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Royal_Exchange_Square | Royal_Exchange_Square 2010-05-10T01:30:06Z Royal Exchange Square is a public square in the City of Glasgow in Scotland. The square is situated at the junction of Queen Street with Ingram Street. It is also easily accessible from Buchanan Street, through two prominent archways on the West side of the square. The square is a landmark that attracts many visitors due to the central building which houses the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, (also known as the 'GoMA') and the infamously humorous Duke of Wellington statue. Along the sides of the square are lots of open air cafés and restaurants. The Square is lit up with a large overhead net of lighting between the Gallery of Modern Art and surrounding buildings. The lighting was originally only activated around the Winter season as part of the city's Christmas decorations, but due to being highly favoured by the citizens of Glasgow it remains, to this day, as a permanent feature. At the Queen Street entrance there is a statue of Duke of Wellington which usually has a traffic cone placed on his head. This was originally a joke by youngsters, but it is now encouraged by the public to leave the cone intact. The statue has become a representation of simple Glaswegian humour and is favoured by many citizens and tourists who have seen it. However, some tourists have conveyed disappointment upon visiting the statue to discover that the cone has been taken down. The building (formerly Borders) that sits adjacent to the GoMA is currently under development and refurbishment to accommodate a new retail unit. Rumours from March insinuated that All Saints and Abercrombie & Fitch had looked into a lease for the building - dividing it into two retail units. Although nothing has been confirmed, windows have been unveiled to reveal suspended vintage sewing machines, white painted exposed brickwork and reclaimed furniture. These interior details have been found in previous All Saints branches, and are very fitting with the brand. The Ingram Street and Mitchell Lane branches have now closed and are likely to move into a new location on Tuesday 11th May, 2010. 55°51′37″N 4°15′09″W / 55. 8602°N 4. 2526°W / 55. 8602; -4. 2526, Royal_Exchange_Square 2012-04-04T23:25:00Z Royal Exchange Square is a public square in the City of Glasgow in Scotland. The square is situated at the junction of Queen Street with Ingram Street. It is also easily accessible from Buchanan Street, through two prominent archways on the West side of the square. The square is a landmark that attracts many visitors due to the central building which houses the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, (also known as the 'GoMA') and the humorous Duke of Wellington statue. Along the sides of the square are lots of open air cafés and restaurants. The Square is lit up with a large overhead net of lighting between the Gallery of Modern Art and surrounding buildings. The lighting was originally only activated around the Winter season as part of the city's Christmas decorations, but due to being highly favoured by the citizens of Glasgow it remains, to this day, as a permanent feature. At the Queen Street entrance there is a statue of Duke of Wellington which usually has a traffic cone placed on his head. This was originally a joke by youngsters, but it is now encouraged by the public to leave the cone intact. The statue has become a representation of simple Glaswegian humour and is favoured by many citizens and tourists who have seen it. However, some tourists have conveyed disappointment upon visiting the statue to discover that the cone has been taken down. The building (formerly Borders) that sits adjacent to the GoMA is currently under development and refurbishment to accommodate a new retail unit. Rumours from March insinuated that All Saints and Abercrombie & Fitch had looked into a lease for the building - dividing it into two retail units. The window covers have been unveiled to reveal suspended rows of vintage sewing machines, white painted exposed brickwork and reclaimed furniture. These interior details have been found in previous All Saints branches, and are very fitting with the brand. The Ingram Street and Mitchell Lane branches have now closed and are likely to move into the building on Tuesday 11 May 2010. 55°51′37″N 4°15′09″W / 55. 8602°N 4. 2526°W / 55. 8602; -4. 2526 | 0 |
Karel_Gleenewinkel_Kamperdijk | Karel_Gleenewinkel_Kamperdijk 2010-08-16T23:52:30Z Karel Willem Hendrik Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk (October 30, 1883 in Haarlem - June 20, 1975 in Rijswijk) was a Dutch football player. Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk played for HBS Craeyenhout in the early years of the 20th century. He was part of the first Dutch national football team, in the 1905-04-30 match against Belgium (4-1 victory). Two weeks later, Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk was part of the squad again, in the return game against Belgium on 1905-05-14, in Rotterdam (4-0 victory). These would remain the only caps of his career. Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk married Christina Fehr on 1910-09-08. They had a daughter together, Vera (1911). The couple divorced on 1919-12-16. Template:Netherlands-footybio-stub, Karel_Gleenewinkel_Kamperdijk 2013-03-01T13:33:03Z Karel Willem Hendrik Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk (October 30, 1883 in Haarlem - June 20, 1975 in Rijswijk) was a Dutch football player. Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk played for HBS Craeyenhout in the early years of the 20th century. He was part of the first Dutch national football team, in the 1905-04-30 match against Belgium (4-1 victory). Two weeks later, Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk was part of the squad again, in the return game against Belgium on 1905-05-14, in Rotterdam (4-0 victory). These would remain the only caps of his career. Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk married Christina Fehr on 1910-09-08. They had a daughter together, Vera (1911). The couple divorced on 1919-12-16. Template:Persondata This biographical article relating to Dutch football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Paul Rust | Paul Rust 2008-10-21T14:46:42Z Paul Rust (April 12, 1981) is an american actor. , Paul Rust 2009-12-25T00:51:26Z Paul Rust (born April 12, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Rust was born in Le Mars, Iowa to Jeanne and Bob Rust. He attended Gehlen Catholic High School and graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2004. Rust is best known as a stand-up and sketch comedian at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He has been a guest on the Battleship Pretension podcast, discussing the films of Steven Spielberg and most recently made appearances in the films Paper Heart and Inglourious Basterds. He made his most high profile acting role in the summer of 2009, playing the male lead in the film I Love You, Beth Cooper. Rust has written for comedy television programs such as Human Giant and Moral Orel. Rust and comedienne Charlyne Yi formed the band "The Glass Beef" in 2006. He is also the leader singer and guitar player in the comedy rock trio "Don't Stop or We'll Die", with fellow comedians Michael Cassady and Harris Wittles. Rust is currently developing a comedy pilot for NBC about working in a department store and recently co-starred in the live-action Adult Swim pilot "Eagleheart" starring Chris Elliott. Rust lives in Los Angeles and is dating comedienne Casey Wilson. | 1 |
Brendan_Krummel | Brendan_Krummel 2011-01-24T16:28:24Z West Coast (1992-94) Fremantle (1995) Hawthorn (1996-2000) Brendan Krummel (born 24 June 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast, Fremantle and Hawthorn in the AFL. A West Austrailian, Krummel started his league career with the West Coast Eagles but struggled to get game time due to the strength of the club in the early 1990s. In three seasons at the club he played just 9 games and decided to join Fremantle for their inaugural season in 1995. He played in Fremantle's first ever AFL game in round one but injuries ensured that it would be his only game for the Dockers. Krummel made a move to Victoria in 1996 after being selected at pick 5 in the draft by Hawthorn. He played both forward and back but was again hampered by injuries. in 1999 in a game against the Kangaroos he was on the receiving end of one of the greatest hip and shoulder bumps of all time, dished out by the then rampaging Byron Pickett. This hit lead to a rule change from the AFL about front on contact. After 64 games with the Hawks he announced his retirement during the 2000 season. Template:Persondata, Brendan_Krummel 2011-08-31T13:23:33Z Template:Infobox AFL player 2 Brendan Alan Krummel (born 24 June 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast, Fremantle and Hawthorn in the AFL. A West Australian, Krummel started his league career with the West Coast Eagles but struggled to get game time due to the strength of the club in the early 1990s. In three seasons at the club he played just 9 games and decided to join Fremantle for their inaugural season in 1995. He played in Fremantle's first ever AFL game in round one but injuries ensured that it would be his only game for the Dockers. Krummel made a move to Victoria in 1996 after being selected at pick 5 in the draft by Hawthorn. He played both forward and back but was again hampered by injuries. in 1999 in a game against the Kangaroos he was on the receiving end of one of the greatest hip and shoulder bumps of all time, dished out by the then rampaging Byron Pickett. This hit lead to a rule change from the AFL about front on contact. After 64 games with the Hawks he announced his retirement during the 2000 season. Template:Persondata | 0 |
Adèle Exarchopoulos | Adèle Exarchopoulos 2015-01-13T21:47:49Z Adèle Exarchopoulos (born 22 November 1993) is a French actress, and the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a role which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim. She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a total of 37 other nominations for her performance as a bisexual teenager who plunges into a relationship with a 22-year-old woman. Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris close to Place des Fêtes. Her father Didier Exarchopoulos is a guitar teacher and her mother Marina Niquet a nurse. Her grandfather was Greek. When she was nine, her parents sent her to acting classes to cure her of her shyness. She continued to take lessons until 2005 where she made her debut in the film Martha. In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes. She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013) before making her international breakthrough in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Both Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were also awarded the Palme d'Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only females apart from director Jane Campion who have won the award; Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award. She received extensive critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year's best. In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara. She will appear in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron. , Adèle Exarchopoulos 2016-12-22T19:27:59Z Adèle Exarchopoulos (French pronunciation: ; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She is known for her leading performance as Adèle in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a role which gave her worldwide attention and critical acclaim and for which she became the youngest artist ever to be awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She also won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received a total of 37 other award nominations for her performance in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, including several wins. Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes. Her father, Didier Exarchopoulos, is a guitar teacher, and her mother, Marina Niquet, a nurse. Her grandfather was Greek. In 2006, Exarchopoulos was spotted by an agent and made her first television appearance in an episode of the French police series R.I.S, police scientifique. At thirteen, she had a role in the 2007 film Boxes. She also appeared in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and I Used to Be Darker (2013) before making her international breakthrough in Blue Is the Warmest Colour, a 2013 film based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Both Exarchopoulos and co-star Léa Seydoux were also awarded the Palme d'Or alongside director Abdellatif Kechiche, becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion who have won the award; Exarchopoulos is the youngest person to ever receive the award. She received extensive critical praise and her performance was cited as one of the year's best. Indiewire critic Eric Kohn stated that he believed Exarchopoulos' performance was the best female performance of 2013. In March 2014, she was in consideration to play Tiger Lily in Pan but lost to Rooney Mara. She then appeared in The Last Face alongside Javier Bardem and Charlize Theron, directed by Sean Penn, which premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. She plays Judith in the 2015 period drama film The Anarchists. She is next slated to appear in The Racer and the Jailbird, a film by Belgian film director Michaël R. Roskam. | 1 |
Charlton Athletic F.C. | Charlton Athletic F.C. 2005-01-02T09:19:39Z Founded in 1905, Charlton Athletic F.C. play at The Valley, in Charlton, southeast London. Charlton were elected to the Football League in 1921, and gained promotion to the First Division in 1936. They remained in the First Division, winning the FA Cup in 1947, until 1957, when they were relegated. From the late 1950s until the early 1970s, Charlton remained a mainstay of the Second Division. The Valley was the largest football ground in the League, drawing crowds in excess of 70,000. Relegation to the Third Division in 1972 caused the team's support to drop, and even a short-lived promotion in 1975 did little to re-invigorate the team's support and finances. In 1984 financial matters came to a head and the club went into administration, to be reformed as Charlton Athletic (1984) Ltd. From the mid 1980s Charlton played at Crystal Palace's football ground, Selhurst Park, as the team's financial situation prevented much-needed refurbishment of The Valley. Winning promotion to the First Division in 1986 did little to aid the failing club. In 1990, the club again faced relegation. That same year, club supporters formed their own political party in response to the London Borough of Greenwich's refusal to allow the proposed stadium refurbishment. The Valley Party won 15,000 votes and was able to force the council to approve plans to renovate The Valley. The next year, Charlton left Selhurst Park for West Ham United's ground, Upton Park. In 1992, at last, they returned to a new and improved Valley. Under the leadership of manager Alan Curbishley, Charlton returned to the top flight (now known as the Premiership) in 1998, only to be relegated again on the last day of the season. They returned to the Premiership in 2000, where they look likely to remain for some time. After a poor start to the 2002 / 2003 season, losing all of their first four home games, the team found its form with runs of four and five consecutive wins taking them up the table. Curbishley was rewarded for this success with the Manager of the Month award for February 2003. In the same month the players Scott Parker and Paul Konchesky (both graduates of the club's youth academy) were selected for the England squad for a friendly against Australia. While only Konchesky actually played in the match, it was the first time ever that two Charlton players had been picked in the same England squad. While Charlton remains a club with a reputation for spending its money sensibly, the current squad boasts an encouraging blend of quality players from home and abroad. In January 2004 Scott Parker was sold to Chelsea in controversial circumstances for around £10 million, and in the following summer, many new players were bought, including the Danish international Dennis Rommedahl, Francis Jeffers and Danny Murphy from Liverpool. As of December 2004: Charlton are rare among football clubs, in that they reserve a seat on their director's board for a supporter. Any season ticket holder can put themselves forward for election, with a certain number of nominations, and votes are cast by all season ticket holders over the age of 18. Charlton's fans are known as The Addicks. Among the theories on the etymology of the name are that 1) many original supporters worked in the fish markets, and Addicks comes from Haddocks; or, 2) it is a southeast London form of Addict. The team's home kit is red, and they always come on to the pitch at The Valley to the tune of "When the Red, Red Robin Goes Bob-, bob- bobbin' along.", Charlton Athletic F.C. 2006-12-31T21:50:46Z Charlton Athletic Football Club are a Football club from South East London. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays at The Valley in Charlton. On June 9, 1905, a number of youth clubs in the south-east London area, including both East Street Mission and Blundell Mission, combined to form Charlton Athletic Football Club. Making rapid progress through the local leagues, Charlton joined the Kent League shortly after the First World War, turned professional when the club joined the Southern League in 1920, and was elected to Division 3(S) of the Football League-proper in 1921. They are currently in the Premiership. Charlton were formed on 9 June 1905 as a club of 15 to 16 year old boys in an area of Charlton which is no longer residential, near where the Thames Barrier is now. A local fishmonger, Arthur 'Ikey' Bryan, was one of their early patrons. Arthur used to provide fish and chip suppers for the youngsters after games and his hospitality gave rise to Charlton's famous nickname, the "Addicks" , a corruption of the word haddock. The haddock as a symbol of the Charlton team came into full public prominence in 1909 at the final of the Woolwich Cup at Creed's Farm, Cemetery Lane, Charlton, when Charlton beat the military team Army Service Corps 3-0, to win their very first cup trophy. Arthur by that time was vice president of the club and several large haddocks from his shop were paraded on poles by Arthur and fellow fans around the ground. The best team in the world is the kop kings you mofo's . The progression of the nickname can be seen in the book The Addicks cartoons... an affectionate look into the early history of Charlton Athletic, which covers the pre-First World War history of Charlton through a narrative based on 56 cartoons which appeared in the now defunct Kentish Independent. The very first cartoon, from October 31, 1908, calls the team the Haddocks. By 1910, the name had changed to Addicks although it also appeared as Haddick. The club has had two other nicknames, the Robins, adopted in 1931, and the Valiants, chosen in a fan competition in the 1960s which also led to the adoption of the sword badge which is still in use. The Addicks nickname never went away and was revived by fans after the club lost its Valley home in 1985 and went into exile at Crystal Palace. It is now once again the official nickname of the club. The club's first ground was (the somewhat amusing) Siemens Meadow 1905-1907, not a meadow but a patch of rough ground by the Thames. This was over-shadowed by the now demolished yet impressive Siemens Telegraph Works. Then followed Woolwich Common (1907-1908), Pound Park (1908-1913), and Angerstein Lane (1913-1915). The boys only played friendlies in their first season but entered the Lewisham League Division 3 in 1906. They progressed through the Lewisham, Woolwich, and Blackheath Leagues, and the junior section of the Southern Suburban League, before becoming a 'senior' amateur club in the Southern Suburban League Senior Division and joining the London League. After the First World War, they joined the Kent League for just one season (1919-20) and then at a meeting of club members voted to go professional. They were accepted by the Southern League and played just a single season (1920-21) before being voted into the Football League. In the 1920s serious improvements were made to The Valley, with the especially large West Stand being the largest stand in the whole of football! Despite The Valley's official attendance being 75,000 falling crowds encouraged the board to seek relocation. In the 1923-4 season, Charlton played at The Mount stadium, a rather more modest 'fort-like' ground in Catford but in a much higher populated area. A proposed merger with Catford South End FC fell through and thus Charlton moved back to The Valley. It was during this season that Charlton also experimented with a new kit colour to fit in with this 'rebranding'. Their traditional red strip was changed to a light and dark blue vertical stripes, reminiscent of Wycombe Wanderers and which were in fact the same as Catford South End. However, this unsurpisingly proved unpopular and so the next season, The Addicks reverted back to their normal jersey as the merger was scuppered. Catford (or The Enders) fell into obscurity. The Addicks gained promotion to the First Division in 1936. The club's anthem is 'The Red Robin' and the club poem is 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade', as it mentions the 'valley of death'. The Addicks have set up youth clubs in Andalucía (Spain), South Africa and California (though not Death Valley!). In 1937 Charlton finished runners up in the First Division, in 1938 finished fourth and 1939 finished third. They were the most consistent team in the top flight of English football over the three seasons immediately before World War II. This continued during the war years and they won the "war" cup and appeared in finals. They remained in the First Division, being finalists in the 1946 FA Cup and winning the FA Cup in 1947. In this period of renewed football attendances, Charlton became one of only eleven English football teams to average over 40,000 as their attendance during a full season. The Valley was the largest football ground in the League, drawing crowds in excess of 70,000. In 1957, the then board undermined Jimmy Seed (manager since 1932), and Charlton were relegated. From the late 1950s until the early 1970s, Charlton remained a mainstay of the Second Division. Relegation to the Third Division in 1972 caused the team's support to drop, and even a promotion in 1975 back to the second division did little to re-invigorate the team's support and finances. In 1979/80 Charlton were relegated again to the Third Division winning immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1980/81. Even though it did not feel like it; this was a turning point in the clubs history leading to a period of turbulence and change including further promotion and exile. A change in management and shortly after a change in club ownership led to severe problems and the club looked like it would go out of business. In 1984 financial matters came to a head and the club went into administration, to be reformed as Charlton Athletic (1984) Ltd. But the club's finances were still far from secure, and they were forced to leave the Valley just after the start of the 1985-86 season after its safety was criticised by Football League officials. The club began to groundshare with Crystal Palace F.C. at Selhurst Park and this arrangement looked to be for the long-term, as Charlton did not have enough funds to revamp the Valley to meet safety requirements. Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985-86, and remained at this level for four years before going down again in 1990. Manager Lennie Lawrence moved to Middlesbrough the following year and was replaced by joint managers Steve Gritt and 34-year-old Alan Curbishley. Gritt and Curbishley's first season in charge of Charlton was complicated by the expiry of their groundshare deal with Crystal Palace - it could not be renewed because Wimbledon were now tenants at Selhurst Park. So the club began a groundshare at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground, although this would not be a long-term arrangement because the funds had finally been secured for the Valley to be rebuilt and work was underway by the turn of 1992. In December 1992, Charlton returned to a new and improved Valley after seven years away. 1992-93 began promisingly and Charlton looked good bets for promotion, but the sale of midfielder Rob Lee to Newcastle United counted against their chances and in the end they were unable to achieve even a playoff place. A year later they reached the quarter finals of the F.A Cup but missed the playoffs again. Gritt was suddenly sacked a few days after the end of that season and Curbishley took sole charge. Under his sole leadership, Charlton finally made an appearance in the playoffs in 1996 but were eliminated by Crystal Palace in the semi-finals and the following season brought a disappointing 15th place finish. 1997-98 was Charlton's best season for years. They reached the Division One playoff final and battled against Sunderland in a thrilling game with ended with a 4-4 draw after extra time. Charlton won 7-6 on penalties and were promoted to the Premiership. Charlton's first Premiership campaign began promisingly but they were unable to keep up their good form and were soon battling relegation. The battle was lost on the final day of the season but the club's board kept faith in Curbishley, confident that they could bounce back. And Curbishley rewarded the chairman's loyalty with the Division One title in 2000 which signalled a return to the Premiership. Charlton's return to the Premiership in 2000-2001 saw a very good ninth place finish which saw them leapfrog more established teams. 2001-02 brought more promising form but an injury crisis and failure to win any of their final 10 Premiership games dragged the club down to 14th place. Charlton lost six of their first nine games in 2002-03 and Curbishley feared that his 12th season at the helm could be the last. But the team soon got their act together and come February looked outside bets for a UEFA Cup place, only for an end-of-season slump to drag them down to 12th place. 2003-04 was Charlton's best league season for some 50 years. They spent much of the campaign challenging for a Champions League place but another late-season slump cost them a place in Europe once more. However, seventh place in the final table was their highest league finish since the 1950s. 2004-05 brought a similar pattern - a good first half of the season let down by a slump during the final weeks. This time Charlton finished 11th. In the 2005-06 Premiership campaign Charlton started outstandingly but a mid-season slump and a disappointing finish left them 13th. On April 29, 2006, at the final home game of the season (against Blackburn Rovers) Curbishley announced his resignation and the search for a new manager - and a new impetus for the Addicks - began. In his 15 years at the helm, Alan Curbishley transformed Charlton's fortunes on and off the field. His achievements saw his name linked with the England manager's job, following Sven-Göran Eriksson's resignation. He had been in charge for 729 games, one short of Jimmy Seed's record. Charlton remains a club with a reputation for spending its money sensibly, but the latter years of Curbishley's reign saw the club find it hard to maintain its momentum. In January 2004 Scott Parker was sold to Chelsea in controversial circumstances for around £10 million. That summer saw Danny Murphy arrive from Liverpool only to leave again for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2006 after a disagreement with Curbishley. But there were signs of a brighter future. The most notable signing of the summer of 2005 was Darren Bent from Ipswich Town who went on to become the Premiership's highest scoring English player with 18 goals, and 22 in all competitions. On Tuesday May 30, 2006 Charlton Athletic appointed Iain Dowie to replace Alan Curbishley as club manager. Dowie left Championship team Crystal Palace after they failed to get promoted to the English Premiership following their loss to Watford in the playoffs. Les Reed and Andrew Mills also joined the club as senior coach and general manager (football) respectively. Other candidates speculated to be on Charlton's shortlist to replace Alan Curbishley were former Preston manager Billy Davies, Peter Taylor of Hull City, Colchester United boss Phil Parkinson, Sammy Lee of Bolton Wanderers and former Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy. Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan took issue with Dowie's appointment, spectacularly sending someone on his behalf to interrupt Dowie's introduction as manager at the Valley, issuing a writ against Dowie. Jordan claimed he waived the £1million release clause in Dowie's contract because the Ulsterman wanted to move back to the North of England, and the town of Bolton, where his family resides. Jordan also said Dowie agreed not to join another London club, and specifically agreed not to join Charlton Athletic. Jordan felt Dowie had made "fraudulent statements about his reasons for leaving the club". Charlton Athletic chairman Richard Murray dismissed Jordan's antics as sour grapes and said the club plans to fight Jordan's allegations against their new employee. Amongst Dowie's first notable activities at his new club, he pulled off perhaps a minor coup by beating bigger clubs, such as Celtic and Newcastle, in the race to sign veteran striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on a Bosman free transfer. Chairman Murray also made it known that the Premiership 2005/06 season's top English goalscorer, Darren Bent, will be going nowhere, and that the centre forward will improve his game further more with the chance of learning from the experienced Hasselbaink. Dowie's reign at the Valley, however, proved to be a short one as he parted company with Charlton on November 13, 2006, with the club bottom of the table with two league wins. Les Reed replaced Dowie as head coach, but the transition did little to boost Charlton's flagging fortunes. Perhaps the lowest point of the season so far was a loss to fourth division Wycombe Wanderers in the Carling Cup that saw Charlton booed off the pitch. The Wycombe match was followed by a defeat to Middlesbrough, which left Charlton seven points away from safety and was enough to seal Reed's fate. On December 24th, he was replaced by former West Ham Boss Alan Pardew who signed a three and a half year deal with The Addicks. On Christmas Eve 2006, Les Reed left Charlton by mutual consent to be replaced by Alan Pardew, the recently-sacked manager of West Ham United. Charlton became the first Premiership club to establish a formal youth academy in the United States; the club opened an academy in Tucson, Arizona in May 2005. This scheme was discontinued in August 2006 due to limited success. Charlton already operates youth academies in Spain and South Africa, as well as in its London home. Charlton is the only football club to operate a City Learning Centre (CLC) which opened in October 2005. This CLC is an extension of the successful study support centre which has provided support for local youngsters from 2001. The CLC is open to all members of the local community from pre-school to the young at heart and provides a wide range of ICT(IT) based learning experiences. Charlton operate a "Valley Express" bus service to bring fans from outside London to matches. The Medway Towns have been particularly targeted, which has angered some fans of Gillingham FC, who claim that Charlton are "stealing" fans who would otherwise attend matches at Priestfield Stadium. Since their return to The Valley in 1992, the ground itself has undergone some pretty remarkable changes. Tiers have been added to the West and North Stands (The North Stand affectionately known as 'The Covered End' by fans) which have taken the total capacity of the stadium to over 27,000. And the club hasn't stopped there with their future aspirations for the ground. In plans revealed in 2004, Charlton Athletic hope to expand The Valley to a total of 40,600. This includes adding another tier onto the East Stand, and completely rebuilding the South (Jimmy Seed) Stand into a new, 3-tier structure. In the middle of the 2005-06 season, the club's shirt sponsor, all:sports, went into administration. This meant that Charlton had to find a shirt sponsor and change their shirt design mid-season. Eventually Llanera , a Spanish property company, agreed to become their new sponsor. This is the first time a top-level club has had to change its shirt sponsor mid-season. Charlton also have links to many clubs which include Valencia, MyPa and New Zealand Knights FC. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of 2006-07 in English football. Charlton are rare among football clubs, in that they reserve a seat on their director's board for a supporter. Any season ticket holder can put themselves forward for election, with a certain number of nominations, and votes are cast by all season ticket holders over the age of 18. The current director is Ben Hayes. Charlton's fans are known as The Addicks. Among the theories on the etymology of the Addicks name are that 1), it comes from the fact that Charlton in their early days at the Valley were part sponsored by a fishmonger and he offered an "'addock dinner" (fish and chips) after the game to players and opposition. According to A.V Carter the said fishmonger advertised his wares by having a fish on a stick, walking up and down the touch line; or, 2) it is a southeast London form of Addict (which seems unlikely, and is untrue). The club band plays at the back of the J and L Blocks in the upper north stand. The team's home kit is red, and they always come on to the pitch at The Valley to the tune of "When the Red, Red Robin Goes Bob-, bob- bobbin' along" this is a popular Billy Cotton song from the 1930s. Charlton Athletic has used a number of crests or badges throughout its history and, save for a spell in the 1970s when the unadorned initials 'CAFC' briefly appeared on the shirts, the current design has not been altered since it was adopted in 1968. The result of a competition in 1963, the current badge features a hand holding a sword, an image which gave rise the nickname 'The Valiants' (also associating the club's name with its ground, The Valley). As is the case with many clubs, Charlton Athletic FC has used a number of crests / badges over the years, although the current design has not now been altered since 1968. Back during the 1930s, the first known Charlton crest displayed the letters 'CAF'. Cleverly, its shape was that of a 'club' (from a pack of playing cards) hence the missing letter 'C'. After the Second World War, a new design was adopted showing a robin sitting on a football, in the centre of a quartered shield. A number of variations of this crest emerged, but the most famous included the letters 'CAFC' in the shield's four quarters and was used on the team shirts worn in the 1946 (but old photos reveal not the 1947) FA Cup Final. This design has recently been reused on some historic merchandise, but oddly with the robin facing the other way around (the original robin looked to the left). For a brief period during the late 1940s and early 1950s, the club also seem to have adopted the crest of the former metropolitan borough of Greenwich (pre the 1964/65 reform of local government) although this was never to appear on the team shirts. In 1963, club officials held a competition for the design of a new club crest / badge. The winning entry - showing a hand holding a sword - went on to become the first version of the current club crest. Following a fanzine article in 1998, it was widely believed that this design had been based on a "Spencer-Percival" family crest. This turned out not to be the case, however, with the article having been a hoax. It was also at this time that Charlton Athletic adopted the nickname of 'The Valiants' - linking where the club played (The Valley) to the new club crest. Other nicknames considered at the time included 'The Crusaders', 'The Rockets' and 'The Red Devils'. In this time of change, even the song used to welcome the team on to the pitch at The Valley changed from 'Red Red Robin' to 'Old Father Thames'. This was a change too far, however, proving to be unpopular with supporters and players alike. 'Red Red Robin' was reinstated after just a few matches. After numerous alterations, including the addition of the surrounding ring and club name, the crest as it is known today was first used for a match against near-neighbours, Millwall FC, on 10 August 1968 (although for several years the official club handbook continued with its own version of the crest until it too adopted the current design at the beginning of the 1975/76 season). During the 1970s the sword and hand crest was, in fact, dropped altogether with just the letters 'CAFC' appearing on the club shirts. This rather anonymous design was short-lived, however, paving the way for the previous (and now current) design to return. While the sword and hand image has now been used by Charlton Athletic for nearly 40 years, the nickname that arrived with it, has been superseded by the more popular 'The Addicks'. This 'new' nickname is not so new, however, having first been used for the club (it is believed) as early as 1908. On 1 April 2002, Charlton Athletic ran a full-page article in its match-day programme stating that the local council had questioned whether the image of a sword on the club crest was still an appropriate symbol to use for a 'friendly' club. The article went on asking supporters to vote online, stating their choice for a new club crest from three alternatives. While the first was clearly very similar to the new Fulham FC crest, options two and three were variations on the current crest design, taking into account two of the club's nicknames ('The Addicks' and 'The Robins'). http://www.footballcrests.com/cafc.htm Many fans were seen debating the new crests before, during and after the match against Arsenal and well over 300 voted online for their favourite. Hundreds more supporters rang or emailed the club to complain about the forthcoming change. What they should, of course, have all realised was that it was April Fools' Day! The British indie rock group Athlete, who are huge fans of the team, claim to take their name from Charlton Athletic F.C. The fans' favourite chant is entitled "Valley, Floyd Road" (Floyd Road being the street on which the stadium is situated) and is sung to the tune of Sir Paul McCartney's "Mull of Kintyre". Lyrics: Valley, Floyd Road, The mist rolling in from the Thames, My desire, Is always to be found at Valley, Floyd Road. Many miles have I travelled, Many games have I seen, Following Charlton my favourite team. Many hours have I spent in the covered end choir, Singing Valley, Floyd Road, My only desire. Valley, Floyd Road, The mist rolling in from the Thames, My desire, Is always to be found at Valley, Floyd Road. The Addicks come on to the pitch at every home game to "When The Red Red Robin" When the Red Red Robin, Comes bob bob bobbing along, along There'll be no more sobbing When he start throbbing his old Sweet Song Wake Up Wake Up you sleepy head Get Up Get Up Get out of bed Cheer Up Cheer Up the sun is Red Live, Love Laugh and be happy What if I've been Blue Now i'm walking through fields of flowers Rain may glisten But still I listen for hours and hours I'm just a kid again doing what I did again Singing a song When the Red Red Robin comes bob bob bobbing along. Red Army Red Army Red Army Repeat... Cafc Cafc Cafc Cafc Cafc Repeat... On 21 August 1965, Charlton Athletic's Keith Peacock became the first substitute to appear in the Football League, replacing injured keeper Mike Rose after 11 minutes of Charlton's match at Bolton. During the first two seasons (1965-66, 1966-67) that the substitute law was introduced, a substitute - and only one was allowed - could only come on for an injured player. However, that changed at the start of the 1967-68 season, to allow substitutions to be made for tactical reasons. The club, together with the local council and other partners, established the Charlton Athletic Race Equality (CARE) Partnership, which has seen the club earn a reputation against racism. CAFC has also established a 'football in the community' scheme, which delivers coaching to young people (both boys and girls) throughout the region. An extension of this is the availability of training courses for people wishing to become coaches. Moreover, the club works with disabled people, has a disability liaison officer and is actively looking to improve facilities for disabled people. Charlton also supports the Women's Football Academy of the South East, working with players over 16 and looking to develop women both in their game and their personal development. In the Senior Women's game, striker Amanda Barr gained a Golden Boot award in 2003, having scored 17 goals in just 17 games in her first season with the club. There are many good Charlton sites on the internet start end | 1 |
Miss North Carolina USA | Miss North Carolina USA 2015-01-02T11:56:46Z The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group. In 2005, Miss North Carolina USA Chelsea Cooley won the Miss USA crown and placed in the top 10 at Miss Universe. Cooley is the first former Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title, although not the first to have competed at Miss Teen USA. The second Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title was Erin O'Kelley in 2007. She went on to place in the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. Similar to the Miss Utah USA titleholders, both Cooley and Kelley placed at Miss USA, eclipsing their teen performances. In 2009, Kristen Dalton became the second woman from North Carolina to be crowned Miss USA. Two Miss North Carolina USAs have also competed at Miss America. 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant Productions states, Miss North Carolina USA 2016-12-23T18:21:37Z The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group. In 2005, Miss North Carolina USA Chelsea Cooley won the Miss USA crown and placed in the top 10 at Miss Universe. Cooley is the first former Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title, although not the first to have competed at Miss Teen USA. The second Miss North Carolina Teen USA to win the Miss title was Erin O'Kelley in 2007. She went on to place in the top 15 at Miss USA 2007. Similar to the Miss Utah USA titleholders, both Cooley and Kelley placed at Miss USA, eclipsing their teen performances. In 2009, Kristen Dalton became the second woman from North Carolina to be crowned Miss USA. Two Miss North Carolina USAs have also competed at Miss America. 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant | 1 |
Deon Cole | Deon Cole 2012-08-19T00:51:53Z Deon Cole is an African-American stand-up comic and comedy writer. Originally based out of Chicago, he is best known for his role as a prominent member of the writing staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009-2010) and subsequently Conan (2010-present). He has appeared frequently in comedic bits for both broadcasts and has, along with the rest of the staff, received two Primetime Emmy nominations for his work. Additionally, he has performed standup on other programs such as John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show and Lopez Tonight. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1235154/, Deon Cole 2013-10-30T21:05:04Z Deon Cole (born January 9, 1972) is an American stand-up comic and comedy writer. Originally based out of Chicago, he is best known for his role as a prominent member of the writing staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) and subsequently Conan (2010–present). He has appeared frequently in comedic bits for both broadcasts and has, along with the rest of the staff, received two Primetime Emmy nominations for his work. Cole has also performed standup on other programs such as John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, Mash Up and Lopez Tonight. His recent sketch comedy show, Deon Cole's Black Box, premiered on June 10, 2013 on TBS. | 1 |
Buriram United F.C. | Buriram United F.C. 2008-02-26T09:59:13Z Provincial Electricity FC is a Thailand professional football club. They play in the top division in Thai football, the Thailand Premier League. Their home stadium is Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Sport Stadium. Mr. Prapon Pongpanich Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. , Buriram United F.C. 2009-12-27T07:57:53Z Buriram PEA Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ การไฟฟ้า), is a professional Thai football club based in Buriram province. The club have played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their existence and currently competing in the Thai Premier League. The club was founded in 1970 and their home stadium is Buriram Stadium which currently has a capacity of 10,000. Buriram PEA have won their first Thai Premier League title in 2008, as well as winning Khǒr Royal Cup in 1998. PEA use the multi-purpose sports stadium Buriram Stadium, this holds 10,000 spectators. Coaches by Years (2004-present) As of December 26, 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. start end | 1 |
Morgana Robinson | Morgana Robinson 2010-12-17T22:00:10Z Morgana Robinson is an English comedienne, writer and actress, who first found fame playing Gilbert an innocent 16 year-old school boy in Channel 4’s TNT show, hosted by Jack Whitehall and Holly Walsh. Her television debut came in 2007 where she played an Eastern European internet bride on BBC 1's comedy The Green Green Grass and starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown - an improvised yoga mocumentary playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2010 channel 4 offered her a five part sketch series, with comic Tom Davis and impressionist Terry Mynott. Described as ‘Kenny Everett but without the beard’, Robinson will take on a range of characters include Cheryl Cole’s little sister, Fearne Cotton and a school-boy Boris Johnson. , Morgana Robinson 2011-10-18T18:08:37Z Morgana Robinson is an English comedienne, writer and actress, who is probably best known for her eponymous comedy sketch program The Morgana Show, and her appearance on The TNT Show. She will appear in her own impressions show in 2012, Very Important People. Her television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2009 she appeared as Anna in the BBC1 comedy My Family in the episode "It's Training Men". In 2009, she appeared in a running sketch segment (Gilbert's Special Report) in The TNT Show as Gilbert, a teenage 'special needs' boy who interviews celebrities, alongside his disabled crew members. In 2010, Channel 4 commissioned a five-part comedy sketch show - The Morgana Show. Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen, said: "Discovering, supporting and nurturing new talent is at the heart of Channel 4 comedy’s remit, and in Morgana we really feel we’ve found a fresh performer with a huge amount of potential." | 1 |
John_Conduitt | John_Conduitt 2008-10-01T12:31:33Z John Conduitt (c. 8 March 1688 – 23 May 1737) was a British Member of Parliament and Master of the Mint. Conduitt was the son of Leonard and Sarah Conduitt, and was baptized at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London, on 8 March 1688. He was admitted to St Peter's College Westminster School as a King's scholar in June 1701. In 1705, while at Westminster, he was elected a Queen's scholar to Trinity College, Cambridge with three others. He was admitted there in June of that year and matriculated to the University, but did not graduate, staying only two years. By 1707, based on his own account he was 'travelling' in Holland and Germany. In September 1710 he became judge advocate with the British forces in Portugal. He was a 'very pretty gentleman' according to James Brydges (letter to Capt Leigh 3 Oct 1710, Huntingdon Library, California, ms 57, vol 4, fo 169). From Oct 1710 he acted as the Earl of Portmore's secretary (David_Colyear,_1st_Earl_of_Portmore)when the latter arrived in Portugal (N&Q). During this time he kept the Earl of Dartmouth informed as to the Portuguese court. He returned to London by October 1711 with Lord Portmore. During the following year he was made a captain in a regiment of the dragoons serving in Portugal, but by September 1713 he was appointed Deputy Paymaster General to the British forces in Gibraltar. The posts appear to have been remunerative and in May 1717 he returned home to England a richer man. Shortly after his arrival he became acquainted with Sir Isaac Newton and his niece Catherine Barton. After what must have been a whirlwind romance they applied to the Faculty Office for a licence to marry which was granted 23 Aug 1717 to marry at St Paul's, Covent Garden. Catherine, then aged 38 years, described herself as 32 years old, Conduitt more correctly as about 30. Despite the licence to marry in Covent Garden they instead married three days later on 26 August in her uncle's parish in the Russell Court Chapel, in the church of St Martin in the Fields. Perhaps in an effort to dignify himself for his impending marriage to one of London's famous daughters Conduitt obtained for himself a grant of arms from the College of Heralds on 16 August. The couple had one daughter, named after her mother, born 23 May 1721 and baptized in the same parish of St Martin's on 8 June. Partly as a result of his antiquarian interests Conduitt was elected to be Fellow of the Royal Society on 1 December 1718, proposed by the president, and his uncle by marriage, Sir Isaac Newton. In June 1721 Conduitt was elected, on petition, a whig member for Whitchurch, Hampshire, which he represented during the 1720s as a loyal supporter of Walpole's government. He took an active interest in the running of Isaac's Newton office of Master of the Mint in the latter years of Isaac's life, and he was appointed in his stead in March 1727 after Isaac's death. He attempted to collect materials for a Life of Newton, but after starting, he quickly stopped. In 1728 he was somewhat unhelpful to John Newton the heir to Isaac's real estate, and Newton resorted to the Chancery courts to get satisfaction. (PRO, Chancery depositions) By the early 1730s Conduitt had become a relatively prominent parliamentary speaker, defending the government on a number of issues, including Walpole's maintenance of the Septennial Act. In 1734 he was re-elected to his seat but chose to represent Southampton. Two years later (12 January 1736) he introduced a successful bill repealing an early seventeenth-century act against conjuration and witchcraft. Conduitt died on 23 May 1737 and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 29 May to the right of Sir Isaac Newton. His wife, Catherine, who died in 1739, was buried with him. In his will dated 1732 he left his estate to his wife and made her guardian of their daughter Catherine, underage. She later married John Wallop, Viscount Lymington in 1740, he was the eldest son of the first earl of Portsmouth, and their son, John Wallop, succeeded as second earl of Portsmouth. {{subst:#if:Conduitt, John|}} [[Category:{{subst:#switch:{{subst:uc: }} }}]] {{subst:#switch:{{subst:uc:1737 }} }}, John_Conduitt 2010-04-16T10:55:07Z John Conduitt (c. 8 March 1688 – 23 May 1737) was a British Member of Parliament and Master of the Mint. Conduitt was the son of Leonard and Sarah Conduitt, and was baptized at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London, on 8 March 1688. He was admitted to St Peter's College Westminster School as a King's scholar in June 1701. In 1705, while at Westminster, he was elected a Queen's scholar to Trinity College, Cambridge with three others. He was admitted there in June of that year and matriculated to the University, but did not graduate, staying only two years. By 1707, based on his own account he was 'travelling' in Holland and Germany. In September 1710 he became judge advocate with the British forces in Portugal. He was a 'very pretty gentleman' according to James Brydges . From Oct 1710 he acted as the Earl of Portmore's secretary when the latter arrived in Portugal (N&Q). During this time he kept the Earl of Dartmouth informed as to the Portuguese court. He returned to London by October 1711 with Lord Portmore. During the following year he was made a captain in a regiment of the dragoons serving in Portugal, but by September 1713 he was appointed Deputy Paymaster General to the British forces in Gibraltar. The posts appear to have been remunerative and in May 1717 he returned home to England a richer man. Shortly after his arrival he became acquainted with Sir Isaac Newton and his niece Catherine Barton. After what must have been a whirlwind romance they applied to the Faculty Office for a licence to marry which was granted 23 Aug 1717 to marry at St Paul's, Covent Garden. Catherine, then aged 38 years, described herself as 32 years old, Conduitt more correctly as about 30. Despite the licence to marry in Covent Garden they instead married three days later on 26 August in her uncle's parish in the Russell Court Chapel, in the church of St Martin in the Fields. Perhaps in an effort to dignify himself for his impending marriage to one of London's famous daughters, Conduitt obtained for himself a grant of arms from the College of Heralds on 16 August. The couple had one daughter, named after her mother, born 23 May 1721 and baptized in the same parish of St Martin's on 8 June. Partly as a result of his antiquarian interests Conduitt was elected to be Fellow of the Royal Society on 1 December 1718, proposed by the president, and his uncle by marriage, Sir Isaac Newton. In June 1721 Conduitt was elected, on petition, a whig member for Whitchurch, Hampshire, which he represented during the 1720s as a loyal supporter of Walpole's government. He took an active interest in the running of Isaac's Newton office of Master of the Mint in the latter years of Isaac's life, and he was appointed in his stead in March 1727 after Isaac's death. He attempted to collect materials for a Life of Newton, but after starting, he quickly stopped. In 1728 he was somewhat unhelpful to John Newton the heir to Isaac's real estate, and Newton resorted to the Chancery courts to get satisfaction. (PRO, Chancery depositions) By the early 1730s Conduitt had become a relatively prominent parliamentary speaker, defending the government on a number of issues, including Walpole's maintenance of the Septennial Act. In 1734 he was re-elected to his seat but chose to represent Southampton. Two years later (12 January 1736) he introduced a successful bill repealing an early seventeenth-century act against conjuration and witchcraft. In 1720, Conduitt acquired the estate and house at Cranbury Park, near Winchester; towards the end of his life, Sir Isaac Newton took up residence at Cranbury with his niece and her husband until his death in 1727. Conduitt died on 23 May 1737 and was buried in Westminster Abbey on 29 May to the right of Sir Isaac Newton. His wife, Catherine, who died in 1739, was buried with him. In his will dated 1732 he left his estate to his wife and made her guardian of their daughter Catherine, underage. On his death, Catherine's trustees sold the estate at Cranbury Park as well as estates at Weston and Netley, near Southampton to Thomas Lee Dummer, who succeeded him as MP for Southampton Catherine later married John Wallop, Viscount Lymington in 1740, he was the eldest son of the first earl of Portsmouth, and their son, John Wallop, succeeded as second earl of Portsmouth. | 0 |
Jason Merrells | Jason Merrells 2009-01-01T14:17:49Z Jason Merrells (born 1968 in Wanstead, London) is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years (1994 to 1997) as receptionist Matt Hawley. He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School from 1980 to 1986. He has also starred in Clocking Off, playing a factory employee called Martin Leach. Jason's biggest role to date is as stylist Gavin Ferraday in Cutting It. Desperate to start a family with Allie (Sarah Parish), Gavin knew that she was having an affair with Finn (Ben Daniels) and plotted with Finn's wife Mia (Amanda Holden). In the next few seasons, Gavin ended up sleeping with his ex-wife's daughter (who she had given up after a teenage pregnancy) but eventually rekindled his love with Allie before she was killed in a road accident. Jason has also made guest appearances in successful dramas such as Queer as Folk, Fat Friends, A Touch of Frost, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and The Project. Jason made a series called Sweet Medicine, which failed to capture the viewers. It was moved from its 9pm slot to 11pm as the audience figures continued to fall. He most recently starred in BBC drama Waterloo Road as headmaster Jack Rimmer which lasted from early March 2006 and ended in late April 2006. His character was a tough-talking no nonsense secondary comprehensive school headteacher. While his methods were often controversial he had a strong moral code. The series returned to the BBC in January, 2007 and ended the second series on the 26th April 2007. The 3rd series aired on the 11th October 2007. As of 3x06, his character has been written out - leaving a vacancy available for another headteaher. Merrells cites the growing direction towards more soap-opera elements as the reason for leaving. Jason returned to Waterloo Road for one episode, which was aired on 6th March 2008. Merrells is also the brother of actor Simon Merrells, who played Conrad Williams in Family Affairs from 2004 to 2005. Merrells, from August to October 2007, is performing for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He is playing the role of Orsino in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will alongside his brother Simon Merrells who is playing the role of Antonio. From October 2007, the Merrells brothers will be on tour performing 'A Comedy of Errors' with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Merrells has two daughters from his first marriage, Camille and Gina, who live in Oxfordshire with their mother, and one son, Jackson, with his present wife, Zerlina. Jason is appearing on the 2nd series of Lark rise to candleford on Sunday 4th January 2009, Jason Merrells 2010-12-15T05:20:20Z Jason Merrells (born 1968 in Wanstead, London) is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years (1994 to 1997) as receptionist Matt Hawley. He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School from 1980 to 1986, and later at Chichester University. Merrells has two daughters from his first marriage, Camille and Gina, who live in Oxfordshire with their mother, and one son, Jackson, with his present wife, Zerlina. Merrells is best known for his role as stylist Gavin Ferraday in Cutting It. Jealous of the affair Allie (Sarah Parish) was having with Finn (Ben Daniels), Gavin plotted with Finn's wife Mia (Amanda Holden), and slept with his ex-wife's daughter (who she had given up after a teenage pregnancy), and eventually rekindled his love with Allie before she was killed in a road accident. Jason Merrells also made guest appearances in successful dramas such as Queer as Folk' where his character Phil Delaney died of a cocaine overdose', Fat Friends, A Touch of Frost, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and The Project. He also starred in Clocking Off, playing a factory employee called Martin Leach. In 2005 he took the lead role in the 1960s set British feature film The Jealous God, an adaptation of the novel by John Braine. Merrells appeared in a series called Sweet Medicine, which failed to capture the viewers. It was moved from its 9pm slot to 11pm as the audience figures continued to fall. He later starred in BBC drama Waterloo Road as headmaster Jack Rimmer which lasted from early March 2006 and ended in late April 2006. His character was a tough-talking no nonsense secondary comprehensive school headteacher. While his methods were often controversial he had a strong moral code. The series returned to the BBC in January 2007 and ended the second series on 26 April 2007. The third series aired on 11 October 2007, and his character was written out - leaving a vacancy available for another headteaher. Merrells cites the growing direction towards more soap-opera elements as the reason for leaving. Merrells returned to Waterloo Road for one episode in 2008, before portraying the character James Dowland in Lark Rise to Candleford. Dowland, a wealthy businessman, is the love interest for Dorcas Lane, the main character in the series. Merrells is the brother of actor Simon Merrells, who played Conrad Williams in Family Affairs from 2004 to 2005. Merrells, from August to October 2007, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He played the role of Orsino in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will alongside his brother Simon Merrells who as Antonio. The Merrells brothers then went on to tour in A Comedy of Errors with the Royal Shakespeare Company from October - December 2007. From March - April 2009 he appeared in the Theatre Royal Plymouth and Thelma Hunt production of Measure for Measure as Angelo alongside Alistair McGowan as the Duke. The production is scheduled to transfer to the Almeida theatre in February 2010. It was announced on 10 February 2010 that Jason will become the second cast member of former BBC1 drama Cutting It to join long-running ITV1 rural-based Yorkshire soap Emmerdale. He will play handsome business tycoon Declan, who becomes entwined in Natasha Wylde's life. Jason's onscreen debut as Declan will be in April 2010. A cash-strapped Natasha is on the lookout for investors for the Home Farm estate - so they team up when he acquires a stake in the company, ensuring his stay in the village is to be more long term. | 1 |
Mary_Brogan_Museum_of_Art_and_Science | Mary_Brogan_Museum_of_Art_and_Science 2009-07-01T14:44:07Z The Mary Brogan Museum of Arts and Science is located at 350 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida. It houses interactive science exhibits and an art collection. The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee’s Smithsonian Affiliate, is a world-class educational and cultural organization that incorporates hands-on science activities with visual art exhibits that teach as well as entertain. The mission of The Brogan Museum is to stimulate interest in, and understanding of, how visual arts, sciences, mathematics, and technology connect through exploration and discovery experiences that educate and inspire. With two floors of innovative science interactivity as well as an art gallery displaying the miraculous works from the likes of renowned historical artists to contemporary ingénues, The Brogan Museum instills culture and inspires patrons of all ages to “imagine the possibilities. ” The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science resulted from a merger between The Museum of Art/Tallahassee and the Odyssey Science Center in 2000. The two former organizations were created independently in 1990 and 1991 respectively, and agreed to share a common building, opening to the public in 1998. The building is on land belonging to The City of Tallahassee and the Museum executed a transfer of its sub-lease to Tallahassee Community College from Leon County Schools in 2003. In keeping with its mission, The Brogan Museum emphasizes the nexus of art and science. The Brogan was awarded its Smithsonian "Implementation" document on March 18, 2004. The Brogan’s status as a Smithsonian Affiliate allows The Museum to borrow significant objects that can demonstrate those connections. 30°26′20″N 84°16′59″W / 30. 43902°N 84. 28309°W / 30. 43902; -84. 28309 , Mary_Brogan_Museum_of_Art_and_Science 2010-09-07T23:21:00Z The Mary Brogan Museum of Arts and Science is located at 350 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida. It houses interactive science exhibits and an art collection. The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee’s Smithsonian Affiliate, is an and cultural organization that incorporates hands-on science activities with visual art exhibits that teach as well as entertain. The mission of The Brogan Museum is to stimulate interest in, and understanding of, how visual arts, sciences, mathematics, and technology connect through exploration and discovery experiences that educate and inspire. the museum has two floors of innovative science interactivity as well as an art gallery displaying works from renowned historical artists to contemporary ingénues. The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science resulted from a merger between The Museum of Art/Tallahassee and the Odyssey Science Center in 2000. The two former organizations were created independently in 1990 and 1991 respectively, and agreed to share a common building, opening to the public in 1998. The building is on land belonging to The City of Tallahassee and the Museum executed a transfer of its sub-lease to Tallahassee Community College from Leon County Schools in 2003. In keeping with its mission, The Brogan Museum emphasizes the nexus of art and science. The Brogan was awarded its Smithsonian "Implementation" document on March 18, 2004. The Brogan’s status as a Smithsonian Affiliate allows The Museum to borrow significant objects that can demonstrate those connections. | 0 |
Humphrey_Henchman | Humphrey_Henchman 2010-09-27T11:15:46Z Humphrey Henchman (1592, Burton Latimer – 1675, Aldersgate Street, London) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675. Ejected as a canon of Salisbury Cathedral, where he had been since 1623, during the First English Civil War, he joined the royalist forces, and had his estates confiscated. He was one of those who helped the future Charles II of England to escape the country after the Battle of Worcester of 1651. On the Restoration of 1660, he was made Bishop of Salisbury. His time as Bishop of London saw both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. Template:Persondata This article about a Church of England bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Humphrey_Henchman 2011-08-21T02:52:54Z Humphrey Henchman (1592, Burton Latimer – 1675, Aldersgate Street, London) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675. He was born in Barton Seagrove, Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Henchman, a skinner, and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge where he achieved BA in 1613 and MA in 1616. He became a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge in 1617. Ejected as a canon of Salisbury Cathedral, where he had been since 1623, during the First English Civil War, he joined the royalist forces, and had his estates confiscated. He was one of those who helped the future Charles II of England to escape the country after the Battle of Worcester of 1651. On the Restoration of 1660, he was made Bishop of Salisbury. and in 1663 translated to be Bishop of London, where he saw both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. He was also made Privy Councillor and Almoner to the King. In March, 1665 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Template:Persondata This article about a Church of England bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Jeri Ryan | Jeri Ryan 2006-01-06T16:23:53Z Jeri Lynn Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress known for playing the shapely Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager and for her relationship with Jack Ryan. Ryan was born as Jeri Lynn Zimmerman in Munich, Germany to American parents. She has one younger brother, Mark. Her father was in the United States Army and raised the family on military bases all over the country including Kansas, Maryland, Georgia and Texas. Finally, at the age of 11, her family settled down in Paducah, Kentucky . After Ryan graduated high school in 1986 as a National Merit Scholar, she attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. While in college, she enrolled in beauty pageants and swimsuit competitions to pay for tuition. Despite having her first two years of tuition payed for, she was expelled from the university due to Northwestern's strict rules on failing grades. In 1989, Ryan became Miss Illinois and won the Miss America swimsuit competition, while coming in fourth for the Miss America title in 1990. Ryan graduated college in 1990. She stands 5 ft 8 in height. After college, Ryan decided to pursue her dream of an acting career. Her husband encouraged her and even gave her a plane ticket to Los Angeles. She moved there and made her first acting debut as an extra in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, but was cut out of the final version. She continued to act in commercials and eventually TV shows like Melrose Place, Matlock, and The Sentinel as well as TV movies like Co-Ed Call Girl. Her big break came when she won a regular role as an extraterrestrial investigator named Juliet Stuart on the TV show Dark Skies. The show was cancelled after one season, but the role drew the attention of the science-fiction community. In 1997, Ryan was cast to play Seven of Nine, a Borg drone freed from the collective on the science fiction series Star Trek: Voyager. The role drew her instant fame and her wardrobe made her a sex symbol among some science-fiction fans. It also drew criticism from some fans who felt that character was created to add sexuality to the show, and who felt that a disproportionate number of episodes that followed her addition to the cast focused on her character to the exclusion of others. However, her appearance also coincided with higher ratings and more positive critical reviews of Voyager, which were partly attributed to better screenwriting and partly due to her character being both intrinsically interesting and well-acted. After Voyager ended in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of Boston Public in the role of Ronnie Cooke, a frustrated lawyer who quits to become a high school teacher. The show's producer, David E. Kelley, wrote the role specifically for her. The show was cancelled in 2004. Ryan has recently appeared in movies such as Down With Love. In 1990, while dealing blackjack at a charity event, Ryan met investment banker and future political candidate Jack Ryan. The couple married in 1991 and had a son, Alex, in 1994. Throughout their marriage, Ryan and her husband took turns commuting between Los Angeles and Chicago for their careers, but finally divorced in 1999. Ryan had mentioned in an interview for Star Trek that the frequent separation between Chicago and Los Angeles had been difficult for their marriage. The reasons behind their divorce were kept sealed. In 2004, details of her divorce proceedings with Jack Ryan were unsealed by a California judge despite appeals by both parties to keep them sealed, claiming that the information could be harmful to their son if released. It was revealed that, six years before, she had accused Ryan of attempting to coerce her into sexual acts with him in public, and in adult clubs in New York, New Orleans, and Paris. This information led Jack Ryan to withdraw his Republican candidacy for an open United States Senate seat in Illinois. Ryan had previously enjoyed a strong showing in the polls, and the Republican party was left without a strong replacement candidate, so the unsealing of the Ryan's divorce records may have made the difference in enabling Barack Obama to win the election. After her marriage ended, Ryan began a relationship with Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise executive producer Brannon Braga. Her most recent TV appearances have been as a recurring character, Charlotte, on the hit show, The O.C.. In February of 2005, Ryan announced the opening of her restaurant, Ortolan. Located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California, the restaurant serves French food with a modern interpretation. Ryan opened the restaurant with her boyfriend, Chef Christophe Eme. Movies Television Computer games, Jeri Ryan 2007-12-31T20:16:58Z Jeri Lynn Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress, known primarily for her roles in movies and television. She came to fame as the ex-Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. Ryan curently plays Jessica Devlin on CBS's legal drama Shark. Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmermann in Munich, Germany, the daughter of American parents Sharon, a social worker, and Gerhard Florian "Jerry" Zimmermann, a master sergeant in the United States Army. She has one older brother, Mark. As a military brat, Ryan grew up on military bases in Kansas, Maryland, Hawaii, Georgia, and Texas. When Ryan was eleven, the family settled in Paducah, Kentucky. After she graduated from high school in 1986 (as a National Merit Scholar), Ryan attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. In 1989, Ryan became Miss Illinois and was a preliminary swimsuit winner at the Miss America Pageant. She finished as the third runner-up to Miss America 1990, Debbye Turner. Ryan graduated from Northwestern in 1990 with a BA in Theatre. Ryan was hired for a role in Planes, Trains & Automobiles during the summer prior to her freshman year at Northwestern, but was cut out of the final version due to "ruining every scene I was in" by laughing. After college, she pursued acting full-time in Los Angeles. She made her acting debut in Who's the Boss? and followed that with guest-starring roles in TV shows like Melrose Place, Matlock, and The Sentinel as well as TV movies such as Co-Ed Call Girl. Her big break came when she won a regular role as an extraterrestrial investigator named Juliet Stuart on the TV show Dark Skies. The show was cancelled after one season, but the role had drawn the attention of the science-fiction community. In 1997, Ryan was cast to play Seven of Nine, a Borg drone freed from the collective on the science fiction series Star Trek: Voyager. The role drew her instant fame and her tight-fitting uniform made her a sci-fi sex symbol. Seven of Nine quickly became the focal character of a disproportionate number of episodes. Co-star Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Janeway, was reportedly upset by the addition of Ryan's character. Rumors of on-set tensions escalated when, during contract renegotiations, Mulgrew suggested that Captain Janeway be killed off. Mulgrew refuted any rumors that she and Ryan were not getting along, claiming that she wanted to spend more time with her children. Ryan's addition to the cast also coincided with higher ratings and positive critical reviews of Voyager, partly attributed to the media hype over the alleged rivalry between Ryan and Mulgrew. Seven of Nine appeared on seven TV Guide covers in the USA. After Voyager ended in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of Boston Public in the role of Ronnie Cooke, a frustrated lawyer who quits to become a high school teacher. The show's producer, David E. Kelley, wrote the role specifically for her. The show was cancelled in 2004. Ryan has recently appeared in films, such as Down With Love. Ryan played Lydia in the independent film Men Cry Bullets, with a rave review for her performance from Roger Ebert. Jeri then starred in her first film lead in the indie comedy "The Last Man", playing the last woman on Earth, released by Lion's Gate. She also had a recurring role as Charlotte Morgan on The O.C. in the autumn of 2005 and guest-starred on David E. Kelley's Boston Legal in 2006. Ryan stars in the new CBS legal drama Shark, playing Los Angeles District Attorney Jessica Devlin opposite James Woods. In 1990, while dealing blackjack at a charity event, Jeri Lynn met investment banker and future political candidate Jack Ryan. The couple married in 1991 and had a son, Alex, in 1994. Throughout the marriage, Ryan and her husband took turns commuting between Los Angeles and Chicago for their careers, but finally divorced in 1999. Although Ryan mentioned (in an interview for Star Trek), that the frequent separations had been difficult for the marriage, the reasons behind the divorce were kept sealed at their mutual request. Five years later, when Jack Ryan's Senate campaign began, the Chicago Tribune newspaper and WLS-TV, the local ABC affiliate, sought to have the records released. Both Jeri and Jack agreed to make their divorce records public, but not the custody records, claiming that their release could be harmful to their son. On June 22, 2004, the California judge (Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider) in the case agreed to release the custody files; the decision generated much controversy because it went against both parents' direct request and because it generally reversed the early decision to seal the papers in the best interest of the child. It was revealed that, six years previously, Jeri had accused Jack Ryan of asking her to perform sexual acts with him in public, and in adult clubs in New York, New Orleans, and Paris. Jeri Ryan described one as "a bizarre club with cages, whips and other apparatus hanging from the ceiling." Jack Ryan denied these allegations. Although Jeri Ryan refused to comment on the matter during the campaign, the document disclosure led Jack Ryan to withdraw his Republican candidacy for an open United States Senate seat in Illinois which was eventually won by Barack Obama. During later seasons of Star Trek Voyager she was romantically linked to the series producer Brannon Braga. Ryan's avocation, as stated in interviews, is gourmet cooking. While starring in Boston Public, she moonlighted on weekends in the kitchen of the Los Angeles restaurant The House. In February 2005, she opened - in partnership with her then boyfriend, Chef Christophe Émé - the restaurant Ortolan. Located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California, the restaurant serves French food with a modern interpretation. Ryan married Émé in the Loire Valley, France on June 16, 2007. On September 7, 2007, Ryan announced that she and Émé are expecting their first child together in March 2008. | 1 |
Prix Iris | Prix Iris 2014-01-08T05:42:34Z The Jutra Award (Prix Jutra or La Soirée des Jutra) is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec. First introduced in 1999, the Jutra Award is named after Quebec film-maker Claude Jutra and awarded for performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera. It should not be confused with the Claude Jutra Award, a special award presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television as part of the separate Canadian Screen Awards program. The Jutra trophy was designed by sculptor Charles Daudelin. The Prix Jutra replaced the prix Guy-L'Écuyer created in 1987 by Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in memory of actor Guy L'Écuyer. Awarded since 2001. Awarded to the movie selling the most tickets in theatres. Awarded since 2004. Awarded since 2004. Awarded since 2005., Prix Iris 2015-10-01T00:25:20Z The Jutra Award (Prix Jutra or La Soirée des Jutra) is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec. Introduced in 1999, the Jutra Award is named after Quebec film-maker Claude Jutra and awarded for performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera. It should not be confused with the Claude Jutra Award, a special award presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television as part of the separate Canadian Screen Awards program. The Jutra trophy was designed by sculptor Charles Daudelin. The Prix Jutra replaced the prix Guy-L'Écuyer created in 1987 by Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in memory of actor Guy L'Écuyer. Awarded since 2001. Awarded to the movie selling the most tickets in theatres. Awarded since 2004. Awarded since 2004. Awarded since 2005. | 1 |
