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Canadian_Idol_(season_6) | The sixth and final season of Canadian Idol is the sixth and final installation of the Idol series in Canada and premiered on June 3 , 2008 , on the CTV Television Network . It is again hosted by Ben Mulroney , with the addition of Jully Black as a special correspondent and general mentor to the contestants . Farley Flex , Jake Gold , Sass Jordan and Zack Werner all returned as judges . This season saw a number of major and minor show format changes in an effort to keep the franchise fresh and innovative . The final episode of the season , in which the Canadian Idol was crowned , aired on September 10 , 2008 . The winner of the sixth season was Theo Tams . The sixth season became the final season of Canadian Idol following its cancellation in 2009 . |
Burbank_Western_Channel | Burbank Western Channel ( also known as Burbank Western Wash ) is a 6.3 mi tributary of the Los Angeles River in the eastern San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County , California . The stream begins at the confluence of Hansen Heights Channel and La Tuna Canyon Lateral in Sun Valley . It runs adjacent to Interstate 5 for most of its length and is entirely encased in a concrete flood control channel . The stream travels southeast through downtown Burbank , the Riverside Rancho area of Glendale , ultimately joining the Los Angeles River by the edge of the Los Angeles Equestrian Center . In 1991 , the city of Burbank was sued by the EPA for allowing companies to exceed discharge limits into the channel . Leading pollutants in the stream include algae , ammonia , cadmium , odors , unnatural scum/foam , and trash . Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has planned to allocate $ 700,000 to repair the channel wall which is `` currently in danger of failing . '' In October 2009 , Burbank reached an agreement with the state on the 12 mile San Fernando Bikeway , a new bicycle path along San Fernando Boulevard from Sylmar to Burbank . This would include a portion next to the channel that connects to the Downtown Burbank Metrolink Station . |
Bukhari_(surname) | Bukhari , also spelled as Bokhari , Bukhary and Bukhori , is a common surname in Central and Western Asia , meaning `` from Bukhara '' ( in today 's Uzbekistan ) . Its Arabic version al-Bukhari was also used in the medieval Islamic world as a nisba ( a specifier which is added at the end of names ) . This surname is also used by the Naqvi Bukhari Sayyids , descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through the lineage of Imam Ali al-Hadi . |
Carnival_of_Chaos | Carnival of Chaos is Gwar 's sixth studio album . It is perhaps most notable as their longest album ( exceeding 74 minutes ) , and also as the album that contains Stampe 's solo number : `` Do n't Need a Man '' . Hunter Jackson also returns in `` The Private Pain of Techno Destructo '' , and there is an ballad entitled `` Sammy '' about the rotting corpse of Sammy Davis Jr. . `` In Her Fear '' is Oderus 's swan song , and Beefcake the Mighty gives a memorable song in `` Hate Love Songs '' - Casey Orr 's last song as a lead vocalist with the band until his return on Lust in Space . `` Sex Cow '' seems heavily influenced by bluegrass music and country music and some jokes , `` Letter from the Scallop Boat '' and `` I Suck on My Thumb '' round the album out . |
Caesar_and_Otto's_Summer_Camp_Massacre | Caesar and Otto 's Summer Camp Massacre is a 2009 American comedy-horror film starring Dave Campfield , Paul Chomicki , Felissa Rose , Deron Miller , Joe Estevez , Ken Macfarlane and Brinke Stevens and was written and directed by Dave Campfield , the creator of the original Caesar and Otto film . Caesar and Otto 's Summer Camp Massacre made its world premiere on August 15 , 2009 at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville , Kentucky , where it received a nomination for Best Horror Comedy . It then went on to screen at the Long Island Film Festival on October 9 , 2009 , where it won Best Editing . It was then screened on June 4 , 2010 at the Lighthouse Film Festival , and released on DVD on October 4 , 2011 . Caesar and Otto 's Summer Camp Massacre was the debut feature of Trai Byers who rose to fame in 2015 with the success of Fox 's Empire . Trai played Chip , a cocky swimmer who meets an untimely demise . |
Camp_Cope | Camp Cope are an alternative rock trio from Melbourne . Founded in 2015 , the group consists of singer and guitarist Georgia `` Maq '' McDonald ( daughter of Hugh McDonald ) , bassist Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich , and drummer Sarah `` Thomo '' Thompson . Camp Cope are signed with independent Melbourne label Poison City Records . Their eponymous debut album , released in April 2016 , reached the top 40 in the ARIA Albums Chart , and was nominated for a J Award for Australian Album of the Year . They were also nominated in six categories at the inaugural National Live Music Awards and won the ` Heatseeker Award ' . Website Faster Louder choose Camp Cope 's self titled debut album as their Album of the Year for 2016 . The group also won Best Emerging Act at the 2016 The Age Music Victoria Awards . Camp Cope has been described as `` part Courtney Barnett , part Juliana Hatfield , '' and `` melodic , uplifting and aching '' . `` Lost : Season One '' , a single from the album referencing the television show Lost , was performed by Camp Cope for Like a Version in September 2016 , along with a cover of `` Maps '' . In May 2017 Camp Cope supported Against Me ! on their Australian tour . In 2017 , Camp Cope are also scheduled to perform at St Jerome 's Laneway Festival , and will support North American bands Pup and Modern Baseball on their Australian tours . |
Buffer_Festival | Buffer Festival is an international digital video festival , held annually in Toronto , Ontario . The festival , founded in 2013 by Corey Vidal , Corrado Coia , and Samantha Fall of the ApprenticeA YouTube channel , showcases the talent of online video creators who have debuted their work on YouTube . Buffer Festival has been called `` The Digital version of the Toronto International Film Festival '' and `` The World 's first festival dedicated to YouTube content '' . |
Cancellation_(television) | In television , cancellation refers to the termination of a program by a network , typically because of low viewership , financial losses , or unfavourable critical reviews . Other potential reasons for canceling television programs include controversies involving the program 's cast , conflicts among the show 's staff members or to make room for new programming . Shows whose runs end due to a mutual creative decision by its producers , cast , and the network it airs on ( such as Seinfeld , The Sopranos , or The Cosby Show ) are not considered to be `` cancelled '' but rather `` concluded '' or `` ended '' , with a special last episode called its series finale . Even so , programs that end their runs in this manner are sometimes incorrectly stated to have been cancelled , even if the program was renewed for a final season ( such as with American Idol , by which the term was incorrectly applied upon the announcement of Fox , Fremantle Media and 19 Entertainment 's decision to renew the show for a 15th and final season in May 2015 to air in 2016 ) ; shows that are cancelled traditionally end their runs during the television season in which the program airs first-run episodes at the time , either effective immediately after the announcement is made by the network or until all remaining episodes are broadcast . The Friday night death slot is a perceived graveyard slot in American television , referring to the idea that a television program in the United States scheduled on Friday evenings is destined for imminent cancellation . |
C-3PO | C-3PO ( -LSB- siːˈθriːpi.oʊ -RSB- ) or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the Star Wars franchise who appears in the original Star Wars films , the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy . Created by Anakin Skywalker , C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette , customs , and translation , boasting that he is `` fluent in over six million forms of communication '' . Along with his astromech droid counterpart and friend R2-D2 , C-3PO provides comic relief within the narrative structure of the films , and serving as foils . Anthony Daniels has portrayed the character in all nine Star Wars cinematic films released to date , including Rogue One and the animated The Clone Wars ; C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to appear in every film . Despite his oblivious nature , C-3PO has played a pivotal role in the Galaxy 's history , appearing under the service of Shmi Skywalker , the Lars homestead , Padmé Amidala , Raymus Antilles , Luke Skywalker , and Leia Organa . In the majority of depictions , C-3PO 's physical appearance is primarily a polished gold plating , although his appearance varies throughout the films ; including the absence of metal coverings in The Phantom Menace , a dull copper plating in Attack of the Clones , a silver lower right leg introduced in A New Hope , and a red left arm in The Force Awakens . C-3PO also appears frequently in the Star Wars Canon and Star Wars Legends continuities of novels , comic books , and video games , and was a major character in the ABC television show Droids . |
Caroline_Quentin | Caroline Quentin ( born Caroline Jones ; 11 July 1960 ) is an English actress . Quentin became known for her television appearances : portraying Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly ( 1992 -- 1998 ) , Maddie Magellan in Jonathan Creek ( 1997 -- 2000 ) , and DCI Janine Lewis in Blue Murder ( 2003 -- 2009 ) . |
California_Proposition_8_(2008) | Proposition 8 , known informally as Prop 8 , was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment passed in the November 2008 California state elections . The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage in advance of the California Supreme Court 's May 2008 appeal ruling , In re Marriage Cases , which followed the short-lived 2004 same-sex weddings controversy and found the previous ban on same-sex marriage ( Proposition 22 , 2000 ) unconstitutional . Proposition 8 was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by a federal court ( on different grounds ) in 2010 , although the court decision did not go into effect until June 26 , 2013 , following the conclusion of proponents ' appeals . Proposition 8 countermanded the 2008 ruling by adding the same provision as in Proposition 22 to the California Constitution , providing that `` only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California , '' thereby superseding the 2008 ruling . As an amendment , it was ruled constitutional by the California Supreme Court in Strauss v. Horton , in 2009 , on the grounds that it `` carved out a limited -LSB- or ` narrow ' -RSB- exception to the state equal protection clause '' ; Justice Moreno dissented that exceptions to the equal protection clause could not be made by any majority since its whole purpose was to protect minorities against the will of a majority . Following affirmation by the state courts , two same-sex couples filed a lawsuit against the initiative in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger ( later Hollingsworth v. Perry ) . In August 2010 , Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment , since it purported to re-remove rights from a disfavored class only , with no rational basis . The official proponents ' justifications for the measure were analyzed in over fifty pages covering eighty findings of fact . The state government supported the ruling and refused to defend the law . The ruling was stayed pending appeal by the proponents of the initiative . On February 7 , 2012 , the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals , in a 2-1 decision , reached the same conclusion as the district court , but on narrower grounds . The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for California to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples , only to take them away shortly after . The ruling was stayed pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court . On June 26 , 2013 , the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision on the appeal in the case Hollingsworth v. Perry , ruling that proponents of initiatives such as Proposition 8 did not possess legal standing in their own right to defend the resulting law in federal court , either to the Supreme Court or ( previously ) to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals . Therefore , the Supreme Court vacated the decision of the Ninth Circuit , and remanded the case for further proceedings . The decision left the district court 's 2010 ruling intact . On June 28 , 2013 , the Ninth Circuit , on remand , dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and dissolved their previous stay of the district court 's ruling , enabling Governor Jerry Brown to order same-sex marriages to resume . |
Bush_at_War | Bush at War is a 2002 book by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward recounting President George W. Bush 's responses to the September 11 attacks and his administration 's handling of the subsequent War in Afghanistan . Much of the book recounts events in meetings of the United States National Security Council ( NSC ) , with the major players in the story , aside from the President , Dick Cheney , Colin Powell , George Tenet and Condoleezza Rice . Woodward examined notes from such NSC meetings and also interviewed administration officials including President Bush . Woodward especially focuses on the administration 's decision to go to war in Afghanistan and its strategic and tactical decisions in that vein . As one of the first detailed accounts of these decisions , prior to inside accounts like Richard A. Clarke 's Against All Enemies , Woodward 's book was widely acclaimed , getting praise from The Times and other major papers . The book was criticized by Michael Scheuer , former CIA chief of the Bin Laden station , in his book Imperial Hubris for offering a platform for government leaks , which he deemed harmful to national security : `` After reading Mr. Woodward 's Bush at War , it seems to me that the U.S. officials who either approved or participated in passing the information -- in documents and via interviews -- that is the heart of Mr. Woodward 's book , gave an untold measure of aid and comfort to the enemy . '' |
