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Endurance (TV Series)
''Endurance'' is an American reality television series, previously shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the television series '' Survivor'', with a teenage cast. ''Endurance'' contestants live in a remote location and participate in various mental and physical challenges, although ''Endurance'' contestants compete as pairs (one boy and one girl), and the outcome of the competitions determines which pair of players is eliminated. In its six-year run between 2002 through 2008, each season began with a new slate of contestants, who were gradually eliminated as the season progressed until the remaining two teams competed to get all of the ''Endurance Pyramid'' pieces. The winning boy and girl received an all-expenses paid vacation package with their parents to an exotic location as the prize. Production ended with the final episode of the sixth season, first aired on June 28, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3Ball Productions
James David Weinroth (born April 20, 1968), known professionally as J.D. Roth, is an American television producer, actor, voice actor, game show host, and television personality. Roth is the co-creator of the reality show ''The Biggest Loser'' on NBC and the ABC reality TV show, '' Extreme Weight Loss'' (as well as the narrator). His hosting jobs include ABC's fall 2008 series '' Opportunity Knocks'', the Fox adult reality game show ''Unan1mous'', the children's reality show '' Endurance'' on NBC and the Discovery Kids Channel, and the children's game show '' Fun House'' which aired on Fox and in syndication. Roth was the CEO of 3Ball Productions, a television production company based in Manhattan Beach, California. 3Ball Productions was sold to Dutch group Eyeworks in 2006 and was renamed to Eyeworks USA.February 11, 2014 eyeworks.com, Retrieved on July 2, 2014 Roth and his wife, Christine, are parents to two children, Cooper and Duncan. Early life Roth was born and rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samādhi
''Samadhi'' (Pali and sa, समाधि), in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the ''Yoga Sutras'' of Patanjali. In the oldest Buddhist suttas, on which several contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers to the development of an investigative and luminous mind which is equanimous and mindful. In the yogic traditions, and the Buddhist commentarial tradition on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is interpreted as a meditative absorption or trance, attained by the practice of '' dhyāna''. Definitions ''Samadhi'' may refer to a broad range of states. A common understanding regards ''samadhi'' as meditative absorption: * Sarbacker: ''samādhi'' is meditative absorption or contemplation. * Diener, Erhard & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaver Lake
Shaver Lake is an artificial lake on Stevenson Creek, in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County, California. At elevation , several smaller streams also flow into the lake, and it receives water from the tunnels of Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. The town Shaver Lake is located on its south-west shore. Background In 1917 Southern California Edison purchased the lake which had been owned by the Fresno Flume and Lumber Company for transporting lumber down to the San Joaquin Valley. The lake was formed with the construction of Shaver Lake Dam, which was built by Southern California Edison and completed in 1927. The 180-foot dam was built in 50-foot (15-m) blocks, with a keyway to hold it in place and a 75-centimeter (30-inch) copper sheet to make it watertight. Its capacity is . Some water from the lake is discharged into Stevenson Creek for fish and other wildlife, but the rest is diverted to Big Creek, where it powers several hydroelectric plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sierras (2006–07)
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High Sierra may refer to: Places * High Sierra (biome), a region of California * Sierra Nevada (U.S.), a mountain range in California also called the High Sierra or High Sierras ** High Sierra Trail, which crosses the Sierra Nevada Arts, entertainment, and media * ''High Sierra'' (film), 1941 * High Sierra Music Festival, held in Quincy, California since 1991 * ''John Muir's High Sierra'', an Oscar-nominated short documentary Computing and technology * High Sierra Format, a CD-ROM filesystem developed in 1986 * macOS High Sierra, an operating system for Apple computers Other uses * High Sierra, an outdoor brand sold by luggage manufacturer Samsonite International See also * Sierra mountains (other) Sierra is a Spanish word meaning mountain chain and saw, from Latin '' serra''. The corresponding word in Portuguese, Catalan and Latin is ''serra''. This name is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking and other countries (with the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehachapi Mountains
The Tehachapi Mountains (; Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in the Western United States. The range extends for approximately in southern Kern County and northwestern Los Angeles County and form part of the boundary between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. Geography The Tehachapis form a geographic, watershed, habitat, and rain shadow divide separating the San Joaquin Valley to the northwest and the Mojave Desert to the southeast. The Tehachapis' crest varies in height from approximately . They are southeast of Bakersfield and the Central Valley, and west of Mojave and the Antelope Valley. The range runs southwest to northeast (SW-NE) connecting the Southern Sierra Nevada range on their northeast with the San Emigdio Mountains on the west and Sierra Pelona Mountains on the southwest. The Tehachapis are delineated from the San Emigdio Mountains by Tejon Pass at the range's western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehachapi (2005–06)
