Yves Adele Harlow is the alias for a fictional character from the X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen. The alias is an anagram for Lee Harvey Oswald. She is a femme fatale who sometimes works with the Lone Gunmen (though she's sometimes at odds with them, as her goals are rarely as selfless as theirs) and often employs various disguises. Her real name is Lois Runce, and she is the daughter of an arms dealer. Jimmy Bond is emotionally attached to her, although his feelings are unrequited. Yves is played by British actress Zuleikha Robinson.
Yves Adele Harlow was based upon the title character of the series Dark Angel.
Harlow, Yves Adele
Yves Adele Harlow was based upon the title character of the series Dark Angel.
Harlow, Yves Adele
Since internet use has been available en masse, various card games have been available for play, including online spades.
The origins of Spades can be traced back to the United States during war time and since has grown to one of the most popular card games, being played in universities, clubs, and of course on the Internet.
Those seeking to play Spades from their PC can feed their need by purchasing a software program for installation, such as , or by creating an account and logging into their favorite online community, such as , , , or . Internet users who choose to play spades online, have the unique ability to play with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Currently it is widely believed that MSN Zone holds the largest online Spades Community, followed by Yahoo Games. However, in June of 2006, the Zone was updated to a "lobby-less" format. Subsequentially, its community, which is virtually non-existent in the new format, has presumably lost its fair share of players.
Other Spades enthusiasts choose to seek out new players and breathe new life into their already established Spades groups. By opening an account on such sites as meetup.com and myspace.com, players are able to search for one another by interest or even geographical location.
The more popular Spades versions played on the Internet are, Individual, Suicide, Cutthroat and Partnership, while most Spades software offers the same basic features, such as:
# A Lobby where various tables are listed
# A Ranking system so that players may play at their level
# Chat function for player interaction.
Some software variations include avatars, personalized messaging and the option for private chat.
Spades players can also find sites which offer the opportunity to play Spades for real money, meaning entering tournaments with relatively small entrance fees and competing for cash prizes. However, these types of online Spades games are new and not supported by the bigger Spades online communities of MSN Zone and Yahoo Games. Spadester.com was the first to offer Spades games for money.
Those looking to play Spades on the Internet will be pleased to discover that their gaming options are expanding rapidly. As new sites pop up and the competition becomes fiercer, online Spades players will inevitably find their niche, and the software companies will continue to come out with new and improved versions of their products. In the meantime, Spades players are having an easy enough time creating their own communities and playing what may be coined as "America’s favorite card game."
The origins of Spades can be traced back to the United States during war time and since has grown to one of the most popular card games, being played in universities, clubs, and of course on the Internet.
Those seeking to play Spades from their PC can feed their need by purchasing a software program for installation, such as , or by creating an account and logging into their favorite online community, such as , , , or . Internet users who choose to play spades online, have the unique ability to play with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Currently it is widely believed that MSN Zone holds the largest online Spades Community, followed by Yahoo Games. However, in June of 2006, the Zone was updated to a "lobby-less" format. Subsequentially, its community, which is virtually non-existent in the new format, has presumably lost its fair share of players.
Other Spades enthusiasts choose to seek out new players and breathe new life into their already established Spades groups. By opening an account on such sites as meetup.com and myspace.com, players are able to search for one another by interest or even geographical location.
The more popular Spades versions played on the Internet are, Individual, Suicide, Cutthroat and Partnership, while most Spades software offers the same basic features, such as:
# A Lobby where various tables are listed
# A Ranking system so that players may play at their level
# Chat function for player interaction.
Some software variations include avatars, personalized messaging and the option for private chat.
Spades players can also find sites which offer the opportunity to play Spades for real money, meaning entering tournaments with relatively small entrance fees and competing for cash prizes. However, these types of online Spades games are new and not supported by the bigger Spades online communities of MSN Zone and Yahoo Games. Spadester.com was the first to offer Spades games for money.
Those looking to play Spades on the Internet will be pleased to discover that their gaming options are expanding rapidly. As new sites pop up and the competition becomes fiercer, online Spades players will inevitably find their niche, and the software companies will continue to come out with new and improved versions of their products. In the meantime, Spades players are having an easy enough time creating their own communities and playing what may be coined as "America’s favorite card game."
