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Artificial Heart Timeline Artificial Heart Timeline   1911 On February 14, Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff is born in Leiden, the Netherlands. Kolff would later become the world's most prolific inventor of artificial organs, including the Total Artificial Heart. Dr. Willem Kolff* Dr. Kolff enters Leiden University to study medicine, earns his M.D. in 1937.   1938   At Groningen University Hospital, Dr. Kolff begins to collaborate with biochemist Robert Brinkman on a prototype for an artificial kidney after witnessing a farmer's son die of total kidney (renal) failure.   1942   While working as a physician at the City Hospital "Engelenbergstichting" in Kampen, Dr. Kolff produces a rotating drum kidney built out of aluminum from a shot down German fighter plane, a 1937 Ford Model T water pump, an enamel tank and 40 meters of cellophane normally used as artificial sausage skin.   Dr. Kolff begins research on designing a heart-lung machine and an artificial heart.   1950   Dr. Kolff emigrates from the Netherlands with his wife Janke and their five children and begins work at Cleveland Clinic as a research assistant.   Dr. Kolff develops one of the first heart-lung machines.   1957   At Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kolff and Dr. Tetsuzo Akutsu bring the concept of an artificial heart to reality through a series of animal implants; a dog survives for approximately 90 minutes.   1963   Ventriloquist Paul Winchell is granted the first patent for an artificial heart. Winchell's work is aided by Dr. Henry Heimlich, who later develops the Heimlich maneuver to save choking victims. Years later, Winchell signs over his patent rights to Dr. Kolff at the University of Utah.   1967   Dr. Kolff leaves Cleveland Clinic to start the Division of Artificial Organs at the University of Utah and to continue his work on the artificial heart. Dr. Kolff brings with him surgeon Dr. Clifford Kwan-Gett and engineer Thomas Kessler, who work to improve the artificial heart design begun in Cleveland.   Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa; the patient lives 18 days.   1969   Dr. Denton Cooley at the Texas Heart Institute becomes the first heart surgeon to implant an artificial heart in a human subject. The patient lives on the artificial heart, designed by Dr. Domingo Liotta, for 64 hours, but dies 32 hours after transplantation of a donor heart.   1971-1979   Three important figures join Dr. Kolff's team: veterinarian Don Olsen (leads the implantation experiments on animals), medical engineer Robert Jarvik (designs various artificial heart types) and surgeon Dr. William DeVries (leads the process of shifting from animal to human implantation).     Calf "Alfred Lord Tennyson" lives for 268 days on the Jarvik 5. Dr. Kolff submits a request to the FDA to implant a Total Artificial Heart into a human being.   Don Olsen with "Alfred Lord Tennyson"* 1982   On December 2, Dr. Kolff''s Jarvik 7 Total Artificial Heart is implanted into 61-year-old dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lives for 112 days. The surgery is led by Dr. DeVries and Dr. Lyle Joyce.   Dr. Barney Clark lived for 112 days on the Jarvik 7*. 1983   Dr. Kolff steps down from the board of Kolff Medical, manufacturer of artificial hearts in Utah, including the Jarvik 7. Kolff Medical is renamed Symbion, Inc. on the initiative of Robert Jarvik, CEO of Kolff Medical at the time.   1984   William J. Schroeder was one of the first recipients of an artificial heart at the age of 52. On Nov. 25, 1984, Schroeder became the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7. The transplant was performed at Humana Heart Institute International in Louisville, Ky., by Dr. DeVries. He died on Aug. 7, 1986, of a lung infection, 620 days after receiving the Jarvik 7. This was the longest that anyone had survived with an artificial heart at that time. The headstone marking Schroeder's grave is made of black granite in the shape of two overlapping hearts. One is laser engraved with an image of the Jarvik 7.   1985   March: Dr. Jack Copeland at University Medical Center (UMC) in Tucson, Ariz.,


In which movie did Bogart have his first gangster part?

Humphrey Bogart - Biography - IMDb Humphrey Bogart Biography Showing all 144 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (76) | Personal Quotes  (41) | Salary  (12) Overview (5) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born in New York City, New York, to Maud Humphrey, a famed magazine illustrator and suffragette, and Belmont DeForest Bogart, a moderately wealthy surgeon (who was secretly addicted to opium). Bogart was educated at Trinity School, NYC, and was sent to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in preparation for medical studies at Yale. He was expelled from Phillips and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. From 1920 to 1922, he managed a stage company owned by family friend William A. Brady (the father of actress Alice Brady ), performing a variety of tasks at Brady's film studio in New York. He then began regular stage performances. Alexander Woollcott described his acting in a 1922 play as inadequate. In 1930, he gained a contract with Fox, his feature film debut in a ten-minute short, Broadway's Like That (1930), co-starring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell . Fox released him after two years. After five years of stage and minor film roles, he had his breakthrough role in The Petrified Forest (1936) from Warner Bros. He won the part over Edward G. Robinson only after the star, Leslie Howard , threatened Warner Bros. that he would quit unless Bogart was given the key role of Duke Mantee, which he had played in the Broadway production with Howard. The film was a major success and led to a long-term contract with Warner Bros. From 1936 to 1940, Bogart appeared in 28 films, usually as a gangster, twice in Westerns and even a horror film. His landmark year was 1941 (often capitalizing on parts George Raft had stupidly rejected) with roles in classics such as High Sierra (1941) and as Sam Spade in one of his most fondly remembered films, The Maltese Falcon (1941). These were followed by Casablanca (1942), The Big Sleep (1946), and Key Largo (1948). Bogart, despite his erratic education, was incredibly well-read and he favored writers and intellectuals within his small circle of friends. In 1947, he joined wife Lauren Bacall and other actors protesting the House Un-American Activities Committee witch hunts. He also formed his own production company, and the next year made The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Bogie won the best actor Academy Award for The African Queen (1951) and was nominated for Casablanca (1942) and as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny (1954), a film made when he was already seriously ill. He died in his sleep at his Hollywood home following surgeries and a battle with throat cancer. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan stephan@cc.wwu.edu Spouse (4) ( 20 May  1926      - 18 November  1927) (divorced) Trade Mark (5) Typically played smart, playful, courageous, tough, occasionally reckless characters who lived in a corrupt world, anchored by a hidden moral code. Almost always played a hard-boiled cynic who ultimately shows his noble side. Low-key, distinctive nasal voice Roles in film noirs Trivia (76) The older of two children with Lauren Bacall , Stephen H. Bogart , discussed his relationship with Bogie in 1996 book, "Bogart: In Search of My Father". New York Times reported on 12/25/2000 that "Humphrey Bogart was born on 23 January 1899, but Warner Brothers publicity decided that a Christmas birthday would be far more advantageous because 'a guy born on Christmas can't be all bad.'" However, copies of two 1900 census forms prove this to be incorrect. Ranked #9 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Bogart's speech defect (lisping) does not appear in the German dubbings of his voice, which is also lower. There is some dispute as to how Bogey's lip injury occurred. One story is that when Bogart was in the Navy, a prisoner he was escorting attempted to escape and hit Bogart in the face with his shackles. Bogart, fearing that he would lose his position and be severely punished for letting


Which film maker's first film was Pather Panchali?

