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Drunken_Master_II | Drunken Master II is a 1994 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and Jackie Chan , who stars as Chinese folk hero , Wong Fei-hung . It was Chan 's first traditional style martial arts film since The Young Master ( 1980 ) and Dragon Lord ( 1982 ) . The film was released in North America as The Legend of Drunken Master in 2000 . The film is a follow-up to Chan 's 1978 film Drunken Master , directed by Yuen Woo-ping , but is technically a reboot and not a direct storyline sequel . Another film , Drunken Master III ( 1994 , directed by Lau Kar-Leung ) features little in common with either this or its predecessor , and is not considered a sequel . In 2005 , Drunken Master II was named one of the top 100 best films of all time by Time magazine . |
Dog_fighting | Dog fighting is a type of blood sport generally defined as two game dogs against one another in a ring or a pit for the entertainment of the spectators or the gratification of the dogfighters , who are sometimes referred to as dogmen . In rural areas , fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits ; in urban areas , fights may occur in garages , basements , warehouses , abandoned buildings , back alleys , neighborhood playgrounds , or in the streets . Dog fights usually last until one dog is declared a winner , which occurs when one dog fails to scratch , one dog dies , or one dog jumps out of the pit . The loser , if not killed in the fight , is typically killed by the owner through a gun , beatings , or torture , in fights run by criminal gangs in the U.S. However , sometimes dog fights end without declaring a winner . For instance , the dog 's owner may call the fight . Dog fighting generates revenue from stud fees , admission fees and gambling . It is also a felony in all 50 U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia , Puerto Rico , and the Virgin Islands . In addition , the federal U.S. Animal Welfare Act makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly sell , buy , possess , train , transport , deliver , or receive any dog for purposes of having the dog participate in an animal fighting venture . The act also makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly use the mail service of the United States Postal Service or any instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech for purposes of advertising a dog for use in an animal fighting venture , promoting or in any other manner furthering an animal fighting venture except as performed outside the limits of the States of the United States . Worldwide , several countries have banned dog fighting , but it is still legal in some countries like Japan , Honduras , and parts of Russia . |
Ed_Harris | Edward Allen `` Ed '' Harris ( born November 28 , 1950 ) is an American actor , producer , director , and screenwriter . He is known for his performances in films such as The Right Stuff ( 1983 ) , The Abyss ( 1989 ) , Glengarry Glen Ross ( 1992 ) , Nixon ( 1995 ) , The Rock ( 1996 ) , Absolute Power ( 1997 ) , A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) , Enemy at the Gates ( 2001 ) , Radio ( 2003 ) , A History of Violence ( 2005 ) , Gone Baby Gone ( 2007 ) , The Way Back ( 2010 ) , Man on a Ledge ( 2012 ) , Gravity ( 2013 ) , Snowpiercer ( 2013 ) , and Run All Night ( 2015 ) . Harris currently stars in the HBO sci-fi drama series Westworld , as well as Alejandro G. Iñárritu 's upcoming Starz drama series The One Percent . Harris is a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) , The Truman Show ( 1998 ) , and The Hours ( 2002 ) . He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing artist Jackson Pollock in his directorial debut Pollock ( 2000 ) . He also won a Golden Globe Award for playing Senator John McCain in Game Change ( 2012 ) . In 2015 , Harris received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . |
Do_Raaste | Do Raaste ( translation : Two roads ) is a 1969 Indian Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla . It stars Rajesh Khanna as the dutiful son and Mumtaz as his love interest . Balraj Sahni and Kamini Kaushal play the eldest son and his wife . Prem Chopra plays the wayward son with Bindu as his wife who creates disputes . The story was based on the trials and tribulations of a lower-middle-class family . It placed emphasis on respect for elders , the paramount status of the mother , the sanctity of the joint family and the supremacy of relations that are stronger than ties of blood . The film became a blockbuster at the box office.This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971 , by adding the two hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971 . |
Eastern_Question | In diplomatic history , the `` Eastern Question '' refers to the strategic competition and political considerations of the European Great Powers in light of the political and economic instability in the Ottoman Empire from the late 18th to early 20th centuries . Characterized as the `` sick man of Europe '' , the relative weakening of the empire 's military strength in the second half of the eighteenth century threatened to undermine the fragile balance of power system largely shaped by the Concert of Europe . The Eastern Question encompassed myriad interrelated elements : Ottoman military defeats , Ottoman institutional insolvency , the ongoing Ottoman political and economic modernization programme , the rise of ethno-religious nationalism in its provinces , and Great Power rivalries . The Eastern Question is normally dated to 1774 , when the Russo-Turkish War ( 1768 -- 74 ) ended in defeat for the Ottomans . As the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire was believed to be imminent , the European powers engaged in a power struggle to safeguard their military , strategic and commercial interests in the Ottoman domains . Imperial Russia stood to benefit from the decline of the Ottoman Empire ; on the other hand , Austria-Hungary and Great Britain deemed the preservation of the Empire to be in their best interests . The Eastern Question was put to rest after World War I , one of the outcomes of which was the collapse and division of the Ottoman holdings . The Ottomans were at the height of their power in 1683 , when they lost the Battle of Vienna to the combined forces of the Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth and Austria , under the command of John III Sobieski . Peace was made much later , in 1699 , with the Treaty of Karlowitz , which forced the Ottoman Empire to cede many of its Central European possessions , including those portions of Hungary which it had occupied . Its westward expansion arrested , the Ottoman Empire never again posed a serious threat to Austria , which became the dominant power in its region of Europe . The Eastern Question did not truly develop until the Russo-Turkish Wars of the 18th century . |
Dramatis_personæ | Dramatis personæ ( Latin : `` persons of the drama '' ) is a phrase used to refer collectively , in the form of a list , to the main characters in a dramatic work . Such lists are commonly employed in various forms of theater , and also on screen . Typically , off-stage characters are not considered part of the dramatis personæ . It is said to have been recorded in English since 1730 , and is also evident in international use . It is customary to give a cast list , which also has next to each character in a second column the name of the actor or actress playing the part ; an alternative version lists the names of the actors who played the parts originally . In order not to give away vital parts of the plot some names may be altered , for example mixed up with another name . Some minor characters may be listed just as the actors who perform the parts . |
East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area) | The eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area , commonly referred to as the East Bay , includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay . The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties . With a population of roughly 2.5 million in 2010 , it is the most populous subregion in the Bay Area . Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay and the third largest in the Bay Area . The city serves as a major transportation hub for the U.S. West Coast , and its port is the largest in Northern California . Increased population has led to the growth of such large edge cities as Berkeley , Hayward , Concord and Fremont . |
Do-Over | `` Do-Over '' is the first episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock , and the thirty-seventh episode overall . It was written by the series ' creator , executive producer and lead actress , Tina Fey and directed by series producer Don Scardino . The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) network in the United States on October 30 , 2008 . Guest stars in this episode include Will Arnett , Marceline Hugot , and Megan Mullally . Liz Lemon ( played by Fey ) is being evaluated by Bev ( Mullally ) as a part of the adoption process while Jack Donaghy ( Alec Baldwin ) returns from his job in Washington D.C. and tries to retake his position from Devon Banks ( Arnett ) at General Electric . Meanwhile , Jenna Maroney ( Jane Krakowski ) grows angry with Tracy Jordan ( Tracy Morgan ) for not compensating her for voice acting work on his successful adult video game . `` Do-Over '' has received generally positive reception from television critics . According to the Nielsen Media Research , the episode was watched by 8.7 million households during its original broadcast , becoming 30 Rock 's highest-rated episode , until the December 2008 episode `` Christmas Special '' . `` Do-Over '' was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Production Design Award for `` Single-Camera Television Series '' . |
Eastern_Front_(World_War_I) | The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I ( Восточный фронт , Vostochnıy front , sometimes called the `` Second Fatherland War '' or `` Second Patriotic War '' ( Вторая Отечественная война , Vtoraya Otechestvennaya voyna ) in Russian sources ) was a theatre of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , Bulgaria , the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other . It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , included most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well . The term contrasts with `` Western Front '' , which was being fought in Belgium and France . In the opening months of the war , the Imperial Russian Army attempted an invasion of eastern Prussia in the northwestern theater , only to be beaten back by the Germans after some initial success . At the same time , in the south , they successfully invaded Galicia , defeating the Austro-Hungarian forces there . In Russian Poland , the Germans failed to take Warsaw . But by 1915 , the German and Austro-Hungarian armies were on the advance , dealing the Russians heavy casualties in Galicia and in Poland , forcing it to retreat . Grand Duke Nicholas was sacked from his position as the commander-in-chief and replaced by the Tsar himself . Several offensives against the Germans in 1916 failed , including Lake Naroch Offensive and the Baranovichi Offensive . However , General Aleksei Brusilov oversaw a highly successful operation against Austria-Hungary that became known as the Brusilov Offensive , which saw the Russian Army make large gains . The Kingdom of Romania entered the war in August 1916 . The Entente promised the region of Transylvania ( which was part of Austria-Hungary ) in return for Romanian support . The Romanian Army invaded Transylvania and had initial successes , but was forced to stop and was pushed back by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians when Bulgaria attacked them in the south . Meanwhile , a revolution occurred in Russia in February 1917 ( one of the several causes being the hardships of the war ) . Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a Russian Provisional Government was founded , with Georgy Lvov as its first leader , who was eventually replaced by Alexander Kerensky . The newly formed Russian Republic continued to fight the war alongside Romania and the rest of the Entente until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in October 1917 . Kerensky oversaw the July Offensive , which was largely a failure and caused a collapse in the Russian Army . The new government established by the Bolsheviks signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers , taking it out of the war and making large territorial concessions . Romania was also forced to surrender and signed a similar treaty , though both of the treaties were nullified with the surrender of the Central Powers in November 1918 . |
Doctor_Who:_Original_Television_Soundtrack | Doctor Who : Original Television Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released on 4 December 2006 , containing incidental music composed by Murray Gold and used in the 2005 and 2006 series of Doctor Who . The release included a fourteen-page booklet containing an introduction to the album by `` Doctor Who '' Executive Producer Julie Gardner , written on 8 November 2006 ; and four pages of comments on the contents of the album , written by Murray Gold in November 2006 . The booklet also featured many publicity pictures , including a Cyberman , a Dalek ship , Matron Casp and the New Earth Hospital , the Doctor and Rose , and a Slitheen . The last page has a picture of Dalek Sec from `` Doomsday '' . It was originally released as a special limited edition , which featured a cardboard slipcase containing the jewel CD case , as well as a small badge featuring the Doctor and Rose , as seen on the cover artwork . In 2008 a new cover was released for this album , removing Rose and including a different picture of the Doctor . It was reissued in a limited edition of 500 2-LP sets on 2 September 2013 . |
Duke_of_Nemours | In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lordship of Nemours , in the Gatinais , France , was a possession of the house of Villebéon , a member of which , Gautier , was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century . The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean and Philippe de Nemours , and was then made a county and given to Jean III de Grailly , captal de Buch in 1364 . In 1404 , Charles VI of France gave it to Charles III of Navarre , and erected it into a duchy in the peerage of France , in exchange to his ancestral county of Évreux in Normandy . After being confiscated and restored several times , the duchy reverted to the French crown in 1504 , after the extinction of the house of Armagnac-Pardiac . In 1507 it was given by Louis XII of France to his nephew , Gaston de Foix , who was killed at the Battle of Ravenna in 1512 . The duchy then returned to the royal domain , and was detached from it successively for Giuliano de Medici and his wife Philiberta of Savoy in 1515 , for Louise of Savoy in 1524 , and for Philip of Savoy , Count of Genevois , in 1528 . The descendants of Philip of Savoy held the duchy until its sale to Louis XIV of France . In 1672 , Louis gave it to his brother Philippe de France , Duke of Orleans , whose descendants held it until the French Revolution . It was one of the many subsidiary titles held by the House of Orléans . The title of Duke of Nemours was afterwards given to Louis Charles , son of King Louis Philippe of the French . |
Domitia_(daughter_of_Cn._Domitius_Corbulo) | Domitia was a Roman noble woman who lived in the 1st century . She was the eldest daughter to Roman Consul and General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo and Cassia Longina . Her younger sister was Domitia Longina , a future Roman Empress who would marry the future Roman Emperor Domitian . Her paternal aunt was Roman Empress Milonia Caesonia . Domitia was born sometime towards the middle of the first century at an unknown date . By 63 , she married the Roman Senator Lucius Annius Vinicianus , who was a son to the Roman Senator Gaius Annius Pollio . Vinicianus , in 63 acted as a military commander under his father-in-law in the Euphrates . In 66 , there was a conspiracy that involved Vinicianus and his father-in-law to overthrow the Roman Emperor Nero . Vinicianus refused to speak nor prove his innocence to the Emperor and committed suicide in 67 . The Roman Historian Suetonius makes a reference to their son in the account of Domitian which is mentioned in clause 12 . The year that Domitia died is unknown . |
