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House (disambiguation) | Arts, entertainment, and media | Arts, entertainment, and media |
House (disambiguation) | Film | Film
House (1977 film), a Japanese horror film
House (film series), an American horror/comedy film series
House (1985 film), the first film in the series directed by Steve Miner
House (1995 film), a Canadian film directed by Laurie Lynd
House!, a 2000 British comedy film
House (2008 film), a horror film based on the novel by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker
Houses (2025 film), a Israel, Germany b/w drama film
Thomas "House" Conklin, a character in Police Academy comedy films |
House (disambiguation) | Television | Television
House (TV series), an American television medical drama
Gregory House, main character of said drama
House, a villain in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife" |
House (disambiguation) | Literature | Literature
House (novel), a 2006 Christian fiction horror novel by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker
House, a 1985 documentary book by Tracy Kidder
House, one of two plays that constitute House & Garden (plays), 1999, by Alan Ayckbourn |
House (disambiguation) | Music and dance | Music and dance |
House (disambiguation) | Generic terms | Generic terms
House band, a venue's in-house group
House music, a style of electronic dance music
House dance, a related form of street dance |
House (disambiguation) | Bands | Bands
A House, from Dublin
The House Band, from Edinburgh |
House (disambiguation) | Songs | Songs
"House" (Patrick Wolf song), 2011
"House" (The Psychedelic Furs song), 1989
"Houses", by Dinosaur Jr. on Farm
"Houses", by the Fire Theft on The Fire Theft
"Houses", by Søren on Stargazing
"Houses", by Judy Collins on So Early in the Spring
"The House Song", by Peter, Paul and Mary on Album 1700 |
House (disambiguation) | Other media | Other media
House (sculpture), a Turner-Prize-winning sculpture by Rachel Whiteread
House (ball culture)
Auditorium, or house in theatrical jargon
Robert House, a character from the 2010 action role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas |
House (disambiguation) | People | People
House (line of rulers), a noble or royal family, also known as dynasty, family, clan
House (surname), includes a list of people with the name |
House (disambiguation) | Business | Business
Fashion house (maison couture), a business, often family-owned, which specializes in fashion design, including haute couture
House brand, a private label brand made by the company that sells it in its own stores
House Foods, a Japanese food manufacturer and brand
House (brand), a clothing brand |
House (disambiguation) | Education | Education
House system, a traditional feature of schools in the Commonwealth
House, the name for various Harvard University residences |
House (disambiguation) | Places | Places |
House (disambiguation) | United States | United States
House, New Mexico, a village
House, North Carolina, an unincorporated community |
House (disambiguation) | Religion and mythology | Religion and mythology
House (astrology)
Religious house or monastery |
House (disambiguation) | Other uses | Other uses
House (curling), the target in the sport of curling
House (game), a children's role-playing game
House (legislature), several law-making bodies
House (operating system)
House (steamboat), the cabin structure on a steamboat
Broadway house, chiefly American English, describing entertainment venues in the Theater District, Manhattan |
House (disambiguation) | See also | See also
Haus (disambiguation)
Household
Houses of Parliament (disambiguation)
The House (disambiguation) |
House (disambiguation) | Table of Content | Wiktionary, Arts, entertainment, and media, Film, Television, Literature, Music and dance, Generic terms, Bands, Songs, Other media, People, Business, Education, Places, United States, Religion and mythology, Other uses, See also |
Fianchetto | Short description | In chess, the fianchetto ( or ;"Fianchetto" . Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster. Accessed 24 Jun. 2020. "little flank") is a pattern of wherein a bishop is developed to the second of the adjacent b- or g-, the having been moved one or two squares forward.
The fianchetto is a staple of many "hypermodern" openings, whose philosophy is to delay direct occupation of the with the plan of undermining and destroying the opponent's occupied centre. It also regularly occurs in Indian defences. The fianchetto is less common in Open Games (1.e4 e5), but the is sometimes fianchettoed by Black in the Ruy Lopez or by White in an uncommon variation of the Vienna Game.
One of the major benefits of the fianchetto is that it often allows the fianchettoed bishop to become more active. A fianchettoed position, however, also presents some opportunities for the opponent: if the fianchettoed bishop can be exchanged, the squares the bishop was formerly protecting will become weak (see ) and can form the basis of an attack (particularly if the fianchetto was performed on the ). Exchanging the fianchettoed bishop should not be done lightly, therefore, especially if the enemy bishop on same-coloured squares is still on the board. |
Fianchetto | Concept | Concept
The diagram shows three different sorts of fianchetti (not from an actual game, but as examples collapsed into a single diagram). White's king bishop is in a regular fianchetto, with the knight pawn advanced one square and the bishop occupying the . This is by far the most common type of fianchetto, seen in the Sicilian Dragon, Pirc Defence, Modern Defence, Modern Benoni, Grünfeld Defence, Nimzo-Indian, and King's Indian Defence, among other openings. The regular fianchetto of both bishops by a player is called a double fianchetto.Hooper & Whyld (1996), p. 133.
Black's is also fianchettoed, but the knight pawn has moved forward two squares, making this a long fianchetto. The b-pawn also controls the c4-square, which is often advantageous. If White plays the King's Indian Attack 1.Nf3 2.g3, Black may play a long fianchetto to oppose White's bishop and make it more difficult for White to play a c4 . A long fianchetto on the kingside is more rarely played, because it weakens the pawn shield in front of the castled position and controls a less important square. Nevertheless, Grob's Attack 1.g4 and the Borg Defence ("Grob" backwards) 1.e4 g5 are sometimes played by players such as IM Michael Basman.
