Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his work with Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with The Nightfly in 1982, which was nominated for seven Grammys. In 2001, Fagen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Steely Dan. Following Becker's death in 2017, Fagen continued to tour under the Steely Dan name.

Early life
Fagen was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 10, 1948, to Jewish parents, Joseph "Jerry" Fagen, an accountant, and his wife, Elinor, a homemaker who had been a swing singer in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains from childhood through her teens. His family moved to Fair Lawn, a small town near Passaic. When he was ten years old, he moved with his parents and younger sister to Kendall Park, a newly constructed suburban section of South Brunswick, New Jersey. The transition upset him. He detested living in the suburbs. He later recalled that it "was like a prison. I think I lost faith in [my parents'] judgment... It was probably the first time I realized I had my own view of life." His life in Kendall Park, including his teenage love of late-night radio, inspired his later album The Nightfly.

Fagen became interested in rock and rhythm and blues (R&B) in the late 1950s. The first record he bought was "Reelin' and Rockin' " by Chuck Berry. At age eleven, a cousin recommended jazz music and Fagen went to the Newport Jazz Festival, becoming what he called a "jazz snob": "I lost interest in rock 'n' roll and started developing an anti-social personality." In the early 1960s, beginning at age twelve, he often went to the Village Vanguard, where he was particularly impressed by Earl Hines, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and Bill Evans. He regularly took the bus to Manhattan to see performances by jazz musicians Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis. He learned to play the piano, and he played baritone horn in the high school marching band. He developed a lifelong fondness for table tennis. In his late teens he was drawn to soul music, funk, Motown, and Sly and the Family Stone. He has also expressed admiration for the Boswell Sisters, Henry Mancini, and Ray Charles.

After graduating from South Brunswick High School in 1965, inspired by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, he enrolled at Bard College to study English literature, where he met Walter Becker in a coffee house in 1967. Becker and Fagen attracted a revolving assortment of musicians including future actor Chevy Chase, to form the bands Leather Canary, the Don Fagen Jazz Trio, and the Bad Rock Band. Fagen described his college bands as sounding like "the Kingsmen performing Frank Zappa material". None of the groups lasted long, but the partnership between Fagen and Becker did. The duo's early career included working with Jay and the Americans, for which they used pseudonyms. In the early 1970s they worked as pop songwriters for ABC/Dunhill Records, which released all of Steely Dan's 1970s albums.

Career

Steely Dan

Becker and Fagen began to form Steely Dan in the summer of 1970, responding to a Village Voice ad for "a bassist and keyboard player with jazz chops" placed by guitarist Denny Dias. Dias was immediately impressed by the pair's abilities, and especially that they already had a whole stack of original material. (Fans of Beat Generation literature, Fagen and Becker named the band after a steam-powered vibrator mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.) The group's first lineup was assembled in December 1971 in Los Angeles, where Becker and Fagen had relocated to work as staff songwriters for ABC/Dunhill. Becker and Fagen formed the core of the band and wrote all the songs, with Becker on bass, and later lead guitar, and Fagen on keyboards and vocals.

After the release of their third LP in 1974, the other members left or were fired from the band, which evolved into a studio project headed by Becker and Fagen. Steely Dan's best-selling album was 1977's Aja, which was certified platinum. Three years later, they released Gaucho. Their next album was not until 1995, when they released the live album Alive in America. It was followed by the multiple Grammy Award winning Two Against Nature in 2000, and Steely Dan's most recent album Everything Must Go in 2003. A concert DVD, Two Against Nature, included material from much of the band's history.

After Becker's death in 2017, Fagen wished to retire the Steely Dan name out of respect for his bandmate and tour under a different name, but promoters advised him against it for commercial reasons. As of 2022, Fagen continues to tour as Steely Dan.<ref
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Solo career
After Steely Dan's breakup in 1981, Fagen released his debut solo album, The Nightfly, in October 1982. It was certified platinum for sales of over a million copies in the U.S. and reached 11 on the Billboard Top 200 albums list. The first single, "I.G.Y.", released in September 1982, peaked at number 26 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, "New Frontier" (January 1983), peaked at number 70 and was accompanied by a music video. The Nightfly was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2002, Rhino Records released a DVD-Audio version of The Nightfly in honor of the album's 20th anniversary. The bonus track, "True Companion", from the Nightfly Trilogy MVI Boxed Set is track seven on the Heavy Metal film soundtrack. Fagen also contributed "Century's End" to the soundtrack for the 1988 Michael J. Fox film, Bright Lights, Big City.

During the rest of the 1980s, Fagen contributed to soundtracks and wrote a column for Premiere magazine. In the early 1990s, he toured with the New York Rock and Soul Revue. Becker and Fagen reunited in 1986 to work on the debut album by model and singer Rosie Vela. Fagen co-produced and played keyboards on Walter Becker's solo album debut 11 Tracks of Whack (1994). Becker produced Fagen's second album, Kamakiriad (1993), which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and reached number 10 on the Top 200 albums chart.

Fagen's third solo album, Morph the Cat, was released on March 14, 2006, and featured Wayne Krantz (guitar), Jon Herington (guitar), Keith Carlock (drums), Freddie Washington (bass), Ted Baker (piano), and Walt Weiskopf (sax). It reached 26 on Billboard Top 200 albums list. Morph the Cat was named Album of the Year by Mix magazine. The 5.1 surround sound mix won the Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album.

Fagen's first three albums were released in a box set, Nightfly Trilogy, in the MVI (Music Video Interactive) format. Each album features DTS 5.1, Dolby 5.1 and PCM Stereo mix but no MLP encoded track, along with bonus audio and video content.

Fagen's fourth album, Sunken Condos, was released in 2012. It reached 12 on the Billboard Top 200 albums list.

In 2012, Fagen toured with the Dukes of September, featuring Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. One of the concerts was recorded at Lincoln Center in New York City and broadcast on PBS Great Performances in 2014.

In 2013, Fagen published an autobiography titled Eminent Hipsters. A biography Nightfly: The Life of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen by Peter Jones was published in 2022.

Fagen frequently uses aliases. He wrote the liner notes to Can't Buy a Thrill under the name Tristan Fabriani, which he used on stage when he played keyboards for Jay and the Americans (Becker used Gus Mahler). On his solo albums, when he played or programmed a synthesizer part to replicate a real instrument (bass, vibraphone, horns) he credited one of his aliases: Illinois Elohainu, Phonus Quaver, or Harlan Post.

Style and themes
Fagen has classified himself as both a self-taught pianist and a self-taught vocalist, although he did spend a few semesters studying formally at Berklee College of Music and took some vocal lessons in the mid-1970s as a precaution after feeling the straining effects of years of touring. Although he learned to become an entertainer, early on Fagen suffered from severe stage fright, which prompted Steely Dan producer Gary Katz to hire David Palmer to sing two songs on Steely Dan's debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill. This also led to the hiring of Royce Jones and Michael McDonald as singers in the band's tours in the early 1970s. Fagen plays the Fender Rhodes electric piano and Wurlitzer electric piano.

According to Robert Christgau, in terms of lyrics, Fagen is a "pathological ironist" who "doesn't much care about hippies" or the message of his generation's counterculture: "His '60s are the Kennedy years, when a smart, somewhat shallow suburban white kid could dream of Brubeck and bohemia and bomb-shelter wingdings and transoceanic rail links to exotic locales."

Personal life
Fagen's cousin Alan Rosenberg is an actor who was president of the Screen Actors Guild, while his cousin Mark Rosenberg was an activist in Students for a Democratic Society and a film producer.

In 1993 Fagen married songwriter Libby Titus. Although the two attended Bard College at around the same time, they did not become friends until 1987 when they were backstage at a Dr. John concert. On January 4, 2016, Titus sustained injuries after Fagen allegedly shoved her against a marble window frame at their Upper East Side apartment.

Titus co-wrote the song "Florida Room" on the 1993 album Kamakiriad. Fagen has performed with his stepdaughter Amy Helm, daughter of Titus and musician Levon Helm. Fagen has no children of his own.

Awards
1985: Honorary Doctor of Arts, Bard College
2001: Honorary Doctor of Music, Berklee College of Music
2001: Steely Dan inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2010: Jazz Wall of Fame, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborations
The sources for this section include AllMusic and Discogs.

