Mike Kaye - Emmy Award-nominated graphic designer; [12], comic book creator; [13]; featured in news media sites and a radio show called The Collectors Show" with Harold Nicoll; [14], website designer; [15]
Zak Kyes - art director and graphic designer; [16]; [17]; (perhaps more German resources?)
Florian Nicolle - digital artist and illustrator; blends layers of newsprint, watercolor, pencil, and digital painting to create rich, frenetic portraits that seem to fly off the canvas; from Caen, France; started design at the age of 15 after being heavily inspired by his teacher (who specializes in sketch); [18][19][20]
Erkan Nehir - Turkish graphic designer, artist and tattoo artist; lives in Marmaris, Turkey; erkannehir.com
Dave Nodz (real name David Noddings) - record-sleeve and rave-flyer designer; responsible for many of the most famous record sleeves from the early 1990s hardcore-music scene (which later became drum & bass); notable for his work at Suburban Bass Records where his distinctive graphic style mixed comic book art with graffiti to create the distinctive graphics to a whole generations musical movement
Joseph Pierre Nuyttens (1885–1960) - Belgian-American artist; illustrated four books by L. Frank Baum in 1911 and 1912; was "one of Will Rossiter's regular commercial artists"; orn in Antwerp; educated at the Ecoles des Beaux-Arts in both Brussels and Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago; made a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II in 1918; worked in oils, watercolors, pastels, and etching; exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his work is in their permanent collection, as well as in the collections of the White House, the Royal Palace in Brussels, and the State House in Springfield, Illinois; died in a house fire that destroyed many of his works; considerable information on Find A Grave ([21]); some on WWOz; [22]; mentioned on Phoebe Daring, The Flying Girl and Annabel(novel)
Dribbble.com - show and tell for designers; web designers, graphic designers, illustrators, icon artists, typographers, logo designers, and other creative types share up to 24 small screenshots (shots) per month that show their work, process, and current projects; also a place where designers and companies promote their work and products, find designers for hire, and receive work inquiries; dribbble.com
Marushka - Michigan-based producer of affordable silk screen graphic prints that came stretched, framed and ready to be hung on the wall; popular in the 1970s and 1980s; [27]
Pop Chart Lab - Brooklyn-born design studio transforming pop culture data into an array of infinitely-detailed charts that appeal to the culture junkie (and home decor obsessed) in all of us; [32]; [33]; [34]; [35][36]
FootyGraphic - FootyGraphic is a in the Netherlands based, graphic designer. Focussing on football-related designs. FootyGraphic has worked for many professional football players and has been featured by clubs like Liverpool FC, FC Bayern Munchen and Willem II Tilburg. Information can ben found here [38][39][40]
Other
250 guilder note - designed by Ootje Oxenaar; should be a standalone article due to the amount of coverage in the graphic design community; could be similar in presentation to the 200 euro note; [41]
language icon - an initiative to create an artificial globally recognizable icon, to be used not only web but for real-life applications as well to signify "language"; languageicon.org
mounting board - in graphic design, this is a material used for modelling
Pendulum Theory - the "Pendulum Effect": the continual acceptance and inevitable rejection of artistic movements throughout history, related specifically to graphic design but also the field of art as a whole. This term means as is described above. It refers to the trend throughout art history of artists adopting an art movement, then rejecting it by starting another art movement that is very different and often polar opposite. Ex: Victorian Era Graphics to Art Nouveau, the Old Typography to Tschicholds New Typography, the International Styler to Post-modernism, etc. This trend is seen through artistic movements in painting as well.
