query: Trevor Noah created The Daily Show.

pos: Trevor Noah Trevor Noah ( born 20 February 1984 ) is a South African television and radio host , and comedian , known for his role as host of The Daily Show on American network Comedy Central since September 2015 .   Noah began his career as an actor , presenter , and comedian in South Africa . He held several television hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation , and was the runner-up in their fourth season of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008 . From 2010 -- 2011 , Noah was the creator and host of Tonight with Trevor Noah on M-Net and DStv . His stand-up comedy career attained international success , leading to appearances on American late-night talk shows and British panel shows .   In December 2014 , Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show , an American satirical news program . The next year , he was announced as the successor of long-time host Jon Stewart , and has served as host of The Daily Show since 28 September 2015 . Although ratings for the show declined following Stewart 's departure , Noah 's tenure has been generally favourably reviewed , attracting particular attention for his interview with young conservative personality Tomi Lahren in late 2016 .

pos: The Daily Show The Daily Show is an American news satire and late-night talk show television program . It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central . Describing itself as a fake news program , The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories , political figures , media organizations , and often uses self-referential humor as well .   The half-hour-long show premiered on July 21 , 1996 , and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17 , 1998 . Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11 , 1999 until August 6 , 2015 , making the show more strongly focused on politics and the national media , in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn 's tenure . Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah , whose tenure premiered on September 28 , 2015 . Under different hosts , the show has been formally known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 until 2015 , and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah since 2015 . The Daily Show is the longest-running program on Comedy Central ( counting all three tenures ) , and has won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards .   The program is popular among young audiences , with organizations such as the Pew Research Center suggesting that 74 % of regular viewers are between 18 and 49 , and that 10 % of the audience watch the show for its news headlines , 2 % for in-depth reporting , and 43 % for entertainment , compared with 64 % who watch CNN for the news headlines .   Critics chastised Stewart for not conducting sufficiently hard-hitting interviews with his political guests , some of whom he may have lampooned in previous segments . Stewart and other Daily Show writers responded to such criticism by saying that they do not have any journalistic responsibility and that as comedians their only duty is to provide entertainment . Stewart 's appearance on the CNN show Crossfire '' picked up this debate , where he chastised the CNN production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network .

neg: Television Writers Vault The Television Writers Vault is an online marketplace within the television industry used for scouting and selling original TV formats , concepts , and intellectual properties to produce as new television shows . It is the first website to deliver new show ideas from people outside of the industry , resulting in successful productions by major networks . 2012 saw the global broadcast of two reality television concepts discovered from the site ; Saw Dogs ( aired on Discovery Channel , TV4 Sweden , and OLN ) and Deals From The Darkside ( aired on SyFy , A&E Australia , OLN , UKTV ) . 2014 saw the premiere of Kim of Queens on Lifetime TV , whose star , Kim Gravel , was discovered pitching her own concepts at the TV Writers Vault .   The service was created and developed by former Merv Griffin Entertainment development executive Scott Manville . In addition to providing a showcase for programming ideas , it also offers educational content for new TV writers and creators on the subjects of creating and pitching new TV show ideas .

neg: The Jay Leno Show The Jay Leno Show is an American talk show created by and starring Jay Leno . Premiering on NBC on September 14 , 2009 , the program aired on weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT through February 9 , 2010 . The program was modeled upon the format of a late night talk show -- specifically , Jay Leno 's incarnation of The Tonight Show , opening with a comedic monologue , followed by interviews with celebrity guests and other comedy segments . Sketches from The Tonight Show ( including Headlines and Jaywalking ) were carried over to The Jay Leno Show , along with new sketches .   The program was the result of a compromise by NBC Universal 's then-CEO Jeff Zucker to keep Jay Leno with the company following his retirement from The Tonight Show and replacement with Conan O'Brien . The Jay Leno Show was also intended to provide NBC with an alternative to the high-cost scripted dramas aired by competing networks in its time slot ; the network believed that the lower cost of production , in combination with product placement deals , meant that the program did not necessarily have to be highly viewed in order to turn a profit . NBC hoped to attract Leno 's existing fans , as well as a larger primetime audience than that of his late-night program .   The Jay Leno Show was met with mixed reception from critics , who felt that the series had little differentiation from Leno 's Tonight Show . Others were critical of NBC 's decision to give up an hour of its weeknight lineup to Leno , due to the network 's past success with dramas airing in the time slot , while one NBC affiliate notably planned to not air the show at all , although this decision was retracted due to complaints by the network . Although viewership of The Jay Leno Show was initially on par with NBC 's projections , by November , the program 's ratings began to fall significantly . NBC 's affiliates complained that the declining viewership of The Jay Leno Show also had a ripple effect on the viewership of their late local newscasts . In an effort to address the concerns , NBC announced in January 2010 that it would , following the 2010 Winter Olympics , shorten The Jay Leno Show to a half-hour , and move it to 11:35 p.m -- the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years , and bump Tonight to 12:05 a.m.   NBC 's decision resulted in a major public conflict between the network and Conan O'Brien , who asserted that the move would damage the highly respected Tonight Show franchise , and that he would not participate in the program if it were moved to 12:05 . Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike , NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35 . On January 21 , 2010 , NBC reached a $ 45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract . The Jay Leno Show ended on February 9 , 2010 , after being on the air for only four months , with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television 's `` Biggest Bomb of All Time . '' Leno resumed his duties as host of The Tonight Show on March 1 , 2010 , in a final stint that lasted until his February 2014 succession by Jimmy Fallon .

neg: Daily Politics Daily Politics '' is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003 and presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn . The programme takes an in-depth look at the daily goings-on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world , and includes interviews with leading politicians and political commentators .

neg: Dish Nation Dish Nation is a nightly syndicated television program that features celebrity news and humorous commentary on pop culture presented by radio personalities from across the United States . It debuted in July 2011 on Fox Television Stations .

neg: This Is Not Happening (TV series) This Is Not Happening is an American storytelling show hosted by Ari Shaffir , who also makes other comedy shows . It airs on American cable television network Comedy Central , and had its premiere on January 22 , 2015 . Episodes focus on comedians telling real life experiences comedically .

neg: Willard Scott Willard Herman Scott , Jr. ( born March 7 , 1934 ) is an American weather presenter , author , television personality , actor , clown , comedian and radio personality , best known for his TV work on the Today show and as the creator and original portrayer of Ronald McDonald .

neg: List of The Daily Show episodes (2013) This is a list of episodes for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2013 . Every episode from June 10 until August 15 was guest hosted by John Oliver , as Stewart had left temporarily to direct Rosewater '' .

neg: List of Saturday Night Live episodes Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels . It premiered on NBC , a terrestrial television network , on October 11 , 1975 under the title NBC 's Saturday Night . The show often satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics . Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast : the repertory members , also known as the `` Not Ready for Prime-Time Players , '' and newer cast members , known as `` Featured Players . '' Each week , the show features a host , often a well-known celebrity , who delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast . A musical guest is also invited to perform several sets ( usually two , and occasionally more ) . Every so often a host or musical guest will fill both roles , such as was the case with Britney Spears in 2000 and 2002 , Jennifer Lopez in 2001 and 2010 , Justin Timberlake in 2003 , 2006 and 2013 , Taylor Swift in 2009 , Bruno Mars in 2012 , Lady Gaga in 2013 , Miley Cyrus in 2013 and 2015 , Drake in 2014 and 2016 , Blake Shelton in 2015 , and Ariana Grande in 2016 . With the exception of Season 7 and several other rare cases , the show has begun with a cold open that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming `` Live from New York , it 's Saturday Night ! ''   Saturday Night Live is one of the longest running network programs in American television history , with over 800 episodes broadcast over the span of 42 seasons . A number of the show 's sketches have been developed into feature films , including The Blues Brothers , Wayne 's World , A Night at the Roxbury , Superstar , Coneheads , and MacGruber .   Seasons 1 through 5 are available on DVD in Region 1 . Various Saturday Night Live sketches are available in several new media formats , including streaming on Hulu and Netflix . Selected sketches and segments are also available for purchase at the iTunes Store to download and playback on home computers and certain iPod and iPhone models .

neg: TV Nation TV Nation is a satirical newsmagazine television series written , directed and hosted by Michael Moore that was co-funded and originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and BBC2 in the United Kingdom . The show blended humor and journalism into provocative reports about various issues . After moving to Fox for its second ( and final ) season , the show won an Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Informational Series .   TV Nation was created in the wake of the success Moore had with the documentary Roger & Me , prompting Warner Bros. . Television to ask Moore for television series ideas . In January 1993 , NBC green-lit a pilot episode which took three months to complete . Interest from the BBC prompted NBC to insert the show into its summer 1994 lineup .

neg: The Goldbergs (2013 TV series) The Goldbergs is an American sitcom that premiered on Tuesday , September 24 , 2013 on ABC . The series was created by Adam F. Goldberg and stars Wendi McLendon-Covey , Jeff Garlin , Sean Giambrone , Troy Gentile , Hayley Orrantia and George Segal . The show is produced by Goldberg , Seth Gordon , and Doug Robinson . It is based on Goldberg 's childhood and family in the 1980s , complete with a childhood version of himself . The fourth season premiered on September 21 , 2016 . In May 2017 , ABC renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season .

neg: Talk Radio Network Talk Radio Network ( TRN ) is an independent radio producer and syndicator of news and talk radio programming headquartered in Central Point , Oregon . TRN consists of a number of associated companies , which have launched or re-built some of the United States ' highest ranked talk radio shows , including The Savage Nation , Coast to Coast AM , The Dr. Laura Program , and The Jerry Doyle Show . TRN was founded in 1993 and is managed by CEO Mark Masters .   In 2007 , Bear Stearns reported that TRN was the second-largest provider of nationally syndicated radio talk shows in the country , ahead of competitors ABC Radio and then-CBS-controlled Westwood One .   , TRN is engaged in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Cumulus Media and advertising package bundler Westwood One .

