document_title: Animal Face-Off

question_text: discovery channel animal face off lion vs crocodile

text: Animal Face-Off

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: This program, produced by NHNZ, centers on hypothetical battles between two animals that could meet in the wild, or, in some cases, have been compared to each other by scientists. CGI replicas and models were used to collect data (such as strength, bite force, etc.) about the animals. Then, in a virtual arena, a brief computer-animated fight scene reveals the results. Some people have declared this show similar to the hit Spike TV show Deadliest Warrior. Since the fights are created artificially, results in real life may vary. Each episode of Animal Face-Off is 1 hour long, with the exception of the 12th episode, which is 2 hours long.

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No. in.
series
Animals
Location
Winner

1
"Saltwater Crocodile vs. Great White Shark"
Australia
Great White Shark

A female great white shark is roaming close to shore, looking for food;A saltwater crocodile swims nearby, looking for a new territory. The great white hits the crocodile with the bump-and-bite technique. Accustomed to defending himself against rivals, the crocodile bites the shark's tail, but can't get a good grip. The shark swims off and makes a wide turn for a full-on assault; all of a sudden, the crocodile gets the first bite on her pectoral fin. The bite tears off the shark′s fin, helped by the classic death roll. Despite the injury, the great white is still strong. Then, the shark and the crocodile collide head on; the crocodile grabs hold of the shark′s snout with his crushing bite. This time, the shark can't fight back; the crocodile attempts another death roll. After that, they both sink. Running out of air, the crocodile breaks the death roll and heads straight to the surface. The shark takes advantage of him; with the crocodile's soft underbelly exposed, she comes back with a textbook attack, killing the crocodile with a powerful bite.

2
"African Bush Elephant vs. Southern White Rhinoceros"
Serengeti National Park
Elephant

In the African Serengeti, a white rhinoceros has left its mud hole and is looking for somewhere to feed, nearby, the elephant, an African savanna elephant is roaming around, also seeking good grazing. The rhino begin grazing but suddenly feels the ground shaking, and turns to see the elephant. Due to its poor eyesight, the ill-tempered rhinoceros sees him as a rival and prepares to charge. The elephant responds to the challenge with a loud trumpet, but the (relatively) smaller animal is not hesitant to charge and makes its move, but the much smarter elephant anticipates the attack by charging too and dodging. The rhinoceros returns and tries to stab the elephant's throat, but he's too tall, even with its four-foot horn. The white rhinoceros then tries an agile headbutt, but the elephant proves better with his seven-foot tusks. Sure enough, the elephant turns his rival around and stabs it twice with his tusks (breaking one in the process that gets stuck in the rhinoceros). The elephant then topples the rhinoceros and crushes it under his weight before stepping off and trumpeting in victory.

3
"Asiatic Lion vs. Bengal Tiger"
India
Lion

A male Asiatic Lion is wandering in an abandoned Indian temple when he suddenly spots a Bengal tiger feeding close by. The lion roars at his larger, striped relative to back off, but the tiger ignores the warning. The lion then charges at the tiger, but trips on it upon impact, catching the tiger off-guard. Quickly seizing the opportunity to win, the agile tiger quickly recovers and repeatedly attempts to bite the lion's throat, but the lion shakes off the attack and the combatants are back to square one. Both cats roar, claw, and wrestle with one another, but neither lands a fatal blow. The tiger tries to end the fight with a fatal neck bite, but the lion's mane deflects its aim. The tiger then charges at the lion, but the lion deflects the attack, catches the tiger off guard again and delivers the killing blow to the tiger's neck, killing it. The lion walks off, roaring victoriously.[1][a]

4
"Hippopotamus vs. Bull Shark"
Zambezi River
Hippopotamus

An injured male hippopotamus is seen resting in his stretch of the Zambezi river, relaxing by the water′s edge, unaware that a bull shark is roaming around, looking for food. The shark catches the smell of meat, but doesn't know where it's coming from. The shark starts the encounter with an exploratory bump. After confirming the hippopotamus is indeed food, the shark bites the side, but the massive girth combined with the enormous weight of the hippopotamus is too much of a mouthful for the smaller shark. Even the thick skin in the back leg proves too tough. Despite this, the shark does manage to rip off the hippopotamus's tail. All while, the hippo has been roaring in pain, not knowing what hit him, but his bad temper lights a fire in his belly. Soon, the hippopotamus submerges and spots the deadly shark. The enraged hippopotamus comes towards the shark, and the shark comes towards the hippopotamus, who then opens his mouth, revealing his huge sharp foot-long canine teeth, but the bull shark keeps coming and is finally crushed and killed when the larger hippopotamus closes his mouth on it.

5
"Gray Wolf vs. Cougar"
Rocky Mountains
Cougar

A gray wolf is feeding; from a great distance, a cougar catches the smell of meat, and comes to investigate. The cougar comes across the wolf eating. Lying down, she thinks about how to steal the meal without having the wolf to call for reinforcements. Soon after, the wolf notices the cougar and growls. The cougar does growls in response. The wolf soon responds by charging forward and ferociously biting the cougar's hind leg, but backs off when the cougar pounces on him with her front legs and lethal claws. The wolf howls to his pack for backup. Realizing she's in grave danger, the cougar tries to retreat, but the wolf bites her paw. Furious, the cougar rolls onto her back, rakes the wolf with her claws and throws him off to the ground, killing the wolf at once. The cougar prepares to eat, but she then hears the wolf pack approaching. Left with no choice, the cougar leaves the kill and flees straight to the forest.

6
"Walrus vs. Polar Bear"
Arctic Circle
Walrus

A walrus is relaxing by the water's edge. Suddenly, a hungry polar bear comes by to attack the walrus. Startled and nervous, the walrus heads straight for the sea. The bear attempts to bite and scratch the walrus, but the pinniped's thick skin is too much, even for a large bear like itself. Although it briefly manages to latch on with its sharp teeth, the bear cannot do much serious damage. The walrus then tries to stab the bear with its four-foot tusks, but the agile predator anticipates. The bear then tries several paw swipes to the head, but the walrus's skull is too thick to land a killing blow. As the walrus flees, the bear holds on and gets dragged into the ocean, afterwards, the walrus turns around, goring the bear with its tusks. The bear, wounded and running out of air, heads straight back to the surface. But the walrus returns with a vengeance – it soon sinks its tusks onto the carnivore's back, killing it. The dead bear sinks into the ocean.

7
"Brown Bear vs. Siberian Tiger"
Siberia
Brown Bear

In the Siberian woodlands in wintertime, a Siberian tiger is feasting on its kill, a large Brown bear is roaming around, looking for one more meal before going into hibernation. The tiger then suddenly spots the bear. Not in the mood to share, the tiger roars at the bear to back off, but the bear ignores the warning and continues to advance. The tiger tries a body blow, but the bear absorbs the impact without losing balance. The tiger then tries to land a killing blow on the bear's neck, but the bear pushes it down. The bear then approaches the kill, but the tiger recovers and pounces on the bear from behind, cutting him with its claws, but fails to disable. The much stronger bear turns around and using his superior strength against the tiger's speed and agility, overpowers the tiger by pawing its face. The bear then breaks the tiger's spine and finishes its off with a neck bite, killing it immediately.

8
"African Lion vs. Nile Crocodile"
Maasai Mara
Nile Crocodile

A male African lion is eating by the river's edge when a Nile crocodile emerges from the water, intent on stealing the meal. Upon seeing that, the lion roars at the crocodile to back off, but he does little than get a loud hiss from the crocodile. The lion attacks, but cannot land a deadly blow because of the crocodile's thick armor. The lion tries to flip the crocodile to reach its unarmored belly, but a roll and tail swipe stops him from doing so. Determined to get rid of the lion, the crocodile heads back to the water, and gets out of sight. Determined to protect his kill, the lion stays close to the water's edge, looking for an opportunity to kill the crocodile. All of a sudden, it's too late. The crocodile launches a surprise attack on the lion, grabbing his neck and dragging him to the water. The crocodile soon performs a death roll, which kills the lion at once.

