query: Morena Baccarin was passed over for the role of Adria.

pos: Morena Baccarin Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin ( -LSB- moˈɾenɐ ˈbakaɾĩ -RSB- ; born June 2 , 1979 ) is a Brazilian American actress . She is known for portraying Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity , Adria in the series Stargate SG-1 and the follow-up film Stargate : The Ark of Truth , Anna in the 2009 version of the series V , Vanessa in the superhero comedy film Deadpool , and Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland ( for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 ) . She plays the role of Dr. Leslie Thompkins in the Fox television series Gotham .

neg: Adrienne Adrienne is the French feminine form of the male name Adrien . Its meaning is literally `` from the city Hadria . ''  It also means `` the dark one '' .

neg: Dana Delany Dana Welles Delany ( born March 13 , 1956 ) is an American film , stage , and television actress , producer , presenter , and health activist . Delany has been active in show business since the late 1970s . Following small roles early in her career , Delany garnered her first leading role in 1987 in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sweet Surrender and achieved wider fame in 1988 -- 1991 as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach , for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards ( 1989 , 1992 ) . She received further recognition for her performances in the films Light Sleeper ( 1992 ) , Tombstone ( 1993 ) , Exit to Eden ( 1994 ) , The Margaret Sanger Story ( 1995 ) , Fly Away Home ( 1996 ) , True Women ( 1997 ) , and Wide Awake ( 1998 ) . Since the mid-1990s , Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation .   In the 2000s , Delany returned to television with a string of short-lived television series beginning with Pasadena ( 2001 ) , Presidio Med ( 2002 -- 2003 ) , and Kidnapped ( 2006 -- 2007 ) . From 2007 to 2010 , Delany played Katherine Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives .   In the 2010s , from 2011 to 2013 , Delany played the lead role of Megan Hunt on the ABC drama series Body of Proof . In 2014 , she began her co-starring role as Crystal Harris in the Amazon drama series Hand of God , which has been ordered to full series by Amazon Studios in October 2014 .   Most recently , in 2015 , she had a recurring guest role in the short-lived FX sitcom The Comedians as Julie , the wife of Billy Crystal , playing a fictionalized version of himself . On July 23 , 2015 , the series was cancelled after one season .   Delany is also a voice actress . She played Lois Lane in the DC animated universe as well as in The Batman animated series . In an interview , she said she loves to play `` complicated characters '' .

neg: Alondra (telenovela) Alondra is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1995 . The story based on Casandra created by Yolanda Vargas Dulché . For personal reasons Yolanda Vargas Dulché change the name of Casandra to Alondra in honor of her granddaughter Alondra de la Parra .   Ana Colchero , Ernesto Laguardia and Gonzalo Vega starred as protagonists , while Beatriz Sheridan starred as main antagonist . Verónica Merchant , Fernando Colunga , Mónica Sánchez , Ernesto Godoy , Joel Núñez , Juan Manuel Bernal and the leading actors Marga López , Eric del Castillo , Jorge Martínez de Hoyos , Beatriz Aguirre , Héctor Gómez , Amparo Arozamena , Blanca Torres , Queta Carrasco , Dina de Marco Guillermo Murray , Sergio Klainer and Queta Lavat starred as stellar performances .

neg: Chiquititas (1997 telenovela) Chiquititas , also known as Chiquititas Brasil is the Brazilian version of the Argentine telenovela Chiquititas .  Produced and aired from 1997 to 2001 by SBT , in association with Telefe , the show starred Brazilian actresses Flávia Monteiro as Carolina `` Carol '' Correia , Fernanda Souza as Mili , and Débora Falabella , as Estrela , being the last two 's careers debut .   Based on the original version of same name created and produced by Cris Morena , the series tells the story of a group of orphans that live in a manor , known as Raio de Luz , whose lives are touched and changed by Carol . Their experiences such as discovering first love , deceptions , loneliness and friendship , as well as adventures in fantasy , are depicted throughout the series . The narrative is enhanced by musical themes and videos .  The Brazilian series ran for five seasons until SBT 's contract with Telefe ended in 2001 .   On September 19 , 2012 , SBT announced a new version of Chiquititas , which premiered on July 15 , 2013 following the good ratings obtained by the 2012 remake of Carrusel . Unlike Chiquititas Brasil , the new Chiquititas production is completely made in Brazil , and is the first without involviment of Cris Morena .

neg: Katie Cassidy Katherine Evelyn Anita `` Katie '' Cassidy ( born November 25 , 1986 ) is an American actress . After initially appearing in minor television roles , she made her film debut in When a Stranger Calls ( 2006 ) . During the same year , she also had her first starring role as Kelli Presley in Black Christmas ( 2006 ) . In 2007 , Cassidy gained attention for her role as Ruby on the supernatural-horror television series Supernatural , during its third season . She later had a supporting role in Taken . In 2009 , Cassidy became a cast member of the series Harper 's Island and Melrose Place , both of which lasted for only one season . During 2010 , she had a supporting role in A Nightmare on Elm Street and a recurring role during the fourth season of Gossip Girl .   Cassidy had her breakthrough in 2012 , after being cast as Laurel Lance / Black Canary , one of the main protagonists on the television series Arrow , which spawned an entire franchise known as the Arrowverse . Cassidy reprises her role in The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow and voiced the character in the animated web series Vixen . Following her character 's death , Cassidy began playing Laurel Lance / Black Siren , an antagonistic version of her character from a parallel universe , starting in The Flash and continuing on to Arrow . Because of her roles in numerous horror films ( most of which are remakes of classics of the genre ) which include her feature film debut When a Stranger Calls ( 2006 ) , The Lost ( 2006 ) , Black Christmas ( 2006 ) , and A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 2010 ) , she has been called a modern-day scream queen .

neg: Sharon Stone Sharon Yvonne Stone ( born March 10 , 1958 ) is an American actress , film producer , and former fashion model .   Stone first came to attention for her role in the miniseries War and Remembrance ( 1989 ) and early mainstream prominence followed with her part in Paul Verhoeven 's Total Recall ( 1990 ) . She became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition with her starring role as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film , the erotic thriller Basic Instinct ( 1992 ) , for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . She won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Martin Scorsese 's Casino ( 1995 ) . She received another two Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty ( 1998 ) and The Muse ( 1999 ) .   Named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005 , Stone 's other notable film roles include Sliver ( 1993 ) , The Specialist ( 1994 ) , The Quick and the Dead ( 1995 ) , If These Walls Could Talk 2 ( 2000 ) , Catwoman ( 2004 ) , Broken Flowers ( 2005 ) , Alpha Dog ( 2006 ) , Bobby ( 2006 ) , Lovelace ( 2013 ) , and Fading Gigolo ( 2013 ) . Stone has made guest-appearances in The Practice ( 2004 ) , winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series , and in Law & Order : Special Victims Unit ( 2010 ) . She starred in the short-lived series Agent X ( 2015 ) .

neg: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (season 2) The second season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager , an American television series created by Brenda Hampton , debuted on the ABC Family television network on Monday , June 22 , 2009 at 8:00 PM . Season two regular cast members include Shailene Woodley , India Eisley , Daren Kagasoff , Francia Raisa , Kenny Baumann , Molly Ringwald , Mark Derwin , Megan Park , and Greg Finley II . Following the first season , Jorge Pallo and Luke Zimmerman were demoted to recurring guest stars . Jorge returned for a select number of episodes to wrap up his character 's storyline and eventually departed the series after its January return .   Following the success of its first season , ABC Family announced on January 31 , 2009 , plans to renew Secret Life , following the cancellation of its hit sci-fi TV show , Kyle XY . The official press release was released on February 9 with ABC Family ordering 24 episodes for season two . Season 2 began with 12 episodes broadcast starting June 22 , 2009 . Though marketed as the season finale , the mid season finale aired on September 7 , 2009 , with the second half of the season returning on January 4 , 2010 . The second 12 episodes finished their run on March 22 , 2010 .   The season premiere of Secret Life brought in the largest audience for the show so far , with a record breaking 4.68 million viewers . It brought in the second largest audience in adults 18-34 with 1.40 million viewers , behind season one 's mid-season finale . 2.10 million adults 18-49 watched `` The Big One '' along with 1.60 million females between the ages 18 -- 34 . The season premiere remains the number one scripted original premiere of Summer 2009 in Adults 18-34 . Furthermore , the mid-season premiere became ABC Family 's most watched telecast of all time with viewers ages 12 -- 34 with more than three million viewers watching . The mid-season premiere also brought in the show 's second largest audience in total viewers , with more than 4.55 million people watching .   This season , Amy Juergens must deal with juggling motherhood and high school , while her family and friends experience relationship challenges of their own .

