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World_Series_of_Fighting | World Series of Fighting was an American mixed martial arts ( MMA ) promotion based in Las Vegas , Nevada . Its live events and competitions were shown on NBCSN in the United States , on TSN2 in Canada , on Claro Sports in Latin America , on SportsMax in the Caribbean countries , on Esporte Interativo in Brazil and on the Kiswe and FITE.tv apps worldwide . |
Web_television | Web television ( also web series ) is original television content produced for broadcast via the World Wide Web . ( The phrase `` web television '' is also sometimes used to refer to Internet television in general , which includes Internet-transmission of programs produced for both online and traditional terrestrial , cable , or satellite broadcast . ) Web television content includes web series such as Red vs. Blue ( 2003 -- present ) , Husbands ( 2011 -- present ) , The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ( 2012 -- 2013 ) , Video Game High School ( 2012 -- 2014 ) , Carmilla ( 2014 -- 2016 ) , and Teenagers ( 2014 -- present ) , among hundreds of others ; original miniseries such as Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog ( 2008 ) ; animated shorts such as those of Homestar Runner ; and exclusive video content that supplements conventional television broadcasts . The current major distributors of web television are Amazon.com , Blip.tv , Crackle , Hulu , Netflix , Newgrounds , Roku , and YouTube . Examples of web television production companies include : Generate LA-NY , Next New Networks , Revision3 , and Vuguru . In 2008 , the International Academy of Web Television ( an organization headquartered in Los Angeles ) formed with the mission to organize and support web television authors , actors , producers , and executives . The organization also administers the selection of winners for the Streamy Awards . In 2009 , the Los Angeles Web Series Festival was founded . Several other festivals and award shows exist dedicated solely to web content , including the Indie Series Awards and the Vancouver Web Series Festival . In 2013 , in response to the move of the soap opera All My Children from broadcast to web television , a new category for web-only series in the Daytime Emmy Awards was created . Later that year , Netflix made history for earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for web television web series , for Arrested Development , Hemlock Grove , and House of Cards , at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . |
Weekend_Update | Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch that comments on and parodies current events . It is the show 's longest-running recurring sketch , having been on since the show 's first broadcast , and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance . One or two of the players are cast in the role of news anchor , presenting gag news items based on current events and acting as hosts for occasional editorials , commentaries , or other performances by other cast members or guests . Chevy Chase has credited Weekend Update which he started as anchor in 1975 for paving the way for comedic news shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report . |
Wither_(Passarella_novel) | Wither is a 1999 supra-natural novel about ghosts and witches by John Passarella and Joseph Gangemi writing under the pseudonym `` J.G. Passerella '' . Wither was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award and won the Horror Writers Association 's Bram Stoker Award for First Novel in 1999 . Wither was later followed by the sequels Wither 's Rain , Wither 's Curse , and Wither 's Legacy . |
World_Extreme_Cagefighting | World Extreme Cagefighting ( WEC ) was an American mixed martial arts ( MMA ) promotion founded in 2001 . It was purchased by Zuffa , LLC , the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) , in 2006 . In its final incarnation , it was made up of 3 weight classes : 135 lb , 145 lb and 155 lb . To accommodate the smaller fighters , WEC 's cage was 25 feet in diameter -- 5 feet smaller than the standard UFC cage . |
William_Smith_(actor) | William Smith ( born March 24 , 1933 ) is an American actor who has appeared in almost three hundred feature films and television productions . One of his better-known roles was Anthony Falconetti in the 1970s television mini-series Rich Man , Poor Man . Smith is known for films like Any Which Way You Can ( 1978 ) , Conan The Barbarian ( 1982 ) , Rumblefish ( 1983 ) , and Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , as well as lead roles in several exploitation films during the 1970s . |
Wayne_Gretzky | Wayne Douglas Gretzky ( -LSB- ˈɡrɛtski -RSB- born January 26 , 1961 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach . He played twenty seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for four teams from 1979 to 1999 . Nicknamed `` The Great One '' , he has been called `` the greatest hockey player ever '' by many sportswriters , players , and the league itself . He is the leading scorer in NHL history , with more goals and assists than any other player . He garnered more assists than any other player scored total points , and is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season -- a feat he accomplished four times . In addition , he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons , 14 of them consecutive . At the time of his retirement in 1999 , he held 61 NHL records : 40 regular-season records , 15 playoff records , and six All-Star records . As of 2015 , he still holds 60 NHL records . Born and raised in Brantford , Ontario , Canada , Gretzky honed his skills at a backyard rink and regularly played minor hockey at a level far above his peers . Despite his unimpressive stature , strength and speed , Gretzky 's intelligence and reading of the game were unrivaled . He was adept at dodging checks from opposing players , and consistently anticipated where the puck was going to be and executed the right move at the right time . Gretzky became known for setting up behind his opponent 's net , an area that was nicknamed `` Gretzky 's office '' . In 1978 , Gretzky signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) , where he briefly played before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers . When the WHA folded , the Oilers joined the NHL , where he established many scoring records and led his team to four Stanley Cup championships . His trade to the Los Angeles Kings on August 9 , 1988 , had an immediate impact on the team 's performance , eventually leading them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals , and he is credited with popularizing hockey in California . Gretzky played briefly for the St. Louis Blues before finishing his career with the New York Rangers . Gretzky captured nine Hart Trophies as the most valuable player , ten Art Ross Trophies for most points in a season , two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP , and five Lester B. Pearson Awards ( now called the Ted Lindsay Award ) for most outstanding player as judged by his peers . He won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship and performance five times , and often spoke out against fighting in hockey . After his retirement in 1999 , Gretzky was immediately inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame , making him the most recent player to have the waiting period waived . The NHL retired his jersey number 99 league-wide , making him the only player to receive this honour . He was one of six players voted to the International Ice Hockey Federation 's ( IIHF ) Centennial All-Star Team . Gretzky became executive director for the Canadian national men 's hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics , in which the team won a gold medal . In 2000 , he became part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes , and following the 2004 -- 05 NHL lockout he became the team 's head coach . In 2004 , he was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame . In September 2009 , following the franchise 's bankruptcy , Gretzky resigned as coach and relinquished his ownership share . In October 2016 , he became partner and vice-chairman of Oilers Entertainment Group . |
William_"Tank"_Black | William H. Black ( known by the nickname `` Tank '' ) ( born March 11 , 1957 ) is a former sports agent . Black was an assistant coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks before starting his Columbia , South Carolina-based sports agency , Professional Management Incorporated ( PMI ) in 1988 . His first client was former Gamecocks wide receiver Sterling Sharpe , a first-round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in 1988 . Black 's career peaked in April 1999 when he set a new record for a single agent by signing five of that year 's 31 first-round NFL draft picks , plus three second round draft picks . Within a year he had been accused of improperly funneling cash to college players , and became implicated in a money laundering case , a Ponzi investment scheme , and allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he was involved in a stock swindle . In a plea agreement , he admitted to money laundering and obstruction of justice charges , and lost a criminal trial on charges of stock fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission . In 2004 , while serving nearly seven years in prison , he represented himself in his appeal of the SEC-related case and won , effectively clearing himself of allegations that he cheated clients . He was released from prison in December 2007 . |
William_Randolph | William Randolph ( bapt . 7 November 1650 -- 11 April 1711 ) was an American colonist , landowner , planter , merchant , and politician who played an important role in the history and government of the English colony of Virginia . He moved to Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673 , and married Mary Isham ( ca. 1659 -- 29 December 1735 ) a few years later . His descendants include many prominent individuals including Thomas Jefferson , John Marshall , Paschal Beverly Randolph , Robert E. Lee , Peyton Randolph , Edmund Randolph , John Randolph of Roanoke , George W. Randolph , and Edmund Ruffin . Genealogists have taken an interest in him for his progeny 's many marital alliances , referring to him and Mary Isham as `` the Adam and Eve of Virginia '' . |
William_Stone_(baritone) | William Stone ( born March 12 , 1944 , Goldsboro , North Carolina ) is an American operatic baritone . He is a graduate of Duke University ( B.A. , 1966 ) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( M.M. 1968 , D.M.A. 1979 ) . He made his professional operatic debut in 1975 and his international debut in 1977 . He was inducted as a National Patron of Delta Omicron , an international professional music fraternity on April 1 , 2003 . William Stone is a Vocal Instructor at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music . He was Professor of Voice and Opera at the Boyer College of Music and Dance , Temple University , from September , 2005 through June , 2010 . |
Words_I_Never_Said | `` Words I Never Said '' is a song by American hip hop recording artist Lupe Fiasco , released February 8 , 2011 , as the second single from his third studio album Lasers . The song was produced by British music producer Alex da Kid and features vocals from American singer-songwriter Skylar Grey . The song contains references to controversial political and socioeconomic topics , including the September 11 attacks , government fiscal policy , and the Gaza War . The song 's message of standing up for the people and being against the government has been used as a theme song for Internet group Anonymous . It was named the 41st best song of 2011 by XXL magazine . |
Winterland_June_1977:_The_Complete_Recordings | Winterland June 1977 : The Complete Recordings is a 9 CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead . It contains three complete concerts . It was recorded on June 7 , 8 , and 9 , 1977 , at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco , California . The album was released on October 1 , 2009 . A tenth , `` bonus '' disc was included with early shipments of the album . The bonus disc contains material from the May 12 , 1977 concert at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago , Illinois , all of which was later released , with the entire performance , on the May 1977 box set.Winterland June 1977 : The Complete Recordings was the third Grateful Dead album to contain an entire `` run '' of concerts . The first was Fillmore West 1969 : The Complete Recordings , which was released in 2005 . The second was Winterland 1973 : The Complete Recordings '' , released in 2008 . |