Maeda_Munetoki | Maeda_Munetoki 2010-09-22T08:50:28Z Template:Japanese name Maeda Munetoki (前田 宗辰) (June 5, 1725-January 18, 1747) was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Kaga Domain. First known as Inuchiyomaru, he inherited family headship in 1745, following the death of his father Yoshinori. However, Munetoki himself did not live long, and died in 1747. The headship of the Kaga domain passed to his younger brother Shigehiro. This biography of a daimyō is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Maeda_Munetoki 2012-09-06T20:43:57Z Template:Japanese name Maeda Munetoki (前田 宗辰) (June 5, 1725 – January 18, 1747) was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Kaga Domain. First known as Inuchiyomaru, he inherited family headship in 1745, following the death of his father Yoshinori. However, Munetoki himself did not live long, and died in 1747. The headship of the Kaga domain passed to his younger brother Shigehiro. Template:Persondata This biography of a daimyō is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Common (rapper) | Common (rapper) 2012-01-02T10:49:13Z Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is an American hip-hop artist and actor. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album, Like Water for Chocolate, received widespread critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success His first Grammy award was in 2003 for Best R&B Song for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" with Erykah Badu. Its popularity was matched by May 2005's Be, which was nominated in the 2006 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. Common was awarded his second Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his July 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released on November 27, 2007. Common has also initiated a burgeoning acting career, starring significant roles in such films as Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, and New Year's Eve. He also narrated the award-winning documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. Common currently appears in Hell on Wheels, a dramatic television series on AMC that debuted in November 2011. Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., on Chicago's South Side. He is the son of educator Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and former ABA basketball player turned youth counselor Lonnie Lynn. They divorced when he was six years old, resulting in his father's moving to Denver, Colorado. This left Common to be raised by his mother, but his father remained active in his life and even landed Lonnie Jr. a job with the Chicago Bulls during his teens. While a student at Luther High School South in Chicago, Lynn formed C.D.R., a rap trio that opened for acts that included N.W.A. and Big Daddy Kane. Common attended Florida A&M University for two years under a scholarship and majored in business administration. After being featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine, Lynn debuted in 1992 with the single "Take It EZ", followed by the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? , under stage name Common Sense. With the 1994 release of Resurrection, Common achieved a much larger degree of critical acclaim, which extended beyond Chicago natives. The album sold relatively well and received a strong positive reaction among alternative and underground hip hop fans at the time. Resurrection was Common's last album produced almost entirely by his long-time production partner, No I.D., who was also the then-mentor of a young Kanye West. In 1996, Common appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine. He would later also contribute to the Red Hot Organization's Fela Kuti tribute album, Red Hot and Riot in 2002. He collaborated with Djelimady Tounkara on a remake of Kuti's track, "Years of Tears and Sorrow". The song "I Used to Love H.E.R." from Resurrection ignited a feud with West Coast rap group Westside Connection. The lyrics of the song criticized the path hip hop music was taking and was interpreted by some as directing blame towards the popularity of West Coast Gangsta rap. Westside Connection first responded with the 1995 song "Westside Slaughterhouse," with the lyrics "Used to love H.E.R. mad cause I fucked her". Westside Connection recorded tracks venting their issues with rival East Coast rappers (see East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry). "Westside Slaughterhouse" also mentioned Common by name, prompting the rapper to respond with the scathing Pete Rock-produced attack song "The Bitch in Yoo". Common and Westside Connection continued to insult each other back and forth before finally meeting with Louis Farrakhan and setting aside their dispute. Following the popularity of Resurrection, Common Sense was sued by an Orange County-based reggae band with the same name, and was forced to shorten his moniker to simply Common. Initially scheduled for an October 1996 release, Common finally released his third album, One Day It'll All Make Sense, in September 1997. The album took a total of two years to complete and included collaborations with artists such as Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Canibus, Black Thought, Chantay Savage, and Questlove – a future fellow member of the Soulquarians outfit. The album, which made a point of eschewing any gangsterism (in response to questions about his musical integrity), was critically acclaimed and led to a major label contract with MCA Records. In addition to releasing One Day, Common's first child, daughter Omoye Assata Lynn, was born shortly after the release of the album. As documented by hip hop journalist Raquel Cepeda, in the liner notes for the album, this event had a profound spiritual and mental effect on Common and enabled him to grow musically while becoming more responsible as an artist. She writes: Common addresses family ethics several times on One Day..., and the album sleeve is decorated with old family photos, illustrating the rapper's childhood, as well a quote from 1 Corinthians 13:11, which summarizes the path to manhood: Following One Day..., Common signed a major label record deal with MCA Records and relocated from Chicago to New York City in 1999. He began recording almost exclusively with a loose collective of musicians and artists (dubbed the "Soulquarians" by central figure Questlove) throughout 1999, and made a few sporadic guest appearances on The Roots' Things Fall Apart, and the Rawkus Records compilation, Soundbombing 2. In 2000, his fourth album, Like Water for Chocolate, was released to mass critical acclaim. Executive produced by Questlove and featuring significant contributions by J Dilla, (who helmed many tracks except – "Cold Blooded", "Geto Heaven Part II", "A Song For Assata", "Pop's Rap Part 3...All My Children" & the DJ Premier-produced track "The 6th Sense"), Like Water for Chocolate transpired to be a considerable commercial breakthrough for Common, earning the rapper his first gold record, and greatly expanding his fanbase among critics and listeners alike. With both artists hailing from the Great Lakes region of the United States (Chicago and Detroit, prospectively), Common and J Dilla established their chemistry early on. Both became members of the Soulquarians collective, and collaborated on numerous projects together, even placing one song, "Thelonius", on both the Slum Village album Fantastic, Vol. 2, and Common's Like Water for Chocolate. As Dilla's health began to decline from the effects of Lupus Nephritis, he relocated to Los Angeles for treatment, and asked Common to make the move with him as a roommate (Dilla would later lose his battle with the rare disease). This album saw Common exploring themes (musically and lyrically), which were uncommon for a Hip hop record, as he does on the song "Time Travelin' (A Tribute To Fela)"; a homage to Nigerian music legend, and political activist Fela Kuti. The most popular single from the album "The Light" was nominated for a Grammy Award. In early 2004, Common made an appearance on fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's multi-platinum debut album, The College Dropout (on the song "Get Em High"), and announced his signing to West's then-newfound label GOOD Music. West had been a longtime fan of Common and the two even participated in a friendly on-air MC battle, where West took jabs at his lyrical idol for "going soft" and wearing crochet pants (as he does for his appearance in the video for the Mary J. Blige song "Dance for Me"). The pair worked together on Common's next album, Be, almost entirely produced by Kanye West, with some help from Common's longtime collaborator the late James Yancey (J Dilla) – also a favorite of West. The album was released in May 2005, and performed very well, boosted by Kanye's involvement and the singles "The Corner", and "Go". Be earned Common the second gold record of his career, with sales topping out at around 800,000 copies. The Source magazine gave it a near perfect 4.5 mic rating, XXL magazine gave it their highest rating of "XXL", and AllHipHop gave the album 4 stars. The album was also nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2006. Following the release of Be in 2005, several mixed-race artists from the UK hip-hop scene took exception to Common's comments about interracial relationships on the song "Real People." Yungun, Doc Brown and Rising Son recorded a track over an instrumental version of "The Corner" named "Dear Common (The Corner Dub)." Common states that he has heard of the track but never actually taken the time to listen to it, and has not retaliated in song. Common's seventh LP titled Finding Forever was released on July 31, 2007. For this album, he continued his work with Kanye West, as well as other producers such as will.i. am, Devo Springsteen, Derrick Hodge, and Karriem Riggins, as well as the only J Dilla-produced track, "So Far To Go". The album features guest spots from artists such as Dwele, Bilal, D'Angelo, and UK pop starlet Lily Allen. The first single from the album was "The People" b/w "The Game". West has already predicted that Finding Forever will win the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. On July 31, 2007, Common performed a free concert in Santa Monica, California on the 3rd Street Promenade to promote the release of Finding Forever. Common explained to the audience that the title "Finding Forever" represented his quest to find an eternal place in hip-hop and also his wishes to be an artist for the rest of his life. The album debuted at #1 on the national Billboard 200 charts. In an August 2007 interview with XXL, rapper Q-Tip of the group A Tribe Called Quest stated that he and Common were forming a group called The Standard. While the two were meant to hit the studio to record a Q-Tip-produced album, possibly with contributions from Kanye West, Common put out Universal Mind Control instead and has already planned a next album, The Dreamer, The Believer, for late 2011. Common was instrumental in bridging the trans-Atlantic gap by signing UK's Mr Wong and J2K to Kanye West's Getting Out Our Dreams recording outfit. Common met the pair during his tour in the UK earlier on in the year. It is speculated that the deal is not only to bring the UK and US hip hop genres together but that to rival Syco Music's cross-Atlantic success with Leona Lewis. He also has a deal with Zune mp3 players. In 2008 Common made an estimated 12 million dollars, making him equal in earnings to Eminem and Akon, tied for the 13th highest grossing Hip-Hop artist. The eighth album from Chicago hip-hop artist Common was originally scheduled to be released on June 24, 2008 under the name Invincible Summer, but he announced at a Temple University concert that he would change it to Universal Mind Control. The release date was pushed back to September 30, 2008 due to Common filming Wanted. The release date was set for November 11, 2008, but again it was pushed back to December 9, 2008. The album's first single, titled "Universal Mind Control", was officially released on July 1, 2008 via the US iTunes Store as part of the Announcement EP (sold as "Universal Mind Control-EP" in the UK). The song features Pharrell, who also produced the track. The Announcement EP included an additional track track titled "Announcement" featuring its producer, Pharrell. The video for "Universal Mind Control" was filmed in September by director Hype Williams. Producer No I.D. has stated that he and Kanye West will be producing Common's next album The Dreamer The Believer, due sometime in 2011. In July 2011, it was announced that No I.D. will be the album's sole producer. Common made an appearance on The Jonas Brothers' most recent album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times as a guest rapper for the group's new song, "Don't Charge Me for the Crime." On July 6, 2011, Common released his first single from his upcoming album with a guest appearance from New York legend Nas entitled Ghetto Dreams to mostly positive reviews. On October 4, 2011, Common released his second single from his upcoming album The Dreamer, The Believer with production from No I.D. entitled "Blue Sky". On December 20th, 2011, Common released his ninth solo album entitled The Dreamer, The Believer. In 2003, Common appeared on the American UPN sitcom Girlfriends. In the episode "Take This Poem and Call Me In The Morning", he appeared as Omar, a slam poet who competes with fellow poet Sivad (played by Saul Williams) for the affection of Lynn Searcy (played by Persia White). He also had a cameo appearance on an episode of UPN's One on One, where he played a drama class instructor named Darius. He also made an appearance on the ABC show "Scrubs". In 2007, Common appeared with Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys in the crime film Smokin' Aces. He made his big screen debut as villainous Mob enforcer Sir Ivy. He appeared alongside Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, The RZA and T.I. in the 2007 crime thriller American Gangster. On January 20, 2007, one week before the opening of Smokin Aces, he appeared in a Saturday Night Live sketch as himself. The show's host was Piven, his Aces co-star. In 2008, he starred in the film adaptation of the comic book Wanted alongside Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. Common also appeared in the movie Street Kings alongside Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, The Game, and Forest Whitaker. Common also starred in the 2010 movie Just Wright as a basketball player that falls in love with his trainer Queen Latifah. He also appeared in the 2009 film Terminator Salvation as John Connor's lieutenant Barnes. He starred as a corrupt cop in the 2010 comedy Date Night with Steve Carell and Tina Fey. His most recent role is in AMC's 2011 "Hell on Wheels" as Elam Ferguson, a recently freed slave trying to find his place in the world. In 2006, Common was a model for photos of The Gap's fall season collection, appearing on posters in stores. Later that year, he performed in The Gap's "Holiday In Your Hood" themed Peace Love Gap. In February 2007, Common signed a deal with New Era to promote their new line of Layers fitted caps. Common also stars in a television commercial for the 2008 Lincoln Navigator. He appears in NBA 2K8 in NBA Blacktop mode. In the fall of 2008, Common appeared in an ad for Microsoft's Zune, comparing his new song, "Universal Mind Control", to,"Planet Rock", a song from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. As well as that he featured in the Diesel campaign for a new fragrance called "Only The Brave". His song "Be (intro)" is featured in a commercial for BlackBerry as of January 2011. In December 2008, Common launched a new clothing line in partnership with Microsoft titled "Softwear", based on 1980s computing. Common was invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to appear at a poetry reading on May 11, 2011 at the White House. This caused furor with the New Jersey State Police and their union, who disagreed with his lyrical content. The president of the New Jersey State Troopers Fraternal Association voiced concern to the White House. They cite the song "A Song For Assata" about a member of the Black Liberation Army and step-aunt of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur named Assata Shakur, previously known as Joanne Chesimard, who was convicted in 1977 of the first degree murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster. At another poetry reading, Common said, “flyers say ‘free Mumia’ on my freezer,” a reference to Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was controversially convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Common stated, "The one thing that shouldn't be questioned is my support for the police officers and troops that protect us every day". Jay Carney, the White House Secretary, spoke for President Obama on the matter by saying the president does not support, but actually opposes, some of the kind of words and lyrics that have been written by Common and others. Even though the president does not support the lyrics in question, he believed that some reports were distorting what Mr. Lynn stands for more broadly. Common gave a single line response to the entire controversy: "I guess Sarah Palin and Fox News doesn't like me." Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show questioned Fox News' coverage of the controversy, saying that they "took the time to ignore Common's entire body of work, save for one poem he wrote in 2007 that they appear to misunderstand." Stewart also pointed out that in 2002, George W. Bush honored Johnny Cash, whose songs contain violent lyrics. Stewart further pointed out that Fox News itself offered positive coverage of Common's career in 2010, and that Sean Hannity, who criticized Common's White House invitation, is a friend of musician Ted Nugent, who in clips played on The Daily Show, used violent rhetoric in comments he made about President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Common later discussed the matter with Stewart during a September 14, 2011 appearance on the program. In September 2011, Common published his memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, through Atria Books. As the book details how his close relationship with his mother influenced his life, it is partially narrated by her. Common used to be vegan, but is now a pescetarian. In addition, he is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. He appeared in a print advertisement for PETA titled "Think Before You Eat". Common is also part of the "Knowing Is Beautiful" movement, which supports HIV/AIDS awareness. He is featured in the video for "Yes We Can", a song in support of the candidacy of Barack Obama, which made its debut on the internet on February 2, 2008. Common has pledged to stop using anti-gay lyrics in his music. Common is the founder of the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to empower underprivileged youth to be strong citizens and citizens of the world. The foundation includes programs dedicated to leadership development & empowerment, educational development, creative expression, as well as a book club. Common has a daughter, Omoye Assata Lynn (born 1997). Common is a Christian and has been a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago led by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright since his childhood. Following the controversy over one of Wright's sermons, Common criticized the American news media's coverage of the incident as having "an agenda." Common played the role of Alicia Keys's boyfriend in the music video "Like You'll Never See Me Again." He dated professional tennis player Serena Williams and neo-soul singer Erykah Badu. Media related to Common at Wikimedia Commons, Common (rapper) 2013-12-29T15:15:05Z Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Chicago, Illinois. Common debuted in 1992, with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 1990s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate, received widespread critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success. His first Grammy award was in 2003 for Best R&B Song for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)", with Erykah Badu. Its popularity was matched by May 2005's Be, which was nominated in the 2006 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. Common was awarded his second Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his July 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released on November 27, 2007. Common has also initiated a burgeoning acting career, starring significant roles in such films as Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, and New Year's Eve. He also narrated the award-winning documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He currently stars as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels. Common was born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., on Chicago's South Side, on March 13, 1972. He is the son of educator Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and former ABA basketball player turned youth counselor Lonnie Lynn. They divorced when he was six years old, resulting in his father's moving to Denver, Colorado. This left Common to be raised by his mother, but his father remained active in his life and landed Lonnie Jr. a job with the Chicago Bulls during his teens. While a student at Luther High School South in Chicago, Lynn with his childhood friends, record producer No I.D., and Corey Crawley formed C.D.R. a rap trio that opened for acts that included N.W.A. and Big Daddy Kane. Common attended Florida A&M University for two years under a scholarship and majored in business administration. After being featured in the Unsigned Hype column of The Source magazine, Lynn debuted in 1992 with the single "Take It EZ", followed by the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? , under stage name Common Sense. With the 1994 release of Resurrection, Common achieved a much larger degree of critical acclaim, which extended beyond Chicago natives. The album sold relatively well and received a strong positive reaction among alternative and underground hip hop fans at the time. Resurrection was Common's last album produced almost entirely by his long-time production partner, No I.D., who was also the then-mentor of a young Kanye West. In 1996, Common appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine. He would later also contribute to the Red Hot Organization's Fela Kuti tribute album, Red Hot and Riot in 2002. He collaborated with Djelimady Tounkara on a remake of Kuti's track, "Years of Tears and Sorrow". The song "I Used to Love H.E.R." from Resurrection ignited a feud with West Coast rap group Westside Connection. The lyrics of the song criticized the path hip hop music was taking and was interpreted by some as directing blame towards the popularity of West Coast Gangsta rap. Westside Connection first responded with the 1995 song "Westside Slaughterhouse," with the lyrics "Used to love H.E.R. mad cause I fucked her". Westside Connection recorded tracks venting their issues with rival East Coast rappers (see East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry). "Westside Slaughterhouse" also mentioned Common by name, prompting the rapper to respond with the scathing Pete Rock-produced attack song "The Bitch in Yoo". Common and Westside Connection continued to insult each other back and forth before finally meeting with Louis Farrakhan and setting aside their dispute. Following the popularity of Resurrection, Common Sense was sued by an Orange County-based reggae band with the same name, and was forced to shorten his moniker to simply Common. Initially scheduled for an October 1996 release, Common finally released his third album, One Day It'll All Make Sense, in September 1997. The album took a total of two years to complete and included collaborations with artists such as Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Canibus, Black Thought, Chantay Savage, and Questlove – a future fellow member of the Soulquarians outfit. The album, which made a point of eschewing any gangsterism (in response to questions about his musical integrity), was critically acclaimed and led to a major label contract with MCA Records. In addition to releasing One Day, Common's first child, daughter Omoye Assata Lynn, was born shortly after the release of the album. As documented by hip hop journalist Raquel Cepeda, in the liner notes for the album, this event had a profound spiritual and mental effect on Common and enabled him to grow musically while becoming more responsible as an artist. She writes: Common addresses family ethics several times on One Day..., and the album sleeve is decorated with old family photos, illustrating the rapper's childhood, as well a quote from 1 Corinthians 13:11, which summarizes the path to manhood: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Following One Day..., Common signed a major label record deal with MCA Records and relocated from Chicago to New York City in 1999. He began recording almost exclusively with a loose collective of musicians and artists (dubbed the "Soulquarians" by central figure Questlove) throughout 1999, and made a few sporadic guest appearances on The Roots' Things Fall Apart, and the Rawkus Records compilation, Soundbombing 2. In 2000, his fourth album, Like Water for Chocolate, was released to mass critical acclaim. Executive produced by Questlove and featuring significant contributions by J Dilla, (who helmed many tracks except – "Cold Blooded", "Geto Heaven Part II", "A Song For Assata", "Pop's Rap Part 3...All My Children" & the DJ Premier-produced track "The 6th Sense"), Like Water for Chocolate transpired to be a considerable commercial breakthrough for Common, earning the rapper his first gold record, and greatly expanding his fanbase among critics and listeners alike. With both artists hailing from the Great Lakes region of the United States (Chicago and Detroit, prospectively), Common and J Dilla established their chemistry early on. Both became members of the Soulquarians collective, and collaborated on numerous projects together, even placing one song, "Thelonius", on both the Slum Village album Fantastic, Vol. 2, and Common's Like Water for Chocolate. As Dilla's health began to decline from the effects of Lupus Nephritis, he relocated to Los Angeles, and asked Common to make the move with him as a roommate (Dilla would later lose his battle with the rare disease). This album saw Common exploring themes (musically and lyrically), which were uncommon for a Hip hop record, as he does on the song "Time Travelin' (A Tribute To Fela)"; a homage to Nigerian music legend, and political activist Fela Kuti. The most popular single from the album "The Light" was nominated for a Grammy Award. In early 2004, Common made an appearance on fellow Chicagoan Kanye West's multi-platinum debut album, The College Dropout (on the song "Get Em High"), and announced his signing to West's then-newfound label GOOD Music. West had been a longtime fan of Common and the two even participated in a friendly on-air MC battle, where West took jabs at his lyrical idol for "going soft" and wearing crochet pants (as he does for his appearance in the video for the Mary J. Blige song "Dance for Me"). The pair worked together on Common's next album, Be, almost entirely produced by Kanye West, with some help from Common's longtime collaborator the late James Yancey (J Dilla) – also a favorite of West. The album was released in May 2005, and performed very well, boosted by Kanye's involvement and the singles "The Corner", and "Go". Be earned Common the second gold record of his career, with sales topping out at around 800,000 copies. The Source magazine gave it a near perfect 4.5 mic rating, XXL magazine gave it their highest rating of "XXL", and AllHipHop gave the album 4 stars. The album was also nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2006. Following the release of Be in 2005, several mixed-race artists from the UK hip-hop scene took exception to Common's comments about interracial relationships on the song "Real People." Yungun, Doc Brown and Rising Son recorded a track over an instrumental version of "The Corner" named "Dear Common (The Corner Dub)." Common states that he has heard of the track but never actually taken the time to listen to it, and has not retaliated in song. Common's seventh LP titled Finding Forever was released on July 31, 2007. For this album, he continued his work with Kanye West, as well as other producers such as will.i. am, Devo Springsteen, Derrick Hodge, and Karriem Riggins, as well as the only J Dilla-produced track, "So Far To Go". The album features guest spots from artists such as Dwele, Bilal, D'Angelo, and UK pop starlet Lily Allen. The first single from the album was "The People" b/w "The Game". West predicted that Finding Forever would win the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album, but did not win, losing to West's Graduation; however, Common did win his second Grammy for "Southside," which won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group. On July 31, 2007, Common performed a free concert in Santa Monica, California on the 3rd Street Promenade to promote the release of Finding Forever. Common explained to the audience that the title "Finding Forever" represented his quest to find an eternal place in hip-hop and also his wishes to be an artist for the rest of his life. The album debuted at #1 on the national Billboard 200 charts. In an August 2007 interview with XXL, rapper Q-Tip of the group A Tribe Called Quest stated that he and Common were forming a group called The Standard. While the two were meant to hit the studio to record a Q-Tip-produced album, possibly with contributions from Kanye West, Common put out Universal Mind Control instead and has already planned a next album, The Dreamer, The Believer, for late 2011. Common was instrumental in bridging the trans-Atlantic gap by signing UK's Mr Wong and J2K to Kanye West's Getting Out Our Dreams recording outfit. Common met the pair during his tour in the UK earlier on in the year. It is speculated that the deal is not only to bring the UK and US hip hop genres together but that to rival Syco Music's cross-Atlantic success with Leona Lewis. He also has a deal with Zune mp3 players. In 2008 Common made an estimated 12 million dollars, making him equal in earnings to Eminem and Akon, tied for the 13th highest grossing Hip-Hop artist. The eighth album from Chicago hip-hop artist Common was originally scheduled to be released on June 24, 2008 under the name Invincible Summer, but he announced at a Temple University concert that he would change it to Universal Mind Control. The release date was pushed back to September 30, 2008 due to Common filming Wanted. The release date was set for November 11, 2008, but again it was pushed back to December 9, 2008. The album's first single, titled "Universal Mind Control", was officially released on July 1, 2008 via the US iTunes Store as part of the Announcement EP (sold as "Universal Mind Control-EP" in the UK). The song features Pharrell, who also produced the track. The Announcement EP included an additional track track titled "Announcement" featuring its producer, Pharrell. The video for "Universal Mind Control" was filmed in September by director Hype Williams. American producer No I.D., has stated that he and Kanye West will be producing Common's next album The Dreamer The Believer, due sometime in 2011. In July 2011, it was announced that No I.D. will be the album's sole producer. Common made an appearance on The Jonas Brothers' most recent album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times as a guest rapper for the group's new song, "Don't Charge Me for the Crime." On July 6, 2011, Common released his first single, titled "Ghetto Dreams", from his next album. A second single,"Blue Sky", was released on October 4, 2011. On December 20, 2011, Common released his ninth solo album titled The Dreamer, The Believer. Although he left GOOD Music in 2011, Common was featured on the label's first compilation album, 2012's Cruel Summer. After a quiet 2012, Common announced he would release an EP in January 2013, and his first mixtape in April. In February 2013, Common announced his tenth solo studio album would be released in September 2013 and will feature Kanye West and production from Kanye West and No I.D.. Later on September 8, 2013, he gave an update to his projects saying the previously announced EP would be released soon, and would feature a song with new Def Jam signee Vince Staples. He also told HipHopDX, his tenth solo studio album would be released in early 2014. In 2003, Common appeared on the American UPN sitcom Girlfriends. In the episode "Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning", he appeared as Omar, a slam poet who competes with fellow poet Sivad (played by Saul Williams) for the affection of Lynn Searcy (played by Persia White). He also had a cameo appearance on an episode of UPN's One on One, where he played a drama class instructor named Darius. He also made an appearance on the ABC show "Scrubs". In 2007, Common appeared with Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys in the crime film Smokin' Aces. He made his big screen debut as villainous Mob enforcer Sir Ivy. He appeared alongside Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, The RZA and T.I. in the 2007 crime thriller American Gangster. On January 20, 2007, one week before the opening of Smokin Aces, he appeared in a Saturday Night Live sketch as himself. The show's host was Piven, his Aces co-star. In 2007 Common played the role of Smokin' Aces co-star Alicia Keys's boyfriend in the music video "Like You'll Never See Me Again". In 2008, he starred in the film adaptation of the comic book Wanted alongside Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. Common also appeared in the movie Street Kings alongside Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, The Game, and Forest Whitaker. Common also starred in the 2010 movie Just Wright as a basketball player that falls in love with his trainer Queen Latifah. He also appeared in the 2009 film Terminator Salvation as John Connor's lieutenant Barnes. He starred as a corrupt cop in the 2010 comedy Date Night with Steve Carell and Tina Fey. His most recent role, as part of the ensemble cast of AMC's Hell on Wheels, is portraying one of the lead characters, Elam Ferguson, a recently freed slave trying to find his place in the world. In 2006, Common was a model for photos of The Gap's fall season collection, appearing on posters in stores. Later that year, he performed in The Gap's "Holiday in Your Hood" themed Peace Love Gap. In February 2007, Common signed a deal with New Era to promote their new line of Layers fitted caps. Common also stars in a television commercial for the 2008 Lincoln Navigator. He appears in NBA 2K8 in NBA Blacktop mode. In the fall of 2008, Common appeared in an ad for Microsoft's Zune, comparing his new song, "Universal Mind Control", to "Planet Rock", a song from hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa. Also, he featured in the Diesel campaign for a new fragrance called "Only The Brave". His song "Be (intro)" is featured in a commercial for BlackBerry as of January 2011. In December 2008, Common launched a new clothing line in partnership with Microsoft titled "Softwear", based on 1980s computing. Common was invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to appear at a poetry reading on May 11, 2011 at the White House. This caused furor with the New Jersey State Police and their union, who disagreed with his lyrical content. The president of the New Jersey State Troopers Fraternal Association voiced concern to the White House. They cite the song "A Song For Assata" about a member of the Black Liberation Army and step-aunt of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur named Assata Shakur, previously known as Joanne Chesimard, who was convicted in 1977 of the first degree murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster. At another poetry reading, Common said, “flyers say ‘free Mumia’ on my freezer,” a reference to Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was controversially convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Common stated, "The one thing that shouldn't be questioned is my support for the police officers and troops that protect us every day." Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary at the time, spoke for President Obama on the matter by saying the president does not support, but actually opposes, some of the kind of words and lyrics that have been written by Common and others. Even though the president does not support the lyrics in question, he believed that some reports were distorting what Mr. Lynn stands for more broadly. Common gave a single line response to the entire controversy: "I guess Sarah Palin and Fox News doesn't like me." Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show questioned Fox News' coverage of the controversy, saying that they "took the time to ignore Common's entire body of work, save for one poem he wrote in 2007 that they appear to misunderstand." Stewart also pointed out that in 2002, George W. Bush honored Johnny Cash, whose songs contain violent lyrics. Stewart further pointed out that Fox News itself offered positive coverage of Common's career in 2010, and that Sean Hannity, who criticized Common's White House invitation, is a friend of musician Ted Nugent, who in clips played on The Daily Show, used violent rhetoric in comments he made about President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Common later discussed the matter with Stewart during a September 14, 2011 appearance on the program. In September 2011, Common published his memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, through Atria Books. As the book details how his close relationship with his mother influenced his life, it is partially narrated by her. Common used to be vegan, but is now a pescetarian. In addition, he is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. He appeared in a print advertisement for PETA titled "Think Before You Eat". Common is also part of the "Knowing Is Beautiful" movement, which supports HIV/AIDS awareness. He is featured in the video for "Yes We Can", a song in support of the candidacy of Barack Obama, which made its debut on the internet on February 2, 2008. Common has pledged to stop using anti-gay lyrics in his music. Common is the founder of the Common Ground Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to empower underprivileged youth to be strong citizens and citizens of the world. The foundation includes programs dedicated to leadership development & empowerment, educational development, creative expression, as well as a book club. Common has had romantic relationships with singer Erykah Badu, actress Taraji P. Henson, and tennis player Serena Williams, but as of September 2011 maintained that he was single. | 1 |
Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza | Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza 2009-01-22T23:48:33Z Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of art films like Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. He is best remembered in popular culture for his TV series Nukkad (1986). He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad(1986) and Intezaar(1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activitsm. Mirza trained at the Film and Television Institute of India] (FTII), Pune, India, and has also taught there. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes reggularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current opolitical debates and through film reviews. He lives in Bombay and Goa. In 2008, Mirza wrote book named Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother. His father Akhtar Mirza was a noted film script writer, with credits like Naya Daur and Waqt. , Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza 2010-07-31T11:30:53Z Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an India n screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of important Parallel cinema films like Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad (Street Corner) (1986) and Intezaar (Wait) (1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activism. He is also a trustee of ANHAD, a Delhi based NGO working for communal harmony. Saeed was born in 1943, in Bombay, Maharashtra to Akhtar Mirza, noted screenwriter himself, who won the Filmfare Best Story Award for Waqt (1965). After working in advertising for some time, Mirza joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India, from where he passed out in 1976, subsequently later in his career he has also taught at the institute . Saeed Akhtar Mirza started his career as a documentary film maker in 1976, graduating to films with the acclaimed Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan (1978), about the frustrations of an idealistic youth caught in the trap of a feudal money culture. It won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie for the year. This was followed by Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), about an angry youth, in search of his class and ethnic identifications. This too won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Next in this series of his based on the urban middle class, came his satire on the Indian judicial system, Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), an old couple which struggles for years in their legal case that runs for years under a corrupt judiciary, in nexus with real-estate developer. Set in the urban ‘middle class’, his film chronicled their struggles and search of identity in a rapidly changing landscape and economic conditions. Then finally in his angst-ridden movies came, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989), starring Pawan Malhotra, an archetypal Muslim youth caught in the circle of crime and recrimination, and their collective state amidst growing communalism, ghetto mentality, and a search for an ethnic identity which does not clash with a national identity. . Meanwhile he directed and produced popular TV serials Nukkad (Street Corner) (1986) and Intezaar (Wait) (1988), the first was set in lower middle class of various communities, which meet at a street corner in Mumbai suburb, shared their struggle of everyday survival in a harsh world, and was a big hit. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes regularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current political debates and through film reviews. His last film Naseem was released way in 1995 set in collapsing secular structure post Babri Masjid demolition era. After that as he put it, "The demolition of the Babri Masjid was the last straw. Naseem was almost like an epitaph. After the film, I had really nothing to say. I needed to regain my faith and retain my sanity. So I decided to travel around India and document it on a video camera" . Subsequently he devoted his time to travelling, writing and making documentaries. Later started on his autobiographical work , finally released in 2008, as his maiden novel named Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother which is about the memories of his mother who died in 1990 and a series of vignettes comprising Sufi fables, childhood memories . Saeed Akhtar Mirza is the life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. Currently he is making film, Ek Tho Chance His father Akhtar Mirza was a noted film script writer, with credits like Naya Daur and Waqt. His brother is Aziz Mirza, the Bollywood Director very much responsible for launching India's most powerful actor, Shahrukh Khan, after directing the 1989 television serial Circus. He lives in Mumbai and Goa with his wife Jennifer. His sons Safdar and Zahir live in New York and Dubai, respectively. | 0 |
Clayton Donaldson | Clayton Donaldson 2020-01-21T00:26:09Z Clayton Andrew Donaldson (born 7 February 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League Two club Bradford City. Donaldson started his career with Hull City in 2002, scoring on his first-team debut in the Football League Trophy later that year. He was sent out on loan to non-League clubs on four occasions, and with chances in the first team at Hull limited, he was released in 2005 and subsequently joined York City. In his first season at the club, he was voted as their Clubman of the Year and his second season saw him finish as the team's highest scorer and third highest scorer in the league. He joined Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in July 2007, after signing a pre-contract agreement with them in January whilst with York. After a season at the club he left to return to England with Crewe Alexandra. After three years with Crewe, being the top goalscorer in League Two in his last season, he joined Brentford in 2011. He spent three years with the club, helping them gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14, before signing for Birmingham City at the end of that season when his contract expired. After three seasons with Birmingham, he signed for another Championship club, Sheffield United, in August 2017. Spending just a year with the club, he moved to Bolton Wanderers in June 2018. He played internationally for the England National Game XI, who represent England at non-League level, with whom he earned two caps, before accepting an invitation to represent Jamaica in 2015. Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Donaldson grew up in Manningham and attended Manningham Middle School and Rhodesway School. He played football for his school team before joining his hometown club Bradford City, who he supported as a child. Donaldson was released by the club aged 16, with only one player, Lewis Emanuel, being retained from his age group. He was soon signed by Hull City, having been spotted by their youth-team coach Billy Russell. Donaldson was a trainee with Hull's youth system when scoring from close range on his first-team debut in Hull's Football League Trophy 3–1 away defeat to Port Vale on 22 October 2002, having replaced Gary Alexander as a 60th-minute substitute. He was sent out on loan to Northern Premier League Premier Division club Harrogate Town in November 2002, and scored in the 68th minute of his debut, a 3–1 away win over Gateshead on 12 November. He stayed with Harrogate for three months, in that time scoring 5 goals in 10 appearances before returning to Hull. He made his Football League debut for Hull on 8 February 2003, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Damien Delaney in a 1–0 defeat at home to Lincoln City. Two days later, he signed a two-year professional contract with Hull. He made one further appearance in the 2002–03 season, as a 69th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against Boston United. In August 2003, Donaldson joined Football Conference club Scarborough on a one-month loan. His debut came in a 2–1 home defeat to Burton Albion on 23 August 2003, and made only one more appearance before his loan expired. On his return to Hull he made two further appearances, both as a substitute in the Football League Trophy, before joining Football Conference club Halifax Town in February 2004 on a one-month loan. Having made his debut as a 58th-minute substitute for Jake Sagare in a 2–0 away defeat to Margate on 8 February 2004, Donaldson finished his spell at Halifax with four appearances. With little prospect of a first-team place at Hull, he rejoined Harrogate in September 2004 on a one-month loan, and scored in the 18th minute of his second debut for the club, a 3–0 home win over Lancaster City on 18 September. He was voted the Conference North Player of the Month for October 2004, having scored three goals from five appearances in that period. His second loan spell with Harrogate ended having scored 4 goals from 11 appearances. At the end of 2004–05, Donaldson was released by Hull, as manager Peter Taylor was unable to guarantee him first-team football. After his release by Hull, Donaldson was spoken to by Barrow, but was signed by Conference National club York City on 23 June 2005, with manager Billy McEwan saying: "He's a young player who is very hungry for his chance and he'll bring competition up front". He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw with Crawley Town on 13 August 2005. His first goal came in a 1–0 win against Cambridge United on 2 September 2005. Picking the ball up on the half-way line, he ran past two opposition defenders on the left wing before shooting the ball into the bottom-right corner from outside the penalty area. During 2005–06, Donaldson scored 18 goals for York and was awarded the Clubman of the Year award, voted for by the club's supporters, before the final match of the season against Hereford United on 29 April 2006. He agreed a contract extension with York for 2006–07 in July 2006. York manager McEwan compared Donaldson to Paulo Wanchope in September 2006, but following York's 2–0 away defeat against Oxford United later that month, McEwan criticised Donaldson's selfishness in attack, saying it cost them the match. In late 2006, Donaldson became subject of much transfer speculation. Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy watched him in York's 1–0 home victory over Altrincham, in which he scored his 12th goal of the season, on 5 November 2006. He was also watched by Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. In response to this speculation, Donaldson said: "I don't read too much into the speculation. I've heard it before and nothing has happened so I will just keep my head down and enjoy my football until a point comes when the manager or board come and tell me they have had an offer they want to consider". On 18 December 2006, he rejected the offer of a new contract at York, meaning he would be out of contact at the end of the season. Scunthorpe United and Peterborough United Director of Football Barry Fry both watched him in December 2006. Fry tabled a £100,000 bid for Donaldson, but this failed to meet York's valuation and they halted their bid at this amount. He was reportedly given a £500,000 transfer valuation by York in January 2007. A cash-plus-player offer from League Two club Accrington Stanley for Donaldson was rejected in January 2007, which according to York was £25,000 and was termed as an "embarrassment" by York manager McEwan, and Accrington then upped their bid to a six-figure fee, but were told that Donaldson was not for sale. Donaldson was suspended for three matches following his 51st-minute sending off for using his elbow in York's 2–1 defeat away to Kidderminster Harriers on 20 January 2007. York rejected a bid from Scunthorpe for Donaldson, with their approach falling short of York's valuation, after which Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins said he would not pay "stupid money" for Donaldson. On 29 January 2007, Hibernian announced that Donaldson had signed a pre-contract agreement with them for a three-year contract, effective in the summer. As he was 23 years old a month later, York were not entitled to any compensation under FIFA regulations. York later turned down a £50,000 offer from Hibernian, which would have allowed them to bring Donaldson to the club immediately. York manager McEwan wanted Donaldson to give his complete commitment for York for the rest of the season, who also revealed that the club intended to fight against the "international loophole" that meant Donaldson could join Hibernian for free. Donaldson's agent, Andy Sprott, said suggestions he deliberately found Donaldson a transfer in Scotland so York would not receive any compensation were "not the case". Donaldson returned from his suspension for York's reserves against Sheffield United on 6 February 2007, but the match was frozen off, and he eventually returned in a 4–0 away win over Altrincham on 10 February 2007. His first goals since his suspension came against Cambridge United, with a hat-trick on 13 March 2007. Donaldson insisted he remained fully committed to York, after speculation concerning his commitment grew in April 2007. In the play-off semi-final second leg away to Morecambe on 7 May 2007, Donaldson collided with the onrushing opposition goalkeeper Steven Drench in the penalty area while trying to collect the ball. With Donaldson still groggy, York's penalty was taken by Steve Bowey, who successfully converted in the 20th minute. However, York lost the match 2–1 and were eliminated on aggregate. Donaldson finished 2006–07 with 26 goals for York from 48 appearances, including 24 goals in the Conference National, meaning he was the division's third top scorer. Donaldson made his Scottish Premier League debut for Hibernian in a 1–0 away win over their rivals Hearts on 6 August 2007, his first league goal coming against Falkirk on 15 September, after winning and scoring a penalty. Donaldson was sent off in this match, resulting in a one-match suspension. His first match back was his home debut against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup on 26 September 2007, starting in place of the injured Steven Fletcher. Donaldson scored in the 11th minute after a solo run, beating two defenders and shooting under goalkeeper Graeme Smith, although Hibs lost the match 4–2. He scored his first hat-trick for Hibs in a 4–1 home win Kilmarnock on 29 September 2007. He was linked with a move to League One club Crewe Alexandra in February 2008, having been unable to figure in Mixu Paatelainen's plans at Hibs, meaning he was frozen out of the first team. Donaldson finished 2007–08 with 21 appearances and 6 goals, his last goal of the season coming against Falkirk in December 2007. In the summer of 2008, he was told that he was available for transfer by Hibs. Crewe were believed to be lining up a bid for him in July 2008, who had money available after selling striker Nicky Maynard to Bristol City for £2.25 million and held negotiations with Donaldson. The move stalled after a six-figure fee had been agreed but Donaldson later agreed personal terms. Donaldson's move to League One club Crewe Alexandra was completed on 18 August 2008 on a three-year contract for an undisclosed six-figure fee. The contract could not be signed until international clearance was given from the Scottish Football Association, which was received on 22 August 2008. He made his debut as an 81st-minute substitute in a 2–1 home victory against Walsall on 23 August 2008. Donaldson's former club York made an attempt to re-sign him on loan in October 2008, but were told to make an inquiry four weeks later as he was injured. Despite this, he came on as a substitute in Crewe's 3–0 away defeat to Scunthorpe on 11 October 2008, which was followed a week later by his first start in a 2–2 home draw with Milton Keynes Dons. He scored his first Crewe goals against Huddersfield Town on 1 November 2008 in a match that eventually finished as a 3–2 away defeat. He displayed the ability of long throw-ins, which he initially developed while in the Hull youth team, on several occasions, including a 3–2 home victory over Scunthorpe on 17 January 2009, a match in which he also scored. He scored three goals in four matches later in the season, with the final goal, against Carlisle United, proving to be his last of 2008–09. Donaldson finished the season with 43 appearances and 7 goals. He broke his fibula during August 2009, which resulted in him being ruled out of playing for eight weeks. He finished 2009–10 with 39 appearances and 13 goals. His first appearance of 2010–11 came in the opening match, a 1–0 home defeat to Hereford on 7 August 2010, in which he missed an early opportunity to score, shooting wide of the goal having been one-on-one with goalkeeper Adam Bartlett. His first goals of the season came after scoring twice in a 7–0 home victory over Barnet on 21 August 2010, the first a shot into the bottom left of the goal and the second a close-range header. He finished the season with 48 appearances and 29 goals, including 28 goals in the League Two, making him the division's top scorer. Donaldson signed a three-year contract with League One club Brentford on 1 July 2011 on a free transfer. He was named Brentford's Player of the Year for 2012–13, in which he scored 24 goals from 56 appearances. After helping Brentford gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14 as League One runners-up, manager Mark Warburton confirmed that Donaldson would be offered a new contract with the club. Donaldson turned down Brentford's contract offer, and signed a two-year contract with their 2014–15 Championship rivals Birmingham City, to begin on 1 July 2014 when his Brentford contract expired. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the opening-day defeat at Middlesbrough, opened the scoring as Birmingham beat Cambridge United 3–1 at St Andrew's in the League Cup, and collected Wes Thomas's through ball to run on and score in a 2–2 home draw with Ipswich Town on 19 August 2014. Although attracting praise for his general play, Donaldson was disappointed with his lack of goals; by the end of October 2014, he had added only one more. A change of management and change of formation – Gary Rowett preferred to play Donaldson as a lone striker – brought a change of fortune in front of goal. He scored both goals in a 2–1 home win against Watford, who had been on a nine-match unbeaten run, and followed up with the only goal of the visit to Rotherham United, when his shot was parried back out to him and he was alert enough to produce a more accurate and powerful second attempt. Donaldson's "customary selfless performance" was rewarded with a two goals in a 3–1 away win over Nottingham Forest, and a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic prompted thoughts of a 20-goal season. An eight-week lean spell put paid to that target – he finished 2014–15 with 16 goals in all competitions, 15 in the league, – but his efforts for the team were recognised with both Players' Player and Supporters' Player of the Season awards. In the first month of 2015–16, Donaldson provided four assists for teammates but did not score himself. At home to Bristol City on 12 September 2015, he completed a first-half hat-trick; the match ended 4–2. His fifth goal of the season came in a 5–2 away win against Fulham on 7 November 2015, the last match before he made his international debut for Jamaica. He returned with a groin injury that was predicted to keep him out for six weeks. Rowett suggested the damage could have been less serious had Donaldson not played the whole match despite being obviously unfit, but Jamaica coach Winfried Schäfer denied the accusations, stating that he had wanted to substitute Donaldson but the player insisted on continuing. He returned to first-team action on 26 December 2015, as a late substitute with Birmingham already 3–0 down at Sheffield Wednesday, and remained in the starting eleven thereafter, although it took some time for his rhythm and form to return. Donaldson was also used on the left wing in support of loan striker Kyle Lafferty. He said he enjoyed that position "because strikers are always getting battered and from there you can sneak in unopposed", although it had not gone as well for him this season as he had hoped. By the end of the season, which he finished as the club's top scorer with 11 goals from 40 league appearances as well as contributing 7 assists, he claimed to be "back to normal self". Away to Wigan Athletic on 16 August 2016, Donaldson's penalty was saved, although the encroaching David Davis scored from the rebound to give Birmingham a lead they failed to protect. Two weeks later, he converted a penalty to open his account for the season before taking advantage of a defensive error to complete a 3–0 win over Norwich City. In the next match, Donaldson again missed a penalty, then ignored managerial orders that Jacques Maghoma should take any further spot kick and scored the winning goal from the penalty awarded after 49 minutes. After the match, Rowett confirmed that Donaldson would remain as designated taker, but advised him to practise. He duly scored from the spot in the very next match. Donaldson's sixth goal, again a penalty, came against Ipswich Town in December. He was stretchered off soon afterwards with an Achilles tendon injury which kept him out for three months, by which time the team were in a relegation battle under the management of Gianfranco Zola, who had taken over the day after the Ipswich match. He made four appearances, with only one start, before a knee injured in training forced him out until the last 20 minutes of the final match, away to Bristol City, in which he helped Birmingham defend a 1–0 lead to avoid relegation. Harry Redknapp had come in as manager for Birmingham's last three matches of 2016–17, and agreed to stay on for the new season. Donaldson started the first four league matches – he did not score, but against Burton Albion he combined with strike partner Lukas Jutkiewicz to create a goal for Maghoma – and took his Birmingham record to 33 goals from 117 appearances in all competitions. Redknapp completely revamped the team during the last couple of weeks of the transfer window, bringing in two strikers and other attacking players, and late on deadline day, Donaldson moved on. Donaldson signed a one-year contract with another Championship club, Sheffield United, on 31 August 2017. The undisclosed fee was described by the Birmingham Mail as "nominal". After scoring both of his team's goals in a 2–1 away win against Sunderland on his debut on 9 September, Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder commented: "Not bad for 50 grand that, is it? Not bad from Aldi... We are delighted to get Clayton. He's a good kid. I know a lot about him. I've tried to sign him enough times, I should know about him. He said yes to me eventually." He was released by Sheffield United at the end of the 2017–18 season. Donaldson signed a one-year contract with Championship club Bolton Wanderers on 26 June 2018. His first goal came on 5 January 2019 in the FA Cup third round against Walsall scoring the equaliser in an eventually 5-2 win. Donaldson signed for newly relegated League Two club Bradford City on 14 June 2019 on a one-year contract. Donaldson was called up by the England National Game XI, who represent England at non-League level, for a European Challenge Trophy match against Belgium in November 2005. He was named in the initial 35-man squad for the Four Nations Tournament in May 2006, but did not make the final 18-man squad. Donaldson finally made the cut when being named in the final 16-man squad for the team to play the Netherlands in November 2006. He made his debut in this match, coming on as a substitute in the last 15 minutes, in which he set up Craig Mackail-Smith for the final goal of a 4–1 victory. This result meant England won the inaugural European Challenge Trophy, topping the table with maximum points. Donaldson was included in the squad to play Northern Ireland in February 2007, although York manager McEwan contemplated withdrawing Donaldson from the squad, after his comeback for York against Altrincham in February 2007. Donaldson eventually started against Northern Ireland, but was substituted after 50 minutes for Paul Benson, who scored England's only goal two minutes after coming on in a 3–1 defeat. This was the final of two caps he earned for England National Game XI. In April 2015, Donaldson stated that he wanted to play for Jamaica, his parents' country. He had hoped to be selected for the 2015 Copa América or for the Gold Cup, but did not receive his Jamaican passport in time. He was called up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in November 2015 against Panama and Haiti, and made his full international debut in the first of those matches, at Independence Park in Kingston on 13 November. He entered the match with Jamaica already 2–0 down, replacing Darren Mattocks after 62 minutes, but was unable to affect the score. Donaldson started against Haiti, and scored the only goal of the match after 62 minutes with a header from a corner. His brother, Jahsiah Donaldson, was a schoolboy with Leeds United before injury ended his career. In June 2014, Donaldson married Pippa (née Fulton) and their son Hendrix was born in August 2015. Brentford England National Game XI Individual, Clayton Donaldson 2021-12-08T01:07:43Z Clayton Andrew Donaldson (born 7 February 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League club York City. Donaldson started his career with Hull City in 2002, scoring on his first-team debut in the Football League Trophy later that year. He was sent out on loan to non-League clubs on four occasions, and with chances in the first team at Hull limited, he was released in 2005 and subsequently joined York City. In his first season at the club, he was voted as their Clubman of the Year and his second season saw him finish as the team's highest scorer and third highest scorer in the league. He joined Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in July 2007, after signing a pre-contract agreement with them in January whilst with York. After a season at the club he left to return to England with Crewe Alexandra. After three years with Crewe, being the top goalscorer in League Two in his last season, he joined Brentford in 2011. He spent three years with the club, helping them gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14, before signing for Birmingham City at the end of that season when his contract expired. After three seasons with Birmingham, he signed for another Championship club, Sheffield United, in August 2017. Spending just a year with the club, he moved to Bolton Wanderers in June 2018. Donaldson played internationally for the England National Game XI, who represent England at non-League level, with whom he earned two caps, before accepting an invitation to represent Jamaica in 2015. Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Donaldson grew up in Manningham and attended Manningham Middle School and Rhodesway School. He played football for his school team before joining his hometown club Bradford City, who he supported as a child. Donaldson was released by the club aged 16, with only one player, Lewis Emanuel, being retained from his age group. He was soon signed by Hull City, having been spotted by their youth-team coach Billy Russell. Donaldson was a trainee with Hull's youth system when scoring from close range on his first-team debut in Hull's Football League Trophy 3–1 away defeat to Port Vale on 22 October 2002, having replaced Gary Alexander as a 60th-minute substitute. He was sent out on loan to Northern Premier League Premier Division club Harrogate Town in November 2002, and scored in the 68th minute of his debut, a 3–1 away win over Gateshead on 12 November. He stayed with Harrogate for three months, in that time scoring 5 goals in 10 appearances before returning to Hull. He made his Football League debut for Hull on 8 February 2003, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Damien Delaney in a 1–0 defeat at home to Lincoln City. Two days later, he signed a two-year professional contract with Hull. He made one further appearance in the 2002–03 season, as a 69th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against Boston United. In August 2003, Donaldson joined Football Conference club Scarborough on a one-month loan. His debut came in a 2–1 home defeat to Burton Albion on 23 August 2003, and made only one more appearance before his loan expired. On his return to Hull he made two further appearances, both as a substitute in the Football League Trophy, before joining Football Conference club Halifax Town in February 2004 on a one-month loan. Having made his debut as a 58th-minute substitute for Jake Sagare in a 2–0 away defeat to Margate on 8 February 2004, Donaldson finished his spell at Halifax with four appearances. With little prospect of a first-team place at Hull, he rejoined Harrogate in September 2004 on a one-month loan, and scored in the 18th minute of his second debut for the club, a 3–0 home win over Lancaster City on 18 September. He was voted the Conference North Player of the Month for October 2004, having scored three goals from five appearances in that period. His second loan spell with Harrogate ended having scored 4 goals from 11 appearances. At the end of 2004–05, Donaldson was released by Hull, as manager Peter Taylor was unable to guarantee him first-team football. After his release by Hull, Donaldson was spoken to by Barrow, but was signed by Conference National club York City on 23 June 2005, with manager Billy McEwan saying: "He's a young player who is very hungry for his chance and he'll bring competition up front". He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw with Crawley Town on 13 August 2005. His first goal came in a 1–0 win against Cambridge United on 2 September 2005. Picking the ball up on the half-way line, he ran past two opposition defenders on the left wing before shooting the ball into the bottom-right corner from outside the penalty area. During 2005–06, Donaldson scored 18 goals for York and was awarded the Clubman of the Year award, voted for by the club's supporters, before the final match of the season against Hereford United on 29 April 2006. He agreed a contract extension with York for 2006–07 in July 2006. York manager McEwan compared Donaldson to Paulo Wanchope in September 2006, but following York's 2–0 away defeat against Oxford United later that month, McEwan criticised Donaldson's selfishness in attack, saying it cost them the match. In late 2006, Donaldson became subject of much transfer speculation. Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy watched him in York's 1–0 home victory over Altrincham, in which he scored his 12th goal of the season, on 5 November 2006. He was also watched by Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. In response to this speculation, Donaldson said: "I don't read too much into the speculation. I've heard it before and nothing has happened so I will just keep my head down and enjoy my football until a point comes when the manager or board come and tell me they have had an offer they want to consider". On 18 December 2006, he rejected the offer of a new contract at York, meaning he would be out of contact at the end of the season. Scunthorpe United and Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry both watched him in December 2006. Fry tabled a £100,000 bid for Donaldson, but this failed to meet York's valuation and they halted their bid at this amount. He was reportedly given a £500,000 transfer valuation by York in January 2007. A cash-plus-player offer from League Two club Accrington Stanley for Donaldson was rejected in January 2007, which according to York was £25,000 and was termed as an "embarrassment" by York manager McEwan, and Accrington then upped their bid to a six-figure fee, but were told that Donaldson was not for sale. Donaldson was suspended for three matches following his 51st-minute red card for using his elbow in York's 2–1 defeat away to Kidderminster Harriers on 20 January 2007. York rejected a bid from Scunthorpe for Donaldson, with their approach falling short of York's valuation, after which Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins said he would not pay "stupid money" for Donaldson. On 29 January 2007, Hibernian announced that Donaldson had signed a pre-contract agreement with them for a three-year contract, effective in the summer. As he was 23 years old a month later, York were not entitled to any compensation under FIFA regulations. York later turned down a £50,000 offer from Hibernian, which would have allowed them to bring Donaldson to the club immediately. York manager McEwan wanted Donaldson to give his complete commitment for York for the rest of the season, who also revealed that the club intended to fight against the "international loophole" that meant Donaldson could join Hibernian for free. Donaldson's agent, Andy Sprott, said suggestions he deliberately found Donaldson a transfer in Scotland so York would not receive any compensation were "not the case". Donaldson returned from his suspension for York's reserves against Sheffield United on 6 February 2007, but the match was frozen off, and he eventually returned in a 4–0 away win over Altrincham on 10 February 2007. His first goals since his suspension came against Cambridge United, with a hat-trick on 13 March 2007. Donaldson insisted he remained fully committed to York, after speculation concerning his commitment grew in April 2007. In the play-off semi-final second leg away to Morecambe on 7 May 2007, Donaldson collided with the onrushing opposition goalkeeper Steven Drench in the penalty area while trying to collect the ball. With Donaldson still groggy, York's penalty was taken by Steve Bowey, who successfully converted in the 20th minute. However, York lost the match 2–1 and were eliminated on aggregate. Donaldson finished 2006–07 with 26 goals for York from 48 appearances, including 24 goals in the Conference National, meaning he was the division's third top scorer. Donaldson made his Scottish Premier League debut for Hibernian in a 1–0 away win over their rivals Hearts on 6 August 2007, his first league goal coming against Falkirk on 15 September, after winning and scoring a penalty. Donaldson was sent off in this match, resulting in a one-match suspension. His first match back was his home debut against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup on 26 September 2007, starting in place of the injured Steven Fletcher. Donaldson scored in the 11th minute after a solo run, beating two defenders and shooting under goalkeeper Graeme Smith, although Hibs lost the match 4–2. He scored his first hat-trick for Hibs in a 4–1 home win Kilmarnock on 29 September 2007. He was linked with a move to League One club Crewe Alexandra in February 2008, having been unable to figure in Mixu Paatelainen's plans at Hibs, meaning he was frozen out of the first team. Donaldson finished 2007–08 with 21 appearances and 6 goals, his last goal of the season coming against Falkirk in December 2007. In the summer of 2008, he was told that he was available for transfer by Hibs. Crewe were believed to be lining up a bid for him in July 2008, who had money available after selling striker Nicky Maynard to Bristol City for £2.25 million and held negotiations with Donaldson. The move stalled after a six-figure fee had been agreed but Donaldson later agreed personal terms. Donaldson's move to League One club Crewe Alexandra was completed on 18 August 2008 on a three-year contract for an undisclosed six-figure fee. The contract could not be signed until international clearance was given from the Scottish Football Association, which was received on 22 August 2008. He made his debut as an 81st-minute substitute in a 2–1 home victory against Walsall on 23 August 2008. Donaldson's former club York made an attempt to re-sign him on loan in October 2008, but were told to make an inquiry four weeks later as he was injured. Despite this, he came on as a substitute in Crewe's 3–0 away defeat to Scunthorpe on 11 October 2008, which was followed a week later by his first start in a 2–2 home draw with Milton Keynes Dons. He scored his first Crewe goals against Huddersfield Town on 1 November 2008 in a match that eventually finished as a 3–2 away defeat. He displayed the ability of long throw-ins, which he initially developed while in the Hull youth team, on several occasions, including a 3–2 home victory over Scunthorpe on 17 January 2009, a match in which he also scored. He scored three goals in four matches later in the season, with the final goal, against Carlisle United, proving to be his last of 2008–09. Donaldson finished the season with 43 appearances and 7 goals. He broke his fibula during August 2009, which resulted in him being ruled out of playing for eight weeks. He finished 2009–10 with 39 appearances and 13 goals. His first appearance of 2010–11 came in the opening match, a 1–0 home defeat to Hereford on 7 August 2010, in which he missed an early opportunity to score, shooting wide of the goal having been one-on-one with goalkeeper Adam Bartlett. His first goals of the season came after scoring twice in a 7–0 home victory over Barnet on 21 August 2010, the first a shot into the bottom left of the goal and the second a close-range header. He finished the season with 48 appearances and 29 goals, including 28 goals in the League Two, making him the division's top scorer. Donaldson signed a three-year contract with League One club Brentford on 1 July 2011 on a free transfer. He was named Brentford's Player of the Year for 2012–13, in which he scored 24 goals from 56 appearances. After helping Brentford gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14 as League One runners-up, manager Mark Warburton confirmed that Donaldson would be offered a new contract with the club. Donaldson turned down Brentford's contract offer, and signed a two-year contract with their 2014–15 Championship rivals Birmingham City, to begin on 1 July 2014 when his Brentford contract expired. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the opening-day defeat at Middlesbrough, opened the scoring as Birmingham beat Cambridge United 3–1 at St Andrew's in the League Cup, and collected Wes Thomas's through ball to run on and score in a 2–2 home draw with Ipswich Town on 19 August 2014. Although attracting praise for his general play, Donaldson was disappointed with his lack of goals; by the end of October 2014, he had added only one more. A change of management and change of formation – Gary Rowett preferred to play Donaldson as a lone striker – brought a change of fortune in front of goal. He scored both goals in a 2–1 home win against Watford, who had been on a nine-match unbeaten run, and followed up with the only goal of the visit to Rotherham United, when his shot was parried back out to him and he was alert enough to produce a more accurate and powerful second attempt. Donaldson's "customary selfless performance" was rewarded with a two goals in a 3–1 away win over Nottingham Forest, and a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic prompted thoughts of a 20-goal season. An eight-week lean spell put paid to that target – he finished 2014–15 with 16 goals in all competitions, 15 in the league, – but his efforts for the team were recognised with both Players' Player and Supporters' Player of the Season awards. In the first month of 2015–16, Donaldson provided four assists for teammates but did not score himself. At home to Bristol City on 12 September 2015, he completed a first-half hat-trick; the match ended 4–2. His fifth goal of the season came in a 5–2 away win against Fulham on 7 November 2015, the last match before he made his international debut for Jamaica. He returned with a groin injury that was predicted to keep him out for six weeks. Rowett suggested the damage could have been less serious had Donaldson not played the whole match despite being obviously unfit, but Jamaica coach Winfried Schäfer denied the accusations, stating that he had wanted to substitute Donaldson but the player insisted on continuing. He returned to first-team action on 26 December 2015, as a late substitute with Birmingham already 3–0 down at Sheffield Wednesday, and remained in the starting eleven thereafter, although it took some time for his rhythm and form to return. Donaldson was also used on the left wing in support of loan striker Kyle Lafferty. He said he enjoyed that position "because strikers are always getting battered and from there you can sneak in unopposed", although it had not gone as well for him this season as he had hoped. By the end of the season, which he finished as the club's top scorer with 11 goals from 40 league appearances as well as contributing 7 assists, he claimed to be "back to normal self". Away to Wigan Athletic on 16 August 2016, Donaldson's penalty was saved, although the encroaching David Davis scored from the rebound to give Birmingham a lead they failed to protect. Two weeks later, he converted a penalty to open his account for the season before taking advantage of a defensive error to complete a 3–0 win over Norwich City. In the next match, Donaldson again missed a penalty, then ignored managerial orders that Jacques Maghoma should take any further spot kick and scored the winning goal from the penalty awarded after 49 minutes. After the match, Rowett confirmed that Donaldson would remain as designated taker, but advised him to practise. He duly scored from the spot in the very next match. Donaldson's sixth goal, again a penalty, came against Ipswich Town in December. He was stretchered off soon afterwards with an Achilles tendon injury which kept him out for three months, by which time the team were in a relegation battle under the management of Gianfranco Zola, who had taken over the day after the Ipswich match. He made four appearances, with only one start, before a knee injured in training forced him out until the last 20 minutes of the final match, away to Bristol City, in which he helped Birmingham defend a 1–0 lead to avoid relegation. Harry Redknapp had come in as manager for Birmingham's last three matches of 2016–17, and agreed to stay on for the new season. Donaldson started the first four league matches – he did not score, but against Burton Albion he combined with strike partner Lukas Jutkiewicz to create a goal for Maghoma – and took his Birmingham record to 33 goals from 117 appearances in all competitions. Redknapp completely revamped the team during the last couple of weeks of the transfer window, bringing in two strikers and other attacking players, and late on deadline day, Donaldson moved on. Donaldson signed a one-year contract with another Championship club, Sheffield United, on 31 August 2017. The undisclosed fee was described by the Birmingham Mail as "nominal". After scoring both of his team's goals in a 2–1 away win against Sunderland on his debut on 9 September, Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder commented: "Not bad for 50 grand that, is it? Not bad from Aldi... We are delighted to get Clayton. He's a good kid. I know a lot about him. I've tried to sign him enough times, I should know about him. He said yes to me eventually." He was released by Sheffield United at the end of the 2017–18 season. Donaldson signed a one-year contract with Championship club Bolton Wanderers on 26 June 2018. His first goal came on 5 January 2019 in the FA Cup third round against Walsall scoring the equaliser in an eventually 5–2 win. Donaldson signed for newly relegated League Two club Bradford City on 14 June 2019 on a one-year contract. He became captain in January 2020, after regular captain James Vaughan left the club on loan. In September 2020 he was replaced as captain Richard O'Donnell. He was released by Bradford at the end of the 2020–21 season. Donaldson rejoined York City, with the club now in the National League North, on 21 June 2021. Donaldson was called up by the England National Game XI, who represent England at non-League level, for a European Challenge Trophy match against Belgium in November 2005. He was named in the initial 35-man squad for the Four Nations Tournament in May 2006, but did not make the final 18-man squad. Donaldson finally made the cut when being named in the final 16-man squad for the team to play the Netherlands in November 2006. He made his debut in this match, coming on as a substitute in the last 15 minutes, in which he set up Craig Mackail-Smith for the final goal of a 4–1 victory. This result meant England won the inaugural European Challenge Trophy, topping the table with maximum points. Donaldson was included in the squad to play Northern Ireland in February 2007, although York manager McEwan contemplated withdrawing Donaldson from the squad, after his comeback for York against Altrincham in February 2007. Donaldson eventually started against Northern Ireland, but was substituted after 50 minutes for Paul Benson, who scored England's only goal two minutes after coming on in a 3–1 defeat. This was the final of two caps he earned for England National Game XI. In April 2015, Donaldson stated that he wanted to play for Jamaica, his parents' country. He had hoped to be selected for the 2015 Copa América or for the Gold Cup, but did not receive his Jamaican passport in time. He was called up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in November 2015 against Panama and Haiti, and made his full international debut in the first of those matches, at Independence Park in Kingston on 13 November. He entered the match with Jamaica already 2–0 down, replacing Darren Mattocks after 62 minutes, but was unable to affect the score. Donaldson started against Haiti, and scored the only goal of the match after 62 minutes with a header from a corner. His brother, Jahsiah Donaldson, was a schoolboy with Leeds United before injury ended his career. In June 2014, Donaldson married Pippa (née Fulton) and their son Hendrix was born in August 2015. England National Game XI Individual | 1 |
Extended_Duration_Orbiter | Extended_Duration_Orbiter 2008-05-31T10:09:09Z The Extended Duration Orbiter program was a project by NASA to prepare for long-term (months) microgravity research aboard Space Station Freedom, which later evolved into the International Space Station. Scientists and NASA needed practical experience in managing progressively longer times for their experiments. The original space shuttle configuration usually provided a week to ten days of spaceflight. Several research projects and hardware components were part of the project, of which the EDO-pallet was one of the most visible, contracted by Rockwell International. The first orbiter outfitted with the EDO hardware configuration was Endeavour, during its construction, and its last EDO flight was STS-67, in 1995. Endeavour's EDO modifications were removed in 1996 as part of routine maintenance, to reduce the orbiter's weight prior to STS-89. Space Shuttle Columbia was outfitted for EDO flight during its maintenance period from August 10, 1991, through February 9, 1992, prior to STS-50, which was the first EDO flight. From 1992, through 1994, Atlantis went through a maintenance period, during which Atlantis was modified to have the provisions needed for EDO capability, but NASA chose not to proceed with the final modifications, and Atlantis does not have EDO capability. The EDO-pallet used in these orbiter configurations was destroyed in the Columbia accident. The Extended Duration Orbiter Cryogenic kit (EDO-pallet or CRYO) is a 15 foot diameter assembly of equipment which attached vertically to the payload bay rear bulkhead of an orbiter, and allowed the orbiter to support a flight of up to 16 days duration. The equipment includes cryogenic tanks, associated control panels, and avionics equipment. Although Atlantis was partially upgraded to accommodate the EDO, only Columbia and Endeavour actually flew with the pallet. Cite error: A tag is missing the closing (see the help page). Initially, NASA considered adding a second EDO pallet to Endeavour, placed in front of the first, for a total of thirteen tank sets, that would have allowed an orbiter to remain in space for 28 days, but managers decided against it when the International Space Station assembly began, and instead removed the EDO capability from the orbiter, to reduce its weight and allow it to carry more cargo to the ISS. No replacement for the pallet is planned, since the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System now provides much of the same abilities, and the planned 2010 retirement of the shuttle fleet would make it unnecessary. The EDO tanks stored 368 pounds (167 kg) of liquid hydrogen at -418 degrees Fahrenheit (-250 °C), and 3,124 pounds (1,417 kg) of liquid oxygen at -285 degrees Fahrenheit (-176 °C). Total empty weight of the system was 3,571 pounds (1,620 kg). When filled with cryogens, the system weight was approximately 7,000 pounds (3. 2 t). Oxygen and hydrogen were supplied to the orbiter's three electrical power generating fuel cells, where they were converted into sufficient electrical energy to support the average 4 family-member house for approximately 6 months. About 3,000 pounds of pure drinking water was also produced by the fuel cells. Missions with the EDO pallet conducted research on microgravity, Life Sciences, Earth and celestial observations, and human adaptation to the low gravity environment. The following missions have used the EDO pallet: Prior to the EDO project, no shuttle had flown a mission longer than 10 days. Since space travelers may faint when they stand up (orthostatic intolerance) after returning to normal gravity even after short flights, and muscle strength may be reduced, the EDOMP project focused on ensuring that the crew could land the orbiter, and exit from it without help after a 16-day flight. Astronauts on 40 shuttle flights (STS-32 through STS-72) participated in 36 EDOMP investigations. The results of these investigations were used to make rules and recommendations for 16-day flights. Several types of exercise devices (i. e. a treadmill, a cycle ergometer, and a rower) were among the devices and procedures developed to prevent the de-conditioning of the body that occurs during space flight. The crew transport vehicles, in which astronauts are now transported after landing, were built to enhance medical capabilities at the landing site, as well as crew comfort and safety. A database of 125 formal publications, and 299 abstracts, technical papers, and presentations, also resulted from the EDOMP. The project saw its successor in the ISS Medical Project. , Extended_Duration_Orbiter 2009-08-04T17:00:38Z The Extended Duration Orbiter program was a project by NASA to prepare for long-term (months) microgravity research aboard Space Station Freedom, which later evolved into the International Space Station. Scientists and NASA needed practical experience in managing progressively longer times for their experiments. The original space shuttle configuration usually provided a week to ten days of spaceflight. Several research projects and hardware components were part of the project, of which the EDO-pallet was one of the most visible, contracted by Rockwell International. The first orbiter outfitted with the EDO hardware configuration was Endeavour, during its construction, and its last EDO flight was STS-67, in 1995. Endeavour's EDO modifications were removed in 1996 as part of routine maintenance, to reduce the orbiter's weight prior to STS-89. Space Shuttle Columbia was outfitted for EDO flight during its maintenance period from August 10, 1991, through February 9, 1992, prior to STS-50, which was the first EDO flight. From 1992, through 1994, Atlantis went through a maintenance period, during which Atlantis was modified to have the provisions needed for EDO capability, but NASA chose not to proceed with the final modifications, and Atlantis does not have EDO capability. The EDO-pallet used in these orbiter configurations was destroyed in the Columbia accident. The Extended Duration Orbiter Cryogenic kit (EDO-pallet or CRYO) is a 15 foot diameter assembly of equipment which attached vertically to the payload bay rear bulkhead of an orbiter, and allowed the orbiter to support a flight of up to 16 days duration. The equipment includes cryogenic tanks, associated control panels, and avionics equipment. Although Atlantis was partially upgraded to accommodate the EDO, only Columbia and Endeavour actually flew with the pallet. The pallet made its debut on STS-50, and was lost on mission STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Initially, NASA considered adding a second EDO pallet to Endeavour, placed in front of the first, for a total of thirteen tank sets, that would have allowed an orbiter to remain in space for 28 days, but managers decided against it when the International Space Station assembly began, and instead removed the EDO capability from the orbiter, to reduce its weight and allow it to carry more cargo to the ISS. No replacement for the pallet is planned, since the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System now provides much of the same abilities, and the planned 2010 retirement of the shuttle fleet would make it redundant. The EDO tanks stored 368 pounds (167 kg) of liquid hydrogen at -418 degrees Fahrenheit (-250 °C), and 3,124 pounds (1,417 kg) of liquid oxygen at -285 degrees Fahrenheit (-176 °C). Total empty weight of the system was 3,571 pounds (1,620 kg). When filled with cryogens, the system weight was approximately 7,000 pounds (3. 2 t). Oxygen and hydrogen were supplied to the orbiter's three electrical power generating fuel cells, where they were converted into sufficient electrical energy to support the average 4 family-member house for approximately 6 months. About 3,000 pounds of pure drinking water was also produced by the fuel cells. Missions with the EDO pallet conducted research on microgravity, Life Sciences, Earth and celestial observations, and human adaptation to the low gravity environment. The following missions have used the EDO pallet: Prior to the EDO project, no shuttle had flown a mission longer than 10 days. Since space travelers may faint when they stand up (orthostatic intolerance) after returning to normal gravity even after short flights, and muscle strength may be reduced, the EDOMP project focused on ensuring that the crew could land the orbiter, and exit from it without help after a 16-day flight. Astronauts on 40 shuttle flights (STS-32 through STS-72) participated in 36 EDOMP investigations. The results of these investigations were used to make rules and recommendations for 16-day flights. Several types of exercise devices (i. e. a treadmill, a cycle ergometer, and a rower) were among the devices and procedures developed to prevent the de-conditioning of the body that occurs during space flight. The crew transport vehicles, in which astronauts are now transported after landing, were built to enhance medical capabilities at the landing site, as well as crew comfort and safety. A database of 125 formal publications, and 299 abstracts, technical papers, and presentations, also resulted from the EDOMP. The project saw its successor in the ISS Medical Project. | 0 |