White's queen bishop has moved to a3 in what is sometimes called an extended fianchetto. Rather than control the long diagonal, it takes aim at Black's f8-square. If Black moves his e-pawn, White can play Bxf8, after which Black will have to waste on artificial castling after recapturing with his king. This tactic is often seen in the Evans Gambit and gives the Benko Gambit much of its bite. Black often plays ...Ba6 in the French Defence, and in the Queen's Indian Defence if White plays g3 in order to fianchetto his own bishop (Aron Nimzowitsch's move against the classical main line). |
Fianchetto | Four fianchettoed bishops | Four fianchettoed bishops
The game Rubinstein–Nimzowitsch, Marienbad 1925, had four fianchettoed bishops, two developed knights, and two on their home squares. In this position, Nimzowitsch humorously pointed out in My System: "Each side castles now with a clear conscience, for not even the most hypermodern pair of masters can produce more than four fianchettoed Bishops!" |
Fianchetto | References | References
Bibliography
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Fianchetto | Further reading | Further reading
“The Chess Fianchetto” by Edward Winter
Category:Chess terminology
Category:Italian words and phrases |
Fianchetto | Table of Content | Short description, Concept, Four fianchettoed bishops, References, Further reading |
Terragen | short description | Terragen is a scenery generator program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X developed and published by Planetside Software. It can be used to create renderings and animations of landscapes. |
Terragen | History | History
Released in stages (tech preview and beta) to a participating community, Terragen 2 was released to pre-purchasers on 2 April 2009.Planetside ForumsPre-purchasers get release early Terragen 2 is offered in feature limited freeware and full-featured commercial licenses.
Planetside Software released the first public version of Terragen 2 after more than three years of development of both the core technologies and the program itself. Since then there have been several released updates to both licenses of the software along the development cycle with a series of technology previews and a beta release. The "final" build was released on April 23, 2009, and more updates, including feature modules, are expected to be released later.Beta Release announcement
Planetside released Terragen 3 in August 2013. Version 3.1 was released in February 2014. Version 4 was released in 2016.
thumb|250px|A highly reflective lake, showing off the possibility for photorealistic renders in Terragen Classic
thumb|250px|Julia island from Terragen Classic. It can be combined with other tools (here land-mapping as a Julia set). |
Terragen | Terragen Classic | Terragen Classic
Terragen Classic is popular among amateur artists, which can be attributed to it being freeware, its intuitive interface, and its capability to create photorealistic landscapes when used skillfully. It can also use DEM (digital elevation model) files, and other graphic surface maps for rendering.
A commercial version of the software is also available and is capable of creating larger terrains, renders with higher image resolution, larger terrain files, and better post-render anti-aliasing than the freeware version.
The terrain is generated from a two-dimensional heightmap. The program contains facilities for importing and exporting heightmaps to images, for use in other programs. |
Terragen | Use in media | Use in media
Rendering software contributed by PlanetSide proprietor Matt Fairclough was used by Digital Domain for effects in Star Trek Nemesis. Terragen Classic was used in The Golden Compass, the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man, games, and many TV commercials.Terragen 2, Planetside.co.uk
An image from what is now known as Terragen Classic appeared on the April 16, 2001, cover of Newsweek, and Terragen was used for animations in Brandy Norwood's "What About Us?" music video. The classic version was also used by numerous artists, such as Joan Fontcuberta ("Orogenesis" series),Joan Fontcuberta. New York: International Center of Photography. Retrieved 10 July 2008. and the French photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond ("Vous êtes ici" series and "Pôle" series). Terragen Classic was used to create skyboxes for 3D video games such as Serious Sam.
The software was used by Devastudios to create the mountainous scenery in the intro used by Paramount Pictures for its centennial anniversary in 2012, alongside Autodesk Maya, with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2011, which would be carried on for Paramount Players, Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+. Devastudios also used the software for the sky and clouds in the 2021 and 2023 Warner Bros. Pictures logos with Locked Down and Wonka, respectively, alongside the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) and Adobe Substance 3D Painter for the latter, which would later be carried on for Warner Bros. Television, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. |
Terragen | See also | See also
E-on Vue
VistaPro
Picogen |
Terragen | References | References |
Terragen | External links | External links
Planetside's Terragen website
Luc Bianco’s Terragen gallery
Category:Freeware 3D graphics software
Category:Global illumination software
Category:Fractal software |
Terragen | Table of Content | short description, History, Terragen Classic, Use in media, See also, References, External links |
Separations (album) | Use dmy dates | Separations is the third album by English band Pulp, released on 19 June 1992 by UK indie Fire Records. Recorded in 1989, it appeared belatedly as the band's final original release with Fire before their transition to a major-label career. |
Separations (album) | Recording, release and aftermath | Recording, release and aftermath
Pulp's initial deal with Fire Records had expired, following the release of several singles and the 1987 LP Freaks, when in 1989 the label approached frontman Jarvis Cocker about re-signing the band. Whereas the group had, to its chagrin, only been allotted £600 to record Freaks, Fire now promised a £10,000 budget for its next project. Still wary from their prior experience with the label, the band booked Sheffield's FON studio and producer Alan Smyth to begin recording what would become Separations; according to drummer Nick Banks, the band hoped to use the studio advance without actually formalising a new deal with Fire.
The material represented a new direction for the band, with vocal-driven ballads on the first side and an acid house influence on the second. The disparate styles can be attributed to the interplay of tastes between Cocker and then-new bassist Steve Mackey; Mackey introduced Cocker to house music and raving upon the singer's move to London, while Cocker introduced Mackey to "Scott Walker and Serge Gainsbourg".Sturdy, p. 175. Cocker was also inspired by the band Magazine's early work that "had attack to it combined with a real intelligence, without going into ponce territory". Notably, Banks ended up programming his parts into a drum machine rather than performing live on the record, a concession requested by Smyth out of concern for time and budget in light of the liberal use of MIDI sequencing requested by the band. Separations is also notable for the track "This House Is Condemned" being the last of the occasional vocal performances by guitarist/violinist/songwriter Russell Senior found throughout Pulp's catalog, a role which he would later claim not to have ever relished:I used to 'sing' in Pulp and I'm not quite sure why this came about, because I can't sing for toffee and have never been under any illusions about it...I really wasn't comfortable with singing in Pulp but Jarvis was keen on it, he said it gave him a break.Upon completing the album, with no discernible interest from any other label, the band reluctantly agreed to re-sign with Fire Records.
