Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily. For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos (beautiful), or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."

Notable people with the surname include:

Carmen Cali (born 1978), American baseball player

Francesco Calì (1882 - 1949), Italian footballer, first captain of the Italian national team

Frank Cali, Italian mobster

Gaetano Emanuel Calì, (1885 - 1936), Italian composer and orchestra conductor

Giulio Calì (death 1967), Italian actor

Giuseppe Calì (1846 – 1930), Maltese painter

Giuseppe Calì (golfer) (born 1952), Italian golfer

John J. Cali (1918 - 2014), American real estate developer

Joseph Cali (born 1950), American actor

Jua Cali (born 1979), Kenyan musician

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Cal (short story)

"Cal" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov, which was first published in 1990. It was included in the 1995 collection Gold.

Plot summary

Cal is a robot whose master is an author. Set in the Age of Robots, the word processor is called the Writer. Cal, under the influence of his master, decides to learn to write. His master outfits his mind with a dictionary and gives him advice and a few of his own books to read, as well as a grammatical dictionary. Cal tries to write mystery like his master, but is hampered by the Three Laws of Robotics; a robot's aversion to harming a human makes Cal cut out all violence, making the mystery rather inane. Instead, his master decides to give him the knack of recognizing humor. Cal writes a very good story on this new topic: so good, in fact, that his master is afraid of being put in the shade and 'playing second dog to a robot'. He orders the technician to remove Cal's abilities. Cal, hearing this, decides to kill his master, in defiance of the First Law, because apparently his new abilities take precedence: "I want to be a writer."

Cal (album)

Cal is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 24 August 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Cal, produced by David Puttnam and directed by Pat O'Connor. Puttnam also produced the film Local Hero (1983).

Critical reception

In his review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave the album four our of five stars and called it a "quiet, reflective set of cues that eschew false dramatics in favor of supporting the story."

In her review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the album "an exceptionally lovely and haunting score."