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Ark (toy Company)
Ark or ARK may refer to: Biblical narratives and religion * Noah's Ark, the massive vessel to save the world's animals from a flood * Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses * Ark of the Covenant, the chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments * Torah ark, a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Ark, a planet in the Noon Universe * ''Ark'' (Transformers), a spacecraft * ARK, space colony in video games ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' * Ark, in video game ''Terranigma'' * The Ark (''Halo''), control station * The Ark, space station in TV series '' The 100'' * The Ark, the main setting of the game '' Brink'' * The Ark, fictional band from Alice Oseman's novel ''I Was Born For This'' * The Ark of Truth, in '' Stargate: The Ark of Truth'' Film and television * ''Ark'' (film), a 2005 animated science fiction film * ''Ark'', a 1970 short film by Rolf Forsberg * ''Ark'' (web series), a 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ark (Swedish Band)
The Ark are a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 and disbanded in 2011. They released five studio albums and became one of the most successful groups in Scandinavia. They made their breakthrough in 2000 with the song " It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane", and since then several hit songs followed; they reunited in 2020. History Early years The Apocalyptic Era (1991–1994) The Ark was formed by Ola Salo (at the time named "Svensson") in the small town of Rottne outside Växjö, Sweden in the summer of 1991. At the age of fourteen, during a family vacation to Ireland, he wrote a poem in six lines with the title ''The Ark'' and got the idea to form a new band from this concept. "And God told me to build an ark To gather the ones who wander in the dark" - first lines of the poem ''The Ark'' (1991)He formed the band with his friends Lars "Leari" Ljungberg, Mikael Jepson and Magnus Olsson, all of whom had previously been in the band ''Ashram'', and they held their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ark (Bangladeshi Band)
Ark is a Bangladeshi rock band formed in 1991 in Dhaka City by keyboardist Ashiquzzaman Tulu. The original founder members are Ashiquzzaman Tulu, Ridwan Nabi Pancham and Shamim. As of 2017, the band line-up re-consists of lead vocalist Syed Hasanur Rahman, keyboardist Tinku Azizur Rahman and drummer Hassan Towhidur Rahman (Rumi Rahman). Since their debut album "মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (Muktijuddho)" in 1991, the band has released five studio albums and some contributed albums. These have included songs like "আমি পাহাড়ের চূরায় (Ami Paharer Churay)", "ভুলে গেছি (Bhuley Gechi)", "সুইটি (Sweety)", "যারে যা (Jare Ja)", "দূরে বহু দূরে (Doorey Bohu Doorey)", "সেই মেয়েটি (Shei Meyeti)" which have all been top hits in Bangladeshi Rock music. Ark rose to fame in the 1990s, and is one of the "Big Three of Rock" along with Feelings/Nagar Baul and LRB, who wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ark (British Band)
Ark, stylized as arK, are a musical group formed around Birmingham and The Black Country, England. Originally active from c.1985 to c.1995, the band reformed in 2010. The group's sound is a mixture of progressive rock and pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock musi ... styles. History Ark formed from earlier bands Damascus and Kite, in 1985. Having won a following around the Midlands they began to venture further and gained a following around the UK and in parts of Europe. The band's line-up began with Ant Short, Peter Wheatley, Steve Harris, Andy Harris (bass) and Dave Robbins (drums). In 1986 Andy was replaced by John Jowitt and the band first entered the recording studio, the fruit of which were an early set of cassette only singles. In 1987 the band entered a loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiburon, California
Tiburon ( ; , ) is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It is located on the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. It shares a ZIP code (94920) with the smaller incorporated city of Belvedere (formerly a separate island), which occupies the southwest part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon. Tiburon is bordered by Corte Madera to the north and Mill Valley to the west, but is otherwise mostly surrounded by the bay. Besides Belvedere and Tiburon, much of the peninsula is unincorporated, including portions of the north side and the communities of Strawberry and Paradise Cay. The population of Tiburon was 9,146 at the 2020 census and has 6,600 registered voters. Belvedere and Tiburon share a post office, library, and recreation agency. The city's name derives from the Spanish word , which means "shark". The name was first given to the peninsula on which the city is situated, and probably inspired by the prevalence of locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Armitage