 1969: Terence Boylan, Alias Boona (Verve Forecast) – piano, organ (credited as Don Fagen)
 1970–1971: Jay and the Americans, touring band – keyboards
 1970: Jay and the Americans, Capture the Moment (United Artists), "Capture the Moment", "Tricia (Tell Your Daddy)", "She'll Be Young Forever" and "Thoughts That I've Taken To Bed" – co-arranger (with Walter Becker) strings and horns
 1970: Linda Hoover, I Mean To Shine (Omnivore Recordings, released 2022) – keyboards, arranger, co-writer (with Walter Becker) of five songs
 1971: The Original Soundtrack, You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (Spark Records), film soundtrack – keyboards, co-writer and co-arranger (with Walter Becker)
 1971: Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand (Columbia), "I Mean to Shine" – Hammond organ, co-writer (with Walter Becker)
 1972: Navasota, Rootin''' (ABC Records) – piano, electric piano, co-arranger strings and horns (with Walter Becker); "Canyon Ladies" – co-writer (with Walter Becker)
 1973: Tim Moore, Tim Moore (Mooncrest), "A Fool Like You" – backing vocals
 1973: Thomas Jefferson Kaye,Thomas Jefferson Kaye (Dunhill Records), "The Door Is Still Open", "Learning How To Fly" and "I'll Be Leaving Her Tomorrow" – backing vocals
 1974: Thomas Jefferson Kaye (ABC Records), First Grade, "Northern California" – piano
 1977: Terence Boylan, Terence Boylan (Asylum Records), "Don't Hang Up Those Dancing Shoes" and "Shame" – piano
 1977: Poco, Indian Summer (ABC Records), "Indian Summer" and "Win or Lose" – synthesizer
1978: Marc Jordan, Mannequin (Warner Bros.) – piano
 1978: Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh, Apogee (Warner Bros.) – co-producer (with Walter Becker)
 1979: Steve Khan, Arrows (Columbia) – liner notes
 1981: Rickie Lee Jones, Pirates (Warner Bros.), "Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)" – synthesizer
 1981: Heavy Metal (Asylum Records), film soundtrack, "True Companion" – writer and performer
 1982: Eye to Eye (Warner Bros.), Eye to Eye – producer, synthesizer
 1982: The King of Comedy (Warner Bros.), film soundtrack, "The Finer Things" – writer, backing vocals, co-producer (with Gary Katz)
 1983: Diana Ross, Ross (Motown), "Love Will Make It Right" – writer, synthesizer
 1983: Eye to Eye, Shakespeare Stole My Baby (Warner Bros.) – keyboards
 1984: Various artists, That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk (A&M Records), "Reflections" (Thelonius Monk, writer) – synthesizer, arranger, with Steve Khan
 1984: Greg Phillinganes, Pulse (Planet), "Lazy Nina" – writer, arranger
 1984: Various artists, The Gospel At Colonus Original Cast – The Gospel At Colonus (Asylum Records) – co-producer
 1985: Jane Aaron, Traveling Light, film soundtrack – writer and performer
 1987: Jane Aaron, Set In Motion, film soundtrack – writer and performer
 1986: Rosie Vela, Zazu (A&M Records) – synthesizer
 1988: Phil Woods' Little Big Band, Evolution (Concord) – liner notes
 1988: The Hoops McCann Band, Plays The Music Of Steely Dan (MCA Records), "Rapunzel" (plus seven Steely Dan songs) – co-writer (with Walter Becker), mixing
 1988: Bright Lights, Big City (Warner Bros.), film soundtrack, "Century's End" – performer and co-writer (with Timothy Meher); "Bright Lights, Big City" (Jimmy Reed, writer) – vocals, keyboards, programming, arranger, co-producer (with Gary Katz)
 1988: Love And Money, Strange Kind Of Love (Mercury Records), "Hallelujah Man" – clavinet (uncredited)
 1989: Jane Aaron, This Time Around, film soundtrack – writer and performer
 1990: William S. Burroughs, Dead City Radio (Island Records), "A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy" – musical accompaniment
 1991: The New York Rock and Soul Revue, The New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live at the Beacon (Giant Records) – producer, vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, melodica
 1992: Glengarry Glen Ross (Music From & Inspired By The Motion Picture) (Elektra), "Blue Lou", performed by The Joe Roccisano Orchestra with Lou Marini (alto sax) – writer
 1992: Jennifer Warnes, The Hunter (Private Music), "Big Noise, New York" – backing vocals
 1993: Donald Fagen, Concepts for Jazz/Rock Piano (Homespun Video), instructional video with Warren Bernhardt – piano, electric piano, conversation
 1993: Raw Stylus, Pushing Against the Flow (Geffen), "37 Hours (in the USA)" – synthesizer
 1994: Walter Becker, 11 Tracks of Whack (Giant Records) – producer, arranger, keyboards
 1995: Mindy Jostyn, Five Miles From Hope (1-800-Prime-CD), "Too Easy" – melodica
 1996: Phil Woods, Into the Woods: The Best of Phil Woods (Concord Records) – liner notes
 1997: Boz Scaggs, My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (Columbia), "Drowning in the Sea of Love" – producer, vocals, piano, electric piano, melodica
 1998: Ricky Lawson, First Things First (Platinum Entertainment ) – piano
 2005: Marian McPartland, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (The Jazz Alliance, recorded 2002) – piano, conversation
 2007: Donald Fagen, Nightfly Trilogy (Reprise Records), "Rhymes" (Al Green, writer) with Todd Rundgren – performer, arranger
 2008: Martha Wainwright, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Drowned In Sound Recordings), "So Many Friends" – synthesizer
 2009: Sam Butler & the Boys / Clarence Fountain, Stepping Up & Stepping Out (Tyscot Records), "It's a Different World Now" – melodica, liner notes
 2009: Memory Man: A Michael Leonhart Film featuring Donald Fagen, promotional video for the Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man effects pedal – The Memory Man
 2012: Jon Herington, Time On My Hands (Wise Axe Inc.), "Caroline Yes" and "Egirl" – piano and electric piano
 2013: Tom Schiller & Donald Fagen, The Tom & Don Tapes, Vol. 1 – conversation
 2014: The Dukes Of September, The Dukes Of September: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs – Live At Lincoln Center (DVD/Blu-ray, 429 Records) – vocals, keyboards, melodica
 2015: Peter More, Oh Whitney (EP) – producer
 2015: Rudimental, We The Generation (Asylum Records), "Common Emotion" – voice
 2016: The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror XXVII (Season 28, Episode 4) – voice (himself)
 2017: Todd Rundgren, White Knight (Cleopatra), "Tin Foil Hat" – vocals, co-writer (with Todd Rundgren)
 2018: Derek Smalls, Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) (BMG), "Memo To Willie" – vocals
 2018: Far Cry, The More Things Change..., "The Hits Just Keep On Comin' " (Columbia), "It's Not As Simple As That" and "Some Things Will Never Change" – vocals
 2018: Peter More, Beautiful Disrepair (Night Owl Productions) – producer
 2019: Peter More, Shoulder (EP) (Devil Hills) – producer, piano, organ, vocals
 2019: Paul Shaffer, Paul Shaffer Plus One (TV) (Series 1, Episode 5) – conversation, electric piano
 2021: David Crosby, For Free (BMG), "Rodriguez For A Night" – co-writer (with David Crosby and James Raymond), keyboards

 Writing
1987: "Henry Mancini's Anomie Deluxe", Premiere Magazine. Revised and reprinted in Eminent Hipsters.1988: "In The Throes of Lakmania", Premiere Magazine.
1988: "Tell Blondie To Break Out The Ice", Premiere Magazine.
1989: "A Talk with Ennio Morricone", Premiere Magazine.
1989: "All That Jazz", Harper's Bazaar. Revised and reprinted in Eminent Hipsters.
2007: "The Devil and Ike Turner. Parsing his hits", Slate.
2013: Eminent Hipsters.2016: "The Man Who Told A Christmas Story. What I learned from Jean Shepherd", Slate.
2016: "Neutron Sunday. In 1956, Ed Sullivan showed America what nuclear holocaust looks like. We were never the same again", Slate.
2016: "Something of Value: How I fell in love with horror movies, and what their terrors taught me", Slate.2020: "Ukulele Ike, a.k.a. Cliff Edwards, Sings Again", Jazz Times.

 References

External links
  Daniel Fagan interview at Wax Poetics''

1948 births
Living people
20th-century American Jews
20th-century American keyboardists
20th-century American male musicians
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American singers
20th-century organists
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American keyboardists
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American pianists
21st-century American singers
21st-century organists
American baritones
American male organists
American male pianists
American male songwriters
American rock keyboardists
American rock pianists
American rock singers
American rock songwriters
Bard College alumni
Grammy Award winners
Jazz-rock pianists
Jewish American musicians
Jewish American songwriters
Jewish rock musicians
Jewish singers
Melodica players
Musicians from Passaic, New Jersey
People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey
People from South Brunswick, New Jersey
Pupils of Jacob Druckman
Songwriters from New Jersey
South Brunswick High School (New Jersey) alumni
The Dukes of September members
The New York Rock and Soul Revue members

Donald Fagen


Den engelsk singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran har udgivet 5 studiealbums, 19 EP'er, ét videoalbum, 65 singler, 16 singler som featured kunstner, seks six promotional singler, et bokssæt og 71 musikvideoer

Oprindeligt var han en indieartist, der solgte musik via sit eget pladeselskab i 2005, hvor han udgav ni EP'er og gradvist opbyggede en fanskare og gode anmeldelser. Det resulterede i, at han kunne underskrive en kontrakt med Atlantic Records i januar 2011. Fem måneder senere udgav han sin første single, "The A Team", den 12. juni 2011. Den debuterede som nummer 3 på UK Singles Chart og solgte 57.607 eksemplarer den første uge. Nummeret fik også international succes, hvor den nåede top 10 i adskillige lande, inklusive Australien og New Zealand, hvor den toppede som henholdsvis nummer 2 og 3. I august 2011 udgav han sin anden single, "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", som toppede som nummer 4 i Storbritannien. Sheeran udgav sit første studiealbum, +, den 9. september 2011. Det debuterede som nummer 1 på UK Albums Chart og solgte 100.000 eksemplarer i den første uge. Det endte med at sælge 7× Platin for British Phonographic Industry med et salg på over 2,1 millioner eksemplarer. Der blev udgivet yderligere tre singler fra albummet, inklusive "Lego House", der nåede top 5 i Australien, New Zealand og Storbritannien. "Drunk" udkom i februar 2012, og blev Sheerans fjere single i træk, der nåede i top 10, idet den toppede som nummer 9. "Small Bump" blev udgivet i maj 2012 og toppede som nummer 25. Den sidste single fra +, "Give Me Love", blev udgivet 21. november 2012 og toppede som nummer 18 i Storbritannien.

I 2014 udgav Sheeran sit andet studiealbum, × (Multiply), som toppede som nummer 1 i Storbritannien, Australien, New Zealand, Canada, Tyskland, Finland, Danmark, Norge og Schweiz. Det var det hurtigst sælgende album i Storbritannien i 2014 med 180.000 eksemplarer i den første uge efter udgivelsen. Der blev udgivet fem singler fra albumm: "Sing", "Don't", "Thinking Out Loud", "Bloodstream" (et samarbejde med Rudimental), og "Photograph". × blev også det bedst sælgende album i Storbritannien dette år med næsten 1,8 millioner solgte eksemplarer.

Sheeran udgav to singler, "Shape of You", "Castle on the Hill", fra sit første soloalbum i to år, den 3. januar 2017. Det tredje studiealbum, ÷, fulgte efter den 3. marts 2017, hvor det debuterede som nummer 1 i 14 lande. Der blev solgt 672.000 eksemplarer den første uge, hvilket gjorde det til det bedst sælgende album af en mandlig kunstner i landet, og det tredje bedst sælgende album i den første uge efter udgivelsen (efter Adeles 25 og Oasis' Be Here Now). Det toppede også hitlisterne i USA; Canada og Australien. Alle numre fra albummet nåede top 20 på UK Singles Chart i ugen efter albummet udgivelse som følge af meget stor streaming. Sheeran overgik også Calvin Harris' rekord med antallet af top 10-hits fra ét album. Den tredje single, "Galway Girl", toppede som nummer 2 i Storbritannien.

I juli 2015 var Sheerans sange blevet downloadet 16,9 millioner gange i USA.

Albums

Studiealbums

Videoalbums

Noter

 A The table includes positions on the music video charts, except for Germany where Jumpers entered the albums chart.

Bokssæt

EP'er

Singler

Som primær kunstner

Som gæstemusiker

Promotional singler

Andre sange på hitlisterne

Gæsteoptræden

Musikvideo

Som primær kunstner

Som featured kunstner

Sangskriver credits

Noter

Referencer

Sheeran, Ed diskografi
Diskografi

Ed Sheerans diskografi


Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 de maio de 1949 – 23 de abril de 2022), mais conhecido pelo seu nome artístico Arno, foi um cantor belga nascido em Ostende. Ele foi o frontman do TC Matic, uma das bandas belgas mais conhecidas da década de 1980. Depois que a banda se separou em 1986, ele começou a fazer carreira solo.

Arno cantou em uma mistura de inglês, francês, holandês e seu dialeto nativo Ostend-Flemish. Para o TC Matic, banda que alcançou sucesso artístico moderado em toda a Europa, ele escreveu ou co-escreveu todo o material da banda, grande parte dele junto com o guitarrista e o produtor Jean-Marie Aerts. Depois de seguir carreira solo, lançou mais de uma dezena de álbuns durante uma carreira de sucesso. Em 2002 recebeu o título de "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" (Cavaleiro das Artes e da Literatura) do governo francês. Uma biografia de 2004 de Gilles Deleux foi traduzida em holandês como Een lach en een traan ("Um sorriso e uma lágrima").

No filme belga Camping Cosmos ele interpretou Harry, o salva-vidas homossexual que não presta atenção em Lolo Ferrari que está encarnando uma caricatura de Pamela Anderson.

No início de 2020, Arno adiou sua próxima turnê após ser diagnosticado com câncer no pâncreas. Em 23 de abril de 2022, aos 72 anos, o artista morreu em decorrência da doença.

