query: Jamie Lannister becomes a lazy point of view character in A Storm of Swords.

pos: Jaime Lannister Jaime Lannister is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . He becomes a prominent point of view character in the novels beginning in A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) .   Introduced in A Game of Thrones ( 1996 ) , Jaime is a knight of the Kingsguard and a member of House Lannister , one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros . Although he first appears to be unscrupulous and amoral , he later proves to be far more complex , honorable and sympathetic .   Jaime is portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on the HBO series Game of Thrones . He was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television , a Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a People Choice Awards Favorite TV Anti-Hero for his performance in the show 's third season . He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 .

neg: Song of the Gargoyle The Song of the Gargoyle is a 1991 book for young readers by Zilpha Keatley Snyder . Set in the middle ages , it tells the story of a young boy named Tymmon who lives with his father Komus , the court jester of Austerneve . When Komus is abducted by an anonymous man with a Black Helmet , thirteen-year-old Tymmon is able to escape Black Helmet and leaves the castle grounds to seek refuge in the Sombrous Forest , a forbidden place occupied by wolves and magical beings . Most wonderfully , Tymmon is adopted by a gargoyle named Troff -- a creature with the loyalty of a dog and the fearsome powers of an enchanted being .   After a season surviving in the forest , Tymmon longs to rescue his father and to find a way to avenge him , as a knight would . But Tymmon is a commoner , and he burns with anger at his father , who threw away a noble heritage to become a lowly jester . Tymmon had to watch his childhood playmate turn away from him to become a squire and train for the knighthood Tymmon can never know .   When Tymmon realizes that Troff can pose as a dog , he and Troff leave the forest together . As they travel , Tymmon sees the poverty and suffering of peasants ravaged by feudalistic greed . In the city he discovers that with his talent for music and joking , inherited from his father , he and Troff can make people happy . Beyond that , performing enables him to communicate with people from all walks of life .   Of Song of the Gargolye , Zilpha Keatley Snyder says , `` High among the periods that inspired my childhood dreamscapes were the middle ages . Not a very specific or historic middle ages , actually , so much as a fantasy world peopled by beautiful princesses and -- most especially -- by noble knights . I especially liked the knights . No doubt due , at least in part , to the fact that they rode horses . ( I was also enamored of cowboys . ) However , when I grew older and less romantic , I began to look at my hardware-clad heroes from a more critical point of view . Knights , I discovered , were often a pretty cruel and bloodthirsty bunch , not to mention ignorant and superstitious ... So when I got around to setting a story in their time , I cast about for a hero or two with a better odor . And the result was Tymmon and his father , Komus . And Troff ? Just another tribute to the memory of various more-or-less miraculous four-legged friends . ''   Category : American children 's novels  Category :1991 American novels

neg: Character (arts) A character ( sometimes known as a fictional character ) is a person or other being in a narrative work of art ( such as a novel , play , television series , or film ) . The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person , in which case the distinction of a `` fictional '' versus `` real '' character may be made . Derived from the ancient Greek word χαρακτήρ , the English word dates from the Restoration , although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749 . From this , the sense of `` a part played by an actor '' developed . Character , particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema , involves `` the illusion of being a human person . '' In literature , characters guide readers through their stories , helping them to understand plots and ponder themes . Since the end of the 18th century , the phrase `` in character '' has been used to describe an effective impersonation by an actor . Since the 19th century , the art of creating characters , as practiced by actors or writers , has been called characterisation .   A character who stands as a representative of a particular class or group of people is known as a type . Types include both stock characters and those that are more fully individualised . The characters in Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler ( 1891 ) and August Strindberg 's Miss Julie ( 1888 ) , for example , are representative of specific positions in the social relations of class and gender , such that the conflicts between the characters reveal ideological conflicts .   The study of a character requires an analysis of its relations with all of the other characters in the work . The individual status of a character is defined through the network of oppositions ( proairetic , pragmatic , linguistic , proxemic ) that it forms with the other characters . The relation between characters and the action of the story shifts historically , often miming shifts in society and its ideas about human individuality , self-determination , and the social order .

neg: Eunuchs in popular culture Eunuchs have appeared many times in popular culture .   The Eunuch , a comedy by Roman playwright Terence .  In The Country Wife , the main character , Mr. Horner , pretends to be a man turned eunuch by impotence caused by syphilis in order to gain access to the bedrooms of married women .  Being proud of not being a eunuch is the subject of the song `` At Least You 're Not a Eunuch '' in the play Life and Death in Jaffna ( The Musical ! ) '' by Edward Cress  Eunuchs appear often as villains in Hong Kong kung fu and wuxia films set in ancient China . For example , the films `` Dragon Inn ( Xin long men ke zhan ) '' , `` Butterfly and Sword ( Xin liu xing hu die jian ) '' , and `` A Touch of Zen ( Hsia nu ) '' all feature a eunuch or a group of eunuchs as the main villain . A popular eunuch villain used in ancient China stories is Eunuch Wei , who is based on a historical figure named Wei Zhongxian . Eunuch villains are usually in charge of powerful political posts , such as being the leader of the East Chamber .  The Queen Salmissra , in David Eddings ' The Belgariad and The Malloreon , is only allowed to be served by eunuchs . Her Chief Eunuch Sadi becomes a principal character in The Malloreon , and is referred to in `` The Prophecy '' as `` The Man who is no Man . ''  The character and narrator Taita in Wilbur Smith 's `` Egyptian '' ( 1991 - ) series of novels is a eunuch ( performed as a punishment while a slave ) .  Bagoas was the eunuch favorite of Alexander the Great ( referenced above ) . Bagoas is the main character and narrator of The Persian Boy , a 1972 historical novel by Mary Renault .  Punk rock band the Descendents wrote a song about a eunuch called `` Eunuch Boy '' , which was on their 1996 comeback album Everything Sucks .  Eunuchs feature prominently in Montesquieu 's 1722 novel Lettres persanes , supposedly about Persian visitors to eighteenth-century France .  Varys , a character in George R. R. Martin 's series A Song of Ice and Fire , later made into the HBO series Game of Thrones , is a eunuch by castration .  A historical mystery series written by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer , beginning in 1999 , details investigations carried out by John , the eunuch Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian I , in and around the sixth-century imperial court in Constantinople .  In the 2006 film One Night With the King , Hadassah 's ( Esther 's ) would-be boyfriend , Jesse , is captured by the Persian empire and castrated .  The 2002 historical science fiction novel The Years of Rice and Salt features many eunuchs in its opening section , including the character Kyu and the historical Chinese admiral Zheng He .  Three best-selling novels by Jason Goodwin , The Janissary Tree , The Snake Stone and The Bellini Card , chronicle the investigations of Yashim Togalu , a Turkish eunuch detective to the Sultan 's royal court , in the Ottoman Empire of the 1830s .  The historical novel Memoirs of a Byzantine Eunuch , by Christopher Harris ( 2002 Dedalus Books , ISBN 1-903517-03-6 )  The Japanese novel ( and later anime series ) Ai no Kusabi has within their caste system `` Furniture '' , or eunuchs who act as servants to the highest social class . The character Katze was once Furniture , but now works on the black market .  In the Japanese anime Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion ( R2 ) the de facto rulers of the communist Chinese Federation are a group of eight eunuchs called `` High Eunuchs . ''  The character Naboo the Enigma from the British comedy act and television series The Mighty Boosh is a eunuch .  For the greater part of Iain Banks 's 1984 novel The Wasp Factory , the 16-year-old narrator Frank Cauldhame claims to be a eunuch , the result of being savaged by a dog when he was an infant . At the novels climax , Frank discovers that she was in fact born female .  In the TV show Major Dad , a eunuch was in charge of the Security wives of Emir of Katodd .  One of the characters that Voltaire 's Candide meets on his adventures is a eunuch .  The Vampire Eli in John Ajvide Lindqvist 's novel Let The Right One In is a eunuch . However , this detail is not made abundantly clear in the book 's 2008 Film adaptation of the same title .  The Yellow Bastard of the Sin City franchise .  In the Red Dwarf episode `` Quarantine '' , Rimmer is said to have been Alexander the Great 's chief eunuch in a past life .  In the manga `` Red River ( manga ) '' one of the main villains , Urhi , is a eunuch .  The eunuch Manan is a major character in The Tombs of Atuan , the second book from Ursula K. Le Guin 's Earthsea series . The story largely takes place in a large convent where no men are allowed , so a number of other eunuchs are mentioned .  In Robert E. Howard 's short story The Scarlet Citadel , the main antagonist has a eunuch prison guard named Shukeli . It is stated that in him , normal human passions have been replaced by extreme sadism .  In William Shakespeare 's play `` Twelfth Night '' , Viola initially decides to disguise herself as a eunuch named Cesario in order to serve Duke Orsino .  In the 2015 video game The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt , the loyal servant and bookie of head Redanian Intelligence Sigismund Dijkstra is a eunuch , called Happen the Eunuch . He takes care of the Bathhouse in Novigrad , which is open to both sexes .   Category : Topics in popular culture

neg: The Climb (Game of Thrones) `` The Climb '' is the sixth episode of the third season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 26th episode of the series . Directed by Alik Sakharov and written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , it aired on May 5 , 2013 .   The episode 's title comes from climbing of the wall by Jon Snow and Ygritte , and also the references from dialogue between Lord Petyr Baelish and Lord Varys .

