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Jockie_Jones | Jockie_Jones 2011-06-25T14:02:55Z Template:Infobox AFL player 2 John 'Jockie' Jones (born 22 September 1898) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1920s. Johns made his debut in 1920 and was Geelong's Best and Fairest winner that year. After 59 games for the club he retired in 1926. Template:Persondata, Jockie_Jones 2012-02-26T09:27:13Z Geelong (1920-26) John 'Jockie' Jones (born 22 September 1898) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1920s. Johns made his debut in 1920 and was Geelong's Best and Fairest winner that year. After 59 games for the club he retired in 1926. Template:Persondata This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Grand_Han_Righteous_Army | Grand_Han_Righteous_Army 2008-08-08T10:10:15Z The Grand Han Righteous Army (大汉义军) was a collaborationist Chinese army cooperating with the Empire of Japan in campaigns in northern China and Inner Mongolia immediately prior to the official start of hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Grand Han Righteous Army was formed by minor warlord and commander of the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army Wang Ying after his defeat by the Imperial Japanese Army in what now part of Inner Mongolia in 1936. Wan defected to the Kwantung Army, and persuaded the Japanese to permit him to recruit unemployed Chinese soldiers in Chahar Province to form a mercenary army with Japanese advisors. He managed to recruit approximately 6,000 men, who were then trained by the Japanese and organized into four infantry brigades in Japanese-occupied northern Chahar. The troops were armed with weapons seized from Northeastern Army armories and warehouses in northern China. This force was attached another Japanese proxy army, the Inner Mongolian Army, under the overall command of Mongol Prince Teh Wang. During the Invasion of Suiyuan the Inner Mongolian Army attacked Hongor on November 15, 1936. After several days of fighting the attackers failed to capture the town. On November 17 a Chinese counterattack surprised the invaders and led to a disorganized retreat. Taking advantage of the disorder among the Mongolian forces, Chinese General Fu Tso-yi made a flanking movement to the west of the Mongolian headquarters at Pai-ling-miao and attacked, capturing it and routing the defenders. The Japanese transported Wang and his Grand Han Righteous Army by trucks into a location near Pai-ling-miao and launched a counterattack, which failed dismally on December 19. With the bulk of its men captured or killed, the Grand Han Righteous Army ceased to exist as an effective combat force, and the Japanese disbanded the remnants. , Grand_Han_Righteous_Army 2009-12-27T20:00:42Z The Grand Han Righteous Army (大汉义军) was a collaborationist Chinese army cooperating with the Empire of Japan in campaigns in northern China and Inner Mongolia immediately prior to the official start of hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Grand Han Righteous Army was formed by minor warlord and commander of the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army Wang Ying after his defeat by the Imperial Japanese Army in what now part of Inner Mongolia in 1936. Wan defected to the Kwantung Army, and persuaded the Japanese to permit him to recruit unemployed Chinese soldiers in Chahar Province to form a mercenary army with Japanese advisors. He managed to recruit approximately 6,000 men, who were then trained by the Japanese and organized into four infantry brigades in Japanese-occupied northern Chahar. The troops were armed with weapons seized from Northeastern Army armories and warehouses in northern China. This force was attached another Japanese proxy army, the Inner Mongolian Army, under the overall command of Mongol Prince Teh Wang. During the Invasion of Suiyuan the Inner Mongolian Army attacked Hongort on November 15, 1936. After several days of fighting the attackers failed to capture the town. On November 17 a Chinese counterattack surprised the invaders and led to a disorganized retreat. Taking advantage of the disorder among the Mongolian forces, Chinese General Fu Tso-yi made a flanking movement to the west of the Mongolian headquarters at Pai-ling-miao and attacked, capturing it and routing the defenders. The Japanese transported Wang and his Grand Han Righteous Army by trucks into a location near Pai-ling-miao and launched a counterattack, which failed dismally on December 19. With the bulk of its men captured or killed, the Grand Han Righteous Army ceased to exist as an effective combat force, and the Japanese disbanded the remnants. | 0 |
Francis_Buxton | Francis_Buxton 2010-05-13T15:12:00Z Francis William Buxton (5 August 1847 – 14 November 1911) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Buxton was the son of Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet, and the grandson of the anti-slavery campaigner Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet. His mother was Catherine, daughter of Samuel Gurney, while Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, was his elder brother, Charles Buxton his uncle, Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton, his nephew and Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, his first cousin. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B. A. in 1869 before training for the bar at Lincoln's Inn. Called to the Bar in 1874, he became a partner in the London banking firm of Prescott and Company. Between 1880 and 1885 he sat as Member of Parliament for Andover. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the County of London and Hertfordshire, a Public Works Loan Commissiioner in 1893 and a member of the London School Board from 1899 to 1904. He was also a member of the council of the Girls' Public Day School Company,1886-1903, and one of its vice-presidents from 1903. Buxton married the Hon. Mary Emma, daughter of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, in 1872. One of their sons, John Lawrence Buxton, was a Brigadier in the British Army. Buxton died in Marylebone, London in November 1911, aged 64. His wife was appointed a OBE in 1918. She died in February 1939. Francis Buxton is the name of Pee-wee Herman's nemesis in the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure. , Francis_Buxton 2011-05-05T15:47:24Z Francis William Buxton (5 August 1847 – 14 November 1911) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Buxton was the son of Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet, and the grandson of the anti-slavery campaigner Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet. His mother was Catherine, daughter of Samuel Gurney, while Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, was his elder brother, Charles Buxton his uncle, Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton, his nephew and Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, his first cousin. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B. A. in 1869 before training for the bar at Lincoln's Inn. Called to the Bar in 1874, he became a partner in the London banking firm of Prescott and Company. Between 1880 and 1885 he sat as Member of Parliament for Andover. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the County of London and Hertfordshire, a Public Works Loan Commissiioner in 1893 and a member of the London School Board from 1899 to 1904. He was also a member of the council of the Girls' Public Day School Company,1886–1903, and one of its vice-presidents from 1903. Buxton married the Hon. Mary Emma, daughter of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, in 1872. One of their sons, John Lawrence Buxton, was a Brigadier in the British Army. Buxton died in Marylebone, London in November 1911, aged 64. His wife was appointed an OBE in 1918. She died in February 1939. Francis Buxton is the name of Pee-wee Herman's nemesis in the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Template:Persondata | 0 |
Malcolm Barrett (actor) | Malcolm Barrett (actor) 2018-01-22T19:01:02Z Malcolm Barrett (born April 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing the role of scientist and time traveler Rufus Carlin in Timeless on NBC. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan in 1998 with fellow actor Telly Leung and two years after Billy Eichner did. He has appeared as a series regular on Fox's The Sketch Show and Luis. Barrett played the character "Dr. Lem Hewitt" on the ABC television show, Better Off Ted and was a supporting character in the Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker. Barrett has had recurring appearances on the New York-based Law & Order franchise. He was featured as a squatter and drug dealer in an episode of The Sopranos and also guest starred in the pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the series finale of The Office as one of Dunder/Mifflin's new employees, and in an episode of Monk as a lottery fanatic. He also had a small role in the movie Larry Crowne, as one of Tom Hanks' character's classmates. He has also appeared in several television commercials, including national spots for Hummer and AT&T. The AT&T spot, which features Barrett shooting baskets in a sports bar, received frequent airplay during the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Barrett began playing the role of Rufus Carlin in the Fall of 2016 in the NBC series, Timeless. Barrett is a spoken word artist and hip hop performer who has recorded under the aliases "Tourette's," "Verbal," and "The Velvet Rope." He appeared on the 2002 EP Timber, by electronic recording artist and fellow Stuyvesant classmate M Pinto. He is currently working on his debut album entitled The Backpacker's Guide to the Galaxy. , Malcolm Barrett (actor) 2019-12-16T04:39:23Z Malcolm Barrett (born April 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing the role of scientist and time traveler Rufus Carlin in Timeless on NBC. Barrett was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan in 1998 with fellow actors Telly Leung and Billy Eichner. Barrett has appeared as a series regular on Fox's The Sketch Show and Luis. Barrett played Dr. Lem Hewitt on the ABC television show, Better Off Ted and was a supporting character in the Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker. Barrett has had recurring appearances on the New York-based Law & Order franchise. He was featured in an episode of The Sopranos and guest-starred in the pilot episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the series finale of The Office as one of Dunder/Mifflin's new employees, and in an episode of Monk as a lottery fanatic. He also had a small role in the movie Larry Crowne, as a classmate of Tom Hanks' character. From 2016 to 2018, Barrett played the main role of Rufus Carlin in the NBC series Timeless. | 1 |
El_censo | El_censo 2009-03-03T02:35:42Z A play and comedy by Mexican dramatist Emilio Carballido that opens in an unregistered sewing shop in La Lagunilla in 1945. A wealthy upper-class woman, Remedios, is being fitted for a new dress by two sisters, Herlinda and Dora. The third seamstress, Concha, represents the overworked and underpaid lowest class. Concha resents her position and strikes out at the sisters by trying to undermine the economic exchange between the sisters and Remedios. Although struggling to make ends meet, Herlinda and Dora are able to survive on their profits by not registering with the government, which would require them to pay taxes on their earnings. When a census-taker arrives at the door, the sisters panic and try all sorts of methods to get rid of him. Herlinda tries to bribe the census-taker with money with the hope that the shop's information will not end up in the department of tax collection. The census-taker is frustrated with the inability to acquire the information from the sister's and we soon learn that he, too, is a victim of an economic depression and is only trying to make ends meet himself. Play Summary Voces De Hispanoamérica Antología Literaria Rachel Chang-Rodriguez, Malva E. Filer 3rd Ed. An English translation of the play English Translation, El_censo 2012-11-16T02:53:00Z A play and comedy by Mexican dramatist Emilio Carballido that opens in an unregistered sewing shop in La Lagunilla in 1945. A wealthy upper-class woman, Remedios, is being fitted for a new dress by two sisters, Herlinda and Dora. The third seamstress, Concha, represents the overworked and underpaid lowest class. Concha resents her position and strikes out at the sisters by trying to undermine the economic exchange between the sisters and Remedios. Although struggling to make ends meet, Herlinda and Dora are able to survive on their profits by not registering with the government, which would require them to pay taxes on their earnings. When a census-taker arrives at the door, the sisters panic and try all sorts of methods to get rid of him. Herlinda tries to bribe the census-taker with money with the hope that the shop's information will not end up in the department of tax collection. The census-taker is frustrated with the inability to acquire the information from the sisters and we soon learn that he, too, is a victim of an economic depression and is only trying to make ends meet himself. Voces De Hispanoamérica Antología Literaria Rachel Chang-Rodriguez, Malva E. Filer 3rd Ed. An English translation of the play English Translation This article on a play is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985) | Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985) 2021-01-02T10:39:55Z Fernando Luiz Roza (born 4 May 1985), known as Fernandinho (Portuguese pronunciation: ; meaning "Little Fernando"), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and central defender for Premier League club Manchester City, whom he captains, and the Brazil national team. He has also captained Brazil on many occasions. Fernandinho started his career at Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2005, where he became one of the best foreign players to ever play in the Ukrainian Premier League. With Shakhtar, he won six Ukrainian Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He was voted by the Shakhtar Donetsk fans as the best Brazilian player to ever play for the team. In 2013, he joined Manchester City, where he has since won three Premier League titles, among other trophies. The scorer of the only goal in the final of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and a full international for Brazil since 2011, he was part of their squad which came fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and also competed at the 2015 Copa América, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the 2019 Copa América, winning the latter tournament. Fernandinho began his career at Atlético Paranaense alongside his future Shakhtar teammate Jádson and close friend Carlos. In Atletico Paranaense he was runners-up of both the Brazilian first division (in 2004) and the Libertadores da America, in 2005. He made 72 appearances for the club, scoring 14 goals, before moving to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £7 million. In his first season as a Shakhtar player he played 34 matches, including 23 league appearances, and scored three goals, with one coming in the league. Shakhtar were victorious in the Super Cup, however Fernandinho did not play in the match. He played in the championship deciding match between Shakhtar and Dynamo Kyiv, who were level on 75 points after all 30 games had been played, in which Shakhtar prevailed 2–1 to take the title. This marked Fernandinho's first league title with Shakhtar. He made 25 league appearances in the 2006–07 season as Shakhtar finished 2nd to Dynamo Kyiv. They also finished as runners-up in the Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup. In the 2007–08 season Shakhtar regained the championship with Fernandinho playing a pivotal role by scoring 11 goals, including one from the penalty spot, in 29 league appearances. He failed to appear in just one league match during the season. Shakhtar were also victorious in the Ukrainian Cup, giving Fernandinho his first cup success. However they were defeated in the Super Cup by Dynamo Kyiv for the second year in a row. After the match finished 2–2, it went to penalties and, although Fernandinho converted a penalty, Shakhtar lost 4–2. On 15 July 2008, Fernandinho played in the Super Cup victory against Dynamo Kyiv. The match went to penalties after the two teams drew 1–1 at the end of extra time. Fernandinho scored one of the penalties to help Shakhtar to a 5–3 win in the shoot-out. He scored the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Karpaty Lviv on 27 July. On 3 August he picked up a 63rd minute red card in a 3–0 victory over Illichivets Mariupol. On 31 August he scored a penalty in a 2–2 draw against Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 16 September he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 Champions League victory against Swiss club Basel. On 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 2–0 victory against Tavriya Simferopol. On 9 December he scored a goal in Shakhtar's 3–2 away win against Spanish side Barcelona in the Champions League group stage match. On 26 February 2009, Fernandinho scored the equalising goal in Shakhtar's 1–1 away leg draw against English team Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Cup. Shakhtar won the tie 3–1 on aggregate. On 7 March, he scored the only goal, a penalty, in a 1–0 victory against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. On 15 March, he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in a 3–0 victory against Metalist Kharkiv. On 19 March he scored a penalty in Shakhtar's 2–0 victory over Russian team CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Cup. Shakhtar won the tie 2–1 on aggregate. On 16 April he netted a goal in a 2–1 UEFA Cup win against Marseille. Shakhtar emerged victorious from the tie with a 4–1 aggregate win. He also scored a pivotal equalising goal in the first leg of the UEFA Cup semi final match against Dynamo Kyiv which finished 1–1. Shakhtar advanced to the final by virtue of a 3–2 aggregate victory after securing a 2–1 win at the Donbass Arena in the second leg. Shakhtar won the UEFA Cup with a 2–1 victory over German side Werder Bremen in the last UEFA Cup before it was renamed the UEFA Europa League. He made 42 total appearances, including 21 in the league, and scored 11 goals, including five in the league, in the 2008–09 season. The 2009–10 season saw Shakhtar lift the Premier League trophy. Fernandinho's first goal came on 29 July, in a 2–2 Champions League draw against Politehnica Timișoara in the third qualifying round, however Shakhtar were knocked out of the competition, losing on away goals after a 0–0 draw at home. On 20 September, he scored a penalty in a 4–2 victory over Arsenal Kyiv. He scored two goals in a 5–1 victory over Karpaty Lviv on 18 October, including one from the penalty spot. On 22 October the first goal, a penalty, in a 4–0 victory against French side Toulouse in the Europa League. He scored a 93rd-minute goal in a 2–0 Ukrainian Cup victory against Dynamo Kyiv on 28 October. On 6 December he scored a penalty to open the scoring in a 2–0 win over Kryvbas. On 24 March, he scored a 92nd-minute goal against Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Cup, however it proved to be only a consolation goal as Shakhtar lost the match 2–1. Fernandinho made 24 league appearances, netting 4 times. He made a total of 39 appearances with 8 goals. In the following season Fernandinho played in the 7–1 Super Cup win over Tavriya Simferopol on 4 July. On 18 July, he netted an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 7 August he scored the opening goal in a 5–0 win over Sevastopol. He also played a part in the 1–0 UEFA Super Cup defeat to Barcelona on 28 August. He suffered a broken leg in a 1–0 defeat to Obolon Kyiv on 10 September, which was expected to rule him out for the entire season. He eventually returned on 1 April 2011 after almost seven months out of action in a 3–1 victory over Illichivets Mariupol. He scored a late 94th-minute match-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Tavriya, his first goal since returning from injury. On 25 May, he played the full 90 minutes in Shakhtar's 2–0 Ukrainian Cup Final victory over Dynamo Kyiv. At the end of the season Shakhtar won the championship, with Fernandinho contributing three goals from his 15 league appearances. They managed to win three prizes (Premier League, Cup and Super Cup). Fernandinho began the 2011–12 season with Shakhtar's only goal in a 3–1 Super Cup defeat to Dynamo Kyiv. On 31 July he scored Shakhtar's only goal in a match against Arsenal Kyiv, however a 95th-minute equaliser prevented them from winning the match and taking all three points. He netted a goal in a 3–1 victory against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 13 August. On 27 November he scored the second goal, from a penalty, in a 5–0 victory over Karpaty Lviv. On 27 April, he scored a penalty in a 4–3 Ukrainian Cup match against Volyn Lutsk. He netted the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Metalist Kharkiv on 2 May. He scored six goals in 32 appearances, with 24 appearances and four goals in the league, over the season. He played in the Ukrainian Cup Final victory over Metalurh Donetsk. At the end of the season, with his contract due to expire, he signed a new five-year contract with the club until 2016. Shakhtar retained the league title for the third year in a row, Fernandinho's fifth overall with the club, and also secured another Cup trophy, their second in a row. Fernandinho started the 2012–13 season by assisting Douglas Costa for the second goal in a 2–0 Super Cup victory over Metalurh Donetsk. This marked his third success in the Super Cup with Shakhtar. He assisted Yevhen Seleznyov's goal in the 3–1 victory over Hoverla Uzhhorod. He netted a late goal to earn Shakhtar three points in a 1–0 win over Kryvbas. He assisted Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the first goal in a 4–1 victory over Vorskla Poltava. On 23 September, he scored a goal in a 4–1 Ukrainian Cup last 32 victory against Dynamo Kyiv and was named man of the match. He assisted Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the second goal in a 2–0 victory against Metalist Kharkiv on 7 October. Fernandinho scored the second goal in a 2–1 victory against English side Chelsea in the Champions League group stage on 23 October, shooting low with his right foot into the bottom corner. On 6 June 2013, Fernandinho became Manchester City's first signing of the summer, for a fee of £34 million. He signed a four-year deal and is understood to have waived around £4 million owed to him by Shakhtar in order to complete the transfer, as he was desperate to secure a move away from the Ukrainian club. During his time at Shakhtar, the Brazilian wore the number 7 shirt, but due to midfielder James Milner already occupying the number at City, Fernandinho had to choose another. In an interview with Manchester City, Fernandinho recalled a conversation with his son in which his son said, "My dad is the new number 25," and so Fernandinho subsequently chose 25 as his new number. Fernandinho made his Premier League debut on 19 August 2013 against Newcastle United in a 4–0 home win. He scored his first two goals for Manchester City on 14 December 2013 against Arsenal in a 6–3 home win and was also named man of the match after a classical display. On 1 January 2014, he scored his third goal of the season in a 2–3 away win against Swansea City. On 2 February, Fernandinho sustained a thigh injury in training, which kept him out of action for two weeks. On 2 March, Fernandinho appeared for City in the League Cup final against Sunderland, where he won his first trophy in England with a 3–1 win. On 11 May, Fernandinho was part of the squad who secured the Premier League title in a 2–0 win against West Ham United. He did not start the game, but appeared as a substitute for striker Edin Džeko in the 69th minute. On 5 November 2014, in a 2014–15 Champions League group match against CSKA Moscow, Fernandinho replaced Jesús Navas at half-time with Manchester City 1–2 down at home. He was then sent off in the 70th minute for a second booking, with teammate Yaya Touré following later, as the team lost and fell to last place in the group. On 16 August 2015, Fernandinho scored the final goal in City's 3–0 win over Chelsea. He added to his tally two weeks later, with his club's second goal in a City defeat of Watford in the Premier League. Fernandinho started as City beat Liverpool in the 2016 Football League Cup Final. He scored to put City 1-0 up and then missed his penalty in the subsequent shootout after Liverpool equalised, but City still won the game. Fernandinho's role in the club became so significant that the manager, Pep Guardiola, said: “If a team has three Fernandinhos, they would be champions. We have one, but he is fast, he is intelligent, he is strong in the air, he can play several positions. When he sees the space he will run there immediately. When you need to make a correction, you just need one player to challenge, and he is there.” Fernandinho continued to play a vital role for Manchester City in the 2017–18 season, helping them win their third Premier League title, and his second. He scored three goals and provided three assists in 30 appearances for the title winners. Fernandinho also appeared in the 2018 League Cup final for City when they defeated Arsenal 3–0, however he was substituted after 52 minutes because of an injury. Following the departure of Yaya Touré, Fernandinho began the season as Manchester City's only natural defensive midfielder. The Brazilian played a vital role in the club's demanding title race against Liverpool, starting every Premier League match until a thigh injury prevented him from playing against Crystal Palace and Leicester City in December - two games that the team subsequently lost. However, Fernandinho was able to return to fitness in time for a season-defining home match against title rivals Liverpool. He was named the Man of the Match following a highly praised performance in midfield that helped City beat their rivals 2-1. Of the performance, the BBC Sport's Phil McNulty wrote, "At the heart of it all was the magnificent Fernandinho - a man seemingly irreplaceable among the City's stellar cast - as he delivered a masterclass of controlled midfield play to steady his side when required." In February's EFL Cup final against Chelsea, Fernandinho picked up a muscle injury during extra time and, for the remainder of the season, struggled to remain fit. İlkay Gündoğan took his place in City's midfield for the majority of the remaining games, which saw the team go on a 14 game winning-streak to win the Premier League title on the final day of the season. Fernandinho ended the Premier League season with 1 goal and 3 assists in 29 appearances. With Fernandinho's age becoming an area of concern for the club, Manchester City signed Rodri from Atlético Madrid over the summer. Because of the new midfield acquisition, Gündogan's excellent performances as a defensive midfielder at the end of the previous season, and central defender Vincent Kompany's departure, Guardiola planned to use Fernandinho as a back-up central defender throughout the season. An injury to first-choice centre-half Aymeric Laporte just 4 weeks into the season, however, meant that the manager had to rely on Fernandinho to lead his defensive line. He subsequently started nearly every Premier League match following Laporte's injury, with all of his appearances for the season being in central defence. On 28 January, 2020, it was announced that he had signed a one-year contract extension with the club. On 20 September 2020, Guardiola confirmed that Fernandinho was selected as the club's new captain, following the departure of David Silva. On 11 August 2011, Fernandinho made his first appearance for the Brazil national team in a 3–2 friendly defeat against Germany. He won four further caps during the 2011–12 season but did not appear in another Seleção squad until February 2014. On 5 March 2014, Fernandinho scored his first international goal on his return to the Brazil team in a 5–0 win over South Africa. In May 2014, he was named in Brazil's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his tournament debut as a half-time substitute for Paulinho in the third game of the group stage, scoring the last goal in the 4–1 victory against Cameroon. He was then selected in the starting line-up for Brazil's penalty shootout defeat of Chile in the round of 16. Fernandinho played a full match against Colombia in the quarter-finals, and played the first 45 minutes before being taken off in Brazil's 1–7 loss to Germany in the semi-finals: Brazil's biggest ever defeat at the World Cup. In May 2018 he was named in Tite's final 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 6 July, Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup by Belgium in the quarter-finals, losing 2–1, with Fernandinho scoring an own goal for Belgium. In May 2019, Fernandinho was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América. Fernandinho is well known for his pace and ability to shoot from long distances, as well as his energy, technique, movement, and work-rate. He has been described in the media as "a defensive midfielder with a box to box style of play, contributing in large part to the defense and the attack. With a powerful shot and great passing range, Fernandinho has played an important part in breaking up opposition attacks and creating goal scoring opportunities". Jonathan Wilson, when writing for The Guardian in 2013, described Fernandinho as a holding midfielder who can "make tackles," and who is "capable of regaining the ball," while also noting that he frequently functioned "as the more "creative player alongside a destroyer. " However, he also clarified that while "Fernandinho is a fine long passer, he is not an Alonso or an Andrea Pirlo type; he is not a regista. Rather he likes to make forward surges, just as Touré does, and, as he showed against Arsenal on Saturday, is more than capable of scoring goals when chances present themselves. " As such, he labelled Fernandinho as a "carrier" or "surger," namely "a player capable of making late runs or carrying the ball at his feet. " Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised Fernandinho for his intelligence, versatility, ability in the air, and wide range of skills, noting that "Fernandinho can do everything," also citing his important role in the club's successes. Due to a series of injuries to the Manchester City first team's defensive players, Guardiola also deployed Fernandinho as a centre-back on occasion during the 2019–20 season, a position in which he received praise in the media for his performances. The importance and magnitude of work played by Fernandinho in Manchester City also becomes apparent in his absence. The three defeats in December 2018 in the Premier League were mostly attributed to the fact Fenrandinho didn't play due to injury. Based on the statistics from around that time, it was found that City won 10% more games when Fernandinho was in the starting line-up, and the main reason being his ability to both destroy a rival's attack, and create new opportunities for his team through his long-distance passes. Fernandinho is married and has one son, Davi, born on 5 March 2010, and a daughter, Mariana, born on 28 January 2017. Aside from his native Portuguese, Fernandinho reportedly speaks Russian, Italian, Spanish and English. Fernandinho is a devout Christian; concerning his personal faith, he has stated: "Jesus is my biggest inspiration. " Shakhtar Donetsk Manchester City Brazil U20 Brazil Individual, Fernandinho (footballer, born May 1985) 2022-11-10T04:00:12Z Fernando Luiz Roza (born 4 May 1985), known as Fernandinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Athletico Paranaense. He has captained the Brazil national team on many occasions. Fernandinho started his career at Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2005, where he became one of the best foreign players to ever play in the Ukrainian Premier League. With Shakhtar, he won six Ukrainian Premier League titles, four Ukrainian Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He was voted by the Shakhtar Donetsk fans as the best Brazilian player to ever play for the team. In 2013, he joined Manchester City, where he won five Premier League titles, among other trophies. The scorer of the only goal in the final of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and a full international for Brazil from 2011 to 2019, he was part of their squad which came fourth at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and also competed at the 2015 Copa América, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the 2019 Copa América, winning the latter tournament. Fernandinho began his career at Atlético Paranaense alongside his future Shakhtar teammate Jádson and close friend Carlos. In Paranaense he was runners-up of both the Brazilian first division (in 2004) and the Libertadores da America, in 2005. He made 72 appearances for the club, scoring 14 goals, before moving to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £7 million. In his first season as a Shakhtar player he played 34 matches, including 23 league appearances, and scored three goals, with one coming in the league. Shakhtar were victorious in the Super Cup, however Fernandinho did not play in the match. He played in the championship deciding match between Shakhtar and Dynamo Kyiv, who were level on 75 points after all 30 games had been played, in which Shakhtar prevailed 2–1 to take the title. This marked Fernandinho's first league title with Shakhtar. He made 25 league appearances in the 2006–07 season as Shakhtar finished 2nd to Dynamo Kyiv. They also finished as runners-up in the Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup. In the 2007–08 season Shakhtar regained the championship with Fernandinho playing a pivotal role by scoring 11 goals, including one from the penalty spot, in 29 league appearances. He failed to appear in just one league match during the season. Shakhtar were also victorious in the Ukrainian Cup, giving Fernandinho his first cup success. However they were defeated in the Super Cup by Dynamo Kyiv for the second year in a row. After the match finished 2–2, it went to penalties and, although Fernandinho converted a penalty, Shakhtar lost 4–2. On 15 July 2008, Fernandinho played in the Super Cup victory against Dynamo Kyiv. The match went to penalties after the two teams drew 1–1 at the end of extra time. Fernandinho scored one of the penalties to help Shakhtar to a 5–3 win in the shoot-out. He scored the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Karpaty Lviv on 27 July. On 3 August he picked up a 63rd minute red card in a 3–0 victory over Illichivets Mariupol. On 31 August he scored a penalty in a 2–2 draw against Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 16 September he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 Champions League victory against Swiss club Basel. On 8 November, he scored the opening goal in a 2–0 victory against Tavriya Simferopol. On 9 December he scored a goal in Shakhtar's 3–2 away win against Spanish side Barcelona in the Champions League group stage match. On 26 February 2009, Fernandinho scored the equalising goal in Shakhtar's 1–1 away leg draw against English team Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Cup. Shakhtar won the tie 3–1 on aggregate. On 7 March, he scored the only goal, a penalty, in a 1–0 victory against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. On 15 March, he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in a 3–0 victory against Metalist Kharkiv. On 19 March he scored a penalty in Shakhtar's 2–0 victory over Russian team CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Cup. Shakhtar won the tie 2–1 on aggregate. On 16 April he netted a goal in a 2–1 UEFA Cup win against Marseille. Shakhtar emerged victorious from the tie with a 4–1 aggregate win. He also scored a pivotal equalising goal in the first leg of the UEFA Cup semi final match against Dynamo Kyiv which finished 1–1. Shakhtar advanced to the final by virtue of a 3–2 aggregate victory after securing a 2–1 win at the Donbass Arena in the second leg. Shakhtar won the UEFA Cup with a 2–1 victory over German side Werder Bremen in the last UEFA Cup before it was renamed the UEFA Europa League. He made 42 total appearances, including 21 in the league, and scored 11 goals, including five in the league, in the 2008–09 season. The 2009–10 season saw Shakhtar lift the Premier League trophy. Fernandinho's first goal came on 29 July, in a 2–2 Champions League draw against Politehnica Timișoara in the third qualifying round, however Shakhtar were knocked out of the competition, losing on away goals after a 0–0 draw at home. On 20 September, he scored a penalty in a 4–2 victory over Arsenal Kyiv. He scored two goals in a 5–1 victory over Karpaty Lviv on 18 October, including one from the penalty spot. On 22 October the first goal, a penalty, in a 4–0 victory against French side Toulouse in the Europa League. He scored a 93rd-minute goal in a 2–0 Ukrainian Cup victory against Dynamo Kyiv on 28 October. On 6 December he scored a penalty to open the scoring in a 2–0 win over Kryvbas. On 24 March, he scored a 92nd-minute goal against Metalurh Donetsk in the Ukrainian Cup, however it proved to be only a consolation goal as Shakhtar lost the match 2–1. Fernandinho made 24 league appearances, netting 4 times. He made a total of 39 appearances with 8 goals. In the following season Fernandinho played in the 7–1 Super Cup win over Tavriya Simferopol on 4 July. On 18 July, he netted an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Metalurh Zaporizhya. On 7 August he scored the opening goal in a 5–0 win over Sevastopol. He also played a part in the 1–0 UEFA Super Cup defeat to Barcelona on 28 August. He suffered a broken leg in a 1–0 defeat to Obolon Kyiv on 10 September, which was expected to rule him out for the entire season. He eventually returned on 1 April 2011 after almost seven months out of action in a 3–1 victory over Illichivets Mariupol. He scored a late 94th-minute match-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Tavriya, his first goal since returning from injury. On 25 May, he played the full 90 minutes in Shakhtar's 2–0 Ukrainian Cup Final victory over Dynamo Kyiv. At the end of the season Shakhtar won the championship, with Fernandinho contributing three goals from his 15 league appearances. They managed to win three prizes (Premier League, Cup and Super Cup). Fernandinho began the 2011–12 season with Shakhtar's only goal in a 3–1 Super Cup defeat to Dynamo Kyiv. On 31 July he scored Shakhtar's only goal in a match against Arsenal Kyiv, however a 95th-minute equaliser prevented them from winning the match and taking all three points. He netted a goal in a 3–1 victory against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 13 August. On 27 November he scored the second goal, from a penalty, in a 5–0 victory over Karpaty Lviv. On 27 April, he scored a penalty in a 4–3 Ukrainian Cup match against Volyn Lutsk. He netted the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against Metalist Kharkiv on 2 May. He scored six goals in 32 appearances, with 24 appearances and four goals in the league, over the season. He played in the Ukrainian Cup Final victory over Metalurh Donetsk. At the end of the season, with his contract due to expire, he signed a new five-year contract with the club until 2016. Shakhtar retained the league title for the third year in a row, Fernandinho's fifth overall with the club, and also secured another Cup trophy, their second in a row. Fernandinho started the 2012–13 season by assisting Douglas Costa for the second goal in a 2–0 Super Cup victory over Metalurh Donetsk. This marked his third success in the Super Cup with Shakhtar. He assisted Yevhen Seleznyov's goal in the 3–1 victory over Hoverla Uzhhorod. He netted a late goal to earn Shakhtar three points in a 1–0 win over Kryvbas. He assisted Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the first goal in a 4–1 victory over Vorskla Poltava. On 23 September, he scored a goal in a 4–1 Ukrainian Cup last 32 victory against Dynamo Kyiv and was named man of the match. He assisted Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the second goal in a 2–0 victory against Metalist Kharkiv on 7 October. Fernandinho scored the second goal in a 2–1 victory against English side Chelsea in the Champions League group stage on 23 October, shooting low with his right foot into the bottom corner. On 6 June 2013, Fernandinho became Manchester City's first signing of the summer, for a fee of £34 million. He signed a four-year deal and is understood to have waived around £4 million owed to him by Shakhtar in order to complete the transfer, as he was desperate to secure a move away from the Ukrainian club. During his time at Shakhtar, the Brazilian wore the number 7 shirt, but due to midfielder James Milner already occupying the number at City, Fernandinho had to choose another. In an interview with Manchester City, Fernandinho recalled a conversation with his son in which his son said, "My dad is the new number 25," and so Fernandinho subsequently chose 25 as his new number. Fernandinho made his Premier League debut on 19 August 2013 against Newcastle United in a 4–0 home win. He scored his first two goals for Manchester City on 14 December 2013 against Arsenal in a 6–3 home win and was also named man of the match after a classical display. On 1 January 2014, he scored his third goal of the season in a 2–3 away win against Swansea City. On 2 February, Fernandinho sustained a thigh injury in training, which kept him out of action for two weeks. On 2 March, Fernandinho appeared for City in the League Cup final against Sunderland, where he won his first trophy in England with a 3–1 win. On 11 May, Fernandinho was part of the squad who secured the Premier League title in a 2–0 win against West Ham United. He did not start the game, but appeared as a substitute for striker Edin Džeko in the 69th minute. On 5 November 2014, in a 2014–15 Champions League group match against CSKA Moscow, Fernandinho replaced Jesús Navas at half-time with Manchester City 1–2 down at home. He was then sent off in the 70th minute for a second booking, with teammate Yaya Touré following later, as the team lost and fell to last place in the group. On 16 August 2015, Fernandinho scored the final goal in City's 3–0 win over Chelsea. He added to his tally two weeks later, with his club's second goal in a City defeat of Watford in the Premier League. Fernandinho started as City beat Liverpool in the 2016 Football League Cup Final. He scored to put City 1–0 up and then missed his penalty in the subsequent shootout after Liverpool equalised, but City still won the game. Fernandinho's role in the club became so significant that the manager, Pep Guardiola, said: “If a team has three Fernandinhos, they would be champions. We have one, but he is fast, he is intelligent, he is strong in the air, he can play several positions. When he sees the space he will run there immediately. When you need to make a correction, you just need one player to challenge, and he is there.” Fernandinho continued to play a vital role for Manchester City in the 2017–18 season, helping them win their third Premier League title, and his second. He scored three goals and provided three assists in 30 appearances for the title winners. Fernandinho also appeared in the 2018 League Cup final for City when they defeated Arsenal 3–0, however he was substituted after 52 minutes because of an injury. Following the departure of Yaya Touré, Fernandinho began the season as Manchester City's only natural defensive midfielder. The Brazilian played a vital role in the club's demanding title race against Liverpool, starting every Premier League match until a thigh injury prevented him from playing against Crystal Palace and Leicester City in December - two games that the team subsequently lost. However, Fernandinho was able to return to fitness in time for a season-defining home match against title rivals Liverpool. He was named the Man of the Match following a highly praised performance in midfield that helped City beat their rivals 2–1. Of the performance, the BBC Sport's Phil McNulty wrote, "At the heart of it all was the magnificent Fernandinho - a man seemingly irreplaceable among the City's stellar cast - as he delivered a masterclass of controlled midfield play to steady his side when required. " In February's EFL Cup final against Chelsea, Fernandinho picked up a muscle injury during extra time and, for the remainder of the season, struggled to remain fit. İlkay Gündoğan took his place in City's midfield for the majority of the remaining games, which saw the team go on a 14 game winning-streak to win the Premier League title on the final day of the season. Fernandinho ended the Premier League season with one goal and three assists in 29 appearances. With Fernandinho's age becoming an area of concern for the club, Manchester City signed Rodri from Atlético Madrid over the summer. Because of the new midfield acquisition, Gündogan's excellent performances as a defensive midfielder at the end of the previous season, and central defender Vincent Kompany's departure, Guardiola planned to use Fernandinho as a back-up central defender throughout the season. An injury to first-choice centre-half Aymeric Laporte just 4 weeks into the season, however, meant that the manager had to rely on Fernandinho to lead his defensive line. He subsequently started nearly every Premier League match following Laporte's injury, with all of his appearances for the season being in central defence. On 28 January 2020, it was announced that he had signed a one-year contract extension with the club. On 20 September 2020, Guardiola confirmed that Fernandinho was selected as the club's new captain, following the departure of David Silva. On 25 April 2021, Fernandinho lifted his first piece of silverware as Manchester City captain. He started the League Cup final, as City won 1–0 against Tottenham Hotspur to win the competition for the fourth year in a row. It was the 6th of Fernandinho’s career, making him the competition’s most decorated player. On 11 May 2021, local rivals Manchester United were defeated 2–1 by Leicester City, securing City’s fifth Premier league title and seventh First Division title overall. This was Fernandinho’s fourth Premier League title and his first as captain. On 29 June 2021, Fernandinho once again signed a new one-year deal with the Citizens. On 12 February 2022, after an impressive performance against Norwich City, Jamie Redknapp referred to Fernandinho as the “number 1 defensive midfielder the Premier League has ever seen” whilst mentioning that he thought Fernandinho was a better player than the former Arsenal and France midfielder Patrick Vieira, former Manchester United legend Roy Keane and former Chelsea midfielder Claude Makélélé. On 9 March, Fernandinho made his 100th Champions League appearance in a 0–0 draw against Sporting CP. On 12 April, Fernandinho announced that he would be leaving Manchester City at the end of the season. On 28 June 2022, Fernardinho returned to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Athletico Paranaense. On 11 August 2011, Fernandinho made his first appearance for the Brazil national team in a 3–2 friendly defeat against Germany. He won four further caps during the 2011–12 season but did not appear in another Seleção squad until February 2014. On 5 March 2014, Fernandinho scored his first international goal on his return to the Brazil team in a 5–0 win over South Africa. In May 2014, he was named in Brazil's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his tournament debut as a half-time substitute for Paulinho in the third game of the group stage, scoring the last goal in the 4–1 victory against Cameroon. He was then selected in the starting line-up for Brazil's penalty shootout defeat of Chile in the round of 16. Fernandinho played a full match against Colombia in the quarter-finals, and played the first 45 minutes before being taken off in Brazil's 1–7 loss to Germany in the semi-finals: Brazil's biggest ever defeat at the World Cup. In May 2018 he was named in Tite's final 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 6 July, Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup by Belgium in the quarter-finals, losing 2–1, with Fernandinho scoring an own goal for Belgium. In May 2019, Fernandinho was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América. Fernandinho is well known for his pace and ability to shoot from long distances, as well as his energy, technique, movement, and work-rate. He has been described in the media as "a defensive midfielder with a box to box style of play, contributing in large part to the defense and the attack. With a powerful shot and great passing range, Fernandinho has played an important part in breaking up opposition attacks and creating goal scoring opportunities". Jonathan Wilson, when writing for The Guardian in 2013, described Fernandinho as a holding midfielder who can "make tackles," and who is "capable of regaining the ball," while also noting that he frequently functioned "as the more "creative player alongside a destroyer." However, he also clarified that while "Fernandinho is a fine long passer, he is not an Alonso or an Andrea Pirlo type; he is not a regista. Rather he likes to make forward surges, just as Touré does, and, as he showed against Arsenal on Saturday, is more than capable of scoring goals when chances present themselves." As such, he labelled Fernandinho as a "carrier" or "surger," namely "a player capable of making late runs or carrying the ball at his feet." Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised Fernandinho for his intelligence, versatility, ability in the air, and wide range of skills, noting that "Fernandinho can do everything," also citing his important role in the club's successes. Due to a series of injuries to the Manchester City first team's defensive players, Guardiola also deployed Fernandinho as a centre-back on occasion during the 2019–20 season, a position in which he received praise in the media for his performances. The importance and magnitude of work played by Fernandinho in Manchester City also becomes apparent in his absence. The three defeats in December 2018 in the Premier League were mostly attributed to the fact Fernandinho didn't play due to injury. Based on the statistics from around that time, it was found that City won 10% more games when Fernandinho was in the starting line-up, and the main reason being his ability to both destroy a rival's attack, and create new opportunities for his team through his long-distance passes. Fernandinho is married and has one son, Davi, born in Ukraine on 5 March 2010, and a daughter, Mariana, born on 28 January 2017. Aside from his native Portuguese, Fernandinho reportedly speaks Russian, Italian, Spanish and English. Fernandinho is a devout Christian; concerning his personal faith, he has stated: "Jesus is my biggest inspiration." Shakhtar Donetsk Manchester City Brazil U20 Brazil Individual | 1 |
City_Shuttle_Service | City_Shuttle_Service 2009-10-27T09:02:41Z Singapore Shuttle Bus Private Limited was a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation in Singapore that operated bus services under the name of City Shuttle Service (CSS) between 15 May 1975 and 28 April 2007. The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced in 15 May 1975 by the Singapore Government, which was intended to be part of a Park and Ride scheme aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the city. It was originally hoped that car owners would park at designated car parks and transfer to CSS bus services to enter the Central Business District (CBD). Six inaugural services commenced operation with around sixty 25-seater single door buses. However, the initial arrangement was not popular with car owners and the scheme was terminated, resulting in the company being allowed to operate regular services from housing estates to the CBD. As the purpose of the CSS scheme was to service working commuters, no services were operated on Sundays and public holidays. The initial fleet was replaced with larger DAF SB220 and Nissan Diesel buses. CSS was the first bus operator in Singapore to introduce senior concessionary fares, a scheme that was eventually extended to other bus operators. On 12 March 1987, Singapore Shuttle Bus was purchased by Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS). When TIBS was in turn purchased by SMRT Corporation in 2001, the company came under the control of SMRT. At the point of the merger, the company was operating five routes and its depot was based at Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal. Greatly improved public transport connections resulted in a fall in ridership numbers at the turn of the millennium. SMRT progressively withdrew CSS routes, ending with the last route, 608, on 28 April 2007. The parent company justified this action on the grounds of reduced ridership of up to 40% and lower fares which made it impractical for the CSS scheme to continue. With the withdrawal of the route, Singapore Shuttle Bus was liquidated. The CSS fleet was either scrapped (DAF SB220) or transferred to SMRT Buses (Hino, Nissan Diesel) for continued operations. , City_Shuttle_Service 2010-03-22T02:23:58Z Singapore Shuttle Bus Private Limited was a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation in Singapore that operated bus services under the name of City Shuttle Service (CSS) between 15 May 1975 and 28 April 2007. The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced in 15 May 1975 by the Singapore Government, which was intended to be part of a Park and Ride scheme aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the city. It was originally hoped that car owners would park at designated car parks and transfer to CSS bus services to enter the Central Business District (CBD). 11 inaugural services commenced operations by NTUC Comfort & Singapore Shuttle Bus (SSB), which plys along the 16 fringe car parks, 7 city area terminus and 49 selected bus stops with around sixty 25-seater single door buses. However, the initial arrangement was not popular with car owners and the scheme was terminated, resulting in the company being allowed to operate regular services to the CBD from HDB housing estates like Bukit Merah, Bedok, St Michael's Estate, Marine Parade, Holland Road & Sin Ming Rd and had reduced to 9 services (6 services were from SSB and the 3 were from NTUC Comfort). As the purpose of the CSS scheme was to service working commuters, no services were operated on Sundays and public holidays. On 25 June 1988, NTUC Comfort, which ran the 3 CSS services from Marine Parade to the city, decided to withdraw 2 services partly due to the high maintenance cost of its buses and suffer a decline of commuter's demand due to the MRT opening. Its buses were then ran on its last sole service until 1990, on which the buses had reached the end of its lifespan. The initial fleet was replaced with larger DAF SB220 and Nissan Diesel buses. CSS was the first bus operator in Singapore to introduce senior concessionary fares, a scheme that was eventually extended to other bus operators. On 12 March 1987, Singapore Shuttle Bus was purchased by Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS). When TIBS was in turn purchased by SMRT Corporation in 2001, the company came under the control of SMRT. At the point of the merger, the company was operating five routes and its depot was based at Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal. Greatly improved public transport connections resulted in a fall in ridership numbers at the turn of the millennium. With the withdrawal of CSS Service 605 on 5 September 2004, its existing fleet of CSS buses were being downsized, with the DAF SB 220LT buses awaiting to be exported overseas and was later used in New Zealand, leaving the Nissan buses in its fleet. With the gradual decrease in ridership, it was yet some of the Nissan buses with CSS plates were being transferred into SMRT fleet in June 2006. SMRT progressively withdrew CSS routes, ending with the last route, 608, on 28 April 2007. The parent company justified this action on the grounds of reduced ridership of up to 40% and lower fares which made it impractical for the CSS scheme to continue. With the withdrawal of the route, Singapore Shuttle Bus was liquidated. The remaining of the CSS Nissan buses were transferred to SMRT Buses (Dennis Lance,Nissan Diesel) for continued operations, which is 2 months after its withdrawal of 608. | 0 |
Dark_Mist | Dark_Mist 2008-02-28T22:46:14Z Template:Future game Dark Mist is a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store. Dark Mist is an action-adventure game. You play as the warrior of light, Althemis, shooting down the forces of darkness. The game is divided into different dungeons, which the hero must hack and slash his way through. The game has an overhead vantage point, making it stylistically similar to the dungeon levels in the first (NES) Legend of Zelda. The hero gets three "stars" of energy to begin with, which are curiously replenished by collecting hearts. In addition to hearts, diamonds, keys and crescent moons are also collected. Dark Mist uses the SIXAXIS controls to perform a spinning attack that blows back enemies and clears the blinding 'dark mist' from your path. Dark Mist has a maximum resolution of 720P and is available for download from the Japanese PSN store for JPY800. On the 28th of Febuary 2008 an expansion pack for Dark Mist was released entitled Depths of Darkness. The expansion includes twelve new single player levels, three new playable characters and a new offline and online multiplayer mode and is available to download from the Japanese PSN store for JPY500. , Dark_Mist 2009-06-25T22:19:09Z Dark Mist is a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store. Dark Mist is an action-adventure game. You play as the warrior of light, Artemis, shooting down the forces of darkness. The game is divided into different dungeons, which the hero must hack and slash his way through. The game has an overhead vantage point, making it stylistically similar to the dungeon levels in the first Legend of Zelda game. The hero begins with three "stars" of energy, which are replenished by collecting hearts. In addition to hearts, diamonds, keys and crescent moons are also collected. Dark Mist uses the Sixaxis controls to perform a spinning attack that blows back enemies and clears the blinding 'dark mist' from your path. Dark Mist has a resolution of 720p and is available for download from the Japanese and European PSN stores. On the 28 February 2008 an expansion pack for Dark Mist was released entitled Depths of Darkness. The expansion includes twelve new single player levels, three new playable characters and a new offline and online multiplayer mode and is available to download from the Hong Kong and Japanese PSN store. | 0 |
Cognizant | Cognizant 2011-01-03T11:12:30Z Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an American multinational IT services and consulting corporation headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Cognizant has been named to the 2010 Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Companies List for the eighth consecutive year. Cognizant has also been named to the Fortune 1000 and Forbes Global 2000 lists. It has consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies including the 2010 Business Week 50 list of the top-performing U.S. companies, the Business Week Hottest Tech Companies 2010, and the Forbes Fast Tech 2010 list of 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies In America. Cognizant was founded in 1994 as an IT development and maintenance services arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation with Kumar Mahadeva as its Chairman and CEO. The company was spun off as an independent organization two years later. Kumar Mahadeva resigned in 2003 when Lakshmi Narayanan took charge as CEO Cognizant was one of the first IT services companies to organize around key industry verticals as well as technology horizontals. It has significant practices in Banking and Financial services, Communications, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Health care, Information, Media & Entertainment, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Travel bnnb and Hospitality. Cognizant was listed on NASDAQ in 1998 and moved to the NASDAQ-100 Index in 2004. After the close of trading on 16 November 2006, Cognizant moved from the mid cap S&P 400 to the S&P 500. Management : Executive Team Francisco D'souza - President & Chief Executive Officer Lakshmi Narayanan - Vice Chairman Gordon Coburn - Chief Financial & Operating Officer Chandra Sekaran - President & Managing Director, Global Delivery Rajeev Mehta - Chief Operating Officer, Global Client Service Cognizant provides a range of information technology consulting and Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) services, including Business and Technology Consulting, Complex Systems Integration, Application Development and Maintenance, Business Process Outsourcing, IT Infrastructure Services, Analytics, Web Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, CRM and social CRM, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Management Solutions, ERP, R&D Outsourcing, and Testing solutions. Cognizant is among the Top 10 companies receiving L1 visas to bring foreign workers to the United States. The company recognizes the risk this poses to their business model. In a November 2008 SEC 10-Q filing, the company said "Our future success will depend on our ability to attract and retain employees with technical and project management skills from developing countries, especially India. The vast majority of our IT professionals in the United States and in Europe are Indian nationals. The ability of Indian nationals to work in the United States and Europe depends on their ability and our ability to obtain the necessary visas and work permits." However, the company has been increasing its U.S. work force. In August 2009, the company announced plans to hire 100 people in Phoenix. All learning programs are conducted through Cognizant Academy, the in-house training center. The four key educational initiatives are: Continuing Education, Role-based Training, Executive Training program, Certification. In addition to internal training programs, associates undergo management-specific training at notable universities and colleges, including Harvard University, Indian Institute of Management, and the Indian Institute of Technology. In addition to the formal learning in classrooms, Cognizant Academy takes learning to our employees' desktops. They use multi-modal learning, as well as Technology-Based Training (TBT) material. , Cognizant 2012-12-20T16:45:29Z Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. is an American multinational provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing (BPO) services. It is headquartered in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. Cognizant is included in the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 indices. Originally founded as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994, Cognizant started serving external clients in 1996. Cognizant's IPO was launched in 1998, after a series of corporate splits and restructures of its parent companies. During the dot com bust, it grew by accepting the application maintenance work that the bigger players were unwilling to perform. Gradually, it ventured into application development, complex systems integration and consulting work. Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s, becoming a Fortune 500 company in 2011. In 2011, the Fortune magazine named it as the world's third most admired IT services company after Accenture and IBM. In 2012,Cognizant has around 150,400 employees. India currently is the single largest employee base for Cognizant , with the headcount more than 100,000 in March 2012. The company that is now called Cognizant has its roots in The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, an India-based joint venture between Dun & Bradstreet (76%) and Satyam Computers (24%). Srini Raju was the CEO of this company established in 1994. Kumar Mahadeva played a major role in convincing D&B to invest $2 million in the joint venture. DBSS was set up as an in-house technology unit, and focused on implementing large-scale IT projects for the D&B businesses. In 1996, the company started pursuing the Y2K-related projects, and won two large accounts outside of D&B: Northwest Airlines and Aetna. It put in one of the lowest bids for a Y2K-compliance project for Pacific Exchange, and delivered the work a month before the May 1997 deadline. In 1996, Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) spun off several of its subsidiaries including Erisco, IMS International, Nielsen Media Research, Pilot Software, Strategic Technologies and DBSS, to form a new company called Cognizant Corporation. Three months later, in 1997, DBSS was renamed to Cognizant Technology Solutions. In July 1997, D&B bought Satyam's 24% stake in DBSS for $3.4 million. The headquarters were moved back to the United States, and in March 1998, Kumar Mahadeva was named the CEO. Operating as a division of the Cognizant Corporation, the company mainly focused on Y2K-related projects and web development at this stage. In 1998, the parent company Cognizant Corporation was split into two companies: IMS Health and Nielsen Media Research. After this restructuring, Cognizant Technology Solutions became a public subsidiary of IMS Health. In June 1998, IMS Health partially spun off the company, conducting an initial public offering of the Cognizant stock. The company raised $34 million, less than what the IMS Health underwriters had hoped for. The money was earmarked for debt payments and upgradation of the company's Indian offices. Kumar Mahadeva decided to reduce the company's dependence on Y2K projects: by Q1 1999, 26% of company's revenues came from Y2K projects, compared to 49% in early 1998. Believing that the $16.6 billion ERP software was saturated, Mahadeva decided to stay away from the large-scale ERP implementation projects. Instead, he focused on applications management, which accounted for 37% of Cognizant's revenue in Q1 1999. Cognizant's revenues in 2002 were $229 million, and the company had zero debt with $100 million in the bank. During the dotcom bust, the company grew by taking on the maintenance projects that the bigger companies did not want. In 2003, IMS Health sold its entire 56% stake in Cognizant, which instituted a poison pill provision to prevent hostile takeover attempts. Kumar Mahadeva resigned as the CEO in 2003, and was replaced by Lakshmi Narayanan. Gradually, the Company's service portfolio has expanded to IT services, BPO and business consulting. Lakshmi Narayanan was succeeded by the Kenya-born Francisco D'Souza in 2006. Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s, appearing in the Fortune magazine's "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list for nine consecutive years from 2003 to 2011. Due to strong competition from Accenture and IBM, Cognizant had to offer lower prices as a differentiator in the early 2000s. To overcome this problem, in the late 2000s, it decided to venture into higher-end technology consulting like these companies. Cognizant provides information technology, consulting and BPO services. These include business & technology consulting, systems integration, application development & maintenance, IT infrastructure services, analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing, CRM, supply chain management, engineering & manufacturing Solutions, ERP, R&D outsourcing, and testing solutions. In 2011, the company's revenue from IT services was split roughly evenly between application development and application maintenance. Its business process outsourcing unit leans towards "higher-end" services i.e. work that involves domain knowledge and skills, such as legal services or healthcare claims processing rather than simple voice-based support services. In the 2012 earnings announcements, the CEO Frank D'Souza categorized the company's service offerings in three groups: Horizon 1 (application development and maintenance), Horizon 2 (BPO, IT Infrastructure Services & business consulting) and Horizon 3 ("SMAC" - Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud). In May 2012, the Horizon 1 services accounted for around 75% of the company's revenues, and Horizon 2 services about 15%. Like many other IT services firms, Cognizant follows a global delivery model based on offshore software R&D and offshore outsourcing. The company has a number of offshore development centers outside the United States, mainly in India. In its early years, Cognizant gained business from a number of American and European companies with the help of the D&B brand. The company's senior executives envisaged it as a firm which provided high-end customer services on-par with the six contemporary major system integrators (Accenture, BearingPoint, Capgemini, E&Y, Deloitte and IBM), but at lower prices. In order to deal with the fierce competition from the Indian IT service companies and the major American system integrators, Cognizant decided to focus more on developing deeper relationships with existing customers than on acquiring new customers. The company resorted to what it calls a "two-in-a-box" engagement model: its US and Europe-based leaders (often from consulting backgrounds) manage the customer relationships, while the India-based managers oversee offshore delivery services. The managers who were geographically closest to the customers were given more power and responsibility. However, the time zone differences forced the customer-facing managers to work late in nights in order to resolve issues with the India-based teams. In order to solve this problem, the company instituted another scheme, in which the responsibility was divided equally between the onsite and the offshore managers. In the late 2000s, the company started experimenting with what it calls the "three-in-a-box" model, which adds a business consulting layer to its "two-in-a-box" model (as opposed to a separate concern). Compared to other major IT services firms, Cognizant has a heavy focus on a few verticals. Cognizant is among the Top 10 companies receiving H-1B visas to bring highly skilled immigrant workers to the United States. The company has been steadily increasing its U.S. work force. In January 2011, the company announced plans to expand its U.S. delivery centers including a new 1,000-person facility in Phoenix, Arizona. In February 2011, Cognizant said it had 60 full time recruiters actively hiring in the U.S. In 2009, an investigation by the US Department of Labor (DoL) found Cognizant in violation of the H-1B provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Administrative Act. DoL found that 67 of its workers hired under the H-1B program were underpaid. According to Cognizant, this was due to unintentional administrative errors; the DoL investigation revealed that Cognizant had achieved 99.7% compliance in its management of H-1B visa-related issues. The company paid $509,607 in back wages to the 67 employees. No fines or visa restrictions were imposed since DoL did not discover any willful violations. Joseph Petrecca, the director of the Wage and Hour Division's Northern New Jersey District Office praised the company for taking immediate steps to correct the violations, and stated, "This level of cooperation sets a standard for others in the industry." In addition to its headquarters and delivery center in Teaneck, N.J., Cognizant has five additional delivery centers in the United States of America: Bentonville, Arkansas; Bridgewater, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Holliston, Massachusetts; and Phoenix, Arizona. The company has more than 150,000 employees globally, of which over 100,000 are in India across 10 locations with a major chunk in Chennai. The other centres of the company are in Bangalore, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore (CoreLogic), Mumbai and Pune. The company also has local, regional and global delivery centers in the UK, Europe, China, The Philippines, Canada, Argentina, and Mexico. The leadership is mainly based in the United States. Cognizant is organized into several verticals and horizontal units. The vertical units focus on specific industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Retail. The horizontals focus on specific technologies or process areas such as Analytics, BPO and Testing. The horizontal and the vertical units are often further sub-divided into sub-units. Both horizontal and vertical units have business consultants, which together form the organization-wide Cognizant Business Consulting (CBC) team. The CBC members are also involved in business development and business analysis for the IT services projects. Besides these, there are several other corporate teams such as Finance, Immigration, Legal and Marketing. According to the 2011 figures, the major portion of the Cognizant revenues comes from the clients in the Financial Services (42.3%) and Healthcare (25.9%) industries. Other substantial revenue sources include clients from Manufacturing, Retail & Logistics (18.6%) and Communications, Information, Media & Entertainment and Technology (13.2%) industries. By geography, the most of the revenue is derived from North America (77.2%) and Europe (19.2%). Cognizant has used its American incorporation to differentiate itself from the Indian IT services providers. In 2010, some analysts argued that this might have pricing implications for the company's consulting business, since Indian IT services providers are identified with lower prices. The company's flagship customer conference is Cognizant Community—sometimes simply called Community. It is usually held in the spring in the United States and in the fall in Europe. The summit, which features notable keynote speakers in the world of business, technology, economics and even adventure sports, has been praised as "a model industry event". Cognizant was listed on NASDAQ in 1998 and moved to the NASDAQ-100 Index in 2004. After the close of trading on 16 November 2006, Cognizant moved from the mid cap S&P 400 to the S&P 500. The company claims to be in excellent financial health, reporting over $2.2 billion in cash and short term investments for the quarter ending 30 June 2011. Cognizant's philanthropic efforts are conducted through the voluntary efforts of Cognizant employees and the financial and administrative support of the Cognizant Foundation, which is its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm. Registered in March 2005 as a "Charitable Company" under the Indian Companies Act, the Cognizant Foundation aims to helps "unprivileged members of society gain access to quality education and healthcare by providing financial and technical support; designing and implementing educational and healthcare improvement programs; and partnering with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, healthcare institutions, government agencies and corporations". Cognizant's has a grassroots corporate social responsibility project called Outreach, for which Cognizant's employees volunteer to support schools and orphanages. At the 2011 Maker Faire, the company announced plans to fund a Maker Space at the New York Hall of Science, a Making the Future after-school program and a partnership with Citizen Schools to promote STEM education in the United States. Cognizant's sustainability efforts include a Go Green initiative launched in 2008 focused on energy conservation, recycling, and responsible waste management. In October 2011, Newsweek magazine ranked Cognizant 16th among the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America, in its annual Green Rankings. Cognizant has a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce, operating in different timezones. In 2011, the company director John Klein described its culture as "result-oriented" and "transparent". External consultants have described Cognizant as focusing more on maintaining customer relationships than on aggressive sales. R Chandrasekaran, the company's President and MD, once described its mantra as "Keep the customer happy". The heads of the vertical units in the company have CEO-like functions and power, when it comes to their units. The senior executives have described the company as a "flat organization" on more than one occasion. However, the CEO Lakshmi Narayanan has clarified that the phrase has a "different connotation" in Cognizant: it means a place where even a new employee cares about the company's success as much as the CEO does, has "great ideas" and believes that the customer cares about "our success as we do about theirs". The Company has been criticized as "conservative", when it comes to acquisitions. However, the senior leader R Chandrasekaran has stated that the company avoids larger acquisitions in order to preserve its culture and manage the acquisitions easily. Differential performance rewards are a part of the company's culture. In 2012, Cognizant gave 200% of the variable salary components to top performers. Cognizant invests a substantial amount of money into training. All learning programs are conducted through Cognizant Academy, the in-house training center. The learning programs include e-learning, classroom training programs, external certifications and other role-based training (including executive training). In addition, the associates can undergo management-specific training at partner universities and colleges. The Company's intranet portal is known as "Cognizant 2.0" ("2.0" as in Web 2.0) or "C2", and includes blogs, project management tools and knowledge management applications. | 1 |
