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Blaze Bayley Le 21 Mars 2002 à La Locomotive Paris
Blaze may refer to: Films * ''Blaze'' (1989 film), starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich, the latter as stripper Blaze Starr * ''Blaze'' (2018 film), based on the life of country musician Blaze Foley * ''Blaze'' (2022 film), an Australian drama film Music Groups * Blaze (group), a house-music production team formed in 1984 in New Jersey, US * Blaze (Japanese band), a band known for its song "Fire" Albums * ''Blaze'' (Lagwagon album), 2003 * ''Blaze'' (Herman's Hermits album) Songs * "Blaze" (song), a 2008 single by J-pop singer Kotoko * "Blaze", a single by Japanese singer Kinya Kotani * "Blaze", the debut single of Korean rock band Rolling Quartz Other media * ''Blaze'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman * Blaze (toy), a rocking-horse riding toy produced by Mattel in the 1960s Sports and games Mascots * Blaze (UAB mascot), the dragon mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham athletic teams * Blaze (Paralympic mascot), the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaze (1989 Film)
''Blaze'' is a 1989 American romance film, romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton, based on the 1974 memoir, ''Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry'', by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry. The film stars Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich as Earl Long and Blaze Starr respectively. At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the film received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. However, the award went to Freddie Francis for ''Glory (1989 film), Glory''. This was Wexler's fifth and final nomination, having previously won for ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966) and ''Bound for Glory (1976 film), Bound for Glory'' (1976). Plot Fannie Belle Fleming moves from rural West Virginia to Washington, D.C. in the hopes of becoming a singer. Promoter Red Snyder convinces her to strip during a performance. She becomes successful burlesque performer Blaze Starr and catches th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast Blaze
The Gold Coast Blaze were an Australian men's professional basketball team which competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The Blaze played five seasons in the NBL between 2007 and 2012, and played their home games at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast in Queensland. History In November 2006, the NBL announced a Gold Coast team would join the competition in the 2007–08 season after a licence was granted to a consortium headed by former Adelaide 36ers coach David Claxton. The franchise was initially owned by Claxton and local businessmen Tom Tate and Owen Tomlinson. It was announced that the team would play its home games at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. In February 2007, the team name was revealed to be the Gold Coast Blaze. There had been a voting competition where 'Heat' had won as the preferred name, but it was not able to be considered following objections from the NBA and the Miami Heat The Miami Heat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaze (TV Channel)
Blaze is a British English language free-to-air television channel owned by A&E Networks UK, a joint venture between A&E Networks and Sky Group. This channel allows UK A&E to use its programming for the complete "lifecycle". A+E Networks Italy launched its Blaze on Sky Italy on March 22, 2017. In Spain and Portugal, a version of Blaze channel was launched by AMC Networks International in joint-venture with A&E Networks to replace the A&E channel on 18 April 2018, but closed and replaced with AMC Break on 19 April 2022. The italian version of the channel was closed on 1 August 2023. Format and programming The channels' programming is a best of A&E shows. Blaze was the first channel launched in the UK by A&E Networks that did not borrow its name from one of the company's U.S. channels. The abbreviation "A&E" is commonly used to mean " Accident and Emergency unit" in the UK, so the company decided not to use that brand for the channel. Having originally only aired imported and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-standard Poker Hand
Non-standard poker hands are hands which are not recognized by official poker rules but are made by house rules. Non-standard hands usually appear in games using wild cards or bugs. Other terms for nonstandard hands are special hands or freak hands. Because the hands are defined by house rules, the composition and ranking of these hands is subject to variation. Any player participating in a game with non-standard hands should be sure to determine the exact rules of the game before play begins. Types The usual hierarchy of poker hands from highest to lowest runs as follows (standard poker hands are in ''italics''): * Flush Five: Five cards of the same rank and suit. * ''Royal Flush'': The highest straight flush, A-K-Q-J-10 suited. * Skeet flush: The same cards as a skeet (see below) but all in the same suit. * Straight Flush House: Same as Flush House (see below), but all cards are in consecutive order. * Flush House: A Full House (see below) where all the cards are of the same su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaze (dinghy)
The Blaze was designed in the mid-1990s by Ian Howlett, one time International 14 designer and associated with Americas Cup design work and John Caig, winner of Fireball Worlds. It is a powerful winged single-hander with well-developed 10 m sail. Unusually in recent performance designs both foils are pivoting enabling the centreboard to be adjusted from the wing as well making it particularly suitable for estuaries and shallow lakes. Development The Blaze was originally built by Ian Howlett and John Caig, and marketed by Topper International from 1996. At the outset the Blaze incorporated equalisation with lighter weight helms being allowed wider rack widths but carrying compensating lead weights. After a few years the class membership voted to abandon equalisation. In 2000 an active class association ran a sail development program to produce a more responsive sail, dropping some of the excessive leech Leeches are segmented parasitism, parasitic or Predation, pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah Blaze
