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Together_(Pet_Shop_Boys_song) | `` Together '' is a 2010 single by British electronic dance music band Pet Shop Boys released to promote their 2010 greatest hits album , Ultimate . It was released on Parlophone Records as a digital download on 24 October and as a physical release on 29 November 2010 . The song received its first play on UK radio on 22 October 2010 during Ken Bruce 's show on BBC Radio 2 . It was the third Pet Shop Boys single not to achieve a placing in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart , reaching No. 58 on 11 December 2010 . It was co-written & produced by Tim Powell , formerly of Xenomania . |
Truth_in_Numbers? | Truth in Numbers ? Everything , According to Wikipedia is a 2010 American documentary film that explores the history and cultural implications of the online , user-editable encyclopedia Wikipedia . The film considers the question of whether all individuals or just experts should be tasked with editing an encyclopedia . The site 's history and background is given , along with commentary from Wikipedia founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger . Commentators that appear in the film include author Howard Zinn , Len Downie of The Washington Post , Bob Schieffer of CBS News , former Encyclopædia Britannica chief Robert McHenry and former Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey . The documentary discusses incidents that shed a negative light on Wikipedia , including the Essjay controversy and the Wikipedia biography controversy . The long-delayed film premiered at Wikimania 2010 in Gdańsk in July 2010 , and was screened at the Paley Center for Media in New York City in October 2010 . It was shown as part of the Savannah Film Festival on November 3 , 2010 , at Savannah College of Art and Design 's Trustees Theater . Truth in Numbers ? received a mixed reception , with favorable commentary from author Ted Leonsis , in the AOL publication Urlesque , and coverage at the Savannah Film Festival by Carlos Serrano of District . |
Tiger_in_Chinese_culture | Throughout Chinese history , the tiger has incited a sense of both awe and admiration : its prowess , its ferocity , its beauty , and the harmony of the opposites . The tiger is full of life and embodies the spirit and drive to achieve and make progress . The tiger has been common in the southern and northeastern China , and is revered by the Chinese as a creature with many symbolic attributes . Each direction of the compass is traditionally believed to be ruled by a mythical creature ; the White Tiger is the ruler of the West . The tiger is also associated with autumn , when it comes down from the mountains into villages , and is personified by the constellation Orion , which is prominent in autumn . In Chinese astrology , the star Alpha of the Great Bear constellation gave birth to the first tiger . The tiger represents the masculine principle in nature and is king of all the animals , as shown by the four stripes on his forehead , which form the character Wang , or King . The tiger is regarded as one of the four super-intelligent creatures , along with the dragon , phoenix and tortoise ; for centuries , the four have been a major design motif in Chinese art . In southern China , on the tiger 's birthday , on the second moon in the lunar calendar , fixed in the Western calendar as March 6 , women worship the White Tiger . They place paper images of the tiger in their homes to keep away rats and snakes and prevent quarrels . On this date , effigies of the tiger are also put in front of temple buildings for people to make offerings . The God of Wealth , the deified Marshal Chao Gongming ( Chao Kungming ) , is depicted riding a black tiger and holding a silver ingot . The Chinese call an able general a `` tiger general '' and a brave soldier , a `` tiger warrior '' . In Chinese folk tales , tigers kill evil men and protect good men . Tiger charms are used to keep away disease and evil , and babies are given colourfully embroidered tiger shoes for protection . Tiger images frequently decorate children 's clothing and tops . The `` Tiger Claw '' ( hu chao ) amulet is believed to ward off sudden fright and give the wearer the courage of the tiger . Because the tiger wards off disasters , it is popular as one of the nine gods worshipped at the New Year Festival . Tiger images are painted on the walls of homes and temples to keep away evil spirits . Dragon-Tiger Mountain is the name for the palace of the hereditary head of the Daoist religion , located in the Dragon Tiger Mountains of Jiangxi Province , east of the capital city of Nanchang . Zhang Daoling ( Chang Tao-ling ) , the `` First Master of Heaven '' in the Daoist religion , is depicted riding a tiger and carrying a demon-dispelling sword as he escorts the dead to their final destination . A Daoist legend tells of two brothers who took on the role of protecting human beings by capturing demons and throwing them to tigers . As the enemies of evil spirits , especially those who torment the dead , tigers are carved on tombs and monuments . The Chinese system of feng shui ( geomancy ) requires that a burial site be higher on the right side , the stronger side of the body , so that the White Tiger can guard it ; the Azure Dragon guards the left side , the body 's weaker side . The Tiger is the third animal in the 12-year animal Zodiac . People born in the Year of the Tiger are thought to be brave , strong , stubborn and sympathetic . The tiger represents the greatest earthly power , as well as protection over human life . It chases away the so-called `` three disasters '' : fire , thieves and ghosts . The tiger is historically a Chinese cultural symbol . It has inspired imagination , stories , paintings , and poetry with the tiger : the earliest tiger statue was found in the Neolithic period in China 7000 years ago ; the Year of the Tiger , tiger shoes or hats ; the Tiger seal , Tiger Tally and Tiger General . There are also idioms and poetic renderings such as : Tiger roaring & dragon singing-the world is peaceful ; Mountain and Valley replying - the people are wealthy and the country strong . |
Titanic_II_(film) | Titanic II ( also entitled Titanic 2 ) is a 2010 low-budget disaster film written , directed by , and starring Shane Van Dyke and distributed by The Asylum . Despite this title , the film is not a sequel to the 1997 film by James Cameron , although movie website Dread Central has suggested the film may be a mockbuster of it . It was released direct-to-TV in Australia on August 7 , 2010 . It premiered on Syfy on Sky in the UK and Ireland on August 9 . It was released on August 25 in the United States . The film is set on a fictional replica Titanic that sets off exactly 100 years after the original ship 's maiden voyage to perform the reverse route , but global warming and the forces of nature cause history to repeat itself on the same night , only on a more disastrous and deadly scale . |
Timurid_family_tree | The family tree of the Timurid dynasty , the ruling family of the Timurid Empire and Mughal Empire , is listed below . After the end of the Timurid Empire in 1507 , the Mughal Empire was established in 1526 in South Asia by Babur , a descendant of Timur through his father and possibly a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother . The dynasty he established is commonly known as the Mughal dynasty ( see Mughal emperors ) . By the 17th century the Mughal Empire ruled most of the Indian subcontinent , but declined during the 18th century . The Timurid dynasty came to an end in 1857 after the Mughal Empire was dissolved by the British Empire , and Bahadur Shah II was exiled to Burma . |
Tony_Yayo | Marvin Bernard , better known by his stage name Tony Yayo , is an American rapper , hype man , and member of the hip hop group G-Unit . Tony Yayo was brought up in South Jamaica , Queens , New York and his longtime friends with 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks . He is signed to 50 Cent 's record label G-Unit Records and recently signed a deal with EMI to release his second untitled album . He is CEO to the label G-Unit Philly . His stage name is derived from the 1983 film Scarface , referencing the character Tony Montana and the slang word for cocaine . |
Thunderbird_6 | Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 British science-fiction adventure film written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson , directed by David Lane and produced by Century 21 Cinema . A sequel to 1966 's Thunderbirds Are Go , it was the second film to be adapted from the 1960s television series Thunderbirds , which combined scale models and special effects with marionette puppet characters in a filming process that the Andersons termed `` Supermarionation '' . Intended to provide a lighter-hearted cinematic experience to contrast with the harder science of Thunderbirds Are Go , the Andersons elected to base the plot of Thunderbird 6 on Skyship One , a futuristic airship that is the latest project of the scientist Brains . Alan , Tin-Tin , Lady Penelope and Parker represent International Rescue on Skyship One 's round-the-world maiden flight , unaware that criminal mastermind the Hood is once again plotting to acquire the secrets of the Thunderbird machines . Paid agents of the Hood murder the original crew of Skyship One prior to take-off and assume their identities , entertaining the guests while scheming to lure the Tracy brothers into a trap . Meanwhile , Brains ' efforts to produce a satisfactory design concept for Jeff 's proposed Thunderbird 6 collide with fate when Skyship One is damaged and Alan 's old Tiger Moth biplane appears to be the only hope of saving the International Rescue group and their impostor hosts . Actors John Carson and Geoffrey Keen provide guest speaking roles , with additions to the regular voice cast in the form of Keith Alexander and Gary Files . The design of the puppets that appear in Thunderbird 6 marks a transition between the caricatures that Century 21 had used up to Thunderbirds Are Go and the realism introduced in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons . Filming ran from May to December 1967 , and the art and special effects departments collaborated to realise Skyship One as both a miniature model and a collection of themed interior designs . A number of sequences of the Tiger Moth in flight were filmed on location with a full-sized stunt plane , but a legal dispute with the Ministry of Transport regarding alleged dangerous flying by pilot Joan Hughes forced the production team to film the remaining shots in-studio with scale replicas . Released in July 1968 , Thunderbird 6 had a mediocre reception at the box office , which ruled out the production of further sequels in the Thunderbirds film series . Critical response has remained mixed : although the special effects have been praised , commentators are divided on the quality of the plotting , which is considered either well-paced and concluding on a note of high action , or confusing and inordinately long , with little visual spectacle to contrast with the dialogue . Nevertheless , Thunderbird 6 is viewed favourably in comparison to Jonathan Frakes ' 2004 film adaptation , receiving praise for the perceived agelessness of its entertainment value . |
Tiberius_Claudius_Nero_(consul) | Tiberius Claudius Nero was a consul of the Roman Republic in 202 BC . He was the great-grandson of Appius Claudius Caecus . In 204 BC , Claudius Nero was assigned as praetor to the provincia of Sardinia , where he gathered and shipped supplies of grain and clothing for soldiers under the command of Scipio in Africa . As consul , he was assigned to Africa with imperium equal to that of Scipio , but storms and delays in his preparations prevented him from ever arriving . His consular colleague was M. Servilius Pulex Geminus . In 172 BC , Claudius Nero participated in diplomatic missions , the historical sources for which pose difficulties . Livy says he was sent on an embassy with a Marcus Decimius to Asia and islands in the Aegean , including Rhodes and Crete , and travelled as far as Syria and Egypt . His task was to renew friendships and alliances , and to gather information on the influence of Perseus of Macedon . Polybius says he was accompanied by Postumius Albinus and a Marcus Junius Brutus , and describes their mission as urging the allies , particularly Rhodes , to join the Romans against Perseus . It is also possible that this Claudius Nero was either the Tiberius Claudius Nero who was praetor in 178 BC , or the praetor of 181 BC who had the same name . |
Tien_Feng | Tien Feng ( born Tien Yu-kun , 4 June 1928 -- 22 October 2015 ) was a Chinese actor , who appeared in hundreds of films in Taiwan and Hong Kong . He has acted with Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury ( 1972 ) and with Jackie Chan in Little Tiger of Canton ( 1971 ) The Young Master ( 1980 ) and Miracles ( 1989 ) . |
Today_in_New_York | Today in New York ( displayed on-air as `` Today in NY '' ) is a local morning news and entertainment television program airing on WNBC ( channel 4 ) , an NBC owned-and-operated television station in New York City , New York that is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal . The program is broadcast each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Eastern Time . Weekend editions of the program ( branded as Weekend Today in New York ) also air on Saturdays in two one-hour blocks from 6 to 7 a.m. and 9 to 10 a.m. ; and on Sundays in one two-and-a-half-hour block from 6 to 8:30 a.m. and one half-hour block from 10 to 10:30 a.m. ( with Weekend Today airing in between the two Saturday and Sunday blocks ) . The program maintains a general format of news stories , traffic reports and weather forecasts , but also includes sports summaries , and entertainment and feature segments . The local news cut-ins broadcast during Today ( at approximately :26 and :56 minutes past the hour ) are also branded as Today in New York . During the weekday edition , the anchors traditionally sign off with the sentence `` The Today Show is next . That 's what happening today in New York . '' |
Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling) | The Triple Crown is an accomplishment in professional wrestling . It is a distinction made to a professional wrestler who has won three of a single promotion 's championships ; specifically , a world championship , secondary singles championship and tag team championship . National promotions that officially recognize Triple Crown winners include WWE , Impact Wrestling ( Formerly TNA ) , and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) as well as the defunct World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) . Notable independent promotions such as Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) also have established a version of the Triple Crown . |