Bangladesh Premier League (football) | Bangladesh Premier League (football) 2018-01-15T01:43:04Z Bangladesh Premier League is the top-tier association football league of Bangladesh run by the country's football federation. It is the country's most popular sports league after the BPL. It was previously known as the B. League that began in 2007. The league was renamed Bangladesh League in 2009. In 2012 it was given its current name. It marked the start of the professional era and an open wide national league. It was sponsored by Manyavar for the 2015 season, thus known as Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League. In the following season, 2016, it is sponsored by the JB Group. The Dhaka Derby is one of the most popular matches in the league. A national football championship was first started in 2000, before that, the Dhaka League was renowned as the top-tier football league in Bangladesh. In 2007, the winner of the Dhaka League and top club teams mainly from Dhaka and other parts of the country were promoted to the first professional league. The B.League replaced the National Football Championship as the premier national league. A total of 12 clubs were scheduled to participate before Sylhet DSA withdrew and were not replaced. With clubs playing professional football from all over the country and not from the capital only unlike the Dhaka League, the professional league even then failed to gain the popularity of the Dhaka League and to improve the country's football. The 2009–10 season brought, along with the change in name of the league, newly built football clubs like Beanibazar. This might seem promising for the country's football. No second division league was introduced until in 2011 and this hampered the fate of the relegated teams. Clubs were selected from regional leagues especially from the Dhaka League and called up. Bangladesh Football Federation introduced the second-tier league Bangladesh Championship League in 2012 as 5th season of Premier League was commencing. Champions so far are: The number of national championships that clubs in Bangladesh have attained since the professional Bangladesh Football Premier League (formerly B. League or Bangladesh League) was introduced, is as below. Total national football championship titles: 7 Abahani Ltd. 3 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 2 Mohammedan SC 2 Brothers Union 1 Sheikh Russel KC 1 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Top clubs: Two most old and famous clubs in the history of Bangladesh football Dhaka Abahani and Dhaka Mohammedan SC. The match between these rivals called Dhaka Derby. The Dhaka Derby played in Bangabandhu National Stadium Currently, the league's official name begins with Bangladesh's official football sponsors Manyavar. Telecommunications company, Citycell first sponsored professional football in the country after Nitol Tata kicked off semi-pro tournament but did not seek to renew its contract with the football association leaving in 2009–10 season. It was an uncertain situation for the country's already underdeveloped football but BFF managed to get Grameenphone, the country's leading mobile phone telecommunications company. Nitol Tata has become sponsor of the league in 2013–14 season. Currently Manyavar is title sponsors of premier League. , Bangladesh Premier League (football) 2019-11-10T01:56:21Z The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is the top tier of the country's football leagues. It is run directly by the Professional Football League Committee of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Dhaka Derby is one of the most popular matches in the league. The league is the successor of National Football Championship running from 2000-2006. Founded in 2007, the league was previously known as the B League. The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009 Then in 2012, it was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The start of BPL marked the start of professional league and a wide open national league. Dhaka Abahani have won the league a record six times since 2007. During 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League, Dhaka Abahani also became the first team to win the professional league title with an unbeaten record. Performance in the Bangladesh Premier League by clubs as of the end of 2018-19 season: 20 clubs have played in the Bangladesh Football Premier League from its inception in 2007, up to and including the 2018–19 season. The following clubs are not competing in the Bangladesh Football Premier League during the 2018–19 season, but competed in the Premier League for at least one season. BPL Golden Boot winners Bangladeshi top scorers Citycell was co- sponsor for the Federation Cup, the B. League and the School football tournament across the country. 132 matched of season 2015-2016 was broadcast live at BTV World and Boishakhi TV, also live commentary was produced by Radio Next FM. Every match of this league has been streaming live on BFF's page of Mycujoo platform from 2018-19 season. Bangla TV started broadcasting selected matches of the BPL 2018-19 matches live from May 9, 2019. | 1 |
Jason Priestley | Jason Priestley 2003-05-05T02:47:59Z Jason Priestley (August 28, 1971), actor, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his role on the television series Beverly Hills 90210 as the virtuous Brandon Walsh. He also appeared on the short-lived television series Sister Kate (1989). He received good review for his work in Love and Death on Long Island (1997), in which he played a teen idol. His hobbies include race car driving. In August 2002, he was seriously injured during a practice run at the Kentucky Speedway when his automobile crashed into a wall at nearly 290 km/h. , Jason Priestley 2004-12-03T17:50:55Z Jason Priestley (born August 28, 1969), actor, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is best known for his role on the television series Beverly Hills 90210 as the virtuous Brandon Walsh. He also appeared on the short-lived television series Sister Kate (1989). He received good reviews for his work in Love and Death on Long Island (1997), in which he played a teen idol. In 2004 he became a series regular on Tru Calling. His hobbies include race car driving. In 1999 he participated in the first Gumball 3000 rally, driving a Lotus Esprit V-8. In August 2002, he was seriously injured during a practice run at the Kentucky Speedway when his automobile crashed into a wall at nearly 290 km/h. Jason Priestley at IMDb | 1 |
Bebé | Bebé 2018-01-03T00:22:06Z Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bebé, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Eibar. Abandoned by his parents at a young age, Bebé grew up in a homeless shelter near Lisbon. He began his football career as an amateur with Loures, before joining Estrela in 2009. A year later, he was signed by Vitória de Guimarães but transferred almost immediately to Manchester United for a fee of about £7 million, despite manager Alex Ferguson admitting he had never seen Bebé play. Unable to make an impression on the Manchester United first team, he spent time on loan with Turkish side Beşiktaş and back in Portugal with Rio Ave and Paços de Ferreira, before joining Benfica permanently in July 2014. After loan spells in Spain with Córdoba and Rayo Vallecano, he joined Eibar in July 2016. Bebé is the son of Cape Verdean immigrants and is the fourth player of Cape Verdean descent to join Manchester United; the others are Portuguese international winger Nani, French international left-back Patrice Evra and former Swedish international Henrik Larsson. He was given his nickname, which means 'baby' in Portuguese, by his older brother. Bebé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church. He moved to the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Santo Antão do Tojal, 20 km outside Lisbon. During his time there, he and seven other residents of the shelter were invited to play for the CAIS team in the 2009 European Street Football Festival in the Bosnian town of Foča. Despite Bebé scoring four goals in six matches, CAIS did not progress beyond the second group stage of the tournament. He was considered for selection for the national homeless squad after his performance in the European Street Football Festival, but he ultimately did not play in the tournament. Having previously played for amateur side Loures, Bebé was signed by Segunda Divisão side Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 2009. Regarded as the club's star player, he finished the season with four goals in 26 matches. However, Amadora were beset by financial problems and offered him around Europe for £125,000 but found no takers. His former agent, Gonçalo Reis, revealed that Bebé was offered to PSV Eindhoven for free in May 2010, but PSV turned down the offer as they did not know anything about the player. As their situation worsened, they stopped paying his wages, so he broke his contract and signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga team Vitória de Guimarães in the summer of 2010, on a free transfer. His contract with Guimarães at first included a €3 million release clause, but this was increased to €9 million following his performances in pre-season games. He finished with five goals in six friendly matches. On 11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bebé. The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract, though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, of which the agent company GestiFute received €3.5 million and the club received €5.5 million, as third-party ownership was allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer, after being recommended to buy him by his former assistant Carlos Queiroz. On 12 August, David Gill announced that Bebé would not be sent out on loan; instead, he would work with the first-team squad to prove his worth and to learn English. The transfer was completed on 16 August, following Bebé's medical and the submission of the appropriate paperwork, and he was unveiled to the media at a press conference the following day, along with fellow new signings Javier Hernández and Chris Smalling. In 2012, it was reported that Portuguese police were investigating the transfer as part of anti-corruption procedures. Police questioned Bebé's former agent Reis and his current agent Mendes. On 6 September, he was announced as part of the 25-man squad for Manchester United to play in the Champions League. On 22 September, Bebé made his debut for Manchester United as he replaced Park Ji-Sung in the 74th minute of a 5–2 away victory over Scunthorpe United in the League Cup third round. On 2 October, he made his Premier League debut, replacing Anderson in the 80th minute in their 0–0 draw against Sunderland. His first start came against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fourth round of the League Cup on 26 October, scoring his first goal in the process, United's first in a 3–2 home win. His first Champions League goal came on his debut in the competition, scoring the final goal of a 3–0 away victory over Bursaspor on 2 November. On 19 February 2011, Bebé played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against non-league Crawley Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup. On 16 June 2011, Turkish side Beşiktaş signed Bebé on a season-long loan deal, with the option of making the move permanent for £2 million. However, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury whilst on international duty with the Portugal under-21 side which would rule him out for six months. Bebé made his return from injury and made his debut for Beşiktaş in their Süper Lig match against İstanbul Belediyespor on 26 March 2012, he came off the bench and replaced Mustafa Pektemek in the 76th minute of the 2–2 draw. In April 2012, Bebé was banished from the Beşiktaş squad after breaking a team curfew and staying out until the early hours of the morning. After leaving Beşiktaş, Bebé was selected for Manchester United's pre-season tour. In his first game, he scored an injury-time volley to save a draw for Manchester United. However, he was unable to break into the team for the season ahead, and on 27 December 2012, Portuguese side Rio Ave confirmed that they signed Bebé on loan. The loan was confirmed by Manchester United on 1 January 2013. On 9 January, Bebé made his full début in the Taça da Liga and scored the only goal of a 1–0 win against Marítimo in the 74th minute to qualify for the knockout stage. His first league appearance for Rio Ave came against Olhanense, where he came off the substitute bench for the remaining 30 minutes of the match. His first start for the Portuguese side was against Gil Vicente, where he played 85 minutes before being substituted for Ahmed Hassan. He then played the full 90 minutes of a game against his erstwhile former side, Vitória de Guimarães, which Vitória won 3–1. Bebé got his first assist for Rio Ave against Marítimo, setting up Ahmed Hassan two minutes before half time. He then played 75 minutes in Rio Ave's 2–1 victory against Sporting CP before scoring his second goal at for the club against Académica on 55 minutes, which turned out to be the winning goal. After that he failed to find the net despite starting six of the last seven Rio Ave matches. He expressed a desire to make his stay in Portugal permanent, claiming that he did not receive support in England. On 2 September 2013, Bebé returned to Portugal for another loan, this time with Paços de Ferreira until the end of the season. He made his debut on 14 September, against Benfica, scoring his first goals in the 4–3 away victory over Marítimo 10 days later. He was in impressive form in March, scoring six goals in six games. He scored two goals in the final game of the season, a 4–2 defeat against Académica, which resulted in his team being entered into a relegation play-off. In this play-off, against CD Aves, Bebé scored the first goal of his team's 3–1 win on 21 May, to finish the season with 14 goals. On 25 July 2014, it was confirmed that Bebé had signed for Portuguese champions Benfica on a four-year contract, for a fee rumoured to be worth up to €3 million plus 50% of any future sell-on fee. On 10 August, he helped Benfica to win the 2014 Supercup in a penalty shoot-out. On 21 December 2014, he debuted for Benfica in Primeira Liga in a 1–0 home win against Gil Vicente, replacing Jonas for the final 25 minutes. On 9 January 2015, Bebé joined Spanish club Córdoba on a loan deal until the end of the season. He debuted for the Spanish team in La Liga three days later in a 1–0 win at Rayo Vallecano, failing to score in 18 games in a season which ended with relegation. On 10 July 2015, Bebé joined Rayo Vallecano on a one-year loan. He made his debut on 22 August 2015, in a goalless draw against Valencia at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, and scored his first goal for the Madrid-based team on 26 September 2015, in an eventual 3–2 loss at Sevilla. They were relegated at the end of the season. On 12 July 2016, Bebé signed a four-year deal with Eibar, also in the Spanish top tier. He made his debut on 19 August as the season began with a 2–1 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña, and scored his first goal on 24 September to conclude a 2–0 home win against fellow Basques Real Sociedad. Bebé was a Portugal under-19 international. In August 2010, Bebé was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time for their 2011 European under-21 qualifiers against England and Macedonia in early September. He made his debut for the under-21s, playing as a lone striker in their 1–0 loss to England on 4 September. He then scored his first goal for the under-21 side three days later in their final qualifying game against Macedonia, scoring the first in a 3–1 win. On 9 August 2011, while playing for Portugal under-21 team in a friendly match against Slovakia, Bebé suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his left knee and he was expected to be out for six months. , Bebé 2019-12-20T03:53:51Z Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bebé, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano. Abandoned by his parents at a young age, Bebé grew up in a homeless shelter near Lisbon. He began his football career as an amateur with Loures, before joining Estrela da Amadora in 2009. A year later, he was signed by Vitória de Guimarães but transferred almost immediately to Manchester United for a fee of about £7 million, despite manager Alex Ferguson admitting he had never seen Bebé play. Unable to make an impression on the Manchester United first team, he spent time on loan with Turkish side Beşiktaş and back in Portugal with Rio Ave and Paços de Ferreira, before joining Benfica permanently in July 2014. After loan spells in Spain with Córdoba and Rayo Vallecano, he joined Eibar in July 2016. He returned to Rayo Vallecano in January 2018, on another loan spell. In August 2018, he joined Rayo on a permanent deal. Bebé is the son of Cape Verdean immigrants and is the fourth player of Cape Verdean descent to join Manchester United; the others are Portuguese international winger Nani, French international left-back Patrice Evra and former Swedish international Henrik Larsson. He was given his nickname, which means 'baby' in Portuguese, by his older brother. Bebé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church. He moved to the Casa do Gaiato shelter in Santo Antão do Tojal, 20 km outside Lisbon. During his time there, he and seven other residents of the shelter were invited to play for the CAIS team in the 2009 European Street Football Festival in the Bosnian town of Foča. Despite Bebé scoring four goals in six matches, CAIS did not progress beyond the second group stage of the tournament. He was considered for selection for the national homeless squad after his performance in the European Street Football Festival, but he ultimately did not play in the tournament. Having previously played for amateur side Loures, Bebé was signed by Segunda Divisão side Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 2009. Regarded as the club's star player, he finished the season with four goals in 26 matches. However, Estrela were beset by financial problems and offered him around Europe for £125,000 but found no takers. His former agent, Gonçalo Reis, revealed that Bebé was offered to PSV Eindhoven for free in May 2010, but PSV turned down the offer as they did not know anything about the player. As their situation worsened, they stopped paying his wages, so he broke his contract and signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga team Vitória de Guimarães in the summer of 2010, on a free transfer. His contract with Guimarães at first included a €3 million release clause, but this was increased to €9 million following his performances in pre-season games. He finished with five goals in six friendly matches. On 11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bebé. The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract, though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, of which the agent company GestiFute received €3.5 million and the club received €5.5 million, as third-party ownership was allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer, after being recommended to buy him by his former assistant Carlos Queiroz. On 12 August, David Gill announced that Bebé would not be sent out on loan; instead, he would work with the first-team squad to prove his worth and to learn English. The transfer was completed on 16 August, following Bebé's medical and the submission of the appropriate paperwork, and he was unveiled to the media at a press conference the following day, along with fellow new signings Javier Hernández and Chris Smalling. In 2012, it was reported that Portuguese police were investigating the transfer as part of anti-corruption procedures. Police questioned Bebé's former agent Reis and his current agent Mendes. On 6 September, he was announced as part of the 25-man squad for Manchester United to play in the Champions League. On 22 September, Bebé made his debut for Manchester United as he replaced Park Ji-Sung in the 74th minute of a 5–2 away victory over Scunthorpe United in the League Cup third round. On 2 October, he made his Premier League debut, replacing Anderson in the 80th minute in their 0–0 draw against Sunderland. His first start came against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fourth round of the League Cup on 26 October, scoring his first goal in the process, United's first in a 3–2 home win. His first Champions League goal came on his debut in the competition, scoring the final goal of a 3–0 away victory over Bursaspor on 2 November. On 19 February 2011, Bebé played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against non-league Crawley Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup. On 16 June 2011, Turkish side Beşiktaş signed Bebé on a season-long loan deal, with the option of making the move permanent for £2 million. However, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury whilst on international duty with the Portugal under-21 side which would rule him out for six months. Bebé made his return from injury and made his debut for Beşiktaş in their Süper Lig match against İstanbul Belediyespor on 26 March 2012, he came off the bench and replaced Mustafa Pektemek in the 76th minute of the 2–2 draw. In April 2012, Bebé was banished from the Beşiktaş squad after breaking a team curfew and staying out until the early hours of the morning. After leaving Beşiktaş, Bebé was selected for Manchester United's pre-season tour. In his first game, he scored an injury-time volley to save a draw for Manchester United. However, he was unable to break into the team for the season ahead, and on 27 December 2012, Portuguese side Rio Ave confirmed that they signed Bebé on loan. The loan was confirmed by Manchester United on 1 January 2013. On 9 January, Bebé made his full debut in the Taça da Liga and scored the only goal of a 1–0 win against Marítimo in the 74th minute to qualify for the knockout stage. His first league appearance for Rio Ave came against Olhanense, where he came off the substitute bench for the remaining 30 minutes of the match. His first start for the Portuguese side was against Gil Vicente, where he played 85 minutes before being substituted for Ahmed Hassan. He then played the full 90 minutes of a game against his erstwhile former side, Vitória de Guimarães, which Vitória won 3–1. Bebé got his first assist for Rio Ave against Marítimo, setting up Ahmed Hassan two minutes before half time. He then played 75 minutes in Rio Ave's 2–1 victory against Sporting CP before scoring his second goal at for the club against Académica on 55 minutes, which turned out to be the winning goal. After that he failed to find the net despite starting six of the last seven Rio Ave matches. He expressed a desire to make his stay in Portugal permanent, claiming that he did not receive support in England. On 2 September 2013, Bebé returned to Portugal for another loan, this time with Paços de Ferreira until the end of the season. He made his debut on 14 September, against Benfica, scoring his first goals in the 4–3 away victory over Marítimo 10 days later. He was in impressive form in March, scoring six goals in six games. He scored two goals in the final game of the season, a 4–2 defeat against Académica, which resulted in his team being entered into a relegation play-off. In this play-off, against CD Aves, Bebé scored the first goal of his team's 3–1 win on 21 May, to finish the season with 14 goals. On 25 July 2014, it was confirmed that Bebé had signed for Portuguese champions Benfica on a four-year contract, for a fee rumoured to be worth up to €3 million plus 50% of any future sell-on fee. On 10 August, he helped Benfica to win the 2014 Supercup in a penalty shoot-out. On 21 December 2014, he debuted for Benfica in Primeira Liga in a 1–0 home win against Gil Vicente, replacing Jonas for the final 25 minutes. On 9 January 2015, Bebé joined Spanish club Córdoba on a loan deal until the end of the season. He debuted for the Spanish team in La Liga three days later in a 1–0 win at Rayo Vallecano, failing to score in 18 games in a season which ended with relegation. On 10 July 2015, Bebé joined Rayo Vallecano on a one-year loan. He made his debut on 22 August 2015, in a goalless draw against Valencia at the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas, and scored his first goal for the Madrid-based team on 26 September 2015, in an eventual 3–2 loss at Sevilla. They were relegated at the end of the season. On 12 July 2016, Bebé signed a four-year deal with Eibar, also in the Spanish top tier. He made his debut on 19 August, as the season began with a 2–1 loss at Deportivo de La Coruña, and scored his first goal on 24 September, to conclude a 2–0 home win against fellow Basques Real Sociedad. He returned to Rayo Vallecano in January 2018, on loan until the end of the season. On 31 August 2018, Bebé returned to Rayo on a permanent deal, after agreeing to a three-year contract. Bebé was a Portugal under-19 international. In August 2010, Bebé was called up to the under-21 squad for the first time for their 2011 European under-21 qualifiers against England and Macedonia in early September. He made his debut for the under-21s, playing as a lone striker in their 1–0 loss to England on 4 September. He then scored his first goal for the under-21 side three days later in their final qualifying game against Macedonia, scoring the first in a 3–1 win. On 9 August 2011, while playing for Portugal under-21 team in a friendly match against Slovakia, Bebé suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his left knee and he was expected to be out for six months. Benfica Rayo Vallecano | 1 |
Woman_to_Woman_(Shirley_Brown_song) | Woman_to_Woman_(Shirley_Brown_song) 2009-12-19T03:21:19Z "Woman to Woman" is a song written by James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen (who also wrote hits for Little Milton, the Bar-Keys and others). It was recorded by R&B/blues singer Shirley Brown. It was written for Inez Foxx, who turned it down. Brown's single spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in November of 1974 and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. . The song is notable for being the last big hit for Stax Records. Woman to Woman was also the title of Brown's debut album the same year. In early 1978, a country version of this song would become a hit for Barbara Mandrell, peaking at #4 on the Billboard country music charts and crossing over into the Billboard Hot 100 and peaking at #92 on this chart. In 1994, a cover by Jewell featured on the soundtrack to the film Murder Was the Case starring Snoop Doggy Dogg. Jewell's version sampled Shirley Brown's original and peaked at #16 on the R&B chart and #72 on the Billboard Hot 100. , Woman_to_Woman_(Shirley_Brown_song) 2010-05-25T18:55:06Z "Woman to Woman" is a song written by James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen (who also wrote hits for Little Milton, the Bar-Kays and others). It was recorded by R&B/blues singer Shirley Brown. It was written for Inez Foxx, who turned it down. Brown's single spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in November of 1974 and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. . The song is notable for being the last big hit for Stax Records. Woman to Woman was also the title of Brown's debut album the same year. | 0 |
Henry_F._Grady | Henry_F._Grady 2009-11-30T14:46:52Z Henry Francis Grady (Feb 12, 1882 - Sep 14, 1957) was an American diplomat. Born in San Francisco, California to John Henry Grady and Ellen G. Rourke, he earned a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. On October 18, 1917 he married Lucretia Louise del Valle (daughter of California State Sen. Reginaldo Francisco del Valle, and granddaughter of Los Angeles Mayor Ygnacio del Valle). Grady's daughter, Patricia L Grady, was born in Paris France 11 May 1920 and died 28 May 2000 in Asheville, Buncombe, NC. On 24 Aug 1942 she married diplomat John Paton Davies, Jr. He worked at the US Commerce Department in Economics as an aide to Secretary Herbert Hoover in 1921. He was the Dean, College of Commerce at the UC Berkeley from 1928 to 1937. He became President of the shipping company APL in 1941 remaining there until 1947. In October 1945, he was appointed by US President Harry S. Truman as his personal representative to the Allied commission supervising elections in Greece, this due to the volatile situation created by the Greek Civil War. Grady was the first US Ambassador to India, serving from 1947-1948 (concurrently US Ambassador to Nepal 1948). He was then appointed as US Ambassador to Greece from 1948 to 1950, and US Ambassador to Iran 1950-1951. He died September 14, 1957 onboard the SS President Wilson, Pacific Ocean from heart failure and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA. , Henry_F._Grady 2011-01-10T19:46:00Z Henry Francis Grady (February 12, 1882 - September 14, 1957) was an American diplomat. Born in San Francisco, California to John Henry and Ellen Genevieve (Rourke) Grady, he earned a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. On October 18, 1917 he married Lucretia Louise del Valle (daughter of California State Sen. Reginaldo Francisco and Hellen M. (White) del Valle, and granddaughter of Los Angeles Mayor Ygnacio del Valle). Grady's daughter, Patricia L. Grady, was born in Paris France 11 May 1920 and died 28 May 2000 in Asheville, Buncombe, NC. On 24 Aug 1942 she married diplomat John Paton Davies, Jr. Grady worked at the US Commerce Department in Economics as an aide to Secretary Herbert Hoover in 1921. He was the Dean, College of Commerce at the UC Berkeley from 1928 to 1937. He became President of the shipping company APL in 1941 remaining there until 1947. In October 1945, he was appointed by US President Harry S. Truman as his personal representative to the Allied commission supervising elections in Greece, this due to the volatile situation created by the Greek Civil War. In July 1946, Grady, together with UK Deputy PM Herbert Morrison proposed "The Morrison Grady Plan", a proposal for the solution of the Palestine problem, calling for federalization under overall British Trusteeship. Ultimately, the plan was rejected by both Arabs and Jews. Grady was the first US Ambassador to India, serving from 1947 to 1948 (concurrently US Ambassador to Nepal 1948). He was then appointed as US Ambassador to Greece from 1948 to 1950, and US Ambassador to Iran 1950–1951. Was a Member of the Pacific Union Club in SF, Ca. and a Family Club Member. He died September 14, 1957 onboard the SS President Wilson, Pacific Ocean from heart failure and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA. Template:Persondata | 0 |
Sir_John_Lawson,_1st_Baronet,_of_Knavesmire_Lodge | Sir_John_Lawson,_1st_Baronet,_of_Knavesmire_Lodge 2010-05-13T18:17:44Z Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (28 July 1856 – 27 May 1919) was a British Unionist politician. At the 1892 general election, Lawson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thirsk and Malton division of the North Riding of Yorkshire. He previously stood unsuccessfully in two Lancashire constituencies: Bury in 1885 and in Heywood 1886. He served under Lord Salisbury and later Arthur Balfour as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1900 to 1905. In December the latter year he was created a Baronet, of Knavesmire in the County of York. He did not contest the 1906 general election and never returned to the House of Commons. Lawson died in May 1919, aged 62, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Peter. This biography of a baronet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Sir_John_Lawson,_1st_Baronet,_of_Knavesmire_Lodge 2010-12-02T16:57:03Z Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (28 July 1856 – 27 May 1919) was a British Unionist politician. At the 1892 general election, Lawson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thirsk and Malton division of the North Riding of Yorkshire. He previously stood unsuccessfully in two Lancashire constituencies: Bury in 1885 and in Heywood 1886. He served under Lord Salisbury and later Arthur Balfour as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1900 to 1905. In December the latter year he was created a Baronet, of Knavesmire in the County of York. He did not contest the 1906 general election and never returned to the House of Commons. Lawson died in May 1919, aged 62, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Peter. This biography of a baronet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
West Virginia United | West Virginia United 2007-01-20T09:55:53Z West Virginia Chaos are an American soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Fredericksburg, Ocean City, Reading, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Wilmington and Woodbridge. The Chaos play their home games at Schoenbaum Stadium in the city of Charleston, West Virginia. The team's colors are tangerine and white. As of October 13, 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. start end, West Virginia United 2008-12-17T12:22:22Z West Virginia Chaos is an American soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Cary, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Greensboro, Reading, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg. The team plays its home games at Schoenbaum Stadium in the city of Charleston, West Virginia. The team's colors are white, red and black. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. West Virginia Chaos, which is part of the larger Chaos soccer club, joined the PDL in 2003, but suffered a disappointing first season, ending in 6th and last place in the Mid-Atlantic Division with a 2-14-1 record; their only wins came over Greenville Lions in May, 1-0 off a goal by Stuart Bracher, and over the Columbus Shooting Stars in June, 3-2 with goals by Thomas Whittaker, Benjamini Chavolla and Hans Schubert. 2004 saw an improvement in form, with four wins on the season, but the team still finished last in their division, behind Chesapeake Dragons on goal difference, and 21 points behind league leaders Carolina Dynamo. The Chaos actually began the season strongly, winning three of their first four games (3-1 over Chesapeake Dragons, 4-0 over Raleigh CASL Elite and 1-0 over Williamsburg Legacy), and played out an astonishing 10-goal game against Carolina Dynamo in which Chaos's Shaun Oliveira scored a hat trick but still ended up on the losing side. However, the Chaos suffered a dramatic downturn in form as the season progressed, suffering a 6-1 thrashing by Chesapeake Dragons, and three consecutive 4-0 losses to Raleigh, Williamsburg and Richmond Kickers Future. 2005 was much of the same; a disappointing series of high-scoring losses peppered with one or two impressive wins left them Chaos fifth of six in the mid-Atlantic, with 5 victories on the board, but a much too leaky defense. The highlight of the year was a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Richmond Kickers Future on the final day of the season, with the winning goal being scored by striker Stanton Smith. Unfortunately, too many comprehensive losses kept Chaos from progressing much further - Carolina Dynamo beat them 4-0 in mid-May, Augusta FireBall put six past them in mid-June, and Williamsburg Legacy out-shot them 5-2 at the end of June. Stanton Smith was the Chaos's top scorer, with 4 goals for the season, while Shaun Oliveira contributed 5 assists. There wasn't much of a change in Chaos's fortunes in 2006, as for the fourth consecutive year they finished outside the playoffs - although the team did pick up six wins, their highest annual victory tally to date. Despite failing to put together a positive streak at any time in the year, Chaos did enjoy some encouraging results: they hammered Northern Virginia Royals on the road in early June off a brace by David Lilly and, most impressively, beat divisional champions Virginia Beach Submariners 3-2 on the final day of the season, with two goals by Karim Boukhemis. Unfortunately, Chaos continued to be weak at the back, with Raleigh Elite, Atlanta Silverbacks U23's and Virginia Beach Submariners all putting four or more goals past them. However, as encouraging as 2006 was, 2007 was - at the time - the worst season in Chaos's history. They picked up just three wins all year, and finished dead last of the 9-team Mid Atlantic Division, 34 points behind champions Hampton Roads Piranhas. The single bright spot of an otherwise dismal season was the 3-1 victory over Northern Virginia Royals at the end of May; elsewhere, however, Chaos suffered defeat after defeat, and having to endure a 7-game winless streak until the final game of the season, when they bested new boys Fredericksburg Gunners 3-2. Chris Whalley, Stanton Smith and Chad Duernberger were the Chaos's top scorers, netting 13 of their 20 goals between them. Chaos's poor form continued on into 2008, despite transferring from the Eastern Conference Mid Atlantic Division to the Central Conference Great Lakes Division, and despite hiring a young, talented head coach in the shape of Englishman Luke Ibbetson. Chaos endured a demoralizing 14-game winless streak from the beginning of the season through to mid-July, during which they picked up just 5 points from five tied games. They lost 3-0 to eventual division champs Michigan Bucks, were overpowered 5-0 by Cleveland Internationals, and suffered another 5-0 defeat, this time to Indiana Invaders at the end of June. They even managed to let winning positions slip, conceding two late goals in their tie with Chicago Fire Premier; their single victory came in the penultimate game of the season when - out of the blue - they annihilated Fort Wayne Fever 5-0 in front of a set of home fans who had waited three months for a victory. Ultimately, however, Chaos finished the season rooted to the bottom of the division, a full 31 points behind Michigan, and the overall fifth-worst team in the country. That the three players tied at the top of the goalscorers list - Matthew Clare, Luke Ibbetson and Avneet Shergill - scored just two goals each highlighted perfectly the team's main problem. start end | 1 |
Ohio_Central_Railroad_System | Ohio_Central_Railroad_System 2008-04-24T13:49:47Z The Ohio Central Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Coshocton, Ohio, the system operates 500 miles of track divided among 10 subsidiary railroads. Most of the system's routes were divested from Class I railroads and connect industries to the Class I railroads. The Ohio Central Railroad operates on track owned by other entities, including a line from Newark, Ohio to Mount Vernon, Ohio owned by CSX Transportation and the old Panhandle Route, owned by the State of Ohio. Template:US class 3 Template:US-rail-stub, Ohio_Central_Railroad_System 2010-04-22T00:21:32Z The Ohio Central Railroad System is a network of short line railroads operating in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Headquartered in Coshocton, Ohio, the system operates 500 miles of track divided among 10 subsidiary railroads. Most of the system's routes were divested from Class I railroads and connect industries to the Class I railroads. The Ohio Central operates on track owned by other entities, including a line from Newark, Ohio to Mount Vernon, Ohio owned by CSX Transportation and the old Panhandle Route, owned by the State of Ohio. Ohio Central's rail system comprises As well as being a regular revenue railroad, the Ohio Central has its own steam department that operates steam locomotives for tourist trains, excursions and special events. Steam locomotives Steam locomotives owned by the Ohio Central Railroad include: Operational: Awaiting restoration: Former engines: On August 5, 2008, Genesee and Wyoming Inc announced an agreement to purchase the Ohio Central System for $219 million. Approval was granted by the Surface Transportation Board on December 30, 2008. ^ A: formerly the Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, a 42-mile (68 km) line from Arden to Neville Island, Pennsylvania. The Ohio Central purchased this line from RailAmerica, in December 2000 for $7. 7 million. In 2005, the State of Pennsylvania awarded $2. 1 million to repair flood damage along this line. | 0 |
Adoption_in_Guatemala | Adoption_in_Guatemala 2009-04-26T01:03:54Z The current laws in Guatemala allow private adoptions like in the United States. This type of adoption is also the most popular way of adopting from Guatemala. In 2006 4,135 children were adopted from Guatemala, most of them via private adoptions. In these cases the adoptions are usually handled by attorneys who represent the adoptive parents and handle all the necessary paperwork in Guatemala. Technically a different attorney represents the child that is being adopted. In many cases the adoptive parents may not have any direct contact with their attorney in Guatemala since they are usually represented by a middle man or an adoption agency in their home country. Private adoptions are basically a contract between the biological parent and the adoptive parents stating that the biological parent relinquishes all rights to the child and allows to adoptive parents to adopt the child. To prevent irregularities biological parents have to be interviewed by a social worker at the so called Family Court. Thereafter Guatemala's Attorney General's office, also called PGN (Procuraduría General de la Nación), scrutinizes all available documents before allowing the adoption process to be finalized. If the adoptive parents reside in the United States, the stringent rules of the US embassy in Guatemala have to be followed before the adopted child can receive an immigration visa to enter the USA. These rules include two DNA test to ensure the person who relinquishes the child is the child's parent. The first DNA test has to be performed before the file enters PGN. The US embassy has an agreement with PGN that no adoptions for US residence can be approved before a DNA test has proven the child's identity. The second test will be performed after PGN to prevent a child swap during the adoption process. After PGN gives its approval to the adoption the biological parent of the child needs to sign off one last time on the relinquishment. After that the child is by Guatemalan law the child of the adoptive parents. Following a new birth certificate will be issued by the municipality where the child was born. The new birth certificate states the adoptive parents as father and mother of the child. At the same time a second DNA test will be performed. With this new birth certificate a passport will be issued for the child and the paperwork will be submitted to the US embassy again in cases where the adoptive parents live in the USA. The embassy scrutinizes the paperwork again and eventually issues an immigration visa to the adopted child. The time frame for adoption from Guatemala varies greatly. It depends on many factors such as political climate and the quality of the adoption professionals that handle the paperwork. When the political climate was positive or indifferent towards adoptions from Guatemala some cases were processed in less than 3 months. In the current political climate there are many administrative obstacles. Cases that are being processed in less than 6 months are currently exceptional. Some cases may one year or longer from start to completion. The private adoption system in Guatemala is currently under large criticism from organizations such as UNICEF. These organizations lobby for a so called 'adoption reform' in Guatemala and in the United States. UNICEF wants adoptions to be handled completely by government institutions. Unfortunately these so called reforms have caused a complete shut down of international adoptions in other counties that have implemented these reforms. The governments of these, often third world countries, are usually not capable of implementing efficient adoption processes with the result that foreign adoptions completely cease. This condemns many children, who would have had the chance of finding a caring home in a foreign country, to live in underfunded orphanages or on the streets. , Adoption_in_Guatemala 2011-07-17T09:48:17Z The current laws in Guatemala allow private adoptions like in the United States. This type of adoption is also the most popular way of adopting from Guatemala. In 2006 4,135 children were adopted from Guatemala, most of them via private adoptions. In these cases the adoptions are usually handled by attorneys who represent the adoptive parents and handle all the necessary paperwork in Guatemala. Technically a different attorney represents the child that is being adopted. In many cases the adoptive parents may not have any direct contact with their attorney in Guatemala since they are usually represented by a middle man or an adoption agency in their home country. Private adoptions are basically a contract between the biological parent and the adoptive parents stating that the biological parent relinquishes all rights to the child and allows to adoptive parents to adopt the child. To prevent irregularities biological parents have to be interviewed by a social worker at the so called Family Court. Thereafter Guatemala's Attorney General's office, also called PGN (Procuraduría General de la Nación), scrutinizes all available documents before allowing the adoption process to be finalized. If the adoptive parents reside in the United States, the stringent rules of the US embassy in Guatemala have to be followed before the adopted child can receive an immigration visa to enter the USA. These rules include two DNA tests to ensure the person who relinquishes the child is the child's parent. The first DNA test has to be performed before the file enters PGN. The US embassy has an agreement with PGN that no adoptions for US residence can be approved before a DNA test has proven the child's identity. The second test will be performed after PGN to prevent a child swap during the adoption process. After PGN gives its approval to the adoption the biological parent of the child needs to sign off one last time on the relinquishment. After that the child is by Guatemalan law the child of the adoptive parents. Following a new birth certificate will be issued by the municipality where the child was born. The new birth certificate states the adoptive parents as father and mother of the child. At the same time a second DNA test will be performed. With this new birth certificate a passport will be issued for the child and the paperwork will be submitted to the US embassy again in cases where the adoptive parents live in the USA. The embassy scrutinizes the paperwork again and eventually issues an immigration visa to the adopted child. The time frame for adoption from Guatemala varies greatly. It depends on many factors such as political climate and the quality of the adoption professionals that handle the paperwork. When the political climate was positive or indifferent towards adoptions from Guatemala some cases were processed in less than 3 months. In the current political climate there are many administrative obstacles. Cases that are being processed in less than 6 months are currently exceptional. Some cases may one year or longer from start to completion. The private adoption system in Guatemala has been criticized by organizations such as UNICEF. These organizations lobby for a so called 'adoption reform' in Guatemala and in the United States. UNICEF wants adoptions to be handled completely by government institutions. Unfortunately these so called reforms have caused a complete shut down of international adoptions in other counties that have implemented these reforms. The governments of these, often third world countries, are usually not capable of implementing efficient adoption processes with the result that foreign adoptions completely cease. This condemns many children, who would have had the chance of finding a caring home in a foreign country, to live in underfunded orphanages or on the streets. | 0 |
John_Grierson_(pilot) | John_Grierson_(pilot) 2009-09-08T04:57:42Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. John Grierson (2 January 1909 - 21 May 1977) was a UK-born long-distance flier, test pilot, author and aviation administrator. John Grierson started his flying lessons at Brooklands while still a schoolboy, graduated from RAF Cranwell in 1929, and flew out to India in 1930 in his own Gypsy Moth, named Rouge et Noir, to join his RAF Squadron. In the same aircraft he established a record in 1931 with a flight from India to England, and in 1932 flew 8,800 miles across the USSR to Samarkand. He met the Lindberghs in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1933. He was at that time attempting to fly solo to America in Rouge et Noir, now fitted with floats, but overturned on take-off. His next attempt was in a larger Fox Moth, named Robert Bruce and at the third attempt Grierson successfully made the first London - Ottawa flight, and at the same time, the first solo flight across the Greenland ice cap. Grierson served as an Operations Officer in the Air Ministry, and was test pilot for Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster E. 28/39 and the Gloster Meteor F. 9/40. As a wing commander after World War 2 he was Deputy Director of Civil Aviation in the British Zone of Occupied Germany. He also worked as flight commodore for a factory whaling ship, the Balaena, utilising two Walrus aircraft,and as an executive for a leading aircraft corporation in England. He later lived in Guernsey where he kept touch with aviation by flying his own aeroplane and with polar flying, undertaking a flight to the South Pole in November 1966. He was a member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society and Britain's representative on Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica in 1966. He wrote and lectured widely on early aviation, and Charles Lindbergh. He died just after speaking at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum's symposium on the fiftieth anniversary of Lindbergh's solo New York to Paris flight. This biographical article related to aviation is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , John_Grierson_(pilot) 2011-07-04T00:04:59Z John Grierson (2 January 1909 - 21 May 1977) was an English long-distance flier, test pilot, author, and aviation administrator. Grierson started his flying lessons at Brooklands while still a schoolboy, graduated from RAF Cranwell in 1929, and flew out to India in 1930 in his own Gypsy Moth, named Rouge et Noir, to join his RAF Squadron. In the same aircraft he established a record in 1931 with a 41½-day flight from Karachi, India to Lympne, England, and in 1932 flew 8,800 miles across the USSR to Samarkand. He met the Lindberghs in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1933. He was at that time attempting to fly solo to America in Rouge et Noir, now fitted with floats, but overturned on take-off. His next effort was in a Fox Moth named Robert Bruce. On his third try, Grierson successfully made the first London - Ottawa flight, at the same time making the first solo flight across the Greenland ice cap. Grierson served as an Operations Officer in the Air Ministry, and was test pilot for Britain's first jet aircraft, the Gloster E. 28/39 and the Gloster Meteor F. 9/40, making the latter's first U. S. flight on 15 April 1944. As a Wing Commander after World War II he was Deputy Director of Civil Aviation in the British Zone of Occupied Germany. He also worked as flight commodore for a whaling factory ship, Balaena, utilising two Walrus aircraft, and as an executive for a leading aircraft corporation in England. He later lived in Guernsey where he kept touch with aviation by flying his own aeroplane and with polar flying, undertaking a flight to the South Pole in November 1966. He was a member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society and Britain's representative on Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica in 1966. He wrote and lectured widely on early aviation, and on Charles Lindbergh. He died just after speaking at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum's symposium on the fiftieth anniversary of Lindbergh's solo New York to Paris flight. Template:Persondata | 0 |
Franz_Stockhausen | Franz_Stockhausen 2010-04-16T19:00:24Z Franz Stockhausen (January 30, 1839, Guebwiller, Alsace – January 4, 1926) was a German choral conductor, and a member of a celebrated German musical family. Franz was born in Guebwiller, the brother of the singer and pedagogue Julius Stockhausen, and son of the harp virtuoso Franz Stockhausen. From 1860-1862 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Ignaz Moscheles, Richter and Hauptmann. From 1863-1866 he was chief conductor at Thann, in Alsace, and from 1866-68 he was with his brother at Hamburg, who was then conducting the Philharmonic Concerts and the Singakademie. In 1868 he became the conductor of the Société de Chant Sacré, and of Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1871 he directed the concerts of the Town and Conservatory of Strasbourg. He gave up the direction of the Church choral society in 1879. He became a Royal professor in 1892, and in 1907 he retired from public life. This article about a German conductor or band leader is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Franz_Stockhausen 2010-11-14T16:32:44Z Franz Stockhausen (January 30, 1839, Guebwiller, Alsace – January 4, 1926) was a German choral conductor, and a member of a celebrated German musical family. Franz was born in Guebwiller, the brother of the singer and pedagogue Julius Stockhausen, and son of the harp virtuoso Franz Stockhausen. From 1860-1862 he studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Ignaz Moscheles, Richter and Hauptmann. From 1863-1866 he was chief conductor at Thann, in Alsace, and from 1866-68 he was with his brother at Hamburg, who was then conducting the Philharmonic Concerts and the Singakademie. In 1868 he became the conductor of the Société de Chant Sacré, and of Strasbourg Cathedral. In 1871 he directed the concerts of the Town and Conservatory of Strasbourg. He gave up the direction of the Church choral society in 1879. He became a Royal professor in 1892, and in 1907 he retired from public life. Template:Persondata This article about a German conductor or band leader is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
David_Leaman | David_Leaman 2008-09-03T23:13:31Z David Edward Leaman, born in Hobart, Tasmania is an author, structural geologist, geohydrologist and geophysicist. Dr David Leaman BSc PhD graduated from the University of Tasmania. His graduate research and early project work for Department of Mines, Tasmania, was related to engineering projects, groundwater assessments and fracture flow in crystalline rocks. He had been specifically trained as a government cadet for specialized engineering and hydrological projects. His doctoral thesis in 1970 derived from problems recognised in Midlands Tasmania and provided the first comprehensive descriptions of dolerite intrusions coupled with a theory of emplacement. The understanding was important for basin and catchment studies, and coal resource evaluations. Between 1966 and 1981 he worked for the Geological Survey of Tasmania, first as groundwater and engineering geologist, and later as Government geophysicist. He established a consulting firm, Leaman Geophysics, in 1981 which is engaged in a range of exploration activities (site engineering, groundwater, and minerals and petroleum geological setting studies). Dr Leaman was a contract senior lecturer in engineering geology, environmental geology and applied geophysics at the University of Tasmania from 1972 to 2001. His professional and research studies have focused on igneous intrusions, groundwater-surface water linkages, and use of gravity and magnetic geophysical methods. His long term research and experience in holistic catchment assessment, and his independence from government and industry groups, has been valued by many local communities and landowners. He has sought to help such groups understand how land use changes might affect their properties and local water resources. He has been engaged to act as expert scientific witness in appeals concerning risks to water resources in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia. Dr Leaman leads walking tours for Hobart Walking Club, Adult Education Tasmania and community organizations. Many have a combined geological and historical theme. He has reproduced the excursions undertaken by Charles Darwin when he visited Hobart in 1836. He has also provided lecture courses for the University of the Third Age, since 1997, at many of its branches in Tasmania, as well as for School for Seniors. . Dr Leaman is a member of ASEG, EAEG, PESA and GSA, and has been President of the Royal Society of Tassmania on two occasions. Dr Leaman has authored a number of books, including Walk into History in Southern Tasmania, published in 1999, and Step into History in Tasmanian Reserves, published in 2001. He also wrote The Rock Which Makes Tasmania, published in 2002, a comprehensive, authoritative work on the Jurassic dolerite rock that dominates the island of Tasmania. His most recent book, Water – Facts, Issues, Problems and Solutions developed from a course text and is now in its third edition 2007., David_Leaman 2009-12-19T06:42:19Z David Edward Leaman, born in Hobart, Tasmania is an author, structural geologist, geohydrologist and geophysicist. David Leaman, BSc PhD graduated from the University of Tasmania and studied in the Tasmanian Mines Department. His graduate research and early project work for the Department of Mines was related to engineering projects, groundwater assessments and fracture flow in crystalline rocks. He had been specifically trained as a government cadet for specialized engineering and hydrological projects. His doctoral thesis in 1970 derived from problems recognised in Midlands Tasmania and provided the first comprehensive descriptions of dolerite intrusions coupled with a theory of emplacement. The understanding was important for basin and catchment studies, and coal resource evaluations. Leaman used to lecture and perform research at the University of Tasmania. From 1966 to 1981, he worked for the Geological Survey of Tasmania. His professional studies focus on dolerite, igneous intrusions, granite and the use of gravity and magnetic geophysical methods. He currently maintains a geophysics consulting firm, Leaman Geophysics, assisting local communities and landowners who believe forestry has affected or will affect their land. He was a lecturer for the Centre for Ore Deposit and Exploration Studies at the University of Tasmania from 1972 to 2001. Leaman was secured by applicants for appeal to the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal as their expert scientist to establish proof of the danger of logging and harvesting in the area of South Sister, near St. Marys, Tasmania. His long-term research and experience in holistic catchment assessment, and his independence from government and industry groups, has been valued by many local communities and landowners. He has sought to help such groups understand how land use changes might affect their properties and local water resources. He has been engaged to act as expert scientific witness in appeals concerning risks to water resources in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia. Leaman leads walking tours and led the hiking group during the 2008 Hobart Mountain Festival, celebrating 172 years since Charles Darwin first climbed Mount Wellington. He has also been a lecturer for the University of the Third Age at Kingborough since 1997. Leaman is a member of a number of societies and has been President of the Royal Society of Tasmania on two occasions. Leaman has authored a number of guide books about Tasmania, including Walk into History in Southern Tasmania, published in 1999, and Step into History in Tasmanian Reserves, published in 2001. He co-authored Mount Wellington Walk Map and Notes with K. D. Corbett, published in 2004. He also wrote The Rock Which Makes Tasmania, published in 2002, a comprehensive, authoritative work on the Jurassic dolerite rock that dominates the island of Tasmania; other works include "WATER-facts, issues, problems and solutions" (3rd edition 2007) and "Earthly Secrets" (2009). | 0 |
Total_Recorder | Total_Recorder 2008-02-22T18:49:37Z Total Recorder is digital audio editor software, which is able to record any sound coming through a computer soundcard. In addition to recording through a soundcard Total Recorder is able to record digital sound directly through its virtual sound driver. This driver provides an advantage of recording audio reproduced by an external program (including Internet broadcasts) directly in digital format, i. e. without digital-analog-digital conversions leading to loss of quality, and even in those cases when a computer soundcard has no loop-back line (e. g. Stereo Mix, "What you hear"). The program was reviewed in PC World as part of an article on Web utilities. Writer Steve Bass called it "a pearl. " PC Magazine rated it four out of five, praising its user interface but dinging it for lack of automated tag support. Total Recorder is a shareware program. Evaluation version of Total Recorder is a fully functional version of the program, with the exception that an audible noise will be inserted about every 60 seconds. Total Recorder is offered in three editions: Standard, Professional and Developer. In dependence of edition different functionalities are available. PCM (uncompressed), MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC. Recording of audio from different sources, sound format conversion, sound editing, sound processing, etc. "A cult favorite, Total Recorder impresses not with its interface or list of features but with its precise ability to record and save any sounds coming across your PC. . . . The only hassle with Total Recorder is that it usually gives files generic names, and it doesn't have a title lookup engine, so you'll need to tag tracks by hand. " - Troy Dreier, PC Magazine. , Total_Recorder 2009-11-01T21:06:05Z Total Recorder is digital audio editor software, which is able to record any sound coming through a computer soundcard. In addition to recording through a soundcard Total Recorder is able to record digital sound directly through its virtual sound driver. This driver provides an advantage of recording audio reproduced by an external program (including Internet broadcasts) directly in digital format, i. e. without digital-analog-digital conversions leading to loss of quality, and even in those cases when a computer soundcard has no loop-back line (e. g. Stereo Mix, "What you hear"). Total Recorder is a shareware program. Evaluation version of Total Recorder is a fully functional version of the program, with the exception that an audible noise will be inserted about every 60 seconds. Total Recorder is offered in four editions: Standard, Professional, Developer and VideoPro (beginning with the version 8. 0 of Total Recorder). In dependence of edition different functionalities are available. PCM (uncompressed), MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE). Recording of audio and video from different sources, sound format conversion, sound editing, sound processing, background recording, timeshifting, cue-sheet file supporting, splitting, tagging, file name generation, etc. "A cult favorite, Total Recorder impresses not with its interface or list of features but with its precise ability to record and save any sounds coming across your PC. . . . The only hassle with Total Recorder is that it usually gives files generic names, and it doesn't have a title lookup engine, so you'll need to tag tracks by hand. " - Troy Dreier, PC Magazine. "One major attraction of Total Recorder is its ease of use. This is especially true when undertaking basic recording, playback and editing … One particularly convenient feature is the facility for setting up recording source and parameters to meet specific situations. Any number of different recording sources can be established, including the file format to be used, and can be selected quickly. " - Andrew Downie, CLT. "Whether off the Net, a CD, a microphone or whatever else you might plug into the input of your soundcard, TRPE is designed to record any audio passing through it, including audio from games and anything else you hear in real-time. Plus, there are a host of well thought out and useful features including a meter to monitor the volume of the input source (to eliminate a distorted recording), the ability to append a recording or insert audio into a recording at a particular position, a selection of parameters to customize your recording depending on whether you're recording from the Internet or your soundcard, and an elaborate but easy-to-use screen to schedule recordings. … A nice touch is the option to turn off sounds assigned to system events. This eliminates the possibility of spending 20 minutes recording a stream off the Net only to have those “bings”, “dings” and other annoying Windows sounds showing up in the final mix. " - Corey Deitz, About. com Guide to Radio. "Regardless, there’s a simple $17. 95 program called Total Recorder that bypasses all the problems and lets you record audio generated from a website, MP3 program or other source that uses your computer’s internal speakers. " - Chad Savage. | 0 |
Redbridge F.C. | Redbridge F.C. 2006-01-15T16:52:59Z Redbridge F.C. is the name that Ford United F.C. adopted in July 2004, as they began playing in the new Conference South football league. The name was chosen to help associate the club more with the area where they are based, and less with the Ford Motor Company. They should not be confused with the former Redbridge Forest F.C., a predecessor of the current Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., though both come from the borough of Redbridge in Greater London. Redbridge will play the 2005-06 season in the Isthmian League Premier Division, as they were relegated after finishing bottom of Conference South. The Club's roots lie in the car industry which has long been a staple of the economy in East London and in Essex. Previously known as Ford United F.C. which dated from a 1958 or '59 merger between two older clubs, Ford Sports F.C. (Dagenham) and Briggs Sports F.C., both of which were founded in 1934. Up until WW2, the latter actually began life as Briggs Motor Bodies F.C. and entered a team in the London League under that name between 1935 and '51. The Ford United Club was in serious problems at the start of 1995/6 season, however, as sponsorship was lost and disbanding seemed a real danger, until Vice-Chairman George Adams enlisted Sky Sports as sponsors, rescuing the Club. Nicknamed The Motormen, they play in Blue Shirts and White Shorts, and play at the The Oakside Stadium. , Redbridge F.C. 2007-12-31T14:41:54Z Redbridge F.C. is an English football (soccer) club based in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prior to July 2004 the club was known as Ford United F.C. The new name was chosen to help associate the club more with the area where they are based, and less with the Ford Motor Company. They should not be confused with the former Redbridge Forest F.C., a predecessor of the current Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., though both come from the borough of Redbridge in Greater London. Redbridge played the 2005-06 season in the Isthmian League Premier Division, as they were relegated after finishing bottom of Conference South, and played in the Isthmian League First Division North in the 2006-07 season after being relegated once again. The club's roots lie in the car industry which has long been a staple of the economy in East London and in Essex. Previously known as Ford United F.C. which dated from a 1959 merger between two older clubs, Ford Sports F.C. (Dagenham) and Briggs Sports F.C., both of which were founded in 1934. Up until WW2, the latter actually began life as Briggs Motor Bodies F.C. and entered a team in the London League under that name between 1935 and '51. The club performed well in the Aetolian League winning the title twice and finishing runners up once. The Ford United Club was in serious problems at the start of 1995/6 season, however, as sponsorship was lost and disbanding seemed a real danger, until Vice-Chairman George Adams enlisted Sky Sports as sponsors, rescuing the Club. Nicknamed The Motormen, they play in Blue Shirts and White Shorts, and play at The Oakside Stadium. New manager, ex Wimbledon and Bolton Wanderers striker Dean Holdsworth was appointed on 30th June 2007. Current Squad(as of Dec 07) Goalkeepers-Rob Budd, Tony Tucker Defenders-Stuart Williams, Dave Collins, Nick Skelton, Jack Wignall, John Higgs, Dean Chandler, Darren Annon(on loan), Kevin Stephens Midfielders-Billy Holland, Nick Symons, Anthony Church, Carl Bruce, Stephen Butterworth, Jared Small Forwards-Aaron Gayle, Leon Antoine, Jeff Hammond, Mitch Hahn, Leon Fisher, Stephen Mensah | 1 |
