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Virtual actor
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A virtual human or digital clone is the creation or re-creation of a human being in image and voice using computer-generated imagery and sound. The process of creating such a virtual human on film, substituting for an existing actor, is known, after a 1992 book, as Schwarzeneggerization, and in general virtual humans employed in movies are known as synthespians, virtual actors, vactors, cyberstars, or "silicentric" actors. There are several legal ramifications for the digital cloning of human actors, relating to copyright and personality rights. People who have already been digitally cloned as simulations include Bill Clinton, Marilyn Monroe, Fred Astaire, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, Anna Marie...
Hillsboro Stadium
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States is a multi-sport stadium owned by the city of Hillsboro. Opened in 1999, the award winning stadium is part of the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex located in the northeast part of the city adjacent to the Sunset Highway. The facility hosts home football games for Century High School and state playoff games for the Oregon School Activities Association`s smaller school divisions. Hillsboro Stadium is also used for baseball, softball, soccer, and lacrosse and has hosted college and professional teams.
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place over three seasons from 1955 to 1958. The competition began with a group stage with each team playing home and away against each other. Due to the competition rules which stated only one side from each city was allowed to compete, many cities with several football clubs picked the best players from those teams to create a city representative side. One of these, a London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by Barcelona.
Piano Sonata (Liszt)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Piano Sonata in B minor (German: Klaviersonate h-Moll), S.178, is a musical composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt, published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann. It is often considered Liszt`s greatest composition for solo piano. The piece has been often analyzed, particularly regarding issues of form.
"Little" North Western Railway
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The North Western Railway (NWR) was an early British railway company in the northwest of England. It was commonly known as the "Little" North Western Railway, to distinguish it from the larger London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
Daniel McFarlan Moore
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Daniel McFarlan Moore (February 27, 1869 - June 15, 1936) was a U.S. electrical engineer and inventor. He developed a novel light source, the "Moore lamp", and a business that produced them in the early 1900s. The Moore lamp was the first commercially viable light-source based on gas discharges instead of incandescence; it was the predecessor to contemporary neon lighting and fluorescent lighting. In his later career Moore developed a miniature neon lamp that was extensively used in electronic displays, as well as vacuum tubes that were used in early television systems.
Nitrofurantoin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic which is marketed under the following brand names; Furadantin, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Nitrofur Mac, Nitro Macro, Nifty-SR, Martifur-MR, Martifur-100 (in India), Urantoin, and Uvamin (in Middle East). It is usually used in treating urinary tract infection. Like many other drugs, it is often used against E. coli.
Stark Industries
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the fictional world of Iron Man, Stark Industries, later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark/Fujikawa, Stark Enterprises and currently Stark Resilient, is a fictional multi-billion dollar corporation owned and run by businessman Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, also known as Iron Man. The company appears in stories published by Marvel Comics. It first appeared in Tales of Suspense #40 and was founded by Howard Stark, Tony`s father. According to Forbes 25 largest fictional companies it had an estimated sales of $20.3 billion. In the film version of Iron Man, Stark Industries has a logo similar to that of defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman and is...
USS PC-815
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS PC-815 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. It was commanded by L. Ron Hubbard, who later became the founder of Scientology. PC-815`s short career led to the vessel being dubbed the "jinxed sub-chaser".
The Final Problem
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Final Problem" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his detective character Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle later ranked "The Final Problem" fourth on his personal list of the twelve best Holmes stories.
Lowrider
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A lowrider is a style of car originated by Chicano communities that sits lower to the ground than most other cars. Many lowriders have their suspension systems modified (with hydraulic suspension) so that their ride can change height at the flip of a switch. Lowriders are very often classic cars from the 1950s which rode low to begin with, although large numbers of 1940s and 1960s cars are also modified, and to a lesser degree newer vehicles. The word is also used to refer to those who drive or own such cars. A lowrider will traditionally have many factory-offered accessories or options and often many after-market accessories added. As a result of the modifications, some lowriders are not...
Liverpool, New York
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Liverpool is a village located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,505 at the 2000 census. The name was adopted from the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The village is in the western part of the town of Salina and is northwest of Syracuse, of which it is a suburb.
-gry
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Gry Puzzle is a popular puzzle that asks for the third English word, other than "angry" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "-gry." Aside from words derived from "angry" and "hungry," there is no stand-alone word ending in "-gry" that is in current usage.
William Rhodes Davis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Rhodes Davis (1889 – August 1, 1941) was an American businessman, named in assistant U.S. Attorney General O. John Rogge`s Nazi Report, published in 1961, as Abwehr agent C-80, financed with the personal approval of Hitler, engaged in supplying petroleum to Germany.
The End of Energy Obesity
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today`s Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow by Calgary-based energy economist Peter Tertzakian outlines the unsustainable nature of current global energy demand growth and identifies potential solutions, many of which come unexpectedly from outside of the energy sector. The metaphor in the title invokes a parallel between the elevated incidences of excessive eating and energy consumption in wealthy nations, predominantly in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Whereas physical obesity can undermine a person’s wellness and overall health, energy obesity is more abstract, making itself known on a regional or...
2006 Copa Libertadores Finals
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2006 Copa Libertadores champion.
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