neg: Tim Carvell Tim Carvell is an American writer and television producer known for his work for the TV comedy news series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , as well as for his print work in publications such as Mad and The New York Times .

neg: Olbermann (TV series) Olbermann is a television sports talk show hosted by Keith Olbermann on the American cable network ESPN2 . The show , broadcast live daily from Times Square Studios in New York City , premiered on August 26 , 2013 , and featured Olbermann offering commentary and analysis on issues in the sports world .   Olbermann aired at 5:00 PM Eastern on ESPN2 each day . From its premiere until September 5 , 2014 , Olbermann aired at 11:00 PM Eastern ( with some exceptions ) . The move to the afternoon also saw the show reduced in length by half , airing for thirty minutes instead of sixty . ESPNEWS rebroadcast each episode of Olbermann three times following its initial airing ; at 6:30 p.m. , 2:00 a.m. , and at 5:00 a.m.   On July 10 , 2015 , two days after ESPN declined to renew his expiring contract , Olbermann announced on air that the series would be coming to an end on July 24 . The announcement came after The Hollywood Reporter claimed that ESPN wanted Olbermann to tone down his critical commentary , but the network claimed the move was to cut costs related to Olbermann 's salary and the use of the space at Times Square Studios , claims later confirmed by an aborted move of Mike & Mike to the same facility and releases of other network talent at the end of their contracts throughout 2015 and into 2016 .

neg: Daily Source Code The Daily Source Code ( DSC ) was a podcast by Adam Curry , often considered a pioneer of podcasting . Curry talked about his everyday life and events in the podcasting scene or the news in general , as well as playing music from the Podsafe Music Network and promotions for other podcasts . He had regular returning segments which were mostly contributions from fellow podcasts and his daughter Christina occasionally made guest appearances . The show had more than 500,000 subscribers at its peak .

neg: BBC Natural History Unit The BBC Natural History Unit ( NHU ) is a department of the BBC which produces television , radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme . It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries , including The Blue Planet and Planet Earth , and has a long association with David Attenborough 's authored documentaries , notably Life on Earth .   The Natural History Unit is a specialist department within BBC Factual Production , which is itself part of BBC Studios . Each year it produces around 100 hours of television and 50 hours of radio programmes , making it the largest wildlife documentary production house in the world . The BBC commissions programmes from the Unit for broadcast on five terrestrial television channels ( BBC One , BBC Two , BBC Four , CBBC and CBeebies ) and BBC Radio 4 . Content is marketed internationally under the BBC Earth brand by the corporation 's commercial arm , BBC Worldwide . Original content is also broadcast on the Earth Unplugged YouTube channel .   The Unit has been based in Broadcasting House , Bristol since its formation in 1957 , and has been headed by Julian Hector since 2016 .

neg: Noah (Noah album) Noah is the debut studio album of the Danish duo Noah . It was released on 20 May 2013 on Copenhagen Records debuting at number 2 in its first week of release . The duo had already pre-released two successful singles from the album in 2012 , namely `` Alt er forbi '' and `` Over byen '' . Just prior to the release of the album , Noah released yet a third single `` Det ' okay '' from the album .

neg: Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries ( formerly RBC Ministries ) is a Christian organization founded by Dr. Martin De Haan in 1938 . It is based in Grand Rapids , Michigan , with over 300 employees . It produces several devotional publications , including Our Daily Bread . It also produces radio and television programs , and an online university program , Christian University GlobalNet . The publishing arm of Our Daily Bread Ministries is called Discovery House .

neg: List of The Newsroom episodes The Newsroom is an American television drama series created by Aaron Sorkin , which premiered on the premium cable network HBO on June 24 , 2012 . The series concluded on December 14 , 2014 , and consists of 25 episodes over three seasons .   Jeff Daniels stars as Atlantis Cable News anchor Will McAvoy , who takes a mandatory leave of absence after a public tirade about America 's shortcomings during a political debate . Upon his return , he discovers that most of his staff have quit . Seeing an opportunity to return to the glory days of televised news instead of ratings-driven infotainment , his boss Charlie Skinner ( Sam Waterston ) has hired Will 's ex-girlfriend MacKenzie McHale ( Emily Mortimer ) as the new executive producer . McHale shares Skinner 's vision of TV news , and she and Will immediately butt heads . The series is executive produced by Aaron Sorkin , Scott Rudin , and Alan Poul .

neg: Def Comedy Jam Def Comedy Jam is an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons .   The series had its original run from July 1 , 1992 to January 1 , 1997 . The show returned on HBO 's fall lineup in 2006 . Def Comedy Jam helped to launch the careers of several African-American stand-up comedians .

neg: The Mediocre Show The Mediocre Show is an independent American fake talk radio broadcast , created by Eric Tomorrow , since 2005 . It has a network of family , personal friends , and listeners on whom Eric relies for content via regular appearances on the show .


query: Heidi Klum is a person.

pos: Heidi Klum Heidi Klum ( -LSB- ˈhaɪ̯di ˈklʊm -RSB- ; born June 1 , 1973 ) is a German-American supermodel , television personality , businesswoman , fashion designer , singer , television producer , author , and actress . She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and in 1999 became the first German model to become a Victoria 's Secret Angel .   Following a successful modeling career , Klum became the host and a judge of Germany 's Next Topmodel and the reality show Project Runway which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013 for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program ( shared with co-host Tim Gunn ) ; Klum has been nominated for six Emmy Awards . She has worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H&M , and has appeared in numerous commercials for McDonald 's , Volkswagen and others . In 2009 , Klum became Barbie 's official ambassador on Barbie 's 50th anniversary . As an occasional actress , she had supporting roles in movies including Blow Dry ( 2001 ) , Ella Enchanted ( 2004 ) , and made cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ) and Perfect Stranger ( 2007 ) . She has also appeared on TV shows including Sex and the City , How I Met Your Mother , Desperate Housewives and Parks and Recreation . Currently , Klum is a judge on the NBC reality show America 's Got Talent .   In May 2011 , Forbes magazine estimated Klum 's total earnings for that year as . She is ranked second on Forbes list of the `` World 's Top-Earning Models '' , behind Gisele Bündchen . Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victoria 's Secret Angel , Klum has become more of a businesswoman than a model . In 2008 , she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship .

neg: Annabel Linquist Annabel Linquist , also known as Holy Magic , or Bel , is an American artist , entrepreneur , musician , and producer .   Annabel specializes creating custom paintings or `` Charms '' that `` neurologically rewire '' the brains of her collectors . According to Linquist , her work is `` coded to repel ghosts '' and is based on research in epigenetics , neuroplasticity , and the occult . Annabel 's privately commissioned `` psychic paintings '' and custom-made love songs are widely praised and known to be well loved in celebrity circles .   Linquist is the creator of Book Report , a startup that became popular in 2011 by circulating a reincarnated series of Summer Guides that started as an underground Vanity Fair project . She is also known for her work with Sony Ericsson 's global promotional campaign for the Xperia Arc , which won a Webby Award in the Integrated Mobile Experience category in London and New York . Linquist created a song using only her mobile phone as a field recording device in Paris for the project .   Annabel has just released her first single in collaboration with Imogen Heap 's Mi.Mu gloves project with an EP to follow this year .

neg: Andrea Klump Andrea Martina Klump ( born 13 May 1957 ) is a former far-left terrorist .

neg: Diamá discography Diamá 's ( Claudia D'Addio ) discography starts 2006 with an unofficial Single `` You ca n't stop me/Identit à '' , recorded when she was part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry for Switzerland Six4One . Both songs were never part of an album but became part of the Six4One album . The single was physically released in Switzerland only through Phonag . Digitally it was released worldwide by Chips Records ( Germany ) . At the time she was signed with Jupiter Records , record label of notorious German composer and producer Ralph Siegel . Due to different views about her career both sides did not dispose picking up the option for an album . Everything was resolved in collegial manners .   After this experience she and her songwriter and longtime friend Jiameé started working on new material , but Diamá felt not ready to start an own career and wanted to discover what kind of artist she is on her own . 2007 she collaborated on many projects with DJs and worked on improving her vocal skills . 2008 she started discovering the music set in her Italian roots . Infatuated by Mediterranean sounds and instruments , today 's heavy hip-hop beats or electronic elements and inspired by Italian divas such as Sophia Loren , Anna Magnani , Gina Lollobrigida or Giulietta Masina she started understanding what moves her as an artist . Her Italian hometown Caserta and her favorite city Naples both located in the Campania region of Italy furnished most of the inspiration for her debut album set to be released in 2014 . Powerful images of strong Italian women inspired the look of her first album . Two young and talented photographers based in Switzerland Shpend Salihu and Basil Stücheli translated her vision into art . The album has a sad undertone due to the fact that she lost her childhood friend in a tragic accident in 2009 . Her whole album is dedicated first of all to his memory .

