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2,154,839 | Bill Miller (film producer) Bill Miller (film producer) Bill Miller (born 1960) is an award-winning Sydney-based feature film producer. Bill Miller was born in Queensland and along with his older brother George Miller, attended Sydney Boys High School. Like George, who gave up practicing medicine to become a film director, Bill, a successful arts and entertainment lawyer, gave up the legal profession to pursue a film-making career. He collaborated with George and Byron Kennedy on their early short films, including "Violence in the Cinema: Part One", a 14-minute parody of the violent films of the 1970s. This short won two Australian Film Institute Awards, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,840 | Bill Miller (film producer) and provided the film-making trio with the confidence to pursue more ambitious projects and Bill acted as associate producer on the original "Mad Max", starring Mel Gibson. Bill shared the honour of being an Academy Award nominee with George and long-time producing partner Doug Mitchell for their work as producers on the family film "Babe". In addition to being nominated for Best Picture in 1996, the film earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It also won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) and garnered a BAFTA Award nomination for | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,841 | Bill Miller (film producer) Best Film. Following the success of Babe, he also went on to serve as a producer on its sequel, "". With George and Doug Mitchell, he produced the computer-animated film "Happy Feet", a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica, featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Anthony La Paglia, Magda Szubanski, Hugo Weaving and Brittany Murphy. Prior to starting production he took part in a six-week expedition to south Antarctica. The Warner Brothers-distributed film was released in late 2006, and went on to become one of Australia's most successful animated film projects. | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,842 | Bill Miller (film producer) A worldwide box office success, it was nominated for various awards including a Golden Globe, going on to win the Academy Award Oscar for Best Animated Feature and the equivalent British BAFTA award. Miller followed up as producer on the animated sequel, "Happy Feet 2", released worldwide in late 2011. He has since been developing projects for film, television and live theatre. Bill Miller (film producer) Bill Miller (born 1960) is an award-winning Sydney-based feature film producer. Bill Miller was born in Queensland and along with his older brother George Miller, attended Sydney Boys High School. Like George, who gave | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,843 | Peter Norton (British Army officer) Peter Norton (British Army officer) Major Peter Allen Norton, GC (born 10 December 1962) is a retired ammunition technical officer with the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps who was awarded the George Cross for his service in Iraq. Norton was born in Edmonton, London, but grew up in Margate, Kent. Norton joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (which later amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps) as a private in 1983. He reached the rank of warrant officer class 1 and was appointed a conductor, the most senior non-commissioned appointment in the British Army, before being commissioned as a captain on | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,844 | Peter Norton (British Army officer) 8 July 2002. Norton deployed to Iraq in 2005, where he was second-in-command of the American Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell (CEXC) based in the outskirts of Baghdad. Going to the aid of a United States Army patrol that had been attacked by an improvised explosive device (IED) on 24 July 2005, he was checking for the presence of further devices when a secondary victim-operated IED exploded. He lost his left leg and part of his left arm, and he sustained serious injuries to his other leg and lower back. Despite his injuries, he continued to give instructions to his team, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,845 | Peter Norton (British Army officer) suspecting that further devices might be in the vicinity. He refused to be evacuated until he was certain that all personnel on the ground were aware of the danger. A third device was subsequently located and dealt with the following day. Norton was awarded the George Cross for his actions. The announcement for the medal was gazetted in a supplement to the "London Gazette" of 24 March 2006. Since his team contained two special agents of the FBI, Norton was also awarded the FBI Star on 27 March 2009. Norton was promoted to major on 31 July 2008. After a | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,846 | Peter Norton (British Army officer) 30-year career, he retired from the army on 1 August 2013 on medical grounds. Peter Norton (British Army officer) Major Peter Allen Norton, GC (born 10 December 1962) is a retired ammunition technical officer with the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps who was awarded the George Cross for his service in Iraq. Norton was born in Edmonton, London, but grew up in Margate, Kent. Norton joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (which later amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps) as a private in 1983. He reached the rank of warrant officer class 1 and was appointed a conductor, the most | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,847 | Everything All the Time Everything All the Time Everything All the Time is the debut album of indie rock band Band of Horses and was released on March 21, 2006 on Sub Pop Records. It features new versions of five of the six songs from the band's "Tour EP", some with different titles. The album is the only one to feature original band members Mat Brooke, Chris Early and Tim Meinig. "Everything All the Time" features the band's original four-piece lineup, although both Tim Meinig and Sera Cahoone receive drumming credits. The band recorded this album in the heart of Seattle for Sub Pop | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,848 | Everything All the Time Records. Discussing the album's sound, band leader Ben Bridwell said, "I thought before recording that I really wanted an ELO-sounding record, with strings and keyboards and synths, but then, as we got closer to it, we wanted to take a more raw approach." Regarding its lyrics, he added, "A lot of these songs didn't really come from any lyric writing, let alone any singing ability. A lot of the ways the words are sung were meant to hide or mask what's being said. But there are definitely words. I wrote 'em down on paper and everything." The band performed the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,849 | Everything All the Time first single from the album, "The Funeral", on the "Late Show with David Letterman". By that time Brooke, Meinig and Early had all left the band and had been replaced by Joe Arnone (keyboards, guitar), Rob Hampton (guitar, bass) and Creighton Barrett (drums). "The Funeral" has been used extensively in film, TV, video games and advertisements. The two tracks with lyrics written by Mat Brooke, "I Go to the Barn..." and "St. Augustine" feature co-lead vocals by Brooke and Bridwell although Brooke's vocals are much quieter than Bridwell's. A demo version of "I Go to the Barn..." titled "I'd Like | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,850 | Everything All the Time to Think" was recorded by Brooke and Bridwell as Nov 16, a short lived project between Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses. On the Nov 16 version, Bridwell's vocals are much quieter than Brooke's. Neither "I Go to the Barn..." nor "St. Augustine" were played live after Brooke's 2006 departure from the band until December 2012, when both songs reappeared in their live setlist. The album was a minor hit in Scandinavia, appearing in the lower reaches of both the Swedish and Norwegian album charts. The album was generally well received by critics. It has a score of 78 out | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,851 | Everything All the Time of 100 from 24 critics on the website Metacritic. "Pitchfork" placed "Everything All the Time" at number 109 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. All songs written by Band of Horses, lyrics by Bridwell, except 8 & 10 lyrics by Brooke. Everything All the