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Jason Glenn | External links | External links
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football linebackers
Category:Miami Dolphins players
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Category:New York Jets players
Category:Texas A&M Aggies football players
Category:Players of American football from Harris County, Texas |
Jason Glenn | Table of Content | Short description, Early life and college, Professional career, NFL career statistics, Regular season, Playoffs, Coaching career, References, External links |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | '''Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali''' | Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali (; 1109–1167) was the last ruler of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya (1121–1148). |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | Life | Life
Al-Hasan succeeded his father, Ali ibn Yahya, upon the latter's death in 1121. Reduced to the coasts of modern Tunisia, during his reign, the Zirid emirate faced the increasingly threatening attacks of the Italo-Norman Kingdom of Sicily. The Normans were provoked largely by Almoravid attacks on their shores, but blamed them on the Zirids, as al-Hasan's father had requested Almoravid aid against Sicily. In 1135, the Normans occupied Djerba, and finally targeted the Zirid capital of al-Mahdiya itself in 1148. With his state's economy already in decline, and weakened further by drought and famine, al-Hasan was unable to resist the Norman attack, fleeing instead to the Hammadids in Algiers.
There he remained under virtual house arrest until 1152, when the Almohad Caliphate under Abd al-Mu'min captured Algiers. Brought to the Almohad capital of Marrakesh, al-Hasan urged the Almohads to reconquer Ifriqiya. An Almohad expedition indeed expelled the Normans from al-Mahdiya in 1160, but al-Hasan was only allowed to settle in its extramural quarter of Zawila. He remained there until the death of Abd al-Mu'min in 1167, when he was ordered to return to Marrakesh, but died on the way at Tamasna. |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | Seel also | Seel also
Mahdia campaign of 1123 |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | References | References |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | Sources | Sources
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Category:Zirid emirs of Ifriqiya
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Category:12th-century people from Ifriqiya |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali | Table of Content | '''Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali''', Life, Seel also, References, Sources |
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Babacar (Babacar album) | Use dmy dates | Babacar is the only album by the British rock group Babacar. |
Babacar (Babacar album) | Critical reception | Critical reception
Allmusic reviewer Ajda Snyder calls it "patient and breezy, with mostly clean guitar sounds" and the songs "on the whole, pleasant and trippy." Snyder wrote that singer Caroline Crawley possessed "a very unique and recognizable voice. The subject matter of her lyrics includes all things natural, such as landscapes and fauna, and she sings softly but firmly with a thoughtless confidence." |
Babacar (Babacar album) | Track listing | Track listing |
Babacar (Babacar album) | Personnel | Personnel
Babacar
Caroline Crawley - vocals
Roberto Soave - bass guitar
Rob Steen - guitar
Boris Williams - drums
Additional personnel
Bruno Ellingham - violin
Tristan Powell - e-bow
Porl Thompson - guitar, banjo
Hebe Lucraft - artwork |
Babacar (Babacar album) | References | References
Category:1998 debut albums
Category:Babacar (band) albums |
Babacar (Babacar album) | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, Critical reception, Track listing, Personnel, References |
Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 | Short description | The Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 (18 & 19 Cha. 2. c. 7) was an act of the Parliament of England with the long title "An Act for erecting a Judicature for Determination of Differences touching Houses burned or demolished by reason of the late Fire which happened in London."'Charles II, 1666: An Act for erecting a Judicature for Determination of Differences touching Houses burned or demolished by reason of the late Fire which happened in London.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 601–03. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47389. Date accessed: 7 March 2007. Following the Great Fire of London, Parliament established a court to settle all differences arising between landlords and tenants of burnt buildings, overseen by judges of the King's Bench, Court of Common Pleas and Court of Exchequer.'Book 1, Ch. 15: From the Fire to the death of Charles II', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 230–55. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46732. Date accessed: 7 March 2007.