Pather Panchali (1955) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Director: a list of 31 titles created 26 Jan 2012 a list of 35 titles created 08 Jun 2012 a list of 26 titles created 29 Jan 2014 a list of 35 titles created 07 Oct 2014 a list of 28 titles created 18 Oct 2014 Search for " Pather Panchali " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     BAFTA Film Award. Another    8 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards  » Videos Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone. Director: Satyajit Ray This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer. Director: Satyajit Ray The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature. Director: Satyajit Ray Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity. Director: Satyajit Ray Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman. Director: Satyajit Ray En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences. Director: Satyajit Ray A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves... See full summary  » Director: Satyajit Ray An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Director: Satyajit Ray A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali. Director: Satyajit Ray The musical duo of Goopi and Bagha make a comeback when they are invited to play for a king. Director: Satyajit Ray A group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness. Director: Satyajit Ray Based on popular Indian stories of great writer Rabindra Nath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls. Director: Satyajit Ray Edit Storyline The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor - his father Harihar, a writer and poet, gave away the family's fruit orchard to settle his brother's debts. His sister Durga and an old aunt also still lives with them. His mother Sarbojaya bears the brunt of the family's situation. She scrapes by and sells her personal possessions to put food on the table and has to bear the taunts of her neighbors as Durga is always stealing fruit from their orchard. Things get worse when Harihar disappears for five months and Durga falls ill. Even after Harihar returns, the family is left with few alternatives. Written by garykmcd 22 September 1958 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Apu was spotted sitting on a neighbor's terrace by the director's wife. See more » Goofs Although the film is set in early 20th Century rural India (a time in which public health campaigns presumably did not exist), when Apu and Durga are shown hiding in the fields waiting to catch a glimpse of the train, a vaccination mark is clearly visible on the right arm of Uma Das Gupta , who portrays Durga. See more » Quotes Sarbojaya Ray : This is m


Which actress was Roger Moor's first Bond girl?

Booze, broads & Bond: Roger Moore’s memoir | New York Post Booze, broads & Bond: Roger Moore’s memoir Moore brought a suave air of unflappability to the role of 007, here in 1983’s “Octopussy.” Courtesy Everett Collection MORE FROM: Broadway gathers to honor Edward Albee Whenever Roger Moore, who will be 87 on Tuesday, gets depressed thinking about all his movie friends who have gone to “that great cutting room in the sky,” he recalls a story another friend up in the cutting room, actor Geoffrey Keen, once told him. Keen, as James Bond fans know, played Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence, in five 007 movies that made Moore an international superstar in the ’70s and ’80s — “The Spy Who Loved Me,” “Moonraker,” “For Your Eyes Only,” “Octopussy” and “A View To a Kill.” Keen was home, sitting at his writing desk, when his plumber popped into the study. A bunch of English actors from the 1920s and ’30s, including Laurence Olivier, had just died, one right after the other. The plumber eyed Keen and said, “You’re an actor, aren’t you, sir?” “Indeed I am,” Keen replied. “Well, you lot are dropping like f - - kin’ flies!” “I feel a bit like that,” Moore told me over the phone the other day. “Someone’s always asking me to do a eulogy. As Albert Finney, a very funny man, once said to me after he’d done two or three actor memorials, ‘You’d better get your name down. I’m getting booked up.’ ” In a new memoir, Moore dishes on dinner with Jack Daniel’s, Easter Sundays with Sinatra and giving up martinis for good. Moore has a new memoir, “One Lucky Bastard: Tales From Tinseltown,” out Oct. 21 — a follow-up to his popular 2008 book, “My Word Is My Bond.” As you would expect from an actor who’s never taken himself too seriously, “One Lucky Bastard” is charming and breezy, full of anecdotes, self-deprecating observations and salutes to many great actors who are no longer with us. I caught up with him over the phone from his hotel in London, where he was on a book tour. He divides his time, with his fourth wife, Kristina, between Switzerland and Monaco. I’ve been a Roger Moore fan since 1979, when, as a kid, I went to my local movie theater in upstate New York and saw “Moonraker.” It was Bond going into outer space, attempting to capitalize on the “Star Wars” craze. There were plenty of special effects. But not a single one of them upstaged Sir Roger, as Queen Elizabeth II calls him. Sir Rog just carried on, raising the occasional eyebrow at all the intergalactic explosions going off around him. I loved every minute of it. Years later, I was asked to speak at a tribute to Moore at the Players Club. Just before my little speech, Moore introduced himself to me and said, “Say whatever you want to about my acting. It won’t bother me.” What I said was this: “I grew up watching Roger Moore as James Bond. In college, I took a film class and we watched Cary Grant in ‘Notorious!’: He was suave, cool, elegant and so well-tailored. He was a Hollywood legend. But I must say, the first time I saw Cary Grant he reminded me of Roger Moore.” I think Sir Roger enjoyed my little speech because the next day we met for a drink at Sardi’s. As we were leaving the restaurant, Sir Rog passed a group of middle-aged women at the bar. “He’s still so handsome,” one of them said. “Thank you, ladies,” Moore said. They swooned. Roger Moore was forever surrounded by “Bond girls” when making franchise films including “For Your Eyes Only” (left, with Cassandra Harris), “The Man With the Golden Gun” (center, with Britt Ekland) and “Live and Let Die” (right, with Jane Seymour.Everett Collection On the sidewalk outside Sardi’s, a homeless man came up to him and did the James Bond theme: “Dum, di-di, dum, dum.” Sir Rog raised a finger and said, “I know the tune!” The other day, Moore was, as always, quick to make fun of himself. Of his acting, he said: “Most of the films I did were action-oriented. All I did was get out of the way of the explosions, with pleasant ladies passing by. I did, however, learn not to blink when the guns went off. “I suppose the best advice about a


Who designed the Geodesic Dome in the US Pavilion at the 1967 Montréal's World's Fair exhibition?

Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Being Constructed for the United States Pavilion at Expo 67, 1966-1967 - The Henry Ford Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Being Constructed for the United States Pavilion at Expo 67, 1966-1967 ; THF113726 Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Being Constructed for the United States Pavilion at Expo 67, 1966-1967 / back back Share Summary Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere. Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere. Artifact


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Alfred Stieglitz and Camera Work | Cleveland Museum of Art Photograph of Portrait - Gertrude Stein by Pablo Picasso, Camera Work, June 1913, Special Number. Winter, Fifth Avenue (1892) by Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work October 1905, 12:7. The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession by Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, April 1906, 14:42. A Alfred Stieglitz and Camera Work Alfred Stieglitz, photographer, editor, writer, and gallery owner, was an integral figure in the development of 20th century photography and modern art in America at the turn-of-the-century. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864, Stieglitz became fascinated with photography at an early age. His father Edward, a prosperous wool merchant, was able to educate his children abroad. In 1882, Alfred enrolled in the Technische Hochschule in Berlin where he studied photochemistry. He was influenced by the work of the noted British photographer Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) who pioneered the use of the platinum paper and the photogravure. Stieglitz returned to New York in 1892 after ten years abroad and quickly gained notoriety for his work. In 1902 he organized the Photo Secession in reaction to the conservatism prevalent in the Camera Club of New York. He worked with prominent photographers of the day, among them Edward Steichen, Gerturde Kasebier, Clarence H. White, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Annie Brigman, and Frank Eugene, to promote the photograph as art. The 1903 inception of the magazine, Camera Work, grew out of this experience.1 Stieglitz's influence on both photography and art is best seen in microcosm through the magazine, Camera Work, in which he championed the medium as a means of artistic self expression on par with the fine arts. Camera Work served as a forum for criticism as well, publishing early writing on photography. By 1910, Stieglitz began to use the pages of Camera Work to reproduce works of modern art by Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Rodin, and van Gogh. Additionally, he brought forth the first American publication of Gertrude Stein in 1912, who wrote about Matisse and Picasso. In this way Camera Work served as the starting point for modern art in America three years prior to the Armory Show. The Armory Show was, in itself, a pivotal moment in the history of American art. Held at New York's 69th Regiment Armory, this exhibition included more than 1,200 works by contemporary American and European artists. Steiglitz was both a lender to, and patron of, the exhibition. From the start, Stieglitz stressed the importance of reproducing images of the highest quality in Camera Work. As he wrote in a column entitled "An Apology" from the premier issue of the magazine in 1903, "Photography being in the main a process in monochrome, it is on subtle gradations in tone and value that its artistic beauty so frequently depends. It is, therefore, highly necessary that reproductions of photographic work must be made with exceptional care and discretion if the spirit of the originals is to be retained, though no reproductions can do full justice to the subtleties of some photographs."2 Throughout the pages of Camera Work, Stieglitz promoted his gallery of the Photo-Secession, 291, by publishing reviews of exhibitions, work by artists featured there, as well as photographs of exhibitions. Founded in 1905 with Edward Steichen, the gallery, located on the top floor of 291 Fifth Avenue, was initially intended to promote photography as an independent art form. The Gallery went on to exhibit works by notable contemporary European and American artists including Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso, Dove, Marin, O'Keeffe and Hartley, who described 291 as "the largest small room of its kind in the world."3 In 1917, the building that housed 291 was scheduled for demolition forcing Stieglitz to close the gallery; Camera Work ceased publication the same year. By 1918 Stieglitz began spending summers in Lake George, New York and in 1924 he married Georgia O'Keeffe. Stieglitz continued to promote photography and modern art through his galleries while increasing concentration on his own work un


How long is Indianapolis's most famous motor race?

