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Ann Miller | Early life | Early life
Johnnie Lucille Collier (some sources provide other names, such as Lucille Collier and Lucy Ann Collier) was born on April 12, 1923, at St. Joseph's Infirmary in Houston, Texas.Biography, tshaonline.org. Accessed June 13, 2023. She was the only child of mother Clara Emma (née Birdwell) and father John Alfred Collier, a criminal lawyer who represented the Barrow gang, Machine Gun Kelly, and Baby Face Nelson. Her maternal grandmother was of Cherokee descent.
Miller was put in dance classes at the age of five in an attempt to strengthen her legs after suffering from rickets. She came to be considered a child dance prodigy. In a documentary on the making of the compilation film That's Entertainment! Part III (1994), she said that Eleanor Powell was an early inspiration.
When Miller was nine, her parents divorced, reportedly due to her father's infidelities. Miller later noted that her father "wasn't a very good dad." After the divorce, her mother and she moved to Los Angeles, but her mother struggled to find work due to deafness. Because Miller appeared much older than her true age, she began to work as a dancer in nightclubs and supported her mother. She adopted the stage name Ann Miller, which she kept throughout her career. |
Ann Miller | Career | Career |
Ann Miller | 1936–1956: Film actress | 1936–1956: Film actress |
Ann Miller | RKO | RKO
left|thumb|Studio publicity portrait of Miller for RKO Pictures
right|thumb|Miller in 1938, by Irving Lippman
In 1936, at age 13, Miller was hired as a showgirl at the Bal Tabarin. Due to employment laws regarding establishments that sold liquor, Miller lied and gave her age as 18. Miller appeared in small roles in films like Anne of Green Gables (1934), The Good Fairy (1935), and The Devil on Horseback (1936).
While working at Bal Tabarin, Miller was discovered by Lucille Ball and talent scout/comic Benny Rubin. This led to a contract with RKO Pictures, who also believed that Miller was 18. When RKO discovered her true age later, Miller's father provided a fake birth certificate with the name Lucy Ann Collier.
Miller had small appearances for RKO in New Faces of 1937 (1937) and The Life of the Party (1937). Her first major role came as Ginger Rogers’ dancing partner in Gregory La Cava’s Stage Door in 1937.
In 1938 and 1939, Miller was a supporting actress in many of the studio's films, such as Radio City Revels, Having Wonderful Time, Room Service, Tarnished Angel, and most notably as the quirky Essie Carmichael in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You (made at Columbia). Her last film at RKO was Too Many Girls (1940).
In 1939, Miller made her Broadway debut in George White's Scandals of 1939. She remained at RKO until 1940.
Miller was famed for her speed in tap dancing. Studio publicists drafted press releases claiming that she could tap 500 times per minute, but because the stage floors were waxed and too slick for regular tap shoes, she had to dance in shoes with rubber treads on the soles. Then, like all other film dancers of the time -- including Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, Gene Kelly, etc., -- she would then loop or 'dub' the sound of the taps while watching the film and dance on a "tap board" to match her steps in the film.
In later life, Miller claimed to have invented pantyhose in the 1940s as a solution to the continual problem of torn stockings during the filming of dance-production numbers. The common practice had been to sew hosiery to briefs, and if torn, the entire garment had to be removed and resewn with a new pair. Miller asked a hosiery maker to produce a single combined garment. |
Ann Miller | Republic and Columbia Pictures | Republic and Columbia Pictures
Miller made two films for Republic, Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) and Melody Ranch (1940) with Gene Autry.
In 1941, Miller signed with Columbia Pictures starring in 11 B musicals from 1941 to 1945, beginning with Time Out for Rhythm with Rudy Vallee. Miller followed it with Go West, Young Lady (1941), True to the Army (1942), Priorities on Parade (1942), Reveille with Beverly (1943), What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943), Hey, Rookie (1943), Sailor's Holiday (1944), Jam Session (1944), Carolina Blues (1945), Eadie Was a Lady (1945), and Eve Knew Her Apples (1945), a musical remake of It Happened One Night.
right|thumb|Miller in 1946, by Ned Scott
In July 1945, Miller posed in a bathing suit as a Yank pin-up girl. She ended her contract in 1946 with one A film, The Thrill of Brazil. An advertisement for the film in Life featured Miller's leg in a stocking tied with a large red bow as the "T" in "Thrill." |
Ann Miller | MGM | MGM
After leaving Columbia and recovering from an injury, Miller was hired as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first appearance was in Easter Parade (1948), in which she co-starred alongside Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
During her tenure at MGM, Miller usually appeared as the secondary female lead in musical films such as The Kissing Bandit (1948), On the Town (1949), Watch the Birdie with Red Skelton, Texas Carnival (1951) with Esther Williams, Two Tickets to Broadway (1951), Lovely to Look At (1952), Small Town Girl (1953), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Deep in My Heart (1954), Hit the Deck (1955), and The Opposite Sex (1956). Her last MGM film was a flop non-musical comedy The Great American Pastime (1956). |
Ann Miller | 1957–1989: Stage work | 1957–1989: Stage work
thumb|left|Miller in Sugar Babies, 1979
As the studio system and musical films began to fade in the late 1950s, Miller turned her attention to theater and television appearances. She became known later for her distinctive appearance, which reflected a studio-era ideal of glamour - large, black, bouffant hair, heavy makeup with a splash of crimson lipstick, and fashions that emphasized her figure and long legs.Profile, newsvote.bbc.co.uk; accessed October 31, 2014.
