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Development_of_Spock | The development of Spock , a fictional character first introduced in the American science fiction television series Star Trek : The Original Series , began prior to the start of the series . The first known mention of Spock was in a discussion between Gene Roddenberry and Gary Lockwood , where the latter suggested Leonard Nimoy for the role . Roddenberry agreed with the suggestion , and Nimoy became the first choice actor for the part . However , Roddenberry was required to audition other actors for the role . It was offered to both DeForest Kelley and Martin Landau before Nimoy , who accepted the part . The actor disliked the prosthetic ears he was required to wear , and there were concerns from the studio that they made him appear satanic . Roddenberry fought to keep the character in the second pilot , `` Where No Man Has Gone Before '' after the rest of the main cast was dropped from the initial pilot , `` The Cage '' . Soon after the series began broadcasting , `` Spockmania '' began . Both NBC and individual studios demanded a more prominent role for the character due to the fan response . Prior to the second season , Nimoy renegotiated his salary . During this time , both Mark Lenard and Lawrence Montaigne were seriously considered as replacement Vulcans . Nimoy was retained , and continued to develop the character through the season , creating the iconic Vulcan salute . Following the cancellation of the series , various projects were undertaken during the 1970s to re-launch Star Trek . Nimoy had dropped out of working on them after his likeness was used in a Heineken advertisement without his permission . The character of Xon , played by David Gautreaux , was created as a replacement for him in the series Star Trek : Phase II , however when the production became Star Trek : The Motion Picture , Nimoy was persuaded to return . Nimoy agreed to return for Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan with the promise of a death scene for the character . The fan response was overwhelmingly negative to the news , but after Nimoy enjoyed the production , he asked if there was a means in which the death could be ambiguous . Nimoy returned for the next film , and convinced studio chief Michael Eisner that he should direct it . The film was successful , and he was asked to direct the following film , Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home as well . Due to delays in negotiating William Shatner 's contract , a consideration was made to re-booting the franchise and starting again with new , younger actors . This was abandoned ; Star Trek V : The Final Frontier introduced a previously unmentioned half brother of Spock , Sybok . Following the poor reception of the film , the re-boot was once again considered , but instead Nimoy was asked to organise the sixth film , Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country . To promote the film , he agreed to appear in The Next Generation . He refused to return for Star Trek Generations as the expected role was not significant enough , and the character did not return to the franchise again until 2009 's Star Trek , where it was recast and portrayed by Zachery Quinto . Nimoy also agreed to return , playing the older version of the character . Quinto sought his advice about how to play the character , and the two became friends . Nimoy appeared one final time in a cameo within the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness ; he died prior to production on the 2016 's Star Trek Beyond . Within that film , a scene was included to reference the in-universe death of the older version of the character . |
Dark_Star_(album) | Dark Star is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead . It was recorded on May 4 , 1972 , at the Olympia Theatre in Paris , France . It contains only one song from that concert -- a version of `` Dark Star '' that , including an embedded drum solo , is almost 40 minutes long . It was produced as a vinyl LP in a limited edition of 4,200 copies , and released on April 21 , 2012 , in conjunction with Record Store Day . The entire May 4 , 1972 concert , like all of the shows from the Dead 's 1972 tour of Europe , was released on CD in 2011 , both as a separate album and as part of the boxed set Europe ' 72 : The Complete Recordings . |
Dante_Carver | Dante Carver ( born January 17 , 1977 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an African-American actor working in Japan . He moved to Japan in 2005 , and became well known following his appearance in a series of TV commercials for SoftBank Mobile from 2006 in which he first played the Japanese-speaking character ( the name being a pun on , the Japanese for `` unexpected '' ) , and later the older brother of the character played by Aya Ueto as part of the fictional `` White family '' headed by a white Hokkaido dog . In 2008 , Carver was voted the most popular male actor in a TV commercial in Japan , beating Takuya Kimura , who had previously held the top position for eight consecutive years . |
David_Icke | David Vaughan Icke ( -LSB- aɪk -RSB- born 29 April 1952 ) is an English writer and public speaker . A former footballer and sports broadcaster , Icke has made his name since the 1990s as a professional conspiracy theorist , calling himself a `` full time investigator into who and what is really controlling the world . '' He is the author of over 20 books and numerous DVDs , and has lectured in over 25 countries , speaking for up to 10 hours to audiences that cut across the political spectrum . Icke was a BBC television sports presenter and spokesman for the Green Party , when a psychic told him , in 1990 , that he had been placed on Earth for a purpose and would begin to receive messages from the spirit world . The following year he announced that he was a `` Son of the Godhead '' , and that the world would soon be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes , a prediction he repeated on the BBC 's primetime show Wogan . The show changed his life , turning him from a respected household name into someone who was laughed at whenever he appeared in public . Over the next seven years -- in The Robots ' Rebellion ( 1994 ) , And the Truth Shall Set You Free ( 1995 ) , The Biggest Secret ( 1999 ) , and Children of the Matrix ( 2001 ) -- he developed his worldview of New Age conspiracism . His endorsement of the anti-Semitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in The Robots ' Rebellion , combined with Holocaust denial in And the Truth Shall Set You Free , led his publisher to refuse to publish his books , which were self-published thereafter . At the heart of his theories lies the idea that many prominent figures belong to the Babylonian Brotherhood , a group of shapeshifting reptilian humanoids who are propelling humanity toward a global fascist state , or New World Order . The reptilians use the rings of Saturn and the Moon , all reptilian constructs , to broadcast our `` five-sense prison '' : an `` artificial sense of self and the world '' that humans perceive as reality . Michael Barkun has described Icke 's position as New Age conspiracism , writing that Icke is the most fluent of the genre . Richard Kahn and Tyson Lewis argue that Icke 's reptilian hypothesis may be Swiftian satire , offering a narrative with which ordinary people can question what they see around them . Icke has been described as an `` anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist '' ; according to Political Research Associates , his politics are `` a mishmash of most of the dominant themes of contemporary neofascism , mixed in with a smattering of topics culled from the U.S. militia movement . '' |
Deutsche_Bank | Deutsche Bank AG ( literally `` German Bank '' ; -LSB- ˈdɔʏ̯t͡ʃə ˈbaŋk ʔaːˈgeː -RSB- ) is a German global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers in Frankfurt . It has more than 100,000 employees in over 70 countries , and has a large presence in Europe , the Americas , Asia-Pacific and the emerging markets . In 2009 , Deutsche Bank was the largest foreign exchange dealer in the world with a market share of 21 percent . The company was a component of the STOXX Europe 50 stock market index until being replaced on that index on August 8 , 2016 . The bank offers financial products and services for corporate and institutional clients along with private and business clients . Deutsche Bank 's core business is investment banking , which represents 50 % of equity , 75 % of leverage assets and 50 % of profits . Services include sales , trading , research and origination of debt and equity ; mergers and acquisitions ( M&A ) ; risk management products , such as derivatives , corporate finance , wealth management , retail banking , fund management , and transaction banking . In January 2014 , Deutsche Bank reported a $ 1.2 billion ( $ 1.6 billion ) pre-tax loss for the fourth quarter of 2013 . This came after analysts had predicted a profit of nearly $ 600 million , according to FactSet estimates . Revenues slipped by 16 % versus the prior year . On 7 June 2015 , the then co-CEOs , Juergen Fitschen and Anshu Jain , both offered their resignations to the bank 's supervisory board , which were accepted . Anshu Jain 's resignation took effect on 30 June 2015 , but he provided consultancy to the bank until January 2016 . Juergen Fitschen temporarily continued as joint CEO until 19 May 2016 . The appointment of John Cryan as joint CEO was announced , effective 1 July 2016 ; he became sole CEO at the end of Juergen Fitschen 's term . In January 2016 , Deutsche Bank pre-announced a 2015 loss before income taxes of approximately $ 6.1 billion and a net loss of approximately $ 6.7 billion . Following this announcement , a bank analyst at Citi declared : `` We believe a capital increase now looks inevitable and see an equity shortfall of up to $ 7 billion , on the basis that Deutsche may be forced to book another $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion of litigation charges in 2016 . '' Since 2017 , its biggest shareholder is Chinese conglomerate HNA Group , which owns 10.0 % of its stakes . |
Death_Academy | Death Academy ( also known as School Night Massacre ) is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Daniel Lehmussaari . |
Dennis_Dawson | Dennis Dawson ( born September 28 , 1949 ) is a Canadian politician and administrator . Dawson is a Canadian Senator and former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons . Dawson is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada . Born in Quebec City , Quebec , Dawson represented the riding of Louis-Hébert , Quebec in the House of Commons from 1977 to 1984 . He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Immigration . In 2004 , he ran in the federal election as a `` star '' candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Beauport but was beaten by Bloc Québécois candidate Christian Simard , losing by a ratio of nearly 2:1 . On August 2 , 2005 , Dawson was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin . He sits in the upper house as a Liberal . He has a daughter Cindy another named Kathryn-Anne and a son named Julian . |
Dave's_Picks_Volume_3 | Dave 's Picks Volume 3 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead . It contains the complete concert recorded on October 22 , 1971 at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago , Illinois , with bonus tracks from the previous night 's show at the same venue . It was released on August 1 , 2012 . The two concerts were keyboardist Keith Godchaux 's second and third performances with the Dead . Though still a keyboardist and singer with the band , at the time Ron `` Pigpen '' McKernan was too ill to tour . Godchaux 's first appearance with the Dead was October 19 , 1971 , at Northrop Auditorium , Minneapolis , MN . His sixth performance with the Grateful Dead , from the same tour , has been released as Download Series Volume 3 . The band had played the Auditorium Theater ( with McKernan ) just two months prior , performances which have been released in part on the album Dick 's Picks Volume 35 . Dave 's Picks Volume 3 is the third of the Dave 's Picks series of Grateful Dead archival releases , the successor to the Road Trips series . It was produced as a limited edition of 12,000 copies . |
Dion_DiMucci | Dion Francis DiMucci ( born July 18 , 1939 ) , better known mononymously as Dion , is an American singer-songwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doo-wop , rock and R&B styles -- and , most recently , straight blues . He was one of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era . He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s with him solo , with the Belmonts or with the Del Satins . He is best remembered for the singles `` Runaround Sue , '' `` The Wanderer , '' `` Ruby Baby , '' and `` Lovers Who Wander '' among his other hits . Dion 's popularity waned in the mid-1960s . Toward the end of the decade , he shifted his style and produced songs with a more mature , contemplative feeling , such as `` Abraham , Martin and John . '' He became popular again in the late 1960s and into the mid-1970s , and he has continued making music ever since . Critics who had dismissed his early work , pegging him as merely a teen idol , praised his later work , and noted the influence he has had on other musicians . Dion was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 . |
Demolition_Man_(film) | Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut . The film stars Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes . The film was released in the United States on October 8 , 1993 . The film tells the story of two men : an evil crime lord and a risk-taking police officer . Cryogenically frozen in 1996 , they are restored to life in the year 2032 to find mainstream society changed and all crime seemingly eliminated . Some aspects of the film allude to Aldous Huxley 's dystopian novel , Brave New World . |
David_Blaine | David Blaine ( born David Blaine White ; April 4 , 1973 ) is an American magician , illusionist and endurance artist . He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance , and has set and broken several world records . Penn Jillette called Blaine 's first television special , Street Magic , `` the biggest breakthrough ( in television magic ) done in our lifetime '' for changing the perspective of television viewers toward those seeing the trick live . Blaine revolutionized the way magic is shown on television by focusing on spectator reactions . His idea was to turn the camera around on the people watching instead of the performer , to make the audience watch the audience . The New York Times noted that `` he 's taken a craft that 's been around for hundreds of years and done something unique and fresh with it . '' According to the New York Daily News , `` Blaine can lay claim to his own brand of wizardry . The magic he offers operates on an uncommonly personal level . '' |