Dark Patterns - designed by Spiral Scout; should be a standalone section due to the amount of coverage in the graphic design community and major news outlets. Exposes UI and UX design patterns that are deceptive and meant to trick users that are found on popular websites. The website shares dark patterns that are submitted by users in order to change deceptive design practices online; [48][49][50][51][52]
Colum McCartan - Irish furniture and lighting designer; trained in furniture and interior design at the Belfast College of Art and Design; after college, founded his first design company in Northern Ireland, focusing on interiors for restaurants, hotels, nightclubs and bars; in 1993, joined Sir Terence Conran's Design Partnership in London working on a diverse range of projects from the Conran Restaurants to cruise ship interiors; later, while still in London, became a founding member of United Designers (a breakaway group from Conran), focusing on interiors for an international clientele; in 1995, moved to San Francisco; by 1998, had established a reputation for creative and innovative work with the completion of the Hotel Metropolis (San Francisco) and the Le Parker Meridien (New York City); in 2003, opened an office in New York City; in recent years, has completed the new 'Avia' collection and the Hotel Eventi (NYC); after 53 hotels, has become one of the leading designers of boutique lifestyle hotels in the U.S.; mccartan.com
Pin-back Button Maker (A device that creates Pin-Back Buttons) (Pin-back buttons already has a page. This link displays pin-back button makers available for sale http://canadianbuttonmakers.ca/ there are many others. )
McCartan - award-winning design company; based in New York City with U.K offices based in Belfast, Northern Ireland; led by founder Colum McCartan, they have been creating diverse projects and unique environments across the U.S. since 1996; portfolio covers boutique properties, hi-rise developments, resorts, restaurants, and healthcare; mccartan.com
Zolo Inc. - toy company; founded by Sandra Higashi and Byron Glazerin 1986; [79]; [80]; [81]; specializes in designing free-form, gender-neutral constructio toys; [82]; [83]; toy designs have been featured in and honored at museums ([84], [85]) and spawned Pixar animated Nickelodeon shorts ([86]) as well as wining numerous awards ([87]); has partnered with several other companies ([88], [89]) and has expanded into books ([90]) and decor ([91]) items; has created phone apps ([92], [93]) and tech accessories ([94])
Heldustry - in 1978, photo type designer Phil Martin (designer) added "just the right touch of Eurostile's squareness" to Helvetica and created a new font for a cable-television news network
Dr. Josh Axe - certified nutrition specialist, radio show host, and author of several books on natural wellness, diet and exercise; [99]; [100]; [101]; [102]
Daniel Cohan - private events chef, London pop-up restaurants and one-offs; previously worked at Gordon Ramsay's Savoy Grill and the Bel and the Dragon, Godalming
Stephen Reiss - wine educator, consultant, author, chef and entrepreneur; one of the earlier pioneers to use the Web as a tool for wine education, his site http://www.wineeducation.com was first created in 1995; his book Juice Jargon - How to Talk About Wine was first published in 2004, and continues in print and electronic versions to be a popular text for wine schools; originally trained as a chef in Aspen, Colorado, his foray into wine was a natural extension of his love and skill for all things culinary; since 2008, has been traveling the world where his pop-up restaurant Cuvée has appeared hundreds of times on four continents, serving seven course, five wine meals; as well as authoring several other books on food and wine, Reiss is also the owner of a small software company, a wine forensics and consulting company, and before he took off for the world, a wine school and wine event planning company
Lee Brian Schrager - Recognized for his creation of the South Beach [136] and New York City [137] Wine & Food Festivals. The South Beach edition has raised $24 million for the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University [138], and the New York edition has raised more than $9 million for Food Bank For New York City and No Kid Hungry [139]. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America [140], and sits on the Board of Directors for Food Bank For New York City [141] and Board of Trustees for Perez Art Museum Miami [142].
The Booth Brewing Co. - Microbrewery headquartered in Seoul, Korea. Founded in May 2013 by former Korean medicine doctor Heeyoon Kim, former investment analyst Sunghoo Yang, and former Economist journalist Daniel Tudor. Currently operates seven pubs in Seoul, serving craft beers from The Booth Brewing Co. and imported beers along with two types of pizzas. Also owns one brewery in Pangyo Korea and one in Eureka California after acquiring facilities formerly owned by Lost Coast Brewery in November 2016. Notable for collaborating with Mikkeller to create Taedonggang Pale Ale in May 2015 and for creating label collaboration beers Kieuk IPA with Kiha & The Faces in September 2016 and Great God of Fun Red Ale with Noh Hong-chul in April 2017. Also notable for being joint-venture partners of Mikkeller Bar Seoul in June 2015, introducing cold-chain logistics to the Korea craft beer industry with its subsidiary company The Booth Cold-Chain, crowdfunding 1,000,000,000 Korean Won within 24 minutes in February 2017, starting The Beer Week Seoul, which attracts an audience of over 20,000 people, and having its co-founders Heeyoon and Sunghoo enlisted on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia - Arts in April 2017. In May 2017, it will be the first Asian brewery to operate and sell beer from its own facility in the United States. [172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179][180][181][182][183][184][185][186][187]
Dog Tag Brewing - dogtagbrewing.com profits from the sale of Dog Tag Legacy Lager go to support charities selected or created by Gold Star Families, those who have lost someone in the USA military service. Each can of Dog Tag Legacy Lager features the name of a fallen warrior whose family is a grant recipient from Dog Tag Foundation. Families choose how the money is spent to best create a legacy for their fallen family member. Founded and run by veterans, Dog Tag Brewing is dedicated to preserving the legacies of fallen warriors.
