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Smoky_Dawson | Smoky Dawson AM MBE ( 19 March 191313 February 2008 ) born as Herbert `` Herb '' Henry Brown , was an Australian country music performer , radio star , entertainer , and icon . He was widely touted as Australia 's first singing cowboy complete with acoustic steel string guitar and yodel , in the style of American Gene Autry : Dawson had an extraordinarily long and prolific career , releasing his first single in 1941 and his last album in 2005 , aged 92 , making him at the time the world 's oldest recording artist ( now surpassed by Dame Vera Lynn who released an album aged 97 , in 2014 ) . Through his high-rating syndicated radio serials ( at their height broadcast on 100 stations ) television appearances , comic books and songs he created the persona of a happy-go-lucky singing cowboy '' . An Australian institution , he continued to perform and march in annual ANZAC day ceremonies right up to his death a month shy of his 95th birthday . |
Space | Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction . Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions , although modern physicists usually consider it , with time , to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime . The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe . However , disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity , a relationship between entities , or part of a conceptual framework . Debates concerning the nature , essence and the mode of existence of space date back to antiquity ; namely , to treatises like the Timaeus of Plato , or Socrates in his reflections on what the Greeks called khôra ( i.e. `` space '' ) , or in the Physics of Aristotle ( Book IV , Delta ) in the definition of topos ( i.e. place ) , or in the later `` geometrical conception of place '' as `` space qua extension '' in the Discourse on Place ( Qawl fi al-Makan ) of the 11th-century Arab polymath Alhazen . Many of these classical philosophical questions were discussed in the Renaissance and then reformulated in the 17th century , particularly during the early development of classical mechanics . In Isaac Newton 's view , space was absolute -- in the sense that it existed permanently and independently of whether there was any matter in the space . Other natural philosophers , notably Gottfried Leibniz , thought instead that space was in fact a collection of relations between objects , given by their distance and direction from one another . In the 18th century , the philosopher and theologian George Berkeley attempted to refute the `` visibility of spatial depth '' in his Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision . Later , the metaphysician Immanuel Kant said that the concepts of space and time are not empirical ones derived from experiences of the outside world -- they are elements of an already given systematic framework that humans possess and use to structure all experiences . Kant referred to the experience of `` space '' in his Critique of Pure Reason as being a subjective `` pure a priori form of intuition '' . In the 19th and 20th centuries mathematicians began to examine geometries that are non-Euclidean , in which space is conceived as curved , rather than flat . According to Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity , space around gravitational fields deviates from Euclidean space . Experimental tests of general relativity have confirmed that non-Euclidean geometries provide a better model for the shape of space . |
SremmLife_2 | SremmLife 2 is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd . It was released on August 12 , 2016 , by EarDrummers Entertainment and Interscope Records . The album serves as a sequel to their previous studio effort , SremmLife ( 2015 ) . The album was supported by four singles : `` By Chance '' , `` Look Alive '' , `` Black Beatles '' featuring Gucci Mane , and `` Swang '' ( which was included as a deluxe edition bonus track ) . |
Snax | Snax was a Christian rock band with Linkin Park members Dave Farrell and Rob Bourdon . |
Space_Shuttle_Challenger | Space Shuttle Challenger ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation : OV-099 ) was the second orbiter of NASA 's space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia . The shuttle was built by Rockwell International 's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey , California . Its maiden flight , STS-6 , started on April 4 , 1983 . It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission , STS-51-L , on January 28 , 1986 , resulting in the death of all seven crew members , including a civilian school teacher . It was the first of two shuttles to be destroyed in flight , the other being Columbia in 2003 . The accident led to a two-and-a-half year grounding of the shuttle fleet ; flights resumed in 1988 with STS-26 flown by Discovery . Challenger itself was replaced by Endeavour which was built using structural spares ordered by NASA as part of the construction contracts for Discovery and Atlantis . |
Skene!_Records | Skene ! Records was a DIY punk rock record label founded in Connecticut in 1988 then later based in Minneapolis , Minnesota . An early album release was Better Yet Connecticut Hardcore , featuring bands such as Bug Gulp , Fallback , Freedom of Choice , Forced Reality and Scooter X. The label 's founder also promoted local punk shows in central Connecticut . The most infamous of which being ` the greatest show that never happened ' ; showcased at the New Britain VFW hall and featuring bands such as Big Gulp and Fallback . Shortly after the show began , during Fallback 's set , a fight broke out and the show was forcibly shut down by the New Britain Police department ; some of the footage was caught on a video tape that seems to have been lost . The label later released records from such bands as Green Day , Trenchmouth , Shades Apart , AWAKE ! , The People 's Court , Slap Of Reality , Candy Machine , Bob Evans , Lifter Puller , Actionslacks , Everready , Fuel ( not to be confused with the popular rock band ) , Angry Son , Go ! , Phleg Camp , Jawbreaker , Crimpshrine , Dog Tired , The Deviators and others , and was considered a contemporary of No Idea Records , Very Small Records , and Lookout ! Records . The label existed at least until 1996 , and is mentioned by Matt Diehl in My So-Called Punk ( St Martin 's Press , 2007 ) in terms of the relation between punk with a DIY ethic and contemporary `` neo-punk '' involved in the Warped Tour and large punk labels such as Epitaph Records . |
Sons_of_Liberty | The Sons of Liberty was an organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies . The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government . They played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 . The group officially disbanded after the Stamp Act was repealed . However , the name was applied to other local separatist groups during the years preceding the American Revolution . In the popular imagination , the Sons of Liberty was a formal underground organization with recognized members and leaders . More likely , the name was an underground term for any men resisting new Crown taxes and laws . The well-known label allowed organizers to issue anonymous summons to a Liberty Tree , `` Liberty Pole '' , or other public meeting-place . Furthermore , a unifying name helped to promote inter-Colonial efforts against Parliament and the Crown 's actions . Their motto became `` No taxation without representation . '' |
Skeptic_(U.S._magazine) | Skeptic , colloquially known as Skeptic magazine , is a quarterly science education and science advocacy magazine published internationally by The Skeptics Society , a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience , superstition , and irrational beliefs . Founded by Michael Shermer , founder of the Skeptics Society , the magazine was first published in the spring of 1992 and is published through Millennium Press . Shermer remains the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine and the magazine 's Co-publisher and Art Director is Pat Linse . Other noteworthy members of its editorial board include Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins , Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist Jared Diamond , magician and escape artist turned educator James `` The Amazing '' Randi , actor , comedian , and Saturday Night Live alumna Julia Sweeney , professional mentalist Mark Edward , Science writer Daniel Loxton , Lawrence M. Krauss and Christof Koch Skeptic has an international circulation with over 50,000 subscriptions and is on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada as well as Europe , Australia , and other countries . |
Snake_(zodiac) | The Snake is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac and related to the Chinese calendar , as well as in related East Asian zodiacal or calendrical systems . The Year of the Snake is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 巳 . According to one mythical legend , there is a reason for the order of the 12 animals in the 12-year cycle . The story goes that a race was held to cross a great river , and the order of the animals in the cycle was based upon their order in finishing the race . In this story , the Snake compensated for not being the best swimmer by hitching a hidden ride on the Horse 's hoof , and when the Horse was just about to cross the finish line , jumping out , scaring the Horse , and thus edging it out for sixth place . The same 12 animals are also used to symbolize the cycle of hours in the day , each being associated with a two-hour time period . The `` hour '' of the Snake is 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. , the time when the sun warms up the earth , and Snakes are said to slither out of their holes . The `` month '' of the Snake is May 5 to June 5 . The reason the animal signs are referred to as `` zodiacal '' is that one 's personality is said to be influenced by the animal signs ruling the time of birth , together with elemental aspects of the animal signs within the sexagenarian ( 60 year ) cycle . Similarly , the year governed by a particular animal sign is supposed to be characterized by it , with the effects particularly strong for people who were born in a year governed by the same animal sign . In Chinese symbology , Snakes are regarded as intelligent , but with a tendency to be somewhat unscrupulous . |
Skunkhour | Skunkhour are an Australian funk rock band that were formed in Sydney in 1991 . They released four studio albums , Skunkhour ( July 1993 ) , Feed ( April 1995 ) , Chin Chin ( July 1997 ) and The Go ( May 2001 ) before disbanding in November 2001 . Feed peaked at No. 21 on the ARIA Albums Chart while Chin Chin reached No. 34 . Four of the groups songs , `` Up to Our Necks in It '' ( 1995 ) , `` Weightlessness '' ( 1997 ) , `` Home '' ( 1999 ) , and `` Kick in the Door '' ( 2000 ) were listed in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 . The group has reformed periodically since 2009 for occasional concerts and festival appearances . Skunkhour began as an urban funk band with the Sutherland brothers -- Dean on bass guitar and Michael on drums -- and Warwick Scott on lead guitar . They relocated to Sydney by 1992 and were joined by the Larkin brothers -- Aya on lead vocals and Del as a rapper -- both of whom had a background in ska bands . Del 's departure in late 1996 marked a stylistic shift from funk and rap to more melodic funk-based rock . |
Skeletons_from_the_Closet:_The_Best_of_Grateful_Dead | Skeletons from the Closet : The Best of Grateful Dead is the first compilation album from rock band the Grateful Dead . It was originally released in February 1974 . As with other such packages , the album was a way for Warner Bros. . Records to capitalize on the Dead 's back catalog , after the band had left the label . It was followed three years later by a second compilation , What a Long Strange Trip It 's Been . Certified triple platinum in the United States by the RIAA , Skeletons from the Closet remains the Grateful Dead 's best-selling album , as of . |
South_Bay_Aqueduct | The South Bay Aqueduct is an aqueduct located in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area . It conveys water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through over forty miles of pipelines and canals . It begins in north-eastern Alameda County on the California Aqueduct 's Bethany Reservoir serving as the forebay . The aqueduct flows along the eastern and southern edges of the Livermore Valley . Then it flows through a series of tunnels to an end in the foothills of eastern San Jose , 5 miles ( 8 km ) from downtown San Jose , California . Construction on the South Bay Aqueduct began in 1960 . The Aqueduct was the first delivery system completed under the State Water Project and has been conveying water to Alameda County since 1962 and to Santa Clara County since 1965 . The South Bay Aqueduct begins at Bethany Reservoir near Tracy , with the South Bay Pumping Plant lifting water 566 feet into the first reach of the Aqueduct . The South Bay 's Pumping Plant 's nine pumping units , with a combined capacity of 330 cubic feet per second , discharge water through two parallel buried pipelines to the eastern ridge of the Diablo Range . From there , water flows by gravity for nine miles to the 100 acre-foot Patterson Reservoir , where some water is released for delivery to Livermore Valley . Water flow then continues about nine miles to a junction point where a portion is diverted into a 1 1/2 - mile branch line and pumped into Lake Del Valle . Beyond the Del Valle junction , the water flows by pipeline to La Costa Tunnel , proceeds southwest past Sunol , through the Mission Tunnel , then south through the hills overlooking San Francisco Bay . South Bay Aqueduct terminates in a 160-foot diameter steel tank on a hillside five miles east of downtown San Jose . |
Solo_(American_band) | Solo is an American R&B musical group from New York , New York . The original members were Robert Anderson , Darnell Chavis , Eunique Mack and Daniel Stokes . The group recorded their eponymous debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995 . Released on Perspective Records , the album featured production primarily by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis . The album produced four singles ( `` Heaven '' , `` Where Do U Want Me to Put It '' , `` He 's Not Good Enough '' and `` Blowin ' My Mind '' ) and was eventually certified gold . Solo released their second album , 4 Bruthas & a Bass , in 1998 . The album produced only one single , `` Touch Me '' , which peaked at # 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 . |
Soviet_space_program | The Soviet space program comprised the rocketry and space exploration programs conducted by the former Soviet Union ( USSR ) from the 1930s until its dissolution in 1991 . Over its sixty-year history , this primarily classified military program was responsible for a number of pioneering accomplishments in space flight , including the first intercontinental ballistic missile ( R-7 ) , first satellite ( Sputnik 1 ) , first animal in Earth orbit ( the dog Laika on Sputnik 2 ) , first human in space and Earth orbit ( cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 ) , first woman in space and Earth orbit ( cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6 ) , first spacewalk ( cosmonaut Alexey Leonov on Voskhod 2 ) , first Moon impact ( Luna 2 ) , first image of the far side of the moon ( Luna 3 ) and unmanned lunar soft landing ( Luna 9 ) , first space rover ( Lunokhod 1 ) , first sample of lunar soil automatically extracted and brought to Earth ( Luna 16 ) , and first space station ( Salyut 1 ) . Further notable records included the first interplanetary probes : Venera 1 and Mars 1 to fly by Venus and Mars , respectively , Venera 3 and Mars 2 to impact the respective planet surface , and Venera 7 and Mars 3 to make soft landings on these planets . The rocket and space program of the USSR , initially boosted by the assistance of captured scientists from the advanced German rocket program , was performed mainly by Soviet engineers and scientists after 1955 , and was based on some unique Soviet and Imperial Russian theoretical developments , many derived by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , sometimes known as the father of theoretical astronautics . Sergey Korolev ( also transliterated as Korolyov ) was the head of the principal design group ; his official title was `` chief designer '' ( a standard title for similar positions in the USSR ) . Unlike its American competitor in the `` Space Race '' , which had NASA as a single coordinating agency , the USSR 's program was split among several competing design groups led by Korolev , Mikhail Yangel , Valentin Glushko , and Vladimir Chelomei . Because of the program 's classified status , and for propaganda value , announcements of the outcomes of missions were delayed until success was certain , and failures were sometimes kept secret . Ultimately , as a result of Mikhail Gorbachev 's policy of glasnost in the 1980s , many facts about the space program were declassified . Notable setbacks included the deaths of Korolev , Vladimir Komarov ( in the Soyuz 1 crash ) , and Yuri Gagarin ( on a routine fighter jet mission ) between 1966 and 1968 , and development failure of the huge N-1 rocket intended to power a manned lunar landing , which exploded shortly after lift-off on four unmanned tests . With the collapse of the Soviet Union , Russia and Ukraine inherited the program . Russia created the Russian Aviation and Space Agency , now known as the Roscosmos State Corporation , while Ukraine created the National Space Agency of Ukraine ( NSAU ) . |
