of the Czech language are visible, as probably the psalter was patterned after a similar Czech publication.

The book has a format of 34,5 × 24,5 cm and a weight of about 4 kilograms. The material used was parchment.

Significance
It is the oldest surviving translation of the Books of Psalms into the Polish language. The translation from Latin into Polish, however, is considered very poor. The psalter is also the oldest Polish language cultural artifact (zabytek) surviving to modern day in intact form.

See also
Bible translations into Polish
Millennium Bible
Bible translations into Slavic languages

Notes

References

Sources

External links
 Full scan of the Sankt Florian Psalter at Polona
 Transcription of the Polish translation of selected psalms from the Sankt Floran Psalter by Wacław Twardzik, at Staropolska

Polish literature
Polish
History of Christianity in Poland
14th-century books
14th century in Poland


title: Keikyu 700 series

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The  was a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) commuter train type operated by the private operator Keikyu on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan from 1967 until 2005.

The 700 series was the first Keikyu stock type to have 4 doors on each side. A total of 84 cars were built between 1967 and 1971.

The fleet was withdrawn between 1998 and 2005, and 20 cars were transferred to Takamatsu Electric Railway.

Interior
Passenger accommodation consisted of longitudinal bench seating throughout.

History

A total of 84 vehicles (21 four-car sets) were built between 1967 and 1971, initially without air-conditioning. The entire fleet was refurbished between 1980 and 1988, including the retro-fitting of air-conditioning.

Withdrawals started in 1998. A farewell ceremony was held at Keikyu Kawasaki Station on 28 November 2005, with the last revenue workings continuing on the Keikyu Daishi Line until 30 November.

Resale

A number of 700 series cars were resold to the Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad ("Kotoden") in Shikoku, where they became the 2-car 1200 series. The identities and histories of the 700 series cars sold to Kotoden are as shown below.

References

Electric multiple units of Japan
700 series
Train-related introductions in 1967
Kawasaki multiple units
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
Tokyu Car multiple units


title: Karta medycka

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Karta medycka (The Page of Medyka, also called the Page of Swidzinski) is a single page from early 15th century, which contains Polish version of Psalm 50, similar to the one included in St. Florian's Psalter. In lower right corner of the page there is a note stating that it was written by a monk from a monastery in Kazimierz, a district of Kraków, most likely after 1405.

The page was found in 1832 by scholar Konstanty Swidzinski. At first it was kept at the Pawlikowski Library in Medyka, then at the Ossolineum in Lwow. Currently, it is kept at the Ossolineum in Wrocław.

Sources
 Teresa Michalowska: sredniowiecze. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1995, s. 300, seria: Wielka Historia Literatury Polskiej. .
 Przeklady Pisma sw. na j. polski - Rekopisy. Wiara.pl.

Polish literature
Bible translations into Polish
History of Christianity in Poland
15th-century Christian texts


title: Blue Max 2001

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Blue Max 2001 is a diagonally-scrolling shooter written by Bob Polin (also credited as Rob Polin) for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Synapse Software in 1984. A Commodore 64 version was released the same year. Blue Max 2001 is the sequel to 1983's Blue Max, also by Polin, with the player piloting a futuristic hovercraft instead of a World War I biplane. Critics found the game disappointing compared with the original, citing the indistinct graphics and confusing documentation.

Gameplay

Reception
In contrast to the positive reception given to Blue Max, reviews of Blue Max 2001 on both Atari and Commodore systems were mixed.

Ahoy! called the Commodore 64 release an "exciting sequel" which "extends and refines the elements which made the original game popular, while it introduces enough new challenges to generate fresh excitement." Zzap!64 labeled it "one of the most disappointing sequels of all time". Reviewer Julian Rignall wrote, "The graphics are very poor", citing the "jelly mould" ship and "wonky" perspective. He mentioned the difficulty caused by use of the joystick diagonals.