Camp_War_Eagle | Camp War Eagle was the name of the United States Army camp located at the northeast corner of the Baghdad slum known as Sadr City . It was established in May 2003 by 1st Squadron , 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( known as the War Eagles ) and B Company , 2nd Battalion , 37th Armor Regiment which is an element of 1st Brigade , 1st Armored Division . War Eagle was located on the site of a pre-war Iraqi Army base , and as such was walled and somewhat suited for use as a forward operating base . Some of the first battles with the Mahdi Army were fought out of this camp in early 2004 . The Camp 's mascot , Billy the goat , was found murdered in a shipping container in early 2004 . Soldiers from the 1st Brigade , 1st Cavalry Division including 1st Battalion , 12th Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion , 5th Cavalry Regiment were stationed at Camp War Eagle and fought against the Shia militia of Muqtada al Sadr known as the Mahdi Army during the uprising which began April 4 , 2004 . The troops of Task Force Lancer 's ( 2-5 Cav , C1-82FA , and B/1 -12 Cav ) and Task Force Charger 's ( 1-12 Cav , B/2 -5 IN , B/20E ) stay at War Eagle ( March ' 04-05 ' ) was one of the deadliest periods in the Iraq war . On April 4 , 2004 , this was the launch point for what was to be named `` Black Sunday '' . During the six-hour night battle , 8 were killed and 60 + were wounded . This initial fight would go on for 10 days . It was during this time that Casey Sheehan was killed . Cindy Sheehan , his mother , would use her son 's death to protest the war in Iraq . On Mothers ' Day , 2004 also known as the `` The Day of Steel Rain '' , Camp War Eagle was attacked with approx . 100 + detonated mortar rounds and rockets raining down inside the camp in a 24-hour period . It was renamed Camp Hope in early 2005 . On March 10 , 2006 , the camp , then known as Forward Operating Base ( FOB ) Hope , was transferred from Multi-National Division -- Baghdad control to the Iraqi Army . Specifically , 3rd Battalion , 67th Armored Regiment , 101st Airborne Division handed over control to 3rd Battalion , 2nd Brigade ( `` The Tiger Brigade '' ) , 6th Iraqi Army Division . |
Carol_Kane | Carolyn Laurie `` Carol '' Kane ( born June 18 , 1952 ) is an American stage , screen and television actress and comedian . She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street ( for which she received an Academy Award nomination ) and Annie Hall . She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s , as the wife of Latka , the character played by Andy Kaufman , winning two Emmy Awards for her work . She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked , both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014 . Since 2015 , she has been a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , in which she plays Lillian Kaushtupper . |
Buyid_dynasty | The Buyid dynasty or the Buyids ( آل بویه Āl-e Buye ) , also known as Buwaihids , Bowayhids , Buyahids , or Buyyids , was an Iranian Shia dynasty of Daylamite origin . Coupled with the rise of other Iranian dynasties in the region , the approximate century of Buyid rule represents the period in Iranian history sometimes called the ` Iranian Intermezzo ' since , after the Muslim conquest of Persia , it was an interlude between the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Seljuk Empire . The Buyid dynasty was founded by ` Ali ibn Buya , who in 934 conquered Fars and made Shiraz his capital , while his younger brother Hasan ibn Buya conquered parts of Jibal in the late 930s , and by 943 managed to capture Ray , which he made his capital . In 945 , the youngest brother , Ahmad ibn Buya , conquered Iraq and made Baghdad his capital , receiving the honorific title of `` Mu'izz al-Dawla '' ( `` Fortifier of the State '' ) , while ` Ali was given the title of '' ` Imad al-Dawla '' ( `` Support of the State '' ) , and Hasan was given the title of `` Rukn al-Dawla '' ( `` Pillar of the State '' ) . As Daylamite Iranians the Buyids consciously revived symbols and practices of Persia 's Sassānid dynasty . In fact , beginning with ` Adud al-Dawla they used the ancient Sassānid title Shāhanshāh , literally `` king of kings '' . At its greatest extent , the Buyid dynasty encompassed most of today 's Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , and Syria , along with parts of Oman , the UAE , Turkey , Afghanistan and Pakistan . During the 10th and 11th centuries , just prior to the invasion of the Seljuq Turks , the Buyids were the most influential dynasty in the Middle East , and under king ` Adud al-Dawla , became one of the most powerful Muslim dynasties . |
Campdrafting | Campdrafting is a unique Australian sport involving a horse and rider working cattle . The riding style is Australian stock , somewhat akin to American Western riding and the event is similar to the American stock horse events such as cutting , working cow horse , team penning , and ranch sorting . In a campdrafting competition , a rider on horseback must `` cut out '' one beast from the mob of cattle in the yard or the `` camp '' and block and turn the beast at least two or three times to prove to the judge that they have the beast under control ; then take it out of the yard and through a course around pegs involving right and left hand turns in a figure eight , before guiding it through two pegs known as `` the gate '' . The outside course must be completed in less than 40 seconds . Events for juniors 8 years and under 13 years have one sound beast in the camp or yard at all times . In other events it is recommended that there shall be a minimum of six head of sound stock in the camp at any time . Up to a total of 100 points are scored by horse and rider : `` Cut out '' is worth a total of 26 points ; horse work up to a further 70 points ; and 4 points for the course . Most disqualifications ( signalled by a crack of the judge 's stockwhip ) occur when a competitor loses his beast more than twice on the camp ; losing control of the beast in the arena or running a beast onto the arena fence . A `` tail turn '' executed by a horse in the opposite direction of the beast 's line of travel also incurs disqualification at any stage of the draft . The sport requires consummate skill and horsemanship , and the skill in selecting a beast from the mob that will run well , but is not too fast for that particular horse . Great prestige is bestowed on the winning horse and rider of the competition . |
Calorimetry | Calorimetry is the science or act of measuring changes in state variables of a body for the purpose of deriving the heat transfer associated with changes of its state due , for example , to chemical reactions , physical changes , or phase transitions under specified constraints . Calorimetry is performed with a calorimeter . The word calorimetry is derived from the Latin word calor , meaning heat and the Greek word μέτρον ( metron ) , meaning measure . Scottish physician and scientist Joseph Black , who was the first to recognize the distinction between heat and temperature , is said to be the founder of the science of calorimetry . Indirect Calorimetry calculates heat that living organisms produce by measuring either their production of carbon dioxide and nitrogen waste ( frequently ammonia in aquatic organisms , or urea in terrestrial ones ) , or from their consumption of oxygen . Lavoisier noted in 1780 that heat production can be predicted from oxygen consumption this way , using multiple regression . The Dynamic Energy Budget theory explains why this procedure is correct . Heat generated by living organisms may also be measured by direct calorimetry , in which the entire organism is placed inside the calorimeter for the measurement . A widely used modern instrument is the differential scanning calorimeter , a device which allows thermal data to be obtained on small amounts of material . It involves heating the sample at a controlled rate and recording the heat flow either into or from the specimen . |
Carlos_Condit | Carlos Joseph Condit ( born April 26 , 1984 ) is an American mixed martial artist , competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship . Condit is the former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion and WEC Welterweight Champion . As of May 31 , 2015 , he is # 4 in official UFC welterweight rankings . 28 of Condit 's 30 wins have come by way of knockout or submission . He has never been knocked out or stopped due to strikes ; Condit 's only TKO loss came by injury . Condit formerly fought in the UFC 's sister promotion , World Extreme Cagefighting ( WEC ) , where he was the final Welterweight Champion . He also competed for both Shootboxing and Pancrase in Japan . Condit now trains at Jackson 's Submission Fighting out of Albuquerque , New Mexico . |
Captain_general | Captain general ( and its literal equivalent in several languages ) is a high military rank of general officer grade , and a gubernatorial title . |
Carly_Fiorina | Cara Carleton Fiorina ( née Sneed ; born September 6 , 1954 ) is an American businessperson and political candidate , known primarily for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard ( HP ) . Fiorina unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2010 and the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 . As Chief Executive Officer of HP from 1999 to 2005 , Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Top-20 company as ranked by Fortune Magazine . In 2002 , Fiorina oversaw what was then the largest technology sector merger in history , in which HP acquired rival personal computer manufacturer , Compaq . The transaction made HP the world 's largest seller of personal computers . HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees . In February 2005 she was forced to resign as CEO and Chair , after the company lost half of its value . Fiorina was an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain 's 2008 presidential campaign . In 2010 , she won the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in California , but lost the general election to incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer . Fiorina was a candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primary , and was briefly the vice-presidential running mate for Ted Cruz during the week before Cruz suspended his campaign , setting the record for shortest Vice Presidential candidacy in United States history ( 7 days ) . |
Caltrain | Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley ( Silicon Valley ) . The northern terminus of the line is in San Francisco at 4th and King streets ; its southern terminus is in Gilroy . Trains leave San Francisco and San Jose about hourly on during middays and weekends , with limited stop service during rush hour running every 20 minutes , and `` Baby Bullet '' express service running every 30 minutes . Extra trains were often run for special events held in AT&T Park in San Francisco , Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto , and SAP Center in San Jose . Caltrain operates 92 weekday trains , 6 of which are extended to Gilroy . Weekday ridership in February 2016 averaged 62,416 , up 83 % since 2010 . Caltrain is governed by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board ( PCJPB ) which consists of agencies from the three counties served by Caltrain : San Francisco , San Mateo and Santa Clara . Each member agency has three representatives on a nine-member Board of Directors . The member agencies are the City and County of San Francisco , SamTrans and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . Caltrain has 29 regular stops , one football-only stop ( Stanford Stadium ) , and two weekend-only stops ( Broadway and Atherton ) . As of October 2012 Caltrain runs 92 weekday trains ( 22 Baby Bullet ) , 36 Saturday ( 4 Baby Bullet ) , and 32 Sunday ( 4 Baby Bullet ) . |
Bush_v._Gore | Bush v. Gore , , is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election . The ruling was issued on December 12 , 2000 . On December 9 , the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring . Eight days earlier , the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board , . The Electoral College was scheduled to meet on December 18 , 2000 , to decide the election . In a per curiam decision , the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards of counting in different counties and ruled that no alternative method could be established within the time limit set by Title 3 of the United States Code ( 3 U.S.C. ) , § 5 ( `` Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors '' ) , which was December 12 . The vote regarding the Equal Protection Clause was 7 -- 2 , and regarding the lack of an alternative method was 5 -- 4 . Three concurring justices also asserted that the Florida Supreme Court had violated Article II , § 1 , cl . 2 of the Constitution , by misinterpreting Florida election law that had been enacted by the Florida Legislature . The Supreme Court decision allowed the previous vote certification to stand , as made by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris , for George W. Bush as the winner of Florida 's 25 electoral votes . Florida 's votes gave Bush , the Republican candidate , 271 electoral votes , one more than the required 270 to win the Electoral College , and the defeat of Democratic candidate Al Gore , who received 266 electoral votes ( a `` faithless elector '' from the District of Columbia abstained ) . Media organizations subsequently analyzed the ballots , and under the strategy that Al Gore had pursued at the beginning of the Florida recount , as filing suit to force hand recounts in four predominantly Democratic counties , then Bush would have kept his lead , according to the ballot review conducted by the consortium . The study also found that the actual statewide recount with disputed ballots containing overvotes ( where a voter hole-punches multiple candidates but writes out the name of their intended candidate ) would have resulted in Gore emerging as the victor by between 60 and 171 votes , if the Supreme Court had not stopped the recount . Florida subsequently changed to new voting machines to avoid punch cards which had allowed dimpled or hanging chads . |