Economy_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles | The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands , which was formally dissolved in 2010 . |
Doctor_of_Music | The Doctor of Music degree ( D.Mus. , D.M. , Mus.D . or occasionally Mus.Doc . ) is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of a substantial portfolio of compositions and/or scholarly publications on music . Like other higher doctorates , it is granted by universities in the United Kingdom , Ireland and some Commonwealth countries . Most universities restrict candidature to their own graduates or staff , which is a reversal of the practice in former times , when ( unlike higher degrees in other faculties ) candidates for the degree were not required to be a Master of Arts . The Doctor of Music degree should not be confused with the Doctor of Musical Arts ( D.M.A. ) degree , which is the standard ( Ph.D.-level ) doctorate in fields such as performance ( including conducting ) and musical composition . ( However , at least one graduate program , at Indiana University , has been issuing the D.Mus . degree since 1953 for a curriculum that would otherwise lead to the D.M.A. degree . ) The D.Mus . is also distinct from the Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) degree in music , which is awarded in areas such as music history , music theory , and musicology . The Doctor of Music degree has also been awarded honoris causa when presented to musicians and composers . Such as Joseph Haydn , Richard Strauss , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Franz Liszt , Johannes Brahms , Felix Mendelssohn , Simon Rattle in classical music , and Joan Baez , Matthew Bellamy , David Bowie , Phil Collins , Bruce Dickinson , Celine Dion , Bob Dylan , Kenny Garrett , Barry Gibb , Robin Gibb , David Gilmour , Milt Hinton , Billy Joel , Sir Elton John , B.B. King , Mark Knopfler , Annie Lennox , Jon Lord , Sir Paul McCartney , Joni Mitchell , Van Morrison , Jimmy Page , Paul Simon , Joe Walsh , Brian Wilson and Neil Young in popular music . It has also been awarded as an honorary degree to musical artists who were not composers , including the ballet dancers Dame Alicia Markova and Dame Beryl Grey , as well as female royalty regardless of their experience in music . |
Domestic_tragedy | In English drama , a domestic tragedy is a tragedy in which the tragic protagonists are ordinary middle-class or lower-class individuals . This subgenre contrasts with classical and Neoclassical tragedy , in which the protagonists are of kingly or aristocratic rank and their downfall is an affair of state as well as a personal matter . The Ancient Greek theorist Aristotle had argued that tragedy should concern only great individuals with great minds and souls , because their catastrophic downfall would be more emotionally powerful to the audience ; only comedy should depict middle-class people . Domestic tragedy breaks with Aristotle 's precepts , taking as its subjects merchants or citizens whose lives have less consequence in the wider world . In Britain , the first domestic tragedies were written in the English Renaissance ; one of the first was Arden of Faversham ( 1592 ) , depicting the murder of a bourgeois man by his adulterous wife . Other famous examples are A Woman Killed with Kindness ( 1607 ) , A Yorkshire Tragedy ( 1608 ) , and The Witch of Edmonton ( 1621 ) . Othello can be classified as a domestic tragedy . Domestic tragedy disappeared during the era of Restoration drama , when Neoclassicism dominated the stage , but it emerged again with the work of George Lillo and Sir Richard Steele in the eighteenth century . |
Drake_discography | Canadian rapper Drake has released four studio albums , one extended play , four mixtapes , 77 singles ( including 52 as a featured artist ) , seven promotional singles and 36 music videos . His music has been released on record labels Universal Motown Records and Universal Republic Records , along with subsidiaries Aspire Music Group , Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records . He has the most number one singles on the US Hot Rap Songs chart with 15 , and as a rap artist , he has the most number one singles on the US Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart , with 16 . Following his signing to Young Money Entertainment , Drake 's mixtape , So Far Gone , was repackaged as a seven-song EP in 2009 : the EP peaked at number six on the US Billboard 200 , and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . So Far Gone contained the singles `` Best I Ever Had '' , `` Successful '' and `` I 'm Goin ' In '' , which peaked at numbers two , 17 and 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 respectively . Drake released his debut studio album , Thank Me Later , in June 2010 . It debuted atop both the Billboard 200 and the Canadian Albums Chart , and was later certified platinum by both the RIAA and Canadian Recording Industry Association ( CRIA ) . Thank Me Later featured the single `` Find Your Love '' , which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 . Drake 's second studio album Take Care was released in November 2011 and debuted at number one in both the United States and Canada , becoming his second album to achieve this feat . The album produced the singles `` Marvins Room '' , `` Headlines '' , `` Make Me Proud '' , `` The Motto '' , `` Take Care '' , `` HYFR ( Hell Ya Fucking Right ) '' , `` Crew Love '' and `` Lord Knows '' , four of which reached the top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100 and were certified platinum by the RIAA . `` Take Care '' became the most commercially successful single from the album in many overseas territories such as Australia , where it was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) , Ireland and the United Kingdom . Drake 's third studio album , Nothing Was the Same , was released in September 2013 ; it became his third consecutive number-one album in Canada and the US and produced the top 10 singles `` Started from the Bottom '' and `` Hold On , We 're Going Home '' . In 2015 , Drake released two mixtapes , If You 're Reading This It 's Too Late which became available for purchase in February and a surprise joint mixtape with Future , What a Time to Be Alive , which was released in September . Drake 's fourth studio album Views was released in April 2016 , once again debuting at number one in both the United States and Canada , while also debuting at number one in the United Kingdom where it became his first number one album . The album achieved huge commercial success , becoming the most popular release of 2016 in the US . The album included the singles `` Hotline Bling '' , `` One Dance '' , `` Pop Style '' , `` Controlla '' and `` Too Good '' , all of which peaked within the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . `` One Dance '' became the most successful single of Drake 's career , becoming an international hit and peaking at number one in fifteen different countries , including the US , UK and Canada where it became his first number one single . `` One Dance '' has since also become the most played song on streaming media service Spotify , with over one billion individual streams . |
Early_life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard | thumb | 250px | Hubbard in Los Angeles , 1950 L. Ron Hubbard was the inventor of Dianetics and founder of Scientology . Born in Tilden , Nebraska in March 1911 , Hubbard grew up with his family in Helena , Montana . He was unusually well-traveled for a young man of his time due to his father 's frequent relocations in connection with his service in the United States Navy . He lived in a number of locations in the United States and traveled to Guam , the Philippines , China , and Japan . He enrolled at George Washington University in 1930 to study civil engineering , but dropped out in his second year . While at GWU , he organized an expedition to the Caribbean for fellow students which looms large in his official biography but was a flop according to contemporary accounts . He subsequently spent time in Puerto Rico panning for gold , before returning to the United States , marrying his pregnant girlfriend , and embarking on a career as a `` penny-a-word '' writer . The Church of Scientology depicts Hubbard in hagiographic terms and draws on his legacy as its ultimate source of doctrine and legitimacy . The Danish historian of religions Dorthe Refslund Christensen notes that many aspects of the official version of Hubbard 's early life parallel more conventional religious narratives , notably the life of Jesus . Many details of Hubbard 's early life remain disputed ; critics of Scientology cast doubt on whether he had the educational and personal background claimed by the Church . According to James R. Lewis and Olav Hammer , in Scientology , this hagiographic `` construction of Hubbard as a religious ideal implies the construction of Scientology 's texts as humanity 's most important treasure and vice versa . '' Religious tradition in Scientology is based on two essential things , Hubbard 's individuality and texts written by him . |
Discovery_Times_Square | Discovery Times Square ( also known as Discovery TSX ) was an exhibition space at 226 West 44th Street in New York City that opened June 24 , 2009 and closed in September 2016 . It specialized in traveling exhibitions with 60,000 square feet of exhibition space It was one of several exhibition spaces that catered to Times Square tourists ( the others being Madame Tussauds and Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! ) . Operated by Discovery Communications and Running Subway Productions , it was located in Times Square in the basement in the former printing plant area of The Times Square Building ( the former New York Times Building ) . Its goal was `` to create a home for traveling exhibitions that local museums might find either too large , too expensive , too nondisciplinary or too commercial for their nonprofit attention . '' The President of Discovery Times Square was James Sanna and the museum 's director was Jim Arnemann . Discovery closed without public notice in September 2016 . |
Doctor_Finlay | Doctor Finlay is a British television series based on A. J. Cronin 's stories about the fictional hero , Dr. Finlay . It is a follow-up to Dr. Finlay 's Casebook , the successful BBC series and takes place in the 1940s after John Finlay returns from war service . Early storylines include the setting up of the new National Health Service and the modernisation of the medical practice at Arden House , Tannochbrae , Scotland . The show stars David Rintoul as Dr. Finlay , Ian Bannen as his semi-retired practice partner , Dr. Cameron , and Annette Crosbie as his housekeeper , Janet . Other central characters include Finlay 's assistant , Dr. Neil , played by Jason Flemyng and Finlay 's new partner , Dr. Napier , played by Jessica Turner . The series was a Scottish Television production ( now known as STV Productions ) that was filmed in Auchtermuchty , Fife , Scotland . It also used the Dumgoyne Peak and Loch Lomond as supposedly local backdrops although these are not close to Auchtermuchty . It aired in the U.S. on PBS ' Masterpiece Theatre . |
Dublin,_California | Dublin ( formerly , Amador and Dougherty 's Station ) is a suburban city of the East ( San Francisco ) Bay and Tri-Valley regions of Alameda County , California , United States . Located along the north side of Interstate 580 at the intersection with Interstate 680 , roughly 35 mi east of downtown San Francisco , 23 mi east of downtown Oakland , and 31 mi north of downtown San Jose , it was named after the city of Dublin in Ireland . Dublin is the second fastest-growing city in the state of California , behind only Santa Clarita . The population was 46,063 ( 2010 census ) , and the 2013 estimate at 49,890 . Dublin is home to the headquarters of Sybase , Inc , now part of SAP SE , Tria Beauty , Medley Health and Arlen Ness . |
Dissociation_(psychology) | In psychology , dissociation is any of a wide array of experiences from mild detachment from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from physical and emotional experience . The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality , rather than a loss of reality as in psychosis . Dissociation is commonly displayed on a continuum . In mild cases , dissociation can be regarded as a coping mechanism or defense mechanisms in seeking to master , minimize or tolerate stress -- including boredom or conflict . At the nonpathological end of the continuum , dissociation describes common events such as daydreaming while driving a vehicle . Further along the continuum are non-pathological altered states of consciousness . More pathological dissociation involves dissociative disorders , including dissociative fugue and depersonalization disorder with or without alterations in personal identity or sense of self . These alterations can include : a sense that self or the world is unreal ( depersonalization and derealization ) ; a loss of memory ( amnesia ) ; forgetting identity or assuming a new self ( fugue ) ; and fragmentation of identity or self into separate streams of consciousness ( dissociative identity disorder , formerly termed multiple personality disorder ) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder . Dissociative disorders are sometimes triggered by trauma , but may be preceded only by stress , psychoactive substances , or no identifiable trigger at all . The ICD-10 classifies conversion disorder as a dissociative disorder . The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders groups all dissociative disorders into a single category . Although some dissociative disruptions involve amnesia , other dissociative events do not . Dissociative disorders are typically experienced as startling , autonomous intrusions into the person 's usual ways of responding or functioning . Due to their unexpected and largely inexplicable nature , they tend to be quite unsettling . |
Economy_of_Paris | Paris , including both the City of Paris and the Île-de-France region ( Paris Region ) , is the most important center of economic activity in France , accounting for about thirty percent of the French GDP . . The economy of the City of Paris , in the center of the Region , is based largely on services and commerce : of the 390,480 of its enterprises , 80.6 percent are engaged in commerce , transportation , and diverse services , 6.5 percent in construction , and just 3.8 percent in industry . The story is similar in the Paris Region , or Île-de-France , as a whole . 76.7 percent of enterprises are engaged in commerce and services , and 3.4 percent in industry . 59.5 percent of employees in the region are engaged in commerce , transport and diverse services , 26.9 percent in public administration , health and social services , 8.2 percent industry , and 5.2 percent in construction . The top ten French companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 for 2015 all have their headquarters in the Paris Region , nine within the City of Paris and one , Total S.A. , in the Hauts-de-Seine Department , in the business district of La Defense . The fourth-largest company , Société Générale , has its registered headquarters in Paris and its operational offices La Defense . Other notable clusters of major companies are located at Issy-les-Moulineaux ( media companies ) ; Boulogne-Billancourt , and Saint-Denis . |