Since the release of Jurassic Park in 1993 there have been numerous parodies of the film and its sequels.
TV/Film
* A fan film, entitled "Jurassic Park: The Return" was made in 1994 using the action figures released for the movie. It can be found here on YouTube.
*In Toy Story, when Woody accidentally awakens Sid's dog, the dog's pupil contracts.
*Toy Story 2 features a scene where Rex, the toy dinosaur, is seen through the rearview mirror of the toy car he is chasing. The sentence made famous by the Jurassic Park movie, "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear," is also visible on the rear-view mirror of the toy car.
*On The Simpsons:
**In the episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" the titular elephant ('Stampy') peers into the Simpsons' living-room window upon arrival at their home. His pupil contracts, similar to when the T. rex looks inside the tour car in Jurassic Park.
**In "Itchy & Scratchy Land", both the design of and emblem on the helicopter that takes the Simpsons to the titular theme park resemble the helicopter which brings visitors to Isla Nublar in the movie. Later in the episode, Professor Frink warns of impending disaster at the park, basing his ascertations on chaos theory, Ian Malcolm in the movie. During the disaster, the park's power goes out, as in Jurassic Park.
**In the second story of "Treehouse of Horror V" when Homer travels back in time he arrives in the dinosaur age. Upon his arrival, Homer views a panorama highly reminiscent of the movie's 'lake scene', and remarks that he has gone back to a time when "dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos" (a clear reference to Jurassic Park). The music in the background resembles John Williams' score for Jurassic Park. Homer is promptly attacked by a T. rex, which both sounds like and resembles the movie's creature, only with an added Simpsons-esque overbite. This can also be seen as a reference to A Sound of Thunder, when Homer remembers what his father said about not stepping on anything.
**In "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", Barney notices a bowl of peanuts vibrating when the Duffmobile approaches, spoofing the scene with the cups of water when the dinosaurs approach.
**A similar parody occurred in When You Dish Upon a Star, when Ron Howard pointed out the vibration of the lemonade as fans approached him.
**In "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", the family is flying home from Japan when Japanese kaiju, including Godzilla, attack their plane. Lisa sees Godzilla's eye in one of the windows of the plane, just like the Jurassic Park scene of the T. Rex's eye in the window.
*In The Flintstones motion picture, there is a scene that features a children's playground called, appropriately enough, Jurassic Park.
*In ', Timmy goes through the T. rex looking into the car scene but the T. rex is actually Wanda in disguise.
*On an episode of The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a small crew was given the task of recreating the Jurassic Park theatrical trailer using strictly limited resources such as yellow clay and toy army men. The two versions of the trailer were then played side-by-side.
*The television series Family Guy has parodied the film three times:
**The scene involving the T-Rex eating Donald Gennaro on the toilet was referred to on Hell Comes to Quahog.
**During the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Peter is shown humming the Journey to the Island theme as he pretends the toy dinosaur in his hand is eating his friend Quagmire.
**the episode North by North Quahog spoofs it when peter Peter tells Lois that the prostitutes' vision is based on movement, a reference to the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park.
*In an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Mandy and Grim find a big hole on the ground after a giant foot (very similar to a T-Rex). Later in the episode Mandy and Grim find a chicken laboratory (similar to the laboratory in Jurassic Park III).
*In ', Jurassic Park is mentioned in front of the theater during Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time).
*In the Futurama episode "I Dated a Robot", Fry rides a T-Rex at the Jurassic Kiddie Park.
*In Teen Titans episode "End Part II or III," Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg are battling dark versions of themselves created by trigon. Beast Boy becomes a Tyrannosaurus and the Dark One is a Spinosaurus. This is a parody of the Jurassic Park III battle.
*In a Ben 10 episode a Tyrannosaurus is brought to life. It sounds like and resemble the movie creature except the stripes are missing and the calls are only partially reminiscent.
*In a Catscratch episode there is a banshee that Gordon fights. The banshees calls are similar to the calls of the Velociraptor in the films.