Tehachapi may refer to: *Tehachapi, California in the Tehachapi Mountains **California Correctional Institution, colloquially referred to as "Tehachapi" **Tehachapi High School in Tehachapi, California **Tehachapi Unified School District, based in Tehachapi, California * Tehachapi Mountains surrounding Tehachapi, California, and often considered the southern boundary of Central California *Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) in Tehachapi, California *Tehachapi News, based in Tehachapi, California *Tehachapi Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains ** Tehachapi Loop, the railroad engineering feat enabling trains to traverse the Tehachapi Pass * Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm, one of the largest wind farms in California *Tehachapi Energy Storage Project, At the time of commissioning in 2014, it was the largest lithium-ion battery system operating in North America and one of the largest in the world * Tehachapi Tribe, an Indian tribe best remembered for the 1863 Keyesville Massacre The Keyesville mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauai, Hawaii
Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island in the United States. Nicknamed the Garden Isle, Kauai lies 73 miles (117 km) across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Oahu. This island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and the Na Pali Coast State Park. The United States Census Bureau defines Kauai as census tracts 401 through 409 of Kauai County, Hawaii, which comprises all of the county except the islands of Kaʻula, Lehua and Niihau. The 2020 United States census population of the island was 73,298. The most populous town is Kapaa. Etymology and language Hawaiian narrative locates the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kauai after a favorite son; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii (2004–05)
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii, or ) is a state in the Western United States, about from the U.S. mainland in the Pacific Ocean. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian archipelago; spanning , the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii, after which the state is named; it is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest protected area in the U.S. and the fourth largest in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz (, en, Peace) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the state. Its metropolitan population is somewhat larger because of the surrounding towns, such as El Centenario, Chametla and San Pedro. It is in La Paz Municipality, which is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico in geographical size and reported a population of 292,241 inhabitants on a land area of . The population of La Paz has grown greatly since the 2000s. La Paz is served by the Manuel Márquez de León International Airport with flights to Mexico's three largest cities, cities across Northwest Mexico, and seasonal service to American Airlines hubs Dallas and Phoenix. Two ferry services operate from the port of Pichilingue outside the city, connecting the Baja California peninsula to the mainland at Mazatlán and Topolobampo, near Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season 2 - Endurance 2 (2003–04)
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations, and as such there are a number of both modern and historical cultures whose number of seasons varies. The Northern Hemisphere experiences most direct sunlight during May, June, and July, as the hemisphere faces the Sun. The same is true of the Southern Hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is Earth's axial tilt that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months, which increases the solar flux. However, due to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonna Mannion
Jonna Danielle Mannion (born November 10, 1988) is an American reality TV personality, best known for her appearances on the MTV reality television series '' The Real World: Cancun'', and the '' Real World'' spinoff show '' The Challenge''. She has also appeared on other television shows including the reality competition show ''Endurance'' which she won, and the docudrama '' Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel'' on TruTv. Personal life Mannion was placed into foster care with a very religious family when she was four years old. She was adopted by another family at the age of nine, who she continued to live with until she was 18. Mannion gave birth to her daughter Naleigh in August 2016. Mannion got married in 2019 and gave birth to her second child, a son, Cal, in 2020. Career ''Endurance'' Mannion first started her television career at the age of thirteen competing on the reality competition show ''Endurance'' on Discovery Kids. She and her partner Aaron Thornburg won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Island, California
Santa Catalina Island ( xgf, Pimuu'nga or ; es, Isla Santa Catalina) is a rocky island off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island name is often shortened to Catalina Island or just Catalina. The island is long and across at its greatest width. The island is located about south-southwest of Long Beach, California. The highest point on the island is Mount Orizaba (). Geologically, Santa Catalina is part of the Channel Islands of California archipelago and is the easternmost of the Channel Islands. Politically, Catalina Island is part of Los Angeles County in District 4. Most of the land on the island is unincorporated (governed by the county). Catalina was originally inhabited and used by many different Southern California Tribes, including the Tongva, who called the island or and referred to themselves as or . The first Europeans to arrive on Catalina claimed it for the Spanish Empire. Over the years, territorial claims to the island tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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