Duets_(Glee) | `` Duets '' is the fourth episode of the second season of the American television series Glee , and the twenty-sixth episode overall . It was written by series creator Ian Brennan , directed by Eric Stoltz , and premiered on Fox on October 12 , 2010 . The episode featured seven cover versions , including a mash-up of `` Happy Days Are Here Again '' and `` Get Happy '' by Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland , respectively . In the episode , transfer student Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet ) joins the glee club . Director Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) assigns the members to perform a duet with another classmate , and offers a prize for the best performance . The students form their duos and begin practicing , testing several relationships and initiating others ; after first being recruited by Kurt Hummel ( Chris Colfer ) , Sam ultimately finds himself partnered with Quinn Fabray ( Dianna Agron ) . `` Duets '' received generally positive reviews from critics , and many praised the show for its character development and varied song choices . The episode also featured a neck-nuzzle between Santana ( Naya Rivera ) and Brittany ( Heather Morris ) , which was a subject of interest to many critics and led Christie Keith of AfterEllen.com to refer to the episode as `` queerest episode of any series that 's ever been on television '' . In its original broadcast , `` Duets '' was watched by 11.36 million American viewers . It was the top-rated program of the night in the 18 -- 49 demographic , attaining a 4.7 / 13 Nielsen rating/share . Both viewership and ratings rose from the previous episode , `` Grilled Cheesus '' . |
Edgar_N._Eisenhower | Edgar N. Eisenhower ( 19 January 1889 -- 12 July 1971 ) was a lawyer , and an older brother of President Dwight D. Eisenhower . He was born in Hope , Kansas and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914 . He began practicing law in 1915 in Tacoma , Washington and was known as a `` shoot from the hip ultraconservative . '' According to his nephew John Eisenhower , Edgar Eisenhower `` considered President ( Franklin ) Roosevelt a work of the devil , '' and `` tried to talk John out of a career in the military , '' saying that he `` should forgo any ideas of becoming a ` professional killer ' and go to law school at his expense , later to join his law office . ' '' |
Dragon_Fist | Dragon Fist is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei , starring Jackie Chan , Nora Miao and James Tien . The film was released in Hong Kong on 21 April 1979 . Like Chan 's Spiritual Kung Fu , Dragon Fist was filmed in early 1978 but was unable to be released or produced because the studio went bankrupt and was running out of money . As a result , both Lo Wei productions only had cost-cutting measures after Chan returned from his loan deal with Seasonal Films , where he made Snake in the Eagle 's Shadow and Drunken Master alongside director Yuen Woo-ping . Unlike most of Jackie Chan 's early films , Dragon Fist had a more serious tone , with little in the way of comedic moments . |
Disney_Channel | Disney Channel ( originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997 and commonly shortened to Disney from 1997 to 2002 ) is an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Television Group , itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . Disney Channel 's programming consists of original first-run television series , theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming . Disney Channel -- which formerly operated as a premium service -- originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s , and later at younger children by the 2000s . Most of Disney Channel 's original programming is aimed at kids ages 9 -- 16 , while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children 8 years and under . As of January 2016 , Disney Channel is available to approximately 93.9 million pay television households ( 80.6 % of households with at least one television set ) in the United States . |
Django_(1966_film) | Django ( -LSB- ˈdʒæŋɡoʊ -RSB- , ) is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci , starring Franco Nero ( in his breakthrough role ) as the title character alongside Loredana Nusciak , José Bódalo , Ángel Álvarez and Eduardo Fajardo . The film follows a Union soldier-turned-drifter and his companion , a mixed-race prostitute , who become embroiled in a bitter , destructive feud between a Ku Klux Klan-esque gang of Confederate racists and a band of Mexican revolutionaries . Intended to capitalize on and rival the success of Sergio Leone 's A Fistful of Dollars , Corbucci 's film is , like Leone 's , considered to be a loose , unofficial adaptation of Akira Kurosawa 's Yojimbo . The film earned a reputation as one of the most violent films ever made at the time , and was subsequently refused a certificate in the United Kingdom until 1993 , when it was issued an 18 certificate ( the film was downgraded to a 15 certificate in 2004 ) . A commercial success upon release , Django has garnered a large cult following outside of Italy and is widely regarded as one of the best films of the Spaghetti Western genre , with the direction , Nero 's role , and Luis Bacalov 's soundtrack most frequently being praised . Although the name is referenced in over thirty `` sequels '' from the time of the film 's release until the early 1970s in an effort to capitalize on the success of the original , most of these films were unofficial , featuring neither Corbucci nor Nero . Nero reprised his role as Django in 1987 's Django Strikes Again , the only official sequel produced with Corbucci 's involvement . Nero also made a cameo appearance in Quentin Tarantino 's 2012 film Django Unchained , an homage to Corbucci 's original . John Sayles is working on a third official instalment in the film series , with Nero reprising his role . |
Dr._Who_(Dalek_films) | Dr. Who is a character based on the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who . Although based on the Doctor appearing in the TV series , the film version of the character is fundamentally different . The character , portrayed by the actor Peter Cushing , appeared in two films made by AARU Productions : Dr. Who and the Daleks ( 1965 ) , which was based on the televised serial The Daleks ( 1963 ) , and Daleks -- Invasion Earth : 2150 A.D. ( 1966 ) , based on The Dalek Invasion of Earth ( 1964 ) . Plans for a third film , to be based on the serial The Chase ( 1965 ) , were abandoned following the poor box office reception of the second film . Cushing made no mention of the films in his autobiography , although he kept a collection of newspaper clippings about them in a scrapbook . |
Dr._Watson | John H. Watson , known as Dr Watson , is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Watson is Sherlock Holmes ' friend , assistant and sometime flatmate , and the first person narrator of all but four of these stories . He is described as the typical Victorian-era gentleman , unlike the more eccentric Holmes . He is astute , although he can never match his friend 's deductive skills . Whilst retaining his role as Holmes 's friend and confidant , Watson has been adapted in various films , television series , video games , comics and radio programmes . |
East_Flatbush_Project | Spencer Bellamy , better known as East Flatbush Project ( also known as Spencer 4 Hire ) , is an American hip hop record producer from Brooklyn , New York City , New York . He has released six singles to date , the most famous of which is titled `` Tried by 12 '' . Each single was released on his record label , 10/30 Uproar Records . The East Flatbush Project has released an EP in July 2008 titled `` First Born '' that is available online . In 2011 , DJ Premier used the `` Tried by 12 '' instrumental as the beat for the Shady 2.0 cypher at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards . The cypher consisted of Eminem , Shady Records artists Slaughterhouse ( a hip hop collective of rappers Royce da 5 ' 9 '' , Joe Budden , Joell Ortiz and Crooked I ) and Yelawolf all freestyling over the beat . This cypher was critically acclaimed and became one of the most discussed events to take place at the awards . |
Dylan_Schneider | Dylan Schneider ( born October 9 , 1999 ) is an American country music singer and songwriter . He self-released his debut extended play , Wannabe in August 2016 . Labelled `` Country Music 's Next Rising Star '' by Billboard , Schneider has landed two EPs in the top 20 of the magazine 's Heatseekers Albums chart in under a year without a label to support them . His first single , `` You Heard Wrong '' , impacted American country radio in February 2017 . |
Doug_Jones_(actor) | Doug Jones ( born May 24 , 1960 ) is an American actor and former contortionist known for roles in the science fiction , fantasy , and horror genres , often wearing heavy makeup to play nonhuman characters . He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro , starring in Mimic , as Abe Sapien in Hellboy and Hellboy II : The Golden Army , the Faun and the Pale Man in Pan 's Labyrinth , Crimson Peak and The Shape of Water . He has appeared in films such as Tank Girl , Hocus Pocus and The Bye Bye Man . He also portrayed the titular Silver Surfer in the superhero film Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer , as well as appearing in the TV series Falling Skies , Buffy the Vampire Slayer and del Toro 's The Strain . He is currently a series regular in Star Trek : Discovery , as Lt. Saru . |
Ed_Sullivan | Edward Vincent Sullivan ( September 28 , 1901 -- October 13 , 1974 ) was an American television personality , sports and entertainment reporter , and longtime syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate . He is principally remembered as the creator and host of the television variety program The Toast of the Town , later popularly -- and , eventually , officially -- renamed The Ed Sullivan Show . Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971 , it set a record as the longest-running variety show in US broadcast history . `` It was , by almost any measure , the last great TV show , '' proclaimed television critic David Hinckley . `` It 's one of our fondest , dearest pop culture memories . '' Sullivan was a broadcasting pioneer at many levels during television 's infancy . As TV critic David Bianculli wrote , `` Before MTV , Sullivan presented rock acts . Before Bravo , he presented jazz and classical music and theater . Before the Comedy Channel , even before there was the Tonight Show , Sullivan discovered , anointed and popularized young comedians . Before there were 500 channels , before there was cable , Ed Sullivan was where the choice was . From the start , he was indeed ` the Toast of the Town ' . '' In 1996 , Sullivan was ranked number 50 on TV Guide 's `` 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time '' . |
Drusus_Julius_Caesar | Drusus Julius Caesar ( 7 October 13 BC -- 14 September AD 23 ) , was the son of Emperor Tiberius , and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in AD 19 . He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the gens Claudia , to Tiberius and his first wife , Vipsania Agrippina . His name at birth was Nero Claudius Drusus after his paternal uncle , Drusus the Elder . In AD 4 , he assumed the name Julius Caesar following his father 's adoption into the Julii by Augustus , and became Drusus Julius Caesar . Drusus first entered politics in AD 10 , and held the office of quaestor . His political career mirrored that of Germanicus , and he assumed all his offices at the same age as his adoptive brother . Following the model of Augustus , it was intended that the two would rule together . They were both popular , and many dedications have been found in their honor across Roman Italy . Cassius Dio calls him `` Castor '' in his Roman History , likening Drusus and Germanicus to the twins , Castor and Pollux , of Roman mythology . In AD 23 , Drusus suddenly died amid a feud with Sejanus , a powerful Praetorian prefect of Rome . Ancient historians , such as Tacitus and Suetonius , say that Sejanus poisoned him with the help of his wife , Livilla . She had been seduced by Sejanus , and with the help of a doctor , poisoned her husband . He died of what appeared to be natural causes on 14 September 23 . |
Dmitry_Rybolovlev | Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev ( Дмитрий Евгеньевич Рыболовлев -LSB- ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪvʲɪtɕ rɨbɐˈlovlʲɪf -RSB- , roughly ) ; born 22 November 1966 ) is a Russian businessman , investor , and philanthropist . Rybolovlev owned the potash producer Uralkali and , in 2011 , became the majority owner and President of Monaco 's football club AS Monaco . His daughter , Ekaterina Rybolovleva , is a well known socialite . In 2015 , Rybolovlev was ranked 156th on Forbes 's list of billionaires with a net worth of $ 8.5 billion . In May 2014 , a Swiss court ordered him to pay over $ 4.5 billion to his former wife Elena , which was believed to be the most expensive divorce settlement in history . In June 2015 , it was announced that Rybolovlev had won his appeal against the 2014 judgement and that the settlement to be made to his former wife was reduced to approximately 564 million Swiss francs . On October 20 , 2015 , Dmitry and Elena announced they had reached an amicable settlement of their divorce , and that all legal actions in relation to the case would cease . Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed . |
Douglas_A-1_Skyraider | The Douglas A-1 Skyraider ( formerly AD ) is an American single-seat attack aircraft that saw service between the late 1940s and early 1980s . The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career ; it became a piston-powered , propeller-driven anachronism in the jet age , and was nicknamed `` Spad '' , after the French World War I fighter . It was operated by the United States Navy ( USN ) , the United States Marine Corps ( USMC ) , and the United States Air Force ( USAF ) , and also saw service with the British Royal Navy , the French Air Force , the Air Force of the Republic of Vietnam ( VNAF ) , and others . It remained in U.S. service until the early 1970s . |
Dwarf_star | A dwarf star is a star of relatively small size and low luminosity . Most main sequence stars are dwarf stars . The term was originally coined in 1906 when the Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung noticed that the reddest stars -- classified as K and M in the Harvard scheme could be divided into two distinct groups . They are either much brighter than the Sun , or much fainter . To distinguish these groups , he called them `` giant '' and `` dwarf '' stars , the dwarf stars being fainter and the giants being brighter than the Sun . Most stars are currently classified under the Morgan Keenan System using the letters O , B , A , F , G , K , and M , a sequence from the hottest : O type , to the coolest : M type . The scope of the term `` dwarf '' was later expanded to include the following : Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main-sequence star , a star of luminosity class V : main-sequence stars ( dwarfs ) . Example : Achernar ( B6Vep ) Red dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars . Yellow dwarfs are main-sequence ( dwarf ) stars with masses comparable to that of the Sun . Orange dwarfs are K-type main-sequence stars . A blue dwarf is a hypothesized class of very-low-mass stars that increase in temperature as they near the end of their main-sequence lifetime . A white dwarf is a star composed of electron-degenerate matter , thought to be the final stage in the evolution of stars not massive enough to collapse into a neutron star or undergo a Type II supernova -- stars less massive than roughly 9 solar masses . A black dwarf is a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently such that it no longer emits any visible light . A brown dwarf is a substellar object not massive enough to ever fuse hydrogen into helium , but still massive enough to fuse deuterium -- less than about 0.08 solar masses and more than about 13 Jupiter masses . |