right|thumb|upright|Portrait of Sir Matthew Hale, by Wright
The 22 judges who served under the act included the following:
Sir John Archer
Sir Robert Atkyns
Sir Edward Atkins
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
Sir Samuel Brown
Sir William Ellys
Sir Heneage Finch
Sir Matthew Hale
Sir John Kelynge
Sir Timothy Littleton
Sir William Morton
Sir Francis North
Sir Richard Rainsford
Sir Edward Thurland
Sir Christopher Turnor
Sir Edward Turnour
Sir Thomas Twisden
Sir Thomas Tyrrell
Sir John Vaughan
Sir William Wilde
Sir Hugh Wyndham
Sir Wadham Wyndham
Portraits of the judges by John Michael Wright were put up in the Guildhall by the city in gratitude for their services. 'Book 2, Ch. 15: Cheap Ward', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 587–593. Date accessed: 4 April 2011 Their "Sunderland" style picture frames were made by Mary Ashfield, Mary Fleshier, Mary Dorrell, and John Norris between 1671 and 1675."The Fire Judge Frames", Arnold Wiggins The paintings, completed in 1670, hung in London's Guildhall until it was bombed during World War II; today only two (those of Sir Matthew Hale and Sir Hugh Wyndham) remain in the Guildhall Art Gallery the remainder having been destroyed or dispersed, mainly to the Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and the Royal Courts of justice.
The whole act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. |
Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 | See also | See also
Rebuilding of London Act 1666 |
Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 | Notes | Notes |
Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 | References | References
Category:Acts of the Parliament of England 1666
Category:Repealed English legislation
Category:1660s in London
Category:History of the City of London
Category:Great Fire of London
Category:Law in London |
Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 | Table of Content | Short description, See also, Notes, References |
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John Zeglis | short description | John D Zeglis (born May 2, 1947) is an American business executive. He served as president of AT&T from 1997 to 2001 and as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of AT&T Wireless from 1999 to 2004. Zeglis also co-founded the NBA G League's Indiana Mad Ants as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in 2007 and served as president and primary shareholder of the organization until the team was acquired by Pacers Sports and Entertainment in 2015. |
John Zeglis | Early life and education | Early life and education
Zeglis was born and brought up in the farming community of Momence, Illinois. His father, Donald, worked as a lawyer. Zeglis played basketball and golf in high school and graduated in 1965. He attended summer camp at the Culver Academies as a teenager. Zeglis went on to attend the University of Illinois College of Business for his undergraduate studies. While there, he served as the house president of Beta Theta Pi and was a member of Sigma Iota Epsilon. He was also admitted to Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. Zeglis graduated in 1969 as the valedictorian of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, now known as the Gies College of Business, with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.
Zeglis then went on to attend Harvard Law School, where he served as the senior editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor, in 1972. Right after law school, Zeglis studied law and economics in Europe on a Knox Memorial fellowship. |
John Zeglis | Legal and managerial career | Legal and managerial career
Zeglis began his career in 1973 in Chicago, Illinois as an associate at the law firm now known as Sidley Austin. He became an official partner five years later in 1978. While there, he worked on the defense of the AT&T account during the antitrust lawsuit United States v. AT&T, and when the case resulted in the breakup of the AT&T/Bell System, he helped restructure the divestiture. With Zeglis' help, AT&T had successfully broken up into the "Baby Bells" by 1984. After the breakup, he left Sidney Austin and joined AT&T as a vice president and general counsel.
In early 1997 C. Michael Armstrong was named CEO of AT&T, and Armstrong appointed Zeglis as President later in that same year. Zeglis also assumed the positions of chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless in 1999. He ended his service as president of AT&T in 2001, but he continued to serve as chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless until it was sold to Cingular and dissolved in 2004. After the dissolution, Zeglis announced that he would be retiring from telecommunications to follow other pursuits. |
John Zeglis | The Mad Ants and the D-League | The Mad Ants and the D-League
In 2007, Zeglis founded the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, an NBA D-League (now G League) team. He was a primary shareholder of the team and served as president as well. The Mad Ants were the first basketball team in the Fort Wayne area since 2001, when the Fort Wayne Fury folded after a ten-year stint in the Continental Basketball Association. The nickname "Mad Ants" is a reference to 18th-century military officer "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who oversaw the construction of the original Fort Wayne. The Mad Ants originally played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The height of the team's success with Zeglis at the helm was in 2014, when they went undefeated in the playoffs and won the 2014 NBA D-League championship.
