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The Factions are fictional philosophically based power groups in the Planescape campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
While the Lady of Pain is considered the ultimate ruler of the planar metropolis called Sigil, "the City of Doors", the Factions perform virtually all the actual administrative and practical functions of the city. They are the ones the people look to for authority; the Lady only gives edicts or appears personally under rare circumstances. Each of the Factions is based around one particular belief system; many of the Factions' beliefs make them enemies where their other goals and actions might have made them allies. All Factions hold many secrets from non-members and even their own members, for the fewer know a secret the more secret it is (and these are secrets of power, either wielded or potentially gained by the Faction's adversaries).
There are fifteen Factions in total, per decree of the Lady of Pain; any additional factions emerging would be subject to her wrath (unless they destroy one of the current 15). At one point there were many more Factions, but after a war referred to as the Great Upheaval amongst the factions, the Lady of Pain decreed that they had two weeks to get the number down to 15 or she would kill them all. Interestingly the Free League membership swelled to over a million, compared to the 20,000 or so members present day.
The Dead is a 1987 feature film directed by John Huston, starring his daughter Anjelica Huston. The Dead was the last film that Huston directed, and it was released posthumously.
It was adapted from the short story "The Dead" by James Joyce (from his short works collection Dubliners), and nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
The film takes place in Dublin in 1904 at an Epiphany party held by two elderly sisters. The story focuses attention on the academic Gabriel Conroy (Donal McCann) and his discovery of his wife Gretta's (Anjelica Huston) memory of a deceased lover.
This film adaptation by John Huston's son Tony Huston can be considered a close adaptation of Joyce's short story, with some alterations made to the dialogue to aid the narrative for cinema audiences.
The most significant change to the story was the inclusion of a new character, a Mr Grace, who recites an eighth-century Middle Irish poem, "Donal Óg". The effect of this is to act as catalyst for the "Distant Music" that provokes the memories Gretta and Gabriel discuss at the end of the film.
James Joyce's The Dead is a Broadway musical by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey based upon James Joyce's short story "The Dead".
The musical was originally presented Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, starting on October 1, 1999. The opening night cast included Blair Brown, Paddy Croft, Brian Davies, Daisy Eagan, Dashiell Eaves, Sally Ann Howes, John Kelly, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Marni Nixon, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Stephen Spinella and Christopher Walken. Musical direction was by Charles Prince, with music co-ordination and percussion by Tom Partington. It transferred to the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on January 11, 2000, where it completed a run of 120 performances before closing on April 16, 2000.
The musical ran at the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), from October 14, 2000 to November 12, 2000, with Faith Prince and Stephen Bogardus as Greta and Gabriel Conroy. The musical had played an earlier engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from July 11, 2000 to September 3, 2000.
Eugene is a common (masculine) first name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (eugenēs), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (eu), "well" and γένος (genos), "race, stock, kin".Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugénie.
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Gene is a thriller novel by Stel Pavlou (born 1970), published in 2005 in England by Simon & Schuster. It is published in several languages with some title changes. The Italian edition has the title La Conspirazione del Minotauro (The Minotaur Conspiracy). The novel is about a fictional New York detective, James North, who in the process of hunting down a criminal, uncovers a genetics experiment to unlock past lives through genetic memory, therefore achieving a kind of immortality. In so doing North discovers his own origins, that of a soldier from the Trojan War who is reincarnated seven times through history, forced to confront his nemesis each time, all for the loss of his one true love.
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Flood is the third studio album by Brooklyn-based alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, released in January 1990. Flood was the duo's first album on the major label Elektra Records. It generated three singles: "Birdhouse in Your Soul", "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", and the domestic promotional track "Twisting". The album is generally considered to be the band's definitive release, as it is their best-selling and most recognizable album. Despite minimal stylistic and instrumental differences from previous releases, Flood is distinguished by contributions from seasoned producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. John Linnell and John Flansburgh also took advantage of new equipment and recording techniques, including unconventional, home-recorded samples, which were programmed through Casio FZ-1 synthesizers. The album was recorded in New York City at Skyline Studios, which was better equipped than studios the band had worked in previously.
Promotion for Flood included television appearances, promotional videos, and an international tour. The album's mainstream promotion and success contributed to its status as the band's most well known album. Many fans, including young viewers of Tiny Toon Adventures, were first exposed to They Might Be Giants's music through Flood.
Full audiobook - The Dead by James Joyce from short story collection Dubliners (1914) with captions to read along online. More James Joyce audiobooks: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiacl_Q6LOaz5SmBARa8lbUD4Q2uN7pR Reading by T Hynes
James Joyce's Dubliners explained with section summaries in just a few minutes! Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth summary and analysis of "The Dead" from James Joyce's short story collection Dubliners. Download the free study guide and infographic for Dubliners here: https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Dubliners/infographic/ Set in Dublin at the turn of the 20th century, Dubliners provides glimpses into the lives of some of the city’s residents and their anxieties, sufferings, and momentary joys. The stories are roughly categorized by the life stages of their characters: childhood, youth, and early adulthood and maturity. The children have uneasy encounters with adults. The younger people pursue romance and financial success. And the mature character...