William_Agnew_(Royal_Navy_officer) | Vice-Admiral Sir William Gladstone Agnew ( 2 December 1898 -- 12 July 1960 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy . He served during the First and Second World Wars , and rose to the rank of vice-admiral . Agnew was the fifth son of Charles Morland Agnew and Evelyn Mary Agnew , née Naylor . Agnew was educated at Royal Naval College , Osborne , and at Britannia Royal Naval College , Dartmouth , joining the Navy in 1911 . During the First World War he served aboard the battleships and , as well as the destroyer . During the inter war years Agnew served aboard and as gunnery officer aboard . In October 1940 he was transferred to the cruiser as commanding officer . His command was moved to the Mediterranean in 1941 and together with and destroyers and formed Force K based in Malta . Commodore Agnew commanded Force K during the destruction of the Duisburg convoy on 8 November 1941 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for this action . In June 1943 the Aurora was used to convey King George VI to Malta and Agnew was created a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order for this service . Agnew was given command of , the Royal Navy 's gunnery school in 1943 . In 1946 he was given command of , remained aboard her after his promotion to rear-admiral in January 1947 , and was in command during the royal tour of South Africa . On conclusion of the tour he was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order . In August 1947 Agnew was appointed director of personal services at the Admiralty , where he remained until October 1949 . In January 1950 he retired from the navy at his own request , and later in the year was promoted to vice-admiral on the retired list . After retirement from the navy he was General Secretary of the National Playing Fields Association , from 1950 to 1953 , and was also active in local government . Agnew married Patricia Caroline Bewley in 1930 . They had no children . At the time of his death he was living at Glentimon , Palmerston Way , Alverstoke , Hampshire . |
WorldNetDaily | WND ( WorldNetDaily ) is a politically conservative , alternative right or far-right American news and opinion website and online news aggregator . The website is known for promoting falsehoods and conspiracy theories . It was founded in May 1997 by Joseph Farah with the stated intent of `` exposing wrongdoing , corruption and abuse of power '' . The website publishes news , editorials , and opinion columns , while also aggregating content from other publications . WND is headquartered in Washington , D.C. , with Joseph Farah serving as its editor-in-chief and CEO . |
William_Hogarth | William Hogarth FRSA ( -LSB- ˈhoʊgɑrθ -RSB- 10 November 1697 -- 26 October 1764 ) was an English painter , printmaker , pictorial satirist , social critic , and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art . His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called `` modern moral subjects '' . Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as `` Hogarthian '' . |
Wet_Hot_American_Summer | Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter . The film features an ensemble cast , including Janeane Garofalo , David Hyde Pierce , Molly Shannon , Paul Rudd , Christopher Meloni , Michael Showalter ( and various other members of MTV 's sketch comedy group The State ) , Elizabeth Banks , Ken Marino , Michael Ian Black , Bradley Cooper , Amy Poehler , Zak Orth , and A. D. Miles . The film takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981 , and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era . The film was a critical and commercial failure , but has since developed a cult following , as many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work . Netflix released an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film 's original cast on July 31 , 2015 . |
William_Penn | William Penn ( 14 October 1644 -- 30 July 1718 ) was the son of Sir William Penn , and was an English real estate entrepreneur , philosopher , early Quaker , and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania , the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom , notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans . Under his direction , the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed . In 1681 , King Charles II handed over a large piece of his American land holdings to William Penn to appease the debts the king owed to Penn 's father . This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware . Penn immediately set sail and took his first step on American soil in New Castle in 1682 after his trans-Atlantic journey . On this occasion , the colonists pledged allegiance to Penn as their new proprietor , and the first general assembly was held in the colony . Afterwards , Penn journeyed up the Delaware River and founded Philadelphia . However , Penn 's Quaker government was not viewed favourably by the Dutch , Swedish , and English settlers in what is now Delaware . They had no ` historical ' allegiance to Pennsylvania , so they almost immediately began petitioning for their own assembly . In 1704 they achieved their goal when the three southernmost counties of Pennsylvania were permitted to split off and become the new semi-autonomous colony of Lower Delaware . As the most prominent , prosperous and influential `` city '' in the new colony , New Castle became the capital . As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification , Penn wrote and urged for a union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America . The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution . As a pacifist Quaker , Penn considered the problems of war and peace deeply . He developed a forward-looking project for a United States of Europe through the creation of a European Assembly made of deputies that could discuss and adjudicate controversies peacefully . He is therefore considered the very first thinker to suggest the creation of a European Parliament . A man of extreme religious convictions , Penn wrote numerous works in which he exhorted believers to adhere to the spirit of Primitive Christianity . He was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London due to his faith , and his book No Cross , No Crown ( 1669 ) , which he wrote while in prison , has become a Christian classic . |
Wissenschaft | `` Wissenschaft '' is the German language term for any study or science that involves systematic research . Wissenschaft incorporates science , learning , knowledge , scholarship and implies that knowledge is a dynamic process discoverable for oneself , rather than something that is handed down . It did not necessarily imply empirical research . Wissenschaft was the official ideology of German Universities during the 19th century . It emphasised the unity of teaching and individual research or discovery for the student . It suggests that education is a process of growing and becoming . Some 19th century Americans visiting German universities interpreted Wissenschaft as meaning `` pure science , '' untainted by social purposes and opposed to the liberal arts . Some contemporary scientists and philosophers interpret Wissenschaft as meaning any true knowledge or successful method , including philosophical , mathematical , and logical knowledge and methods . Phrases employing this term include the following : Wissenschaft des Judentums , the `` science of Judaism , '' a 19th-century scholarly movement . |
We_Be_Clubbin' | `` We Be Clubbin ' '' is the first single from Ice Cube 's soundtrack , The Player 's Club . The single was minor success , only making it to # 32 on the Rhythmic Top 40 single chart . Several remixes were made , all featuring DMX and DJ Clark Kent , 2 Clark World Remixes , one with DMX and Sonja Blade and one without Blade and The Eye of the Tiger Remix which sampled Survivor 's `` Eye of the Tiger '' . At the end of the song , Ice Cube shouts out his homeboys , homegirls and the club workers . He then shouts out cities to `` show him love in the club '' : Los Angeles , San Francisco Bay Area , Chicago , St. Louis , Miami , New York City , Detroit , Houston , Kansas City , Denver , Washington , D.C. ( explicit version only ) , Atlanta , Memphis , Dallas and New Orleans ( clean version only ) . |
William_Edmeston | General William Edmeston ( died 1804 ) was a British Army officer who owned an estate in New York State . As a captain in the 48th Regiment of Foot , he was posted to North America in 1755 with his brother , Lieutenant Robert Edmeston , to fight in the French and Indian War . In 1763 , by royal proclamation , the brothers were each awarded 5,000 acres ( 20 km ² ) of land in the colonies for their military service . They attempted to establish their claims in what was then a disputed part of the New Hampshire Grants , now Vermont . However , in 1770 they decided to locate on the east bank of the Unadilla River in New York State just west of George Croghan 's Otsego patent , in what is now the Town of Edmeston in Otsego County . They established their homes on the land , which became known as the Mount Edmeston Tracts . The transactions were facilitated by Percifer Carr , who had been a sergeant in the 48th with Edmeston and when the Edmeston brothers later returned to England , Carr would be employed as caretaker of their land . When the American War of Independence broke out in 1775 Edmonston was arrested by the Americans and sent to Boston to be exchanged , after which he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 48th Foot . He was captured by a French privateer in 1779 , but he made his way to England the following year and spent the remainder of the war serving in Europe as a lieutenant-colonel , first with the 48th Foot but from 1782 to 1783 with the 50th Foot . Between 1793 and 1796 he was the Colonel of the short-lived 95th Regiment of Foot and was promoted full general in 1803 . He died the following year and was buried at Hanwell , Middlesex on 3 July 1804 . |
Wharf | A wharf , quay ( -LSB- ˈkiː -RSB- , also -LSB- ˈkeɪ -RSB- or -LSB- ˈkweɪ -RSB- ) , staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers . Such a structure includes one or more berths ( mooring locations ) , and may also include piers , warehouses , or other facilities necessary for handling the ships . |
Winona_Ryder | Winona Ryder ( born Winona Laura Horowitz ; October 29 , 1971 ) is an American actress . One of the most profitable and iconic actresses of the 1990s , she made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas . As Lydia Deetz , a goth teenager in Tim Burton 's Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , she won critical acclaim and widespread recognition . After appearances in film and on television , Ryder continued her acting career with the cult film Heathers ( 1988 ) , a controversial satire of teenage suicide and high school life that has since become a landmark teen film . She later appeared in the coming of age drama Mermaids ( 1990 ) , earning a Golden Globe nomination , and in the same year appeared alongside Johnny Depp in Burton 's dark fairy-tale Edward Scissorhands ( 1990 ) , and shortly thereafter with Keanu Reeves in Francis Ford Coppola 's gothic romance Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( 1992 ) . Having played diverse roles in many well-received films in the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s , Ryder won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role in The Age of Innocence in 1993 , as well as another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the literary adaptation of Little Women the following year . She later appeared in the Generation X hit Reality Bites ( 1994 ) , Alien : Resurrection ( 1997 ) , the Woody Allen comedy Celebrity ( 1998 ) , and Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) , which she also executive-produced . In 2000 , Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , honoring her legacy in the film industry . Ryder 's personal life has attracted significant media attention . Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were constant subjects of tabloid journalism . She has been open about her personal struggles with anxiety and depression . In 2002 , she appeared in the box office hit Mr. Deeds alongside Adam Sandler . In 2006 , Ryder returned to the screen after a brief hiatus , appearing in high-profile films such as Star Trek . In 2010 , she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards : as the lead actress in When Love Is Not Enough : The Lois Wilson Story and as part of the cast of Black Swan . She also reunited with Burton for Frankenweenie ( 2012 ) . Since 2016 , she has starred as Joyce Byers in the Netflix supernatural-horror series Stranger Things , for which she has garnered Golden Globe and SAG nominations . |
Western_Union | The Western Union Company is an American financial services and communications company . Its North American headquarters is in Meridian , Colorado , though the postal designation of nearby Englewood is used in its mailing address . Up until it discontinued the service in 2006 , Western Union was the best-known U.S. company in the business of exchanging telegrams . Western Union has several divisions , with products such as person-to-person money transfer , money orders , business payments and commercial services . They offered standard `` Cablegrams '' , as well as more cheerful products such as Candygrams , Dollygrams , and Melodygrams . Western Union , as an industrialized monopoly , dominated the telegraph industry in the late 19th century . It was the first communications empire and set a pattern for American-style communications businesses as they are known today . |
Wizards_of_Waverly_Place_(season_3) | The third season of Wizards of Waverly Place aired on Disney Channel from October 9 , 2009 to October 15 , 2010 . The Russo children , Alex ( Selena Gomez ) , Justin ( David Henrie ) , and Max Russo ( Jake T. Austin ) continue to compete to become the leading wizard in their family and meet many friends and adversaries along the way . Maria Canals Barrera and David DeLuise co-star as their parents and Jennifer Stone co-stars as Alex 's best friend , Harper Finkle . This is the first season of the series to be broadcast in high-definition . |