*In Wayne's World 2, the first Tyrannosaurus rex scene is parodied when the Wayne and Garth are reading a map in the night in their car. Ripples form in the cup of soda, just like in Jurassic Park, and they put the map down and see the T. rexs eye in the window.
*' features 2 parodies: in the opening, the police car stops after being eaten by a T. rex, and Spielberg is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film "Geriatric Park".
In the South Park episode Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut when the hospital loses power Kenny has to go out and fix the generator. The doctor also warns him about velociraptors, like the scene in Jurassic Park where Elli has to go restart he power.
Video games
*In the video game Beetle Adventure Racing for Nintendo 64, one of the racing courses includes a recurring T. rex breaking through an electric fence, similar to the T. rex scene in Jurassic Park.
Music
*"Weird Al" Yankovic released a single, Jurassic Park, parodying MacArthur Park. The music video that comes with the song is claymation animation, and parodies several scenes from the movie. The song was released on his 1992 album Alapalooza.
TV/Film
* A fan film, entitled "Jurassic Park: The Return" was made in 1994 using the action figures released for the movie. It can be found here on YouTube.
*In Toy Story, when Woody accidentally awakens Sid's dog, the dog's pupil contracts.
*Toy Story 2 features a scene where Rex, the toy dinosaur, is seen through the rearview mirror of the toy car he is chasing. The sentence made famous by the Jurassic Park movie, "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear," is also visible on the rear-view mirror of the toy car.
*On The Simpsons:
**In the episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" the titular elephant ('Stampy') peers into the Simpsons' living-room window upon arrival at their home. His pupil contracts, similar to when the T. rex looks inside the tour car in Jurassic Park.
**In "Itchy & Scratchy Land", both the design of and emblem on the helicopter that takes the Simpsons to the titular theme park resemble the helicopter which brings visitors to Isla Nublar in the movie. Later in the episode, Professor Frink warns of impending disaster at the park, basing his ascertations on chaos theory, Ian Malcolm in the movie. During the disaster, the park's power goes out, as in Jurassic Park.
**In the second story of "Treehouse of Horror V" when Homer travels back in time he arrives in the dinosaur age. Upon his arrival, Homer views a panorama highly reminiscent of the movie's 'lake scene', and remarks that he has gone back to a time when "dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos" (a clear reference to Jurassic Park). The music in the background resembles John Williams' score for Jurassic Park. Homer is promptly attacked by a T. rex, which both sounds like and resembles the movie's creature, only with an added Simpsons-esque overbite. This can also be seen as a reference to A Sound of Thunder, when Homer remembers what his father said about not stepping on anything.
**In "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", Barney notices a bowl of peanuts vibrating when the Duffmobile approaches, spoofing the scene with the cups of water when the dinosaurs approach.
**A similar parody occurred in When You Dish Upon a Star, when Ron Howard pointed out the vibration of the lemonade as fans approached him.
**In "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", the family is flying home from Japan when Japanese kaiju, including Godzilla, attack their plane. Lisa sees Godzilla's eye in one of the windows of the plane, just like the Jurassic Park scene of the T. Rex's eye in the window.
*In The Flintstones motion picture, there is a scene that features a children's playground called, appropriately enough, Jurassic Park.
*In ', Timmy goes through the T. rex looking into the car scene but the T. rex is actually Wanda in disguise.
*On an episode of The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a small crew was given the task of recreating the Jurassic Park theatrical trailer using strictly limited resources such as yellow clay and toy army men. The two versions of the trailer were then played side-by-side.
*The television series Family Guy has parodied the film three times:
**The scene involving the T-Rex eating Donald Gennaro on the toilet was referred to on Hell Comes to Quahog.
**During the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Peter is shown humming the Journey to the Island theme as he pretends the toy dinosaur in his hand is eating his friend Quagmire.
**the episode North by North Quahog spoofs it when peter Peter tells Lois that the prostitutes' vision is based on movement, a reference to the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park.
*In an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Mandy and Grim find a big hole on the ground after a giant foot (very similar to a T-Rex). Later in the episode Mandy and Grim find a chicken laboratory (similar to the laboratory in Jurassic Park III).