In September 2015, the Pacers Sports and Entertainment group bought the Mad Ants and converted them into the Indiana Pacers' affiliate minor league team. This transaction was one of the hallmark steps in the development of the D-League into a one-to-one affiliate league with the NBA, more similar to the minor league system in American baseball. The D-League is now known as the G League due to the multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal between the NBA and Gatorade in 2015. The Mad Ants moved to Noblesville, Indiana in 2023 and became known as the Indiana Mad Ants. |
John Zeglis | Board service | Board service
Zeglis has served on a number of corporate, educational and philanthropic boards of trustees and directors, shown below:
Sara Lee Corporation - international consumer-goods company
Helmerich and Payne Corporation - international petroleum company
Illinova Corporation - energy company, subsidiary of Dynegy
The Brookings Institution - think tank based in Washington, DC
Kellogg School - School of Management at Northwestern University
State Farm - insurance company with headquarters in Bloomington, IL
Gies College - College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
George Washington University - four-year institution in Washington, DC
Manchester University, a private university in North Manchester, Indiana (formerly known as Manchester College) |
John Zeglis | Current life | Current life
Zeglis, , is now retired and resides near Culver, Indiana with his wife Carol on the eastern shore of Lake Maxinkuckee. He frequently takes part in Culver Academy events, an example being an alumni address in 2019 that he participated in along with one of his sons, Mark, and his daughter, Julie. Zeglis reflected on how his experiences at the Academy taught him how to deal with decision-making and uncertainty, which helped him work through things at AT&T and Sidley Austin that “[he] had never done before”. |
John Zeglis | References | References
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Category:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Living people
Category:1947 births
Category:American chief executives
Category:People from Momence, Illinois
Category:People from Marshall County, Indiana
Category:Members of Phi Kappa Phi |
John Zeglis | Table of Content | short description, Early life and education, Legal and managerial career, The Mad Ants and the D-League, Board service, Current life, References |
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Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint | The | The Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint is a race for Thoroughbred horses held each year at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, California. The race is open to four-year-olds and up willing to make a six furlong dash on the dirt.
A Grade III event, it offers a trophy and a purse of $100,000 (includes $25,000 from the Breeders' Cup Fund).
In 2009, this race was downgraded from a Grade III event to ungraded status. |
Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint | Past winners | Past winners
2008 - Bonfante (Frank Alvarado)
2007 - Smokey Stover (Aaron Gryder)
2006 - Carthage (Dennis Carr)
2005 -
2004 - Court's in Session (Roberto Gonzalez)
2003 - El Dorado Shooter (Chad Schvaneveld)
2002 - Mellow Fellow (Russell Baze)
2001 - Lexicon (Russell Baze)
2000 - Lexicon (Russell Baze)
1999 - Big Jag (Jose Valdivia, Jr.) |
Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint | References | References
Category:Horse races in California
Category:Open sprint category horse races |
Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint | Table of Content | The, Past winners, References |
John Grant (British diplomat) | Short description | Sir John Douglas Kelso Grant (born 17 October 1954) is a retired British diplomat whose last diplomatic post was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union between 2003 and 2007.
He now has a small number of part-time advisory roles. |
John Grant (British diplomat) | Education | Education
Grant was born in Singapore and educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read French and German. |
John Grant (British diplomat) | Career | Career
Grant's first postings were in Stockholm (1977–1980) and Moscow (1982–1984). After 18 months with Morgan Grenfell, a London-based merchant bank, he returned to the Foreign Office as a press officer. He was posted to Brussels in 1989 and spent most of the next eight years working there in three different roles.
He was Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 1999 and served as British Ambassador to Sweden from 1999 to 2003.
Grant was then appointed UK Permanent Representative to the European Union. He chaired the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) during Britain's presidency of the EU in 2005.