CM_Punk | Phillip Jack Brooks ( born October 26 , 1978 ) , better known by the ring name CM Punk , is an American mixed martial artist , comic book writer , and retired professional wrestler , currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) . He is best known for his time in WWE , where he was a two-time WWE Champion , including a 434-day reign from November 20 , 2011 , to January 27 , 2013 , that is recognized by WWE as the sixth longest of all-time , as well as the longest of the `` modern era '' . Brooks began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit , primarily with Ring of Honor ( ROH ) until 2005 when he signed with World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . Throughout his career , he won several championships including the WWE Championship twice , WWE 's World Heavyweight Championship three times , and the ECW and ROH World Championships once each . In WWE , he was also a one-time World Tag Team Champion ( with Kofi Kingston ) , and one-time Intercontinental Champion , making him the 19th WWE Triple Crown Champion and the fastest man in WWE history to achieve this feat , doing so in 203 days . In addition , he was the 2011 WWE Superstar of the Year and the only two-time Money in the Bank winner . Throughout his career , Punk consistently portrayed the character of an outspoken , sharp-tongued , anti-establishment , straight edge iconoclastic . Most of the straight edge principles he portrayed , such as not drinking alcohol or not taking recreational drugs , are his real life views . Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain , he emphasized different aspects of the straight edge culture to garner the desired audience reaction . After retiring from professional wrestling in 2014 , Punk pursued a career in mixed martial arts and was signed by the UFC in December of that year . His first professional fight took place on September 10 , 2016 , at UFC 203 against Mickey Gall , where he lost via submission in the first round . |
Campbell,_California | Campbell -LSB- ˈkæmbəl -RSB- is a city in Santa Clara County , California , and part of Silicon Valley , in the San Francisco Bay Area . As of the 2010 U.S. Census , Campbell 's population is 39,349 . Although not a major high-tech city like many of its neighbors , Campbell is the original home of eBay and of its creator , Pierre Omidyar . Campbell is home to the Pruneyard Shopping Center , a sprawling open-air retail complex which was involved in a famous U.S. Supreme Court case that established the extent of the right to free speech in California . Today the Pruneyard Shopping Center is home to the South Bay offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . |
Capriccio_(opera) | Capriccio , Op. 85 , is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss , subtitled `` A Conversation Piece for Music '' . The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater München on 28 October 1942 . Clemens Krauss and Strauss wrote the German libretto . However , the genesis of the libretto came from Stefan Zweig in the 1930s , and Joseph Gregor further developed the idea several years later . Strauss then took on the libretto , but finally recruited Krauss as his collaborator on the opera . Most of the final libretto is by Krauss . The opera originally consisted of a single act lasting close to two and a half hours . This , in combination with the work 's conversational tone and emphasis on text , has prevented the opera from achieving great popularity . However , at Hamburg in 1957 , Rudolf Hartmann , who had directed the opera at its premiere in Munich , inserted an interval at the point when the Countess orders chocolate , and other directors have often followed suit , including performances at Glyndebourne Festival Opera . The final scene for Countess Madeleine can often be heard as an excerpt . Capriccio received its American professional premiere at The Santa Fe Opera in 1958 after the Juilliard School staged it in 1954 with Gloria Davy and Thomas Stewart as the aristocratic siblings . |
Buffy_studies | Buffy studies ( or Buffyology ) is the study of Joss Whedon 's popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and , to a lesser extent , its spin-off program Angel . It explores issues related to gender and other philosophical issues as expressed through the content of these shows in the fictional Buffyverse . Neda Ulaby of NPR describes Buffy as having a `` special following among academics , some of whom have staked a claim in what they call ` Buffy Studies ' '' . Though not widely recognized as a distinct discipline , the term `` Buffy studies '' is commonly used amongst the academic Buffy-related writings . |
Carolyn_Strauss | Carolyn Strauss is an American television executive and producer . She was the president of the Home Box Office ( HBO ) network 's entertainment division until 2008 and was responsible for commissioning series like The Sopranos , The Wire , Curb Your Enthusiasm and Sex and the City . Upon leaving the position she became a television developer and producer and was given a production deal with HBO . She has collaborated with the network on the series Treme , Game of Thrones and Luck . Being of Jewish descent , in August 2015 she signed - as one of 98 members of the Los Angeles ' Jewish community - an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States `` as being in the best interest of the United States and Israel . '' |
Captain's_clerk | A captain 's clerk was a rating , now obsolete , in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy for a person employed by the captain to keep his records , correspondence , and accounts . The regulations of the Royal Navy demanded that a purser serve at least one year as a captain 's clerk , so the latter was often a young man working his way to a purser 's warrant . He had high status , with an office on the quarterdeck or upper deck on most ships . He was paid at the same rate as a midshipman in 1800 , but by 1815 he had almost the same monthly pay as a standing warrant officer . On large ships , he had his own cabin in the gunroom , but on smaller vessels he lived with the midshipmen on the orlop deck . |
Calaveras_Reservoir | Calaveras Reservoir is located primarily in Santa Clara County , California , with a small portion and its dam in Alameda County , California . The reservoir has a capacity of 100000 acre.ft . In Spanish , Calaveras means `` skulls '' . Calaveras Reservoir is fed mainly by Arroyo Hondo and Calaveras Creek . Lying in the Calaveras Valley , the region is a geologically active area with the Calaveras Fault parallel to , and to the west of , the dam site . Because of the hazard , a replacement dam is scheduled to open in 2018 . Roads adjacent to the reservoir include Calaveras Road and Marsh Road . The latter drew significant attention from a murder there in the early 1980s . Poverty Ridge and Oak Ridge lie to the east of Calaveras Reservoir , Milpitas and Monument Peak lie to the west , Sunol lies to the far north , and Calaveras Creek and Los Buellis Hills lie to the south . The Calaveras Valley is rich and diverse in wildlife . Some of the most common animals include deer , coyotes , squirrels , turkey vultures , red-winged blackbirds , yellow-billed magpies , red-tailed hawks , brewer 's blackbirds , purple martins , barn swallows , bullock 's orioles , and warblers . Since at least 2008 there has also been a regular nesting pair of bald eagles . |
Canal_Q | Canal Q is a Portuguese cable and satellite television network that is owned by Produções Ficticias , a creative agency and production company responsible for some of the most popular comedy shows in Portuguese national television . The channel carries comedy programming , entertainment and information , while 90 % of the programming are original productions . Its flagship program is Inferno , a satirical television program . |
Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(season_3) | The third season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on September 29 , 1998 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on July 13 , 1999 . It maintained its previous timeslot , airing Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET . Two episodes , `` Earshot '' and `` Graduation Day , Part Two '' , were delayed in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre because of their content . |
Canal_Sony_(Latin_America) | Canal Sony ( `` Sony Channel '' , in both Spanish and Portuguese ; formerly called Sony Entertainment Television ) , is a general entertainment channel co-based in Perú , Chile , Venezuela , Brazil and Miami , Florida , United States . It airs in 26 countries in Latin America , and is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment . In the region , it is distributed by HBO Latin America Group . It was the first pan-regional basic channel that offered programming in its original English language with subtitles and became an award-winning trend setting network . Canal Sony began transmission in August 1995 , as a basic cable television channel . Its first launch in Mexico was on Televisa 's Cablevision cable TV system in March 1996 followed by its launch in Brazil that same Spring . Unlike most national television networks in Latin America , which air all imported shows dubbed in Spanish or Portuguese , Sony started airing its programming with subtitles which led to its role as a regional leader . Canal Sony shows new or recent American comedy , drama and reality series such as Will & Grace , American Idol , 'Til Death , 30 Rock , Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , Falcon Beach , America 's Next Top Model , Scrubs , My Wife and Kids , Everybody Hates Chris , Medium , Ghost Whisperer , Saturday Night Live , Charmed , Whose Line Is It Anyway ? , Grey 's Anatomy , According to Jim , Desperate Housewives , That '70s Show , Ugly Betty , Big Day , Samantha Who ? and reruns or previous seasons of shows such as Seinfeld , Mad About You , Dawson 's Creek , Melrose Place , Beverly Hills , 90210 , Married ... with Children , The Nanny , My Wife and Kids and Frasier . Recently it has been broadcasting several hard comedy series , particularly from the UK such as Balls of Steel and Da Ali G Show . The channel 's biggest production so far is : Latin American Idol . The first season included 20 countries , with auditions in Caracas , Venezuela , Bogotá , Colombia , Mexico City and finishing in Buenos Aires , Argentina , the host country . The show did not include Brazil , because the country already has their own version on terrestrial television . The winner of the first season was Mayre Martinez from Venezuela , winning , amongst other prizes , a record deal , a car and a record contract . On June 12 , a redesign of the channel welcomed three new original productions by SET . Nada Que Ver was the first one , but it aired for a very short period of time , and was replaced with The IT Crowd due to unpopularity and criticism . Recently the first season of The IT Crowd finished and Nada Que Ver , returned to the programation of P.I ( Politically Incorrect , also named after the sound of a bleep in Spanish diction ) . FusionA2 ( Fused ) is a reality show in which two bands are brought together for two days to prepare and play a song together . And Ya es 1/2 Día en China ( It 's Noon in China ) A late night show in the format of NBC 's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . The show is currently hosted by Luis Chataing . Canal Sony regularly cooperates with popular brands , like Sony Ericsson , or Sony 's competitors , like Philips , to present new products in their mini-show `` Los Huevos de Oro '' ( The Golden Eggs ) , which is shown during commercial breaks . SET also shows music videos , as occasional time-fillers . Another popular feature the channel has been known for is Si Se Lo Perdió ( in Portuguese , Vale o Bis ) , which means `` In Case You Missed It '' , a block that would re-air any new episodes of prime time shows that aired during the week on Sundays , convenient for those that missed the original airings during the week . Nada que Ver is not aired in Brazil and is not on air currently . Ugly Betty was aired in Mexico , starting April 2008 . Sony started airing movies in Tuesday 's prime time . Although the name of the slot refers to Hollywood-produced humor , the movies aired are all romantic comedies , such as Little Black Book , America 's Sweethearts , and My Best Friend 's Wedding . In December 2009 , this space was moved to Saturdays , until it was eventually dropped in 2010 , though a movie block will return to the Brazilian feed on Thursdays , starting in April 2011 , as Cine Sony . At the same time , this block returned to the other regional feeds in Spanish , but on Fridays , as EPH : Espacio Producido Hollywood ( `` Hollywood-Produced Space '' ) . The channel has aired original shows , such as Mexico 's Next Top Model and Brazil 's Next Top Model ( Both based in America 's Next Top Model , which airs on the channel ) . Other original Latin-American series that premiered on the channel are Los Simuladores and Los Caballeros las prefieren Brutas . In 2011 , the Sony Pictures channels in Brazil gained greater independence from the Spanish-language feeds , and as part of that , it was announced that CSI : Crime Scene Investigation would return to Canal Sony in Brazil , while in the rest of the region , that show remains on sister channel AXN . In October 2011 , CSI : Miami would make such channel switch in Brazil . CSI : NY remains seen on AXN in the entire region . |
Caesar_(video_game) | Caesar is a city-building computer game where the player undertakes the role of a Roman governor , building ancient Roman cities . Released in 1992 on the Amiga , ported the next year to Atari ST , PC and Macintosh , the game was similar to SimCity . In addition to similar graphics and user interfaces , it also came with issues of micromanagement , including complicated city-planning requirements such as building the right number of schools , theaters , libraries , bathhouses , and other amenities , within suitable distances of residential areas . |
Caesarion | Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar ( -LSB- Πτολεμαῖος ΙΕʹ Φιλοπάτωρ Φιλομήτωρ Καῖσαρ , links = no -RSB- , Ptolemaios IEʹ Philopatōr Philomētōr Kaisar ; -LSB- Ptolemaeus XV Philopator Philomētor Caesar , links = no -RSB- June 23 , 47 BC -- August 23 , 30 BC ) , better known by the nicknames Caesarion ( -LSB- sᵻˈzɛəriən -RSB- English : Little Caesar ; -LSB- Caesariō , links = no -RSB- ) and Ptolemy Caesar ( -LSB- ˈtɒlᵻmi_ˈsiːzər -RSB- -LSB- Πτολεμαῖος Καῖσαρ , links = no -RSB- , Ptolemaios Kaisar ; -LSB- Ptolemaeus Caesar , links = no -RSB- ) , was the last Pharaoh of Egypt . He was the final member of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt , who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt , from September 2 , 44 BC . He held the position of sole ruler between the death of Cleopatra , on August 12 , 30 BC , up to August 23 , 30 BC , the time his death was ordered by Octavian , who would become the Roman emperor Augustus . It is unknown whether Octavian 's order was carried out successfully . He was the eldest son of Cleopatra VII , and possibly the only biological son of Julius Caesar , after whom he was named . |
Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake | The Capture of USS Chesapeake , or the Battle of Boston Harbor , was fought on 1 June 1813 , between the Royal Navy 's frigate HMS Shannon and American frigate USS Chesapeake , as part of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain . The Chesapeake was captured in a brief but intense action in which over 80 men were killed . This was the only frigate action of the war in which there was no preponderance of force on either side . At Boston , Captain James Lawrence took command of Chesapeake on 20 May 1813 , and on 1 June , put to sea to meet the waiting HMS Shannon , commanded by Captain Philip Broke , the frigate whose written challenge had just missed Chesapeakes sailing . Chesapeake suffered early in the exchange of gunfire , having her wheel and fore topsail halyard shot away , rendering her unmanoeuvrable . Lawrence himself was mortally wounded and was carried below . The American crew , struggled to carry out their captain 's last order , `` Do n't give up the ship ! '' , but the British boarding party overwhelmed them . The battle was notably intense but of short duration , lasting ten to fifteen minutes , in which time 252 men were killed or wounded . Shannons captain was severely injured in fighting on the forecastle . Chesapeake and her crew were taken to Halifax , Nova Scotia , where the sailors were imprisoned ; the ship was repaired and taken into service by the Royal Navy . She was sold at Portsmouth , England in 1819 and broken up . Surviving timbers were used to build the nearby Chesapeake Mill in Wickham and can be seen and visited to this day . Shannon survived longer , being broken up in 1859 . |
Captain_Phasma | Captain Phasma is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise , portrayed by Gwendoline Christie . Introduced in Star Wars : The Force Awakens ( 2015 ) , the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy , Phasma is the commander of the First Order 's force of stormtroopers . Christie confirmed that the character would reappear in the next of the trilogy 's films , Star Wars : The Last Jedi . The character also made an additional appearance in Before the Awakening , an anthology book set before the events of The Force Awakens . J. J. Abrams created Phasma from an armor design originally developed for Kylo Ren and named her after the 1979 horror film Phantasm . The character was originally conceived as male before being changed to female . Phasma appeared prominently in promotion and marketing for The Force Awakens , but the character 's ultimately minor role in the film was the subject of criticism . Nonetheless , merchandise featuring the character found success and her figure was the bestselling of all Force Awakens action figures on Amazon.co.uk . |
Bush_compound | The Bush compound is the summer home of 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush . It is located on Walker 's Point ( previously known as Point Vesuvius and home to a Kennebunkport city park called `` Damon Park '' ) . Walker 's Point juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in southern Maine , in the town of Kennebunkport , Maine . The property has been a family retreat for more than a century starting with his Father and Mother , Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker . |
Buran_(spacecraft) | Buran ( Бура́н , -LSB- bʊˈran -RSB- , Snowstorm or Blizzard ) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme . It carried the GRAU index serial number 11F35 K1 and is -- depending on the source -- also known as OK-1K1 , Orbiter K1 , OK 1.01 or Shuttle 1.01 . Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter , `` Buran '' was also the designation for the whole Soviet/Russian space shuttle project . OK-1K1 completed one unmanned spaceflight in 1988 , and was destroyed in 2002 when the hangar it was stored in collapsed . It remains the only Soviet reusable spacecraft to be launched into space . The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket , a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle . |
Calumnia_(Roman_law) | In Roman law during the Republic , calumnia was the willful bringing of a false accusation , that is , malicious prosecution . The English word `` calumny '' derives from the Latin . The Roman legal system lacked state prosecutors ; crimes were prosecuted by any individual with sufficient legal training who chose to make the case . Prosecutions were often politically motivated , but a prosecutor who brought an accusation wrongfully could be sued under the Lex Remmia de calumnia if the accused was absolved of the crime . In this sense , calumnia resembled a charge of defamation or libel . The person found guilty of calumnia was subject to the same punishment the person he falsely accused would have received . One particularly well-documented trial that resulted in calumnia was that of M. Aemilius Scaurus , the praetor of 56 BC , who spoke in his own defense . Cicero was among his team of six advocates . Scaurus was charged under the Lex Iulia de repetundis for alleged misconduct during his governorship of Sardinia in 55 BC . A lengthy list of character witnesses is preserved . He was acquitted , with only four of twenty-two senators voting to convict , two of twenty-three equites , and two of twenty-five tribuni aerarii ( `` tribunes of the treasury '' ) . Ten of these jurors voted that two of the prosecutors , Marcus Pacuvius Claudius and his brother Quintus , had committed calumnia , and three voted that a third prosecutor , Lucius Marius , had also done so . Although the presiding praetor allowed charges of calumnia to proceed , all three were acquitted , even though the jury seems to have been the same . Another case involving calumnia is mentioned by Cicero in his first speech against Verres . During the time of Sulla , Afrania , a senator 's wife , appeared so often before the praetor that muliebris calumnia ( `` woman 's calumny '' ) became regarded as pernicious to the legal system . An edict was consequently enacted that prohibited women from bringing claims on behalf of others , though they continued to be active in the courts in other ways . During the Imperial era , a charge of calumnia could also result from an ill-considered accusation , even if made without malice . |
Cabaret_(1972_film) | Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film which was directed by Bob Fosse and which starred Liza Minnelli , Michael York , and Joel Grey . Situated in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931 , under the presence of the growing Nazi Party , the film is loosely based on the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb , which was adapted from the novel The Berlin Stories ( 1939 ) by Christopher Isherwood and the 1951 play I Am a Camera adapted from the same book . Only a few numbers from the stage score were used for the film ; Kander and Ebb wrote new ones to replace those that were discarded . In the traditional manner of musical theater , called an `` integrated musical '' , every significant character in the stage version sings to express his/her own emotion and to advance the plot . In the film version , the musical numbers are entirely diegetic , taking place inside the club , with one exception ; this was `` Tomorrow Belongs to Me , '' the only song sung neither by Grey 's character of the Kit Kat Klub 's Master of Ceremonies nor by Minnelli 's character of Sally Bowles . In the sexually charged `` Two Ladies , '' about a ménage à trois , the Master of Ceremonies is joined by two of the Kit Kat girls . After he caused a box-office disaster with his film version of Sweet Charity in 1969 , Bob Fosse bounced back with Cabaret in 1972 , a year that would make him the most honored director in show business . And he proved to be far from the only winner in this case , as the film also brought Liza Minnelli , a daughter of Judy Garland , her own first chance to sing on screen -- and she also won the Academy Award for Best Actress . With Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor ( Joel Grey ) , Best Cinematography , Best Art Direction , Best Sound , Best Original Song Score and Adaptation , and Best Film Editing , it holds the record for most Oscars earned by a film not honored for Best Picture . However , it is listed as number 367 on Empire 's 500 greatest films of all time . Cabaret opened to glowing reviews and strong box office , eventually taking in more than $ 20 million . In addition to its eight Oscars , it won Best Picture citations from the National Board of Review and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and took Best Supporting Actor honors for Grey from the National Board of Review , the Hollywood Foreign Press , and the National Society of Film Critics . But the biggest winner was Fosse . Shortly before the 45th Academy Awards , he won two Tonys for directing and choreographing Pippin , his biggest stage hit to date . When , months later , he won the Primetime Emmy Award for choreographing and directing Minnelli 's television special , Liza with a Z , he became the first director to win all three awards in one year . |
Camp_(style) | Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value . Camp aesthetics disrupt many of modernism 's notions of what art is and what can be classified as high art by inverting aesthetic attributes such as beauty , value , and taste through an invitation of a different kind of apprehension and consumption . Camp can also be a social practice . For many it is considered a style and performance identity for several types of entertainment including film , cabaret and pantomime . Where high art necessarily incorporates beauty and value , camp necessarily needs to be lively , audacious and dynamic . `` Camp aesthetics delights in impertinence . '' Camp opposes satisfaction and seeks to challenge . Camp art is related to -- and often confused with -- kitsch , and things with camp appeal may also be described as `` cheesy '' . When the usage appeared in 1909 , it denoted ostentatious , exaggerated , affected , theatrical , and/or effeminate behavior , and by the middle of the 1970s , the definition comprised : banality , artifice , mediocrity and ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal . American writer Susan Sontag 's essay `` Notes on ` Camp ' '' ( 1964 ) emphasized its key elements as : artifice , frivolity , naive middle-class pretentiousness , and ` shocking ' excess . Camp as an aesthetic has been popular from the 1960s to the present . Camp aesthetics were popularised by filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar , Jack Smith and his film Flaming Creatures , and later John Waters , including the last 's Pink Flamingos , Hairspray , and Polyester . Celebrities that are associated with camp personas include drag queens and performers such as Dame Edna Everage , Divine , RuPaul , Paul Lynde , and Liberace . Camp was a part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1980s with the widespread adoption of postmodern views on art and culture . |
Captain_of_the_fleet | In the Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries a captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command . The equivalent post was called fleet captain in the U.S. Navy of the 18th and 19th century . This was a post rather than a rank in itself , and if its holder 's permanent rank was below that of an admiral then he ranked just below the most junior rear-admiral and was entitled to the pay and allowance of a rear-admiral whilst he held the post . The admiral 's commands would be issued through his captain of the fleet , and the fleet 's responses would be passed back to him . This role of intermediary between the overall commander and the commanded was analogous to that of a commander on a large warship , through whom orders were relayed to the crew and responses received . He would also act in some senses and instances as the admiral 's chief of staff . A captain of the fleet would usually be stationed on the admiral 's flagship as its `` first captain '' , and so that ship would also have a flag captain or `` second captain '' for everyday command of the ship itself . |
C._S._Lewis | Clive Staples Lewis ( 29 November 1898 -- 22 November 1963 ) was a British novelist , poet , academic , medievalist , literary critic , essayist , lay theologian , broadcaster , lecturer , and Christian apologist . He held academic positions at both Oxford University ( Magdalen College , 1925 -- 1954 ) and Cambridge University ( Magdalene College , 1954 -- 1963 ) . He is best known for his works of fiction , especially The Screwtape Letters , The Chronicles of Narnia , and The Space Trilogy , and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics , such as Mere Christianity , Miracles , and The Problem of Pain . Lewis and fellow novelist J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends . They both served on the English faculty at Oxford University , and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings . According to Lewis 's memoir Surprised by Joy , he was baptised in the Church of Ireland , but fell away from his faith during adolescence . Lewis returned to Anglicanism at the age of 32 , owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends , and he became an `` ordinary layman of the Church of England '' . His faith profoundly affected his work , and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim . In 1956 , he married American writer Joy Davidman ; she died of cancer four years later at the age of 45 . Lewis died on 22 November 1963 from renal failure , one week before his 65th birthday . In 2013 , on the 50th anniversary of his death , Lewis was honoured with a memorial in Poets ' Corner in Westminster Abbey . Lewis 's works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies . The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularised on stage , TV , radio , and cinema . His works entered the public domain in 2014 in countries where copyright expires 50 years after the death of the creator , such as Canada . |