Simon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds. He has published over 20 collections of poetry, starting with '' Zoom!'' in 1989. Many of his poems concern his home town in West Yorkshire; these are collected in '' Magnetic Field: The Marsden Poems''. He has translated classic poems including the ''Odyssey'', the Alliterative ''Morte Arthure'', ''Pearl'', and ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight''. He has written several travel books including ''Moon Country'' and '' Walking Home: Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way''. He has edited poetry anthologies including one on the work of Ted Hughes. He has participated in numerous television and radio documentaries, dramatisations, and travelogues. Early life and education Armitage was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in the village of Marsden, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Johnson (poet)
Ronald Johnson (November 25, 1935 – March 4, 1998) was a poet from Ashland, Kansas, United States, whose significant works include a number of experimental long poems such as ''The Book of the Green Man'', ''RADI OS'', and his magnum opus ''ARK''. Johnson graduated from Columbia University in 1960, wandered in Appalachia and United Kingdom for a number of years, then settled in San Francisco for twenty-five years before returning to Kansas, where he died. Writer and critic Guy Davenport once referred to Johnson as America's greatest living poet, while poet Robert Creeley considered Johnson as "one of the defining peers of isown imagined company of poets." Biography Early life and education Johnson was born in Ashland, Kansas on November 25, 1935, and attended University of Kansas and Columbia University, where he got his B.A. However, Johnson stated in an interview with Peter O'Leary that his true literary education took place off campus in the Cedar Tavern, a regular haunt o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ark (novel)
''Ark'' is a 2009 hard science fiction novel by English author Stephen Baxter. It is a sequel to his 2008 novel ''Flood''. Ark deals with the journey of the starship ''Ark One'', and the continuing human struggle for survival on Earth after the catastrophic events of ''Flood''. The series continues in three pendant stories, which are described in the plot summary below. Being hard SF, ''Ark'' contains many references to unrealised or hypothesised technology ( Project Orion, the Alcubierre drive), physics (antimatter), and hypotheses about extraterrestrial life. Baxter credits several books and academic works in an afterword: See '' Scientific background'' below. Plot summary The events of ''Ark'' overlap with those of ''Flood'': in preparation for a flood that will completely submerge the Earth's continents by 2052, the billionaire Nathan Lammockson builds ''Ark Three'', a gigantic ship that will sail the waters of the drowned Earth. Skeptical of the project's viability, the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survival Evolved
''Ark: Survival Evolved'' (stylized as ''ARK'') is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players. The game is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective and its open world is navigated by foot or by riding a prehistoric animal. Players can use firearms and improvised weapons to defend against hostile humans and creatures, with the ability to build bases as a defence on the ground and on some creatures. The game has both single-player and multiplayer options. Multiplayer allows the option to form tribes of players in a server. The max number of tribe mates varies from each server. In this mode, all tamed dinosaurs and building structures are usually shared between the members. There is a PvE mode where players cannot f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ark In Space
''The Ark in Space'' is the second serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 25 January to 15 February 1975. The serial is set more than ten thousand years in the future. In the serial, the insectoid aliens the Wirrn intend to absorb the humans along with their knowledge on board Space Station Nerva. Plot The TARDIS materialises on an aged space station. Sarah Jane Smith, Sarah is overcome by lack of oxygen. While Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who), Harry and the Fourth Doctor explore, Sarah is transported away and placed into cryonic suspension by the station computer. Harry and the Doctor explore and realise the statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate Atlantis Season 3
The third season of ''Stargate Atlantis'', an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 21, 2006 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel. The third season concluded after 20 episodes on February 5, 2007 on the Canadian The Movie Network. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who also served as executive producers. Season three regular cast members include Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa, with Paul McGillion, and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay. Cast * Starring Joe Flanigan as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard * Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir * Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan * Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex * With Paul McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett * And David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay Episodes Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where the story spans over 2 or more episodes. Production * Richard Kind, who played Lucius Lavin in "Irresistible" and "Irresponsible", also played a minor role as Gary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