Lory Meagher Cup | Lory Meagher Cup 2014-05-10T17:15:38Z The Lory Meagher Cup (Irish: Chorn Labhraí Uí Mheachair) is an annual hurling competition in Ireland, played during the summer months and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is a competition for the fourth tier of inter-county hurling teams in Ireland, and is an extension of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the premier knock-out hurling competition. Held each year since 2009, the final is played in Croke Park, Dublin. The winners of the Lory Meagher trophy are promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup competition for the following year. The cup and competition are named after Lory Meagher, a hurler from Kilkenny. The inaugural Lory Meagher Cup final was played on 11 July 2009; Tyrone defeated Donegal. , Lory Meagher Cup 2015-08-31T22:45:45Z The Lory Meagher Cup (often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fourth-highest senior championship overall in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup has the choice to be promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The Lory Meagher Cup, which was introduced for the 2009 season, was the latest initiative in providing a meaningful championship for fourth tier teams deemed "too weak" for the third tier Nicky Rackard Cup. The winners of the championship receive the Lory Meagher Cup, named after former Kilkenny hurler Lory Meagher who many regard as one of the greatest hurlers of all time. In the 2015 season, Fermanagh were the Lory Meagher Cup champions, Sligo were the runners up, and Lancashire finished bottom of the group. Following the success of the Christy Ring Cup and Nicky Rackard Cup for the lower tier hurling teams, it was decided in 2008 to investigate the possibility of introducing a fourth tier. The Hurling Development Committee (HDC) proposed the new four-tier structure in place of the existing three-tier model. It, and the second and third-tier competitions, were to consist of eight teams. The proposals were accepted at a special GAA Congress in October 2008. | 1 |
Josh Parker | Josh Parker 2016-01-09T17:18:01Z Joshua "Josh" Parker (born 1 December 1990) is an English-born Antiguan footballer who plays for Aberdeen on loan from Red Star Belgrade and for the Antigua and Barbuda national football team. Parker started his career at Queens Park Rangers (QPR). In January 2010 he joined Conference National club AFC Wimbledon on loan. He made just two substitute appearances for the club. On 10 April 2010 he made his League Championship debut, replacing Adel Taarabt as a last-minute substitute, in a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. He got his first start two weeks later in a 1–0 win at Barnsley. At the end of the season, manager Neil Warnock offered the youngster a new one-year deal. In October 2010, he joined League Two club Northampton Town on a month-long loan. He made only three appearances for the club and returned to QPR a week before the end of his contract. Parker then joined Wycombe Wanderers on 23 November 2010 on a three-month loan deal and made his debut on the same night against Torquay United, coming on as a second-half substitute. His loan spell was cut short when he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot while on international duty with Antigua and Barbuda. He returned to QPR but failed to make another appearance and was released at the end of the season following their promotion to the Premier League. Parker signed a one-year contract at Oldham Athletic on 5 August 2011 following a successful trial period and made his competitive club debut on the first day of the 2011–12 season, as a substitute in the Football League match against Sheffield United. On 8 March 2012, Parker joined Football League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan. He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2011–12 season, along with eight other players. In December 2012 he signed on non-contract terms for Oxford United. He signed with Slovenian side Domžale in June 2013. After a year and a half in the Slovenian First League, he moved to Serbian SuperLiga side Red Star Belgrade. On January 8, 2015, he signed a 2-year contract with Red Star. On 20 August 2015, he signed a short-term loan deal with Aberdeen until January 2016. Parker is eligible to represent Antigua and Barbuda. In November 2010, he received a call-up and accepted an invitation along with his former QPR teammate Mikele Leigertwood to play for the national team in the Caribbean Championship qualifiers being hosted in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda on 10–14 November. Parker won his first cap in a 2–1 victory over Suriname on 10 November 2010, playing the full 90 minutes. He was part of Antigua and Barbuda team at the 2010 and 2014 Caribbean Cup. Score and result list Antigua and Barbuda's goal tally first. , Josh Parker 2017-12-24T14:47:47Z Joshua Parker (born 1 December 1990) is an English-born Antiguan footballer who plays as a winger for Gillingham. Parker started his career at Queens Park Rangers (QPR). In January 2010 he joined Conference National club AFC Wimbledon on loan. He made just two substitute appearances for the club. On 10 April 2010 he made his League Championship debut, replacing Adel Taarabt as a last-minute substitute, in a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. He got his first start two weeks later in a 1–0 win at Barnsley. At the end of the season, manager Neil Warnock offered the youngster a new one-year deal. In October 2010, he joined League Two club Northampton Town on a month-long loan. He made only three appearances for the club and returned to QPR a week before the end of his contract. Parker then joined Wycombe Wanderers on 23 November 2010 on a three-month loan deal and made his debut on the same night against Torquay United, coming on as a second-half substitute. His loan spell was cut short when he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot while on international duty with Antigua and Barbuda. He returned to QPR but failed to make another appearance and was released at the end of the season following their promotion to the Premier League. Parker signed a one-year contract at Oldham Athletic on 5 August 2011 following a successful trial period and made his competitive club debut on the first day of the 2011–12 season, as a substitute in the Football League match against Sheffield United. On 8 March 2012, Parker joined Football League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan. He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2011–12 season, along with eight other players. In December 2012 he signed on non-contract terms for Oxford United. He was released by the club in May 2013 after 15 league appearances without a goal. He signed with Slovenian side Domžale in June 2013. After a year and a half in the Slovenian First League, he moved to Serbian SuperLiga side Red Star Belgrade. On 8 January 2015 he signed a 2-year contract with Red Star. On 20 August 2015, he signed a short-term loan deal with Aberdeen until January 2016. In January 2017 he joined Wealdstone of the National League South, but just two weeks later signed for League One side Gillingham until the end of the 2016–17 season. He scored in his first appearance for the side in a friendly against Belgian side Patro Eisden Maasmechelen and again on his full debut against Port Vale in the league, coming on as a substitute to score a 95th-minute equaliser. At the end of the season his initial short-term contract was extended for a further two years. Parker is eligible to represent Antigua and Barbuda. In November 2010, he received a call-up and accepted an invitation along with his former QPR teammate Mikele Leigertwood to play for the national team in the Caribbean Championship qualifiers being hosted in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda on 10–14 November. Parker won his first cap in a 2–1 victory over Suriname on 10 November 2010, playing the full 90 minutes. He was part of Antigua and Barbuda team at the 2010 and 2014 Caribbean Cup. He was made captain of the side in 2015. Score and result list Antigua and Barbuda's goal tally first. In March 2016, he was a contestant on Channel 4's Couples Come Dine with Me (Season 3, Episode 33) which was filmed in Aberdeen during his time on loan. | 1 |
Enniskillen,_Ontario | Enniskillen,_Ontario 2011-02-22T20:57:35Z Enniskillen is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Lambton County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 21 (Oil Heritage Road) and Rokeby Line. The township comprises the communities of Oil City, Glen Rae and Marthaville, and surrounds but does not include the independent municipalities of Petrolia and Oil Springs. The economy of the township is based on agricultural. It was named after the town of Enniskillen in Ireland. Population trend: , Enniskillen,_Ontario 2012-01-19T21:01:27Z Township of Enniskillen is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within Lambton County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 21 (Oil Heritage Road) and Rokeby Line. The township comprises the communities of Oil City, Glen Rae and Marthaville, and surrounds but does not include the independent municipalities of Petrolia and Oil Springs. The economy of the township is based on agriculture. It was named after the town of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. Population trend: | 0 |
Public buses of Singapore | Public buses of Singapore 2009-03-03T13:51:03Z Bus transport in Singapore is the most comprehensive and affordable means of public transport for the masses, with over two million rides taken per day on average on the buses of the two main public transport providers SBS Transit and SMRT Corporation. There are more than 300 bus services covering all parts of Singapore. Plans released in the Public Transport White Paper by the Land Transport Authority, however, predict the gradual decline of extensive public bus transport with the development of a comprehensive rail-based transport system such as the Mass Rapid Transit. It was due to this concern, that the government worked towards establishing multi-modal transport companies so as to allow them to remain relevant in the future. However, plans are also underway to revitalize the public bus network, and make it an attractive and practical alternative to private transport. It is hoped that this would increase the ridership onboard public transport, as well as reduce congestion. A comprehensive review of Singapore's public transport and bus system, commissioned by the Land Transport Authority, was completed in early 2008. It has resulted in the relegation of bus route planning to the Land Transport Authority by 2009, among other things. When Singapore first gained independence in 1965, the state of the public transport system was extremely unsatisfactory. Its capacity was inadequate to cope with the population, while the buses were old and slow. Furthermore, the system was beleaguered with frequent problems such as poor management and substandard services and quality. The main bus operator was the Singapore Traction Company, plying routes in the city area. Apart from that, there were many small and individual Chinese private bus companies, each plying a small part of the rural and fringe areas of the island, with only a few routes each. Therefore a simple journey from the East to the West of the island could involve several bus transfers, and could last a few hours aboard noisy and rickety buses. As Singapore Traction Company had a 30-year monopoly and had no direct competition, its services were usually substandard, while the small Chinese bus companies also had a shortage of resources and funds. Moreover, many bus companies had labour problems. There were quite a few cases of labour unrest. In the late 1950s, the situation deteriorated. Militant bus workers, manipulated by communist-controlled unions, resorted to strikes in a demand for better work conditions and pay. These work stoppages plagued the entire bus system into chaos. A famous bus strike was the Hock Lee bus riots on May 12, 1955, where workers from the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company began to go on strike. They were members of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union (SBWU) and were protesting against bad working conditions, long working hours and a low pay. Students from the Chinese Middle schools even came to join and support the strikers. The situation was so bad that in 1955, the Chinese bus companies were hit by a total of 57 strikes. In 1956, the 'Great STC Strike' lasted 146 days. The strikers crippled the country's transport system. The chaotic conditions usually left the commuters in a lurch. It was in the early seventies that government stepped in to reorganize the bus system. Many small bus companies were amalgamated into three larger bus companies, namely the Amalgamated bus company Ltd, associated bus services Pte Ltd, and the United Bus Ltd. They were grouped into three regional sectors. The STC continued its monopoly on the central area of Singapore. Notwithstanding the reorganization, bus services still did not improve much. There were still frequent breakdowns, overcrowded buses, and irregular fare and route structures. During this time, the protectionism of the STC by the government was also removed. The STC could not cope with this new environment and closed down its operations due to large financial losses. In 1973, The three main bus companies were merged into a one single organization. The new company formed from this merger was the Singapore Bus Service (the predecessor of SBS Transit), which came into operation in November 1973. It was hoped that this would create economies of scale and ultimately improve bus services. The government mooted the idea of a second bus company in the early eighties. The idea was to provide some degree of competition to SBS. Therefore Trans-Island Bus Services Limited was formed on 31 May 1982, as the second major public bus operator. Trans-Island started operations on 3 April 1983. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, the then Minister for Communications, remarked that "Each company will act as a natural impetus to enhance the performance and efficiency of the other in the spirit of healthy competition and in the process help bring about a better level of service." In August 1994, the government announced the transfer of 17 SBS services to Trans-Island bus services. This was to help TIBS in its early years. In 2001, Singapore bus service changed its name to SBS Transit Limited. This was to reflect its status as a multi-modal transport operator, as it had won the tender to operate the new North East Line and the Sengkang/Punggol Light Rapid Transit Lines. In late 2001, Trans-Island became a subsidiary of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT). Trans-Island Bus Service was renamed as SMRT Buses Ltd on 10 May 2003. This continues till today. Singapore's buses consist of single deck 12 metre long buses used by all operators, double decker and midi Buses are used solely by SBS Transit and articulated (bendy) buses are used solely by SMRT Buses for the exception of two being used by SBS Transit. The two articulated buses of SBS Transit, namely SBS998Y and SBS999U, have since been sold to New Zealand in March 2006. Examples of buses currently used in Singapore are: Singapore has many different bus services plying through the island. These bus routes can be grouped into the following categories: Special bus routes that were recently terminated:, Public buses of Singapore 2010-12-29T13:46:41Z Bus transport in Singapore is the most comprehensive and affordable means of public transport for the masses, with over two million rides taken per day on average on the buses of the two main public transport providers SBS Transit and SMRT Corporation. There are more than 300 bus services covering all parts of Singapore. When Singapore first gained independence in 1965, the state of the public transport system was extremely unsatisfactory. Its capacity was inadequate to cope with the population, while the buses were old and slow. Furthermore, the system was beleaguered with frequent problems such as poor management and substandard services and quality. The main bus operator was the Singapore Traction Company, plying routes in the city area. Apart from that, there were many small and individual Chinese private bus companies, each plying a small part of the rural and fringe areas of the island, with only a few routes each. Therefore a simple journey from the East to the West of the island could involve several bus transfers, and could last a few hours aboard noisy and rickety buses. As Singapore Traction Company had a 30-year monopoly and had no direct competition, its services were usually substandard, while the small Chinese bus companies also had a shortage of resources and funds. Moreover, many bus companies had labour problems. There were quite a few cases of labour unrest. In the late 1950s, the situation deteriorated. Militant bus workers, manipulated by communist-controlled unions, resorted to strikes in a demand for better work conditions and pay. These work stoppages plagued the entire bus system into chaos. A famous bus strike was the Hock Lee bus riots on May 12, 1955, where workers from the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company began to go on strike. They were members of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union (SBWU) and were protesting against bad working conditions, long working hours and a low pay. Students from the Chinese Middle schools even came to join and support the strikers. The situation was so bad that in 1955, the Chinese bus companies were hit by a total of 57 strikes. In 1956, the 'Great STC Strike' lasted 146 days. The strikers crippled the country's transport system. The chaotic conditions usually left the commuters in a lurch. It was in the early seventies that government stepped in to reorganize the bus system. Many small bus companies were amalgamated into three larger bus companies, namely the Amalgamated Bus Company Ltd, Associated Bus Services Pte Ltd, and the United Bus Ltd. They were grouped into three regional sectors. The STC continued its monopoly on the central area of Singapore. Notwithstanding the reorganization, bus services still did not improve much. There were still frequent breakdowns, overcrowded buses, and irregular fare and route structures. During this time, the protectionism of the STC by the government was also removed. The STC could not cope with this new environment and closed down its operations due to large financial losses. In 1973, The three main bus companies were merged into a one single organization. The new company formed from this merger was the Singapore Bus Service (the predecessor of SBS Transit), which came into operation in November 1973. It was hoped that this would create economies of scale and ultimately improve bus services. The government mooted the idea of a second bus company in the early eighties. The idea was to provide some degree of competition to SBS. Therefore Trans-Island Bus Services Limited was formed on 31 May 1982, as the second major public bus operator. Trans-Island started operations on 3 April 1983. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, the then Minister for Communications, remarked that "Each company will act as a natural impetus to enhance the performance and efficiency of the other in the spirit of healthy competition and in the process help bring about a better level of service." In August 1994, the government announced the transfer of 17 SBS services to Trans-Island bus services. This was to help TIBS in its early years. In 2001, Singapore bus service changed its name to SBS Transit Limited. This was to reflect its status as a multi-modal transport operator, as it had won the tender to operate the new North East Line and the Sengkang/Punggol Light Rapid Transit Lines. In late 2001, Trans-Island became a subsidiary of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT). Trans-Island Bus Service was renamed as SMRT Buses Ltd on 10 May 2004. This continues till today. There are plans to convert bus interchanges into being air-conditioned as opposed to the current open-air. So far, four bus interchanges have been converted into air-conditioned ones. The first of these is the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange which opened for services in 2002. The second is the Sengkang Bus Interchange which commenced passenger usage in 2003. The third is the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange which opened in 2007. The fourth is the Boon Lay Bus Interchange which opened in 2009. Upcoming air-conditioned bus interchanges include Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Yishun and Serangoon. Singapore's buses consist of single deck 12 metre long buses used by all operators, double decker and midi buses are used solely by SBS Transit and articulated (bendy) buses are used solely by SMRT Buses for the exception of two being used by SBS Transit. The two articulated buses of SBS Transit, namely SBS998Y (Volvo B10MA) and SBS999U (Mercedes-Benz O405G), have since been sold to New Zealand in March 2006. Examples of buses currently used in Singapore are: Singapore has many different bus services plying through the island. These bus routes can be grouped into the following categories: Special bus routes that were recently terminated: | 1 |
Stefan Payne | Stefan Payne 2019-01-31T12:55:54Z Stefan Steve Payne (born 10 August 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town on loan from Bristol Rovers as a striker. Payne played for the Croydon youth team during the 2008–09 season and broke into the first team towards the tail end of the campaign and impressed Sutton United officials during a Southern Youth League cup final against them. In the summer of 2009, Payne signed a contract with Sutton for the 2009–10 season. He made an immediate impact, scoring a hat-trick in the club's first league game of the season, a 4–0 win over Margate. He quickly attracted attention from Football League scouts. In September 2009, Fulham offered Payne and Sutton a contract. It was thought to be worth a six-figure-sum for Sutton. Although Fulham could not officially sign a player outside the transfer window, Payne joined the reserve squad in October. He played many games for the reserve team but did not break into the first team. During the 2010 close-season, Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler revealed his eagerness to sign Payne, eventually joining Gillingham on a free transfer in June 2010, signing a two-year contract. Payne played several pre-season friendlies and made his first professional football appearance in the first league game of the season, against Cheltenham Town. In February 2011, Payne went to Braintree Town on a one-month loan, and scored a hat-trick in his second appearance to help beat Basingstoke Town 5–2. Payne scored his first goal for Gillingham in the 6–1 away win over Hereford United on 17 September 2011. On 27 January 2012, he signed for Aldershot Town, and in February the club's official website announced that he had been sent out on loan to Sutton United until the end of the season. Aldershot manager Dean Holdsworth said that Payne needed to play regular football, but on 22 February, the Sutton Guardian announced that Payne's contract at Aldershot had been cancelled and that Sutton had got the player for nothing. Payne signed in August 2013 for AFC Hornchurch in the Isthmian League, scoring twice on his debut away at Dulwich Hamlet. On 3 June 2014, Payne signed for Dover Athletic. He was the club's top scorer in both of his seasons with the Kent club, and was named Players' Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season. On 18 May 2016, Payne signed for Barnsley on a two-year contract with the option to extend for another year. He signed on loan for Shrewsbury Town for the remainder of the season in January 2017, with the move later being made permanent, signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee in August 2017. On 9 August 2018, Payne signed for Bristol Rovers. Shrewsbury Town, Stefan Payne 2020-11-18T00:54:39Z Stefan Steve Payne (born 10 August 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for English League Two club Tranmere Rovers. He began his career in non-league football with Croydon and Sutton United before joining Fulham, and made his professional debut for Gillingham in League Two in 2010. He did not maintain a first-team place at Gillingham and dropped back into non-league between 2012 and 2016, moving clubs frequently. After two prolific seasons in the Conference Premier for Dover Athletic he signed for Championship club Barnsley, where he did not feature frequently. Payne then played for Shrewsbury Town in League One, initially on loan, and was their top scorer in the 2017–18 season as they reached the finals of the EFL Trophy and League One play-offs. He subsequently signed for Bristol Rovers, and after a brief loan back at Shrewsbury, Tranmere Rovers. Payne played for the Croydon youth team during the 2008–09 season and broke into the first team towards the tail end of the campaign and impressed Sutton United officials during a Southern Youth League cup final against them. In the summer of 2009, Payne signed a contract with Sutton for the 2009–10 season. He made an immediate impact, scoring a hat-trick in the club's first league game of the season, a 4–0 win over Margate. He quickly attracted attention from Football League scouts. In September 2009, Premier League club Fulham offered Payne and Sutton a contract. It was thought to be worth a six-figure-sum for Sutton. Although Fulham could not officially sign a player outside the transfer window, Payne joined the reserve squad in October. He played many games for the reserve team but did not break into the first team. During the 2010 close-season, Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler revealed his eagerness to sign Payne, and the striker joined Gillingham on a free transfer in June 2010, signing a two-year contract. He made his professional debut in the first league game of the League Two season on 7 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw with Cheltenham Town. In February 2011, Payne went to Braintree Town of the Conference North on a one-month loan, and scored a hat-trick in his second appearance to help beat Basingstoke Town 5–2. Payne scored his first goal for Gillingham to conclude the 6–1 away win over Hereford United on 17 September 2011, nine minutes after coming on as a substitute for Frank Nouble. His only other goal for the Gills was on 22 November in an FA Cup first round replay at home to AFC Bournemouth, when he came on at half time for Chris Whelpdale and scored the 3–2 winner. He totalled 37 appearances for the Kent-based club, but only three as a starter. On 27 January 2012, Payne signed for Aldershot Town of League Two for the rest of the season, having rescinded his Gillingham contract by mutual consent. He made his only appearance the following day in a 2–1 win at AFC Wimbledon, replacing Adam Mekki for the final ten minutes. However, days later Aldershot stated on their website that Payne had been sent out on loan to Sutton United in the Conference South until the end of the season, as manager Dean Holdsworth said that he needed to play regular football. The Sutton Guardian announced that Payne's contract at Aldershot had been cancelled and that Sutton had got the player for nothing. In January 2013, Payne stepped up to the Conference Premier by signing for Macclesfield Town. Again, he was limited to one ten-minute appearance for the Silkmen, in a 2–1 loss at Dartford on 15 January replacing Amari Morgan-Smith. Before the end of the month, he switched to struggling Ebbsfleet United of the same division for the rest of the campaign. He scored twice in 13 matches for the eventually relegated Fleet, and received two straight-red cards including one in the first half of a 2–0 loss at Luton Town on 18 April. Payne signed in August 2013 for AFC Hornchurch in the Isthmian League, scoring twice on his debut away at Dulwich Hamlet. He totalled 31 goals in 46 games for the Urchins. On 3 June 2014, Payne signed for newly promoted Dover Athletic of the Conference on a free transfer. He was the club's top scorer in both of his seasons with the Kent club, and was named Players' Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season. On 18 May 2016, Payne signed for Barnsley on a two-year contract with the option to extend for another year, on a free transfer. He made his Championship debut on 6 August in a 4–2 opening day loss at Ipswich Town, playing the final 17 minutes in place of Tom Bradshaw. He totalled 12 goalless appearances for Barnsley across all competitions, all as a substitute. He signed on loan for Shrewsbury Town in League One for the remainder of the season on 30 January 2017 and debuted five days later by starting in a 2–1 home win over Bury. On 8 April he scored his first goal, the only one against Rochdale at the New Meadow to pull the Shrews out of the relegation zone. Six days later he struck again to ensure a 1–1 draw at local rivals Walsall. After Shrewsbury secured their place in the third tier, Payne signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee in August 2017. He was the club's top scorer with 54 total games and 14 goals in a season in which they lost two finals at Wembley Stadium – the 2018 EFL Trophy Final to Lincoln City and the 2018 EFL League One play-off Final to Rotherham United. On 9 August 2018, after starting in Shrewsbury's first match of the new season, Payne signed an undisclosed contract for Bristol Rovers of the same division. He made his debut two days later, starting up front alongside fellow former Shrew Alex Rodman and scored a late equaliser in a 2–1 home loss to Accrington Stanley. In October, he was fined for making offensive gestures towards the club's own fans after they lost at Barnsley. Payne returned to Shrewsbury on 31 January 2019, signing on loan for the remainder of the season. He made five appearances, all but one as a substitute, and did not score. After cancelling his Bristol Rovers contract by mutual consent, Payne signed a two-year deal at Tranmere Rovers on 28 June 2019, who had just been promoted to League One. Payne captained Tranmere in the EFL Trophy third round tie against Leicester City under 21's, where he scored, but eventually lost the match 2–1. Shrewsbury Town | 1 |
Marc Blucas | Marc Blucas 2010-01-17T03:16:44Z Marcus Paul "Marc" Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Blucas, an educator who is divorced from Blucas's father, a school superintendent. After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, he became the star center on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan. He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After Blucas failed to make it into the NBA, he moved to England, where he played professional basketball for a year with British Basketball League's Manchester Giants. He later decided to become a lawyer, but changed his mind and went into acting instead. Blucas's first television role was in the television movie Inflammable, made in 1995. From there, he found roles in both television and film. He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Ross's Pleasantville (1998). However, he finally landed his first major role in 1999, as Agent Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedon's time. Whedon asked him to audition again, and he received the part two weeks later. He played Buffy's love interest until 2000. After his departure from the series, he went on to star in such film as We Were Soldiers (2002) alongside Mel Gibson and Chris Klein and First Daughter (2004) with Katie Holmes. However, it was in 2007 that Blucas began to land leading roles in films such as Thr3e and The Killing Floor. Blucas briefly dated actress Lauren Graham in 2005. On July 25, 2009, Blucas married journalist Ryan Haddon. and Angel cast, Marc Blucas 2011-12-25T10:02:58Z Marcus Paul "Marc" Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Matthew Donnally on Necessary Roughness. Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Blucas, an educator who is divorced from Blucas's father, a school superintendent. After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania (a rural town near Erie), he became the star player on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan. He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. After Blucas failed to make it into the NBA, he moved to England, where he played professional basketball for a year with British Basketball League's Manchester Giants. He later decided to become a lawyer, but changed his mind and went into acting instead. Blucas's first television role was in the television movie Inflammable, made in 1995. From there, he found roles in both television and film. He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Ross's Pleasantville (1998). However, he finally landed his first major role in 1999, as Agent Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedon's time. Whedon asked him to audition again, and he received the part two weeks later. He played Buffy's love interest until 2000. After his departure from the series, he went on to star in such film as We Were Soldiers (2002) alongside Mel Gibson and Chris Klein and First Daughter (2004) with Katie Holmes. However, it was in 2007 that Blucas began to land leading roles in films such as Thr3e and The Killing Floor. In February 2010, Blucas joined the cast of the ABC television drama pilot True Blue. Blucas is in the cast of the USA Network show Necessary Roughness, playing Matthew. The series premiered on June 29, 2011. On July 25, 2009, Blucas married journalist Ryan Haddon. and Angel cast | 1 |
BG Pathum United F.C. | BG Pathum United F.C. 2017-01-03T06:08:09Z Bangkok Glass Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบางกอกกล๊าส) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani Province and is managed by BG FC Sport Co.,Ltd. which is a subsidiary of Bangkok Glass Group of Companies. Bangkok Glass FC currently play in the Thai League after BG FC Sport Co.,Ltd. who purchased the playing license of the Thai Premier League side Krung Thai Bank F.C. in January 2009., changed the club name and moved its home from central Bangkok to Pathum Thani Province. The name and logo derive from Krung Thai Bank, PCL, the team owner and major sponsor of the club. Bangkok Glass FC was founded in 2006 and played in the Khǒr Royal Cup, the fourth level of the Thai football league. In the beginning of the 2009 season, the club bought the franchise of Krung Thai Bank F.C. in order to compete in the Thai Premier League. The club then started the pre-season under the name of Raj-Vithi-BGFC in the 2009 Queen's Cup in the match against Haaka-Sriracha FC. The team was made up of players from Bangkok Glass FC, trialling players with the potential to play in the Thai League. In their first Premier League season, the club was managed by Hans Emser, a German Head Coach. Under his service, the club was unbeaten for twelve league games in a row. He was a successful coach from Bangkok Glass FC with a points average of 2,33. Nevertheless, Emser himself declared that he preferred to work with the youth team rather than the senior team. The club then appointed Surachai Jaturapattarapong, a former Thailand national team player who previously worked as a coach in S. League of Singapore as the club's new head coach. After a poor start to the 2010 season, Surachai stepped down from his post and was replaced by the Brazilian Carlos Roberto. His tenure in charge was short-lived though as he was fired in October 2010 after two heavy defeats to PEA Buriram and Osotspa Saraburi. Bangkok Glass finished a disappointing 5th in the PLT in 2010. The current manager is Supasin Leelarit and Surachai Jaturapattarapong was re-appointed as head coach at the end of the 2011 season. After a disappointing season Surachai stepped down again from his post October 2012 and was replaced by Phil Stubbins. Bangkok Glass finished the season a disappointing 8th in the PLT 2012. After short lived in Bangkok Glass FC Phil Stubbins stepped down in March 2013. For short time assistant coach Anuruk taken over. Leo Stadium was open in 2010 after being renovated on land adjacent to bangkok glass company limited. It located in Pathum Thani. It was originally used by bangkok glass company limited officer. After Bangkok Glass F.C. bought the franchise of Krung Thai Bank F.C. in order to compete in the Thai League they use Leo Stadium to be their own home ground. The capacity of the stadium was 13,000,. The following are the sponsors of BGFC (named "BGFC Partners"): Official Sponsor Kit Manufacturer Below is a list of players playing for Bangkok Glass as the official website confirms. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note 1: Players who are AFC Champions League quota foreign players are listed in bold. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For details on former players, see Category:Bangkok Glass F.C. players. Coaches by Years (2009–present), BG Pathum United F.C. 2018-12-28T16:47:23Z Glass F.C. sections BG Pathum United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบีจี ปทุม ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani Province and is managed by BG FC Sport Co.,Ltd. which is a subsidiary of Bangkok Glass Group of Companies. Bangkok Glass FC participates in the Thai League 2. Its nickname "The Rabbits" derives from the chinese zodiac of the first club president, Pavin Bhirombhakdi who born in The Year of the Rabbit. Bangkok Glass FC was founded in 2006 and played in the Khǒr Royal Cup, the fourth level of the Thai football league. In the beginning of the 2009 season, the club bought the franchise of Krung Thai Bank F.C. in order to compete in the Thai League 1. The club then started the pre-season under the name of Raj-Vithi-BGFC in the 2009 Queen's Cup in the match against Haaka-Sriracha FC. The team was made up of players from Bangkok Glass FC, trialling players with the potential to play in the Thai League. In their first Premier League season, the club was managed by Hans Emser, a German Head Coach. Under his service, the club was unbeaten for twelve league games in a row. He was a successful coach from Bangkok Glass FC with a points average of 2,33. Nevertheless, Emser himself declared that he preferred to work with the youth team rather than the senior team. The club then appointed Surachai Jaturapattarapong, a former Thailand national team player who previously worked as a coach in S. League of Singapore as the club's new head coach. After a poor start to the 2010 season, Surachai stepped down from his post and was replaced by the Brazilian Carlos Roberto. His tenure in charge was short-lived though as he was fired in October 2010 after two heavy defeats to PEA Buriram and Osotspa Saraburi. Bangkok Glass finished a disappointing 5th in the PLT in 2010. The current manager is Supasin Leelarit and Surachai Jaturapattarapong was re-appointed as head coach at the end of the 2011 season. After a disappointing season Surachai stepped down again from his post October 2012 and was replaced by Phil Stubbins. Bangkok Glass finished the season a disappointing 8th in the PLT 2012. After short lived in Bangkok Glass FC Phil Stubbins stepped down in March 2013. For short time assistant coach Anurak Srikerd taken over and he make the club history for the first club trophy Thai FA Cup 2014 since they founded. In 2015, Bangkok Glass FC joined AFC Champions League for the first time. After a successful decade, Bangkok glass FC established Yamaoka Hanasaka Academy or YHA in collaboration with Cerezo Osaka and Yanmar for developing young footballers to become professional footballers in 2016. After relegated to Thai League 2 in 2018, the club was change the name to BG Pathum United F.C. to be one of the supportors of the club in Pathum Thani Province. The new club name will be launched in the 2019 season. Leo Stadium was open in 2010 after being renovated on land adjacent to bangkok glass company limited. It located in Pathum Thani. It was originally used by bangkok glass company limited officer. After Bangkok Glass F.C. bought the franchise of Krung Thai Bank F.C. in order to join in the Thai League 1 they use Leo Stadium to be their own home ground. The capacity of the stadium was 16,014,. In 2018, LEO Stadium was installed natural grass sport field. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note 1: Players who are AFC Champions League quota foreign players are listed in bold. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For details on former players, see Category:Bangkok Glass F.C. players. Coaches by Years (2009–present) Bangkok Glass F.C. are referred to in 2010 Thai film First Love when Mario Maurer's character is a rising player of this club and Surachai Jaturapattarapong, the team's manager including Supasin Leelarit, vice chairman's club also co-starred. | 1 |
Joe Jacobson | Joe Jacobson 2014-01-01T19:44:31Z Joseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson (born 17 November 1986) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team, and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team. Born in Cardiff, Wales, to a Jewish family, Jacobson signed professional terms with his hometown side in July 2006. He made his league debut as a substitute for Chris Barker in Cardiff's Championship defeat at home to Norwich City on 22 April 2006. He made his first start on 22 August in Cardiff's surprise defeat at home to League Two side Barnet in the Football League Cup, and was voted Man of The Match by the local press. In November 2006 the Torquay-based newspaper the Herald Express reported that Jacobson was likely to sign for Torquay United on loan, a story backed up by the team's official website. However, the move fell through when Torquay failed to loan Martin Phillips to Exeter City and Torquay chairman Chris Roberts refused to sanction the deal. He joined Accrington Stanley on loan and started their Football League Two match away at Grimsby on 25 November, followed by a Football League Trophy quarter-final tie away at League One club Doncaster Rovers on the following Tuesday. In February 2007, Jacobson joined Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season, and then signed on a permanent basis in the summer of 2007. Jacobson was the subject of controversy after executing a tackle on Kieron Dyer during a second round Carling Cup match against West Ham United on 28 August 2007. The tackle broke Dyer's tibia and fibula bones in his right leg, rendering him unavailable for both domestic and international selection. West Ham's manager Alan Curbishley, was furious initially accusing Jacobson of conducting himself maliciously, however this was dismissed with a written apology to Jacobson when Curbishley saw the tackle again. Awarded Bristol Rovers Supporters Club Young Player of the Year Award 2007–08. During his spell at Rovers, he was voted Young Player of the Year and helped the team to promotion to League 1 and to the quarter final of the FA Cup, scoring in a penalty shoot out win against Premiership Fulham. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Jacobson was to be released by Bristol Rovers at the end of his contract. On 18 June 2009, Jacobson signed a two-year contract with Oldham Athletic after passing a medical. Jacobson made his long awaited debut for Oldham on 24 November 2009, playing 45 minutes as a substitute in a 3:nil defeat to Wallsall. In July 2010 he was transfer-listed by the club, along with five other first team players. On 23 November, it was announced that he would join Accrington Stanley on loan. On 7 January Stanley announced the loan had been extended until 29 January with an option to extend until the end of the season. The following day he scored his first goal for the club as they beat Bury 1–0. On 31 January 2011 he signed for Stanley on a permanent basis, helping them to achieve a playoff place. Following the expiration of his Accrington contract,on 28 June 2011 it was announced that he would join Shrewsbury Town on a two-year deal. In an interview he told reporters: "it's the place I wanted to be." Joe made his first appearance for Shrewsbury Town in a 2–0 home win against Crewe Alexandra and scored his first goal as a Shrewsbury player in a 7–2 away win against Northampton Town. In the 2011–12 season he made 45 appearances for Shrewsbury Town in all competitions establishing himself as first-choice left-back with manager Graham Turner. In the 2012–13 season, he was selected as Captain in the absence of Matt Richards as Shrewsbury confirmed their League One status in a 0–0 draw away at Colchester United on 20 April 2013. He retained this role for the final two matches of the season, also scoring in both, against Oldham Athletic and Portsmouth. By playing an undisclosed amount of matches for Shrewsbury Town, Jacobson triggered a clause in his contract to earn another year, extending his stay to the end of the 2013–14 season. Jacobson captained the Wales Under-21 side that beat France and Romania until narrowly losing over two legs to England U21 in the 2009 European Championship play-offs in October 2008. John Toshack named him in the senior squad for several friendlies but he is yet to make his debut for the senior team. , Joe Jacobson 2015-12-31T23:55:55Z Joseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson (born 17 November 1986) is a Welsh professional footballer for Wycombe Wanderers. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team, and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Jacobson signed professional terms with his hometown club in July 2006. He made his league debut as a substitute for Chris Barker in Cardiff's Championship defeat at home to Norwich City on 22 April 2006. He made his first start on 22 August in Cardiff's surprise defeat at home to League Two side Barnet in the Football League Cup, and was voted Man of The Match by the local press. In November 2006 the Torquay-based newspaper the Herald Express reported that Jacobson was likely to sign for Torquay United on loan, a story backed up by the team's official website. However, the move fell through when Torquay failed to loan Martin Phillips to Exeter City and Torquay chairman Chris Roberts refused to sanction the deal. He joined Accrington Stanley on loan and started their Football League Two match away at Grimsby on 25 November, followed by a Football League Trophy quarter-final tie away at League One club Doncaster Rovers on the following Tuesday. In February 2007, Jacobson joined Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season, and then signed on a permanent basis in the summer of 2007. Jacobson was the subject of controversy after executing a tackle on Kieron Dyer during a second round Carling Cup match against West Ham United on 28 August 2007. The tackle broke Dyer's tibia and fibula bones in his right leg, rendering him unavailable for both domestic and international selection. West Ham's manager Alan Curbishley, was furious initially accusing Jacobson of conducting himself maliciously, however this was dismissed with a written apology to Jacobson when Curbishley saw the tackle again. Awarded Bristol Rovers Supporters Club Young Player of the Year Award 2007–08. During his spell at Rovers, he was voted Young Player of the Year and helped the team to promotion to League 1 and to the quarter final of the FA Cup, scoring in a penalty shoot out win against Premiership Fulham. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Jacobson was to be released by Bristol Rovers at the end of his contract. On 18 June 2009, Jacobson signed a two-year contract with Oldham Athletic after passing a medical. Jacobson made his long awaited debut for Oldham on 24 November 2009, playing 45 minutes as a substitute in a 3:nil defeat to Wallsall. In July 2010 he was transfer-listed by the club, along with five other first team players. On 23 November, he joined Accrington Stanley on loan. On 7 January Stanley announced the loan had been extended until 29 January with an option to extend until the end of the season. The following day he scored his first goal for the club as they beat Bury 1–0. On 31 January 2011 he signed for Stanley on a permanent basis, helping them to achieve a playoff place. Following the expiration of his Accrington contract,on 28 June 2011 it was announced that he would join Shrewsbury Town on a two-year deal. In an interview he told reporters: "it's the place I wanted to be." Joe made his first appearance for Shrewsbury Town in a 2–0 home win against Crewe Alexandra and scored his first goal as a Shrewsbury player in a 7–2 away win against Northampton Town. In the 2011–12 season he made 45 appearances for Shrewsbury Town in all competitions establishing himself as first-choice left-back with manager Graham Turner. In the 2012–13 season, he was selected as Captain in the absence of Matt Richards as Shrewsbury confirmed their League One status in a 0–0 draw away at Colchester United on 20 April 2013. He retained this role for the final two matches of the season, also scoring in both, against Oldham Athletic and Portsmouth. By playing an undisclosed amount of matches for Shrewsbury Town, Jacobson triggered a clause in his contract to earn another year, extending his stay to the end of the 2013–14 season. Following Shrewsbury's relegation, Jacobson was released at the end of his contract. On the 1 July 2014, Jacobson signed a two-year contract with Wycombe Wanderers following his release from Shrewsbury Town. Since April 2015, Jacobson has scored 3 goals for Wycombe Wanderers with two goals from set pieces. Jacobson captained the Wales Under-21 side that beat France and Romania until narrowly losing over two legs to England U21 in the 2009 European Championship play-offs in October 2008. John Toshack named him in the senior squad for several friendlies but he is yet to make his debut for the senior team. | 1 |
1890_Baltimore_Orioles_season | 1890_Baltimore_Orioles_season 2010-07-09T03:45:34Z The Baltimore Orioles team shut down operations after the 1889 season, but started up again midway through the 1890 season to replace the folded Brooklyn Gladiators ballclub. Infielders Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts This article relating to a baseball season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , 1890_Baltimore_Orioles_season 2013-05-17T06:49:04Z The Baltimore Orioles team left the American Association after the 1889 season and started playing in the minor Atlantic Association. However, when the Brooklyn Gladiators ballclub folded mid-way through the 1890 season the Orioles returned to the AA to finish out the season. Infielders Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts This article relating to a baseball season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
French_ironclad_Jeanne_d'Arc | French_ironclad_Jeanne_d'Arc 2010-07-23T13:20:01Z The French ironclad Jeanne d'Arc was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the late 1860s. She was named for Joan of Arc, a Roman Catholic saint and heroine of the 100 Years War. Jeanne d'Arc participated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 and remained in commission afterwards, unlike many of her sisters. The ship was condemned in 1883, but nothing further is known as to her disposition. The Alma-class ironclads were designed as a improved version of the French ironclad Belliqueuse suitable for foreign deployments. Unlike their predecessor the Alma-class ships were true central battery ironclads as they were fitted with armored transverse bulkheads. Like most ironclads of their era they were equipped with a metal-reinforced ram. Jeanne d'Arc measured 68. 9 meters (226 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 14. 08 meters (46 ft 2 in). She had a mean draft of 6. 37 meters (20 ft 11 in) and displaced 3,675 metric tons (3,617 long tons). Her crew numbered 316 officers and men. The ship had a single horizontal return connecting-rod steam engine driving a single propeller. Her engine was powered by four oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 1,884 indicated horsepower (1,405 kW) and the ship reached 11. 75 knots (21. 76 km/h; 13. 52 mph). Unlike all of her sisters except Thétis, she had two funnels, mounted side-by-side. Jeanne d'Arc carried 250 metric tons (250 long tons) of coal which allowed the ship to steam for 1,710 nautical miles (3,170 km; 1,970 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She was barque-rigged and had a sail area of 1,454 square meters (15,650 sq ft). Jeanne d'Arc mounted her four 194-millimeter (7. 6 in) Modèle 1864 guns in the central battery on the battery deck. The other two 194-millimeter guns were mounted in barbettes on the upper deck, sponsoned out over the sides of the ship. The four 120-millimeter (4. 7 in) guns were also mounted on the upper deck. Jeanne d'Arc had a complete 150-millimeter (5. 9 in) wrought iron waterline belt, approximately 2. 4 meters (7. 9 ft) high. The sides of the battery itself were armored with 120 millimeters (4. 7 in) of wrought iron and the ends of the battery were closed by bulkheads of the same thickness. The barbette armor was 100 millimeters (3. 9 in) thick, backed by 240 millimeters (9. 4 in) of wood. The unarmored portions of her sides were protected by 15-millimeter (0. 6 in) iron plates. Jeanne d'Arc was laid down at Cherbourg in 1865 and launched on 28 September 1867. The ship began her sea trials on 9 March 1868 and was put into reserve at Brest in 1869. She was commissioned on 12 April 1870 and assigned to the Northern Squadron. On 24 July 1870 she departed Cherbourg in company with the rest of the Northern Squadron and they cruised off the Danish port of Frederikshavn between 28 July and 2 August until they entered the Baltic Sea. The squadron, now renamed the Baltic Squadron, remained in the Baltic, attempting to blockade Prussian ports on the Baltic until recalled on 16 September and ordered to return to Cherbourg. On 1 August 1873 Jeanne d'Arc was in Malaga, Spain and departed later that day bound for Cadiz. In 1875 she rammed and sank the dispatch vessel Forfait. On 3 December 1875 she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Bonie, but was placed in reserve on 1 January 1876 at Brest. Jeanne d'Arc was recommissioned on 12 April 1879 for service with the Levant Squadron. She was condemned on 28 August 1883 and nothing is further is known of her fate. , French_ironclad_Jeanne_d'Arc 2012-05-18T05:01:30Z The French ironclad Jeanne d'Arc was a wooden-hulled armored corvette built for the French Navy in the late 1860s. She was named for Joan of Arc, a Roman Catholic saint and heroine of the Hundred Years War. Jeanne d'Arc participated in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 and remained in commission afterwards, unlike many of her sisters. The ship was condemned in 1883, but nothing further is known as to her disposition. The Alma-class ironclads were designed as improved versions of the armored corvette Belliqueuse suitable for foreign deployments. Unlike their predecessor the Alma-class ships were true central battery ironclads as they were fitted with armored transverse bulkheads. Like most ironclads of their era they were equipped with a metal-reinforced ram. Jeanne d'Arc measured 68. 9 meters (226 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 14. 08 meters (46 ft 2 in). She had a mean draft of 6. 37 meters (20 ft 11 in) and displaced 3,675 metric tons (3,617 long tons). Her crew numbered 316 officers and men. The ship had a single horizontal return connecting-rod steam engine driving a single propeller. Her engine was powered by four oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 1,884 indicated horsepower (1,405 kW) and the ship reached 11. 75 knots (21. 76 km/h; 13. 52 mph). Unlike all of her sisters except Thétis, she had two funnels, mounted side-by-side. Jeanne d'Arc carried 250 metric tons (250 long tons) of coal which allowed the ship to steam for 1,710 nautical miles (3,170 km; 1,970 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She was barque-rigged and had a sail area of 1,454 square meters (15,650 sq ft). Jeanne d'Arc mounted four of her 194-millimeter (7. 6 in) Modèle 1864 breech-loading guns in the central battery on the battery deck. The other two 194-millimeter guns were mounted in barbettes on the upper deck, sponsoned out over the sides of the ship. The four 120-millimeter (4. 7 in) guns were also mounted on the upper deck. She may have exchanged her Mle 1864 guns for Mle 1870 guns. The armor-piercing shell of the 20-caliber Mle 1870 gun weighed 165. 3 pounds (75. 0 kg) while the gun itself weighed 7. 83 long tons (7. 96 t). The gun fired its shell at a muzzle velocity of 1,739 ft/s (530 m/s) and was credited with the ability to penetrate a nominal 12. 5 inches (320 mm) of wrought iron armour at the muzzle. The guns could fire both solid shot and explosive shells. Jeanne d'Arc had a complete 150-millimeter (5. 9 in) wrought iron waterline belt, approximately 2. 4 meters (7. 9 ft) high. The sides of the battery itself were armored with 120 millimeters (4. 7 in) of wrought iron and the ends of the battery were closed by bulkheads of the same thickness. The barbette armor was 100 millimeters (3. 9 in) thick, backed by 240 millimeters (9. 4 in) of wood. The unarmored portions of her sides were protected by 15-millimeter (0. 6 in) iron plates. Jeanne d'Arc was laid down at Cherbourg in 1865 and launched on 28 September 1867. The ship began her sea trials on 9 March 1868 and was put into reserve at Brest in 1869. She was commissioned on 12 April 1870, shortly before the Franco-Prussian War began, and assigned to the Northern Squadron. On 24 July 1870 she departed Cherbourg in company with the rest of the Northern Squadron and they cruised off the Danish port of Frederikshavn between 28 July and 2 August until they entered the Baltic Sea. The squadron, now renamed the Baltic Squadron, remained in the Baltic, attempting to blockade Prussian ports on the Baltic until ordered to return to Cherbourg on 16 September. On 1 August 1873 Jeanne d'Arc was in Malaga, Spain and departed later that day bound for Cadiz. In 1875 she accidentally rammed and sank the dispatch vessel Forfait. On 3 December 1875 she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Bonie, but was placed in reserve on 1 January 1876 at Brest. Jeanne d'Arc was recommissioned on 12 April 1879 for service with the Levant Squadron. She was condemned on 28 August 1883 and nothing further is known of her fate. | 0 |
Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific | Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific 2014-01-21T03:38:56Z The United States Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) is the largest maritime landing force in the world. Its units are spread across the Pacific Ocean and reports to the United States Pacific Command. It is headquartered at MCB Camp H. M. Smith, HI and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the Navy Expeditionary Strike Force and Marine Air-Ground Task Force components that follow under the 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet and the Marine Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC). The Commanding General of Marine Forces, Pacific is dual-posted as the Comanding General of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. FMFPAC is under operational control of the Commander, United States Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT), when deployed. FMFPac was established by General 'Howling Mad' Smith in 1944 to assume command of very large USMC forces in the Pacific, of the order of 500,000. Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (CG FMFPAC) are the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Forces (I MEF and III MEF), the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Brigades (1st MEB and 3rd MEB), and the Commanding Officers of four Marine Expeditionary Units (11th, 13th, 15th, and 31st MEUs). The Commanding General, I MEF, exercises operational control over the 1st Marine Division, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and the 1st Marine Logistics Group, while the Commanding General, III MEF, exercises operational control over the 3d Marine Division, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Camp H. M. SmithSalt Lake, Hawaii , Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific 2015-05-12T09:51:02Z The United States Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) is the largest maritime landing force in the world. Its units are spread across the Pacific Ocean and reports to the United States Pacific Command. It is headquartered at MCB Camp H. M. Smith, HI and directs and commands all the subordinate elements of the Navy Expeditionary Strike Force and Marine Air-Ground Task Force components that follow under the 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet and the Marine Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC). The Commanding General of Marine Forces, Pacific is dual-posted as the Commanding General of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. FMFPAC is under operational control of the Commander, United States Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT), when deployed. FMFPac was established by General 'Howling Mad' Smith in 1944 to assume command of very large USMC forces in the Pacific, of the order of 500,000. Reporting directly to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (CG FMFPAC) are the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Forces (I MEF and III MEF), the Commanding Generals of two Marine Expeditionary Brigades (1st MEB and 3rd MEB), and the Commanding Officers of four Marine Expeditionary Units (11th, 13th, 15th, and 31st MEUs). The Commanding General, I MEF, exercises operational control over the 1st Marine Division, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and the 1st Marine Logistics Group, while the Commanding General, III MEF, exercises operational control over the 3d Marine Division, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and the 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Camp H. M. SmithSalt Lake, Hawaii | 0 |
Comparison of computer-aided design software | Comparison of computer-aided design software 2019-02-06T15:14:30Z The table below provides an overview of computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modeling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans). by Parametric Technology Corporation, Comparison of computer-aided design software 2020-12-23T14:17:53Z The table below provides an overview of notable computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modelling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans). by Parametric Technology Corporation 3D documents: Parasolid, STEP, IGES, ACIS, JT, PRC 3D documents with mesh (polygonal) geometry: DXF 3D, STL, OBJ, PLY, VRML 2.0, 3D PDF, U3D, X3D, 3DM, POV, Open Inventor, IFC, 3MF Raster images: BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF | 1 |
Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2008-02-02T18:27:26Z Henrik Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Հենրիկ Մխիթարյան, born 21 January 1989), is a talented Armenian midfielder who plays for FC Pyunik. Henrik is also a member of the Armenian national team, and currently has 3 caps since his debut in friendly match against Panama in 2007. Henrik is also a member of the Armenian U-21 National Team. , Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2009-12-28T05:49:53Z Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenian: Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան, born on January 21, 1989 in Yerevan, Soviet Union), is an Armenian football midfielder, who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk. Henrikh is also a member of the Armenian national team, participated in 14 international matches, scored 1 goal since his debut in an away friendly match against Panama on January 14, 2007. He scored his first goal against Estonia in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification on March 28, 2009. Mkhitaryan started his career at Pyunik FC in his home country at the age of 17, making his professional debut in 2006. He last played for Pyunik FC in the 2009 season. He scored 11 league goals in 9 league games. Due to his success in the Armenian Premier League 2009 at Pyunik Yerevan, he joined Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk. He scored his first official goal on his debut against MTZ-RIPO in Europa League on July 16, 2009. He has been the key player at Metalurh Donetsk and has made a strong impression since joining them in 2009. footer Donetsk squad | 1 |
Paul Pîrvulescu | Paul Pîrvulescu 2015-01-09T19:31:24Z Paul Pârvulescu (born 11 August 1988, Mediaş) is a Romanian footballer. He plays for Liga I side Steaua București. On January 4, 2012, Steaua București signed Pârvulescu for a transfer fee of €1 million, confirmed by club's owner in a televised show. The player penned a five-year contract with the club. Gaz Metan Mediaș squad, Paul Pîrvulescu 2016-12-15T16:41:12Z Paul Ovidiu Pîrvulescu (born 11 August 1988, Mediaș) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for SKN St. Pölten. On January 4, 2012, Steaua București signed Pîrvulescu for a transfer fee of €1 million, confirmed by club's owner in a televised show. The player penned a five-year contract with the club. | 1 |
Emma_Must | Emma_Must 2014-03-26T08:08:30Z Emma Must (born 1966) is an English environmental activist, teacher, and poet who previously worked as a librarian. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for her efforts on land protection, particularly her influence on British road building policies through her road protest against the M3 motorway extension at Twyford Down. Must went on to work with Alarm UK! , (an umbrella group for the nationwide road building protest), Transport 2000 (later renamed Campaign for Better Transport) and World Development Movement. Template:Persondata This biographical article about a United Kingdom activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Emma_Must 2014-08-27T06:48:59Z Emma Must (born 1966) is an English environmental activist, teacher, and poet who previously worked as a librarian. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for her efforts on land protection, particularly her influence on British road building policies through her road protest against the M3 motorway extension at Twyford Down. Must went on to work with Alarm UK! , (an umbrella group for the nationwide road building protest), Transport 2000 (later renamed Campaign for Better Transport) and World Development Movement. Template:Persondata This biographical article about a United Kingdom activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Ryan Stiles | Ryan Stiles 2015-01-24T22:52:47Z Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959) is an American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy. He is best known for his career and co-production work on the American and British versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and the role of Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show. He plays Herb Melnick on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men and was a performer on the show Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza. The youngest of five children, Ryan Stiles was born in Seattle, Washington, to Canadian parents, Irene and Sonny Stiles. He grew up with his mother, a homemaker, and his father, a supervisor at a Vancouver-based Canadian fish processing plant. When he was 10, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Ryan Stiles attended R.C. Palmer Junior Secondary School and Richmond Senior Secondary in Richmond, British Columbia. Although he was a good student, Stiles has admitted that "being a high-school senior gave too much freedom." He got so carried away with his flexible schedule that at age 17, he quit school a few months shy of graduation. In spite of his parents' objections, he was able to support himself doing stand-up routines at clubs near his home in Vancouver. He helped Rich Elwood start Punchlines Comedy Club. During this time he was the head writer of The Don Harron Show on CTV and the host of Comedy College on CBC. Ryan was a regular improv performer with the Vancouver Theatresports League and Punchline's "No Name Player" before joining the Second City comedy ensemble at Expo 86. He continued with Second City in Toronto and later in Los Angeles. In 1990 Stiles landed a spot in the original British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? , which lasted for nine years. His performance on the program earned him both critical praise and a devoted fan following in the United Kingdom. This break led to numerous guest appearances on U.S. television programs, including Murphy Brown, Mad About You, and The John Larroquette Show, and an audition for the part as Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show. Work in the U.S. film industry soon followed, including roles in feature films such as Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux, Courting Courtney, and the Academy Award-nominated short Rainbow War. By 1989, Stiles had gained the attention of the producers of the British improvisational comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? . Stiles was a regular on the show until 1998, and the show's short production season allowed him to make numerous television and film appearances in the United States. In 1995, Stiles was asked by American comic Drew Carey to be a regular on his comedy The Drew Carey Show. Stiles played Drew's erudite but underachieving best friend, Lewis Kiniski. Stiles' first line in the pilot episode of the show, "And that's why the French don't wash," is a line he had previously used in an episode of the British version of Whose Line? . In 1998, Carey successfully lobbied ABC to get an American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? produced. Following the final season of the British version in 1998, the American version premiered, with both Stiles and Carey credited as executive producers. Stiles and Colin Mochrie were the only two performers to appear in every episode of the US version, although Wayne Brady also became a regular near the beginning of the second season. The series was produced until 2006. Stiles was the most prolific performer on the original UK version of Whose Line? , appearing in 76 of the series' 136 episodes (including compilations). He first appeared in the fifth episode of the second season, which aired in late 1988. He appeared in one other episode of that season, before returning for four episodes of the third season. His prominence increased with each season, including appearances in every episode of Season 4, which was filmed in New York; ultimately, he appeared in every episode from the seventh season onwards. Stiles was known for several recurring impressions he performed on the shows. These included Carol Channing, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Steve Irwin and Christopher Lloyd's character in Taxi, Jim Ignatowski. He made his dislike of the musical segments of the show abundantly clear at every opportunity whenever he was chosen to perform in them, mostly because of his inability to come up with lyrics quickly. In particular, he disliked the games Hoedown and Irish Drinking Song, often reacting negatively (or with sarcastic enthusiasm) to the games' announcement. Other than in early UK episodes, Stiles was always the last performer to sing in Hoedown and other similar musical games, allowing him more time to devise lyrics and giving him the final punchlines as well as the opportunity to inject (usually not-so-subtle) jabs at the Hoedown itself, or at the host for having him perform it. Stiles had first met Colin Mochrie years before while performing stand-up. They first performed together in Vancouver TheaterSports, then in The Second City Toronto. On Whose Line, there were a number of games which exclusively paired Mochrie and Stiles every time they were played. Though other performers did so, he was the most common performer to make bald jokes at Mochrie's expense. In return, Mochrie often made jokes about Stiles's height, nose, attractiveness, and tendency to wear exotic, flamboyant shoes. However, Stiles would sometimes stand up to or make jokes at the other performers (including Drew Carey) who made fun of Mochrie's baldness or Mochrie in general, notably during Scenes From A Hat. Stiles took part in the regular practice of mocking host Clive Anderson on the UK series, though he did so with less frequency than others. By contrast, on the American version, he was among the most frequent mockers of Carey, especially during the Hoedowns. Stiles almost always wore a button-down shirt, typically a dress shirt, and was one of the few performers (along with Greg Proops, and Colin during tapings of the UK version) to commonly wear a tie. One of Stiles's notable trademarks on the US series were his dress shoes, many of which were an unusual color, most notably his blue shoes, or had a flashy pattern of several colors. This was because he had to get many of his shoes custom made by George Esquivel, since his height & shoe size often made it problematic for Stiles to buy shoes from a store. Stiles' shoes and the size of his nose were sometimes mocked by Carey and the other performers. In addition, a running gag on both versions of the show had the producers trying (and invariably failing) to stump Stiles, by giving him increasingly bizarre mannerisms or characters in the games that require him to act them out. When reading them just prior to the scene, he and Carey would often laugh at what was written on the cards. Stiles received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 2002 for his work on the show. Though he never appeared in the series, Stiles (along with Kaitlin Olson) performed in the taping of the unaired pilot episode of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, which involved improv games similar to Whose Line? games played in front of a massive green screen. Animation was later added to the improv footage. Stiles returned as performer and executive producer for the revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the summer of 2013. Stiles appeared in the 1991 film Hot Shots! as Mailman Farnham, and also starred in the 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux, as marine Rabinowitz. Since 2004, Stiles has portrayed recurring character Dr. Herb Melnick on the comedy Two and a Half Men, which is currently in its twelfth and final season; the show's original stars Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen (who is no longer on the show) were Stiles's co-stars in the Hot Shots! movies. Stiles also made short guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Mad TV, and Dharma & Greg. In July 2008, he was a guest star on Reno 911! as Sergeant Clift, an acting coach. During the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, Stiles appeared in several commercials for Nike, hanging out in an empty ballpark, doing things such as playing the organ and attempting to do the wave alone. The commercials ended with the line: "Play ball. Please." Stiles has been a frequent fund raiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009, helping the foundation to recover from the "economy crash of 2008." In 1981, Stiles met Patricia McDonald at Punchlines where she was waitressing. They married in 1988. They have three children: Sam, Mackenzie, and Claire. When not working in Hollywood, he lives at his home on Lake Samish, outside Bellingham, Washington, where he has opened the Upfront Theatre, a small theatre dedicated to live improv comedy. Stiles holds dual American-Canadian citizenship. Stiles once lived in a house previously owned by Liberace in Sherman Oaks, California, but he sold it. , Ryan Stiles 2016-12-11T01:09:48Z Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, director, and voice actor whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy. He is best known for his career and co-production work on the American and British versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and the role of Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show. He played Herb Melnick on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men and was a performer on the show Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza. The youngest of five children, Ryan Stiles was born in Seattle, Washington, to Canadian parents, Irene and Sonny Stiles. He grew up with his mother, a homemaker, and his father, a supervisor at a Vancouver-based Canadian fish processing plant. When he was 10, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Ryan Stiles attended R.C. Palmer Junior Secondary School and Richmond Senior Secondary in Richmond, British Columbia. Although he was a good student, Stiles has admitted that "being a high-school senior gave too much freedom." He got so carried away with his flexible schedule that at age 17, he quit school a few months shy of graduation. In spite of his parents' objections, he was able to support himself doing stand-up routines at clubs near his home in Vancouver. He helped Rich Elwood start Punchlines Comedy Club. During this time he was the head writer of The Don Harron Show on CTV and the host of Comedy College on CBC. Ryan was a regular improv performer with the Vancouver Theatresports League and Punchline's "No Name Player" before joining the Second City comedy ensemble at Expo 86. He continued with Second City in Toronto and later in Los Angeles. By 1989, Stiles had gained the attention of the producers of the British improvisational comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? . Stiles was a regular on the show until its end in 1998. His performance on the program earned him both critical praise and a devoted fan following in the United Kingdom. In 1995, Stiles was asked by American comic Drew Carey to be a regular on his comedy The Drew Carey Show. Stiles played Drew's erudite but underachieving best friend, Lewis Kiniski. In 1998, Carey successfully lobbied ABC to get an American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? produced. Following the final season of the British version in 1998, the American version premiered, with both Stiles and Carey credited as executive producers. Stiles and Colin Mochrie were the only two performers to appear in every episode of the US version, although Wayne Brady also became a regular near the beginning of the second season. The series was produced until 2006. Stiles received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program in 2002 for his work on the show. Though he never appeared in the series, Stiles (along with Kaitlin Olson) performed in the taping of the unaired pilot episode of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, which involved improv games similar to Whose Line? games played in front of a massive green screen. Animation was later added to the improv footage. Stiles returned as performer and executive producer for the revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the summer of 2013. Stiles appeared in the 1991 film Hot Shots! as Mailman Farnham, and also starred in the 1993 sequel Hot Shots! Part Deux, as marine Rabinowitz. Stiles portrayed recurring character Dr. Herb Melnick on Two and a Half Men from 2004 until the show's end in 2015. Stiles also made short guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Mad TV, and Dharma & Greg. In July 2008, he was a guest star on Reno 911! as Sergeant Clift, an acting coach. During the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, Stiles appeared in several commercials for Nike, hanging out in an empty ballpark, doing things such as playing the organ and attempting to do the wave alone. The commercials ended with the line: "Play ball. Please." In 2005, Stiles appeared in the mockumentary Conker: Celebrity Squirrel produced for the promotion of the Xbox video game Conker: Live & Reloaded. This role led to gamers voting to induct him into the 2015 class of the DK Vine Hall of Fame. Stiles has been a frequent fund raiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009, helping the foundation to recover from the "economy crash of 2008." In 1981, Stiles met Patricia McDonald at Punchlines where she was a waitress. They married in 1988. They have three children: Sam, Mackenzie, and Claire. When not working in Hollywood, he lives at his home on Lake Samish, outside Bellingham, Washington, where he has opened the Upfront Theatre, a small theatre dedicated to live improv comedy. Stiles holds dual American-Canadian citizenship. Stiles once lived in a house previously owned by Liberace in Sherman Oaks, California, but he sold it. | 1 |
Santiago González (tennis) | Santiago González (tennis) 2022-01-12T21:37:09Z Santiago González Torre (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 24 February 1983) is a Mexican professional tennis player. His career-high ATP ranking is World No. 155 in singles, achieved in May 2006, and World No. 23 in doubles, achieved in June 2013. He has won 16 ATP doubles titles. In 2017, he reached the French Open final in doubles along with his partner Donald Young. Additionally, he has reached the finals of three other Grand Slam tournaments in the Mixed category: the 2013 French Open and the 2014 and 2015 US Open. González represents Mexico at the Davis Cup competition; currently his record is 22–16. González qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He lost at his first match in Wimbledon against Israeli Dudi Sela. In April 2011, partnering with American Scott Lipsky, he won the ATP World Tour 500 title of the Barcelona Open. They defeated the Bryan brothers 5–7, 6–2, , breaking their 10-match winning streak. They also defeated doubles teams Jürgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–2, and Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor 7–6, 6–4. He won a total of seven titles with Lipsky. In June 2017, he reached his first Grand Slam final partnering Donald Young of the USA at the French Open. In 2021, Demoliner and his current partner Marcelo Demoliner took the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the 2021 Serbia Open. In grass season, he won his fourteenth ATP title at Stuttgart Open defeating Uruguayan Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar from Ecuador. In September, González won his fifteenth ATP doubles title at the 2021 Astana Open partnering Andres Molteni. In November he won the 2021 Stockholm Open with Molteni. Current through the 2022 Adelaide International 1. male doubles tennis players from the Americas ten Latin American male doubles tennis players, Santiago González (tennis) 2023-11-20T14:18:09Z Santiago González Torre (Latin American Spanish: ; born 24 February 1983) is a Mexican professional tennis player. His career-high ATP ranking is World No. 155 in singles, achieved in May 2006, and World No. 7 in doubles, achieved on 13 November 2023. He has won 23 ATP doubles titles. In 2017, he reached the French Open final in doubles along with his partner Donald Young. Additionally, he has reached the finals of three other Grand Slam tournaments in the Mixed category: the 2013 French Open and the 2014 and 2015 US Open. González represents Mexico at the Davis Cup competition; currently his record is 31-19 as of end of 2023 season. González qualified at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships to make his Grand Slam debut. He lost his first round main draw match in Wimbledon against Israeli Dudi Sela. He also made his Grand Slam debut in qualifications in singles at the 2009 Australian Open. He made his top 100 doubles debut on 12 October 2009. He won his first ATP title at the 2010 Serbia Open partnering American Travis Rettenmaier. In April 2011, partnering with American Scott Lipsky, he won the ATP World Tour 500 title of the Barcelona Open. They defeated the Bryan brothers 5–7, 6–2, , breaking their 10-match winning streak. They also defeated doubles teams Jürgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–2, and Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor 7–6, 6–4. He reached the top 25 on 30 January 2012. He won a total of seven titles with Lipsky between 2011 and 2014. In June 2017, he reached his first Grand Slam final partnering Donald Young of the US at the French Open. In 2021, González and his current partner Marcelo Demoliner took the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the 2021 Serbia Open. During the grass season, he won his fourteenth ATP title at Stuttgart Open defeating Uruguayan Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar from Ecuador with Demoliner. In September, González won his fifteenth ATP doubles title at the 2021 Astana Open partnering Andrés Molteni. In November he won the 2021 Stockholm Open his sixteenth title also with Molteni. In 2022, he won two more clay titles with Molteni at the 2022 Córdoba Open and 2022 Argentina Open. He made his maiden Masters final at the 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with Édouard Roger-Vasselin using a protected ranking after defeating reigning US Open Champions and 2nd seeded pair of Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram. They lost in the final to American duo Isner/Sock. As a result, he reached a new doubles career-high of No. 22 on 21 March 2022. Unseeded he reached his second Masters final at the 2023 Miami Open with Édouard Roger-Vasselin after defeating Americans Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons, recording his 350th ATP career win. He won his first Masters title and 20th overall defeating Nicolas Mahut and Austin Krajicek. He made his debut in the top 20 on 24 April 2023. Following the 2023 French Open, he made his debut in the top 15 on 12 June 2023. In August, he won the 2023 Los Cabos Open, his twenty-first title also with Édouard Roger-Vasselin. In October, he won the 2023 Basel Open, his twenty-second title. With reaching the final at the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters, his second at this level for the season, he entered the top 10 in the rankings. He won the title with Roger-Vasselin defeating Bopanna/Ebden. On 2 November, Gonzalez qualified with Roger-Vasselin for the 2023 ATP Finals for the first time in his career and became the first Mexican to qualify for the year-end event since Jorge Lozano in 1989. They reached the semi-finals after winning their round robin matches against M. Gonzalez/A. Molteni and I. Dodig/A. Krajicek. Current through the 2023 ATP Finals. | 1 |
