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Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
Technology and Engineering Emmy Award | |
Awarded for | Outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development |
Country | United States |
Presented by | ATAS/NATAS |
A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development. An award can be presented to an individual, a company, or to a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies which either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected the transmission, recording, or reception of television. The award is determined by a special panel composed of highly qualified, experienced engineers in the television industry.[1]
2012 Awards[edit]
1) Eco-system for Real Time Presentation of TV Content to Mobile Devices without the use of Specialized Television Hardware.
- Apple
2) The Development and Commercialization of Analog Local Cable Video Ad Insertion.
- Cablevision Systems
- Channelmatic
- MTV Networks
- Starnet
- Texscan-MSI, Inc.
3) The Development and Commercialization of Cable Interconnects for Local Video Ad Insertion
- Time Warner Cable
- NCC Media
4) The Development and Commercialization for Digital Infrastructure for Local Cable Ad Insertion
- Harmonic
- Motorola
- Cisco
- SeaChange International
- SkyConnect
5) Pioneering On-Screen Interactive Program Guides.
- Insight (now Rovi Corporation)
6) Pioneering Development of Event Driven Control Room Automation Systems for Production of Live Television Shows, which Encompasses Full Control of Robotic Cameras, Audio, Graphics and Video Sources.
- Parkervision (Grass Valley)
7) Pioneering Development and Deployment of Aspect Ratio Control Technologies and Systems For Letterbox Images within Consumer Devices.
- Warner Brothers
- Sam Runco
8) Development of Electronic Mastering System for Large Scale Content Customization, Transcoding and Distribution.
- Warner Bros
- CBS Worldwide Distribution
9) Pioneering Development of Multi-Room DVR.
- Time Warner Cable
- Cisco
10) IRND Filter Technology for Digital Motion Picture Cameras.
- The Tiffen Company
- Schneider Optics Inc.
11) Improvements to Large Format CMOS Imagers for Use in High Definition Broadcast Video Cameras.
- Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI)
- Canon USA, INC
- RED Studios
- Sony Electronics Inc.
12) Lifetime Achievement Award
- Manolo Romero, Managing Director, Olympic Broadcasting Services
2011 Awards[edit]
1) Local Cable Ad Insertion Technology - Cable Digital Standards for Local Cable Advertising
2) The System for Automated Migration of Media Assets
- Samma (Front Porch Digital)
3) Pioneering Development of Large-Venue, Large-Screen Direct View Color Video Displays
- Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. - Diamond Vision Systems
- Shuji Nakamura, Professor / University of California - Santa Barbara
4) Pioneering Development and Deployment of Active Format Description and Aspect Ratio Control Technologies and Systems
- DTG - Digital TV Group
- NBC Universal
- Ericsson
- Miranda Technologies
5) Development of Integrated, Deployable Systems for Live Reporting from Remote Environments
- David Bloom
- MTN Satellite Communications
6) Standardization of Loudness Metering for Use in Broadcast Audio
- ITU-R Study Group 6 / International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
- Communications Research Centre
- Dr. Gilbert Soulodre
- Craig Todd
7) Development of Professional Tapeless Portable Acquisition Systems Using Affordable Media
- Sony Corporation
8) Pioneering Development of Removable Solid State Media for Video Camera/Recorders (Camcorders)
- Panasonic Corporation[2]
2010 Awards[edit]
Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology and Engineering
- Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation
1. For Development and Production of Portable Tapeless Acquisition
- Avid Technology, Inc.
- Ikegami Co. LTD
2. The Belt Pack: Distributed Amplifier Systems in Live Production
- Stan Hubler
- Dough Leighton
- Bob Cohen
- Charlie Butten
- RTS Systems, Inc.
- Clearcom (HME)
3. Development of Wireless Intercom
- HME (HM Electronics, Inc.)
- RTS Systems, Inc.
4. Development of Audio Meta Data Process for conforming audio the ATSC digital TV standard
- Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
- Linear Acoustic, Inc.
5. Enabling Standards for the delivery of television via broadband data systems
- CableLabs
6. HD Super Motion Systems for acquisition, recording and Playback for Broadcast Entertainment and Sports Productions
- NAC Image Technology, Inc.
- EVS Broadcast Equipment, Inc.
- Vision Research (An AMETEK® Company)
- Grass Valley Group
- Sony Corporation
7. Blue Laser Optical Systems for Consumer Playback
- Sony Corporation
- Royal Philips Electronics
- Panasonic Corporation
- TDK Corporation[3]
2009 Awards[edit]
For its Audience Measurement Technology System
For its Pioneering Development in Electronic Prompting
For its Pioneering Development of MSDC High Power Amplifiers
For its Pioneering Efforts in Development, Implementation of Network Distribution workflows for ATSC DTV Development
- PBS (The Public Broadcasting Service)
For The Development of NTSC Television
- CEA (Radio Manufacturers Association)
For Pioneering Development of Automatic Transmitter Identification for Satellite Television Communications
- HBO (Home Box Office)
2008 Awards[edit]
- Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology & Engineering
- Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications Inc.
- Serial Interface and Protocols for Server/VTR control
- Delivery Confirmation Systems
- Development and Standardization of File Formats for Video and Audio
- Pioneering Development of MPEG-4 AVC systems for HDTV
- Pioneering RF Combiners for Adjacent Channels on Common Antenna Systems
- Harris Corporation
- Micro Communications Inc. (MCI)
- Radio Frequency Systems (RFS)
- Ongoing live global HD cinemacasting
- Developing HDMI
- Standardization of the ATSC Digital System
- Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service
- Advanced Television System Committee
- Advanced Television Test Center
- Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory
- MPEG-4 AVC Standard
- Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG)
- Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
2007 Awards[edit]
The Emmy Awards for ATSC broadcast transmission system RF filters:
The Emmy Awards for Development… of interactive Video on Demand infrastructure and signaling, leading to large scale VOD implementations:
The Emmy Award for Coaxial cable technology:
The Emmy Award for Pioneering development of a fully monitored fiber optic based digital network… at shared use sports venues:
The Emmy Award for Development and implementation of an integrated and portable IP-based live, edit and store-and-forward digital newsgathering system:
The Emmy Awards for Monitoring for compliance standards for ATSC & DVB transport streams:
- Rohde & Schwarz
- Tektronix
- Thomson
- Pixelmetrix Corporation
The advanced media technology winners for Science, Engineering & Technology for Broadband & Personal Television:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Personal Computer:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use for Creation and Distribution of Interactive Commercial Advertising Delivered Through Digital Set Top Boxes:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content for Interactive Use (Two Screen Environment TV /PC or TV / Mobile Device):
- March Madness on Demand, CBSSports.com/CBS Sports
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms:
- MTV's Virtual Laguna Beach, MTV Networks
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology (PSP, Cell Phone, Personal Media Player, Mobile Devices):
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" (Consumer Scheduled or Programmed) Technology Over Broadband Networks for Active "lean-forward" Viewing:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" for Passive "lean-backward" Viewing:
- Switched Digital Video: Revolutionizing TV, Time Warner Cable/BigBand Networks
Following are the winners for Engineering & Technology for Creation and Implementation of Video Games and Platforms:
The Awards for Game Controller Innovation:
- Nintendo DS, Nintendo,
- Wii, Nintendo
The Awards for Handheld Game Device Display Screen Innovation:
- Football & Auto Race – Mattel Electronics
- Atari Lynx – Atari Corporation
- Nintendo DS – Nintendo
The Awards for User-Generated Content - Game Modification:
- Pinball Construction Set – Bill Budge & Electronic Arts
- Quake – John Carmack & id Software
- Second Life – Philip Rosedale & Linden Lab
The Award for Physics Engines:
The Awards for Development of Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games (MMORPG):
- Neverwinter Nights – Don Daglow & Stormfront Studios, AOL-Time Warner, Wizards of the Coast,
- Everquest – Sony Online Entertainment
- World of Warcraft – Mike Morhaime & Blizzard Entertainment
The Awards for Visual Digital Content Creation Tools and their Impact:
- Maya, Autodesk
- 3D Studio Max, Autodesk
SOURCE: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
2006 Awards[edit]
Pioneering Development of On Screen Display (OSD) for Setup, Control and Configuration of Consumer Television Equipment
Streaming Media Architectures and Components
- Microsoft
- Adobe Systems Inc.
