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Lady Luck
Lady Luck, a personification of luck, may refer to: Fiction and mythology * Fortuna, in Roman mythology, goddess of fortune * Tyche, in Greek mythology, goddess of fortune * Lady Luck (comics), a character created by Will Eisner Film * ''Lady Luck'' (1936 film), a film directed by Charles Lamont * ''Lady Luck'' (1942 film) or ''Lucky Ghost'', a film directed by William Beaudine * ''Lady Luck'' (1946 film), a film directed by Edwin L. Marin * ''Lady Luck'', a 1973 television film starring Bert Convy Music * Lady Luck (rapper) (born 1983), American rapper * ''Lady Luck'' (album), by Broadzilla, 2001 Songs * "Lady Luck" (Jamie Woon song), 2011 * "Lady Luck"/"Dilly Dally", a single by After School, 2012 * "Lady Luck", by the 69 Eyes from ''Savage Garden'' * "Lady Luck", by David Lee Roth from ''A Little Ain't Enough'' * "Lady Luck", by Deep Purple from ''Come Taste the Band'' * "Lady Luck", by Drag from '' The Way Out'' * "Lady Luck", by Exo from ''Exodus'' * "Lady Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luck
Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at any time, both due to random and non-random natural and artificial processes, and that even improbable events can happen by random chance. In this view, the epithet "lucky" or "unlucky" is a descriptive label that refers to an event's positivity, negativity, or improbability. Supernatural interpretations of luck consider it to be an attribute of a person or object, or the result of a favorable or unfavorable view of a deity upon a person. These interpretations often ''prescribe'' how luckiness or unluckiness can be obtained, such as by carrying a lucky charm or offering sacrifices or prayers to a deity. Saying someone is "born lucky" may hold different meanings, depending on the interpretation: it could simply mean that they have been born into a good family or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel-Log
The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, a Greek geographer of the 2nd century CE. In the early modern period, James Boswell's ''Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'' (1786) helped shape travel memoir as a genre. History Early examples of travel literature include the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (generally considered a 1st century CE work; authorship is debated), Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias' ''Description of Greece'' in the 2nd century CE, ''Safarnama'' (Book of Travels) by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077), the ''Itinerarium Cambriae, Journey Through Wales'' (1191) and ''Descriptio Cambriae, Description of Wales'' (1194) by Gerald of Wales, and the travel journals of Ibn Jubayr (1145–1214), Marco Polo (1254–1354), and Ibn Battuta (1304–1377), all of whom recorded their travels across the known world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Nemacolin (formerly known as Nemacolin Woodlands Resort) is a four seasons resort in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy Knox, president of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph Hardy. It includes The Lodge at Nemacolin, a Tudor Revival-style hotel which is a member of the Historic Hotels of America. Located at the center of Nemacolin, it was the hunting lodge of Pittsburgh businessman Willard F. Rockwell, who had it built in 1968. The resort also includes a casino called Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin. History The resort is named after Chief Nemacolin, a native Delaware Indian who in 1740 trailblazed a route through the Laurel Highlands mountains between what is now Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh industrialist Willard Rockwell established a private game reserve on the property called Nemacolin Trails Hunting Reserve in 1968. The Rockwells established a hunting lodge along with a golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Queen Marquette
Casino Queen Marquette is a riverboat casino located in Marquette, Iowa (across the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) that is owned and operated by CQ Holdings. The riverboat, named Miss Marquette, is located by a site that also contains an enclosed pavilion, providing dining on the first floor and an entertainment showroom/banquet area on the second floor. Currently offering 566 slot machines featuring a variety of games and 8 tables games. History The Miss Marquette riverboat in Marquette, Iowa was bought from Sodak Gaming in November 1999 for $41.67 million. Shortly after, on October 6, 2000, Isle of Capri agreed to acquire the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat for $47.7 million. The riverboat, ''Miss Marquette'', was acquired from the Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000, and re-branded as the ''Isle of Capri Marquette''. In December 2008 the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat was approaching a Lady Luck re-brand. A few months later, March 2009, the exterior re-branding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Hotel & Casino
The Downtown Grand, formerly the Lady Luck, is a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, owned by CIM Group and operated by Fifth Street Gaming. The Downtown Grand is the centerpiece of Downtown3rd, a new neighborhood and entertainment district in downtown Las Vegas. Facility Set on at 3rd Street and East Ogden Avenue, the Downtown Grand initially had two hotel towers: to the east, the 18-story Casino Tower built in 1985 with 295 rooms, and to the west, the 25-story Grand Tower with 334 rooms. The East Tower is connected to the ground level casino. The eight-story Gallery Tower was completed in 2020, for a total of 1,124 rooms. The property is served by a four-level parking garage and features several restaurants and entertainment venues along 3rd Street. These establishments include Freedom Beat, Triple George Grill, Sidebar, and Hogs and Heifers Saloon. History Honest John's (1961-1968) * The original business was a news stand and barber shop located in Ogden Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Gaming