The Utah Blaze was a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competed in the West Division of the Arena Football League. Home games were played at the EnergySolutions Arena. In 2013, the team did not submit proper documentation to remain in the AFL and the entire roster was reassigned to other teams in the league. History The original Utah Blaze (2006–08) In September 2004, Commissioner C. David Baker announced that Salt Lake City, Utah was awarded an Arena Football League (AFL) franchise for the 2006 season. The Utah Blaze began play on January 28, 2006, on the road against the San Jose SaberCats. The team was coached by longtime Arizona Rattlers coach Danny White and played its home games at the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, home of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz. The team was owned by automobile businessmen John Garff, Robert Garff, and Brett Hopkins. In their first season, the Blaze had the highest average at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Blaze
Indiana ( ) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Nicknamed "the Hoosier State", Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. Indigenous resistance to American settlement was broken with defeat of the Tecumseh's confederacy in 1813. The new settlers were primarily Americans of British ancestry from the eastern seaboard and the Upland South, and Germans. After the Civil War, in which the state fought for the Union, natural gas attracted heavy industry and new European immigrants to its northern counties. In the first half of the 20th century, northern and central sections experienced a boom in good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Blaze (rugby)
Chicago Blaze Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lemont, Illinois. The Blaze's first side competes in the Midwest Rugby Football Union's Division II class. History In 1982, the Windy City Nomads merged with the Amoco Rugby Club to form the Chicago Blaze Rugby Football Club. The new club would retain the colors blue for Amoco and red for Nomads. The first Blaze jerseys had the red and blue hoops. Peter Thornley, one of the founding members and was instrumental to the Blaze future by bring together the two clubs and making what had been just an idea of being the first club team in the United States of America to actually own its own pitch. Before the creation of the clubhouse & field in 1986, the Blaze played at the forest preserve fields on 75th St and Rt 53 in Naperville, but community disapproval of the social aspect of post game celebrations, was what ultimately led the club to look into buying their own field. The current facility includes 4 pitches and inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Blaze (ice Hockey)
The Chicago Blaze was a professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... team based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The team was part of the All American Hockey League (AAHL) and began playing in the 2008–2009 AAHL season. The Blaze played their home games at West Meadows Ice Arena in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The Blaze were coached by Steve Pronger, a former assistant coach for the Flint Generals. Seasons External linksOfficial Chicago Blaze website {{Chicagosports Sports in Cook County, Illinois [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Blaze (basketball)
The Chicago Blaze were a women's professional basketball team in the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). Based in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ..., they played from 2002 until folding in 2005. External linksNWBL website(archive link)WABA website Basketball teams in Chicago, Blaze Women's sports in Chicago {{Illinois-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomington Blaze
Bloomington commonly refers to: *Bloomington, Illinois, a city in McLean County, United States *Bloomington, Indiana, a city in Monroe County, United States *Bloomington, Minnesota, a city in Hennepin County, United States Bloomington may also refer to: Places United States * Bloomington, California * Bloomington, Idaho * Bloomington, Kansas * Bloomington, Maryland * Bloomington, Missouri * Bloomington, Nebraska * Bloomington, New York * Bloomington, Ohio * Bloomington, Texas * Bloomington, Utah * Bloomington (Louisa, Virginia), a historic house * Bloomington, Wisconsin * Bloomington (town), Wisconsin *Bloomington Township, McLean County, Illinois * Bloomington Township, Indiana * Bloomington Township, Decatur County, Iowa *Bloomington Township, Muscatine County, Iowa *Bloomington Township, Kansas *Bloomington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri *New Bloomington, Ohio Canada *Bloomington, Nova Scotia * Bloomington, Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Ontario, in North Stormont *Bloomington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baton Rouge Blaze
The Baton Rouge Blaze was an expansion team that joined the af2 in 2001. ''The Advocate'' held a "Name the Team" contest which was won by a local teacher, Sean Fluharty. The head coach was former LSU quarterback Alan Risher. The cheer/dance team was known as the Starz and was led by former Miss Fitness Universe and Miss Bikini Universe Katie Uter. The Blaze was joined by the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, Columbus Wardogs, Florida Firecats, Iowa Barnstormers (not to be confused with the Iowa Barnstormers that became the New York Dragons of the AFL), Lafayette Roughnecks, Lincoln Lightning, Louisville Fire, Macon Knights, Memphis Xplorers, Peoria Pirates The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in AF2, the minor league to the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached ..., Rochester Brigade, and Wichita Stealth. In 2001, the Blaze went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