Dom_(title) | Dom is an honorific prefixed to the given name . It derives from the Latin Dominus . It is used in English for certain Benedictine ( including some communities which follow the Rule of St. Benedict ) and Carthusian monks , and for members of certain communities of Canons Regular . Examples include Benedictine monks of the English Benedictine Congregation ( e.g. Dom John Chapman , late Abbot of Downside ) . Since the Second Vatican Council , the title can be given to any monk ( lay or ordained ) who has made a solemn profession . The equivalent title for a nun is `` Dame '' ( e.g. Dame Laurentia McLachlan , late Abbess of Stanbrook , or Dame Felicitas Corrigan , author ) . In Portugal and Brazil , Dom ( -LSB- ˈdõ -RSB- ) is used for certain hierarchs of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches , and for laymen who belong to the royal and imperial families ( for example the House of Aviz in Portugal and the House of Braganza in Portugal and Brazil ) . It was also accorded to members of families of the titled Portuguese nobility . Unless ennobling letters patent specifically authorised its use , Dom was not attributed to members of Portugal 's untitled nobility : Since hereditary titles in Portugal descended according to primogeniture , the right to the style of Dom was the only apparent distinction between cadets of titled families and members of untitled noble families . Dom has historically been used on occasions in French , as an honorific for Benedictine monks , such as the famous Dom Pérignon . The feminine form , Dona , is a common honorific reserved for women , such as the First Lady of Brazil . In Portugal the feminine version of the honorific is more broadly attributed to women than Dom is to men . |
Ed_Westwick | Edward Jack Peter `` Ed '' Westwick ( born 27 June 1987 ) is an English actor and musician , best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW 's teen television drama series Gossip Girl ( 2007 -- 12 ) . He made his feature film debut in Children of Men ( 2006 ) and has since appeared in the films Breaking and Entering ( 2006 ) , Son of Rambow ( 2007 ) , S. Darko ( 2009 ) , Chalet Girl ( 2011 ) , J. Edgar ( 2011 ) , Romeo and Juliet ( 2013 ) , Bone in the Throat ( 2015 ) , Freaks of Nature ( 2015 ) , and Billionaire Ransom ( 2016 ) . He appeared in the `` White Gold '' ( 2017 ) television series . |
Doctor_at_the_Top | Doctor at the Top is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors . With episodes written ( though not jointly ) by George Layton and Bill Oddie , the series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor Down Under , and was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1991 . In this series the lead characters have all progressed in their careers : Waring and Collier are now surgeons , and Stuart-Clark is a professor . The series was not as well received as its predecessors and was cancelled after one series . According to Layton , it `` depressed the whole nation '' , and Oddie dubbed it `` Doctor Down The Drain '' . |
Double_Dynamite | Double Dynamite is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Jane Russell , Groucho Marx , and Frank Sinatra . The film was written by Leo Rosten , Mel Shavelson , Mannie Manheim , and Harry Crane . The film was originally entitled It 's Only Money , before RKO owner Howard Hughes changed the title to Double Dynamite as a reference to co-star Jane Russell 's famous cleavage . The movie involves a bank teller ( Sinatra ) suspected of embezzling who turns to a sardonic waiter ( Groucho Marx ) for advice . Although Sinatra has by far the most screen time , he took third billing behind Jane Russell and Groucho Marx . Most of the scenes are devoted to the interactions of Sinatra and Marx , who had just begun televising his radio show You Bet Your Life the year before and was in between his wilder Marx Brothers persona and the more toned-down television Groucho . Both Sinatra and Jane Russell play against type as a shy , timid pair , while Marx portrays a sarcastic waiter who breezily mentors the frightened young couple . Jane Russell and Groucho Marx each sing a duet with Frank Sinatra written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn . Marx and Sinatra sing `` It 's Only Money '' , and Russell and Sinatra deliver the romantic `` Kisses and Tears . '' Filmed in 1948 , it was held for several years after production , and released in 1951 . It was not a financial or critical success . |
Duophonique | Duophonique is a compilation album of famous songs by Canadian singer Roch Voisine in French performed as duos with other artists with all new , and often symphonic orchestra arrangements . It was released on 25 February 2013 containing 13 tracks , 11 of which are duo interpretations of well-known Roch Voisine songs , and one original song called `` Montréal-Québec '' done in two versions , one as a duo with Marilou and another as a solo pop version . The pop version was previously released on the Canadian edition of Confidences . The Canadian edition was released on 29 October 2013 containing 12 tracks . Some of the tracks are as performed on the European edition , while others are performed with different artists . The order of tracks differs from the European edition , and track 12 ( `` Pourtant '' ) was not featured on the European edition . |
Drum_Club | Drum Club was a 1990s electronic music duo of former promoters and DJs Charlie Hall and Lol Hammond . They released several albums and singles on record labels such as Big Life and Butterfly Records . Their 1993 single `` Sound System '' reached # 63 on the UK Singles Chart . They have remixed artists such as Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia , Chapterhouse , Killing Joke , Transglobal Underground & Invaders Of The Heart and have been remixed by artists including Hardkiss , Underworld , Youth & Orbital . |
Ed_Du_Bois,_III | Ed Du Bois , III is an American private investigator based in Miami , Florida . DuBois is President of Investigators , Inc. . Since 1968 , he has been the National Football League 's Security Representative in Miami . His most infamous case is known as the Sun Gym gang murders , which are featured in Michael Bay 's film Pain & Gain ( 2013 ) . In the film , Du Bois is portrayed by actor Ed Harris , while his late wife , Carolyn `` Sissy '' Du Bois , is portrayed by actress Emily Rutherfurd . A part-time singer , songwriter , and musician ( he plays the guitar ) , Du Bois released the single `` Pain and Gain - Retribution Song '' on March 1 , 2013 . The song tells the story about Marc Schiller , the true-life victim of the Sun Gym gang . Schiller 's character is fictionalized as Victor Kershaw in Paramount 's film - Pain & Gain ( 2013 ) - portrayed by actor Tony Shalhoub . Ed Du Bois wrote the song and recorded it at Red Rock Studios in Miami , Florida . |
Dúnedain | In J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium , the Dúnedain -LSB- ˈduːnɛdaɪn -RSB- ( singular : Dúnadan , `` man of the west '' ) were a race of Men descended from the Númenóreans who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth , led by Elendil and his sons , Isildur and Anárion . They are also called the Men of the West and the Men of Westernesse ( direct translations of the Sindarin term ) . They settled mainly in Arnor and Gondor . The Westron name for Dúnadan was simply Adûn , `` westerner '' , but this name was seldom used . This name was reserved to those Númenóreans who were friendly to the Elves : the other , hostile survivors of the Downfall were known as the Black Númenóreans . |
Doomsday_(Doctor_Who) | `` Doomsday '' is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the revival of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who . It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story ; the first part , `` Army of Ghosts '' , was broadcast on 1 July 2006 . The two-part story features the Daleks , presumed extinct after the events of the 2005 series ' finale , and the Cybermen , who appeared in a parallel universe in `` Rise of the Cybermen '' and `` The Age of Steel '' . Both species unexpectedly arrive on Earth at the conclusion of `` Army of Ghosts '' . The concept of the Daleks and the Cybermen both appearing on-screen was first proposed in 1967 , but was vetoed by Terry Nation , the creator of the Daleks . The episode is the first conflict between the two species in Doctor Whos 45-year history , and features Billie Piper 's last appearance in the lead companion role as Rose Tyler ; the final regular appearance of Noel Clarke as Rose 's ex-boyfriend and previous companion Mickey Smith ; and the final regular appearances of Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall as Rose 's parents , Jackie and Pete Tyler . The episode was filmed in December 2005 and January 2006 , alongside the episodes `` Rise of the Cybermen '' and `` The Age of Steel '' . The plot consists mostly of the Daleks and Cybermen waging a global war , with humanity caught in the crossfire . The Doctor , the Tyler family , and Mickey Smith fight for their lives trying to reverse the situation . They are successful , but at an emotional cost to the Doctor and Rose , as they are left in separate universes . The episode is one of the most popular Doctor Who episodes since the show 's revival . It was nominated , along with `` Army of Ghosts '' , for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form ; the award was won by the fourth episode in the series , `` The Girl in the Fireplace '' . It shared the revived series ' highest Audience Appreciation rating of 89 with `` The Parting of the Ways '' , `` Silence in the Library '' , and `` Forest of the Dead '' until 28 June 2008 -- `` The Stolen Earth '' gained an AI rating of 91 -- and is favoured by most critics for both the Dalek-Cyberman conflict and the farewell scene between the Doctor and Rose . |
Doctor_Who | Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963 . The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called `` The Doctor '' , an extraterrestrial being from the planet Gallifrey . He explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS . Its exterior appears as a blue British police box , which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired . Accompanied by a number of companions , the Doctor combats a variety of foes , while working to save civilisations and help people in need . The show is a significant part of British popular culture , and elsewhere it has gained a cult following . It has influenced generations of British television professionals , many of whom grew up watching the series . The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989 . There was an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot , in the form of a television film titled Doctor Who . The programme was relaunched in 2005 , and since then has been produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff . Doctor Who has also spawned numerous spin-offs , including comic books , films , novels , audio dramas , and the television series Torchwood ( 2006 -- 2011 ) , The Sarah Jane Adventures ( 2007 -- 2011 ) , K-9 ( 2009 -- 2010 ) , and Class '' ( 2016-present ) , and has been the subject of many parodies and references in popular culture . Twelve actors have headlined the series as the Doctor . The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation -- an idea introduced in 1966 to allow the show to continue after the departure of original lead William Hartnell who was becoming very ill at the time . The concept is that this is a Time Lord trait through which the character of the Doctor takes on a new body and personality to recover from a severe injury or anything that would otherwise kill a normal person . Each actor 's portrayal differs , but all represent stages in the life of the same character and form a single narrative . The time-travelling feature of the plot means that different incarnations of the Doctor occasionally meet . The current lead , Peter Capaldi , took on the role after Matt Smith 's exit in the 2013 Christmas special `` The Time of the Doctor '' . In 2017 , Capaldi confirmed he would be leaving at the end of the tenth series , with his final appearance being the 2017 Christmas Special . |
Double_Dare_(Nickelodeon_game_show) | Double Dare is an American television game show where two teams compete to win cash and prizes by answering trivia questions and completing messy stunts known as physical challenges . Hosted by Marc Summers , the program premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6 , 1986 as Nickelodeon 's first game show . A continuation for syndication premiered on February 22 , 1988 , later revamped as Super Sloppy Double Dare on January 22 , 1989 . The program also had a short run on Fox as Family Double Dare , airing from April 3 to July 23 , 1988 . Nickelodeon continued Family Double Dare , premiering a new version on October 6 , 1990 . The original series ended on February 6 , 1993 . A later revival hosted by Jason Harris , titled Double Dare 2000 , aired from January 22 to November 10 , 2000 . Almost immediately after its debut , Double Dare had more than tripled viewership for Nickelodeon 's afternoon lineup , becoming the most watched original daily program on cable television . The program was a major success for Nickelodeon , helping establish the network as a player in cable and revitalize the genre of game shows for children . Double Dare remains Nickelodeon 's longest-running game show . In January 2001 , TV Guide ranked the show number 29 on its list of `` 50 Greatest Game Shows . '' |
Doctor_Who:_The_First_Adventure | Doctor Who : The First Adventure is a computer game based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who released for the BBC Micro in 1983 . It was written by Jeremy Ruston . It featured the Fifth Doctor , as the player ventured through four mini-games which went by levels of completion which were Doctor Who themed versions of Pac-Man , Frogger , Space Invaders and Battleship . The first level called `` Labyrinth of Death '' was based on Pac-Man . Level 2 , `` The Prison '' was a Frogger type game . The third level , `` Terrordactyls '' was a shooting game . The final level , `` Box '' was a variant on Battleships featuring hidden aliens as the targets . The player was given 15 lives , called regenerations , and 60 minutes to complete the game . This was the first officially licensed Doctor Who game ; however , several unofficial Doctor Who games had been released previously such as Time Lords by Red Shift . |
Donald_Wills_Douglas_Sr. | Donald Wills Douglas , Sr. ( 6 April 1892 -- 1 February 1981 ) was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer . An aviation pioneer , he designed and built the Douglas Cloudster . Though it failed in its intended purpose -- being the first to fly non-stop across the United States -- it became the first airplane with a payload greater than its own weight . He founded the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921 ( the company later merged with McDonnell Aircraft to form McDonnell Douglas Corporation ) . Under his leadership , the company became one of the leaders of the commercial aircraft industry , engaging in a decades-long struggle for supremacy with arch-rival William Boeing and the company he founded , Boeing . Douglas gained the upper hand , particularly with his revolutionary and highly successful Douglas DC-3 airliner and its equally popular World War II military transport version , the C-47 ; at the start of the war , his airplanes made up 80 % of all commercial aircraft in service . However , he lagged behind in the jet age and was overtaken and surpassed by Boeing . He retired in 1957 . |
Doctor_Who_(pinball) | Doctor Who is a pinball machine designed by Bill Pfutzenreuter ( Pfutz ) and Barry Oursler , and released by Midway ( under the Bally brand name ) in September 1992 . It is based on the television series of the same name , although the relationship of spinoff media to the parent series is open to question . As stated in the Gameplay section , the rulesheet is rather different from other pinball machines released at the time , which did n't help popularity ( and even now it is still seen as an exotic machine amongst collectors ) as casual players did not understand the complex rule changes that occur during the game . The first 100 games included a moving Dalek topper that would turn side-to-side while the robot was speaking . The effect was achieved by fitting the robot 's body with a complex motor , cam , and optoelectronics system . Its complexity and expense lead to it being cut from the production run . Production Dalek toppers can be made to move with `` wobble head kits '' . Prototypes featured the old Bally-style backbox ( and a totally different backglass ) , but this was changed to the Williams-styled one in order to cheapen the production process for both product lines . |
