question: chris cornell she's going to change the world

answers: Can't Change Me

title: Chris Cornell

text: the World", starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. In 1985, Cornell started dating Susan Silver, the manager of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Screaming Trees, and they got married in 1990. They had a daughter, Lillian Jean, born in June 2000. He and Silver divorced in 2004. In December 2008, Cornell reported via his official website that he had finally won back his collection of 15 guitars after a four-year court battle with Silver. In 2004, he married Vicky Karayiannis, a Paris-based American publicist of Greek heritage. The couple had a daughter together, Toni, in September 2004, and a son,

title: Chris Cornell (album)

text: Chris Cornell (album) Chris Cornell is a posthumous compilation album by American musician Chris Cornell, released on November 16, 2018. It compiles his solo work, as well as his work with his bands Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, and includes a new song titled "When Bad Does Good". The album was released in a variety of versions, including standard and deluxe versions in both digital (download and streaming) and physical formats (CD and vinyl), and a super deluxe box set that includes a total of 64 tracks, including 10 unreleased songs. In a statement, Cornell's wife Vicky said

title: Can't Change Me

text: see everything that's wrong with me/But what can I do?/I'm the only thing I really have at all." Cornell unveils a desire to be reckoned with as an openly wounded and unabashedly portentous rock balladeer." A music video directed by Johan Renck was produced for the song. Its filming was showcased in an episode of MTV's "Making the Video". Cornell recorded a version of the song in French. This version is a bonus track on "Euphoria Morning"'s deluxe version, and on the Japanese and European editions of the album released in November 1999. The song was translated to French by

title: Chris Cornell

text: song sold 323,000 digital copies and 3.5 million streams, and was also nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 2008 Grammy Awards. This song became the first song recorded for his solo album "Carry On", which he began work on in 2007. In August 2011, Cornell released "The Keeper", an original song written for the Marc Forster-directed 2011 film "Machine Gun Preacher". The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2012. For the first 24 hours after its release, the song was exclusively available as part of the "Donate

title: Garbage (album)

text: Cornell", because she was obsessed with the lead singer of Soundgarden. A demo version of the song features Manson singing Cornell's name. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that the album "has all the trappings of alternative rock—off-kilter arrangements, occasional bursts of noise, a female singer with a thin, airy voice, but it comes off as pop" because of Vig's "glossy production". Erlewine characterized the sound of the record as "slick and professional", full of "well-crafted pop songs", including "trashy alternative pop gems" like "Queer" and "Vow". "The A.V. Club" described the album as "a prototypically '90s record full of

title: Chris Cornell

text: Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell was also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood. Cornell is considered one of the chief architects of the 1990s grunge movement, and is well known for his extensive catalog as a songwriter, his nearly four-octave vocal

title: Scream (Chris Cornell song)

text: ingenious, is sort of capturing the two moods of the music," he said. "There's kind of two things going on. It's a record that's 111 beats per minute, which is fast. But the music and lyrics and the vocals are actually kind of slow and relaxed and flowing over this beat that's pretty uptempo and kind of chaotic and excited. The way Alan's shot the video, he's shooting both at the same time. My role in the video is performing the song in super-slow-motion, where I'm existing in this Zen-like world, singing these song lyrics and everything going on around

title: Chris Cornell

text: was released on March 10, 2009. Timbaland has referred to the recording sessions as "The best work I've done in my career," and predicted that Cornell will be the "first rock star in the club". Cornell called the new album "a highlight of my career". The album was largely panned by critics, but was the highest charting album of Cornell's solo career, reaching No. 10 on the "Billboard" 200. On April 2, 2009, Cornell took over Atlanta Rock station, Project 961, WKLS. For 24 hours the station became "Chris-FM" and included a two-hour special of Cornell DJing and playing his

title: Chris Cornell

text: range, and his powerful vocal belting technique. He released four solo studio albums, "Euphoria Morning" (1999), "Carry On" (2007), "Scream" (2009), "Higher Truth" (2015) and the live album "Songbook" (2011). Cornell received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song "The Keeper", which appeared in the 2011 film "Machine Gun Preacher", and co-wrote and performed the theme song to the James Bond film "Casino Royale" (2006), "You Know My Name". His last solo release before his death was the charity single "The Promise", written for the ending credits for the 2016 film of the same name. He was voted "Rock's

title: Can't Change Me

text: Greg Tate of Rolling Stone said this about the song "Can't Change Me," is as rhapsodically gorgeous as pop gets, putting a spin on true love that any reprobate slacker can relate to: "She's going to change the world/ But she can't change me/Suddenly I can see everything that's wrong with me/But what can I do?/I'm the only thing I really have at all." Cornell unveils a desire to be reckoned with as an openly wounded and unabashedly portentous rock balladeer."

title: Chris Cornell

text: only 2,000 units were sold. Several songs and albums by Cornell populated Billboard's rock charts, including seven new entries on the Hot Rock Songs survey. Cornell's Hot Rock Songs presence was led at No. 7 by Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun", which became the band's first No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, moving 17,000 downloads (up from 1,000 the week before). The song also drew 4 million U.S. streams (up from 1.3 million). "Black Hole Sun" marked the band's best rank on the Hot Rock Songs since "Live to Rise" peaked at No. 4 in June 2012.

title: Blow Up the Outside World

text: for the 2014 film "". The same cover was also used in TV spots for the second season of the WGN America drama Manhattan, as well as in Season 1 Episode 7 of Inhumans (TV series). All songs written by Chris Cornell, except where noted: Blow Up the Outside World "Blow Up the Outside World" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Blow Up the Outside World" was released on November 18, 1996, as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, "Down on the Upside" (1996). The song topped the "Billboard"

title: Chris Cornell

text: called "Chris Cornell". According to lead singer Shirley Manson, she was obsessed with Cornell at the time of the release of Soundgarden's hit song "Black Hole Sun". A demo version of "Fix Me Now" has Manson singing Cornell's name. The line "I'm looking California, and feeling Minnesota" from Soundgarden's song "Outshined" (written by Cornell), inspired the title of Steven Baigelman's 1996 film "Feeling Minnesota", starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz. Cornell's song "Preaching the End of the World" from his debut solo album "Euphoria Morning", inspired the title of Lorene Scafaria's 2012 film "Seeking a Friend for the End of

title: Chris Cornell (album)

text: acoustic versions", including Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", which he called "throbbing with restrained power", but called his covers of John Lennon's "Imagine" and the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" "ill-advised", as well as "mawkish" and a "perfunctory run-through", respectively. True felt that while "a majority of this collection is given over to Soundgarden", it is still "Cornell's voice that wins through – a star-burst of a scream, a full-throated delight." Chris Cornell (album) Chris Cornell is a posthumous compilation album by American musician Chris Cornell, released on November 16, 2018. It compiles his solo work, as well as his

title: Chris Cornell

text: to Download" campaign for Sam Childers' Angels of East Africa children's charity. The song is also the lead track on the film's soundtrack album. In 2012, Soundgarden released their first song in 15 years, "Live to Rise", written for "The Avengers" movie soundtrack. In 2013, Cornell wrote the song "Misery Chain", for the soundtrack to the film "12 Years a Slave", in which he performed a duet with Joy Williams. In 2016, Cornell covered the song "Stay With Me Baby" for the soundtrack of the HBO TV series "Vinyl". Cornell said about recording the song; "I was very honored to

title: You Know My Name

text: directed by Michael Haussman, who tried to compare "the lives of a professional spy and a rock star". The video premiered on MTV's "Making the Video" on October 31, 2006. "You Know My Name" was released in the winter of 2006 and became the most successful song from Chris Cornell on the rock charts and arguably Cornell's most recognizable and popular song. The song peaked at number 79 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 64 on the "Billboard" Pop 100 chart. In Europe, "You Know My Name" charted in several markets and peaked at number 7 in the UK

title: Billie Jean

text: group The Sound Bluntz also recorded a cover which peaked at No. 17 on the Australian charts during March 2003. It also reached No. 17 in Belgium, No. 14 in Finland, and No. 53 in the Netherlands. "Billie Jean" was recorded by American rock musician Chris Cornell for his "Carry On" album in 2007. Cornell said of his cover, "I didn't plan on it. It just sort of happened organically. I changed the music quite a bit, I didn't touch the lyrics." He added, "And it's not a joke. I took a completely different approach to it, musically." Cornell had

title: Chris Cornell

text: I love what he's done with Audioslave and the things he's done since then." Eddie Vedder declared in a 2009 interview that Cornell was "the best singer that we've got on the planet." In April 2017, Scott Stapp stated that Cornell was "the greatest pure Rock singer". "I'm really a huge fan of him, and everything that he has done. I just think all around that he is an extremely talented artist, songwriter, singer, and guitar player. He can do so many different things to evoke emotion. From the soulfulness, to the top end of his range when he gets

title: Chris Cornell

text: / January 30, 2015 / Benaroya Hall". Proceeds will benefit the Seattle Symphony and Vitalogy Foundation. In 2016 he sang Drive My Car in Beat Bugs episode 18b. In 1992, Cornell contributed his first solo song "Seasons", and Soundgarden's song "Birth Ritual" to the . He also contributed the song "Sunshower" (a bonus track on the Japanese release of "Euphoria Morning") to the soundtrack of the 1998 film, "Great Expectations", and a reworked version of the track "Mission", retitled "Mission 2000", was used on the to the 2000 film, "". Cornell and composer David Arnold collaborated on the song "You

