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Scientific_law | A scientific law is a statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspects of the universe . |
Selective_retention | Selective retention , in relating to the mind , is the process whereby people more accurately remember messages that are closer to their interests , values and beliefs , than those that are in contrast with their values and beliefs , selecting what to keep in the memory , narrowing the information flow . Examples include : A person may gradually reflect more positively on their time at school as they grow older A consumer might remember only the positive health benefits of a product they enjoy People tending to omit problems and disputes in past relationships A conspiracy theorist paying less attention to facts which do not aid their standpoint Outside of the theory of memory and mind , selective retention may also refer to the retaining of contractual agreements upon moving on in open politics or of physical phenotypes in eugenic methods of propagation of traits and features of a genome , among other fields where action can impose a stratum of creative limitation . |
Sexred | Sexred , or Sexræd , ( d. 626 ? ) , was a king of the East-Saxons . Sexred was the son of Sæberht ( d 616 ? ) the first Christian king of the East Saxons , whom he succeeded , reigning jointly with his two brothers , Saeward and another , said on no good authority to have been named Sigebert ( Bromton , ap . Decem SS . col. 743 ) but perhaps the unplaced Seaxbald , father of Swithhelm . Sexred refused to accept Christianity , openly practised paganism and gave permission to his subjects to worship their idols . When he and his brothers saw Mellitus ( d. 624 ) , bishop of London , giving the eucharist to the people in church , they said to him , so it was commonly believed in the Venerable Bede 's time , `` Why do you not offer us the white bread that you used to give to our father Saba , for so they called him , and which you still give to the people ? '' Mellitus answered that if they would be washed in the font they should have it , but that otherwise it would do them no good . But they said that they would not enter the font , for they did not need washing but refreshment . The matter was often explained to them by the bishop , who persisted in refusing their request . At last they grew angry and banished him from their kingdom . Not long afterwards they went out to fight with the West-Saxons , and were slain , their army being almost wholly destroyed ( Bede , Hist . Eccl . ii . c. 5 ) . This battle was fought against Cynegils and Cwichelm of Wessex , the West Saxon kings who invaded their territory with a larger force than the East-Saxons could muster in or about 626 . They were succeeded by Sigeberht the Little . |
Screen_Actors_Guild_Award | The Screen Actors Guild Award ( also known as the SAG Award ) is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ( SAG-AFTRA ) to recognize outstanding performances in film and primetime television . The statuette given , a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy , is called `` The Actor '' . It is 16 in tall , weighs over 12 lb , is cast in solid bronze , and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank , California . SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995 . Nominations for the awards come from two committees , one for film and one for television , each numbering 2100 members of the union , randomly selected anew each year , with the full membership ( 165,000 as of 2012 ) available to vote for the winners . It is considered an indicator of success at the Academy Awards . The awards have been telecast since 1998 on TNT , and since 2007 have been simulcast on TBS . The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25 , 1995 from Universal Studios ' Stage 12 . The second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium , while subsequent awards have been held at the Shrine Exposition Center . |
Seymour_Papert | Seymour Aubrey Papert ( February 29 , 1928 -- July 31 , 2016 ) was a South African-born American mathematician , computer scientist , and educator , who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT . He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence , and of the constructionist movement in education . He was co-inventor , with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon , of the Logo programming language . |
Sex_and_the_City_2 | Sex and the City 2 is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written , co-produced , and directed by Michael Patrick King . It is the sequel to the 2008 film Sex and the City , which is based on the 1998-2004 HBO comedy series of the same name ( itself based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell ) . Theatrically released on May 27 , 2010 , in the United States and May 28 , 2010 , in the United Kingdom , the film stars Sarah Jessica Parker , Kim Cattrall , Kristin Davis , Cynthia Nixon and Chris Noth , who reprised their roles from the previous film and television series . It also features cameo appearances from Liza Minnelli , Miley Cyrus , Tim Gunn , Ron White , Omid Djalili , and Penélope Cruz , as well as Broadway actors , Norm Lewis , Kelli O'Hara , and Ryan Silverman . Despite poor reviews from critics , the film was a commercial success , grossing over $ 294 million from a $ 95 million budget . It also did well in home video sales , debuting at number one in the U.S and the U.K selling almost one million copies . The film was nominated for seven Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture , and won three of them ; Parker , Cattrall , Davis , and Nixon for Worst Actress , Worst Screen Ensemble , and Worst Prequel , Remake , Rip-off or Sequel . |
Seven_of_Nine | Seven of Nine ( born Annika Hansen ) is a fictional character who appears in seasons four through seven of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : Voyager . Portrayed by Jeri Ryan , she is a former Borg drone who joins the crew of the Federation starship Voyager . Her full Borg designation is Seven of Nine , Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One . The character Seven of Nine arrived just as the character Kes was leaving , and was intended to introduce a foil to Captain Kathryn Janeway in a similar manner as Spock in Star Trek : The Original Series . Seven of Nine was played by Jeri Ryan for four Voyager seasons . The character was a part of the last four seasons which concluded in 2001 with its seventh season , and Seven was featured in many episodes despite coming later to the series . Seven was introduced in the second part of the episode `` Scorpion '' , the first episode of the fourth season . The character continued to appear throughout the series until the final episode , `` Endgame '' . Stories related to her relationships with Captain Janeway and The Doctor appeared throughout the series . Several episodes such as `` The Raven '' explored her background and younger life as Annika Hansen before she was assimilated by the Borg . Her romantic life is more of mystery due to her Borg emotional restrictions , however she does proposition Harry Kim but he turns her down . Later on with the Doctor 's assistance she tries dating other crew unsuccessfully , while later exploring intimate relationships with a hologram of Chakotay . Finally , in the series finale Endgame she is involved in a short lived romantic relationship with Chakotay which includes at least three dates and first kiss before she `` alters the relationships parameters '' . However , in one alternate timeline they get married and in another she is killed with rest of Voyager crew ( Timeless ) . Due to the nature of altered timelines its not really clear what is the true story , but the future Federation ship Relativity tries to set things right . |
Seed_Productions | Seed Productions was a film production company associated with 20th Century Fox , started by Australian actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness , with producer and business partner John Palermo . The company 's headquarters were located at the 20th Century Fox lot at Century City , Los Angeles , California , however an Australian office was opened in 2006 at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney . Seed 's first planned project was X-Men Origins : Wolverine , a film detailing the origins of the character Wolverine played by Jackman in the X-Men film series . Wolverine was scheduled to begin filming just after completion of the third film in the series , X-Men : The Last Stand , but production delays delayed principal filming in New Zealand until January 18 , 2008 . In the meantime , the company produced The List starring Ewan McGregor , three cricket documentaries starring Jackman 's best friend Gus Worland , and the short-lived television series Viva Laughlin . The company close down in 2010 but Jackman and Palermo continued to work together . |
Shaolin_and_Wu_Tang | Shaolin and Wu Tang is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by and starring Gordon Liu . The film is about the rivalry between the martial arts schools Shaolin and Wu Tang . It is also called Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang in the Master Killer Collection . The film inspired the name of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan , who used several audio samples from the English dub of the film in their 1993 debut album , Enter the Wu-Tang ( 36 Chambers ) . |
Scientific_journal | In academic publishing , a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science , usually by reporting new research . There are thousands of scientific journals in publication , and many more have been published at various points in the past ( see list of scientific journals ) . Most journals are highly specialized , although some of the oldest journals such as Nature publish articles and scientific papers across a wide range of scientific fields . Scientific journals contain articles that have been peer reviewed , in an attempt to ensure that articles meet the journal 's standards of quality , and scientific validity . If the journal 's editor considers the paper appropriate , at least two researchers preferably from the same field check the paper for soundness of its scientific argument , and must agree to publish it . Although scientific journals are superficially similar to professional magazines , they are actually quite different . Issues of a scientific journal are rarely read casually , as one would read a magazine . The publication of the results of research is an essential part of the scientific method . If they are describing experiments or calculations , they must supply enough details that an independent researcher could repeat the experiment or calculation to verify the results . Each such journal article becomes part of the permanent scientific record . The history of scientific journals dates from 1665 , when the French Journal des sçavans and the English Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society first began systematically publishing research results . Over a thousand , mostly ephemeral , were founded in the 18th century , and the number has increased rapidly after that . Articles in scientific journals can be used in research and higher education . Scientific articles allow researchers to keep up to date with the developments of their field and direct their own research . An essential part of a scientific article is citation of earlier work . The impact of articles and journals is often assessed by counting citations ( citation impact ) . Some classes are partially devoted to the explication of classic articles , and seminar classes can consist of the presentation by each student of a classic or current paper . Schoolbooks and textbooks have been written usually only on established topics , while the latest research and more obscure topics are only accessible through scientific articles . In a scientific research group or academic department it is usual for the content of current scientific journals to be discussed in journal clubs . Academic credentials for promotion into academic ranks are established in large part by the number and impact of scientific articles published , and many doctoral programs allow for thesis by publication , where the candidate is required to publish a certain number of scientific articles . The standards that a journal uses to determine publication can vary widely . Some journals , such as Nature , Science , PNAS , and Physical Review Letters , have a reputation of publishing articles that mark a fundamental breakthrough in their respective fields . In many fields , a formal or informal hierarchy of scientific journals exists ; the most prestigious journal in a field tends to be the most selective in terms of the articles it will select for publication , and usually will also have the highest impact factor . In some countries , journal rankings can be utilized for funding decisions and even evaluation of individual researchers , although they are poorly suited for that purpose . It is also common for journals to have a regional focus , specializing in publishing papers from a particular country or other geographic region , like African Invertebrates . Articles tend to be highly technical , representing the latest theoretical research and experimental results in the field of science covered by the journal . They are often incomprehensible to anyone except for researchers in the field and advanced students . In some subjects this is inevitable given the nature of the content . Usually , rigorous rules of scientific writing are enforced by the editors ; however , these rules may vary from journal to journal , especially between journals from different publishers . Articles are usually either original articles reporting completely new results or reviews of current literature . There are also scientific publications that bridge the gap between articles and books by publishing thematic volumes of chapters from different authors . |
Securities_lending | In finance , securities lending or stock lending refers to the lending of securities by one party to another . The terms of the loan will be governed by a `` Securities Lending Agreement '' , which requires that the borrower provides the lender with collateral , in the form of cash or non-cash securities , of value equal to or greater than the loaned securities plus agreed upon margin . Non-cash refers to the subset of collateral that is not pure cash , including equities , government bonds , convertible bonds , corporate bonds , and other products . The agreement is a contract enforceable under relevant law , which is often specified in the agreement . As payment for the loan , the parties negotiate a fee , quoted as an annualized percentage of the value of the loaned securities . If the agreed form of collateral is cash , then the fee may be quoted as a `` short rebate '' , meaning that the lender will earn all of the interest which accrues on the cash collateral , and will `` rebate '' an agreed rate of interest to the borrower . Key lenders of securities include mutual funds , insurance companies , pension plans and other large investment portfolios . Securities lending is an important means of eliminating `` failed '' transactions as well as enabling hedge funds and other investment vehicles to sell shares short . |