Time Everything All the Time is the debut album of indie rock band Band of Horses and was released on March 21, 2006 on Sub Pop Records. It features new versions of five of the six songs from the band's "Tour EP", some with different titles. The album is the only one | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,852 | Jack O'Connell (politician) Jack O'Connell (politician) Jack T. O'Connell (born October 8, 1951) is an American politician and the former 26th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, having been elected to the post in November 2002 with 61% of the vote. He was re-elected to his post by receiving a majority (52%) of the vote in the Primary election on June 6, 2006, thus avoiding a November run-off. He is a member of the Democratic Party. O'Connell was unable to run for a third term in 2010 due to term limits and was succeeded by former state assemblyman Tom Torlakson. O'Connell previously served | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,853 | Jack O'Connell (politician) in the California State Senate representing the 18th District from 1994 to 2002. O'Connell considered a bid for President Pro Tem of the State Senate in 1998 but ultimately decided not to run. He also served in the California State Assembly representing the Central Coast-based 35th District from 1982 to 1994. Before his election to the Legislature, O'Connell served on the Santa Barbara County School Board. O'Connell was born in Glen Cove, New York. In 1958, he moved with his family to Southern California, where he attended local public schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,854 | Jack O'Connell (politician) California State University, Fullerton and earned his secondary teaching credential from California State University, Long Beach in 1975. He returned to Oxnard High School, his high school alma mater, to teach for several years and later served on the Santa Barbara County School Board. In his 2006 re-election campaign, he won every county in California with at least an electoral plurality. Although the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is officially a non-partisan position, O'Connell is a member of the Democratic Party, and political parties will routinely make endorsements of candidates in the election (which was the case with O'Connell). Jack | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,855 | My Ghetto Report Card My Ghetto Report Card My Ghetto Report Card is the ninth studio album by American rapper E-40. It was released on March 14, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records, Asylum Records, BME Recordings and Sick Wid It Records. "My Ghetto Report Card" was supported by two singles: "Tell Me When to Go" featuring Keak Da Sneak, and "U and Dat" featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl. E-40, a rapper born in Vallejo, California, released eight solo albums prior to "My Ghetto Report Card" dating back to 1993. In the early 1990s, he was part of the Vallejo rap group The Click. Thanks | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,856 | My Ghetto Report Card to regional popularity of his independently released single "Captain Save a Hoe", E-40 got his first major label signing with Jive Records in 1994. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, E-40 began doing guest features on Southern rappers' albums, such as "MP da Last Don" by Master P, "My Homies" by Scarface, and "Kings of Crunk" by Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz. With E-40 as executive producer, the album features production from Bosko, Lil Jon, and Rick Rock among others. Critics noted the influence of Southern crunk sound. For AllMusic, David Jeffries remarked: "Lil Jon seems to | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,857 | My Ghetto Report Card be adapting to the Bay more than E-40 is going South." Ryan Dombal of "Entertainment Weekly" said the album "speeds up crunk's creeping scurrilousness while toning down its violent undercurrents." In an interview with MTV News, E-40 described the title as a reflection of having "straight A's across the board" and "d[oing] nothing foul in the game" in his music career. "The Guardian" music critic Angus Batey described opening track "Yay Area" as "one of the handful of truly experimental, daring and generally aurally flabbergasting rap tracks released so far this century" in a 2015 profile of E-40. Released in | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,858 | My Ghetto Report Card the United States by Reprise Records on March 14, 2006, "My Ghetto Report Card" debuted at no. 3 on the "Billboard" 200 and remains E-40's highest charting album as of 2018, surpassing the 1996 album "Tha Hall of Game" that peaked at no. 4. On August 25, 2006, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album a Gold certification for selling 500,000 units, making it the fourth E-40 album to earn RIAA certification. Two songs from "My Ghetto Report Card" were released as singles, starting with "Tell Me When To Go" featuring fellow Bay Area rapper Keak da | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,859 | My Ghetto Report Card Sneak. Released on February 1, 2006, "Tell Me When to Go" peaked at no. 35 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on April 1, 2006, no. 37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on April 8, and no. 8 on the Hot Rap Songs chart on March 25. "U and Dat" featuring T-Pain and Kandi Burruss (credited as "Kandi Girl") was the second single off this album, released on May 2, 2006. It was more successful than "Tell Me When to Go", as it charted for 25 weeks on the Hot 100 and peaked at no. 13 on August 26, 2006, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,860 | My Ghetto Report Card in addition to peaking at no. 8 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs on September 2 and no. 4 on Hot Rap Songs on August 26. "My Ghetto Report Card" received favorable reviews. David Jeffries of AllMusic described the album as containing "an amazing set of wry, snide, and provocative rhymes." Angus Batey of British newspaper "The Guardian" described the album as "character-filled, lewd and often laugh-out-loud funny." In a mixed review, Tom Breihan of "Pitchfork" called the production of Lil Jon and Rick Rock "more exhausting than exhilarating." While praising the Digable Plants sample, Breihan compared the sound of "Yay Area" | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,861 | My Ghetto Report Card to "robots malfunctioning" due to "frantic off-kilter drums, high-pitched synth squeals, [and] gurgling staccato vocal samples." Breihan also labeled E-40's rapping style as "Bernie Mac's making-fun-of-white-people voice-- a nervous adenoidal yammer." Due to the success of "Tell Me When to Go" and hyphy-themed songs on radio and MTV, the "East Bay Express" and "Oakland Tribune" speculated that "My Ghetto Report Card" would become E-40's mainstream breakout album. By May 2006, Jim Harrington of the "Oakland Tribune" observed that a concert sponsored by local radio station Wild 94.9 "crowned E-40 as the new king of hip-hop." Writing for the Oakland-based "East | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,862 | My Ghetto Report Card Bay Express", Rachel Swan listed the album among the best of 2006 and called it "the most elegant in a spate of hyphy albums released this year." My Ghetto Report Card My Ghetto Report Card is the ninth studio album by American rapper E-40. It was released on March 14, 2006, by Warner Bros. Records, Asylum Records, BME Recordings and Sick Wid It Records. "My Ghetto Report Card" was supported by two singles: "Tell Me When to Go" featuring Keak Da Sneak, and "U and Dat" featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl. E-40, a rapper born in Vallejo, California, released eight | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,863 | Rod Aldridge Rod Aldridge Sir Rodney Malcolm Aldridge OBE, FRSA (born 7 November 1947) is the founder and former executive chairman of Capita, a British company specialising in business process outsourcing. He is a former Chair of Vinspired, a charity launched in May 2006 aiming to help young people volunteer in their local communities. Aldridge is a patron and former trustee of the Prince's Trust and is currently Chairman of the Aldridge Foundation, an educational charity which sponsors academy schools in England and promotes entrepreneurial education. Aldridge founded and led the Capita Group from its formation in 1984 until 2006. During this | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,864 | Rod Aldridge time