Toshiko_Sato | is a fictional character from the television series Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood , played by Naoko Mori . After a one-off appearance in the Doctor Who episode `` Aliens of London '' ( 2005 ) , Toshiko is re-introduced as a series regular in the Torchwood 2006 premiere episode `` Everything Changes '' . The character appears in every episode of the show 's first two series as well as Expanded Universe material including Torchwood novels , audiobooks and comic strips . Within the series narrative Sato is the Cardiff branch of Torchwood 's `` technical expert '' , described as `` quiet but highly intelligent '' , and a `` computer genius '' . Aside from lead character Jack Harkness , she is the regular character with the longest history with the Torchwood Institute , having been recruited three years prior to the series . Her characterisation explores the differences between her nature and that of her colleagues and her difficulty in romantic relationships . A general backstory relating to her pre-Torchwood life and long-standing crush on colleague Owen Harper is hinted at across the first series , and explored more thoroughly in the second series . Mori departed the cast in the series two finale , `` Exit Wounds '' ( 2008 ) . |
Too_Close_to_Home_(TV_series) | Too Close to Home is an American television drama series , created , executive produced , written and directed by Tyler Perry that debuted on TLC on August 22 , 2016 . Too Close to Home is the very first scripted series for TLC . TLC renewed the show for a second season on September 1 , 2016 . The second season premiered on January 4 , 2017 . The series now airs on Wednesdays instead of Mondays . It was officially ordered as a series on March 31 , 2016 with an eight-episode order . On June 21 , 2016 announced that Too Close to Home is Perry 's first series or film with an all-white starring cast , even though the full cast is very diverse . Danielle Savre was cast as the series ' lead , and Heather Locklear and Matt Battaglia make guest appearances . Actress Crystle Stewart is the first non-white cast member to join the main cast . |
Treasure_(animated_TV_series) | Treasure is an animated television series set in England shown on ABC Kids ( Australia ) . It is about the life of a fourteen-year-old girl and her friends . The series was based on the popular newspaper column of the same name by Michele Hanson which became a book , Treasure : The Trials of a Teenage Terror ( Virago Press , 2001 , ISBN 1-85381-711-2 ) . Treasure chronicles the life of Michele Hanson 's daughter , Amy Hanson . The characters were designed by illustrator Christine Roche . |
Tristan_da_Cunha | Tristan da Cunha ( -LSB- pronˈtrɪstən_də_ˈkuːnjə -RSB- ) , colloquially Tristan , is the name of both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group . It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world , lying 2000 km from the nearest inhabited land , Saint Helena , and 2400 km from the nearest continental land , South Africa . It is 3360 km from South America . The territory consists of the main island , named Tristan da Cunha , which has a north -- south length of 11.27 km and an area of 98 km2 , along with the smaller , uninhabited Nightingale Islands and the wildlife reserves of Inaccessible and Gough islands . As of January 2017 , the main island has 262 permanent inhabitants . The other islands are uninhabited , except for the personnel of a weather station on Gough Island . Tristan da Cunha is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena , Ascension and Tristan da Cunha . This includes Saint Helena and near-equatorial Ascension Island , some 3730 km to the north of Tristan . |
Trace_Amounts | Trace Amounts : Autism , Mercury , and the Hidden Truth is a 2014 anti-vaccine film promoting a purported link between vaccines and autism . The current scientific consensus is that no convincing scientific evidence supports these claims , and a 2011 journal article described the vaccine-autism connection as `` the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years '' . The film has been promoted by celebrities including Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. . It was marketed through targeted `` boutique screenings '' to celebrities known to be sympathetic to the anti-vaccination cause , including Jim Carrey , Ed Begley , Jr. , and Bob Sears , and is credited with inspiring Carrey 's `` Twitter meltdown '' following passage of California Senate Bill 277 , which removed personal belief exemptions from vaccination requirements . It has also been used by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his lobbying efforts targeting Oregon lawmakers who could influence Oregon Senate Bill 442 , which sought to remove personal belief exemptions from vaccination requirements , but was subsequently withdrawn . |
Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917 | The Trading with the Enemy Act ( TWEA ) of 1917 ( , enacted , codified at and 50 U.S.C. App . § § 1 -- 44 ) is a United States federal law to restrict trade with countries hostile to the United States . The law gives the President the power to oversee or restrict any and all trade between the United States and its enemies in times of war . During World War I , President Woodrow Wilson used the Trading with the Enemy Act to establish the Office of Alien Property Custodian with power to confiscate property from anyone whose actions might be considered a possible threat to the war effort . Under A. Mitchell Palmer , the office confiscated the property of interned German immigrants and of businesses such as the Bayer chemical company . In 1933 , the U.S. Congress amended the Act by the passing the Emergency Banking Relief Act which extended the scope of the Trading with the Enemy Act regarding the hoarding of gold to include any declared national emergency and not just those declared solely during times of war . President Franklin D. Roosevelt then used these new authorities to essentially outlaw gold ownership through the issuance of Executive Order 6102 . These restrictions continued until January 1 , 1975 . The Act has been amended several other times . The Trading with the Enemy Act is sometimes confused with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( IEEPA ) , which grants somewhat broader powers to the President , and which is invoked during states of emergency when the United States is not at war . As of 2017 , Cuba is the only country restricted under the Act . North Korea is the most recent country to be removed from the provisions of the Act , although the restrictions remain in effect under IEEPA authority . |
Timur_Beg | Timur Beg ( -LSB- تیمور بیگ , -RSB- ) , or Timur Sijan ( division general ) was a Uighur rebel military leader in Xinjiang in 1933 . He was involved in the 1933 Battle of Kashgar and participated before in Turpan Rebellion ( 1932 ) . He associated with the Turkic nationalist Young Kashgar Party and appointed himself as ` Timur Shah ' . He and other Uighurs like the Bughra brothers wanted to secede from China . In August 1933 his troops were attacked by the Chinese Muslim 36th Division ( National Revolutionary Army ) under General Ma Zhancang . Timur was shot and beheaded and his head was put on a pike , to be displayed at the Idgah mosque in Kashgar . |
Troye_Sivan | Troye Sivan Mellet ( born 5 June 1995 ) , better known as Troye Sivan ( -LSB- trɔɪ_sᵻˈvɑːn -RSB- ) , is a South African-born Australian singer , songwriter , actor , and YouTube personality . As an actor , he played the younger version of the titular character in the 2009 X-Men film X-Men Origins : Wolverine ( 2009 ) and starred as the title character in the Spud film trilogy . Sivan also used to regularly make YouTube videos and , as of 2 April 2016 , has over 4 million subscribers and over 241 million total views . On 15 August 2014 , Sivan released his first major-label EP , entitled TRXYE , which peaked at number 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 . The lead single from the EP , `` Happy Little Pill '' , reached number 10 on the Australian charts . On 4 September 2015 , Sivan released his second major-label EP , Wild . His debut studio album , Blue Neighbourhood , was released 4 December . Its first single , `` Youth '' , become Sivan 's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart , peaking at twenty-three . His video , `` The ` Boyfriend ' Tag '' , with fellow vlogger Tyler Oakley earned them a Teen Choice Award in the `` Choice Web Collaboration '' category . In October 2014 , Time named Sivan as one of the `` 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 '' . |
Thrones_(band) | Thrones is the solo project of bassist Joe Preston . |
Treaty_of_Moscow_(1921) | The Treaty of Moscow or Treaty of Brotherhood ( Moskova Antlaşması , Московский договор ) was a peace treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( TBMM ) , under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , and the Russian SFSR , under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin , signed on 16 March 1921 . Neither the Republic of Turkey nor the Soviet Union was established at the time . The internationally recognized Turkish government at the time was that of Sultan Mehmed VI , but it was not party to the Treaty of Moscow . The latter had signed the Treaty of Sèvres , which had been repudiated by the Turkish National Movement . Under the Treaty of Moscow , the two governments undertook to establish friendly relations between the countries . The treaty stipulated that the term `` Turkey '' therein meant the territories included in the National Oath adopted by the Ottoman Parliament on 28 January 1920 . Article VI of the Treaty declared all the treaties theretofore concluded between Russia and Turkey to be null and void ; under Article II , Turkey ceded Batum and the adjacent area north of the village of Sarp to Georgia ( the Kars Oblast went to Turkey ) ; Article III instituted an autonomous Nakhichevan district under Azerbaijan 's protectorate ; under Article V , the parties agreed to delegate the final elaboration of the status of the Black Sea and the Straits to a future conference of delegates of the littoral states provided that the `` full sovereignty '' and security of Turkey and `` her capital city of Constantinople '' were not injured . Turkey 's borders , as well as those of Georgia , Armenia and Azerbaijan , as defined by the treaty as well as the nearly identical Treaty of Kars ( signed on October 13 , 1921 ) , are still in existence . Following the shootdown of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 over the Syria -- Turkey border in November 2015 and the rise of Russo-Turkish tensions , members of the Communist Party of Russia proposed annulling the Treaty of Moscow . Initially , the Russian Foreign Ministry considered this action in order to send a political message to the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . However , Moscow ultimately decided against it in its effort to de-escalate tensions with Ankara . |
UFC_158 | UFC 158 : St-Pierre vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 16 , 2013 at the Bell Centre in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . |
Ultio | Ultio ( `` Vengeance '' ) was an ancient Roman goddess whose cultus was associated with Mars . An altar and golden statue of Ultio were set up in the Temple of Mars Ultor , dedicated by Augustus in 2 BC as a center for cultivating Mars the Avenger . As a cultural value , the ultio embodied by the divinity was problematic , and it could be hard to draw the line between righteous vengeance and mere revenge . The ultio exercised by emperors was to be balanced with the virtue of clementia , tolerance or mercy . Augustus honored Mars Ultor and Ultio in his role as the avenger of the murder of Julius Caesar , whose adopted heir he was , but he founded the cult and temple only 40 years later , to mark the return of the Roman military standards captured by the Parthians at the disastrous Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC . The `` avenging '' of this military catastrophe -- accomplished through diplomacy rather than a decisive battle -- mitigated the potential divisiveness of celebrating the defeat of fellow Romans . Tiberius quashed plans for an altar to Ultio to mark the successful prosecutions in the death of Germanicus . According to Tacitus , Tiberius thought triumphalist monuments should be reserved for the defeat of foreign enemies . Caligula , however , returned to a more archaic concept of ultio as personal revenge . The Temple of Mars Ultor became a theater for dramatizing acts of vengeance : the surrender of Adminius , son of Cunobelinus , was announced at the temple , and swords the emperor claimed were to be used in an assassination plot against him were dedicated to Mars Ultor . The emphasis on his personal power to obtain ultio eroded the more careful precedent established by his two predecessors , and contributed to the fall of his regime . Seneca , an advisor of Caligula 's successor Nero , cautioned that effective ultio required self-control or moderation : it should result in a useful example , and not be carried out under the influence of emotion . |
United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_1990 | The United States federal government shutdown of 1990 occurred over the 1990 Columbus Day weekend , from Saturday , October 6 through Monday , October 8 . The shutdown stemmed from the fact that a deficit reduction package negotiated by President George H. W. Bush contained tax increases , despite his campaign promise of `` read my lips : no new taxes '' , leading to a revolt led by House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich that defeated the initial appropriations package . Because the shutdown occurred over a weekend , the effects of the shutdown were lessened , with the National Parks and the Smithsonian museums being the most visible closures . Around 2,800 workers were furloughed , with the government losing $ 2.57 million in lost revenue and back wages . |
Urban_redevelopment_in_Sacramento,_California | The City of Sacramento , which serves as the state capital of California , was founded in December 1848 by John Sutter . The following year , California 's Gold Rush brought an influx of `` forty-niners '' and , shortly thereafter , goods , services , and industry to meet the needs of the booming population . Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century , Sacramento 's commercial , industrial , government , and residential uses flourished , creating a vibrant urban downtown . By the middle of the 20th century , however , much of the historic downtown had degraded into slums and residents began moving further east into the growing suburbs burgeoning along the American River . The city core continued to support a vast public sector ; however , modern architectural styles brought bleak office monoliths that lacked versatility . Without significant entertainment , Sacramento developed into an eight-to-five government town . Interest in urban redevelopment and historic preservation grew in the 1970s and began to take shape in the 1980s with the publicly financed renewal of Old Sacramento and the private development of several office buildings along the Capital Mall . After a slight lull in development due to the recession of the early 1990s , Mayor Heather Fargo made the downtown a pillar of her program in 2001 . Since then , the increase in population , traffic , and housing values has increased interest in downtown living among metropolitan residents , making high-rise condominium living financially viable . A multitude of private and government developments have emerged in the capital city over the past two years . |
