title: Carlos Correa

text: On March 22, 2022, Correa signed a three-year contract worth $105.3 million with the Minnesota Twins. The contract includes opt-out provisions after each season. The $35.1 million average annual salary became the highest for an infielder, topping Anthony Rendon's $35 million annual salary, and was the fourth-highest salary in the AL. He joined center fielder Byron Buxton on the Twins, making them the third pair of players picked first and second in the same draft to then play for one club.


title: Carlos Correa

text: The trio of Luis Arráez, Buxton, and Correa each hit consecutive home runs off former Astros teammate Gerrit Cole to open the bottom of the first inning in a contest versus the New York Yankees on June 9, 2022. Correa completed a 3–6 triple play in the fourth inning on August 22, when Texas Rangers batter Nathaniel Lowe lined out to first baseman José Miranda. Miranda then doubled Corey Seager on the first base bag and threw to Correa to put out Marcus Semien at second base. On August 23, Correa returned to Minute Maid Park for his first game as a visitor to play against the Astros and received a standing ovation and video tribute. He singled in the seventh inning off reliever Ryne Stanek to end an Astros' no-hitter started by Justin Verlander.


title: Carlos Correa

text: In the 2022 season, he batted .291/.366/.467 in 522 at bats with 70 runs, 22 home runs, and 64 RBIs. On defense, he had a league-leading .983 fielding percentage.


title: Carlos Correa

text: As a taller shortstop at and , he relies on footwork and a more upright ready position to hop to the ball. He also utilizes a one-handed pickup to leverage his long arms and range. He also uses a jump hop when throwing to first base while fading towards third base.


title: Carlos Correa

text: Correa played for Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. With Francisco Lindor playing shortstop and Javier Baez as the team's second baseman, Correa played as Puerto Rico's third baseman. Correa batted .333 during the tournament, with three home runs, nine RBIs, 10 runs scored, and two stolen bases, including a home run in the semifinals. Following the conclusion of the tournament, he was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team.


title: Carlos Correa

text: After winning the 2017 World Series, Correa proposed to his girlfriend, Miss Texas USA 2016 Daniella Rodriguez, on national television. They have two dogs named Groot and Rocket. Correa and Rodriguez were married in a courthouse ceremony on November 11, 2019. Correa and Rodriguez announced on Instagram in June 2021 that they were expecting their first child. Their son was born on November 29, 2021. On October 2022, Correa and Rodriguez announced on Instagram that they were expecting their second child.


title: Carlos Correa

text: Correa makes his home in Houston all year round. He has a younger brother, Jean Carlos Correa, whom the Astros selected in the 2018 MLB draft. His residence is in the Montrose area.


title: Carlos Correa

text: He is involved in charity work, including helping children in Houston after Hurricane Harvey and his hometown in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria damaged the island in 2017. In March 2020, Correa donated $500,000 in medical equipment to help the city of Houston during the COVID-19 pandemic.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Sebastian Roché (born 4 August 1964) is a French actor. He is known for his roles as Kurt Mendel in "Odyssey 5", Jerry Jacks in "General Hospital", Thomas Jerome Newton in "Fringe", Balthazar in "Supernatural", Mikael in both "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals", and Reichsminister Martin Heusmann in "The Man in the High Castle".


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché has appeared in the films "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992), "The Peacemaker" (1997), "15 Minutes" (2001), "Sorry, Haters" (2005), "The Namesake" (2006), "New York City Serenade" (2007), "Beowulf" (2007), "Happy Tears" (2009), "Safe House" (2012), "Wer" (2013), "A Walk Among the Tombstones" (2014), and "We Love You, Sally Carmichael!" (2017). He also starred in the Broadway plays "Salome" (1992) and "The Green Bird" (2000).


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché was born in Paris to a Scottish mother, Gail (née Stewart), and a French father, Philippe Roché. From age 12 to 18, Roché lived on a sailboat with his parents and brothers, travelling to the Mediterranean, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. He speaks English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché was educated at the Lycée International de St Germain en Laye. He then studied acting at the Cours Florent in Paris and the , and also attended the prestigious French National Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which he graduated in 1989. He moved to New York City in 1992.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché began his acting career in the made-for-television film "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", appearing opposite Ian McShane and Val Kilmer, which aired on CBS on 7 December 1986. Throughout the late 1980s, he had roles in French television and cinema, including the films "" (1988), "" (1988), "La Révolution française" (1989), and "A Woman's Revenge" (1990), and the television series "" (1987) and "The Hitchhiker" (19891991). Roché also has an extensive classical theatre background, notably starring in "Salome" (1992) with Al Pacino at the Circle in the Square Theatre; "Titus Andronicus" (1994) with the Theatre for a New Audience, directed by Julie Taymor; "Macbeth" (1994) at the Classic Stage Company, directed by Jack Stehlin; and "Arms and the Man" (1995) in Hartford, Connecticut, directed by Mark Lamos. He appeared in a supporting role in the Daniel Day-Lewis-starring historical epic "The Last of the Mohicans", which was released in the United States on 25 September 1992. On American television, he appeared in "Loving" (1992), "South Beach" (1993), "New York Undercover" (1996), "Swift Justice" (1996), and "Liberty!" (1997).


title: Sebastian Roché

text: In 1997, Roché was part of the main cast in the Fox fantasy adventure series "Roar", playing the role of Saint Longinus. He starred opposite Heath Ledger and Vera Farmiga. The series was cancelled due to low ratings later that same year. Roché's many 1990s television credits include recurring and guest starring stints in series such as "Feds" (1997), "Dellaventura" (1997), "Sex and the City" (1998), "Merlin" (1998), "Law & Order" (1993 & 1999), and "Big Apple" (2001). In 1998, he returned to the stage in the Off-Broadway production of "Trainspotting" at the Players Theater. In 2000, he portrayed Prince Renzo in the Broadway production of "The Green Bird" at the Cort Theatre. The play marked his second collaboration with director Julie Taymor. That same year, he appeared in the television film "The Crossing" opposite Jeff Daniels, which aired on A&E on 10 January 2000. He also had a minor role in the Robert De Niro-starring thriller film "15 Minutes", released on 9 March 2001.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: In 2002, Roché began portraying Kurt Mendel in the Canadian science fiction series "Odyssey 5" for Showtime. He remained in the role until the show's cancellation a year later. In the pilot episode, he spoke French. He also guest starred in episodes of "Touching Evil" (2004), "Charmed" (2005), "Alias" (2005), "" (2005), and "The Unit" (2006). Roché then co-starred in the Mira Nair-directed drama film "The Namesake", released on 9 March 2007, and in the Darby Crash biopic "What We Do Is Secret", released on 8 August 2008. He subsequently co-starred with Freddie Prinze, Jr. the comedy-drama "New York City Serenade", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2007.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché next starred in the motion capture epic fantasy film "Beowulf", alongside Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis and released to cinemas on 16 November 2007. He reprised his role as Wulfgar from the film in the accompanying video game "", released on 13 November 2007. In 2007, Roché began appearing in the ABC soap opera "General Hospital" as terrorist/criminal Jerry Jacks . Roché returned to the series in a recurring capacity. He starred in a total of 319 episodes, and has spoken Russian, Spanish, and French in the series.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: In 2009, Roché guest starred in "The Mentalist" as Shirali Arlov, and as John Quinn in both "" (2008), and the 2009 season of "24". He then appeared in the comedy-drama film "Happy Tears" with Demi Moore and Parker Posey, released on 19 February 2010, and lent his voice to the animated film "The Adventures of Tintin", directed by Steven Spielberg and released on 21 December 2011. In 2010, Roché joined the recurring cast of The CW's drama series "Supernatural". He starred in six episodes of the sixth season as Balthazar, a rogue angel and longtime friend of fellow angel Castiel. He was next cast in the Fox science fiction drama series "Fringe", recurring in the second and third seasons as Thomas Jerome Newton, the leader of an army of shapeshifters from a parallel universe and a main antagonist of the series.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: In 2011, Roché began recurring as Mikael, the father of the Original Vampires, in The CW's supernatural drama series "The Vampire Diaries". He then recurred as Clyde Easter in the CBS procedural crime drama series "Criminal Minds". Roché next had a supporting role in the action-thriller film "Safe House", starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, which was released on 10 February 2012. Also in 2012, he made a guest appearance in NBC's procedural fantasy drama series "Grimm". He then starred in William Brent Bell's horror film "Wer", released first in Japan on 16 November 2013.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: From 2014 to 2015, and continuing through 2018, Roché reprised his role as Mikael in "The Vampire Diaries" spin-off series, "The Originals". Roché then starred in the American crime drama-thriller film "A Walk Among the Tombstones" alongside Liam Neeson, released on 19 September 2014. In March 2014, he joined ABC's political drama series "Scandal" in a recurring capacity. In December 2014, it was announced that Roché would guest star in season four of ABC's fairy tale drama series "Once Upon a Time" as King Stefan. Roché starred as Pierre Curie in an episode of the documentary miniseries "The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements", which aired on PBS on 19 August 2015. Roché then guest starred in season seven of CBS' procedural drama series "", as Lee Ashman.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: In 2016, Roché co-starred as Cardinal Michel Marivaux in Paolo Sorrentino's drama series "The Young Pope", alongside Jude Law and James Cromwell. He also had a starring role in the second and third season of Amazon Video's drama series "The Man in the High Castle" as Martin Heusmann, the estranged Nazi father of main character Joe Blake (Luke Kleintank). Roché co-starred in Christopher Gorham's directorial debut comedy "We Love You, Sally Carmichael!" (2017), portraying film star Perry Quinn, alongside Gorham and Bitsie Tulloch. He then appeared as Emile Gilot, the father of French painter Françoise Gilot, in the second season of the National Geographic anthology series "Genius". Roché performed in a modern-day adaptation of the Molière play "Tartuffe", making his West End theatre debut as Orgon. He portrayed Klaus Jager in the war film "Burning at Both Ends", opposite Cary Elwes and Judd Hirsch. He appeared in Tides directed by Tim Felhbaum opposite Iain Glen and Nora Arnezeder as well as the Michael Bay directed film 6 Underground with Ryan Reynolds for Netflix. He recurred as Dr. Ethan Campbell in the new CW series "Batwoman". He also guest starred as Hannibal Teague in the series "Macgyver" in 2020.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: By 2021 he was recurring in both the NBC sci fi drama "Debris" as the enigmatic MI6 agent Brill and in the ABC drama "Big Sky" as the corrupt Sheriff John Wagy. He will next appear in the film Heatwave opposite Kat Graham, as well as the independent film Lone Star Bull as Chuck Moore. Roché also shot the NBC Pilot "Getaway" and will also be seen in "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" as Roland, opposite Tim Blake-Nelson.