Friary Meaux - former British brewing company and pub chain owners
G.D. Ritzy's - regional fast-food chain; specializes in hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, and homemade ice cream; founded in 1980 by former Wendy's executive Graydon Webb in Columbus, Ohio; has a 1950s diner theme; [231]; [232]; [233]; [234]; [235]; [236]
Garcia's Pizza in a Pan - Illinois-based chain of pizza restaurants; sells pizza by the slice; founded in 1971 near the main campus of the University of Illinois; [239]; [240]; [241]; [242]
Gropp’s Famous Fish of Stroh - Fort Wayne, Indiana restaurant; First store was opened in 1955 and last one closed on March 25, 2016. The business served the northeast Indiana region for over 60 years. The last store closed due to the retirement of its owners, Fred and Stacia Andriano. [251]
Groundwork Coffee - chain of third wave coffee shops in Los Angeles, CA and Portland, OR; founded in the early 90s, first store was opened in Venice, CA. The company has expanded across LA and up to Portland. [252], [253], [254]; www.groundworkcoffee.com
Hobo Joe's - former restaurant chain; existed during the 1960s and 1970s; involved politicians, organized crime, and murder in Arizona during the 1960s; [259]; [260]
Le Perigord - classic French restaurant in Manhattan (New York City); opened 1964; one of the last remaining restaurants from the days when haute French cuisine flourished in New York City; leperigord.com; [275]; [276]
Lion Coffee - coffee producer in Hawaii; claims to be the oldest continuously operating coffee producer in the United States; lioncoffee.com
Marché - international restaurant chain; based in Switzerland; prepares European style foods right in front of the customer; company returned to Toronto in 2010, plans to expand throughout Canada, and eventually return to the United States; marche-restaurants.com; [290]; [291]; [292]; [293]; [294]
Pacific Dining Car - Opened in 1921 in Los Angeles, CA and has been family owned for four generations. Unique 24hr fine dining steakhouse serving breakfast, lunch, teatime, dinner, and late night meals. www.pacificdiningcar.com/since_1921.html
Pantera's Pizza - defunct pizza chain; existed during the 1980s until it was forced to file for bankruptcy after expanding too fast, absorbing other chains, including Pizza Inn and some Godfather's Pizza locations; [320]; [321]; [322]
SaveOnBrew - beer-price search engine; finds advertised beer deals based on a zip code; saveonbrew.com
Schuman Cheese - also known as Arthur Schuman, Inc., a U.S.-based Italian cheese company founded in 1945. Recently in the news for CEO Neal Schuman’s efforts to bring greater transparency to cheese making [346], its new name [347], the launch of a new division (Yellow Door Creamery) [348] and award-winning cheeses [349].
Taco Casa - Popular chain of Mexican style restaurants based in the DFW, Texas area, with restaurants located in Texas and Oklahoma. www.tacocasatexas.com
The Texas Club - country-western club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; established in 1981 by Mark and Mike Rogers and their father Ray Rogers; since 1981, entertainers, including George Jones, Hank Williams Jr., Willie Nelson, Bret Michaels, Foreigner, Styx, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, have performed live on the club's stage; thetexasclub.com
Three Twins Ice Cream - organic ice cream manufacturer; based in Petaluma, Califoria; most comprehensive line of organic ice cream sold in the U.S.; sold in every U.S. state; also sold in Singapore, Korea, China, Thailand, on Japan Airlines and American Airlines; threetwinsicecream.com
Turiya Wines - extremely limited production, one-person winery; owned and operated by Angela Soleno; allocation / invitation only purchases; collectible cult red wines; turiyawines.com
Underage club - apparently many clubs that operate similarly to nightclubs exist, except they don't serve alcohol obviously. Some would then only permit kids under a certain age, like under 21 or under 18. ;[357];[358];[359];[360];[361]
The Wine Wankers - group of three Australian wine writers (Conrad, Neal and Drew) that specialise in social media; trio ranked equal #3 in the world with a Klout ranking of 81 (subject: "wine" - Jancis Robinson #1 (84), Tim Atkin #2 (82) and James Goode equal #3 with a ranking of 81); group are listed as #16 in the US for its ability to influence wine drinking habits in the United States (Vinepair Wine Web Power Index, 7 January 2015); At time of launch, group included Ben, who has since left group; group states they are really the "anti wine wanker brigade", aiming to make wine more accessible by taking the pretentiousness (real or perceived) out of the wine fraternity. This "wine wanker" moniker is consistent with their Australian heritage, where nicknames often reference a person’s opposite appearance or character; thewinewankers.com.au; [365]; [366]; [367]; [368]; [369]; [370]; [371]; [372]; [373]; [374]; [375]
Zoenos Cellars (ZOEnos Cellars) - winery in Sonoma, California; specializes in making unique, food-friendly wines by blending imported indigenous Greek varietals with local Californian grapes; zoenos.com
Template:Req - almond and cherry flavored, carbonated soft drink; originally made by Suburban Club and marketed in and around Baltimore, Maryland;[385]
Template:Req - persistent hybrid cuisine shunned or disavowed by one or both groups whose own culinary styles supposedly contributed to the hybrid; see: Chuka (food)
Template:Req - Canadian oatmeal+ carb-heavy Scouting amalgation
Template:Req - root vegetable; Thai ingredient used in curry; also known as gra-chai; [400]; I found this on the ingredient list of a commercial curry mix; [401]
Template:Req (req. 2007-4-25) - suggested after finding this term in appetizer section of the menu from a Chinese restaurant in Louisiana
Template:Req (free-from, allergen-free, allergen free, and allergen safe) - term is generally used in reference to consumables that are free from common allergens such as gluten, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, and dairy; can also refer to environments (such as baseball parks or airplanes that are peanut-free) and body-care products; Tesco, the UK-based grocery retailer, debuted its "free from" product category in 2003; [424]; U.S. FDA has not (yet) defined the term; Penelope Gordon (talk) 07:42, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Req - This is an up and coming trend. Some information is already at Soul_food#Health_concerns, but presented in a more negative way, Google searches in both news and books (mostly cookbooks) show that a lot of people are concerned with this.