Death_Row_Records | Death Row Records is an American record company founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre , The D.O.C. , Dick Griffey and Suge Knight . Many west coast artists were on the label such as Dr. Dre , Snoop Dogg , Tupac Shakur , The Outlawz , The Lady of Rage , MC Hammer , Young Soldierz , Sam Sneed , LBC Crew , RBX , Michel ` le , Jewell , Danny Boy , DJ Quik , O.F.T.B. , Nate Dogg , and the rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt , Daz Dillinger , Soopafly , and many others . Death Row Records was making $ 100 million a year and by 1996 most of the aforementioned artists departed from the label after the death of Shakur . The company filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and on January 15 , 2009 , was auctioned to entertainment development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group , Inc. for $ 18 million . |
Death_Eater | Death Eaters are fictional characters in the Harry Potter series of novels and films . They are a group of wizards and witches , led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort , who seek to purify the Wizarding community by eliminating the Muggle-borns ( wizards or witches born to non-magical parents ) . They also try to create a new order through the Ministry of Magic and spread fear throughout the Wizarding community by terrorising and killing important officials and other enemies of the Death Eaters , chiefly the members of the Order of the Phoenix . Although the reason why they are called `` Death Eaters '' has not been explained by J.K. Rowling , there is some evidence to suggest that it is a reference to their ultimate goal of preventing death and achieving immortality . Death Eaters recognise one another by the Dark Mark on their left forearm , a sign created by Voldemort to summon him instantly to them or vice versa . Their typical attire includes black hooded robes and masks . The Death Eaters , as a group , first appeared in the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , although individual members of the group , such as Lucius Malfoy , Peter Pettigrew , and Severus Snape , had appeared in earlier books in the series . |
Dick_and_Dom | Dick and Dom are a British comedy double act consisting of the presenters Richard `` Dick '' McCourt and Dominic `` Dom '' Wood . They are primarily known for presenting Children 's BBC in the 1990s , before moving onto the double BAFTA Award winning Dick and Dom in da Bungalow , a children 's entertainment show that was live during weekend mornings on BBC One , CBBC and later BBC Two . The show ran for five series between 2002 and 2006 . From October 2007 to September 2008 , they presented The Sunday Morning Show on BBC Radio 1 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm . Also between 2007 and 2008 , they presented Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old ? for two series on Sky 1 . Diddy Dick and Dom , originally a pre-recorded section during Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow , sees them playing themselves as miniaturised puppets . They now have a 30-minute show called Diddy Movies , with 2 series so far . They also starred in two shows on CBBC in 2009 , The Legend of Dick and Dom and Da Dick and Dom Dairies ( the best of Da Bungalow ) . In early 2011 , they presented new shows on CBBC : Dick and Dom 's Funny Business and Dick and Dom Go Wild , a nature series . They also began hosting the UK version of Splatalot ! on CBBC and made their first film appearances in ` Horrid Henry : The Movie ' , as hosts for the fictional game show 2Cool4School . They also both provide the voices of B1 and B2 in the ABC revived series , Bananas in Pyjamas . On September 2012 , Dick and Dom 's Hoopla started on the CBBC Channel , a comedy show in which it sees them host their own travelling funfair with games , acts , performers and celebrity appearances . The show had a positive reaction , however in December 2012 , it was reported that Ofcom was to investigate the programme after two competitors were seen vomiting into a bucket after playing a game . In January 2013 , the first episode of Dick and Dom 's newest series titled Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom was shown . An educational show that showed geniuses ' work throughout the ages and how it has affected the modern world . Each show was dedicated to one genius ( starting with Archimedes ) and the duo also attempted to recreate their works . A special series titled APPsolute Genius , which focused on video games , aired in 2015 . In 2016 Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom was renewed for a fifth series with filming starting in June 2016 . In February 2013 , Dick and Dom were confirmed to be the new voice presenters of the UK version of Takeshi 's Castle on Challenge . From December 2013 to January 2014 , Dick and Dom played the roles of King Arthur and Patsy in the West End revival of Spamalot . In November 2014 , Dick and Dom won the 2014 Children 's Presenter BAFTA Award for Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom Series 2 of Diddy Movies also won the 2014 Children 's Comedy award . |
Dear_White_People_(TV_series) | Dear White People is an American satirical comedy-drama television series on Netflix , based on the 2014 film of the same name . Justin Simien returned to write and direct episodes of the series . It follows a group of students of color at a predominantly white school who face social injustice . Each episode , besides the finale , focuses on a particular character . Netflix ordered ten 30-minute episodes and the first season was released on April 28 , 2017 . |
Death_in_Heaven | `` Death in Heaven '' is the twelfth and final episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who . It is the second episode of a two-part story involving the return of the Cybermen and the Master in the form of ` Missy ' , the first part being `` Dark Water '' , written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay . The episode stars Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman , Samuel Anderson , Michelle Gomez , Chris Addison , Jemma Redgrave , and Ingrid Oliver . The episode received mostly positive reviews , with critics praising its writing , direction , and acting . With Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman , Samuel Anderson , and Michelle Gomez receiving widespread acclaim for their performances , Gomez was consistently highly praised in reviews , with many calling her a highlight of the eighth series . |
Dionne_Warwick | Dionne Warwick ( -LSB- ˈdiːɒn_ˈwɔːrwɪk -RSB- ) ( born Marie Dionne Warrick ; December 12 , 1940 ) is an American singer , actress and TV show host , who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization , and a United States Ambassador of Health . Having been in a partnership with songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David , Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era , based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts . She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time , with 56 of Warwick 's singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 and 80 singles making all Billboard charts combined . |
Dark_Ages_(historiography) | The `` Dark Ages '' is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages . It emphasizes the demographic , cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire , and the relative scarcity of written records from the period . The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the era 's `` darkness '' with earlier and later periods of `` light '' . The concept of a `` Dark Age '' originated in the 1330s with the Italian scholar Petrarch , who regarded the post-Roman centuries as `` dark '' compared to the light of classical antiquity . The phrase `` Dark Age '' itself derives from the Latin saeculum obscurum , originally applied by Caesar Baronius in 1602 to a tumultuous period in the 10th and 11th centuries . The concept thus came to characterize the entire Middle Ages as a time of intellectual darkness between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance ; this became especially popular during the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment . As the accomplishments of the era came to be better understood in the 19th and 20th centuries , scholars began restricting the `` Dark Ages '' appellation to the Early Middle Ages ( c. 5th -- 10th century ) . Many modern scholars avoid the term altogether due to its negative connotations , finding it misleading and inaccurate . The original definition remains in popular use , and popular culture often employs it as a vehicle to depict the Middle Ages as a time of backwardness , extending its pejorative use and expanding its scope . |
Dick's_Picks_Volume_25 | Dick 's Picks Volume 25 is a four-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead . It is the 25th installment of the Dick 's Picks live archival series . It was recorded May 10 , 1978 at Veteran 's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven , Connecticut , and May 11 , 1978 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield , Massachusetts , and released July 20 , 2002 . Dick 's Picks Volume 25 includes a rare cover version of the Warren Zevon song `` Werewolves of London '' . |
Department_of_Montserrat | Montserrat was a province of the First French Empire . |
David_Ramsey | David Ramsey ( born November 17 , 1971 ) is an American actor , best known for his roles in the Showtime TV series Dexter as Anton Briggs , the film Mother and Child ( 2009 ) as Joseph , and the CW show Arrow as John Diggle . |
Demona | Demona , ( lit . `` She-Demon '' ) , voiced by Marina Sirtis , is a fictional character and one of the primary antagonists of the Disney animated television series Gargoyles . Demona was once Goliath 's lover and was part of their 10th century AD castle 's Wyvern Clan . She is consumed by a hatred of humanity and has attempted several times to destroy it . |
Davis_Guggenheim | Philip Davis Guggenheim ( born November 3 , 1963 ) is an American film and television director and producer . His credits include NYPD Blue , ER , 24 , Alias , The Shield , Deadwood , and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth , The Road We 've Traveled , Waiting for ` Superman ' and He Named Me Malala . Since 2006 , Guggenheim is the only filmmaker to release three different documentaries that were ranked within the top 100 highest-grossing documentaries of all time ( An Inconvenient Truth , It Might Get Loud , and Waiting for ′ Superman ′ ) . |
Definition_of_music | A definition of music is a definition , or statement of the meaning of , the term music . An accurate and concise definition of music is fundamental to being able to discuss , categorize , and otherwise consider what we understand as being music . `` Explications of the concept of music usually begin with the idea that music is organized sound . They go on to note that this characterization is too broad , since there are many examples of organized sound that are not music , such as human speech , and the sounds non-human animals and machines make '' . Many authorities have suggested definitions , but defining music turns out to be more difficult than might first be imagined . As this article will demonstrate , there is ongoing controversy about how to define music . The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines music as `` the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds ( or both ) to produce beauty of form , harmony , and expression of emotion '' . However , the music genres known as Noise music and Musique concrète , for instance , challenge these ideas about what constitutes music 's essential attributes by using sounds not widely considered as musical , like randomly produced electronic distortion , feedback , static , cacophony , and compositional processes using indeterminacy . A famous example of the dilemma in defining music is modern composer John Cage 's composition titled -LSB- -LSB- 4 ' 33 -RSB- -RSB- '' . The written score has three movements and directs the performer ( s ) to appear on stage , indicate by gesture or other means when the piece begins , then make no sound and only mark sections and the end by gesture . What is heard are only whatever ambient sounds may occur in the room . Some argue this is not music because , for example , it contains no sounds that are conventionally considered `` musical '' and the composer and performer ( s ) exert no control over the organization of the sounds heard . Others argue it is music because the conventional definitions of musical sounds are unnecessarily and arbitrarily limited , and control over the organization of the sounds is achieved by the composer and performer ( s ) through their gestures that divide what is heard into specific sections and a comprehensible form . The problem of defining music is further complicated by different conceptions of music in different cultures . |
Dave_Beneteau | Dave `` Dangerous '' Beneteau ( born June 22 , 1967 ) is a Canadian former mixed martial artist who is best known for his appearances in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He was the runner up in the UFC 5 tournament losing in the finals to future UFC Hall of Famer Dan `` The Beast '' Severn . Currently Dave Beneteau works as a criminal lawyer . |
Diedrich_Bader | Karl Diedrich Bader ( born December 24 , 1966 ) is an American actor , voice actor , and comedian who has done supporting roles in comedies such as Office Space , Napoleon Dynamite , The Drew Carey Show , Veep and the Outsourced TV series . He is also a voice-over artist for multiple animated series ; some of his roles include : Batman on Batman : The Brave and the Bold and JLA Adventures : Trapped in Time , android Zeta in The Zeta Project , Warp Darkmatter in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , the Fiskerton Phantom in The Secret Saturdays , and his recurring role as Hoss Delgado in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy . |
Dastaan_(TV_series) | Dastaan ( -LSB- ) ( English : A Tale ) is a Pakistani drama serial dramatized by Samira Fazal , and based on the novel Bano , by Razia Butt . It is based on the partition of the Indian Subcontinent and the resulting independence of Pakistan , and takes place between 1947 and 1956 . The drama depicts the story of Bano , a girl from a close knit Muslim family living in Ludhiana ( located in undivided Punjab ) in the pre-1947 era . The story follows Bano and Hassan , as they face the trials and tribulations caused by the 1947 independence . Dastaan is the first project of its kind taken up by the Pakistani media . Director Haissam Hussain stated in an interview that production for the drama began months in advance , and that the filming itself only took a little over two months . The show was broadcast on Hum TV . The show is now airing in Middle East on channel MBC Bollywood under the title حب عبر حدود ( Meaning Love Across Borders ) . It is one of the highest-rated Pakistani television series of all the time . Dastaan was also aired in India on Zindagi under the title Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam from 23 March 2015 onwards . Previously , it was decided to run the show under the title Lakeerein , but the decision was later changed . |
Despicable_Me_2 | Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me . Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures , and animated by Illumination Mac Guff , the film is directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud , and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio . Steve Carell , Russell Brand , Miranda Cosgrove , Elsie Fisher , and Dana Gaier reprise their roles as Gru , Dr. Nefario , Margo , Agnes , and Edith respectively . Kristen Wiig , who played Miss Hattie in the first film , voices agent Lucy Wilde , while Ken Jeong , who played the Talk Show Host , voices Floyd Eagle-san . New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo `` El Macho '' Pérez and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom , head of the fictional Anti-Villain League ( AVL ) . Despicable Me 2 premiered on June 5 , 2013 in Australia , and was theatrically released in the United States on July 3 , 2013 . The film received mostly positive reviews from critics , and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Academy Award for Best Original Song ( for `` Happy '' ) , losing both to Walt Disney Animation Studios ' Frozen . Grossing over $ 970 million worldwide against its budget of $ 76 million , the film became the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2013 and the third-highest-grossing film of 2013 . It is also the most profitable film in the 101-year history of Universal Studios . A prequel/spin-off film , Minions , focusing on the little yellow henchmen before they met Gru , was released on July 10 , 2015 . A third film , Despicable Me 3 , is scheduled for release on June 30 , 2017 . |
Derek_Trucks | Derek Trucks ( born June 8 , 1979 ) is an American guitarist , songwriter , and founder of the Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band . He played with The Allman Brothers Band , and became an official member in 1999 . In 2010 , his wife , blues singer Susan Tedeschi , and he formed the Tedeschi Trucks Band . His musical style encompassses several genres and he has twice appeared on Rolling Stone 's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time . He is the nephew of The Allman Brothers Band drummer , Butch Trucks . |
Dave_Chappelle's_Block_Party | Dave Chappelle 's Block Party , also known as Block Party , is a 2005 documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle , and directed by Michel Gondry . Its format is inspired by the documentary Wattstax . The film and its soundtrack are dedicated to the memory of music producer J Dilla who died from lupus one month before the film 's release . The film was officially released at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival . The film grossed $ 12.1 million in the box office and debuted at # 6 in its opening weekend , grossing $ 6 million in 1,200 theaters . |
Denis_Voronenkov | Denis Voronenkov ( -LSB- Денис Николаевич Вороненков , p =d ʲɪˈnʲis vərɐˈnʲɛnkəf -RSB- 10 April 1971 -- 23 March 2017 ) was a Russian politician who served as a member of the State Duma from 2011 to 2016 . He was a member of the Unity Party from 2000 to 2003 and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation from 2011 to 2016 . Voronenkov was born in Gorky , Russian SFSR . He studied at the Suvorov Military School before joining the Soviet Army . In 1999 , he left the military to begin a career in politics . In 2001 , he became an advisor to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation , then being selected as the Deputy Mayor of Naryan-Mar and Deputy Governor of Nenets Autonomous District . Voronenkov then joined the Communist Party and was elected to the State Duma in 2011 . In the 2016 legislative election he lost his seat to United Russia candidate Vladimir Panov . The following month , Voronenkov renounced his Russian citizenship and emigrated to Ukraine with his wife , Maria Maksakova Jr. . There he became a vocal critic of Russian president , Vladimir Putin , and Russian foreign policy . Although as a member of the State Duma , he had voted for Russia 's annexation of Crimea , while in Ukraine he argued that the annexation had been illegal . In early 2017 , the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case to look into Voronenkov 's suspected corruption , and an investigation by the anti-corruption blogger and Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny found that Voronenkov possessed significantly more assets than his officially-declared income would allow . Voronenkov was shot dead in Kiev by a Ukrainian national , Pavel Parshov . Ukrainian police believed that it had been a contract killing while the country 's president , Petro Poroshenko , alleged that it had been orchestrated by the Russian government . Russia denied the allegation . |
Denzel_Whitaker | Denzel Dominique Whitaker ( born June 15 , 1990 ) is an American film and television actor , rapper , songwriter , and entrepreneur . His notable film appearances include The Great Debaters and Training Day , as well as TV shows ER , Brothers & Sisters and The War At Home . He was a featured cast member during the tenth and final season of the Nickelodeon sketch-comedy series All That . He was in the Disney Channel Original Movie , Dadnapped . He also appeared on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , as a player on Zack and Cody 's wheelchair basketball team , and in Werner Herzog 's Bad Lieutenant : Port of Call New Orleans . He also appeared in the 2010 Wes Craven horror film My Soul To Take as a blind 16 year old named Jerome that was born early along with 6 other children because of the killing of a murderer that had multiple souls , and the souls escaped and were hiding in the children . He appeared in the 2011 film Abduction , in season 3 of The Boondocks as character Sgt. Gutte , and on Black Dynamite : The Animated Series as Donald The Accountant . He has also worked as an assistant voice director for the 2010 film Freaknik : The Musical . |
Dave's_Picks_Volume_15 | Dave 's Picks Volume 15 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead . It contains the complete concert recorded on April 22 , 1978 at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville , Tennessee . It was released on August 1 , 2015 as a limited edition of 16,500 numbered copies . One track from the previous concert of the tour ( `` Stella Blue '' ) , in Lexington , Kentucky , on April 21 , 1978 , had been released on So Many Roads . The following concert date of the tour ( April 24 , 1978 , Illinois State University ) had been released as Dave 's Picks Volume 7 . |
Dave's_Picks_Volume_2 | Dave 's Picks Volume 2 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead . It was recorded on July 31 , 1974 , at Dillon Stadium in Hartford , Connecticut . It was released on May 1 , 2012 . The album contains the complete July 31 , 1974 concert , except for `` Seastones '' . This musical piece was written by Ned Lagin . It was performed by Lagin and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh between the second and third sets of the concert . `` Seastones '' is a loosely structured composition , partially improvised in performance , that is an early example of electronic music , with many of the sounds generated using synthesizers and computers . Part of the June 28 , 1974 performance of `` Seastones '' was included in Dick 's Picks Volume 12 . Dave 's Picks Volume 2 was the second in the Dave 's Picks series of Grateful Dead archival releases , the successor to the Road Trips series . It was a limited edition of 12,000 copies , all but 2,500 of which were pre-sold with the 2012 Dave 's Picks subscription series . A bonus disc was included with shipments of the album to 2012 Dave 's Picks subscribers . This disc contains tracks recorded on July 29 , 1974 at the Capital Centre in Landover , Maryland . |
Diamonds_(TV_series) | Diamonds is a Canadian television series , which aired from 1987 to 1989 . The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne , former actors who had met and married while playing private investigators on a TV series called Two of Diamonds , and continued to work together as real private investigators after both their divorce and the cancellation of their show . The show was frequently compared to the American series Moonlighting . In a direct nod to the comparison , one episode actually featured an encounter with a character who mistook Devitt and Towne for Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd . The cast also included Roland Magdane , Geraint Wyn Davies and Tony Rosato . Campbell was also an occasional writer for the series . Produced by Alliance Entertainment , the series aired on Global in Canada , and in a late night slot on CBS in the United States , as well as on the USA Network . It was one of several Canadian-produced drama series to air in the CBS Late Night block of crime dramas -- others included Adderly , Night Heat and Hot Shots . Of those shows , it was the only one to explicitly acknowledge that it was set in Toronto . Diamonds also aired on RTÉ Television in Ireland . |
Dave_Allen_(actor) | David ( Gruber ) Allen ( born ) is an American television and film actor and comedian , who has been credited in many movies and television roles as Dave Gruber Allen and David Gruber Allen . Allen is known for his work on the 1990 TV series Higgins Boys and Gruber and playing guidance counselor Jeff Rosso on the Judd Apatow-produced comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks . He also played Mr. Kwest on Ned 's Declassified School Survival Guide and a town troubadour on Gilmore Girls . Allen had a minor role in the 2016 film Ghostbusters . |
Dennis_Hopper | Dennis Lee Hopper ( May 17 , 1936 -- May 29 , 2010 ) was an American actor , filmmaker , photographer and artist . He attended the Actors Studio , made his first television appearance in 1954 , and soon after appeared alongside James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955 ) and Giant ( 1956 ) . In the next ten years he made a name in television , and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films . Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s . Hopper made his directorial film debut with Easy Rider ( 1969 ) , which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern . The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for `` Best First Work '' and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ( shared with Fonda and Southern ) . Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote : `` With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies , Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s , a celluloid anthem to freedom , macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion '' . Film critic Matthew Hays notes that , `` no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper '' . He worked on various small projects until he found new fame for his role as the American photojournalist in Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) . He went on to helm his third directorial work Out of the Blue ( 1980 ) , for which he was again honored at Cannes , and appeared in Rumble Fish ( 1983 ) and The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ) . He saw a career resurgence in 1986 when he was widely acclaimed for his performances in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers , the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . His fourth directorial outing came about through Colors ( 1988 ) , followed by an Emmy-nominated lead performance in Paris Trout ( 1991 ) . Hopper found even greater fame for portraying the villains of the films Super Mario Bros. ( 1993 ) , Speed ( 1994 ) and Waterworld ( 1995 ) . Hopper 's later work included a leading role in the short-lived television series Crash ( 2008 -- 2009 ) , inspired by the Academy Award-winning film of the same name . Production on his final film , The Last Film Festival ( 2016 ) , completed just before his death ; originally slated for 2011 distribution , the project was picked up for theatrical release in late 2016 by Monterey Home Video . Hopper has an additional posthumous credit in the completed , but unreleased Orson Welles drama The Other Side of the Wind , acquired for distribution by Netflix . |