Shirley_Horton | Shirley Horton ( born c. 1952 ) is a U.S. politician , having served as a Republican Member of the California State Assembly . Horton represented the 78th Assembly District , which includes southern San Diego , Chula Vista , Lemon Grove and Spring Valley . She won election to her office in 2002 and was reelected in 2004 and 2006 . She was previously Chula Vista 's first Asian American Mayor . Horton was born in Japan , while her father was in the US Navy , but grew up in south San Diego County , California . She attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Paradise Hills , O'Farrell Junior High School , and Bonita Vista High School . She received her bachelor 's degree major in Accounting from San Diego State University in 1976 . She ran her own property management business until elected to the California State Assembly . Horton began her career in politics as a member of the Chula Vista Planning Commission . In 1994 , she was elected Mayor of Chula Vista , then re-elected in 1998 with 72 % of the vote . After serving two terms as mayor of Chula Vista , 1994 -- 2000 , Horton was elected in 2002 to the California Assembly . In 2004 , the 78th Assembly District was the number 1 targeted seat for both the Democratic and Republican parties . Horton was re-elected to the California State Assembly after barely beating her Democratic opponent , Patty Davis . In August 2006 , Horton was the only Republican to vote for the landmark global warming legislation , AB 32 , the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 . In November 2006 , Assemblywoman Shirley Horton was reelected to her third term in office . Horton did not run for reelection in 2008 due to term limits . She was succeeded in the California State Assembly by Democrat Marty Block . In January 2009 , Horton was named president of the San Diego Downtown Partnership , a business and civic advocacy organization . |
Seven_Dwarves_(TV_series) | Seven Dwarves is a seven-part documentary reality television series commissioned by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom . The show follows seven dwarf actors as they prepare for and take part in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . The series began broadcasting on 16 August 2011 in the 9pm primetime slot . The first episode attracted more than 2.5 million viewers . The subsequent episodes were equally popular , with the second episode being watched by 2.77 million people . |
Self-discrepancy_theory | The self-discrepancy theory states that people compare themselves to internalized standards called `` self-guides '' . These different representations of the self can be contradictory and result in emotional discomfort . Self-discrepancy is the gap between two of these self-representations . The theory states that people are motivated to reduce the gap in order to remove disparity in self-guides . Developed by Edward Tory Higgins in 1987 , the theory provides a platform for understanding how different types of discrepancies between representations of the self are related to different kinds of emotional vulnerabilities . It maintains close ties to a long-standing tradition of belief-incongruity research . Higgins sought to illustrate that internal disagreement causes emotional and psychological turmoil . Before , many theories such as the self-inconsistency theory , the cognitive dissonance theory , and the imbalance theory ( e.g. , Heider , 1958 ) , had done just that ; however , Higgins aspired to predict and define what distinct emotions the cognitive imbalances would result in . Previous self-imbalance theories had recognized only positive or negative emotions , in a general sense , associated with the belief inconsistency . The self-discrepancy theory was the first to improve on these generalizations and assign specific emotions and affects to the disparity . It asserts two cognitive dimensions from which various self-states are measured : domains of the self and standpoints of the self . The theory proposes how a variety of self-discrepancies represents a variety of types of negative psychological situations that are associated with different kinds of discomfort ( p. 319 ) . A primary goal of the self-discrepancy theory is to help aid in predicting which types of incongruent ideas will cause such individuals to feel different kinds of negative emotions ( p. 319 ) . The structure of the theory was built based on three ideas : to distinguish among the different kinds of discomfort felt by those people holding incongruent ideals experienced , to relate the different possible kinds of emotional vulnerabilities felt by the different types of discrepancies that people may have for the self , and to consider the role of both the availability and accessibility to the different discrepancies that may potentially have in influencing the kind and type of discomfort they are most likely to experience . Also , the theory suggests that individuals are motivated to reach a goal of where the self-concept matches the appropriate self-guides ( p. 321 ) . |
Scream_queen | A scream queen ( a wordplay on screen queen ) is an actress who has become associated with horror films , either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist . Jamie Lee Curtis is noted as a seminal example for her performances in the popular slasher films of the Halloween franchise . In recent years , the male counterpart has been labeled a scream king . |
Shawn_Mendes_discography | Canadian singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes has released two studio albums , one extended play and seven singles ( including one as a featured artist ) . Artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Mendes online in January 2014 , bringing him to Island Records where he eventually signed and released his first single `` Life of the Party '' in June 2014 . He is the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 with a debut song on the Billboard Hot 100 . His debut studio album , Handwritten ( 2015 ) , debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 119,000 equivalent album units , selling 106,000 copies in its first week . `` Something Big '' was released as the second single from the album on 7 November 2014 , eventually peaking at number 80 . The third single from the album , `` Stitches '' , peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming his first top 10 single in the US . On 18 November 2015 , Mendes and Camila Cabello , who was at the time a member of the group Fifth Harmony released their collaborative song `` I Know What You Did Last Summer '' . The song was included on the Revisited reissue of Handwritten . Mendes released his second studio album Illuminate in 2016 , which also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 145,000 equivalent album units , selling 121,000 copies in its first week . |
Selma_(film) | Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb . It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel , Hosea Williams , Martin Luther King , Jr. and John Lewis . The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King , Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson , Tim Roth as George Wallace , Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King and Common as Bevel . Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11 , 2014 , began a limited US release on December 25 , and expanded into wide theatrical release on January 9 , 2015 , two months before the 50th anniversary of the march . The film got a re-release on March 20 , 2015 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the historical march . Selma had four Golden Globe Award nominations , including Best Motion Picture -- Drama , Best Director and Best Actor and won for Best Original Song . It was also nominated for Best Picture and won Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards . |
Serge_Riaboukine | Serge Riaboukine ( born 29 December 1957 ) is a French actor . |
Siege_of_Samarkand_(1497) | In May 1497 the two armies of Babur and Sultan Ali successfully besieged and captured the city of Samarkand . |
Shadow_play | Shadow play which is also known as shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures ( shadow puppets ) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim . The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing . Various effects can be achieved by moving both the puppets and the light source . A talented puppeteer can make the figures appear to walk , dance , fight , nod and laugh . Shadow play is popular in various cultures ; currently there are more than 20 countries known to have shadow show troupes . Shadow play is an old tradition and it has a long history in Southeast Asia ; especially in Indonesia , Malaysia , Thailand and Cambodia . It is also considered as an ancient art in other parts of Asia such as in China , India and Nepal . It is also known in the West from Turkey , Greece to France . It is a popular form of entertainment for both children and adults in many countries around the world . Shadow play probably developed from `` par '' shows with narrative scenes painted on a large cloth and the story further related through song . As the shows were mostly performed at night the par was illuminated with an oil lamp . Similar storytelling with pictures may date back to the Harappa civilization ( 4500 BCE - 1300 BCE ) . By at least around 200 BCE the figures on cloth seem to have been replaced with puppetry in Indian `` tholu bomalatta '' shows . These are performed behind a thin screen with flat , jointed puppets made of colorfully painted transparent leather . The puppets are held close to the screen and lit from behind , while hands and arms are manipulated with attached canes and lower legs swinging freely from the knee . Recent studies relate shadow puppet making with other pictorial traditions in India , such as temple mural painting , loose-leaf folio paintings , and the narrative paintings used by storytellers to enhance the connection with the audience . This also shows that rather than a minor and folk tradition , shadow puppetry in India actually followed the precepts of painting and performance treaties similarly to the classical arts patronised by the royal courts . Shadow puppets remained popular until recently in India , including the Tholu Bommalata of Andhra Pradesh , the Togalu Gombeyaata , leather puppets in Karnataka , and the Ravana Chhaya of Odisha . |
Sergey_Muromtsev | Sergey Andreevich Muromtsev ( October 5 , 1850 , Saint Petersburg -- October 4 , 1910 , Moscow ) was a Russian lawyer and politician , and chairman of the First Imperial Duma in 1906 . Muromtsev was a Russian nobleman from Tula and a Professor of Roman Law at Moscow University . In 1893 , he and his wife Marya built the Muromtsev Dacha in Moscow . In the late 19th century , he was among the creators of the Constitutional Democratic Party , better known as the KD or Cadet party , of which he was chairman for several years . In April 1906 , he was elected as a representative for Moscow in the First Duma , of which he was then elected chairman ( or president ) on May 10 . He tried to maintain some degree of order and dignity in this difficult assembly , which is often known as the `` Duma of the Public Anger '' . He was much praised for the way he chaired the debates , always keeping to the strictest legality but always pursuing a constitutional and anti-autocratic agenda . Despite his efforts , the Duma was dissolved on July 21 , 1906 , by Imperial ukase of tsar Nicholas II . Muromtsev wanted the elected Duma to continue its work and proposed that it should retreat to Finland . For signing this appeal , he was imprisoned for some months and could not be re-elected in the later Dumas . His funeral , at the New Donskoy Cemetery on October 7 , 1910 , was the occasion of one of the first public demonstrations of support for constitutional ideas since the dissolution of the Duma . His niece , Vera Muromtseva , was the wife of Ivan Bunin , a celebrated Russian author . |
Self-report_inventory | A self-report inventory is a type of psychological test in which a person fills out a survey or questionnaire with or without the help of an investigator . Self-report inventories often ask direct questions about personal interests , values , symptoms , behaviors , and traits or personality types . Inventories are different from tests in that there is no objectively correct answer ; responses are based on opinions and subjective perceptions . Most self-report inventories are brief and can be taken or administered within five to 15 minutes , although some , such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ( MMPI ) , can several hours to fully complete . They are popular because they can be inexpensive to give and to score , and their scores can often show good reliability . There are three major approaches to developing self-report inventories : theory-guided , factor analysis , and criterion-keyed . Theory-guided inventories are constructed around a theory of personality or a prototype of a construct . Factor analysis uses statistical methods to organize groups of related items into subscales . Criterion-keyed inventories include questions that have been shown to statistically discriminate between a comparison group and a criterion group , such as people with clinical diagnoses of depression versus a control group . Items could use any of several formats : a Likert scale with ranked options , true-false , or forced choice , although other formats such as sentence completion or visual analog scales are possible . True-false involves questions that the individual denotes as either being true or false about themselves . Forced-choice is a set of statements that require the individual to choose one as being most representative of themselves . If the inventory includes items from different factors or constructs , the items can be mixed together or kept in groups . Sometimes the way people answer the item will change depending on the context offered by the neighboring items . |
Scream_(Ozzy_Osbourne_album) | Scream is the eleventh studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne , released in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2010 and his most recent solo album as of 2016 . The album was recorded at Osbourne 's home studio `` The Bunker '' in Los Angeles , California and produced by himself and Kevin Churko , who had previously worked on Black Rain in 2007 . The album was commercially successful , reaching number 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and number 12 on the UK Albums Chart . Originally titled Soul Sucka , the album was later changed to Scream . The album is the only one to feature guitarist Gus G , who replaced long-term guitarist Zakk Wylde . The drums on the album were recorded by Kevin Churko , though Tommy Clufetos was credited , as he was touring with the band at the time . Scream is also the first release to feature keyboardist Adam Wakeman , who has worked with Osbourne as a touring musician since 2004 . The lead single released from the album was `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' , which peaked at number 6 on the American Rock Songs chart . A 2-CD , `` Tour Edition '' version of the album was released in the U.S. on 5 October 2010 . This package contains the original album on disc 1 and a second CD with seven bonus songs : `` One More Time '' ( originally an iTunes pre-order exclusive ) , `` Jump the Moon '' ( originally a bonus track on the Japanese release ) , and `` Hand of the Enemy '' ( previously unreleased ) from the Scream sessions , and four additional live tracks recorded during the UK leg of the Scream tour : `` Bark at the Moon '' , `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' , `` No More Tears '' and a live recording of Black Sabbath 's `` Fairies Wear Boots '' . A four-sided vinyl edition , containing the aforementioned studio tracks along with the live version of `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' and the single version of `` Life Wo n't Wait '' , is also available . |