neg: Letitia Dean Letitia Jane Dean ( born 14 November 1967 ) is an English actress and singer . She is known for her role as Sharon Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders . An original cast member from 1985 to 1995 , she reprised the role from 2001 to 2006 , and again from 2012 onwards .   In 1986 , along with Paul Medford , Dean had a UK Top 20 hit with `` Something Outa Nothing '' . Her other television roles include The Hello Girls ( 1996 -- 98 ) , and Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married ( 1999 -- 2000 ) . In 2007 , she participated in the fifth series of the popular BBC dance competition Strictly Come Dancing , finishing fourth . On stage , she starred in the West End production of High School Musical in 2008 , and in the UK touring production of Calendar Girls in 2010 .

neg: A Moreninha (telenovela) A Moreninha is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo . It premiered on 25 October 1965 and ended on 10 December 1965 , with a total of 35 episodes . It 's the second `` novela das sete '' to be aired on the timeslot . It is created by Moysés Weltman and directed by Otávio Graça Mello .

neg: Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry , and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions . It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC , from October 3 , 2004 to May 13 , 2012 . Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner . Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily , George W. Perkins , John Pardee , Joey Murphy , David Grossman , and Larry Shaw .   Set on Wisteria Lane , a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State , Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their late friend and neighbor who committed suicide in the pilot episode . The storyline covers 13 years of the women 's lives over eight seasons , set between the years 2004 -- 2008 , and later 2013 -- 2017 ( the story arc includes a five-year passage of time , as well as flashbacks ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s ) . They work through domestic struggles and family life , while facing the secrets , crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their -- on the surface -- beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood .   The series features an ensemble cast , headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer , Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo , Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp , and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis . Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young , appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences .   Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike . It won multiple Primetime Emmy , Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards . From the 2004 -- 05 through the 2008 -- 09 television seasons , its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series . In 2007 , it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide , with an audience of approximately 120 million and was also reported as the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries . In 2012 , it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide , which measured ratings across five continents ; it has held this position since 2006 . Moreover , it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010 , with $ 2.74 million per half an hour . The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list .   In 2011 , it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season ; the series finale aired on May 13 , 2012 . By the end of the series , it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes .

neg: Maria Karnilova Maria Karnilova ( August 3 , 1920 -- April 20 , 2001 ) was an American dancer and actress . She was initially known legally as Maria Karniloff .   She was born in Hartford , Connecticut , the daughter of Filip and Stefanida Dovgolenko ( or Dowholonok ) , emigrants from Tsarist Russia . The family later moved to Brooklyn , New York . She started her professional career in 1927 in the Children 's Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera and joined the corps when Ballet Theater , now American Ballet Theater , was founded in 1939 . She adopted the name Karniloff , and later , Karnilova as her professional name . Her professional surname was often ascribed as her own mother 's maiden name , however , that is inaccurate as her mother 's maiden name was `` Shlonskaya '' .   Karnilova made her Broadway debut in 1946 in Call Me Mister . She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the original 1964 production of Fiddler on the Roof starring Zero Mostel and was nominated as Best Actress in a Musical for Zorba ( 1968 ) .   Other Broadway credits include Miss Liberty ( 1949 ) , Two 's Company ( 1952 ) , Jerome Robbins ' Ballet : U.S.A. ( 1958 ) , Gypsy ( as the original `` Tessie Tura '' ; 1959 ) , Bravo Giovanni ( 1962 ) , Gigi ( 1973 ) , God 's Favorite ( 1974 ) , Bring Back Birdie ( 1981 ) , and the 1981 revival of Fiddler . Her film credits include The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( 1964 ) and Married to the Mob ( 1988 ) .

neg: Fantasia (Brazilian television program) `` Fantasia '' was a Brazilian television program hosted by several female models on SBT . It was an entertainment program in which people could participate in several games and earn money by phoning the program . It debuted on December 1 , 1997 . Many models from the program continued their career on TV .   History of the Program   First Season ( 1997 -- 1998 )   The first season , which was the most successful one , debuted on December 1 , 1997 , at 4:30 pm . It was hosted by Adriana Colin , Débora Rodrigues , Jackeline Petkovic and Valéria Balbi , and directed by Paulo Santoro . In March 1998 , Valéria Balbi left the program and the former dancers Amanda Françozo and Tânia Mara became hosts . The first season of the program ended on August 15 , 1998 . The official announcement of the cancellation of the program happened one day before its end . The reason why the program was canceled was that , since the month of April , the audience rate had been decreasing .   Second Season ( 1998 -- 1999 )   On November 1 , 1998 , the program was back on Sundays , at midday , and it was hosted by Carla Perez .   The program had some changes . The main change was the inclusion of musical attractions in addition to the games . Carla Perez also used to dance with her guests . The program was canceled again in August 1999 .   Third Season ( 2000 )   On January 8 , 2000 , the program is back on the schedule of SBT , on Saturdays , from 2:15 pm to 7:20 pm . It was hosted by Celso Portiolli , Márcia Goldschmidt , Christina Rocha , Otávio Mesquita and Lu Barsotti .   The program kept the same background and some of the dancers . It was canceled on June 10 , 2000 .   Fourth Season ( 2007 -- 2008 )   On Tuesday , October 30 , 2007 , the program is back from 1:00 am to 3:00 am , being hosted by Helen Ganzarolli , Caco Rodrigues and Luiz Bacci . On the second day , Bacci had already left the program , which was then hosted only by Helen and Caco .   In the fourth season , the format remained similar to the one of the previous seasons . The main changes were the reduction of the quantity of dancers ( the number was reduced from 75 to 35 girls ) and their clothes ( in the three previous seasons , they wore shorts and colored shirts ; in the fourth season , they wore bikinis ) .   Between December 24 and January 12 , due to Christmas and New Year seasons , the program ran in the afternoon , at 3:00 pm , and the length of the program was reduced to one hour . On January 14 , the program started to run during the early hours of the day again , with its normal length of two hours .   On Monday , March 10 , 2008 , the program was back to the afternoon , starting at 2:00 pm . However , seven days later , the program was canceled .   The fourth season of the program started on Tuesday , October 30 , 2007 and ended on Monday , March 17 , 2008 .   Hosts   Adriana Colin ( 1997 -- 1998 )  Débora Rodrigues ( 1997 -- 1998 )  Jackeline Petkovic ( 1997 -- 1998 )  Valéria Balbi ( 1997 -- 1998 )  Amanda Françozo ( 1998 )  Tânia Mara ( 1998 )  Carla Perez ( 1998 -- 1999 )  Celso Portiolli ( 2000 )  Márcia Goldschmidt ( 2000 )  Christina Rocha ( 2000 )  Otávio Mesquita ( 2000 )  Lu Barsotti ( 2000 )  Helen Ganzarolli ( 2007 -- 2008 )  Caco Rodrigues ( 2007 -- 2008 )  Luiz Bacci ( 2007 )   Directors   Paulo Santoro - First , second and third seasons .  Caco Rodrigues - Fourth season .   Fantasia girls ( 1997 -- 2008 )   Adriana Henriques Nunes  Alexssandra Lima  Aline Franco  Aline Hauck  Amanda Françozo  Ana Lívia Montagna  Ana Luísa ( Luisa )  Ana Rodrigues  Ana Santiago  Andressa Modro  Angela Sanche Artero  Angélica Baldini  Ariana Nasi  Ariane  Aretha  Bel  Bruna Ganzarolli  Carina Lima  Carla Castilho  Carla  Carol Porcelli  Carol Lopes  Cátia Medeiros  Cátia Verpa  Cíntia Assis  Cláudia Garcia  Cinthia Lee  Cristiane Sousa  Cristiane Diniz  Cristina  Daiane  Daiane Amêndola  Daiane Carnaes  Dani Sachetti  Dani Sobreira  Daniela de Gea  Daniela Marcondes  Daniele Fellit  Danielle França  Danielle Santos  Dayse Conrado  Deborah Abreu  Débora Settim ( the only girl who participated in the four seasons of the program )  Denise Catão  Denise Venturine  Diana Santana  Diovana  Ester  Elisabete Soares ( Bete )  Ellen Roche  Érica Vieira  Eveline Paschoalino  Fabiana Bueno  Fabiana Almeida  Fernanda Boaventura ( Nanda )  Fernanda Did  Fernanda Garcia  Fernanda Morais  Fernanda Vasconcellos  Flávia Andrade  Flávia Cristina  Flávia Vega  Gabriela Roncatti  Gláucia Dinis  Giovana Simioni  Giovanna  Hellen Pinheiro  Izabella Camargo  Ivy Giorge  Jade Karen  Jéssica Moreira  Joyce Ribeiro  Joyce Hernandes  Juliana Domingues  Juliana Kraieski  Juliana Lima  Juliana Scodeler  Julianinha  Jussara Binotto  Karen Ern  Kate Frazão  Kátia Volkland  Larissa Guerrero  Leslie Balzano  Lídia Dickel  Lilian Ramos  Lívia Andrade  Lívia Lemos  Luana  Luane Pellegrino ( Lua )  Luciana Fontes  Luma Simões  Marcela Couto  Mariana Campos ( Mari )  Maryanne Mayumi  Michele Lozzo  Michele Ruiz  Michelle Nunes  Milena Fraga  Milene Uehara  Mirella Ferraz  Mônica Nucci  Monalisa Celeste  Natália Premici  Natalie Firmino  Nathalie Guilmoto ( Naty )  Pâmela Carvalho  Patty Beijo  Patrícia Prado  Patrícia Salvador  Paula Liebert  Paula Magalhães  Poliana  Pollyana Morbach ( Polly )  Priscila Annunciato  Queila Arantes  Rabech Lima  Rafaella Viscardi  Rebech Lima  Renata Dias  Renata Fukumura  Renata Nomura  Renata Ponte  Renata Paschoal  Renata Sayuri  Re Zoéga  Roberta ( Beterraba )  Roberta Carbone  Rosane Muniz  Sabrina Caldana  Sabrina Rosa  Sandra Garcia  Sara Prado  Selma Roth  Silvia Burigo  Simone Bayer  Simone ( Cacau )  Simone Mattos  Simone Siqueira  Solange Cunha  Sttephannie Morais  Suelen Gongalves  Suellen Barreto  Talita Colucci  Talita Paganotti ( Talitinha )  Tânia Mara  Tatiana de Paiva  Tatiane Cortês  Tatiane Marques ( Tati )  Tati Hudson  Thaís  Thaís ( 2007 - 2008 version )  Thais Ortega  Vanessa Balsamo  Vanessa Cesnik  Vanessa Masan  Vanessa Zotth  Veronica  Vick  Vivian  Vivi Fernandez  Viviane Porto  Wanessa Morgado  Wanessa Siqueira