Diocletian | Diocletian ( -LSB- ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən -RSB- Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus ) , born Diocles ( 244 -- 312 ) , was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305 . Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia , Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus . After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia , Diocletian was proclaimed emperor . The title was also claimed by Carus ' other surviving son , Carinus , but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus . Diocletian 's reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century . He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus , co-emperor , in 286 . Diocletian delegated further on 1 March 293 , appointing Galerius and Constantius as Caesars , junior co-emperors . Under this ` tetrarchy ' , or `` rule of four '' , each emperor would rule over a quarter-division of the empire . Diocletian secured the empire 's borders and purged it of all threats to his power . He defeated the Sarmatians and Carpi during several campaigns between 285 and 299 , the Alamanni in 288 , and usurpers in Egypt between 297 and 298 . Galerius , aided by Diocletian , campaigned successfully against Sassanid Persia , the empire 's traditional enemy . In 299 he sacked their capital , Ctesiphon . Diocletian led the subsequent negotiations and achieved a lasting and favorable peace . Diocletian separated and enlarged the empire 's civil and military services and reorganized the empire 's provincial divisions , establishing the largest and most bureaucratic government in the history of the empire . He established new administrative centres in Nicomedia , Mediolanum , Antioch , and Trier , closer to the empire 's frontiers than the traditional capital at Rome had been . Building on third-century trends towards absolutism , he styled himself an autocrat , elevating himself above the empire 's masses with imposing forms of court ceremonies and architecture . Bureaucratic and military growth , constant campaigning , and construction projects increased the state 's expenditures and necessitated a comprehensive tax reform . From at least 297 on , imperial taxation was standardized , made more equitable , and levied at generally higher rates . Not all of Diocletian 's plans were successful : the Edict on Maximum Prices ( 301 ) , his attempt to curb inflation via price controls , was counterproductive and quickly ignored . Although effective while he ruled , Diocletian 's tetrarchic system collapsed after his abdication under the competing dynastic claims of Maxentius and Constantine , sons of Maximian and Constantius respectively . The Diocletianic Persecution ( 303 -- 11 ) , the empire 's last , largest , and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity , did not destroy the empire 's Christian community ; indeed , after 324 , Christianity became the empire 's preferred religion under its first Christian emperor , Constantine . In spite of these failures and challenges , Diocletian 's reforms fundamentally changed the structure of Roman imperial government and helped stabilize the empire economically and militarily , enabling the empire to remain essentially intact for another 150 years despite being near the brink of collapse in Diocletian 's youth . Weakened by illness , Diocletian left the imperial office on 1 May 305 , and became the first Roman emperor to abdicate the position voluntarily . He lived out his retirement in his palace on the Dalmatian coast , tending to his vegetable gardens . His palace eventually became the core of the modern-day city of Split in Croatia . |
Day_of_the_Dead_(2016_album) | Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization , an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS . Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band and creation and curation by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National , the compilation was released on May 20 , 2016 as five CDs , a limited edition vinyl LP box set , and as a digital download . John Carlin , the founder of the Red Hot Organization , was the executive producer for the album . It is the second compilation album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner for Red Hot Organization , the last being 2009 's Dark Was the Night , which has raised over $ 1.5 million for the organizations fighting AIDS to date . A Day of the Dead live performance took place at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival on August 12 -- 13 , 2016 . The performers , who all appear on the record , included Jenny Lewis , Matthew Houck ( Phosphorescent ) , Lucius , Will Oldham , Moses Sumney , Sam Amidon , Richard Reed Parry , Matt Berninger , Justin Vernon , Bruce Hornsby , Ruban Nielson , Aaron and Bryce Dessner and The National . |
Decree_on_Peace | The Decree on Peace , written by Vladimir Lenin , was passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers ' , Soldiers ' , and Peasants ' Deputies on the , following the success of the October Revolution . It was published in the Izvestiya newspaper , # 208 , . It proposed an immediate withdrawal of Russia from World War I. It has been argued that Woodrow Wilson 's famous `` Fourteen Points '' of January 1918 were partly a response to this Decree . |
Diana_Serra_Cary | Diana Serra Cary ( born Peggy-Jean Montgomery , October 29 , 1918 ) , known as Baby Peggy , is an American former child actress , author and historian . Although other child actors from the time are still living , she is the last living film star of the silent era . Diana Serra Cary was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie . Between 1921 and 1923 she made over 150 shorts for Century Studios . In 1922 she received over 1.2 million fan letters and by 1924 , she had been dubbed `` The Million Dollar Baby '' for her $ 1.5 million a year salary . Despite her childhood fame and wealth , she found herself poor and working as an extra by the 1930s . Having an interest in both writing and history since her youth , Cary found a second career as an author and silent film historian in her later years under the name Diana Serra Cary . She is the author of several books and has become an advocate for child actors ' rights . |
Dawson_(actor) | Dawson ( born June 18 , 1973 ) is an American gay pornographic actor . |
Der_Schauspieldirektor | ( The Impresario ) , K. 486 , is a comic singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie , an Austrian Schauspieldirektor . Originally , it was written because of `` the imperial command '' of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II who had invited 80 guests to a private luncheon . It is regarded as `` a parody on the vanity of singers '' , who argue over status and pay . Mozart , who describes it as `` comedy with music '' wrote it as his entry in a musical competition which was given a private performance hosted on 7 February 1786 by Joseph II at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna . This competition pitted a German singspiel , presented at one end of the room , against a competing Italian opera , the Italian entry being Antonio Salieri 's opera buffa , Prima la musica e poi le parole ( First the Music , then the Words ) , which was then given at the other end of the room . The premiere was followed by the first of three public performances given four days later at the Kärntnertor Theater , Vienna , on 11 February . |
Descendants_of_Henry_II_of_France_and_Catherine_de'_Medici | Henry II of France and Catherine de ' Medici were married on October 28 , 1533 , and their marriage produced ten children . Henry and Catherine became the ancestors of monarchs of several countries . |
Death_Wish_4:_The_Crackdown | Death Wish 4 : The Crackdown is an American 1987 action crime film , and the fourth installment in the Death Wish film series . The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson , and features Charles Bronson , who reprises his leading role as Paul Kersey . In the film , Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante after his girlfriend 's daughter dies of a drug overdose . He is recruited by tabloid owner Nathan White ( John P. Ryan ) to take down various crime figures of the Los Angeles drug trade . Michael Winner , who directed the first three films in the series , was replaced by J. Lee Thompson . Death Wish 4 : The Crackdown had a substantially lower budget and a more limited release than its predecessors . It was released in North America on November 6 , 1987 . The Bollywood film Mohra is an unofficial remake of the film . The movie marks the seventh collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson ( following 1976 's St. Ives , 1977 's The White Buffalo , 1980s Caboblanco , 1983 's 10 to Midnight , 1984 's The Evil That Men Do , and 1986 's Murphy 's Law ) . |
Dawson's_Creek | Dawson 's Creek is an American teen drama television series about the fictional lives of a close-knit group of friends beginning in high school and continuing in college . The series stars James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery , Katie Holmes as his best friend and love interest Joey Potter , and Joshua Jackson as their fellow best friend Pacey Witter . Michelle Williams plays Jen Lindley . Kerr Smith and Meredith Monroe play siblings Jack and Andie McPhee . The show was created by Kevin Williamson and debuted on The WB on January 20 , 1998 and was produced by Columbia TriStar Television ( renamed Sony Pictures Television before the sixth and final season ) . The series , set in the fictional town of Capeside , Massachusetts , was filmed in Wilmington , North Carolina . Part of a new craze for teen-themed movies and television shows in America in the late 1990s , it catapulted its leads to stardom and became a defining show for The WB . The series ended on May 14 , 2003 . The show placed at No. 90 on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list in 2007 . |
David_Copperfield_(1913_film) | David Copperfield is a 1913 British black-and-white silent film based on the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens . It is the second-oldest known film adaptation of the novel . The film was made by the Hepworth Manufacturing Corporation , was produced by Cecil Hepworth and was written and directed by Thomas Bentley . In the United Kingdom it was released in August 1913 , and in the United States it was released on 1 December 1913 . It ran at 67 minutes on seven reels . A review of the film in The Dickensian said : `` It occupies close upon two hours to exhibit and is divided into six parts , telling the story of David 's life from Blunderstone to his happy union with Agnes . Obviously the part of David is enacted by three different actors , Master Eric Desmond , Mr Len Bethel and Mr Kenneth Ware . The first-named being one of the cleverest child actors we have seen . We have no space to speak of all the characters presented . Each and all of them were Dickens ' creations to the life and not mere exaggerations as is often the case . The film not only includes all of the most prominent characters and all the necessary incidents of the book to make the story intelligible to the lay reader , but they have been enacted in the actual places in which the novelist laid them . '' The cast included Reginald Sheffield - billed as Eric Desmond ( David Copperfield as a boy ) , Len Bethel ( David Copperfield as a youth ) , Kenneth Ware ( David Copperfield as a Man ) , Edna May ( Em ` ly as a Child ) , Amy Verity ( Em ` ly as a Woman ) , Alma Taylor ( Dora Spenlow ) , H Collins ( Mr Micawber ) , Miss West ( Mrs Micawber ) , Jack Hulcup ( Uriah Heep ) , Jamie Darling ( Daniel Peggotty ) , and Cecil Mannering ( Steerforth ) . |
Davey_and_Goliath | Davey and Goliath is an American clay-animated children 's television series produced by first the United Lutheran Church in America and later the Lutheran Church in America and created by Art Clokey , Ruth Clokey , and Dick Sutcliffe . The show was aimed at a youth audience , and generally dealt with issues such as respect for authority , sharing and prejudice . Eventually these themes included serious issues such as racism , death , religious intolerance and vandalism . Each 15-minute episode features the adventures of Davey Hansen and his `` talking '' dog Goliath ( although only Davey and the viewer can hear him speak ) as they learn the love of God through everyday occurrences . Many of the episodes also feature Davey 's parents John and Elaine , his sister Sally , as well as Davey 's friends : Jimmy , Teddy , and Nathaniel in earlier episodes , Jonathan , Jimmy , Nicky , and Cisco in later ones . Critics cite the show as tastefully prompting the spiritual curiosity of children , without coming off as preachy . In general , the characters found themselves in situations that had to be overcome by placing their faith in God . Davey 's friends Nathaniel ( in the 1960s episodes ) and Jonathan ( in the 1970s episodes ) were black , and were some of the first black characters to appear as friends of a television show 's lead character . Following Clokey 's success with the Gumby series , Davey and Goliath premiered in syndication on February 25 , 1961 as a Saturday feature , and lasted until 1965 . By May 1961 , it was reported that `` Millions of children in cities and towns across the United States and Canada are talking about two new television stars , ` Davey and Goliath ' . '' After its initial run , several 30-minute holiday special episodes were created in the late 1960s . The series then resumed with some new characters in 1971 and continued until 1973 . In 1975 , a final 30-minute summer episode was created . In 2004 , Joe Clokey produced a new episode , `` Davey and Goliath 's Snowboard Christmas '' . |
Dave_Filoni | Dave Filoni ( born June 7 , 1974 ) is an American animation director , voice actor , television writer , television producer , film director and animator . He is most known for his work on Avatar : The Last Airbender and Star Wars : The Clone Wars . He is also an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels for all seasons , and for the first 2 seasons he served as its supervising director . Justin Ridge succeeded him as supervising director in September 2016 when Filoni accepted a promotion to oversee all of Lucasfilm Animation projects . |
Dick_Jasper | Richard C. Jasper ( commonly known as `` Dick '' ) is a pioneering American gasser drag racer . Driving a Chevrolet-powered 1934 Ford , Jasper won the NHRA C/G national title , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , in 1957 . He recorded a pass of 14.28 seconds at 96.56 mph . Jasper repeated in Oklahoma City in 1958 , turning in a pass of 13.76 seconds at 99.22 mph . By winning two titles , Jasper became NHRA 's second two-time national classs champion . He was the first to achieve it in C/Gas . |