East_West_Bancorp | East West Bancorp is the parent company of East West Bank . It is a publicly owned company with $ 34.8 billion in assets and is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol `` EWBC '' . The Company 's wholly owned subsidiary , East West Bank , is one of the largest independent commercial banks headquartered in California with over 130 locations worldwide , including the U.S. markets of California , New York , Georgia , Nevada , Massachusetts , Texas and Washington . In Greater China , East West 's presence includes a full-service branch in Hong Kong , Shanghai , Shantou and Shenzhen , and representative offices in Beijing , Chongqing , Guangzhou , Taipei and Xiamen . East West Bancorp Inc. operates segments in Retail Banking , Commercial Banking , and Other . On May 28 , 1999 , East West Bancorp Inc. , parent company of wholly owned East West Bank , announced that it had completed its $ 13.5 million acquisition of First Central Bank , N.A. in an all-cash transaction . |
Dish_Home | Dish Home is the only DTH service provider in Nepal , operated by Dish Media Network Pvt. Ltd. . It was formed in 2010 after a merger between two DTH providers , namely Home TV and Dish Nepal.In the year of 2011 Sandmartin International Holding ( SMT ) became one of the key stareholder of Dish Media Network Pvt. Ltd. and provides expertise in developing new technologies and digital innovations in the satellite broadcasting.By the year 2016 , Dish Home had crossed the 750,000 subscriber mark . As of September , 2016 Dish Home has a total of 160 + television channels , including 120 + SD channels and 35 + HD channels with Dish Home 's own Channel Dish Home Showcase , Plus Movie , Dish Home Entertainment , Dish Home Sports and Test Channel which exists in Channel No. 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 and 104 respectively . It provides all the major Nepali channels , Hindi and English language general entertainment channels , including other pay channels of sports , music , movies , news , and kids genre . Dish Home uses MPEG-4 with DVB S2 digital compression technology , transmitting HD Channels and SD Channels in Ku-Band on Amos-4 at 65.0 ° E. Dish Home relies on CAS from Verimatrix and Latens . Their STBs are provisioned by SandMartin and Arion . Its primary competitors are cable television providers , and other DTH service providers from India and China . |
Document | A document is a written , drawn , presented , or memorialized representation of thought . The word originates from the Latin documentum , which denotes a `` teaching '' or `` lesson '' : the verb doceō denotes `` to teach '' . In the past the word was usually used to denote a written proof useful as evidence of a truth or fact . In the computer age , `` document '' usually denotes a primarily textual computer file , including its structure and format , e. g. fonts , colors , and images . Contemporarily , `` document '' is not defined by its transmission medium , e. g. , paper , given the existence of electronic documents . `` Documentation '' is distinct because it has more denotations than `` document '' . Documents are also distinguished from `` realia '' , which are 3 dimensional objects that would otherwise satisfy the definition of `` document '' because they memorialize or represent thought ; documents are considered more as 2 dimensional representations . |
Don't_Turn_Out_the_Lights | `` Do n't Turn Out the Lights '' is a song by American recording artists New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys from their collaboration compilation album , NKOTBSB . All current Backstreet Boys members at the time sing lead on the song , along with Joey McIntyre , Donnie Wahlberg , and Jordan Knight from NKOTB . The song was written by Jess Cates , Claude Kelly , Emanuel Kiriakou , and produced by Kiriakou . A sneak preview of `` Do n't Turn Out the Lights '' was played by Backstreet Boys members Brian Littrell and A. J. McLean on the Backstreet Boys 2010 Cruise and was leaked to the internet on April 1 , 2011 . On April 5 , 2011 , the song premiered on On Air With Ryan Seacrest and was released to iTunes in the US and Canada as the lead single from the album by Legacy Recordings . The single debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart on April 14 , 2011 . |
Dreamchild | Dreamchild is a 1985 British drama film written by Dennis Potter , directed by Gavin Millar and produced by Rick McCallum and Kenith Trodd . It stars Coral Browne , Ian Holm , Peter Gallagher , Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley and is a fictionalised account of Alice Liddell , the child who inspired Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . The story is told from the point of view of the elderly Alice ( now the widowed Mrs Hargreaves ) as she travels to the United States from England to receive an honorary degree from Columbia University celebrating the centenary of Lewis Carroll 's birth . It shares common themes with Potter 's television play Alice ( 1965 ) . The film evolves from the factual to the hallucinatory as Alice revisits her memories of the Reverend Charles Dodgson ( Holm ) , in Victorian-era Oxford to her immediate present in Depression-era New York . Accompanied by a shy young orphan named Lucy ( Cowper ) , old Alice must make her way through the modern world of tabloid journalism and commercial exploitation while attempting to come to peace with her conflicted childhood with the Oxford don . |
Donald_Wilson_(general) | Donald Wilson ( 25 September 1892 -- 21 June 1978 ) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II . Wilson enlisted in the Maryland National Guard as a private in 1916 and served with it on the Mexican border and the Western Front during World War I before transferring to the United States Army Air Service . After the war , he obtained a regular commission . Already qualified as an aerial observer , he became a pilot in 1922 . For many years he was an influential instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School . Wilson became a leading theorist who embraced the doctrine that strategic bombing was the most important aspect of air power . He argued that by attacking vulnerabilities , whole industries could be brought to a halt without necessarily having to destroy all of the factories . The doctrine which Wilson expounded later became the basis for AWPD-1 , the Army Air Forces ' strategic war plan developed in 1941 . During World War II , Wilson served as Chief of the Personnel Division ( G-l ) of the War Department General Staff . He became Chief of Staff of the Fifth Air Force in September 1942 , before returning to the United States in 1944 to become Assistant Chief of Staff , United States Army Air Forces for Organization , Commitments and Requirements . For a time he was acting Chief of Staff of Army Air Forces . In February 1945 , Wilson was present at the Battle of Iwo Jima as an official Army Air Forces observer . In June 1945 , he assumed command of the Air Force Proving Ground Command . After the war , Wilson served as a member of the Gerow Board , which examined the military educational system and instituted a series of long-lasting reforms . In 1947 , he was diagnosed with neurasthenia , and retired with the rank of major general . |
Duett_(Rolf_Løvland_song) | `` Duett '' is a power ballad in Norwegian , sung by Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen as a duet in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 1994 . The song won the Grand Prix , thus earning the right to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 . The song deals with the power of song itself , with both performers describing the feelings they get from hearing the other 's voice . They sing that it makes them feel free and united in spirit . The song was performed seventeenth on the night , following Lithuania 's Ovidijus Vyšniauskas with `` Lopšinė mylimai '' and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina 's Alma & Dejan with `` Ostani kraj mene '' . At the close of voting , it had received 76 points , placing 6th in a field of 25 . It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1995 contest by Secret Garden with `` Nocturne '' . `` Duett '' was also made in an English language version , where it 's called `` Duet '' . The single record featured the Norwegian-language version and the English-language version . It peaked at # 3 at the Norwegian singles chart . |
Dushman_(1972_film) | Dushman is a 1972 Hindi film produced by Premji and directed by Dulal Guha . It is based on a novel by Veerendra Sharma . The film stars Rajesh Khanna in the title role and for which he received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor , the only nomination for the film . Meena Kumari , Mumtaz , Bindu , Rehman , Asit Sen and Johnny Walker are part of the cast . Khanna had 11 releases in the year 1972 and of them except for Maalik ( 1972 film ) , rest of the 10 were successful . This film was among the highest grossing films of the year 1972 . The film became a `` super-hit '' at the box office . The 2012 review of the film by Hindu newspaper stated `` Essaying the role of Surjit Singh , a reckless , macho truck driver , with a penchant for consuming desi liquor and visiting brothels , the actor can be described in only one word -- superb . Wearing fatigues for most of the film and donning a moustache , Khanna looks every bit the truck driver he portrays . He adapts to the role , discarding his trademark mannerism and style of dialogue delivery for a sprightly walk and body language that smacks of arrogance . '' This film was remade in Tamil as Needhi in the same year ( 1972 ) starring Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa . The film was later remade into the Telugu film Khaidii Babay ( 1974 ) starring Shobhan Babu in the title role , and Vanisri as his love interest . It was also remade in Kannada as Hosa Theerpu ( 1983 ) with Ambareesh . |
Donick_Cary | Donick Cary is an Emmy-winning writer and producer . He got his start writing for `` Late Night with David Letterman . '' He continued working with the show through its move to CBS , serving as both head writer and the `` guy in the bear suit . '' After five years in Late Night , Cary moved to `` The Simpsons , '' where he served as a co-executive producer for four seasons ( Seasons 7-11 ) . He then served in the same capacity on NBC 's Just Shoot Me , HBO 's Bored to Death , Fox 's New Girl , and NBC 's Parks and Recreation . Cary has produced pilots for and developed with : Brillstein Grey , Sony Television , Happy Madison , Conaco , ABC , NBC , CBS , FOX , FX , HBO , the WB and Nickelodeon . In 2004 Donick created the animated series Lil ' Bush for Ampd mobile cell phones . The show was then picked up by Comedy Central and became the first mobi/web-series ever to move from cell phones to television . To handle the animation Donick founded Sugarshack Animation ( Sugarshackanimation.com ) with offices in Los Angeles , Miami , and Sofia , Bulgaria . Currently Cary is writing and producing `` Silicon Valley '' for HBO and directing a feature documentary entitled `` Bad Trip '' ( a comic exploration of tripping ) for Ben Stiller 's Red Hour films . Cary grew up on Nantucket Island , graduating from Nantucket High School in 1986 . He is the son of actors Richard and Mara Cary and the brother of actress Martha Cary , the latter two of whom have done voices for his show Lil ' Bush . |
Domnina_(daughter_of_Nero) | According to a Christian tradition , recorded in The Passiones of St. Photeine , Domnina , daughter of the Roman emperor Nero , was converted in to Christianity along with her hundred slave girls , by the samaritan woman Photine . According to the tradition , Domnina ordered that `` all the tempting gold be sold and the money distributed to the poor '' . Domnina is not recorded in historical sources , and the story is likely a Christian myth dating to late antiquity , or to the medieval period . Nero 's only recorded offspring was a daughter named Claudia Augusta , who died in infancy . `` Nero 's daughter '' , named Domnina or otherwise , is also mentioned in some versions of the medieval fable of ` Virgil in the basket ' , as the lady who is the subject of the poet 's affections . Such tales often blend fact with fiction and freely conflate and combine items from different eras of history , without regard for the actual chronology . |
Dwight_D._Eisenhower | Dwight David `` Ike '' Eisenhower ( -LSB- ˈaɪzənˌhaʊ.ər -RSB- ; October 14 , 1890 -- March 28 , 1969 ) was an American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 . He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe . He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942 -- 43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944 -- 45 from the Western Front . Eisenhower was born in Denison , Texas , and raised in Kansas in a large family of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry by parents with a strong religious background . His mother was born a Lutheran , married as a River Brethren and later converted to Jehovah 's Witnesses . Eisenhower did not belong to any denomination until he was President . He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud , with whom he had two sons . During World War I , he was denied a request to serve in Europe , instead commanding a unit training tank crews . Following the war , he served under several notable generals , and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941 . After the U.S. entered World War II , Eisenhower oversaw the successful invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany . After the war , Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff and then in an uncomfortable role as president of Columbia University . In 1951 -- 52 , he served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO . Eisenhower entered the 1952 presidential race as a Republican , in order to block the foreign policies of Senator Robert A. Taft . He won two landslide elections , becoming the first Republican winner to do so since 1928 . Eisenhower 's main goals in office were to contain the expansion of the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits . In 1953 , he threatened the use of nuclear weapons until China agreed to terms regarding POWs in the Korean War . An armistice ended the stalemated conflict . His New Look policy of nuclear deterrence prioritized inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing funding for expensive Army divisions . He continued Truman 's policy of recognizing the Republic of China as the legitimate government of China , and he won congressional approval of the Formosa Resolution . His administration provided major aid to help the French fight off Vietnamese Communists in the First Indochina War . After the French left he gave strong financial support to the new state of South Vietnam . He supported local military coups against hostile governments in Iran and Guatemala . During the Suez Crisis of 1956 , Eisenhower condemned the Israeli , British and French invasion of Egypt , and forced them to withdraw . He also condemned the Soviet invasion during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 but took no action . After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957 , Eisenhower authorized the establishment of NASA , which led to the space race . During the Syrian Crisis of 1957 he approved a CIA-MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria 's pro-western neighbours . He deployed 15,000 soldiers during the 1958 Lebanon crisis . Near the end of his term , his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed when an American spy plane was shot down over Russia . On the domestic front , Eisenhower was a moderate conservative who continued New Deal agencies and expanded Social Security . He covertly opposed Joseph McCarthy and contributed to the end of McCarthyism by openly invoking executive privilege . Eisenhower was reluctant to support civil rights but signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and sent Army troops to enforce federal court orders that integrated schools in Little Rock , Arkansas . His largest program was the Interstate Highway System . He promoted the establishment of strong science education via the National Defense Education Act . Eisenhower 's two terms saw widespread economic prosperity except for a minor recession in 1958 . In his farewell address to the nation , Eisenhower expressed his concerns about the dangers of massive military spending , particularly deficit spending and government contracts to private military manufacturers . Voted Gallup 's most admired man twelve times , he achieved widespread popular esteem both in and out of office . Since the late 20th century , consensus among Western scholars has consistently held Eisenhower as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents . |
Doctor_Who_(season_11) | The eleventh season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 15 December 1973 with the serial The Time Warrior , and ended with Jon Pertwee 's final serial Planet of the Spiders . The season 's writing was recognized by the Writer 's Guild of Great Britain for Best Children 's Drama Script . |
Doctor_Doom | Doctor Victor Von Doom ( or simply Doctor Doom ) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The son of Romani witch Cynthia Von Doom , Doctor Doom traditionally has been the archenemy of the Fantastic Four , and the leader of the fictional nation of Latveria . He is both a genius inventor and a sorcerer . While his chief opponents have been the Fantastic Four , he has also come into conflict with Iron Man , the Avengers and other superheroes in the Marvel Universe . Though normally portrayed as a supervillain , since Civil War II in 2016 , Doom has been depicted as a superhero , taking up the mantle of Iron Man from Tony Stark , and going on to join the Avengers . Doctor Doom has made many appearances in video games , television series , and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards . He was ranked as the 4th Greatest Villain by Wizard on its 100 Greatest Villains of All Time list . IGN 's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Doctor Doom as # 3 . Doctor Doom has also been featured in other Marvel-endorsed feature films such as Roger Corman 's unreleased 1994 The Fantastic Four played by Joseph Culp , and the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer played by Julian McMahon . Toby Kebbell portrays the character in the 2015 reboot . |
Dominic_Brown | Dominic `` Dom '' Brown is a London-based guitarist and singer-songwriter who has worked with many popular musicians , including Duran Duran , Elton John , Lionel Richie and Take That . He has also done both studio and live recordings with Justin Timberlake , Liam Gallagher and the Sugababes , along with many others . Dom cites his influences as `` Jimi Hendrix , Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd , David Bowie , Nirvana , Rolling Stones , Stevie Ray Vaughan , The Police , James Brown , Miles Davis , Jimmy Page , Stevie Wonder , Jeff Beck , Jeff Buckley , Dave Gilmour , Charles Mingus , Charlie Parker , Meters , Eric Clapton , Duran Duran , Otis Redding , Chic , Ben Harper , AC/DC , Robert Johnson , Mick Ronson , Mozart , Frank Zappa , White Stripes , Massive Attack , Soundgarden , Cream , John Mayer , Howlin ' Wolf , Smashing Pumpkins , Ian Hunter , The Stranglers , Marvin Gaye , Steely Dan , Sly Stone , Beck , Fleetwood Mac , Roxy Music , Muddy Waters , Curtis Mayfield and more ... '' He began playing guitar at the age of 14 , and by 16 had put together the band Nexus , based in Twickenham . He was soon touring with his father , musician Rob Brown . He has performed solo and in his own bands around the world , as well as serving as a sessions and live backup player for numerous other performers . Brown first appeared with Duran Duran in December 2004 as a stand-in for ill guitarist Andy Taylor , and performed in Taylor 's place several more times over the following two years . After Taylor left the band in October 2006 , Brown was hired to record guitar parts for their next album , Red Carpet Massacre ( 2007 ) , and perform on the supporting world tour . He also played with the band at the Concert for Diana and Live Earth London at Wembley Stadium . Brown continues in his role as Duran Duran 's guitarist albeit not as a full member of the band . He co-wrote 13 of the 15 tracks on the band 's 2011 album All You Need Is Now and 4 of the 12 tracks on their 2015 album Paper Gods . Dominic 's solo albums are published by the independent UK record label Remedy Records . |
Dre_Allen | Andre `` Dre '' Allen ( born April 18 , 1975 ) is an American actor , singer-songwriter , music video director , film producer , author , entrepreneur , and record producer . Born in California 's bay area , Dre Allen is also the founding member of Los Angeles-based 1990s pop and R & B group IV Xample , whose debut album For Example sold over 500,000 copies worldwide due to the success of their debut single `` I 'd Rather Be Alone '' . Allen 's debut solo album was released on his independent record label Movemakers Entertainment . The album was called L.Y.F.E. and sold over 24,000 copies through online and nontraditional retail outlets . His second album was called Ghetto Rockstar and was briefly distributed by Tommy Boy Records but was later moved over to his independent imprint . His third and final album Recovery from his band `` The Dre Allen Project '' was released in the summer of 2010 and featured production from him , Food Mart Music , Organized Noize , and Jefferey David . The independent album sold 10,000 units in a declining music industry sales climate dominated by major releases . In 2010 , Recovery was pulled from shelves in a move Allen called `` an attempt to preserve the music for future theatrical uses '' . As of December 2010 , Dre Allen is the President and co-owner of The Allen/Sito Group , which houses the event marketing and staffing agency Best Reps Event Marketing . His client roster boasts international brands such as Grand Marnier , The Macallan Scotch Whiskey , TGI Friday 's , ESPN , NASCAR , Skyy Vodka , Universal Television , Verizon , Axe , Remy Martin , USA Network , and The FIG Event Center in Dallas . He also owns ASG Films , which has a new film in development called The Vigilants , set to shoot in Las Vegas , L.A. , and San Francisco in late 2015 . Allen was nominated for a 2010 Grammy award as co-writer on the album from one half of the hip hop group Outkast , Big Boi . The album is called Sir Lucious Leftfoot , Son of Chico Dusty . Allen has worked with performers and producers Babyface , The Underdogs , Scott Storch , Robin Thicke , Big Boi of Outkast , Chris Stokes , Narada Michael Walden , Bradley Spalter , Tyga , Kendrick Lamar , Montel Jordan , Master P , Jon B , Az Yet , Kenny Lattimore , Jesse Powell , Pooh Bear aka MDMA , Will Downing , En Vogue , Stevie B , the last studio album in 1999 by R & B legends The Spinners and many more . In addition to all of his creative and entrepreneurial endeavors , Allen was also state licensed in Nevada real estate . Most recently , he is producing and directing several upcoming film and television projects . |
Dolphin_Tale_2 | Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith as the sequel to his 2011 film Dolphin Tale . Harry Connick Jr. , Ashley Judd , Nathan Gamble , Cozi Zuehlsdorff , Kris Kristofferson , Morgan Freeman , Juliana Harkavy , Austin Stowell , Betsy Landin , and Austin Highsmith all reprise their roles from the first film , while Lee Karlinsky , Julia Jordan , Taylor Blackwell , and Bethany Hamilton join the cast . It was released on September 12 , 2014 and tells the story of another dolphin at the hospital named `` Hope '' . After Winter 's elderly companion and surrogate mother , Panama , dies , Winter 's future is in jeopardy , unless Sawyer , Clay , Hazel , and the rest of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium team can find a new companion for her . |
Doctor_Who_(season_15) | The fifteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 3 September 1977 with the episode Horror of Fang Rock , and ended with The Invasion of Time . |
Drama_(film_and_television) | When used to define a specific genre or type of film or television programme , drama is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular subgenre , such as `` political drama , '' `` courtroom drama , '' historical drama , '' `` domestic drama , '' or `` comedy-drama . '' These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter , or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods . All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis ) characters . In this broader sense , drama is a mode distinct from novels , short stories , and narrative poetry or songs . In the modern era before the birth of cinema or television , `` drama '' came to be used within the theatre as a generic term to describe a type of play that was neither a comedy nor a tragedy . It is this narrower sense that the film and television industries , along with film studies , adopted . `` Radio drama '' has been used in both senses -- originally transmitted in a live performance , it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio . |
Dr._Horrible's_Sing-Along_Blog | Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries in three acts , produced exclusively for Internet distribution . Filmed and set in Los Angeles , the show tells the story of Dr. Horrible ( played by Neil Patrick Harris ) , an aspiring supervillain ; Captain Hammer ( Nathan Fillion ) , his nemesis ; and Penny ( Felicia Day ) , their shared love interest . The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon , his brothers Zack Whedon ( a television writer ) and Jed Whedon ( a composer ) , and writer/actress Maurissa Tancharoen . The team wrote the musical during the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike . The idea was to create something small and inexpensive , yet professionally done , in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike . Reception has been overwhelmingly positive . On October 31 , 2008 , Time magazine named it # 15 in Time '' 's Top 50 Inventions of 2008 . It also won the People 's Choice Award for `` Favorite Online Sensation '' , and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form . In the inaugural 2009 Streamy Awards for web television , Dr. Horrible '' won seven awards : Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series , Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series , Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series , Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series ( Harris ) , Best Editing , Best Cinematography , and Best Original Music . It also won a 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class -- Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs . |
Documentary_film | A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality , primarily for the purposes of instruction , education , or maintaining a historical record . Such films were originally shot on film stock -- the only medium available -- but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video , made into a TV show , or released for screening in cinemas . `` Documentary '' has been described as a `` filmmaking practice , a cinematic tradition , and mode of audience reception '' that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries . |
Dmitry_Ayatskov | Dmitry Fyodorovich Ayatskov ( Дми́трий Фёдорович Ая́цков born November 9 , 1950 , village Kalinino ( now Stolypino ) , Baltaysky District , Saratov Oblast , USSR ) is a Russian politician and statesman , the head of administration ( 1996 ) and the Governor of the Saratov region ( 1996-2005 ) . In 2005 , after the abolition of elections of regional leaders , President Putin did not propose the candidature of Dmitry Ayatskov to override the governor of the region . Instead , in March 2005 Ayatskov was appointed Russian ambassador to Belarus . However , on 19 July 2005 at a press conference in Saratov , which he gave after the receipt of agreement , that is an official agreement on the visit to Minsk as an ambassador , Ayatskov offered Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko `` stop blowing cheeks '' . These words caused a scandal , and the appointment did not take place . In autumn 2005 there was information that Dmitry Ayatskov will take the post of the President of Russia envoy assistant of Volga Federal District . In early 2006 , Ayatskov opened in Saratov public reception and started writing his memoirs . In the autumn of 2006 he was appointed assistant Kremlin Chief of Staff . March 24 , 2014 was appointed advisor to the unit counselors and assistants of the Governor of the Saratov region Valery Radaev on Agrarian Issues . |
Dothraki_language | The Dothraki language is a constructed fictional language in George R. R. Martin 's fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its television adaptation Game of Thrones , where it is spoken by the Dothraki , nomadic inhabitants of the Dothraki Sea . The language was developed for the TV series by the linguist David J. Peterson based on the Dothraki words and phrases in Martin 's novels . , the language comprised 3163 words , not all of which have been made public . In 2012 , 146 newborn girls in the United States were named `` Khaleesi '' , the Dothraki term for the wife of a khal or ruler , and the title adopted in the series by Daenerys Targaryen . |
Divertimento_for_String_Trio_(Mozart) | The Divertimento in E-flat major , K. 563 , is a string trio , written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788 , the year in which he completed his last three symphonies and his `` Coronation '' Piano Concerto . It is widely regarded as separate from his other divertimenti . The work was completed in Vienna on September 27 , 1788 , and is dedicated to Michael Puchberg , a fellow Freemason , who lent money to Mozart . The premiere was in Dresden on April 13 , 1789 with Anton Teyber taking the violin part , Mozart playing viola and Antonín Kraft playing cello . At the time Mozart was conducting a tour of German cities , on his way to Berlin ; see Mozart 's Berlin journey . |
East_Bay_Electric_Lines | The East Bay Electric Lines were a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operated electric interurban-type trains in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area . Beginning in 1862 , the SP and its predecessors operated local steam-drawn ferry-train passenger service in the East Bay on an expanding system of lines , but in 1902 the Key System started a competing system of electric lines and ferries . The SP then drew up plans to expand and electrify its system of lines and this new service began in 1911 . The trains served the cities of Berkeley , Albany , Emeryville , Oakland , Alameda , and San Leandro transporting commuters to and from the large Oakland Pier ( the `` mole '' ) and SP Alameda Pier . A fleet of ferry boats ran between these piers and the docks of the Ferry Building on the San Francisco Embarcadero . The East Bay Electric Lines became the Interurban Electric Railway ( IER ) in December , 1938 in anticipation of the completion the following month of the tracks on the lower deck of the San Francisco -- Oakland Bay Bridge to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal . SP IER transbay commuter train service ended in July , 1941 . |