Turkey | Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti -LSB- ˈtyɾcije d͡ʒumˈhuɾijeti -RSB- ) , is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . Turkey is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . Turkey is bordered by eight countries : Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; Iraq and Syria to the south . The country is encircled by seas on three sides : the Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . Ankara is the capital while Istanbul is the country 's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Approximately 70-80 % of the country 's citizens identify themselves as ethnic Turks . Other ethnic groups include legally recognised ( Armenians , Greeks , Jews ) and unrecognised ( Kurds , Arabs , Circassians , Albanians , Bosniaks , Georgians , etc. ) minorities . Kurds are the largest ethnic minority group , making up approximately 20 % of the population . The area of Turkey has been inhabited since the Paleolithic by various ancient Anatolian civilisations , as well as Assyrians , Greeks , Thracians , Phrygians , Urartians and Armenians . After Alexander the Great 's conquest , the area was Hellenized , a process which continued under the Roman Empire and its transition into the Byzantine Empire . The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century , starting the process of Turkification , which was accelerated by the Seljuk victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 . The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243 , when it disintegrated into small Turkish beyliks . In the mid-14th century the Ottomans started uniting Anatolia and created an empire encompassing much of Southeast Europe , West Asia and North Africa , becoming a major power in Eurasia and Africa during the early modern period . The empire reached the peak of its power in the 16th century , especially during the reign ( 1520 -- 1566 ) of Suleiman the Magnificent . It remained powerful and influential for two more centuries , until important setbacks in the 17th and 18th century forced it to cede strategic territories in Europe , signalling the loss of its former military strength and wealth . After the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état which effectively put the country under the control of the Three Pashas the Ottoman Empire decided to join the Central Powers during World War I which were ultimately defeated by the Allied Powers . During the war , the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Armenian , Assyrian and Pontic Greek citizens . Following the war , the conglomeration of territories and peoples that formerly comprised the Ottoman Empire was partitioned into several new states . The Turkish War of Independence ( 1919 -- 1922 ) , initiated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues against the occupying Allies , resulted in the abolition of monarchy in 1922 and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 , with Atatürk as its first president . Atatürk enacted numerous reforms , many of which incorporated various aspects of Western thought , philosophy , and customs into the new form of Turkish government . Turkey is a charter member of the UN , an early member of NATO , and a founding member of the OECD , OSCE , OIC and G-20 . After becoming one of the first members of the Council of Europe in 1949 , Turkey became an associate member of the EEC in 1963 , joined the EU Customs Union in 1995 and started accession negotiations with the European Union in 2005 . Turkey 's growing economy and diplomatic initiatives have led to its recognition as a regional power while its location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . Turkey 's current administration headed by president Tayyip Erdoğan has reversed many of the country 's earlier reforms which had been in place since the founding of the modern republic of Turkey , such as Freedom of the Press , a Legislative System of Checks and Balances , and a set of standards for secularism in government , as first enacted by Atatürk . |
United_States_World_War_I_Centennial_Commission | The United States World War I Centennial Commission was created by an Act of Congress in 2013 . This Act was passed in order to honor and recognize the centennial of America 's involvement with World War I . The Commission is in charge of planning , developing , and executing programs , projects , and activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I . The Commission also develops educational programs for a variety of audiences , organizes events to commemorate America 's involvement in the War , and will establish a National World War I Memorial in Washington , D.C. . The Pritzker Military Museum and Library is the founding sponsor of the Commission . Members of the Commission were appointed by the President and the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives , as well as the American Legion , the Veterans of Foreign Wars , and the National World War I Museum . The Commission receives no appropriated funds , and the Commissioners serve without pay . |
United_States_Ambassador_to_Texas | The United States recognized the Republic of Texas , created by a new constitution on March 2 , 1836 , as a new independent nation and commissioned its first representative , Alcee La Branche as the chargé d'affaires in 1837 . The U.S. never sent a full minister ( the term `` ambassador '' was not in use ) to Texas , but a series of chargés represented the government in Austin until Texas joined the Union . In 1845 Texas joined the United States as a state . |
Tulunids | The Tulunids were a dynasty of Turkic origin and were the first independent dynasty to rule Islamic Egypt , as well as much of Syria . They remained independent from 868 , when they broke away from the central authority of the Abbasid dynasty that ruled the Islamic Caliphate , until 905 , when the Abbasids restored the Tulunid domains to their control . In the late 9th century , internal conflict amongst the Abbasids meant that control of the outlying areas of the empire was increasingly tenuous , and in 868 the Turkic officer Ahmad ibn Tulun established himself as an independent governor of Egypt . He subsequently achieved nominal autonomy from the central Abbasid government . During his reign ( 868 -- 884 ) and those of his successors , the Tulunid domains were expanded to include Jordan Rift Valley , as well as Hijaz , Cyprus and Crete . Ahmad was succeeded by his son Khumarawayh , whose military and diplomatic achievements made him a major player in the Middle Eastern political stage . The Abbasids affirmed their recognition of the Tulunids as legitimate rulers , and the dynasty 's status as vassals to the caliphate . After Khumarawayh 's death , his successor emirs were ineffectual rulers , allowing their Turkic and black slave-soldiers to run the affairs of the state . In 905 , the Tulunids were unable to resist an invasion by the Abbasid troops , who restored direct caliphal rule in Syria and Egypt . The Tulunid period was marked by economic and administrative reforms alongside cultural ones . Ahmad ibn Tulun changed the taxation system and aligned himself with the merchant community . He also established the Tulunid army . The capital was moved from Fustat to al-Qata ` i , where the celebrated mosque of Ibn Tulun was constructed . |
Twenty_Eight_(song) | `` Twenty Eight '' is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd . It was recorded at Site Sound Studios and mixed at Liberty Studios in Toronto . Producer Doc McKinney and Illangelo co-wrote the song and performed all instrumentation . The song was one of three bonus tracks included at the end of each of the compilation 's discs from The Weeknd 's 2012 album Trilogy . The song was released as the second single for the album , released as a digital single on December 10 , 2012 , by XO and Republic Records . |
Upper_Manhattan | Upper Manhattan denotes the most northern region of the New York City Borough of Manhattan . Its southern boundary has been variously defined , but 96th Street , the northern boundary of Central Park at 110th Street , 125th Street or 155th Street are some common usages . Upper Manhattan is generally taken to include the neighborhoods of Marble Hill , Inwood , Washington Heights ( including Fort George , Sherman Creek and Hudson Heights ) , Harlem ( including Sugar Hill , Hamilton Heights and Manhattanville ) , and parts of the Upper West Side ( Morningside Heights and Manhattan Valley ) . In the late 19th century , the IRT Ninth Avenue Line and other elevated railroads brought urban sprawl to the previously rustic Upper Manhattan . Until the late 20th century it was less influenced by the gentrification that had taken place in other parts of New York over the previous 30 years . Like other residential areas , Upper Manhattan is not a major center of tourism in New York City , although some tourist attractions , such as Grant 's Tomb , most of Riverside Park , the Apollo Theater , Fort Tryon Park and The Cloisters , Sylvia 's Restaurant , the Hamilton Grange , the Morris -- Jumel Mansion , Minton 's Playhouse , Riverbank State Park , Sakura Park , Sugar Hill , Riverside Church , the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and the Dyckman House lie within it . |
Turkestan_legion | The Turkestan Legion ( Turkistanische Legion ) was the name for the military units composed of the Turkic peoples who fought in the German Army during World War II . Most of these troops were Red Army POWs who formed common cause with other Turkic , Caucasian , Cossack , and Crimean collaborationism with the Axis powers . Its establishment was spearheaded by Nuri Killigil , a Turkish theorist of Pan-Turkism , which sought to separate territories inhabited by Turkic peoples from their countries and eventually unite them under Turkish rule . Although Turkic peoples had been perceived initially as `` racially inferior '' , this attitude officially already changed in the Autumn 1941 , when the Nazis attempted to harness the anti-Russian sentiment of Turkic peoples in Russia for political gain . The first `` Turkistan Legion '' was mobilized in May 1942 , originally consisting of only one battalion but having been expanded to 16 battalions and 16,000 soldiers by 1943 . Under the Wehrmacht 's command , these units were mobilized exclusively on the Western front , isolating them from the Red Army , on the war fronts of France and north Italy . The battalions of the Turkistani Legion formed part of the 162nd Infantry Division and saw much action in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia ( especially modern-day Croatia ) and Italy . Much of the Turkestan Legion was ultimately imprisoned by British forces and repatriated into Russia , where they would face prison terms from the Soviet government for having collaborated with the Nazis . Notable members of the legion include Baymirza Hayit , a Turkologist who after the war , settled in West Germany and became an advocate for Pan-Turkist political causes . |
Vampire's_Kiss | Vampire 's Kiss is a 1989 American black comedy horror film , directed by Robert Bierman , written by Joseph Minion , and stars Nicolas Cage , María Conchita Alonso , Jennifer Beals , and Elizabeth Ashley . The film tells the story of a mentally-ill literary agent , whose condition turns even worse when he ends up thinking that he was bitten by a vampire . It was a box office failure but went on to become a cult film . |
UNIT | UNIT , or Unified Intelligence Taskforce ( formerly United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ) is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures . Operating under the auspices of the United Nations , its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to the Earth . In the original Doctor Who series , several UNIT personnel ( such as the Brigadier ) played a major role in the programme . Following the broadcast of the 2005 Doctor Who series , executive producer Russell T Davies claimed that the UN were no longer happy to be associated with the fictional organisation , and the UN 's full name could now no longer be used . However , the `` UNIT '' and `` UN '' abbreviations could be used , as long as it was not explained what the letters stood for . In 2008 , he announced that the organisation 's name had been changed to the `` Unified Intelligence Taskforce '' . This new name was first mentioned on-screen in `` The Sontaran Stratagem '' , also in 2008 , in which it was indicated in a line of dialogue that the United Nations still supports UNIT with funding . |
Underground_(1995_film) | Underground ( Подземље / Podzemlje ) , is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica , with a screenplay co-written by the director and Dušan Kovačević . It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was One Country ( Била једном једна земља / Bila jednom jedna zemlja ) , which was the title of the 5-hour mini-series ( the long cut of the movie ) shown on Serbian RTS television . The film uses the epic story of two friends to portray a Yugoslav history from the beginning of World War II until the beginning of Yugoslav Wars . The film was an international co-production with companies from Yugoslavia ( Serbia ) , France , Germany , Czech Republic and Hungary . The theatrical version is 163 minutes long . In interviews , Kusturica stated that his original version ran for over 320 minutes , and that he was forced to cut it by co-producers . Underground won the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival . It was Kusturica 's second such award after When Father Was Away on Business ( 1985 ) , making Kusturica one of only seven filmmakers to receive two Golden Palms . The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . |
United_States_Ship | United States Ship ( abbreviated as USS or U.S.S. ) is a ship prefix used to identify a commissioned ship of the United States Navy and applies to a ship only while it is in commission . Before commissioning , the vessel may be referred to as a `` pre-commissioning unit '' ( PCU ) , but is officially referred to by name with no prefix . After decommissioning , it is referred to by name , with no prefix though commonly , people refer to those ships with the prefix Ex-U.S.S. In service but non-commissioned Navy ships go by the prefix USNS , which stands for United States Naval Ship . From the early beginnings of the U.S. Navy there had been no standard method of referring to U.S. Navy ships until 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt issued Executive Order 549 on 8 January stating that all US Navy ships were to be referred to as `` The name of such vessel , preceded by the words , United States Ship , or the letters U.S.S. , and by no other words or letters '' . Today 's Navy Regulations define the classification and status of naval ships and craft : The Chief of Naval Operations shall be responsible for ... the assignment of classification for administrative purposes to water-borne craft and the designation of status for each ship and service craft . ... Commissioned vessels and craft shall be called `` United States Ship '' or `` U.S.S. '' Civilian manned ships , of the Military Sealift Command or other commands , designated `` active status , in service '' shall be called `` United States Naval Ship '' or `` U.S.N.S. '' Ships and service craft designated `` active status , in service , '' except those described by paragraph 3 of this article , shall be referred to by name , when assigned , classification , and hull number ( e.g. , `` HIGH POINT PCH-1 '' or `` YOGN-8 '' ) . -- United States Navy Regulations , 1990 , Article 0406 . |