Watershed_(Bristol) | Watershed opened in June 1982 as the United Kingdom 's first dedicated media centre . Based in former warehouses on the harbourside at Bristol , it hosts three cinemas , a café / bar , events/conferencing spaces , the Pervasive Media Studio , and office spaces for administrative and creative staff . It occupies the former E and W sheds on Canon 's Road at Saint Augustine 's Reach , and underwent a major refurbishment in 2005 . The building also hosts UWE eMedia Business Enterprises , Most of Watershed 's facilities are situated on the second floor of two of the transit sheds . The conference spaces and cinemas are used by many public and private sector organisations and charities . Watershed employs the equivalent of over seventy full-time staff and has an annual turnover of approximately # 3.8 million . As well as its own commercial income ( through Watershed Trading ) , Watershed Arts Trust is funded by national and regional arts funders . It is run by managing director Dick Penny who first joined in 1991 . A 2010 report for the International Futures Forum describes the Watershed as `` a creative ecosystem , operating in many different and overlapping economies , '' which is `` pushing the creative boundary '' by fostering both the invention and consolidation of new work . |
Wilson_(1944_film) | Wilson is a 1944 American biographical film in Technicolor about American President Woodrow Wilson . It stars Charles Coburn , Alexander Knox , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Thomas Mitchell and Sir Cedric Hardwicke . |
Welcome_2_Detroit | This is an article about the J Dilla album . For the Trick-Trick song of the same name , see Welcome 2 Detroit ( song ) . Welcome 2 Detroit is the debut studio album by album by American hip hop recording artist J Dilla , released on February 27 , 2001 . The album followed the group 's critically acclaimed Fantastic , Vol . 2 , and kicked off BBE 's `` Beat Generation '' series ( producer-driven albums ) . Welcome 2 Detroit bears the name `` Jay Dee '' as well as `` J Dilla '' , and marks the first time Dilla ( who until that point was still known as Jay Dee ) officially used the name J Dilla . |
Woodrow_Wilson_Foundation | This article is about the American organization which granted prizes for international peace established in 1921 . For the teaching fellowship program established in 1945 , see Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation . The Woodrow Wilson Foundation was an educational non-profit created in 1921 , organized under the laws of New York , for the `` perpetuation of Wilson 's ideals '' via periodic grants to worthy groups and individuals . Franklin D. Roosevelt was the chair of the group 's governing National Committee , coordinating fundraising activity of parallel groups in each of the 48 states . The group sought to gather a $ 1 million endowment fund , the interest on which was to pay for the group 's cash awards . A national fundraising drive to raise the endowment was launched on January 16 , 1922 , but despite extensive organization and relentless publicity only half the financial target was raised by February 15 . With its medal and endowment to allow for annual financial prizes , the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in its initial iteration resembled the Nobel Foundation and its Nobel Prizes , albeit on a smaller financial scale . Beginning in 1963 the Woodrow Wilson Foundation financed publication of Wilson 's collected works and related documents , a 69-volume series entitled The Papers of Woodrow Wilson . The difficulty and expense of this nearly 30-year project drained the energy and finances of the organization , which was terminated in 1993 -- one year before completion of the Wilson Papers project . |
William_Blackstone | Sir William Blackstone ( 10 July 1723 -- 14 February 1780 ) was an English jurist , judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century . He is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England . Born into a middle-class family in London , Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke College , Oxford in 1738 . After switching to and completing a Bachelor of Civil Law degree , he was made a Fellow of All Souls , Oxford on 2 November 1743 , admitted to Middle Temple , and called to the Bar there in 1746 . Following a slow start to his career as a barrister , Blackstone became heavily involved in university administration , becoming accountant , treasurer and bursar on 28 November 1746 and Senior Bursar in 1750 . Blackstone is considered responsible for completing the Codrington Library and Warton Building , and simplifying the complex accounting system used by the college . On 3 July 1753 he formally gave up his practice as a barrister and instead embarked on a series of lectures on English law , the first of their kind . These were massively successful , earning him a total of # 453 ( # in terms ) , and led to the publication of An Analysis of the Laws of England in 1756 , which repeatedly sold out and was used to preface his later works . On 20 October 1758 Blackstone was confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law , immediately embarking on another series of lectures and publishing a similarly successful second treatise , titled A Discourse on the Study of the Law . With his growing fame , Blackstone successfully returned to the bar and maintained a good practice , also securing election as Tory Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Hindon on 30 March 1761 . In November 1765 he published the first of four volumes of Commentaries on the Laws of England , considered his magnum opus ; the completed work earned Blackstone # 14,000 ( # in terms ) . After repeated failures , he successfully gained appointment to the judiciary as a Justice of the Court of King 's Bench on 16 February 1770 , leaving to replace Edward Clive as a Justice of the Common Pleas on 25 June . He remained in this position until his death , on 14 February 1780 . Blackstone 's legacy and main work of note is his Commentaries . Designed to provide a complete overview of English law , the four-volume treatise was repeatedly republished in 1770 , 1773 , 1774 , 1775 , 1778 and in a posthumous edition in 1783 . Reprints of the first edition , intended for practical use rather than antiquary interest , were published until the 1870s in England and Wales , and a working version by Henry John Stephen , first published in 1841 , was reprinted until after the Second World War . Legal education in England had stalled ; Blackstone 's work gave the law `` at least a veneer of scholarly respectability '' . William Searle Holdsworth , one of Blackstone 's successors as Vinerian Professor , argued that `` If the Commentaries had not been written when they were written , I think it very doubtful that -LSB- the United States -RSB- , and other English speaking countries would have so universally adopted the common law . '' In the United States , the Commentaries influenced Alexander Hamilton , John Marshall , James Wilson , John Jay , John Adams , James Kent and Abraham Lincoln , and remain frequently cited in Supreme Court decisions . |
William_IX,_Count_of_Poitiers | William ( 17 August 1153 -- April 1156 ) was the first son of Henry II , King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine . He was born in Normandy on the same day that his father 's rival , Eustace IV of Boulogne , died . He died in April 1156 , aged three . This was due to a seizure at Wallingford Castle , and he was buried in Reading Abbey at the feet of his great-grandfather Henry I. At the time of his death , he was reigning as Count of Poitiers , as his mother had ceded the county to him . For centuries , the dukes of Aquitaine had held this as one of their minor titles , so it had passed to Eleanor from her father ; giving it to her son was effectively a revival of the title , separating it from the duchy . Some authorities say he also held the title of `` Archbishop of York '' , but this is probably an error . His half-brother Geoffrey ( died 1212 ) , who was born a year before William , did later hold that office , causing the confusion . |
Worcester_Academy | Worcester Academy is a private school in Worcester , Massachusetts . It is one of the country 's oldest day-boarding schools , with alumni including H. Jon Benjamin , Edward Davis Jones ( Dow Jones ) , Cole Porter , and Olympian Bill Toomey . A coeducational preparatory school , it belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools . Situated on 73 acre , the academy is divided into a middle school , serving approximately 150 students in grades six to eight , and an upper school , serving approximately 500 students in grades nine to twelve , including some postgraduates . Approximately one-third of students in the upper school participate in the school 's five - and seven-day boarding programs . Currently , there are approximately 80 international students enrolled from 28 different nations . Worcester Academy is a member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education , the Association of Independent Schools in New England , and the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council . The Academy 's motto is the Greek phrase '' Έφικνού τών Καλών , '' which translates to `` Achieve the Honorable . '' |
William_Davy_(lawyer) | William Davy SL ( died 1780 ) was an English barrister during the 18th century . Known as `` Bull '' Davy , he was noted as quick-witted , with a ready sense of humour , but , according to one author , relatively unscrupulous . According to Humphry William Woolrych , he was originally either a grocer or a pharmacist before being declared bankrupt and learning the doctrines around nisi prius , for which much study was not required . He was admitted to the Inner Temple on 16 October 1741 . Early in his career was responsible for prosecuting Elizabeth Canning . Davy became a Serjeant-at-Law on 11 February 1754 , and soon after became involved in prosecutions under the Black Act . In 1762 he became King 's Serjeant , then the highest accolade for a barrister . Davy argued that `` the air ( of England ) is too pure for a slave to breathe in '' when he represented James Somerset , an escaped African slave come from Boston whose London godparents had sued for a writ of Habeas Corpus , in Somerset v Stewart . This case was one of the first tests of Habeas Corpus when the gaoler had no colour of state ; the writ had been conceived in the midst of the English Civil War as the Habeas Corpus Act 1640 , in order to defend the subject from government tyranny . Similar uses are seen today in India , where the confinement is in a madrasa . Davy died on 13 December 1780 , and was buried in Newington Butts . |
William_Hazlitt_(registrar) | William Hazlitt ( September 26 , 1811February 23 , 1893 ) was an English lawyer , author , and translator , best known for his Classical Gazetteer and for overseeing the posthumous publication and republication of many of the works of his father , the critic William Hazlitt . The younger Hazlitt stayed on good terms with both parents despite their separation . As a young man he began to write for the Morning Chronicle , and in 1833 he married Catherine Reynell . In 1844 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple , and for more than thirty years he held the position of Registrar in the Court of Bankruptcy , from which he retired two years before his death in Addlestone , Surrey . Besides the Classical Gazetteer , he wrote legal works such as The Registration of Deeds in England , its Past Progress and Present Position ( 1851 ) and A Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare ( 1854 ) , and produced many translations , including Victor Hugo 's `` Notre-Dame : A Tale of the Ancien Régime ( 1833 ) , Michelet 's History of the Roman Republic ( 1847 ) , Table Talk or Familiar Discourse of Martin Luther ( 1848 ) , Travels in Tartary , Thibet , and China , During the Years 1844-5-6 by Evariste Régis Huc ( 1852 ) , Louis XVII : His Life -- His Suffering -- His Death : The Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple , by A. de Beauchesne ( 1853 ) , Guizot 's General History of Civilization in Europe , from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution ( 1857 ) , and the Works of Michael de Montaigne ( 1859 ) . His son , William Carew Hazlitt , also became a well-known writer . |
World_Championship_Wrestling_(Australia) | World Championship Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran from 1964 until 1978 . |