Template:Req - appears to be an Italian pizza-style sauce used on non-pizza foods such as meats; almost correct; it is thin steaks cooked in a tomato sauce with olives and capers and sometime oregano; [436]
Template:Req - thin caffeinated strip; dissolves instantly on the tongue
Template:Req - common type of breaded chicken; similar to chicken fingers; popular and well known throughout the Larchmont and Mamaroneck, New York, area
Template:Req - Italian dish; the scaloppine consists of pork or veal or chicken breast steak, covered in flour, either fried in butter or broiled, and served with a piece of lemon; [445]
Template:Req This is a known beverage; Wikipedia already has a disambiguation page for Scotch and soda, but it doesn't have a page about the simple mixed drink that gives rise to the broader usage.
Template:Req - seems to be a type of container for beer or other alcohol
Template:Req - type of rye/sourdough/wholegrain bread; NOT the same as frybread; some reason I don't even think it's really an Indian bread at all; can't find real info on it; [454]; [455]
Template:Req - method of cooking tomatoes; usually served as a topping
Template:Req - cocktail made with rum and hard cider
Template:Req - Corsican gnudi-like dumpling; made with brocciu, spinach, grated cheese and mint or marjoram; dumplings are first poached in simmering water and then baked in a tomato sauce topped with grated cheese
Template:Req - brand of fruit ice sorbet; made from fruit with no dairy or added sugar; a bit like a smoothie, but not quite the same; made by Nestlé; [466]; [467]
Template:Req (also spelled wapatula, wapatui) - type of mixed drink; consists of various alcoholic spirits combined with fruit in large quantities; [ehow.com/how_2306303_make-wapatuli.html]
Template:Req (also called oven warming drawer or oven lower drawer - type of cooking appliance either separate or included with most freestanding ovens. Commonly mistaken as a storage drawer, it's actually designed to keep food warm. [468]
Template:Req - type of wheat flour similar to semolina or cream of wheat)
Template:Req - late-19th- and early-20th-century "cyclopedia of information for the home"; includes recipes, home remedies, etiquette, and "facts worth knowing"
Template:Req - test to tell if bread dough is sufficiently kneaded; [472]
Template:Req - components are in main wine article, but much more can be written on this subject to merit its own article
Template:Req - the different types of chemicals used, oxidization process of the wine and the impact of the preservative, concentration/amount of preservative and known health effects related to preservatives
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People
ANGELO CARUSONE - Angelo is the President of Media Matters. Before joining, he organized the successful Twitter based StopBeck effort. He holds a B.A. in American Studies from Fordham University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. [476]
Edward B. Kurpis - co-founder of cable television network CNBC, author and financial architect of its founding business plan; Founding Vice President of Finance and Administration for NBC's Cable and Business Development division; former member of the Board of Directors of A&E network, Court TV network (now TruTV); NBC-Cablevision Executive Partnership Board governing operations of American Movie Classics, Bravo, and 10 regional sports networks. [477]
Larry Heath Founder and Director of Heath Media, parent company of The AU Review, Hello Asia!, The Iris and the National Live Music Awards. Journalist. Music Video Director. [480][481][482][483][484]
Paul Joseph Watson - Youtuber and right wing activist whose videos on political correctness and social justice have garnered widespread attention [485] www.infowars.com/author/paul-joseph-watson/ infowars.com is fringe, does not meet our sourcing guidelines and should not be used
ComeSeeTv (www.comeseetv.com - ComeSeeTv is a brand new concept in online paid streaming video content, free sharing and publicity! ComeSeeTv.com is three things internationally.First it is a video delivery platform that allows anyone to use it to stream video content and earn revenue for their commnunity, cause or organization. Next, it is a website that pulls all platform members to one place to increase the visibility of their content by creating individual channels for each member and promoting them for free! Third, ComeSeeTv is an agent for cultural and community development and unity across the Caribbean and globally. ComeSeeTv has been endeared as the Community Channel Tv of the Caribbean! The ComeSeeTv Mission: To foster socio-cultural and economic community development, create viable avenues for the youth and to empower women!) ([486][487][488][489][490][491][492])
