australia is the world 's major producer of
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of Australia's exports. Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal (35% of international trade), iron ore, lead, diamonds, rutile, zinc and zirconium, second largest of gold and uranium, and third largest of aluminium. Japan was the major purchaser of Australian mineral exports in the mid-1990s. Of the developed countries, perhaps only Canada and Norway have mining as such a significant part of the economy; for comparison, in Canada mining represents about 3.6% of the Canadian economy and 32% of exports, and in Norway mining, dominated by petroleum, represents about 19% of GDP and 46% of exports. By comparison, in
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in the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively, and, headquartered in the Netherlands, it employs 14,000 people (incl. contractors). According to its website, NWR supplies to a blue chip customer base in the region, major customers include ArcelorMittal, ČEZ, Veolia Energie, Moravia Steel, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., Verbund, voestalpine and ThyssenKrupp. New World Resources New World Resources Plc ('NWR') is one of Central Europe's hard coal and coke producer. The Company produces coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, a.s. (; Ostrava-Karviná Mines), the largest hard coal mining company in
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million tons of coal. Majority of coal, 75 percent, is used for domestic consumption, power generation in particular. The largest importers of Kazakhstan’s oil include the neighboring southern Russia and Ukraine. A major concern of the coal mines of Kazakhstan is safety and prevention and control of mine explosions. In 2009 Kazakhstan was 8. top coal producer: 96 million tonnes hard coal and 5 million tonnes brown coal. 22 Mt of hard coal was exported (2009). In 2009 Kazakhstan was world 8. top coal exporter. The top hard coal net exporters in 2009 were (Mt): Australia 262, Indonesia 230, Russia
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more than 20% of total world production. It is the world's third-largest iron-ore producer (15% of the world's total) and extracts 75% of Australia's 240 tonnes of gold. Diamonds are extracted at Argyle diamond mine in far north of the Kimberley region. Coal mined at Collie is the main fuel for baseload electricity generation in the state's south-west. Agricultural production in WA is a major contributor to the state and national economy. Although tending to be highly seasonal, 2006–07 wheat production in WA was nearly 10 million tonnes, accounting for almost half the nation's total. and providing $1.7 billion in
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Energy in Australia Energy in Australia is the production in Australia of energy and electricity, for consumption or export. Energy policy of Australia describes the politics of Australia as it relates to energy. Australia is a net energy exporter, and was the fourth-highest coal producer in the world in 2009. Historically–and until recent times–energy in Australia was sourced largely from coal and natural gas, however due to the increasing effects of global warming and human-induced climate change on the global environment, there has been a greater shift towards renewable energy such as solar power and wind power both in Australia
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Billiton plc) acquired AI&S in 1935, but has since spun-out their steel division as a separate company, now known as BlueScope. The steelworks has grown to become a world-class flat rolled steel producer, operating as a fully integrated steel plant with a production of around 5 million tonnes per year. Other industries to have set up in the massive Port Kembla industrial complex—the largest single concentration of heavy industry in Australia—include a fertiliser plant, an electrolytic copper smelter, a locomotive workshop, a coal export shipping terminal, a grain export shipping terminal and an industrial gases manufacturing plant. In 1936, the
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NITV executive producer is Mary-Ellen Mullane, ABC TV executive producer is Libbie Doherty. It is directed by Lynn-Maree Danzey, Beck Cole and Nicholas Verso. It is produced by Magpie Pictures and filmed in the Scenic Rim region of Queensland. Screen Australia is a major investor in the series, with Screen Queensland, ABC and Cutting Edge. Disney Channel has licensed the series in Australia and New Zealand, whilst the rest of world distribution is with Canada's 9Story Media Group. The Australian Children's Television Foundation, Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department and Screen NSW also supported early development in the series. Grace Beside Me
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by Perry Henzell, and was produced by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. The film is famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world". Jamaica's other popular films include 1976's "Smile Orange", 1982's "Countryman", 1991's "The Lunatic", 1997's "Dancehall Queen", and 1999's "Third World Cop". Major figures in the Jamaican film industry include actors Paul Campbell and Carl Bradshaw, actress Audrey Reid, and producer Chris Blackwell. The 1989 election. was the first election contested by the People's National Party since 1980, as they had boycotted the 1983 snap election. Prime Minister Edward Seaga announced
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Agriculture in Australia Australia is a major agricultural producer and exporter, with over 325,300 employed in Agriculture, forestry and fishing as of February 2015. Agriculture and its closely related sectors earn $155 billion-a-year for a 12% share of GDP. Australian farmers and graziers own 135,997 farms, covering 61% of Australia's landmass. Approximately 64% of all farms across Australia belong to the state, with a further 23% that are still owned by indigenous groups or tribes. Across the country there is a mix of irrigation and dry-land farming. Australia leads the world with 35 million hectares certified organic, which is 8.8%
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needs. The price of LPG has historically been linked to oil prices, but the true price, costs and supply levels are presently too difficult to determine. Santos GLNG Operations, Shell and Origin Energy are major gas producers in Australia. Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG), led by Origin Energy, is the largest producer of natural gas in eastern Australia and a major exporter of liquefied natural gas to Asia. Santos is Australia's second-largest independent oil and gas producer. According to an ACCC, the demand for gas in the domestic east coast market is about 700 petajoules a year. Australia is expected to
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February. The economy of the South West is very diverse. It is a major world producer of alumina and mineral sands, and also has substantial agriculture, timber and viticulture industries. It is Western Australia's most popular tourist destination outside Perth. The South West region consists of the following local government areas: South West (Western Australia) The South West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is so named because it is located in the south-west corner of Western Australia. The South West region has an area of 23,970 km², and a population of about 170,000 people,
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length is often reported to reach up to 180 cm. Kingfish can be eaten in a variety of ways, including grilling, sashimi, and drying. "Seriola lalandi" has been established as a suitable candidate for marine aquaculture. In contrast to the culture of "S. quinqueradiata" (which has long been cultured extensively in Japan), juveniles of "S. lalandi" are not easily available from the wild, and juveniles are produced in hatcheries from captive breeding stock. The Stehr Group in South Australia is presently (2010) the largest producer of cultured "S. lalandi" in the world. Some attempts have been made to culture the