Chris Lines | Chris Lines 2021-01-05T13:48:46Z Christopher John Lines (born 30 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Stevenage. Lines turned professional at Bristol Rovers, and made his first team debut in January 2006. He played in the 2007 Football League Trophy final defeat and was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final victory, before becoming a first team regular from the 2007–08 season. He was sold on to Sheffield Wednesday for £50,000 in August 2011, and was a key first team player as the "Owls" won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2011–12 campaign. However, he lost his first team place the following season, and was loaned out to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2013. He signed with Port Vale in July 2013. A key first team player in the 2013–14 season, he lost his first team place and returned to Bristol Rovers on loan in March 2015, helping Rovers to win promotion out of the Conference Premier via the play-offs before rejoining Rovers on a permanent basis in the summer. He helped Rovers to achieve a second successive promotion in the 2015–16 campaign and left the club, in May 2019, for the second time then he joined Northampton Town. He helped Northampton to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2020. Born in Bristol, Lines spent a year playing for Bitton as a 16-year-old, before graduating through the Bristol Rovers-backed Bristol Academy of Sport at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. He had previously been released from the Bristol Rovers youth programme, but was re-signed at the age of 16. He made his first-team debut for Rovers on 21 January 2006, playing the last five minutes of a 2–1 win over Chester City at the Memorial Stadium. After two further substitute appearances in League Two, he made his first league start on 6 May, in a 3–2 home defeat to Macclesfield Town. After three appearances in the 2006–07 campaign, he featured in six matches from March onwards, and was an extra-time substitute for Lewis Haldane in the Football League Trophy final defeat to Doncaster Rovers at the Millennium Stadium. He was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final, as Rovers won promotion with a 3–1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Wembley. He became a first team regular under manager Paul Trollope in the 2007–08 season, playing 27 League One games and featuring in eight of the "Gasheads" nine FA Cup games en route to the quarter-finals. BBC reporter Nathan Mercer credited Lines with an "excellent" performance as Rovers beat Premier League side Fulham on penalties in the Third Round on 22 January, and Lines was fouled by Dejan Stefanović in an incident which saw the Serbian sent off. He scored his first goal in competitive football on 29 December, opening the scoring in a 3–0 home win over Carlisle United with a header. He played 48 games in the 2008–09 season, and missed only one league game due a suspension he picked up whilst celebrating an injury-time equaliser he scored against Swindon Town on 22 November. Lines was nominated for the League One Player of the Month award in November 2009 after scoring a goal in each of his three league games that month. He signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Rovers in January 2010, and was described by director of football Lennie Lawrence as "a fundamental part of our plans to take this club forward." This came shortly after he was reported to be a transfer target for Southampton manager Alan Pardew. The transfer rumours continued despite the new contract. In total he scored ten goals in 46 appearances in the 2009–10 campaign. He was ruled out for two weeks with a toe injury in February 2011, but thanked manager Dave Penney after he made an immediate return to the first team. Despite this praise he publicly supported the board's decision to sack Penney the following month, and went on to praise the impact of caretaker-manager Stuart Campbell. Following Rovers' relegation to League Two at the end of the 2010–11 season, Lines spent seven days on trial at Championship side Crystal Palace. New Rovers boss Paul Buckle admitted that he was unlikely to keep Lines for the following season. He was still at the club though for the 2011–12 season opening victory over AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow. In August 2011, Lines joined League One club Sheffield Wednesday on a three-year contract for a £50,000 fee. He went on to score four goals in 47 appearances in the 2011–12 campaign as Wednesday secured promotion with a second-place finish, and was twice named on the League One Team of the Week. "It's all new to me, I had one promotion before but this was amazing, Saturday was amazing, to have that kind of crowd in League One is unreal. There were some mad scenes at the end but it was a great day. I'm proud to be at this club."He picked up a groin injury at the start of the 2012–13 season, and was out of action for three months. Manager Dave Jones played Lines in six Championship games in the buildup to Christmas, though did not play him in the new year. On 22 January 2013, Lines joined League One Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the season after manager Karl Robinson admitted that Lines was "a player I have admired for a number of years now". Robinson was in search of midfield options after Luke Chadwick and Stephen Gleeson both picked up injuries. He featured in 18 games for the MK Dons, including the 4–2 victory over Premier League side Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. After returning from Stadium mk, Lines had his contract at Hillsborough cancelled by mutual consent in July 2013. Lines signed a one-year contract with newly promoted League One side Port Vale in July 2013. In the first part of the 2013–14 season he began tracking back to help his defence whilst also being the key playmaker in central midfield, after a discussion with manager Micky Adams. He scored his first goal for the "Valiants" with a "superb free-kick" from 25-yards in a 1–0 win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on 29 September. He went on to build a partnership in midfield with Anthony Griffith, who provided tough-tackling skills whilst Lines played as a creative playmaker. He signed a new two-year contract in June 2014. He said that the good team spirit at the club was a major factor in him signing the contract. He remained a key first team player in the first half of the 2014–15 season, being named on the Football League Team of the Week after he "pulled the strings" in a 4–1 win over Yeovil Town at Vale Park. However he was sent off for violent conduct after thrusting his head towards Dele Alli in a 1–0 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium mk on 22 November; manager Rob Page stated that he was disappointed in Lines. After returning from suspension he lost his midfield spot to Michael O'Connor and Michael Brown. On 9 March 2015, he rejoined his first professional club, Bristol Rovers, on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. They ended the Conference Premier campaign in second place, but Lines scored a goal in a 3–0 aggregate victory over Forest Green Rovers in the play-off semi-finals to help Rovers to reach the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. He played in the 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town in the play-off final and converted the first penalty of the shoot-out, which Rovers won to regain their place in the English Football League. He was signed by Rovers manager Darrell Clarke on a permanent basis in June 2015, after his contract with Port Vale was cancelled by mutual consent. Lines made 36 appearances as Rovers won promotion with a third-place finish in 2015–16 and he would sign a new contract in June 2016. Lines scored his first goal since his full return to Bristol Rovers with a strike from 25 yards (23 m) in a 1–0 victory over Cardiff City in the first round of the EFL Cup on 11 August 2016. The goal secured Rovers a trip to Stamford Bridge and a second round tie against Chelsea, which they ultimately lost 3–2. He scored his first league goal since his return in a late 2–1 comeback victory over Gillingham on 15 October as he embarked on a run from deep before calmly tucking the ball beyond opposition goalkeeper Jonathan Bond. His consistently good performances were rewarded with a new undisclosed-length contract in March 2017. Speaking as the oldest member of the squad at the age of 32 in September 2017, he admitted to becoming a vegetarian as he restricted his diet in an attempt to extend his playing career. On 2 April 2018, he was sent off during a 2–0 defeat at Fleetwood Town and was subsequently abused by some of the club's supporters on social media. He ended the 2017–18 season with five goals in 47 appearances as Rovers posted a 13th-place finish in League One. On 21 August 2018, he scored a 76th-minute penalty in a 2–1 home defeat to Portsmouth, only to get sent off two minutes later for a studs up challenge on Brett Pitman. However he lost his first team place after Graham Coughlan replaced Clarke as manager in December; the player and new manager would have a strained relationship, which led Lines to call Coughlan "embarrassing". On 8 May 2019, Lines was announced to be one of nine players who would be leaving the club at the end of their contract. Lines ended his second spell with his boyhood club having made over 350 appearances and having achieved three promotions during his two spells at the club. On 15 May 2019, Lines signed a two-year deal with League Two side Northampton Town; manager Keith Curle said that "I think his attributes will really help us". Darrell Clarke had tried to tempt him to join him at Walsall, but was unsuccessful. He quickly established himself as a key first-team player under Curle, starting nine of Northampton's first ten league games of the 2019–20 season. On 18 January, he scored a volleyed finish in a 4–1 victory over Morecambe, which was later voted as goal of the season (so far) by readers of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. The season was curtailed and Northampton went on to qualify for the play-offs, though Lines was an unused substitute in the behind closed doors Wembley final as Northampton recorded a 4–0 victory over Exeter City to secure promotion into League One, the fifth promotion of Lines’ career. Lines joined League Two club Stevenage on a six-month deal on 5 January 2020. Lines has strong technical passing attributes and vision. He has been described by the Sheffield Star's Paul Thompson as being a "cultured, creative, passing midfielder who gets on the ball and likes to dictate play... he's also very mobile and has decent vision". Port Vale manager Micky Adams described him as a "tall, strong central midfielder". He was described as a set-piece specialist by the The Sentinel correspondent Dave Johnson. Lines likes hip-hop and rap music and tends to be in charge of the playlist in club dressing rooms. Bristol Rovers Sheffield Wednesday Northampton Town, Chris Lines 2022-12-28T09:01:56Z Christopher John Lines (born 30 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League South club Bath City. Lines turned professional at Bristol Rovers, and made his first team debut in January 2006. He played in the 2007 Football League Trophy final defeat and was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final victory, before becoming a first team regular from the 2007–08 season. He was sold on to Sheffield Wednesday for £50,000 in August 2011, and was a key first team player as the "Owls" won promotion to the Championship at the end of the 2011–12 campaign. However, he lost his first team place the following season, and was loaned out to Milton Keynes Dons in January 2013. He signed with Port Vale in July 2013. A key first team player in the 2013–14 season, he lost his first team place and returned to Bristol Rovers on loan in March 2015, helping Rovers to win promotion out of the Conference Premier via the play-offs before rejoining Rovers on a permanent basis in the summer. He helped Rovers to achieve a second successive promotion in the 2015–16 campaign and left the club, in May 2019, for the second time then he joined Northampton Town. He helped Northampton to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2020 and then moved on to Stevenage for a 18-month stay in January 2021. He dropped into non-League football to play for Bath City in June 2022. Born in Bristol, Lines spent a year playing for Bitton as a 16-year-old, before graduating through the Bristol Rovers-backed Bristol Academy of Sport at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. He had previously been released from the Bristol Rovers youth programme, but was re-signed at the age of 16. He made his first-team debut for Rovers on 21 January 2006, playing the last five minutes of a 2–1 win over Chester City at the Memorial Stadium. After two further substitute appearances in League Two, he made his first league start on 6 May, in a 3–2 home defeat to Macclesfield Town. After three appearances in the 2006–07 campaign, he featured in six matches from March onwards, and was an extra-time substitute for Lewis Haldane in the Football League Trophy final defeat to Doncaster Rovers at the Millennium Stadium. He was an unused substitute in the League Two play-off final, as Rovers won promotion with a 3–1 victory over Shrewsbury Town at Wembley. He became a first team regular under manager Paul Trollope in the 2007–08 season, playing 27 League One games and featuring in eight of the "Gasheads" nine FA Cup games en route to the quarter-finals. BBC reporter Nathan Mercer credited Lines with an "excellent" performance as Rovers beat Premier League side Fulham on penalties in the Third Round on 22 January, and Lines was fouled by Dejan Stefanović in an incident which saw the Serbian sent off. He scored his first goal in competitive football on 29 December, opening the scoring in a 3–0 home win over Carlisle United with a header. He played 48 games in the 2008–09 season, and missed only one league game due a suspension he picked up whilst celebrating an injury-time equaliser he scored against Swindon Town on 22 November. Lines was nominated for the League One Player of the Month award in November 2009 after scoring a goal in each of his three league games that month. He signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Rovers in January 2010, and was described by director of football Lennie Lawrence as "a fundamental part of our plans to take this club forward." This came shortly after he was reported to be a transfer target for Southampton manager Alan Pardew. The transfer rumours continued despite the new contract. In total he scored ten goals in 46 appearances in the 2009–10 campaign. He was ruled out for two weeks with a toe injury in February 2011, but thanked manager Dave Penney after he made an immediate return to the first team. Despite this praise he publicly supported the board's decision to sack Penney the following month, and went on to praise the impact of caretaker-manager Stuart Campbell. Following Rovers' relegation to League Two at the end of the 2010–11 season, Lines spent seven days on trial at Championship side Crystal Palace. New Rovers boss Paul Buckle admitted that he was unlikely to keep Lines for the following season. He was still at the club though for the 2011–12 season opening victory over AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow. In August 2011, Lines joined League One club Sheffield Wednesday on a three-year contract for a £50,000 fee. He went on to score four goals in 47 appearances in the 2011–12 campaign as Wednesday secured promotion with a second-place finish, and was twice named on the League One Team of the Week. He made 12 assists in the campaign, just two fewer than divisional assist leader Stephen Quinn. "It's all new to me, I had one promotion before but this was amazing, Saturday was amazing, to have that kind of crowd in League One is unreal. There were some mad scenes at the end but it was a great day. I'm proud to be at this club."He picked up a groin injury at the start of the 2012–13 season, and was out of action for three months. Manager Dave Jones played Lines in six Championship games in the buildup to Christmas, though did not play him in the new year. On 22 January 2013, Lines joined League One Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the season after manager Karl Robinson admitted that Lines was "a player I have admired for a number of years now". Robinson was in search of midfield options after Luke Chadwick and Stephen Gleeson both picked up injuries. He featured in 18 games for the MK Dons, including the 4–2 victory over Premier League side Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. After returning from Stadium mk, Lines had his contract at Hillsborough cancelled by mutual consent in July 2013. Lines signed a one-year contract with newly promoted League One side Port Vale in July 2013. In the first part of the 2013–14 season he began tracking back to help his defence whilst also being the key playmaker in central midfield, after a discussion with manager Micky Adams. He scored his first goal for the "Valiants" with a "superb free-kick" from 25-yards in a 1–0 win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on 29 September. He went on to build a partnership in midfield with Anthony Griffith, who provided tough-tackling skills whilst Lines played as a creative playmaker. He signed a new two-year contract in June 2014. He said that the good team spirit at the club was a major factor in him signing the contract. He remained a key first team player in the first half of the 2014–15 season, being named on the Football League Team of the Week after he "pulled the strings" in a 4–1 win over Yeovil Town at Vale Park. However he was sent off for violent conduct after thrusting his head towards Dele Alli in a 1–0 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium mk on 22 November; manager Rob Page stated that he was disappointed in Lines. After returning from suspension he lost his midfield spot to Michael O'Connor and Michael Brown. On 9 March 2015, he rejoined his first professional club, Bristol Rovers, on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season. They ended the Conference Premier campaign in second place, but Lines scored a goal in a 3–0 aggregate victory over Forest Green Rovers in the play-off semi-finals to help Rovers to reach the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. He played in the 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town in the play-off final and converted the first penalty of the shoot-out, which Rovers won to regain their place in the English Football League. He was signed by Rovers manager Darrell Clarke on a permanent basis in June 2015, after his contract with Port Vale was cancelled by mutual consent. Lines made 36 appearances as Rovers won promotion with a third-place finish in 2015–16 and he would sign a new contract in June 2016. Lines scored his first goal since his full return to Bristol Rovers with a strike from 25 yards (23 m) in a 1–0 victory over Cardiff City in the first round of the EFL Cup on 11 August 2016. The goal secured Rovers a trip to Stamford Bridge and a second round tie against Chelsea, which they ultimately lost 3–2. He scored his first league goal since his return in a late 2–1 comeback victory over Gillingham on 15 October as he embarked on a run from deep before calmly tucking the ball beyond opposition goalkeeper Jonathan Bond. His consistently good performances were rewarded with a new undisclosed-length contract in March 2017. Speaking as the oldest member of the squad at the age of 32 in September 2017, he admitted to becoming a vegetarian as he restricted his diet in an attempt to extend his playing career. On 2 April 2018, he was sent off during a 2–0 defeat at Fleetwood Town and was subsequently abused by some of the club's supporters on social media. He ended the 2017–18 season with five goals in 47 appearances as Rovers posted a 13th-place finish in League One. On 21 August 2018, he scored a 76th-minute penalty in a 2–1 home defeat to Portsmouth, only to get sent off two minutes later for a studs up challenge on Brett Pitman. However he lost his first team place after Graham Coughlan replaced Clarke as manager in December; the player and new manager would have a strained relationship, which led Lines to call Coughlan "embarrassing". On 8 May 2019, Lines was announced to be one of nine players who would be leaving the club at the end of their contract. Lines ended his second spell with his boyhood club having made over 350 appearances and having achieved three promotions during his two spells at the club. On 15 May 2019, Lines signed a two-year deal with League Two side Northampton Town; manager Keith Curle said that "I think his attributes will really help us". Darrell Clarke had tried to tempt him to join him at Walsall, but was unsuccessful. He quickly established himself as a key first-team player under Curle, starting nine of Northampton's first ten league games of the 2019–20 season. On 18 January, he scored a volleyed finish in a 4–1 victory over Morecambe, which was later voted as goal of the season (so far) by readers of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. The season was curtailed and Northampton went on to qualify for the play-offs, though Lines was an unused substitute in the behind closed doors Wembley final as Northampton recorded a 4–0 victory over Exeter City to secure promotion into League One, the fifth promotion of Lines’ career. However he featured in just four League One and six cup games in the first half of the 2020–21 campaign and decided to leave Sixfields in search of regular game-time elsewhere. Lines joined League Two club Stevenage on a six-month contract on 5 January 2021. He played 21 games in the second half of the 2020–21 season, helping Stevenage finish in 14th-place, and signed a new contract with the club. Lines opened his account in the second match of the 2021–22 season, opening the scoring in the 88th minute of an eventual 2–0 win over Lines' two-time former and boyhood club Bristol Rovers. Despite this however, Lines gave a lap of the pitch after the match, receiving applause from both sets of fans having walked out onto the pitch with his daughters before the match. Manager Alex Revell said that it was "a great goal from Chris, he deserves it. He was a key part of us last year". Lines was one of 15 players to be released by new manager Steve Evans at the end of the 2021–22 season, having made 36 appearances as Stevenage posted a 21st-place finish. On 19 June 2022, Lines agreed to join National League South club Bath City upon the expiration of his contract with Stevenage. This transfer saw Lines return to Twerton Park, as he had watched Bristol Rovers matches there as a child. Lines has strong technical passing attributes and vision. He has been described by the Sheffield Star's Paul Thompson as being a "cultured, creative, passing midfielder who gets on the ball and likes to dictate play... he's also very mobile and has decent vision". Port Vale manager Micky Adams described him as a "tall, strong central midfielder". He was described as a set-piece specialist by The Sentinel correspondent Dave Johnson. Lines likes hip-hop and rap music and tends to be in charge of the playlist in club dressing rooms. Bristol Rovers Sheffield Wednesday Northampton Town | 1 |
Turner Classic Movies | Turner Classic Movies 2004-08-24T11:46:12Z Turner Classic Movies is a cable television channel similar to American Movie Classics (AMC) featuring classic movies. It features films ranging from the early days of cinema to somewhat more modern times. Unlike AMC, it has remained commericial free. it It was started by Ted Turner. , Turner Classic Movies 2005-12-23T10:58:14Z Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. libraries, which include many MGM, RKO and Warner Brothers movies. The channel was started by Ted Turner in 1994 as part of the Turner Broadcasting System. In 1996, the Turner Broadcasting System merged with Warner Brothers, making TCM a Warner Brothers-owned property. Turner Classic Movies is similar to the Fox Movie Channel (FMC), which mostly shows 20th Century Fox movies, and American Movie Classics (AMC). Unlike AMC, TCM has remained uncut and commercial-free. Unlike FMC and AMC, TCM shows few post-1970 movies except in February of each year when a retrospective of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies is shown. TCM occasionally shows some classic 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures movies, but they have to be licensed individually. Gaps between features movies are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic shorts and documentaries shown as part of the "One Reel Wonder" line. Although a vast majority of TCM's movies are classics from the 1930s-1950s (with some silent movies and post-1960 movies thrown in), the network also airs original content, mostly documentaries about classic movie personalities and particularly notable films. Most feature movies shown in primetime (5pm-10pm Pacific Standard Time) are presented by film historian Robert Osborne, who has been with the network since its launch in 1994. More recently, movies shown during the daytime on weekends are presented by Ben Mankewiecz, talk radio host ("Young Turks"), Herman Mankiewicz's grandson and great-nephew of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. In November 2004, perhaps in response to Cartoon Network's removal of classic cartoons, TCM began to broadcast a half-hour monthly (bi-weekly as of the fall of 2005) show entitled Cartoon Alley which featured cartoons from animation's Golden Age. The British version of TCM does interrupt movies for commercials, although movies are apparently uncut. They are headquartered at the Techwood Campus in Atlanta, Georgia in Mid-town. Since 1994, Tom Karsch has overseen the expansion of the network as the general manager and executive vice president. As of November 1, 2005 TCM became available in Canada on the Shaw Cable system and Star Choice satellite service. Some films are replaced for broadcast into Canada due to rights issues and other reasons. TCM is available in many other countries around the world. | 1 |
Ontario_Highway_103 | Ontario_Highway_103 2011-02-21T06:41:46Z Highway 103King's Highway 103, commonly referred to as Highway 103, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Muskoka District, the highway extended from Highway 69 at Foot's Bay to Highway 12 at Waubaushene. Opened in 1944, the highway existed until 1976. In that year, the former route of Highway 69 south of Foot's Bay was given the new designation of Highway 169, and Highway 103 became the new route of Highway 69. The entire former route of Highway 103 has now been superseded by the northward extension of Highway 400; only the six-kilometre segment from Foot's Bay to Exit 189 on Highway 400 is still designated as Highway 69. , Ontario_Highway_103 2012-03-02T04:07:29Z Highway 103King's Highway 103, commonly referred to as Highway 103, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Muskoka District, the highway extended from Highway 12 at Waubaushene to Highway 69 at Foot's Bay. Opened in 1944, the highway existed until 1976, when a series of renumberings eliminated the designation, replacing it with Highway 69; Highway 400 has since been built over the majority of this former route. Highway 103 was first designated during the Second World War, providing access from Highway 12 at Waubaushene to Port Severn. The highway was 10. 3 kilometres (6. 4 mi) in length for its first decade of existence. During the mid-1950s, the highway was extended north to Foot's Bay to connect with Highway 69. This 36. 0-kilometre (22. 4 mi) extension was open by 1959, and the entirety of the route was designated as Highway 69 on May 15, 1976, concurrently with Highway 69's earlier routing from Foot's Bay to Brechin being redesignated as Highway 169. Most of the former route has now been superseded by the northward extension of Highway 400; only the 6-kilometre (3. 7 mi) segment from Exit 189 on Highway 400 northeasterly to Foot's Bay is still designated as Highway 69. | 0 |
FK Jedinstvo Ub | FK Jedinstvo Ub 2022-01-29T17:20:41Z FK Jedinstvo Ub (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Јединство Уб) is a football club based in Ub, Serbia. The club was founded in 1920 and played in the Serbian League within the Yugoslav league system in the seasons of 1966, 1978, 1981 and 1986. Afterwards, it achieved their major success in 2000 by playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia almost consecutively until 2006. Renowned Serbian and Yugoslav player Dragan Džajić began at this club. Dušan Savić and Ratko Čolić also began their careers with Jedinstvo. Afterwards during the 1990s and 2000s many other professional footballers played for the club, such as Boško Janković, Boban Bajković, Nenad Kovačević, Aleksandar Luković, Dušan Basta, Đorđe Tutorić, Dragan Mrđa, Dejan Musović, Miloš Drobnjak, Boban Stojanović, Marko Perović, Saša Vulević, Slavoljub Đorđević, Nenad Milašinović, Pavle Delibašić, Dušan Kerkez, Nemanja Matić, Vladimir Sinđić, Milan Kuzeljević or Radosav Petrović. , FK Jedinstvo Ub 2023-12-31T11:25:01Z FK Jedinstvo Ub (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Јединство Уб) is a professional football club based in Ub, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. In the late 1990s, the club established a partnership with Red Star Belgrade, becoming their developmental affiliate. They would soon win the Serbian League Danube in 2000 to earn promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, thus reaching the second tier for the first time ever. After suffering relegation in 2002, the club secured promotion back the following year, spending the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbia and Montenegro football. Between 2006 and 2012, the club spent six successive seasons in the Serbian League West, the third national tier. They would suffer relegation to the Drina Zone League for the second time in 2016. Soon after, the club was taken over by Serbia internationals Nemanja Matić and Radosav Petrović. They subsequently returned to the Serbian League West in 2017. In 2020, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary. In June 2022, the club was administratively promoted to the Serbian First League to fill the vacant spot left by Žarkovo. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. This is a list of players who have played at full international level. For a list of all FK Jedinstvo Ub players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Jedinstvo Ub players. | 1 |
Tuaikaepau | Tuaikaepau 2008-01-10T15:43:00Z 23°55′19″S 179°05′34″W / 23. 92194°S 179. 09278°W / -23. 92194; -179. 09278 Tuaikaepau was a twenty ton cutter, 51 feet length, clipper bow, keeler, built by Bailey Yards of Auckland, New Zealand and launched in 1902. The Tuaikaepau was launched as the Ilex and sailed around Stewart Island before returning to Auckland where she was raced on the Waitemata Harbour, later returning to coastal sailing around New Zealand. By this time she had been under several owners. In 1946 she circumnavigated New Zealand, at the time the yacht was owned by Mr. N. W. Thomas, who also raced Tuaikaepau in the Sydney Hobart yacht race. Shortly after the Sydney to Hobart yacht race the vessel was sold to the Free Church of Tonga, where she was relocated and renamed the Tu'uakitau for a period. During this time she was used by Missionaries to service outlying stations on the Tongan Islands. It was also during this time that the yacht was neglected and began to deteriorate. In 1957 she was sold to Tofa Ramsay and renamed again to Tuaikaepau, in English: "Slow but sure". Tofa sailed the Tuaikaepau to Auckland where he had repairs carried out to restore the ship to her former glory. March of 1962 Tofa Ramsay decided to take Tuaikaepau to Auckland, New Zealand again for repairs. He called Tevita (David) Fifita, who held a foreign going masters certificate to Captain the ship on the 1050 Nautical Mile voyage. This was the second time Tevita had Captained the Tuaikaepau to New Zealand, and with Tevita's reputation for have excellent seamanship, Tofa had no qualms about putting Tevita in charge. The crew were: Tevita Fifita (Captain) Tevita Uaisele (Carpenter) Fine Feuiaki (Engineer) Ve'etutu Pahulu (Mate) Sateki Fifita (Deckhand) (Captains son) Talo Fifita (Deckhand) (Captains Illegitmate son) Sione Lousi (Deckhand) Tongan boxers were keen to visit Auckland where they could find new opponents to fight and most of the ships passengers were boxers. Passengers: Fatai Efiafi (Widower) Vaiangina Unga (Copra Planter) Viliame Fa'onuku (Carpenter) Teiapa'a Bloomfield (Taxi Driver) Soakai Pulu (Boxer/Coach) Fetaiaki Pulu (Boxer) Sione Sikimeti (Boxer) Sipa Fine (Boxer) Finau Laione (Boxer) Saia Peni (Boxer) On 4 July 1962 they set off for New Zealand. Shortly after leaving harbour they discovered they had no torch and returned to shore until someone threw them a torch. Then they discovered they did not have the correct chart. Tevita checked the charts they had and decided they could make it anyway, and they continued. They stopped briefly at the Island of Ata, south of Tongatapu, before continuing on to New Zealand. At about 10pm on the 6 July 1962 Tuaikaepau hit the outer edge of the Southern Minerva Reef. They all survived having spent the night clinging to the hull and at day break saw what would be there saviour : the hull of a Japanese fishing boat which had been wrecked in 1960, two years earlier. In the hull of the Japanese fishing boat they built a still from which they were able to make fresh water. A fire to run the still was kept burning almost constantly with wood from the hull of the wreck in which they were living. By the end of August it was decided that the only hope of rescue was to build a small boat and sail to Fiji, which they promptly did with tools found in the hull of the Japanese boat and from the wreck of the Tuaikaepau. Tevita Fifita, Uaisele and Sateki were the three that sailed the "raft", which they named Maloelelei, to Fiji. As the three sailed the raft through the reef to the island of Kadavu the Maloelelei capsized and while swimming to shore within sight of land, Sateki, the Captains son, drowned. Four died before they were rescued : Sione Lousi, Sione Sikimeti, Fatai Efiafi, Fetaiaki Pulu. Fetaiaki Pulu died one day before a RNZAF Sunderland flying boat from Lauthala Bay, Fiji dropped supplies to them. Teiapa'a believed death was near when they hit the reef, as he could not swim, but by the time they were rescued he had become one of the strongest swimmers of the group. Fine Feuiaki is still alive and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Two other survivors are reported to still be alive as at November 2007, whereabouts unknown. , Tuaikaepau 2009-05-20T20:40:40Z 23°55′19″S 179°05′34″W / 23. 92194°S 179. 09278°W / -23. 92194; -179. 09278 Tuaikaepau was a twenty ton cutter, 51 feet (16 m) length, clipper bow, keeler, built by Bailey Yards of Auckland, New Zealand and launched in 1902. The Tuaikaepau was launched as the Ilex and sailed around Stewart Island before returning to Auckland where she was raced on the Waitemata Harbour, later returning to coastal sailing around New Zealand. By this time she had been under several owners. In 1946 she circumnavigated New Zealand, at the time the yacht was owned by Mr. N. W. Thomas, who also raced Tuaikaepau in the Sydney Hobart yacht race. Shortly after the Sydney to Hobart yacht race the vessel was sold to the Free Church of Tonga, where she was relocated and renamed the Tu'uakitau for a period. During this time she was used by Missionaries to service outlying stations on the Tongan Islands. It was also during this time that the yacht was neglected and began to deteriorate. In 1957 she was sold to Tofa Ramsay and renamed again to Tuaikaepau, in English: "Slow but sure". Tofa sailed the Tuaikaepau to Auckland where he had repairs carried out to restore the ship to her former glory. March 1962 Tofa Ramsay decided to take Tuaikaepau to Auckland, New Zealand again for repairs. He called Tevita (David) Fifita, who held a foreign going masters certificate to Captain the ship on the 1,050-nautical-mile (1,940 km) voyage. This was the second time Tevita had Captained the Tuaikaepau to New Zealand, and with Tevita's reputation for have excellent seamanship, Tofa had no qualms about putting Tevita in charge. The crew were: Tevita Fiffita (Captain) Tevita Uaissele (Carpenter) Fine Feuiaki (Engineer) Ve'etutu Pahulu (Mate) Sateki Fiffita (Deckhand) (Captains son) Talo Fiffita (Deckhand) (Captains Illegitimate son) Sione Lousi (Deckhand) Tongan boxers were keen to visit Auckland where they could find new opponents to fight and most of the ships passengers were boxers. Passengers: Fatai Efiafi (Widower) Vaiangina Unga (Copra Planter) Viliame Fa'onuku (Carpenter) Teiapa'a Bloomfield (Taxi Driver) Soakai Pulu (Boxer/Coach) Fetaiaki Pulu (Boxer) Sione Sikimeti (Boxer) Sipa Fine (Boxer) Finau Laione (Boxer) Saia Peni (Boxer) On 4 July 1962 they set off for New Zealand. Shortly after leaving harbour they discovered they had no torch and returned to shore until someone threw them a torch. Then they discovered they did not have the correct chart. Tevita checked the charts they had and decided they could make it anyway, and they continued. They stopped briefly at the Island of Ata, south of Tongatapu, before continuing on to New Zealand. At about 10pm on the 6 July 1962 Tuaikaepau hit the outer edge of the Southern Minerva Reef. They all survived having spent the night clinging to the hull and at day break saw what would be there saviour : the hull of a Japanese fishing boat which had been wrecked in 1960, two years earlier. In the hull of the Japanese fishing boat they built a still from which they were able to make fresh water. A fire to run the still was kept burning almost constantly with wood from the hull of the wreck in which they were living. By the end of August it was decided that the only hope of rescue was to build a small boat and sail to Fiji, which they promptly did with tools found in the hull of the Japanese boat and from the wreck of the Tuaikaepau. Tevita Fifita, Uaisele and Sateki were the three that sailed the "raft", which they named Maloelelei, to Fiji. As the three sailed the raft through the reef to the island of Kadavu the Maloelelei capsized and while swimming to shore within sight of land, Sateki, the Captains son, drowned. Four died before they were rescued : Sione Lousi, Sione Sikimeti, Fatai Efiafi, Fetaiaki Pulu. Fetaiaki Pulu died one day before a RNZAF Sunderland flying boat from Lauthala Bay, Fiji dropped supplies to them. Teiapa'a believed death was near when they hit the reef, as he could not swim, but by the time they were rescued he had become one of the strongest swimmers of the group. Fine Feuiaki is still alive and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Two other survivors are reported to still be alive as at November 2007, whereabouts unknown. | 0 |
Electoral_districts_of_Poland | Electoral_districts_of_Poland 2011-02-09T02:08:57Z Electoral districts of Poland (Polish: okręg wyborczy) are defined by Polish election law. Electoral districts can be divided depending on whether they are individual entities or parts of a larger electoral district with regard to elections to 1) parliament (Sejm) and Senate 2) local offices and 3) European Parliament. Each district has a number of mandates calculated on the basis of its population. Electoral districts in Poland: Białystok • Bielsko-Biała • Bydgoszcz • Chełm • Chrzanów • Częstochowa • Elbląg • Gdańsk • Gdynia-Słupsk • Gliwice • Kalisz • Katowice • Kielce • Konin • Koszalin • Kraków • Krosno • Legnica • Lublin • Łódź • Nowy Sącz • Olsztyn • Opole • Piła • Piotrków Trybunalski • Płock • Poznań • Radom • Rybnik • Rzeszów • Siedlce • Sieradz • Sosnowiec • Szczecin • Tarnów • Toruń • Warsaw I • Warsaw II • Wałbrzych • Wrocław • Zielona Góra This article about politics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Electoral_districts_of_Poland 2011-02-09T13:13:04Z Electoral districts of Poland (Polish: okręg wyborczy) are defined by Polish election law. Electoral districts can be divided depending on whether they are individual entities or parts of a larger electoral district with regard to elections to 1) parliament (Sejm) and Senate 2) local offices and 3) European Parliament. Each district has a number of mandates calculated on the basis of its population. This article about politics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Shelley Conn | Shelley Conn 2016-02-12T03:56:08Z John lewis Shelley Conn (born 21 September 1976) is a British actress of mixed heritage including British, Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She was born to Anglo-Indian parents. Conn was born in London, England. She is related to actress Merle Oberon (Oberon was cousin to Conn's grandfather). She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School, Basingstoke Hampshire. After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the BBC series Party Animals. In 2001, she picked up the role of PC Miriam Da Silva in BBC1's Mersey Beat and an irregularly recurring role in Casualty. In 2002, Conn made her West End theatre stage debut in three plays in December 2002, after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Jacobean Season at the Gielgud Theatre - The Island Princess, Eastward Ho! and The Roman Actor. Conn has now developed her roles between all three media (television, film and theater), with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films; BBC character dramas such as The Innocence Project; and occasional returns to the RSC. Conn joined Series Five of the popular BBC One series Down to Earth in 2004. In early 2008, Conn starred as Miranda Hill in The Palace, as Jessica in Mistresses and as Neela Sahjani in Trial & Retribution. In 2009 she appeared as Claire in Dead Set. In 2010 she played Danni Prendiville in the TV series Strike Back. She was chosen by Steven Spielberg to be one of the leads in the $150 million TV series Terra Nova, which premiered on 26 September 2011. In 2014, Conn will appear in a US TV series called The Lottery. Conn lives in London. She ran in the 2006 London Marathon. Conn married her boyfriend of over a decade, actor Jonathan Kerrigan around 2011. They have a son named Oscar, born in April 2012., Shelley Conn 2017-12-09T11:12:36Z Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is an English actress. Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, which includes Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke. After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the BBC series Party Animals. In 2001, she picked up the role of PC Miriam Da Silva in BBC1's Mersey Beat and an irregularly recurring role in Casualty. In 2002, Conn made her West End theatre stage debut in three plays in December 2002, after transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Jacobean Season at the Gielgud Theatre – The Island Princess, Eastward Ho! and The Roman Actor. Conn has now developed her roles between all three media (television, film and theatre), with a series of leading roles in various small budget European as well as British films; BBC character dramas such as The Innocence Project; and occasional returns to the RSC. Conn joined Series Five of the popular BBC One series Down to Earth in 2004. In early 2008, Conn starred as Miranda Hill in The Palace, as Jessica in Mistresses and as Neela Sahjani in Trial & Retribution. In 2009 she appeared as Claire in Dead Set. In 2010 she played Danni Prendiville in the TV series Strike Back. She was chosen by Steven Spielberg to be one of the leads in the $150 million TV series Terra Nova, which premiered on 26 September 2011. In 2014, Conn appeared in a US TV series called The Lottery. Conn lives in London. She ran in the 2006 London Marathon. Conn married her boyfriend of over a decade, actor Jonathan Kerrigan around 2011. They have a son named Oscar, born in April 2012. | 1 |
William_E._Cooper_(university_president) | William_E._Cooper_(university_president) 2009-03-13T00:42:56Z William E. Cooper was president of the University of Richmond from July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2007. He is currently a psychology professor at the university. Immediately prior to coming to Richmond, Cooper served as Executive Vice President for the Main Campus at Georgetown University. He has also held faculty positions at Harvard University, the University of Iowa, and Tulane University, where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Cooper received his bachelors and masters degrees (1973) from Brown University and his Ph. D. (1976) in Cognitive Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. , William_E._Cooper_(university_president) 2010-11-02T02:09:34Z William E. Cooper was president of the University of Richmond from July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2007. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor and President Emeritus. Immediately prior to coming to Richmond, Cooper served as Executive Vice President for the Main Campus at Georgetown University. He has also held faculty positions at Harvard University, the University of Iowa, and Tulane University, where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Cooper received his bachelors and masters degrees (1973) from Brown University and his Ph. D. (1976) in Cognitive Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | 0 |
Eileen_Albrizio | Eileen_Albrizio 2008-02-14T18:23:31Z Eileen Albrizio is an American writer of poetry and prose. She was born in Hartford, CT in 1963, where she still lives today. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary publications, including the Common Ground Review and the Underwood Review. She is the author of three print volumes of poetry: Messy on the Inside, Rain – Dark as Water in Winter, and Perennials: New & Selected Poems, all published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press. On the Edge, a recitation of her poetry on CD was produced with the help of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. She has also penned several plays, two novels, and is currently working on a compilation of fictional short stories. She is a 2008 recipient of the New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship. Albrizio has taught poetry and creative writing in several colleges and cultural institutions as well as the York Correctional Institute, Connecticut’s only maximum-security prison for women. In 2005, Albrizio left a twelve-year career as a radio news host and broadcast journalist. Nine of those twelve years were spent working for National Public Radio and its Connecticut affiliate, WNPR in Hartford, CT. During her broadcasting career, her newscasts, spot news stories and featured stories were repeatedly awarded first-prize honors from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. Albrizio graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, and then went on to earn her BFA in Theatre from Central Connecticut State University where she is finishing her graduate thesis project toward a Masters of Arts in English. In addition to her writing and teaching, Albrizio assists her husband, Wayne Horgan, who is a Realtor in Connecticut. The two have owned and operated Heroes & Hitters, a comic book store in Rocky Hill, CT, since 1989. Messy on the Inside was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 1998. Albrizio's first book of poetry, it consists of 60 poems written entirely in formal verse. Utilizing such traditional forms as the English sonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina and haiku, this book spotlights Albrizio's ability to master form without losing the poem's accessibility. From the success of this book, Albrizio created an acclaimed formal verse workshop. Rain – Dark as Water in Winter was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 2001. This book consists of a one-act play written in verse, as well as 30 poems written in traditional forms. The one-act play, Rain, was honored by the Writer’s Digest as one of the best written one-act plays of 1997. The two-character play focuses on the cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship between Rain and her lover, Perfidy. The play has a profound iambic rhythm, while the rhyme, although consistently placed, is only subtly heard. Perennials: New & Selected Poems marks Albrizio’s break from traditional forms. It was published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press in 2007. Although it includes some of her most well received poems from her previous two books, it also consists of over 30 new poems that are largely written in free verse or in forms of her own creation. She continues to teach poetry workshops, but has since added a segment on applying the rhetorical devices used in formal verse to free-verse writing. The Greater Hartford Arts Council and the New Boston Fund have honored with excellence several free-verse poems that were later included in the first chapter of this book. , Eileen_Albrizio 2008-12-25T16:24:13Z Eileen Albrizio (born 1963) is an American writer of poetry and prose and former broadcast journalist. She was born in Hartford, CT where she still resides. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary publications including the Common Ground Review and the Underwood Review. She is the author of three print volumes of poetry: Messy on the Inside, Rain – Dark as Water in Winter, and Perennials: New & Selected Poems, all published by Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press . Perennials was nominated for the 2008 Connecticut Book Award. On the Edge, a recitation of her poetry on compact disk was produced with the help of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. . She has also penned several plays, two novels, and is currently working on a compilation of fictional short stories. She is a 2008 recipient of the New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship. Albrizio has taught poetry and creative writing in several colleges and cultural institutions as well as the York Correctional Institute, Connecticut’s only maximum-security prison for women. In 2005, Albrizio left a twelve-year career as a radio news host and broadcast journalist. Nine of those twelve years were spent working for National Public Radio and its Connecticut affiliate, WNPR in Hartford, CT. During her broadcasting career, her newscasts, spot news stories and featured stories were repeatedly awarded first-prize honors from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. Albrizio graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and then went on to earn her BFA in Theatre from Central Connecticut State University as well as her Masters of Arts in English from the same University. In addition to writing and teaching, Albrizio assists her husband, Wayne Horgan, who is a Realtor in Connecticut. The two have owned and operated Heroes & Hitters , a comic book store in Rocky Hill, CT, since 1989. Messy on the Inside was published in 1998. Albrizio's first book of poetry, it consists of 60 poems written entirely in formal verse. Utilizing such traditional forms as the English sonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina and haiku, this book spotlights Albrizio's ability to master form without losing the poem's accessibility. From the success of this book, Albrizio created an acclaimed formal verse workshop. Rain – Dark as Water in Winter was published in 2001. This book consists of a one-act play written in verse and 30 poems written in traditional forms. The play, Rain, was honored by the Writer’s Digest as one of the best written one-act plays of 1997. The two-character play focuses on the cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship between Rain and her lover, Perfidy. The play has a profound iambic rhythm, while the rhyme, although consistently placed, is only subtly heard. Perennials: New & Selected Poems marks Albrizio’s break from traditional forms. It was published in 2007. Although it includes some of her most well received poems from her previous two books, it also consists of over 30 new poems that are largely written in free verse or in forms of her own creation. She continues to teach poetry workshops, but has since added a segment on applying the rhetorical devices used in formal verse to free-verse writing. The Greater Hartford Arts Council and the New Boston Fund have honored with excellence several free-verse poems that were later included in the first chapter of this book. | 0 |
Constance Marie | Constance Marie 2022-04-07T23:36:39Z Constance Marie Lopez (born September 9, 1965) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Angie Lopez in George Lopez (2002–2007) and her role as Marcela Quintanilla (mother of Selena) in the film Selena (1997). She portrayed Regina Vasquez in the ABC Family/Freeform drama series Switched at Birth (2011–2017). She is currently portraying Camila Diaz in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Undone (2019). Constance Marie was born and raised in East Los Angeles. At age 19, Marie appeared as a dancer in the musical Cosmopolis by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan. When she returned to Los Angeles, she was spotted at a club by a dance choreographer for David Bowie and she was hired for the Glass Spider Tour in 1987. Marie began her acting career when she was in her teenage years. She landed a spot in the 1988 film Salsa. Other television and film credits include Early Edition, Dirty Dancing, Selena, Spin City, and Ally McBeal. Marie was chosen for the role of Angie Lopez in the ABC comedy series George Lopez. In 2001, Marie starred in the comedy-drama film Tortilla Soup alongside Héctor Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, and Elizabeth Peña. She also appeared in the PBS drama series American Family. In October 2007, she launched her own clothing line, "The Constance Marie Collection". In the same year, she appeared in an ad for PETA, encouraging people to spay and neuter their pets. From 2011 to 2017, Marie had a starring role in the ABC Family/Freeform drama series Switched at Birth, portraying Regina Vasquez, the birth mother of one of the girls and legal mother of the other. Marie was in a 15-year relationship with yoga instructor Kent Katich, which ended in September 2015. They have a daughter born in 2009. Marie is a longtime vegetarian and raised her child as a vegetarian. , Constance Marie 2023-11-15T23:08:44Z Constance Marie Lopez (born September 9, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Angelina "Angie" Lopez in George Lopez (2002–2007), and Marcella Quintanilla (mother of Selena) in the film Selena (1997). She portrayed Regina Vasquez in the ABC Family/Freeform drama series Switched at Birth (2011–2017). She is currently portraying Camila Diaz in the Amazon Prime Video drama series Undone (2019). Constance Marie was born and raised in East Los Angeles. At age 19, Marie appeared as a dancer in the musical Cosmopolis by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan. When she returned to Los Angeles, she was spotted at a club by Toni Basil, the dance choreographer for David Bowie, and she was hired for the Glass Spider Tour in 1987. She appeared on the 1988 concert video Glass Spider, which captured performances from that tour. Marie began her acting career when she was in her teenage years. She landed a spot in the 1988 film Salsa. Other television and film credits include Early Edition, Dirty Dancing, Selena, Spin City, and Ally McBeal. Marie was chosen for the role of Angie Lopez in the ABC comedy series George Lopez. In 2001, Marie starred in the comedy-drama film Tortilla Soup alongside Héctor Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, and Elizabeth Peña. She also appeared in the PBS drama series American Family. In October 2007, she launched her own clothing line, "The Constance Marie Collection". In the same year, she appeared in an ad for PETA, encouraging people to spay and neuter their pets. From 2011 to 2017, Marie had a starring role in the ABC Family/Freeform drama series Switched at Birth, portraying Regina Vasquez, the birth mother of one of the girls and legal mother of the other. Marie was in a 15-year relationship with yoga instructor Kent Katich, which ended in September 2015. They have a daughter born in 2009. Marie is a longtime vegetarian and raised her child as a vegetarian. | 1 |
Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985) | Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985) 2015-01-02T19:37:57Z Scott Peter Andrew Brown (born 26 April 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Aberdeen. A goalkeeper, he is a product of the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth academy and played in the League of Wales for Welshpool Town before signing for Bristol City and then at the start of the 2005–06 season joining Cheltenham Town. Brown served as an understudy to Shane Higgs whilst at Cheltenham, but as Higgs picked up some injuries, Brown had been promoted to first choice goalkeeper at the club. Scott is the son of a professional tennis coach, Peter Brown. Brown was given the number 1 shirt for the 2009-10 season following the departure of Shane Higgs, and has since been in terrific form, helping Cheltenham scrape away from the relegation battle, albeit on the last day of the season. Brown found appearances in 2011-12 more difficult to come by after the loan signing of future England international, Jack Butland, who initially joined Cheltenham after an injury to Brown. Despite Butland's presence, Brown was handed a new 2-year contract at the end of the season, expiring in June 2014. For the next two seasons, Brown remained unchallenged for the No. 1 shirt. He has remained as dedicated as ever to the Robins to the point of publicly criticising two unnamed players after a defeat against Rochdale in April 2014, who admitted to manager Mark Yates in training, that they had not been trying. Brown went on to say that "I could bring my mate from the pub along and even he would run around and try his best." Cheltenham chairman, Paul Baker, commended Brown and promised to take action. Brown was offered a new contract at the end of the 2013-2014 season, after being with Cheltenham for 10 years. However he opted to sign for Scottish club Aberdeen in May 2014. He made his Aberdeen debut on 23 September in a 4–0 win against Livingston in the Scottish League Cup. His first league appearance came on 24 October 2014, as Aberdeen beat Motherwell 1–0., Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985) 2016-12-31T01:55:44Z Scott Peter Andrew Brown (born 26 April 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League Two club Wycombe Wanderers. Having last played for Aberdeen. He had previously spent ten years with Cheltenham Town. Brown is a product of the Wolverhampton Wanderers youth academy and played in the League of Wales for Welshpool Town before signing for Bristol City and then at the start of the 2005–06 season joining Cheltenham Town. He served as an understudy to Shane Higgs whilst at Cheltenham, but as Higgs picked up some injuries, Brown had been promoted to first choice goalkeeper at the club. Brown was given the number 1 shirt for the 2009–10 season following the departure of Shane Higgs, and has since been in terrific form, helping Cheltenham scrape away from the relegation battle, albeit on the last day of the season. Brown found appearances in 2011–12 more difficult to come by after the loan signing of future England international, Jack Butland, who initially joined Cheltenham after an injury to Brown. Despite Butland's presence, Brown was handed a new two-year contract at the end of the season, expiring in June 2014. For the next two seasons, Brown remained unchallenged for the number 1 shirt. He has remained as dedicated as ever to the Robins to the point of publicly criticising two unnamed players after a defeat against Rochdale in April 2014, who admitted to manager Mark Yates in training, that they had not been trying. Brown went on to say that "I could bring my mate from the pub along and even he would run around and try his best." Cheltenham chairman, Paul Baker, commended Brown and promised to take action. Brown was offered a new contract at the end of the 2013–14 season, after being with Cheltenham for 10 years. However he opted to sign for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen in May 2014 because of the better chances at higher club level he could get. He made his Aberdeen debut on 23 September, in a 4–0 win against Livingston in the Scottish League Cup. His first league appearance came on 24 October 2014, as Aberdeen beat Motherwell 1–0. Brown's instatement as first choice goalkeeper coincided with an excellent run of form for Aberdeen; his eight clean-sheets in a row was part of a winning run that took them to the top of the table in January. However, lapses in important defeats in the league cup semi-final and in a top-of-the-table match against Celtic, which effectively ended Aberdeen's trophy chances, led to Jamie Langfield taking over in goal. Brown took the starting place back for the final eight matches of the season as Aberdeen comfortably achieved Europa League qualification. He was released at the end of the 2015–16 season. On 26 July 2016 it was announced that Brown had signed a two-year deal with Wycombe Wanderers. On 21 November he joined National League side Eastleigh on a short-term loan. Scott is the son of a professional tennis coach, Peter Brown. | 1 |
Ben Whishaw | Ben Whishaw 2020-01-03T04:39:11Z Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, who has garnered acclaim for his film, television, and theatre work. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001), Whishaw was nominated for an Olivier Award for his portrayal of the title role in a 2004 production of Hamlet. This was followed by television roles in Nathan Barley (2005), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Hour (2011-12) and film roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008) and Bright Star (2009). For Criminal Justice, Whishaw received an International Emmy Award and received his first BAFTA Award nomination. In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, broadcast as part of The Hollow Crown series of William Shakespeare adaptations, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The same year, he starred as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and the upcoming No Time to Die (2020). He has voiced Paddington Bear in Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017). His other film roles in the 2010s have included Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Whishaw received a third BAFTA Award nomination for the leading role in London Spy (2015) and, for his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, and was brought up there and in Langford. He is the son of Linda (née Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in sports with young people. He has a fraternal twin, James. His mother is of English ancestry, while his father is of French, German and Russian descent. The family's original surname was not Whishaw but Stellmacher, a German occupational name for a cartwright. Whishaw's paternal grandfather, born Jean Vladimir Stellmacher changed his name to John Victor Whishaw after World War II where he served as a British spy in the German army. He was born in Istanbul in 1922 to a Russian mother and German father. Whishaw first rose to prominence as a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre, Big Spirit, at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. He attended Henlow Middle School and then Samuel Whitbread Community College in Clifton. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2003. Whishaw was involved in many productions with Big Spirit, including If This is a Man (also performed as The Drowned & The Saved), a piece devised by the company based on the book of the same name by Primo Levi, a chemist, writer, and survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp. It was adapted as a physical theatre piece by the group and taken to the 1995 Edinburgh Festival, where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim. As the lead in Trevor Nunn's 2004 production of Hamlet at the Old Vic, Whishaw received highly favourable reviews, was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor, and received third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards. The role was shared with Al Weaver in an unusual arrangement. Whishaw played all nights except for Mondays and matinées. Nunn is reported to have made this arrangement due to the youth of the two actors playing the lead, to relieve some of the pressure on each. His film and television credits include Layer Cake and Chris Morris's 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley, in which he played a character called Pingu. He was named "Most Promising Newcomer" at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards for My Brother Tom. In 2005 he was nominated as best actor in four award programs for his portrayal of Hamlet. He also played Keith Richards in the Brian Jones biopic Stoned. In the spring of 2005, Whishaw received lots of attention for his role as a drug dealer in Philip Ridley's controversial stage play Mercury Fur. In Perfume, Whishaw played Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume maker whose craft turns deadly. The film was released in Germany in September 2006 and in America in December 2006. In the same year, Whishaw worked on Paweł Pawlikowski's abandoned The Restraint of Beasts. Whishaw appeared as one of the Bob Dylan reincarnations in I'm Not There in 2007, in the BBC's Criminal Justice in 2008, in a new adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, and in a stage adaptation of The Idiot at the National Theatre called ...some trace of her. At the end of 2009 he starred in Cock, a new play by Mike Bartlett at the Royal Court Theatre, about a gay man who falls in love with a woman. In 2009 he also starred as the poet John Keats in the film Bright Star. In February 2010, Whishaw made a successful off-Broadway debut at MCC Theater in the American premiere of the awarding-winning play The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell. He played Ariel in Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation of The Tempest, and was featured in The Hour, a BBC Two drama series. In 2012 Whishaw appeared as Richard II in the television film Richard II, a part of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown. He received the British Academy Television Award for Leading Actor. Also in 2012, he appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the science-fiction drama film Cloud Atlas, adapted from the novel of the same name. Whishaw appeared in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, in the role of Q. He portrayed a younger Q than in previous films; Peter Burton and Desmond Llewelyn both received the role when they were in their forties, while Llewelyn and John Cleese played the role into their eighties and sixties, respectively. In addition, he was teamed a fourth time with Daniel Craig after they starred in the films The Trench, Enduring Love, and Layer Cake. In spring 2013, Whishaw starred on stage alongside Judi Dench in the world premiere of Peter and Alice, a new play by John Logan, inspired by the lives of Alice Liddell and Peter Llewelyn Davies. From October 2013 to February 2014 Whishaw appeared on stage in the revival of Jez Butterworth's Olivier-award-winning play Mojo, also starring Rupert Grint, Brendan Coyle, Daniel Mays and Colin Morgan. He was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor for both roles. In the summer of 2015 he appeared as Dionysos in Euripides' tragedy Bakkhai at the Almeida Theatre in London. In 2014, Whishaw starred in the independent film Lilting as well as voicing Paddington Bear in the film Paddington. In 2015, Whishaw co-starred in The Lobster, a romantic science fiction drama from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos; appeared in Suffragette, a story of the early feminist movement written by Abi Morgan and also starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep and his The Hour co-star, Romola Garai; reprised his role of Q in Spectre, the 24th Bond film, and played author Herman Melville in Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea. In 2017 Whishaw reprised his role as Paddington Bear in Paddington 2. In 2018, he portrayed Norman Scott in the BBC One miniseries A Very English Scandal, opposite Hugh Grant as disgraced parliamentarian Jeremy Thorpe, and also starred as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns. Whishaw is set to reprise his role of Q in No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, set to be released in the UK on April 3 and in the US on April 8, 2020. For several years, Whishaw refused to answer questions about his personal life, saying: "For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity. As an actor, your job is to persuade people that you're someone else. So if you're constantly telling people about yourself, I think you're shooting yourself in the foot." In 2011, he told Out magazine: "As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities." Whishaw entered into a civil partnership with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in August 2012. In 2014, he publicly discussed his coming out, saying that it was a tense experience for him but "everyone was surprisingly lovely.", Ben Whishaw 2021-12-25T19:34:43Z Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English film, television, and stage actor. After winning a British Independent Film Award for his performance in My Brother Tom (2001), he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his portrayal of the title role in a 2004 production of Hamlet. This was followed by television roles in Nathan Barley (2005), Criminal Justice (2008) and The Hour (2011–12) and film roles in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), and Bright Star (2009). For Criminal Justice, Whishaw received an International Emmy Award and received his first BAFTA Award nomination. In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, broadcast as part of The Hollow Crown series of William Shakespeare adaptations, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The same year, he starred as Q in the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), going on to reprise the role in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). He has voiced Paddington Bear in Paddington (2014), its sequel Paddington 2 (2017) and the follow-up television series. His other film roles in the 2010s have included Cloud Atlas (2012), The Lobster (2015), Suffragette (2015), The Danish Girl (2015), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). In 2020, he had a leading role as Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan in the fourth season of the black comedy crime drama Fargo. Whishaw received a third BAFTA Award nomination for the leading role in London Spy (2015) and, for his portrayal of Norman Scott in the miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Whishaw was born on 14 October 1980 in Clifton, Bedfordshire, and was brought up there and in neighbouring Langford. He is the son of Linda (née Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw who works in sports with young people. He has a fraternal twin, James. His mother is of English ancestry, while his father is of French, German and Russian descent. The family's original surname was not Whishaw but Stellmacher, a German occupational name for a cartwright. Whishaw's paternal grandfather, born Jean Vladimir Stellmacher and living in Kassel, Germany changed his name to John Victor Whishaw after World War II during which he served as a British spy in the German army. He was born in Istanbul in 1922 to a Russian mother and German father. Whishaw was a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre, at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre. He attended Henlow Middle School and then Samuel Whitbread Community College in Clifton. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2003. Whishaw was involved in many productions with Big Spirit Youth Theatre, including If This Is a Man (also performed as The Drowned & The Saved), a piece devised by the company based on the book of the same name by Primo Levi, a chemist, writer and survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp. It was adapted as a physical theatre piece by the group and taken to the 1995 Edinburgh Festival, where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim. As the lead in Trevor Nunn's 2004 production of Hamlet at the Old Vic, Whishaw received highly favourable reviews, was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and received third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards. The role was shared with Al Weaver in an unusual arrangement. Whishaw played all nights except for Mondays and matinées. Nunn is reported to have made this arrangement due to the youth of the two actors playing the lead, to relieve some of the pressure on each. His film and television credits include Layer Cake and Chris Morris's 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley, in which he played a character called Pingu. He was named "Most Promising Newcomer" at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards for My Brother Tom. In 2005 he was nominated as best actor in four award programs for his portrayal of Hamlet. He also played Keith Richards in the Brian Jones biopic Stoned. In the spring of 2005, Whishaw received much attention for his role as a drug dealer in the world premiere of Philip Ridley's controversial stage play Mercury Fur. In Perfume, Whishaw played Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume maker whose craft turns deadly. The film was released in Germany in September 2006 and in America in December 2006. In the same year, Whishaw worked on Paweł Pawlikowski's abandoned The Restraint of Beasts. Whishaw appeared as one of the Bob Dylan reincarnations in I'm Not There in 2007, in the BBC's Criminal Justice in 2008, in a new adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, and in a stage adaptation of The Idiot at the National Theatre called ...some trace of her. At the end of 2009 he starred in Cock, a new play by Mike Bartlett at the Royal Court Theatre, about a gay man who falls in love with a woman. In 2009 he also starred as the poet John Keats in the film Bright Star. In February 2010, Whishaw made a successful off-Broadway debut at MCC Theater in the American premiere of the awarding-winning play The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell. He played Ariel in Julie Taymor's 2010 film adaptation of The Tempest and was featured in The Hour, a BBC Two drama series. In 2012 Whishaw appeared as Richard II in the television film Richard II, a part of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown. He received the British Academy Television Award for Leading Actor. Also in 2012, he appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the science-fiction drama film Cloud Atlas, adapted from the novel of the same name. Whishaw appeared in the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall, in the role of Q. He portrayed a younger Q than in previous films; Peter Burton and Desmond Llewelyn both received the role when they were in their forties, while Llewelyn and John Cleese played the role into their eighties and sixties, respectively. In addition, he was teamed a fourth time with Daniel Craig after they starred in the films The Trench, Enduring Love and Layer Cake. In spring 2013, Whishaw starred on stage alongside Judi Dench in the world premiere of Peter and Alice, a new play by John Logan, inspired by the lives of Alice Liddell and Peter Llewelyn Davies. From October 2013 to February 2014, Whishaw appeared on stage in the revival of Jez Butterworth's play Mojo, also starring Rupert Grint, Brendan Coyle, Daniel Mays and Colin Morgan. He was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor for both roles. In the summer of 2015 he appeared as Dionysos in Euripides' tragedy Bakkhai at the Almeida Theatre in London. In 2014, Whishaw starred in the independent film Lilting as well as voicing Paddington Bear in the film Paddington. In 2015, Whishaw co-starred in The Lobster, a romantic science fiction drama from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos; appeared in Suffragette, a story of the early feminist movement written by Abi Morgan and also starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep and his The Hour co-star, Romola Garai; reprised his role of Q in Spectre, the 24th Bond film, and played author Herman Melville in Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea. In 2017, Whishaw reprised his role as Paddington Bear in Paddington 2. In 2018, he portrayed Norman Scott in the BBC One miniseries A Very English Scandal, opposite Hugh Grant as parliamentarian Jeremy Thorpe, and also starred as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns. In 2020, Whishaw had a lead role in the fourth season of the critically acclaimed FX black comedy crime drama Fargo, portraying Patrick "Rabbi" Milligan, alongside Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Jessie Buckley and Jack Huston. Whishaw reprised his role of Q in No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, which released worldwide on 30 September 2021. For several years, Whishaw refused to answer questions about his personal life, saying: "For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity. As an actor, your job is to persuade people that you're someone else. So if you're constantly telling people about yourself, I think you're shooting yourself in the foot." In 2011, he told Out magazine: "As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities." Whishaw entered into a civil partnership with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in August 2012. In 2014, he publicly discussed his coming out, saying that it was a tense experience for him but "everyone was surprisingly lovely". | 1 |
Kosuke Matsuura | Kosuke Matsuura 2014-01-26T00:08:02Z Kosuke Matsuura (松浦 孝亮, Matsuura Kōsuke, born September 4, 1979 in Aichi, Japan) is a race car driver currently competing in the Formula Nippon series. He previously competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. After winning the Japanese Formula Dream Championship in 2001, Kosuke attracted the attention of former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki as a teenager and was placed into Suzuki's driver development program, the ARTA Project. He went on to finish 2nd in the 2002 German Formula Three Championship winning 2 races and finished 3rd in the 2003 European Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, winning 3 races before replacing Roger Yasukawa at Super Aguri Fernandez Racing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 2004. In 2004, he was the Bombardier Rookie of the Year, finishing 14th in points. He was also the 2004 Bank One Rookie of the Year for the 2004 Indianapolis 500. In 2005, he again drove for Super Aguri Fernandez Racing, and again finished 14th in the Championship with a best place finish of 6th in the two road course races. He continued with the team in 2006 and finished a career best 13th in points with a best finish of 6th. For 2007, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri switched allegiance to Panther Racing, teaming Matsuura with Vitor Meira. During the 2007 IndyCar Series season, Matsuura retired from 6 of the first 11 races and finished no better than 8th in the others. His struggles prompted speculation from media and fans that he might be dropped by Panther Racing, culminating on July 20, 2007, when Speed TV posted an article on its website stating that Matsuura would be immediately replaced by Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Indy Pro Series driver Hideki Mutoh. While the report was incorrect and the article has since been removed, it did little to stop speculation that Matsuura would be replaced following the 2007 season. On August 5, 2007, Matsuura matched a career best with a 4th-place finish at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan. This prompted Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network play-by-play Mike King to suggest that the finish may help him stay in IndyCar Series for the 2008 season. The finish, however, only came in the aftermath of his avoiding a major back straightaway incident involving most of the front half of the field. For 2008 after longtime sponsors Panasonic switched their sponsorship to Hideki Mutoh of the Andretti Green Racing team in the IndyCar Series, Kosuke returned to Japan to compete in the Formula Nippon Series. In August 2009, Conquest Racing announced that Matsuura would drive for them at the 2009 Indy Japan 300 in a car sponsored by CLICK Securities Inc. Matsuura finished 17th for the part-time team. (key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), Kosuke Matsuura 2015-11-22T01:13:16Z Kosuke Matsuura (松浦 孝亮, Matsuura Kōsuke, born September 4, 1979 in Aichi, Japan) is a race car driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He previously competed in the Formula Nippon and IRL IndyCar Series. After winning the Japanese Formula Dream Championship in 2001, Kosuke attracted the attention of former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki as a teenager and was placed into Suzuki's driver development program, the ARTA Project. He went on to finish 2nd in the 2002 German Formula Three Championship winning 2 races and finished 3rd in the 2003 European Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, winning 3 races before replacing Roger Yasukawa at Super Aguri Fernandez Racing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in 2004. In 2004, he was the Bombardier Rookie of the Year, finishing 14th in points. He was also the 2004 Bank One Rookie of the Year for the 2004 Indianapolis 500. In 2005, he again drove for Super Aguri Fernandez Racing, and again finished 14th in the Championship with a best place finish of 6th in the two road course races. He continued with the team in 2006 and finished a career best 13th in points with a best finish of 6th. For 2007, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri switched allegiance to Panther Racing, teaming Matsuura with Vitor Meira. During the 2007 IndyCar Series season, Matsuura retired from 6 of the first 11 races and finished no better than 8th in the others. His struggles prompted speculation from media and fans that he might be dropped by Panther Racing, culminating on July 20, 2007, when Speed TV posted an article on its website stating that Matsuura would be immediately replaced by Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Indy Pro Series driver Hideki Mutoh. While the report was incorrect and the article has since been removed, it did little to stop speculation that Matsuura would be replaced following the 2007 season. On August 5, 2007, Matsuura matched a career best with a 4th-place finish at the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan. This prompted Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network play-by-play Mike King to suggest that the finish may help him stay in IndyCar Series for the 2008 season. The finish, however, only came in the aftermath of his avoiding a major back straightaway incident involving most of the front half of the field. For 2008 after longtime sponsors Panasonic switched their sponsorship to Hideki Mutoh of the Andretti Green Racing team in the IndyCar Series, Kosuke returned to Japan to compete in the Formula Nippon Series. In August 2009, Conquest Racing announced that Matsuura would drive for them at the 2009 Indy Japan 300 in a car sponsored by CLICK Securities Inc. Matsuura finished 17th for the part-time team. (key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) | 1 |
Gippy Grewal | Gippy Grewal 2018-01-01T09:44:55Z Ameer Hamza Khan Niazi Such As Known Of Ameer Hamza Raikoti . He Lived iN abdul Hakim Punjab Pakistan. He Is Best Layricast In Roshaan Prince. He Worked In Pak Army In Malir Cantt From Karachi He Get HIs Earliy Education From F.G Public School Abdul Hakim Cantt . And Highest Education From Govt Degree College Abdul hakim Ameer Hamza Khan Niazi Born In Small Village Abdul Hakim. In 12-11-1999 1-7 Muhmmad Afzal KHan. Unmarriged Grewal made his debut with the album Chakkh Lai was produced by Aman Hayer. He followed with the albums Nasha, Phulkari, Phulkari 2 Just Hits and Gangster. His 2012 song "Angreji Beat", featured in the Bollywood film Cocktail. The video for his 2013 single "Hello Hello" was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed at the Sandwell and Birmingham Mela in 2014. Grewal made his film debut in a supporting role in 2010 Punjabi-language film Mel Karade Rabba. He followed that up with a lead role in Jihne Mera Dil Luteya which became the biggest hit in Punjabi cinema when it released. In April 2012 his film Mirza – The Untold Story released with the highest opening for a Punjabi film at the time. His next movie Carry On Jatta released in July 2012 and had the second highest opening and total collections for Punjabi film. In 2013, Grewal released the action film Singh vs Kaur, comedy film Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Best of Luck and the comedy movie Bhaji in Problem. In 2014, he appeared in the dramatic thriller Jatt James Bond. His second film of 2014 was the comedy film Double Di Trouble. He dubbed a voice in the Punjabi version of A Good Day to Die Hard which was the first Hollywood movie to be dubbed in Punjabi. In 2015, Grewal entered Bollywood with a guest appearance in the comedy-drama film Dharam Sankat Mein. He then made his full acting debut in Bollywood with the romantic-comedy film Second Hand Husband. In September 2017 Gippy Grewal starred in his most recent Hindi movie, Lucknow Central, along with Farhan Akhtar. Grewal is married to Ravneet Kaur Grewal and has two sons named Ekomkar Singh Grewal and Gurfateh Singh Grewal. His production house is named after his younger son Gurfateh Singh. His elder brother Sippy Grewal is based in Australia. Gippy has a Hotel Management degree and worked as a waiter in Delhi for Rs.6500 and in Canada he started working as a security guard and his wife Ravneet Kaur used to work in Subway. Warning: Default sort key "Grewal, Gippy" overrides earlier default sort key "Raikoti, Happy". , Gippy Grewal 2019-12-25T16:11:17Z Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal, is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry. His single Phulkari broke many records in the Punjabi music industry. He made his acting debut in the 2010 movie, Mel Karade Rabba, and which he followed with Carry On Jatta, Lucky Di Unlucky Story, Bhaji in Problem and Jatt James Bond. He revived "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2011 for his performance in the 2011 film Jihne Mera Dil Luteya. He received the "PIFAA Best Actor Award" in 2012 along with Diljit Dosanjh and received "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2015 for Jatt James Bond along with Diljit Dosanjh. After his hit movie Faraar, he came with Kaptaan and lock in 2016. Grewal was born in Ludhiana and his hometown is Koom Kalan, Ludhiana. He did his schooling from Nankana Sahib Public School, Kot Gangu Rai and studied at North India Institute of Hotel Management, Panchkula. His brother Sippy Grewal is a distributor based in Australia. Grewal is married to Ravneet Kaur and has three sons. Grewal made his debut with the album Chakkh Lai was produced by Aman Hayer. He followed with the albums Nasha, Phulkari, Phulkari 2 Just Hits and Gangster. His 2012 song "Angreji Beat", featured in the Bollywood film Cocktail. The video for his 2013 single "Hello Hello" was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed at the Sandwell and Birmingham Mela in 2014. Grewal made his film debut in a supporting role in 2010 Punjabi-language film Mel Karade Rabba. He followed that up with a lead role in Jihne Mera Dil Luteya which became the biggest hit in Punjabi cinema when it released. In April 2012 his film Mirza – The Untold Story released with the highest opening for a Punjabi film at the time. His next movie Carry On Jatta released in July 2012 and had the second highest opening and total collections for Punjabi film. In 2013, Grewal released the action film Singh vs Kaur, comedy film Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Best of Luck and the comedy movie Bhaji in Problem. In 2014, he appeared in the dramatic thriller Jatt James Bond. His second film of 2014 was the comedy film Double Di Trouble. He dubbed a voice in the Punjabi version of A Good Day to Die Hard which was the first Hollywood movie to be dubbed in Punjabi. In 2015, Grewal entered Bollywood with a guest appearance in the comedy-drama film Dharam Sankat Mein. He then made his full acting debut in Bollywood with the romantic-comedy film Second Hand Husband. In September 2017 Gippy Grewal starred in his most recent Hindi movie, Lucknow Central, along with Farhan Akhtar. Carry on Jatta 2 released on 1 June 2018. | 1 |