Separate_account | A separate account is a segregated accounting and reporting account held by an insurance company not in , but rather `` separate '' from its general account . A separate account allows an investor to choose an investment category according to his individual risk tolerance , and desire for performance . An account may be a generic conservative or aggressive investment allocation , or a specific mutual fund-type account . Some offshore companies allow the account owners to specify the type of separate account to open . Separate accounts in the U.S. markets are often characterized as either managed or non-managed . A managed separate account is synonymous to a mutual fund in the sense that the investments of the separate account are actively managed ( such as stocks , bonds or other debt instruments , loans , derivative instruments , etc. ) . A non-managed separate account is one that invests more `` passively '' in that it typically owns shares of other managed pools of investments such as mutual fund shares . This is similar to a `` fund of funds '' whereby the separate account ( `` fund '' ) simply invests in shares of one or more mutual funds . This arrangement is sometimes more efficient and cost-effective rather than the insurance company maintaining many separate accounts with similar baskets of securities . Separate accounts are sometimes confused with separately managed accounts ( SMAs ) , which are privately managed investment accounts opened through a brokerage or financial adviser that uses pooled money to buy individual assets . These differ from mutual funds because the investor directly owns the securities instead of owning a share in a pool of securities . Most SMAs require a minimum investment of $ 100,000 or more . |
Shakey_Graves | Shakey Graves ( born Alejandro Rose-Garcia on June 4 , 1987 ) is an Americana musician from Austin , Texas , United States . His music is a cross between blues , folk and rock and roll -- he performs at many large festivals and concert venues around the United States . Alejandro Rose-Garcia received his iconic stage name at Old Settler 's Music Festival in 2007 after he and his friends jokingly gave each other Indian guide names over a campfire . After an inspired night of playing music , he decided to keep the name . Shakey Graves became known for his one-man band set up and most of his debut album Roll the Bones is Rose-Garcia playing unaccompanied by other musicians . When he began working on his sophomore album , And the War Came , Rose-Garcia added musicians to his recording process and live set . Three songs from And the War Came are duets with ex-Paper Bird member Esme Patterson . The album was produced , engineered and mixed by Chris Boosahda . Boosahda also contributes drums , vocals , percussion and music for the song Big Time Nashville Star to the ATWC album . Patrick O'Connor , from the LA music scene , plays guitar and bass at various live shows as the project and tours have moved forward as a revolving duo and trio . Shakey Graves made his television debut on October 14 , 2014 with Boosahda , Patterson , and Robinson on Conan . Almost exactly 4 months later , the same quartet appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman . Following Letterman the trio of Rose-Garcia , Boosahda and O'Connor performed their next single The Perfect Parts , from And The War Came on Late Night with Seth Meyers . On May 6 , 2015 the same trio performed on the legendary Austin City Limits TV show/taping for a well received performance in his hometown . In September 2015 , Shakey Graves won the Best Emerging Artist award at the 2015 Americana Music Awards . He and Esme Patterson performed their hit Dearly Departed . On February 9 , 2012 , Lee Leffingwell , the Mayor of Austin proclaimed a `` Shakey Graves Day '' . Rose-Garcia spent Shakey Graves Day 2012 celebrating by playing laser tag , but in each subsequent year has put on a concert with other local bands and musicians . Also , on Shakey Graves Day ( and for the two days following ) all of his music is available on bandcamp for pay-what-you-want prices . Fans can download unreleased albums The State of Texas vs. Alejandro Rose-Garcia , Story of my Life , As Per Request , West of Calgary , and Nobody 's Fool . These are only available 3 days a year . |
Scream_2 | Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson . It stars David Arquette , Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jamie Kennedy , Laurie Metcalf , Jerry O'Connell , Jada Pinkett and Liev Schreiber . The film was released on December 12 , 1997 by Dimension Films as the second installment in the Scream film series . Scream 2 takes place one year after Scream and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott ( Campbell ) , now a student at the fictional Windsor College , who becomes the target of a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface . Sidney is accompanied by film-geek Randy Meeks ( Kennedy ) , retired deputy sheriff Dewey Riley ( Arquette ) and news reporter Gale Weathers ( Cox ) . Like its predecessor , Scream 2 combines the violence of the slasher genre with elements of comedy and `` whodunit '' mystery while satirizing the cliché of film sequels . The film was followed by two sequels , Scream 3 ( 2000 ) and Scream 4 ( 2011 ) . Williamson provided a five-page outline for a sequel to Scream when auctioning his original script , hoping to entice bidders with the potential of buying a franchise . Following a successful test screening of Scream and the film 's financial and critical success , Dimension moved forward with the sequel while Scream was still in theaters , with the principal cast all returning to star , Craven to direct and Beltrami to provide music . The film suffered controversy following its significant issues with plot information leaking onto the Internet , revealing the identity of the killers . Combined with the film 's rushed schedule , the script was rewritten often ; pages were sometimes completed on the day of filming . Despite these issues , Scream 2 earned $ 172 million , received several awards and nominations . The film also received positive reviews , with some critics arguing that the sequel surpassed the original in terms of quality . Beltrami received positive critical reception for his score for evolving the musical themes of the characters created in Scream although some critics claimed that the most memorable pieces from the film were created by composers Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer . Elfman 's contribution had been specially written for the film , but Zimmer 's score for Broken Arrow was controversially used in the film , replacing Beltrami 's own work . The soundtrack received negative feedback from reviewers but achieved moderate sales success , reaching # 50 on the Billboard 200 . |
Screener_(promotional) | A screener ( SCR ) is an advance screening of a film or television series sent to critics , awards voters , video stores ( for their manager and employees ) , and other film industry professionals , including producers and distributors . Screeners help critics and awards voters see smaller movies that do not have the marketing advantage or distribution of major studio releases . Positive mentions can result in awards consideration . A screener often has no post-processing . Nowadays physical DVD copies still appear to be issued , but screeners are also distributed digitally to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , and the media/publicity sites of individual television networks for television shows . When screeners leak online , they are often tagged `` DVDSCR '' , and often have an on-screen graphic watermarked with the receiver 's email address . Another anti-piracy measure includes the encryption of DVD disks so that they will only play in machines given exclusively to voters . In 2003 , the MPAA announced that they would be ceasing distribution of screeners to Academy members , citing fears of copyright infringement . A group of independent film makers sued and won a decision against the MPAA . The MPAA later reinstated the screeners with the implementation of a new policy requiring recipients to sign a binding contract that they would not share the screeners with others . In January 2004 , Academy member Carmine Caridi was announced as a person of interest in an ongoing FBI investigation into video piracy . He was subsequently expelled from the Academy , after he was found to have sent as many as 60 screeners a year for at least three years to a contact called Russell Sprague in Illinois . Caridi was later ordered to pay Warner Bros. for copyright infringement of two of their films , Mystic River and The Last Samurai , a total of $ 300,000 ( $ 150,000 per title ) . In March 2016 , TorrentFreak reported that original screener DVDs appear in dozens of eBay listings . According to eBay seller NoHo Trader , the sale of Emmy screener DVDs is lawful , although studios occasionally still take down Emmy DVD auctions and other lawful promotional materials . The Television Academy indicates the limited license governing the use of these screeners prohibits further distribution . |
Show_Me_Love_(album) | Show Me Love is the debut album by American singer Robin S. , released on June 21 , 1993 . It includes the single `` Show Me Love '' which reached # 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , # 6 in the UK Singles Chart and the Top 10 of many other charts around the world . Further singles that were released from the album are `` Luv 4 Luv '' ( titled `` Love for Love '' on the album ) , which reached # 53 in the US and # 11 in the UK , `` What I Do Best '' ( UK # 43 ) , `` I Want to Thank You '' ( UK # 48 ) and `` Back It Up '' ( UK # 43 ) . |
Sergei_Fedorov | Sergei Viktorovich Fyodorov ( Серге́й Викторович Фёдоров born December 13 , 1969 ) is a Russian retired ice hockey player and the general manager of CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . Fedorov played as centre in his career , also occasionally playing as a winger or defenceman . Fedorov gained fame in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for his unique style of play with the Detroit Red Wings , with whom he won the Stanley Cup three times , as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy as the League 's most valuable player in 1994 . After a highly publicized departure from the Red Wings in the summer of 2003 , Fedorov played stints with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals before retiring from the NHL in 2009 . He played in over 1,200 NHL games and scoring 483 goals in the NHL . He is a three-time Olympian , the first European-trained player to win the Hart Trophy and is considered to be one of the best playoff performers in NHL history . On January 27 , 2017 , in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles , Fedorov was part of the second group of players to be named one of the ' 100 Greatest NHL Players ' in history . Fedorov was considered one of the best players in the world in the 1990s leading into the early 2000s . He last played for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL , where he was made captain of in early September 2011 . He was also an ambassador for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . Fedorov was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 9 , 2015 and to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2016 . |
Security_paper | Security paper is a paper that incorporates features that can act to identify or authenticate a document as original , e.g. watermarks or invisible fibres in paper , or features that demonstrate tamper evidence when fraud is attempted , e.g. , to remove or alter print such as amounts or signatures on a cheque . Examples of this kind of papers are those used for identification such as passports and certificates , such as birth certificates and different types of academic and qualification certificates , as well as government documents , e.g. voting ballots and tax strips . |
Shirley_Phelps-Roper | Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper ( born Shirley Lynn Phelps , October 31 , 1957 ) is an American lawyer and political activist . She is best known as the former spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka , Kansas , an organization known for its highly publicized homophobic public protests conducted under the slogan `` God Hates Fags . '' |
Silent_Scream_(2005_film) | Silent Scream ( originally known as The Retreat ) is an independent , horror film starring Scott Vickaryous , Melissa Schuman and Shanti Lowry . The movie premiered at the Chicago Horror Film Festival on October 28 , 2005 and was released on DVD on December 5 , 2006 . It was directed by Matt Cantu and Lance Kawas . ' |
Shaolin_Popey | Shaolin Popey is a 1994 Taiwanese kung fu comedy film directed by a Kevin Chu . The movie premiere was on 21 July 1994 . It is starred Lin Zhiying , Xu Ruoxuan , Hao Shaowen , Shi Xiaolong , and Zhang Zhenyue . Lin Zhiying and Zhang Zhenyue also sang . The movie tells a story that a young boy helps his older brother to win the love of a girl . It is a youth comedy . The hero celebrity is Lin Zhiying , little comedian Jimmy Hao Shao Wen , the mainland kung fu boy Shi Xiaolong . Singer Zhang Zhenyue and Taiwan 's new pure girl Xu Ruoxuan have become big highlights of the film , and the performance of Hong Kong stars Xu Haoying , Yuan Qiong Dan , Qin Pei can not be ignored . The movie itself has two related movie spin-offs , Messy Temple ( 笑林小子2之新烏龍院 ) and Super Mischieves ( 新烏龍院2之無敵反鬥星 ) . |
Shahrukh_Mirza | Shāhrukh Mīrzā ( شاهرخ میرزا Šāhrokh Mīrzā ) ( August 20 , 1377 -- March 13 , 1447 ) son of Timur was the Timurid ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by his father , Central Asian conqueror Timur ( Tamerlane ) who founded the Timurid dynasty , governing most of Persia and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447 . Shāhrukh was the fourth and youngest son of Timur and child of one of his concubines . After Timur 's death in 1405 , his empire fell apart with various tribes and warlords competing for dominance . The Kara Koyunlu Turkmen destroyed the western empire in 1410 when they captured Baghdad , but in Persia and Transoxiana Shāhrukh was able to secure effective control from about 1409 . His empire controlled the main trade routes between East and West , including the legendary Silk Road , and became immensely wealthy as a result . The devastation of Persia 's main cities led to the cultural centre of the empire shifting to Samarqand in modern Uzbekistan and Herat in modern Afghanistan . Shāhrukh chose to have his capital not in Samarqand , but in Herat . This was to become the political centre of the Timurid empire , and residence of his principal successors , though both cities benefited from the wealth and privilege of Shāhrukh 's court , which was a great patron of the arts and sciences . |
See_No_Evil_2 | See No Evil 2 is a 2014 slasher film directed by the Soska sisters , written by Nathan Brookes and Bobby Lee Darby , produced by Michael Luisi , and starring Danielle Harris , Katharine Isabelle and professional wrestler Kane . It is the sequel to 2006 's See No Evil . Unlike the original , which had a theatrical release , the film was released in 2014 direct to DVD and Blu-ray . The film received mixed reviews . |