After leaving the Foreign Office in 2007 Grant worked for BHP Billiton in London from 2007 to 2009, was executive vice-president, policy and corporate affairs, at BG Group from 2009 to 2015, and vice-president, international government relations, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from 2015 to 2019. |
John Grant (British diplomat) | Offices held | Offices held |
John Grant (British diplomat) | References | References
Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy
Category:Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Category:Permanent representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden
Category:Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service
Category:20th-century British diplomats |
John Grant (British diplomat) | Table of Content | Short description, Education, Career, Offices held, References |
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Category:Sandals | Footwear consisting mainly of a sole and straps, with little or no upper covering for the foot.
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Category:Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumni | People who attended and obtained a degree from the | People who attended and obtained a degree from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Category:University of California, San Diego alumni |
Category:Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumni | Table of Content | People who attended and obtained a degree from the |
Storstrømmen | Short description | Storstrømmen (; lit. The Great Stream) is a strait in Denmark separating the island Falster from the island Zealand. |
Storstrømmen | Geography | Geography
thumb|left|Storstrøm Bridge
Its maximum depth is approximately and the length is around . Smålandsfarvandet sound is situated to the west and Grønsund lies to the east. Storstrøm Bridge crosses Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø. The southernmost of the Farø Bridges crosses Storstrømmen between Falster and Farø. |
Storstrømmen | See also | See also
Geography of Denmark |
Storstrømmen | References | References |
Storstrømmen | External links | External links
Category:Straits of Denmark
Category:Straits of the Baltic Sea |
Storstrømmen | Table of Content | Short description, Geography, See also, References, External links |
The Earthlings | Use dmy dates | The Earthlings is a musical collaboration between British-born Marucs Hill & Paul Burgess performing an unusual blend of acoustic music incorporating humour and character based lyrics. |
The Earthlings | Early years | Early years
Both Hill & Burgess attended Bishop Luffa secondary school in Chichester and when they met in the late 1980s it was clear they shared a similar sense of humour. It was in 1990 that Nuclear Freakout was formed along with fellow school friend Robert Thurston. Thurston left the following year and it was Hill & Burgess along with other school friends that continued under the Freakout banner.
Much of Freakout's music was based on recorded improvisations between Hill & Burgess but also included recordings of various line-ups of school friends.
They released a tape of demos in 1991 & two albums. 'Rub me up the wrong way' in 1995 which drew from material recorded between 1990–94 and the follow-up 'Rub me up the right way' in 1996. Plans for a third album never materialised. |
The Earthlings | Earthlings Calling Earthlings | Earthlings Calling Earthlings
As their teenage years drew to a close, Hill & Burgess decided to develop their ideas into a more refined music. They spent 1997 recording which resulted in the 'Earthlings Calling Earthlings' album and the subsequent drop of the Nuclear Freakout name. The album was released in March 1998 and even achieved a small amount of air play on BBC national radio. The album showcased the unique writing style which incorporated lyrics about bizarre characters which Hill & Burgess would act out in the songs. The music was catchy and melodic, although quite odd and unique. |
The Earthlings | Sessions | Sessions
The Earthlings music is dominantly improvised. Hill & Burgess compose the vast majority of their music in what they refer to as their 'sessions'. This involves setting up in a recording environment and improvising ideas. Burgess provides the Guitar backing and usually the chorus while Hill dominates the lyrics and verses. The results are recorded and sometimes ideas are developed further at a later time. To date, Hill & Burgess have a huge archive of the session recordings dating from the early 1990s to 2009. |
The Earthlings | Keeping My Eye On You | Keeping My Eye On You
Work began on the follow-up to 'Earthlings Calling Earthling' in late 2002. Whereas the previous album was dominantly acoustic, this time they opted for the standard drums, bass, guitar sound using drummer James Aslett. Burgess also brought in the Brighton based fiddler Tim Cotterell for fiddle duties on a number of tracks. The album was finally mixed and released in December 2006. |