the group expanded to become a FTSE 100 company. The group was founded in 1987 when Aldridge led the management buyout (MBO) of the group from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). In 2006 Aldridge resigned as Executive Chairman of Capita after it was revealed that he had lent the Labour Party £1 million. The loan, which was secret at the time it was made, was controversial, in part, because Capita is a major public sector supplier. Aldridge retired from his position as Chairman of Capita in July 2006. Prior to Capita, Aldridge worked in local | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,865 | Rod Aldridge government for 10 years with East Sussex County Council, Brighton Borough Council, Crawley Borough Council and West Sussex County Council. He joined CIPFA in 1974, becoming its Technical Director. At the launch announcement of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, he was also listed as Chair. Aldridge is a former Chair of Vinspired, a charity launched in May 2006 aiming to help young people volunteer in their local communities. He is a patron and former trustee of The Prince's Trust and was the Chairman of the Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) public services strategy board at its inception in | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,866 | Rod Aldridge 2003 through to July 2006. He is a former Non-Executive Director on the Ministerial Advisory Board of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Services, an Executive Agency of the FCO. In 2009, he took up a role as Chair of the Department of Health (United Kingdom) 'Dance Champions Group', aiming to encourage more adults to take up dance as a form of physical activity. In January 2007 he was appointed Chairman of The Lowry, a theatre and arts venue in Salford. He is also a member of the Prince's Charities Council, a patron of the Prince's Trust, Non-executive Director of | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,867 | Rod Aldridge Equiniti, a Director of Cornerstone and a Director of Constellation Healthcare Technologies. In the 2012 New Year Honours Aldridge received a knighthood for his services to young people and in the 1994 New Year Honours, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the computer industry. He was given the Freedom of the City of London in 1996. He is on the Court of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. Aldridge was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2006 and is a Founder Freeman of the Guild of Entrepreneurs. Rod | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,868 | Sakura Square Sakura Square Denver's Japanese-American community installed the bust of former Colorado Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr as a tribute to his support of Japanese Americans during the period of their internment. At the time, Governor Carr was the only elected official in the United States to publicly apologize to the Japanese Americans for their internment, which many argue cost him the 1942 election to the U.S. Senate, but won him the gratitude of the community, and Japanese Americans everywhere. Denver's annual Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in late June in and around Sakura Square and the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple. During the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,869 | Sakura Square celebration, many traditional Japanese practices are celebrated, such as the Japanese tea ceremony and "ikebana" (flower arrangement). During the festival, many food stands offering Japanese cuisine line the street, along with various vendor booths, community information tables, and a live music stage. In the evening, a traditional "bon odori" dance is held on the street, with many participants dressing in "yukata" or other traditional Japanese attire. Sakura Square Denver's Japanese-American community installed the bust of former Colorado Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr as a tribute to his support of Japanese Americans during the period of their internment. At the time, Governor | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,870 | Abdolhossein Sepanta Abdolhossein Sepanta Abdolhossein Sepanta () (June 4, 1907 – March 28, 1969) was a noted Iranian film director and producer. He made the earliest sound films in the Persian language. He was also a writer and journalist and promotor of liberal politics. Abdolhossein Sepanta was born in the Vagonkhaneh Avenue area in Tehran in 1907. His father, Gholam Reza Khan was the translator of Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, a King of the Qajar dynasty. Abdolhossein began his studies at the Saint Louis and Zoroastrian Colleges in Tehran circa 1925. He found a keen interest in ancient Persian history and literature. Therefore in | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,871 | Abdolhossein Sepanta 1927, he chose Sepanta as his surname. In 1927, he traveled to India via Bushehr. There, he became acquainted with Dinshah Irani as his Indian Translator, who was the director of the Persian Zoroastrian Society. After extensive studies in ancient culture, he returned to Iran for a short period. Sepanta soon returned to India again with plans for a lengthier stay. He continued to study ancient Iranian culture and literature. Encouraged by his teachers and professors, Sepanta started his activity in cinema. As Sepanta took more interest in film, he found that there was a possibility one of his productions | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,872 | Abdolhossein Sepanta could make it to theaters in Iran through some competitive tactics. The leading Iranian films producer at the time was Oganes Oganians, a Russian Armenian immigrant who pioneered the industry in Iran. His silent films were a hit in Iran and were modeled after a series of Danish comedies aired in the previous years. Looking at the advanced technology available in British India, Sepanta realized that he could bring to Iranian cinema the first "talkie" film. In 1931, with an acquaintance Ardeshir Irani, a parsi from the local community, Sepanta began production of the "Lor Girl" at the Imperial Film | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,873 | Abdolhossein Sepanta Co. in Bombay. The movie was the first film with people talking in it as well as one of the first productions in a Muslim country to cast a female. The movie was screened in October 1933 in Tehran at two major movie theaters, Mayak Cinema and Sepah Cinema, and was surprisingly a major hit. Contrary to the expectations of cinema managers, who relied on foreign films, The Lor Girl was an instantaneous success and set up a new record of sale and running period which was not beaten for several years. Sepanta wrote the entire script and played the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,874 | Abdolhossein Sepanta leading male role as well. The story is about Golnar, a village teahouse maid that falls in love with Jafar, a government agent. The two fall in love and escape to India until political tensions in troubled Iran die down. The movie is said to be a subtle political commentary on the lack of general public security during a period when the Pahlavi dynasty is replacing the Qajar dynasty in Iran. In the 1930s, there were nine talkie films produced from 1931-1937. Of these nine, five are Sepanta's films. He's considered by many to be the Leader of that era, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,875 | Abdolhossein Sepanta when films were mainly political documentaries and films for entertainment were disliked by the ruling dynasty. He was director, screenwriter, and many times, the lead role of his films. These were "The Lor Girl" (1931), "Ferdowsi", "Shirin-o-Farhaad", "Black Eyes", and "Leyli o Majnun (1936 film)", which were produced in India. Sepanta was a man of letters and a prominent scholar in pre-Islamic Persian literature, therefore his films were extremely national and historical, a trend which prevailed in other artistic and literary circles at the time and was the outcome of the suppressed but restless social and cultural situation in the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,876 | Abdolhossein Sepanta society. Concerning his motives in making "A Lor Girl", Sepanta explains later: It is to be noted, until 1933 and The Lor girl Iran’s cinema was not so popular and the few cinemas in Tehran and other major cities just served the aristocracy and some particular classes of the society. Moreover, Iranian filmmakers had no clear line of thought. With