9
"Mountain Gorilla vs. African Leopard"
Central Africa
Mountain Gorilla

A male mountain gorilla has left his family in the trees, looking for a place to spend the night. Around the same time, an African leopard leaves her cub to go hunting. The leopard then sees gorilla walking by and interprets her as a threat. The gorilla, upon seeing the leopard sees it too as threat to its troop. He tries to avoid the fight, beating his chest, growling and howling in the process, but the leopard does not flinch. The gorilla approaches, swiping at the leopard, who soon leaps onto a cliffside. Afterwards, the leopard jumps onto the gorilla's back and biting his shoulder. However, the gorilla manages throws the leopard off, but she leaps onto his back again, but can't get a grip. The gorilla throws the leopard off again; the leopard runs for her life, but the gorilla knocks her off balance before she gets free, but not before the gorilla chomps down on the leopard's shoulder, though gets free immediately after. Both opponents stare and snarl at each other. Desperate, the leopard makes a final lunges towards the gorilla, but the gorilla throws his powerful arm onto its spine, breaking it and killing the leopard.[b]

10
"American Alligator vs. American Black Bear"
Everglades
American Black Bear

On a hot day in the Everglades, an American black bear has gone into a lake to drink, not knowing that an American alligator is resting underneath, The alligator wakes up and sees the black bear, but the bear has also spotted the alligator and tries to retreat. The alligator then ambushes the bear and grabs his leg and does the classic death roll, but all he grabs is a mouthful of fur, fat and muscle. Hurt, but not fatally and still strong, the black bear fights back by slashing the alligator's mouth. The alligator then attempts a tail swipe, but the much smarter bear anticipates this; knowing it's vulnerable on land, The alligator tries to retreat, but the enraged bear lungs at it. The alligator tries to roll free of the bear's grab, but this gives the black bear the advantage to flip it over, which exposes the alligator's soft underbelly which the bear slashes fatally into and kills the alligator, the black leaves as the alligatorgator's dead body rots in the riverbank.

11
"Sperm Whale vs. Colossal Squid"
Antarctic Ocean
Sperm Whale

A sperm whale is diving into the deep abyss, while a colossal squid rockets through the depths. Both combatants sense each other – the squid sees the whale, while the whale's echolocation reveals the squid's location. Upon seeing the whale as a potential predator, the squid releases a burst of ink as a warning, but it's ignored by the whale, which launches a slow attack on the huge squid. Just before it reaches the mouth, the squid latches onto the whale and rakes it with its suckers, wounding it in the process. By rising close to the surface, the squid is shaken off, but not before it scratches the whale further. Although wounded, the whale amplifies its sonar and stuns the squid. The paralyzed cephalopod is helpless – and thus eaten alive.

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text: DVDs[edit]

text: Each episode of Animal Face-Off has been released on DVD. They can also be rented from the Netflix DVD service.


document_title: The Lego Movie

question_text: who was morgan freeman in the lego movie

root

text: The Lego Movie

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the Lego universe, populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the evil Lord Business finds a super-weapon called the "Kragle". The wizard Vitruvius attempts to stop him, but is blinded by Business's robots. Before Business leaves with the weapon, Vitruvius prophesies a person called "The Special" will find the "Piece of Resistance", a brick capable of stopping the Kragle.

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text: Eight and a half years later, in the city of Bricksburg, construction worker Emmet Brickowski finds a woman, Wyldstyle, searching for something at his construction site after hours. When he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance. Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out. He awakens with the Piece of Resistance attached to his back, in the custody of Good Cop/Bad Cop, Lord Business's lieutenant.

text: Wyldstyle rescues Emmet, believing him to be the Special, and takes him to meet Vitruvius in the Old West. Emmet learns Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are "Master Builders"[10] – people capable of building anything from their imagination without the need of instructions – who oppose Business. Wyldstyle explains that Business wants to use the Kragle (a tube of Krazy Glue with a weathered label) to freeze the world into perfection. Though disappointed to find Emmet is not a Master Builder, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are convinced of his potential when he recalls visions of a seemingly human deity referred to as "The Man Upstairs".

text: Emmet, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius evade Bad Cop's forces with the aid of Batman, Wyldstyle's boyfriend. They go to the hidden realm of Cloud Cuckoo Land to attend a council of Master Builders, all of whom are unimpressed with Emmet and refuse to fight Business. Bad Cop's forces attack, having placed a tracking device on Emmet, and capture everyone except Emmet, Wyldstyle, Batman, Vitruvius, and a small group of other Master Builders. Escaping, Emmet devises a plan to infiltrate Business's office tower and disarm the Kragle, but the group is captured and imprisoned in the Think Tank, where all the Master Builders are forced to make instructions. Trying to retaliate, Vitruvius is decapitated by Business, who sets a self-destruct protocol and leaves everyone to die, including Bad Cop.

text: As he dies, Vitruvius reveals he made up the prophecy. He soon reappears to Emmet as a ghost and reveals self-belief is what makes one the Special. Strapped to the self-destruct mechanism's battery, Emmet jumps into the abyss outside the tower and severs the connection, saving his friends. Inspired by Emmet's sacrifice, Wyldstyle rallies the Lego people across the universe to use whatever creativity they have to build machines and weapons to fight against Lord Business's forces.

text: Emmet finds himself in the human world as a Lego mini-figure, unable to move. The events of the story are being played out by a little boy named Finn on his father's expansive Lego set in their basement. His father, "The Man Upstairs", comes home from work and chastises his son for ruining the set by creating variations of different playsets, and proceeds to rebuild and glue his perceived perfect creations together. Realizing the danger his friends are in, Emmet wills himself to move and gains Finn's attention.

text: Finn returns Emmet and the Piece of Resistance to the set, where Emmet now possesses the powers of a Master Builder and confronts Business. Meanwhile, Finn's father looks at his son's creations and realizes Finn had based the villainous Business on him and his perfectionism. Through a speech Emmet gives Business, Finn reconciles with his father, and the two unglue the constructions with mineral spirits, which plays out as Business having a change of heart, capping the Kragle, and thawing his victims. Emmet is hailed as a hero and begins a romantic relationship with Wyldstyle with Batman's blessing.

text: As a result of Finn's father allowing Finn's younger sister to join them in playing with his Lego sets, aliens from the planet Duplon beam down on the Lego world and announce their plans to destroy everyone.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski, an everyman and construction worker from Bricksburg.
Will Ferrell as Lord Business, president of the Octan Corporation under the name of President Business.[11][12]
Ferrell also plays "The Man Upstairs", a Lego collector in the live-action part of the film.
Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle,[11] a Master Builder who is Emmet's love interest and Batman's girlfriend, whose real name is Lucy.
Will Arnett as Batman, a DC Comics superhero who is a Master Builder and Wyldstyle's boyfriend.
Nick Offerman as MetalBeard, a giant makeshift pirate and Master Builder.[12].
Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, a unicorn-kitten and Master Builder from Cloud Cuckoo Land[12][13]
Charlie Day as Benny, a "1980-something space guy" who is a Master Builder.[11]
Liam Neeson as Bad Cop / Good Cop, a double-faced police officer that leads the Super Secret Police.
Neeson also voices Pa Cop, Bad Cop/Good Cop's father.
Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius, a blind old wizard who is one of the Master Builders.
Channing Tatum as Superman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Jonah Hill as Green Lantern, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders.
Jadon Sand as Finn, The Man Upstairs' young son in the live-action part of the film.
Graham Miller as The Duplo Aliens, aliens made from Duplo blocks that come from the planet Duplon.

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text: Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams reprise their Star Wars roles of C-3PO and Lando Calrissian, respectively, with Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo (whom he previously voiced in Robot Chicken and Mad).

text: Shaquille O'Neal voices a Lego version of himself who is a Master Builder alongside two generic members of the 2002 NBA All-Stars.

text: Will Forte, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris McKay and Jorma Taccone provide voice cameos in the film.

text: Co-director Christopher Miller cameos as a TV presenter in the studio that films the Where Are My Pants? TV series.

text: Production[edit]

text: Dan Lin conceived of the idea for the film and began discussing it with Roy Lee before leaving Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures, in 2008.[14]  Meanwhile, Warner Bros. home entertainment executive Kevin Tsujihara had recognized the value of the Lego franchise by engineering the studio's purchase of Lego video game licensee Traveller's Tales in 2007, thought the success of the Lego-based video games indicated a Lego-based film was a good idea, and reportedly "championed" the development of the film.[14][15] By August 2009, Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script described as "action adventure set in a Lego world."[16] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were in talks in June 2010 to write and direct the film.[17] Warner Bros. green-lit the film by November 2011, with a planned 2014 release date. The Australian studio Animal Logic was contracted to provide the animation, which was expected to comprise 80% of the film. By this time Chris McKay, the director of Robot Chicken, had also joined Lord and Miller to co-direct.[18] McKay explained that his role was to supervise the production in Australia once Lord and Miller left to work on 22 Jump Street.[19] In March 2012, Lord and Miller revealed the film's working title, Lego: The Piece of Resistance, and a storyline.[20] In April 2012, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for release on February 28, 2014, a date that subsequently changed.[21]

text:
"We wanted to make the film feel like the way you play, the way I remember playing. We wanted to make it feel as epic and ambitious and self-serious as a kid feels when they play with LEGO. We took something you could claim is the most cynical cash grab in cinematic history, basically a 90 minute LEGO commercial, and turned it into a celebration of creativity, fun and invention, in the spirit of just having a good time and how ridiculous it can look when you make things up. And we had fun doing it.'"
 —Animation supervisor Chris McKay[19]