title: Chris Cornell

text: get the whole picture" playing music by Soundgarden and Audioslave, as well as his solo material. In 2008, Cornell was featured on the Main Stage of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour. Throughout the tour, Cornell collaborated with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington while performing "Hunger Strike", and with Street Drum Corps for a number of his Soundgarden tracks. While Linkin Park would perform their Grammy-winning song "Crawling", he would appear on stage singing the second verse of the song, the outro, and harmonies Aaron Lewis provided for the "Reanimation" version. Cornell worked with producer Timbaland on his studio album "Scream", which

title: The Promise (Chris Cornell song)

text: into a powerful chorus containing a "lush orchestral" sound. The song's only live performance implemented a grand piano part as well. Consequence of Sound praised the song for being "equal parts grace and poignancy" and specifically noting that Cornell's vocals did well in evoking the painful situations conveyed in the movie. While Radio.com referred to the song as an orchestral tearjerker, "Spin" was overall less positive, stating that the song was "skillfully put together: tuneful and majestic" but that "it feels a little too overwrought to embrace wholeheartedly." Spin later commented on the song's live performance as well, referring to

title: The Promise (Chris Cornell song)

text: it as slightly "sappy", though conceding that the message, and its proceeds going to charity, were commendable. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Performance category for 2018, and for an International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Original Song. The Promise (Chris Cornell song) "The Promise" is a song by American singer-songwriter Chris Cornell. The song was written as the ending credits song for the film of the same name. The song was released as a single on March 10, 2017, and is notable as being the last solo release from Cornell prior to

title: Scream (Chris Cornell song)

text: Radio Edit streaming on Dean Coleman's MySpace, and that same shortened version being applied to an official special version of the ""Scream"" music video. Scream (Chris Cornell song) "Scream" is a song by American singer–songwriter Chris Cornell, from his third solo studio album, "Scream". "Scream" is the first official single for the US (and fourth overall) and was released on September 22, 2008. Timbaland is featured in an interlude of the song, but is not credited as a featured artist. A video was also shot for the album's title track, with director Alan Ferguson (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes).

title: The Promise (Chris Cornell song)

text: and an orchestrated instrumentation by Paul Buckmaster, a composer known for his past collaborations with Elton John and The Rolling Stones. The final version was recorded with a twenty four piece orchestra. The song was noted by "Rolling Stone" as a departure from the sound Cornell was known for with his work in grunge band Soundgarden. "Spin" described the track as "sounding a lot more like modern-day Peter Gabriel than Soundgarden and Audioslave." Cornell explained that the change in sound was an effort to fit the themes of movie, stating: The song is described as having gentle, acoustic verses leading

title: Chris Cornell

text: funk and R&B music. The first two singles were "Original Fire" and "Revelations". Two of the songs from the third album, "Shape of Things to Come" and "Wide Awake" were also prominently featured in Michael Mann's 2006 film, "Miami Vice", prior to the release of the album. Despite the exposure to other forms of media and the positive critical buzz for their third album, Audioslave did not tour behind the release. They went into hiatus to allow Cornell to complete "You Know My Name", the theme song for the 2006 James Bond film, "Casino Royale", and Morello to pursue his

title: The Promise (Chris Cornell song)

text: on a completely different arrangement for the song before scrapping it and starting over. After starting over, the creation of the final version came together much faster, with Cornell no longer trying to force things on how the songs should sound. The song was released as a charity single on March 10, 2017, to help benefit the International Rescue Committee. It received a lyric video on the same date. On April 19, 2017, he performed the song live with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and a string quartet on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". The song features Cornell on vocals,

title: Show Me How to Live (song)

text: high E-string, using his trademark Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal and a ring modulator effect. On the final note, singer Chris Cornell achieves an unusual effect by repeatedly striking his throat with the side of his hand while changing pitch. The music video for the song had the band involved in several car chases with police officers. The video also shows clips of the band playing in front of an audience in between car chase scenes. There are also clips of a radio DJ (played by Cleavon Little) singing and dancing to the song. The band crashes into a road

title: Scream (Chris Cornell song)

text: Scream (Chris Cornell song) "Scream" is a song by American singer–songwriter Chris Cornell, from his third solo studio album, "Scream". "Scream" is the first official single for the US (and fourth overall) and was released on September 22, 2008. Timbaland is featured in an interlude of the song, but is not credited as a featured artist. A video was also shot for the album's title track, with director Alan Ferguson (Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes). Filmed in Orange, California, the clip reflects the feel of the album, he said. "The idea Alan had for the video, which is pretty

title: Scream (Chris Cornell album)

text: Scream (Chris Cornell album) Scream is the third solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell. Released on March 10, 2009 through Suretone Records and Mosley Music Group, it marked a shift from Cornell's previous musical efforts with the exclusion of some guitar and rock elements that were replaced with producer Timbaland's electronic pop soundscapes. The album was promoted with the release of five digital singles and three music videos, and was met with mostly negative reviews. The album debuted in the U.S at number 10 on the "Billboard" 200 with 26,000 copies sold. With the idea of remixing songs

title: Chris Cornell

text: the Upside". The album spawned several singles, including "Pretty Noose", "Burden in My Hand" and "Blow Up the Outside World". The album was notably less heavy than the group's preceding albums, and marked a further departure from the band's grunge roots. Soundgarden explained at the time that it wanted to experiment with other sounds. David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" said, "Few bands since Led Zeppelin have so crisply mixed instruments both acoustic and electric." However, tensions within the group arose during the sessions, with Thayil and Cornell reportedly clashing over Cornell's desire to shift away from the heavy guitar riffing

title: Can't Change Me

long_answer: Greg Tate of Rolling Stone said this about the song "Can't Change Me," is as rhapsodically gorgeous as pop gets, putting a spin on true love that any reprobate slacker can relate to: "She's going to change the world/But she can't change me/Suddenly I can see everything that's wrong with me/But what can I do?/I'm the only thing I really have at all." Cornell unveils a desire to be reckoned with as an openly wounded and unabashedly portentous rock balladeer."


question: how tall is the tallest building in las vegas

answers: The Drew Las Vegas

answers: 1,149 feet

title: The Landmark Hotel and Casino

text: floors 13 and 28. The Landmark tower was the tallest building in the state from 1962 to 1969. In 1967, a revolving letter "L" neon sign was installed at the top of the tower. Excluding its rooftop sign, the tower stood , seven feet taller than the Mint hotel in downtown Las Vegas. Conflicting numbers have been given for the tower's total height. According to Scherer, the sign measured , and the tower measured , including the sign. At the time of opening, the Landmark tower was billed as having a height of . By that time, the new 30-story

title: Crown Las Vegas

text: the proposed height. There were plans to resubmit the project, with a new height of . However, on November 20, 2007, the FAA reached a final decision that no structure taller than 1,064 feet (324 m) would be approved in the site. Milam then resubmitted the project to the Clark County Planning Commission at the maximum height allowed by the FAA, and the tower was officially approved for construction on December 6, 2007, with a height of 1,064 feet (324 m). There had been some speculation that Milam may wish to submit plans for the construction of a second, twin

title: Crown Las Vegas

text: tower to also rise 1,064 ft (324 m). If constructed, the two Crown Las Vegas towers would then become the tallest twin towers in the Western Hemisphere. However, no official plans have been released. In March 2008, Crown chairman James Packer announced the project was cancelled and the site put up for sale. Milam's two-year option expired in June 2008. Milam and his partners paid $67.1 million in nonrefundable deposits and fees to Archon between June 2006 and June 2008. In December 2008, Milam resubmitted another bid for the Crown Las Vegas Crown Las Vegas, previously known as the Las

title: Allure Las Vegas

text: 2007, while the tower's signature design aspect, a rooftop crown ornament, was beginning to take shape. The tower was expected to be completed in September 2007. In July 2007, the first tower standing 41 stories high, with 248 units was 85-percent complete, with construction on the parking garage also nearing completion. It was hoped that construction would conclude by the end of the year. Residents began moving into the first tower at the end of December 2007. At the time of completion, Allure was the tallest residential building within Las Vegas city limits. The second tower was cancelled because of

title: Aria Resort and Casino

text: Cirque du Soleil's rock opera "Zarkana". "Zarkana" closed in April 2016 to allow for the expansion of the convention center. List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas Aria Resort and Casino Aria Resort and Casino is a luxury resort and casino, part of the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. Aria consists of two curved glass and steel highrise towers adjoined at the center. It opened on December 16, 2009 as a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Infinity World Development. At and in height, it is the largest and tallest structure at CityCenter. The

title: Crown Las Vegas

text: Crown Las Vegas Crown Las Vegas, previously known as the Las Vegas Tower, was a proposed supertall skyscraper that would have been built on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. If built, the tower would have been tall, making it the tallest building in the United States and 5th tallest in the world. After two major redesigns, the project was cancelled in March 2008. Crown Las Vegas, as originally planned, would have consisted of a casino, a hotel and an observation deck. The tower would have been built on Las Vegas Boulevard on the former site of the Wet

title: Resorts World Las Vegas

text: the time. Upon completion, the towers would stand 56 stories and 679 feet. It was expected that the towers would progress one floor every eight days during construction. Construction began later that year. As of October 2018, the project had reached the 35th floor. The project had more than 1,000 construction workers engaged in steel, concrete and glass work throughout the site. Thousands of additional construction workers were expected to be on site by mid-2019. The project is on track for a late-2020 opening, with 3,400 rooms. Resorts World Las Vegas will include: Resorts World Las Vegas Resorts World Las

title: The Mint Las Vegas

text: was planned to include 24 floors. Construction reached the 24th floor at the end of the year, with plans for an additional four floors. The hotel tower was ultimately built with 26 stories, and was topped out on March 20, 1965, with plans to open later that month. The new tower stood , and was one of the tallest buildings in the state at the time, ranking only behind The Landmark Hotel and Casino, which stood . Renovations were also done to the existing building, which included work to the Merri Mint Theatre, and expanded dining areas. In 1988, The