UFC_Ultimate_Fight_Night_5 | Ultimate Fight Night 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 28 , 2006 . The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , in Las Vegas , Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada . The show drew a 1.4 overall rating and served as the lead-in for the premiere of Blade : The Series . This event featured the UFC debut of future middleweight champion Anderson Silva and also featured the first of 2 fights between future welterweight stars Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves . The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $ 197,000 . __ NOTOC __ |
United_States_presidential_election,_1904 | The United States presidential election of 1904 was the 30th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 8 , 1904 . Incumbent President and Republican candidate Theodore Roosevelt , having succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901 , was elected to a term in his own right . During the election campaign , Republicans emphasized Roosevelt 's success in foreign affairs and his record of firmness against monopolies . The nominee of the Democratic Party was Alton B. Parker , Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals . As there was little difference between the candidates ' positions , the race was largely based on their personalities ; the Democrats argued the Roosevelt presidency was `` arbitrary '' and `` erratic . '' Roosevelt easily defeated Parker , sweeping every region in the nation except the South . In doing so , he became the first President to win a term in his own right after having ascended to the Presidency upon the death of his predecessor . Since then , Presidents Calvin Coolidge in 1924 , Harry S. Truman in 1948 , and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 have done so as well . |
Variety_show | Variety shows , also known as variety arts or variety entertainment , is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances and sketch comedy , magic , acrobatics , juggling , and ventriloquism . It is normally introduced by a compère ( master of ceremonies ) or host . The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to radio and then television . Variety shows were a staple of anglophone television from the late 1940s into the 1980s . While still widespread in some parts of the world , the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States . Despite this , their influence has still had a major effect on late night television whose late night talk shows and NBC 's variety series Saturday Night Live ( which originally premiered in 1975 ) have remained popular fixtures of North American television . |
Tulsi_Gabbard | Tulsi Gabbard ( -LSB- ˈtʌlsi_ˈgæbərd -RSB- , born April 12 , 1981 ) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has been the United States Representative for Hawaii 's 2nd congressional district since 2013 . She was also a vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee until February 28 , 2016 , when she resigned to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination . Elected in 2012 , she is the first American Samoan and the first Hindu member of the United States Congress . She served in a combat zone in Iraq . Gabbard ( then known as Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo ) served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004 , becoming at age 21 the youngest woman to be elected to a state legislature at the time . Gabbard supports abortion rights , opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership , has called for a restoration of the Glass -- Steagall Act , and has been in favor of same-sex marriage since 2012 . She opposes US-led regime-change wars like those in Iraq , Libya , and Syria , and has opposed US-led removal of Bashar al-Assad from power , arguing that US regime-change intervention in Syria 's civil war is a source of the Syrian refugee crisis . |
United_World_Wrestling | United World Wrestling ( UWW ) is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling ; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics . It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling , including Greco-Roman wrestling , freestyle wrestling for men and women , as well as others . The flagship event of UWW is the Wrestling World Championships . It was formerly known as the FILA ( -LSB- Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées , lit = International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles -RSB- ) , having assumed its current name in September 2014 . |
Two_Guys_and_a_Girl | Two Guys and a Girl ( originally titled Two Guys , a Girl and a Pizza Place ) is an American sitcom created by Kenny Schwartz and Danny Jacobson . It was originally broadcast on ABC from March 10 , 1998 , to May 16 , 2001 . Eighty-one episodes were aired over four seasons . The series stars Ryan Reynolds , Traylor Howard and Richard Ruccolo as the title characters . The second season saw the arrival of two additional recurring characters , Johnny Donnelly ( Nathan Fillion ) and Ashley Walker ( Suzanne Cryer ) . In 2000 , ABC bounced the sitcom from midweek to Friday night , leading to a steep drop in ratings . After the show moved back to Wednesday for a two-week trial in an unsuccessful attempt to regain ratings , it was cancelled in May 2001 . The series finale was titled `` The Internet Show '' , an episode in which fans of the show voted on the outcome online . |
UNIT:_Time_Heals | UNIT : Time Heals is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It stars Nicholas Courtney reprising his role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart , the former commander of UNIT ( United Nations Intelligence Taskforce ) . `` Time Heals '' , released in December 2004 , is the first in a four-part mini-series . |
Vacuum_energy | Vacuum energy is an underlying background energy that exists in space throughout the entire Universe . One contribution to the vacuum energy may be from virtual particles which are thought to be particle pairs that blink into existence and then annihilate in a timespan too short to observe . Their behavior is codified in Heisenberg 's energy -- time uncertainty principle . Still , the exact effect of such fleeting bits of energy is difficult to quantify . The vacuum energy is a special case of zero-point energy that relates to the quantum vacuum . The effects of vacuum energy can be experimentally observed in various phenomena such as spontaneous emission , the Casimir effect and the Lamb shift , and are thought to influence the behavior of the Universe on cosmological scales . Using the upper limit of the cosmological constant , the vacuum energy of free space has been estimated to be 10 − 9 joules ( 10 − 2 ergs ) per cubic meter . However , in both quantum electrodynamics ( QED ) and stochastic electrodynamics ( SED ) , consistency with the principle of Lorentz covariance and with the magnitude of the Planck constant requires it to have a much larger value of 10113 joules per cubic meter . This huge discrepancy is known as the vacuum catastrophe . |
Vampire_Academy_(film) | Vampire Academy ( also known as Vampire Academy : Blood Sisters ) is a 2014 American fantasy comedy film based on Richelle Mead 's 2007 best-selling novel of the same name , directed by Mark Waters , and scripted by Daniel Waters . The film stars Zoey Deutch , Danila Kozlovsky , Lucy Fry , and Dominic Sherwood in lead roles . It was released in North America on February 7 , 2014 and globally between March and July of the same year . It was distributed in the United States by The Weinstein Company . The film was a failure critically and financially , grossing only $ 15.4 million worldwide against a $ 30 million budget , making the film a box office flop . |
United_States_presidential_election_in_Georgia,_2016 | The 2016 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on November 8 , 2016 , as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated . Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party 's nominee , businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee , former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate , Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . On March 1 , 2016 , in the presidential primaries , voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees . Trump won by a wide margin the Republican primary , and Clinton captured an easy victory in the Democratic primary . The Green Party presidential primary happened on June 4 . Donald Trump won the election in Georgia by 5.16 % , a lower margin compared to Mitt Romney 's 7.82 % in 2012 , but also from John McCain 's 5.20 % in 2008 . Hillary Clinton received 45.9 % of the vote , which made Georgia one of the eleven states where Hillary Clinton improved on Barack Obama 's performance in 2012 . This improvement occurred largely because the Atlanta metropolitan area shifted strongly Democratic compared to the previous presidential election , with Hillary Clinton being the first Democrat to win Henry County since 1980 , and the first Democrat to win Gwinnett County and Cobb County since 1976 , when Georgia native Jimmy Carter won all of the state 's counties . The state of Georgia has been won by the Republican nominee in every election since 1996 . |
United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1916 | The 1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7 , 1916 . All contemporary 48 states , were part of the 1916 United States presidential election . New Jersey voters chose 14 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the President and Vice President . New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees , U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York and his running mate , former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana . Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees , incumbent President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and his running mate incumbent Vice President Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana . Hughes carried New Jersey decisively with 54.40 % of the vote to Wilson 's 42.68 % , a victory margin of 11.72 % . Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson , who took 2.10 % . Like much of the Northeast , New Jersey in this era was a staunchly Republican state , having not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since 1892 . However , in 1912 , Woodrow Wilson , then the sitting Governor of New Jersey , had won the state 's electoral votes , but with a plurality of only 41 % in a 3-way race against a split Republican field , with former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt running as a third party candidate against incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft . However , with the Republican base re-united behind Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 , Wilson lost his home state to the GOP by a decisive 12-point margin in a head-to-head match-up , despite having served as the state 's governor . On the county level map , reflecting his comfortable victory , Hughes carried 17 of the state 's 21 counties , breaking 60 % of the vote in 3 of them . Wilson 's only significant win was urban Hudson County , while he also won the 3 rural counties in western North Jersey , Warren , Sussex , and Hunterdon , which had long been Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state . Despite being Wilson 's home state , New Jersey registered as the third most Republican state in the nation in terms of vote share and the fourth most Republican state in the nation in terms of margin , the state being about 15 % more Republican than the national average . |
V_(Vanessa_Hudgens_album) | V is the debut studio album by American pop singer Vanessa Hudgens , first released on September 26 , 2006 , via Hollywood Records . The album has been given mostly positive reviews . V debuted in the United States at twenty-four , selling 34,000 copies in its first week . The album has spawned two singles , lead `` Come Back to Me '' and follow-up `` Say OK '' . In February 2007 , the album was certified Gold by RIAA . As of April 2008 , the album has sold 570,000 copies in the United States . Hudgens supported the album with the The Party 's Just Begun Tour and High School Musical : The Concert.The album was voted as the seventh best album of 2007 by the readers of Billboard . |
University_of_Sydney_School_of_Physics | The School of Physics is a constituent body of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney , Australia . |
Vanessa_Hudgens_discography | The discography of Vanessa Hudgens consists of two studio albums , one extended play , four singles , two tours and four music videos . Hudgens has also recorded eleven singles and several other releases as her High School Musical character Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series ' soundtracks . The singles she has recorded entered several international charts and most of them were duets with the cast members of the High School Musical series , Hudgens ' most successful duet is `` Breaking Free '' which was number four in the Billboard Hot 100 chart . In 2006 , Hudgens signed a record deal with Hollywood Records . Her debut solo studio album , V , was released on September 26 , 2006 in the United States . The album reached number twenty-four on the Billboard 200 , selling over 34,000 copies in its first week . In February 2007 , the album was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies to U.S. retailers . The album later sold over 570,000 copies in the United States and was certified Platinum in Argentina by the CAPIF . Hudgens ' second solo studio album , Identified was first released on June 21 , 2008 in North America and reached number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 , selling 22,000 copies in its first week in the US . |
Urban_area | An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment . Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities , towns , conurbations or suburbs . In urbanism , the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment . The creation of early predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning , which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources leads to human impact on the environment . The world 's urban population in 1950 of just 746 million has increased to 3.9 billion in the decades since . In 2009 , the number of people living in urban areas ( 3.42 billion ) surpassed the number living in rural areas ( 3.41 billion ) and since then the world has become more urban than rural . This was the first time that the majority of the world 's population lived in a city . In 2014 there were 7.25 billion people living on the planet , of which the global urban population comprised 3.9 billion . The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs at that time predicted the urban population would grow to 6.4 billion by 2050 , with 37 % of that growth to come from three countries : China , India and Nigeria . Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization . Urban areas are measured for various purposes , including analyzing population density and urban sprawl . Unlike an urban area , a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area , but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city , typically by employment ties through commuting , with the urban core city being the primary labor market . |