In May 1969, Miller made a comeback on Broadway when she took over the title role in the musical Mame, dancing a tap number created for her. Miller remained in the role until the show closed in January 1970. The following year, she headlined a television production of Dames at Sea alongside Ann-Margret for NBC.
She also appeared in an iconic television commercial for "The Great American Soup" (created by Stan Freberg), in which she rose through the floor atop an eight-foot-high cylinder designed to resemble a giant soup can. The advertisement was intended as a spectacular song-and-dance number in the tradition of the musicals in which she had starred.
Miller began touring with theater productions such as Hello, Dolly! and Panama Hattie. In 1979, she appeared in the Broadway show Sugar Babies with fellow MGM veteran Mickey Rooney, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. The duo toured the country extensively after the show's Broadway run. In 1983, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre, On May 1, 1989, at the age of 66, Miller sang and tap-danced to "42nd Street" at the opening of the Disney MGM Studios, her last live dance performance.
Miller appeared in a special 1982 episode of The Love Boat, joined by fellow showbiz legends Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Della Reese, Van Johnson, and Cab Calloway in a storyline that cast them as older relatives of the show's regular characters. Miller also published two books. Her first was an autobiography, Miller's High Life (1972). Her second was Tapping into the Force (1990), a book about her experiences in the psychic world. |
Ann Miller | 1990–2001: Final projects | 1990–2001: Final projects
right|thumb|The handprints of Ann Miller in front of the Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
During the 1990s, Miller rose as a popular figure to interview for her time in the Golden Age of Hollywood. She was the subject of This Is Your Life on British television in 1993, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at the studios of CBS Television City. That same year, she appeared as a dance instructor in the Home Improvement episode "Dances with Tools".
Miller's last stage performance was a 1998 Paper Mill Playhouse production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in which she played hard-boiled Carlotta Campion and received rave reviews for her rendition of the song "I'm Still Here". In 2001, Miller played her last role as landlady Coco in director David Lynch's critically acclaimed Mulholland Drive.
Between 1995 and 2001, Molly Shannon parodied Miller several times on Saturday Night Live in a recurring sketch titled "Leg-Up!""Leg Up", a recurring sketch from SNL with Molly Shannon and Cheri Oteri |
Ann Miller | Personal life | Personal life
Miller was married three times, to Reese Llewellyn Milner from 1946 to 1947, to William Moss from 1958 to 1961, and to Arthur Cameron from 1961 to 1962. Between marriages, she dated well-known men such as Howard Hughes and Conrad Hilton. In 1944, Louis B. Mayer proposed to her despite his being married.
During her marriage to Milner, Miller became pregnant. During her last trimester, Milner threw her down a flight of stairs, breaking her back and causing her to experience premature labor. Her baby, Mary, lived only three hours on November 12, 1946. Miller filed for divorce shortly after. She alleged that her second husband was also abusive. |
Ann Miller | Death | Death
Miller died from lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 22, 2004, at the age of 80. Confusion over her age persisted after her death: The Guardian gave her age as 82, the Los Angeles Times said she was 81, and The New York Times cautiously said "she was believed to be about 80". Her remains were interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.The Archaeology of Hollywood
For her contribution to the motion-picture industry, Miller has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated, palmspringswalkofstars.com; accessed October 31, 2014. To honor Miller's contribution to dance, the Smithsonian Institution displays her favorite pair of tap shoes, which she playfully nicknamed "Moe and Joe". |
Ann Miller | Work | Work |
Ann Miller | Film | Film
right|thumb|Promotional image of Miller for Jam Session (1944)
right|thumb|Miller with William Wright in Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)
right|thumb|Publicity photo of Miller for Easter Parade (1948)
right|thumb|Theatrical release poster of On the Town (1949), featuring Miller
