Archive for October, 2007

The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas | Christmas

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas is a 1968 Christmas album by Frank Sinatra and featuring his children, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra, and Tina Sinatra.


Track listing

  1. “I Wouldn’t Trade Christmas” (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:55
  2. “It’s Such a Lonely Time of Year” (Taylor) – 4:38
  3. “Some Children See Him” (Hutson) – 2:59
  4. “O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)” (Capra, Velona) – 2:59
  5. “The Bells of Christmas (Greensleeves)” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:41
  6. “Whatever Happened to Christmas?” (Jimmy Webb) – 3:05
  7. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (Coots, Gillespie) – 2:35
  8. “Kids” (Davis) – 3:01
  9. “The Christmas Waltz” (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:12
  10. “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Traditional, ad. Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:26


Personnel

  • Frank Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 10)
  • Frank Sinatra, Jr. - Vocals (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10)
  • Nancy Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
  • Tina Sinatra - Vocals (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
  • Nelson Riddle - Arranger, Composer
  • Don Costa - Arranger, Composer
  • The Jimmy Joyce Singers

International University of Chabahar | covered by

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

International University of Chabahar (IUC), is a university located in the city of Chabahar, located in the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.

The institute offers degrees in collaboration with the University of London and Iran University of Science and Technology. Undergraduate Courses which covered by University of London(LSE College) are Information Systems and Management (ISM), Economics and Management, Management, Banking and Finanace, Business, Economics and Development.
Undergraduate Courses which covered by University of London(Goldsmiths College)is Computing and Information Systems (CIS).
Undergraduate Courses which covered by University of London(Royal Halloway College) is Business Administration.
But most of student of this university are study in two majore which covered by Iran University of Science and Technology, Civil Engineering and Architecture.


See also

  • Higher education in Iran
  • Chabahar Free Zone


External links

  • International University of Chabahar

Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol | Christmas

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol is an eight minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales.

The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny makes things better by dressing up as a ghost to give Scrooge a fright.


See also

  • List of A Christmas Carol adaptations


External links

A Very Special Christmas 5 | Christmas

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

A Very Special Christmas 5 is the fifth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in October 2001, with production supervision by Bobby Shriver, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joel Gallen for A&M Records.


Track listing

  1. “This Christmas (Hang All the Mistletoe)” - Macy Gray
  2. “Little Drummer Boy/Hot Hot Hot” - Wyclef Jean
  3. “Noel! Noel!” - Eve 6
  4. “Blue Christmas” - Jon Bon Jovi
  5. “Merry Christmas Baby” - Stevie Wonder & Wyclef Jean
  6. “O Come All Ye Faithful” - City High
  7. “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” - SR-71
  8. “Christmas Day” - Dido
  9. “Run Rudolph Run” - Sheryl Crow
  10. “Back Door Santa” - B.B. King & John Popper
  11. “Little Red Rooster” - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  12. “Christmas Don’t Be Late (Chipmunk Song)” - Powder
  13. “Silent Night” - Stevie Nicks
  14. “I Love You More” - Stevie Wonder & Kimberly Brewer
  15. “White Christmas” - Darlene Love

1998 Christmas Single | Christmas

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

1998 Christmas Single is the first Christmas single by the American punk rock/punk pop band MxPx, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). This single was sent out to all members of the MxPx Fanclub at the time, and being a member was the only way to get one. They have continued the tradition of making a Christmas single every year and sending it out to their fan club members.


Track listing

  1. “Christmas Day” (MxPx) – 3:00


Personnel

  • Mike Herrera - Bass, Vocals
  • Tom Wisniewski - Guitar
  • Yuri Ruley - Drums

Play Around the Christmas Tree | Christmas

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Play Around the Christmas Tree is an album by Play.


Track listing

  1. “Sleigh Ride” – 3:24
  2. “Winter Wonderland” – 2:03
  3. “O Holy Night” – 3:38
  4. “Let It Snow” – 1:48
  5. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” – 1:54
  6. “Silver Bells” –2:10
  7. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – 2:07
  8. “The Christmas Song” – 3:13
  9. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” – 3:55
  10. “Silent Night” – 3:04


Personnel

  • Anaïs Lameche
  • Janet Leon
  • Rosie Munter
  • Anna Sundstrand

Paul Dorrington | The Wedding

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Paul Dorrington is an English guitarist and bassist best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in The Wedding Present.

Dorrington joined Sheffield group AC Temple in 1987 and recorded Rorschach Blot Test, a live compilation album featuring The Dustdevils and Kilgore Trout. In 1988 he formed Tsetse Fly with Mark Goodrham and future Wedding Present and Cinerama guitarist Simon Cleave.