Atari magazine Page 6 also considered it a "disappointment" compared to its predecessor, remarking that the Polo mint ship is "a nightmare to fly, far less operate the bombs and lasers, with any degree of accuracy." Bill Kunkel wrote  in an Atari Explorer review, "this game is plagued with ridiculous terminology and some of the shoddiest documentation since the days when computer software was sold in baggies." Antic found the Atari version had "fairly good graphics with some interesting touches, but the manual is a poor introduction to the game:

References

External links
Blue Max 2001 at Atari Mania

1984 video games
Atari 8-bit family games
Commodore 64 games
Scrolling shooters
Synapse Software games
U.S. Gold games
Video game sequels
Video games developed in the United States
Video games with oblique graphics


title: Luychu Urqu

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Luychu Urqu (Quechua luychu, taruka, deer, urqu mountain, "deer mountain", Hispanicized spelling Luychu Orjo) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Paucartambo Province, Colquepata District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Ccatca District. Luychu Urqu lies south of the mountain Hatun Urqu (Jatun Orjo), east of the mountain Raqch'i Raqch'iyuq (Rajchi Rajchiyoc) and north of the mountains Q'illu Unuyuq (Quello Unuyoc) and Sipulturayuq (Sepulturayoc).

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Lament of the Holy Cross

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Lament of the Holy Cross (Polish: Lament świętokrzyski) is a medieval Polish planctus, written by unknown author probably in late 15th century. It now is regarded as one of lyrical masterpieces of the era. Literary historians emphasize the fact that the Lament presents Mary almost as a human being, with feelings and emotions. Most likely, the text used to be part of the Good Friday mysterium.

Lament of the Holy Cross is the monologue of Mary, who is painful and mourns her son Jesus Christ, standing under his cross. At first, she calls on people standing around her, urging them to show compassion and understanding. She then turns to her son, hoping to ease his sufferings and get closer to him. Later Mary gets angry and rebellious, and the text is completed with an appeal to all mothers to pray to God for their sons.

The Lament comes from the Benedictine Monastery at Lysa Gora in the Holy Cross Mountains, and was probably written in ca. 1470.

See also
 Old Polish language

Sources
 Poezja polska XIV - XV wieku. W: Tadeusz Witczak: Literatura Średniowiecza. Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 2002

External links
 Lament of the Holy Cross (polish)

Polish literature
History of Christianity in Poland
15th-century poems
Works of unknown authorship


title: Himshikhar English Boarding School

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Himshikhar English Boarding School is a private boarding school located at Kalanki, Kathmandu, Nepal.

See also
 List of schools in Nepal
 School Leaving Certificate (Nepal)

References

Schools in Nepal
Education in Kavrepalanchok District

Boarding schools in Nepal


title: Holy Tongue

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Holy Tongue () is a 2000 Italian comedy film written and directed by Carlo Mazzacurati.   It entered into the main competition at the  57th Venice International Film Festival.

Cast

 Antonio Albanese - Antonio
 Fabrizio Bentivoglio - Willy "Alain Delon"
 Isabella Ferrari - Patrizia
 Toni Bertorelli - Krondano
 Ivano Marescotti - Dr. Ronchitelli
 Marco Paolini - Saint Antonio
 Giulio Brogi - Maritan
 Tying Tiffany - The clerk

References

External links

2000 films
Italian comedy films
2000 comedy films
Films directed by Carlo Mazzacurati
2000s Italian-language films


title: Master Polikarp's Dialog with Death

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Master Polikarp's Dialog with Death (, ) is a late medieval dialog in verse, written probably in the early 15th century. Master Polikarp's Dialog with Death is now regarded as one of the most important examples of medieval poetry in the Polish language.

Its author is unknown, but after discovering the complete, printed version from 1542, some historians speculate that Mikołaj Rej rewrote the original text for print.

One of the unique features of the work is its use of humour. The dialog mocks monks and priests, inn-keepers, fat women, dishonest physicians and unjust judges. The work is patterned after the 12th century Latin poem  Dialogus mortis cum homine, and other such Latin-language publications popular in medieval Europe.

Versions
The original version of the dialogue has been lost; what remains is an incomplete copy from  1463-1465, belonging to Mikołaj of Mirzyniec (Mikołaj z Mirzyńca). The ending of the work was known due to its 16th century Russian translation. It has 498 lines, and presents the everyday life of members of different social classes in 15th century Poland.

A formerly unknown printed edition of Rozmowa Mistrza Polikarpa ze Śmiercią (Master Polikarp’s Dialogue with Death) from 1542 (Cracow, Maciej Scharffenberg) has been discovered in one of the European university libraries. The discovery was made by Professor Wiesław Wydra from the Institute of Polish Philology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In the contrast to the previously known version of the dialogue from the Płock manuscript, this text has been preserved in its entirety.

This discovery, with a complete Polish text of 918 verses, was the most important event in Polish language and literature scholarship for several decades. The critical edition of the discovered text has been published by prof. Wiesław Wydra and became available on 7 November 2018.