neg: Designerspirene Designerspirene was a Norwegian reality television series that focused on fashion design . The show is aired on TV3 and is based on the American format , Project Runway hosted by Heidi Klum . Project Runway has been Emmy-nominated for `` Outstanding reality-competition program '' in 2005 and 2006 . The show has only had one season in 2007 with no plans for a renewal .   Spirene follows similarly to the American format . Each week contestants are given a task and money to create the best outfit under a restricted amount of time . The outfit is shown off at the runway and judged at the end of the show . The judges then deliberate who will be sent home for elimination .   Designerspirene is hosted by supermodel Vendela Kirsebom Thommessen . The regular judges are Vendela Kirsebom Thommessen , fashion designer Peter Løchstøer , and Petra Middelthon fashion director of Norwegian ELLE magazine , with the fourth judge as a new guest judge . Tim Gunn 's mentor role in the American format is done by William Jensen , Norway 's first fashion designer .   The season one awards included a collection showing at Oslo Fashion Week , a trip to Olympus Fashion Week in New York , a fashion spread in ELLE magazine , sewing equipment worth $ 6,500 from Janome , and $ 25,000 in cash .   The title derives from designer which is a borrowed cognate in Norwegian from English and spirene which literally means sprout or bud but here takes on the figurative meaning of a designer budding or growing into a better one .   The show lasted only one season before being canceled .

neg: Phillumeny Phillumeny ( also known as Phillumenism ) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items : matchboxes , matchbox labels , matchbooks , matchcovers , matchsafes , etc. .

neg: Heidi Murkoff Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect When You 're Expecting series of pregnancy guides . She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Foundation . Time magazine named Murkoff one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2011 . In 2005 , she was inducted into the Books For A Better Life Hall of Fame .

neg: Heidi Campbell Heidi A. Campbell is an associate professor at the Department of Communication and an Affiliate Faculty in the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Program at Texas A&M University . She studies religion and new media and the influence of digital and mobile technologies on religious communities . Her work has covered a range of topics from the rise of religious community online , religious blogging and religious mobile culture within Christianity , Judaism and Islam , to exploring technology practice and fandom as implicit religion and religious framings within in digital games .

neg: Erna Baumbauer Erma Baumbauer ( 8 January 1919 -- 30 January 2010 ) was a German casting agent . She has been called the `` grand dame of German casting agents '' by The Hollywood Reporter for her long career in the German film industry , which spanned decades . She was nicknamed `` the Queen of Bavaria '' by one of her clients , actor Ulrich Mühe .   Bambauer was born in Munich in 1919 , and stood 5 ' 1 '' tall during her life . She began her career by working as a bookdealer and journalist . She founded her eponymous Munich-based talent agency , Erna Baunbauer Management , following the end of World War II , where she worked until her death in 2010 . The Hollywood Reporter described her as knowing everyone with the German film industry . In one instance , film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck sent Baumbauer a script for his 2006 film , The Lives of Others , for her to cast directly . Baumbauer directly chose three actors from her agency to become the male leads for the film - Ulrich Muehe , Sebastian Koch und Ulrich Tukur .   Bambauer 's client included Sebastian Koch , Maximilian Schell , Katja Riemann , Susanne Lothar and Bruno Ganz .   The German Film Academy awarded Baumbauer the lifetime achievement award in 2006 . This marked the first time in the academy 's history that a woman who was not a film director or actress by profession had received the honor .

neg: Ingrid Klimke Ingrid Klimke ( born April 1 , 1968 in Münster , Germany ) is a German eventing rider . She appeared at five Olympics from 2000 to 2016 . With her horse Abraxxas , she won two gold medals in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics . At the 2016 Summer Olympics , she won a team silver with Hale-Bob .   She is the daughter of equestrian Reiner Klimke . Like her father , she rides in both eventing and dressage at international events , for example , she was placed seventh at the 2002 Dressage World Cup Final with Nector van het Carelshof .   In January 2012 she was appointed to the position of `` Reitmeister '' ( Riding Master , a special title of the German Equestrian Federation ) . Klimke is the second woman ever to be appointed as `` Reitmeister '' .

neg: The DVF Awards The DVF Awards , supported by The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation , are given annually to provide recipients with the exposure and resources necessary to extend their efforts on behalf of women all over the world . The DVF Awards were conceived by Diane von Furstenberg in 2010 with the goal of honoring women who have displayed leadership , strength , and courage in their commitment to their causes . Every year , each Honoree receives a $ 50,000 grant from the Foundation to further their work . The inaugural DVF Awards were presented on March 13 , 2010 at a ceremony hosted by Diane von Fürstenberg and Tina Brown at the United Nations on the closing night of The Women in the World Summit .  Each year , two DVF Awards are given to women within The Vital Voices Global Partnership . In addition , the Inspiration Award is given to a woman who has demonstrated strength and courage in the face of adversity , and is using her experience and influence to effect positive change . The People 's Voice Award is also given annually to a woman chosen from a field of nominees selected by The DVF Awards Board of Advisors and voted on by the public at DVFAwards.com . The Lifetime Leadership Award honors an individual who has dedicated her life and body of work to instilling in other women the courage to fight , the power to survive and the leadership to inspire . Past recipients include Gloria Steinem , Ingrid Betancourt , Hillary Clinton , Oprah Winfrey and Robin Roberts .   Presenters at The DVF Awards have included Meryl Streep , Iman , Olivia Wilde , Jessica Alba , Deborah Winger , Gabby Douglas , and Chelsea Clinton .   2017 Honorees   The International Award : Yoani Sánchez , 14ymedio   The International Award : Baljeet Sandhu , Migrant & Refugee Children 's Legal Unit ( MiCLU )   The People 's Voice Award : Louise Dubé , iCivics   The Inspiration Award : Karlie Kloss , Kode With Klossy   The Lifetime Leadership Award : Dr. Jane Goodall , The Jane Goodall Institute ( JGI )   2016 Honorees   The International Award : Maria Pacheco , Wakami   The International Award : Agnes Igoye , Huts for Peace   The People 's Voice Award : Emily Greener , I AM THAT GIRL   The Inspiration Award : Sarah Jones , Girls Educational and Mentoring Services ' , The Legal Aid Society and Sanctuary for Families   The Lifetime Leadership Award : Dr. Martine Rothblatt , Los Angeles LGBT Center and The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice   2015 Honorees   The International Award : Adimaimalaga Tafuna'I , Women In Business   The International Award : Samar Minallah Khan , Ethnomedia   The People 's Voice Award : Becky Straw and Jody Landers , The Adventure Project   The Inspiration Award : Gabrielle Giffords , Americans for Responsible Solutions   The Lifetime Leadership Award : Melanne Verveer , The Georgetown Institute for Women , Peace and Security at Georgetown University   2014 Honorees   The DVF Award : Kah Walla , STRATEGIES !   The DVF Award : Liron Peleg-Hadomi & Noha Khatieb   The People 's Voice Award : Veronika Scott , The Empowerment Plan   The Inspiration Award : Alicia Keys , Keep a Child Alive   The Lifetime Leadership Award : Gloria Steinem , Equality Now and Donor Direct Action   2013 Honorees   The DVF Award : Sunitha Krishnan , Prajwala  The DVF Award : Andeisha Farid , Afghan Child Education and Caring Organization ( AFCECO ) .  The People 's Voice Award : Tammy Tibbetts , She 's the First  The Inspiration Award : Natalia Vodianova , Naked Heart Foundation  The Lifetime Leadership Award : Robin Roberts , Be the Match   2012 Honorees  The DVF Award : Panmela Castro , Rede Nami  The DVF Award : Chouchou Namegabe , South Kivu 's Association of Women Journalists  The People 's Voice Award : Layli Miller-Muro , Tahirih Justice Center  The Inspiration Award : Jaycee Dugard , The JAYC Foundation  The Lifetime Leadership Award : Oprah Winfrey , The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation   2011 Honorees  The DVF Award : Sohini Chakraborty , Kolkata Sanved  The DVF Award : Kakenya Ntaiya , Kakenya Center for Excellence  The People 's Voice Award : Taryn Davis , The American Widow Project  The Inspiration Award : Elizabeth Smart , Elizabeth Smart Foundation  The Lifetime Leadership Award : Secretary of State Hillary Clinton   2010 Honorees  The DVF Award : Danielle Saint-Lot , Femmes en Démocratie  The DVF Award : Sadiqa Basiri Saleem , The Oruj Learning Center  The People 's Voice Award : Katherine Chon , The Polaris Project  The Lifetime Leadership Award : Ingrid Betancourt , The Ingrid Betancourt Foundation

neg: Antoinette Martignoni Antoinette Martignoni , a.k.a. Toni Martignoni ( born December 8 , 1918 ) is an artist in the personal growth and development movement , who developed the Inner Portrait process that uses art as a self-help means to see hidden personal potential .

neg: Lisa Frank Lisa Frank is an American businesswoman , the founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated , headquartered in Tucson , Arizona . She is known for producing whimsical commercial design for school supplies and other products that are primarily marketed to children , particularly female ones .

neg: Heidi Lucas Heidi Lucas ( born June 3 , 1977 ) is a former teen American actress .

neg: Mad Maxine Jeannine Mjoseth ( born April 27 , 1959 ) is a German journalist , photographer , independent art curator , and retired professional wrestler better known by her stage names Mad Maxine and Lady Maxine . She is best known for her height ( standing approximately 6 ' 2 '' tall ) and having a green mohawk during her stint in the World Wrestling Federation .

neg: Heidi Harley Heidi B. Harley ( born September 26 , 1969 ) is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona . She is the author or coauthor of three books , and has several papers published on formal syntactic theory , morphology , and lexical semantics .

neg: Mallika Chopra Mallika Chopra ( born July 24 , 1971 ) is an American author and businesswoman .

neg: Every Woman Every Woman is a syndicated television series produced by Entertainment Studios and created by Byron Allen . The series has aired since 2000 . Heidi Klum made a guest appearance on the show in 2011 .

