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| x WebEx |
WebEx Communications Inc. is a Cisco company that provides on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and video conferencing applications. Its products include Meeting Center, Training Center, Event Center, Support Center, Sales...
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| x Hyperion |
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Hyperion is a Hugo Award-winning 1989 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons. It is the first book of his Hyperion Cantos, and is the only book in it to extensively employ the literary device of the frame story (although arguably The Fall of Hyperion...
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| x Planet of the Apes |
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Planet of the Apes is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner loosely based on the novel La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston and features Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, veteran Shakespearean...
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| x Die Another Day |
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Die Another Day (2002) is the twentieth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. In the pre-title sequence, Bond leads a mission to North Korea, during which he is found...
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| x The Day of the Jackal |
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The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by English writer Frederick Forsyth, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
The Day...
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| x Gor |
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Gor (pronounced /ˈɡɔr/), the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for John Norman's Chronicles of Gor (sometimes called the Gorean Saga), a series of twenty-seven novels that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction.
The customs,...
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| x Firefly |
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Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, under his Mutant Enemy Productions. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western...
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Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently...
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| x Harry Potter Universe |
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Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School...
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| x Get Shorty |
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Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.
The book's story centers around Chili Palmer, a small-time shylock (or loanshark) based in Miami, who is sent after Leo...
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The San Francisco Public Library is a public library system serving the city of San Francisco. Its main library is located in San Francisco's Civic Center, on Larkin Street at Grove.
The first public library of San Francisco officially opened in...
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| x The Prince of Tides |
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The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina. The film was...
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| x Saint Helena |
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Saint Helena (pronounced /ˌseɪnt həˈliːnə/ saint hə-lee-nə), named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da...
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| x The Life to Come |
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The Life to Come is a short story by E. M. Forster, written in 1922 and published posthumously in "The Life to Come (and Other Stories)" in 1972.
It was written into four chapters: Night, Evening, Day and Morning.
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| x Casey, Crime Photographer |
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Casey, Crime Photographer (aka Crime photographer; Flashgun Casey; Casey, Press Photographer; Stephen Bristol, Crime Photographer) was a media franchise, in the 1930s through the 1960s. Created by George Harmon Coxe, the photographer Casey was...
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| x My Uncle Napoleon |
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My Uncle Napoleon (Persian: دایی جان ناپلئون, Da'i-i jan Napuli'un literal translation: Dear Uncle Napoleon) is a legendary coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in 1973. The novel was adapted to a...
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| x Black Sunday |
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Black Sunday is a 1975 novel by Thomas Harris.
It was the first novel by Harris, who went on to write the Hannibal Lecter series. Harris wrote the novel after watching the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis where Palestinian terrorists took Israeli...
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Steven "Flash" Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, 1934. The strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers...
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1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. It is based on the events leading to the writing and signing of the United States Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1776.
The musical...
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| x Captain Harlock |
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'Captain Harlock (キャプテンハーロック, Kyaputen Hārokku) is a fictional character created by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto.
Harlock is the archetypical romantic hero, a space pirate with an individualist philosophy of life. He is as noble as he is taciturn,...
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| x Los Contemporáneos |
Los Contemporáneos (which means "The Contemporaries" in Spanish) can refer to a Mexican vanguardist group, active in the late twenties and early thirties, as well as to the literary magazine which served as the group's mouthpiece and artistic...
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| x The Phantom Stallion |
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The Phantom Stallion books, first published in 2002 by Avon Books, are a series written for young adult readers by American Terri Farley.
The main character is a girl named Samantha "Sam" Forster who shares a unique bond with a wild horse called the...
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| x Positron |
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The positron or antielectron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1, a spin of ⁄2, and the same mass as an electron. When a low-energy positron collides with a low-energy electron...
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| x Moonwalker |
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Moonwalker, also known as Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, is an American film released in 1988 by singer Michael Jackson.
Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film is a collection of short films about Jackson, several of which are long...
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| x Super Mario Bros. |
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Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 science fiction adventure film loosely based on the video game of the same name and its entire franchise. The film follows the exploits of Mario (Bob Hoskins) and his brother Luigi (John Leguizamo) in a comical dystopia...
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Knockcroghery (Irish: Cnoc an Chrocaire) is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N61 road between Athlone and Roscommon town.
The Irish name Cnoc an Chrocaire translates as the Hill of the Hanger/Hanging Thing, so called...
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Creggs (Irish: Na Creaga) is a small village in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, on the R362 regional road between Glenamaddy and Athleague.
Although it has a population of only a hundred the village contains three Public Houses and used to...
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| x Strokestown |
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Strokestown, historically known as Bellanamully (Irish: Béal na mBuillí), is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the N5 National primary route and the R368 regional road in the north of the county.
Notable features...
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| x Ahascragh |
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Ahascragh (Irish: Áth Eascrach, meaning "Ford of the Esker") is a village in east Galway, Ireland. It is located 11km (7mi) north-west of Ballinasloe on the Ahascragh/Bunowen River, a tributary of the River Suck. The R358 regional road passes...
