query: Will Ferrell is considered to be part of the Frat Pack.

pos: Will Ferrell John William Ferrell ( -LSB- ˈfɛrəl -RSB- born July 16 , 1967 ) is an American actor , comedian , producer , and writer . He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live , and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy ( 2004 ) , Talladega Nights ( 2006 ) , Step Brothers ( 2008 ) , The Other Guys ( 2010 ) and Anchorman 2 : The Legend Continues ( 2013 ) , all but one of which he co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay . The two also founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007 . Other films roles include Elf , Old School ( both 2003 ) , Blades of Glory ( 2007 ) , and the animated films Megamind ( 2010 ) and The Lego Movie ( 2014 ) .   Ferrell is considered a member of the `` Frat Pack '' , a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s , including Jack Black , Ben Stiller , Steve Carell , Vince Vaughn , and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson . He received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Saturday Night Live , and two Golden Globe Award nominations for The Producers ( 2005 ) and Stranger than Fiction ( 2006 ) . He was also named the best comedian of 2015 in the British GQ Men of the Year awards . Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 26 , 2015 .

neg: High school fraternities and sororities Fraternities and sororities exist for high school students as well as college students . Like their college counterparts , most have Greek letter names . Although there were countless local high school fraternities and sororities with only one or two chapters , many secondary fraternities founded in the nineteenth , and twentieth , century in the United States grew into national organizations with a highly evolved governing structure and regularly chartered chapters in multiple regions . Many of the local chapters of these national fraternities were not tied to ( or affiliated with ) individual high schools but were instead area based , often drawing membership from multiple high schools in a given area .

neg: List of fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota The number of Fraternities and Sororities at the University of Minnesota is extensive . Counting past and present , more than half of its 200 organizations remain active today , the pioneers of which have had a presence on the University of Minnesota campus for over 140 years . The university 's `` Greek System '' includes professional fraternities , honor societies , service fraternities , and religious fraternities along with the highly visible residential undergrad academic and social chapters .   A comprehensive list of chapters , past and present , and segmented by category , follows this brief overview of what these societies are and how they evolved . References for each group show current and former properties either owned or leased . Contact information is provided via the references , where available .   The terms `` Fraternity '' and `` Sorority '' are used somewhat interchangeably , with men 's and co-ed groups always using Fraternity , and women 's groups using either Fraternity or Sorority . For convenience , the term `` Greek Letter Society '' is a generic substitute . The word , `` Greek , '' in this case refers to the use of Greek Letters for each society 's name , and not to Greek ethnicity .

neg: Freaks and Geeks Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series , created by Paul Feig , with Judd Apatow as executive producer , that aired on NBC during the 1999 -- 2000 television season . Eighteen episodes were completed , but the series was canceled after only 12 had aired .   A fan-led campaign persuaded NBC to broadcast three more episodes in July 2000 ; the three remaining unaired episodes , for a total of 18 , aired that September on the cable network Fox Family Channel .   The series appeared on Time magazine 's 2007 `` 100 Greatest Shows of All Time '' list , and placed third on the magazine 's list of greatest television shows of the 2000s ( decade ) . In 2007 , Freaks and Geeks ranked # 21 on TV Guides Top Cult Shows Ever . In 2008 , Entertainment Weekly ranked it the 13th-best series of the past 25 years . The same year , AOL TV named it the Best School Show of All Time . In 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time , and ranked it # 1 on their list of 60 shows that were `` Cancelled Too Soon '' . It launched several of its young actors into successful television and film careers .

neg: The Comedians (1971 TV series) The Comedians is a British television show of the 1970s ( later reprised in the mid-1980s and early 1990s ) produced by Johnnie Hamp of Granada Television . The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men 's club comedians of the era , including Russ Abbot , Lennie Bennett , Stan Boardman , Jim Bowen , Jimmy Bright , Duggie Brown , Mike Burton , Dave Butler , Brian Carroll , Frank Carson , Mike Coyne , Jimmy Cricket , Colin Crompton , Pauline Daniels , Charlie Daze , Vince Earl , Steve Faye , Eddie Flanagan , Stu Francis , Ken Goodwin , Jackie Hamilton , Jerry Harris , George King , Bobby Knutt , Bernard Manning , Mike McCabe , Paul Melba , Mick Miller , Hal Nolan , Tom O'Connor , Tom Pepper , Bryn Phillips , Mike Reid , George Roper , Harry Scott , Sammy Thomas , Johnny Wager , Roy Walker , Charlie Williams , Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor .   Also featured on the TV show , were Shep 's Banjo Boys , a 7-piece band comprising ( for the first 5 series ) Charlie Bentley ( tenor banjo ) , John Drury ( sousaphone ) , Andy Holdorf ( trombone ) , John Orchard ( piano ) , John Rollings ( drums ) , Graham Shepherd ( banjo ) and Howard Shepherd ( lead banjo ) . In 1973 , the line up was Mike Dexter ( banjo ) , Tony `` Tosh '' Kennedy ( sousaphone ) , Ged Martin ( drums ) , Tony Pritchard ( trombone ) , Graham Shepherd ( banjo ) and Howard `` Shep '' Shepherd ( lead banjo ) .   The Comedians began as an experiment for Granada TV . Filmed before a live audience in Manchester , comics each performed 20-minute sets , which were then edited together into half-hour shows . Each edition featured up to ten stand-up comics .   Working men 's clubs are numerous in Britain , especially in North East England and have been a useful training ground for artists , especially comedians . Most of these clubs are affiliated to the CIU ( Working Men 's Club and Institute Union ) founded in 1862 by the Rev. Henry Solly . There are also political clubs , as well as Servicemen 's Clubs affiliated to the Royal British Legion .   It was remarkably popular during the earlier series . An LP recording of the show reached the best-seller charts , several sell-out national tours followed , including a season at the London Palladium , and the programme won the Critics ' circle Award .   The comedy frequently took the form of anecdotes or jokes and often involved racist or sexist stereotypes . Like other British comedy successes of the day , notably , Love Thy Neighbour , this kind of entertainment was acceptable on British television during this period but would not be so today . Viewing the series in retrospect it stands as a major social document of the times .   In recent years , the series has been repeated on the ( now defunct ) British satellite television channel Plus , and can now be bought on DVD , having been released by Network .

neg: Golden age of fraternalism `` Golden Age of Fraternalism '' is a term referring to a period when membership in the fraternal societies in the United States grew at a very rapid pace in the latter third of the 19th century and continuing into the first part of the 20th . At its peak , it was suggested that as much as 40 % of the adult population held membership in at least one fraternal order .   Major examples were the Freemasons and the Odd Fellows .

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: John Ward (broadcaster) John Ward is the former radio play-by-play broadcaster for the University of Tennessee , primarily from 1965 until 1999 . Ward received a law degree in 1954 at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville . Rather than practicing law , he decided to go into radio and advertising . Ward 's first broadcast of a University of Tennessee basketball game for the Vol Network came in 1958 . ( Tennessee , under the leadership of legendary football coach Robert Neyland , had become one of the first American universities to take its sports broadcasting rights in-house . ) Shortly after , Ward joined the Army .   After returning to Knoxville , Ward went to work at an advertising agency . In 1964 he began handling the duties as announcer-host-coordinator for UT coaches television shows in football and basketball . His broadcasting career blossomed when he became the Vols ' radio play-by-play voice , first , for basketball in 1965 and three years later for football ( 1968 ) .   In addition to his duties with the Vol Network , he covered events for ABC-TV and ESPN . Ward is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame . Ward was known as the `` Voice of the Vols '' for 31 years on the air . Ward and Bill Anderson , his color commentator for the entire 31 years , became the longest-running broadcasting partnership in college football .   His trademarks include : his introduction to each game , `` It 's football time in Tennessee ! ; '' his touchdown call , `` Give ... him ... SIX ! ... TOUCHDOWN , TENNESSEE ! ; '' asking , `` Did he make it ? '' , and answering , `` HE MADE IT ! , '' after a made field goal ; made extra points were `` GOOODAH ! '' ; counting runners down toward the goal line , `` four ... three ... two ... one ... '' and enthusiastically saying , `` BOTTOM ! '' after a made basket in basketball ; and , wearing a light blue towel around his neck while broadcasting .   After the 1998 -- 99 football and basketball seasons , in which the Volunteers won the National Championship in football , Ward and Anderson retired , and were replaced by Bob Kesling and Tim Priest , respectively . The University of Tennessee named the fourth level of the press box at Neyland Stadium The John Ward Broadcast Center in Ward 's honor in 1995 . Ward 's final football broadcast was the first BCS national championship . Tennessee defeated Florida State to win its second undisputed national championship . His final broadcast for the Vols came in the second round of the 1999 NCAA men 's basketball tournament , with Tennessee 's loss to Southwest Missouri State University on March 21 .   As of 2016 , Ward still does some commercial radio advertisements and public service announcements heard statewide .