neg: Heidi Guenther Heidi Noelle Guenther ( January 11 , 1975 -- June 30 , 1997 ) was an American ballerina from 1981 to her death in 1997 . Guenther died from cardiac arrest which was believed to be caused by her eating disorder .

neg: Christa Christa may refer to :   1015 Christa , an asteroid  Janusz Christa ( born 1934 ) , Polish author  Christa ( given name ) , a female given name   People with the given name Christa :   Christa Ackroyd ( born 1957 ) , television and radio presenter  Christa B. Allen ( born 1991 ) , American child actress  Christa Bauch ( born 1947 ) , professional bodybuilder  Christa Borden ( 21st century ) , Canadian pop singer  Christa Calamas ( 21st century ) , former Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration  Christa Campbell ( born 1973 ) , American actress and model  Christa Czekay ( born 1944 ) , retired West German sprinter  Christa Faust ( born 1969 ) , American author  Christa Fontana ( 20th century ) , Italian luger  Christa Gannon ( 20th century ) , American basketball player  Christa Gietl ( born 1977 ) , Italian luger  Christa Hughes ( 21st century ) , Australian singer  Christa Johnson ( born 1958 ) , American golfer  Christa Kinshofer ( born 1961 ) , retired German alpine skier  Christa Klaß ( born 1951 ) , German politician  Christa Klecker ( 20th century ) , Austrian luger  Christa Luding-Rothenburger ( born 1959 ) , former speed skater and track cyclist  Christa Ludwig ( born 1928 ) , German retired mezzo-soprano  Christa McAuliffe ( 1948 -- 1986 ) , American teacher and astronaut  Christa Miller ( born 1964 ) , American actress  Christa Pike ( born 1976 ) , youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States  Christa Päffgen ( more famously known under the pseudonym Nico ) ( born 1938 ) , German fashion model , later actress & singer  Christa Prets ( born 1947 ) , Austrian politician  Christa Rigozzi ( born 1983 ) , Miss Switzerland 2006  Christa Sauls ( born 1972 ) , American model and actress  Christa Schroeder ( 1908 -- 1984 ) , one of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler 's personal secretaries  Christa Speck ( born 1942 ) , German model and actress  Christa Staak ( 21st century ) , German rower  Christa Stubnick ( born 1933 ) , East German athlete  Christa Williams ( born 1926 ) , German pop singer  Christa Winsloe ( 1888 -- 1944 ) , German novelist , playwright and sculptor  Christa Wolf ( 1929 -- 2011 ) , German literary critic , novelist , and essayist  Christa Worthington ( 1956 -- 2002 ) , American fashion writer

neg: Heidi (1952 film) Heidi is a 1952 Swiss family drama film directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Elsbeth Sigmund , Heinrich Gretler and Thomas Klameth . It is based on the 1880 novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri . It was followed by a 1955 sequel Heidi and Peter .


query: The American Broadcasting Company is only called by its full name.

pos: American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Disney -- ABC Television Group , a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan , New York City . There are additional major offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City , as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank , California .   Since 2007 , when ABC Radio ( also known as Cumulus Media Networks ) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting , ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television . The fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the Big Three television networks , ABC is often nicknamed as `` The Alphabet Network '' , as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the English alphabet , in order .   ABC originally launched on October 12 , 1943 , as a radio network , separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network , which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble . It extended its operations to television in 1948 , following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS and NBC . In the mid-1950s , ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres , a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures . Leonard Goldenson , who had been the head of UPT , made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series . In the 1980s , after purchasing an 80 % interest in cable sports channel ESPN , the network 's corporate parent , American Broadcasting Companies , Inc. , merged with Capital Cities Communications , owner of several print publications , and television and radio stations . In 1996 , most of Capital Cities/ABC 's assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company .   The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States and its territories . Most Canadians have access to at least one U.S.-based ABC affiliate , either over-the-air ( in areas located within proximity to the Canada -- United States border ) or through a cable , satellite or IPTV provider , although most ABC programs are subject to simultaneous substitution regulations imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that allow pay television providers to replace an American station 's signal with the feed of a Canadian broadcaster to protect domestic programming rights and advertising revenue . ABC News provides news and features content for select radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting , which purchased the ABC Radio properties in 2007 .

neg: Phillips Code The Phillips Code is a shorthand method created in 1879 by Walter P. Phillips for the rapid transmission of press reports by telegraph .   The code consists of a dictionary of common words or phrases and their associated abbreviations . Extremely common terms are represented by a single letter ( C - See ; Y - Year ) ; those less frequently used gain successively longer abbreviations ( Ab - About ; Abb - Abbreviate ; Abty - Ability ; Acmpd - Accompanied ) .   The terms POTUS and SCOTUS originated in the code and entered common parlance when newsgathering services ( in particular , Associated Press ) adopted the terminology .   Telegraph operators would often interleave Phillips Code with numeric `` Wire Signals '' , to describe the article 's priority or confirm its transmission . This meta-data would occasionally appear in printed newspapers , especially the code for `` End of article '' - 30 .

neg: A&E Networks A&E Networks ( branded as A+E Networks ) is an American media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad . A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment . The company is a joint venture with Hearst and Disney-ABC Television Group , a unit of the Disney Media Networks subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company .

neg: Extended Data Services Extended Data Services ( now XDS , previously EDS ) , is an American standard classified under Electronic Industries Alliance standard CEA-608-E for the delivery of any ancillary data ( metadata ) to be sent with an analog television program , or any other NTSC video signal .   XDS is used by TV stations , TV networks , and TV program syndication distributors in the USA for several purposes .   Here are some of the most common uses of XDS :   The `` autoclock '' system delivers time data via an XDS `` Time-of-Day Packet '' for automatically setting the clock of newer TVs & VCRs sold in the USA . Most PBS stations provide this service .  Rudimentary program information which can be displayed on-screen , such as the name and remaining time of the program ,  Station identification ,  V-chip content ratings data .   XDS is also used by the American TV network ABC for their Network Alert System ( NAS ) . NAS is a one-way communication system used by ABC to inform and alert their local affiliate stations across the USA of information regarding ABC 's network programming ( such as program timings & changes , news special report information , etc. ) , using a special decoder manufactured for ABC by EEG Enterprises , a manufacturer of related equipment for the TV broadcast industry such as closed captioning and general-purpose XDS encoders . The CBS Television Network uses a similar method to transmit three separate internal messaging services to stations : one for programming departments , one for master control operations , and one for newsrooms .   Many standard definition receivers produced by Dish Network encode XDS data into their output signal . Data encoded includes time of day , program name , program description , program time remaining , channel identification , and content rating . This data is obtained from the satellite service 's EPG and replaces any data which may have been present when the signal was uplinked .   XDS uses the same line in the vertical blanking interval as closed captioning ( NTSC line 21 ) , and shares the available second video field bandwidth with the closed captioning channels CC3 and CC4 , and with the text channels TXT3 and TXT4 .

neg: BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927 . It produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932 , although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936 .   The BBC 's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30 % of all UK viewing . The services are funded by a television licence .   As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement , the BBC Television division was split , with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television ( channels and genre commissioning , BBC Sport , BBC Three and BBC iPlayer ) being renamed as BBC Content .

neg: List of former NBC television affiliates The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American broadcast television network that originated as a radio network in November 1926 , and expanded into television in April 1939 . Throughout its history , the network has had many owned-and-operated and affiliated stations .   This article is a table listing of former NBC stations , arranged alphabetically by state , and based on the station 's city of license as well as its Designated Market Area ; it is also accompanied by footnotes regarding the present network affiliation of the former NBC-affiliated station ( if the station remains operational ) and the current NBC affiliates in each of the listed markets , as well as any other notes including the reasons behind each station 's disaffiliation from the network . There are links to and articles on each of the stations , describing their histories , local programming and technical information , such as broadcast frequencies .   The station 's advertised channel number follows the call letters . In most cases , this is their virtual channel ( PSIP ) number , which may match the channel allocation that the station originally broadcast on during its prior affiliation with the network .

neg: ABC-TV ABC-TV may refer to :  American Broadcasting Company , a radio and television network in the United States  Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's ABC Television network  ABC ( TV station ) , the ABC television station in Canberra  Associated British Corporation , a defunct ITV company in the United Kingdom  Asahi Broadcasting Corporation , a radio and television broadcaster in Osaka , Japan  Associated Broadcasting Company , a radio and television network in the Philippines  ABC ( Australian TV channel ) , the Australian television channel , formerly known as ABC1  ABC2 , the Australian digital television channel  ABC Television , a television channel in Nepal

neg: NewsCenter NewsCenter or variant , is a brand that has been used by many broadcasting entities to refer to its regular newscasts .   In particular , `` NewsCenter '' may refer to :   The former NBC branding of Channel 4 News ( United States )  WNBC-TV , using NewsCenter 4 in 1970s  NBC WCSH-6 Portland NewsCenter  NBC WLBZ-2 Bangor NewsCenter  Granite Broadcasting Corporation 's branding `` NewsCenter ''  Northland 's NewsCenter , in Minnesota  Indiana 's NewsCenter  WCVB-TV in Boston , using `` NewsCenter 5 '' since its sign on in 1972  KGUN-TV in Tucson , using `` NewsCenter 9 '' during the 1970s and 1980s  NHK News Center 9 , Japan  MBC News Center , South Korea

neg: Audichron Company Audichron Company was a company founded in the 1930s by John Franklin in Doraville , Georgia , to produce the Audichron , a talking clock . By the 1970s , there were thousands of Audichron time-of-day announcers in use all over the world . Audichron had also developed a machine to announce the temperature . During the 1970s and 1980s , Audichron began to manufacture other kinds of equipment besides time and temperature machines .   The Audichron sales force found sponsors , such as banks , for its time and temperature machines in a city . Once a sponsor had been obtained , Audichron would lease the machines to the local phone company . An Audichron field service engineer would then visit the telephone company and help install the Audichron equipment in the central office . The phone company would then hook up incoming trunks to the Audichron equipment and would bill the final customer ( e.g. , the bank ) each month for the trunks and the Audichron equipment . Audichron received payments from the telephone company .   Audichron hired `` talent '' to come into its recording studio to make recordings . Each customer could choose between a man 's voice and a woman 's on the announcements . During the 1950s , Mary Moore did the female voice . She was replaced , about 1965 , by Jane Barbe , who specialized primarily in time and weather . Pat Fleet joined , in 1981 , with customer-message recordings , coin-amount requests , and out-of-service recordings ; she rarely did time and weather .   John Doyle continues to be the only male voice . From the 1980s , the female voices were provided by Barbe and Fleet ; they were joined by Joanne Daniels , who did number-change announcements and who was the `` time lady '' for most of the Western United States .   The Audichron Company was acquired in 1989 by Electronic Tele-Communications , a manufacturer of telephone answering machines that was founded in 1949 .