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Management. In October 2017, Fangate Music, a label run by famed Australian country music promoter Rob Potts, in conjunction with Sony Music Australia, announced their partnership with Stegall's Dreamlined Entertainment Group. Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's "Keith Stegall" and 1996's "Passages", although he is mainly known for his production work. Keith Stegall was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1955. He performed in local bands, spent a short time in northwestern Louisiana (in the mid
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the producer of Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives and The Private Life of Plants, both of which were collaborations with veteran broadcaster David Attenborough. In 1995, Nightingale took on the role of Series Editor for "The Natural World", BBC Two's long-running flagship natural history series. Under his editorship, "The Natural World"'s programmes won awards at every major international wildlife film festival as well as the Royal Television Society award for Best Documentary Strand. He went on to produce five episodes of BBC One's Wildlife Specials as executive producer. He was also executive producer of several series in the Continents strand for
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Parklife (Australia) 2011, Creamfields (UK) 2011, Global Dance Festival 2012, Electric Zoo 2011, 2012 and tours extensively around the world. In 2010, Gartner debuted as a featured guest on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix series, hosted by DJ/producer Pete Tong. Wolfgang Gartner Joseph Thomas "Joey" Youngman (born March 17, 1982), better known by his stage name Wolfgang Gartner, is an American DJ and music producer. Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label, Kindergarten, but he signed with Ultra Records in 2010 and Ministry of Sound in the UK in 2011. Youngman created the
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London North Mine London North Mine is a heritage-listed mine at Elphinstone street, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to 1915. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 February 1994. From the 1850s to the first World War, mining in Queensland was dominated by gold, with major discoveries and consequential "rushes" in such places as Clermont (1861), Gympie (1867), Ravenswood (1868), Charters Towers (1872), Palmer Gold Field (1873), and Mount Morgan (1882). Such discoveries were to make Queensland the third largest producer of gold in Australia, after Western Australia and Victoria. In the
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of a workplace which is now the only relic of one of Australia's major industries. The Blast Furnace was the sole producer of iron in Australia for the first seven years of its life. The remains are in themselves a resource for studying technical changes in ironmaking. Lithgow Blast Furnace was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. Built in 1906-7, the Blast Furnace was the sole producer of iron in Australia for the first seven years of its life. It remained a major producer for the next thirteen,
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and M15. Also Q1, Q1b, Q3a1 in northern Australia (Q is a major sub division of M also found in New Guinea. N sub-groups are S, O (Australia). R (itself derived from N) : P N: S & O. S: Haplogroup S has a wide distribution in Australia and has several major subclades, S1, S1a, S1b, S1b1, S1b2, S1b3, S2, S2a, S2b, S3, S4. The ancient matriline, called S1a has been characterised by complete and partial mt genomes in New South Wales, central, western, south Australia, Northern Territory (Refs)and in Tasmania by partial sequences (ref 8) O haplogroup: O1, O2
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events management industry through the creative direction and production of major outdoor performances and public celebrations in Australia and internationally, and to education." Andrew Walsh Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events. He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne. Among his career highlights, Walsh was employed by Jack Morton Worldwide as Executive Producer of the ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Jack Morton also employed him to Executive Producer the ceremonies of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also Directed the 2003 Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony. On
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programmes but increasing Radio 4's coverage of science. Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's "The World Tonight", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current
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to talk directly to the workers. "The copper you produce here", he told the miners, had to compete with copper produced in Canada, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia. Essentially the price for copper is the same all over the world. And no U. S. producer can continue operating for very long when its cost of producing a pound of copper approaches or exceeds the price for which it can be sold. Munroe also pointed out that Arizona miners wages had risen at an annual rate of nearly 15 percent during the 1970s, while the average U. S. manufacturing
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major export commodities include iron-ore, alumina, crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), nickel, gold, ammonia, wheat, wool, and live sheep and cattle. Western Australia has become known as the engine room of the Australian economy. In global terms, Western Australia is a significant producer of a wide range of resource commodities. Australia is the world's largest producer of both bauxite and alumina, with half of national production coming from Western Australia. Alcoa's Huntly mine provides the feedstock for its three refineries at Wagerup, Pinjarra and Kwinana. Worsley Alumina transports bauxite from its Boddington mine to its refinery at Worsley
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still produce some rare-earth concentrates, but they are dwarfed by the scale of Chinese production. In 2017, China produced 81% of the world's rare-earth supply, mostly in Inner Mongolia, although it had only 36.7% of reserves. Australia was the second and only other major producer with 15% of world production. All of the world's heavy rare earths (such as dysprosium) come from Chinese rare-earth sources such as the polymetallic Bayan Obo deposit. The Browns Range mine, located 160 km south east of Halls Creek in northern Western Australia, is currently under development and is positioned to become the first significant
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VIPs at Kings of Leon and Santana concerts, represented Australia at the World Expo in China, and entertained deployed troops in the Solomon Islands. Mark has also headlined European tours, performing to capacity crowds in London, Paris, and Berlin. It was on one such trip that brought Mark to the attention of David Gray (musician)'s producer, Iestyn Polson, and he was invited to record in David's famous Church Studio with his band backing Mark up. In a review of Mark's set during his 2013 world tour, The Music wrote, "His voice is supreme and crisp...Wilkinson is one of the rare
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is home to many large companies; in particular in the sectors of food production, agriculture, renewable energy and green tech. Major companies include Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Arla Foods. Vestas is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines and the largest in the world of its kind; and Arla is a Swedish-Danish dairy cooperative with headquarters in Aarhus and is the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia and the seventh largest dairy company in the world, measured by turnover. Among cooperative dairy companies, Arla is the third largest in the world. The primary harbour of
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Australian TV Guide The Australian TV Guide was the "first online television schedule guide published in Australia," and one of the first online electronic program guides in the world. Created in 1994 by Professor Lesley Goldschlager of Monash University and his internet company Sofcom, a pioneering producer of online content in Australia in the 1990s, the Australian TV Guide was the first publication in Australia to provide internet users with a local and searchable online television guide. It was initially supported by all major Australian television networks, except for the Seven Network, which came on board in later years. The
