title: Steamboat

text: People have had a particular affection for the Clyde puffers, small steam freighters of traditional design developed to use the Scottish canals and to serve the Highlands and Islands. They were immortalised by the tales of Para Handy's boat "Vital Spark" by Neil Munro and by the film "The Maggie", and a small number are being conserved to continue in steam around the west highland sea lochs.


title: Steamboat

text: From 1850 to the early decades of the 20th century Windermere, in the English Lakes, was home to many elegant steam launches. They were used for private parties, watching the yacht races or, in one instance, commuting to work, via the rail connection to Barrow in Furness. Many of these fine craft were saved from destruction when steam went out of fashion and are now part of the collection at Windermere Steamboat Museum. The collection includes SL Dolly, 1850, thought to be the world's oldest mechanically powered boat, and several of the classic Windermere launches.


title: Steamboat

text: Today the 1900 steamer still sails on Loch Katrine, while on Loch Lomond PS "Maid of the Loch" is being restored, and in the English Lakes the oldest operating passenger yacht, SY "Gondola" (built 1859, rebuilt 1979), sails daily during the summer season on Coniston Water.


title: Steamboat

text: The paddle steamer "Waverley", built in 1947, is the last survivor of these fleets, and the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world. This ship sails a full season of cruises every year from places around Britain, and has sailed across the English Channel for a visit to commemorate the sinking of her predecessor, built in 1899, at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940.


title: Steamboat

text: After the Clyde, the Thames estuary was the main growth area for steamboats, starting with the "Margery" and the "Thames" in 1815, which were both brought down from the Clyde. Until the arrival of railways from 1838 onwards, steamers steadily took over the role of the many sail and rowed ferries, with at least 80 ferries by 1830 with routes from London to Gravesend and Margate, and upstream to Richmond. By 1835, the Diamond Steam Packet Company, one of several popular companies, reported that it had carried over 250,000 passengers in the year.


title: Steamboat

text: The first steamboat constructed of iron, the "Aaron Manby" was laid down in the Horseley Ironworks in Staffordshire in 1821 and launched at the Surrey Docks in Rotherhithe. After testing in the Thames, the boat steamed to Paris where she was used on the River Seine. Three similar iron steamers followed within a few years.


title: Steamboat

text: The SL (steam launch) "Nuneham" is a genuine Victorian steamer built in 1898, and operated on the non-tidal upper Thames by the Thames Steam Packet Boat Company. It is berthed at Runnymede.


title: Steamboat

text: SL "Nuneham" was built at Port Brimscombe on the Thames and Severn Canal by Edwin Clarke. She was built for Salter Bros at Oxford for the regular passenger service between Oxford and Kingston. The original Sissons triple-expansion steam engine was removed in the 1960s and replaced with a diesel engine. In 1972, the SL "Nuneham" was sold to a London boat operator and entered service on the Westminster Pier to Hampton Court service. In 1984 the boat was sold again – now practically derelict – to French Brothers Ltd at Runnymede as a restoration project.


title: Steamboat

text: Over a number of years French Brothers carefully restored the launch to its former specification. A similar Sissons triple-expansion engine was found in a museum in America, shipped back to the UK and installed, along with a new coal-fired Scotch boiler, designed and built by Alan McEwen of Keighley, Yorkshire. The superstructure was reconstructed to the original design and elegance, including the raised roof, wood panelled saloon and open top deck. The restoration was completed in 1997 and the launch was granted an MCA passenger certificate for 106 passengers. SL Nuneham was entered back into service by French Brothers Ltd, but trading as the Thames Steam Packet Boat Company.


title: Steamboat

text: Built in 1856, PS "Skibladner" is the oldest steamship still in operation, serving towns along lake Mjøsa in Norway.


title: Steamboat

text: In Denmark, steamboats were a popular means of transportation in earlier times, mostly for recreational purposes. They were deployed to carry passengers for short distances along the coastline or across larger lakes. Falling out of favour later on, some of the original boats are still in operation in a few places, such as "Hjejlen". Built in 1861, this steamboat is running second to the Norwegian Skibladner as the oldest steamship in operation and sails the lake of Julsø near Silkeborg.


title: Steamboat

text: Swiss lakes are home of a number of large steamships. On Lake Lucerne, five paddle steamers are still in service: ' (built in 1901, 800 passengers), ' (1902, 800 passengers), ' (1906, 900 passengers), ' (1913, 900 passengers, fastest paddle-wheeler on European lakes) and " (1928, 1200 passengers, last steamship built for a Swiss lake). There are also five steamers as well as some old steamships converted to diesel-powered paddlewheelers on Lake Geneva, two steamers on Lake Zurich and single ones on other lakes.


title: Steamboat

text: In Austria the paddle-wheeler " (250 passengers) of 1871 vintage continues in service on Traunsee. The paddle-wheeler of 1913 is the oldest running passenger ship on the Lake of Constance.


title: Steamboat

text: In The Netherlands, a steamboat is used for the annual Sinterklaas celebration. According to tradition, Sinterklaas always arrives in the Netherlands by steamboat. The steamer in The Netherlands is called Pakjesboot 12.


title: Steamboat

text: The New Zealand-built 1912 steamer TSS "Earnslaw" still makes regular sight-seeing trips across Lake Wakatipu, an alpine lake near Queenstown.


title: Steamboat

text: Seeing the great potential of the steam-powered vessels, Vietnamese Emperor Minh Mạng attempted to reproduce a French-made steamboat. The first test in 1838 was a failure as the boiler was broken. The task supervisor was chained and two officials Nguyễn Trung Mậu, Ngô Kim Lân from the Ministry of Construction were jailed for false report. The project was assigned again to Hoàng Văn Lịch and Võ Huy Trinh. In the second test two months later, the engine performed greatly. The Emperor rewarded the two handsomely. He commented that although this machine could be purchased from the Westerner, it is important that his engineers and mechanics could acquaint themselves with modern machinery. Therefore no expense was too great. Encouraged by the success, Minh Mạng ordered the engineers to study and develop steam engines and steamers to equip his naval fleets. At the end of Minh Mạng 's reign there were 3 steamers produced named "Yến Phi, Vân Phi and Vụ Phi". However, his successor could not maintain the industry due to financial problems, worsened by many years of social unrest under his rule.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant on the Bataan Peninsula, west of Manila, Philippines. Completed but never fueled, it is located on a government reservation at Napot Point in Morong, Bataan. It was the Philippines' only attempt at building a nuclear power plant. It was mothballed due to safety concerns in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986 and issues regarding corruption. Additionally, The "Letter of Instruction No. 957, s. 1979" was signed by the late President Ferdinand Marcos and was published on November 13, 1979, in which it states that the continuation of the construction was not possible due to potential hazards to the health and safety of the public.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The Philippine nuclear program started in 1958 with the creation of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) under Republic Act 2067. Under a regime of martial law, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in July 1973 announced the decision to build a nuclear power plant. A presidential committee was set up to secure funding for two 620 megawatt nuclear reactors for the energy needs of Luzon. This was in response to the 1973 oil crisis, as the Middle East oil embargo had put a heavy strain on the Philippine economy, and Marcos believed nuclear power to be the solution to meeting the country's energy demands and decreasing dependence on imported oil.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: Two proposals were submitted by General Electric and Westinghouse Electric. General Electric submitted a proposal containing detailed specifications of the nuclear plant and estimated it to cost US$700 million. On the other hand, Westinghouse submitted a lower cost estimate of US$500 million, but the proposal did not contain any detail or specification. The presidential committee tasked to oversee the project preferred General Electric's proposal, but this was overruled by Marcos in June 1974, who signed a letter of intent awarding the project to Westinghouse, despite the absence of any specifications on their proposal. Similarly, Marcos disregarded the advice of the National Power Corporation, the government-owned and controlled corporation responsible for electricity in the country.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The project was plagued with problems throughout construction, including location, welding, cabling, pipes and valves, permits, and kickbacks, as well as setbacks such as the decline of Marcos's influence and the incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. By March 1975, Westinghouse's cost estimate ballooned to US$1.2 billion without much explanation. The final cost was $2.2 billion for a single reactor producing half the power of the original proposal. Many problems identified in earlier stages remained throughout construction, as reported by inspectors though denied by Westinghouse. To provide context, the Philippine economy in 1976 only had a GDP of US$17 billion and a government budget of US$1.5 billion, as such the burden to the economy for one single project was deemed too heavy. The BNPP would be responsible to 10% of the country's external debt.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The PCGG would later order Marcos crony Herminio Disini to return US$50.6 million in commissions he earned from the deal. Marcos on the other hand received US$80 million in kickback from the project. The Office of the Solicitor General would also file that Marcos return PHP22.2 billion to the government for his conspiracy with Disini to defraud the government. In 2021, the Supreme Court of the Philippines would order Disini, through his estate, to pay back the government over PHP1 billion in damages, affirming a 2012 Sandiganbayan decision.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: Construction on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant began in 1976. Following the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States, construction on the BNPP was stopped, and a subsequent safety inquiry into the plant revealed over 4,000 defects. Among the issues raised was that it was built near a major geological fault line and close to the then dormant Mount Pinatubo.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: By 1984, when the BNPP was nearly complete, its cost had reached US$2.3 billion. Equipped with a Westinghouse light water reactor, it was designed to produce 621 megawatts of electricity.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: President Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by the People Power Revolution in February 1986. Days after the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the succeeding administration of President Corazon Aquino decided not to operate the plant. Among other considerations taken were the strong opposition from Bataan residents and Philippine citizens as well as concern over the integrity of the construction. The Philippines experienced 8- to 12-hour rolling blackouts and power rationing from 1989 to 1993.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The government sued Westinghouse for alleged overpricing and bribery but was ultimately rejected by a United States court. Debt repayment on the plant became the country's biggest single obligation. While successive governments have looked at several proposals to convert the plant into an oil, coal, or gas-fired power station, these options have all been deemed less economically attractive in the long term than simply constructing new power stations.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant was a focal point for anti-nuclear protests in the late 1970s and 1980s. The project was criticized for being a potential threat to public health, especially since the plant was located in an earthquake zone connected to Mount Natib, a caldera volcano similar to Mount Pinatubo. According to the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center, several earthquakes have occurred on Mount Natib from 1951 to 2016. Following proposals submitted in 2017 by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. and Russia's Rosatom to rehabilitate the plant, opposition to the nuclear plant also raised concerns related to safety and health issues, reliance on imported uranium, high waste, and the steep cost of decommissioning.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: Despite never being commissioned, the plant has remained intact, including the nuclear reactor, and has continued to be maintained. The Philippine government completed paying off its obligations on the plant in April 2007, more than 30 years after construction began.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: On January 29, 2008, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes announced that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) eight-man team led by Akira Omoto inspected the Bataan Nuclear power station on rehabilitation prospects. In preparing their report, the IAEA made two primary recommendations. First, the power plant's status must be thoroughly evaluated by technical inspections and economic evaluations conducted by a committed group of nuclear power experts with experience in preservation management. Second, the IAEA mission advised the Philippine government on the general requirements for starting its nuclear power program, stressing that the proper infrastructure, safety standards, and knowledge be implemented. The IAEA's role did not extend to assessing whether the power plant is usable or how much the plant may cost to rehabilitate.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: Plans to reactivate the plant was questioned by critics, citing the need to consider people's safety, the plant's structural defects, the fact that the plant stands near a major earthquake fault, and the large sums of money the government would need to loan to revive the plant. Critics also alleged that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant was being revived to become another source of government corruption. Opposition to the nuclear plant's revival came from Bataan and nearby provinces.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: On February 1, 2010, NAPOCOR started evaluating the financial plan of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), assessing that it may cost US$1 billion to rehabilitate the nuclear plant. On February 22, 2011, the Philippine government reimbursed the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) ₱4.2 billion (US$96 million) it spent for maintaining the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. It requires an average of ₱40 million a year just to maintain it. In May 2011, it was announced that the plant would be turned into a tourist attraction.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: In 2012, the Sandiganbayan graft court ordered entrepreneur and Marcos associate Herminio Disini to repay the Philippine government the amount of $50 million for his role in defrauding the country through the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: In 2016, various senators and a few media personnel inspected the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant for a possible bid to open it for public use. Inspecting senators told the media that the power plant was still in good condition. The Department of Energy was later given the go-ahead to look into the plant's rehabilitation. At least one senator has cautioned against reviving the nuclear power plant and stressed the need to consult scientists on the issue.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: Citing risks associated with the presence of the Lubao Fault, an active earthquake fault running through the nearby Mount Natib, scientists have advised against reviving the nuclear plant. However, officials from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology had declared the site of the plant is safe noting the facility's solid foundation and the dormancy of the nearby volcano Mount Natib.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: In late 2017, representatives from Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and Slovenia's GEN Energija went to assess the plant and make recommendations for its rehabilitation. They estimated rehabilitation costs between $3 billion to 4 billion and proposed steps for securing financing, drafting of relevant regulations, and training of technical personnel. They also recommended that the government consider constructing new nuclear power plants.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: In an interview with CNN Philippines in April 2018, the Russian ambassador to the Philippines commented that he believed that revival of the plant would not be possible due to its outdated design. In contrast, Rosatom's vice president for Southeast Asia, Egor Simonov, stated that it would be possible to revive the plant, noting its "relatively good condition" despite decades of disuse. However, Simonov added that reviving the nuclear power plant may not be cost-effective.