Addiction Worldwide (addictionworldwide.com) - advertising and branding agency; offices in London and New York; clients include Comet, B&Q and HarperCollins; CEO Jeremy Rainbird
Advertising & Design Club of Canada (theadcc.ca) - its website states "non-profit, non-political group dedicated to encouraging excellence in Canadian advertising and design"; started in 1948; hosts annual awards program called Directions; there are about 18 WP articles (search with "and" and "&") that mention this organization or award, some with redlinks
American Ingenuity Awards (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ingenuity/) An annual honor conferred by Smithsonian Magazine on distinguished scientists, scholars and artists in nine fields. Started in 2012. Featured in AdWeek and Washingtonian. [6][7] The 2016 awards, held on December 8, received extra media coverage for including a letter from astronaut John Glenn, who died that day, to technology award winner Jeff Bezos, who created rocket company Blue Origin. [8] Numerous previous winners, including Caroline Hoxby[9] and John Rogers,[10] list the award on their Wikipedia pages.
Deadheadland (deadheadland.com) Deadheadland is a website and social media channel for Deadheads, Jamband Music, and Music Festival Fans; Grateful Dead Fan Site and Setlist Blog
EIN News (einnews.info) - Internet news aggregation; precursor to Google News; first Internet news aggregator of English news from China ([494]); conflict with Russia over use of the name "Russia" in web URL ([495])
Fightmag (fightmag.com.au) - international online magazine from Australia that covers combat sports. Fightmag is the only Australian internet media of such kind that is included in Google news ([499]). The editorial board at Fightmag is a team of sports experts (including the president of the World Kickboxing Network Stephane Cabrera and 11x world champion Nathan Corbett), journalists and photographers, as well as contributing writers and volunteers. ([500]).
Figment.com (figment.com) - online community for reading and writing young-adult fiction; references: Lewis, Jacob. "Teenage Thumb Tribes: Why Cell Phone Novels Are Part of Publishing's Future". Publishing Perspectives 1 June 2010 ([501]), Koblin, John. "The Great American Text". The New York Observer ([502])
Film Consortium San Diego (filmconsortiumsd.com) - The Film Consortium San Diego LLC is a social venture that stimulates film and television production in the region and increases networking, employment, education, funding and distribution opportunities in film, television and new media.
Heath Media Media and Events company in Australia. Founded and runs websites The AU Review (theaureview.com), The Iris (theiris.com.au) and Hello Asia! (helloasia.com.au), plus events the National Live Music Awards (http://www.nlmas.com.au/), Captured Australia and the Courtyard Sessions. [503]]
InfoWars.com - fake news website created and hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
ISRAEL21c (ISRAEL21c is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization and the publisher of an English-language online news magazine recognized as the single most diverse and reliable source of news and information about 21st century Israel. ISRAEL21c offers a vast resource of more than 10,000 originally researched and produced articles, videos, images and blogs by some of Israel’s leading journalists, uncovering the country’s rich and diverse culture, innovative spirit, wide-ranging contributions to humanity, and democratic civil society. ISRAEL21c was founded in 2001, in the wake of the Second Intifada, to broaden public understanding of Israel beyond typical portrayals in the mainstream media. The organization’s founders – Israeli-American technology executives – understood the great power of the Internet and developed a first-of-its kind online product with global appeal and reach.) (http://ISRAEL21c.org/about)
The Logical Indian (thelogicalindian.com) - online news and media publishing organization from India; covers unconventional news and attempts at providing a logical perspective to issues and events
Myndz Community, C.C. (myndz-community.ca) - multimedia community-based media production entity; based in Nairobi, Kenya, and Windhoek, Namibia; provides opportunities for youth, media practitioners, civic organizations and inhabitants of rural and indigenous communities to learn and engage in the production of media
myowndp.com (myowndp.com) - online community for downloading free display pictures for Blackberry Messager on all phones; has created a vast collection of high-quality and original DPs in over 15 different categories; new images are uploaded to the site weekly
Alhudood (alhudood.net) - An Arabic political satire website tackling regional and international issues from a pan-Arab perspective, publishes articles on a daily basis and has been running for four years.