William_B._Brown | William Burbridge Brown ( 10 September 1912 , in Chillicothe , Ohio -- 24 December 1985 ) , was a lawyer who served a variety of positions in the Territory of Hawaii from 1943 to 1955 , before returning to serve on the Ohio District Courts of Appeals and Ohio Supreme Court from 1960 to 1984 . William Burbridge Brown was born to Mabel R. Downs Brown and Dr. Henry Renick Brown . He attended the Chillicothe public schools , received a bachelor 's degree from Williams College in 1934 , and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1937 . He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1938 , and practiced that year in Toledo , before returning to Chillicothe in 1939 at the firm Simpson and Brown . Brown left Chillicothe in 1942 to work in Washington , D.C. as a lawyer for the Office of Price Administration . He transferred to Honolulu , Hawaii in 1943 , and worked for the Office of Price Administration there until 1946 . In 1946 , President Harry Truman appointed Brown to the Territory of Hawaii Court of Tax Appeals , and in 1947 , Truman appointed him Hawaii Territory Treasurer . In 1951 , the President appointed him to the Second Circuit Court for the Territory of Hawaii . Brown returned to Chillicothe in 1955 , and practiced privately for a year . In 1956 , he began a four-year term as Chillicothi Municipal Court Judge . In 1960 , he won a seat on the 4th District Courts of Appeals of Ohio . He was the first Democrat elected to a seat in the 4th District . In 1972 , Brown defeated incumbent Republican justice Louis J. Schneider , Jr. for a six-year term on the Ohio Supreme Court . In 1978 , he won another term . In 1984 , Brown was already more than seventy years old , and was prohibited by state law from running for another term . His term ended December 31 , 1984 . William B. Brown married Jayne Stone on August 18 , 1943 . They had two children . The couple planned to travel in retirement , but William B. Brown suffered a fatal stroke as a consequence of brain cancer . His funeral was at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Chillicothe , and he was buried at Grandview Cemetery . After Brown 's death , justice J. Craig Wright said : `` He was one of the best legal minds we 've had on the court in the last twenty years . He was a forward-looking person . He kept the best of the past in his decisions along with the best of what we have now . I admired him . '' |
William_Sprague_(1609–1675) | William Sprague ( October 26 , 1609 -- October 26 , 1675 ) left England on the ship Lyon 's Whelp for Plymouth/Salem Massachusetts . He was originally from Upwey , near Weymouth , Dorset , England . William arrived at Naumkeag ( Salem ) with his brothers Ralph and Richard . They were employed by Governor Endecott to explore and take possession of the country westward . They explored the land over to ( present day ) Charlestown , Massachusetts , between Mystic and Charles rivers , where they made peace with the local Indians . On February 10 , 1634 , the order creating a Board of Selectmen was passed , and Richard and William Sprague signed it . William lived in Charlestown until 1636 , before moving to Hingham , where he was one of the first planters . His house lot , on Union St. `` over the river '' was said to be the pleasantest lot in Hingham . He was active in public affairs , and was Constable , Fence Viewer , etc. . William 's will names his wife , Millicent ( Eames ) , and children , Anthony , Samuel , William , Joan , Jonathan , Persis , Johanna , and Mary . Other Sprague relatives became soldiers in the American Revolutionary War and two of them , William Sprague III and William Sprague IV , became governors of the state of Rhode Island . Lucille Ball and her brother , Fred Ball , were direct descendants . |
William_Corbet | William Corbet ( 17 August 1779 -- 12 August 1842 ) was an Irish soldier also known as Billy Stone . He was born in Ballythomas , County Cork . In 1798 , as a member of the United Irishmen , he was expelled from Trinity College Dublin with Robert Emmet and others for treasonable activities , and went instead to Paris . In September of the same year , he joined a French military force under Napper Tandy with the rank of Captain and sailed from Dunkirk with arms and ammunition for Ireland . The expedition had to turn back following the defeat of General Humbert and arriving in Hamburg they were handed over to the British authorities and taken to Ireland , where they were imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail . Corbet escaped in 1803 and returned to France . He was appointed professor of English at the military college of St Cyr . Later that year he became a Captain in the Irish Legion . Following the death of his brother Thomas ( who was also in the Legion ) in a duel with another officer , he was transferred to the 70th Regiment of the line , where he served in Massena 's expedition to Portugal , and distinguished himself in the retreat from Torres Vedras and the battle of Sabugal . After the battle of Salamanca he was appointed chef de bataillon of the 47th regiment and served until 1813 when he was summoned to Germany to join the staff of Marshal Marmont . He served at the battles of Lutzen , Bautzen , Dresden and others and was made a commander of the Legion of Honour . In December 1814 , he was naturalised as a French citizen . In 1815 , after the abdication of Napoleon he was promoted to colonel and chief of staff to General d'Aumont at Caen . In the period of the Bourbon Restoration , his friendship with the opposition leader , General Foy , placed him under some suspicion , but in 1828 he was selected by Marshal Maison to accompany him on and expedition against Ibrahim Pasha in Morea , Greece . He acted to suppress anarchy and defeated local tribesmen who had assaulted the French garrisons . As a result of his evident abilities as a soldier and administrator he was appointed a member of the Order of Saint Louis and of the Greek Order of the Redeemer of Greece , and promoted to the rank of General . In 1831 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief to the French forces in Greece . He returned to France the following year , where he was commander in the region of Calvados and died at Saint-Denis in 1842 . The Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth based the main theme of her novel Ormond on Corbet 's 1803 escape from Kilmainham . |
White_House | The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States , located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington , D.C. . It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 . The term White House is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers , as in `` The White House announced that ... '' . The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical style . Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white . When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801 , he ( with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe ) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage . In 1814 , during the War of 1812 , the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington , destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior . Reconstruction began almost immediately , and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817 . Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829 . Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself , President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901 . Eight years later in 1909 , President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office , which was eventually moved as the section was expanded . In the main mansion , the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers . A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events ; Jefferson 's colonnades connected the new wings . East Wing alterations were completed in 1946 , creating additional office space . By 1948 , the house 's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure . Under Harry S. Truman , the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls . Once this work was completed , the interior rooms were rebuilt . The modern-day White House complex includes the Executive Residence , West Wing , East Wing , the Eisenhower Executive Office Building -- the former State Department , which now houses offices for the President 's staff and the Vice President -- and Blair House , a guest residence . The Executive Residence is made up of six stories -- the Ground Floor , State Floor , Second Floor , and Third Floor , as well as a two-story basement . The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President 's Park . In 2007 , it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects list of `` America 's Favorite Architecture '' . |
Wells_Fargo_Plaza_(Houston) | The Wells Fargo Plaza , formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza , is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston , Texas in the United States . This building is currently the 16th-tallest Building in the United States , the second tallest building in Texas and Houston , after Houston 's JPMorgan Chase Tower , and the tallest all-glass building in the Western Hemisphere . It is the tallest building named for Wells Fargo . From street level , the building is 302.4 m tall and contains 71 floors . It extends four more stories below street level . Only the Wells Fargo Plaza offers direct access from the street to the Houston tunnel system ( a series of underground walkways connecting many of downtown Houston 's office towers ) ; otherwise , entry points are from street-level stairs , escalators , and elevators located inside buildings that are connected to the tunnel . Wells Fargo Plaza features a wide variety of fine amenities for its tenants including The Houstonian Lite Health Club located on the 14th floor . Sky lobbies on the 34/35th and 58/59th floors are not publicly accessible and offer views of Downtown Houston . These sky lobbies are served by double-decker elevators and primarily serve as transfer floors to local elevators . |
West_Side_Boys | The West Side Boys , also known as the West Side Niggaz or the West Side Junglers , were an armed group in Sierra Leone , sometimes described as a splinter faction of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council . The group captured and held peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone ( UNAMSIL ) and , in August 2000 , captured a patrol of British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment and was subsequently destroyed in an operation by the Special Air Service and Parachute Regiment in September 2000 during Operation Barras . The group was influenced to some extent by American rap and gangsta rap music , especially Tupac Shakur , and the `` gangsta '' culture portrayed therein . Since the title ` West Side Niggaz ' would have been an entirely unacceptable phrase to be regularly used on news programmes concerning the group , the title was amended to render it to the innocuous ` West Side Boys ' . Prior to their destruction , the group 's size had expanded to around 600 but later suffered about 200 defections . Many members of the group were child soldiers abducted after their parents had been killed by the `` recruiters '' . Some of these children were forced to participate in torturing their parents to death in order to brutalise and dehumanise them . The West Side Boys were heavy users of poyo ( homemade palm wine ) , locally grown marijuana , and heroin bought with conflict diamonds . Conflict diamonds were also used to purchase many of their weapons , which ranged from FN FAL/L1A1 rifles , AK-47 / AKM rifles and RPG-7 grenade launchers to 81 mm mortars and ZPU-2 anti-aircraft guns . Most of their vehicles were hijacked from UN food convoys . |
Wessagusset_Colony | Wessagusset Colony ( sometimes called the Weston Colony or Weymouth Colony ) was a short-lived English trading colony in New England located in present-day Weymouth , Massachusetts . It was settled in August 1622 by between fifty and sixty colonists who were ill-prepared for colonial life . The colony was settled without adequate provisions , and was dissolved in late March 1623 after harming relations with local Native Americans . Surviving colonists joined Plymouth Colony or returned to England . It was the second settlement in Massachusetts , predating the Massachusetts Bay Colony by six years . Historian Charles Francis Adams Jr. referred to the colony as `` ill-conceived , `` ill-executed , -LSB- and -RSB- ill-fated '' . It is best remembered for the battle ( some say massacre ) there between Plymouth troops led by Miles Standish and an Indian force led by Pecksuot . This battle scarred relations between the Plymouth colonists and the natives and was fictionalized two centuries later in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's 1858 poem The Courtship of Miles Standish . In September 1623 , a second colony led by Governor-General Robert Gorges was created in the abandoned site at Wessagusset . This colony was rechristened as Weymouth and was also unsuccessful , and Governor Gorges returned to England the following year . Despite that , some settlers remained in the village and it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 . |
William_Howe_Crane | William Howe Crane ( 1854 -- 1926 ) was an American lawyer . Born to Reverend Jonathan Townley Crane and Mary Helen Peck Crane , he was the third-oldest of eight surviving children . In 1880 he graduated from Albany Law School , after which he established a practice in Port Jervis , New York . Crane was a prominent member of the community ; he served as district clerk of the board of education and treasurer of the town 's waterworks . One year he served as special judge for Orange County , which earned him the nickname `` Judge '' Crane . He was also the author of one book , A Scientific Currency ( 1910 ) . His youngest brother was the author Stephen Crane ( 1871 -- 1900 ) , who was a frequent visitor to his home in Port Jervis . Stephen based his Sullivan County stories and sketches on his older brother 's nearby hunting and fishing preserve , the Hartwood Club , which he visited often . In 1892 , William was witness to the lynching of African American Robert Lewis in Port Jervis ; he was one of the few men who attempted to intervene . He gave testimony at the resulting inquest , during which he recounted his vain attempts to free Lewis from the noose . Stephen Crane 's 1898 novella The Monster , takes place in a fictional counterpart to Port Jervis , and has similarities to Lewis ' lynching . William regularly sent his younger brother funds while Stephen was living in England during the last few years of his life , and after the author 's death at the age of 28 , William became the executor of his will . He later retired to California . His Port Jervis home on East Main Street -- now known as the William Howe Crane Homestead -- is the home of a local law firm . |