Characters
 Master Polikarp – a well-educated person
 Death – pale, skinny, bald, yellowish, without nose and lips, showing its ribs, naked, a rotten kind of a woman; it holds a scythe in its hands, and its appearance reminds the reader that life is short, and that after death, human bodies decay

See also
 Old Polish
 Danse Macabre
 Death (personification)
 Morana (goddess)
 Santa Muerte

References

Citations

Sources
 Polska poezja świecka XV wieku, oprac. M. Włodarski, Wrocław - Warszawa - Kraków 1997, BN I, 60.
 "Śmierci z Mistrzem dwojakie gadania…". Nieznany drukowany przekaz "Rozmowy mistrza Polikarpa ze Śmiercią" z 1542 r., wydał Wiesław Wydra, Poznań 2018.

External links
 English translation of the beginning of the manuscript (fragment) at staropolska.pl

Biblical exegesis
Biblical poetry
Christian art about death
Dialogues
History of Poland
Medieval Polish literature
15th-century poems


title: Nathan Darrow

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Nathan Darrow (born ) is an American actor known for his role as Secret Service agent Edward Meechum in House of Cards, John Custer in Preacher, Andrew Madoff in The Wizard of Lies, and as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze in Gotham.

Early life
Darrow is a native of the Kansas City area. After attending Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas, he earned his bachelor's degree from University of Evansville and attended graduate school at New York University.

Career
In 2003, Darrow returned to Kansas City, and performed in productions of Shakespeare's plays, including Romeo and Juliet and Henry V. In 2006, he played young William Randolf Hearst in Don Maxwell's Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories, which also starred Campbell Scott and Vivian Schilling. A role in a touring production of Richard III with Kevin Spacey led to casting in the role of Meechum, the Underwoods' stoic bodyguard in House of Cards. Darrow's role was expanded in Season Two, as the character of Meechum had been well received by critics and audiences. Darrow appeared as Ben Farrell in The Stolen Chair Theatre Company's film noir for the stage, Kill Me Like You Mean It, at the 4th St Theatre in New York City. He appeared at Princeton's McCarter Theatre in Rachel Bonds' Five Mile Lake, May 1–31, 2015, directed by Emily Mann.

It was announced that Darrow would appear in the second season of the Fox television series Gotham as  Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze.

He has a recurring role in the first season of  Billions, and returns in the third season going onward. He is set to appear in the fourth and final season of Rectify. He also appears as Jesse Custer's father in the AMC television series Preacher and as Jonathan Grimm in the NBC series The Blacklist. He plays Andrew Madoff in HBO's The Wizard of Lies (2017). He starred in the third season of the ABC thriller Quantico as Felix Pillay.

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
People from Overland Park, Kansas
Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri
Male actors from Kansas
American male television actors
American male stage actors
University of Evansville alumni
21st-century American male actors


title: Oscar Wood

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Gordon Oscar Wood (born June 21, 1975) is an amateur American wrestler, who competed in the Greco-Roman welterweight category. He was a two-time NCAA All-American for the Oregon State Beavers (1996–1999), and also represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Serving as a staff sergeant of the United States Army in Fort Carson, Colorado, Wood also trained full time for the army's wrestling club.

Career

Early years
Wood attended Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. There, he won three state wrestling titles, with his only defeat as a freshman in the state final. He also collected four freestyle and four Greco-Roman state titles in high school.

College
Wood began his sporting career at the Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, where he trained and competed for the Oregon State Beavers wrestling program under head coach Joe Wells. While wrestling for the Beavers, Wood compiled a 118–23 overall record and 51 pins throughout his duration at Oregon State (1996–2000). He placed third in the NCAA meet at 142 pounds in 1998, and seventh at 134 pounds in 1996. He also captured two wrestling titles in the 142 and 149-pound division at the 1998 and 1999 Pacific-10 Conference Championships, which resulted him to being named NCAA All-American twice. Additionally, he ranked tenth for the most number of triumphs recorded at Oregon State, fifth in career pins, and twentieth in the winning percentage on the university's all-time career leader board.

After graduating from Oregon State at the end of 1999 season, Wood decided to join the United States Army in Fort Carson, Colorado, where he served full time as a staff sergeant, and later became a member of the wrestling club under head coaches Shon Lewis and Sam Barlow.