- RealNetworks
- Apple
Pioneering Development for Combining Multiple Transport Streams Which Are Already Encoded, Using Rate-Shaping and Statistical Re-multiplexing
- Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.
Development and Implementation of Automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising
- Visible World
- The Weather Channel
Technology Advances in Serial Digital Interface Solutions, Enabling Over 20 Years of Seamless Studio and Broadcast Infrastructure Migration
- Gennum Corporation
Privately Owned and Operated International Satellite Company Primarily for International Video Services
- Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat
Advanced Media Technology for the Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
- DirecTV Interactive Sports – DirecTV
Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
- The-N.com Video Mixer – The N
Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms
- The Slingbox – Sling Media
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology
- Xross Media Bar – Sony Computer Entertainment
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of "On Demand" Technology Over Private (closed) Networks
- Time Warner Cable's Start Over – Time Warner Cable
- Concurrent Computer Corp.
- Big Band Networks
- Harmonic Inc.
- Scientific Atlanta.
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of "On Demand" Technology Over the Public (open) Internet
- Stim TV – NPOWR
Advanced Media Technology for Best Use by Commercials in Creation and Use in Non Traditional Platforms and Technologies
- TiVo Interactive Advertising Platform – TiVo Inc.
Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers
- Nintendo, for the D-pad innovation on the NES/Famicon controller
- Sony Computer Entertainment America, for the Dual Shock Analog Controller.
Development of 3D Software Engines
- John Carmack
- id Software
Pioneering Work in Near and Real-Time Fully Programmable Shading Via Modern Graphics Processors
- Microsoft
- NVIDIA Corporation
2005 Awards[edit]
- RCA-TTE, For Pioneering Development of On Screen Display (OSD) for Setup, Control and Configuration of Consumer Television Equipment
- Microsoft, Adobe Systems, RealNetworks, and Apple Computer, Inc., For Streaming Media Architectures and Components
- Terayon Communication Systems, Inc., For pioneering Development for Combining Multiple ransport Streams Which Are Already Encoded, Using Rate-Shaping and Statistical Re-multiplexing
- Visible World and The Weather Channel, For Development and Implementation of automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising
- Gennum Corp., For Technology Advances in Serial Digital Interface Solutions, enabling Over 20 Years of Seamless Studio and Broadcast Infrastructure migration.
- The-N.com (a website associated with The N television channel) for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Programming, for the Video Masher.
2004 Awards[edit]
- Ampex and ABC, For slow-motion color recording and playback for broadcast
- ABC, PBS, and Consumer Electronics Association, For closed caption standardization
- The WB and IBM, For pioneering development of locally integrated and branded content using IP Store and forward technology
- Canon USA Inc., Fujinon, and Thales Angeniux, For lens technology developments for solid state imagers cameras in high definition formats
- AT&T For the first intercontinental satellite TV transmission.
2003 Awards[edit]
- Sharp, Development of Direct View Liquid Crystal Display Screens
- Philips, Development of UHP Lamps
- Len Reiffel, Pioneering efforts in the invention of the Telestrator
- Echostar and DirecTV Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Spot Beam Satellites for Distribution of Local Broadcast Channels Directly to Home Receivers:
- nCUBE, Concurrent, and SeaChange, Development, productization, and commercialization of video server technology leading to large scale VOD implementations:
2002 Awards[edit]
- Turner Networks For Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Automated, Server-Based Closed Captioning Systems. Development was performed by XOrbit, also awarded.
- Thales Broadcast & Multimedia For Pioneering Development of Digital Modulator Adaptive Pre-Correction for ATSC 8VSB Digital Transmitter Systems
- Thomson Broadcast & Media Solutions For Development And Application Of Sub-Pixel Imaging Devices For Television Cameras
- Dolby Laboratories, Jim Fosgate, and Peter Scheiber For Development of Surround Sound for Television
- Texas Instruments DLP Products For Pioneering Development of mass-produced digital reflective imaging technology for consumer rear projection television
- Dr. Kees Immink For Coding Technology for Optical Recording Formats
- Pinnacle Systems (Montage) and Thomson Broadcast & Media Solutions For Technology to simultaneously encode multiple video qualities and the corresponding metadata
2001 Awards[edit]
- Plasma display by Donald Bitzer. This revolutionized the television.
- Final Cut Pro by Apple Inc. A one application, any format editing system.
- Boujou Automated Camera Tracker by 2d3 Ltd. This innovation provides automatic shot tracking in a fraction of the usual time.
- Arriflex Cameras by ARRI Inc. A Lifetime Achievement Award goes to this organization for fifty years of technological contributions to the industry.
- TM Systems, for their language translation, dubbing and subtitling system.[6]
- Proximity Corporation for software for managing graphical assets for broadcast.