neg: Wizard Wars Wizard Wars is a reality competition show in which teams of magicians create and perform original magic routines before a live studio audience . Their acts are judged on creativity , deception , and showmanship . Vegas headliners Penn & Teller head up the judging panel , alongside magic critic Christen Gerhart and World Champion of Magic Jason Latimer . Wizard Wars also features four `` home team '' magicians -- the `` Wizards '' -- who return every week to take on new teams of `` challengers . '' Wizards include street magician Justin Flom , stage illusionist David Shimshi , mentalist Angela Funovits , and con man Gregory Wilson . The series premiered August 19 , 2014   Wizard Wars was created in 2012 by Vegas-based magic consultant Rick Lax and street magician Justin Flom . Flom filmed the original Wizard Wars pilot in Lax 's apartment , on a $ 15 budget . The competing magicians created routines with placemats , beach balls , colored erasers and fake oranges . Flom 's YouTube video , featured on Wired.com and BoingBoing.com , caught the eye of production company A. Smith & Co. , who worked with Lax and Flom to sell the show to the Syfy network . Flom now stars in the show as a `` Wizard '' ; Lax works behind the scene as a producer and magic consultant .   Notable magicians appearing on Wizard Wars include Las Vegas headliners Murray SawChuck , Tommy Wind , Nathan Burton , Greg Dow , America 's Got Talent 's Leon Etienne ( Season 8 ) , and Naathan Phan .   Over a million people watched the Wizard Wars series premiere . The episode highlighted Canadian illusionists Chris Funk and Ekaterina , who ended up losing the `` Wizard War '' to `` Wizards '' Gregory Wilson and Justin Flom .   Speaking on behalf of Flom and himself , Lax said this of the Internet-to-series premier journey : `` The most unlikely part of the YouTube-video-to-Syfy-show transition was that the original Wizard Wars vision stayed in shape ... Everyone told me , ` Hollywood is going to tear your idea apart , ' but that did n't happen . Only thing that happened was the magic got bigger and better . ''   Wizard Wars maintained `` very solid ratings '' and was renewed for another six episodes . In these six episodes ( `` Season 1.5 '' ) former Challenger Billy Kidd joins the cast as a full-fledged Wizard .

neg: Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld) `` Theatre of Cruelty '' is a short Discworld story by Terry Pratchett written in 1993 . The name derives from a concept of Antonin Artaud ( Theatre of Cruelty ) .   It was originally written for W. H. Smith Bookcase magazine and was then slightly modified and extended , being published again in the programme of the OryCon 15 convention , and then again in The Wizards of Odd , a compilation of fantasy short stories .   It has since been made available on the Internet along with dozens of translations by fans , with Pratchett having stated , `` I do n't want to see it distributed in print anywhere but do n't mind people downloading it for their own enjoyment . ''   The story involves both the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and a parallel of Punch and Judy .   A murder has been committed : a street entertainer , found apparently battered to death with a very small blunt object , on him bite marks from a very small crocodile . Investigating the incident in his typically direct manner , Carrot Ironfoundersson discovers the death was an accident , the man having choked on a swazzle . It emerges that the entertainer had invented a parallel , live-action version of Punch and Judy , using -- and abusing -- a troupe of gnomes as the live cast . Carrot asserts that such brutal theatre could never find favour in Ankh-Morpork : `` That 's not the way to do it '' .

neg: Jamie Foreman Jamie Foreman ( born 25 May 1958 ) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in Layer Cake ( 2004 ) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski 's Oliver Twist ( 2005 ) . He played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman 's Nil by Mouth ( 1997 ) and also featured in Elizabeth ( 1998 ) , Gangster No. 1 ( 2000 ) and Sleepy Hollow ( 1999 ) . He appeared in the 2006 Doctor Who episode `` The Idiot 's Lantern '' and featured as a racist taxi driver in The Football Factory ( 2004 ) . In the 2008 film Inkheart Foreman played Basta . He also appeared in one episode of Law and Order : UK in 2009 .   His recent work for BBC Radio includes the title role in Wes Bell , directed by Matthew Broughton , and the six-part series Hazelbeach by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford . He also played a small role in I 'll Sleep When I 'm Dead .   In 2011 , Foreman joined the cast of EastEnders as Derek Branning , taking over the role from Terence Beesley . It was later confirmed in 2012 that Foreman was leaving and that the character Derek would be killed off .   He has appeared as Lenny in multiple episodes of Birds of a Feather . In 2015 , he narrated the six-part series Double Decker Driving School for ITV .   Foreman played Albert Wilson in Home Front radio series on BBC Radio 4 , starting from Season Six in December 2015 .

neg: Cultural depictions of Edward III of England Edward III of England is the central character in the play Edward III , sometimes attributed to William Shakespeare . He also appears as a boy in Edward II by Christopher Marlowe . Edward is also the protagonist of William Blake 's early drama Edward the Third , part of his Poetical Sketches , published in 1783 . George Bernard Shaw portrayed Edward for dramatic purposes as , in Shaw 's preface to The Six of Calais , behaving himself like an unrestrained human being in a very trying situation .   Edward III has rarely been portrayed on screen . He was portrayed by Charles Kent in the 1911 silent short The Death of King Edward III and by Michael Hordern in the 1955 film The Dark Avenger , about Edward , the Black Prince . As a boy he has been portrayed by Stéphane Combesco in the 1982 French TV adaptation of Marlowe 's play and by Jody Graber in Derek Jarman 's 1991 version . In World Without End ( 2012 ) , Blake Ritson portrayed Edward III .   Edward is portrayed as the son of Isabella and the Scottish rebel , William Wallace , in the 1995 film Braveheart . This is historically impossible , as Wallace died seven years before Edward was born when Isabella was about 17 years old . It is extremely unlikely William Wallace and Isabella ever met .   Edward appears in Maurice Druon 's series of historical novels Les Rois maudits ( The Accursed Kings ) . Jean-Louis Broust portrayed him in the 1972 French TV adaptation of these novels , and Aurélien Wiik played the role in the 2005 French TV adaptation .   Edward is a major character in The King 's Mistress by Emma Campion and her Owen Archer mystery novel The Lady Chapel ( 1994 ) under the name Candace Robb . He appears in the 2000 Bernard Cornwell novel Harlequin , as well as in the 2007 Ken Follett novel World Without End , the sequel to Pillars of the Earth . Edward also appears briefly in The First Princess of Wales by Karen Harper .

neg: Liath Luachra Liath Luachra , the `` Gray of Luachair '' , is the name of two characters in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology . Both appear in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn , which details the young life and adventures of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill .   The first Liath Luachra is one of Fionn 's foster mothers who raise him after the death of his father Cumhal at the hands of Goll mac Morna . She is a great warrior and a companion of Fionn 's aunt , the druidess Bodhmall ; together they raise the boy in secret in the forest of Sliabh Bladhma . Eventually Fionn 's ever-spreading fame threatens to bring his father 's killers to him , and his caretakers send him to find his own way . By this point they have taught him enough that he can survive on his own , and he goes into the king of Bantry 's service .   The second Liath Luachra is a tall , hideous warrior and a member of the Fianna . He had been an enemy of Cumhal , and even dealt him the first blow in the battle at which he died . Later Goll mac Morna gave him possession of Cumhal 's treasures , and made him the Fianna 's official treasurer . His corrbolg or crane bag is one of the warrior band 's great treasures . Eventually he kills a young warrior named Glonda ; Fionn sees the man 's mother crying blood over the murder and decides to avenge him . He kills Liath easily and takes his treasure from him . This Liath has a son , Conán mac Lia , who becomes lord of Luchair and a marauder against Fionn and the Fianna . He is eventually reconciled with the group and joins them .

neg: A Wizard of Earthsea A Wizard of Earthsea is a young adult fantasy novel written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin , first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968 . The novel received highly positive reviews , initially as a work for children , and later among a general audience as well .   Set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea , the story centers around a young mage named Ged , born in a village on the island Gont . Displaying great power while still a boy , he joins the school of wizardry , where his prickly nature drives him into conflict with one of his fellows . During a magical duel , Ged 's spell goes awry and releases a shadow creature that attacks him . The novel follows his journey as he seeks to be free of the creature .   The book has often been described as a Bildungsroman or coming of age story , as it explores Ged 's process of learning to cope with power and come to terms with death . The novel also carries Taoist themes about a fundamental balance in the universe of Earthsea , which wizards are supposed to maintain , closely tied to the idea that language and names have power to affect the material world and alter this balance . Although the structure of the story is similar to that of a traditional epic , critics also described it as subverting this genre in many ways , such as by making the protagonist dark-skinned , in comparison to more typical white-skinned heroes .   A Wizard of Earthsea is widely regarded as a classic of fantasy and young-adult literature and was one of the final recipients of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award . The book was widely influential within the genre of fantasy ; Margaret Atwood , for instance , called A Wizard of Earthsea one of the `` wellsprings '' of fantasy literature . Le Guin would later write five subsequent books that , together with A Wizard of Earthsea , are referred to as the Earthsea Cycle : The Tombs of Atuan ( 1971 ) , The Farthest Shore ( 1972 ) , Tehanu ( 1990 ) , The Other Wind ( 2001 ) , and Tales from Earthsea ( 2001 ) . George Slusser has described the series as a `` work of high style and imagination '' .