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text: By June 2012, Chris Pratt had been cast as the voice of Emmet, the lead Lego character, and Will Arnett voicing Lego Batman; the role of Lego Superman was offered to Channing Tatum.[22] By August 2012, Elizabeth Banks was hired to voice Lucy (later getting the alias "Wyldstyle")[11] and Morgan Freeman to voice Vitruvius, an old mystic.[22][23] In October 2012, Warner Bros. shifted the release date for the film, simply titled Lego, to February 7, 2014.[24] In November 2012, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, and Nick Offerman signed on for roles. Brie voices Unikitty, a member of Emmet's team; Ferrell voices the antagonist President/Lord Business; Neeson voices Bad Cop/Good Cop and Offerman voices MetalBeard,[25] a pirate seeking revenge on Business.[24]

text: In July 2012, a Lego-user contest announced on the film's Facebook page would choose a winning Lego vehicle to appear in the film.[26] Miller's childhood Space Village playset is utilized in the film.[27]

text: The film is strongly inspired by the visual aesthetic and stylistics of Brickfilms and received a great deal of praise in the respective online communities who saw the film as appraising nod to their work.[28] Many Brickfilm-Fans and AFOL’s (Adult Fans of Lego) praised the painstaking amount detail in the production. Animal Logic tried to make the film's animation replicate a stop motion film even if everything was done through computer graphics, with the animation rigs following the same articulation limits actual Lego figures have. The camera systems also tried to replicate live action cinematography, including different lenses and a Steadicam simulator. The scenery was projected through The Lego Group's own Lego Digital Designer, which as CG supervisor Aidan Sarsfield detailed, "uses the official LEGO Brick Library and effectively simulates the connectivity of each of the bricks." The saved files were then converted to design and animate in Maya and XSI. At times the minifigures were even placed under microscopes to capture the seam lines, dirt and grime into the digital textures.[29] Benny the spaceman was based on the line of Lego space sets sold in the 1980s, and his design includes the broken helmet chin strap, a common defect of the space sets at that time.[30]

text: The film's total cost, including production, promotion and advertising (P&A), was $100 million.[31] Half of the film's cost was financed by Village Roadshow Pictures.[31] The rest was covered by Warner Bros., with RatPac-Dune Entertainment providing a smaller share as part of its multi-year financing agreement with Warner Bros.[32] Initially Warner Bros. turned down Village Roadshow Pictures when it asked to invest in the film.[31] However, Warner Bros. later changed its mind, reportedly due to lack of confidence in the film, initially offering Village Roadshow Pictures the opportunity to finance 25% of the film, and later, an additional 25%.[31]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSoundtrack album by Mark Mothersbaugh, various artistsReleased
February 4, 2014Recorded
2013Trackdown Studios (Sydney)Genre
Film soundtrack, film scoreLength
58:10Label
WaterTower MusicProducer
Mark Mothersbaugh, Shawn Patterson, BartholomewMark Mothersbaugh chronology

Last Vegas(2013)Last Vegas2013

The Lego Movie(2014)

22 Jump Street(2014)22 Jump Street2014

Singles from The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Everything Is Awesome"Released: January 27, 2014

text: The film's original score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, who had previously worked with Lord and Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. The Lego Movie soundtrack contains the score as the majority of its tracks. Also included is the song "Everything Is Awesome!!!" written by Shawn Patterson (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Robot Chicken), Joshua Bartholomew,[33] and Lisa Harriton,[34] who also perform the song in the movie under the name, Jo Li. The single, released on January 27, 2014, is performed by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) who wrote the rap lyrics, and is the first song played in the end credits of the movie. The soundtrack was released on February 4, 2014 by WaterTower Music.[35]

text: No.TitlePerformer(s)Length1."Everything Is Awesome!!!"Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island2:432."Prologue" 2:283."Emmett's Morning" 1:594."Emmett Falls in Love" 1:115."Escape" 3:276."Into the Old West" 1:007."Wyldstyle Explains" 1:218."Emmett's Mind" 2:179."The Transformation" 1:4610."Saloons and Wagons" 3:3811."Batman" 1:2312."Middle Zealand" 0:2813."Cloud Cuckooland and Ben the Spaceman" 1:2514."Emmett's Speech" 2:0215."Submarines and Metal Beard" 1:4916."Requiem for Cuckooland" 1:2317."Reaching the Kragle" 2:3518."Emmett's Plan" 1:5419."The Truth" 3:1620."Wyldstyle Leads" 2:4621."Let's Put It All Back" 2:0222."I Am a Master Builder" 2:4823."My Secret Weapon" 4:1924."We Did It!" 1:3125."Everything Is Awesome!!!"Jo Li (Joshua Bartholomew and Lisa Harriton)1:2626."Everything Is Awesome!!! (unplugged)"Shawn Patterson and Sammy Allen1:2427."Untitled Self Portrait"Will Arnett1:0828."Everything Is Awesome!!! (instrumental sing-a-long)" 2:41Total length:58:10

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Chart positions

Chart (2014)

Peakposition

Australian Albums (ARIA)[36]

82

UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[37]

8

US Billboard 200[38]

37

US Independent Albums (Billboard)[38]

8

US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[38]

2

text: Theme song[edit]

text: The film's theme song, "Everything is Awesome!!!", has been critically praised and has undergone some close analysis. Eric Brown, writing in the International Business Times, describes the song as a parody of fascism, saying that the song "seems little more than an infectiously catchy parody of watered-down radio pop, right down to the faux-dubstep breakdown. There's a lot more happening under the surface, however."[39]

text: In an interview with Fox News, producer Mark Mothersbaugh says the song "was supposed to be like mind control early in the film. It's totally irritating, this kind of mindless mantra to get people up and working. It's like the whip crack on their back, but then by the end of the movie it morphs into, instead of being just a mindless, go-to-work song it becomes about co-operation and people working together to do bigger things."[40]

text: Release[edit]

text: The Lego Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 1, 2014, and was released in theaters on February 7, 2014.[41] The film was released in Australia by the film's co-producer, Roadshow Films.[42]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: Over twenty Lego sets inspired by scenes from the film were released for the film including a set of Collectible Minifigures. A website was opened up so fans could make minifigure versions of themselves, and later, put that in the film's official trailer. The company recruited a roster of global partners to a broad, multi-category licensing program to support the film.[43][44] Official Lego Brand Stores also scheduled events. Each week of January 2014, a new character poster (Wyldstyle, Batman, Emmet, Lord Business) came with every purchase.[45] By building a creative model in-store, people received a free accessory pack. Barnes & Noble hosted a themed event in January, February, and March.[46] On February 7, 2014, McDonald's released eight collectible holographic/3D cups in Happy Meals to promote the film.[47] A video game based on the film, The Lego Movie Videogame, by TT Fusion for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Windows, was released on February 4, 2014.[48] An exclusive "Wild West Emmet" minifigure was released with preorders of the game at GameStop.[49]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was released on Digital HD on May 20, 2014. It was released by Warner Home Video on DVD and Blu-ray (2D and 3D) on June 17, 2014. A special Blu-ray 3D "Everything is Awesome Edition" also includes an exclusive Vitruvius minifigure and a collectible 3D Emmett photo.[50] The film was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on March 1, 2016.[51]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was met with "nearly unanimous positive reviews."[52] Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating and an average rating of 8.2/10 based on 236 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Boasting beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, The Lego Movie is colorful fun for all ages."[7] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 83 (indicating "universal acclaim") based on 43 reviews.[53] According to CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, the average grade moviegoers gave The Lego Movie was A on an A+ to F scale.[54] Filmmaker Edgar Wright, and TIME Magazine film critic Richard Corliss, each named The Lego Movie as one of their favorite films of 2014.[55][56]