Discografia

Solo

 Arno (1986)
 Charlatan (1988)
 Ratata (1990)
 Tracks From The Story (1992)
 Idiots Savants (1993)
 Water (1994) com os Subrovnicks
 À La Française (1995)
 Live À La Française (1997)
 Give Me The Gift (1997)
 European Cow Boy (1999)
 À Poil Commercial (1999)
 Le Best Of (2000)
 Arno Charles Ernest (2002)
 Longbox (2002)
 French Bazaar (2004)
 Live in Brussels (2005)
 Jus De Box (2007)
 Covers Cocktail (2008) Vendido apenas com a revista belga Humo
 Brussld (2010)
 Future Vintage (2012)
 Le coffret essentiel (2014)
 Human Incognito (2016)*'
 Santeboutique (2019)
 Vivre (2021)

Freckleface

 Freckleface (1972)

Com Tjens Couter

 Who Cares (1975)
 Plat Du Jour (1978)
 Singles 1975-1980 (1978)
 If It Blows (Let It Blow) (1991)

Com TC Matic

 TC Matic (1981)
 L'Apache (1982)
 Choco (1983)
 Yé Yé (1985)
 The Best Of (Ça Vient, Ça Vient, Change Pas Demain) (1986)
 Compil Complet! (2000)
 TC Matic - The Essential (2003)

Como Charles

 Charles Et Les Lulus (1991) com Roland Vancampenhout, Adriano Cominotto e Piet Jorens.
 Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection (1998)

Filmografia

 1987: Skin (de Guido Henderickx) como  Chico
 1996: Camping Cosmos (de  Jan Bucquoy) como ele mesmo
 1997: Alors voilà  (de  Michel Piccoli) como ele mesmo
 1999: Surveiller les tortues (Curta, de  Inès Rabadan) como André
 2006: Komma (de  Martine Doyen) como Peter De Wit / Lars Ericsson
 2007: Ex Drummer (de  Koen Mortier)
 2007: Parade nuptiale (de  Emma Perret)
 2007: I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (de  Samuel Benchetrit) como ele mesmo
 2009: Petites vacances à Knokke-le-Zoute (Filme para TV, de Yves Matthey) como Maurice
 2014: Le goût des myrtilles (de Thomas De Thier) como Eric Dessart
 2015: Prejudice (de Antoine Cuypers) como Alain

Ligações externas

 Official website

 Review of 'Brussld' (em inglês)

Naturais de Oostende
Cantores da Bélgica
Compositores da Bélgica
Atores da Bélgica
Mortes por câncer de pâncreas

Arno (cantor)


Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guitars, and Jason Pierce on drums. The band has sold several million albums worldwide, won four Juno Awards, and won ten MuchMusic Video Awards—the most MMVAs ever awarded to a band (tied with Billy Talent). Nineteen of their singles have reached the Top 10 on one of Canada's singles charts (those being the overall Singles Chart, the Rock Chart and the Alternative Rock Chart).  Between 1996 and 2016, Our Lady Peace was the third best-selling Canadian band and the ninth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada.

Our Lady Peace has released ten studio albums, one live album, and two compilation albums, with their debut album, 1994's Naveed, having reached quadruple platinum in Canada. Naveed contains their breakthrough single, "Starseed", which peaked in the Top 10 on both the US Mainstream and Alternative Rock Tracks charts, and the title track, which reached No. 4 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. Their 1997 album, Clumsy, which reached No. 1 in Canada, is considered their signature and most widely recognized work. Clumsy was certified as Diamond in sales in Canada with its title track reaching No. 1 on Canada's Singles Chart and its lead single, "Superman's Dead", reaching No. 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The album was certified platinum in sales in the US with the title track peaking at No. 5 on the US Alternative Rock chart.  OLP's 1999 album, Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, also reached No. 1 in Canada and was certified triple platinum there. Its singles "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?" reached Nos. 1 and 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The band's first four albums are often praised for their unique sound and style, with singer Maida being called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled" as a vocalist.

Their fifth album, Gravity (2002), is considered to be a "radical departure" from OLP's distinctive style. Maida has confirmed the change, calling Gravity "vastly different" from their previous records. Gravity reached No. 2 in Canada, where it became the group's fifth straight (and last) double platinum seller, with its "Somewhere Out There" and "Innocent" songs reaching No. 1 and 2, respectively, on Canada's Singles Chart. Gravity was their highest charting album in the United States, reaching No. 9 on the strength of "Somewhere Out There" being their most successful single on the US Hot 100 (No. 26) and reaching No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Chart.  Their 2005 album Healthy in Paranoid Times also peaked at No. 2 in Canada and went platinum in sales.

Having released three studio albums with only moderate success between 2009 and 2018, their sequel album Spiritual Machines 2 was released in 2021. The album's first single, "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" (feat. Pussy Riot), was released in June 2021.

History

Formative years (1991–1993)

In late 1991, guitarist Mike Turner placed an ad in Toronto-based Now newspaper in search of musicians. Michael Maida, a criminology student at the University of Toronto, was the first to reply.  The two formed a band called As If, inviting Jim Newell as drummer and a friend of Turner's, Paul Martin, to play bass. After they played a number of gigs in Oshawa with sets containing a mix of original and cover material, Martin departed, and the band placed an ad for a replacement bassist. Chris Eacrett, a business student at Ryerson University, replied and was accepted after an audition. During that time, Turner and Maida attended a music seminar where they met songwriter and producer Arnold Lanni, the owner of Arnyard Studios. The band, with Lanni, commenced writing new material and recorded some material under the As If name.

Soon after, the band's name was changed to Our Lady Peace, after a Mark Van Doren poem of the same name. With encouragement from Lanni and his management team, the band performed some gigs in Eastern Ontario and Montreal in conjunction with The Tea Party. It was during this time that Maida began using the stage name "Raine" instead of "Mike".

An independent music video of the band's debut song "Out of Here" was created in February 1992 by Sam Siciliano, a film student and friend of Turner's, who produced, edited, and directed the video. The video was aired on the MuchMusic Indie show. After returning to Arnyard Studios to continue writing and recording material, drummer Jim Newell departed the band. Writing and recording continued with session drummer John Bouvette.

With managers Rob Lanni and Eric Lawrence of Coalition Entertainment representing the band, short showcases were arranged with Warner Music Canada, EMI Canada, and Sony Music Canada. Sony Music Canada head of A&R Richard Zuckerman liked what he heard, and saw the potential of the band, its producer, and management. The band signed a record and publishing deal with Sony Music Canada in April 1993, and commenced writing for their debut album. Around the same time, then-17-year-old Jeremy Taggart joined the band as permanent drummer.

Early success (1994–2000)
After writing and recording over the next year or so, OLP released its debut album, Naveed, in Canada in March 1994, through Sony Music Canada. The first single from the album, "The Birdman, was released in January 1994 but did not obtain enough airplay to chart on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles Chart. Maida would later say "The Birdman" was chosen as the lead single because its non-commercial sound would likely appeal to university campus radio on which OLP hoped to develop "a buzz", and that waiting a few months to release a more commercial song gave them time to tour with other bands in order to improve their live show. Following the release of the album, the band toured Canada, supporting acts I Mother Earth and 54-40. The second single was "Starseed" which almost made the Top 40 on the RPM Top 100 Chart; there was no national rock and alternative song chart at that time, but "Starseed" was ranked at No. 25 on the Top Songs of the 1990s according to 102.1 The Edge, Toronto's most popular alternative/modern rock station. The third and fourth singles released in Canada were "Hope" and "Supersatellite" with each receiving moderate airplay, but it was the fifth single, the title track which drove sales of the album, as the track it went to No. 4 on the new RPM Rock/Alternative Singles Chart and was later ranked as the No. 50 alternative rock song of the 1990s by 102.1 The Edge. Naveed rose to No. 12 on the Canadian RPM Album Chart and was certified 4× Platinum for sales of 400,000 copies in Canada.

Naveed picked up and released in the United States in March 1995 by a Sony Music indie label, Relativity Records, after which the band toured as the opening act for Van Halen's Balance summer tour as well as opening shows for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. "Starseed" was a significant hit in United States reaching Nos. 7 and 11 on the Billboard Modern and Mainstream Rock Charts, respectively. Touring behind the album resumed in 1996 with time spent opening for Alanis Morissette. A remix of "Starseed" would later be added to the Armageddon film soundtrack.  In early 1997, Our Lady Peace was offered (and the band accepted) an American signing with Columbia Records, expanding their horizons within Sony Music. After touring for the album Naveed concluded, the band began work on their second studio album. As the writing process ensued, bassist Chris Eacrett left the band due to musical differences. Duncan Coutts, a Ridley College alumnus and former classmate of Raine Maida, joined the band during the recording of that second album. Coincidentally, Duncan Coutts and Mike Turner both studied at the University of Western Ontario and lived in Saugeen–Maitland Hall.

Our Lady Peace's second album, Clumsy, was released in January 1997. The album cover is based on an abandoned song called "Trapeze", which was initially intended to be the title of the album. The albums's lead single, the guitar-driven "Superman's Dead", quickly rose to No. 2 for five weeks on Canada's Alternative Rock Songs chart pushing the album to debut at No. 1 on the Canadian Album Chart. The second single, "Clumsy", was just as successful, topping the Canadian RPM Singles chart while also reaching No. 2 on the Alternative Rock Chart. Subsequent singles "Automatic Flowers" and "4 AM", the band's first ballad released as a single, also made the Top 10 on the Alternative Rock chart establishing Our Lady Peace as a leading band in the Canadian rock scene. The most-listened to alternative rock station in Canada, Toronto's CFNY, listed Clumsy as the No. 1 album for 1997, based on sales, listener requests for songs, and listener votes for the year's top album. In February 2001, Clumsy was certified Diamond (1 million copies) in sales in Canada. Between 1996 and 2017, Clumsy was the best-selling album by a Canadian band in Canada and the eight best-selling album by a Canadian artist overall in Canada.  In the US, both "Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy" made the Top 15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while peaking at No. 11 and No. 5, respectively, on the Alternative Rock Tracks Chart.  Clumsy reached the Top 80 on the Billboard Album Chart and was certified Platinum for sales of 1 million units in the US.

In 1999, Our Lady Peace they released their third album, titled Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. The album included such hits as "Thief", a song about a young girl the band met named Mina Kim, who had cancer, as well as "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?". Legendary jazz drummer Elvin Jones was featured on the song "Stealing Babies". Multi-instrumentalist Jamie Edwards was brought in for the 1996 sessions for the album (he remained an unofficial member of the band until 2001, when he was asked to officially join the band to finish the Gravity album). Later that year, the band played an eleven-song set at Woodstock 1999.

In 2000, the band recorded and released Spiritual Machines, a concept album inspired by Ray Kurzweil's book The Age of Spiritual Machines. During the recording of the album, drummer Jeremy Taggart was sidelined with an ankle injury; Soundgarden and Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, played drums on "Right Behind You (Mafia)" and "Are You Sad?" in his place. The album featured the singles "In Repair", "Life" and "Right Behind You (Mafia)". "Life" was also featured in the soundtrack for the Canadian sports comedy film Men with Brooms. Spiritual Machines was less commercially successful than its predecessors.

Line-up and stylistic changes (2001–2005)
By the early 2000s, the band was becoming restless, feeling a "numbness" with their popularity as well as the "over-saturation" of their songs on Canadian radio.  The band almost broke up after completing their Spiritual Machines tour.