Economy of the Dominican Republic | Economy of the Dominican Republic 2006-01-19T21:11:47Z The Dominican Republic is a middle-income developing country primarily dependent on agriculture, trade, and services, especially tourism. Although the service sector has recently overtaken agriculture as the leading employer of Dominicans (due principally to growth in tourism and Free Trade Zones), agriculture remains the most important sector in terms of domestic consumption and is in second place (behind mining) in terms of export earnings. Tourism accounts for more than $1 billion in annual earnings. Free Trade Zone earnings and tourism are the fastest-growing export sectors. Remittances from Dominicans living in the United States, are estimated to be about $1.5 billion per year. Following economic turmoil in the late 1980s and 1990, during which the GDP fell by up to 5% and consumer price inflation reached an unprecedented 100%, the Dominican Republic entered a period of moderate growth and declining inflation until 2002 after which the economy entered a recession, after the second commercial bank of the country collapsed, caused by a major fraud. GDP dropped by 1% in 2003 while inflation balooned by over 27%. Despite a widening merchandise trade deficit, tourism earnings and remittances have helped build foreign exchange reserves. The Dominican Republic is current on foreign private debt, and has agreed to pay arrears of about $130 million to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation. The government faces several economic policy challenges--high real interest rates, fiscal imbalances caused by money-losing public enterprises and poor tax-collection rates, and reducing dependence on taxes on international trade. Years of tariff protection for domestic production have left the economy vulnerable in a rapidly integrating global economy. The deteriorating non-free trade zone merchandise trade balance is in part due to the failure of the exchange rate to reflect inflationary trends in the 1993-1995 period. In December 1996, incoming President Fernandez presented a bold reform package for this Caribbean economy - including the devaluation of the peso, income tax cuts, a 50% increase in sales taxes, reduced import tariffs, and increased gasoline prices - in an attempt to create a market-oriented economy that can compete internationally. Even though most reforms are stalled in the legislature - including the intellectual property rights bill, social security reform, and a new electricity law first submitted in 1993 - the economy has grown vigorously under Fernandez's administration. Construction, tourism and telecommunications are leading the advance. The government is working to increase electric generating capacity, a key to continued economic growth; the state electricity company was finally privatized following numerous delays. The continuation of this vigorous growth in 2000 will depend on the policies adopted by the new administration. ===Statistics=== GDP: purchasing power parity - $52.71 billion (2003 est.) GDP - real growth rate: -0.7% (2003 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 10.7% industry: 31.5% services: 57.8% (2003) Population below poverty line: 19.9% (2003) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 37.9% (2003) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 27.5% (2003) Labor force: 2.3 million to 2.6 million (2000 est.) Labor force - by occupation: services and government 58.7%, industry 24.3%, agriculture 17% (1998 est.) Unemployment rate: 16.5% (2003 est.) Budget: revenues: $2.601 billion expenditures: $3.353 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2003 est.) Industries: tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2001 est.) Electricity - production: 9,186 GWh (2001) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 72.04% hydro: 27.62% nuclear: 0% other: 0.34% (1998) Electricity - consumption: 8,543 GWh (2001) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998) Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs Exports: $5.524 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.) Exports - commodities: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats Exports - partners: US 84.4%, Canada 1.7%, Haiti 1.5% (2003 est.) Imports: $7.911 billion (f.o.b., 2003) Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals Imports - partners: US 49.5%, Venezuela 11.3%, Mexico 4.4%, Colombia 4% (2003 est.) Debt - external: $6.567 billion (2003 est.) Economic aid - recipient: $239.6 million (1995) Currency: 1 Dominican peso (RD$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Dominican pesos (RD$) per US$1 - 46.151 (February 2004), 18.609 (2002), 16.161 (January 2000), 16.033 (1999), 15.267 (1998), 14.265 (1997), 13.775 (1996), 13.597 (1995) Fiscal year: calendar year World portal, Economy of the Dominican Republic 2007-12-13T00:26:09Z of the Dominican Republic table The Dominican Republic is an upper-middle income developing country primarily dependent on agriculture, trade, and services, especially tourism. Although the service sector has recently overtaken agriculture as the leading employer of Dominicans (due principally to growth in tourism and Free Trade Zones), agriculture remains the most important sector in terms of domestic consumption and is in second place (behind mining) in terms of export earnings. Tourism accounts for more than $1 billion in annual earnings. Free Trade Zone earnings and tourism are the fastest-growing export sectors. According to a 1999 International Monetary Fund report, remittances from Dominican Americans, are estimated to be about $1.5 billion per year. Most of these funds are used to cover basic household needs such as shelter, food, clothing, health care and education. Secondarily, remittances have financed small businesses and other productive activities. After a decade of little to no growth in the 1980s, the Dominican Republic's economy boomed in the 1990s, expanding at an average rate of 7.7% per year from 1996 to 2000. Tourism (the leading foreign exchange earner), telecommunications, and free-trade-zone manufacturing are the most important sectors, although agriculture is still a major part of the economy. The Dominican Republic owed much of its success to the adoption of sound macroeconomic policies in the early 1990s and greater opening to foreign investment. Growth turned negative in 2003 (-0.4%) due to the effects of government handling of major bank frauds and to lower U.S. demand for Dominican manufacturers. The Mejía administration negotiated an IMF standby agreement in August 2003 but was unable to comply with fiscal targets. The Fernández administration obtained required tax legislation and IMF board approval for the standby in January 2005. The Dominican peso fell to an unprecedented low in exchange markets in 2003-2004 but strengthened dramatically following the election and inauguration of Leonel Fernández. Since late 2004 it has traded at a rate considered to be overvalued on a purchasing power parity basis. Inflation fell sharply in late 2004 and was estimated at 9% for that calendar year. The Fernández administration successfully renegotiated official bilateral debt with Paris Club member governments, commercial bank debt with London Club members, and sovereign debt with a consortium of lenders. It met fiscal and financial targets of the standby agreement but fell short of goals for reforms in the electricity sector and financial markets. Central Bank statistics indicate 10.7% growth for 2006 with 5.0% inflation. The Central Bank estimates that the economy grew at 7.9% in the first six months of 2007 with an inflation rate of 5.9%. The Dominican Republic's most important trading partner is the United States (75% of export revenues). Other markets include Canada, Western Europe, and Japan. The country exports free-trade-zone manufactured products (garments, medical devices, etc.), nickel, sugar, coffee, cacao, and tobacco. It imports petroleum, industrial raw materials, capital goods, and foodstuffs. On September 5, 2005, the Dominican Congress ratified a free trade agreement with the U.S. and five Central American countries, known as CAFTA-DR. The CAFTA-DR agreement entered into force for the Dominican Republic on March 1, 2007. The total stock of U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) in Dominican Republic as of 2006 was U.S. $3.3 billion, much of it directed to the energy and tourism sectors, to free trade zones, and to the telecommunications sector. Remittances were close to $2.7 billion in 2006. An important aspect of the Dominican economy is the Free Trade Zone industry (FTZ), which made up U.S. $4.55 billion in Dominican exports for 2006 (70% of total exports). Reports show, however, that the FTZs lost approximately 60,000 between 2005 and 2007 and suffered a 4% decrease in total exports in 2006. The textiles sector experienced an approximate 17% drop in exports due in part to the appreciation of the Dominican peso against the dollar, Asian competition following expiration of the quotas of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement, and a government-mandated increase in salaries, which should have occurred in 2005 but was postponed to January 2006. Lost Dominican business was captured by firms in Central America and Asia. The tobacco, jewelry, medical, and pharmaceutical sectors in the FTZs all reported increases for 2006, which somewhat offset textile and garment losses. Industry experts from the FTZs expect that entry into force of the CAFTA-DR agreement will promote substantial growth in the FTZ sector for 2007. An ongoing concern in the Dominican Republic is the inability of participants in the electricity sector to establish financial viability for the system. Three regional electricity distribution systems were privatized in 1998 via sale of 50% of shares to foreign operators; the Mejía administration repurchased all foreign-owned shares in two of these systems in late 2003. The third, serving the eastern provinces, is operated by U.S. concerns and is 50% U.S.-owned. The World Bank records that electricity distribution losses for 2005 totaled about 38.2%, a rate of losses exceeded in only three other countries. Industry experts estimate distribution losses for 2006 will surpass 40%, primarily due to low collection rates, theft, infrastructure problems and corruption. At the close of 2006, the government had exceeded its budget for electricity subsidies, spending close to U.S. $650 million. The government plans to continue providing subsidies. Congress passed a law in 2007 that criminalizes the act of stealing electricity, but it has not yet been fully implemented. The electricity sector is a highly politicized sector and with 2008 presidential election campaigning already in motion, the prospect of further effective reforms of the electricity sector is poor. Debts in the sector, including government debt, amount to more than U.S. $500 million. Some generating companies are under capitalized and at times unable to purchase adequate fuel supplies. Household income or consumption by percentage share: == this is not right. lowest %10: %2.1 highest %10: %37.9 (2003) Inflation rate (consumer prices): %27.5 (2003), %2.19 (2005) Electricity - production: 9,186 GWh (2001) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: %72.04 hydro: %27.62 nuclear: %0 other: %0.34 (1998) Electricity - consumption: 8,543 GWh (2001) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1998) Agriculture - products: sugarcane, sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs Exchange rates: Dominican pesos (RD$) per US$1 - 32.88 (July 2006), 46.151 (February 2004), 18.609 (2002), 16.161 (January 2000), 16.033 (1999), 15.267 (1998), 14.265 (1997), 13.775 (1996), 13.597 (1995) Fiscal year: World portal ^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands. †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. | 1 |
Gabala SC | Gabala SC 2013-01-05T11:06:36Z Gabala FC (Azerbaijani: Qəbələ Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani association football club based in Qəbələ. They play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football. The club's home colors are red-black shirts and shorts. The club was founded under the name of Goy Gol Xanlar on 3 July 1995, based in Goy Gol. However, in 2005 the team moved from Goy Gol to Qəbələ and established under same name. On 10 May 2010, former Arsenal defender Tony Adams was appointed as new manager after signing £1 million per year deal with the club. In his first season in charge Gabala finished at 7th place in Azerbaijan Premier League. In November 2011, Adams resigned from being Gabala's coach due to family problems. Turkish manager Fatih Kavlak was sacked on 24 September 2012 following a poor run of results, and was replaced by Ramiz Mammadov. Gabala FC play their home matches at the Gabala City Stadium, an all-seater football stadium situated in Qabala. As of 2007, predominantly due to UEFA requirements, the club proposed an extensive renovation of the stadium, which has since been in constant process of redevelopment. AFL Architects were appointed to design a new 15,000 capacity stadium and training facility in December 2008 after winning a limited design competition. Accommodation within the stadium will include hotel and conferencing facilities, as well as retail and corporate hospitality space, and a dramatic viewing deck at the top of the entrance tower. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. , Gabala SC 2014-12-22T08:31:27Z Gabala FK (Azerbaijani: Qəbələ Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani association football club based in Qəbələ. They play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top division in Azerbaijani football. Gabala plays its matches at the Gabala City Stadium. The club was founded under the name of Goy Gol on 3 July 1995, based in Goy Gol. However, in 2005 the team moved from Goy Gol to Qəbələ and established under same name. On 10 May 2010, former Arsenal defender Tony Adams was appointed as new manager after signing £1 million per year deal with the club. In his first season in charge Gabala finished at 7th place in Azerbaijan Premier League. In November 2011, Adams resigned from being Gabala's coach due to family problems. Despite the appointment of managers like Fatih Kavlak and Ramiz Mammadov, the club couldn't reach a satisfactory position in the league and was struggling in the middle of the table for many years. On 29 May 2013, Yuri Semin was appointed as new manager after signing £1 million per year deal with the club. In same year, the club qualified for European cups for first time in their history but lost to Neftchi Baku on penalties in final of Azerbaijan Cup. The club's crest includes Caucasus Mountains with a black crescent and red eight-pointed star, similar to Azerbaijani flag. It also includes 2005 which signifies the club's formation year. Gabala's traditional kit is composed of red shirts, black shorts and red socks. The club's first kit manufacturer was Erreà, until a two-year deal was agreed with Joma in 2013. On August 2012, Gabala signed one year deal with the American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer Pepsi, which will replace Hyundai as the shirt sponsor from the 2013–14 season. The club play their home matches at the Gabala City Stadium, an all-seater football stadium situated in Qabala. As of 2007, predominantly due to UEFA requirements, the club proposed an extensive renovation of the stadium, which has since been in constant process of redevelopment. AFL Architects were appointed to design a new 15,000 capacity stadium and training facility in December 2008 after winning a limited design competition. Accommodation within the stadium will include hotel and conferencing facilities, as well as retail and corporate hospitality space, and a dramatic viewing deck at the top of the entrance tower. It is expected that the stadium will open in 2014. Gabala has a large fanbase in relation to its comparative lack of success on the pitch. Gabala's fan base has fluctuated over the years with high crowds coinciding with the club's success in the Premier League so that the club now averages in the top four best home attendances in the country. Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club, as of 14 November 2014 (players in bold signifies current Gabala player). Victor Mendy is the club's all-time top scorer with 22 goals in 98 games. | 1 |
Courtenay Taylor | Courtenay Taylor 2018-10-17T15:08:09Z Courtenay Taylor was born on July 19, 1969 in San Francisco, California, USA as Courtenay Kellen Dennis. She is known for her work on OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017), Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Fallout 4 (2015). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057696/bio? ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm, Courtenay Taylor 2019-12-28T16:51:51Z Courtenay Kellen Taylor (born July 19, 1969) is an American actress, known for her roles as Jack in the Mass Effect series, Ada Wong in the Resident Evil series, the titular character in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and the female Sole Survivor in Fallout 4. Before she got into voice acting, Taylor was a boxing gym mentor, teaching in fitness classes. She has been named has one of the most prolific voice actors in the gaming industry, having been working in the genre since 2002 with American Idol. As of 2017, she had worked on 83 separate titles in numerous franchises. In 2010, she voiced Gloria Van Graff, Janet, Jas Wilkins, Morgan Blake and other additional characters in Fallout: New Vegas. In 2015, she returned to the Fallout series to voice the female Sole Survivor in Fallout 4. Taylor grew up in San Francisco with stints in Texas and Australia and holds U.S., U.K. and Australian citizenship. She suffered from a vocal chord hemorrhage after working on a game during a speech that included whispering and was unable to work for three months afterwards. | 1 |
Carl_Christian_Mez | Carl_Christian_Mez 2009-04-26T16:48:54Z Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name. Mez came from a family of industrialists in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden. He was a grandchild of the entrepreneur and politician Karl Christian Mez (1808-1877). As a high-school student he was interested in botany, and wrote a technical paper regarding a hybrid Inula. He first studied at the university in his hometown from 1883 to 1884, and then moved to Berlin for one semester before returning in 1886 to Freiburg. He wrote his thesis at Berlin, on the Lauraceae (the Laurel family), and received his Ph. D. from there. After completing his degree, Mez worked briefly at the Berlin Botanical Museum, then moved to Breslau where he worked as a private lecturer. In 1900, Mez became Professor of Systematic Botany and Pharmaceutical Studies in Halle, and in 1910 he became Professor of Plant-physiology and Director of the Botanical Gardens near Königsberg. He was made Professor Emeritus in 1935. Mez was founder of the Botanical Archives, and, until 1938, publisher as well. His main areas of research were systematics and physiology. He continued to study the taxonomy and morphology of the Lauraceae, and introduced the use of serology as a method of studying plant relationships. Also, he studied mycology, and wrote about dry rot. The plant genera Mezia Schwacke ex Niedenzu and Meziella Schindler, were named in his honor. Template:Translation/Ref, Carl_Christian_Mez 2010-06-30T04:15:01Z Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name. Mez came from a family of industrialists in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden. He was a grandchild of the entrepreneur and politician Karl Christian Mez (1808–1877). As a high-school student he was interested in botany, and wrote a technical paper regarding a hybrid Inula. He first studied at the university in his hometown from 1883 to 1884, and then moved to Berlin for one semester before returning in 1886 to Freiburg. He wrote his thesis at Berlin, on the Lauraceae (the Laurel family), and received his Ph. D. from there. After completing his degree, Mez worked briefly at the Berlin Botanical Museum, then moved to Breslau where he worked as a private lecturer. In 1900, Mez became Professor of Systematic Botany and Pharmaceutical Studies in Halle, and in 1910 he became Professor of Plant-physiology and Director of the Botanical Gardens near Königsberg. He was made Professor Emeritus in 1935. Mez was founder of the Botanical Archives, and, until 1938, publisher as well. His main areas of research were systematics and physiology. He continued to study the taxonomy and morphology of the Lauraceae, and introduced the use of serology as a method of studying plant relationships. Also, he studied mycology, and wrote about dry rot. The plant genera Mezia Schwacke ex Niedenzu and Meziella Schindler, were named in his honor. Template:Translation/Ref | 0 |
History_of_the_Jews_in_Thessaloniki | History_of_the_Jews_in_Thessaloniki 2008-01-09T05:43:26Z The city of Thessaloniki, formerly Salonika, housed a major Jewish community, of Sephardic origin, until the Second World War. It is the only known example of a city in the Jewish diaspora of this size that retained a Jewish majority for centuries. The Jews' arrival for the most part followed the Alhambra Decree in 1492, by which the Jews of Spain were expelled from that country. Thessaloniki's Jews are inextricably linked to its history, and the influence of this community both culturally and economically was felt throughout the Sephardic world. The community experienced a golden age in the 16th century, and a relative decline until the middle of 19th century. The History of the Jews of Thessaloniki then took a tragic course. The outcome of the Nazi regime's implementation of its Final Solution in Greece resulted in the near-extermination of the entire community. Jewish presence in Thessaloniki in antiquity is evidenced in Paul of Tarsus' First Epistle to the Thessalonians, which mentions Hellenized Jews in the city. In 1170, Benjamin of Tudela reported that there were 500 Jews in Thessaloniki. In the following centuries, the native Romaniote community was joined by some Italian and Ashkenazi Jews. There was thus a Jewish presence during the Byzantine period, but it remained minimal and has left virtually no trace. The exact location where these first Jews resided in the city is not known with certainty. At the beginning of the Ottoman domination on Salonica from 1430, the Jews remained very few. The Ottomans were in the habit of transferring populations within the empire at the whim of military conquests by the method of Sürgün and, following the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman power forced Jews from the communities in the Balkans and Anatolia to come and repopulate the new capital of the Empire, which was renamed Istanbul. As a result of these measures, Salonica was emptied of its Jewish population, as evidenced by the Ottoman census of 1478, in which there are no Jews. Only after the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 in response to the Alhambra Decree Salonica that has become a foster home for many Jews from Spain either directly or after a stop in Portugal or Italy, South countries who adopted later also stops deportation. Indeed, the Ottoman Empire, based on the Islamic law regarding people of the book (Arabic: ahl al-kitâb), which grants protection to Christians and Jews as dhimmis, accepted and even encouraged the settlement on its territory of Jews affected by the decree of expulsion. The first Sephardim came in 1492 from Majorca. They were "repentant" returnees to Judaism after their forced conversion to Catholicism. In 1493, Castilians and Sicilians joined them. In subsequent years, other Jews came from those lands and also from Aragon, Valencia, Calabria, Venice, Apulia, Provence and Naples. Later, in 1540, 1560, it was the turn of the Portuguese to seek refuge in Salonika in response to the political persecution of the marranos of that country. In addition to these Sephardim, there arrived a few Ashkenazim originating in Austria, Transylvania and Hungary, sometimes forcibly relocated under the Ottoman policy of "sürgün," following the conquest of land by Suleiman the Magnificent beginning in 1526. Thus Salonika's registers indicate the presence of "Buda Jews" after the conquest of that city by the Turks in 1541. Immigration was great enough that by 1519, the Jews already represented 56% of the population and in 1613, 68%. Each group of new arrivals founded its own community (aljamain Spanish), whose rites ("minhaggim") differed from those of other communities. The synagogues cemented each group, and their names most often referred to the groups' origins. These communities were not examples of divisions, for example, this explains the existence of a Katallan Yashan (Old Catalan), founded in 1492 and the emergence of a Katallan Hadash (New Catalonia) at the end of the Template:S - e : A government institution called Talmud Torah Hagadol was introduced in 1520 to head all the congregations and make decisions (haskamot) which applied to all. It was administered by seven members with annual terms. This institution provided an educational program for young boys, and was a preparatory school for entry to yeshivot. It was of very great renown, and hosted hundreds of students. In addition to Jewish studies, it taught humanities, Latin and Arabic, as well as medicine, the natural sciences and astronomy. The yeshivot of Salonika were frequented by Jews from throughout the Ottoman Empire and even farther abroad; There were students from Italy, and Eastern Europe. After completing their studies, some students were appointed rabbis in the Jewish communities of the Empire, including in great cities such as Amsterdam and Venice. The success of its educational institutions was such that there was no illiteracy among the Jews of Salonika. The Sephardic population settled mainly in the major urban centers of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, Salonika and later Izmir. Unlike other major cities of the Empire where trading was mostly at the hands of Christians, Greeks and Armenians, in Salonica it is the Jews who controlled. Their economic power will become so great that the port and businesses were not functioning on Saturday, the day of Shabbat - working in Judaism. Economic activity was taking place in connection with the rest of the Ottoman Empire, but also with the countries of Latin Venice and Genoa, and of course with all the Jewish communities scattered throughout the Mediterranean. A sign of the influence of Jews saloniciens on trading of this area is in the boycott 1556 port of Ancona in the Papal States response to the ] to 25 marrane decided by the pope Paul IV. A peculiarity of the Salonikan Jews was in their participation in all economic niches, not confining their business to a few sectors, as was the case where Jews were a minority. They are therefore found at all levels of the social ladder, from porters to great merchants. One item of note is Salonika's large number of Jewish fishermen, an almost unique case that was not even matched in the Land of Israel . But the Jews' specialty was wool spinning. They imported technology Spain where this craft was highly developed. Only wool, crude, differed in Salonica. The community was very fast decisions (ascamot) applies to all congregations to regulate this industry, and it was forbidden under pain of excommunication (kherem) to export wool and the indigo less than three days' drive from the city. The sheets, blankets and carpets saloniciens acquired soon a high profile and was exported throughout the empire from Istanbul to Alexandria through Smyrna and industry spread in all localities close to the Gulf Thermaic. This same activity became a matter of state when the sultan decided to dress the Janissaries woolen saloniciens warm and waterproof. Arrangements were then made to protect supply. Thus afirman1576 forcing sheep farmers to provide their wool exclusively to the Jews as they had not acquired the necessary quantity of wool spinning commands the Sublime Porte. Other provisions règlementaient strictly types of woolen production, production standards and deadlines . Tons of woolen goods were transported by boat to Istanbul, camel and horse were then distributed to solemnly body janissaries to the approaching winter. Towards 1578, it was decided by both sides that the supply of cloth serve as a treasure charge of the State and replace the cash payment, choices that were subsequently to be very bad for the Jews . The increase in the number of Janissaries, inflation of the currency and financial crisis of the state contributed to the continued increase in orders of the Sublime Porte putting Jews in a very difficult situation. De 1200 exhibits Originally, they were passed over 4000 to 1620 . This led to a reduction in the quality of evidence provided by cheating on established standards. Rabbi Judah Covo at the head of a delegation Salonicans was summoned to come and explain this deterioration in Istanbul and was sentenced to hang, which marked a lasting minds . Thereafter, applications of the Empire were partially reduced and reorganized production . These setbacks were heralds of a dark period for Jews Salonicans. The flow of migrants from the Iberian Peninsula had gradually dried up, with jews now favoring such Western European cities as London, Amsterdam and Bordeaux . This phenomenon led to a progressive estrangement of the Ottoman Sephardim from the West. So while on their arrival they had brought many European technologies, including that of printing, they became less and less competitive against other ethno-religious groups. The earlier well-known Jewish doctors and translators were gradually replaced by their Christian counterpart, mostly Armenians and Greeks. In the world of trading, the Jews were were supplanted by Western Christians, who were protected by the western powers through their consular bodies and Salonika lost its pre-eminence following the phasing-out of Venice, its commercial partner, and the rising power of the port of Smyrna . Moreover, the Jews, like other dhimmis, had to suffer the consequences of successive defeats of the Empire by the West. The city, strategically placed on a road traveled by armies, often saw retaliation by janissaries against "infidels. " Throughout the 17th century, there was migration of Jews from Salonika to Istanbul, the Land of Israel, and especially Smyrna that started to develop in this time; the Jewish community of Smyrna was eventually primarily of Salonikan descent. Plague, along with other epidemics such as cholera which touched Salonika from 1823, also contributed to the weakening of Salonika and its Jewish community . Western products, which began to appear in the East in large quantities in the early to mid-1800s, brought a severe blow to the Salonikan economy, including the Jewish textile industry. The state eventually even began supplying janissaries with "Provencal cloths , which sold in low-priced lots, in preference to Salonican wools, whose quality had continued to deteriorate. This led to the grand vizier being paid by the Jews more than half of their taxes in the form of notes, the rest being paid in cash. Production declined rapidly and then stopped completely with the abolition of the body of janissaries in 1826. Jewish Salonikans had long benefited from the contribution of each of the ideas and knowledge of the various waves of Sephardic immigration, but this human contribution more or less dried up by the 17th century, it sank into a pattern of significant decline. The yeshivot were always busy teaching, but its output was very formalistic. They published books on religion, but these had little original thought. A witness reported that "outside it is always endless matters of worship and commercial law that absorb their attention and bear the brunt of their studies and their research. Their works are generally a restatement of their predecessors' writings. " From the 15th century, a messianic current had developed in the Sephardic world; the Redemption, marking the end of the world, seemed imminent. This idea was fueled both by the economic decline of Salonica and the continued growth in Kabbalistic studies based on the Zohar booming in Salonican yeshivot. The end of time was announced successively in 1540 and 1568 and again in 1648 and 1666. It is in this context that there arrived a young and brilliant Rabbi who had been expelled from the nearby Smyrna: Sabbatai Zevi. Banned from this city in 1651 after proclaiming to be the messiah, he came to Salonika, where his reputation as a scholar and Kabbalist grew very quickly. The greatest numbers to follow him were members of the Shalom Synagogue, often former marranos. After several years of caution, he again caused a scandal when, during a solemn banquet in the courtyard of the Shalom Synagogue, he pronounced the Tetragrammaton, ineffable in Jewish tradition, and introduced himself as the Messiah son of King David. The federal rabbinical council then drove him from the city, but Sabbatai Zevi went disseminate his doctrine in other cities around the Sephardic world. His passage divided, as it did everywhere, Thessaloniki's Jewish community, and this situation caused so much turmoil that Sabbatai Zevi was summoned and imprisoned by the sultan. There, rather than prove his supernatural powers, he relented under fire, and instead converted to the Islam. The dramatic turn of events was interpreted in various ways by his followers, the Sabbateans. Some saw this as a sign and converted themselves, while others rejected his doctrine and fully returned to Judaism. Some, though, remained publicly faithful to Judaism while continuing to secretly follow the teachings of Sabbatai Zevi. In Salonica, there were 300 families among the richest who decided in 1686 to embrace Islam before the rabbinical authorities could react, their conversion already having been happily accepted by the Ottoman authorities. Therefore, those that the Turks gave the surname "Donme," ("renegades") themselves divided into three groups: Izmirlis, Kuniosos and Yacoubi, formed a new component of the Salonikan ethno-relious mosaic. Although they chose conversion, they did not assimilate with the Turks, practicing strict endogamy, living in separate quarters, building their own mosques and maintaining a specific liturgy in the language. They participated greatly in the 19th century to the spread of modernist ideas. Then, as Turks, they emigrated from Salonika in response to the seizure of power by the Greeks. The Jews from Salonika saw, from the second half of 19th century, a true rebirth. The regeneration of the Jews came from "Frankos," i. e. the French Jews who came at the time from Catholic countries and especially the Jews of Livorno, Italy. This marked a general opening of the Balkans to Western modernists who imported to the Ottoman world new techniques and ideas. Salonica knew from the years 1880 a major industrialization process turned into the lung of an economic empire on the decline. Entrepreneurs at the root of this process were mostly Jews, unique case in the world since Ottoman in other large cities, industrialization was mainly due to other groups ethnico-religieux. The Allatini formed the spearhead of Jewish entrepreneurship, they set up several industries, establishing milling s and other food industries, brick, processing plants tobacco. Several traders supported the introduction of a large cloth industry, an activity previously practiced in a system of artisanal production. This led to the industrialization proletarianization of many Saloniciens all faiths together which resulted in the emergence of a large Jewish working class. Contractors employed workforce irrespective of religion or ethnicity, contrary to what was being done elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire, which contributed to the emergence of non-ethnic movements workers although marked thereafter by questions national. The Haskala, the movement of thought inspired by the Jewish Enlightenment, the world Ottoman touched at the end of the XIX after spread among Jewish populations of Western and Eastern Europe. They were the ones who parachevaient economic renewal Salonica who did messengers. The scope of these maskilim and first contractor livournais Moses Allatini was education. In 1856, with the help of Rothschild he founded in the annexes to the talmud torah and so with the consent of rabbis that he had won with its goal by its major donations to charities l School Lippman a model institution headed by Professor Lippman, a rabbi progressive Strasbourg . After five years of existence, the establishment closed its doors and Lippman again under pressure from rabbinat disagree with its innovative education methods. However, he had the time to train a large number of pupils who took over thereafter . Dr. Allatini led by 1862 his brother Solomon Fernandez to found a school Italian thanks to a donation by the Kingdom of Italy . Several attempts to implement the educational network of the Alliance Israélite Universelle failed under pressure from rabbis who did not allow a Jewish school can be held under the patronage of the French embassy. But the need for educational structures became so pressing that the proponents of its implementation were finally successful in 1874 thanks to the patronage of Allatini became a member of the central committee of the IAU in Paris . The network of this institution then spread rapidly: in 1912, there were nine new schools IAU catering to the education of both boys and girls from kindergarten to high school while the rabbinical schools were in full decline. This had the effect of implementing sustainable French within the Jewish community of Salonika and indeed throughout the Jewish world oriental . These schools were involved in the training manual intellectual, but also of her students allowing the formation of a generation in line with the developments of the modern world and able to enter the workforce of a company in the process of industrialization. The irruption of modernity was expressed also by the growing influence of new political ideas from Western Europe. The Jews do not remained indifferent to the political turmoil and became important players. The revolution Jeunes-Turcs 1908, which had its bases in Salonica proclaimed the constitutional monarchy and véhicula the concept of the Ottomanisme, proclaiming equality within the 'Empire of all millet s. Some Jews from Salonika were influential in the movement Young Turkish predominantly composed of Muslims but it is especially in the social field they were active. From that time, a wind of freedom breathed on Salonica, allowing the movement of workers to organize and engage in social struggles for the improvement of working conditions. An attempt at union of different nationalities within a single labor movement took place with the formation of the Socialist Workers' Federation led by Abraham Benaroya, a Jew from Bulgaria, which started the publication of a body quadrilingual,Journal of the workeraired in Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian and language. However, the Balkan context conducive to divisions, and affected the movement after the departure of Bulgarian element, the Federation was formed almost more than Jews. The Zionist movement had to face competition from the Socialist Workers' Federation, very antisioniste. Unable to operate in the working class, Zionism in Salonica turned to the middle classes and intellectuals, fewer . In 1912, following the First Balkan War, the Greeks took control of Salonika alongside Bulgarians and eventually integrated the city in their territory. The change of sovereignty was not well-received by the Jews, who feared that the annexation would lead to difficulties, a concern reinforced by the Bulgarian propaganda, Serbian, who wanted to join Austrian Jews to their cause. Some Jews fought then for the internationalization of the city under the protection of the great European powers, but their proposal received little feedback, Europe having accepted the fiat accompli . The Greeks nevertheless took some measures to promote the integration of Jews such by leaving them to work on Sundays and allowing them to observe the Shabbat. The economy pulled benefit of the annexation that opened the doors to Salonica market in northern Greece and the Serbia with which the Hellas had spent an alliance; Installing the army of East following the outbreak of the World War I, then provoked a resurgence of economic activity. The Greek government saw a good eye development of Zionism and the establishment of a Jewish home in Palestine, which converging with the Greek desire to dismember the Ottoman Empire. The city received the visit of Zionist leaders, Ben Gurion, Ben Zvi and Jabotinsky who saw in the city Salonika Jewish model that should inspire their future state. However, we can see a clear difference between the government's position and attitude of the local population. A witness, Jean Leune, correspondent for L'Illustration during the Balkan wars and then an army officer from the East, says: Faced with the countless shops and stores run by the Jews, until teachers then the local commerce, merchants Greek move came on the sidewalk, while against the doors it became impossible to overcome. The new police smiled . . . And Jews, boycotted them, one after another closed shop. The grave Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 constituted a turning point. The Jewish community concentrated in the lower part of town was the most affected by the disaster; The fire destroyed the seat of the Grand Rabbinate and its archives as well as 16 of 33 synagogues in the city. Contrary to the reconstruction that had taken place after the fire of 1890, the Greeks decided to take a fresh urban development. Therefore they exproprièrent all residents by giving them nevertheless a right of first refusal on new housing reconstructed according to a new plan. But it is the Greeks who mostly populated the new neighborhoods, Jews often choosing a more eccentric . Although the first anniversary of the celebration of Balfour Declaration has been celebrated in 1918 with a splendor unmatched in Europe, the decline had begun. The influx of tens of thousands of Greek refugees of Asia Minor and the departure of the Turks and Dönme Salonica response to the ' ] "and the signing of running Treaty of Lausanne significantly changed the ethnic composition of Salonika. The Jews ceased to constitute an absolute majority and, on the eve of the Second World War, they accounted for just 40% of the population. At that Hellenization growing segment of the population reflected a less conciliatory policy towards Jews. So in 1922, the work was banned on Sunday which imposedde factoJews to work on Shabbat, posters in foreign languages were prohibited and stopped rabbinical courts may rule on cases economic right. As in other Eastern European countries such as Hungary and Romania, a significant current of anti-Semitism grew in inter in Salonica, but he 'never reached the level of violence in these two countries . It was very much a concern of Greek arrivals of Asia Minor, mostly poor and which were in direct competition with Jews for housing and work . The movement was relayed in the press by the daily Makedoniaandby the organizationultranationalist Ethniki EllasEnosis (National Union of Greece,'EEA), both close to the Liberal Party (in power ) led by Venizelos . The Jews were accused of not wanting to blend in the entire country; The development of communist and of Zionism in the community were observed with the utmost suspicion. The Greek government adopted an ambivalent attitude, a policy of appeasement but refusing to stand out clearly from these two vectors of anti-Semitism . This crystallized in 1931, the year took place on pogrom Camp Campbell: a Jewish neighborhood was completely burned which left 500 families homeless, but does that caused the death of a Jew . Dozens of tombs of Jewish cemetery in Salonika were desecrated on this occasion. The seizure of power by the extreme right-wing dictator tends fascist Ioannis Metaxas 1936 paradoxically resulted in a decline in anti-Semitic violence. It prohibits the organization EEA and the appearance of anti-Semitic remarks in the press noua and also a good relationship with the grand-rabbin Salonica, Zvi Koretz . This explains the development from the time of a major nationalist among Jews of Salonika, which were yet Greeks since 1913. Since then, including in hell of the camps, they never ceased to affirm their belonging to the Greek nation . A migration had begun to put in place early in the XX e, from the moment the government Young Turkish establishes the conscription all subjects ottomans, but it is especially after the annexation of Salonika by the Greeks that the movement grew. The poor economic conditions, the rise of anti-Semitism and to a lesser extent, the development of Zionism led Jews to leave, mainly Western Europe, ] and Palestine. Thus, the Jewish population grew from 53,000 to 93,000 people on the eve of the war . There were a few notable successes in this diaspora. Isaac Carasso, prepared Barcelona, founded the company Danone, Maurice Abravanel went to Switzerland with his family and then to the United States where he became a famous chef Conductor. One of the grandparents President french Nicolas Sarkozy emigrated to France at the time. In this country, in the interwar years, the Jewish population of Salonika was concentrated at the 9th arrondissement; The seat of their cult association was located ] . In Palestine Mandate, the Recanati family founded one of the largest banks in the current state of Israel,Eretz YisraelDiscount Bank, which became the Israel Discount Bank . The October 28 1940, the Italian forces decided to invade Greece following the refusal of the Greek dictator Ioánnis Metaxás to accept the ultimatum given by the Italians. S'ensuivit Battle of Greece, in which the Jews took part. 12,898 of them enlisted in the Greek army ; 4,000 participated in the campaigns of Albania and Macedonia; 513 fought with the Germans and, in total, 613 Jews were killed, including 174 from Salonika. The brigade 50 of Macedonia was nicknamed "Cohen Battalion" because of the large number of Jews it consisted . After the defeat of Greece, many Jewish soldiers had their feet frozen returning home on foot. The Northern Greece, and therefore Thessaloniki, returned to the Germans while the southern Greece fell to the Italians who, during the period in which they occupied the region (until September 1943), n'appliquèrent not anti-Semitic policy . In Thessaloniki, where Germans entered the April 9 1941, they set up very gradually anti-Semitic measures. The officer, Max Merten, in charge of the administration of the city, only repeating that the Nuremberg laws would not apply to Salonika . The Jewish Press was quickly banned, while two daily Greek pro-nazis,Nea EvropiandApoyevmanti, appeared. Some homes and community buildings were requisitioned by the occupying forces, including the hospital built with subsidies Baron Hirsch. In late April, signs prohibiting Jews entry cafes appeared, and then we forced the Jews to secede from their radios. The grand-rabbin Salonica, Zvi Koretz, was arrested by the Gestapo on May 17, 1941 and sent to a concentration camp near Vienna, from where he returned in late January 1942 to resume his position as rabbi . In June 1941, the commission Rosenberg arrived on the spot and plundered the Jewish archives, sending tons of documents at the Institute community Nazi Jewish Research in Frankfurt. Furthermore, the Jews were suffering from famine as the rest of their countrymen, the Nazi regime n'attachant no importance to the Greek economy. It is estimated that in 1941-1942 sixty Jews of this city died every day from hunger. For a year, no further action was taken antisemitic that momentarily gave the Jews a sense of security. On a hot day July 1942, the day of Shabbat, all men of the community aged 18 to 45 years were rounded up on the Place de la Liberté. Throughout the afternoon, they were forced to do physical exercises humiliating at gunpoint. Four thousand of them were sent to carry out their road to the German company Müller on the roads linking Thessaloniki to Kateríni and Larissa, the areas where rampant ref] <name = "Kerem" />. In less than ten weeks, 12% of them died of exhaustion and disease. The community salonicienne, with the help of one of Athens, managed to gather two billion to the huge sum of 3. 5 billion drachmas requested by the Germans for forced laborers are repatriated. The Germans agreed to release them but, in return, demanded at the request of the Greek authorities to abandon the Jewish cemetery in Salonika containing 300,000 to 500,000 graves; by its size and location, it had long hampered urban growth from Salonika. The Jews began the transfer of land to two graves that had been allocated in the periphery, but the municipal authorities, saying the slow pace of the operation, decided to take matters into their own hands. Five hundred Greek workers paid by the municipality, began with the destruction of tombs . The cemetery was soon to be transformed into a vast quarry where Greeks and Germans were looking for gravestones that were used as construction materials . On this site covers nowadays, among other things, the Aristotle University . It is estimated that between the beginning of the occupation and an end to deportations, 3,000-5,000 Jews managed to escape from Salonika, finding temporary refuge in the Italian zone. Of these, 800 have Italian nationality and were throughout the period of Italian occupation actively protected by the consular authorities of this country. 800 Jews took to the bush in the Macedonian mountains in the Greek Communist Resistance, the ELAS; The royalist movement on the right, for its part, n'accueillit virtually no Jew . Salonica's 54,000 Sephardim were shipped to the Nazi extermination camps. Nearly 98% of the total Jewish population of this city died during the war. Only the Polish Jews experienced a greater level of destruction. To carry out this operation, the Nazi authorities dispatched two specialists in the field, Alois Brunner and Dieter Wisliceny, who arrived on February. 6, 1943. They immediately applied the Nuremberg laws in all their rigor, imposing the display of the yellow badge and drastically restricting the Jews' freedom of movement. Toward the end of February 1943, they were rounded up in in three ghettos (Kalamaria, Singrou and Vardar / Agia Paraskevi) and then transferred to a transit camp in the district of Baron Hirsch which was adjacent to a train station. There, the death trains were waiting. To accomplish their mission, the SS relied on a Jewish police created for the occasion, led by Vital Hasson, which was the source of numerous abuses against the rest of the Jews. The first convoy departed on March 15. Each train carried 1000-4000 Jews across the whole of central Europe, mainly to Auschwitz. A convoy also left for Treblinka, and it is possible that deportation to Sobibor took place, since Salonican Jews were liberated from that camp. The Jewish population of Salonika was so large that the deportation took several months until it was completed, which occurred on August 7 with the deportation of Chief Rabbi Tzvi Koretz along with other notables to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp under relatively good conditions. In the same convoy were 367 Jews protected by their Spanish nationality, who had a unique destiny: they were transferred from Bergen-Belsen to Barcelona, and then Morocco, with some finally reaching the British Mandate of Palestine. Several reasons have been advanced to explain the carnage in contrast to the case of Athens, where a large proportion of Jews managed to escape death. On the one hand, the attitude of Judenrat, and first of the person who was at its head in the period prior to the deportations, the chief rabbi of Salonika Zvi Koretz, has been heavily criticized. He was accused of having applied the guidance Nazi with docility and have downplayed the fears of Jews on their transfer in Poland even though he, an Austrian citizen and therefore native German speaker, was supposed to be well informed . Rumors have even run, which it accused of having knowingly collaborated with the occupying . A recent study, however tends to relativize its role in the deportations . Another factor was the solidarity shown by the families did who refused to be separated under adversity; This desire to be faced not only facilitated individual initiatives. It was also pointed out that it was difficult to Jews hiding because of their ignorance of the Greek language, imposed only when Salonica came under Greek sovereignty in 1913. In addition, the large size of the limited opportunities for blending into the Greek Orthodox population as was the case in Athens. There was also a latent anti-Semitism in any part of the Greek population, in particular among those who had to flee Asia Minor during the population transfers between Greece and Turkey. They arrived en masse in Salonica, these immigrants were excluded from the economic system and, for some, watching hostility with the Jewish population, sometimes richer, which they equated with the former Ottoman power . Nevertheless, the Yad Vashem has identified 265 Greek righteous among the nations, the same proportion as among the French population . At Birkenau, about 37,000 Saloniciens were gassed immediately, especially women, children and the elderly . Nearly a quarter of all 400 experiments perpetrated on the Jews were on Greek Jews, especially those from Salonika. These experiments included émasculation, implementation of the cancer of the cervix on women. Most of the twins died atrocious crimes . Other Saloniciens last work in the camps. In the years 1943-1944, they accounted for a significant proportion of the workforce Birkenau: there were about 11,000. Because of their unfamiliarity with the Yiddish, Saloniciens were sent in numbers to clean up the rubble of Warsaw Ghetto in August 1943 in order to build a camp. Among the 1,000 Saloniciens employees to the task, a small twenty managed to escape from the ghetto with sewage and join the Polish resistance,Armaya Ludova, which has organized the uprising . Many Jews from Salonika were also integrated into the sonderkommandos. The October 7 1944, they attacked with other Greek Jews an uprising planned in advance, taking stormed the crematoria and killing about twenty guards. A bomb was thrown into the furnace of the crematorium III, destroying the building. Before being massacred by the Germans, insurgents sang a song of Greek partisans and the Greek National Anthem . In his book If this is a man, one of the most famous works of literature of the Holocaust, Primo Levi refers to a short description of the group "few survivors of the Jewish settlement Salonica, "those Greeks, motionless and silent as the Sphinx, crouched on the ground behind their pot of soup thick . " These members of the community alive during 1944 made a strong impression on the author. He noted that "despite their low numbers their contribution to the overall appearance of the camp and the international jargon is spoken is of prime importance. "According to him, their ability to survive in the camps is partly explained by the fact that they are in the Lager" the national group's most coherent and from this point of view the most advanced. " Erika Perahia Zemour, director of the Museum of Jewish Presence of Salonica about analyzing these reports that the patriotic feeling described by an outside observer also apparent in the story of deportees saloniciens and finds its origins in the political philosémite ] pre . At the end of the Second World War, a violent civil war broke out in Greece. It lasted until 1949, between government forces Athens supported by the British resistance to the powerful Communist ELAS. Some of the Jews of Thessaloniki who had escaped deportation took part therein, either within government or in the opposition camp . Among those who had fought in the ELAS, many were victims, like other supporters, repression, which fell on the country after the government had regained control of the situation . The few survivors of the camps, some chose not to return in Greece and emigrated to Western Europe, America or Palestine Mandate and others took the road back . They were all faced with great difficulties to survive and carry out their projects both Europe in the immediate post-war was in a chaotic state. They also suffered discrimination on the part of some survivors Ashkenazi who cast doubt on their Jewishness . The arrival in Thessaloniki was a shock additional survivors were often the sole survivors of their families and they found their homes occupied by Greek families who had bought the Germans . They lost in the first instance be housed in the synagogues. A Jewish Committee (Komite Djudio') was mounted to identify the number of survivors and obtained from the Bank of Greece the list of 1,800 houses sold to the Greeks . These members were very reluctant to surrender their property to Jews, saying they had purchased the houses and that they too had suffered from the war . When the war ended, ELAS, which controlled the city favored the return of Jewish property to their owners but four months later, when the government of Athens supported by the British came to power in Thessaloniki, restitution was gradually frozen. Not only the government composed of Venizelistes would face a major housing crisis due to the influx of refugees caused by war, but also has many employees who had enriched during the war there were influential government with a view to having closer anticommunist struggle of former supporters of Hitler regime . The deployed to the Jewish Agency denounced the climate of anti-Semitism and pleaded for the Aliyah Jews . Gradually, the international aid Joint came into being in order to rescue the Jews of Salonika. Some of the Jews saved from deportation by the Greeks chose to convert to the orthodoxy. Some survivors of the camps, often the most isolated, made the same choice . There were also many marriages flashpoint in the immediate post-war survivors and wishing them into a family that had lost . One survivor testified: Torni a un Saloniko destruido. Esperava topar a mi ermano adoptado ma de rumores entendi ke el murio de malaria en Lublin. Ya savia ke mis djenitores fueron kemados en sus primeros dias en el kampo de eksterminasion de Aushwitz. Estava solo. Los otros prizonieros ke estavan kon mi no tenian mas a dinguno. En akeyos dias me ati a una djovena ke avia konosido en Bruxelles. No mos despartimos el uno del otro. Los dos eramos reskapados de los kampos. Despues de kurto tiempo mos kazimos, dos refujiados ke no tenian nada, no avia mizmo un rabino para ke mos de la bindision. El direktor de una de las eskolas djudias sirvio de rabino i mos kazo i ansina empesi en una mueva vida. I returned to a Salonika destroyed. I was hoping to find my adopted brother, but rumor told that he had died of malaria in Lublin. I already knew that my parents had been burned on their first day at the extermination camp of Auschwitz. I was alone. Other prisoners who were with me had nobody either. These days, I am with a young man that I had known in Brussels. We do not separate from each other. We were both survivors of the camps. Shortly after, we married, two refugees who had nothing, there was not even a rabbi to give us the blessing. The director of one of the Jewish schools served as a rabbi and we married, and so I started a new life. . In the 1951 census, there were 1,783 survivors. The community was no more than a shadow of its former self. The erection of a monument symbolizing the deportation of Jews tarda long time to come, it was not until 1997 that the municipality decided to build a memorial in distant suburbs rather than downtown as had been suggested . The successive directors of the Aristotle University have also consistently refused to erect a monument to remember any presence of the former Jewish cemetery beneath the foundations of the university and despite the repeated requests of many professors . In 1998, King Juan Carlos I of Spain went to Salonika, where he paid tribute to the Sephardic Jews . The visit followed one he had undertaken at the synagogue Madrid 1992 to commemorate the expulsion of 1492 at which he made the criticism of the decree of expulsion. Today 1,300 Jews live in Thessaloniki making this the second community in Greece after Athens. Generally, Jews who emigrated adopted the language of their new country, but this was not true of the Sepharadim of the Ottoman Empire, who arrived en masse, and retained the use of their language. The Jews of Salonica thus are known to have used Spanish, the Judeo-Spanish (djudezmo), that is neither more nor less than Spanish, XV having evolved independently and they used in their current relationships. They prayed and studied in Hebrew and Aramaic and used, as all other Sephardic communities, what Haim Vidal Séphiha called the language "layer", Ladino, which consisted of a Hebrew translation of texts into a Spanish respecting the Hebrew order of the words and syntax. These two languages, djudezmo and Ladino, written in Hebrew characters, as well as Latin characters for the language. In addition to these languages they had made in exile, the Jews of Salonica sometimes spoke Turkish, the language of the Ottoman Empire written in Arabic characters. The haskala propagated by the French Jews permit widely French taught in schools of the Alliance Israélite Universelle and to a lesser extent in Italian. After taking Salonika by the Greeks in 1912, Greek was imposed at school and we learned by several generations of Jews saloniciens. Today, it's the language that dominates one of the few Jews still present in Thessaloniki. The Salonicans' djudezmo, as a result of the arrival of many Italian Jews to the community, included many Italianisms both from the point of view that lexical, syntactic the influence of the French because of the francophilia galloping of Salonicans there was also felt, to the point that Séphiha speaks of "judéo-fragnol" . The sociologist Edgar Morin said that the core of every culture is its cuisine, and that this applies especially to the Jews of Salonika, community where it is produced . The cuisine of the Jews of Salonika was a variant of the Judeo-Spanish cuisine, which is itself influenced by the large ensemble of Mediterranean cuisine. It was influenced by the Jewish dietary rules of kashrut, which include prohibitions on the consumption of pork and mixtures of dairy and meat products, and religious holidays that require the preparation of special dishes. However, its key feature was its Iberian influence. Fish, abundant in this port city, was consumed in large quantities and in all forms: fried, baked ("al orno"), marinated or braised ("abafado"), and was often accompanied by complex sauces. Seen as a symbol of fertility, the fish was used during a marriage rite on the last day of wedding ceremonies called dia del peche ("day of fish"), in which was the bride stepped over a large dish of fish that was then consumed by the guests. Vegetables accompanied all the dishes, especially the onion; Garlic was on hand but was not used, since the Ashkenazic synagogues were major consumers of garlic, and were given the nickname "El kal del ajo," "the garlic synagogue. " Greek yoghurt, widely consumed in the Balkans and Anatolia, was also highly appreciated, as well as cream. In anticipation of Shabbat, chamin was prepared. A Judeo-Spanish variant of the Ashkenazi cholent and the North African dafina, chamin was a meat stew with vegetables (wheat, chickpeas, white beans) that were let simmer until the Saturday midday meal. In preparation for Passover, housewives filled locked chests with sweets, figs and dates stuffed with almonds, marzipan and the popular chape blanche (white jam), which consisted of sugar water and lemon. Wine was reserved for religious rituals, but Sepharadim, like their Greek and Muslim neighbors, were major consumers of raki. They also favored sugary drinks made of prune, cherry and apricot syrup, which they drank at the end of the large festive meal. Template:Multi band Template:Article quality, History_of_the_Jews_in_Thessaloniki 2009-09-24T22:14:05Z The city of Thessaloniki (formerly Salonika) housed a major Jewish community, of Sephardic origin, until the Second World War. It is the only known example of a city in the Jewish diaspora of this size that retained a Jewish majority for centuries. The Jews' arrival was mostly the result of the Alhambra Decree in 1492, which expelled the Jews of Spain. Thessaloniki's Jews are deeply linked to its history. The influence of this community both culturally and economically was felt throughout the Sephardic world. The community experienced a golden age in the 16th century, and a relative decline until the middle of 19th century. The History of the Jews of Thessaloniki then took a tragic course during the Nazi regime's implementation of its Final Solution in Greece. This resulted in the near-extermination of the entire community. Paul of Tarsus' First Epistle to the Thessalonians mentions Hellenized Jews in the city about 52 CE. In 1170, Benjamin of Tudela reported that there were 500 Jews in Thessaloniki. In the following centuries, the native Romaniote community was joined by some Italian and Ashkenazi Jews. There was thus a Jewish presence during the Byzantine period, but it remained minimal and has left virtually no trace. The exact location where these first Jews resided in the city is not known with certainty. At the beginning of the Ottoman domination in 1430, the Jewish population was small. The Ottomans were in the habit of transferring populations within the empire at the whim of military conquests by the method of Sürgün. Following the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans forced Jews from the Balkans and Anatolia to repopulate the new capital of the Empire, renamed Istanbul. As a result of these measures, Salonica was emptied of its Jewish population, as evidenced by the Ottoman census of 1478, in which there were no Jews. The Alhambra Decree expelled Sephardic Jews from Spain in 1492. Some of these immigrated to Salonica, sometimes after a stop in Portugal or Italy. The Ottoman Empire, based on the Islamic law regarding people of the book (Arabic: ahl al-kitâb), granted protection to Jews as dhimmis, accepted and even encouraged the settlement on its territory of those affected expulsion. The first Sephardim came in 1492 from Majorca. They were "repentant" returnees to Judaism after their forced conversion to Catholicism. In 1493, Castilians and Sicilians joined them. In subsequent years, other Jews came from those lands and also from Aragon, Valencia, Calabria, Venice, Apulia, Provence and Naples. Later, in 1540, 1560, Jews from Portugal sought refuge in Salonika in response to the political persecution of the marranos. In addition to these Sephardim, a few Ashkenazim arrived from Austria, Transylvania and Hungary. They were sometimes forcibly relocated under the Ottoman policy of "sürgün," following the conquest of land by Suleiman the Magnificent beginning in 1526. Thus Salonika's registers indicate the presence of "Buda Jews" after the conquest of that city by the Turks in 1541. Immigration was great enough that by 1519, the Jews already represented 56% of the population and in 1613, 68%. Each group of new arrivals founded its own community (aljama in Spanish), whose rites ("minhagim") differed from those of other communities. The synagogues cemented each group, and their names most often referred to the groups' origins. For example, there is a Katallan Yashan (Old Catalan), founded in 1492 and a Katallan Hadash (New Catalonia) at the end of the 16th century. : A government institution called Talmud Torah Hagadol was introduced in 1520 to head all the congregations and make decisions (haskamot) which applied to all. It was administered by seven members with annual terms. This institution provided an educational program for young boys, and was a preparatory school for entry to yeshivot. It hosted hundreds of students. In addition to Jewish studies, it taught humanities, Latin and Arabic, as well as medicine, the natural sciences and astronomy. The yeshivot of Salonika were frequented by Jews from throughout the Ottoman Empire and even farther abroad; there were students from Italy and Eastern Europe. After completing their studies, some students were appointed rabbis in the Jewish communities of the Empire and Europe, including cities such as Amsterdam and Venice. The success of its educational institutions was such that there was no illiteracy among the Jews of Salonika. The Sephardic population settled mainly in the major urban centers of the Ottoman Empire, which included Salonika. Unlike other major cities of the Empire, the Jews controlled trading in Salonica. Their economic power became so great that the shipping and businesses stopped on Saturday (Shabbat) - the Jewish holy day. They traded with the rest of the Ottoman Empire, and the countries of Latin Venice and Genoa, and with all the Jewish communities scattered throughout the Mediterranean. One sign of the influence of Salonikan Jews on trading is in the 1556 boycott of the port of Ancona, Papal States, in response to the autodafé issued by Pope Paul IV against 25 marranoes. Salonikan Jews were unique in their participation in all economic niches, not confining their business to a few sectors, as was the case where Jews were a minority. They were active in all levels of society, from porters to merchants. Salonika had a large number of Jewish fishermen, unmatched elsewhere, even in Israel. . The Jewish speciality was spinning wool. They imported technology from Spain where this craft was highly developed. Only the quality of the wool, better in Spain, differed in Salonica. The community made rapid decisions (haskamot) to require all congregations to regulate this industry. They forbade, under pain of excommunication (cherem), exporting wool and indigo less than three days' drive from the city. The Salonican sheets, blankets and carpets acquired a high profile and were exported throughout the empire from Istanbul to Alexandria through Smyrna. The industry spread to all localities close to the Thermaic Gulf. This same activity became a matter of state when Sultan Selim II decided to dress his Janissary troops with warm and waterproof woolen garments. He made arrangements to protect his supply. His Sublime Porte issued a firman in 1576 forcing sheep farmers to provide their wool exclusively to the Jews to guarantee the adequacy of their supply. Other provisions strictly regulated the types of woolen production, production standards and deadlines. Tons of woolen goods were transported by boat, camel and horse to Istanbul to cloak the janissaries against the approaching winter. Towards 1578, both sides agreed that the supply of cloth serve as sufficient payment by the State and replace the cash payment. This turned out to be disadvantageous for the Jews. The increase in the number of Janissaries contributed to an increase in clothing orders putting Jews in a very difficult situation. Contributing to their problems were currency inflation concurrent with a state financial crisis. Only 1,200 shipments were required initially. However, the orders surpassed 4,000 in 1620. Financially challenged, the factories began cheating on quality. This was discovered. Rabbi Judah Covo at the head of a Salonican delegation was summoned to explain this deterioration in Istanbul and was sentenced to hang. This left a profound impression in Salonica. . Thereafter, applications of the Empire were partially reduced and reorganized production . These setbacks were heralds of a dark period for Salonican Jews. The flow of migrants from the Iberian Peninsula had gradually dried up. Jews favored such Western European cities as London, Amsterdam and Bordeaux. This phenomenon led to a progressive estrangement of the Ottoman Sephardim from the West. Although the Jews had brought many new European technologies, including that of printing, they became less and less competitive against other ethno-religious groups. The earlier well-known Jewish doctors and translators were gradually replaced by their Christian counterparts, mostly Armenians and Greeks. In the world of trading, the Jews were supplanted by Western Christians, who were protected by the western powers through their consular bodies. Salonika lost its pre-eminence following the phasing-out of Venice, its commercial partner, and the rising power of the port of Smyrna. Moreover, the Jews, like other dhimmis, had to suffer the consequences of successive defeats of the Empire by the West. The city, strategically placed on a road traveled by armies, often saw retaliation by janissaries against "infidels. " Throughout the 17th century, there was migration of Jews from Salonika to Istanbul, the Israel, and especially Smyrna. The Jewish community of Smyrna became composed of Salonikan émigrés. Plague, along with other epidemics such as cholera which arrived in Salonika in 1823, also contributed to the weakening of Salonika and its Jewish community. . Western products, which began to appear in the East in large quantities in the early to mid-1800s, was a severe blow to the Salonikan economy, including the Jewish textile industry. The state eventually even began supplying janissaries with "Provencal clothing , which sold in low-priced lots, in preference to Salonican wools, whose quality had continued to deteriorate. Short of cash, the Jews were forced into paying the grand vizier more than half of their taxes in the form of promissory notes. Textile production declined rapidly and then stopped completely with the abolition of the body of janissaries in 1826. Jewish Salonikans had long benefited from the contribution of each of the ideas and knowledge of the various waves of Sephardic immigration, but this human contribution more or less dried up by the 17th century, and sank into a pattern of significant decline. The yeshivot were always busy teaching, but their output was very formalistic. They published books on religion, but these had little original thought. A witness reported that "outside it is always endless matters of worship and commercial law that absorb their attention and bear the brunt of their studies and their research. Their works are generally a restatement of their predecessors' writings. " From the 15th century, a messianic current had developed in the Sephardic world; the Redemption, marking the end of the world, which seemed imminent. This idea was fueled both by the economic decline of Salonica and the continued growth in Kabbalistic studies based on the Zohar booming in Salonican yeshivot. The end of time was announced successively in 1540 and 1568 and again in 1648 and 1666. It is in this context that there arrived a young and brilliant Rabbi who had been expelled from the nearby Smyrna: Sabbatai Zevi. Banned from this city in 1651 after proclaiming himself the messiah, he came to Salonika, where his reputation as a scholar and Kabbalist grew very quickly. The greatest numbers to follow him were members of the Shalom Synagogue, often former marranos. After several years of caution, he again caused a scandal when, during a solemn banquet in the courtyard of the Shalom Synagogue, he pronounced the Tetragrammaton, ineffable in Jewish tradition, and introduced himself as the Messiah son of King David. The federal rabbinical council then drove him from the city, but Sabbatai Zevi went to disseminate his doctrine in other cities around the Sephardic world. His passage divided, as it did everywhere, Thessaloniki's Jewish community, and this situation caused so much turmoil that Sabbatai Zevi was summoned and imprisoned by the sultan. There, rather than prove his supernatural powers, he relented under fire, and instead converted to Islam. The dramatic turn of events was interpreted in various ways by his followers, the Sabbateans. Some saw this as a sign and converted themselves, while others rejected his doctrine and fully returned to Judaism. Some, though, remained publicly faithful to Judaism while continuing to secretly follow the teachings of Sabbatai Zevi. In Salonica, there were 300 families among the richest who decided in 1686 to embrace Islam before the rabbinical authorities could react, their conversion already having been happily accepted by the Ottoman authorities. Therefore, those that the Turks gave the surname "Donme," ("renegades") themselves divided into three groups: Izmirlis, Kuniosos and Yacoubi, forming a new component of the Salonikan ethno-religious mosaic. Although they chose conversion, they did not assimilate with the Turks, practicing strict endogamy, living in separate quarters, building their own mosques and maintaining a specific liturgy in their language. They participated greatly in the 19th century in the spread of modernist ideas in the empire . Then, as Turks, the Donme emigrated from the city following the assumption of power by the Greeks. The Jews from Salonika saw, from the second half of 19th century, a true rebirth. The regeneration of the Jews came from "Frankos," French Jews who came at the time from Catholic countries, and especially the Jews of Livorno, Italy. This marked a general opening of the Balkans to Western modernists who imported to the Ottoman world new techniques and ideas. From the 1880s the city experienced a major industrialization process , making it a lung of an economic empire on the decline. Entrepreneurs at the root of this process were mostly Jews ; a unique case in the world, since in other large Ottoman cities, industrialization was mainly due to other ethno-religious groups. The Allatini formed the spearhead of Jewish entrepreneurship, setting up several industries, establishing milling and other food industries, brickmaking, and processing plants for tobacco. Several traders supported the introduction of a large cloth industry, an activity previously practiced in a system of artisanal production. This led to the industrialization and proletarianization of many Salonikans all faiths, which resulted in the emergence of a large Jewish working class. Contractors employed workforces irrespective of religion or ethnicity, contrary to what was being practiced elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire, which contributed to the emergence of non-ethnic workers' movements, although these were marked thereafter by national issues. The Haskala, the movement of thought inspired by the Jewish Enlightenment, touched the Ottoman world at the end of the nineteenth century, after its spread among Jewish populations of Western and Eastern Europe. These western groups acted as messengers for the city's economic revival. The maskilim, and Moses Allatini from Livorno, brought education. In 1856, with the help of the Rothschilds he founded an educational institution with the consent of rabbis that he had won over with major donations to charities. The Lippman School was a model institution headed by Professor Lippman, a progressive rabbi from Strasbourg . After five years of existence, the establishment closed its doors and Lippman again came under pressure from the rabbinat, disagreeing with the school's innovative education methods. However, he had the time to train a large number of pupils who took over thereafter . By 1862 , Dr. Allatini led his brother Solomon Fernandez to found an Italian school, thanks to a donation by the Kingdom of Italy . Several attempts to implement the educational network of the Alliance Israélite Universelle failed under pressure from rabbis, who did not allow a Jewish school under the patronage of the French embassy. But the need for educational structures became so pressing that the proponents of its implementation were finally successful in 1874 , thanks to the patronage of Allatini, who became a member of the central committee of the IAU in Paris . The network of this institution then spread rapidly: in 1912, there were nine new schools IAU catering to the education of both boys and girls from kindergarten to high school while the rabbinical schools were in full decline. This had the effect of spreading French within the Jewish community of Salonika and indeed throughout the Jewish world of the east. These schools were involved in manual and intellectual training, but also allowed the formation of a generation familiar with the developments of the modern world , and able to enter the workforce of a company in the process of industrialization. The eruption of modernity was also expressed by the growing influence of new political ideas from Western Europe. The Young Turk revolution of 1908 with its bases in Salonica proclaimed a constitutional monarchy. The Jews did not remain indifferent to the enormous social and political change of the era, and were active most often in the social rather than national sphere. As the city began to take in the broader modern influences of the early twentieth century, the movement of workers to organize and engage in social struggles for the improvement of working conditions began to spread. An attempt at union of different nationalities within a single labor movement took place with the formation of the Socialist Workers' Federation led by Abraham Benaroya, a Jew from Bulgaria, who initially started publication of a quadrilingual Journal of the worker aired in Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian and other languages. However, the Balkan context was conducive to division, and affected the movement ; after the departure of Bulgarian element, the Federation was heavily composed of Jews. The Zionist movement thus faced competition for Jewish backing from the Socialist Workers' Federation, which was very antizionist. Unable to operate in the working class, Zionism in Salonica turned to the smaller group of the middle classes and intellectuals. . In 1912, following the First Balkan War, the Greeks took control of Salonika and eventually integrated the city in their territory. This change of sovereignty was not at first well-received by the Jews, who feared that the annexation would lead to difficulties, a concern reinforced by Bulgarian propaganda, and by the Serbians, who wanted Austrian Jews to join to their cause. Some Jews fought for the internationalization of the city under the protection of the great European powers, but their proposal received little attention, Europe having accepted the fait accompli. The Greek administration nevertheless took some measures to promote the integration of Jews such as permitting them to work on Sundays and allowing them to observe Shabbat. The economy benefitted from the annexation, which opened to Salonika the doors of markets in northern Greece and Serbia (with which Greece was in alliance), and by the influx of Entente troops following the outbreak of World War I. The Greek government was positive towards the development of Zionism and the establishment of a Jewish home in Palestine, which converged with the Greek desire to dismember the Ottoman Empire. The city received the visit of Zionist leaders, Ben Gurion, Ben Zvi and Jabotinsky who saw in Salonika a Jewish model that should inspire their future state. At the same time, some amongst the local population at the time did not share their government's view. A witness, Jean Leune, correspondent for L'Illustration during the Balkan wars and then an army officer from the East, says: Faced with the countless shops and stores run by the Jews, until then the leaders in local commerce, Greek merchants set shop on the sidewalk, making access to the shop's doors impossible. The new police smiled . . . and Jews, being boycotted, closed shop one after another . Sparked by French soldiers in encampments in the city, the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 was a disaster for the community. The Jewish community was concentrated in the lower part of town and was thus the one most affected : the fire destroyed the seat of the Grand Rabbinate and its archives, as well as 16 of 33 synagogues in the city. Opting for a different course from the reconstruction that had taken place after the fire of 1890, the Greek administration decided on a modern urban redevelopment plan by the Frenchman Ernest Hebrard. Therefore it expropriated all land from residents, giving them nevertheless a right of first refusal on new housing reconstructed according to a new plan. It was, however, the Greeks who mostly populated the new neighborhoods, while Jews often chose to resettle the city's new suburbs. Although the first anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 was celebrated with a splendor unmatched in Europe, the decline had begun. The influx of tens of thousands of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and the departure of Dönme Jews and Muslims from the region as a result of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and the Treaty of Lausanne (1923), significantly changed the ethnic composition of the city. The Jews ceased to constitute an absolute majority and, on the eve of the Second World War, they accounted for just 40% of the population. During the period, a segment of the population began to demonstrate an increasingly less conciliatory policy towards the Jews. The Jewish population reacted by siding with the Greek monarchists during the Greek National Schism (opposing Eleftherios Venizelos, who had the overwhelming support of refugees and the lower income classes). This would set the stage for a 20-year period during which the relationship of the Jews with the Greek state and people would oscillate as Greek politics changed. In 1922, work was banned on Sunday (forcing Jews to either work on Shabbat or lose income), posters in foreign languages were prohibited, and the authority of rabbinical courts to rule on commercial cases was taken away. As in countries such as Hungary and Romania, a significant current of anti-Semitism grew in inner Salonica, but "never reached the level of violence in these two countries". It was very much driven by Greek arrivals from Asia Minor, mostly poor and in direct competition with Jews for housing and work. This current of sentiment was, nevertheless, relayed by the Makedonia daily and the National Union of Greece (Ethniki Enosis Ellados, EEE) ultra-nationalist organization, which was close to Venizelos' Liberal Party (in power on and off during the thirties), accusing the Jewish population of not wanting to blend in with the Greek nation, and viewing the development of Communism and Zionism in the community with suspicion. Venizelist Greek governments themselves largely adopted an ambivalent attitude, pursuing a policy of engagement while not distancing themselves unequivocally from the current of anti-Semitism. . In 1931, an antisemitic riot took place in Camp Campbell, where a Jewish neighborhood was completely burned, leaving 500 families homeless and one Jewish resident dead. The seizure of power by fascist dictator Ioannis Metaxas in 1936 too had a significant bearing on the pattern of Greek-Jewish relations in Thessaloniki. Metaxas' regime was not at all anti-Semitic; it perceived the Venizelists and the Communists as its political enemies, and the Bulgarians as its major foreign enemy. This endeared Metaxas to two influential Jewish groups: The upper/middle classes which felt threatened by organized labor and the socialist movement, and the thousands of Jewish refugees from Eastern Rumelia and Monastir that had fled the rise of Bulgarian nationalism earlier in the century. Antisemitic organizations and publications were banned and support for the regime was sufficiently strong for a Jewish charter of the regime-sponsored National Organisation of Youth (EON) to be formed. This reinforced the trend of national self-identification as Greeks among the Jews of Salonika, who had been Greek citizens since 1913. Even in the concentration camps, Greek Jews never ceased to affirm their sense of belonging to the Greek nation. At the same time, the working-class poor of the Jewish community had joined forces with their Christian counterparts in the labor movement that developed in the 1930s, often the target of suppression during Metaxas' regime. Avraam Benaroya was a leading figure in the Greek Socialist Movement, not only among Jews, but on a national level. Thus the forces of the period had worked to bridge the gaps between Christians and Jews, while creating new tensions among the different socioeconomic groups within the city and the country as a whole. Emigration of Jews from the city began when the Young Turks pushed through the universal conscription of all Ottoman subjects into the military irrespective of religion, a trend that continued to grow after the annexation of the city by Greece. Damage from the Thessaloniki fire, poor economic conditions, rise in anti-Semitism amongst a segment of the population, and the development of Zionism all motivated the departure of part of the city's Jewish population. This group left mainly for Western Europe, South America and Palestine. The Jewish population grew from 53,000 to 93,000 people on the eve of the war . There were a few notable successes amongst the community's diaspora. Isaac Carasso, reaching Barcelona, founded the Danone company. Maurice Abravanel went to Switzerland with his family and then to the United States where he became a famous conductor. A future grandparent of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy emigrated to France. In the interwar years, some Jewish families were to be found in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France; The seat of their association was located on the Rue La Fayette. . On 28 October 1940, Italian forces invaded Greece following the refusal of the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas to accept the ultimatum given by the Italians. In the resulting Greco-Italian War and the subsequent German invasion, many of Thessaloniki's Jews took part. 12,898 men enlisted in the Greek army; 4,000 participated in the campaigns in Albania and Macedonia; 513 fought with the Germans and, in total, 613 Jews were killed, including 174 from Salonika. The 50th Brigade of Macedonia was nicknamed "Cohen Battalion", reflecting the preponderance of Jews in its composition. After the defeat of Greece, many Jewish soldiers had their feet frozen returning home on foot. Central Macedonia, including Thessaloniki, was occupied by the Germans, who entered the city on 9 April 1941. Anti-Semitic measures were only gradually introduced. Max Merten, the German civil administrator for the city, continued to repeat that the Nuremberg laws would not apply to Salonika. The Jewish press was quickly banned, while two pro-Nazi Greek dailies, Nea Evropi ("New Europe") and Apogevmatini ("Evening Press"), appeared. Some homes and community buildings were requisitioned by the occupying forces, including the Baron Hirsch Hospital. In late April, signs prohibiting Jews entry to cafés appeared. Jews were forced to turn in their radios. The Grand Rabbi of Salonica, Zvi Koretz, was arrested by the Gestapo on 17 May 1941 and sent to a concentration camp near Vienna, from where he returned in late January 1942 to resume his position as rabbi. In June 1941, commissioner Alfred Rosenberg arrived. He plundered Jewish archives, sending tons of documents to his pet-project, the Institut zur Erforschung der Judenfrage ("Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question") in Frankfurt. Along with the other Greek urban communities, the Jews suffered a severe famine in the winter of 1941-42. The Nazi regime had not attached any importance to the Greek economy, food production or distribution. It is estimated that in 1941-1942 sixty Jews of the city died every day from hunger. For a year, no further antisemitic action was taken. The momentary reprieve gave the Jews a temporary sense of security. On a Shabbat in July 1942, all the men of the community aged 18 to 45 years were rounded up in the Plateia Eleftherias. Throughout the afternoon, they were forced to do humiliating physical exercises at gunpoint. Four thousand of them were ordered to construct a road for the Germans, linking Thessaloniki to Kateríni and Larissa, a region rife with malaria. . In less than ten weeks, 12% of them died of exhaustion and disease. In the meantime, the Thessalonikan community, with the help of Athens, managed to gather two billion drachmas towards the sum of 3. 