2000 Awards[edit]
- Digital upconverter by BBC, Faroudja, Leitch and YEM.[7]
- Personal video recorder by TiVo and Replay.[7]
- SFQ transmitter by Rohde & Schwarz.[7]
- Consumer camcorders by Sony, JVC, Hitachi, Matsushita and Kodak.[7]
- 24p by Sony, LaserPacific and Kodak.[7]
- Flat-screen CRT by Sony and Zenith.[7]
- Shared video-data-storage system by Leitch/ASC, SeaChange, Thomson/Philips and Pinnacle.[7]
- Digital asset management for television news by KGO-TV, CNN, ITN and Quantel.[7]
1998 Awards[edit]
- Spirit DataCine Outstanding Achievement in Technical/Engineering Development Awards for the development of a High Resolution Digital Film Scanner Eastman Kodak and Philips Germany.[8]>[9][10]
1997 presentations[edit]
- J.L. Fisher, for development of camera dollies.
- Panasonic, for development of the AJ-LT75 DVCPRO "Laptop" editor.
- Seven organizations known as the Grand Alliance, which are primarily responsible for developing and standardizing the transmission and technology for digital TV. The companies are General Instrument, AT&T, David Sarnoff Research Center, Thomson/RCA, Philips, Zenith and M.I.T..[11]
1960 Presentation[edit]
Radio Corporation of America, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company and English Electric Valve Company for the independent development of the 41⁄2 inch image orthicon tube and camera.
- ^ "Technology and Engineering Emmy Award: Scope and Procedures". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ Emmy Awards 2012 http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/tech_2k11_winners.html
- ^ Emmy Awards 2011 http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/tech_2k10_winners.html
- ^ Emmy Awards 2010 http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/tech_2k9_winners.html
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(help) - ^ Dubbing biz goes modern — Variety magazine, 22 September 2002.
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- ^ Thameside TV Spirit DataCine
- ^ DFT Emmy award winning Spirit DataCine
- ^ 1998 American Cinematographer, Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards Philips Digital Video Systems, Eastman Kodak's Spirit DataCine, Awarded to Michael Broesamle, Uwe Braehler, Volker Massmann and Wolfgang Steinebach of Philips Digital Video Systems and Arthur J. Cosgrove, Andrew F. Kurtz, Roger T. Lees and Leslie G. Moore of Eastman Kodak for the design and manufacture of the industry-standard high-definition digital telecine.
- ^ Engineering Emmys awarded — Variety magazine, 20 June 1997.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical/Engineering Development Awards, from 1948 to 2006


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Betty Grable
Betty Grable | |
Photo from 1951
Born | Elizabeth Ruth Grable December 18, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | July 2, 1973 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
(aged 56)
Cause of death
Lung cancer |
Other names | Frances Dean |
Occupation | Actress, dancer, singer |
Years active | 1929–1973 |
Spouse(s) |
Jackie Coogan (m. 1937–39) (divorced) |
Partner(s) | Bob Remick (until her death) |
Children | Victoria Elizabeth James (b. 1944) Jessica James (b. 1947) |
Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, dancer, and singer.[1]
Grable was celebrated for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio publicity widely dispersed photos featuring them. Her iconic bathing suit poster made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs that Changed the World". Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of her legs as thigh (18.5"), calf (12"), and ankle (7.5").[2] Grable's legs were famously insured by her studio for $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London.[citation needed]
Grable appeared in several smash-hit musical films in the 1940s, most notable: Mother Wore Tights in 1947, with frequent co-star Dan Dailey. She came to prominence in 1939 when she signed with Twentieth Century-Fox and signed on to appear opposite Ethel Merman in the Broadway musical Du Barry Was a Lady. But it was not until she was called back to Hollywood to replace Fox's musical queen, Alice Faye, in Down Argentine Way, that she became a household name. Throughout her career, Grable was typecast in her stereotype-musical film roles, and when her career faltered in the 1950s, she found it hard to reinvent herself as a serious, trained actress. In 1958 she appeared as herself on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour with then husband Harry James in an episode entitled "Lucy Wins A Racehorse".
She was known by several nicknames during her heyday in the '40s, including "the girl with the million dollar legs," "the quick-silver blonde," "the queen of the Hollywood musical," and "the darling of the forties." Grable died in 1973 at age 56 of lung cancer.
Early life[edit]
Elizabeth Ruth Grable was born in St. Louis, Missouri to John Conn Grable (1883–1954) and Lillian Rose Hofmann (1889–1964). She was the youngest of three children.[3] Most of her immediate ancestors were American, but her distant heritage was of Dutch, Irish, German and English stock.
Grable was propelled into the acting profession by her mother, making her debut at 12 years of age as a chorus girl in the film Happy Days (1929). Her mother soon gave her a makeover, which included bleaching her hair platinum blonde.
Early career (1930–1939)[edit]
For her next film, her mother got her a contract using false identification. When this deception was discovered, Grable was fired. She finally obtained a role as a Goldwyn Girl in Whoopee! (1930), starring Eddie Cantor. Though Grable received no billing, she led the opening number, "Cowboys". She then worked in small roles at different studios for the rest of the decade, including the Academy Award-winning The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, where she was prominently featured in the number "Let's K-nock K-nees".
In the late 1930s, Grable signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, starring in several B-movies, mostly portraying college students. These films included Pigskin Parade (1936), This Way Please (1937), College Swing (1938), and Man About Town (1939).[4] Despite playing leads, the typecasting proved to hurt her career.
In 1939, Grable appeared with her husband Jackie Coogan in Million Dollar Legs, a low-budget B-movie from whose title Grable's nickname was taken. Grable and Coogan divorced later that same year. When her contract at Paramount expired, Grable decided to quit acting, having grown tired of appearing in college films.
Film stardom at Twentieth Century-Fox (1940–1949)[edit]
In a 1940 interview, Grable stated that she was "sick and tired" of show business and had decided to retire. Later she received an unsolicited offer to go on a personal appearance tour, which she accepted. The tour led to Darryl F. Zanuck's offering her a long-term contract with Twentieth Century-Fox. "If that's not luck I don't know what you'd call it" Grable said. "I've had contracts with four studios in ten years and each time I left one or was dropped, I stepped into something better."[5] She played a part in Buddy DeSylva's Broadway show Du Barry Was a Lady (with Ethel Merman) and a part replacing Fox's suddenly ill leading musical star, Alice Faye, in Down Argentine Way.
Following Down Argentine Way's positive reviews and major success, Grable was cast opposite Alice Faye in Tin Pan Alley. Over the years, there have been rumors that there was a rivalry between Faye and Grable and that Grable ultimately replaced Faye as the studio's top musical star. In reality, the two actresses got along right away and became lifelong friends. Grable never actually replaced Faye; Faye chose to leave because she was dissatisfied with the studio's treatment of her and ultimately Grable became the studio's leading musical star.