title: Sky Las Vegas

text: Sky Las Vegas Sky Las Vegas is a 45-story luxury high-rise condominium tower with 409 units, situated on a 3-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. A two-story retail project had initially been planned for the site in 2001, although it ultimately did not materialize. Plans for Sky Las Vegas were announced in July 2004, with construction beginning the following year and its opening occurring in May 2007. In February 2001, NewMark Merrill – a developer of strip malls in southern California – announced plans to purchase a property on the Las Vegas Strip. The property, located

title: List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas

title: Panorama Towers

text: the 16th tallest in Las Vegas Valley at the time of construction and is currently ranked 35th along with the Marriott's Grand Chateau. Panorama Towers was announced on September 7, 2003, as a business venture between partners Andrew Sasson and Laurence Hallier, who owned Sasson/Hallier Development LLC. The project was announced as a 250-unit condominium complex that would stand 30 stories high and would be built on 10.5 acres of land. Las Vegas-based architecture firm Klai Juba was hired to design the project. Klai Juba's iconic aqua-blue glass towers have been nominated and won numerous awards from the design, construction

title: Majestic Las Vegas

text: , the largest in Las Vegas. The Majestic would be the second-tallest structure in Las Vegas, behind the Stratosphere tower. Although the Majestic would have fewer floors than other resort towers in Las Vegas, several of those floors would have rooms that would be taller than the standard size. Condominium units would range from to , with prices between $850,000 and $3 million. The Majestic would be the first condominium project to be located on the Las Vegas Strip, and would also be accessible from Paradise Road. The project would include the Majestic Court and Marketplace, consisting of of restaurants

title: Ivana Las Vegas

text: would have been the tallest habitable structure in the Las Vegas Valley, and one of the tallest residential towers in the world. Di Mauro said the project would be financed by "internal and external funding," such as revenue from other businesses that he owned. The Summit was designed by JMA Architecture Studios, and was to feature 960 condo units, with nine different floor plans to be offered. Entry-level units were expected to sell for $600,000 to $700,000. The Summit's lower-floor units would be fully furnished, and would be marketed towards people looking to buy a second home, giving owners the

title: Stratosphere Las Vegas

text: the neon sign tower which would stand four times taller than the hotel. Later in the week, Stupak withdrew his plans to allow time for a revised version of the tower that would include an elevator leading up to an observation deck. Stupak, who wanted the tower to become a local landmark, said, "What I'm trying to do for Las Vegas is what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, what the Empire State Building did for New York, what the Seattle Space Needle did for Seattle." Stupak contacted an engineering firm in Texas whose expertise was in designing radio transmission

title: Circus Circus Reno

text: that momentum. The Reno Circus opened with a small hotel and very similar attractions to its Las Vegas counterpart. It has three hotel towers: The North Tower, the Casino Tower and the Sky Tower. The North Tower, with 625 rooms, was opened in 1981 and has a height of 225 ft (68 m) and 22 floors. The Sky Tower, with 905 rooms, was opened in 1985 and has a height of 278 ft (84 m) and 27 floors. In 1995, extensive renovations were completed, including the remodel of the mezzanine level where the restaurants are located, the midway, and a

title: Stratosphere Las Vegas

text: engineers and architects to flesh out the design and move the project to completion. In February 1990, Stupak unveiled his revised plans for a $50 million, 1,012-foot observation tower with a top floor that would include a revolving restaurant and four penthouse suites. The tower was also to include an indoor park of African lions, as well as four wedding chapels. In April 1990, the Las Vegas City Council approved Stupak's tower, despite objections from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which stated that it was 200 feet too tall. Stupak had initially envisioned an 1,800-foot tower, although the height was

title: The Landmark Hotel and Casino

text: said there were no plans to resume construction in the near future. It was estimated that an additional six months was needed to complete the tower. The unfinished tower became an eyesore for visitors to the nearby convention center. During its vacancy, people noted that the building appeared to be tilted, similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa; experts stated that this was an illusion caused when the building was viewed with nearby power poles, which were determined to be tilting rather than the building itself. Local residents nicknamed it the "Leaning Tower of Las Vegas", the "Leaning Tower of

title: The Grandview at Las Vegas

text: open the following month. Foundation work for a new 20-story tower the first one to be built since 2009 was scheduled to begin on April 25, 2012. Berkley Group planned for a total of 10 towers on the 27-acre property, with more than 1,500 units completed up to that point. The new tower was under construction as of September 2013, and was expected for completion in early 2014. The new tower would increase Grandview's units from 1,556 to 1,856. The Grandview at Las Vegas The Grandview at Las Vegas is a timeshare property resort located on of land at 9940

title: The Palazzo

text: 3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, between the Palazzo and the Venetian. In November 2006, Las Vegas Sands sought approval from the Clark County Commission to construct a 632-foot condominium tower on a portion of the Palazzo land. Construction of the $465 million tower began in early 2007, with pre-sales of the condominium units expected to begin by September. The tower was built atop a retail building that was part of the Palazzo project. The retail building and the condominium tower were constructed on less than an acre of land which had previously been occupied by the Rosewood Grille restaurant. In

title: Allure Las Vegas

text: the tower, which was approximately 90 percent sold. Allure Las Vegas Allure Las Vegas is a single tower residential complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The complex includes the 41-story, Allure Las Vegas - Tower I. Tower I was built between 2005 and 2007 and was designed by EDI Architecture. Construction was managed by Bovis Lend Lease. A second tower was to be built on property adjacent to the first tower, but these plans were cancelled because of poor sales caused by the Great Recession, and because of an oversupply of condominium high-rises on the Las Vegas Strip. The Lucky Dragon

title: Stratosphere Las Vegas

text: Stratosphere Las Vegas The Stratosphere Las Vegas (formerly Vegas World) is a hotel, casino, and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The property's signature attraction is the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. It is the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the State of Nevada. The hotel is a separate building with 24 stories,

title: Allure Las Vegas

text: 2007. Sales were underway at that time for the second tower, which was to have 472 units. In August 2006, construction extended to the 30th floor, with 90 percent of the tower's units sold. A topping out ceremony was held for the first tower on November 13, 2006. At the event, Fonfa said that the second tower would be a condo hotel with 350 to 400 units. The second tower was to be taller than the first, and was to include a restaurant, a resort-style spa, a rooftop nightclub, and multimillion-dollar penthouses. Work on the parking garage began in March

title: Stratosphere Las Vegas

text: many episodes of . Stratosphere Las Vegas The Stratosphere Las Vegas (formerly Vegas World) is a hotel, casino, and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The property's signature attraction is the Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States, and the second-tallest in the Western Hemisphere, surpassed only by the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario. It is the tallest tower west of the Mississippi River and also the tallest structure in Las Vegas and in the State of Nevada. The hotel is a separate

title: The Landmark Hotel and Casino

text: Society, said "I kind of hate to see it come down. It still represents what the Stratosphere represents, the biggest and the tallest." The property was to become occupied by 2,200 parking spaces, expected to be ready by March 1996. The property became a 2,948-space parking lot for the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of the Landmark's ground-level signs, with gold and blue cursive neon lettering, was restored by the Neon Museum and installed at the parking lot. The Landmark tower was designed by architects Gerald Moffitt and Ed Hendricks. The uniquely designed Landmark tower was the first of its

title: The Landmark Hotel and Casino

text: the capacity to hold 3,500 people after its completion. That month, work was underway on the steel framework base for the tower's glass bubble dome. By September 1962, the Landmark tower was nearing completion and had become the tallest building in Las Vegas and the state, being visible from 20 miles away. By that time, many stores in the Landmark Plaza had closed due to falling debris that included welding sparks, steel, tools, rivets, and cement. A construction delay occurred in September 1962, when shipments of steel for the tower's dome were deemed inadequate and crews had to wait for

title: High Roller (Stratosphere)

text: High Roller (Stratosphere) The High Roller (also known as the Let it Ride High Roller), was a steel roller coaster constructed on top of a building over the Las Vegas Strip. It was the highest roller coaster in the world when compared to the surrounding terrain. It was located on top of the Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada, which is the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States. The coaster was manufactured by S&MC GmbH Structures and Machines. The ride opened on April 29, 1996, in a special VIP gala opening, one day before the ride and casino opened

title: Turnberry Place

text: in June 1998, and the first tower was completed in 2001. Upon its initial opening, Turnberry Place and the nearby Park Towers inspired a condominium boom in the Las Vegas Valley. Subsequent towers at Turnberry Place were completed in 2002 and 2004. The fourth and final tower was topped off in January 2006, and all 180 units in the tower had been sold by that point. The final tower was completed that year. At the time of construction, they were tied for the 10th tallest buildings in Las Vegas. As of 2009, they were the 20th tallest building in the

title: The D Las Vegas

text: The D Las Vegas The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel is a 34-story, 638-room hotel and casino in Downtown Las Vegas Nevada, owned and operated by Derek and Greg Stevens. The D is located at the eastern end of the Fremont Street Experience. It has a casino, several restaurants, a business center, and a pool. The casino now has more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games located on two floors. It is the tallest building in downtown Las Vegas and the second-tallest inside the city limits, having been surpassed by Allure Las Vegas in 2007. As Fitzgeralds, it

title: The Palazzo

text: The Palazzo The Palazzo is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is the tallest completed building in Nevada. Designed by the Dallas based HKS, Inc., the hotel offers luxury in an Italian Renaissance ambiance. The hotel and casino are part of a larger complex (operated as one hotel) comprising the adjoining Venetian Resort and Casino and the Sands Convention Center, all of which are owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. This all-suite hotel offers the largest standard accommodations on the Las Vegas Strip at per guest room.

title: Crown Las Vegas

text: 'n Wild Water Park. The building's architect was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The cost of the project was estimated to be $5 billion, and its original completion date was set for 2014. Originally proposed as the "Las Vegas Tower", the name of the building changed when Publishing and Broadcasting Limited reached an agreement on May 31, 2007, with the tower's developers to invest money in the project and run its casino. As part of the agreement, the project was renamed Crown Las Vegas. Crown Las Vegas was originally proposed to rise by Christopher Milam, a building developer from Texas. According

title: List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas

long_answer: The city of Las Vegas, Nevada and its surrounding unincorporated communities in the Las Vegas Valley are the sites of more than 160 high-rises, 42 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest structure in the city is the Stratosphere Tower, which rises 1,149 feet (350 m) just north of the Las Vegas Strip. The tower is also the tallest observation tower in the United States. Since the Stratosphere Tower is not fully habitable, however, it is not considered a building. The tallest building in Las Vegas is The Drew Las Vegas, which rises 735 feet (224 m) and was topped out in November 2008. This building, however, is currently on hold. The tallest completed building in the city is the 52-story Palazzo, which rises 642 feet (196 m) and was completed in 2007.