title: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

text: In 2019, the Department of National Defense expressed its support for the revival of the nuclear power plant. The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute also urged the government to revive the power plant.


title: Race 2

text: Race 2 is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language crime-thriller action film directed by Abbas–Mustan and written by Kiran Kotrial and Shiraz Ahmed. The film was produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under the Tips Industries banner, with UTV Motion Pictures serving as distributor and presenter. A sequel to the 2008 film, "Race" and the second installment of the "Race film series", the film stars Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bipasha Basu and Ameesha Patel. The music of the film is composed by Pritam, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Salim–Sulaiman. The film was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.


title: Race 2

text: Made on a budget of , Race "2" was released on 25 January 2013 (India) and 26 January 2013 (Worldwide). The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and audience. It grossed ₹161 crore worldwide and was deemed as a "Super Hit" .


title: Race 2

text: The movie opens with a contract killer blasting a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo by shooting that car's petrol tank.


title: Race 2

text: Couple of years later, a robbery takes place and European printing plates are stolen. Businessman Ranvir Singh meets a casino owner, Vikram Thapar, claiming to have been behind the robbery. He offers Thapar €1500 million in counterfeit currency in exchange for €500 million in real banknotes. Thapar agrees and borrows the €500 million from Armaan Malik, who is a dreaded crime boss and the leader of the powerful Turkish mafia. It is then revealed that Ranvir never stole the printing plates, and was cheating Thapar. Unable to return Armaan's money, Thapar is forced to give the control of his five casinos in Istanbul, Turkey (as per the agreement the two men struck).


title: Race 2

text: The cheating is a plan that Ranvir made a week earlier with Armaan, who he met through Ranveer's childhood friend Inspector Robert "RD" D'Costa and his dim-witted assistant Cherry. Ranvir provides Thapar's casinos for €500 million to Armaan by taking 10% from it. They both become friends and partners. Ranvir meets Armaan's younger sister Aleena, who is also Armaan's 50% shareholder, and gradually becomes attracted to her.


title: Race 2

text: Ranvir sees a picture of his deceased wife Sonia in Armaan's girlfriend Omisha's wallet, and begins to woo her in order to gain her confidence. One day, RD points out Ranvir helping Armaan to become even wealthier. Ranvir states that he is trying to bankrupt Armaan as Armaan and Thapar were responsible for Sonia's death.


title: Race 2

text: He begins his narration: Ranvir and a pregnant Sonia were in Cyprus, where Sonia's sister Tanya calls them to meet her in Bangkok. On the way, Ranvir tells Sonia that before going to Bangkok, he wants to transfer some savings from the bank. Unaware of a contract killer lurking around to kill Sonia, Ranvir asks her to sit in the car as he heads for the bank. Armaan's assassin successfully shoots the car's fuel tank (the Lamborghini car blasting scene at the beginning of the film), where Sonia dies. Ranvir chased the assassin, and killed him by burning his car with cigarette lighter. Ranvir also tells RD that Sonia's body is in the morgue, and he will not bury Sonia until he bankrupts Armaan. Omisha tells him that she is Sonia's sister Tanya Martin.


title: Race 2

text: Ranvir schemes to sell the Shroud of Turin and sell it to Armaan. After that, he will steal both the shroud and Armaan's wealth. However, RD, who is afraid of Armaan, betrays Ranvir and tells the truth to Armaan, who asks to give 15 billion euros to Armaan's old friend, godfather Anza, as an investment. Armaan also has to win a fight against the fighter Typhoon.


title: Race 2

text: Aleena reveals Armaan was the one who planted a bomb in her car to kill her, and decides to help Ranvir. Ranvir steals the shroud while Armaan wins his fight against Typhoon. During the celebration, Aleena poisons Ranvir's glass. As he slowly dies, Armaan reveals that through RD, he knew his plan and Aleena was never on Ranvir's side. Omisha is also on Armaan's side and is not Sonia's sister. After Ranvir dies, Armaan and Omisha retrieve the shroud and leave in their private jet. Armaan points his gun at Aleena, revealing that he had been planning to kill her to take her share of the money. Unexpectedly, Ranvir crashes through the wall; Aleena never poisoned his drink. Aleena tells Armaan that she is on Ranvir's side, well aware of the fact that Armaan was attempting to kill her. Ranvir reveals that RD never betrayed him and that he himself told RD to inform Armaan of the real plan, making the latter think he was ahead of Ranvir.


title: Race 2

text: Ranvir and Armaan have an intense combat in the malfunctioning private jet. Armaan tells Ranvir that he killed Sonia because she fled away with his money. He shoots the pilot and escapes with Omisha with a parachute, leaving Ranvir and Aleena to die in the resulting plane crash. However, the two manage to escape using Armaan's Audi R8 sports car, which floats on four attached parachutes. Armaan and Omisha hand over the shroud to Anza. On inspection, it is revealed to be fake. When Anza asks for his bearer bonds, they are also fake. Ranvir calls Armaan and taunts him that he is will be no less different than a beggar. It is also revealed that Anza is secretly helping Ranvir and Armaan is forced to hand over his properties, while Omisha dumps him for Anza. After being bankrupt, Armaan vows vengeance on Ranvir.


title: Race 2

text: Ranvir visits Sonia's grave with Aleena and gives RD's share of money. When RD asks about the real shroud, he reveals that he never stole the shroud; it is still in the church. Aleena had switched the real bearer bonds while he and Armaan were fighting on the plane. RD admits that he does not want to risk his life again and makes Ranvir promise to never meet him again. Ranvir warns RD that promises are made to be broken, as the latter walks away.


title: Race 2

text: After the success of "Race" (2008), Ramesh Taurani registered "Race 2" as a title and Abbas–Mustan said that they would go ahead with a sequel "if we get a script in place which is even better than the original." The screenplay and story was written by Shiraz Ahmed and Kiran Kotrial who also wrote "Race". Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor were the first to sign on in November 2009 and were reported to be the only returning cast members from the first film. In June 2010, John Abraham was signed on to play the antagonist and Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra were approached to co-star opposite Khan and Abraham respectively. However, Kapoor turned down the role as she didn't want her pairing with Khan to get repetitive; Chopra opted out due to scheduling conflicts. It was also rumoured that Asin Thottumkal had been shortlisted to star alongside Khan; however Padukone was cast. In December 2010, Sonakshi Sinha was cast as a replacement for Priyanka. Chitrangda Singh was approached for a role opposite Anil Kapoor in May 2011 but eventually dropped out for unspecified reasons. Ameesha Patel and Mallika Sherawat were considered for that same role, but it ultimately went to Patel.