In 1941, she was cast in the Technicolor musical Moon Over Miami with Don Ameche. The film was a major success. Grable's next film was A Yank in the RAF, a World War II film, in which she co-starred with Tyrone Power, in her first serious leading role in a major Hollywood film. Following the success of this film, Grable was assigned to I Wake Up Screaming, in 1941, a black-and-white film noir co-starring Carole Landis and Victor Mature. Despite receiving critical acclaim especially for Grable's performance, the film was only mildly successful.
In 1942, Grable made three back-to-back musicals: Song of the Islands, Footlight Serenade and her biggest hit to date, Springtime in the Rockies. This film musical teamed Grable with her future husband, Harry James, and also featured Carmen Miranda in a supporting role. 1943 proved even more successful as Grable starred in two of her best-known Technicolor musicals, Sweet Rosie O'Grady and Coney Island. Coney Island was one of the five most successful films of the year.
In 1943, Grable was named by movie exhibitors as the most popular box-office draw in the country. She was 20th Century Fox's top money maker, and Darryl F. Zanuck (Fox's chief) named Grable his "favorite" contract player. When Alice Faye left the studio in 1945, she became the studio's undisputed "queen of the lot."
Also in 1943, Grable's pin-up picture was taken and resulted in her being cast in Pin Up Girl. The film showcased Grable's photo in several brief glimpses. Pin Up Girl received poor reviews but was a tremendous box-office success. In 1945, she made Diamond Horseshoe with Dick Haymes. The film was a success, and Grable's next film The Dolly Sisters, co-starring June Haver, was one of Fox's biggest hits of the year.
In 1946, Grable appeared as herself in a cameo role in Do You Love Me, her only film appearance that year. Grable came back into the spotlight with the 1947 film, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. The film was not a huge success, but her next project Mother Wore Tights, with one of her most frequent co-stars, Dan Dailey, was Fox's most successful film of 1947 and came to be known as Grable's "signature film".
Her next film, That Lady in Ermine (1948), co-starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and was only a moderate success. However, Grable's next film, When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) (again co-starring Dan Dailey), was very successful. In 1949, Grable's film The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend was released but was a critical and box-office failure, and Grable's film career began to falter.
Motion picture decline & retirement (1950–1955)[edit]
In 1950, Grable made two successful films, Wabash Avenue and My Blue Heaven. Wabash Avenue was a remake of Grable's 1943 film Coney Island, and she again co-starred with Dan Dailey in My Blue Heaven.
In 1951, Grable made a film version of Call Me Mister, the 1946 Broadway revue about returning soldiers. A plot was added and new songs by Sammy Fain and Mack Gordon supplemented three Harold Rome songs retained from the revue. This was the last time Grable appeared in a film with Dan Dailey. Call Me Mister had only moderate box-office success. After the release of the 1951 musical Meet Me After the Show, for which she received good reviews for her comedic talent, Grable took a break from acting; she turned down the lead role in The Girl Next Door, a role that eventually went to June Haver.
In late 1952, Grable returned to acting, hoping to star with Jane Russell in Fox's film version of the Broadway musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. However, Fox decided not to use Grable for the picture, in favor of newcomer Marilyn Monroe. She was then placed in a remake of The Farmer Takes a Wife, with Dale Robertson, a critically panned box-office failure.
Grable's last mainstream success for Fox was in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), with Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall. Some thought Grable and Monroe wouldn't get along, believing Grable was angered that Monroe had replaced her in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. However, Grable and Monroe got along extremely well. Grable was quoted as saying (to Monroe): "Go and get yours honey! I've had mine!" The picture had unusual billing: Grable was first in the film credits, Monroe first in the advertising.
Grable's last musical film appearance was in Three for the Show (1955) with Jack Lemmon. Three for the Show was released by Columbia Pictures, making the film Grable's first motion picture away from Fox since she signed with them fifteen years earlier.
Grable's final film role was in the comedy How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) with newcomer Sheree North. This film was meant to reunite Grable with Marilyn Monroe, but Monroe turned it down, complaining the script was poor. Afterwards, Grable wanted the role of Miss Adelaide in the 1956 film Guys and Dolls, but it went to Vivian Blaine.
Personal life[edit]
Grable married former child actor Jackie Coogan in 1937. He was under considerable stress from a lawsuit against his parents over his childhood earnings and the couple divorced in 1939.
In 1943, she married trumpeter Harry James. The couple had two daughters, Victoria and Jessica. Their marriage, which lasted for twenty-two years, was rife with alcoholism and infidelity before they divorced in 1965. Grable entered into a relationship with dancer Bob Remick, several years her junior, with whom she remained for the rest of her life.
Grable died of lung cancer at age 56 in Santa Monica, California, on July 2, 1973. Her funeral was held two days later and attended by her ex-husband Harry James and Hollywood stars Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Booth, Mitzi Gaynor, Johnnie Ray, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero, George Raft, Alice Faye and Dan Dailey. "I Had the Craziest Dream," the ballad from Springtime in the Rockies, was played on the church organ. She was entombed at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
Grable has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6525 Hollywood Boulevard. She also has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame,[6] she was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2009.
Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy, noted on National Public Radio's Morning Edition on April 23, 2007, in an interview with Terry Gross, that Grable was his inspiration for founding the Playboy empire.