neg: Trevor Ferrell Trevor Ferrell ( b. ca. 1972 ) is an American citizen who , as a young teenager , caught the public 's eye for his efforts to assist homeless people . He started Trevor 's Campaign for the Homeless in 1983 , when he was 11 years old . On December 8 , 1983 , he watched a news program on street people . This prompted him to ask his parents , Frank and Janet Ferrell , how he could help . They drove their son into Philadelphia that night to give bedding to a homeless man who was sleeping on the sidewalk in front of the Union League in Center City . He and his parents later established a homeless shelter , Trevor 's Place . His parents also authored a book , also called Trevor 's Place , to further describe the actions thus accomplished , with a plea for further action . It was published in 1985 .   Trevor Farrell 's work was recognized by President Ronald Reagan in the President 's 1986 State of the Union address . A TV movie dramatizing the shelter 's activities , titled Christmas on Division Street , aired in 1991 . It featured actor Fred Savage as Trevor . A 1994 episode of the series Lifestories : Families in Crisis , titled Brotherly Love : The Trevor Ferrell Story , also described his efforts .   When Trevor was 18 , the family discontinued its efforts in the campaign . Trevor currently runs a thrift shop on Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia .   In 1985 , Ferrell received the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under , an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards .

neg: Phi Kappa National Fraternity Phi Kappa National Fraternity is a secondary school fraternity that was founded in 1900 at the Southern University Preparatory School in Greensboro , Alabama . Over the years , nearly fifty chapters of Phi Kappa have been chartered in cities across the Deep South , from Georgia to Texas , Arkansas to Florida . No chapters of the fraternity have ever been chartered outside of the old Confederacy , making Phi Kappa the oldest and largest exclusively Southern fraternity .   The fraternity 's colors are Purple and White . The fraternity flower is the camellia and the fraternity jewel is the amethyst . The badge of the fraternity is a gold rhombus ( diamond ) with blue enamel . Engraved upon the badge are a Greek lamp at the apex , crossed scimitars in the middle and , at the bottom , the Greek letters ΦΚ . The crossed scimitars are a well-known symbol of the fraternity . The founding principles of the fraternity are Brotherhood , Faith in God and Scholarship ( in the 1970s , Community Service was added as a fourth `` founding principle '' ) .   Famous alumni of Phi Kappa include astronaut Fred Haise , Jr. ( T ) , who served as the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 13 mission , John Alexander , a leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera for over four decades , Gilbert Carmichael , former Federal Railroad Administrator and current Senior Chairman of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at University of Denver , Dr. Jerome V. Reel , Jr. . who currently serves as Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Clemson University and U.S. Congressman Steven Palazzo , current Representative for Mississippi 's 4th Congressional District . Two governors of Mississippi ( Thomas L. Bailey , who served from 1943 -- 46 and Fielding L. Wright , who served from 1946 -- 52 ) served as adult sponsors ( i.e. `` chapter fathers '' ) of local Phi Kappa chapters . As a high school student at the Lamar School in Meridian , Mississippi , actress Sela Ward was an honoree ( or `` little sister '' ) for the Delta Chi chapter of Phi Kappa .

neg: Sports Action Team Sports Action Team was a half-hour comedy television series that ran for two seasons in 2006-2007 . It was aired by some affiliates of the NBC network and the high definition channel HDNet . It was a semi-improvisational mockumentary depicting the production of a fictional sports news show of the same name . Originally intended as a sport-related program to fill air time after Sunday football games on the west coast , the first season eventually expanded to most major NBC markets around the country ( including all NBC Owned and Operated stations ) . The show 's second season is shot in high definition , and is distributed by MGM . It is produced by Chicago-based Towers Productions , Inc. .   The regular cast was Al Samuels , Kevin Fleming , Steven Fleming , Antoine McKay , Katie Nahnsen , and Niki Lindgren , who have a background in Chicago area improvisational theater and play characters with the same first names . It also regularly features appearances by professional athletes . Athletes that made appearances on the show include Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat , Rudi Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals , former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka , Randy Moss of the New England Patriots , Patrick Willis of the San Francisco 49ers , and IndyCar racer Danica Patrick . Several non-athletes have made appearances , such as The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien and former Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell . Each show includes several appearances by athletes who are included in the shows plot lines .

neg: Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film , directed by Gus Van Sant , and starring Robin Williams , Matt Damon , Ben Affleck , Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård . Written by Affleck and Damon ( and with Damon in the title role ) , the film follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer Will Hunting , an unrecognized genius who , as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer , becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor . Through his therapy sessions , Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend , his girlfriend and himself , facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future .   The film received positive reviews and was a financial success . It grossed over US$ 225 million during its theatrical run with only a modest $ 10 million budget . It was nominated for nine Academy Awards , including the Academy Award for Best Picture , and won two : Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon .   After Williams ' death in 2014 , it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporters `` 100 Favorite Films '' list .

neg: Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film .   The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .

neg: Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith Jr. ( born September 15 , 1968 ) is an American actor , producer , rapper , and songwriter . In April 2007 , Newsweek called him `` the most powerful actor in Hollywood '' . Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards , and has won four Grammy Awards .   In the late 1980s , Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince . In 1990 , his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular NBC television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , which ran for six seasons until 1996 . After the series ended , Smith transitioned from television to film , and has gone on to star in numerous blockbuster films . He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $ 100 million in the domestic box office , eleven consecutive films gross over $ 150 million internationally , and eight consecutive films in which he starred open at the number one spot in the domestic box office tally .   Smith has been ranked as the most bankable star worldwide by Forbes . As of 2014 , 17 of the 21 films in which he has had leading roles have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $ 100 million each , five taking in over $ 500 million each in global box office receipts . As of 2016 , his films have grossed $ 7.5 billion at the global box office . For his performances as boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali ( 2001 ) and stockbroker Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness ( 2006 ) , Smith received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor .

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: Bromantic comedy A bromantic comedy is a comedy film genre that takes the formula of the typical `` romantic comedy '' but focuses on close male friendships .

neg: Funny or Die Funny or Die is a comedy video website and film/TV production company founded by Will Ferrell , Adam McKay and Chris Henchy . The website Funny Or Die contains exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers , producers , and directors , and occasionally from a number of famous contributors like Judd Apatow , James Franco , and Norm Macdonald . The production company makes TV shows like truTV 's Billy on the Street , Comedy Central 's @midnight , and Zach Galifianakis 's popular Emmy-winning web series Between Two Ferns .   Many videos on the site feature well-known actors ( examples include Steve Carell , Charlie Sheen , Ryan Gosling , Patrick Stewart , Daniel Radcliffe , Sophia Bush , Mila Kunis , AnnaSophia Robb , Hilary Duff , Adam West , James Van Der Beek , Jim Carrey , Ariel Winter , and Selena Gomez ) . Michael Kvamme , an aspiring young comedian , came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site ; and the site was developed by Randy Adams .   Funny Or Die launched on April 12 , 2007 with the site 's first video , `` The Landlord '' . `` The Landlord '' has received over 84 million views and features Ferrell confronted by a swearing , beer-drinking two-year-old landlord . In June 2007 , they received venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital , and in June 2008 , they announced a partnership with HBO . On August 3 , 2016 , Funny or Die shut-down one of its California offices , reducing its headcount by 30 % to 95 employees , with the announcement coming just two month after the new CEO , Mike Farah , took office

neg: 1969 College Football All-America Team The 1969 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1969 .   The NCAA recognizes six selectors as `` official '' for the 1969 season . They are ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) , ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) , ( 3 ) the Central Press Association ( CP ) , ( 4 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) , ( 5 ) the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , and ( 6 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) . Four of the six teams ( AP , UPI , NEA , and FWAA ) were selected by polling of sports writers and/or broadcasters . The Central Press team was selected with input from the captains of the major college teams . The AFCA team was based on a poll of coaches . Other notable selectors , though not recognized by the NCAA as official , included Football News , a national weekly football publication , Time magazine , The Sporting News ( TSN ) , and the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WC ) .

neg: Will Dean (businessman) Will Dean , MBE ( born November 8 , 1980 ) is a British businessman and former counter-terrorism officer and Harvard Business School MBA , who is the co-founder and CEO of Tough Mudder , and often is called `` The Mark Zuckerberg of Extreme Sports '' . Dean was named to Sports Business Journals prestigious 2017 `` Top 40 Under 40 List . '' Tough Mudder currently employs over 150 people worldwide . The company repeatedly has been identified as one of the live streaming industry 's content leaders .

neg: The Mighty Ducks The Mighty Ducks is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek , starring Emilio Estevez . It was produced by The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet -- Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures . It is the first film in the Mighty Ducks trilogy .   In the UK , South Africa and Australia , the film was retitled Champions . Subsequently , UK home releases are now titled The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions , reflecting both titles , as well as to possibly avoid confusion with the sequel ( retitled as just The Mighty Ducks ) . The year after the film 's release , an NHL hockey club , named the `` Mighty Ducks '' in reference to the film , was founded in Anaheim , California .