United_States_presidential_election,_1976 | The United States presidential election of 1976 was the 48th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 2 , 1976 . The winner was the relatively unknown Jimmy Carter , a former Governor from Georgia with his running mate , Walter Mondale , the U.S. Senator from Minnesota , the Democratic candidates , over the incumbent President Gerald Ford from Michigan and his running mate , Bob Dole , the U.S. Senator from Kansas , the Republican candidates . President Richard Nixon had resigned in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal , but before doing so , he appointed Ford as Vice President via the 25th Amendment after Spiro Agnew resigned in the light of a scandal that implicated him in receiving illegal bribes while serving as Governor of Maryland . Ford was thus the only sitting President who had never been elected to national office . Saddled with a poor economy , the fall of South Vietnam , and paying a heavy political price for his pardon of Nixon , Ford first faced serious opposition from within his own party , when he was challenged for the Republican Party 's nomination by former California governor and future President Ronald Reagan . The race was so close that Ford was unable to secure the nomination until the Party Convention . Carter , who was less well known than other Democratic hopefuls , ran as a Washington outsider and reformer . He narrowly won the election , becoming the only president to date ever elected from Georgia and the first from the Deep South since Zachary Taylor in 1848 . It was a notable election as all four presidential and vice-presidential candidates would ultimately lose a presidential election . Ford lost this year 's election and Carter failed in his bid for re-election in 1980 ; Mondale lost the 1984 election to incumbent Ronald Reagan in a landslide , and Dole lost his 1996 bid to incumbent Bill Clinton . It was also the most recent presidential election where the candidate who won the most states did not win the election , as well as the last time Alabama , Mississippi , South Carolina and Texas voted for the Democratic candidate . It was also the first election since 1908 in which Nevada backed the losing candidate . This is the earliest presidential election in which at least one major party candidate is still alive as of 2017 , as Carter and both of the vice-presidential nominees , Dole and Mondale , are still living . This would be the only election in which the Democratic party would win in a 28 year period , with the party not winning any other elections between 1964 and 1992 . |
UFC_on_Fox:_Diaz_vs._Miller | UFC on Fox : Diaz vs. Miller ( also known as UFC on Fox 3 ) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 5 , 2012 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford , New Jersey . |
Universal_memory | Universal memory refers to a hypothetical computer data storage device combining the cost benefits of DRAM , the speed of SRAM , the non-volatility of flash memory , and infinite durability . Such a device , if ever it becomes possible to develop , would have a far ranging effect on the computer market . Computers for most of their recent history have depended on several different data storage technologies simultaneously as part of their operation . Each one operates in a place where another would be unsuitable . A personal computer might include a few megabytes of fast but volatile and expensive SRAM as a CPU cache , several gigabytes of slower DRAM for program memory , and multiple hundreds of gigabytes of the slow but non-volatile flash memory or a few terabytes of `` spinning platters '' hard disk drive for long term storage . For example , UC San Diego recommended students entering in 2015 -- 2016 have a PC with : - a CPU with a 4 × 256 KB L2 cache , and a 6 MB L3 cache - 16 GB DRAM - 256 GB solid-state drive , and - 1 TB hard disk drive Researchers seek to replace these three different memory types with one single type to reduce costs and increase performance . For a memory technology to be considered a universal memory it would need to have characteristics from several different common storage technologies . It would need to : - operate very quicklylike SRAM cache - support a practically unlimited number of read/write cycleslike SRAM and DRAM - retain data indefinitely without using powerlike flash memory and hard disk drives , and - be sufficiently large for common operating systems and application programs , yet affordablelike hard disk drives . ( For 2015 , UCSD judged 1 TB as `` sufficiently large but affordable '' . ) Many types of memory have been researched in the hopes of creating a practical universal memory type . These include : magnetoresistive random-access memory ( MRAM ) ( in development and production ) bubble memory ( 1970-1980 , obsolete ) racetrack memory ( currently experimental ) ferroelectric random-access memory ( FRAM ) ( in development and production ) phase-change memory ( PCM ) programmable metallization cell ( PMC ) resistive random-access memory ( RRAM ) nano-RAM memristor-based memory For various reasons , none have yet achieved all these goals . |
Union_City,_California | Union City is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County , California , United States located approximately 20 miles south of Oakland , 30 miles southeast of San Francisco , and 20 miles north of San Jose . Incorporated on January 13 , 1959 , combining the communities of Alvarado , New Haven , and Decoto , the city has over 72,000 residents today and very diverse population . Alvarado is a California Historical Landmark ( # 503 ) . The city celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009 . The Cities of Fremont , Newark , and Union City make up the Tri-City Area to the south . The larger City of Hayward surrounds the city to the north . The Tri-City Area hosts many local events , along with programs for the youth . |
United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey | The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century . |
Unity_(Afrika_Bambaataa_and_James_Brown_song) | `` Unity '' is a song recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown as a duet in 1984 . It was the first recording in which Brown collaborated with a performer associated with hip hop , a then-new idiom heavily influenced by Brown 's own funk music . The record 's title and its cover showing the two performers clasping hands express solidarity between the two styles . The song 's music is similar in its structure to Brown 's own funk songs of the late 1960s and 1970s , but uses the drum machine and keyboard-generated timbres of electro . The song 's rapped lyrics are on the themes of `` Peace , unity , love , and having fun '' . The single charted # 87 R&B . `` Unity '' contains several references to Brown 's earlier recordings . The song 's a cappella opening paraphrases the beginning of his 1970 songs `` Get Up , Get Into It and Get Involved '' , `` Soul Power '' and an instrumental passage in the middle of part 1 is borrowed from his 1969 hit `` Give It Up or Turnit a Loose '' . A videotape was shot of the vocal recordings of the song in Studio A at Unique Recording Studios , NYC . The tape was given to Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman of Fred/Alan Inc. to make into an inexpensive music video . The team worked with their in-house producer/director Tom Pomposello and creative director Marcy Brafman and Peter Caesar to create the video . |
Tum_Mere_Ho | Tum Mere Ho ( English : You Are Mine ) is a Romantic Bollywood movie released in 1990 starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and directed by Tahir Hussain . |
United_States_presidential_transition | United States presidential transition is the transfer of federal executive branch power from the incumbent President of the United States to the president-elect , during the period of time between election day in November ( on the first Tuesday after November 1 ) , and inauguration day on the following January 20 . At its heart , a single step -- taking the presidential oath of office -- accomplishes this transfer . However , a successful transition between the outgoing , or `` lame duck '' administration and the incoming administration begins with pre-election planning and continues through inauguration day . It involves key personnel from the outgoing and incoming presidents ' staffs , requires resources , and includes a host of activities , such as vetting candidates for positions in the new administration , helping to familiarize the incoming administration with the operations of the executive branch , and developing a comprehensive policy platform . Presidential transitions have existed in one form or another since 1797 , when George Washington handed over the presidency to John Adams . Some have gone smoothly , many have been bumpy and a few verged on catastrophic . Formal mechanisms to facilitate them were first enshrined in law in the Presidential Transitions Act of 1963 . They are one of the least public but most important parts of any presidential election . With only to days between election day and inauguration day , good governance experts and recent federal officials have been pushing for candidates to start planning a potential administration earlier and earlier in the election calendar . The most recent transition was the transition from the Obama administration to the Trump administration , which concluded on January 20 , 2017 , with the swearing in of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States . |
UFO_conspiracy_theory | UFO conspiracy theories argue that evidence of unidentified flying objects and extraterrestrial visitors is being suppressed by various governments , and politicians globally , most notably the officials of Washington DC . Such conspiracy theories commonly argue that Earth governments , especially the Government of the United States , are in communication and/or cooperation with extraterrestrials despite public claims to the contrary , and further that some of these theories claim that the governments are explicitly allowing alien abduction . Various UFO conspiracy ideas have flourished on the internet and were frequently featured on Art Bell 's program , Coast to Coast AM . According to MUFON , the National Enquirer reported that a survey found 76 % of participants felt the government was not revealing all it knew about UFOs , 54 % thought UFOs definitely or probably existed , and 32 % thought UFOs came from outer space . Notable persons to have publicly stated that UFO evidence is being suppressed include Senator Barry Goldwater , Admiral Lord Hill-Norton ( former NATO head and chief of the British Defence Staff ) , Brigadier General Arthur Exon ( former commanding officer of Wright-Patterson AFB ) , Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter ( first CIA director ) , astronauts Gordon Cooper and Edgar Mitchell , and former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer . Beyond their testimonies and reports no substantiating evidence has been presented to support their statements and conclusions . According to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry little or no evidence exists to support them despite significant research on the subject by non-governmental scientific agencies . |
Ural-batyr | Ural-batyr or Ural-batır ( Урал батыр , pronounced -LSB- uˈrɑɫ.bɑˌtɯ̞r -RSB- , from Ural + Turkic batır - `` hero , brave man '' ) is the most famous kubair ( epic poem ) of the Bashkirs . It is telling of heroic deeds and legendary creatures , the formation of natural phenomena , and so on . It is analog many similar epics ( the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf , the Germanic Nibelungenlied , the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh , or the Finnish/Karelian Kalevala ) . The epic poem propagates the idea of the nation 's eternal life and the ability of man to vanquish evil . |
Underdog_(TV_series) | Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3 , 1964 , on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills , and continued in syndication until 1973 ( although production of new episodes ceased in 1967 ) , for a run of 124 episodes . Underdog , Shoeshine Boy 's heroic alter ego , appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff . Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets , as in `` There 's no need to fear , Underdog is here ! '' His voice was supplied by Wally Cox . |
Two_and_a_Half_Deaths | `` Two and a Half Deaths '' is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season of the American crime drama CSI : Crime Scene Investigation which is set in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States . It was written by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn in a crossover between CSI and Two and a Half Men . The character of Annabelle is based on Roseanne Barr , who Lorre believed behaved poorly while he was running her eponymous blockbuster TV show ; the title font for the show-within-a-show `` Annabelle '' is even identical to the one used for Roseanne . Lorre was the original producer for that show until he was pushed out . |
Variable_and_attribute_(research) | In science and research , attribute is a characteristic of an object ( person , thing , etc. ) . Attributes are closely related to variables . A variable is a logical set of attributes . Variables can `` vary '' - for example , be high or low . How high , or how low , is determined by the value of the attribute ( and in fact , an attribute could be just the word `` low '' or `` high '' ) . ( For example see : Binary option ) While an attribute is often intuitive , the variable is the operationalized way in which the attribute is represented for further data processing . In data processing data are often represented by a combination of items ( objects organized in rows ) , and multiple variables ( organized in columns ) . Values of each variable statistically `` vary '' ( or are distributed ) across the variable 's domain . Domain is a set of all possible values that a variable is allowed to have . The values are ordered in a logical way and must be defined for each variable . Domains can be bigger or smaller . The smallest possible domains have those variables that can only have two values , also called binary ( or dichotomous ) variables . Bigger domains have non-dichotomous variables and the ones with a higher level of measurement . ( See also domain of discourse . ) |