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1,149 feet
The Drew Las Vegas


question: when was the dome of the rock completed

answers: 691 CE

answers: in 691 CE

title: Dome of the Rock

text: time, Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem began to develop. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built under Constantine in the 320s, but the Temple Mount was left undeveloped after a failed project of restoration of the Jewish Temple under Julian the Apostate. The Dome of the Rock is now mostly assumed to have been built by the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik and his son and successor Al-Walid I. According to Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, construction started in 687. Construction cost was reportedly seven times the yearly tax income of Egypt. A dedicatory inscription in Kufic script is preserved inside

title: Dome of the Rock

text: the dome. The date is recorded as AH 72 (691/2 CE), the year historians believe the construction of the original Dome was completed. In this inscription, the name of al-Malik was deleted and replaced by the name of Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun. This alteration of the original inscription was first noted by Melchior de Vogüé in 1864. Some scholars have suggested that the dome was added to an existing building, built either by Muawiyah I (r. 661–680), or indeed a Byzantine building dating to before the Muslim conquest, built under Heraclius (r. 610–641). Its architecture and mosaics were patterned after nearby

title: Dome of the Rock

text: Templar, active from c. 1119, identified the Dome of the Rock as the site of the Temple of Solomon and set up their headquarters in the Al-Aqsa Mosque adjacent to the Dome for much of the 12th century. The "Templum Domini", as they called the Dome of the Rock, featured on the official seals of the Order's Grand Masters (such as Everard des Barres and Renaud de Vichiers), and soon became the architectural model for round Templar churches across Europe. Jerusalem was recaptured by Saladin on 2 October 1187, and the Dome of the Rock was reconsecrated as a Muslim

title: Dome of the Rock

text: shrine. The cross on top of the dome was replaced by a crescent, and a wooden screen was placed around the rock below. Saladin's nephew al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Isa carried out other restorations within the building, and added the porch to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Dome of the Rock was the focus of extensive royal patronage by the sultans during the Mamluk period, which lasted from 1250 until 1510. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566) the exterior of the Dome of the Rock was covered with tiles. This work took seven years. The interior of the dome is lavishly

title: Dome of the Rock

text: previous years. In 1955, an extensive program of renovation was begun by the government of Jordan, with funds supplied by Arab governments and Turkey. The work included replacement of large numbers of tiles dating back to the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, which had become dislodged by heavy rain. In 1965, as part of this restoration, the dome was covered with a durable aluminium bronze alloy made in Italy that replaced the lead exterior. Before 1959, the dome was covered in blackened lead. In the course of substantial restoration carried out from 1959 to 1962, the lead was replaced by

title: Dome of the Rock

text: restoration project undertaken in 1874–75 during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, all the tiles on the west and southwest walls of the octagonal part of the building were removed and replaced by copies that had been made in Turkey. Haj Amin al-Husseini, appointed Grand Mufti by the British during the 1917 mandate of Palestine, along with Yaqub al-Ghusayn, implemented the restoration of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The Dome of the Rock was badly shaken during the 11 July 1927 Jericho earthquake, damaging many of the repairs that had taken place over

title: Dome of the Rock

text: patterned after nearby Byzantine churches and palaces, although its outside appearance has been significantly changed in the Ottoman period and again in the modern period, notably with the addition of the gold-plated roof, in 1959–61 and again in 1993. The octagonal plan of the structure may have been influenced by the Byzantine Church of the Seat of Mary (also known as "Kathisma" in Greek and "al-Qadismu" in Arabic) built between 451 and 458 on the road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Foundation Stone the temple was built over bears great significance in Judaism as the place where God created the

title: Dome of the Rock

text: Byzantine churches and palaces. The two engineers in charge of the project were Raja ibn Haywah, a Muslim theologian from Beit She'an and Yazid Ibn Salam, a non-Arab who was Muslim and a native of Jerusalem. Shelomo Dov Goitein of the Hebrew University has argued that the Dome of the Rock was intended to compete with the many fine buildings of worship of other religions: "The very form of a rotunda, given to the "Qubbat as-Sakhra", although it was foreign to Islam, was destined to rival the many Christian domes." K.A.C. Creswell in his book "The Origin of the Plan

title: Dome of the Rock

text: decorated with mosaic, faience and marble, much of which was added several centuries after its completion. It also contains Qur'anic inscriptions. Surah Ya Sin (the "Heart of the Quran") is inscribed across the top of the tile work and was commissioned in the 16th century by Suleiman the Magnificent. Al-Isra, the Surah 17 which tells the story of the "Isra" or Night Journey, is inscribed above this. Adjacent to the Dome of the Rock, the Ottomans built the free-standing Dome of the Prophet in 1620. Large-scale renovation was undertaken during the reign of Mahmud II in 1817. In a major

title: Dome of the Rock

text: It was initially completed in 691 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna, built on the site of the Roman temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, which had in turn been built on the site of the Second Jewish Temple, destroyed during the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.  The original dome collapsed in 1015 and was rebuilt in 1022–23. The Dome of the Rock is in its core one of the oldest extant works of Islamic architecture.

title: Temple Church

text: acting as a nave, and a later rectangular section adjoining on the east side, built approximately half a century later, forming the chancel. After the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 by the Crusaders, the Dome of the Rock was given to the Augustinians, who turned it into a church (while the Al-Aqsa Mosque became a royal palace). Because the Dome of the Rock was the site of the Temple of Solomon, the Knights Templar set up their headquarters in the Al-Aqsa Mosque adjacent to the Dome for much of the 12th century. The "Templum Domini", as they called the Dome

title: Dome of the Prophet

text: larger than the entrance to the Dome of the Rock structure. Dome of the Prophet The Dome of the Prophet () also known as the Dome of Gabriel ("Qubbat Jibril") is a free-standing dome in the northern Temple Mount ("Haram ash-Sharif") in Jerusalem that serves as a symbolic monument rather than a religious building. It is a part of the terrace of the Dome of the Rock and is one of three Ottoman-built free-standing domes in the Temple Mount vicinity. Originally, the Dome of the Prophet was built in 1538 by Muhammad Bey, Ottoman Governor of Jerusalem. However, it was

title: Dome of the Rock

text: structures, the Western Wall, and the "Resurrection Rotunda" in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Dome of the Rock is situated in the center of the Temple Mount, the site of the Temple of Solomon and the Jewish Second Temple, which had been greatly expanded under Herod the Great in the 1st century BCE. Herod's Temple was destroyed in 70 CE by the Romans, and after the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135, a Roman temple to "Jupiter Capitolinus" was built at the site. Jerusalem was ruled by the Christian Byzantine Empire throughout the 4th to 6th centuries. During this

title: Temple Mount

text: Dome of the Rock on the site. The Dome was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world. The Al Aqsa Mosque rests on the far southern side of the Mount, facing Mecca. The Dome of the Rock currently sits in the middle, occupying or close to the area where the Holy Temple previously stood. A 13th-century claim to an extended region of holiness was made by Ibn Taymiyyah who asserted: "Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is the name for the whole of the place of worship built by Sulaymaan..." which, according to western tradition,

title: Umar

text: city. It was then that Umar ordered the rubbish on the "Ṣakhra" (rock) to be removed by the Nabataeans, and after three showers of heavy rain had cleansed the Rock, he instituted prayers there. To this day, the place is known as "ḳubbat es ṣakhra", the Dome of the Rock. The military conquests were partially terminated between 638 and 639 during the years of great famine in Arabia and plague in Levant. During his reign the Levant, Egypt, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Fezzan, Eastern Anatolia, almost the whole of the Sassanid Persian Empire including Bactria, Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Caucasus and Makran were

title: Dome of the Rock

text: by earthquakes in 808 and again in 846. The dome collapsed in an earthquake in 1015 and was rebuilt in 1022–23. The mosaics on the drum were repaired in 1027–28. For centuries Christian pilgrims were able to come and experience the Temple Mount, but escalating violence against pilgrims to Jerusalem (Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who ordered the destruction of the Holy Sepulchre, was an example) instigated the Crusades. The Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099 and the Dome of the Rock was given to the Augustinians, who turned it into a church, while the Al-Aqsa Mosque became a royal palace. The Knights

title: Templum Domini

text: the Dome of the Rock was given into the care of Augustinian Canons Regular, who turned it into a Christian church. The adjacent Al-Aqsa Mosque was called "Templum Solomonis" ("Temple of Solomon") by the Crusaders. It first became a royal palace. The image of the Dome, as representing the "Temple of Solomon", became an important iconographic element in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The royal seals of the Kings of Jerusalem depicted the city symbolically by combining the Tower of David, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and the city walls. After the completion of the