Single_(New_Kids_on_the_Block_and_Ne-Yo_song) | `` Single '' is the second single from New Kids on the Block 's fifth studio album , The Block , which is a duet with Ne-Yo . The lead vocals were sung by Joey McIntyre , Donnie Wahlberg , and Jordan Knight . Donnie also rapped in the song . The song was released on August 12 , 2008 as a digital download . According to allaccess.com , the single impacted radio on September 2 , 2008 . the same day the album was released . The song was released as a CD single in the UK on November 11 , 2008 . Ne-Yo included a solo version of the song on his album Year of the Gentleman with a length of 4:18 . |
Slavery_in_the_United_States | Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement , primarily of Africans and African Americans , that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries after it gained independence and before the end of the American Civil War . Slavery had been practiced in British North America from early colonial days , and was legal in all Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 . By the time of the American Revolution ( 1775 -- 1783 ) , the status of slaves had been institutionalized as a racial caste associated with African ancestry . When the United States Constitution was ratified ( 1789 ) , a relatively small number of free people of color were among the voting citizens ( male property owners ) . During and immediately following the Revolutionary War , abolitionist laws were passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery . Most of these states had a higher proportion of free labor than in the South and economies based on different industries . They abolished slavery by the end of the 18th century , some with gradual systems that kept adults as slaves for two decades . But the rapid expansion of the cotton industry in the Deep South after the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased demand for slave labor , and the Southern states continued as slave societies . Those states attempted to extend slavery into the new Western territories to keep their share of political power in the nation ; Southern leaders also wanted to annex Cuba to be used as a slave territory . The United States became polarized over the issue of slavery , represented by the slave and free states divided by the Mason -- Dixon line , which separated free Pennsylvania from slave Maryland and Delaware . Congress during the Jefferson administration prohibited the importation of slaves , effective in 1808 , but illegal smuggling took place . Domestic slave trading , however , continued at a rapid pace , driven by labor demands from the development of cotton plantations in the Deep South . More than one million slaves were sold from the Upper South , which had a surplus of labor , and taken to the Deep South in a forced migration , splitting up many families . New communities of African-American culture were developed in the Deep South , and the total slave population in the South eventually reached 4 million before liberation . As the West was developed for settlement , the Southern state governments wanted to keep a balance between the number of slave and free states to maintain a political balance of power in Congress . The new territories acquired from Britain , France , and Mexico were the subject of major political compromises . By 1850 , the newly rich cotton-growing South was threatening to secede from the Union , and tensions continued to rise . With white Southern church ministers having adapted to supporting slavery , as modified by Christian paternalism , the largest denominations , the Baptist , Methodist and Presbyterian churches split over the issue into regional organizations of the North and South . When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery , seven states broke away to form the Confederacy . The first six states to secede held the greatest number of slaves in the South . Shortly after , the Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked the US Army 's Fort Sumter . Four additional slave states then seceded . Due to Union measures such as the Confiscation Acts and Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 , the war effectively ended slavery , even before ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865 formally ended the legal institution throughout the United States . |
Space_debris | Space debris , junk , waste , trash , or litter is the collection of defunct man-made objects in space -- old satellites , spent rocket stages , and fragments from disintegration , erosion , and collisions -- including those caused by debris itself . there were 5 satellite collisions with space waste . , the United States Strategic Command tracked a total of 17,852 artificial objects in orbit about the Earth , including 1,419 operational satellites . However these are just objects large enough to be tracked . , more than 170 million debris smaller than 1 cm , about 670,000 debris 1 -- 10 cm , and around 29,000 larger debris were estimated to be in orbit . Collisions with debris have become a hazard to spacecraft ; they cause damage akin to sandblasting , especially to solar panels and optics like telescopes or star trackers that can not be covered with a ballistic Whipple shield ( unless it is transparent ) . Below 2000 km Earth-altitude debris are denser than meteoroids ; mostly dust from solid rocket motors , surface erosion debris like paint flakes , and frozen coolant from RORSAT nuclear-powered satellites . For comparison , the International Space Station orbits in the 300 -- range and the 2009 satellite collision and 2007 antisat test occurred at 800 to altitude . The ISS has Whipple shielding , however known debris with a collision chance over 1/10000 are avoided by maneuvering the station . The Kessler syndrome , a runaway chain reaction of collisions exponentially increasing the amount of debris , has been hypothesized to ensue beyond a critical density . This could affect useful polar-orbiting bands , increases the cost of protection for spacecraft missions and could destroy live satellites . Whether it is already underway is debated . The measurement , mitigation and potential removal of debris are conducted by some participants in the space industry . |
Spaceflight | Spaceflight ( also written space flight ) is ballistic flight into or through outer space . Spaceflight can occur with spacecraft with or without humans on board . Examples of human spaceflight include the U.S. Apollo Moon landing and Space Shuttle programs and the Russian Soyuz program , as well as the ongoing International Space Station . Examples of unmanned spaceflight include space probes that leave Earth orbit , as well as satellites in orbit around Earth , such as communications satellites . These operate either by telerobotic control or are fully autonomous . Spaceflight is used in space exploration , and also in commercial activities like space tourism and satellite telecommunications . Additional non-commercial uses of spaceflight include space observatories , reconnaissance satellites and other Earth observation satellites . A spaceflight typically begins with a rocket launch , which provides the initial thrust to overcome the force of gravity and propels the spacecraft from the surface of the Earth . Once in space , the motion of a spacecraft -- both when unpropelled and when under propulsion -- is covered by the area of study called astrodynamics . Some spacecraft remain in space indefinitely , some disintegrate during atmospheric reentry , and others reach a planetary or lunar surface for landing or impact . |
Socialist_Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina | The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina ( SR BiH ) / Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина ( СP БиХ ) ) was one of the six constituent federal units forming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . It was a predecessor of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina state , and existed between 1945 and 1992 , included in Yugoslavia as a condominium . It was subsequently given the higher status of a Socialist Republic , under strict terms of hegemonist consociationalism known as `` ethnic key '' ( Bosnian : nacionalni ključ ) , where balance in the political representation of ethnic groups ( Serbs , Croats and Bosniaks ) was enforced . The capital city was Sarajevo , which remained the capital following independence . The Socialist Republic was dissolved in 1990 when it abandoned its communist institutions and adopted free market ones , as the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992 . The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was , up to 20 December 1990 , in the hands of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The borders of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina were almost identical to the ones Bosnia had during the period of Austro-Hungarian rule that lasted until 1918 . That year Bosnia became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and during that period the territory was divided among banovinas . When SR Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed , it included what were the territories of most of Vrbas Banovina , the western part of Drina Banovina , the northwestern part of Zeta Banovina , and the eastern parts of Banovina of Croatia . |
SoHo,_Manhattan | SoHo , sometimes written Soho , is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan , New York City , which in recent history came to the public 's attention for being the location of many artists ' lofts and art galleries , but is now better known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques to national and international chain store outlets . The area 's history is an archetypal example of inner-city regeneration and gentrification , encompassing socioeconomic , cultural , political , and architectural developments . The name `` SoHo '' refers to the area being `` South of Houston Street '' , and was also a reference to Soho , an area in London 's West End . It was coined by Chester Rapkin , an urban planner and author of The South Houston Industrial Area study , also known as the `` Rapkin Report '' . This began a naming convention that became a model for the names of emerging and re-purposed neighborhoods in New York such as TriBeCa for `` Triangle Below Canal Street '' , DUMBO ( `` Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass '' ) , NoHo ( `` North of Houston Street '' ) , Nolita ( `` North of Little Italy '' ) and NoMad ( `` North of Madison Square '' ) , among others . Almost all of SoHo is included in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District , which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973 , extended in 2010 , and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978 . It consists of 26 blocks and approximately 500 buildings , many of them incorporating cast-iron architectural elements . Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian blocks . SoHo is part of Manhattan Community Board 2 . |
Southeast_Division_(NBA) | The Southeast Division is one of the three divisions in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The division consists of five teams , the Atlanta Hawks , the Charlotte Hornets , the Miami Heat , the Orlando Magic and the Washington Wizards . The division was created at the start of the 2004 -- 05 season , when the league expanded from 29 to 30 teams with the addition of the Charlotte Bobcats . The league realigned itself into three divisions in each conference . The Southeast Division began with five inaugural members , the Hawks , the Bobcats , the Heat , the Magic and the Wizards . The Hawks joined from the Central Division , while the Heat , the Magic and the Wizards joined from the Atlantic Division . The Bobcats changed their name to the Hornets effective the 2014 -- 15 season , after which it assumed the history of the original Hornets from 1988 -- 2002 . The Hornets name was previously used by the now-New Orleans Pelicans from 2002 -- 2013 . The Heat has won the most Southeast Division titles , with eight , while the Magic have won three and the Hawks and the Wizards have both won one . The Heat won the Southeast Division in four consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2014 . Miami 's three championships ( 2006 , 2012 , and 2013 ) each came after winning the Southeast Division . The Wizards are the most recent division champion , having won their first division championship in the 2016 -- 17 season . |
Sports_in_Cleveland | Cleveland 's professional sports teams include the Cleveland Indians ( Major League Baseball ) , Cleveland Browns ( National Football League ) , Cleveland Cavaliers ( National Basketball Association ) , Cleveland Monsters ( American Hockey League ) , and the Cleveland Gladiators ( Arena Football League ) . Local sporting facilities include Progressive Field , FirstEnergy Stadium , Quicken Loans Arena and the Wolstein Center . Historically , the city 's failure to win a trophy in any major professional sport from 1964-2016 earned a reputation of being a cursed sports city , which ESPN validated by proclaiming Cleveland as its `` most tortured sports city '' in 2004 . In addition , changes in the Cleveland sports landscape have led to further heartbreak and resentment among local fans , the most notable instances being Art Modell 's relocation of the Browns to Baltimore after the 1995 season ( that franchise became the Ravens , with the current Browns team starting play in 1999 ) , and Akron native LeBron James ' decision to leave the Cavaliers in 2010 for the Miami Heat . ( James later returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 . ) The curse is seen as having ended in June 2016 , when the Cavaliers won the NBA Championship against the defending champion Golden State Warriors . Shortly before the Cavaliers ' victory , the Monsters also defeated the Hershey Bears to become AHL champions , the first time a Cleveland hockey team had won the Calder Cup since 1964 . The Indians last reached the World Series in 2016 , and have not won the series since 1948 . Between 1995 and 2001 , Progressive Field ( then known as Jacobs Field ) sold out 455 consecutive games , a Major League Baseball record until it was broken in 2008 . Notable Cleveland athletes to win top individual accolades include boxer Johnny Kilbane , U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame inductees Jesse Owens and Harrison Dillard , and mixed martial artist Stipe Miocic . Kilbane had a 12-year reign as World Featherweight Champion and is an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee . Owens , who grew up in Cleveland after moving from Alabama when he was nine , participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals : one each in the 100 meters , the 200 meters , the long jump , and as part of the 4 x 100 meter relay team . Cleveland native Dillard is another four-time Olympic gold medalist , having won his medals during the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics in various track and field events . In 2016 , Cleveland State University alum and area native Miocic won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship at UFC 198 with a first round knockout . Cleveland facilities have hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game five times , the NBA All-Star Game twice , and the United States Figure Skating Championships four times . The city hosted the Gravity Games , an extreme sports series , from 2002 to 2004 , and the Dew Action Sports Tour Right Guard Open in 2007 . In 2013 the city hosted about 11,000 male and female athletes at the National Senior Games . Cleveland hosted the 2014 Gay Games . |
Sophie_Mallebranche | Sophie Mallebranche ( born March 30 , 1976 , in Honfleur ( Calvados ) ) is a French artist and textile designer recognized by interior architects for her woven metal materials that mix fibers and industrial materials . She is the creative director of Material Design Group . Her company produces and distributes her creations under the brand , Sophie Mallebranche . Architects and designers of international renown , such as Peter Marino , Robert A. M. Stern , Tony Chi , Jacques Grange , Gensler , Rena Dumas , Yabu Pushelberg , and Flanagan Lawrence have used her creations to experiment with new applications in the domains of design , luxury , and interior architecture . She has collaborated with brands such as Hermès , Christian Dior , Chanel , Louis Vuitton , Richard Mille , Chaumet , Piaget , Mikimoto , and Guerlain . Her metal weaves have been awarded multiple times by design professionals for their innovative nature , and her creations adorn numerous flagships , hotels , and restaurants worldwide . |