the exception of Sepanta, who used the elements of Iran’s ancient literature in his works, other filmmakers would mostly imitate foreign movies. Sepanta's superior films raised the expectations of Iranian movie audiences. In 1934, he made his second film Ferdowsi | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,877 | Abdolhossein Sepanta at the millenary celebrations of the great Persian epic poet Ferdowsi. Sepanta’s third film Shirin-o-Farhaad was based on a romantic story from Nizami dramatic poetry. The film was shot in India in four months and was screened towards the end of 1934. Sepanta directed his fourth film, The Black Eyes, and screened it in Tehran for four weeks. In 1936, Sepanta made his final commercial film, Laili-o-Majnoon. Between 1930 and 1936 the Iranian film industry was shut down and it was Sepanta alone who continued his activities and produced his films and kept the market live and busy. After Laili-o-Majnoon, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,878 | Abdolhossein Sepanta Sepanta prepared for shooting another script with the working title of "The Black Owl". However, the project never materialized, nor did another screenplay he had written on the life of Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyám. Sepanta’s early films were filmed in Bombay with Parsis as organizers and cast of different backgrounds. For some reason, in 1935, Sepanta packed his things and left Bombay for Calcutta to seek out opportunities in the Bengali cinema. There, he met people from the Muslim Iranian expatriate community mainly from Khurasan. He soon met with Abed Basravi, a man from a moderately religious | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,879 | Abdolhossein Sepanta family that owned the Basravi Masjid in the city. The family had a history of artists, who took a keen interest in a film project. Within months, the shooting of the film began, with Basravi and his two sons, Sepanta, and numerous others from the Calcutta Iranian community as cast members. This final film, "Laili-o-Majnoon", was based on a full-scale dramatic poem by Nizami similar to that of Romeo and Juliet. The Basravi family made many peripherals that added to the script such as detailed information regarding exterior and interior scenes, dialogues, and actors’ movements, settings, costumes, lighting, sound effects | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,880 | Abdolhossein Sepanta and camera movements. They also contributed in making explanatory notes on editing and film processing made that are offered and scene descriptions by carefully worked-out drawings. Though the other 4 scripts are available, none of them show such detailed workmanship. Due to the changing political climate in Iran, Laili-o-Majnoon never saw any comparable market success. In 1935, he left Calcutta (Kolkata) for home, hoping that he could enlist government assistance to establish a film production studio in Iran. However, he failed to gain enough support for his projects from the new government. Dr.Sassan Sepanta quoted his father in an interview: | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,881 | Abdolhossein Sepanta Sepanta who had been disappointed, sold his Laili-o-Majnoon at a very cheap price to cinema owners in Tehran, he was about to return to India for the last time to shoot "The Black Owl" and "Omar Khayyám", when he was retained in Esfahan by his mother's illness. He never to India again. Between 1934 to 1954, not a single film was produced in Iran and when filmmaking activity was resumed, Sepanta was living in seclusion in Esfahan. In 1943 he started publishing his weekly magazine(Sepanta Newspaper). He had difficulty to continuing publishing his magazine because of his ideology and political | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,882 | Abdolhossein Sepanta thought, which holds liberty as the primary political value and seeking a society characterized by freedom of thought on the authority of government. Therefore he has been forced to close his magazine in 1954. From 1955 he was the Iranian consultant of the United States Aid Program in Esfahan. Finally after 30 years Sepanta took up filmmaking again but not as a professional. He bought an 8 mm Canon camera and made a number of short documentary films between 1967 and 1969. The Autumn, one of his 8 mm films, was presented 2 years after his death at the 26th | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,883 | Abdolhossein Sepanta session of the Free Cinema Workshop in 1971 in Iran. Throughout his life he wrote and translated eighteen books including: Abdolhussein Sepanta has played a fundamental role in the formation and growth of the Iranian movies, who has been known as the father of Iranian sound films in Iran. Sepanta died in Esfahan of a heart attack on 28 March 1969. Abdolhossein Sepanta Abdolhossein Sepanta () (June 4, 1907 – March 28, 1969) was a noted Iranian film director and producer. He made the earliest sound films in the Persian language. He was also a writer and journalist and promotor | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,884 | Yamin Yisrael Yamin Yisrael Yamin Yisrael (, lit. "Right Israel") was a minor right-wing political party in Israel. The party was founded on 24 July 1995 when Shaul Gutman broke away from Moledet. It ran in the 1996 elections, but failed to cross the electoral threshold of 1.5% and did not win a seat. In the 2003 elections the party ran a joint list with Herut – The National Movement. Although together the parties won 36,202 votes (1.1%), they were 8,000 short of the threshold. For the 2006 elections the party ran alongside Baruch Marzel's Jewish National Front, winning 28,824 votes (0.79%) | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,885 | Yamin Yisrael and again failing to cross the threshold. The party did not run in the 2009 elections. The party's objectives were to: Yamin Yisrael Yamin Yisrael (, lit. "Right Israel") was a minor right-wing political party in Israel. The party was founded on 24 July 1995 when Shaul Gutman broke away from Moledet. It ran in the 1996 elections, but failed to cross the electoral threshold of 1.5% and did not win a seat. In the 2003 elections the party ran a joint list with Herut – The National Movement. Although together the parties won 36,202 votes (1.1%), they were 8,000 | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,886 | Bossy (Kelis song) Bossy (Kelis song) "Bossy" is a song by American R&B singer Kelis, featuring American rapper Too Short. It was released in the United States in January 2006 as the lead single from Kelis' fourth studio album, "Kelis Was Here" (2006). The song peaked at number 16 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, making it the singer's second biggest Hot 100 hit thus far, as well as Too Short's first top 40 hit. While "Bossy" entered the top ten in Finland and the top 20 in Australia and New Zealand, it failed to chart or sell noticeably elsewhere. The song features | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,887 | Bossy (Kelis song) an Roland 808 drum machine. Sections of "Bossy" interpolate "Diamonds on My Neck" by Smitty, which in turns uses a sample of "Dangerous MC's" as performed by The Notorious B.I.G.. On December 11, 2006, "Bossy" was certified double platinum by the RIAA. "Bossy" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 in early 2006 and peaked at number 16 on the date issued August 5, 2006, becoming her third Hot 100 entry and her second biggest hit after 2003's "Milkshake". The song entered several other "Billboard" charts, including the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which it peaked at number 11. In | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,888 | Bossy (Kelis song) the United Kingdom, the single was released on September 4, 2006 and peaked at number 22, a lower position than those reached by the four singles from Kelis' previous album, "Tasty". "Bossy" returned Kelis to the top 20 in Australia, where it peaked at number 18, but it was not as successful as the first two releases from "Tasty", "Milkshake" and 2004's "Trick Me". The song fared better on the R&B charts of Australia and the UK, reaching numbers four and seven, respectively. "Bossy" reached the top ten in Finland, the top 20 in Spain and New Zealand, and the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,889 | Bossy (Kelis song) top 40 in Ireland. The single also peaked at number 41 in Belgium and Switzerland, number 56 in Austria, and number 64 in Germany. The video for "Bossy", directed by Marc Klasfeld—who would work