5 billion demanded by the Germans to ransom the forced laborers. The Germans agreed to release them for the lesser sum but, in return, demanded that the Greek authorities abandon the Jewish cemetery in Salonika, containing 300,000 to 500,000 graves. Its size and location, they claimed, had long hampered urban growth. The Jews transferred land in the periphery on which there were two graves. The municipal authorities, decrying the slow pace of the transfer, took matters into their own hands. Five hundred Greek workers, paid by the municipality, began with the destruction of tombs. The cemetery was soon transformed into a vast quarry where Greeks and Germans sought gravestones for use as construction materials. Today this site is occupied by the Aristotle University and other buildings. It is estimated that from the beginning of the occupation to the end of deportations, 3,000-5,000 Jews managed to escape from Salonika, finding temporary refuge in the Italian zone. Of these, 800 had or obtained documents proving Italian citizenship and were throughout the period of Italian occupation actively protected by consular authority. 800 Jews fled to the Macedonian mountainside to the Greek Communist Resistance, ELAS. Few Jews joined its royalist counterpart. . Salonica's 54,000 Sephardim were shipped to the Nazi extermination camps. Nearly 98% of the total Jewish population of the city died during the war. Only the Polish Jews experienced a greater level of destruction. To carry out this operation, the Nazi authorities dispatched two specialists in the field, Alois Brunner and Dieter Wisliceny, who arrived on February 6, 1943. They immediately applied the Nuremberg laws in all their rigor, imposing the display of the yellow badge and drastically restricting the Jews' freedom of movement. Toward the end of February 1943, they were rounded up in in three ghettos (Kalamaria, Singrou and Vardar / Agia Paraskevi) and then transferred to a transit camp in the district of Baron Hirsch which was adjacent to a train station. There, the death trains were waiting. To accomplish their mission, the SS relied on a Jewish police created for the occasion, led by Vital Hasson, which was the source of numerous abuses against the rest of the Jews. The first convoy departed on March 15. Each train carried 1000-4000 Jews across the whole of central Europe, mainly to Auschwitz. A convoy also left for Treblinka, and it is possible that deportation to Sobibor took place, since Salonican Jews were liberated from that camp. The Jewish population of Salonika was so large that the deportation took several months until it was completed, which occurred on August 7 with the deportation of Chief Rabbi Tzvi Koretz and other notables to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, under relatively good conditions. In the same convoy were 367 Jews protected by their Spanish nationality, who had a unique destiny: they were transferred from Bergen-Belsen to Barcelona, and then Morocco, with some finally reaching the British Mandate of Palestine. Several reasons have been advanced to explain the carnage in contrast to the case of Athens, where a large proportion of Jews managed to escape death. First, the attitude of the Judenrat, and of its leader in the period prior to the deportations, the chief rabbi Zvi Koretz, has been heavily criticized. He was accused of having responded passively to the Nazis and downplayed the fears of Jews when their transfer to Poland was ordered. As an Austrian citizen and therefore a native German speaker, he was thought to be well-informed. There was a rumor that accused him of having knowingly collaborated with the occupiers. A recent study, however tends to diminish his role in the deportations. Another factor was the solidarity shown by the families who refused to be separated. This desire undermined individual initiatives. Some older Jews also had difficulty remaining in hiding because of their lack of knowledge of the Greek language, which had only become the city's dominant language after annexation by Greece in 1913. Additionally, the large size of the Jewish population rendered impossible the tactic of blending into the Greek Orthodox population, as in Athens. Again in contrast to Athens, there was also a latent anti-Semitism amongst a segment of the Greek population, in particular among the refugees from Asia Minor. When these immigrants arrived en masse in Salonica, they were excluded from the economic system. Consequently, some of these outcasts watched the Jewish population with hostility. The Jewish people were more economically integrated and therefore better off, which the immigrants equated with the former Ottoman power. Nevertheless, the Yad Vashem has identified 265 Greek righteous among the nations, the same proportion as among the French population. At Birkenau, about 37,000 Salonicans were gassed immediately, especially women, children and the elderly. Nearly a quarter of all 400 experiments perpetrated on the Jews were on Greek Jews, especially those from Salonika. These experiments included emasculation, implementation of cervical cancer on women. Most of the twins died following atrocious crimes. Others from the community last worked in the camps. In the years 1943-1944, they accounted for a significant proportion of the workforce of Birkenau, making up to 11,000 of the labourers. Because of their unfamiliarity with Yiddish, Jews from Greece were sent to clean up the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto in August 1943 in order to build a camp. Among the 1,000 Salonican Jews employed on the task, a group of twenty managed to escape from the ghetto and join the Polish resistance, the Armia Krajowa, which organized the ]. Many Jews from Salonika were also integrated into the Sonderkommandos. On 7 October 1944, they attacked German forces with other Greek Jews, in an uprising planned in advance, storming the crematoria and killing about twenty guards. A bomb was thrown into the furnace of the crematorium III, destroying the building. Before being massacred by the Germans, insurgents sang a song of the Greek partisan movement and the Greek National Anthem. In his book If this is a man, one of the most famous works of literature of the Holocaust, Primo Levi describes the group thus ; "those Greeks, motionless and silent as the Sphinx, crouched on the ground behind their thick pot of soup. " Those members of the community still alive during 1944 made a strong impression on the author. He noted : "Despite their low numbers their contribution to the overall appearance of the camp and the international jargon is spoken is of prime importance". He described a strong patriotic sense amongst them, writing that their ability to survive in the camps was partly explained by the fact that "they are amongst the cohesive of the national groups, and from this point of view the most advanced". At the end of the Second World War, a violent civil war broke out in Greece. It lasted until 1949, with forces in Athens supported by the British opposition to the powerful Communist ELAS. Some of the Jews of Thessaloniki who had escaped deportation took part therein, either within government or in the opposition camp. Among those who had fought in the ELAS, many were victims, like other supporters, of repression, which fell on the country after the government had regained control of the situation. Among the few survivors of the camps, some chose to return to Greece and others emigrated to Western Europe, America or the Palestine Mandate. They were all faced with great difficulties in surviving , as both Greece and all Europe were in a chaotic state in the immediate aftermath of war. They also suffered discrimination from some Ashkenzi survivors who cast doubt on their Jewishness. The return to Thessaloniki was a shock. Returnees were often the sole survivors from their families. They returned to find their homes occupied by Christian families who had purchased them from the Germans. Initially, they were housed in synagogues. A Jewish Committee was formed to identify the number of survivors, and obtained a list from the Bank of Greece of 1,800 houses that had been sold to Christians. The new owners were reluctant to surrender their new dwellings, saying they had legally purchased the houses and that they too had suffered from war. When the war ended, the leftwing ELAS, which at the time controlled the city, favored the immediate return of Jewish property to its rightful owners. Four months later, when the new British-supported rightwing government in Athens came to power instead in Thessaloniki , restitution was cumulatively halted. Not only was the government faced with a major housing crisis due to the influx of refugees caused by war, but a number of individuals who had been enriched during the war were also influential in the new rightwing administration, with the government's view to strengthening all anticommunist ties by adopting a more conciliatory approach to any former collaborators. . The Jewish Agency denounced such policies of the postwar administration, and pleaded for the cause of the Aliyah Jews . The World Jewish Congress also aided the Jews of the city ; some of the Jews saved from deportation by Greeks chose to convert to Orthodoxy. Some isolated survivors of the camps made the same choice . There were also several marriages among the post-war survivors. One survivor testified: I returned to a Salonika destroyed. I was hoping to find my adopted brother, but rumor told that he had died of malaria in Lublin. I already knew that my parents had been burned on their first day at the extermination camp of Auschwitz. I was alone. Other prisoners who were with me had nobody either. These days, I am with a young man that I had known in Brussels. We do not separate from each other. We were both survivors of the camps. Shortly after, we married, two refugees who had nothing, there was not even a rabbi to give us the blessing. The director of one of the Jewish schools served as a rabbi and we married, and so I started a new life. . In the 1951 census, there were 1,783 survivors. A monument in Thessaloniki to the tragedy of the deportation was erected in 1997. In 1998, King Juan Carlos I of Spain went to the city, where he paid tribute to the Sephardic Jews . The visit followed one he had undertaken at the synagogue of Madrid in 1992 to commemorate the expulsion of 1492, at which he condemned the decree of expulsion from Spain. Following the requests of Professors at the Aristotle University , a memorial to the Jewish cemetery lying beneath the foundations of the institution is awaited. Today, around 1,300 Jews live in Thessaloniki, making it the second largest Jewish community in Greece after Athens. Generally, Jews who emigrated adopted the language of their new country, but this was not true of the Sepharadim of the Ottoman Empire, who arrived en masse, and retained the use of their language. The Jews of Salonica thus are known to have used Spanish, the Judeo-Spanish (djudezmo), that is neither more nor less than Spanish, XV e having evolved independently. They prayed and studied in Hebrew and Aramaic and used, as all other Sephardic communities, what Haim Vidal Séphiha called the language "layer", Ladino, which consisted of a Hebrew translation of texts into a Spanish respecting a Hebrew word order and syntax. These two languages, djudezmo and Ladino, written in Hebrew characters, as well as Latin characters for the language. In addition to these languages that had evolved in exile, the Jews of Salonica sometimes spoke Turkish, the language of the Ottoman Empire written in Arabic characters. The haskala taught by the French Jews has, in turn, encouraged teaching the French language Alliance Israélite Universelle schools. Italian is also taught to a lesser extent. After Greeks took Salonika in 1912, Greek was taught at school and has been spoken by several generations of Jewish Salonicans. Today it is the language that predominates among Thessalonian Jews. Modern Salonican djudezmo now include phrases from various other immigrant groups including Italian. French phrases have also become popular to the point that Séphiha speaks of "judéo-fragnol. " The sociologist Edgar Morin said that the core of every culture is its cuisine, and that this applies especially to the Jews of Salonika, the community from which he descends. The cuisine of the Jews of the city was a variant of the Judeo-Spanish cuisine, which is itself influenced by the large ensemble of Mediterranean cuisine. It was influenced by the Jewish dietary rules of kashrut, which include prohibitions on the consumption of pork and mixtures of dairy and meat products, and religious holidays that require the preparation of special dishes. However, its key feature was its Iberian influence. Fish, abundant in this port city, was consumed in large quantities and in all forms: fried, baked ("al orno"), marinated or braised ("abafado"), and was often accompanied by complex sauces. Seen as a symbol of fertility, the fish was used during a marriage rite on the last day of wedding ceremonies called dia del peche ("day of fish"), in which was the bride stepped over a large dish of fish that was then consumed by the guests. Vegetables accompanied all the dishes, especially the onion; Garlic was on hand but was not used, since the Ashkenazic synagogues were major consumers of garlic, and were given the nickname "El kal del ajo," "the garlic synagogue. " Greek yoghurt, widely consumed in the Balkans and Anatolia, was also highly appreciated, as well as cream. In anticipation of Shabbat, chamin was prepared. A Judeo-Spanish variant of the Ashkenazi cholent and the North African dafina, chamin was a meat stew with vegetables (wheat, chickpeas, white beans) that were let simmer until the Saturday midday meal. In preparation for Passover, housewives filled locked chests with sweets, figs and dates stuffed with almonds, marzipan and the popular chape blanche (white jam), which consisted of sugar water and lemon. Wine was reserved for religious rituals, but Sepharadim, like their Greek and Muslim neighbors, were major consumers of raki. They also favored sugary drinks made of prune, cherry and apricot syrup, which they drank at the end of the large festive meal. Template:Link FA Template:Link FA | 0 |
Standard_8_mm_film | Standard_8_mm_film 2009-11-17T20:31:10Z Standard 8 mm film, also known as Regular 8 mm film, Double 8 mm film or simply as Standard-8 or Regular-8, is a film format originally developed by the Eastman Kodak company and released onto the market in 1932. The format, initially known as Cine Kodak Eight, was developed by Kodak to provide a cheaper and more portable alternative to the 16 mm film format introduced a decade earlier. Standard 8 mm film stock consisted of 16 mm film reperforated to have twice the usual number of perforations along its edges, though using the same size sprocket holes. This film was run through the camera, exposing one edge of the film only (the frame size of standard 8 mm film is 4. 8 mm x 3. 5 mm). The spool was then reversed and the film run through again, exposing the other edge. After processing the film was cut down the centre and spliced together to give one roll of 8mm wide film. The standard spool size for amateur use contained 25 ft of film, giving a total of 50 ft available for projection; at the usual filming speed of 16 frames per second this would give around three and a half minutes of footage. The format was an immediate success, but retained a number of inherent problems and quirks, mostly connected with the fact that the spool needed to be removed and reversed half way through filming. This procedure was tricky for the inexperienced user and needed to be carried out in subdued light to avoid fogging of the edges of the film. In addition, the central six feet of the finished film would include a characteristic burst of light corresponding to the reversal point (unless the film was again edited and spliced). In the early 1960s, a new filming and projection standard of 18 frames per second was introduced, although many cameras and projectors included a multi-speed facility. The standard 8 mm format was quickly displaced by the Super 8 mm film format - which offered cartridge loading, a 50% larger frame size and electric-powered cameras - from the mid 1960s onwards. However, standard 8mm retained some advantages over Super 8: in particular, the latter's use of cartridges with an integral film pressure plate resulted in a less steady image than the earlier format, in which the pressure plate was part of the camera itself. More sophisticated standard 8 mm cameras permitted backwind of the film - not possible with a Super 8 cartridge - enabling simple double-exposure and dissolve effects to be made in-camera. Super 8's smaller sprocket holes, while allowing a larger frame size, were also inherently more liable to tear. The first camera produced was Kodak's own Cine Kodak Eight Model 20. Like many subsequent cameras, it was extremely simple and powered by clockwork. The Swiss company Paillard-Bolex SA introduced its first 8 mm camera in 1938 and its first 'pocket' 8 mm camera aimed squarely at the amateur market, the L-8, in 1942. Bolex cameras and projectors continued to occupy the high end of the market. In the US, Bell and Howell introduced an 8 mm projector in 1934, and in 1935, the Filmo Straight Eight camera, using pre-prepared 8 mm wide film. Standard 8 mm equipment was also manufactured by Carl Zeiss, the Austrian firm Eumig, Fuji (as Fujica), and Canon, amongst others. The most commonly used film stocks were produced by Kodak. In particular, the 10 ASA Kodachrome colour reversal stock, with its distinctive colour rendition and fine grain, was closely associated with the format. Kodachrome II, rated at 25 ASA, was introduced in the early 1960s. Kodak continued to produce standard 8 mm film directly up until the early 1990s, although its 16mm stocks are still reperforated and respooled by other companies. Other film stocks from different manufacturers, such as Agfa's Agfachrome, were also available. Kodachrome's excellent archival qualities mean that old 8mm film can still appear remarkably fresh if stored in the correct conditions. As of November 2007 a number of film types remain available, including Kodachrome 40T (ironically, Kodachrome is no longer available in Super 8 format), Ektachrome 100D, and black-and-white stocks. Various attempts were made to simplify use of standard 8mm film over the years, but none was especially successful. The Straight Eight format, using pre-prepared 8mm wide film, had some popularity in Europe, where Agfa manufactured their own stock. Kodak eventually introduced a magazine-loading system, but it was never as popular as spooled 8mm film and was discontinued by the early 1980s. Although standard 8 mm was originally intended as a format for creating amateur films, condensed versions of popular cinema releases were available on the format up until the 1970s, for projection at home. These were generally black-and-white, silent, and edited to fit onto a 200 ft reel. New releases of material were not stopped until the late 1970s in the US. , Standard_8_mm_film 2010-11-28T22:20:03Z Standard 8 mm film, also known as Regular 8 mm film, Double 8 mm film or simply as Standard-8 or Regular-8, is a film format originally developed by the Eastman Kodak company and released onto the market in 1932. The format, initially known as Cine Kodak Eight, was developed by Kodak to provide a cheaper and more portable alternative to the 16 mm film format introduced a decade earlier. Standard 8 mm film stock consisted of 16 mm film reperforated to have twice the usual number of perforations along its edges, though using the same size sprocket holes. This film was run through the camera, exposing one edge of the film only (the frame size of standard 8 mm film is 4. 8 mm x 3. 5 mm). The spool was then reversed and the film run through again, exposing the other edge. After processing the film was cut down the centre and spliced together to give one roll of 8mm wide film. The standard spool size for amateur use contained 25 ft of film, giving a total of 50 ft available for projection; at the usual filming speed of 16 frames per second this would give about four minutes of footage. The format was an immediate success, but retained a number of inherent problems and quirks, mostly connected with the fact that the spool needed to be removed and reversed half way through filming. This procedure was tricky for the inexperienced user and needed to be carried out in subdued light to avoid fogging of the edges of the film. In addition, the central six feet of the finished film would include a characteristic burst of light corresponding to the reversal point (unless the film was again edited and spliced). In the early 1960s, a new filming and projection standard of 18 frames per second was introduced, although many cameras and projectors included a multi-speed facility. The standard 8 mm format was quickly displaced by the Super 8 mm film format - which offered cartridge loading, a 50% larger frame size and electric-powered cameras - from the mid 1960s onwards. However, standard 8mm retained some advantages over Super 8: in particular, the latter's use of cartridges with an integral film pressure plate resulted in a less steady image than the earlier format, in which the pressure plate was part of the camera itself. More sophisticated standard 8 mm cameras permitted backwind of the film - not possible with a Super 8 cartridge - enabling simple double-exposure and dissolve effects to be made in-camera. Super 8's smaller sprocket holes, while allowing a larger frame size, were also inherently more liable to tear. The first camera produced was Kodak's own Cine Kodak Eight Model 20. Like many subsequent cameras, it was extremely simple and powered by clockwork. The Swiss company Paillard-Bolex SA introduced its first 8 mm camera in 1938 and its first 'pocket' 8 mm camera aimed squarely at the amateur market, the L-8, in 1942. Bolex cameras and projectors continued to occupy the high end of the market. In the US, Bell and Howell introduced an 8 mm projector in 1934, and in 1935, the Filmo Straight Eight camera, using pre-prepared 8 mm wide film. Standard 8 mm equipment was also manufactured by Carl Zeiss, the Austrian firm Eumig, Fuji (as Fujica), and Canon, amongst others. The most commonly used film stocks were produced by Kodak. In particular, the 10 ASA Kodachrome colour reversal stock, with its distinctive colour rendition and fine grain, was closely associated with the format. Kodachrome II, rated at 25 ASA, was introduced in the early 1960s. Kodak continued to produce standard 8 mm film directly up until the early 1990s, although its 16mm stocks are still reperforated and respooled by other companies. Other film stocks from different manufacturers, such as Agfa's Agfachrome, were also available. Kodachrome's excellent archival qualities mean that old 8mm film can still appear remarkably fresh if stored in the correct conditions. Various attempts were made to simplify use of standard 8mm film over the years, but none was especially successful. The Straight Eight format, using pre-prepared 8mm wide film, had some popularity in Europe, where Agfa manufactured their own stock. Kodak eventually introduced a magazine-loading system, but it was never as popular as spooled 8mm film and was discontinued by the early 1980s. Some manufacturers (e. g. Pentacon in East Germany) made cameras with special magazines that could be pre-loaded with 8 mm spools. They were simply pulled out and flipped in mid-roll, avoiding re-threading the film. Although standard 8 mm was originally intended as a format for creating amateur films, condensed versions of popular cinema releases were available on the format up until the 1970s, for projection at home. These were generally edited to fit onto a 200 ft reel. Many Charlie Chaplin films, and other silent movies were available. The Walt Disney Studio released excerpts from many of their animated feature films, as well as some shorts, in both Standard and Super 8, some even with magnetic sound. New releases of material were not stopped until the late 1970s in the US. | 0 |
Ashley Williams (actress) | Ashley Williams (actress) 2006-07-17T18:36:54Z Ashley Williams was born 12 November 1789 in Westchester County, New York, USA Sister of Kimberly Williams. Her father is a freelance medical journalist and her mother is a fund-raiser for the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Research Foundation. Enjoys writing, doing yoga, running and hiking. Appears at many celebrity charity fund-raisers (especially for AIDS). Has been writing diaries since she was little (and has so far filled up 37 of them!) Was named the fall "It" girl of 2002. Attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. Sister-in-law of country music star Brad Paisley. Studied at Boston University's renowned School of Theatre Arts Her older brother, Jay Williams, is a Firefighter and Paramedic in Los Angeles County. She lived in New York City for about a year before moving to Los Angeles to work on "Good Morning, Miami". Lived in an apartment on Brighton Avenue in Allston, MA during her senior year. Graduated from Boston University May 2001., Ashley Williams (actress) 2007-12-30T02:52:00Z Ashley Williams (born 12 November 1978 in Westchester County, New York, U.S.) is an American actress. Her father is a freelance medical journalist and her mother is a fundraiser for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. She is the younger sister of Kimberly Williams-Paisley, also an actress. Williams attended Rye High School in Rye, New York. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Boston University’s theatre conservatory, having graduated in May, 2001. She made her big screen acting debut alongside her sister in the 1993 ensemble comedy-drama Indian Summer. Williams had a role in the television series Good Morning, Miami (2002–2004). Since then she has also appeared in episodes of How I Met Your Mother, E-Ring, Huff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Side Order of Life. In May 2003, she had a guest starring role on American Dreams, playing singer Sandie Shaw and performing Shaw's 1964 hit "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on American Bandstand. In 2006, she starred in the play Burleigh Grime$. | 1 |
Johnny Messner (actor) | Johnny Messner (actor) 2005-07-29T03:31:00Z The OC Johnny Messner played Lance Baldwin, an opportunistic man from Julie Cooper's past. He blackmails Julie Cooper with a sex tape they made in the 80's , demands $500,000 from her otherwise he would expose the tape to everyone in Newport at her magazine launch "Newport living", Johnny Messner (actor) 2006-12-12T12:14:09Z Johnny Messner (born April 11, 1970 in Syracuse, New York) is an American actor who has had a number of movie and television series roles. He has guest starred in the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the second season of The O.C.. He also starred as Detective Jack Hale in the FOX crime drama Killer Instinct. Johnny Messner at IMDb | 1 |
KNVB_Amateur_Cup | KNVB_Amateur_Cup 2009-08-15T00:00:37Z The KNVB Amateur Cup (Dutch: KNVB Beker voor amateurs) is the cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The winner qualifies for the amateur super cup match against the national Hoofdklasse champion. The cup is contested by the winners of the district cups (Dutch: districtsbekers) in the six districts of the Royal Netherlands Football Association: West 1, West 2, South 1, South 2, East and North. The six teams face each other in a knock-out competition, starting in the quarter finals. Two clubs receive a bye, but they will have to play an away game in the semi-finals. The KNVB Amateur Cup was first contested in the 1980-81 season, replacing the KNVB Saturday Amateur Cup and KNVB Sunday Amateur Cup (see Hoofdklasse#Background for more on Saturday and Sunday football in the Netherlands). The structure of the cup competition has changed throughout the years. For a number of years, the clubs were placed in two pools of three teams each. Matches were played in two halves of 20 or 30 minutes each, with all group matches played on a single day. The final was held on another day, and was played in two halves of 45 minutes. Between 1996-97 and 2000-01, nine clubs took part, because the Royal Netherlands Football Association then consisted of nine districts. Until 1997, the reserve teams of professional football clubs took part in the district cup competitions; two of them won the KNVB Amateur Cup: Ajax Reserves in 1983-84 and SC Heerenveen Reserves in 1990-91. From the 1997-98 season onwards, the reserve teams play in the KNVB Reserve Cup. Template:Fb start Template:Fb end, KNVB_Amateur_Cup 2010-10-02T21:29:36Z The KNVB Amateur Cup (Dutch: KNVB Beker voor amateurs) is the cup competition for amateur football clubs in the Netherlands. The winner qualifies for the amateur super cup match against the national Hoofdklasse champion. The cup is contested by the winners of the district cups (Dutch: districtsbekers) in the six districts of the Royal Dutch Football Association: West 1, West 2, South 1, South 2, East and North. The six teams face each other in a knock-out competition, starting in the quarter finals. Two clubs receive a bye, but they will have to play an away game in the semi-finals. The KNVB Amateur Cup was first contested in the 1980-81 season, replacing the KNVB Saturday Amateur Cup and KNVB Sunday Amateur Cup (see Hoofdklasse#Background for more on Saturday and Sunday football in the Netherlands). The structure of the cup competition has changed throughout the years. For a number of years, the clubs were placed in two pools of three teams each. Matches were played in two halves of 20 or 30 minutes each, with all group matches played on a single day. The final was held on another day, and was played in two halves of 45 minutes. Between 1996-97 and 2000–01, nine clubs took part, because the Royal Dutch Football Association then consisted of nine districts. Until 1997, the reserve teams of professional football clubs took part in the district cup competitions; two of them won the KNVB Amateur Cup: Ajax Reserves in 1983-84 and SC Heerenveen Reserves in 1990-91. From the 1997-98 season onwards, the reserve teams play in the KNVB Reserve Cup. | 0 |
List_of_ACF_Fiorentina_players | List_of_ACF_Fiorentina_players 2008-12-06T03:31:04Z Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for ACF Fiorentina. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at other clubs, and players who have appeared at least once in the FIFA World Cup. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive domestic league matches only; wartime and playoff matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code. Template:Fb start Template:Fb end, List_of_ACF_Fiorentina_players 2010-05-03T03:16:31Z Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for ACF Fiorentina. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success at other clubs, and players who have appeared at least once in the FIFA World Cup. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive domestic league matches only; wartime and playoff matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code. Template:Fb start Template:Fb end | 0 |
International Association of Business Communicators | International Association of Business Communicators 2016-09-21T02:27:29Z The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global network of communications professionals. Each summer, IABC hosts World Conference, a three-day event with professional development seminars and activities, as well as talks by industry leaders. Decisions within the organization are made by a two-thirds vote of the executive board, which is elected by members. IABC members agree to follow a professional code of ethics, which encourages members to do what is legal, ethical and in good taste. IABC's predecessor was the American Association of Industrial Editors (AAIE), which was founded in 1938. AAIE became a member of the International Council of Industrial Editors (ICIE) in 1941. It withdrew from ICIE in 1946 over policy differences, but formed IABC when it merged again in 1970. In IABC's first year of operation, the association had 2,280 members and was focused on internal communications. IABC's research showed its members were moving into positions with broader public relations responsibilities and the association expanded its scope. In 1974 it merged with Corporate Communicators Canada. In 1982 the association formed the IABC Research Foundation, which funded a study of 323 organizations in the 1980s to determine what made some public relations teams more effective than others. The study found that executive involvement in communications was the best predictor of effectiveness. The Research Foundation also looked into the status and pay of women in the public relations field, in a pioneering study called The Velvet Ghetto. IABC had financial troubles in 2000 after losing $1 million in an e-business initiative called TalkingBusinessNow. In 2001 a grass-roots initiative was started within IABC's membership that eventually developed into the Gift of Communication program, whereby members donated their professional services to local charities. Membership grew 7–9 percent each year in the 2000s due to an increasing number of practitioners in the field of internal communications. IABC hosted its first annual world conference in 2005 and grew to more than 16,000 members by 2008. That same year, IABC accredited Chinese citizens for the first time in the Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) program. In 2009 the IABC Research Foundation conducted a survey that found 79 percent of respondents frequently use social media to communicate with employees. It also co-authored a study the following year that found email and intranet were the most common internal communications tools among respondents. For 40 years, the association offered an accreditation program called Accreditation for Business Communications (ABC). By the time the program ended in 2013, a total of 1,003 people had earned ABC status. Though the program stopped accepting new applicants in September 2012, ABCs will be recognized as long as they maintain their membership in IABC. A new professional certification program to replace accreditation with a more affordable, computer-based process was proposed in January 2013. The goal is to set an international standard for all communications professionals that will be recognized by an organization such as ISO17024. The autonomous international group to oversee the creation of the new certification program — the Global Communication Certification Council — was appointed in February 2014. IABC offers professional, corporate, student and retired memberships. Representatives from different chapters and regions, as well as professional members, vote at the Annual General Meeting to elect members to the international executive board. The board can change dues, establish new chapters, create workgroups and remove members with a two-thirds vote. IABC also has various committees focused on ethics, research, finance, auditing and others. All positions within IABC are filled by volunteers. IABC has more than 100 chapters worldwide in North America, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Europe. IABC hosts networking events and mentoring programs to help recent graduates connect with working public relations, marketing and corporate communications professionals. Most professional members join IABC to further their career advancement, professional development and to grow their professional network. IABC is no longer accepting new applicants for its Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) program, but a new certification program has been initiated that would involve computerized testing and renewals every three years. The new certification program will have two levels; the first level being developed is for Communications Generalists. IABC publishes a code of ethics, which has three principles: that professional communications be legal, ethical and in good taste. It says members should be sensitive to cultural values, as well as be truthful, accurate and respectful. Before 1995, the code said "Communicators should encourage frequent communication and messages that are honest in their content, candid, accurate and appropriate to the needs of the organization and its audiences." IABC hosts the Gold Quill Awards, which are bestowed at three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Gold Quill is an international awards program that's open to both members and non- members. The Silver and Bronze Quills are conducted at a local chapter level and open to both members and non-members. The awards are bestowed for "creatively and effectively communicating" in measurable ways that contribute to the local community. In 2014 the Gold Quill has four divisions and more than 40 categories. Both the Gold Quill and some of the regional chapters offer special awards for college students. IABC also publishes a monthly digital magazine Communication World. Recent issues have shared researched and first-person, expert articles on connecting with Millennials, social intranets and crisis communications. , International Association of Business Communicators 2017-12-02T13:49:22Z The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global network of communications professionals. Each summer, IABC hosts World Conference, a three-day event with professional development seminars and activities, as well as talks by industry leaders. Decisions within the organization are made by a two-thirds vote of the executive board, which is elected by members. IABC members agree to follow a professional code of ethics, which encourages members to do what is legal, ethical and in good taste. IABC's predecessor was the American Association of Industrial Editors (AAIE), which was founded in 1938. AAIE became a member of the International Council of Industrial Editors (ICIE) in 1941. It withdrew from ICIE in 1946 over policy differences, but formed IABC when it merged again in 1970. In IABC's first year of operation, the association had 2,280 members and was focused on internal communications. IABC's research showed its members were moving into positions with broader public relations responsibilities and the association expanded its scope. In 1974 it merged with Corporate Communicators Canada. In 1982 the association formed the IABC Research Foundation, which funded a study of 323 organizations in the 1980s to determine what made some public relations teams more effective than others. The study found that executive involvement in communications was the best predictor of effectiveness. The Research Foundation also looked into the status and pay of women in the public relations field, in a pioneering study called The Velvet Ghetto. IABC had financial troubles in 2000 after losing $1 million in an e-business initiative called TalkingBusinessNow. In 2001 a grass-roots initiative was started within IABC's membership that eventually developed into the Gift of Communication program, whereby members donated their professional services to local charities. Membership grew 7–9 percent each year in the 2000s due to an increasing number of practitioners in the field of internal communications. IABC hosted its first annual world conference in 2005 and grew to more than 16,000 members by 2008. That same year, IABC accredited Chinese citizens for the first time in the Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) program. In 2009 the IABC Research Foundation conducted a survey that found 79 percent of respondents frequently use social media to communicate with employees. It also co-authored a study the following year that found email and intranet were the most common internal communications tools among respondents. For 40 years, the association offered an accreditation program called Accreditation for Business Communications (ABC). By the time the program ended in 2013, a total of 1,003 people had earned ABC status. Though the program stopped accepting new applicants in September 2012, ABCs will be recognized as long as they maintain their membership in IABC. A new professional certification program to replace accreditation with a more affordable, computer-based process was proposed in January 2013. The goal is to set an international standard for all communications professionals that will be recognized by an organization such as ISO17024. The autonomous international group to oversee the creation of the new certification program — the Global Communication Certification Council — was appointed in February 2014. IABC offers professional, corporate, student and retired memberships. Representatives from different chapters and regions, as well as professional members, vote at the Annual General Meeting to elect members to the international executive board. The board can change dues, establish new chapters, create workgroups and remove members with a two-thirds vote. IABC also has various committees focused on ethics, research, finance, auditing and others. All positions within IABC are filled by volunteers. IABC has more than 100 chapters worldwide in North America, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Europe. IABC hosts networking events and mentoring programs to help recent graduates connect with working public relations, marketing and corporate communications professionals. Most professional members join IABC to further their career advancement, professional development and to grow their professional network. IABC is no longer accepting new applicants for its Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) program, but a new certification program has been initiated that would involve computerized testing and renewals every three years. The new certification program will have two levels; the first level being developed is for Communications Generalists. IABC publishes a code of ethics, which has three principles: that professional communications be legal, ethical and in good taste. It says members should be sensitive to cultural values, as well as be truthful, accurate and respectful. Before 1995, the code said "Communicators should encourage frequent communication and messages that are honest in their content, candid, accurate and appropriate to the needs of the organization and its audiences." IABC hosts the Gold Quill Awards, which are bestowed at three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Gold Quill is an international awards program that's open to both members and non- members. The Silver and Bronze Quills are conducted at a local chapter level and open to both members and non-members. The awards are bestowed for "creatively and effectively communicating" in measurable ways that contribute to the local community. In 2014 the Gold Quill has four divisions and more than 40 categories. Both the Gold Quill and some of the regional chapters offer special awards for college students. IABC also publishes a monthly digital magazine Communication World. Recent issues have shared researched and first-person, expert articles on connecting with Millennials, social intranets and crisis communications. | 1 |
Philippe_Tailliez | Philippe_Tailliez 2008-03-20T15:39:42Z Philippe Tailliez (15 June 1905, Malo-les-Bains - 2002, Toulon) was a friend and colleague of Jacques Cousteau. This underwater pioneer, who had been diving diving since the 1930s, died on 26 September 2002, in Toulon, France. His father Félix Tailliez, a career sailor then in station in Tahiti, told in his letters the stories of pearl divers, which fascinated his younger son (who had a brother, Jean, sailor also, and a sister, Monique). Philippe Taillez left the naval college in 1924, was affected in Toulon. He became impassioned by the underwater breath-holding, hunting and images, and became the French Navy's swimming champion. Inspired by the philosophy of the Swiss naturalist Jacques Grob, who he met in Carqueiranne where he lived, of gardening and underwater fishing, he already took heed of the fragility of the sea: "the fertile coastal belt, rich in colors and in fish", he wrote in 1937, "is not broader than a river. ". Officer on the destroyer Condorcet, Philippe Tailliez made the acquaintance of a young ensign of vessel with who be later discovered the diving and nature: the gunner Jacques-Yves Cousteau. In 1936 he introduced Cousteau, while both were officers on the Condorcet, to the sport of goggle fishing and two years later to Frédéric Dumas, another diving companion. These three men would start the history of deep-sea diving. Impassioned cinema, owner of a camera, Cousteau dreamed of making underwater films at once, but for lack of time the dream spent several years to be carried out, and the German Hans Hass made the first underwater film in the Antilles in 1939. Philippe Tailliez acquired a passion for free-diving and underwater photography. Philippe Tailliez In the summer and autumn of 1943 he aided Cousteau in the testing the prototype of the aqualung, making about five hundred dives, gradually going to deeper depths. These three divers would become known as the three mousquemers (musketeers of the sea) The Second World War separated their team temporarily and Philippe Tailliez in particular will take part at the time of the campaign in Syria, with naval action against the Vichy navy. He was a career naval officer who, in 1945, was appointed by admiral Lemonnier as the first commanding officer of the Group d’Etudes et de Recherches Sous-Marines G. E. R. S. (present name : CEPHISMER - CEllule Plongée Humaine et Intervention Sous la MER). Cousteau and Dumas were then transferred by him to the same service. With their ship "Elie Monnier" they performed many mine-clearing duties. At the same time they started their underwater exploration and archaeological finds off the coast of Mahdia, Tunisia. They did physiological test, discovering the principle of diving tables. In 1949 they helped Jacques Piccard off the coast of Dakar with his prototype of the bathyscaph. Tailliez has described these adventures in his book Plongées sans câble (Diving without a cable). Being then on armistice leave and thus having time, they made in 1942 without breathing apparatus the first French underwater film: "Par dix-huit mètres de fond" (= "18 meters deep"), and the next year "Epaves" (= "Wrecks"), this time with the Cousteau-Gagnan aqualung, and with the funds of the Marseilles company of reinflation "Marcellin". In 1945, the Gaullist admiral Lemonnier, having viewed this film, entrusted to Philippe Tailliez the direction of the G. R. S. (Group of Underwater Research), which becomes the G. E. R. S. (Group of Studies and Underwater Research) in 1950 (and Cephismer today). He had Cousteau and Dumas assigned there, and obtained a ship, the sloop "Elie Monnier", with which the three made innumerable missions of mine clearance, underwater exploration, physiological tests (discovering the principle of the diving tables), of underwater archaeology (in Mahdia in Tunisia) and of supporting the first bathyscaphes of Professor Jacques Piccard: the FNRS II in 1949 in Dakar. These adventures are told in the book of Philippe Tailliez "Plongées sans câble" ("Dives without cable" and in the book of James Dugan, Frederic Dumas and Jacques-Yves Cousteau "Le Monde du silence" (= "the World of silence") (former to film of the same name). In 1949, Philippe Taillez was sent to French Indo-China, where he was involved in combat diving during the anti-colonial rebellion there, leaving the direction of the G. E. R. S. to Cousteau and Jean Alinat. Philippe Taillez, on his return to France, he began, together with Hans Sellner, the development of the Aquarius, a new type of bathyscaphe that used liquid air to float; the previous bathyscaphe used a big bag full of petrol as a float. Through lack of financial support, they could not make it technically perfect and their prototype sank during the first test. On 20 January 1955 he was designated Commander of the Northern Rhine Flotilla and of the building base "the Vosges" at Koblenz-Bingen in Germany and took its command with the centre of the Maritime Forces of the Rhine on April 24. President Nasser's plan to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956, involved the Franco-English reaction of November 1956, marked Commander Tailliez deeply. He was also responsible for a part of a crawling "channel" of life, the Rhine, an artery essential for the economic welfare of his residents whose traffic is equivalent to that of Suez Canal: 100 million tons! He was joined soon there by the leading seaman Elies, who had been, in the Far East, one of the most solid monitors of his section of underwater intervention. Elies arrived to form, then to direct, the underwater intervention group, which obviously, was lacking with the flotilla. The binomial Taillez - Elies carried out 222 April 1956 the first dive in the pit of the narrows of Binger Loch, the deepest place in the Rhine. Taillez told about this dive in an article of the Maritime Review special number 172 of Christmas 1960, entitled "Dive in the Lorelei". On 1 August 1956, he left this Command to join a new assignment close to the diving at the edges of the Mediterranean. He was, from 1960 to 1963, the president of the technical commission of the Fédération française d'études et de sports sous-marins (French association for underwater studies and sports). He was also one of the founding member of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (World Underwater Federation). At the same time he conducted several underwater archaeological explorations. In 1960 he retired from the French Navy. From then on he devoted himself to the protection of the sea from environmental pollution. In 1964 he was a founding member of the scientific committee of the Port-Cros National Park. In 1982 he became the president of the GRAN (Groupe de Recherche en Archéologie Navale). Philippe Tailliez is considered as one of the fathers of modern deep-sea diving. He inspired Cousteau to his environmental consciousness. He was given many awards in France and abroad, for his multiple contributions. From 1960 to 1963 Philippe Tailliez was president of the National Technical Commission of the FFESSM and one of the founder members of the CMAS (World Confederation of the Subaqueous Activities). He was at the same time in underwater archaeology and led many sites with the assistance of the Management of underwater archaeological research and Navy. He chaired, as of his creation (1982), the GRAN (Group of Research in Naval Archaeology). After 1960, date of his retirement from the Navy, he was devoted to marine environmental protection. Keeping away from the media contrary to Cousteau, he was nevertheless very active. Founder member of the scientific Committee of the national park of Port-Cros, created in 1964 and of the Paul Ricardoceanographical Institute, he helped and advised with a constant generosity of many impassioned explorations, cinema and sea, of which some became famous. Considered the modern "father of deep-sea diving" and the inspirer of the environmental conscience of Cousteau, Philippe Tailliez received many distinctions, in France and abroad, for its multiple contributions. In 1943 he was awarded, with Cousteau and Dumas, the first prize ex-aequo on the Congrès du film documentaire for the first French underwater film Par dix-huit mètres de fond (Eighteen meters deep), shot the year before. He was awarded, again together with Cousteau and Dumas, the CIDALC Prize at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival for their film Epaves (shipwrecks) . He was the author of several books :, Philippe_Tailliez 2008-09-19T03:03:37Z Philippe Tailliez (15 June 1905, Malo-les-Bains - 2002, Toulon) was a friend and colleague of Jacques Cousteau. This underwater pioneer, who had been diving since the 1930s, died on 26 September 2002, in Toulon, France. His father Félix Tailliez, a career sailor then in station in Tahiti, told in his letters the stories of pearl divers, which fascinated his younger son (who had a brother, Jean, sailor also, and a sister, Monique). Philippe Taillez left the naval college in 1924, was affected in Toulon. He became impassioned by the underwater breath-holding, hunting and images, and became the French Navy's swimming champion. Inspired by the philosophy of the Swiss naturalist Jacques Grob, who he met in Carqueiranne where he lived, of gardening and underwater fishing, he already took heed of the fragility of the sea: "the fertile coastal belt, rich in colors and in fish", he wrote in 1937, "is not broader than a river. ". Officer on the destroyer Condorcet, Philippe Tailliez made the acquaintance of a young ensign of vessel with who be later discovered the diving and nature: the gunner Jacques-Yves Cousteau. In 1936 he introduced Cousteau, while both were officers on the Condorcet, to the sport of goggle fishing and two years later to Frédéric Dumas, another diving companion. These three men would start the history of deep-sea diving. Impassioned cinema, owner of a camera, Cousteau dreamed of making underwater films at once, but for lack of time the dream spent several years to be carried out, and the German Hans Hass made the first underwater film in the Antilles in 1939. Philippe Tailliez acquired a passion for free-diving and underwater photography. Philippe Tailliez In the summer and autumn of 1943 he aided Cousteau in the testing the prototype of the aqualung, making about five hundred dives, gradually going to deeper depths. These three divers would become known as the three mousquemers (musketeers of the sea) The Second World War separated their team temporarily and Philippe Tailliez in particular will take part at the time of the campaign in Syria, with naval action against the Vichy navy. He was a career naval officer who, in 1945, was appointed by admiral Lemonnier as the first commanding officer of the Group d’Etudes et de Recherches Sous-Marines G. E. R. S. (present name : CEPHISMER - CEllule Plongée Humaine et Intervention Sous la MER). Cousteau and Dumas were then transferred by him to the same service. With their ship "Elie Monnier" they performed many mine-clearing duties. At the same time they started their underwater exploration and archaeological finds off the coast of Mahdia, Tunisia. They did physiological test, discovering the principle of diving tables. In 1949 they helped Jacques Piccard off the coast of Dakar with his prototype of the bathyscaph. Tailliez has described these adventures in his book Plongées sans câble (Diving without a cable). Being then on armistice leave and thus having time, they made in 1942 without breathing apparatus the first French underwater film: "Par dix-huit mètres de fond" (= "18 meters deep"), and the next year "Epaves" (= "Wrecks"), this time with the Cousteau-Gagnan aqualung, and with the funds of the Marseilles company of reinflation "Marcellin". In 1945, the Gaullist admiral Lemonnier, having viewed this film, entrusted to Philippe Tailliez the direction of the G. R. S. (Group of Underwater Research), which becomes the G. E. R. S. (Group of Studies and Underwater Research) in 1950 (and Cephismer today). He had Cousteau and Dumas assigned there, and obtained a ship, the sloop "Elie Monnier", with which the three made innumerable missions of mine clearance, underwater exploration, physiological tests (discovering the principle of the diving tables), of underwater archaeology (in Mahdia in Tunisia) and of supporting the first bathyscaphes of Professor Jacques Piccard: the FNRS II in 1949 in Dakar. These adventures are told in the book of Philippe Tailliez "Plongées sans câble" ("Dives without cable" and in the book of James Dugan, Frederic Dumas and Jacques-Yves Cousteau "Le Monde du silence" (= "the World of silence") (former to film of the same name). In 1949, Philippe Taillez was sent to French Indo-China, where he was involved in combat diving during the anti-colonial rebellion there, leaving the direction of the G. E. R. S. to Cousteau and Jean Alinat. Philippe Taillez, on his return to France, he began, together with Hans Sellner, the development of the Aquarius, a new type of bathyscaphe that used liquid air to float; the previous bathyscaphe used a big bag full of petrol as a float. Through lack of financial support, they could not make it technically perfect and their prototype sank during the first test. On 20 January 1955 he was designated Commander of the Northern Rhine Flotilla and of the building base "the Vosges" at Koblenz-Bingen in Germany and took its command with the centre of the Maritime Forces of the Rhine on April 24. President Nasser's plan to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956, involved the Franco-English reaction of November 1956, marked Commander Tailliez deeply. He was also responsible for a part of a crawling "channel" of life, the Rhine, an artery essential for the economic welfare of his residents whose traffic is equivalent to that of Suez Canal: 100 million tons! He was joined soon there by the leading seaman Elies, who had been, in the Far East, one of the most solid monitors of his section of underwater intervention. Elies arrived to form, then to direct, the underwater intervention group, which obviously, was lacking with the flotilla. The binomial Taillez - Elies carried out 222 April 1956 the first dive in the pit of the narrows of Binger Loch, the deepest place in the Rhine. Taillez told about this dive in an article of the Maritime Review special number 172 of Christmas 1960, entitled "Dive in the Lorelei". On 1 August 1956, he left this Command to join a new assignment close to the diving at the edges of the Mediterranean. At the same time he conducted several underwater archaeological explorations. In 1960 he retired from the French Navy. From then on he devoted himself to the protection of the sea from environmental pollution. In 1964 he was a founding member of the scientific committee of the Port-Cros National Park. In 1982 he became the president of the GRAN (Groupe de Recherche en Archéologie Navale). He was, from 1960 to 1963, the president of the technical commission of the Fédération française d'études et de sports sous-marins (French association for underwater studies and sports). He was also one of the founding member of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (World Underwater Federation). Philippe Tailliez is considered as one of the fathers of modern deep-sea diving. He inspired Cousteau to his environmental consciousness. He was given many awards in France and abroad, for his multiple contributions. From 1960 to 1963 Philippe Tailliez was president of the National Technical Commission of the FFESSM and one of the founder members of the CMAS (World Confederation of the Subaqueous Activities). He was at the same time in underwater archaeology and led many sites with the assistance of the Management of underwater archaeological research and Navy. He chaired, as of his creation (1982), the GRAN (Group of Research in Naval Archaeology). After 1960, date of his retirement from the Navy, he was devoted to marine environmental protection. Keeping away from the media contrary to Cousteau, he was nevertheless very active. Founder member of the scientific Committee of the national park of Port-Cros, created in 1964 and of the Paul Ricardoceanographical Institute, he helped and advised with a constant generosity of many impassioned explorations, cinema and sea, of which some became famous. Considered the modern "father of deep-sea diving" and the inspirer of the environmental conscience of Cousteau, Philippe Tailliez received many distinctions, in France and abroad, for his many contributions. In 1943 he was awarded, with Cousteau and Dumas, the first prize ex-aequo on the Congrès du film documentaire for the first French underwater film Par dix-huit mètres de fond (Eighteen meters deep), shot the year before. He was awarded, again together with Cousteau and Dumas, the CIDALC Prize at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival for their film Epaves (shipwrecks) . Books in French about Philippe Tailliez: He was the author of several books : | 0 |
Lado_Gurgenidze | Lado_Gurgenidze 2007-11-16T16:48:03Z Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე) (born December 17, 1970) is a Georgian business executive and politician. He has served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia since May 2006 and was nominated, on November 16, 2007, by the President Mikheil Saakashvili as the Prime Minister to succeed Zurab Noghaideli. Gurgenidze holds a dual citizenship of Georgia and the United Kingdom. He acted as a Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Georgia (BOG) since 2004, and was elected as a chairman of its supervisory board in May 2006. He helped the BOG make significant progress and become one of Georgia's leading banks. Gurgenidze received a great deal of publicity in 2006 when he hosted a reality television show The Candidate on Rustavi 2, a Georgian version of Donald Trump’s franchise The Apprentice. He is reported to have always been on good terms with the authorities, particularly with President Saakashvili, and has even criticized the opposition during the November 2007 political crisis in the country. , Lado_Gurgenidze 2009-04-08T14:21:03Z Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ (ლადო) გურგენიძე) (born December 17, 1970) is a Georgian politician and businessman, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Georgia and, thus, the Head of the Government of Georgia. He took office on 22 November 2007 after being invited by the President of Georgia to form a new government. Prior to this Gurgenidze served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia. Gurgenidze served as the Prime Minister until 1 November 2008 when the Parliament of Georgia approved Grigol Mgaloblishvili on the position of the Prime Minister. Gurgenidze is currently chairing a new commission, which is concentrated on stabilizing the financial sector. Lado Gurgenidze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. He holds dual citizenship of Georgia and of the United Kingdom. Gurgenidze graduated from the Tbilisi State University and Middlebury College as well as obtaining a MBA degree from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. From 1997 to 1998, he served as the Director of ABN AMRO Corporate Finance in Russia and CIS. In 1998, he moved to London and served in various senior capacities at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, including as a Managing Director and Head of Technology Corporate Finance (2001-2002) and as a Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Emerging European Markets (1998-2000). In July 2003, he joined, as a Managing Director and Regional Manager Europe, Putnam Lovell NBF, a leading global boutique investment banking firm focusing on the financial services sector, wholly-owned by the National Bank of Canada. After the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia, he returned to Tbilisi and worked as a Chief Executive Officer for the Bank of Georgia (BOG) from 2004 to 2006. In May 2006, he was elected a Chairman of the BOG Supervisory Board. He helped the BOG make significant progress and become one of Georgia's leading banks. Gurgenidze received a great deal of publicity in 2006 when he hosted a reality television show The Candidate on Rustavi 2, a Georgian version of Donald Trump’s franchise The Apprentice. Prime Minister is married to Larissa Gurgenidze and they have three children. Shortly after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations, Gurgenidze was nominated by President Saakashvili to the post of Prime Minister of Georgia on 16 November, 2007, after Zurab Noghaideli resigned citing health problems. He was approved by and formally granted the trust of the Parliament of Georgia by a confidence vote on 22 November, 2007. Although this is his first entry into politics, Gurgenidze is reported to have always been on good terms with the authorities, particularly with President Saakashvili, and has even criticized the opposition during the crisis. On October 27, 2008, Gurgenidze resigned from the prime minister's office. The president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, said that both he and Gurgenidze had taken a "joint decision" in deciding it was best for Gurgenidze to quit, citing constitutional amendments obliged the president to name a new prime minister after parliamentary elections held in May. The president had later reiterated that such Gurgenidze's departure had been planned before the 2008 South Ossetia war. The president added that "Gurgenidze and I came to the mutual decision that he would step down to lead a new anti-crisis commission on the economy. " It was also speculated that the moves came after Nino Burjanadze, who had twice served as interim president, said she was going to form a "clear-cut opposition party" to be called the Democratic Movement - United Georgia in order to face up to "threats," and Saakashvili in opposition to his handling of the conflict. His successor, Grigol Mgaloblishvili, was nominated on the day Gurgenidze resigned and confirmed by parliament on 1 November 2008. | 0 |
Mark Birighitti | Mark Birighitti 2014-01-04T19:27:49Z Mark Birighitti (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian goalkeeper who plays for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League. Mark started his career at the AIS before moving to Adelaide United in 2008. He made his first team debut against Queensland Roar on 17 October 2008 helping Adelaide to a 1–0 win. Aurelio Vidmar praised the young goalkeeper after the game saying "I think Birighitti played well he's got a really good future,he had big shoes to fill and I think he did an outstanding job tonight." His second successive A-League start came against Perth Glory at Hindmarsh Stadium after Adelaide's number one goalkeeper, 28-year-old Eugene Galekovic, was injured during the Asian Champions League game against FC Bunyodkor. Despite conceding the game's first goal at the near post, Birighitti played his part in the 2–1 win taking Adelaide to the top of the league table. With Galekovic again ruled out with injury Birighitti started the second leg of the 2008 AFC Champions League Final against Gamba Osaka on 12 November 2008; Adelaide lost the match 2–0. He injured his ankle after falling awkwardly in a training session on 17 December 2008 ruling him out of the remaining A-League 2008-09 season. On 17 January 2012 it was announced he had signed a two year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets starting post the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage. He quickly became the first choice goalkeeper for the Newcastle Jets, edging out Ben Kennedy and Jack Duncan. In late 2013 he signed a contract extension with the Jets until the end of the 2015/16 season 2013-2014 season: After round 3 Birighitti had kept 2 clean sheets and was the 2012-13 Newcastle Jets player of the year. Mark was selected in the Australian Under-19 squad for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He made his debut for the senior Australian national team in Australia's final match of the 2013 East Asian Football Cup against China. (Correct as of 29 March 2013) 1 – includes A-League final series statistics 2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.) With Australia:, Mark Birighitti 2015-10-25T10:33:46Z Mark Birighitti (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian goalkeeper who plays for Newcastle Jets. Mark started his career at the AIS before moving to Adelaide United in 2008. He made his first team debut against Queensland Roar on 17 October 2008 helping Adelaide to a 1–0 win. Aurelio Vidmar praised the young goalkeeper after the game saying "I think Birighitti played well he's got a really good future,he had big shoes to fill and I think he did an outstanding job tonight." His second successive A-League start came against Perth Glory at Hindmarsh Stadium after Adelaide's number one goalkeeper, 28-year-old Eugene Galekovic, was injured during the Asian Champions League game against FC Bunyodkor. Despite conceding the game's first goal at the near post, Birighitti played his part in the 2–1 win taking Adelaide to the top of the league table. With Galekovic again ruled out with injury Birighitti started the second leg of the 2008 AFC Champions League Final against Gamba Osaka on 12 November 2008; Adelaide lost the match 2–0. He injured his ankle after falling awkwardly in a training session on 17 December 2008 ruling him out of the remaining A-League 2008-09 season. On 17 January 2012 it was announced he had signed a two year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets starting post the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage. He quickly became the first choice goalkeeper for the Newcastle Jets, edging out Ben Kennedy and Jack Duncan. In late 2013 he signed a contract extension with the Jets until the end of the 2015–16 season On 24 March 2014, Birighitti flew to Germany to discuss a possible transfer to Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Should he secure a contract, Birighitti will join compatriot Robbie Kruse at the club. After failing to secure a contract with Bayer Leverkusen he then came back to the Jets for the 2014–15 season. On 27 January 2015, Birighitti joined Italian Serie B club Varese on a six month loan deal. Mark Birighitti made his Serie B debut for A.S. Varese in a 1-0 away loss to Vicenza on 25 April 2015. Mark was selected in the Australian Under-19 squad for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He made his debut for the senior Australian national team in Australia's final match of the 2013 East Asian Football Cup against China. CS = Clean Sheets 1 – includes A-League final series statistics 2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing during group stages (i.e. ACL 2008 and A-League season 2007–08 etc.) With Australia: Individual http://www.datasport.it/calcio/serie-b/entella/serie-b-entella-varese-0-1-gol-highlights-video.htm | 1 |
Tucker_Wildlife_Sanctuary | Tucker_Wildlife_Sanctuary 2020-07-16T18:43:58Z Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary is a non-profit nature reserve on the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, California in the United States. It is located near the end of Modjeska Canyon, at the foot of Modjeska Peak, and adjacent to the Cleveland National Forest. The Sanctuary is owned and operated by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The nearest community is the city of Lake Forest. The Sanctuary serves as a research center for CSUF students, faculty and others. Tucker is open to the public to enjoy and learn about the local wildlife and natural habitat in the Southern California canyon area. Tucker's facilities include a small natural history museum and interpretive center, two ponds, a bird observation porch and feeders, relaxing patio and picnic areas, a small amphitheatre, a caretaker's house, hiking trails, a gift shop, restrooms and a visitor parking lot. 33°42′38″N 117°37′11″W / 33. 71051°N 117. 61978°W / 33. 71051; -117. 61978, Tucker_Wildlife_Sanctuary 2023-05-01T20:01:50Z Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary is a non-profit nature reserve on the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, California, in the United States. It is located near the end of Modjeska Canyon, at the foot of Modjeska Peak, and adjacent to the Cleveland National Forest. The Sanctuary is owned and operated by the Environmental Nature Center (ENC). The nearest community is the city of Lake Forest. The Sanctuary serves as a research center for California State University, Fullerton students, faculty and others. Tucker is open to the public to enjoy and learn about the local wildlife and natural habitat in the Southern California canyon area. Tucker's facilities include a small natural history museum and interpretive center, two ponds, a bird observation porch and feeders, relaxing patio and picnic areas, a small amphitheatre, a caretaker's house, hiking trails, a gift shop, restrooms and a visitor parking lot. 33°42′38″N 117°37′11″W / 33. 71051°N 117. 61978°W / 33. 71051; -117. 61978 | 0 |
Fightmaster_Cup | Fightmaster_Cup 2007-11-09T09:08:30Z The Fightmaster Cup is a match play golf tournament involving players from North America and Europe. It is an event which involves golfers with the use of one arm only, with it being the first international tournament in history for one-armed golfers. The Cup is named after Don Fightmaster, described by Time magazine as "an Arnold Palmer of the one-armed-golf world". The tournament is played between one-armed golfers from the North American One-Armed Golfer Association, formed in 2000, and the Society of One-Armed Golfers, formed in 1932 and based in Glasgow. As a team event, the winner will be one of the two continental organisations and not individual players. The inaugural meeting in 2008 will be held just prior to the Ryder Cup, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, near Louisville. The new tournament's requirements on participants are still being debated and discussed, with the exclusion of "assisted players" being a prominent issue. The 2008 Fightmaster Cup will consist of two teams, selected by each of the two competing associations. Both teams will consist of twelve competitors, selected primarily from annually-held and end-of-season championships within their continental associations. The tournament will take place over three days, from September 11 through to September 13. The match play format follows that of the Ryder Cup, with the tournament consisting of eight foursomes matches, eight fourball matches and twelve singles matches. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. The winner of the Fightmaster Cup will be the association who scores the most points following the twenty-four matches over the three days. According to the rules of the tournament, only players who just use one arm to play and do not use the second during golfing in any way are allowed to compete. The exclusion of "assisted players" from the event is currently being debated; that is, players who use a second arm (or prosthetic substitute) to support the club despite the arm not being functional and responsive. The North American association has a division to accommodate assisted players, while the European association does not. , Fightmaster_Cup 2009-12-18T14:00:27Z The Fightmaster Cup is a match play golf tournament involving players from North America and Europe. It is an event which involves golfers with the use of one arm only, with it being the first international tournament in history for one-armed golfers. The Cup is named after Don Fightmaster, described by Time magazine as "an Arnold Palmer of the one-armed-golf world". The tournament is played between one-armed golfers from the North American One-Armed Golfer Association, formed in 2000, and the Society of One-Armed Golfers, formed in 1932 and based in Glasgow. As a team event, the winner will be one of the two continental organisations and not individual players. The inaugural meeting in 2008 will be held just prior to the Ryder Cup, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky, near Louisville. The new tournament's requirements on participants are still being debated and discussed, with the exclusion of "assisted players" being a prominent issue. The 2008 Fightmaster Cup will consist of two teams, selected by each of the two competing associations. Both teams will consist of twelve competitors, selected primarily from annually-held and end-of-season championships within their continental associations. The tournament will take place over three days, from September 11 through to September 13. The match play format follows that of the Ryder Cup, with the tournament consisting of eight foursomes matches, eight fourball matches and twelve singles matches. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. The winner of the Fightmaster Cup will be the association who scores the most points following the twenty-four matches over the three days. According to the rules of the tournament, only players who just use one arm to play and do not use the second during golfing in any way are allowed to compete. The exclusion of "assisted players" from the event is currently being debated; that is, players who use a second arm (or prosthetic substitute) to support the club despite the arm not being functional and responsive. The North American association has a division to accommodate assisted players, while the European association does not. | 0 |
Yury Gazinsky | Yury Gazinsky 2012-01-10T19:02:16Z Yuri Aleksandrovich Gazinskiy (Russian: Юрий Александрович Газинский; born July 20, 1989) is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok squad, Yury Gazinsky 2013-12-06T18:42:28Z Yuri Aleksandrovich Gazinskiy (Russian: Юрий Александрович Газинский; born July 20, 1989) is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian Premier League for FC Krasnodar. | 1 |
Ralph_Larkin | Ralph_Larkin 2008-03-29T12:13:44Z Ralph W. Larkin (May 27, 1940) is an American sociologist and research consultant. He is the author of Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis (1979), Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (1986), and Comprehending Columbine (2007). He was born in Los Angeles, California on May 27, 1940, and obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1961. After teaching elementary school in California, Larkin obtained a master's degree in education from California State University at Northridge in 1966, and received his Ph. D. in Sociology of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1969. In 1970, Larkin moved to New York and worked as a research associate at the Center for Urban Education. He became an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in 1973. Larkin has taught coursework in the Department of Sociology at the Newark College of Arts and Science of Rutgers University, and was also a professor at the Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education. After the publication of his work Comprehending Columbine, Larkin was contacted by the press for comment on the Columbine High School massacre, and stated that that there are multiple factors which stimulate violence in our society. Prior to writing the book, Larkin had given a seminar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Center on Terrorism, entitled: "From Oklahoma City to Columbine: Paramilitary Influences on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. " Larkin is a Senior Research Associate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and owns his own consulting firm called Academic Research Consulting Service. Larkin met fellow fellow sociologist Daniel A. Foss when they were both teaching Sociology at Rutgers University. They have frequently partnered in research on the study of social movements. The book Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements was co-authored with Foss. Larkin and Foss have also jointly published research in sociology journals, including a piece on the white middle class youth movement of the 1960s and its relationship to later movements such as the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, Swami Muktananda and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in Theory and Society. They later wrote a more focused article dealing with Guru Maharaji Ji and his followers, which was published in Sociological Analysis, and a piece dealing with the vocabulary utilized in these social movements, in Social Text. Larkin and Foss' research has later been cited by books on both the 1960s subculture, and on movements of social change such as the Hippie movement and other forms of counterculture and subculture. , Ralph_Larkin 2009-08-08T01:31:08Z Ralph W. Larkin (May 27, 1940) is an American sociologist and research consultant. He is the author of Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis (1979), Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements (1986), and Comprehending Columbine (2007). He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and received a master's degree in education from California State University at Northridge. In 1969 he received a Ph. D. in Sociology of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, and he taught sociology at Rutgers University in 1973. He met fellow sociologist Daniel A. Foss while teaching at Rutgers, and they later partnered in researching social movements. They co-authored a book together on social movements, and have jointly published studies in academic journals including Theory and Society, Sociological Analysis, and Social Text. Larkin is a Senior Research Associate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and owns his own consulting firm called Academic Research Consulting Service. Larkin was born in Los Angeles, California on May 27, 1940, and obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1961. After teaching elementary school in California, Larkin obtained a master's degree in education from California State University at Northridge in 1966, and received his Ph. D. in Sociology of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1969. In 1970, Larkin moved to New York and worked as a research associate at the Center for Urban Education. He became an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in 1973. Larkin met fellow sociologist Daniel A. Foss when they were both teaching Sociology at Rutgers University. They have frequently partnered in research on the study of social movements. The book Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of Social Movements was co-authored with Foss. Larkin and Foss have also jointly published research in sociology journals, including a piece on the white middle class youth movement of the 1960s and its relationship to later movements such as the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, Swami Muktananda and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in Theory and Society. They later wrote a more focused article dealing with Guru Maharaj Ji and his followers, which was published in Sociological Analysis, and a piece dealing with the vocabulary utilized in these social movements, in Social Text. Larkin and Foss' research has later been cited by books on both the 1960s subculture, and on movements of social change such as the Hippie movement and other forms of counterculture and subculture. Larkin has taught coursework in the Department of Sociology at the Newark College of Arts and Science of Rutgers University, and was also a professor at the Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education. After the publication of his work Comprehending Columbine, Larkin was contacted by the press for comment on the Columbine High School massacre, and discussed a judge's decision to seal information and tapes containing information about the killers. "The judge said the tapes were incendiary. We have plenty of things already that stimulate violence," said Larkin. Prior to writing the book, Larkin had given a seminar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Center on Terrorism, entitled: "From Oklahoma City to Columbine: Paramilitary Influences on Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. " Larkin is a Senior Research Associate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and owns his own consulting firm called Academic Research Consulting Service. | 0 |