title: Race 2

text: The film's shooting was set to begin on 5 October 2011 but was postponed to accommodate Deepika Padukone's dates causing scheduling conflicts with Sonakshi Sinha. Sinha's dates conflicted with her filming schedule for "Dabangg 2" (2012), forcing her to drop out. In October 2011, Jacqueline Fernandez who had opted out of "Krrish 3" (2013) and "Raaz 3" (2012) was cast as a replacement for Sinha. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Bipasha Basu would be reprising her role as Sonia in a cameo appearance and continuing to be role of Khan's wife. Despite rumours suggesting that Bipasha would be sharing screen space with ex-boyfriend John Abraham for the first time after their break-up, but John denied this. Reports have said that after this statement was said Abraham then told Saif that he didn't want to work with Bipasha in the first place. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the largest of Sunni clerics in India, urged PM Manmohan Singh to stop their publication and display of "Race 2" posters that featured verses from the Quran.


title: Race 2

text: The first Indian schedule began on 5 November 2011 in Mumbai for 15 days, wrapping up on 20 November. Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt was in talks to join the cast, but he dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. The second schedule commenced on 23 January 2012 in Mumbai. Padukone dropped out within six days because the film was always being rescheduled.


title: Race 2

text: "Race 2"'s producer Ramesh Taurani released a statement to the media deeming Padukone's behaviour as "unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable". Also, it was reported that Asin was offered the role to replace Padukone, although it has been rumoured that she declined the offer, thus avoiding any controversies regarding her and Kapoor. However, Padukone and Taurani agreed on a settlement after much negotiation and the filming continued as planned. Fernandez, Abraham and Padukone joined the cast in May at Istanbul for the third schedule. On 7 October 2012, the shooting was completed. The Mardan Palace in Turkey was the setting for many scenes where it was shown as the home of Padukone and Abraham's characters.


title: Race 2

text: The soundtrack of "Race 2" which is composed by Pritam and Yo Yo Honey Singh features 10 tracks, with four remix versions an unplugged version and a mashup of all the tracks. It was released on 11 January 2013. The film score is composed by Salim–Sulaiman.


title: Race 2

text: The songs "Lat Lag Gayee", "Be Intehaan," and "Party on My Mind" became extremely popular and were declared as chartbusters. The song "Lat Lag Gayee" was choreographed by Karishma Chavan.


title: Race 2

text: The soundtrack received positive critical reception. "IBN Live" gave it 4/5 stars saying, ""Race 2"'s soundtrack is racy to the core. In a nutshell, the album is bound to be a hit. Let's just hope the movie is as good as the soundtrack is!" Shresht Poddar, of "Score" magazine, gave the album 3/5 stars saying, "Personally, as a standalone album with no biases, it is enjoyable, but it could have done with better lyrics. The tracks are foot-tapping, and they would appeal to the masses. But if you compare it to "Race", the album undoubtedly falls flat."


title: Race 2

text: "Race 2" was released in 3200 screens in India; it is the third biggest release ever for a Hindi film after "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012) (3300 screens) and "Dabangg 2" (2012) (3700 screens). "Race 2" was released in more than 50 countries, including US, UK, Gulf, Australia, Pakistan as well as non-traditional markets like Maldives, East Timor, Myanmar, Morocco and Vietnam (with as many as seven screens). The film had a simultaneous release in Morocco in four to five screens, including theatres in Casablanca and Marrakech. "Race 2" is subtitled in Arabic, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, and Dutch.


title: Race 2

text: Madhureeta Mukherjee of "The Times of India" rated the film 3 out of 5, while commenting, "Mass dialogue delivery, heists, fully anti-hero characters, glamorous and sexy heroines, roulette, luxury and exotic cars, gizmos, and gangs – Director duo, Abbas-Mustan have thrown in everything with pompous grandeur, save for a riveting plot that shocks or stuns." Rubina A Khan of "The First Post" gave it 3 out of 5 stars, adding, "Race 2 delivers what it promises – good looking and anti hero ensemble cast, exotic locations, luxurious cars, bomb squads, revenge, lust and love, a couple of good and preppy style music tracks and, most importantly, a plot which opens a thrilling pace." Shivesh Kumar of "IndiaWeekly" awarded the movie 3.8 out of 5 stars.


title: Race 2

text: Taran Adarsh of "Bollywood Hungama" gave 4 out of 5 stars and said "The writing isn't watertight, the film lacks a hit score, the climax is far from effective and overall, Race 2 pales in comparison to Race." Rajeev Masand of "CNN-IBN" awarded it a score of 3.5 out of 5 while commenting "The film has no intellectual pretensions; its only ambition is to offer a good time. In that, it mostly succeeds." Anupama Chopra of "Hindustantimes" gave 4.8 out of 5, reviewing, ""Race 2" is essentially a big-budget film in which coolness is all. The director duo Abbas–Mustan have no pretensions about what they are making – full-on masala with a dash of revenge, a slice of heist and characters who are either strutting their chiseled bodies in slow motion or betraying each other." Saibal Chatterjee of "NDTV" gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5 and feels "This is a movie strictly for action who might be looking for a feverish two-and-a-half-hour ride that is far more giddy than heady."


title: Race 2

text: "Race 2" had what Box Office India called a "solid opening" at multiplexes and single screens with occupancy of around 60%–70%. The film had a very good opening day, netting . It showed good growth in its second day, collecting approximately nett and became the fourth biggest Saturday collections ever. "Race 2" did well on its first weekend by collecting around nett by collecting around on Sunday. "Race 2" dropped on Monday as it collected around nett.


title: Race 2

text: Despite dropping collections after the weekend, the film managed to do well and netted around in its first week. "Race 2" did pretty well on its second Friday collecting around nett. The film had a decent second weekend and collected around with first Sunday collections going to around 60 million nett plus. It collected around nett in 10 days. It did well in its second week collecting around nett. The two-week total was around nett. It further added in its third week. The movie as per Box Office India stands at over 1 billion in India.


title: Race 2

text: "Race 2" had a good opening in overseas with approximately the opening weekend. "Race 2" grossed approximately $5.5 million overseas in ten days. After grossing $6 million in 17 days overseas, the film was declared a hit by Box Office India. "Race 2" recorded similar figures in overseas markets like its prequel. Moreover, it recorded the highest ever collection in Pakistan for any Bollywood film with an amount of $775,000 beating "Don 2" which netted $675,000. Its final business in the overseas market is around $6.5 million.


title: Race 2

text: After making two successful films, makers planned the third Installment of this series, which is unrelated to the first two films and will feature a whole new star cast, with the exception of Anil Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez. Salman Khan, Bobby Deol, and Daisy Shah were some of the new faces in the series and Remo D'Souza replaced Abbas–Mustan as the director of "Race 3". But, the film, which was released on 15 June 2018, received highly negative reviews from critics and audiences and is considered one of Bollywood's worst films.


title: At Close Range

text: At Close Range is a 1986 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by James Foley, based on the real life rural Pennsylvania crime family led by Bruce Johnston Sr. which operated during the 1960s and 1970s. It stars Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, with Mary Stuart Masterson, Sean's brother Chris Penn, David Strathairn, Crispin Glover, Kiefer Sutherland, and Eileen Ryan in supporting roles.


title: At Close Range

text: Brad Whitewood Sr. is a career criminal and the leader of his family's gang of rural back-door criminals. Sr's criminal enterprises intersect when his son, Brad Whitewood Jr., a floundering, out-of-work teenager living in near squalor with his mother, grandmother, brother and mother's boyfriend, comes to stay with him. When his father shows up in a flashy car with a pocket full of hundred dollar bills, Brad Jr. formulates a desire to join his father's life of crime. At first Jr. starts a gang with his brother, Tommy, fencing their stolen goods through Brad Sr.'s criminal network. As a result of entanglements with his 16-year-old girlfriend, Terry, Brad Jr. seeks full entry into his father's gang, but after witnessing a murder he tries to back out. Eventually Brad Jr's gang is arrested while attempting to steal tractors, and the FBI and local law enforcement attempt to lean on Brad Jr. to get him to turn evidence on his father's gang.


title: At Close Range

text: During Brad Jr.'s time in jail, Brad Sr. becomes convinced that Terry is a risk to his activities, thinking that Brad Jr. may confide details to Terry and that she has a big mouth. In an attempt to destroy her relationship with Brad Jr., Brad Sr. rapes Terry after getting her drunk and stoned. After a prison visit where Terry, accompanied by Brad Jr's mother, has a conversation with Brad Jr., it seems that Brad Jr. begins to cooperate with the police. The members of Brad Jr's gang are subpoenaed, and Brad Sr. feels his only recourse is to eliminate them. The gang kills Lucas, Aggie and Tommy. Brad Jr. and Terry plan to flee to Montana, but they are ambushed. Terry is killed, and Brad Jr. is seriously wounded. Brad Jr. confronts his father armed with his father's gun, intending on killing him, but decides instead to cooperate with police.


title: At Close Range

text: The movie, while depicting incidents in Chester County and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was actually filmed in Franklin, Tennessee and Spring Hill, Tennessee.