title: Temple Mount

text: small scale excavations inside the Temple Mount, by removing rubble that blocked passages leading from the Double Gate chamber. Between 1922 and 1924, the Dome of the Rock was restored by the Islamic Higher Council. Jordan undertook two renovations of the Dome of the Rock, replacing the leaking, wooden inner dome with an aluminum dome in 1952, and, when the new dome leaked, carrying out a second restoration between 1959 and 1964. Neither Israeli Arabs nor Israeli Jews could visit their holy places in the Jordanian territories during this period. On 7 June 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli forces

title: Dome of Yusuf

text: Dome of Yusuf The Dome of Yusuf () is a free-standing domed-structure on the Temple Mount, located at the southern end of the Dome of the Rock terrace. It was built by Saladin in the late 12th century, and has been renovated several times. It bears inscriptions from the 12th and 17th centuries: one dated 1191 in Saladin's name, and another to 1681 from Yusuf Agha, thought to have been the Governor of Jerusalem or a eunuch in the Ottoman imperial palace. A rectangular semi-enclosed structure, the Dome of Yusuf sits upon a solid stone wall and is supported by

title: Dome of the Rock

text: and Jesus. Other Islamic scholars believe that the Prophet ascended to Heaven from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Muslims believe the location of the Dome of the Rock to be the site mentioned in Sura 17 of the Qur'an, which tells the story of the Isra and Mi'raj, the miraculous Night Journey of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to "the farthest mosque", where he leads prayers and rises to heaven to receive instructions from Allah. The Night Journey is mentioned in the Qur'an in a very brief form and is further elaborated by the hadiths. Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab (579–644) was advised by

title: Dome of the Rock

text: and the Second Coming. Jeremy Gimpel, a US-born candidate for Habayit Hayehudi in the 2013 Israeli elections, caused a controversy when he was recorded telling a Fellowship Church evangelical group in Florida in 2011 to imagine the incredible experience that would follow were the Dome to be destroyed. All Christians would be immediately transported to Israel, he opined. The Dome of the Rock has inspired the architecture of a number of buildings. These include the octagonal Church of St. Giacomo in Italy, the Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in Istanbul, the octagonal Moorish Revival style Rumbach Street Synagogue in

title: Dome of the Rock

text: of the Dome of the Rock" notes that those who built the shrine used the measurements of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The diameter of the dome of the shrine is and its height , while the diameter of the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is and its height . The structure was basically octagonal. It comprised a wooden dome, approximately in diameter, which was mounted on an elevated drum consisting of a circle of 16 piers and columns. Surrounding this circle was an octagonal arcade of 24 piers and columns. The building was severely damaged

title: Templum Domini

text: Templum Domini The Templum Domini (Vulgate translation of Hebrew: "Temple of the Lord") was the name attributed by the Crusaders to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It became an important symbol of Jerusalem, depicted on coins minted under the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Dome of the Rock was erected in the late 7th century under the 5th Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan at the site of the former Jewish Second Temple (or possibly added to an existing building Byzantine building dating the reign of Heraclius, 610–641). After the capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade (1099),

title: Dome of the Prophet

text: Governor of Jerusalem and completed during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman II. The dome today mostly reflects the 1620 restoration. The dome is a commemoration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Further additions were made to the dome in 1845. Several Muslim writers, most notably al-Suyuti, claimed that the site of the dome is where Muhammad led the prophets and angels in prayer on the night of Isra and Mir'aj before ascending to Heaven. Endowment documents from the Ottoman period indicate that a portion of the endowment of the al-Aqsa Mosque was dedicated to maintain the lighting of an

title: History of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages

text: and completed the construction of the Dome of the Rock over the Foundation Stone on Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Although the Qur'an does not mention the name "Jerusalem", the hadith specify that it was from Jerusalem that Muhammad ascended to heaven in the Night Journey, or Isra and Miraj. Al-Malik built the octagonal and gold-sheeted Dome over the location from which Muhammad was believed to have ascended into heaven. The Al-Aqsa Mosque (named for the "farthest mosque") was also built nearby, again in honor of the story of the Night Journey. Under the early centuries of Muslim rule, especially during the

title: Temple Mount

text: church, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque became the royal palace of Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1104. The Knights Templar, who believed the Dome of the Rock was the site of the Solomon's Temple, gave it the name "Templum Domini" and set up their headquarters in the Al-Aqsa Mosque adjacent to the Dome for much of the 12th century. In Christian art, the circumcision of Jesus was conventionally depicted as taking place at the Temple, even though European artists until recently had no way of knowing what the Temple looked like and the Gospels do not state that the event took

title: Well of Souls

text: mainstream view in Sunni Islam. The Foundation Stone and its cave entered fully into the Christian tradition after the Crusaders recaptured Jerusalem in 1099. These Europeans converted the Dome of the Rock into a church, calling it the Templum Domini (Latin, "Temple of the Lord"). They made many radical physical changes to the site at this time, including cutting away much of the rock to make staircases and paving the Stone over with marble slabs. They certainly enlarged the main entrance of the cave and probably are also responsible for creating the shaft ascending from the center of the chamber.

title: Dome of the Chain

text: was commissioned by the Islamic "waqf" of Jerusalem in 1975-76. The Dome of the Chain owes its name to an ancient legend during King Solomon's rule. According to Mujir ad-Din, Among the wonders of the Holy House is the chain, which Solomon, son of David, suspended between Heaven and Earth, to the east of the Rock, where the Dome of the Chain now stands. The chain had one characteristic. If two men approached it to solve a point of litigation, only the honest and upright man could take hold of it; the unjust man saw it move out of his

title: Dome of the Rock

text: aluminum-bronze plates covered with gold leaf. A few hours after the Israeli flag was hoisted over the Dome of the Rock in 1967 during the Six-Day War, Israelis lowered it on the orders of Moshe Dayan and invested the Muslim "waqf" (religious trust) with the authority to manage the Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif, in order to "keep the peace". In 1993, the golden dome covering was refurbished following a donation of USD 8.2 million by King Hussein of Jordan who sold one of his houses in London to fund the 80 kilograms of gold required. The Dome of the

title: Umayyad Caliphate

text: time the revolt of al-Mukhtar was crushed. In 691, Umayyad troops reconquered Iraq, and in 692 the same army captured Mecca. Ibn al-Zubayr was killed in the attack. The second major event of the early reign of Abd al-Malik was the construction of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Although the chronology remains somewhat uncertain, the building seems to have been completed in 692, which means that it was under construction during the conflict with Ibn al-Zubayr. This had led some historians, both medieval and modern, to suggest that the Dome of the Rock was built as a destination

title: Dome of the Rock

short_answers:
691 CE
in 691 CE


question: who wrote yakkity yak don't talk back

answers: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

answers: Jerry Leiber

answers: Mike Stoller

title: Yakkity Yak

text: Yakkity Yak Yakkity Yak is an Australian–Canadian animated television series created by Mark Gravas that ran on Teletoon in Canada and on Nickelodeon in Australia from November 9, 2002 to December 12, 2003. The series was known for its surreal humor and featured animation incongruous with Nickelodeon's typical style. The story centers around an anthropomorphic yak named Yakkity who aspires to become a famous comedian and his friends, Keo (an anthropomorphic pineapple) and Lemony (a young human girl). A modified version of the 1958 soul song "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters (in which children sing some portions) is used as

title: Yakkity Yak

text: the series' theme song. "Yakkity Yak" debuted on Canada's Teletoon on January 4, 2003, with the last episode airing on January 28, 2004. It also aired on BBC Kids. In the UK it aired on CBBC. On January 17, 2004, it was added to the Nicktoons Network schedule for a few years, but it was removed from the rotation on October 2, 2007. Previously known as "The Yakking". The show was nominated for a Leo Award for "Best Musical Score" in 2004. Yakkity Yak Yakkity Yak is an Australian–Canadian animated television series created by Mark Gravas that ran on Teletoon

title: Yakety Yak

text: Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day. Leiber has said the Coasters portrayed "a white kid’s view of a black person’s conception of white society." The serio-comic street-smart “playlets” etched out by the songwriters were sung by the Coasters with a sly clowning humor, while the saxophone of King Curtis filled in, in the up-tempo doo-wop style. The group was openly "theatrical" in

title: Yak (band)

text: Yak (band) Yak are an English alternative rock band, formed in 2014 and composed of singer-guitarist Oliver Henry Burslem, bassist Vincent Davies and drummer Elliot Rawson. The band released their debut album "Alas Salvation" in May 2016. The band's original bassist Andy Jones left the band in early 2017, after previously bowing out of earlier live commitments. Childhood friends Burslem and Jones (who have known each other since the age of about 5) were previously members of Wolverhampton band Yelps, who released their debut single "P.E.O.P.L.E" in 2007 via 1965 Records and follow up single "Ramshackle Of A Rave" the

title: Ya Ya (film)

text: Ya Ya (film) Ya Ya is a 2013 Indian Tamil comedy drama film written and directed by debutant I. Rajasekaran, who was an assistant to Director M. Rajesh and S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film features Shiva, Santhanam, Sandhya and Dhansika in the lead roles. It received 'U/A' certificate from Central Board of Film Certification because of the intense violence and a few other scenes. The film received positive reviews and was a super-hit at the box office. There are two friends Ramarajan (Mirchi Shiva) and Rajkiran (Santhanam), who for reasons unknown prefer to call themselves Dhoni and Sehwag. They have

title: Jack Hammer (songwriter)