neg: Soap opera rapid aging syndrome Soap opera rapid aging syndrome ( SORAS ) is the practice of accelerating the age of a television or film character ( usually a child or teenager ) in conflict with the timeline of a series and/or the real-world progression of time . This allows for , for instance , storylines around a pregnancy and birth to be relatively quickly followed by storylines around the travails of that child as a teenager or young adult . This is usually accomplished by recasting the actor playing the part , although in some cases the character is not shown onscreen , only mentioned , until after they have been `` rapidly aged '' .   The process originated ( and is most commonly used ) in daytime soap operas , though it is also sometimes used in prime time shows . On sitcoms , a newborn infant character is sometimes aged quickly into a kindergartner , for greater comic potential , as was done with the character Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains in 1990 .   The term was coined by Soap Opera Weekly founding editor-in-chief Mimi Torchin in the early days of the magazine , which began publishing in 1989 . It is now widely used in the soap opera media and is sometimes used as a verb as well ( `` the character was SORASed '' ) . Torchin has jokingly called it `` my one greatest contribution to the world of soap operas . ''

neg: Clarice Blackburn Clarice Blackburn ( February 26 , 1921 -- August 5 , 1995 ) was an American actress who portrayed three different characters on Dark Shadows . She was born in San Francisco , California but because her father was a salesman , Blackburn and her family moved around a great deal and made their home in Wisconsin , Arizona , Louisiana and Texas after California .   She earned a Bachelor 's Degree in speech and drama at the Texas State College for Women , then made her professional debut in 1947 on Martha 's Vineyard in The Circle of Chalk . An outstanding performance in an Equity Library Theater production of The Great Big Doorstep in 1950 led to a job as understudy for Eva Gabor in The Happy Time on Broadway . The Happy Time starred Shirley Booth , with whom Clarice would appear again on Broadway in The Desk Set in 1955 . Clarice 's other stage credits included a lead role in a 1953 revival of The Glass Harp , a critically acclaimed lead in American Gothic , also in 1953 and also performed at Circle in the Square ; The Infernal Machine in 1958 ; Juno on Broadway in 1959 ; The Miracle Worker on Broadway in 1961 ; and The Queen and the Rebels and Good Day , both in 1965 . During the 1965 -- 66 season , Clarice won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance as Sara Calendar in The Exhaustion of Our Son 's Love .   Blackburn had extensive experience acting in the soap opera genre . She played a baby nurse & a college dean on the CBS soap opera Love of Life in the early 1960s . She played Theodora Rostand on NBC 's soap opera The Doctors from 1965 to 1966 , then moved on to ABC 's Dark Shadows in the fall of 1966 and over the course of the next four years would play three different characters : Mrs. Sarah Johnson , Abigail Collins and Minerva Trask . When her appearances on the show began to lessen , she gladly accepted the opportunity to create the role of Mary Lou Northcote on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm during the first half of 1970 . Blackburn made a few additional appearances on Dark Shadows , making her final appearance in September , 1970 . Even before she made her final appearance on Dark Shadows , Blackburn signed a long term contract to play Amy Snowden on CBS 's Where the Heart Is , a role she played until the series left the air in 1973 .   She moved over to One Life to Live on ABC playing Hattie Frederichs , then back to CBS to As the World Turns playing Marion Connelly , R.N. and finally to Guiding Light where she played Edith Spurrier . In addition to the soaps , Blackburn guest starred in an episode of The Eternal Light entitled `` A Field of Buttercups '' in 1969 and on a Saturday morning children 's special , Toby , in 1970 .  She also guest starred in an episode of the late night TV series Directions .   During the 1974 -- 1975 season , Blackburn guest-starred in at least five episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater series .   In addition to acting on soaps , Blackburn was a writer for Love of Life and was part of the Emmy-winning writing staff of All My Children .   Blackburn 's primetime TV credits include guest roles on The Defenders , The Nurses , East Side/West Side , Armstrong Circle Theatre , Dupont Show of the Month , U.S. Steel Hour , Robert Montgomery Presents , The Big Story , Kraft Theatre , Studio One , N.Y.P.D. and the 1967 Xerox TV drama special The Crucible .   Blackburn appeared in the motion pictures The Violators , Pretty Poison , Night of Dark Shadows and Man on a Swing . Clarice was asked to bring her Dark Shadows character , Mrs. Johnson , to the big screen in House of Dark Shadows , but at the time she was under contract to The Secret Storm and her schedule on the soap was too heavy for her to get away for the filming . The role was instead played by actress Barbara Cason , who was married to Dark Shadows actor Dennis Patrick .   She died in New York City from cancer at age 74 .

neg: Gina Roma Gina Roma is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless , portrayed by Patty Weaver .

neg: Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug habit at age 15 , runs away from home , and eventually dies of a drug overdose . Attributed to `` Anonymous '' , the book is in diary form , and was originally presented as being the edited `` real diary '' of the unnamed teenage protagonist . Questions about the book 's authenticity and true authorship began to arise in the late 1970s , and it is now generally viewed as a work of fiction written by Beatrice Sparks , a therapist and author who went on to write numerous other books purporting to be real diaries of troubled teenagers . Some sources have also named Linda Glovach as a co-author of the book .   Intended for a young adult audience , Go Ask Alice became a widely popular bestseller . It was initially praised for conveying a powerful message about the dangers of drug abuse , but more recently has been criticized as poorly written anti-drug propaganda and also as a literary hoax . Nevertheless , its popularity has endured , and as of 2014 it had remained continuously in print since its publication over four decades earlier . Go Ask Alice has also ranked among the most frequently challenged books for several decades due to its use of profanity and explicit references to sex and rape , as well as drugs .   The book was adapted into the 1973 television film Go Ask Alice , starring Jamie Smith-Jackson and William Shatner . In 1976 , a stage play of the same name , written by Frank Shiras and based on the book , was also published .

