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Outpost or outposts may refer to: Places * Outpost (military), a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location * Border outpost, an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and safeguard its border with a neighboring state * Human outpost, an artificially-created, controlled human habitat located in an environment inhospitable for humans, such as the ocean floor, the Antarctic, in space, or on another planet * Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, California, a canyon neighborhood * Outpost Islands, Nunavut, Canada * Israeli outpost, a settlement built on land that was not legally purchased and was not given a building permit by the State of Israel Entertainment * ''The Outpost'', a 1909 play written by James Francis Jewell Archibald * ''Outpost'' (board game), from TimJim games * Outpost (chess), a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (military)
In military terminology, an outpost is a location where detachments of military personnel are stationed at a distance from the main armed force or formation in a region. Outposts are usually located in remote or sparsely populated areas, positioned to observe and defend against unauthorized intrusions and surprise attacks, serving as the first line of defense. The station occupied by such troops, usually a small military base or settlement in an outlying frontier, limit, political boundary or in another country. Outposts can also be called miniature military bases based on size and number of troops it houses. Oldest known use is from the 16th century "station when on duty, a fixed position or place," 1590s, from French poste "place where one is stationed," Recent military use Military outposts, most recently referred to as combat outposts (COPs), served as a cornerstone of counterinsurgency doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan. These permanent or semi-permanent structures, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''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] |
Outpost (1994 Video Game)
''Outpost'' is a video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994. The game was noteworthy for having a hard science fiction approach, with one of the main designers being a former NASA scientist. ''Outpost'' was released for Windows 3.1 and the Macintosh. It was followed by a loosely related sequel, '' Outpost 2: Divided Destiny''. Story A massive asteroid named Vulcan's Hammer is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, and all attempts to divert it from this path have failed. The last attempt, firing a large nuclear warhead at the asteroid, actually ended up splitting it not into five chunks (which would have averted disaster) as humanity hoped, but rather two asteroids. Now, instead of destroying the earth, it will simply wipe out nearly all life on Earth's surface. Extinction is not an option, and so a mission is organized to create a colony on a world elsewhere in the galaxy as the last hope for mankind's survival. The player is in charge of that m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1981 Video Game)
''Outpost'' is a fixed shooter for the Apple II programmed by Tom McWilliams and published by Sirius Software in 1981. It is a variant of the arcade game ''Space Zap''. In March 1982, NBC News reported that ''Outpost'' earned McWilliams, then still a teenager, for at least US$60,000. Legacy According to Tim Skelly, Scott Boden was working on an arcade video game port of ''Outpost'' for Cinematronics Cinematronics Incorporated was an arcade game video game developer, developer that primarily released vector graphics games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While other companies released games based on raster graphics, raster displays, early .... After Skelly and Boden left the company, the game was reworked as the more cutesy title ''Boxing Bugs'' by Jack Ritter, which they called a "travesty". References External links * ''Outpost''at Giant Bomb 1981 video games Apple II games Apple II-only games Fixed shooters Sirius Software games Video game clones Video ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (2019 Film)
''The Outpost'' is a 2019 American war film directed by Rod Lurie, based on the 2012 non-fiction book ''The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor'' by Jake Tapper, about the Battle of Kamdesh in the War in Afghanistan. It stars Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, Will Attenborough, and Taylor John Smith. It had its world premiere at Thessaloniki International Film Festival on November 2, 2019. The film was scheduled to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released via Premium VOD and in selected theaters on July 3, 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the battle sequences and respectful depiction of the soldiers. Background In 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – was one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hills Have Eyes III
''Mind Ripper'' (also known as ''The Hills Have Eyes III'', ''The Outpost'' or ''Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper'') is a 1995 American horror film released on HBO. It stars Lance Henriksen and Giovanni Ribisi. Although it is marketed in some areas as a sequel to the original '' The Hills Have Eyes'' and '' The Hills Have Eyes Part II'', no actors, characters, or scenarios link it to those films. Its only connection, aside from the desert location, is producer Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the other two films, and his son Jonathan Craven, who is credited as a writer. Plot Set in a remote desert location, government scientists Alex, Joanne, Frank, Larry and Rob perform reanimation experiments in an underground nuclear facility. The goal is to create a superhuman. Their subject, "Thor", is a specimen from a suicide found in the desert. In the attempts to bring Thor back, an uncontrollable creature is unleashed. The next morning, Alex calls Stockton, one of the prior overse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (1995 Film)