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1880–81 and later hosted (in the Western annex) the opening of the first Parliament of Australia in 1901. The building is representative of the money and pride Victoria had in the 1870's. Throughout the 20th century smaller sections and wings of the building were subject to demolition and fire; however, the main building, known as the Great Hall, survived. It received restoration throughout the 1990s and in 2004 became the first building in Australia to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, being one of the last remaining major 19th-century exhibition buildings in the world. It is the world's most complete
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Are You Involved? Are You Involved? is the second major label album release by Perth alternative rock band Gyroscope. The album was released on 25 September 2005 in Australia and debuted at No. 20 on the Australian album charts. It was produced by Mark Trombino and recorded at Doug Messenger's harddrive analog and digital in North Hollywood, California. The album was originally proposed to be recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne with Mark Hoppus (Blink 182's bass player ) producing. Hoppus however had to withdraw from the project ten days before recording commenced. The band were able to secure producer,
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toured the US extensively the same year, including the 2002 Plea For Peace tour, sponsored by Asian Man Records. On the tour, Phillip Hill (from Teen Idols and also a major contributor on the album "This is Unity Music") played guitar, along with Joe Mizzi. The band's last release was a split with Against All Authority in April 2005, containing outtakes from 2002's "This Is Unity Music". The band broke up in 2003. In 2005, bassist and producer Mass Giorgini went to Australia to record an album for Brisbane-based reggae/ska outfit Scarred Hope; he has also performed with Dan Lumley
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Switzerland. It also became Bob Sinclar's first number-one single in the "Billboard"'s Hot Dance Club Play. World, Hold On (Children of the Sky) "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" is a song by French music producer and DJ Bob Sinclar, featuring Steve Edwards. It was released as the second major single from Sinclar's "Western Dream" album, on June 6, 2006. An E-Smoove-produced remix of the song was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical". The track ended 2006 as the 15th most played track in Mexico. The song is included in the film "", and
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Michael Murchison Michael Murchison (born and raised in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian executive producer in the music industry. He has worked in the music and event industry around the world for the past 25 years. Murchison's music touring credits include INXS, KISS, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Guns N' Roses, The Sex Pistols, Tom Jones, Bob Dylan, The Bee Gees, Yothu Yindi, Reba McEntire, ZZ Top, Dame Shirley Bassey and John Fogerty. His major event credits include the Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Open Road Tour, the 2002 World Cup Soccer Qualifier games, Manchester United exhibition games, Crowded House—Farewell to the World
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where he teaches screenwriting and directing, and acts as a Filmmaker in Residence for the campus. Another ten years would pass before Ward was credited on another film, "Flyboys", a 2006 World War I drama starring James Franco directed by Tony Bill (who was a producer on "The Sting"). In 2010 it was announced that there would be a "Major League 4", starring many of the same cast as the previous films. As of late 2012, the script for the film is reportedly finished, but the film is still in pre-production. David S. Ward David Schad Ward (born October 25,
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deposits. As of 2011, Australia was the world's fifth largest nickel producer. The only other significant Australian nickel production outside Western Australia is a refinery at Yabulu, Queensland which processes ore from New Caledonia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Nickel mines were developed in the late 1960s in Kambalda, Laverton and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The price of nickel peaked at about ₤7,000 per pound in late 1969, driven by demand from the Vietnam War and the major Canadian producer, Inco (now Vale Limited), being embroiled in industrial action, creating a supply shortage. In November 1969, a prospector working
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ARIA Award for Producer of the Year The ARIA Music Award for Producer of the Year, is an award presented within the Artisan Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987. The award is given to the record producer(s) who is from, or resides in Australia, and has overall responsibility for the work's production. The accolade is restricted to "A single track, multiple tracks, or an entire album may be submitted for each producer.
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devised a moisture-preserving tobacco tin. Later the switch to aluminum foil was made. In 1947, his company introduced Reynolds Wrap. It was sold around the world, it transformed food storage. Reynolds Metals was the second-largest aluminum company in the United States and the third-largest in the world. The Richmond, Virginia, company was bought by ALCOA in 2000. Richard S. Reynolds Sr. Richard Samuel Reynolds Sr. was the founder of the U.S. Foil Company. Reynolds was born on August 15, 1881 in Madison County, North Carolina. He was the nephew of leading tobacco producer R.J. Reynolds and the son of Major
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2"s The International 2016. In 2017 he returned to CS:GO to host the 11th official Valve Major, the PGL Major: Krakow 2017 In 2017 he commented Quake World Champion Final (QuakeCon) in Houston, Texas. In 2018 he and Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden hosted the China Dota2 Supermajor in Shanghai, China. Changed nickname from ReDeYe to Redeye on the 6th of May 2017. Paul Chaloner Paul "Redeye" Chaloner (born 11 November 1971) is a professional esports and video game broadcast host from Shoreham-by-Sea, England. He has broadcast in dozens of countries around the world including China, United States, Singapore, Australia,
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toured with them throughout the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Their album "Ellis Island" rose to number one on "Billboard"'s World Music listing. McNamara is the composer of a four-part movement classical work entitled "Beatlesymphony", which is based on Beatles melodies and has been performed internationally. He has written an ABBA piano concerto, a Rolling Stones overture and a Simon and Garfunkel suite. He is the producer/musical director of "The Young Messiah – Messiah XXI" which is an adaptation of Handel's "Messiah". The CD and DVD of this work was released on 3 October 2006. The production starred Gladys
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2000 Tennis Australia Media Award and Athletics Australia Media Awards. Robert Grasso Robert Grasso is an Australian, Sydney-based Supervising Producer (Sport) with SBS Television. He also serves as a sports anchor for the network's flagship program, "World News Australia". Grasso is one of SBS' longest-serving members, having worked on some of the station's biggest sporting events including the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2001 and 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. He has reported on Davis Cup tennis around Australia and covered the Australia national soccer team World Cup qualifying campaigns in the Middle East. With a degree