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| x Shopgirl |
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Shopgirl is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by Steve Martin is based on his bestselling 2000 novella of the same name.
Mirabelle Buttersfield, a transplanted Vermonter, is an aspiring artist and...
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| x The Human Stain |
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The Human Stain (2000) is a novel by Philip Roth. It is set in late 1990s rural New England. Its first person narrator is 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, a character in previous Roth novels, including American Pastoral (1997) and I Married a...
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| x Action genre |
The word action has more than one meaning in fiction. Action is one of the fiction-writing modes authors use to present fiction. The term is also used to describe a subset of creative works emphasizing action rather than other aspects of...
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| x A Town Like Alice |
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A Town Like Alice (U.S. title: The Legacy) is a novel by the Australian author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers...
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| x Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies |
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies is a book by Laura Esquivel.
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| x Shoot 'em up |
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Shoot 'em up (also known as shmup) is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often a spacecraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses...
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| x Ballyforan |
Ballyforan is a village in south County Roscommon, Ireland on the R363 road between Ballygar and Dysart, County Roscommon. It lies beside the River Suck which separates County Roscommon and County Galway. Home of the Kelly Clan.
Local amenities...
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Athleague (Irish: Áth Liag (na Sioca)) is a town on the River Suck in the west of Ireland in County Roscommon, near the town of Roscommon.
Its church was founded sometime around 500 A.D. by Maenucan Atha Liacc ('Maonagán of Athleague'). The name is...
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Kilglass (Cill Ghlas in Irish) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town of Enniscrone.
Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a primary...
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Rosses Point (Irish: An Ros) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland and also the name of the surrounding peninsula. The point guards Sligo Harbour and is marked by the Metal Man lighthouse, a 12 foot (3.7 m) high guardian statue placed offshore by...
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Cliffoney, officially known as Cliffony, (Irish: Cliafuine, meaning "The Thicket of Hurdles") is a village in north County Sligo, Ireland.
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Geevagh (An Ghaobhach in Irish) is a village in the south-east corner of County Sligo, Ireland on the R284 regional road. The name, meaning "the windy (place)", accurately describes the characteristic climatic feature of the village and its...
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| x Frank Marshall |
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Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944), was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936, and was one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Marshall was born in New York City, and lived in...
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| x The Discovery of Heaven |
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The Discovery of Heaven is a 1992 novel by the famous Dutch author Harry Mulisch. It describes the intense friendship between two men and the mystical journey of another to return to Heaven the stone tablets containing the ten commandments.
In 2001,...
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Sea Wolf is a band led by Alex Brown Church, an indie rock musician based in Los Angeles, California. Church attended film school at NYU and was a founding member of a group called Irving in 1998. Many of the songs he wrote as a member of Irving...
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| x House of Cards |
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House of Cards is a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In 1990, it was...
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| x X-Men: The Last Stand |
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X-Men: The Last Stand is a 2006 superhero film and the third in the X-Men series. It is directed by Brett Ratner, who took over when Bryan Singer dropped out to direct Superman Returns. The movie revolves around a "mutant cure" that causes serious...
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| x Broken Flowers |
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Broken Flowers is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. Its main actors are Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, and...
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| x You Can't Take It with You |
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You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936 and played for 837 performances.
At first the...
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| x Rap |
"Rap" is an album by Explicit Samourai. For the musical style, please see Rap music (/en/rap_music).
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| x Ellipsis |
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Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission") is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in...
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| x Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. The film, directed by Terry Gilliam, stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and...
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| x George Eastman |
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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film in 1888 by the world's...
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| x George Hopkins |
George James Hopkins (March 23, 1896 - February 11, 1985), was an Academy Award winning set designer, playwright and production designer.
A native of Pasadena, California, Hopkins got his start designing scenery on stage after studying design in...
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| x Rogue Galaxy |
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Rogue Galaxy (ローグギャラクシー, Rōgu Gyarakushī) is a science fiction console role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was first released in Japan on December 8, 2005, and later in...
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| x Paul J. Bradley |
Paul Joseph Bradley (born October 18, 1945) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Bishop of Kalamazoo.
Paul Bradley was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to John and Cecilia (née Pater) Bradley. One of...
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Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is a branch of the performing arts. While any performance may be considered theatre, as a performing art, it focuses almost exclusively on live performers creating a self contained drama. A performance...
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| x Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me |
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (released internationally as Twin Peaks: The Movie) is a 1992 film directed by David Lynch and written by Lynch and Robert Engels. The film can be viewed as both prologue and epilogue to the television series Twin Peaks...
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| x iPhone |
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The iPhone is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc.. The iPhone functions as a camera phone (also including text messaging and visual voicemail), a portable media player (equivalent to a video iPod), and...
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| x Bottlenose Dolphin |
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Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops...
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