text: father wrote "Great Balls of Fire", she also claimed that he wrote "Yakety Yak". However, Hammer actually wrote a song with a similar title, "Yakkity Yak", which was issued as a B-side by the Markeys (not to be confused with the Mar-Keys). Jack Hammer (songwriter) Earl Solomon Burroughs (September 16, 1925 – April 8, 2016), known professionally as Jack Hammer, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter, credited as the co-writer of "Great Balls of Fire". Burroughs was born either in Fulton County, Georgia, New Orleans, or Grovetown, Georgia, but grew up in California. In the early 1950s, he moved

title: Ya Ya

text: Ya Ya "Ya Ya" is a song by Lee Dorsey. The song was written by Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, and Morris Levy. Levy's participation in the writing has been previously called into question. In fact, the Flashback release of the single (image) lists only Dorsey and Lewis as writers, as do the liner notes to the "American Graffiti" soundtrack. The track includes session guitar player Jimmy Spruill on it. The song was inspired by a children's nursery rhyme. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B singles chart in 1961. According

title: Carl Gardner

text: Carl Gardner Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Gardner was born in Tyler, Texas, to Rebecca and Robert Gardner. As a singer, his first major career success came with The Robins, a rhythm and blues group that had a big hit in 1955, "Smokey Joe's Café". After leaving

title: Yak Ballz

text: the aspiring MC grabbed the attention of several interested people in attendance, including Armando “Mondee” Torres and Brett Scott, who approached Vaz about getting Yak to appear on their new mixtape. At the urging of Vaz, the MC agreed to work with Mondee. This would lead to a lasting music relationship. He is of Persian heritage. Bobbito Garcia, world-renowned radio personality known for breaking records and introducing new talent in New York City during the Indie Hip Hop boom in the mid to late 90's, liked Yak's demo, "Flossin’", so much that he put it in rotation on his CM

title: Yakety Yak

text: "Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list.  This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.

title: Yavanika

text: Yavanika Yavanika () is a 1982 Indian Malayalam mystery thriller film co-written and directed by K. G. George and starring Bharath Gopi, Mammootty and Jalaja. The film explores backstage drama of a travelling drama group. The plot is structured around the search for an unpopular tabla player of the troupe who suddenly disappears. The film received wide critical acclaim. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film (shared with "Marmaram"), Second Best Actor (Thilakan) and Best Story (shared with "Marmaram"). Vakkachan (Thilakan) is a popular theatre owner running his drama company known as 'Bhavana theatres'. He is the

title: Yatta (song)

text: Yatta (song) "Yatta!"（やった "Hooray"） is a 2001 parody song by the fictional Japanese boy band . The song title, "yatta", is the past tense of the Japanese verb "yaru" ("to do"), an exclamation meaning "It's done!", "I did it!", "Ready!" or "All right!" The song was first performed as a sketch on the Japanese sketch comedy show , known as "Silly Go Lucky" in the United States, where Happa-tai is portrayed by some of Japan's most well-known comedians. The song was written by Hideki Fujisawa, otherwise known as Dance Man (dansu man;ダンス☆マン), who has also written songs for Morning Musume

title: Yak Bak

text: Bak toy. Marketed for children in school, the Power Penz came in both the Yak Write SFX and the Yak Bak 2 models. It was made to compete against the Talkboy FX Plus by Tiger Electronics. Yak Bak Yak Bak is the general name given to a series of handheld electronic voice-recording line of toys developed by Ralph Osterhout at Team Machina for Yes! Gear (a.k.a. Yes! Entertainment) in the mid-to-late 1990s. Several versions of the toy were developed which include the Yak Bak, Yak Bak 2, Yak Bak WarpR, Yak Wakky, Yak Bak SFX, and the Yak Bakwards. Some

title: Yaaks

text: Yaaks Yaaks were an English dance-punk quintet from Eastbourne, United Kingdom. They are known for their distinctive guitar-led, soundscaped dance music kept within a pop context. A highly elusive and secretive band until recent months, the band have since been likened to such artists as Talking Heads, Friendly Fires and U2. Yaaks formed in October 2010, with the band having a collective admiration for the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Balearic beat and Pop music. Just one month later in November 2010, the band's first home demo of their track "HRHRHYTHM" was given its first airplay by Zane Lowe on BBC

title: Yak Bondy

text: Yak Bondy Yak Bondy (born 8 July 1962 as Jerk Bondy in Germany) is a London-based music producer, songwriter, and composer. Bondy has been professionally involved in the music industry since 1990, when he was a musical director for Lisa Stansfield's world tour. Bondy works with the music licensing service, Hollywood Elite Music & Media in Los Angeles. Bondy worked as musical director on Lisa Stansfield's first world tour which included an appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show". The tour ended with a performance at Rock in Rio 1991. Bondy worked as a music programmer with Indian musician A.R. Rahman

title: Yak Bak

text: Yak Bak Yak Bak is the general name given to a series of handheld electronic voice-recording line of toys developed by Ralph Osterhout at Team Machina for Yes! Gear (a.k.a. Yes! Entertainment) in the mid-to-late 1990s. Several versions of the toy were developed which include the Yak Bak, Yak Bak 2, Yak Bak WarpR, Yak Wakky, Yak Bak SFX, and the Yak Bakwards. Some of these models also came in pen form as part of the "Power Penz" series. Geared toward six-year-olds, the Yak Bak was intended to be a compact, more affordable competitor to the Talkboy introduced by Tiger

title: Kutty Srank

text: form of Chavittu Nadakam were sourced from Fr. Joseph who has been doing research on the subject for quite some time. The lyrics are believed to have been written by a priest in Velankanni and that is why there are a lot of Tamil words. Most of the songs were choreographed by the Asans of Yore. Track listing Kutty Srank Kutty Srank (; ) is a 2010 Indian Malayalam arthouse film directed by Shaji N. Karun. Mammootty played the title role for the film. The film was produced by Reliance Entertainment under the banner of Big Motion Pictures, the first

title: Carl Gardner

text: a performing group, which has no original members. Carl Gardner Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 – June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Gardner was born in Tyler, Texas, to Rebecca and Robert Gardner. As a singer, his first major career success came with The Robins, a rhythm and blues group that had a big

title: Ya Mustafa

text: also a Hindi version used in the soundtrack of a Bollywood film. The music of the song is influenced by Greek music. The song was very popular in the 1950s and early 1960s, but its popularity is revived with newer versions of the song. The song is featured in a number of Egyptian movies, including one starring the Egyptian actor Ismail Yassin in the 1950s, and another featuring Sabah from the same era. It is also used in the Indian film "Aatish". The comedy troupe Warkop made a parody of this song in their 1979 film debut, Mana Tahan. Ya

title: Yak Ballz

text: Famalam show on 89.9-FM WKCR in New York. He later invited Yak to appear on the show in 1998. After a few impressive appearances on WKCR, and "Flossin’" gaining regular rotation, Bobbito approached Yak about some new original music. Yak's lyrics caught the attention of Cage, who was impressed enough to reach out to him; making him an original member of The Weathermen. Soon after, Yak released his first 12-inch, "Homepiss" in 2000, courtesy of Bobbito and his Fondle’em label. His 4-song EP was released featuring "Flossin"', "The Plague", "Nasty or Nice", and "Homepiss". In 2001, Yak followed up the

title: A Lot of Hard Yakka

text: from it, but that I thought it was a terrible title. Amiable chap that he is, he agreed. Yakka is an Australianism, meaning work, endeavour, experience (I think) [... ] it makes a breezy and irreverent read. Written in a droll and self-deprecating and often colloquial style, the book is now widely esteemed a genre classic, having earned kudos from such critics as Michael Parkinson and Ian Wooldridge, and served to promote Hughes's now-established career in sports journalism. It has a sequel entitled "Yakking Around the World". A Lot of Hard Yakka A Lot of Hard Yakka, subtitled "Triumph and

title: Yatta (song)

text: Kimmel Live!". Host Jimmy Kimmel compared himself to Ed Sullivan introducing the Beatles in their first American performance. Yatta (song) "Yatta!"（やった "Hooray"） is a 2001 parody song by the fictional Japanese boy band . The song title, "yatta", is the past tense of the Japanese verb "yaru" ("to do"), an exclamation meaning "It's done!", "I did it!", "Ready!" or "All right!" The song was first performed as a sketch on the Japanese sketch comedy show , known as "Silly Go Lucky" in the United States, where Happa-tai is portrayed by some of Japan's most well-known comedians. The song was written

title: Yak Ballz

text: Yak Ballz Yak Ballz, born Yashar Zadeh is an American independent hip hop artist, who was brought up in Flushing, Queens, New York. He is one of the original members of The Weathermen. He is also a member of Cardboard City. In his youth, Yak spent a lot of his time using his imagination and creativity to draw and paint. He became enamored with the rebel art of graffiti. He was inspired by Cost, Revs, Uend, and his TCK (True City Killers) brethren. Yak turned to writing as an outlet for expression and a form of therapy due to his

title: Did Ya

text: Did Ya "Did Ya" is a song by the English rock band The Kinks, appearing on the EP of the same name, as well as some editions of "Phobia". "Did Ya" first saw release in 1991, in numerous different formats (all of which were the first that The Kinks released on Columbia Records.) In America, the song was the title track of a five-song EP. This five track EP was instead made into a CD maxi-single in Europe. Instead of this five song lineup, however, the song was released as a single in the Netherlands, backed with a rerecording of

title: Yackety Yack

text: and Television Fund. The film screened at the Melbourne Co-op Cinema in mid September 1974. Yackety Yack Yackety Yack is a 1974 Australian film about the making of a film. David Stratton called it "the "Hellzapoppin'" of poor cinema, a frequently hilarious spoof on the low budget film... a sheer delight." Maurice is an aspiring film director who talks about movie making with his friends, Steve, Zig and Caroline. He uses his power and edits out any statements that displease him. He asks opinion of a man on the street. Maurice wants to commit suicide and analyses three famous suicides,