Indianapolis Motor Speedway In what year did the first Indianapolis 500 take place? 1911. Ray Harroun won in the Marmon "Wasp." Why was the distance of 500 miles selected? Having decided to dispense with multi-race programs and concentrate on one major race for 1911, Speedway leader Carl Fisher and his partners envisioned an event that would appeal to the public by lasting approximately seven hours between mid-morning and late afternoon. A distance of 500 miles was settled upon, and Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 in six hours, 42 minutes and eight seconds. What is the distance of one lap around the oval? 2.5 miles. The track has four distinct turns and straightaways, a layout unchanged since the facility opened in 1909. The front and back straightaways are 5/8th of a mile each, with the "short chute" straightaways between Turns 1 and 2 and Turns 3 and 4 at 1/8th of a mile each. Each of the four turns is 1/4th of a mile long. What is the degree of banking in the turns? Each of the four turns on the oval is banked at exactly 9 degrees, 12 minutes, the same dimensions as when the track opened in 1909. Which driver has won the Indianapolis 500 the most times? Three drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 four times each: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977) Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) Who is the youngest winner of the Indianapolis 500? Troy Ruttman was 22 years, 80 days old when he won the 36th Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1952. Q. Who is the oldest winner of the Indianapolis 500? A. Al Unser was 47 years, 360 days old when he won the 71st Indianapolis 500 on May 24, 1987. What is the name of the trophy presented to the winner of the race each year? The Borg-Warner Trophy, which was commissioned in 1935 by the Borg-Warner Automotive Company. In 1936, Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer was the first driver to receive the trophy. Why does the winner of the Indianapolis 500 drink milk in Victory Lane? Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning the 1936 race. An executive with what was then the Milk Foundation was so elated when he saw the moment captured in a photograph in the sports section of his newspaper the following morning that he vowed to make sure it would be repeated in coming years. There was a period between 1947-55 when milk was apparently no longer offered, but the practice was revived in 1956 and has been a tradition ever since. Have women competed in the Indianapolis 500? Nine women have raced in the Indianapolis 500: Janet Guthrie (1977-79) Lyn St. James (1992-97, 2000) Sarah Fisher (2000-04, 2007-10) Helio Castroneves (2001) Have there always been 33 cars in the starting field of the Indianapolis 500? No. After 40 cars started in the inaugural race in 1911, the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association (AAA), the sanctioning body at the time, mandated a formula for limiting the size of a starting field according to the size of the track. It was determined that the safe distance between each car spread equally around a course would be 400 feet, thereby limiting the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway to 33 cars. Speedway President Carl Fisher, however, placed a limit of only 30 cars for the "500" between 1912 and 1914 and did not adopt AAA's 33 maximum until 1915. Although there had been numerous occasions between 1912 and 1928 when the field was not filled, the allowed number was increased during the Depression years to 40 cars between 1930 and 1932 (only 38 made it in 1930) and further to 42 in 1933. The maximum has been at 33 ever since 1934, although extenuating circumstances expanded the field to 35 starters in 1979 and 1997. What is the fastest official lap ever turned during the month of May? 237.498 mph by Arie Luyendyk during qualifying May 12, 1996. Luyendyk turned a lap of 239.260 during practice May 10, 1996. It was the fastest unofficial lap ever at the Speedway, as practice laps are not off


Who was the first female to have three consectu8ive US No 1 albums?

Donna Summer - Biography - IMDb Donna Summer Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (33) | Personal Quotes  (7) Overview (5) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (2) Donna Summer rocketed to international super-stardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and avant-garde electronica catapulted underground dance music out of the clubs of Europe to the pinnacles of sales and radio charts around the world. Maintaining an unbroken string of hits throughout the 70s and 80s, most of which she wrote, Donna holds the record for most consecutive double albums to hit #1 on the Billboard charts (3) and first female to have four #1 singles in a 12 month period; 3 as a solo artist and one as a duo with Barbra Streisand. A five-time Grammy winner, Donna Summer was the first artist to win the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female (1979, "Hot Stuff") as well as the first-ever recipient of the Grammy for Best Dance Recording (1997, "Carry On"). In 2004, she became one of the first inductees, as both an Artist Inductee and a Record Inductee (for 1977's "I Feel Love") into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in New York City. Born Donna Gaines on New Year's Eve to a large family in Boston, she developed an early interest in music. From the age of eight, Summer sang in church choirs and city-wide choruses, and by her early twenties, was performing in musical theatre in Germany, winning parts in such highly-acclaimed shows as "Hair," "Showboat," "Godspell," and "Porgy and Bess" as well as performing with the Viennese Folk Opera. She released her first single, a cover of the Jaynett's girl group classic, "Sally Go Round The Roses," in 1971. While singing backup, she met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte who produced her first single, "Hostage," which became a hit in the Netherlands, France and Belgium. In 1975, Moroder and Bellotte produced the international hit, "Love to Love You Baby," which rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and triggered Summer's triumphant return to the United States as a key figure of the then-emerging disco genre. "Love To Love You Baby" paved the way for such international hits as "MacArthur Park," "Bad Girls," "Hot Stuff," "Dim All The Lights," "On The Radio," and "Enough Is Enough," as well as the Grammy and Academy award winning theme song "Last Dance," from the film "Thank God It's Friday," which remains a milestone in Donna's career. In 1980, Summer became the first artist to sign with David Geffen's new label, Geffen Records, leaving her disco days behind and moving into the next phase of her career ." In the years that followed, Summer collaborated with writers and producers such as Quincy Jones, Michael Omartian and England's dance-pop production compound Stock Aitken Waterman and produced a steady stream of hits from "State of Independence," featuring Michael Jackson on backing vocals, to the abiding feminist anthem "She Works Hard For The Money," one of the most-played songs of all-time, and the infectious "This Time I Know It's For Real." In 1994, she released "Endless Summer," a greatest hits retrospective containing a new song, "Melody of Love," which became Billboard's #1 Dance Record of the Year. She also released the critically acclaimed gem "Christmas Spirit," a collection of Summer's original songs and holiday standards recorded with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Summer spent the '90s continuing to tour, performing to sold-out audiences worldwide. In 1997, when the new "Best Dance Recording" Category was created at the Grammy Awards, Donna Summer was the first winner with her fifth career Grammy award for "Carry On." In 1999, Sony/Epic Records released "VH1 Presents Donna Summer: Live & More - Encore!," an album and DVD of Summer's critically acclaimed VH1 broadcast taped at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The show premiered on VH1 as one of the network's highest rated shows to date and featured live performances of Summer's top hits. In addition to her five Grammy Awards, Summer has won six American Music Awards, three conse


Which detective lived on a boat called St Vitus Dance?