with Kelis on "Blindfold Me" and "Lil Star" later that year—and produced by Rockhard Films Co was shot in February 2006 in Los Angeles, California. The video presents Kelis in different scenarios and outfits, depicting an atmosphere from an upper-class world; from a diamond-filled party to a red Enzo Ferrari drive out in the night. It premiered on BET on April 24, 2006. Bossy (Kelis song) | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,890 | Aro people Aro people The Aro people or Aros are an Igbo subgroup mixed with Akpa and Ibibio ancestry that originated from the Arochukwu kingdom in present-day Abia state, Nigeria. The Aros can also be found in about 250 other settlements mostly in the Southeastern Nigeria and adjacent areas. The Aros today are classified as Eastern or Cross River Igbos because of their location, mixed origins, culture, and dialect. Their god, Ibini Ukpabi, was a key factor in establishing the Aro Confederacy as a regional power in the Niger Delta and Southeastern Nigeria during the 18th and 19th centuries. The history of | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,891 | Aro people the Aros predates Igbo migration and founding of the kingdom of Arochukwu. Before Igbos started arriving to the Aro region in the 17th century, Ibibios arrived from the Benue and plateau area and founded states such as Obong Okon Ita and Ibom west of the Cross River. Igbo migrations led by Eze Agwu and Nnachi into the Aro region started in the mid-17th century. These Igbo migrants were resisted by the indigenous Ibibio. The Aro-Ibibio wars and the migration of the Akpa from east of the Cross River, formed the nation during the turning point of the 17th century to | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,892 | Aro people the 18th century. The Igbo and Akpa alliance, defeated and assimilated the original Ibibio inhabitants after long years of warfare. By this time, the palm oil and slave trade was popular in the hinterland. By the mid-18th century, there were mass migrations of Aro businessmen to the Igbo hinterland and adjacent areas. This migration, influence of their god Ibini Ukpabi through priests, and their military power supported by alliances with several related neighboring Igbo and eastern Cross River militarized states (particularly Ohafia, Abam, Abiriba, Nkporo, Afikpo, Ekoi, etc.) quickly established the Aro Confederacy as a regional economic power. However, Aro | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,893 | Aro people economic hegemony was threatened by the penetration of Europeans, mainly British colonists towards the end of the 19th century. Tensions finally led to bloodshed, and the Anglo-Aro war took place from 1901 to 1902. The Aro Confederacy stoutly resisted but eventually suffered defeat. This helped the British to occupy the rest of what became Eastern Nigeria. The Aros have a rich tradition. One factor is the Ekpe society which is a sacred cult originally from east of the Cross River. The highly religious and judicial cult took a major part in Aro cultism. The use of the writing system, Nsibidi, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,894 | Aro people was based on secret societies like Ekpe. Uli, another writing system, occurred mostly in the form of body art. Another factor is the Ibini Ukpabi shrine, who was a mediating god among the Aros. They influenced neighbors and allies before the British invasion. The shrine was later corrupted, commercialized, and used for selling slaves during the slave trade. The Ekeleke masquerade activity was important in Aro settlements rather than Ekpe. Brought from the Aros in the western Niger Delta, it eventually spread to the Oguta area. They also were known for wearing the popular "George" cloth. The Ikperikpe warrior dance | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,895 | Aro people was very famous among warriors in the old days and continues to in use. Aro people The Aro people or Aros are an Igbo subgroup mixed with Akpa and Ibibio ancestry that originated from the Arochukwu kingdom in present-day Abia state, Nigeria. The Aros can also be found in about 250 other settlements mostly in the Southeastern Nigeria and adjacent areas. The Aros today are classified as Eastern or Cross River Igbos because of their location, mixed origins, culture, and dialect. Their god, Ibini Ukpabi, was a key factor in establishing the Aro Confederacy as a regional power in the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,896 | The Regime (group) The Regime (group) The Regime (stylized as The ReGime) is an American hip hop collective created by Yukmouth in 1997, and originally included fellow rappers Tech N9ne, Phats Bossi, Madmax, Poppa LQ, Dizzle Don and Govnormatic. Not long after the original formation, Gonzoe of rap group Kausion and Lil Ke also joined. The group is signed to Yukmouth's Smoke-A-Lot Records, and share that label's dragon logo. The Regime is unique when it comes to rap groups in that the members are from different states and cities around the U.S.. Besides guest appearances on numerous Yukmouth related projects, the group has | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,897 | The Regime (group) released three mixtapes in the "All Out War" series and have plans for their debut album to be titled "Regime Dragon Gang". The Regime (group) The Regime (stylized as The ReGime) is an American hip hop collective created by Yukmouth in 1997, and originally included fellow rappers Tech N9ne, Phats Bossi, Madmax, Poppa LQ, Dizzle Don and Govnormatic. Not long after the original formation, Gonzoe of rap group Kausion and Lil Ke also joined. The group is signed to Yukmouth's Smoke-A-Lot Records, and share that label's dragon logo. The Regime is unique when it comes to rap groups in that | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,898 | Lonely Planet (play) Lonely Planet (play) Lonely Planet is a two character play written by Steven Dietz. The play tells the story of Jody and Carl, two gay men who live in an unnamed American city. The play was written during the midst of the AIDS epidemic, which is the central focus of the story, though ultimately the play sends the message that one should pay attention to the world around them and realize its problems rather than shun it. The play heavily references the Eugène Ionesco comedy "The Chairs". Jody, a gay man, owns a small map store on the oldest street | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,899 | Lonely Planet (play) in an American city, and is seemingly worldly and knowledgeable. Carl, another gay man is a frequent visitor to the store, is a friend of Jody, and seems to lie a lot about his life and occupation. Despite this, the two seemingly know very little about each other. The play begins with Jody explaining how he found a chair placed in his store one day, without notice, by Carl. Pretty soon, the store is littered with chairs, and after some argument between the two, it is revealed that every chair was owned by someone they knew in their community, who | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,900 | Lonely Planet (play) had died from the epidemic. It becomes apparent that Jody hasn't left his store for months on end, rarely going outside and rather having things brought to him. Carl has placed the chairs in his store in hopes that Jody will realize that there are things going on in their community, and as a member Jody must bear witness and help the problem, rather than shun the world. It is also revealed that Carl helps empty the residences of those taken by the epidemic, and can't stand to see the chairs abandoned and alone. Rather, he takes them to Jody's | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,901 | Lonely Planet (play) shop which is the biggest room he knows of. Carl succeeds in getting Jody to leave when he goes and gets tested for the first time. This leads to him taking a week off from the shop to see the world he abandoned and by the end finding out that he tested negative. However, a few months later, Carl's own chair appears in the shop and it becomes apparent that he will soon succumb to the disease. Now Carl has become the one who needs security, and Jody must pick up where Carl left off. Jody, a man in his | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,902 | Lonely Planet (play) forties. Carl, a man in his early thirties. "Lonely Planet", despite its quips and comedy is ultimately a play about mourning and being forgotten: Jody struggles to cope with how much physical space Carl's mourning takes up and Carl struggles with how much space his