Selim_I | Selim I ( Ottoman Turkish : سليم اول , Modern Turkish : I. Selim ; 1470/1 -- September 1520 ) , known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( Yavuz Sultan Selim ) , was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 . His reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire , particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt , which included all of the Levant , Hejaz , Tihamah , and Egypt itself . On the eve of his death in 1520 , the Ottoman Empire spanned about 576,900 mi2 , having grown by seventy percent during Selim 's reign . Selim 's conquest of the Middle Eastern heartlands of the Muslim world , and particularly his assumption of the role of guardian of the pilgrimage routes to Mecca and Medina , established the Ottoman Empire as the most prestigious of all Sunni Muslim states . His conquests dramatically shifted the empire 's geographical and cultural center of gravity away from the Balkans and toward the Middle East . By the eighteenth century , Selim 's conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate had come to be romanticized as the moment when the Ottomans seized leadership over the rest of the Muslim world , and consequently Selim is popularly remembered as the first legitimate Ottoman Caliph , although stories of an official transfer of the caliphal office from the Abbasids to the Ottomans were a later invention . |
Shailesh_Lodha | Shailesh Lodha is an Indian actor , comedian and writer . He is widely recognized for his role of Taarak Mehta ( a real life Gujarati columnist ) in the India 's longest running sitcom serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah , which he is portraying since July 2008 . |
Shade_Sheist | Tramayne Thompson ( born October 22 , 1982 ) , primarily known by his stage name Shade Sheist , is an American songwriter and recording artist from Inglewood , California . He began his career in 2000 by contributing the single `` Where I Wan na Be '' to a compilation executive produced by himself and local producer Damizza . After writing and recording tracks for other artists , television/film and video game soundtracks , Shade Sheist released his debut album Informal Introduction , featuring Where I Wan na Be in 2002 under Universal Records . |
Scratch_and_Burn | Scratch & Burn is an American musical sketch comedy and variety show that was aired on MTV in 2002 . The show stars rappers and actors Jordan Allen-Dutton , GQ , JAQ and Erik Weiner . The vast majority of the skits on the program features stories or concepts that are portrayed through rapping . However , there are some skits on the show that do not feature any rapping . There were only 8 episodes that were produced and of those , only 5 were aired on television . The unaired episodes were eventually uploaded online . |
Set_in_Darkness | Set in Darkness is a 2000 crime novel by Ian Rankin . It is the eleventh of the Inspector Rebus novels . It won the 2005 Grand Prix du Roman Policier ( France ) under the title Du fond des ténèbres . The title comes from the poem `` The Old Astronomer '' by Sarah Williams . In an interview , Rankin linked the quote to the rise of a restored Scottish Parliament and the redemption of the Inspector in the novel . |
Sergei_Ivanov | Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( -LSB- Серге́й Бори́сович Ивано́в , p = sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof -RSB- born 31 January 1953 ) is a Russian senior official and statesman . Ivanov was Minister of Defense of Russia from March 2001 to February 2007 , Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007 , and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008 . After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as President of Russia , Ivanov was reappointed a Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin 's second government . From December 2011 to August 2016 , Ivanov was the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office . Before joining the federal administration in Moscow , Ivanov , a fluent speaker of English , served from the late 1970s in Europe and in Africa as a specialist in law and foreign languages . As an employee of the KGB in Soviet Union era , Ivanov became a friend of his colleague Vladimir Putin , who appointed him as his Deputy in the late 1990s . |
Sean_Maguire | Sean Maguire ( born 18 April 1976 in Ilford , Greater London ) is an English actor and singer , who rose to fame in 1988 when at the age of eleven he took on the role of `` Tegs '' Ratcliffe on the BBC children 's drama Grange Hill , in which he remained until 1992 . For a short time after leaving Grange Hill , he played Aidan Brosnan in EastEnders . Maguire has appeared in several feature films and had moderate success as a singer . He is known in the US for his roles as Donovan Brink on the UPN sitcom Eve , and as Kyle Lendo in the CBS sitcom The Class . Maguire appeared in the second series of Scott & Bailey as P.C. Sean McCartney . He previously played as Robin Hood in ABC 's Once Upon a Time , having taken over the role from Tom Ellis . |
Sehra_(film) | Sehra ( Flower-Decked Veil ) is a 1963 Hindi romantic family drama film directed by V. Shantaram . The story and dialogue writer was Shams lucknowi while the screenplay was by Shantaram . Made by Shantaram Productions it had music composed by Ramlal with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri . The actress Mumtaz played a small character role in this film and also in Shantaram 's earlier Stree ( 1961 ) . The film starred Sandhya , Prashant , Mumtaz , Lalita Pawar , Manmohan Krishan , Ulhas , Babloo , M. Rajan and Baburao Pendharkar . Krishanrao Vashirde won the Best Cinematography ( Colour ) Filmfare Awards . This was the first of the two Filmfare awards he won . He was to win again in the same category for Geet Gaya Patharon Ne ( 1964 ) . He also won the `` newly instituted '' A. J. Patel Award for Best Colour Cinematography , where he received Rs . 5000 as cash award . The film , set against the backdrop of Rajasthan , is about a rivalry between two clans and the situation that takes a melodramatic violent turn when the children of the opposing family fall in love . |
Silurian_(Doctor_Who) | The Silurians are a fictional race of reptile-like humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The species first appeared in Doctor Who in the 1970 serial Doctor Who and the Silurians , and were created by Malcolm Hulke . The first Silurians introduced are depicted as prehistoric and scientifically advanced sentient humanoids who predate the dawn of man ; in their backstory , the Silurians went into self-induced hibernation to survive what they predicted to be a large atmospheric upheaval caused by the Earth capturing the Moon . The Silurians introduced in the 1970 story are broad , three-eyed land-dwellers . The 1972 serial The Sea Devils also by Hulke introduced their amphibious cousins , the so-called `` Sea Devils '' . Both Silurians and Sea Devils made an appearance in 1984 's Warriors of the Deep . After Warriors of the Deep , the Silurians did not appear in the show again before its 1989 cancellation . Heavily redesigned Silurans were reintroduced to the series in 2010 , following the show 's 2005 revival , and have recurred frequently since then . Commonly called Silurians , after their supposed origins in the Silurian period , the creatures have also been referred to by other names . In The Sea Devils , the Third Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) claims that `` properly speaking '' , the Silurians should have been called `` Eocenes '' . The name homo reptilia is first used to describe the creatures in the novelisation Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters ( 1974 ) , and is first used in the series proper in the episode `` The Hungry Earth '' ( 2010 ) . In The Sea Devils , an amphibious Silurian is dubbed a `` Sea Devil '' by the human workman Clark ( Declan Mulholland ) , while in Warriors of the Deep , the land-dwelling Silurians use the term `` Sea Devil '' to refer to their aquatic counterparts . |
Spooks_(series_10) | The tenth and final series of the BBC espionage television series Spooks ( known as MI-5 in the United States ) began broadcasting on 18 September 2011 on BBC One , and continued until 23 October . It consists of six episodes . The series continues the actions of Section D , a fictional counter-terrorism division of the British Security Service ( MI5 ) . In August 2011 , Kudos Film and Television , the production company behind Spooks , announced that the tenth series will be its last , as they wanted the show to end `` in its prime . '' In this series , former Russian spy-turned-politician Ilya Gavrik ( Jonathan Hyde ) , Harry Pearce 's ( Peter Firth ) opposite during the Cold War , proposes a strategic partnership between Russia and the United Kingdom . Also with Gavrik is his wife Elena ( Alice Krige ) , with whom Harry had an affair during the 1980s . However , over the course of the series Section D must stop those who intend to sabotage the partnership . As well as Firth , Nicola Walker , Max Brown , Shazad Latif , Simon Russell Beale , Lara Pulver and Geoffrey Streatfeild are included as the main cast . The final episode includes a cameo appearance of Matthew Macfadyen , who headlined the first two years of the show . Ratings for the series generally struggled as it went against Downton Abbey , a highly successful period drama series from ITV1 , which was seen by nearly twice the audience ; the series attained a per-episode average ratings of 5.41 million viewers . Reviews of the final series were polarised between positive and negative , with critical opinions ranging from `` as impressive as ever '' to looking `` tattered and tired '' . The DVD box set of the tenth series was released on 28 November 2011 in Region 2 , on 6 March 2012 in Region 1 , and on 4 April 2012 in Region 4 . |
Space_physics | Space physics is the study of plasmas as they occur naturally in the Earth 's upper atmosphere . As such , it encompasses a far-ranging number of topics , such as heliophysics which includes the solar physics of the sun : the solar wind , planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres , auroras , cosmic rays , and synchrotron radiation . Space physics is a fundamental part of the study of space weather and has important implications not only to understanding the universe , but also to practical everyday life , including the operation of communications and weather satellites . Space physics is distinct from other fields of astrophysics which study similar phenomena , in that space physics utilizes in situ measurements from high altitude rockets and spacecraft . |
Speak_of_the_devil | `` Speak of the devil '' is the short form of the idiom `` Speak of the devil and he doth appear '' ( or its alternative form `` speak of the devil and he shall appear . '' ) . It is used when an object of discussion unexpectedly becomes present during the conversation . It can also be used about a topic that quickly becomes relevant , such as the onset of rain or a car breaking down . Used in this sense it can be seen as an alternative to the phrase `` tempting fate '' . Deriving from the Middle Ages , this proverb ( which was , and to a certain extent still is , rendered as `` Talk of the Devil ... '' ) was a superstitious prohibition against speaking directly of the Devil or of evil in general , which was considered to incite that party to appear , generally with unfortunate consequences . Its first printed usage in modern English can be found in Giovanni Torriano 's Piazza Universale ( 1666 ) , as `` The English say , Talk of the Devil , and he 's presently at your elbow . '' The phrase lost its overt message during the 19th century , during which it became a warning against eavesdroppers ( `` No good of himself does a listener hear , / Speak of the devil he 's sure to appear '' ) , and by the 20th century had taken on its present meaning . |
Sins_of_Rome | Sins of Rome ( Spartaco , also known as Sins of Rome : Story of Spartacus , Spartacus and Spartacus the Gladiator ) is a 1953 Italian epic historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus . The rights of film 's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick 's Spartacus , as to prevent eventual new releases of the film that could have damaged the commercial outcome of Kubrik 's film ; this resulted in Sins of Rome 's withdrawal from market for about thirty years . |
Snog_(band) | Snog is a band that was formed by Australian musician David Thrussell , along with fellow art school friends Tim McGrath and Julia Bourke in 1989 . The band 's music is a fusion of many different styles , including industrial , techno , ambient , experimental , funk and country music . The band name is a reference to `` kissing and cuddling , '' and Thrussell has stated that the name symbolizes the Marxist concept of destroying barriers between people . Thrussell also records as Black Lung , which started as a brand to release extra Snog recordings . |
Solomon_P._Sharp | Solomon Porcius Sharp ( August 22 , 1787 -- November 7 , 1825 ) was an American attorney and politician , serving as attorney general of Kentucky and a member of the United States Congress and the Kentucky General Assembly . His murder by Jereboam O. Beauchamp in 1825 is referred to as the Beauchamp -- Sharp Tragedy or `` The Kentucky Tragedy . '' Sharp began his political career representing Warren County , in the Kentucky House of Representatives . He briefly served in the War of 1812 , then returned to Kentucky and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1813 . He was re-elected to a second term , though his support of a controversial bill regarding legislator salaries cost him his seat in 1816 . Allied with Kentucky 's Debt Relief Party , he returned to the Kentucky House in 1817 ; in 1821 , he accepted Governor John Adair 's appointment to the post of Attorney General of Kentucky . Adair 's successor , Joseph Desha , re-appointed him to this position . In 1825 , Sharp resigned as attorney general to return to the Kentucky House . In 1820 , rumors surfaced that Sharp had fathered a stillborn illegitimate child with Anna Cooke , a planter 's daughter . Sharp denied the charge , and the immediate political effects were minimal . When the charges were repeated during Sharp 's 1825 General Assembly campaign , opponents publicized the allegation that the child was a mulatto . Whether Sharp made such a claim , or whether it was a rumor started by his political enemies , remains in doubt . Jereboam Beauchamp , who had married Cooke in 1824 , avenged the honor of his wife by fatally stabbing Sharp at his home early on the morning of November 7 , 1825 . Sharp 's murder inspired fictional works , most notably Edgar Allan Poe 's unfinished play Politian and Robert Penn Warren 's novel World Enough and Time ( 1950 ) . |