neg: List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire novels feature a massive cast of characters . The series follows three interwoven plotlines : a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families ; the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyond Westeros 's northern border ; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen , the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty .   Each chapter is narrated in the third person limited point of view through the eyes of a single character . Beginning with nine POV characters in A Game of Thrones ( 1996 ) , the number grows to thirty-one by A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) .

neg: Game of Thrones (season 6) The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 24 , 2016 , and concluded on June 26 , 2016 . It consists of ten episodes , each of approximately 50 -- 60 minutes , largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series . Some material is adapted from the upcoming sixth novel The Winds of Winter and the fourth and fifth novels , A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons . The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss . HBO ordered the season on April 8 , 2014 , together with the fifth season , which began filming in July 2015 primarily in Northern Ireland , Spain , Croatia , Iceland and Canada . Each episode cost over $ 10 million .   The season follows the continuing struggle between the Starks and other noble families of Westeros for the Iron Throne . The Starks defeat the Bolton forces in battle , and Jon Snow is proclaimed the King in the North . Tyrion attempts to rule Meereen while Daenerys is held captive by a Dothraki tribe . At King 's Landing , the Tyrell army attempts to liberate Margaery and Loras , but Margaery capitulates to the High Sparrow , who becomes more powerful by influencing King Tommen . At her trial , Cersei burns the Great Sept , killing her rivals , while Tommen kills himself . Unopposed , Cersei is crowned Queen of Westeros . Ellaria Sand and three of Oberyn Martell 's daughters kill Doran and Trystane Martell and seize control of Dorne , and Olenna discusses an alliance with Ellaria . In Essos , Daenerys Targaryen is captured by Khal Moro who takes her before the khals ; she burns them alive and takes command of the Dothraki .   Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast , including Peter Dinklage , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Lena Headey , Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington . The season introduced new cast members , including Max von Sydow , Pilou Asbæk and James Faulkner .   Critics praised its production values , writing , plot development , and cast . Game of Thrones received most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards , with 23 nominations , and won twelve , including that for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row . U.S. viewership rose compared to the previous season , and by approximately 13 % over its course , from 7.9 million to 8.9 million by the finale .

neg: Count Jim Moriarty Count Jim Moriarty ( also called Count Jim Moriarty of the House of Roland ) is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show . He was voiced by Spike Milligan . In the episode `` The Macreekie Rising of ' 74 '' , Harry Secombe filled-in for the role in Milligan 's absence .   Moriarty is an impoverished member of the French aristocracy who has turned to crime to support his lifestyle . Despite having carried out many high-paying cons and robberies during the series , he and his criminal counterpart Hercules Grytpype-Thynne always appear to be permanently destitute . With his thick faux-French accent , he is often found scavenging in dustbins looking for food and uttering nonsensical , half-French curses such as `` Sapristi nabolas ! '' , `` Sapristi nyuckoes ! '' , or `` Sapristi bombpetts ! '' ( incorporating an old-fashioned French expletive that meant originally `` by the body of Christ '' ) and `` Sacre Fred ! '' ( a Milligan coinage from Sacrebleu ) in the episode `` Lurgi Strikes Britain '' .   Moriarty travels closely with Grytpype-Thynne , often in the same suit or ( in `` The Jet Propelled Guided NAAFI '' ) by hiding in the lining of Grytpype 's underpants . In `` The Call of the West '' , Grytpype announces that Moriarty is traveling west by fish crate because of the devaluation of the franc .   Over the years , Moriarty changed from a suave , debonair and efficient French criminal mastermind and confidence trickster into a cringing sidekick of Grytpype-Thynne , who is often disparaging of his manic behaviour , referring to him as `` you steaming French nit '' , `` my fast disintegrating friend '' , or `` you crutty French schlapper '' . Grytpype often introduces him ( `` and I quote from his death certificate '' ) with a middle name such as `` Thighs '' , `` Knees '' , `` Kidney Wiper '' , etc. , along with an appropriate sound effect ( e.g. rattling bones , swannee whistle ) or Moriarty 's catch-phrase `` Oooowwwwww '' , and descriptions of his prowess in various fields ( `` who has played the male lead in over 50 postcards '' , `` Minister Without Underpants to the Principality of Monte Carlo '' , or `` champion barbed-wire hurdler until his tragic accident '' ) . On one occasion , he is introduced as `` Count ` Serge ' Moriarty '' ; when Seagoon enquires `` Serge ? '' , Grytpype replies , `` Only because he ca n't afford flannels '' . In `` The Missing Battleship '' , Grytpype introduces him enthusiastically as `` Count Jim ` Bilge ! ' Moriarty '' ; however , due to undisclosed problems this was unaccompanied by any sound effect , and was punctuated anti-climatically by an embarrassed `` Oww '' from Moriarty seconds afterward .   Although his surname is pronounced ( -LSB- ˌmɔriˈɑrti -RSB- ) , Grytpype-Thynne would pronounce it -LSB- məˈraɪ.əti -RSB- if he was in a bad way or if he thought Milligan was overacting his part .   There is also some suggestion that the character is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes villain , Professor Moriarty . In The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan , a preface by Milligan explains that Sherlock `` did not stay dead for long '' , and after chasing him up a mountain did in fact kill Professor Moriarty , but he `` later became a character in The Goon Show '' .   Moriarty , Count Jim

neg: Ferdiad Ferdiad ( -LSB- ˈfʲerðiað -RSB- ; also Fer Diad , Ferdia , Fear Diadh ) , son of Damán , son of Dáire , of the Fir Domnann , is a warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology . In the Táin Bó Cúailnge , Ferdiad finds himself on opposite sides to his best friend and foster-brother Cúchulainn , with whom he had trained in arms under the renowned warrior woman Scáthach . He and Cúchulainn are equal in all martial feats , with two exceptions : the Gáe Bulg , a barbed spear which Scáthach has taught only Cúchulainn to use ; and Ferdiad 's horny skin , which no weapon can pierce .   When Ailill and Medb , king and queen of Connacht , invade Ulster to steal the bull Donn Cúailnge , their progress is held up by Cúchulainn , who demands single combat . After Cúchulainn has defeated a series of Connacht champions , Medb sends for Ferdiad , but he only agrees to fight Cúchulainn after Findabair , Ailill and Medb 's daughter , has seductively plied him with alcohol , and Medb has variously bribed , shamed and goaded him to do so . They fight in the ford for three days , first fighting with 8 swords , darts , and spears , then fighting with `` throwing-spears '' and lances , and finally moving on to `` heavy , hard-smiting swords . '' It is on the third day that Ferdiad starts to gain the upper hand . At this point , Cúchulainn calls to his charioteer , Laeg , for the Gáe Bolga , which he floats down the river to him . Cúchulainn throws a light spear at Ferdiad 's chest , causing him to raise his shield , and then picks up the Gáe Bolga between his toes and thrusts it through his anus upon which the barbs spread throughout his body , killing him . The Gáe Bolga is then removed from Ferdiad 's body by Laeg , and Cúchulainn mourns Ferdiad 's death , praising his strength and bravery :   `` Ah , Ferdiad , betrayed to death . ''  `` Our last meeting , oh , how sad ! ''  `` Thou to die I to remain . ''  `` Ever sad our long farewell ! ''   The ford where he died is named Áth Fhirdiad ( Ferdiad 's ford , modern Baile Átha Fhirdhia or Ardee , County Louth ) after him .   Scholars believe that the fight between Cuchulainn and Ferdiad is a late addition to the Táin , originating not earlier than the eleventh century and drawing on earlier episodes in the story . Ferdiad means `` man/warrior of the pair '' ( Diad related to dïas , `` two persons '' ) . But can also be read as `` Fear '' ( man ) `` dia '' ( god ) , as opposed to Cúchulainn 's position as a literal god-man ( being a demigod , his father the chief god Lugh ) .

neg: Minsc Minsc -LSB- ˈmɪnsk -RSB- is a fictional character in the Baldur 's Gate series of Dungeons & Dragons role-playing video games developed by BioWare . He originated from the pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons sessions held by the lead designer of Baldur 's Gate , James Ohlen , and was expanded upon by the game 's lead writer , Lukas Kristjanson . His video game debut was in Baldur 's Gate as a companion character who can join the player 's party . He also appears in the sequel , Baldur 's Gate II : Shadows of Amn , the expansion , Baldur 's Gate II : Throne of Bhaal , and the 2015 game Baldur 's Gate : Siege of Dragonspear , as well as in promotions relating to the titles . Minsc is voiced by Jim Cummings in his video game appearances .   In the storyline , Minsc is a ranger , originally tasked with serving as a bodyguard to the witch Dynaheir as part of a `` dajemma '' ( rite of passage ) . When Dynaheir is captured by gnolls , Minsc asks the player to help free her , after which both characters are available to assist the player . Eventually , the player 's party is captured and when Dynaheir is killed by the mage Jon Irenicus , Minsc teams with the player in the pursuit of justice . A berserker , he has a strong desire to uphold good and be heroic , though with an extreme fervor that causes those around him to regard him as possibly insane . His animal companion is a hamster named Boo , with whom he often consults .   Since his introduction , Minsc has been regarded as one of the best and most popular elements of the Baldur 's Gate games because of his demeanor and attachment to Boo , according to reviewers from IGN , GameSpot , and Eurogamer . Other reviewers from publications such as CVG have regarded him as one of the greatest aspects of PC gaming , while game developers have noted a preference for him . The web comic Megatokyo added Boo as a character in their publication , while the protagonist took on aspects of Minsc . His absence from subsequent gaming titles has also been lamented by sources such as UGO.com .