Caligula_(film) | Caligula ( Italian : Caligola ) is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula . It stars Malcolm McDowell , Teresa Ann Savoy , Helen Mirren , Peter O'Toole , John Steiner and John Gielgud . It is the only feature film produced by the men 's magazine Penthouse . Producer Bob Guccione , the magazine 's founder , intended to produce an explicit pornographic film with a feature film narrative and high production values . He also cast Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes filmed during post-production by himself and Giancarlo Lui . Guccione hired screenwriter Gore Vidal to draft the film 's script and Tinto Brass to direct the film . Brass extensively altered Vidal 's original screenplay , leading Vidal to disavow the film . The final screenplay focuses on the idea that `` absolute power corrupts absolutely '' . Brass and Guccione disagreed over Guccione 's use of unsimulated sexual content , which Brass refused to film . Because the producers did not allow Brass to edit the film , they changed its tone and style significantly and added hardcore sex scenes not filmed by Brass , thus turning Caligula into a pornographic drama that disregarded the director 's intentions to present the film as a political satire . As a result , Brass also disavowed the film . Caligulas release was controversial ; it was met with legal issues and controversies over its violent and sexual content . Its uncut form remains banned in several countries . Although reviews were overwhelmingly negative ( though McDowell 's performance as the title character was praised ) , Caligula is considered to be a cult classic and its political content was considered to have significant merit . The script was later adapted into a novelization written by William Johnston , working under the pseudonym William Howard . |
Camp_Nama | Camp Nama was a military base in Baghdad , Iraq , originally built by the government of Saddam Hussein , from which its name derives , and now used by Iraqi military forces . Purportedly , the original Iraqi name has been repurposed by U.S. personnel involved with the facility as a backronym standing for `` Nasty Ass Military Area '' . |
Carlton_Food_Network | Carlton Food Network ( later known as Taste CFN from May 2001 ) was a British digital television channel , owned by Carlton Television , showing food and cookery programmes . It launched in September 1996 , and closed in December 2001 . It was part of a group of non-terrestrial channels operated by Carlton , including Carlton Select , Carlton World , Carlton Kids , and Carlton Cinema . |
Carlos_Newton | Carlos Newton ( born August 17 , 1976 ) is an Anguillian-born Canadian retired mixed martial artist and one of the original MMA pioneers . He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend . Known as `` The Ronin '' , he competed worldwide in the biggest MMA organizations including UFC , Pride FC , IFL , K-1 , Shooto and most recently W-1 . He is a 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt alongside his coach Terry Riggs , at Warrior MMA in Newmarket , Ontario . Newton has always been considered a fan favourite and a `` Submission Master '' and has dubbed his personal fighting style -- an amalgam of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , judo , wrestling and boxing as `` Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu '' in tribute to Dragon Ball '' , a Japanese manga series . As a testament to his worldwide popularity , Newton is one of only a few MMA athletes to ever be allowed to compete in the UFC and Pride FC at the same time . |
Campaigns_of_1792_in_the_French_Revolutionary_Wars | The French Revolutionary Wars began in 1792 . |
California | California ( -LSB- kælᵻˈfɔːrnjə , _ - ni.ə -RSB- , ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U.S. , California is bordered by the other U.S. states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California 's most populous city , and the country 's second largest after New York City . The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation 's second - and fifth-most populous urban regions , respectively . California also has the nation 's most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . California 's diverse geography ranges from the Pacific Coast in the west to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east ; and from the redwood -- Douglas fir forests in the northwest to the Mojave Desert in the southeast . The Central Valley , a major agricultural area , dominates the state 's center . Though California is well-known for its warm Mediterranean climate , the large size of the state means it can vary from moist temperate rainforest in the north , to arid desert in the interior , as well as snowy alpine in the mountains . What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries . The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony . The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its successful war for independence , but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican -- American War . The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California , and admitted as the 31st state on September 9 , 1850 . The California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes , with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom . If it were a country , California would be the 6th largest economy in the world and the 35th most populous . It is also regarded as a global trendsetter in both popular culture and politics , and is the origin of the film industry , the hippie counterculture , the Internet , and the personal computer , among others . Fifty-eight percent of the state 's economy is centered on finance , government , real estate services , technology , and professional , scientific and technical business services . The San Francisco Bay Area has the nation 's highest median household income by metropolitan area , and is the headquarters of three of the world 's largest 40 firms by revenue , Chevron , Apple , and McKesson . Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the state 's economy , California 's agriculture industry has the highest output of any U.S. state . |
Caligula_(musical) | Caligula , subtitled `` An Ancient Glam Epic '' , is a stage musical which tells the story of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula in the style of 1970s glam rock . The musical 's book , music , and lyrics are by Eric Svejcar . The musical was selected as a finalist for the 2003 Richard Rodgers Award . It was first presented publicly in May , 2004 in a concert production at the Zipper Theatre in New York City . The first full production was presented at the 2004 New York Musical Theatre Festival ( NYMF ) as one of the first shows of the inaugural festival . The production received the Golden NYMF audience award and played an extended run beyond the festival at the Theatre At St. Clements in New York City . The production was directed by Michael Unger and starred Euan Morton . Subsequent workshop productions were presented in 2006 at the Actors Studio in New York City as well as further development in conjunction with Lafayette College in Easton , PA. . The latter workshop productions starred Braden Tilghman as General Cassius Chaerea and Euan Morton as Emperor Caligula . In July 2009 , a staged reading was presented ( starring Morton , Anastasia Barzee , David Edwards , Autumn Hurlbert , and Matt Bogart ) at New World Stages in NYC . A Broadway production is reportedly planned . |
Bush_(surname) | The surname Bush is an English surname , derived from either the Old English word `` busc '' or the Old Norse `` buskr , '' both of which mean `` bush , '' a shrub . Variations on the English spelling `` Bush '' include : Bushe , Bosch , Boush , Boushe , Busch , Bussche , Buscher , Bysh , and Bysshe . The Bush family has held a family seat in Yorkshire , Northern England . People with the surname Bush name include : |
Captain_of_sea_and_war | Captain of sea and war ( Portuguese : capitão de mar e guerra ) is a rank in a small number of Portuguese-speaking navies , notably those of Portugal and Brazil , which corresponds to the rank of ship-of-the-line captain , or the US and Commonwealth rank of full captain . The term captain of sea and war , like the modern rank of ship-of-the-line captain in the navies of France , Italy , and Spain , has deep historic roots . Although the rank was first formally established in the 17th century , the expression had been sometimes been used in the Portuguese and Spanish ( as Capitán de Mar y Guerra ) armadas of the 16th century . But generally , in the 16th and early 17th centuries , the captain of a Portuguese man-of-war was simply called a capitão , while the commander of a fleet was termed capitão-mor , literally `` captain-major '' . During the 16th century , the term almirante was used in Portugal to designate the second in command of a fleet . Only during the 18th century would it come to designate the fleet commander - an admiral in the more modern sense . But during the latter half of the 17th century , the term `` captain of sea and war '' came to designate the commander of a larger man-of-war - the ship of the line that began evolving at that time . When that happened , the Portuguese Navy , as other navies , came to use the term capitão de fragata and capitão-tenente , literally `` frigate captain '' and `` captain-lieutenant '' , to designate the commanders of smaller warships . When Brazil gained her independence from Portugal in 1822 , its navy adopted the Portuguese rank denominations , which both countries still use . Today , the rank of captain of sea and war exists in the navies of Portugal , Brazil , Angola , Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau . Category : Naval ranks pt : Capitão de mar e guerra |
Camp_Flog_Gnaw | Camp Flog Gnaw is an annual carnival created and hosted by Tyler , The Creator and Odd Future . It is hosted once a year , and features various carnival games , well known artists , restaurants , and a ferris wheel . Camp Flog Gnaw has been held every year since 2012 . |
Cage_Force | Cage Force ( former name Demolition Octagon Gear ( D.O.G. ) ) is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA ) organization operated by Greatest Common Multiple ( GCM ) Communication . It was the first Japanese MMA organization to feature an octagon cage instead of a ring . Yushin Okami , Eiji Mitsuoka , Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Keita Nakamura experienced a cage match in D.O.G before contract with UFC . It enforced the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts when the changed name to `` Cage Force '' from `` D.O.G. '' , to prepare Japanese MMA fighters for the UFC . Cage Force tournament winner was entitled to a contract with UFC . Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Takeya Mizugaki have been contracted to the UFC and WEC by winning the tournament . |
Captain_Beefheart | Don Van Vliet ( -LSB- væn_ˈvliːt -RSB- , born Don Glen Vliet ; January 15 , 1941 -- December 17 , 2010 ) was an American singer , songwriter , musician and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart . His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called the Magic Band ( 1964 -- 1982 ) , with whom he recorded 13 studio albums . Noted for his powerful singing voice and his wide vocal range , Van Vliet also played the harmonica , saxophone , and numerous other wind instruments . His music integrated blues , rock , psychedelia , and free jazz with contemporary experimental composition and the avant-garde . Beefheart was also known for often constructing myths about his life and for exercising an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians . An artistic prodigy in his childhood , Van Vliet developed an eclectic musical taste during his teen years in Lancaster , California , and formed `` a mutually useful but volatile '' friendship with musician Frank Zappa , with whom he sporadically competed and collaborated . He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up , initiated by Alexis Snouffer , the same year . The group drew attention with their cover of Bo Diddley 's `` Diddy Wah Diddy '' , which became a regional hit . It was followed by their acclaimed debut album Safe as Milk , released in 1967 on Buddah Records . After being dropped by two consecutive record labels , they signed to Zappa 's Straight Records . As producer , Zappa granted Beefheart unrestrained artistic freedom in making 1969 's Trout Mask Replica , which was ranked 58th in Rolling Stone magazine 's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . Beefheart followed this up with the album Lick My Decals Off , Baby , released in 1970 . In 1974 , frustrated by lack of commercial success , he released two albums of more conventional rock music that were critically panned ; `` Unconditionally Guaranteed '' and `` Bluejeans & Moonbeams '' , this move , combined with not having been paid for a European tour , and years of enduring Beefheart 's abusive behavior , led the entire band to quit . Beefheart eventually formed a new Magic Band with a group of younger musicians and regained contemporary approval through three final albums : Shiny Beast ( 1978 ) , Doc at the Radar Station ( 1980 ) and Ice Cream for Crow ( 1982 ) . Van Vliet has been described as `` one of modern music 's true innovators '' with `` a singular body of work virtually unrivalled in its daring and fluid creativity . '' Although he achieved little commercial or mainstream critical success , he sustained a cult following as a `` highly significant '' and `` incalculable '' influence on an array of new wave , punk , post-punk , experimental and alternative rock musicians . Known for his enigmatic personality and relationship with the public , Van Vliet made few public appearances after his retirement from music in 1982 . He pursued a career in art , an interest that originated in his childhood talent for sculpture , and a venture which proved to be his most financially secure . His expressionist paintings and drawings command high prices , and have been exhibited in art galleries and museums across the world . Van Vliet died in 2010 , having suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years . |