title: Sebastian Roché

text: Roché met American actress Vera Farmiga while co-starring with her in the Fox series "Roar". They eloped to the Bahamas after the series ended in 1998, and lived on a 125-acre estate in Upstate New York. After seven years of marriage, Roché and Farmiga separated in 2004. On 31 May 2014, he married Australian actress Alicia Hannah (née Kim) at the Chateau Les Bouysses in Mercuès, France. The couple co-starred in the film "We Love You, Sally Carmichael!" (2017).


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: Hashtag United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Pitsea, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Len Salmon Stadium.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: Founded in 2016 by YouTube personality Spencer Carmichael-Brown, the club originally played exhibition matches against professional football clubs' staff teams, Sunday league teams and non-league teams. The games were filmed and highlights were uploaded to their YouTube channel, where they quickly gained a significant online following. In 2017, Spencer Owen began talks with the FA over the possibility of Hashtag United joining the non-league pyramid. The club subsequently entered the league system at the beginning of the 2018–19 season, joining the Eastern Counties League.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: Hashtag United Football Club was formed in March 2016 by Spencer Carmichael-Brown, a football YouTuber who went by the name of Spencer FC. Carmichael-Brown had begun making YouTube videos in 2007 as a student at the University of Reading, and the team initially consisted of friends from school and university.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: From their foundation, the team primarily played five, seven and eleven-a-side exhibition matches, which were filmed and uploaded to their YouTube channel. By September 2016, the team's Instagram account had over 100,000 followers, their Twitter account 41,000, and a 'penalty challenge' video uploaded to YouTube had accumulated over one million views. Hashtag United played various teams including a Comedians XI whom they beat 19–1, Google, the GB Deaf Team, Barawa and a Manchester City staff team, with opponents fielding former professional footballers such as Paul Dickov, Graeme Le Saux and Ray Parlour, and celebrities including Omid Djalili. At one point in 2016, the club was rumoured to be interested in signing professional footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa. In 2017 the club won the EE Wembley Cup, a competition that Carmichael-Brown had created in 2015. The team included Scott Pollock, who went on to sign professional terms with Northampton Town.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: In early 2018, Chelsea player and Spanish international César Azpilicueta invested in the club and became a co-owner. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, the club joined the English football league system, initially being placed in Division One of the Spartan South Midlands League, before being moved to the Eastern Counties League after appealing that it was more suited to their Essex roots. After joining the pyramid, Carmichael-Brown stepped down as manager and was replaced by former East Thurrock United assistant manager Jay Devereux. Their first competitive match was a 3–2 away loss to Little Oakley on 4 August 2018. The club's first league season saw them reach the semi-finals of Division One Knock-Out Cup. They went on to win the Division One South title, earning promotion to the Essex Senior League. The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the club second in the league, a point behind the leaders and with three matches in hand. After the 2020–21 season was also curtailed due to the pandemic, at which point Hashtag United were top of the league, the club was promoted to the North Division of the Isthmian League based on the points per game accumulated over the two abandoned seasons. During their two seasons in the Essex Senior League, the club won 96 points from 38 games.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: The club operates a Sunday league team, which was established in 2017 under the name West Oviedo and joined Division Two of the Brentwood Sunday League. They were runners-up in their first season and were promoted to Division One. They went on to win Division One in 2018–19. The club also had a team named Hashtag Academy that played in the seven-a-side Next Level Football League.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: The club currently operates a reserve and development men's side as well as a number of development men's and women's youth teams. The youth section of the club was merged with Forest Glade for the start of the 2020–21 season. In April 2020 the club announced that they would have a women's team, Hashtag United Women, from the start of the 2020–21 season as a result of a merger with AFC Basildon. The women's team plays in the FA Women's National League, the fourth tier, and won the Essex County Cup in 2022 defeating Billericay Town 2-1 in the final. The club also has an eSports team.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: Hashtag United's colours are yellow and blue. The club's first kit was a yellow shirt, with blue sleeves, shorts and yellow socks. In January 2017, the club signed a kit deal with Umbro until the end of 2018. This saw the club's colours changed to blue, with yellow streaks down the side of the shorts. The club's first shirt sponsor was EE. From 2017–18, the shirt sponsor was online game Top Eleven. The online gambling company 188 Bet were briefly the sleeve sponsor of the club. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, the club signed a new kit deal with Adidas, which saw the club's home shirt returned to the traditional yellow and blue they had originally worn. Ahead of the 2021–22 season, the club signed a new five–year kit deal with Hummel. This saw the kit's colours reversed again to be a blue shirt with yellow sleeves, blue shorts, and yellow socks. The away kit was predominantly white and black, featuring a blue lightning bolt design. The sponsor of the men's shirts was initially kept a mystery, with the shirts instead featuring a QR code that could be scanned to find clues about the upcoming sponsor. The sponsor was then revealed to be the upcoming free to play football simulator UFL (video game). The women's team were sponsored by food chain TGI Fridays.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: The club's badge is yellow and blue, with the club's name emblazoned on the horizontal lines of a hashtag symbol.


title: Hashtag United F.C.

text: After joining the Eastern Counties League, the club began playing at the Coles Park Stadium, groundsharing with Haringey Borough. In April 2019, following promotion to the Essex Senior League, Hashtag United announced that the club would move to Tilbury's Chadfields for the 2019–20 season. In March 2020 the club stated that they would move to the Len Salmon Stadium, home of Bowers & Pitsea, for the 2020–21 season. Since the merger, the women's team played at Canvey Island's Park Lane ground; but in April 2022, it was announced that the Women's team would move to Aveley's Parkside Ground from the 2022-23 season.


title: Arnold Machin

text: Arnold Machin OBE, R.A., FRSS (; 30 September 1911 – 9 March 1999) was a British artist, sculptor, and coin and postage stamp designer.


title: Arnold Machin

text: Machin was born Stoke-on-Trent in 1911. He started work at the age of 14 as an apprentice china painter at the Minton Pottery. During the Depression he learnt to sculpt at Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which was opposite the Minton factory. In the 1930s he moved to Derby, where he worked at Royal Crown Derby and met his wife Patricia. He went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London.


title: Arnold Machin

text: After imprisonment in the Second World War as a conscientious objector, he returned to modelling and sculpture, and created many notable ceramics which are now prized collectors' items. In 1947 he was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts, was a Master of Sculpture from 1959 to 1966 and became the longest-serving member of the Academy. He was elected an Academician in 1956 and a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. From 1951, he was a tutor at the Royal College of Art.


title: Arnold Machin

text: After retirement, Machin lived in his home, Garmelow Manor, Eccleshall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, until his death in 1999, aged 87.


title: Arnold Machin

text: In 1964 Machin was chosen to design a new image of Queen Elizabeth II for the decimal coinage, which was to be introduced from 1968. This was used for all British coins until 1984 and was also used on the coins of Rhodesia in 1964, coins of Canada from 1965 to 1989, Australia from 1966 to 1984 and New Zealand from 1967 to 1985.


title: Arnold Machin

text: In 1966 the Queen approved Machin's similar design for an effigy of her to be used on what came to be known as the "Machin series" of British definitive postage stamps. Machin produced a bas-relief in clay which, when combined with a different coloured background, is reminiscent of the overlaid decoration of potteries such as Wedgwood. The design was first used on the 4d stamp which was issued in June 1967, and was used on all British definitive stamps (except more recent regional issues) since. It is thought that this design is one of the most reproduced works of art in history with approximately 320 billion copies produced.


title: Arnold Machin

text: On several occasions the Queen was approached with suggestions for the replacement of the Machin stamp portrait. Although she considered alternatives, she never approved any new design, stipulating that any such replacement would have to be "a work of real quality".