Delaware's_10th_state_senate_district_special_election,_2017 | On February 25 , 2017 , voters in the 10th district of the Delaware Senate voted in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Bethany Hall-Long , the previous incumbent , who had resigned at the beginning of the year after having been elected lieutenant governor the preceding November . Democrat Stephanie Hansen , an environmental lawyer from Middletown who had in the past served a term as New Castle County Council President , won with 58.1 % of the vote , defeating Republican opponent John Marino , who finished with 40.8 % . Libertarian John Lanzendorfer , the only other candidate in the race , claimed the other 1.1 % . Republicans had hoped that their party could capitalize on gains they had made in the 2016 elections in a potentially vulnerable district , where despite a Democratic edge in voter registration Marino had lost to Hall-Long by less than 300 votes in the 2014 election . Hansen 's victory ensured that Democrats retained control of the state senate , where they have been the majority party since 1976 . Since Delaware 's House of Representatives has been controlled by Democrats for the preceding eight years , and no Republican has served as governor since 1993 , Democrats also preserved their trifecta . Delaware is one of only five U.S. states where the party controls the executive and legislative branches of government . The race attracted significant national media attention and interest from Democrats outside of Delaware , who along with several liberal political action committees and labor unions contributed more money to Hansen 's campaign than both Marino and Hall-Long had spent combined in their 2014 contest , conscious of their party 's frequently poor performance in special elections ; ultimately , she raised over a million dollars , ten times as much as a Delaware state legislative race usually costs and a new record for any state legislative race and any special election in Delaware . Marino also raised a large amount of money for a state legislative race , but was still outspent . There were also formal complaints from both sides over apparent collusion between the campaigns and outside groups . Republicans were also unhappy after the election when it was reported that some voters had been under the age of 18 due to a loophole in a recently passed election law . Democrats both inside and outside the state saw the contest as a chance to respond electorally to the presidency of Donald Trump , which had led to widespread protests since his inauguration the month before , and while Hansen and Marino primarily campaigned on local issues , she touched on national concerns in her advertising and speeches . Former Delaware U.S. Senator Joseph Biden , whose term as Vice President had ended at the same time Trump was sworn in , not only appeared at Hansen 's fundraisers and in her campaign ads but went door-to-door with her as well . Hansen 's victory margin and the 35.3 % voter turnout , better than usual for a special election , were seen as validating hopes that opposition to Trump could motivate Democrats to vote and possibly lead to greater success later that year and in the 2018 national midterm elections . |
Dauphiné | The Dauphiné ( -LSB- ˌdoʊfiːˈneɪ -RSB- or -LSB- ˈdoʊfɪneɪ -RSB- -LSB- dofine -RSB- ) or Dauphiné Viennois , formerly Dauphiny in English , is a former province in southeastern France , whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère , Drôme , and Hautes-Alpes . The Dauphiné was originally the County of Albon . In the 12th century , the local ruler Count Guigues IV of Albon ( c. 1095 -- 1142 ) bore a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed `` le Dauphin '' ( French for dolphin ) . His descendants changed their title from Count of Albon to Dauphin of Viennois . The state took the name of Dauphiné . It became a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century . The Dauphiné is best known for its transfer from the last non-royal Dauphin ( who had great debts and no direct heir ) to the King of France in 1349 . The terms of the transfer stipulated that the heir apparent of France would henceforth be called `` le Dauphin '' and included significant autonomy and tax exemption for the Dauphiné region , most of which it retained only until 1457 , though it remained an imperial state until the French Revolution . The historical capital is Grenoble and the other main towns are Vienne , Valence , Montélimar , Gap and Romans-sur-Isère . The demonym for its inhabitants is Dauphinois . |
Diem_Brown | Danielle Michelle `` Diem '' Brown ( June 12 , 1980 -- November 14 , 2014 ) was an American television personality , philanthropist , and entertainment reporter . She was best known as a recurring cast member on the MTV reality television series The Challenge . Brown founded MedGift , a website that provides a gift registry for patients and support pages to both people experiencing illnesses and their caregivers . She was an army brat in Baumholder , Germany before her family settled in the United States . She attended high school in Roswell , Georgia and obtained her bachelor 's degree in communications from Florida State University . Since debuting on Real World/Road Rules Challenge : Fresh Meat in 2006 , Brown competed in seven additional Challenges . In her debut challenge , filmed in November 2005 , she revealed that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer , to the surprise of both the cast and the production company . Her final season of The Challenge , Battle of the Exes II , aired in early 2015 . |
Diane_Venora | Diane Venora ( born August 10 , 1952 ) is an American stage , television and film actress . Venora graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen . She won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1988 film Bird directed by Clint Eastwood . Her other films include , The Cotton Club ( 1984 ) , Heat ( 1995 ) , Romeo + Juliet ( 1996 ) , The Jackal ( 1997 ) , The Insider ( 1999 ) and Hamlet ( 2000 ) . |
Death_of_Leelah_Alcorn | Leelah Alcorn ( November 15 , 1997 -- December 28 , 2014 ) was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention . Alcorn had posted a suicide note to her Tumblr blog , writing about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressing the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination , abuse and lack of support for transgender people . Assigned male at birth , she was given the name Joshua Alcorn and raised in Ohio by a family affiliated with the Churches of Christ movement . At age 14 , she came out as transgender to her parents , Carla and Doug Alcorn , who refused to accept her female gender identity . When she was 16 , they denied her request to undergo transition treatment , instead sending her to Christian-based conversion therapy with the intention of convincing her to reject her gender identity and accept her gender as assigned at birth . After she revealed her attraction toward males to her classmates , her parents removed her from school and revoked her access to social media . In her suicide note , Alcorn cited loneliness and alienation as key reasons for her decision to end her life and blamed her parents for causing these feelings . She committed suicide by walking out in front of oncoming traffic on the Interstate 71 highway . Alcorn arranged for her suicide note to be posted online several hours after her death , and it soon attracted international attention across mainstream and social media . LGBT rights activists called attention to the incident as evidence of the problems faced by transgender youth , while vigils were held in her memory in the United States and United Kingdom . Petitions were formed calling for the establishment of `` Leelah 's Law '' , a ban on conversion therapy in the U.S. , which received a supportive response from U.S. President Barack Obama . Within a year , the city of Cincinnati had criminalised conversion therapy . Alcorn 's parents were criticized for misgendering Leelah in comments that they made to the media , while LGBT rights activist Dan Savage blamed them for their child 's death and social media users subjected them to online harassment . They defended their refusal to accept their child 's identity and their use of conversion therapy by reference to their Christian values . |
Dante_Alighieri | Durante degli Alighieri ( -LSB- duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri -RSB- ) , simply called Dante ( -LSB- ˈdante -RSB- , -LSB- ˈdænti -RSB- , -LSB- ˈdɑːnteɪ -RSB- c. 1265 -- 1321 ) , was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages . His Divine Comedy , originally called Comedìa ( modern Italian : Commedia ) and later christened Divina by Boccaccio , is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature . It has been referred to as the greatest poem of the Middle Ages . In the late Middle Ages , the overwhelming majority of poetry was written in Latin , and therefore accessible only to affluent and educated audiences . In De vulgari eloquentia ( On Eloquence in the Vernacular ) , however , Dante defended use of the vernacular in literature . He himself would even write in the Tuscan dialect for works such as The New Life ( 1295 ) and the aforementioned Divine Comedy ; this choice , although highly unorthodox , set a hugely important precedent that later Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would follow . As a result , Dante played an instrumental role in establishing the national language of Italy . Dante 's significance also extends past his home country ; his depictions of Hell , Purgatory , and Heaven have provided inspiration for a large body of Western art , and are cited as an influence on the works of John Milton , Geoffrey Chaucer and Alfred Tennyson , among many others . In addition , the first use of the interlocking three-line rhyme scheme , or the terza rima , is attributed to him . Dante has been called `` the Father of the Italian language '' and one of the greatest poets of world literature . In Italy , Dante is often referred to as il Sommo Poeta ( `` the Supreme Poet '' ) and il Poeta ; he , Petrarch , and Boccaccio are also called `` the three fountains '' or `` the three crowns '' . |
David_Díaz_vs._Manny_Pacquiao | David Diaz vs. Manny Pacquiao , billed as Lethal Combination , was a lightweight title boxing match . The bout took place on June 28 , 2008 at the Mandalay Bay , Las Vegas , Nevada , United States . Pacquiao defeated Diaz via technical knockout in the ninth round . The fight sealed Pacquiao 's status as the best pound-for-pound fighter after he was elevated to the # 1 spot because of the retirement of the undefeated five-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. weeks prior to the fight and put Pacquiao 's name in the history books as the only Asian fighter to win five world titles in five weight classes . |
Daredevil_(Marvel_Comics_character) | Daredevil is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett , with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby . The character first appeared in Daredevil # 1 ( April 1964 ) . Daredevil 's origin story relates that while living in the historically gritty or crime-ridden , working class Irish-American neighborhood of Hell 's Kitchen in New York City , Matt Murdock is blinded by a radioactive substance that falls from a truck after he pushes a man to safety from the oncoming vehicle . While he no longer can see , the radioactive exposure heightens his remaining senses beyond normal human ability and gives him a `` radar sense '' . His father , a boxer named Jack Murdock , supports him as he grows up , though Jack is later killed by gangsters after refusing to throw a fight . After donning a yellow and dark red costume ( later all dark red ) , Matt seeks out revenge against his father 's killers as the superhero Daredevil , fighting against his many enemies , including Bullseye and Kingpin . He also becomes a lawyer after having graduated from law school with his best friend and roommate , Franklin `` Foggy '' Nelson . Daredevil is also commonly known by such epithets as the Man Without Fear and the Devil of Hell 's Kitchen . Frank Miller 's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe . Daredevil has since appeared in various forms of media including several animated series , video games and merchandise , the character was first portrayed in live action by Rex Smith in the 1989 television movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk . He was played by Ben Affleck in the 2003 film Daredevil , and by Charlie Cox in Marvel Studios 's Daredevil , a live-action television series on Netflix that premiered on April 10 , 2015 , and is set to reprise his role in The Defenders , as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe . |
Dark_Hollow_(song) | `` Dark Hollow '' is a folk song first recorded by folk singer-songwriter Bill Browning in 1958 . It is included as the B-side of his single `` Borned with the Blues '' . Though usually credited to Browning , the song has some lyrical similarities to the traditional `` East Virginia Blues/East Virginia '' and `` Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies '' , likely Browning 's inspiration . `` Dark Hollow '' is considered to be the most popular of Browning 's short career , but it did not reach the peak of its popularity until it was recorded by Grateful Dead in the early 1970s . They began performing acoustic covers of the song in 1970 . Electric covers soon followed in 1973 followed by more acoustic covers in 1980 . In total , Grateful Dead performed `` Dark Hollow '' around 30 times . Their version appears on History of the Grateful Dead , Volume One ( Bear 's Choice ) . |
Demons_2 | Demons 2 ( Italian : Dèmoni 2 ) is a 1986 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and co-written and produced by Dario Argento . It is a sequel to Bava 's 1985 film Demons and stars David Knight , Nancy Brilli , Coralina Cataldi Tassoni as well as Argento 's youngest daughter , Asia Argento , in her debut film performance at age 10 . The film was also known as Demons 2 : The Nightmare Returns . |
David_Garrick_(play) | David Garrick is a comic play written in 1864 by Thomas William Robertson about the famous 18th-century actor and theatre manager , David Garrick . The play premiered at the Prince of Wales Theater in Birmingham , where it was successful enough to be moved to the Haymarket Theatre in London , on 30 April 1864 . It was a major success for the actor Edward Askew Sothern , who played the title role , but came later to be associated with the actor Charles Wyndham . The play was designed as a star vehicle , since the principal actor has to portray David Garrick himself as an actor giving a performance . A scene from the play was painted by Edward Matthew Ward , a friend of Sothern 's . The play was Robertson 's first major commercial success and was frequently revived throughout the Victorian era and beyond . Several silent films were made based on David Garrick , including versions in 1913 ( starring Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss ) , 1914 and 1916 . A 1923 book , Public Speaking Today , recommends it for performance by high school students alongside The Importance of Being Earnest and The Rivals . In 1922 , the play was adapted as a comic opera by Reginald Somerville and played at the Queen 's Theatre . |