Year Title Role Notes 1934 Anne of Green Gables School Girl Uncredited 1935 The Good Fairy Schoolgirl in Orphanage Uncredited 1936 The Devil on Horseback Dancer Uncredited 1937 New Faces of 1937 Herself, Dance Specialty The Life of the Party Betty Stage Door Annie 1938 Radio City Revels Billie Shaw Having Wonderful Time Camp Guest Uncredited You Can't Take It with You Essie Carmichael Room Service Hilda Manny Tarnished Angel Violet 'Vi' McMaster 1940 Too Many Girls Pepe Hit Parade of 1941 Anabelle Potter Melody Ranch Julie Shelton 1941 Time Out for Rhythm Kitty Brown Go West, Young Lady Lola 1942 True to the Army Vicki Marlow Priorities on Parade Donna D'Arcy 1943 Reveille with Beverly Beverly Ross What's Buzzin', Cousin? Ann Crawford 1944 Hey, Rookie Winnie Clark Sailor's Holiday Herself Jam Session Terry Baxter Carolina Blues Julie Carver 1945 Eadie Was a Lady Eadie Allen and Edithea Alden Eve Knew Her Apples Eve Porter 1946 The Thrill of Brazil Linda Lorens Alternative title: Dancing Down to Rio 1948 Easter Parade Nadine Hale The Kissing Bandit Fiesta Specialty Dancer 1949 On the Town Claire Huddesen 1950 Watch the Birdie Miss Lucky Vista 1951 Texas Carnival Sunshine Jackson Two Tickets to Broadway Joyce Campbell 1952 Lovely to Look At Bubbles Cassidy 1953 Small Town Girl Lisa Bellmount Kiss Me Kate Lois Lane 'Bianca' 1954 Deep in My Heart Performer in 'Artists and Models' 1955 Hit the Deck Ginger 1956 The Opposite Sex Gloria Dell The Great American Pastime Mrs. Doris Patterson 1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood President's Girl 2 2001 Mulholland Drive Catherine 'Coco' Lenoix Final film role |
Ann Miller | Television | Television
Year Title Role Notes 1953 Lux Video Theatre Intermission Guest Episode - "Three Just Me" 1971 Dames at Sea Mona TV adaptation of stage musicalDames at Sea (1971, TV adaptation) at IMDb 1972 Love, American Style Episode - "Love and the Christmas Punch" 1982 The Love Boat Connie Carruthers Episode - "The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier" (Part 1)Episode - "The Musical/My Ex-Mom/The Show Must Go On/The Pest/My Aunt, the Worrier" (Part 2) 1990 Out of This World Elsie Vanderhoff Episode - "Diamond's Are Evie's Best Friend" 1993 Home Improvement Mrs. Keeney Episode - "Dances with Tools" 2003 100 Greatest Self Contributor, Episode - "The 100 Greatest Musicals". |
Ann Miller | Theatre | Theatre
right|thumb|Miller (at the back) with the cast of Sugar Babies in 1979
Year Film Role Notes 1939 George White's Scandals of 1939 Performer Alvin Theatre, Broadway 1968 Can-Can Performer 1969 Mame Mame Dennis Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 1971 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Gallagher Levi Kenley Players 1972 Anything Goes Reno Sweeney Regional, New Jersey 1973 Blithe Spirit Elvira Little Theatre on Square 1976 Panama Hattie Hattie Maloney Syracuse Artists Playhouse 1978 Cactus Flower Stephanie Regional 1979-83 Sugar Babies Ann Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway 1998 Follies Carlotta Campion Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey |
Ann Miller | Awards and nominations | Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1980 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Musical Sugar Babies 1980 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical
On February 8, 1960, Miller received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Blvd. |
Ann Miller | See also | See also
List of dancers |
Ann Miller | References | References |
Ann Miller | Further reading | Further reading
Miller, Ann, Miller's High Life. Doubleday, 1972. .
Oderman, Stuart, Talking to the Piano Player 2. BearManor Media, 2009. . |
Ann Miller | External links | External links
Photos of Ann Miller from 'Eadie Was A Lady' by Ned Scott
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Ann Miller | Table of Content | short description, Early life, Career, 1936–1956: Film actress, RKO, Republic and Columbia Pictures, MGM, 1957–1989: Stage work, 1990–2001: Final projects, Personal life, Death, Work, Film, Television, Theatre, Awards and nominations, See also, References, Further reading, External links |
Gaillard | Other uses | Gaillard () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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Gaillard lies on the border with Switzerland, 5 km east of the city centre of Geneva. The biggest border crossing is called Moillesulaz and the second one is Fossard. |
Gaillard | Population | Population |
Gaillard | Climate | Climate |
Gaillard | See also | See also
Communes of the Haute-Savoie department |
Gaillard | References | References |
Gaillard | External links | External links
official site for the town of Gaillard
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Gaillard | Table of Content | Other uses, Population, Climate, See also, References, External links |
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Hog's Back | Short description | The Hog's Back is a hilly ridge, part of the North Downs in Surrey, England. It runs between Farnham in the west and Guildford in the east. |
Hog's Back | Toponym | Toponym
Compared with the main part of the Downs to the east of it, it is a narrow elongated ridge, hence its name.
Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister Cassandra dated Thursday 20 May 1813 from her brother's house in Sloane Street, wrote of her journey to London in a curricle via "the Hog's-back"
"Upon the whole it was an excellent journey & very thoroughly enjoyed by me; the weather was delightful the greatest part of the day. ... I never saw the country from the Hogsback so advantageously."