neg: List of Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year List of Men 's Basketball Academic All-America Team Members of the Year is a list of the annual selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America and its Academic All-America sponsor of the individual athlete selected as the most outstanding of the annual Men 's Basketball Academic All-America selections . Between 1996 and 2011 , one winner each was chosen from both the College and University Divisions for all twelve Academic All-America teams including football . The Academic All-America program recognizes combined athletic and academic excellence of the nation 's top student-athletes . The University Division team included eligible participants from National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I member schools , while the College Division team included scholar-athletes from all of the following : NCAA Division II , NCAA Division III , National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) , Canadian universities and colleges and two-year schools .   Beginning in 2012 , COSIDA revamped its award structure . The University Division was renamed `` Division I '' . NCAA Divisions II and III now have their own separate All-Americans , while the College Division now consists only of non-NCAA institutions .   Currently , each team selects Academic All-District honorees in eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada . First team All-District honorees make the All-America team ballots . Currently , all twelve Academic All-American teams ( men 's and women 's basketball , men 's and women 's soccer , men 's and women 's track & field , men 's baseball , women 's softball , men 's American football , women 's volleyball and men 's and women 's at-large teams ) have four Academic All-Americans of the Year , one from each division . In each of the four divisions ( College , Division I , Division II , and Division III ) , one of the twelve sport-by-sport Academic All-Americans of the Year is selected as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for that division . The most recent men 's basketball player to receive the all-sports honor is John Coleman of Clarkson University in New York , who won the Division III award for 2015 .


query: Donnie Wahlberg acts with Tom Selleck.

pos: Donnie Wahlberg Donald Edmond `` Donnie '' Wahlberg Jr. . ( born August 17 , 1969 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actor , record producer , and film producer . He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block . Outside of music , he has had roles in the Saw films , The Sixth Sense , Dreamcatcher , and Righteous Kill , also appearing in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers as First Lieutenant Carwood Lipton . From 2002 to 2003 , he starred in the crime drama Boomtown . He has been starring in the drama series Blue Bloods as Danny Reagan with Tom Selleck ( his TV father ) and Bridget Moynahan ( his TV sister ) since 2010 , and since 2014 is an executive producer of the TNT reality television show Boston 's Finest . He was nominated for Choice Scream at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards for his work in the Saw films . He has also produced and starred in `` Rock this Boat '' , `` Donnie Loves Jenny '' and `` Return of the Mac '' on Pop TV .

neg: The Islanders (TV series) The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961 , starring William Reynolds , James Philbrook , and Diane Brewster .   At the beginning of the series , Sandy Wade ( Reynolds ) and Zack Malloy ( Philbrook ) , co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft , start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean . Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger . They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina '' Steamboat Willy '' Vanderveer ( Brewster ) and Shipwreck Callighan ( Roy Wright ) .   The Islanders , primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers ' Chesterfield cigarettes , aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC .   William Reynolds stated in an interview , `` The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around . It was n't very good . ''   After The Islanders , Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show , which aired Mondays on CBS . Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series , The Gallant Men , a World War II series , and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist , Jr. . .   Diane Brewster had earlier portrayed gambler `` Samantha Crawford '' in the first two seasons of Maverick ( 1957 ) and appeared in 1957-1958 in the first season of Leave It to Beaver as schoolteacher `` Miss Canfield , '' later replaced by Sue Randall as `` Miss Landers . '' Subsequently in the 1960s , as a favor to writer/producer Roy Huggins , Brewster occasionally portrayed without screen credit the murdered wife `` Helen Kimble '' ( in flashbacks ) in ABC 's The Fugitive .

neg: Kings of South Beach Kings of South Beach is a film written by Nicholas Pileggi about an infamous operator of nightclubs in the South Beach section of Miami Beach , Florida . The lead character is portrayed by Jason Gedrick ; his best friend is portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg . The film premiered on March 12 , 2007 on the A&E Network .

neg: Sunset Pass Sunset Pass is a 1933 American Pre-Code film based on a Zane Grey novel , directed by Henry Hathaway , and starring Randolph Scott , Tom Keene , Harry Carey , and Noah Beery .  A second 64-minute Sunset Pass was released on October 1 , 1946 . In the 1946 film , James Warren was cast as `` Rocky '' and Nan Leslie as Jane Preston . Hathaway directed Scott , Carey and Beery in several similar Zane Grey Western films in 1933 .

neg: Golden Boot Awards The Golden Boot Awards is an American acknowledgment of achievement honoring actors , actresses , and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and movies . The award is sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund . Money raised at the award banquet is used to help finance various services offered by the Fund to those in the entertainment industry .   Actor Pat Buttram conceived the idea of the Golden Boot Award , and the first ones were presented in 1983 . The awards appear to have been discontinued since 2007 .

neg: Donnie Brasco (film) Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Mike Newell , and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp . Michael Madsen , Bruno Kirby , James Russo , and Anne Heche appeared in supporting roles .   The film is based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone ( Depp ) , an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Mafia Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s , under the alias Donnie Brasco , a.k.a. `` The Jewel Man '' . Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging hit-man , Lefty Ruggiero ( Pacino ) , who vouches for him . As Donnie moves deeper into the Mafia , he realizes that not only is he crossing the line between federal agent and criminal , but also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death .   It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay . The adaptation of the book by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley was by screenwriter Paul Attanasio . The film was a box office success , earning $ 124.9 million against a $ 35 million budget , and receiving critical acclaim .

neg: Dallas Buyers Club Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama film , co-written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack , and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée . The film tells the story of Ron Woodroof , an AIDS patient diagnosed in the mid 1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched , while the disease was not understood and highly stigmatized . As part of the experimental AIDS treatment movement , he smuggled unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas for treating his symptoms , and distributed them to fellow people with AIDS by establishing the `` Dallas Buyers Club '' while facing opposition from the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) . Two fictional supporting characters , Dr. Eve Saks ( Jennifer Garner ) , and Rayon ( Jared Leto ) , were composite roles created from the writer 's interviews with transgender AIDS patients , activists , and doctors .   Screenwriter Borten interviewed Woodroof in 1992 and wrote the script , which he polished with writer Wallack in 2000 , and then sold to producer Robbie Brenner . Several other actors , directors , and producers who were attached at various times to the development of the film left the project . Universal Pictures also tried to make the film , but did not . A couple of screenwriters wrote drafts that were rejected . In 2009 , producer Brenner involved Matthew McConaughey , because of his Texas origins , the same as Woodroof 's . Brenner selected the first draft , written by Borten and Wallack , for the film , and then Vallée was set to direct the film . Principal photography began on November 11 , 2012 , in New Orleans , Louisiana , continuing for 25 days of filming , which also included shooting in Baton Rouge . Brenner and Rachel Winter co-produced the film . The official soundtrack album was featured by various artists , and was released digitally on October 29 , 2013 , by the Relativity Music Group .   Dallas Buyers Club premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on November 1 , 2013 , by Focus Features , strategically entering wide release on November 22 for award season . The film grossed over $ 27 million domestically and $ 27.9 million internationally , the box office revenue returned over $ 55 million against a budget of $ 5 million in 182-days of a theatrical run . It grossed over $ 4.5 million from DVD , and over $ 3 million from Blu-ray sales . The film received universal critical acclaim , resulting in numerous accolades . Most praised the performances of McConaughey and Leto , who received the Academy Award for Best Actor and for Best Supporting Actor , respectively , at the 86th Academy Awards , making this the first film since Mystic River ( 2003 ) , and only the fifth movie ever , to win both awards . The film also won the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling , and garnered nominations for Best Picture , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Editing .

neg: Donnie Yen Donnie Yen ( born 27 July 1963 ) , also known as Yen Chi Tan , is a Hong Kong actor , martial artist , film director , producer , action choreographer , and multiple-time world wushu tournament champion .   Yen is credited by many for contributing to the popularisation of the traditional martial arts style known as Wing Chun . He played Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2008 film Ip Man , which was a box office success . This has led to an increase in the number of people taking up Wing Chun , leading to hundreds of new Wing Chun schools being opened up in mainland China and other parts of Asia . Ip Chun , the eldest son of Ip Man , even mentioned that he is grateful to Yen for making his family art popular and allowing his father 's legacy to be remembered .   Yen is considered to be one of Hong Kong 's top action stars ; director Peter Chan mentioned that he `` is the ` it ' action person right now '' and `` has built himself into a bona fide leading man , who happens to be an action star . '' Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts ( MMA ) into the mainstream of Chinese culture by choreographing MMA in many of his recent films . Yen has displayed notable skills in a wide variety of martial arts , being well-versed in Tai chi chuan , boxing , kickboxing , Jeet Kune Do , Hapkido , Taekwondo , karate , Muay Thai , wrestling , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , Judo , Wing Chun , and Wushu . Seen as one of the most popular film stars in Asia of the early 2000s , Yen was one of the highest paid actors in Asia in 2009 . Yen earned HK$ 220 million ( US$ 28.4 million ) from four films and six advertisements in 2013 .

neg: Donnie Darko (soundtrack) The Donnie Darko soundtrack was created by Michael Andrews and released in 2002 . It consisted of 16 instrumental tracks and two covers of `` Mad World '' by Tears for Fears .

neg: Born on the Fourth of July (film) Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American biographical war drama film based on the best-selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic .   Tom Cruise plays Ron Kovic , in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination . Oliver Stone ( himself a Vietnam veteran ) co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic , and also produced and directed the film . Stone wanted to film the movie in Vietnam , but because relations between the United States and Vietnam had not yet been normalized , it was instead filmed in the Philippines . The film is considered part of Stone 's `` trilogy '' of films about the Vietnam War -- following Platoon ( 1986 ) and preceding Heaven & Earth ( 1993 ) .   Born on the Fourth of July was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two , for Best Director and Best Film Editing ; it also won four Golden Globe Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award . The film was a critical and commercial success , grossing $ 161,001,698 worldwide .