title: Arnold Machin

text: In 2007 the Machin-designed stamp was still in use at its 40th anniversary and to mark the occasion, the Royal Mail issued a commemorative stamp featuring a photograph of Machin. It was also available for sale in a miniature sheet which incorporated another stamp with a reproduction of a Machin series stamp, as well as two £1 Machins in different colours.


title: Arnold Machin

text: In 2017, the 50th anniversary was celebrated by Royal Mail with a large number of products including miniature sheets, presentation packs, first day covers, a retail stamp booklet, a prestige stamp booklet, a medal cover, and new post and go faststamps.


title: Arnold Machin

text: In the year 1956, while resident at number 15 The Villas, Stokeville, an estate of 24 Victorian houses in Stoke-upon-Trent, he received publicity in the national press when he chained himself to an old metal lamp-post, in protest at its planned removal.


title: Arnold Machin

text: Machin's protest, "against the destruction of all the beautiful things which is going on in this country" did not prevent the lamp-post from being replaced by a concrete one; however, it was given to him for his own garden and his wife Patricia unlocked him. The lamp has since been restored to its original position.


title: Arnold Machin

text: After Francis died, some of his father's possessions, from his house near Eccleshall in rural Staffordshire, were sold at auction. These included the fourth of the known final plasters made to create the Machin stamp series, the three others being kept in the Royal Mail archives.


title: What/If

text: What/If (stylized as WHAT/ IF) is an American thriller streaming television miniseries, created by Mike Kelley, that premiered on May 24, 2019, on Netflix. The series stars Jane Levy, Blake Jenner, Daniella Pineda, Keith Powers, Samantha Marie Ware, Dave Annable, Saamer Usmani, John Clarence Stewart, Louis Herthum, and Renée Zellweger.


title: What/If

text: "What/If" is a neo-noir thriller that, according to "Deadline Hollywood"'s Nellie Andreeva, explores "the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life."


title: What/If

text: On August 17, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Mike Kelley who was also expected to write for the series. Executive producers were slated to include Kelley, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. Additionally, Jackie Levine was slated to serve as a co-executive producer and Phillip Noyce was expected to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. Production companies involved with the series were expected to consist of Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment, Compari Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television. On April 23, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on May 24, 2019.


title: What/If

text: Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Renée Zellweger had been cast in the series' lead role. In August 2018, it was announced that Jane Levy and Blake Jenner had joined the cast in starring roles. In September 2018, it was reported that Samantha Ware, Juan Castano, Keith Powers, Saamer Usmani, Dave Annable, and Louis Herthum had been cast in the series with Herthum in a recurring role.


title: What/If

text: In December 2018, it was announced that Daniella Pineda had joined the main cast in a series regular role and that Tyler Ross, Derek Smith, Nana Ghana, Monique Kim, and Marissa Cuevas would appear in a recurring capacity.


title: What/If

text: On April 23, 2019, the official teaser for the series was released. On May 13, 2019, Netflix released the official trailer for the first season.


title: What/If

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 42% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 5.35/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " A deliriously delicious performance from Renée Zellweger can't save "What/If" from its own mediocrity, but boy is her juicy scene chewing fun to watch." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".


title: What/If

text: Haider Rifaat of "The Express Tribune" wrote, "The writing is pretty much the heart of the show. Immaculate dialogues, nuanced characters and relationships, both broken and unscathed, are a few exciting features that make it compelling. Not to forgo the incredible acting prowess of Zellweger, who impeccably embraces the character of Anne. Subtle gestures, symbolic interaction and character development are some commendable aspects that intensify the actors’ performances." NPR's Linda Holmes concluded: "... it's not a good show, but it's entertaining in a very specific way. Zellweger has sunk her teeth so deeply into this notion of Welcome To Rich Prowling Cougartown that she's practically licking up bowls of milk. Everything in "What/If" is forever being revealed and unfurled and figuratively glitter-bombed, and if I were trying to distract myself from the problems of the world and had perhaps a tankard of wine and a dear friend at my disposal, I just might put my head on a fuzzy pillow and fire it up."


title: Jamie McShane

text: Jamie McShane is an American actor best known for his roles on "Sons of Anarchy", "Southland", and "Bloodline", and as Agent Jackson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films "Thor" (2011) and "The Avengers" (2012). In 2021, he appeared in the crime television series "". In May of 2022, he played Det. Lankford in the Netflix series, "The Lincoln Lawyer".


title: Jamie McShane

text: Jamie McShane was born and raised in Northern New Jersey with his four siblings. McShane got his BA in English at the University of Richmond in 1988.


title: Jamie McShane

text: McShane has had a long career with many guest and recurring roles on television series such as "24", "House", "Stalker", "Fear the Walking Dead", and "The Fosters". His most notable roles are Cameron Hayes in "Sons of Anarchy", Sergeant Terry Hill in "Southland", and Eric O'Bannon in "Bloodline". McShane will also have a recurring role in "".


title: Jamie McShane

text: In October 2016, McShane was given the Maltese Falcon award for his character portrayal of Eric O'Bannon on the TV series "Bloodline". The award was given by the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival in Key Largo and presented by Humphrey Bogart's son Stephen.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken ( ; Unami: "") is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 in 2021, ranking the city the 668th-most-populous in the country. With more than , Hoboken was ranked as the third-most densely populated municipality in the United States among cities with a population above 50,000. Hoboken is part of the New York metropolitan area and is the site of Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the tri-state region.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken was first settled by Europeans as part of the Pavonia, New Netherland colony in the 17th century. During the early 19th century, the city was developed by Colonel John Stevens, first as a resort and later as a residential neighborhood. Originally part of Bergen Township and later North Bergen Township, it became a separate township in 1849 and was incorporated as a city in 1855. Hoboken is the location of the first recorded game of baseball and of the Stevens Institute of Technology, one of the oldest technological universities in the United States. It is also known as the birthplace and hometown of Frank Sinatra; various streets and parks in the city have been named after him.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Located on the Hudson Waterfront, the city was an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey and was home to major industries for most of the 20th century. The character of the city has changed from an artsy industrial vibe from the days when Maxwell House coffee, Lipton tea, Hostess Cupcakes, and Wonder Bread called Hoboken home, to one of trendy shops and expensive condominiums. It has been ranked 2nd in Niche's "2019 Best Places to Live in Hudson County" list.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The name Hoboken was chosen by Colonel John Stevens when he bought land, on a part of which the city still sits. The Lenape, later called Delaware Indian tribe of Native Americans, referred to the area as the "land of the tobacco pipe", most likely to refer to the soapstone collected there to carve tobacco pipes, and used a phrase that became "Hopoghan Hackingh". Like Weehawken, its neighbor to the north, Communipaw and Harsimus to the south, Hoboken had many variations in the folks-tongue. "Hoebuck", old Dutch for high bluff and likely referring to Castle Point, the district of the city highest above sea level, was used during the colonial era and later spelled as "Hobuck", "Hobock", "Hobuk" and "Hoboocken". However, in the nineteenth century, the name was changed to Hoboken, influenced by Flemish Dutch immigrants and a folk etymology had emerged linking the town of Hoboken to the similarly-named Hoboken district of Antwerp.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken has been nicknamed the Mile Square City, but it actually occupies about of land. During the late 19th/early 20th century the population and culture of Hoboken was dominated by German language speakers who sometimes called it "Little Bremen", many of whom are buried in Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken was originally an island which was surrounded by the Hudson River on the east and tidal lands at the foot of the New Jersey Palisades on the west. It was a seasonal campsite in the territory of the Hackensack, a phratry of the Lenni Lenape, who used the serpentine rock found there to carve pipes.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The first recorded European to lay claim to the area was Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who anchored his ship the "Halve Maen" ("Half Moon") at Weehawken Cove on October 2, 1609. Soon after it became part of the province of New Netherland.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In 1630, Michael Reyniersz Pauw, a burgemeester (mayor) of Amsterdam and a director of the Dutch West India Company, received a land grant as patroon on the condition that he would plant a colony of not fewer than fifty persons within four years on the west bank of what had been named the North River. Three Lenape sold the land that became Hoboken and part of Jersey City for 80 fathoms (146 m) of wampum, 20 fathoms (37 m) of cloth, 12 kettles, six guns, two blankets, one double kettle, and half a barrel of beer. These transactions, variously dated as July 12, 1630 and November 22, 1630, represent the earliest known conveyance for the area. Pauw, whose Latinized name is [[Pavonia, New Netherland|Pavonia],) failed to settle the land, and he was obliged to sell his holdings back to the company in 1633.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: It was later acquired by Hendrick Van Vorst, who leased part of the land to Aert Van Putten, a farmer. In 1643, north of what would be later known as Castle Point, Van Putten built a house and a brewery, North America's first. In [[Kieft's War|series of Indian and Dutch raids and reprisals]], Van Putten was killed and his buildings destroyed, and all residents of Pavonia, as the colony was then known, were ordered back to New Amsterdam. Deteriorating relations with the Lenape, its isolation as an island, or relatively long distance from New Amsterdam may have discouraged more settlement.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In 1664, the English took possession of [[New Amsterdam]] with little to no resistance, and in 1668 they confirmed a previous land patent by Nicolas Verlett. In 1674–1675, the area became part of [[East Jersey]], and the province was divided into four administrative districts, Hoboken becoming part of [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]], where it remained until the creation of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] on February 22, 1840. English-speaking settlers (some relocating from New England) interspersed with the Dutch, but it remained sparsely populated and agrarian.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Eventually, the land came into the possession of William [[Bayard family|Bayard]], who originally supported the revolutionary cause, but became a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist Tory]] after the fall of New York in 1776 when the city and surrounding areas, including the west bank of the renamed Hudson River, were occupied by the British. At the end of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], Bayard's property was confiscated by the Revolutionary Government of New Jersey. In 1784, the land described as "William Bayard's farm at Hoebuck" was bought at auction by Colonel [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]] for £18,360 (then $90,000).