Spider-Man_in_film | The fictional character Spider-Man , a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications , has currently appeared in seven live-action films since his inception . Spider-Man is the alter-ego of Peter Parker , a talented young freelance photographer and aspiring scientist , imbued with superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive/genetically-altered spider . The first live-action film based on Spider-Man was the short Spider-Man by Donald F. Glut in 1969 . This was followed by Spider-Man , an American made-for-television film that premiered on the CBS network in 1977 . It starred Nicholas Hammond and was intended as a backdoor pilot for what became a weekly episodic TV series . The rights to further films featuring the character were purchased in 1985 , and moved through various production companies and studios before being secured by Sony Pictures Entertainment ( Columbia Pictures ) , who hired Sam Raimi to direct Spider-Man ( 2002 ) , Spider-Man 2 ( 2004 ) , and Spider-Man 3 ( 2007 ) starring Tobey Maguire . The first two films were met with positive reviews from critics , while the third film met mixed reviews . In 2010 , Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted . Marc Webb was hired to direct , with Andrew Garfield starring , and The Amazing Spider-Man ( 2012 ) was released to positive reviews . The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ( 2014 ) saw mixed reviews . In February 2015 , Sony , Disney and Marvel Studios announced a deal to share the Spider-Man film rights , leading to a new iteration of Spider-Man being introduced and integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . This younger version of Peter Parker is played by Tom Holland , and appears in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) ( distributed by Disney ) before starring in Spider-Man : Homecoming ( distributed by Sony ) in 2017 and Avengers : Infinity War ( distributed by Disney ) in 2018 . A sequel to Homecoming is slated for 2019 . Raimi 's trilogy grossed nearly US$ 2.5 billion worldwide on a $ 597 million total budget , while Webb 's films grossed over $ 1.4 billion on a $ 480 million total budget . The Spider-Man films are the ninth highest-grossing film franchise , having grossed over $ 3.9 billion collectively . |
Space_Shuttle | The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , as part of the Space Shuttle program . Its official program name was Space Transportation System ( STS ) , taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development . The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981 , leading to operational flights beginning in 1982 . Five complete Shuttle systems were built and used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011 , launched from the Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ) in Florida . Operational missions launched numerous satellites , interplanetary probes , and the Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) ; conducted science experiments in orbit ; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station . The Shuttle fleet 's total mission time was 1322 days , 19 hours , 21 minutes and 23 seconds . Shuttle components included the Orbiter Vehicle ( OV ) , a pair of recoverable solid rocket boosters ( SRBs ) , and the expendable external tank ( ET ) containing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen . The Shuttle was launched vertically , like a conventional rocket , with the two SRBs operating in parallel with the OV 's three main engines , which were fueled from the ET . The SRBs were jettisoned before the vehicle reached orbit , and the ET was jettisoned just before orbit insertion , which used the orbiter 's two Orbital Maneuvering System ( OMS ) engines . At the conclusion of the mission , the orbiter fired its OMS to de-orbit and re-enter the atmosphere . The orbiter then glided as a spaceplane to a runway landing , usually to the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center , Florida or Rogers Dry Lake in Edwards Air Force Base , California . After landing at Edwards , the orbiter was flown back to the KSC on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft , a specially modified version of the Boeing 747 . The first orbiter , Enterprise , was built in 1976 , used in Approach and Landing Tests and had no orbital capability . Four fully operational orbiters were initially built : Columbia , Challenger , Discovery , and Atlantis . Of these , two were lost in mission accidents : Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 , with a total of fourteen astronauts killed . A fifth operational ( and sixth in total ) orbiter , Endeavour , was built in 1991 to replace Challenger . The Space Shuttle was retired from service upon the conclusion of Atlantiss final flight on July 21 , 2011 . |
Sparks_Fly_(album) | Sparks Fly is the debut studio album by American actress and pop singer Miranda Cosgrove . The plans for the album were first announced in July 2008 , and the album was released by Columbia Records on April 27 , 2010 as a standard edition and a deluxe edition and Epic Records in India and Italy . The album has been preceded by its lead single , `` Kissin U '' which was co-written by Cosgrove , Claude Kelly and Dr. Luke , who produced it with HitmanKTI , and was released on March 22 , 2010 . The album sold 36,000 copies in its first week , making its peak No. 8 on the Billboard 200 . The album was met with a generally mixed reception from fans and critics alike . Many fans and critics have stated they find similarities between Cosgrove and fellow singers Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus . Aside from its critical performance , Sparks Fly also has performed well commercially , charting in other countries such as Austria and Germany , among others . The album was promoted mainly through live performances , which included a mini-concert on The Today Show . Cosgrove also promoted the album during her `` Dancing Crazy Tour '' , which began January 24 , 2011 and ended August 10 , 2011 . |
Some_Like_It_Hot | Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American romantic comedy film set in 1929 , directed and produced by Billy Wilder , starring Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , and Jack Lemmon . The supporting cast includes George Raft , Pat O'Brien , Joe E. Brown , Joan Shawlee , and Nehemiah Persoff . The plot is based on a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Michael Logan from the French film Fanfare of Love . The film is about two musicians who dress in drag in order to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed commit a crime inspired by the Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre . The film was produced in black and white , even though color films were increasing in popularity . Some Like It Hot opened to largely positive reviews and is today considered to be one of the greatest film comedies of all time . It was voted as the top comedy film by the American Film Institute on their list on AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs poll in 2000 . The film is also notable for featuring cross dressing , and for playing with the idea of homosexuality , which led to it being produced without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code . The code had been gradually weakening in its scope during the early 1950s , due to increasing social tolerance for previously taboo topics in film , but it was still officially enforced . The overwhelming success of Some Like It Hot was a final nail in the coffin for the Hays Code . |
Spiral_(2007_film) | Spiral is a 2007 American psychological thriller produced by Coattails Entertainment and Ariescope Pictures . The film stars Joel David Moore , Amber Tamblyn , Zachary Levi , and Tricia Helfer . Spiral was co-directed by Moore and Adam Green . The original screenplay for the film was written by Moore and Jeremy Danial Boreing . Spiral was an Official Selection and was awarded the `` Gold Vision '' Award at the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2007 . The `` Gold Vision '' Award is given for the `` most innovative and unique film with an inspiring and groundbreaking vision . '' Spiral was filmed in Portland , Oregon . The film grossed $ 3,072 in the USA . |
Space_exploration | Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology . While the study of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes , the physical exploration of space is conducted both by unmanned robotic space probes and human spaceflight . While the observation of objects in space , known as astronomy , predates reliable recorded history , it was the development of large and relatively efficient rockets during the mid-twentieth century that allowed physical space exploration to become a reality . Common rationales for exploring space include advancing scientific research , national prestige , uniting different nations , ensuring the future survival of humanity , and developing military and strategic advantages against other countries . Space exploration has often been used as a proxy competition for geopolitical rivalries such as the Cold War . The early era of space exploration was driven by a `` Space Race '' between the Soviet Union and the United States . The launch of the first human-made object to orbit Earth , the Soviet Union 's Sputnik 1 , on 4 October 1957 , and the first Moon landing by the American Apollo 11 mission on 20 July 1969 are often taken as landmarks for this initial period . The Soviet Space Program achieved many of the first milestones , including the first living being in orbit in 1957 , the first human spaceflight ( Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 ) in 1961 , the first spacewalk ( by Aleksei Leonov ) on 18 March 1965 , the first automatic landing on another celestial body in 1966 , and the launch of the first space station ( Salyut 1 ) in 1971 . After the first 20 years of exploration , focus shifted from one-off flights to renewable hardware , such as the Space Shuttle program , and from competition to cooperation as with the International Space Station ( ISS ) . With the substantial completion of the ISS following STS-133 in March 2011 , plans for space exploration by the USA remain in flux . Constellation , a Bush Administration program for a return to the Moon by 2020 was judged inadequately funded and unrealistic by an expert review panel reporting in 2009 . The Obama Administration proposed a revision of Constellation in 2010 to focus on the development of the capability for crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit ( LEO ) , envisioning extending the operation of the ISS beyond 2020 , transferring the development of launch vehicles for human crews from NASA to the private sector , and developing technology to enable missions to beyond LEO , such as Earth -- Moon L1 , the Moon , Earth -- Sun L2 , near-Earth asteroids , and Phobos or Mars orbit . In the 2000s , the People 's Republic of China initiated a successful manned spaceflight program , while the European Union , Japan , and India have also planned future manned space missions . China , Russia , Japan , and India have advocated manned missions to the Moon during the 21st century , while the European Union has advocated manned missions to both the Moon and Mars during the 20th/21st century . From the 1990s onwards , private interests began promoting space tourism and then public space exploration of the Moon ( see Google Lunar X Prize ) . |
Sir_Ector | Sir Ector -LSB- ˈɛktɔːr , _ - ər -RSB- , sometimes Hector , Antor , or Ectorius , is the father of Sir Kay and the foster father of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend . Sometimes a king instead of merely a lord , he has an estate in the country as well as properties in London . In The Once and Future King T. H. White says his lands lie in the `` Forest Sauvage '' ; later writers have used this as well . Ector appears in the works of Robert de Boron and the Lancelot-Grail Cycle , as well as later adaptations such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Thomas Malory 's Le Morte d'Arthur . In these versions , Merlin takes Arthur from his biological parents King Uther Pendragon and Igraine , and brings him to Ector 's estate . Merlin does not reveal the boy 's true identity , and Ector takes him on and raises him with Kay as his own son . When Kay is old enough to be knighted , Ector 's young ward serves as his squire . In the earlier Welsh stories , the father of Kay ( Cei ) is instead named Cynyr ( Kyner ) |
Sons_of_the_Harpy | `` Sons of the Harpy '' is the fourth episode of the fifth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 44th overall . The episode was written by Dave Hill , and directed by Mark Mylod . It aired on May 3 , 2015 . Prior to airing , this episode was leaked online along with the first three episodes of the season . The episode received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards . |
Snuff_(country_rock_band) | Snuff were an American country rock/rockabilly band based in Southern Virginia and active during the 1970s and early 1980s . They released a pair of albums and scored a minor hit on the pop charts with `` Bad , Bad Billy '' in 1983 . |
Sketch_comedy | Sketch comedy comprises a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes , called `` sketches '' , commonly between one and ten minutes long . Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians , either on stage or through an audio or visual medium such as radio and television . Often sketches are first improvised by the actors and written down based on the outcome of these improv sessions ; however , such improvisation is not necessarily involved in sketch comedy . An individual comedy sketch is a brief scene or vignette of the type formerly used in vaudeville , and now used widely in comedy and variety shows , talk shows and some children 's television series ( such as Sesame Street ) . Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their product from a `` skit '' , maintaining that a skit is a ( single ) dramatized joke ( or `` bit '' ) while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept , character or situation . |
Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author | Six Characters in Search of an Author ( Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore -LSB- ˈsɛi persoˈnaddʒi in ˈtʃerka dauˈtoːre -RSB- ) is a 1921 Italian play by Luigi Pirandello , first performed in that year . An absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship between authors , their characters , and theatre practitioners , it premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome to a mixed reception , with shouts from the audience of `` Manicomio ! '' ( `` Madhouse ! '' ) and `` Incommensurabile ! '' ( `` Incommensurable ! '' ) , a reference to the play 's illogical progression . Reception improved at subsequent performances , especially after Pirandello provided for the play 's third edition , published in 1925 , a foreword clarifying its structure and ideas . The play had its American premiere in 1922 on Broadway at the Princess Theatre and was performed for over a year off-Broadway at the Martinique Theatre beginning in 1963 . |
Somerset_Academy_High_School | Somerset Academy is a high school located in Pembroke Pines , Florida which teaches grades K-12 . The school tries to promote a culture that maximizes student achievement and fosters the development of responsible , self-directed lifelong learners in a safe and enriching environment . They are currently an `` A '' school . |
Sons_of_Nero | Sons of Nero is a graphic design group that was formed in 2000 by Matthew `` Portland '' Hay of the metalcore group Nora . It consists of four artists who primarily design artwork and packaging for bands and musical ensembles , but also design t-shirts and websites . Sons of Nero was originally working in conjunction with the record label Ferret Music , and also designed album covers for several of the groups signed to the label , but are now operating under Channel Zero Entertainment and Good Fight Entertainment . |
Sloop-of-war | In the 18th century and most of the 19th , a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns . The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above ; thus , the term sloop-of-war encompassed all the unrated combat vessels , including the very small gun-brigs and cutters . In technical terms , even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war , and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialized functions . In World War I and World War II , the Royal Navy reused the term `` sloop '' for specialized convoy-defence vessels , including the of World War I and the highly successful of World War II , with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability . |
Six_Flags_Fright_Fest | Six Flags Fright Fest is a Halloween-oriented haunt event held at Six Flags theme parks which offers up various haunted attractions , themed ` Scare Zones ' , and live entertainment . |
Soliloquy | A soliloquy ( from Latin solo `` to oneself '' + loquor `` I talk '' ) is a device often used in drama when a character speaks to himself or herself , relating thoughts and feelings , thereby also sharing them with the audience , giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections . If other characters are present , they keep silent and/or are disregarded by the speaker . The term soliloquy is distinct from a monologue or an aside : a monologue is a speech where one character addresses other characters ; an aside is a ( usually short ) comment by one character towards the audience , though during the play it may seem like the character is addressing him or herself . Soliloquies were frequently used in dramas but went out of fashion when drama shifted towards realism in the late 18th century . Good examples in literature can be seen in the character of Iago in Shakespeare 's Othello . Examples of a present form of soliloquy are found in the teen sitcom Lizzie McGuire and the political drama House of Cards . |
Slammy_Award | The Slammy Awards was a concept used by WWE , where awards , similar to the Academy and Grammy Awards , were given to professional wrestlers and other individuals within WWE , such as commentators and managers . There were twelve editions of the concept , with the first two iterations airing in 1986 and 1987 , respectively . After a seven-year hiatus , the awards returned in 1994 on a special edition of WWF Mania . The concept resumed in 1996 and 1997 ( in a banquet-like format ) . The concept endured another long hiatus until its subsequent return in 2008 by WWE ( in a format interlaced with regular matches on a live television arena show ) . The recipients of the awards received a statuette that depicted one wrestler holding another over his head . 2016 was the first year since 2007 to not have a Slammy Awards , for unknown reasons . |
Spartacus_(miniseries) | Spartacus is a 2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm and produced by Ted Kurdyla from a teleplay by Robert Schenkkan . It aired over two nights on the USA Network , and stars Goran Visnjic , Alan Bates , Angus Macfadyen , Rhona Mitra , Ian McNeice , Ross Kemp and Ben Cross . It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast . The plot , setting , and costumes are nearly identical to those of the Stanley Kubrick 1960 version ; however , this adaptation follows Howard Fast 's novel more closely than does Kubrick 's film . ( Two of the more noticeable omissions from the new adaptation are the `` I am Spartacus ! '' scene and Spartacus ' and his wife 's reunion after the battle . ) The miniseries is shown as a story a woman narrates to her son , who are later revealed to be Spartacus ' wife and son . A notable piece of dramatic license has Spartacus ' son born exactly at the moment Spartacus dies in battle . As Marcus Crassus and Pompey Magnus are being proclaimed co-consuls , the announcer calls Rome an Empire , when it was still a Republic at the time . |
Sniper_2 | Sniper 2 is an American film shot in Hungary , released on March 11 , 2003 . It stars Tom Berenger , Bokeem Woodbine , Erika Marozsán and Tamás Puskás and was directed by Craig R. Baxley . Sniper 2 tells the story of a Marine sniper and a spotter who are tasked with assassinating a Serbian general responsible for ethnic cleansing attacks . It is the sequel to the 1993 film Sniper and the second installment in the Sniper film series . |
Spencer_Pratt | Spencer William Pratt ( born August 14 , 1983 ) is an American television personality . In 2007 , he began dating Heidi Montag , a primary cast member of the reality television series The Hills . Subsequently , he came to prominence after being cast in the series . Their relationship ultimately ended Montag 's friendship with fellow cast member Lauren Conrad . The ensuing feud among the three became the central focus of the series , and was carried through each subsequent season . The couple , collectively nicknamed `` Speidi '' , married in April 2009 . Later that year , they made controversial appearances on the second season of the American version of I 'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here ! . In 2013 , he and Montag competed as a single entity on the eleventh series of the British version of Celebrity Big Brother , eventually becoming the runners-up . They later returned to compete as a single entity on the nineteenth series in 2017 , and were evicted in ninth place on Day 25 . Pratt formerly appeared on Wife Swap and The Spyson Hour , a weekly segment on the reality TV podcast Rob Has a Podcast , hosted by Rob Cesternino . On the podcast , Pratt , Cesternino , and former Survivor player and fellow Marriage Boot Camp star Tyson Apostol discussed current events , reality TV , and their own lives . In April 2017 Heidi and Spencer announced that they are expecting their first child . |
Spider-Man_2 | Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough , Miles Millar , and Michael Chabon . The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man , it is the second film in Raimi 's Spider-Man film trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name . Tobey Maguire , Kirsten Dunst , and James Franco reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man , Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn . Set two years after the events of Spider-Man , the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man , while Dr. Otto Octavius ( Doctor Octopus ) becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles . Spider-Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment , which threatens to annihilate the city . Spider-Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30 , 2004 . It grossed $ 783.8 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . It also received five awards at the Saturn Awards ceremony including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi . The film 's success led to the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2007 . |
Spoiler_(media) | A spoiler is an element of a disseminated summary or description of any piece of fiction that reveals any plot elements which threaten to give away important details . Typically , the details of the conclusion of the plot , including the climax and ending , are especially regarded as spoiler material . It can also be used to refer to any piece of information regarding any part of a given media that a potential consumer would not want to know beforehand . Because enjoyment of fiction depends a great deal upon the suspense of revealing plot details through standard narrative progression , the prior revelation of how things will turn out can `` spoil '' the enjoyment that some consumers of the narrative would otherwise have experienced . Spoilers can be found in message boards , articles , reviews , commercials , and movie trailers . |
South_Carolina | South Carolina -LSB- saʊθ_kærəˈlaɪnə -RSB- is a state in the southeastern region of the United States . The state is bordered to the north by North Carolina , to the south and west by Georgia across the Savannah River , and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean . South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution , doing so on May 23 , 1788 . South Carolina became the first state to vote to secede from the Union on December 20 , 1860 . After the American Civil War , it was readmitted into the United States on June 25 , 1868 . South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and the 23rd most populous U.S. state . Its GDP as of 2013 was $ 183.6 billion , with an annual growth rate of 3.13 % . South Carolina comprises 46 counties . The capital is Columbia with a 2013 population of 133,358 ; whilst its largest city is Charleston with a 2016 population of 134,385 . The Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin is the largest metropolitan area with a 2013 population of 850,965 . South Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England , under whose reign the English colony was first formed , with Carolus being Latin for `` Charles '' . |
SoloTrek_XFV | The SoloTrek XFV ( Exo-skeletal Flying Vehicle ) was a single-person VTOL aircraft . It was first flown in December 2001 by Millennium Jet Inc , a private company run by Michael Moshier . Millennium Jet subsequently changed its name to Trek Aerospace Inc. . The SoloTrek pilot maintained a standing position and was propelled by two ducted fans located above and on either side of the user , leading some to class it as a type of backpack helicopter . It ran for around 2 hours on gasoline fuel . According to Michael Moshier , its inventor and designer , SoloTrek was capable of hovering for up to two hours , flying at 100 km/h and travelling more than 200 km . One such model is featured in the movie Agent Cody Banks , though it is shown to be ` flying ' only by the use of special effects . Early renderings of the SoloTrek were produced by Marc Ericksen , a renown Silicon Valley commercial artist and illustrator . Michael Moshier had commissioned Mark Ericksen to produce these renderings to help the company raise funding for the aircraft 's development . Subsequently , the company was successful in receiving over $ 5 million of development funding from DARPA . SoloTrek remains an extremely unusual design ; to apply the name ` jet pack ' is incorrect ; the pilot was strapped into the exoskeleton frame which took the weight of the machine whilst landed , though it performed the same aim . In numerous trials at Trek Aerospace 's facilities in Sunnyvale , California , the machine `` appeared to perform perfectly '' . During early flights , for safety reasons , the SoloTrek was ` tethered ' to a crane during test flights , to prevent uncontrolled ascent or travel . The tethers were designed to retract during lift-off to avoid being sucked into the exposed ducted fans at the top of the machine , but during a flight shortly after a rain shower in December 2002 , the tether failed to retract and became tangled in the propeller blades , which disintegrated . Pilot and machine dropped to the ground . The pilot walked away unharmed . Unable to stick to the tight development schedule that its backers demanded , Trek Aerospace lost funding , forcing reorganization in 2003 . After reorganization , Trek Aerospace extensively redesigned the aircraft , creating the Springtail EFV . This machine first flew in October 2003 , and went on to successfully complete its DARPA contract in 2005 . Trek Aerospace continues to develop ducted fan vehicles . The original SoloTrek XFV is on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos , California . |
St._Mary's_Bank | St. Mary 's Bank , the first credit union in the United States , was founded in 1908 . |
Solo_(Solo_album) | Solo is the debut studio album by American R&B group Solo , released September 12 , 1995 via Perspective Records . The album was executive produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , and it peaked at # 52 on the Billboard 200 . Four singles were released from the album : `` Heaven '' , `` Where Do U Want Me to Put It '' , `` He 's Not Good Enough '' and `` Blowin ' My Mind '' . `` Heaven '' is the group 's highest chart appearance to date on the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at # 42 . The album contains covers of five songs originally recorded by Sam Cooke : `` Another Saturday Night '' , `` A Change Is Gon na Come '' , `` Cupid '' , `` Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha '' and '' ( What a ) Wonderful World '' ; as well as a cover of `` Under the Boardwalk '' , originally recorded by The Drifters . The album was certified gold by the RIAA on . |
Speed_of_light | The speed of light in vacuum , commonly denoted , is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics . Its exact value is ( approximately , approximately 186,282 mi/s ) ; it is exact because the unit of length , the metre , is defined from this constant and the international standard for time . According to special relativity , is the maximum speed at which all conventional matter and hence all known forms of information in the universe can travel . It is the speed at which all massless particles and changes of the associated fields ( including light , a type of electromagnetic radiation , and gravitational waves ) travel in vacuum . Such particles and waves travel at regardless of the motion of the source or the inertial reference frame of the observer . In the theory of relativity , interrelates space and time , and also appears in the famous equation of mass -- energy equivalence . The speed at which light propagates through transparent materials , such as glass or air , is less than ; similarly , the speed of radio waves in wire cables is slower than . The ratio between and the speed at which light travels in a material is called the refractive index of the material . For example , for visible light the refractive index of glass is typically around 1.5 , meaning that light in glass travels at ; the refractive index of air for visible light is about 1.0003 , so the speed of light in air is about 299700 km / s ( about 90 km / s slower than ) . For many practical purposes , light and other electromagnetic waves will appear to propagate instantaneously , but for long distances and very sensitive measurements , their finite speed has noticeable effects . In communicating with distant space probes , it can take minutes to hours for a message to get from Earth to the spacecraft , or vice versa . The light seen from stars left them many years ago , allowing the study of the history of the universe by looking at distant objects . The finite speed of light also limits the theoretical maximum speed of computers , since information must be sent within the computer from chip to chip . The speed of light can be used with time of flight measurements to measure large distances to high precision . Ole Rømer first demonstrated in 1676 that light travels at a finite speed ( as opposed to instantaneously ) by studying the apparent motion of Jupiter 's moon Io . In 1865 , James Clerk Maxwell proposed that light was an electromagnetic wave , and therefore travelled at the speed appearing in his theory of electromagnetism . In 1905 , Albert Einstein postulated that the speed of light with respect to any inertial frame is a constant and is independent of the motion of the light source . He explored the consequences of that postulate by deriving the theory of relativity and in doing so showed that the parameter had relevance outside of the context of light and electromagnetism . After centuries of increasingly precise measurements , in 1975 the speed of light was known to be ( 299792.458 km / s ) with a measurement uncertainty of 4 parts per billion . In 1983 , the metre was redefined in the International System of Units ( SI ) as the distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1 / of a second . As a result , the numerical value of in metres per second is now fixed exactly by the definition of the metre . |
Splitting_Up_Together | Splitting Up Together is an American single-camera sitcom series that will debut on ABC as an entry in the 2017 -- 2018 television season . The series , based on the Danish sitcom Bedre skilt end aldrig created by Mette Heeno , Mie Andreasen , and Hella Joof , is being adapted for American viewers by Emily Kapnek and Heeno as co-creators . They also serve as co-executive producers alongside Ellen DeGeneres , Jeff Kleeman , Andreasen , and Joof , for A Very Good Production , Piece of Pie , and Warner Bros. . Television . The series was greenlit on May 11 , 2017 . |