Mathew Baynton | Mathew Baynton 2020-01-07T01:35:32Z Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician best known as a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe in which he starred in the TV series Horrible Histories, Yonderland and Ghosts. He was also the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcom The Wrong Mans. Other major television roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Chris Pitt-Goddard in Spy, Simon in Peep Show, and twin brothers Jamie Winton and Ariel Conroy in You, Me and the Apocalypse. Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex with two older brothers, Daniel and Andrew. He was educated at Southend High School for Boys. He graduated with first class honours from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and later trained in clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Baynton explained his motivation in an interview with Metro: "The performing instinct came from making my family laugh, so I've always been drawn to the funny side of things. Comedy is really rewarding." In 2009, Baynton featured in the video for The Maccabees' single "No Kind Words" alongside Mathew Horne. Baynton is also familiar as one of the stars of the hit children's television series Horrible Histories, appearing over all five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer. Along with the five other members of the Horrible Histories cast, Baynton is the creator, writer, and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky1 on 10 November 2013. He starred with the same troupe in Bill, a BBC family comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare, who ventures to London to pursue his dream of becoming a playwright. The troupe also reunited in 2019 to create the BBC series Ghosts, with Baynton appearing as a romantic poet named Thomas Thorne. Baynton teamed with friend and fellow Gavin & Stacey alumnus James Corden to create, write, and star in The Wrong Mans, a comedy-thriller for BBC Two that premiered in autumn 2013. The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States, where it premiered in November 2013. The first six-part series proved a critical and commercial success, and a similarly well-received two-part sequel was broadcast in December 2014. Other notable TV comedy roles include the recurring character of Deano in Gavin & Stacey; co-starring as Chris in the Darren Boyd sitcom vehicle Spy; and William in the 2017 black comedy series Quacks. Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden's play Holes. He reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014. In late 2015, Baynton starred in a dual role as Jamie Winton and his evil twin Ariel Conroy in Sky1's science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse. Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist and guitarist. Their debut album Toys was released in 2010. He has also performed as a solo act under the name Dog Ears. His debut solo EP, So It Goes, was released in November 2011. It consists of four self-penned songs. He and his wife Kelly Robinson, a film historian, have two children: a son, Bo, born in 2011, and a daughter, Ida. Baynton has commented on his son's skewed view of his father's profession: "He thinks work is putting on a beard. One day his eyes will be opened, but I do find it wonderful that that’s his view of work." He commented during the same interview that while many actors do not want their children to become an actor as well, but Baynton has said that he sees no problem with his son following in his footsteps by stating that " enjoy it, so why shouldn't I let him?". Baynton tries to keep Bo and Ida out of the spotlight. However, Baynton raised awareness about breaking gender barriers after Bo was mocked in the park for wearing a pink bicycle helmet. Baynton expressed his belief that he lets his son express his likes and dislikes freely without categorising toys and colours in gendered categories. Baynton stated "I won't be teaching my boy how to be a 'boy.'", Mathew Baynton 2021-12-26T20:45:22Z Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician best known as a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe in which he starred in the TV series Horrible Histories; as well as an actor in Yonderland and Ghosts. He was also the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcom The Wrong Mans. Other major television roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Chris Pitt-Goddard in Spy, Simon in Peep Show, and twin brothers Jamie Winton and Ariel Conroy in You, Me and the Apocalypse. Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of three boys, with two older brothers, Daniel and Andrew. He was educated at Southend High School for Boys. He graduated with first class honours from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and later trained in clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Baynton explained his motivation in an interview with Metro: "The performing instinct came from making my family laugh, so I've always been drawn to the funny side of things. Comedy is really rewarding." Baynton is also familiar as one of the stars of the hit children's television series Horrible Histories, appearing in the first five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer. Along with the five other members of the Horrible Histories cast, Baynton is the creator, writer, and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky1 on 10 November 2013. He starred with the same troupe in Bill, a BBC family comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare, who ventures to London to pursue his dream of becoming a playwright. The troupe also reunited in 2019 to create the BBC series Ghosts, with Baynton appearing as a romantic poet named Thomas Thorne. Baynton teamed with friend and fellow Gavin & Stacey alumnus James Corden to create, write, and star in The Wrong Mans, a comedy-thriller for BBC Two that premiered in autumn 2013. The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States, where it premiered in November 2013. The first six-part series proved a critical and commercial success, and a similarly well-received two-part sequel was broadcast in December 2014. Other notable TV comedy roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey; Chris in the Darren Boyd sitcom vehicle Spy; and William in the 2017 black comedy series Quacks. Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden's play Holes. He reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014. In late 2015, Baynton portrayed Jamie Winton and his brother Ariel Conroy in Sky1's science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse. Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist and guitarist. Their debut album Toys was released in 2010. He has also performed as a solo act under the name Dog Ears. His debut solo EP, So It Goes, was released in November 2011. It consists of four self-penned songs. He and his wife Kelly Robinson, a film historian, have two children: a son, Bo, born in 2011, and a daughter, Ida, born in 2016. Baynton has commented on his son's skewed view of his father's profession: "He thinks work is putting on a beard. One day his eyes will be opened, but I do find it wonderful that that’s his view of work." He commented during the same interview that while many actors do not want their children to become an actor as well, but Baynton has said that he sees no problem with his son following in his footsteps by stating that "if he enjoys it, so why shouldn't I let him?". Bo appeared as the young Mary, Queen of Scots in one episode of Horrible Histories. Baynton tries to keep Bo and Ida out of the spotlight. However, Baynton raised awareness about breaking gender barriers after Bo was mocked in the park for wearing a pink bicycle helmet. Baynton expressed his belief that he lets his son express his likes and dislikes freely without categorising toys and colours in gendered categories. Baynton stated "I won't be teaching my boy how to be a 'boy.'" | 1 |
Sef Cadayona | Sef Cadayona 2015-01-09T14:52:57Z John Paul Joseph Cadayona (born March 3, 1989 in Las Piñas City) also known his screen name as Sef Cadayona is an actor who came from the fifth season of StarStruck. Sef is being called as the male Sheena Halili for portraying sidekick roles in the series that he belonged to. The series where he became a sidekick are Ilumina (2010) as the best friend of Aljur Abrenica, Time of My Life (2011) as the gay best friend of Kris Bernal, Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis (2012) as the sidekick of Jean Garcia; in Together Forever as best friend of Julie Ann San Jose and in Mundo Mo'y Akin (2013) as the best friend of Alden Richards' role. Aside from his sidekick roles, Sef also is getting attention because of his gay portrayals in several GMA Network shows. Sef already made some TV appearances through the commercial of an ice cream brand that made a signature due to the weird scenarios on how to spend the 20 peso bill that is still on the air. Sef made it to the final fourteen last November, 2009 with Steven Silva and Sarah Lahbati who got the Ultimate Survivor title for male and female, respectively. He was considered as one of the threats for the boys because he was very active and he excelled in almost every tasks that were being given to them. During the dancing week given Douglas Nierras as the mentor, he gave 100% of his performance and had a chance to perform on stage paired with Nina Kodaka who finished 6th in the competition. However, during that week, he was included in the bottom group where Zeryl Lim went home. In the following week, he was again included in the bottom group together with Princess Snell and the first timer by then, Rox Montealegre, where he was declared as the fourth avenger. He accepted his fate that time with humility. He said that what happened to him is just the beginning and just pray no matter what. He signed a 5-year contract under GMA Artist Center together with other StarStruck V "avengers". Cadayona only wants simple things which are "great projects". He is sure that he will be taken care of and he knows that he is in good hands. He may be one of the early evicted competitors in the said competition, but he still had a chance to be more active on television compared to some of his contemporaries. He was included in the musical variety show, Party Pilipinas, where the Final Five of StarStruck V were also included. He has also a hosting stint at Startalk together with Jan Manual and Chariz Solomon who are from the StarStruck's fourth season. In early 2010, he already began to be an actor by having a guest role in the comedy series, Diva, as the rival of the character of the character of Mark Herras in a dance contest. He became also a guest for several episodes in the now defunct show, I Laugh Sabado wherein he portrayed different roles to show his comedic skills. In mid-2010, Sef had his first regular role through Ilumina which was shown in prime time. The said show was led by Aljur Abrenica, Jackie Rice and Rhian Ramos. In 2011, Sef was cast in the second episode of Spooky Nights series entitled "The Ring Tone". He portrayed the role of a gay character, Vanessa. Come mid-2011, he became part of the danceserye of GMA Network following the success of Diva - Time of My Life. In December 2011, Sef had his first film through the 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival and one of the most successful movie franchises of Regal Films. The film is Shake, Rattle & Roll 13. In 2012, Sef was part of the Bea Binene starred TV series, Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis, as Tomas, one of the assistants of Esmeralda (Jean Garcia). Sef also portrayed the supporting role of Jefferson Teodoro in the weekly teen-oriented series, Together Forever as Ely and Toyang's friend. During the last quarter of the year, Sef was part in the Filipino adaptation of the hit Korean series, Coffee Prince, as Baldo, the ever loyal and overly submissive suitor of Andy's sister, Mylene. Also in 2012 marked a milestone for Cadayona for his career in the silver-screen. He had four films in a year, including two from GMA Films (My Kontrabida Girl and Just One Summer). Sef also made two independent films, one is under the production of Cinema One entitled Slumber Party; his character was Jonel, a guy who wants to be in a frat and the part of his initiation was to sneak in a house. The other one was an entry in the New Wave Section of 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival with a title Gayak. He played a gay character, but unlike his previous gay roles which are of comic relief, his character in Gayak pleaded for sorrow and sympathy. Because of his performance in the said film, Golden Screen Awards for Movies awarded him the Breakthrough Performance by an Actor award. Sef was cast as the teen Wally Bayola in Magpakailanman in early 2013. Along with this, he become a regular cast in the gag show Bubble Gang because of his comedic capabilities. Aside from his weekly Friday-night stint in Bubble Gang, Sef was also hired as the gay character Stefani via Vampire Ang Daddy Ko. When Party Pilipinas was replaced by Sunday All Stars, Sef along with most of the Party Pilipinas regulars were listed as regular performers. But since Sunday All Stars sets a different format compared to its predecessor, Sef belongs to the Tween Hearts team previously led by Jennylyn Mercado. Currently, Sef is part of one of the high-rated primetime series in the network. In Mundo Mo'y Akin, Sef is Nonoy, who is the friend of Jerome (Alden Richards), who also works in the resort owned by the Carbonels. Nonoy knows about the special relationship between Jerome Alvarez and Darlene Carbonel (Lauren Young) and soon notices Marilyn Mendoza's (Louise de los Reyes) feelings for his friend. Nonoy has a biting and sarcastic wit, serving as somewhat of a comic relief throughout the series. Because of this, having four regular shows, Sef is one of the busiest actors of the network nowadays. So far, Sef has one film for 2013, and that is the Marian Rivera - Richard Gutierrez-starred film, My Lady Boss, under GMA Films and Regal Entertainment. He was a grade-school graduate of Marist School in Marikina City. He finished high school in Divine Light Academy in Las Piñas City. Cadayona sacrificed his studies of Media Arts in San Beda Alabang to join StarStruck. 5, Sef Cadayona 2016-12-24T10:21:55Z John Paul Joseph Cadayona (born March 3, 1989 in Las Piñas City) also known his screen name as Sef Cadayona is an actor and director and producer who came from the fifth season of StarStruck. Sef is being called as the male Sheena Halili for portraying sidekick roles in the series that he belonged to. The series where he became a sidekick are Ilumina (2010) as the best friend of Aljur Abrenica, Time of My Life (2011) as the gay best friend of Kris Bernal, Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis (2012) as the sidekick of Jean Garcia; in Together Forever as best friend of Julie Ann San Jose and in Mundo Mo'y Akin (2013) as the best friend of Alden Richards' role. Aside from his sidekick roles, Sef also is getting attention because of his gay portrayals in several GMA Network shows. Sef already made some TV appearances through the commercial of an ice cream brand that made a signature due to the weird scenarios on how to spend the 20 peso bill that is still on the air. Sef made it to the final fourteen last November, 2009 with Steven Silva and Sarah Lahbati who got the Ultimate Survivor title for male and female, respectively. He was considered as one of the threats for the boys because he was very active and he excelled in almost every tasks that were being given to them. During the dancing week given Douglas Nierras as the mentor, he gave 100% of his performance and had a chance to perform on stage paired with Nina Kodaka who finished 6th in the competition. However, during that week, he was included in the bottom group where Zeryl Lim went home. In the following week, he was again included in the bottom group together with Princess Snell and the first timer by then, Rox Montealegre, where he was declared as the fourth avenger. He accepted his fate that time with humility. He said that what happened to him is just the beginning and just pray no matter what. He signed a 5-year contract under GMA Artist Center together with other StarStruck V "avengers". Cadayona only wants simple things which are "great projects". He is sure that he will be taken care of and he knows that he is in good hands. He may be one of the early evicted competitors in the said competition, but he still had a chance to be more active on television compared to some of his contemporaries. He was included in the musical variety show, Party Pilipinas, where the Final Five of StarStruck V were also included. He has also a hosting stint at Startalk together with Jan Manual and Chariz Solomon who are from the StarStruck's fourth season. In early 2010, he already began to be an actor by having a guest role in the comedy series, Diva, as the rival of the character of the character of Mark Herras in a dance contest. He became also a guest for several episodes in the now defunct show, I Laugh Sabado wherein he portrayed different roles to show his comedic skills. In mid-2010, Sef had his first regular role through Ilumina which was shown in prime time. The said show was led by Aljur Abrenica, Jackie Rice and Rhian Ramos. In 2011, Sef was cast in the second episode of Spooky Nights series entitled "The Ring Tone". He portrayed the role of a gay character, Vanessa. Come mid-2011, he became part of the danceserye of GMA Network following the success of Diva - Time of My Life. In December 2011, Sef had his first film through the 2011 Metro Manila Film Festival and one of the most successful movie franchises of Regal Films. The film is Shake, Rattle & Roll 13. In 2012, Sef was part of the Bea Binene starred TV series, Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis, as Tomas, one of the assistants of Esmeralda (Jean Garcia). Sef also portrayed the supporting role of Jefferson Teodoro in the weekly teen-oriented series, Together Forever as Ely and Toyang's friend. During the last quarter of the year, Sef was part in the Filipino adaptation of the hit Korean series, Coffee Prince, as Baldo, the ever loyal and overly submissive suitor of Andy's sister, Mylene. Also in 2012 marked a milestone for Cadayona for his career in the silver-screen. He had four films in a year, including two from GMA Films (My Kontrabida Girl and Just One Summer). Sef also made two independent films, one is under the production of Cinema One entitled Slumber Party; his character was Jonel, a guy who wants to be in a frat and the part of his initiation was to sneak in a house. The other one was an entry in the New Wave Section of 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival with a title Gayak. He played a gay character, but unlike his previous gay roles which are of comic relief, his character in Gayak pleaded for sorrow and sympathy. Because of his performance in the said film, Golden Screen Awards for Movies awarded him the Breakthrough Performance by an Actor award. Sef was cast as the teen Wally Bayola in Magpakailanman in early 2013. Along with this, he became a regular castmember in the gag show Bubble Gang because of his comedic capabilities. Aside from his weekly Friday-night stint in Bubble Gang, Sef was also hired as the gay character Stefani via Vampire Ang Daddy Ko. When Party Pilipinas was replaced by Sunday All Stars, Sef along with most of the Party Pilipinas regulars were listed as regular performers. But since Sunday All Stars sets a different format compared to its predecessor, Sef belongs to the Tween Hearts team previously led by Jennylyn Mercado. Currently, Sef is part of one of the high-rated primetime series in the network. In Mundo Mo'y Akin, Sef is Nonoy, who is the friend of Jerome (Alden Richards), who also works in the resort owned by the Carbonels. Nonoy knows about the special relationship between Jerome Alvarez and Darlene Carbonel (Lauren Young) and soon notices Marilyn Mendoza's (Louise de los Reyes) feelings for his friend. Nonoy has a biting and sarcastic wit, serving as somewhat of a comic relief throughout the series. Because of this, having four regular shows, Sef is one of the busiest actors of the network nowadays. So far, Sef has one film for 2013, and that is the Marian Rivera - Richard Gutierrez-starred film, My Lady Boss, under GMA Films and Regal Entertainment. Sef is part of one of the high-rated primetime series in the network. In Because of You, Sef is Jude, who is the friend of Jaime (Gabby Concepcion), that she is just so heartthrob. Jude knows about the heart shatter Jaime Salcedo and Andrea Marquez-Salcedo (Carla Abellana) and soon proposed Oliver Dictado's (Rafael Rosell) feelings for his friend. Jaime whatever takes that Andrea still love him. He was a grade-school graduate of Marist School in Marikina City. He finished high school in Divine Light Academy in Las Piñas City. Cadayona sacrificed his studies of Media Arts in San Beda Alabang to join StarStruck. 5 | 1 |
TFF First League | TFF First League 2007-01-06T07:41:18Z current The Türk Telekom League A or Türk Telekom Lig A is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B. It was founded as the Turkish Second League Category A and started with 20 teams. The number of teams were reduced to 18 the season after, in 2002. Before the 2005-2006 season, the top three teams were promoted to Turkcell Super League and the bottom three teams were relegated to the Turkish Second League Category B. Since the 2005-2006 season, the top two teams were directly promoted to the Turkcell Super League. The teams that finish from 3rd to 6th place are staged in a play-off. The 3rd place team plays a match with the 6th placed team, while the 4th plays against the 5th. The winner of those matches played a single match to decide the third team that was to be promoted. The name was also changed to Türk Telekom League A during the 2006-2007 season. The clubs to play in the 2006-2007 season are listed below, alongside their home towns. , TFF First League 2008-12-31T02:02:34Z The TFF First League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the Bank Asya 1. Lig) is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B. It was founded as the Turkish Second League Category A and started with 20 teams. The number of teams were reduced to 18 the season after, in 2002. The league was renamed TFF First League prior to the 2007–08 season. Before the 2005–06 season, the top three teams were promoted to Süper Lig and the bottom three teams were relegated to the Turkish Second League Category B. Since the 2005–06 season, the top two teams are directly promoted to the Süper Lig, the teams finishing third through sixth will compete in a play-off. The third-placed team plays a match with the sixth-placed team, while the fourth-placed team plays against the fifth-placed team. The winners of both matches then play against each other to decide the third team that is promoted. The clubs to play in the 2008-2009 season are listed below, alongside their home towns. (*) Kayseri Erciyesspor renamed themselves as Kayserispor. Kayserispor also became Kayseri Erciyesspor before the start of 2004-2005 season. (1) These teams were play-off winners. (2) Third teams were play-off winner. start end | 1 |
Tiz Zaqyah | Tiz Zaqyah 2014-01-06T19:16:45Z {{Infobox musical artist | name = Tiz Zaqyah | image = Tiz Zaqyah.jpg | alt = | caption = Tiz zaqyah in , Malaysia | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Siti Zaqyah Abdul Razak | alias = Tiz Zaqyah | birth_date = (1988-10-25) October 25, 1988 (age 35) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | origin = Malaysia | instrument = | genre = | occupation = Actress, model, singer | height = 4'11" | years_active = 2006 (2006)–present | label = | associated_acts = }} Tiz Zaqyah (born October 25, 1988) is a Malaysia actress, model and singer. She debuted in 2006 and since then has starred in dramas, telemovies, television and magazine advertisements, and movies. She is best known for playing the role of Nur Amina in the hit 2009 drama Nur Kasih with Remy Ishak, Fizz Fairuz and Sharifah Sofia. Her latest dramas were Sebenarnya, Saya Isteri Dia! where she played a role of Shaf alongside with the rising actor, Izzue Islam and Cinta Jangan Pergi where she acted with her acclaimed counterpart partner, Remy Ishak again. Siti Zaqyah Abdul Razak also known as Tiz Zaqyah was born on October 25, 1988, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is the second daughter of two siblings and has one sister. Tiz Zaqyah graduated from Sekolah Menengah Subang Jaya in November 2005. Tiz Zaqyah began her acting career at the age of 18. Tiz Zaqyah was listed on Malaysia's 10 most beautiful actress when she wears a scarf. In October 24, 2011, Tiz Zaqyah is said that she is the actress that have an aura in her acting. On October 27, 2011, Remy Ishak told that he and Tiz Zaqyah had a special relationship but both of them said that they’re still getting to know each other. At the end of September 2012, Remy Ishak has made a confession to the media and tell that he and Tiz Zaqyah has ended their relationship since three months ago and they still remain a good relationship as friends. Tiz Zaqyah made her acting debut in the 2006 8TV drama Gol & Gincu The Series as a cameo role. Her major breakthrough was the drama Nur Kasih directed by Kabir Bhatia in 2009. In 2010, Tiz acted for two drama series, Spa Qistina playing a role as Maya and Asmaradana, a 25 episode drama broadcast by Grand Brilliance for whom she played as Tengku Azizah, together with other co stars, Shaheizy Sam and Iqram Dinzly. The production was well received by the audiences and was awarded as Best Drama in Profima Awards 2010. The series was aired on 9 March. On December 2010, it reported that Nur Kasih drama will be filmed and will run on 2011 and Tiz will sing a theme song for that film and duet with Yassin who sang the theme song for Nur Kasih drama. In 2011, she starred in such hit dramas as Gemilang and Soffiya. In drama Gemilang she played a character as a teacher who wanted her student excel in their studies and in drama Soffiya Tiz played role as a person who has many problems and was raped by her own father. In March 2011, it was reported that Tiz will acting in her second film titled Cinta Kura Kura and that film is scheduled to hit the platform next year on 1 March 2012. In March 2012, Tiz Zaqyah starred in Cinta Kura Kura, a Malaysian film produced by KRU Studios. She acted as Nani, a 21 year old bubbly girl together with her beloved pet turtle, NICO played by Zizan. This movie was released in March 2012. In 2012, Tiz involved in the serial drama Dejavu di Kinabalu. In this drama, Tiz brings the character of a woman who had just undergone heart transplant surgery and he has the personality traits of the original owner's heart that makes her heart to the man is linked to the original owner lover's heart. On the same year, Tiz signed a contract with Lam Soon Edible Oils Sdn Bhd as an exclusive Brand Ambassador for May, for which she starred in a television advert. In 2013, Tiz will be starred in Cinta Jangan Pergi drama where she will be acting besides her former lover, Remy Ishak. On January 13, 2013, Tiz announced on her Facebook page that she would appear in a new drama called Oh My English Season 2., Tiz Zaqyah 2015-12-17T14:21:14Z Tiz Zaqyah (born 25 October 1988) is a Malaysian actress, model and singer. She debuted in 2006 and since then has starred in dramas, telemovies, television and magazine advertisements, and movies. She is best known for playing the role of Nur Amina in the hit 2009 drama Nur Kasih with Remy Ishak, Fizz Fairuz and Sharifah Sofia. Her latest dramas were Sebenarnya, Saya Isteri Dia! where she played a role of Shaf alongside the rising actor, Izzue Islam and Cinta Jangan Pergi where she acted with her acclaimed counterpart partner, Remy Ishak again. Siti Zaqyah Abdul Razak or also known as Tiz Zaqyah was born on 25 October 1988, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is the second daughter of two siblings and has one sister. Tiz Zaqyah graduated from Sekolah Menengah Subang Jaya in November 2005. Tiz Zaqyah began her acting career at the age of 18. Tiz Zaqyah was listed on Malaysia's 10 most beautiful actress when she wears a scarf. On 24 October 2011, Tiz Zaqyah is said that she is the actress that have an aura in her acting. Tiz Zaqyah made her acting debut in the 2006 8TV drama Gol & Gincu The Series as a cameo role. Her major breakthrough was the drama Nur Kasih directed by Kabir Bhatia in 2009. In 2010, Tiz acted for two drama series, Spa Qistina playing a role as Maya and Asmaradana, a 25 episode drama broadcast by Grand Brilliance for whom she played as Tengku Azizah, together with other co stars, Shaheizy Sam and Iqram Dinzly. The production was well received by the audiences and was awarded as Best Drama in Profima Awards 2010. The series was aired on 9 March. On December 2010, it reported that Nur Kasih drama will be filmed and will run on 2011 and Tiz will sing a theme song for that film and duet with Yassin who sang the theme song for Nur Kasih drama. In 2011, she starred in such hit dramas as Gemilang and Soffiya. In drama Gemilang she played a character as a teacher who wanted her student excel in their studies and in drama Soffiya Tiz played role as a person who has many problems and was raped by her own father. In March 2011, it was reported that Tiz will acting in her second film titled Cinta Kura Kura and that film is scheduled to hit the platform next year on 1 March 2012. In March 2012, Tiz Zaqyah starred in Cinta Kura Kura, a Malaysian film produced by KRU Studios. She acted as Nani, a 21-year-old bubbly girl together with her beloved pet turtle, NICO played by Zizan. This movie was released in March 2012. In 2012, Tiz involved in the serial drama Dejavu di Kinabalu. In this drama, Tiz brings the character of a woman who had just undergone heart transplant surgery and he has the personality traits of the original owner's heart that makes her heart to the man is linked to the original owner lover's heart. In 2013, Tiz will be starred in Cinta Jangan Pergi drama where she will be acting besides her former lover, Remy Ishak. On 13 January 2013, Tiz announced on her Facebook page that she would appear in a new drama called Oh My English Season 2. | 1 |
George_J._Terwilliger_III | George_J._Terwilliger_III 2010-04-20T01:56:33Z George J. Terwilliger III (born June 5, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner in the Washington, D. C. office of White & Case LLP and is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General. Terwilliger, of Vermont, was nominated February 14, 1992, by President George H. W. Bush to be Deputy Attorney General at the U. S. Department of Justice. He would succeed William Pelham Barr. As Deputy Attorney General, Terwilliger became the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and ran the day-to-day operations of the Department, serving in that position from 1991 through 1993. He was appointed to the position after serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Terwilliger was born June 5, 1950, in New Brunswick, NJ. Terwilliger is married, has three children, and resides in Oakton, VA. Terwilliger graduated from Seton Hall University (B. A. , 1973) and Antioch School of Law (J. D. , 1978). A former U. S. Attorney for Vermont and Deputy U. S. Attorney General (1991-93) in the George H. W. Bush administration, Terwilliger specialized in white-collar crime and terrorism. Terwilliger served as a panelist for the Brookings Institution Judicial Issues Forum entitled "Politics and the Justice Department: Finding a Path to Accountability". Terwilliger was listed among the "Top Contenders" to replace Gonzales, "whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress". Gonzales resigned August 27, 2007, and left office on September 17, 2007. Terwilliger "briefly took the helm of the Justice Department as acting attorney general after the departure of former Attorney General William Barr in 1993. " From 1978 to 1981, Terwilliger also served as Assistant U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Throughout his career, Terwilliger dealt with resolving matters such as investigating BCCI after an international banking scandal and investigating after the savings and loan scandal, environmental cases, antitrust merger reviews and enforcement matters, civil rights and voting cases as well as terrorism and national security cases. Terwilliger was also in charge of all Justice Department operations, including crisis response, such as the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. On policy matters, he was a principal in the highest councils of government charged with addressing the broad array of legal policy issues arising in the executive branch. Terwilliger, Deputy Attorney General under Attorney General Edwin Meese, was described as having acted as the Political Liability Suppression Officer for the Department of Justice in the post-Iran-Contra environment. Terwilliger, in concert with Lowell Jensen (now a federal district judge) acted to suppress or manipulate Iran-Contra prosecutions in sensitive jurisdictions, particularly in Miami, to ensure that no government connection would be mentioned. In a February 6, 2001 appearance on CNN about Ronald Reagan's "Legal Legacy", after being asked about "lying to Congress", Terwilliger said: During the Florida 2000 election recount, Terwilliger led Republican President-elect George W. Bush's legal team and was "an advisor to the Bush-Cheney Transition and counselor to designated cabinet and other prospective appointees. " In June 2001, Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer was asked in a White House press briefing whether Terwilliger was a leading candidate to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 2008, the American Bar Association mentioned Terwilliger as a leading candidate for Attorney General under a John McCain presidency. In 2003, Terwilliger co-founded the 527 committee Americans for a Better Country with Frank J. Donatelli, former Ronald Reagan White House political director and secretary and treasurer of the Young America's Foundation, and Craig Shirley, president and CEO of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs. It was reported October 10, 2007, that Terwilliger had been hired by former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales "to represent him in investigations of mismanagement" of the U. S. Department of Justice. "Investigators are look into allegations that Gonzales lied to lawmakers and illegally allowed politics to influence hiring and firing at the department. ", George_J._Terwilliger_III 2012-03-09T16:19:21Z George J. Terwilliger III (born June 5, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner in the Washington, D. C. office of White & Case LLP and is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General. Terwilliger, of Vermont, was nominated February 14, 1992, by President George H. W. Bush to be Deputy Attorney General at the U. S. Department of Justice. He would succeed William Pelham Barr. As Deputy Attorney General, Terwilliger became the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and ran the day-to-day operations of the Department, serving in that position from 1991 through 1993. He was appointed to the position after serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. In addition, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of Intellaine, LLP , a U. S. defense and risk engineering firm located in Arlington, Virginia. Terwilliger was born June 5, 1950, in New Brunswick, NJ. Terwilliger is married, has three children, and resides in Oakton, VA. Terwilliger graduated from Seton Hall University (B. A. , 1973) and Antioch School of Law (J. D. , 1978). A former U. S. Attorney for Vermont and Deputy U. S. Attorney General (1991-93) in the George H. W. Bush administration, Terwilliger specialized in white-collar crime and terrorism. Terwilliger served as a panelist for the Brookings Institution Judicial Issues Forum entitled "Politics and the Justice Department: Finding a Path to Accountability". Terwilliger was listed among the "Top Contenders" to replace Gonzales, "whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress". Gonzales resigned August 27, 2007, and left office on September 17, 2007. Terwilliger "briefly took the helm of the Justice Department as acting attorney general after the departure of former Attorney General William Barr in 1993. " From 1978 to 1981, Terwilliger also served as Assistant U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Throughout his career, Terwilliger dealt with resolving matters such as investigating BCCI after an international banking scandal and investigating after the savings and loan scandal, environmental cases, antitrust merger reviews and enforcement matters, civil rights and voting cases as well as terrorism and national security cases. Terwilliger was also in charge of all Justice Department operations, including crisis response, such as the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. On policy matters, he was a principal in the highest councils of government charged with addressing the broad array of legal policy issues arising in the executive branch. Terwilliger, Deputy Attorney General under Attorney General Edwin Meese, was described as having acted as the Political Liability Suppression Officer for the Department of Justice in the post-Iran-Contra environment. Terwilliger, in concert with Lowell Jensen (now a federal district judge) acted to suppress or manipulate Iran-Contra prosecutions in sensitive jurisdictions, particularly in Miami, to ensure that no government connection would be mentioned. In a February 6, 2001 appearance on CNN about Ronald Reagan's "Legal Legacy", after being asked about "lying to Congress", Terwilliger said: During the Florida 2000 election recount, Terwilliger led Republican President-elect George W. Bush's legal team and was "an advisor to the Bush-Cheney Transition and counselor to designated cabinet and other prospective appointees. " In June 2001, Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer was asked in a White House press briefing whether Terwilliger was a leading candidate to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 2008, the American Bar Association mentioned Terwilliger as a leading candidate for Attorney General under a John McCain presidency. In 2003, Terwilliger co-founded the 527 committee Americans for a Better Country with Frank J. Donatelli, former Ronald Reagan White House political director and secretary and treasurer of the Young America's Foundation, and Craig Shirley, president and CEO of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs. It was reported October 10, 2007, that Terwilliger had been hired by former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales "to represent him in investigations of mismanagement" of the U. S. Department of Justice. "Investigators are look into allegations that Gonzales lied to lawmakers and illegally allowed politics to influence hiring and firing at the department. " Template:U. S. Secretary box Template:Persondata | 0 |
Minna_Bluff | Minna_Bluff 2008-03-31T03:40:50Z Minna Bluff is a rocky promontory at the eastern end of a volcanic Antarctic peninsula projecting deep into the Ross Ice Shelf at 78°30′S 169°0′E / 78. 500°S 169. 000°E / -78. 500; 169. 000. It forms a long, narrow arm which culminates in a south-pointing hook feature (Minna Hook), and is the subject of research into Antarctic cryosphere history, funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs. The bluff is mentioned repeatedly in the history of Antarctic exploration. It was first sighted in June 1902 , during Captain Scott's British Imperial Antarctic Expedition that took place from 1901 to 1904 and was thereafter recognised as a key landmark and location for vital supply depots. Originally identified simply as "the Bluff", it was later named by Captain Scott after the wife of Royal Geographical Society former president Sir Clements Markham. Every expedition that followed Scott on this route after his pioneering journey (including Ernest Shackleton 1908, Scott himself 1911 and Shackleton's Ross Sea Party 1914-16) used Minna Bluff to position depots and as a critical marker to guide homeward journeys. Because of the state of the ice in its immediate vicinity, the polar route was established some 20 miles to its east, depots being laid on this route within sight of the Bluff. Minna Bluff has an effect on polar weather, established by the researches of George Simpson, meteorologist on Scott's Terra Nova Expedition. The mass of the Bluff deflects eastward the southerly winds which sweep along the Ross Ice Shelf's eastern edge, and this deflection is then divided when the winds reach Ross Island some 50 miles further north . One stream sweeps into McMurdo Sound, the other goes eastward to Cape Crozier. This division of the wind direction is, among other consequences, the cause of the "windless bight" area on the southern coast of Ross Island , an exceptionally cold area of fogs and low winds, encountered on various land journeys between McMurdo Sound and Cape Crozier undertaken on Scott's two expeditions. , Minna_Bluff 2010-02-05T14:02:10Z Minna Bluff is a rocky promontory at the eastern end of a volcanic Antarctic peninsula projecting deep into the Ross Ice Shelf at 78°30′S 169°0′E / 78. 500°S 169. 000°E / -78. 500; 169. 000. It forms a long, narrow arm which culminates in a south-pointing hook feature (Minna Hook), and is the subject of research into Antarctic cryosphere history, funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs. The bluff is mentioned repeatedly in the history of Antarctic exploration. It was first sighted in June 1902 , during Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901–04. It was thereafter recognised as a key landmark and location for vital supply depots for southern journeys towards the South Pole. Originally identified simply as "the Bluff", it was later named by Captain Scott after the wife of Royal Geographical Society former president Sir Clements Markham. Every expedition that followed Scott on this route after his pioneering journey (including Ernest Shackleton 1908, Scott himself 1911 and Shackleton's Ross Sea Party 1914-16)used Minna Bluff to position depots and as a critical marker to guide homeward journeys. Because of the state of the ice in its immediate vicinity, the polar route was established some 20 miles to its east, depots being laid on this route within sight of the Bluff. The researches of George Simpson, meteorologist on Scott's Terra Nova Expedition established that Minna Bluff has an effect on polar weather. The mass of the Bluff deflects eastward the southerly winds which sweep along the Ross Ice Shelf's eastern edge, and this deflection is then divided when the winds reach Ross Island some 50 miles further north. One stream sweeps into McMurdo Sound, the other goes eastward to Cape Crozier. This division of the wind direction is, among other consequences, the cause of the "windless bight" area on the southern coast of Ross Island, an exceptionally cold area of fogs and low winds, encountered on various land journeys between McMurdo Sound and Cape Crozier undertaken on Scott's two expeditions. | 0 |
Matti Lund Nielsen | Matti Lund Nielsen 2008-02-03T12:22:00Z Fails WP:BIO#Athletes as has never played in a fully professional league. If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming, or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. If this template is removed, do not replace it. , Matti Lund Nielsen 2009-12-23T07:09:18Z Matti Lund Nielsen (born May 8, 1988) is a Danish football player, who plays for the Danish 1st Division side Lyngby Boldklub, on loan from Odense Boldklub. after a short period in Lyngby Boldklub Matti returned to Odense Boldklub. In December 2009 Matti signed a contract with the Danish Sas-Liga team FC Nordsjælland starting from the 1st January 2010. There have been reports linking him to Norwich City FC. | 1 |
I-League 2 | I-League 2 2009-01-09T00:32:39Z The Indian I-League 2nd Division, is the second most prominent football league in India after I-League started by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It will replace the old National Football League. The 2008 season will be the first for the I-League 2nd Division. The league was setup mainly to develop the standard of Indian Football. The first game was played on the 25th March 2008 and it was contested between Mohammedan Sporting Club FC and Amity United FC. The First-Four Teams will be promoted to I-League Division 1. Following the decline of the NFL division two, the AIFF decided to relaunch the national league for the 2008 season. The league was renamed the I-League 2nd Division and consists of twelve teams from the NFL the former division two. The first ever I-league 2nd Division will be sponsored by ONGC, who were also the previous sponsors of the now defunct NFL Division two. The first match was played in Kolhapur, Maharastra on March 25, between Mohammedan Sporting Club FC and Amity United FC. start League 2007-08 teamlist end start end, I-League 2 2010-12-13T09:20:00Z The Indian I-League 2nd Division, is the second most prominent football league in India after I-League started by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It will replace the old National Football League. The 2008 season will be the first for the I-League 2nd Division. The league was setup mainly to develop the standard of Indian Football. The first game was played on the 25th March 2008 and it was contested between Mohammedan Sporting Club FC and Amity United FC. The First-Four Teams will be promoted to I-League Division 1. Following the decline of the NFL division two, the AIFF decided to relaunch the national league for the 2008 season. The league was renamed the I-League 2nd Division and consists of twelve teams from the NFL the former division two. The first ever I-league 2nd Division will be sponsored by ONGC, who were also the previous sponsors of the now defunct NFL Division two. The first match was played in Kolhapur, Maharastra on March 25, between Mohammedan Sporting Club FC and Amity United FC. In 2008 Season Mohammedan Sporting Club FC ,Mumbai FC,Vasco SC and Chirag United Qualified for I-league 1st Division for 2008/2009 season. In 2009 I-league Division2 a total of 16 teams were involved and one team Happy Entertainment from Tamil Nadu was disqualified. All other 15 teams were divided into 3 groups of 5 teams each and the top 2 from each group qualify for the final round qualifers. Teams in the competition are I-League#I-League_2nd_Division_for_the_2009_Season After the completion of first round of qualification Pune FC, SESA Football Academy, Lajong SC, ONGC Mumbai, Viva Kerala and Salgaocar Sports Club made to the final round. In Second round the first match was played between ONGC and Pune FC with ongc winning 2-0. In second Match of second round played between Viva Kerala and Lajong FC ,viva kerala won 1-0. so far the all the teams are fighting for the 4 spots in I-League 2009-10 season. map start map marker map marker map marker map marker map marker map marker map marker map marker map marker map end 2010 Season qualifying round will be held from March 26 to April 25 in three venues viz. Delhi, Bangalore and Tripura. 21 teams will be participating in the qualifying round and has been divided into three groups. Top two teams from each group will then meet in the final round along with Mohammedan Sporting and Vasco S.C (who faced relegation last year in the I-League Division I) scheduled to be held at Bangalore. The final round will take place sometime at the end of April or first week of May. The two top teams from the final round will qualify for the I-League Division I next year. League 2007-08 teamlist | 1 |
Amber Stevens West | Amber Stevens West 2015-01-03T16:33:12Z Amber Dawn Stevens (born October 7, 1986) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series Greek and Maya in 22 Jump Street. Stevens was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actor and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens, and former model Beverly Cunningham. She has a younger sister named Chyna Rose Stevens. She is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School. Her father is White American and her mother is African-American (and part Comanche). Stevens began dating actor Andrew J. West after they met while co-starring in Greek. They married on December 5, 2014 in Los Angeles. Stevens is best known as Ashleigh Howard on the ABC Family series Greek and Maya in 22 Jump Street. Stevens also played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical Rent: Downtown L.A. She is currently represented by Nu Talent Agency and Nous Model Management. , Amber Stevens West 2016-10-09T01:01:42Z Amber Dawn West (née Stevens; born October 7, 1986) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series Greek and Maya in 22 Jump Street. She is also professionally known as Amber Stevens West. Stevens West was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actor and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens and former model Beverly Cunningham. She has a younger sister named Chyna Rose Stevens. Stevens West is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School. Stevens is mixed race, being born to a white father and black mother. Her mother is also part Comanche. From 2007 to 2011, Stevens West appeared in her breakout role as Ashleigh Howard on the Freeform (formerly known as ABC Family) series Greek. In 2011, Stevens West played the role of Mimi Marquez in the musical Rent: Downtown L.A. In 2014, she appeared as Maya in 22 Jump Street. In 2015, Stevens West was cast in a co-starring role opposite Jerrod Carmichael as Maxine in The Carmichael Show. Stevens began dating actor Andrew J. West after they met while co-starring in Greek (2007–11). They married on December 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. | 1 |
Labouré_College | Labouré_College 2008-11-08T14:50:51Z Labouré College, is a Catholic, non-residential college located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Its distinct focus is education for practice in the health sector, and is closely affiliated with Caritas Christi Health Care, which is why it is often called Caritas Labouré College. Labouré was founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses, the first Catholic school of nursing in New England. There still exists a Carney Hospital in Dorchester, affiliated with Tufts Medical Center. In 1951, however, the school merged with two other schools operated by the Daughters of Charity, St. John's School of Nursing and St. Margaret's School of Nursing, to form the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing, named for Catherine Labouré. The institution was re-established in 1971 with associate degree-granting authority in nursing and allied health. In 2008, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education gave the institution authority to grant the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. Pending accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), it plans to admit its first RN-BSN class in 2009. It was sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul until 1997, and is now sponsored by Caritas Christi Health Care. Labouré offers the Associate's in Science degree in Nursing and Allied Health. Carney Hospital, Labouré_College 2010-02-26T17:49:23Z Labouré College is a Roman Catholic college located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses in South Boston, it moved to its current Dorchester location in 1954 and took its current official name in 2005. It specializes in two-year and four-year nursing and health science education programs. Labouré was founded in 1892 as the Carney Hospital Training School for Nurses in South Boston. In 1949, the school merged with two other nursing schools run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the St. John's School of Nursing in Lowell, Massachusetts and the St. Margaret's School of Nursing in Dorchester. They formed the Catherine Labouré School of Nursing, named for Catherine Labouré, in 1950. The new school opened in 1951 and moved to the site of the new Carney Hospital in Dorchester in 1954. In 1971, it was authorized to award degrees in Massachusetts and changed its name to the Catherine Labouré Junior College. Its name changed again in 1984 and in 1993, to Catherine Labouré College and then to simply Labouré College. In 1997, the college became part of the Caritas Christi Health Care system and its name was officially changed to Caritas Labouré College in 2005, though it is often still called Labouré College. Labouré is located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, near the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District and the Cedar Grove Station on the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line of the MBTA's Red Line. Until 1997, the school was sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, but is now sponsored by Caritas Christi Health Care, the second-largest healthcare system in New England. Labouré offers the bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) and the associate of science degree in nursing and in allied health programs. It was first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in 1975 and gained accreditation under the NEASC Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) in 2005. Labouré is a commuter college, not a residential college. Most of its students are part-time female commuters around the age of 30. As of Fall 2007, there were 548 students enrolled at Labouré. | 0 |
Nico Prost | Nico Prost 2011-02-13T14:21:07Z Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, Loire) is a French-Armenian racing driver currently racing for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series, and for ELK Motorsport in the Euroseries 3000, which he won in 2008. Despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. Nicolas was a brilliant golfer, who won tournaments when he was at Columbia University. In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. He won one race and had six podiums, which earned him 4th place in the championship as well as the best rookie title. In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship with 2 wins, 1 pole and 7 podiums. In 2008, he joined Bull racing and won the Euroseries 3000 championship in his first year with one win, two poles and seven podiums. For A1 GP season 3 (2007–2008), Nicolas was the rookie driver fo Team France. For A1 GP season 4 (2008–2009), Nicolas was still the rookie driver and topped every single rookie sessions. He was promoted to racing driver for the end of the season and showed that he had the pace to fight on top. The team issued in a statement at the end of the seasons that he should be driving the entire 2009–2010 season. In 2007, he competed with Team Oreca in a Saleen S7-R with Laurent Groppi and Jean-Philippe Belloc and finished 5th in his category. In 2009, he raced for the first time in the LMP1 category, with Speedy Racing Team Sebah. He drove a great race, especially on Sunday morning with a stunning quadruple stint which moved the car from 8th to 5th. Unfortunately, a gearbox problem later dropped the car to 14th. In 2009, he participated in the European Le Mans Series for Speedy Racing Team Sebah alongside Marcel Fässler and Andrea Belicchi. The trio finished 5th in the championship. During the 2009–2010 winter, Nicolas patricipated to the famous Andros Trophy ice racing series in the electrical car category. Nicolas clinched the championship with 5 poles, 6 wins, and 18 podiums out of 21 races. , Nico Prost 2012-11-07T18:17:45Z Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, Loire) is a French racing driver currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Lotus Rebellion Racing. He also competes in the Andros Trophy and he is a reserve driver for Lotus F1. Despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. Nicolas was a golfer, winning tournaments when he was at Columbia University. In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. He won one race and had six podiums, which earned him 4th place in the championship as well as the best rookie title. In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship with 2 wins, 1 pole and 7 podiums. In 2008, he joined Bull racing and won the Euroseries 3000 championship in his first year with one win, two poles and seven podiums. For A1 GP season 3 (2007–2008), Nicolas was the rookie driver for Team France. For A1 GP season 4 (2008–2009), Nicolas was still the rookie driver and topped every single rookie sessions. He was promoted to racing driver for the end of the season and showed that he had the pace to fight on top. The team issued in a statement at the end of the seasons that he should be driving the entire 2009–2010 season. In 2007, he competed with Team Oreca in a Saleen S7-R with Laurent Groppi and Jean-Philippe Belloc and finished 5th in his category. In 2009, he raced for the first time in the LMP1 category, with Speedy Racing Team Sebah. He drove a great race, especially on Sunday morning with a stunning quadruple stint which moved the car from 8th to 5th. Unfortunately, a gearbox problem later dropped the car to 14th. After a difficult year in 2010, where he nonetheless drove the fastest lap of rebellion cars, he had a great race in 2011. Nicolas and his teammates Jani and Bleekemolen finished 6th and 1st in the unofficial petrol class. In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Prost and the Rebellion Racing Team got the fourth place in the LM-P1 class along with his co-drivers Neel Jani and Nick Heidfeld, their Lola B12/60 Coupe Toyota covered a total of 367 laps (3,108.123 miles), in the Circuit de la Sarthe. Nicolas drove the last stage of the competition. In 2009, he participated in the European Le Mans Series for Speedy Racing Team Sebah alongside Marcel Fässler and Andrea Belicchi. The trio finished 5th in the championship. Since 2010 he is racing in the European Le Mans Series for Rebellion Racing alongside Swiss racing driver Neel Jani. During the 2009–2010 winter, Nicolas participated to the famous Andros Trophy ice racing series in the electrical car category. Nicolas clinched the championship with 5 poles, 6 wins, and 18 podiums out of 21 races. He successfully defended his title during the 2010-2011 winter. In 2011-2012, he joined his dad in the works Dacia team and claimed the rookie title in the main series. In 2012, he will compete in the new FIA World Endurance Championship with Rebellion Racing in a LMP1-class Lola B12/60 Toyota. In 2010, he drove a Renault F1 for the first time in Magny-Cours and impressed the team, beating his daily opponent by more than 2 seconds. In 2011, he joined the gravity management structure and remained a driver for Lotus Renault F1. He drove some test sessions and straight line tests for the team, as well as some commercial roadshows. In 2012, he remained a part of the Lotus Renault program and on 4th October 2012 it was announced that he would be testing with Lotus Renault Formula One during the young driver test at Abu Dhabi. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) | 1 |
Toronto_Region_Research_Alliance | Toronto_Region_Research_Alliance 2007-11-28T18:38:51Z The Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA) is an innovative network of regional leaders engaged in transforming the Toronto region into a world-leading centre for research and research-intensive industry. TRRA serves the broader Toronto region, embracing Hamilton, Guelph, the Waterloo Region and the Greater Toronto Area. Our board of directors is composed of presidents, chief executive officers and senior leaders from the region's business, research and municipal organizations. TRRA is a results-oriented, non-profit organization supported by a wide range of regional stakeholders and the governments of Ontario and Canada. , Toronto_Region_Research_Alliance 2009-02-21T20:14:57Z The Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA) is a non-profit organization committed to transforming the Toronto Region into a world-leading centre for research and research-intensive industry. Founded in 2005, its board of directors is composed of senior leaders from business, universities, colleges, and hospitals in the region. TRRA is a results-oriented, non-profit organization supported and funded by a wide range of regional stakeholders and the governments of Ontario and Canada. TRRA was conceived in June 2003 as a result of the civic consensus achieved through the Toronto City Summit Alliance (TCSA). TCSA represents over 40 civic leaders from the private, labour, voluntary and public sectors in the Toronto region. This unique group came together in 2002 to assess our urban region's strengths and challenges and shape a framework for action that could move the region forward over the next five to 10 years. TCSA released its report, Enough Talk: An Action Plan for the Toronto Region, in April 2003. This report included a recommendation to form TRRA. The organization's goal is to help mobilize the Toronto Region and to promote its strengths, in order to help the region compete more effectively at the international R&D level. TRRA works partners throughout the region to: TRRA aims to be a neutral convener, catalyst and advocate on issues and opportunities related to its R&D mission. The organization works to forge regional agreement on strategic priorities. In addition to its significant sales activities, the organization delivers informed analysis, promote cross-sectoral dialogue, increases awareness, and facilitates coordinated action. The organization focuses on the following three broad research-intensive sectors: One aspect that sets the organization apart is that it encompasses a large geographical region. TRRA defines its geography as the regions, or census subdivisions, of Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Peel, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington and York. The region is sometimes defined as the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo. The Toronto Region has a population of about 7. 2 million (including over 200 ethnic groups and 180 languages) and a GDP over $300 billion. It has 9 universities, 8 colleges and 12 research hospitals. It also houses a skilled labor force, with 57% of workers holding a post-secondary degree. | 0 |
William_Wing | William_Wing 2009-11-23T06:19:05Z . William Wing (1827 -9 January 1855, London) was an English zoological illustrator and entomologist. He was a member of the Entomological Society of London from 1847 and in 1853-1854 assisted John William Douglas his role as Minutes Secretary. Wing illustrated many zoological and entomological works including John MacGillivray 's Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake. 2 vols, Boone, London 1852. His watercolours of South Australian Lepidoptera are in the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 1847 his address was 17, Priory Road, South Lambeth, London. This article about a British entomologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , William_Wing 2011-06-04T12:40:43Z . William Wing (1827 -9 January 1855, London) was an English zoological illustrator and entomologist. He was a member of the Entomological Society of London from 1847 and in 1853-1854 assisted John William Douglas his role as Minutes Secretary. Wing illustrated many zoological and entomological works including John MacGillivray 's Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake (2 vols, Boone, London 1852) , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray and The Natural history of the British Entomostraca by William Baird. His watercolours of South Australian Lepidoptera are in the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 1847 his address was 17, Priory Road, South Lambeth, London. Template:Persondata This article about a British entomologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Celebration_at_Big_Sur | Celebration_at_Big_Sur 2009-03-07T07:13:15Z Celebration at Big Sur (also known simply as Celebration) is a film of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival in California, featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and others. Released in 1971, the film was directed by Baird Bryant and Johanna Demetrakas. A young Gary Weis was among the cinematographers; other members of the camera and sound crew also went on to become famous in their fields, including Peter Smokler, Peter Pilafian, and Joan Churchill. As of 2007, Celebration has never been officially released in any home video format (such as DVD or VHS). The festival, one in an annual series of concerts held on the grounds of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur from 1964 to 1971, was held on the weekend of September 13-14, 1969, only one month after the famous and considerably larger Woodstock Festival, which is referred to repeatedly. Celebration at Big Sur did not receive the same critical acclaim as Woodstock film. The concert occurs on a low stage by the Pacific Ocean, which the audience faces. Musical performances dominate the film, with footage of surrounding occurrences interspersed and montaged into the music sequences. The film includes early footage of Neil Young, who had recently appeared at Woodstock with Crosby, Stills & Nash, but refused to be filmed. Here, fortified by session drummer Dallas Taylor and Motown bassist Greg Reeves, CSNY perform Young's "Sea of Madness" and "Down By the River". Perhaps the film's most famous scene is an altercation between Stephen Stills and a heckler. Joni Mitchell, who did not appear at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, performs the song "Woodstock" prior to any album release, first attempting to teach the audience to sing the melodically complicated refrain. Ironically, Mitchell would later develop a well-known distaste for festival gigs, but in this performance her enthusiasm is evident. Mitchell talks about having spotted whales off the coast, and is generally seen with then-boyfriend Graham Nash of CSNY. She also sings "Get Together" with members of Crosby, Stills & Nash in a seemingly impromptu jam. Although Mitchell had made earlier televised appearances, this may be her earliest filmed performance. Joan Baez was a Big Sur festival regular whose 1965 folk music workshop at Esalen helped attract pop/rock acts later to the festival. She is featured prominently throughout the film. Celebration begins with Baez opening the festival with Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and closes with her leading a large crowd in the song "Oh Happy Day" in the event's finale. In addition to CSNY, Baez and Mitchell , other performers featured in Celebration included John Sebastian, Dorothy Morrison and The Combs Sisters, Mimi Farina, Carol Ann Cisneros, Julie Payne, Chris Ethridge, and The Struggle Mountain Resistance Band. While Ruthann Friedman, Flying Burrito Brothers and The Incredible String Band performed at this event, they do not appear in the film. In the opening scene the film makers attempt to interview local patrol police, but fail to get permission. , Celebration_at_Big_Sur 2010-03-02T17:37:33Z Celebration at Big Sur (also known simply as Celebration) is a film of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival in Big Sur,California, featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY), Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and others. Released in 1971, the film was directed by Baird Bryant and Johanna Demetrakas. A young Gary Weis was among the cinematographers;other members of the camera and sound crew also went on to become famous in their fields, including Peter Smokler, Peter Pilafian, and Joan Churchill. As of 2007, the film has never been officially released in any home video format (such as DVD or VHS). The festival, one in an annual series of concerts held on the grounds of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur from 1964 to 1971, was held on the weekend of September 13-14, 1969, only one month after the famous and considerably larger Woodstock Music & Art Fair, which is referred to repeatedly. Celebration at Big Sur did not receive the same critical acclaim as the 1970 Woodstock film. The concert occurs on a low stage by the Pacific Ocean, which the audience faces. Musical performances dominate the film, with footage of surrounding occurrences interspersed and montaged into the music sequences. The film includes early footage of Neil Young, who had recently appeared at Woodstock with Crosby, Stills & Nash, but refused to be filmed. Here, fortified by session drummer Dallas Taylor and Motown bassist Greg Reeves, CSNY perform Young's "Sea of Madness" and "Down by the River". Perhaps the film's most-famous scene is an altercation between Stephen Stills and a heckler. Mitchell, who did not appear at the Woodstock Festival, performs the song "Woodstock" prior to any album release, first attempting to teach the audience to sing the melodically complicated refrain. Ironically, Mitchell would later develop a well-known distaste for festival gigs, but in this performance her enthusiasm is evident. Mitchell talks about having spotted whales off the coast, and is generally seen with then-boyfriend Graham Nash of CSNY. She also sings "Get Together" with members of Crosby, Stills & Nash in a seemingly impromptu jam. Although Mitchell had made earlier televised appearances, this may be her earliest filmed performance. Baez was a Big Sur-festival regular whose folk-music workshop at Esalen in 1965 helped attract pop/rock acts later to the festival. She is featured prominently throughout the film. Celebration begins with Baez opening the festival with Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" and closes with her leading a large crowd in singing "Oh Happy Day" in the event's finale. She also sings two of her own compositions, "A Song for David" and "Sweet Sir Galahad", during the course of the film. In addition to CSNY, Baez and Mitchell, other performers featured in Celebration included John Sebastian, Dorothy Combs Morrison and The Combs Sisters, Mimi Fariña, Carol Ann Cisneros, Julie Payne, Chris Ethridge and The Struggle Mountain Resistance Band. While Ruthann Friedman, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Incredible String Band performed at this event, they do not appear in the film. In the opening scene the filmmakers attempt to interview local patrol police, but fail to get permission. This article about a music-related documentary film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Andrew_von_Oeyen | Andrew_von_Oeyen 2008-11-12T19:45:36Z Andrew von Oeyen (born November 12, 1979) is an American classical pianist. He began piano lessons at age five and made his solo orchestral debut at age ten. At age 16, he made his debut with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1998, after graduating from Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, California, he moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. Von Oeyen has performed extensively in recital and orchestral appearances around the world. He has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Chicago's Grant Park Festival Orchestra, and Slovak Philharmonic, among others. He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Ravinia Festival and throughout Japan. Other festival engagements include Aspen, Grand Teton, Spoleto Festival USA, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Bellingham and "Piano en Valois. " Von Oeyen was the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Young Artist Award and won First Prize in the Lení Fé Bland Foundation National Competition in 2001. His performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, and he has been a featured guest on their programme 'Performance Today'. His teachers include Sara Banta, Herbert Stessin, Jerome Lowenthal, Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher. Andrew von Oeyen lives in New York and Paris. , Andrew_von_Oeyen 2010-04-09T20:31:17Z Andrew von Oeyen (born November 12, 1979) is an American classical pianist. He began piano lessons at age five in Los Angeles with Sara Banta and made his solo orchestral debut at age ten. At age 16, he made his debut with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1998, after graduating from high school at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, California, he moved to New York City to study at the Juilliard School and Columbia University, where his teachers were Herbert Stessin and Jerome Lowenthal. He also worked privately with Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher. Von Oeyen has performed extensively in recital and orchestral appearances around the world. He has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Chicago's Grant Park Festival Orchestra, Slovenian and Slovak Philharmonics, among others. He has performed in recital at Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Zürich's Tonhalle, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Grand Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Dublin's National Concert Hall, Jordan Hall in Boston, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Santa Fe, Bologna, Bucharest, Hanoi, Macao and in all the major concert halls of Japan and Korea. He regularly appears at festivals including Aspen, Ravinia, Saratoga, Mainly Mozart, Grand Teton, Grant Park, Spoleto Festival USA, Gilmore, Festival del Sole (Napa Valley) and "Piano en Valois" (France). In 2009, he toured with violinist Sarah Chang throughout Europe, the United States and Asia, which culminated in a recording for EMI Classics. On July 4th of the year, von Oeyen also performed at the United States Capitol with the National Symphony Orchestra in "A Capitol Fourth," telecast live across the United States on PBS. He won the Bronislaw Kaper Award from the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1996, the Gilmore Young Artist Award in 1999, and also took First Prize in the Leni Fe Bland Foundation National Piano Competition in 2001. Andrew von Oeyen lives in New York and Paris. | 0 |