The album was reissued and remastered by Fire in 2012 along with 1983's It and 1987's Freaks. This re-release took several delays as the first stated release date was 8 August 2011 while the albums finally came out on 13 February 2012. An announcement in the interim stated that the albums would be remastered with new bonus tracks to be added to the track listings as well as new artwork and liner notes from music journalist Everett True.
This re-release gives an opportunity to hear "Death Comes to Town" which was previously released in 2005 only on CD that accompanied Sheffield journalist Martin Lilleker's book Beats Working for a Living. This 22-song CD featured rare tracks from some of the bands featured in the book.
"Death Goes to the Disco" and "Is This House?" are remixes of "Death Comes To Town" and "This House Is Condemned" respectively.
The bonus track "Is This House?" on the 2012 edition is labelled incorrectly. This track is taken from "My Legendary Girlfriend" single, where two remixes of the song "This House Is Condemned" by Parrot & Winston can be found, but it is in fact the remix titled simply "This House Is Condemned (Remix)"
Scottish musician Momus claims that Cocker wrote to him with an offer to produce Separations, but that he ignored it. |
Separations (album) | Track listing | Track listing
All music written by Pulp and lyrics written by Jarvis Cocker, except where noted. |
Separations (album) | Personnel | Personnel
Pulp
Jarvis Cocker – vocals, guitar
Steve Mackey – bass
Candida Doyle – keyboards
Nick Banks – drums
Russell Senior – guitar, violin, lead vocals on "This House Is Condemned"
Additional personnel
Alan Fisch – engineering
Martyn Broadhead – sleeve design basis
Alex Hornsby – layout, additional design |
Separations (album) | Notes | Notes |
Separations (album) | References | References |
Separations (album) | External links | External links
Separations (2012 remaster) at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
Category:1992 albums
Category:Fire Records (UK) albums
Category:Pulp (band) albums |
Separations (album) | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, Recording, release and aftermath, Track listing, Personnel, Notes, References, External links |
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Chipping Sodbury | Short description | Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The town was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros. It is the main settlement in the civil parish of Sodbury, which also includes the village of Old Sodbury.
At the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,045, but the town has since become part of a larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby neighbouring town, Yate. The two towns are contiguous with one another. |
Chipping Sodbury | Governance | Governance
An electoral ward in the same name (not Sodbury) exists. This ward starts in the north at Chipping Sodbury Golf Course and stretches south to Dodington. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,834. In 1931 the parish had a population of 973. On 1 April 1946 the parish was abolished to form Sodbury. |
Chipping Sodbury | Transport | Transport
East of the town is the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel, a railway tunnel under the Cotswolds 2 miles 924 yards (4.06 km) long, which was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1902. The tunnel is notorious for flooding in wet weather, often leading to disruption of services on the main railway line to and from South Wales. Chipping Sodbury had a station from 1903 to 1961. Yate station, on the Bristol to Birmingham main line, closed in January 1965 but reopened in May 1989.
The WESTlink on-demand bus serves the town. |
Chipping Sodbury | Cultural activities | Cultural activities
thumb|left|upright|Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Chipping Sodbury hosts a twice yearly Mop Fair, usually the last weekends of March and September. The town holds a Festival Week in early June, including a "Big Lunch" where the main road is closed and residents bring picnics to eat on the street. A Big Lunch is also held in December to combat loneliness amongst elderly people at Christmas. There is a farmers' market twice a month, on the second and fourth Saturdays.
A Victorian Day is held on the first Saturday in December. The event starts with school choirs performing in the street, followed by the arrival of Father Christmas with snow guaranteed (from a blower). The streets are lined with stalls from local charities and organisations and old time amusements, including a Ferris wheel, Helter Skelter and two children's rides. Choirs sing, bands play, the stalls bring a market feel, and a Hog Roast is held.
The town celebrated its 800th anniversary in August 2018 with a weekend of medieval activities including another Big Lunch. A time capsule was buried containing photographs of local businesses and poems written by local schoolchildren. The capsule is to be dug up on the town's 900th anniversary in August 2118.
The town is served by a community radio station, GLOSS FM, which broadcasts 365 days a year on its webcasts and twice a year on 87.7 MHz FM. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, which was remodelled in 1858, is a significant events venue in the town. |
Chipping Sodbury | Education | Education
Chipping Sodbury has two government funded primary schools and a secondary school.
Chipping Sodbury School, the secondary school, caters for children aged 11 to 18 and describes itself as a 'Specialist Technology School'. The School shares a sixth form, named Cotswold Edge, with both Brimsham Green School and Yate International Academy. Subjects taken by students are split between the three locations. The School obtained a 'Requires Improvement' status from Ofsted in 2018.
St John's Mead Primary School is named after the parish church, St. John's Chipping Sodbury. The other primary school is Raysfield Infants and Junior schools. Also within the parish boundary is Old Sodbury Primary School.
Dodington Parish Hall, which is situated next to Raysfield Junior and Infant Schools, is also the home of Raysfield Preschool. |
Chipping Sodbury | Toponymy | Toponymy
The town's name is recorded in Old English (in the dative case) as Soppanbyrig = "Soppa's fort". "Chipping" (from Old English cēping) means that a market was held there.
thumb|The main street of Chipping Sodbury (2017) |
Chipping Sodbury | Notable people | Notable people
Edward Jenner, pioneer of vaccination in the 18th century, started his medical training in Sodbury, observing people catching cowpox and then not catching smallpox.