Sophia_Bush | Sophia Anna Bush ( born July 8 , 1982 ) is an American actress , director , spokesperson , and activist . She starred in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill , where she played Brooke Davis from 2003 to 2012 . She is known for her film roles in John Tucker Must Die ( 2006 ) , The Hitcher ( 2007 ) , and The Narrows ( 2008 ) . She starred in the NBC police procedural drama series Chicago P.D. as Det. Erin Lindsay . |
Socrates_(film) | Socrates is a 1971 Spanish-Italian-French film directed by Roberto Rossellini . |
Star_Trek_(film) | Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman . It is the eleventh film in the Star Trek film franchise , and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast , as the first in the rebooted film series . The film follows James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) aboard USS Enterprise as they combat Nero ( Eric Bana ) , a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets . The story takes place in an alternate reality because of time travel by both Nero and the original Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) . The alternate timeline was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements . The idea for a prequel film which would follow the Star Trek characters during their time in Starfleet Academy was discussed by series creator Gene Roddenberry in 1968 . The concept resurfaced in the late 1980s , when it was postulated by Harve Bennett as a possible plotline for what would become Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , but was rejected in lieu of other projects by Roddenberry . Following the critical and commercial failure of Star Trek : Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek : Enterprise , the franchise 's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen wrote an unproduced film titled Star Trek : The Beginning , which would take place after Enterprise . After the separation of Viacom and CBS Corporation in 2005 , former Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman convinced CBS to allow Paramount to produce a new film in the franchise . Orci and Kurtzman , both fans of Star Trek , were approached to write the film , and J. J. Abrams was approached to direct it . Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels and graduate school dissertations , as well as the series itself . Principal photography commenced on November 7 , 2007 and ended on March 27 , 2008 . The film was shot in various locations around California and Utah . Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen , opting to use sets and locations instead . Heavy secrecy surrounded the film 's production and was under the fake working title Corporate Headquarters . Industrial Light & Magic used digital ships for the film , as opposed to the previous films in the franchise . Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008 . Star Trek was heavily promoted in the months preceding its release ; pre-release screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world , including Austin , Texas , Sydney , Australia , and Calgary , Alberta . It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8 , 2009 , to critical acclaim ; critics praised its character development , as well as its storyline , effects , stunts , action sequences , direction , and its score by Michael Giacchino . Star Trek was a box office success , grossing over $ 385.7 million worldwide against its $ 150 million production budget . It was nominated for several awards , including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards , ultimately winning Best Makeup , making it the first Star Trek film to win an Academy Award . It was followed by two sequels , Star Trek Into Darkness ( 2013 ) and Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) , with a fourth having been announced . |
Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_(season_7) | The seventh and final season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : The Next Generation '' commenced airing in broadcast syndication in the United States on September 20 , 1993 and concluded on May 23 , 1994 after airing 26 episodes . Set in the 24th century , the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise-D . The season begins with the crew defeating Lore and his group of rogue Borg , resulting in the disassembly of Lore . It continued this theme of family history with most of the episodes . After dealing with Lore , Data also confronts the realization that his `` mother '' is still alive . In , Geordi attempts to save his mother from a damaged ship and is forced to deal with his loss . Worf meets a future version of his son , Alexander , in and his foster brother in . Both Troi and Dr. Crusher confront old family secrets in and . Picard also faces challenges with a son he never knew he had in and his relationship with his family -- past , present , and future -- in the series finale The series ends with Q concluding his trial of humanity , giving Picard an opportunity to save all of mankind . |
Stannis_Baratheon | Stannis Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . First mentioned in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Stannis is the son of Steffon Baratheon from the kingdom of Westeros . He subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Clash of Kings ( 1998 ) and A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) and A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) Stannis is portrayed by Stephen Dillane in the HBO television adaptation . |
Summer_Rae | Danielle Louise Moinet ( born November 28 , 1983 ) is an American professional wrestler , model , actress and former American football player currently signed to WWE , performing on the Raw brand under the ring name Summer Rae , but is currently on hiatus due to injury . Prior to joining WWE , Moinet played with the Chicago Bliss of the Legends Football League . She was a main cast member on the WWE reality television show Total Divas for seasons two and three . |
Star_Academy_Arab_World | Star Academy Arab World , also known as Star Academy : Al-Academya or Star Academy Arabia , is a pan-Arab televised talent show , which aired in 2003 . The show features a group of young male and female candidates who are selected from a pan-Arab pool of more than three-thousand and are sequestered for four months in `` The Academy , '' a four-story building in Lebanon , where they live , train , and compete against one another every week . The show became and instant success and an everyday much-watched event across the Arab World . The show was adapted from a French show of the same name and is produced by Dutch company Endemol , Vanilla Productions & PAC Ltd. . Star Academy Arab World is based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo . The show centers around the 16 candidates who compete in weekly talent competitions , singing , dancing , and acting during on-stage performances . At the end of every week , one contestant is kicked off by a public vote by the viewers . One of the show 's highlights are the appearances of some of the Arab World 's most important performers such as Najwa Karam , Diana Haddad , Haifa Wahbe , Elissa , Angham , Asalah , Ramy Ayach , Myriam Fares , Kazem Al Saher , Nawal Al-Zoghbi , Marwan Khoury , Carole Samaha , Ehab Tawfik , Wael Kfoury , Sherine , Fares Karam , Abdallah Al Rowaished , Saad Lamjarred and many more . The show has also been successful for its reinvention and continuous changes , just as , starting from the third season , the show witnessed guests from international superstars such as Julio Iglesias , Anggun , Karl Wolf , Tina Arena , Chris De Burgh and Massari . On February 10 , 2014 , LBCI CBC & Endemol Middle East announced that Star Academy will renew another season . The casting started and will be held in Amman , Beirut , Erbil , Dubai , Cairo , Alexandria , Casablanca , Marrakech , Tunis , and Sousse . |
Star_Plus_(UK_and_Ireland) | STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel and the largest Asian Channel in the United Kingdom . STAR Plus is owned by STAR TV UK whose head office is in London . The channel is part of STAR TV 's network of channels . STAR Plus ' programming primarily consists of family dramas and telefilms . This channel is also distributed worldwide by Fox International Channels , subsidiary of 21st Century Fox . The majority of programming on STAR Plus UK is subtitled in English . In September 2015 , STAR Plus aired its first Urdu language Pakistani drama , Mera Naam Yusuf Hai , following the success of Pakistani dramas on Zindagi , another Indian channel . Mera Naam Yusuf Hai was the first international drama to be aired on the channel . |
Starfish_(band) | Starfish is an Austin , Texas based indie rock band that was formed in 1993 . Members included Ronna Era , Jason Morales and Scott Marcus , formerly of Glass Eye ( also known from Richard Linklater 's `` Slacker '' ) . The first two drummers were Clifford and Dave , who were later named in the song Clifford/Dave . Scott Marcus became the permanent drummer in 1994 . The band recorded 3 full-length albums on the Trance Syndicate label . King Coffey of the Butthole Surfers ran this record label . Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü produced the first Starfish album , `` Stellar Sonic Solutions '' The band did 11 US tours , one Canadian tour and one European tour with the Scottish band `` Broccoli '' , which would be the last tour for Starfish . This tour ended with the bass player for Starfish , Ronna , marrying the guitar player for Broccoli , Grant Myles . |
Summer_Block_Party | Summer Block Party is a music concert tour by American R&B / soul artist , Jill Scott . Primarily visiting the United States , the tour supported her fourth studio album , The Light of the Sun . The tour was hosted by Doug E. Fresh and featured sets by DJ Jazzy Jeff , giving the tour the `` block party '' vibe . With 18 shows in 2011 , the tour was extended with additional dates for a one-month run in June 2012 . |
Start_the_Revolution_Without_Me | Start the Revolution Without Me is a 1970 film directed by Bud Yorkin , starring Gene Wilder , Donald Sutherland , Hugh Griffith , Jack MacGowran , Billie Whitelaw , Orson Welles ( playing himself as narrator ) and Victor Spinetti . The comedy is set in revolutionary France where two peasants are mistaken for the famous swordsmen , the Corsican Brothers . It can be considered a parody of a number of works of historical fiction about the French Revolution , including Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities and Dumas ' The Corsican Brothers and The Man in the Iron Mask . |
Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_February_2012 | This article contains opinion polling by U.S. state for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries . As of May 2012 , both Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have led polls in multiple states . They have both also reached at least 20 percent in polls in multiple states . Before announcing that they would not run , Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin were also leading polls in multiple states with numbers above 20 percent . Michele Bachmann , Herman Cain , Rick Perry , and Rick Santorum were also able to lead polls in multiple states earlier in the race , but Cain suspended his campaign on December 3 after multiple allegations of sexual impropriety , Bachmann dropped out on January 4 , one day after her poor showing in the Iowa caucuses , in which she came in sixth place and received just 5 percent of the vote , Perry dropped out on January 19 after finishing fifth in Iowa with just over 10 percent of the vote , finishing sixth in New Hampshire with less than 1 percent of the vote and with `` lagging '' poll numbers ahead of the South Carolina primary , and Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10 . Newt Gingrich announced he would drop out of the race after a poor showing in the northeast on April 24 . Haley Barbour of Mississippi , Jeb Bush of Florida , Chris Christie of New Jersey , Jim DeMint of South Carolina , Bobby Jindal of Louisiana , Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota , Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011 , although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign . Pawlenty exited the race on August 14 , one day after finishing third in Iowa 's Ames Straw Poll , citing a lack of campaign funds . |
Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_April_2012 | This article contains opinion polling by U.S. state for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries . As of May 2012 , both Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have led polls in multiple states . They have both also reached at least 20 percent in polls in multiple states . Before announcing that they would not run , Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin were also leading polls in multiple states with numbers above 20 percent . Michele Bachmann , Herman Cain , Rick Perry , and Rick Santorum were also able to lead polls in multiple states earlier in the race , but Cain suspended his campaign on December 3 after multiple allegations of sexual impropriety , Bachmann dropped out on January 4 , one day after her poor showing in the Iowa caucuses , in which she came in sixth place and received just 5 percent of the vote , Perry dropped out on January 19 after finishing fifth in Iowa with just over 10 percent of the vote , finishing sixth in New Hampshire with less than 1 percent of the vote and with `` lagging '' poll numbers ahead of the South Carolina primary , and Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10 . Newt Gingrich announced he would drop out of the race after a poor showing in the northeast on April 24 . Haley Barbour of Mississippi , Jeb Bush of Florida , Chris Christie of New Jersey , Jim DeMint of South Carolina , Bobby Jindal of Louisiana , Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota , Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011 , although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign . Pawlenty exited the race on August 14 , one day after finishing third in Iowa 's Ames Straw Poll , citing a lack of campaign funds . |
Superseded_scientific_theories | A superseded , or obsolete , scientific theory is a scientific theory that was once widely accepted within the mainstream scientific community but is no longer considered to be an adequate or complete description of reality , or is considered to be simply false . This label does not cover protoscientific or fringe science theories with limited support in the scientific community . Also , it does not mean theories that were never widely accepted . Some theories that were only supported under specific political authorities , such as Lysenkoism , may also be described as obsolete or superseded . All of Newtonian physics is so satisfactory for most purposes that it is more widely used except at velocities that are a significant fraction of the speed of light , and simpler Newtonian but not relativistic mechanics is usually taught in schools . Another case is the theory that the earth is approximately flat ; while it has for centuries been known to be wrong for long distances , considering part of the earth 's surface as flat is usually sufficient for many maps covering areas that are not extremely large , and surveying . In some cases a theory or idea is found baseless and is simply discarded . For example , the phlogiston theory was entirely replaced by the quite different concept of energy and related laws . In other cases an existing theory is replaced by a new theory that retains significant elements of the earlier theory ; in these cases , the older theory is often still useful for many purposes , and may be more easily understood than the complete theory and lead to simpler calculations . An example of this is the use of Newtonian physics , which differs from the currently accepted relativistic physics by a factor that is negligibly small at velocities much lower than that of light . |