Untouchable_(Tupac_Shakur_song) | `` Untouchable '' is a posthumous single by 2Pac , featuring Krayzie Bone , from the album Pac 's Life . Remixed by Swizz Beatz , it was the street-single released opposite the lead-single , `` Pac 's Life '' . The single debuted at number 111 in billboard 200 and number # 91 on the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and # 21 on Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Singles sales on the December 2 , 2006 issue of Billboard magazine . The record contains lyrics similar to other 2Pac songs , such as : `` Untouchable freestyle '' , `` Killuminati '' and `` War Gamez '' . `` Killuminati '' was recorded on 8 July 1996 for The Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory , but did n't make the final cut , and was released in 1999 in remixed form on Still I Rise . |
V_for_Vendetta_(film) | V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by The Wachowski Brothers , based on the 1988 DC/Vertigo Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd . The film is set in an alternative future where a neo-fascist regime has subjugated the United Kingdom . Hugo Weaving portrays V , an anarchist freedom fighter who attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts and Natalie Portman plays Evey , a young , working-class woman caught up in V 's mission , while Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to stop V. The film was originally scheduled for release by Warner Bros. on Friday , November 4 , 2005 ( a day before the 400th Guy Fawkes Night ) , but was delayed ; it opened on March 17 , 2006 , to positive reviews . Alan Moore , having been dissatisfied with the film adaptations of his other works From Hell ( 2001 ) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ( 2003 ) , declined to watch the film and asked not to be credited or paid royalties . V for Vendetta has been seen by many political groups as an allegory of oppression by government ; libertarians and anarchists have used it to promote their beliefs . David Lloyd stated : `` The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny -- and I 'm happy with people using it , it seems quite unique , an icon of popular culture being used this way . '' |
Valar_Morghulis | `` Valar Morghulis '' is the tenth and final episode of the second season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones . It is the sixth episode this season to be written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and is directed by Alan Taylor , his fourth episode this season . 64 minutes long , it aired on June 3 , 2012 . The episode 's title is a code phrase spoken by Jaqen H'ghar to Arya Stark during the episode , but its meaning is not explained until the third season episode , `` Walk of Punishment '' : `` All men must die . '' This is consistent with the meaning given in the books upon which the series is based . |
Undefeated_(Jason_Derulo_song) | `` Undefeated '' is a song by American recording artist Jason Derulo , produced by DJ Frank E and released on May 22 , 2012 as the first single from the platinum edition of Future History ( 2011 ) . |
Vampire_Weekend_(album) | Vampire Weekend is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band Vampire Weekend , released in January 2008 on XL Recordings . The album was produced by band member Rostam Batmanglij , with mixing assistance from Jeff Curtin and Shane Stoneback . In the United States , the album sold over 27,001 copies in the first week of its release , debuting at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and as of 20 January 2010 , has sold nearly half a million copies . In the album 's 11th week in the UK chart , it peaked at number 15 . The album also reached number 37 in Australia . The album 's cover photo is a Polaroid picture from one of their early shows in Columbia University . The first single , `` Mansard Roof '' , was released on October 28 , 2007 . The second single , `` A-Punk '' , was released in early 2008 . The album was ranked as the 5th-best album of 2008 by Time , the 56th-best album of the decade by Rolling Stone and 51st on Pitchfork 's list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s . In 2012 , Rolling Stone ranked the album number 430 on its list of `` The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time '' . The album was also ranked 24 on Rolling Stones list of 100 greatest debut albums of all time , citing them for having inspired a wave of indie bands with world music influences , despite largely criticising the album on its release . Paul Simon has spoken out in favour of the album , responding to the derision of some for perceived similarities to Simon 's 1986 album Graceland . |
United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds | The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron ( `` Thunderbirds '' ) is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force ( USAF ) . The Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing , and are based at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada . Created in 1953 , the USAF Thunderbirds are the third oldest formal flying aerobatic team ( under the same name ) in the world , after the United States Navy Blue Angels formed in 1946 and the prestigious French Air Force Patrouille de France formed in 1931 . The Thunderbirds Squadron tours the United States and much of the world , performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially marked aircraft . The squadron 's name is taken from the legendary creature that appears in the mythologies of several indigenous North American cultures . On 1 March 2013 , the USAF announced that due to budget cuts , aerial demonstration team performances would cease indefinitely , effective 1 April 2013 . On 6 December 2013 the Thunderbirds announced their 2014 schedule and the resumption of their appearances . |
Upton,_West_Yorkshire | Upton is a village and civil parish in West Yorkshire , England . It has a population of 3,541 . It is situated south of Badsworth and north of North Elmsall and is part of the SESKU ( South Elmsall , South Kirkby , Upton ) area . The village is also in the WF9 postal area ( Pontefract ) and very close to the South Yorkshire boundary . Recent recognised villagers include playwright John Godber and Ada Mason ( formerly the oldest living woman in England ) . A former coal mining community , regeneration is in process as a housing overflow for the more expensive areas of Doncaster and Pontefract . In the 1960s the village was in its prime due to the strong mining community and retail outlets such as `` Mr Farthings '' Chemist and `` Mr Kings '' news agents . The village was home to Upton Colliery F.C. who appeared in the FA Cup and featured Charlie Williams as a player . |
United_States_presidential_election_in_Ohio,_2004 | The 2004 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 2 , 2004 and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election . Voters chose 20 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President , the record lowest from Ohio at the time since 1828 . Ohio was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 2.1 % margin of victory . Prior to the election , most news organizations considered the Buckeye state as a swing state . The state 's economic situation gave hope for Senator Kerry . In the end , the state became the deciding factor of the entire election . Kerry conceded the state , as well as the entire election the morning following election night , as Bush won the state and its 20 electoral votes . The close contest was the subject of the documentary film ... So Goes the Nation , the title of which is a reference to Ohio 's 2004 status as a crucial swing state . This is the only year since 1964 when Ohio was more Democratic than the national vote . |
Unbreakable_Kimmy_Schmidt | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is an American web television sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock , starring Ellie Kemper in the title role , that has streamed on Netflix since March 6 , 2015 . Originally set for a 13-episode first season on NBC for spring 2015 , the show was sold to Netflix and given a two-season order . The series follows 29-year-old Kimmy Schmidt ( Kemper ) as she adjusts to life in New York City after her rescue from a doomsday cult in Indiana where she and three other women were held by Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne ( Jon Hamm ) for 15 years . Determined to be seen as something other than a victim and armed only with a positive attitude , Kimmy decides to restart her life by moving to New York City , where she quickly befriends her street-wise landlady Lillian Kaushtupper ( Carol Kane ) , finds a roommate in struggling actor Titus Andromedon ( Tituss Burgess ) , and gains a job as a nanny for the melancholy and out-of-touch socialite Jacqueline Voorhees ( Jane Krakowski ) . Since its premiere , the show has received critical acclaim , with critic Scott Meslow calling it `` the first great sitcom of the streaming era '' . As of July 14 , 2016 , the series has been nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards , including two nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series . On January 17 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a third season , which premiered on May 19 , 2017 . |
Universal_Newsreel | Universal Newsreel ( sometimes known as Universal-International Newsreel or just U-I Newsreel ) was a series of 7 - to 10-minute newsreels that were released twice a week between 1929 and 1967 by Universal Studios . A Universal publicity official , Sam B. Jacobson , was involved in originating and producing the newsreels . Nearly all of them were filmed in black-and-white , and many were narrated by Ed Herlihy . From January 1919 to July 1929 , Universal released International Newsreel , produced by Hearst 's International News Service -- this series later became Hearst Metrotone News released first by Fox Film Corporation 1929-1934 and then by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer beginning in 1934 . In 1976 , the films ' owner , MCA , made the unusual decision to turn over ownership of all of the newsreels to the National Archives . The decision effectively ended Universal 's copyright claim , releasing the films into the public domain . Because royalties no longer have to be paid in order to broadcast them , Universal Newsreels have become a popular source of file footage in recent years . The History Channel made them a key part of the TV series Year-By-Year . Also , C-SPAN and CNN regularly use the films for video of events that took place before those networks were founded . Other U.S. newsreel series included Pathé News ( 1910 -- 1956 ) , Fox Movietone News ( 1928 -- 1963 ) , Hearst Metrotone News/News of the Day ( 1914 -- 1967 ) , Paramount News ( 1927 -- 1957 ) , and The March of Time ( 1935 -- 1951 ) . |
Twin_Peaks_(2017_TV_series) | Twin Peaks , also known as Twin Peaks : The Return , is an American serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch and a continuation of the 1990 -- 91 ABC series of the same name . The limited series event will consist of 18 episodes and premiered on Showtime on May 21 , 2017 . The series had its world premiere on May 19 , 2017 , at the Theater at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles . The series was developed and written by Lynch and Frost over a number of years , and directed in its entirety by Lynch . Many original cast members return , including Kyle MacLachlan as FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , and new cast members are introduced , including Laura Dern , Naomi Watts , Michael Cera , Jim Belushi and Jennifer Jason Leigh . Before the premiere , little was known about the plot of the new series , but Showtime president David Nevins stated that `` the core of it is Agent Cooper 's odyssey back to Twin Peaks '' . |
Two_(1964_film) | Two : A Film Fable is a 1964 black-and-white short film directed by the Indian director Satyajit Ray . The film was made under the banner of Esso World Theater at the request of a non-profit American public broadcasting television , PBS . It was made as part of a trilogy of short films from India . The other two films in the trilogy featured Indian Sitar player , Pandit Ravi Shankar and a Ballet troupe from Mumbai , then known as `` Bombay '' . Ray , who worked prominently for Bengali cinema , was requested to make a film in English language with a Bengali setting , however Ray being an admirer of silent film decided to make a film without any dialogue as a tribute to the genre . The short film shows an encounter between a child of a rich family and a street child , through the rich kid 's window . The film is made without any dialogue and displays attempts of One-upmanship between kids in their successive display of their toys . The film portrays the child-rivalry with the help of world of noise and that of music . The film is among less known films of Ray but experts rated the film as one of Ray 's best . It is often regarded as a prelude to another Ray film , Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ( 1969 ) . Made during the Vietnam War , experts believe that the film makes `` a strong anti-war statement '' as it ends with street kid 's flute sound overpowering sound of expensive toys . Academy Film Archive , part of the Academy Foundation , took an initiative to restore Satyajit Ray 's films and could successfully restore 19 Ray films . Two was preserved in 2006 . The film 's original script was included in a book named Original English Film Scripts Satyajit Ray , put together by Ray 's son Sandip Ray . |
Ultraviolet_(film) | Ultraviolet is a 2006 American dystopian science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems . It stars Milla Jovovich as Violet Song , Cameron Bright as Six , and Nick Chinlund as Ferdinand Daxus . It was released in North America on March 3 , 2006 . The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 27 , 2006 . The film follows Violet Song Jat Shariff ( Jovovich ) , a woman infected with hemoglophagia , a fictional vampire-like disease , in a future dystopia where anyone infected with the contagious disease is immediately sentenced to death . With her advanced martial arts , a group of rebel hemophages , and a boy named Six ( Bright ) , whose blood may contain a cure for the disease , Violet goes on a mission to overthrow the futuristic government and defeat Ferdinand Daxus ( Chinlund ) . A novelization of the film was written by Yvonne Navarro , with more back-story and character development . The book differs from the film in a number of ways , including a more ambiguous ending and the removal of some of the more improbable plot twists . An anime series titled Ultraviolet : Code 044 was released by the Japanese anime satellite television network Animax , and created by Madhouse . Because of its many similarities with Equilibrium and because they share the same director , the film is often considered to be Equilibrium 's spiritual successor . |