NationSwell[507] NationSwell is a digital media company focused on American innovation and renewal — identifying and profiling social innovators who are developing impactful ways to solve America’s most critical issues.
NationSwell finds inspiration in the people who are rolling up their sleeves and the things they are doing — to drive advancements in education and environmental sustainability; to make government work better for citizens; to engage more people in national service; to support our veterans and their families; to revitalize our economy and advance the American dream; and more. The CEO and Founder Greg M. Behrman [508] returned in the spring of 2012 from a one-year military deployment to Afghanistan where he was a Strategic Advisor first to Gen. David Petraeus and then to Gen. John Allen. NationSwell has been called a cure for "post election malaise" by The Atlantic's Eric Liu. [509].
Notebookcheck - running the biggest laptop review sites, e.g. notebookcheck.net and notebookcheck.com.
Nurture Digital - creative digital agency; based in Los Angeles; works with brands and agencies to produce and distribute online video and broadcast commercial campaigns; founded in 2009; in 2014, the company's ad campaign for Pfister REACT, a household faucet brand, was featured in an article by The New York Times ([510]); the company's work with Kwikset ([511]) and Pfister Xtract ([512]) have been mentioned in Adweek
Oscar Wilde Awards - this news article mentions the "10th annual Oscar Wilde Awards"; a handful of WP articles list people as being recipients of the award. Sam Peter Jackson "was nominated for the 2006 Oscar Wilde Award for Writing". Last Summer at Bluefish Cove "... and Oscar Wilde Awards ..." Colin Davidson (artist) citation title for "US/Ireland Alliance Honor, Los Angeles" is "US-Ireland Alliance's 10th annual Oscar Wilde Awards honors Colin Davidson, Carrie Fisher and Stephen Colbert". John Glines "Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (Oscar Wilde Award)". Jim Brochu "the Oscar Wilde Award". Declan Kiberd "Oscar Wilde Award for Literary Achievement, 1996". Steve Schalchlin "PFLAG-LA Oscar Wilde Award, 1997 & 2003". Rikki Beadle-Blair "Greg Owen won the Oscar Wilde Award for New Writing". The awards seem to be put on by the us-irelandalliance.org though the site says very little about the award. [513] says "Annually, we host the Oscar Wilde Awards in Los Angeles."; Google searches for "US-Ireland Alliance" "Oscar Wilde Awards" return higher-quality results than just "Oscar Wilde Awards"
Pixel Crunch (pixelcrunch.com) - Pixel Crunch is a global, multi-platform network, our network includes our website and mobile. We connect with our followers and provide content worth sharing with their family, friends and the people who matter in their lives. We operate in the UK but serve to provide our content globally. We serve a next generation, one that consumes different types of media across platforms, mostly on mobile. We expect our content to be relevant and connected to their lives, easily accessible and shareable.
Spor Repor (sporrepor.com) - Founded in 2015, Spor Repor is a light-hearted/satirical sports news website that covers the states of Washington and Oregon as well as the province of British Columbia (a combined area referred to as Cascadia).
Sprout City Studios (www.sproutcity.com) - Professional recording studio in Eugene, Oregon. established 1997. Recorded Frank Black of the Pixies, and Thomas Mapfumo
Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists (savoa.org) - accreditation by SaVoa is recognition of a voice-over artist's ability to provide vocally and technically proficient broadcast-quality voice over services and to conduct business in a manner that enhances the profession as a whole; maintains an accreditation program for voice-over artists worldwide
Syncmag (syncmag.ca) - monthly magazine about South Asia; published in Canada; caters and gives coverage to South Asian communities in Canada, Malaysia, Dubai, Pakistan and India
ValueWalk (www.valuewalk.com) - ValueWalk LLC owns and operates an online platform that publishes financial industry news. Its platform provides value investing, hedge funds, large asset managers, technology industry, business, and political news. ValueWalk LLC was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.
National Gallery of Art Library (library.nga.gov) - Washington, D.C.; part of the National Gallery of Art; national art research center serving gallery staff, visiting scholars, and the scholarly community at large; boasts a large collection of unique materials, including rare books, auction catalogs, vertical files; also home to the department of image collections, housing close to 14 million photographs, negatives, and digital images; curates several of its own exhibitions each year, including one inside the library and several in general gallery space; [549]; [550]; [551]; [552]; [553]
Nissan Heritage Collection - despite being off-limits to the public (more of a private storage unit contained in Nissan's former factory in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan), gets a significant number of press coverages in comparison to a good number of car museums
Festival of India - festivals put on by Hare Krishna followers; involves chariot parades with Jagannatha and the arts, music, culture festivals, and free vegetarian feast around cities in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Australia and other parts of the world
Jankunú - a traditional New Years dance celebration (aka: Wanaragua or Máscaro) among the Garífuna villages on the Caribbean Coast of Central America, and which have European, African and Indigenous (Arawak and Carib) influences in motifs.