neg: David Slack David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer . He has written and/or produced on such shows as Law & Order , Lie to Me , In Plain Sight , Teen Titans , Jackie Chan Adventures , Generator Rex , Transformers : Prime , and more recently , Person of Interest , A.P.B. , and MacGyver ( 2016 TV series ) .   As of 2011 , he is currently involved in producing and writing a new science fiction TV series for Syfy called Seeing Things .   In a 2012 interview with the Penmen Review , a Southern New Hampshire University newspaper , he explained that , when writing , he begins with the story , not the characters , and builds it along the way . Later that month , in another interview with givememyremote.com , he revealed how Person of Interest producers Greg Plageman and Jonathan Nolan `` like to keep the audience guessing '' and that the writers also `` like to take the show in surprising places '' .

neg: Gilly (A Song of Ice and Fire) Gilly is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones .   Introduced in 1998 's A Clash of Kings , she is a wildling from the wild lands north of the Wall . She subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Storm of Swords , A Feast for Crows , A Dance with Dragons and will appear in the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter .   Gilly is portrayed by Hannah Murray in the HBO television adaptation .

neg: Ned Stark Eddard `` Ned '' Stark is a fictional character in the first book of George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels and the first season of its television adaptation . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Ned is the honorable lord of Winterfell , an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros . Though the character is established as a primary character in the novel and the TV adaptation , Martin 's plot twist at the end involving Ned shocked both readers of the book and viewers of the TV series .   Ned is portrayed by Sean Bean in the first season of HBO 's adaptation of the series , Game of Thrones , and as a child and young man by Sebastian Croft and Robert Aramayo respectively in the sixth season . Bean was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television and a Scream Award for Best Fantasy Actor for the role . He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 .

neg: Mac Flecknoe Mac Flecknoe ( full title : Mac Flecknoe ; or , A satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet , T.S. ) is a verse mock-heroic satire written by John Dryden . It is a direct attack on Thomas Shadwell , another prominent poet of the time . It opens with the lines :   All human things are subject to decay , And when fate summons , monarchs must obeyWritten about 1678 , but not published until 1682 ( see 1682 in poetry ) , `` Mac Flecknoe '' is the outcome of a series of disagreements between Thomas Shadwell and Dryden . Their quarrel blossomed from the following disagreements : `` 1 ) their different estimates of the genius of Ben Jonson , 2 ) the preference of Dryden for comedy of wit and repartee and of Shadwell , the chief disciple of Jonson , for humors comedy , 3 ) a sharp disagreement over the true purpose of comedy , 4 ) contention over the value of rhymed plays , and 5 ) plagiarism . '' Shadwell fancied himself heir to Ben Jonson and to the variety of comedy which the latter had commonly written . Shadwell 's poetry was certainly not of the same standard as Jonson 's , and it is possible that Dryden wearied of Shadwell 's argument that Dryden undervalued Jonson . Shadwell and Dryden were separated not only by literary grounds but also by political ones as Shadwell was a Whig , while Dryden was an outspoken supporter of the Stuart monarchy .   The poem illustrates Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of poetic dullness , represented by his association with Richard Flecknoe , an earlier poet already satirized by Andrew Marvell and disliked by Dryden , although the poet does not use belittling techniques to satirize him . Multiple allusions in the satire to 17th-century literary works , and to classic Greek and Roman literature , demonstrate Dryden 's complex approach and his mastery over the mock-heroic style .   The poem begins in the tone of an epic masterpiece , presenting Shadwell 's defining characteristic as dullness , just as every epic hero has a defining characteristic : Odysseus 's is cunning ; Achilles 's is wrath ; the hero of Spenser 's The Faerie Queene is of holiness ; whilst Satan in Paradise Lost '' has the defining characteristic of pride . Thus , Dryden subverts the theme of the defining characteristic by giving Shadwell a negative characteristic as his only virtue .  Dryden uses the mock-heroic through his use of the heightened language of the epic to treat the trivial subjects such as poorly written and largely dismissible poetry . The juxtaposition of the lofty style with unexpected nouns such as ` dullness ' provides an ironic contrast and makes the satiric point by the obvious disparity . In this , it works at the verbal level , with the language being carried by compelling rhythm and rhyme .

neg: Essay of Dramatick Poesie Essay of Dramatic Poesy by John Dryden was published in 1668 . It was probably written during the plague year of 1666 . Dryden takes up the subject that Philip Sidney had set forth in his Defence of Poesie ( 1580 ) and attempts to justify drama as a legitimate form of `` poetry '' comparable to the epic , as well as defend English drama against that of the ancients and the French .   The treatise is a dialogue between four speakers : Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander . The four speakers represented , respectively Charles Sackville ( Lord Buchhurst and later sixth Earl of Dorset ) , Sir Robert Howard -LSB- playwright and Dryden 's brother-in-law -RSB- , Sir Charles Sedley ( Edward Malone identified him as Lisideius ) and Dryden himself ( neander means `` new man '' and implies that Dryden , as a respected member of the gentry class , is entitled to join in this dialogue on an equal footing with the three older men who are his social superiors ) . On the day that the English fleet encounters the Dutch at sea near the mouth of the Thames , the four friends take a barge downriver towards the noise from the battle . Rightly concluding , as the noise subsides , that the English have triumphed , they order the bargeman to row them back upriver as they begin a dialogue on the advances made by modern civilization . They agree to measure progress by comparing ancient arts with modern , focusing specifically on the art of drama ( or `` dramatic poesy '' ) . The four men debate a series of three topics : ( 1 ) the relative merit of classical drama ( upheld by Crites ) vs. modern drama ( championed by Eugenius ) ; ( 2 ) whether French drama , as Lisideius maintains , is better than English drama ( supported by Neander , who famously calls Shakespeare `` the greatest soul , ancient or modern '' ) ; and ( 3 ) whether plays in rhyme are an improvement upon blank verse drama -- a proposition that Neander , despite having defended the Elizabethans , now advances against the skeptical Crites ( who also switches from his original position and defends the blank verse tradition of Elizabethan drama ) . Invoking the so-called unities from Aristotle 's Poetics ( as interpreted by Italian and refined by French scholars over the last century ) , the four speakers discuss what makes a play `` a just and lively imitation '' of human nature in action . This definition of a play , supplied by Lisideius/Orrery ( whose rhymed plays had dazzled the court and were a model for the new drama ) , gives the debaters a versatile and richly ambiguous touchstone . To Crites ' argument that the plots of classical drama are more `` just , '' Eugenius can retort that modern plots are more `` lively '' thanks to their variety . Lisideius shows that the French plots carefully preserve Aristotle 's unities of action , place , and time ; Neander replies that English dramatists like Ben Jonson also kept the unities when they wanted to , but that they preferred to develop character and motive . Even Neander 's final argument with Crites over whether rhyme is suitable in drama depends on Aristotle 's Poetics : Neander says that Aristotle demands a verbally artful ( `` lively '' ) imitation of nature , while Crites thinks that dramatic imitation ceases to be `` just '' when it departs from ordinary speech -- i.e. prose or blank verse . A year later , the two brothers-in-law quarreled publicly over this third topic . See Dryden 's `` Defense of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy '' ( 1669 ) , where Dryden tries to persuade the rather literal-minded Howard that audiences expect a play to be an imitation of nature , not a surrogate for nature itself .


query: The Twilight Saga's second installment is New Moon.

pos: The Twilight Saga (film series) The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer . The films star Kristen Stewart , Robert Pattinson , and Taylor Lautner . The series has grossed over $ 3.3 billion in worldwide receipts and consists , to date , of five motion pictures . The first installment , Twilight , was released on November 21 , 2008 . The second installment , New Moon , followed on November 20 , 2009 , breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history , grossing an estimated $ 72.7 million . The third installment , Eclipse , was released on June 30 , 2010 , and was the first Twilight film to be released in IMAX .   The series was in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures , during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written . Three years later , Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film . After Twilight grossed $ 35.7 million on its opening day , Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon ; they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month . A two-part adaptation of Breaking Dawn began shooting in November 2010 with release dates of November 18 , 2011 , and November 16 , 2012 , respectively .

neg: Jackson Rathbone Monroe Jackson Rathbone V ( born December 14 , 1984 ) is a Singaporean-born American actor and musician known for his role as Jasper Hale in the Twilight film series .

neg: Apogee Books Apogee Books is an imprint of Canadian publishing house Collector 's Guide Publishing . The Apogee imprint began with `` Apollo 8 The NASA Mission Reports '' in November 1998 at the request of astronaut Buzz Aldrin , second man on the moon . The first publication by Apogee was printed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first manned flight around the moon . A limited edition print run of this Apollo 8 book led to Aldrin suggesting that the imprint continue with further anniversary publications .   In March 1999 Apogee published the book Apollo 9 - The NASA Mission Reports . Since that time Apogee has been the winner of the Space Frontier Foundation 's media award and has published almost 100 books on space flight . Almost all of the Apogee titles were packaged with CDROMs or DVDs which included what was , at the time , the first digital release of seminal NASA footage , including the first commercial release of the uncut television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk . Notable contributors to the Apogee series include Sir Arthur C. Clarke , Tom Hanks , Ron Howard , Buzz Aldrin , Harrison Schmitt , William Pogue , Wernher von Braun , David Lasser , Sy Liebergot , Guenter Wendt , Robert Zubrin , Wally Schirra , David R. Scott , Rick Tumlinson and Winston Scott . Apogee Books has performed contracted work with or for , Lockheed , Boeing , Energia , NASA , Imax , Space Frontier Foundation , The Mars Society and The National Space Society .   An offshoot of Apogee Books , publishing science fiction , began in 2005 . Apogee Science Fiction specializes in space-related historical science fiction . By 2007 titles had been published by Hugo Gernsback , Garrett P. Serviss , Wernher von Braun , and George Griffith .