text: Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Arriving at a time when feature animation was looking and feeling mighty anemic…The LEGO Movie shows 'em how it's done,"[57] with Peter Debruge of Variety adding that Lord and Miller "irreverently deconstruct the state of the modern blockbuster and deliver a smarter, more satisfying experience in its place, emerging with a fresh franchise for others to build upon."[58] Tom Huddleston of Time Out said, "The script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed, and the animation tactile and imaginative."[59] Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader said the filmmakers "fill the script with delightfully absurd one-liners and sharp pop culture references",[60] with A. O. Scott of The New York Times noting that, "Pop-culture jokes ricochet off the heads of younger viewers to tickle the world-weary adults in the audience, with just enough sentimental goo applied at the end to unite the generations. Parents will dab their eyes while the kids roll theirs."[61] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News said the filmmakers "don't sink into cynicism. Their computer animation embraces the retro look and feel of the toys to both ingenious and adorable effect."[62]

text: Claudia Puig of USA Today called the film "a spirited romp through a world that looks distinctively familiar, and yet freshly inventive."[63] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail asked, "Can a feature-length toy commercial also work as a decent kids’ movie? The bombast of the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises might suggest no, but after an uninspired year for animated movies, The Lego Movie is a 3-D animated film that connects."[64] Joel Arnold of NPR acknowledged that the film "may be one giant advertisement, but all the way to its plastic-mat foundation, it's an earnest piece of work—a cash grab with a heart."[65] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film "sassy enough to shoot well-aimed darts at corporate branding."[66] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post said that, "While clearly filled with affection for—and marketing tie-ins to—the titular product that's front and center, it's also something of a sharp plastic brick flung in the eye of its corporate sponsor."[67]

text: On the negative side, Kyle Smith of the New York Post called the film "more exhausting than fun, too unsure of itself to stick with any story thread for too long."[68] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times, while generally positive, found "it falls apart a bit near the end."[69] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap said the film "will doubtless tickle young fans of the toys. It's just too bad that a movie that encourages you to think for yourself doesn't follow its own advice."[70]

text: Television personality, author, filmmaker, radio host and conservative political commentator Glenn Beck praised the film for avoiding "the double meanings and adult humor I just hate."[71]

text: Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris referenced The Lego Movie not being nominated Best Animated Feature, which many critics considered a major snub, saying prior to the award's presentation "If you’re at the Oscar party with the guys who directed 'The Lego Movie,' now would be a great time to distract them."[72]

text: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson criticized the film's anti-corporate message, saying that it taught children that "government is good and business is bad", citing the villain's name of Lord Business. "That's done for a reason", Johnson told WisPolitics.com. "They're starting that propaganda, and it's insidious". The comments were criticized by many, and Russ Feingold brought up the comments on the campaign trail during his 2016 Senate bid against Johnson.[73]

text: Box office performance[edit]

text: The Lego Movie grossed $257.8 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $210.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $469.1 million.[6] Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of $229 million.[74]

text: In the U.S. and Canada, the film opened at number one in its first weekend with over $69 million, which was the second-highest weekend debut in February, at the time, behind The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million).[75] The movie retained the top spot at box office in its second weekend by declining only 28% and grossing $49.8 million.[76] The Lego Movie was number one again in its third weekend while declining 37% and grossing $31.3 million.[77] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number three grossing $20.8 million.[78]

text: Elsewhere, The Lego Movie was released in 34 markets in February 7, 2014—the same weekend as its U.S. release. It made $18.7 million on its opening weekend from 5,695 screens from 34 countries.[79] On its opening weekend, which varies depending on the country, it earned $3.8 million in Mexico, $2 million in Spain, and $1.8 million in Brazil.[79] With a total gross of £34.3 million, it was the second-highest-grossing film in the UK and Ireland in 2014.[80]

text: The popularity of the film led to a shortage of Lego products by September 2014.[81]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of accolades

Award / film festival

Category

Recipient(s)

Result

AACTA Awards

Best Visual Effects or Animation

Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Aidan Sarsfield and Grant Freckelton

Won

Academy Awards

Best Original Song

"Everything is Awesome" written and lyrics by Shawn Patterson

Nominated

American Cinema Editors

Best Edited Animated Feature Film

David Burrows, Chris McKay

Won

42nd Annual Annie Awards[82]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production

Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, and Raphael Gadot

Nominated

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Directors;Chris McKay, Co-Director

Nominated

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Grant Freckelton

Nominated

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin and Courtney O'Brien-Brown

Nominated

Austin Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

BAFTA Awards[83]

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Black Reel Awards

Best Voice Performance

Morgan Freeman

Won

45th Annual British Academy Children's Awards[84]

Kid's Vote — Film in 2014

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Children's Feature Film in 2014

The Lego Movie

Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Song

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Dublin Film Critics Circle

Top Ten Films

The Lego Movie

4th Place

Empire Awards

Best Comedy

Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle

Best Animated Film

Won

Golden Globe Awards

Best Animated Feature Film

Nominated

Golden Tomato Awards 2014

Best Animated Film

Won

Best Wide Release 2014

2nd Place

Grammy Awards

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Heartland Film Festival 2014[85]

Truly Moving Picture Award

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Houston Film Critics Society

Best Animated Feature Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Original Song

"Everything is Awesome"

Won

Kerrang! Awards

Best Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Animated Movie

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Favorite Movie Actor

Will Arnett (also for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Nominated

National Board of Review

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Won

Top Ten Films

The Lego Movie

Won

New York Film Critics Circle Awards[86]

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

New York Film Critics Online

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

Online Film Critics Society

Best Picture

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

People's Choice Awards[87]

Favorite Family Movie

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Producers Guild of America

Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Dan Lin

Won

San Diego Film Critics Society

Best Animated

The Lego Movie

Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle[88]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Satellite Awards

Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Nominated

Best Original Song

"Everything Is Awesome"

Nominated

Saturn Awards

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Won

16th SXSW Film Festival[89]

SXSW Film Design Award(Special Jury Recognition)

Brian Mah (Designer)

Won

Teen Choice Awards[90]

Choice Movie: Animated

The Lego Movie

Nominated

Choice Movie: Voice

Chris Pratt

Toronto Film Critics Association

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Runner-Up

13th Visual Effects Society Awards[91]

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Jim Dodd, David Williams

Nominated

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Carsten Kolve, Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Miles Green

Nominated

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[92]

Best Animated Feature

The Lego Movie

Won

Best Original Screenplay

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Nominated

text: Franchise[edit]

text: Because of its critical and commercial success, The Lego Movie has been turned into a franchise and a shared fictional universe, it consists of:

text: Sequel[edit]

text: A direct sequel to the film, entitled The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, is scheduled for release on February 8, 2019 with Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett reprising their roles of Emmet, Wyldstyle and Batman respectively and Tiffany Haddish joining the cast.

text: Spin-offs[edit]

text: There are two spin-off films, the first two of which, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie, were both released in 2017. A third spin-off titled The Billion Brick Race is currently scheduled for release in 2019.[93][94][95]

text: 4D Attraction[edit]

text: A 4-D movie featuring in-theatre effects, based on the film itself, titled The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure, opened at select Legoland theme parks across the globe in  2016.[96]

text: Television series[edit]

text: On May 10, 2017, Warner Bros. and Lego announced that the character Unikitty would receive a spin-off television series on Cartoon Network, with Tara Strong voicing the character. The series premiered January 1, 2018.[97]

text: In other media[edit]

text: Emmet and Wyldstyle make a cameo in The Simpsons episode Brick Like Me in which are seen as part of a Lego building contest.


document_title: The Ant and the Aardvark

question_text: who did the voice of the aardvark in pink panther

text: The Ant and the Aardvark

text: Plot[edit]

text: The cartoon follows attempts of a blue aardvark named Aardvark (voiced by John Byner,[1][2][3] impersonating comedian Jackie Mason), to catch and eat a red ant named Charlie (also voiced by John Byner,[1][2][3] but impersonating Dean Martin), usually doing so by inhaling with a loud vacuum cleaner sound. The character is essentially unnamed; in the episode Rough Brunch, he claims his name is simply "Aardvark." Charlie Ant gives his nemesis a variety of names as sly terms of endearment (Ol' Sam, Ol' Ben, Ol' Blue, Claude, Pal, Buddy, Daddy-O).[4] In several bumper sequences of The Pink Panther Show, he is called "Blue Aardvark."

text: Production[edit]

text: The Ant and the Aardvark series was originally released by United Artists. Seventeen theatrical shorts were produced in the original series, and were subsequently featured in various television syndication packages, usually shown with DFE's other characters such as the Pink Panther and The Inspector. Most of the 17 entries appear in their television syndication form (complete with an audible laugh track added by NBC-TV) on the video on demand service Amazon Video.