RC "Jack" Russell: former England cricket wicketkeeper and artist owns an art gallery in the town.http://www.jackrussell.co.uk/ Retrieved September 2013
Sir James Dyson, inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, lives at Dodington Park just outside Chipping Sodbury.
J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, was born in 1965 at the Chipping Sodbury Maternity Hospital (later the Chipping Sodbury Memorial Day Centre), on Station Road, Yate. Until the age of four, she lived with her parents in Sundridge Park, Yate. Connie Ann Kirk, J.K. Rowling: A Biography, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, pp.11–12 C. D. Miller, Harry Potter Places: Snitch-Seeking in Southern England and Wales, Book 3, First Edition Design Pub., 2012, pp.110–113 Lynne Hutchinson, Concerns raised about future of former Chipping Sodbury cottage hospital site, Gazette Series, 6 September 2012 . Retrieved 6 April 2013 |
Chipping Sodbury | References | References
David Verey, Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean, The Buildings of England edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed. (1976) , pp. 155–157 |
Chipping Sodbury | External links | External links
Category:Market towns in Gloucestershire
Category:Towns in Gloucestershire
Category:Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire
Category:South Gloucestershire District |
Chipping Sodbury | Table of Content | Short description, Governance, Transport, Cultural activities, Education, Toponymy, Notable people, References, External links |
Carl Solomon | short description | Carl Solomon (March 30, 1928 – February 26, 1993) was an American writer. One of his best-known pieces of writing is Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient. |
Carl Solomon | Biography | Biography
Solomon was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx. His father's death in 1939 profoundly affected his early life. Solomon later said, "I drifted into indiscipline and intellectual adventure that eventually became complete confusion." Graduating from high school at 15, Solomon attended the City College of New York (CCNY) for a short time before joining the United States Maritime Service in 1944. In his travels overseas, Solomon was exposed to Surrealism and Dada, which inspired him throughout his life. In Paris, he witnessed Antonin Artaud give a screaming poetry reading. This so impressed him that he remained a disciple of Artaud for much of his life. It was shortly after this period that Solomon was voluntarily institutionalized, a gesture he made as a Dadaist symbol of defeat.
Solomon first met Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the waiting room of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Ginsberg dedicated his 1955 poem Howl to Solomon. The poem's third section uses the refrain "I'm with you in Rockland", an institution Solomon never attended. Solomon had many complaints about Ginsberg and Howl, including that he was "never in Rockland" and that the third section of the poem "garbles history completely". The reference to Rockland appears to be a poetic fabrication. Ginsberg likely used the name because it was more appropriate and emphatic than "New York State Hospital" or "Pilgrim" (Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, another psychiatric hospital to which Solomon was admitted). The poem's first section immortalizes a few of Solomon's personal exploits, such as the line "who threw potato salad at CCNY lecturers on Dadaism and subsequently presented themselves on the granite steps of the madhouse with shaven heads and harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy."
It was at Ginsberg's insistence that William S. Burroughs's first novel, Junkie (1953), was published by Ace Books. Solomon's uncle, Aaron A. Wyn, owned Ace Books, a purveyor of pulp fiction and nonfiction paperbacks. Solomon worked for Ace and was responsible for the Publisher's Note in the first printing of Junkie, as well as the Introduction to the 1964 reprinting. 'Junky' Restored by Allen Ginsberg.
One of Solomon's best-known pieces of writing is Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient. It is an account of the electroconvulsive therapy used to treat patients in asylums, drawn directly from personal experience. It was written with Artaud somewhat in mind, because he had received the same treatment while unjustly institutionalized by the French government. The piece was included in the 50th-anniversary Howl facsimile, in an appendix.
In the late 1960s, Solomon published two chapbooks of prose poetry with Mary Beach's Beach Books, Texts & Documents, distributed by City Lights Books: Mishaps, Perhaps (1966) and More Mishaps (1968). Emergency Messages (1989) features selections from the two books along with some of Solomon's other autobiographical, critical and poetic writings. He was a frequent contributor to New Directions Annual, American Book Review, and The New Leader. |
Carl Solomon | References | References |
Carl Solomon | Further reading | Further reading
Collins, Ronald & Skover, David, Mania: The Story of the Outraged & Outrageous Lives that Launched a Cultural Revolution (Top-Five Books, March 2013).
Category:Beat Generation writers
Category:Jewish American poets
Category:1928 births
Category:1993 deaths
Category:20th-century American poets
Category:Writers from the Bronx
Category:20th-century American Jews |
Carl Solomon | Table of Content | short description, Biography, References, Further reading |
Hollywood Pictures | Short description | Hollywood Pictures Company was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Established in 1989, by Disney CEO Michael Eisner and studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hollywood Pictures was founded to increase the film output of the Walt Disney Studios, and release films similar to those of Touchstone Pictures. These films, featuring more mature themes, were targeted at adult audiences unlike the family-oriented productions of the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures division. After years of hiatus, the label was closed in 2007. The studio's most commercially successful film was M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, which grossed over $670 million worldwide upon its release in 1999. |
Hollywood Pictures | History | History
Hollywood Pictures Corporation was incorporated on March 30, 1984, and was activated on February 1, 1989. Ricardo Mestres was appointed the division's first president, moving from Disney's Touchstone Pictures. The division was formed to create opportunities for up-and-coming executives and to double Disney's feature-film output in order to fill the gap left by the contraction in the industry, which included the closure of MGM/UA's United Artists and financial problems at Lorimar-Telepictures and De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. With Touchstone aligned with Hollywood Pictures, the two Disney production divisions would share the same marketing and distribution staffs. Hollywood Pictures was expected to be producing 12 films a year by 1991 and to share funding from the Silver Screen Partners IV. The company's first release was Arachnophobia on July 18, 1990.