The Earthlings | Future plans | Future plans
The Earthlings announced recently that work had commenced on their third album. In July 2010 'Earthlings Calling Earthlings' was remastered for release on to popular download stores such as iTunes and Amazon. |
The Earthlings | External links | External links
The Earthlings's official website
The Earthlings's MySpace site
The Earthlings's Facebook page
Category:Chichester |
The Earthlings | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, Early years, Earthlings Calling Earthlings, Sessions, Keeping My Eye On You, Future plans, External links |
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The result was Delete. Jersey Devil 02:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
List of breakcore artists
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Unmanageable list, full of redlinks, seems to be a magnet for any breakcore artist trying to make a name for themselves with a wiki page. Improbcat 15:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Delete or massive trimming and merge into breakcore article as a Examples of notable artists section. This list is likely to remain unmanageable especially since the main breakcore article states what is and isn't breakcore is arguable. Improbcat 15:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Comment I am tempted to also put up List of breakcore record labels for pretty much the same reasons. Most of the breakcore articles seem to be a mass of redlinks. Improbcat 15:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Delete per WP:ATT. No sources in this article at all, lat alone any that identify any artist listed as breakcore. Otto4711 15:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Delete too many people removing and later re-adding artist (some of which are not breakcore) is confusing, and annoying. Keiron22 20:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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File:GirlSupper.jpg | Licensing | Licensing |
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Toberman House | short description | Toberman Settlement House is a non-profit neighborhood center providing services to low-income residents of Los Angeles. Its efforts are aimed at helping individuals and families move from poverty to self-sufficiency. Founded in 1903 by Mayor James R. Toberman in honor of his son Homer Toberman who died of influenza in 1901, Toberman house is the oldest charity in the city of Los Angeles, and the oldest United Methodist mission project in the Western U.S. It was originally located in Echo Park, but moved to Boyle Heights in 1917, then San Pedro in 1937. Toberman House offers a wide range of social services, ranging from state-licensed K through 5 childcare, and afterschool care, to a senior's club. |
Toberman House | References | References |
Toberman House | External links | External links
Category:Organizations based in Los Angeles |
Toberman House | Table of Content | short description, References, External links |
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Snow Angels (film) | short description | Snow Angels is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green, based on Stewart O'Nan's 1994 novel, and starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. The film is centered on several characters dealing with loss of innocence in a small town. It premiered in the dramatic competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the United States on March 7, 2008, by Warner Independent Pictures. |
Snow Angels (film) | Plot | Plot
On a cold afternoon, with snow on the ground, a high school band in a small Pennsylvania town is practicing for the season's last football game, when they hear gunshots while their teacher, Mr. Chervenick, is giving instructions. The film abruptly flashes back to a few weeks before, to a Chinese restaurant that employs a high school boy named Arthur, his ex-babysitter, Annie, and her best friend, Barb. Arthur, who's a bit of a misfit, has a troubled home life caused by his constantly clashing parents, both of whom often forget about him. Annie's life isn't faring much better: she's dealing with her ill mother, is separated from her husband, Glenn, and is now raising their young daughter, Tara, on her own. Glenn is now on the wagon and becoming a born-again Christian in order to prove that he is responsible enough to spend time with Tara.
Depressed and lonely, Annie decides to betray her best friend by having an affair with Barb's husband, Nate, but finds that ruining Barb's life doesn't make her own life any happier. Desperate to prove himself and still harboring deep feelings for his estranged wife (though he suspects she is seeing someone), Glenn gets a new job and spends as much time as possible with Tara. Meanwhile, Arthur finds himself growing close to Lila, a new student at the high school who has a knack for photography.