United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina,_1992 | The 1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3 , 1992 throughout all 50 states and D.C. , which was part of the 1992 United States presidential election . Voters chose 9 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . North Carolina was very narrowly won by incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas over his Democratic challenger , Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas . Bush took 43.44 % of the vote to Clinton 's 42.65 % , a margin of 0.79 percent . North Carolina was the second-closest state in this election behind neighbouring Georgia . Billionaire businessman Ross Perot , running as an Independent , finished in third with 13.70 % of the vote , a relatively strong showing for a third party candidate , and his second highest showing in the Southeast , behind only Florida . Despite being from the South , Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying the state of North Carolina . As of 2017 the 1992 election constitutes the last occasion the following counties have supported a Democratic presidential nominee : Alleghany , Brunswick , Greene , Pamlico , Pender , Rockingham , Sampson and Yancey . |
Vannevar_Bush | Vannevar Bush ( -LSB- væˈniːvɑr -RSB- ; March 11 , 1890 -- June 28 , 1974 ) was an American engineer , inventor and science administrator , who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development ( OSRD ) , through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out , including initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project . He is also known in engineering for his work on analog computers , for founding Raytheon , and for the memex , a hypothetical adjustable microfilm viewer with a structure analogous to that of hypertext . In 1945 , Bush published the essay `` As We May Think '' in which he predicted that `` wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear , ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them , ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified '' . The memex influenced generations of computer scientists , who drew inspiration from its vision of the future . He was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of the National Science Foundation . For his master 's thesis , Bush invented and patented a `` profile tracer '' , a mapping device for assisting surveyors . It was the first of a string of inventions . He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) in 1919 , and founded the company now known as Raytheon in 1922 . Starting in 1927 , Bush constructed a differential analyzer , an analog computer with some digital components that could solve differential equations with as many as 18 independent variables . An offshoot of the work at MIT by Bush and others was the beginning of digital circuit design theory . Bush became vice president of MIT and dean of the MIT School of Engineering in 1932 , and president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1938 . Bush was appointed to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ( NACA ) in 1938 , and soon became its chairman . As chairman of the National Defense Research Committee ( NDRC ) , and later director of OSRD , Bush coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare . Bush was a well-known policymaker and public intellectual during World War II , when he was in effect the first presidential science advisor . As head of NDRC and OSRD , he initiated the Manhattan Project , and ensured that it received top priority from the highest levels of government . In Science , The Endless Frontier , his 1945 report to the President of the United States , Bush called for an expansion of government support for science , and he pressed for the creation of the National Science Foundation . |
Unity_(Shinedown_song) | `` Unity '' is the second single from American rock band Shinedown 's fourth studio album , Amaryllis . |
UNAFF_(United_Nations_Association_Film_Festival) | UNAFF ( United Nations Association Film Festival ) is an international documentary film festival held in Palo Alto , East Palo Alto , San Francisco and at Stanford University each year around the United Nations Day ( October 24 ) . Its area of interest covers human rights and international issues in their broadest sense , particularly as listed in the UDHR and other UN documents . Each year the festival emphasizes a particular topic , ranging from education , racism , economy , globalization and health , women and gender issues , the environment , sustainability , refugees and war and peace . It is founded in 1998 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR ) by Jasmina Bojic , connecting her experience as a film critic , her work at Stanford University and the UNA ( United Nations Association ) , the festival has become one of the oldest solely documentary film festivals in the US . Since then UNAFF has grown and earned the respect of audiences and filmmakers alike for its fearless independence and integrity , providing early outlets for films , many of which later went on to win major awards and accolades ( among them 7 Academy Award winners and 30 Academy nominated documentaries ) . UNAFF prides itself in creating a community forum and organizes panel discussions with prominent experts elucidating the presented challenging topics during the festival , and also numerous year-round programs , designed to extend the impact of the presented films after the main festival days are over . UNAFF Programs Through UNAFF and Kids and UNAFF in Schools programs UNAFF devotes its attention to the young , but also to the wiser among us with the UNAFF for Seniors series , while the UNAFF Café program maintains a steady supply of interesting films and informal discussions at various venues and occasions in the community . The UNAFF with Veterans initiative brings documentaries to veterans and their families , the UNAFF Women 's Salon is a forum where women can gather informally for active discussions in a supportive and engaging environment , while the rich UNAFF Archive offers a plethora of research material for students of film , politics and international relations . The popular UNAFF Traveling Film Festival broadens the reach of the selected films by cooperating with UNA chapters , universities , other film festivals and community organizations across the US and abroad and has taken place in Bellevue , Berkeley , Boston , Burlington , Cambridge , Chapel Hill , Chicago , Davis , Denver , Durham , Fryeburg , Honolulu , Houston , La Crosse , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Miami , Monterey , New Haven , New York , Philadelphia , Salt Lake City , San Diego , Santa Cruz , Saratoga , Sebastopol , Sonoma , Washington D.C. , Waukesha , and internationally in Abu Dhabi , Belgrade , Kranjska Gora , Paris , Phnom Penh and Venice . At Stanford University in addition to several days of UNAFF festival screenings , the documentaries are deployed in the educational process throughout the year through the Camera as Witness program , which leverages documentary film as an educational tool . Jury and Awards UNAFF is a juried film festival , whose entries are viewed and selected by a dedicated group of jurors coming from various walks of life , age groups , profiles and backgrounds -- from film experts and academics , to community members , students and interested professionals -- who review and discuss the submitted films and decide which ones will be screened in October . UNAFF gives six awards : UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary , UNAFF Grand Jury Award for Best Short Documentary , UNAFF Youth Vision Award , UNAFF Award for Cinematography , UNAFF Award for Editing and UNAFF Visionary Award . UNAFF is extremely proud of the list of its Honorary Committee members , whose high-profile international reputations lend it an additional dimension of prestige . They include businessmen like Ted Turner and William Draper III , Hollywood producer Gale Anne Hurd , documentary filmmakers like Academy Award winner Barbara Trent , Academy Award nominee Erika Szanto , as well as famous actors and music stars known for their human rights involvement Alec Baldwin , Peter Coyote , Lolita Davidovich , Danny Glover , Daryl Hannah , Susan Sarandon , John Savage , Zucchero . In 2014 the ICFT ( International Council for Film , Television and Audiovisual Communication of UNESCO ) presented the UNESCO Fellini Medal to Jasmina Bojic , Founder and Executive Director of UNAFF , in recognition of her exceptional contribution in promoting the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the art of documentary film . While UNAFF supports the goals of the UN and is proud to be an independent project of the UNA-USA , it is independent both financially and in governance . |
USS_Hornet_(CV-12) | USS Hornet ( CV/CVA/CVS -12 ) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier of the Essex class . The ship 's construction started in August 1942 . She was originally named , but was renamed in honor of the , which was lost in October 1942 , becoming the eighth ship to bear the name . Hornet was commissioned in November 1943 , and after three months of training joined the U.S. forces in the Pacific War . She played a major part in the Pacific battles of WWII , and also took part in Operation Magic Carpet , returning troops back to the U.S. Following World War II , she served in the Vietnam War , and also played a part in the Apollo program , recovering the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts as they returned from the Moon . Hornet was finally decommissioned in 1970 . She was eventually designated as both a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark , and in 1998 she opened to the public as the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda , California . |
United_States_women's_national_basketball_team | The United States women 's national basketball team are the defending Olympic and World champions in women 's basketball . The team is composed of some of the top American players in the WNBA and the women 's college tournaments . The team has won eight Olympic gold medals and nine FIBA world championships , and did not lose an international match between 1994 and 2006 . However , with longtime leaders Dawn Staley , Lisa Leslie , and Teresa Edwards absent , they lost to Russia in the semifinal of the 2006 world championship , eventually settling for the bronze . On August 11 , 2012 , the team won their 5th straight gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London , beating France in an 86 -- 50 victory . and on October 5 , 2014 , beat Spain 77-64 in the final of the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women for their second consecutive world title.And the same two countries met again at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in mid-August 2016 but the Americans won again for their 6th straight gold , beating them 101-72 to make it 49 straight Olympic basketball victories overall . |
Vamps_(film) | Vamps is a 2012 American comedy horror film directed by Amy Heckerling , starring Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter , which was released on November 2 , 2012 . |
Two_Swords_(Game_of_Thrones) | `` Two Swords '' is the first episode of the fourth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 31st overall . The episode was written by series co-creators and showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Weiss . It premiered on April 6 , 2014 . |
Valentin_Prokopov | Valentin Prokopov ( Валенти́н Ива́нович Проко́пов , born June 10 , 1929 ) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics . He became notorious for striking Hungarian player Ervin Zádor in the Blood in the Water match . In 1952 he was part of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the Olympic water polo tournament . He played all nine matches and scored at least two goals ( not all scorers are known ) . Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the 1956 tournament . He played six matches without scoring a goal . |
Tum_Aur_Main | Tum Aur Main is a Bollywood film . It was released in 1946 . |
Turner_Broadcasting_System | Turner Broadcasting System , Inc. ( known professionally as Turner Broadcasting System and also known simply as Turner ) is an American media conglomerate that is a division of Time Warner and manages the collection of cable television networks and properties initiated or acquired by Ted Turner . The company was founded in 1970 , and merged with Time Warner on October 10 , 1996 . It now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner . The company 's assets include CNN , HLN , TBS , TNT , Cartoon Network , Adult Swim , Boomerang and TruTV . The company 's current chairman and CEO is John K. Martin . The headquarters of Turner 's properties are located in both the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood Drive in Midtown Atlanta , which also houses Turner Studios . Across Interstate 75/85 from the Techwood campus is the original home of Turner 's WTBS superstation ( now separated into its TBS cable network and Peachtree TV ) , which today houses the headquarters of Adult Swim and Williams Street Productions . |
Two_Guys_and_a_Girl_(season_1) | The first season of Two Guys , a Girl and a Pizza Place premiered on March 10 , 1998 as a mid-season replacement . `` The Pilot '' , with 17.9 million viewers , was the most watched series premiere on ABC since the debut of Spin City 18 months before . |
Type_12_frigate | Type 12 frigate refers to several ship classes , most commonly the three ship classes of the Royal Navy designed during the 1950s and constructed during the 1960s . The first Type 12 frigates , designed as convoy escorts , were later named the . Six operated in the Royal Navy , with one loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy , and two built for the Indian Navy . The design of the Type 12 Modified ( Type 12M ) or was optimised towards anti-submarine warfare and fleet escort duties , and fitted with the Sea Cat missile system . Nine were built for the Royal Navy , two for the Royal New Zealand Navy , and three ( as the ` President class ' ) for the South African Navy . The third class , designed as an all-purpose warship , was known as the Type 12 Improved ( Type 12I ) or the . The class was made up of three ` batches ' ; the main differences between each batch being variations in propulsion machinery and weapons outfit . 26 were built for the Royal Navy , some of which later saw service in the navies of Chile , Ecuador , New Zealand , and Pakistan . The Type 12 designation is sometimes used to refer to warship classes based on the Type 12 design , but constructed or operated by other naval forces . Some of these are still in service as of 2009 : The s of the Chilean Navy . Based on the Leander class , this class consisted of four ships , two purpose-built , and two former Royal Navy Leanders . The s of the Royal Australian Navy . Six were constructed : two to the Rothesay design , two to the same design but modified to carry a variable-depth sonar and an Ikara missile system ( which was retrofitted to the first two ) , and two to an Australian-designed Leander variant . The s of the Indian Navy . Six were constructed to an updated design based on the Leanders . The and s of the Indian Navy . An enlarged Nilgiri design was used as the basis for six ships ( three of each class ) , with the weapons outfit the main difference between them . The s of the Royal Netherlands Navy . Based on the Leander design but with Dutch radars , six ships were built . All six were later transferred to the Indonesian Navy and become `` Ahmad Yani '' Class Frigate . All of them are renamed with Indonesian National Heroes . |