title: Ya Ya

text: to author Mark Lewisohn in "The Complete Beatles Chronicles" (p. 365), the Beatles performed "Ya Ya" regularly live from 1961 to 1962 (in Hamburg and Liverpool and elsewhere). The lead vocal was always by John Lennon. No recorded version is known to survive. However immediately after the Beatles left Polydor Records their close associates Tony Sheridan and Roy Young cut a version of it for that studio. Much later (1974) John Lennon cut a version for his "Rock 'n' Roll" album. French singer Johnny Hallyday covered the song in French. His version, titled "Ya ya twist", reached no. 1 in

title: Mark Gravas

text: Mark Gravas Mark Gravas (born 29 September 1966) is an Australian animator, director and producer. He is the creator/director of "Yakkity Yak" (2002/2003), an Australian/Canadian co-production. Mark co-owns Sydney based media production company Kapow Pictures with his partner Sandra Walters. Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film "", He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon Network production of "Casper's Scare School". Gravas also co-owns the creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia. Mark has lived in Sydney, Australia for most of his life. He left school at the end of year 10 and studied fine art, and later

title: Teenage Shutdown! Things Been Bad

text: records selected from the collection of noted garage rock archivist, Mike Markesich (colloquially known as "Mop Top Mike"). Ironically, the photograph which appears on the front cover is of the Pink Finks, an Australian band not included on any of the album's tracks, all of which are performed by American groups. The set begins with the frantic rocker, "Baba Yaga," by the Pagans from Rochester, Minnesota, whose lyrics are about the dreaded witch from Russian folklore. Ognir & The Nite People from Hazelton, Pennsylvania, fashioned their name after Beatles' drummer Ringo's name spelled backwards and perform "I Found a New

title: Ya Malak

text: Ya Malak Ya Malak (18 January 1991 – ca. 25 March 1999) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he won ten of his forty-nine races in a track career which lasted from May 1993 until September 1998. In his first three seasons he showed consistent form, winning the City Walls Stakes in 1994 Achilles Stakes in the following year. He appeared to lose his form as a five-year-old and was sold cheaply at auction at the end of the season. After entering the stable of David Nicholls in 1997 he improved into a top class performer, winning the

title: Ya Ya (film)

text: without the few scenes of gory violence, especially since it features Santhanam too, but instead it stretches itself into death and mourning segments that hamper the proceedings". Ya Ya (film) Ya Ya is a 2013 Indian Tamil comedy drama film written and directed by debutant I. Rajasekaran, who was an assistant to Director M. Rajesh and S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film features Shiva, Santhanam, Sandhya and Dhansika in the lead roles. It received 'U/A' certificate from Central Board of Film Certification because of the intense violence and a few other scenes. The film received positive reviews and was a super-hit

title: Yakety Yak

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question: who explored waters of cuba the bahamas and hispaniola

answers: Christopher Columbus

title: Sebastián de Ocampo

text: Sebastián de Ocampo Sebastián de Ocampo was a Spanish navigator and explorer. He is believed to have been the first navigator to have circumnavigated the island of Cuba in 1508. Under the authority of the Governor of Hispaniola, Ocampo sailed along the northern coast of the island through the Old Bahama Channel and around the western point, Cape San Antonio. The voyage took eight months, and was against the Gulf Stream. Europeans had already frequented Cuba by the time Ocampo embarked on his journey, but his circumnavigation confirmed that the area was indeed surrounded by water, and not a peninsula

title: History of Florida

text: Bahamas at that time. He went ashore on Florida's east coast during the Spanish Easter feast, Pascua Florida, on April 7 and named the land "La Pascua de la Florida." After briefly exploring the land south of present-day St. Augustine, the expedition sailed south to the bottom of the Florida peninsula, through the Florida Keys, and up the west coast as far north as Charlotte Harbor, where they briefly skirmished with the Calusa before heading back to Puerto Rico. From 1513 onward, the land became known as "La Florida". After 1630, and throughout the 18th century, Tegesta (after the Tequesta

title: Conquistador

text: was in an unhealthy location and consequently moved around 1534 to the place they called "Villa de Santiago de la Vega", later named Spanish Town, in present-day Saint Catherine Parish. After first landing on "Guanahani" island in "The Bahamas", Columbus found the island which he called "Isla Juana", later named Cuba. In 1511, the first "Adelantado" of Cuba, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded the island's first Spanish settlement at Baracoa; other towns soon followed, including Havana, which was founded in 1515. After he pacified Hispaniola, where the native Indians had revolted against the administration of governor Nicolás de Ovando, Diego

title: History of the Bahamas

text: October 1492 Columbus reached an island in the Bahamas and claimed it for Spain, an event long regarded by Europeans as the 'discovery' of America. This island was called "Guanahani" by the Lucayan, and San Salvador by the Spanish. The identity of the first American landfall by Columbus remains controversial, but many authors accept Samuel E. Morison's identification of Columbus' San Salvador as what was later called Watling (or Watling's) Island. Its name has been officially changed to San Salvador. Columbus visited several other islands in the Bahamas before sailing to present-day Cuba and afterwards to Hispaniola. The Bahamas held

title: Andros, Bahamas

text: have been approximately 40,000 Lucayan-Taínos when the Spanish arrived in the region. Spain claimed the Bahamas after Columbus' discovery of the islands—his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere was on the Bahamian island of San Salvador. The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the Americas are named, came on a Spanish charter and spent four months exploring the Bahamas in 1499–1500. He mapped a portion of the eastern shore of Andros Island. Ponce de Leon sailed by Andros on his journey from Cuba to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth in 1513. The Spanish valued the Lucayans for

title: Age of Discovery

text: what turned out to be a five-week voyage across the ocean, crossing a section of the Atlantic that became known as the Sargasso Sea. Land was sighted on 12 October 1492, and Columbus called the island (now The Bahamas) "San Salvador", in what he thought to be the "West Indies". Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba (landed on 28 October) and the northern coast of Hispaniola, by 5 December. He was received by the native cacique Guacanagari, who gave him permission to leave some of his men behind. On the return, a storm forced him to dock in

title: Henriette Mertz

text: map belonging to Andrea Bianco that showed the Atlantic island of Antillia. However, her theory was ultimately rejected on account of Plato's dates, the fact that Atlantis sank, and the fact that "Antilla" was most likely a cartographic depiction of either Hispaniola or Cuba. Henriette Mertz Henriette Mertz (1898–1985) was an American patent attorney and ancient history researcher from Chicago. During World War II, she worked as a code-breaker for the U.S. government's cryptography department. She published several controversial works during the 1960s and 1970s relating to the early discovery and settlement of America. In 1964, Mertz suggested that a

title: Vasco Núñez de Balboa

text: la Vela. The expedition continued to explore the north east of South America, until they realized they did not have enough men and sailed to Hispaniola. With his share of the earnings from this campaign, Balboa settled in Hispaniola in 1505, where he resided for several years as a planter and pig farmer. He was not successful in this enterprise, however, and ended up in debt. Finally, he was forced to abandon life on the island. In 1508, the king of Spain, Ferdinand II "The Catholic", launched the conquest of Tierra Firme (the area roughly corresponding to the Isthmus of

title: Lucayan people

text: he was trespassing on Columbus's discoveries (which at the time remained under Columbus's monopoly). There may have been other unrecorded Spanish incursions into the Bahamas, shipwrecks and slaving expeditions. Maps published between 1500 and 1508 appear to show details of the Bahamas, Cuba and the North American mainland that were not officially reported until later. European artifacts of the period have been found on San Salvador, the Caicos Islands, Long Island, Little Exuma, Acklins Island, Conception Island and Samaná Cay. Such finds, however, do not prove that Spaniards visited those islands, as trade among Lucayans could have distributed the artifacts.

title: History of the Bahamas

title: Age of Discovery

text: of Hispaniola. Despite growing doubts, Columbus refused to accept that he had not reached the Indies. During the voyage he discovered the mouth of the Orinoco River on the north coast of South America (now Venezuela) and thought that the huge quantity of fresh water coming from it could only be from a continental land mass, which he was certain was the Asian mainland. As shipping between Seville and the West Indies grew, knowledge of the Caribbean islands, Central America and the northern coast of South America grew. One of these Spanish fleets, that of Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo

title: Yucatán

text: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, supported by the governor of Cuba, organized an expedition commanded by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to explore the seas west of the island. This expedition sailed from port of Ajaruco on February 8, 1517, to La Habana and after circling the island and sailing southwest by what is now known as the Yucatán Channel, the expedition made landfall at the Yucatán Peninsula on March 1. There are discrepancies about where the first explorers arrived. Some say it was in Isla Mujeres. Bernal Díaz del Castillo places it at Cabo Catoche where they saw a great city

title: Augustin Blanco

text: search proved futile. Phenney sent letters of complaint to Governor of Havana Don Gregorio Guazo Calderon, who responded that he had no authority over Baracoa or Santiago de Cuba. Phenny further fortified Nassau but could not protect outlying islands where traders sailed to collect salt and logwood and requested the King send a warship to help secure the area from pirates. Augustin Blanco Augustin Blanco (fl. 1700-1725) was a pirate active in the Caribbean. He was noted for attacking in open boats, and for having a mixed-race crew. Blanco was from Baracoa, Cuba, and had been operating in the Caribbean

title: Lucayan people

text: and/or Hispaniola, while sites on other islands in the Bahamas contain more shell-tempered pottery ("Palmetto Ware"), which developed in the Bahamas. While trade (in dugout canoes) between Cuba and Long Island was reported by Columbus, this involved a voyage of at least over open water, although much of that was on the very shallow waters of the Great Bahama Bank. Moreover, the Tainos probably did not reach central Cuba until after 1000, and there is no particular evidence that this was the route of the initial migration to the Bahamas. From an initial colonization of Great Inagua Island, the Lucayans

title: Abaco Islands

text: known permanent settlements in the Bahamas for approximately 130 years.[3] Spain laid claim to the Bahamas after Columbus's discovery of the islands but showed little interest in them. The Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci spent four months exploring the Bahamas in 1499–1500. Juan de la Cosa's first map of the New World, printed in 1500, shows the Abaco Islands with the name Habacoa. The map in Peter Martyr's first edition of 'De Orbe Novo' in 1511 shows the islands of the Bahamas but does not name them. The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León landed on Abaco in 1513. The Turin

title: John Fraser (botanist)

text: in December 1800. From there they set out for Cuba, but the sailing was a perilous one since between Havana and the United States they were shipwrecked on a coral reef, about from land and from Havana, escaping only with great difficulty. "For six days they, with sixteen of the crew, endured the greatest privations until picked up by a Spanish boat and conveyed to land." The trip was nearly disastrous and the men barely escaped with their lives. While collecting specimens in Cuba, "a time when the sea [was] swarming with pirates", Fraser met the explorers Alexander von Humboldt