neg: Adrianne Palicki Adrianne Lee Palicki ( born May 6 , 1983 ) is an American actress best known for her roles as Tyra Collette in the television series Friday Night Lights ( 2006 -- 2011 ) and supporting roles in the films Legion ( 2010 ) , Red Dawn ( 2012 ) , G.I. Joe : Retaliation ( 2013 ) , and John Wick ( 2014 ) . She played Barbara `` Bobbi '' Morse on the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ( 2014 -- 2016 ) .

neg: The Seven Descents of Myrtle The Seven Descents of Myrtle is a play by Tennessee Williams . It originally began as a short story , which Williams then turned into a one-act play , and then later revised it into the seven-act play that is accepted today . Its title character is reminiscent of another Williams ' heroine , Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire .   Originally titled Kingdom of Earth , the serio-comic play focuses on Lot , a tubercular neurotic youth who is an impotent transvestite overly attached to the memory of his late mother . He has returned to his ancestral home , a decaying house on the edge of a river on the verge of overflowing , with his new bride Myrtle , a sometime prostitute and former showgirl , the sole survivor of the Five Memphis Hot Shots . She dwells in a fantasy world of romantic illusions , one of which is to nurse Lot back to health so they can consummate their marriage , but soon discovers Lot only wants to use her to steal the deed to the property from his multiracial half-brother Chicken , who has lived on and farmed the property for years . Once he meets Myrtle , he gets some romantic designs of his own .   The Broadway production was produced by David Merrick and directed by José Quintero . After two previews , it opened on March 27 , 1968 , at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and closed after 29 performances . It starred Brian Bedford as Lot , Harry Guardino as Chicken , and Estelle Parsons as Myrtle . She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play .   In 1970 , the play was adapted to a feature film and released under the title Last of the Mobile Hot Shots ( aka `` Blood Kin '' ) .   A 1975 production in London , at the Greenwood Theatre , starring Marianne Faithfull as Myrtle , was cancelled after just three performances when Ms Faithfull fell ill with peritonitis .   In 1976 , the play had its West Coast premiere at The Pasadena Repertory Theatre located in The Hotel Carver in Pasadena , California . It starred Marie Peckinpah as Myrtle , Duane Waddell as Chicken , and Ed Harris as Lot . It featured a remarkable three story , rain-drenched set by Howard Whalen . The play was presented under Williams ' original title `` Kingdom of Earth '' and ran for approximately 24 weekend performances over three months . It was directed by Gill Dennis , with executive producer Duane Waddell , and produced by Kevin Cloud Brechner .   In 1991 , the play was produced in the UK at the Redgrave Theatre , Farnham starring Kit Hollerbach as Myrtle , Stephen Hattersley as Chicken and Marc Warren as Lot in a production directed by Bill Bankes-Jones . Stephen Hattersley won Best Actor 1991 in the TMA Awards for his performance in this production .   In 2011 it was revived at the Print Room in Notting Hill , under its alternative title Kingdom of Earth , directed by Lucy Bailey .   In 2012 , Tom Hiddleston did a reading of the short story version for the series Stories Before Bedtime at the Criterion-Theatre in the United Kingdom . This short story is a more erotic version written in the first person from the perspective of Chicken .

neg: Gia Mantegna Gina `` Gia '' Cristine Mantegna ( born April 17 , 1990 ) is an American actress .

neg: Diana Franco Diana Franco was born in Cali , Colombia and in 1982 moved to New York City , where she lived and studied . In 1988 , in a nationwide televised competition , Franco was crowned Miss Colombia USA . Franco became a TV commercial and editorial model and in December 1990 appeared on her first cover of Cosmopolitan en Español . In Peru , La Modelo Latina Pageant 1991 awarded her La Silueta Diet-Coke title . In 1992 , Franco was approached to participate in Buscando Estrellas Con Budweiser , the Spanish-version of Star Search , where - once again -- won first place . Later that same year , Cover Girl Make-Up chose her to be one of the faces for their TV campaigns for the Hispanic market alongside of Barbara Palacios ( Miss Universe 1986 ) .   After traveling and working around the world , including places such as Taipei , Istanbul and Hong Kong , Franco decided to stay in the U.S. to pursue her acting career in her native language.In 1992 Salvese Quien Pueda ( SQP ) , a weekly comedy show that aired on the Telemundo Network made her part of their regular cast . In SQP she developed and often played Vicky Bikini , a girl who always did her errands wearing only a bikini , high hills and a handbag so she would never have to make a line . Vicky Bikini soon became one of the shows most requested characters .   In 1995 , Univision Network hired Franco as the female VJ for Caliente , one of its most widely seen weekend TV shows . Caliente gave Franco the opportunity to interact with her young Latino audience while traveling to exotic beaches around the world . Two years later , Franco was asked to be part of Edición Especial ( Telemundo Network ) , which earned her the anchor star status in the Spanish market . She was also in charged of hosting most of Telemundo 's specials for the network . In 1998 she landed the role of Sylvia La Rosen in Safe Harbor ( Aaron Spelling ) which aired in WB Network . Glamour en Español magazine recognized her with the Most Glamorous Woman Award 1998 and in 1999 People en Español places Franco as one of the `` 25 Most Beautiful People '' along with faces such as Salma Hayek and Ricky Martin .   In 2002 , Franco traveled back to her native Colombia to portray Sandra , a cocaine manufacturer in the soap opera El Precio del Silencio ( Telefutura Network ) . In October 2006 , Franco had the opportunity to be part of the very-selected cast of the short film : Marrying God ( AFI ) where she played Maricela , the single mother of Lola played by Ashlyn Sanchez ( Crash ) and Ivy played by Alexa Vega ( Spy Kids ) . Franco has also developed the `` Life Style Specialist '' title , and is often featured in US Spanish TV station across the nation .   In Pecados Ajenos , a Telemundo Studios production , Franco played Lola , the cellmate of Natalia - played by Lorena Rojas - and later , Oficial Joyer , in El Rostro de Analía alongside of Elizabeth Gutiérrez .   At the end of 2009 , Franco was called to play Berta , a lonely bitter architect designer in the new version of Perro Amor , but due to a skiing accident , where she suffered several fractures , her role was eventually withdrawn . It took her several months to recuperate from her injuries .   In 2010 , Franco became part of the selected cast of the new version of the Chilean soap opera , Alguien Te Mira ( 2010 ) , produced this time by Telemundo Television Studios in the USA . Franco portrays Dolores `` Lola '' Morandé , a housewife that has everything under control , except a couple of pounds of over weight , until she meets a very troubled woman that is determined to make her life miserable and hopes one day to take her place as the wife of her perfect husband .


query: Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis encompasses Martigues.

pos: Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis ( métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence ) is a French intercommunality formed on , encompassing the urban agglomerations of Marseille , Aix-en-Provence , Aubagne , Martigues and other smaller towns in the suburbs of Marseille , in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement .

neg: 14th arrondissement of Marseille The 14th arrondissement of Marseille is one of the 16 arrondissements of Marseille .

neg: Lyon Lyon ( -LSB- liːˈɒn -RSB- or -LSB- ˈliːɒn -RSB- -LSB- ljɔ̃ -RSB- , locally : -LSB- lijɔ̃ -RSB- Liyon -LSB- - frpʎjɔ̃ -RSB- ) is a city in east-central France , in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , about 470 km from Paris , 320 km from Marseille and 55 km from Saint-Etienne . Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais .   Lyon had a population of 506,615 in 2014 and is France 's third-largest city after Paris and Marseille . Lyon is the capital of the Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . The metropolitan area of Lyon had a population of 2,237,676 in 2013 , the second-largest in France after Paris .   The city is known for its cuisine and gastronomy and historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk .   It played a significant role in the history of cinema : Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematographe in Lyon . The city is also known for its famous light festival , Fête des Lumières , which occurs every 8 December and lasts for four days , earning Lyon the title of Capital of Lights .   Economically , Lyon is a major centre for banking , as well as for the chemical , pharmaceutical , and biotech industries . The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games , and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector . Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol , Euronews , and International Agency for Research on Cancer . Lyon was ranked 19th globally and second in France for innovation in 2014 . It ranked second in France and 39th globally in Mercer 's 2015 liveability rankings .

neg: Arrondissement of Marseille The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It has 21 communes .

neg: Martisserre Martisserre is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France .

neg: University of Côte d'Azur University of Côte d'Azur ( Université Côte d'Azur ) is the association of universities and higher education institutions ( ComUE ) for institutions of higher education and research in the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . This region also has a separate association between three universities not part of the ComUE : Aix-Marseille University , University of Avignon and University of Toulon .   The university was created as a ComUE according to the 2013 Law on Higher Education and Research ( France ) , effective February 27 , 2015 .

