Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrzej, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andrius, Andreas, Andreu, Anders, Antero and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names for boys in those countries. In Italian, the equivalent to "Andrew" is "Andrea", though "Andrea" is feminine in most other languages. Andrew is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew".
The word is derived from the Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas, itself related to Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός aner/andros, "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew.
In 1990, the name Andrew was the seventh most popular name in Australia. In 1980, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1970, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the second most popular boys name in the Northern Territory in 1980. In Victoria, Andrew was the third most popular name for a boy in the 1970s.
Andrew Ettingshausen (born 29 October 1965) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He played his first grade Australian club football for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, retiring with the record of most games at a single club, with 328. Known for not only his deceptive pace, good hands and ability to score tries but also his solid defense, "ET" as he was known, represented both New South Wales and the Australian Kangaroos. After his retirement from league in 2000, Ettingshausen went on to host and produce his own fishing television show titled Escape with ET.
Ettingshausen was originally signed to the Cronulla side as a teenager before making his debut at eighteen while still at school. He quickly cemented a place in the Sharks first grade side and ultimately played 328 first grade games with the club over eighteen seasons. From a time in the early 1990s he was seen as the face of rugby league in Australia. His rugged good looks equipped him well to be pushed to the front by the marketers of the game at that time and Ettingshausen did not disappoint with his athletic skills attracting the interest of traditional fans while his looks appealed to a growing base of female fans. ET was successfully used in marketing not only for the game but for sponsors products as well, usually in photo shoots of him posing topless leading him to be seen as the 'Male Model of Rugby League'. Despite league being seen by not only the players but the public as a rough and tumble sport, it was a tag he never had to play down as his outstanding play and standing in the game made people look past what was not normally known for rugby league players.
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Trained in the Suzuki method from the age of four, Bird graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1991 and Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in violin performance in 1996. That same year he self-released his first solo album, Music of Hair. Vastly different from his later work, this album showcased his violin skills and paid tribute to his fascination with both American and European folk traditions, as well as jazz and blues. Following this, his initial commercial exposure came through collaborative work with the band Squirrel Nut Zippers, appearing on three of their albums (Hot, Sold Out, and Perennial Favorites) between 1996 and 1998.
Taking on the role of bandleader, Bird released Thrills on Rykodisc in 1997 with his group Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, shortly followed by second album Oh! The Grandeur in 1998. Both albums were heavily influenced by traditional folk, pre-war jazz, and swing, with Bird relying on the violin as his primary musical instrument, as well as providing vocals along with his trademark verbose lyrics. The Bowl of Fire featured musicians from Bird's home town of Chicago, including Kevin O'Donnell, Joshua Hirsch, Nora O'Connor, Andy Hopkins, Jimmy Sutton, Colin Bunn, and Ryan Hembrey. During this period, Andrew Bird was a member of the jazz group Kevin O'Donnells Quality Six, for which he was the lead singer and violinist and contributed to arrangements and songwriting for the albums Heretic Blues (Delmark 1999) and Control Freak (Delmark 2000) (both Delmark albums were produced by Raymond Salvatore Harmon).
James Francis "Jim" Murphy (born 23 August 1967) is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire.
He is currently the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. From October 2008 to May 2010 he served in government as Secretary of State for Scotland. Prior to this, he served as Minister for Europe from 2007–08, the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform from 2006–07, and as Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office from 2005–06.
Murphy was the co-chair of the Review of the Labour Party in Scotland, commissioned by Ed Miliband in May 2011.
Murphy was raised in a two-bedroom flat in Arden, Glasgow, until the age of twelve, when he emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, after his father became unemployed.
Murphy returned to Britain at the age of eighteen to study Politics and European Law at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow where he worked as a waiter in order to fund his studies.
During his time at university, he was elected President of the National Union of Students Scotland, the Scottish 'special region' organisation within the NUS, in 1992 and served a term of office until 1994.
Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.
He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics on BBC Two, The Sunday Politics on BBC One and This Week on BBC One. For the BBC he also anchors Straight Talk with Andrew Neil and makes documentaries.
He is also Chairman of Spectator Magazines; Chairman of ITP Magazines (Dubai); and Chairman of World Media Rights (London).
Neil made his name at The Sunday Times where he was editor for 11 years. In 1995 he was made editor-in-chief of the Press Holdings group of newspapers, owner of The Business and (from 2005) The Spectator, moving up to become chairman in July 2008.
Neil was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He grew up in the Glenburn area, and attended the local Lancraigs Primary School. Aged 11, Neil passed his 11-plus examinations and sent to the then academically selective Paisley Grammar School. His father was a professional soldier who had worked his way up through the ranks; his mother worked in the local cotton mills.[citation needed]
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A young couple, Kaia and Andrew, are renovating Kaia's secluded family estate. Their lives are violently disrupted upon the unexpected arrival of Kaia's sister, Christine, and her fiancé, Ira. Prior tensions and jealousies burgeon as new alliances form and childhood patterns resurface. As the days grow darker and the nights more disturbing, Kaia is forced to confront Christine's increasingly tangled perception of reality, which in turn may have begun to alter her own. When one of the four characters goes missing, the three left behind are flung into upheaval trying to fill in the blanks.