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the early 19th century, Colonel [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]] developed the waterfront as a resort for Manhattanites. On October 11, 1811, Stevens' ship the "Juliana", began to operate as a [[ferry]] between Manhattan and Hoboken, making it the world's first commercial steam ferry. In 1825, he designed and built a [[steam locomotive]] capable of hauling several passenger cars at his estate. [[Sybil's Cave]], a cave with a natural spring, was opened in 1832 and visitors came to pay a penny for a glass of water from the cave which was said to have medicinal powers. In 1841, the cave became a legend, when [[Edgar Allan Poe]] wrote "[[The Mystery of Marie Roget]]" about an event that took place there. The cave was closed in the late 1880s after the water was found to be contaminated, and it was shut and in the 1930s and filled with concrete, before it was reopened in 2008. Before his death in 1838, Stevens founded the [[Hoboken Land and Improvement Company Building|Hoboken Land and Improvement Company]], which laid out a regular system of streets, blocks and lots, constructed housing, and developed manufacturing sites. In general, the housing consisted of masonry row houses of three to five stories, some of which survive to the present day, as does the street grid.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken was originally formed as a [[township (New Jersey)|township]] on April 9, 1849, from portions of [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen Township]]. As the town grew in population and employment, many of Hoboken's residents saw a need to incorporate as a full-fledged city, and in a referendum held on March 29, 1855, ratified an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] signed the previous day, and the City of Hoboken was born. In the subsequent election, Cornelius V. Clickener became [[Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken's first mayor]]. On March 15, 1859, the Township of Weehawken was created from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen Township.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Based on a bequest from [[Edwin A. Stevens]], [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] was founded at [[Castle Point (Hoboken)|Castle Point]] in 1870, at the site of the Stevens family's former estate, as the nation's first [[mechanical engineering]] college. By the late 19th century, shipping lines were using Hoboken as a terminal port, and the [[Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad]] (later the [[Erie Lackawanna Railroad]]) developed a railroad terminal at the waterfront, with the present [[NJ Transit]] terminal designed by architect [[Kenneth Murchison]] constructed in 1907. It was also during this time that German immigrants, who had been settling in town during most of the century, became the predominant population group in the city, at least partially due to its being a major destination port of the [[Hamburg America Line]], though anti-German sentiment during World War I led to a rapid decline in the German community. In addition to the primary industry of shipbuilding, Hoboken became home to [[Keuffel and Esser]]'s three-story factory and in 1884, to Tietjen and Lang Drydock (later [[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Shipyards]]). Well-known companies that developed a major presence in Hoboken after the turn-of the-century included [[Maxwell House]], [[Lipton|Lipton Tea]], and [[Hostess (brand)|Hostess]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The first officially recorded game of [[baseball]] took place in Hoboken in 1846 between [[New York Knickerbockers|Knickerbocker Club]] and New York Nine at [[Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey|Elysian Fields]]. In 1845, the Knickerbocker Club, which had been founded by [[Alexander Cartwright]], began using Elysian Fields to play [[baseball]] due to the lack of suitable grounds on [[Manhattan]]. Team members included players of the [[St George's Cricket Club]], the brothers [[Harry Wright|Harry]] and [[George Wright (sportsman)|George Wright]], and [[Henry Chadwick (writer)|Henry Chadwick]], the English-born journalist who coined the term "America's Pastime".


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: By the 1850s, several [[Manhattan]]-based members of the [[National Association of Base Ball Players]] were using the grounds as their home field while St. George's continued to organize international matches between Canada, England and the United States at the same venue. In 1859, [[George Parr (cricketer)|George Parr]]'s All England Eleven of professional cricketers played the United States XXII at Hoboken, easily defeating the local competition. Sam Wright and his sons Harry and George Wright played on the defeated United States team, a loss which inadvertently encouraged local players to take up baseball. Henry Chadwick believed that baseball and not cricket should become the national pastime after the game drawing the conclusion that amateur American players did not have the leisure time required to develop cricket skills to the high technical level required of professional players. [[Harry Wright]] and [[George Wright (sportsman)|George Wright]] then became two of the first professional baseball players in the United States when Aaron Champion raised funds to found the [[Cincinnati Red Stockings]] in 1869.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In 1865, the grounds hosted a championship match between the [[New York Mutuals|Mutual Club]] of New York City and the [[Brooklyn Atlantics|Atlantic Club]] of [[Brooklyn]] that was attended by an estimated 20,000 fans and captured in the [[Currier & Ives]] [[lithograph]] "The American National Game of Base Ball".


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: With the construction of two significant baseball parks enclosed by fences in [[Brooklyn]], enabling promoters there to charge admission to games, the prominence of [[Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey|Elysian Fields]] diminished. In 1868 the leading [[Manhattan]] club, [[New York Mutuals|Mutual]], shifted its home games to the [[Union Grounds]] in Brooklyn. In 1880, the founders of the [[New York Metropolitans]] and [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] finally succeeded in siting a ballpark in Manhattan that became known as the [[Polo Grounds]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Few nonwhites had settled in Hoboken by 1901. The "[[Brooklyn Eagle]]" claimed that an unwritten [[sundown town]] policy prevented African Americans from residing or working there.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: When the U.S. entered [[World War I]], the [[Hamburg-American Line]] piers in Hoboken and [[New Orleans]] were taken under [[eminent domain]]. Federal control of the port and anti-German sentiment led to part of the city being placed under martial law, and many German immigrants were forcibly moved to [[Ellis Island]] or left the city of their own accord. Hoboken became the major point of embarkation and more than three million soldiers, known as "[[doughboy]]s", passed through the city. Their hope for an early return led to [[John J. Pershing|General Pershing]]'s slogan, "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken... by Christmas."


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Following the war, [[Italians]], mostly stemming from the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] port city of [[Molfetta]], became the city's major ethnic group, with the [[Irish ethnicity|Irish]] also having a strong presence. While the city experienced the [[Great Depression]], jobs in the ships yards and factories were still available, and the tenements were bustling. Middle-European Jews, mostly German-speaking, also made their way to the city and established small businesses. The [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], which was established on April 30, 1921, oversaw the development of the [[Holland Tunnel]] (completed in 1927) and the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] (in 1937), allowing for easier vehicular travel between New Jersey and New York City, bypassing the waterfront.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The war facilitated economic growth in Hoboken, as the many industries located in the city were crucial to the war effort. As men went off to battle, more women were hired in the factories, some (most notably, [[Vigor Shipyards|Todd Shipyards]]), offering classes and other incentives to them. Though some returning service men took advantage of GI housing bills, many with strong ethnic and familial ties chose to stay in town. During the 1950s, the economy was still driven by Todd Shipyards, [[Maxwell House]], [[Lipton Tea]], [[Hostess (brand)|Hostess]] and [[Bethlehem Steel]] and companies with big plants were still not inclined to invest in major infrastructure elsewhere.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the 1960s, working pay and conditions began to deteriorate: turn-of-the century housing started to look shabby and feel crowded, shipbuilding was cheaper overseas, and single-story plants surrounded by parking lots made manufacturing and distribution more economical than old brick buildings on congested urban streets. The city appeared to be in the throes of inexorable decline as industries sought (what had been) greener pastures, port operations shifted to larger facilities on [[Newark Bay]], and the car, truck and plane displaced the railroad and ship as the transportation modes of choice in the United States. Many Hobokenites headed to the suburbs, often the close by ones in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic]] Counties, and real-estate values declined. Hoboken sank from its earlier incarnation as a lively port town into a rundown condition and was often included in lists with other New Jersey cities experiencing the same phenomenon, such as [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], and neighboring [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The old economic underpinnings were gone and nothing new seemed to be on the horizon. Attempts were made to stabilize the population by demolishing the so-called slums along River Street and build subsidized middle-income housing at Marineview Plaza, and in midtown, at Church Towers. Heaps of long uncollected garbage and roving packs of semi-wild dogs were not uncommon sights. Though the city had seen better days, Hoboken was never abandoned. New infusions of immigrants, most notably [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]], kept the storefronts open with small businesses and housing stock from being abandoned, but there wasn't much work to be had. Washington Street, commonly called "the avenue", was never boarded up, and the tight-knit neighborhoods remained home to many who were still proud of their city. Stevens remained a premier technology school, Maxwell House kept chugging away, and Bethlehem Steel still housed sailors who were dry-docked on its piers. Italian-Americans and other came back to the "old neighborhood" to shop for delicatessen.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In 1975, the western part of the [[Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex]] (known as "Clock Towers") was converted into residential apartments, after having been an architectural, engineering and drafting facility from 1907 to 1968; the eastern part portion became residential apartments in 1984 (now called the " Grand Adams").