In 1991, Paul Dorrington joined The Wedding Present on guitar, recording the Hit Parade 1, Hit Parade 2 and Watusi albums before leaving in 1995. Dorrington was also the guitarist of Cha Cha Cohen, recording a single on Hemiola records and an album on Chemikal Underground Records.

Willow Hill Covered Bridge | covered

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located off of U.S. Route 30 that spans Miller’s Run (which flows into Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga River) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1962 by Roy Zimmerman as a reconstruction using parts of the Miller’s Farm Covered Bridge, built in 1871 by Elias McMellen, and Good’s Fording Covered Bridge, built in 1855. It crosses Mill Creek and is 93 feet long and 15 feet wide.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on the outside. The inside is unpainted. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

The bridge’s WGCB Number is 38-36-43. Despite being constructed from two historic covered bridges, it is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places like most of the other covered bridges in the county. It is located at (40.0250, -76.2033).<ref name=”Travis”></ref>

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Dimensions

  • Length: 93 feet (28.3 m) total length
  • Width: 15 feet (4.6 m) total width


Gallery


See also

  • Burr arch truss
  • List of Lancaster County covered bridges


External links


References

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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party | Christmas

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party is a hard ticket event hosted at the Magic Kingdom theme park. Beginning around the Thanksgiving weekend, and running until Christmas.


Events

In previous years the party has consisted of-

  • A special Christmas themed parade down main street
  • Mickey reading Twas’ the Night before Christmas
  • A Christmas themed Wishes
  • Snow on Main Street
  • Cookies and Hot Chocolate are served throughout the park


See also

  • Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade


External links

  • Official Walt Disney World MVMCP website
  • MVMCP Park Map from 2004
  • Disney Christmas Favorites, Vol. 1

Woodfjord | Map from

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Woodfjord is a fjord on the north shore of Spitsbergen island in the Svalbard archipelago. It is the fourth longest fjord in the Svalbard archipelago with the mouth facing north adjacent to Wijdefjord, and goes 64 km into the island, west of Andrée Land.


External links

  • A detailed map of Svalbard with Woodfjord labeled
  • Norwegian Polar Institute
  • Public Institutions and Services in Svalbard
  • The Svalbard Project
  • Svalbard Info
  • Svalbard Images Photos (in English)

Johan Glans | stand-alone

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Johan Magnus Glans (born April 9, 1974, in Eslöv, Sweden) is a Swedish stand up comedian and TV actor. He started doing stand up comedy in 1994 and has worked on Swedish TV with David Batra.

Little Christmas | Christmas’ EP. edit External

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Little Christmas, or Nollaig Bheag in the Irish language, is one of the traditional names in Ireland for January 6, more commonly known in the rest of the world as the Epiphany. It is so called because it was, until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the day on which Christmas Day was celebrated. It is the traditional end of the Christmas season and the last day of the Christmas holidays for both Primary and Secondary schools.

The name Little Christmas is also found in Slovenian (mali božič).

It is also known as Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas), so called because of the tradition (still very strong in Cork, though only just surviving in the rest of the country) of Irish men taking on all the household duties on that day and giving their spouses a day off. Most women will either hold parties or go out to celebrate the day with their friends, sisters, mothers, aunts etc. Bars and restaurants have a near 100% female clientele on this night. Children often buy presents for their mothers and grandmothers and it closely resembles Mother’s Day in this respect.

Restless (Skydiggers album) | on their 1992 album

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Restless is a 1992 album by Skydiggers. It was the band’s most commercially successful release, and produced their biggest chart hit, “A Penny More”.

In 1996, the album disappeared from Canadian record stores after the band’s label, FRE Records, filed for bankruptcy. Although the band pursued litigation to win back the master tapes, they were not successful. As a result, in 1999, they released an alternate version of the album, Still Restless: The Lost Tapes.


Track listing

  1. “Accusations” – 2:42
  2. “Feel You Closer” – 2:24
  3. “A Penny More” – 4:15
  4. “Restless (It’s Alright)” – 2:33
  5. “This Old Town” – 2:42
  6. “Swamp Boogie” – 3:11
  7. “Don’t Blame it On Me” – 3:22
  8. “I Don’t Know Why” – 3:56
  9. “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” – 4:54
  10. “Just Before the Rain” – 2:34
  11. “Slow Burning Fire” – 3:24
  12. “It’s Sunday Pouring Down Rain” – 2:42
  13. “She’d Calm Down” – 3:02

Lebes Gamikos | The Wedding Present

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

The lebes gamikos, or “nuptial lebes,” (plural - lebetes gamikoi) is a form of ancient Greek Pottery used in marriage ceremonies. It was probably used in the ritual sprinkling of the bride with water before the wedding. In form, it has a large bowl-like body and a stand that can be long or short. Painted scenes are placed on either the body of the vessel or the stand.