Nelson Piquet Jr. | Nelson Piquet Jr. 2007-02-02T10:35:38Z Nelson Angelo Piquet (born July 25 1985, Heidelberg, Germany), also Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian race car driver. He is the son of former Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's all-time successful F1 drivers. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons he raced in the GP2 Series, taking a win in Belgium in 2005 and claiming 2nd place in the series in 2006. He has been signed as test driver for Renault for the 2007 season. His parents separated soon after he was born and he lived in Monaco with his Dutch mother until he was eight years old when he moved to live in Brazil with his father. "They kind of swapped me. My mother wanted me to get to know my father, she wanted me to know Brazil and the language, and she realised life in Brazil would be better for a child." He has two sisters, Kelly and Julia, and four brothers, Geraldo, Laszlo, Pedro and Marco. Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to South American Formula Three. His father's wealth enabled him to race for his own team, a practice he continued until he left GP2 Series. He raced in part of the 2001 season there, staying for 2002 and becoming the champion with four races to go. In 2002 he also raced one race of Brazilian Formula Renault. In 2003, Piquet moved to the UK where he joined the British Formula 3 Championship and formed the Piquet Sports team. He went on to win 3rd place with six wins, five podiums and eight pole positions. In 2004, Piquet won the British Formula 3 Championship. He became the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months. He also went to test for BMW Williams now Williams F1. In 2005, Piquet took part in the A1 Grand Prix for A1 Team Brazil. In the first event in the series, he took first place in both Sprint and Main race events, as well as scoring a point for the fastest lap. He also became a driver for Hitech Piquet sports in the GP2 Series. He also was a test driver for BAR-Honda. In 2006, Piquet gained second place in the championship to British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2. On 6 September 2006, he was confirmed as a 2007 test driver for the Renault Formula One team. Piquet will soon begin full time testing with Renault, which could well act as a springboard to a Formula 1 race drive. Italics indicate factory team. , Nelson Piquet Jr. 2008-12-28T20:15:09Z Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian race car driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, one of Brazil's most successful F1 drivers. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons he raced in the GP2 Series, taking a win in Belgium in 2005 and claiming 2nd place in the series in 2006. He was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008. Piquet currently resides in Oxford, England. His parents separated soon after he was born and he lived in Monaco with his Dutch mother Sylvia Tamsma until he was eight years old when he moved to live in Brazil with his father. "They kind of swapped me. My mother wanted me to get to know my father, she wanted me to know Brazil and the language, and she realised life in Brazil would be better for a child." He has two sisters, Kelly and Julia, and four brothers, Geraldo, Laszlo, Pedro and Marco. He lived in Brasilia and attended the American School of Brasilia until he was 16 years old when he decided to pursue his racing career full time. Piquet's racing career started in 1993 in Brazilian karting, where he would stay until 2001 when he moved to Formula Three Sudamericana . His father's wealth enabled him to race for his own team, a practice he continued until he left GP2 Series. He raced in part of the 2001 season there, staying for 2002 winning the championship with four races to go. In 2002 he also raced one race of Brazilian Formula Renault. In 2003, Piquet moved to the UK where he joined the British Formula 3 Championship and formed the Piquet Sports team. He went on to finish the championship in 3rd place with six wins , five podiums and eight pole positions. A test with the Williams F1 team followed. In 2004, Piquet won the British Formula 3 Championship. He became the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months . He also did further running for Williams. In 2005, Piquet took part in the A1 Grand Prix for A1 Team Brazil, winning both the Sprint and Main races at the first event of the season at Brands Hatch , as well as scoring a point for the fastest lap. He also drove for the HiTech/Piquet Sports in the GP2 Series, winning his first race at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, and tested for the BAR-Honda Formula 1 team. In 2006, Piquet gained second place in the championship to British driver Lewis Hamilton in his second year of GP2. During the 2007 season he was the official test and reserve driver for the Renault Formula One team. The 2008 season has seen Piquet promoted to the Renault Formula One race team to drive alongside returning double World Champion Fernando Alonso. It is reported that he gained preference for the seat over Heikki Kovalainen as Kovalainen was seen as a potential rival to Alonso and such a challenge to Alonso could damage the team. The first race of the 2008 season in Australia saw Piquet start 21st and damage his car in a collision on the opening lap, before ultimately retiring on lap 31. This was exactly the same result as his father achieved in his first race. At the Malaysian Grand Prix he started from 13th on the grid and went on to finish 11th. He started the Bahrain Grand Prix from 14th but retired with a gearbox problem after his second pit stop. Piquet qualified in 10th for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, taking part in the first top 10 qualifying session of his career. However, his race ended on lap seven after colliding with Sébastien Bourdais in an attempt to overtake. The Turkish Grand Prix saw him qualify 17th and finish the race 15th. His problems were further compounded with a pair of non-finishes when he crashed out at Monaco after failing to get to grips with the damp conditions, and spun off while chasing team-mate Alonso in Canada, before ultimately retiring on lap 42 with brake failure. Piquet was under increasing pressure from his Renault team over the course of the 2008 season, and there was speculation that Piquet would lose his race seat if he did not up his game. Renault have done nothing to quell the rumours by publicly urging him to improve after the Turkish Grand Prix and suggesting after Monaco that he lacks confidence. . However, after all the rumors and speculation, the young driver responded well. Piquet scored his first points in F1 with a 7th place finish at the 2008 French Grand Prix passing his twice-World Champion team mate Fernando Alonso in the last few laps. In the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Piquet was at one point was laying in fourth place, having passed his team mate who was on old tyres. Piquet aquaplaned and spun out on lap 36 along with several other top runners as the wet conditions reached their worst. A race later, however, at the German Grand Prix, he finished ahead of the Ferrari of Felipe Massa to claim second place to Mclaren's Lewis Hamilton and his first podium finish, after - with a stroke of luck - being only driver on one-stop strategy and this, with the help of the Safety Car segment gained him several positions. Despite rumors that he was on his way out, Renault decided to keep Piquet by signing him to a one year contract. . Alonso will continue as his teammate hoping to elevate Renault into title contention once again. * Includes points scored by other Team Brazil drivers. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Italics indicate factory team. | 1 |
Jacqueline Fernandez | Jacqueline Fernandez 2015-01-01T09:43:07Z Jacqueline Fernandez is a Bollywood actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss Sri Lanka Universe pageant of 2006. She is best known for her work in Hindi films. After graduating in Mass communication and working as a journalist in Sri Lanka, she accepted offers to join the modeling industry, which came as a result of her pageant entrance and for which she was crowned the Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006, and represented her state at Miss Universe 2006 held in Los Angeles where she was unplaced. In 2007, Fernandez appeared on her first commercial in a music video for Sri Lankan duo Bathiya and Santhush. While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez got Bollywood film offers and she subsequently made her acting debut the same year with Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy drama Aladin which bombed at the box-office, though she won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female and the Stardust Award for Best Exciting Face. Fernandez gained recognition with a role in Mohit Suri's erotic thriller Murder 2 (2011), which emerged as her first commercial success and followed it with glamorous roles in the comedy Housefull 2 (2012) and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), both of which were major box-office successes. In 2014, Fernandez portrayed the leading lady in Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all-time. Alongside her acting career, Fernandez is a social activist, participates in stage shows, and is a celebrity endorser for brands. Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985, into a mixed ethnic family, in which her father is a Sri Lankan, while her mother is of mixed Malaysian and Canadian ancestry. Her great-grandparents were originally from Goa, India. She is the youngest of four, with one elder sister, and two elder brothers. Although, she was raised in Bahrain, she said she originally lived in Sri Lanka. Prior to become a TV reporter, she started hosting TV shows in Bahrain, when she was barely fourteen years old. After graduating in Mass Communication from Australia, she moved to Sri Lanka, where she relocated at her grandparents place, and joined a Television station. From then, she began reporting and investigating mainly on political turmoil. According to an article published in Lanka Journal, she had aspired to become an actress, when she was eight years old. Although, she was a TV reporter, she accepted offers to join the modeling industry, which came as a result of her pageant entrance and for which she was crowned the Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006, and represented her state at Miss Universe 2006 held in Los Angeles where she was unplaced. In 2007, Fernandez appeared on her first commercial in a music video for Sri Lankan duo Bathiya and Santhush. Fernandez made her acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood fantasy movie Aladin playing a character inspired by the Disney Princess character of Jasmine. For her performance, Fernandez received mixed reviews, with Anupama Chopra of NDTV calling her a "plastic debutant". However, Taran Adarsh of BollywoodHungama complimented her more on her looks, rather than her performance by saying, "Jacqueline Fernandez gets no scope, but she looks gorgeous nonetheless. In year 2010, she was seen once again appearing alongside Ritesh Deshmukh in the romantic comedy Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai. She received mainly negative reviews for her performance. Rediff criticized her by writing," She gamely makes a fool of herself whilst aping the actions of movie stars, ranging from Sridevi's Naagin dance, Mithun Chakravarthy's Disco Dancer moves to Big B's violent headshake in Hum. Her Tara could be a keeper if only Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai wasn't so intent on turning her into a love-struck Barbie. That year, she made a cameo appearance in Sajid Khan's Housefull in the song "Dhanno". In 2011, Fernandez appeared in her third film, Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder 2 which emerged as a major economic success. Fernandez played the role of Priya, a lonely model who is in a confused relationship with Arjun Bhagwat, played by Emraan Hashmi. Fernandez grabbed a lot of attention for the boldness and sex appeal she displayed in the movie, with her performance receiving decent reviews. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama reviewed, "Stepping into Mallika's shoes in the sequel is Jacqueline. Like Mallika, she takes the boldness quotient to the next level with her sexy avatar. She should grab a lot of eyeballs for the oomph factor, while her performance is decent. In fact, she gets little scope to display histrionics, but she makes a sincere attempt to portray her character with care." A review from the The Times of India stated that Fernandez was "tastefully tempting" but noted that her romance with Hashmi was "literally half-baked". Murder 2 launched Fernandez's career for the good, as she started getting offers from big production houses. Post Murder 2 success, Fernandez turned down many roles, such as Raaz 3, to avoid being type cast as a sex symbol. She was also considered for Bindu's 'Mona Darling' act in the remake of Zanjeer but she walked out from the project for the same reasons. She also turned down a role in Krrish 3, but that was due to date conflicts. In 2012, Fernandez appeared in Housefull 2 with an ensemble cast which included Akshay Kumar, Asin and Rishi Kapoor. It became one of the top grossing productions of India that year and grossed ₹1.86 billion (US$23 million) worldwide. Also, Fernandez received positive reviews for her performance. Gaurav Malani of Times Of India stated, "So Jacqueline Fernandez wins the race with her gorgeous looks..." Mrigank Dhaniwala of KoiMoi said, "Of all the girls, Asin and Jacqueline Fernandez get the meatiest of roles and they do not disappoint." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave a mixed review by saying, "Amongst the female leads, Asin has the meatiest role and gives a decent account of herself. Jacqueline, Shazahn and Zarine act more as eye candy. They are the typical sultry and enticing selves; each one is befitting in her own space." Fernandez's first release of 2013 was Race 2 which was described by critics as the "cinematic equivalent of a trashy novel", however was a box-office hit, with collections surpassing the ₹1 billion (US$13 million) mark in domestic ticket sales. Her performance in the film met with generally positive reviews, with Lisa Tsering, of The Hollywood Reporter stating, "Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez, a leggy beauty with a talent for action who now counts seven Indian films under her belt, is another plus. Welcome to Bollywood, Miss Fernandez". Joginder Tuteja of Indicine noted, "Jacqueline has a bigger part to play and she does it well while looking her best." Fernandez also appeared in an item number titled "Jaadu Ki Jhappi" for Prabhu Deva's Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya. In 2014, Fernandez appeared in Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut—the action thriller Kick, a remake of the 2009 Telugu film of the same name. Featuring opposite Salman Khan, Fernandez played Shaina, a psychiatric student. She dubbed in her own voice for the first time in Kick. On her performance, Sneha May Francis commented that she is "incredibly dazzling, and moves like magic," while critic Mohar Basu found her chemistry with Khan "palpable". However, Raja Sen was more critical of her dialogue delivery, calling it "unfortunate." The film received mixed reviews from critics, but with a worldwide revenue of over ₹3.77 billion (US$47 million), it emerged as a blockbuster. As of December 2014, Fernandez has several upcoming projects. She is scheduled to appear in Vicky Singh's romantic thriller Roy, in which Fernandez will play dual roles alongside Arjun Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor. She has completed shooting for Chandran Rutnam's crime-thriller According to Mathew, an English-language Sri Lankan film. She is also working on her Hollywood debut titled Definition of Fear. Fernandez will feature in a special appearance for the satire Bangistan and has signed a 3-film deal with Nadiadwala's production house. As part of the contract, she will appear in his untitled next opposite Varun Dhawan and John Abraham. She has also signed on to appear in other three projects—Karan Malhotra's Brothers, a remake of the film Warrior which co-stars Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra; Remo D'Souza's next with Tiger Shroff and she is committed to star in an Indo-Chinese film with Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Chan and Abhay Deol. In addition to acting in films, Fernandez has supported charitable organisations, and performed for stage shows. In the early 2013, on the behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (India), she sent a letter to the consulate general of the Philippines in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to expedite the transfer of the elephant Mali from the inadequate Manila Zoo to a lush sanctuary. That year, she auctions a breakfast in Mayfair, London which she raises around £4000 for helping Pratham (her friend's) NGO involving for Children's primary education. She then went on to join hands with PETA in order to prevent cruelty to horses. In 2014, Fernandez was named "Woman Of The Year" by PETA (India). She had performed at the 55th Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, Star Guild Awards, BIG Star Entertainment Awards and Apsara Awards, as well as at the Temptations Reloaded in Auckland alongside, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji and Madhuri Dixit. She performed at "Got Talent World Stage Live" with Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Varun Dhawan. In early 2013, she became the ambassador for HTC One which she endorses in India. and, she was chosen as the face of Indian Bridal Fashion Week—IBFW of 2013. On 16 October, she launched Gareth Pugh's designed Forevermark Diamonds in Mumbai, as the spokesperson and inaugurated Forever 21 store in Mumbai. That year, she also launched Gilette revolutionary shaving system with Arbaaz Khan and Aditya Roy Kapur. In 2011, a poll conducted by the newspaper, Times of India ranked her #7, among "Top 50 Most Desirable Women". Following, the next year, she ranked #8, in the second version of the poll and adavnced to the #3 in the third edition of the poll. In the early 2013, Indian FHM magazine, ranked her at #21; of "100 Sexiest Women In The World 2013." In the same year, a newspaper, "World Actuality", ranked her #23, among the "most beautiful women in the world." She has been the cover model for many Indian editions of magazines, including Vogue, FHM, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Elle, Verve, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Health, L'Officiel and Femina among others. , Jacqueline Fernandez 2016-12-31T08:52:42Z Jacqueline Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Bahraini-born Sri Lankan actress, model, and the winner of the 2006 Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant. As Miss Universe Sri Lanka she represented her country at the 2006 world Miss Universe pageant. She graduated with a degree in mass communication from the University of Sydney, and worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka. While on a modelling assignment in India in 2009, Fernandez successfully auditioned for the fantasy drama Aladin, which marked her acting debut. Fernandez' breakthrough role came with the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), her first commercial success. This was followed by glamorous roles in the ensemble-comedy Housefull 2 (2012), and the action thriller Race 2 (2013), both of which earned over ₹1 billion (US$13 million) worldwide. Her performance in the former garnered her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at IIFA. In 2014, Fernandez played the leading lady in the action thriller Kick, which rank among one of the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. She received further success with the romantic comedy Housefull 3, the action adventure Dishoom, and the superhero thriller A Flying Jatt (all 2016). One of the most popular actresses in India, she is the recipient of the several awards. Alongside her screen acting career, Fernandez has is popular Celebrity endorser, has participated in stage shows, and is active in humanitarian work. Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985, in Manama, Bahrain, and was raised in a multi-ethnic family. Her father, Elroy, is Sri Lankan, and her mother, Kim, is of Malaysian descent. Her maternal grandfather is Canadian. Her father, who was a musician in Sri Lanka, moved to Bahrain in the 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Tamils and Sinhalese and subsequently met her mother who was an air hostess. She is the youngest of four children with one elder sister and two elder brothers. She hosted television shows in Bahrain at the age of fourteen. After receiving her early education in Bahrain, she pursued a degree in mass communication from the University of Sydney in Australia. After graduating she worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka. She also attended the Berlitz school of languages, where she learnt Spanish and improved her French and Arabic. According to Fernandez, she had aspired to become an actress at a young age and fantasized about becoming a Hollywood movie star. She received some training at the John School of Acting. Although, she was a television reporter, she accepted offers in the modeling industry, which came as a result of her pageant success. In 2006, she was crowned the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant and represented Sri Lanka at the world Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles. In a 2015 interview, Fernandez described the modeling industry as "a good training ground" and said: "It is a medium that is about shedding your inhibitions, knowing your body, confidence". In 2006, she appeared in a music video for the song "O Sathi" by music duo Bathiya and Santhush. In 2009, Fernandez traveled to India for a modeling assignment. She studied acting under the mentorship of theatre director Barry John, and successfully auditioned for Sujoy Ghosh's fantasy film Aladin (2009) her acting debut. She played the love interest of Riteish Deshmukh's character, a role based on the Princess Jasmine character. Fernandez garnered mixed reviews for her performance. Anupama Chopra of NDTV called her a "plastic debutant", and Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN felt that she was: "easy on the eyes and appears confident but has precious little to do". Although the film was a critical and commercial failure, she won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year - Female. In 2010, Fernandez appeared opposite Deshmukh in the science fiction romantic comedy Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai. She was cast as a girl from Venus, who lands on Earth in search of love. The film, along with Fernandez's performance, received poor reviews; Rediff.com's Sukanya Verma noted: "She gamely makes a fool of herself whilst aping the actions of movie stars, ranging from Sridevi's Naagin dance, Mithun Chakravarthy's Disco Dancer moves, to Big B's violent headshake in Hum. Her Tara could be a keeper if only Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai wasn't so intent on turning her into a love-struck Barbie." Critic Anupama Chopra also criticized Fernandez, calling her "a pin-prick on a balloon". Later that year, she made a special appearance in the song "Dhanno" for Sajid Khan's comedy Housefull. Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder 2 was Fernandez's first commercial success and marker a turning point in her career. She took on the role of Priya, a lonely model who is in a confused relationship with Arjun Bhagwat (played by Emraan Hashmi). Fernandez was praised for her performance, and for the boldness and sex appeal she displayed in the film. Gaurav Malini of The Times of India stated that she was "tastefully tempting" but noted that her romance with Hashmi was "literally half-baked". The following year, Fernandez appeared in the ensemble comedy Housefull 2 alongside Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, and Asin. It became one of the top grossing productions of India that year and earned ₹1.86 billion (US$23 million) worldwide. Fernandez received mostly negative reviews for her performance. While Gaurav Malini praised her for her looks, NDTV called her a "blathering bimbo" who "find no pleasure in ". Despite the negative reviews, Fernandez received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 14th IIFA Awards for her performance. Fernandez's first release of 2013 was Race 2, an ensemble action thriller (alongside Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone), described as the "cinematic equivalent of a trashy novel" by critic Rajeev Masand. She played Omisha, a femme fatale, a role which required her learn fencing and some acrobatics. The film emerged as a commercial success, with the domestic gross of more than ₹1 billion (US$13 million). In a particularly scathing review, Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that both Fernandez and Padukone "strut around like wound-up automatons that are all decked-up but have nowhere to go." Also that year, Fernandez appeared in an item number, titled, "Jaadu Ki Jhappi", for Prabhu Deva's romantic comedy Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya. In 2014, Fernandez appeared in Sajid Nadiadwala's directorial debut—the action film Kick, a remake of a 2009 Telugu film of same name. She starred opposite Salman Khan, playing Shaina, a psychiatry student. She retained her real voice for the first time in Kick. While Sneha May Francis commented that she is: "incredibly dazzling, and moves like a magic", Raja Sen of Rediff.com was more critical of her dialogue delivery, calling it "unfortunate." The film received mixed reviews from critics, but with worldwide revenue of over ₹3.75 billion (US$47 million), it became the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film. The film established Fernandez as one of the most popular Bollywood actresses. In 2015, Fernandez featured in Vicky Singh's Roy, a romantic thriller, which critic Sarita A. Tanwar described as a "boring, exhausting and pretentious" film. Fernandez played dual roles, Ayesha Aamir, a filmmaker in a relationship with another filmmaker (played by Arjun Rampal) and Tia Desai, a girl in love with a thief (played by Ranbir Kapoor). While India TV called it "her best act till date", critic Rajeev Masand felt that she "appears miscast in a part that required greater range." Roy failed to meet its box-office expectations, and was a commercial failure. Later that year, she appeared in a guest appearance for the comedy-satire Bangistan. Karan Malhotra's action drama Brothers was Fernandez's next release. Co-starring alongside Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra, Fernandez played Jenny, a fearless mother struggling for her child, a role which she described as "challenging", "intense", and "difficult". The role marked a departure from the glamorous characters that she had a reputation for portraying. Film critics praised her performance, though their response to the film was mixed. Dhriti Sharma of Zee News called her character "soft, timid and promising", and praised her for: "convincingly pull off a pleasing character of a street fighter's wife". Film critic Subhash K. Jha noted that she: "...in a limited role gives her finest emotive shot", while critic Raja Sen remarked: " plays Kumar's long-sobbing wife who gets so deliriously happy on seeing a text message that it may well have contained news about a Kick sequel." Later that year, she starred in the horror thriller Definition of Fear, which marked her Hollywood debut. Fernandez began 2016 with a role in the sequel to Housefull 2. The ensemble comedy film paired her with Akshay Kumar as her love interest. The critic for Firstpost was disappointed with the picture and criticized Fernandez for her inclination towards a film, where she was "treated as visual attraction and nothing else". Nevertheless, the film was a commercial success, grossing ₹1.88 billion (US$24 million) billion worldwide. Her next film—the action adventure Dishoom—also grossed ₹1 billion (US$13 million) at the box-office. Later that year, she served as a judge to the ninth season of the dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. As of August 2016, Fernandez has several projects in various stages of production. She has completed shooting for Chandran Rutnam's English-Sri Lankan crime-thriller According to Mathew. Fernandez has also signed on to appear in an Indo-Chinese film starring opposite Abhay Deol, Amitabh Bachchan, and Jackie Chan titled Gold Struck. In addition, she is filming an untitled action-comedy film with Siddharth Malhotra from the director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.. Fernandez shares a close bond with her family, and admits to missing being around them. She says: "I miss them so much everyday. You don't realise when you live away from home how difficult life can be At the same time, staying away from them has taught me to be more responsible. It has taught me so many things about myself, about priorities and time management." In March 2012, Fernandez turned vegetarian for a 40-day period to observe Lent, a period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. In 2008, Fernandez started dating Bahraini prince Hassan bin Rashid Al Khalifa, whom she met at a mutual friend's party ; they separated in 2011. While filming Housefull 2 in 2011, Fernandez began a romantic relationship with director Sajid Khan. The relationship attracted media coverage in India and there was speculation of an impending wedding. However, the relationship ended in May 2013. In addition to acting in films, Fernandez has supported charitable organisations and a number of causes. In 2011, on the behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), she sent a letter to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner asking for an end to horse-drawn carriage rides in Mumbai. In early 2013, she asked the consulate general of the Philippines, William John T Perera in Colombo, to hasten the transfer of an elephant from its inadequate housing at the Manila Zoo to a humane sanctuary. Later that year, she auctioned a breakfast in Mayfair, London, where she raised around £4000 for the Pratham NGO, which helps children's primary education. In 2014, Fernandez was named "Woman Of The Year" by PETA (India) for advocating the protection of animals. The following year, she auctioned her outfits on an online portal for a philanthropic cause. Some of her outfits included the ones she wore in the song "Party On My Mind" (from Race 2) and "Hangover" (from Kick). In March 2016, she was part of "Jacqueline Builds" campaign that raised funds for the victims of the 2015 South Indian floods. Fernandez has participated in several concert tours and televised award ceremonies. In 2013, she performed at the Temptations Reloaded in Auckland, Perth, and Sydney alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, and Madhuri Dixit. She also performed at the live talent show "Got Talent World Stage Live" with Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Varun Dhawan the following year. In July 2014, Fernandez opened a restaurant in Colombo, Kaema Sutra, in collaboration with chef Dharshan Munidasa, which specialises in contemporary Sri Lankan cuisine. In the early 2013, Fernandez became the ambassador for HTC One, which she endorses in India. She was the face of Indian Bridal Fashion Week—IBFW of 2013. Later that year, she became the spokesperson for Gareth Pugh's designed Forevermark Diamonds in Mumbai, and was at the inaugural opening of the Forever 21 store in Mumbai. That year, she also launched Gillette Shaving System with Arbaaz Khan and Aditya Roy Kapur. While analysing Fernandez's career, India TV noted: "Slowly and steadily Jacqueline Fernandez is climbing up the ladder of success Jacqueline is comfortably grasping every aspect of the work, which an actress is required to do and is accordingly giving results." On the contrary, Charu Thakur of India Today criticized her acting skills, but remarked that: " managed to find her feet in Bollywood now by banking on glamorous roles". In 2008 and 2011, Fernandez featured in the UK magazine Eastern Eye's "World's Sexiest Asian Women" list, ranking twelfth. She was ranked third on The Times of India's listing of the "Most Desirable Woman" in 2013 and 2014, after being ranked eighth, seventh and fourteenth, respectively, in the preceding three years. In 2013, Rediff.com placed her on their list of "Bollywood's Best Dressed Actresses". The following year, she held the sixty second position in the Indian edition of the Forbes' Celebrity 100, a list based on the income and popularity of India's celebrities. She has been the cover model for many Indian editions of magazines, including: Vogue, FHM, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Elle, Verve, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Health, and L'Officiel among others. | 1 |
Manohara | Manohara 2009-01-17T19:18:07Z Manohara is the most famous kinnari depicted as a jataka tale in the story of prince Sudhana and Manohara. The story is famous in Thailand and Indonesia. Manohara is a kinnari living in Mount Kailash. She is the youngest of seven daughters of the kinara king. One day, she traveled to the human realm, and got caught by a hunter, who later gave her to the king of Panchala. The prince Sudhana fell in love with her, and married her. Later, when the prince was away in a battle for months, Manohara was flamed that she would bring bad luck to the city. She flew away, back to the kinnara kingdom. However, she left a ring and a direction to the kinnara kingdom to a rishi, so that prince Sudhana could follow her. Prince Sudhana came back from the battle and followed her. It was a long and adventurous journey. He had to pass a lot of tests of strength, perseverance, and wit until he finally found Manohara, and lived happily ever after. , Manohara 2010-08-19T21:41:12Z Manohara is the Kinnari (half woman, half bird) heroine of the Jataka Tale story of Prince Sudhana and Manohara. The legend appears in the Divyavadana and is documented by stone reliefs at Borobodur. This story is famous in Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Manohara, the youngest of seven daughters of the Kinara King, lives on Mount Kailash. One day, she travels to the human realm. She is caught by a hunter who gives her to Prince Sudhana. The prince falls in love with Manohara, and they get married. Later, when the prince is away in battle, Manohara is accused of bringing bad luck to the city and threatened with death. She flies away, back to the Kinnara Kingdom. She leaves behind a ring and the directions to reach the Kinnara Kingdom, so that Prince Sudhana can follow her. Prince Sudhana returns to the city and follows her. After an extensive and adventurous journey with many tests assessing strength, perseverance, and wit, he finds Manohara. They then live happily ever after. | 0 |
Christine Taylor | Christine Taylor 2017-01-14T09:44:52Z Christine Joan Taylor-Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Melody Hanson on Hey Dude, Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie, Holly Sullivan in The Wedding Singer, Katherine Veatch in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Matilda Jeffries in Zoolander and Zoolander 2. Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III, who owns a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania. Taylor has a brother, Brian, and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School. Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon children's television series Hey Dude where she played the lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and later in A Very Brady Sequel. Following The Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor made several comedic guest appearances on Ellen, landing the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances on Seinfeld and Friends. She played the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the 1996 horror film The Craft, and also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer. In 2001, she starred alongside her husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander. Later, she made television appearances as a guest star, in 2005, in two episodes of Arrested Development as "Sally Sitwell" and, in 2006, in an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl. In July 2006, Taylor's husband Ben Stiller announced plans to direct a CBS sitcom starring Taylor, but the series never aired. She has appeared with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License to Wed. In 2010, Taylor guest starred on Hannah Montana Forever. In 2010, she also starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie Farewell Mr. Kringle. In 2013, Taylor reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revived Arrested Development. Taylor married Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They met while making the TV show Heat Vision and Jack. Stiller and Taylor appeared onscreen together in Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander 2, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Arrested Development. They reside in Westchester County, New York and have a daughter, Ella Olivia, and a son, Quinlin Dempsey. Both have adopted a vegan diet for health reasons. , Christine Taylor 2018-12-31T20:03:08Z Christine Joan Taylor-Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playing Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, as well as roles in The Wedding Singer, Zoolander, and DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III, who owns a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania, she has one brother. Taylor was raised Roman Catholic and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School. Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon children's television series Hey Dude where she played the lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and later in A Very Brady Sequel. Following The Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor made several comedic guest appearances on the TV series Ellen, landing the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances on Seinfeld and Friends. She played the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the 1996 horror film The Craft, and also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer. In 2001, she starred alongside her then husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander. Later, she made television appearances as a guest star, in 2005, in two episodes of Arrested Development as "Sally Sitwell" and, in 2006, in an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl. In July 2006, Taylor's husband Ben Stiller announced plans to direct a CBS sitcom starring Taylor, but the series never aired. She has appeared with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License to Wed. In 2010, Taylor guest starred in Hannah Montana Forever. In 2010, she also starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie Farewell Mr. Kringle. In 2013, Taylor reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revived Arrested Development. Taylor guest starred on Elementary in 2017, playing villainess Gail Lundquist. Taylor married actor Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They met while making the TV show Heat Vision and Jack. Stiller and Taylor appeared together in Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander 2, and the TV series Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm. They live in Westchester County, New York and have a daughter and a son. Both have adopted a vegan diet for health reasons. After 17 years of marriage, Stiller and Taylor separated in 2017. | 1 |
Nampa_Municipal_Airport | Nampa_Municipal_Airport 2007-11-03T18:07:30Z Nampa Municipal Airport is a small one runway airport in Nampa, Idaho. It is currently used for private, emergency, military, and industrial reasons. It is also home to the Warhawk Air Museum. The airport is undergoing construction. The National Guard Base is located inside the airport's grounds. Nampa Municipal Airport is a member of Rocky Mountain Air and the Snake River Flight Training Club. Nampa is also home to Idaho's largest main railroad station and track links. Services are for pilots only. Some services include cheap aircraft stowing, pilot service (such as a lounge, internet access, and rentals), and transportation. The airport also offers full service during business hours. This article is a stub on an Idaho airport. , Nampa_Municipal_Airport 2008-07-30T20:49:44Z 43°34′53″N 116°31′23″W / 43. 58139°N 116. 52306°W / 43. 58139; -116. 52306 Nampa Municipal Airport (FAA LID: S67) is a city-owned public-use airport located in the city of Nampa in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. It is currently used for private, emergency, military, and industrial reasons. It is also home to the Warhawk Air Museum. The airport is undergoing construction. The National Guard Base is located inside the airport's grounds. Nampa Municipal Airport is a member of Rocky Mountain Air and the Snake River Flight Training Club. Mission Aviation Fellowship is also headquartered at the Nampa Airport. Nampa Municipal Airport covers an area of 126 acres (51 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (11/29) measuring 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2007, the airport had 105,600 aircraft operations, an average of 289 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. There are 315 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 3% glider, 3% ultralight and 2% helicopter. Services are for pilots only. Some services include cheap aircraft stowing, pilot service (such as a lounge, internet access, and rentals), and transportation. The airport also offers full service during business hours. This article about an airport in Idaho is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
AF Corse | AF Corse 2010-01-18T17:33:37Z AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 2002 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA GT Championship, where they are currently the four-time defending champions of the series' GT2 class. The team has also entered cars under the Advanced Engineering name. In 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to the family of Enzo Ferrari and his Ferrari car company) retired from driving and chose to concentrate on team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' demise in 1999, Ferrari launched a new team known as AF Corse, named for his initials. The team turned to sports car racing, and within a year was contracted by Maserati. AF Corse was tasked with the development, maintenance, and transport of the Trofeo Cup, a one-make series based on the Maserati Coupé. The company would continue in this position until 2005. During 2004, Maserati approached AF Corse about running their latest development in sports car racing: the new Maserati MC12 for the international FIA GT Championship. The team aided Maserati in testing and developing the car before running the two new racers in their home event at Imola. Drivers Fabrizio de Simone, Andrea Bertolini, Mika Salo, and Johnny Herbert were all be assigned to the team, eventually earning AF Corse two victories before the season ended. Once the development of the MC12 was satisfied, the company returned to running the Trofeo Cup, as well as running a Maserati Light in the 2005 Italian GT Championship. AF Corse returned to the FIA GT Championship in 2006. This time however they would be running the latest Ferrari offering, the Ferrari F430, as well as competing in the series' lower category, the GT2 class. Salo was retained in the driving line-up, while newcomers Rui Águas, Jaime Melo, and Matteo Bobbi completed the standard line-up. Victory was earned in the teams debut at Silverstone, and another two were earned over the season, including at the Spa 24 Hours. AF Corse won the class championship, beating fellow Ferrari competitor Scuderia Ecosse. The company retained their connection to Maserati however, entering a trio of cars in the new FIA GT3 European Championship. As defending champions, AF Corse remained in the FIA GT Championship in 2007, although much on the team changed. While the Ferrari F430s remained, all new drivers were introduced to the team. Dirk Müller, Toni Vilander, Gianmaria Bruni, and Stephane Ortelli took over driving duties for the season, while Motorola announced their full sponsorship of the squad. The two cars dominated the 2007 season, winning nine of the ten events on the schedule and wrapping up another championship. For 2008, AF Corse expands to a three car team in the GT2 class. Vilander and Bruni are retained in the lead car, while Biagi returns to the squad to be joined by Christian Montanari in the second entry. The third car will be run under the Advanced Engineering name, with Argentinians Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc. , AF Corse 2011-12-19T18:14:28Z AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 2002 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the Le Mans Series and International GT Open, and are currently four-time champions of the GT2 class of the former FIA GT Championship. The team has also entered cars under the Advanced Engineering and PeCom Racing (Argentina team) name. In 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to the family of Enzo Ferrari and his Ferrari car company) retired from driving and chose to concentrate on team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' demise in 1999, Ferrari launched a new team known as AF Corse, named for his initials. The team turned to sports car racing, and within a year was contracted by Maserati. AF Corse was tasked with the development, maintenance, and transport of the Trofeo Cup, a one-make series based on the Maserati Coupé. The company would continue in this position until 2005. During 2004, Maserati approached AF Corse about running their latest development in sports car racing: the new Maserati MC12 for the international FIA GT Championship. The team aided Maserati in testing and developing the car before running the two new racers in their home event at Imola. Drivers Fabrizio de Simone, Andrea Bertolini, Mika Salo, and Johnny Herbert were all be assigned to the team, eventually earning AF Corse two victories before the season ended. Once the development of the MC12 was satisfied, the company returned to running the Trofeo Cup, as well as running a Maserati Light in the 2005 Italian GT Championship. AF Corse returned to the FIA GT Championship in 2006. This time however they would be running the latest Ferrari offering, the Ferrari F430, as well as competing in the series' lower category, the GT2 class. Salo was retained in the driving line-up, while newcomers Rui Águas, Jaime Melo, and Matteo Bobbi completed the standard line-up. Victory was earned in the teams debut at Silverstone, and another two were earned over the season, including at the Spa 24 Hours. AF Corse won the class championship, beating fellow Ferrari competitor Scuderia Ecosse. The company retained their connection to Maserati however, entering a trio of cars in the new FIA GT3 European Championship. As defending champions, AF Corse remained in the FIA GT Championship in 2007, although much on the team changed. While the Ferrari F430s remained, all new drivers were introduced to the team. Dirk Müller, Toni Vilander, Gianmaria Bruni, and Stephane Ortelli took over driving duties for the season, while Motorola announced their full sponsorship of the squad. The two cars dominated the 2007 season, winning nine of the ten events on the schedule and wrapping up another championship. For 2008, AF Corse expands to a three car team in the GT2 class. Vilander and Bruni are retained in the lead car, while Biagi returns to the squad to be joined by Christian Montanari in the second entry. The third car will be run under the Advanced Engineering name, with Argentinians Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc. In 2010, the FIA GT Championship was dissolved and two new championships were born from it. The GT1 class of the former series became the FIA GT1 World Championship while the GT2 class formed the FIA GT2 European Championship. The GT2 series was suspended due to lack of entries. As a result, the AF Corse team joined the Le Mans Series. For the 2010 season, the team will field three Ferrari F430 GT2s for the series' GT2 class. Drivers Matías Russo and Luís Pérez Companc will campaign the #94 Ferrari with Toni Vilander and former Grand Prix drivers Jean Alesi & Giancarlo Fisichella in the #95. ALMS regulars, with the Risi Competizione team, Jaime Melo and Gianmaria Bruni will drive the Ferrari #96. The team also joined the International GT Open for the 2010 season in the Super GT class, which is largely reminiscent of the GT2 rules in the Le Mans Series. The team fields two Ferrari GT2 cars for drivers Jack Gerber & Rui Águas in the #6 car and Pierre Kaffer and Álvaro Barba in the #8 Ferrari. AF Corse will also field a third Ferrari (#7) for the AT Racing team with drivers Alexander Talkanitsa and his son Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. | 1 |
Cel Spellman | Cel Spellman 2014-02-05T23:20:31Z Ceallach Spellman (/ˈkɛlək/ KEL-akh; born 31 August 1995) is an English actor, known for playing Malky McConnell in the BBC Two mockumentary The Cup, and Harry Fisher in the BBC One drama Waterloo Road from 2010 to 2011. In May 2011, Spellman started presenting Friday Download on CBBC alongside Georgia Lock, Richard Wisker, Dani Harmer, Tyger Drew-Honey, Aidan Davis and Dionne Bromfield. , Cel Spellman 2015-11-30T21:41:41Z Ceallach "Cel" Spellman (/ˈkɛlək/ KEL-akh; born 31 August 1995) is an English actor, known for playing Malky McConnell in the BBC Two mockumentary The Cup, and Harry Fisher in the BBC One drama Waterloo Road from 2010 to 2011. In May 2011, Spellman started presenting Friday Download on CBBC alongside Georgia Lock, Richard Wisker, Dani Harmer, Tyger Drew-Honey, Aidan Davis and Dionne Bromfield. From July 19, 2015, he started presenting his own show on Sunday afternoons on BBC Radio 1. | 1 |
Sara Cox | Sara Cox 2014-01-17T18:36:32Z Sarah Joanne Cyzer née Cox (born 13 December 1974) more commonly known by her radio name "Sara Cox", is a British broadcaster, best known for presenting the The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 between 2000 and 2003, but more recently as maternity cover for Fearne Cotton every weekday from 10am-12.45pm in 2013. Cox was born Sarah Joanne Cox in Bolton, Greater Manchester, but later dropped the use of the letter 'h' from her first name. She is the youngest of five. She attended Smithills High School until the age of 16, and left Canon Slade School after her A-levels to pursue a career in modelling. Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show on Channel 4. She later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show Exclusive and Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy. In 1997 Cox presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting MTV Hot, a late night music show. In 1998 Cox won her first film role in "The Bitterest Pill". In September 1998 she became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her friend Zoë Ball (for whom Cox was a bridesmaid at Ball's wedding to DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, in 1999). During her time on The Big Breakfast she interviewed stars such as Robbie Williams, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. Cox preferred to do interviews in her dad's caravan which was situated in The Big Breakfast garden. A transfer to radio came in September 1999 when she joined BBC Radio 1. She co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime show with Emma B from 1pm-3pm and she launched the hugely popular Sunday Surgery with Dr. Mark Hamilton, a health and welfare show where listeners called in about their problems, with Sara acting as "Nurse Coxy". The show still proves popular today, and is currently hosted by Aled Haydn Jones. In December 1999 it was announced that Cox would again step into Zoë Ball's shoes as presenter of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, as Ball had decided to leave the organisation to bring up a family. Cox's breakfast show stint began on 31 March 2000, three days early so she could calm her nerves. Initially her listening figures were very good, growing from 6.9 million to 7.8 million listeners during her first fifteen months in the job – earning Radio 1 its largest breakfast audience ever – higher than that of her predecessor and Chris Evans. By August 2002, however, numbers had dipped back under 7 million. In August 2000 Cox controversially said live on air that the Queen Mother "smelt of wee". In January 2003 she denied rumours that she was preparing to leave the BBC for a rival show, and signed a three-year contract with the public service broadcaster, tying her to the breakfast show until April 2004 and with the BBC for two years after that. In August 2003, the BBC again denied rumours, reported in the Daily Mail, that she had been given 10 weeks to increase ratings, or to face replacement. However just two months later the BBC announced that Cox, whose listening figures had slipped to 6.6m, would be replaced by Chris Moyles in January 2004. She hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003. Her final track was "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with Chris Moyles. She hosted the Drivetime show for 6 months with features such as; 'For Your Ears Only', 'Me, Myself and I' and 'Chap's Eye Pub Quiz' (referring to her then sidekick Mark Chapman). She began maternity leave to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne, in June 2004. Before she returned to Radio 1 in early 2005, Scott Mills, the presenter who took over her slot during her maternity leave, was given the drivetime slot permanently. From February 2005 she took over the afternoon show (1pm-4pm) on Saturdays and Sundays. On 17 February 2008 she presented her last show for six months before leaving for maternity leave to have her second child. Annie Mac presented the show during Cox's absence. Cox later covered for Jo Whiley who was on maternity leave between October 2008 and February 2009. Following Whiley's return, Cox returned to weekends to present a Sunday mid-morning show, broadcasting between 10am and 1pm. In March 2010 Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter, Matt Edmondson. She returned to the airwaves on 9 August 2010 to cover for Fearne Cotton for three weeks. Cox made a self-confessed unexpected return to the breakfast show on 2 September 2010, as she sat in for the poorly Chris Moyles. In June 2011 Cox began hosting the fourth series of the comedy programme Hot Gossip on BBC Radio 2, covering for Claudia Winkleman, who chose not to present the series as she was heavily pregnant at the time. During the first week of March 2012, she covered for Alex Lester on BBC Radio 2. She has also covered for Janice Long on the same station. In August 2012, it was announced that Cox would cover Fearne Cotton's show on BBC Radio 1 weekdays from 10:00 – 12:45 whilst Cotton is on maternity leave. In the last week of September 2012, Cox covered for Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio 2 in the 5:00 to 6:30 slot; during this week she was immediately followed by Zoë Ball, who was filling in for Chris Evans on the breakfast show. Cox presented Radio 1's mid-morning programme while Fearne Cotton went on maternity leave. She was replaced by Matt Edmondson on Sunday mornings. Cox joined BBC Radio 2 for her first regular show each Saturday night from 10pm to midnight, presenting an 80's Show to compliment the weekend 60's and 70's decade shows. The show began on Saturday 5 October 2013. She married DJ Jon Carter on 6 October 2001; they split in December 2005. She gave birth to a girl, Lola Anne Carter, on 13 June 2004 at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in St John's Wood, north London. On 16 September 2007 Cox announced on her BBC Radio 1 weekend show that she was expecting her second child. Cox's last weekend show was on Sunday 17 February 2008 before she left for 6 months maternity leave. Her second child, a baby boy named Isaac, was born on 10 March 2008 weighing 7 lb 12oz, at a London hospital. She returned to Radio 1 in September 2008. Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on Sunday 7 March 2010. Less than a week later, on 12 March, she announced that she had given birth to a baby girl, named Renee, at 8:30 am GMT. In November 2007, when a guest on humorous news quiz Have I Got News for You, Cox revealed that she had been born with a dislocated hip. Sara Cox is also committed to protecting the environment. In 2009 she joined the 10:10 project in a bid to help her reduce her carbon footprint. She explained that, as she was brought up on a farm, she has no problem wearing extra layers instead of turning up the thermostat. Giving up meat is a different story however, "My dad is a beef farmer so he wouldn't be best pleased. I tried going veggie once, but it lasted about four hours." On 23 June 2013, Cox tweeted a picture to announce she had just been married to long-term boyfriend, Ben Cyzer. In June 2003 Cox and her husband received £50,000 in an out of court settlement from the British newspaper The People after it printed photographs of her sunbathing in the nude on her honeymoon in 2001. Cox, who was photographed with a telephoto lens whilst on a private island, initially complained to the Press Complaints Commission, who found in her favour. The People printed an apology. Cox was unsatisfied, and sued the newspaper in the High Court for a breach of her right to privacy under the Human Rights Act. The People agreed to an out of court settlement with Cox and her husband before any judgement was made. Cox received £30,000 and her husband £20,000, The People also agreed to pay the couple's legal costs, reported to be in excess of £100,000. Cox was not the first person to sue after involving the PCC but the case was considered significant at the time because of the high profile of the case and size of the settlement. Cox will be one of 52 celebrities contributing to a children's story entitled 'Once Upon a Time' to promote a new charity directory inquiries number 118 520. The book will be auctioned with the profits going to the NSPCC. Sara is also a named supporter of the animal charity PDSA, and has promoted the charity by being photographed with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late Lord Lichfield. Cox and other celebrities entered the women's race (The Magnolia Cup) fundraising for the charity Great Ormond Street at Glorious Goodwood on 28 July 2011 she came ninth. Cox has also been an ambassador for Centrepoint – the UK's charity for homeless young people – since 2000, making her its longest serving celebrity supporter. She takes part in the charity's flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out, every year, sleeping outside in a London location with around 800 other fundraisers. She also gives her time to Centrepoint for other events, messages of support and fundraising promotions. In 2006 Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. In November of that year she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting. In July 2007 she became the presenter of The Album Chart Show on Channel 4, and appeared as a guest star on Sky 1's Angela and Friends in November 2009. and as Guest Presenter in January 2010. Also in 2010 she appeared as a team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound and Joe Swash on Watch. Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio DJ Scott Mills from the 2011 Contest through till the 2012 Contest. Cox was replaced by Ana Matronic starting from the 2013 Contest. , Sara Cox 2015-12-18T18:27:10Z Sarah Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974), more commonly known by her radio name Sara Cox is an English broadcaster, best known for presenting The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 between 2000 and 2003, but more recently as maternity cover for Fearne Cotton every weekday 10 am-12.45 pm from January to September 2013. She currently hosts Sounds of the 80s on BBC Radio 2. Cox was born Sarah Joanne Cox in Bolton, Greater Manchester, but later dropped the use of the letter 'h' from her first name. She is the youngest of five. Cox attended Smithills High School until the age of 16, and left Canon Slade School after her A-levels to pursue a career in modelling. She appeared in the music video for OMD's 1993 single "Everyday" and on a controversial promotional poster for the 1995 video game Wipeout. Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting the early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show on Channel 4. She later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show Exclusive and Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy. In 1997 Cox presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting MTV Hot, a late night music show. In 1998 Cox won her first film role in "The Bitterest Pill". In September 1998, Cox became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her friend Zoë Ball. During her time on The Big Breakfast, she interviewed stars such as Robbie Williams, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. Cox preferred to do interviews in her dad's caravan which was situated in The Big Breakfast garden. A transfer to radio came in September 1999 when she joined BBC Radio 1. Cox co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime show with Emma Boughton from 1 pm-3 pm and she launched the hugely popular Sunday Surgery with Dr. Mark Hamilton, a health and welfare show where listeners called in about their problems, with Sara acting as "Nurse Coxy". The show still proves popular today hosted by Aled Haydn Jones. In December 1999, it was announced that Cox would again step into Zoë Ball's shoes as presenter of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, as Ball had decided to leave the organisation to bring up a family. Cox's breakfast show stint began on 31 March 2000, three days early so she could calm her nerves. Initially, her listening figures were very good, growing from 6.9 million to 7.8 million listeners during her first fifteen months in the job – earning Radio 1 its largest breakfast audience ever – higher than that of her predecessor and Chris Evans. By August 2002, however, numbers had dipped back under 7 million. In August 2000, Cox controversially said live on air that the Queen Mother "smelt of wee". In January 2003,Cox denied rumours that she was preparing to leave the BBC for a rival show and signed a three-year contract with the public service broadcaster, tying her to the breakfast show until April 2004 and with the BBC for two years after that. In August 2003, the BBC again denied rumours, reported in the Daily Mail, that she had been given 10 weeks to increase ratings, or to face replacement. However, just two months later, the BBC announced that Cox, whose listening figures had slipped to 6.6m, would be replaced by Chris Moyles in January 2004. Cox hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003. Her final track was "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with Chris Moyles. She hosted the Drivetime show for 6 months with features such as; 'For Your Ears Only', 'Me, Myself and I' and 'Chap's Eye Pub Quiz' (referring to her then sidekick Mark Chapman). In June 2004, Cox began her maternity leave to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne. Before she returned to Radio 1 in early 2005, Scott Mills, the presenter who took over her slot during her maternity leave, was given the drivetime slot permanently. From February 2005, Cox took over the afternoon show (1 pm-4 pm) on Saturdays and Sundays. On 17 February 2008, Cox presented her last show for six months before leaving for maternity leave to have her second child. Annie Mac presented the show during her absence. Cox later covered for Jo Whiley who was on maternity leave between October 2008 and February 2009. Following Whiley's return, Cox returned to weekends to present a Sunday mid-morning show, broadcasting between 10 am and 1 pm. In March 2010 Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter, Matt Edmondson. She returned to the airwaves on 9 August 2010 to cover for Fearne Cotton for three weeks. Cox made a self-confessed unexpected return to the breakfast show on 2 September 2010, as she sat in for the poorly Chris Moyles. In August 2012, it was announced that Cox would cover Fearne Cotton's show on BBC Radio 1 weekdays from 10:00 – 12:45 whilst Cotton is on maternity leave. Cox presented Radio 1's mid-morning programme while Fearne Cotton went on maternity leave. She was replaced by Matt Edmondson on Sunday mornings. After Cotton's return, Cox did various cover shows; her final show for Radio 1 was on Monday 17 February 2014. In June 2011, Cox began hosting the fourth series of the comedy programme Hot Gossip on BBC Radio 2, covering for Claudia Winkleman, who chose not to present the series as she was heavily pregnant at the time. During the first week of March 2012, Cox covered for Alex Lester on BBC Radio 2. She has also covered for Janice Long on the same station. In the last week of September 2012, Cox covered for Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio 2 in the 5:00 to 6:30 slot; during this week, she was immediately followed by Zoë Ball, who was filling in for Chris Evans on the breakfast show. Cox joined BBC Radio 2 for her first regular show each Saturday night from 10 pm to midnight, presenting an 80s show to complement the weekend 60s and 70s decade shows a The show began on Saturday 5 October 2013. Sara has presented shows for Steve Wright, Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo when they have been away from the station Starting 7 July 2014, Cox presented The Chris Evans Breakfast Show while Evans was off for a week. She also presented The Chris Evans Breakfast Show again, while the original members were on holiday for a week from 29 September 2014. Sara has now been made the main and first choice cover presenter for the breakfast show. In July 2007, Cox presented The Album Chart Show on Channel 4, and appeared as a guest star on the Sky1 show Angela and Friends in November 2009. and as Guest Presenter in January 2010. Also in 2010, she appeared as a team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound and Joe Swash on the Watch channel. Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio DJ Scott Mills from the 2011 Contest through till the 2012 Contest. Cox was replaced by Ana Matronic starting from the 2013 Contest. On 21 October 2014, Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. In 2015, she appeared as a panellist on an episode of Through the Keyhole on ITV. In April 2015, it was announced that Cox would present The Great Pottery Throw Down for BBC Two. The series began in November 2015. Cox married DJ Jon Carter on 6 October 2001; they split in December 2005. She gave birth to a girl, Lola Anne Carter, on 13 June 2004 at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth in St John's Wood, north London. On 16 September 2007, Cox announced on her BBC Radio 1 weekend show that she was expecting her second child. Cox's last weekend show was on Sunday 17 February 2008 before she left for 6 months maternity leave. Her second child, a baby boy named Isaac, was born on 10 March 2008 weighing 7 lb 12oz, at a London hospital. She returned to Radio 1 in September 2008. Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on Sunday 7 March 2010. Less than a week later, on 12 March, she announced that she had given birth to a baby girl, named Renee, at 8:30 am GMT. In November 2007, when a guest on humorous news quiz Have I Got News for You, Cox revealed that she had been born with a dislocated hip. Cox is also committed to protecting the environment. In 2009, she joined the 10:10 project in a bid to help her reduce her carbon footprint. She explained that, as she was brought up on a farm, she has no problem wearing extra layers instead of turning up the thermostat. Giving up meat is a different story however, "My dad is a beef farmer so he wouldn't be best pleased. I tried going veggie once, but it lasted about four hours." On 23 June 2013, Cox tweeted a picture to announce she had just been married to long-term boyfriend, Ben Cyzer. In August 2014, Cox was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. In June 2003, Cox and her husband received £50,000 in an out-of-court settlement from the British newspaper The People after it printed photographs of her sunbathing in the nude on her honeymoon in 2001. Cox, who was photographed with a telephoto lens while on a private island, initially complained to the Press Complaints Commission, who found in her favour. The People printed an apology. Cox was unsatisfied, and sued the newspaper in the High Court for a breach of her right to privacy under the Human Rights Act. The People agreed to an out of court settlement with Cox and her husband before any judgement was made. Cox received £30,000 and her husband £20,000, The People also agreed to pay the couple's legal costs, reported to be in excess of £100,000. Cox was not the first person to sue after involving the PCC but the case was considered significant at the time because of the high profile of the case and size of the settlement. Cox was one of 52 celebrities contributing to a children's story entitled 'Once Upon a Time' to promote a new charity directory inquiries number 118 520. The book will be auctioned with the profits going to the NSPCC. Cox is also a named supporter of the animal charity PDSA, and has promoted the charity by being photographed with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late Lord Lichfield. Cox and other celebrities entered the women's race (The Magnolia Cup) fundraising for the charity Great Ormond Street at Glorious Goodwood on 28 July 2011. She came ninth. Cox has also been an ambassador for Centrepoint – the UK's charity for homeless young people – since 2000, making her its longest serving celebrity supporter. She takes part in the charity's flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out, every year, sleeping outside in a London location with around 800 other fundraisers. She also gives her time to Centrepoint for other events, messages of support and fundraising promotions. In 2006, Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. In November 2006, Cox was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting. | 1 |
Clairfield,_Tennessee | Clairfield,_Tennessee 2008-02-22T03:44:46Z Clairfield is small, unincorporated rural community in Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern Tennessee. It is the site of a post office, assigned ZIP code 37715. Clairfield is located at 36° 34′ 00″ N, 83° 55′ 71″ W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 79. 3 mi2 with an elevation of 1107 feet. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,002 people in the Zip Code Tabulation Area corresponding to Clairfield's ZIP code, with a population density of 14 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the community was 98. 8% white non-Hispanic. The 555 males slightly outnumbered the 553 females. The median resident age was 35. 1 years. The average household size in 2000 was 2. 6 people. The percentage of family households was 77. 4%. 39. 7% of residents reported 1999 income below the poverty line. The estimated median household income in 1999 was $16,477 as compared to $38,874 with that of the state. The estimated median price of a house or condominium was $23,400., Clairfield,_Tennessee 2008-09-28T22:18:53Z Clairfield is a small unincorporated rural community in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States, located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in northeastern Tennessee. It is the site of a post office, assigned ZIP code 37715. Clairfield is located at 36°34′00″N 83°55′71″W / 36. 56667°N 83. 93639°W / 36. 56667; -83. 93639 Coordinates: longitude seconds >= 60{{#coordinates:}}: invalid longitude. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 79. 3 mi2 with an elevation of 1107 feet. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,002 people in the Zip Code Tabulation Area corresponding to Clairfield's ZIP code, with a population density of 14 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the community was 98. 8% white non-Hispanic. The 555 males slightly outnumbered the 553 females. The median resident age was 35. 1 years. The average household size in 2000 was 2. 6 people. The percentage of family households was 77. 4%. 39. 7% of residents reported 1999 income below the poverty line. The estimated median household income in 1999 was $16,477 as compared to $38,874 with that of the state. The estimated median price of a house or condominium was $23,400. | 0 |