text: When The Ant and the Aardvark first appeared on The Pink Panther Meets the Ant and the Aardvark in 1970, the series became wildly popular, so much in fact that the duo became a featured part of the NBC series.[4] Even though the 17 entries remained popular throughout the broadcast run of The Pink Panther Show, no new entries were produced.[4]

text: The series used several unique production techniques for the period. The aardvark's body was solid blue: his only clothes—a pair of blue shorts and matching T-shirt—were a matching blue. Similarly, Charlie Ant was solid red, and did not sport any clothing. As such, the character's solid colors allowed them to stand out clearly against the multi-colored backgrounds featured prominently in the series. Charlie also sported half-closed eyes, as a sign of a bon viveur.[4]

text: Musical director Doug Goodwin was responsible for the jazzy music score. Goodwin assembled an established group of jazz session musicians to perform the series' theme music and musical cues. For the first time in animated cartoons, all six musicians—Ray Brown, Billy Byers, Pete Candoli, Shelly Manne, Jimmy Rowles and Tommy Tedesco—received on-screen credit.[4]

text: Art Leonardi was responsible for the main title graphic for all DePatie-Freleng entries. For The Ant and the Aardvark series, Leonardi expanded on a technique first introduced for the first Pink Panther cartoon, The Pink Phink. This entailed tearing paper into the forms of objects and characters to form stylized images.[4]

text: Additional characters[edit]

text: There were additional minor characters in the series. Among them were the following:

text:
Cousin Term the Termite (Rough Brunch)
Aunt Minerva, one of the Gi-ants (The Ant From Uncle)
Tiny the Elephant, an ape, and a look-alike of Roland (from another DePatie-Freleng series, Roland and Rattfink) as Charlie Ant's lodge brothers (Mumbo Jumbo)
An unnamed green aardvark, similar to the blue aardvark except barrel-chested instead of pot-bellied (I've Got Ants In My Plans, Odd Ant Out)
Tiger, voiced by Marvin Miller (Scratch a Tiger)
A Boris Karloff-sounding scientist (Science Friction)
A nurse at an animal hospital, voiced by Athena Lorde (From Bed to Worse)
An anteater-eating shark (Isle of Caprice)
A nearsighted lifeguard who mistakes the Aardvark for a dog (Dune Bug)
A toastmaster ant based on George Jessel (I've Got Ants in My Plans)

text: German version[edit]

text: In German-dubbed versions of the cartoon, the male aardvark is transformed into a female anteater named Elise (Eliza). Charlie (voiced by Fred Maire) remains male; Elise is voiced by Marianne Wischmann. The cartoons are known under the title Die blaue Elise (Blue Eliza).[citation needed]

text: Filmography[edit]

text: All voices provided by John Byner unless otherwise noted.

text:
№

Title

Directed by:

Story:

Animated by:

Release date:

Additional voices:

Synopsis:

1
The Ant and the Aardvark
Friz Freleng
John W. Dunn
Manny GouldWarren BatchelderManny PerezDon Williams
March 5, 1969

2
Hasty But Tasty
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
John W. Dunn
March 6, 1969

3
The Ant From Uncle
Friz Freleng
George Gordon
John W. Dunn
April 2, 1969

4
I've Got Ants in My Plans
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
John W. Dunn
May 14, 1969

5
Technology, Phooey
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
Irv Spector
June 25, 1969

6
Never Bug an Ant
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
David Detiege
September 12, 1969

7
Dune Bug
Friz Freleng
Art Davis
John W. Dunn
October 27, 1969

8
Isle of Caprice
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
David Detiege
December 18, 1969

9
Scratch a Tiger
Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
Irv Spector
January 28, 1970
Marvin Miller

10
Odd Ant Out
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
Sid Marcus
April 28, 1970

11
Ants in the Pantry
Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt
John W. Dunn
June 10, 1970

12
Science Friction
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
Larz Bourne
June 28, 1970

13
Mumbo Jumbo
Friz Freleng
Art Davis
John W. Dunn
September 27, 1970

14
The Froze Nose Knows
Friz Freleng
Gerry Chiniquy
Dale Hale
November 18, 1970

15
Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle
Friz Freleng
Art Davis
Dale Hale
December 27, 1970

16
Rough Brunch
Friz Freleng
Art Davis
Sid Marcus
January 3, 1971

17
From Bed to Worse
Art Davis
John W. Dunn
Friz Freleng
June 16, 1971
Athena Lorde

text: Credits[edit]

text:
Producers: David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
Directors: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis
Story: John W. Dunn, Irv Spector, Dave Detiege, Sid Marcus, Larz Bourne, Dale Hale
Animation: Warren Batchelder, Manny Gould, Manny Perez, Don Williams, Art Leonardi, Robert Taylor, Bob Goe, Tom Ray, Lloyd Vaughan, Bob Richardson, John Gibbs, Phil Roman, Robert Bentley, Ken Muse, Irv Spence
Graphic Designers: Corny Cole, Dick Ung, Al Wilson, Lin Larsen
Voices: John Byner, Marvin Miller, Athena Lorde
Color Designer: Tom O'Laughlin, Richard H. Thomas
Title Cards: Art Leonardi
Production Supervisor: Jim Foss
Coordinator: Harry Love
Camera: John Burton Jr.
Film Editor: Lee Gunther
Musical Director: Doug Goodwin
Musicians:
Ray Brown - bass
Billy Byers - trombone
Pete Candoli - trumpet
Jimmy Rowles - piano
Tommy Tedesco - guitar/banjo
Shelly Manne - drums[4]

text: Revivals[edit]

text: The first revival featured the characters as part on the 1993 incarnation of The Pink Panther. The characters remained unchanged, though unlike the original 1969-1971 cartoons, they do not appear in their own segments but rather are included in segments featuring the Pink Panther (now voiced by Matt Frewer). John Byner returned to voice both Charlie Ant and the Aardvark.[4]

text: The second revival occurred in 2010 as part of Pink Panther and Pals. Eddie Garvar voices the Aardvark, who retains his previous characterization. Kel Mitchell, using his natural voice, voices the Ant.

text: Home releases[edit]

text: The complete series was digitally remastered and issued on its own single-disc DVD collection by MGM Home Entertainment/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 2007 as Pink Panther and Friends, Volume 5: The Ant and the Aardvark.[citation needed]

text: The complete series reappeared in January 2009 as part of the DVD collection Pink Panther & Friends Classic Cartoon Collection by MGM Home Entertainment, a 9-disc DVD set containing all Pink Panther, Ant and the Aardvark, Inspector and (for the first time on DVD) Roland and Rattfink cartoons.[citation needed]

text: The Ant and the Aardvark was released onto Region 1/A Blu-ray and DVD on 27 April 2016.[5]


document_title: Profitability index

question_text: the profitability index of an investment project is the ratio of the

text: Profitability index

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text:
Corporate finance
Working capital
Cash conversion cycle
Return on capital
Economic value added
Just-in-time
Economic order quantity
Discounts and allowances
Factoring

Sections
Managerial finance
Financial accounting
Management accounting
Mergers and acquisitions
Balance sheet analysis
Business plan
Corporate action

Societal components
Financial law
Financial market
Financial market participants
Corporate finance
Personal finance
Peer-to-peer lending
Public finance
Banks and banking
Financial regulation
Clawback
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text: Profitability index (PI), also known as profit investment ratio (PIR) and value investment ratio (VIR), is the ratio of payoff to investment of a proposed project.  It is a useful tool for ranking projects because it allows you to quantify the amount of value created per unit of investment.

text: The ratio is calculated as follows:

text:
Profitability index

=

PV of future cash flows
Initial investment

{\displaystyle {\text{Profitability index}}={\frac {\text{PV of future cash flows}}{\text{Initial investment}}}}

text: Assuming that the cash flow calculated does not include the investment made in the project, a profitability index of 1 indicates breakeven. Any value lower than one would indicate that the project's present value (PV) is less than the initial investment. As the value of the profitability index increases, so does the financial attractiveness of the proposed project.

text: Rules for selection or rejection of a project:

text:
If PI > 1 then accept the project
If PI < 1 then reject the project

text: For example:

text:
Investment = $40,000
Life of the Machine = 5 Years

text: Calculate Net present value at 10% and PI:


document_title: List of regions of the United States

question_text: hawaii is in what region of the us

question_tokens: hawaii is in what region of the us

text: List of regions of the United States

text: Interstate regions[edit]

text: Official regions of the United States[edit]

text: Many regions in the United States are defined in law or regulations by the federal government.