This shows that it was known as the Hog's Back by Jane Austen's time. However, the medieval name for the ridge was Guildown (recorded first in 1035 where it was the site of the abduction of Prince Alfred of Wessex by Earl Godwin and then in the Pipe Rolls for 1190 and onwards) but this name is no longer in use. However, the name Guildown is evoked by Guildown Road, a residential road that climbs the southern side of the ridge on the southwestern fringes of Guildford.
The Guild- element of Guildown is the same as that found in Guildford, meaning "gold". Various explanations have been suggested for the relationship between the names of Guildown and Guildford. Guildown may be an abbreviation of Guildford Down ("the Down by Guildford"). The Hog's Back ends at Guildford, which is the point where the River Wey cuts through the North Downs. Alternatively, both Guildown and Guildford may derive independently from a gold-coloured feature; either the yellow flowers of the marsh marigold or the gold-coloured (sandy) soil of the hillside. |
Hog's Back | Geology | Geology
The Hog's Back is formed of chalk of Cretaceous age, laid down in shallow seas from the deposition of the calcium carbonate skeletons of micro-organisms. The Hog's Back is the surface representation of a monoclinal fold, where once horizontal chalk beds have been folded into steeply sloping layers. Across much of the North Downs, the angle of the chalk as it disappears below the surface is relatively shallow (c. 18° near Dorking), however at the Hog's Back, local faulting has produced a much steeper angle (up to 55°). To the north of the ridge lies the London Clay, and to the south the clays of the Wealden Group. The chalk is more resistant to weathering than the flanking clays, leading to the ridge's prominence over the surrounding terrain.
The Hog's Back gives its name to the geomorphological landform known as a Hogback, which is a long narrow ridge or series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal inclination on both flanks.Huggett, JR (2011) Fundamentals of Geomorphology, 3rd ed., Routledge, New York. 516 pp. |
Hog's Back | Geography | Geography
thumb|right|The Hog's Back seen from the North Downs Way at Puttenham.
The Hog's Back has a minimum prominence (drop) of , reaching above sea level, the 24th highest hill in Surrey.Database of British and Irish Hills Retrieved 2015-03-06
Along its course are half panoramas north and south separated by less than viewable from paths alongside the road which runs along the Hog's Back (the A31).
The view north includes many towns and villages, including Woking, Ash and Aldershot which on a clear day reaches to London, as far as Canary Wharf, Tower 42, The Gherkin, Wembley Arch and Heathrow Airport. The view to the south is unspoilt and has been designated an area of outstanding natural beauty as well as a site of special scientific interest. These views extend to Hindhead and the Devil's Punchbowl. |
Hog's Back | History | History
The route along the Hog's Back is ancient, since its raised position offered travellers a vantage point and also kept them above the thick ancient woodland of the valleys on either side. It was part of the ancient ridgeway which runs from Wiltshire down to the east coast of Kent. The Hog's Back might have been "the Via Regia of early deeds and Hundred Rolls".
The road is part of the highway from London to Winchester. Although there is very little archaeological evidence in support, it has been suggested that a Roman road ran from London to Winchester and that, at this point, it passed, either over the Hog's Back or perhaps a little to the north (e.g. Roman Surrey, David Bird, 2004). Research on this is continuing.
The original A31 along the Hog's Back originally formed part of a road leading directly from Winchester into Guildford High Street and from there into London. However, the modern A31 adopts a slightly less direct and less steep approach to the High Street, and reorganisation of central Guildford into a roundabout road system centred on the Friary Centre (named after the medieval Dominican Friary there) has also broken up this direct stretch of road at the point that it reaches Guildford, where it ends at the junction with the A3.
When the idea of the Pilgrims' Way to Canterbury was popularised in the nineteenth century, a route over the southern slopes of the Hog's back, parallel with the ridgeway and running through Seale and Puttenham, was incorporated in its course. In order to avoid the A31, however, the Pilgrims' Way does not run along the top of the Hog's Back.
The Hog's Back stretch of the A31 is now a dual carriageway, but the two directions of the road are separated by a central area of trees, some of them very old. The original road ran along the stretch now occupied by the lanes running from Guildford to Farnham, i.e. from east to west. The other two lanes, running from west to east, which are a little below the high point occupied by the original carriageways, were added in the early 1970s. |
Hog's Back | Archaeology | Archaeology
Roughly midway along the ridge of the Hog’s Back between Farnham and Guildford (OS grid reference SU911483), the human remains of at least six skeletons were discovered in 1935 when ground was being dug for a new water pipe. They were buried less than a yard from the then-northern edge of the road (now part of the central grass verge between the two carriageways). One of them was buried prone and another showed signs of having originally been bound or trussed, and scholars now believe that they were criminals buried here after execution at different times over an extended period (Reynolds in 2005; Briggs in 2010). Their burial place was at the meeting point of the parishes of Wanborough, Seale (originally Farnham) and Puttenham, which were each in the different hundreds of Woking, Farnham and Godalming respectively. It is suggested by Rob Briggs that an elevated site at the junction of different hundreds and parishes was probably a site of general assembly and he identifies it with the place name Seven Ditches, found in the charter of King Caedwalla of Wessex confirming Farnham to the Bishop of Winchester (following the original grant by King Edward the Elder in 909 AD) (Latin ); and also in a feoffment defining the Shoelands estate in about 1210 (Latin “Seuedic”); and also in the plea rolls of the 1263 Surrey Eyre, noting the hanging of one Robert de la Felde of Send at (Latin) “Seinedik”, translated Sendike or Seven Ditches. |
Hog's Back | Notable buildings | Notable buildings
On the north side of the Hog's Back near the turn off to the village of Seale formerly stood a mansion known as Poyle Hill Lodge. This was once one of the Admiralty semaphore stations because of its high vantage point. In 1935 it became the Hog's Back Hotel, initially owned by the Guildford Friary Brewery, and it remains a hotel, now officially known as the Hog's Back Hotel and Spa, Farnham.