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The [[Hudson Waterfront]] defined Hoboken as an archetypal port town and powered its economy from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, by which time it had become essentially industrial (and mostly inaccessible to the general public). The large production plants of Lipton Tea and Maxwell House, and the [[drydock]]s of [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]] and [[Todd Shipbuilding]] dominated the northern portion for many years. On June 30, 1900, [[1900 Hoboken Docks Fire|a large fire]] at the [[Norddeutscher Lloyd]] piers killed numerous people and caused almost $10 million in damage. The southern portion (which had been a U.S. base of the [[Hamburg-American Line]]) was seized by the federal government under [[eminent domain]] at the outbreak of [[World War I]], after which it became (with the rest of the Hudson County) a major East Coast cargo-shipping port.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: With the development of the [[Interstate Highway System]] and [[containerization]] shipping facilities (particularly at [[Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal]]), the docks became obsolete, and by the 1970s were more or less abandoned. A large swath of River Street, known as the [[Barbary Coast]] for its taverns and boarding houses (which had been home for many dockworkers, sailors, merchant mariners, and other seamen) was leveled as part of an [[urban renewal]] project. Though control of the confiscated area had been returned to the city in the 1950s, complex lease agreements with the [[Port Authority]] gave it little influence on its management. In the 1980s, the waterfront dominated Hoboken politics, with various civic groups and the city government engaging in sometimes nasty, sometimes absurd politics and court cases. By the 1990s, agreements were made with the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], various levels of government, Hoboken citizens, and private developers to build commercial and residential buildings and "open spaces" (mostly along the bulkhead and on the foundation of un-utilized [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey|Pier A]]).


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The northern portion, which had remained in private hands, has also been re-developed. While most of the dry-dock and production facilities were razed to make way for mid-rise apartment houses, many sold as investment condominiums, some buildings were renovated for adaptive re-use (notably the Tea Building, formerly home to Lipton Tea, and the Machine Shop, home of the Hoboken Historic Museum). Zoning requires that new construction follow the street grid and limits the height of new construction to retain the architectural character of the city and open sight-lines to the river. Downtown, [[Frank Sinatra Park]] and [[Sinatra Drive]] honor the man most consider to be Hoboken's most famous son, while uptown the name Maxwell recalls the factory with its smell of roasting coffee wafting over town and its huge neon "Good to the Last Drop" sign, so long a part of the landscape. The midtown section is dominated by the [[serpentine rock]] outcropping atop of which sits Stevens Institute of Technology (which also owns some, as yet, undeveloped land on the river). At the foot of the cliff is [[Sybil's Cave]] (where 19th century day-trippers once came to "take the waters" from a natural spring), long sealed shut, though plans for its restoration are in place. The promenade along the river bank is part of the [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]], a state-mandated master plan to connect the municipalities from the [[Bayonne Bridge]] to [[George Washington Bridge]] and provide contiguous unhindered access to the water's edge and to create an urban linear park offering expansive views of the Hudson with the spectacular backdrop of the New York skyline. As of 2017, the city was considering using [[eminent domain]] to take over the last operating maritime industry in the city, the Union Dry Dock.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: During the late 1970s and 1980s, the city witnessed a speculation spree, fueled by transplanted New Yorkers and others who bought many turn-of-the-20th-century brownstones in neighborhoods that the still solid middle and working class population had kept intact and by local and out-of-town real-estate investors who bought up late 19th century apartment houses often considered to be tenements. Hoboken experienced a wave of fires, some of which were arson. Applied Housing, a real-estate investment firm, used federal government incentives to renovate "sub-standard" housing and receive subsidized rental payments (commonly known as [[Section 8 (housing)|Section 8]]), which enabled some low-income, displaced, and disabled residents to move within town. Hoboken attracted artists, musicians, upwardly mobile commuters, and "bohemian types" interested in the socioeconomic possibilities and challenges of a bankrupt New York and who valued the aesthetics of Hoboken's residential, civic and commercial architecture, its sense of community, and relatively (compared to Lower Manhattan) less expensive rents, all a quick, train hop away. [[Maxwell's]] (a live music venue and restaurant) opened and Hoboken became a popular place to live.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: These trends in development resembled similar growth and change patterns in [[Brooklyn]] and downtown [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and Manhattan's [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]]—and to a lesser degree, [[SoHo]] and [[TriBeCa]]—which previously had not been residential. Empty lots were built on, tenements were transformed into luxury condominiums. Hoboken felt the impact of the destruction of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] intensely, many of its newer residents having worked there. Re-zoning encouraged new construction on former industrial sites on the waterfront and the traditionally more impoverished low-lying west side of the city where, in concert with Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and New Jersey State land-use policy, [[transit village]]s are now being promoted. Once a [[blue collar]] town characterized by live poultry shops and drab taverns, it has since been transformed into a town filled with gourmet shops and luxury condominiums.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In October 2012, [[Hurricane Sandy]] caused widespread flooding in Hoboken, leaving 1,700 homes flooded and causing $100 million in damage after the storm "filled up Hoboken like a bathtub". Workers in Hoboken had the highest rate of public transportation use in the nation, with 56% commuting daily via mass transit. Hurricane Sandy caused seawater to flood half the city, crippling the PATH station at Hoboken Terminal when more than 10 million gallons of water dumped into the system. In December 2013 Mayor Dawn Zimmer testified before a U.S. Senate Committee on the impact the storm had on Hoboken's businesses and residents, and in January 2014 she stated that Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Richard Constable, a member of governor [[Chris Christie]]'s cabinet, deliberately held back Hurricane Sandy relief funds from the city in order to pressure her to approve a Christie ally's developmental project, a charge that the Christie administration denied. In June 2014, the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]] allocated $230 million to Hoboken as part of its Rebuild by Design initiative, adding levees, parks, green roofs, retention basins and other infrastructure to help the low-lying riverfront city protect itself from ordinary flooding and build a network of features to help Hoboken [[Future-proof|future-proof]] itself against subsequent storms.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 2.00 square miles (5.18 km), including 1.25 square miles (3.24 km) of land and 0.75 square miles (1.94 km) of water (37.50%).