title: At Close Range

text: Music for the film was composed by Patrick Leonard, who had been working on an instrumental theme for "Fire with Fire", and wanted to enlist Madonna for the vocals. Leonard was turned down by Paramount for that project, but Madonna, who was at the time married to Sean Penn, decided that the theme would work well for "At Close Range". She composed the lyrics and presented a demo cassette to director James Foley, and suggested Leonard compose the film's soundtrack. The theme with Madonna's lyrics became the single "Live to Tell". A slower instrumental version opened the film's main title sequence, a harbinger of the end credit sequence, which was accompanied by the version from Madonna's album "True Blue". Versions of the instrumental show up throughout. The instrumental score by Leonard remained unreleased until a version of the main titles appeared on the Internet in 2014, although the 45 single of "Live to Tell" included a B-side incomplete instrumental version of the score.


title: At Close Range

text: The music to the film included a number of singles from the late ‘70s, including "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey, as well as a number of arrangements featuring LeRoux.


title: At Close Range

text: Roger Ebert gave the "At Close Range" 3½ (out of 4) stars, noting that "few recent films have painted such a bleak picture of human nature". He described Penn as "probably the best of the younger actors", while lauding Walken's "hateful" performance.


title: At Close Range

text: At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 7.2/10. It holds a score of 67 out of 100 on Metacritic from 9 appraisals, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


title: At Close Range

text: Despite the accolades and warm reviews, the film was not a box office success. It grossed a total of $2,347,000 at the North American box office during its theatrical run in 83 theaters, earning less than its production budget of $6.5 million.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: She is best known for originating the role of Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" on Broadway, and for her multiple appearances as Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera." She began by playing the role in the Las Vegas production of "Phantom" in 2006. In 2010, she reprised the role of Christine Daaé in the original London version of "Love Never Dies", which continues the story of "Phantom", opposite West End / Broadway actor Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom. She also played the role in the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera" in 2013. She also originated the role of Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock, 2016.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Sierra Boggess was born and raised in Denver, Colorado with her older sister, Summer, and her younger sister, Allegra. All three sisters are professional musicians. The three were members of the Colorado Children's Chorale. Her parents are Kellun Turner Boggess and Michael Boggess. She attended George Washington High School. In an interview with "The Interval", Boggess discussed the influence of drama studies during high school on her early development. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Millikin University in 2004, where she studied voice with Cynthia Douglas.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess began her career in the ensemble and as an understudy for Cosette on the U.S. national tour of "Les Misérables". She also played the roles of Binky and Ram Dass in the musical "Princesses" at Goodspeed Opera House and the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle. Her previous work includes "West Side Story" (Maria), "The Pirates of Penzance" (Mabel), "The Boy Friend" and "Sweet Charity" (Charity).


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Around the time she was performing in "Les Misérables", Boggess was cast in a Las Vegas production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" at The Venetian Las Vegas. The production opened on June 24, 2006. Boggess starred in the female leading role of Christine Daaé, co-starring with Anthony Crivello and Brent Barrett alternating in the title role. She stayed with the Las Vegas production for a year.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess was then cast in her Broadway debut, originating the leading role of Ariel in "The Little Mermaid". She performed with the show in its pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Ellie Caulkins Opera House, which ran from July 26, 2007, through September 9, 2007. The Broadway production began previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007. It was temporarily closed from November 10, 2007, until November 28, 2007, as a result of the 2007 Broadway stagehand strike. Performances resumed the next day following the strike, and the official opening night was pushed from December 6, 2007, to January 10, 2008. Boggess received positive reviews for her performance. She stayed with the show for a year and a half, before playing her final performance as Ariel on May 31, 2009. Boggess was replaced by understudy Chelsea Morgan Stock.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: While she was performing in "The Little Mermaid", Boggess starred opposite Kristin Chenoweth in the Encores! staged concert of "Music in the Air" in February 2009.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: From February 2010 to March 2011, Boggess starred as Christine Daaé in the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera", "Love Never Dies". She also took part in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on August 22, 2010, which was screened on August 28. After leaving "Love Never Dies" and being replaced by Celia Graham, Boggess played Sharon, alongside Tyne Daly, in the Broadway revival of "Master Class", beginning on June 14, 2011. The show concluded its limited engagement on September 4, 2011.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess once again played Christine Daaé in the 25th anniversary concert of "The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall" in London with "Love Never Dies" co-star Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom at the Royal Albert Hall on October 1 and 2, 2011.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess starred in the Off-Broadway show "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" from February 29, 2012, through the show's closure on March 25, 2012.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: In April 2012, Boggess announced that she dropped out of "Rebecca" and instead joined the cast of the upcoming musical revue "Prince of Broadway" which pays tribute to director Harold Prince. However, the project was postponed until 2013. On July 2, 2012, Boggess returned to "Les Misérables" until January 10, 2013. This time she joined the West End company at the Queen's Theatre and took over the role of Fantine.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: On January 21, 2013, Boggess returned to the role of Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera" for the Broadway production's 25th anniversary and co-starred opposite Hugh Panaro as the Phantom. She performed the role for a limited six-week engagement through March 2, 2013. She was replaced by Christine alternate Samantha Hill.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Following "The Phantom of the Opera", Boggess began teaching various musical theater master classes and began to workshop an upcoming musical adaptation of the 1998 film "Ever After". However, Boggess was not part of the new musical's world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2015. She also made her cabaret debut with a solo show titled "Awakening" at New York's 54 Below. The 54 Below shows were recorded for a live debut solo album "Awakening: Live at 54 Below", which was released on December 10, 2013, from Broadway Records.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: In January 2014 Boggess played the role of a lesbian in the short film "Russian Broadway Shut Down" (protesting the Russian government's response to homosexuality in theater). For several years since 2014, Boggess has identified herself with the often repeated motivational moniker; "You are enough. You are so enough. It's unbelievable how enough you are."


title: Sierra Boggess

text: On March 20, 2014, it was announced that Boggess would once again rejoin the Broadway company of "The Phantom of the Opera" as Christine and reunite with her former "Little Mermaid" co-star Norm Lewis as the Phantom (who made history as the first African-American actor to play the title role in the Broadway cast). They began their runs on May 12, 2014. Boggess concluded her run as Christine on September 6, 2014, and was replaced by Christine alternate Mary Michael Patterson.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: After completing her role in "Phantom of the Opera" with Norm Lewis, Boggess returned to her alma mater Millikin University to perform a benefit concert featuring the Class of 2015 BFA Musical Theatre majors. The concert, based on her "Awakening" cabaret at 54 Below, was held to raise money for the school's new Theatre & Dance building.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess originated the role of Rebecca Steinberg in the 2015 Broadway production of "It Shoulda Been You" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The musical—which also starred Boggess' former "Master Class" co-star Tyne Daly—was directed by David Hyde Pierce. The show began preview performances on March 17, opened on April 14, and closed on August 9, 2015.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess performed the role of school principal Rosalie Mullins in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical adaptation of "School of Rock" at the Winter Garden Theatre. The production began previews on November 9, 2015, and opened on December 6.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: In February 2016, she reunited with Ramin Karimloo in the Manhattan Concert Productions staging of "The Secret Garden" in which she sang the role of Lily.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: On August 8, 2016, Boggess ended her role as Rosalie Mullins in "School Of Rock" and was replaced by Jennifer Gambatese. After leaving "School of Rock", she was set to portray her role as Christine Daaé in "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra", the French production of "The Phantom of the Opera". However, the production has been postponed until further notice due to a fire in the Théâtre Mogador, where the show was supposed to be performed. The Théâtre Mogador was only a few blocks away from the Opéra Garnier, where the plot of "The Phantom of the Opera" takes place.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: On November 10, 2016, Boggess reunited with her "Music in the Air" co-star Kristin Chenoweth during her solo show "".


title: Sierra Boggess

text: On December 5, 2016, it was announced that Boggess would embark on her first Australian concert tour in June 2017, making stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. She began her tour on January 28, 2017, and traveled with her cellist sister Summer Boggess.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess starred in "The Age of Innocence" as Countess Ellen Olenska at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut. The show ran from April 5 – May 6, 2018 before the production moved to Princeton, New Jersey's McCarter Theatre for a run from September 7 – October 7, 2018. In early 2019, Boggess starred as Danielle de Barbarac in the Alliance Theatre production of "Ever After The Musical". Boggess is expected to reprise her role in "Ever After" for the show's third regional production at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in December 2019.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: From July 26–28, 2019, Boggess reunited with her "" co-star Anthony Crivello in the Hollywood Bowl's production of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods." Boggess starred as Cinderella alongside Sutton Foster (The Baker's Wife), Skylar Astin (The Baker), Patina Miller (The Witch), Gaten Matarazzo (Jack), Shanice Williams (Little Red Riding Hood), Cheyenne Jackson (Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf), Anthony Crivello (Mysterious Man), and Whoopi Goldberg (The Giant).


title: Sierra Boggess

text: From March 13-May 15, 2022, Boggess starred as "Mary" in the New York premiere of Barry Manilow's musical "Harmony" at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess has been involved in a number of extended blog series on the web often in association with Broadway.com. These have included the ten-part series titled "Daae Days" which includes two episodes where Boggess interviews between 15–20 fellow Broadway actresses who have also portrayed the role of Christine Daae in "Phantom of the Opera" over the many years of its production. Her second vlog "Going Bridal" went behind the scenes from rehearsals to opening "It Shoulda Been You" as Rebecca Steinberg. Boggess has also created a video series with her voice coach Mary Setrakian titled "Tea and Spinklers" also released in 2014.


title: Sierra Boggess

text: Boggess' personal website describes her as an "avid yogi, vegetarian, and animal rights activist." She has frequently participated in Broadway Barks, a cat and dog adoption event founded by Bernadette Peters.


title: Damien Dante Wayans

text: Damien Dante Wayans (born April 29, 1980) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and director. He is a member of the Wayans family.