Star | A star is a luminous sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity . The nearest star to Earth is the Sun . Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night , appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth . Historically , the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms , the brightest of which gained proper names . Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations . However , most of the stars in the Universe , including all stars outside our galaxy , the Milky Way , are invisible to the naked eye from Earth . Indeed , most are invisible from Earth even through the most powerful telescopes . For at least a portion of its life , a star shines due to thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium in its core , releasing energy that traverses the star 's interior and then radiates into outer space . Almost all naturally occurring elements heavier than helium are created by stellar nucleosynthesis during the star 's lifetime , and for some stars by supernova nucleosynthesis when it explodes . Near the end of its life , a star can also contain degenerate matter . Astronomers can determine the mass , age , metallicity ( chemical composition ) , and many other properties of a star by observing its motion through space , its luminosity , and spectrum respectively . The total mass of a star is the main factor that determines its evolution and eventual fate . Other characteristics of a star , including diameter and temperature , change over its life , while the star 's environment affects its rotation and movement . A plot of the temperature of many stars against their luminosities produces a plot known as a Hertzsprung -- Russell diagram ( H -- R diagram ) . Plotting a particular star on that diagram allows the age and evolutionary state of that star to be determined . A star 's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen , along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements . When the stellar core is sufficiently dense , hydrogen becomes steadily converted into helium through nuclear fusion , releasing energy in the process . The remainder of the star 's interior carries energy away from the core through a combination of radiative and convective heat transfer processes . The star 's internal pressure prevents it from collapsing further under its own gravity . A star with mass greater than 0.4 times the Sun 's will expand to become a red giant when the hydrogen fuel in its core is exhausted . In some cases , it will fuse heavier elements at the core or in shells around the core . As the star expands it throws a part of its mass , enriched with those heavier elements , into the interstellar environment , to be recycled later as new stars . Meanwhile , the core becomes a stellar remnant : a white dwarf , a neutron star , or if it is sufficiently massive a black hole . Binary and multi-star systems consist of two or more stars that are gravitationally bound and generally move around each other in stable orbits . When two such stars have a relatively close orbit , their gravitational interaction can have a significant impact on their evolution . Stars can form part of a much larger gravitationally bound structure , such as a star cluster or a galaxy . |
Susan_Bay | Susan Linda Bay ( born March 16 , 1943 ) , also known as Susan Nimoy , is an American actress who portrayed Admiral Rollman in two episodes of the television series Star Trek : Deep Space Nine : `` Past Prologue '' in the first season and `` Whispers '' in the second . |
Street_Kings_2:_Motor_City | Street Kings 2 : Motor City is a 2011 American crime film starring Ray Liotta and directed by Chris Fisher . It is the sequel to the 2008 's Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves . The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on April 19 , 2011 . The film as it takes place in Detroit rather than Los Angeles and only Clifton Powell returns from the first film 's cast , albeit this time as Tyrone Fowler instead of Sergeant Green . However , it deals with similar themes of police corruption and internal affairs investigations that were seen in the first film . |
Steven_Cole | Steven Cole ( born 18 March 1982 , in Liverpool ) is a British actor best known for his portrayal of Leo Johnson in the Channel 4 Soap opera Brookside from 1996 to 2001 . He joined HBO 's Game of Thrones during its second season to play the Dothraki Kovarro . |
Suspiria | Suspiria ( -LSB- susˈpi.ri.a -RSB- , Latin for `` sighs '' ) is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento , co-written by Argento and Daria Nicolodi based on Thomas De Quincey 's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis ( Sighs from the Depths ) and co-produced by Claudio and Salvatore Argento . Starring Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in Germany but later realizes that the academy is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of murders , the film also features Stefania Casini , Flavio Bucci , Miguel Bosé , Alida Valli , Udo Kier , and Joan Bennett , in her final film role . It is the first Argento horror film to have THX-certified audio and video . The score was composed by progressive rock band Goblin and is the first of the trilogy Argento refers to as `` The Three Mothers '' , followed by Inferno ( 1980 ) and The Mother of Tears ( 2007 ) . Suspiria has become one of Argento 's most successful feature films , receiving critical acclaim for its visual and stylistic flair , use of vibrant colors and its soundtrack . It was nominated for two Saturn Awards : Best Supporting Actress for Bennett in 1978 and Best DVD Classic Film Release in 2002 . It has since become a cult classic , and is recognised as an influential film in the horror genre . A remake by director Luca Guadagnino starring Dakota Johnson , Chloë Grace Moretz and Tilda Swinton , and with Harper returning in a secondary role , is set to be released in 2017 , approximately forty years after the original was made . |
Stock_exchange | A stock exchange or bourse is an exchange where stock brokers and traders can buy and sell stocks ( also called shares ) , bonds , and other securities . Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends . Securities traded on a stock exchange include stock issued by listed companies , unit trusts , derivatives , pooled investment products and bonds . Stock exchanges often function as `` continuous auction '' markets with buyers and sellers consummating transactions at a central location such as the floor of the exchange . To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange , it must be listed there . Usually , there is a central location at least for record keeping , but trade is increasingly less linked to such a physical place , as modern markets use electronic networks , which gives them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions . Trade on an exchange is restricted to brokers who are members of the exchange . In recent years , various other trading venues , such as electronic communication networks , alternative trading systems and `` dark pools '' have taken much of the trading activity away from traditional stock exchanges . The initial public offering of stocks and bonds to investors is by definition done in the primary market and subsequent trading is done in the secondary market . A stock exchange is often the most important component of a stock market . Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that , as in all free markets , affect the price of stocks ( see stock valuation ) . There is usually no obligation for stock to be issued via the stock exchange itself , nor must stock be subsequently traded on the exchange . Such trading may be off exchange or over-the-counter . This is the usual way that derivatives and bonds are traded . Increasingly , stock exchanges are part of a global securities market . |
Susana_Martinez | Susana Martinez ( born July 14 , 1959 ) is an American politician and attorney who is the 31st Governor of New Mexico and chairwoman of the Republican Governors Association . A Republican , Martinez was elected governor on November 2 , 2010 and sworn into office on January 1 , 2011 . She is the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic woman governor in the United States . Born in El Paso , Texas , Martinez is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law . After graduating from college and being admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico , she began her career as an assistant district attorney for New Mexico 's 3rd Judicial District in Las Cruces in 1986 . She was appointed deputy district attorney in 1992 . She joined the Republican Party and ran for District Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in Doña Ana County , New Mexico , in 1996 , defeating her former boss . She served three terms as district attorney from 1997 to 2011 . After incumbent Governor Bill Richardson was term limited , Martinez declared her candidacy for the governorship . She won a five-candidate Republican primary and went on to defeat the former Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico Diane Denish with 53 % of the vote in the general election . Four years later , she was reelected in a landslide against Attorney General Gary King . She is the first woman to be elected governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States . In 2013 , Martinez was named one of Time magazine 's 100 most influential people in the world . |
String_Quartet_No._21_(Mozart) | The String Quartet No. 21 in D major , K. 575 , was written in June 1789 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . It has acquired the nickname The Violet , used for example in Hans Keller 's chapter of The Mozart Companion . It is the first of the Prussian Quartets . There are four movements : Allegretto , in D major Andante , in A major Menuetto : Allegretto Allegretto in D major The quartet was written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia , Friedrich Wilhelm II , an amateur cellist , and was written in a similar style to the quartets of Joseph Haydn . Mozart and his friend Karl Lichnowsky met the king in Potsdam in April 1789 . Mozart played before the king in Berlin on 26 May 1789 , then returned to Vienna . This string quartet is a popular piece in the repertoire today . It is a piece written at the zenith of Mozart 's powers as a chamber music composer . It is considered to be in a more relaxed style than the six quartets dedicated to Haydn . A typical performance lasts around 24 minutes . The middle part of the song Mozart 's House by UK based indie electronic band Clean Bandit samples the piece . The song reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart on 21 April 2013 . |
Superhero_film | A superhero film , superhero movie or superhero motion picture is a film that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes : individuals who usually possess superhuman abilities relative to a normal person and are dedicated to protecting the public . These films typically feature action , adventure , fantasy and/or science fiction elements , with the first film of a particular character often including a focus on the origin of his or her special powers and his or her first confrontation with his or her most famous supervillain or archenemy . Most superhero movies are based on superhero comics . By contrast , several films such as the RoboCop series , The Meteor Man , Unbreakable , The Incredibles , Hancock and They Call Me Jeeg are original for the screen , while The Green Hornet is based primarily on the original radio series and its 1960s television adaptation , and both Underdog and The Powerpuff Girls are based on animated television series . The most notable and successful superhero films of the present day are films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting with Iron Man ( 2008 ) and Christopher Nolan 's Dark Knight Trilogy . |
Super-Earth | A super-Earth is an extrasolar planet with a mass higher than Earth 's , but substantially below the masses of the Solar System 's ice giants , Uranus and Neptune , which contain 15 and 17 Earth masses respectively . The term super-Earth refers only to the mass of the planet , and so does not imply anything about the surface conditions or habitability . The alternative term gas dwarfs may be more accurate for those at the higher end of the mass scale , as suggested by MIT professor Sara Seager , although mini-Neptunes is a more common term . |
Starboy_(album) | Starboy is the third studio album by Canadian singer The Weeknd . It was released on November 25 , 2016 , by XO and Republic Records . The album features guest appearances from Daft Punk , Lana Del Rey , Future , and Kendrick Lamar . The album was supported by five singles : `` Starboy '' , `` I Feel It Coming '' , `` Party Monster '' , `` Reminder '' and `` Rockin ' '' . Starboy received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 348,000 album-equivalent units , including 209,000 traditional album sales in the first week . It also debuted at number one on Billboards Canadian Albums Chart . |
Stephen,_King_of_England | Stephen ( -- 25 October 1154 ) , often referred to as Stephen of Blois ( in French , he was known as Étienne de Blois , then Étienne d'Angleterre ) , was a grandson of William the Conqueror . He was King of England from 1135 to his death , and also the Count of Boulogne in right of his wife . Stephen 's reign was marked by the Anarchy , a civil war with his cousin and rival , the Empress Matilda . He was succeeded by Matilda 's son , Henry II , the first of the Angevin kings . Stephen was born in the County of Blois in middle France ; his father , Count Stephen-Henry , died while Stephen was still young , and he was brought up by his mother , Adela . Placed into the court of his uncle , Henry I of England , Stephen rose in prominence and was granted extensive lands . He married Matilda of Boulogne , inheriting additional estates in Kent and Boulogne that made the couple one of the wealthiest in England . Stephen narrowly escaped drowning with Henry I 's son , William Adelin , in the sinking of the White Ship in 1120 ; William 's death left the succession of the English throne open to challenge . When Henry I died in 1135 , Stephen quickly crossed the English Channel and with the help of his brother Henry of Blois , a powerful ecclesiastic , took the throne , arguing that the preservation of order across the kingdom took priority over his earlier oaths to support the claim of Henry I 's daughter , the Empress Matilda . The early years of Stephen 's reign were largely successful , despite a series of attacks on his possessions in England and Normandy by David I of Scotland , Welsh rebels , and the Empress Matilda 's husband , Geoffrey of Anjou . In 1138 the Empress 's half-brother Robert of Gloucester rebelled against Stephen , threatening civil war . Together with his close advisor , Waleran de Beaumont , Stephen took firm steps to defend his rule , including arresting a powerful family of bishops . When the Empress and Robert invaded in 1139 , however , Stephen was unable to crush the revolt rapidly , and it took hold in the south-west of England . Captured at the battle of Lincoln in 1141 , Stephen was abandoned by many of his followers and lost control of Normandy . Stephen was freed only after his wife and William of Ypres , one of his military commanders , captured Robert at the Rout of Winchester , but the war dragged on for many years with neither side able to win an advantage . Stephen became increasingly concerned with ensuring that his son Eustace would inherit his throne . The King tried to convince the Church to agree to crown Eustace to reinforce his claim ; Pope Eugene III refused , and Stephen found himself in a sequence of increasingly bitter arguments with his senior clergy . In 1153 the Empress 's son , Henry FitzEmpress , invaded England and built an alliance of powerful regional barons to support his claim for the throne . The two armies met at Wallingford , but neither side 's barons were keen to fight another pitched battle . Stephen began to examine a negotiated peace , a process hastened by the sudden death of Eustace . Later in the year Stephen and Henry agreed to the Treaty of Winchester , in which Stephen recognised Henry as his heir in exchange for peace , passing over William , Stephen 's second son . Stephen died the following year . Modern historians have extensively debated the extent to which Stephen 's personality , external events , or the weaknesses in the Norman state contributed to this prolonged period of civil war . |
SummerSlam_(1999) | SummerSlam ( 1999 ) was the twelfth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on August 22 , 1999 , at the Target Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . |
Steven_Universe_(character) | Steven Quartz Universe is a fictional character and titular protagonist of the animated series Steven Universe , created by Rebecca Sugar . Steven is a hybrid between a `` Gem '' , a fictional alien being that exists as a magical gemstone projecting a body of light , and a normal human being . Voiced by Zach Callison , he made his debut in the pilot episode , Gem Glow . The character has received mostly positive reviews . |
Star_Jones | Starlet Marie `` Star '' Jones ( born March 24 , 1962 ) is an American lawyer , journalist , television personality , fashion designer , author , and women 's and diversity advocate . She is best known as one of the original co-hosts on the ABC morning talk show The View , on which she appeared from 1997 to 2006 . She was also one of sixteen contestants of the fourth installment of The Celebrity Apprentice in 2011 , coming in fifth place . |