On October 23, 1990, The Walt Disney Company formed Touchwood Pacific Partners to supplant the Silver Screen Partnership series as their movie studios' primary funding source.
After the collapse of their then-recently renewed deal at Paramount Pictures, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer moved their production company to Hollywood Pictures on January 18, 1991.
The division issued primarily inexpensive comedies for the first six years with a few box office flops, amongst them Holy Matrimony, Aspen Extreme, Super Mario Bros., Swing Kids, Blame It on the Bellboy, Born Yesterday and Guilty as Sin. The division only had one box office success, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and one critical success, The Joy Luck Club, which did not outweigh the general anemic box office record of the division. On April 26, 1994, Mestres was forced to resign after the lackluster performance of the division. Mestres moved to long term production deal with the studio.
On June 27, 1994, Michael Lynton was appointed as new division president after moving from the Disney Publishing Group, where he was senior vice president and oversaw domestic publishing units including Hyperion Books. Mestres left Lynton a few potential hits: Robert Redford's Quiz Show, the Sarah Jessica Parker-Antonio Banderas comedy Miami Rhapsody, and Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1997, Lynton left for a position at Penguin Group. When Lynton left, it was briefly transferred to a releasing-only entity, making pictures by third-parties, as well as Caravan Pictures, and Cinergi, and its development slate was transferred to Touchstone Pictures, but David Vogel, who was president of Walt Disney Pictures took on the studio by producing films again. In 1998, the three units were transferred to the Buena Vista Motion Picture Group, and its development slate of projects by Hollywood Pictures, such as Bicentennial Man, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was transferred to Touchstone. By 2001, Hollywood Pictures had produced 80 films, but its operation had been phased out and its management was merged with that of the flagship Walt Disney Pictures studio.
After being dormant for five years, the brand was reactivated for low-budget genre films. Films released by the repurposed Hollywood Pictures were two horror films: Stay Alive (released on March 24, 2006), and Primeval (released on January 12, 2007), and one thriller, The Invisible (released on April 27, 2007). After the latter release, Disney stopped producing and distributing under the label as it announced a focus on the company's core brands of Disney, Touchstone, ABC, ESPN, and Pixar. |
Hollywood Pictures | Filmography | Filmography |
Hollywood Pictures | 1990s | 1990s
US Release date Title Notes July 18, 1990 Arachnophobia co-production with Amblin Entertainment August 17, 1990 Taking Care of Business co-production with Silver Screen Partners IV February 1, 1991 Run April 5, 1991 The Marrying Man May 3, 1991 One Good Cop July 26, 1991 V.I. Warshawski January 10, 1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle co-production with Interscope Communications and Nomura Babcock & Brown February 7, 1992 Medicine Man North and South American distribution only; co-production with Cinergi Pictures March 6, 1992 Blame It on the Bellboy co-production with Silver Screen Partners IV April 3, 1992 Straight Talk co-production with Touchwood Pacific Partners I April 24, 1992 Passed Away May 22, 1992 Encino Man July 17, 1992 A Stranger Among Us North American distribution only; co-production with Touchwood Pacific Partners I, Propaganda Films and Sandollar Productions September 18, 1992 Sarafina! U.S. distribution with Miramax Films only; produced by Distant Horizon, Vanguard Films and BBC October 16, 1992 Consenting Adults co-production with Touchwood Pacific Partners I December 4, 1992 The Distinguished Gentleman January 22, 1993 Aspen Extreme March 5, 1993 Swing Kids March 26, 1993 Born Yesterday April 16, 1993 Blood In Blood Out May 28, 1993 Super Mario Bros. North and South American distribution only; produced by Lightmotive, Allied Filmmakers and Cinergi Productions June 4, 1993 Guilty as Sin— July 2, 1993 Son in Law August 27, 1993 Father Hood September 8, 1993 The Joy Luck Club Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2020 September 10, 1993 Money for Nothing— December 25, 1993 Tombstone North and South American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures January 7, 1994 The Air Up There co-production with Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Nomura Babcock & Brown and Longview Entertainment March 4, 1994 Angie co-production with Caravan Pictures April 8, 1994 Holy Matrimony North American distribution only; co-production with Interscope Communications and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment August 12, 1994 In the Army Now— August 19, 1994 Color of Night North and South American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures August 26, 1994 Camp Nowhere— September 14, 1994 Quiz Showco-production with Wildwood Enterprises and Baltimore Pictures September 23, 1994 Terminal Velocity co-production with Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Nomura Babcock & Brown October 21, 1994 The Puppet Masters— November 11, 1994 The Santa Clause co-production with Walt Disney Pictures and Outlaw Productions November 23, 1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame co-production with Caravan Pictures January 6, 1995 Houseguest January 27, 1995 Miami Rhapsody co-production with Cantaloupe Production March 3, 1995 Roommates co-production with Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Nomura Babcock & Brown March 31, 1995 Funny Bones— April 21, 1995 While You Were Sleeping co-production with Caravan Pictures April 28, 1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story— May 12, 1995 Crimson Tide co-production with Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films June 30, 1995 Judge Dredd North and South American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures August 11, 1995 Dangerous Minds co-production with Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Via Rosa Productions September 8, 1995 The Tie That Binds North American distribution only; co-production with Interscope Communications and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment September 8, 1995 Unstrung Heroes— October 4, 1995 Dead Presidents co-production with Caravan Pictures and Underworld Entertainment October 13, 1995 The Scarlet Letter North and South American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures, Lightmotive, Allied Stars and Moving Pictures October 27, 1995 Powder co-production with Caravan Pictures December 22, 1995 Nixon distribution in North and South America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan only; produced by Cinergi Pictures and