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North Limited North Limited was a diversified mining and resources company. Although based in Australia, its operations eventually extended to six continents. By the late 20th century the company had become the fourth largest iron ore exporter in the world with expansion underway which would have made it equal third. Its biggest asset was a majority stake in Robe River, a major miner of the Pilbara iron ore deposits of Western Australia and the worlds lowest cost producer of iron ore. The company was formed in 1888 as North Broken Hill Silver Mining to exploit the rich silver, lead and
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His reports have ranged from coverage of the 2008 Olympics from Beijing to reporting on the world's northernmost marathon, at the North Pole. As Five News's sports correspondent, Richardson covered many of the major events in world sport, including the 2002 Football World Cup in Japan, the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and the 2004 European Football Championships in Portugal. Before that, Richardson was a sports producer and reporter for ITV News in London, filing and producing stories on domestic and international sporting events. His coverage included the 1999 Rugby World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championships. Richardson
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Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's "The World Tonight", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current affairs programmes on BBC Radio Five Live and
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2016, Ricky Reed was Grammy nominated for the Grammy for Producer of the Year for his work on “Better” (Meghan Trainor Featuring Yo Gotti) (S) • “Cruel World” (Phantogram) (S) • “Girls Talk Boys” (5 Seconds Of Summer) (S) • “HandClap” (Fitz And The Tantrums) (S) • “Me Too” (Meghan Trainor) (S) • “No” (Meghan Trainor) (S) • “Sober” (DJ Snake Featuring JRY) (T) • “You Don't Get Me High Anymore “(Phantogram) (S) Ricky Reed Eric Burton Frederic, known professionally as Ricky Reed, is an American artist, Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter and founder of Nice Life Recording Company. Reed is
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single "That's Why I Love You" and executively produced dancehall artist Slicker 1's debut album, "Culture Shocked". For Valentine's Day 2017 he released the single "All That I Need" featuring PASIKA. Since arriving in Australia he has collaborated with a number of international artists, and has opened for Sean Paul and Richie Spice. In 2008 he joined ABRA Records, led by fellow Zimbabwean producer Tawanda Sibotshiwe. ABRA has produced songs for Jamaican artists including Red Rat, Ward 21, Beenie Man, Charly Black and Major Lazer. Sibanda recorded his first EP "U Don't Care" in 2008, releasing it in 2009 under
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announced that British record producer and composer Neil Davidge would be writing the music for "Halo 4". Davidge is best known for his work as a co-writer and producer for the band Massive Attack, and also composed the scores for numerous films. Davidge intended to add "a touch of romance" to the score as well as adding more electronic sounds while keeping "Halo"s style. Sotaro Tojima, best known for his work on Konami's "" and "", served as "Halo 4"s audio director. The team performed many live audio recording sessions, several of which occurred in Tasmania, Australia. Some of these
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U.S.A including EDC Las Vegas and Coachella. Billy recently signed a major label deal with Ultra Music / Sony Records. The debut record is "Set Me Free" (released November 2nd 2018) and was accompanied by a 45 date Rest Of World Tour spanning Canada, South America, Australia, Africa and Europe. Billy Kenny (artist) Billy Stephen Kenny is a British producer, singer, songwriter, performer and record label owner. He is known for his electronic music with creative use of his voice in his records in some way, and while performing; his track mixing abilities and use of sampling and scratching. Billy
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Ring. Anthony Anderson is the producer of "Accidents Happen" (2009) which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2006 Anthony worked as Associate Producer on "The Silence", an ABC television mini-series directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Jan Chapman. In 2004 Anthony was awarded the Independent Producer of the Year Award by the Screen Producers Association of Australia. For the film Somersault, he received the Film Critics Circle of Australia award for Best Feature; the IF Award for Best Feature Film; and the Australian Film Institute award for Best Feature Film. In 2005 Anthony was recipient
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Andrew S. Wilder Andrew S. Wilder was born in New York City, New York. He is an American television writer, producer. He has written and co-produced several episodes of the TV show "Criminal Minds". He is the writer and director of the film "The Orphan King". In 1996 USC Film School awarded Andrew the Jack Nickelson Award for excellence in screen writing. He wrote 6 feature scripts for the major studios before turning to television writing. Andrew was a writer for the 44 episodes during the first two seasons of Criminal Minds, and a writer/producer of 44 episodes in seasons
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for many weeks. As of November 2018, there are around 6 million Bad Guys books in print around the world, again predominantly in the USA and Australia. In March 2018, it was announced that a film adaptation of "The Bad Guys" is in development at DreamWorks Animation with Blabey serving as an executive producer on the project. Blabey has also worked as a staff writer at a major advertising agency and spent two years as a lecturer at a prominent Sydney design college. Author and Illustrator Aaron Blabey Aaron Blabey (born 1974) is an Australian author of children's books and
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Brian Carlton Brian Carlton (born 27 December 1962) is an Australian radio announcer, producer and journalist. He is known professionally as Spoonman. Carlton was born in Australia, into a Catholic household. He grew up in Beacon Hill, a suburb of Sydney's Northern Beaches, finishing high school in 1980. Working several jobs, including a bank manager, he entered the world of radio at age twenty one. After six years, Carlton was chosen to head up a major metropolitan radio station, becoming the youngest ever talk back host.Carlton has worked on a number of Sydney radio stations, including 2UE and 2GB, In
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glamour--it was an extraordinary mix. Of course, Dominick is the presiding genius of connecting the world of grime and the world of glamour." Colin Firth – Actor "A fascinating portrait of a compelling and complex man." Jim Schembri, Writer, "The Age" (Australia) "Reflecting on a life chequered by triumphs, failures and several career renewals, Dunne demonstrates in this fabulous documentary how the creative urge is something that refused to age along with the body" Kirsty de Garis – Writer/Director/Producer Timothy Jolley – Writer/Director/Producer Sue Maslin – Executive Producer Daryl Dellora – Executive Producer Suresh Ayyar – Editor Andrew Commis –
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war. There are now members of the Jankowski h. Jastrzebiec family distributed throughout the world, especially, in descending order of numbers, in Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, South America and Australia. The major challenge for the diaspora is finding adequate resources from the homeland to link back to their ancestors. In many cases records have been destroyed in the various wars, political upheavals, pogroms and ethnic clearings meaning gaps in the usual genealogy reference sources. polish american producer Jankowski Jankowski ( ; feminine: Jankowska, plural: Jankowscy) is the 13th most common surname in
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Pernod Ricard Winemakers Pernod Ricard Winemakers is the wholly owned wine subsidiary of French wine and spirits producer Pernod Ricard, which is one of the largest alcoholic beverage companies in the world. It arose from the Australian and New Zealand companies formerly known as "Premium Wine Brands" and "Pernod Ricard Pacific", and was then extended to become Pernod Ricard's umbrella organisation for its wine operations in other countries. Amongst its large portfolio, its major wineries are Jacob's Creek from Australia, Campo Viejo from Spain, Kenwood Vineyards from the United States, Brancott Estate from New Zealand, and Graffigna from Argentina. In