Will Grigg | Will Grigg 2014-01-11T17:08:52Z William Donald Grigg (born 3 July 1991) is a footballer who plays as a striker for Brentford and Northern Ireland. Grigg was educated at Solihull School and is an Aston Villa supporter. He was signed by Birmingham City at the age of seven and progressed through the club's youth teams. Grigg suffered a broken leg at age 15. After his release by Birmingham in 2007, Grigg became a student at Solihull College and turned out for Solihull Moors' youth team. In September 2007, Grigg signed non-contract terms with Midland Alliance side Stratford Town and made his first team debut in a 0-0 FA Cup qualifying draw versus Hednesford Town on 15 September. He started the replay and was substituted after 58 minutes for Steven Ruck. Grigg scored in a league game versus Biddulph Victoria on September 29 and again versus Racing Club Warwick on October 7. Having courted interest from West Bromwich Albion, Grigg signed a scholarship at League One side Walsall in the summer of 2008. He made his league debut as an 89th minute substitute for Dwayne Mattis in a 0-0 draw with Cheltenham Town on 20 December 2008. Grigg was an unused substitute for a 2-1 defeat away to Tranmere Rovers on 28 December 2008 and made no further appearances in the first team squad during the 08/09 season. Grigg made no appearances during the 09/10 season, but was an unused substitute on 20 occasions. Grigg featured regularly as a second half substitute during the 10/11 season and made his first start for Walsall in a 1-0 FA Cup second round defeat at Torquay United on 27 November 2010. He made his first league start in a 1–0 away win against Charlton Athletic on 12 December 2010. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–2 league draw against Bristol Rovers on 11 January 2011. Grigg finished the 10/11 season having made 30 appearances and scored four goals. Grigg made 32 appearances and scored four goals during the 11/12 season. Grigg became a regular starter during the 12/13 season and scored seven goals before the New Year, including a brace in a 4-2 away victory over MK Dons on Boxing Day. Grigg started 2013 in style with a goal, an assist and his first professional Man of the Match award in Walsall's televised league game against Portsmouth on 4 January. His impressive form continued as he scored his first hat-trick in a 3–0 victory at Carlisle United, bringing his season tally up to 14 goals. He finished the 12/13 season with a run of 10 goals in 11 games, as Walsall mounted an unsuccessful challenge to qualify for the League One playoffs. Grigg's form led to interest from Championship side Derby County and Premier League sides Aston Villa, Southampton and Norwich City. Grigg won the Walsall Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards for the 12/13 season, having made 46 appearances and finished the season as the club's top scorer with 20 goals. Grigg's contract expired at the end of the season and he left the club after turning down a new four-year deal. He finished his Walsall career having made 109 appearances and scored 28 goals. On 1 July 2013, Grigg signed for fellow League One side Brentford on a three year deal. As Grigg was under 24 at the time of the transfer, the deal went to a Football League tribunal and Brentford were ordered to pay an initial £325000, plus add-ons. Grigg made his debut for the club in the first game of the season, a 1-1 away draw at Port Vale on 3 August 2013. On his next appearance, he scored his first Brentford goals, a brace in a 3-1 home victory over Sheffield United on 10 August. Injury, international call ups and being played out of position by manager Uwe Rösler led to Grigg enduring a stuttering start to his Brentford career and he admitted suffering a dip in confidence. He went 13 games without a goal, until he notched the winner in a 1-0 league victory over Notts County on 30 November. Grigg scored his fourth Brentford goal against Port Vale on 11 January 2014, netting late in the second half after coming on for Sam Saunders. He has represented Northern Ireland at U19s, U21s and senior level. He scored on his U21 debut after coming on as a substitute against San Marino in a UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifier, and earned his first senior cap in a 6–0 defeat to the Netherlands in a friendly on 2 June 2012., Will Grigg 2015-12-29T14:53:58Z William Donald Grigg (born 3 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Wigan Athletic. He represents Northern Ireland at international level. Grigg began his professional career at Walsall and came to prominence during the 2012–13 season, winning the club's Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards. Grigg was educated at Solihull School and was signed by Birmingham City at the age of seven. He progressed through the club's youth teams, but suffered a broken leg at age 15. After his release by Birmingham in 2007, Grigg became a student at Solihull College and turned out for Solihull Moors' youth team. In September 2007, Grigg signed non-contract terms with Midland Alliance side Stratford Town and made his first team debut in a 0–0 FA Cup qualifying draw versus Hednesford Town on 15 September. He started the replay and was substituted after 58 minutes for Steven Ruck. Grigg scored in a league game versus Biddulph Victoria on 29 September and again versus Racing Club Warwick on 7 October. Having courted interest from West Bromwich Albion, Grigg signed a scholarship at League One side Walsall in the summer of 2008. Assigned the number 24 shirt, he made his league debut as an 89th-minute substitute for Dwayne Mattis in a 0–0 draw with Cheltenham Town on 20 December 2008. Grigg was an unused substitute for a 2–1 defeat away to Tranmere Rovers on 28 December 2008 and made no further appearances in the first team squad during the 2008–09 season. Grigg made no appearances during the 2009–10 season, but was an unused substitute on 20 occasions. Grigg featured regularly as a second-half substitute during the 2010–11 season and made his first start for Walsall in a 1–0 FA Cup second round defeat at Torquay United on 27 November 2010. He made his first league start in a 1–0 away win against Charlton Athletic on 12 December 2010. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–2 league draw against Bristol Rovers on 11 January 2011. Grigg finished the 2010–11 season having made 30 appearances and scored four goals. Grigg made 32 appearances and scored four goals during the 2011–12 season. Grigg became a regular starter during the 2012–13 season and scored seven goals before the New Year, including a brace in a 4–2 away victory over Milton Keynes Dons on Boxing Day. Grigg started 2013 in style with a goal, an assist and his first professional Man of the Match award in Walsall's televised league game against Portsmouth on 4 January. His impressive form continued as he scored his first hat-trick in a 3–0 victory at Carlisle United on 26 February, bringing his season tally up to 14 goals. He finished the 2012–13 season with a run of 10 goals in 11 games, as Walsall mounted an unsuccessful challenge to qualify for the League One playoffs. Grigg's form led to interest from Championship side Derby County and Premier League sides Aston Villa, Southampton and Norwich City. Grigg won the Walsall Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season awards for the 2012–13 season, having made 46 appearances and finished as the club's top scorer with 20 goals. Grigg's contract expired at the end of the season and he left the club after turning down a new four-year deal. He finished his Walsall career having made 109 appearances and scored 28 goals. On 1 July 2013, Grigg signed for fellow League One side Brentford on a three-year deal. As Grigg was under 24 at the time of the transfer, the deal went to a Football League tribunal and Brentford were ordered to pay an initial £325,000, plus add-ons. By July 2014, the fee had risen to £405,000. Grigg made his debut for the club in the first game of the 2013–14 season, a 1–1 away draw at Port Vale on 3 August 2013. On his next appearance, he scored his first Brentford goals, a brace in a 3–1 home victory over Sheffield United on 10 August. Injury, international call ups and being played out of position by manager Uwe Rösler led to Grigg enduring a stuttering start to his Brentford career and he admitted suffering a dip in confidence. He went 10 games without a goal, until he was retrospectively credited with Brentford's second in a 3–2 win over Peterborough United on 26 November. In the following game, he scored the winner in a 1–0 league victory over Notts County. Grigg scored his fifth Brentford goal against Port Vale on 11 January 2014, scoring late in the second half after coming on for Sam Saunders. In March and still behind Clayton Donaldson and Marcello Trotta in the pecking order, Grigg told the Hounslow Chronicle "I haven’t become a bad striker overnight. I’ve been training well, I’m confident and keep believing. If I get a run of games, I think I will always score goals". Grigg made regular appearances in the latter stages of a successful season in which Brentford secured automatic promotion to the Championship, but he was unable to find the net and finished the campaign with 36 appearances and five goals. Grigg departed Griffin Park on loan in for the duration of the 2014–15 season and left the club on 14 July 2015. On 18 July 2014, it was announced that Grigg had joined League One side Milton Keynes Dons from Brentford on a season long loan. Manager Karl Robinson stated that Grigg is "a goalscorer at this level and he’s a Northern Ireland international too. He’s got the pedigree to come in and do well". Grigg scored on his debut for the club, levelling the score at 2–2 in an eventual 4–2 win over Gillingham on the opening day of the 2014–15 season. After three further appearances without scoring, Grigg put on a man of the match performance in a League Cup second round match versus Manchester United on 26 August, scoring a brace in a shock 4–0 victory. The match kick-started Grigg's season and he went on to score three goals in his next six games, to take his tally to five goals in seven games. Grigg hit his next patch of regular goalscoring form in mid-March 2015, scoring 9 goals in eight games to help consolidate the Dons' third place in the table. His four goals in two games over the Easter Weekend saw him named in the Football League Team of the Week. On 28 April, Grigg was presented with the Dons' Goal of the Season and Top Goalscorer awards. He finished the season with a goal in a 5–1 rout of Yeovil Town, which confirmed a second-place finish for the Dons and automatic promotion to the Championship, ahead of fellow contenders Preston North End. Grigg scored 22 goals in 50 appearances during the 2014–15 season. On 14 July 2015, Grigg signed for newly relegated League One club Wigan Athletic on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be "around £1 million". Grigg scored his first goal from the penalty spot in a 2-1 defeat to Bury in the Capital One Cup first round. He has represented Northern Ireland at U19, U21 and senior level. He scored on his U21 debut after coming on as a substitute against San Marino in a UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifier on 3 September 2010 and earned his first senior cap in a 6–0 defeat to the Netherlands in a friendly on 2 June 2012, playing the full 90 minutes. After a further five friendly and 2014 World Cup qualifying appearances, Grigg failed to win a cap between October 2013 and March 2015, but his good form for Milton Keynes Dons earned him a start in a friendly versus Scotland. He played 58 minutes of the 1–0 defeat, before being substituted by Paddy McCourt. Grigg was born into an Aston Villa-supporting family and supported the club up until the age of 7, when he joined Birmingham City and "started to turn a bit!". Brentford Milton Keynes Dons | 1 |
Colin Kazim-Richards | Colin Kazim-Richards 2015-01-11T15:17:39Z Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a professional footballer who plays for Feyenoord (on loan from Bursaspor) and internationally for Turkey having qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's ethnicity. An anglicised form of the Turkish given name Kâzım was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name as 'Colin-Kazim Richards', but due to an error, he was legally registered as 'Colin Kazim-Richards'. Having played as a junior for Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal he was handed a professional contract by Bury. He also went on to feature in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion before transferring to Premier League side Sheffield United where he remained for one season. He has since forged a career in Europe with Fenerbahçe, Toulouse, Galatasaray and Olympiacos. In 2007 he chose to represent Turkey at international level and has 35 caps, scoring twice. Kazim-Richards attended Greenleaf Primary School in Walthamstow, where he developed an interest in football, which continued into his secondary education at Aveling Park, Walthamstow. His mother is a Turkish Cypriot (which enabled him to join the Turkish national team), and his father is of Antiguan descent. It's difficult because half my family is Muslim, and the other half is Christian. I've always felt Turkish, though. My nene , she can't speak English. Half of my family, their first language is Turkish, and so I went to Turkish school before I played football, although I can't remember any of it now. Kazim-Richards began his professional career at Bury, after joining the club at the age of 15 and progressing through the club's youth team and centre of excellence. He broke into the first team in the 2004–05 season, and his performances caught the attention of larger clubs. At the age of 18, he was signed on a three-year contract by Brighton & Hove Albion for £250,000. The contract was signed after a fan of the club, Aaron Berry, won the sum for the club in a competition run by Coca-Cola which, in turn, led to Kazim-Richards being dubbed the "Coca-Cola Kid". He was often brought on as a second-half substitute, and by the end of the 2005–2006 season, he had scored six league goals for the club, including its 5,000th league goal. He submitted a transfer request after being omitted from the starting line-up of Brighton's opening match as they began their campaign in 2006–2007 against Rotherham. Subsequently, Brighton sold him to Sheffield United for £150,000 on 31 August 2006, the deadline day for the transfer window. Kazim-Richards signed a three-year deal with the Blades after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms. He scored once for Sheffield United, in a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers in November 2006. . On 15 June 2007, Kazim-Richards signed a four-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. He scored his second UEFA Champions League goal for Fenerbahçe in the quarter-final first leg against Chelsea on 2 April 2008. After serving as a rotation player during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, Kazim-Richards broke into Christoph Daum's first choice line-up in the 2009–10 season. Despite success on the pitch during the 2009–10 season, Kazim-Richards had an argument with Fenerbahçe fans after being taken off the pitch in a match against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Against Beşiktaş, Kazim-Richards was red carded for swearing at the referee and banned for four matches. While serving his ban, on the same night that his team mates lost to Kasimpasa, the media reported Kazim-Richards was out on the town. This report was denied by the Fenerbahçe board who released an official statement. The following day, pictures of Kazim-Richards were released and the Fenerbahçe board rescinded their earlier statement, claiming that Kazim-Richards had lied about his whereabouts which had triggered their denial of the report. Kazim-Richards joined French club Toulouse on a six-month loan from January 2010, for whom he scored on his debut in a 3–1 away win against Le Mans UC72. He returned to Fenerbahçe for the following season. On 3 January 2011, Fenerbahçe terminated his contract. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with local rivals Galatasaray in January 2011 scoring against Fenerbahçe during the season. In July 2012 he went on trial with English Premier League side West Ham United, appearing in pre-season friendlies. He played a total of thirty five matches scoring seven goals. On 10 August 2012 it was confirmed by the official Blackburn Rovers website that the striker had joined the club on a one year loan deal with the view to a permanent transfer after spending the majority of pre season on trial with the Lancashire club. He scored two goals on his debut in pre season against Irish team Cork City. On 18 August he scored on his competitive debut in a 1–1 away draw against Ipswich Town. On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act over an alleged homophobic gesture to Brighton fans on 12 February 2013 while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers in a Championship match at his old club Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex Stadium. He was due to appear before magistrates in Brighton on 22 August 2013. The trial was set for 14 and 15 January 2014 at Brighton Magistrates Court. He was found guilty in April 2014. On 4 September 2013, Kazim-Richards joined Bursaspor for €250,000. He signed a four year deal and will earn €1 million per year. Kazım scored his first official goal for Bursaspor in a Turkish Cup meeting against Adana Demirspor. Kazim-Richards scored and was credited with an assist in his debut for the Turkey under-21 team in a victory against Switzerland on 24 March 2007. On 30 April, the Turkish national coach Fatih Terim declared that Kazim-Richards would play for the senior team. Terim called him up for matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brazil. He received his first senior international cap in a 0–0 friendly draw against Brazil on 5 June 2007, a game in which he played 38 minutes. He was a member of Turkey's Euro 2008 squad, playing in all five matches as the side reached the semi-finals. On 10 August 2011, he scored two goals in a friendly match against Estonia at Türk Telekom Arena. Olympiacos Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Turkey, Colin Kazim-Richards 2016-12-30T06:09:07Z Colin Kazim-Richards (born 26 August 1986), also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a professional footballer who plays as a Forward for Coritiba and internationally for the Turkey national team. Born and raised in England, he qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's heritage. An anglicised form of the Turkish given name Kâzım was intended to be a middle name, which would have rendered his full name as Colin-Kazim Richards, but due to an error, he was legally registered as Colin Kazim-Richards. Having played as a junior for Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal, Kazim-Richards was handed a professional contract by Bury. He also went on to feature in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion before transferring to Premier League side Sheffield United where he remained for one season. He has since forged a career in Europe with Fenerbahçe, Toulouse, Galatasaray and Olympiacos. In 2007 he chose to represent Turkey at international level. As of January 2016 he has earned 37 caps, scoring twice. Born in London, Kazim-Richards attended Greenleaf Primary School in Walthamstow, where he developed an interest in football, which continued into his secondary education at Aveling Park, Walthamstow. His mother is a Turkish Cypriot (which enabled him to join the Turkish national team), and his father is of Antiguan descent. In a 2008 interview he said: It's difficult because half my family is Muslim, and the other half is Christian. I've always felt Turkish, though. My nene , she can't speak English. Half of my family, their first language is Turkish, and so I went to Turkish school before I played football, although I can't remember any of it now. Kazim-Richards began his professional career at Bury, after joining the club at the age of 15 and progressing through the club's youth team and centre of excellence. He broke into the first team in the 2004–05 season, and his performances caught the attention of larger clubs. At the age of 18, he was signed on a three-year contract by Brighton & Hove Albion for £250,000. The contract was signed after a fan of the club, Aaron Berry, won the sum for the club in a competition run by Coca-Cola which, in turn, led to Kazim-Richards being dubbed the "Coca-Cola Kid". He was often brought on as a second-half substitute, and by the end of the 2005–2006 season, he had scored six league goals for the club, including its 5,000th league goal. He submitted a transfer request after being omitted from the starting line-up of Brighton's opening match as they began their campaign in 2006–2007 against Rotherham. Subsequently, Brighton sold him to Sheffield United for £150,000 on 31 August 2006, the deadline day for the transfer window. Kazim-Richards signed a three-year deal with the Blades after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms. He scored once for Sheffield United, in a 2–2 draw with Bolton Wanderers in November 2006. On 15 June 2007, Kazim-Richards signed a four-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. He scored his second UEFA Champions League goal for Fenerbahçe in the quarter-final first leg against Chelsea on 2 April 2008. After serving as a rotation player during the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, Kazim-Richards broke into Christoph Daum's first choice line-up in the 2009–10 season. Despite success on the pitch during the 2009–10 season, Kazim-Richards had an argument with Fenerbahçe fans after being taken off the pitch in a match against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. Against Beşiktaş, Kazim-Richards was red carded for swearing at the referee and banned for four matches. While serving his ban, on the same night that his team mates lost to Kasimpasa, the media reported Kazim-Richards was out on the town. This report was denied by the Fenerbahçe board who released an official statement. The following day, pictures of Kazim-Richards were released and the Fenerbahçe board rescinded their earlier statement, claiming that Kazim-Richards had lied about his whereabouts which had triggered their denial of the report. Kazim-Richards joined French club Toulouse on a six-month loan from January 2010, for whom he scored on his debut in a 3–1 away win against Le Mans UC72. He returned to Fenerbahçe for the following season. On 3 January 2011, Fenerbahçe terminated his contract. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with local rivals Galatasaray in January 2011 scoring against Fenerbahçe during the season. In July 2012 he went on trial with English Premier League side West Ham United, appearing in pre-season friendlies. He played a total of thirty one matches scoring five goals. On 10 August 2012 it was confirmed by the official Blackburn Rovers website that the striker had joined the club on a one-year loan deal with the view to a permanent transfer after spending the majority of pre season on trial with the Lancashire club. He scored two goals on his debut in pre season against Irish team Cork City. On 18 August he scored on his competitive debut in a 1–1 away draw against Ipswich Town. On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act over an alleged homophobic gesture to Brighton fans on 12 February 2013 while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers in a Championship match at his old club Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex Stadium. He was due to appear before magistrates in Brighton on 22 August 2013. The trial was set for 14 and 15 January 2014 at Brighton Magistrates Court. He was found guilty in April 2014. On 4 September 2013, Kazim-Richards joined Bursaspor for €250,000. He signed a four-year deal and will earn €1 million per year. Kazım scored his first official goal for Bursaspor in a Turkish Cup meeting against Adana Demirspor. After a successful loan spell at Feyenoord during the 2014-15 season, Kazim-Richards made a permanent move to the Dutch club in the summer of 2015. On 15 January 2016, Kazim-Richards threatened Dutch Algemeen Dagblad newspaper journalist Mikos Gouka. As a consequence of this, Feyenoord trainer Giovanni van Bronckhorst dropped him from the squad and he did not play the next match, against PSV. On 1 February 2016, Kazim-Richards joined Scottish club Celtic, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal. He scored his first goal for the club in a Scottish Cup tie against East Kilbride on 7 February 2016. On 9 June 2016, Kazim-Richards joined Brazilian club Coritiba, signing a 18-month deal. He scored on his debut against Atlético Paranaense after coming on as a substitute. Kazim-Richards scored and was credited with an assist in his debut for the Turkey under-21 team in a victory against Switzerland on 24 March 2007. On 30 April, the Turkish national coach Fatih Terim declared that Kazim-Richards would play for the senior team. Terim called him up for matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brazil. He received his first senior international cap in a 0–0 friendly draw against Brazil on 5 June 2007, a game in which he played 38 minutes. He was a member of Turkey's Euro 2008 squad, playing in all five matches as the side reached the semi-finals. On 10 August 2011, he scored two goals in a friendly match against Estonia at Türk Telekom Arena. | 1 |
Edinson Cavani | Edinson Cavani 2012-01-01T14:02:09Z name 2 Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (born 14 February 1987 in Salto, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer with Italian origins. He currently plays as a striker for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli. Cavani is nicknamed "El Matador" for his commanding presence. Cavani moved to Montevideo when he was 12 years old, and came through the youth system at Danubio F.C. to make his debut for the first team in 2006. He was part of the Apertura 2006 championship winning squad, scoring nine goals in his debut season. After his breakthrough at the 2007 South American Youth Championship, several big teams were reportedly interested in signing Cavani, including Juventus and AC Milan. However, on 29 January 2007, Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of the promising Uruguayan. The bid was officially confirmed on January 31. Cavani made his debut on 11 March 2007 in a home league match against Fiorentina, coming on in the 55th minute with his team 0–1 down and scoring an impressive equaliser only fifteen minutes later, a goal reminiscent of Marco van Basten's strike in the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final. In his second season with the Rosanero, Cavani found himself fighting for a first team place with Fabrizio Miccoli and Amauri. After Amauri's departure to Juventus in June 2008, Cavani cemented his place in the starting lineup, forming a striking partnership with Fabrizio Miccoli and scoring a total 14 goals in the 2008–09 season. He retained his place for the 2009–10 season under new boss Walter Zenga, and also under successor Delio Rossi, being instrumental in the team's successful run in Serie A which took Palermo to European qualification, and potential qualification to the UEFA Champions League with two games remaining. In April 2010, he penned a new contract with Palermo valid to June 2014. In June 2010, Cavani signed a 5 year contract with Palermo's Serie A rivals Napoli. Cavani scored twice in his first start, as Napoli beat Elfsborg in the Europa League 2-0 and qualified for the main tournament. He then started his Napoli Serie A in spectacular fashion, scoring a controversial goal on Fiorentina after just seven minutes, with replays showing the ball hardly crossing the line. Cavani also scored on his home debut against Bari, before adding a late winner against Sampdoria, meaning he had scored in his first four competitive matches with Napoli. On 26 September 2010, Cavani came on as a late replacement with 30 minutes left in a game against Cesena which Napoli were losing 1-0. After assisting the equalizing goal, he went on to score two more, with the final score 4-1. That meant Cavani shared the lead as top scorer for the entire series with Samuel Eto'o. On 15 December 2010, Cavani netted a 90+2 minute goal against FC Steaua Bucureşti to help his team to a 1-0 win and progress beyond the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In the first match, which was held on Romanian soil, he had scored an equalizing goal in the 90+7 minute. On 09 January 2011, Cavani scored a hat-trick during a 3-0 win over Juventus, the third goal coming by way of a scorpion kick. On January 30, Cavani scored another hat-trick, this time in a 4-0 win over Sampdoria. Cavani continued his fine form scoring a brace against Roma, Napoli winning 2-0. On 20 March 2011, Cavani scored another brace against Cagliari, in a 2-1 win. This win kept them within three points of leaders Milan with eight games left. On 03 April 2011, Cavani scored yet another hat-trick in a 4-3 comeback win over Lazio having been 2-0 and 3-2 down during the game. He also became the highest league goalscorer in a single season in Napoli's history, netting 25 goals in Serie A. On May 26, in an away 1-2 loss against Lecce he received a red card for having two booked offenses. He sarcastically applauded the referee after the decision and was handed a 2-match ban for the action. As Napoli only had 2 more games of the season, it meant that his season was over and that he wouldn't be able to regain his top position in the Serie A scoring charts, as Antonio Di Natale had surpassed him, and he ended the season with 26 goals. On May 21 he was signed by Napoli on a longterm contract to stay until 2016 which has seemingly quashed all transfer rumours regarding him since. On 14 September, Cavani scored the opener in Napoli's first game of their Champions League campaign, a 1–1 away draw at Manchester City. Four days later, on 18 September, he scored a hat-trick against Milan in Napoli's 3–1 home win. On 22 November, Cavani scored both goals in the match winning brace 2-1 at home against Manchester City in the Champions League, leaving Napoli in pole position to follow Bayern Munich into the knockout stage. On 26 November 2011, Cavani scored a 94th minute equaliser against Atalanta after Napoli went a goal down in the 64th minute through former Napoli striker, Germán Denis. On 21 December, Cavani netted a brace in Napoli's 6-1 thrashing of Genoa, helping the Azzurri finish 2011 strong and end the first half of the season in sixth place. In January 2007, Cavani was selected to join the Uruguay national football team Under-20 squad to play in the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. Cavani finished the tournament as top scorer with seven goals in nine games, helping Uruguay to finish in 3rd place, earning them a place in the World Youth Championship On February 6, 2008, Cavani made his first senior appearance for the Uruguay national team, and immediately scored a goal in his debut with the Celeste, a 2–2 tie with Colombia. On 10 July 2010, he scored against Germany in the 3rd place match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup making the game 1-1, Germany went on to win 2-3. On July 27, 2010 he played in a friendly match against Angola in Lisboa. He scored a late goal in the match in a 2-0 win for Uruguay. On October 8, 2010 he scored his first career hat-trick in a friendly match against Indonesia. Cavani is of Italian descent, his paternal grandparents being originally from Maranello. His older brother Walter Guglielmone plays as a forward for Montevideo Wanderers. , Edinson Cavani 2013-12-27T13:17:50Z name Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 14 February 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1 and the Uruguayan national team. A very prolific goalscorer, Cavani is well known for ability to score impressive goals and his tireless work-rate. In 2012, Cavani was listed 10th in The Guardian 's list of The 100 best footballers in the world. Cavani began his career playing for Danubio in Montevideo, where he played for two years, before moving to Italian side Palermo in 2007. He spent four seasons at the club, scoring 34 goals in 109 league appearance. In 2010, Cavani signed for Napoli, who signed him on an initial loan deal before buying him for a total fee €17 million. In the 2011–12 season, he won his first club honour, the Coppa Italia, in which he was top scorer with 5 goals. With Napoli, Cavani went on to score 33 goals each in his first two seasons, followed by 38 goals in his third season, where he also finished as Serie A top scorer with 29 league goals. On 16 July 2013, Cavani was transferred to PSG for a reported €64.5 million. Cavani is an Uruguayan international and made his debut and scored against Colombia on 6 February 2008. He has since participated in two major tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América. He scored once at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, to help Uruguay to fourth place in the tournament. He went on to win the 2011 Copa América with Uruguay, being part of the Uruguay squad, that won a record 15th Copa América title. After his breakthrough at the 2007 South American Youth Championship, several big teams were reportedly interested in signing Cavani, including Juventus and Milan. On 29 January 2007, however, Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of the promising Uruguayan. The bid was officially confirmed on 31 January for €4.475 million. Cavani made his debut on 11 March 2007 in a home league match against Fiorentina, coming on in the 55th minute with his team 0–1 down and scoring an impressive equaliser only 15 minutes later, a goal reminiscent of Marco van Basten's strike in the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final. In his second season with the Rosanero, Cavani found himself fighting for a first team place with Fabrizio Miccoli and Amauri. After Amauri's departure to Juventus in June 2008, Cavani cemented his place in the starting lineup, forming a striking partnership with Fabrizio Miccoli and scoring a total 14 goals in the 2008–09 season. He retained his place for the 2009–10 season under new boss Walter Zenga, and also under successor Delio Rossi, being instrumental in the team's successful run in Serie A which took Palermo to European qualification and potential qualification to the UEFA Champions League with two games remaining. In April 2010, he penned a new contract with Palermo valid to June 2014. In July 2010, Cavani signed a reported five-year contract with Napoli. The transfer, however, was a loan of €5 million plus an option/obligation to buy outright for €12 million, which made the total fee €17 million. After debuting for Napoli as a substitute in the previous game, Cavani scored twice in his first start, as Napoli beat Elfsborg in the Europa League 2–0 and qualified for the main tournament. He then started his Napoli Serie A in spectacular fashion, scoring a controversial goal on Fiorentina after just seven minutes, with replays showing the ball hardly crossing the line. Cavani also scored on his home debut against Bari before adding a late winner against Sampdoria, meaning he had scored in his first four competitive matches with Napoli. On 26 September 2010, Cavani came on as a late replacement with 30 minutes left in a game against Cesena which Napoli were losing 1–0. After assisting the equalizing goal, he went on to score two more, with the final score 4–1. That meant Cavani shared the lead as top scorer in the league with Samuel Eto'o. Cavani's partnership with fellow forwards Ezequiel Lavezzi and Marek Hamšík led the Italian sporting media to dub them "The Three Tenors", after the famous singing group of the same name. On 15 December 2010, Cavani netted a 92nd minute goal against Steaua Bucureşti to help his team to a 1–0 win and progress beyond the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In the first match, which was held on Romanian soil, he had scored an equalizing goal in the 97th minute. On 9 January 2011, Cavani scored a hat-trick during a 3–0 win over Juventus, the third goal coming by way of a scorpion kick. On 30 January, Cavani scored another hat-trick, this time in a 4–0 win over Sampdoria. Cavani continued his fine form scoring a brace against Roma, with Napoli winning 2–0. On 20 March, Cavani scored another brace against Cagliari in a 2–1 win. This win kept them within three points of leaders Milan with eight games left. On 3 April, Cavani scored yet another hat-trick in a 4–3 comeback win over Lazio, having been 2–0 and 3–2 down during the game. He also became the highest league goalscorer in a single season in Napoli's history, netting 25 goals in Serie A. On 26 May, in an away 2–1 loss against Lecce he received a red card for having two booked offenses. He sarcastically applauded the referee after the decision and was handed a two-match ban for the action. As Napoli only had two more games of the season, it meant that his season was over and that he wouldn't be able to regain his top position in the Serie A scoring charts, as Antonio Di Natale had surpassed him with 26 goals. Cavani signed a new five-year contract on 19 May, keeping him at Napoli until 2016. On 14 September, Cavani scored the opener in Napoli's first game of their Champions League campaign, a 1–1 away draw at Manchester City. Four days later, on 18 September, he scored a hat-trick against Milan in Napoli's 3–1 home win. On 22 November, Cavani scored both goals in the match winning brace 2–1 at home against Manchester City in the Champions League, leaving Napoli in pole position to follow Bayern Munich into the knockout stage. On 26 November, Cavani scored a 94th minute equaliser against Atalanta after Napoli went a goal down in the 64th minute through on-loan Napoli striker Germán Denis. On 21 December, Cavani netted a brace in Napoli's 6–1 thrashing of Genoa, helping the Azzurri finish 2011 strong and end the first half of the season in sixth place. On 17 February 2012, Cavani scored two goals against Fiorentina, helping Napoli go in fifth place ahead of Internazionale. On 21 February, Cavani scored the second goal against Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg in Naples. He also provided the assists for both of Ezequiel Lavezzi's goals that game. Napoli subsequently went on to win this game 3–1. Following Napoli's exit from the Champions League at the hands of Chelsea, Cavani scored two goals against Udinese in the last ten minutes to earn a much-needed draw to keep Napoli in the hunt for the last Champions League qualifying spot. A few days later, he converted a fantastic counter-attack against Siena to book Napoli a place in the Coppa Italia Final. On 21 April, he celebrated his 200th career league appearance by scoring in a 2–0 win against Novara. Cavani finished the league season with 23 goals, tied for third on the goal scoring charts with Udinese and Italy international striker Antonio Di Natale. On 20 May, he scored a penalty against Juventus in the 2012 Coppa Italia Final, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which Napoli eventually won 2–0, Cavani finished the tournament as the top goalscorer with five goals. Cavani's first goal of the Serie A season came on 26 August, netting the final goal of Napoli's 3–0 defeat of former club Palermo. A month later, on 26 September, Cavani scored a mesmerizing hat-trick against Lazio to maintain Napoli's undefeated start to the Serie A season in a 3–0 win. On 8 November, Cavani scored all four goals, including a half volley from outside the box and a tremendous free kick, as Napoli came back from 2–1 down to defeat Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 in the group stage of the Europa League. Cavani scored a late penalty in the 94th minute to secure a 2–1 victory over AIK Solna on 22 November, sending Napoli through to the next round of the Europa League. On 6 January 2013, Cavani netted a perfect hat-trick as Napoli thumped Roma 4–1, gaining ground in the race for the league title as champions Juventus fell to a shock win. Cavani finished the season as leading Serie A goalscorer, with 29 goals, six ahead of Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale in 2nd. Towards the end of the season, reports emerged that Cavani would leave Napoli, with Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid all believed to be interested. However, on 27 May 2013, he told that he was not thinking of moving, saying: "Real Madrid, Chelsea and (Manchester) City are interested in me? I just think about Napoli.". Though he continued to say: "If an important offer were to come in, I will talk with president (Aurelio) De Laurentiis." He paid tribute to his time in Italy saying: "I'm fine in Italy, I have grown as a man there and as a player with the Serie A experience." Cavani was asked about the interest of Chelsea and Manchester City in him, he said: "I don't know if they made an offer for me, I just know that to be coached by someone like (Man City manager) Manuel Pellegrini or (Chelsea manager) Jose Mourinho would always be a pleasure. On 23 June 2013, Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentis revealed that Cavani's reported £53 million "buyout clause expires" on 10 August 2013, although he went on to say that he doesn't "think Cavani will leave on August 10th" as he felt Cavani "won't make a joke of" him. On 16 July 2013, Cavani joined French side Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract, on a fee believed to be around €64.5 million. This is the 6th largest transfer in history. The reported sum made Cavani the record signing in French football, breaking Radamel Falcao's €60m move to Monaco earlier in the summer, and saw him link up with former Napoli teammate Ezequiel Lavezzi in Paris. Cavani debuted for PSG on 9 August 2013, coming on as 72nd minute substitute in a league match against Montpellier. He started the following game on 18 August and scored his first goal for the club, a late equalizer against AC Ajaccio. In January 2007, Cavani was selected to join the Uruguay national football team Under-20 squad to play in the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. Cavani finished the tournament as top scorer with seven goals in nine games, helping Uruguay to finish in third place, earning them a place in the World Youth Championship. On 6 February 2008, Cavani made his first senior appearance for the Uruguay national team, and immediately scored a goal in his debut with the Celeste, a 2–2 tie with Colombia. He scored an unbelievable strike from his own area on the counterattack from a corner and was praised by André Villas Boas as "... a player with an immense capacity for the technical ability of scoring goals of tremendous skill and magnificent technique" . He on 10 July 2010, he scored against Germany in the third place match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup making the game 1–1; Germany went on to win 3–2. On 27 July, he played in a friendly match against Angola in Lisbon. He scored a late goal in the match in a 2–0 win for Uruguay. On 8 October 2010, he scored his first international hat-trick in a friendly match against Indonesia. Cavani was born in Salto, Uruguay’s second largest city, on 14 February 1987, to Berta Gomez and Luis Cavani. His elder brother is Beijing BIT striker Walter Guglielmone and his younger brother, Christian, is also a footballer. Cavani is married to Maria Soledad Cabris with whom he has two sons, Bautista (born 22 March 2011) and Lucas (born 8 March 2013) He is a devout Evangelical Christian. As a child, Cavani idolised Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta. | 1 |
Jimmi Simpson | Jimmi Simpson 2006-12-19T16:54:48Z Jimmi Simpson (born 1975 in Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American actor of television and film perhaps best known for his role as Phineas Bantum in the horror film Stay Alive. Simpson, who has two older brothers, graduated from Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Simpson has also had recurring roles on television shows such as Carnivàle and 24., Jimmi Simpson 2007-11-30T16:56:58Z Jimmi Simpson (born 1975) is an American actor of television, theater and film. He has had recurring roles on 24, Carnivàle, My Name Is Earl and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as well as guest spots on The Division, NYPD Blue and Cold Case. His film credits include Loser, D.E.B.S., Herbie Fully Loaded, Stay Alive, Seraphim Falls and David Fincher's Zodiac. Theater work includes a headlining stint in the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention; a part he picked over a supporting role in Live Free or Die Hard. Simpson, who has two older brothers, was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey. He graduated from Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Alpha Psi Omega fraternity. Simpson now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Melanie Lynskey, whom he met on the set of Stephen King's Rose Red. | 1 |
David Ospina | David Ospina 2008-01-03T22:27:19Z {{Infobox Football biography | image = | fullname = David Ospina Ramírez | dateofbirth = (1988-08-31) August 31, 1988 (age 35) | cityofbirth = | countryofbirth = Colombia | height = | nickname = | position = Goalie | currentclub = Atlético Nacional | clubnumber = 25 | youthyears = | youthclubs = Atlético Nacional | years = 2005-present | clubs = Atlético Nacional | caps(goals) = | nationalyears = 2005-Present | nationalteam = Colombia | nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0) | pcupdate = 13 June 2007 }} David Ospina Ramírez (born August 31, 1988, Medellín, Antioquia)is a Colombian goalkeeper currently playing for Atlético Nacional. He has played for the Colombian NT and Atlético Nacional. He was also a member of the Colombian U-15,17,20 National Team, and the Senior Colombian National Team during the The Copa Kirin in 2007 and Colombia vs Uruguay in Feb 2007 where he gained his 1st cap at 17 years old coming off the bench when Colombia's #1 goalie was red carded 7 minutes into the game. Youngest Colombian goalie to win the league at 17 years old with Atletico Nacional, David Ospina 2009-08-10T07:38:53Z David Ospina Ramírez (born 31 August 1988 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian goalkeeper currently playing for OGC Nice. He has played for the Colombian National Team and Atlético Nacional. He was also a member of the Colombian U-15, 17, 20 and the Senior Colombian National Team during the The Copa Kirin in 2007 and Colombia vs Uruguay in Feb 2007 where he gained his 1st cap at 17 years old coming off the bench when Colombia's #1 goalie was red carded 7 minutes into the game. He is currently considered one of the top prospects for the Colombian national team and has had a fair amount of call ups considering his young age. He is the 2nd youngest keeper to ever start for the Colombia at the age of 20 against Bolivia in WCQ. He was promoted to starting keeper at Atlético Nacional at age 17 which was a big responsibility being one of the top clubs in the Copa Mustang. By age 19 he was being compared to greats like Oscar Cordoba and had much foreign interest including Atletico Madrid and Boca Juniors. He won two back to back league titles before his 20th birthday. After 3 great seasons at Atlético Nacional in Colombia he was transferred to OGC Nice in France after a failed transfer to South American powerhouse Boca Juniors | 1 |
BD Wong | BD Wong 2017-01-07T07:27:39Z Bradley Darryl "B.D." Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. He won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He has since gained more notability for playing the roles Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Father Ray Mukada on Oz, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the first Jurassic Park film as well as the fourth entry, Jurassic World, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film Seven Years in Tibet. Wong has also done extensive voice-over work and stage acting. The most well known of his voice acting roles is that of Li Shang from the Disney animated film Mulan. He would later reprise this role twice, most notably for the video game Kingdom Hearts II. Beginning in 2016, Wong appeared in the TV series Gotham as Hugo Strange. In the same year, he was nominated for a Critic's Choice Television Award and won a Gold Derby Award for his recurring role as Whiterose in Mr. Robot, reappearing in the role during the show's second season. BD Wong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (née Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong, a postal worker. He has one older brother and one younger brother. He is of Chinese descent, with family from Hong Kong. Wong attended Lincoln High School, where he discovered his love of acting and starred as the lead in numerous school plays, before attending San Francisco State University. Wong gained wide attention as a result of his Broadway debut in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow. The play won multiple awards, including several for Wong, who at that time ceased using his full name in favor of his initials. He has since ceased the use of punctuation in his initials. He is notable as the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. In addition to his long-running stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as FBI psychiatrist Dr. George Huang, he has had recurring roles in All American Girl and as a prison priest on Oz, with guest appearances on The X-Files and Sesame Street. On the big screen, he has appeared in The Freshman (1990), the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, Jurassic Park (1993), Executive Decision (1996) and Slappy and the Stinkers (1997). He also provided the voice of Captain Shiang in Disney's Mulan (1998), its direct-to-video sequel, and the video game Kingdom Hearts II. He returned to Broadway as Linus in a revival of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, alongside Anthony Rapp, Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth, and the 2004 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures. In 2008, he starred in the one-man show Herringbone, in which he portrayed 12 roles, at the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. He brought the show to the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the following year. In 2012, Wong starred in Herringbone to benefit Dixon Place in New York for two performances. The production, recorded live for a 2014 CD release, was his first appearance in New York of the material, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the original New York production. In 2014, Wong starred in the U.S. premiere of James Fenton’s acclaimed adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao, a classic Chinese legend that has its roots in the fourth century BC, directed by Carey Perloff at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). The Orphan of Zhao is an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge. In the aftermath of a political coup, a country doctor is forced to sacrifice his own son in order to save the last heir of a noble and massacred clan. The Orphan of Zhao was a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse. Wong announced his departure from the cast of Law & Order: SVU in July 2011, to join another NBC police drama, Awake, in which he portrayed Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist of an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Isaacs) who lived in two realities. Wong guest starred in a thirteenth season episode of Law & Order: SVU titled "Father Dearest" (which aired May 2, 2012). In 2015, he was named Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. Wong guest starred on a NCIS: New Orleans Episode 1.13 titled "The Walking Dead" (which aired February 3, 2015), where he portrayed Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. Gabriel Lin. Wong also guest-starred as the enigmatic White Rose in episodes 8 and 10 of USA Network's Mr. Robot, returning in that role for the show's second season. Wong began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988. In 2000, the couple had twin sons: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogate mother, using Wong's sperm and an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004. Wong amicably co-parents his son with his ex-partner Jackson and his partner, Jordan Roth. Wong also donates his time and resources to a number of LGBT and arts-related charities, such as the Ali Forney Center, Materials for the Arts, and Rosie's Theater Kids. Minister Zhang, BD Wong 2018-12-19T19:53:53Z Bradley Darryl Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He has since gained more notability for playing the roles Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Father Ray Mukada on Oz, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the Jurassic Park franchise, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film Seven Years in Tibet. As of August 13, 2017, Wong is the host of the new HLN medical documentary series Something's Killing Me with BD Wong. As of the Season 3 premiere of USA Network's program Mr. Robot, Wong has been upgraded to a series regular. He was nominated for a Critic's Choice Television Award for his role as Whiterose in Mr. Robot, also earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Wong has also done extensive voiceover work and stage acting. The most well known of his voice acting roles is that of Captain Li Shang from the Disney animated film Mulan. He would later reprise this role twice, most notably for the video game Kingdom Hearts II. Beginning in 2016, Wong appeared in the TV series Gotham as Hugo Strange. Bradley Darryl Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (née Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong, a postal worker. He has one older brother and one younger brother He is of Chinese descent, with family from Hong Kong. Wong attended Lincoln High School, where he discovered his love of acting and starred as the lead in numerous school plays, before attending San Francisco State University. Wong gained wide attention as a result of his Broadway debut in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow. The play won multiple awards, including several for Wong, who at that time ceased using his full name in favor of his initials. He has since ceased the use of punctuation in his initials. He is notable as the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. In addition to his long-running stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as FBI psychiatrist Dr. George Huang, he has had recurring roles in All American Girl and as Father Mukada on all six seasons of Oz, with guest appearances on The X-Files and Sesame Street. On the big screen, he has appeared in The Freshman (1990), the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, Jurassic Park (1993), Executive Decision (1996) and Slappy and the Stinkers (1997). He also provided the voice of Captain Shang in Disney's Mulan (1998), its direct-to-video sequel, and the video game Kingdom Hearts II. He returned to Broadway as Linus in a revival of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, alongside Anthony Rapp, Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth, and the 2004 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures. In 1990, Wong objected to Actor’s Equity that the plan to use British actor Jonathan Pryce in the role of The Engineer in Broadway run of Miss Saigon, which Pryce had originated during the show’s extended run in London, would take jobs away from actors of Asian descent. Although the union barred Pryce from acting the role in response to Wong’s complaint, vociferous opposition from Charlton Heston and a threat by the musical’s creator and producer, Cameron Mackintosh, to cancel the American production entirely, induced the union to reverse course. Pryce went on to win a Tony award for Best Actor in a Musical for that role. In 2008, he starred in the one-man show Herringbone, in which he portrayed 12 roles, at McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. He brought the show to the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the following year. In 2012, Wong starred in Herringbone to benefit Dixon Place in New York for two performances. The production, recorded live for a 2014 CD release, was his first appearance in New York of the material, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the original New York production. In 2014, Wong starred in the U.S. premiere of James Fenton’s acclaimed adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao, a classic Chinese legend that has its roots in the fourth century BC, directed by Carey Perloff at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). The Orphan of Zhao is an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge. In the aftermath of a political coup, a country doctor is forced to sacrifice his own son in order to save the last heir of a noble and massacred clan. The Orphan of Zhao was a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse. Wong announced his departure from the cast of Law & Order: SVU in July 2011, to join another NBC police drama, Awake, in which he portrayed Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist of an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Isaacs) who lived in two realities. Wong guest starred in a thirteenth season episode of Law & Order: SVU titled "Father Dearest" (which aired May 2, 2012). In 2015, he was named Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. Wong guest starred on a NCIS: New Orleans Episode 1.13 titled "The Walking Dead" (which aired February 3, 2015), where he portrayed Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. Gabriel Lin. Wong also guest-starred as the enigmatic Whiterose (who is head of The Dark Army) in Season 1's episodes 8 and 10 on USA Network's Mr. Robot. He also plays the dual role of Zhang, the Chinese Minister of State Security. He returned in recurring roles for the show's second season, but has been promoted to the main cast for the third season, which debuted October 11, 2017. Beginning August 13, 2017, BD began hosting the new HLN series Something's Killing Me With BD Wong. The documentary explores strange and unexplainable, real medical ailments and attacks that may be gradual or descend rapidly. But in either case, if a cause and cure aren't found immediately, these real-life patients will die. Wong donates his time and resources to a number of LGBT and arts-related charities, such as the Ali Forney Center, Materials for the Arts, and Rosie's Theater Kids. Wong is openly gay. He began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988. In 2000, the couple had twin sons—Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong—through a surrogate mother, using Wong's sperm and an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004. Wong amicably co-parents his son with his ex-partner Jackson and Jackson's partner, Jordan Roth. On October 7, 2018, he married Richert John Frederickson Schnorr, his partner of eight years, in Brooklyn, New York. | 1 |
Steelo Brim | Steelo Brim 2015-03-21T12:44:56Z Sterling "Steelo" Brim (born June 5, 1988 in Chicago) is an American television personality, host, and actor. He is known for being the co-host of MTV's Ridiculousness. Brim was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Both his parents are pastors, and he has several brothers and a sister. In 2001, Brim had a small role on the film Hardball. At the age of 19, Brim moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry. He worked in radio and A&R, before he met Rob Dyrdek. Dyrdek invited him to be co-host of his new MTV show Ridiculousness, along with Chanel West Coast. With its 5th season being recorded, Brim holds the position of creative producer of the show. Brim has also appeared in Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Wild Grinders. , Steelo Brim 2016-11-19T18:41:45Z Sterling "Steelo" Brim (born June 5, 1988) is an American television personality, host, and actor. He is known for being the co-host of MTV's Ridiculousness. Brim was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Both his parents are pastors, and he has several brothers and a sister. In 2001, Brim had a small role on the film Hardball. At the age of 19, Brim moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry. He worked in radio and A&R, before he met Rob Dyrdek. Dyrdek invited him to be co-host of his new MTV show Ridiculousness, along with Chanel West Coast. With its 8th season being recorded, Brim holds the position of creative producer of the show. Brim has also appeared in Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Wild Grinders. | 1 |
Ali Riley | Ali Riley 2008-09-25T01:06:10Z Alexandra Riley (born October 30, 1987) is a New Zealand football goalkeeper who represented her country. Riley made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-5 loss to Australia on February 06, 2007, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0-5, Denmark (0-2) and China (0-2). Riley was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games where they drew with Japan (2-2) before losing to Norway(0-1) and Brazil (0-4). Riley also represented new Zealand at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals. , Ali Riley 2009-12-23T08:56:17Z Alexandra Riley (born 30 October 1987) is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level and plays for Pali Blues in the W-League. Riley represented New Zealand at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-5 loss to Australia on 6 February 2007, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0-5, Denmark (0-2) and China (0-2). Riley was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games where they drew with Japan (2-2) before losing to Norway(0-1) and the United States (0-4). As of November 2009 she has 29 caps playing for New Zealand. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL HONORS 2009 UNIVERSITY SOCCER HONORS | 1 |
One_Australia | One_Australia 2008-03-28T04:04:11Z One Australia was the immigration and ethnic affairs policy of the Liberal-National opposition in Australia, released in 1988. The One Australia policy proclaimed a vision of "one nation and one future". It called for an end to multiculturalism and opposed a treaty with Aboriginal Australians. The policy proposed a reduction in Asian immigration in the advent of community opposition. Opposition leader John Howard first flagged the concept of the One Australia policy on a trip to Perth in July 1988, having recently returned from a visit with Margaret Thatcher in Britain. One Australia was to be the name of the Liberal-National Coalition's immigration and ethnic affairs policy. During an interview on the John Laws radio programme on 1 August, 1988, Howard detailed the policy, expressing his preference to bias immigration towards skilled applicants rather than family reunion. Later that afternoon, on the ABC PM programme, Howard discussed the policy in relation to Asian immigration to Australia: "I do believe that if it is - in the eyes of some in the community - that it's too great, it would be in our immediate-term interest and supporting of social cohesion if it were slowed down a little, so the capacity of the community to absorb it was greater. "Howard's Shadow Finance Minister, John Stone, elaborated, saying "Asian immigration has to be slowed. It's no use dancing around the bushes". Ian Sinclair, National Party leader in the Coalition, also supported the policy, saying "If there is any risk of an undue build-up of Asians against others in the community, then you need to control it. I certainly believe that at the moment we need to reduce the number of Asians. " There were widespread objections to the policy from within the Liberal Party, including from Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner, former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, as well as former immigration ministers Ian Macphee and Michael MacKellar. The Labor government sought to quickly exploit Howard's Asian remarks by introducing a parliamentary motion rejecting the use of race to select immigrants. Howard opposed this motion. In an unusual show of dissent, three Liberal MPs, Ian Macphee, Steele Hall and Phillip Ruddock, defied their leader by crossing the floor and voting with the Labor government. Criticising his own party's policy, Liberal MP Steele Hall said in a speech to Parliament: "The question has quickly descended from a discussion about the future migrant intake to one about the level of internal racial tolerance. The simple fact is that public opinion is easily led on racial issues. It is now time to unite the community on the race issue before it flares into an ugly reproach for us all. "In a speech to the 'Terra Australis to Australia' conference in Canberra, August 1988, Prime Minister Bob Hawke responded to the Opposition's One Australia policy: In the field of immigration and ethnic affairs, the 'One Australia' ideology seems to connote a return to the dark days of narrow minded intolerance, fear of difference and pressure to assimilate. It is less about uniting Australians than dividing them. One Australia was officially launched by John Howard on 22 August 1988. The policy document, whose title was personally chosen by Howard, stated the Coalition's ideal to create "One Australia and welcome all those who share our vision and are ready to contribute to it", detailing a vision of "one nation and one future" which included the rejection of Aboriginal land rights. In September 1988, John Howard criticised multiculturalism, saying "To me, multiculturalism suggests that we can't make up our minds who we are or what we believe in", and the idea an Aboriginal treaty, saying "I abhor the notion of an Aboriginal treaty because it is repugnant to the ideals of One Australia". One Australia became the centrepiece of Howard's general policy manifesto, 'Future Directions - It's Time for Plain Thinking', which was released in December, 1988. In a January 1989 interview with Gerard Henderson, Howard elaborated on his reasons for opposing multiculturalism: "The objection I have to multiculturalism is that multiculturalism is in effect saying that it is impossible to have an Australian ethos, that it is impossible to have a common Australian culture. So we have to pretend that we are a federation of cultures and that we've got a bit from every part of the world. I think that is hopeless. "In the months following the release of the One Australia policy, there was a decline in investment in Australia by Asian businesses. Some political commentators later postulated that the dissent within the Liberal Party over immigration policy weakened Howard's leadership position, contributing to the overthrow of John Howard as Liberal Party leader by Andrew Peacock. , One_Australia 2009-09-21T19:22:43Z One Australia was an immigration and ethnic affairs policy of the Liberal-National opposition in Australia, released in 1988. The One Australia policy proclaimed a vision of "one nation and one future". It called for an end to multiculturalism and opposed a treaty with Aboriginal Australians. The policy set the scene for the August 1988 suggestion by John Howard that the rate of Asian immigration to Australia be reduced. Opposition leader John Howard first flagged the concept of the One Australia policy on a trip to Perth in July 1988, having recently returned from a visit with Margaret Thatcher in Britain. One Australia was to be the name of the Liberal-National Coalition's immigration and ethnic affairs policy. During an interview on the John Laws radio programme on 1 August 1988, Howard detailed the policy, expressing his preference to bias immigration towards skilled applicants rather than family reunion. Later that afternoon, on the ABC PM programme, Howard discussed the policy in relation to Asian immigration to Australia: "I do believe that if it is - in the eyes of some in the community - that it's too great, it would be in our immediate-term interest and supporting of social cohesion if it were slowed down a little, so the capacity of the community to absorb it was greater. "Howard's Shadow Finance Minister, John Stone, elaborated, saying "Asian immigration has to be slowed. It's no use dancing around the bushes". Ian Sinclair, National Party leader in the Coalition, also supported the policy, saying "If there is any risk of an undue build-up of Asians against others in the community, then you need to control it. I certainly believe that at the moment we need to reduce the number of Asians. " There were widespread objections to the policy from within the Liberal Party, including from Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner, former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, as well as former immigration ministers Ian Macphee and Michael MacKellar. The Labor government sought to quickly exploit Howard's Asian remarks by introducing a parliamentary motion rejecting the use of race to select immigrants. Howard opposed this motion. In an unusual show of dissent, three Liberal MPs, Ian Macphee, Steele Hall and Phillip Ruddock, defied their leader by crossing the floor and voting with the Labor government. Criticising his own party's policy, Liberal MP Steele Hall said in a speech to Parliament: "The question has quickly descended from a discussion about the future migrant intake to one about the level of internal racial tolerance. The simple fact is that public opinion is easily led on racial issues. It is now time to unite the community on the race issue before it flares into an ugly reproach for us all. "In a speech to the 'Terra Australis to Australia' conference in Canberra, August 1988, Prime Minister Bob Hawke responded to the Opposition's One Australia policy: In the field of immigration and ethnic affairs, the 'One Australia' ideology seems to connote a return to the dark days of narrow minded intolerance, fear of difference and pressure to assimilate. It is less about uniting Australians than dividing them. One Australia was officially launched by John Howard on 22 August 1988. The policy document, whose title was personally chosen by Howard, stated the Coalition's ideal to create "One Australia and welcome all those who share our vision and are ready to contribute to it", detailing a vision of "one nation and one future" which included the rejection of Aboriginal land rights. In September 1988, John Howard criticised multiculturalism, saying "To me, multiculturalism suggests that we can't make up our minds who we are or what we believe in", and the idea an Aboriginal treaty, saying "I abhor the notion of an Aboriginal treaty because it is repugnant to the ideals of One Australia". One Australia became the centrepiece of Howard's general policy manifesto, 'Future Directions - It's Time for Plain Thinking', which was released in December 1988. In a January 1989 interview with Gerard Henderson, Howard elaborated on his reasons for opposing multiculturalism: "The objection I have to multiculturalism is that multiculturalism is in effect saying that it is impossible to have an Australian ethos, that it is impossible to have a common Australian culture. So we have to pretend that we are a federation of cultures and that we've got a bit from every part of the world. I think that is hopeless. "In the months following the release of the One Australia policy, there was a decline in investment in Australia by Asian businesses. Some political commentators later postulated that the dissent within the Liberal Party over immigration policy weakened Howard's leadership position, contributing to the overthrow of John Howard as Liberal Party leader by Andrew Peacock. | 0 |
Alexandre_Bontemps | Alexandre_Bontemps 2008-01-18T21:53:08Z Alexandre Bontemps (1626 – 1701) was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles, respected and feared for his exceptional access to the King. He was the second of a sequence of five Bontemps to hold the position of Premier valet de la Chambre du Roi ("First valet of the king's bedchamber") in uninterrupted succession between 1643 and 1766, when an early death, leaving no successor, broke the line. There were four head or Premier valets, of whom Bontemps became the most senior in 1665, and thirty-two valets. His father, Jean Baptiste Bontemps (1590 - 1659), had been surgeon to Louis XIII of France before becoming a Premier Valet in 1643. Alexandre succeeded him on his death in 1659, dying in office in 1701, by which time he was a count and marquis, holding several key offices controlling both the palaces and towns of Versailles, Marly, the Swiss Guard who guarded the King and his palaces, and the household of the Dauphin. He was thus a key figure in maintaining the security of the King, and managing his household. The Governorships of Versailles and Marly had been given to him in 1665 after the death of Blouin, then the senior head-valet, and passed to Blouin's son in turn when Bontemps died. He was also a member of the Conseil du Roi (the Royal Council) and held a senior rank in the chivalric Order of Saint Lazarus. He seems to have been an aimiable figure, entirely devoted to Louis, who in turn trusted him as he did few others. He was one of a small handful of witnesses to the secret second marriage of Louis to Madame de Maintenon. Saint-Simon speaks of "royal coaches (the kind without armorial bearings on the harness, such as Bontemps used for the King's private missions)" and says that "all the secret orders, the private audiences, the sealed letters to and from the King, in fact all the mysteries passed through his hands". Saint-Simon anecdotes have him arranging the marriage to an obscure country nobleman of an illegitimate daughter of Louis who, unlike many, he did not choose to acknowledge officially, and, in Louis's earlier years, leading a minor mistress enveloped in a cloak up the back stairs to the King's study for her assignation; the king having put the key on the outside of the door. He emerges better than most from the Memoirs of Saint-Simon, whose father had been a friend of Bontemps. Saint-Simon asked him for advice on important issues, using him sparingly. The memoirist Choisy wrote that part of his success with Louis came from never asking him for favours, although Saint-Simon says that he "loved procuring favours solely for the pleasure of it . . . great numbers of people, some of them highly placed, owed their fortunes to him, and he was modest almost to the point of breaking with them if they so much as mentioned it". He says Bontemps was "rough and brusque in manner, yet respectful and always in his place. . . . His only skill lay in serving his master, and he was wholly intent on that. . . influential for the past fifty years, and with the Court at his feet. " He once greatly amused Louis, when asked how his wife was, by "replying mechanically with a shrug". He used the Swiss Guards stationed around the Palaces and gardens to report on the behaviour of courtiers, including their church attendance, as well as political and sexual intrigues. As Intendant or Governor of Versailles, his control extended to the whole town outside the palaces, where many courtiers had houses. The office of head valet dated back to a historically unwise complaint some generations back by the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber, always great nobles, against the more menial aspects of the role. Once established, the valets expanded in number and importance, somewhat at the Gentlemen's expense. One of their number was always a few steps from the King wherever he went, and the four Premiers, rotating quarterly, were alone able to, and presumably did, sleep at the foot of the royal bed. In addition one of the ordinary valets was en poste by the King's bed all day, inside the balustrade that separated it, like an altar communion-rail, from the rest of the room. In the morning Levée and evening Coucher ceremonies, the Grand Chamberlain of France and Premier valet did the work, whilst the First Gentleman of the bedchamber (rotating annually among the four holders) had "the command of the room" (le commandement de la chambre). However, Saint-Simon explains carefully that if the First Gentleman of the year was absent, the Premier valet of the quarter was en commande of the ceremony, attended daily by about a hundred of the greatest courtiers - a significant point of prestige. Apart from a large apartment in the palace, and a separate house in Versailles, Bontemps had a "maison particulier" (townhouse) on the Ile Saint-Louis in the centre of Paris, with thirty rooms and a staff of twelve. According to Saint-Simon, he copied his master with a secret second marriage to the mother of La Roche, head-valet to Louis's grandson, Phillip V of Spain. The children of his first marriage married very well, and two generations later a Bontemps married the last Prince of Conti, a cadet branch of the Royal Family. Others married into the largest banking families in France. There is a portrait of the Comptesse de La Châtre, daughter of Louis XV's Bontemps head valet, by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, dated 1789, the last year of the Ancien Regime. Versailles has a "Rue Alexandre Bontemps". Bontemps is a leading character in the computer game Versailles 1685, where the player takes the part of a junior valet helping him to thwart a plot at Versailles. This article is partly sourced from the French Wikipedia article "Bontemps". , Alexandre_Bontemps 2009-07-05T00:50:46Z Alexandre Bontemps (1626 – 1701) was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles, respected and feared for his exceptional access to the King. He was the second of a sequence of five Bontemps to hold the position of Premier valet de la Chambre du Roi ("First valet of the king's bedchamber") in uninterrupted succession between 1643 and 1766, when an early death, leaving no successor, broke the line. There were four head or Premier valets de chambre, of whom Bontemps became the most senior in 1665, and thirty-two valets. His father, Jean Baptiste Bontemps (1590 - 1659), had been surgeon to Louis XIII of France before becoming a Premier Valet in 1643. Alexandre succeeded him on his death in 1659, dying in office in 1701, by which time he was a count and marquis, holding several key offices controlling both the palaces and towns of Versailles and Marly, the Swiss Guard who guarded the King and his palaces, and the household of the Dauphin. He was thus a key figure in maintaining the security of the King, and managing his household. The Governorships of Versailles and Marly had been given to him in 1665 after the death of Blouin, then the senior head-valet, and passed to Blouin's son in turn when Bontemps died. He was also a member of the Conseil du Roi (the Royal Council) and held a senior rank in the chivalric Order of Saint Lazarus. He seems to have been an aimiable figure, entirely devoted to Louis, who in turn trusted him as he did few others. He was one of a small handful of witnesses to the secret second marriage of Louis to Madame de Maintenon. Saint-Simon speaks of "royal coaches (the kind without armorial bearings on the harness, such as Bontemps used for the King's private missions)" and says that "all the secret orders, the private audiences, the sealed letters to and from the King, in fact all the mysteries passed through his hands". Saint-Simon anecdotes have him arranging the marriage to an obscure country nobleman of an illegitimate daughter of Louis who, unlike many, he did not choose to acknowledge officially, and, in Louis's earlier years, leading a minor mistress enveloped in a cloak up the back stairs to the King's study for her assignation; the king having put the key on the outside of the door. He emerges better than most from the Memoirs of Saint-Simon, whose father had been a friend of Bontemps. Saint-Simon asked him for advice on important issues, using him sparingly. The memoirist Choisy wrote that part of his success with Louis came from never asking him for favours, although Saint-Simon says that he "loved procuring favours solely for the pleasure of it . . . great numbers of people, some of them highly placed, owed their fortunes to him, and he was modest almost to the point of breaking with them if they so much as mentioned it". The two statements are not incompatible, as Bontemps was in a position to ask favours from ministers and other powerbrokers. He says Bontemps was "rough and brusque in manner, yet respectful and always in his place. . . . His only skill lay in serving his master, and he was wholly intent on that. . . influential for the past fifty years, and with the Court at his feet. " He once greatly amused Louis, when asked how his wife was, by "replying mechanically with a shrug". He used the Swiss Guards stationed around the Palaces and gardens to report on the behaviour of courtiers, including their church attendance, as well as political and sexual intrigues. As Intendant or Governor of Versailles, his control extended to the whole town outside the palaces, where many courtiers had houses. The office of head valet dated back to a historically unwise complaint some generations back by the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber, always great nobles, against the more menial aspects of the role. Once established, the valets expanded in number and importance, somewhat at the Gentlemen's expense. One of their number was always a few steps from the King wherever he went, and the four Premiers, rotating quarterly, were alone able to, and presumably did, sleep at the foot of the royal bed. In addition one of the ordinary valets was en poste by the King's bed all day, inside the balustrade that separated it, like an altar communion-rail, from the rest of the room. In the morning Levée and evening Coucher ceremonies, the Grand Chamberlain of France and Premier valet did the work, whilst the First Gentleman of the bedchamber (rotating annually among the four holders) had "the command of the room" (le commandement de la chambre). However, Saint-Simon explains carefully that if the First Gentleman of the year was absent, the Premier valet of the quarter was en commande of the ceremony, attended daily by about a hundred of the greatest courtiers - a significant point of prestige. Apart from a large apartment in the palace, and a separate house in Versailles, Bontemps had a "maison particulier" (townhouse) on the Ile Saint-Louis in the centre of Paris, with thirty rooms and a staff of twelve. According to Saint-Simon, he copied his master with a secret second marriage to the mother of La Roche, head-valet to Louis's grandson, Phillip V of Spain. The children of his first marriage married very well, and two generations later a Bontemps married the last Prince of Conti, a cadet branch of the Royal Family. Others married into the largest banking families in France. There is a portrait of the Comptesse de La Châtre, daughter of Louis XV's Bontemps head valet, by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, dated 1789, the last year of the Ancien Regime. Versailles has a "Rue Alexandre Bontemps". Bontemps is a leading character in the computer game Versailles 1685, where the player takes the part of a junior valet helping him to thwart a plot at Versailles. This article is partly sourced from the French Wikipedia article "Bontemps". | 0 |