neg: Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt Jesse Stone : Benefit of the Doubt is a 2012 American television crime drama film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck , Kathy Baker , and Kohl Sudduth . Based on the characters from the Jesse Stone novels created by Robert B. Parker , the film is about the police chief of a small New England town who returns from his forced retirement after his replacement is blown up in the town police car . Filmed on location in Nova Scotia , the story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise , Massachusetts . Jesse Stone : Benefit of the Doubt is the eighth in a series of nine television films based on the characters of Parker 's Jesse Stone novels . The film first aired on the CBS television network on May 20 , 2012 .

neg: Monte Walsh (1970 film) Monte Walsh is a 1970 film directed by cinematographer William A. Fraker . His directorial debut , it stars Lee Marvin , Jeanne Moreau and Jack Palance . The name `` Monte Walsh '' is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by Jack Schaefer , but the film has little to do with the plot of Schaefer 's book . The film was set in Harmony , Arizona . A made-for-TV remake was set in Wyoming and directed by Simon Wincer , with Tom Selleck and Isabella Rossellini playing the parts of Monte and Martine . The story has elements of a tragedy . The song played over the opening credits is `` The Good Times Are Comin ' '' by Mama Cass , with music and lyrics by John Barry and Hal David .

neg: August (2008 film) August is a 2008 American drama film directed by Austin Chick and presented by 57th & Irving . The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers , ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001 , one month prior to the 9/11 attacks .   The film premiered as an official selection of the Spectrum section at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival .

neg: Tom Fleischman Tom Fleischman ( born September 15 , 1951 ) is an American sound engineer and Re-recording mixer . He is the son of film editor Dede Allen , and documentary producer , director , and writer Stephen Fleischman . He has worked on over 170 films since 1978 . He won an Academy Award in 2011 in the category Best Sound Mixing for Hugo and has received four other Oscar nominations for Reds ( 1982 ) , The Silence of the Lambs ( 1992 ) , Gangs of New York ( 2003 ) , and The Aviator ( 2005 ) .   In addition to his work in feature films he has also done work in television , winning four Emmy Awards in 1986 for ABC Afterschool Specials : Can A Guy Say No , in 2006 for Martin Scorsese 's No Direction Home : Bob Dylan , in 2013 for History of the Eagles , Boardwalk Empire : The Milkmaid 's Lot and also garnered Emmy nominations for Scorsese 's George Harrison : Living in the Material World , and the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire .

neg: Bad Ass (film) Bad Ass is a 2012 American action film written and directed by Craig Moss . The film stars Danny Trejo , Charles S. Dutton , and Ron Perlman . It is loosely based on the viral AC Transit Bus fight internet video and the films Gran Torino and Harry Brown .

neg: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2011 American drama film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer , directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Eric Roth . It stars Thomas Horn , Tom Hanks , Sandra Bullock , Max von Sydow , Viola Davis , John Goodman , Jeffrey Wright , and Zoe Caldwell . Production took place in New York City . The film had a limited release in the United States on December 25 , 2011 by Warner Bros. . Pictures , and a wide release on January 20 , 2012 . Despite mixed reviews , the film was nominated for two Academy Awards , Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for von Sydow . The film earned $ 55.2 million . The film was released in Blu-ray , DVD , and digital download formats in Region 1 on March 27 , 2012 .

neg: Aloha (film) Aloha is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film written , produced and directed by Cameron Crowe . The film , starring Bradley Cooper , Emma Stone , Rachel McAdams , Bill Murray , John Krasinski , Danny McBride , and Alec Baldwin , was released on May 29 , 2015 . The film received negative reviews from critics , and has grossed only $ 26 million against a budget of $ 37 million , making the film a box office bomb .

neg: Daddy's Home (film) Daddy 's Home is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Brian Burns , Anders and John Morris . The film is about a mild-mannered step-father ( Will Ferrell ) who vies for the attention of his wife 's children ( Linda Cardellini ) when their real father ( Mark Wahlberg ) comes back .   The second collaboration between Ferrell and Wahlberg following the 2010 film The Other Guys , principal photography began on November 17 , 2014 in New Orleans , Louisiana . The film was released on December 25 , 2015 by Paramount Pictures , received mixed reviews and grossed more than $ 242 million worldwide .

neg: The Closer (1998 TV series) The Closer is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998 . The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive .

neg: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher film , and a remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . The fifth entry in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise , the film was directed by Marcus Nispel , written by Scott Kosar , and produced by Michael Bay . It was also co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper , co-creators of the original 1974 film .   TCM is the first of many horror remakes to come from Michael Bay 's Platinum Dunes production company which also released the remakes The Amityville Horror , The Hitcher , Friday the 13th , and A Nightmare on Elm Street . Though met with negative reception from critics , the film was well received by fans , and grossed $ 107 million worldwide above its $ 9.5 million budget , making it a strong financial success . A prequel was released in 2006 , titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Beginning .

neg: The Happening (2008 film) The Happening is a 2008 American thriller film written , co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan , and stars Mark Wahlberg , Zooey Deschanel , John Leguizamo , and Betty Buckley . The film follows a man , his wife , his best friend and his friend 's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster .   The film was advertised as being Shyamalan 's first R-rated film ; it received mostly negative reviews from critics on Metacritic and grossed $ 163 million worldwide .


query: Rogue appears in Canadian comic books.

pos: Rogue (comics) Rogue is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with the X-Men . The character debuted in Avengers Annual # 10 ( November 1981 ) as a villain , but then soon after she joined the X-Men .   Rogue is part of a subspecies of humans called mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities . Rogue has the involuntary ability to absorb and sometimes also remove the memories , physical strength , and superpowers of anyone she touches . Therefore , Rogue considers her powers to be a curse . For most of her life , she limited her physical contact with others , including her on-off love interest , Gambit . However , after many years , Rogue finally gained full control over her mutant ability .   Hailing from the fictional Caldecott County , Mississippi , Rogue is the X-Men 's self-described southern belle . A runaway , she was adopted by Mystique of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and grew up as a villain . After Rogue permanently absorbs Ms. Marvel 's psyche and Kree powers , she reforms and turns to the X-Men , fearing for her sanity . Rogue 's real name and early history were not revealed until nearly 20 years after her introduction . Until the back story provided by Robert Rodi in the ongoing Rogue series , which began in September 2004 , Rogue 's background was only hinted at . Her name was revealed as Anna Marie , although her surname is still unknown . She has sometimes adopted the name Raven , which is the first name of her foster mother Mystique .   Rogue has been one of the most prominent members of the X-Men since the 1980s . She was # 5 on IGN 's Top 25 X-Men list for 2006 , # 4 on their Top Ten X-Babes list for 2006 , # 3 on Marvel 's list of Top 10 Toughest Females for 2009 and was given title of # 1 X-Man on CBR 's Top 50 X-Men of All Time for 2008 . She was ranked tenth in Comics Buyer 's Guide 's `` 100 Sexiest Women in Comics '' list . Rogue has been featured in most of the X-Men animated series , and various video games . In the X-Men film series , she is portrayed by Anna Paquin . Her visual cue is often the white streak that runs through her hair .

neg: Rogue Ales Rogue Ales is a brewery founded in 1988 in Ashland , Oregon , United States . The following year the company opened their second brewpub in Newport , Oregon where they are now headquartered . They operate brewpubs in Oregon , Washington , and California . Rogue exports throughout the US and internationally .   The company has also expanded into distilling as well , with micro distilleries in Newport and Portland .

neg: Mister Mxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk ( -LSB- mɪksˈjɛzpɪtlɪk -RSB- , -LSB- ˈmɪksɪlplɪk -RSB- or -LSB- mɪksˈjɛzpɪtəlɪk -RSB- ) , sometimes called Mxy , is a fictional impish character who appears in DC Comics ' Superman comic books , sometimes as a supervillain and other times as an antihero .   Mr. Mxyzptlk was created to appear in Superman # 30 ( Sept. 1944 ) , in the story `` The Mysterious Mr. Mxyzptlk '' , by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Ira Yarborough . But due to publishing lag time , the character saw print first in the Superman daily comic strip by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist Wayne Boring .   He is usually presented as a trickster , in the classical mythological sense , in that he possesses reality warping powers with which he enjoys tormenting Superman in a cartoonish way . In most of his appearances in DC Comics , he can be stopped only by tricking him into saying or spelling his own name backwards ( Kltpzyxm - `` kel-tip-zix-um '' ) , which will return him to his home in the 5th dimension and keep him there for a minimum of ninety days . However , this specific limitation of the character has been eliminated since the Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot , upon which the character leaves only when he willingly agrees to do so after meeting some conditions he sets , such as having Superman succeed in getting Mxyzptlk to paint his own face blue .   In 2009 , Mister Mxyzptlk was ranked as IGN 's 76th-Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time .

neg: Crippler (comics) Crippler is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .   Crippler is a mercenary who was once a member of HYDRA , but later quit to become a vigilante and later member of Silver Sable 's Wild Pack .