neg: A8 autoroute The A8 autoroute , also known as La Provençale , is a 224 km-long highway in France that runs between Aix-en-Provence and the A7 to the Côte d'Azur .

neg: Puget-sur-Argens Puget-sur-Argens is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .   It is located at 687 kilometres south-east of Paris . It is called Le Pugeton or Lou Puget d'Argèns in French and El Petit Puig in the province to distinguish it from the city formerly more important from Puget-Ville . and is located at the crossing of the Route nationale 7 and the A8 autoroute . The population of Puget-on-Argens has multiplied by four since 1950 and many companies have come to the town . In fact , the strong demographic and economic expansion in direct periphery tends to transform the commune into a suburban residential and working area . Its inhabitants are called Pugétois .

neg: Mazaugues Mazaugues is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .

neg: Auvergne Auvergne ( -LSB- ovɛʁɲ -RSB- ; Auvergnat : Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha ) is a former administrative region of France . Since 1 January 2016 , it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . It comprises four departments : Allier , Puy-de-Dôme , Cantal and Haute-Loire .   The administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne , and includes provinces and areas that historically were not part of Auvergne . The Auvergne region is composed of the following old provinces :   Auvergne : departments of Puy-de-Dôme , Cantal , northwest of Haute-Loire , and extreme south of Allier . The province of Auvergne is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region  Bourbonnais : department of Allier . A small part of Bourbonnais is also contained inside the Centre-Val de Loire region ( south of the department of Cher ) .  Velay : centre and southeast of department of Haute-Loire . Velay is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region .  a small part of Gévaudan : extreme southwest of Haute-Loire . Gévaudan is essentially inside the Languedoc-Roussillon region .  a small part of Vivarais : extreme southeast of Haute-Loire . Vivarais is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes region .  a small part of Forez : extreme northeast of Haute-Loire . Forez is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes region .   Velay , Gévaudan , and Vivarais are often considered to be sub-provinces of the old province of Languedoc . Forez is also often considered to be a sub-province of Lyonnais . Therefore , the modern region of Auvergne is composed of the provinces of Auvergne , major part of Bourbonnais , and parts of Languedoc and Lyonnais .   The region is home to a chain of volcanoes known collectively as the `` chaîne des Puys '' . The last confirmed eruption was around 4040 BCE . The volcanoes began forming some 70,000 years ago , and most have eroded , leaving plugs of hardened magma that form rounded hilltops known as puys .

neg: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ( Provençal Occitan : Sant Romieg de Provença in classical and Sant Roumié de Prouvènço in Mistralian norms ) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France .

neg: Vaumeilh Vaumeilh is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .

neg: Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( -LSB- vil.nœv.dask -RSB- ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France . With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students , it is one of the main cities of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole and the largest in area ( 27.46 km2 ) after Lille ; it is also one of the main cities of the Hauts-de-France region .   Built up owing to the merger between Ascq , Annappes and Flers-lez-Lille communes , the new town is the cradle of the first automatic metro system of the world ( VAL ) .   Villeneuve-d'Ascq is nicknamed the ` green technopole ' thanks to the implantation of many researchers - the campus of Lille University of Science and Technology , Charles de Gaulle University -- Lille III and many graduate engineering school - and companies in a pleasant living environment . Owing to its activity centres , its Haute Borne European scientific park and two shopping malls , Villeneuve-d'Ascq is one of the main economic spots of the Hauts-de-France region ; multinational corporations such as Bonduelle , Cofidis and Decathlon have their head office there .   Outside its academic , scientific and business facilities , Villeneuve-d'Ascq is mostly known because of its sporting events -- two stadiums ( Stade Pierre-Mauroy and Stadium Lille Métropole ) are located there and some of its sport teams are playing in the top division ; its museums -- the most famous is the one of modern , contemporary and outsider art ( the LaM ) ; its green ways and its medical facilities for disabled people .

neg: Marseille-en-Beauvaisis Marseille-en-Beauvaisis is a commune in the Oise department in northern France .

neg: Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume ( Sant Maissemin de la Santa Bauma ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .   It lies 40 km east of Aix-en-Provence , in the westernmost point of Var département . It is located at the foot of the Sainte-Baume mountains : baume or bama is the Provençal equivalent of `` cave '' . The town 's basilica is dedicated to Mary Magdalene .   Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume is not to be confused with Sainte-Maxime farther east on the Côte d'Azur .

neg: Mons, Var Mons is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .

neg: Valderoure Valderoure is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France .

neg: Grand Est Grand Est ( -LSB- ɡʁɑ̃.t ‿ ɛst -RSB- ;  Great East , Großer Osten -- both in the Alsatian and the Lorraine Franconian dialect ) , previously Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine ( ACAL or less commonly , ALCA ) , is an administrative region in northeastern France . It superseded three former administrative regions -- Alsace , Champagne-Ardenne , and Lorraine -- on 1 January 2016 , as a result of territorial reform which was passed by the French legislature in 2014 . Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine was a provisional name , created by hyphenating the merged regions in alphabetical order ; its regional council had to approve a new name for the region by 1 July 2016 . France 's Conseil d'État approved Grand Est as the new name of the region on 28 September 2016 , effective 30 September 2016 . The administrative capital and largest city is Strasbourg .

neg: Avignon Avignon ( -LSB- a.vi.ɲɔ̃ -RSB- ; Avenio Avignoun , Avinhon -LSB- aviˈɲun -RSB- ) is a commune in south-eastern France in the department of Vaucluse on the left bank of the Rhône river . Of the 90,194 inhabitants of the city , about 12,000 live in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval ramparts .   Between 1309 and 1377 , during the Avignon Papacy , seven successive popes resided in Avignon and in 1348 Pope Clement VI bought the town from Joanna I of Naples . Papal control persisted until 1791 when , during the French Revolution , it became part of France . The town is now the capital of the Vaucluse department and one of the few French cities to have preserved its ramparts .   The historic centre , which includes the Palais des Papes , the cathedral , and the Pont d'Avignon , became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 . The medieval monuments and the annual Festival d'Avignon have helped to make the town a major centre for tourism .   The commune has been awarded one flower by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom .

neg: Alps–Mediterranean Euroregion The Alps -- Mediterranean Euroregion ( transnational co-operation structure ) was created on 10 July 2007 between three Italian regions ( Piedmont , Liguria and Aosta Valley ) and two French regions ( Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ) . It has an area of about 110,460 km2 and more than 17 million inhabitants . The largest Italian cities are Turin and Genoa and the largest French cities are Lyon and Marseille .

neg: Artigues, Badalona Artigues ( also spelled Artigas , both pronounced -LSB- əɾˈtigəs -RSB- in Catalan ) is an area of Badalona ( Barcelonès , Catalonia , Spain ) neighbouring Sant Adrià de Besòs . The name derives from a real estate promoter and publisher , Francesc Artigas i Solà , who urbanised the area in 1912 . The two spellings of the name reflect Catalan orthography before and after Pompeu Fabra 's reform . It was also known as Colònia Artigas , following the convention used in similar industrial areas in the province of Barcelona , and even though officially in the municipality of Badalona , it was often considered to be very autonomous from it and closer to Sant Adrià de Besòs . Within Badalona , it 's one of the neighbourhoods which make up the town 's district 6 . It 's part of the innermost region of the metropolitan area of Barcelona , not far from Barcelona proper . Its administrative borders are four streets : carrer d'Alfons XIII , carrer de Bogatell , carrer de Covadonga and carrer de l'Onze de Setembre . The immigrant population of Artigues is important , and during political campaign , some political parties have used their stance on migration policies and management in Artigues as part of their discourse .


query: There is a book Wishful Drinking.

pos: Wishful Drinking Wishful Drinking is an autobiographical humor book by American actress and author Carrie Fisher , published by Simon & Schuster in 2008 . Fisher 's book was based on her one-woman stage show , which she developed with writer/director Joshua Ravetch .   The show debuted at The Geffen Playhouse with Ravetch directing . It enjoyed a successful Broadway run and then toured in other cities . In 2010 , HBO filmed a feature-length documentary of the stage play .