A typical lebes gamikos shows wedding scenes (including mythic weddings such as the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, but the iconography be also be related to scenes such as mimes.

Office Killer | Cookies

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Office Killer is a comedy-horror film directed by Cindy Sherman. It was released in 1997 and stars Carol Kane and David Thornton.


Plot

An office worker named Dorine is called upon to do late work; her computer breaks down and she asks the help of a co-worker, Gary Michaels, who is electrocuted while trying to fix the wires. Dorine dials 911, but hangs up when the call is answered. She places the corpse on a cart, rolls it down to her car, loads it in her trunk, and takes it home, placing it in her furnished basement (we don’t see the body until later). Then, seemingly without reason, she goes into a murder spree. She kills Virginia by poisoning her inhaler tube, taking the second corpse to her basement, placing it on a sofa, next to Gary’s. Then comes the turn of two young Girl Scouts who arrive at her door to sell cookies. The young girls join the other corpses in the basement, Dorine seen eating the cookies with relish while working on her new laptop. Intriguingly, she sends messages from Gary to the remaining office workers, implying he is alive and has left the office or his wife. There are three more murders before the movie ends, all planned with cool design and seeming absence of malice. The last scene shows Dorine, after her mother’s death, setting fire to her basement, then, sporting a blond wig, driving away in her car, circling a newspaper ad with her pencil for an office job, a look of triumph in her face.


External links

Toronto Santa Claus Parade | album Hit Parade II

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

One of the best known Santa Claus parades is the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, held annually near the middle of November in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. More than a half million people come out each year to see the parade. It is the world’s longest running children’s parade.

The Toronto Santa Claus Parade was started on December 2nd, 1905 by the Eaton’s department store, with just a single float. It now has over 25 floats, 24 bands, and 1,700 participants. The parade is almost 6 kilometers long and can be seen anywhere along this route. It is one of the biggest productions in North America, and is broadcast to many countries around the world such as New Zealand, Ireland and Norway. This is done primarily by CanWest Global-owned networks.

The parade is broadcast around the world via the CanWest Global network. It includes television stations owned by the parent company including: TV3 New Zealand, Network TEN Australia, TV3 Ireland and TV Norge Norway.


See also

  • Santa Claus Parade
  • Santa Claus


External links

  • Ontario Archives View clips from the 1953 ‘Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade’, in Toronto Ontario.
  • The Santa Claus Parade Turns 100 View 100 years of Santa Claus Parade History
  • Toronto Santa Claus Parade Official Website
  • Ontario Plaques - The Santa Claus Parade
  • CityTV History of the Toronto parade.
  • Global TV - Watch the 2006 Toronto Santa Claus Parade online.

Bethlehem (album) | Christmas

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Bethlehem is a Christmas album by Brian McKnight released October 20 1998.


Tracks

  1. “Hail Mary” – 2:09
  2. “Bethlehem Tonight” – 3:32
  3. “Let it Snow” – 4:24
  4. “Silent Night (Interlude)” – 1:15
  5. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – 3:59
  6. “It’s All About Love” – 5:15
  7. “Christmas Time is Here” – 3:27
  8. “The First Noel” – 3:35
  9. “(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays” – 3:18
  10. “Don’t Let Me Go” – 4:13
  11. “Christmas Eve With You” – 6:20

Twelfth Day | Christmas

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Twelfth Day is the twelfth and last day of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas which follow Christmas Day. In western Christianity it falls on 6 January, which is also the feast of the Epiphany.

Twelfth Day is preceded by Twelfth Night, the evening of 5 January.

In some countries, Twelfth Day is denoted as a public holiday. It has a particular prominence in Ireland, where it is known as Little Christmas (Nollaig Bheag).

Light show | Christmas song written and

Monday, October 15th, 2007

  • Christmas lights
  • Wizards in Winter (song) Christmas light show
  • Laser lighting display Laser show

Mountain Park | throughout the park

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Mountain Park may refer to a place in the United States:

  • Mountain Park, Fulton County, Georgia, a small city
  • Mountain Park, Gwinnett County, Georgia, a census-designated place
  • Mountain Park, Holyoke, Massachusetts
  • Mountain Park, New Mexico
  • Mountain Park, North Carolina
  • Mountain Park, Oklahoma