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Excelsior Rotterdam Players
Excelsior may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte, published as an advertisement for the Sapolio soap brand * ''Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee'', a 2002 biography by Stan Lee and George Mair * ''Excelsior'' (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski * ''Excelsior: Forged in Fire'', a 2007 ''Star Trek'' novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin * ''Excelsior'', a 1928 novella by Paul Morand * ''Excelsior'', a 1988 novel by Randall Silvis * ''The Excelsior'', a 1919 novel by H. B. Marriott Watson * "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse * "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman Music * Excelsior Recordings, a record label from the Netherlands * Excelsior Brass Band, an 1879-1931 brass band from New Orleans * "Excelsior", a setting of Longfellow's poem to music by Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excelsior (Longfellow)
"Excelsior" is a short poem written in 1841 by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Overview The poem describes a young man passing through a mountain village at dusk. He bears the banner "Excelsior" (translated from Latin as "higher", also loosely but more widely as "onward and upward"). The traveller disregards warnings from villagers of fearful dangers above, and an offer of rest from a local maiden. The youth climbs higher until a last distant cry interrupts the prayers of the monks of Hospice of the Great St. Bernard, Saint Bernard. "Lifeless, but beautiful" he is found by a "faithful hound" half-buried in the snow, "still clasping in his hands of ice that banner with the strange device, ''Excelsior!''" Longfellow's first draft of "Excelsior", now in the archives at Harvard University, notes that he finished the poem at three o'clock in the morning on September 28, 1841. The poem came to him as he was trying to sleep. "That ''voice'' kept ringing in my ears", as he wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excelsior (comics)
Loners (originally named Excelsior) are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published Marvel Comics. They first appeared in the pages of '' Runaways''. The group consists of a Los Angeles–based support group for former teenage superheroes from New York, founded by Turbo of the New Warriors, and Phil Urich, the heroic former Green Goblin. Their goals are initially stated to be to help fellow teenage superheroes to adjust to normal lives while coping with their powers, and to dissuade other superpowered teenagers from becoming heroes, but these goals are discarded in their own miniseries in favor of the group apparently wanting to avoid using their powers for any reason, even if that means abandoning helpless victims of crime to their fate. Although all the characters were created by different authors and artists, the team itself was created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, with other characters (Spider-Woman, Hollow, and Red Ronin) added to the cast during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Recurring The Simpsons Characters
The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writers intended many of these characters as one-time jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town of Springfield, where the series primarily takes place. A number of these characters have gained expanded roles and have subsequently starred in their own episodes. According to the creator of ''The Simpsons'', Matt Groening, the show adopted the concept of a large supporting cast from the Canadian sketch comedy series ''Second City Television''. This article features the recurring characters from the series outside of the five main characters (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson). Each of them are listed in order by their first name. A Agnes Skinner Agnes Skinner (voiced by Tress MacNeille in most appearances, Maggie Roswel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robur The Conqueror
''Robur the Conqueror'' () is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as ''The Clipper of the Clouds''. It has a sequel, '' Master of the World'', which was published in 1904. Plot summary The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring trumpet music, reported in the skies all over the world. Then black flags with gold suns mysteriously appear atop tall historic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. These events are all the work of the mysterious Robur (the specific epithet for the English oak (''Quercus robur'') and figuratively taken to mean "strength"), a brilliant inventor who intrudes on a meeting of a flight-enthusiasts' club called the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members of the Weldon Institute are all firm believers that mankind shall master the skies using "lighter than air" craft, and that "heavier than air" c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Linings Playbook
''Silver Linings Playbook'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is based on Matthew Quick's 2008 novel '' The Silver Linings Playbook''. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles. The film is set in Lansdowne Pennsylvania. Cooper plays Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr., a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (De Niro and Weaver). Pat is determined to win back his estranged wife. He meets a young widow, Tiffany Maxwell (Lawrence), who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train, and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their situations. ''Silver Linings Playbook'' premiered at the 2012 Toronto In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Jaegers
The Utti Jaeger Regiment (, () Special jaegers) is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations in charge of the Army Special Forces Unit and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Function Regiment The Utti Jaeger Regiment is responsible for training special forces for the Finnish Army as well as upkeeping high readiness of the Army Special Forces Unit and helicopter operations and performing executive assistance tasks. The regiment consists of around 400 hired personnel and 220 conscripts according to sources from 2018. Its Special Jaeger Company () served during the War in Afghanistan, training security officials in medical care, firearms, and operational planning, and has been in standby duties as a part of the European Union Battlegroups and NATO Response Force. The Finnish special forces trace their history to the four long-range reconnaissance patrol detachments (') and Detached Battalion 4 ('), which fought in the Winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Scott (radio Host)
Mark Scott (1936 – April 26, 2005) was an American talk radio host. Biography Scott attended five colleges and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War before starting his career in broadcasting. He became a radio host on AM-1270 WXYZ (later WXYT after the station changed hands), starting in 1980 through the late 1990s. Politically, he referred to himself as a " Jeffersonian liberal" and strongly libertarian, and popularized many libertarian philosophical positions, especially those of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand, in the metropolitan Detroit area. His trademark sign-off was a single word: "Excelsior!" He also promoted his show with the phrase "deus ex machina" which he translated as "the God of the Machine" (in this case the machine being the radio). He also commonly mentioned John Locke as well as Thomas Jefferson. After WXYT changed format to an all Sports Talk station, Scott pioneered the use of the internet as a broadcast media by continuing his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excelsior (motto)
The coat of arms of the U.S. state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal. The shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce), bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range in the background with the smiling sun rising behind it. The unheraldic nature of the Hudson River landscape reveals the modern origin of the design. The shield has two supporters: * Left: Liberty, with the Revolutionary imagery of a Phrygian cap raised on a pole. Her left foot treads upon a crown that represents freedom from the British monarchy that once ruled what is now New York as a colony. * Right: Justice, wearing a blindfold (representing impartiality) and holding scales (representing fairness) and the sword of justice. A banner below the shield shows the motto ''Excelsior'', a Latin word meaning "higher", "superior", "lordly", commonly translated as "Ever Upward." Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excelsior Wet Plate Camera
The Excelsior Wet Plate Camera is a type of wet plate camera invented by August Semmendinger, one of the first manufacturers of wet plate photography. Excelsior cameras were manufactured in both New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey starting in 1859. Overview August Semmendinger began to manufacture cameras in 1859 in New York City at Nos. 410 & 412 West 16th Street under the business name "A. Semmendinger & Sons". He was one of the first major manufacturers of wet plate cameras, a type of photography that was discovered eight years prior in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer and Gustave Le Gray. Using their new methods of photography, Semmendinger drew up plans for his own wet plate camera and branded it "Excelsior". The Excelsior camera evolved over time to use novel features created by Semmendinger himself. The first, Patent No. 27,241, involved combining a spring board with a typical photographic apparatus "for the purpose of facilitating a rapid multiplication in photographin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Manzotti
Luigi Manzotti (2 February 1835 – 15 March 1905) was an Italian mime dancer and choreography, choreographer.''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (2004) Oxford University Press Born in Milan, Manzotti created his first ballet in 1858, and his subsequent productions were performed around the world. Today, he is best remembered for his choreography of the ballet ''Excelsior'' (1881), music by Romualdo Marenco. References 1835 births 1905 deaths Ballet choreographers Italian choreographers People from the Austrian Empire {{Italy-entertainer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