Speechless_(Ciara_song) | `` Speechless '' is a song by American singer-songwriter Ciara . The song was written by Ciara , The-Dream , and Tricky Stewart , with the latter two producing the song as well . Taken from her fourth studio album Basic Instinct , the song serves as the second single from the album . It was released in the United States as a digital download on September 7 , 2010 . `` Speechless '' is a mid-tempo R&B love song , which utilizes synthesized trumpets and horns as a backdrop . The lyrical content of the song centers around the protagonist saying they need more time to confess how perfect their significant other is . The song 's accompanying music video , directed by Colin Tilley , features Ciara in a menagerie of scenes . The single had no direct promotion , and reached seventy-six on the US Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs . |
Speed_2:_Cruise_Control | Speed 2 : Cruise Control is a 1997 American disaster thriller film , and a sequel to Speed ( 1994 ) . It was produced and directed by Jan de Bont , and written by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson , based on a story by De Bont and McCormick . Sandra Bullock stars in the film , reprising her role from Speed , while Jason Patric and Willem Dafoe co-star . The film was released by 20th Century Fox on June 13 , 1997 . The plot involves a couple , Annie and Alex , vacationing in the Caribbean aboard a luxury cruise ship , which is hijacked by a villain named Geiger . As they are trapped aboard the ship , Annie and Alex work with the ship 's first officer to try to stop it after they discover it is programmed to crash into an oil tanker . De Bont came up with the idea for the film after he had a recurring nightmare about a cruise ship crashing into an island . Speed star Keanu Reeves was initially supposed to reprise his role as Jack Traven for the sequel , but decided not to commit and was replaced by Patric prior to filming . Production took place aboard Seabourn Legend , the ship on which the film is set . The film 's final scene , when the ship crashes into the island of Saint Martin , cost almost a quarter of the film 's budget , and set records as the largest and most expensive stunt ever filmed . Many interior scenes aboard the ship were shot on soundstages in the Greater Los Angeles Area . The film 's soundtrack featured mostly reggae music . Mark Mancina returned to compose the film score , which was released as an album 13 years after the film 's release . Critical reception of the film was extremely negative . The acting , story , and characters attracted the most criticism as well as the film 's setting on a slow-moving cruise ship , which was much less thrilling than Speed setting on a fast-moving bus . The film was also a financial disappointment , earning $ 164 million worldwide against a budget of $ 110 million . It was nominated for eight Golden Raspberry Awards , and won the award for Worst Re-Make or Sequel . |
St._Stephen_(song) | `` St. Stephen '' is a song by the Grateful Dead , written by Jerry Garcia , Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa . The same year , a live version of the song was released on Live/Dead , their first concert album . Unlike the studio version , live versions usually included a section of the song called the `` William Tell Bridge '' , which was used to segue into `` The Eleven '' . After being played frequently in live concerts from the late 1960s to the early 1970s , the song fell out of regular performance ; subsequent live performances of St. Stephen were thus considered a special event by deadheads . The song makes reference to the last days and trial of the 1st century AD saint , Stephen , the first martyr of the New Testament of the Bible , who was stoned to death . Many Deadheads believe that the song is about Stephen Gaskin ; However , Hunter denied this in an interview . |
Sonoma–Marin_Area_Rail_Transit | Sonoma -- Marin Area Rail Transit ( SMART ) is a passenger rail service and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project currently under construction in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California . The SMART District was established by state legislation in 2002 . If completed , the entire system will serve a 70 mi corridor between Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County and Larkspur Landing in Marin County . The first phase to open , a 43 mi segment between Northern Santa Rosa and Downtown San Rafael , had long been planned for late 2016 , but potential issues with the trainsets , among other factors , pushed this back to `` late spring 2017 . '' Additional segments are to be opened as funding becomes available . |
South_Bay,_Los_Angeles | The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area , located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County . The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay . The South Bay contains fifteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the Los Angeles County . The area is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the south and west and generally by the City of Los Angeles on the north and east . |
Snowden_Hodges | H. Snowden Hodges ( born April 25 , 1938 ) is a working artist and college professor in Honolulu , Hawaii . He paints and draws in the contemporary realist style . Hodges has an extensive exhibition record in the United States , Europe , and Asia . He has lived in Honolulu , Hawaii since 1978 . Hodges , born April 25 , 1938 , lived in Ellicott City , Maryland during his entire childhood . Hodges began drawing and painting in the 1960s under the tutelage of several of the well-known Maryland Realists including , Earl Hofmann , Joseph Sheppard , and other artists who studied with Jacques Maroger . He attended The Maryland Institute College of Art on a Senatorial Scholarship and received a BFA , cum laude , in 1970 and an MFA in 1976 . He has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally . His solo exhibitions include exhibits at The British Institute of Florence in Italy , Gump 's Gallery in San Francisco , St. John 's College in Annapolis , Maryland , The Queen Emma Gallery in Honolulu , and the Commons Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa . In 2002 his solo exhibition at The Honolulu Academy of Arts , Snowden Hodges : Florence and the Labors of Hercules , received critical acclaim both in Honolulu and nationally . His work has been featured in many juried and group exhibitions , among them : The Contemporary Art Museum in Honolulu , The Hawaii State Art Museum , The Phoenix-Chase Galleries Ltd. , Baltimore , The Maryland Federation of Art Gallery in Annapolis , The Downtown Gallery of the Delaware Art Museum , the Johns Hopkins University , the Brad Cooper Gallery in Tampa Florida , and the Sanyo Hoso Gallery , in Takamatsu , Japan . In addition , his paintings have been selected eleven times for the prestigious annual `` Artists of Hawaii Exhibit '' at the Honolulu Academy of Arts . Many of his works are in important national and international private , public , and corporate collections , including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D.C. , The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu , The Honolulu Academy of Arts , the Hawaii State Art Museum , The First Hawaiian Bank , The Bank of Hawaii , Kagawa College in Shikoku , Japan , and the British Institute of Florence , Italy . Hodges has received honors for his paintings and drawings including awards from The Delaware Art Museum , The Artist 's Magazine , The Brad Cooper Gallery in Florida , the `` exit '' gallery in Ohio , the American Academy of Art in Chicago , and awards in three exhibitions sponsored by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce . In 1977 he was selected as the expedition artist as part of a National Geographic Society team studying prehistoric Native American structures and astronomy in the southwestern United States . He has received the Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts - Acquisition Award four times . In 2002 Hodges was the subject of a short documentary `` One-Minute-Egg '' , which was produced by PBS Hawaii in conjunction with Egg the Arts Show on national PBS . In 2002 Hodges created Atelier Hawai'i , a program in classical realism . In this intensive , immersion curriculum students learn time-honored techniques of drawing and painting . Since its inception the program has been hugely successful receiving critical acclaim and drawing students from Hawaii , the Pacific Islands , Europe , and the US mainland . Hodges currently resides in Honolulu and is Professor of Art at the University of Hawai'i - Windward . His work is shown by The Fine Art Associates in Honolulu . |
Sports_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area | The San Francisco Bay Area , which includes the major cities of San Francisco , Oakland , San Jose , hosts seven major league sports franchises , as well as several other professional and college sports teams , and hosts other sports events . |
South_San_Francisco,_California | South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County , California , United States , located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area . The population was 63,632 at the 2010 census . South San Francisco lies north of San Bruno and San Francisco International Airport in a small valley south of Daly City , Colma , Brisbane , and San Bruno Mountain , east of Pacifica and the hills of the Coast Range , and west of the waters of San Francisco Bay . Locals often refer to the town as South City , in much the same way that San Francisco is called `` The City . '' Despite its name , South San Francisco does not border San Francisco , with Brisbane being between them . Most of the valley faces San Francisco Bay , affording bay views from higher levels . South San Francisco has mild winters and dry cool summers . The hills to the west shield the city from much of the fog that prevails in neighboring areas . The population has tripled since World War II with the opening of such subdivisions as Buri Buri , Winston Manor and Westborough on the slopes west of El Camino ; it grew from 4,411 in 1920 to 67,009 in 2014 . The city is noted for the South San Francisco Hillside Sign on Sign Hill , which rises to the north of the city , with large white letters that proclaim `` South San Francisco , The Industrial City '' . The sign , a tribute to the city 's industrial past , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . |
Society_(film) | Society is a 1989 American horror film directed by Brian Yuzna . Though the film was completed in 1989 , it was not released in the United States until 1992 . It was Yuzna 's directorial debut and was written by Rick Fry and Woody Keith . The film stars Billy Warlock as Bill Whitney , Devin DeVasquez as Clarissa Carlyn , Evan Richards as Milo and Ben Meyerson as Ferguson . Screaming Mad George was responsible for the special effects . A sequel , Society 2 : Body Modification , was in development , with a script written by Stephan Biro . |
Sithara_(actress) | Sithara ( born Sithara Nair 30 June 1973 ) is an Indian film actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema , along with Malayalam , Telugu , and Kannada films . She made her Kollywood debut in 1989 with K. Balachander 's Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal . She is best known for her performances in super-hit films such as Padayappa , Halunda Tavaru , Pudhu Vasantham . She is also known for her works in Television . In a film career spanning thirty years , she has starred in over sixty films in a variety of roles . Her recent Telugu hits include Srimanthudu , Shankaraabharanm , and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy . Sithara is making a comeback to Kollywood films with Nagesh Thiraiyarangam directed by Guinness record holder Isaq . |
Soy_Nero | Soy Nero is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Rafi Pitts . It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival . The film won the Best Film Award at the 12th Bucharest International Film Festival held in April 2016 . |
Sports_entertainment | Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation , with the purpose of entertaining an audience . Unlike typical athletics and games , which are conducted for competition , sportsmanship , exercise or personal recreation , the primary product of sports entertainment is performance for an audience 's benefit , thus they are never practiced privately . Commonly , but not in all cases , the outcomes are predetermined ; as this is an open secret , it is not considered to be match fixing . |
Srivinay_Salian | Srivinay Salian ( born 13 June 1976 in Mumbai , India ) is an Indian television and film writer and an independent filmmaker . Srivinay Salian ( aka Sreevinay Salian ) started his career with Percept Picture Company , as an animation script writer for their show , ` New Adventures of Hanuman ' . Later , He went on to write other animation teleseries , such as Chatur Chetan for Dreams Studio ( Hyderabad , India ) and Howzzattt series for Toonz Animation . Chatur Chetan , received the Best TV Series 2013 award at the 24FPS International Animation Awards festival . Srivinay Salian has co-produced an independent film titled , Red Gold , along with Gray Area Productions ( LA , USA ) . Red Gold is a social crime drama written and directed by an American filmmaker , Michael Keller . Red Gold was profiled in New Jersey Stage and is set to premiere at the Garden State Film Festival in Atlantic City , N.J. on Saturday , April 5 . Srivinay Salian was also the writer for Off Road with Gul Panag , an infotainment adventure documentary hosted by Gul Panag on the Discovery Channel . Srivinay Salian has also written two episodes for the Horror TV Series , Fear Files 2 , titled Mangalik and Ghunghroo , produced by BBC Worldwide India . The show was aired in 2015 on Zee TV , a prime entertainment channel in India . He has written a short story ( mini novel ) titled , ` The Shoelace ' , which is a psychological & metaphysical thriller '' . Srivinay is also Writer & Director of a Short Film title ` Stripped ' , which explores the Women Objectification issue in the society , by way of Ogling . Hindustan Times , Bhopal , reported that the film had gone viral shortly after its release on YouTube . Richard Propes of The Independent Critic reviewed Stripped as a though provoking short film . He is also the screenwriter of Adventures of Appu & Gappu , a 3D Animation film , produced by Magic Wand Animation that got Special Festival Mention - Jury '' award in the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Film Festival - 2016 . |