The film focuses heavily on how people's lives can cross in a small town, especially when Tara wanders out of the house and goes missing while Annie, drained over having meaninglessly destroyed her friendship with Barb and suffering from a bad cold, falls asleep on the couch. The whole town spends hours desperately searching for Tara, before Arthur finds her body while smoking pot with his friend. To everyone's horror, Tara had fallen into open freezing water at the edge of the lake while playing and drowned, after which the open water froze over her. Glenn, distraught over the death of Tara, breaks into Annie's home with his shotgun and waits for her return. Upon Annie's return Glenn grabs her and forcibly washes her feet. Covering her mouth as she cries and screams at him, he drags a barefoot Annie by the collar into the snowy woods. With her kneeling, back turned to him, Glenn holds his gun to her head and tells her to say when she's ready (to be shot). The film presumably ends with their murder-suicide, explaining the shots heard before the flashback. |
Snow Angels (film) | Cast | Cast
Kate Beckinsale as Annie Marchand
Sam Rockwell as Glenn Marchand
Michael Angarano as Arthur Parkinson
Jeannetta Arnette as Louise Parkinson
Griffin Dunne as Don Parkinson
Nicky Katt as Nate Petite
Tom Noonan as Mr. Chervenick
Connor Paolo as Warren Hardesky
Amy Sedaris as Barb Petite
Olivia Thirlby as Lila Raybern
Grace Hudson as Tara Marchand |
Snow Angels (film) | Production | Production
Filming, in-part, occurred on-location in Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Snow Angels (film) | Reception | Reception |
Snow Angels (film) | Critical response | Critical response
The film received generally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 68% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 112 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "With fine acting and considerable emotional depth, Snow Angels aptly captures the highs, and especially the lows of human relationships." Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 67 out of 100, based on 28 reviews.
Steven Rea of the Philadelphia Inquirer called the film "a compelling, and grim, portrait of small-town lives gone wrong", "disturbingly good", while also writing, "the film's characters get inside your skin, your soul. It's enough to make you want to cry." Richard Corliss of Time wrote, "The film's success is due in large part to actors who are both faithful to all the social minutiae and seductive enough to keep you watching." He also praised director David Gordon Green for his gift, "to show how people learn codes of affection and aggression from watching movies, but when they try to pull them off in crucial situations they come out awkward, embarrassed and futile."
The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Marc Mohan of The Oregonian named it the 4th best film of 2008, and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune named it the 8th best film of 2008. |
Snow Angels (film) | Box office | Box office
The film opened in limited release in the United States on March 7, 2008, and grossed $14,247 in two theaters its opening weekend. |
Snow Angels (film) | DVD release | DVD release
Warner Home Video released Snow Angels on DVD on September 16, 2008, on a single disc in widescreen and full screen versions. |
Snow Angels (film) | References | References |
Snow Angels (film) | External links | External links
Category:2007 films
Category:2007 drama films
Category:2007 independent films
Category:2000s American films
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:American drama films
Category:American independent films
Category:English-language independent films
Category:Films about adultery in the United States
Category:Films directed by David Gordon Green
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films scored by David Wingo
Category:Films set in Pennsylvania
Category:Films shot in Nova Scotia
Category:Films with screenplays by David Gordon Green
Category:Murder–suicide in films
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Marc Cocozza | short description | Marc Cocozza (born 8 January 1981) is a Scottish former footballer. After beginning his career as a youth player at Celtic, he briefly played for both Dundee United and Forfar Athletic. |
Marc Cocozza | Career | Career
Cocozza began his career with Celtic but failed to make a senior appearance for the club, leaving in November 2001 to sign for Dundee United. Cocozza made his debut in a televised match against Celtic but made only one further substitute appearance and failed to earn an extension to his short-term deal. After being released in April 2002, Cocozza moved to Forfar Athletic at the start of the 2002–03 season, although had to wait until February 2003 to make his debut. After playing in three matches, Cocozza was released by the end of the season and he left senior football, signing for junior club Johnstone Burgh. The following year, Cocozza joined Maryhill, where he stayed until 2005.
In 2014, Cocozza was appointed manager of the Ayrshire Amateur Football Association's select team, having previously been assistant manager. |
Marc Cocozza | International career | International career
Cocozza represent his country at several age levels, playing for Scotland at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level. |
Marc Cocozza | References | References |
Marc Cocozza | External links | External links
Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Celtic F.C. players
Category:Dundee United F.C. players
Category:Forfar Athletic F.C. players
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Johnstone Burgh F.C. players
Category:Maryhill F.C. players
Category:Scotland men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen |
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