neg: ABC Board The ABC Board is the body responsible for the operations of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It is made up of five to seven directors chosen by the Australian government and a Managing Director who is appointed by the Board itself . At various times , ABC staff have been granted rights to elect a nominee for appointment to the Board ; and as of April 2013 staff elected a nominee-director .

neg: Association of College and University Broadcasting Stations The Association of College and University Broadcasting Stations ( ACUBS ) was an organization of educational radio stations , created as a result of The Fourth National Radio Conference , held by the U.S. Department of Commerce . It was primarily a `` program idea exchange '' with 25 total members that occasionally made attempts to rebroadcast programs shared between them . The original constitution for the organization read :   `` Believing that radio is in its very nature one of the most important factors in our national and international welfare , we , the representatives of the institutions of higher learning , engaged in educational broadcasting , do associate ourselves together to promote , by mutual cooperation and united effort , the dissemination of knowledge to the end that both the technical and educational feature of broadcasting may be extended to all . ''   It held its first annual conference July 1 and 2 1930 in Columbus , Ohio joining with the Institution of Education by Radio . It eventually changed its name to the National Association of Educational Broadcasters ( NAEB ) in 1934 .

neg: Corporation for Public Broadcasting The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ( CPB ) is an American non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and funded by the United States federal government to promote and help support public broadcasting .   CPB 's mission is to ensure universal access to non-commercial , high-quality content and telecommunications services . It does so by distributing more than 70 % of its funding to more than 1,400 locally owned public radio and television stations .

neg: CBS Evening News The CBS Evening News is the flagship evening television news program of CBS News , the news division of the CBS television network in the United States . The program has been broadcast since May 3 , 1948 under the original title CBS Television News , eventually adopting its current title in 1963 . From June 6 , 2011 to May 30 , 2017 , the weekday editions of the program were anchored by Scott Pelley . As of May 31 , 2017 , the program is anchored by Anthony Mason on an interim basis . Previous anchors have included Douglas Edwards , Walter Cronkite , Dan Rather , Connie Chung , Bob Schieffer , and Katie Couric .   Weekend editions of the CBS Evening News weekends began in February 1966 . On May 2 , 2016 , CBS announced that the weekend editions would be rebranded , effective May 7 , as the CBS Weekend News , whose Saturday and Sunday editions are anchored by Reena Ninan and Elaine Quijano respectively . The weekend editions draw from the resources of CBSN , the digital news channel where Ninan and Quijano also serve as anchors .   The CBS Evening News airs live at 6:30 pm in the Eastern and 5:30 pm in the Central Time Zones , and are tape delayed for the Mountain Time Zone . A separate `` Western Edition '' , featuring updated segments to provide coverage of breaking news stories , airs pre-recorded at 5:30 pm in the Pacific Time Zone and on tape delay in the Alaska and Hawaii -- Aleutian Time Zones .

neg: The Army Hour The Army Hour was a radio news program in the United States , broadcast on NBC April 5 , 1942-Nov . 11 , 1945 .   Planning for The Army Hour , with Col. Edward M. Kirby in charge , began soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . Sponsored by the War Department and the U.S. Army , the program brought `` on-the-spot stories and demonstrations from Army bases and fields of battle '' to listeners back home in America . The program was `` an attempt to bring the reality of the war home to the American people through the power and immediacy of radio . ''  One reviewer wrote in a newspaper that the secretary of war had compared The Army Hour broadcasts to `` full-scale military operations ... as far as communications are concerned , '' and the writer agreed . NBC 's investment was significant , also . In 1957 , CBS executive Lou Cowan ( who helped to develop The Army Hour while working with the Office of War Information ) said that the program was `` presented at an annual cost of a half-million dollars to the network -LSB- NBC -RSB- with no financial return . ''   Radio historian John Dunning wrote that the program `` gave Americans their first in-depth look at the war and how it was being fought , '' and a 1942 article in the trade publication Billboard described it as `` a weekly official message and a source of authoritative information from the Army to the civilian population of the country ... '' In 1943 , another article in Billboard commented about Army Hour : `` excellent substitute for first-hand knowledge of war ; genuine picture of what loved ones are living thru ; calm and objective presentation of facts of war . ''

neg: Big Three television networks The Big Three television networks are the three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States : the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) , CBS ( formerly known as the Columbia Broadcasting System ) and the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) . Beginning in 1948 until the late 1980 's , the Big Three networks dominated U.S. television .

neg: The Colgate Sports Newsreel The Colgate Sports Newsreel was a radio program focusing on sports . It has been called `` one of the most successful and most listened-to shows in radio history '' and `` one of radio broadcasting 's most entertaining and engaging programs . '' However , much of the information reported as fact was actually fiction .   The program was first broadcast in October 1939 , on NBC Blue . Although Colgate dropped its sponsorship in June 1951 , the show continued on NBC as Bill Stern 's Sports Newsreel through September 1953 . It then switched to ABC , where it ran until June 1956 . During World War II , the Newsreel was among the programs that NBC rebroadcast by transcription to members of the United States armed forces stationed abroad .   Bill Stern , the star , made the program memorable with his enthusiastic , dramatized delivery . He was already both the narrator of MGM 's News of the Day newsreels , and a sports announcer . Thus , the format of this program came naturally .   For most of its run , the show was sponsored by Colgate brushless shave cream . The opening theme `` was sung in barbershop quartet style to the tune of Mademoiselle from Armentieres '' and mentioned the sponsoring product prominently . Although the singing group was not named in the program , a news brief announcing the show 's launch in 1939 identified it as the Armchair Quartette . The theme 's lyrics varied a bit over the years , but the basic form was as follows :  Bill Stern the Colgate shave-cream man is on the air .  Bill Stern the Colgate shave-cream man with stories rare .  Take his advice and you 'll look keen .  You 'll get a shave that 's smooth and clean .  You 'll be a Colgate brushless fan .   From September 14 , 1953 , through December 10 , 1954 , Budweiser sponsored the program . Its final sponsor was Allstate , from December 13 , 1954 through June 22 , 1956 .

neg: ACN Inc. ACN , LLC ( formerly ACN , Inc. ) is a North-American based multi-level marketing ( MLM ) company which provides telecommunications , energy , merchant services and other services , depending on the country , through a network of independent sales agents known as `` Independent Business Owners '' ( IBOs ) , who themselves can recruit new people as sales agents . IBOs earn residual income and bonuses through the acquisition of personal customers , as well as customers by other IBOs they recruit . Based in Concord , North Carolina , United States , ACN began operations in the United States in 1993 as an American Communications Network . It extended operations to Europe in 1999 , to the Pacific in 2004 , to Asia in 2011 , and now operates in 25 countries , on four continents . As a reflection of its international operations , it changed its name to just the initial letters ACN .  The company is a member of the Direct Selling Associations in North America  and Europe .

neg: Multimedia (media company) Multimedia , Inc. was a media company that owned 10 daily newspapers , three weekly newspapers , two radio stations , five television stations , and a cable television system division . The company was headquartered in Greenville , South Carolina .   It also owned TV syndicator Multimedia Entertainment ( formerly Avco Embassy Television , which is now owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution ) .   Multimedia was founded in 1968 , when the News-Piedmont Company of Greenville merged with Southern Broadcasting Corporation . The new company called the Southeastern Broadcasting Corporation comprised four newspapers ( two morning , two afternoon ) , three television stations and six radio stations . The company 's biggest purchase came in 1976 , when it bought WLWT in Cincinnati -- and with it , the distribution rights to The Phil Donahue Show .   The company was involved in one of the more unusual media transactions in history . In 1983 , it sold its flagship television station , WFBC-TV in Greenville ( now WYFF ) and WXII-TV in Winston-Salem , North Carolina to Pulitzer , Inc. . In return , Multimedia received Pulitzer 's former flagship television station , KSDK in St. Louis . Multimedia used its new purchase as the testing ground for a new show hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael .   Multimedia was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1995 , after the sale was finalized , Gannett sold Multimedia Entertainment to MCA the following year . In January 2000 the cable television division , which included systems in Kansas , Oklahoma and North Carolina was sold to Cox Communications . The North Carolina systems were resold to Suddenlink Communications in 2006 .   The Multimedia name lives on as a holding company and licensee within what is now Tegna , Inc. 's corporate structure . Productions under Multimedia Entertainment are now part of the NBCUniversal Television Distribution archives .