Greco-Roman wrestling
Wood qualified for the U.S. wrestling team on his major international debut in the men's 66 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Earlier in the process, he pinned 2000 Olympian and five-time U.S. champion Kevin Bracken with a 3–0 victory to guarantee his spot on the U.S. team from the Olympic Trials. He lost his opening match 9–3 to Greek wrestler Konstantinos Arkoudeas by the massive clamor of the home crowd inside Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, and could not rally for enough points to break a 2–2 tie and thrash Germany's Jannis Zamanduridis in the second round with a 5–2 verdict. Wood scored a single point in his final bout, but fell to Kazakhstan's Mkhitar Manukyan by a superb ten-point gap to halt the match, leaving him on the bottom of the pool and placing fourteenth in the final standings. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Wood's position was upgraded to twelfth.

Wood vowed to improve his game plan and set sights for Beijing 2008 and London 2012, but he lost the berth twice to Jake Deitchler and Justin Lester, respectively at the Olympic Trials.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database

1975 births
Living people
American male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for the United States
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Oregon State University alumni
Oregon State Beavers wrestlers
United States Army soldiers
Sportspeople from Milwaukie, Oregon
Wrestlers from Oregon
Sportspeople from Gresham, Oregon
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program


title: The Legend of Korra (video game)

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is a 2014 third-person action beat 'em up video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Activision, based on the animated television series of the same name which aired on Nickelodeon from 2012 to 2014. It was released in October 2014 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and received mixed reviews.

The game is one of two video games based on the same plot from the series. The other, The Legend of Korra: A New Era Begins, is a turn-based strategy game for the Nintendo 3DS.

The game was removed from sale on all digital storefronts three years after its release on December 21, 2017.

Gameplay
The Legend of Korra is a third-person action game, supporting single-player play only. Players control Korra, the series' heroine, as she fights villains from the first two seasons of the series with the bending arts, a spiritual and physical practice similar in appearance to Eastern martial arts by which practitioners move and alter the elements of water, earth, fire and air. Korra can switch between four different elements on the fly, each with its own combat styles and special moves.

Waterbending is acquired first and specializes in ranged attacks. Earthbending, acquired next, features slow attacks that are very powerful and cannot be blocked. Firebending is a balanced style that once upgraded, features all three forms of attacks: Fast combos, slow but powerful, and ranged. Airbending, acquired late in the game, features fast and powerful attacks that can affect all surrounding targets. Korra also acquires the "avatar state" near the end of the game; it lasts a shorts period, but grants Korra powerful attacks that combine all four elements.

The game tries to persuade the player into using counterattacks. The player can initiate a counterattack by blocking an enemy attack just before it connects. Counterattacks are orders of magnitude more powerful than direct attacks. Counterattacking is the only way of defeating bosses in a reasonable amount of time, as defeating them with direct attacks can take hours. Electrical and earth-based attacks cannot be countered.

The game takes about four to six hours to play through, but  contains "a New Game+ of sorts". These include an endless runner with Naga, and pro-bending matches, where teams of three try to bend each other out of an arena. This mode, which implements the pro-bending rules depicted in the series, is available after completing the game, with the player controlling the "Fire Ferrets" team made up of Korra and her friends Mako and Bolin.

Setting and plot
The game takes place in the two weeks between the second and third seasons of the series, which aired in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Korra is opposed by a "chi-blocker" who, at the start of the game, strips Korra of her bending abilities, which she has to regain over the course of the game. The game's main villain, Hundun, is named after a chaotic entity in Chinese mythology. An ancient, evil being previously trapped in the spirit world, he was released into the physical world by Korra's opening of the spirit portals at the end of the second season. The game sees him sow chaos in the world and pursue his grudge against the Avatar.

Development

The Legend of Korra, the animated drama TV series  on which the game is based, aired on Nickelodeon and online from 2012 to 2014 as a sequel to the series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It received critical acclaim, and was commissioned to run for four seasons and a total of 52 episodes.

The game based on the series was announced in June 2014. It was developed by PlatinumGames, known for the Bayonetta series of action games among others, and published by Activision. The game is scripted by Tim Hedrick, a writer of the TV series, who collaborated with series creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino on the plot and main villain. The cutscenes are animated by Titmouse, Inc., and the cover art (chosen by public vote) is by series character designer Christie Tseng. The game  made use of the voice actors and the music of the TV series.