neg: Sanin (novel) Sanin is a novel by the Russian writer Mikhail Artsybashev . It has an interesting history being written by a 26-year-old in 1904 -- at the peak of the various changes in Russian society ( democratic activities , first democratically elected Duma , as well as the Russian Revolution of 1905 ) . It was published and criticized in 1907 , the year of one of the most horrific political reactions in Russian history . In the early 1900s Russia society was heavily influenced by religions , primarily the Russian Orthodox Church . Though there were many other religions such as Uniate Catholics , Judaism , and Muslims , none of them condoned an open expression of sexuality . By 1908 the novel was no longer being produced due to censorship . It was banned as a `` work of pornography '' ( Otto Boele ) . When Artsybashev emigrated to Poland after the Russian Revolution of 1917 , he was condemned by the Soviet authorities and his books were banned from publication , only to be revealed afresh to readers in the 1990s .   Sanin is a novel of true originality of form and content . Its hero , twenty-something Sanin , after a long absence from home , comes back to visit his mother and sister . Sanin deals with sex and sexual activity throughout the novel . The main character Sanin and his sister Lida dabble in premarital sex . Lida describes her experience with Zarudin as her body filled with `` thrilled and shaken with passion '' . Knowing it is not the best thing for a young lady not to be married and have relations , she 's longing for another chance to experience that same passion and lust . The novel deals with nihilism , the belief that traditional morals , ideas , beliefs , etc. , have no worth or value . One of the characters gets to a point where he admits `` that life was the realization of freedom , and consequently that it was natural for a man to live for enjoyment '' . Lida has some remorse because of society and their views on premarital sex , but then comes to the realization that it is her life saying `` I wanted to do it and I did it ; and I felt so happy '' . During his stay Sanin meets various people , some of whom are neutral , amazed , threatened or excited by his way of thinking about the world and human existence . Sanin remains confident and self-assured having seduced and deflowered a local virgin , but at the end of the book leaves town under a cloud .   Colin Wilson wrote about Sanin :   `` The book 's hero sneers at the unhealthy moral preoccupations of most Russians , and preaches a doctrine of sunlight and frank sensuality . The book had an enormous impact on Russian youth , who were eager to put its doctrines into practice . Probably no book in world literature has been responsible for the loss of so many maidenheads . ''   Wilson added that Sanin deserves more study in English .   Although `` Sanin '' focuses much of its attention on sex and sexuality of youth , the novel puts forth several strikingly feminist ideals other than sexual freedom of women . For example , near the start of the novel , Sanin states his opinion that women should be allowed to have careers , a direct opposition to the traditional belief that women should be nothing more than mothers or housekeepers . Later on , after discovering that his sister , Lida , is pregnant while unmarried , he urges her to get an abortion , yet still respects her decision not to , something very uncommon for this time period .   The novelty of Sanin lies in its insertion of progressive and liberal thoughts and ideals in the literary form of a novel . Critics in 1907 and later in the Russian SFSR were furious to find such views as Sanin 's in existence . They put their efforts to discrediting the book , whose references to the Bible , Shakespeare , Dickens , Dostoevsky , Nietzsche and whose precipitation of the dramatic changes in the morality and political life of the following decades were , in their view , dangerous for the Russian people .

neg: Access Books Access Books is a nonprofit volunteer organization that gives books to disadvantaged children 's libraries in Southern California . These are primarily public and charter school libraries in the inner city , where over 90 % of the population lives in poverty and books are generally scarce . As one study showed , children in Beverly Hills have ready access to as many as 400 times more books than children living in the Compton and Watts areas of South Los Angeles . Underfunded libraries also tend to be in worse physical condition and less user-friendly than their affluent counterparts .   Rebecca Constantino founded Access Books in 1999 while doing graduate research on the roles of school and community libraries in Los Angeles . Working with a school in Brentwood , she discovered a plan to throw away hundreds of books to make way for new ones . She salvaged the rejected books and donated them to a public school in Compton . The library at this elementary school had been closed for so long that `` the door was locked and no one knew where the keys had gone . '' This was the start of Access Books . As Constantino said , `` If you take away poverty as a predictor , the state of the school library is the best indicator of literacy , reading achievement , success in school . I ca n't possibly take away poverty ... . But I can do something about the libraries in our children 's schools . ''   So far , Access Books has given more than 1.3 million new and used books to over 200 libraries and community centers in Southern California . Primarily intended to encourage reading for pleasure , these books include popular fiction , early picture and chapter books , biographies , classics , and young adult novels . The emphasis on pleasure reading is intended to encourage children to become motivated readers ; to help provide them with a foundation for all reading , including academic reading .   Access Books acquires new books via donations from publishers and distributors or buying them at a discount with grants from charities , businesses , or wealthy individuals . Recipient libraries may request specific titles that are of particular interest to their communities . Used books mostly come from individual donations and book drives by ad hoc groups or local organizations such as middle-class suburban and private schools . Access Books encourages partnerships between schools that have resources and those needing them , as with a book drive led by two students at Oaks Christian School , a private school in Westlake Village . This drive yielded over 11,000 books for new charter schools in North Hollywood and downtown L.A.   Access Books delivers and helps process the thousands of books that go to each library . At Saturday library events scheduled during the school year , volunteers from Access Books and the donating and receiving schools together sort , label , and shelve the books . This reduces overhead and speeds up the availability of the books for use . To further improve the libraries , volunteers also paint colorful literacy-themed murals and install items such as comfortable furniture and rugs for reading . The Saturday events expedite this work and facilitate contact between diverse communities .   Access Books fundraisers and community outreach events have included book signings with authors Jamie Lee Curtis , Cornelia Funke , and Jeff Kinney as well as conferences for young writers and illustrators . The conferences , held at venues such as the Milken Community High School and UCLA , have included keynote speakers and workshops led by professional writers .

neg: Advice to Youth `` Advice to Youth '' is a satirical essay written by Mark Twain ( Samuel Clemens ) in 1882 . He was asked to write something to the youth of America . He talks about six things , including obeying parents selectively , respecting superiors , early to bed and early to rise , the matter of lying , handling firearms , and reading good books .   This essay is a classic example of Juvenalian satire . This satirical mode can be seen in Clemen 's recurrent employment of sarcasm while addressing the youth with his words of wisdom . Specifically targeted towards any kind of authority , Clemens ' `` Advice to Youth '' may be a response to the recent prohibition of alcohol in Kansas in 1881 . This action deeply upset many residents . The youth became especially disgruntled with this change , because it was they , who above else , enjoyed indulging in the fine art of alcohol consumption .

neg: Optimism Optimism is a mental attitude -- a happy belief that the outcome of some specific endeavor , or outcomes in general , will be good . A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass with water at the halfway point , where the optimist is said to see the glass as half full and the pessimist sees the glass as half empty .   The term derives from the Latin optimum , meaning `` best '' . Being optimistic , in the typical sense of the word , is defined as expecting the best possible outcome from any given situation . This is usually referred to in psychology as dispositional optimism . It thus reflects a belief that future conditions will work out for the best .   Theories of optimism include dispositional models , and models of explanatory style . Methods to measure optimism have been developed within both theoretical systems , such as various forms of the Life Orientation Test , for the original definition of optimism , or the Attributional Style Questionnaire designed to test optimism in terms of explanatory style .   Variation in optimism and pessimism is somewhat heritable and reflects biological trait systems to some degree . It is also influenced by environmental factors , including family environment , with some suggesting it can be learned . Optimism may also be linked to health .

neg: We Were There The We Were There books are a series of historical novels written for children . The series consists of 36 titles , first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset & Dunlap . Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical event , featuring one or more children as primary characters . The books were written by a number of different authors , each writing from one to seven of the books ; the authors included Benjamin Appel , Jim Kjelgaard , Earl Schenck Miers , William O. Steele , and others . Each book 's byline also lists a separate `` historical consultant , '' who was a specialist in the historic topic covered by that particular book . The historical consultants were typically college professors or , in the case of war-related stories , retired military officers ; among the more noteworthy consultants for the series were the historians Bruce Catton , Walter Prescott Webb and A. B. Guthrie , Jr. . The books are illustrated with black-and-white line art , with color drawings on the dust jacket .   The dust jackets of the original printings of the books describe the series as follows :   We Were There books are easy to read and provide exciting , entertaining stories , based upon true historic events . Each story is checked for factual accuracy by an outstanding authority on this particular phase of our history . Though written simply enough for young readers , they make interesting reading for boys and girls well into their teens .  The original hardbound editions of the books were followed by several other printings , including editions for book clubs and libraries . The books were later reissued with hardbound picture covers ( using the original dust jacket artwork ) , and softcover editions of some books became available in the 1970s . Three of the books are available from Lamppost Publishers and American Home School Publishers . Most of the original books are available in varying used conditions from various sellers through Amazon , although selection will naturally vary at any given time .