Davide_Cesare | Davide Cesare , also known as Dax ( 1977 - March 16 , 2003 ) was an Italian anti-fascist activist from Rozzano , who was stabbed to death by two far-right activists in Milan , the night of March 16 , 2003 . Cesare was brought to the hospital but died in the ambulance . Immediately after his death , members of his group tried to enter the hospital but were blocked by the police . This resulted in new riots with several people being injured , damage to police cars , and the emergency department suspending all activities for the whole night . Cesare 's death and the following trial had a wide political resonance in far-left circles , both in Italy and abroad . This was partly because the Italian media initially portrayed the events as a `` riot between young dissidents '' and , according to some sources , deliberately misrepresented Cesare 's death as `` a consequence of anti-globalization violence '' . During the trial , it turned out that brothers Federico Morbi and Mattia Morbi , the aggressors of Cesare , had in fact assaulted and killed him with premeditation . They were declared guilty in May 2004 ; Federico was sentenced to 16 years in jail , while Mattia ( who was a minor at the time of the facts ) was sentenced to 3 years . Giorgio Morbi , father of Federico and Mattia , was also judged guilty of attempted murder for beating a companion of Cesare on the same night . One of the lawyers that represented the family of Cesare in the trial was Giuliano Pisapia , who would later become Mayor of Milan ( assumed office in June 1 , 2011 ) . A plaque has been placed in Via Brioschi ( the street of Milan where he was killed ) . Graffiti in memory of Dax are quite common in Milan , but have also appeared elsewhere and abroad ; they usually read `` Dax vive '' ( `` Dax lives '' , in Italian ) or `` Dax odia ancora '' ( `` Dax still hates '' ) . One of these graffiti , portraying Cesare 's face , used to be painted on the Darsena in Milan , former port of the Navigli canal system ; its removal by Milan 's cleansing department in 2007 was subject to much controversy and was strongly condemned both by activist associations and by members of the government . |
Dick_Beals | Richard `` Dick '' Beals ( March 16 , 1927 -- May 29 , 2012 ) was an American voice actor and actor . He performed many voices in his career , which spanned the period from the early 1950s into the 21st century . Beals specialized in doing the voices of young boys , although he was also hired to voice young female children . Perhaps his most recognizable characterization was the voice of the stop-motion animation figure called `` Speedy Alka-Seltzer '' , featured in television commercials for more than 50 years . |
David_Garrick | David Garrick ( 19 February 1717 -- 20 January 1779 ) was an English actor , playwright , theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century , and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson . He appeared in a number of amateur theatricals , and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare 's Richard III , audiences and managers began to take notice . Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and a number of other roles , Charles Fleetwood engaged Garrick for a season at the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane . He remained with the Drury Lane company for the next five years and purchased a share of the theatre with James Lacy . This purchase inaugurated 29 years of Garrick 's management of the Drury Lane , during which time it rose to prominence as one of the leading theatres in Europe . At his death , three years after his retirement from Drury Lane and the stage , he was given a lavish public funeral at Westminster Abbey where he was laid to rest in Poets ' Corner . As an actor , Garrick promoted realistic acting that departed from the bombastic style that was entrenched when he first came to prominence . His acting delighted many audiences and his direction of many of the top actors of the English stage influenced their styles as well . During his tenure as manager of Drury Lane , Garrick also sought to reform audience behaviour . While this led to some discontent among the theatre-going public , many of his reforms eventually did take hold . Garrick also sought reform in production matters , bringing an overarching consistency to productions that included set design , costumes and even special effects . Garrick 's influence extended into the literary side of theatre as well . Critics are almost unanimous in saying he was not a good playwright , but his work in bringing Shakespeare to contemporary audiences is notable . In addition , he adapted many older plays in the repertoire that might have been forgotten . These included many plays of the Restoration era . Indeed , while influencing the theatre towards a better standard he also gained a better reputation for theatre folk . This accomplishment led Samuel Johnson to remark that `` his profession made him rich and he made his profession respectable . '' |
Death_to_the_Daleks | Death to the Daleks is the third serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 23 February to 16 March 1974 . The narrative begins as the spaceship TARDIS suffers an energy drain and crash-lands on the planet Exxilon . The Doctor ( Jon Pertwee ) and his companion Sarah Jane Smith ( Elisabeth Sladen ) are subsequently embroiled in a conflict between the Daleks and the human Marine Space Corp expedition , over the mineral `` Parrinium '' which can cure and give immunity from a deadly space plague . This was the last serial to have an episode wiped . |
Dauling_Dragon | Dauling Dragon ( Chinese : 木翼双龙 ) is a wooden roller coaster located at Happy Valley in Wuhan , Hubei , China . It is China 's third wooden roller coaster and its first racing roller coaster . Although billed as a racing coaster , it contains elements that make it similar to dueling coasters , such as racing portions , head-on collision turn-arounds , and sections where the tracks weave around each other . This is much like Lightning Racer at Hersheypark ( however , Lightning Racer was manufactured by Great Coasters International ) . Dauling Dragon is famous for its iconic `` high five '' section , in which at the top of a hill each track banks to 90 degrees towards the other track in such a fashion that riders could reach up and high five riders in the other train . In reality , the trains are too far away for actual contact to be made . This has earned Dauling Dragon the nickname `` High Five Coaster '' . |
Death_of_JonBenét_Ramsey | JonBenét Patricia Ramsey ( -LSB- ˌdʒɒnbəˈneɪ_pəˈtrɪʃə_ˈræmzi -RSB- August 6 , 1990 -- December 25 or 26 , 1996 ) was an American child beauty pageant queen who was killed in her family 's home in Boulder , Colorado , on the night of December 25 -- 26 , 1996 , at the age of six . A lengthy ransom note was found in the house , and her father , John Ramsey , found JonBenét 's body in the basement of their house about eight hours after she was reported missing . She sustained a broken skull from a blow to the head and had been strangled ; a garrote was found tied around her neck . The autopsy report stated that the official cause of death was `` asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma '' . Her death was classified as a homicide . The case generated nationwide public and media interest , in part because her mother Patsy Ramsey ( herself a former beauty queen ) had entered JonBenét in a series of child beauty pageants . The case still remains an open investigation with the Boulder Police Department . The police suspected that JonBenét 's death was caused either by Patsy or JonBenét 's nine-year-old brother Burke , and they believed that the ransom note and appearance of the body were staged by the parents in order to cover up the crime . In 1998 , both the police and District Attorney ( DA ) said that Burke was not a suspect . The Ramseys gave several televised interviews , but resisted police questioning except on their own terms . In October 2013 , unsealed court documents revealed that a 1999 grand jury had recommended filing charges against John and Patsy for permitting the child to be in a threatening situation and hindering the discovery and prosecution of an unidentified person who had `` committed ... the crime of murder in the first degree and child abuse resulting in death '' . However , the DA determined there was insufficient evidence and did not pursue an indictment . In 2002 , the DA 's successor took over investigation of the case from the police and primarily pursued alternative theories of a non-family intruder committing the killing . In 2003 , trace DNA taken from the victim 's clothes was found to belong to an unknown male , inducing the DA in 2008 to send the Ramseys a letter of apology declaring the family `` completely cleared '' . In February 2009 , the Boulder Police Department took the case back from the DA and reopened the investigation . In addition to JonBenét 's brief beauty pageant career , media coverage of the case has often focused on her parents ' wealth and the unusual evidence found in the case . Media reports have also questioned the police handling of the case . Ramsey family members and their friends have filed defamation suits against several media organizations . |
Darvaz_(region) | Darvaz ( Дарвоз / درواز -LSB- / dærvɒːz / -RSB- ) , alternatively spelt Darwaz , Darvoz , or Darwoz , was an independent principality until the 19th century , ruled by a mir and its capital was at Kalai-Khumb . The kingdom controlled territory on the left and right banks of the Oxus River . In 1878 Darvaz was invaded by neighboring Bukhara and absorbed into the Bukharan Emirate . In 1895 the left bank of Darvaz was transferred to Afghanistan as part of a border agreement . In the 1920s the portion of Darvaz located in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union was assigned to the Gharm Oblast . When the Gharm Oblast was dissolved in 1955 , Darvaz became part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast . Today , the northern half of Darvaz is the Darvoz district , Tavildara District , Vanj District , in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan ( Kalai-Khumb is now the district capital ) . The southern half of Darvaz is the Darwaz District , Khwahan District , Kuf Ab District , in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan . They are connected by the Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge , a permanent overland link that carries commercial and passenger traffic . The bridge was opened in July , 2004 . Darwaz District in Afghanistan has a population of approximately 21,000 after sub-division in 2005 which led to the formation of Districts Nusay District , Maimay District , and Shekay District , was . |
Dean_Ambrose | Jonathan David Good ( born December 7 , 1985 ) is an American professional wrestler and actor , currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Dean Ambrose , where he is the company 's current Intercontinental Champion in his second reign . In WWE , Ambrose is a one-time WWE World Champion , a two-time Intercontinental Champion , and a one-time United States Champion , with his 351-day United States Championship reign being the third-longest in history and a company record within WWE ( who acquired the title upon purchasing World Championship Wrestling in 2001 ) . He was also the 2016 Money in the Bank ladder match winner and successfully cashed in his contract to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion . From 2011 , Ambrose competed in WWE developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling ( FCW ) , before joining the WWE main roster in 2012 as a member of the The Shield with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins . Ambrose has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE and made his acting debut in the WWE Studios production 12 Rounds 3 : Lockdown ( 2015 ) . Ambrose is also known for his work on the independent circuit as Jon Moxley between 2004 and 2011 . He worked for various promotions including Full Impact Pro ( FIP ) , Combat Zone Wrestling ( CZW ) , Ring of Honor ( ROH ) , Evolve Wrestling ( EVOLVE ) , and Dragon Gate USA ( DGUSA ) , winning the FIP World Heavyweight Championship once , CZW World Heavyweight Championship twice , and the Insanity Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship twice . |
Dawson_City_Nuggets | The Dawson City Nuggets ( also known as the Klondikes ) were a hockey team from Dawson City , Yukon Territory , Canada that challenged the reigning champion Ottawa Hockey Club , aka `` The Silver Seven , '' in January 1905 , for the Stanley Cup . They suffered the most lopsided single-game defeat in the history of Stanley Cup play . Sponsored by the Klondike entrepreneur Joseph W. Boyle from men of the mining camps during the tailend of the Yukon gold rush , the Nuggets travelled an epic month-long voyage by dog sled , approximately 600 km from Dawson to Whitehorse , narrow gauge rail from Whitehorse to Skagway , ship from Skagway to Vancouver , and train from Vancouver to Ottawa in time for the games . The team had only one bona-fide player , ex-Ottawa star Weldy Young , but he was unable to make it to Ottawa in time , delayed in Dawson City as an election official . Exhausted by the trip and without Young , they lost the first game of the two-game total goal series 9-2 , and the second 23-2 , in which Ottawa star Frank McGee set a record that still stands by scoring fourteen goals ( see Ottawa vs. Dawson City ) . The team then played a series of exhibition games in the east before returning to the Yukon . Michael Onesi , a Whitehorse newspaper columnist , speculated , shortly before a 1997 re-enactment ( see below ) , that , had the Dawson team triumphed , they would have had the longest dynasty in Stanley Cup history . Challenges normally took place in the cup-holder 's town , and visiting teams could not effectively play , the columnist wryly commented , after the brutal journey by overland coach to Dawson , their bodies blacker than a hockey puck from all the bruises of a dog-sled ride . |
Death_mask | A death mask is an image , typically in wax or plaster cast made of a person 's face following death , often by taking a cast or impression directly from the corpse . Death masks may be mementos of the dead , or be used for creation of portraits . It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been painted from death masks , because of the characteristic slight distortions of the features caused by the weight of the plaster during the making of the mold . In other cultures a death mask may be a funeral mask , an image placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites , and normally buried with them . The best known of these are the masks used by ancient Egyptians as part of the mummification process , such as Tutankhamun 's mask , and those from Mycenean Greece such as the Mask of Agamemnon . In some European countries , it was common for death masks to be used as part of the effigy of the deceased , displayed at state funerals ; the coffin portrait was an alternative . Mourning portraits were also painted , showing the subject lying in repose . During the 18th and 19th centuries masks were also used to permanently record the features of unknown corpses for purposes of identification . This function was later replaced by post-mortem photography . In the cases of people whose faces were damaged by their death , it was common to take casts of their hands . An example of this occurred in the case of Thomas D'Arcy McGee , the Canadian statesman whose face was shattered by the bullet which assassinated him in 1868 . When taken from a living subject , such a cast is called a life mask . Proponents of phrenology used both death masks and life masks for pseudoscientific purposes . |