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largest corrugated packaging producer in America to the 5th. Today, Pratt Industries USA employs more than 4000 people, more Americans than any other Australian company. It is the only major paper company in the US that is 100% recycled. In 2001, Visy undertook the-then largest development in its history, the construction of a $450 million kraft paper mill in Tumut, New South Wales. This was the first kraft mill built in the world in 20 years. It was the biggest investment in regional Australia since the Snowy Mountains Scheme (RP Speech), and was hailed by Australia's leading environmentalists for its
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Mabel Mill Mabel Mill is a heritage-listed former stamper battery at Barton Street, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to . It is also known as Mabel Mill and Partridge Mill. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 January 1994. From the 1850s to the first World War, mining in Queensland was dominated by gold, with major discoveries and consequential "rushes" in such places as Clermont (1861), Gympie (1867), Ravenswood (1868), Charters Towers (1872), Palmer Gold Field (1873), and Mount Morgan (1882). Such discoveries were to make Queensland the third largest producer of
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back to the French colonial period. Touch Football is a popular sport in Lebanon. In 1998, Lebanese Australians founded the "Lebanon Touch Football Association". Since Lebanon's international debut in 1999 they have qualified for the 1999 World Cup in Australia where the Men's O30's won silver, Mixed Open won bronze and Men's Open came 5th. In the 2001 Youth World Cup in New Zealand the Lebanese Men's U18's team finished 4th and Men's U20's came 6th. In the 2005 Youth World Cup in Australia the Men's U20's defeated South Africa to win the bronze medal. In the 2007 World Cup
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start work as a producer, production manager, and creative director in two separate stints with ESPN Radio (1992–95 and 1998–2004). Flatter became an air personality at sports stations in Miami (1995–96) and Austin, Texas (1996–98). Following a visit to Australia, he moved from the US to Melbourne to become Sport 927's Editor of International Sport from 2004-07. He still contributes radio and web features for the station from the Super Bowl and from major horse races in the U.S. and Europe. With his Australian work visa set to expire, Flatter returned to the States in early 2007 to begin a
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MasterChef MasterChef is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John Silver and series producer Karen Ross. Its first international adaptation was "MasterChef Australia", which began in 2009. The show's format has been exported around the world under the same "MasterChef" logo, and is now produced in more than 40 countries and airs in over 200 territories. The format has appeared in four major versions: the main "MasterChef" series, "" for
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did not last long. From 1941 and well into the 1950s, the main producer of live radio programs in Australia was the Colgate-Palmolive Radio Unit which achieved its prestigious status by luring big name stars away from the various stations and the main radio networks. Initially, the many dozens of programs produced by Colgate-Palmolive were heard on the Macquarie Radio Network but, after some years, David Worrall was able to lure Colgate-Palmolive over to the Major Network. Of course, this saw a great increase in listener numbers for the network. Major Broadcasting Network (Australia) The Major Broadcasting Network was an
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Biofuel in Australia Biofuel is fuel that is produced from organic matter (biomass), including plant materials and animal waste. It is considered a renewable source of energy that can assist in reducing carbon emissions. The two main types of biofuel currently being produced in Australia are biodiesel and bioethanol, used as replacements for diesel and petrol (gasoline) respectively. As of 2017 Australia is a relatively small producer of biofuels, accounting for 0.2% of world bioethanol production and 0.1% of world biodiesel production. In 2016-17, biofuels contributed only 0.5% of the total liquid and gaseous transport fuel energy mix in Australia.
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Rio Tinto, National Australia Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. The major market index is the S&P/ASX 200, an index made up of the top 200 shares in the ASX. This supplanted the previously significant All Ordinaries index, which still runs parallel to the S&P ASX 200. Both are commonly quoted together. Other indices for the bigger stocks are the S&P/ASX 100 and S&P/ASX 50. The origins of the ASX date back to the mid-1800s when six separate exchanges were established in the capital cities of the British colonies in Australia – Melbourne, Victoria, (1861), Sydney, New South
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also sported a new look, which further emphasised that the album was a turn around. "Saharni"'s success was instantaneous, even though there was a lack of video clips for the songs, the album came through on top of the charts, and produced a number of major hits, including "Edhak Lil Dounya (Smile to the world)", and the title track "Saharni (He charmed me)". Najwa made a world tour to complement "Saharni"'s success, taking in the Middle East as well as destinations such as France and the U.S. with Wadih el Safi. She also travelled to Australia, where her concert there
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Luke Jurevicius Luke Jurevicius is a director, producer, composer and voice actor from Adelaide, Australia, who is best known for his TV series, the award-winning The Adventures of Figaro Pho. Jurevicius' first major breakthrough into independent animated filmmaking was the ABC cross-platform initiative, DUST ECHOES. He was the Creative Director and composer for 13 X 5-minute animated films based on the indigenous stories of the Beswick community in the Northern Territory, Australia. Luke was awarded the Prestigious AGSC/APRA award for Best Music for Children's Television. As a content creator/director/producer Jurevicius has successfully brought to life numerous projects including two seasons
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Jamie Lee Wilson Jamie Lee Wilson, also known as JVMIE, is an Australian singer, songwriter and music producer. She is best known for the 2017 single Back 2 Love in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Audé which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Club Dance Chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Hot Dance Electronic Songs Chart. Wilson was born and raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. She earned a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with a major in Jazz Voice, and was featured by Triple J Unearthed in Australia. Wilson has
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World records for fastest motorcycle ride around Australia World records for fastest motorcycle ride around Australia The official route for the record around Australia is via Highway 1, visiting every capital city (except Hobart) starting at any point travelling clockwise or anti-clockwise. This official route was deemed necessary due to the great discrepancy in the distances covered by the riders. The first motorcycle ride around Australia was originally a US$20,000 bet made in 1972 between two Americans, Entrepreneur Frank Wheeler (AKA Big Frank) and record producer Julian Grant. Big Frank began the records riding on a 125 cc Hodaka motorcycle