Illusion Entertainment Group December 29, 1995 Mr. Holland's Opus North American distribution only; co-production with Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and The Charlie Mopic Company February 2, 1996 White Squall North American distribution only; co-production with Largo Entertainment and Scott Free Productions February 23, 1996 Before and After co-production with Caravan Pictures April 19, 1996 Celtic Pride May 24, 1996 Spy Hard— May 31, 1996 Eddie North American distribution only; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Island Pictures June 7, 1996 The Rock co-production with Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films August 9, 1996 Jack co-production with American Zoetrope and Great Oaks Entertainment September 13, 1996 The Rich Man's Wife co-production with Caravan Pictures October 25, 1996 The Associate North American distribution only; co-production with Interscope Communications and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment December 25, 1996 Evita North and Latin American and Spanish distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures, RSO Films and Dirty Hands Productions January 24, 1997 Prefontaine— January 31, 1997 Shadow Conspiracy North and South American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures April 11, 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank co-production with Caravan Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions and New Crime Productions May 30, 1997 Gone Fishin' co-production with Caravan Pictures August 1, 1997 The Wrong Guy direct-to-video; North American distribution only August 22, 1997 G.I. Jane distribution in North and Latin America, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the Benelux, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan only; co-production with Caravan Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Largo Entertainment, Roger Birnbaum Productions and Moving Pictures October 17, 1997 Washington Square North American, U.K. and Irish distribution only; co-production with Caravan Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions and Alchemy Filmworks December 25, 1997 An American Werewolf in Paris North American distribution only; produced by Cometstone Pictures January 30, 1998 Deep Rising North and Hispanic American and French distribution only; co-production with Cinergi Pictures February 27, 1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn North and Latin American distribution only; produced by Cinergi Pictures September 4, 1998 Firelight distribution in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain only; co-distributed by Miramax Films in North America; co-production with Carnival Films and Wind Dancer Productions September 11, 1998 Simon Birch co-production with Caravan Pictures August 6, 1999 The Sixth Sense distribution outside Japan, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Portugal, Israel and select other territories only; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company September 17, 1999 Breakfast of Champions North American distribution only; produced by Flying Heart Films October 1, 1999 Mystery, Alaska— |
Hollywood Pictures | 2000s | 2000s
US Release date Title Notes February 4, 2000 Gun Shy distribution only; produced by Fortis Films; international rights licensed to Buena Vista Film Sales September 15, 2000 Duets distribution only; produced by Seven Arts Pictures and Beacon Pictures; international rights licensed to Buena Vista Film Sales April 6, 2001 Just Visiting North American distribution only; produced by Gaumont March 24, 2006 Stay Alive North American distribution only; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Endgame Entertainment and Wonderland Sound and Vision January 12, 2007 Primeval co-production with Pariah Entertainment April 27, 2007 The Invisible distribution outside Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Portugal, Israel, Poland, Hungary and the CIS only; co-production with Spyglass Entertainment |
Hollywood Pictures | See also | See also
List of Walt Disney Pictures films
List of Touchstone Pictures films |
Hollywood Pictures | Notes | Notes |
Hollywood Pictures | References | References
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Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Short description | Blackbird Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 river in northern Delaware in the United States. |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Course | Course
Blackbird Creek Reserve is on the Delaware Bayshore Byway and includes trails, pavilion and canoe/kayak launch. The reserve boasts several miles of trails through uplands and along the marsh, restoration demonstration areas as well as a variety of programs and volunteer opportunities for the community, teachers, students, and families.
Blackbird Creek rises in two branches both north and south of Dexter Corners in southern New Castle County, Delaware and flows generally northeast in a meandering course. The northerly branch is contained within Blackbird State Forest, while the southerly branch arises in a swampy wooded buffer in farmland. Both branches join just upstream of Blackbird Pond, which is southwest of the village of Blackbird, Delaware. Just downstream of Blackbird Pond and upstream of US 13, Barlow Branch enters from the left (north). Downstream of US 13, Sandom Branch enters from the right (south) and a little further downstream, Blackbird Creek becomes subject to tidal influence and widens considerably.
Upstream of Blackbird Landing Road, Herring Run enters from the left (north) in an area of freshwater tidal marsh. Downstream of Blackbird Landing Road, another tributary, Beaver Branch, enters from the left (north). Near the mouth of Blackbird Creek, three tidal tributaries enter from the right (south) and include Fishing Creek, Mill Creek, and Gravel Gut. The mouth of Blackbird Creek is located at the north end of Delaware Bay approximately south of the mouth of the Appoquinimink River and approximately north of Taylors Bridge. |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Watershed | Watershed
Blackbird Creek watershed is largely forested and rural. Near its mouth, it is surrounded by extensive salt marshes, with extensive populations of saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and common reed (Phragmites australis). The lower river upstream from Delaware State Highway 9 is protected as part of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, along with portions of the lower Appoquinimink. Blackbird State Forest covers large areas of the headwaters. One small village, Blackbird, is located totally within the watershed, while the city of Townsend is on the northern edge. |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | River Modifications | River Modifications
Blackbird Pond, a former millpond, is the only dam present on Blackbird Creek.