mourning take up in his mind. He finds it impossible to do anything but mourn, when so many people he knows are dying, he has to pay attention. Jody's mourning is just as present but less visible, but over the course of the work we see that it is paralyzing him. He cannot leave his | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,903 | Lonely Planet (play) shop without being confronted by the death of his community and so he makes the only choice he feels he can: he doesn't leave. There are also multiple discussions in the work of what happens when society abandons the dead and refuses to see them. "Lonely Planet" premiered at Northlight Theatre (with Russell Vandenbroucke as Artistic Director) in Evanston, Illionios in January 1993. Jody and Carl were played by William Brown and Phil Ridarelli respectively. The play was also performed later that year in July by A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, WA, in February 1994 by The Barrow Group in | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,904 | Lonely Planet (play) NYC and the following year in June 1995 by Circle Repertory Company. Most recently it has been revived as an off-Broadway production by Keen Company, closing in November 2017. In this iteration of the work, Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath played Jody and Carl respectively. The most recent revival of the play by New York City's Keen Company was positively reviewed by several newspapers. Reviewers seemed to agree that Burton and McGrath were brilliant choices for the revival, commenting on their ability to bring the perfect amount of life and humour to the piece. Their performances also carried the nuance | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,905 | Lonely Planet (play) and weight of the play well, results in an emotional touch that "sneaks up on you to devastating effect.""But Mr. Dietz has something besides humor in mind (even if there is plenty of it) and that something — the weight of grief, the paralyzing fear of illness — emerges over the course of the show, like a photograph coming into focus in a dark room."""Lonely Planet" debuted in 1994, at the height of the AIDS crisis; its depiction of the plague years still hits hard. And it’s hard to imagine a better cast than the stars of this revival, directed | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,906 | Lonely Planet (play) by Jonathan Silverstein for Keen Company. As the two characters spar with each other, mostly through inspired put-downs and bon mots, McGrath expertly parries Burton’s superlative sardonic takes. They duel as though their lives depended on it—which they ultimately might." Lonely Planet (play) Lonely Planet is a two character play written by Steven Dietz. The play tells the story of Jody and Carl, two gay men who live in an unnamed American city. The play was written during the midst of the AIDS epidemic, which is the central focus of the story, though ultimately the play sends the message that | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,907 | K. P. Appan K. P. Appan Karthikayil Padmanabhan Appan (25 August 1936 – 14 December 2008), better known as K. P. Appan, was a renowned literary critic in Malayalam. Born in Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kerala, Appan worked as a Professor of Malayalam literature at SN College, Kollam, Kerala. Karthikayil Padmanabhan Appan was born to Poonthoppil Padmanabhan and Karthiyani in Alappuzha on 25 August 1936. He had his schooling at Sanadana Dharma Vidyalaya there and graduation at SD College, Alappuzha. He took his post-graduation from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. Appan began his career as a high school teacher and then joined UC College, Aluva, as a | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,908 | K. P. Appan lecturer in Malayalam. Later he joined SN College, Cherthala, and then got transferred to SN College, Kollam, in 1972. He retired from there in 1992. K. P. Appan died at a private hospital in Kayamkulam on 14 December 2008. He had been battling with cancer for almost three years. Appan started his writing while Malayalam literature was slowly transiting from neo-classic socialist realism to modernism. New writings of O. V. Vijayan, M. Mukundan, Kakkanadan etc., which focus on the alienation of the individual and related anguish was unsettling to conventional critics like Joseph Mundassery, Kuttikrishna Marar etc. Their ageing literary | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,909 | K. P. Appan sensibilities failed to take note of and evaluate the writings of younger generation leading to some sort of stagnation in literary criticism. Appan's entry into the Malayalam literary world at this juncture was like fresh air to a closed room. Appan pointed out that the new generation writers are impatient with existing reality as they considered writing to be an attempt to create new realities. Appan justified the liberal use of myths and metaphors by the new writers. His first book "Kshobhikkunnavarude Suvisesham" (Gospel of the Angry) opened a new vista in Malayalam literary criticism. Soon he became the messiah | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,910 | K. P. Appan of new writing in Malayalam. Liberal values and existentialist philosophy as expounded by Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus etc. found its expression in Malayalam through the genius of K. P. Appan. Appan had written over 20 books and most of them had turned out to be subjects of interesting debate. He was one who proved to the literary world that literary criticism was by itself a form of delightful literature. He is widely seen as the one who launched the trend of new criticism in Malayalam literature. He introduced modern European and Eastern literary visions in Malayalam | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,911 | K. P. Appan literary criticism. Some of his works were Kshobhikkunnavarude Suvisesham (1972), Thiraskaram (1978), Kalahavum Viswasavum (1984), Marunna Malayala Novel (1988), Kalapam, Vivadam, Vilayiruthal (1992) Malayala Bhavana Mullyangalum Sangharshangalum (1992), Bible Velichathinte Kavacham (1994), Penayude Samaramukhangal (1995), Samayapravahavum Sahithyakalayum (1996), Abhimukha Sambashanangal (1997), UtharadhunikathaVarthamanavum Vamsavaliyum (1997). In 2008, K. P. Appan won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for his collection of essays in Malayalam, "Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham". The award was announced after his death. K. P. Appan Karthikayil Padmanabhan Appan (25 August 1936 – 14 December 2008), better known as K. P. Appan, was a renowned literary critic in Malayalam. Born in | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,912 | Takefuji Takefuji The Group's principal activity is the provision of consumer financial services, namely to the sub prime segment. This market was previously viewed as an area of money lenders and crime related activities. However, through a network of professional outlets, unmanned outlets, internet outlets and cash dispensers and ATMs, Takefuji claimed to revolutionise the market. The operations were carried out through the following divisions: Consumer Financing division deals with unsecured and non-guaranteed loans, internet financing, debt counseling services, credit cards and the Other Operations division which deals with other financing, parking lot operations, golf course operations, venture capital, Karaoke booth | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,913 | Takefuji operations, re-insurance. As of 31-Mar-2005, the Group consisted of the parent company, five domestic consolidated subsidiaries and five overseas subsidiaries. Takefuji has taken a hit recently. Once Japan's most profitable consumer finance company, Takefuji's reputation has been tarnished since founder and former chairman Yasuo Takei pleaded guilty in 2004 to charges he ordered illegal wiretaps on journalists. Now he's looking for a buyer for part or all of his family's 50-plus percent share in the company. Tokyo Goldman Sachs Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group are bidding for a controlling stake. Takefuji makes personal loans at some 530 branches across | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,914 | Takefuji Japan, charging as much as 29% interest. The company also owned Takefuji Bamboo, a professional women's volleyball team. Takefuji The Group's principal activity is the provision of consumer financial services, namely to the sub prime segment. This market was previously viewed as an