Doctor_Who_(series_8) | The eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who began on 23 August 2014 with `` Deep Breath '' and ended with `` Death in Heaven '' on 8 November 2014 . The series was officially ordered on 20 May 2013 , and led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , alongside executive producer Brian Minchin . Nikki Wilson , Peter Bennett and Paul Frift served as producers . The series is the eighth to air following the programme 's revival in 2005 , and is the thirty-fourth season overall . It is also the first series since series five not to be split into two parts . The series is the first to star Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor , the most recent incarnation of the Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which appears to be a British police box on the outside . It also stars Jenna Coleman as his companion , Clara Oswald . Also playing a major recurring role in the series is Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink , Clara 's boyfriend . The main story arc revolves around a mysterious woman called Missy ( portrayed by Michelle Gomez ) , who is often seen welcoming people who have died throughout the series to the `` Promised Land '' , a place that serves as an apparent afterlife to deceased characters . Missy 's true identity is later revealed to be the Doctor 's arch-enemy , the Master , who has hatched a plan using the help of the Cybermen and through manipulation of the Doctor and Clara 's relationship . Steven Moffat was directly involved with the writing of seven episodes , with sole credit going to him on four , and the other three where he was credited as a `` co-writer '' . Other writers who worked on this series included Phil Ford , Mark Gatiss , Stephen Thompson , Gareth Roberts , Peter Harness , Jamie Mathieson ( who wrote two ) , and novelist Frank Cottrell-Boyce . Directors of the series included ones who had previously worked with Moffat on the show , and brand new ones . Filming began on 6 January 2014 and lasted exactly seven months , ending on 6 August 2014 . The series premiere was watched by 9.17 million viewers , the highest ratings for a premiere since Matt Smith 's first episode as the Doctor back in 2010 . Ratings remained consistent throughout the course of the series , seeing a low of 6.71 million viewers with the episode `` Flatline '' , and ended with 7.60 million people watching the finale ( up 150,000 viewers from the previous season finale ) . In terms of L +7 ratings the series was the highest rated Doctor Who series . The series received high acclaim from critics , with praise going to the writing and directing , as well as the acting of Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman , Michelle Gomez , and Samuel Anderson . |
Dwayne_Johnson | Dwayne Douglas Johnson ( born May 2 , 1972 ) , also known by his ring name , The Rock , is an American actor , producer , and professional wrestler . He holds both American and Canadian citizenships . Born in California and raised in New Zealand and the U.S. states of Hawaii and Pennsylvania , Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami , where he won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team . He later played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League and was cut two months into the 1995 season . This led him to become a professional wrestler like his grandfather , Peter Maivia , and his father , Rocky Johnson , from whom he also inherited his Canadian citizenship . Currently signed to WWE on a part-time contract , Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) from 1996 to 2004 as a major figure in the company 's Attitude Era , and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company 's history . He returned to wrestling part-time for WWE from 2011 to 2013 and continues to make sporadic non-wrestling appearances for the company . Johnson has 17 championship reigns in WWE , including 10 as a world champion , winning the WWF/WWE Championship eight times ( seventh reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion ) and the WCW/World Championship twice . He won the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice and the WWF Tag Team Championship five times . Johnson is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE history and won the 2000 Royal Rumble . He is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time . Johnson 's autobiography The Rock Says ... , co-written with Joe Layden , was published in 2000 . It debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list , spent 20 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list , and sold 720,000 copies in hardcover alone . Johnson 's first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2002 . For this role , he was paid US$ 5.5 million , a world record for an actor in his first starring role . He has since appeared in various films , and become known for his ability to reinvigorate film franchises . One of his more prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise ; its most recent film , The Fate of the Furious , was released in 2017 and has grossed over $ 1.1 billion worldwide , making it the second highest-grossing film of 2017 and the twelfth highest-grossing film of all time . He hosted and produced The Hero , a reality competition series ; and has since continued to produce TV series and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions , each of which he also stars in . Forbes listed Johnson No. 25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in 2013 . He was the world 's highest-paid actor of 2016 . Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016 . In 2015 , Muscle & Fitness named Johnson their `` Man of the Century '' . |
Dirty_Dancing_(song) | `` Dirty Dancing '' is the third overall single from New Kids on the Block 's 2008 album , The Block . It was produced by RedOne . The lead vocals were sung by Jordan Knight and Donnie Wahlberg . |
Economy_of_New_York_City | The economy of New York City encompasses the largest municipal as well as regional economy in the United States . Anchored by Wall Street , in Lower Manhattan , New York City has been characterized as the world 's premier financial center , and is home to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ , the world 's largest stock exchanges by market capitalization and trading activity . In 2012 , the New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area generated a gross metropolitan product ( GMP ) of over US$ 1.33 trillion , while the Combined Statistical Area produced a GMP of over US$ 1.55 trillion , both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and being roughly equivalent to the GDP of South Korea . The city 's economy accounts for the majority of the economic activity in the states of New York and New Jersey . Manhattan is the leading center of banking , finance , and communication in the United States and is the location of the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ) on Wall Street . Many of the world 's largest corporations locate their home offices in Manhattan . Manhattan contained over 500 million square feet ( 46.5 million m2 ) of office space in 2015 , making it the largest office market in the United States , while Midtown Manhattan , with nearly 400 million square feet ( 37.2 million m2 ) in 2015 , is the largest central business district in the world . New York City is distinctive for its high concentrations of advanced service sector firms in fields such as law , accountancy , banking and management consultancy , and is the top global center for the advertising industry , which is metonymously referred to as `` Madison Avenue '' ; while Silicon Alley , metonymous for New York 's broad-spectrum high technology sphere , continues to expand . The financial , high technology , real estate , insurance , and health care industries form the basis of New York 's economy . The city is also the most important center for mass media , journalism and publishing in the United States , and is the preeminent arts center in the country . Creative industries such as digital media , advertising , fashion , design and architecture account for a growing share of employment , with New York City possessing a strong competitive advantage in these industries . Manufacturing , although declining , remains consequential . |
Django_Unchained | Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino , starring Jamie Foxx , Christoph Waltz , Leonardo DiCaprio , Kerry Washington , and Samuel L. Jackson , with Walton Goggins , Dennis Christopher , James Remar , Michael Parks , and Don Johnson in supporting roles . Set in the Old West and Antebellum South , it is a highly stylized tribute to Spaghetti Westerns , in particular the 1966 Italian film Django by Sergio Corbucci , whose star Franco Nero has a cameo appearance . Development of Django Unchained began in 2007 when Tarantino was writing a book on Sergio Corbucci . By April 2011 , Tarantino sent his final draft of the script to The Weinstein Company . Casting began in the summer of 2011 , with Michael K. Williams and Will Smith being considered for the role of the title character before Foxx was cast . Principal photography took place from November 2011 to March 2012 in California , Wyoming and Louisiana . Django Unchained premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 11 , 2012 , and was released on December 25 , 2012 in the United States . The film was nominated for several film industry awards , including five Academy Awards . Waltz won several awards for his performance , among them Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes , BAFTAs , and Academy Awards . Tarantino won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe , and a BAFTA award for writing the film 's original screenplay . The film grossed over $ 425 million worldwide in theaters against its $ 100 million budget , making it Tarantino 's highest-grossing theatrical release . |
Duke_of_Romagna | Duke of Romagna is a title of nobility , originally in Papal peerage . It was created on 1502 by Apostolic authority of Pope Alexander VI and cardinal coincil for Cesar Borgia , duke of Valentinois , after his conquest of Romagna , Urbino and Camerino , . Cesar Borgia , Prince of Andria , Prince of Venafri , Duke of Valentinois , Duke of Romagna created by apostolic authority and cardinals coincil , Duke of Urbino , Count of Dyois , Duke of Camerino by apostolic authority and cardinal coincil and Lord of Imola , Forli , Saso Ferrato , Fermo , Fano , Cesena , Pesaro , Arimino , Faença , Montefiore , Sant Arcángelo , Verruchio , Catezza , Savignano , Meldola , Porto Cisenatico , Tosignano , Salaruolo , Monte Bataglia , Forlimpópolo , Bertinoro . Louise Borgia y d'Albret de Châtillon-Limoges , Duchess of Valentinois Suo jure , Duchess of Romagna Suo jure . Dame of Chalaus . House of Borgia . title of Duke of Romagna is part of `` Mayorazgo '' instituted by Pope Alexander VI ( Rodrigo Borgia ) . The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis divided Romagna between the Farnese family , the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza , the House of Este of Ferrara , the Duchy of Modena and Reggio , and the Papal States , this last remained with most part of Romagna and with the total authority inside Papal States . On 1860 and inside mark of Kingdom of Italy , Pope Pius IX delivered Romagna like a province . However , after joining the unification of Italy in 1860 , Romagna did not receive a separate status by the Savoy monarchs , who were afraid of dangerous destabilizing . At present day the region of ancient dukedom of Romagna is part of Emilia-Romagna inside a Republic of Italy . According to the laws of the Italian Republic , the titles of nobility of Italy ceased to exist with the fall of the monarchical regime . |
Drusus_Claudius_Nero | Drusus Claudius Nero is the name of two prominent citizens of Ancient Rome : Drusus Claudius Nero I ( 105 BC-unknown date in 1st century BC ) was a member of the Roman Republican Claudian Family of Rome . Famous for recommending that the members of the Catiline Conspiracy be confined . Drusus Claudius Nero II , born Decimus Claudius Drusus , also known as Drusus Claudius Nero and Nero Claudius Drusus ( 38 BC-9 BC ) , posthumously known as Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus . Prominent Roman General , grandson of Drusus Claudius Nero I , second son of Livia from her first husband , Tiberius Claudius Nero , hence was a stepson of first Roman emperor Augustus . Father of the Roman emperor Claudius , ( 10 BC-54 ; emperor 41-54 ) . |
Eddie_Dawson | Edward William Dawson ( 13 February 1904 in Paddington , London -- 4 June 1979 in Idmiston , Wiltshire ) was an English cricketer who played in five Tests from 1928 to 1930 . A batsman whose studious technique made full use of his talent , Dawson excelled for Eton , scoring 159 in the traditional fixture against Harrow . He earned his blue at Cambridge as a freshman , captaining the University in 1927 . He played his county cricket for Leicestershire , captaining the county for four seasons . He toured with MCC to South Africa in 1927-28 and New Zealand in 1929-30 . He made 55 in his last Test , at Auckland , opening the innings with Ted Bowley . He scored 12,598 first-class runs with 14 centuries , the highest being a knock of 146 against Gloucestershire . His swansong was a chanceless 91 against the Australians in 1934 . As a member of the Coldstream Guards during World War II , his duties included guarding Rudolf Hess in Sussex . In his later years he was a creative director of the Outward Bound movement . |
Duet_(Ronan_Keating_album) | Duet is the seventh studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating . It was produced by Greg Wells and features collaborations with Australian , New Zealand and international artists . It was released only in Australia and New Zealand on 12 November 2010 . |
Dow_Jones_News/Retrieval | Dow Jones News/Retrieval was an online service offered by Dow Jones & Company beginning in 1973 , which greatly expanded its subscriber numbers during the 1980s . It focused on financial information offering access to securities prices including quotes on stocks , bonds , options and mutual funds as well as a news data base with items culled from The Wall Street Journal , Barron 's and other sources , as well as sports reports , movie reviews , encyclopedia , electronic shopping , and email . Subscriber numbers rose from 11,000 in 1981 to 205,000 by 1986 . In the 1990s it also provided access to articles from The New York Times and Westlaw . Fees for using the service were relatively expensive . It cost $ 30 to subscribe followed by a $ 12 annual membership fee . Additionally , prime-time usage charges were $ 2.30 per minute and after-hours access was 44 cents a minute for basic services and general information , and $ 1.76 a minute for detailed reports such as S.E.C. filings . `` Blue Chip '' and `` Executive '' discount plans were available for users who spent a lot of time on the service . In the mid 1990s , the strategy was changed to provide access to the service to a broader business audience and the pricing was simplified , new software and web-based access was launched and the company became more customer-focused under Timothy M. Andrews , a longtime Dow Jones editorial , technology and marketing executive . The name was changed to Dow Jones Interactive , and the $ 125 million revenue business was later merged into Factiva . Dow Jones Interactive was shut down on June 30 , 2003 . |
Don't_Stop_the_Party_(Pitbull_song) | `` Do n't Stop the Party '' is a song recorded by American rapper Pitbull for his seventh studio album , Global Warming . The song features TJR and includes samples of the song `` Funky Kingston '' by Toots and the Maytals replayed by Mark Summers at Scorccio Sample Replays . It was released on September 25 , 2012 as the album 's third single by RCA Records . The song was written by Pitbull , TJR , José García , Jorge Gomez Martinez , Warwick Lyn , and Frederick Hibbert , and it was produced by Rozdilsky under his stage name TJR , with additional production by Scottish house producer Chris Lake . Rozdilsky had previously written the song as `` Funky Vodka '' , which caught Pitbull 's attention . It has peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song 's accompanying music video was noted for its sexually explicit content , and was subsequently banned from airing in the United Kingdom . |