Ryan Stiles | Ryan Stiles 2008-01-02T02:24:36Z Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and comedian, whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy. In 2002, Stiles and Sean Masterson finished work on a screenplay entitled Live Bait, which is reportedly in production. Stiles was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of five children. When he was ten, his Canadian-born parents moved the family to Richmond, British Columbia. At the age of seventeen, he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy. He worked in his father's fish-processing plant to earn a living while doing stand-up in Vancouver-area nightclubs and performing improv with Vancouver TheatreSports League. In 1986, Stiles successfully auditioned for a berth at Toronto's renowned Second City comedy ensemble. By 1990, he 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 motion picture appearances in the United States. ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ?? / In 1995, Stiles was tapped by American comic Drew Carey to be a regular on his sitcom, The Drew Carey Show. Stiles played Drew's smart but underachieving best friend, Lewis Kiniski. Stiles's first line in the pilot episode of the The Drew Carey Show, "And that's why the French don't wash," is a line he'd previously used in an episode of the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? . Stiles and Carey continued work on the comedy even as they brought Whose Line Is It Anyway? to American television, with Carey as the new host. Both men appeared weekly on the program and were its executive producers. Stiles did several impressions for the program, most notably Carol Channing and John Wayne as well as frequently showcasing his mastery of dialects. He passionately despises singing in the Hoedown segment of Whose Line, to the point that he often ad-libs various insults at the expense of hosts Clive Anderson or Drew Carey during the segment, or at the hoedown itself. In the Season 1 DVD special features, one gag reel shows Ryan singing: "Singing a song about a vending machine. Don't you know that it's really not my scene. Try to think of something clever with a little twist. If we do another hoedown, I'll slit my fucking wrist". Also, on the Season 1 Volume 2 DVD bloopers, he makes fun of the director: "When it comes to hoedowns, I'm doing another one. After the first one, I thought that I was done. I feel like such a fool, and I feel like such a twit. This is what I have to do to please the fucking brit. " Also, during an episode that aired (aired as ep419 but filmed as ep411), he became totally lost for a verse, sitting down and telling Drew when his turn came that he was 'phased out'. This resulted in Carey standing behind Ryan, and singing Stiles' part for him. Stiles had appeared in the movies Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux (playing different roles). He also appeared in the Academy Award-nominated short, "Rainbow War". On the TV screen, he has appeared as a guest star in several TV-series such as Mad About You, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, and Dharma & Greg. He currently has a recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Judith's (Marin Hinkle) fiance. He has also appeared in commercials for Slim Jim, Pizza Hut, Lotto 6-49, FedEx Kinko's, and Progressive Auto Insurance. He also hosted a season 2 episode of MAD TV, where he performed a song in the show's monologue portion about his very large bare feet (featured prominently, soles in the camera) entitled "Huge Toes". In 2004, Stiles appeared on the pilot filming of Drew Carey's Green Screen Show but his one filming was never aired during the run of the short-lived 12 episode series. In 2005, he appeared in the Conker: Live & Reloaded videogame's promotional mockumentary. He was photographed for life-size stand-ups displayed at Kinko's stores. His name tag said "Kenny", though, as that was the name he introduced himself as in his commercials with Kinko's. Stiles also appeared in a television advert for KFC Fillet Tower burger and KFC Mega Bucket on British television in 1997. In September 2007, Ryan began appearing in "Believe in Play" commercials for toy company Playskool. Ryan Stiles is the only Whose Line regular NOT to host a game show. In 1989, Stiles married Patricia McDonald, and they have three children (Sam, Mackenzie and Claire). When not working in Hollywood, he lives at his home outside of Bellingham, Washington , where he has opened the Upfront Theatre, a small theatre dedicated to live improv comedy. He was rumored to be a diabetic, as he occasionally played on this idea on WLIIA, although on the April 7, 2007 episode of Outlaw Radio, he laughed at and denied the rumor. He also denied it in several interviews of that year, including one with the Eugene, OR Register-Guard and one with the Idaho Statesman Stiles reportedly has trouble finding shoes that fit him because of his very large shoe size, 15. He often has custom-made shoes by George Esquivel. Jokes pertaining to Stiles' shoes on Whose Line Is It Anyway? are quite common. Stiles once lived in a house previously owned by Liberace in Sherman Oaks, California, but sold the house several years ago. Ryan's best friend is his fellow comedian, Colin Mochrie. According to Mochrie, one reason Stiles doesn't tour with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood is that Stiles suffers from aerophobia. Ryan has recently appeared in a new ad campaign for Playskool, talking to babies in a manner as if they were adults, for example 'Where do you see yourself in ten years?', Ryan Stiles 2009-12-31T07:28:34Z 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 improv and co-production work on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and the role of Lewis Kiniski on The Drew Carey Show. He currently plays Herb Melnick on the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men. Stiles was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of five children. His father, Sonny, was a fishing plant supervisor. His mother's name is Irene. When he was ten, his Canadian-born parents moved the family to Richmond, British Columbia. At the age of seventeen, he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comedy. He worked in his father's fish-processing plant to earn a living while doing stand-up at Punchlines Comedy Club in Vancouver, British Columbia and performing improv with Vancouver TheatreSports League. In 1986, Stiles successfully auditioned for a berth at Toronto's renowned Second City comedy ensemble. By 1989, he 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 motion picture 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 smart 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? 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, though Wayne Brady also became a regular near the beginning of the second season. The series was produced until 2003. 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 1989. 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 appearing in every episode from the seventh season onwards. Stiles was known for several recurring impressions he performed on the shows, performed both at his own decision and as an assignment in games. These included Carol Channing, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and that of a deer. He made clear his dislike of the musical segments of the show, particularly the game Hoedown, often reacting negatively (or sarcastically positively) to its being announced. Other than in early UK playings, 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 punch-lines, as well as injecting (usually not-so subtle) jabs at the Hoedown itself, or of the host for having him perform in it. Stiles had first met Colin Mochrie years before while performing stand-up. They first performed together in Vancouver TheaterSports then in Second City, Toronto. The partnership continued when Stiles convinced producers to keep Mochrie in the UK version of Whose Line where their partnership was capitalized. There were a number of games which exclusively paired Mochrie and Stiles at every playing. 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. 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. On the American version, however, he was among the most frequent mockers of Carey, especially during the Hoedowns. Stiles almost always in a button-up shirt; typically a dress shirt, and was one of the few performers to commonly wear a necktie. 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 due to the fact that he often had to get shoes custom-made due to his height and shoe size. During one Scenes from a Hat he made light of his shoes by saying, "Please Santa, just a pair of brown shoes". Stiles' shoes 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. In 1981, Stiles met Patricia McDonald at Punchlines where she was waitressing. They lived together for seven years before marrying in 1988. They have three children: Sam, Mackenzie, and Claire. When not working in Hollywood, he lives at his home on Lake Samish, outside where he has opened the Upfront Theatre, a small theatre dedicated to live improv comedy. Stiles reportedly has trouble finding shoes that fit him because of his large shoe size, 15. He often has shoes custom-made for him by George Esquivel. Jokes pertaining to Stiles' shoes on Whose Line Is It Anyway? were quite common, as well as references to his large nose and height, with him currently standing at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall. Stiles once lived in a house previously owned by Liberace in but he sold it. Stiles has a new ad campaign for Playskool, talking to playful toddlers in a manner as if they were adults. For example: "Where do you see yourself in eighteen months?" Ryan 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 been seen as the recurring character Dr. Herb Melnick in several episodes of the comedy Two and a Half Men which stars his Hot Shots co-stars Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer. Stiles also made short guest appearances on Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Mad TV, Corner Gas, and Dharma & Greg. In July 2008, he was a guest star on Reno 911! as Sergeant Clift, an acting coach. | 1 |
Lily Rabe | Lily Rabe 2005-08-08T22:08:53Z Young actress currently appearing (August 2005) in the Broadway show Steel Magnolias. , Lily Rabe 2006-12-14T18:56:08Z The daughter of actor Jill Clayburgh and playwright David Rabe, Lily Rabe appeared on Broadway in a revival of Steel Magnolias. In the fall of 2005, she appeared in MCC's production Colder Than Here. Rabe has appeared in the films Never Again and Mona Lisa Smile. Lily Rabe is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Hotchkiss School. In 2006, her performance in George Bernard Shaw's "Hearbreak House" was praised by New York Times critic Charles Isherwood. [[Category:Law & Order: Criminal Intent actors|Rabe, Lily [[Category:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actors|Rabe, Lily | 1 |
Tazawa_Station | Tazawa_Station 2016-11-11T10:18:58Z Tazawa Station (田沢駅, Tazawa-eki) is a train station in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Tazawa Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 21. 6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station. The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving a two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is a Kan'i itaku station. Tazawa Station opened on 6 June 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). 36°18′07″N 137°56′25″E / 36. 3019°N 137. 9403°E / 36. 3019; 137. 9403, Tazawa_Station 2019-02-23T01:27:48Z Tazawa Station (田沢駅, Tazawa-eki) is a train station in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Tazawa Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 21. 6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station. The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving a two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is a Kan'i itaku station. Tazawa Station opened on 15 June 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). | 0 |
List_of_Rhoda_episodes | List_of_Rhoda_episodes 2007-11-23T03:35:00Z Rhoda had a total of 110 episodes during its run on CBS from September 9, 1974 through December 9, 1978. When Rhoda was cancelled by CBS in December 1978, four episodes remained unaired and were later shown in syndication. , List_of_Rhoda_episodes 2009-04-19T13:36:52Z The following is a listing of 110 episodes of Rhoda during its run on CBS from September 9, 1974 to December 9, 1978. * This episode featured the final appearance by David Groh as Joe Gerard. * When Rhoda was cancelled by CBS in December 1978, four episodes remained unaired and were later shown in syndication. | 0 |
Lennon Parham | Lennon Parham 2013-01-21T13:26:44Z Lennon Parham (born October 26, 1976) is an American actress and comedienne best known for starring on the sitcom Accidentally on Purpose from 2009–2010 and the NBC series Best Friends Forever in 2012. Parham was born in Fitzpatrick Alabama, she also attended high school at Parkview High School. Parham attended college at the University of Evansville, graduating with a B.S. Degree in Theatre. Following college, she taught French for two years at T.L. Weston High School in Greenville, Mississippi as part of the Teach for America program. Eliminated "where she also resides" because, according to her on the Totally Laime podcast, she's living in LA with her husband who has become a high school principal in the area. After her stint as a French teacher, Parham began performing comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. During this time, she starred in the two person show, The Adventures of Lock & Kay, and the one woman show, She Tried to be Normal. In the fall of 2009, Parham began a supporting role in the comedy Accidentally on Purpose. Parham and Jessica St. Clair's NBC comedy series Best Friends Forever premiered on April 4, 2012. NBC officially canceled the series on May 11, 2012., Lennon Parham 2014-10-18T15:28:49Z Lennon Parham (born October 26, 1976) is an American actress and improvisational comedienne from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair, she created and co-starred in NBC's Best Friends Forever and USA Network's Playing House. She also co-starred in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose from 2009–2010. Parham was born in Marietta, Georgia. She attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, GA and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Theatre from the University of Evansville. Following college, she taught French for two years at T.L. Weston High School in Greenville, Mississippi as part of the Teach for America program. After her stint as a French teacher, Parham began performing comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. During this time, she starred in the two-person show, The Adventures of Lock & Kay, and the one-woman show, She Tried to be Normal. In the fall of 2009, Parham began a supporting role in the comedy Accidentally on Purpose. Parham and Jessica St. Clair created and starred in the NBC comedy Best Friends Forever, which ran for one season in 2012. Their newest comedy, Playing House, premiered on USA on April 29, 2014. Parham is married to educator Javier Guzman. Their daughter Saraya was born on April 21, 2013. | 1 |
Zen Studios | Zen Studios 2011-01-17T18:59:56Z Zen Studios (formerly Rubik Interactive) is a software development company based in Budapest, Hungary. Primarily known for its pinball machine video games, the company worked with several franchises, including Marvel Comics, Ghostbusters, and Rocky and Bullwinkle. , Zen Studios 2012-12-10T17:37:59Z Zen Studios is a video game developer and publisher known for their pinball game franchises, Pinball FX and Zen Pinball. Their games have been released for various game platforms including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PSP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, iOS, and Android. The company is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary with offices in North America. Zen Studios has worked with several major video game and entertainment companies, including Capcom, Tecmo, PopCap Games and Marvel Entertainment. Zen’s Pinball FX 2 on Xbox Live Arcade is one of the most popular titles on the platform, and has garnered numerous awards. | 1 |
Matt Nix | Matt Nix 2009-01-23T05:56:24Z Matthew E. Nix is an American television writer, producer, and director, likely best known for executive producing and showrunning the 2007 USA Network television series Burn Notice. Matt was born September 4, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He is currently married to Melinda Stahl. He is a graduate of Analy High School, Sebastopol, CA. , Matt Nix 2010-12-31T03:20:54Z Matthew E. "Matt" Nix (born September 4, 1971) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for creating the USA Network television series Burn Notice and the now defunct Fox series The Good Guys. Matt was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Analy High School in Sebastopol. His parents are Phillip and Susan Nix and he is married to Melinda Stahl. Matt is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was a UCLA Alumni Scholar. In Summer 2006, Matt Nix created Burn Notice, a tv series where the title itself refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies, which discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources. The television series follows agent Michael Westen (played by Jeffrey Donovan), who is abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts. Unsure why he's been "burned," he begins to work as a freelance spy and investigator as he tries to find out what happened. The series premiered on USA Network on Thursday June 28, 2007 and since its premiere the show has met critical acclaim. It currently stars Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne (Westens "trigger happy ex-girlfriend"), Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe (an old friend who "used to inform on" Westen to the FBI), Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen (Michael's mother), and as of season four Coby Bell as Jesse Porter (a spy Westen accidentally burned). It ended its fourth season on December 16, 2010, will start its fifth season in Summer 2011, and was renewed for a sixth season as well. In early 2010 Nix began working on another project (originally named Jack & Dan) The Good Guys which premiered on FOX May 19, 2010. The series starred Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark, a mustachioed, former big-shot detective with the Dallas Police Department, and Colin Hanks as Jack Bailey, a young, ambitious, by-the-book detective who has been assigned as Dan's partner because of his snarky attitude. The Good Guys was originally known by the working title Jack and Dan. For several months the series was to be known as Code 58, the Dallas Police Department code for "routine investigation," and then briefly as The Five Eight before producers settled on The Good Guys title. The show struggled with low ratings, regularly ranking in fourth place for its timeslot during the summer and then fifth place from October onward; hence, renewal prospects - despite the show's low production costs - were uncertain. The final episode was broadcast December 10, 2010 on Fox. On December 15, 2010 Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer reported that Fox Television Studios, a production company for the show, informed the Dallas Film Commission that the show would not be renewed for a second season. | 1 |
Richard Jones (director) | Richard Jones (director) 2017-01-07T20:59:23Z Richard Jones CBE (born 7 June 1953) is a British theatre and opera director. He was born in London, and studied at the University of Hull and University of London. After working as a jazz musician, he spent 1982-83 on a bursary working with Scottish Opera and the Citizens Theatre. His work has become controversial and has provoked considerable reactions from the UK press. However, he is also seen as a major figure in the worlds of theatre and opera, as has been noted in a 2002 interview which appeared in London's The Guardian: Jones's earliest productions were for the Batignano Festival, Opera Northern Ireland and Opera 80, now English Touring Opera. He came to prominence in 1987 with the world première of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for Kent Opera and a production of Mignon at the Wexford Festival. Overall, he has worked for a wide range of well-known opera companies, including directing five productions for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Lohengrin (Munich) and Skin Deep for Opera North, Copenhagen, and Bregenz); several for the Glyndebourne Festival; two for Frankfurt Opera; productions for Brussels as well as the Olivier Award-winning Hansel and Gretelfor Welsh National Opera. Operas ranging from Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci to From Morning to Midnight, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and The Love for Three Oranges appeared on the stage of English National Opera while Pelleas and Melisande was presented for both Opera North and ENO in 1995. This production was described as "one of Jones's unalloyed successes", while his 1993 Ring Cycle at Covent Garden came in for much criticism: " was greeted with bemusement, even contempt: one paper called it "a monument of garish flippancy and banal cartoon caricature". The audience's catcalls on the first night of Das Rheingold made front-page news" noted Charlotte Higgins in her 2002 interview with the director. He has directed for Amsterdam and Munich, while L’enfant et les sortilèges appeared on the Paris Opera stage. The summer festival at Bregenz featured large-scale productions of Un ballo in maschera and La bohème. Berg's Wozzeck was staged in Berlin and at Welsh National Opera. In 2013, Jones directed the production of Benjamin Britten's opera Gloriana at The Royal Opera House in London for the centential of Britten's birth. Additionally, the American premiere of the opera Anna Nicole was presented by New York City Opera in September, a revival of his original production at The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Theatre work includes five productions for the Young Vic in London and which range from The Government Inspector to Annie Get Your Gun. Black Snow was directed for the American Repertory Theatre, plus All’s Well That Ends Well for the Public Theater in New York. In London, Holy Mothers was presented at the Ambassadors and the Royal Court Theatre, while La Bête was seen in London's West End and on Broadway, where it received a Tony nomination. On Broadway, Jones' productions of Titanic (the musical) and Wrong Mountain were presented. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jones directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which provoked critical reactions such as the comments "Dream world ruined by this vandal's romp" and "Miserably undercast, grotesquely overdesigned, sloppily directed and lacks the following: theatricality, comedy and magic" which appeared as part of The Guardians interview. Higgins also notes that the production "is now generally known as the play that got the worst reviews of the RSC's entire history and of any theatre production for the past 20 years. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Tales from the Vienna Woods by Odon von Horvath—in a new version by David Harrower—were presented by the National Theatre in London. In 2011, Jones directed David Harrower's Government Inspector (after Gogol's Revisor of 1836) at Warwick Arts Centre and London's Young Vic Theatre; the production featured Julian Barratt and Doon Mackichan. Additionally, Offenbach's opera, Les contes d'Hoffmann, was directed for the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. This production concentrated on the poet's state of mind, intensified by drinking and pipe-smoking. All three loves occupied physically similar spaces, as if their tales existed only in Hoffmann's imagination. Rolando Villazón sang Hoffmann, having returned to vocal form after difficulties, and Diana Damrau took the roles of Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta and, mutely, Stella. It was conducted by Constantinos Carydis. The production was also noteworthy for Angela Brower's portrayal of the leading role of Nicklausse, Hoffmann's constant companion. English National Opera co-commissioned the staging, which received negative reviews along with the good, provoking this response in Britain's Opera magazine: Other reviews took different approaches. Evening Standard Award Olivier Award "Designer of the Year"' Barclays/TMA Award CBE Notes Sources, Richard Jones (director) 2018-09-06T06:52:13Z Richard Jones CBE (born 7 June 1953) is a British theatre and opera director. He was born in London, and studied at the University of Hull and University of London. After working as a jazz musician, he spent 1982–83 on a bursary working with Scottish Opera and the Citizens Theatre. His work has become controversial and has provoked considerable reactions from the UK press. However, he is also seen as a major figure in the worlds of theatre and opera, as has been noted in a 2002 interview which appeared in London's The Guardian: Jones's earliest productions were for the Batignano Festival, Opera Northern Ireland and Opera 80, now English Touring Opera. He came to prominence in 1987 with the world première of Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for Kent Opera and a production of Mignon at the Wexford Festival. Overall, he has worked for a wide range of well-known opera companies, including directing five productions for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Lohengrin (Munich) and Skin Deep for Opera North, Copenhagen, and Bregenz); several for the Glyndebourne Festival; two for Frankfurt Opera; productions for Brussels as well as the Olivier Award-winning Hansel and Gretelfor Welsh National Opera. Operas ranging from Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci to From Morning to Midnight, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and The Love for Three Oranges appeared on the stage of English National Opera while Pelleas and Melisande was presented for both Opera North and ENO in 1995. This production was described as "one of Jones's unalloyed successes", while his 1993 Ring Cycle at Covent Garden came in for much criticism: " was greeted with bemusement, even contempt: one paper called it "a monument of garish flippancy and banal cartoon caricature". The audience's catcalls on the first night of Das Rheingold made front-page news" noted Charlotte Higgins in her 2002 interview with the director. He has directed for Amsterdam and Munich, while L'enfant et les sortilèges appeared on the Paris Opera stage. The summer festival at Bregenz featured large-scale productions of Un ballo in maschera and La bohème. Berg's Wozzeck was staged in Berlin and at Welsh National Opera. In 2013, Jones directed the production of Benjamin Britten's opera Gloriana at The Royal Opera House in London for the centential of Britten's birth. Additionally, the American premiere of the opera Anna Nicole was presented by New York City Opera in September, a revival of his original production at The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Theatre work includes five productions for the Young Vic in London and which range from The Government Inspector to Annie Get Your Gun. Black Snow was directed for the American Repertory Theatre, plus All's Well That Ends Well for the Public Theater in New York. In London, Holy Mothers was presented at the Ambassadors and the Royal Court Theatre, while La Bête was seen in London's West End and on Broadway, where it received a Tony nomination. On Broadway, Jones' productions of Titanic (the musical) and Wrong Mountain were presented. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jones directed A Midsummer Night's Dream, which provoked critical reactions such as the comments "Dream world ruined by this vandal's romp" and "Miserably undercast, grotesquely overdesigned, sloppily directed and lacks the following: theatricality, comedy and magic" which appeared as part of The Guardians interview. Higgins also notes that the production "is now generally known as the play that got the worst reviews of the RSC's entire history and of any theatre production for the past 20 years. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Tales from the Vienna Woods by Odon von Horvath—in a new version by David Harrower—were presented by the National Theatre in London. In 2011, Jones directed David Harrower's Government Inspector (after Gogol's Revisor of 1836) at Warwick Arts Centre and London's Young Vic Theatre; the production featured Julian Barratt and Doon Mackichan. Additionally, Offenbach's opera, Les contes d'Hoffmann, was directed for the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. This production concentrated on the poet's state of mind, intensified by drinking and pipe-smoking. All three loves occupied physically similar spaces, as if their tales existed only in Hoffmann's imagination. Rolando Villazón sang Hoffmann, having returned to vocal form after difficulties, and Diana Damrau took the roles of Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta and, mutely, Stella. It was conducted by Constantinos Carydis. The production was also noteworthy for Angela Brower's portrayal of the leading role of Nicklausse, Hoffmann's constant companion. English National Opera co-commissioned the staging, which received negative reviews along with the good, provoking this response in Britain's Opera magazine: Other reviews took different approaches. Evening Standard Award Olivier Award "Designer of the Year"' Barclays/TMA Award CBE Notes Sources | 1 |
American_Seniors_Housing_Association | American_Seniors_Housing_Association 2014-06-30T05:44:40Z The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) was created in 1991 by a number of leading seniors housing providers seeking an effective voice on Capitol Hill. ASHA's membership has grown to around 400 companies that operate, develop, and finance the full spectrum of seniors housing. ASHA's membership owns and/or manages more than 600,000 units of senior apartments, independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement communities. This article about an organization in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , American_Seniors_Housing_Association 2016-09-09T16:10:25Z The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), created in 1991, is a business association for senior housing providers. It claims to be the "premier source for research, conferences and advocacy. " ASHA's membership has grown to around 400 companies that operate, develop, and finance the full spectrum of seniors housing. ASHA's membership owns and/or manages more than 600,000 units of senior apartments, independent living, assisted living, and continuing care retirement communities. The ASHA sponsors a political action committee named the Seniors Housing PAC. This article about an organization in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
FIRST Championship | FIRST Championship 2009-02-06T03:33:22Z The World Festival is the global tournament for the FIRST Lego League, FIRST Robotics Competition, and FIRST Tech Challenge. The festival is held annually by the FIRST organization. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome, and is two and a half days long. The winners of the state and regional competitions compete at the World Festival. The 2008 competition in Atlanta, Georgia was held on April 17-19. On the night of Thursday, April 17, there was a talent show. Results from the World Festival in 2008, FIRST Championship 2010-11-21T13:42:53Z FIRST Championship is a two-and-a-half-day robotics championship held annually in April. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but beginning in 2011, and at least through 2013, it will be held at the Edward Jones Dome, in St Louis, Missouri. The event comprises three competitions, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship, FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival. FIRST Championship is normally held in conjunction with FIRST Robotics Conference which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields. FRC is a six-week competition program for high-school students to build 100 to 120 pound robots that can complete a task that changes every year using standard set of parts. FTC is a mid-level competition program for high-school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FLL is a competition program for elementary and middle school students. Teams for each program complete in tournaments at state and regional level. The winning teams from those tournaments join the global competition at FIRST Championship. FRC Championship is the final and largest event of FRC. In 2009, there were 348 teams globally that joined the competition. The theme for 2009 was Lunacy to test robots' ability to pick up 9" game balls and score them in trailers hitched to their opponents' robots on a low-friction floor. There are many awards in the Championship including Championship Finalists, Engineering Inspiration Award, Division Champions, Autodesk Visualization Award, Autodesk Inventor Award, Chrysler Team Spirit Award, Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award, General Motors Industrial Design Award, Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism Award, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award, Motorola Quality Award, Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award, Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety Award, Xerox Creativity Award, Imagery Award, Rookie All-star Award, Rookie Inspiration Award, Website Award and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are Championship Award, and Chairman's Award – the highest honor that recognizes the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate. After all FTC teams have competed in state / regional championship tournaments, the winning teams move on to the FTC World Championship. The Inspire Award winning teams and the captain teams of the Winning Alliance in the regional tournaments are automatically eligible for the world championship. If there are still spots available, additional teams may be picked by a lottery system. In 2009, the theme for the championship was Face Off! . It combined many real-world challenges, such as navigating uneven surfaces, manipulating odd-shaped objects, using sensors to determine the environment, and withstanding physical stress. The awards include World Championship Finalists, FTC Design Award, FTC Connect Award, FTC Innovate Award, FTC Motivate Award, FTC Think Award and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are FTC Winning Alliance and FTC World Championship Inspire Award. The top competitions in FLL program are FLL Open Championships and FLL World Festival. The Open Championships are managed by FLL Partners with a goal to bring teams from different regions to complete and showcase their achievements. Currently, there are two Open Championships, FLL Open European Championship and FLL US Open Championship. FLL Open Asian Championship was held for 2008 season in Tokyo, Japan. However, it was not active for 2009. FLL World Festival is hosted and managed by FIRST. The teams are often the Champion’s Award team at the regional level with some other criteria including special nomination from FLL Operational Partners globally. In 2009, there were 84 teams from 27 countries that joined the festival with the theme Climate Connections. The award categories include Innovative Design Award, Quality Design Award, Quality Design Award, Programming Award, Research Quality Award, Innovative Solution Award, Creative Presentation Award, Teamwork Award, Team Spirit Awards, Against All Odds Awards, Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Adult Coach/Mentor Awards, Young Adult Mentor Awards, and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are Champion's Award and Robot Performance Award. | 1 |
Michel_Croz | Michel_Croz 2007-11-21T15:45:34Z Michel Croz (22 April 1830, Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, Matterhorn) was a French mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism. He is chiefly remembered for his death on the first ascent of the Matterhorn. In the accident on the Matterhorn, the order on the rope during the descent was the following: Croz descended first, followed by Hadow, Hudson, Douglas, old Peter Taugwalder, Whymper and young Peter Taugwalder. According to Claire Engel, The rope between Douglas and old Peter Taugwalder snapped, saving the remaining three members of the party. Croz's body, together with those of Hudson and Hadow, was recovered from the Matterhorn glacier. Pointe Croz (4,110 m), a summit on the Grandes Jorasses, is named after him; it gives its name to Croz Spur, a major buttress on the north face of the mountain. Biography of Michel Croz (in French) This biographical article relating to climbing or mountaineering is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Michel_Croz 2008-09-01T00:30:03Z Michel Croz (22 April 1830, Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, Matterhorn) was a French mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism. He is chiefly remembered for his death on the first ascent of the Matterhorn and for his climbing partnership with Edward Whymper. Croz began his guiding career in 1859 when he was engaged by William Mathews for an ascent of Mont Blanc. As well as making the first ascent of some of the most significant unclimbed mountains in the Alps – the Grande Casse, Monte Viso, the Barre des Écrins and the Aiguille d'Argentière – he also made the first traverse of many previously uncrossed cols, including the col des Ecrins, the col du Sélé and the col du Glacier Blanc in the Massif des Écrins (all in 1862 with Francis Fox Tuckett, Peter Perren and Bartolomméo Peyrotte). In 1863, he climbed the Grandes Rousses with William Mathews, Thomas George Bonney and his brother Jean-Baptiste Croz, and in 1864 he made the first traverse of the brèche de la Meije and the first traverse of the col de la Pilatte (with Edward Whymper, Horace Walker, A. W. Moore and Saas-Fee guide Christian Almer). Of the latter expedition, Whymper was later to write, I cannot close this chapter without paying tribute to the ability with which Croz led us, through a dense mist, down the remainder of the Glacier de la Pilatte. As an exhibition of strength and skill, it has seldom been surpassed in the Alps or elsewhere. On this almost unknown and very steep glacier, he was perfectly at home, even in the mists. Never able to see 50 feet ahead, he still went on with utmost certainty, and without having to retrace a single step; and displayed from first to last consummate knowledge of the materials with which he was dealing. Following eight failed attempts on the Matterhorn starting from 1861, Whymper was recalled to London in the summer of 1864 and offered the services of Croz to his friend Adams-Reilly, advising him to make an attempt on the mountain (all three had been in a party that had made the first ascent of Mont Dolent that year). This never came to anything, and the next year Croz was again employed by Whymper. Together with Christian Almer and Franz Biner they made the first ascent of the Grand Cornier, and the first ascent of Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses. On the Matterhorn, Croz and Whymper tried a route via a couloir on the south-east face but were unsuccessful. Croz then had to fulfil an engagement with Charles Hudson, during which – together with T. S. Kennedy – they made the first ascent of the Moine ridge of the Aiguille Verte, whilst Whymper attempted to join forces with the Valtournenche guide Jean-Antoine Carrel. When this proved impossible (Carrel instead leading an Italian party on an attempt on the Italian ridge of the mountain), Whymper teamed up with Lord Francis Douglas and the two Zermatt guides, Peter Taugwalder father and son. Eventually this party decided to share the attempt on their common objective of the Hörnli ridge with Croz and Hudson, who had been joined by Hudson's protégé – the young, inexperienced and badly shod Douglas Hadow. After this party of seven successfully made the first ascent of the Matterhorn on 14 July 1865, the order on the rope during the descent was Croz going down first, followed by Hadow, then Hudson, Douglas, old Peter Taugwalder and Whymper, with young Peter Taugwalder bringing up the rear. According to Claire Engel, At each step Croz had to make Hadow's feet secure, and to do so he had to lay down his ice axe so that he had no support himself. Suddenly, while Croz was turning round to continue the descent, after having made Hadow secure, Hadow slipped and both of his feet struck Croz in the back. The guide lost his footing and fell headlong down the steep slope, dragging the boy with him. Hudson came next, then Douglas; none had time to react . . . The rope (an old, thin and worn line) between Douglas and old Peter Taugwalder snapped, saving the remaining three members of the party – Taugwalder father and son, and Whymper. Croz's body, together with those of Hudson and Hadow (but not Douglas), were recovered from the Matterhorn glacier. Croz was buried in the south side of Zermatt churchyard, on the other side from the graves of Hudson and Hadow. Whymper wrote: 'The inscription that is placed upon his tomb truthfully records that he was beloved by his comrades and esteemed by travellers. ' Whymper subsequently 'had to see to the fund for Croz's widow and he took on, later on, much care over a suitable memorial for the man who had been, despite occasional differences, undoubtedly his favourite guide. ' Pointe Croz (4,110 m), a summit on the Grandes Jorasses, is named after him. It was first climbed in 1909, 'probably' by Eleonore Hasenclever, Wilhelm Klemm, Felix König and Richard Weitzenböck. The summit gives its name to the Croz Spur (French: l'éperon Croz), a major buttress on the north face of the mountain, one of the great north faces of the Alps. This buttress was first climbed by Martin Meier and Rudolf Peters from 28–29 June 1935. Croz is commemorated in Chamonix by the avenue Michel Croz, a busy thoroughfare that crosses the river Arve in the centre of the town. One of the oldest buildings in Chamonix, the wooden Salle Michel Croz, was burnt to the ground in a fire on 15 February 1999. | 0 |
OT-64_SKOT | OT-64_SKOT 2007-12-05T01:15:19Z The OT-64 SKOT (Czech acronym for: Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or Polish Średni Kołowy Transporter Opancerzony) is an amphibious armored personnel carrier (8×8), developed jointly by Poland and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960's. It is an armoured version of the Tatra T813 8x8 truck but later versions were based on the Tatra T815. The first Prototype with the name SKOT was built 1959. It was to replace the halftrack OT-810, that with a few modifications was identical with the German SdKfz 251 from the Second World War. In 1961 the first sample series were built and starting from October 1963 the vehicles were built in Lublin by FSC (Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych). Czechoslovakia supplied some parts, for example the engines. The first production vehicles were delivered in 1964 was delivered to both armies and many are still in use today, although the Czech units, between 2007 and 2012, are being replaced by the Pandur II (8×8). The Czechoslovaks produced the engines, transmission (both by Tatra) , undercarriage, the Polish produced the armour and weapons. The OT-64 was the answer to Soviet BTR-60. Contrary to this the OT-64 used a diesel set in place of a petrol engine. That diminished the danger of fire and at the same time increased the range. The main advantage in relation to the Russian counterpart was the full-armored interior. The entrance is at the rear of the vehicle via twin doors. The OT-64 was air-transportable and buoyant. To the swimming drive the vehicle used two screws installed at the tail. The OT-64 had a NBC protection facility and a night-vision equipment. Several variants were built. Some OT-64 were reequipped for air defense or built as tank hunters. The latter used the AT-3 Sagger missile as a weapon. On beginning of the 1990's, SKOT's were gradually withdrawn from Polish Army, and consists of around 300-400, in particular in the versions R-2AM/AMT (for artillery units) and R-3M, engineer's, school. The SKOT is being replaced by the Patria AMV. Algeria, Cambodia, India, Iraq, Libya, Morocco,Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Uruguay, OT-64_SKOT 2009-06-13T14:09:44Z The OT-64 SKOT (Czech acronym for: Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or Polish Średni Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter) is an amphibious armored personnel carrier (8x8), developed jointly by Poland and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960s. SKOT was intended to replace the halftrack OT-810, which was nearly identical to the German SdKfz 251 from World War II. The first prototype was built in 1959. In 1961 the first sample series were built and starting from October 1963 the vehicles were produced in Lublin, Poland by Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych. Czechoslovakia supplied the driveline components, ie. the engine, transmission and axles. The first production vehicles were delivered in 1964 to both Polish and Czechoslovakian army and many are still in use today. Both Polish and Czech units are gradually replaced by newer vehicles. Czech units are scheduled to be replaced between 2007 and 2012. The OT-64's engine, transmission, suspension and axles were produced in Czechoslovakia. The engine was produced by Tatra and the transmission by Praga. The armored hull and weapons were produced in Poland. The OT-64 was the answer to the Soviet BTR-60. Contrary to this the OT-64 used a diesel set in place of a petrol engine. That diminished the danger of fire and at the same time increased the range. The main advantage in relation to the Russian counterpart was the full-armored interior. The entrance is at the rear of the vehicle via twin doors. The OT-64 was air-transportable and amphibious. For the amphibious drive the vehicle used two screws installed at the back. The OT-64 had an NBC protection facility and night-vision equipment. Several variants were built. Some OT-64 were re-equipped for air defense or built as tank hunters. The latter used the AT-3 Sagger missile as a weapon. OT-64 SKOT entered service with Polish and Czechoslovak armies in 1963. It was produced until early 1970s. It still is in service with Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. OT-64 SKOT was also exported to eleven different countries (Algeria, Cambodia, India, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Uruguay). A total number of vehicles produced for the Polish Army, the Czechoslovak Army and for export is 4,500. | 0 |
Harrison_Township,_Hudson_County,_New_Jersey | Harrison_Township,_Hudson_County,_New_Jersey 2008-09-01T17:05:29Z Harrison Township was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 13, 1840, and was part of Hudson County which was created from portions of Bergen County, on February 22, 1840. Harrison Township was established from the southern portions of Lodi Township. The town lines were Paterson Plank Road which ran along the town's northern boundary, the Hackensack River which ran along the eastern boundary, the Passaic River which ran along the western boundary and southern boundary where it met with the Hackensack River. In 1852, the residents of northern section of the township wished to return to Bergen County and on February 19, 1852, Union Township was created from Harrison Township with its northern boundary being Paterson Plank Road, the southern boundary being the Belleville Turnpike, and having the same east and west boundaries as Harrison Township. Kearny Township was created from parts of the township on April 8, 1867. The remaining section was reincorporated as the town of Harrison, New Jersey on March 25, 1869., Harrison_Township,_Hudson_County,_New_Jersey 2009-09-14T09:01:42Z Harrison Township was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 13, 1840, and was part of Hudson County which was created from portions of Bergen County, on February 22, 1840. Harrison Township was established from the southern portions of Lodi Township. The town lines were Paterson Plank Road which ran along the town's northern boundary, the Hackensack River which ran along the eastern boundary, the Passaic River which ran along the western boundary and southern boundary where it met with the Hackensack River. In 1852, the residents of northern section of the township wished to return to Bergen County and on February 19, 1852, Union Township was created from Harrison Township with its northern boundary being Paterson Plank Road, the southern boundary being the Belleville Turnpike, and having the same east and west boundaries as Harrison Township. Kearny Township was created from parts of the township on April 8, 1867. The remaining section was reincorporated as the town of Harrison, New Jersey on March 25, 1869. | 0 |
Baumstam | Baumstam 2009-04-24T20:00:34Z Baumstam is a Rockband from Witten. The Rockband was organized in 1972 by Gerd Stracke, Ulrich Klawitter, Michael Lobbe und Michael Willecke. From 1974 the Dortmunder Volker Wobbe alternated with the Bassist Michael Willecke. In 1977 the Band dissolved and reunited in 2004. Michael Lobbe changed off with Ulrich Klawitters Sohn Adrian Klawitter. In 1972 the "Baumstam" was founded by Gerd Stracke, Ulrich Klawitter, Michael Lobbe and Michael Willecke. In the first year, this Band played all over Deutschland also big Hall and open-air-concert. The Sound with two "Heavy-Fuzz"-Guitar resounded as a barometer of the Krautrockband in the German Rockhistory. In 1975, the LP „On Tour" was produced. This LP has a cultstatus today in the collecters and was sold with till 400 Euro. The Songs have been today still aired for instance in USA by different Radiobroadcast. In 1977, the Band could not reach agreement about the recordcontract of Deutschen Grammophon that is why the Band broke up. Between 1977 and 2004 all the member were, to be sure, not each other, but kept a matter of interest in music. Gerd Stracke and Ulrich Klawitter had continually played their own music each other in different Wittener Bands. At the beginning of 2004 the Baumstam reunited in making the Reissue of Platte „on tour". The young Gitarrist and Keyboarder Adrian Klawitter took the place of Michael Lobbe. In January 2005 the LP/CD „Dreams of Yesterday" was released with new songs in the typical Baumstam-Stile. Anna Weigand (vocals, flute, percussion) participated in those musicproduction as a singer und was in the Band from 2004 till August 2006. In the last 2 years, a new influence of the Bandmusic came through Adi without losing the relation with their own music history. Concerts as Ümminger Summertime, Riff in Bochum, Werkstadt Witten etc. gave the rockmusic friends on the ground of the 70er years the opportunity to appreciate the live of Baumstam again., Baumstam 2012-01-20T20:12:32Z Baumstam is a Rockband from Witten. The Rockband was organized in 1972 by Gerd Stracke, Ulrich Klawitter, Michael Lobbe und Michael Willecke. From 1974 the Dortmunder Volker Wobbe alternated with the Bassist Michael Willecke. In 1977 the Band dissolved and reunited in 2004. Michael Lobbe changed off with Ulrich Klawitters Sohn Adrian Klawitter. Baumstam was founded by Gerd Stracke, Ulrich Klawitter, Michael Lobbe and Michael Willecke in 1972. In the first year, the Band played all over Germany and big hall and open-air-concert. The sound of two "Heavy-Fuzz"-Guitar resounded as a barometer of the kraut rock in the German rock history. In 1975, the LP „On Tour" was produced. This LP has a cult status today among the collectors and was sold with till 400 Euro. Some of their songs are still aired today in USA and elsewhere. In 1977, the Band could not reach agreement about the record contract of Deutschen Grammophon which broke the band up. Between 1977 and 2004 all the member were, to be sure, not each other, but kept a matter of interest in music. Gerd Stracke and Ulrich Klawitter had continually played their own music each other in different Wittener Bands. At the beginning of 2004 the Baumstam reunited in making the Reissue of Platte „on tour". The young Gitarrist and Keyboarder Adrian Klawitter took the place of Michael Lobbe. In January 2005 the LP/CD „Dreams of Yesterday" was released with new songs in the typical Baumstam-Stile. Anna Weigand (vocals, flute, percussion) participated in those musicproduction as a singer und was in the Band from 2004 till August 2006. In the last 2 years, a new influence of the Bandmusic came through Adi without losing the relation with their own music history. Concerts as Ümminger Summertime, Riff in Bochum, Werkstadt Witten etc. gave the rockmusic friends on the ground of the 70er years the opportunity to appreciate the live of Baumstam again. | 0 |
Crayon 301 | Crayon 301 2009-01-11T08:40:05Z race infobox The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Organizers added an extra lap starting in 2008 to signal the fact that the title sponsor, Lenox Industrial Tools, "is looking for users and suppliers of industrial tools that go the extra mile, whose jobs are physically demanding, day after day, and still find time to contribute to their communities in a meaningful way." The race has been dubbed "The Extra Mile at the Magic Mile." Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 New England 300 Siemens 300 New England 300 thatlook.com 300 Jiffy Lube 300 Slick 50 300, Crayon 301 2010-10-23T19:52:10Z race infobox The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Newell Rubbermaid, through its Lenox Industrial Tools subsidiary, is the title sponsor of the race and has been since 2006. Organizers added an extra lap starting in 2008 to represent that Lenox Industrial Tools "is looking for users and suppliers of industrial tools that go the extra mile, whose jobs are physically demanding, day after day, and still find time to contribute to their communities in a meaningful way." The race has been dubbed "The Extra Mile at the Magic Mile." The title is a misnomer, however, as races at New Hampshire are not run by miles but instead by laps. The spring race in 318.5 miles in length while the fall race, the Sylvania 300, is 317.4. | 1 |
Persian Gulf Pro League | Persian Gulf Pro League 2005-04-20T20:08:14Z Iran's Premier Football League is the most important football (soccer) league in Iran. Fourteen teams play in the league each year. Champions of the league: Ą, Persian Gulf Pro League 2006-12-26T16:01:51Z current Iran's Premier Football League known as the Iran Premier League(IPL) and now officially as the Persian Gulf Cup is the most important football league in Iran. IPL is really one of many steps in the evolution of Iranian league football. The league system resembles the system being used in England currently. The Premier league is the top league, then follows the 1st division, the 2nd division, the 3rd Division and the lower local leagues. Before the early 1970's Iran did not have an official national league. Most teams would participate in city championships. Taj1 and Persepolis2 had become the two most popular teams in the mid 60s and continue to be in the present. Pas, Shahin, Taj, Daraei FC, all won championships in the Tehran local league, during this period. In 1972, the Takht Jamshid Cup was created. It was designed to include teams from all over the country, but as usual teams from Tehran dominated, mostly Pas, winning the final two. The league was in place until the Iranian Revolution took place, and the 1978 season was left uncompleted. Due to the revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, football was no longer a priority. Clubs had very little money and due to political reasons team names, management and resources were changed. There was no major league competition during the 1980-89 period, only a few cup competitions and some local city league championships such as the 17th of Shahrivar league and the Qods Cup. In 1989 the Qods league was created and saw Esteghlal as its champion. In 1991 the Qods league was renamed the Azadegan League3. Named the Azadegan League in honor of Iranian prisoners of war who were released, it began operations in the 1991-92 season. Pas was its first champion. For the first time in more than ten years Iran finally had a national league again. The number of teams playing in the league varied from year to year. Pas and Saipa dominated the league in the first four years. Pas and Esteghlal both were able to capture Asian Club Championships in the early 1990s. By the mid-90s Persepolis and Esteghlal regained their dominant form. The league championship every year between 1995-2001 was either Esteghlal or Persepolis. The two clubs always had the most talented players in Iran, the national team consisted mainly of Perspolis and Esteghlal players, and some of the greatest talents Iranian football has seen were discovered during this period. The 2001-2002 season saw the beginning of the first professional football league in Iran. Unfortunately many say that the new league is professional in name only and is missing many of the required components of a pro league. Player salaries have risen and other positives in the league are the emergence of provincial teams and raw talent which every IPL team boasts. Teams like Foolad Sepahan, Foolad Khouzestan and Zob Ahan FC have all shown they can compete, even though they are not based in Tehran. The league can only continue to get better, and many are hoping this league will help Iran's football, in terms of quality and reputation improve. On August 12, 2006, the Iranian Football Federation decided to change the name of the league once again. The name of the league now is the Persian Gulf Cup. . This was done to promote the name of the Persian Gulf, instead of the incorrect variations which some nations and organizations use. The league logo was also changed, with the winner selected from over 130 designs being unveiled on November 14, 2006. Notes 1. Taj changed its name to Esteghlal in 1979. 2. Shahin FC changed its name to Persepolis FC in 1968, which in turn changed to Pirouzi in 1986; but the 'old' name Perspolis is still used in preference to Piroozi in Iran. 3. Azadegan League is now the name of the 2nd highest division in Iran, only the IPL is higher. The number of national championships that clubs in Iran have attained. start {{IPL}} may refer to: {{Template disambiguation}} should never be transcluded in the main namespace. end start end | 1 |
Economy of France | Economy of France 2005-01-06T01:37:26Z of France table With a GDP of $1.4 trillion (1.4 T$), France is the fourth-largest Western industrialized economy. It has substantial agricultural resources, a large industrial base, and a highly skilled work force. A dynamic services sector accounts for an increasingly large share of economic activity (72% in 1997) and is responsible for nearly all job creation in recent years. GDP growth averaged 2% between 1994 and 1998, with 3% recorded in 2000. Government economic policy aims to promote investment and domestic growth in a stable fiscal and monetary environment. Creating jobs and reducing the high unemployment rate has been a top priority. The Government of France has successfully reduced a double-digit unemployment rate in excess of 10% to 8%-9%, recently. France joined 10 other European Union countries in adopting the euro as its currency in January 1999. Henceforth, monetary policy will be set by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Following the Second World War, and especially the Fifth Republic, France embarked on an ambitious and mostly very successful program of modernization, under state impulse and coordination. This program of dirigisme, mostly implemented by right-wing governments, involved the state control of a minority of the industry, such as transportation, energy and telecommunication infrastructures, as well as various incentives for private corporations to merge or engage in certain projects. However, dirigisme came to be highly contested in the 1980s, with complaints of bureaucracy and lack of reactivity to new challenges; the government largely retreated from economic intervention. Dirigisme has now essentially receded. Despite significant reform and privatization over the past 15 years, the government continues to control a large share of economic activity: Government spending, at 53% of GDP in 2000, is the highest in the G-7. Labour conditions and wages are highly regulated. The government continues to own shares in corporations in a range of sectors, including banking, energy production and distribution, automobiles, transportation, and telecommunications. The conservative governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin, since Raffarin's first nomination in 2002, have had to face increasing budget deficits for the State and Social Security budgets. In both cases, this government had reduced taxes or contributions. The government also increased military spending. The government and its supporters contend that longer-term prospects of the economy impose that the retirement age should be raised, unemployment and retirement benefits should be cut, and that the national health insurance regimes should be reformed to cut costs. Opponents, mostly from left-wing parties but also, to a lesser extend, from the Union for French Democracy (a centrist party in Raffarin's coalition), contend that the proposed reforms are not good for the country and thus rightly opposed by the population. According to them, Raffarin's reforms and spending choices hit hard on working-class people and those preparing the future of the country, such as scientific researchers, while the government squanders public money on special interests through subsidies and tax cuts. They also contend that the alleged tax cuts are, in fact, effective transfers of spending from national to local taxes. In March 2004, the regional elections were a severe blow to Raffarin. The government has since announced that the reforms would be re-examined to heed the concerns expressed by the population, though it is still unclear what it intends to do. The French government intervenes in workforce relations in two ways: The government imposes a minimum wage (SMIC). Unemployment is a permanent concern of French governments since the end of the 1970s. Legislation passed in 1998 shortened the legal workweek from 39 to 35 hours effective January 1, 2000. A key objective of the legislation is to encourage job creation, for which significant new subsidies will be made available. It is difficult to assess the impact of workweek reduction on growth and jobs since many of the key economic parameters, such as the impact on labour costs and company's ability to reorganize work schedules, will depend on the outcome of labour-management negotiations which should extend through 2000 and beyond. See 35-hour workweek. The conservative government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin is trying as of 2004 to enact more exemptions from this law. Membership in France's labour unions accounts for less than 10% of the private sector workforce (in 2003, 8.2% of the workforce ) and is concentrated in the education, manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry sectors. Most unions are affiliated with one of the competing national federations, the largest and most powerful of which are the CGT, FO, and CFDT. French unions are fairly weak in general, and strikes are uncommon in most of the economy (see France: a nation of strikers?). On the other hand, unions are powerful in some parts of the public sector. This is especially true of public transportation (SNCF national railways, RATP Paris transit authority, air traffic control...), where strikes have an instant effect on the general public and attract the attention of the foreign press. In the case of the private sector, the weakness of the unions often leads to their calling for the government to intervene in workforce conflicts. Another issue is that unions compete between themselves; this occasionally leads to power struggles in some areas where they are powerful, even degenerating into strikes. France has been very successful in developing dynamic telecommunications, aerospace, and weapons sectors. With virtually no domestic oil production, France has relied heavily on the development of nuclear power, which now accounts for about 80% of the country's electricity production. Nuclear waste is stored on site at reprocessing facilities. France is the European Union's leading agricultural producer, accounting for about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU. Northern France is characterized by large wheat farms. Dairy products, pork, poultry, and apple production are concentrated in the western region. Beef production is located in central France, while the production of fruits, vegetables, and wine ranges from central to southern France. France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is currently expanding its forestry and fishery industries. The implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Uruguay Round of the GATT Agreement have resulted in reforms in the agricultural sector of the economy. France is the world's sixth-largest agricultural producer and the second-largest agricultural exporter, after the United States. However, the destination of 70% of its exports are other EU member states. Wheat, beef, pork, poultry, and dairy products are the principal exports. The United States, although the second-largest exporter to France, faces stiff competition from domestic production, other EU member states, and other third countries. U.S. agricultural exports to France, totalling some $600 million annually, consist primarily of soybeans and products, feeds and fodders, seafood, and consumer oriented products, especially snack foods and nuts. French exports to the United States are mainly cheese, processed products and wine. They amount to more than $900 million annually. As France is the most popular touristic country in the world, tourism is a significant contributor to the French Economy. In the 1960s the government heavily promoted the development of skiing in the French Alps through the development of new high level resorts including some of the World's most extensive. France is the second-largest trading nation in western Europe (after Germany). Its foreign trade balance for goods has been in surplus since 1992, reaching $25.4 billion (25.4 G$) in 1998. Total trade for 1998 amounted to $730 billion, or 50% of GDP--imports plus exports of goods and services. Trade with European Union countries accounts for 60% of French trade. In 1998, U.S.