neg: Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher . It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue where comics creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created , as creator-owned properties . It was immediately successful , and remains one of the largest comic book publishers in North America . Its output was originally dominated by superhero and fantasy series from the studios of the Image partners , but now includes comics in many genres by numerous independent creators . Its best-known series include Spawn , Savage Dragon , Witchblade , The Darkness , Invincible , The Walking Dead , Saga , and Chew .

neg: Denim delinquent Denim Delinquent was an influential underground fanzine of seven issues in total , published from 1971 to 1976 . It was the first rock and roll fanzine to come out of Canada . The zine began as a launching pad for the writing of Jymn Parrett and Mark Jones in Ottawa , Ontario .   After the first two Ottawa-based issues , subsequent Denim Delinquents were published out of Los Angeles by Jymn and Dee Parrett . The content of these issues included articles about music groups playing the Sunset Strip , including the Whisky a Go Go .   Contributors included Lester Bangs , Jeremy Gluck ( later of The Barracudas ) , Danny Sugerman , Jeffrey Morgan AKA Machine Rock ( Creem ) . Interviews and features spanned such groups as :   Iggy and the Stooges  Kiss  Kinks  New York Dolls  Mott the Hoople  Michael Nesmith  Monty Python   Original issues of Denim Delinquent sell for over $ 300 on eBay .   For many years after the demise of Denim Delinquent , Jymn Parrett continued to write for various Canadian music magazines , including Cheap Thrills , Stagelife , Roxy and more recently , `` Ugly Things . ''   A compendium of Denim Delinquent issues was published by the book division of HoZac Records , May 2016 . It was sold out in one week . A second edition is currently being prepared .

neg: Omega Flight Omega Flight is the name used by four teams of fictional characters with superpowers appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Omega Flight is one of the few Canadian teams published by an American comic book company . Omega Flight first appeared in the pages of Alpha Flight as a supervillain team . The latest incarnations have been composed of heroes .

neg: Aircel Comics Aircel Comics ( Aircel Publishing ) was a Canadian comic book publisher founded by Barry Blair , based in Ottawa and active between 1985 and 1994 . In 1988 , it merged with American publisher Eternity Comics , itself an imprint of Malibu Comics , and in the late 1980s was taken over by Malibu before ceasing publication . In the beginning , Aircel focused upon storytelling techniques , blending historical and futuristic fantasy from different cultures as the underlying theme for each comic series . The Aircel comic book `` style '' featured high-quality colour covers with black-and white interiors . Canadian artists such as Dave Cooper , Denis Beauvais , and Dale Keown got their start at Aircel . Charles de Lint also scripted several comic books for Aircel in the mid-1980s .   In the late 1980s Aircel terminated its previous comic book series and pursued sex-themed comics in a partnership with Malibu Comics . After 1990 , Aircel achieved some commercial success with the Men in Black comic .

neg: Captain Canuck Captain Canuck is a Canadian comic book superhero . Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist/writer Richard Comely , the original Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck # 1 ( cover-dated July 1975 ) . The series was the first successful Canadian comic book since the collapse of the nation 's comic-book industry following World War II .   Three characters have worn the maple leaf costume of Captain Canuck . The first Captain Canuck patrolled Canada in the then-future year of 1993 , where `` Canada had become the most powerful country in the world '' . He was the costumed agent of the `` Canadian International Security Organization '' ( CISO ) .   Like most independent comics , Captain Canuck 's adventures have been published sporadically .   Captain Canuck is sometimes confused with Marvel Comics 's Guardian , leader of Alpha Flight , created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in 1978 . Both characters have very similar costumes , as both are based on the colours of the Canadian flag .

neg: Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero is a Japanese light novel series written by Tetsuto Uesu and illustrated by Tamago no Kimi . A 12-episode anime adaptation by Arms aired between July and September 2012 . It has been licensed in North America by Funimation .

neg: Rebels Motorcycle Club (Canada) The Rebels MC ( motorcycle club ) was an outlaw motorcycle club based in Western Canada that was founded in Red Deer , Alberta in 1968 .   Along with the Grim Reapers , the Warlords , and King 's Crew , the Rebels became one of the four dominant outlaw motorcycle clubs operating in Alberta prior to 1997 . By 1997 , when the Grim Reapers became part of the Hells Angels in a patch-over ceremony held in Red Deer , Alberta , and after merging with the Loners of Saskatchewan , the Rebels had become a support club of the Hells Angels with four chapters : Edmonton , Calgary , Moose Jaw , and Saskatoon .   In 1976 , the Rebels gained a certain level of notoriety , or respect in some circles , due to their much publicized altercations with the Canadian Airborne Regiment when about 40 members of the Airborne showed up with nunchaku , steel bars , baseball bats , and blackjacks , and ambushed 23 Rebels at the club bar in Edmonton , the Kingsway Motor Inn , during a performance by Seattle rock band Raving Onus . After a skirmish , the bruised and battered paratroopers retreated and the Rebels went back to their business .   In the 1970s and early 1980s ( the golden era in Canada for independent one-percenter clubs ) , the Rebels were the dominant club in the Edmonton area , while the Reapers were the alpha club in Red Deer and Calgary . In the early eighties , as the Reapers grew more powerful and the Rebels less so , the Rebels were warned by the Reapers not to fly the `` Alberta '' lower rocker on threat of club warfare , so members of the Rebel 's Calgary chapter used `` Southern Alberta '' for the lower rocker and Edmonton members flew `` Northern Alberta '' . King 's Crew , meanwhile , were tolerated in their use of `` Calgary '' as the lower rocker , while the Saskatchewan Rebels , at that point being the dominant club in that province , flew `` Saskatchewan '' as their lower rocker . In September 1998 , the Saskatoon Rebels were patched over to the Hells Angels and the Apollos of Saskatoon became the primary Hells Angels support club there .   The Edmonton chapter of the Rebels folded in 1997 , soon after the arrest of then secretary-treasurer Scott Jamieson . In 2004 , Joey `` Crazy Horse '' Morin , a.k.a. Joey Campbell , a former associate of the Edmonton chapter of the Rebels , and Robert Charles Simpson were gunned down outside an Edmonton strip club . At the time of the murders , the Bandidos website identified Morin as a probationary member and Simpson as a hangaround . Sources close to the investigation speculated at the time that Morin and Simpson were in Edmonton to set up shop and the murders were committed by a group opposed to that happening . To date no arrests have been made and the file is still officially open and active .   The Rebels were listed as an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada .

neg: Canada (band) Canada is an American indie folk-pop music group from Ann Arbor , Michigan . Its songs are generally acoustic and feature guitars , drums , cellos , glockenspiels , melodicas , rhodes piano , organ and accordions . The group is known for its group vocals and harmonies and energetic live shows where members switch instruments between songs .   `` With a blend of pop , folk , and country , Canada keeps an even keel with amazing melodies and even more engaging instrumentation , never becoming tiresome or trite in its mission to craft the perfect pop song ... They have made what could very well be the best pop album to come out of the ever-fruitful Detroit music scene in 2006 , and considering the quality of the competition , that 's no small praise . ''   The band , composed of long-time friends , formed in late 2004 and self-released the six song How Dare You EP in July 2005 . Soon after , they were approached by indie Michigan label Quite Scientific and soon signed with them to record a full length album . Recording took place during the fall and winter of 2005 in Lansing , Michigan on a soundboard originally used to mix portions of the second and third Star Wars films .   The band released its first album , This Cursed House , in June 2006 . The album became the No. 1 most-added album in college radio for June 20 , 2006 , and later climbed to No. 13 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 ( CMJ New Music Report , Issue 971 ) .   Canada proceeded to embark on a series of tours with friends Page France ( Suicide Squeeze ) , Saturday Looks Good To Me ( Polyvinyl ) Headlights ( Polyvinyl ) , and Margot and the Nuclear So and So 's . Joe , Ryan , and Aaron ( Shaul ) became brief members of Saturday Looks Good To Me during this time , playing bass , drums , and glockenspiel respectively . Ryan later became a more permanent member with the group and toured with them as their drummer during their 2007 US and European tours . Canada also performed at the 2006 Pygmalion Music Festival in Champaign-Urbana , the 2006/7/8 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City and SXSW 2006/7 in Austin .   Canada embarked on its longest ( 8 week ) nationwide tour in the summer of 2007 . The band was prepping the release of their second full-length ( which would have been called Put Singing Birds Into Your Messy Hair ) , when creative , scheduling , and recording issues put a halt to production in late 2008 . The band currently has no plans to re-unite , despite several offers for reunion concerts in Southeastern Michigan , however their second record may become available digitally sometime in the future .

neg: Nowhere Men Nowhere Men is a comic book series written by Eric Stephenson . The first six issues were drawn by Nate Bellegarde , colored by Jordie Bellaire , lettered by Fonografix ( Steven Finch ) , and published by Image Comics .  As of issue 7 , Dave Taylor has replaced Nate Bellegarde , who no longer is part of the creative team . Emi Lenox also joined up , providing short comics about Monica Strange , one of the characters of Nowhere Men .   The series centers on a fictional world where a group of four scientists , long since gone their own ways , have had huge cultural influences in a way similar to that of The Beatles in our world . It 's loosely based on the story of the British Invasion , especially how The Beatles stood out . The promotional tagline , `` Science is the new Rock-N-Roll '' , exemplifies this .   The name is derived primarily from the fact that things just seem to come out of nowhere for the scientists , although there are other plot points that the name is based on as well . It was also influenced by the Beatles song `` Nowhere Man '' .   Nowhere Men was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014 , of which it won one : Jordie Bellaire won the award for Best Colorist for her work on several titles , including Nowhere Men .   As of March 2016 , nine issues have been published , the first six of which form the completed first arc . The seventh , eighth and ninth issue are part of the second arc , which started in January 2016 after a two-year delay and was scheduled to be completed in June 2016 .