title: Damien Dante Wayans

text: Wayans was born in New York City, he is the nephew of the Wayans Siblings, which consists of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans. He is the son of their sibling Elvira Wayans and brother of Chaunté Wayans. Damon Wayans Jr. and Michael Wayans are his cousins.


title: Damien Dante Wayans

text: Damien Dante Wayans began his career in 1987 in Eddie Murphy's concert film "Eddie Murphy Raw". He acted with his uncle "Damon Wayans" in "Major Payne". He then went on to writing and directing. His big break in acting was in Jamie Kennedy's film "Malibu's Most Wanted" when he played the role of Tec, Shondra's (Regina Hall) ex-boyfriend. Damien has written and directed several episodes of his uncle Damon's sitcom "My Wife And Kids". In 2006, Damien along with his cousin Craig Wayans wrote and produced on uncle Damon's "The Underground", a sketch comedy show on Showtime. Damien also directed a few segments.


title: Damien Dante Wayans

text: He made his directorial debut with the film "Dance Flick", which was written by Damien, Keenen, Shawn, Marlon and Craig Wayans.


title: Damien Dante Wayans

text: In 2009, Damien formed a film and TV production company called "Second Generation Productions", given their being the second generation of Wayans in the entertainment industry. Damien plans to create, develop and produce multiplatform content.


title: Nicole Power

text: Nicole Penney Power (born ) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Shannon Ross in "Kim's Convenience" and its spin-off series "Strays".


title: Nicole Power

text: Power was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and grew up in Middle Cove. She attended Memorial University of Newfoundland for one year of general studies before moving to Ontario, where she graduated from Sheridan College's Musical Theatre program and Second City's conservatory. Power also became a member of Soulpepper Theatre Academy.


title: Nicole Power

text: Power has appeared in Canadian stage productions of "West Side Story", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Legally Blonde", "La Cage aux Folles", "", "Evangeline", and The Charlottetown Festival's production of "".


title: Nicole Power

text: She is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Shannon in "Kim's Convenience", receiving nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 and at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.


title: Nicole Power

text: In 2021 she was announced as the star of "Strays", a spinoff of "Kim's Convenience" which will see Shannon Ross move to Hamilton, Ontario to embark on a new career.


title: .25 ACP

text: The .25 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) (6.35×16mmSR) is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled centerfire pistol cartridge introduced by John Browning in 1905 alongside the Fabrique Nationale M1905 pistol.


title: .25 ACP

text: The cartridge is of semi-rimmed design meaning that the rim protrudes slightly beyond the diameter of the base of the cartridge so the cartridge can headspace on the rim.


title: .25 ACP

text: Though the .25 ACP was designed for semi-automatic pistols, various .25 ACP revolvers were produced in the early twentieth century by Belgian, French, and German gunmakers such as Adolph Frank and Decker. In the late twentieth century, Bowen Classic Arms produced a custom Smith & Wesson revolver in .25 ACP.


title: .25 ACP

text: The use of the .25 ACP allows for a very compact lightweight gun, but the cartridge is relatively short-ranged and low-powered, putting it in the same class as the .22 LR rimfire cartridge but at a significantly higher cost. The .25 ACP is viewed by some as a better choice for personal defense handguns due to its centerfire-case design, which is inherently more reliable and more powerful than a .22 LR rimfire cartridge.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken-based restaurants founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO John Y. Brown Jr., who was a former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Brown had been an early investor in Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971. During his successful music career, Rogers had appeared in several commercials for the Dole Food Company before founding this restaurant chain.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: The menu of Kenny Rogers Roasters originally featured wood-fired rotisserie chicken. After closing all of its U.S. operations and a series of ownership changes, Kenny Rogers Roasters operates principally in Asia as part of Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya Corporation Berhad. The Kenny Rogers Roasters brand is owned by Kenny Rogers Roasters International Corporation, a subsidiary of Roasters Asia Pacific (Cayman) Limited which itself is owned by Berjaya Corporation Berhad.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: John Y. Brown Jr., a business entrepreneur from the commonwealth of Kentucky had worked with the restaurant chains KFC and Lum's. After serving as Governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, Brown decided to return to the restaurant business. He chose to start a chicken restaurant in Coral Springs, Florida, in 1991, forming a partnership with country music singer Kenny Rogers who had previously released his own cook book. The first store opened in September 1991, and Rogers himself was present at the opening. Kenny Rogers Roasters was one of several restaurants to open in southern Florida that year, owing to the popularity of grilled chicken both in that particular market and nationwide.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: By 1995, the menu had expanded to include turkey, ribs, and various side dishes. The chain eventually grew to over 350 restaurants, including locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Kenny Rogers Roasters found itself in competition with Boston Chicken (later Boston Market) and several smaller roasted chicken chains. Kentucky Fried Chicken also introduced a roasted chicken line of products called Rotisserie Gold to compete with Roasters and Boston Chicken. In December 1992, Clucker's, a minor player in the roasted chicken market, sued Kenny Rogers Roasters, claiming the chain had copied its recipes and menus. The lawsuit continued until Kenny Rogers Roasters purchased a majority stake in Cluckers in August 1994. Brown expanded the company to a chain of more than 425 restaurants before selling his interest in the franchise to the Malaysia-based Berjaya Group in 1996.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In 1994, two restaurants were opened in Athens, Greece. However both were closed only a couple of years later


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In 1996, the chain announced plans to open in the United Kingdom and purchased locations in various cities. At this point, annual sales topped $300 million. However, the planned restaurants in Britain never materialized.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: The company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 1998 and was bought by Nathan's Famous, Inc. for $1.25 million (US$ million in more recent terms) on April 1, 1999; as a result of restructuring, many locations closed. Rotisserie-roasted chicken had become commonplace in many food supermarkets. By 2000, the chain was down to 90 franchised restaurants, 40 of those in the U.S.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Nathan's Famous divested itself of Kenny Rogers Roasters in 2008, selling it to their Asian franchisee, Roasters Asia Pacific (Cayman) Limited, a company which is owned by Berjaya Group of Malaysia. The last Kenny Rogers Roasters operating in North America was located in the Ontario Mills mall in Ontario, California, which closed on December 31, 2011.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: The 2008 purchase agreement allowed for Nathan's Famous and Miami Subs to continue selling Kenny Rogers Roasters items in their restaurants. Nathan's continues to serve Kenny Rogers Roasters items in select locations, such as its flagship location on Coney Island. Miami Subs (since sold off by Nathan's) no longer has a "Kenny Rogers" section on their menu.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Despite the chain's end in the United States, Kenny Rogers Roasters continues to flourish in Asia under the ownership of Berjaya Group. An article published by Time.com in 2011 reported that Kenny Rogers Roasters had grown to almost 140 restaurants across Asia, with continued expansion in Malaysia, the Philippines, and more recently southern China.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In Malaysia, the Kenny Rogers Roasters chain of restaurants is developed and operated by Berjaya Roasters (M) Sdn Bhd. Under a corporate exercise by Berjaya Corporation Berhad in 2011, Berjaya Roasters (M) Sdn Bhd became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berjaya Food Berhad.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In March 2011, Berjaya Food Berhad listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. Effectively, Berjaya Food Berhad is responsible for establishing, operating, and expanding Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurants in Malaysia. This includes developing the Kenny Rogers Roasters brand, managing menu items, and acting as a central procurement agent for Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurants across Malaysia.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: As a brand, Kenny Rogers Roasters advocates healthy eating as reflected in its brand tag line "less fat...less salt...less calories". -- compared to fried chicken.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In its 2012 Annual Report, Berjaya Corporation Berhad reported that as of April 30, 2012, Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurants numbered 74 in Malaysia and 8 in Indonesia. It was also mentioned that Roasters Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Limited has operations in other countries including the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China, and the Philippines.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In addition, Roasters Asia Pacific has been undergoing expansion in other international territories including India and the Middle East. Kenny Rogers Roasters opened its first outlet in Brunei in January 2013. The second Brunei outlet was opened at Tanjung Bunut in June 2015.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Kenny Rogers Roasters started operations in Bangladesh in December 2012 with a restaurant in Gulshan, Dhaka. They terminated their operation in Bangladesh in 2018.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In June 2014, Kenny Rogers opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in the Aeon Mall. This was the chain's first location in Cambodia.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: The Kenny Rogers Roasters expansion to the United Arab Emirates happened in June 2015 at Al-Karama, Dubai.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: In December 2016, the first KRR opened in Thailand in the Laguna area of Phuket. There are currently plans to open other restaurants within Phuket and then into other parts of Thailand as well.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: Kenny Rogers Roasters is the center of an episode of "Seinfeld", "The Chicken Roaster". After a branch opens in the neighborhood, Kramer cannot sleep due to its neon sign shining through his window, so he hangs up a banner to drive it out of business. The branch shuts down at the end of the episode when Jerry unintentionally sabotages it with a soaked rat hat. The story was inspired by a real-life confrontation between a New York City branch of Kenny Rogers Roasters and a neighboring law office.