neg: Aesopian language Aesopian language is communications that convey an innocent meaning to outsiders but hold a concealed meaning to informed members of a conspiracy or underground movement . For instance , if Person X is known for exposing secrets in an organization , the organization leaders announce that `` any members who have dirty talking habits will be dealt with '' to warn Person X . It refers to the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop .   The term `` Aesopian language '' was first used by the nineteenth-century Russian writer Mikhail Saltykov-Schedrin to describe the writing technique he began using late in his career , which he compared to Aesop 's Fables . His purpose was to satirize the social ills of the time but evade the harsh censorship of late Tsarist Russia of which he was a particular target .   The Soviet-era writer Lev Loseff noted that the use of Aesopian language remained a favorite technique of writers ( including himself ) under Soviet censorship . Maliheh Tyrell defines the term in the Soviet context and observes that the use of Aesopian language extended to other national literatures under Soviet rule :  `` In short , this form of literature , like Aesop 's animal fables , veils itself in allegorical suggestions , hints , and euphemisms so as to elude political censorship . ` Aesopian language ' or literature is a technical term used by Sovietologists to define allegorical language used by Russian or nationality -LSB- that is : non-Russian -RSB- nonconformist publicists to conceal antiregime sentiments . Under Soviet rule , this ` Aesopian ' literature intended to confuse the Soviet authorities , yet illuminate the truth for native readers . ''  According to one critic , `` Censorship ... had a positive , formative impact upon the Aesopian writers ' style by obliging them to sharpen their thoughts . ''   The German-American philosopher Herbert Marcuse uses the term in his book One-Dimensional Man somewhat interchangeably with Orwellian language . In that context , `` Aesopian Language '' refers to the idea that certain usages of language work to ` suppress certain concepts or keep them out of the general discourse within society ' . An example of such a technique is the use of abbreviations to possibly prevent undesirable questions from arising : `` AFL-CIO entombs the radical political differences which once separated the two organizations . ''   Within the context of politics , a term with a very similar meaning is called dog-whistle politics , which describes the use of coded language to address voters ' interests . Certain sections of the electorate will react strongly to controversial content if spoken of overtly but may not be so attuned that they notice statements that appear neutral to outsiders .

neg: After (novel) After is a young adult novel written by Francine Prose . It was first published in 2003 , and the nearby school shooting is reminiscent of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 .   After a school shooting 50 miles away , the new grief and crisis counselor ( Dr. Willner ) attempts to control the students ' lives , using the recent tragedy as an excuse for increasingly restricting their lives . The school gradually is controlled by the grip of the administration , and students who do not comply with the new rules disappear , never to be seen again .   Its plot is reminiscent of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell .   Similarities include the normalization of propaganda and surveillance with the telescreens in 1984 and the TVs on school buses spouting so called educational content that turns out to be blatantly false . These novels also touch on brainwashing , with the nightly emails sent to parents that convince them to send their children away to reform camps from which they never return .   In contrast , After takes place during the reforms , showing how they were allowed to happen , while 1984 only shows the aftermath and its inevitability . The ending of After also shows the main character ( Tom Bishop ) escaping his town with his friends and family , a much lighter closing than 1984 .   Described in the New York Times Book Review as a `` rich parable '' , this novel questions the line that must be drawn when freedom is more important than safety .

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

neg: Spoilt Rotten Spoilt Rotten : The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality ( subtitle in US editions : How Britain is Ruined by Its Children ) is a non-fiction book by the British writer and retired doctor and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple , originally published in 2010 . Polemical in nature , the book contends that sentimentality has become culturally entrenched in British society , with harmful consequences . The author uses a range of cultural , educational , political , media and literary issues -- including falling standards in education , UK aid policies for African development , the death of Diana , Princess of Wales , the disappearance of Madeleine McCann , and the work and life of Sylvia Plath -- to illustrate what he sees as the danger of abandoning logic in favour of sentimentality , which he describes as `` the progenitor , the godparent , the midwife of brutality '' . Much of Dalrymple 's analysis is underpinned by his experience of working with criminals and the mentally ill .   Spoilt Rotten received a mostly favourable reception in the media . Dalrymple was praised for carrying out a thought-provoking and convincing analysis of a newly emerged cultural phenomenon which sees emotion substituted for reason . Some critics , however , accused the author of cynicism and misanthropic pessimism in his approach , and the historian Noel Malcolm claimed that Dalrymple had overreached in his analysis .

neg: Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug habit at age 15 , runs away from home , and eventually dies of a drug overdose . Attributed to `` Anonymous '' , the book is in diary form , and was originally presented as being the edited `` real diary '' of the unnamed teenage protagonist . Questions about the book 's authenticity and true authorship began to arise in the late 1970s , and it is now generally viewed as a work of fiction written by Beatrice Sparks , a therapist and author who went on to write numerous other books purporting to be real diaries of troubled teenagers . Some sources have also named Linda Glovach as a co-author of the book .   Intended for a young adult audience , Go Ask Alice became a widely popular bestseller . It was initially praised for conveying a powerful message about the dangers of drug abuse , but more recently has been criticized as poorly written anti-drug propaganda and also as a literary hoax . Nevertheless , its popularity has endured , and as of 2014 it had remained continuously in print since its publication over four decades earlier . Go Ask Alice has also ranked among the most frequently challenged books for several decades due to its use of profanity and explicit references to sex and rape , as well as drugs .   The book was adapted into the 1973 television film Go Ask Alice , starring Jamie Smith-Jackson and William Shatner . In 1976 , a stage play of the same name , written by Frank Shiras and based on the book , was also published .

neg: Problem gambling Problem gambling ( or ludomania , but usually referred to as `` gambling addiction '' or `` compulsive gambling '' ) is an urge to gamble continuously despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop . Problem gambling is often defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others , rather than by the gambler 's behaviour . Severe problem gambling may be diagnosed as clinical pathological gambling if the gambler meets certain criteria . Pathological gambling is a common disorder that is associated with both social and family costs .   The DSM-5 has re-classified the condition as an addictive disorder , with sufferers exhibiting many similarities to those who have substance addictions .  The term gambling addiction has long been used in the recovery movement . Pathological gambling was long considered by the American Psychiatric Association to be an impulse control disorder rather than an addiction . However , data suggest a closer relationship between pathological gambling and substance use disorders than exists between PG and obsessive-compulsive disorder , largely because the behaviors in problem gambling and most primary substance use disorders ( i.e. , those not resulting from a desire to `` self-medicate '' for another condition such as depression ) seek to activate the brain 's reward mechanisms while the behaviors characterizing obsessive-compulsive disorder are prompted by overactive and misplaced signals from the brain 's fear mechanisms .

neg: Standard drink A standard drink is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a hypothetical beverage which contains a fixed amount of pure alcohol . A standard drink varies in volume depending on the alcohol concentration of the beverage ( for example , a standard drink of spirits takes up much less space than a standard drink of beer ) , but it always contains the same amount of alcohol and therefore produces the same amount of drunkenness .   For example , in the United States , a standard drink contains about 14 grams of alcohol . This roughly corresponds to a 12 USoz glass of beer , a 5 USoz glass of 12 % wine ( no longer the norm , however ) , or a 1.5 USoz glass of a spirit.Assuming that beer is 5 % alcohol by volume , wine is 12 % , and spirits is 40 % ( 80 proof ) .   Different countries define standard drinks differently . For example , in Australia , a standard drink contains 10 grams of alcohol , but in Japan , it contains nearly 20 grams . In addition , a standard drink is often different from normal serving size in the country in which it is served .   Labeling is usually required to give an indication of alcoholic content of a serving . Australia requires that `` the label on a package of an alcoholic beverage must include a statement of the number of standard drinks in the package '' .   The term `` standard drink '' was used in the United Kingdom in the first guidelines ( 1984 ) that published `` safe limits '' for drinking , but this was replaced by reference to `` alcohol units '' in the 1987 guidelines and that term has been used in all subsequent UK guidance . A unit of alcohol is defined as 10 millilitres ( 8 grams ) of pure alcohol . This definition is independent of the strength ( % ABV ) and amount ( volume ) of any individual alcoholic beverage . The number of units of alcohol in a bottle or can ( and , optionally , the number of units in a typical serving ) are indicated on the drink container . Typical servings deliver 1 -- 3 units of alcohol .