text: Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions[edit]

text: The United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions.[1] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used… for data collection and analysis,"[2] and is the most commonly used classification system.[3][4][5]

text: Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau:[6]

text:
Region 1: Northeast

Division 1: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
Division 2: Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)

Region 2: Midwest (Prior to June 1984, the Midwest Region was designated as the North Central Region.)[6]

Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)

Region 3: South

Division 5: South Atlantic (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, and West Virginia)
Division 6: East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee)
Division 7: West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)

Region 4: West

Division 8: Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming)
Division 9: Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington)

text: Puerto Rico and other US territories are not part of any census region or census division.[7]

text: Standard federal regions[edit]

text: The ten standard federal regions were established by OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Circular A-105, "Standard Federal Regions," in April, 1974, and required for all executive agencies. In recent years, some agencies have tailored their field structures to meet program needs and facilitate interaction with local, state and regional counterparts. However, the OMB must still approve any departures.

text:
Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
Region III: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Region IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

text: Federal Reserve banks[edit]

text: The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve districts with a central Federal Reserve Bank in each district. These twelve Federal Reserve Banks together form a major part of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.

text:
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

tag: ol

text: Time zones[edit]

text:
UTC−12:00 (Baker Island, Howland Island)
Samoa Time Zone (American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll)
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone (Hawaii, Aleutian Islands (Alaska), Johnston Atoll)
Alaska Time Zone (Alaska, excluding Aleutian Islands)
Pacific Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
Central Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
Atlantic Time Zone (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Chamorro Time Zone (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)
Wake Island Time Zone (Wake Island)

text: Courts of Appeals circuits[edit]

text:
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
DC Circuit

text: The Federal Circuit is not a regional circuit. Its jurisdiction is nationwide, but based on subject matter.

text: Bureau of Economic Analysis regions[edit]

text: The Bureau of Economic Analysis defines regions for comparison of economic data.[8]

text:
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
Mideast: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Southeast: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming
Far West: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington

text: Energy Information Administration[edit]

text: The Energy Information Administration currently uses the PADD system established by Petroleum Administration for War in World War II.[9] It is used for data collection on refining petroleum and its products. Each PADD is subdivided into refining districts.

text:
PADD I: East Coast

East Coast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida; along with counties in New York east of, north of and including Cayuga, Tompkins, and Chemung; and counties in Pennsylvania east of and including Bradford, Sullivan, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Dauphin and York.
Appalachian No. 1: West Virginia along with counties of Pennsylvania and New York State not mentioned above.

PADD II: Midwest

Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky: Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio
Minnesota-Wisconsin-North and South Dakota: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota
Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri: Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa

PADD III: Gulf Coast

Texas Gulf Coast: The Texan counties of Newton, Orange, Jefferson, Jasper, Tyler, Hardin, Liberty, Chambers, Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Harris, Galveston, Waller, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, Victoria, Calhoun, Refugio, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron
Texas Inland: Texan counties not mentioned above.
Louisiana Gulf Coast: Parishes of Louisiana south of, and including Vernon, Rapides, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, Saint Helena, Tangipahoa and Washington; along with Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson County of Mississippi; and Alabama's Mobile and Baldwin County.
North Louisiana-Arkansas: Arkansas and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama not mentioned above.
New Mexico: New Mexico

PADD IV: Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
PADD V: West Coast: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii[10]

text: PADD I can also be subdivided into 3 Subdistricts:

text:
Sub-PAD 1A: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Sub-PAD 1B: Central Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia)
Sub-PAD 1C: Lower Atlantic (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)[11]

text: PADD system was established in World War II and therefore don't accurately reflect current trends. The EIA has updated the PADD system with a complimentary set of regions to reflect this and will change it to suite current needs. (Note: Region 9 includes countries not part of the USA but is included for the sake of completion since it contains Puerto Rico)

text:
Region 1: PADD I
Region 2: PADD II "Inland" (States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and Kentucky)
Region 3: PADD II "Lakes" (States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio)
Region 4: PADD III "Gulf" (Refining districts of Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana Gulf Coast)
Region 5: PADD III "Inland" (Refining districts of Texas Inland, New Mexico and North Louisiana-Arkansas)
Region 6: PADD IV
Region 7: PADD V "California" (State of California)
Region 8: PADD V "Other" (States of Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington)
Region 9: "International"

Maritime Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago)[12]

text: Unofficial U.S. multi-state regions[edit]

text:
Appalachia
Ark-La-Tex
Black Dirt Region
Blackstone Valley
Border states:

Civil War border states
International border states

Calumet Region
The Carolinas
Central United States
Champlain Valley
Coastal states
Colorado Plateau
Columbia Basin
Contiguous United States
The Dakotas
Deep South
Delaware Valley
Delmarva Peninsula
Dixie
Driftless Area
East Coast
Eastern United States
Four Corners
Frontier Strip
Great American Desert
Great Appalachian Valley
Great Basin
Great Lakes Region
Great North Woods
Great Plains
Gulf Coast
Gulf South
High Plains
Inland Northwest
Interior Plains
Intermountain States
Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)
Lake Tahoe
Lehigh Valley
Llano Estacado
Mid-Atlantic states
Mississippi Delta
Mojave Desert
Mormon Corridor
Mountain States
Northern New England
Ohio Valley
Ozarks
Pacific Northwest
Pacific States
Palouse
Piedmont
Piney Woods
Rocky Mountains
Shawnee Hills
Shenandoah Valley
Siouxland
South Shore
Southeastern United States
Southern New England
Southern Rocky Mountains
Southern United States
Southwestern United States
Old Southwest
Susquehanna River
Tennessee Valley
Tornado Alley
Trans-Mississippi
Twin Tiers
Upland South
Upper Midwest
VirginiasThe Virginias
Waxhaws
West Coast
American Frontier
Oregon Trail
Appalachian Trail

text: The Belts[edit]

text:
Bible Belt
Black Belt
Corn Belt
Cotton Belt
Frost Belt
Pine Belt
Rice Belt
Rust Belt
Snowbelt
Sun Belt

text: Interstate metropolitan areas[edit]

text:
Central Savannah River Area (part of Georgia and South Carolina)
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania)

Washington metropolitan area (District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia)

Greater Boston (parts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire)
Charlotte metropolitan area (parts of North Carolina and South Carolina)
Chattanooga Metropolitan Area
Chicago metropolitan area (parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)
Cincinnati metropolitan area (parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky)
Columbus-Auburn-Opelika (GA-AL) Combined Statistical Area (parts of Georgia and Alabama)
Delaware Valley (Philadelphia metropolitan area) (parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland)
Evansville, IN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area (parts of Indiana and Kentucky)
Fargo–Moorhead (parts of North Dakota and Minnesota)
Fort Smith metropolitan area (parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma)
Front Range Urban Corridor (parts of Colorado and Wyoming)
Greater Grand Forks (part of Minnesota and North Dakota)
Kansas City metropolitan area (parts of Missouri and Kansas)
Louisville metropolitan area (Kentuckiana) (parts of Kentucky and Indiana)
Memphis metropolitan area (parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi)
Michiana (parts of Michigan and Indiana)
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (the Twin Cities) (parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin)
New York metropolitan area (parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania)
Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area (parts of Nebraska and Iowa)
Portland metropolitan area (parts of Oregon and Washington)
Quad Cities (parts of Iowa and Illinois)
Sacramento metropolitan area (parts of California and Nevada)
Greater St. Louis (parts of Missouri and Illinois)
Texarkana metropolitan area (parts of Texas and Arkansas)
Tri-Cities (parts of Tennessee and Virginia)
Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin)
Hampton Roads region (parts of Virginia and North Carolina)
Youngstown–Warren–Boardman metropolitan statistical area (parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania)

text: Interstate megalopolises[edit]

text:
Arizona Sun Corridor
California
Cascadia
Great Lakes
Northeast megalopolis
Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion (PAM)

text: Intrastate and intraterritory regions[edit]

text: Alabama[edit]

text:
Alabama Gulf Coast
Greater Birmingham
Black Belt
Central Alabama
Lower Alabama
Mobile Bay
North Alabama
Northeast Alabama
Northwest Alabama
South Alabama

text: Alaska[edit]

text:
Alaska Interior
Alaska North Slope
Alaska Panhandle
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Alaska
The Bush
Kenai Peninsula
Matanuska-Susitna Valley
Seward Peninsula
Southcentral Alaska
Southwest Alaska
Tanana Valley
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

text: American Samoa[edit]

text:
Ofu-Olosega
Rose Atoll
Swains Island (claimed by Tokelau)
Ta‘ū
Tutuila & Aunu'u

text: Arizona[edit]

text:
Arizona Strip
Grand Canyon
North Central Arizona
Northeast Arizona
Northern Arizona
Phoenix metropolitan area
Southern Arizona

text: Arkansas[edit]

text:
Arkansas Delta
Arkansas River Valley
Arkansas Timberlands
Central Arkansas
Crowley's Ridge
Northwest Arkansas
South Arkansas

text: California[edit]

text: Colorado[edit]

text:
Central Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
Colorado Eastern Plains (part of High Plains and Great Plains)
Colorado Front Range (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
Colorado Mineral Belt (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
Colorado Piedmont (contains parts of the Front Range Urban Corridor and High Plains)
Colorado Western Slope (part of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)
Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
High Rockies (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
Northwestern Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains)
San Luis Valley
South-Central Colorado (part of Front Range Urban Corridor)
Southwestern Colorado (part of Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau)

text: Connecticut[edit]

text: In Connecticut, there are 14 official regions, each with a regional government that serves for the absence of county government in Connecticut. There are also a fair number of unofficial regions in Connecticut with no regional government.