neg: Slapstick (comics) Slapstick ( Steve Harmon ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He resembles an animated clown and has the abilities of a slapstick cartoon character , such as one from Looney Tunes , including warping reality to match that of an animated cartoon .

neg: American Vampire American Vampire is an American Eisner Award-winning comic book series created by writer Scott Snyder and drawn by artist Rafael Albuquerque .   The series imagines vampires as a population made up of many different secret species , and charts moments of vampire evolution and inter-species conflict throughout history . The focus of the series is a new American bloodline of vampires , born in the American West in the late 19th century . The first of this new species is a notorious outlaw named Skinner Sweet , who wakes from death , after being infected , to find he has become a new kind of vampire , something stronger and faster than what came before , impervious to sunlight , with a new set of strengths and weaknesses . The series goes on to track his movements through various decades of American history -- along with the movements of his first and only known progeny : Pearl Jones , a young woman working as a struggling actress in the 1920s silent film industry when she is attacked by a coven of European vampires hiding in Hollywood . Sweet saves her ( uncharacteristically ) by giving her his blood , thereby turning her into an American vampire like him , at which point she seeks revenge on the classic vampires who attacked her in life . The complicated and charged relationship Jones has with Sweet is another focus of the series .   The first five issues featured two stories -- one by Snyder and the other by Stephen King , both drawn by Rafael Albuquerque . As of the sixth issue , Scott Snyder has taken over as sole writer .   American Vampire has spun off two mini-series . The first , `` Survival of the Fittest '' , illustrated by Sean Murphy focuses on the cases files of the V.M.S. , the vampire hunting organization of the series . The second , `` Lord of Nightmares '' , illustrated by Dustin Nguyen further focuses on the mythology presented by Survival of the Fittest . In June 2013 , a one shot co-written by Snyder and Albuquerque ( who also illustrates the 64-page issue ) , entitled `` Long Road to Hell '' which features vampire hunter Travis Kidd , was released .

neg: Quattro Books Quattro Books is a Canadian small press based in Toronto , Ontario . Quattro publishes both poetry and novellas by established and emerging Canadian writers .   Quattro Books was founded in 2006 by Allan Briesmaster , John Calabro , Beatriz Hausner and Luciano Iacobelli , who collectively ran the reading series , Toronto WordStage , from 2006 to 2008 . As of 2014 , Allan Briesmaster and Luciano Iacobelli became the sole owners of Quattro . John Calabro left the company in order to accept the role of Co-Executive Director of the Inspire ! Toronto International Book Fair , which was hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre November 13 to 16 , 2014 .   The publishing mandate of Quattro Books includes fostering the development and popularity of the literary novella . Known as the `` Home of the Novella , '' Quattro Books runs a yearly novella contest called the `` Ken Klonsky Novella Contest '' .   Authors published by Quattro Books include George Fetherling , Christopher Levenson , Binnie Brennan , Brenda Niskala , Rocco de Giacomo , Carole Giangrande , Sky Gilbert , Michael Wex , Gianna Patriarca , Gale Zoë Garnett , David Silverberg , Susan McCaslin and Jim Christy .   In 2014 , Night Vision by Christopher Levenson was shortlisted for the Governor General 's Literary Award for poetry .

neg: List of Batman Family adversaries The Batman Family adversaries or the rogues gallery are a collective of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies .   Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics # 27 ( May 1939 ) , his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes , and has become what is now informally called the Batman Family . As with most superheroes , a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman Family have been introduced throughout the decades , collectively referred to as the rogues gallery . Many characters from Batman 's rogues gallery who are criminally insane become patients at Arkham Asylum after they are apprehended .   The Batman Family 's rogues gallery has widely been well received , considered by many journalists to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries in all of comics .

neg: Peter Corbeau Peter Corbeau is a fictional character that appears in Marvel Comics .

neg: Miss Fear (comics) Miss Fear ( or simply , Fear ) was a recurring character in Blackhawk comics ( published by Quality Comics , later bought by DC Comics ) between 1946 and 1948 . Her first appearance in Modern Comics # 49 ( May , 1946 ) told her origin as daughter of the slain leader of an obscure nation in central Asia . When Blackhawk and his men arrived to investigate the murder , they found Fear always a half-step ahead on her vendetta , ruthlessly avenging her father with a Tommy gun .   Further Golden Age appearances by Miss Fear included Blackhawk Comics issues 13 , 14 , 17 , 19 , 20 , and 22 ( December , 1948 ) . In these stories she developed a distinctly romantic yet seemingly unrequited interest in Blackhawk , meanwhile involving and assisting the team in various cases and missions , usually in central Asia . Fear displayed an impressive array of skills including flying , horsemanship , martial arts , and wielding a bullwhip , as well as crack marksmanship . The conclusion of the final story , however , seemed to imply that she was resigned to disappointment in carrying a torch for Blackhawk .   In 1998 , Miss Fear returned in a somewhat different form in the four-issue miniseries Guns of the Dragon , by Timothy Truman , starring Enemy Ace and Bat Lash . Set in China , 1927 , this story depicted her as a young , half-Chinese / half-Caucasian spy in service of the communists . The plot also involved a recurring Blackhawk villain , the Thunderer , as well as a brief appearance by Chop-Chop , although his age at that point seems impossible to reconcile with his later career as Blackhawk 's sidekick . The outcome of the adventure led Fear to reconsider her loyalty to the communists and suggested her future as a freelance freedom-fighter . However , her only subsequent appearance thus far has been in the form of a limited edition 1/6 scale G.I. Joe action figure , produced by Dreams & Visions in 2003 , licensed by Hasbro and DC Comics .

neg: Quebec comics Quebec comics ( bande dessinée québécoise -LSB- bɑ̃d dɛ.si.ne ke.be.kwaz -RSB- or BDQ ) are French language comics produced primarily in the Canadian province of Quebec , and read both within and outside of Canada , particularly in French-speaking Europe .   In contrast to English language comics in Canada , which largely follow the American model , Quebec comics are mostly influenced by the trends in Franco-Belgian comics . There is little crossover between the French and English comics worlds in Canada .

neg: Rogue Trooper (board game) Rogue Trooper is the name of a British board wargame based on the 2000 AD comic strip of the same name . It was released in 1987 and published by Games Workshop .   In the comic , genetically created soldiers ( Genetic Infantryman ) are battling on Nu-Earth in the far future on the side of the Southers , a war without rules and where chemical and biological weapons are used with such frequency that the atmosphere is lethal . At the Quartz Zone Massacre , the enemy Norts - with the help of a treacherous Souther - launched an attack that massacred all but one of the Genetic Infantrymen . He became Rogue Trooper and set out to hunt down the traitor on his own side who helped mastermind the massacre .   Although there was only one surviving Genetic Infantryman in the comic , the boardgame is for several players and thus takes a bit of artistic liberty and declares there were actually several survivors . The opposing players control one Rogue Trooper each and must hunt down the traitor across the devastated wastes of Nu-Earth . The winner is the one who finds and kills the traitor .   It employed a board separated into hex map areas representing different parts of Nu-Earth . Plastic miniatures represent the GIs and a card-system is employed for revealing who or what lay in each of the areas as the players explore the planet .


query: The German Shepherd is the second-most registered breed by the American Kennel Club and The Kennel Club UK.

pos: German Shepherd The German Shepherd ( Deutscher Schäferhund , -LSB- ˈʃɛːfɐˌhʊnt -RSB- ) is a breed of medium to large-sized working dog that originated in Germany . The breed 's officially recognized name is German Shepherd Dog in the English language ( sometimes abbreviated as GSD ) . The breed is also known as the Alsatian in Britain and Ireland . The German Shepherd is a relatively new breed of dog , with their origin dating to 1899 . As part of the Herding Group , German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep . Since that time however , because of their strength , intelligence , trainability , and obedience , German Shepherds around the world are often the preferred breed for many types of work , including disability assistance , search-and-rescue , police and military roles , and even acting . The German Shepherd is the second-most registered breed by the American Kennel Club and fourth-most registered breed by The Kennel Club in the United Kingdom .

neg: General Stud Book __ NOTOC __   The General Stud Book is a breed registry for horses in Great Britain and Ireland . More specifically it is used to document the breeding of Thoroughbreds and related foundation bloodstock such as the Arabian horse . Today it is published every four years by Weatherbys . Volume 47 was published in 2013 .   In 1791 , James Weatherby published Introduction to a General Stud Book , which was an attempt to collect pedigrees for the horses racing then and that had raced in the past . It was filled with errors and was not at all complete , but it was popular and led in 1793 to the first volume of the General Stud Book which had many more pedigrees and was more accurate . Volume one was revised many times , the most important being in 1803 , 1808 , 1827 , 1859 and 1891 .   The General Stud Book has been owned by Weatherbys ever since ; the two horse racing authorities that cover the United Kingdom , the British Horseracing Authority in Great Britain ( historically the Jockey Club ) and Horse Racing Ireland for all of the island of Ireland , including Northern Ireland , do not maintain the registry . This differs from the American Stud Book which is owned by the United States Jockey Club .