Draft_Condi_movement | The `` Draft Condi '' ( or `` Draft Rice '' ) movement was a grassroots effort to draft United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to run for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. election . At that time , Rice had become one of the most powerful female and African American political figures in U.S. history . In August 2004 and again in August 2005 Forbes magazine named Rice the world 's most powerful woman . And in August 2006 , Forbes named Rice the second most powerful woman in the world , behind Angela Merkel , the German chancellor . Rice was fourth in line to succeed George W. Bush as president . That is higher in the U.S. presidential line of succession than any woman before Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker of the House . ( Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was not a natural-born U.S. citizen and was therefore ineligible to become president . ) On April 8 , 2008 , Rice denied any interest in serving as running mate for John McCain , stating that she intended instead to return to Stanford University . Her supporters have touted a future Vice Presidential or Presidential candidacy , or as a candidate for California 's gubernatorial election in 2018 as a possibility . |
Discovery_Family | Discovery Family ( formerly Discovery Kids and the Hub Network ) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Discovery Communications and Hasbro , marketed as a family-friendly network with a mix of original and acquired children 's programs , such as Hasbro 's My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic , Littlest Pet Shop and Transformers themed shows , along with family-oriented science and nature-themed programs . The network was launched on October 7 , 1996 , as Discovery Kids , a spin-off of Discovery Channel that featured science , nature , and adventure-themed programs aimed towards children aged between 6 and 11 . In April 2009 , Hasbro announced a joint venture with Discovery to re-launch Discovery Kids as The Hub ( later Hub Network ) on October 10 , 2010 ; Hasbro handled programming , while Discovery handled distribution and advertising sales . The Hub was intended to be a general , youth-oriented network with a `` diverse '' lineup , primarily featuring programming adapted from Hasbro franchises ( such as Transformers , its board games , My Little Pony , Pound Puppies , and Littlest Pet Shop ) , along with other , family-oriented programs such as sitcom reruns and films . On September 25 , 2014 , following reports earlier in the year that Hub Network president Margaret Loesch would step down by the end of the year , Discovery acquired 10 % of Hasbro 's stake in the network and replaced Loesch with Henry Schleiff , who leads sister networks such as Destination America and Investigation Discovery . On October 13 , 2014 , Hub Network was re-branded as Discovery Family ; Hasbro remains a minority partner and programs the network 's daytime lineup with children 's programs carried over from Hub Network , while its primetime lineup was replaced with reruns of non-fiction programs from Discovery Channel 's library . |
Duchy_of_Gascony | The Duchy of Gascony or Duchy of Vasconia ; ( Baskoniako dukerria ducat de Gasconha duché de Gascogne , duché de Vasconie ) was a duchy in present southwestern France and northeastern Spain , part corresponding to the modern region of Gascony after 824 . The Duchy of Gascony , then known as Wasconia , was originally a Frankish march formed to hold sway over the Basques ( Vascones ) . However , the Duchy went through different periods , from its early years with its distinctively Basque element to the merger in personal union with the Duchy of Aquitaine to the later period as a dependency of the Plantagenet kings of England . In the Hundred Years ' War , Charles V of France conquered most of Gascony by 1380 , and under Charles VII of France it was incorporated into the kingdom of France in its entirety in 1453 . The corresponding portion within Spain became part of the Basque Kingdom of Navarre . |
Doctor_Who_fandom | The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a very large , loyal and devoted fan base over the years . Doctor Who fans are referred to as Whovians , or simply as the Doctor Who Fandom . ' The usage was more common among fans in the United States during the 1980s , when the Doctor Who Fan Club of America ( pronounced by members as Dwifca -- now defunct ) published the Whovian Times as its newsletter . An early use of ` Whovian ' , outside of the ` Whovian Times ' , is from Flaming Carrot Comics issue number 19 ( circa 1988 ) , when Flaming Carrot leads a combined group of Trekkies and Whovians into rebellion . |
ESPN_on_ABC | ESPN on ABC ( known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006 ) is the brand used for sports event and documentary programming televised on the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) in the United States . Officially , the broadcast network retains its own sports division ; however , for all practical purposes , ABC 's sports division has been merged into ESPN Inc. , the parent subsidiary of cable sports network ESPN that is majority owned by ABC 's corporate parent , The Walt Disney Company , in partnership with the Hearst Corporation . ABC broadcasts use ESPN 's production and announcing staff , and incorporate elements such as ESPN-branded on-screen graphics , SportsCenter in-game updates , and the BottomLine ticker . The ABC logo is used for identification purposes as a digital on-screen graphic during sports broadcasts on the network , and in promotions to disambiguate events airing the broadcast network from those shown on the ESPN cable channel . The broadcast network 's sports event coverage carried the ABC Sports brand prior to September 2 , 2006 . When ABC acquired a controlling interest in ESPN in 1984 , it operated the cable network separately from its network sports division . The integration of ABC Sports with ESPN began after The Walt Disney Company bought ABC in 1996 . The branding change to ESPN on ABC was made to better orient ESPN viewers with event telecasts on ABC and provide consistent branding for all sports broadcasts on Disney-owned channels ( shortly thereafter , ESPN2 's in-game graphics were likewise altered to simply use the main `` ESPN '' brand ) . Despite its name , ABC 's sports coverage is supplemental to ESPN and ( with occasional exceptions ) not a simulcast of programs aired by the network , although ESPN and ESPN2 will often carry ABC 's regional broadcasts that otherwise would not air in certain markets . |
Dramma_per_musica | Dramma per musica ( Italian , literally : drama for music , plural : drammi per musica ) is a term which was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the late-17th and mid-19th centuries . In modern times the same meaning of drama for music was conveyed through the Italian Greek-rooted word melodramma ( from μέλος = song or music + δρᾶμα = scenic action ) . Dramma per musica never meant `` drama through music '' , let alone music drama . A dramma per musica was thus originally ( in Italy in the 17th century ) a verse drama specifically written for the purpose of being set to music , in other words a libretto for an opera , usually a serious opera ( a libretto meant for opera buffa , i.e. comic opera , would have been called a dramma giocoso ) . By extension , the term came to be used also for the opera or operas which were composed to the libretto , and a variation , dramma in musica , which emphasised the musical element , was sometimes preferred by composers . In the 18th century , these terms , along with dramma musicale , came to be the most commonly used descriptions for serious Italian operas . Today , these are known as opera seria , a term that was little-used when they were created . The terms continued to be used in the early 19th century after Gluck 's reforms had effectively ended the dominance of opera seria : for example , some of Rossini 's later serious operas were designated `` dramma in musica '' . Examples of drammi per musica are Cavalli 's Erismena ( 1656 ) , Vivaldi 's Tito Manlio ( 1719 ) , Mysliveček 's Il Bellerofonte ( 1767 ) , Gluck 's Paride ed Elena ( 1770 ) , Salieri 's Armida ( 1779 ) , Mozart 's Idomeneo ( 1781 ) and Rossini 's Otello ( 1816 ) , as well as numerous libretti written by Pietro Metastasio . |
Dreamin'_of_You_(Celine_Dion_song) | `` Dreamin ' of You '' is a promotional single from Celine Dion 's album Falling into You . It was released on 14 July 1997 in Mexico only . The song was written by Aldo Nova and Peter Barberau , and produced by Nova . `` Dreamin ' of You '' is one of Dion 's rarest singles . There was no music video made for the track . |
E.M.F._(album) | Eat My Fuc is the second full-length studio album by controversial American punk rock musician GG Allin , recorded and released in 1984 on Blood Records . Although side one , the first five tracks , were recorded and released initially in 1983 as a single . This album , played with the backing band The Scumfucs , marks the era where his singing voice had not yet began to deteriorate from a high-pitched sneer into a husky growl , yet his lyrics began to include extreme sociopathic themes and shock value . The original pressings had the record in a plain paper sleeve with similar black & white xeroxed cover art glued to it , the front of which had what GG claimed was an individually self-traced outline of Allin 's erect penis on the cover . Allin claimed in a video interview around this time ( for his first home video release , Scumfuc Alley Trash , shot by Black & Blue Records co-owner Peter Yarmouth ) that when he was handdrawing each front cover of this pressing , he had his then-girlfriend act as a fluffer to keep his penis erect for the drawings . The subsequent re-release in 1989 by Black & Blue Records retitles the album , for front cover purposes , E.M.F. , and does not mention The Scumfucs on the album cover ( although they are clearly credited on the record label ) , nor does it list the song titles on the cover ; the Black & Blue edition also adds 3 studio recordings `` I 'm Gon na Rape You '' , `` I Wan na Fuck Your Brains Out '' and `` Teachers Pet '' from a 1985 EP . Both versions contained Live at the A7 Club track which was from an April 1983 performance by GG and the Jabbers to the end of side two of the album . None of the members of The Scumfucs are individually identified on the album cover , nor are the Jabbers mentioned in the credits in conjunction with the live tracks . The `` Dick Urine '' production credit on the album was alleged to be one Richard Yorun , an up-and-coming recording engineer and producer that had been given the Dick Urine pseudonym by Allin , and who had reportedly died in a motorcycle accident in Sweden while he was attempting to set up Black & Blue Records . In reality , Richard Yorun never existed : the name , originally a GG Allin joke credit printed on some early cassette self-releases , is actually a collective pseudonym for Allin and Black & Blue Records owner Peter Yarmouth . It is believed that the title Eat My Fuc was inspired by a scene in the 1981 punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization where bassist Derf Scratch of the band Fear shouts `` eat my fuck asshole '' at a member of the audience . |
EB-2_visa | EB-2 is an immigrant visa preference category for United States employment-based permanent residency , created by the Immigration Act of 1990 . The category includes `` members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent '' , and `` individuals who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences , arts , or business will substantially benefit prospectively the national economy , cultural or educational interests , or welfare of the United States , and whose services in the sciences , arts , professions , or business are sought by an employer in the United States '' . Applicants ( with the exception of applicants applying for an exemption known as National Interest Waiver ) must generally have an approved labor certification , a job offer , and their employer must have filed an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker ( Form I-140 ) with the USCIS . |
Dutty_Rock | Dutty Rock ( West Indian patois for `` dirty rock '' ) is the second studio album by Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist Sean Paul . It was released on 12 November 2002 . It features two U.S. number-one singles , `` Get Busy '' and Beyoncé 's `` Baby Boy '' ( which Sean Paul features on ) . It also features singles `` Gim me the Light '' , `` Like Glue '' and `` I 'm Still in Love with You '' , which all charted in the top 6 on the UK Singles Chart . The album itself reached # 2 on the UK Albums Chart , and # 9 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart . It is also his first album to have a Parental Advisory sticker . The album sold 65,000 in its first week and went on to become an international phenomenon , selling over 6 million worldwide , and in the process produced five top 15 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 . His single '' Top Of The Game '' was featured on `` NBA Live 2004 '' In 2003 , Sean Paul released an edited version of the album intended for international markets . The re-release took off all skits and the single `` It 's On '' , also featuring the now accessible hit single `` Baby Boy '' . The single is a duet by Beyoncé and Sean Paul . It became one of the biggest hits in 2003 spending nine weeks at number one . The album sold over 2 million copies in the United States and helped Sean Paul become a Grammy Award-winning artist . |
East_Coast_hip_hop | East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in the New York City area during the 1970s . Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in New York ; East Coast hip hop only became a distinct subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles . In contrast to other styles , East Coast hip hop music has prioritized complex lyrics for attentive listening rather than beats for dancing . The main components of hip hop culture from that time and still today are MC ` ing , DJ ` ing , break dancing , and graffiti . |
Ek_Duuje_Ke_Liye | Ek Duuje Ke Liye ( ( We Are ) Made For Each Other ) is a 1981 Hindi romantic tragedy movie directed by K. Balachander , starring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri . It was a remake of the director 's own Telugu movie Maro Charitra ( 1978 ) , which had Kamal Haasan playing the lead role . The film was labelled a `` blockbuster '' at the box office in 1981 , earning a total of in receipts . The film featured lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi and music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal . It received critical acclaim upon release , winning a National Film Award and 13 Filmfare nominations , eventually winning three . |
End_of_the_Road_(Torchwood) | `` End of the Road '' is the eighth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood , and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 26 August 2011 . In the UK , the episode was broadcast on 1 September 2011 , on TV channel BBC One . |
Elwood_(American_musician) | Elwood is the musical project/collaboration of singer-songwriter Prince Elwood Strickland III ( born in North Carolina ) and co-producer and songwriter Brian Boland . Strickland worked as a recording engineer at Soho 's Greene Street Recording facility where he and Boland met , working with artists such as Tricky , Mos Def , De La Soul , and Adam Yauch . Elwood worked with producer Steve Lillywhite on their debut album The Parlance of Our Time , which was co-released on Palm Pictures and Lillywhite 's label , Gobstopper . Elwood 's cover of Gordon Lightfoot 's song `` Sundown '' peaked at # 33 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on July 8 , 2000 . Elwood 's first album , The Parlance of Our Time , was released May 16 , 2000 and contains the following tracks : `` Sundown '' - 3:59 ( a cover of the song of the same name by Gordon Lightfoot ) `` Slow '' - 4:26 `` Red Wagon '' - 4:12 `` Picture of You '' - 4:48 `` Forty Five '' - 4:31 `` Bush '' - 2:45 `` Peaches '' - 3:42 `` Dive '' - 4:44 `` Love Hook '' - 4:35 `` Stockboy '' - 3:46 Elwood 's second record was released independently in 2005 . Although not a lot is known about this record , it can be heard on Elwood 's website , Elwoodmusic.org . |