Summer_Camp_(band) | Summer Camp are an indie pop duo formed in October 2009 by married couple multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Warmsley and vocalist Elizabeth Sankey . They are currently signed to the Moshi Moshi label on which they have released all three of their full-length albums , as well as three EPs and a film soundtrack . Summer Camp 's musical style has been described as `` 21st-century alt.pop '' , but also is influenced by 1960s girl groups and 1980s synthpop . The lyrics , written by Sankey , are often quite dark and deal with failed relationships , conflicts and teenage obsessions . Along with the band 's artwork and music videos they also draw heavily from American culture from the 1960s -- 1980s . In 2014 , they released their soundtrack to Beyond Clueless , a teen movie documentary directed by critic Charlie Lyne . |
Stratolaunch_Systems | Stratolaunch Systems , a subsidiary of Vulcan Aerospace , is a space transportation venture developing a new air launch to orbit system , with its corporate headquarters located in Seattle , Washington . The project was begun in 2010 and officially announced in December 2011 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan , who had previously collaborated on the creation of SpaceShipOne . In 2015 Stratolaunch Systems was placed under the supervision of Paul Allen 's new company Vulcan Aerospace , a subsidiary of Vulcan , Inc. . The project is a mobile launch system with three primary components ; a carrier aircraft being built by Scaled Composites , a multi-stage payload `` launch vehicle '' which would be launched at high altitude into space from under the carrier aircraft , plus a mating and integration system by Dynetics . The first test flights will begin in 2017 , with a goal of a commercial launch by 2020 . |
Street_News | Street News was a street newspaper sold by homeless people in New York City , New York , the USA . Established in 1989 , it is the earliest modern street paper still extant and the beginning of the American street newspaper movement . It aimed to provide a way of self-sufficiency to the many homeless and unemployed people in New York . The creation of Street News quickly inspired the founding of many other street newspapers , including Chicago 's StreetWise and Britain 's The Big Issue ; the paper has been called a `` pioneer '' for the street paper movement . Street News and The Big Issue have become prototypes of street papers worldwide . the editor was John Levi `` Indio '' Washington Jr. . Street News prints 3,000 copies of six issues per year , sold by 15 people getting 75 cents out of the $ 1.25 price . As of current time , Street News is no longer an active publication and New York City has no official street paper . |
Sully_Díaz | Sully Diaz ( July 12 , 1960 ; New York City ) is a Spanish actress and singer born to Sephardic parents from , Puerto Rico . Sully 's career started in Puerto Rican television with her first starring role as Coralito in the `` novela '' called `` Coralito '' . `` Coralito '' was her first starring role . Sully was invited to star in various soap operas in Puerto Rico , Venezuela and Argentina . Sully later returned to New York to study at the Actors Studio , Hebert Berghoff Studio and Ann Reinken Steps Studio . In February 2012 , in the Spanish-language production of `` The Vagina Monologues '' , a play written by Eve Ensler , an American feminist who fights against gender violence worldwide . It has been translated into 49 languages and performed in over 120 countries . The 2012 cast included Ivy Queen , Eileen Navarro , Lourdes De Jesús , Roxana Laborde , Yasmin Pietri , and sexologist , Carmita Laboy . It was presented in Orlando , Florida . |
Star_Trek:_First_Contact | Star Trek : First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his directorial debut , and based on the franchise of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry . It is the eighth film in the Star Trek film series , as well as the second to star the cast of the series Star Trek : The Next Generation . In the film , the crew of USS Enterprise-E travel back in time to the mid 21st-century in order to stop the cybernetic Borg from conquering Earth by changing the past . After the release of the seventh film , Star Trek Generations ( 1994 ) , Paramount Pictures tasked writers Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore with developing the next film in the series . Braga and Moore wanted to feature the Borg in the plot , while producer Rick Berman wanted a story involving time travel . The writers combined the two ideas ; they initially set the film during the European Renaissance , but changed the time period that the Borg corrupted to the mid-21st century , after fearing the Renaissance idea would be `` too kitsch '' . After two better-known directors turned down the job , cast member Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct to make sure the task fell to someone who understood Star Trek . The film 's script required the creation of new starship designs , including a new USS Enterprise . Production designer Herman Zimmerman and illustrator John Eaves collaborated to make a sleeker ship than its predecessor . Principal photography began with weeks of location shooting in Arizona and California , before production moved to new sets for the ship-based scenes . The Borg were redesigned to appear as though they were converted into machine beings from the inside-out ; the new makeup sessions took four times as long as their appearances on the television series . Effects company Industrial Light & Magic rushed to complete the film 's special effects in less than five months . Traditional optical effects techniques were supplemented with computer-generated imagery . Jerry Goldsmith and his son Joel Goldsmith collaborated to produce the film 's score . First Contact was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend , making $ 92 million in the United States and Canada with an additional $ 54 million in other territories , combining a worldwide total of $ 146 million . Critical reception was mostly positive ; critics including Roger Ebert considered it to be one of the best Star Trek films . The Borg and the special effects were lauded , while characterization was less evenly received . Scholarly analysis of the film has focused on Captain Jean-Luc Picard 's parallels to Herman Melville 's Ahab and the nature of the Borg . First Contact was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup and won three Saturn Awards . |
Super_Bowl_LI_halftime_show | The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5 , 2017 , at NRG Stadium in Houston , Texas as part of Super Bowl LI . The show was headlined by Lady Gaga , who performed a medley of her songs , including newer material from her most recent studio album Joanne . Gaga 's performance was critically acclaimed , with media outlets praising the show for demonstrating her artistic and musical qualities , and some arguing that it ranked among the top Super Bowl halftime performances in history . The show was also noted for its acknowledgement of the LGBT community , the use of a swarm of lighting-equipped drones for a pre-recorded intro scene , and its perceived political undertones . With 117.5 million television viewers , the Super Bowl LI halftime show was the second-most-watched Super Bowl halftime show , and for the fourth consecutive year , garnered higher average viewership than the actual game . The NFL claimed , based on a composite of television , digital viewership , and social media content , that the Super Bowl LI halftime show was the `` most-watched musical event of all-time '' . |
Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy | The Star Wars sequel trilogy is the third film trilogy in the Star Wars American space opera franchise , created by George Lucas . It is being produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . The trilogy is to consist of episodes VII through IX and chronologically follows Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ) in the saga . Lucas originally planned a sequel trilogy in the mid-1970s , but had abandoned these plans by the late 1990s . The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in late 2012 and then announced the production of a sequel trilogy . The first installment , Star Wars : The Force Awakens , was released on December 18 , 2015 in the U.S. , following a special premiere screening in Los Angeles on December 14 . The film is directed by J. J. Abrams who cowrote the screenplay with Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt . Harrison Ford , Mark Hamill , Carrie Fisher , and other main cast members from the original trilogy returned to reprise their roles and co-star alongside Daisy Ridley , John Boyega , Adam Driver , and Oscar Isaac . Unlike the previous two trilogies , whose films were released approximately three years apart , the sequel films are planned to be released around two years apart . Star Wars : The Last Jedi is set for release on December 15 , 2017 , with Rian Johnson as screenwriter and director . Episode IX will be directed by Colin Trevorrow and written by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly , and is scheduled to be released on May 24 , 2019 . |
Star_Wars_(film) | Star Wars ( later retitled Star Wars : Episode IV -- A New Hope ) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas . The first installment in the Star Wars film series , it stars Mark Hamill , Harrison Ford , Carrie Fisher , Peter Cushing , and Alec Guinness . David Prowse , James Earl Jones , Anthony Daniels , Kenny Baker , and Peter Mayhew co-star in supporting roles . The film 's plot focuses on the Rebel Alliance , led by Princess Leia ( Fisher ) , and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire 's space station , the Death Star . This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmhand Luke Skywalker ( Hamill ) , who inadvertently acquires a pair of droids that possess stolen architectural plans for the Death Star . When the Empire begins a destructive search for the missing droids , Skywalker accompanies Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Guinness ) on a mission to return the plans to the Rebel Alliance and rescue Leia from her imprisonment by the Empire . Star Wars was released theatrically in the United States on May 25 , 1977 . It earned $ 461 million in the U.S. and $ 314 million overseas , totaling $ 775 million . It surpassed Jaws ( 1975 ) to become the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 ) . When adjusted for inflation , Star Wars is the second-highest-grossing film in North America , and the third-highest-grossing film in the world . It received ten Academy Award nominations ( including Best Picture ) , winning seven . It was among the first films to be selected as part of the U.S. Library of Congress ' National Film Registry as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . At the time , it was the most recent film on the registry and the only one chosen from the 1970s . Its soundtrack was added to the U.S. National Recording Registry in 2004 . Today , it is often regarded as one of the best films of all time , as well as one of the most important films in the history of motion pictures . It launched an industry of tie-in products , including TV series spinoffs , novels , comic books , and video games , and merchandise including toys , games and clothing . The film 's success led to two critically and commercially successful sequels , The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) and Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ) . Star Wars was reissued multiple times at Lucas ' behest , incorporating many changes including modified computer-generated effects , altered dialogue , re-edited shots , remixed soundtracks , and added scenes . A prequel trilogy was released from 1999 to 2005 , followed by a sequel trilogy beginning in 2015 . In 2016 , Rogue One was released as a direct prequel to the original Star Wars film . |
Summer_Camp_Music_Festival | The Summer Camp Music Festival is a multi-day music festival created by Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment and held annually on Memorial Day Weekend at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe , Illinois . The event typically attracts around 20,000 visitors , of which between 8,000 and 10,000 arrive before gates open . In 2014 , it was listed as one of the top 40 music festivals in Rolling Stone . The first Summer Camp Music Festival was held in 2001 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe , IL . About 1,000 attended the festival that year , and enjoyed over 20 bands on 2 stages over the course of 2 days . Since then , Summer Camp Music Festival has grown to more than 20,000 attendees , hosting more than 100 bands on 7 stages over 4 days . While the numbers have grown , Summer Camp still maintains the same energy and family feel it had when it started over a decade ago . As one fan put it , `` Coming to Summer Camp is like coming home . '' You 'll run into old friends , meet a ton of great new ones , and have the time of your life . Almost tripling the population of Chillicothe for the weekend , Summer Camp creates a city within a city , and greatly impacts the local business economy . Artists that have performed at the Summer Camp Music Festival in past years include : moe. , Umphrey 's McGee , Tom Petty ( MudCrutch ) , The Flaming Lips , Willie Nelson , Bassnectar , Widespread Panic , Les Claypool , Keller Williams , Pretty Lights , Skrillex , The Roots , George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic , Medeski Martin & Wood , and many , many more ! |
Swords,_Dublin | Swords is the county town of Fingal in Ireland . The name `` Swords '' may also be applied to the townland , townland of Swords to the civil parish or to the local electoral area . At the 2011 , census the total urban population of greater Swords was 42,738 but when local electoral area definitions are taken into account , the population is 68,583 . It lies in Dublin 's K67 postal code routing area , known as eircode in Ireland . Fingal County Council 's Strategic Vision for Swords is to create a sustainable new city . They have referred to Swords as an `` emerging city '' and project that the population of Swords will rise towards 100,000 by the year 2035 . The town is the seventh largest urban area in the country , and the second largest in County Dublin . In 2012 , Swords was named the third best town in Ireland to live in . The survey conducted by Retail Excellence Ireland took into account safety , retail , dining , entertainment , events , car parking and overall attractiveness of the town . Since the mid-1990s Swords has seen improvements in shop fronts , public buildings and footpaths and the restoration of Swords Castle . In 2003 the Irish Business Against Litter ( IBAL ) Survey scored Swords the worst litter blackspot in the country . Following a huge improvement to litter in the town , in their 2011 survey Swords was declared the second cleanest town in Ireland . |
Sy_Smith | Sy Olivia Smith-Peterson ( born February 18 , 1978 ) is an American singer , songwriter , musician , actress , and music producer . Sy Smith has released four albums and twenty singles during her career . She is also the president of her own recording label , Psyko ! Incorporation . In addition , Smith has composed and written songs for many singers including Carlos Santana , Brand New Heavies , Mýa , Terry Lewis , and many other recording artists . Smith 's musical genre has varied throughout her career including R&B , Go-go , soul , funk , jazz , and neo soul . Her artistic influences include Michael Jackson , Minnie Riperton , Sly Stone , Diana Ross , Chuck Brown , LaBelle , and Sheila E. . Smith has pioneered in the sound `` Electrosoul '' and `` Futuristic soul '' , an amalgam of funk , neo soul , and R&B that has influenced many other musicians . She was also a key figure in the rise of the `` Indie Soul '' movement . Smith has a soprano vocal range with the ability to utilize the whistle register . She is also known for her signature songs `` Fly Away With Me '' , `` Aquarius Rising '' , `` Ai n't Nobody 's Bizness '' , and `` Fa'Sho '' . She is known as The Underground Queen of R&B and Soul . |
Strictly_4_My_N.I.G.G.A.Z... | Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. . . is the second studio album by rapper Tupac Shakur , released by T.N.T. Recordings , Interscope Records and EastWest Records America on February 16 , 1993 . The rights now belong to Amaru Entertainment . N.I.G.G.A.Z. in the title is an acronym for ( `` Never Ign ` ant Getting Goals Accomplished ' ) ; the `` Z '' in the title makes it a plural . Similar to his debut , 2Pacalypse Now , the album contains many tracks emphasizing 2Pac 's political and social views . The original album was going to be named `` Troublesome 21 '' and released in September 1992 , but it was scrapped . Debuting at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200 , this album saw more commercial success than its predecessor , and there are many noticeable differences in production . While Tupac 's first effort included a more underground or indie-rap-oriented sound , this album was considered his `` breakout '' album . It spawned the hits `` Keep Ya Head Up '' and `` I Get Around '' and has since reached double platinum status . On vinyl , Side A ( tracks 1-8 ) was labeled the `` Black Side '' and Side B ( tracks 9-16 ) the `` Dark Side . '' The album features guest appearances from the group Live Squad , 2Pac 's stepbrother The Wycked ( later known as `` Mopreme '' , later a member of 2Pac 's groups Thug Life and The Outlawz ) , Ice-T , Ice Cube , Treach , Apache , Poppi , Deadly Threat , R&B singer Dave Hollister and Digital Underground . The album has sold 1,639,584 units in the United States as of 2011 . |