In December 2001, having dropped original producer Arnold Lanni, the band met with new producer Bob Rock to start work on their fifth album. Later the following month, founding guitarist Mike Turner either quit the band or was forced out due to the other members' concerns about his guitar-playing abilities. Said Maida of Turner's departure, "The last two records we've been yearning for a guitar player that can really stand up and have a strong voice and Mike (Turner) just wasn't that kind of guitar player." Turner later formed the band Fair Ground with Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance and later joined the band Crash Karma. Turner's last performance with the band was for Music Without Borders at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on October 21, 2001. In the months following Turner's departure, the band held auditions for a replacement lead guitarist. Berklee College of Music alumnus Steve Mazur, a friend of a friend of drummer Jeremy Taggart, was announced as the new guitarist in April 2002. Long-time touring musician Jamie Edwards also became an official band member around this time.

In June, their fifth album, Gravity, was completed and released. Shortly after the completion of the record, Jamie chose to leave the band for personal reasons, though he returned briefly to stand in for Mike Eisenstein during the Canadian tour of Gravity.  The album received mixed reviews, with some critics and fans contending that the album was too drastic a departure from the band's original musical style into a more mainstream sound and lacking any creativity. Maida's signature nasal falsetto vocal technique was largely absent from the album. Maida said that the album was "pretty much the opposite of Spiritual Machines", calling it their "most basic album" since Naveed. Gravity's Canadian chart-topping first single, "Somewhere Out There", became the band's biggest international hit to date peaking at No. 26 on the US Hot 100 and No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Song Chart. Its second single, "Innocent", was also very popular, peaking at No. 2 in Canada, and regained popularity in 2008 after a cover performance on American Idol. Gravity proved to be more successful than Spiritual Machines in both America and Canada, due to the success of the singles; it reached No. 2 in Canada and No. 9 in the US, their highest charting album in the US. In between their fifth and sixth albums, OLP released their first live album, titled simply Live, which contains a selection of the band's hits from their first five albums as played throughout tours in various Canadian cities.

In August 2005, the band released their sixth album, Healthy in Paranoid Times, which included the singles "Angels/Losing/Sleep", "Will the Future Blame Us", and "Where Are You?" According to Rolling Stone, it took 1165 days to create it, and its twelve tracks were chosen from forty-five that the band had written and produced.  Maida has since criticized Healthy in Paranoid Times, saying that "(the) record was total excess, total bullshit in the sense of, we finally had succumbed to a label: making us record that many songs, trying to find the right singles for American radio and MTV." After nearly breaking up during the recording of Healthy in Paranoid Times the band took a prolonged hiatus.

Compilations, hiatus, and Burn Burn (2006–2009)
In November 2006, Columbia Records released a greatest hits compilation titled A Decade, following the band's departure from the label. There were two previously unreleased songs on the album, "Kiss on the Mouth" and "Better Than Here". Steve Mazur wrote in a blog on the band's fan club that the new songs on the disc were two unreleased songs from the Healthy in Paranoid Times sessions. The collection also included a bonus DVD containing live concert footage and exclusive interviews at the Massey Hall concert. The single "Kiss on the Mouth", the first off A Decade, has received play on radio stations across Canada.  Lead vocalist Raine Maida began work on his first solo album, The Hunters Lullaby, released in 2007, while the remaining members of the band pursued other personal endeavours. The hiatus would result in the longest time gap between OLP studio albums to date.

The band began working on Burn Burn, their seventh studio album, in February 2007.  On March 31, 2009, Legacy Recordings released OLP's second compilation album, The Very Best of Our Lady Peace as part of the Playlist series. The album includes the popular singles "Naveed" and "Somewhere Out There", as well as lesser-known songs such as "Car Crash" and "Stealing Babies".  That same month, the band completed the new material, with Raine calling the new album "huge", and noted it as being a "proper rock album again", featuring a return to the raw originality of the band's first album Naveed, though a "little more mature". Maida produced the album himself, noting his excitement over "not (having had) anybody intrude on (recording) sessions". The album was released in North America on July 21, 2009 to mixed reviews, though the album later received Gold status in Canada. The band toured to promote Burn Burn and made stops in several cities across North America from July through December 2009.

Recreation tour and Curve (2010–2012)
In December 2009, the band announced a new tour.  In a tour that ran from March to May 2010, and spanned Canada and select U.S. cities, the band "recreated" both their 1997 album Clumsy and their 2000 album Spiritual Machines in their entirety.

Our Lady Peace's eighth studio album, Curve, began production in January 2010 and was released April 3, 2012. The album's first single, "Heavyweight", was released on December 20, 2011. In a March 2010 interview, lead singer Raine Maida noted that after having gone back to re-learn songs from Spiritual Machines and Clumsy in preparation for their tour, he was "brought back to the great things about this band". He added that fans—especially those who are particularly fond of the pre-Gravity albums—should expect to see "a lot of stuff (from pre-Gravity albums) creeping its way back into our music".

In 2012, the band released a song titled "Fight the Good Fight" in reaction to the Occupy Wall Street events that took place across North America in late 2011 for Occupy This Album.

Taggart's departure and Somethingness (2014–2018)
A planned tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Naveed was cancelled in early 2014 due to "scheduling conflicts". In June 2014, speculation began that longtime drummer Jeremy Taggart was no longer part of the band; this was confirmed in statements by both Taggart and Our Lady Peace on June 30, 2014. Canadian drummer Jason Pierce (ex-touring drummer for Paramore and current touring drummer for Treble Charger) filled in during live shows, and Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley handled recording duties.

On April 30, 2014, Raine Maida revealed on his Twitter account that OLP was headed back into the studio with producer Mike Elizondo, in Los Angeles. On July 10, 2014, the band débuted their single, "Won't Turn Back", on Toronto's 102.1 The Edge radio station. On July 17, "Won't Turn Back" was released on iTunes in Canada. Maida described the song as "poppier" than much of their discography.

On November 20, the band tweeted that it would be releasing unreleased songs and b-side tracks via email subscription.  The first song from the "OLP Vault" was "No Warning", released on November 27. A second, a demo of "Not Afraid" was released on December 11.  A live cover of Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness" was released on December 24 and on January 15, a demo version of Consequence of Laughing, named "Immune" was released from the vault. On January 28, "Hurt Yourself", a track recorded during Healthy in Paranoid Times, and released alongside #BellLetsTalk to raise awareness for mental illness, was released. On February 14, the band released a clip of the demo "Say".  A full version of the song "Vampires" was released on March 2.

It was later announced that Pierce was now an official member of Our Lady Peace.

On August 11, 2017 the band announced the release of their ninth album, Somethingness, on their Facebook page. The band planned the release in the form of two EP volumes. The first single "Drop Me In The Water" was released on August 18, and the Vol. 1 EP was released on August 25, 2017. The full album (including the tracks from the Vol. 1 EP) was released on February 23, 2018.

Spiritual Machines 2 and "The Wonderful Future" tour (2019–present)
In May 2019, the Republican-American reported that a tenth studio album by Our Lady Peace was in the works, which, according to Maida, would continue "the guitar-driven approach." In August 2020, it was revealed that album will be titled Spiritual Machines 2, and will be a direct sequel to the band's 2000 album Spiritual Machines. Spiritual Machines 2 was produced by Dave Sitek, and its genre has been described by the band as "future rock". In June 2021, the band's official Facebook account hinted that original co-founder and guitarist Mike Turner would be a featured guest on the album. Raine Maida later confirmed that Turner had indeed returned, stating that Spiritual Machines 2 wouldn't have been "right without Mike involved".

In June 2022, the band began a cross-country tour called "The Wonderful Future Theatrical Experience", named after the final song on their 2000 album Spiritual Machines. The tour featured what have been referred to as holographic display capsules, which were placed on stage in advance of the live show, and contained a video screen that displayed selected pre-recorded videos of band members as well as various special guests. Special guests appearing through the holographic technology included Sarah Slean, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Ray Kurzweil, and former OLP guitarist Mike Turner. Turner also played guitar live in person (alongside his successor Steve Mazur) at select venues, which is the first time he performed on stage with Our Lady Peace since his original departure from the band in 2001. In December 2022, the band released released a rendition of Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song".

Summersault festivals

Our Lady Peace founded the Summersault festival that toured across Canada in 1998 and again in 2000.  The 1998 tour played in late August and early September at outdoor venues in Barrie ON (north of Toronto), Quebec City, St. John's NL and Shediac NB, featuring Our Lady Peace along with a slate that included I Mother Earth, Sloan, Garbage, Treble Charger, Bucket Truck, The Crystal Method and Moist.

There were discussions of a Summersault festival for 1999, but the tour did not return until 2000, with a larger collection of bands and a more extensive Canadian itinerary.  Over the first half of August 2000, the festival played at outdoor venues in eight of the largest Canadian metropolises.

Our Lady Peace's recent headlining set from their very own Summersault Festival was premiered on YouTube Live on April 16, 2020. Primarily filmed on September 13, 2019 at Landsdowne Park in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, ON, the performance features the band's best-known hits. As part of the release of the concert, Our Lady Peace offered discounts at their online merch store. All proceeds from these sales went to two major food banks, in the United States and Canada, respectively.

The 2000 tour featured 11 bands.

Bands

 Our Lady Peace
 Bush
 Live
 Dear Rouge
 Human Kebab

Musical style and themes

Our Lady Peace has been described as  grunge, post-grunge, alternative rock, and hard rock.

In the band's early years, especially on Naveed and Clumsy, their overall sound was often compared to alternative rock and grunge bands including Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam. The band's melodic structure was also said to echo that of bands such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Lead singer Raine Maida expresses much admiration for vocalist Mike Patton and his versatility, calling him "by far one of the best singers and best showmen in rock", while also naming the song "Everything's Ruined" by his band Faith No More among his favorites. Maida's voice was called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled" in his field. In albums Naveed through Spiritual Machines, Maida sang in a countertenor vocal register and was known for his frequent use of falsetto. This singing method, in combination with the band's melody structure, often gave many songs a surreal sound and effect.

The band's song "Whatever" was used as professional wrestler Chris Benoit's WWE theme song from 2002 until his death in 2007. Our Lady Peace had not performed the song live for a number of years prior to the murder/suicide of Benoit and his family in 2007. In a 2012 interview, the band stated that they would never play the song live again due to the circumstances of Benoit's death.

Band members
Current members
Raine Maida – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1992–present)
Duncan Coutts  – bass, backing vocals (1995–present)
Steve Mazur – lead guitar, backing vocals (2002–present)
Jason Pierce – drums, percussion (2016–present; touring member 2014–2016)

Former members
Jeremy Taggart  – drums, percussion (1993–2014)
Jamie Edwards – guitar, keyboards (2000–2002; touring member 1998–2000)
Mike Turner – lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–2001); (Guest appearances in 2022)
Chris Eacrett – bass, backing vocals (1992–1995)
Jim Newell – drums (1992–1993)
Paul Martin – bass (1992)

Touring/session members
John Bouvette – drums (1993)
Mike Eisenstein – guitar, keyboards (2002–2003)
Joel Shearer – guitar (2005–2006)
Robin Hatch – keyboards (2012–2016)
Jason Boesel - drums (2014)

Timeline

Discography

 Naveed (1994)
 Clumsy (1997)
 Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch (1999)
 Spiritual Machines (2000)
 Gravity (2002)
 Healthy in Paranoid Times (2005)
 Burn Burn (2009)
 Curve (2012)
 Somethingness (2018)
 Spiritual Machines 2 (2022)

References

External links

1992 establishments in Ontario
Canadian art rock groups
Canadian hard rock musical groups
Canadian alternative rock groups
Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year winners
Musical groups established in 1992
Musical groups from Toronto
Canadian musical quartets
Juno Award for Group of the Year winners

Our Lady Peace


Savalou-agbado est l'un des quatorze arrondissements de la commune de Savalou dans le département des Collines au centre du Bénin.