neg: List of Story of Seasons video games The Story of Seasons video game series was originally produced by Victor Interactive Software ( acquired by Marvelous Interactive in 2002 ) , with Natsume handling the English translation and distribution in North America . The series debuted in Japan on August 9 , 1996 with , which later was released in the North American and PAL regions as Harvest Moon . Story of Seasons is a series of farm simulation/role-playing video games where the main objective is to maintain a farm over a period of time , tending the crops and livestock throughout the seasons , while befriending the nearby townsfolk and getting married in some games . Story of Seasons titles have been released on numerous different video game consoles and handheld game consoles . Several titles have been re-released on multiple platforms as special editions which include an updated gameplay . Fourteen spin-off titles have been released , featuring related elements . One of these titles , Rune Factory : A Fantasy Harvest Moon , was released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Story of Seasons series . One reason the Story of Seasons series has remained popular is because of the unchanged core system of the games . According to Yasuhiro Wada , Story of Seasons lead designer , it has been the development team 's response to the audience 's requests which have allowed the series to maintain its popularity .   Due to Natsume keeping the rights to the Harvest Moon name when Marvelous decided to have their own American division , XSEED Games , take over North American distribution , the latest title in the series had to change its name to Story of Seasons while Natsume took the opportunity to start making their own `` Harvest Moon '' games starting with Harvest Moon : The Lost Valley . This has caused some degree of confusion .

neg: Shadows in the Moonlight (story) `` Shadows in the Moonlight '' is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian , written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934 . Howard originally named his story `` Iron Shadows in the Moon '' . It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan escaping to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood , a skulking creature , and mysterious iron statues .   The story was republished in the collections Conan the Barbarian ( Gnome Press , 1954 ) and Conan the Freebooter ( Lancer Books , 1968 ) . It has more recently been published in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1 : The People of the Black Circle ( Gollancz , 2000 ) and Conan of Cimmeria : Volume One ( 1932-1933 ) ( Del Rey , 2003 ) .

neg: 38th Saturn Awards The 38th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film and television in 2011 , were held on July 26 , 2012 in Burbank , California . The awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films .   The six Best Film Award categories were respectively won by Rise of the Planet of the Apes ( Science Fiction ) , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 ( Fantasy ) , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( Horror or Thriller ) , Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol ( Action or Adventure ) , The Skin I Live In ( International ) and Puss in Boots ( Animated ) . Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Super 8 led the winners with three each .   In the television categories , Breaking Bad won three of its six nominations , including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series . Fringe , The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf won the other Best Series Awards .   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 became the first Harry Potter film to win Best Fantasy Film , for which the seven previous Harry Potter films were nominated , and only the second film of the series to win a Saturn Award , following The Philosopher 's Stone which won Best Costume in 2001 . Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol also became the first Mission : Impossible film to win Best Action or Adventure Film , following the nominations of the first and third installments .

neg: Twilight Twilight is the illumination of the Earth 's lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon . Twilight is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere , illuminating the lower atmosphere so that the surface of the Earth is neither completely lit nor completely dark . The word twilight is also used to denote the periods of time when this illumination occurs .   The further the Sun is below the horizon , the dimmer the twilight ( other things such as atmospheric conditions being equal ) . When the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon , the twilight 's brightness is nearly zero , and evening twilight becomes nighttime . When the Sun again reaches 18 degrees below the horizon , nighttime becomes morning twilight . Owing to its distinctive quality , primarily the absence of shadows and the appearance of objects silhouetted against the bright sky , twilight has long been popular with photographers , who refer to it as ` sweet light ' , and painters , who refer to it as the blue hour , after the French expression , l'heure bleue .   Twilight should not be confused with auroras , which can have a similar appearance in the night sky at high latitudes .  By analogy with evening twilight , the word twilight is also sometimes used metaphorically , to imply that something is losing strength and approaching its end . For example , very old people may be said to be `` in the twilight of their lives '' . The collateral adjective for twilight is crepuscular which is sometimes applied to insects , fish , and mammals that are most active during that time .

neg: April 2014 lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse took place on April 15 , 2014 . It was the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2014 , and the first in a tetrad ( four total lunar eclipses in a series ) . Subsequent eclipses in the tetrad are those of October 8 , 2014 , April 4 , 2015 , and September 28 , 2015 .   The eclipse was visible in the Americas and the Pacific Ocean region , including Australia and New Zealand . During the 5 hour , 44 minute-long eclipse , the Moon passed south of the center of the Earth 's shadow . As a result , the northern part of the Moon was noticeably darker than the southern part . Totality lasted for 1 hour 18 minutes . The eclipse occurred during the ascending phase of the Moon 's orbit , part of lunar saros 122 . Mars was near opposition .   This is the 56th member of Lunar Saros 122 . The previous event was the April 1996 lunar eclipse . The next event will be April 2032 lunar eclipse .

neg: The Twilight Sad (EP) The Twilight Sad is the debut EP by The Twilight Sad , released on 14 November 2006 on Fat Cat Records . The EP was only released on CD in the United States . Regarding its US-only release , former bassist Craig Orzel stated that `` the American side of Fat Cat wanted a release to announce our arrival , so they got that . I think the UK side were , initially , more interested in albums than EPs . '' The EP was mixed by composer and Fat Cat labelmate Max Richter .   `` That Summer , at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy '' , `` Last Year 's Rain Did n't Fall Quite So Hard '' , and `` And She Would Darken the Memory '' also appear on the band 's debut album , Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters , which followed the EP in April 2007 .   The EP garnered warm critical reception , with independent music website Delusions of Adequacy praising `` the cathartic racket '' of the songs as `` uplifting and expansive , on the verge of overwhelming with sound , sweeping the listener away from the harsh , earth-bound lyrics and delivery '' and hailing the EP as `` a bracing distillation of what The Twilight Sad does best , marrying spare to expansive sonics with bitter , sharp , sometimes enigmatic lyrics and a powerful , emotional sing-talking delivery by James Graham , as skeletons are rattled in the old family closet . ''

neg: The Moon Song `` The Moon Song '' is a song from the 2013 feature film Her , with music composed by Karen Orzolek ( Karen O ) and lyrics by Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze . Performed by Karen O during the film 's end credits , the song was also performed by the film 's main characters , Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ) and Theodore ( Joaquin Phoenix ) . It was released by WaterTower Music on February 11 , 2014 .   In January 2014 , the song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards , but lost to `` Let It Go '' from Frozen . Karen O performed the song at the ceremony accompanied by Ezra Koenig on guitar on March 2 , 2014 . In December 2014 , the song was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 57th Grammy Awards but again lost to `` Let It Go '' .

neg: Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation , or APOLLO , is a project at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico . It is an extension and advancement of previous Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment , which uses retroreflectors on the Moon to track changes in lunar orbital distance and motion .   Using telescopes on Earth , the reflectors on the Moon , and accurate timing of laser pulses , by the early 2000s scientists could measure and predict the orbit of the Moon to an accuracy of a few centimeters . This already impressive accuracy ( the Moon is typically about 385,000 km away ) provides the best known test of many aspects of our theories of gravity . APOLLO improves this even further , measuring the distance between the Moon to an accuracy of a few millimeters . Using this information , scientists will be able to further test various aspects of gravity : do the Earth and the Moon react the same to gravity despite their different compositions ? Does the energy content of the Earth and the Moon react to gravity in the same way as Einstein predicts ? In general , does Einstein 's General Relativity correctly predict the motion of the Moon , or are new theories required ?   The APOLLO collaboration built their apparatus on the 3.5 meter telescope at Apache Point in southern New Mexico . By using a large telescope at a site with good atmospheric `` seeing '' , the APOLLO collaboration gets much stronger reflections than any existing facilities . ( Strong is a relative term here -- APOLLO records approximately one returned laser photon per pulse , as opposed to the roughly 0.01 photon-per-pulse average experienced by previous LLR facilities . ) The stronger return signal from APOLLO translates to much more accurate measurements .