William_Short_(American_ambassador) | William Short ( 1759 -- 1849 ) was Thomas Jefferson 's private secretary when Jefferson was a peace commissioner and then the United States Minister to France in Paris , from 1784 to 1789 . Jefferson , later the third President of the United States , was a lifelong mentor and friend . In a 1789 letter , Jefferson referred to Short as his `` adoptive son . '' Short was an early member and president ( 1778 -- 1781 ) of Phi Beta Kappa at the College of William & Mary , was elected to Virginia 's Executive Council in 1783 -- 1784 , served as America 's chargé d'affaires in France during the French Revolution from 1789 -- 1792 , was then appointed as America 's Minister to the Netherlands and as a treaty commissioner to Spain . ( The United States did not have ambassadors until 1893 . Until that time , the highest ranking diplomats were known as ministers . ) Although his diplomatic career was not as celebrated or long as Short may have wished , and his love affair with a French noblewoman ended with her marrying another man , Short was a successful businessman and an opponent of slavery who died very wealthy in America . |
William_III_of_England | William III ( Willem 4 November 1650 -- 8 March 1702 ) , also widely known as William of Orange , was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth , Stadtholder of Holland , Zeeland , Utrecht , Gelderland , and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 , and King of England , Ireland , and Scotland from 1689 until his death . It is a coincidence that his regnal number ( III ) was the same for both Orange and England . As King of Scotland , he is known as William II . He is informally known by sections of the population in Northern Ireland and Scotland as `` King Billy '' . William inherited the principality of Orange from his father , William II , who died a week before William 's birth . His mother Mary , Princess Royal , was the daughter of King Charles I of England . In 1677 , he married his fifteen-year-old first cousin , Mary , the daughter of his maternal uncle James , Duke of York . A Protestant , William participated in several wars against the powerful Catholic king of France , Louis XIV , in coalition with Protestant and Catholic powers in Europe . Many Protestants heralded him as a champion of their faith . In 1685 , his Catholic father-in-law , James , Duke of York , became king of England , Ireland and Scotland . James 's reign was unpopular with the Protestant majority in Britain . William , supported by a group of influential British political and religious leaders , invaded England in what became known as the `` Glorious Revolution '' . On 5 November 1688 , he landed at the southern English port of Brixham . James was deposed and William and Mary became joint sovereigns in his place . They reigned together until her death on 28 December 1694 , after which William ruled as sole monarch . William 's reputation as a staunch Protestant enabled him to take the British crowns when many were fearful of a revival of Catholicism under James . William 's victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 is still commemorated by the Orange Order . His reign in Britain marked the beginning of the transition from the personal rule of the Stuarts to the more Parliament-centred rule of the House of Hanover . |
William_Greene_(governor) | William Greene Jr. ( August 16 , 1731November 29 , 1809 ) was the second governor of the state of Rhode Island , serving in this capacity for eight years , five of which were during the American Revolutionary War . From a prominent Rhode Island family , his father , William Greene Sr. , had served 11 terms as a colonial governor of Rhode Island . His great-grandfather , John Greene Jr. served for ten years as deputy governor of the colony , and his great-great-grandfather , John Greene Sr. was a founding settler of both Providence and Warwick . Greene served the colony for many years as a Deputy to the General Assembly , a justice and chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court , and then as governor . As a governor during the American Revolutionary War , his biggest concerns were the British sacking of the Rhode Island towns of Bristol and Warren , and the British occupation of Newport , which lasted for three years . After eight years as governor , Greene , who supported the use of hard currency , was defeated in the May 1786 election by John Collins who was an advocate of paper money . Greene married a second cousin , Catharine Ray of Block Island , and the couple had four children , of whom Ray Greene became a United States Senator and Rhode Island Attorney General . Governor Greene died at his estate in the town of Warwick in 1809 , and is buried in the Governor Greene Cemetery in Warwick , where his parents are also buried . |
William_Whitshed | William Whitshed ( 1679 -- 1727 ) was an Irish politician and judge who held office as Solicitor-General and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland ; just before his death he moved to become Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas . He became the Member of Parliament for Wicklow County in 1703 , and was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1709 ; he was Lord Chief Justice 1714-1727 . He is principally remembered for the hatred he aroused in Jonathan Swift , who among many other insults called him a `` vile and profligate villain '' , and compared him to William Scroggs , the English Chief Justice of the 1670s , who was notorious for corruption . These attacks were the result of the trial of Edward Waters , Swift 's publisher , for seditious libel , where Whitshed 's conduct of the trial was widely condemned as improper , and of Whitshed 's unsuccessful efforts to have another printer indicted for publication of The Drapier Letters . |
Yellow_Hair_2 | Yellow Hair 2 is a 2001 South Korean film , written , produced , and directed by Kim Yu-min . It is the sequel to Kim 's 1999 film Yellow Hair , though it does not continue the same story or feature any of the same characters . The original film gained attention when it was refused a rating due to its sexual content , requiring some footage to be cut before it was allowed a public release . Yellow Hair 2 attracted no less attention from the casting of transsexual actress Harisu in her first major film role . The film 's English title is sometimes given as The Blonde 2 or Running Blue . |
Zoe_Saldana | Zoe Saldana-Perego ( born Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario , June 19 , 1978 ) , known professionally as Zoe Saldana or Zoë Saldana , is an American actress and dancer . Following her performances with the theater group Faces , Saldana made her screen debut in an episode of Law & Order ( 1999 ) . Her film career began a year later with Center Stage ( 2000 ) , where she played a struggling ballet dancer , followed by a role in Crossroads ( 2002 ) . Saldana 's breakthrough came in 2009 with the roles of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek and Neytiri in James Cameron 's Avatar ( 2009 ) . The latter film received widespread acclaim , and is the highest-grossing film of all time . Saldana continued her career with films such as Colombiana ( 2011 ) , Guardians of the Galaxy ( 2014 ) and Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) . |
Æthelred_the_Unready | Æthelred II , also dubbed the Unready ( Old English : Æþelræd ( -LSB- æðelræːd -RSB- ) ) , ( 966 -- 23 April 1016 ) was King of the English ( 978 -- 1013 and 1014 -- 1016 ) . He was the son of King Edgar the Peaceful and Queen Ælfthryth and was around 12 years old when his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered on 18 March 978 . Although Æthelred was not personally suspected of participation , the murder was committed at Corfe Castle by his attendants , making it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the military raids by Danes , especially as the legend of St Edward the Martyr grew . From 991 onwards , Æthelred paid tribute , or Danegeld , to the Danish king . In 1002 , Æthelred ordered what became known as the St. Brice 's Day massacre of Danish settlers . In 1003 , King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England , as a result of which Æthelred fled to Normandy in 1013 and was replaced by Sweyn . He would return as king , however , after Sweyn 's death in 1014 . Æthelred 's nickname , `` the Unready '' renders Old English `` bad counsel , folly '' , more accurately ( but more rarely ) rendered `` the Rede-less '' . |
You're_Undead_to_Me | `` You 're Undead to Me '' is the fifth episode of the first season of The CW television series , The Vampire Diaries and the fifth episode of the series overall . It originally aired on October 8 , 2009 . The episode was written by Sean Reycraft and Gabrielle Stanton and directed by Kevin Bray . |
Zong_massacre | The Zong massacre was the mass killing of 133 African slaves by the crew of the slave ship Zong in the days following 29 November 1781 . The exact number of deaths is unknown but James Kelsall ( Zong first mate ) later said that `` the outside number of drowned amounted to 142 in the whole '' ( quoted in Lewis 2007 , p. 364 ) . The Gregson slave-trading syndicate , based in Liverpool , owned the ship and sailed her in the Atlantic slave trade . As was common business practice , they had taken out insurance on the lives of the slaves as cargo . When the ship ran low on potable water following navigational mistakes , the crew threw slaves overboard into the sea to drown , partly in order to ensure the survival of the rest of the ship 's passengers , and in part to cash in on the insurance on the slaves , thus not losing money on the slaves who would have died from the lack of drinking water . After the slave ship reached port at Black River , Jamaica , Zongs owners made a claim to their insurers for the loss of the slaves . When the insurers refused to pay , the resulting court cases ( Gregson v Gilbert ( 1783 ) 3 Doug . KB 232 ) held that in some circumstances , the deliberate killing of slaves was legal and that insurers could be required to pay for the slaves ' deaths . The judge , Lord Chief Justice , the Earl of Mansfield , ruled against the syndicate owners in this case , due to new evidence being introduced suggesting the captain and crew were at fault . Following the first trial , freed slave Olaudah Equiano brought news of the massacre to the attention of the anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp , who worked unsuccessfully to have the ship 's crew prosecuted for murder . Because of the legal dispute , reports of the massacre received increased publicity , stimulating the abolitionist movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries ; the Zong events were increasingly cited as a powerful symbol of the horrors of the Middle Passage of slaves to the New World . The non-denominational Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was founded in 1787 . The next year Parliament passed the first law regulating the slave trade , to limit the number of slaves per ship . Then in 1791 , Parliament prohibited insurance companies from reimbursing ship owners in cases in which slaves were thrown overboard . The massacre has also inspired works of art and literature . It was commemorated in London in 2007 , among events to mark the bicentenary of the British Slave Trade Act 1807 , which abolished the African slave trade . A monument to the killed slaves on Zong was installed at Black River , Jamaica , their intended port . |
Zaïre_(play) | Zaïre ( -LSB- za.iʁ -RSB- ; The Tragedy of Zara ) is a five-act tragedy in verse by Voltaire . Written in only three weeks , it was given its first public performance on 13 August 1732 by the Comédie française in Paris . It was a great success with the Paris audiences and marked a turning away from tragedies caused by a fatal flaw in the protagonist 's character to ones based on pathos . The tragic fate of its heroine is caused not through any fault of her own , but by the jealousy of her Muslim lover and the intolerance of her fellow Christians . Zaïre was notably revived in 1874 with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role , and it was the only one of Voltaire 's plays to be performed by the Comédie française during the 20th century . The play was widely performed in Britain well into the 19th century in an English adaptation by Aaron Hill and was the inspiration for at least thirteen operas . |
