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Daisy Of Love
Daisy de la Hoya attending the premiere of VH1's "Daisy of Love" at My House, Hollywood, CA on April 26, 2009 ''Daisy of Love'' is an American reality television dating show which stars Daisy de la Hoya, the runner-up of the VH1 reality dating show '' Rock of Love 2''. The show premiered on April 26, 2009, at 9:00 pm ET on VH1. Contestants :In Episode 7, "12 Pack" asked to be called by his real name, Dave. :In Episode 4, London withdrew from the competition, but in Episode 9, he was brought back into the competition. Elimination order * Contestants in bold indicates that they received V.I.P. Access/Passes. : The contestant won the competition. : The contestant went on a solo date with Daisy. : The contestant went on a group date with Daisy. : The contestant was eliminated. : The contestant went on a date with Daisy, but was eliminated. : The contestant went on a date with Daisy, but voluntarily withdrew from the competition. : The contestant was going to receive a chain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cris Abrego
Cris Abrego is an American television producer, writer, and former CEO of Endemol Shine North America. Abrego is now the Chairman of Banijay America Group and president and CEO of Endemol Shine Holdings. Early life Abrego grew up in El Monte, California. He was a wrestler at California State University, Fullerton before graduating and moving to Los Angeles to work on reality television shows. Career After graduation from Mountain View High School, Abrego attended California State University, Fullerton. After graduation, he joined Bunim-Murray, working on ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'' and ''Road Rules'' television shows. While working for Bunim-Murray, Abrego freelanced as a coordinating producer for ''MTV's Fear, Fear'' and ''Making the Band''. In addition, he was the co-creator and executive producer for a reality version of the movie The Cannonball Run. In 2002, Abrego created Brass Ring; a production company responsible for ''Next Action Star'', ''Surf Girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area, after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the List of United States cities by population, 50th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat. Arlington is home to the University of Texas at Arlington, a major urban research university, the Arlington Assembly plant used by General Motors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV, Texas Health Resources, Mensa International, and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Onion Soup
French onion soup ( ) is a soup of onions, gently fried and then cooked in meat stock or water, usually served gratinéed with croutons or a larger piece of bread covered with cheese floating on top. Onion soups were known in France since medieval times, but the version now familiar dates from the mid-19th century. History Onion soups have been popular at least since Roman times. Onions, a widely grown and generally inexpensive vegetable, were familiar in France, as elsewhere, from time immemorial. Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and Julia Child comment in their ''Mastering the Art of French Cooking'', "It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions". In general the onion was regarded as peasant food and the upper classes avoided it:Davidson, p. 555 in the middle of the 18th century a cookery book by the head chef to a French prince included a recipe for "peasant-style onion soup" – . The food writer Waverley Root comments that the origins of French onion soup may l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiche
Quiche ( ) is a French tart consisting of a pastry crust filled with savoury custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. A well-known variant is quiche lorraine, which includes lardons or bacon. Quiche may be served hot, warm or cold. Overview Etymology The word is first attested in French in 1805, and in 1605 in Lorrain patois. The first English usage — "quiche lorraine" — was recorded in 1925. The further etymology is uncertain, but it may be related to the German ' meaning "cake" or "tart". History Recipes for eggs and cream baked in pastry containing meat, fish and fruit are referred to as ''Crustardes of flesh'' and ''Crustade'' in the 14th-century, English Cookbook, '' The Forme of Cury.'' As there have been other local medieval preparations in Central Europe, from the east of France to Austria, that resemble quiche. In 1586, a quiche like dish was served at a dinner for Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. The 19th century noun Quiche later being g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Velvet Cake
Red velvet cake is a red-colored layer cake with cream cheese or ermine icing. The origin of the cake is unknown, although it is popular in the Southern United States and has been served as a dessert at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel since the 1920s. Both the hotel and Eaton's in Canada claim to have developed the recipe. Ingredients of the cake include baking powder, butter, buttermilk or vinegar, cocoa powder, eggs, flour, salt, vanilla extract, and in most modern recipes, red food coloring. The cake lost popularity after Amaranth (dye), Red Dye #2 was linked to cancer in the 1970s. In the late 20th century, the cake regained popularity in the United States to the point that other food products were being made to mimic the flavor and other consumer products were being made to mimic the scent. History Although popular in the Southern United States, it is unknown where the red velvet cake originated. Recipes for "velvet" cakes, designated so because of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old McDonald Had A Farm