neg: Tomorrowland (film) Tomorrowland ( subtitled A World Beyond in some regions ) is a 2015 American science-fiction mystery adventure film directed and co-written by Brad Bird . Bird co-wrote the film 's screenplay with Damon Lindelof , from an original story treatment by Bird , Lindelof and Jeff Jensen . The film stars George Clooney , Hugh Laurie , Britt Robertson , Raffey Cassidy , Tim McGraw , Kathryn Hahn and Keegan-Michael Key . In the film , a disillusioned genius inventor and a teenage science enthusiast embark to an ambiguous alternate dimension known as `` Tomorrowland '' where their actions directly affect the world and themselves .   Walt Disney Pictures originally announced the film in June 2011 under the working title 1952 , and later retitled it to Tomorrowland , after the futuristic themed land found at Disney theme parks . In drafting their story , Bird and Lindelof took inspiration from the progressive cultural movements of the Space Age , as well as Walt Disney 's optimistic philosophy of the future , notably his conceptual vision for the planned community known as EPCOT . Principal photography began in August 2013 , with footage shot in British Columbia , Alberta , Florida , and Spain with second unit filming in France , California and the Bahamas .   Tomorrowland was released in conventional and IMAX formats on May 22 , 2015 , and was the first theatrical film to be released in Dolby Vision and Dolby Cinema . Upon its release , the film received mixed reviews from critics ; earning praise for its original premise , musical score , action , visuals , and themes , but criticism in regards to the screenplay 's uneven writing and tone . The film grossed $ 209 million worldwide against a total production and marketing cost of $ 330 million , losing Disney $ 120 -- 140 million .

neg: The Twilight Zone (radio series) The Twilight Zone `` Radio Dramas '' is a nationally syndicated radio series featuring adaptations of the classic television series The Twilight Zone , launched in October 2002 .

neg: Nightsong `` Nightsong '' is the second segment of the twenty-seventh episode ( the third episode of the second season ( 1986 -- 87 ) of the television series The Twilight Zone .

neg: Sonata (Moonlight) `` Sonata '' is the season and series finale of the American paranormal romance television drama Moonlight , which first aired on CBS on May 16 , 2008 in the United States . It was written by Ethan Erwin and Kira Snyder , and directed by Fred Toye . The series revolves around Mick St. John ( Alex O'Loughlin ) , a private investigator who has been a vampire for over fifty years . When a vampire threatens to name all the vampires of Los Angeles , Mick is helped by his girlfriend Beth Turner ( Sophia Myles ) and the rest of the vampires to track her down .   Due to the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike , production of Moonlight halted on December 19 , 2007 , and only twelve episodes of the original thirteen-episode order were made . Once the Writers ' Strike ended , CBS announced that Moonlight would return April 25 , 2008 with four new episodes , to be part of the series ' first season . On May 13 , 2008 , CBS announced that Moonlight was officially canceled . `` Sonata '' was watched by 7.47 million viewers upon its original broadcast , and received generally positive reviews for providing closure of the characters and storylines .

neg: Twilight Time (song) `` Twilight Time '' is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram , and the music by The Three Suns ( Morty Nevins , Al Nevins , and Artie Dunn ) . Ram said that he originally wrote it as a poem , without music , while in college .   Original instrumental recordings of `` Twilight Time '' included those made respectively by the Three Suns ( 1944 ) and Les Brown & His Band of Renown ( 1945 ) .   Les Brown 's version of `` Twilight Time '' was recorded in November 1944 and released in early 1945 as the B-side of `` Sentimental Journey , '' the first recording of that song . While the A-side featured Doris Day 's vocals , `` Twilight Time '' was an instrumental . The first vocal version of the song on record was released , also in 1945 , by bandleader Jimmy Dorsey with Teddy Walters on vocals .   It has been recorded by numerous groups over the years . However , the best-known version of the song was recorded by the Platters and became a number one hit on both the pop singles and R&B Best Sellers charts in 1958 in the United States . The song also reached number three in the United Kingdom . In 1963 , the Platters recorded a Spanish version of the song entitled `` La Hora del Crepúsculo '' , sung in a rhumba-style tempo .

neg: Lunar (series) is a series of role-playing video games , developed by Game Arts in Japan and published in the United States by Working Designs , Ubisoft , and Xseed Games .   The original releases of The Silver Star and Eternal Blue , were published for Mega-CD in Japan and Sega CD in North America . They were later remade for the Japanese Sega Saturn with considerable story , graphical , and musical changes . These remakes were later ported to the PlayStation in Japan and North America . The first game was also ported to the Microsoft Windows computer platform in Japan and Korea , and was later remade for the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable in Japan and North America .   A side-story game , Lunar : Walking School for the Game Gear , was also remade for the Sega Saturn but has seen no North America release in any form . Backed by publisher Ubisoft , Game Arts created a new Lunar installment for the Nintendo DS , released in September 2005 in North America .

neg: Fool Moon (The Dresden Files) Fool Moon is a 2001 contemporary fantasy novel by author Jim Butcher . It is the second novel in The Dresden Files , which follows the character of Harry Dresden , present-day Chicago 's only professional wizard .

neg: Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Eclipse of the Crescent Moon ( Egri csillagok lit . `` Stars of Eger '' ) is a historical novel by the Hungarian writer Géza Gárdonyi . It was first published in 1899 and is one of the most popular and widely recognized novels in Hungary .

neg: Titan in fiction Titan is the largest moon of Saturn . It has a substantial atmosphere and is the most Earth-like satellite in the Solar System , making it a popular science fiction setting . Science fiction set on Titan can be roughly divided into the pre - and post-Pioneer eras , with a division set by the flyby of Saturn by the Pioneer 11 space probe on April 5 , 1973 , which showed that Titan 's surface was too cold to sustain ( Earthlike ) life . Somewhat later , the arrival of Cassini -- Huygens mission in 2004 with the Huygens probe 's landing in 2005 showed the presence of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan , leading to further changes in its depiction in science fiction .

neg: Sleepy Hollow (season 2) The second season of the Fox television series Sleepy Hollow premiered on September 22 , 2014 , and concluded February 24 , 2015 , consisting of 18 episodes .


query: U2 released the album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb in 2000.

pos: U2 U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976 . The group consists of Bono ( lead vocals and rhythm guitar ) , the Edge ( lead guitar , keyboards , and backing vocals ) , Adam Clayton ( bass guitar ) , and Larry Mullen Jr. ( drums and percussion ) . Initially rooted in post-punk , U2 's sound grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music , yet has maintained an anthemic sound built on Bono 's expressive vocals and the Edge 's effects-based guitar textures . Their lyrics , often embellished with spiritual imagery , focus on personal themes and sociopolitical concerns . Popular for their live performances , the group have staged several ambitious and elaborate tours over their career .   The band formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency . Within four years , they signed with Island Records and released their debut album , Boy ( 1980 ) . Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album , War ( 1983 ) , and the singles `` Sunday Bloody Sunday '' and `` Pride ( In the Name of Love ) '' helped establish U2 's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group . By the mid-1980s , they had become renowned globally for their live act , highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in 1985 . The group 's fifth album , The Joshua Tree ( 1987 ) , made them international superstars and was their greatest critical and commercial success . Topping music charts around the world , it produced their only number-one singles in the US , `` With or Without You '' and `` I Still Have n't Found What I 'm Looking For '' . Facing a backlash and creative stagnation , U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s through a new musical direction and public image . Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album , Achtung Baby ( 1991 ) , and the multimedia intensive Zoo TV Tour , the band integrated influences from alternative rock , electronic dance music , and industrial music into their sound , and embraced a more ironic , flippant image . This experimentation continued through their ninth album , Pop ( 1997 ) , and the PopMart Tour , which were mixed successes . U2 regained critical and commercial favour with the records All That You Ca n't Leave Behind ( 2000 ) and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ( 2004 ) , which established a more conventional , mainstream sound for the group . Their U2 360 ° Tour of 2009 -- 2011 is the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour in history . The group 's thirteenth album , Songs of Innocence ( 2014 ) , was released at no cost through the iTunes Store , but received criticism for its automatic placement in users ' music libraries .   U2 have released 13 studio albums and are one of the world 's best-selling music artists of all time , having sold more than 170 million records worldwide . They have won 22 Grammy Awards , more than any other band , and in 2005 , they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility . Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 on its list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' . Throughout their career , as a band and as individuals , they have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes , including Amnesty International , Jubilee 2000 , the ONE/DATA campaigns , Product Red , War Child , and Music Rising .

neg: Time Bomb (album) Time Bomb is the second studio album by American rock band Buckcherry . It was produced by John Travis -LSB- -RSB- and released on March 27 , 2001 by DreamWorks Records . It is the band 's only album to feature guitarist Yogi Lonich and is the last album with the original line-up .

neg: The Last Goodbye (Atomic Kitten song) `` The Last Goodbye '' is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten . It was composed by Daniel Poku , Espen Lind , Mikkel Storleer Eriksen , Tor Erik Hermansen , Hallgeir Rustan , and Peter Björkl and produced by Stargate for the band 's second album Feels So Good ( 2002 ) . The pop ballad was released as the third single from the album in 2003 ; in Ireland and the United Kingdom it was released as a double A-side with `` Be with You '' . The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in December of that year .

neg: Oui (album) Oui is a 2000 album by The Sea and Cake , released on Thrill Jockey .

neg: America: A Tribute to Heroes America : A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks ; Fox , ABC , NBC and CBS . Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show . Actor George Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank . The marketing and public relations was headed by Warner Bros. . EVP Corp Comm with assistance from the marketing and publicity departments of all four broadcast networks . It was broadcast live by the four major American television networks and all of the cable networks in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 . Done in the style of a telethon , it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families , particularly the New York City firefighters and New York City police officers . It aired September 21 , 2001 , uninterrupted and commercial-free , for which it won a Peabody Award . It was released on December 4 , 2001 , on compact disc and DVD .   On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles , twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope , while various actors and other celebrities delivered short spoken messages . The musical performances took place at three studios in Los Angeles ( CBS Television City ) , New York , and London , while the celebrity messages took place at Los Angeles . Some of the musicians including Neil Young and Eddie Vedder were heard working the phone banks taking pledges . The money raised amounted to over $ 200 million , and was given to the United Way 's September 11 Telethon Fund .   In 2004 , Rolling Stone magazine selected this concert , along with the later The Concert for New York City , as one of the 50 moments that changed rock and roll .   The show was also simulcast in Canada ; Young and another Canadian singer , Celine Dion , performed .