title: Kenny Rogers Roasters

text: On the HBO show "The Sopranos", Kenny Rogers Roasters is referenced as the restaurant where Janice Soprano served former NFL star Barry Sanders while working there as a waitress.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany. The original variant (Type 209/1100) was designed in the late 1960s. The class is exclusively designed for export market. Despite not being operated by the German Navy, five variants of the class (209/1100, 209/1200, 209/1300, 209/1400 and 209/1500) have been successfully exported to 13 countries, with 61 submarines being built and commissioned between 1971 and 2008.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: In the early 1970s, many navies began to need replacements for World War II-era submarines, aging United States GUPPY conversions, and British units transferred postwar. During this time, few western submarine designs were available for export as most were large, expensive, sophisticated and difficult to operate, and designed for the Cold War. Several designs originally built for specific nations were available including the French , British , and the Soviet submarines. The design, designated by the German Ministry of Defense as the "Type 209" provided a solution providing the combination of size, performance, relative ease of operation for small or inexperienced navies, reasonable price and economy of operation.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The submarine was designed by Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) headed by Ulrich Gabler and is largely based on previous German submarine designs (in particular the Type 206) with increased equipment. The design is single hulled and allows the commanding officer to see the entire submarine from the bow to stern while standing at the periscope. Four 120-cell batteries are located forward and aft of the command center in the lower deck and make up about 25% of the boat's displacement. Two main ballast tanks with forward and aft trim tanks allow the boat to dive. They are powered by four MTU diesels and four AEG generators. The AEG electric motor is attached directly to a five- or seven-bladed propeller.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Type 209 submarines are armed with eight bow torpedo tubes and 14 torpedoes. The Type 209/1200s used by Greece and South Korea, and the Type 209/1400s used by Turkey are also armed with Sub-Harpoon missiles. Boats used by South Korea can be armed with 28 mines in place of torpedoes and Harpoon missiles; while the Indian boats can carry 24 mines externally.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The class can be armed with a variety of torpedo models depending upon the country. The majority of boats carry SUT - Surface and Underwater Target (Greece, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea) or the SST - Special Surface Target (Argentina, Peru, Turkey's 209/1200s, Venezuela) torpedoes. The boats can also carry the Mark 24 Tigerfish (Brazil, Turkey's "Preveze" class 209/1400), DM2A3 (Colombia), Blackshark (Chile), A184 mod. 3 (Ecuador), DM2A4 (Turkey's "Gür" class 209/1400) and Mark 37 (Argentina).


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Brazil's boats will receive new integrated combat systems from Lockheed Martin to enable use of the Mark 48 torpedo. Successful tests of the new combat system occurred on "Tapajó" in December 2011.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Five variants of this submarine have been produced: Type 209/1100, Type 209/1200, Type 209/1300, Type 209/1400 and Type 209/1500. The "U-209PN" ordered by the Portuguese Navy is actually a Type 214. The first three s built for the Israeli Navy are based on the Type 209 although heavily modified and enlarged.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Several modifications have occurred in the class resulting in these variants including the fitting of newer diesel engines. New air conditioning and electronics features have been added to accommodate orders from South America. The displacement in some variants has increased by nearly 50% in order to install new equipment, modernize accommodations, and extend range.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The team of Ingenieurkontor Lübeck (IKL) and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) proposed an enlarged Type 209 submarine, the Type 2000, for the program. The proposed design was roughly 500 tons more than the Type 209/1500s for India and lost to the Type 471 from Kockums, an enlarged .


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The "Thomson" class built for the Chilean Navy has escape hatches fitted in the torpedo and engine room. An additional aft hatch is fitted in the sail with access to the machinery. The boats are fitted with higher masts to compensate for regional ocean wave conditions.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The "Tupi" class built by the Brazilian Navy is a modified Type 209/1400. The boat is longer and fitted with higher power diesels, different electric motors, batteries, electronics and sensors.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The "Shishumar" class built for and by India is unique for having an IKL-designed integrated escape sphere. The sphere has accommodations for the entire crew with an eight-hour air supply.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The "Sabalo" class built for Venezuela was slightly lengthened during a modernization at HDW in the early 1990s. The increased length is due to the addition of a new sonar dome that is similar to the model found on the German Type 206.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Between 2004 and 2006, the Indonesian Type 209/1300 () submarine underwent a refurbishment by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea. The refurbished submarine featured new batteries, overhauled engines, and modernized combat systems. In 2009, Daewoo won another order to refurbish , which was completed in early 2012. During the two refurbishments, the submarines' existing STN Atlas-Elektronik CSU 3-2 sonar suites were replaced with L-3 ELAC Nautik's LOPAS 8300 passive sonar system and Kongsberg MSI-90U MK2 CMS.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: It is also possible to upgrade these submarines with the latest air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems. The first ships to receive this upgrade were to be three ships of the Greek "Poseidon" class Type 209/1200 under the Neptune II upgrade program. They were to be upgraded by cutting the boat in half aft of the control room and adding a plug with a 120 kW Siemens AIP system to the ship. The program was canceled in 2009 due to cancellation of the Archimedes Project (Type 214), but not before Okeanos (S118) completed the upgrade. After the Archimedes Project settlement was reached, it was decided that instead of upgrading the remaining two Type 209s, two additional Type 214 ships were to be ordered, but that deal was cancelled by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft. Turkish Navy's AIP upgrade of "Atılay" class (209 Type 1200) was also shelved in favor of acquiring new Type 214 subs.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The South Korean "Chang Bogo"-class submarines (Hangul: 장보고급 잠수함, Hanja: 張保皐級潛水艦) have reportedly been heavily upgraded in the 21st century, which if undertaken was supposed to include domestic hull stretch augmentation from 1,200 tons to 1,400 tons and installment of domestically developed Torpedo Acoustic Counter Measures (TACM). Some upgrades could have been affected or altered due to Korean economic problems of the late 1990s, which modified other plans to acquire nine 1,500-ton AIP-equipped boats or upgrade six 1200 boats to 1,500-tons AIP-equipped boats, although the more ambitious plan to acquire nine 1,800-ton Type 214 AIP submarines was preserved and put under progress, not unaided by the quick recovery of the South Korean economy in 1999, which will reportedly be wrapped up in 2018 when all submarines of the type are scheduled to be commissioned. LIG Nex1 began producing TACM for unspecified submarine types of the ROKN as well, which finished development in 2000. Outfitting of the submarines with Sub-Harpoon launching capability was a part of the upgrade, and seems to have been carried out on several submarines by 2008. They can equip the White Shark heavy torpedo, and can possibly equip submarine-launched Hae Sung anti-ship missiles later on. AIP and flank-array sonars are planned for future modernizations.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: In December 2011, Daewoo won a contract to build Indonesia three 1,400-ton "Chang Bogo" class (the ) submarines for $1.07 billion. Construction of the submarines will start in January 2012 for delivery by 2015 and 2016, for commissioning in the first half of 2018. They'll be equipped with torpedoes and guided missiles. The submarines are described to be Korea's original model, bigger and more advanced than Indonesia's refurbished Type 209/1300. Initially the offered submarines were going to be in-service ROKN submarines. The sale will be done without the involvement of German companies. South Korea is currently the only country outside Germany independently offering the Type 209 for sale. Indonesia was also offered two license built Type 209 submarines manufactured by a group of Turkish (SSM - Undersecretariat for Defense Industries) and German companies (HDW/ThyssenKrupp), a deal reported to be valued at $1 billion. SSM was also offering the leases of Type 209 submarines until new submarines could be completed. The offer has since been superseded by the DSME submarine contract. The three new submarines would be equipped with the Kongsberg MSI-90U MK2 combat systems, Indra's Pegaso RESM system and Aries-S LPI radar.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Countries operating the Type 209 include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Greece, India, Indonesia, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela. All Type 209s remain in service except for which was stricken in 1997 after an incomplete overhaul, "Glavkos" decommissioned in 2011, TCG "Saldıray" decommissioned in 2014, TCG "Atılay" decommissioned in 2016, and which sank in 2021. Iran had an order for six Type 209 submarines that was cancelled by Grand Ayatolla Khomeini in 1979, following the Iranian Revolution.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The first user was the Hellenic Navy which purchased four Type 209/1100 and four Type 209/1200 submarines.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: The largest operator of the Type 209 is the Turkish Navy which operates six Type 209/1200 submarines (commissioned between 1976 and 1989) and eight Type 209/1400 submarines (commissioned between 1994 and 2007). At present, the Turkish Navy is also the largest operator of German designed submarines in the world.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Three new Type 209/1400 submarines were delivered to South Africa in 2006, costing $285 million each.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Type 209s are often supplemented with other submarine designs or are scheduled to be replaced by them. Argentina received two s ("Santa Cruz" class) during the 1980s. Ten s were purchased by India in the 1980s and 1990s (), along with the INS "Chakra" in 2011. Two s have been commissioned by Chile, while Brazil has four and India has six ships ordered or under construction. Nine Type 214 submarines ("Son Won-il" class) are commissioned, building, or planned by South Korea to supplement its force, while Greece is replacing its aging "Glavkos" class with four Type 214 submarines ("Papanikolis" class), and Turkey will be replacing early "Atılay"-class ships with six Type 214 submarines.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: During the Falklands War the Argentinian Type 209/1200 submarine "San Luis" performed a war patrol. While on their way to the area assigned the fire control computer went out of order. The vessel continued on to the combat area, and managed to fire at least 3 wire guided SST-4 mod0 torpedoes at the British fleet. The torpedoes suffered from various issues, with the guide wire cut a minute after launch and the torpedoes going off the assigned course. After the war testing revealed that the torpedoes' electric gyroscopes had reversed polarity, which resulted in a complete refit of the entire Argentinean torpedo stock, and a conversion of a portion of this stock from Mod0 to Mod1, performed by the firm which produced these weapons (AEG). Beside the torpedo issue, "San Luis" patrolled mostly undetected.