WrestleMania_XIX | WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on March 30 , 2003 , at Safeco Field in Seattle , Washington . The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Washington . A record-breaking 54,097 fans from all fifty states and numerous countries from around the world at Safeco Field resulted in a gate attendance grossing US$ 2.76 million . WrestleMania XIX was the first WrestleMania to be promoted under the WWE name and the first to have taken place after the WWE brand extension . It was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event , featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown ! brands . The tagline for WrestleMania XIX was `` Dare to Dream '' . The official theme song for the event was `` Crack Addict '' by Limp Bizkit . Limp Bizkit performed the theme song live , as well as `` Rollin ' ( Air Raid Vehicle ) '' during The Undertaker 's entrance . The main match on the SmackDown ! brand was Kurt Angle versus Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship , which Lesnar won by pinfall after executing an F5 . The main match on the Raw brand was the third WrestleMania meeting between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin , in which The Rock won via pinfall after performing three Rock Bottoms on Austin ; this marked Austin 's final official match before his retirement from in-ring performance due to injuries sustained in previous years . The predominant match on the Raw brand was for the World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H and Booker T , which Triple H won by pinfall after performing a Pedigree . Other matches on the undercard included Shawn Michaels versus Chris Jericho , and Hulk Hogan versus Mr. McMahon in a Street Fight . |
Zootopia | Zootopia ( known as Zootropolis in some territories ) is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It is the 55th Disney animated feature film . The film was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore , co-directed by Jared Bush , and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin , Jason Bateman , Idris Elba , Jenny Slate , Nate Torrence , Bonnie Hunt , Don Lake , Tommy Chong , J. K. Simmons , Octavia Spencer , Alan Tudyk , and Shakira . The film details the unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist as they uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of savage predator inhabitants of a mammalian metropolis . Zootopia premiered at the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 13 , 2016 , and went into general theatrical release in conventional 2D , Disney Digital 3-D , RealD 3D , and IMAX 3D formats in the United States on March 4 . The film received wide critical acclaim . It opened to a record-breaking box office success in several countries and earned a worldwide gross of over $ 1 billion , making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2016 and the 28th highest-grossing film of all time . The film was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2016 , and won the Academy Award , Golden Globe , Critics ' Choice Movie Award and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film , as well as receiving a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film . |
You_Win_or_You_Die | `` You Win or You Die '' is the seventh episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones . It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Daniel Minahan . Set to air May 29 , 2011 , the episode was released in advance immediately following the conclusion of `` A Golden Crown '' to HBO customers with access to HBO Go . The episode furthers the story line of deterioration of the political balance of the Seven Kingdoms , with Eddard Stark revealing what he has discovered to Cersei Lannister while King Robert is still away on a hunt . The title of the episode is part of a quote from Cersei Lannister during the final confrontation with Eddard : `` When you play the game of thrones , you win or you die . There is no middle ground . '' The catchphrase has been frequently used during the promotion of both the books and the television series . The episode was generally well received by critics for its well-acted dramatic tension , but with several criticizing the coupling of exposition and nudity as `` sexposition . '' In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 2.4 million in its initial broadcast . |
Zuko | is a fictional character in Nickelodeon 's animated television series Avatar : The Last Airbender . Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko , the character is voiced by Dante Basco and is portrayed by Dev Patel in M. Night Shyamalan 's 2010 film The Last Airbender . Zuko is the Fire Prince of the Fire Nation and an incredibly powerful Firebender , meaning he has the elemental ability to create and control fire and to redirect lightning through martial arts . He is the eldest child of Fire Lord Ozai and Princess Ursa , the older brother of Princess Azula and older half-brother of Kiyi . Before the events of the series , Zuko is exiled from the Fire Nation by his father and told he must capture the Avatar to restore his honor and right to the throne . Zuko is accompanied and advised in his search by his uncle , Iroh . Over time , Zuko sympathizes with oppressed peoples , and joins the Avatar to restore peace . Zuko has two well known great-grandfathers : on his father 's side , Fire Lord Sozin , who started the hundred-year-war , and on his mother 's side Avatar Roku , the Avatar preceding Aang . In `` The Deserter '' , Zuko 's name was listed on a Fire Nation wanted poster as '' 祖寇 '' ( zǔ kòu ) . In `` Tales of Ba Sing Se '' , his name was written as '' 蘇科 '' ( sū kè ) on his segment 's title card . |
Yury_Mukhin_(activist) | The article does not adequately show the subject 's notability and shoiuld be deleted . . Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject -- see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule . Yury Mukhin ( Юрий Игнатьевич Мухин , born March 22 , 1949 ) is a Russian political activist and author sentenced in Moscow to a suspended prison term of two years in 2008 for public calls for extremist activity . He graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1973 . In 1995 -- 2009 Mukhin was editor in chief of the Russian publication Duel . Mukhin is the leader of the People 's Will Army - a private organization advocating for constitutional changes in the Constitution of the Russian federation and for the adoption of legislation establishing the direct responsibility of the President and of the Federal Assembly of Russia for their activities . Mukhin is the main proponent in Russia of the denial of the Soviet responsibility for the Katyn massacre . Mukhin is also a supporter of the `` Putin must go '' campaign and his website encourages other Russians to support the petition for Putin 's , as well as current President Dmitry Medvedev 's , resignation from power . Muhkin believes that Nazism was simply a response to Zionism , and that Zionists were responsible for the Holocaust : Mukhin 's writings have been described as antisemitic by the Russian `` Agency for Jewish News '' . In December 2008 the Zamoskvoretzky District Court of Moscow issued an order to shut down the newspaper and on June 18 Mukhin himself was sentenced to a suspended prison term of two years for public calls for extremist activity . This happened one year after a previous attempt to shut down the newspaper failed , following an appeal in the Greater Moscow District Court . In May 2009 , Mukhin along with many other publicists , historians and human rights activists , welcomed the creation of the Historical Truth Commission . He has also supported Moon landing conspiracy theories and KAL 007 shootdown conspiracy theories . |
Zach_Slater | Zach Slater is a fictional character from the American drama , All My Children . He was portrayed by actor Thorsten Kaye from May 20 , 2004 to November 19 , 2010 ; Thorsten returned to the role on August 5 , 2011 to September 23 , 2011 . In 2006 , the character was reported by newspaper Chicago Sun-Times as one of the male television character romantically desired by their female readers , and is considered one of television 's anti-heroes . On April 30 , 2013 , Kaye reprised the role of Zach for the continuation of All My Children . In October 2013 , Kaye announced he would not be returning for the second season of the series , instead taking on the role of Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful . |
Wyclef_Jean | Nel Ust Wyclef Jean ( -LSB- ˈwaɪklɪf_ˈʒɒn -RSB- born on October 17 , 1969 ) , best known by his professional name Wyclef Jean , is a Haitian rapper , musician and actor . At the age of nine , Jean immigrated as a child to the United States with his family and settled there . He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees . Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work . On August 5 , 2010 , Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election . The Electoral Commission ruled him as ineligible to stand for office , as he had not met the constitutional requirement to have been resident in Haiti for five years . Jean 's efforts at earthquake relief , highly publicized in 2010 throughout Haiti and the United States , were channeled through his charitable organization , Yéle Haiti . The charity , which conducted education and welfare activities in Haiti between 2005 and 2010 , effectively closed in 2012 . It was investigated for failure to file tax returns and mismanagement of funds ; a high proportion of its money went to travel and administrative expense . The New York Times reported that much of the money raised by the organization in the Hope for Haiti Now telethon was retained by Jean for his own benefit . In 2012 Jean published his memoir Purpose : An Immigrant 's Story . Along with Carlos Santana , Avicii and Alexandre Pires , Jean was chosen to perform the closing ceremony at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil . Their single , `` Dar Um Jeito '' ( `` We Will Find a Way '' ) , the official World Cup anthem , was released on April 29 , 2014 . |
WrestleMania_III | WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . The event was held on March 29 , 1987 , at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac , Michigan . There were twelve matches , with the final event being WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan successfully defending his title against André the Giant . WrestleMania III is particularly notable for the WWF 's claiming a record attendance of 93,173 and the largest recorded attendance of a live indoor event in North America at the time . This record itself stood until January 27 , 1999 when it was surpassed by the Papal Mass presided over by Pope John Paul II , held at the TWA Dome in St. Louis , MO , which drew an audience of 104,000 people . The only WWF/E event with an official higher attendance was WrestleMania 32 . Both of the latter events were held at AT&T Stadium . The event is considered to be the pinnacle of the 1980s wrestling boom . The WWF generated $ 1.6 million in ticket sales . Almost one million fans watched the event at 160 closed circuit locations in North America . The number of people watching via pay-per-view was estimated at several million , and pay-per-view revenues were estimated at $ 10.3 million , setting a record for the time . |
Édouard_Michelin_(industrialist) | This article is about the Édouard Michelin born in 1859 . For his great-grandson , born in 1963 , see Édouard Michelin ( born 1963 ) . Édouard Michelin ( 23 June 1859 -- 25 August 1940 ) was a French industrialist . He was born in Clermont-Ferrand , France . Édouard and his elder brother André served as co-directors of the Michelin company . Edouard seemed destined for a career as an artist , but around 1888 he and his brother Andre returned to Clermont-Ferrand in order to try to save the failing family business , then a manufacturer of agricultural tools , drive belts and hoses . In 1889 , he improved greatly on the design of the pneumatic tyre for bicycles , making tyres easier to change and repair . The invention proved its worth in the Paris -- Brest cycle event organized by the newspaper Le Petit Journal in September 1891 , and Michelin quickly adapted his inflatable tyres for use on motor vehicles , of which France was becoming the world 's leading producer . Success came rapidly , and already in 1896 approximately 300 Paris taxis were running on Michelin pneumatic tyres . His company went on to experience tremendous growth serving the fledgling industry around the turn of the century and beyond . In the traumatic weeks that followed the German invasion of May/June 1940 , world events overshadowed Michelin 's death . Nevertheless , by the time he died he had built Michelin into a major industrial force , with many `` firsts '' in wheel and tyre technology to its credit . He had overseen the acquisition of the ( then bankrupt ) Citroën business in 1934 : with his son Pierre and their friend Pierre-Jules Boulanger he secured its position as one of Europe 's most innovative auto-makers in the 1940s and 1950s , producing models such as the Citroën Traction , the revolutionary Citroën TUB/TUC light van and the 2CV prepared for introduction at the 1939 Paris Motor Show ( which was cancelled at short notice , the war causing the launch of the little car to be deferred ) . Édouard Michelin also lived a long life and suffered the personal tragedies of being predeceased by two of his sons , Étienne Michelin having been killed in a flying accident in 1932 and Pierre Michelin having been killed in a road accident near Montargis in 1937 . Like many industrialists , Michelin was a member of the anti-Semitic anti-Dreyfusard camp during the political turmoil over the Dreyfus Affair in turn of the century France . His great-grandson , a former CEO and managing partner of the Michelin Group who died on 26 May 2006 in a boating accident , was also named Édouard . Édouard and his brother André were inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn , MI , in 2002 . |