Nigerian name - Nigerian personal names appear to differ significantly from Anglosphere names (see the numerous variations of Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun's name) and an independent article on the subject along the lines of Icelandic name would be helpful. ~Hijiri88, May 2016
Clone-A-Willy (cloneawilly.com) - brand of in-home penis-molding kit; body-safe, platinum silicone kit to clone a penis into a perfectly detailed dildo; uses algae-based molding powder; made by Empire Labs, Inc. in Portland, Oregon
Crokicurl - an outdoor game combining curling and crokinole played on a large ice surface with curling rocks, using rules similar to crokinole. First introduced in 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; [575]; [576]; [577]; [578]; [579]
Kai-awase - Is a game played with real clam shells. The clam shells are painted on the inside, common paintings include flowers, and noble men and women. You lay down several pairs of clam shells face down on the floor, then try to find the match. If you find a matching pair, it symbolizes that you'll find your true love. Kai-awase was enjoyed by the nobility during the Edo period in Japan.
Students of the World - Is a kid friendly penpal website for all ages. It was founded in 1995 by French Nicolas, Yvonne, Géraldine, and Marie-Jo, as a snailmail website. Then in 2001 it began to offer more services like email-penpals, blogs, clubs, and pictures.
The Stream Station - [594]; Is a community built around a custom coded chat and a YouTube AutoPilot, all of the site content is community sourced. Site users can apply to become a streamer and go live to all other people on the page at the time, using services such as Twitch.tv, Hitbox.tv, Beam_(website) and YouTube.
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making the Ulfberht sword - this sword was a viking sword from the 1,000. the way that the vikings put carbon into the iron was by smashing the bones of a great ancestor or animal that had died into the iron wile it was hot. it is also said that these swords are made into Damascus steel. +VLFBERH+T is this swords true name.
Xbox One X Enhanced Games List - Like this page [597] but to list the specific enhancements for some Xbox One games when played on Xbox One X. See forum for start of idea with sources: [598]
Organizations
Arcknight (arcknight.com) - Tabletop RPG company producing maps, flat plastic miniatures, RPG Spell Effects, and many other products.
The Homestead Resort (thehomesteadresort.com); - four-season destination resort; largest employer in Leelanau County, Michigan; located on the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
International Mini Meeting - yearly get-together of Mini fans throughout the world; first event was hosted in 1978 in Germany; in 2016, it will be hosted in Belgium; [611]
Kraken Conkrakencon.com) - relatively small convention; meets twice a year in the Spring and Fall; first convention held October 8, 2013, at South San Francisco Conference Center with 988 attendees
Myths and Legends Convention (often shortened to MALCon) (malcondenver.com) - annual fandom convention held in Denver, Colorado; first held in September 2013; 2014 and 2015 held in August; 2016 scheduled for August; events generally include larger gatherings such as dances (Yule Ball, Shindig) and entertainment (Second Breakfast, Mad Hatter Tea), interactive programming (chain mail, costume piece making), gaming (including tabletop boardgames and RPGs), and discussions and panels; programming focuses on specific fandoms year to year; [612]; [613][614]
Rainbow Slides Leisure Centre - defunct; based in Stirling, Scotland; "Rainbow Slides Farewell" on YouTube includes old pictures of the inside and outside of the building; has famous mural
Richmond Folk Festival (richmondfolkfestival.org) - annual festival (usually in October) in Richmond, Virginia; showcases art, music, dance, and other cultural interests; sponsored by Venture Richmond
Showbox SoDo - converted-warehouse-turned-concert venue; located just south of the sports stadiums in the SoDo district at 1700 1st Ave. South Seattle, Washington 98134; has hosted events featuring Kid Rock, Heart, The Pogues, M.I.A., The Hives, Dropkick Murphys
Big Jay's Workshop - custom resin molding and casting, inventor of the 'Artisan Dice' line of giant D20s with various items embedded within the dice
Bilofix - strange to find no mentions of this brand even in Lego history
Black Sheep Games - Game Development studio located in Greece and run by Spyro Merianos. Notable for "Angry Chicken: Egg Madness!" (2,500,000 downloads), winner of a category in Intel Level Up 2015 contest with "Galactic Missile Defense" and participating in Humble GameMaker Bundle in September of 2016 that raised over $2,830,000. [621][622][623][624][625][626]
Bricklink - the second-largest online Lego marketplace
Brinkmate - a shogi concept that usually precedes checkmate and inevitable loss
Fuck Marry Kill - common game; one party suggests three people to a second party, and they must decide which of the three they would hypothetically have sex with, marry, or kill, provided they needed to do one to each of the people named
FunNode (funnode.com) - modern gaming website; hosts some popular board games and card games
