A (named a /ˈeɪ/, plural aes) is the first letter and a vowel in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is similar to the Ancient Greek letter Alpha, from which it derives.
The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also called 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet (which, by consisting entirely of consonants, is an abjad rather than a true alphabet). In turn, the origin of aleph may have been a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
In 1600 B.C., the Phoenician alphabet's letter had a linear form that served as the base for some later forms. Its name must have corresponded closely to the Hebrew or Arabic aleph.
When the ancient Greeks adopted the alphabet, they had no use for the glottal stop—the first phoneme of the Phoenician pronunciation of the letter, and the sound that the letter denoted in Phoenician and other Semitic languages—so they used an adaptation of the sign to represent the vowel /a/, and gave it the similar name of alpha. In the earliest Greek inscriptions after the Greek Dark Ages, dating to the 8th century BC, the letter rests upon its side, but in the Greek alphabet of later times it generally resembles the modern capital letter, although many local varieties can be distinguished by the shortening of one leg, or by the angle at which the cross line is set.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
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The Silent e is an epic adventure of a letter 'e' who can't speak but must find his parents in the Times New Roman Empire. Led by the Evil 4, the Arial Race commences genocide on all Times New Roman letters while converting the remaining fonts to sans-serif.
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Filmed in Toronto, Canada, Quest for Truth is a short, educational and entertaining film that explores World Religions from a teenager's perspective. With a few comedic twists, a group of students from Crawford Adventist Academy takes you on a journey to find the truth.
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In an attempt to join his loved one, an Ancient Egyptian finds himself in the three-dimensional world. Coming from a highly structured, routine driven, two-dimensional world, the Ancient Egyptian discovers new possibilities and attempts to bring his loved one with him to his new discovered world.
Keywords: ancient-egypt, interdimensional-travel, perspective, satire
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Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women.
Keywords: american-football, bar-brawl, bar-fight, box-office-flop, brawl, bus, car-chase, cheerleader, cheerleading-movie, crooked-cop
Protecting witnesses is a challenge. Living with them is impossible.
Teresa: You *clearly* don't know how to speak to women.::Roland Sharp: I know how to speak to women. I *clearly* choose not to.
Tommy: You see the taller blonde. Is that Anne or Barb? I can never remember.::Roland Sharp: HEBAT.::Tommy: What?::Roland Sharp: HEBAT. It's a mnemonic device: Heather, Evie, Barbara, Anne, Theresa. HEBAT.
Binky Beauregard: [Sharp, posing as an assistant cheerleading coach, is looking dour at a game] Where's your happy face?::Roland Sharp: This *is* my happy face!
Captain Nichols: [the girls have been fawning over mugshot books] I now know the hottie rating of every ex-convict in the western United States.
Roland Sharp: [Percy and the cheerleaders have just finished their dance-off] Now that's old school.
Percy Stevens: Who put that table there?
Roland Sharp: I gave up alcohol about ten years ago.::Molly McCarthy: Didn't like yourself when you were drinking, huh?::Roland Sharp: Hell, I loved myself when I was drinking. It was the other people that had the problem!
Heather: ...like in Full Metal Jacket? That's my favorite movie.::Roland Sharp: My favorite movie is the Sound of Music.
Anne: We had the situation under control.::Teresa: Yeah. We were about to go all Buffy on their gringo asses.
Roland Sharp: ...and you couldn't possibly be talking about my mother, because my mother is allergic to dogs!
A revolver that means justice in the hands of the brave!
Manuel: [uncovering a food basket, and not noting Félix holding the revolver] Here's your food! I hope it gives you indigestion.::Félix Gómez: [pointing the revolver at Manuel] Thank you servant, here's your tip!