Buddy_Gorman | Charles J. `` Buddy '' Gorman ( September 2 , 1921 -- April 1 , 2010 ) was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying a member of the comedy teams The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys . Buddy was born and raised in the `` Hell 's Kitchen '' area of New York . He left home after high school and hitchhiked to California in hopes of becoming an actor . He got a job in the studio mailroom and slept in a nearby used car lot until he was noticed and given small parts in several movies . He eventually landed the part of `` Butch '' in the Bowery Boy movies . Gorman married Rosemary Christoff of Lima , Ohio , on June 17 , 1951 . At the time , she worked as a secretary to the Art Department Director of NBC Studios . A mutual friend introduced them . After marriage , Gorman retired from acting and opened a Magic Shop in North Hollywood . The Gormans had two daughters : Victoria ( 1962 ) and Gretchen ( 1964 ) . Soon after the girls were born , the family moved to Riverside , California , and ran a novelty/magic shop called `` Fun-N-Stuff '' until they retired in 1991 . They were married for 46 years , until her death in 1997 . In 2005 , Gorman moved to an independent living community in Webster , New York , to be closer to his daughter Gretchen and her husband and their children . Gorman died on April 1 , 2010 , in Webster , age 88 . |
Camp_Belknap_(military_camp) | Camp Belknap was a military camp during the Mexican-American War . |
Caesar_(surname) | Caesar is a surname . Notable people with the surname include : Adolph Caesar ( 1933 -- 1986 ) , American actor Arthur Caesar ( 1892 -- 1953 ) , American screenwriter Bill Caesar ( 1899 -- 1988 ) , English cricketer David Caesar , Australian television/film director and writer Gus Caesar ( born 1966 ) , English footballer Hans-Joachim Caesar ( 1905-after 1980 ) , German Bank Comptroller in Paris , 1940-44 Irving Caesar ( 1895 -- 1996 ) , American lyricist and theater composer Ivan Caesar ( 1967 -- 2008 ) , American football player Julius Caesar ( judge ) ( 1557/8 -- 1636 ) , a British judge and politician ( MP for Reigate , Bletchingley , Windsor , Westminster , Middlesex and Maldon ) Pogus Caesar , British artist , television producer and director Robert Caesar ( 1602 -- 1637 ) , English lawyer and politician Shirley Caesar ( born 1938 ) , American singer Sid Caesar ( 1922 -- 2014 ) , American comedian and television personality |
Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines) | See Captain ( land ) for other versions of this army and marines rank . Captain ( Capt ) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2 . The rank is equivalent to a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force . The rank of captain in the Royal Navy is considerably more senior ( equivalent to the Army/RM rank of colonel ) and the two ranks should not be confused . In the 21st-century British Army , captains are often appointed to be second-in-command of a company or equivalent sized unit of up to 120 soldiers . |
Camp_Fire | Camp Fire , formerly Camp Fire USA ( originally `` Camp Fire Girls of America '' ) , is a secular co-ed inclusive youth development organization . Camp Fire was the first nonsectarian , multicultural organization for girls in America . Its programs emphasize camping and other outdoor activities for youth . Its informal roots extend back to 1910 , with efforts by Mrs. Charles Farnsworth in Thetford , Vermont and Luther Gulick M.D. and his wife Charlotte Vedder Gulick on Sebago Lake , near South Casco , Maine . Camp Fire Girls , as it was known at the time , was created as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America . The organization changed its name in 1975 to Camp Fire Boys and Girls when membership eligibility was expanded to include boys . In 2001 , the name Camp Fire USA was adopted , and in 2012 it became Camp Fire . Camp Fire 's programs , including small group experiences , after-school programs , camping and environmental education , child care and service learning , build confidence in younger children and provide hands-on , youth driven leadership experiences for older youth . |
Canadian_Idol_(season_2) | The second season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 1 , 2004 , and became the most watched show in Canada , drawing in over 3 million viewers each week . Auditions were held in Toronto , Montreal , Vancouver , Ottawa , Edmonton , Winnipeg , Halifax , Regina , and St. John 's . The season provided an Idol first when the final six contestants played their own instruments during a group performance of the Gordon Lightfoot classic `` Canadian Railroad Trilogy '' . This was the first time that contestants on any Idol series had performed with instruments ; the effort is still widely regarded as one of the finest group numbers ever to appear on the show . Kalan Porter of Medicine Hat , Alberta won the series , and Theresa Sokyrka of Saskatoon , Saskatchewan was the runner-up . In November 2004 , merely two months after the competition , Porter released his debut album entitled 219 Days -- the number days spanning from his first audition to the release of his CD . Other Season Two finalists who released albums include Sokyrka , Jacob Hoggard ( with his band Hedley ) , Jason Greeley , Shane Wiebe , and Joshua Seller . |
Caesar's_Civil_War | The Great Roman Civil War ( 49 -- 45 BC ) , also known as Caesar 's Civil War , was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire . It began as a series of political and military confrontations , between Julius Caesar ( 100 -- 44 BC ) , his political supporters ( broadly known as Populares ) , and his legions , against the Optimates ( or Boni ) , the politically conservative and socially traditionalist faction of the Roman Senate , who were supported by Pompey ( 106 -- 48 BC ) and his legions . After a five-year-long ( 49 -- 45 BC ) politico-military struggle , fought in Italy , Illyria , Greece , Egypt , Africa , and Hispania , Caesar defeated the last of the Optimates in the Battle of Munda and became Dictator perpetuo ( Dictator in perpetuity ) of Rome . The changes to Roman government concomitant to the war mostly eliminated the political traditions of the Roman Republic ( 509 -- 27 BC ) and led to the Roman Empire ( 27 BC -- AD 476 ) . |
Captain_1st_rank | This article is about the OF-5 rank Kapitan 1st rank in Russia and some other post-Soviet states . For the equivalent rank in Anglophone naval forces see Captain ( naval ) ; in Germany see Kapitän zur See or Kommodore . It should not be mixed up to the Commodore ( rank ) , often regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6 . Kapitan 1st rank ( Капитан 1-го ранга ; literal : captain of the 1st rank ) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the most senior rank in the staff officer ´ s career group . The rank is equivalent to Polkovnik in Army and Air Force . The rank might be comparable to Captain ( naval ) ( OF-5 ) in Anglophone/NATO naval forces . The rank was introduced in Russia by Peter the Great in 1713 . By decision of the so-called Military navy commission ( ru : Воинская морскaя комиссия ) in 1732 the sequence of Kapitan ranks was abolished . However , until 1752 the grade rank Kapitan 1st rank was corresponding to Fleet kapitan ( ru : Флота капитан ) . Finally , the Kapitan ranks were reintroduced September 5 ( 16 ) , 1751 . The Red Army introduced the Kapitan 1st rank rank in 1935 , together with a number of other former Russian ranks , and it has been used in many ex-USSR countries , including Russia , to the present day . |
Bushie | A Bushie , or less commonly , Bushite or Bushy , is a term referring to a political supporter of George H. W. Bush or George W. Bush . More specifically , it is used to denote the inner circle of Bush advisors , appointees , and acolytes . The label carries much the same meaning as the terms `` Reaganite '' and `` Clintonista , '' which are used to denote aides and followers of Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton , respectively . |
Carol_Woods | Carol Woods ( born November 13 , 1943 ) is an American actress and singer . She is best known for her roles in Across the Universe ( 2007 ) , Sweet and Lowdown ( 1999 ) and The Honeymooners ( 2005 ) . In February 2008 she received a standing ovation during the 50th Grammy Awards broadcast singing `` Let It Be '' from the soundtrack of the film Across the Universe , with Timothy Mitchum . Inspired by Barack Obama 's campaign and win she has recorded the Grammy Award winner Julie Gold 's song `` America '' . The CD of America ( The Song ) made its debut in a Limited Inaugural Edition at the `` Shades of Blue '' Inaugural Gala , hosted by Create the Vision Source in Washington D.C. January 20 , 2009 . In July 2009 , America became available to the public at large . In early 2009 she reprised the role of Matron `` Mama '' Morton in Chicago on Broadway , followed by two weeks at the National Theatre ( March 31 - April 12 , 2009 ) . She will remain on tour with the show as Matron `` Mama '' Morton through June 2010 , returning to the Broadway production in July . She is also recording material for a new CD titled Blues in the Night . |
Canal_Digital | Canal Digital is a Nordic pay TV and internet service provider in Norway , Sweden , Denmark and Finland that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay TV company Canal + and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor . Since 2003 , Canal Digital is fully owned by Telenor . Canal Digital was started as a direct broadcast satellite television service to Sweden , Norway , Denmark and Finland , but has since expanded into cable television in Norway , Sweden and Denmark , digital terrestrial television in Finland and IPTV in Sweden and Denmark . More than 2.9 million Nordic households and activities are subscribed to their services . FTTH services have slowly started in selected areas in Norway . Internet access through the cable network is based on the EuroDOCSIS standard . Canal Digital 's cable system in the newer network areas which includes most of Canal Digital 's cable networks in Norway is based on hybrid fibre-coaxial technology . Some other network areas are copper only , but are subjected to upgrading in order to support new TV set-top box 's . Unlike its DTH rival , Viasat , Canal Digital does not own a TV-network -- they have however secured several multi-year exclusive deals with different TV broadcasters . As of 2011 , Canal Digital has exclusive satellite rights with C More Entertainment , ProSiebenSat .1 in Denmark , Eurosport , BBC Worldwide and Discovery Communications . Satellite exclusivity was more common in the past , but many channels that were once exclusive to Canal Digital have eventually signed agreements with Viasat . Broadcasters that were once exclusive to Canal Digital but later joined Viasat include Sveriges Television ( joined Viasat in 2003 ) , TV4 AB ( 2005 -- 2006 ) , National Geographic Channel , ProSiebenSat .1 in Norway and Sweden , TV 2 ( Denmark ) and TV 2 ( Norway ) . Their satellite broadcasts can be received from the Thor 5 and Thor 6 satellites at 1 ° W with any DVB-S Receiver Equipped with a Conax Descrambling Module . |
Caesar's_Comet | Caesar 's Comet ( numerical designation C / -43 K1 ) -- also known as Comet Caesar and the Great Comet of 44 BC -- was perhaps the most famous comet of antiquity . Its seven-day visitation was interpreted by Romans as a sign of the deification of recently assassinated dictator , Julius Caesar ( 100 -- 44 BC ) . Caesar 's Comet is one of only five comets known to have had a negative absolute magnitude and may have been the brightest daylight comet in recorded history . It was not periodic and may have disintegrated . The parabolic orbital solution estimates that the comet would now be more than 800 AU from the Sun . |
Can't_Be_Tamed | Ca n't Be Tamed is the third studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus . It was released on June 18 , 2010 , by Hollywood Records ; it would become her final album with the label after signing with RCA Records in 2013 . Cyrus wrote the project in 2009 , while travelling internationally for her Wonder World Tour , and recorded it in 2010 . Described by Cyrus as a `` good -LSB- record -RSB- to blast in your car '' , Ca n't Be Tamed represents a musical departure from her earlier work , which she had grown to feel uninspired by . As executive producers , Tish Cyrus and Jason Morey enlisted partners including Devrim Karaoglu , Marek Pompetzki , Rock Mafia , and John Shanks to achieve Cyrus ' desired new sound . Their efforts resulted in a primarily dance-pop record , which Cyrus ' record label acknowledged differed from the original plans for the project . Its lyrical themes revolve largely around breaking free of constraints and expectations , which are largely mentioned in the context of romantic relationships . Upon its release , Ca n't Be Tamed received generally mixed reviews from music critics , who were ambivalent towards perceived lack of musical focus and a failure to fully establish Cyrus ' maturing public image ; additional criticism was placed on her vocals sounding over-processed and lacking emotional depth . It debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 100,000 copies . It is Cyrus ' lowest-peaking and lowest-selling record in the United States . The album has sold 350,000 copies in the country . Ca n't Be Tamed charted moderately on record charts in internationally , reaching the top-ten in countries including Australia , Canada , and the United Kingdom . Two singles were released from Ca n't Be Tamed . Its title track `` Ca n't Be Tamed '' was released on May 14 , 2010 , and peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and performed moderately worldwide . Follow-up single `` Who Owns My Heart '' was released October 22 , 2010 and was only released in selected European countries , failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and charting poorly on European singles chart . Promotional efforts for Ca n't Be Tamed began to associate Cyrus with an increasingly provocative image , an effort continued with her fourth studio album Bangerz ( 2013 ) . The record was primarily promoted through a series of television appearances and Cyrus ' headlining Gypsy Heart Tour in 2011 . Ca n't Be Tamed is Cyrus first album to not be certified platinum in the US . |
Bubonic_Burial_Rites | Bubonic Burial Rites is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues , independently released on November 21 , 2007 . |
Caliphate | A caliphate ( خِلافة khilāfa ) is an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph ( -LSB- ˈkælɪf , _ ˈkeɪ - -RSB- , خَليفة ) -- a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet , Muhammad ( Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ) , and a leader of the entire Muslim community . The Rashidun caliphs , who directly succeeded Muhammad as leaders of the Muslim community , were chosen through shura , a process of community consultation that some consider to be an early form of Islamic democracy . During the history of Islam after the Rashidun period , many Muslim states , almost all of them hereditary monarchies , have claimed to be caliphates . The Sunni branch of Islam stipulates that , as a head of state , a caliph should be elected by Muslims or their representatives . Followers of Shia Islam , however , believe a caliph should be an Imam chosen by God from the Ahl al-Bayt ( the `` Family of the House '' , Muhammad 's direct descendants ) . |