United_States_elections,_1920 | The 1920 United States elections was held on November 2 . In the aftermath of World War I , the Republican Party re-established the dominant position it lost in the 1910 and 1912 elections . This was the first election after the ratification of the 19th Amendment , which granted women the constitutional right to vote . In the presidential election , Republican Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio . Harding won a landslide victory , taking every state outside of the South and dominating the popular vote . Harding won the Republican nomination on the tenth ballot , defeating former Army Chief of Staff Leonard Wood , Illinois Governor Frank Lowden , California Senator Hiram Johnson , and several other candidates . Cox won the Democratic nomination on the 44th ballot over former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo , Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer , New York Governor Al Smith , and several other candidates . Future president Calvin Coolidge won the Republican nomination for vice president , while fellow future president Franklin D. Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for vice president . Harding was the first sitting Senator to be elected president . The Republicans made large gains in the House and the Senate , strengthening their majority in both chambers . They picked up sixty-two seats in the House of Representatives , furthering their majority over the Democrats . The Republicans also strengthened their majority in the Senate , gaining ten seats . |
United_States_presidential_election,_1920 | The United States presidential election of 1920 was the 34th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 2 , 1920 . The Republicans nominated newspaper publisher and Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio , while the Democrats chose newspaper publisher and Ohio Governor James M. Cox . Incumbent President Woodrow Wilson , a Democrat , in poor health , chose not to run for a third term . Former President Theodore Roosevelt had been the front runner for the Republican nomination , but his health collapsed in 1918 . He died in January 1919 without leaving an obvious heir to his progressive legacy . With both Wilson and Roosevelt out of the running , the major parties turned to little-known dark horse candidates from state of Ohio , one of the states with the largest number of electoral votes . As his running mate , Cox chose Franklin D. Roosevelt , a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt who would be elected president himself in 1932 . Harding virtually ignored Cox in the race and essentially campaigned against Wilson by calling for a return to `` normalcy . '' With a spending advantage of almost 4-to-1 , Harding won a landslide victory by winning 37 states , including the first Republican victories in Arizona , New Mexico and Oklahoma ( then the three states most recently admitted to the Union ) . The election was dominated by the American social and political environment in the aftermath of World War I , which was marked by a hostile response to certain aspects of Wilson 's foreign policy and a massive reaction against the reformist zeal of the Progressive Era . The wartime economic boom had collapsed . Wilson 's advocacy for America 's entry into the League of Nations in the face of a return to non-interventionist opinion challenged his effectiveness as president and overseas , there were wars and revolutions . At home , the year 1919 was marked by major strikes in the meatpacking and steel industries and large-scale race riots in Chicago and other cities . Anarchist attacks on Wall Street produced fears of radicals and terrorists . The Irish Catholic and German communities were outraged at Wilson 's perceived favoritism of their traditional enemy Great Britain , and his political position was critically weakened after he suffered a severe stroke in 1919 that left him severely disabled . Harding 's victory margin of 26.2 % in the popular vote ( 60.3 % to 34.1 % ) remains the largest popular-vote percentage margin in presidential elections after the unopposed election of James Monroe in 1820 . Harding 's percentage of the popular vote , however , was later exceeded by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 , Lyndon Johnson in 1964 , and Richard Nixon in 1972 . This election was the first since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18 , 1920 , and thus the first in which women had the right to vote in all 48 states ( in the 1916 presidential election , about 30 states had permitted women to participate ) . As a result , the total popular vote increased dramatically , from 18.5 million in 1916 to 26.8 million in 1920 . The election is also notable for being the first of three in which a sitting U.S. senator was elected president ( the others were 1960 and 2008 ) . |
Valeri_Bure | Valeri Vladimirovich `` Val '' Bure ( -LSB- ˈvɑːlɛri_bʊ 're ɪ -RSB- -LSB- Валерий Владимирович Буре , p = vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bʊˈrɛ -RSB- born June 13 , 1974 ) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger . He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Montreal Canadiens , Calgary Flames , Florida Panthers , St. Louis Blues , and Dallas Stars . A second round selection of the Canadiens , 33rd overall , at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft , Bure appeared in one NHL All-Star Game , in 2000 . He led the Flames in scoring with 35 goals and 75 points in 1999 -- 2000 , a season in which he and brother Pavel combined to set an NHL record for goals by a pair of siblings with 93 . Bure left his home in the Soviet Union in 1991 to play junior hockey in the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) for the Spokane Chiefs . A two-time WHL all-star , he was the first Russian player in the league 's history . Internationally , he represented Russia on numerous occasions . He was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1994 World Junior Championship and was a two-time medalist at the Winter Olympics . Bure and the Russians won the silver medal in 1998 and bronze in 2002 . Back and hip injuries led to Bure 's retirement from hockey in 2005 . He now operates a winery in California with his wife , Candace Cameron . Bure paired with Ekaterina Gordeeva in 2010 to win the second season of the figure skating reality show Battle of the Blades . |
Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_6 | Space Launch Complex-6 ( SLC-6 , nicknamed `` Slick Six '' ) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is a launch pad and support area . The site was originally developed for the Titan III and Manned Orbiting Laboratory , which was cancelled before construction of SLC-6 was complete . The complex was later rebuilt to serve as the west coast launch site for the Space Shuttle , but again went unused due to budget , safety and political considerations . The pad was subsequently used for several Athena launches before being modified to support the Delta IV launch vehicle family , which have used the pad since 2006 . Launches from Vandenberg fly southward , allowing payloads to be placed in high-inclination orbits such as polar or Sun-synchronous orbit , which allow full global coverage on a regular basis and are often used for weather , Earth observation , and reconnaissance satellites . These orbits are difficult to reach from Cape Canaveral , where launches must fly eastward due to major population centers to both the north and south of Kennedy Space Center . Avoiding these would require hugely inefficient maneuvering , greatly reducing payload capacity . |
Uncertainty_principle | In quantum mechanics , the uncertainty principle , also known as Heisenberg 's uncertainty principle or Heisenberg 's indeterminacy principle , is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle , known as complementary variables , such as position x and momentum p , can be known . Introduced first in 1927 , by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg , it states that the more precisely the position of some particle is determined , the less precisely its momentum can be known , and vice versa . The formal inequality relating the standard deviation of position σx and the standard deviation of momentum σp was derived by Earle Hesse Kennard later that year and by Hermann Weyl in 1928 : ( is the reduced Planck constant , / . Historically , the uncertainty principle has been confused with a somewhat similar effect in physics , called the observer effect , which notes that measurements of certain systems can not be made without affecting the systems , that is , without changing something in a system . Heisenberg offered such an observer effect at the quantum level ( see below ) as a physical `` explanation '' of quantum uncertainty . It has since become clear , however , that the uncertainty principle is inherent in the properties of all wave-like systems , and that it arises in quantum mechanics simply due to the matter wave nature of all quantum objects . Thus , the uncertainty principle actually states a fundamental property of quantum systems , and is not a statement about the observational success of current technology . It must be emphasized that measurement does not mean only a process in which a physicist-observer takes part , but rather any interaction between classical and quantum objects regardless of any observer . Since the uncertainty principle is such a basic result in quantum mechanics , typical experiments in quantum mechanics routinely observe aspects of it . Certain experiments , however , may deliberately test a particular form of the uncertainty principle as part of their main research program . These include , for example , tests of number -- phase uncertainty relations in superconducting or quantum optics systems . Applications dependent on the uncertainty principle for their operation include extremely low-noise technology such as that required in gravitational wave interferometers . |
Untitled_Nas_album | The untitled ninth studio album by American rapper Nas was released by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records on July 15 , 2008 in the United States , with earlier dates in some other countries . Its original title , Nigger , was changed due to controversy surrounding the racial epithet . The album is distinguished for its political content , diverse sources of production and provocative subject matter . The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart , Nas ' fifth to do so . It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States . Upon its release , the album received generally positive reviews from music critics ; it holds an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic . |
United_Suvadive_Republic | The United Suvadive Republic ( Dhivehi : އެކުވެރި ސުވާދީބު ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ ) or Suvadive Islands was a short-lived breakaway nation in the remote southern atolls of the Maldive Islands ( Addu Atoll , Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah ) that constitute the Suvadive archipelago . Originally , `` Suvadive '' ( Dhivehi : ސުވާދީބު ) was an ancient name for the three southernmost atolls of the archipelago , derived from a name for the largest of the three , Huvadhu Atoll . The early seventeenth-century French navigator François Pyrard referred to Huvadhu as `` Suadou '' and it was marked as `` Suvadina '' on maps of the Dutch Empire . The Suvadive secession occurred within the context of the struggle of the Maldives ' emergence as a modern nation still shackled by feudal and autocratic structures . The alleged causes were the centralistic policies of the Maldivian government and the recent independence of its neighbors India and Ceylon . The Suvadives declared independence on January 3 , 1959 . They capitulated , rejoining the rest of the nation , on September 23 , 1963 . |
Valerian_Zubov | Count Valerian Aleksandrovich Zubov ( Валериан Александрович Зубов 1771 -- 1804 ) was a Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796 . His siblings included Platon Zubov and Olga Zherebtsova . As a young man Zubov had flattering prospects of a brilliant military career due to his brother Platon 's ascendancy at Catherine II 's court . He was reputed by contemporaries as `` the handsomest man in Russia '' . The legend has it that the aged Empress flirted with him , secretly from his brother . During her reign he was much lionized as a military hero of incredible valor . He was appointed General-Major and sent to assist Suvorov in quelling the Kościuszko Uprising in Poland , where he was said to treat both the Polish noblemen and their wives brazenly and `` in the most lowly manner '' . During this stay in Poland , he married Teodor Lubomirski 's granddaughter and lost his left leg in the autumn of 1794 while crossing the Western Bug , as he was wounded by a cannonball . Several months before Catherine 's death , 24-year-old Zubov was invited to take charge of the army heading for Persia . The expedition , launched in 1796 , initially under the motto of complying to the promise Russia had made 23 years earlier to Georgia to protect it against any Persian attempts to bring the country under its hegemony again , was now just one of another wars for regional hegemony that was going on for a long time between Turkey , Persia , and Imperial Russia . Zubov started the expedition much promising , seizing Derbent in Dagestan in April , and Baku by July of the same year the invasion started . Catherine waxed jubilent at his rapid progress , which in two months repeated some of the gains of Peter the Great during the Russo-Persian War ( 1722-1723 ) . By November , they were stationed at the confluence of the Araks and Kura Rivers , poised to attack mainland Iran . It was in that month that the Empress of Russia died and her successor Paul I , who detested the Zubovs and had other plans for the army , ordered the troops to retreat back to Russia . Zubov 's return from his luckless expedition occasioned an ode by Derzhavin , meditating on the fleeting nature of fortune and success . |
Vanessa_Ives | Vanessa Ives is a fictional character on Showtime 's Penny Dreadful , created by John Logan and portrayed by Eva Green . Ives is the main protagonist of the story , and is introduced as a mysterious and powerful medium . Her unique powers make her extremely desirable to the Fallen Angels , who seek to unleash her destiny as the Mother of Evil , the harbinger of the End of Days . The character has been widely praised by critics , as has Green 's performance , which earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 2016 . |
Tywin_Lannister | Tywin Lannister is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Tywin Lannister is the eldest son of Tytos Lannister . He subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Clash of Kings ( 1998 ) and A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) . Tywin is portrayed by Charles Dance in the HBO television adaptation . |