area of money lenders and crime related activities. However, through a network of professional outlets, unmanned outlets, internet outlets and cash dispensers and ATMs, Takefuji claimed to revolutionise the market. The operations were carried out through the following divisions: Consumer Financing division deals with unsecured and non-guaranteed loans, internet financing, debt counseling services, credit cards and the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,915 | Rudd (Greyhawk) Rudd (Greyhawk) In the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, Rudd is the Oeridian goddess of Chance, Good Luck, and Skill. As the Great Gambler, she knows every card game invented. Rudd avoids completely cerebral games like Dragonchess, finding them too easy. Rudd's holy symbol is a bull's eye target. Rudd was first detailed for the "Dungeons & Dragons" game in the "World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting" (1983), by Gary Gygax. Rudd is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement "Warriors of Heaven" (1999). Rudd was | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,916 | Rudd (Greyhawk) featured in the article series on the Oeridian Lesser Gods in "Dragon" #265 (1999). Rudd's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (2000). Rudd is depicted as an athletic, trim, Oeridian woman (though with some obvious Suel blood) garbed in form-fitting clothing with a long cloak of blue. She is young and invariably smiling. She has short black hair. She wields a rapier named "Keleshe", a stiletto, and shortbow. Rudd is on good terms with her mentor, Olidammara, and Norebo (said by some to be her father), but opposes Iuz, Zagyg, and Ralishaz. | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,917 | Rudd (Greyhawk) She doesn't get along well with Istus, as Rudd has a big problem with the idea of predestination. Though she has an outer planar realm—the "House of Cards" in Ysgard's first layer—Rudd is often found wandering the Flanaess, searching for games of chance and skill. She also spends time in the realm of "Brightwater" in Arborea. In Brightwater, Rudd is most attuned to the Quarter of the Great Wheel, where games and tests of chance and skill abound, and the inhabitants are bold and reckless. Ye'Cind is also said to spend much of his time in Brightwater. Rudd's priests advocate | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,918 | Rudd (Greyhawk) "making" their own luck by relying chiefly on their skills, yet they'll never rule out the long shot. Her clerics don't abide cheaters, but teach secretly that cheating is acceptable if you don't get caught, as successfully cheating can also be a skill. In Rudd's theology those who are able to recognize and take advantage of good luck may become heroes, while those who mistake bad luck for the good are merely fools. Rudd's faith has become very popular since the 570's CY, particularly with adventurers. Rudd's clerics engage in games of chance that allow them to hone their skills, | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,919 | Rudd (Greyhawk) and often working in gambling houses. They can also be found in archery and fencing schools. They adventure for the thrill of it, and enjoy beating the odds. Clergy of Rudd wear bright clothing in the latest fashion. Their favored weapons are the rapier and the shortbow. The largest of Rudd's shrines, in the Crossed Blades Gambling Hall, is located in the city of Peacekeep on the southern border of Bissel. The priests run the hall, while her shrine lies in the outermost of the hall's chambers. Rudd's mortal birthday is celebrated on the 10th day of Planting. This is | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,920 | Rudd (Greyhawk) not an official holiday of the church, but her clerics in Bissel often recognize it as such. One legend has it that on her eighteenth birthday, Rudd successfully fended off an entire battalion of bugbears using only a cake and a spoon. A food fight is held in honor of this event every Planting 10 in Bissel. Rudd was born in -400 CY, supposedly in what is now Bissel; she was a mortal woman who was sponsored to godhood by Olidammara. In 505 CY, Rudd was one of the nine demigods of opposing alignments captured by Zagig Yragerne in his | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,921 | Rudd (Greyhawk) own bid for godhood. Rudd eventually escaped with the aid of Olidammara, but not before her mentor himself was briefly captured by the archmage. Rudd (Greyhawk) In the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, Rudd is the Oeridian goddess of Chance, Good Luck, and Skill. As the Great Gambler, she knows every card game invented. Rudd avoids completely cerebral games like Dragonchess, finding them too easy. Rudd's holy symbol is a bull's eye target. Rudd was first detailed for the "Dungeons & Dragons" game in the "World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting" (1983), by | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,922 | Japanese juvenile law Japanese juvenile law According to Japanese law, the term "shonen" refers to "a person from the time they enter elementary school until the time they are 15 years of age", and "Any person who has not reached the age of 15 years" (, Article 2.1). In the realm of education and culture, this is the period of compulsory education. While the term "shonen" can refer to both young males and young females, the generally accepted term for young females is "shōjo". The following meanings can also be inferred from "shōnen" (a person under 15 years of age) with regard to | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,923 | Japanese juvenile law juvenile law in Japan: The term is also used as a demographic term describing media whose target audience consists primarily of adolescent or pre-adolescent boys. Shōnen manga is a popular demographic of Japanese manga, and often features a teenage cast as well as a combat based plot while exploring themes of protecting loved ones, mutual understanding and development of friendship/camaraderie. Japanese juvenile law According to Japanese law, the term "shonen" refers to "a person from the time they enter elementary school until the time they are 15 years of age", and "Any person who has not reached the age of | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,924 | The Madonnas of Leningrad The Madonnas of Leningrad The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean's first novel, tells the story of Marina, a docent at the State Hermitage Museum during the 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Marina's clear and detailed recollections of the Hermitage collection and the war are interspersed with her current dementia-impaired life in Seattle, Washington as she prepares to attend a granddaughter's wedding. The novel uses the vivid memories of the past to contrast with the struggles of an Alzheimer's victim in dealing with everyday life. "The Madonnas of Leningrad" received mixed reviews. "The Guardian" wrote "Debra Dean paints a powerful portrait of | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,925 | The Madonnas of Leningrad a woman with Alzheimer's, a disease that makes the past an increasingly persistent intrusion on the present." A review by the Historical Novel Society called it "a beautifully-written novel, a haunting tribute to the power of memory to help us survive in the worst of times." and Ruth Rendell described it as "marvellous". The "New York Times" observed that "The story is a little too schematic, and Dean's writing a little uneven", but also said that "it largely avoids the sentimentality that mars so much writing about the old and infirm." "The Madonnas of Leningrad" has also been reviewed by | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,926 | The Madonnas of Leningrad "BookPage", "Publishers Weekly", and "Kirkus Reviews". The Madonnas of Leningrad The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean's first novel, tells the story of Marina, a docent at the State Hermitage Museum during the 900-day Siege of Leningrad. Marina's clear and detailed recollections of the Hermitage collection and the war are interspersed with her current dementia-impaired life in Seattle, Washington as she prepares to attend a granddaughter's wedding. The novel uses the vivid memories of the past to contrast with the struggles of an Alzheimer's victim in dealing with everyday life. "The Madonnas of Leningrad" received mixed reviews. "The Guardian" wrote "Debra | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,927 | All Nighter (bus service) All Nighter (bus service) The All Nighter is a night bus service network in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Portions of the service shadow the rapid transit and commuter rail services of BART and Caltrain, which are the major rail services between San Francisco, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and San Jose. Both BART and Caltrain do not operate owl service so that track maintenance can be performed and the All Nighter network helps fill in this service gap. The slogan is, ""Now transit stays up as late as you do!"" The service launched initially in December 2005, and | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,928 | All Nighter (bus service) fully launched on March 19, 2006. BART performs overnight maintenance on its tracks, which requires the agency to shut down third rail power. Since there are no redundant BART lines, service is discontinued during maintenance hours. BART and Caltrain riders who previously faced uncoordinated substitute bus transit service after midnight can now take advantage of the coordinated All Nighter bus service. The service is operated by AC Transit, Muni, SamTrans, and VTA. The agencies have a network of timed transfers, and half-hourly weekend service was implemented between downtown San Francisco and several BART stations along the Richmond and Fremont lines. | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,929 | All Nighter (bus service) More frequent weekend service was later implemented as the Late Night Bus Pilot Program, funded by BART's operating budget, after a 2011 study concluded that shifting BART hours to stay open later but also start service later on weekends would adversely impact low-income and minority workers who rely on BART for their commute. AC Transit Route 800 operates along Market Street in San Francisco; this is the first AC Transit route to operate anywhere within San Francisco beyond the Transbay Terminal. On weekends, Route 800 is extended to 24th and Mission. VTA Route 22, which runs all day, carries approximately | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,930 | All Nighter (bus service) 20% of all VTA bus riders. The late night Route 22 has earned the nickname "Hotel 22" for the homeless that form the majority of riders for the overnight runs. The service is funded by Regional Measure 2 (RM2), which voters approved in 2004. The measure increased tolls by $1 on state-owned bridges in the Bay Area. Overnight transit service throughout the Bay Area predated the All Nighter initiative. Overnight service has consistently operated within San Francisco, but service outside of San Francisco has been inconsistent, rising and falling with the financial fortunes of the various transit agencies. 24-hour service | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,931 | All Nighter (bus service) was one of the issues considered in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's 2001 "Lifeline Network" study, which detailed the transportation needs of economically disadvantaged individuals. The All Nighter service initially included County Connection Route 820, which operated between downtown Oakland and central Contra Costa County. This route was discontinued effective December 28, 2008 due to budgetary problems and low ridership. Route 820 operated between downtown Oakland and Concord BART. WHEELS Route 810 was another initial service offering which operated between Bay Fair BART in San Leandro and Livermore via Dublin/Pleasanton BART. Route 810 was discontinued effective June 27, 2009 due to | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,932 | All Nighter (bus service) budgetary problems and low ridership. Additional service from Bay Fair BART to Castro Valley BART via AC Transit Route 880 was discontinued effective March 28, 2010 due to that agency's budgetary problems. Route 880 operated between Bay Fair BART and Castro Valley BART. Weekend service to Pittsburg/Bay Point BART via AC Transit Line 822 was introduced as a one-year pilot program in December 2014; it was discontinued one year later effective December 20, 2015 due to low ridership. Line 822 operated weekends from San Francisco to Pittsburg/Bay Point BART via Oakland, Pleasant Hill BART and Walnut Creek BART. In April | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,933 | All Nighter (bus service) 2014, Supervisor Scott Wiener formed the Late Night Transportation Working Group to study options for improved public transportation in and around San Francisco. In September, the Working Group announced that BART would test more frequent service for AC Transit route 800, cutting headways from 30 to 20 minutes, and introduce service from San Francisco to Pittsburg/Bay Point BART via a new AC Transit route 822. Service in Contra Costa and Alameda counties (including Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Oakland, Richmond and San Leandro) is provided by AC Transit. AC Transit also operates Transbay service to and from San Francisco over the | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,934 | All Nighter (bus service) San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Service in San Francisco is provided by the San Francisco Municipal Railway. Service on the Peninsula is provided by SamTrans in San Mateo County with connections to San Francisco and Palo Alto. Service in the South Bay is provided by the VTA in Santa Clara County between Palo Alto and San Jose. All Nighter service generally operates daily between midnight and 5 a.m. AC Transit's Transbay service operates until 6 a.m. on Saturdays and 8 a.m. on Sundays and designated holidays to correspond with the times BART is not operating. The All Nighter network has two | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,935 | All Nighter (bus service) primary "pulse transfer points" where routes are coordinated to meet and provide direct transfers between agencies. Secondary timed transfer points are located at seven different locations in San Francisco. These locations are: The transfer point between SamTrans and VTA is near the Transit Center, which connects SamTrans Route 397 with VTA Route 22. Unlike the other transfer points mentioned above, SamTrans and VTA are not coordinated at this stop. There is no direct transfer between AC Transit and VTA. Currently, no overnight service is provided to the North Bay (Marin and Sonoma Counties) by Golden Gate Transit, although limited late | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,936 | All Nighter (bus service) night/early morning service is offered on GGT Routes 30 and 101. No overnight service is offered to northwestern Contra Costa County in the WestCAT service area, to eastern Contra Costa County in the Tri-Delta Transit and County Connection service areas, to western San Mateo County (Coastside areas such as Half Moon Bay and Pacifica), or to Solano County in the SolTrans service area. Furthermore, no overnight bus service is provided between Fremont BART and Downtown San Jose; a passenger could potentially take AC Transit Route 801 north to 14th and Broadway in Oakland, transfer to AC Transit route 800 to | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,937 | All Nighter (bus service) the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, transfer there to SamTrans' All Nighter route 397 and finally transfer at the Palo Alto Transit Center in Santa Clara County to VTA's All Nighter route 22 to reach Downtown San Jose, but taking that route may prove inconvenient for many East Bay travelers to the South Bay. Among the Bay Area's bridges, only the San Francisco Bay Bridge has All Nighter service, connecting San Francisco and Oakland. The All Nighter network officially consists of 25 bus routes. BART shadow service is provided by AC Transit routes 800 (between San Francisco and Richmond) and | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
2,154,938 | All Nighter (bus service) 801 (between Oakland and Fremont) in the East Bay, Muni route 14 in San Francisco (between Embarcadero and Daly City), and SamTrans route ECR on the Peninsula (between Daly City and San Francisco International Airport). Caltrain shadow service is provided by VTA route 22 (between Palo Alto and San Jose) and SamTrans route 397 (between San Francisco and Palo Alto, including stops at SFO). AllNighter service to San Francisco International Airport is provided by both SamTrans route ECR (operating on a shortened route to Daly City, where it connects with Muni) and SamTrans route 397. Service to Oakland International Airport | wiki_dpr | 2 | 8 |
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