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S. Sashikanth S. Sashikanth is an Indian film producer, architect and entrepreneur from Chennai, India. After studying architecture at university, Sashikanth established the Chennai-based design firm Space Scape in 2002, which became involved in major projects such as the British Council and other residential and corporate building designs. Sashikanth later shifted to film production through the establishment of a production studio, Y NOT Studios, and the 2010 release of his first film, "Thamizh Padam". Sashikanth's stated goal has been to see himself as having a creative role; "Behindwoods" has characterized him as a producer of "gutsy new-wave cinema", while "The
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has been profitable. S. Sashikanth S. Sashikanth is an Indian film producer, architect and entrepreneur from Chennai, India. After studying architecture at university, Sashikanth established the Chennai-based design firm Space Scape in 2002, which became involved in major projects such as the British Council and other residential and corporate building designs. Sashikanth later shifted to film production through the establishment of a production studio, Y NOT Studios, and the 2010 release of his first film, "Thamizh Padam". Sashikanth's stated goal has been to see himself as having a creative role; "Behindwoods" has characterized him as a producer of "gutsy new-wave
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dairy and food related businesses with brand names and histories dating back to the 19th century. Kirin Holdings (via then "National Foods") also acquired the Dairy Farmers company in 2008. "Dairy Farmers" was kept as a brand. The company is a major milk producer in Australia with its flagship Pura brand. It is also a major juice producer and a leader in the fresh dairy products market. As of 2007, National Foods has almost half the national flavoured milk market with brand Big M, and Farmers Union Iced Coffee has the unusual distinction of being one of only three soft
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Australia national speedway team Australia is one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway with the country regarded as the birthplace of the sport in the 1920s. The current team is managed by former rider Mark Lemon, and captained by 2012 World Champion Chris Holder. Australia finished 3rd in the 2014 Speedway World Cup Final on 2 August in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The Australian national speedway team has won both the Speedway World Team Cup (1960-2000) and the Speedway World Cup (2001–present) on two occasions respectively, and were a major force at the turn of the 21st century. The team
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was regarded, in the words of Richard Bleiler, as "" without question the most important "pulp" magazine in the world."" After Hoffman's departure, his successors usually followed the template for the magazine that he had set down. In 1934, "Adventure" was bought by Popular Publications. Throughout the 1930s, "Adventure" included fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner, Donald Barr Chidsey, Raymond S. Spears, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Luke Short, and Major George Fielding Eliot. "Adventure" continued to publish factual pieces by noted figures, including future film producer Val Lewton and Venezuelan military writer Rafael de Nogales. During the 1940s, the magazine carried numerous
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Nial Fulton Nial Fulton is a Northern Irish-born, Australian film and television producer. Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and was educated at Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. He lives in Australia with his partner and their three children. His late father, Alexander 'Sandy' Fulton was capped for the Northern Ireland international football team in 1960–61. Nial Fulton is a Walkley and AACTA award winning producer and writer. His films have been recognised with many major awards and nominations in Australia and internationally. Nial worked extensively with the Irish Film Board and Northern
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Robert Grasso Robert Grasso is an Australian, Sydney-based Supervising Producer (Sport) with SBS Television. He also serves as a sports anchor for the network's flagship program, "World News Australia". Grasso is one of SBS' longest-serving members, having worked on some of the station's biggest sporting events including the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2001 and 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. He has reported on Davis Cup tennis around Australia and covered the Australia national soccer team World Cup qualifying campaigns in the Middle East. With a degree in Commerce (Marketing), he began his career as a publicist
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Bellamy's Australia Bellamy's Australia (formerly Tasmanian Pure Foods Ltd) is a major Australian food and beverage company, and is the parent company of Bellamy's Organic, Australia's largest organic infant formula producer. Bellamy's started as Bellamy's Organic in Launceston, Tasmania in 2003 as a family-operated company. In 2007 Bellamy's Organic was purchased by Tasmanian Pure Foods, a privately owned business set up to invest in and build Tasmanian food and agribusinesses. In June 2014 Tasmanian Pure Foods was renamed Bellamy's Australia. Following a highly successful July 2014 IPO, Bellamy's Australia Limited (BAL) listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on 5
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alkaline volcanic rocks, for example the Toongi Trachyte, Dubbo, New South Wales Australia in association with the zirconium-hafnium minerals eudialyte and armstrongite. Australia leads the world in zircon mining, producing 37% of the world total and accounting for 40% of world EDR (economic demonstrated resources) for the mineral. South Africa is Africa’s main producer, with 30% of world production, second after Australia. Zircon has played an important role during the evolution of radiometric dating. Zircons contain trace amounts of uranium and thorium (from 10 ppm up to 1 wt%) and can be dated using several modern analytical techniques. Because zircons
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Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson song) "Rose Garden" (also known and covered as "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden") is a song written by Joe South, best known as recorded by country music singer Lynn Anderson, and first released by Billy Joe Royal in 1967. Anderson's October 1970 release topped the U.S. "Billboard" country chart for five weeks, reached No. 3 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart, and hit No. 1 on both "Cash Box"s and "Record World"s pop and country singles charts. The song was also a major pop hit internationally, topping the charts in Australia, Canada,
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been with Nettwerk since 1987. The pop band Mi-Sex scored a major hit with the single "Computer Games" in 1980, which was one of the first Australian pop recordings to employ sequenced synthesiser backings. In 1980 producer Mark Moffatt pioneered dance technology by becoming the first in the world to use a Roland 808 rhythm composer and MC 4 digital sequencer on record with his studio project The Monitors. (exactly the same type of equipment had been in use around the world however, simply manufactured by other brands. The 808 of the time bore little resemblance to its later sample
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at the 77th Academy Awards show. Thompson is a longtime collaborator and/or assistant choreographer with producer/choreographer Tony Gonzalez (Tony G). She was assistant to Tony G for the Bring it On cheerleader comedy films (2004's Bring It On Again, 2006's , 2007's and 2009's ). In 2011, Thompson collaborated with producer/choreographer Tony G on several webisodes of the NBC situation comedy television show The Office, Season 7. Thompson has been a regular Host and emcee for show for five years. The show is a monthly showcase of the top choreographers in the world (video, music, and film), usually run in
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Dusty – The Original Pop Diva Dusty – The Original Pop Diva is an Australian jukebox musical based on the life of Dusty Springfield. The book of the musical was written by John-Michael Howson, David Mitchell and Melvyn Morrow. "Dusty" received its world premiere on 12 January 2006 at the State Theatre of the Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Howson, Mitchell and Morrow had collaborated on "SHOUT!", a successful Australian jukebox musical based on the life of Johnny O'Keefe. The book writers and "SHOUT!" producer Dennis Smith "wanted to produce another biographical musical based on the life of a major