Daphne | Daphne ( -LSB- ˈdæfniː -RSB- Δάφνη , meaning `` laurel '' ) is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a naiad -- a type of female nymph associated with fountains , wells , springs , streams , brooks and other bodies of freshwater . There are several versions of the myth , but the general narrative is that because of her beauty , Daphne attracted the attention and ardor of the god Apollo ( Phoebus ) . Apollo pursued her and just before being overtaken , Daphne pleaded to her father , the rivergod Ladon , and Ge ( Gaia ) for help . So Ladon then transformed Daphne into a laurel tree . In Metamorphoses by Roman poet Ovid , she is identified as the daughter of the rivergod Pineios in Thessaly . At the Pythian Games which were held every four years in Delphi in honour of Apollo , a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize . According to Pausanias the reason for this `` simply and solely because the prevailing tradition has it that Apollo fell in love with the daughter of Ladon ( Daphne ) '' . |
Dexia | Dexia S.A. , also referred to as the Dexia Group , was a Franco-Belgian financial institution active in public finance , providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and SMEs , asset management , and insurance ; with headquarters in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , Brussels . The company had about 35,200 members of staff and a core shareholders ' equity of $ 19.2 billion , as of 31 December 2010 , and provided governments and local public finance operators with banking and other financial services . Asset Management and Services provided asset management , investor and insurance services , in particular to clients of the two other business lines . In 2008 , the bank received taxpayer bailouts for $ 6 billion , and it became the first big casualty of the 2011 European sovereign debt crisis . Due to big losses , suffered among others from the debt haircut on Greek government bonds , and an orderly resolution process began in October 2011 . As part of the resolution , Dexia Bank Belgium was bought out from the Dexia group by the Belgian state , and will continue to exist under its new name Belfius . The remaining part of the Dexia group was left in a `` bad bank '' , and will either be sold or wound down . |
David_Letterman | David Michael Letterman ( born April 12 , 1947 ) is an American former television host , comedian , writer , and producer . He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years , beginning with the February 1 , 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC , and ending with the May 20 , 2015 broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS . In total , Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show , surpassing friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late night talk show host in American television history . In 1996 Letterman was ranked 45th on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time . Letterman is also a television and film producer . His company , Worldwide Pants , produced his show as well as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and several prime-time comedies , the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond , now in syndication . Several late-night hosts have cited Letterman 's influence , including Conan O'Brien ( his successor on Late Night ) , Stephen Colbert ( his successor on The Late Show ) , Jimmy Fallon , Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers . |
Dinesh_Mehta | Dinesh Mehta is an Indian Bollywood and Television actor . He has done his roles in various Hindi television serials , like Dharmakshetra as Bhima , Buddha ( TV series ) king prasanjeet Buddha , Suryaputra Karn as Jayadratha , and in Diya Aur Baati Hum , playing the role of villain Someshwar Pawar . He has also appeared in episodics of SuperCops vs Supervillains , Halla Bol and Fear Files : Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein . Love marriage arrange marriage on Sony TV , Currently serial gangaa andtv Movie 1920 london , Movie South 10endraduclla Forth coming MOVIES-NIRBHAYA , MAARI LAADKI He is very famous actor in Thailand and another country 's |
David_Benioff | David Benioff ( born David Friedman ; September 25 , 1970 ) is an American novelist , screenwriter , television producer and director . He is best known for being the co-creator and showrunner of the widely acclaimed award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones . |
Detective_fiction | Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective -- either professional or amateur -- investigates a crime , often murder . |
Daphne_Blake | Daphne Ann Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo . Daphne , depicted as coming from a wealthy family , is noted for her red hair , lavender heels , fashion sense , and her knack for getting into danger , hence the nickname `` Danger Prone Daphne '' . Daphne has appeared in more adaptations than the other characters , aside from Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo . |
Digital_Fortress | Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin 's Press . The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens , and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications of using such technology . |
Diplomacy | Diplomacy ( from the term `` diplomat '' ) is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states . It usually refers to international diplomacy , the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to a full range of topical issues . International treaties are usually negotiated by diplomats prior to endorsement by national politicians . David Stevenson reports that by 1900 the term `` diplomats '' also covered diplomatic services , consular services and foreign ministry officials . |
David_Copperfield_(1999_film) | David Copperfield is a two-part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens ' novel David Copperfield , adapted by Adrian Hodges . The first part was shown on Christmas Day and the second on Boxing Day in 1999 . The production is notable for being the first screen work of actor Daniel Radcliffe , who would later achieve fame as the star of the Harry Potter films , where he would collaborate with his David Copperfield co-stars Maggie Smith , Zoë Wanamaker , Imelda Staunton , Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse . The film was co-produced by BBC America and Boston television station WGBH , and first aired on American television in April 2000 , as a feature in the PBS series Masterpiece . It won a Peabody Award in 2000 . |
Davidson_Academy_(Reno,_Nevada) | The Davidson Academy is a public school located in Reno , Nevada . The school , founded by Jan and Bob Davidson in 2006 , is for profoundly gifted secondary students , and is the first public school of its kind in the United States . The public school is located in the Jot Travis Building on the campus of the University of Nevada , Reno . As of the 2016-2017 school year , 159 students attend the Davidson Academy . The Davidson Academy has announced a new online high school option for students living anywhere in the United States , which will open for the 2017-2018 school year . The Davidson Academy provides each student with a personalized learning plan , designed to give them an education specifically catered to their individual , unique needs . Unlike traditional school settings , the Academy 's classes do not group students by age , but by ability . The school is designed to provide an educational setting where the abilities , strengths , and interests of highly intelligent young people are encouraged and supported . Eligible candidates for the Reno school must score in the 99.9 th percentile on accepted intelligence and/or achievement tests ; perform at a required academic level ; exhibit intellectual and academic achievement ; are , or intend to be , residents of Nevada ; and other criteria . As ranked by the Washington Post 's Jay Mathews , the Davidson Academy is one of the nation 's `` Top-performing schools with elite students . '' The average class ratio for students to teachers is currently about 15:1 . The Academy 's current director is Colleen Harsin . The school is a division of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development , a nationwide nonprofit organization established by the Davidsons to support the needs of profoundly gifted children through information resources , networking and educational opportunities , family support , advocacy , and scholarships . |
Dawn_(spacecraft) | Dawn is a space probe launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt , Vesta and Ceres . It is currently in orbit about its second target , the dwarf planet Ceres . Dawn is the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies , the first spacecraft to visit either Vesta or Ceres , and also the first to visit a dwarf planet , arriving at Ceres in March 2015 , a few months before New Horizons flew by Pluto in July 2015 . Dawn entered Vesta orbit on July 16 , 2011 , and completed a 14-month survey mission before leaving for Ceres in late 2012 . Dawn entered Ceres orbit on March 6 , 2015 , and is predicted to remain in orbit perpetually after the conclusion of its mission . NASA considered , but decided against , a proposal to visit a third target . The Dawn mission is managed by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , with spacecraft components contributed by European partners from the Netherlands , Italy and Germany . It is the first NASA exploratory mission to use ion propulsion , which enabled it to enter and leave the orbit of multiple celestial bodies . Previous multi-target missions using conventional drives , such as the Voyager program , were restricted to flybys . |
Danny_Phantom | Danny Phantom is an American animated series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon . It was produced by Billionfold Studios and distributed in Canada by Nelvana , a Canadian animation company . The series follows a teenage boy who , after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the `` Ghost Zone '' , becomes a human-ghost hybrid and takes on the task of saving his town ( and the world ) from subsequent ghost attacks using an evolving variety of supernatural powers . He is aided in his quest by his two best friends , and later , his older sister , who for most of the series ' run are among the only people who know of his double life . The series premiered on April 3 , 2004 , its first episode airing after the 2004 Kids ' Choice Awards , and ended on August 24 , 2007 , totalling 53 episodes over three seasons . Danny Phantom has received critical and audience acclaim , with praise primarily directed at its ensemble cast and comic book-influenced themes and storyline . Hartman himself has noted that the series is arguably his most popular and acclaimed work , despite its relatively short production life compared to The Fairly OddParents . Danny Phantom has spawned video games , home video releases , as well as toys and various other merchandise . |
David_Mallet_(writer) | David Mallet ( or Malloch ) ( c. 1705 -- 1765 ) was a Scottish dramatist . He was educated at the University of Edinburgh , and went to London in 1723 to work as a private tutor . There he became friendly with Alexander Pope , James Thomson , and other literary figures including Henry St John , Viscount Bolingbroke . His best-known work was written in the same year : William and Margaret , adapted from a traditional ballad . In 1740 , he collaborated with Thomson on a masque , Alfred , which was the vehicle for `` Rule , Britannia ! '' . His other plays and poetry ( e.g. Amyntor and Theodora ) , popular at the time , are largely forgotten , but Bolingbroke 's writings were edited and published by Mallet in 1754 . |
Dayán_Díaz | Dayán Enrique Díaz ( born February 10 , 1989 ) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He has played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the Cincinnati Reds . Díaz was called up to the majors for the first time on May 22 , 2016 . Díaz signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros on January 21 , 2017 . On May 5 , 2017 he was promoted to the major leagues to replace Michael Feliz who went on Family Medical Emergency leave . |
Demographics_of_Central_Asia | Central Asia is a diverse land with many ethnic groups , languages , religions and tribes . The nations which make up Central Asia are five of the former Soviet republics : Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , and Uzbekistan , which have a total population of about 68 million . Afghanistan is not always considered part of the region , but when it is , Central Asia has a total population of about 101 million ( 2016 ) . Additionally , Pakistan has a large population of central Asian peoples even though it is not categorized as a central Asian nation . Most central Asians belong to religions which were introduced to the area within the last 1,500 years , such as Sunni Islam , Shia Islam , Ismaili Islam , Tengriism , and Syriac Christianity . Buddhism , however , was introduced to Central Asia over 2,200 years ago , and Zoroastrianism , over 2,500 years ago . |
Dark_Wings,_Dark_Words | `` Dark Wings , Dark Words '' is the second episode of the third season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 22nd episode of the series . Written by Vanessa Taylor , and directed by Daniel Minahan , it aired on April 7 , 2013 . The title is an in-universe old saying about messenger-ravens , referring to the fact that such urgently delivered messages are often bad news . In the episode , Robb Stark receives news of the death of Hoster Tully as well as the sack of Winterfell and the disappearances of Bran and Rickon . |
Doctorin'_the_Tardis | `` Doctorin ' the Tardis '' is an electronic novelty pop single by The Timelords ( `` Time Boy '' and `` Lord Rock '' , aliases of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty , better known as The KLF ) . The song is predominantly a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme music , Gary Glitter 's `` Rock and Roll ( Part Two ) '' with sections from `` Blockbuster ! '' by Sweet and `` Let 's Get Together Tonite '' by Steve Walsh . The single was not well received by critics but was a commercial success , reaching number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1988 , and in New Zealand , and charting in the Top 10 in Australia , Ireland and Norway . The Timelords followed up their chart-topping record with a `` how to have a number one '' guide , The Manual ( How to Have a Number One the Easy Way ) . |