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (sometimes shortened to Old MacDonald) is a traditional children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer and the various animals he keeps. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. For example, if the verse uses a cow as the animal, then "moo" would be used as the animal's sound. In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the animal sounds from all the earlier verses added to each subsequent verse. The song is attributed to Thomas d'Urfey for an opera in 1706, before existing as a folk song in Britain, Ireland and North America for hundreds of years in various forms then finally being standardised in the twentieth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 745. Modern lyrics The lyrics to the standard version begin as follows, with the animal sound changing with each verse: History Thomas d'Urfey The earliest variant of the song is "In the Fields in Frost and Snow" from a 1706 opera called ''The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme and a popular children's song, of American origin, often sung in a round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19236. Lyrics The most common modern version is often sung as a round for up to four voice parts (). A possible arrangement for SATB is as follows: : The text above is often sung multiple times in succession to allow for the different voices to interweave with each other, forming four-part harmony. Melody \relative c' \addlyrics Origins The earliest printing of the song is from 1852, when the lyrics were published with similar lyrics to those used today, but with a very different tune. It was reprinted again two years later with the same lyrics and another tune. The modern tune was first recorded with the lyrics in 1881, mentioning Eliphalet Oram Lyte in ''The Franklin Square Song Collection'' but not making it clear whether he was the composer or adapter. Legacy and alternative versions The nur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor (poet), Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in ''Rhymes for the Nursery'', a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann Taylor (poet), Ann. It is now sung to the tune of the French melody "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman", which was first published in 1761 and later arranged by several composers, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart with Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman". The English lyrics have five stanzas, although only the first is widely known. Where Jane Taylor was when she wrote the lyric is contested, with the localities of Colchester and Chipping Ongar each asserting a claim. However, Ann Taylor writes (in ''The Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert'') that the first time Jane ever saw the village of Ongar was in 1810, and the poem had been published in 1806. " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love Money Season 1
The first season of ''I Love Money'' premiered on VH1 on July 6, 2008 and the casting special aired on July 1. The show was created by ''The Surreal Life'' executive producers Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin. The contestants on this series are from the first two seasons of ''Flavor of Love'', ''I Love New York'' and '' Rock of Love'', and are competing in physical and mental challenges in an attempt to win $250,000. Production started in early February 2008, and concluded in March 2008. The show premiered on July 6, 2008 and the casting special aired on July 1. Contestants * The contestants competed as teams (Green and Gold) from Episode 2 to 7, and competed as individuals from Episode 8 to 13 (Episode 12 excluded). * Toasteee was eliminated during the night that began in Episode 10 and concluded in Episode 11. Her actual elimination was shown in Episode 11, as Episode 10 ended on a cliffhanger. * Brandi C & Megan quit the competition. Episode Progress ;Teams : The contestant was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love New York Season 1
''I Love New York (season 1)'' is first season of the VH1 reality television series entitled ''I Love New York''. The first season consisted of 12 episodes, which first aired weekly from January 8, 2007 to April 15, 2007. Production In July 2006, VH1 published a casting call looking for contestants for their new series tentatively titled ''The Flavorette''. Various blogs speculated that the star of this program could be ''Flavor of Love'' season one contestants "Rain" (Thela Brown), "Hoopz" (Nicole Alexander Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander, born 12 July 1982, is an American reality television star and actress; best known for participating and winning the hit VH1 celebreality television shows '' Flavor of Love'' and '' I Love Money.'' She is also known fo ...) or Pollard. Before the second season finale of ''Flavor of Love'', Pollard denied having her own show but when the Flavor of Love season 2 finale aired, she confirmed she was the "Flavorette" and that she was already down to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