''The Outpost'' (, internationally also known as ''The Section'') is a 1995 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Péter Gothár. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ... section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Mari Nagy as Gizella Weisz * József Szarvas as Öcsi, or Petya * Valentin Teodosiu * Misu Dimvale * Andrei Finti * Géza Tóth as Jani Kupter * Alexandru Bindea as Colleague * Stefan Sileanu as Onaga * Marcel Marcu as Chauffeur * Gheorghe Visu * Radu Nicoara * Monica Ghiuta * Sándor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (2008 Film)
''Outpost'' is a 2008 British war horror film, directed by Steve Barker and written by Rae Brunton, about a rough group of experienced mercenaries who find themselves fighting for their lives after being hired to take a mysterious businessman into the woods to locate a World War II-era military bunker. Plot Somewhere in an active Eastern European war zone between government and insurgent forces, businessman Hunt hires former Royal Marine-turned-mercenary D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers – Prior, Jordan, Cotter, Voyteche, McKay, and "Tak" Taktarov. Their mission is to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land to investigate some "real estate" for a company, although Voyteche claims that there is nothing out there. Going most of the way by truck, they traverse the forest and hear distant fighting, artillery, jets fly overhead, and an intense burst of static knocks out their radios. Reaching their destination, the team discovers a seemingly abandoned b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1959 Film)
''Outpost'' is a 1959 Australian television play about Australian soldiers in New Guinea during World War Two. It was written for television by John Cameron. It was one of the most acclaimed early Australian-written TV plays. Plot In September 1943, during World War Two, four Australian soldiers are stranded in an isolated army outpost in New Guinea, waiting for an attack on Buna. The soldiers include Sergeant 'Happy' Adams, Signaler 'Tiger' Lyons and Corporal 'Mitch' Mitchell. Tension happens when McCudden, an arrogant NCO from the airforce, arrives, bringing mail for Happy. McCudden is murdered and the soldiers fear a Japanese attack. Mitch reads in a newspaper that Happy's wife has died in Brisbane. Happy reveals his wife had been having an affair with another man back and when relatives found out and threatened to write to Happy, she committed suicide. The men discover photographs of McCudden's girlfriends, who included Happy's wife. Cast * Syd Conabere as Signaller "Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (1944 Film)
''Outpost'' is an animated short film, directed by Chuck Jones and first released in August 1944. It is part of the Private Snafu series. As in all the Snafu films, the voice of Private Snafu is performed by Mel Blanc.Shull, Wilt (2004), p. 196-197 Plot A narrator informs viewers that the United States maintains far-flung military outposts, occupied by diligent sentinels. The film then introduces an outpost on a tiny Pacific island, where under its single palm tree lies the local sentinel, Private Snafu. His only companion is a local bird. Snafu loudly complains about his 249 days on the island without getting involved in any fighting, and a message coming over the radio informs him that his 249th request for a transfer has been denied. Snafu and this bird get to sleep and dream about girls. Their dreams get mixed up and irate Snafu wakes up, threatening to break the bird for insubordination. The dejected bird locates a floating can of food, eager to eat the contents until h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outpost (opera)
''The Outpost'' is an opera or operetta by the composer Hamilton Clarke with a libretto by A. O'D. Bartholeyns. The story is an adaptation of the Singspiel ''Der vierjährige Posten'' by Theodor Körner with music by Franz Schubert.Walters, Michael and George Low"The Outpost" ''Curtain Raisers'', The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 25 April 2008, accessed 8 May 2010 The piece was one of Clarke's last compositions following several operettas that he had composed for the German Reeds. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre from 2 July 1900 to 3 November 1900 as a companion piece to the Gilbert and Sullivan opera ''The Pirates of Penzance'', for the second London revival of ''Pirates'', and also played from 10 November 1900 to 7 December 1900 as a companion piece to ''Patience'', a total of 131 performances. After this, the work was performed on tour from late 1901 through 1902 as a companion piece to ''Pirates'', ''Patience'' and ''Iolanthe''. Both the score and the libretto appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outpost (Buckethead Album)
Buckethead is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Buckethead's extensive solo discography currently includes 31 studio albums, one live album, two extended plays, five special releases, six demo tapes, & four DVD releases. Since 2011, Buckethead started releasing albums in the "Pikes" series, mini-albums usually around 30 minutes in length, each with a sequential number similar to a comic book. Buckethead has released 655 Pike albums, 175 of which are live albums. He is extremely prolific, and holds the world record for most albums released in one year. Buckethead has also released seven studio albums under the alias Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead). He has released collaborative albums with Brain, Travis Dickerson, Melissa Reese, Viggo Mortensen, Shin Terai, DJ Disk, Bootsy Collins, That 1 Guy and albums with the bands Praxis, Cornbugs, Science Faxtion, Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and Deli Creeps, in addition to many other c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