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Let's talk about some class commentary and mortality in James Joyce's "The Dead" this week. Read for Free Online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2814-h/2814-h.htm Read the special Centennial Edition: https://amzn.to/39S2lrq Did you enjoy the talk? Help us in running the channel with a one-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/thecodexcantina TABLE OF CONTENTS: 0:00 Introductions 0:18 Publication Info 4:07 Context 7:15 Analysis 9:10 Analysis - Class Interactions 18:28 Analysis - Mortality #JamesJoyce #Dubliners #Bloomsday Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 Forgive the old men as they pretend they can use Social Media: ▶ http://instagram.com/the...
Check out this book http://free-audio-books.info/the-new-book-of-this-channel/2789/ The Dead by James Joyce (1882-1941) http://free-audio-books.info/short-stories/the-dead-audiobook/ This novella is the final story in Joyce's collection Dubliners. It describes a Christmas party given by Kate and Julia Morkan, two elderly Dublin ladies, that is attended by their nephew, Gabriel Conroy, and his wife. While the party is festive, full of dancing, drinking, and eating, it is also pervaded by political, religious, and sexual tensions, as well as memories of loss. When Gabriel and his wife go home at the end of the night, she reveals a long-kept secret that leads to an epiphany. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett). (FULL Audiobook)
http://www.runningwildfilms.com - James Joyce's The Dead, part of our 52 films in 52 weeks project, completed in 2013. This film was adapted from James Joyce's short story, The Dead. All of the 52 films in 52 weeks were produced in Arizona by Running Wild Films and 5J Media. This short features a local cast of actors including Michael Hanelin, Kristina Sabbagh, Jonathan Medina, Colleen Hartnett, Eric Almassy, Amy Searcy, Greg Lutz, Maria Patti, Anne Gentry, and Sarah Kay Clevinger. http://www.facebook.com/runningwildfilms http://www.runningwildfilms.com/
The final short story of Joyce's 1914 collection Dubliners, "The Dead" is a sobering depiction of Ireland and Irish culture. This essay tries to characterize these relationships through the lens of memory. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. If you like my content, consider treating me to a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/abooktubechannel Bibliography: Ellmann, Richard. James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. Ellmann, Richard. Selected Letters of James Joyce. New York: Viking Press, 1975. Joyce, James. The Dead. Edited by Schwarz, Daniel R. Boston: Bedford Books of St Martin’s Press, 1994. Rickard, John S. Joyce’s Book of Memory: The Mnemotechnic of Ulysses. Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. Music: "Sad Chiptune" by LukaMusics.
James Joyce's The Dead - 2000 Tony Awards, starring Blair Brown, Emily Skinner, Alice Ripley. Belasco Theatre, (1/11/2000 - 4/16/2000.
On the brink of death and from a wheelchair, John Huston directed this perfect masterpiece, one of the best literary adaptations in the history of cinema. Being a faithful adaptation to Joyce's story The Dead, Huston's work is even more touching. Interpretations are simply superb (what a goodbye-present he offered to his daughter Anjelica!), and all the film runs smoothly to this climactic ending.
The Factions are fictional philosophically based power groups in the Planescape campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
While the Lady of Pain is considered the ultimate ruler of the planar metropolis called Sigil, "the City of Doors", the Factions perform virtually all the actual administrative and practical functions of the city. They are the ones the people look to for authority; the Lady only gives edicts or appears personally under rare circumstances. Each of the Factions is based around one particular belief system; many of the Factions' beliefs make them enemies where their other goals and actions might have made them allies. All Factions hold many secrets from non-members and even their own members, for the fewer know a secret the more secret it is (and these are secrets of power, either wielded or potentially gained by the Faction's adversaries).
There are fifteen Factions in total, per decree of the Lady of Pain; any additional factions emerging would be subject to her wrath (unless they destroy one of the current 15). At one point there were many more Factions, but after a war referred to as the Great Upheaval amongst the factions, the Lady of Pain decreed that they had two weeks to get the number down to 15 or she would kill them all. Interestingly the Free League membership swelled to over a million, compared to the 20,000 or so members present day.
With every wind I hear you sing
"You will be fine"
With every note stuck in your throat
"This is your time", but
Everyone is just walking away from me
Am I really that nasty
All the dust and dirt affects my skin
Everyone is just turning away from me
Am I really that filthy
It's cold and dark, let me in
I'm in love with this land of plenty
Full of folks that still are friendly
I'v lost my will, still I see some hope
Give me a rope, I'll take it gladly
Find me a tree, make it sturdy
Bye ma!
It's my time to go