neg: U2 by U2 U2 by U2 is an autobiography written by the members of Irish rock band U2 and first published in London by HarperCollins in 2005 . Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen Jr. collaborated with their friend Neil McCormick , a staff music writer for The Daily Telegraph to write the only authorized biography of the band . It portrays the story of U2 in their own words and pictures .

neg: List of songs about the Cold War This is a list of songs about the Cold War .  `` 1999 '' by Prince . `` Yeah , everybodys got a bomb , We could all die any day '' - referring to nuclear proliferation .  `` 2 Minutes to Midnight '' -- refers to the Doomsday Clock , the symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . In September 1953 the clock reached 23:58 , the closest the clock ever got to midnight . This occurred when the United States and Soviet Union tested H-bombs within nine months of one another .  `` 99 Luftballons '' -- release of 99 balloons triggers governments to scramble fighter jets to intercept them , ultimately leading to a nuclear war .  `` A Great Day for Freedom ''  `` A Hard Rain 's a-Gonna Fall '' -- 1962 song by Bob Dylan , widely interpreted by reference to the Cuban Missile Crisis , even though it was written before that date  `` Back in the USSR '' -- 1968 song by the Beatles , telling of the singer 's great happiness on returning home to the USSR from the United States ; political observers saw it as pro-Soviet .  `` Balls to the Wall '' -- about human rights  `` Be Not Always '' , a 1984 song from The Jacksons ' Victory LP  `` Bonzo Goes to Bitburg '' -- written in reaction to the visit paid by U.S. president Ronald Reagan to a military cemetery in Bitburg , West Germany , on May 5 , 1985  `` Breathing '' -- about a foetus aware of what is going on outside the womb and frightened by nuclear fallout , which implies that the song is set either during a nuclear war scare or a post-apocalyptic birth  `` Bullet the Blue Sky '' -- originally written about the United States ' military intervention during the 1980s in the Salvadoran Civil War  `` Burning Heart '' -- The East versus West conflict is reflected by the fight in the boxing ring between Rocky and Ivan Drago  `` Christmas at Ground Zero ''  `` Crazy Train '' -- main theme of the song is criticism of Cold War  `` Cult of Personality ''  `` Defcon '' ( Impakt song , Dunk Yer Funk Records )  `` Der Kommissar ''  `` Dominion/Mother Russia ''  `` Eighties '' by Killing Joke  `` Eve of Destruction ''  `` Everybody Wants to Rule the World ''  `` Everyday Is Like Sunday ''  `` Fortunate Son '' - Creedence Clearwater Revival . The sons of fortunate men in America avoid the draft to Vietnam  `` Games Without Frontiers ''  `` Goodnight Saigon '' - Song about the Vietnam War .  `` Hammer to Fall ''  `` Heresy '' by Rush  `` Heroes '' by David Bowie -- a love song depicting lovers kissing `` by the wall ''  `` Hiroshima ''  `` Holidays in the Sun ''  `` It 's a Mistake ''  `` Land of Confusion ''  `` Lawyers , Guns and Money ''  `` Leningrad ''  `` Mutually Assured Destruction '' by Gillan  `` Nikita '' -- a love song set against the East German border : the singer describes his crush on a beautiful border guard whom he can not meet because he is not allowed into the country .  `` Nuku pommiin ''  `` New Year 's Day ''  `` Oh Moscow ''  `` Party at Ground Zero ''  `` Radio Free Europe ''  `` Right Here , Right Now '' by Jesus Jones  `` Ronnie -- Talk To Russia ! '' -- cover says `` Featuring Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev ''  `` Russians '' by Sting  `` So Long Mom ( A Song For World War III ) '' , by Tom Lehrer  `` Subterraneans ''  `` The Fletcher Memorial Home ''  `` The Tide Is Turning '' by Roger Waters  `` The Visitors '' by ABBA  `` The Wall '' by Steppenwolf  `` Two Tribes '' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood  `` Two Suns in the Sunset '' by Pink Floyd  `` We Did n't Start the Fire '' by Billy Joel  `` Weeping Wall '' -- described by Bowie as intending to evoke the misery of the Berlin Wall  `` When the Wind Blows ''  `` Wind of Change '' by Scorpions  `` State of the Nation '' by Industry   Cold War  Category : Cold War in popular culture

neg: Love Is Blindness `` Love Is Blindness '' is a song by rock band U2 , and the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album Achtung Baby . The song was written on piano by lead singer Bono during the recording sessions for U2 's 1988 album Rattle and Hum . Originally intending to give the song to singer Nina Simone , the band decided to keep it for Achtung Baby after playing it together . Thematically , the song describes a failing romance , mixing personal themes with imagery of metaphorical acts of terrorism . During the recording sessions for Achtung Baby , guitarist the Edge separated from his wife , Aislinn O'Sullivan . The separation had a major effect on the development of the song ; Bono said that the ending guitar solo was a cathartic experience for the Edge , as he snapped several guitar strings during the recording .   `` Love Is Blindness '' made its live debut on the group 's 1992 -- 1993 Zoo TV Tour and was performed regularly during the tour , appearing in 154 of its 157 concerts . It was commonly played as either the penultimate or closing song ; as the penultimate song , it was usually followed by a rendition of the Elvis Presley song `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' . Following the tour , `` Love Is Blindness '' has been played live only two other times . The track was favourably received by critics and has been covered by multiple artists .

neg: MTV Unplugged (Thirty Seconds to Mars EP) MTV Unplugged is an extended play ( EP ) and live album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars , released in the United States on August 19 , 2011 by Virgin Records . It features an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on May 13 of that year for the television series MTV Unplugged . The show 's purpose is to present name artists , and feature them stripped of studio equipment . The performance was accompanied by musicians from the Vitamin String Quartet , a gospel choir and included the contribution of the band 's fans .   The extended play includes rearranged versions of three songs extracted from Thirty Seconds to Mars ' third studio album , This Is War ( 2009 ) , and a cover version of a song by U2 . Upon release , MTV Unplugged received universal acclaim from music critics , many of whom complimented the band 's musicianship and the album 's production . Commercially , it debuted at number 76 on the Billboard 200 and experienced moderate success in some international markets .

neg: Be Here Now Tour The Be Here Now World Tour was a world concert tour by English rock band Oasis in support of their third album Be Here Now . The tour , which spanned the UK , Europe , the US , Canada , Japan , Australia , Asia , and Latin America , included 85 shows over a period of several months in 1997 and 1998 . The tour started on 14 June 1997 in support of U2 at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine , California , United States , and ended on 25 March 1998 at the Sports Palace in Mexico City , Mexico . With most shows being played during the autumn and winter months , a majority of the concerts were staged at indoor arenas and halls , in contrast to the larger outdoor venues typically featured on Oasis ' summer tours .   Many performances were audio recorded by either broadcast media or concert attendees and have since been made available on various file-sharing outlets and fan web sites . A handful of performances were also carried by various television outlets throughout the world , including the 14 December concert at the G-Mex in Manchester , England .   Fueled partly by worldwide stardom and drug use , the tour and corresponding album became `` infamous '' for the amount of excess and spectacle they provided . Accordingly , they marked the end of the cocaine era for Noel Gallagher . He would later say about the craziness and wild year on tour : `` I kid you not , there was a sound guy who quit because there was too much ` food ' ... and I thought ` sure it 's not the fucking coke you 've been taking ' '' .   As the tour came to an end , the album 's reception had changed from rave and outstandingly positive to less-than satisfied and below average reviews with many critics restating that it was weak in comparison to the group 's first two records . They did , however , manage to maintain a large cult following in many countries such as Argentina , Brazil , Peru , Russia , Italy , Spain , South Korea and Japan where their public persona would strengthen even more over the subsequent decade .

neg: Sounds of the 20th Century Sounds of the 20th Century is a BBC Radio 2 documentary series originally broadcast in the UK between April 2011 and April 2012 . Each 60-minute programme is dedicated to one year from 1951 to 2000 and features a montage of audio relating to that year . Featuring nothing that was n't heard , seen or read at the time , other than brief introduction to each episode by Jeremy Vine , the series does not feature any explanations , reminiscenses or reflections upon the clips . Instead , the series ' website provided a list and description of the audio items , which was also supplied in real time by the show 's Twitter feed .   It is described as an ` audio journey through five decades of triumph , tragedy and trivia . '   The first part of the series was first broadcast at 10pm on Thursday 7 April . Focussing upon 1951 , it featured the real King 's Speech ( as he opens the Festival of Britain ) , a General Election victory for the Conservatives and their Liberal allies , the first hit single with multi-tracking ( Les Paul 's `` How High The Moon '' ) , the first rock 'n' roll record ( Jackie Brentson 's `` Rocket 88 '' ) , screen heroes from Marlon Brando to The Lone Ranger .   The series was produced by Trevor Dann 's Company , and there is a series blog available at sottc.wordpress.com .   The critical reception was generally positive . Comparing the show to BBC One 's The Rock 'n' Roll Years , The Independents Chris Maume asked if `` commissioning Sounds of the 20th Century -LSB- was -RSB- the first thing the 6 Music/Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan has got right in his short but deeply unsatisfactory tenure ? '' . More critically , The Guardians Elisabeth Mahoney identified parallels between the archive clips and the contemporary world , but was frustrated at the lack of a narrative , arguing that `` the jaunty mix is frustratingly hard-going . ''

neg: B.O.B (song) `` B.O.B '' ( `` Bombs Over Baghdad '' ) is a song by American rap duo OutKast from their fourth studio album Stankonia ( 2000 ) . It was released as the album 's lead single on September 19 , 2000 through LaFace Records and Arista . Produced by Earthtone III , the song features a high-speed tempo beat consisting of drum 'n' bass rhythms , guitars , organs , and gospel vocals . Although not a huge commercial success , the song has been cited as one of the greatest songs of all time by publications such as Pitchfork Media , Rolling Stone , Blender and Complex .

