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Zero Hour (organization)
Zero Hour may refer to: * Midnight, or 00:00 * Zero hour (1945), the capitulation of the Nazi government at midnight May 8, 1945 * Zero Hour (military designation), the scheduled time for the start of some event, especially a military operation Film, television and radio * ''The Zero Hour'' (1939 film), an American film directed by Sidney Salkow * ''Zero Hour'' (1944 film), a 1944 Canadian documentary film * ''Zero Hour!'', a 1957 film written by Arthur Hailey, later parodied as ''Airplane!'' * ''Zero Hour'' (1977 film), a 1977 West German film directed by Edgar Reitz * ''The Zero Hour'' (2010 film), a 2010 Venezuelan action film * "Zero Hour" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a 2004 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * "Zero Hour" (''Stargate SG-1''), a 2004 episode of the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * ''Zero Hour'' (2004 TV series), a 2004 documentary-style TV show retelling tragic man-made disasters * ''Zero Hour'' (2013 TV series), a 2013 American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight
Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours. Solar midnight is the time antisolar point, opposite to Day#Solar noon, solar noon, when the Sun is meridian (astronomy), closest to the nadir, and the night is culmination, equidistant from dusk and dawn. Due to the advent of time zones, which regularize time across a range of meridian (geography), meridians, and daylight saving time, solar midnight rarely coincides with 12 midnight on the clock. Solar midnight depends on longitude and time of the year rather than on time zone. In ancient Roman timekeeping, midnight was halfway between sunset and sunrise (i.e., solar midnight), varying according to the seasons. In some Slavic languages, "midnight" has an additional geographic association with "north" (as "noon" does with "south"). Mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Finder
Joseph Finder (born October 6, 1958) is an American thriller writer. His books include ''Paranoia'', ''Company Man'', '' The Fixer'', ''Killer Instinct'', ''Power Play'', and the Nick Heller series of thrillers. His novel ''High Crimes'' was made into the film of the same name starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. His novel ''Paranoia'' was adapted into a 2013 film starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, and Harrison Ford. Early life Joseph Finder was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958 and spent much of his early childhood in Afghanistan and the Philippines before his family returned to the United States and lived in Bellingham, Washington and outside Albany, New York. Finder majored in Russian studies at Yale University, where he graduated '' summa cum laude'' and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a bass singer in the Yale Whiffenpoofs (1980). He received a master's degree from the Harvard Russian Research Center and later taught on the Harvard faculty. He states that "He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour Records
Zero Hour Records was an indie rock record label based in New York City. It was established in 1990 by Ray McKenzie, a former phone clerk for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The label's first release was McKenzie's own 12" single "The Ozone Hole." In 1995, Rising Tide Entertainment, a joint venture between Doug Morris and MCA Music Entertainment, announced it would be distributing and marketing Zero Hour Records's albums. In 1997, the label opened the $300,000 mastering studio Ground Zero in SoHo, Manhattan. According to ''Billboard'', this studio was intended to "cater to the full range of independent labels in New York", not just Zero Hour. Artists Artists who released one or more albums on Zero Hour included: * 22 Brides * The Black Watch *Boyracer *The Cucumbers *Grover (featuring Angie Carlson of Let's Active) *John Wesley Harding * Dirt Merchants *Space Needle *Steve Wynn, who became the first established artist the label worked with when it released his album '' Melting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project One
Project One is a DJ and production supergroup consisting of two hardstyle artists, Willem Rebergen (Headhunterz) and Joram Metekohy (Wildstylez). So far, the act has released an album, an EP, and several singles. "Headhunterz and Wildstylez Present: Project One" was made over the course of three months in a Dutch record studio, finishing approximately one track each week. Album samplers were released afterwards, featuring the full versions of each album track, and a remix release, were released under Scantraxx Reloaded Scantraxx Reloaded was a Dutch record label and sub label of Scantraxx Records. Scantraxx Reloaded was owned by Willem Rebergen (who released music through the label under the name Headhunterz), and specialized in releases by Headhunterz, Gostos .... Discography Albums * 2008: The album (Scantraxx Reloaded) EP'S * 2017: EP I (Q-Dance Records) Singles Remixes EP References Dutch musical groups Hardstyle musicians {{Netherlands-ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noir (anime)
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created and written by Ryōe Tsukimura and produced by Victor Entertainment and Bee Train. The series was directed by Kōichi Mashimo, with Yoko Kikuchi (animator), Yoko Kikuchi, Minako Shiba and Satoko Miyachi in charge of character designs, Kenji Teraoka in charge of mechanical design, and Yuki Kajiura composing the music. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. The series follows the story of two young female assassination, assassins who embark together on a personal journey to seek answers about mysteries from their past. While they seem to be only vaguely related to each other at first, there are clues and hints given throughout the series that there is more than what meets their eyes. During the course of the series, they are lured into more and more traps by a secret organization named ''Les Soldats'' ("The Soldiers" in Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (Avengers Album)