Géographie
L'arrondissement de Savalou-agbado est situé au centre du Bénin et compte 5 villages. Il s'agit de :
 Ahossedo
 Gbaffo Dogoudo
 Gbaffo Houegbo
 Zongo
 Zounzonkanme.

Histoire

Démographie
Selon le recensement de la population de  conduit par l'Institut national de la statistique et de l'analyse économique (INSAE), Savalou-agbado compte 13421 habitants  .

Références

Arrondissement au Bénin
Collines

Savalou-agbado


Leandro Tolini né le 14 mars 1990 à Buenos Aires, est un joueur de hockey sur gazon argentin. Il évolue au poste de défenseur au HC Tilburg et avec l'équipe nationale argentine.

Carrière

Coupe d'Amérique
  : 2013, 2022

Jeux olympiques
 Top 8 : 2020

Références

Liens externes

Joueur argentin de hockey sur gazon
Naissance en mars 1990
Naissance dans la province de Buenos Aires
Champion d'Amérique de hockey sur gazon
Joueur de hockey sur gazon aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020

Leandro Tolini


Stenotafrum (lat. Stenotaphrum), biljni rod iz porodice trava. Sedam je priznatih vrsta jednogodišnjih i višegodišnjih biljaka rasprostranjenih po tropskim krajevima Amerike, Afrike, Azije i Australije. Neke vrste uvezene su po drugim dijelovima svijeta, osobito portugalska trava.

Vrste
 Stenotaphrum clavigerum Stapf
 Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (L.) Brongn.
 Stenotaphrum helferi Munro ex Hook.f.
 Stenotaphrum micranthum (Desv.) C.E.Hubb.
 Stenotaphrum oostachyum Baker
 Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walter) Kuntze
 Stenotaphrum unilaterale Baker

Izvori

Cenchrinae

Stenotafrum


Grga Antunac (Šibenik, 11. ožujka 1906. – Zagreb, 15. siječnja 1970.), hrvatski kipar i medaljer.

Obrtnu školu u Splitu pohađao je od 1926. do 1930., a diplomirao na Akademiji u Zagrebu 1932. te nastavio studij na specijalki Ivana Meštrovića.

Tijekom 1932. i 1933. godine boravio je u Parizu proučavajući umjetnine po galerijama zahvaljujući stipendiji Republike Francuske. Do 1937. godine pomagao je Meštroviću klesanjem reljefa te granitne karijatide za spomenik Neznanom junaku na Avali. Od 1937. do 1941. godine pomagao je Antunu Augustinčiću pri izradi konjaničkih skulptura i drugih javnih spomenika. Od 1937. do 1949. godine sudjelovao je na desetak kiparskih natječaja za spomeničku plastiku te izradu kovanog novca. Izveo je spomenike palim borcima NOB-e u Garešnici (1947. – 1948.) i Salima na Dugom otoku (1949.). Posljednje djelo su brončane vratnice na bočnom (1968.) i glavnom portalu (1969.) šibenske katedrale s prizorima Novog i Starog zavjeta. Godine 1945. imenovan je docentom, a kasnije i profesorom na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti što je i obavljao do kraja života.

Izvori

Hrvatski kipariHrvatski medaljeri

Grga Antunac


37. breddegrad kan henvise til:

 37. nordlige breddekreds
 37. sydlige breddekreds

37. breddegrad


An Arundinella hispida in uska species han Liliopsida nga syahan ginhulagway ni Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, ngan ginhatag han pagkayana nga asya nga ngaran ni Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze. An Arundinella hispida in nahilalakip ha genus nga Arundinella, ngan familia nga Poaceae.

Mabibilngan ini ha Taiwan. Waray hini subspecies nga nakalista.

Mga kasarigan

Mga sumpay ha gawas

Arundinella

Arundinella hispida


Los TNT war eine uruguayische Rock 'n' Roll-Band, bestehend aus den Geschwistern Tim (* 1936), Nelly (* 1941) und Tony Croatto (1939–2005). Die Familie emigrierte 1946 vom italienischen Udine nach La Paz, danach 1953 nach Montevideo, dort wurde die Band gegründet.

Nach einem Umzug 1959 ins argentinische Buenos Aires wurde die Gruppe von RCA Records entdeckt. Ihre erste Single Eso, Eso, Eso war direkt ein Erfolg in ganz Südamerika, zwei Alben folgten. 1962 zog die Band nach Spanien, um dort mit dem Label Belter zusammenzuarbeiten. Sie wurden von der Rundfunkanstalt TVE ausgewählt, Spanien beim Grand Prix Eurovision 1964 zu vertreten. Mit der Ballade Caracola erreichten sie den zwölften Platz. Wegen zu geringen Erfolgs in Spanien ging die Gruppe wieder zurück nach Argentinien. 1966 kam es zur Trennung, Nelly und Tony machten noch bis 1974 als Duo Nelly y Tony Musik.

Weblinks
 Biografie (PDF; 112 kB) bei eurovision-spain.com

Einzelnachweise

Uruguayische Band
Rock-'n'-Roll-Band
Interpret eines spanischen Beitrags beim Eurovision Song Contest

Los TNT


La Supercoupe d'Espagne de football 2022-2023 est une compétition de football opposant les deux finalistes de la Coupe d'Espagne et les deux meilleures équipes du championnat 2021-2022. Il s'agit de la  de ce trophée.

La compétition se déroule en janvier 2023 au Stade international du Roi-Fahd, Riyad.

Participants

Compétition

Demi-finales

Finale

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Championnat d'Espagne de football 2021-2022
 Coupe d'Espagne de football 2021-2022
 Supercoupe d'Espagne de football

2023
Football en Espagne en 2023
Sport en Arabie saoudite en 2023
Compétition de football en Arabie saoudite
Sport à Djeddah


Borte er en kortfilm fra 1991 instrueret af Vibe Mogensen.

Handling
En lille film om sorg efter et selvmord.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Danske film fra 1991

Kortfilm fra Danmark

Borte


Kurija Belošević je građevina u općini Hrašćina,  zaštićeno kulturno dobro.

Opis dobra
Prizemnica pravokutnog tlocrta, kurija Belošević smještena je nedaleko od središta naselja Hrašćina. Sagradio ju je Dragojlo Kušlan u 19. st. kao posljednju "hižu" na tlaku. Osnovna tlocrtna dispozicija sačuvana je u cijelosti kao i konstruktivni i građevni elementi. S južne strane, duž pročelja proteže se natkriti ganjak, poduprt drvenim rezbarenim stupovima. Ispod trijema ulaz je u kuću. Nedaleko od kuće nalaze se nekadašnji gospodarski objekt, danas pretvoren u gostinjske sobe. U jednoj od njih sačuvana je stara preša za grožđe iz 1834. g.

Zaštita
Pod oznakom Z-4534 zavedena je kao nepokretno kulturno dobro - pojedinačno, pravnog statusa zaštićena kulturnog dobra, klasificirano kao "sakralna graditeljska baština".

Izvori

Zaštićene stambene građevine u Krapinsko-zagorskoj županiji
Kurije u Hrvatskoj

Kurija Belošević


Onthophagus ruficauda é uma espécie de inseto do género Onthophagus, família Scarabaeidae, ordem Coleoptera.

Foi descrita cientificamente por Arrow em 1931.

Referências

Ligações externas

ruficauda
Coleópteros descritos em 1931

Onthophagus ruficauda


Kirinyaga may refer to:

 Kirinyaga (novel), by Mike Resnick
 "Kirinyaga" (short story), a 1988 short story by Mike Resnick
 Kirinyaga County, Kenya
 Kirinyaga University
 Mount Kenya

Kirinyaga


Akurdúrra (fræðiheiti: Sorghum bicolor) er gras sem er ræktað fyrir korn sem er notað bæði í matargerð og dýrafóður og til að framleiða áfengi. Akurdúrra er ræktað afbrigði dúrru sem er upprunnin í Afríku. Hún er ræktuð víða í hitabeltinu. Akurdúrra er fimmta mest ræktaða kornafbrigði heims, á eftir hrísgrjónum, hveiti, maís og byggi. Heimsframleiðslan árið 2018 var 59,34 milljón tonn. Akurdúrra er oftast einær en sum ræktunarafbrigði eru tvíær. Plantan getur náð allt að 4 metra hæð en fræin eru lítil, 2-4 mm í þvermál.

Dúrrur

Akurdúrra


Pali (en hindi: पाली ज़िला) es un distrito de la India en el estado de Rajastán. Código ISO: IN.RJ.PA.

Comprende una superficie de 12387 km².

El centro administrativo es la ciudad de Pali.

Demografía
Según censo 2011 contaba con una población total de 2038533 habitantes, de los cuales 1 012 638 eran mujeres y 1 025 895 varones.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial.

Pali

Distrito de Pali


بلدية نافالوسا (بالإسبانية: Navalosa) هي بلدية تقع في مقاطعة آبلة التابعة لمنطقة قشتالة وليون وسط إسبانيا.

الديموغرافيا
بلغ عدد سكان بلدية نافالوسا 369 نسمة عام 2011 (وفقاً للمعهد الوطني للإحصاء الإسباني).

مراجع

مصادر
  الموقع الرسمي لبلدية نافالوسا

أماكن مأهولة في آبلة
بلديات آبلة

نافالوسا


Agrilus penangensis é uma espécie de inseto do género Agrilus, família Buprestidae, ordem Coleoptera.

Foi descrita cientificamente por Obenberger, 1936.

Referências

penangensis

Agrilus penangensis


Su aygırı veya Hipopotam (Hippopotamus amphibius), çift toynaklılar (Artiodacyla) takımının su aygırıgiller (Hippopotamidae) familyasından, geviş getirmeyen, iri gövdeli otçul bir memeli. Bu familyanın diğer mevcut türü ormanda yaşayan cüce suaygırıdır (Hexapotodon liberiensis).

Bilimsel ismi olan Hippopotamus, Yunanca "nehir atı" anlamına gelen ἱπποπόταμος (ἵππος: hippos - at ve ποταμός: potamos - nehir) kelimesinin Latince şeklidir. İsmine rağmen su aygırı, atlardan çok balinalara ve yunuslara daha yakın akrabadır.

Yetişkin bir su aygırının omuz yüksekliği 1,50 m, vücudu 4,50 m uzunluğundadır ki bundan, gövdeye basık kuyruk 50 cm pay alır. Su aygırı 2700 ila 4500 kg ağırlığındadır. Böylelikle gergedanlarla birlikte fillerden sonraki en büyük ikinci kara hayvanı konusunda rekabet halindedir. Bir su aygırı belli durumlarda saatte azami 48 km/sa hıza ulaşabilir.

Su aygırının kafası çok büyük, geniş, basık ve 450 kg'a kadar ulaşan ağırlıktadır. Kulaklar, gözler ve burun delikleri kafa profilinde oldukça yükselmiştir. Böylelikle hayvan su yüzeyinin altında yüzer ya da dinlenirken, sadece bu organlar sudan yükselirler.

