The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean, primarily in Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria. In its widest historical sense, the Levant included all of the eastern Mediterranean with its islands; that is, it included all of the countries along the Eastern Mediterranean shores, extending from Greece to Cyrenaica.
LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s. Activists believed that the term gay community did not accurately represent all those to whom it referred.
Franklin Wendell Welker is an American voice actor best known for his role as Fred Jones from the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969 and as the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. He is also known as the voice of Megatron in the Transformers franchise and as the voice and vocal effects of Nibbler on Futurama.
A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words. The term itself is derived via Latin paraphrasis from Greek παράφρασις, meaning "additional manner of expression". The act of paraphrasing is also called "paraphrasis".
Furball is a platform game developed and published by Dimensions Software for the Amiga.
A fluffer also known as a furball is a person employed to keep a male porn performer's penis erect on the set. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. Fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.
Timber Wolf is a fictional character, a superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics Universe and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He comes from the planet Zoon. His powers are enhanced strength, speed and agility.
John Franklin is an American actor best known for playing Isaac Chroner in Children of the Corn (1984), and Cousin Itt in The Addams Family (1991).
Staley Da Bear is the official mascot of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He is an anthropomorphic bear with a customized team jersey. Staley's name is eponymous to A. E. Staley, who founded the Bears’ franchise in 1919.
Olliver's Adventures is an animated television show that originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002 with the first 13 episodes. It was produced by Collideascope and Decode Entertainment and consists of 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each.
My Little Pony is an American animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The series featured as the first segment of a program called My Little Pony 'n Friends. The second segment would be an unrelated cartoon based on another Hasbro franchise - including The Glo Friends, MoonDreamers and the Potato Head Kids. The series debuted on September 15, 1986, nearly three months after the release of My Little Pony: The Movie, and ended on September 25, 1987. Two previous television specials were edited into segments of My Little Pony 'n Friends: Rescue at Midnight Castle and Escape from Catrina. The complete series of My Little Pony segments has been released on DVD in Regions 1 and 4. Other sections have been released on DVD such as "My Little Pony: The Glo Friends" as of 2013.
Neal Hellman is an American folk musician, music teacher, and performer of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching and recording acoustic music for the past thirty years throughout the United States and Europe.
Monster Squad is a television series produced by D'Angelo Productions that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from 1976 to 1977. It is unrelated to the later movie of the same name.
Ryuzou Ishino is a Japanese voice actor most notable for providing the voice for Chang Wufei in Gundam Wing and Chousokabe Motochika in Sengoku Basara.
Dicks is an album by the British electronica group, Fila Brazillia, released on Twentythree Records in 2003.
Kono is a fictional character in the DC Universe. She became a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th century, during the "Five Years Later" era.
Furry Legends is a video game franchise developed by Gamelion Studios available on WiiWare and on alternative mobile platforms. The game was released in North America on July 19, 2010, and in PAL regions on August 20, 2010. The game costs 1000 Wii Points.
Shakespeare's Dog is a novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke, published in 1983. The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog.
Rick Chafe is a Canadian playwright from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is most noted for his play The Secret Mask, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.