-France trade totalled about $47 billion--goods only. According to French trade data, U.S. exports accounted for 8.7%--about $25 billion--of France's total imports. U.S. industrial chemicals, aircraft and engines, electronic components, telecommunications, computer software, computers and peripherals, analytical and scientific instrumentation, medical instruments and supplies, broadcasting equipment, and programming and franchising are particularly attractive to French importers. Principal French exports to the United States are aircraft and engines, beverages, electrical equipment, chemicals, cosmetics, and luxury products. France is the ninth-largest trading partner of the U.S. Industrial production growth rate: 2% (1999 est.) Electricity - production: 480,972 GWh (1998) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 10.77% hydro: 12.45% nuclear: 76.24% other: 0.54% (1998) Electricity - consumption: 389,254 GWh (1998) Electricity - exports: 62,000 GWh (1998) Electricity - imports: 3,950 GWh (1998) Agriculture - products: wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish Exports - commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, iron and steel products; agricultural products, textiles and clothing Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery and equipment, chemicals; agricultural products Currency: Euro (EUR) since January 1st, 1999 for all financial transactions, Euro_banknotes and Euro_coins were introduced January 1st, 2002. Previously was the French Franc (FRF), the official exchange rate was fixed at 6.55957 French Francs per Euro. , Economy of France 2006-12-28T08:36:26Z of France table France is the sixth largest economy in the world in USD exchange-rate terms. With a GDP of 1.7 trillion euros (1.7×1012 €; 2005 data),the seventh largest by purchasing power parity, it shows the lowest poverty rate amongst the large economies. According to World Bank and IMF figures, it is the third largest in Europe after Germany and the United Kingdom. France has substantial agricultural resources, a large industrial base, and a highly skilled workforce. A dynamic services sector accounts for an increasingly large share of economic activity (74% in 2006) and has been responsible for nearly all job creation in recent years. GDP growth averaged 2% between 1994 and 1998, with 3% recorded in 2000. Like other continental economies, France's real GDP growth has been relatively weak, the unemployment rate is high, at nearly 9%, and a rising trade deficit has characterised a malaise in the French economy since the global economic downturn in 2000. However, France's income inequality (measured by the Gini coefficient) has remained low compared to other economies where it has increased considerably (most notably in the United Kingdom and the United States). Moreover, France's poverty rate remains one of the lowest in the world, at 6% (compared to 15% in the UK and 18% in the US). Government economic policy aims to promote investment and domestic growth in a stable fiscal and monetary environment. Creating jobs and reducing the high unemployment rate is the top priority of the French Government. In the 1990s, unemployment fell from 10% to 8.5%, although this rebounded to double digits because of the dot.com crash, but currently, unemployment is back under 10%. France joined 10 other European Union countries in adopting the euro as its currency in February 1999. Since then, monetary policy has been set by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Following the Second World War, Fifth Republic, France embarked on an ambitious and very successful programme of modernisation, under state impulse and coordination. This programme of dirigisme, mostly implemented by right-wing governments, involved the state control of a minority of the industry, such as transportation, energy and telecommunication infrastructures, as well as various incentives for private corporations to merge or engage in certain projects. However, dirigisme came to be highly contested after 1981 when newly elected socialist president François Mitterrand called for increased governmental control in the economy, nationalising many industries and private banks. By 1983 with the initial bad economic results the government decided to renounce dirigisme and start the era of rigueur ("rigour") or corporatisation. As a result the government largely retreated from economic intervention; dirigisme has now essentially receded though some of its traits remain. Despite significant privatisation over the past 15 years, the government continues to play a significant role in the economy: government spending, at 53% of GDP in 2000, is the highest in the G-7. Labour conditions and wages are highly regulated. The government continues to own shares in corporations in a range of sectors, including banking, energy production and distribution, automobiles, transportation, and telecommunications. The French government intervenes in workforce relations in two ways: The government imposes an hourly minimum wage (SMIC) of 8.27 € (updated every July 1). Unemployment has been a permanent concern of French governments since the end of the 1970s. The unemployment problem will probably be the main topic of the 2007 presidential election in France. However, some economists think the unemployment will drop by itself when the baby boom generation retires from 2009 to 2020. See below for a discussion on the current measures against unemployment. Legislation passed in 1998 shortened the legal workweek from 39 to 35 hours effective January 1, 2000. A key objective of the legislation was to encourage job creation, for which significant new subsidies were to be made available. It is difficult to assess the impact of workweek reduction on growth and jobs since many of the key economic parameters, such as the impact on labour costs and companies' ability to reorganize work schedules, will depend on the outcome of labour-management negotiations which should extend through 2000 and beyond. See 35-hour workweek. The conservative governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin until 2005 and of Dominique de Villepin then tried to enact more exemptions from this law. Membership in France's labour unions accounts for less than 10% of the private sector workforce (in 2003, 8.2% of the workforce) and is concentrated in the education, manufacturing, transportation, and heavy industry sectors. Most unions are affiliated with one of the competing national federations, the largest and most powerful of which are the CGT, FO, and CFDT. French unions are fairly weak, and strikes are uncommon in most of the economy. Nonetheless, unions are powerful in some parts of the public sector, particularly public transportation (SNCF national railways, RATP Paris transit authority and air traffic control), where strikes have an instant effect on the general public and attract the attention of the national and foreign press. In the case of the private sector, the weakness of the unions often leads to their calling for the government to intervene in workforce conflicts. Another issue is that unions compete between themselves; this occasionally leads to power struggles in some areas where they are powerful, even degenerating into strikes. Chronically high unemployment has persisted since the 1970s; a number of attempts have been made since to curb the unemployment rate. Since the re-election of Jacques Chirac to the presidency in 2002, the successive cabinets of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, have tried some moderately "liberal" approach to fighting unemployment: removing or weakening workforce legislation and lowering payroll contributions in order to stimulate employment. When he was appointed Prime Minister in May 2005, Dominique de Villepin imposed one hundred day allowance on himself to implement policies for job creation. De Villepin has said that his policies will focus on "finding jobs where there are", in other words, helping micro-enterprises (businesses with fewer than 10 employees) that are struggling to expand due to financial disincentives and helping the unemployed back into work. The Government of Dominique de Villepin has implemented several measures to promote job creation: The French Government has found it necessary to introduce new types of contracts to help those who are most likely to be themselves unemployed, especially young adults. Left-wing parties and unions have criticised Dominique de Villepin's policies because they believe that jobs created will be insecure and poorly-paid. Recently, under severe protest from left-wing parties and unions, Dominique de Villepin withdrew the CPE. The conservative governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominque de Villepin, since Jacques Chirac's election in 2002, have had to face increasing budget deficits for the State and Social Security budgets. In 2004, Jean-Pierre Raffarin introduced legislation to reform the French Social Security system and to cut costs, thereby reducing its deficit. In both cases, this government had reduced taxes or contributions. The government also increased defence spending. The government and its supporters contend that longer-term prospects of the economy demand that the retirement age should be raised, unemployment and retirement benefits should be cut, and that the national health insurance regimes should be reformed to cut costs. Opponents, mostly from left-wing parties but also, to a lesser extent, from the Union for French Democracy (a centrist party in the ruling coalition), contend that the proposed reforms are not good for the country and thus rightly opposed by the population. According to them, Raffarin's reforms and spending choices hit hard on working-class people and those preparing the future of the country, such as scientific researchers, while the government squanders public money on special interests through subsidies and tax cuts. They also contend that the alleged tax cuts are, in fact, effective transfers of spending from national to local taxes. In March 2004, Raffarin was dealt a severe blow in regional elections. In 2001, the French Parliament passed the "LOLF" (Loi d'orientation sur les lois de finances), a law which greatly reformed the way the budget was passed, executed and audited. The implementation of LOLF is phased, and the main dispositions will first be applied in 2006. LOLF imposes that spending should be allocated to identifiable and auditable "missions", which better feedback to those who voted the budget about the efficiency of spending. It is yet too early to gauge the efficiency of this law. France has been very successful in developing dynamic telecommunications, aerospace, and weapons sectors. With no domestic oil production, France has relied heavily on the development of nuclear power, which now accounts for about 80% of the country's electricity production. Nuclear waste is stored on site at reprocessing facilities. In November 2004, EDF (which stands for Electricité de France), the sole electricity provider in France, was floated on the French stockmarket. France is the European Union's leading agricultural producer, accounting for about one-third of all agricultural land within the EU. Northern France is characterized by large wheat farms. Dairy products, pork, poultry, and apple production are concentrated in the western region. Beef production is located in central France, while the production of fruits, vegetables, and wine ranges from central to southern France. France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is currently expanding its forestry and fishery industries. The implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Uruguay Round of the GATT Agreement have resulted in reforms in the agricultural sector of the economy. France is the world's 100 sixth-largest agricultural producer and the second-largest agricultural exporter, after the United States. However, the destination of 70% of its exports are other EU member states and many poor African countries (including its former colonies) which face serious food shortage. Wheat, beef, pork, poultry, and dairy products are the principal exports. The United States, although the second-largest exporter to France, faces stiff competition from domestic production, other EU member states, and other third world countries. U.S. agricultural exports to France, totaling some $600 million annually, consist primarily of soybeans and products, feeds and fodders, seafood, and consumer oriented products, especially snack foods and nuts. French exports to the United States are mainly cheese, processed products and wine. They amount to more than $900 million annually. The French agricultural sector is heavily dependent upon subsidies from the European Union, which account for €11bn. France is the main country in the EU that is against the reduction of subsidies. Subsidies have given France a competitive advantage which also demotes the concept of free trade. Specific government policies, such as the infamous reclassification of French wine as a 'health food' to avoid VAT, also goes a long way to create a thriving domestic sector. As France is the most popular tourist country in the world, tourism is a significant contributor to the French Economy. In the 1960s the government heavily promoted the development of skiing in the French Alps through the development of new high level resorts including some of the world's most extensive ski trails. Paris, the capital of France, is also the most visited city in the world. France is the thirds largest arms supplier in the world (after the US and the UK). The French arms industries main customer, for whom they mainly build warships, guns, nuclear weapons and equipment, is the French Government. Furthermore, record high defence expenditure (currently at 35 billion €), which was considerably increased under the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, have contributed to the success of the French arms industries. In addition, external demand plays a big part in the growth of this sector: for example, France exports great quantities of weaponry to the US and the Middle East. In recent years, the French Government has called for the lifting of the weapons trade embargo on China. France is the second-largest trading nation in western Europe (after Germany). Its foreign trade balance for goods had been in surplus from 1992 until 2001, reaching $25.4 billion (25.4 G$) in 1998. However, the French balance of trade was hit by the economic downturn, and went into the red in 2000, reaching US$15bn in deficit in 2003. Total trade for 1998 amounted to $730 billion, or 50% of GDP--imports plus exports of goods and services. Trade with European Union countries accounts for 60% of French trade. In 1998, U.S.-France trade totaled about $47 billion--goods only. According to French trade data, U.S. exports accounted for 8.7%--about $25 billion--of France's total imports. U.S. industrial chemicals, aircraft and engines, electronic components, telecommunications, computer software, computers and peripherals, analytical and scientific instrumentation, medical instruments and supplies, broadcasting equipment, and programming and franchising are particularly attractive to French importers. Principal French exports to the United States are aircraft and engines, beverages, electrical equipment, chemicals, cosmetics, luxury products and perfume. France is the ninth-largest trading partner of the U.S. GDP PPP & GDP Growth Rates 2002 - 2006 est. : Industrial production growth rate: 0.2% (2005) Electricity: Electricity - production by source: Agriculture - products: wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish Exports - commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, iron and steel products; agricultural products, textiles and clothing and perfume Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery and equipment, chemicals; agricultural products Currency: Euro (EUR) since January 1st, 1999 for all financial transactions, Euro banknotes and Euro coins were introduced February 1st, 2002. Previously was the French Franc (FRF), the official exchange rate was fixed at 6.55957 French Francs per Euro. | 1 |
Ralf Little | Ralf Little 2014-01-06T22:40:32Z Ralf Alistair John B. Little (born 8 February 1980 in Oldham) is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Little attended Bolton School (Boys' Division). He is the son of two qualified accountants. Some of his early television roles included minor roles in various programmes such as Elidor, Children's Ward, Sloggers, Bostock's Cup, Always and Everyone, and a production of Aladdin. Ralf's big break came when he was offered the role of Antony Royle in the BBC sitcom, The Royle Family. He took three months out of his 'A' Level studies to record the series, after which he returned to school and got the grades he needed to get into his chosen course at university. Shortly after starting his medical studies degree at university, the first series of The Royle Family began to air and offers to audition started coming Little's way, as many as five per week. This prompted him to abandon his studies and focus on his acting career. The original run of the series was from autumn 1998 to December 2000, and after a one-off special in 2006 returned for a series of Christmas specials from 2008, with Little returning to the role of Antony in 2006 and from 2009. After the original run of The Royle Family, he was cast in another sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (or Two Pints), as Jonny Keogh. The first series ran from February 2001, and has been running for nine series so far. During an interview for This Morning in September 2007 Little said that he would not be returning for the next series due to an overwhelming schedule, and his character was therefore killed off screen in the first episode of the seventh series although mentioned throughout the rest of the series. Little was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in Notes on Falling Leaves at the Royal Court Theatre. In 1999 Little played a Star in the ITV comedy drama The Flint Street Nativity which also starred Frank Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Mark Addy, Josie Lawrence, Neil Morrissey, Stephen Tompkinson and Julia Sawalha. In 2000 Little played Wishee Washee in the ITV Panto Aladdin, while in 2004 he played the title character in Billy Liar at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. He appeared in Juliet McKoen's 2005 ghost story/murder mystery film Frozen, set in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Between November 2002 and January 2003 He hosted three hour long episodes of the Ralf Little Show on BBC3 along with co-host Elizabeth Bower. Ralph Little was the lead writer, and additional writers include Simon Blackwell, Colin Simon Blackwell, Ed Dyson, Robin Ince and Will Smith. Regular features for this show included celebrity interviews and comedy routines by Ralph Little. Guests for this show included Peter Davison, Kevin Eldon, Rowland Rivron, Richard Blackwood and musical guest Vega 4. His other film credits include 24 Hour Party People (playing Joy Division and New Order bass player Peter Hook) and Al's Lads. Little also starred as Stephen, alongside Anne-Marie Duff, in Oscar-nominee Roger Goldby's film The Waiting Room, released throughout the UK in June 2008. In television, he also appeared in Paradise Heights alongside Neil Morrisey and Charles Dale. In October 2007, he appeared in the one man show, Stacy, written by Jack Thorne at the Trafalgar Studios in London and on TV in Robin Hood as a sinister scientist Joseph, in the episode "The Angel of Death". In August 2007 he released his first online novel (co-written with Stephen Morris), The Golden Generation, a coming of age tale about a recently single man who is taken under the wings of two city traders who show him the trappings of big money in the big city but that it comes at a price. Money taken from the sale of the novel went to the charity Shelter. Little was a member of the cast of KateModern, a web series which is a spin-off of the more well-known lonelygirl15. The series started in July 2007 and posted its final video in June 2008. In early 2008 he appeared in adverts for McVitie's digestive biscuits, did the voiceover for SMA baby formula adverts and the 2009 Asda Rollback adverts. He also provided the narration for series two to seven of Monkey Life. In July 2008 he appeared in 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, a new play at the Bush Theatre which was revised as 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover at Christmas later that year, while in September of the same year he starred in Massive, a BBC comedy about an indie record label. Also in 2008 he narrated the second series of Last Man Standing. In 2009 he had role of Clint in the ITV comedy drama series Married Single Other alongside Miranda Raison He also worked on the film Powder. In the autumn of 2010, he starred in The Aliens, a British premier of a new play by Annie Baker, again at the Bush Theatre alongside Mackenzie Crook and Olly Alexander. In 2011, he appeared as Richard Dickens in the comedy series The Cafe, shown on Sky 1, which he co-wrote with Michelle Terry and which was directed by Craig Cash. In 2013, he appeared in Death in Paradise series two, episode six. As of April 2013, he was appearing at the Liverpool Playhouse as the father of a girl with cerebral palsy, in a new production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Little, a supporter of Manchester United, is a keen footballer and has played for a number of semi-professional clubs when other commitments allow. In March 2003 he played for Maidstone United against AFC Wimbledon, having previously been training with Staines Town. He joined Isthmian League side Edgware Town in October 2004, making his debut in the FA Vase game against Waltham Abbey. He played for Chertsey Town during the 2007-08 season and on 8 July 2008 signed for North West Counties League side Stone Dominoes. He has also on a few occasions played celebrity football matches for charity and played with members of Hollywood United while in the district for acting career purposes. He also plays for the Arsenal Ex-Pro and Celebrity XI. On 6 June 2010, he participated in Soccer Aid game for England on the left wing. On 9 August 2011, he played in the John Kennedy testimonial match for Manchester United against Celtic which resulted in a 5-2 win for Celtic. In May 2012, he appeared for the Sealand national football team in a match against the Chagos Islands as captain. The match was held at the grounds of Godalming Town. In August 2012 and March 2013 he played in 2 games against Alderney, a 1-1 draw and 2-1 win respectively. , Ralf Little 2015-11-06T09:12:34Z Ralf Alastair John Little (born 8 February 1980) is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He has played Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Little was born in Oldham and attended Bolton School (Boys' Division). He is the son of two accountants. Some of his early television roles included minor roles in various programmes such as Elidor, Children's Ward and Sloggers. Little's break came when he was offered the role of Antony Royle in the BBC sitcom, The Royle Family. This prompted him to abandon his studies (at Manchester Medical school) and focus on his acting career. The original run of the series was from autumn 1998 to December 2000, and after a one-off special in 2006 returned for a series of Christmas specials from 2008, with Little returning to the role of Antony in 2006, and from 2009. After the original run of The Royle Family, he was cast in another sitcom, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (or Two Pints), as Jonny Keogh. The first series ran from February 2001, and has been running for nine series so far. During an interview for This Morning in September 2007 Little said that he would not be returning for the next series due to an overwhelming schedule. His character was subsequently killed off. In 1999 Little played a The Star of Bethlehem in the ITV comedy drama The Flint Street Nativity. In 2001 he played the young George Harrison in Presence at the Royal Court Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance. In 2004 he played the title character in Billy Liar at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. He appeared in Juliet McKoen's 2005 ghost story/murder mystery film Frozen, set in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Between November 2002 and January 2003 He hosted three one-hour-long episodes of the Ralf Little Show on BBC3. Other film credits include 24 Hour Party People (playing Joy Division and New Order bass player Peter Hook) and Al's Lads. Little also starred as Stephen, alongside Anne-Marie Duff, in Roger Goldby's film, The Waiting Room, released throughout the UK in June 2008. In television, he also appeared in Paradise Heights. In October 2007, he appeared in the one man show, Stacy, written by Jack Thorne at the Trafalgar Studios in London and on TV in Robin Hood as a sinister scientist Joseph, in the episode "The Angel of Death". In August 2007 he released his first online novel (co-written with Stephen Morris), The Golden Generation, a coming of age tale about a recently single man who is taken under the wings of two city traders who show him the trappings of big money in the big city but that it comes at a price. Money taken from the sale of the novel went to the charity Shelter. He was a cast member of KateModern, a web series which developed by the creators of the US YouTube hit lonelygirl15, which started in July 2007 and posted its final video in June 2008. In July 2008 he appeared in 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, a new play at the Bush Theatre which was revised as 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover at Christmas later that year, while in September of the same year he starred in Massive, a BBC comedy about an indie record label. In 2008 he narrated the second series of Last Man Standing. In 2009, he played Clint in Married Single Other, alongside Miranda Raison He also worked on the film Powder. In the autumn of 2010, he starred in The Aliens, a British premier of a new play by Annie Baker, again at the Bush Theatre. In 2011, he appeared as Richard Dickens in the comedy series The Café, shown on Sky 1, which he co-wrote with Michelle Terry and which was directed by Craig Cash. In 2013, he appeared in Death in Paradise series two, episode six. As of April 2013, he was appearing at the Liverpool Playhouse as the father of a girl with cerebral palsy, in a new production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. In 2014, he appeared in the TV series Our Zoo. He also voices Captain Skip in the animated English version of The Unbeatables. Little, a supporter of Manchester United, is a keen footballer and has played for a number of semi-professional clubs when other commitments allow. In March 2003 he played for Maidstone United against AFC Wimbledon, having previously been training with Staines Town. He joined Isthmian League side Edgware Town in October 2004, making his debut in the FA Vase game against Waltham Abbey. He played for Chertsey Town during the 2007–08 season and on 8 July 2008 signed for North West Counties League side Stone Dominoes. He has also on a few occasions played celebrity football matches for charity and played with members of Hollywood United while in the district for acting career purposes. He also plays for the Arsenal Ex-Pro and Celebrity XI. On 6 June 2010, he participated in Soccer Aid game for England on the left wing. On 9 August 2011, he played in the John Kennedy testimonial match for Manchester United against Celtic which resulted in a 5–2 win for Celtic. In May 2012, he appeared for the Sealand national football team in a match against the Chagos Islands as captain. The match was held at the grounds of Godalming Town. In August 2012 and March 2013 he played in 2 games against Alderney, a 1–1 draw and 2–1 win respectively. | 1 |
Breakfast_in_Bed_(album) | Breakfast_in_Bed_(album) 2010-04-23T17:10:05Z Breakfast in Bed was released in 2007 is the fifth studio album released by blues artist Joan Osborne. The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s including "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The album also contains five original songs. Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, Standing in the Shadows of Motown are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas' "Heatwave", and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" , Breakfast_in_Bed_(album) 2012-04-16T13:11:35Z Breakfast in Bed was released in 2007 is the fifth studio album released by blues artist Joan Osborne. The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s including "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The album also contains five original songs. Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, Standing in the Shadows of Motown are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas' "Heatwave", and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" | 0 |
Shane van Gisbergen | Shane van Gisbergen 2021-01-11T11:07:53Z Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 97 Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Van Gisbergen has also forged a successful GT career, including a number of entries in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Alex Job Racing and competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series for McLaren with Von Ryan Racing and Garage 59. Van Gisbergen, with Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb, also won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour for Tekno Autosports. After competing in Motocross, Quarter Midgets and karts from 1998 to 2004, van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Formula First Championship and won the associated Rookie of the Year award. Van Gisbergen had previously obtained a Speedsport Star of Tomorrow Scholarship. A win in the 2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship was accompanied by another Rookie of the Year title and was followed by a second-place finish in the 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series. In 2014, van Gisbergen co-drove to the BNT NZ Supertourers Hankook Super Series championship with primary driver Simon Evans. Shane won 7 of the 9 races in total of the Endurance rounds including sweeping the entire Fuchs 500 weekend at Pukekohe Park Raceway with winning race #3 in spectacular fashion driving from 1 lap down. Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007. Driving for Team Kiwi Racing, van Gisbergen finished the first race in 20th position before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3. Having impressed in his 2007 races, van Gisbergen was picked up by Stone Brothers Racing in 2008. He would continue with the team for five seasons until 2012, securing a best of fourth in the championship in 2011. In late 2012, he announced a retirement from V8 Supercars, citing mental health issues. He controversially moved to Tekno Autosports for the start of the 2013 season, leading to accusations that he had falsely claimed to be suffering mental health problems to get out of a contract with Erebus Motorsport who purchased Stone Brothers RacingSeason. The move to Tekno proved fruitful, with van Gisbergen finishing runner-up in the championship in 2014. Van Gisbergen has also shown strong pace at the series' most famous race, the Bathurst 1000. He was in the lead in the 2009 Bathurst 1000 until pitting on lap 108 when his car would not start, resulting in a 1:14 pit stop and losing him a number of positions in the race. A near-identical issue repeated itself in the 2014 edition, where – with 10 laps to go – he stalled and the starter motor failed, costing him almost certain victory and he finished 16th. Van Gisbergen had started the 2014 race from pole position, his first at the event. In 2016, van Gisbergen moved to the successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team, alongside two of the most successful drivers in series history; Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. Van Gisbergen won his first race for the team at the Tasmania SuperSprint in 2016, which was also Holden's 500th win in championship history. Alexandre Prémat joined van Gisbergen as co-driver in the Enduro Cup. The pairing went on to win the 2016 Enduro Cup, including three second-place finishes and Prémat's first race victory in the championship at the 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 and become the first non Australian drivers combination to win. At Pukekohe, van Gisbergen became the first New Zealander to lift the trophy, named in honour of Jason Richards, who died of cancer in 2011 and he admitted the occasion got the better of him after crossing the finish line. He went on to win 8 races that season on the way to clinching the championship with a race to spare. In 2017, Whincup and van Gisbergen joined again under the Red Bull Holden Racing Team banner. At Adelaide, he started his title defence with a commanding double-victory, and remained in contention during the campaign but he finished 4th in the championship. In 2018, van Gisbergen won both Race 1 and Race 2 at the Adelaide, driving a Holden Commodore ZB. At Townsville, van Gisbergen won at race 18 after Whincup marked the 10th running at race 17. On August 4, van Gisbergen won the Sydney SuperNight 300, the championship's first night race in 21 years, after a Safety Car ignited a thrilling final stint battle between Scott McLaughlin and the three Triple Eight Holdens. At Tailem Bend, van Gisbergen dominated the inaugural race at The Bend Motorsport Park, taking a near lights-to-flag win in Race 22. On September 16, at Sandown, Van Gisbergen finished 2nd alongside Earl Bamber, who is a double Le Mans 24 Hours winner. Van Gisbergen managed to controversially escape a penalty for spinning his wheels during a pit stop at the Auckland SuperSprint at Pukekohe. At Newcastle, van Gisbergen was handed a 25-second post-race penalty, which saw his Saturday win in Newcastle stripped. Stewards confirmed the time penalty on Sunday morning following Saturday night's investigation into an alleged refuelling breach at his third pitstop, which was taken under the safety car and dropping to fifth in the race result. Scott McLaughlin was declared the winner of the race. Van Gisbergen finished second at race 31 and in the points standings. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic plagued Supercars season, he won the Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander in what would be the final race for Holden after the manufacturer was closed by GM, marking the end of a historic period of Australian Motorsport. Through his connections with Tekno Autosports sponsor Tony Quinn, van Gisbergen's first foray into GT racing was a guest co-drive in Quinn's team in the 2013 Australian GT Championship. In 2014, he entered both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Bathurst 12 Hour for the first time, the latter again in partnership with Quinn, this time in a McLaren. His Daytona entry was with Alex Job Racing, where he finished 26th overall and sixth in the GTD class. He returned to Daytona in 2015 and 2016 with the team. Having impressed in previous outings, in 2015 he entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in a McLaren 650S GT3 run by Von Ryan Racing. Racing in conjunction with his V8 Supercars commitments, he was forced to miss one round due to a date clash, however achieved two victories in the four races he entered. The team was dissolved after the 2015 season, and for the 2016 season, van Gisbergen moved to McLaren's new Garage 59 team. He will once again miss the final round of the championship at the Nürburgring in Germany due to the Sandown 500 V8 Supercar race being held on the same weekend. Van Gisbergen won the 2016 season with Côme Ledogar and Rob Bell having won the 3 Hours of Monza and the 1000 km Paul Ricard despite skipping the last round at the Nürburgring due to a clash with his Supercars Championship commitments. Through his McLaren and Tekno Autosports connections, he drove one of Tekno's factory-supported McLaren 650S GT3s at the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour. In qualifying on Saturday, van Gisbergen set the fastest ever officially recorded lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit to achieve pole position. He went on to set the fastest ever race lap on the way to securing victory alongside Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb. (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) TBA 9 Jack Le Brocq 2 Ryan Wood 25 Chaz Mostert 3 Aaron Love 7 James Courtney 4 Cameron Hill 10 Nick Percat 6 Cam Waters 55 Thomas Randle 8 Andre Heimgartner 14 Bryce Fullwood 12 Jaxon Evans 96 Macauley Jones 11 Anton de Pasquale 17 Will Davison 18 Mark Winterbottom 20 David Reynolds 19 Matthew Payne 26 Richie Stanaway 23 Tim Slade 31 James Golding 87 Will Brown 88 Broc Feeney, Shane van Gisbergen 2022-12-30T06:08:44Z Shane Robert van Gisbergen (born 9 May 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver in the Supercars Championship racing in the Number 97 Holden ZB Commodore car for Triple Eight Race Engineering. With three Supercars Championship wins (2016, 2021, 2022), 75 wins and 40 pole positions, Van Gisbergen is the fourth most successful racing driver in the Supercars Championship history. He has won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2020 and 2022, both times alongside Garth Tander. Away from the Supercars Championship, Van Gisbergen has forged a successful GT Racing career, winning the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Alvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb in the McLaren 650S GT3, winning the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, finishing 3rd overall in the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge and finishing in second place in the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD class. He and Paul Morris are the only drivers to have won all three major car racing events at Mount Panorama; the Bathurst 1000, Bathurst 6 Hour and Bathurst 12 Hour. After competing in Motocross, Quarter Midgets and karts from 1998 to 2004, van Gisbergen placed third in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Formula First Championship and won the associated Rookie of the Year award. Van Gisbergen had previously obtained a Speedsport Star of Tomorrow Scholarship. A win in 2005/06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship was accompanied by another Rookie of the Year title and was followed by a second-place finish in 2006/07 Toyota Racing Series. In 2014, van Gisbergen co-drove to the BNT NZ Supertourers Hankook Super Series championship with primary driver Simon Evans. Shane won 7 of the 9 races in a total of the Endurance rounds including sweeping the entire Fuchs 500 weekend at Pukekohe Park Raceway with winning race #3 in spectacular fashion driving from 1 lap down. In 2021, van Gisbergen won the New Zealand Grand Prix held as part of the Toyota Racing Series. The event is normally held for a global field however was restricted to a New Zealand-only field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with van Gisbergen entering as a wildcard. Van Gisbergen became the 200th driver to start a race in a V8 Supercar at the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park Raceway in Round 8 of 2007. Driving for Team Kiwi Racing, van Gisbergen finished the first race in 20th position before improving to 13th for race 2 but then dropped down to 23rd in race 3. Having impressed in his 2007 races, van Gisbergen was picked up by Stone Brothers Racing in 2008. He would continue with the team for five seasons until 2012, securing a best of fourth in the championship in 2011. In late 2012, he announced he would be leaving V8 Supercars but in January it emerged that he was moving to Tekno Autosports at the start of the 2013 season. The move to Tekno proved fruitful, with van Gisbergen finishing runner-up in the championship in 2014. Van Gisbergen has also shown a strong pace at the series' most famous race, the Bathurst 1000. He was in the lead in the 2009 Bathurst 1000 until pitting on lap 108 when his car would not start, resulting in a 1:14 pit stop and losing him a number of positions in the race. A near-identical issue repeated itself in the 2014 edition, where with 10 laps to go – he stalled and the starter motor failed, costing him almost a certain victory and he finished 16th. Van Gisbergen had started the 2014 race from pole position, his first at the event. In 2016, van Gisbergen moved to the successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team, alongside two of the most successful drivers in series history; Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. Van Gisbergen won his first race for the team at the Tasmania SuperSprint in 2016, which was also Holden's 500th win in championship history. Alexandre Prémat joined van Gisbergen as co-driver in the Enduro Cup. The pairing went on to win the 2016 Enduro Cup, including three second-place finishes and Prémat's first race victory in the championship at the 2016 Castrol Gold Coast 600 and become the first non-Australian drivers combination to win. At Pukekohe, van Gisbergen became the first New Zealander to lift the trophy, named in honour of Jason Richards, who died of cancer in 2011 and he admitted the occasion got the better of him after crossing the finish line. He went on to win 8 races that season on the way to clinching the championship with a race to spare. In 2017, Whincup and van Gisbergen joined again under the Red Bull Holden Racing Team banner. At Adelaide, he started his title defence with a commanding double-victory, and remained in contention during the campaign but he finished 4th in the championship. In 2018, van Gisbergen won both Race 1 and Race 2 at the Adelaide, driving a Holden Commodore ZB. At Townsville, van Gisbergen won at race 18 after Whincup marked the 10th running at race 17. On 4 August, van Gisbergen won the Sydney SuperNight 300, the championship's first night race in 21 years, after a Safety Car ignited a thrilling final stint battle between Scott McLaughlin and the three Triple Eight Holdens. At Tailem Bend, van Gisbergen dominated the inaugural race at The Bend Motorsport Park, taking a near lights-to-flag win in Race 22. On 16 September, at Sandown, Van Gisbergen finished 2nd alongside Earl Bamber, who is a double Le Mans 24 Hours winner. Van Gisbergen managed to controversially escape a penalty for spinning his wheels during a pit stop at the Auckland SuperSprint at Pukekohe. At Newcastle, van Gisbergen was handed a 25-second post-race penalty, which saw his Saturday win in Newcastle stripped. Stewards confirmed the time penalty on Sunday morning following Saturday night's investigation into an alleged refueling breach at his third pitstop, which was taken under the safety car and dropping to fifth in the race result. Scott McLaughlin was declared the winner of the race. Van Gisbergen finished second at race 31 and in the points standings. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic plagued Supercars season, he won the Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander in what would be the final race for Holden after the manufacturer was closed by GM, marking the end of a historic period of Australian Motorsport. Through his connections with Tekno Autosports sponsor Tony Quinn, van Gisbergen's first foray into GT racing was a guest co-drive in Quinn's team in the 2013 Australian GT Championship. In 2014, he entered both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Bathurst 12 Hour for the first time, the latter again in partnership with Quinn, this time in a McLaren. His Daytona entry was with Alex Job Racing, where he finished 26th overall and sixth in the GTD class. He returned to Daytona in 2015 and 2016 with the team. Having impressed in previous outings, in 2015 he entered the Blancpain Endurance Series in a McLaren 650S GT3 run by Von Ryan Racing. Racing in conjunction with his V8 Supercars commitments, he was forced to miss one round due to a date clash, however achieved two victories in the four races he entered. The team was dissolved after the 2015 season, and for the 2016 season, van Gisbergen moved to McLaren's new Garage 59 team. He will once again miss the final round of the championship at the Nürburgring in Germany due to the Sandown 500 V8 Supercar race being held on the same weekend. Van Gisbergen won the 2016 season with Côme Ledogar and Rob Bell having won the 3 Hours of Monza and the 1000 km Paul Ricard despite skipping the last round at the Nürburgring due to a clash with his Supercars Championship commitments. Through his McLaren and Tekno Autosports connections, he drove one of Tekno's factory-supported McLaren 650S GT3s at the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour. In qualifying on Saturday, van Gisbergen set the fastest ever officially recorded lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit to achieve pole position. He went on to set the fastest ever race lap on the way to securing victory alongside Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb. (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) TBA 9 Jack Le Brocq 2 Ryan Wood 25 Chaz Mostert 3 Aaron Love 7 James Courtney 4 Cameron Hill 10 Nick Percat 6 Cam Waters 55 Thomas Randle 8 Andre Heimgartner 14 Bryce Fullwood 12 Jaxon Evans 96 Macauley Jones 11 Anton de Pasquale 17 Will Davison 18 Mark Winterbottom 20 David Reynolds 19 Matthew Payne 26 Richie Stanaway 23 Tim Slade 31 James Golding 87 Will Brown 88 Broc Feeney | 1 |
Digitmovies_AE | Digitmovies_AE 2008-05-12T22:40:19Z Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment is an Italian label that starts in 2002 the rescue of Italian film music. Digitmovies AE has released over 100 soundtracks from many Italian original archives such as, C. A. M. , Cinevox, Beat Records, EMI General music. . . , Digitmovies_AE 2009-05-10T14:52:08Z Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment is an Italian label that starts in 2002 the rescue of Italian film music. Digitmovies AE has released over 100 soundtracks from many Italian original archives such as, C. A. M. , Cinevox, Beat Records, EMI General music. . . | 0 |
Jay Chandrasekhar | Jay Chandrasekhar 2021-01-11T16:46:02Z Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beerfest and Super Troopers 2. Since 2001 he has also worked frequently as a television director, directing many episodes of Community and The Goldbergs, among dozens of other comedy series. He has also occasionally worked as a film director outside of Broken Lizard projects, most notably on the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard. Chandrasekhar was born in Chicago to parents who lived in the adjacent suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Both his father, Arcot Jambulingam "AJ" Chandrasekhar, and his mother, Hema Chandrasekhar, are physicians of Tamil origin and are originally from Chennai, India. The hospital where he was born, old Cook County Hospital, was where his parents worked. Chandrasekhar has an older sister as well as a younger sister named Sandy Chandrasekhar, who are both lawyers. Chandrasekhar lived in Oak Park until his family moved farther west from Chicago to the suburb of Hinsdale. He graduated from the boarding high school Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University with a major in European history and a minor in philosophy. During college he spent a semester at Chicago's Loyola University. Chandrasekhar formed the troupe Broken Lizard with other former members of the comedy troupe, Charred Goosebeak, and Beta Theta Pi, people he met during college at Colgate University. Chandrasekhar said he found his path to comedy after acting in high school and college. He did some open mic standup comedy work in Chicago and founded a sketch group called "Charred Goose Beak" at college. After moving to New York, the group was renamed Broken Lizard. Chandrasekhar began making shorts featuring the troupe, then made the self-funded movie Puddle Cruiser in 1996. The film made it into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Then in 2001, they made Super Troopers as an independent movie, which Harvey Weinstein helped to develop at Miramax Films, but did not end up distributing. In 2005, Chandrasekhar directed The Dukes of Hazzard. The action comedy film based on the 1970s American television series of the same name was the debut of pop singer Jessica Simpson as an actress. While financially successful, the film was met with negative reviews from critics. He has become an established television comedy director, directing episodes of Undeclared, Happy Endings, Chuck, Community, Psych and Arrested Development. He says that the earlier a director joins a show, the more impact he or she will have on its look and feel. In 2012, Chandrasekhar made the movie The Babymakers. He directed several episodes of Blue Mountain State. Amazon released a pilot in the 2014 Amazon Original Series that he wrote and directed called Really. Between 2014 and 2018, he directed 16 episodes of The Goldbergs. In June 2018, the filmmaker revealed that he is in discussions with Marvel Studios to direct one of their upcoming movies. Chandrasekhar guest starred alongside his cousin Sendhil Ramamurthy in a 2009 episode of Psych which Chandrasekhar also directed. He appeared as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two. He appeared as racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta in the episode "Basic Email Security" of Community. Chandrasekhar often does stand-up comedy, sometimes touring with fellow Broken Lizard friends, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan. His stand-up is a mix of jokes and stories, which are usually pretty dirty. Chandrasekhar has been married to actress Susan Clarke since 2005. They have three children, an older son and twin daughters. Chandrasekhar's middle name, Jambulingam, is in honor of his grandfather, and is also his son Will's middle name. During an interview with Stephen Colbert in 2017, Chandrasekhar stated that the name Jambulingam translates literally in English as "as a euphemism for power" in reference to the Hindu deity Shiva. Chandrasekhar's cousin is the actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played the role of Mohinder Suresh in the NBC superpower drama Heroes and also appeared in the Broken Lizard film The Slammin' Salmon. , Jay Chandrasekhar 2022-10-26T03:28:27Z Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beerfest and Super Troopers 2. Since 2001, he has also worked frequently as a television director, directing many episodes of Community and The Goldbergs, among dozens of other comedy series. He has also occasionally worked as a film director outside of Broken Lizard projects, most notably on the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard. Chandrasekhar was born in Chicago to parents who lived in the adjacent suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Both his father, Arcot Jambulingam "AJ" Chandrasekhar, and his mother, Hema Chandrasekhar, are physicians of Tamil origin and are originally from Chennai, India. The hospital where he was born, old Cook County Hospital, was where his parents worked. Chandrasekhar has an older sister as well as a younger sister named Sandy Chandrasekhar, who are both lawyers. Chandrasekhar lived in Oak Park until his family moved farther west from Chicago to the suburb of Hinsdale. He graduated from the boarding high school Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University with a major in European history and a minor in philosophy. During college he spent a semester at Chicago's Loyola University. Chandrasekhar formed the troupe Broken Lizard with other former members of the comedy troupe, Charred Goosebeak, and Beta Theta Pi, people he met during college at Colgate University. Chandrasekhar said he found his path to comedy after acting in high school and college. He did some open mic standup comedy work in Chicago and founded a sketch group called "Charred Goose Beak" at college. After moving to New York, the group was renamed Broken Lizard. Chandrasekhar began making shorts featuring the troupe, then made the self-funded movie Puddle Cruiser in 1996. The film made it into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Then in 2001, they made Super Troopers as an independent movie, which Harvey Weinstein helped to develop at Miramax Films, but did not end up distributing. In 2005, Chandrasekhar directed The Dukes of Hazzard. The action comedy film based on the 1970s American television series of the same name was the debut of pop singer Jessica Simpson as an actress. While financially successful, the film was met with negative reviews from critics. He has become an established television comedy director, directing episodes of Undeclared, Happy Endings, Chuck, Community, Psych and Arrested Development. He says that the earlier a director joins a show, the more impact he or she will have on its look and feel. In 2012, Chandrasekhar made the movie The Babymakers. He directed several episodes of Blue Mountain State. Amazon released a pilot in the 2014 Amazon Original Series that he wrote and directed called Really. Between 2014 and 2018, he directed 16 episodes of The Goldbergs. In June 2018, the filmmaker revealed that he is in discussions with Marvel Studios to direct one of their upcoming movies. In February 2021, Chandrasekhar was announced as the director of the family comedy Easter Sunday, starring Jo Koy. Chandrasekhar guest starred alongside his cousin Sendhil Ramamurthy in a 2009 episode of Psych which Chandrasekhar also directed. He appeared as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two. He appeared as racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta in the episode "Basic Email Security" of Community. Chandrasekhar often does stand-up comedy, sometimes touring with fellow Broken Lizard friends, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan. His stand-up is a mix of jokes and stories. Chandrasekhar has been married to actress Susan Clarke since 2005. They have three children: twin daughters and a son. Chandrasekhar's middle name, Jambulingam, is in honor of his grandfather, and is also his son's middle name. He used the name Jumbulingam for his editorial credits in Puddle Cruiser and Super Troopers. Chandrasekhar's cousin is the actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played the role of Mohinder Suresh in the NBC superhero drama Heroes and also appeared in the Broken Lizard film The Slammin' Salmon. | 1 |
Patrick Bergin | Patrick Bergin 2006-01-03T07:37:51Z Patrick Bergin was born on February 4, 1951, in Dublin, Ireland, and christened Patrick Connolly Bergin. He later took the name James at confirmation. He is a very tall Irish actor, formerly a Maths teacher, who may be best known for menacing Julia Roberts in the melodrama Sleeping with the Enemy. He also appeared as Robin Hood in a 1991 TV-movie. He has been married to a British woman of Afro-Caribbean descent, Paula Frazier, since 1992. They were married in Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago. , Patrick Bergin 2007-12-19T14:43:01Z Patrick Connolly Bergin (born February 4, 1951) is an Irish actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the menacing husband of Julia Roberts' character in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy. Bergin also appeared as Robin Hood in a 1991 TV movie. He most recently played the role of psychotic IRA gunman in Johnny Was, opposite Vinnie Jones and Roger Daltrey. Bergin was born in Dublin. He took the name "James" at confirmation. Bergin stands about 6'4", and was formerly a mathematics teacher. In 1992, Bergin married Paula Frazier, a British woman of Afro-Caribbean descent. They were married in Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago. Bergin had a top 10 hit in Ireland with the song The Knacker, which tells the story of a person who recycles dead horses carcases and turns them into glue. | 1 |
London_Town_Publik_House | London_Town_Publik_House 2009-03-27T12:18:31Z The William Brown House, also known as London Town Publik House or Londontowne Public House, is a former Colonial era tavern located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built between 1758 and 1764 by William Brown. From 1828 to 1965 the structure was used as a county alms house. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is located northeast of the Woodland Beach community in Edgewater, MD, at the end of Londontown Road on the south bank of South River, about four miles from Annapolis. Woodland Beach is now also known locally as Londontowne. The London Town Publik House was built by William Brown on the south bank of the South River, about 4 miles (6. 4 km) south of Annapolis, Maryland on the main road from Williamsburg, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The South River was crossed at that point by a ferry, owned by Brown. It was part of a community of about 100 lots, of which it is one of two survivors. The house was an extravagance for Brown, and his debts eventually caused him to convey the house and property to the estate of James Dick, who had lent Brown the money for the house and lots. The house was acquired by Anne Arundel County for use as a poorhouse in 1828. It is presently a museum, operated by the Anne Arundel parks authority. The London Town Publik House is a two story brick structure with an elevated basement, seven bays wide and three deep. The hipped roof is cut off to form a deck or terrace with a massive chimney at each end. Windows in the front (south} facade are topped by brick flat arches, while windows in the rear and ends have segmental arches. Windows are nine-over-nine sashes at the first floor and nine-over-six at the second floor. A three-bay-wide pedimented pavilion projects from the center of the main facade, containing the main entrance and approached by a flight of brick and stone steps. The house is unique in its use of all-header-bond on all four sides. The interior features a wide living hall extending from front to back, intersected at its midpoint by smaller side halls leading to doors in the ends of the house. The rear (north) portion of the hall contains a fireplace and was used as a living space, while the front portion contains the stairs. Four equal-sized rooms are located in the corners formed by the hall arrangement. There are doors in each of the four elevations. This article about a property in Maryland on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , London_Town_Publik_House 2011-01-31T20:58:44Z The William Brown House, also known as London Town Publik House or Londontowne Public House, is a former Colonial era tavern located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built between 1758 and 1764 by William Brown. From 1828 to 1965 the structure was used as a county alms house. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is located northeast of the Woodland Beach community in Edgewater, MD, at the end of Londontown Road on the south bank of South River, about four miles from Annapolis. Woodland Beach is now also known locally as Londontowne. The London Town Publik House was built by William Brown on the south bank of the South River, about 4 miles (6. 4 km) south of Annapolis, Maryland on the main road from Williamsburg, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The South River was crossed at that point by a ferry, owned by Brown. It was part of a community of about 100 lots, of which it is one of two survivors. The house was an extravagance for Brown, and his debts eventually caused him to convey the house and property to the estate of James Dick, who had lent Brown the money for the house and lots. The house was acquired by Anne Arundel County for use as a poorhouse in 1828. It is presently a museum, operated by the Anne Arundel parks authority. The London Town Publik House is a two story brick structure with an elevated basement, seven bays wide and three deep. The hipped roof is cut off to form a deck or terrace with a massive chimney at each end. Windows in the front (south} facade are topped by brick flat arches, while windows in the rear and ends have segmental arches. Windows are nine-over-nine sashes at the first floor and nine-over-six at the second floor. A three-bay-wide pedimented pavilion projects from the center of the main facade, containing the main entrance and approached by a flight of brick and stone steps. The house is unique in its use of all-header-bond on all four sides. The interior features a wide living hall extending from front to back, intersected at its midpoint by smaller side halls leading to doors in the ends of the house. The rear (north) portion of the hall contains a fireplace and was used as a living space, while the front portion contains the stairs. Four equal-sized rooms are located in the corners formed by the hall arrangement. There are doors in each of the four elevations. Template:AnneArundelMD-NRHP-stub | 0 |
Persian Gulf Pro League | Persian Gulf Pro League 2016-01-05T12:56:41Z The Persian Gulf Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر خلیج فارس) also known as Iran Pro League (IPL) (Persian: لیگ برتر فوتبال ایران), is a professional football league competition for clubs located at the highest level of the Iranian football league system. It was founded in 1970 as the Takht Jamshid Cup, but the current format was adopted in 2001. Contested by 16 teams, it is ranked by the Asian Football Confederation as the 2nd best league in Asia and the best league in Western Asia. The Persian Gulf Pro League is the top tier of an extensive pyramid-like structure, above the Azadegan League (or 1st Division), the 2nd division, the 3rd Division and the lower local leagues. Since the creation of the league in 2001, six different teams have become league champions. Sepahan is the most successful club with five league trophies after winning the title in the recent season. Before the 1970s Iran did not have an official national league and most teams competed in their local leagues, the most popular of those leagues being the Tehran Local League, which featured teams like Pas Tehran, Persepolis, and Taj. In 1972, the Takht Jamshid Cup was created as the national league and included teams from all over the country. Pas Tehran and Persepolis were the most successful clubs in the cups five-year existence, winning the cup twice each. In 1978, the league was abandoned because of the Iranian Revolution. Due to the revolution and the Iran–Iraq War, football was no longer a priority. In 1985, the Qods League was created and was played among provincial teams. Tehran A, and Esfahan were the most successful teams, winning the League twice each. In spite of the attempts to create a national league the most important competition in Iran in the 1980s was the Tehran Clubs Cup in which Persepolis dominated. In 1991 the Qods League was renamed the Azadegan League in honor of Iranian prisoners of war. Pas Tehran won the inaugural edition of the league, and for the first time since the revolution, Iran had a national league. Pas Tehran, Persepolis, and Esteghlal were the league's most successful sides, with Pas and Esteghlal winning the Asian Club Championships and Persepolis winning the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2001 the league dissolved with the introduction of the new Iran Pro League. The 2001–02 season saw the introduction of a professional football league in Iran. The first winner of the Iran Pro League was Persepolis, who beat rival club Esteghlal by one point on the final match day. In the 2002–03 season, Sepahan won the league comfortably with seven points separating them and second placed Pas Tehran. In the 2003–04 Iran Pro League season, Pas Tehran won their first title after coming in second place the year before. Defending champions Sepahan finished 6th place. The 2004–05 season was a surprising one as Foolad shockingly won the title, finishing on top by six points. In the 2005–06 season, Tehran club Esteghlal won their first league title, winning on the final day as they finished one point ahead of second placed team Pas Tehran. On August 12, 2006, the Iranian Football Federation decided to change the name of the league once again. The name of the league was changed to the Persian Gulf Cup. This was done to promote the name of the Persian Gulf, instead of the many variations that some nations and organizations use which Iran disputes. The logo of the league was also changed, with the winner being selected from over 130 designs and unveiled on November 14, 2006. Saipa was the 6th team to win the new edition of the league which meant six different teams won leagues in a row. However, Persepolis regained the title after six years in 2008 by a dramatic win against rivals Sepahan on the 96th minute of the final matchday and became the first team that won two titles in the new edition of the League. The next season, Esteghlal did the same thing and won the league for the second time on the final match day. Sepahan's domestic dominance started in the 2009–10 season where they won the league comfortably, a feat which they did again the following season. They also won In the 2011–12 edition of the league, they had a more difficult job trying repeat the glory of the past years, they won it on the final match day for the third time in a row. They are the first club in the history of the Iran Pro League to win the League 3 times, and 3 times in a row. Sepahan's dominance ended in the 2012–13 season, when Esteghlal cruised to a comfortable league victory. Before the start of the 2012–13 season, the IFF, who were recommended by Iran national football team manager Carlos Queiroz, announced that for the 2013–14 season the number of the teams will be reduced from 18 to 16, to increase the competitiveness of the league. The 2013–14 season witnessed the closest title race since the league came into existence. Coming into the last match day, 5 teams had the possibility of becoming champions, in the end Foolad became champions after beating Gostaresh 1–0. While Persepolis finished second, two points behind Foolad. Although Sepahan beat Naft Tehran 1–0 on the final matchday, Naft finished third ahead of Sepahan because of better goal difference. With Esteghlal's 3–1 loss to Tractor Sazi, Esteghlal finished 5th and missed out on a Champions League spot for the first time in four years. In the summer of 2014, the leagues name was officially changed to Persian Gulf Pro League, and a new logo was made as well. Since the 2001–02 season, fourteen seasons of the Professional League has been completed. The below table shows the total ranking for the all football clubs competing in these all 14 seasons. 1 Sepahan was docked 3 points in 2007–08 season issued by Iranian Football Federation. 2 Persepolis was docked 6 points in 2007–08 season issued by FIFA. 3 Zob Ahan was docked 1 point in 2005–06 season issued by Iranian Football Federation. 4 Pas Tehran was deducted 1 point in 2006–07 season after the team illegally fielded 4 foreign players in the 20th round of the competition. 5 Persepolis, Esteghlal, Malavan, Damash and Tractor Sazi were deducted 1 point each in 2013–14 season due to poor fan behavior in their home matches. There are currently 16 clubs in the league, although the competition started in 2001–02 with 14 teams. The season lasts from August to May, with each club playing the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents for a total of 30 games for each club, with a total of 240 games in each season. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. At the end of the season, the three worst teams are relegated directly to the Azadegan League. In the Azadegan League the top three teams are automatically promoted to the top flight. In 2012, the league considered reducing the amount of teams to 16, for the 2012–13 season. This idea was dismissed for the 2012–13 season, but was implicated for the 2013–14 season. As of 2008 four teams from Iran qualify for the AFC Asian Champions League annually. This includes the top three teams of the PGPL together with the winner of the Hazfi Cup. If the winner of the Hazfi Cup is also among the three top PGPL teams then the fourth best PGPL team also qualifies. The Persian Gulf Pro League has been sponsored since 2005. There have been four sponsors since the league's formation. In 2014, Irannovin Company became the League's sponsor for a record fee. According to a November 2012 study, in the 2010–11 season Iran Pro League clubs on average obtained 15% of their income from sponsorship. Channel 3 broadcast two games a week nationally and IRIB 2 broadcast two games a week internationally, however due to the immense popularity of Tehran teams Persepolis F.C. and Esteghlal F.C. only these teams' matches are shown on IRIB 2 internationally. Since the 2012-13 season IRIB Varzesh will televise a second game each week nationally. With the provincial channels broadcasting the rest of their local games. Occasionally on important match days, such as the final day, Channel 2 and Shoma broadcast games nationally. On 20 July 2011, IRIB and the IFF came to agreement regarding TV rights of both IPL and national team matches worth $96.5 million that will run until 2014. Each team is allowed as many foreign players in their squad as they desire, however there is a rule that only permits three foreign players the pitch at any one time for each side. In the past there have been breaches of this rule and in the 2006–07 season Pas Tehran were docked one point for fielding four foreigners on one occasion and handed a 3–0 loss. Shortly after the 2011–12 Iran Pro League season finished, the IFF announced that foreign goalkeepers on Iranian teams would be banned from Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Hazfi Cup, and Asian Champions League. A few weeks later, the IFF announced that the ban of foreign goalkeepers had been lifted, and that each team is allowed 4 foreign on the field including the goalkeeper. As of 2014 it was ranked as the 61st strongest league in the world by the IFFHS, behind the K-League, Saudi Professional League, J.League and the Qatar Stars League. It was also ranked the third best league in Asia and the second best in Western Asia by the Asian Football Confederation in the 2015 AFC Champions League Ranking. last update: 24 August 2015 Players in bold are still active in the league. last update: May 15, 2015 last update: May 15, 2015 last update: May 15, 2015 {{IPL}} may refer to: {{Template disambiguation}} should never be transcluded in the main namespace. , Persian Gulf Pro League 2017-12-20T05:10:39Z The Persian Gulf Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر خلیج فارس), formerly known as the Iran Pro League (Persian: لیگ برتر فوتبال ایران), is the highest division of professional football in Iran. The league was also known as the Persian Gulf Cup (Persian: جام خلیج فارس) from 2006 until 2014. It is the top-level football league in Iran since its foundation in 2001. Each year, the top finishing team in the Persian Gulf Pro League becomes the Iranian football champion, and the lowest finishing teams are relegated to Azadegan League. Since 2013, the league comprises 16 teams. The winner of the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Hazfi Cup champion are automatically qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage. The runner-up and the third of the Persian Gulf Pro League are qualified for the AFC Champions League Play-off round. The bottom two teams in the league are relegated to Azadegan League. In the past, the format and number of teams were changed for various times. Persepolis is the most successful club with ten titles. Before the 1970s, Iran did not have an official national football league. Most clubs participated in championships of their city or province. Therefore the champion of the Tehran Premier League was seen as the Iranian football champion. Due to their achievements in the Tehran Premier League, Shahin Tehran and Taj, today known as Esteghlal, were the most popular teams at this time. Also Daraei and PAS Tehran were successful clubs in Tehran's own league. In 1970, the Local League was created. For the first time, the league comprised also teams from many other cities and provinces including Sepahan from Isfahan and East Azerbaijan's famous club Tractor Sazi. The first recognized Iranian football champion was Taj after beating PAS Tehran 2–1 in the final of the 1970–71 Local League. The incidents of the semi-final between Taj and Persepolis are also of great importance for the rivalry between both clubs. The second and last edition of the Local League was won by Persepolis. In 1972, the Takht Jamshid Cup was founded as the national league and included teams from all over the country. The Iranian Football Federation had decided to create a league similar to European football leagues. The league was named after Jamshid, a mythological figure of Greater Iranian culture and tradition. The Takht Jamshid Cup comprised twelve clubs in the 1973–74 season. Persepolis became the first champions of the Takht Jamshid Cup, two points ahead of rival Taj. Before the beginning of the 1974–75 season, the number of teams were increased from twelve to 16 teams. Esteghlal claimed its first Takht Jamshid Cup title after winning the league ahead of Persepolis. The 1975–76 Takht Jamshid Cup was won by Persepolis with a great performance by Iranian football legend Ali Parvin. The second place team was another Tehran based club, Homa. The next two seasons were won by PAS Tehran under coach Hassan Habibi. PAS Tehran won their championships both times ahead of Persepolis. At this time the Takht Jamshid Cup was one of the strongest football leagues in Asia. The Iran national football team won in 1976 their third successive AFC Asian Cup and qualified 1978 for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in the country's history. The 1978–79 Takht Jamshid Cup season was abandoned due to the 1979 Revolution. Shahbaz was leading the league after twelve matchdays ahead of Persepolis and Taj. Due to the Islamic Revolution and the Iran–Iraq War, the Takht Jamshid Cup was dissolved and also the lower leagues were unorganized. Once again the champion of the Tehran Province League was seen as the Iranian football champion. The league was dominated by Persepolis with five titles and Esteghlal with two championships. In 1987 the 17th of Shahrivar league was created mainly with teams from Tehran, but also with clubs from some other cities. The league was won by Persepolis ahead of Daraei. Due to the fact that the league was part of the Tehran Province League, Persepolis' title is today not accepted as a national championship. In 1989 the Qods League was formed as the national Iranian football league. The first official Iranian football champion since the revolution was Esteghlal. After only one season the Qods League was abolished. In 1991 the Azadegan League was formed as the top flight of Iranian football. The league was named as Azadegan League in honor of the Iranian prisoners of war who were released. Azadegan means the liberated in Persian. The league started with a format of 12 teams in the first season. In the 1992–93 Azadegan League season the league changed its format. 16 clubs participated in two groups of eight teams. PAS Tehran were the champions in both seasons. Esteghlal relegated for the first time in their history in 1993. Before the start of the 1993–94 season, the league changed its format again. 14 teams participated in one group. Saipa won the Azadegan League title, sitting three points of runners-up Persepolis. Only one year later the league format was changed again. 24 clubs participated in two groups of 12 teams. Saipa defended their title in final against Esteghlal. Prior to the start of the 1995–96 Azadegan League season, the league changed its format again. 16 teams participated in one group until 1999. Persepolis were the champions in 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1998–99, while Esteghlal became the champion in the 1997–98 season. In 1999 the league was reduced to 14 teams. Persepolis won the 1999–2000 Azadegan League season, sitting seven points clear of rival Esteghlal. The 2000–01 season was the last year of the Azadegan League as the top-level football league of Iran. Esteghlal became the champion in a league of 12 teams. To the turn of the millennium, the Iranian Football Federation decided to create a new professional football league. In 2001 the Iran Pro League was founded as the new top-level football league in Iran. With the foundation of the Iran Pro League professional football was finally established in Iran. After the Iran Pro League was established as the professional football league of Iran, Azadegan League was declared as the second-highest league in the Iranian football league system. The Iran Pro League comprised 14 clubs until the 2003–04 season. The first winner of the Iran Pro League was Persepolis, who beat archrival Esteghlal by one point on the final match day. Esteghlal was the leading team after 25 matchdays, but they lost their last match away against Malavan 0–1, while Persepolis could beat Fajr Sepasi with the same score at home. Esteghlal Rasht and East Azerbaijan's famous club Tractor Sazi had been relegated to the Azadegan League. Tractor Sazi needs eight years when they returned finally back to Iran's highest division. The first top goal scorer of the Iran Pro League was Reza Enayati of Aboumoslem with 17 goals. The next season was won by Sepahan, the most supported team of Isfahan. Sepahan was the first Iranian football champion based outside of the capital Tehran. At the end of the season, three traditional teams were relegated to Azadegan League: Aboumoslem, Malavan and Sanat Naft Abadan. The vice-champion of the 2002–03 season, PAS Tehran, became the Iranian football champion of the 2003–04 Iran Pro League. It was the last Iranian championship for PAS Tehran as one of the most successful Iranian football clubs of all time. PAS Tehran's professional football team was dissolved in 2007. Ali Daei, who returned back to Persepolis, became the top goal scorer with 16 goals. The 2003–04 season was the last edition of the league with 14 teams. In 2004 the number of teams was increased from 14 to 16 teams. Foolad of Ahvaz became the first champion from Khuzestan Province after winning the 2004–05 Iran Pro League six points ahead of Zob Ahan. Reza Enayati of Esteghlal became the league's top goal scorer for the second time in his career after scoring 20 goals in 24 matches. He repeated his success with 21 goals in the 2005–06 Iran Pro League when Esteghlal celebrated their first championship since 2001. They defeated Bargh Shiraz in front of over 100,000 fans at Azadi 4–1 and won the league one point ahead of PAS Tehran. Shamoushak Noshahr and Shahid Ghandi (today known as Tarbiat Yazd) relegated to Azadegan League. On 12 August 2006, the Iranian Football Federation decided to give the league another name. Since then the league primarily had been known in Iran as Persian Gulf Cup. The Football Federation decided this to promote the Persian naming. The name of the Persian Gulf has been disputed by some Arab countries since the 1960s due to political and ethnic differences between Iran and Arab countries. The football Federation decided also to change the logo of the league. The final logo was selected from over 130 designs and unveiled on 14 November 2006. Under the leadership of Iranian football legend Ali Daei, Saipa won the 2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup two points ahead of Esteghlal Ahvaz. Until 2007 six different teams won the league title successively. For the first time in history, a foreign player became the league's top goal scorer. Nigerian striker Daniel Olerum scored 17 goals in 27 matches for Aboumoslem. The winner of only two seasons before, Foolad, had to relegated to Azadegan League. Before the start of the 2007–08 season, the number of teams were increased from 16 to 18 teams. The professional football team of PAS Tehran was also dissolved before the start of the season. Instead of PAS Tehran, a new club was founded in Hamadan and named PAS Hamedan. This was part of the strategy by the Iranian Football Federation to locate more teams in cities outside of Tehran. In 2008 also Saba Battery was moved from Tehran to Qom. Since then the club is known as Saba Qom. The championship of the 2007–08 season was decided on the last matchday. Persepolis defeated Sepahan in front of an incredible crowd of 110,000 fans at Azadi 2–1. Sepehr Heidari scored the decisive goal in a dramatic match in the sixth minute of added time. Sanat Naft and Shirin Faraz (today known as Rahian Kermanshah) relegated to Azadegan League. The next season was dominated by Persepolis archrival Esteghlal and the two surprising teams Zob Ahan and Mes Kerman. Zob Ahan was the leading team after 75 minutes on matchday 34 before they lost their match against Foolad due to three conceded goals in the last 15 minutes with 1–4. In the meantime, Esteghlal saved their 1–0 lead against Payam Mashhad and won the league due to better goal difference. Last but not least Payam Mashhad had to relegated alongside Bargh Shiraz and Damash. The 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup was dominated by the two Isfahan based clubs Sepahan and Zob Ahan. Ultimately Sepahan won the league six points before Zob Ahan. Sepahan Iraqi striker Emad Mohammed became the second foreign player, who won the league's top goal scorer award. He scored 19 goals, one more as teammate Ibrahima Touré. Sepahan repeated their success by winning the 2010–11 and 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup. For the first time in the history of Iranian football, a team became the Iranian champion three times in a row. Esteghlal broke Sepahan's success finally in 2013. Esteghlal won the 2012–13 Persian Gulf Cup and became for the eight time in their history the Iranian champion. During an exciting championship battle between Esteghlal and Sepahan, they faced each other in Tehran's Azadi Stadium on week 32. Moharram Navidkia scored the opening goal for Sepahan, however, Esteghlal equalized in the 94th minute due to an own goal by Sepahan defender Mohsen Irannejad. On week 33 Sepahan lost their away game against Damash 1–2 while Esteghlal could beat Foolad in Ahvaz with 1–0 and became the 2013 champion. The League was scaled down from 18 to 16 teams before the beginning of the next season. Foolad won the 2013–14 Persian Gulf Cup after an exciting, though a very defensive season at the same time. At the end, Foolad ranged just 36 goals for the title. On the last matchday four other teams, Esteghlal, Naft Tehran, Persepolis and Sepahan, had the chance to win the championship alongside Foolad. While Esteghlal were defeated by Tractor Sazi at home with 1–3 and lost their AFC Champions League spot, Persepolis won their away game against Esteghlal Khuzestan with 1–0. Sepahan and Naft Tehran faced each other directly. Also, Sepahan lost their AFC Champions League spot although they won the match with 1–0. Both teams had the same goal difference but Naft Tehran scored more goals in the season. Finally, Foolad saved their championship after they defeated Gostaresh Foulad away by a goal of Mehrdad Jama'ati. The league changed its name from the Persian Gulf Cup to the Persian Gulf Pro League in 2014. The Iranian Football Federation decided also to change the logos of the Persian Gulf Pro League and of the Azadegan League. The 2014–15 Persian Gulf Pro League was embossed by an exciting championship battle between Sepahan, Tractor Sazi and Naft Tehran. Tractor Sazi was ahead of their opponents Naft Tehran on goal difference, and a point of Sepahan. Tractor Sazi and Naft Tehran faced each other at Sahand in, while Sepahan had to play Saipa at home. Tractor Sazi were in front 3–1 after an hour thanks to goals from Brazilian striker Edinho, Andranik Teymourian and Farid Karimi. But then the game started to turn worse for Tractor Sazi. A very controversial red card for national team captain Andranik Teymourian and two goals by the visitors destroyed Tractor Sazi dreams. Furthermore, there were strange events in the stadium, including a lot of misinformation and disturbed telecommunication. Although Sepahan secured their title with a 2–0 victory over Saipa, thousands of Tractor Sazi supporters celebrated on the pitch, believing that they won the league for the first time in club's history. Note: Table lists in alphabetical order There are currently 16 clubs in the league, although the competition started in 2001–02 with 14 teams. The season lasts from August to May, with each club playing the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents for a total of 30 games for each club, with a total of 240 games in each season. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference and then goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. At the end of the season, the three worst teams are relegated directly to the Azadegan League. In the Azadegan League, the top three teams are automatically promoted to the top flight. In 2012, the league considered reducing the number of teams to 16, for the 2012–13 season. This idea was dismissed for the 2012–13 season, but was adopted for the 2013–14 season. As of 2008 four teams from Iran qualify for the AFC Asian Champions League annually. This includes the top three teams of the PGPL together with the winner of the Hazfi Cup. If the winner of the Hazfi Cup is also among the three top PGPL teams then the fourth best PGPL team also qualifies. The Persian Gulf Pro League has been sponsored since 2005. There have been four sponsors since the league's formation. In 2014, Irannovin Company became the League's sponsor for a record fee. According to a November 2012 study, in the 2010–11 season Iran Pro League clubs on average obtained 15% of their income from sponsorship. Channel 3 broadcast two games a week nationally and IRIB 2 broadcast two games a week internationally, however due to the immense popularity of Tehran teams Persepolis F.C. and Esteghlal F.C. only these teams' matches are shown on IRIB 2 internationally. Since the 2012–13 season IRIB Varzesh has televised a second game each week nationally, with the provincial channels broadcasting the rest of their local games. Occasionally on important match days, such as the final day, Channel 2 and Shoma broadcast games nationally. On 20 July 2011, IRIB and the IFF came to agreement regarding TV rights of both IPL and national team matches worth $96.5 million that will run until 2014. As of 2014 it was ranked as the 61st strongest league in the world by the IFFHS. last update: May 4, 2017 Players in bold are still active in the league. {{IPL}} may refer to: {{Template disambiguation}} should never be transcluded in the main namespace. | 1 |