Stargate_Project | The StarGate Project was the code name for a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1978 at Fort Meade , Maryland , by the Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) and SRI International ( a California contractor ) to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications . The Project , and its precursors and sister projects , went by various code names -- GONDOLA WISH , GRILL FLAME , CENTER LANE , SUN STREAK , SCANATE -- until 1991 when they were consolidated and rechristened as `` Stargate Project '' . Stargate Project work primarily involved remote viewing , the purported ability to psychically `` see '' events , sites , or information from a great distance . The project was overseen until 1987 by Lt. Frederick Holmes `` Skip '' Atwater , an aide and `` psychic headhunter '' to Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine , and later president of the Monroe Institute . The unit was small-scale , comprising about 15 to 20 individuals , and was run out of `` an old , leaky wooden barracks '' . The Stargate Project was terminated and declassified in 1995 after a CIA report concluded that it was never useful in any intelligence operation . Information provided by the program was vague , included irrelevant and erroneous data , and there was reason to suspect that its project managers had changed the reports so they would fit background cues . The program was featured in the 2004 book and 2009 film entitled The Men Who Stare at Goats , although neither mentions it by name . |
Stanley_Ellin | Stanley Bernard Ellin ( October 6 , 1916 -- July 31 , 1986 ) was an American mystery writer . Ellin was born in Brooklyn , New York . After a brief tenure in the Army , at the insistence of his wife , Ellin began writing full-time . While his novels are acclaimed , he is best known for his short stories . In May 1948 , his first sale , and one of Ellin 's most famous short stories , `` The Specialty of the House '' ( `` Speciality of the House '' in England ) , appeared in Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . In the years to come , Ellin 's fame as an author grew . He was awarded three Edgar Allan Poe Awards ( Edgar Award ) . His first Edgar was for the short story `` The House Party '' in 1954 , then for the short story `` The Blessington Method '' in 1956 , and his third for the novel The Eighth Circle in 1959 . Several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents were based on Ellin short stories , and his novels Dreadful Summit , House of Cards , and The Bind were adapted into feature films . Charles Silet writes that Ellin `` did much toward erasing the distinctions between traditional genre and mainstream fiction by writing novels more concerned with character and locale than with plot . '' Ellin was a long-time member and past president of the Mystery Writers of America ( MWA ) . In 1981 , he was awarded with the MWA 's highest honor , the Grand Master Award . Writing in The Times , Marcel Berlins said , `` Stanley Ellin is the unsurpassed master of the short story in crime fiction . '' |
Survivor_Series_(2008) | Survivor Series ( 2008 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) and presented by THQ 's WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 . It took place on November 23 , 2008 , at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . The event , the 22nd Survivor Series , involved wrestlers from WWE 's all three brands , Raw , SmackDown , and ECW . The event 's card consisted of six professional wrestling matches . The event received 319,000 pay-per-view buys , less than the previous year 's event . The main event was for the World Heavyweight Championship between John Cena , returning after suffering a herniated disc at SummerSlam , and the champion , Chris Jericho , which Cena won by pinfall after executing an FU . Another match on the event was the SmackDown main event , which saw Edge return and defeat Vladimir Kozlov , and the champion Triple H , in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Championship . The undercard matches included The Undertaker versus The Big Show in a Casket Match and three five-on-five elimination tag team matches . |
Supercouple | A supercouple or super couple ( also known as a power couple ) is a popular or wealthy pairing that intrigues and fascinates the public in an intense or obsessive fashion . The term originated in the United States , and was coined in the early 1980s when intense public interest in fictional soap opera couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber , from General Hospital , made the pair a popular culture phenomenon . The term supercouple typically refers to fictional couples from television dramas and film , such as Gone with the Winds Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara . With regard to real-life pairings , tabloids and the mainstream media have focused on wealthy or popular celebrity couples , and have titled them supercouples or power couples . Examples are the former pairing of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez ( which became known by the portmanteau `` Bennifer '' ) , and the former relationship of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ( `` Brangelina '' ) . |
Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series | Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew . It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek : The Original Series ( Star Trek : TOS or simply TOS ) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began . The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy , roughly during the 2260s . The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) , first officer and science officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) . Shatner 's voice-over introduction during each episode 's opening credits stated the starship 's purpose : The series was produced from September 1966 to December 1967 by Norway Productions and Desilu Productions , and by Paramount Television from January 1968 to June 1969 . Star Trek aired on NBC from September 8 , 1966 to June 3 , 1969 and was actually seen first on September 6 , 1966 , on Canada 's CTV network . Star Treks Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low , and the network cancelled it after three seasons and 79 episodes . Several years later , the series became a bona fide hit in broadcast syndication , remaining so throughout the 1970s , achieving cult classic status and a developing influence on popular culture . Star Trek eventually spawned a franchise , consisting of five additional television series , thirteen feature films , numerous books , games , and toys , and is now widely considered one of the most popular and influential television series of all time . The series contains significant elements of Space Western , as described by Gene Roddenberry and the general audience . |
Stock_loan_quasi-mortgage | A Stock loan quasi-mortgage is a form of securities lending that uses stocks , bonds , mutual funds , or other eligible securities as the effective guarantee for a personal credit line used for the purchase of a home , investment in real estate , or for some portion of either of these ( e.g. , short-term finance , downpayments ) . Stock loan quasi-mortgages are typically in the form of a simple credit line , with interest-only repayment terms . Although margin-loan financing is the most well-known form of individual finance in the field of securities lending , the stock loan quasi-mortgage is substantially different . These loans are crafted as non-purpose credit in compliance with FRB Banking regulations , as opposed to margin loans which are `` purpose credit '' . The key difference is that margin loan financing is intended for the purchase of stock , allowing the client to leverage the value of their holdings , while `` non-purpose credit '' is for any application other than the repurchase of marginable securities . Interest , however , may be deductible . The stock loan quasi-mortgage is not a mortgage in the purest sense , but rather an asset-based formed of financing that allows borrowers to tap their portfolios without having to liquidate them . Unlike `` non-recourse stock loans '' which have been dismantled and regulated out of existence by lawmakers in the post-financial crisis era , the stock loan quasi-mortgage programs of today are handled entirely by and through fully licensed and regulated brokerages that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( FINRA ) and banks with transparent and audited financials . |
Starfleet_Academy | In the fictional universe of Star Trek , Starfleet Academy is where recruits to Starfleet 's officer corps are trained . It was created in the year 2161 , when the United Federation of Planets was founded . The Academy 's motto is `` Ex astris , scientia '' -- `` From the stars , knowledge . '' This is derived from the Apollo 13 motto `` Ex luna , scientia '' -- `` From the moon , knowledge . '' In turn , the Apollo 13 motto was inspired by `` Ex scientia , tridens , '' the motto of the United States Naval Academy , meaning `` From knowledge , seapower . '' The main campus of the Academy is located on or near Starfleet headquarters on Earth , in and around what is now Fort Baker , California , across the Golden Gate from San Francisco in what is now Marin County ( see image below ) . There are also other campuses ; for example , Tom Paris studied at a campus in Marseille , France . It was created , based upon principles first postulated by David H. Longstreet . The Star Trek : The Next Generation episode `` Coming of Age '' revolved around Wesley Crusher 's first attempt to enter Starfleet Academy , and includes many details of the Academy 's entrance exam . Admitted students undergo a four-year program of academics and training , after which they are typically commissioned as ensigns . One of the groundskeepers of the Academy is a man called Boothby , a character played by Ray Walston who is first featured in the Star Trek : The Next Generation episode `` The First Duty '' . Boothby has offered advice to , and taken interest in the careers of many students , including Jean-Luc Picard and Kathryn Janeway , both later captains . Non-Federation citizens must present a letter of recommendation from a command-level officer in Starfleet before they can take the entrance examination . Commander Benjamin Sisko wrote such a letter for Nog in 2371 when he applied for Starfleet in the Star Trek : Deep Space Nine episode `` Heart of Stone '' . ( Nog 's time at the Academy is seen in the Starfleet Academy comic book series , where he is a main character . ) In the prequel series Star Trek : Enterprise , the `` Academy '' is mentioned by Commander Tucker in the pilot `` Broken Bow '' ( which takes place in 2151 ) , but it is not established whether this refers to Starfleet Academy or some other service academy . ( Another episode of the series made it clear that West Point is still in operation , so Tucker going to another `` academy '' is certainly possible . ) If Tucker was referring to Starfleet Academy , then its founding must have been well before 2151 ; consequently this would be a retcon unless the academy of the UFP were preceded by an earth-wide academy of the same name . Given Reed 's history with the still extant British Royal ( still mainly ocean-based ) Navy , however , one assumes that Dartmouth and comparable officer training institutions were as yet separate entities . In 1997 , a computer game with a story surrounding the Academy , called Star Trek : Starfleet Academy , was released by Interplay and High Voltage Software . A television series based on Starfleet Academy was proposed , but never produced . An early draft of the script to Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country featured a flashback to Captain Kirk 's time at the academy . According to producer Harve Bennett , that version of the sixth film got as far as preliminary casting , allegedly with offers made to Ethan Hawke for the role of Captain Kirk and John Cusack as Spock . |
SummerSlam_(2005) | SummerSlam ( 2005 ) was the eighteenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was presented by THQ 's WWE Day of Reckoning 2 and took place on August 21 , 2005 , at the MCI Center in Washington , D.C. featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown ! brands . The main match on the Raw brand was Hulk Hogan versus Shawn Michaels , which Hogan won by pinfall after executing a leg drop . The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was a No Holds Barred match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Batista and John `` Bradshaw '' Layfield ( JBL ) , which Batista won by pinfall after executing two Batista Bombs , with the second on the steel ring steps . Another primary match on the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Chris Jericho , which Cena won by pinfall after performing an FU . The main match on the undercard featured a Ladder match for the custody of Rey Mysterio 's son Dominick between Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero , which Mysterio won by retrieving the briefcase suspended above the ring . |
Stewart_Granger_(basketball) | Stewart Francis Granger ( born October 27 , 1961 ) is a Canadian former National Basketball Association player and Canadian national team member . Though , in his early years Granger grew up in Montreal , his high school years were spent attending and playing basketball at Nazareth Regional High School in Brooklyn , New York , USA . Granger won the New York State high school finals in 1979 playing for NYC-Nazareth . Granger played college basketball at Villanova University , where his career averages were 10.4 points per game and 4.8 assists per game . In the 1983 NBA Draft , Granger was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers at the 24th overall pick . In 1984 , his first season , Granger played with the team that drafted him , the Cleveland Cavaliers , an average 4.5 points per game and 2.4 assists per game . In his second season , he played for the Atlanta Hawks , where he averaged 1.8 points per game , and 1.3 assists per game . Then in his final NBA season , which was in 1987 with the New York Knicks , he averaged 3.3 points per game and 1.8 assists per game . Granger was also a first team USBL All-Star in 1986 while a member of the Wildwood Aces . He also had a career in the Philippine Basketball Association . |
Suisun_Marsh | Located in northern California the Suisun Marsh ( -LSB- səˈsuːn -RSB- ) is the largest brackish water marsh on west coast of the United States of America . The marsh land is part of the San Francisco Bay tidal estuary , and subject to tidal ebb and flood . The marsh is home to many species of birds and other wildlife , and is formed by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers between Martinez and Suisun City , California and several other smaller , local watersheds . Adjacent to Suisun Bay , the marsh is immediately west of the legally defined Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as well as part of the San Francisco Bay estuary . The Suisun Marsh is named for the Suisunes , a Patwin sub-tribe , who inhabited the area around 200 years ago . |
Supermensch:_The_Legend_of_Shep_Gordon | Supermensch : The Legend of Shep Gordon is a 2013 American documentary film about talent manager Shep Gordon , produced and directed by Mike Myers in his directorial debut . The film is the account of Gordon 's career and his clients such as Alice Cooper , Blondie , Teddy Pendergrass , and Pink Floyd . The film also addresses Gordon 's personal life and his interest in cooking , producing films , and his Buddhist beliefs . The film was screened in the Gala Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . It won the audience award for best documentary at the 2014 Sarasota Film Festival , and also screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival . It was released theatrically on June 6 , 2014 . |