St. Vitus Dance | Miami Vice Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Living on a yacht in a Miami marina helped Crockett to keep his lives as an undercover detective and drug dealing middleman Sonny Burnett separate. The lack of a fixed address also helped him to stay "off the radar" and made him harder to find, even when the St. Vitus was docked at its usual berth, and Crockett's watch-gator Elvis helped ensure anyone who did find his home was given a hostile welcome. The yacht provided Crockett with an unorthodox residence for entertaining his (usually female) guests, as seen frequently in the series; both Gina and Theresa Lyons regularly stayed on the yacht, and associates from his undercover work, such as Jake Pierson , would often visit him there to discuss business. Occasionally, Crockett's yacht played a more active role in his assignments, such as when he used it to "vanish" witnesses Al Lombard in " Lombard " or Keith Mollis in " Line of Fire ", taking them out to sea on the St. Vitus where it would be more difficult for potential hitmen to find and get close to them. In the latter operation, the sailboat was badly shot up by gunmen from the Cantero organisation when they discovered its location due to a departmental leak, firing on the yacht from a helicopter. The vessel was apparently repaired soon after, as Crockett continued to use it as his residence for the remainder of the series, finally saying goodbye when he quit the Metro-Dade police force at the end of " Freefall ". Real Boats Edit The St. Vitus was portrayed by three different yachts during the course of the show's five seasons. In the pilot episode , Crockett lived on a Cabo Rico 38 sailboat, which changed to an Endeavour 40 once the show was picked up as a series. At the start of season 2 , the boat changed to a larger Endeavour 42, although some footage of the Endeavour 40 was still used in some episodes (likely stock footage filmed during season 1 ). By season 3 , the Endeavour 42 was the only boat seen, and would remain so for the rest of the series. It was never stated on the show if these boats were supposed to be the same yacht, or whether they were supposed to be three different vessels each christened the St. Vitus Dance -- however, the use of both the 40 and the 42 during season 2 implies the former. Notes


On which river was the Grand Coulee built?

Grand Coulee Dam: History and purpose Grand Coulee Dam: History and purpose Oct 31, 2008 John Harrison Grand Coulee ( map ) is the largest dam in the Columbia River Basin and one of the largest in the world. Everything about the dam is large: it is 550 feet (167.6 meters) tall, measured from its foundation in solid granite, or approximately 350 feet (106.7 meters) from the downstream river surface to the top of the dam. It is 5,223 feet (1,592 meters) long, or 57 feet short of a mile. (Read the March 2016 Smithsonian article on the 75th anniversary of the dam's completion.)  Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete structure ever built. Several other dams in the world are larger, but they include earthen berms (when completed 2009, the Three Gorges Dam in China will be roughly three times the size of Grand Coulee). Grand Coulee is 450-500 feet thick at its base and 30 feet thick at the top, and it contains 11,975,521 cubic yards (9,155,944 cubic meters) of concrete, three times as much as Hoover Dam. The dam has four power plants. The two original power plants, the first of which began producing power in 1941, are called the Left Power Plant and the Right Power Plant. The two power plants, each of which houses nine large generators, are split by the spillway, which is 1,300 feet wide and covers an area of 13.26 acres. According to the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the dam, the Left Powerhouse has three generators with a total capacity of 3 megawatts to provide power at the dam site, plus nine generators rated at 125 megawatts each. The Right Powerhouse has nine generators rated at 125 megawatts apiece. The original 18 generators began operating between 1941 and 1950. The Third Power Plant contains three generators rated at 600 megawatts apiece and three rated at 805 megawatts. These first of these six generators began operating in 1975, and the sixth in 1980. The Pump-Generator Plant, which is located on the west bank of the river, contains 12 pumps that lift water up the hillside to a canal that flows into Banks Lake, the 27-mile-long reservoir for the Columbia Basin Project . Six of the pumps can be reserved to generate about 50 megawatts each. Individual penstocks carry water to each generator at Grand Coulee. The largest of these, at the Third Power Plant, are 40 feet in diameter and carry up to 35,000 cubic feet per second of water, or more than twice the average annual flow of the Colorado River. The dam complex includes three switchyards to transmit electricity into the regional power grid. The total generating capacity is 6,809 megawatts and its average annual energy output is about 2,300 megawatts, or enough power to continuously supply the needs of two cities the size of Seattle. Grand Coulee is located at river mile 596.6 in central Washington about 90 miles northwest of Spokane near the place where an ice floe dammed the river during the last Ice Age. The ice forced the river to rise from its historic channel and flow to the south, where it carved a giant canyon — the Grand Coulee. Eventually the ice retreated, and the river returned to its old channel Grand Coulee impounds a reservoir, Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, named for the president who authorized construction of the dam, which began in 1933 (see construction photos ). Lake Roosevelt backs up the river almost to the Canadian border, a distance of 151 miles. Hydropower accounts for 79.7 percent of Grand Coulee’s authorized purposes, the others being irrigation and flood control . While hydropower is the primary purpose of the dam today, the public desire for irrigation was the driving force behind its construction. One of the first, if not the first, published reports of a proposal to irrigate the Columbia Plateau with water from the Columbia River was in 1892, when the Coulee City News and The Spokesman-Review reported on a scheme by a man named Laughlin McLean to build a 1,000-foot-tall dam to divert the entire flow of the Columbia back into the Grand Coulee; he also earlier proposed a 95-mile canal across the Columbia Plateau from a div


In which decade of the 20th century was Brad Pitt born?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Criterion Collection) - ComingSoon.net The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Criterion Collection) Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button Cate Blanchett as Daisy Taraji P. Henson as Queenie Jared Harris as Captain Mike Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button Mahershalalhashbaz Ali as Tizzy Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gteau Special Features: – Interviews with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett – Audio Commentary Featuring Academy Award-nominated Director David Fincher – Footage Revealing the Innovative Techniques Behind the Academy Award-winning visual effects and Makeup – Step-by-Step examination of the Motion-capture process aging Brad Pitt – In-depth Exploration of David Fincher’s Creative Process on the Set – Interview with Acclaimed Composer Alexandre Desplat about the Score – Featurettes on the film’s Storyboards, Costumes, and Academy Award-winning art direction – Stills Galleries, Including Costume Designs and Candid behind-the-scenes Production Photos – An Essay by Film Critic Kent Jones Other Info: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound French and Spanish Languages The following is the official description of the film: “‘I was born under unusual circumstances…’ Thus begins ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ the Academy Award-winning film starring Brad Pitt as a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward, and Cate Blanchett as the woman he is destined to love forever. ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is a monumental journey – as unusual as it is epic – that follows Benjamin’s remarkable adventure of romance and redemption from the end of World War I through the twenty-first century. Directed by David Fincher, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is a powerful testament to life and death, love and loss.” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is rated PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking. The Movie: Every decade deserves its “Forrest Gump” I guess. David Fincher’s adaptation of a little known (and monumentally depressing) F. Scott Fitzgerald story is this one’s. Depending on your point of view, that’s either a damning condemnation or just what the doctor ordered. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born a prematurely old man, but rather than quickly expiring as everyone expects, he keeps getting bigger and stronger and it soon becomes apparent he’s ageing backwards, at which point all connection to the original story ceases. In a piece of none to subtle commentary (and that about sums up the whole film), Benjamin’s very freaked father abandons him on the doorstep of one of New Orlean’s first retirement homes. Fitzgerald’s story, among other things, was about the oft-made connection between the nature of childhood and old age, and the film version passes no opportunity in doing the same. However, that’s as far as Benjamin’s condition ever gets insofar as it affects his personality. For the most part it passes unnoticed and only is occasionally commented on. And that’s because Benjamin wasn’t born an old man, he was just born looking like one, and that shamelessness is reflected in quite a lot of the rest of the film. Part of that is because Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth are trying to depict Benjamin’s circumstances in a realistic world. They’re not interested in telling a fairy tale, they want to tell a travelogue. And that’s essentially what “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is. Benjamin is born at the close of World War I, and after a copious amount of time is spent with his youth, pounding in the idea of old childhood (and vice versa), he sets out to make his way in the world. It is without question a wonderful looking film. Fincher is operating at the peak of his powers here. He’s not telling a fairy tale, but he has created a world that’s an ideal–be it frozen Russia, an ocean filled with dead bodies, or rural India–which should give you an idea how his film wanders. It’s constructed as more of a loose set of vignettes, related through Benjamin’s diary (being read in the present day) of different moments. And lots of