Zindagi_Gulzar_Hai | Zindagi Gulzar Hai ( -LSB- ; English : Life is fruitful ) Pakistani drama , directed by Sultana Siddiqui and produced by Momina Duraid of Moomal Productions , which was broadcast on Hum TV . Based on the novel of the same name by Umera Ahmad , it was first telecast from 30 November 2012 to May 2013 in Pakistan . The story revolves around two persons , opposite in thought and financial status . This serial has a strong female lead protagonist and was very popular among the female audience . Zindagi Gulzar Hai also aired in various other countries including eleven Arab countries , several European countries and India . It premiered on the MBC Group on January 2014 in eleven Arab countries , Hum TV on March 2014 in Europe , and Zindagi on 23 June 2014 . It has aired 6 times in India . |
Édith_Piaf | Édith Piaf ( -LSB- edit pjaf -RSB- ; 19 December 1915 -- 10 October 1963 ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion ) was a French cabaret singer , songwriter , and actress who became widely regarded as France 's national chanteuse , as well as being one of France 's greatest international stars . Her music was often autobiographical with her singing reflecting her life , and her specialty being chanson and torch ballads , particularly of love , loss and sorrow . Among her well-known songs are `` La Vie en rose '' ( 1946 ) , `` Non , je ne regrette rien '' ( 1960 ) , `` Hymne à l'amour '' ( 1949 ) , `` Milord '' ( 1959 ) , `` La Foule '' ( 1957 ) , '' '' ( 1955 ) , and `` Padam ... Padam ... '' ( 1951 ) . Since her death in 1963 and with the aid of several biographies and films including 2007 's Academy Award winning La Vie en rose , Piaf has acquired a legacy as one of the greatest performers of the 20th century , and her voice and music continue to be celebrated globally . |
Writer's_Block_(Just_Jack_song) | `` Writer 's Block '' is a single by English artist Just Jack which was recorded in 2006 . It reached 74 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2007 . The spoken word sample at the beginning of the track is taken from an interview given by Mary Rand to the BBC at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . |
Zombie_Apocalypse_(band) | Zombie Apocalypse is a crossover thrash/metalcore band formed by current members of Shai Hulud , Shallow Water Grave , and The Risk Taken , as well as former members of the '90s New Jersey band Try.Fail.Try . In 1998 , Shai Hulud members created a zombie-themed band project , called Boddicker . Boddicker recorded a 2-song demo in 1998 that was never released . Those two songs are now Zombie Apocalypse songs . Their music is characterized by very short , thrashcore-like , fast songs thematically concerned with zombies and the apocalypse , as the band name would imply . Their lyrics have a political undercurrent that uses horrific imagery as a metaphor to touch on various political , personal , and social issues . They have released two albums : This Is a Spark of Life , on Indecision Records and featuring artwork by Dan Henk , and a split with Leeds , UK-based , and fellow zombie enthusiasts , Send More Paramedics , called Tales Told by Dead Men , released in North America on Hell Bent Records and in Europe on In at the Deep End Records . They also contributed a cover of Welcome to the Jungle to a Guns N ' Roses tribute album released by Reignition Records . Although the term `` zombiecore '' has been used with reference to Zombie Apocalypse , the band itself has never made any claim to any specific genre . |
Zac_Poor | Zac Poor is an American singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles , California who first appeared on the music scene in early 2010 with his EP , `` Let 's Just Call it Heartbreak '' , a collaboration with Glee producer Adam Anders . Universal Motown executive Sylvia Rhone took notice of Poor 's talent and signed him to his first major label deal in early 2011 . Rhone stepped down as President of Motown within months of signing Poor amidst a shakeup at the label . He and Universal parted ways shortly thereafter . Zac Poor 's writing career includes collaborations with Carl Falk ( One Direction , Britney Spears ) , Brian Kennedy ( Chris Brown , Rihanna , Rascal Flatts ) , Jason Derulo , Nick Jonas , The Backstreet Boys , Howie Dorough , Delta Goodrem , Samantha Jade , The Jonas Brothers , Girls Generation , and several others . He began work on his debut LP in late 2012 and collaborated on several of the album 's tracks with up and coming producer Mason Levy ( MdL ) ( Justin Bieber , Maroon 5 , Mike Posner ) . Poor is set to release the MdL produced EP titled , `` The Crossroads Sessions '' on December 4 , 2015 . Poor has most recently been listed as a writer on several tracks on Australian Pop Star Samantha Jade 's November 2015 debut LP , NINE , `` HOLLOW '' by Tori Kelly , the double platinum `` Los Que Vivimos '' by David Bisbal , and `` Burn The Bright Lights '' by The Collective . |
Zafarnama_(Yazdi_biography) | The Zafarnama ( ظفرنامه , lit . Book of Victory ) is a biography of Timur completed by the Persian historian Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi somewhere between 1424 and 28 ( AH 828 -- 832 ) . It was commissioned by Ibrahim Sultan , Timur 's grandson , and remains one of the best-known sources on Timur 's life . Yazdi relied heavily on another biography of Timur , also called the Zafarnama , completed by Nizam ad-Din Shami in 1404 . François Pétis de la Croix translated it into French in 1722 , and it was translated into English in the following year . |
Xin_Xin_(giant_panda) | Xin Xin is a female giant panda that lives in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City . Xin Xin ( 新新 `` new '' in Chinese ) was conceived via artificial insemination and was born in the Zoo on 1 July 1990 . Her mother is Tohui ( she died 16 November 1993 ) and her father is Chia Chia from the London Zoo ( died in Mexico on 13 October 1991 ) . Xin Xin is one of only three giant pandas in the Americas outside the United States . She is the youngest of the Mexican pandas . Xin Xin can be visited for free during normal Zoo hours . Xin Xin is artificially inseminated annually with sperm from Chinese panda Ling-Ling as part of a continuing effort to breed pandas in Mexico . Mexico 's Chapultepec Zoo has had one of the most successful panda-breeding programs outside of China , with a total of eight giant pandas conceived in the zoo since the first pandas arrived in Mexico in 1975 . This has been attributed by some to the Zoo 's 7300 ft. altitude , similar to the pandas ' native habitat in Sichuan , China . |
Wunderkind_Little_Amadeus | Wunderkind Little Amadeus , commonly referred to as Little Amadeus , is a German animated television series ( known as Die Abenteuer des jungen Mozart - `` The Adventures of Young Mozart '' ) that debuted on PBS Kids on September 7 , 2008 through March 1 , 2009 . The episodes debuted on most PBS stations . It was distributed by American Public Television . It helps a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart feature a soundtrack with the musical works of the composer . The series originally aired on KiKa in Germany . |
Yuan_Zai_(giant_panda) | Yuan Zai is a female giant panda born at the Taipei Zoo on July 6 , 2013 . She is the first panda cub born in Taiwan , to parents Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan by artificial insemination . As Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were sent to Taiwan from People 's Republic of China in exchange for two Formosan sika deer and two Taiwan serows , the baby cub does not need to be returned . The female baby was first nicknamed `` Yuan Zai '' by the zookeepers soon after birth . On October 26 , at the zoo 's 99th anniversary ceremony , the baby panda was officially named Yuan Zai after a naming activity that saw 60 % of the votes go to the cub 's nickname . The name `` Yuan Zai '' can be interpreted variously as `` the little round thing '' , `` rice ball '' , or '' ( Yuan ) Yuan 's child '' . On the same day , she was also presented an honorary citizen 's card . |
Zac_Moncrief | Zachary Thomas Moncrief ( born January 8 , 1971 ) is a producer and director of animated television programs , currently serving as the producer for Warner Bros. . Animation for the Cartoon Network series Be Cool , Scooby-Doo ! . In 2009 , an episode from the hit Disney Television series Phineas and Ferb which he directed entitled `` The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein '' received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category for Outstanding Special Class Short-format Animated Programs . |
Zoe_Levin | Zoe Levin ( born November 24 , 1993 ) is an American actress . Levin played Emily in the 2013 film Palo Alto and Tasha in Beneath the Harvest Sky . She portrayed Kara Souders in the Fox TV show , Red Band Society . |
Yerba_Buena_Gardens | Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth , Mission and Folsom Streets in downtown San Francisco , California . The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened on October 11 , 1993 . The second block , between Howard and Folsom Streets , was opened in 1998 , with a dedication to Martin Luther King , Jr. by Mayor Willie Brown . A pedestrian bridge over Howard Street connects the two blocks , sitting on top of part of the Moscone Center convention center . The Yerba Buena Gardens are owned by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and were planned and built as the final centerpiece of the Yerba Buena Redevelopment Area which includes the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts . Yerba Buena was the name of the town in the Mexican territory of Alta California that became the city of San Francisco , California , after it was claimed by the United States in 1846 . |
Zombeavers | Zombeavers is a 2014 American horror comedy film directed by Jordan Rubin , based on a script by Al Kaplan , Jordan Rubin , and Jon Kaplan . The film follows a group of college kids staying at a riverside cottage that are attacked by a swarm of zombie beavers . A trailer for the film was released in early February 2014 and went viral . The film had its world premiere on April 19 , 2014 , at the Tribeca Film Festival . The film was released in the U.S. on March 20 , 2015 . In December 2014 , Zombeavers was released on DVD . |
Yevgeniya_Prokhorova | Yevgeniya Prokhorova ( Евгения Филипповна Прохорова also sometimes noted as Evguenia or Ievguenia Filipovna Prokhorova ) ( 1912 -- 1942 ) was a Soviet aviator and military commander who was killed in action during World War II . She is still the record holder of a World Record in height gain for a single-place glider . |
Yeh_Kya_Ho_Raha_Hai? | Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai is a 2002 Bollywood comedy film . Directed by Hansal Mehta , produced by Pammi Baweja and written by Suparn Verma . the film stars Prashant Chianani , Aamir Ali Malik , Vaibhav Jalani , Yash Pandit , Deepti Daryanani , Payal Rohatgi , Samita Bangargi , Punarnava Mehta . Its basic premise is taken from American film American Pie . The film was a failure at box office and was declared a flop . |
Žirje,_Croatia | Žirje ( -LSB- ʒîːrjɛ -RSB- ; Zuri Zurium/Surium ) is an island and a settlement in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea . It is situated in the Šibenik archipelago , about 22 km southwest of Šibenik , which makes it the most distant permanently inhabited island in the Šibenik archipelago . The island is composed of two limestone ridges between which is a fertile valley . Its area is 15.06 km2 , and it has a population of 103 ( 2011 census ) . Its population is steadily decreasing ( 720 residents in 1953 , 207 residents in 1981 , and 124 residents in 2001 ) . Vegetation of the island is mainly composed of maquis shrubland , with some farm land in the middle of the island . Main industries are agriculture ( grapes , olives , plums , figs and sour cherries ) and fishing . The sea around Žirje is rich with fish . In 12th and 13th century the island was encircled by fortresses and walls and are a reminder of the Byzantine fortress from 6th century are situated at island . The ferry port on the island connects it via the D128 route to Šibenik . |
Zouyu | Zouyu is a legendary creature mentioned in old Chinese literature . The earliest known appearance of the characters 騶虞 ( zou yu ) is in the Book of Songs , but J.J.L. Duyvendak describes that the interpretation of that little poem as referring to an animal of that name is `` very doubtful '' . Zouyu appears in a number of later works , where it is described as `` righteous '' animal , which , similarly to a qilin , only appears during the rule of a benevolent and sincere monarch . It is said to be as fierce-looking as a tiger , but gentle and strictly vegetarian , and described in some books ( already in Shuowen Jiezi ) as a white tiger with black spots . During the reign of the Yongle Emperor ( early 15th century ) , his relative from Kaifeng sent him a captured zouyu , and another zouyu was sighted in Shandong . The zouyu sightings were mentioned by contemporaneous authors as good omens , along with the Yellow River running clear and the delivery of a qilin ( i.e. , an African giraffe ) by a Bengal delegation that arrived to China aboard Zheng He 's fleet . Puzzled about the real zoological identity of the zouyu said to be captured during the Yongle era , Duyvendak exclaims , `` Can it possibly have been a Pandah ? '' Following him , some modern authors consider zouyu to refer to the Giant panda . |