On the south side of the Hog's Back, a little to the east of Poyle Hill, another large mansion was built in 1873 called Great Down, attributed to Robert Kerr. This was demolished in about 1950, but the parkland and other associated buildings, such as a lodge and stables, remain.
Also on the south side is Greyfriars House, a Grade II* listed Arts and Crafts style mansion built in 1896 by the renowned architect Charles Voysey. It is now a boutique wedding venue.
The Hogs Back Brewery is an independent real ale brewery based in Tongham, which is a village just below the Hog's Back.
The Hog's Back Cafe is in a layby on the Guildford to Farnham (westbound) carriageway of the A31 along the Hog's Back, between the turn offs to Puttenham and Seale. It is popular with lorry drivers, who use the cafe and toilets during the day. The hillside adjacent to the A31 layby was a popular site for dogging (viewing or participating in sexual relations in a public place), but recently (2012–13) Guildford police and local residents are curbing these practices.
Towards Guildford, on the north-east side of the Hog’s Back, lie Down Place and Blackwell Farm. The manor of Down Place was demolished in 1963, all that remains today of the estate are the stables where is established Hogs Back Books, the children’s book publisher.
Once associated with the manor as one of the first model farm in Surrey, Blackwell Farm is now a place of controversies since the University of Surrey, its owner, announced its plan to build a "Garden Neighbourhood" as part of Guildford Borough Council's local plan consultation. |
Hog's Back | In popular culture | In popular culture
The Hog's Back is mentioned in:
Richard Thompson's song MGB-GT on his 1994 album Mirror Blue.
The Freeman Wills Crofts detective novel The Hog's Back Mystery (1933)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly, an episode in season one of the TV Series, Agatha Christie's Poirot.
The Paul Temple radio detective story, Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case.
Bulldog Drummond, novel by "Sapper" |
Hog's Back | References | References
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USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | short description | USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1988. She is the fourth ship and first submarine of the U.S. Navy to be named for Tennessee, the 16th state.Two ships of the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Tennessee. |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | Construction and commissioning | Construction and commissioning
Tennessee construction was authorized in fiscal year 1980, and the contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 7 January 1982. Her keel was laid down there on 9 June 1986. She was launched on 13 December 1986, sponsored by Mrs. Landess Kelso, and commissioned on 17 December 1988, with Captain Dennis Witzenburg in command of the Blue Crew and Captain Kenneth D. Barker in command of the Gold Crew.
The Tennessee was the first Ohio-class submarine commissioned capable of launching the Trident II ballistic missile (D5). On 21 March 1989, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Tennessee attempted the first submerged launch of the D5 which failed four seconds into the flight. Once the problem was understood, relatively simple changes were made and the first successful submerged test launch of a D5 missile was completed on 2 August 1989 by the Tennessee Gold Crew. |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | Service History | Service History
In 2021, Tennessee entered drydock to undergo a major overhaul at TRF Kings Bay, one that the facility says is the longest and most extensive work package it has executed in its history.
In December 2022, Tennessee conducted a training exercise in the Atlantic with HMS Victorious (S29).
Commander of the United States European Command, General Christopher G. Cavoli, embarked the Tennessee in July 2023 alongside William J. Houston who, at the time, held the position of Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic. They were given a formal tour by the crew.
In July 2023, Tennessee made a scheduled port visit to HMNB Clyde in Scotland. Simultaneously, the USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) pulled into the Busan Naval Base in South Korea. This was allegedly conducted as a show of force and to show the capabilities of the U.S. SSBN Fleet. The following year, July 2024, the Tennessee made yet another port call to HMNB Clyde. Prior to this, it had conducted operations in the Norwegian Sea alongside the USS Normandy (CG-60), where it was reported that the Norwegian Flag Commodore Trond Gimmingsrud embarked Tennessee for a demonstration of SSBN operations. During its transits into HMNB Clyde, HMS Northumberland (F238) was seen escorting the Submarine.
Tennessee was awarded the Battle Effectiveness Award in 2023. Tennessee additionally won a second "Battle E" award in 2024.