Robert Conkey of Activision explained that they chose Platinum on account of their record of developing action games, which he described as having a "very smooth, very flashy, and very cool" style.  Platinum producer Atsushi Kurooka said that Platinum chose to adapt The Legend of Korra, a series unknown in Japan, after watching it with the aid of translated scripts, and being impressed by the series's blend of "interesting action, a really good story, comedy, and romance". According to Kurooka, the studio aimed to make the game emulate the look and feel of the television series as closely as possible, including its visual and sound direction: Kurooka said that screenshots of the game were indistinguishable from those of the series.

Reception

Pre-release
Appraisals of the game during development were positive. After playing an alpha build of the game in June 2014, Destructoid described the game as a "pretty solid action brawler". The reviewer praised the thorough implementation of the various bending styles, the detailed and fluid combat system, and the cel-shaded art style. GameSpots reporter was "encouraged by the art style and some aspects of the combat", but uncertain whether the developers would be able to balance the demands of faithfulness to a franchise and the expectations of quality combat gameplay raised by their previous titles. IGN described the early version as having "all the depth I’d expect to see from this developer bundled with a faithful artistic interpretation" of the source material, noting the "surprisingly deep" combat system and the "tastefully re-created animations" from the series.

Post-release
The Legend of Korra received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. It was panned by Dan Stapleton of IGN as a "poorly made tie-in that can’t even stand up as a competent third-person action game". The reviewer noted the game's simplistic combat, the absence of the series' wit and charm, and the low-quality cutscenes. Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot was also highly critical of the game, writing that it "tries its best to boot M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender film out of its rightful position as 'worst Avatar-related thing yet produced.'" Chris Carter at Destructoid summed up the game as a "nice but brief romp" with no real narrative that "plays out like a 'light' version of Platinum's previous games". At Polygon, Philip Kollar described the game as a "shallow, short experience full of segments that feel poorly designed and ill-considered", with frustrating mechanics and annoying mini-games. Paul Tassi of Forbes, noting the "scathing" reviews the game received, wrote that, like other adaptations of the series, it showed "a fundamental misunderstanding of the source material, all but completely devoid of a plot and other characters outside Korra herself". For Eurogamers Simon Parkin, the game's shortcomings were the "hallmarks of a work-for-hire project rushed to meet a Christmas deadline", and he considered the game "a misfire that means Platinum's name no longer guarantees quality".

Notes

References

External links

Official website

2014 video games
Action games
Activision beat 'em ups
Avatar: The Last Airbender games
PlatinumGames games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation Network games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games with cel-shaded animation
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Xbox 360 Live Arcade games
Xbox One games


title: Nerdist

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Nerdist Industries, LLC (also simply known as Nerdist) is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium content YouTube channel, a news division (Nerdist News), and a television version of the original podcast produced by and aired on BBC America.

History
Nerdist Industries was formed in February 2012 after Hardwick and Peter Levin (GeekChicDaily) merged their separate entertainment projects into Nerdist Industries, after which GeekChicDaily was rebranded Nerdist News. The newly formed company began to produce additional podcasts under the Nerdist Industries banner as well as producing content and webshows for its Nerdist YouTube channel. In July 2012, Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment. It was announced that Nerdist Industries would operate independently with Hardwick and Levin as its co-presidents.

Peter Levin left Nerdist Industries in 2013 and now heads Lionsgate's Interactive Ventures and Games. Hardwick then took over, and served as chief executive officer until 2015, when he relinquished operational control until the expiration of his contract in 2017, with the original Nerdist podcast and archives remaining under Hardwick's control under the new title ID10T with Chris Hardwick. His presence with the company, including as founder, was clarified and removed from the website on June 15, 2018 after abuse allegations were made against him by a former girlfriend. On August 10, 2018, his name was then returned to Nerdist's website.

Nerdist News

Nerdist News (founded February 2012; formerly GeekChicDaily) is the Nerdist branded pop culture newsletter, founded and originally operated by former Nerdist Industries CEO Peter Levin. The cross-platform publisher currently has two newsletter publications, Nerdist News and TOKYOPOP. GeekChicDaily became Nerdist News after it merged with Nerdist to form Nerdist Industries in February 2012. In late 2013 Nerdist News transitioned to a web series on YouTube channel "Nerdist", hosted by previous IGN Daily Fix presenter Jessica Chobot that airs five days a week to bring the latest news in nerdy pop culture.