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Ewan McGregor - Biography - IMDb Ewan McGregor Biography Showing all 140 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (4) | Trivia  (66) | Personal Quotes  (65) Overview (3) 5' 9¾" (1.77 m) Mini Bio (1) Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson . He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather than be unhappy. McGregor studied drama for a year at Kirkcaldly in Fife, then enrolled at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama for a three-year course. He studied alongside Daniel Craig and Alistair McGowan , among others, and left right before graduating after snagging the role of Private Mick Hopper in Dennis Potter 's six-part Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). His first notable role was that of Alex Law in Shallow Grave (1994), directed by Danny Boyle , written by John Hodge and produced by Andrew Macdonald . This was followed by The Pillow Book (1996) and Trainspotting (1996), the latter of which brought him to the public's attention. He is now one of the most critically acclaimed actors of his generation, and portrays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first three Star Wars episodes. McGregor is married to French production designer Eve Mavrakis , whom he met while working on the television series Kavanagh QC (1995). They married in France in the summer of 1995 and have two daughters, Clara Mathilde and Esther Rose. McGregor formed a production company, with friends Jonny Lee Miller , Sean Pertwee , Jude Law , Sadie Frost , Damon Bryant , Bradley Adams and Geoff Deehan , called "Natural Nylon", and hoped it would make innovative films that do not conform to Hollywood standards. McGregor and Bryant left the company in 2002. He was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama and charity. - IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous Spouse (1) ( 22 July  1995      - present) (4 children) Trade Mark (4) Red hair and blue eyes Mole on his forehead, until he had it removed Trivia (66) Former roommate of Jude Law . They are still close friends. Ranked #36 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] He met his wife, Eve Mavrakis , while filming for Kavanagh QC (1995). Was originally up for the lead role in The Beach (2000), which would have reunited him with director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge who collaborated with McGregor on Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) and A Life Less Ordinary (1997). The role ultimately went to Leonardo DiCaprio . While McGregor blamed studio influence for the casting decision, he did not speak to either Boyle nor Hodge for years afterwards, commenting in an interview that he felt betrayed and the friendship was over. However, McGregor and Boyle made amends in 2015, with McGregor stating he has changed his opinion about the whole matter, and has moved on. Originally auditioned for the role of Mercutio in the film Romeo + Juliet (1996). He later got his chance to work with "Romeo + Juliet" director Baz Luhrmann when he was cast as Christian in Moulin Rouge! (2001). In the film Moulin Rouge! (2001), McGregor sang alongside Nicole Kidman . Was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster at a graduation ceremony in Belfast, Northern Ireland (July 5, 2001). His first name is pronounced "you-an". He says that he was inspired to get into show business by his uncle, actor Denis Lawson . Lawson played Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy. Resided in North London, England with his family until 2008, when they re-located to Los Angeles. Slated to start filming 'Nautic' in Jamaica with Heath Ledger in a couple of months. However Ted Demme , who was picked to direct the film died suddenly at age 38 from a heart attack while playing basketball. Early caree


Who produced the first jumbo jet in 1975?

1975: In comes the Combi | Air Canada's 75th Anniversary Air Canada's 75th Anniversary Story In comes the Combi On January 29, 1975, the newest addition to Air Canada’s fleet, a Boeing 747-200 Combination passenger/cargo aircraft (affectionately known as “Combi”), lands in Montreal after setting a world record for long-distance flying. The aircraft established the record for jumbo jets on January 11, when it flew 8,360 miles from the Boeing plant in Seattle to Amman, Jordan. The non-stop flight took 14 hours, 24 minutes, beating a previous record set by a Douglas DC-10 in 1973. The interior of the special jumbo jet can be arranged in a whole variety of configurations and boasts an unprecedented amount of cargo capacity. No results found. Please search again. The First Five Years - TCA’s takeoff In the early 1930s no air service spans our vast nation and most Canadians can’t imagine flying. With a few good men, $5 million, two Lockheed Electras and a Stearman fresh from crop-dusting duties, the company takes off flying. The First Five Years - Lockheed 14 Super Electra Years in operation: 1938-1948 An improved version of the original Lockheed 10A (TCA’s first plane), these silver birds are now vintage beauties. 1940s - Growth spurt Assisting in the war effort, TCA charts the hazardous Atlantic crossing. Thanks to improvements in airports and navigation technology – like radio – that help manage Canada’s weather extremes, the staff’s sense of pride and unity grows along with its fleet and route map. 1940s - Canadair North Star Years in operation: 1947-1961 These Canadian-made planes became the first pressurized four-engine aircraft in the fleet. The first model, the C-54GM was loaned to TCA by the RCAF and was unpressurized. 1950s - Passion and purpose In anticipation of the jet age, the airline expands its route network and flies more Canadians (and increasingly exotic goods) farther than ever before, both throughout Canada and around the world. 1950s - Vickers Viscount Years in operation: 1955-1974 TCA became the first North American carrier to bring turbine driven aircraft into service with the gallant Vickers Viscount. The 48-passenger aircraft cruised at a speed of 507 km per hour. 1960s - The Jet Age With the purchase of the exciting DC-8 aircraft, the first commercial jet, TCA – which becomes Air Canada in 1965 – revolutionizes the airline industry and cuts flying time in half. 1960s - McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Years in operation: 1966-2002 The fleet’s workhorse, this second-generation jet improved Canadian transcontinental routes. Retrofitted models served in the fleet for over 45 years. 1970s - OK computer Computers improve ticketing and reservation systems and make for more efficient flying. The company’s ambitions are embodied in the Boeing 747, the biggest bird to ever take to the skies. 1970s - Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar Years in operation: 1973-1996 This smaller medium- to long-range aircraft had a galley located under the passenger floor, in the belly of the cabin, in which meals were prepared and brought up by elevator. 1980s - Global reach Now privatized, Air Canada celebrates world-class service and its new place on the global commercial stage by offering more and more flights within Europe. 1980s - Boeing 747 Years in operation: 1971-2006 Air Canada became the first Canadian airline to introduce the 747 into service across Canada and in Europe. These huge birds offered a spaciousness and luxury new to commercial aircraft. 1990s - Network era Air Canada joins the international network, building ties with other airlines by founding Star Alliance(TM) and introducing electronic ticketing, self-serve kiosks and the company’s first website. 1990s - Airbus 340 Years in operation: 1995- 2008 The Airbus 340 is an efficient long-range, four-engine wide-body passenger jet with a cruising speed of 869 km/hour. The A-340 first flew between Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa on June 21, 1995. 2000s - Smart Mobility Flying has become easy, comfortable and personalized to passengers’ tastes thanks to the introduction of personal


Who had an 80s No 1 with Let's Hear It For The Boy?

Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy (HQ with lyrics) - YouTube Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy (HQ with lyrics) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 26, 2010 Deniece Williams' 1984 hit "Let's Hear It For The Boy" from the movie Footloose with lyrics below. I do not own this, for entertainment purposes only. LYRICS: My baby, he don't talk sweet He ain't got much to say But he loves me, loves me, loves me I know that he loves me anyway And maybe he don't dress fine But I don't really mind 'Cause every time he pulls me near I just wanna cheer Let's hear it for the boy Let's give the boy a hand Let's hear it for my baby You know you gotta understand Maybe he's no Romeo But he's my loving one-man show Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh Let's hear it for the boy My baby may not be rich He's watching every dime But he loves me, loves me, loves me We always have a real good time And maybe he sings off-key But that's all right by me, yeah 'Cause what he does, he does so well Makes me wanna yell Let's hear it for the boy Aaaah, let's give the boy a hand Let's hear it for my baby You know you gotta understand Oh-oh-oh, maybe he's no Romeo But he's my loving one-man show Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh Let's hear it for the boy [Instrumental Interlude] 'Cause every time he pulls me near I just wanna cheer Let's hear it for the boy Aaaah, let's give the boy a hand Let's hear it for my baby You know you gotta understand Maybe he's no Romeo But he's my loving one-man show Whooa, whooa, whooa-oh Let's hear it for the boy.... Category


Where in America is the Rockefeller University?

Nelson A. Rockefeller .  The Rockefellers    . WGBH American Experience  | PBS Other Biographies Nelson Rockefeller believed in fate. After all, he was born on the same day as his larger-than-life grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr ., a coincidence he always took to be an omen of great things to come. With Senior, he shared an ambitious vision and the boundless energy to make it real. But in other respects, Nelson couldn't have been more different from the Rockefeller patriarch. Turning his back on the intense privacy that had shielded the family for generations, he took the Rockefellers in a bold new direction. He wanted to be popular and powerful. And he wanted to be President of the United States. But fate, it turned out, would not oblige. Born on July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor, Maine, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller soon showed signs of the irrepressible temperament that would be his trademark. He led his brothers in all kinds of projects, displaying the charm and vitality inherited from his mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , who clearly favored him. Nelson had a more strained relationship with his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , whose emphasis on discipline and modesty didn't quite suit his third child. Unlike his father, in fact, Nelson always seemed to be in a hurry. He got married just a few days after graduating from Dartmouth, and was soon searching for ways to "get very far in this world," as he put it. The newly started  Rockefeller Center  project provided a good launching pad. Building on his interest in modern art, which he had inherited from his mother, he handled relations with the artists hired to embellish the complex, including the controversial  Diego Rivera . He also plunged into the task of finding tenants for the ambitious complex, showing leadership and managerial skills that would make him indispensable in the family venture. In 1938, at the age of 29, he was named president of Rockefeller Center. But Rockefeller's restlessness and ambition would soon push him beyond the confines of New York City. Seeking a role in national politics, he joined President Roosevelt's administration in 1940 as the head of a new agency for Latin-American affairs. He stayed in Washington for the next five years, and again between 1953 and 1955, working on foreign affairs, government reorganization, and public policy under Presidents Truman and Eisenhower . Rockefeller was determined to use the experience he had accumulated in the federal government to gain elective political office. In 1958, he decided to run for governor of New York State. His campaign revealed a confident and affable politician, at his best when pressing the flesh and striking up conversations with the people who came out to see him. "Hi Ya, Fella" became his signature greeting. "Rocky," his nickname. After a massive campaign, bankrolled with his legendary fortune, Rockefeller won the election handily. The New York Times did not fail to notice the historical significance of the result: "The election of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller has given the final stamp of public approval to a name that once was among the most hated and feared in America." Rockefeller wasted no time making the most of his new political prominence. As governor, he took it upon himself to change the physical face of New York State through an array of sweeping public works projects. He built low-income housing, schools, hospitals, roads, and monuments -- among them, the grandiose Albany Mall, a marble complex which is now the seat of the State government. He also established a strong and ambitious state university system (SUNY) and a modern highway network, spending liberally with the help of complicated financing schemes. But as he dove into his own brand of gubernatorial activism, Rockefeller never lost sight of his ultimate goal. In 1960, barely two years into his first term as governor, he sought the Republican presidential nomination, but lost to Richard Nixon. Four years later,  he would come much closer , ultimately yielding to Barry Goldwater and the fallout from a contro


In professional football, which state do the Cardinals call home?

Arizona Cardinals Jokes - NFL Jokes Arizona Cardinals Jokes Q: What happened after Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement from football? A: Brett Favre called him a quitter! Q: Want to hear a Cardinals joke? A: Carson Palmer! Q: Why is Carson Palmer like a grizzly bear? A: Every fall he goes into hibernation. Q: What did the Steelers say to the Cardinals? A: Look at my Super bowl Ring Q: Did you hear about the joke that Carson Palmer told his receivers? A: It went over their heads. Q: Why does President Obama want to send Cardinals QB Carson Palmer to Syria? A: The CIA are convinced Carson is the only American who can overthrow Bashir Assad. Q: Why can't Carson Palmer use the phone anymore? A: Because he can't find the receiver. Q. How are the Cardinals like my neighbors? A. They can't pick up a single yard! Q: How many Cardinals fans does it take to change a light bulb? A: None they are happy living in San Francisco's shadow! Q: What's the best part about dating a Cardinals fan? A: She won't be asking for a ring! Q: What do the Cardinals and the Post Office have in common? A: Neither deliver on Sundays! Q: What happened after the Arizona Cardinals lost in the playoffs? A: Kurt Warner asked the team whether they wanted paper of plastic! Q: What do the Arizona Cardinals and a Chick-Fil-A manager have in common? A: Neither one shows up for work on Sunday. Q: Why did hell freeze over January 2, 1999? A: Because the Cardinals were playing a playoff game that day. Q: Why should the Cardinals pay more attention to Anquan Boldin's trade demands? A: He's been hanging out with Plaxico Burress! Q: How many Arizona Cardinals does it take to win a Super Bowl? A: Nobody knows and we may never find out! Q: What's the difference between the Arizona Cardinals and a dollar bill? A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill. Q: What do the Arizona Cardinals and possums have in common? A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road! Q: Why doesn't Tucson have a professional football team? A: Because then Phoenix would want one. Q: Did you hear about the blonde burglar? A: He broke into the Arizona Cardinals' trophy room. Q: How do you know the Arizona State Police are seriously enforcing the Speed Limits into Glendale. A: For the first offense, they give you two Arizona Cardinals tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them. Q: What is the difference between a Cardinals fan and a baby? A: The baby will stop whining after awhile. Q: How many Arizona Cardinals does it take to change a tire? A: One, unless it's a blowout, in which case they all show up Q: What do you call 53 millionaires around a TV watching the Super Bowl? A: The Arizona Cardinals. Q: What do the Arizona Cardinals and Billy Graham have in common? A: They both can make 70,000 people stand up and yell "Jesus Christ". Q: How do you keep an Arizona Cardinal out of your yard? A: Put up goal posts. Q: Where do you go in Phoenix in case of a tornado? A: University of Phoenix Stadium - they never get a touchdown there! Q: What do you call an Arizona Cardinal with a Super Bowl ring? A: A thief. Q: Why are so many Arizona Cardinals players claiming they have the Swine Flu? A: So They don't have to touch the pigskin! Q: What is a Arizona Cardinals fan's favorite whine? A: "We can't beat Pittsburgh." Q: How do you stop an Arizona Cardinals fan from beating his wife? A: Dress her in Pittsburgh Black and Yellow! Q: What is th difference between a bucket of shit and an Arizona Cardinals fan? A: The bucket. Q: If you have a car containing a Cardinals wide receiver, a Cardinals linebacker, and a Cardinals defensive back, who is driving the car? A: The cop. Q: How do you casterate an Arizona Cardinals fan? A: Kick his sister in the mouth Q: What should you do if you find three Arizona Cardinals football fans buried up to their neck in cement? A: Get more cement. Q: What's the difference between an Arizona Cardinals fan and a carp? A: One is a bottom-feeding, scum sucker, and the other is a fish. Q. How did the Arizona Cardinal


Which musical instrument did Stan Getz play?