title: Type 209 submarine

text: Egypt initially ordered two Type-209/1400mod submarines in 2011 and later ordered two more in 2014. The shipbuilder TKMS started building the first submarine "S41" (861) in March 2012, the vessel was launched in December 2015 after 57 months of construction work. The Egyptian Navy received the "S41" in December 2016, the second submarine "S42" was launched during the same month. In April 2017, The "S41" arrived at its home port in Alexandria and officially entered service, after a long journey from Kiel. Before reaching its naval base, the "S41" conducted its first naval exercise with other units from the Egyptian Navy, ensuring its readiness to join the fleet.<ref name="Egypt raises flag on first-ever German Type 209/1400 attack submarine - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online"></ref> The Egyptian submarines have 8 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes and are able to carry and launch up to 14 missiles and torpedoes, in addition to deploying naval mines. They will be fitted with SeaHake mod 4 torpedoes and UGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Aliens in the Attic is a 2009 American comic science fiction film directed by John Schultz and written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg, based on an original story conceived by Burton. Starring Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Gillian Vigman, Andy Richter, Doris Roberts, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows, Josh Peck, J. K. Simmons, Kari Wahlgren and Thomas Haden Church, the plot revolves around the children in the Pearson family defending their vacation home against a group of aliens, who are planning an invasion of Earth until one of the aliens betrays them and joins the Pearson children in battle.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Produced by Regency Enterprises and Dune Entertainment, "Aliens in the Attic" was released theatrically by 20th Century Fox on July 31, 2009 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from film critics and failed at the box office, earning merely $57.9 million on a $45 million budget.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: A meteor shower rockets through the dark galaxy. Four glowing pods hide behind the meteor shower. Suddenly the four glowing pods make a hard right and head towards the distant planet Earth.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: In a Chicago suburb, Stuart Pearson (Kevin Nealon), and his wife Nina (Gillian Vigman), head a family that includes 7-year-old Hannah (Ashley Boettcher), 17-year-old Bethany (Ashley Tisdale), who goes on secret outings with her boyfriend Ricky Dillman (Robert Hoffman), and 15-year-old techno-geek Tom (Carter Jenkins). After arguing with Tom over hacking into his school's website to change his grades, Stuart takes his family to a lakeside holiday home in Creek Landing, Michigan. Joining them is Nathan "Nate" Pearson (Andy Richter), his 14-year-old show off son Jake (Austin Butler), identical 12-year-old gamer twins Art (Henri Young) and Lee (Regan Young), and Nana Rose (Doris Roberts). Ricky also arrives unexpectedly and talks his way into staying overnight, by giving the impression that his car broke down (he secretly took out one of the plugs) so he can spend time with Bethany.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: As the family settles in, dark storm clouds swirl around the house and the four glowing pods land on the roof. A crew of little aliens emerges, made up of Skip (J. K. Simmons), a nasty, tough commander, Tazer (Thomas Haden Church), an ugly muscle-bound soldier armed to the teeth, Razor (Kari Wahlgren), a violent female soldier, and Sparks (Josh Peck), the four-armed engineer, and the only non-threatening member. Since the aliens crashed into the satellite dish, Ricky and Tom are sent to fix it. In the attic, Ricky then reveals to Tom that he lied about his car breaking down, and being 18, Ricky is actually in college and four years older than Bethany. Ricky sends Tom to fix the satellite dish by himself, but it is broken beyond repair. Investigating further, Tom and Jake discover the aliens. Ricky is shot by Tazer with a dart-like "mind control plug", allowing the aliens to control him via remote.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Called "Zirkonians", the aliens plan to take over Earth and make Ricky attack the boys, but Tom and Jake manage to escape with Hannah and the twins' help. Tazer shoots them with mind control plugs but they fall off harmlessly; the devices do not work on kids. The group calls 911, but sheriff Doug Armstrong (Tim Meadows), doesn't believe them and scolds them while the aliens cut the phone wire. The kids decide to protect the adults by keeping the aliens' existence a secret. Tom creates a potato gun and repels the first alien attack from the attic. In the process, they obtain Ricky's controller and turn against the aliens. The kids orchestrate a scheme to get the adults out of the house and then ambush the aliens as they try to reach the basement via the air vents, gentle and non-violent Sparks ends up becoming separated from the group and inside Hannah's room, where the latter befriends him he reveals that he wants to return to his family.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Sparks helps the kids by creating weapons for them and reveals his teammates are after a machine called the "Sizematron", buried under the basement for many years that will allow the Zirkonians to invade the planet. The kids forgot their grandmother, and the aliens' mind controlled her. Which gives her superhuman strength and agility, but they obtain, and she defeats Ricky (now back in alien control) in a scene reminiscent of a fighting video game. However, the aliens manage to capture Jake and Sparks, whom they need to complete their mission - while Bethany discovers the aliens' existence.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: While rescuing Jake in the basement, Ricky insults Tom and the others and breaks up with Bethany because she always talks about feelings and family. The kids attack the aliens and rescue Sparks, but Skip succeeds in using the Sizematron machine, growing 30 feet tall and calls the Zirkonian invasion ships, prompting the kids to mind-control Skip into sending him and a grown Tazer back to the machine as Sparks has controlled it to shrink. Tazer and Razor (who have fallen in love) flee, while Skip is sucked into the damaged machine, which explodes. Sparks calls off the invasion and returns home to planet Zirkon after bidding farewell to the kids. Having grown closer towards each other the whole time, the kids resume their vacation and enjoy a day of fishing together with their parents, while Skip, having survived the explosion yet shrunk to an even smaller size than before, reappears bent on revenge, only for a crow to snatch him away and meets his demise.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: In a mid-credits scene, Bethany and Tom get their revenge on Ricky by making him look like a fool in front of his new girlfriend Annie Filkins, using the mind control remote; Bethany gleefully comments that "she is so keeping this" after she and Tom make Ricky land on his testicles on the stair rail.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: In March 2006, 20th Century Fox announced that they picked up Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg's script for the film, then titled "They Came from Upstairs". Marc Resteghini was hired to oversee the film for Fox with Kara Francis Smith for Regency Enterprises. Barry Josephson was confirmed as the main producer for the film while Thor Freudenthal was initially hired to direct the film, but was later replaced by John Schultz. Pre-production on the film began in March 2007.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: In January 2008, Ashley Tisdale was cast in the film as Bethany Pearson; Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins and Austin Butler were later cast as well. Doris Roberts signed onto the film in February 2008. MTV later confirmed that Josh Peck joined the cast as the voice of the alien Sparks. Tisdale recorded a song titled "Switch" for the film, which was also included in her second album, "Guilty Pleasure". The original motion picture soundtrack was released on August 18, 2009.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Principal photography began at the end of January 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland-based production company New Upstairs Productions stated that filming would run for 30–40 days from January 28 to April 18, 2008 with no filming in weekends. The film was shot in a rambling old villa transported from Remuera to a farm in North Auckland. The main set was an old manor and the crew spent $700,000 restoring the house. Principal photography ended in mid-March 2008, though Tisdale, Butler and Jenkins returned to the set for reshoots in April 2009.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: "Aliens in the Attic" was originally scheduled to be released in January 2009, but was pushed back to July 31, 2009. The United Kingdom release also coincided with a charity auction for Save the Children which teamed up with eBay and 20th Century Fox where various celebrities, including several actors from the film, sold items from their attics to raise money for the charity.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: Reviews of "Aliens in the Attic" were mixed; the film holds a 34% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 74 reviews with an average critical score of 4.60/10, with the consensus stating: "Inoffensive and kid-friendly, this mundane family comedy is light on imagination." On Metacritic, the film has an average score 42 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: "Entertainment Weekly" described the film as "a pointless and harmless family adventure that doesn't mentally assault the 12-and-over set and looks like a lot of fun", while "San Francisco Chronicle" called it unoriginal and crowd pleasing. "Variety" stated the film would appeal primarily to a more narrow demographic of tweens and preteens and despite Tisdale's presence, it’s difficult to imagine many ticket buyers between the ages of 12 and 18 while "The New York Times" described Jenkins and Butler as the actors with more personality and Hoffman as the actor who provides the film’s occasional funny moments and stated that even though she is credited as one of the main characters, Tisdale spends most of the film off-screen.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: The "Los Angeles Times" called the film "an enjoyable kid-friendly film but not an out-of-this-world classic" and also mentioned the film belonged to Hoffman, and Kirk Honeycutt of "The Hollywood Reporter" said director John Schultz "played everything for laughs and earns a more than a few but tech effects deliver a fair number of those laughs" and described the film as an "amusing family comedy". "Radio Times" gave the film a three out of five stars rating, saying that the film is "a thrilling children's yarn with enough pop-culture references to hold grown-ups' interest".


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: "The Dove Foundation" praised the film, saying it is "one of those movies that you find to be better than anticipated" and also said the film draws on realism in family dynamics. Lara Martin of "Digital Spy" described the film as a "kid-friendly mix of "Men in Black" crossed with "Gremlins" with a healthy dose of "Home Alone"-style violence" and also mentioned that one of the biggest disappointments in the movie is the lack of screen time given to Tisdale, billed as one of the leading actors, who "gets a promising start as she rebels against her parents and struts around in her bikini, but she's quickly relegated to background fodder purely there to provide excess opportunities for the alien-controlled Ricky to shine" and concluded saying it seems "a bizarre and sad waste of her obvious comedic talent". "The Miami Herald" gave the film a mixed review, describing it as a "children's movie mix of live-action and animation, it has a few positive messages, a few laughs and a few comic throwdowns".