neg: Toy Manchester Terrier The Toy Manchester Terrier is a breed of dog , categorized as a terrier . The breed was bred down in size in North America from the Manchester Terrier , and is placed in the Toy Group by the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club ( the Manchester Terrier is placed in the Terrier Group . ) Neither the Fédération Cynologique Internationale nor The Kennel Club recognize a Toy variety of the Manchester Terrier .

neg: Berger Blanc Suisse The Berger Blanc Suisse ( White Swiss Shepherd , Weisser Schweizer Schäferhund , Pastore Svizzero Bianco ) is a breed of dog from Switzerland . It is of the same origins as the White Shepherd and the German Shepherd Dog , and has been recognized as a separate breed by the FCI .

neg: German Baptist The German Baptist movement was founded in 18th century Germany as a fusion of the Anabaptist and Radical Pietist movements . German Baptists are not to be confused with Primitive , Separate , Southern , Particular , and all other mainline Baptist denominations who , although generally unified on rudimentary doctrines such as baptism , would have conflicting views in other areas , such as non-resistance , etc. . In addition , German Baptists are not to be confused with a recent , small , renewal movement of `` Plain , '' `` Covered '' Baptists , who , for all intents and purposes , have comparable beliefs and practice of the historic German Baptists for the most part ( albeit in wide variance ) , but are of different origins .   The German Baptists and subsequent groups with the name `` Brethren '' are not to be confused with various other similar denominations such as the Plymouth Brethren , their respective variants , and the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement , etc. . See Brethren for more information .   German Baptist can refer to the German Baptist Brethren , or Fraternity of German Baptists , the American name of the Schwarzenau Brethren , or any of the several groups associated with them :  Old German Baptist Brethren  Old German Baptist Brethren , New Conference  Old Order German Baptist Brethren  Old Brethren German Baptist  Dunkard Brethren - Though many churches retain the word `` Dunkard '' in their names , they may be congregations of more conservative `` Old Order German Baptists '' , less conservative `` Progressives '' , or the current `` Church of the Brethren '' , also called in the 19th century `` Fraternity of German Baptists '' or simply `` German Baptists '' , or within the community called `` Dunkards '' .  -LSB- Progressives , or Progressive Dunkards -RSB- - split in 1880s from the Fraternity of German Baptists which officially became `` Church of the Brethren ''  Church of the Brethren - referred to in local deeds in early-mid 19th century as `` Fraternity of German Baptists ''  The Brethren Church  Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches  Conservative Grace Brethren Churches , International  Church of God ( New Dunkers )  Brethren Reformed Church   The `` Progressive Dunkard '' members split from their more conservative `` Fraternity of German Baptists '' ( also called `` Dunkards '' in local communities ) . Today , however , these churches are more alike than different in their religious views , while the `` Old German Baptist '' and `` Old Order German Baptist '' churches remain more conservative .   `` The Brethren '' and `` Grace Brethren '' churches have no connection to the `` Fraternity of German Baptists '' , aka `` Church of the Brethren '' .

neg: Origin of the domestic dog The origin of the domestic dog is not clear . The domestic dog is a member of genus Canis ( canines ) that forms part of the wolf-like canids , and is the most widely abundant carnivore . The closest living relative of the dog is the gray wolf and there is no evidence of any other canine contributing to its genetic lineage . The dog and the extant gray wolf form two sister clades , with modern wolves not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated . The archaeological record shows the first undisputed dog remains buried beside humans 14,700 years ago , with disputed remains occurring 36,000 years ago . These dates imply that the earliest dogs arose in the time of human hunter-gatherers and not agriculturists . The dog was the first domesticated species .   Where the genetic divergence of dog and wolf took place remains controversial , with the most plausible proposals spanning Western Europe , Central Asia , and East Asia . This has been made more complicated by the most recent proposal that fits the available evidence , which is that an initial wolf population split into East and West Eurasian groups ; these , before going extinct , were domesticated independently into two distinct dog populations between 14,000 -- 6,400 years ago . The Western Eurasian dog population was partially and gradually replaced by East Asian dogs introduced by humans at least 6,400 years ago .

neg: Schnauzer A schnauzer -LSB- ˈʃnaʊzər -RSB- ( -LSB- ˈʃnaʊtsɐ -RSB- , plural Schnauzer , lit . translation `` snouter '' ) is a dog breed that originated in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries . The term comes from the German word for `` snout '' and means colloquially `` moustache '' , because of the dog 's distinctively bearded snout . Although the schnauzer is considered a terrier-type dog , they do not have the typical terrier temperament .

neg: Vulnerable Native Breeds thumb | right | There were only 37 Skye Terrier puppies registered with the Kennel Club in 2010  Vulnerable Native Breeds are a group of dog breeds originating in the United Kingdom and Ireland , and identified by The Kennel Club ( KC ) as having annual registration numbers of 300 puppies or fewer . The need for such a list was first identified in June 2003 , with research conducted by the KC to identify the extent of the vulnerability and viability of each breed . It was a joint project , with the KC working with the British and Irish Native Breeds Trust , later to be known simply as the Native Dog Breeds Trust . The breeds on the list have been promoted at events such as Discover Dogs and Crufts , and by asking that owners of these breeds mate their dogs rather than having them spayed .   The majority of the list come from the Terrier Group , a group mostly derived from breeds with backgrounds in the British Isles . The most marked drop in popularity is that of the Sealyham Terrier which registered 1,084 breeds in 1938 , but by 2004 was registering only sixty dogs a year . In October 2011 , British magazine Country Life highlighted the breed on its front cover , with the heading `` SOS : Save our Sealyhams '' , and launched a campaign to save the breed . The Otterhound , popular during the time of Henry VIII , has numbers of less than a thousand world wide and is described by the British & Irish Dog Breeds Preservation Trust as `` twice as rare as the Giant Panda '' .   The list was originally compiled in January 2006 , and included 28 breeds . Later in 2006 , the Miniature Bull Terrier was added . In 2007 , after consultation with the breed clubs involved , the Bloodhound , Gordon Setter and King Charles Spaniel were re-classed as `` Viable '' rather than vulnerable . The English Setter is the newest addition to the list , having been added for the first time in 2012 . However , during 2012 the number of English Setter puppies registered increased to 314 , so the breed was moved to the Kennel Club 's ` At Watch ' list , which is for breeds with registrations from 300-450 . Breeds on the ` At Watch ' list included in 2013 the English Setter , the Old English Sheepdog , the Irish Terrier , the Irish Wolfhound , the Welsh Springer Spaniel , the Pembroke Welsh Corgi , and the Welsh Terrier .

neg: Norfolk Terrier The Norfolk Terrier is a British breed of dog . Prior to gaining recognition as an independent breed in 1964 , it was a variety of the Norwich Terrier , distinguished from the `` prick eared '' Norwich by its `` drop ears '' ( or folded ears ) . Together , the Norfolk and Norwich Terriers are the smallest of the working terriers .

neg: Old English Sheepdog The Old English Sheepdog ( OES ) is a large breed of dog which was developed in England from early herding types of dog . The Old English Sheepdog can grow a very long coat , with fur covering the face and eyes . Obsolete names of the breed include Shepherd 's Dog and . It is still nicknamed Bob-tail ( or Bobtail ) because historically , the tail was traditionally docked in this breed .

neg: Dog watch Dog watch , in marine or naval terminology , is a watch , a period of work duty or a work shift , between 16:00 and 20:00 ( 4 pm and 8 pm ) . This period is split into two , with the ` first ' dog watch from 16:00 to 18:00 ( 4 pm to 6 pm ) and the ` last ' dog watch from 18:00 to 20:00 ( 6 pm to 8 pm ) . Each of these watches is half the length of a standard watch .   The last dog watch is also referred to as the second dog watch in some sources . For instance Jack London in The Sea Wolf , chapter 6 : '' ( rest ) I can steal near the end of the second dog watch '' . The Admiralty Manual of Seamanship from 1913 also refers to the first and second dog watches .   The reason behind this watch 's existence is that , in order for the crew to rotate through all the watches , it was necessary to split one of the watches in half , to create an odd number of watches in a ship 's day . This allowed the sailors to stand different watches instead of one team being forced to stand the mid-watch every night . The choice of time also allows both watches , if there are only two , to eat an evening meal at about the traditional time .   The Oxford English Dictionary states that the word ` dogwatch ' is a direct translation from either German or Dutch of a similar term . It originally referred to the night-watch on ships -- that is , the time when ( on land ) all but the dog were asleep . The name is also said to be derived from Sirius , the `` Dog Star '' , on the claim that Sirius was the first star that can be seen at night . An alternative folk etymology is that the name arose because someone tasked with one of these ` half ' watches was said to be ` dodging the watch ' , taking or standing the ` dodge watch ' . This became shortened to ` dog watch ' . Another variation is that those sleeping get only ` dog sleep ' in this watch . Stephen Maturin of Patrick O'Brian 's Aubrey-Maturin series retells the 19th century humourist Theodore Hook 's pun that the dog watch is so-named because it is `` cur-tailed '' ( `` curtailed '' , i.e. shortened ) .