text:
Central Naugatuck Valley
Coastal Connecticut
Connecticut panhandle
Greater Bridgeport
Greater New Haven
Greater Hartford
Housatonic Valley (shared with Massachusetts)
Litchfield Hills
Lower Connecticut River Valley
Naugatuck River Valley
New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast
Southeastern Connecticut
Southwestern Connecticut

text: Delaware[edit]

text: "Upstate" or "Up North"

text: Delaware Valley also known as "Above the Canal" (referring to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal)

text: "Slower Lower"

text:
Cape Region
Central Kent
Delaware coast

text: District of Columbia[edit]

text: See Neighborhoods in the District of Columbia

text: Florida[edit]

text:
Central Florida
North Florida
Northwest Florida
North Central Florida
Northeast Florida
South Florida
Southwest Florida

text:
Big Bend
Emerald Coast
First Coast
Florida Heartland
Florida Keys
Florida Panhandle
Forgotten Coast
Glades
Gold Coast
Halifax area (also Surf Coast and Fun Coast)
Red Hills
Nature Coast
Space Coast
Suncoast
Tampa Bay Area
Treasure Coast

text: Georgia[edit]

text:
Atlanta metropolitan area
Central Georgia
Central Savannah River Area
Colonial Coast
Golden Isles of Georgia
Historic South
North Georgia
North Georgia mountains (Northeast Georgia)
Southern Rivers
Southeast Georgia
Wiregrass Region

text: Physiographic regions[edit]

text:
Appalachian Plateau
Blue Ridge Mountains
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

text: Guam[edit]

text: Guam (main island)

text: Hawaii[edit]

text:
Hawaiʻi / Big Island

Hamakua Coast
Kaʻū Desert
Kohala Coast
Kona Coast
Mauna Kea
Puna District
Waiākea-Uka

Kahoʻolawe
Kauaʻi

Nā Pali Coast

Kaʻula
Lānai
Maui

Haleakalā
Molokini
West Maui Mountains

Iao Valley

Molokaʻi

Kalaupapa Peninsula

Niʻihau

Lehua

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands[a]

Nihoa (Moku Manu)
Necker Island (Mokumanamana)
French Frigate Shoals (Kānemiloha)
Gardner Pinnacles (Pūhāhonu)
Maro Reef (Nalukākala)
Laysan (Kauō)
Lisianski (Papaāpoho)
Pearl and Hermes (Holoikauaua)
Kure Atoll (Mokupāpapa)

Oʻahu

Kaʻena Point
Makapuʻu
North Shore
Waikīkī

text: Idaho[edit]

text:
Central Idaho
Eastern Idaho
Idaho Panhandle
Magic Valley
North Central Idaho
Palouse Hills
Southern Idaho
Southwestern Idaho
Treasure Valley

text: Illinois[edit]

text:
American Bottom
Central Illinois
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
Chicago metropolitan area
Driftless Area
Forgottonia
Fox Valley
Metro-East
Metro Lakeland
Military Tract of 1812
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
North Shore
Northern Illinois
Northwestern Illinois
Peoria, Illinois metropolitan area
Quad Cities
River Bend
Rock River Valley
Shawnee Hills
Southern Illinois (sometimes, Little Egypt)
Streatorland
Tri-State Area
Wabash Valley

text: Indiana[edit]

text:
East Central Indiana
Indianapolis metropolitan area
Michiana
Northern Indiana
Northwest Indiana
Southern Indiana
Southwestern Indiana
Wabash Valley

text: Iowa[edit]

text:
Coteau des Prairies
Des Moines metropolitan area
Dissected Till Plains
Driftless Area
Great River Road
Honey Lands
Iowa Great Lakes
Loess Hills
Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area
Quad Cities
Siouxland

text: Kansas[edit]

text:
East-Central Kansas
Flint Hills
High Plains
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
North Central Kansas
Osage Plains
Ozarks
Red Hills
Santa Fe Trail
Smoky Hills
Southeast Kansas

text: Kentucky[edit]

text:
The Bluegrass
Central Kentucky
Cumberland Plateau
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
Kentucky Bend
The Knobs
Northern Kentucky
Pennyroyal Plateau
South Central Kentucky
The Purchase
Western Coal Fields

text: Louisiana[edit]

text: Acadiana

text:
Cajun Heartland
River Parishes

text:
Central Louisiana (Cen-La)
Florida Parishes
"French Louisiana" (Acadiana + Greater New Orleans)
Greater New Orleans
North Louisiana

text: Maine[edit]

text:
Acadia
Down East
High Peaks / Maine Highlands
Kennebec Valley
Maine Highlands
Maine Lake Country
Maine North Woods
Mid Coast
Penobscot Bay
Southern Maine Coast
Western Maine Mountains

text: Maryland[edit]

text:
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Capital region
Chesapeake Bay
Eastern Shore of Maryland
Patapsco Valley
Southern Maryland
Western Maryland
Western Shore of Maryland

text: Regions shared with other states:

text:
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic coastal plain
Blue Ridge Mountains
Cumberland Valley
Delaware Valley
Delmarva Peninsula consists of Maryland's and Virginia's Eastern Shore and all of Delaware
Piedmont (United States)
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

text: Massachusetts[edit]

text:
Western Massachusetts

The Berkshires (map shown, right)
Housatonic Valley
Pioneer Valley
Quabbin-Swift River Valley

Central Massachusetts

MetroWest
Montachusett-North County
South County
Blackstone River Valley

Northeastern Massachusetts

North Shore

Merrimack Valley
Cape Ann

Greater Boston

Southeastern Massachusetts

Cape Cod and Islands
South Coast
South Shore

text: Michigan[edit]

text:
Lower Peninsula

Northern Michigan

Leelanau Peninsula

Central/Mid-Michigan

The Thumb

West Michigan

Michiana

Southeast Michigan

Metro Detroit

Upper Peninsula

Copper Country
Keweenaw Peninsula

text: Minnesota[edit]

text:
Arrowhead Region
Boundary Waters
Buffalo Ridge
Central Minnesota
Coulee Region
Iron Range
Minnesota River Valley
North Shore
Northwest Angle
Pipestone Region
Red River Valley
Southeast Minnesota
Twin Cities Metro

text: Mississippi[edit]

text:
Black Belt
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi East Gulf Coast Plain

text: Missouri[edit]

text:
Bootheel
Dissected Till Plains
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Lead Belt
Little Dixie
Natchez Trace
Ozarks
St. Louis Metropolitan Area

text: Montana[edit]

text:
Big Horn Mountains
Eastern Montana
The Flathead
Glacier Country
Glacier National Park
Regional designations of Montana
South Central Montana
Southwestern Montana
Two Medicine
Western Montana
Yellowstone National Park

text: Nebraska[edit]

text:
Nebraska Panhandle
Northwest Nebraska
Pine Ridge
Rainwater Basin
Sand Hills
Southeast Nebraska
South Central Nebraska
Wildcat Hills

text: Nevada[edit]

text:
Black Rock Desert
Lake Tahoe
Las Vegas Valley
Mojave Desert
Pahranagat Valley
Sierra Nevada

text: New Hampshire[edit]

text:
Connecticut River Valley
Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
Great North Woods Region
Lakes Region
Merrimack Valley