neg: WAMC WAMC is a public radio network headquartered in Albany , New York . The network has 12 broadcast radio stations ( transmitters ) and 16 broadcast relay stations ( translators , repeaters ) . One of the stations is an AM station : WAMC ( AM ) 1400 in Albany . The organization 's legal name is `` WAMC '' and it is also known as `` WAMC Public Radio '' or `` WAMC Northeast Public Radio . ''   In addition , the station operates The Linda/WAMC Performing Arts Studio , a performance venue in Albany located near its Central Avenue studios .   A member of NPR and affiliate of Public Radio International and American Public Media , WAMC is a charitable , educational , non-commercial broadcaster meeting the requirements of Section 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) of the Internal Revenue Code ( 26 U.S.C. § 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) ) It had total annual revenues for the fiscal year 2010 of $ 6.36 million .   Its corporate officers include Anne Erickson , chair of the board of trustees , and Alan S. Chartock , president and chief executive officer ( since 1981 ) .

neg: Channel 4 News (United States) Channel 4 News is the name shared by various local newscasts - primarily NBC affiliates - throughout the United States . The branding is a successor to the NewsCenter brand .

neg: The Fox (brand) The Fox is a brand name used for a variety of radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States , many of which are owned by Clear Channel Communications , though there are several that are not owned by Clear Channel . Clear Channel currently holds the trademark to the Fox brand name based on individual markets .   Most `` The Fox '' stations mainly play a Classic rock format and have varied logos , though many have a fox mascot . These stations are not directly associated in any way with Fox Sports Radio , Fox News Radio or Fox television network .   Coincidentally , however , Clear Channel owns most `` The Fox '' - branded rock stations and many Fox Sports Radio stations ( as well as the Fox Sports Radio network ) . As a result , many radio stations with call signs containing the letters `` FX '' are shared between Clear Channel stations with those two formats ( for example , WOFX-AM in Albany and WOFX-FM in Cincinnati , the former carries Fox Sports Radio and the latter is branded as `` The Fox '' ) .


query: Steven Gerrard has been captain of the England national football team since 2012.

pos: Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard , ( born 30 May 1980 ) is an English football coach and former player who currently serves as an Academy coach at Liverpool and will take over as manager of the club 's U18 side ahead of the 2017 -- 18 season .  He played as a central midfielder and spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool , with most of that time spent as their captain .   Gerrard spent 17 seasons at Anfield , making his Liverpool debut in 1998 , cementing his place in the first team in 2000 , and succeeding Sami Hyypiä as team captain in 2003 . His honours include two FA Cups , three League Cups , one UEFA Champions League , one UEFA Cup , and one UEFA Super Cup . Gerrard scored Liverpool 's first goal and won the penalty kick for the third as Liverpool came from 3 -- 0 down to defeat Milan in the 2005 Champions League Final . He joined Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy in July 2015 , spending one-and-a-half seasons there before retiring on 24 November 2016 .   Gerrard made his international debut for the England national football team in 2000 , and represented his country at the 2000 , 2004 and 2012 UEFA European Football Championships , as well as the 2006 , 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups -- captaining the team at the latter two tournaments . He was named as the permanent England captain shortly before UEFA Euro 2012 , where he was named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament . Gerrard became the sixth player to win 100 caps for England in 2012 , and is currently fourth in the country 's all-time appearance list . He ended his international career in July 2014 , having won 114 caps .   Regarded to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation , Gerrard came second to Kenny Dalglish in the `` 100 Players Who Shook The Kop '' , a 2008 Liverpool fan poll , and first in 2013 .  Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said in 2009 that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world . In 2005 , Gerrard was honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award . He has also been named in the PFA Team of the Year a record eight times , the UEFA Team of the Year and FIFA World XI three times , and was named PFA Players ' Player of the Year in 2006 and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009 . He is , to date , the only footballer ever to have scored a goal in an FA Cup Final , a League Cup Final , a UEFA Cup Final and a UEFA Champions League Final , also being on the winning team on each occasion .

neg: 1990 FA Charity Shield The 1990 FA Charity Shield ( also known as the Tennent 's Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons ) was the 68th Charity Shield , a football match contested by the winners of the previous season 's Football League and FA Cup competitions . The match was played on 18 August 1990 between 1989 -- 90 Football League champions Liverpool and 1989 -- 90 FA Cup winners Manchester United . This would be the last time either team was to share the trophy , as new regulations were brought in two years later that allowed for extra time and subsequently a penalty shootout if a draw occurred in normal time .   Utility player Clayton Blackmore opened the scoring for United in the first half , but a John Barnes penalty kick drew Liverpool level shortly after the break . The match finished at 1 -- 1 and the two sides shared the trophy for six months each .   New signing Denis Irwin made his Manchester United debut in the game , beginning a 12-year spell at the club which would see him collect numerous major honours .   Absent from the game was Manchester United captain Bryan Robson , who would be out of action until December that year due to injury , his place in the team being taken by Blackmore .   As a curtain -- raiser to the match , the England women 's national football team played Italy . Carolina Morace scored all four goals in England 's 4 -- 1 defeat and made it onto the front page of the following day 's La Gazzetta dello Sport .

neg: Nigel Melville Nigel David Melville ( born 6 January 1961 ) is a former England national rugby union team scrum half and captain and currently serves as Director of Professional Rugby for Rugby Football Union .   Melville became the youngest player to captain England on his début when he led them against Australia in November 1984 . He went on to make another twelve appearances over the next four years .

neg: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Graeme Swann Graeme Swann , a right-arm off-spinner , represented the England cricket team in 60 Tests , 79 One Day Internationals ( ODI ) , and 39 Twenty20 Internationals ( T20I ) between 2000 and 2013 . He took eighteen five-wicket hauls in international cricket -- seventeen in Tests and one in ODIs . In cricket , a five-wicket haul ( also known as a `` five -- for '' or `` fifer '' ) refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings . This is regarded as a notable achievement , and only 42 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers as of July 2015 . The English cricket journalist Scyld Berry described Swann as `` the best off-break bowler that England have had for more than half a century '' , and `` the most effective spinner that England 's limited-overs teams have ever had '' . Swann claimed 255 wickets in Test cricket , second only to Derek Underwood ( 297 ) among English spin bowlers .   Swann made his Test debut in December 2008 , taking four wickets in a match which England lost against India . His first Test five-wicket haul came early the following year against the West Indies at the Antigua Recreation Ground , when he took five wickets for 57 runs . Once during his career , Swann took five wickets in each innings of a match , against Bangladesh in 2010 . This was also the first of three occasions in which he took ten wickets in a match . His career-best figures for an innings were six wickets for 65 runs against Pakistan at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in August 2010 .   In ODI cricket , Swann made his debut in January 2000 against South Africa , but off-field misdemeanours resulted in him being dropped from the team after just one match , and he did not play international cricket again until 2007 . His solitary five-wicket haul in ODIs was against Australia in September 2009 , a match England won by four wickets . Swann took five wickets for 28 runs in the match , and was given the man of the match award . He took 104 wickets in ODIs at an average of 27.76 . Swann took 51 wickets in T20I cricket , but did not claim any five-wicket hauls ; his best bowling figures in the format were three wickets for 13 runs . As of July 2015 , his combined tally of 18 five-wicket hauls is twenty-seventh in the all-time list , a position he shares with Lance Gibbs .

neg: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament The men 's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in London and five other cities in Great Britain from 26 July to 11 August . Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men 's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions , from which 15 teams , plus the hosts Great Britain , reached the final tournament . Men 's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23 . It was the first major FIFA-organised men 's tournament to be held within the United Kingdom since the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the first men 's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome .   The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2 -- 1 in the final .

neg: Matthew Dimbylow Matthew Dimbylow ( born 12 December 1970 ) is an English footballer who plays in defence for the England Cerebral Palsy National Team and the Great Britain Paralympic Football team . On his debut for England he was made captain .   Dimbylow competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as part of the 7-a-side football team for athletes with cerebral palsy . The British team finished in seventh position in the event .

neg: England national under-19 football team England national under-19 football team , also known as England under-19s or England U19 ( s ) , represents England in association football at under-19 age level and is controlled by the Football Association , the governing body for football in England . Primarily , it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship .   In July 2015 , Aidy Boothroyd was appointed to coach the squad .

neg: Minister for the Olympics The Minister for the Olympics was a position within the United Kingdom Government created on 6 July 2005 as a result of the selection of London to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and was merged into the position of Secretary of State for Culture , Olympics , Media and Sport in May 2010 .   Tessa Jowell was the Minister for the entirety of the office 's existence . At the time the position was created , she was Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport , and she held both roles until the resignation of Tony Blair . In Gordon Brown 's cabinet , she continued as Minister for the Olympics , but held the portfolios of Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from June 2009 until Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010 .   Following the 2010 general election , the role was merged with the position of Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport to create the Secretary of State for Culture , Olympics , Media and Sport ( reuniting the roles ) at the beginning of the Cameron Ministry ; Jeremy Hunt is the first to hold that post .   Until the conclusion of The London 2012 Paralympics , Jowell continued to have responsibility for the Olympics portfolio in Labour 's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet , serving as the Shadow Minister for the Olympics . The office remained independent from the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport until Jowell resigned from the Shadow Cabinet , resulting in the abolition of the post .

neg: Jos Buttler Joseph Charles `` Jos '' Buttler ( born 8 September 1990 ) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England . He is a right-handed batsman who also plays as a wicket-keeper and is the current Vice-Captain of the English limited over teams . He captained single T20I on 27 November 2015 against Pakistan , where England won the match by 3 runs . Buttler was made captain of the England one day squad in September 2016 , stepping in for Eoin Morgan who declined to tour Bangladesh on security grounds . Buttler led a young England side to a 2-1 victory over the tigers .   Buttler enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school , sharing a record-breaking opening partnership while at King 's College , Taunton in 2008 , and the following season his school lost only one of seventeen matches under his captaincy , and he was named 2010 Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year . He made his Somerset first-team debut in 2009 . His performances led him to be selected to play for England at Under-19 level , touring Bangladesh , and then travelling to New Zealand for the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup . Jos Buttler made his Test cricket debut against India in 2014 .