Title | Year | Role | Director | Co-stars | Notes |
Happy Days | 1929 | Chorus Girl | Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff | Uncredited | |
Let's Go Places | 1930 | Chorine | Strayer, Frank R.Frank R. Strayer | Uncredited | |
New Movietone Follies of 1930 | 1930 | Chorine | Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff | Uncredited | |
Whoopee! | 1930 | Goldwyn Girl | Freeland, ThorntonThornton Freeland | Uncredited | |
Kiki | 1931 | Goldwyn Girl | Taylor, SamSam Taylor | Mary Pickford | Uncredited |
Palmy Days | 1931 | Goldwyn Girl | Sutherland, A. EdwardA. Edward Sutherland | Uncredited | |
Greeks Had a Word for Them, TheThe Greeks Had a Word for Them | 1932 | Hat Check Girl | Sherman, LowellLowell Sherman | Uncredited | |
Probation | 1932 | Ruth Jarrett | Thorpe, RichardRichard Thorpe | Grable's first credited role | |
Age of Consent, TheThe Age of Consent | 1932 | Student at Dormitory | La Cava, GregoryGregory La Cava | Uncredited | |
Hold 'Em Jail | 1932 | Barbara Jones | Taurog, NormanNorman Taurog | ||
Kid from Spain, TheThe Kid from Spain | 1932 | Goldwyn Girl | McCarey, LeoLeo McCarey | Uncredited | |
Cavalcade | 1933 | Girl on couch | Lloyd, FrankFrank Lloyd | Uncredited | |
Child of Manhattan | 1933 | Lucy McGonegle | Buzzell, EdwardEdward Buzzell | ||
Melody Cruise | 1933 | First Stewardess | Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich | Uncredited | |
What Price Innocence? | 1933 | Beverly Bennett | Mack, WillardWillard Mack | ||
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, TheThe Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | 1933 | Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito | Marin, Edwin L.Edwin L. Marin | ||
Gay Divorcee, TheThe Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Dance Specialty | Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich | ||
Student Tour | 1934 | Cayenne | Reisner, CharlesCharles Reisner | ||
By Your Leave | 1934 | Frances Gretchell | Corrigan, LloydLloyd Corrigan | ||
Nitwits, TheThe Nitwits | 1935 | Mary Roberts | Stevens, GeorgeGeorge Stevens | ||
Old Man Rhythm | 1935 | Sylvia | Ludwig, EdwardEdward Ludwig | ||
Collegiate | 1936 | Dorothy | Murphy, RalphRalph Murphy | ||
Follow the Fleet | 1936 | Trio Singer | Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich | ||
Don't Turn 'em Loose | 1936 | Mildred Webster | Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff | ||
Pigskin Parade | 1936 | Laura Watson | Butler, DavidDavid Butler | ||
This Way Please | 1937 | Jane Morrow | Florey, RobertRobert Florey | Charles 'Buddy' Rogers | |
Thrill of a Lifetime | 1937 | Gwen | Archainbaud, GeorgeGeorge Archainbaud | The Yacht Club Boys | |
College Swing | 1938 | Betty | Walsh, RaoulRaoul Walsh | ||
Give Me a Sailor | 1938 | Nancy Larkin | Nugent, ElliottElliott Nugent | ||
Campus Confessions | 1938 | Joyce Gilmore | Archainbaud, GeorgeGeorge Archainbaud | Grable received top billing for the first time | |
Man About Town | 1939 | Susan Hayes | Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich | ||
Million Dollar Legs | 1939 | Carol Parker | Grinde, NickNick Grinde | ||
Day the Bookies Wept, TheThe Day the Bookies Wept | 1939 | Ina Firpo | Goodwins, LeslieLeslie Goodwins | Joe Penner | |
Down Argentine Way | 1940 |
Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings | ||
Tin Pan Alley | 1940 | Lily Blane | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
Moon Over Miami | 1941 | Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
Yank in the RAF, AA Yank in the RAF | 1941 | Carol Brown | King, HenryHenry King | Tyrone Power | |
I Wake Up Screaming | 1941 | Jill Lynn | Humberstone, H. BruceH. Bruce Humberstone | ||
Song of the Islands | 1942 | Eileen O'Brien | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
Footlight Serenade | 1942 | Pat Lambert | Ratoff, GregoryGregory Ratoff | ||
Springtime in the Rockies | 1942 | Vicky Lane | Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings | ||
Coney Island | 1943 | Kate Farley | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
Sweet Rosie O'Grady | 1943 |
Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings | ||
Four Jills in a Jeep | 1944 | Herself | Seiter, William A.William A. Seiter | ||
Pin Up Girl | 1944 |
Humberstone, H. BruceH. Bruce Humberstone | ||
Diamond Horseshoe | 1945 | Bonnie Collins | Seaton, GeorgeGeorge Seaton | ||
Dolly Sisters, TheThe Dolly Sisters | 1945 | Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly | Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings | ||
Do You Love Me | 1946 | Girl in Taxi (cameo) | Ratoff, GregoryGregory Ratoff | Grable had a cameo as a fan of Harry James's character | |
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | 1947 | Cynthia Pilgrim | Seaton, GeorgeGeorge Seaton | ||
Mother Wore Tights | 1947 | Myrtle McKinley Burt | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
Lady in Ermine, ThatThat Lady in Ermine | 1948 |
When My Baby Smiles at Me | 1948 | Bonny Kaye | Lang, WalterWalter Lang | ||
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | 1949 | Winifred Jones | Sturges, PrestonPreston Sturges | ||
Wabash Avenue | 1950 | Ruby Summers | Koster, HenryHenry Koster | Remake of Grable's earlier hit Coney Island | |
My Blue Heaven | 1950 | Kitty Moran | Koster, HenryHenry Koster | ||
Call Me Mister | 1951 | Kay Hudson | Bacon, LloydLloyd Bacon | Remake of Grable's earlier hit A Yank in the RAF | |
Meet Me After the Show | 1951 | Delilah Lee | Sale, RichardRichard Sale | ||
Farmer Takes a Wife, TheThe Farmer Takes a Wife | 1953 | Molly Larkins | Levin, HenryHenry Levin | ||
How to Marry a Millionaire | 1953 | Loco Dempsey | Negulesco, JeanJean Negulesco | ||
Three for the Show | 1955 | Julie Lowndes | Potter, H.C.H.C. Potter | ||
How to Be Very, Very Popular | 1955 | Stormy Tornado | Johnson, NunnallyNunnally Johnson |
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- ^ Obituary Variety, July 4, 1973, page 63.
- ^ Pin-up, The Tragedy of Betty Grable. Spero Pastos; 1983;.pg. 47
- ^ "The Girl with the Million Dollar Legs". A Betty Grable Biography. Betty Grable Inc. 2008.
- ^ "Hollywood Overlooks a Best Bet In Betty Grable; Others Don't" by Jimmie Fidler, St. Petersburg Times, August 2, 1940, p. 13
- ^ "Betty Grable Says She's 'Plain Lucky'", Spokane Daily Chronicle, August 29, 1940, p. 16
- ^ St. Louis Walk of Fame. "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". stlouiswalkoffame.org. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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- NAME: Thomas More
- OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Lawyer, Political Leader, Saint, Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: February 07, 1478
- DEATH DATE: July 06, 1535
- EDUCATION: St. Anthony's School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England, United Kingdom
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, England, United Kingdom
- AKA: Saint Thomas More
- Full Name: Sir Thomas More
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Thomas More is known for his 1516 book Utopia and for his untimely death in 1535, after refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935.
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Born in London, England, in 1478, Thomas More's 1516 book Utopia was the forerunner of the utopian literary genre. More served as an important counselor to King Henry VIII of England, serving as his key counselor in the early 1500s, but after he refused to accept the king as head of the Church of England, he was tried for treason and beheaded (he died in London, England,
"The king's good servant, but God's first."
in 1535). More is noted for coining the word "Utopia," in reference to an ideal political system in which policies are governed by reason. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint in 1935, and has been commemorated by the Church of England as a "Reformation martyr."
Early Years
Thomas More was born in London, England, on February 7, 1478. He attended St. Anthony's School in London, one of the best schools of his day, and as a youth served as a page in the household of John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury and chancellor of England (and future cardinal). Morton is said to have thought that More would become a "marvellous man."
More went on to study at Oxford University, where he seems to have spent two years mastering Latin and formal logic, writing comedies, and studying Greek and Latin literature.