Golden Triangle

Monadnock Region (overlaps with Connecticut River Valley)
Seacoast Region
White Mountains

text: New Jersey[edit]

text:
North Jersey

Skylands

Amwell Valley
Black Dirt Region (shared with New York)
Great Valley

Sussex County Snow Belt

Hunterdon Plateau
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Highlands
Somerset Hills
The Sourlands

Gateway

Chemical Coast/Soundshore
Hudson Waterfront

North Hudson

Meadowlands
Pascack Valley
Raritan Bayshore
West Hudson

Central Jersey

Bayshore
Jersey Shore
Shore Region

South Jersey

Shore Region

Northern Headlands

Irish Riviera

Pine Barrens

Delaware Valley

Pine Barrens
The Sourlands

Southern Shore

Cape May
The Glades
Tri Cities (Bridgeton, Millville, Vineland)
Tri-County Farm Belt

Greater Atlantic City

Pine Barrens
Central Corridor Piedmont Region

text: New Mexico[edit]

text:
Central New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico
New Mexico Bootheel
Northern New Mexico

text: New York[edit]

text:
Downstate New York

New York metropolitan area
The Five Boroughs (New York City)
Long Island

Nassau County
Suffolk County
The Hamptons
North Shore (Gold Coast)
South Shore

Westchester County
Rockland County
Putnam County

Upstate New York

Erie Canal Corridor

New York State Canal System
New York State Canalway Trail

Western New York

Holland Purchase
Burned-over district

Finger Lakes
former Leatherstocking Country (now the Central New York Region)
Central New York

Central New York Military Tract
Phelps and Gorham Purchase
Syracuse metropolitan area

Mohawk Valley
Southern Tier
Capital District
North Country

Adirondack Mountains

Adirondack Park

Ski country
Thousand Islands
Tug Hill

Catskill Mountains

Borscht Belt

Hudson Valley

Shawangunk Ridge
Black Dirt Region (shared with New Jersey)

text: North Carolina[edit]

text:
Western North Carolina

Foothills Region

South Mountains
The Unifour (Catawba Valley Area)

High Country (Boone Area)
Land of the Sky

Asheville Metropolitan Area

Great Craggy Mountains

Blue Ridge Mountains

Black Mountains
Brushy Mountains
Great Balsam Mountains
Unaka Mountains
Unicoi Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains

Tennessee Valley

Central North Carolina

Piedmont Crescent

Metropolitan Charlotte (Metrolina)

Lake Norman Area

Metropolitan Piedmont Triad

Sauratown Mountains
Uwharrie Mountains
Yadkin Valley

The Research Triangle

New Hope Valley
Triangle East

Eastern North Carolina

Fayetteville Metropolitan Area
Inner Banks

Albemarle
Global TransPark Economic Development Area
Tidewater

Lower Cape Fear (Wilmington Area)
Outer Banks

Crystal Coast

Bogue Banks
Down East

Sandhills

text: North Dakota[edit]

text:
Badlands
Missouri Escarpment
Missouri River Corridor
Red River Valley

text: Northern Mariana Islands[edit]

text:
Anatahan
Agrihan
Asuncion Island
Farallon de Medinilla
Farallon de Pajaros
Guguan
Maug Islands
Pagan
Rota
Saipan
Sarigan
Tinian

text: Ohio[edit]

text:
Allegheny Plateau
Appalachian Ohio
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area
Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
Connecticut Western Reserve (historic, now defunct)
Great Black Swamp (shared with Indiana)
The Lake Erie Islands
Miami Valley
Northeast Ohio (often used interchangeably with Greater Cleveland, but also includes the counties of Ashtabula, Portage, Summit, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana.)
Northwest Ohio

text: Oklahoma[edit]

text:
Central Oklahoma
Cherokee Outlet
Green Country
Kiamichi Country
Little Dixie
Northwestern Oklahoma
Panhandle
South Central Oklahoma
Southwestern Oklahoma

text: Oregon[edit]

text:
Cascade Range
Central Oregon
Columbia Plateau
Columbia River
Columbia River Gorge
Eastern Oregon
Goose Lake Valley
Harney Basin
High Desert
Hood River Valley
Mount Hood Corridor
Northwest Oregon
Oregon Coast
Palouse
Portland metropolitan area
Rogue Valley
Southern Oregon
Treasure Valley
Tualatin Valley
Warner Valley
Western Oregon
Willamette Valley

text: Pennsylvania[edit]

text:
Allegheny National Forest
Coal Region
Cumberland Valley
Delaware Valley
Dutch Country
Endless Mountains
Highlands Region
Laurel Highlands
Lehigh Valley
Main Line
Northern Tier
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Northwest Region
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
The Poconos
South Central Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley
Western Pennsylvania
Wyoming Valley (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Area)

text: Puerto Rico[edit]

text:
Caja de Muertos
Culebra
Desecheo Island
Isla de Mona
Puerto Rico (main island)
Vieques

text: Rhode Island[edit]

text:
Blackstone Valley
East Bay
West Bay
South County

text: South Carolina[edit]

text:
The Lowcountry
The Midlands
The Upstate

text:
Grand Strand
Lake Murray Country
The Lowcountry & Resort Islands
Old 96 District
Olde English District
Pee Dee
Santee Cooper Country

text:
Blue Ridge Mountains
Charleston metropolitan area
Coastal South Carolina
Columbia metropolitan area
The Piedmont
Rock Hill, South Carolina Area
The Sandhills
Sea Islands
West Ashley

text: South Dakota[edit]

text:
East River and West River, divided by the Missouri River
Badlands
Black Hills
Coteau des Prairies

text: Tennessee[edit]

text:
East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee

text:
Highland Rim
Nashville Basin
Tennessee Valley

text: Texas[edit]

text:
Brazos Valley
Central Texas

Texas blackland prairies
The Hill Country

Gulf Coast

Galveston Bay
Greater Houston

East Texas

Piney Woods and Northeast Texas

North Texas

Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex
Texoma

South Texas

Mission Country
Rio Grande Valley

Southeast Texas

Golden Triangle
Greater Houston

Texas Midwest/West-Central Texas (includes Abilene, San Angelo, Brownwood, Texas)
Texas Urban Triangle (Houston to San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth)
West Texas

Concho Valley
Edwards Plateau
Llano Estacado (a portion of northwest Texas)
Permian Basin
South Plains (includes 24 counties south of the Texas Panhandle and north of the Permian Basin)
Texas Panhandle (pictured)
Trans-Pecos
Great Plains

text: U.S. Minor Outlying Islands[edit]

text:
Baker Island
Howland Island
Jarvis Island
Johnston Island
Kingman Reef
Midway Atoll
Navassa Island (claimed by Haiti)
Palmyra Atoll
Wake Island

text: Utah[edit]

text:
Cache Valley
Colorado Plateau
Dixie
Great Salt Lake Desert
Mojave Desert
San Rafael Swell
Southeastern Utah
Southwestern Utah
Uinta Mountains
Wasatch Back
Wasatch Front
Wasatch Range

text: Vermont[edit]

text:
Burlington metropolitan area
Champlain Valley
Green Mountains
Mount Mansfield
Northeast Kingdom

text: Virgin Islands[edit]

text:
Minor islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Croix
Saint John
Saint Thomas

text: Virginia[edit]

text:
Eastern Shore
Hampton Roads
Historic Triangle
Piedmont region of Virginia
Northern Neck
Northern Virginia
Greater Richmond Region
Shenandoah Valley
South Hampton Roads
Southside Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Tidewater
Tri-Cities
Virginia Peninsula

text: Washington[edit]

text:
Central Washington
Columbia Plateau
Eastern Washington
Kitsap Peninsula
Long Beach Peninsula
Okanagan Country
Olympic Mountains
Olympic Peninsula
Puget Sound
Rocky Mountains
San Juan Islands
Skagit Valley
Tri-Cities
Walla Walla Valley
Western Washington
Yakima Valley

text: West Virginia[edit]

text:
Eastern Panhandle
North-Central West Virginia
Northern Panhandle
Potomac Highlands
Southern West Virginia

text: Wisconsin[edit]

text:
Apostle Islands
Central Plain
Chippewa Valley
Door Peninsula
Driftless Region
Eastern Ridges and Lowlands
Four Lakes Region
Fox River Valley
Kettle Moraine
Lake Superior Lowland
Menomonee Valley
Northern Highland
Southeastern Wisconsin
Western Upland

text: Wyoming[edit]

text:
Bighorn Basin
Grand Teton
Powder River Country
Yellowstone National Park

text: Other regional listings[edit]

text:
Central Region
Northeast Region
Southern Region
Western Region