neg: Italian Landrace The Italian Landrace ( ` Landrace italiana ' ) is an Italian breed of domestic pig . It derives from the Danish Landrace breed developed in Denmark at the end of the nineteenth century . Stock was imported into Italy after the Second World War . The breed has been selected principally for suitability for the production of prosciutto crudo . It is , after the Large White Italiana , the second-most numerous pig breed in Italy . The breed standard is issued by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali , the Italian ministry of agriculture and forestry ; the herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini , the national pig-breeders ' association .

neg: Alsatian Alsatian may refer to :  The Alsace region of France  Alsatian language , the language or dialect of the Alsace region of northeast France  Alsatians ( people ) , a person from the Alsace region of France or a speaker of the Alsatian language  `` Alsatian Cousin '' , the first track on Morrissey 's 1988 debut album , Viva Hate  `` American Alsatian '' , or `` Alsatian Shepalute '' , a new dog breed being developed from a mix of large breeds including German Shepherd and Alaskan Malamute .  German Shepherd Dog , a breed of dog known as an Alsatian in some countries

neg: South African Meat Merino The South African Meat Merino or SAMM is a wool and meat sheep originating in South Africa , but now found throughout the world .   The SAMM is derived from the German Merinofleischschaf animals imported into South Africa from Europe in 1932 , to improve the quality of wool and meat from sheep in South Africa . The Deutsche Fleisch Merino is a common meat sheep in Germany , Austria , and Poland . In South Africa , the German name was translated into Afrikaans as Duitse Vleis Merino and then into English as `` German Mutton Merino '' . The South African breed was recognised as separate in 1971 when the name was changed to South African Mutton Merino .   The SAMM has been developed as a versatile , hardy , polled dual-purpose breed . Ewes have a good maternal instinct and high milk production . Mature ewes will grow up to about 95 kg and rams to over 100 kg . Ewes will produce 3.5 kg to 4.5 kg of medium/strong wool . The wool is classified separately from the higher quality wool of Merinos , to avoid the risk of contamination of the latter with hair and kemp fibre from the SAMM wool .   The SAMM is bred specifically to produce a slaughter lamb at an early age ( 35 kg at 100 days of age ) . In judging SAMMs the emphasis is on conformation ( in relation to producing meat ) , 60 % , and not on the animal 's wool ( 40 % ) .   SAMM rams have almost entirely replaced British breeds as terminal sires in the harsh regions of South Africa , where they ( and their hybrids ) are more adaptable than the former breeds . They were first imported into Australia in 1996 . Also in 1996 , Peggy Newman imported SAMM embryos from South Africa creating the first SAMM flock in Canada . In 1999 , Dwight and Gwendolyn Kitzan from Nisland , South Dakota -- USA , imported one of Newman ' embryo SAMM ram and have been developing the SAMM breed in the United States using top Australian SAMM producers bloodlines .

neg: Rare breed (dog) Rare breed ( dog ) is any breed of dog that is small in number and is used to refer to both old established breeds such as the Stabyhoun and Glen of Imaal Terrier or newer creations . Since dogs have greater genetic variability than other domesticated animals the number of possible breeds is vast with new crosses constantly occurring , from these both selected and random crosses may come new breeds should offspring reliably breed true to type . New breeds from the wild such as the Carolina Dog are quite rare compared to attempts at breed creation from man as found in the American Hairless Terrier which sought to exploit a mutation .

neg: Backyard breeder Backyard breeder is a term used to describe amateur animal breeders whose breeding is considered substandard , with little or misguided effort towards ethical , selective breeding . Unlike puppy mills and other animal mill operations , backyard breeders breed on a small scale , usually at home with their own pets ( hence the `` backyard '' description ) , and may be motivated by things other than monetary profit , such as curiosity , to gain new pets , or to show children `` the miracle of birth '' .   The term most often is used to describe certain types of breeders of dogs and horses . The term is used in this sense by the Animal Welfare community , The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( ASPCA ) , larger established breeders and breed clubs in contrast to the more positive term , `` reputable breeder '' that describes operations that use responsible methodology and practices .   It implies either or both of home breeding for non-commercial reasons or a for-profit small commercial operation that does not adhere to good breeding , care and sale practices . Larger commercial operations of a similar type that breed dogs are usually termed a puppy mill ( especially in North America ) or puppy farm . However , as large kennels usually require licensing , many puppy mills are licensed with the USDA .   Many small breeders resent the term and its use . Some do so because they assert that they run small but high-quality `` boutique '' operations . Others argue that their unregistered animals are highly desirable as companion animals and economical for ordinary people to purchase . Both groups deny that they contribute to low quality within the registered breed or produce unwanted animals .

neg: English Setter The English Setter is a medium size breed of dog . It is part of the Setter family , which includes the red Irish Setters , Irish Red and White Setters , and black-and-tan Gordon Setters . The mainly white body coat is of medium length with long silky fringes on the back of the legs , under the belly and on the tail . The coat features flecks of colour , and the different colour varieties are referred to as belton .   A gentle but at times strong-willed , mischievous gun dog , bred for a mix of endurance and athleticism , it is used to hunt for game such as quail , pheasant , and grouse . When working , the dog will hunt methodically seeking the airborne scent of its prey . It is sometimes referred to as the Laverack or Llewellin Setter as these were famous strains of the breed during the major development period in the 19th-century . Those from hunting stock are generally of a finer build and with less coat than those bred for show exhibition .   Generally reasonably healthy , they have an average life span of 11 to 12 years . The Kennel Club advises UK breeders to screen for hip dysplasia .

neg: Heavy warmblood The heavy warmbloods ( Schwere Warmblüter ) are a group of horse breeds primarily from continental Europe . The title includes the Ostfriesen ( `` East Friesian '' ) and Alt-Oldenburger ( `` Old-Oldenburger '' ) , Groningen , and similar horses from Silesia , Saxony-Thuringia , and Bavaria . Breeds like the Hungarian Nonius , Kladruber , and Cleveland Bay are also often classed as `` heavy warmbloods . '' They are the ancestors of the modern warmbloods , and are typically bred by preservation groups to fit the pre-World War model of the all-purpose utility horse . Unlike the registries of the sport horses that followed them , many heavy warmblood registries maintain closed or partly closed studbooks . However , external evaluation and performance testing of the breeding stock is still a key element in these registries . Many of the heavy warmbloods are selected primarily for family-friendly temperaments .

neg: German Hound The German Hound ( Deutsche Bracke ) ( FCI No. 299 ) is a breed of dog originating in Westphalia , a region of Germany . The German Hound is of the scenthound type , used for hunting both large and small game . The breed is normally referred to as the Deutsche Bracke in English , rather than by the translation of the name , German Hound .

neg: Portuguese Podengo The Portuguese Podengo is an ancient multi-sensory hound ( sight and scent ) breed of dog from Portugal . As a breed , the Podengo is divided into three size categories that are not interbred : small ( Pequeno ) , medium ( Medio ) and large ( Grande ) . Their coats are either short and ` smooth ' , or longer and ` wired ' . The smooth coated variety is traditional , dating back to the 5th century , whereas the wire coated variety is an outcome of the assimilation of various other breeds during the 20th century . In general , the breed is healthy ; the Pequeno ( small ) variety has an average lifespan of approximately 15 -- 17 years .   All Podengo types are hardy , intelligent and lively dogs , excelling at agility and making fine companions . Loyal and fearless , Podengos are also good house guards and are amenable to training by dog experienced people and those that enjoy primitive ( unrefined , `` less domesticated '' ) dog behavior .   Keen hunting dogs , the Podengo has an affinity for game regardless of size . Typically , the dogs hunt in a pack with their handler following . When game is found , they kill and retrieve it , or flush it towards the hunter to be shot . Each size category traditionally hunts game appropriate to their size and temperament . ( Pequeno : rabbits ; Medio : rabbits and wild boar ; Grande : deer and wild boar ) .

neg: Wirehaired Pointing Griffon The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon ( also called the Korthals Griffon , and the Griffon d'arrêt à poil dur Korthals in France and Quebec ) is a breed of dog used in hunting as a gundog . It is sometimes considered to be Dutch in ancestry , due to the nationality of the breed founder , Eduard Karel Korthals . History records the progression of the development of the breed through Biebeshein am Rhen Germany where the founder established the Ipenwoud kennel and the breed type was established and then into France where it is now recognized . Others consider the Griffon to be a German breed because Korthals ' kennel , Ipenwoud , was located in Biebesheim am Rhein , Germany . It was there for over twenty years that Korthals dedicated his life to the development and perfection of the Korthals Griffon .   The breed is still relatively rare in the United States , Canada , and the United Kingdom despite long recognition by their respective national kennel clubs , as well as the FCI ( Federation Cynologique Internationale ) . The Korthals Griffon is particularly adapted for hunting in thick undergrowth and around water , where its harsh coat is excellent protection . The griffon is used primarily as a hunting dog for upland game birds as well as waterfowl .