Lady Luck Gaming Corp. was a gambling, gaming company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that developed and operated casinos in the Midwestern and Southern United States, Southern United States. It was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000. History Company founding and first casinos (1991-1993) In 1991, Andrew Tompkins, founder of the Lady Luck Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, wanted to expand locally, but found property in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada, Laughlin too expensive. Instead, he joined many other gaming industry figures in looking to Midwestern and Southern states that were beginning to legalize riverboat casinos. He revealed plans for a casino in Natchez, Mississippi, in August 1991, and went on to open the Lady Luck Natchez in February 1993 at a cost of $8 million. After Colorado legalized gambling in three cities in 1991, Tompkins negotiated to buy land for a casino in Central City, Colorado, Central City from the school district, but withdrew from the deal after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg
Bally's Vicksburg is a riverboat casino and hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. It has of gaming space and 89 hotel rooms. History The project was initiated by the Rainbow Casino Corporation (RCC), made up of John A. Barrett and Leigh Seippel. Hospitality Franchise Systems agreed to provide $7.5 million in financing, and to franchise a hotel at the property under its Days Inn brand. Six Flags agreed to build a 10-acre theme park named Pennants. United Gaming (later known as Alliance Gaming, and then Bally Technologies) signed on to manage the casino. The Rainbow Casino opened on July 12, 1994, with 574 slot machines and 28 table games. United Gaming took a 45 percent ownership stake on the day it opened. It took a controlling stake the following year, after RCC failed to finance elements of the casino that it was responsible for. The hotel, owned by AmeriHost, opened in May 1995, and the company called it "the most upscale Days In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville
Century Casino Caruthersville, formerly Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville, is a riverboat casino and hotel in Caruthersville, Missouri. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Century Casinos. The riverboat is named ''City of Caruthersville'' and is permanently docked at a site that also contains an enclosed pavilion that is used to host various events. In 2005, the casino generated $28 million in revenue and $7 million in profits. History The casino opened on April 28, 1995 as Casino Aztar. It was built by Aztar Corp. at a cost of $55 million. Aztar was acquired by Columbia Sussex in January 2007. Columbia Sussex, unable to obtain a casino license in the state, immediately put the property up for sale and threatened to close it down in order to preserve the takeover deal with Aztar. In 2007, Isle of Capri Casinos purchased the casino from Columbia Sussex for about $45 million. Casino Aztar Caruthersville was re-branded Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville on June 10, 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show Of Shows (film)
''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor. ''The Show of Shows'' was Warner Bros.' fifth color film; the first four were ''The Desert Song'' (1929), ''On with the Show!'' (1929), ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) and ''Paris'' (1929). (''Song of the West'' was actually completed by June 1929 but had its release delayed until March 1930). ''The Show of Shows'' featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros. film stars, including John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr., Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Bull Montana, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas, and Betty Compson. Overview The film was styled in the same format as the earlier Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929''. The high budget of the film meant that although it pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Radio Controversy
''The Great Radio Controversy'' is the second studio album by American hard rock band Tesla, released in 1989. The album's sound has been described as "glam metal to play inside the cab of a tractor-blusey denim and downright wholesome". The hit singles "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "Hang Tough" and "The Way It Is" received considerable airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball, and rocketed the band to stardom. The album is titled after the controversy about the identity of the inventor of radio. It is posited that Serbian engineer Nikola Tesla (whom the band is named after) is the true inventor of radio, while the Italian Guglielmo Marconi took the credit and is widely regarded as having the title. The album's inner sleeve recounts this story. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 23, 1998. Critical reception Kirk Blows, reviewer of British music newspaper ''Music Week'' gave positive response to the album. He thinks that the album musical materia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spanner In The Works
'' A Spanner in the Works '' is the seventeenth studio album released by Rod Stewart on 29 May 1995. It ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album. At that time, it was Stewart's longest break between albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You're The Star", "Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and " Purple Heather". Content The album includes covers of Bob Dylan's " Sweetheart Like You" and The Blue Nile's "The Downtown Lights". The song "Muddy, Sam and Otis" is Stewart's tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro '96 Football Squad, "Purple Heather" is a folk song that normally goes by the name "Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by Francis McPeake. "Leave Virginia Alone" was written by Tom Petty and recorded for his album '' Wildflowers'', but was le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of The Proclaimers
''The Best of the Proclaimers'' is a compilation album by Scottish band The Proclaimers released in 2002 and re-released in 2007. Three tracks ("The Doodle Song", "Ghost of Love", and "Lady Luck") were newly recorded for the compilation. The album's sleeve notes were written by the comedian and Proclaimers fan Matt Lucas. Critical reception ''The Best of The Proclaimers'' attracted some positive reception. Hal Horowitz of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ... asserted the compilation to be "near-faultless", describing it as an almost-perfect "summary of their most significant songs"; acknowledging it to be the "only roclaimers albumany but die-hard fans will need". Track listing Chart Certifications References {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