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Around 1494, his father, a prominent attorney, brought More back to London to study common law. And in February 1496, More was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, one of England's four legal societies, to prepare for admission to the bar, and in 1501 he became a full member of the profession. More managed to keep up with his literary and spiritual interests while practicing law, and he read devotedly from both Holy Scripture and the classics.
Also around this time, More became close friends with Erasmus during the latter's first visit to England. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship and professional relationship, and the pair worked on Latin translations of Lucian's works during Erasmus' second visit. On Erasmus' third visit, in 1509, he stayed in More's home and wrote Praise of Folly, dedicating it to More.
More was, meanwhile, torn between a life of civil service and a monastic calling, and he made the decision to work toward becoming a monk. To that end, in 1503, he moved to a monastery outside the London city limits and subjected himself to the discipline of the Carthusians, taking part of the monastic life as much as his legal career would allow. The prayer, fasting and partaking in penance would stay with him for the rest of his life (as would the practice of wearing a hair shirt), but his sense of duty to serve his country overcame his desire for monasticism, and he entered Parliament in 1504. He also was married for the first time around this time, either in 1504 or early the following year.
More is thought to have written History of King Richard III (in Latin and in English) between 1513 and 1518. The novel is considered the first masterpiece of English historiography (the study of history, or the study of a particular historical subject), and, despite remaining unfinished, influenced subsequent historians, including William Shakespeare.
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Sectional tournament sites for 2013-14 winter sports are beginning to be finalized for Ohio High School Athletic Association postseason competition, as the Northwest District Athletic Board has posted dates and sites for its tournaments.
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The Wapakoneta Redskins were swept by the Findlay Trojans on Tuesday at the University of Findlay, in the season opener for high school swimming and diving.
Findlay won the girls meet, 102-78, and the boys meet, 132-52.
Recording a first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly was Wapakoneta senior Taylor Law, who finished with a time of 1 minute, 8.17 seconds to score six points.
Taylor Hager won the 100 yard butterfly in a time of 1:08.17 and took second in the 50 yard free with a time of 29.25.
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Arlington, VA -- Compliance-Tech, a leading provider of technology and mortgage data analysis for government agencies, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions, today released a study documenting a significant decrease in home mortgages to African Americans and Latinos in comparison to non-Hispanic whites since the onset of the housing downturn. The analysis of data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) disclosed that African Americans and Latinos borrowed 62 percent less to buy or refinance homes in 2009 than they borrowed in 2004, which was before the housing market collapsed. Mortgages to whites declined only 17 percent, while Asians obtained nearly an equal amount in mortgages. "This is the first comprehensive research on the distribution of prime, subprime and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans by race leading up to and after the housing market collapse," said Maurice Jourdain-Earl, co-founder and managing director of ComplianceTech, which is based in Arlington, Va. "The purpose of the report is to shine a bright light on the facts regarding the distribution of loan types by race, the impact of loan types on the cost of credit, loan performance and the disparities in access to credit for home mortgages." The study, which used HMDA data collected from 2004 to 2009, shows that disparities exist for the three types of loans—prime, subprime and those insured by FHA. Specifically, the study found that: * African Americans and Latinos have significantly less access to prime loans than whites. * Between 2004 and 2009 the number of white prime loans decreased 31%, while prime loans made to African Americans and Latinos decreased 76%. Prime loans to Asians decreased 28%, slightly less than whites. * Whites were the largest users of subprime loans, and their share totaled more than all those of borrowers of color combined. Between 2004 and 2009, whites received 4.1 million subprime loans, followed by Latinos, 1.3 million; African-Americans, 1.2 million; and Asians, 179,000. * The drop in the number of subprime rate loans was greatest for African Americans and Latinos. For example, in 2004, African Americans received 218,665 subprime rate loans. By 2009, the number was down to 10,416, a decrease of 95%. In 2004, Latinos received 190,335 subprime rate loans, which went down to 14,774 by 2009, a decrease of 92%. * Whites had the largest dollar volume and number of FHA loans in each year, from a low of 227,445 FHA loans in 2006 to a high of 1.2 million in 2009. Between 2004 and 2009, the number of FHA loans to whites grew 238%, compared to African Americans and Latinos at 80% and 119%, respectively. Mr. Jourdain-Earl said he conducted the study because of his belief that the disparity in access to credit is exacerbated by the erroneous assumption that lending to borrowers of color was the root cause of the mortgage market meltdown. The HMDA data directly refute that contention. "I was also motivated by the demographic shift in FHA lending and the false accusations that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed to the housing crisis by purchasing loans from borrowers of color to meet their affordable housing goals," he said. "Many political leaders don't realize, or don't want to recognize, that it was mainly the volume of defaulted loans from white Americans that impacted the housing crisis. Minorities simply did not generate enough loans to have that kind of universal impact. " Mr. Jourdain-Earl said unfortunately there are no public data available to ascertain the racial distribution of defaults and foreclosures. "There is a dire need for foreclosure data to be collected by race and other demographic criteria, such as borrower income and income of census tracts," he said. "It would be easier to address the foreclosure issue if this type of information were available." A complete copy of the report is available for download at www.compliancetech.com.
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Normal values for the complete blood count (CBC) tests depend on age, sex, how high above sea level you live, and the type of blood sample. Your doctor may use all the CBC values to check for a condition. For example, the red blood cell (RBC) count, hemoglobin (Hgb), and hematocrit (HCT) are the most important values needed to tell whether a person has anemia, but the red blood cell indices and the blood smear also help with the diagnosis and may show a possible cause for the anemia.
To see if the white blood cell (WBC, leukocyte) count is good and how the cells look on the smear, your doctor will look at both the number (WBC count) and the WBC differential. To see whether there are too many or too few of a certain type of cell, your doctor will look at the total count and the percentage of that particular cell. There are normal values for the total number of each type of white cell.
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Neutrophils: |
50%–62% |
Band neutrophils: |
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Lymphocytes: |
25%–40% |
Monocytes: |
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Eosinophils: |
0%–3% |
Basophils: |
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Children: |
3.8–6.0 million RBCs per mcL or 3.8–6.0 x 1012/L |
Newborn: |
4.1–6.1 million RBCs per mcL or 4.1–6.1 x 1012/L |
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3.78/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750mL bottle thanks to Adam@Platinum.
Tarry black with a colossal rocky saffron-coloured head. Despite it's size, only sparse lace spots and a slight ring and film remain after 5 minutes.
Interesting, pungent one-two combo of roastiness and funk, underlain by dark fruits. Plenty of coffee and milk chocolate, roasted nuts, dried hay, liquorice bullets, stewed plums. Some medicinal notes mar what would otherwise be an excellent nose.