*In ', Jurassic Park is mentioned in front of the theater during Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time).
*In the Futurama episode "I Dated a Robot", Fry rides a T-Rex at the Jurassic Kiddie Park.
*In Teen Titans episode "End Part II or III," Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg are battling dark versions of themselves created by trigon. Beast Boy becomes a Tyrannosaurus and the Dark One is a Spinosaurus. This is a parody of the Jurassic Park III battle.
*In a Ben 10 episode a Tyrannosaurus is brought to life. It sounds like and resemble the movie creature except the stripes are missing and the calls are only partially reminiscent.
*In a Catscratch episode there is a banshee that Gordon fights. The banshees calls are similar to the calls of the Velociraptor in the films.
*In Wayne's World 2, the first Tyrannosaurus rex scene is parodied when the Wayne and Garth are reading a map in the night in their car. Ripples form in the cup of soda, just like in Jurassic Park, and they put the map down and see the T. rexs eye in the window.
*' features 2 parodies: in the opening, the police car stops after being eaten by a T. rex, and Spielberg is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film "Geriatric Park".
In the South Park episode Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut when the hospital loses power Kenny has to go out and fix the generator. The doctor also warns him about velociraptors, like the scene in Jurassic Park where Elli has to go restart he power.
Video games
*In the video game Beetle Adventure Racing for Nintendo 64, one of the racing courses includes a recurring T. rex breaking through an electric fence, similar to the T. rex scene in Jurassic Park.
Music
*"Weird Al" Yankovic released a single, Jurassic Park, parodying MacArthur Park. The music video that comes with the song is claymation animation, and parodies several scenes from the movie. The song was released on his 1992 album Alapalooza.
Early Years
Georgethan was formed in 2001. Georgethan's First album, The Georgethan Soundtrack, was recorded when Josh Willis was only 12 years old. It was originally released in 2001, but Georgethan released a remastered version in 2002. The name started when Josh (Georgethan) was in fourth grade when the class was required to write a story about anything. Josh states that "i guess that the name just came out of a mix of george and jonathan, and it just kept evolving." His follow up album, The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2 had a positive rating by many listeners. Shorty after the release Georgethan was back in the studio for a 3rd volume.
Mainstream Success
Apples to Apples, which is to be released on 23 October 2007, strayed from the usual Georgethan genre, and abandoned the recognizable singing of Georgethan. Although he does still sing in the usual Georgethan voice at times, his new approach, an M. Shadows imitation, he says it will always change. He says he has been working on screaming, but will not use that style as main vocals, because it is abnoxious. "my voice is always going to sound different, thats just the Georgethan voice. As far as screaming, yes, i am learning how, however i will never use it as main vocals, it is rediculous," says Josh. in Critical Acclaim, he screams in the intro as backup vocals, and there are many overlapped voices throught the soundtrack.
Recent Events
In 2006, Georgethan completed a worldwide tour, including the U.S., Europe, and eastern Asia. After cancelling the rest of the Young Entrepreneur Tour, he announced that he was planning his 3rd studio album, Apples to Apples, scheduled for October 23, 2007. Georgethan stated that there will never be a Young Entrepreneur Part 2, or Georgethan Soundtrack Part 2, but he says it will attract fans of both original albums while still being a surprise.
"Critical Acclaim", along with the announcement that it would be released via Limewire as the first single on September. The song was also put up in full to be streamed on his MySpace, as well. The music video for the first single off the new album, "Almost Easy", was added to thewas added to the Kerrang TV playlist in the UK on the 16 October.
To "tide fans over" until the release of the new album, Apples to Apples, released his first DVD, All Excess, on 12 September 2007. The DVD includes a documentary and live footage dating back to 2001 along with music videos and the making of the Home Alone music video. It is a region-free DVD and is approximately 156 minutes long. Before the actual release of the DVD, there were several theatrical premiers around the United States on 11 September 2007.