Surrender_of_Montauban | The Redition of Montauban occurred on 21 August 1629 , when the Huguenot city of Montauban surrendered to the Catholic troops of the French king Louis XIII under the direction of Richelieu . In 1622 , Mautauban had successfully resisted the assaults of Louis XIII , but the city finally lost it independence with its redition to royal forces in 1629 . Montauban was considered to be the most powerful Huguenot fortress in France after La Rochelle . The redition was the final chapter of the Huguenot rebellions , as the remnants of Huguenot power in southern France surrendered to the king . After the sieges of Privas and Alès , the remaining Huguenot cities rapidly fell , and finally Montauban surrendered without resistance . This was one of the last events in the repression of the Huguenot rebellions in France . The redition was followed by the Peace of Alès of 27 September 1629 , which settled the revolt by guaranteeing the practice of the Huguenot religion and judicial protection , but requiring Huguenot strongholds as well as political assemblies to be dismantled . Soon after the redition , the fortifications of Montauban were taken down by Richelieu . Catholicism was reinstated in Montauban , and a governing body , formed of half Protestants and half Catholics , established , as well as a senior administrator representing the king in 1635 . In the space of 30 years , numerous discriminatory rules were established against the Protestants of Montauban , from clothing to religious restrictions . The Huguenots of Montauban were finally broken by Catholic military repression , the Dragonnades , in 1683 . |
Steve_Kimock | Steve Kimock ( born October 5 , 1955 ) is an American rock guitarist who has spent most of his life around San Francisco . He has been compared to Jerry Garcia , who was one of his fans , and he has been affiliated with musicians connected to the Grateful Dead , including the bands Zero , the Other Ones , and KVHW . |
Stock_(publishing_house) | Stock is a French publisher , a subsidiary of Hachette Livre , which itself is part of the Lagardère Group . It was founded in the 18th century by André Cailleau , who was succeeded in 1753 by Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne , who published Voltaire and Rousseau . At the beginning of the 19th century , the publisher was called `` Au Temple du goût '' . In the middle of the century it changed hands and was eventually bought up by Pierre-Victor Stock , who ran it from 1877 to 1921 and gave it its current name . During the Dreyfus affair , Stock published many essays on the subject , including Dreyfus 's own Lettres d'un innocent . In his memoir Mémorandum d'un éditeur , Pierre-Victor Stock estimated that Stock had published around 150 works connected with the Dreyfus affair . In the early 20th century , Stock ran into legal and financial difficulties . It was taken over in 1921 by Maurice Delamain and Jacques Chardonne , who renamed it `` Stock , Delamain et Boutelleau '' . In 1961 , Delamain and Chardonne sold Stock to Hachette . Since the mid-20th century , Stock has specialised in foreign literature and non-fiction . |
Surface_combatant | Surface combatants ( or surface ships or surface vessels ) are a subset of naval warships which are designed for warfare on the surface of the water , with their own weapons . They are generally ships built to fight other ships , submarines or aircraft , and can carry out several other missions including counter-narcotics operations and maritime interdiction . Their primary purpose is to engage space , air , surface , and submerged targets with weapons deployed from the ship itself , rather than by manned carried craft . The term is primarily used to mean any modern vessel type that is not a submarine ; although a `` surface ship '' may range in size from a small cutter to an aircraft carrier , the weapons and tactics have some commonality , more so than for submerged vessels . They look unusual and different from cruise and other ships . Surface ships include cruisers , destroyers , frigates , and corvettes , and several outdated types including battleships and battlecruisers . The category does not include aircraft carriers , amphibious assault ships , and mine hunters , as these generally do not use on board weapons system ( i.e. aircraft carriers generally only attack with their aircraft , and mine hunters are not primarily combat vessels ) . However some warships combine aspects of the surface combatant and other roles , such as the Russian Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier , which carries both aircraft and an array of conventional armament ( the class is sometimes termed a `` heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser '' ) . Modern naval warfare is divided into three operational areas : anti-surface warfare ( ASUW ) , anti-air warfare ( AAW ) and anti-submarine warfare ( ASW ) . The current canonical combined arms naval task force or task group centers around a flagship hosting dedicated command elements to conduct tactical operations within each of these areas . In smaller surface action groups ( i.e. a single or a few task elements , such as a lone Aegis-equipped destroyer or cruisers on patrol ) , the same combatant commander may be responsible for managing all three areas as part of his duty in carrying out his vessel 's mission , while larger formations such as a carrier strike group may have an individual commander in charge of each separate warfare element . Western naval career advancement for unrestricted line officers also follow this model : a career line officer in a command-oriented track will specialize , train , and be billeted into distinct surface , naval aviation , or subsurface warfare posts . |
Stark_Sands | Stark Bunker Sands ( born September 30 , 1978 ) is an American film , stage and television actor . He is known for his role as Tunny in the original Broadway cast of American Idiot , and originating the role of Charlie Price in Kinky Boots on Broadway . He is a two-time Tony Award nominee . He is also known for the roles of Lance Sussman in Die , Mommie , Die ! and Lt. Nathaniel Fick in Generation Kill . He starred as Dash in FOX 's series Minority Report . |
SummerSlam_(1998) | SummerSlam ( 1998 ) was the eleventh annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , and the fourth presented by Stridex . It took place on August 30 , 1998 , at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York . The main event was a Singles match for the WWF Championship between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker . Austin won the match via pinfall after a Stunner to retain the WWF Championship . The main match on the undercard featured a ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Triple H and The Rock , which Triple H won to win the Intercontinental Championship . |
Stone_Gossard | Stone Carpenter Gossard ( born July 20 , 1966 ) is an American musician who serves as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam . Along with Jeff Ament , Mike McCready , and Eddie Vedder , he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam . Gossard is also known for his work prior to Pearl Jam with the 1980s Seattle , Washington-based grunge bands Green River and Mother Love Bone , and he has made contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio . Gossard is also a member of the band Brad . In 2001 , Gossard released his first solo album , Bayleaf . His second solo album Moonlander followed in 2013 . Gossard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7 , 2017 . |
Star_Wars | Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise , centered on a film series created by George Lucas . It depicts the adventures of various characters `` a long time ago in a galaxy far , far away '' . The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars ( later subtitled Episode IV : A New Hope in 1981 ) , which became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon . It was followed by the successful sequels The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) and Return of the Jedi ( 1983 ) ; these three films constitute the original Star Wars trilogy . A prequel trilogy was released between 1999 and 2005 , which received mixed reactions from both critics and fans . A sequel trilogy began in 2015 with the release of Star Wars : The Force Awakens . All seven films were nominated for Academy Awards ( with wins going to the first two films ) and have been commercial successes , with a combined box office revenue of over $ 7.5 billion , making Star Wars the third highest-grossing film series . Spin-off films include the animated Star Wars : The Clone Wars ( 2008 ) and Rogue One ( 2016 ) , the latter of which is the first in an upcoming series of anthology films . The series has spawned an extensive media franchise including books , television series , computer and video games , and comic books , all of which take place within the same continuity as the films , resulting in significant development of the series 's fictional universe , with the non-canonical works falling under the defunct Star Wars Legends label . Star Wars also holds a Guinness World Records title for the `` Most successful film merchandising franchise . In 2015 , the total value of the Star Wars franchise was estimated at USD $ 42 billion , making Star Wars the second highest-grossing media franchise of all time . In 2012 , The Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm for $ 4.06 billion and earned the distribution rights to all subsequent Star Wars films , beginning with the release of The Force Awakens in 2015 . The former distributor , 20th Century Fox , retains the physical distribution rights for the first two Star Wars trilogies , owns permanent rights for the original 1977 film and continues to hold the rights for the prequel trilogy and the first two sequels to A New Hope until May 2020 . Walt Disney Studios owns digital distribution rights to all the Star Wars films , excluding A New Hope . |
Stephanie_Camp | Stephanie Camp was an American feminist historian . Her book , Closer to Freedom : Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South ( 2004 ) , led to a new understanding of how female slaves resisted their captivity in the 1800s . The book won the Lillian Smith Book Award for New Voices in Non-Fiction and an Honorable Mention by the John Hope Franklin Prize ; it was short-listed for the Washington State Book Award . She co-edited an anthology , New Studies in the History of American Slavery ( 2006 ) , which was inspired by a symposium she organized at the University of Washington in 2002 , called `` New Studies in American Slavery '' , as well as a follow-up symposium organized by Herman Bennett at Rutgers University . Camp grew up in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , where she attended H.C. Lea Elementary School and graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls . She earned her bachelor 's and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and her master 's degree from Yale University . She worked from 2008 to 2010 as an associate professor at Rice University , and most recently before her death she worked as a professor at the University of Washington . In 2007 , Camp and a graduate student at the University of Washington organized a protest about Woodland Park Zoo 's Maasai Journey program , which featured Maasai cultural elements in a zoo setting ; Camp argued that it referenced a time when African people were grouped together with animals at world fairs . |
Steve_Yzerman | Stephen Gregory `` Steve '' Yzerman ( -LSB- ˈaɪzərmən -RSB- born May 9 , 1965 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time . Yzerman spent his entire NHL playing career with the Detroit Red Wings and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . On January 27 , 2017 , in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles , Yzerman was part of the second group of players to be named one of the ' 100 Greatest NHL Players ' in history . Prior to the 1986 -- 87 season at the age of 21 , Yzerman was named captain of the Red Wings and continuously served for the next two decades ( dressing as captain for over 1,300 games ) , retiring as the longest-serving captain of any team in North American major league sports history . Once voted to be the most popular athlete in Detroit sports history , locals often simply refer to Yzerman as `` The Captain . '' Yzerman led the Wings to five first-place regular season finishes and 3 Stanley Cup championships ( 1997 , 1998 and 2002 ) . Yzerman won numerous awards during his career , including the Lester B. Pearson Award ( Most outstanding player ) in the 1988 -- 89 season , the Conn Smythe Trophy ( Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup playoffs ) in 1998 , the Selke Trophy as the League 's best defensive forward in 2000 and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2003 . He was a ten-time NHL All-Star , a First Team All-Star in 2000 and a member of the All-Rookie Team in 1984 . On July 3 , 2006 , Yzerman officially retired from professional hockey , finishing his career ranked as the seventh all-time leading scorer in NHL history , having scored a career-high 155 points ( 65 goals and 90 assists ) in 1988 -- 89 which has been bettered only by Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux . Yzerman 's # 19 jersey was retired on January 2 , 2007 , during a pre-game ceremony at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit . On November 4 , 2008 , he was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame . He also became an honoured member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009 , his first year of eligibility , inducted alongside 2001 -- 02 Red Wing teammates Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille . On September 25 , 2006 , Yzerman was named as a vice president of the Detroit Red Wings . He won a fourth Stanley Cup as the vice president of operations in 2007 -- 08 . He then served as the team 's alternate governor until his hiring as the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning in May 2010 . Yzerman has represented his country in several international tournaments as a member of Canada 's national hockey team ( Team Canada ) . In 2002 , Yzerman won an Olympic gold medal , making him one of few players to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year . Yzerman was the general manager of Team Canada for the 2007 IIHF World Championship , which they won . Yzerman was appointed executive director of Team Canada on October 7 , 2008 , for the 2010 Winter Olympics . Team Canada went on to win the gold medal by defeating Team USA . Yzerman was again appointed executive director of Team Canada on March 5 , 2012 , for the 2014 Winter Olympics . Canada went on to win their second-straight gold medal after defeating Sweden . |
Stapler | A stapler is a mechanical device that joins pages of paper or similar material by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding the ends . Staplers are widely used in government , business , offices , homes and schools . The word `` stapler '' can actually refer to a number of different devices of varying uses . In addition to joining paper sheets together , staplers can also be used in a surgical setting to join tissue together with surgical staples to close a surgical wound ( much in the same way as sutures ) . Most staplers are used to join multiple sheets of paper . Paper staplers come in two distinct types : manual and electric . Manual staplers are normally hand-held , although models that are used while set on a desk or other surface are not uncommon . Electric staplers exist in a variety of different designs and models . Their primary operating function is to join large numbers of paper sheets together in rapid succession . Some electric staplers can join up to 20 sheets at a time . Typical staplers are a third-class lever . A staple gun is usually a heavier duty , hand-held device ; it can be strictly manual or pneumatic . Staple guns are used to fasten a thin material to a solid backing -- ie a piece of paper to a bulletin board or to a piece of wood . The two legs of a staple from a staple gun are not folded over , but are embedded straight into the backing material . |
Stephen_F._Austin | Stephen Fuller Austin ( November 3 , 1793 -- December 27 , 1836 ) was an American empresario born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri . Known as the `` Father of Texas '' , and the founder of Texas , he led the second , and ultimately successful , colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States to the region in 1825 . In addition , he worked with the Mexican government to support emigration from the United States . He was also granted Mexican nationality when settling Texas . Numerous places and institutions are named in his honor , including the capital of Texas , Austin in Travis County , Austin County , Austin Bayou , Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches , Austin College in Sherman , and a number of K-12 schools . |