neg: Wishful Identification According to Feilitzen and Linne ( 1975 ) , wishful identification is the extension of identification , which refers to people 's desire to become or to act in the same way as a certain media character . The majority of research about wishful identification has focused on its impacts on media users ' intimate relationship with , attachment to , identification with , imitation of or interaction with media figures . From this perspective , investigations on effects of wishful identification are helpful to understand how mediated messages can be effectively conveyed , how mediated behaviors and figures can be shaped to positively influence social attitudes and behaviors .   Participants in relevant research primarily consist of children and adolescents because they do not have enough life and social experience ( Bandura , 1977 ; Hoffner , 1996 ) . In other words , they have higher needs than adults for role models to develop and adjust their social behaviors . As is mentioned by Comstock ( 1993 ) , `` television is a catalogue of modes of behavior ; whether they affect what viewers do depends on their being taken as rewarding , acceptable , and applicable '' ( p. 128 ) .

neg: List of fictional beverages Many works of fiction have incorporated into their world the existence of beverages -- liquids made for popular consumption - which may create a sense of the world in which the story takes place , and in some cases may serve to advance the plot of the story . These products may be fictional brands which serve as a stand in for brand names , and in that capacity may be a vessel for mockery of the marketing culture associated with brand name products ( e.g. , Duff Beer from The Simpsons ; Buzz Beer from The Drew Carey Show ) . In science fiction , beverages from alien races may enhance the sense of a futuristic society ( e.g. Romulan Ale in Star Trek ) .   While there are many fictional liquids that can be consumed , fictional liquid medicines and magical potions ( such as the liquid that causes Alice to shrink in Alice in Wonderland ) may not be widely available for common consumption , or may simply not be described as being used for that purpose , and thus would not be considered `` beverages '' at all .

neg: The Dangerous Book for Boys The Dangerous Book for Boys , by Conn and Hal Iggulden , is a guidebook published by HarperCollins , aimed at boys `` from eight to eighty . '' It covers around eighty topics , including how to build a treehouse , grow a crystal , or tell direction with a watch . Also included are famous quotes , stories , battles , and phrases that `` every boy should know . '' It was published in the UK in June 2006 , and reached number one in the UK non-fiction charts several times , selling over half a million copies .   Conn Iggulden also published a novel , Wolf of the Plains , about Genghis Khan , which , along with The Dangerous Book for Boys , allowed Iggulden to be the first author to reach the number one spot in both the fiction and non-fiction charts .   Within the first week of its US publication on 1 May 2007 , it reached number two on the Amazon.com best-selling book lists , being outsold only by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . Other people who contributed to the success of the book include the editorial team at the time , which consisted of Katie Espiner and Clare Hey , and Helen Johnstone , who won the 2007 British Book Industry Award for best publicity campaign .

neg: Wanted for Murder Wanted for Murder is the title of a collection of six mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris which was first published in the United States in August 1931 .   This book was part of an ongoing series of novels and novellas by Charteris featuring the adventures of his Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter , Simon Templar , alias The Saint .   Wanted for Murder holds an unusual place in the Charteris canon as this book featured the first American publication of the stories contained within the books Featuring the Saint and Alias the Saint , which were published in the United Kingdom earlier in 1931 by Hodder and Stoughton . In most cases , The Crime Club , an imprint of Doubleday , simply published American editions of the Saint books ( occasionally retitled ) , but this was the first -- and only -- occasion on which The Crime Club chose not to publish two of Charteris ' books , instead deciding to combine them into an American-only omnibus release .   The book was later republished by Sun Dial Press in 1943 and retitled The Saint -- Wanted for Murder ; Avon Books also published a pulp paperback edition . In the 1950s , an American edition of Alias the Saint appeared in paperback , however this book ( subtitled `` excerpts from Wanted for Murder '' ) contained only two stories -- one from Alias the Saint and one from Featuring the Saint . Complete US editions of the two books did not appear until the early 1960s ; once again , these books were promoted as featuring `` excerpts from Wanted for Murder '' . The collection was also published under the title Paging the Saint .

neg: On Being Ill On Being Ill is an essay by Virginia Woolf that appeared in T. S. Eliot 's The Criterion in January , 1926 ; The essay was later reprinted , with revisions , in Forum in April 1926 , under the title Illness : An Unexploited Mine .   The essay seeks to establish illness as a serious subject of literature along the lines of love , jealousy and battle . Woolf writes , `` Considering how common illness is , how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings , how astonishing , when the lights of health go down , the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed , what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light ... it becomes strange indeed that illness has not taken its place with love , battle , and jealousy among the prime themes of literature . Novels , one would have thought , would have been devoted to influenza ; epic poems to typhoid ; odes to pneumonia , lyrics to toothache . But no ; ... literature does its best to maintain that its concern is with the mind ; that the body is a sheet of plain glass through which the soul looks straight and clear . ''   Category : Books by Virginia Woolf  Category :1926 essays  Category : Works originally published in The Criterion ( magazine )  Category : Hogarth Press books

neg: Burmese Days Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell . It was first published in the UK in 1934 . It is a tale from the waning days of British colonialism , when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India -- `` a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj . '' At its centre is John Flory , `` the lone and lacking individual trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature . '' Orwell 's first novel , it describes `` corruption and imperial bigotry '' in a society where , `` after all , natives were natives -- interesting , no doubt , but finally ... an inferior people '' .   Because of concerns that the novel might be potentially libellous , that Katha was described too realistically , and that some of the characters might be based on real people , it was first published `` further afield '' , in the United States . A British edition , with altered names , appeared a year later . When it was published in the 1930s , Orwell 's harsh portrayal of colonial society was felt by `` some old Burma hands '' to have `` rather let the side down '' . In a letter from 1946 , Orwell said `` I dare say it 's unfair in some ways and inaccurate in some details , but much of it is simply reporting what I have seen '' .

neg: Council on Books in Wartime The Council on Books in Wartime ( 1942 -- 1946 ) was an American non-profit organization founded by booksellers , publishers , librarians , authors , and others , in the spring of 1942 to channel the use of books as `` weapons in the war of ideas '' ( the Council 's motto ) . Its primary aim was the promotion of books to influence the thinking of the American people regarding World War II , to build and maintain the will to win , to expose the true nature of the enemy , to disseminate technical information , to provide relaxation and inspiration , and to clarify war aims and problems of peace . The Council co-operated with the Office of War Information ( OWI ) and other Government agencies , but was itself a voluntary , unpaid , non-Governmental organization .   The Council attempted to achieve its goals by acting as a clearinghouse for book-related ideas , by being an intermediary between the book-trade industry and government agencies , by offering advice to publishers , and by handling all forms of public relations including distribution of reading lists and pamphlets , lectures , radio programs , newsreels , and book promotion and publication .   In 1942 , the Council created a War Book Panel to choose titles officially recommended by the Council . These titles were republished by Council member publishers with a seal of approval , a large `` I '' on the front cover meaning an `` Imperative '' book . 6 `` Imperative '' books were published between 1942 and 1945 ( see War Book Panel ) .   In the spring of 1943 , the Council launched the effort for which it would become best known , the Armed Services Editions . By the time the program ended in 1947 , it had printed 122,951,031 books , selling them to the government at an average cost of just over six cents a volume . The Armed Services Editions brought high-end books to a mass audience , and helped popularize the emerging paperback format . One of the most popular ASE books was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ( 1943 ) by Betty Smith , and the ASE 's distribution of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel The Great Gatsby helped revive interest in the book . In 1944 , the Council launched Oversees Editions , Inc , a subsidiary aimed at distributing American books to civilian populations abroad , to promote a positive view of American culture .   With the end of World War II , the Council on Books in Wartime ceased active operations on Jan 31 , 1946 but maintained its corporate entities to deal with the dispersal of remaining funds and the safekeeping of records .   Some of those involved on the Council include : W. W. Norton of W. W. Norton & Company , Bennett Cerf of Random House , George A. Hecht of Doubleday & Co. , and Mark Van Doren .

neg: Lists of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers This is a list of lists by year of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers .   The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on 12 October 1931 . It consisted of five fiction and four non-fiction for the New York City region only . The following month the list was expanded to eight cities , with a separate list for each city .   By the early 1940s , fourteen cities were included . A national list was created 9 April 1942 , in The New York Times Book Review ( Sundays ) as a supplement to the regular paper 's city lists ( Monday edition ) . The national list ranked by weighting how many times the book appeared in each city list .   A few years later , the city lists were eliminated leaving only the national rankings , which was compiled according to `` reports from leading booksellers in 22 cities , '' a system which remains , although the specifics have changed .