Su aygırlarının 44 dişi vardır. Her iki yanda da 3 kesici diş, bir köpek dişi, dört öğütücü azı ve üç azı dişi bulunur. Alt çenedeki kesici dişler hemen hemen domuzlardaki gibi yatay dururlar ve devasa bir tehdit oluştururlar. Yukarıdaki köpek dişlerine karşı işleyip, karşılıklı birbirlerini keskinleştirerek tehlikeli bir silah olurlar. İşte bu dişleri, yüksek hızı ve iri cüssesi sayesinde su aygırı Afrika'nın beş büyüklerinden beşincisidir.

Kısa bacakları üzerindeki fıçı şeklindeki gövdesi hemen hemen çıplaktır. Gri-siyah deri rengi, deri çizgilerinde ve göz, kulak bölgesi çevresinde pembeleşir.

Dağılım
Tarihi zamanlara kadar su aygırı, Afrika'da Sahara'nın güney kesimlerinin yanında, Nil bölgesinde ve 3500 yıl önce ortadan kalktığı Mezopotamya ve Kuzeybatı Afrika'da da yaşamıştır. Ürdün Vadisi'nde daha 2000 yıl öncesine kadar bulunurdu. Bugün sadece, Afrika'da Sahra'nın güneyinde Aşağı Nil ve Kap bölgesi gibi geniş alanlarda yaşar ve Batı Afrika'nın geniş alanlarında kökü kurumuştur. Yavaş akan, kıyı şeridi ve kumsalı olan her büyüklükte akarsularda, sıcaklığı 18 ile 35 °C aralığında sularda bulunur. Otlamak için akarsuyun yakın çevresinde otluk bölgelere ihtiyaç duyar.

Aşağıdaki koruma alanlarında su aygırları gözlemlenebilirler: Ndumo, Krügerpark, Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe, Mana Pools, Kafue, Südluangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Arusha, Manyarasee, Ngorongoro, Salonga, Ruwenzori, Virunga, Murchinson Şelaleleri, Kraliçe Elizabeth, Meru ve Massai Mara, Malavi Gölü, Malombe Gölü, Shire Nehri, Zambezi.

Ayrıca 1993'de Pablo Escobar'ın hayvanat bahçesinde bulunan 4 su aygırı Escobar'ın ölümünden sonra taşınmaları çok zor olduğu için taşınmadılar ve Magdalena Nehri civarına dağıldılar. Bu su aygırlarının sayısı 2019 tahminine göre 90-120 civarıdır. Magdalena Nehri civarında yaşarlar ve son zamanlarda oradaki insanlar ve hayvanlar için tehdit oluşturmaya başladıkları için itlaf edilmeleri gündemdedir.

Yaşam tarzı

Su aygırları 20'ye kadar hayvandan oluşan sürüler halinde yaşarlar. Grupların su ve karada sabit olarak sınırlandırılmış egemenlik alanları vardır. Alanın işaretlenmesi, erkek tarafından dışkısını dairesel kuyruk hareketi ile fırlatmasıyla olur. Yaşlı erkekler bazen tek başlarına olsalar da alışılmış olan, gruba liderlik yapmasıdır. Gruplar, dişiler ve yavrular bazen de genç erkeklerden oluşur.

Erkekler birbirlerine karşı kontrol alanlarını sert şekilde savunurlar. Birbirleriyle rekabet eden erkekler,ölümle de bitebilen ağır kavgalar yaparlar.

Su aygırları, suda bir hayata çok iyi uyum sağlamışlardır. Karada terleme suretiyle çok su kaybederken çok hızlı güneş yanığı olurlar. Suyun ve güneşin etkilerinden, uyarıldıklarında kuvvetli bir şekilde salgılanan pembe rengi sümüksü bir salgı ile korunurlar. Suyun altına sıkça burun deliklerinin üstüne kadar dalarlar. Bu delikler kapandığından, su aygırı rahatça 10 dakika su altında kalabilir. Su aygırları hayatlarını su içinde geçirirler ama ağırlıklardan dolayı esasında yavaş ve kötü yüzücüdürler. Çoğunlukla akarsuyun zemininde yürür ya da kendilerini suya taşıtırlar.

Genelde geceleri karaya çıkarlar ve düzlüklerdeki otları yerler. Günlük bitki ihtiyacı 50 kg tutar. Yavaş akan nehirlerin yakınında bulunan, yeşil düz çimleri hatırlatan alanlar, su aygırlarının  otlak alanlarıdır. Bu otlaklara ulaşmak için yine de günlük beş ile on kilometrelik mesafeyi geride bırakırlar. Bu esnada gruplar düzgün patikalar oluşturur.

Aslan ve timsahlar  genç su aygırlarına saldırsalar da, gençler yetişkinler tarafından korunduklarından ender olarak başarıya ulaşırlar.

Üreme
Su aygırları kuraklık zamanının başlangıcında çiftleşir ve sekiz aylık bir gebeliğin ardından yağmur zamanı tek bir yavru doğururlar. Doğum da döllenme gibi su içinde gerçekleşir. Döllenme sırasında dişi neredeyse tamamen suya bastırılır ve sadece hava almak için yüzeye çıkar. Yeni doğan aygır 30 ile 50 kg arasında olup, doğumdan hemen sonra yürüyebilir ve kendini zeminden su yüzeyine itebilir. Anneler su içinde yavrularını emzirdikleri ve yavrunun gece otlamaya giden annesini takip edebilmesi için bunu yapabilmeleri gerekliliktir. Yavrusuna şekil vermek, kendisine bağlamak için anne yavrusunu, ilk günlerde özellikle güçlü bir şekilde savunur ve hiçbir su aygırını yaklaştırmaz. Sonradan ikisi de gruba katılır. İlk haftalarda yavru sadece anne sütü ile beslenir, yavaş yavaş buna bitkisel besinler eklenir. Yaklaşık bir yılın sonunda genç, sırf bitkisel gıda ile beslenir. Genç bir hayvan  yedi yıla kadar bir süre annesinin çevresinde kalır. Yaklaşık 6 yıl sonra genç dişi su aygırı cinsel erginliğe ulaşır. Dişiler her iki yılda bir ürerler. Erkekler 6 ile 8 yıl arasında ergenliğe ulaşsalar da kendilerine ait bir alanları olmaz. Bu yüzden 20 yaşında veya daha geç çiftleşirler.

Vahşi hayattaki su aygırları 30 ile 40 yıl yaşarlar. Alışılmışın dışında uzun yaşayarak 53 yaşına ulaşmış su aygırı Bulette 1952–2005 yılları arasında, Berlin Hayvanat Bahçesi'nde yaşamıştır.

İnsanlar ve suaygırları

Su aygırları; etleri, fildişine benzer dişleri ya da sadece zevk için insanlar tarafından her zaman avlanmıştır.

Su aygırı yaygın görüşün aksine barışçıl bir hayvan değildir. Afrika'da timsah ya da aslan gibi pek çok büyük hayvandan daha fazla ölüm vakasına sebep olur. Saldırı sırasında başını kafasını bir şahmerdan gibi kullanırken, 50 cm bulan köpek dişleri aynı şekilde tehlikeli silahlarıdır. Bunlar yetişkin bir timsahı bir ısırıkta ikiye ayırabilirler. Su aygırı; kayıklara saldırmaktan da çekinmezken küçük olanlarını ters yüz edebilecek durumdadır. Su aygırları yılda ortalama 500 civarı insan öldürür.

Kaynakça

Kitap

Diğer diller
 Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
 Hubert Hendrichs: Artiodactyla (Paraxonia), Paarhufer. In: Wilfried Westheide, Reinhard Rieger (Hrsg.): Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere. Spektrum, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8274-0307-3 (Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 2)
 Hans Klingel: Hippopotamus amphibius Common Hippopotamus. In: Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Michael Hoffmann, Thomas Butynski, Meredith Happold und Jan Kalina (Hrsg.): Mammals of Africa Volume VI. Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids. Bloomsbury, London, 2013, S. 68–78
 R. L. Lewison: Family Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamuses). In: Don E. Wilson und Russell A. Mittermeier (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 2: Hoofed Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4, S. 318

Durumu hassas hayvanlar

Afrika'nın beş büyükleri
Orta Afrika faunası
Doğu Afrika faunası
Otobur memeliler
1758'de tanımlanan omurgalılar
Carl Linnaeus tarafından adlandırılmış taksonlar

Su aygırı


The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU) (), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It was Ireland's youngest university until Technological University Dublin was established in 2019, having been founded by the Universities Act, 1997, from the secular faculties of the now separate St Patrick's College, Maynooth, which was founded in 1795. Maynooth is also the only university town in Ireland, all other universities being based within cities.

The university consists of two connected campuses: an older southern campus, with 19th-century buildings, shared with St Patrick's College, and, across a public road, a modern northern campus, occupying circa .

With over 13,000 students enrolled, and over 900 staff from over 20 different countries, it is Ireland's smallest, yet fastest growing, university. In 2009, Maynooth University was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. The 2012 QS World University Rankings put MU in the 501–550 bracket worldwide, but most recently, Maynooth University was ranked in the 701–750 bracket in the 2019 QS World University Rankings. In 2008, it was named The Sunday Times 'University of the Year'. In 2011, Maynooth University became the first and only institution outside of North America to be included in The Princeton Review of Best Colleges. It also has the highest proportion of university participation in Ireland of mature students (16%) and access students (22%).

History

18th and 19th centuries

The university and St Patrick's College, Maynooth have a common history from 1795 to 1997. The college in Maynooth was established by the government as a college for Catholic lay and ecclesiastical students in 1795. The lay college was based from 1802 in Riverstown House on the south campus. With the opening of Clongowes Wood, the lay college which had lay trustees was closed in 1817 and it functioned solely as a Catholic seminary for almost 150 years. In 1876 the college became a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland, and later offered Royal University of Ireland degrees in arts and science. The Pontifical Charter was granted to the college in 1896.

20th and 21st centuries
The college became a recognised constituent college of the National University of Ireland in 1910. From this time, arts and science degrees were awarded by the National University of Ireland, while the Pontifical University of Maynooth continued to confer its own theology degrees, as these had been prohibited in the Royal University of Ireland, and continued to the National University of Ireland (its successor) until 1997.

In 1966 the college again allowed the entry of lay students; this greatly expanded the college and essentially set the foundation stone for Maynooth University. In 1997 the Universities Act resulted in the transfer of the faculties of arts, Celtic studies, philosophy and science of the recognised college of St Patrick's College to the new university. The university has also expanded into finance and engineering since its creation in 1997. In 2007 the university added business studies, followed by law in 2008.

Any person who was a student at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and was conferred with a National University of Ireland degree prior to the creation of the university, is legally considered a graduate of Maynooth University.

In 1994, W. J. Smyth was appointed to the position of Master of St. Patrick's College Maynooth (NUI) and in 1997 he became president of MU. In 2004 W. J. Smyth was succeeded by John G. Hughes as president of Maynooth University. Thomas Collins was appointed interim president for 2010–2011, and Philip Nolan served in the role 2011–2021. On 1 October 2021, Finnish academic Eeva Leinonen became the first woman president of the institution.