Dre_Robinson | Dre Robinson is an American rapper . |
Double_fold_(paper_testing) | A double fold is a process of folding a paper sample first backwards and then forwards about the same line , i.e. one complete oscillation . The number of double folds that is required to make a test piece break is used to determine the material 's folding endurance and fold number . The total folding angle ( about the folding line ) differs depending on which folding tester is used , for instance the Köhler -- Molin instrument folds about 156 ° on each side of the vertical line , resulting in a complete oscillation of about 2 × 312 ° for each double fold , while the MIT instrument employs a folding angle of about 135 ° on each side ( that is , a complete oscillation of about 2 × 270 ° for each complete double fold ) . Strictly speaking , the first double fold is more than one complete oscillation since the flap needs to be folded from vertical to its starting position before the counting begins . The process was analyzed and criticized by Nicholson Baker in his 2001 book Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper . |
Dollhouse_(TV_series) | Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions . It premiered on February 13 , 2009 , on the Fox network and was officially canceled on November 11 , 2009 . The final episode aired on January 29 , 2010 . Production wrapped in December 2009 , with a total of 27 episodes produced including the original pilot . The show revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments ( known as `` Dollhouses '' ) around the globe that program individuals referred to as Actives ( or Dolls ) with temporary personalities and skills . Wealthy clients hire Actives from Dollhouses at great expense for various purposes , including heists , sexual encounters , assassinations , expert counsel , and all manner of unique experiences . The series primarily follows the Active known as Echo , played by Eliza Dushku , on her journey towards self-awareness . Dushku also served as series producer . Dollhouse initially received mixed reviews and underwhelming ratings , but improved progressively enough to be renewed for a second season . After the second season finale , the series was cancelled . |
Dracula_2000 | Dracula 2000 ( also known internationally as Dracula 2001 ) is a 2000 American vampire horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven , and starring Gerard Butler , Christopher Plummer , Jonny Lee Miller , Justine Waddell , Omar Epps , Colleen Fitzpatrick , and Jennifer Esposito . The plot follows Dracula , who arrives in New Orleans , Louisiana in the 21st century and seeks out Mary Heller , a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing . Dracula 2000 , the promotional title of which is Wes Craven Presents : Dracula 2000 , builds upon Bram Stoker 's original 1897 novel Dracula , with Count Dracula resurrected in contemporary America . The film was a critical and commercial disappointment , though two direct-to-video sequels , both written and directed by Lussier , were produced . |
Doctor_Who_(season_25) | The twenty-fifth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 October 1988 with the serial Remembrance of the Daleks , and ended with The Greatest Show in the Galaxy . |
Early_Muslim_conquests | The early Muslim conquests ( الفتوحات الإسلامية , al-Futūḥāt al-Islāmiyya ) also referred to as the Arab conquests and early Islamic conquests began with the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century . He established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion . The resulting empire stretched from the borders of China and the Indian subcontinent , across Central Asia , the Middle East , North Africa , Sicily , and the Iberian Peninsula , to the Pyrenees . Edward Gibbon writes in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : The Muslim conquests brought about the collapse of the Sassanid Empire and a great territorial loss for the Byzantine Empire . The reasons for the Muslim success are hard to reconstruct in hindsight , primarily because only fragmentary sources from the period have survived . Most historians agree that the Sassanid Persian and Byzantine Roman empires were militarily and economically exhausted from decades of fighting one another . Some Jews and Christians in the Sassanid Empire and Jews and Monophysites in Syria were dissatisfied and welcomed the Muslim forces , largely because of religious conflict in both empires , while at other times , such as in the Battle of Firaz , Arab Christians allied themselves with the Persians and Byzantines against the invaders . In the case of Byzantine Egypt , Palestine and Syria , these lands had only a few years before being reclaimed from the Persians . Fred McGraw Donner , however , suggests that formation of a state in the Arabian peninsula and ideological ( i.e. religious ) coherence and mobilization was a primary reason why the Muslim armies in the space of a hundred years were able to establish the largest pre-modern empire until that time . The estimates for the size of the Islamic Caliphate suggest it was more than thirteen million square kilometers ( five million square miles ) , making it larger than all current states except the Russian Federation . |
Disinformation_(TV_series) | Disinformation , also known as Disinfo Nation , was a television show hosted by Richard Metzger . It was aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night `` 4Later '' programming block . Called a `` punk rock 60 Minutes '' and `` wilder than Jackass '' by the Los Angeles Times and Wired magazine respectively , the sixteen 30-minute episodes produced for C4 ( and several segments never aired in the UK ) were then cut down to four one-hour `` specials '' intended for the Sci Fi Channel in America , but never aired due to the controversial nature of what was portrayed on screen . According to interviews Metzger was told just twelve days prior to the first specials ' air-date that he would have to cut 50 % of the material from the show in order to pass the USA Network 's corporate lawyers ' scrutiny . Those four shows have subsequently been released on a DVD with a second bonus disc presenting highlights of The DisinfoCon , a twelve-hour event featuring shock rocker Marilyn Manson , underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger , painter Joe Coleman , and others such as Douglas Rushkoff , Mark Pesce , Grant Morrison , and Robert Anton Wilson . |
Don't_Worry_Chachu | Do n't Worry Chachu is an Indian sitcom , which premiered on SAB TV on October 3 , 2011 . The series stars Aashif Sheikh and Sugandha Mishra in the main lead . |
Earth_radius | Earth radius is the distance from the Earth 's center to its surface , about 6,371 km . This length is also used as a unit of distance , especially in astronomy and geology , where it is usually denoted by . This article deals primarily with spherical and ellipsoidal models of the Earth . See Figure of the Earth for a more complete discussion of the models . The Earth is only approximately spherical , so no single value serves as its natural radius . Distances from points on the surface to the center range from 6,353 to 6,384 km ( 3,947 -- 3,968 mi ) . Several different ways of modeling the Earth as a sphere each yield a mean radius of 6,371 km . While `` radius '' normally is a characteristic of perfect spheres , the term as used in this article more generally means the distance from some `` center '' of the Earth to a point on the surface or on an idealized surface that models the Earth . It can also mean some kind of average of such distances , or of the radius of a sphere whose curvature matches the curvature of the ellipsoidal model of the Earth at a given point . Aristotle , writing in On the Heavens around 350 BC , reports that `` the mathematicians '' guess the circumference of the Earth to be 400,000 stadia . Due to uncertainty about which stadion variant Aristotle meant , scholars have interpreted Aristotle 's figure to be anywhere from highly accurate to almost double the true value . The first known scientific measurement and calculation of the radius of the Earth was performed by Eratosthenes about 240 BC . Estimates of the accuracy of Eratosthenes 's measurement range from within 0.5 % to within 17 % . As with Aristotle 's report , uncertainty in the accuracy of his measurement is due to modern uncertainty over which stadion definition he used . |
Eastern_span_replacement_of_the_San_Francisco–Oakland_Bay_Bridge | The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco -- Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge ( SAS ) and a pair of viaducts . The bridge is located in the U.S. state of California , and crosses the San Francisco Bay between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland . It was built between 2002 and 2013 , and does not have a name other than the unofficial name of the bridge as a whole ( `` San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge '' ) . The eastern span replacement is the most expensive public works project in California history , with an estimated cost of $ 6.4 billion . Originally scheduled to open in 2007 , several problems delayed the opening until September 2 , 2013 . With a width of 258.33 ft , comprising 10 general purpose lanes , it is currently the world 's widest bridge , according to Guinness World Records . The Bay Bridge has two major sections : the western suspension spans and their approach structures between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island ( YBI ) , and the structures between YBI and the eastern terminus in Oakland . The original eastern section was composed of a double balanced cantilever span , five through-truss spans , and a truss causeway . The original spans of the bridge east of Yerba Buena Island became the subject of concern after a section collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17 , 1989 . The replacement span is engineered to withstand the largest earthquake expected over a 1500-year period , and it is expected to last at least 150 years with proper maintenance . |
Discontinued_Hugo_Awards | The Hugo Awards are presented every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year . The award is named after Hugo Gernsback , the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories , and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award . The award has been described as `` a fine showcase for speculative fiction '' and `` the best known literary award for science fiction writing '' . In addition to the regular awards that have been given in most years that the awards have been active , several discontinued Hugo Awards have been presented throughout the years , only to be removed after a few years . When the Hugo awards were begun in 1953 , each Worldcon organizing committee decided what awards they would give . Several awards were presented over the next few years which were not repeated in later conventions , unlike the primary categories which are still presented -- such as Best Novel . These awards were the Best Cover Artist , Best Interior Illustrator , Excellence in Fact Articles , Best New SF Author or Artist , and # 1 Fan Personality Hugos at the initial 1953 awards ceremony , the Best Feature Writer , Best Book Reviewer , and Most Promising New Author awards in 1956 , the Outstanding Actifan award in 1958 , and the Best New Author of 1958 award in 1959 . In 1961 , however , formal rules were set down for which categories would be awarded , which could only be changed by the World Science Fiction Society membership through the annual Business Meeting . Despite this , the 1964 convention awarded a Hugo Award for the Best SF Book Publisher , which was not on that list . Immediately afterward the guidelines were changed to allow individual conventions to create additional categories , which was codified as up to two categories for that year . These additional awards were officially designated as Hugo Awards , but were not required to be repeated by future conventions . This was later adjusted to only allow one additional category . The Best SF Book Publisher award was repeated in 1965 , and the Best All-Time Series award was given in 1966 . No other additional categories were added by 1974 , when the guidelines were changed again to allow up to ten categories which would be chosen by each convention , though they were expected to be similar to those presented in the year before . Despite this change no new awards were added or previous awards removed before the guidelines were changed back to listing specific categories . The next discontinued Hugo award was the Other Forms award , given in 1988 . It was followed in 1990 by the Best Original Art Work award , which was listed again as a special award in 1991 , though not actually awarded , and instated afterward as an official Hugo Award . It was then removed from this status in 1996 , and has not been awarded since . The Best Web Site special Hugo award , which was given in 2002 and 2005 , was the latest special award given prior to the Best Series special award , to be given in 2017 in advance of it potentially being ratified as a standard category for the following year . Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention , or Worldcon , and the presentation evening constitutes its central event . The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees , except in the case of a tie . These five works on the ballot are those most-nominated by members that year , with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated . The 1953 through 1958 awards did not include any recognition of runner-up nominees , but since 1959 all five candidates have been recorded . Initial nominations are made by members in January through March , while voting on the ballot of five nominations is performed roughly in April through July , subject to change depending on when that year 's Worldcon is held . Worldcons are generally held near Labor Day , and in a different city around the world each year . Members are permitted to vote `` no award '' , if they feel that none of the nominees is deserving of the award that year , and in the case that `` no award '' takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category . The only time this has happened in the discontinued awards was in the 1959 Best New Author category . |