Capriccio_(art) | In painting , a capriccio ( -LSB- kaˈprittʃo -RSB- , plural : capricci -LSB- kaˈprittʃi -RSB- in older English works often anglicized as `` caprice '' ) means an architectural fantasy , placing together buildings , archaeological ruins and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations , and may include staffage ( figures ) . It falls under the more general term of landscape painting . The term is also used for other artworks with an element of fantasy . |
Bulgars | The Bulgars ( also Bulghars , Bulgari , Bolgars , Bolghars , Bolgari ; Proto-Bulgarians ) were semi-nomadic warrior Turkic tribes who flourished in the Pontic-Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century . Emerging as nomadic equestrians in the Volga-Ural region , according to some researchers their roots can be traced to Central Asia . During their westward migration across the Eurasian steppe the Bulgars absorbed other ethnic groups and cultural influences , including Hunnic , Iranian and Indo-European people . Modern genetic research on Central Asian Turkic people and ethnic groups related to the Bulgars points to an affiliation with western Eurasian and European populations . The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language , i.e. Bulgar language of Oghuric branch . They preserved military titles , organization and customs of Eurasian steppes , as well as pagan shamanism and belief in the sky deity Tangra . The Bulgars became semi-sedentary during the 7th century in the Pontic-Caspian steppe , establishing the polity of Old Great Bulgaria c. 635 , which was absorbed by the Khazar Empire in 668 AD . In c. 679 , Khan Asparukh conquered Scythia Minor , opening access to Moesia , and established the First Bulgarian Empire . In the Balkans , the Bulgars became a political and military elite , and merged with previous populations , such as the Thracians and Vlachs , and were Slavicized , thus forming modern Bulgarians . The remaining Pontic Bulgars migrated in the 7th century to the Volga River , where they founded the Volga Bulgaria ; they preserved their identity well into the 13th century . The Volga Tatars and Chuvash people claim to be originated from the Volga Bulgars . |
Camp_Death_III:_The_Final_Summer | Camp Death III : The Final Summer is a Canadian horror comedy spoof movie of the Friday the 13th film series and is scheduled for a May 13 , 2016 , release . |
Carla_Laemmle | Rebekah Isabelle `` Carla '' Laemmle ( October 20 , 1909 -- June 12 , 2014 ) was an American actress of German Jewish descent , and the niece of Universal Pictures studio founder Carl Laemmle . She was a movie actress in the 1920s and 1930s , and one of the longest surviving actors of the silent film era . Her career in motion pictures also spanned parts of two centuries from her first appearance in 1925 to her last in 2014 . |
Callebaut | Callebaut is a Belgian chocolate brand , owned by the Barry Callebaut group . |
C.I.A._(band) | C.I.A. ( abbreviation for Cru ' in Action ! ) was a hip hop group , which consisted of K-Dee , Sir Jinx and Ice Cube . The group began playing at parties organized by Dr. Dre , a member of a popular local hip-hop group called World Class Wreckin ' Cru . C.I.A. was credited for backing vocals on the WCWC song `` Cabbage Patch '' . Ice Cube and Dr. Dre later became members of gangsta rap pioneer group N.W.A. . The only C.I.A. release came in 1987 entitled `` My Posse '' , which was produced by Dr. Dre in a classic Roland TR-808 manner . |
Canadian_punk_rock | The first punk rock bands emerged in Canada during the late 1970s , in the wake of the US band Ramones and the UK bands Sex Pistols and The Clash . The Viletones , The Diodes and The Demics were among the pioneers , together with The Skulls ( featuring Joey who would go on to form DOA , and Wimpy ( Brian Roy ) who would lead The Subhumans ) from Vancouver , and Hamilton 's Teenage Head , whose records and live shows earned them the nickname `` Canada 's Ramones '' . Vibrant local punk scenes sprung up in Toronto and Vancouver and other Canadian cities , however as the movement was increasingly infiltrated and co-opted by `` new wave '' type bands , by 1980/81 hardcore emerged as a way to separate `` true punk '' bands from the `` poseur punk '' bands . |
Candide_(newspaper) | Candide ( -LSB- kɑ̃did -RSB- ) was the name given to various French newspapers of the 19th and 20th century . |
C._Auguste_Dupin | Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin -LSB- oɡyst dypɛ̃ -RSB- is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe . Dupin made his first appearance in Poe 's `` The Murders in the Rue Morgue '' ( 1841 ) , widely considered the first detective fiction story . He reappears in `` The Mystery of Marie Rogêt '' ( 1842 ) and `` The Purloined Letter '' ( 1844 ) . Dupin is not a professional detective and his motivations for solving the mysteries change throughout the three stories . Using what Poe termed `` ratiocination '' , Dupin combines his considerable intellect with creative imagination , even putting himself in the mind of the criminal . His talents are strong enough that he appears able to read the mind of his companion , the unnamed narrator of all three stories . Poe created the Dupin character before the word detective had been coined . The character laid the groundwork for fictitious detectives to come , including Sherlock Holmes , and established most of the common elements of the detective fiction genre . |
Caesar,_Life_of_a_Colossus | Caesar , Life of a Colossus is a nonfiction book written by Adrian Goldsworthy . It was published in 2006 by Yale University Press ( 519 pages ) This is a biography of Julius Caesar . However , it is an outline of Caeser 's life in the context of the many institutions with which he interacted : `` Roman society , the politics of the senate , Gaul ( ancient France ) '' as well as the army of that ancient republic . One underlying structure of this book is to take the reader on a journey that follows `` the many gambles , strange turns , and unlikely incidents in Caesar 's career . '' The book is referenced with endnotes and an index , located in the back of the book , showing it is based on ancient scholarly sources . The work of sifting through these sometimes conflicting sources to the tell the story is also part of the narrative . Additionally , a bibliography of scholarly commentary , published during our more modern age , regarding Julius Caesar and Ancient Rome during his lifetime , is also in the back of the book . Hence , although the author has written this book for the lay reader , it is also useful for scholarly study . |
Caesarism | Caesarism is a form of political rule that emulates the rule of Roman dictator Julius Caesar over the Roman Republic , in that it is led by a charismatic strongman whose rule is based upon ' a cult of personality , whose rationale is the need to rule by force , establishing a violent social order , and being a regime involving prominence of the military in the government . It has been used by proponents of it , but it has also been commonly used in a pejorative manner . A so-called `` democratic '' form of Caesarism has been advocated by theorists like Venezuela 's Laureano Vallenilla Lanz in Cesarismo Democrático ( 1919 ) . The most famous person who themselves espoused Caesarism , was Napoleon Bonaparte , who admired and emulated Caesar during his rule in France . Italian Duce Benito Mussolini and the ideology of Italian Fascism espoused Caesarism . Benjamin Disraeli was also famously accused of Caesarism in March 1878 when , in anticipation of war with Russia , he mobilised British reserves and called Indian troops to Malta . G. K. Chesterton made one of the most ringing denunciations of Caesarism in his work Heretics , calling it `` the worst form of slavery '' . |
Buffer_(navy) | Buffer is the colloquial title for the senior seaman sailor in a Commonwealth of Nations navy ship . The formal title is chief boatswain 's mate . This person is typically a chief petty officer or petty officer in frigates or destroyers , and in larger ships may be a warrant officer . In smaller ships , such as a patrol boat , the buffer may be a petty officer or leading rate . The buffer reports to the first lieutenant or deck officer , and has a wide-ranging roving commission to supervise seamanship evolutions ( activities ) and issue directions to seamen as required , and advise `` part of ship '' officers and petty officers on their activities . As such , directions and orders come with the ` line ' authority of the deck officer . The buffer will supervise major ship activities , such as : berthing alongside and taking on equipment in harbour ; anchoring , mooring and weighing ; rigging for refuelling or stores transfer at sea ; sending away and recovering a sea-boat . The commanding officer may occasionally call for advice from the buffer with the deck officer and executive officer in attendance , so that there is wide agreement and understanding between the senior seamanship staff . The equivalent position in the United States Navy would be that of a command master chief petty officer in the boatswain 's mate rating . |
Caesarea_Maritima | Caesarea Maritima ( also Caesarea Palestinae ; Greek : Parálios Kaisáreia , Παράλιος Καισάρεια ) is an Israeli National Park in the Sharon plain , including the ancient remains of the coastal city of Caesarea . The city and harbor were built under Herod the Great during c. 22 -- 10 BC near the site of a former Phoenician naval station known as Stratonos pyrgos . It later became the provincial capital of Roman Judea , Roman Syria Palaestina and Byzantine Palaestina Prima provinces . The city was populated throughout the 1st to 6th centuries CE and became an important early center of Christianity during the Byzantine period , but was mostly abandoned following the Muslim conquest of 640 . It was re-fortified by the Crusaders , and finally slighted by the Mamluks in 1265 . The name Caesarea was adopted into Arabic as Qaysaria قيسارية . The location was all but abandoned in 1800 . It was re-developed into a fishing village by Bosniak Muslim immigrants after 1884 , and into a modern town of after 1940 , in 1977 incorporated as the municipality of Caesarea ( Hebrew Kesariya קיסריה ) within Israel 's Haifa District , about halfway between the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa . The ruins of the ancient city , on the coast just about 2 km south of modern Caesarea , were excavated in the 1950s and 1960s and the site was incorporated into a new national park in 2011 . |
Carl_Maria_von_Weber | Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 or 19 November 1786 5 June 1826 ) was a German composer , conductor , pianist , guitarist and critic , one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school . Weber 's operas Der Freischütz , Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantische Oper ( Romantic opera ) in Germany . Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German `` nationalist '' opera , Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree , while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn 's music for A Midsummer Night 's Dream and , at the same time , revealed Weber 's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures . This interest was first manifested in Weber 's incidental music for Schiller 's translation of Gozzi 's Turandot , for which he used a Chinese melody , making him the first Western composer to use an Asian tune that was not of the pseudo-Turkish kind popularized by Mozart and others . A brilliant pianist himself , Weber composed four sonatas , two concertos and the Konzertstück in F minor ( concert piece ) , which influenced composers such as Chopin , Liszt and Mendelssohn . The provided a new model for the one-movement concerto in several contrasting sections ( such as Liszt 's , who often played the work ) , and was acknowledged by Stravinsky as the model for his Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra . Weber 's shorter piano pieces , such as the Invitation to the Dance , were later orchestrated by Berlioz , while his Polacca Brillante was later set for piano and orchestra by Liszt . Weber 's compositions for clarinet , bassoon , and horn occupy an important place in the musical repertoire . His compositions for the clarinet , which include two concertos , a concertino , a quintet , a duo concertante , and variations on a theme from his opera Silvana , are regularly performed today . His Concertino for Horn and Orchestra requires the performer to simultaneously produce two notes by humming while playing -- a technique known as `` multiphonics '' . His bassoon concerto and the Andante e Rondo ungarese ( a reworking of a piece originally for viola and orchestra ) are also popular with bassoonists . Weber 's contribution to vocal and choral music is also significant . His body of Catholic religious music was highly popular in 19th-century Germany , and he composed one of the earliest song cycles , Die Temperamente beim Verluste der Geliebten ( -LSB- Four -RSB- Temperaments on the Loss of a Lover ) . Weber was also notable as one of the first conductors to conduct without a piano or violin . Weber 's orchestration has also been highly praised and emulated by later generations of composers -- Berlioz referred to him several times in his Treatise on Instrumentation while Debussy remarked that the sound of the Weber orchestra was obtained through the scrutiny of the soul of each instrument . His operas influenced the work of later opera composers , especially in Germany , such as Marschner , Meyerbeer and Wagner , as well as several nationalist 19th-century composers such as Glinka . Homage has been paid to Weber by 20th-century composers such as Debussy , Stravinsky , Mahler ( who completed Weber 's unfinished comic opera Die drei Pintos and made revisions of Euryanthe and Oberon ) and Hindemith ( composer of the popular Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ) . Weber also wrote music journalism and was interested in folksong , and learned lithography to engrave his own works . |