Timeline

 1518 – Garret Óg Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, founded the College of St Mary, in Maynooth
 1535 – College of St Mary confiscated as part of Henry VIII's religious reforms
 1795 – The Royal College of St Patrick established on 5 June 1795 (35 Geo III, cap. 21)
 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion; out of 69 students, 18 were expelled for taking the Oath of the United Irishmen
 1800 – Act of Union 1800; transfer of Maynooth grant from Dublin to London; John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne died
 1800 – First ordinations from Maynooth
 1801 – First lay college suppressed
 1802 – Lay college opens in Riverstown Lodge
 1808 – Dunboyne Establishment case settled between Maynooth Trustees and Butler family
 1817 – Lay college closed
 1845 – Maynooth grant increased
 1876 – Maynooth becomes a constituent college of the Catholic University of Ireland
 1886 – Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the government of Gladstone; Maynooth was disendowed and lay trustees left the board
 1880 – Royal University of Ireland founded
 1895 – Centennial celebrations
 1896 – Maynooth granted Pontifical University status by Papal Charter
 1903 – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited it on 24 July 1903
 1908 – National University of Ireland founded
 1909 – Royal University of Ireland dissolved
1910 – St. Patricks College, Maynooth officially becomes a recognised college of the National University of Ireland
 1937 – Department of Sociology founded
 1966 – Lay students admitted
 1970 – Dept. of Biology founded as part of the Faculty of Science
 1976 – Higher Education Central Applications Office (CAO) founded
 1979 – Pope John Paul II visits Maynooth
 1984 – The John Paul II Library is built
 1987 – Dept. of Computer Science founded as part of the Faculty of Science
 1992 – BA in Finance commences
 1995 – Bi-centennial celebrations
 1996 – Third level fees abolished by the Irish Government
 1997 – National University of Ireland, Maynooth founded from the faculties of Science, Arts and Celtic studies of Maynooth College of the NUI; Outreach Campus at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny founded
 1999 – Foundation of Dept. of Psychology
 2001 – Foundation of Dept. of Engineering. MA in Leadership course commences for officers in the Irish Defence Forces; joint delivery of programmes with the Defence Forces, in Leadership, Management, Engineering and Computing, up to and including Masters level
 2004 – Foundation of the Dept. of Media Studies by Professor Chris Morash, as part of the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies
 2007 – Marie Curie Laboratory for Membrane Proteins opens, as NUIM wins European Union Marie Curie "Transfer of Knowledge" funding
 2008 – Named Sunday Times University of the Year; university canteen burns down during open day.
 2009 – Foundation of Department of Law with Professor Sandeep Gopalan as the first head of department.
 2010 – Announced that Froebel College of Education will move to the university by 2013; formation of the School of Business; Professor John Hughes resigns presidency to take post at Bangor University.
 2012 – Extension to The John Paul II Library is completed
 2014 – Rebranded as Maynooth University
 2018 – Kilkenny campus closed

Campus

The university's main campus straddles the main road from Maynooth to Kilcock. It is divided into the North Campus and the South Campus (also referred to by staff and students as the "new" and "old" campuses respectively). The campuses were connected by means of a footbridge that crossed over the road until mid-2011. The footbridge was then decommissioned due to the construction of a library extension on the South Campus. The campuses are now connected by means of a pedestrian crossing on the Kilcock Road. The campus has four buildings for on-campus accommodation, namely Rye, Village, River, and Courtyard.

South Campus

The South Campus houses the facilities of St. Patrick's College, as well as most of the administrative offices shared between college and university. A number of MU academic departments also have their offices on the South Campus including Law, Mathematics, Music, Geography, Economics and History. The main buildings, most of which were built in the 19th century, are the Aula Maxima; St. Patrick's House (including the college chapel); the John Paul II Library (built in 1984). In December 2012 a new extension to the John Paul II library was completed. The extension is 6,000m2 and accommodates 1,700 students. New, Dunboyne, Humanity and Stoyte Houses which collectively form St. Joseph's Square; Logic House and Rhetoric House.
The first building to be completed on the South Campus was named after its designer, John Stoyte. Stoyte House, still a prominent presence on campus, stands in proximity to Maynooth Castle.

Over a period of 15 years, the site at Maynooth underwent rapid construction so as to cater for the influx of new students, and the buildings which now border St. Joseph's Square (to the rear of Stoyte House) were completed by 1824. The university chapel is located on the South Campus, just off St. Joseph's Square; masses and choir services are frequently held in the chapel, as is the traditional Christmas carol service. The South Campus also houses the National Science Museum and the Russell Library.

North Campus
The North Campus was developed far more recently than the South Campus, in the latter half of the 20th century. Here, the main buildings are the Students' Union building, Sports Complex, Biosciences, and Engineering Building, Callan Science Building (named after the inventor of the induction coil, Nicholas Callan), the Iontas Building, the Arts Building, the Science Building and the John Hume Building. The Eolas Building houses the department of Computer Science, the Business Incubation Centre, the Innovation Value Institute, as well as the Hamilton and Callan Institutes, along with several teaching spaces, while the Technology, Society and Innovation (TSI) Building houses living labs and break out rooms for interactive research; three large theatres of 500, 300 and 250-seat capacity, and research spaces for students, academics and collaboration with industry partners.

The student services function is also based on North Campus, and there are a number of playing fields and a sports complex, which includes a fully equipped gym and an astroturf field. The remainder of MU's academic departments, as well as many research institutes such as the Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems, the Hamilton Institute and the Institute of Immunology, are also located on the North Campus.

Kilkenny Campus
The university also maintained a campus in Kilkenny from September 1997 until June 2018, based at St Kieran's College, with students enrolled in certificate, diploma and degree programmes.

Academic organisation and reputation

The university is divided into three faculties: Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy; Science and Engineering; Social Sciences, with most students studying within one of these streams (although some cross-discipline courses are available). The faculties are further divided into various schools and departments.

As of 2016, there were 1,800 students at post graduate level. Some postgraduate students also have links to the various research institutes that are based on campus.

Froebel College of Education became part of Maynooth University in September 2013. A new optional subject available to first years, called critical skills.

Faculties, schools, departments and centres

Froebel College of Education
Since 2013, Froebel College of Education is situated at MU. Maynooth University has established a "Froebel Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education" and awarded Froebel College's four-year Bachelor of Education degrees, Higher Diploma in Primary Education, Master's degree in Special and Inclusive Education and Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in Special Education. The state-of-the-art Education Building opened in late September 2016.

As a continuity of Froebel Colleges' heritage Religious Education and Theology modules are delivered by the department and the faculty of Theology of St Patrick's College, Maynooth (SPCM), running alongside the Degree and Masters programmes, leading to a Certificate awarded by SPCM and qualifying to teach in Catholic Schools.

Admissions
Admission to undergraduate study for European Union school-leavers is generally handled by the CAO (Central Applications Office), and not by MU. Applicants have to compete for university places solely on the basis of the results of their school-leaving exams. Places are awarded in mid-August every year by the CAO after matching the number of places available to the academic attainments of the applicants. Qualifications are measured as "points", with specific scales for the Irish Leaving Certificate, and all other European Union school-leaving results, such as the UK GCE A-level, the International Baccalaureate along with other national school-leaving exams.

Academic affiliations
Maynooth University is a member of Universities Ireland, The Irish Universities Association, European University Association, European Association for International Education and Eurodoc.
MU is also a member of Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance, along with three other universities; TCD, UCD, DCU, and four institutes of technology; DIT, IADT, ITT and ITB. Maynooth University is also a member of the 3U Partnership with Dublin City University and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

The L.L.M. in International Business Law is offered as a dual degree offered in conjunction with the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) in France, the course is delivered in English.

The Development Studies programmes of the Kimmage Development Studies Centre, began being delivered from Maynooth and accredited by the university in 2013, with the Centre moving from Kimmage Manor to Maynooth in 2018.

The Diploma in Arts (Church Music) delivered in association with the National Liturgy Institute (St. Patrick's College, Maynooth) and the Dept. of Music NUI Maynooth.

Any student of St Patrick's College, Maynooth prior to the passing of the Universities Act, 1997, upon whom a degree of the National University of Ireland was conferred is now legally considered to be a graduate of Maynooth University. The college continues to share its campus with Maynooth University but remains a separate legal entity with training in canon law, philosophy and theology and awards the degrees of the Pontifical University and is associated with several other colleges.

Reputation
In 2008, Maynooth University occupied fourth place on the Irish Sunday Times University League Table 2008, the newspaper's annual league table of Irish third-level institutions, behind TCD, UCD and UCC, having jumped three places since 2007. It was also the top institution for research income won per academic, with one of the best graduate employment records of any Irish university at almost 100 percent. MU was also named "University of The Year 2008" in The Sunday Times University Guide (UK), beating UCD which finished second.

In 2009, Maynooth University was listed as a Top500 university in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.

In 2010, MU recorded the highest growth in first preference school-leaver applications in the university sector.

In 2011, Maynooth University became the first and only institution outside of the United States to be included in the Princeton Review of Best Colleges.

Maynooth University was recently ranked No. 49 in the world for one of the leading universities in the world.

Academic competition
St Patrick's College (NUI) won the inaugural University Challenge based Irish Higher Education Quiz show on RTÉ, Challenging Times in 1991, winning again in 1992 and as MU in 1999.

Maynooth University and University of Newcastle, Australia's joint robotic soccer team "Numanoids" won the soccer Standard Platform League (2-Legged Robot) RoboCup World Championship which was held in Suzhou, China from 14 to 20 July 2008. 2008 was Maynooth University's first year to enter the international robot competition which hosted 440 teams from 35 countries.

Maynooth University first entered the Microsoft Imagine Cup in 2007. it achieved both first and third place in the Imagine Cup Ireland finals, earning participation in the world finals in Seoul, South Korea in August 2007. Team inGEST (Interactive Gesture), who developed a low-cost interactive system for teaching sign language using standard web cameras for feedback, achieved a top-six position in the finals and went on to Silicon Valley in February 2008 as part of the Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator Program. In 2008, students tied for second place in the Microsoft Imagine Cup in the category of "Embedded Development". A total of 124 teams representing 61 countries and regions took part in 2008. In 2010 the university won the award for Best Windows Azure Application with their cloud-based medical record system.

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms, which were granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 2016, are blazoned: Argent an open book leaved and bound proper clasped or a chief gyrony of six of the field and gules on a point in point of the last a cross pattée fitchy at all points of the first.

The book represents a place of universal learning, the cross the university's links to the seminary, the division of the chief into six representing its six disciplines, and the use of red and white is reminiscent of the FitzGerald dynasty's links to Maynooth. The university does not currently use its coat of arms, preferring to use the logo which was introduced in 2014.

Research and innovation
A number of research institutes fall under the auspices of Maynooth University:

 Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) – Established in order to improve scientific understanding of climate change and its impacts
 Institute of Immunology
 Hamilton Institute
 National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis  – Based at Maynooth University, NIRSA is a collaborative project involving Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Institute of Technology, Sligo and Queen's University, Belfast
 The Callan Institute (formerly Institute of Microelectronics and Wireless Systems) – Provides for research into electronic and software systems and wireless communications.
 National Centre for Geocomputation –  Leading international research centre in the field of Geocomputation
 An Foras Feasa – The Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions
 Innovation Value Institute (IVI) – a joint research institute founded by Maynooth University and Intel which was "awarded to Maynooth University in 2006 over Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
 Maynooth University is involved in research at the CTVR Telecommunications Research Centre, based at Trinity College Dublin.

Spin-out companies
 Beemune
 IGeotech

Student life and traditions
Maynooth Students' Union represents the students of Maynooth University, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth as well as students at its associated campus at St Kieran's College.