Stan Getz - The sound - Official Homepage Stan Getz - "The Sound" PIONEER OF COOL, BOSSA NOVA & MODERN JAZZ "My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often - in fact, mostly - at the expense of everything else in my life. - Stan Getz ************ ************ "The story goes that one day God announced he wished to play a musical instrument and so he choose the tenor saxophone because to him, it sounded closest to the sound of an angelic voice. An angel nearby hearing God suggested he listen to a Stan Getz recording which God did. After listening to a tune or two God declared that he had decided to shoose another instrument. When the angel asked God why he had changed his mind God paused, smiled broadly, and answered..."Because I have heard the voice of perfection"." R.I.P. Stan


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Who had an 80s No 1 hit with Jack & Diane?

No. 89: John Cougar, ‘Jack & Diane’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs No. 89: John Cougar, ‘Jack & Diane’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs By Annie Zaleski April 1, 2012 11:50 AM REDDIT WEA When summertime hits, or when you’d like to pretend it’s here, there’s no better song to revisit (and blast in the car at top volume) than ‘Jack & Diane.’ Released when John Mellencamp was still recording under the name John Cougar, it remains his biggest hit single, one which spent four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, the song was a major reason why 1982’s ‘American Fool’ finally made Cougar a household name. It’s also earned him a spot on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list. ‘Jack & Diane’ endures because of its longing for a simpler time. The titular lovestruck teenagers live in a small town where “sucking on chili dogs / outside the Tastee Freeze” is an ideal date and enough to make the big city seem unappealing. These lyrics are tempered by the perspective of an outside observer—ostensibly someone looking back many years later–who gently notes: “Hold on to sixteen as long as you can / Changes come around real soon / Make us women and men.” The song’s instrumentation and arrangement perpetuate this nostalgic vibe. Mellencamp’s long-time backing band—guitarists Mike Wanchic and Larry Crane, drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Robert Frank and keyboardist Eric Rosser—exhibit deft restraint. Handclaps, splattering percussion, sparse acoustic strumming and faded piano dominate, save for a bridge with soul-infused gang vocals. (According to Mellencamp, guitarist/backing vocalist Mick Ronson gets credit for helping this interlude gel.) ‘American Fool’ also helped cement another fruitful collaboration: It was the second album Cougar worked on with producer Don Gehman, and its success lead to a musical relationship which spanned from 1983’s ‘Uh-Huh’ and 1985’s ‘Scarecrow’ to 1987’s ‘The Lonesome Jubilee.’ Because of his work with Mellencamp, Gehman earned a reputation for having a masterful touch with folk-tinged pop music, which led to work with such stars as R.E.M. Above all, the universal themes of ‘Jack & Diane’ — the exuberance of puppy love and the sense that being young lasts forever — still resonate today.


Truman Capote wrote about Breakfast at which place?

Mansion where Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's sells for record $12million | Daily Mail Online Mansion where Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's sells for record $12million comments The house in New York where Truman Capote wrote some of his most famous works has been sold for around $12million. It is the most expensive house ever sold in Brooklyn - but the price is nonetheless disappointing for the realtors, who were hoping it would fetch closer to $18million. The appeal of the 11-bedroom mansion is strengthened by its status as the place where Capote hammered out his novella Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1958. Celebrity status: This house in Brooklyn Heights has been brought by the Rockstar Games co-founder for $12.5million Colourful: The golden-yellow house has an extensive back garden, a rarity for New York That work became world-famous when it was adapted into a film starring Audrey Hepburn as the mysterious Holly Golightly. RELATED ARTICLES Share However, the house's attractions are not limited to its celebrity past. It has been described as the best house in Brooklyn's best neighbourhood, Brooklyn Heights, and the agent handling the sale described it as 'like living in a country estate in the middle of New York City'. Pricey: The house is believed to be the most expensive ever sold in Brooklyn Celebrity: Author Truman Capote lived in part of the house for a decade, from 1955 to 1965 Inspiration: While living in the house Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's, later adapted into a film featuring Audrey Hepburn's iconic performance as the mysterious Holly Golightly As well as the huge number of bedrooms, the house - built in 1839 - has 11 fireplaces, parking for four cars and an extensive garden, and is decorated with crystal chandeliers. If it were located in a trendy Manhattan neighbourhood, it would be worth tens of millions of dollars. But after being listed by Sotheby's at $18million in May 2010, the luxurious home took nearly two years to be sold, and lost a third of its estimated value during that time. Now it has finally changed hands after being picked up for a relative bargain by an unidentified buyer. Luxurious: This is just one of the 11 fireplaces installed in the house's 11 bedrooms Kitchen: Another impressive feature of the Brooklyn Heights house, which was built in 1839 Capote rented an apartment in the house from 1955 to 1965, after persuaded its owner, Broadway set designer Oliver Smith, to let him move in. The author held decadent parties there when Smith was out of town. 'You can imagine Capote running around with his slippers on,' Brooklynite screenwriter Peter Hedges told the Daily News. Bargain: The house was eventually sold to Dan Houser for just two thirds of the $18million asking price Haven: The garden will give Houser a refuge from the hustle and bustle of New York City


On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is immediately right of the O?

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Abyssinia (Ethiopia) Abyssinia (now known as: Ethiopia) ABYSSINIA is an extensive country of Eastern Africa, the limits of which are not well defined, and authorities be regarded as lying between 7° 30' and 15° 40' N. lat., and 35° and 40° 30' E. long., having, N. and N.W., Nubia; E., the territory of the Danakils; S; the country of the Gallas; and W., the regions of the Upper Nile [Footnote 61-1]. It has an area of about 200,000 square miles, and a population of from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000. The name Abyssinia, or more properly Habessinia, is derived from the Arabic word Habesch, which signifies mixture or confusion, and was applied to this country by the Arabs on account of the mixed character of the people. This was subsequently Latinised by the Portuguese into Abassia and Abassinos, and hence the present name. The Abyssinians call themselves Itiopyavan, and their country Itiopia, or Manghesta Itiopia, the kingdom of Ethiopia. Sketch Map of Abyssinia (Date: c. 1875) The country of Abyssinia rises rather abruptly from the low arid district on the borders of the Red Sea in lofty ranges of mountains, and slopes away more gradually to the westward, where the tributaries of the Nile have formed numerous deep valleys. It consists for the most part of extensive and elevated table-lands, with mountain ranges extending in different directions, and intersected by numerous valleys. The table-lands are generally from 6000 to 9000 feet above the level of the sea, but in the south there are some of considerable extent, which attain a height of more than 10,000 feet. The mountains in various parts of the country rise to 12,000 and 13,000 feet above the sea, and some of the peaks of Samen are said to reach to 15,000 feet, and to be always covered with snow. The average height of the range which divides the streams flowing to the east from those that flow westward is about 8000 feet, rising to 10,000 or 11,000 in the south, and sinking in the north. The whole country presents the appearance of having been broken up and tossed about in a remarkable manner, the mountains assuming wild and fantastic forms, with sides frequently abrupt and precipitous, and only accessible by very difficult passes. The Samen range of mountains are the highest in Abyssinia, and together with the Lamalmon and Lasta, mountains form a long but not continuous chain, running from north to south. The principal rivers of Abyssinia are tributaries of the Nile. The western portion of the country may be divided into three regions, drained respectively by the Mareb, the Atbara, and the Abai. The most northern of these rivers is the Mareb, which rises in the mountains of Taranta, flows first south, then west, and afterwards turns to the north, where it is at length, after a course of upwards of 500 miles, lost in the sand, but in the rainy season it falls into the Atbara. The Atbara, or Takazza, rises in the mountains of Lasta, and flowing first north, then west, and again turning to the north, at length falls into the Nile, after a course of about 800 miles. The Abai, Bahr-el-Azrek or Blue River, the eastern branch of the Nile, an considered by Bruce ot be the main stream of that river, rises from two mountains near Geesh, in lat. 10° 59' 25" N., long. 36° 55' 30" E., about 10,000 feet above the level of the sea. It flows first north to the Lake of Dembea or Tzana, then takes a long semicircular sweep round the province of Godjam, and afterwards flows northward to about the 15th degree of N. lat., where it unites with the Bahr-el-Abiad, which has now been ascertained to be the true Nile. The Hawash, the principal river of eastern Abyssinia, rises about lat. 9° 30' N., long 38° E., and, flowing in a north-easterly direction towards the Red Sea, is lost in Lake Aussa, lat. 11° 25' N., 41 40° E. The principal lake of Abyssinia is the Dembea, which lies between 11° 30' and 12° 30' N. lat., and 37° and 37° 35' E. long., being about 60 miles in length by 40 in width, and containing a number of small islands. It is fed by numerous small streams. The lake of Ashangi, in lat. 1


In which decade of the 20th century was Anne Archer born?