Rick Fox | Rick Fox 2012-02-03T05:29:38Z Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. Fox was born in Toronto, the son of Dianne Gerace, who was an Olympic high jumper and women's pentathlete, and Ulrich Fox. His father is Bahamian and his mother is Italian Canadian. Fox's family moved to his father's native Bahamas when Fox was three. He attended Kingsway Academy in Nassau, where he was a member of the high school's basketball team, the "Saints." Fox also played high school basketball in Warsaw, Indiana. After two seasons (1984–1986) at Warsaw, Fox was projected to have a monster senior season. Just prior to his senior season, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) ruled that he had no more high school eligibility left (due to completing eight semesters in the Bahamas) and was not allowed to participate in any IHSAA games. Despite not playing his senior season, Fox was voted onto the Indiana All-Star team in 1987. He then went on to star collegiately at the University of North Carolina where his highlights included leading the Tar Heels to the 1991 NCAA Final Four. Fox began his pro basketball career when he was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. As a member of the Celtics, Fox became the first rookie starter on opening night since Larry Bird in 1979. Fox played for thirteen seasons in the NBA (from 1991–1997 with Boston and from 1997–2004 with the Los Angeles Lakers). With the Lakers, Fox won three NBA championships: in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and played in the 2004 NBA Finals. On April 5, 1999, Fox scored his 6,000th career point in the Lakers' 117-104 victory over the Denver Nuggets. In 56 career NBA Playoff games, he averaged 6.1 points per game, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Fox played internationally for Canada once, at the 1994 FIBA Basketball World Championship held in Toronto. Fox's acting credits include playing prison inmate Jackson Vahue on the HBO prison drama Oz. He has also appeared in a number of basketball themed films, namely Eddie, He Got Game, and Blue Chips. Fox was a producer of The 1 Second Film, the largest collaborative nonprofit film ever created. Fox has guest starred in One Tree Hill, Missing, and Shark with James Woods. He appeared in the movie Holes. In 2007, Fox signed on with the show Dirt to play a recurring role in a multi-episode storyline. He also had a lead role in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns as Harry, Angela Bassett's love interest. He played Wilhelmina Slater's bodyguard and lover in the second season of Ugly Betty, opposite his former wife Vanessa L. Williams. In 2008 and 2009, he had a recurring role (as a fictionalized version of himself) on the CW comedy-drama television series The Game. In 2009, Fox played himself in an episode of Party Down on Starz. In Fall 2010, he was also a celebrity contestant on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, paired with pro Cheryl Burke. They came in 6th place. Fox guest starred in an episode of The Big Bang Theory entitled "The Love Car Displacement" in 2011. Fox also played himself in three sketches of Jake and Amir for CollegeHumor (1 Apr 2011, 12 June 2011, and 18 Oct 2011). Fox guest starred for 2 episodes in VH1's Single Ladies. Fox guest starred in an episode of Body of Proof entitled "Love Thy Neighbor" in 2011. Fox currently has a recurring role on Tyler Perry's House of Payne. Fox has a son with college girlfriend Kari Hillsman. Fox was also married to actress/singer Vanessa L. Williams. After eloping in summer 1999 in the Caribbean, they had another ceremony in September 1999 in New York. They had a daughter in May 2000. After The National Enquirer published pictures of Fox kissing and hugging another woman in mid-2004, Fox's representative announced that the couple had been "headed toward divorce" for over a year. A few months later in August 2004, Fox filed for divorce from Williams. In 2010, it was reported that Fox was dating actress Eliza Dushku. Squad 1994 FIBA World Championship, Rick Fox 2013-12-22T16:16:43Z Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. Fox was born in Toronto, the son of Dianne Gerace, who was an Olympic high jumper and women's pentathlete, and Ulrich Fox. His father is Bahamian and his mother is Italian Canadian. Fox's family moved to his father's native Bahamas when Fox was young. He attended Kingsway Academy in Nassau, where he was a member of the high school's basketball team, the "Saints." Fox also played high school basketball in Warsaw, Indiana. After two seasons (1984–1986) at Warsaw, Fox was projected to have a monster senior season. Just prior to his senior season, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) ruled that he had no more high school eligibility left (due to completing eight semesters in the Bahamas) and was not allowed to participate in any IHSAA games. Despite not playing his senior season, Fox was voted onto the Indiana All-Star team in 1987. He then went on to star collegiately at the University of North Carolina where his highlights included leading the Tar Heels to the 1991 NCAA Final Four. Fox began his pro basketball career when he was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (24th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. As a member of the Celtics, Fox became the first rookie starter on opening night since Larry Bird in 1979 and made the 1992 NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 8 points a game. Fox played off the bench his first two seasons as the Celtics reached the playoffs for the last time in the Larry Bird era. By the 1995-1996 season, Fox had become the team's starting small forward and achieved double figure scoring. He recorded career highs of 15.4 points a game and 2.2 steals a game (4th in the league) and made 101 three-point field goals in the 1997-1998 campaign. In the summer of 1997, the Celtics released Fox, and he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. He played and started in all 82 games during the 1997-1998 season, averaging 12 points a game. In the playoffs, he tallied 10.9 points a game as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Utah Jazz. In the 1998-1999 season, the Lakers acquired All-Star small forward Glen Rice. Fox primarily served as his backup during the next two seasons. Prior to the 1999-2000 season, Phil Jackson became the team's head coach. The Lakers achieved the league's best record with 67 wins, led by the MVP play of Shaquille O'Neal and the young all-star Kobe Bryant under Jackson's triangle offense. In the playoffs, Fox played all 23 games as the Lakers advanced to the 2000 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers. In the Finals, Fox averaged 6.7 points, including 11 in the Lakers' game 1 victory. In game 6, with the Lakers leading the series 3-2, Fox hit a critical three pointer in the 4th quarter to help the Lakers' final rally as they won the game and the NBA title, Fox's first. Following the departure of Glen Rice, Fox started 77 of 82 games in the 2000-2001 season, posting averages of 9.6 points a game while shooting 39 percent from three point range. In the playoffs, Fox started in all 16 games as the Lakers swept through the first three rounds and reached the 2001 NBA Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers. Fox scored 19 points in the Lakers' game 1 loss; the 76ers were led by Allen Iverson's 48 points. The Lakers would win the next four games of the series, securing their second straight championship. In the fifth game, Fox contributed with 20 points, and hit all three of his three-point field goal attempts. In the 2001-2002 season, Fox played and started in all 82 games in the regular season and in all of the Lakers' 19 playoff games. The Lakers faced a grueling 7 game series against the Sacramento Kings, with Fox scoring 13 points in the Lakers' game 7 victory in Sacramento. In the 2002 NBA Finals against the New Jersey Nets, Fox averaged 9.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals as the Lakers swept the Nets in 4 games to win their third straight NBA title. In the 2002-2003 season, Fox started in 75 of 76 games but suffered an ankle injury that kept him out of the last two games of the first round against the Minnesota Timberwolves and the entire Western Conference Semifinal series against the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs defeated the Lakers 4-2. Fox missed 40 games in the 2003-2004 season due to a foot injury, but started in 34 of 38 games while active. He would only play in 3 of 16 playoff games as the Lakers advanced to the 2004 NBA Finals but lost to the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. In 56 career NBA playoff games, Fox averaged 6.1 points per game, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Fox played internationally for Canada once, at the 1994 FIBA Basketball World Championship held in Toronto. While attending UNC, Fox completed a bachelor's degree in Radio, Television and Motion Pictures. In 1994 Fox appeared in the film Blue Chips as a member of the Texas Western basketball team. In 1996 Fox then played the role of Terry Hastings in the film Eddie, a slumping basketball player who receives help from fan "Eddie" played by Whoopi Goldberg. Fox then had a role as the ladies man Chick Deagan in the 1998 film He Got Game film directed by Spike Lee. It was in 1997 however that Fox received the biggest role of his early acting career playing prison inmate Jackson Vahue on the HBO prison drama Oz, appearing in 11 episodes of the show between 1997 and 2003. Vahue is a superstar basketball player imprisoned for charges related to a major drug addiction. Fox first appeared on the episode To Your Health and each of the following episodes for the rest of the first season. His character would again appear at the beginning of the second season, before returning during the middle of the fourth season on the episode Revenge is Sweet and appearing on the duration of the season, as Vahue is nearing probation. His character's final appearance would come in the show's last season, on series finale Exeunt Omnes, when Vahue is almost killed by the character Brass. Fox was a supporting actor in the 1999 film Resurrection playing the role of Detective Scholfield and the role of Ray in the television film The Collectors. At the time ESPN quoted Fox as saying of trying to balance his acting career with his sports career that, "I mean, Penny Marshall is courtside. You got Jack (Nicholson) and Denzel (Washington). The head of the William Morris Agency is there. (Ally McBeal creator) David E. Kelley comes to some games ... I want to jump into conversations with them, but I'm working!" In addition to Oz, Fox appeared in three more television series in the year 2003. On the first season of the crime drama 1-800-Missing starring Vivica A. Fox, Rick Fox played the role of Eric Renard over five episodes. He also provided the voice of the characters Flash Williams and Smooth Daley on the Crime Wave/Odd Ball episode of Nickelodeon's animated series The Fairly OddParents, and played the role of Peter Sampson on the television show Street Time. As Eric Renard he played the love interest of the FBI agent Brooke Haslett, played by actress Gloria Reuben. That year he also appeared in the film Holes in the supporting character role of Clyde 'Sweetfeet' Livingston. In 2005 Rick Fox guest starred as the character Stephen Melbourne in the UPN television series Kevin Hill and appeared in Love, Inc. as the character David Marley, appearing in six episodes after only being announced for three. In 2006 Fox played the role of Fabrizio in the film Mini's First Time in addition to appearing over five episodes as the character Daunte on the drama One Tree Hill. In 2007 Fox played Wilhelmina Slater's bodyguard and lover Dwayne in the second season of Ugly Betty, opposite his former wife Vanessa L. Williams. The following year Fox signed on with the show Dirt to play a recurring role in a multi-episode storyline lasting six episodes playing the role of Prince Tyrese. In 2008 and 2009, he had a recurring role (as a fictionalized version of himself) on the BET comedy-drama television series The Game, also returning to reprise his role in the 2012 season finale. In 2008 Fox also had a lead role in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns as Harry, a coach trying to court the character of Brenda played by Angela Bassett. In 2009, Fox played himself in the comedies Party Down and Head Case, and he currently has recurring roles on VH1's Single Ladies and Tyler Perry's House of Payne. In 2010 Fox briefly guest starred on the science-fiction series Dollhouse, and took on a recurring role on the CW remake of Melrose Place. In 2011, Fox then played the role of Bernadette's ex-boyfriend Glenn in The Big Bang Theory episode The Love Car Displacement. In an article about his appearance TV Guide quoted Fox as saying about his role, "It's all in Glenn's head now. 'How am I losing to this guy? He's smarter than me ... I love that they turned the 'threatening ex' on its ear. At the end of the day, I have more insecurity about my intellect and am constantly fighting to be accepted intellectually and be seen for more than my looks and my size. I want to appear intelligent and prove my intelligence. That's where I'm battling with him." In 2011 Fox also played a suspect on the crime drama Body of Proof and in 2012 he played the character Andre Carson on the series Franklin & Bash. He also played the recurring role of Winston on Single Ladies and Andrew Thompson the series Mr. Box Office. Fox has also appeared in four videos with CollegeHumor duo Jake and Amir titled "Rick Fox", "Rick Fox 2", "Rick Fox 3" and "Rick Fox 4". In these videos Fox plays Amir's bookie and is shown to have a fixation on eggs and chicken. His girlfriend, Eliza Dushku, appears in "Rick Fox 4." In 2013, Fox played the role of Chase Vincent in the VH1 series Hit the Floor. In late 2010, he was a celebrity contestant on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, paired with pro Cheryl Burke. They came in sixth place. He was host of the "Jace Hall Show" for 5 episodes. Fox appeared as a contestant in Jeff Foxworthy's "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?", in show season #3. He was a special guest judge during season four of RuPaul's Drag Race. Fox has a son with college girlfriend Kari Hillsman. Fox was also married to actress/singer Vanessa L. Williams. After eloping in summer 1999 in the Caribbean, they had another ceremony in September 1999 in New York. They had a daughter in May 2000. After The National Enquirer published pictures of Fox kissing and hugging another woman in mid-2004, Fox's representative announced that the couple had been "headed toward divorce" for over a year. A few months later in August 2004, Fox filed for divorce from Williams. Fox and Williams' split however was amicable enough for the two of them to work onscreen together several years later on the television show Ugly Betty. Currently Fox is dating actress Eliza Dushku. He has a younger sister, Jeanene Fox, who is a highly successful European model and actress. Squad 1994 FIBA World Championship | 1 |
1911_Detroit_Tigers_season | 1911_Detroit_Tigers_season 2009-02-12T20:51:48Z The 1911 Detroit Tigers had a record of 82-72 and finished in second place in the American League, 13-1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. They outscored their opponents 831-776, and drew 484,988 fans to Bennett Park (4th of 8 teams in attendance). The 1911 Tigers opened the season with a phenomenal 21-2 record. They were in first place in the American League every day except one until August 3, 1911. After going 59-24, the wheels fell off as the team lost 20 of 30 games in July and were 23-43 in the second half. The Tigers lost 20 of 30 games in July and ended up 13-1/2 games behind the Athletics. The 1911 Tigers had two of the best batters in baseball in Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. Cobb led both leagues in batting average (. 420), RBIs (127), stolen bases (83), slugging (. 621), runs (147), hits (248), total bases (367), doubles (47), and extra base hits (79). Crawford was not far behind, ranking in the top three in the AL in batting average (. 378), slugging (. 438), hits (217), total bases (302), and RBIs (115). The team ranked second best in the American League in runs scored but the pitching staff's earned run average of 3. 73 was the second worst in the league -- a full point above the league leading Red Sox' team ERA of 2. 74. Infielders Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Donie Bush Ty Cobb Sam Crawford George Mullin Ed Willett Ralph Works The following members of the 1911 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 players of all time at their position, as ranked in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:, 1911_Detroit_Tigers_season 2010-01-29T16:52:56Z The 1911 Detroit Tigers had a record of 82-72 and finished in second place in the American League, 13-1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. They outscored their opponents 831-776, and drew 484,988 fans to Bennett Park (4th of 8 teams in attendance). The 1911 Detroit Tigers opened the season with a phenomenal 21-2 record. The Tigers set the modern record for home wins to start the season, 12-0, and were 51-25 at home but 38-40 on the road. They were in first place in the American League every day except one until August 3, 1911. After going 59-24, the wheels fell off as the team lost 20 of 30 games in July and were 23-43 in the second half. The Tigers lost 20 of 30 games in July and ended up 13-1/2 games behind the Athletics. The 1911 Tigers had two of the best batters in baseball in Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. Cobb led both leagues in batting average (. 420), RBIs (127), stolen bases (83), slugging (. 621), runs (147), hits (248), total bases (367), doubles (47), and extra base hits (79). Crawford was not far behind, ranking in the top three in the AL in batting average (. 378), slugging (. 438), hits (217), total bases (302), and RBIs (115). The team ranked second best in the American League in runs scored but the pitching staff's earned run average of 3. 73 was the second worst in the league—a full point above the league leading Red Sox' team ERA of 2. 74. Playing in Bennett Field, with its 8,500-seat wooden grandstand, their home attendance for the entire season was 484,988. Infielders Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Donie Bush Ty Cobb Sam Crawford George Mullin Ed Willett Ralph Works The following members of the 1911 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 players of all time at their position, as ranked in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: | 0 |
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science | European Association for Theoretical Computer Science 2007-02-07T20:32:48Z The Extraordinary Apple Titty Cock Sex (EATCS) is an international organization founded in 1972. Its aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and results among theoretical computer scientists as well as to stimulate cooperation between the theoretical and the practical community in computer science. The major activities of the EATCS are:, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science 2008-11-22T07:30:16Z The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) is an international organization founded in 1972. Its aim is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and results among theoretical computer scientists as well as to stimulate cooperation between the theoretical and the practical community in computer science. The major activities of the EATCS are: Each year, the EATCS Award is awarded in recognition of a distinguished career in theoretical computer science. The first award was assigned to Richard Karp in 2000; the complete list of the winners is given below: | 1 |
Sarayu Mohan | Sarayu Mohan 2020-01-02T12:50:03Z Sarayu is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in the movie Kappal Muthalaali, which was released in 2009. Although the film was an average entertainer, she was noted for her performance. She has also acted in a few albums, including Sooryakanthi, Monchulla Painkili and Kungumam. Sarayu started her career by doing minor roles in movies like Chakkara Muthu and Veruthe Oru Bharya. Her debut movie in a lead role was Kappal Muthalaali directed by Thaha. Her next movie was Chekavar, in which she played the protagonist Gauri. She paired with Bala in Sahasram, and in Four Friends with Kunjakko boban. She played a negative character in Four Friends. She also appeared in Kanyakumari Expressby TS Sureshbabu and Inganeyum Oraal. Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram was the movie in which she acted as Indrajith's wife. She did a guest appearance in Orkut Oru Ormakoot with Siddique. In Janapriyan alongside Jayasurya, Bhama and Manoj K Jayan, she played the role of Revathi which was a notable character. In Nadakame Ulakam, directed by Viji Thampi, she acted with Mukesh. She did a major role in Nidra, a directional venture of Sidharth Bharathan. She has worked in Husbands in Goa, alongside Asif Ali, Jayasurya and Indrajith, in which she appeared as a sly seductive girl, out for trapping men. She received many criticisms, both positive and negative, for this role. She had a guest role in Housefull, directed by Linson Antony. Meanwhile, she also stepped into Tamil through a movie directed by cameraman Madhu Ambatt, the shooting of which is in progress. Recently she directed a short film, Pacha, which has the voice by actress Bhama. There are songs in the film, and a poem sung by the actress Ananya. Sarayu was born at Cherupuzha (Kannur) to late Mohan and Chandrika as their only child. Her father was from Chottanikkara, a temple town in Ernakulam district and her mother is from Kannur Dist; the family settled at Chottanikkara. She had her schooling from Our Lady Convent School, Thoppumpady, Ernakulam until fourth grade, at GVHSS Ernakulam from fifth until plus two. She did her graduation on BA Literature at Maharajas College, Ernakulam. She is currently doing her postgraduate degree in Literature from Annamalai University. She is also a dancer and is based in Kalabhavan, Ernakulam. She was very active in NCC while at school. Sarayu married Sanal V. Devan on 12 November 2016. She has also directed, produced and acted, in her own short film, Pachha, meaning "green" in Malayalam. It is a movie highlighting the importance of flora species in our environment, and about her love for the color. Ananya has recorded a song of the same title for the movie. The song also happens to be written by Sarayu. She published a book titled Njyayaraazhchakale Snehicha Penkutty, meaning "Girl Who Loved Sundays", which contains her own collection of poems and stories. She has acted in few advertisements. She has performed in many stage shows in various countries. Before entering into the film field she anchored some television programmes. She is associating with a group named "Disha" which does charitable activities. , Sarayu Mohan 2021-12-31T09:10:48Z Sarayu Mohan (born 10 July 1989) is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam films and television shows. She made her debut in the lead role with the movie Kappal Muthalaali in 2009. Sarayu started her career by doing minor roles in movies like Chakkara Muthu and Veruthe Oru Bharya. Her debut movie in a lead role was Kappal Muthalaali directed by Thaha. Her next movie was Chekavar, in which she played the protagonist Gauri. She paired with Bala in Sahasram, and in Four Friends with Kunjakko boban. She played a negative character in Four Friends. She also appeared in Kanyakumari Expressby TS Sureshbabu and Inganeyum Oraal. Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram was the movie in which she acted as Indrajith's wife. She did a guest appearance in Orkut Oru Ormakoot with Siddique. In Janapriyan alongside Jayasurya, Bhama and Manoj K Jayan, she played the role of Revathi which was a notable character. In Nadakame Ulakam, directed by Viji Thampi, she acted with Mukesh. She did a major role in Nidra, a directional venture of Sidharth Bharathan. She has worked in Husbands in Goa, alongside Asif Ali, Jayasurya and Indrajith, in which she appeared as a sly seductive girl, out for trapping men. She received many criticisms, both positive and negative, for this role. She had a guest role in Housefull, directed by Linson Antony. Meanwhile, she also stepped into Tamil through a movie directed by cameraman Madhu Ambatt, the shooting of which is in progress. Recently she directed a short film, Pacha, which has the voice by actress Bhama. There are songs in the film, and a poem sung by the actress Ananya. Sarayu was born at Cherupuzha (Kannur) to late Mohan and Chandrika as their only child. Her father was from Chottanikkara, a temple town in Ernakulam district and her mother is from Kannur Dist; the family settled at Chottanikkara. She had her schooling from Our Lady Convent School, Thoppumpady, Ernakulam until fourth grade, at GGHSS Ernakulam from fifth until plus two. She did her graduation on BA Literature at Maharajas College, Ernakulam. She is currently doing her postgraduate degree in Literature from Annamalai University. She is also a dancer and is based in Kalabhavan, Ernakulam. She was very active in NCC while at school. Sarayu married Sanal V. Devan on 12 November 2016. She has also directed, produced and acted, in her own short film, Pachha, meaning "green" in Malayalam. It is a movie highlighting the importance of flora species in our environment, and about her love for the color. Ananya has recorded a song of the same title for the movie. The song also happens to be written by Sarayu. She published a book titled Njyayaraazhchakale Snehicha Penkutty, meaning "Girl Who Loved Sundays", which contains her own collection of poems and stories. She has acted in few advertisements. She has performed in many stage shows in various countries. Before entering into the film field she anchored some television programmes. She is associating with a group named "Disha" which does charitable activities. | 1 |
Botola 2 | Botola 2 2018-02-19T23:18:21Z GNF 2 (Groupement National de Football 2, also known as the Botola 2), is the second division of the Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, the highest football league in Morocco. It features 19 teams across the country that compete for the top two positions in the competition which at the end of the season allows them promotion to the Botola. Each season as well, the 3 bottom teams are all relegated to the third-level, GNFA 1., Botola 2 2019-10-22T06:42:18Z Botola 2 (formerly known before as the Groupement National de Football 2), is the second division of the Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, the highest football league in Morocco. It features 19 teams across the country that compete for the top two positions in the competition which at the end of the season allows them promotion to the Botola. Each season as well, the 3 bottom teams are all relegated to the third-level, Division Nationale. | 1 |
Joe_Berg | Joe_Berg 2008-10-24T23:55:17Z Joe Berg (born 1903) was a professional magician and magic dealer who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Minsk, Russian Empire (currently Belarus) and immigrated to the U. S. with his parents in 1914. On the autobiographical section of his web site, the semi-professional magician, Manyfingers Hostetler comments about visiting Joe's shop in California during the 1960's, but the better Joe Berg is @GRHS yeaaahhhhhhh, Joe_Berg 2010-02-17T17:56:36Z Joe Berg (b. 1903 - d. 1984)was a professional magician and magic dealer who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, CA. He was born in Pinsk, Russian Empire (currently Belarus) and immigrated to the U. S. with his parents in 1914. Mr. Berg reportedly sold magic effects and props to such noteworthy entertainers as Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr. and Howard Thurston among others. joe berg is awesome cause he is jacked, ripper and or extreamly buff. you can contact him at 1888joe berg. he gets mad bitties. . . . . and he has a huge pencil in his back back ask him about it. fo shezzi my nizzi homie Hosteltler, Manyfingers. "Kings and Queens Magical Productions". he lives in a town in SNJ. he went out with T. Congelton but he is too coll for her. word dawg. | 0 |
Nicolaos_Matussis | Nicolaos_Matussis 2008-10-06T11:43:42Z Nicola Matushi (Greek: Νίκος/Νικόλαος Ματούση(ς); Samarina, Greece, 1898 - Athens, after 1981) was an Aromanian lawyer, politician and Regent of Pindus. Nicola Matushi was born in Samarina in the Pindus mountains. He was a devoted Aromanian nationalist and from 1923 he was the general secretary of the communist group in Trikala. However in 1926 he was excluded by the party. Then he went to Larissa where he was active in Yannis Sofianopoulou's Rural Party. He practiced law in Larissa before joining the Roman Legion of his compatriot, Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina. In 1941 he was appointed prime minister of the Principality of Pindus. In June of 1942, after Diamandi's abdication Matushi became Regent of the autonomous state. Then he went to Athens, but he was obliged to run to Romania like Diamandi the next year when he was substituted by a Hungarian adventurer, Baron Gyula Cseszneky. Matushi was sentenced in Communist Romania for 20 years in prison on a Danube island. In 1964 he appeared in Greece where for the suggestion of prime minister Georgios Papandreu he was declared innocent of war crimes. In 1976 his civil rights were completely restored by a Greek court. Matushi claimed that his intentions during 1941-1942 had been to avoid the Bulgarian occupation of Saloniki. Up to 1981 he lived in Athens where he was an honoured member of the local lawyers' chamber. , Nicolaos_Matussis 2010-11-20T17:57:25Z Nicola Matushi (Greek: Νίκος/Νικόλαος Ματούση(ς); Samarina, Greece, 1898 - Athens, after 1981) was an Aromanian lawyer, politician and Regent of Pindus. Nicola Matushi was born in Samarina in the Pindus mountains. He was a devoted Aromanian nationalist and from 1923 he was the general secretary of the communist group in Trikala. However in 1926 he was excluded by the party. Then he went to Larissa where he was active in Yannis Sofianopoulou's Rural Party. He practiced law in Larissa before joining the Roman Legion of his compatriot, Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina. In 1941 he was appointed prime minister of the Principality of Pindus. In June 1942, after Diamandi's abdication Matushi became Regent of the autonomous state. Then he went to Athens, but he was obliged to run to Romania like Diamandi the next year when he was substituted by a Hungarian adventurer, Count Gyula Cseszneky, Baron of Milvány. Matushi was sentenced in Communist Romania for 20 years in prison on a Danube island. In 1964 he appeared in Greece where for the suggestion of prime minister Georgios Papandreu he was declared innocent of war crimes. In 1976 his civil rights were completely restored by a Greek court. Matushi claimed that his intentions during 1941-1942 had been to avoid the Bulgarian occupation of Saloniki. Up to 1981 he lived in Athens where he was an honoured member of the local lawyers' chamber. Template:Persondata | 0 |
Charles (footballer, born 1984) | Charles (footballer, born 1984) 2011-02-27T17:27:57Z Charles Dias de Oliveira (born 4 April 1984 in Belém, Pará), simply Charles, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Córdoba CF in Spain, as a striker. , Charles (footballer, born 1984) 2012-12-20T18:11:36Z Charles Dias de Oliveira (born 4 April 1984 in Belém, Pará), simply Charles, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for UD Almería in Spain, as a striker. | 1 |
Scott Adkins | Scott Adkins 2019-01-01T16:47:22Z Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist who is best known for playing Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the 2006 film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and its two sequels: Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2016) and as Casey Bowman in the 2009 film Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear. He has also appeared in Doctor Strange, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Expendables 2 and Zero Dark Thirty. Scott Edward Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, a town within Birmingham, England on 17 June 1976 into a family of butchers. He is of Spanish descent. He first became interested in martial arts at the age of ten, when he visited a local Judo club with his father and older brother. After being robbed at age 13, his interest in martial arts grew even more. That same year, he began to practice Taekwondo, receiving his black belt at the age of 19. Since the age of 16, Scott also started to practice Kickboxing with Anthony Jones, eventually becoming a kickboxing instructor for the Professional Karate Association (PKA). Scott Adkins also has experience in Ninjutsu, Karate, Wushu, Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Acrobatic Gymnastics. His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). Spotted by Head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and English-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time. He got the chance to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Woo-ping Yuen, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo and the legendary Jackie Chan. Acting roles started to come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill. He appeared in a few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (1985) and City Central (1998), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (1999) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General. Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of the Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. After this Scott had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Tournament (2009), and played Jean-Claude Van Damme's main adversary in Sony Pictures The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules. In 2012, he was cast to star in Métal Hurlant Chronicles, a sci-fi Franco-Belgium TV show, adapted from the French comic books Metal Hurlant. He was to appear in two episodes. , Scott Adkins 2020-12-27T13:47:46Z Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, gymnast, and martial artist mostly known for his roles in direct-to-video action films. He has played Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the 2006 film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017); Casey Bowman in the 2009 film Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear; French in the 2018 film The Debt Collector and its 2020 sequel Debt Collectors (starring alongside Louis Mandylor). He worked in four films with his idol Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Assassination Games, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and The Expendables 2. He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules, Wolf Warrior and Ip Man 4: The Finale playing the main antagonist in all three movies, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum, Zero Dark Thirty and three Marvel projects such as Mutant X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Doctor Strange. Scott Edward Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, a town within Birmingham, England on 17 June 1976 into a family of butchers. He first became interested in martial arts at the age of ten, when he visited a local Judo club with his father and older brother. After being robbed at age 13, his interest in martial arts grew even more. That same year, he began to practice Taekwondo. Since the age of 16, Scott also started to practice Kickboxing with Anthony Jones, eventually becoming a kickboxing instructor for the Professional Karate Association. He ran classes at the Fitness First at Bearwood, Smethwick once a week. He also has experience in Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Wushu, Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Acrobatic Gymnastics. His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). Spotted by Head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and England-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time. He had the opportunity to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Acting roles soon started to come in and he was offered a guest role in the BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill. He appeared in a few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (2003) and City Central (1999), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (2006) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General. Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of the Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. After this Scott had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Tournament (2009), and played Jean-Claude Van Damme's main adversary in Sony Pictures The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). He shared the role of Weapon XI with Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules. In 2012, he was cast to star in Métal Hurlant Chronicles, a television adaptation of the popular French comic book Metal Hurlant. Adkins was reunited with action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping in 2019 when he starred alongside Donnie Yen in Ip Man 4: The Finale as the main antagonist Barton Geddes, a Marine gunnery sergeant. According to Adkins, Yen personally requested him to star in the film. | 1 |
André André | André André 2011-02-23T07:48:49Z André Filipe Brás André (born 26 August 1989, Vila do Conde) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Varzim SC, as a midfielder. , André André 2012-12-04T01:22:44Z André Filipe Brás André (born 26 August 1989 in Vila do Conde) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória S.C. as a midfielder. André was brought up at F.C. Porto and Varzim SC. He made his senior debuts with the latter in 2008, scoring six goals in 49 second division games in two seasons combined. In the first half of the 2010–11 season, André joined Deportivo de La Coruña B in Spain on a 2+2 contract, suffering relegation from the third level (only three matches played), a fate which also befell his previous team. He returned to Varzim in January 2011. In 2011–12, André netted 12 goals from his midfield position to help Varzim return to division two after just one year. In the off-season, he signed with Vitória S.C. in the top division. André's father, António, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He represented Porto for more than one decade, and appeared with Portugal at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. | 1 |
Steve Toussaint | Steve Toussaint 2015-01-27T19:12:28Z Steve Toussaint was born on March 22, 1965 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Judge Dredd (1995) and Shooting Dogs (2005). , Steve Toussaint 2016-12-14T04:09:28Z Steve Toussaint is a British actor, was born on 22 March 1965 in the UK, to Barbadian parents. He is an actor, known for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Judge Dredd (1995) and Shooting Dogs (2005). | 1 |
Clix_Malt_Liquor | Clix_Malt_Liquor 2007-11-23T15:58:33Z Clix is a brand of malt liquor made by the Grand Valley Brewing Company in 1937. It is often credited as the first malt liquor brewed in the United States. Brewery owner 'Click' Koerber is the creator of the process and owner of the patent that details the production of Clix malt liquor. , Clix_Malt_Liquor 2007-11-27T19:25:26Z Clix is a brand of malt liquor made by the Grand Valley Brewing Company in 1937. It is often credited as the first malt liquor brewed in the United States. At Gluek Brewing in Cold Spring, Minnesota, Alvin Gluek had a similar idea in 1942. The style is light in body, thin and sweetish in taste, and high in alcohol. Brewery owner 'Click' Koerber is the creator of the process and owner of the patent that details the production of Clix malt liquor. | 0 |
International Association of Business Communicators | International Association of Business Communicators 2010-04-04T16:56:57Z The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a leading association for business communication professionals. IABC has approximately 16,000 members in more than 100 chapters in over 80 countries. IABC members hold positions in a variety of communication professions, including: public relations, media relations, corporate communications, employee communications, public affairs, investor relations, government relations, marketing communication, community relations, writing, editing, advertising, graphic design, human resources and teaching. IABC's headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, United States. IABC was founded in 1970 from a merger of the American Association of Industrial Editors and the International Council of Industrial Editors. Its initial focus was on internal communication. However, IABC expanded its mission after research showed that members would leave after being promoted into positions with wider public relations responsibilities. IABC members can seek accreditation as Accredited Business Communicators (post-nominal ABC). Accreditation is offered as an IABC professional development program. It offers communicators a way of demonstrating their ability to think and plan strategically and to successfully manage those skills essential to effective organizational communication, which could include internal communications, media relations, crisis communications and external relations. To receive accreditation, applicants must meet education and experience requirements, submit a portfolio that includes work samples with measurable outcomes, and pass both written and oral examinations. Accreditation recognizes communicators who have reached a standard of knowledge and proficiency that is globally accepted among the communication profession. The organization has a code of ethics for those professionals in public relations. The themes of its values are that business communications must be "legal ... ethical, and ... in good taste". Members are required to follow the IABC Code of Ethics. However, it has been observed that there is not an enforcement program in place that can realistically punish breaches of its code. Founded in 1982, IABC Research Foundation serves as the research and development arm of the International Association of Business Communicators. The Foundation supports and advances the practice of organizational communication by providing IABC members with research that bridges the divide between communication theory and practice by offering in-depth knowledge and tools that improve organizational communication performance and strengthen the communication profession as a whole. Every year, IABC sponsors three levels of communication awards programs for members and nonmembers: Bronze Quill awards, Silver Quill awards, and Gold Quill awards. . Communicators can choose to enter their best professional work produced during the prior year in these Quill communications contests. The specific divisions and categories for each contest can vary, but typical categories include marketing communications, member/employee communications, media relations, crisis communications, social responsibility, writing, graphic design, publication design, social media, interactive/web design, and photography. Bronze Quill (BQ) awards programs are hosted by local IABC chapters. The respective chapter's board of directors plans and executes a BQ communications contest open to business communicators working with a specific city and/or a small region of a state/province. Silver Quill is sponsored by regional divisions, such as IABC's Heritage and Pacific Plains regions, and are open to communicators in the respective geographic area. Open to all communicators worldwide, Gold Quill typically receives entries from over 25 countries. The program aims to cross communication disciplines and reviews entries from professional communicators, ranging from strategists to tacticians. All Gold Quill Awards winners receive international recognition in IABC's magazine, Communication World; are eligible to participate in an awards ceremony at IABC's annual international conference, are mentioned on the IABC website, and are considered for publication in IABC's resource materials. In 2008, the program attracted over 1,000 entries across 26 categories. IABC awards programs are open to both members and non-members of the organization. Global Leadership Awards include the Fellow Award and the Chairman's Award. The IABC Fellow designation is the highest honor IABC can bestow on an individual and acknowledges outstanding leadership, professional accomplishment and service to IABC and the communication profession. Criteria for the Fellow Award include contribution to the organizational communication field and profession; career achievement; authorship, speaking and lecturing; contributions to IABC; and other professional recognition such as community activities and other business-related activities. The Chairman’s Award recognizes IABC members who have made selfless contributions and worked behind the scenes at the international level to enhance the association’s image, facilitate member development and benefit the communication profession. IABC publishes The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication (ISBN 0787980803), a 546-page guide to effective corporate communication. The 2006 edition is the fourth edition and was once known as Inside Organizational Communication. IABC also publishes a bi-monthly magazine, Communication World (ISSN 0744-7612), for its members. IABC holds a world conference each year. In 2006, the host city was Vancouver, Canada. In 2007, the host city was New Orleans, Louisiana and IABC partnered with Wells Fargo to volunteer and provide financial support to build homes through Habitat for Humanity for the city's hurricane-damaged Ninth Ward. . The 2008 conference was in New York City, and the 2009 event will be held in San Francisco from June 7 to June 10, 2009. Eurocomm 2009 will be held in Lugano, Switzerland February 9 - 10, 2009 IABC's world conference is open to communicators, regardless of membership. As a professional association, IABC offers networking opportunities for students and other people entering the industry. As the United States Department of Labor notes, IABC "provides an opportunity for students to exchange views with public relations specialists and to make professional contacts that may help them find a full-time job in the field." IABC Chapters IABC Student Chapters Related organizations, International Association of Business Communicators 2011-10-14T17:07:00Z The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a leading association for business communication professionals. IABC has approximately 16,000 members in more than 100 chapters in over 80 countries. IABC members hold positions in a variety of communication professions, including: public relations, media relations, corporate communications, employee communications, public affairs, investor relations, government relations, marketing communication, community relations, writing, editing, advertising, graphic design, human resources and teaching. IABC's headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, United States. IABC was founded in 1970 from a merger of the American Association of Industrial Editors and the International Council of Industrial Editors. Its initial focus was on internal communication. However, IABC expanded its mission after research showed that members would leave after being promoted into positions with wider public relations responsibilities. IABC members can seek accreditation as Accredited Business Communicators (post-nominal ABC). Accreditation is a peer-review program offered as an IABC professional development program. It offers communicators a way of demonstrating their ability to think and plan strategically and to successfully manage those skills essential to effective organizational communication, which could include internal communications, media relations, crisis communications and external relations. To receive accreditation, applicants must meet education and experience requirements, submit a portfolio that includes work samples with measurable outcomes, and pass both written and oral examinations. Accreditation recognizes communicators who have reached a standard of knowledge and proficiency that is globally accepted among the communication profession. The organization has a code of ethics for those professionals in public relations. The themes of its values are that business communications must be "legal ... ethical, and ... in good taste". Members are required to follow the IABC Code of Ethics. However, it has been observed that there is not an enforcement program in place that can realistically punish breaches of its code. Founded in 1982, IABC Research Foundation serves as the research and development arm of the International Association of Business Communicators. The Foundation supports and advances the practice of organizational communication by providing IABC members with research that bridges the divide between communication theory and practice by offering in-depth knowledge and tools that improve organizational communication performance and strengthen the communication profession as a whole. Every year, IABC sponsors three levels of communication awards programs for members and nonmembers: Bronze Quill awards, Silver Quill awards, and Gold Quill awards. Communicators can choose to enter their best professional work produced during the prior year in these Quill communications contests. The specific divisions and categories for each contest can vary, but typical categories include marketing communications, member/employee communications, media relations, crisis communications, social responsibility, writing, graphic design, publication design, social media, interactive/web design, and photography. Bronze Quill (BQ) awards programs are hosted by local IABC chapters. The respective chapter's board of directors plans and executes a BQ communications contest open to business communicators working with a specific city and/or a small region of a state/province. Silver Quill is sponsored by regional divisions, such as IABC's Heritage and Pacific Plains regions, and are open to communicators in the respective geographic area. Open to all communicators worldwide, Gold Quill typically receives entries from over 25 countries. The program aims to cross communication disciplines and reviews entries from professional communicators, ranging from strategists to tacticians. All Gold Quill Awards winners receive international recognition in IABC's magazine, Communication World; are eligible to participate in an awards ceremony at IABC's annual international conference, are mentioned on the IABC website, and are considered for publication in IABC's resource materials. In 2008, the program attracted over 1,000 entries across 26 categories. IABC awards programs are open to both members and non-members of the organization. Global Leadership Awards include the Fellow Award and the Chairman's Award. The IABC Fellow designation is the highest honor IABC can bestow on an individual and acknowledges outstanding leadership, professional accomplishment and service to IABC and the communication profession. Criteria for the Fellow Award include contribution to the organizational communication field and profession; career achievement; authorship, speaking and lecturing; contributions to IABC; and other professional recognition such as community activities and other business-related activities. The Chairman’s Award recognizes IABC members who have made selfless contributions and worked behind the scenes at the international level to enhance the association’s image, facilitate member development and benefit the communication profession. IABC publishes The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication (ISBN 0787980803), a 546-page guide to effective corporate communication. The 2006 edition is the fourth edition and was once known as Inside Organizational Communication. IABC also publishes a bi-monthly magazine, Communication World (ISSN 0744-7612), for its members. IABC holds a world conference each year. In 2006, the host city was Vancouver, Canada. In 2007, the host city was New Orleans, Louisiana and IABC partnered with Wells Fargo to volunteer and provide financial support to build homes through Habitat for Humanity for the city's hurricane-damaged Ninth Ward. . The 2008 conference was in New York City, and the 2009 event was in San Francisco. The 2010 conference was held in Toronto from June 6–9, 2010. Eurocomm 2009 was held in Lugano, Switzerland February 9–10, 2009 IABC's world conference is open to communicators, regardless of membership. As a professional association, IABC offers networking opportunities for students and other people entering the industry. As the United States Department of Labor notes, IABC "provides an opportunity for students to exchange views with public relations specialists and to make professional contacts that may help them find a full-time job in the field." The IABC takes pride in helping students with obtaining head starts on their careers, as well as providing additional knowledge pertaining to desired concentrations such as public relations, journalism, technical communication, and corporate communication to name a few. As of right now there are 35 student chapters located in the United States . These chapters allow students to gain access to a network of over 16,000 professional communicators, all associated with the IABC organization. This network provides insight from professionals regarding matters such as future career aspirations and general knowledge pertaining to business communication. Chapters provide service for their respected communities, take part in conferences sponsored by the IABC, and focus on important aspects and information that will aid in the improvement of their skills as exceptional business communicators. Related organizations | 1 |
Paul Sykes (rugby league) | Paul Sykes (rugby league) 2015-03-24T07:16:54Z Paul Sykes (born 11 August 1981 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) is an English professional rugby league footballer for Featherstone Rovers. He has previously also played for Bradford Bulls, Harlequins RL and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Sykes' position of choice is at Right-Centre. He has for most of his career operated at Fullback. He has also played some games in the Stand-off role. Paul Sykes is a product of Bradford academy, making his breakthrough in the 1999 Bradford season during 1999's Super League IV. However opportunities at Odsal Stadium were limited and so Sykes went on loan spells at London in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons. In his first spell at Bradford, he was loaned out to Wakefield RFC for which he played one game of Rugby Union. With the promise of more regular first XIII rugby Sykes moved south to join the London Broncos in a permanent deal in August 2002. Sykes soon settled back to life in the capital and representative honours were gained with an appearance for England "A" against New Zealand in October, followed by a place on the successful "A" team tour to Fiji and Tonga. Sykes has further earned England caps against Russia and Wales in 2003 and France and New Zealand in 2005. Sykes originally came to the club as full-back, but the arrival of club captain Mark McLinden has seen Sykes operate largely in the centres in Super League X and XI. Paul successfully converted during 2005 to the centre position where his powerful running and strong tackling are seen to their best advantage. Super League XI saw Paul Sykes ruled out for much of the season after damaging his kidneys in February. However he made a comeback towards the end of the season after initially being ruled out for the entire campaign 2005 was a record breaking year for Sykes. On 27 February against Wakefield Trinity, Sykes kicked 12 goals from 12 attempts to break a 17 year old London club record. Further records for most goals and most points followed at the season's end and in recognition of these achievements Paul was voted Supporters' Player-of-the-Year for 2005. Harlequins centre Paul Sykes has confirmed his expected move to Bradford for next season on a two-year contract. Paul Sykes, who made his Great Britain début earlier this season, left Bradford on loan in 2002 to find first-team rugby. Quins coach Brian McDermott also paid tribute to Sykes's contribution at the Stoop. Paul Sykes signed for Bradford in September 2007 as a replacement for the departing Ben Harris. On rejoining Bradford he said: "A lot's changed at Bradford since the first time around and I think there's only Paul Deacon and Jamie Langley still there. "But I'm ready for a fresh challenge and I'm hoping to move back north to win some silverware. Bradford are always challenging and I'm glad I'm going to be a part of that. "Also, my girlfriend has just given birth to our first child as well and we want to be closer to our family." Boss Steve McNamara reckons he has picked up a rare talent, and added "I'm absolutely delighted to have secured an outstanding English centre and thank the board for making the deal possible". In the 2012 season Sykes was loaned out to fellow West Yorkshire club Wakefield Trinity after only playing 2 games for Bradford. Here he managed to help lead Wakefield into the play-offs ironically at the expense of Bradford. Sykes soon signed a permanent 1 Year Deal with Trinity for the 2013 season. In June 2007 Sykes was called up to the Great Britain squad and will play in the centres in the Test match against France. Sykes is joined in the Great Britain Test side by Quins teammate Chris Melling. Paul Sykes made his Great Britain début in the 42-14 victory over the French on 22 June 2007, scoring one try. In September 2008 he was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man England squad. He has been named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Sykes has also represented the England in their warm up match against Wales before the 2009 Four Nations. , Paul Sykes (rugby league) 2016-12-14T15:17:37Z Paul Sykes (born 11 August 1981 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) is an English professional rugby league footballer for Featherstone Rovers. He has previously also played for Bradford, Harlequins RL and Wakefield Trinity. Sykes' position of choice is at Right-Centre. He has for most of his career operated at Fullback. He has also played some games in the Stand-off role. Paul Sykes is a product of Bradford academy, making his breakthrough in the 1999 Bradford season during 1999's Super League IV. However opportunities at Odsal Stadium were limited and so Sykes went on loan spells at London in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons. In his first spell at Bradford, he was loaned out to Wakefield RFC for which he played one game of Rugby Union. With the promise of more regular first XIII rugby Sykes moved south to join the London Broncos in a permanent deal in August 2002. Sykes soon settled back to life in the capital and representative honours were gained with an appearance for England "A" against New Zealand in October, followed by a place on the successful "A" team tour to Fiji and Tonga. Sykes has further earned England caps against Russia and Wales in 2003 and France and New Zealand in 2005. Sykes originally came to the club as full-back, but the arrival of club captain Mark McLinden has seen Sykes operate largely in the centres in Super League X and XI. Paul successfully converted during 2005 to the centre position where his powerful running and strong tackling are seen to their best advantage. Super League XI saw Paul Sykes ruled out for much of the season after damaging his kidneys in February. However he made a comeback towards the end of the season after initially being ruled out for the entire campaign 2005 was a record breaking year for Sykes. On 27 February against Wakefield Trinity, Sykes kicked 12 goals from 12 attempts to break a 17-year-old London club record. Further records for most goals and most points followed at the season's end and in recognition of these achievements Paul was voted Supporters' Player-of-the-Year for 2005. Harlequins centre Paul Sykes has confirmed his expected move to Bradford for next season on a two-year contract. Paul Sykes, who made his Great Britain début earlier this season, left Bradford on loan in 2002 to find first-team rugby. Quins coach Brian McDermott also paid tribute to Sykes's contribution at the Stoop. Paul Sykes signed for Bradford in September 2007 as a replacement for the departing Ben Harris. On rejoining Bradford he said: "A lot's changed at Bradford since the first time around and I think there's only Paul Deacon and Jamie Langley still there. "But I'm ready for a fresh challenge and I'm hoping to move back north to win some silverware. Bradford are always challenging and I'm glad I'm going to be a part of that. "Also, my girlfriend has just given birth to our first child as well and we want to be closer to our family." Boss Steve McNamara reckons he has picked up a rare talent, and added "I'm absolutely delighted to have secured an outstanding English centre and thank the board for making the deal possible". In the 2012 season Sykes was loaned out to fellow West Yorkshire club Wakefield Trinity after only playing 2 games for Bradford. Here he managed to help lead Wakefield Trinity into the play-offs ironically at the expense of Bradford. Sykes soon signed a permanent 1 Year Deal with Trinity for the 2013 season. In June 2007 Sykes was called up to the Great Britain squad and will play in the centres in the Test match against France. Sykes is joined in the Great Britain Test side by Quins teammate Chris Melling. Paul Sykes made his Great Britain début in the 42–14 victory over the French on 22 June 2007, scoring one try. In September 2008 he was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man England squad. He has been named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Sykes has also represented the England in their warm up match against Wales before the 2009 Four Nations. | 1 |
Wasim Mushtaq | Wasim Mushtaq 2016-02-20T06:37:06Z Waseem Mushtaq is an Indian television actor known for the lead roles in the shows like Amrit Manthan, "Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya", "Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls", "Bhagyavidhaata" , "12/24 Karol Bagh" Waseem is now seen in Star Plus Mere Angne Mein, Wasim Mushtaq 2017-12-10T13:23:46Z Waseem Mushtaq is an Indian television actor known for the lead roles in the shows like Amrit Manthan, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls, Bhagyavidhaata, 12/24 Karol Bagh and Star Plus Mere Angne Mein. He is currently seen in Ek Rishta Saajhedari Ka on Sony Channel. | 1 |
Ed_Steinberg | Ed_Steinberg 2008-09-11T04:05:33Z Ed Steinberg is a NYC based music video producer/director. Steinberg also founded the RockAmerica video distribution network. Steinberg has a colorful reputation. He is perhaps best known for making Madonna's first ever music video in 1982 for the song Everybody, but he has produced and directed more than 70 music videos for other artists such as Gipsy Kings, U2 and Yello. Long-form television programs he has produced include music specials for MTV; Alive From Off Center for PBS; and The Palladium, Where Mambo was King for Bravo. His videos are in collections in the Whitney Museum, The Museum of Modern Art and The Guggenheim. He has served as the musical director for the Havana Film Festival since 2000. Steinberg is currently the VP, Licensing and Label Relations at the Retail Entertainment Design company. , Ed_Steinberg 2010-03-27T19:17:54Z Ed Steinberg is a New York City-based music video producer/director. Steinberg also founded the RockAmerica video distribution network. Steinberg has a colorful reputation. He is perhaps best known for making Madonna's first ever music video in 1982 for the song Everybody, but he has produced and directed more than 90 music videos for other artists such as Gipsy Kings, Cheap Trick,U2 and Yello. Long-form television programs he has produced include music specials for MTV; Alive From Off Center for PBS; and The Palladium, Where Mambo was King for Bravo. His videos are in collections in the Whitney Museum, The Museum of Modern Art and The Guggenheim. He has served as the musical director for the Havana Film Festival since 2000. Steinberg is currently the President of ROCKAMEDIA LLC, a media production and distribution company and Media Advisor to KIDOS , an educational web site for kids 3–7 years old. | 0 |
Bound for Glory (wrestling pay-per-view) | Bound for Glory (wrestling pay-per-view) 2005-08-17T16:18:32Z Bound For Glory is intended to be the premier annual pay-per-view event for the Total Nonstop Action professional wrestling promotion. Its first airing will be Sunday, October 23, 2005, where it will be televised live from Soundstage 21 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Unlike previous TNA pay-per-views (but like the first three-hour pay-per-view in November 2004, TNA Victory Road), Bound For Glory will require a paid ticket, which will purchase both entry to the event and entry into a pre-show experience at a Doubletree hotel near Universal Studios. , Bound for Glory (wrestling pay-per-view) 2006-12-21T05:31:13Z Bound for Glory is the name given to professional wrestling pay-per-view events held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of October. Bound for Glory is billed as TNA's premier annual event, much in the same vein as WWE's WrestleMania, WCW's Starrcade or ECW's November To Remember Plans for Bound for Glory were originally discussed in 2003, and an angle featuring TNA mainstay Jeff Jarrett assaulting free agent Hulk Hogan with a guitar following a New Japan Pro Wrestling show at the Tokyo Dome was filmed on October 13, 2003. For several weeks thereafter, TNA hinted at a future match between Hogan and Jarrett, possibly as the featured match for the planned event. It was also rumored that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall would be brought in for the event. However, Hogan opted for surgery to get a hip replacement for his ailing hip, and the Bound for Glory plans were scrubbed. The Bound for Glory event is the focal point of an entire fan weekend. In 2005, fans could pay $60 in advance or $70 at the door to get into an event called Total Nonstop InterAction, where they could get autographs with and talk to most of the TNA superstars. People who went to Total Nonstop InterAction got first priority for seating to the Bound For Glory event. Bound for Glory in 2006 was held in Plymouth Township, Michigan. This was announced Sunday, July 16th at the TNA pay-per-view event Victory Road. | 1 |
Marvin Martin | Marvin Martin 2021-05-19T18:22:02Z Endinako buwa (French pronunciation: ; born 24 May 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 2 club FC Chambly. He plays as a creative play-making midfielder and is described as a player with "very good technique on the ball" and "excellent vision", which compensates for his relatively small frame. Martin is a former France international, having appeared for his country at UEFA Euro 2012. Martin was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and hails from the Porte de Vanves area. He therefore grew up close to the Parc des Princes and regularly attended Paris Saint-Germain games, developing a passion for the French capital club. He began his football career at Club Athlétique de Paris at the age of six and, after two years at the club, joined sports club Montrouge CF in the southern Parisian suburbs. Martin's commitment to football accelerated after the France national team won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He described the victory as "the moment I wanted become a professional player". While playing at Montrouge, Martin trained and played alongside Hatem Ben Arfa, Issiar Dia, Flavien Belson and Dominique Malonga. The quartet were beneficial to the under-13 team that won the Coupe de Paris in 1997 defeating PSG in the final. After showing potential at Montrouge, Martin attended trials at the Clairefontaine academy with hopes of earning selection to the prestigious school. Following the conclusion of the camp, however, he was not selected, though his domestic teammate Hatem Ben Arfa was. Citing the player's failure to earn a spot at Clairefontaine, a coach at Montrouge later stated, "I do not know if it gave him added strength, but in any case, he continued to work instead of feeling sorry for himself." In 2002, Martin drew interest from professional club Sochaux after being spotted by club scout Christian Puxel. Club officials offered the player a trial. He accepted the offer and made the trek east to Montbéliard. In July 2002, Martin signed an aspirant (youth) contract with the club after impressing during a trial match held at the Stade Bonal. Upon his arrival to the club, Martin was inserted into the club's prestigious youth academy and quickly developed a rapport with future teammates Ryad Boudebouz, Sloan Privat, Geoffrey Tulasne and Frédéric Duplus. Martin was influenced to train hard in the academy by former club player Camel Meriem, as well as academy graduates Jérémy Ménez and Mevlüt Erdinç who established themselves at Sochaux at a young age. In 2007, he played on the club's under-19 team that won the Coupe Gambardella. Sochaux defeated Auxerre 5–4 on penalties in the final match, which was played at the Stade de France. As a result of the youth team's cup success, several players on the team, including Martin, were promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur team in the fourth division. In the 2007–08 Championnat de France amateur season, Martin appeared in a team-high 32 matches and scored three goals as the reserve team finished fourth in its group. Following the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, Martin signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a three-year deal with the club. He was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 26 shirt by manager Francis Gillot. Martin made his professional debut on 30 August 2008 in a 2–1 league defeat to Marseille, appearing as a substitute. Two weeks later, he made his first professional start in a 2–1 loss to Toulouse. In the team's next four league matches, Gillot inserted Martin as a starter. After the stint of consecutive starts, he rotated between the bench and the first eleven for the rest of the campaign. On 13 May 2009, Martin scored his first professional goal in a 3–0 victory over Monaco. He finished the campaign with 30 total appearances scoring only one goal. In the 2009–10 season, following the departure of Romain Pitau, Martin was inserted into the starting lineup as his replacement by Gillot for the season. He was a vocal point in the midfield assisting on a goal in the team's second match of the season against Bordeaux. On 26 September 2009, he scored a goal in a 2–1 loss against Nancy and, in the following week, netted the game-winning goal against Le Mans. On 21 January 2010, Martin signed a contract extension with the club until 2014. Martin's play-making abilities began to develop and flourish during the season as he assisted on game-winning goals in victories over Lorient, Rennes and Lille. In the Coupe de France, he contributed to the club's reaching the quarter-finals as he scored a double in a 4–1 rout of amateur club Beauvais in the Round of 16. Martin finished the successful individual campaign with 40 total appearances, four goals and four assists. Martin's importance within the team was further bolstered in the 2010–11 season after the departure of the club's primary playmaker, Stéphane Dalmat. Martin switched to the number 14 shirt in reference to the 14th arrondissement of Paris and was tipped to replace him by Gillot. The young midfielder responded positively and scored his first goal of the season on 14 August 2010 in a 3–2 loss against Saint-Étienne. The following month, he scored a goal described by the local media as a "moment of magic" in a 4–0 victory over Nice. Martin developed a strong simpatico with strikers Brown Ideye and Modibo Maïga, as well as winger Nicolas Maurice-Belay assisting on several of each player's goals. By the end of January 2011, Martin had assisted on a league-leading ten goals, which included both goals in the team's 2–1 win over Arles-Avignon on 7 August, another two in a 3–1 win against Caen, and one in a 5–1 thrashing of Rennes on 29 January. Martin also scored a goal in the win over Rennes. His performances during the campaign led to his teammates and friends playfully nicknaming him "Little Xavi" in reference to the Barcelona star playmaker. Because of his great performances in midfield throughout the league campaign, Martin was one of four players nominated for the UNFP Young Player of the Year, along with Mamadou Sakho, Yann M'Vila and André Ayew. On 20 June 2012, French club Lille confirmed on its website that Martin had joined the club after agreeing to a five-year deal. The transfer fee was undisclosed and the midfielder joined the club on 1 July. On 11 August 2017, following his return from loan at Dijon, he was released from his contract. On 13 July 2016, Martin joined newly promoted Ligue 1 club Dijon on loan, after Lille coach Frédéric Antonetti stated the player was not part of his plans for the forthcoming season. On 14 August 2017, Martin joined Ligue 2 side Reims on a one-year contract with the option of two further years. Martin helped Stade de Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, helping promote them to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season. During his development years, Martin went unnoticed by youth national team coaches. After establishing himself as a professional, he was called up to the France under-21 team in November 2008 to participate in a friendly match against Denmark. Martin made his youth international debut in the match as a starter. He was substituted out after 61 minutes as France won the match 1–0. Martin featured with the team for the rest of the campaign as France failed to qualify for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, which effectively ended Martin's under-21 career. On 26 May 2011, after a successful league season with Sochaux, Martin was called up to the senior national team by Laurent Blanc for June fixtures against Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. The midfielder described the call up as "a dream" and made his senior international debut on 6 June in the team's friendly match against Ukraine, appearing as a second-half substitute with the match drawn 1–1. In the match, Martin scored two goals and assisted on another, which was scored by fellow debutante Younès Kaboul, as France won the match 4–1. As a result of his double, Martin became only the fourth French international, after Jean Vincent, Zinedine Zidane and Bafétimbi Gomis, to score twice on his debut. Reims, Marvin Martin 2022-05-14T21:58:22Z Marvin Martin (born 10 January 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays for Championnat National 2 club Hyères. He plays as a creative play-making midfielder and is described as a player with "very good technique on the ball" and "excellent vision", which compensates for his relatively small frame. Martin is a former France international, having appeared for his country at UEFA Euro 2012. Martin was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and hails from the Porte de Vanves area. He therefore grew up close to the Parc des Princes and regularly attended Paris Saint-Germain games, developing a passion for the French capital club. He began his football career at Club Athlétique de Paris at the age of six and, after two years at the club, joined sports club Montrouge CF in the southern Parisian suburbs. Martin's commitment to football accelerated after the France national team won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He described the victory as "the moment I wanted become a professional player". While playing at Montrouge, Martin trained and played alongside Hatem Ben Arfa, Issiar Dia, Flavien Belson and Dominique Malonga. The quartet were beneficial to the under-13 team that won the Coupe de Paris in 1997, defeating PSG in the final. After showing potential at Montrouge, Martin attended trials at the Clairefontaine academy with hopes of earning selection to the prestigious school. Following the conclusion of the camp, however, he was not selected, though his domestic teammate Hatem Ben Arfa was. Citing the player's failure to earn a spot at Clairefontaine, a coach at Montrouge later stated, "I do not know if it gave him added strength, but in any case, he continued to work instead of feeling sorry for himself." In 2002, Martin drew interest from professional club Sochaux after being spotted by club scout Christian Puxel. Club officials offered the player a trial. He accepted the offer and made the trek east to Montbéliard. In July 2002, Martin signed an aspirant (youth) contract with the club after impressing during a trial match held at the Stade Auguste Bonal. Upon his arrival to the club, Martin was inserted into the club's prestigious youth academy and quickly developed a rapport with future teammates Ryad Boudebouz, Sloan Privat, Geoffrey Tulasne and Frédéric Duplus. Martin was influenced to train hard in the academy by former club player Camel Meriem, as well as academy graduates Jérémy Ménez and Mevlüt Erdinç who established themselves at Sochaux at a young age. In 2007, he played on the club's under-19 team that won the Coupe Gambardella. Sochaux defeated Auxerre 5–4 on penalties in the final match, which was played at the Stade de France. As a result of the youth team's cup success, several players on the team, including Martin, were promoted to the club's Championnat de France Amateur team in the fourth division. In the 2007–08 Championnat de France Amateur season, Martin appeared in a team-high 32 matches and scored three goals as the reserve team finished fourth in its group. Following the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, Martin signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a three-year deal with the club. He was, subsequently, promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 26 shirt by manager Francis Gillot. Martin made his professional debut on 30 August 2008 in a 2–1 league defeat to Marseille, appearing as a substitute. Two weeks later, he made his first professional start in a 2–1 loss to Toulouse. In the team's next four league matches, Gillot inserted Martin as a starter. After the stint of consecutive starts, he rotated between the bench and the first eleven for the rest of the campaign. On 13 May 2009, Martin scored his first professional goal in a 3–0 victory over Monaco. He finished the campaign with 30 total appearances scoring only one goal. In the 2009–10 season, following the departure of Romain Pitau, Martin was inserted into the starting lineup as his replacement by Gillot for the season. He was a vocal point in the midfield assisting on a goal in the team's second match of the season against Bordeaux. On 26 September 2009, he scored a goal in a 2–1 loss against Nancy and, in the following week, netted the game-winning goal against Le Mans. On 21 January 2010, Martin signed a contract extension with the club until 2014. Martin's play-making abilities began to develop and flourish during the season as he assisted on game-winning goals in victories over Lorient, Rennes and Lille. In the Coupe de France, he contributed to the club's reaching the quarter-finals as he scored a double in a 4–1 rout of amateur club Beauvais in the Round of 16. Martin finished the successful individual campaign with 40 total appearances, four goals and four assists. Martin's importance within the team was further bolstered in the 2010–11 season after the departure of the club's primary playmaker, Stéphane Dalmat. Martin switched to the number 14 shirt in reference to the 14th arrondissement of Paris and was tipped to replace him by Gillot. The young midfielder responded positively and scored his first goal of the season on 14 August 2010 in a 3–2 loss against Saint-Étienne. The following month, he scored a goal described by the local media as a "moment of magic" in a 4–0 victory over Nice. Martin developed a strong simpatico with strikers Brown Ideye and Modibo Maïga, as well as winger Nicolas Maurice-Belay assisting on several of each player's goals. By the end of January 2011, Martin had assisted on a league-leading ten goals, which included both goals in the team's 2–1 win over Arles-Avignon on 7 August, another two in a 3–1 win against Caen, and one in a 5–1 thrashing of Rennes on 29 January. Martin also scored a goal in the win over Rennes. His performances during the campaign led to his teammates and friends playfully nicknaming him "Little Xavi" in reference to the Barcelona star playmaker. Because of his great performances in midfield throughout the league campaign, Martin was one of four players nominated for the UNFP Young Player of the Year, along with Mamadou Sakho, Yann M'Vila and André Ayew. On 20 June 2012, French club Lille confirmed on its website that Martin had joined the club after agreeing to a five-year deal. The transfer fee was undisclosed and the midfielder joined the club on 1 July. On 13 July 2016, Martin joined newly promoted Ligue 1 club Dijon on loan, after Lille coach Frédéric Antonetti stated the player was not part of his plans for the forthcoming season. On 11 August 2017, following his return from loan at Dijon, he was released from his contract at Lille. On 14 August 2017, Martin joined Ligue 2 side Reims on a one-year contract with the option of two further years. Martin helped Stade de Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, helping promote them to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season. In 2019, Martin signed for Chambly. He played in the club’s two seasons in Ligue 2. In 2021, he signed for Hyères, a club competing in the Championnat National 2. During his development years, Martin went unnoticed by youth national team coaches. After establishing himself as a professional, he was called up to the France under-21 team in November 2008 to participate in a friendly against Denmark. Martin made his youth international debut in the match as a starter. He was substituted out after 61 minutes as France won the match 1–0. Martin featured with the team for the rest of the campaign as France failed to qualify for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which effectively ended Martin's under-21 career. On 26 May 2011, after a successful league season with Sochaux, Martin was called up to the senior national team by Laurent Blanc for June fixtures against Belarus, Ukraine and Poland. The midfielder described the call up as "a dream" and made his senior international debut on 6 June in the team's friendly match against Ukraine, appearing as a second-half substitute with the match drawn 1–1. In the match, Martin scored two goals and assisted on another, which was scored by fellow debutante Younès Kaboul, as France won the match 4–1. As a result of his double, Martin became only the fourth French international, after Jean Vincent, Zinedine Zidane and Bafétimbi Gomis, to score twice on his debut. Reims | 1 |
International_Code_of_Area_Nomenclature | International_Code_of_Area_Nomenclature 2010-06-18T23:05:57Z The International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN) provides a universal naming system or nomenclature for areas of endemism used in biogeography and elsewhere. The ICAN also serves as the international standard rules for proposing and using area names (Ebach et al. 2008) . The ICAN was ratified by the Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA) in Paris during July 2007. Ebach, M. C. , Morrone, J. J. Parenti, L. R. & Viloria Á. L. (2008). International Code of Area Nomenclature. Journal of Biogeography, 35: 1153–1157., International_Code_of_Area_Nomenclature 2011-04-09T03:57:16Z The International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN) provides a universal naming system or nomenclature for areas of endemism used in biogeography and elsewhere. The ICAN also serves as the international standard rules for proposing and using area names (Ebach et al. 2008) . The ICAN was ratified by the Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA) in Paris during July 2007. Ebach, M. C. , Morrone, J. J. Parenti, L. R. & Viloria Á. L. (2008). International Code of Area Nomenclature. Journal of Biogeography, 35: 1153–1157. | 0 |