On 22 November 2024, Miss America 2024 Madison Marsh and Georgia Congressman Buddy Carter toured Tennessee in Kings Bay, Georgia as the boat was undergoing refit. They were given a formal tour by the crew. They additionally toured the Kings Bay Naval Base.
Following it's 2023 and 2024 back to back "Battle E" awards, the Tennessee was among the various units chosen to receive the 2024 Omaha Trophy, representing the Submarine side of Strategic Deterrence for the 2024 fiscal year. |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | In popular culture | In popular culture
In Tom Clancy's 1994 novel Debt of Honor, Tennessee is one of several submarines sent to deal with a Japanese invasion of the Northern Mariana Islands. She is used as a "slow-attack" submarine, relying on her stealthiness and her torpedo tubes in combating Japanese forces. Tennessee is also used as a refueling point for a group of attack helicopters. |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | Notes | Notes |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | References | References |
USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) | External links | External links
USS Tennessee at GlobalSecurity.org
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Redeemed Christian Church of God | Short description | The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is a holiness pentecostal megachurch and denomination headquartered in Ebute Metta, Lagos, Nigeria. With presence in 197 countries and territories of the world and more than 5 million members in Nigeria alone, it is one of the biggest church denominations in the world with over 9 million members worldwide.
After the death of founder Pa Josiah Akindayomi in 1980, pastor E.A. Adeboye, a former university lecturer, became its General Overseer in 1981. |
Redeemed Christian Church of God | History | History
The RCCG was founded in 1952 by Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi (1909–1980).Ruth Marshall, Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria, University of Chicago Press, USA, 2009, page 74
Adeboye was a mathematics lecturer at the University of Lagos and had joined the church in 1973. Adeboye was initially a Yoruba-to-English interpreter for Akindayomi's sermons. He was ordained a pastor of the church in 1975. His appointment as the leader (styled 'General Overseer') of the church in 1981, was formalized by the posthumous reading of Akindayomi's sealed pronouncement. In 1990, the Redeemed Christian Church of God Bible School was founded.Laurent Fourchard, André Mary et René Otayek, Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l'Ouest, Karthala Editions, France, 2005, page 343
Andrew Rice, writing in The New York Times, calls the RCCG "one of [Africa's] most vigorously expansionary religious movements, a homegrown Pentecostal denomination that is crusading to become a global faith". The church's mission statement states that "In every household, there will be at least one member of Redeemed Christian Church of God in the whole world."
In 2008, the RCCG had more than 14,000 churches and five million members in Nigeria, and as at 2024, it is present in more than 190 countries.Stephen M. Cherry, Helen Rose Ebaugh, Global Religious Movements Across Borders: Sacred Service, Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2016, p. 35
The international church is structured in different areas throughout the world.Donald E. Miller, Kimon H. Sargeant, Richard Flory, Spirit and Power: The Growth and Global Impact of Pentecostalism, OUP USA, USA, 2013, page 190 The local churches are grouped into regions, with 59 regions currently in Nigeria after the 2024 Annual Convention of the church, held in August. It is also organised throughout most of the world. Notable special spiritual programs are the "Holy Ghost Service", which holds on the first Friday of every month in Nigeria. Others include the annual "Holy Ghost Convention" that holds in August and the "Holy Ghost Congress" which holds in December. |
Redeemed Christian Church of God | Beliefs | Beliefs
The RCCG website outlines its beliefs in the Bible and the Holy Trinity, that the devil exists, that God formed man in his image, in repentance, in cleansing from sins by God's grace, in sanctification, water baptism, Holy Spirit baptism, restitution and that God can heal without medicine (by His divine intervention e.g. through prayer).cite web |url=https://www.rccg.org/our-beliefs/ |title=DIVINE HEALING(WITHOUT MEDICINE) |
Redeemed Christian Church of God | See also | See also
List of the largest evangelical churches
List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
Worship service (evangelicalism)
Christ Apostolic Church
The Redeemed Evangelical Mission |
Redeemed Christian Church of God | References | References |
Redeemed Christian Church of God | External links | External links
Official Website
Category:Pentecostal denominations
Category:Christian organizations established in 1952
Category:Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century
Category:1952 establishments in Nigeria
Category:Churches in Lagos
Category:Holiness Pentecostals
Category:Evangelical megachurches in Nigeria
Category:Pentecostal churches in Nigeria
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Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Short description | thumb|Bertil arrives for an event at the Nordic Museum about 1950
Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, as well as the uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. From 1973 to 1979, he was heir presumptive to his nephew Carl XVI Gustaf and the Swedish throne. |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Early life | Early life
Bertil was born 28 February 1912 at Stockholm, as the fourth of five children born to Princess Margaret of Connaught and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden.
His siblings included: Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten, Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, Princess Ingrid and Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna.
thumb|Bertil with his mother in 1912.