Sir_Breunor | Sir Breunor le Noir ( / ˈbruːnor lə nojr / or / ˈbʁœ̃nɔʁ lə nwaʁ / ) ( also spelled Brunor ) , nicknamed La Cote Male Tayle ( Modern La Cote Mal Taillée = `` the badly-cut coat '' ) by Sir Kay after his arrival in his murdered father 's mangled armor and surcoat at King Arthur 's court , is a character mentioned in Arthurian legend . He receives his knighthood after saving Guinevere from an escaped lion . His story is told , partially in the Tristram sections of Sir Thomas Malory 's Le Morte d'Arthur and in the Prose Tristan , though it is in effect an independent romance . After Sir Breunor is granted knighthood , a damosel arrives at court bearing a black shield emblazoned with a white hand with a sword , along with a mission . She tells her audience the previous knight who carried the shield died while on the quest , and that she is searching for a knight of similar courage to continue the mission . La Cote Male Tayle decides he would be fit enough to take up the quest and volunteers to go with the damosel . She , disliking that this is to be her chosen knight , continuously taunts him regarding his clothing and appearance , earning her the nickname Maledisant ( `` Ill Speaker '' ) . After the pair leaves the castle , Breunor le Noir encounters Dagonet , the court jester , who has been sent by Arthur to joust with the new knight . Sir Breunor quickly defeats Dagonet , but Maledisant 's taunts increase because the court had sent a fool to challenge Breunor rather than a true knight . Breunor later encounters two other knights , Sir Bleoberis and Sir Palomides . He is challenged by both , and unhorsed by both . They each refuse to fight him on foot and walk away , drawing more criticism from Maledisant . Breunor later travels with Mordred to Castle Orgulous . The knights must fight their way into the castle ; after Mordred is injured by one of two knights guarding the castle gates , Breunor le Noir kills them and continues into the castle on his opponent 's horse . There , he meets a hundred knights in a lady 's chamber . When he gets off his horse to challenge them , the chamber 's owner ties his horse to a postern so he can not escape . Breunor somehow wins his way through the knights with the aid of the black shield , mounts his horse , and escapes from the castle . After retelling his tale of escape to Mordred and the Maledisant , she challenges his story and sends a witness to ask what happened in the castle . This proves Maledisant wrong , though Breunor continues to hold his peace and not rebuke her about her disbelief of him . They continue to travel for seven more days until Mordred leaves and Lancelot du Lake joins the pair . Lancelot , however , ends up leaving them for his own quest after Maledisant redirects her words at him . They travel for a few more days and come upon the Castle of Pendragon , where one of six knights challenges La Cote Male Tayle to a joust . Breunor successfully wins the joust , but the other five knights attack him in an un-knightly manner , and take him and the damsel into the castle as prisoners . Lancelot ends up rescuing Breunor from the castellan and guards of Castle Pendragon . After their release , Lancelot agrees to ride with them on one condition only : that the damsel stop directing ill words at Breunor and himself . Maledisant then confesses that the only reason for her taunting was that she was testing the knights ' strength ( if they could take a little teasing from her , then they were apt to continue on the mission ) . Travelling for a few more days , they come upon a fortress with a village , near the border of the country of Sursule , which is guarded by knights . La Cote Male Tayle enters the castle alone and defeats two brothers who challenge him . Then he continues on to another fortress , where he comes face to face with Sir Plenorius . Breunor can not carry on a fight due to the wounds he received in the first joust , so out of pity Sir Plenorius decides not to finish him and instead carries him into the tower as prisoner . When Lancelot hears of this , he challenges Plenorius to a battle that lasts many hours , until Sir Plenorius yields . Breunor remains at the castle in order to recover from his wounds . He recovers quickly and returns with Lancelot and the damosel to King Arthur 's court , the quest accomplished . Lancelot gives Sir Breunor the deed to Castle Pendragon . Breunor is made a Knight of the Round Table the following Pentecost . In Thomas Malory 's Morte Darthur , Breunor avenges his father 's death and marries Maledisant , who is later renamed Bienpensant ( `` Well-Thinker '' ) due to her changed attitude . The tale of La Cote Male Tayle is related thematically to the `` Fair Unknown '' story popular in the Middle Ages , other versions of which appear in the stories of Gingalain , Gareth , and Percival . The tale of La Cote Male Tayle most closely resembles that of Gareth , who was also given an insulting name by Kay upon arriving at Camelot and also had to prove his worth to a damsel who constantly insulted and belittled him . Sir Breunor 's adventures first appear embedded in the Prose Tristan , and were popular enough that they were picked up and expanded by later authors including Malory and the creators of the Italian Tavola Ritonda . |
St._Louis_Bounce | St. Louis ( `` Blues '' ) Bounce is a hip-hop music sound made popular by a number of St. Louis , Missouri hip-hop artists and musical production teams , which include Basement Beats ( Jason `` Jay-E '' Epperson , Waiel `` Wally Beamin '' Yaghnam , Lavelle `` City Spud '' Webb and Jayson `` Koko '' Bridges ) , The Trak Starz ( Alonzo `` Zo '' Lee Jr. & Shamar `` Sham '' Daugherty ) , The Trackboyz ( Mark Williams and Joe Kent ) production teams and Steve `` Blast '' Wills , who claims to be the originator of `` St. Louis Bounce '' . The sound was popular throughout the first decade of the 2000s . However , not all track productions created by St. Louis production teams were St. Louis Bounce . The hip-hop sound was most prominent on rapper Nelly 's debut album , Country Grammar , which was released June 27 , 2000 , which was then followed by Nellyville released on June 25 , 2002 , and the album , Free City , released by the St. Lunatics on June 5 , 2001 . The sound can also be heard on rapper Pretty Willie 's ( Willie Moore , Jr. ) , Enter The Life of Suella album , released on March 26 , 2002 , which was produced by Willie `` JL '' Woods and Alex `` Big Al '' Henry - both of St. Louis . And the sound was heard prominently on the albums , Jackpot , Powerballin ' , and Hoodstar which were performed and released by St. Louis-based rapper , Chingy , in the early 2000s . Chingy was largely produced by The Trak Starz . Not to be confused with alternative rap ( ex . Arrested Development ) or country rap , St. Louis Bounce is described primarily as melodic sing-song rapping over rhythmic bouncy beats laced with strictly-incorporated `` bluesy '' ( or `` country '' ) guitar-tinged riffs and chords . A St. Louis Bounce production can be up-tempo , mid-tempo or down-tempo ; and can sometimes sound borderline to R&B because of melodic sing-song rapping . Other instruments - particularly the presence of piano or keyboard - can play a role in production , but guitar riffs and chords are usually more noticeable throughout . The Trackboyz introduced a twist on St. Louis Bounce thus they became popular for incorporating `` unique beats and production that feature breathy gasps , visceral grunts , heel-pounding stomps , and wild clangs '' on their tracks . The Trackboyz often created these sounds themselves . `` Then , they threw in a bit of live guitar and bass . '' Although St. Louis Bounce borrows pounding basslines from Southern rap-styles , St. Louis Bounce - for the most part - is distinguished by the ever-present and fairly strict bluesy ( or `` country '' ) guitar riffs and chords on top of ( or around ) infectious bassy or percussive beats , which are sometimes accompanied by whimsical lyrics . The guitar riffs and chords produced in St. Louis Bounce tracks can be prominent and constant coupled with fast or slow bassline beats . The guitar riffs and chords also can be camped out in the background playing a low-key role in overall track production . And at other times , the bluesy or ( `` country '' ) guitar riffs and chords can be intermittently dispersed throughout a track while the bass beats are left to be more prominent . |
Spaceguard | The term Spaceguard loosely refers to a number of efforts to discover and study near-Earth objects ( NEO ) , especially those that may impact earth . Asteroids are discovered by telescopes which repeatedly survey large areas of sky . Efforts which concentrate on discovering NEOs are considered part of the `` Spaceguard Survey , '' regardless of which organization they are affiliated with . A number of organizations have also raised related discussions and proposals on asteroid-impact avoidance . The United Kingdom hosts The SpaceGuard Centre which conducts astrometric research ( MPC code J26 ) and is open to the general public daily . |
Space_vehicle | A space vehicle is a rocket-powered vehicle used to transport unmanned satellites or humans between the Earth 's surface and outer space . The earliest space vehicles were expendable launch systems , consisting of rocket launch vehicles carrying spacecraft payloads ( satellites or human-bearing space capsules ) which were relatively small portions of the total vehicle size and mass . The single or multistage rocket without the payload is referred to as a launch vehicle . Most space vehicles in production use are expendable systems , although reusable launch systems have been envisioned since the late 1960s . |
Single_Ladies_(TV_series) | Single Ladies is an American comedy-drama television series that debuted on May 30 , 2011 , as a two-hour television film on VH1 Created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah 's Flavor Unit Entertainment , the series chronicles the lives of three friends -- Val , Keisha and April ( and later Raquel ) -- and their relationships . VH1 announced on February 28 , 2014 , that Single Ladies was canceled . It was announced on April 8 , 2014 , that BET Networks ordered a fourth season which would air on Centric . Single Ladies returned on March 18 , 2015 with Melissa De Sousa joining the cast . |
Soul | In many religious , philosophical and mythological traditions , the soul is the incorporeal essence of a living being . Soul or psyche ( Greek : `` psychē '' , of `` psychein '' , `` to breathe '' ) are the mental abilities of a living being : reason , character , feeling , consciousness , memory , perception , thinking , etc. . Depending on the philosophical system , a soul can either be mortal or immortal . In Judeo-Christianity , only human beings have immortal souls ( although immortality is disputed within Judaism and may have been influenced by Plato ) . For example , the Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas attributed `` soul '' ( anima ) to all organisms but argued that only human souls are immortal . Other religions ( most notably Hinduism and Jainism ) hold that all biological organisms have souls , as did Aristotle , while some teach that even non-biological entities ( such as rivers and mountains ) possess souls . The latter belief is called animism . Greek philosophers , such as Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle , understood that the soul ( ψυχή ψυχή #Ancient Greek ) must have a logical faculty , the exercise of which was the most divine of human actions . At his defense trial , Socrates even summarized his teaching as nothing other than an exhortation for his fellow Athenians to excel in matters of the psyche since all bodily goods are dependent on such excellence ( Apology 30a -- b ) . Anima mundi is the concept of a `` world soul '' connecting all living organisms on planet Earth . |
Sol_Invictus | Sol Invictus ( `` Unconquered Sun '' ) was the official sun god of the later Roman Empire and a patron of soldiers . In 274 AD the Roman emperor Aurelian made it an official cult alongside the traditional Roman cults . Scholars disagree about whether the new deity was a refoundation of the ancient Latin cult of Sol , a revival of the cult of Elagabalus , or completely new . The god was favored by emperors after Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine I . The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to AD 387 , and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them . The theory dating from the 12th century that the near-solstice date of 25 December for Christmas was selected because it was the date of the Roman festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti ( Birthday of the Unconquered Sun ) is challenged by some Christian scholars . Different explanations for the date similarity are considered to be `` academically thoroughly viable hypotheses '' by some . Both theories have supporters , with some claiming that the festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti was later syncretized with Christmas and others saying that the Christian celebration may predate the festival of the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti . |
Snuff_Puppets | Snuff Puppets is an Australian puppet theatre company that was founded in 1992 . Originating in Canberra as part of Splinters Theatre of Spectacle , Snuff Puppets moved to a dusty warehouse in the industrial working class suburb of Footscray in Melbourne , and are now based in the historic Footscray Drill Hall . Snuff Puppets founding members were Pauline Cady and Simon Terrill and the current Artistic Director , Andy Freer . The company tour nationally and internationally with both indoor and outdoor shows . Snuff Puppets combine the elements of puppetry , live music , visual and physical theatre . The company refers to its ` roaming acts ' as ` interventions ' as Snuff Puppets specialize in creating mayhem in the streets , playing with traffic and shoppers . Subjects that are considered taboo are tackled , with ' a vulgar , irreverent , gratuitously violent and a comic sensibility ' . Realtime Magazine wrote that Snuff Puppets have a ` commitment to pushing bad taste to its extreme ' . Snuff Puppet elements : ` a blackly dangerous humour , an incisive political satire , shamelessly handmade visual aesthetic ; populist , free , joyous conflagration of art , audience and artist . ' In 2015 Snuff Puppet 's promotional video for the installation ` Everybody ' went viral , copies of the video have been reported as been viewed nearly 1 billion times . The company has an interest in direct action on political issues . Over the years this had included appearances in dozens of political rallies and support for alternative energy , world peace , third world debt relief , gay rights and asylum seekers . Snuff Puppets have toured over 25 countries , including ; New Zealand , China , Hong Kong , Taiwan , Korea , India , Indonesia , Japan , Thailand , Singapore , Austria , Belgium , Denmark , England , France , Netherlands , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Portugal , Brazil , Chile , Peru , Romania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Local communities have worked with Snuff Puppets with dozens of large scale workshops undertaken in Australia , Denmark , England , India , Indonesia , Japan , South Korea , Netherlands , Singapore , Thailand , Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The troupe won the ` Spirit of the Fringe ' award from Melbourne Fringe and the ` Adelaide Fringe 2006 Circus / Physical Theatre Award ' . The Victorian State Government support Snuff Puppets with annual Arts Funding . |
Spider_(2002_film) | Spider is a 2002 Canadian/British psychological thriller-drama film produced and directed by David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath , who also wrote the screenplay . The film premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and enjoyed some media buzz ; however , it was released in only a few cinemas at the year 's end by distributor Sony Pictures Classics . Nonetheless , the film enjoyed much acclaim by critics and especially by Cronenberg enthusiasts . The film garnered a Best Director award at the Canadian Genie Awards . The stars of the film , Ralph Fiennes and particularly Miranda Richardson , received several awards for their work in the film . |