''Zero Hour'' is a live album by the Avengers. It was released on vinyl in 2003 on the Italian label DBK Works. The album features a recording of a concert that took place at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA on June 13, 1979, one of the band's final concerts. The same concert was released a year later on the compilation album '' The American in Me''. Track listing Side One # "Cheap Tragedies" – 3:30 # "Zero Hour" – 3:23 # "Corpus Christi" – 3:04 # "Release Me" – 4:33 Side Two # "Uh-Oh" – 3:23 # "Misery (Finger On The Trigger)" – 3:05 # "Time To Die" – 5:05 # "The American In Me" – 2:10 Personnel *Penelope Houston – vocals * Brad Kent – guitar * Danny Furious – drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (Zero Hour Album)
''Zero Hour'' is Zero Hour's first album. Released in 1999, it was limited to 2100 copies. Track listing # Eyes of Denial – 4:42 # The System Remains – 7:22 # Voice of Reason – 8:40 # I. Descent – 3:45 # II. Awaken – 4:33 # III. Union – 5:44 # IV. Solace – 1:03 # V. Ascent – 2:01 Credits * Erik Rosvold – vocals * Jasun Tipton – guitars * Troy Tipton – Bass * Mike Guy – drums * Matt Guillory – keyboards * Phillip Bennett – keyboards * Brittany Tipton – Female vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ... 1999 debut albums Zero Hour (band) albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (Eidolon Album)
Zero Hour may refer to: * Midnight, or 00:00 * Zero hour (1945), the capitulation of the Nazi government at midnight May 8, 1945 * Zero Hour (military designation), the scheduled time for the start of some event, especially a military operation Film, television and radio * ''The Zero Hour'' (1939 film), an American film directed by Sidney Salkow * ''Zero Hour'' (1944 film), a 1944 Canadian documentary film * ''Zero Hour!'', a 1957 film written by Arthur Hailey, later parodied as ''Airplane!'' * ''Zero Hour'' (1977 film), a 1977 West German film directed by Edgar Reitz * ''The Zero Hour'' (2010 film), a 2010 Venezuelan action film * "Zero Hour" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a 2004 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * "Zero Hour" (''Stargate SG-1''), a 2004 episode of the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * ''Zero Hour'' (2004 TV series), a 2004 documentary-style TV show retelling tragic man-made disasters * ''Zero Hour'' (2013 TV series), a 2013 American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (band)
Zero Hour is an American progressive metal band formed by twin brothers Jasun Tipton and Troy Tipton in Pleasanton, California, United States, in 1993. They released their self-titled debut album independently in 1999, and followed it up with 2001's ''The Towers of Avarice,'' their first album on the Sensory Records label, which also released all of their subsequent albums. Following 2003's ''Metamorphosis'' (a re-recording of their first record)'','' original singer Erik Rosvold was replaced by Fred Marshall, who appeared on ''A Fragile Mind'', released in 2005. Vocalist Chris Salinas joined the band for their 2006 album ''Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond'', replacing Marshall. Salinas had previously fronted another progressive metal outfit, Power of Omens, which disbanded in 2005 after two albums. Salinas remained with Zero Hour until they disbanded. The band was disbanded due to Troy Tipton's arm injury. Jasun Tipton stated "...he had the surgery and has been working hard to g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (Cussler Novel)
Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or lead author of more than 80 books. His novels have inspired various other works of fiction. Early life Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Amy Adeline (née Hunnewell) and Eric Edward Cussler, and grew up in Alhambra, California. His mother's ancestors were from England and his father was from Germany. In his memoir '' The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks'', Cussler revealed that his father fought in the Imperial German Army on the Western Front during World War I. Furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (novel)
''Zero Hour'' (originally published as ''Fahnenjunker Volkenborn'') is an autobiographical war novel by German author Georg Grabenhorst. The book was initially published in Leipzig Germany in 1928 and was translated into English the following year. ''Zero Hour'' was later re-published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2006, with an introduction by Robert Cowley. The book has been compared to ''All Quiet on the Western Front''. Synopsis The book follows Hans Volkenborn's experiences in the German army during World War I. He initially goes into the war with some enthusiasm, taking pleasure in the camaraderie with his fellow soldiers. This eventually turns sour as he goes through the toil and bloodshed of war. Reception Initial reception in 1928 was mixed to positive, with the book garnering positive reviews from the ''Daily Sketch'' and the '' Daily News''. ''The Miami News ''The Miami News'' was an evening newspaper in Miami, Florida. It was the media market competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Can't Happen Here
''It Can't Happen Here'' is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. It describes the rise of a United States dictator similar to how Adolf Hitler gained power. The novel was adapted into a play by Lewis and John C. Moffitt in 1936. Premise The novel was published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, which was reported on by Dorothy Thompson, Lewis's wife. The novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a demagogue who is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and traditional values. After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government via self-coup and imposes totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of European fascists such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime and his subsequent struggle ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