The family lived in apartments at Stockholm Palace in Stockholm, at Ulriksdal Palace near the capital in Ulriksdal and at the summer residence: Sofiero Palace in Helsingborg in the southernmost province of Sweden, Scania. |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Royal role | Royal role
Bertil was granted a very old dukedom, one that was bestowed in the Middle Ages on various Danish and Swedish royal relatives. After his eldest brother, Prince Gustaf Adolf, died in 1947, leaving an infant son, Prince Carl Gustaf, in the line of succession, and because his elder brother Sigvard had already given up his place in the succession (owing to a constitutionally unacceptable marriage), it seemed likely that Bertil could one day become regent. After Carl Gustaf became king, Bertil remained the next in line to the throne (until the birth of Prince Carl Philip in 1979), and continued to act as the King's deputy.
When the Act of Succession was changed in 1980, rights to the throne were restricted to Carl XVI Gustaf and his descendants; however, a special addendum was made for Bertil's case, so that he became third (and, after the birth of Princess Madeleine in 1982, fourth) in line to the throne. |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Personal life | Personal life
Bertil became a naval officer; and, during the Second World War, he served as Swedish naval attaché at the embassy in London.
In 1943, Bertil met his long-term partner, Welsh commoner Lilian Craig. However, in order to preserve his place in the royal succession, Bertil and Lilian did not marry for decades. They lived together discreetly, as a fully private arrangement, from the 1940s until their marriage was announced and took place in 1976. Their common base was a home in Sainte-Maxime, in the south of France.
Since his life with Craig was not official, Prince Bertil's single status meant he was suggested as a match for, among others, Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom. After the death of Gustaf VI Adolf in 1973, the new king, Carl XVI Gustaf, married a non-royal woman and approved the marriage of Bertil and Lilian, which took place at Drottningholm Palace on 7 December 1976.
Bertil was fond of cars, owning a rare Aston Martin DB2 and a Chevrolet Corvette. Volvo asked him to open the Volvo Halifax Assembly plant in 1963 in Nova Scotia, Canada. A parking garage in Sainte-Maxime is named after him. The ex-HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden also owned a 1926 Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix A copy of its original Swedish registration document starting in the name of HRH Prince Bertil in 1939.
Prince Bertil was a keen supporter and practitioner of various sports, notably tennis and boules. In 1947, he was elected Chairman of both the Swedish Sports Confederation and Sweden's Olympic Committee. He was also a member of the fine-dining society La Chaine des Rotisseurs.
He died at his home the Villa Solbacken in Stockholm in 1997, with Princess Lilian at his side. Their grave is at the Royal Cemetery in Haga Park. |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Military ranks | Military ranks
4 October 1934: Acting sub-lieutenant
1936: Underlöjtnant
1937: Sub-lieutenant
13 February 1942: Lieutenant
1 April 1948: Lieutenant commander
????: Commander
1952: Captain
1956: Rear admiral
1956: Major general in the Army
1956: Major general in the Air Force
17 October 1969: Admiral
17 October 1969: General in the Army
17 October 1969: General in the Air Force |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Honours | Honours |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | National honours | National honours
50px Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (1912)
50px Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (1912)
50px Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (1912)
50px Knight of the Order of Charles XIII (1912)
50px Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa (28 February 1952)
50px Recipient of the King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1948)
50px Recipient of the King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (1948)
50px Recipient of the King Gustaf VI Adolf's Commemorative Medal (1967)
50px Recipient of the Illis quorum in gold of 18th size with chain (1969)
50px Recipient of the H. M. The King's Medal, 12th size gold medal with diamonds worn around the neck on a chain of gold (silver-gilt) (1987)
50px Recipient of the King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal I (1996) |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Foreign honours | Foreign honours
: Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín
: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1960)
: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
:
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
: Grand Cross of the Order of Boyaca
: Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Egypt: Grand Cross of the Order of Muhammad Ali
: First Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
:
Grand Cross of the Order of Solomon
Grand Cross of the Order of Menelik II
: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
: First Class of the Order of the Two Rivers
:
Second Class of the Order of Pahlavi
Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown
: Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
: Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
:
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav (23 March 1953)
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1 March 1952)
: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
: Grand Cross of the Order of Christ
: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (15 October 1979)
: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri (21 September 1960)
: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (June 1956)
: Commander of the Legion of Merit (4 June 1948)
: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Liberator
: Recipient of the Order of the Yugoslav Great Star (29 March 1976) |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Arms | Arms
thumb|upright|right|Bertil's coat of arms
On his creation as Duke of Halland, Prince Bertil was granted use of a coat of arms based on the Arms of Dominion of Sweden, with the arms of Halland in the third quarter. |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Monogram | Monogram
thumb|Bertil's monogram |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Ancestry | Ancestry |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | References | References |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | External links | External links
Category:1912 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Swedish princes
Category:Dukes of Halland
Category:House of Bernadotte
Category:People from Stockholm
Category:Swedish people of British descent
Category:Burials at Kungliga begravningsplatsen
Category:Swedish Lutherans
Category:Knights of the Order of Charles XIII
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences
Category:Swedish Navy admirals
Category:Swedish naval attachés
Category:Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Category:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Category:Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Category:Sons of kings
Category:Recipients of the Illis quorum
Category:Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Ethiopia |
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Royal role, Personal life, Military ranks, Honours, National honours, Foreign honours, Arms, Monogram, Ancestry, References, External links |
Newsletter | Short description | A newsletter is a printed or electronic report containing news concerning the activities of a business or an organization that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers.