Flavours are similar, but show less yeast/Saison character than the nose.
Medium body, with less intense carbonation than first appeared. Not an especially dry finish.
Manages to combine the Porter and Saison elements with no Frankenstein effects to speak of. Love your work Bridge Road.
Serving type: bottle
03-25-2012 04:40:10 | More by spicelab
3.9/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This pours a very dark brown/black with a huge rocky brown head which settles down nicely.
The dark malts dominate the nose for me. Mostly chocolate and coffee. Very porterish. A hint of something yeasty hiding in there.
Dark malt characteristics continue on the palate and are the upfront flavours. Again the saison yeastiness is lurking more as a hint than a pronounced flavour.
High carbonation gives it a nice round mouthfeel.
Nice beer but I certainly don't get the saison attributes that I really enjoy in their normal saison.
Serving type: bottle
11-25-2011 09:30:27 | More by Macca
3.6/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the Local Taphouse, poured into a tulip while on vacation in Sydney, Australia, reviewed from notes. Beer poured pitch black with two fingers of brown head consisting of creamy foam. Lots of sticky lacing on the glass as the head gently dissipates. Can't see anything through the beer so can't check for carbonation.
Nose is roasty, mainly roasted grains with a hint of coffee with some fruity esters, apples and pear.
Taste has some earthy bitterness up front that I didn't smell, then the roasted grains, coffee and toasted dark bread come through. Mild fruity esters struggle to punch through the roastiness. Finish is medium with some lingering roasted malt.
Medium body with a large amount of soft carbonation contributing to a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Pretty easy to drink, though I wish the yeast flavors were a little more prominent.
Serving type: on-tap
11-17-2011 06:30:20 | More by nataku00
3.73/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
750ml bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne. Very happy to get the opportunity to try this.
Pours a dark, but thin black-brown colour, with a frothy but soapy and large-bubbled head of pale mocha. Lacing sticks in goopy patches to the edges of the glass. No carbonation present, but the volume of the head implies that such a carbonation must exist.
Nose is husky and dark, but with an underlying spice and acidity which suggest the genesis of the style. Together, it gives a slightly sharp phenolic bite, what with the yeast giving its funky, slightly sour characters, and the grain giving a deep, grounded roastiness. Nice.
Taste is similar, although the Saison characters give it a thinness that is quite unbecoming. Still, the roasted, husky bready characters ground the beer, lending it some gravitas that the lofty, spritzy and refreshing saison funk does everything to try to mitigate. It's a cacophonous mixture, meaning that neither of these fine characters is really shown to its full potential.
It's a surprisingly light and easy to drink beer, but one that suffers from an identity crisis. I guess that any "black saison" probably suffers the same fate, but I can't help feel that there's another out there somewhere which manages to integrate the disparate elements better.
Serving type: bottle
09-24-2011 08:33:30 | More by lacqueredmouse
4.5/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Darker than the stoutish porter I just had with a thick coffee head. Pretty damn gorgeous.
Surprising how the belgian character remains despite the dark color. Not expected, but absolutely lovely. Mostly spicy yeast but a hint of the dark malts there as well. Would love to sit a sniff this for a while as it warms.
The malt is a bit more pronounced in the taste. Like somebody dropped a shot of espresso in my ale. The blending of the two sides is impressive though. They contrast so much individually but together they play off each other fantastically.
Wow. What a triumph. A huge risk doing something like this and it has come off incredibly well.
Serving type: on-tap
09-12-2011 07:28:37 | More by joecast
4.03/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a nice dark as night hue with beautiful carbonation that leaves behind a creamy two finger head that stays and leaves heaps of lacing very inviting,the smell is oak,dark grapes,funk,roasted malts and sav blanc,the mouthfeel is just under light bodied and has tastes of oak,cherry,dark fruits,roasted malts,red and white grapes and is finished with a toasty dryness and overall its a unique drop that i quite enjoy and could easily see this being paired with a nice hearty roast or fish platter its that versatile and no doubt would buy or drink again cheers.
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09-11-2011 07:24:25 | More by ADZA
3.95/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap at the Local Taphouse 3/9/11.
Pours a mostly black colour with mahogany tinge up to the light. Head is ochre, small bubbles but not so dense it doesn't sink. Thin crown remains behind but lovely lacing as well. Nice.
Smells largely roasty with some espresso coffee and some sweeter chocolate. Mildly sour notes with some fruit and a hint of peppery Belgian funk. Bit portery but nice organic edge to it.
Taste is very intriguing. Nice and dark upfront with roasty notes, plenty of cocoa and darker caramel that develops nice organic notes giving tart fruit - blackberries and spiced pear with some black pepper and slight off hints of barnyard funk. Nice palate development and dark notes complement the tartness to produce a pleasant contrast. My only critique is that the funky saison notes could have been emphasised a bit more - which interestingly is the same criticism I gave to the other black saison I've tried (Drs Orders Synapse), which leads me to question the validity of this experimental style.
Decent body but not a lot of texture, quite dry on the back.
Good balance, and enjoyable drinking. Cut, contrast, compare - check check check.
Serving type: on-tap
09-06-2011 02:33:50 | More by laituegonflable
4.03/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is the Bridge Road 6th Anniversary beer, a Black Saison with the yeast profile of their Chevalier Saison combined with the malt profile of their previous anniversary beers.
Pitch black colour with a big, fluffy, creamy, tan head. Fair head retention and some lacing.
The aroma with interesting with roasted malt notes playing against banana and lemon with some mild spicy notes. Interesting.
The sharp roastiness with some earthy hops, chalky mineral character and some fruity esters and a touch of pepper is very interesting. I like this and think it is a truly unique beer.
Medium-light body with moderately-high carbonation. This works well.
For me, this is a truly unique beer. The combination of a porter grist and a saison yeast profile is truly interesting and works in the same way that a banana split works. Very good.
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The Zero Gravity Levitation by Mike Bent
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I'm sorry to say this, but I really regret this purchase. The gimmick you need to make, its
extreamely uncomfortable and impractical and in the end not even very neccicery.
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When I first heard about the Zero Gravity levitation, I thought it would be a great alternative to
the Balducci Levitation I had just learned a few months before buying Zero Gravity. And after
getting the manual in the mail, I was so disappointed with how you're supposed to create this
Levitation routine with a pair of shoes I haven't purchased since I was 12 years old. Not worth the
money, the time and the pair of shoes you have to destroy to make this gimmick.
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This trick is very bad. You do have to buy extra items.