Nerdist Podcast

The Nerdist Podcast, the flagship podcast of Nerdist Industries, is a weekly interview show launched February 8, 2010 "about what it really means to be a nerd" hosted by Web Soup and Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick, who is usually accompanied by Jonah Ray and Matt Mira. The audio podcasts are typically an hour in length and include conversations with notable comedians or entertainers, sometimes at their own home. Guests are varied, though typically relate to either stand-up comedy, nerd culture, or both, and have included CM Punk, Rob Zombie, Stan Lee, Ozzy Osbourne, Jeri Ryan, Drew Carey and several cast and crew of Community, Doctor Who, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

In late 2017, Hardwick's future with Nerdist Industries and parent company Legendary Entertainment became unclear.  Although still technically CEO of Nerdist Industries, he considered his role to have become advisory, and no longer felt connected with the company.  As his contract with Legendary approached its end with no discussion about renewing, Hardwick – who retains full rights to the podcast, including its catalog of back episodes – decided to move the podcast.  Since he didn't have rights to use the Nerdist name on the podcast without heavy fees, and as part of a new venture, in February 2018 it was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick.

Nerdist Podcast Network
During 2011, Nerdist began releasing various other podcasts.  the full range includes:
 Bizarre States, hosted by Jessica Chobot and Andrew Bowser
 Cashing In with T. J. Miller, hosted by Cash Levy with only guest T. J. Miller
 Cash Withdrawal, spinoff of Cashing In hosted by Cash Levy
 Chewin' It With Kevin and Steve, hosted by Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme
 Comic Book Club, hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben
 Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction, hosted by Bryan Cook
 Ding-Donger with Matt Braunger
 Dining with Doug & Karen, hosted by Karen Anderson and Doug Benson
 Half Hour Happy Hour, hosted by Alison Haislip and Alex Albrecht
 Hound Tall Discussion Series, hosted by Moshe Kasher
 The Jackie and Laurie Show, hosted by Jackie Kashian and Laurie Kilmartin
 James Bonding, a James Bond podcast hosted by Matt Gourley and Matt Mira
 The Jonah Keri Podcast, sports based podcast hosted by Jonah Keri
 The JV Club, hosted by Janet Varney
 The K-Ohle, a multi-format podcast hosted by Kurt Braunohler
 Kicking and Screaming, hosted by Jenna Elfman and Bodhi Elfman
 The Legacy Music Hour, hosted by Brent Weinbach and Rob F.
 Love, Alexi, hosted by Alexi Wasser
 Maltin on Movies, long form interview program, hosted by Leonard Maltin and Jessie Maltin
 Mike and Tom Eat Snacks, hosted by Michael Ian Black and Tom Cavanagh
 The Mutant Season, hosted by 13-year-old Gil
 Pop My Culture, hosted by Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland
 Pro You: Because You're Worth It, hosted by Tom J. Deters
 Sex Nerd Sandra, hosted by Sandra Daugherty
 Terrified, hosted by Dave Ross
 Today We Learned, hosted by Dan Casey and Razzle Dangerously
 The Todd Glass Show, hosted by Todd Glass
 Will You Accept This Rose?, Bachelor themed podcast hosted by Arden Myrin, Erin Foley and Eddie Pepitone
 You Made It Weird, hosted by Pete Holmes

Inactive/former podcasts
 The Alton Browncast, a food and food personality based podcast hosted by Food Network star Alton Brown (active but no longer affiliated with Nerdist)
 Big Pop Fun, hosted by Tom Wilson
 Clonecast, a behind-the-scenes podcast of the television series Orphan Black
 FEaB ("Four Eyes and Beard"), hosted by Matt Mira and Scott Mosier; a co-production with the SModcast Podcast Network
 Humans From Earth, hosted by Geoff Boucher
 The Indoor Kids, a video game-centred podcast hosted by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
 Jonah Raydio, a music-based podcast hosted by Jonah Ray (active, but now hosted by the Maximum Fun network)
 Making It, hosted by Riki Lindhome
 Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, in-depth discussions about every Star Trek episode and Movie hosted by John Champion and Ken Ray (active but no longer affiliated with Nerdist)
 Nerdist Comics Panel, hosted by Len Wein, Ben Blacker, Heath Corson, and Adam Beechen (inactive since December 2017)
 The Nerdist Podcast, former flagship podcast which became the ID10T Podcast and moved to Cadence13
 Puck Soup, hosted by Greg Wyshynski and Dave Lozo
 Talkin' Toons with Rob Paulsen
 Thrilling Adventure Hour, scripted show based on old timey radio shows (became active again in 2018 after a hiatus, is now hosted by the Forever Dog podcast network).
 Watkins Family Hour, led by Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins at Largo
 We're Alive, A Story of Survival
 The Wrestling Compadres Slamcast
 The Writers Panel (formerly Nerdist Writers Panel), moderated by Ben Blacker (moved to the Forever Dog podcast network)