Band Name and Lyrical Content
The Name "Georgethan" was invented by Josh, as stated above, it is a mix of George, and Jonathan. Josh says that the songs have absolutley no meaning whatsoever, and he just comes up with the names off the top of his head. "You know, the song "Mornin' Subble" actually came from when i was sitting there thinking about ideas for volume 3, and i saw a picture of a guy with a beard, and it just came into place, the song." he also writes about random things to not get anybody mad about anything that could happen. "I just, the music's there to entertain and maybe thought-provoking on both sides, but I don't try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There's too many bands that do that nowadays, I think. In his new song, Critical Acclaim, he took the gambit of making the lyrics somewhat political.
Band Members
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Josh / Georgethan:
Guitars
Drums
Keyboards
Vocals
Discography
----
Studio Albums
September 12, 2001 - The Georgethan Soundtrack
July 14, 2004 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2: Young Entrepreneur
October 23, 2007 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 3: Apples to Apples
Videography
2005 - Home Alone - Music Video
2006 - All Excess-DVD
2007 - Almost Easy - Music Video
Georgethan was formed in 2001. Georgethan's First album, The Georgethan Soundtrack, was recorded when Josh Willis was only 12 years old. It was originally released in 2001, but Georgethan released a remastered version in 2002. The name started when Josh (Georgethan) was in fourth grade when the class was required to write a story about anything. Josh states that "i guess that the name just came out of a mix of george and jonathan, and it just kept evolving." His follow up album, The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2 had a positive rating by many listeners. Shorty after the release Georgethan was back in the studio for a 3rd volume.
Mainstream Success
Apples to Apples, which is to be released on 23 October 2007, strayed from the usual Georgethan genre, and abandoned the recognizable singing of Georgethan. Although he does still sing in the usual Georgethan voice at times, his new approach, an M. Shadows imitation, he says it will always change. He says he has been working on screaming, but will not use that style as main vocals, because it is abnoxious. "my voice is always going to sound different, thats just the Georgethan voice. As far as screaming, yes, i am learning how, however i will never use it as main vocals, it is rediculous," says Josh. in Critical Acclaim, he screams in the intro as backup vocals, and there are many overlapped voices throught the soundtrack.
Recent Events
In 2006, Georgethan completed a worldwide tour, including the U.S., Europe, and eastern Asia. After cancelling the rest of the Young Entrepreneur Tour, he announced that he was planning his 3rd studio album, Apples to Apples, scheduled for October 23, 2007. Georgethan stated that there will never be a Young Entrepreneur Part 2, or Georgethan Soundtrack Part 2, but he says it will attract fans of both original albums while still being a surprise.
"Critical Acclaim", along with the announcement that it would be released via Limewire as the first single on September. The song was also put up in full to be streamed on his MySpace, as well. The music video for the first single off the new album, "Almost Easy", was added to thewas added to the Kerrang TV playlist in the UK on the 16 October.
To "tide fans over" until the release of the new album, Apples to Apples, released his first DVD, All Excess, on 12 September 2007. The DVD includes a documentary and live footage dating back to 2001 along with music videos and the making of the Home Alone music video. It is a region-free DVD and is approximately 156 minutes long. Before the actual release of the DVD, there were several theatrical premiers around the United States on 11 September 2007.
Band Name and Lyrical Content
The Name "Georgethan" was invented by Josh, as stated above, it is a mix of George, and Jonathan. Josh says that the songs have absolutley no meaning whatsoever, and he just comes up with the names off the top of his head. "You know, the song "Mornin' Subble" actually came from when i was sitting there thinking about ideas for volume 3, and i saw a picture of a guy with a beard, and it just came into place, the song." he also writes about random things to not get anybody mad about anything that could happen. "I just, the music's there to entertain and maybe thought-provoking on both sides, but I don't try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There's too many bands that do that nowadays, I think. In his new song, Critical Acclaim, he took the gambit of making the lyrics somewhat political.
Band Members
----
Josh / Georgethan:
Guitars
Drums
Keyboards
Vocals
Discography
----
Studio Albums
September 12, 2001 - The Georgethan Soundtrack
July 14, 2004 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2: Young Entrepreneur
October 23, 2007 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 3: Apples to Apples
Videography
2005 - Home Alone - Music Video
2006 - All Excess-DVD
2007 - Almost Easy - Music Video