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: "Aliens in the Attic" grossed $8 million its opening weekend while playing in 3,108 theaters, ranking No. 5 at the North American box office. The film ended its theatrical run on November 22, 2009, having grossed $$25,200,412 domestically and $32,680,644 overseas for a worldwide total of $57,881,056.


title: Aliens in the Attic

text: A video game is based on the movie of the same name that was released on August 4, 2009, in North America, followed by an international release on August 6, 2009. The game developers were Revistronic for the Wii,PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows platforms and Engine Software for the Nintendo DS, published by Playlogic. The game features follow the storyline of the movie and it was available for Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS Nintendo 3ds, and Microsoft Windows. The game also offers players two different gameplay perspectives depending upon which video game platform players choose. The game allows to play as Tom, Hannah, Jake, Art, Lee, Bethany or Sparks, Skip, Tazer and Razor across 15 missions.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: The AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response) is an advanced stand off precision-guided, air-launched cruise missile produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the United States Armed Forces and their allies. Developed from the AGM-84E SLAM (Standoff Land Attack Missile, itself developed by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems from the McDonnell Douglas Harpoon antiship missile), the SLAM-ER is capable of attacking land and sea targets medium to long range (over 155 nautical miles/270 km maximum). The SLAM-ER relies on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and infrared imaging for its navigation and control, and it can strike both moving and stationary targets.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: The SLAM-ER can be remotely controlled while in flight, and it can be redirected to another target after launch if the original target has already been destroyed, or is no longer considered to be dangerous (command guidance). The SLAM-ER is a very accurate weapon; as of 2009 it had the best circular error probable (CEP) of any missile used by the U.S. Navy.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: In 1999, Boeing and the U.S. Navy conducted a live fire of a SLAM-ER from an F/A-18 Hornet on the decommissioned USS Dale (CG-19) off the coast of Puerto Rico.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: The SLAM-ER obtained initial operating capability in June 2000. A total of three SLAM-ER missiles were fired by the U.S. Navy during the Iraq War, and the missile was also used during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: The General Electric Company provides an Automatic Target Recognition Unit (ATRU) for the SLAM-ER that processes prelaunch and postlaunch targeting data, allows high speed video comparison (DSMAC), and enables the SLAM-ER to be used in a true "fire and forget" manner. It also includes a "man-in-the-loop" mode, where the pilot or weapons system officer can designate the point of impact precisely, even if the target has no distinguishing infrared signature.


title: AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

text: It can be launched and controlled by a variety of aircraft including the F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-16 Block 50+ and P-3C Orion, as well as by the U.S. Air Force's F-15E Strike Eagle. Before the retirement of the S-3B Viking, it was also able to launch and control the SLAM-ER. The South Korean air force's version of the F-15E Strike Eagle, the F-15K Slam Eagle, has been capable of launching and controlling the SLAM-ER since 2006 in test exercises.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: M-80s are an American class of large powerful firecrackers, sometimes called salutes. M-80s were originally made in the mid 20th century for the U.S. military to simulate explosives or artillery fire; later, M-80s were manufactured as fireworks. Traditionally, M-80s were made from a small cardboard tube, often red, approximately long and inside diameter, with a fuse coming out of the side; this type of fuse is commonly known as cannon fuse or Visco fuse, after a company responsible for standardizing the product. The tubes usually hold approximately 3 grams of pyrotechnic flash powder. The "M" is designated by a U.S. military convention for "standard" equipment and "80" is for the 80 grains (5 grams) of flash powder within it.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: M-80s are not authorized under the law, making importation, possession, transportation, storage, or manufacture of them illegal in Canada.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: Because an M-80 is a pyrotechnic device containing a charge in excess of 50 milligrams of pyrotechnic flash powder, civilian use requires a license issued by federal authorities. This is the result of the Child Protection Act of 1966 and regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, with the purpose of limiting the potential property damage and bodily harm M-80s can cause. This law also covers cherry bombs.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: In 1975, federal regulations were passed to limit all consumer-grade fireworks available for general sale to the public in the United States to a maximum of 50 milligrams flash powder, down from a previous maximum of 200 milligrams. However, firecrackers mounted onto a rocket stick, or other aerial firework devices, such as rockets, Roman candles, and the larger version of M-80s (M-1000 etc.), may still have significantly more, up to 130 mg, or more, depending on device and classification, and can be legally purchased by any American civilian citizen, except where prohibited by state law.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: A person with a federal explosives license, issued by the ATF, may be allowed to purchase M-80s. Federal and state officials sometimes distribute them to farmers to scare away wildlife damaging their crops.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: Many firecrackers sold legally in the United States to consumers have names and appearances intended to mimic the "M-80", such as for example "M-80 Firecracker", "M-8000", or "M-"##"" (where "##" is a number). Those differ significantly from the actual "M-80" as they are subject to the regulations with regard to the sale of explosives and fireworks to the general public. These firecrackers most commonly have a small capsule with up to 50 mg of powder and a fuse in it. Surrounding the capsule is plaster or a similar material, and finally a red tube and two plastic endcaps. Because of the size of these firecrackers, buyers are occasionally deceived into thinking that the entire tube is full. Also the fuse, at times, protrudes from the ends of these firecrackers, as opposed to the middle of the tube in real M-80s. Genuine M-80s have paper endcaps, and contain 50–60 times more powder.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin-based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contain a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: Cases of documented injuries and accidents accompanied civilian M-80 use during the 1950s and 1960s, and still occur, as M-80s are still produced and sold to the public. There have been documented cases of users losing their fingers or hands.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: During a July 8, 1976, Richmond Coliseum KISS concert, a fan threw an M-80 onto the stage, leaving drummer Peter Criss with partial hearing loss for the remainder of the night.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: On October 10, 1977, during an Aerosmith concert in Philadelphia's Spectrum, a fan threw an M-80 firework that injured singer Steven Tyler's face, and lead guitarist Joe Perry's hand.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: On May 24, 1983, a truck trailer being used as a secret unlicensed fireworks factory manufacturing M-80 fireworks exploded outside of Rowesville, South Carolina, killing two, injuring five, and damaging houses up to two and a half miles away. Three days later an explosion at a secret unlicensed fireworks factory producing M-80 and M-100 fireworks near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven, injured one, and inflicted damage within a radius of several miles. The operation was by far the largest-known illegal fireworks operation, and the initial blast was heard as far away as from the site. Both operations were connected to a multi-state illegal fireworks distribution and production ring, and multiple people were eventually sent to prison for their involvement in both incidents.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: The 1986 San Francisco fireworks factory explosion occurred when an illegal machine making M-80s failed, resulting in widespread destruction of a city block, killing at least 8 people, and devastating 125 small businesses.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: Angar Hussan, a fourteen-year-old Indian immigrant, died at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City on July 5, 1990, a day after he was struck in the throat by metal shards from an exploding steel garbage can while watching M-80 firecrackers being set off at a Fourth of July block party sponsored by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club outside the club's headquarters in the East Village, Manhattan. Three other bystanders were injured, two seriously. Hells Angels members Anthony Morabito and John Tannuzzo were charged with second-degree murder in Hussan's death on October 22. The motorcycle club as a corporation also was indicted on the charges. Of the two men charged with murder, one was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, and the case against the other was dismissed.


title: M-80 (explosive)

text: July 1, 2019, ABC News reported that a nine-year-old girl was critically injured after handling what was suspected to be an M-80.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: The Cambodia national football team represents Cambodia in soccer and is administered by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). Operated under the name Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975, it was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: After decades of war, it returned internationally and its first tournament was the Tiger Cup, in which it was defeated in all 4 matches. It participated in the 1998 World Cup qualification, and got eliminated in the bottom of a group. It withdrew from participating in the 2006 World Cup qualification. It participated in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification, before withdrew from 2004 and 2007 qualification attempts.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: Following its failure to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, it participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, where it had to face Pakistan in the first round. It beat Pakistan in both games 4–1 on aggregate to reach the second round. Once it had entered this stage again, it had to deal with Hong Kong, Bahrain, Iraq and Iran. It obtained a 1–1 draw at home to Hong Kong, before receiving defeats in the remaining games.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: Before May 27, 2022, the home kit was a blue and black shirt with black shorts and blue socks; while the original away kit was all white with a series of horizontal red stripes on the shirt. FBT sponsored this version of the kit.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: On May 27, 2022, the team announced its new kit collection. The Khmer sportswear company Varaman established in February 2022 sponsored them with designs by HCD football agency Clan United. The designs are based upon the flag of Cambodia, with the blue and red tones from the flag featured along with a pattern made from pixelated images of Angkor Wat. The 2022 home shirt uses a 3 toned blue digital camouflage design. The away shirt is all white fabric, with a zoomed in section of the pattern decorated in faint blue and red tones whilst being separated by patterns and shapes. To match each set, the goalkeeper kits are red and blue for home and away respectively. The repeated element is "slightly off-coloured" from the base fabric. The training kits are blue, red, and white with a graffiti styled pattern on each.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: The Morodok Techo National Sports Complex, with a capacity of 75,000, and associated facilities, was anticipated to be used to facilitate international friendly matches and regional qualifiers.


title: Cambodia national football team

text: The following players were selected for the friendly match against Malaysia on 09th December 2022 and for the 2022 AFF Championship.


title: Jeff Hiller

text: Jeff Hiller is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his portrayal of Joel on "Somebody Somewhere".


title: Jeff Hiller

text: Hiller started performing improv comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2001 where he was part of the improv teams "People People", "The Scam", "Creep", "Rumpleteaser" and "Police Chief Rumble".


title: Jeff Hiller

text: Hiller has appeared in various television series, including "Guiding Light", "Ugly Betty", "30 Rock", "", "Psych", "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "Community". Hiller also appeared in the films "Morning Glory" and "Ghost Town". Hiller was well-received for his performance as John Quincy Adams in the hit rock musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson".


title: Jeff Hiller

text: In 2018, Hiller replaced Drew Droege’s celebrated solo show, "Bright Colors and Bold Patterns" off-Broadway and it was directed by Michael Urie.


title: Saucony

text: Saucony is an American brand of athletic footwear and apparel. Founded in 1898, the company is owned by Wolverine World Wide. Products commercialised by Saucony include footwear and clothing ranges, such as athletic shoes, jackets, hoodies, t-shirts, sweatpants, shorts, and socks. Accessories include hats and backpacks.


title: Saucony

text: Saucony's shoe boxes once had the phrase "sock a knee" printed on them, which represents the correct pronunciation of the company's name. The Saucony brand logo represents the Saucony Creek's constant flow, and the boulders lining its creek bed.


title: Saucony

text: The company is a popular racing shoe producer, making track spikes and cross country racing flats. Saucony also makes shoes for specific track and field athletics events.