Part of The American Film Institute (AFI 100 Years… series), AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. The American Film Institute revealed the list on June 21, 2005, in…
Part of The American Film Institute (AFI 100 Years… series), AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. The American Film Institute revealed the list on June 21, 2005, in…
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 â December 4, 1993) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He…
Mother’s Day is a modern celebration honoring one’s own mother, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months…
The Fruit Company is an American company that was founded in 1942 by Roy Webster. The company, still privately owned and lead by CEO Scott Webster, has become known for their “classic baskets and gift towers featuring Northwest-grown pears and…
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War…
Fred J. Luter Jr. (born 1956 November 11 in New Orleans) was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on 2012 June 19. He is SBC’s first African-American president. According to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary president Daniel L. Akin,…
Hermes Press is an American publisher of art books, comic books, and comic book reprints. The company was founded in 2001 and in the past published the re-imagining of the comic book Buck Rogers, drawn by Howard Chaykin. Over the…
Labour Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight…
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funded company acquired by Google in 2004 (see In-Q-Tel). It maps the Earth by…
Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. Thus, dependent on the context, women can be considered mothers by virtue of having given…