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Pong (marketed as PONG) is one of the earliest arcade video games and the very first sports arcade video game. It is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The aim is to defeat an opponent in a simulated table-tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated (Atari), which released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, which later resulted in a lawsuit against Atari. Surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work, Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney decided to manufacture the game.
Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful arcade video game machine, which helped to establish the video game industry along with the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey. Soon after its release, several companies began producing games that copied Pong's gameplay, and eventually released new types of games. As a result, Atari encouraged its staff to produce more innovative games. The company released several sequels that built upon the original's gameplay by adding new features. During the 1975 Christmas season, Atari released a home version of Pong exclusively through Sears retail stores. It was also a commercial success and led to numerous copies. The game has been remade on numerous home and portable platforms following its release. Pong has been referenced and parodied in multiple television shows and video games, and has been a part of several video game and cultural exhibitions.
Ham is pork that has been preserved through salting, smoking, or wet curing. It was traditionally made only from the hind leg of swine, and referred to that specific cut of pork. Ham is made around the world, including a number of highly coveted regional specialties, such as Westphalian ham and Jamón serrano. Technically a processed meat, "ham" may refer to a product which has been through mechanical re-forming.
The precise nature of meat termed "ham" is controlled in a number of areas, often by statute, including the United States and European Union. In addition, numerous ham products have specific geographical naming protection, such as Prosciutto di Parma and Prosciutto Toscano PDO in Europe, and Smithfield ham in the US.
The preserving of pork leg as ham has a long history, with Cato the Elder writing about the "salting of hams" in his De Agri Cultura tome around 160 BC.
There are claims that the Chinese were the first people to mention the production of cured ham, whilst Larousse Gastronomique claims an origin from Gaul, but it was certainly well established by the Roman period, including an import trade from Gaul mentioned by Marcus Terentius Varro in his writings.
Tyler is an English (old English) word which means door keeper of an inn. It is also thought to be a derived occupational name derived from "tiler", one who makes tiles. It is used both as a surname, and as given name for both genders. Among the earliest recorded use of the surname is from the 14th century; Wat Tyler of Kent, South East England.
Mother's Day is a modern celebration honoring one's mother, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day and Siblings Day.
The celebration of Mother's Day began in the United States in the early 20th century; it is not related to the many celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have occurred throughout the world over thousands of years, such as the Greek cult to Cybele, the Roman festival of Hilaria, or the Christian Mothering Sunday celebration (originally a celebration of the mother church, not motherhood). Despite this, in some countries, Mother's Day has become synonymous with these older traditions.
The modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. Her campaign to make "Mother's Day" a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her beloved mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Anna's mission was to honor her own mother by continuing work she started and to set aside a day to honor mothers, "the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world". Anna's mother, Ann Jarvis, was a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues.
Tyler Ham Pong - Reel
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Tyler Ham Pong - Commercial Reel
Tyler Ham Pong - Host Reel
Tyler Ham Pong - Reel (2011)
Tyler Ham Pong Interview (Part 1): Dreamer In Exile & In the Big City
Tyler Ham Pong - Commercial Reel
What's Your Story? Filmmaker Tyler Ham Pong
Tyler Ham Pong Interview (Part 2): Actor.Writer.Model
"Mother's Day"
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CURRENT REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
THEATRICAL REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
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CURRENT REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
Actor/Model/Writer Tyler Ham Pong talks about DREAMER IN EXILE, a short film he wrote and stars in about Harvey and Irish, the quintessential salesmen, not really selling grave plots in Barbados, but selling The American Dream; and his role in Christine Yun's IN THE BIG CITY about three college students in NYC who discover the advantages of having a terminal disease.
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Thanks to a generous grant from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the Film Lab has commissioned a special project to highlight the works and voices of amazing new filmmakers across the country. This innovative project involves sharing the works, stories and voices of diverse filmmakers using their art in ways they feel will effectuate positive social change. The featured artists have independently created works and are committed to sharing and collaborating with other like-minded artists. This week's featured artist of What's Your Story? is Tyler Ham Pong. The full text of his interview is available at www.EthicalIsBeautifulBeBeautiful.com.
In Part 2 of our interview with Tyler, we talked about his film, stage, modeling and writing career and his past and current projects.
"A woman plagued by painful memories contemplates the choices she's made." Written and Directed by Tyler Ham Pong and starring Jamie Miller. You can check out our other projects at www.killthepigproductions.com @tylerhampong @jamiethemiller Help us win the Short & Sweet Film Competition! VOTE HERE: www.thisisnew.com/stories/805 It can go without saying that "Mother's Day" was inspired not only by the Short & Sweet Film Contest's monthly theme of "Time and Space," but by one of the month's most commercial holidays as well. Albeit a darker side of what the holiday can mean to some, the idea for the tone came from an upcoming project as a way to test out themes of family trauma. In fact, if we win this competition then all the winnings will go to the upcoming short film written by Jamie Mi...
@tylerhampong | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong | www.tylerhampong.com
CURRENT REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
THEATRICAL REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
@tylerhampong | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong | www.tylerhampong.com
CURRENT REEL: https://youtu.be/NMIbNuY5ltE @tylerhampong | www.TylerHamPong.com | www.imdb.me/tylerhampong
Actor/Model/Writer Tyler Ham Pong talks about DREAMER IN EXILE, a short film he wrote and stars in about Harvey and Irish, the quintessential salesmen, not really selling grave plots in Barbados, but selling The American Dream; and his role in Christine Yun's IN THE BIG CITY about three college students in NYC who discover the advantages of having a terminal disease.
www.TylerHamPong.com
Thanks to a generous grant from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the Film Lab has commissioned a special project to highlight the works and voices of amazing new filmmakers across the country. This innovative project involves sharing the works, stories and voices of diverse filmmakers using their art in ways they feel will effectuate positive social change. The featured artists have independently created works and are committed to sharing and collaborating with other like-minded artists. This week's featured artist of What's Your Story? is Tyler Ham Pong. The full text of his interview is available at www.EthicalIsBeautifulBeBeautiful.com.
In Part 2 of our interview with Tyler, we talked about his film, stage, modeling and writing career and his past and current projects.
"A woman plagued by painful memories contemplates the choices she's made." Written and Directed by Tyler Ham Pong and starring Jamie Miller. You can check out our other projects at www.killthepigproductions.com @tylerhampong @jamiethemiller Help us win the Short & Sweet Film Competition! VOTE HERE: www.thisisnew.com/stories/805 It can go without saying that "Mother's Day" was inspired not only by the Short & Sweet Film Contest's monthly theme of "Time and Space," but by one of the month's most commercial holidays as well. Albeit a darker side of what the holiday can mean to some, the idea for the tone came from an upcoming project as a way to test out themes of family trauma. In fact, if we win this competition then all the winnings will go to the upcoming short film written by Jamie Mi...
The Film Lab and Time Warner, via the Asian and Pacific Employee Exchange at Time Warner (“APEX”), hosted a screening of select 72 Hour Shootout films, followed by an uncensored discussion on race in mainstream media at the Time Warner Center in New York City on November 13th. Here is video coverage of the discussion, including one on one interviews with several of the filmmakers following the panel, shot by the Film Lab's Shootout Coordinator, Youn Jung Kim. Select winning films of the Film Lab’s annual 72 Hour Shootout competition, an annual global filmmaking competition that empowers new, diverse and emerging filmmakers, screened. Following the screening, a panel made up of Shootout filmmakers and a widely read author on race issues in entertainment and moderated by Film Lab Presiden...