Building the gimmick is quite harsh and annoying as well. I've tried building the gimmick TWICE. Both times were a disaster. The shoes are completely ruined and the trick doesn't even work that great. It's not very practical. It can be impromptu if you'd like to walk around in such shoes (but believe me, you won't want to walk around in them). Therefore, the impromptu ability is 50/50. There are way better levitation effects out there. Skip this one. You really can do without this one. If you already have the other levitations and want to try this, I still recommend that what you already have is better than this. Fly away with your other levitations, but not this one. Did this review help you?
Zero Gravity is great, but prepare to destroy your shoes.
Pros: Easy to do Great angles Looks AWESOME Cheap to build Cons: Not very practical Actions can look a little weird You kill a shoe They can't look at the bottom of your shoes Complicated Zero gravity will give you some ideas on creating your own levitations. Add to cart. Did this review help you?
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This is a great effect for the price... I did a pretty shotty job putting mine together and it's
still served me well. You can do this surrounded for sure - even if YOU yourself can't do it fully
surrounded it is much more angle proof than any other self levitation I've heard of. I got a very
cheap pair of shoes (seriously like 7 bucks) and some extra supplies that I doubt cost more than .
You can build this thing up to be the serious REAL levitation. Gather the spectator's around in a
circle have one hold their hand palm up and place your palm lightly on it and build up all the talk
about energy and blah blah blah! It's one more way to try and stay ahead of your spectators.
Having a variety with your levitations (or any effects or moves) keeps people from finding the true
secret and makes it look like more than just moves and fast hands. Though honestly don't buy this,
I like how few people really seem to have it!
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This levitation is awful! Not only is it hard to make the gimmick, but it's hard to perform too! You
have to ruin a perfectly good pair of shoes for this effect. Also, the levitation doesn't rise as
high up as it is describe to. You don't rise up 4-5 inches; more like 2-3! I gave Zero Gravity 2
stars because it still is more angle proof than other levitation, including the Balducci Levitation,
which was used by David Blaine on his television special and was (ahem) "altered". If you wish to
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This is the worst product I have ever purchased from Penguin. Perhaps the worst product I have ever
purchased. Don't bother byuing it, you would only be wasting your money. Everything they say about
it is a lie. You can't do it surrounded, you will probably go 2-3 inches(not 4-5), and it lacks the
start-clean/end-clean of the Balducci. By the way it's not impromptu either.
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Final Farmers' Market of the Summer, Sept 11
July 27, 2011
Alpine Blossom Festival returns to Sun Peaks, July 30 and 31
July 20, 2011
Seek the Peaks Geocaching Weekend
July 12, 2011
Tickets going fast for the Wine and Culture Festival
July 4, 2011
Hike or Bike for only $2.00 on Tuesday, July 5
June 20, 2011
Kick-off Summer with Jo's Road Race and Mountain of Beer
June 9, 2011
Bike Park Trail Crew Gearing up for an Epic Season
June 7, 2011
Farmers' Market returns to Sun Peaks
May 31, 2011
Sun Peaks Golf Course Opens Friday!
May 27, 2011
A Perfect Blend at the Wine and Culture Festival
May 25, 2011
Events & Festivals all Summer at Sun Peaks!
April 5, 2011
Wrap up Winter at the Spring Festival!
March 28, 2011
Snow Bum 2 Winner Rips up the Slopes
March 25, 2011
Three Generations of Skiers Prepare to Race
March 21, 2011
Future Ski Racers Take Over the Slopes of Sun Peaks
March 7, 2011
"You Look Good" at Sun Peaks Resort
March 1, 2011
Announcing Sun Peaks' 2011 Snow Bum Winner
February 28, 2011
Music Madness Takes Over Sun Peaks
February 24, 2011
World's Fastest Skiers Compete in Subaru Velocity Challenge and FIS Speed Ski World Cup
February 22, 2011
Casting Closes on Snow Bum 2: The Snapshot
February 18, 2011
Sun Peaks Launches Specials for Kamloops Residents
February 16, 2011
Last Chance to be Cast in Snow Bum 2: The Snapshot!
February 10, 2011
The Garden Rail Jam Continues to Grow
February 3, 2011
'Come and Try' Adaptive Sports at Sun Peaks
February 2, 2011
Charity Race Draws the Corporate Crowd
January 25, 2011
Sold Out Events at the 13th Annual Winter Festival of Wine
December 31, 2010
Locals 'Gobble' up 1st Annual Bluebird Turkey Dinner at Sun Peaks
December 21, 2010
The Original Snow Bum Returns as a Winter Ambassador
December 21, 2010
Sun Peaks Ranked with the Best in the World in 2010 Condé Nast Magazine Poll
December 17, 2010
New Activity Takes Flight at Sun Peaks
December 16, 2010
Over 20 wineries signed up for Progressive Tasting
December 14, 2010
Celebrate the Holidays at Sun Peaks
December 13, 2010
Exclusivity at Sun Peaks Resort during two weekly events
December 9, 2010
Last Minute Christmas Shopping at Sun Peaks!
December 7, 2010
Sun Peaks Rail Slayer Series begins this Saturday
November 25, 2010
Win a Free Day of Skiing for your Grade 4 or 5 Class!
November 24, 2010
Snow Bum 2: The Snapshot captures Worldwide Attention
November 23, 2010
Ski & Ride Sun Peaks for only a Toonie
November 18, 2010
Austrian Coaches Arrive at Sun Peaks Resort
November 17, 2010
First BC Interior Resort Opens Saturday for the Winter Season
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CASTINE, Maine — The Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees will hold a regular quarterly meeting on Friday, November 9, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., in the Holmes Alumni Heritage Room, located on the lower level of the Harold Alfond Student Center on the college campus in Castine, Maine.
Meeting times and location are subject to change. If revisions occur, a revised schedule will be posted near the entrance to the meeting room.
Captain Robert J. Peacock, III, Eastport, Maine, chairs the 16-member Board of Trustees.


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3391 Peachtree Road, N.E. • Atlanta, Georgia 30326 • United States • Map
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The Westin Buckhead Atlanta is perfectly situated in Atlanta's most affluent and fashionable business, shopping, and entertainment district. Our 22-story landmark building is located on Peachtree Road adjacent to Lenox Mall and Phipps Plaza.
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University Preparation Courses
We offer four preparation courses. We offer two more general preparation courses:
- University Preparation Course (UPC)
- Indigenous University Orientation Course (IUOC) - a specialised entry pathway for Australian Indigenous school leavers
- University Preparation Course (Education Assistant Program)
- University Preparation Course (Education Assistant: Special Needs)
Australian Citizens,holders of a Permanent Humanitarian Visa, Permanent Residents and New Zealand Citizens are eligible to study in a Commonwealth Supported Place, making these courses free, with no up‑front or deferred tuition fee.
University Preparation Course (UPC) requirements
There are minimum requirements for entry to our University Preparation Courses. These include specific UPC English competency requirements.