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken lies on the west bank of the Hudson River between [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] and [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] to the north and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] (the county seat) to the south and west. Directly across the Hudson River are the [[Manhattan]], New York City neighborhoods of the [[West Village]] and [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken is laid out in a [[grid plan|grid]]. North–south streets are named (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, and Clinton, for example). The numbered streets running east–west start two blocks north of [[County Route 681 (Hudson County, New Jersey)|Observer Highway]] with First Street, with the grid ending close to 16th near [[Weehawken Cove]] and the city line. Neighborhoods in Hoboken often have vague definitions making Downtown, Midtown and Uptown subjective. [[Castle Point]] (or Stevens Point), [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Hoboken Projects|The Projects]], [[Hoboken Terminal]], and [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Hudson Tea Building|Hudson Tea]] are distinct enclaves at the city's periphery. As it transforms from its previous industrial use to a residential district, the "Northwest" is a name being used for that part of the city.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken's temperatures hover around an average in winter, rising and falling, rather than a consistent pattern with a clear coldest time of year, with minimums occurring in late December and early-mid February, rising and falling repeatedly throughout January.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $101,782 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,219) and the median family income was $121,614 (+/− $18,466). Males had a median income of $90,878 (+/− $6,412) versus $67,331 (+/− $3,710) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $69,085 (+/− $3,335). About 9.6% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: As of the [[2000 United States census|census]] of 2000, there were 38,577 people, 19,418 households, and 6,835 families residing in the city. The population density was 30,239.2 inhabitants per square mile (11,636.5/km), fourth highest in the nation after neighboring communities of [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] and [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]]. There were 19,915 housing units at an average density of 15,610.7 per square mile (6,007.2/km). The racial makeup of the city was 80.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.26% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 7.63% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|other races]], and 2.78% from two or more races. Furthermore, 20.18% of the total residents also consider themselves to be [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: There were 19,418 households, out of which 11.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.8% were [[marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.8% were non-families. 41.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.92 and the average family size was 2.73.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the city the age distribution of the population showed 10.5% under the age of 18, 15.3% from 18 to 24, 51.7% from 25 to 44, 13.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The median income for a household in the city as of the 2000 census was $62,550, while the median income for a family was $67,500. Males had a median income of $54,870 versus $46,826 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $43,195. 11.0% of the population and 10.0% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 23.6% of those under the age of 18 and 20.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The city is a [[bedroom community]] of New York City, where most of its employed residents work. Based on the 2000 Census Worker Flow Files, about 53% of the employed residents of Hoboken (13,475 out of 25,306) worked in one of the five boroughs of New York City, as opposed to about 15% working within Hoboken.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The first centrally air-conditioned public space in the United States was demonstrated at Hoboken Terminal. The first [[Blimpie]] restaurant opened in 1964 at the corner of Seventh and Washington Streets. Hoboken is home to one of the headquarters of publisher [[John Wiley & Sons]], which moved from Manhattan in 2002.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: According to the [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], Hoboken's [[unemployment rate]] as of 2014 was 3.3%, compared to a 6.5% in Hudson County as a whole. In 2018, Hoboken had an unemployment rate of 2.1%, vs. 3.9% countywide.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: A 2014 study showed that [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] contributed $117 million to Hoboken's economy in 2014, reflecting the university's nearly $100 million payroll for salaries and wages, as well as other goods and services acquired, construction and off-campus spending by students and visitors. The university is responsible for 1,285 full-time jobs.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The four parks were originally laid out within city street grid in the 19th century were [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Church Square Park|Church Square Park]], [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Columbus Park|Columbus Park]], [[Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey|Elysian Park]] and [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Stevens Park|Stevens Park]]. Four other parks that were developed later but fit into the street pattern are [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Gateway Park|Gateway Park]], [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Jackson Street Park|Jackson Street Park]], Legion Park and [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Madison Park|Madison Park]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: More recently built parks throughout the city include Pier C, a reconstructed pier accessed by a curving walkway along lower Sinatra Drive. A multi-use sports field called 1600 Park opened in 2013, while the one-acre Southwest Park was completed along Jackson Street and Paterson Avenue in 2017. As of 2019, the city was considering expanding the park to a property across the street.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: A two-acre park and public plaza called 7th and Jackson Resiliency Park opened in 2019. It includes a playground, an acre of open lawn space, a new indoor gymnasium, play sculptures, and infrastructure to capture over 450,000 gallons of rainwater to reduce flooding.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Construction of the 5.4-acre Northwest Resiliency Park broke ground in 2019 and will include a great lawn, a stage, a central fountain that can be converted into a seasonal ice skating rink, a pavilion, playgrounds, and a multi-purpose field and basketball basin. The $90 million park features many environmentally friendly features and includes an underground stormwater detention system that can store roughly one million gallons of water to help mitigate flooding. The project is expected to be completed sometime in 2022.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: A 2014 renovation to the [[14th Street (Hoboken)|14th Street Viaduct]] near the city's northwest edge saw the creation of several recreational areas underneath the structure that include a dog park, passive recreation areas, and street hockey and basketball courts amid a new cobblestone streetscape.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]] is a state-mandated master plan to connect the municipalities from the [[Bayonne Bridge]] to the [[George Washington Bridge]] creating an -long urban linear park and provide contiguous unhindered access to the water's edge. By law, any development on the waterfront must provide a public promenade with a minimum width of . To date, completed segments in Hoboken and the new parks and renovated piers that abut them are at [[Hoboken Terminal]], [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Pier A|Pier A]], the promenade and bike path from Newark to 5th Streets, [[Frank Sinatra Park]], [[Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey#Castle Point Park|Castle Point Park]], Sinatra Drive to 12th to 14th Streets, New York Waterway Pier, 14th Street Pier, and 14th Street north to southern side of Weehawken Cove. Other segments of river-front held privately are not required to build a walkway until the land is re-developed.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Since 1992, the [[Hudson Shakespeare Company]] has been the resident [[Shakespeare Festival]] of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] performing a free Shakespeare production for each month of the summer. Since 1998, the group has performed "Shakespeare Mondays" at [[Frank Sinatra Park]] (410 Frank Sinatra Drive) as part of their annual [[Shakespeare in the Park]] tour. Hoboken is also home to cultural attractions such as Barsky Gallery and creative institutions such as the Hoboken Historical Museum and the Monroe Center.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken has many annual events such as the Frank Sinatra Idol Contest, Hoboken Comedy Festival, Hoboken House Tour, [[Hoboken International Film Festival]], Hoboken Studio Tour, [[Hoboken Arts and Music Festival]], Hoboken (Secret) Garden Tour and Movies Under the Stars. The Hoboken Farmer's Market occurs every Tuesday, June through October. There are also numerous festivals such as the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Feast of Saint Anthony's, Saint Ann's Feast and the Hoboken Italian Festival.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: From the 1960s until 2011, Hoboken was home to the Macy's Parade Studio, which houses many of the floats for the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]. Many Stevens students, alumni, and staff members volunteer in the preparation and piloting of the parade floats. The studio was moved out of Hoboken and into a converted former Tootsie Roll Factory in [[Moonachie, New Jersey]] 2011.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The City of Hoboken is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|mayor-council]] (Plan D) system of municipal government, implemented based on the recommendations of a [[Charter Study Commission]] as of January 1, 1953. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the nine-member City Council. The city council is comprised of three members elected [[at-large]] from the city as a whole, and six members who each represent one of the city's six [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. All of the members of the city council are elected to four-year terms of office in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections on a staggered basis in odd-numbered years, with the six ward seats up for election together and the three at-large and mayoral seats up for vote two years later.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In July 2011, the city council voted to move municipal elections from May to November. The first shifted election were held in November 2013, with all officials elected in 2009 and 2011 having their terms extended by six months.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: , the [[Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey|mayor of Hoboken]] is [[Ravinder Bhalla]], whose term of office ends December 31, 2025. Members of the city council are Council President Michael Russo (2023; 3rd Ward), Council Vice President Emily Jabbour (2025; at-large), Phil Cohen (2023; 5th Ward), Michael DeFusco (2023; 1st Ward), James J. Doyle (2025; at-large), Tiffanie Fisher (2023; 2nd Ward), Jennifer Giattino (2023; 6th Ward), Joe Quintero (2025; at-large) and Ruben J. Ramos Jr. (2023; 4th Ward).


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the 2017 general election, Ravinder Bhalla was elected to succeed [[Dawn Zimmer]] becoming the state's first [[Sikh]] mayor; Zimmer had chosen not to run for re-election to a third term and had endorsed Bhalla for the post. Bhalla's running mates, incumbents James Doyle and Emily Jabbour, won two of the at-large seats, while the third seat was won Vanessa Falco who had been aligned with the slate of mayoral candidate Michael DeFusco. Zimmer had been the city council president and first took office as mayor on July 31, 2009, after her predecessor, [[Peter Cammarano]], was arrested on allegations of corruption stemming from a decade-long FBI operation. Zimmer, who lost a June 9, 2009, runoff election to Cammarano by 161 votes, served as acting mayor until winning a special election to fill the remainder of the term on November 3, 2009. She was sworn in as mayor on November 6 as is the first female mayor of Hoboken. Zimmer won re-election in November 2013 to a second term of office and began her second term in January 2014.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken is located in the 8th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 33rd state legislative district. Prior to the 2010 Census, Hoboken had been part of the , a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 35,532 registered voters in Hoboken, of which 14,385 (40.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 3,881 (10.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 17,218 (48.5%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 48 voters registered to other parties.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 66.1% of the vote (14,443 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 32.4% (7,078 votes), and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] and [[Green Party of the United States|Green]] candidates with 1.5% (325 votes), among the 22,018 ballots cast by the city's 40,209 registered voters (172 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 54.8%. In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 71.0% of the vote here (17,051 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 27.5% (6,590 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (225 votes), among the 24,007 ballots cast by the city's 38,970 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.6%. In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 65.0% of the vote here (13,436 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 33.4% (6,898 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (161 votes), among the 20,668 ballots cast by the city's 31,221 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 66.2.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 53.0% of the vote (6,562 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 45.0% (5,565 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (243 votes), among the 16,331 ballots cast by the city's 41,094 registered voters (3,961 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.7%. In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 62.3% of the vote here (9,095 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 29.5% (4,307 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 4.6% (673 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (138 votes), among the 14,593 ballots cast by the city's 34,844 registered voters, yielding a 41.9% turnout.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: On November 7, 2017, City Councilmember [[Ravinder Bhalla]] was elected as mayor, making him the first [[Sikh]] mayor in the state's history.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The city is protected by the 132 paid firefighters of the city of Hoboken Fire Department (HFD). Established in 1891, the HFD currently operates under the command of a Department Chief, to whom two Deputy Chiefs report. The department reported to 3,352 emergency calls in 2010, arriving in an average of 2.6 minutes from the time the original call was received. The HFD has been a Class 1 rated fire department since 1996 as determined by the [[Insurance Services Office]], one of only three in [[New Jersey]], joining [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] and [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]]. HFD's firehouses, including its fire museum, are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The department is part of the Metro [[Urban search and rescue|USAR]] Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: EMS in the city of Hoboken is provided primarily by the members of the [[Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps]] (HVAC), which was established in 1971. HVAC is the county's only all-volunteer EMS organization and does not charge for the services it provides. HVAC has seven emergency vehicles, in addition to six bicycles that can be used to provide coverage at outdoor events.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[Hoboken University Medical Center]], founded in 1863 as St. Mary's Hospital, is a historic hospital and the oldest in continuous operation in the state. It is a community hospital and part of the CarePoint Health System.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: HOPES Community Action Partnership, Incorporated (HOPES CAP, Inc. / HOPES) was established in 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration signing the Economic Opportunity Act. The majority of HOPES program participants have incomes below the federal poverty threshold. Services include those for youth enrichment, adults, senior assistance, and early childhood development.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Homelessness in the city is addressed by the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, one of the three homeless shelters in the county. In December 2018, the city of Hoboken installed eight parking meters in high foot-traffic areas, painted orange, to collect donations to benefit homelessness initiatives.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken has the highest [[public transportation]] use of any city in the United States, with 56% of working residents using public transportation for commuting purposes each day. [[Hoboken Terminal]], located at the city's southeastern corner, is a [[National Historic Landmark|national historic landmark]] originally built in 1907 by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]]. The terminal is the origination/destination point for several modes of transportation and an important hub within the NY/NJ metropolitan region's public transit system.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The number of residents parking on Hoboken streets decreased from 2010 to 2015. Hudson Bike Share, a [[bicycle sharing system]] operated by [[nextbike]], opened in October 2015. Amid conflicts with Jersey City, which used [[Citi Bike]], Hoboken ceased using Hudson Bike Share in May 2021, and adopted Citi Bike itself, thus connecting the town's bicycle sharing network with the ones already operating in Jersey City and New York City.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Main Line (NJ Transit)|Main Line]], [[Bergen County Line]], [[Pascack Valley Line]], [[Montclair-Boonton Line]], [[Morris and Essex Lines]] and [[Meadowlands Rail Line]] terminate at the Hoboken Terminal.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The [[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]], another NJ Transit subsidiary, has three stations in Hoboken–Hoboken Terminal, [[2nd Street (HBLR station)|2nd Street]] and [[9th Street-Congress Street (HBLR station)|9th Street-Congress Street]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]], a 24-hour subway system operated by the Port Authority, operates from Hoboken Terminal to [[33rd Street (PATH station)|33rd Street Manhattan]], [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center]], and [[Journal Square Transportation Center|Journal Square]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[NY Waterway]] ferry service makes [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]] crossings from Hoboken Terminal and [[14th Street (Hoboken)|14th Street]] to [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal]], [[Wall Street|Wall Street-Pier 11]] and the [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]] in [[Manhattan]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: New Jersey Transit buses [[22 (New Jersey bus)|22]], [[22 (New Jersey bus)|22X]], [[23 (New Jersey bus)|23]], [[64 (New Jersey bus)|64]], [[68 (New Jersey bus)|68]], [[85 (New Jersey bus)|85]], [[87 (New Jersey bus)|87]], [[89 (New Jersey bus)|89]], and [[126 (New Jersey bus)|126]] terminate at [[Hudson Place (Hoboken)|Hudson Place/Hoboken Terminal]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[Academy Bus Lines]] has a garage in Hoboken, operating most of their [[New York City|NYC]] services from there.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Taxi service is available for a flat fare within city limits and negotiated fare for other destinations. [[Zipcar]] is located downtown at the Center Parking Garage on Park Avenue, between Newark Street and Observer Highway.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: , the city had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality and by Hudson County.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The [[14th Street (Hoboken)|14th Street Viaduct]] connects Hoboken to [[Paterson Plank Road]] in [[The Heights, Jersey City|Jersey City Heights]]. Two highway tunnels that connect New Jersey to New York are located close to Hoboken. The [[Lincoln Tunnel]] is north of the city in Weehawken. The [[Holland Tunnel]] is south of the city in downtown Jersey City.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken has no airports. Airports which serve Hoboken are operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. These airports are [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], [[LaGuardia Airport]] and [[John F. Kennedy Airport]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken has a highly educated population. Based on data from the [[American Community Survey]], it was ranked in 2019 as one of the top 15 most-educated municipalities in New Jersey with a population of at least 10,000, placing first on the list, with 50.2% of residents having bachelor's degree or higher, more than double the 23.4% of residents in New Jersey and 19.1% nationwide who have reached that educational level.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[Hoboken Public Schools]] is a school district that serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in "Abbott v. Burke" which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,138 students and 229.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.7:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]) are