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are Minera Escondida in Chile, the Grasberg Mine (40% stake) in Indonesia, Kennecott Utah Copper in the United States, Northparkes in Australia, and Palabora in South Africa. Most of these mines are joint ventures with other major mining companies, with Rio Tinto's ownership ranging from 30% to 80%; only Kennecott is wholly owned. Operations typically include mining of ore through to production of 99.99% purified copper, including extraction of economically valuable byproducts. Together, Rio Tinto's share of copper production at its mines totalled nearly 700,000 tonnes, making the company the fourth-largest copper producer in the world. Rio Tinto Copper continues
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Village Roadshow Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures is an American co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, established in 1986. It has produced over 85 films since its establishment in 1986 including, as co-productions with Warner Bros., "The Matrix" trilogy, the "Sherlock Holmes" series, the "Ocean’s" series, and "The Lego Movie". The films in the Village Roadshow library have achieved 24 number one U.S. box office openings and received 37 Academy Award nominations, 17 Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Village Roadshow Pictures self-distributes its film entertainment through affiliates in several territories around the world, including Australia, New Zealand
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a producer and designer of large-scale projects and installations, he has worked in major museums, biennials, theaters, festivals, galleries, and venues around the world, for artists including Alfredo Jaar, Stephen Petronio, and Laura Poitras. In 2010 Rajan was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. As the fourth president of CalArts, Rajan replaced Steven Lavine, who served as president for 29 years. Ravi Rajan Ravi S. Rajan is president of California Institute of the Arts. Rajan studied music education as an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma, and earned a master's degree in music at Yale University. Rajan
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country, Portugal's GDP per capita was of about 80% of the EU-27 average. The Global Competitiveness Report of 2008–2009 ranked Portugal 43rd out of 134 countries and territories. Research by the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Quality of Life survey in 2005 ranked Portugal 19th in the world. Portugal is home to a number of major companies with international reputation such as Grupo Portucel Soporcel, a major world player in the international paper market, Sonae Indústria, the largest producer of wood-based panels in the world, Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in cork production, and Conservas Ramirez, the oldest canned fish producer
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Thomason. Rooney is a choreographer, who has won MTV Video Music Awards for best choreography for the videos to both Björk's "It's Oh So Quiet" and Fat Boy Slim's "Praise You". He is currently the Co-Producer and Choreographer for the smash TV show for VH1's "Hit the Floor" for the year 2013. Rooney also choreographed the major dance sequence in the film "500 Days of Summer," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Notable work has included choreographing Michael Jackson's "You Rock My World, Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and Fatboy Slim's "Praise You". Further music video work has included
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Shabaz (band) Shabaz is a world-dance musical trio based in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California. Its name refers to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a Sufi saint who is a major inspiration behind the musical genre of qawwali. Its members are brother-and-sister Pakistani vocalists Sukhawat Ali Khan and Riffat Salamat, as well as Bay Area multi-instrumentalist/producer Richard Michos. It was established in 1994 as the Ali Khan Band; its members decided to change its name to Shabaz in 2001 to avoid confusion with other "Ali Khan"s. Both Khan and Salamat are descended from Chand and Suraj Khan, who sang to
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"Mannequin" - "Do You Dream About Me" -ALISHA (BMG), produced and mixed this Dianne Warren song for the main dance sequence in this blockbuster film. "Knights of the City" (New World) - Musical Supervisor and soundtrack producer for this feature-length film. Soundtrack included artists such as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. "Gotcha" - JOAN JETT (Sony). Mixed the title theme for this feature-length film. Co-mixed with song producers Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records - CEO) and Kenny Laguna. Mark S. Berry Mark S. Berry is a music producer who has 36 international gold and platinum record awards. He is chairman of
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Eastern Bloc increased from 10% to 30%, from 1950 to 1990, with the Soviet Union being the world's largest producer during the mid-1970s and the 1980s, and China starting major lead production in the late 20th century. Unlike the European communist countries, China was largely unindustrialized by the mid-20th century; in 2004, China surpassed Australia as the largest producer of lead. As was the case during European industrialization, lead has had a negative effect on health in China. Production of lead is increasing worldwide due to its use in lead–acid batteries. There are two major categories of production: primary from
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successful identities, including Kevin Rudd, Yao Ming, the Dalai Lama, super sleuth Dr Henry Lee, China's academic superstar, Yu Dan and The Sun King: Shi Zhengrong. The program aired on SBS Two on Wednesdays at 5:30pm with English subtitles, and repeated on SBS One on Sundays at 6.30am. "Mandarin News Australia" was presented by Zhou Li and Amy Chien-Yu Wang, who also worked as a video journalist on the program. The production team consisted of video journalist, Jason Jin, World News Australia journalist, Cassandra Hill, video producer, Phil Austin and Executive Producer, Liz Deep-Jones. Mandarin News Australia Mandarin News Australia
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Mike Rogers (producer) Mike Rogers (Sometimes referred to as Mike "in Tokyo" Rogers) is a director, producer, and a radio host who, in 2006, became the first foreigner to hold a senior position at a major Japanese broadcasting station, when he was appointed program director, then general manager at TV Tokyo's "InterFM" channel. Currently, he hosts the "Mike Rogers Show" on "InterFM channel" in Tokyo, Japan and on "Radio Neo" in Nagoya, Japan. He was also a director and co-host of "InterFM"s weekday morning program "Good Morning Garage". Rogers has been a radio/TV host/producer in Japan since 1983. He is
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where sugarcane is grown. Sugarcane smut did not make it to the western hemisphere until the 1940s when it reached Argentina. Australia was the last major producer of sugarcane to be infected. In 1998, the western coast was infected but the major production centers for Australia are on the country's east coast. Now infected plants have been found on both sides of the country, making sugarcane smut an issue in all production centers. At times the disease would go unnoticed or undetected until it would completely wipe out huge tracts of the crop. Sugarcane smut can cause any amount of
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- Yuklidt 1999 Alon Ilsar Alon Ilsar is a composer, producer, drummer, instrument designer and electronic percussionist. Based in Sydney, Australia for the greater portion of his musical career, Alon is most well known for performing in Company B's award winning musical, Keating! which toured Australia from November 2006 until August 2008. During "Keating!'s" successful season, Alon was awarded an Australia Council for the Arts grant to fund his choose-your-own adventure style musical game piece, "The Colors Interactive Comeback Show" which was performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Comedy Festival He has