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: the Dry Tortugas on June 21. There they captured giant sea turtles, Caribbean monk seals, and thousands of seabirds. From these islands they sailed southwest in an apparent attempt to circle around Cuba and return home to Puerto Rico. Failing to take into account the powerful currents pushing them eastward, they struck the northeast shore of Cuba and were initially confused about their location. Once they regained their bearings, the fleet retraced their route east along the Florida Keys and around the Florida peninsula, reaching Grand Bahama on July 8. They were surprised to come across another Spanish ship, piloted

title: Age of Discovery

text: them backwards: this was the first encounter with the Gulf Stream that would soon become the primary route for eastbound ships leaving the Spanish Indies bound for Europe. They explored down the coast reaching Biscayne Bay, Dry Tortugas and then sailing southwest in an attempt to circle Cuba to return, reaching Grand Bahama on July. In 1517 Cuba's governor Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar commissioned a fleet under the command of Hernández de Córdoba to explore the Yucatán peninsula. They reached the coast where Mayans invited them to land, but were attacked at night and only a remnant of the crew

title: Voyages of Christopher Columbus

text: the present-day Bahamas or Turks and Caicos; the indigenous residents had named it Guanahani. Exactly which island in the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos this corresponds to is an unresolved topic; prime candidates are Samana Cay, Plana Cays, Grand Turk, Cat Island or San Salvador Island ("Watlings Island" named San Salvador in 1925 in the belief that it was Columbus's San Salvador). The indigenous people he encountered in their homelands were peaceful and friendly. At the time of the European discovery of most of the islands of the Caribbean, three major indigenous peoples lived on the islands: the Taíno in

title: Juan de Ayala y Escobar

text: in Havana in 1635, although the Cuban historian Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz states that he was baptized in the Cathedral of Córdoba in 1650. As a young man, Ayala sailed for two decades on Spanish merchant vessels in the Caribbean, where he learned established trade routes and how to navigate the channels and harbors of the islands and mainland coastlines. He eventually settled in Cuba, where he married the daughter of the adjutant to the sergeant major of the "presidio" of Havana and decided to join the Royal Spanish Army. In 1677 he was made a captain of infantry,

title: Moïse Vauquelin

text: of cacao, near the port of Havana, Cuba before returning to Tortuga. In 1670, he and fellow buccaneer Philippe Bequel wrote an account of their careers at the Vice-Admiral Jean d'Estrées. The book contained detailed information of the geography of the Caribbean and West Indies, particularly the coasts of Honduras and the Yucatán, which were used by the Royal French Navy as well as later buccaneers. Moïse Vauquelin Moïse Vauquelin or Moses Vanclein (fl. 1650–1670) was a 17th-century French buccaneer. During his four-year career as a privateer, he served as an officer under l'Ollonais and formed a brief partnership with

title: Pinchot South Sea Expedition

text: Pinchot, Gifford Pinchot, Jr. (1916–1989), and Pinchot Jr.'s schoolmate Steve Stahlnecker. The expedition's photographer was Howard H. Cleaves, and its physician was J. B. Mathewson. The expedition's professional scientists were the malacologist Henry A. Pilsbry and the ornithologists A. K. Fisher and Alexander Wetmore. Harry A. Slattery accompanied the expedition from New York City to Panama. The yacht "Mary Pinchot" visited Key West (for a few days undergoing minor yacht repairs) and then Havana (for a one-day tourist trip). The expedition then visited Grand Cayman, the Swan Islands, Isla de Providencia and Isla de San Andrés for collecting specimens. The

title: Buccaneer

text: Spanish America and sacked cities. During the mid 17th century, the Bahama Islands attracted many lawless people who had taken over New Providence. Encouraged by its large harbor, they were joined by several pirates who made their living by raiding the Spanish on the coast of Cuba. They called this activity Buccaneering. In January 1684 Havana responded to the attacks by the Buccaneers of the Bahama Islands in the event known as the Raid on Charles Town. English settlers occupying Jamaica began to spread the name "buccaneers" with the meaning of pirates. The name became universally adopted later in 1684

title: Hispaniola

text: and "La Isla Española" in Spanish, with both meaning "the Spanish island". De las Casas shortened the name to "Española", and when d‘Anghiera detailed his account of the island in Latin, he rendered its name as "Hispaniola". In the oldest documented map of the island, created by Andrés de Morales, Los Haitises is labeled "Montes de Haití" ("Haiti Mountains"), and de las Casas apparently named the whole island Haiti on the basis of that particular region, as d'Anghiera states that the name of one part was given to the whole island. Due to Taíno, Spanish and French influences on the

title: Gulf of Mexico

text: of Florida between Florida and Cuba. In his letters, Vespucci described this trip, and once Juan de la Cosa returned to Spain, a famous world map, depicting Cuba as an island, was produced. In 1506, Hernán Cortés took part in the conquest of Hispaniola and Cuba, receiving a large estate of land and Indian slaves for his effort. In 1510, he accompanied Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, an aide of the governor of Hispaniola, in his expedition to conquer Cuba. In 1518 Velázquez put him in command of an expedition to explore and secure the interior of Mexico for colonization. In

title: Geography of Cuba

text: Ocean and the Caribbean. It is bordered on the north by the Straits of Florida, on the northeast by Nicholas Channel and the Old Bahama Channel. The southern part is bounded by the Windward Passage and the Cayman Trench, while the southwest lies in the Caribbean Sea. To the west, it reaches to the Yucatán Channel, and the northwest is open to the Gulf of Mexico. More than 4,000 islands and cays are found in the surrounding sea and bays. The southern coast includes such archipelagos as Jardines de la Reina and the Canarreos. The northeastern shore is lined by

title: Guanahani

text: portion of the map shows Cuba and Hispaniola clearly, and a much more confused rendering of the Bahamas. Nevertheless, Guanahani is drawn in the Bahamas in a form that appears to show a group of islets rather than a single island, lying due north of the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, in the central part of the Bahamas islands chain. The so-called log of Columbus, more properly referred to as the "Diario", is an abstraction made by Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish monk and friend of the Columbus family, probably sometime in the 1540s. When Columbus returned to

title: Catholic Monarchs

text: actually landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Since Queen Isabella had provided the funding and authorization for the voyage, the benefits accrued to the Kingdom of Castile. "Although the subjects of the Crown of Aragon played some part in the discovery and colonization of the New World, the Indies were formally annexed not to Spain but to the Crown of Castile." He landed on the island of Guanahani, and called it San Salvador. He continued onto Cuba, naming it Juana, and finished his journey on the island of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, calling it Hispaniola, or "La

title: The Bahamas

text: in 1986 by "National Geographic" writer and editor Joseph Judge, based on Columbus's log. Evidence in support of this remains inconclusive. On the landfall island, Columbus made first contact with the Lucayan and exchanged goods with them. The Spanish forced much of the Lucayan population to Hispaniola for use as forced labour. The slaves suffered from harsh conditions and most died from contracting diseases to which they had no immunity; half of the Taino died from smallpox alone. The population of the Bahamas was severely diminished. In 1648, the Eleutherian Adventurers, led by William Sayle, migrated from Bermuda. These English

title: Conquistador

text: Juan Díaz de Solís, discovered the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. In 1517 Francisco Hernández de Córdoba sailed from Cuba in search of slaves along the coast of Yucatán. The expedition returned to Cuba to report on the discovery of this new land. After receiving notice from Juan de Grijalva of gold in the area of what is now Tabasco, the governor of Cuba, Diego de Velasquez, sent a larger force than had previously sailed, and appointed Cortes as Captain-General of the Armada. Cortes then applied all of his funds, mortgaged his

title: History of the Bahamas

long_answer: In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain on his first voyage with three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the flagship, Santa Maria, seeking a direct route to Asia. On 12 October 1492 Columbus reached an island in the Bahamas and claimed it for Spain, an event long regarded by Europeans as the 'discovery' of America. This island was called Guanahani by the Lucayan, and San Salvador by the Spanish. The identity of the first American landfall by Columbus remains controversial, but many authors accept Samuel E. Morison's identification of Columbus' San Salvador as what was later called Watling (or Watling's) Island. Its name has been officially changed to San Salvador. Columbus visited several other islands in the Bahamas before sailing to present-day Cuba and afterwards to Hispaniola.