Indoor Play Centre - A commonplace type of business which lacks a Wikipedia page. I did try to create one a few years ago but because one single sentence out of the whole article was uncited, the whole page was rejected. Kaid100 (talk) 17:20, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
LEGO Life (LEGO has created it's first social network for kids under 13. Cited from article: "From far enough away, Lego Life looks a bit like a brick-themed Instagram. It has all the standard social network elements: a newsfeed, profiles, and the ability to like and comment. A closer look, though, reveals a careful crafted ecosystem designed with safety at the top of mind.") (https://www.wired.com/2017/01/lego-life-social-network-kids/#slide-9)
Merfle! Munchies (merflemunchies.com) - original series of fictional dessert dragon whelp character creatures; featured as collectible figurines and novelty items
Micropul - free-to-download abstract tile strategy game; playable pvp or as a solitaire; [644]; fans have taken the basic download and created their own wooden sets, made software and web versions
mini cannon - small collectible toy cannon that on most occasions can be filled with gunpowder and ignited
NärCon - The biggest cosplay and gaming festival in Scandinavia, located in Sweden, where the Nordic Cosplay Championship is broadcasted yearly in National Swedish Television. Swedish article
Super Sonic Power (SSP) - toy car; made by Kenner Products; introduced in 1970; very fast with manually spun flywheel (using a pull strap to spin the wheel); very popular in the 1970s; [647]
three-person games - games which work well (or at all) with three players
Trexi (trexi.com.sg) - collectible figure; comes in range of designs from urban artists, licenses, even corporate companies; created in 2005; popular among collectors who also collect Dunny (collectible figure), Bearbrick
trilambdathon - event; combines a number of individual games including a flip-cup boat race, competitive eating of a hot dog, BB gun target shooting, and running
What Is D? - game with concealed rules in which a person associates objects or ideas in sets of 4 by saying, "if A is ..., B is ..., and C is ..., then D is ..." and other players attempt to guess the rule for determining D given A, B, and C, and no rule in fact exists, with D being chosen randomly; lacking sources to cite for this game's rules - can anybody help?
Yavalath - strategy game for two players; notable as a game which was devised by a computer; players win by placing four counters in a row, but lose if they place three in a row beforehand; [650]; [651]
Yeehaw! - drinking game; popular with the engineers at the University of British Columbia
Triforce Johnson - Founder of the top competitive gaming group, Empire Arcadia. A dedicated Nintendo gamer, first in line for many hardware and software.
Biribissi - board game involving a lottery developed during the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics - board game; designed by Richard Borg; part of the 'Commands & Colors' series of games; esigned to simulate warfare during the Napoleonic wars; [652]
Da Ma ("Driving the horses") - Chinese board game played with special coins; [653]
Fraidy Cats - board game; from late 1980s/early 1990s
Klask - Board game in which each player tries to score a ball in the other's goal using their magnetic game pieces. Developed in 2013, Klask has quickly become popular around the world, winning a variety of awards, including best board game of 2015. [655]
Smess - board game; kind of like chess; each square has arrows pointing in the directions that one can move off of that square; object of game is to capture the "Brain"; [657]
Starmada - generic universal space combat board game
Tripples - strategy board game; first released in 1972; latest release in German, 1994; [663]
Whatzit? (game) - board game; for three to six players; by the Milton Bradley Company; involves figuring out what an image on a card is supposed to mean (in the form of a visual pun)
Tamiya Bigwig, Tamiya's 10th anniversary model, designed by Mooncraft's Takuya Yura
Porsche 934 Turbo RSR (Tamiya model car), the first of all Tamiya cars not to mention the ultra rare Black edition to commemorate the 100,000 edition of its model sold
Tamiya 4x4 Pick Up chassis to trilogy of metal chassis series of pick-up (Toyota 4x4 Pick Up, Blazing Blazer and Toyota 4x4 Pickup Bruiser) made in the 1980s
Assault Android Cactus - twin-stick shooter video game released on PC in 2014 and PS4 in 2016.
DayTrippers (daytrippersrpg.com) - reality-hopping role-playing game of surreal science fiction; written by Tod Foley; blends traditional and modern approaches to game mastering, drawing from classic science fiction tropes and the "new wave" science fiction of the 1970s
rainbow bondage bear - a somewhat conspiracy over the meaning behind One Direction's two stuffed-bear "mascots", controlled by members Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles
performance, participation - a postmodern literary theory championed by Ihab Hassan. It has to do with how postmodern texts demand a certain reaction or level of interaction from the reader. The main thing that has it is Hassan's work Pluralism in Postmodern Perspective.