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Alon Ilsar Alon Ilsar is a composer, producer, drummer, instrument designer and electronic percussionist. Based in Sydney, Australia for the greater portion of his musical career, Alon is most well known for performing in Company B's award winning musical, Keating! which toured Australia from November 2006 until August 2008. During "Keating!'s" successful season, Alon was awarded an Australia Council for the Arts grant to fund his choose-your-own adventure style musical game piece, "The Colors Interactive Comeback Show" which was performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Comedy Festival He has also received an
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follow-up EP, "The Island", which earned Shakka his second MOBO Award for Best R&B/Soul Act alongside a spot on "The Independent"s Ones to Watch 2017 list. Shakka featured on Ghetts' new record "Know My Ting", released on 27 January 2017 on Black Butter Records. Shakka is also the music producer for E4's "Chewing Gum" TV series, which broadcast its second series in January/February 2017. Shakka (singer) Shakka Philip (born May 16, 1989), known simply as Shakka, is a British singer, songwriter and producer signed to Pitched Up/ Columbia Records. Shakka released his debut major label EP "The Lost Boys" in
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(both the pilot and the series) and the sitcom "Sunnyside Farm". In 2000, he became producer of Granada's comedy drama "Cold Feet". During his time on the series, Campbell oversaw an increase from six to eight episodes per year, cast Canadian-Australian actress Kimberley Joseph in a lead role when Fay Ripley left during the fourth series, and organised overseas filming in Sydney, Australia. The episode filmed in Australia won "Cold Feet" the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, which Campbell received along with the writer, Mike Bullen, and the executive producer, Andy Harries. Following "Cold Feet"s conclusion in
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at the northern end of Qualco, bounded by the Cadell Valley Road, in the vicinity of the area known as Oxford Landing. Oxford Landing Estates is a major wine producer in the area. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sunlands had a population of 376 people. Sunlands is located within the federal division of Barker, the state Electoral district of Chaffey and the local government area of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie. Sunlands, South Australia Sunlands is a locality on the left bank of the Murray River, west of Waikerie, South Australia. The
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home to 10,000 people, their mango orchards, cashew trees and rice fields". Fishermen in the region say their livelihoods will be wiped out. South Korea is exploring nuclear projects with a number of nations. Australia is a major producer of uranium, which it exports as uranium oxide to nuclear power generating nations. Australia has a single research reactor at Lucas Heights, but does not generate electricity via nuclear power. As of 2015, the majority of the nation's uranium mines are in South Australia, where a Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission is investigating the opportunities and costs of expanding the state's
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these songs feel risky and uncharted even as they play to his most obvious strengths". Glenn Gamboa of "Newsday" called it "ambitious" and commended Lloyd as "a bold thinker and a skillful singer". "Pitchfork"s David Drake praised "the chemistry of Lloyd with producer Polow da Don", writing that "his work is primarily devoted to underlining Lloyd's vocals for maximum impact." Drake commented that the album "takes a major step toward streamlining his sound, pushing Lloyd's voice to the center and making a bid for a higher level of recognition in the R&B world," and elaborated on its musical significance, stating:
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2007 AUSTRALIA Song: Midbar Sinai Writer(s): Momi Ochion Label: Shock Records Country: Australia Released: 2003 Song: Shanti Writer(s): Momi Ochion & Sebastian James Taylor Label: Spa Sounds Country: Australia Released: 200553. Album: Eco-Zen Song: Gone With The Wind Writer(s): Momi Ochion & Sebastian James Taylor Label: One World Music Country: Australia Released: 2006 Song: 1.Vision 2.Legends Of The Fall 3.Shanti Writer(s): Momi Ochion & Sebastian James Taylor Label: Shock Records Country: Australia Released: 2008 Taiwan Song: Mystic Desire Writer(s): Momi Ochion & Sebastian James Taylor Label: High Note Int'l Multi-Media Corp. Country: Taiwan Released: 2007 Song: (1)Shanti (2)If You Are
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one year since World War II was 185,099 in 1969-70 and the lowest was 52,752 in 1975-76. In the 2006 census, birthplace was enumerated as was date of arrival in Australia for those not born in Australia. For the major immigrant groups enlarged by the arrival of immigrants to Australia after World War II, they are still major demographic groups in Australia: Not all of those enumerated would have arrived as post-war migrants, specific statistics as at 2006 are not available. Post-war immigration to Australia Post-war immigration to Australia deals with migration to Australia since the end of World War
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Anastacia Anastacia Lyn Newkirk (born September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, producer and former dancer. Her first two albums "Not That Kind" (2000) and "Freak of Nature" (2001) were released in quick succession to major success. Spurred on by the multi-platinum, global smash "I'm Outta Love", Anastacia was awarded as the 'World's Best-Selling New Female Pop Artist' in 2001. Her commercial success continued with international hits such as "Paid My Dues", "One Day In Your Life" and the official song of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, "Boom". After recovering from cancer, she returned with 2004's "Anastacia" which deviated from
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US based gospel artists (Terrell King, Karima Kibble) and beginning his foray into dance music production and songwriting. A year later in 2011, Fuego had multiple successes as a producer. As executive producer on 360’s album "Falling & Flying", Fuego produced and/or co-wrote all tracks. The album went on to reach double platinum selling status in Australia. The album included three platinum selling tracks in "Killer", "Run Alone" and "Child". Fuego was chosen by Chris Lilley to compose music for his HBO/BBC/ABC Angry Boys series in 2011. Fuego's record with 360 "Boys Like You" achieved quadruple-platinum status in Australia with
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Major/Minor (album) Major/Minor is the eighth studio album by American rock band Thrice. The album was released on September 6, 2011 through Vagrant Records. Thrice entered Red Bull Studios in early May 2011 with producer Dave Schiffman. The group had previously worked with Schiffman on 2005's "Vheissu" as an audio engineer, and on 2009's "Beggars" as a mixer. Thrice also previously used Red Bull Studios to record their acoustic live EP "The MySpace Transmissions" in 2007. When Thrice presented Schiffman with the demos they had been working on, his initial reaction was that the group was trying to make a
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Henley, Ted Robbins, Liz Kershaw and featured on the BBC World Service and LBC Radio. UK Channel 4's Jon Snow interviewed O'Connor live from Chicago when news of a scandal relating to the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 broke in May 2008. In Ireland, he has guested on Key 101 FM Radio with Eurovision winners Dana and Paul Harrington, RTÉ One's "Rattlebag", Newstalk Radio and regularly contributes to BBC Radio Ulster. In Australia, O'Connor has become a regular contributor to various ABC Radio National programmes, including the now defunct "Perspective" programme, hosted by producer Sue Clark, providing commentary on British and
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