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[Hoboken High School]] with 428 students in grades 9–12. Hoboken High School was the 187th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in "[[New Jersey Monthly]]" magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 139th in 2008 out of 316 schools.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: In addition, Hoboken has three [[charter school]]s, which are schools that receive public funds yet operate independently of the Hoboken Public Schools under charters granted by the Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. [[Elysian Charter School]] serves students in grades K–8, [[Hoboken Charter School]] in grades K–12 and Hoboken Dual Language Charter School in grades K–8. In 2018 the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] named the Dual Language charter as having one of six "Model Programs" in New Jersey.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Private schools in Hoboken include [[The Hudson School]], [[All Saint's Episcopal Day School]], Mustard Seed School and [[Stevens Cooperative School]]. Hoboken Catholic Academy, a K-8 school operated by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]], was one of eight private schools recognized in 2017 as an Exemplary High Performing School by the [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program]] of the [[United States Department of Education]].


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: [[Stevens Institute of Technology]], which was founded in 1870, is located in the Castle Point section of Hoboken. The [[university]] is composed of three schools and one college; the Charles V. Schaefer Jr. School of Engineering and Science, School of Business, School of Systems and Enterprises and the College of Arts and Letters. Total enrollment is more than 6,900 undergraduate and graduate students across all schools. Stevens is home to three [[Center of excellence|national research centers of excellence]] and joint research programs focusing on healthcare, energy, finance, defense, STEM education and coastal stability. Stevens also owns most of [[Castle Point (Hoboken)|Castle Point]], which is the highest point in Hoboken.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken is also the headquarters of [[Education Dynamics]], a for-profit corporation that markets and enrolls students.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Hoboken is located within the [[Media in New York City|New York media market]]; most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. Local, [[Hudson County|county]], and regional news is covered by "[[The Jersey Journal]]", a daily newspaper long based in nearby Jersey City and now based in Secaucus. The "Journal", along with other sister newspapers, operates [[NJ.com]], which includes the blog Hoboken Now. "[[The Hoboken Reporter]]" is part of "[[The Hudson Reporter]]" group of local weeklies. Other weeklies, the "[[River View Observer]]" and the Spanish-language "[[El Especialito]]" also cover local news, as does "The Stute", the campus newspaper at Stevens Institute of Technology. Magazines that cover Hoboken include the lifestyle magazine hMAG, which launched in 2009. and "The Digest", which covers local restaurants and events.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The production company for the 2009 film "[[Assassination of a High School President]]" was based in Hoboken.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The city has been the home of several filming locations. [[Elia Kazan]]'s 1954 film "[[On the Waterfront]]" was shot in Hoboken. A wedding scene from the 1997 film "[[Picture Perfect (1997 film)|Picture Perfect]]", starring [[Jennifer Aniston]], was filmed at the Elks Club at 1005 Washington Street. The 1998 film [[Restaurant (1998 film)|Restaurant]], starring [[Adrien Brody]] was shot there as well. Hoboken is home to [[Carlo's Bake Shop]], which is featured in the [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] reality show "[[Cake Boss]]". The popularity of the show has resulted in increased business for Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area, resulting in both positive and negative reaction from local residents and businesses.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The fourth season of [[A&E Network|A&E]]'s "[[Parking Wars]]", which documents the lives and duties of parking enforcement personnel, was filmed in Hoboken, in addition to its usual venues of Detroit and Philadelphia. The ABC Primetime magazine "[[What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)|Primetime: What Would You Do?]]" has filmed multiple episodes of their social experiments in Hoboken's shops and restaurants.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: The 1989 television series "[[Dream Street (U.S. TV series)|Dream Street]]" was set and shot in Hoboken.


title: Hoboken, New Jersey

text: Bands from Hoboken include alternative rock pioneers [[The Bongos]] and art-rock band [[Yo La Tengo]].