Nerdist Showroom
The Nerdist Showroom, also known as NerdMelt or the NerdMelt Showroom, was a performance space operated in collaboration with, and located inside, Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, California. The showroom opened in April 2011 and ran through March 2018. It featured the Nerdist logo near the entrance, plush chairs, dark walls, and a far off green room. Performances included live stand-up comedy, storytelling shows, sketch comedy, movie screenings, writer's panels and podcast recordings. It was also the home of the Comedy Central television series The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail. Past performers include Louis C.K., Jim Gaffigan, Dan Harmon, Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, and Robin Williams.

The Showroom closed with Meltdown on March 31, 2018, after the building's owners sold it to a developer planning to construct a new residential development along two blocks.

YouTube channel
Content featured on Nerdist's YouTube channel. includes:
 4 Points – interview show hosted by Alex Albrecht and Alison Haislip
 Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles – a video version of Harry Knowles website Ain't It Cool News, a TV and film news, rumour and review site
 Awkward Family Photos
 Because Science with TBD
 Breaking Belding
 Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling – a celebrity bowling competition where teams compete for the charities of their choice
 Comic Book Club – a video version of the podcast of the same name
 COPS: Skyrim – a voice-over Cops-style parody of the game Skyrim
 The Dan Cave – hosted by Dan Casey
 DIY Dammit
 Double Jump
 DVK: Daniel Van Kirk
 Dr. Tran – animated shorts featuring Dr. Tran
 Face To Face: With Weird Al Yankovic – a celebrity interview show with "Weird Al" Yankovic
 Fangoria's Blood and Guts – a show about monster makeup and gore effects hosted by Scott Ian
 Game Off
 Grammar Slam – presented by former professional wrestler CM Punk
 Hero Complex – interview show hosted by Geoff Boucher of Hero Complex magazine and website, featuring interviews with prominent film and TV personnel
 The Indoor Kids – a video version of the popular podcast, a video-game-based show hosted by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon
 Info Minute
 Just Cos – a series based around cosplay and conventions
 Justice League of America
 Justin Willman's Magic Meltdown – series featuring magician Justin Willman performing magic
 Math Bites
 Mothership – a weekly podcast hosted by Jessica Chobot & Hector Navarro (airs on Alpha but available on YouTube as well)
 Muskwatch – hosted by Kyle Hill & Dan Casey  last episode 31st July 2018
 Neil's Puppet Dreams – Neil Patrick Harris stars as himself and has dreams featuring puppets
 Nerd Down & 10 – the Sklar brothers break down nerd and pop culture topics as if they were sports
 Nerdist Comedy Shorts
 Nerdist News – a video version of the Nerdist News
 NerdTerns
 Nerdy Jobs with Matt Bennett
 Reasons to be scared of the Future
 Realm of LARP – a series about the world of live action role-playing
 Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net – stand-up comedy performances
 Sifl & Olly
 Simian Undercover Detective Squad (S.U.D.S.) – odd couple ape detectives Skreet and Yeager are forced to partner up and solve crime
 Skyrim at the Movies
 Star Talk – a video version of the StarTalk Radio podcast, a science-based show hosted by Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
 Superego
 The Thrilling Adventure Hour – a video version of The Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast
 They Call Me Baba Booey – Gary Dell'Abate (aka Baba Booey), producer of the Howard Stern Show and tech and audio enthusiast, explores the latest products and pop culture
 Try This At Home! with Crabcat Industries
 Tournament of Nerds – a show featuring nerds debating each other about their favorite pop culture characters
 UCB Presents: Between the Scenes
 Weird Sh*t From Japan – Jukka Hilden explores aspects of Japanese culture under the watchful eye of Japanophile and comedian Chad Mullane
 What You Missed By Not Playing
 Write Now! With Jimmy Pardo – Pardo hosts this show where a team of writers write jokes on the fly about a guest stand-up comedian

Other
 @midnight – Produced for Comedy Central

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