The damming of this creek was the subject of the 1829 Supreme Court case that gave rise to the theory of the Dormant Commerce Clause. |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Natural History | Natural History
The Blackbird Creek watershed is a focus area in Delaware for “Delmarva Bays”, which are undrained depression deposits that may or may not have a sandy rim. These “bays” have fluctuating hydrology that provide breeding sites for amphibians and habitat for a number of rare plants. Larger versions are generally called “Carolina Bays.” |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Geology | Geology
Blackbird Creek is located in the High Coastal Plain that originates from glacial outwash of continental deposits (Columbia Formation). The headwaters of Blackbird Creek are located in an area of undrained depression deposits of the Columbia Formation. The northeasterly course of Blackbird Creek takes it through the Lynch Heights Formation, Scotts Corners Formation, and into marsh deposits forming steep valleys along the way. |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | See also | See also
List of Delaware rivers
Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co.: U.S. Supreme Court case on navigating the creek |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | Maps | Maps
thumb|left|Course of Blackbird Creek (Delaware Bay tributary) in New Castle County, Delaware
thumb|center|Watershed of Blackbird Creek (Delaware Bay tributary) in New Castle County, Delaware |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | References | References |
Blackbird Creek (Delaware) | External links | External links
NOAA: Delaware NERR
Blackbird State Forest
Delaware Watersheds: Blackbird Creek
Blackbird-Millington Corridor Conservation Area Plan
Category:Rivers of Delaware
Category:Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware
Category:Tributaries of Delaware Bay |
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Pepper Creek | '''Pepper Creek''' | Pepper Creek may refer to:
Pepper Creek (Delaware), United States, a stream
Pepper Creek, Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa, United States, a stream
Pepper Creek, New Brunswick, Canada, a local service district |
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Star of the County Down | Short description | "Star of the County Down" (Roud 4801) is an Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. The words are by Cathal MacGarvey (1866–1927) from Ramelton, County Donegal. MacGarvey's song was first collected in Herbert Hughes Irish Country Songs. The tune is traditional, and may be known as "Dives and Lazarus" or (as a hymn tune) "Kingsfold".
The melody was also used in an Irish folk song called "My Love Nell".Folksongs&Ballads popular in Ireland, Volume 3, Loesberg,pp 72 The lyrics of "My Love Nell" tell the story of a young man who courts a girl but loses her when she emigrates to America. The only real similarity with "Star of the County Down" is that Nell too comes from County Down. This may have inspired MacGarvey to place the heroine of his new song in Down as well. MacGarvey was from Donegal. The chorus of a similar song, "The Flower of the County Down" names landmarks local to Down, in contrast to those in "Star" which are from across Ireland.
"The Star of the County Down" uses a tight rhyme scheme. Each stanza is a double quatrain, and the first and third lines of each quatrain have an internal rhyme on the second and fourth feet: [aa]b[cc]b. The refrain is a single quatrain with the same rhyming pattern.
The song is sung from the point of view of a young man who chances to meet a charming lady by the name of Rose (or Rosie) McCann, referred to as the "star of the County Down". From a brief encounter the writer's infatuation grows until, by the end of the ballad, he imagines himself marrying the girl.
The song usually begins with the opening verse: |
Star of the County Down | Versions | Versions
Belfast singer-songwriter Van Morrison recorded a version of the song for the 1988 album Irish Heartbeat, in collaboration with The Chieftains.
The Pogues recorded a version of the song that was included the 2005 reissue of their 1989 album Peace and Love.
Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt recorded a version of the song for her 2010 album The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and released a live version on her 2024 album The Road Back Home. Her 2008 Christmas album A Midwinter Night's Dream includes "The Seven Rejoices of Mary," which uses the melody of "Star of the County Down."
American hurdy-gurdy artist Dora Viellette released the song on her 2023 eponymous album and on her duo Manticore Consort's 2021 release Music for the Ages.
Serbian band Orthodox Celts recorded a version of the song for the 1997 album The Celts Strike Again.
Israeli singer Ehud Banai recorded a Hebrew version of the song titled "Ha-Kochav shel Mechoz Gush Dan" ( or "The Star of Gush Dan District"). It appeared first on his 1998 album Tip Tipa.
Dublin folk artist Dylan Walshe recorded a live version of the song which appeared on the 2015 album Soul Hell Cafe released on Muddy Roots Records.
German schlager music band Santiano recorded a version of the song called "Mädchen von Haithabu" with the same melody.
English progressive and medieval folk rock group Gryphon used the melody in their version of The Unquiet Grave, the sixth track on their self-titled debut album.
American folk-jazz band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones included an instrumental arrangement of the song in their 1991 Grammy-nominated album "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo.”
Irish-Canadian band The Irish Rovers recorded versions of the song for the 1996 album Gems and the 2020 Saints and Sinners.
Tom Rowe recorded a vocable version for his 1991 album "Whistle Up a Storm".
Irish YouTuber Colm McGuinness uploaded a version of the song to his channel in 2021 titled "The Star of the County Down (Cover)".
British vocal ensemble The King's Singers recorded an arrangement by Howard Goodall on their albums Watching the White Wheat (1985) and Postcards (2014).
Irish band The High Kings uploaded a version of the song to their YouTube channel in 2011 titled "Star of the County Down".
German metal band Lyriel recorded a version of the song for the 2012 album Leverage as a bonus track.
Irish-Scottish band Celtic Thunder released the song on their version of the song in 2015 on their album "The Very Best of Celtic Thunder."
The Kelly Family put that song on their album "25 years later"
The Longest Johns uploaded a version of the song featuring Colm R. McGuinness on their YouTube channel in 2024. |
Star of the County Down | References | References |
Star of the County Down | External links | External links
Link to a free download of Slainte's version of the song (hosted by archive.org).
A free sound recording of Droit's version
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Pepper Creek (Delaware) | Use American English | Pepper Creek is a stream approximately 8 mi (13 km) long in southern Delaware in the United States.
It rises in Cypress Swamp in southern Sussex County, approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of the Maryland state line. It flows generally east-northeast, past Dagsboro and into Indian River Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Millville.