neg: Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992) Philip Anthony Jones ( born 21 February 1992 ) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team . Before joining Manchester United , Jones played for Blackburn Rovers at both youth and senior levels . Although primarily a centre back , he has also been used as a right back or defensive midfielder .   Jones has represented England at various levels and is currently a member of the England senior squad . He played for the under-19 team in 2009 before making his debut for the under-21 team in 2010 . He made his debut for the England senior squad on 7 October 2011 .

neg: Paul Scholes Paul Scholes ( -LSB- ˈpɔːl_ˈskoʊlz -RSB- born 16 November 1974 ) is an English retired footballer who played his entire professional career for Manchester United . He is currently co-owner of Salford City and a television pundit for BT Sport . He is the most decorated English footballer of all time , and one of the most successful footballers in history , having won a total of 25 trophies , featuring 11 Premier League titles and two Champions League titles .   Born in Salford and raised in Langley from infancy , Scholes excelled in both cricket and football while at school . He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being spotted by a scout visiting his school , signing for them as an apprentice on leaving school in 1991 , and turning professional in 1993 . He made his full debut for United in the 1994 -- 95 season . Scholes represented the England national team from 1997 to 2004 , gaining 66 caps and participating in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups , as well as the UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments . Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation , over his career , he has received praise from other managers and players , including Xavi , who called him `` the best central midfielder I 've seen in the last 15 , 20 years '' . Thierry Henry has cited Scholes as the greatest player in Premier League history . However , Scholes has also been criticised for his disciplinary record , amassing the fourth-most yellow cards in Premier League history with 97 , and the most yellow cards in Champions League history with 32 .   Scholes made 718 appearances for United , the third-highest number of appearances by any player for the club . Scholes announced his retirement from playing on 31 May 2011 , receiving a testimonial match , and began his coaching career at the club from the 2011 -- 12 season onward . However , he reversed this decision on 8 January 2012 , and went on to play one more season before retiring again in May 2013 .

neg: England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid England 2018 was the Football Association 's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup . FIFA invited bidding countries to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 finals , or both . The FA initially decided to bid for both , but with the withdrawal of all non-European bids for the 2018 event , this bid , and that of all other European bidding nations , were effectively disqualified from eligibility for the 2022 edition .   England 's bid was managed by England 2018/2022 Bidding Nation Ltd. . This company was established by The FA for the purpose of bringing the World Cup tournament to England for the first time since 1966 . England attempted to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup but lost out to Germany . England hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup and had the campaign been successful , England would have become the sixth nation to host the World Cup for a second time . It won the right to host Euro ' 96 . Andy Anson , England 2018 Chief Executive , called for humility with England 's bid claiming they `` must not fall victim to arrogance '' and that lessons had been learned from the unsuccessful attempt to host the 2006 competition . Anson stated that `` the tone of this campaign has to be different .

neg: Premier League Player of the Month The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best Premier League player each month of the season . The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League 's sponsor , and announced alongside the Manager of the Month on the first or second Friday of the following month . It has been called the Carling Premiership Player of the Month ( 1994 -- 2001 ) , the Barclaycard Premiership Player of the Month ( 2001 -- 2004 ) , Barclays Player of the Month ( 2004-2016 ) , and presently it is the EA SPORTS Player of the Month .   The Premier League was formed in 1992 , when the members of the First Division resigned from The Football League . These clubs then set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements . The inaugural season had no sponsor until Carling agreed to a four-year deal for # 12 million that started the following season . Carling introduced new Manager of the Month and Manager of the Season awards for the 1993 -- 94 season , supplementing the existing Football Writers ' Association and Professional Footballers ' Association Player of the Year awards . For the 1994 -- 95 season they introduced the Player of the Month award , which was first awarded to Jürgen Klinsmann for his performances in his team in August 1994 .   Steven Gerrard has been Player of the Month the most with six awards . Five players have won the award in consecutive months ; Robbie Fowler ( 1995 -- 96 ) , Dennis Bergkamp ( 1997 ) , Cristiano Ronaldo ( 2006 ) , Harry Kane ( 2015 ) and Jamie Vardy ( 2015 ) . 12 individuals have won two awards in a season : Ryan Giggs , Ruud van Nistelrooy , Thierry Henry , Wayne Rooney , Peter Odemwingie , Robin van Persie , Daniel Sturridge , Luis Suárez , Jamie Vardy , Sergio Agüero , Heung Min Son and Ashley Young , who is also the only player to win the award three times in a calendar year . Robbie Keane has won the award while playing for three different clubs ( Coventry City , Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur ) . Nine other players have won the award playing for two different clubs . The award has been shared on six occasions : by Blackburn Rovers 's Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in November 1994 , Liverpool 's Robbie Fowler and Stan Collymore in January 1996 , Southampton 's Kevin Davies and Manchester United 's Andy Cole in November 1997 , Arsenal 's Dennis Bergkamp and Edu in February 2004 , Tottenham Hotspur strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane in April 2007 and Liverpool duo Steven Gerrard and Luis Suárez in April 2014 . Almost half of the Player of the Month awards have gone to English players ,87 English wins , 191 awards : = % and the majority of foreign winners have been French or Dutch . Manchester United have had more Player of the Month awards than any other club .

neg: Luke Garrard Luke Garrard ( born 22 September 1985 ) is an English former professional footballer who manages National League club Boreham Wood .

neg: Roger Draper Roger Draper is the former Chief Executive of Sport England from 2003 to 2006 , and the Lawn Tennis Association from 2006 to 2013 .   In his time at Sport England , Draper had overall accountability for business turnover of # 340m , and was involved in London 's 2012 Olympic bid , and the Wembley National Stadium construction project .   As Accounting Officer for Sport England , he had responsibility for reporting to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport , and represented the organisation at a wide range of Select Committees , including the Public Accounts Committee hearing on the Wembley National Stadium Project , in 2003 .   He also led a major review and reorganisation of the # 450m spent on sport in the UK .   This included the completion of the # 120m English Institute of Sport network of high performance facilities including new centres at Bath and Loughborough Universities , and a review of corporate governance across a number of sports , including athletics , hockey , rugby league , golf , cricket , boxing , karate and bowls .   Draper joined the LTA in 2006 and published the ` Blueprint , a Strategy for British Tennis ' , which set out his plans to transform the national governing body for British tennis . This included a complete restructure of the organisation , a new commercial strategy and programme , the introduction of Talent ID , and a comprehensive review and rebuild of all the LTA 's major events .   During his time at the LTA , turnover grew by 45 % to # 65m , and commercial revenues increased by three and a half times , in part the result of a ground-breaking Lead Partner agreement with pensions provider Aegon UK . British Tennis membership grew by 500 % and the number of juniors playing competitive tennis sevenfold .   Draper was also responsible for introducing a new mini tennis programme and a nationwide talent ID system for British tennis . During this period , Great Britain won the Junior Davis Cup for the first time , and a number of British juniors won grand slam singles and doubles titles .   In 2007 Draper withdrew funding from Naomi Broady , then age 17 and the leading junior , as a disciplinary measure for posting pictures and comments online wholly unrelated to tennis . This resulted in a feud which has resulted in Broady refusing to play for GB ever since and funding her own career . The general opinion of observers was that Draper was reflecting an LTA mindset which discredited tennis and put back attempts to widen participation beyond a narrow wealthy social group .   In 2013 , Andy Murray became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles title for 77 years .   Despite a growth in the number of children playing tennis , Draper 's tenure was criticised for failing to increase levels of participation among adults .   The problems of participation came to a head when in December 2012 Sport England announced that # 10.3 million of the LTA 's # 17.4 million funding total had been put on hold , with Sport England chief executive Jennie Price telling Press Association Sport : `` Tennis has not performed well in terms of participation '' . Sport England subsequently released the funding to the LTA .   After his salary package at the LTA was revealed to be # 640,000 in 2012 , Draper and the LTA received further criticism , including from Baroness Billingham , the Chair of Parliament 's All-Party Tennis Group .   His 7 1/2 year tenure as chief executive of the LTA came to an end in March 2013 when he announced that he would stand down in September 2013   Draper opposed the creation of the # 40 million National Tennis Centre at Roehampton , and in August 2014 , it was reported that the centre was to close , just 7 years after it was opened .

neg: Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker , OBE ( -LSB- ˈlɪnᵻkər -RSB- born 30 November 1960 ) is an English retired footballer and current sports broadcaster . He holds England 's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals , with 10 scored . Lineker 's media career began with the BBC , where he has presented the flagship programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s . He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports , Eredivisie Live , NBC Sports Network and currently hosts BT Sport 's coverage of the UEFA Champions League .   Lineker began his football career at Leicester City . and finished as the First Division 's joint top goalscorer in 1984 -- 85 . He then moved to League Champions Everton where he developed as a clinical finisher , scoring 30 goals in 41 games . His first team honours came at Barcelona , where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1989 . He returned to England in 1989 , joining Tottenham Hotspur , and over three seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup . Lineker 's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight and he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side .   Lineker made his England debut in 1984 , earning 80 caps and scoring forty-eight goals over an eight-year international career , finishing as England 's second highest scorer behind Bobby Charlton , before he was overtaken by Wayne Rooney . His international goals-to-games ratio remains one of the best for the country and he is regarded as one of the all-time best English strikers . He was top scorer in the 1986 World Cup and received the Golden Boot , the only time an Englishman has achieved this feat . He is also the only player to have won the English golden boot with three different clubs ( Leicester City , Everton and Tottenham Hotspur ) .   Even though he enjoyed a long career , Lineker was never cautioned by a referee for foul play and never received a yellow or red card . As a result of this accomplishment he was honoured in 1990 with the FIFA Fair Play Award . In a senior career which spanned 16 years and 567 competitive games , Lineker scored a total of 282 goals at club level . Added to the 48 goals he scored in internationals , he managed a total of 330 goals . After his retirement from football he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame . He later led a consortium that invested in his old club Leicester , saving it from bankruptcy , and was appointed honorary vice-president .  He is a keen supporter of Leicester City FC .