Wiluna_Gold_Mine | Wiluna_Gold_Mine 2008-11-26T09:11:33Z The Wiluna Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia near the town of Wiluna. The mine was active from 1984 till its closure in 2007; it is currently under commissioning from it's recent upgrade and should resume full operations before the end of 2008. The mine was owned by the company Agincourt who was bought out in April 2007 by Oxiana Limited. Oxiana in turn sold on the Wiluna Gold Mine in July 2007, making them the shortest owner of the site. The mine consists of several open pits, the largest being East Pit which was mined until July 2007 and three underground operations. Two of those, Happy Jack and East Lode are older workings, the third, Bulletin decline was also mined until July 2007. Bulletin and its extensions, Calais and Woodley decline are currently the sites of an underground drilling program. There is approx. 15 km of underground workings at the mine. Most of the open pits are flooded with salt water. Only one of them, the small Caledonia Pit, contains fresh water. It is home to long neck turtles and yabbies (a fresh water crustacean). The current owner, Apex Minerals, upgraded and reopened the mine in November 2008. It also plans to transport ore to the Wiluna plant from its other mine sites, Gidgee Gold Mine (approx. 150 km south) and Youanmi Gold Mine (approx. 300km south). Williamson pit, an open pit in the dry salt lake of Lake Way was also mined by Agincourt until early 2007 but is now abandoned. The mining lease is still with Oxiana Limited who plans to mine rich uranium deposits there through Toro Energy Limited in the foreseeable future. There are other mining companies that currently carry out exploration in the Wiluna area too, notably for nickel and iron ore. There is also and older mine site approx. 25 km south of Wiluna, along the road to Leinster, Western Australia, called Wiluna South or Matilda Mine. It was operated for about 10 years until 1989 by Chevron. Apart from a couple of old pits and tailings dams there is little remaining of the old site. One of the few historical building from the earlier days of mining is the old Mine Managers Lodge, currently a private residence. There also is some old equipment on display at the visitors car park, notable an old crusher and an old mill. The Wiluna area was extensively mined from the discovery of Gold there in 1896 till the end of World War II when mining ceased. Just before entering Wiluna from the south, a wodden building on the right hand side is the old railway stations shed. In front of it, the railway dam can still be seen but the tracks which once went all the way to Leinster have been removed. In 1996, P. Heydon published a very informative book on the history of Wiluna and it's gold mine, titled "Wiluna: Edge of the Desert" (ISBN 0859052168). It contains many black and white pictures from the early days up to 1996. The mine is connected to Perth through flights out of Wiluna Airport. On Friday, 1 July 2005, an employee of Mining and Civil Australia Pty Ltd was killed at the Williamson pit. The man was crushed while helping to jump-start a truck. . On 19 March 2008, APEX announced the raising of $62 Million (Aus) to fund the Company’s program to resume gold production at the Wiluna Gold Mine by the end of 2008. . 26°37′S 120°15′E / 26. 617°S 120. 250°E / -26. 617; 120. 250, Wiluna_Gold_Mine 2010-04-30T08:35:27Z The Wiluna Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia near the town of Wiluna. The mine was active from 1984 till its closure in 2007; when it was put into care and maintenance; and again since late 2008. After commissioning from its recent upgrade the mine should have resumed full operations before the end of 2008; however, delays in the comissoning had forced the owner, APEX Minerals, to raise more money and postbone this date. The company announced on 5 March 2009 that full production had resumed. The mine is located on the native title of the Ngaanyatjarra aboriginal people. The mine consists of several open pits, the largest being East Pit which was mined until July 2007 and again in late 2008 and early 2009, and three underground operations. Two of those, Happy Jack and East Lode, are older workings, the third, Bulletin decline was also mined until July 2007 and has since reopened. Bulletin and its extensions, Calais and Woodley decline were the sites of an underground drilling program during the mines closure in 2007 and 2008. There was then approx. 15 km of underground workings at the mine. Most of the open pits are flooded with salt water. Only one of them, the small Caledonia Pit, contains fresh water. It is home to long neck turtles and yabbies (a fresh water crustacean). The current owner, Apex Minerals, upgraded and reopened the mine in November 2008. It originally also planned to transport ore to the Wiluna plant from its other mine sites, the Gidgee Gold Mine (approx. 150 km south) and the Youanmi Gold Mine (approx. 300 km south). After having postboned this plan in 2009, APEX reconsidered this option in September 2009, when its Wiluna-focused strategy failed. Williamson pit, an open pit in the dry salt lake of Lake Way, was also mined by Agincourt until early 2007 but is now abandoned. The mining lease was still with Oxiana Limited after the sale of Wiluna, Oxiana having had plans to mine rich uranium deposits there through Toro Energy Limited in the foreseeable future. There are other mining companies that were carrying out exploration in the Wiluna area too, notably for nickel and iron ore. There is also an older mine site approximately 25 km south of Wiluna, along the road to Leinster, called Wiluna South or Matilda Mine. It was operated for about 10 years until 1989 by Chevron. Apart from a couple of old pits and tailings dams there is little remaining of the old site. One of the few historical buildings from the earlier days of mining is the old Mine Managers Lodge, currently a private residence. There also is some old equipment on display at the visitors' car park, notably an old crusher and an old mill. The Wiluna area was extensively mined from the discovery of gold there in 1896 till the end of World War II when mining ceased. Just before entering Wiluna from the south, a wooden building on the right-hand side is the old railway station's shed. In front of it, the railway dam can still be seen but the tracks which once went all the way to Leinster have been removed. The mine is connected to Perth through flights out of Wiluna Airport and serviced by Maroomba Airlines. In 1896, gold was discovered in the region, which was then known as Lake Way, by three prospectors, George Woodley, James Wotton and Jimmy Lennon. On 29 December 1897, a 460 ounce nugget was found in Wiluna, then the largest found in the colony of Australia. The location it was found at was later to become the spot for the power house of the Wiluna Gold Mine Limited, the operators of the early mine. The town prospered from the development of the mine until the First World War. In 1920 however, a decline set in because the refractory ore could not be treated. As a consequence, the town's population shrank to less than 150 people. In 1924, Claude de Bernales floated a company that would undertake a drilling program and the Wiluna mine was revived. By 1939, the town had grown to a population of 9,000 thanks to the employment the mine provided. With the outbreak of the Second World War, Wiluna started to decline once more as the men had to join the Services. The mine lasted for some more years until 1947, when all machinery was sold off and Wiluna went into a form of hypernation. The third reincarnation of Wiluna mines, after 1896 and 1924, started in the early 1980s. Unlike the previous two before, the town did not profit from it as much. Fly-in fly-out rosters meant, there was no significant population growth. From 1987 to 1994, oxide ore was mined from open pit operations, from 1994 onwards, underground operations commenced. On 21 August 1997, Great Central Mines made an offer for Wiluna Mines Limited, owner of Wiluna at the time. This offer closed on 10 October 1997 and was followed by a second offer, lasting until the 2 January 1998. GMC acquired the necessary 90% acceptance in the second offer and moved to compulsory acquisition on 5 January 1998. The mine went through a number of owners during this time, being sold in package with the Bronzewing Gold Mine and the Jundee Gold Mine when Great Central Mines was taken over by Normandy Mining in June 2000. Normandy, in turn, was taken over by the Newmont Mining Corporation in February 2002. Having gone through a number of owners in its time, the Wiluna mine was owned by the Agincourt Resources since December 2003. Gowit Limited purchased Agincourt Resources, and thereby the mine, on 10 December 2003 from the previous owner, Newmont for shares and $3. 65 million in cash. Newmont later acquired almost 20% of Agincourt when it sold its Martabe mine to the later in July 2006. A fatality occurred at the mine when, on Friday, 1 July 2005, an employee of Mining and Civil Australia Pty Ltd was killed at the Williamson pit. The man was crushed while helping to jump-start a truck. Agincourt was bought out in April 2007 by Oxiana Limited. The acquisition brought Oxiana the Martabe gold project in Indonesia, the Wiluna Gold Mine, a 57% interest in Nova Energy Limited, a listed uranium explorer, and numerous exploration properties. Oxiana offered 0. 65 of its shares for every Agincourt share, a deal worth $415 million. Oxiana in turn sold on the Wiluna Gold Mine in July 2007, making them the shortest owner of the site. At the time of the purchase of the mine by Oxiana, it had only one year of mine life left and approx. 300,000 ounces of gold in reserves. Having purchased the mine in July 2007 for A$ 29. 5 million and placed it into care and maintenance from then on, APEX carried out an assessment of the necessary upgrades required to Wiluna for its three-mine strategy. On 19 March 2008, APEX announced the raising of $62 million to fund the company’s program to resume gold production at the Wiluna Gold Mine by the end of 2008. The company announced a loss in excess of $60 million for the financial year up to 30 June 2008. Despite the loss, it paid out a bonus of $100,000 to each of its three executive directors, increasing their combined wage, including options, from $1,086,861 (2006–07) to $2,715,923 (2007–08). The company raised a further $58. 5 million in September 2008 to be able to continue its projects. Of this, $30 million were earmarkt for exploration activities while the remainder was to go torwards protecting the company from the exposure to the Australian dollar gold price and the start up of its operations, which were scheduled for Wiluna for October 2008, for Gidgee in February 2009 and for Youanmi in the second half of 2009. Production for the 2009 calendar year was scheduled at 150,000 ounces, rising to 200,000 the following year. Delays in the commissoning of the mills were announced on 9 December 2008, making a start of full production in 2008 impossible; however full throughput was achieved. The difference between full production and full throughput is the large residence time required by the BIOX process. Apex announced its first gold pour on 22 December 2008. To compensate for these delays, APEX announced on 27 January 2009 the raising of a further $20 million to cover the shortfall in revenue, bringing the overall figure of investment in Wiluna and related projects to $140 million. This was achieved by issuing a further 72. 5 million shares. It further declared that production had reached 7,000 ounces per month and would ramp up to the expected 120,000 ounces per year in February 2009. APEX also considered the option to claim certain amounts of the costs involved in the upgrade from the previous owner, formerly Oxiana, now OZ Minerals. In its quarterly activities report for the three month up to end of December 2008, the company declared a gold production of 385 ounces. In March 2009 the company announced that it had reached full production, averaging 290 ounces of Gold per day for February. APEX announced yet another capital raising on 18 May 2009, receiving $28 million through share placement and increasing the money invested in the Wiluna project to $168 million. APEX stated lower than expected production in their underground operations as their reason for this further capital raising. For the second quarter of 2009, the company declared it had reached its production target of 30,000 ounces of gold per month. Its cash costs however where at $952, almost $400 above the company's target of $560. APEX projected that it could cut production costs per ounce by $40 for every additional 1,000 ounces produced each month. While the mining operations in Wiluna itself in the June 2009 quarter achieved a profit of $9,995,000, the company suffered an over-all loss of $113,762,000 for the 2008–09 tax year. In a low-key announcement on 31 July 2009, APEX declared that Glenn Jardine, Director of operations, had resigned from his posision without stating any reasons for his departure. On 22 September 2009, APEX declared a trading halt to its shares and the possibility that it may go into voluntary suspension of trading to receive enough time to complete another capital raising. After having deviated from its original three-mine strategy and only processed ore from the Wiluna operations, leaving the Gidgee and Youanmi operations in care and maintenance, the company now decided to return to multiple feed for its Wiluna processing facility, the one feed strategy having failed. To achieve this, it raised enough money to cover its depth and regain $50 million in working capital. With its current depth level estimated to be around $60 million, the company had to raise another $110 million, bringing its investment into its gold mining operations to around $300 million. APEX returned to its previously abandoned strategy of sourcing ore from Gidgee as well as Wiluna for its processing facility. It planed to commence mining at Gidgee once more in March 2010 and transport ore to Wiluna. In late December 2009, APEX announced a further delay with the development of the Gidgee mine because of the need of an upgrade of the Gidgee - Wiluna road. APEX anticipates that mining could be delayed another two or three month. The BIOX process is a pretreatment process for refractory gold ores or concentrates, using naturally occurring bacteria to break down the sulphide ore and liberate the gold for subsequent cyanidation. The advantage of the BIOX process is its environmental friendliness. BIOX was first commercially used in 1988 and the Wiluna plant was installed in 1993. Pre-APEX production figures were: Since resumption of production in December 2008, the company has announced the following quarterly production figures: 26°37′S 120°15′E / 26. 617°S 120. 250°E / -26. 617; 120. 250 | 0 |
Jesse Metcalfe | Jesse Metcalfe 2011-01-01T03:52:29Z Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor, most known for his role on Desperate Housewives as John Rowland. He is also notable for his portrayal of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions and his starring role as the title character in the movie John Tucker Must Die. Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. His father is of French and Italian descent and his mother is of Italian and Portuguese descent. Metcalfe played in several basketball leagues during his teen years in Waterford, Connecticut and graduated from The Williams School in New London, Connecticut. After successfully auditioning for the NBC soap opera Passions, he played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, one of five siblings, from the show's debut in July 1999 to July 2004. In late 2003 and early 2004, Metcalfe made two guest appearances on the WB Network TV series Smallville as vindictive "meteor freak hunter" Van McNulty. In October 2004 Metcalfe returned to television as the teenage gardener John Rowland on the popular ABC TV drama Desperate Housewives, where his character had a secret relationship with housewife Gabrielle Solis played by Eva Longoria. In November 2004 USA Today named him "the hottest sex symbol". Metcalfe made brief appearances in later seasons. Metcalfe is the fifth celebrity, victim to appear on the T.V. show Punk'd more than once; after Ben McKenzie, Wilmer Valderrama, Omarion, and Jesse McCartney. His first appearance took place when he and Ashton Kutcher punk'd Eva Longoria Parker for stealing thousands of dollars and fraud (false identity). His second occurred when he was punk'd by Ashton Kutcher's crew members during the Spider-Man 3 audition. Metcalfe also appeared in the 3 Doors Down "Let Me Go" video. Metcalfe's first film role was in John Tucker Must Die, alongside Ashanti, One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush and Hairspray's Brittany Snow; he played a wealthy and insincere teenage playboy high school basketball player. The film opened on July 28, 2006. Metcalfe hosted UK chat show The Paul O'Grady Show on October 26, 2006, because O'Grady was taking the week off on doctor's orders. Jesse had previously been interviewed on the show twice before. Metcalfe sang "Hey Jude" on the Soap Sessions 3: Beatles songs CD. In 2008 he portrayed Jack in the psychological horror film Insanitarium. The film received a limited theatrical release and was released Straight-to-DVD July 15, 2008 and received a negative to mixed critical reception. He also starred as Granger Woodruff in The Other End of the Line a film based on an employee at an Indian call-center who travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone. The film was released Straight-to-DVD October 31, 2008 to mixed reviews. Metcalfe hosted the World Music Awards in Monaco in November 2008. After "a couple glasses of champagne" at a party after the Awards, Metcalfe fell off a second-story balcony and tumbled thirty to forty feet to the ground. He fractured a fibula, but avoided more serious injury. In 2009 he starred alongside both Amber Tamblyn and Michael Douglas in a remake of the 1956 film Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The film directed by Peter Hyams was released to selected cinemas September 11, 2009. The film received extremely negative reviews and has a rating of 4% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 20 reviews. He has signed on as Craig in the horror film The Tortured. The film which was originally set to be released in 2009 has been pushed back to an unconfirmed 2010 release. , Jesse Metcalfe 2012-12-21T02:15:22Z Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor. Metcalfe is best known for his portrayal of John Rowland on Desperate Housewives. Metcalfe has also had notable roles on Passions and John Tucker Must Die and currently stars as Christopher Ewing in the TNT continuation of Dallas, based on the 1978 series of the same name. Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. His father is of French and Italian descent and his mother is of Italian and Portuguese descent. Metcalfe played in several basketball leagues during his teen years in Waterford, Connecticut, and graduated from The Williams School in New London, Connecticut. In 1999, Metcalfe successfully auditioned for the NBC soap opera television series Passions, which debuted in July 1999. Metcalfe portrayed the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, a resident in the fictional city of Harmony. In July 2004, after more than five years on the series, Metcalfe announced he was taking a break from Passions to pursue other projects. Metcalfe, in November of that year, returned to the series for a brief stint before making his final appearance on the series in January 2005. In October 2004, Metcalfe starred in the ABC drama comedy television series Desperate Housewives as teen gardener John Rowland, who is involved in an affair with a married housewife. In 2005, Metcalfe won the "Choice TV Breakout Performance: Male" award at the Teen Choice Awards for his role on the show. For a brief period Metcalfe juggled both Passions and Desperate Housewives roles before leaving Passions to focus on Desperate Housewives full-time. Following the first season, creator Marc Cherry revealed Metcalfe would return to the series on a recurring basis. Metcalfe made his final appearance as a special guest star on the show in October 2009. In July 2006, Metcalfe played the title character in the 20th Century Fox comedy film John Tucker Must Die. The film, which starred Sophia Bush and Brittany Snow, followed three friends who set out to break the heart of a serial cheater by setting him up with the new girl in town. Filming took place in Vancouver on a budget of $18 million. The film and Metcalfe's performance received mixed reviews and went on to make over $68,824,526 worldwide. To promote the film, Metcalfe hosted an episode of the British TV chat show The Paul O'Grady Show in October, due to O'Grady's being unwell. In July 2008, Metcalfe starred in the horror film Insanitarium portraying the protagonist, Jack. The film, which centers on a young man trying to break his sister out of a mental institution, was filmed in August and September 2007. The film received negative reviews though Metcalfe's performance received positive reviews from the few critics who reviewed the film. That same year Metcalfe starred in The Other End of the Line as the romantic interest Granger Woodruff. The film was released in October and went on to make over $507,534 worldwide on a limited theatrical release in selected countries. In February 2008, Variety announced Metcalfe would star alongside Michael Douglas and Amber Tamblyn in the remake of the 1956 film Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. Filming took place in Los Angeles the following month. The film suffered distribution problems and suffered numerous push-backs. The film was released in September 2009 to universally negative reviews. The film, which made over $3 million worldwide, failed to surpass the its $25 million budget. In February 2010, Metcalfe was cast in the NBC crime drama television series Chase. The pilot was shot in March that same year in Houston, Texas. On May 10, 2010 NBC picked up an 18-episode first season. The series centers on a fugitive-apprehension team based outside of Houston, Texas who track down dangerous criminals. The series premiered on September 20 2010 to 7.31 million viewers and mixed reviews from critics. The series did not return for a second season due to low ratings. In February 2011, Metcalfe was confirmed to star in the TNT drama television series Dallas. The series is a continuation of the Dallas series that premiered in 1978 and went on for 14 seasons. In July 2011, TNT picked up the pilot and ordered a 10-episode first season. Both Jordana Brewster and Josh Henderson were confirmed to star. Metcalfe portrays Christopher Ewing, a role that originated from the original series (and was played by another actor). The series premiered on June 13, 2012 to 6.86 million viewers and positive reviews from critics. In March 2007, he entered a drug rehabilitation facility, citing alcoholism as the reason. In November 2008, Metcalfe hosted the World Music Awards in Monaco. While at the after party for the ceremony, Metcalfe fell off a second-story balcony and tumbled thirty feet to the ground. He fractured his fibula but avoided more serious injury. In September 2012, he began work on a film project in Tucson, Arizona. In March 2006, Metcalfe began a relationship with Girls Aloud member Nadine Coyle after meeting her in Sydney, Australia. In April 2008, they broke up. In January 2012, it was announced Metcalfe was engaged to actress Cara Santana. The couple met in 2009. | 1 |
Erich_Römer | Erich_Römer 2011-02-26T22:11:45Z Erich Römer (June 2, 1894 – March 26, 1987) was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German ice hockey team, which placed last in his preliminary group of the Olympic tournament and did not advance. Four years later he was a member of the German ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches. Template:Persondata This article about a German Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This German biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Erich_Römer 2013-03-01T13:35:09Z Erich Römer (2 June 1894 – 26 March 1987) was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he was a member of the German ice hockey team, which placed last in his preliminary group of the Olympic tournament and did not advance. Four years later he was a member of the German ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches. Template:Persondata This article about a German Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This German biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
TMS Entertainment | TMS Entertainment 2021-01-03T10:12:47Z TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント Kabushiki-gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha (東京ムービー新社 Tōkyō Mūbī Shinsha), also known as Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー Tōkyō Mūbī) or TMS-Kyokuichi, is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946. TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as Lupin the Third, The Rose of Versailles, Detective Conan, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, D.Gray-man, Anpanman, Monster Rancher, Hamtaro, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, and Sonic X and feature-length films Golgo 13: The Professional, Akira and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, alongside animation works for western animation such as Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Rainbow Brite, DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, and Spider-Man: The Animated Series. In 2010, TMS Entertainment became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings. The company was originally established on October 22, 1946 by Yutaka Fujioka. as Asahi Gloves Manufacturing Co., Ltd., it was originally a textile manufacturer. Later, the company name was changed to Asahi Ichi Henori Co., Ltd., Asahiichi Co., Ltd., and Asahiichi Shine Industry Co., Ltd. However, the company really started operations in 1964, when it ventured into the animation industry as Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī) after the failure of Fujioka's previous studio, Tokyo Ningyo Cinema (東京人形シネマ, Tōkyō Ningyō Shinema). The studio's first production was an animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Big X. Hayao Miyazaki was associated with Tokyo Movie before founding Studio Ghibli. His most notable work at TMS was his role as the director of The Castle of Cagliostro, which is notable for being his first feature-length debut. In 1972, Madhouse was established with funding from Fujioka, and co-produced its earliest series with Tokyo Movie. In 1977, Fujioka reformatted Tokyo Movie into Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Its first production was Lupin the Third Part II, which aired from 1977 to 1980. The film adaptation, The Mystery of Mamo, was the studio's first feature-length movie in history. A subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, was founded in 1975, but didn't start production until after Tokyo Movie was restructured. In 1980, TMS established a partnership with the French (later American) company DiC, as one of its overseas animation subcontractors, where the former would help animate many of the latter's programs, starting with the pilot of Ulysses 31. The two would also produce the 1982 unaired pilot Lupin VIII. This partnership would last until 1996, when DiC opened its own Japan-based animation facility known as K.K. DIC Asia (later Creativity & Development Asia) in 1983, for animation production on its shows in order to bypass overseas animation subcontractors. In 1989, TMS released Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland in Japan and the United States. The movie was infamous for being in development hell with figures such as George Lucas, Chuck Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, and Gary Kurtz being involved with the movie before dropping out. The film, despite receiving mixed to positive reviews from publications including The Washington Post, Variety, the New York Post, the Boston Globe, and The New York Times, became a box-office bomb. In response to this, founder Fujioka decided to retire from the animation business. TMS, having to recoup Little Nemo's losses, increased production on locally based anime programs and became highly involved in animation for Western-based productions, including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Batman: The Animated Series. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, TMS and its subsidiaries, Telecom Animation Film and South Korea-based Seoul Movie, animated for various companies, including DiC, Walt Disney Television Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Marvel Films Animation, Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Production I.G, Sunrise, Bones, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, and outsourced to smaller studios such as Telecom (its own division), Ajia-do, Magic Bus, Gonzo, Studio Jungle Gym, Nakamura Production, Tokyo Kids, DR Movie, and Orange. Since the early 2000s, TMS itself has no longer supplied animation services to western studios due to increasingly demanding costs. While it still produces feature films, these films are primarily spinoffs from existing anime properties, which include the likes of Anpanman and Detective Conan. Aside from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, animators would leave TMS to form their own studios. One of these studios was Brain's Base. Similarly, animators at its subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, would leave to form Ufotable in 2000, which they would be later known for works like Tales of Symphonia, The Garden of Sinners, Fate/Zero, and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. On July 1, 1991, Tokyo Movie Shinsha's holding company changed their name to Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi. In 1995, Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi merged with Tokyo Movie Shinsha. In 1996, the Los Angeles studio division was established for overseas TMS animation and in 2000, the company was re-branded as TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. In 2001, the Paris studio division was established. In 2003, American brokerage group Merrill Lynch became the second-largest shareholder in TMS Entertainment after acquiring a 7.54 percent stake in the studio. Merrill Lynch purchased the stake purely for investment purposes and had no intention of acquiring control of the firm's management. On October 17, 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings announced that they had acquired a 50.2% majority stake in TMS and subsidized the studio under it. In 2012, the head office was relocated to Nakano, Tokyo. In 2015, Sega Sammy placed TMS as a subsidiary of Sega Holdings. In April 2017, Sega's CG production division, Marza Animation Planet, became a subsidiary of TMS. The company has numerous animation subsidiaries collaborating in conjunction with the company. Those include:, TMS Entertainment 2022-12-16T00:48:54Z TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Tomusu Entateinmento), formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd., also known as Tokyo Movie or TMS-Kyokuichi, is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946. TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as Lupin the Third, Lilpri, The Gutsy Frog, The Rose of Versailles, Anpanman, Detective Conan, Monster Rancher, Magic Knight Rayearth, Hamtaro, Sonic X, D.Gray-man, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Fruits Basket (since 2019), Obake no Q-Taro (until 1972), Bakugan Battle Brawlers and feature-length films Golgo 13: The Professional, Akira and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, alongside animation works for Western animation such as Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Rainbow Brite, DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, and Spider-Man: The Animated Series. In 2010, TMS Entertainment became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings. The company was originally established on October 22, 1946 by Yutaka Fujioka. As Asahi Gloves Manufacturing Co., Ltd., it was originally a textile manufacturer. Later, the company name was changed to Asahi Ichi Henori Co., Ltd., Asahiichi Co., Ltd., Asahiichi Shine Industry Co., Ltd., and Kyokuichi Co., Ltd. In 2003, the company completely withdrew from the textile business. The company started operations in 1964 when it ventured into the animation industry as Tokyo Movie (東京ムービー, Tōkyō Mūbī) after the failure of Fujioka's previous studio, Tokyo Ningyo Cinema (東京人形シネマ, Tōkyō Ningyō Shinema). The studio's first production was an animated adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Big X. Hayao Miyazaki was associated with Tokyo Movie before founding Studio Ghibli. His most notable work at TMS was his role as the director of The Castle of Cagliostro, which is notable for being his first feature-length debut. In 1972, Madhouse was established with funding from Fujioka, and co-produced its earliest series with Tokyo Movie. In 1977, Fujioka reformatted Tokyo Movie into Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Its first production was Lupin the Third Part II, which aired from 1977 to 1980. The film adaptation, The Mystery of Mamo, was the studio's first feature-length movie in history. A subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, was founded in 1975, but didn't start production until after Tokyo Movie was restructured. In 1980, TMS established a partnership with the French (later American) company DiC, as one of its overseas animation subcontractors, where the former would help animate many of the latter's programs, starting with the pilot of Ulysses 31. The two would also produce the 1982 unaired pilot Lupin VIII. This partnership would last until 1996, when DiC opened its own Japan-based animation facility known as K.K. DIC Asia (later Creativity & Development Asia) in 1983, for animation production on its shows in order to bypass overseas animation subcontractors. In 1989, TMS released Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland in Japan, followed by a United States in 1992. The movie was infamous for being in development hell with figures such as George Lucas, Chuck Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, and Gary Kurtz being involved with the movie before dropping out. The film receiving mixed to positive reviews from publications including The Washington Post, Variety, the New York Post, the Boston Globe, and The New York Times, and became a box-office bomb. In response to this, founder Fujioka decided to retire from the animation business. TMS, having to recoup Little Nemo's losses by increased production on locally based anime programs including Anpanman and the yearly Lupin III television specials which the specials ran non-stop until 2013 (with additional special produced in 2016, 2018 and 2019) while Telecom became highly involved in animation for Western-based productions due to the Japanese bubble economy busting making it difficult to find local work, including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Batman: The Animated Series in order to fund for its next project Farewell to Nostradamus. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, TMS and its subsidiaries, Telecom Animation Film and South Korea-based Seoul Movie, animated for various companies, including DiC, Walt Disney Television Animation, Warner Bros. Animation, Marvel Films Animation, Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Production I.G, Sunrise, Bones, Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, and outsourced to smaller studios such as Telecom (its own division), Ajia-do, Magic Bus, Gonzo, Studio Jungle Gym, Nakamura Production, Tokyo Kids, DR Movie, and Orange. Since the early 2000s, TMS itself has no longer supplied animation services to western studios due to increasingly demanding costs. While it still produces feature films, these films are primarily spinoffs from existing anime properties, which include the likes of Anpanman and Detective Conan. Aside from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, animators would leave TMS to form their own studios. One of these studios was Brain's Base. Similarly, animators at its subsidiary, Telecom Animation Film, would leave to form Ufotable in 2000, which they would be later known for works like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tales of Symphonia, The Garden of Sinners, Fate/Zero, and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. On July 1, 1991, Tokyo Movie Shinsha's holding company changed their name to Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi. In 1995, Tokyo Movie Kyokuichi merged with Tokyo Movie Shinsha. In 1996, the Los Angeles studio division was established for overseas TMS animation and in 2000, the company was re-branded as TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd. In 2001, the Paris studio division was established. In 2003, American brokerage group Merrill Lynch became the second-largest shareholder in TMS Entertainment after acquiring a 7.54 percent stake in the studio. Merrill Lynch purchased the stake purely for investment purposes and had no intention of acquiring control of the firm's management. On October 17, 2005, Sega Sammy Holdings announced that they had acquired a 50.2% majority stake in TMS and subsidized the studio under it. In 2012, the head office was relocated to Nakano, Tokyo. In 2015, Sega Sammy placed TMS as a subsidiary of Sega Holdings. In April 2017, Sega's CG production division, Marza Animation Planet, became a subsidiary of TMS. The company has numerous animation subsidiaries collaborating in conjunction with the company. Those include: | 1 |
CSM Reșița | CSM Reșița 2011-01-05T21:32:09Z Şcolar Reşiţa is a Romanian football team from Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin County founded in 1926. Chronology of names: UD Reşiţa (1926–48), Metalochimic Reşiţa (1948–49), Metalul Reşiţa (1949–56), Energia Reşiţa (1956–57), CSM Reşiţa (1957–75, 1982-05), FCM Reşiţa (1975–82, 2005–08) and Şcolar Reşiţa (2009-Present) Not to be confused with CS Muncitorul Reşiţa, founded in 1911, with its name also shortened to CSM Reşiţa. The club was founded in 1926 and achieved success relatively soon, winning the Liga I at the end of the 1930-31 season. The following season the club finished runners-up. In 1954 it managed to win the Romanian Cup after a period of decline. During its 84 year history it has played 16 seasons in the Liga I, the last time being the 1999–2000 season. The club was dissolved in the autumn of 2008 following relegation to the Liga III because of the lack of financial support. In the summer of 2009 it was brought back to life, this time with the name of Şcolar Reşiţa. The club finished 8th in the 2009-10 Liga III season. The most successful team from Caraş-Severin County. Liga I: Liga II: Liga III: Romanian Cup: Şcolar Reşiţa's profile on romaniansoccer.ro, CSM Reșița 2012-11-12T10:21:54Z FCM Reşiţa is a Romanian football team from Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin County founded in 1926. Chronology of names: UD Reşiţa (1926–48), Metalochimic Reşiţa (1948–49), Metalul Reşiţa (1949–56), Energia Reşiţa (1956–57), CSM Reşiţa (1957–75, 1982-05), Școlar Reșița (2009-2012), FCM Reşiţa (1975–82, 2005–08, 2012 – Present). Not to be confused with CS Muncitorul Reşiţa, founded in 1911, with its name also shortened to CSM Reşiţa. The club is situated in Reşiţa, in Valea Domanului. The training base is one of the most moderns in Romania. In the front of the football complex is is the bust of Mircea Chivu, the most known Reşiţa coach, the father of very-well known Cristian Chivu. The club was founded in 1926 and achieved success relatively soon, winning the Liga I at the end of the 1930-31 season. The following season the club finished runners-up. In 1954 it managed to win the Romanian Cup against Dinamo Bucharest with 1-0 after a period of decline. During its 84 year history it has played for 16 seasons in the Liga I, the last time in the 1999–2000 season. The club was dissolved in the autumn of 2008 because of the lack of financial support. In the summer of 2009 it was brought back to life, this time with the name of Şcolar Reşiţa. In the summer of 2012 it was renamed once again, this time returning to the old name of FCM Reşiţa. The most successful team from Caraş-Severin County. Liga I: Liga II: Liga III: Romanian Cup: Şcolar Reşiţa's profile on romaniansoccer.ro | 1 |
Serbian League Vojvodina | Serbian League Vojvodina 2007-07-21T11:22:03Z Srpska Liga Vojvodina is a section of the Srpska Liga, Serbia's third football league. Teams from Vojvodina are in this section of the league. , Serbian League Vojvodina 2008-12-23T14:55:53Z Serbian League Vojvodina is a section of the Serbian League, Serbia's third football league. Teams from Vojvodina are in this section of the league. The other sections are Serbian League East, Serbian League West, and Serbian League Belgrade. In group Vojvodina, beginning of the 60's, team of Novi Sad was shining till the skies with representatives Pirmayer, Lemić and Brzić. That spring on Detelinara new canaries signed: Stojan Pilipović, Jovan Ninković and Zoran Milovac, who wore its nations under 21 team's kit. In its time Crvenka with Ratko Svilar on goal, played in elite, and Bečej even went in Europe! Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia start end | 1 |
William_T._Wickner | William_T._Wickner 2009-10-08T10:13:14Z William T. Wickner born March 13, 1946, the James C. Chilcott '20 Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Dartmouth Medical School, is an authority on membrane fusion and inheritance, which is a fundamental problem in eukaryotic and bacterial cell biology. Bill Wickner is a 1967 graduate of Yale University (chemistry) and a 1973 M. D. graduate of Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, he worked with Eugene Kennedy. He conducted post-doctoral research with Arthur Kornberg at Stanford University, discovering the role of an RNA primer in the replication of DNA. He began his independent research career as a Mellon senior fellow at Stanford in 1974, where he initiated studies of asymmetric membrane assembly in bacteria and viral assembly. Wickner then spent 17 years on the faculty of UCLA, during which time he earned honors including an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NIH Merit Award. In 1993, he moved to Dartmouth Medical School, where he became chair of the Biochemistry Department and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. Wickner has trained many successful scientists including Barbara Conradt, Elliott Crooke, Franz-Ulrich Hartl, Daniel Klionsky, Gail Mandel, Janet Shaw, Pamela Silver, Gunnar von Heijne and Lois Weisman. , William_T._Wickner 2011-09-18T20:16:37Z William T. Wickner born March 13, 1946, the James C. Chilcott '20 Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Dartmouth Medical School, is an authority on membrane fusion and inheritance, which is a fundamental problem in eukaryotic and bacterial cell biology. Bill Wickner, brother of prion biologist Reed Wickner, is a 1967 graduate of Yale University (chemistry) and a 1973 M. D. graduate of Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, he worked with Eugene Kennedy. He conducted post-doctoral research with Arthur Kornberg at Stanford University, discovering the role of an RNA primer in the replication of DNA. He began his independent research career as a Mellon senior fellow at Stanford in 1974, where he initiated studies of asymmetric membrane assembly in bacteria and viral assembly. Wickner then spent 17 years on the faculty of UCLA, during which time he earned honors including an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NIH Merit Award. In 1993, he moved to Dartmouth Medical School, where he became chair of the Biochemistry Department and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. Dr. Wickner is also a foreign associate of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Wickner has trained many successful scientists including Barbara Conradt, Elliott Crooke, Franz-Ulrich Hartl, Daniel Klionsky, Roland Lill, Gail Mandel, Janet Shaw, Pamela Silver, Gunnar von Heijne and Lois Weisman. Wickner's Lab currently explores yeast vacuole fusion as a model for membrane fusion. His typical day includes the tasks of running a very successful research lab; being a wonderful friend and advisor, offering astute scientific advice and breaking into amusing impromptu performances of old Tom Lehrer songs! Template:Persondata | 0 |
Sign_Here,_Here_and_Here | Sign_Here,_Here_and_Here 2009-05-01T16:06:43Z Sign Here, Here and Here is an EP by The Company Band. This is The Company Band's debut recording, it was recorded at Bam Margera's personal studio The Hobbit Hole during 2006 and 2007. Clips from Company Man and Heartache & Misery, as well as the full tracks of Fortune's A Mistress and Spellbinder can be heard at www. myspace. com/thecoband. The CD was mixed by Andrew Alekel at Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood. The tracks have been released on iTunes and the CD has been made available February 9th from merchdirect. com, cdbaby. com and directly from Jess from Amazon. com, Sign_Here,_Here_and_Here 2009-06-13T12:59:56Z Sign Here, Here and Here is an EP by The Company Band. This is The Company Band's debut recording, it was recorded at Bam Margera's personal studio The Hobbit Hole during 2007. The CD was mixed by Andrew Alekel at Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood. All tracks are written by Neil Fallon, Jess Margera, Dave Bone, James Rota and Jason Diamond. | 0 |
Christopher Lloyd | Christopher Lloyd 2017-01-02T17:08:34Z Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his roles as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993). Lloyd has an equally prominent television profile, having won two Primetime Emmy Awards for playing Jim Ignatowski on the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983). He earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance on Road to Avonlea. He has also done extensive voiceover work for animated programs, most notably voicing The Hacker on the PBS Kids series Cyberchase (2002–2015). The role earned him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, Jr, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth (née Lapham; 1896–1984), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. He is the youngest of four girls and three boys, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyd's maternal grandfather, Lewis Henry Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, and Lloyd is also a descendant of Mayflower passengers, including John Howland. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, and Hyannis, Massachusetts. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19—some at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner—and he recalled making his New York theater debut in Fernando Arrabal's play And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, saying, "I was a replacement and it was my first sort of job in New York." He made his Broadway debut in the short-lived Red, White and Maddox (1969), and went on to Off-Broadway roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kaspar (February 1973), The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull (January 1974), Total Eclipse (February 1974), Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks, Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, The Father, King Lear. Power Failure, and in mid-1972 appeared in a Jean Cocteau double bill, Orphee and The Human Voice, at the Jean Cocteau Theater at 43 Bond Street. Lloyd returned to Broadway for the musical Happy End. He performed in Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed at Yale Repertory Theater, and in Jay Broad's premiere of White Pelican at the P.A.F. Playhouse in Huntington Station, New York, on Long Island. In 1977, he said of his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Meisner, "My work up to then had been very uneven. I would be good one night, dull the next. Meisner made me aware of how to be consistent in using the best that I have to offer. But I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage." His first movie role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He is best known for his roles as "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the sitcom Taxi, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. In 1985 he was in Street Hawk the pilot episode. In 1986, he played the reviled Professor B.O. Beanes on the television series Amazing Stories. Other roles include Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) (on suggestion of fellow actor and friend Leonard Nimoy), Professor Plum in Clue (1985), Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series); the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); a wacky sound effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders (1994); and Uncle Fester in the movie adaptations of The Addams Family (1991). Lloyd portrayed the star character in the adventure game Toonstruck, released in November 1996. In 1999, he was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of Spin City entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day", in which Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, the former mentor of Fox's character, Mike Flaherty's who stopped by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself God. That same year, Lloyd starred in the movie remake of the 1960s series My Favorite Martian. He starred on the television series Deadly Games in the mid-1990s and was a regular on the sitcom Stacked in the mid-2000s. In 2003, he guest-starred in three of the 13 produced episodes of Tremors: The Series as the character Cletus Poffenburger. In November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the season-four episode "Graphic" of the television series Numb3rs. He played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. In 2009, he appeared in a comedic trailer for a faux horror film entitled Gobstopper, in which he played Willy Wonka as a horror-movie-style villain. In October 2009, he did a two-man show with comic performer Joe Gallois in several Midwest cities. In the summer of 2010, he starred as Willy Loman in a Weston Playhouse production of Death of a Salesman. That September, he reprised his role as Doctor Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Game, an episodic adventure game series developed by Telltale Games. On January 21, 2011, he appeared "The Firefly" episode of the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe. That August, he reprised the role of Dr. Emmett Brown (from Back to the Future) as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino, an Argentine appliance company, and also as part of the Nike Company's "Back For the Future" campaign for the benefit of The Michael J. Fox Foundation. In 2012 and 2013, Lloyd reprised the role of Brown in two episodes of the stop-motion series Robot Chicken. He was a guest star on the 100th episode of the USA Network sitcom Psych as Martin Khan in 2013. In May 2013, Lloyd appeared as the narrator and the character Azdak in the Bertold Brecht play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, produced by the Classic Stage Company in New York. Lloyd has been married four times but has never had any children. He was first married to Catharine Dallas Dixon Boyd on June 6, 1959. The couple divorced in 1971 after 12 years of marriage. He next was married to actress Kay Tornborg, from 1974 to 1987. Lloyd's third marriage, to Carol Ann Vanek, lasted from 1988 to 1991. His fourth marriage, to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood, lasted from 1992 to 2005. After his divorce from Wood, in Montecito, California, Lloyd bought a smaller house on March 23, 2007, and that May listed his 8.07-acre old estate for over $11 million; although the price was later dropped to $6.5 million. Wood and he had bought the house in 1997 for $1.6 million. This home, which was on the market at the time, was destroyed in the Tea Fire of November 2008 in Montecito, California. Lloyd's philanthropist mother, Ruth Lapham Lloyd, died in 1984 at age 88. Her surviving children at the time aside from Christopher were Donald L. Mygatt, Antoinette L. Mygatt Lucas, Samuel Lloyd III, Ruth Lloyd Scott Ax and Adele L. Kinney. Lloyd's nephew, Sam Lloyd, is best known for playing Ted Buckland, the lawyer on Scrubs. , Christopher Lloyd 2018-12-02T13:53:58Z Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award for his work. He made his screen debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and gained widespread recognition as Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards. Lloyd also starred as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993). Lloyd earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance in Road to Avonlea, and won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Twenty Bucks (1993). He has done extensive voice work, including Merlock in DuckTales the Movie (1990), Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia (1997), The Woodsman in Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014), and the Hacker in PBS Kids series Cyberchase (2002–present), which earned him two further Emmy nominations. He has also been nominated for two Saturn Awards and a BIFA Award. Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938, in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, Jr, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth (née Lapham; 1896–1984), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. He is the youngest of four girls and three boys, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyd's maternal grandfather, Lewis Henry Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, and Lloyd is also a descendant of Mayflower passengers, including John Howland. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, and Hyannis, Massachusetts. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19—some at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner—and he recalled making his New York theater debut in a 1961 production of Fernando Arrabal's play And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, saying, "I was a replacement and it was my first sort of job in New York." He made his Broadway debut in the short-lived Red, White and Maddox (1969), and went on to Off-Broadway roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kaspar (February 1973), The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull (January 1974), Total Eclipse (February 1974), Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks, Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, The Father, King Lear. Power Failure, and, in mid-1972, appeared in a Jean Cocteau double bill, Orphee and The Human Voice, at the Jean Cocteau Theater at 43 Bond Street. Lloyd returned to Broadway for the musical Happy End. He performed in Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed at Yale Repertory Theater, and in Jay Broad's premiere of White Pelican at the P.A.F. Playhouse in Huntington Station, New York, on Long Island. In 1977, he said of his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Meisner, "My work up to then had been very uneven. I would be good one night, dull the next. Meisner made me aware of how to be consistent in using the best that I have to offer. But I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage." His first movie role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He is best known for his roles as "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the sitcom Taxi, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. In 1985, he appeared in the pilot episode of Street Hawk. In 1986, he played the reviled Professor B.O. Beanes on the television series Amazing Stories. Other roles include Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) (on suggestion of fellow actor and friend Leonard Nimoy), Professor Plum in Clue (1985), Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series); the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); a wacky sound effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders (1994); and Uncle Fester in the movie adaptations of The Addams Family (1991). Lloyd portrayed the star character in the adventure game Toonstruck, released in November 1996. In 1999, he was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of Spin City entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day", in which Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, the former mentor of Fox's character, Mike Flaherty's who stopped by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself God. That same year, Lloyd starred in the movie remake of the 1960s series My Favorite Martian. He starred on the television series Deadly Games in the mid-1990s and was a regular on the sitcom Stacked in the mid-2000s. In 2003, he guest-starred in three of the 13 produced episodes of Tremors: The Series as the character Cletus Poffenburger. In November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the season-four episode "Graphic" of the television series Numb3rs. He played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. In 2009, he appeared in a comedic trailer for a faux horror film entitled Gobstopper, in which he played Willy Wonka as a horror-movie-style villain. In October 2009, he did a two-man show with comic performer Joe Gallois in several Midwest cities. In the summer of 2010, he starred as Willy Loman in a Weston Playhouse production of Death of a Salesman. That September, he reprised his role as Doctor Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Game, an episodic adventure game series developed by Telltale Games. On January 21, 2011, he appeared in "The Firefly" episode of the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe. That August, he reprised the role of Dr. Emmett Brown (from Back to the Future) as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino, an Argentine appliance company, and also as part of Nike's "Back For the Future" campaign for the benefit of The Michael J. Fox Foundation. In 2012 and 2013, Lloyd reprised the role of Brown in two episodes of the stopmotion series Robot Chicken. He was a guest star on the 100th episode of the USA Network sitcom Psych as Martin Khan in 2013. In May 2013, Lloyd appeared as the narrator and the character Azdak in the Bertold Brecht play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, produced by the Classic Stage Company in New York. On the October 21, 2015, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lloyd and Michael J. Fox appeared in a Back to the Future skit to commemorate the date in the second installment of the movie trilogy. In May 2018, Lloyd made a cameo appearance in the episode titled "No Country For Old Women" of Roseanne, playing Lou, the boyfriend to the mother of Roseanne and Jackie. Lloyd first was married to Catharine Dallas Dixon Boyd, on June 6, 1959. The couple divorced in 1971 after 12 years of marriage. He was next married to actress Kay Tornborg, from 1974 to 1987. Lloyd's third marriage, to Carol Ann Vanek, lasted from 1988 to 1991. His fourth marriage, to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood, lasted from 1992 to 2005. After his divorce from Wood, in Montecito, California, Lloyd bought a smaller house on March 23, 2007, and that May listed his 8.07-acre old estate for over $11 million; the price was later dropped to $6.5 million. Wood and he had bought the house in 1997 for $1.6 million. This home, which was on the market at the time, was destroyed in the Tea Fire of November 2008 in Montecito, California. By August 5, 2016, Lloyd was engaged to Lisa Loiacono, a real estate broker. Lloyd married Loiacono in November 2016. Lloyd's philanthropist mother, Ruth Lapham Lloyd, died in 1984 at age 88. Her surviving children at the time aside from Christopher were Donald L. Mygatt, Antoinette L. Mygatt Lucas, Samuel Lloyd III, Ruth Lloyd Scott Ax and Adele L. Kinney. Lloyd's nephew, Sam Lloyd, is best known for playing Ted Buckland, the lawyer on Scrubs. | 1 |
Old_Masters_(novel) | Old_Masters_(novel) 2009-06-03T16:30:12Z Old Masters (subtitled A Comedy) is a novel by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, first published in 1985. It tells of the life and opinions of Reger, a 'musical philosopher', through the voice of his acquaintance Atzbacher, a 'private academic'. The book is set in Vienna on one day around the year of its publication, 1985. (p. 193) Reger is an 82-year-old music critic who writes pieces for the Times. For over thirty years he has sat on the same bench in front of Tintoretto's White-bearded Man in the Bordone Room of the Kunsthistorisches Museum for four or five hours of the morning of every second day. He finds this environment the one in which he can do his best thinking. He is aided in this habit by the gallery attendant Irrsigler, who prevents other visitors from using the bench when Reger requires it. The book is narrated entirely by Atzbacher, who met Reger in the museum the day before and with whom Reger then arranged to meet again in the museum on this day - thus, exceptionally, visiting the museum on two consecutive days. They had arranged to meet in the Bordone Room at 11. 30, but they both arrive early, and the first 170 pages of the book consist of Atzbacher's thoughts and recollections as he surreptitiously watches Reger in his usual position. These are dominated by Reger's thoughts and recollections, as previously related to Atzbacher. Atzbacher tells of the deaths of Reger's wife and sister, and of his contempt for various aspects of Austrian and occasionally German society, including Stifter, Bruckner and Heidegger, the state and "state artists" in general, and the sanitary condition of Viennese toilets. Reger considers completed works of art to be unbearable, and so seeks to render them bearable by finding flaws within them. The second half of the book, once Atzbacher and Reger have met, is formed of the intertwined reports of Reger's speech now, in the museum, with what he had earlier said at a meeting of the two in the Ambassador hotel after his wife's death, and his statements when they had met in Reger's flat before her death. This death of Reger's wife - its circumstances and its effects on him - increasingly dominate the book as it moves towards its conclusion. It is revealed that Reger had first met his wife while sitting on the Bordone Room bench, and that she had then accompanied him on his visits to the museum. It was while walking there in winter that she had suffered an ultimately fatal fall, for which Reger blames the town authorities (for failing to maintain the path), the state (the owner of the museum, which failed to provide timely aid), and the Catholic church, which runs the hospital which Reger believes botched an operation which could have saved her. Despite his continued attacks on the "Catholic National Socialist" museum and state (p. 301) and his contempt for humanity, exemplified by the conduct of his housekeeper in taking advantage of him after his wife's death, Reger describes how he overcame his initial inclination to suicide and managed to survive her. He found himself let down by art, which proved useless to him at the decisive moment: "no matter how many great spirits and how many Old Masters we have taken as companions, they can't replace any people, said Reger, in the end we are abandoned by all these so-called great spirits and by these so-called Old Masters, and we see that we are mocked in the meanest way by these great spirits and Old Masters". (pp. 291-2). Convinced that people are the only possible means of survival, Reger re-engages with the world, aided only by his "misuse" of Schopenhauer (p. 288) and by the White-bearded Man, the only work in the museum to have stood up to his scrutiny for thirty years. The book concludes with Reger revealing the true purpose of his arranging to meet Atzbacher: to invite him to a performance of "The Broken Jug" that evening, despite his own hatred for drama. Atzbacher accepts, and reports that, "the performance was terrible". , Old_Masters_(novel) 2011-01-16T21:57:07Z Old Masters (subtitled A Comedy) is a novel by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, first published in 1985. It tells of the life and opinions of Reger, a 'musical philosopher', through the voice of his acquaintance Atzbacher, a 'private academic'. The book is set in Vienna on one day around the year of its publication, 1985. (p. 193) Reger is an 82-year-old music critic who writes pieces for the Times. For over thirty years he has sat on the same bench in front of Tintoretto's White-bearded Man in the Bordone Room of the Kunsthistorisches Museum for four or five hours of the morning of every second day. He finds this environment the one in which he can do his best thinking. He is aided in this habit by the gallery attendant Irrsigler, who prevents other visitors from using the bench when Reger requires it. The book is narrated entirely by Atzbacher, who met Reger in the museum the day before and with whom Reger then arranged to meet again in the museum on this day - thus, exceptionally, visiting the museum on two consecutive days. They had arranged to meet in the Bordone Room at 11. 30, but they both arrive early, and the first 170 pages of the book consist of Atzbacher's thoughts and recollections as he surreptitiously watches Reger in his usual position. These are dominated by Reger's thoughts and recollections, as previously related to Atzbacher. Atzbacher tells of the deaths of Reger's wife and sister, and of his contempt for various aspects of Austrian and occasionally German society, including Stifter, Bruckner and Heidegger, the state and "state artists" in general, and the sanitary condition of Viennese toilets. Reger considers the idea of a supposed "perfect" work of art to be unbearable, and so seeks to render them bearable by finding flaws within them. The second half of the book, once Atzbacher and Reger have met, is formed of the intertwined reports of Reger's speech now, in the museum, with what he had earlier said at a meeting of the two in the Ambassador hotel after his wife's death, and his statements when they had met in Reger's flat before her death. This death of Reger's wife - its circumstances and its effects on him - increasingly dominate the book as it moves towards its conclusion. It is revealed that Reger had first met his wife while sitting on the Bordone Room bench, and that she had then accompanied him on his visits to the museum. It was while walking there in winter that she had suffered an ultimately fatal fall, for which Reger blames the town authorities (for failing to maintain the path), the state (the owner of the museum, which failed to provide timely aid), and the Catholic church, which runs the Merciful Brethren Hospital which Reger believes botched an operation which could have saved her. Despite his continued attacks on the "Catholic National Socialist" museum and state (p. 301) and his contempt for humanity, exemplified by the conduct of his housekeeper in taking advantage of him after his wife's death, Reger describes how he overcame his initial inclination to suicide and managed to survive her. He found himself let down by art, which proved useless to him at the decisive moment: "no matter how many great spirits and how many Old Masters we have taken as companions, they can't replace any people, said Reger, in the end we are abandoned by all these so-called great spirits and by these so-called Old Masters, and we see that we are mocked in the meanest way by these great spirits and Old Masters". (pp. 291-2). Convinced that people are the only possible means of survival, Reger re-engages with the world, aided only by his "misuse" of Schopenhauer (p. 288) and by the White-bearded Man, the only work in the museum to have stood up to his scrutiny for thirty years. The book concludes with Reger revealing the true purpose of his arranging to meet Atzbacher: to invite him to a performance of "The Broken Jug" that evening, despite his own hatred for drama. Atzbacher accepts, reporting that "the performance was terrible". | 0 |
Robin Givens | Robin Givens 2021-01-03T06:07:31Z Robin Simone Givens (born November 27, 1964) is an American model and actress. She is also a pre-medical graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. Givens landed her breakthrough role of Darlene Merriman in the ABC sitcom Head of the Class in 1986, and remained on the series for its 5-year duration. Her violent marriage to boxer Mike Tyson from 1988 drew considerable media attention, as did their acrimonious divorce. She later went on to become a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline for several years. Givens continued her career with film and television roles such a The Women of Brewster Place (1989) and Boomerang (1992). In 1996, Givens co-starred on the sitcom Sparks, which aired for two seasons on UPN. In January 2000, she took over hosting duties on the syndicated talk show Forgive or Forget. In 2007, Givens released her autobiography, Grace Will Lead Me Home. She has since had recurring roles on The Game, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Chuck, Riverdale and its spin-off Katy Keene. Givens was born in New York City, to Ruth Roper (née Newby) and Reuben Givens, who divorced when she was two. Her mother raised Givens and her sister Stephanie in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, New York. Givens was raised Catholic. She occasionally modeled and acted as a teen. As a model, she appeared in magazines such as Seventeen and Mademoiselle. She also had cameos in the films The Wiz (1978) and Fort Apache: The Bronx (1981). Givens graduated from New Rochelle Academy (a private school which closed in June 1987). At the age of 15, she enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College as a pre-medical major, becoming one of the youngest to attend the school. While in school she acted in daytime dramas. She graduated at the age of 19 in 1984. Givens claimed to have dropped out of Harvard Medical School to focus on her acting career, but the registrar's office stated she never applied. In 1985, Givens auditioned for a guest spot on The Cosby Show. She won the spot and Bill Cosby became her mentor. He convinced her to drop out of school and promised that if she wasn't successful in two years, he'd get her back into medical school and pay her tuition. Soon after Givens appeared in Diff'rent Strokes and the 1986 television film Beverly Hills Madam, opposite Faye Dunaway. That same year, she landed her breakthrough role as rich girl Darlene Merriman on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class. The series lasted five seasons, ending in 1991. In 1989, while starring in Head of the Class, she appeared in The Women of Brewster Place with Oprah Winfrey. She later appeared in Boomerang (1992). In 1994, Givens posed nude for Playboy magazine. During that period Givens felt she had lost her voice, so one of the reasons why she posed for the magazine was so that she could write her own article. Givens was ranked No. 88 on Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" list in May 1995. In 1996, Givens portrayed Claudia in the television movie The Face (also known as A Face to Die For) with Yasmine Bleeth. Later that year, she co-starred in the UPN sitcom Sparks, which ended its run in 1998. She also played Denise in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In January 2000, Givens appeared in a cameo in Toni Braxton's music video "He Wasn't Man Enough", as the wife of a cheating husband. She returned to the entertainment industry later that year as the host of the talk show Forgive or Forget, replacing television personality Mother Love halfway through the show's second season. Ratings initially increased after Givens took over hosting duties, but soon fell. The series was canceled after this season. In 2006, Givens attempted a return to television on MyNetworkTV's telenovela Saints and Sinners, but the show garnered low ratings and was soon canceled. Givens continued acting in made-for-television films while also making appearances on Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise the Lord program (July 12, 2007), and Larry King Live. In June 2007, she released her autobiography Grace Will Lead Me Home. Givens returned to feature films in Tyler Perry's Southern drama The Family That Preys (2008). She also had a recurring role portraying a fictionalized version of herself on the CW comedy-drama The Game. Additionally, she has had a recurring role on the TBS show Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and a guest role on USA Network's Burn Notice. In addition to television and film roles, Givens has performed onstage. In 2001, she appeared in an off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues. From February to April 16, 2006, she played the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway play Chicago. In 2007, she toured the country playing a part in the I'm Ready Productions play Men, Money & Golddiggers. Givens starred in the 2009 stage play A Mother's Prayer, which also starred Johnny Gill, Shirley Murdock, and Jermaine Crawford. In 2007, Givens published a memoir entitled Grace Will Lead Me Home. In it, she reflects on the life of her praying grandmother, Grace, her experiences of domestic violence, her strong will to survive, feeling abandoned by her father, and her faith in God. In 2011, she guest-starred in three episodes of NBC's spy-comedy Chuck: "Chuck Versus the Masquerade", "Chuck Versus the A-Team", and "Chuck Versus the Muuurder", as Jane Bentley. In 2015, she starred alongside Clifton Powell, Mishon Ratliff, and Malachi Malik in the segment "Mama's Boy" of TV One's anthology romance horror film Fear Files. Givens was the spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline for several years. At 16 years old, Givens met comedian Eddie Murphy at the Comedy Strip in New York. They dated for a year in the early 1980s. In 1986, she met basketball player Michael Jordan at a North Carolina golf tournament and they briefly dated until January 1987. Givens began dating boxer Mike Tyson in 1987. According to Givens, Tyson was physically abusive before they wed on February 7, 1988. Tyson stated that he was "severely traumatized by that relationship." Tyson was then estimated to have $50 million; he and Givens did not have a prenuptial agreement. During their marriage, Givens bought a $4.3 million mansion in the affluent suburb of Bernardsville, New Jersey with money withdrawn from his brokerage account. They appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial together and on the cover of Life magazine. After her miscarriage in June 1988, their marriage began to fall apart. In a joint interview with Tyson on 20/20 in September 1988, Givens told Barbara Walters that life with him was "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine," and she went on to describe his volatile temper. In October 1988, Givens filed for divorce, citing spousal abuse and was granted a temporary restraining order. Her attorney Marvin Mitchelson said, "She loves Michael Tyson, but there is continued violence, and she fears for her safety." Tyson sought an annulment, accusing her of stealing millions of dollars and manipulating the public. Givens responded by filing a $125 million libel suit for defamation. Their divorce was finalized on Valentine's Day in 1989. Givens received negative press following her split from Tyson, particularly within sports and the African American community. Headlines heralded her as "the Most Hated Woman in America" and she was described as a "gold digger who married Tyson solely for his millions." Givens denied that she received a reported divorce settlement of over $10 million from Tyson, stating that she "didn't receive one dime." According to the 1989 biography Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson, Tyson admitted he punched Givens, stating "that was the best punch I've ever thrown in my entire life." Tyson claimed the book was "filled with inaccuracies." In 2009, Tyson joked about "socking" Givens on Oprah, which caused laughter in the audience. Winfrey later issued an apology to Givens. Following her separation from Tyson, Givens dated actor Brad Pitt. In 1993, Givens adopted her first son Michael "Buddy" Givens. In 1997, she married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinković. Givens filed for divorce months later. In 1999, she had a second son, William "Billy" Jensen, with ex-boyfriend, tennis player Murphy Jensen. She briefly dated radio host Howard Stern in 2000. In January 2004, Givens struck a pedestrian while driving an SUV through a Miami, Florida intersection. Givens was ticketed for failing to use due care with a pedestrian in a crosswalk, but the charges were later dismissed. In June 2004, the injured party filed a civil lawsuit against Givens for an unspecified amount. A May 7, 2009, article in Forbes magazine reported that the Internal Revenue Service was suing Givens for unpaid federal income taxes totaling $292,000 ($415,000 in present day USD when adjusted for inflation), an amount which included interest and penalties. The government had asked a federal court in Florida for a judgment against her on 39 assessments covering a span of eight years. , Robin Givens 2022-12-20T18:25:02Z Robin Givens (born November 27, 1964) is an American actress, model and director. Givens landed her breakthrough role of Darlene Merriman in the ABC sitcom Head of the Class in 1986, and remained on the series for its five-year duration. Her troubled marriage to boxer Mike Tyson from 1988 drew considerable media attention, as did their acrimonious divorce. She later went on to become a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline for several years. Givens continued her career with film and television roles such as The Women of Brewster Place (1989) and Boomerang (1992). In 1996, Givens co-starred on the sitcom Sparks, which aired for two seasons on UPN. In January 2000, she took over hosting duties on the syndicated talk show Forgive or Forget. In 2007, Givens released her autobiography, Grace Will Lead Me Home. She has since had recurring roles on The Game, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Chuck, Riverdale and its spin-off Katy Keene, and has been part of the main cast of Batwoman. Givens' mother raised Robin and her sister Stephanie in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, New York. Givens was raised Catholic. She occasionally modeled and acted as a teen. As a model, she appeared in magazines such as Seventeen and Mademoiselle. She made her film debut at age 14 in the film The Wiz (1978) as a guest at Aunt Emma's Party. Givens graduated from New Rochelle Academy (a private school which closed in June 1987). At the age of 15, she enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College as a pre-medical major, becoming one of the youngest to attend the school. While in school she acted in daytime dramas. She graduated at the age of 19 in 1984. Givens claimed to have dropped out of Harvard Medical School to focus on her acting career, but the registrar's office stated that she never applied. It was later reported that she took courses at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In 1985, Givens auditioned for a guest spot on The Cosby Show. She won the spot and Bill Cosby became her mentor. He persuaded her to drop out of school and promised that if she wasn't successful in two years, he'd get her back into medical school and pay her tuition. Soon after Givens appeared in Diff'rent Strokes and the 1986 television film Beverly Hills Madam, opposite Faye Dunaway. That same year, she landed her breakthrough role as rich girl Darlene Merriman on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class. The series lasted five seasons, ending in 1991. In 1989, while starring in Head of the Class, she appeared in The Women of Brewster Place with Oprah Winfrey. She later appeared in Boomerang (1992). In 1994, Givens posed nude for Playboy magazine. During that period Givens felt she had lost her voice, so one of the reasons why she posed for the magazine was so that she could write her own article. Givens was ranked No. 88 on Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" list in May 1995. In 1996, Givens portrayed Claudia in the television movie The Face (also known as A Face to Die For) with Yasmine Bleeth. Later that year, she co-starred in the UPN sitcom Sparks, which ended its run in 1998. She also played Denise in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In January 2000, Givens appeared in a cameo in Toni Braxton's music video "He Wasn't Man Enough", as the wife of a cheating husband. She returned to the entertainment industry later that year as the host of the talk show Forgive or Forget, replacing television personality Mother Love halfway through the show's second season. Ratings initially increased after Givens took over hosting duties, but soon fell. The series was canceled after this season. In 2006, Givens attempted a return to television on MyNetworkTV's telenovela Saints and Sinners, but the show garnered low ratings and was soon canceled. Givens continued acting in made-for-television films while also making appearances on Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise the Lord program (July 12, 2007), and Larry King Live. In June 2007, she released her autobiography Grace Will Lead Me Home. Givens returned to feature films in Tyler Perry's Southern drama The Family That Preys (2008). She also had a recurring role portraying a fictionalized version of herself on the CW comedy-drama The Game. Additionally, she has had a recurring role on the TBS show Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and a guest role on USA Network's Burn Notice. In addition to television and film roles, Givens has performed onstage. In 2001, she appeared in an off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues. From February to April 16, 2006, she played the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway play Chicago. In 2007, she toured the country playing a part in the I'm Ready Productions play Men, Money & Golddiggers. Givens starred in the 2009 stage play A Mother's Prayer, which also starred Johnny Gill, Shirley Murdock, and Jermaine Crawford. In 2007, Givens published a memoir entitled Grace Will Lead Me Home. In it, she reflects on the life of her praying grandmother, Grace, her experiences of domestic violence, her strong will to survive, feeling abandoned by her father, and her faith in God. In 2011, she guest-starred in three episodes of NBC's spy-comedy Chuck: "Chuck Versus the Masquerade", "Chuck Versus the A-Team", and "Chuck Versus the Muuurder", as Jane Bentley. Later that year, she performed as Angel, a struggling blues singer, in the play Blues for An Alabama Sky at Pasadena Playhouse. In 2015, she starred alongside Clifton Powell, Mishon Ratliff, and Malachi Malik in the segment "Mama's Boy" of TV One's anthology romance horror film Fear Files. Givens was the spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline for several years. In 2017, the actress hosted the San Diego Black Film Festival as she had for the several previous years. In 2021, Givens was cast in season three of Batwoman as Jada Jet, the CEO of Jeturian Industries and Ryan Wilder's biological mother who is based on Jezebel Jet. In 2022, Givens appeared in the Lifetime film He's Not Worth Dying For as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature films that was inspired by the feud of Rachel Wade and Sarah Ludemann. She portrayed Cher Heinemann, the mother of Grace Heinemann who was based on Ludemann. Givens began dating boxer Mike Tyson in 1987. According to Givens, Tyson was physically abusive before they wed on February 7, 1988. Tyson stated that he was "severely traumatized by that relationship." Tyson was then estimated to have $50 million; he and Givens did not have a prenuptial agreement. During their marriage, Givens bought a $4.3 million mansion in the affluent suburb of Bernardsville, New Jersey with money withdrawn from his brokerage account. They appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial together and on the cover of Life magazine. After her miscarriage in June 1988, their marriage began to fall apart. Tyson claims Givens's pregnancy (and miscarriage) was a ruse only to rush him to the wedding altar, noting that in all the time she was supposedly pregnant Givens never gained a pound. In a joint interview with Tyson on 20/20 in September 1988, Givens told Barbara Walters that life with him was "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine," and she went on to describe his volatile temper. In October 1988, Givens filed for divorce, citing spousal abuse and was granted a temporary restraining order. Her attorney Marvin Mitchelson said, "She loves Michael Tyson, but there is continued violence, and she fears for her safety." Tyson sought an annulment, accusing her of stealing millions of dollars and manipulating the public. Givens responded by filing a $125 million libel suit for defamation. Their divorce was finalized on Valentine's Day in 1989. Givens received negative press following her split from Tyson, particularly within sports and the African-American community. Headlines heralded her as "the Most Hated Woman in America" and she was described as a "gold digger who married Tyson solely for his millions." Givens denied that she received a reported divorce settlement of over $10 million from Tyson, stating that she "didn't receive one dime." According to the 1989 biography Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson, Tyson admitted he punched Givens, stating "that was the best punch I've ever thrown in my entire life." Tyson later claimed the book was "filled with inaccuracies." In 2009, Tyson joked about "socking" Givens on Oprah, which caused laughter in the audience. Winfrey later issued an apology to Givens. In 1993 Givens adopted her first son, Michael "Buddy" Givens. In 1997, she married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinković. Givens filed for divorce months later. In 1999, she had a second son, William "Billy" Jensen, with ex-boyfriend, tennis player Murphy Jensen. In January 2004, Givens struck a pedestrian while driving an SUV through a Miami, Florida, intersection. Givens was ticketed for failing to use due care with a pedestrian in a crosswalk, but the charges were later dismissed. In June 2004, the injured party filed a civil lawsuit against Givens for an unspecified amount. A May 7, 2009, article in Forbes magazine reported that the Internal Revenue Service was suing Givens for unpaid federal income taxes totaling $292,000 ($415,000 in present-day USD when adjusted for inflation), an amount which included interest and penalties. The government had asked a federal court in Florida for a judgment against her on 39 assessments covering a span of eight years. | 1 |
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