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It's Dark Here is the true story of Jason Tennies, an extremely gifted and accomplished young man -- a black belt in karate, a college student, a talented musician and most especially, the beloved only child of David and Linda. When Jason inexplicably and without warning suffers a schizophrenic break, his parents scramble desperately to get him the help he requires. In five short days, they must watch helplessly as their beloved son disappears before their eyes. As they endure this nightmare, they cannot help but reflect on happier times and what might have been while also facing the potential outcome for their family.
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A warehouse owner is about to go out of business, until he decides to turn the place into a gay sex club at night, but the town mayor is determined to shut them down, unless he releases an order of condoms for the local planned parenthood organization.
Keywords: hardcore, sex
They hate packing boxes...But they love packing ass!
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Jack Clayton can only escape after his partner in crime Harry Zordich messes up a Christmas sales department sore robbery in a Santa suit. Stuck in a rural small town, he finds himself forced to accept a menial job under the alias Oscar Burton as Santa in Sarah Gibson's nursery. Jack relaxes when invited in their home and proves a good substitute father for Sarah's frustrated fatherless daughter Noelle. Widow Emily Sutton's nostalgic Christmas shop completes his nostalgia, and becomes crucial when his ex-con cahoot turns up to plan a bank robbery. Sarah's admirer keeps warning the sheriff against 'Oscar', who meanwhile teaches the town how to fight off competition from the city mall.
Keywords: christmas, christmas-eve, christmas-tree, christmas-tree-lot, competition, criminal, escape, explosion, false-identity, father-figure
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Jason owes the mob $50,000 in gamblind debts and has one day to pay it back, or hitman Ballsy will whack him. He discovers a long-lost identical twin and decides to switch places with him in the hopes that Ballsy will get them mixed up and kill his brother instead.
Keywords: gay, hardcore, sex
...when the good twin doesn't know what the bad twin is doing.
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A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his kidnappers.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, boy, child-kidnapping, children, family-relationships, post-traumatic-stress, prayer
A kidnapped child... A Mother's desperate five-year search... a reunion that neither one expected.
Andrew: [tells Gail about his revelations after the kidnapping, sobs] We never stayed at the same place for long. We always moved around, mostly motels. The last place we lived - the one we stayed the longest - was a trailer. He wouldn't let me go outside during the day; I just stayed in the room watching TV. I didn't go to school, I didn't know any kids my age. There was just daddy, her, and me. Pattie, she - she hit me. He locked me in the closet. At night, they would put me outside on a long leash. I climbed up into a tree and slept. There were animals out there; it was dark... all the time. There was nobody to talk to, nobody to play with - nobody came there. It was just nobody but them. I was by myself. Sometimes - all the time in the beginning - I'd think about home, then I got so - when I thought about you, it made me mad. Daddy said you didn't want me, that you didn't care about me. But you did. I know you did!::[Andrew and Gail hug each other]::Andrew: I'm home, mommy. I'm home.
Da: Shall I die of old age before I learn what animates you so? Speak swiftly son. Lest you consign your poor father to the grave for curiosity.::Son: Father, I'm gay!::Da: Nay. 'Tis not true. I am not deserving of such good fortune. A son of mine gay?
You will do, what you do
Gotta go
Gotta have it
Ill just sit around, let everybody talk
And I will show, what I show
I cant help it, its habit
Ill just sit around, let everybody talk
And if you thought Id take your hurt away
Im sorry
And if you thought Id make this feeling stay
Im Sorry
Im so sorry
Stay where you are
Youre not going, just leaving
I will sit around, let everybody talk
And they will say, what they know
They will end up believing
I will sit around, let everybody talk
And if you thought Id take your hurt away
Im sorry
And if you thought Id make this feeling stay
Im Sorry
Yeah Im sorry
And if you thought Id take your hurt away
Im sorry
And if you thought Id make this feeling stay away
Away
So Long
Everybody knows if you’ve got the coolest clothes
You’ve got everybody on your side
Anyone can see if you hang around with me
You’ll be by yourself on Friday night
It’s hard to understand
If you never lose you never learn to want to win
When it all comes down
All around you now
Don’t let it bring you down
You had all the moves you had all the coolest doos
And you always had the coolest car
I never learned to dance, I had hair down to my ass
And now I’m gonna be a Rock Star
Raise your hands
Stomp your feet
I was trying to say
In the smoothness of the day
I'm asking you why
I can never, never reach you
During that quiet while
The wonder stopped nearby
I'm asking you why
I can never, never, never dare to
Ref:
How can I hold it?
He won't guess and I'm a freak
As usual
A fucking freak, is he too?
Still on that sunny day
I'm mute and I can't help
I'm desperate so what
't' ll be better, better one day
I've been trying to tell
The useless and the vague
Then I don't know why
I should ever, ever, ever dare to
Ref:
I was trying to say
But now the day has gone away
And I should know why
People should not ask why, ask why
Ref:
I was trying to say