Student Clubs

There are currently over 100 clubs and societies in Maynooth University. Clubs on campus include those for rugby, Gaelic football, hurling & camogie, judo, ultimate Frisbee, Aussie Rules, badminton, swimming, kickboxing, tennis, archery, trampolining, surfing, canoeing and kayaking ('MUCK'), golf, skiing, parkour & free running, hockey, strength & fitness, aquatics, Olympic handball, snooker and pool, ultimate frisbee, chess, surf, judo, ladies soccer, rowing, self-defence and equestrian. Most of the university clubs take part in an intervarsity competition to some degree. Maynooth University also participates in an annual intervarsity sporting competition with Dublin City University, known as the 35s.

Sporting scholarships
The university offers a number of sport scholarships to aspiring students in Gaelic games, rugby, golf, swimming, Soccer and snooker. Maynooth is the only university in Ireland to offer scholarships in swimming. Rugby scholarships were introduced to Maynooth University in 2006 in which scholarship students are obliged to attend the rugby performance centre and to play with the university teams and Barnhall RFC. The Maynooth University Rugby Performance Centre is open to all Rugby Club members attending MU. The aim of the centre is to enhance students' prospects within the game of rugby and to continue to achieve success with the university teams. As part of the link-up with Barnhall RFC, players from the youth system 16–20s are invited to take part in a summer programme. Currently, there are 4 men's teams playing in Barnhall rugby club as well as the introduction of the women's Rugby scholarship there is now a women's rugby team in Barnhall.

Recent accolades

Student numbers
2016/17

Student demographics
2016/17

Staff numbers
2016/17

Student societies

There is a colourful history of drama and theatre at Maynooth University, which can be traced back to eminent alumni such as Brian Friel (1948) and faculty such as internationally renowned playwright Frank McGuinness. Students of the university and St Patrick's College take part in various dramatic productions throughout the year, ranging from tragedy to comedy, melodrama, farce and improv. The Maynooth University Drama Society annually confers the Eugene Niland Spirit of Drama Award on a recipient who demonstrates an extraordinary level of dedication to the craft of theatre, complete with a display of integrity and honorable principles in the practice thereof.  The Drama Society won Best Society at the Students Union Clubs and Socs Awards 2006 and again in 2007 and the Society's Improvisation Team won the 2009 Irish Student Drama Association Improv event.

Each year the Games Society at Maynooth holds their annual gaming convention, 'Dominicon'. The event was first held in 1995 and has been run each year since then with the exception of 1999. Originally it was run during February each year but the date was eventually moved to November. The Games Society donates all profits from the convention to charity.

MarsFM is the student radio station of Maynooth University and is run by the broadcasting society. The first broadcast was aired in semester one of 2013 and now has over 120 presenters. it goes on air every November until the end of the school year.

Other societies include those for music, dance, musical (MAD) LGBTQ, biology, poetry, art ("Playdo"), fashion ("StyleSoc"), Feminist Soc, Tea Society, mathematics, Israel, Justice in Palestine, literature and debating ("Lit & Deb"), Maynooth Students' SVP – St Vincent de Paul Society, French language society, Spanish language society, Irish language society, (Cuallacht na Gaeilge) History Society, Afro Caribbean Society, Chinese Society, Chemistry Society, Christian Society, John Paul II Society, Psychology society as well as political societies such as Sinn Féin, Young Fine Gael, Ógra Fianna Fáil, Labour Youth, Social Democrats and a Socialist Society (which includes Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party and non-affiliated members).

The Dance Society was awarded 1st place at the 2016 Intervarsity Dance Competition at Trinity College for their lyrical performance and 2nd place for their mixed routine, involving lyrical, jazz, hip hop, and Irish dance.

BICS awards
Maynooth University annually compete for university/college society awards at a national level, which are organised by the Board of Irish College Societies (BICS).

Awards

Traditions

35s
In addition to individual clubs' intervarsity competitions, Maynooth University has a standing intervarsity competition with Dublin City University (DCU) each year called the 35s, in which the two colleges compete as a whole. Each club faces their counterpart in DCU, the winning university being whichever takes most points out of the 35 available over all sports.

Christmas Carol service
A Christmas Carol service is held in the college chapel on an annual basis. The service is open to staff and students of the university and St Patrick's College, as well as members of the general public. Because of high demand, tickets are allocated by lottery.

Hamilton Walk
In 1990 the Dept. of Mathematics, at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, initiated by Professor O'Farrell, commenced an annual walk from Dunsink Observatory, to Broombridge, Cabra, to commemorate the mathematician William Rowan Hamilton. Initially called The Quaternion Walk, now called The Hamilton Walk, takes place in October each year.

Maynooth Alumni Association
The Maynooth Alumni Association is for graduates of Maynooth University and St Patricks College, Maynooth, who wish to keep in touch with their College and also provides the means to stay in touch with friends and classmates. It hosts a number of events such as the Alumni Ball, Networking events, and publishes the Alumni magazine The Bridge.

Accommodation on Campus
There are four different halls of residence available on campus, located on the North Campus. These are Rye Hall, Village, River, and the Courtyard Apartment Complex. In River there is an Irish language accommodation; An Ghráig. All of the apartments are open plan with a fully equipped kitchen including microwave, oven, fridge & kettle Prices currently range from €4,900 per year for a single room with a shared bathroom to €6,370 a year for a single room with an ensuite bathroom. Maynooth University also offers Short Stay Accommodation for students who only require a room for a short period.

Notable alumni and faculty

Nobel laureates and contributors
 John Hume, graduate, politician, activist, Nobel laureate and winner of the Sean Mc Bride Peace Award. MP for Foyle and leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party 1979–2001.

Government, politics, law and public policy
 Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, appointed Honorary Adjunct Professor of Mediation and Conflict Intervention in the School of Business and Law
 Ruth Coppinger HDipEd, Socialist TD (Dublin West) 2014-2020
 Joe Costello, TD (Dublin Central)
 Noel Dempsey, TD and Cabinet Minister
 Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland, lectured in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at Maynooth in 1912
 John Blake Dillon the Irish nationalist, Young Ireland member, who co-founded The Nation newspaper and spent two years in Maynooth
 Paddy Gormley Nationalist Member of the Northern Ireland parliament.
 Mary Hanafin TD, Former Minister for Social and Family Affairs (BA, HdipEd)
 Brian Hayes, TD (Dublin South West)
 Joe McHugh, TD (Donegal North East)
Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
John O'Brennan, political scientist
 Maureen O'Brien (Irish Army general), first woman to attain the ranks of Lt Colonel (Army line), Colonel and Brigadier General in the Irish Defence Forces
 Kevin O'Higgins, MP, TD
 Mary O'Rourke, Former TD, Sen. (BA, HdipEd)
 Joe O'Toole(HdipEd), former president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and Independent NUI senator
 Richard Lalor Sheil MP, and playwright, an associate of Daniel O'Connell and a founder of the Catholic Association attended the lay college in Maynooth, and strongly spoke in favour of the Maynooth Grant.
 Stephen Woulfe who became a barrister, and Attorney General and the first catholic to be Chief Barron of the Irish Exchequer also attended the lay college at Maynooth.

Arts and the media
 Concert promoter Jim Aiken
 Professional footballer Jake Carroll
 Broadcaster Craig Doyle
 Playwright and short story writer Brian Friel, who graduated with a BA in 1948
 Poet Denis Florence MacCarthy
 Playwright Frank McGuinness taught English in Maynooth
 Chris Morash, chair of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Compliance Committee was a professor of English, Media and Theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth
 Eurovision 1996 winner Eimear Quinn
 Former Miss Ireland Niamh Redmond is a graduate in finance
 PR Consultant, RTE former Board Chair Tom Savage BD BA.

Science, technology and academia
 Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Professor of Psychology, is the world's most prolific author in the experimental analysis of behaviour for the years 1980–1999, and is noted for the development of Relational Frame Theory alongside Steven C. Hayes.
 Nicholas Callan, inventor of the induction coil, who was a student and Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics) at Maynooth
 Sir Dominic Corrigan Bart., MD, MP, physician, first Catholic president of the Royal College of Physicians, member of the Queen's Colleges Senate, Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University in Ireland, and Liberal MP for Dublin City was student of the lay college in the early 19th century.
 Mathematician and Classical scholar Pádraig de Brún was Professor of Mathematics at Maynooth prior to becoming president of UCG (NUI Galway).
 Sir Joseph de Courcy Laffan physician to the Duke of Kent and Duke of York attended the early lay college in Maynooth.
 Christopher Fleming MD, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons
 John Hegarty, former Provost of Trinity College Dublin, holds both a BSc in Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics/Philosophy and a HDipEd from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
 Theologian and physicist Gerald Molloy
 Noted astronomer and physicist Susan McKenna-Lawlor, Professor of Experimental Physics.
 Professor Emeritus of Irish at National University of Ireland Galway Breandan O'Madagain
 Philosopher and professor at Princeton University, Philip Pettit
 Philosopher and former professor at University of Notre Dame Ernan McMullin
 Michael O'Dwyer was nominated Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes académiques, by French Prime Minister François Fillon
 Desmond Tobin, Professor of Dermatological Science at University College Dublin
 Peter Thorne is a climatologist and professor of physical geography in the Department of Geography and chair of the International Surface Temperature Initiative.

Theology

 Cornelius Denvir, mathematician, natural philosopher, and Bishop
 John Blowick BA BD, theologian founder of the Maynooth Mission to China(Columban Fathers)
 Linda Hogan, theologian and ethicist, Professor at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin
 Former president of Maynooth, and later Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia, Daniel Mannix
 Gerald Molloy theologian and physicist.
 Msgr. Matthew O'Donnell, University of Louvain Professor of Ethics, 26th president of Maynooth College.
 Joseph S. O'Leary theologian, philosopher, English Literature Buddhist-Christian dialogue.

Honorary degree awardees
 Golfer Pádraig Harrington
 Aga Khan head of the Ismaeli Muslim community
 Seán Quinn businessman and conglomerateur
 Barry Douglas (pianist) pianist
 Krzysztof Penderecki composer

Publications

Currently active
 MU Times: Weekly online magazine. mutimes.ie
 University News: Quarterly bulletin
 ReSearch: Magazine detailing current research at the university
 The Bridge: Biannual alumni magazine produced by the Alumni Association.
 The Print: Monthly magazine published by the Maynooth Students' Union, featuring editorials, interviews, creative works and campus news
 The Golden Thread: Newsletter featuring editorials, comments and articles on current issues regarding the law department and the area of law in general
 The Irish Law Journal: Peer-reviewed and student-edited law journal
 Archivium Hibernicum: founded in 1911 is an annual historical journal published by St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, and the Dept. of Modern History, Maynooth University.
 Maynooth Philosophical Papers, a biennial journal founded in 2002 by Thomas A. F. Kelly and edited in the Department of Philosophy

Defunct
 The Tonic / Maynooth Advocate: newspaper titles published by the Publications Society.
 The SUS / nuimsu.com / The Spoke: former newspaper & magazine titles published by the Students' Union (predecessors to The Print)

Gallery

See also
 Education in the Republic of Ireland
 List of universities in the Republic of Ireland
 National University of Ireland
 St Patrick's College, Maynooth
 Royal University of Ireland
 Catholic University of Ireland

References

External links
 Official site
 Students' Union

Maynooth
1795 establishments in Ireland
Universities and colleges formed by merger in the Republic of Ireland

Maynooth University