Zach_Braff | Zachary Israel Braff ( born April 6 , 1975 ) is an American actor , director , comedian , screenwriter and producer . He is best known for his role as J. D. on the television series Scrubs ( 2001 -- 2010 ) , for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 . In 2004 , Braff made his directorial debut with Garden State . He returned to his home state New Jersey to shoot the film , which was produced for $ 2.5 million . The film made over $ 35 million at the box office and was praised by critics , leading it to gain a cult following . Braff wrote the film , starred in it , and compiled the soundtrack record . He won numerous awards for his directing work , and also won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005 . Braff directed his second film , Wish I Was Here ( 2014 ) , which he partially funded with a Kickstarter campaign . Braff has also appeared on stage ; All New People , which he wrote and starred in , premiered in New York City in 2011 before playing in London 's West End , and he played the lead role in a musical adaptation of Woody Allen 's Bullets Over Broadway in 2014 . |
Zabargad_Island | Zabargad Island ( جزيرة الزبرجد , also known as St. John 's Island in English ) is the largest of a group of islands in Foul Bay , Egypt . It covers an area of 4.50 km2 . It is not a quaternary volcanic island , but rather is believed to be an upthrusted part of upper mantle material . The nearest island is known as `` Rocky Island '' . The island is slightly north of the Tropic of Cancer , and its highest point is 235 m. |
Yevgeny_Kafelnikov | Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( Евгений Александрович Кафельников -LSB- jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf -RSB- born 18 February 1974 ) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player . He won two Grand Slam singles titles , the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open . He also won four Grand Slam doubles titles , and the Men 's Singles Gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 . He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002 . He is the last man to have won both the Men 's Singles and Doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament , which he did at the 1996 French Open . |
Zac_Efron | Zachary David Alexander Efron ( born October 18 , 1987 ) is an American actor and singer . He began acting professionally in the early 2000s , and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role in the High School Musical franchise ( 2006 -- 08 ) . During this time , he also starred in the musical film Hairspray ( 2007 ) and the comedy film 17 Again ( 2009 ) . He has since appeared in films like New Year 's Eve ( 2011 ) , The Lucky One ( 2012 ) , Neighbors ( 2014 ) , Dirty Grandpa ( 2016 ) , and Neighbors 2 : Sorority Rising ( 2016 ) . |
Yellow_Submarine_(film) | Yellow Submarine ( also known as The Beatles : Yellow Submarine ) is a 1968 British animated musical fantasy comedy film inspired by the music of the Beatles , directed by animation producer George Dunning , and produced by United Artists and King Features Syndicate . Initial press reports stated that the Beatles themselves would provide their own character voices ; however , aside from composing and performing the songs , the real Beatles participated only in the closing scene of the film , while their cartoon counterparts were voiced by other actors . The film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike , in contrary to some of the Beatles ' previous film ventures . It has also been credited with bringing more interest in animation as a serious art form . Time commented that it `` turned into a smash hit , delighting adolescents and esthetes alike '' . |
Wynton_Marsalis | Wynton Learson Marsalis ( born October 18 , 1961 ) is a trumpeter , composer , teacher , music educator , and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City , United States . Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences . Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammys in both genres , and his Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music . Marsalis is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis , Jr. ( pianist ) , grandson of Ellis Marsalis , Sr. , and brother of Branford ( saxophonist ) , Delfeayo ( trombonist ) , and Jason ( drummer ) . Marsalis performed the national anthem at Super Bowl XX in 1986 . |
Young_Hollywood | Young Hollywood is a privately held multimedia entertainment company founded in Los Angeles , California by R.J. Williams . Young Hollywood is a pioneer of web video , according to the Wall Street Journal , The company licenses the `` Young Hollywood '' trademark domestically and internationally for a range of consumer products and services . In addition , they own a television network and are one of the world 's largest producers and distributors of celebrity content in the digital space . Their content has received over 2 Billion views and they have created branded content for companies such as Coca-Cola , Subway , H&M , Electronic Arts , Samsung , and Unilever . |
Yosemite_Valley | Yosemite Valley ( -LSB- joʊˈsɛmᵻtiː -RSB- ) is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California . The valley is about 8 mi long and up to a mile deep , surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan , and densely forested with pines . The valley is drained by the Merced River and a multitude of streams and waterfalls including Tenaya , Illilouette , Yosemite and Bridalveil Creeks . Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America , and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water flow is at its peak . The valley is renowned for its natural beauty , and is widely regarded as the centerpiece of Yosemite National Park , attracting visitors from around the world . The Valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors , and a bustling hub of activity during `` tourist season '' in the summer months . On July 2 , 2011 there was a record 20,851 visitors to the valley . Most visitors enter the valley from roads to the west and pass through the famous Tunnel View entrance . Visitor facilities are located in the center of the valley . There are both hiking trail loops that stay within the valley and trailheads that lead to higher elevations , all of which afford glimpses of the park 's many scenic wonders . |
Yevgeni_Mokhorev | Yevgeni Mokhorev ( born 1967 in Leningrad now Saint Petersburg ) is a Russian photographer . He became a professional photographer in 1986 . Two years later he joined the well - known photo club `` Zerkalo '' or `` Mirror '' where he met Alexey Titarenko and other photographers that influenced him . He has participated in more than 40 events , both in Russia and abroad , including Ballet Royal : Arithmetic of the Ideal , a collaboration between Mokhorev and the Mariinsky Ballet , and is a well-known photographer in St. Petersburg . His work has exhibited in several countries , including the USA , Britain in 2009 , and in early 2010 in Copenhagen . His distinctive black and white style set in urban landscapes has been said to depict `` the Russian soul '' . |
Zen_Gesner | Zen Brant Gesner ( born June 23 , 1970 ) is an American television and movie actor . He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Sinbad in the syndicated television series The Adventures of Sinbad , and was a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama All My Children as bad boy and rapist Braden Lavery . More recently he 's appeared in Miller Lite 's `` Man Laws '' commercials as one of the `` Men Of The Square Table '' . Gesner also appeared on an episode of the popular sitcom Friends in which he played Rachel Green 's date . A graduate of the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA ) , Gesner has appeared in several movies since his cinematic debut as `` Dale 's Man # 1 '' in the 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber , including Osmosis Jones ( as Emergency Room Doctor # 1 ) , Me , Myself & Irene ( Agent Peterson ) , Shallow Hal ( Ralph ) , and There 's Something About Mary ( as a bartender ) . In 2005 , he had a small part in the romantic comedy Perfect Catch starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon . |
Zen_Tricksters | The Zen Tricksters are an American Grateful Dead cover band . For almost thirty years , the Zen Tricksters have been playing Grateful Dead covers and jam band music , as well as derivative original songs . The band started out as the Volunteers , playing small venues around New York 's Long Island . At its core , the band has been composed of Jeff Mattson on lead guitar and vocals , for most of its history , Tom Circosta on rhythm guitar and vocals , and Klyph Black on bass and vocals . Over the years , the Zen Tricksters have gone through several lineup changes . Jennifer Markard was a founding member and original songwriter and vocalist in the band its first ten years of touring . Both Jeff Mattson and one of their former members , keyboard player Rob Barraco , was called to play with Phil and Friends for three shows in October 1999 , and Rob continued to play with Phil Lesh and Friends , and with such groups as the Dark Star Orchestra , the Other Ones , and the Dead . Their current line up , in addition to Mattson , Circosta , and Black includes Dave Diamond on drums . In 2006 they began touring with former Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay as Kettle Joe 's Psychedelic Swamp Revue , with Drummer Joe Ciarvella . In late 2006 the band changed drummers and formed Donna Jean and the Tricksters . In 2009 the band morphed into the Donna Jean Godchaux Band and it retained Jeff Mattson . The Zen Tricksters went on hiatus from touring but Klyph Black , Tom Circosta and Dave Diamond are touring with additional musicians as Klyph Black & Rumor Has It . |
Zhou_Xuan | Zhou Xuan ( August 1 , 1918 -- September 22 , 1957 ) , also romanized as Chow Hsuan , was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress . By the 1940s , she had become one of China 's seven great singing stars . She was the best known of the seven , nicknamed the `` Golden Voice '' , and had a concurrent movie career until 1953 . She recorded more than 200 songs and appeared in over 40 films in her career . |
Zach_Dawes | Zachary `` Zach '' Dawes is an American musician , engineer , and technician , best known as the bassist for the bands Mini Mansions and The Last Shadow Puppets . He has also made contributions to music by Brian Wilson , among other music artists . |
WrestleMania_2 | WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) ( although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas ) . It took place on Monday , April 7 , 1986 , making it the only WrestleMania that was not held on the customary Sunday . WrestleMania 2 took place at three venues : the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale , New York ; the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont , Illinois ; and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles , California . As with the first WrestleMania , the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America . The event was also the first WrestleMania to air on the national pay-per-view market . The commentating teams consisted of Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James in New York ; Gorilla Monsoon , Gene Okerlund , and Cathy Lee Crosby in Chicago ; and Jesse Ventura , Alfred Hayes , and Elvira in Los Angeles . The ring announcers were Howard Finkel ( New York ) , Chet Coppock ( Chicago ) , and Lee Marshall ( Los Angeles ) . Each venue had its own card . The respective final matches were a boxing match pitting Mr. T against Roddy Piper at Uniondale , New York ; a 20-man battle royal involving WWF wrestlers and NFL football players at Chicago ; and the main event , which featured WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending his title against King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match at Los Angeles . Matches on the respective undercards saw Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion `` Macho Man '' Randy Savage defending his title against George Steele and Tag Team Champions The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ) losing their titles against The British Bulldogs ( Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid ) . |
Zoë_Soul | Zoë Soul Borde ( born November 1 , 1995 ) is an American-born Dutch/Trinidadian actress known by her stage name Zoë Borde and also Zoë Soul . Her perhaps most well known role is that of Cali Sanchez in The Purge : Anarchy . |
À_la_folie | À la folie ( `` To Madness '' ) ( 6 Days , 6 Nights ) is a 1994 French drama film by Diane Kurys with music by Michael Nyman . It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival . |
YC_(rapper) | Christopher Miller ( born Nevember 6 , 1985 ) better known by his stage name YC Worldwide or simply YC , is an American rapper from Decatur , Georgia . He is perhaps best known for his commercial debut single `` Racks '' , featuring Atlanta rapper Future , which peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Since then , several remixes and freestyles have been created of `` Racks '' . |
XSM-74 | The Convair XSM-74 was a sub-sonic , jet-powered , ground-launched decoy cruise missile . |