20th Century History Timeline - Decade by Decade 20th Century History Decade by Decade Every decade of the twentieth century had its own personality. This personality was formed by both the people and the events that dominated it. Learn more about the century by exploring its decades. Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! Health Tip of the Day Recipe of the Day There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Still from the 1903 film, The Great Train Robbery. Picture in the public domain. 1900s Photograph from the National Archives and Records Administration. 1910s The Coffinette for the Viscera of Tutankhamun on display during the press viewing of the 'Tutankhamun & The Golden Age of the Pharaohs' exhibition on November 13, 2007 in Greenwich, London, England. Picture by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images. 1920s Picture courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. 1930s Adolf Hitler poses with a group of SS members soon after his appointment as Chancellor. Picture courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. 1940s While countries from around the world sent troops to Europe to fight World War II, the Nazis continued their blitzkrieg tactics to take over Europe, country by country, while also murdering millions of Jews and Gypsies.


Cass Gilbert was the major developer of what type of building?

Cass Gilbert Buildings Photo Tours, Travelogues, And Random Topics Cass Gilbert Buildings A Photo Tour Of Twin Cities Area Buildings Designed By Pioneering Architect Cass Gilbert Introduction Cass Gilbert was a famous twin  cities architect. While much of his career was spent designing  houses and apartment buildings, he caught a major career break  in landing the project to design the Minnesota State Capitol  building. This brought fame to Gilbert, which allowed him to  take on other world famous building projects including a building  that would be the tallest skyscraper in the world. But as  Gilbert's star rose, the Minnesota natives turned their back on  him, forcing him to ultimately leave his twin cities home. Note—click on each photo to see the full size image. Cass Gilbert Park Cass Gilbert lived from 1859 to 1934. Born in Ohio, he spent his youth  and early career in Saint Paul. His work in the city is honored with a  park and overlook located a block north and east of the Minnesota State  Capitol Building, which was his break-through project. Most of Gilbert's  twin cities area work was completed between 1880 and 1900. Cass Gilbert's Mother's Home 471 Ashland, Saint Paul Gilbert's mother was well connected in Saint Paul society, which allowed  Gilbert to obtain commissions for homes that would otherwise not have been  offered to him. This house has since been restored to its original  exterior appearance, and is an excellent example of Gilbert's early work. William H. Lightner House 318 Summit Ave, Saint Paul Business was good in 1893 for Saint Paul attorney William Lightner. He  had outgrown his first Cass Gilbert house at 322-324 Summit, so he  commissioned Gilbert to build a bigger and better home at 318 Summit Avenue.  This house is located on Summit Avenue, which is a row of houses built  during the gilded age by lumber and railroad executives. It was  once occupied by Louis Hill, son of railroad baron James J. Hill. The  house was purchased in 2006 by the Nicholson family for 1.4-million. They  did a total restoration of the home, resulting in an exterior that looks  much like it did 100 years ago. Lightner-Young House 322-324 Summit Ave, Saint Paul This side by side duplex was built in 1886. Attorney William H.  Lightner occupied the 322 address, while 324 was occupied by his law  partner George B. Young. Some consider the stonework and facade of this  home to be the best looking of any building designed by Gilbert in Minnesota. Edgar C. Long House 332 Summit Ave, Saint Paul Built for lumber and railroad tycoon Edgar Long, this house is one of  the most expensive and opulent designed by Cass Gilbert. Unfortunately,  the exterior has been extensively changed since it was built in 1899,  with much of the lavish detail being lost. It remains a very impressive  building. Dr. David W. McCourt House 161 S. Cambridge, Saint Paul This 1887 home is built in a design called the urban shingle style.  Gilbert worked many round, oval, and angle details in what is otherwise  a very square house. The details are essential since this house sits  on a triangular lot where all sides are highly visible from the street.  The barn was designed in 1897 by Gilbert, which explains why it fits  in so well. 1044 Wilson Ave, Saint Paul This is an early Cass Gilbert design. It was built in 1883, and is  located in the Dayton's Bluff area of Saint Paul (east of downtown just  north of I-94). This is a rather ordinary Victorian design that fits  in well with the rest of the neighborhood. The house itself is nearly  unchanged since it was built, with the exception of a kitchen update. 4320 Cottage Park Road, White Bear Lake Rail service was extended to White Bear Lake in the late 1860's, and  trolley service began in 1879. As a result of this access, a series  of resorts built up along White Bear Lake. Wealthy Twin Cities residents  built summer homes along the lakeshore between the resorts. Once such  summer home, now converted to year around use, is the Cass Gilbe


Madonna born - Aug 16, 1958 - HISTORY.com Madonna born Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1958, Madonna Louise Ciccone, the entertainment icon later known around the world by her first name only, is born near Detroit, Michigan. After rising to stardom as a pop singer and dancer in the 1980s, Madonna added acting to her resume, with roles in such films as Desperately Seeking Susan, Dick Tracy, A League of Their Own and Evita. The provocative performer, who often tackled sexual and religious themes in her work, also became famous for her ever-changing hairstyles and fashion sense as well as her personal life, which remains an ongoing source of fascination to the tabloid media. Madonna was raised in a Catholic family in the suburbs of Detroit. After dropping out of the University of Michigan in 1978, the future “Material Girl” moved to New York City to become a dancer. She burst onto the music scene in 1982 with her dance single “Everybody,” which was followed by her self-titled debut album in 1983. She performed the title track of her second album, Like a Virgin, at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, wearing her trademark “Boy Toy” belt. Like a Virgin, Madonna’s first album to reach the No. 1 spot on the music charts, was followed by True Blue (1986) and Like a Prayer (1989), both of which also reached the top of the charts and helped establish her as one of the best-selling artists of the 1980s. Other albums have included Bedtime Stories (1994), Ray of Light (1998), Music (2000), American Life (2003), Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) and Hard Candy (2008). In March 2008, the chameleonic hitmaker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Madonna made her acting debut in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), which was followed by Shanghai Surprise (1986), co-starring her first husband, Sean Penn, and Who’s That Girl (1987). In Dick Tracy (1990), Madonna acted opposite Warren Beatty, with whom she became romantically involved during filming. In 1991, she starred in Madonna: Truth or Dare?, a behind-the-scenes documentary about her “Blonde Ambition” tour. In 1992, Madonna caused a scandal with her Erotica album as well as a controversial, adult-themed book of photos titled Sex. Also that year, she appeared on the big-screen in A League of Their Own, a well-received movie about an all-female baseball league, co-starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Rosie O’Donnell. In 1996, Madonna took on her most ambitious role yet, playing Eva Peron, the celebrated former first lady of Argentina, in the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Evita. She received a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the performance. In 2000, Madonna appeared in the critically derided The Next Best Thing, playing a woman who has a child with her gay best friend (Rupert Everett). In 2002, she starred in another bomb, Swept Away, directed by her second husband, Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch). In addition to her acting credits, Madonna’s music has been included on numerous movie soundtracks, including Die Another Day (2002) and Get Smart (2008). She made her directorial debut in 2008 with a film titled Filth and Wisdom. Related Videos


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