Newsletters generally contain one main topic of interest to its recipients and may be considered grey literature. E-newsletters are delivered electronically via e-mail and can be viewed as spamming if e-mail marketing is sent unsolicited.newsletter (British English, American English): Cambridge English Dictionary, retrieved on 2017-05-18.
The newsletter, sometimes a periodical, is the most common form of serial publication. About two-thirds of newsletters are internal publications, aimed towards employees and volunteers, while about one-third are external publications, aimed towards advocacy or special interest groups. |
Newsletter | History | History
In ancient Rome, newsletters were exchanged between officials or friends. By the Middle Ages, they were exchanged between merchant families. Trader's newsletters covered various topics such as the availability and pricing of goods, political news, and other events that would influence trade. These commercial newsletters were in effect, the first "serious" outlet for news publishing, from which evolved newspapers.
The first full "newspaper" was Relation of Strasbourg, printed in 1609 by Johann Carolus. Many rivals soon followed, such as the German Avisa Relation oder Zeitung and the Dutch Nieuwe Tijdingen. By the end of the 17th century, several newspapers were established all across Europe, and were often translated into other languages. By the late 17th century, several governments were censoring newspapers, which harmed their development. Wars, like the Thirty Years' War, also imposed restrictions on trade, which could lead to shortage of paper in addition to censorship.
Government censorship remains in effect in several countries to this day, although several countries now have laws guaranteeing freedom of the press. |
Newsletter | Modernity | Modernity
Modern newsletters are usually created and distributed electronically by companies, organizations or individuals.
Newsletter marketing is a form of direct-to-consumer advertising. This is used by companies that want to send information directly to potential and existing customers. When received unsolicited, they can be seen as spam.
Newsletters are also used by organizations to inform their members of ongoing developments.
Writing and distributing personal newsletters by individuals can be observed since the late 2010s in the advent of social networking services. Due to the way the algorithms on such services work, followers may not see the updates someone posts. |
Newsletter | Production | Production
Many paper newsletters are letter-size pamphlets, sometimes made of side- or corner-stapled letter-size paper, sometimes of saddle-stitched (stapled) tabloid paper.
Until the early 20th century, newsletters were generally produced by letterpress. The development of spirit duplicators and mimeograph machines in the early 20th century made short-run reproduction more economical. In the 1960s, xerographic photocopying became ubiquitous. |
Newsletter | References | References |
Newsletter | Further reading | Further reading
Newsletters
Category:Publications by format
Category:Grey literature |
Newsletter | Table of Content | Short description, History, Modernity, Production, References, Further reading |
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Wake Forest | '''Wake Forest''' | Wake Forest may refer to:
Wake Forest, North Carolina, a town near Raleigh, North Carolina
Wake Forest University, a university founded in the above town and now located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wake Forest School of Medicine, the university's medical school
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a hospital affiliated with the university
Wake Forest, name of the plantation owned by Calvin Jones (physician) that became the first home of Wake Forest University
Wake Forest Demon Deacons, athletic teams from Wake Forest University |
Wake Forest | See also | See also
Lake Forest College, a college located in Lake Forest, Illinois |
Wake Forest | Table of Content | '''Wake Forest''', See also |
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Kastor | Wiktionary | Kastor may refer to:
Castor and Pollux, twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology
Kastor und Pollux, a complex of two towers in Frankfurt, Germany, named after the mythological characters
Kastor of Rhodes, a Greek grammarian and rhetorician
Kastor, an unrelated character in the 2002 video game Age of Mythology
Kastor is also the surname of:
Adolph Kastor, a founder of Camillus Cutlery Company
Deena Kastor (born 1973), an American long-distance runner |
Kastor | See also | See also
Castor (disambiguation)
Gastor (disambiguation)
Kastro (disambiguation) |
Kastor | Table of Content | Wiktionary, See also |
The Terror State | Infobox album | The Terror State is the fifth studio album by Pittsburgh punk rock band Anti-Flag, released on October 21, 2003, on Fat Wreck Chords. The album's artwork was regarded as somewhat controversial (picturing lead vocalist Justin Sane's niece, Rachel, amongst rubble and holding an automatic handgun), and the band was forced to create an alternate version (which was simply all black with the Terror State logo centered) for sale in some larger chain stores, such as Wal-Mart.{Sounds Like A Revolution Documentary}
On the inside of the cardboard sleeve surrounding the CD case there is a stencil print of GW Bush with text stating "one term President".
Produced by Tom Morello, The Terror State was hailed as Anti-Flag's most polished album to date. The album made #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of January 19, 2004. As of April 3, 2008, the album had sold 106,000 copies.
The Terror State was removed from Spotify in 2023 following the several rape and sexual assault allegations made against Sane. |
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