neg: Georginio Wijnaldum Georginio Gregion Emile `` Gini '' Wijnaldum ( -LSB- d͡ʒɔrˈd͡ʒiɲoː ʋɛiˈnɑldɵm -RSB- ; born 11 November 1990 ) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team .   A youth product of Eredivisie side Feyenoord , he became the youngest player ever to represent the club when he made his debut in 2007 , and went on to play 134 matches over the course of a five-year spell . Following his departure from Feyernood , Wijnaldum then spent four seasons at PSV Eindhoven where he won the KNVB Cup in the first season and the Eredivisie in the last . He also earned the Dutch Footballer of the Year award during his time in Eindhoven . In 2015 , Wijnaldum joined Premier League side Newcastle United for # 14.5 million , before departing following the club 's relegation a year later to join Liverpool in a # 23 million deal .   Wijnaldum is also a full Dutch international , having earned more than 30 caps since making his debut in 2011 , and was a member of the squad which came third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup .

neg: Ed Slater Edward Slater ( born 1 August 1988 in Leicester ) is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers .   Essentially a lock , his work-rate and physical presence ( 1.98 m , 119 kg ) have helped him earn rave reviews at second row at Leicester Tigers , resulting in call ups to the senior England side .   He began his rugby career at Milton Keynes Rugby Club before moving to Australia . He established himself at Eastern Suburbs RUFC , Sydney , NSW . It was here that he began to really improve , starting in a successful U21 's side and resulting in playing 1st grade rugby for ` The Beasties ' . He also enjoyed a short stint with the NSW Waratahs , where he was signed on a Junior contract . After a short trial with Leicester Tigers he joined Nottingham at the opening stages of the playoff campaign . Here he played alongside current teammate Tom Youngs . His performances in the Championship playoffs and for the Tigers ' development side earned him a move to his hometown club , Leicester Tigers in the summer of 2010 .   He provided excellent cover for long-term injuries to England international locks Louis Deacon and Geoff Parling whilst the retirements of Ben Kay and Richard Blaze allowed Slater to break through to the first team squad . Slater 's consistent performances earned him Tigers ' Player of the Month award in October 2010 and he went on to make over 30 appearances for the club in his first season . In the same season he helped Tigers top the leaderboard and make it to the Aviva Premiership final in the 2010-2011 season . Since then , Slater has gone on to claim his first call up to the England Saxons squad .   A successful 2012/2013 campaign culminated in a Premiership winners medal for Slater where he was also rewarded for some fine form with a call up to the senior England Squad . Unfortunately an injury sustained in the Aviva Premiership final ruled him out of the tour shortly after being selected . He did however return the following season , captaining Leicester Tigers for the last 10 games of the season and in the process , earning a call-up to the England squad for both the 2014 Six Nations and the summer tour to New Zealand . He captained England against the Canterbury Crusaders . This was Slater 's first appearance for the senior England side .   He was then named captain for the Tigers in the 14/15 and 15/16 seasons although injured for the majority of the 14/15 season he came back at the end of the season and made Stuart Lancaster 's World Cup 51 man training squad .

neg: Xabi Alonso Xabier Alonso Olano ( -LSB- ˈʃaβi aˈlons̺o oˈlano -RSB- , -LSB- ˈ ( t ) ʃaβj aˈlonso oˈlano -RSB- ; born 25 November 1981 ) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central midfielder .   Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad , the main team of his home province Gipuzkoa . After a brief loan period at Eibar , he returned to Sociedad where then-manager John Toshack appointed Alonso as his team captain . Alonso succeeded in the role , taking Real Sociedad to second place in the 2002 -- 03 season . He moved to Liverpool in August 2004 for # 10.5 million . He won the UEFA Champions League in his first season at the club , under manager Rafael Benítez , scoring the equalising goal in the Final against Milan . The following season , he won the FA Cup and the FA Community Shield . He moved to Real Madrid for the start of the 2009 -- 10 season in a deal worth around # 30 million . After five seasons at the club , winning honours including a league title in 2012 and the Champions League in 2014 , he was signed by Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a two-year contract .   He made his international debut for Spain in April 2003 in a 4 -- 0 victory against Ecuador . While playing for Spain , Alonso has won Euro 2008 , Euro 2012 and the 2010 World Cup , and he has also represented his country at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup . On 23 June 2012 , Alonso won his 100th cap for Spain in the quarter-final of Euro 2012 against France ; he celebrated the occasion by scoring both of Spain 's goals to send them into the semi-finals . Following Spain 's failure to progress out of the group stages at the 2014 World Cup , Alonso retired from international football on 27 August 2014 . His 114 caps make him the fifth-most capped player in the nation 's history .

neg: Ryan Giggs Ryan Joseph Giggs , OBE ( né Wilson ; born 29 November 1973 ) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the co-owner of Salford City . He played his entire professional career for Manchester United .   The son of rugby league player Danny Wilson , Giggs was born in Cardiff but moved to Manchester at the age of six when his father joined Swinton RLFC . Predominantly a left winger , he began his career with Manchester City , but joined Manchester United on his 14th birthday in 1987 . He made his professional debut for the club in 1991 and spent the next 23 years in the Manchester United first team . At the end of the 2013 -- 14 season , he was named as Manchester United 's interim player-manager following the sacking of David Moyes . He was named as assistant manager under Moyes ' permanent replacement , Louis van Gaal , on 19 May 2014 ; he retired from playing the same day . He holds the club record for competitive appearances . At international level , Giggs played for the Wales national team 64 times between 1991 and 2007 , and was named as the captain of the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics . He is one of only 18 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances .   Giggs is the one of the most decorated players in football history . During his time at United , he won 13 Premier League winner 's medals , four FA Cup winner 's medals , three League Cup winner 's medals , two UEFA Champions League winner 's medals , a FIFA Club World Cup winners medal , an Intercontinental Cup winner 's medal , a UEFA Super Cup winner 's medal and nine FA Community Shield winner 's medals . Giggs captained the team on numerous occasions , particularly in the 2007 -- 08 season when regular captain Gary Neville was ruled out with various injuries .   Giggs also has a number of personal achievements . He was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards ( 1992 and 1993 ) , though he did not win the PFA Player of the Year award until 2009 . He was the only player to play in each of the first 22 seasons of the Premier League , as well as the only player to score in each of the first 21 seasons . He was elected into the PFA Team of the Century in 2007 , the Premier League Team of the Decade in 2003 , as well as the FA Cup Team of the Century . Giggs holds the record for the most assists in Premier League history , with 271 . He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009 . In addition to the many honours Giggs has received within football , he was appointed an OBE in the Queen 's 2007 Birthday Honours List for his services to football .

neg: 2013–14 Everton F.C. season The 2013 -- 14 season was Everton 's 22nd season in the Premier League and 60th consecutive season in the top division of English football . It was also Everton 's 115th season of league football and 117th season in all competitions . It was the first season without David Moyes as manager since 2002 , with Moyes leaving Everton to succeed Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United . In addition , the club crest was redesigned ahead of this season for the first time since 2000 . On 5 June 2013 , Roberto Martínez was announced as the new Everton manager , having left his post at relegated FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic . Everton finished in sixth position in the domestic league in the previous season , missing out on qualification for the UEFA Europa League , meaning it failed to qualify for any European competitions for the fourth season running .   Everton 's Premier League campaign began in August 2013 with Martínez changing their style of play to a possession based , attractive brand of football which initially led to three successive draws to start the season . A first victory came in the next match 1 -- 0 against Chelsea and by Christmas Everton had only suffered one defeat , a run which included a win over Moyes ' Manchester United , the first time the club had tasted success at Old Trafford in 21 years . The team almost went an entire year unbeaten at home but lost 1 -- 0 against Sunderland on Boxing Day . Everton 's progress stalled somewhat in the early part of 2014 with three losses in four games against Liverpool , Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea , before winning seven league games in a row for the first time since 1987 . The spell contained perhaps Everton 's best performance of the season when they defeated Arsenal 3 -- 0 . The streak was ended with a 3 -- 2 home defeat by Crystal Palace , but Everton returned to do the double over Manchester United for the first time since 1969 . Moyes was sacked as their manager a day later . Two defeats in a row after this ended Everton 's Champions League hopes but a finish of 5th in the league table is their highest in five years with Everton qualifying for next season 's Europa League . Martínez utilised the loan market during the season , with Romelu Lukaku ( on loan from Chelsea ) being Everton 's top scorer with 16 goals in all competitions . The emergence of young players such as Ross Barkley , John Stones and summer signing James McCarthy was also a feature of his debut season in charge , with Barkley going on to be selected for England 's World Cup squad . Right back Séamus Coleman was named Everton 's player of the year .   In the cup competitions Everton lost in the sixth round of the FA Cup ( entered at round three ) and the third round of the League Cup ( entered at round two ) .