Californication_(TV_series) | Californication is an American comedy-drama television series created by Tom Kapinos , which aired for seven seasons on Showtime from August 13 , 2007 , to June 29 , 2014 . The show follows New Yorker Hank Moody ( David Duchovny ) , a troubled novelist who moves to California and suffers from writer 's block . His drinking , womanizing , and drug abuse complicate his relationships with his longtime lover Karen ( Natascha McElhone ) and their daughter Becca ( Madeleine Martin ) . Hank struggles to find purpose in his life as he passes up multiple opportunities , but eventually makes the right decision for happiness . The show 's other main characters are Hank 's best friend and agent , Charlie Runkle ( Evan Handler ) , and Charlie 's wife , Marcy ( Pamela Adlon ) . Recurring themes are sex , drugs , and rock and roll , all of which are featured regularly , as well as the seedier side of Los Angeles . The show has been nominated for many awards and won several , including winning two Emmy Awards ( nominated for two others ) and one Golden Globe Award ( nominated for five others ) . |
Caesar_(Mercury_Theatre) | Caesar is the title of Orson Welles 's innovative 1937 adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar , a modern-dress bare-stage production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany . Considered Welles 's highest achievement in the theatre , it premiered November 11 , 1937 , as the first production of the Mercury Theatre , an independent repertory theatre company that presented an acclaimed series of productions on Broadway through 1941 . |
Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(season_5) | The fifth season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on September 26 , 2000 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 22 , 2001 . It maintained its previous timeslot , airing Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET . This was the final season to air on The WB before it moved to UPN ; The WB billed the season five finale as `` The WB series finale '' . |
Cap_Tourmente_(film) | Cap Tourmente is a Canadian drama film , released in 1993 . The film centres on Jeanne O'Neil ( Andrée Lachapelle ) , a single mother running a small inn in rural Quebec with her daughter Alfa ( Élise Guilbault ) . The family 's life is turned upside down , however , when bisexual prodigal son Alex ( Roy Dupuis ) and old family friend Jean-Louis McKenzie ( Gilbert Sicotte ) simultaneously arrive for a visit , causing chaos as Alex 's sociopathic tendencies begin to blow the lid off the family 's dysfunctional and borderline incestuous emotional life . Supporting cast members in the film include Macha Limonchik , Gabriel Gascon , Luc Picard , André Brassard , Caroline Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers . The film garnered Genie Award nominations for all four of its lead actors at the 14th Genie Awards , with Dupuis and Sicotte nominated for Best Actor and Guilbault and Lachapelle nominated for Best Actress . The film was originally inspired by a family-owned inn in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive where director and screenwriter Michel Langlois had worked in his youth . The film first entered development in 1984 as La Traversée , with Léa Pool originally slated to direct . However , she dropped out of the project , and Langlois brought it to French director Paul Vecchiali . Vecchiali was subsequently also unable to direct the film and Pool returned to the project a second time , but was again forced to drop out . Langlois subsequently put the film on hold , opting to take other jobs in the film industry so that he could learn how to direct the film himself . He continued to write other screenplays , and directed several short films before completing a final draft of Cap Tourmente in 1991 and entering production in 1992 as the film 's director . Both Dupuis and Guilbault had previously also acted in Langlois ' short film Sortie 234 . In 2009 , Langlois released Mère et monde , a documentary film about the real family who had inspired the film . |
Burbank,_California | Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California , United States , 12 mi northwest of downtown Los Angeles . The population at the 2010 census was 103,340 . Billed as the `` Media Capital of the World '' and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood , numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank , including The Walt Disney Company , Warner Bros. . Entertainment , Nickelodeon Animation Studios , NBC , Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network , and Insomniac Games . The city is also home to Bob Hope Airport . It was the location of Lockheed 's Skunk Works , which produced some of the most secret and technologically advanced airplanes , including the U-2 spy planes that uncovered the Soviet Union missile components in Cuba in October 1962 . Burbank consists of two distinct areas : a downtown/foothill section , in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains , and the flatland section . Burbank is the easternmost city in the San Fernando Valley . Burbank 's neighbor , Glendale , is the westernmost city in the San Gabriel Valley . The city was referred to as `` Beautiful Downtown Burbank '' on Laugh-In and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . The city was named after David Burbank , a New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who established a sheep ranch there in 1867 . |
Caesar_the_Conqueror | Caesar the Conqueror ( Italian : Giulio Cesare , il conquistatore delle Gallie ) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Tanio Boccia . The scenario is based on Julius Caesar 's Commentarii de Bello Gallico . |
Canadian_classical_music | In Canada , classical music includes a range of musical styles rooted in the traditions of Western or European classical music that European settlers brought to the country from the 17th century and onwards . As well , it includes musical styles brought by other ethnic communities from the 19th century and onwards , such as Indian classical music ( Hindustani and Carnatic music ) and Chinese classical music . Since Canada 's emergence as a nation in 1867 , the country has produced its own composers , musicians and ensembles . As well , it has developed a music infrastructure that includes training institutions , conservatories , performance halls , and a public radio broadcaster , CBC , which programs a moderate amount of Classical music . There is a high level of public interest in classical music and education . Canada has produced a number of respected ensembles , including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , as well as a number of well-known Baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles , such as the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir . Major Canadian opera companies such as the Canadian Opera Company have nurtured the talents of Canadian opera singers such as Maureen Forrester , Ben Heppner , and Jon Vickers . Well-known Canadian musicians include pianist Glenn Gould ; violinist James Ehnes ; pianist Jan Lisiecki ; conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin ; flautist Timothy Hutchins ; and composers R. Murray Schafer and Harry Somers . Well-known music schools include the Royal Conservatory of Music ( Canada ) in Toronto and the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montréal . |
C'est_pour_vivre_(album) | C'est pour vivre ( meaning `` It 's for Living '' ) is a French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion , released in Europe , Asia , Australia and South America in 1997 . It features fourteen rare songs recorded between 1983 and 1987 . The album was issued under many different titles , with many different covers , and by various music labels . It reached number thirty-two in Belgium Wallonia and number forty-nine in the United Kingdom . |
Burbank,_Santa_Clara_County,_California | Burbank is a census-designated place in Santa Clara County , California . Part of the neighborhood has been annexed to San Jose , while the rest consists of unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County . The population was 4,926 at the 2010 census . The neighborhood was named after Luther Burbank . The historic Burbank Theatre is an area icon and currently the home of a radio station , and also is representative of the architectural significance of the Victorian , Bungalow , Deco and Craftsman style homes . With over 35 recorded significantly historical homes , many residents are restoring these small but quaint homes , making the area much more desirable -- and one of the few affordable areas left in Santa Clara County to live . The Burbank Community Association along with many area businesses , residents , and home owners are working as a collective team to ensure the Burbank neighborhood continues to flourish . The area is also a center for antique stores and is centrally located to Santana Row , Westfield Valley Fair , and also the downtown area . The area is in ZIP code 95128 and area codes 408 and 669 . KQED , the local NPR affiliate , ran a story about Burbank 's status as an `` Urban Island '' , and the local communities desire to not be annexed by the city of San Jose . |
C/2002_V1_(NEAT) | Comet C/2002 V1 ( NEAT ) is a non-periodic comet that appeared in November 2002 . The comet peaked with an apparent magnitude of approximately -- 0.5 , making it the eighth-brightest comet seen since 1935 . It was seen by SOHO in February 2003 . At perihelion the comet was only 0.099258 AU from the Sun . ( Slight controversy arose when the comet failed to break up when it approached the Sun , as expected by some scientists if it were a small comet . ) The comet was hit by a coronal mass ejection during its pass near the Sun ; some rumoured it had `` disturbed '' the Sun , but scientists dismissed this notion . The scientific consensus is that there is no link between comets and CMEs that can not be explained through simple coincidence , and there were 56 CMEs in February 2003 . On February 18 , 2003 , comet C/2002 V1 ( NEAT ) passed 5.7 degrees from the Sun . C/2002 V1 ( NEAT ) appeared impressive as viewed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO ) as a result of the forward scattering of light off of the dust in the coma and tail . After the comet left LASCO 's field of view , on February 20 , 2003 , an object was seen at the bottom of a single frame . Although technicians dismissed this as a software bug , rumours persisted that the object had been expelled from the Sun . The orbit of a long-period comet is properly obtained when the osculating orbit is computed at an epoch after leaving the planetary region and is calculated with respect to the center of mass of the solar system . Using JPL Horizons , the barycentric orbital elements for epoch 2020-Jan-01 generate a semi-major axis of 1,100 AU , an apoapsis distance of 2,230 AU , and a period of approximately 37,000 years . |
Camp_Freddy | Camp Freddy was a hard rock group of established musicians who played rock and roll covers at various shows around America from 2002 through 2014 under the name Camp Freddy . The band consisted of core members Matt Sorum ( drums ) , Dave Navarro ( guitars ) , Billy Morrison ( guitars ) , Donovan Leitch , Jr. ( vocals ) and Chris Chaney ( bass guitars ) . Each performance featured guest appearances from many respected musicians . |
Carrie_Preston | Carrie Preston ( born June 21 , 1967 ) is an American actress , producer and director . She is known for her work on the television series True Blood , Person of Interest , Crowded , and The Good Wife . Preston received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Elsbeth Tascioni on CBS 's acclaimed drama series The Good Wife . For her work on the show Preston received two nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series , winning once . |
Chico_Díaz | Francisco `` Chico '' Díaz Rocha ( born February 16 , 1959 ) is a Mexican-born Brazilian actor . |
Caryl_Parry_Jones | Caryl Parry Jones ( born 1958 ) is a Welsh singer , songwriter , presenter , actress and composer . She was born in North Wales and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St. Asaph , but currently lives in Cowbridge , in the Vale of Glamorgan . She appeared in TV films such as Gaucho ( 1983 ) , The Mimosa Boys ( 1983 ) , Ibiza , Ibiza ( 1986 ) and Steddfod , Steddfod ( 1989 ) , which inspired her comedy television series Caryl ( 1983 -- 87 ) . Until spring 2014 she co-hosted the breakfast show on BBC Radio Cymru with Dafydd Du . |
Charles_Stone_III | Charles Stone III ( born 1966 ) is an American film director , known for films such as Drumline , starring Nick Cannon ; Mr. 3000 , starring Bernie Mac ; and Paid in Full . Stone directed the video to What They Do by The Roots , featuring the group running through many rap video clichés . Stone is the creator of the popular United States advertising campaign `` Whassup ? '' for Budweiser . In October 2008 , he directed a spoof of this campaign to depict his critical view of the Republican Party 's eight years in the White House and to support the presidential campaign of Barack Obama . A 1984 graduate of Central High School ( Philadelphia ) , he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and journalist and Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone . |
Charles_IX_of_France | Charles IX ( 27 June 1550 -- 30 May 1574 ) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1560 until his death from tuberculosis . He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Francis II . After decades of tension , war broke out between Protestants and Catholics after the massacre of Vassy in 1562 . In 1572 , after several unsuccessful peace attempts , Charles ordered the marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre , a major Protestant nobleman and the future King Henry IV of France , in a last desperate bid to reconcile his people . Facing popular hostility against this policy of appeasement , Charles allowed the massacre of all Huguenot leaders who gathered in Paris for the royal wedding at the instigation of his mother Catherine de ' Medici . This event , known as the St. Bartholomew 's Day massacre , was a significant blow to the Huguenot movement , though religious civil warfare soon began anew . Charles sought to take advantage of the disarray of the Huguenots by ordering the Siege of La Rochelle , but was unable to take the Protestant stronghold . Much of his decision making was influenced by his mother Catherine de ' Medici , a fervent Roman Catholic who initially sought peace between Catholics and Protestants , but after the St. Bartholomew 's Day Massacre supported the persecution of Huguenots . Charles died of tuberculosis without legitimate male issue in 1574 and was succeeded by his brother Henry III . |