neg: Atomic (song) `` Atomic '' is a hit song by the American new wave band Blondie , written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman . It was released as the third single from the band 's Platinum-selling 1979 album Eat to the Beat .

neg: How Sweet to Be an Idiot How Sweet To Be An Idiot is the first solo album by Neil Innes , formerly of The Bonzo Dog Band and later of The Rutles , and was released in 1973 . Innes later said of this time   Stewart Mason , reviewing the album for Allmusic , described it as `` split between tongue-in-cheek parody and straight pop songs '' and containing `` solidly melodic Beatlesque pop '' , but was critical of the `` unfortunate sterility to Innes ' self-production '' .   The title track was released as a single but failed to chart . It was a more instrumented version than on the album , arranged by Richard Hewson , and `` The Age of Desperation '' was the B-side . Its melody was borrowed by Oasis for their single `` Whatever '' , released in 1994 ; Innes claimed plagiarism and as a result now receives royalties and a co-writing credit .   The album was re-released by United Artists in 1980 under the title `` Neil Innes A-Go-Go '' and by EMI in 1994 with additional tracks -- most of which had been released on singles -- under the title Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues . This edition of the album was dedicated to Ollie Halsall , who had died in 1992 , and former Bonzo Dog bassist Dennis Cowan , who had died in 1972 ; it featured a guest appearance by Michael Palin on the title track .   A review of the release by Mark Deming of Allmusic was more appreciative than that of his predecessor , saying that `` most -LSB- of the tracks -RSB- walk a graceful tightrope between sly humor and solid pop-friendly rock & roll '' and recommending that `` anyone who digs a great hook played with heart should get to know the music of Neil Innes '' .   Innes performed the title song on Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and on Monty Python Live at Drury Lane .

neg: Warning (Green Day album) Warning ( stylized as WARNING :) is the sixth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day , released on October 3 , 2000 by Reprise Records . Building upon its predecessor , Nimrod ( 1997 ) , the album eschewed the band 's trademark punk rock sound and incorporated acoustic elements and pop and folk styles . Lyrically , the record contains more optimistic and inspirational themes in comparison with the band 's earlier releases . Warning was also Green Day 's first album since Kerplunk ( 1992 ) that was not produced by Rob Cavallo , although he did have a hand in its production and was credited as executive producer .   Despite mixed criticism towards the band 's stylistic change , the album received mostly positive reviews from music critics , who praised vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong 's songwriting . Although it peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart , Warning represented the lowest commercial slump in Green Day 's career , being the band 's first album since signing to a major record label not to achieve multi-platinum status . The album has nonetheless been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and , as of December 2012 , has sold 1.2 million copies . Warning was reissued on vinyl on July 14 , 2009 .

neg: Top 2000 The Top 2000 is an annual marathon radio program , that plays the 2000 most popular songs of all time , from Christmas through New Year 's Eve .  Hosted by Dutch national radio station Radio 2 , over half of the population of the Netherlands listens to the broadcast each year .   Starting in 1999 , the Top 2000 was intended to be a one-time event , but due to the program 's popularity , Radio 2 chose to make it an annual program ,  traditionally broadcast from midnight on Boxing Day and continuing until midnight of New Year 's Eve . However , as of 2009 , the show begins broadcasting at noon on December 25 , Christmas Day .

neg: Reprieve (album) Reprieve is the sixteenth studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco , released on August 8 , 2006 .   Righteous Babe Records ' website notes that only DiFranco 's bassist Todd Sickafoose , who had accompanied her on her recent tours , would be performing on the album . The album has a dark , mournful , mellow sound reminiscent of 1999 's To the Teeth and 2004 's Educated Guess and features experimental arrangements with synthesizers , electronics and tape manipulation .   As the recording of the album was briefly interrupted due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina , the album has a heavily political and vaguely conceptual undercurrent that `` paints a haunting portrait of New Orleans as the water retreats and the natives continue to rebuild their lives . ''   The album cover was inspired by a picture of a real tree in Nagasaki which was partially destroyed by the atomic bomb . While the city around it lay in ruin , this one tree stood , half of it destroyed , the other untouched . DiFranco also references the eucalyptus tree in the title track about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .   While the official release date of Reprieve was August 8 , the album was made available for purchase on the iTunes Music Store between June 24 and June 27 , 2006 , possibly in error , as the album date on the site was listed as 2002 .

neg: Atomic Rooster (1980 album) Atomic Rooster is the sixth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster . It was recorded when the band regrouped after breaking up for five years , and they embarked on a raw style , which was in marked contrast to that of their past few albums . In addition , its heavier sound fitted in better with the new wave of British heavy metal scene .   Two tracks , `` She 's My Woman '' and `` Where 's the Show ? '' , were originally recorded by John Du Cann for his solo album , The World 's Not Big Enough , in 1977 . The album was not released at the time and the songs were later reworked by Atomic Rooster . Du Cann 's solo album was eventually released in 1992 .   `` Do You Know Who 's Looking for You ? '' has been covered by Finnish rock band YUP , who recorded it with new lyrics in their native language and retitled it `` Keittoruoka '' ( `` Soup Meal '' ) . It was included on their 2001 album Hajota ja hallitse ( ` Divide and Conquer ' ) .   The 2005 CD reissue , whilst being welcomed by fans of the band 's latter era , is , nonetheless , unlicensed . The copyright in the recording is held by the original label , EMI .  The Angel Air release featured extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector magazine 's Joe Geesin , which included a new interview with John Du Cann .

neg: Farewell to the World Farewell to the World is a 1996 concert by rock group Crowded House . The concert was recorded on the outside footsteps of the famed Sydney Opera House as a charity event to raise funds for the Sydney Children 's Hospital . The event was originally scheduled to occur on the night of 23 November 1996 , however was delayed one day due to rain . The concert was to be the last that the group played as the group announced their dissolution months earlier . The concert attracted a crowd of greater than 100,000 people , with some estimates of 250,000 people in attendance . Since then , several concerts have been performed there such as the Mushroom Records anniversary celebration and every Australian Idol year finale dually uses the outdoor as well as the indoor of the Opera House .   The concert was originally aired on Network Ten in Australia in November 1996 however this performance was incomplete as it did not include five songs performed from the concert due to time constraints . In December 1996 , the group released the concert on VHS which included some press coverage of the band 's breakup and the concert . The VHS version contained all of the same songs as the television version other than `` Weather with You , '' which was replaced by the fan favourite song `` Hole In the River . ''   The CD and DVD of the concert were released in November 2006 as a ten-year anniversary of the original concert . These versions were remastered and the DVD included all previous footage from the VHS but also added an interview with Neil Finn by Jana Wendt on Channel Nine 's Sunday program . All of the songs were included on the DVD and CD release , including those omitted previously and the sound ( and , for DVD , picture ) was digitally remastered .   The concert included many of Crowded House 's most famous hits and many fan favourites also . The supporting bands were Custard , You Am I and Powderfinger . Powderfinger released their performance also with selected versions of their album Internationalist .   As the album was to be the final performance by the group , they called upon previous members Tim Finn and tour drummer Peter Jones to play for a small portion of the setlist . Drummer Paul Hester , though he had previously left the band while on tour , was considered a member of the band again for the performance , as he had been a member for the majority of the group 's tenure .

neg: Running to Stand Still `` Running to Stand Still '' is a song by rock band U2 , and it is the fifth track from their 1987 album , The Joshua Tree . A slow ballad based on piano and guitar , it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin 's Ballymun flats ; the towers have since become associated with the song . Though a lot of time was dedicated to the lyrics , the music was improvised with co-producer Daniel Lanois during a recording session for the album .   The group explored American music for The Joshua Tree , and as such , `` Running to Stand Still '' demonstrates folk rock and acoustic blues influences . The song was praised by critics , many of them calling it one of the record 's best tracks . It has since been included in the regular set lists of four U2 concert tours , in two different arrangements and with several possible thematic interpretations .

neg: Acrobat (song) `` Acrobat '' is a song by rock band U2 . It is the eleventh track on their 1991 album Achtung Baby . The critical failure of Rattle and Hum ( 1988 ) led the band to seek a harder sound in their music . The song developed from a riff created by guitarist The Edge , and is played in a time signature . Thematically the song contains elements of hypocrisy , alienation , and moral confusion . `` Acrobat '' has never been performed live , although it was rehearsed prior to the third leg of the Zoo TV Tour .