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: Adventures in Babysitting (also known as A Night on the Town in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, and Maia Brewton, and features cameos by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins and singer-songwriter Southside Johnny Lyon.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: After her boyfriend Mike cancels their anniversary date, seventeen-year-old Chris Parker invites her friend Brenda over to her Oak Park, Illinois, house to cheer her up, but is convinced by her mother to babysit the Andersons' daughter, eight-year-old Sarah, while they attend a party in downtown Chicago. Sarah's fifteen-year-old brother Brad is supposed to spend the night at his friend Daryl Coopersmith's house, but he changes his mind when he discovers that Chris is the sitter. After receiving a frantic phone call from Brenda, who ran away to a downtown bus station, Chris plans to go alone to pick her up, but is coerced by Brad, Sarah, and Daryl to take them with her. On the freeway, their station wagon suffers a flat tire and they are picked up by a tow truck driver, "Handsome" John Pruitt, who offers to pay for the tire when Chris realizes she left her purse at the Andersons'. En route, Pruitt receives a call from his boss Dawson with evidence that his wife is cheating on him, and he rushes to his house to confront the infidelity; Chris' mother's car is damaged when Pruitt accidentally shoots out the windshield while aiming to kill his wife's lover with his snubnosed revolver. Chris and the kids hide in the adulterer's Cadillac, which is then stolen by a car thief named Joe Gipp.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: Reaching their hideout in the South Side, the kids realize they have stumbled upon a large multi-state stolen car operation, and Joe is chided by Graydon, the operation's second-in-command, for bringing witnesses. They are detained in an upstairs office but escape. They enter a blues club where the band on stage refuses to let them leave until they perform a blues number. The group spontaneously recounts their events while accompanied on instrument by Albert Collins, causing the audience to sing along and happily applaud. They leave just as Joe, Graydon and his boss Bleak arrive in the club, whose owners stall them.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: Brad tells Chris about his feelings toward her, and is disappointed to learn he is too young for her. After separating Daryl from a streetwalker who is a runaway, Chris is reminded of Brenda. They are found and chased again by Graydon and Bleak but escape on the Chicago "L" train and wind up in the middle of a gang fight. Brad is injured when one of the gang leaders throws a switchblade onto his foot. They take Brad to the university hospital, where he receives a stitch. They run into Pruitt, who is now on the run from his earlier attacks; he tells the kids he replaced the windshield, but Dawson wants $50 for the tire. The kids come across a fraternity house party, and Chris becomes attracted to Dan Lynch, a gentleman who learns of Chris' problem and donates $45. He takes them to Dawson's Garage and drops them off.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: When they find Dawson, his blond hair and sledgehammer led Sarah to believe he is Thor, her favorite superhero. He denies them their car because of the $5 shortage, but when Sarah offers him her toy Thor helmet, he changes his mind and lets them go. Meanwhile, Joe Gipp tells Bleak about their troubles, and the three are waiting to follow them. The kids find the restaurant where Mike was supposed to take Chris and discover he is with another girl. Sarah slips away to look at a toy store while Chris yells at Mike. Brad stands up for Chris but is reluctant to hit Mike, so Daryl kicks Mike into a table, ruining his dinner and causing a commotion. Bleak spots Sarah, and Graydon chases her to an office building where she hides; the others note her disappearance and follow, accidentally coming across the Andersons' party. After Sarah climbs out an open window and slides down the building, Chris spots her and they run upstairs to help.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: After the group pulls Sarah from outside the window, Bleak confronts them. Joe knocks his boss out, before giving him a "Playboy" magazine that Daryl had stolen, which contained important notes that the criminals wanted. The kids retrieve Brenda from the bus station and rush home, narrowly avoiding the Andersons on Interstate 290. Once home, Chris cleans up the mess left earlier, settling into place just as the Andersons enter. As Chris says goodnight to the kids, Brad tells her he understands about her not feeling the same way he did about her and tells her that if they see each other at school the next day, it is okay if she ignores him. However, Chris smiles and tells him she does not ignore her friends. Just as Chris is leaving, Dan arrives with one of Sarah's missing skates. He says he needs a babysitter and is disappointed when Chris says she is retired; he confesses the babysitter was for him. Chris decides that retirement can wait and gladly agrees to babysit Dan. With Sarah's encouragement, Chris and Dan kiss outside as Brad closes the blinds.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: In a post-credits scene, Graydon is shown standing on the ledge, still trying to find his way to safety.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: For his directorial debut, Columbus said he reviewed a hundred scripts. He chose "Adventures in Babysitting" because he felt comfortable with its scale. Paramount Pictures had a right of first refusal but demanded Molly Ringwald be cast in the lead. Over 150 actresses auditioned for the lead role, including Valerie Bertinelli. Shooting took place in Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles in early 1987.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: The film earned $34.4 million in the United States, which the "Los Angeles Times" attributed to a new ad campaign.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: The film has been released on VHS and Betamax, LaserDisc, DVD and Blu-ray formats. In the United States, it received a VHS release by Touchstone Home Video on July 14, 1992. It was released on DVD for the first time on January 18, 2000 by Touchstone Home Video. A 25th anniversary edition Blu-ray was released on August 7, 2012.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: Although it may still be referred to as "A Night on the Town" on television airings in the United Kingdom, the film was released on rental VHS in the UK under its original title. The VHS was re-released on October 21, 2002 in the United Kingdom by Cinema Club and it received a 15 certificate by the BBFC for strong language and sexual references. It was previously released in an edited PG certificate for family viewing. It was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2004, again uncut like the 15 certificate VHS. It has since been reduced to a 12 certificate.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: The PG version currently streams on Disney+, where a notice advises it has been edited for content, primarily removing strong and offensive language.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: In 2015, Intrada Records released an album from the film, featuring the score by Michael Kamen, including unused music and several of the songs heard in the film. It features "Then He Kissed Me" by the Crystals, "Babysitting Blues" by Albert Collins, "Twenty-Five Miles" by Edwin Starr, and "Just Can't Stop" by Percy Sledge.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: In a 2021 interview in "New York Magazine", Elisabeth Shue said performing the "iconic "Babysitting Blues" song," written by pop songwriter Mark Mueller and Robert Kraft (composer), was one of her "favorite experiences of all time."


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 6.40 out of 10. The site's consensus states: "Sweet and spry, "Adventures in Babysitting" gets by on its amiable tone." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: The film was adapted into an unsold television pilot of the same name for CBS in 1989. The pilot was broadcast on Friday night, July 7 in the 8 p.m. timeslot. It starred Jennifer Guthrie (who would later co-star on "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" with Maia Brewton) as Chris, Joey Lawrence as Brad, Courtney Peldon as Sara, Brian Austin Green as Daryl, and Ariana Mohit as Brenda. The pilot overall, garnered CBS a 6.9 rating.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: Disney reportedly planned a remake for release in 2010. Raven-Symoné was to star in the remake, tentatively titled "Further Adventures in Babysitting", but withdrew due to other projects. Miley Cyrus was also rumored to be attached to the project, but later denied involvement.


title: Adventures in Babysitting

text: According to "Variety", Tiffany Paulsen was writing the script. It was presumed that the remake was scrapped due to years of inactivity. However, on January 9, 2015, Disney Channel announced that the remake would go forward, with Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Carson starring as competing babysitters. The film premiered on Disney Channel in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2016.


title: Skill

text: A skill is the learned ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. For example, in the domain of work, some general skills would include time management, teamwork and leadership, self-motivation and others, whereas domain-specific skills would be used only for a certain job. Skill usually requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of skill being shown and used.


title: Skill

text: A skill may be called an art when it represents a body of knowledge or branch of learning, as in "the art of medicine" or "the art of war". Although the arts are also skills, there are many skills that form an art but have no connection to the fine arts.


title: Skill

text: People need a broad range of skills to contribute to the modern economy. A joint ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor study showed that through technology, the workplace is changing, and identified 16 basic skills that employees must have to be able to change with it. Three broad categories of skills are suggested and these are technical, human, and conceptual. The first two can be substituted with hard and soft skills, respectively.


title: Skill

text: Hard skills, also called technical skills, are any skills relating to a specific task or situation. It involves both understanding and proficiency in such specific activity that involves methods, processes, procedures, or techniques. These skills are easily quantifiable unlike soft skills, which are related to one's personality. These are also skills that can be or have been tested and may entail some professional, technical, or academic qualification.


title: Skill

text: Holistic competencies is an umbrella term for different types of generic skills (e.g. critical thinking, problem-solving skills, positive values, and attitudes (e.g. resilience, appreciation for others) which are essential for life-long learning and whole-person development.


title: Skill

text: Skilled workers have long had historical import ("see" Division of labor) as electricians, masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, bakers, brewers, coopers, printers and other occupations that are economically productive. Skilled workers were often politically active through their craft guilds.


title: Skill

text: An ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic, and sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carry out complex activities or job functions involving ideas (cognitive skills), things (technical skills), and/or people (interpersonal skills).


title: Skill

text: A British definition is "the ability to communicate effectively with people in a friendly way, especially in business." The term is already listed in major US dictionaries.


title: Skill

text: The term "people skills" is used to include both psychological skills and social skills but is less inclusive than life skills.


title: Skill

text: Social skills are any skills facilitating interaction and communication with others. Social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways. The process of learning such skills is called socialization.


title: Skill

text: Soft skills are a combination of interpersonal people skills, social skills, communication skills, character traits, attitudes, career attributes and emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) among others.


title: Conor Oberst

text: Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by "Rolling Stone" magazine.


title: Conor Oberst

text: Conor Mullen Oberst was born on February 15, 1980, the youngest of three boys, and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, to Matthew Ryan Oberst Sr., an information manager for Mutual of Omaha, and Nancy Oberst, an elementary education director for Omaha Public Schools. Oberst had two older brothers, Matthew Ryan Oberst Jr. and Justin H. Oberst. Matthew was a teacher and part-time musician until his death in 2016, and helped finance one of Oberst's self-released independent albums. Matt was also in the indie band Sorry About Dresden, which Conor played in from time to time. Conor has been writing and releasing music from a very young age, releasing his first solo album when he was 13.


title: Conor Oberst

text: Oberst was educated at St. Pius X/St. Leo School in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was in the school choir and other musical groups, and Creighton Preparatory School, also in Omaha, Nebraska. He briefly was enrolled at the University of Nebraska and dropped out after three semesters to tour.


title: Conor Oberst

text: One night in 1992, Ted Stevens (of Mayday and Cursive) invited Oberst onstage to play. Bill Hoover, who was in attendance, invited Oberst to come back to play with him a couple of weeks later. In that short amount of time, Oberst wrote enough songs to fill out the set, establishing himself as an artist. Shortly thereafter, Oberst began committing his new repertoire to tape in his parents' basement with his father's four track cassette recorder and an acoustic guitar.


title: Conor Oberst

text: In mid-1993, Oberst self-released his debut album "Water" on cassette tape. The release of the album was financed by his brother Justin on what they called Lumberjack Records, the indie label that would become Saddle Creek Records, making them founders and present day executives of the label.


title: Conor Oberst

text: Shortly after his two solo recordings, Oberst began playing with four friends; they formed Commander Venus in mid-1995.


title: Conor Oberst

text: "Here's to Special Treatment" was followed by 1996's "The Soundtrack to My Movie", a cassette only released on Sing Eunuchs!. "Kill the Monster Before It Eats Baby", a split 7-inch vinyl with Bill Hoover, was also released around this time.