Star_Trek:_Nemesis | Star Trek : Nemesis is a 2002 American science fiction film directed by Stuart Baird and based on the franchise of the same name created by Gene Roddenberry . It is the tenth film in the Star Trek film series , as well as the fourth and last to star the cast of Star Trek : The Next Generation . It was written by John Logan from a story developed by Logan , Brent Spiner , and producer Rick Berman . In the film , the crew of the USS Enterprise-E are forced to deal with a threat to the United Federation of Planets from a Reman clone of Captain Picard named Shinzon , who has taken control of the Romulan Star Empire in a coup d'état . Principal photography for the film took place from November 2001 to March 2002 . Jerry Goldsmith composed the film 's score . The film was released in North America on December 13 , 2002 , by Paramount Pictures , and received generally mixed reviews , with publications criticizing it for being the least successful in the Star Trek franchise . The film went on to earn $ 67 million worldwide , making it a box office disappointment . Following the failure of the film and the cancellation of Star Trek : Enterprise , Berman and Erik Jendresen began development on the unproduced Star Trek : The Beginning . Three years later , Viacom split from CBS Corporation , and Paramount eventually rebooted the film series in 2009 with Star Trek , directed by J. J. Abrams . |
Sub-orbital_spaceflight | A sub-orbital spaceflight is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches space , but its trajectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched , so that it does not complete one orbital revolution . For example , the path of an object launched from Earth that reaches 100 km above sea level , and then falls back to Earth , is considered a sub-orbital spaceflight . Some sub-orbital flights have been undertaken to test spacecraft and launch vehicles later intended for orbital spaceflight . Other vehicles are specifically designed only for sub-orbital flight ; examples include manned vehicles such as the X-15 and SpaceShipOne , and unmanned ones such as ICBMs and sounding rockets . Flights which attain sufficient velocity to go into low Earth orbit , and then de-orbit before completing their first full orbit , are not considered sub-orbital . Examples of this include Yuri Gagarin 's Vostok 1 , and flights of the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System . Usually a rocket is used , but experimental sub-orbital spaceflight has also been achieved with a space gun . |
Summercamp | Alternative rock quartet Summercamp hails from Santa Barbara , California , United States , where , in 1987 , vocalist/guitarists Tim Cullen and Sean McCue met in high school . Another fellow student , bassist Misha Feldmann , joined soon after ; and drummer Tony Sevener signed on in 1994 , making the line-up complete . With Chris Shaw producing , the band issued their 1997 debut LP , Pure Juice , on Maverick Records . They charted with the single `` Drawer '' in the U.S. , while `` Should I Walk Away '' reached the Top 10 in Japan . Summercamp toured the US , Europe and Japan in support of their release , including the second stage of the 1997 Lollapalooza , the 1997 Pukkelpop , and appearing at the very first Fuji Rock Festival in Japan , 1997 . The band also toured with Failure , Poster Children , Tonic , and fellow Santa Barbarans , Toad the Wet Sprocket . Their song `` On Her Mind '' appeared in the film BASEketball . Summercamp was also credited on the Digimon : The Movie soundtrack with their song `` Nowhere Near '' . Additionally , their songs `` Play It By Ear '' and `` Happy '' were featured in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Crush . Summercamp Reunited Mid 2015 and performed a reunion show August 8th at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara . Summercamp also released a new single called `` PeachTree '' independently through their bandcamp page on August 28th , 2015 . |
SummerSlam_(2015) | SummerSlam ( 2015 ) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE . It took place on August 23 , 2015 , at Barclays Center in Brooklyn , New York . The twenty-eighth event under the SummerSlam chronology , this was the first since 2008 to be held outside of Los Angeles as Staples Center was the exclusive home for SummerSlam from 2009 to 2014 , and the eighth SummerSlam to be held in the New York metropolitan area . The Izod Center was originally supposed to host SummerSlam , but due to its closure in April 2015 , the event was moved to Barclays Center . The event was the first in the SummerSlam chronology to be four hours in length , a length previously reserved only for WrestleMania . The event was the second night of what was billed as a `` triple-header '' at Barclays Center , with NXT TakeOver : Brooklyn having taken place the previous night , and Raw the following night . Ten matches were contested at the event , with no pre-show . In the main event , The Undertaker defeated Brock Lesnar in controversial fashion ; Lesnar put Undertaker in his Kimura lock and the timekeeper rang the bell after seeing the Undertaker supposedly indicating submission , but since the referee had n't seen a submission and never stopped the match , the match continued . The confusion allowed Undertaker to surprise Lesnar with a low blow before trapping him in the Hell 's Gate submission hold , during which Lesnar passed out to give Undertaker the win . |
Stephanie_Hodge | Stephanie Hodge ( born December 24 , 1956 ) is an American actress and stand-up comedian , best known for her role as Jennie Malloy on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After from 1995 to 1998 . Hodge was born in Wilmington , Ohio . She attended the Wilmington College and Ohio State University . She starred in a number of television sitcoms in 1990s , like Sugar and Spice , My Talk Show , Nurses , and Muddling Through . After leaving Unhappily Ever After , Hodge appeared in the 2001 film Evolution , and later guest-starred on Reba , NCIS , and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody . |
Sun_(film) | Sun ( Italian : Sole ) is a 1929 Italian silent drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Marcello Spada , Vasco Creti and Dria Paola . The film was set around the planned draining of the Pontine Marshes by Benito Mussolini 's Fascist government . It was shot partly on location , which added a sense of realism . Mussolini was impressed by the result and described it as `` the dawn of the Fascist film '' . The film was destroyed during the Second World War , and survives only in still photographs . |
Suzanne_Pleshette | Suzanne Pleshette ( January 31 , 1937 -- January 19 , 2008 ) was an American actress and voice actress . After beginning her career in the theatre , she began appearing in films in the late 1950s and later appeared in prominent films such as Rome Adventure ( 1962 ) and Alfred Hitchcock 's The Birds ( 1963 ) . She later appeared in various television productions , often in guest roles and played Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 until 1978 , receiving several Emmy Award nominations for her work . She continued acting until 2004 , four years before her death . |
Stellar_drift | Stellar drift , or the motion of stars , is a necessary result of the lack of an absolute reference frame in special relativity . Nothing in space stands still -- more precisely , standing still is meaningless without defining what `` still '' means . Most galaxies have been moving away ever since the Big Bang , as explained by the metric expansion of space . Galaxy motion is also influenced by galaxy groups and clusters . Stars orbit moving galaxies , and they also orbit moving star clusters and companion stars . Planets orbit their moving stars . Stellar drift is measured by two components : proper motion ( multiplied by distance ) and radial velocity . Proper motion is a star 's motion across the sky , slowly changing the shapes of constellations over thousands of years . It can be measured using a telescope to detect small movements over long periods of time . Radial velocity is how fast a star approaches or recedes from us . It is measured using redshift . Both components are complicated by the Earth 's orbit around the Sun , so the motions of stars are described relative to the Sun , not the Earth ( kinematics of stars ) . |
Stonewall_riots | The Stonewall riots ( also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion ) were a series of spontaneous , violent demonstrations by members of the gay ( LGBT ) communityAt the time , the term `` gay '' was commonly used to refer to all LGBT people . against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28 , 1969 , at the Stonewall Inn , located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States . Gay Americans in the 1950s and 1960s faced an anti-gay legal system.Illinois decriminalized sodomy in 1961 , but at the time of the Stonewall riots every other state criminalized homosexual acts , even between consenting adults acting in private homes . `` An adult convicted of the crime of having sex with another consenting adult in the privacy of his or her home could get anywhere from a light fine to five , ten , or twenty years -- or even life -- in prison . In 1971 , twenty states had ` sex psychopath ' laws that permitted the detaining of homosexuals for that reason alone . In Pennsylvania and California sex offenders could be committed to a psychiatric institution for life , and -LSB- in -RSB- seven states they could be castrated . '' ( Carter , p. 15 ) Through the 1950s and 1960s , castration , emetics , hypnosis , electroshock therapy , and lobotomies were used by psychiatrists to try to `` cure '' homosexuals . ( Katz , pp. 181 -- 197 . ) ( Adam , p. 60 . ) Early homophile groups in the U.S. sought to prove that gay people could be assimilated into society , and they favored non-confrontational education for homosexuals and heterosexuals alike . The last years of the 1960s , however , were very contentious , as many social/political movements were active , including the Civil Rights Movement , the counterculture of the 1960s , and the anti-Vietnam War movement . These influences , along with the liberal environment of Greenwich Village , served as catalysts for the Stonewall riots . Very few establishments welcomed openly gay people in the 1950s and 1960s . Those that did were often bars , although bar owners and managers were rarely gay . At the time , the Stonewall Inn was owned by the Mafia . It catered to an assortment of patrons and was known to be popular among the poorest and most marginalized people in the gay community : drag queens , transgender people , effeminate young men , butch lesbians , male prostitutes , and homeless youth . Police raids on gay bars were routine in the 1960s , but officers quickly lost control of the situation at the Stonewall Inn . They attracted a crowd that was incited to riot . Tensions between New York City police and gay residents of Greenwich Village erupted into more protests the next evening , and again several nights later . Within weeks , Village residents quickly organized into activist groups to concentrate efforts on establishing places for gays and lesbians to be open about their sexual orientation without fear of being arrested . After the Stonewall riots , gays and lesbians in New York City faced gender , race , class , and generational obstacles to becoming a cohesive community . Within six months , two gay activist organizations were formed in New York , concentrating on confrontational tactics , and three newspapers were established to promote rights for gays and lesbians . Within a few years , gay rights organizations were founded across the U.S. and the world . On June 28 , 1970 , the first gay pride marches took place in New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco and Chicago commemorating the anniversary of the riots . Similar marches were organized in other cities . Today , Gay Pride events are held annually throughout the world toward the end of June to mark the Stonewall riots . The Stonewall National Monument was established at the site in 2016 . |
Susan_Block | Susan Block , also known as Dr. Susan Block and Dr. Suzy , is an American sex therapist , author , filmmaker , cable TV talk show host , and cultural commentator . She is perhaps best known for her television specials on HBO . She is the founder and director of The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences . Block is also known for her philosophy of ethical hedonism and The Bonobo Way , as well as her writings on sex , love , politics , and culture in Alternet , The Ecologist , Perfect 10 , the New Haven Advocate , LA Weekly , the San Francisco Bay Guardian , Metro , The Brentwood Bla Bla , Beverly Hills , The Magazine , and her own publications Dr. Susan Block 's Journal , The Cannes Bla Bla and her weblog , Bloggamy . Block is also known for her bacchanalian celebrations attended by couples and other participants , as well as her Internet , TV and radio shows featuring professors and porn stars , erotic art exhibitions , sex educational salons , seminars and other events at the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences , a.k.a. Dr. Suzy 's Speakeasy in Los Angeles . Block , although she has no formal license or certification in the field , is also a self-proclaimed sex therapist in private practice and works with clients from all over the world , using her therapy techniques to deal with various sexual problems , both in person and over the telephone . Her `` sex therapy '' is available 24 hours a day , and some of the `` therapy '' is provided by collaborating porn stars . |
Suetonius | Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus ( -LSB- ˈɡaː.ɪ.ʊs ˈswɛ.tɔn.jʊs traŋˈkᶣɪl.lʊs -RSB- ) , commonly known as Suetonius ( -LSB- swɪˈtoʊniəs -RSB- c. 69 -- after 122 AD ) , was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire . His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers , from Julius Caesar to Domitian , entitled De Vita Caesarum . He recorded the earliest accounts of Julius Caesar 's epileptic seizures . Other works by Suetonius concern the daily life of Rome , politics , oratory , and the lives of famous writers , including poets , historians , and grammarians . A few of these books have partially survived , but many have been lost . |
Street_newspaper | Street newspapers ( or street papers ) are newspapers or magazines sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations . Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about homelessness and poverty-related issues , and seek to strengthen social networks within homeless communities . Street papers aim to give these individuals both employment opportunities and a voice in their community . In addition to being sold by homeless individuals , many of these papers are partially produced and written by them . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries several publications by charity , religious , and labor organizations tried to draw attention to the homeless , but street newspapers only became common after the founding of New York City 's Street News in 1989 . Similar papers are now published in over 30 countries , with most located in the United States and Western Europe . They are supported by governments , charities , and coalitions such as the International Network of Street Papers and the North American Street Newspaper Association . Although street newspapers have multiplied , many still face challenges , including funding shortages , unreliable staff and difficulty in generating interest and maintaining an audience . Street newspapers are sold mainly by homeless individuals , but the newspapers vary in how much content is submitted by them and how much of the coverage pertains to them : while some papers are written and published mainly by homeless contributors , others have a professional staff and attempt to emulate mainstream publications . These differences have caused controversy among street newspaper publishers over what type of material should be covered and to what extent the homeless should participate in writing and production . One popular street newspaper , The Big Issue , has been a focus of this controversy because it concentrates on attracting a large readership through coverage of mainstream issues and popular culture , whereas other newspapers emphasize homeless advocacy and social issues and earn less of a profit . |
Stargate_(film) | Stargate is a 1994 French-American science fiction adventure film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ) and Carolco Pictures . Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich , the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise . Directed by Roland Emmerich , the film stars Kurt Russell , James Spader , Jaye Davidson , Alexis Cruz , Mili Avital , and Viveca Lindfors . The plot centers on the premise of a `` Stargate '' , an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe . The film 's central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization . The film had a mixed initial critical reception , earning both praise and criticism for its atmosphere , story , characters , and graphic content . Nevertheless , Stargate became a commercial success worldwide . Devlin and Emmerich gave the rights to the franchise to MGM when they were working on their 1996 film Independence Day , and MGM retains the domestic television rights . The rights to the Stargate film are owned by StudioCanal , with Lions Gate Entertainment handling most distribution in international theatrical and worldwide home video releases , although Rialto Pictures handles domestic distribution under license from StudioCanal . |