The upper course of the creek is connected by channelized ditches through Cypress Swamp to the headwaters of the Pocomoke River. |
Pepper Creek (Delaware) | See also | See also
List of Delaware rivers |
Pepper Creek (Delaware) | References | References
Category:Rivers of Delaware
Category:Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware |
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ANZ Bank New Zealand | Short description | ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (or simply ANZ) is a New Zealand banking and financial services company, which operates as a subsidiary of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited of Australia. ANZ is one of New Zealand's big four banks, and is the largest bank in New Zealand with approximately 30% of market share as of March 2021.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group bought the National Bank of New Zealand from Lloyds Bank in 2003. The banks operated as separate brands until 2012, when they were unified under the ANZ brand. The company was renamed ANZ Bank New Zealand in 2012, following the withdrawal of the National Bank brand. ANZ provides a number of financial services, including banking services, asset finance, investments and payment services. |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | History | History |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | 19th century | 19th century
In 1840, Union Bank of Australia (UBA), a British bank with head office in London, agreed with the New Zealand Company to accompany settlers to New Zealand to provide them with banking services. UBA opened a branch in Petone, across the harbour from Wellington, where it transferred the branch shortly thereafter. Between 1840 and 1847 the Union Bank issued its own bank notes for circulation in New Zealand. These were initially issued under British law until 1844 when the New Zealand Governor signed an ordinance allowing the Bank to issue bank notes but required that these be a minimum of 1 pound and redeemable at demand for gold or silver.
In 1848, The Governor withdrew Union Bank's right to issue bank notes and transferred these rights to the Colonial Bank of Issue (CBI). UBA notes in circulation were withdrawn and replaced with CBI bank notes. UBA objected, and every day it took whatever CBI notes it had received that day to the CBI and demanded redemption in gold; when UBA's customers wanted to withdraw money, the bank paid them in gold rather than CBI notes. This policy, when combined with previous confusion related to the issue of NZ Government debt, and support from the local commercial community, resulted in the CBI ultimately being shut down. The same year, UBA opened a branch in Auckland, and a small number of branches elsewhere in the country followed. The following year, UBC resumed issuing bank notes in New Zealand under an act of the New Zealand Parliament. (The Paper Currency Act 1856). In 1864, Bank of Australasia, another London-based bank, opened branches in Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch. |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | 20th century | 20th century
In 1951, UBA and the Bank of Australasia merged to become the Australia and New Zealand Bank. In 1968, ANZ Bank joined Databank Systems Limited consortium to provide joint data processing services. Two years later, ANZ Bank merged with a third London-based bank, the English, Scottish and Australian Bank, to form ANZ Banking Group. In 1976, ANZ moved its corporate headquarters to Melbourne, Australia. In 1979, An Act of Parliament permitted ANZ to incorporate its branches in New Zealand as ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand) Ltd. ANZ sold 25% of the shares to the public. In 1983, ANZ opened its New Zealand head office in Wellington. In 1989, ANZ bought PostBank (the Post Office Savings Bank) from the New Zealand government in a privatization. Two years earlier, the Government had separated the Post Office's banking business into a separate entity to prepare it for sale. In 1999, ANZ launched internet banking. |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | 21st century | 21st century
In 2002, ING and ANZ formed a joint venture under the ING brand The following year, ANZ bought National Bank of New Zealand from Lloyds TSB. In 2008, ANZ launched a mobile application. The same year, ANZ announced around 400 jobs were to be moved to Bangalore, India.
In 2009, ANZ Group CEO Mike Smith announced the Group's "super regional strategy", saying the Bank aims to not be "Kiwi" or "Australian" but a global bank. In September 2010, ANZ New Zealand became the sole owner of ING New Zealand Limited, which formed part of ING; ING provided investment advice for the investment and insurance products sold by ANZ and The National Bank. ING New Zealand Limited changed its name to OnePath Limited in November 2010. The same year, David Hisco replaces outgoing Jenny Fagg as CEO ANZ New Zealand. On 26 September 2012, ANZ National Bank CEO David Hisco announced that the National Bank would re-brand as "ANZ" by the end of October. The name of the company would change to "ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited". The technology of the two banks was brought together from 29 October 2012, with customers being able to use branches branded ANZ or the National Bank from the same date. Branches branded the National Bank would change to the ANZ branding before the bank's trademark license expired in 2014.Compare: In May 2019, the Reserve Bank stripped ANZ of its accreditation to set and manage its capital reserves over persistent failures since 2014.
In 2013, Onepath rebranded as ANZ Investments. In 2014, ANZ India got approval from Reserve Bank of India to open two branches in India. In 2015, ANZ announced ANZ ETFS joint venture with ETF Securities to offer 6 ETFs on ASX. In 2017, ANZ announced it would sell its online sharebroking service, Direct Broking, to investment bank, First NZ Capital (FNZC), for an undisclosed sum. The sale was completed in December 2018. In 2019, Antonia Watson replaced David Hisco as CEO of ANZ NZ.
In 2020, ANZ sold UDC Finance for $794 million to Shinsei Bank. |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | Organisational structure | Organisational structure
thumb|ANZ Centre in Auckland
ANZ NZ is wholly owned by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited of Australia via two intermediates; ANZ Holdings (New Zealand) Limited and Pty Funds Limited (incorporated in Australia). The major shareholders of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group are BlackRock Inc, The Vanguard Group and Norges Bank Investment Management. |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries
ANZ NZ has previously owned the Direct Broking brand and UDC Finance. In December 2018, Direct Broking was sold to Jarden Securities Limited, however ANZ NZ maintains a strategic alliance with the brand. UDC Finance was sold to Shinsei Bank in September 2020 for NZ$794 million. , ANZ's subsidiaries are: |
ANZ Bank New Zealand | Shareholdings | Shareholdings
Payments NZ Ltd
Precinct Properties New Zealand Ltd
Freightways Ltd
Investment Link (New Zealand) Ltd
Auckland International Airport Ltd |
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