Wright's_Flour_Mill | Wright's_Flour_Mill 2008-02-22T13:29:23Z Wright's Flour Mill is located at Wharf Road Ponders End which is part of the London Borough of Enfield. It is Enfield's oldest working industrial building . Some of the present buildings date back to 1789 and include the brick Georgian miller's house and offices flanking a three-and-a-half-storey watermill of brick and white weatherboarding. There has been a mill here since at least the late c16 and possibly Domesday. George Reynolds Wright took full control of the mill in 1870. Originally powered by a back water of the River Lea. In 1913 owing to construction work at the nearby King George V Reservoir the water supply which powered the millstones was cut off. The machinery was then converted to electricity. Since then further improvements have been made. The business is still owned by the Wright family making it London's only family owned flour mill 51°38′33″N 0°01′58″W / 51. 642491°N 0. 032895°W / 51. 642491; -0. 032895 , Wright's_Flour_Mill 2009-07-23T11:56:22Z Wright's Flour Mill is located at Wharf Road Ponders End which is part of the London Borough of Enfield. It is Enfield's oldest working industrial building . Some of the present buildings date back to 1789 and include the brick Georgian miller's house and offices flanking a three-and-a-half-storey watermill of brick and white weatherboarding. There has been a mill here since at least the late 16th century and possibly Domesday. Geogbbjxjrge Reynolds Wright took full control of the mill in 1870. Originally powered by a back water of the River Lea. In 1913 owing to construction work at the nearby King George V Reservoir the water supply which powered the millstones was cut off. The machinery was then converted to electricity. Since then further improvements have been made. The business is still owned by the Wright family making it London's only family owned flour mill 51°38′33″N 0°01′58″W / 51. 642491°N 0. 032895°W / 51. 642491; -0. 032895 | 0 |
Phil Jagielka | Phil Jagielka 2019-01-10T21:56:40Z Philip Nikodem Jagielka (/jəˈɡjɛlkə/ or /ˌdʒæɡiˈɛlkə/; born 17 August 1982) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Everton and the English national team. Jagielka is also the captain of Everton. Jagielka started his career with Sheffield United in 2000, where he played mainly as a central midfielder. He helped them achieve top-flight status for the 2006–07 season, after which he joined Everton for a £4 million fee. He has received 40 England caps since his debut in 2008 and was included in the England squads at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Jagielka was born in Manchester and attended Knutsford Academy. He played for Holy Family Football Club, a Sunday team affiliated with, although not directly linked to, the school of the same name, from the ages of eight to 11. He played as a right winger, as he possessed great pace, and even played in matches against boys of the school year older than him. However, he first impressed youth scouts whilst playing for his local team Hale Barns United in Altrincham. He predominantly played midfield during his time with the club. He also played for his school team, Moorlands Junior School, playing any position including in goal and with boys 2 school years above him. He was at the academy of Everton as a youngster and spent time training with clubs such as Stoke City, and Manchester City, before joining Sheffield United in 1998 at 15 years of age. Jagielka made his way through the youth ranks at Sheffield United before making his first-team debut on 5 May 2000 against Swindon Town in the final First Division match of the 1999–2000 season, whilst still a trainee. He was rewarded with a professional contract the following day and having progressed well at the start of the following season, he signed a three-year deal with the club in January 2001. He established himself in the Sheffield United first-team in the 2002–03 season and started to attract the attention of other clubs, including Leeds United, who were linked with a £6 million joint bid for Jagielka and United teammate Michael Brown, but Sheffield United said they would resist any attempts to sign the players. Jagielka stated in April 2005 he was happy to stay at United, despite several Premier League clubs being interested in signing him. United manager Neil Warnock told West Ham United in June 2005 that Jagielka would not be sold, and in July Wigan Athletic made a £4 million bid for Jagielka, after which United upped their valuation of him. By November, Jagielka had been linked with a £4 million move to Bolton Wanderers, but United manager Neil Warnock said there had been no contact from Bolton. Jagielka signed a new three-year deal with United in August 2006. He played as team captain in Chris Morgan's absence. Jagielka gave United their first Premier League victory since April 1994 when he hit a 91st minute half-volley against Middlesbrough for a 2–1 win in September 2006. Despite being recognised as one of United's key players, chairman Kevin McCabe admitted that Jagielka could be sold if the price was high enough. In a home match against Arsenal on 30 December 2006, due to a thigh injury to starting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny and with his team 1–0 up, Jagielka was forced to play in goal for the remainder of the match. Arsenal were kept at bay for the remaining 34 minutes and Jagielka's late save from Robin van Persie secured the 1–0 victory. His ability to deputise in goal meant that Neil Warnock was able to – and usually did – do without a substitute goalkeeper on the bench in order to give himself more tactical options (League rules then limited the number of substitutes to 5). By the end of the 2006–07 season, he had made 133 consecutive league appearances for United, including every league match in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons and every minute of the 2006–07 season. When Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season, Jagielka was linked with moves away from United and goalkeeper Paddy Kenny said he believed it was time Jagielka moved on. New United boss Bryan Robson urged Jagielka to wait for the outcome of the club's relegation arbitration hearing before deciding to leave the club. Jagielka eventually signed for Everton on 4 July 2007, in a deal worth £4 million on a five-year contract, the highest amount ever paid for a Sheffield United player. He made his home debut at Goodison Park on 31 July 2007 as a second-half substitute in a pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen, replacing Joseph Yobo in central defence. After a slow start to his Everton career, Jagielka developed into an important member of the first team. He scored his first Everton goal in the UEFA Cup against AZ Alkmaar. He scored an own goal against Wigan Athletic, although Everton won 2–1. He put in a succession of man of the match performances in the following matches, against Tottenham Hotspur, Brann and Manchester City. He scored his first league goal for Everton against Reading on 9 February 2008. Jagielka started the 2008–09 season as first-choice centre back, playing every minute of every league match until being injured in a 2–1 home defeat to Manchester City. He was named the Premier League Player of the Month for February and won Everton's fans and club player of the season. Jagielka scored the winning penalty for Everton in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Manchester United, but he was claimed to have fouled Danny Welbeck after 68 minutes, with many claiming it to be a penalty, which the referee did not award. Soon afterwards he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament playing against Manchester City, and as a consequence missed the 2009 FA Cup Final, which Everton lost to Chelsea. After missing the end of the 2008–09 season and more than half of 2009–10, Jagielka played his first senior fixture since the cruciate ligament injury in an away match against Sporting CP in the UEFA Europa League in February 2010, coming on as a substitute for an injured Philippe Senderos. On 3 January 2013, Jagielka signed a new contract at Everton, keeping him at Goodison Park until 2017. In April 2013, manager David Moyes announced that Jagielka would be appointed as the club captain for the 2013–14 season after the retirement of Phil Neville. When Moyes left for Manchester United, new manager Roberto Martínez stated that Jagielka would make a "phenomenal captain". In Jagielka's first season as captain, Everton amassed a Premier League club record 72 points to finish fifth with him being awarded three accolades at the club: Player of the Season, Players' Player of the Season and Goal of the Season. On 27 September 2014, Jagielka scored his first goal in two seasons with a 30-yard half volley against Liverpool in the Merseyside derby to level the match in the 91st minute. On 6 November 2014, Jagielka scored his first European goal in seven years in Everton's 3–0 UEFA Europa League group stage win against Lille. Jagielka reclaimed his place as Everton's starting centre back in March 2017 after Ramiro Funes Mori suffered a knee injury on international duty. In April 2017, Jagielka scored in three successive league matches for Everton: first, in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 4 April – his first league goal in two years – then in a 4–2 victory against Leicester City at Goodison Park on 9 April, and finally, in a 3–1 home victory over Burnley on 15 April. Jagielka extended his contract with Everton for another year until the summer of 2019 on 2 August 2017. Jagielka is a former member of the England under-21 team, and scored in a 2–0 victory over Slovakia at the Stadium of Light in June 2003. On 10 May 2007, Jagielka was named in the England B team for the first time, for their match against Albania. Starting on the bench, he replaced Phil Neville at right back at the beginning of the second half. On 11 May 2008, Jagielka was named in the senior England squad for the first time for the friendlies with United States and Trinidad and Tobago. He subsequently expressed his delight at the call up and publicly thanked everyone at Everton for their help. On 1 June 2008, Jagielka got his first international cap for the senior team against Trinidad and Tobago, playing the second half of a match in which England used two different sides for each half. Jagielka was once again named in the England squad for the friendly match against European champions Spain, 11 February 2009, and subsequently played for the first 45 minutes, after an impressive string of performances at club level publicly praised by manager David Moyes after the FA Cup fourth round replay tie between Everton and Liverpool. Jagielka received his fourth cap when he played in England's first post 2010 FIFA World Cup friendly against Hungary on 11 August 2010 at Wembley Stadium where he scored an own goal to put the visitors ahead in a 2–1 England win. On 3 September 2010, Jagielka made his first competitive start, and played for the entirety of the match in a 4–0 win over Bulgaria. He was said to have "read the game brilliantly on a night when he proved his credentials". He was called up to the England squad once again for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley Stadium on 12 October. He was called up again for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier and friendly against Wales and Ghana on 26 March and came on in the 88th minute for Scott Parker. On 12 November, he started as centre-half in a friendly against Spain and gave an exceptional performance as England ground their way to a 1–0 win. Jagielka was originally placed on the standby list for England's UEFA Euro 2012 squad, and played the full match in a pre-tournament warm-up match against Norway, which England won 1–0. However, on 28 May 2012, Jagielka was added to the main squad after Gareth Barry was ruled out of the tournament with an abdominal injury. Jagielka did not feature in any of England's four matches during the tournament. In August 2012, Jagielka scored his first goal for England, a diving header during a 2–1 friendly victory over Italy in Bern, Switzerland. On 12 May 2014, Jagielka was named in England's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored his second England goal on 30 May 2014 to wrap up a 3–0 friendly win over Peru at Wembley, reacting after goalkeeper Raúl Fernández dropped a corner from Jagielka's Everton teammate Leighton Baines. England were unbeaten in 11 competitive matches in which Jagielka has played in (won eight and drawn three), until they lost 2–1 to Italy in their opening match of the World Cup. Jagielka scored his third England goal, and first in a competitive fixture, on 9 October 2014; his header opened a 5–0 Wembley win over San Marino in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. Jagielka became the first Everton player to captain England when they played against Lithuania on 12 October 2015 in a UEFA Euro qualifying match. On 15 November 2016, he became the most capped Everton player by England when he came on as a second-half substitute against Spain in a 2–2 draw. Jagielka is of Polish and Scottish descent. His older brother Stephen Jagielka was also a professional midfielder, mainly for Shrewsbury Town. Although he was loaned to Sheffield United for one season, the pair never featured together in a competitive fixture. He also has two sisters, Barbara and Nicola. Sheffield United Everton Individual, Phil Jagielka 2020-12-26T20:01:46Z Philip Nikodem Jagielka (/jəˈɡjɛlkə/ or /ˌdʒæɡiˈɛlkə/; born 17 August 1982) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Sheffield United. Jagielka started his career with Sheffield United in 2000, where he played mainly as a central midfielder. He helped them achieve top-flight status for the 2006–07 season, after which he joined Everton for a £4 million fee. He later captained the club from 2013–2019. He left Everton in 2019 after 11 years and returned to former club Sheffield United. He has received 40 England caps since his debut in 2008 and was included in the England squads at UEFA Euro 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Jagielka was born in Sale, Greater Manchester, and attended Knutsford Academy. He played for Holy Family Football Club, a Sunday team affiliated with, although not directly linked to, the school of the same name, from the ages of eight to 11. He played as a right winger, as he possessed great pace, and even played in matches against boys of the school year older than him. However, he first impressed youth scouts whilst playing for his local team Hale Barns United in Altrincham. He predominantly played midfield during his time with the club. He also played for his school team, Moorlands Junior School, playing any position, including in goal and with boys two school years above him. He was at the academy of Everton as a youngster and spent time training with clubs such as Stoke City and Manchester City, before joining Sheffield United in 1998 at 15 years of age. Jagielka made his way through the youth ranks at Sheffield United before making his first-team debut on 5 May 2000 against Swindon Town in the final First Division match of the 1999–2000 season, whilst still a trainee. He was rewarded with a professional contract the following day and having progressed well at the start of the following season, he signed a three-year deal with the club in January 2001. He established himself in the Sheffield United first-team in the 2002–03 season and started to attract the attention of other clubs, including Leeds United, who were linked with a £6 million joint bid for Jagielka and United teammate Michael Brown, but Sheffield United said they would resist any attempts to sign the players. Jagielka stated in April 2005 he was happy to stay at United, despite several Premier League clubs being interested in signing him. United manager Neil Warnock told West Ham United in June 2005 that Jagielka would not be sold, and in July Wigan Athletic made a £4 million bid for Jagielka, after which United upped their valuation of him. By November, Jagielka had been linked with a £4 million move to Bolton Wanderers, but United manager Neil Warnock said there had been no contact from Bolton. Jagielka signed a new three-year deal with United in August 2006. He played as team captain in Chris Morgan's absence. Jagielka gave United their first Premier League victory since April 1994 when he hit a 91st minute half-volley against Middlesbrough for a 2–1 win in September 2006. Despite being recognised as one of United's key players, chairman Kevin McCabe admitted that Jagielka could be sold if the price was high enough. In a home match against Arsenal on 30 December 2006, due to a thigh injury to starting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny and with his team 1–0 up, Jagielka was forced to play in goal for the remainder of the match. Arsenal were kept at bay for the remaining 34 minutes and Jagielka's late save from Robin van Persie secured the 1–0 victory. His ability to deputise in goal meant that Neil Warnock was able to – and usually did – do without a substitute goalkeeper on the bench in order to give himself more tactical options (League rules then limited the number of substitutes to 5). By the end of the 2006–07 season, he had made 133 consecutive league appearances for United, including every league match in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons and every minute of the 2006–07 season. When Sheffield United were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2006–07 season, Jagielka was linked with moves away from United and goalkeeper Paddy Kenny said he believed it was time Jagielka moved on. New United boss Bryan Robson urged Jagielka to wait for the outcome of the club's relegation arbitration hearing before deciding to leave the club. Jagielka eventually signed for Everton on 4 July 2007, in a deal worth £4 million on a five-year contract, the highest amount paid for a Sheffield United player at the time. He made his home debut at Goodison Park on 31 July 2007 as a second-half substitute in a pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen, replacing Joseph Yobo in central defence. After a slow start to his Everton career, Jagielka developed into an important member of the first team. He scored his first Everton goal in the UEFA Cup against AZ Alkmaar. He scored an own goal against Wigan Athletic, although Everton won 2–1. He put in a succession of man of the match performances in the following matches, against Tottenham Hotspur, Brann and Manchester City. He scored his first league goal for Everton against Reading on 9 February 2008. Jagielka started the 2008–09 season as first-choice centre back, playing every minute of every league match until being injured in a 2–1 home defeat to Manchester City. He was named the Premier League Player of the Month for February and won Everton's fans and club player of the season. Jagielka scored the winning penalty for Everton in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Manchester United, but he was claimed to have fouled Danny Welbeck after 68 minutes, with many claiming it to be a penalty, which the referee did not award. Soon afterwards he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament playing against Manchester City, and as a consequence missed the 2009 FA Cup Final, which Everton lost to Chelsea. After missing the end of the 2008–09 season and more than half of 2009–10, Jagielka played his first senior fixture since the cruciate ligament injury in an away match against Sporting CP in the UEFA Europa League in February 2010, coming on as a substitute for an injured Philippe Senderos. On 3 January 2013, Jagielka signed a new contract at Everton, keeping him at Goodison Park until 2017. In April 2013, manager David Moyes announced that Jagielka would be appointed as the club captain for the 2013–14 season after the retirement of Phil Neville. When Moyes left for Manchester United, new manager Roberto Martínez stated that Jagielka would make a "phenomenal captain". In Jagielka's first season as captain, Everton amassed a Premier League club record 72 points to finish fifth with him being awarded three accolades at the club: Player of the Season, Players' Player of the Season and Goal of the Season. On 27 September 2014, Jagielka scored his first goal in two seasons with a 30-yard half volley against Liverpool in the Merseyside derby to level the match in the 91st minute. On 6 November 2014, Jagielka scored his first European goal in seven years in Everton's 3–0 UEFA Europa League group stage win against Lille. Jagielka reclaimed his place as Everton's starting centre back in March 2017 after Ramiro Funes Mori suffered a knee injury on international duty. In April 2017, Jagielka scored in three successive league matches for Everton: first, in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 4 April – his first league goal in two years – then in a 4–2 victory against Leicester City at Goodison Park on 9 April, and finally, in a 3–1 home victory over Burnley on 15 April. Jagielka extended his contract with Everton for another year until the summer of 2019 on 2 August 2017. After finding himself on the periphery of the Everton first team for most of the 2018–19 season, an illness to Michael Keane in the warm-up before a match against Arsenal on 7 April 2019 saw Jagielka replace him in the starting line-up. Jagielka went on to score the only goal in the 10th minute which was his first Everton goal for two years. In doing so, and at the age of 36 years and 233 days, he became the second-oldest player to score for Everton in the Premier League era, behind Richard Gough. Jagielka left Everton at the end of 2018–19, having made 386 appearances in 12 years. He re-signed for Sheffield United on 4 July 2019 on a one-year contract, following the club's promotion to the Premier League. On 23 August 2020 he signed a new one-year deal to keep him at the club for the 2020–21 season. Jagielka is a former member of the England under-21 team, and scored in a 2–0 victory over Slovakia at the Stadium of Light in June 2003. On 10 May 2007, Jagielka was named in the England B team for the first time, for their match against Albania. Starting on the bench, he replaced Phil Neville at right back at the beginning of the second half. On 11 May 2008, Jagielka was named in the senior England squad for the first time for the friendlies with United States and Trinidad and Tobago. He subsequently expressed his delight at the call up and publicly thanked everyone at Everton for their help. On 1 June 2008, Jagielka got his first international cap for the senior team against Trinidad and Tobago, playing the second half of a match in which England used two different sides for each half. Jagielka was once again named in the England squad for the friendly match against European champions Spain, 11 February 2009, and subsequently played for the first 45 minutes, after an impressive string of performances at club level publicly praised by manager David Moyes after the FA Cup fourth round replay tie between Everton and Liverpool. Jagielka received his fourth cap when he played in England's first post 2010 FIFA World Cup friendly against Hungary on 11 August 2010 at Wembley Stadium where he scored an own goal to put the visitors ahead in a 2–1 England win. On 3 September 2010, Jagielka made his first competitive start, and played for the entirety of the match in a 4–0 win over Bulgaria. He was said to have "read the game brilliantly on a night when he proved his credentials". He was called up to the England squad once again for the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley Stadium on 12 October. He was called up again for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier and friendly against Wales and Ghana on 26 March and came on in the 88th minute for Scott Parker. On 12 November, he started as centre-half in a friendly against Spain and gave an exceptional performance as England ground their way to a 1–0 win. Jagielka was originally placed on the standby list for England's UEFA Euro 2012 squad, and played the full match in a pre-tournament warm-up match against Norway, which England won 1–0. On 28 May 2012, he was added to the main squad after Gareth Barry was ruled out of the tournament with an abdominal injury. He did not, however, feature in any of England's four matches during the tournament. In August 2012, Jagielka scored his first goal for England, a diving header during a 2–1 friendly victory over Italy in Bern, Switzerland. On 12 May 2014, Jagielka was named in England's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored his second England goal on 30 May 2014 to wrap up a 3–0 friendly win over Peru at Wembley, reacting after goalkeeper Raúl Fernández dropped a corner from Jagielka's Everton teammate Leighton Baines. England were unbeaten in 11 competitive matches in which Jagielka has played in (won eight and drawn three), until they lost 2–1 to Italy in their opening match of the World Cup. Jagielka scored his third England goal, and first in a competitive fixture, on 9 October 2014; his header opened a 5–0 Wembley win over San Marino in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. Jagielka became the first Everton player to captain England when they played against Lithuania on 12 October 2015 in a UEFA Euro qualifying match. On 15 November 2016, he became the most-capped Everton player from England when he came on as a second-half substitute against Spain in a 2–2 draw. Jagielka is of Polish and Scottish descent. His older brother Stephen Jagielka was also a professional midfielder, mainly for Shrewsbury Town. Although he was loaned to Sheffield United for one season, the pair never featured together in a competitive fixture. He also has two sisters, Barbara and Nicola. Sheffield United Everton Individual | 1 |
Alex Fisher | Alex Fisher 2019-01-01T18:05:44Z Alexander Anthony Fisher (born 30 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays for as a forward for Yeovil Town. Born in London and educated at Abingdon School, Fisher joined Oxford United whilst playing for St. Edmunds at the age of seven under Peter Rhoades-Brown where he went all the way through the Centre of Excellence helping win the Under-18s Youth Team Championship in the 2006–07 season. At age 16 whilst still at school he was called up to the first team and given the number 45 shirt by then manager Jim Smith. During his time in the first team Fisher held three shirt numbers – 45, 37 and 17 – and played for three different managers – Jim Smith, Darren Patterson and Chris Wilder. Fisher scored his first senior league goal in January 2008 at 17 years old in a 4–0 home win at the Kassam Stadium against Altrincham. He also scored Oxford’s only goal in a 2–1 home defeat to Harry Redknapp’s FA Cup winning Portsmouth side in a friendly match, beating David James with a left foot volley. Fisher joined non league Brackley Town managed by David Oldfield on 7 March 2008 to gain experience, scoring three goals in five starts. Another loan to local side Oxford City in early 2009 signalled the end of his United career however he still netted 12 goals in 16 starts. Jerez Industrial Fisher then joined the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Jerez, Spain where he received coaching from Glenn Hoddle, Graham Rix, Dave Beasant and Nigel Spackman. Through the academy, in the 2010–11 season, he signed for Jerez Industrial scoring on his debut at the Chapin Stadium. However, a serious break to his jaw during a game against Los Palacios prematurely ended his season, in which he had already scored 21 goals in all competitions, 17 of which in the league. KVK Tienen Fisher then played for Belgian Second Division side KVK Tienen, having signed a contract to the end of the 2011–12 season. KRC Mechelen After his contract had expired at KVK Tienen, Fisher signed for another Belgian club, K.R.C. Mechelen, turning down a late offer from KVC Westerlo who had just come out of the Belgian Pro League. K.S.K. Heist In July 2013, Fisher signed for K.S.K. Heist in the Belgian Second Division. Team manager Cis Bosschaerts said in the media, that the signing would be "a significant step in the right direction for the club" for the coming season. A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 After only one-and-a-half months with KSK Heist, Fisher had impressed and transferred to Italian Lega Pro side A.C. Monza Brianza 1912. Heist came to an agreement with AC Monza, and the transfer went through before the end of the market window. On 4 June 2014, Fisher returned to England and signed a deal subject to international clearance with Mansfield Town, scoring his first goal in the League Cup against Sheffield United. He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2014–15 season. On 5 August 2015, Fisher signed for Torquay United after spending the summer on trial at Exeter City. He filled vacant squad number 17. Fisher scored the winning and first goal for the club on his debut game in a 1–0 win against Macclesfield Town and went on to score another winning goal in a 3–2 win against Halifax a week later. In December 2015 Fisher left Torquay via mutual consent. On 9 January 2016, Fisher signed for Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle, on a deal until the end of the season, with an option for the club to extend that by another year. Fisher signed for Motherwell on 2 June 2017, after scoring eight goals in nine games for Inverness at the end of the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership season. He left in January 2018 to join Yeovil Town, with Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson stating that he left because the “form of other players” had kept him out of the side. Fisher signed for Yeovil Town on 26 January 2018, following his release from Motherwell. , Alex Fisher 2020-11-02T06:59:10Z Alexander Anthony Fisher (born 30 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Exeter City. Born in London and educated at Abingdon School, Fisher joined Oxford United whilst playing for St. Edmunds at the age of seven under Peter Rhoades-Brown where he went all the way through the Centre of Excellence helping win the Under-18s Youth Team Championship in the 2006–07 season. At age 16 whilst still at school he was called up to the first team and given the number 45 shirt by then manager Jim Smith. During his time in the first team Fisher held three shirt numbers – 45, 37 and 17 – and played for three different managers – Jim Smith, Darren Patterson and Chris Wilder. Fisher scored his first senior league goal in January 2008 at 17 years old in a 4–0 home win at the Kassam Stadium against Altrincham. He also scored Oxford's only goal in a 2–1 home defeat to Harry Redknapp's FA Cup winning Portsmouth side in a friendly match, beating David James with a left foot volley. Fisher joined non league Brackley Town managed by David Oldfield on 7 March 2008 to gain experience, scoring three goals in five starts. Another loan to local side Oxford City in early 2009 signalled the end of his United career however he still netted 12 goals in 16 starts. Jerez Industrial Fisher then joined the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Jerez, Spain where he received coaching from Glenn Hoddle, Graham Rix, Dave Beasant and Nigel Spackman. Through the academy, in the 2010–11 season, he signed for Jerez Industrial scoring on his debut at the Chapin Stadium. However, a serious break to his jaw during a game against Los Palacios prematurely ended his season, in which he had already scored 21 goals in all competitions, 17 of which in the league. KVK Tienen Fisher then played for Belgian Second Division side KVK Tienen, having signed a contract to the end of the 2011–12 season. KRC Mechelen After his contract had expired at KVK Tienen, Fisher signed for another Belgian club, K.R.C. Mechelen, turning down a late offer from KVC Westerlo who had just come out of the Belgian Pro League. K.S.K. Heist In July 2013, Fisher signed for K.S.K. Heist in the Belgian Second Division. Team manager Cis Bosschaerts said in the media, that the signing would be "a significant step in the right direction for the club" for the coming season. A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 After only one-and-a-half months with KSK Heist, Fisher had impressed and transferred to Italian Lega Pro side A.C. Monza Brianza 1912. Heist came to an agreement with AC Monza, and the transfer went through before the end of the market window. On 4 June 2014, Fisher returned to England and signed a deal subject to international clearance with Mansfield Town, scoring his first goal in the League Cup against Sheffield United. He was released by Mansfield at the end of the 2014–15 season. On 5 August 2015, Fisher signed for Torquay United after spending the summer on trial at Exeter City. He filled vacant squad number 17. Fisher scored the winning and first goal for the club on his debut game in a 1–0 win against Macclesfield Town and went on to score another winning goal in a 3–2 win against Halifax a week later. In December 2015 Fisher left Torquay via mutual consent. On 9 January 2016, Fisher signed for Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle, on a deal until the end of the season, with an option for the club to extend that by another year. Fisher signed for Motherwell on 2 June 2017, after scoring eight goals in nine games for Inverness at the end of the 2016-17 Scottish Premiership season. He left in January 2018 to join Yeovil Town, with Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson stating that he left because the "form of other players" had kept him out of the side. Fisher signed for Yeovil Town on 26 January 2018, following his release from Motherwell. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Fisher was released by Yeovil following the club's relegation from the Football League. On 25 June 2019 following his release from Yeovil, Fisher signed for League Two side Exeter City scoring his first for the club in a 1–1 draw against Cambridge United in the first round of the FA Cup. His first league goal for the club came in a 3–2 win against Northampton Town, a headed effort on the end of a ball from Jack Sparkes. | 1 |
Botola 2 | Botola 2 2010-02-08T00:12:59Z GNF 2 (Groupement National de Football 2), is the second division of the Moroccan Football League, behind the Botola, the highest football league in Morocco. start end, Botola 2 2011-10-13T10:32:33Z 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 who 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. Soocerway.com | 1 |
Brain's Base | Brain's Base 2011-04-10T12:42:51Z Brain's Base (ブレインズ･ベース, Bureinzu･Bēsu) is a Japanese animation studio. 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010, Brain's Base 2012-12-24T06:05:10Z Brain's Base (ブレインズ･ベース, Bureinzu･Bēsu) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff. 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 | 1 |
Lovey_(album) | Lovey_(album) 2011-09-03T21:18:32Z Lovey is the fourth album by The Lemonheads. It was released in 1990 and was the group's first album for Atlantic Records. The album was the last with founding member Jesse Peretz, who would leave the band to pursue a career in photography and filmography. The other founding member, Ben Deily, had left following their previous album, Lick. All songs by Evan Dando unless otherwise stated. , Lovey_(album) 2013-02-08T04:19:55Z Lovey is the fourth album by The Lemonheads. It was released in 1990 and was the group's first album for Atlantic Records. The album was the last with founding member Jesse Peretz, who would leave the band to pursue a career in photography and filmmaking. The other founding member, Ben Deily, had left following their previous album, Lick. All songs by Evan Dando unless otherwise stated. | 0 |
2003_Canadian_Professional_Soccer_League_season | 2003_Canadian_Professional_Soccer_League_season 2008-05-15T15:55:51Z The 6th Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 24, 2003 and concluded on October 4, 2003 with the Brampton Hitmen winning the Rogers Cup. Purple indicates conference winners Green indicates playoff berth clinched Quarterfinals Template:Penshootoutbox Brampton awarded victory due to Toronto Croatia using ineligible coach and general manager. Semifinals Template:Penshootoutbox Ottawa Wizards withdrew from competition. Brampton advances to final, while Vaughn plays Hamilton in the semifinal. Rogers Cup final Template:Fb start Template:Fb end, 2003_Canadian_Professional_Soccer_League_season 2010-04-19T11:46:45Z The 6th Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 24, 2003 and concluded on October 4, 2003 with the Brampton Hitmen winning the Rogers Cup. Purple indicates conference winners Green indicates playoff berth clinched Quarterfinals Template:Penshootoutbox Brampton awarded victory due to Toronto Croatia using ineligible coach and general manager. Semifinals Template:Penshootoutbox Ottawa Wizards withdrew from competition. Brampton advances to final, while Vaughn plays Hamilton in the semifinal. Rogers Cup final Template:Fb start Template:Fb end | 0 |
Simona de Silvestro | Simona de Silvestro 2014-01-07T20:05:54Z Simona de Silvestro ("de" pronounced with a long E; born 1 September 1988) is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for KV Racing Technology in the IZOD IndyCar Series. One nickname which has been applied to her is "The Iron Maiden". She raced for Newman Wachs Racing's Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Entergy team in the Atlantic Championship in 2008 and for Team Stargate Worlds in 2009. She won the Atlantic race at the 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix, making her the second woman to win in that series and providing NWR with its first win. She won four times during the 2009 season and led in points for most of the season. She ultimately finished third in the standings after retiring on the first lap during the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. De Silvestro participated in an IRL IndyCar Series test on 8 December and 9, 2009 at Sebring International Raceway, a joint effort between HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds. De Silvestro competed full–time in the IZOD IndyCar Series for HVM Racing for the 2010 season. On 22 May 2010, she qualified in the 22nd position for the 2010 Indianapolis 500. She finished the race in 14th position, and earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors. She suffered a burned right hand after a fiery crash at the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway on 5 June 2010. HVM Racing strongly criticized IndyCar Series safety officials for their response to that accident. For the season de Silvestro started 17 races, finished ten, and recorded two top-10 finishes, with a best finish of 8th at Mid Ohio. She finished 19th overall in the series standings and was runner-up to Alex Lloyd for Rookie of the Year honors. The 2011 season began with promising fourth and ninth place finishes at St. Petersburg and Barber; however the next race at Long Beach was not as successful: she started 18th and finished 20th. At the next race, the São Paulo Indy 300, an accident between her and Helio Castroneves put her nine laps down, after the race was postponed to the next morning due to severe rain conditions. She also received criticism from broadcasters during the race as she raced hard against the leaders even when she was several laps down, rather than letting them pass. She started 13th and finished 20th, nine laps down, but recorded the fastest lap of the race. She received second degree burns on her right hand and superficial burns on her left hand in a crash during practice for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 on 19 May. The crash, which sent her car sailing into the catch fence before flipping and landing on its left tires, was caused by mechanical failure in the left rear of her No. 78 Dallara/Honda. On 21 May, using her backup car, she qualified 24th for the race with a four-lap average of 224.392 mph. After a crash at the Milwaukee Mile during qualifying, de Silvestro was cleared to drive in the race. but withdrew from the race after experiencing dizziness and impaired vision. At the next race in Iowa, she was not cleared to compete due to continuing dizziness. De Silvestro missed Round 13 of the season at Sonoma, after being refused entry to the United States. She finished 20th overall in the 2011 series standings. De Silvestro returned to HVM Racing for the 2012 IndyCar season, piloting the No. 78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy sponsored Dallara/Lotus. The entry was one of five cars to start the season powered by the new Lotus engine. The Lotus proved to be significantly underpowered compared to the Chevrolet and Honda engines used by the rest of the field. By the end of May, all entrants other than de Silvestro's No. 78 had abandoned the Lotus powerplant and switched to either Chevy or Honda. De Silvestro was saddle for the entire season with the inferior Lotus. The underpowered engine made it impossible for de Silvestro to be competitive, resulting in consistently poor qualifying and race results. On several occasions the car was black flagged for failing to maintain the minimum safe speed, including the 2012 Indy 500. For the season, de Silvestro qualified for all 15 races on the schedule, started 14, and finished 6. Her best finish was 14th at Detroit and Iowa. She finished 24th overall in the series standings. On 30 October 2012, de Silvestro signed on with KV Racing Technology for the 2013 IndyCar Season, driving the No. 78 Dallara/Chevrolet with sponsorship from Nuclear Clean Air Energy. De Silvestro joins veteran driver Tony Kanaan to make KV Racing Technology a two-car team for the 2013 season. On 5 October 2013 in the Grand Prix of Houston, de Silvestro finished second in the first race for her first podium finish, joining Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher as the only women in IndyCar history to record a podium finish. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), Simona de Silvestro 2015-12-31T01:37:13Z Simona de Silvestro (born 1 September 1988) is a Swiss race car driver. She currently drives for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series. Her nickname is the "Iron Maiden". She raced for Newman Wachs Racing's Nuclear Clean Air Energy-Entergy team in the Atlantic Championship in 2008 and for Team Stargate Worlds in 2009. She won the Atlantic race at the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach, making her the second woman to win in that series – after Katherine Legge – and providing NWR with its first win. She won four times during the 2009 season and led in points for most of the season, but ultimately finished third in the standings after retiring on the first lap during the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. De Silvestro participated in an IndyCar Series test over 8–9 December 2009 at Sebring International Raceway, a joint effort between HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds. De Silvestro competed full-time in the IndyCar Series for HVM Racing for the 2010 season. On 22 May 2010, she qualified in the 22nd position for the 2010 Indianapolis 500. She finished the race in 14th position, and earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors. She suffered a burned right hand after a fiery crash at the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway on 5 June 2010. Her team strongly criticized IndyCar Series safety officials for their response to that accident. For the season, de Silvestro started 17 races, finished ten, and recorded two top-10 finishes, with a best finish of eighth at Mid-Ohio. She finished 19th overall in the series standings and was runner-up to Alex Lloyd for rookie of the year honors. The 2011 season began with fourth- and ninth-place finishes at St. Petersburg and Barber; however the next race, at Long Beach, was not as successful: she started 18th and finished 20th. At the next race, the São Paulo Indy 300, an accident between her and Hélio Castroneves put her nine laps down, after the race was postponed to the next morning due to severe rain conditions. She also received criticism from broadcasters during the race as she raced hard against the leaders even when she was several laps down, rather than letting them pass. She started 13th and finished 20th, nine laps down, but recorded the fastest lap of the race. She received second degree burns on her right hand and superficial burns on her left hand in a crash during practice for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 on 19 May. The crash, which sent her car sailing into the catch fence before flipping and landing on its left tires, was caused by a mechanical failure in the left rear of her No. 78 Dallara-Honda. On 21 May, using her backup car, she qualified 24th for the race with a four-lap average of 224.392 mph. After a crash at the Milwaukee Mile during qualifying, de Silvestro was cleared to drive in the race. but withdrew after experiencing dizziness and impaired vision. At the next race, in Iowa, she was not cleared to compete, due to continuing dizziness. De Silvestro missed round 13 of the season at Sonoma, after being refused entry to the United States. An agent working for US Customs became concerned over frequent trips from country to country that de Silvestro had been taking, and when de Silvestro tried to explain herself, the official refused to believe that the woman was a professional racer. She finished 20th overall in the 2011 series standings. De Silvestro returned to HVM Racing for the 2012 IndyCar Series season, piloting the No. 78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy sponsored Dallara-Lotus. The entry was one of five cars to start the season powered by the new Lotus engine. The Lotus proved to be significantly underpowered compared to the Chevrolet and Honda engines used by the rest of the field. By the end of May, all entrants other than de Silvestro's No. 78 had abandoned the Lotus powerplant and switched to either Chevy or Honda. De Silvestro was saddled for the entire season with the inferior Lotus. The underpowered engine made it impossible for de Silvestro to be competitive, resulting in consistently poor qualifying and race results. On several occasions the car was black flagged for failing to maintain the minimum safe speed, including the 2012 Indianapolis 500. For the season, de Silvestro qualified for all 15 races on the schedule, started 14, and finished 6. Her best finish was 14th at Detroit and Iowa. She finished 24th overall in the series standings. On 30 October 2012, de Silvestro signed on with KV Racing Technology for the 2013 IndyCar Series season, driving the No. 78 Dallara-Chevrolet with sponsorship from Nuclear Clean Air Energy. De Silvestro joined veteran driver Tony Kanaan to make KV Racing Technology a two-car team for the 2013 season. On 5 October 2013 at the Grand Prix of Houston, de Silvestro finished second in the first race for her first podium finish, joining Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher as the only women in IndyCar history to record a podium finish. In February 2014, Formula One team Sauber announced that de Silvestro would join the team as an "affiliated driver" and would undergo a year-long training programme with the team, with the ultimate objective of racing in 2015. De Silvestro began testing with the team at the end of April 2014 at Fiorano Circuit. She had her first drive in the 2012 Sauber on 26 April, and completed 112 laps during the test. However, in October 2014, Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn stated that the team had suspended de Silvestro's driving chances due to contractual troubles. On 2 April 2015, de Silvestro announced she would drive the Andretti Autosport No. 29 Honda in the 2015 IndyCar Series season in an attempt to make the Indianapolis 500. De Silvestro finished fourth in the second race of the season, the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana. On 15 June 2015, it was announced de Silvestro would drive for Andretti's Formula E team at the championship's double-header finale in London. She will compete with the team full time in the 2015-16 season opposite Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns. It was announced on 19 August that she would partner Renee Gracie at Prodrive Racing Australia in the Bathurst 1000 for V8 Supercars. Following an impact with the wall at Forrest's Elbow on lap 15 for Gracie, the car underwent extensive repairs before being sent back out to finish 21st and 40 laps down - one more lap lost and they would not have been classified. * Season still in progress. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress. | 1 |
Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Viterbo | Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Viterbo 2008-07-16T08:26:19Z The Roman Catholic diocese of Viterbo is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy. It was called historically (from the twelfth century) the diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania. Its name was changed to diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino in 1986, and shortened in 1991. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rome. The name of Viterbo occurs for the first time in the 8th century, under Pope Zachary, when it was a village tributary to Toscanella, in Lombardic Tuscany (Tuscia Langobardorum) on the Via Cassia. Charlemagne gave the pope all this Tuscan territory in feudal tenure, the imperial authority over it being still represented by a sculdascio and later by a count. When Cardinal Albornoz came to effect the reconquest of the Papal States, Viterbo submitted and built a fortress (Rocca) for the governor of the Patrimony. In 1367, during the sojourn of Pope Urban V at Viterbo, a quarrel between the populace and the retinue of one of the cardinals developed into a general uprising, which the Viterban Cardinal Marco quickly put down. In 1375 Francesco di Vico took possession of the city, which joined in the general revolt against papal rule, but quickly submitted. When the Western Schism arose, Vico's tyranny recommenced; he took the side of Pope Clement VII and sustained a siege by Cardinal Orsini. The people rose and killed him (8 May, 1387), and Viterbo returned to the obedience of Pope Urban VI. But in 1391 Gian Sciarra di Vico reentered the city and took possession of its government. In 1391 Cardinal Pileo, the legate of Pope Clement VII, would have given the city over to Pope Boniface IX, but his plan failed, and he fled: Vico came to an understanding with Boniface. After a century of trouble, peace was not re-established until 1503, when youths, robed in white, went about the city repeating: "Pace, pace sia con noi! Pace, pace vuole e commanda Maria Vergine" (Peace be with us! The Virgin Mary wills and commands peace). The Bishop of Adria, governor of the city, joined in this movement, and he was followed by all the magistrates and nobles, who bound themselves by oath to observe perpetual peace. The government of Viterbo was subsequently confided to, instead of the governor of the Patrimony, a cardinal legate; after 1628 it was the residence of a simple governor. One of its cardinal legates was Reginald Pole, around whom there grew up at Viterbo a coterie of friends, Vittoria Colonna among them, who aroused suspicions of heterodoxy. The episcopal See of Viterbo was transferred from Toscanella, which venerates the martyrs Secundianus, Verianus, and companions (who, however, were Romans). They suffered not far from the city, to which their relics were translated in the seventh century by Bishop Maurus, the first bishop known (649). Among the successors of Maurus was Homobonus, to whom Pope Leo IV (850) addressed a letter determining the boundaries of the diocese. In 876 Joannes, in the name of Pope John VIII, carried the imperial insignia to Charles the Bald. During the tenth century Toscanella was for some time under the Bishop of Centumcellae. The succession of its bishops recommences with Joannes (1027); another Joannes distinguished himself in the reform of Benedict (1049) and brought back the clergy of Tuscania to the common life. Gilbert (1059) and Giselbert (1080) were also promoters of reform, while Richard (1086) adhered to the antipope Clement III, who united with Toscanella Centumcellae and the see of Blera (Bieda). In 1192 Pope Celestine III formed Viterbo into a diocese, combining it with that of Toscanella. Among other bishops were Ranieri (c. 1200), in whose episcopate the Paterini came to Viterbo, still active in 1304. After him Cardinal Raniero Capocci was for a long time the administrator. In the fourteenth century the clergy of Toscanella repeatedly refused to recognize the bishop elected by the chapter of Viterbo, so that Pope Clement V (1312) reserved to the Holy See the right of appointment. Bishop Angelo Tignosi (1318) laboured for peace among his fellow citizens. Niccolo dei Vetuli (1351) was famous as a physician and man of letters, and held an important diocesan synod at Montalto. In 1435 the Diocese of Corneto was separated and joined with the then recently erected Diocese of Montefiascone. Other bishops were: Gian Pietro Gratti (1533), a distinguished writer; Sebastiano Gualterio (1551), sometimes less properly spelled "Gualtieri", Papal Nuncio to France and the author of a diary of the Council of Trent; Cardinal Francesco Gambara (1561), a estorer of churches; Alessandro Sforza Cesarini (1636), who began the seminary of Viterbo, completed by Cardinal Francesco Brancacci (1638); Michelangelo Conti (1712), afterward Pope Innocent XII; Cardinal Gabriele Severoli (1806), nuncio at Vienna. Ant. M. Grasselli (1899), O. M. C. , was formerly delegate Apostolic at Constantinople. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help), Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Viterbo 2010-04-17T02:37:08Z The Roman Catholic diocese of Viterbo is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. It was called historically (from the 12th century) the diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania. Its name was changed to diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino in 1986, and shortened in 1991. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rome. The name of Viterbo occurs for the first time in the 8th century, under Pope Zachary, when it was a village tributary to Toscanella, in Lombard Tuscany (Tuscia Langobardorum) on the Via Cassia. Charlemagne gave the pope all this Tuscan territory in feudal tenure, the imperial authority over it being still represented by a sculdascio and later by a count. When Cardinal Albornoz came to effect the reconquest of the Papal States, Viterbo submitted and built a fortress (Rocca) for the governor of the Patrimony. In 1367, during the sojourn of Pope Urban V at Viterbo, a quarrel between the populace and the retinue of one of the cardinals developed into a general uprising, which the Viterban Cardinal Marco quickly put down. In 1375 Francesco di Vico took possession of the city, which joined in the general revolt against papal rule, but quickly submitted. When the Western Schism arose, Vico's tyranny recommenced; he took the side of Pope Clement VII and sustained a siege by Cardinal Orsini. The people rose and killed him (8 May, 1387), and Viterbo returned to the obedience of Pope Urban VI. But in 1391 Gian Sciarra di Vico reentered the city and took possession of its government. In 1391 Cardinal Pileo, the legate of Pope Clement VII, would have given the city over to Pope Boniface IX, but his plan failed, and he fled: Vico came to an understanding with Boniface. After a century of trouble, peace was not re-established until 1503, when the government of Viterbo was subsequently, instead of the governor of the Patrimony, to a cardinal legate; after 1628 it was the residence of a simple governor. One of its cardinal legates was Reginald Pole, around whom there grew up at Viterbo a coterie of friends, Vittoria Colonna among them, who aroused suspicions of heterodoxy. The episcopal see of Viterbo was transferred from Toscanella, which venerates the martyrs Secundianus, Verianus, and companions (who, however, were Romans). They suffered not far from the city, to which their relics were translated in the seventh century by Bishop Maurus, the first bishop known (649). Among the successors of Maurus was Homobonus, to whom Pope Leo IV (850) addressed a letter determining the boundaries of the diocese. In 876 Joannes, in the name of Pope John VIII, carried the imperial insignia to Charles the Bald. During the tenth century Toscanella was for some time under the Bishop of Centumcellae. The succession of its bishops recommences with Joannes (1027); another Joannes distinguished himself in the reform of Benedict (1049) and brought back the clergy of Tuscania to the common life. Gilbert (1059) and Giselbert (1080) were also promoters of reform, while Richard (1086) adhered to the antipope Clement III, who united with Toscanella Centumcellae and the see of Blera. In 1192 Pope Celestine III formed Viterbo into a diocese, combining it with that of Toscanella. Among other bishops were Ranieri (c. 1200), in whose episcopate the Paterini came to Viterbo, still active in 1304. After him Cardinal Raniero Capocci was for a long time the administrator. In the fourteenth century the clergy of Toscanella repeatedly refused to recognize the bishop elected by the chapter of Viterbo, so that Pope Clement V (1312) reserved to the Holy See the right of appointment. In 1435 the Diocese of Corneto was separated and joined with the then recently erected Diocese of Montefiascone. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) | 0 |
Federation_(novel) | Federation_(novel) 2014-07-06T12:20:18Z Federation (1994) a science fiction novel, written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, is a tie-together chronicle that brings the original Enterprise adventures of James T. Kirk close to an encounter with the Enterprise-D adventures of Jean-Luc Picard. The first half of the novel involves three parallel arcs. In one arc, Zefram Cochrane has just completed the first warp speed voyage, a solo journey to Alpha Centauri and back. His is the first successful manned flight beyond the Sol system. His benefactor and backer, Micah Brack, exploits the warp drive to help humanity burst into the stars and safeguard the future of the race, which he foresees disaster for because of the "Optimum Movement", perfectionists who are trying to perfect Khan Noonien Singh's failed attempt to unify and improve humanity. A second arc covers James Kirk and his crew, just after the successful conference on admitting Coridan into the Federation. Kirk is hauled onto the carpet by a Starfleet admiral demanding that he explain a subspace message showing "dead" Commissioner Nancy Hedford. Kirk discovers that Cochrane was kidnapped from his and Nancy's home at Gamma Canaris. A third arc covers Jean-Luc Picard and his crew, just after dropping off Sarek of Vulcan to another ship for his voyage home from the Legaran home world. A Ferengi ship leads them to a Romulan ship, whose commander is giving Picard what appears to be a section of a Borg ship, but with a Preserver artifact incorporated into it. The Cochrane arc jumps ahead 17 years, from 2061 to 2078, just before a devastating war on Earth and long after Micah Brack's mysterious disappearance. Cochrane risked visiting his home planet, and narrowly escaped the forces of the Optimum Movement whose leader, Adrik Thorsen, wants Cochrane's knowledge about warp fields to create a bomb. The Cochrane arc then jumps further to 2111, when he must flee Alpha Centauri, and begins his voyage into the future when the Companion finds him and takes him to a sanctuary, her home. Kirk and the Enterprise find the hijacked passenger ship that has Cochrane aboard, and cleverly rescue all aboard. However, they are in a battle with Klingon warships under the command of the robotic remnants of Thorsen, and the Enterprise is damaged. Cochrane and the Companion board a shuttlecraft that will take "shelter" inside the event horizon of a black hole, on a course calculated to bring them out again using a short burst of warp drive. However, one Klingon ship follows the shuttlecraft, and Kirk takes the Enterprise in, dispatching the Klingon ship with one torpedo. They cannot, however, now escape and the shuttlecraft is also doomed. Picard's crew study the Preserver artifact, and when Data tries to interface with it, Thorsen's essence emerges from the artifact and takes over Data. Data takes the Enterprise into the black hole where Thorsen saw Cochrane enter it a century before. The two Enterprises, once Data's body is shut off, coordinate to take advantage of gravity waves to save both ships and tractor the shuttlecraft out. By necessity, to emerge in their own times, Kirk's Enterprise must yield the shuttlecraft's mass to Picard's, and so when Picard and the Enterprise-D emerge, they find the shuttlecraft holds Zefram Cochrane and Nancy Hedford/Companion. Both of them die, even as the ship arrives at Gamma Canaris to find the planetoid has long ago disintegrated. Before the ships got too far apart, Picard sent a short signal identifying his ship by name. Kirk writes a letter on paper to the captain of that future Enterprise, to be released after certain events have occurred. Picard is given the letter not long after the Enterprise-D is lost on Veridian III. One of the common ties is Christopher's Landing, the location on the moon Titan where Sean Jeffrey Christopher made humanity's first landing on the moon of Saturn. Cochrane returned there after his successful warp flight; Kirk writes his letter there and Picard is given that letter. Over the course of 300 years. . . 2061 to 2265 to 2366. . . the environment of Titan is progressively terraformed to one where Picard is able to stroll outdoors. The events of the story were of course non-canonical, and conflict with what was established about Zefram Cochrane, his first warp flight, and first contact with the Vulcans, in the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact. , Federation_(novel) 2016-05-10T05:03:28Z Federation (1994) is a science fiction novel written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. It is a tie-together chronicle that brings the original Enterprise adventures of James T. Kirk close to an encounter with the Enterprise-D adventures of Jean-Luc Picard. The first half of the novel involves three parallel arcs. In one arc, Zefram Cochrane has just completed the first warp speed voyage, a solo journey to Alpha Centauri and back. His is the first successful manned flight beyond the Sol system. His benefactor and backer, Micah Brack, exploits the warp drive to help humanity burst into the stars and safeguard the future of the race, which he foresees disaster for because of the "Optimum Movement", perfectionists who are trying to perfect Khan Noonien Singh's failed attempt to unify and improve humanity. A second arc covers James Kirk and his crew, just after the successful conference on admitting Coridan into the Federation. Kirk is hauled onto the carpet by a Starfleet admiral demanding that he explain a subspace message showing "dead" Commissioner Nancy Hedford. Kirk discovers that Cochrane was kidnapped from his and Nancy's home at Gamma Canaris. A third arc covers Jean-Luc Picard and his crew, just after dropping off Sarek of Vulcan to another ship for his voyage home from the Legaran home world. A Ferengi ship leads them to a Romulan ship, whose commander is giving Picard what appears to be a section of a Borg ship, but with a Preserver artifact incorporated into it. The Cochrane arc jumps ahead 17 years, from 2061 to 2078, just before a devastating war on Earth and long after Micah Brack's mysterious disappearance. Cochrane risked visiting his home planet, and narrowly escaped the forces of the Optimum Movement whose leader, Adrik Thorsen, wants Cochrane's knowledge about warp fields to create a bomb. The Cochrane arc then jumps further to 2111, when he must flee Alpha Centauri, and begins his voyage into the future when the Companion finds him and takes him to a sanctuary, her home. Kirk and the Enterprise find the hijacked passenger ship that has Cochrane aboard, and cleverly rescue all aboard. However, they are in a battle with Klingon warships under the command of the robotic remnants of Thorsen, and the Enterprise is damaged. Cochrane and the Companion board a shuttlecraft that will take "shelter" inside the event horizon of a black hole, on a course calculated to bring them out again using a short burst of warp drive. However, one Klingon ship follows the shuttlecraft, and Kirk takes the Enterprise in, dispatching the Klingon ship with one torpedo. They cannot, however, now escape and the shuttlecraft is also doomed. Picard's crew study the Preserver artifact, and when Data tries to interface with it, Thorsen's essence emerges from the artifact and takes over Data. Data takes the Enterprise into the black hole where Thorsen saw Cochrane enter it a century before. The two Enterprises, once Data's body is shut off, coordinate to take advantage of gravity waves to save both ships and tractor the shuttlecraft out. By necessity, to emerge in their own times, Kirk's Enterprise must yield the shuttlecraft's mass to Picard's, and so when Picard and the Enterprise-D emerge, they find the shuttlecraft holds Zefram Cochrane and Nancy Hedford/Companion. Both of them die, even as the ship arrives at Gamma Canaris to find the planetoid has long ago disintegrated. Before the ships got too far apart, Picard sent a short signal identifying his ship by name. Kirk writes a letter on paper to the captain of that future Enterprise, to be released after certain events have occurred. Picard is given the letter not long after the Enterprise-D is lost on Veridian III. One of the common ties is Christopher's Landing, the location on the moon Titan where Sean Jeffrey Christopher made humanity's first landing on the moon of Saturn. Cochrane returned there after his successful warp flight; Kirk writes his letter there and Picard is given that letter. Over the course of 300 years. . . 2061 to 2265 to 2366. . . the environment of Titan is progressively terraformed to one where Picard is able to stroll outdoors. The events of the story were non-canonical, and conflict with what was established about Zefram Cochrane, his first warp flight, and first contact with the Vulcans, in the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact. | 0 |
Bea Binene | Bea Binene 2013-01-02T07:50:18Z Beanca Marie L. Binene (born November 4, 1997, Quezon City, Philippines), is a Filipina actress. She was a finalist in StarStruck Kids and has played the role of Natalie Dimaculangan in First Time . She is one of the Junior Child Ambassadors for the Haribon Foundation since 2005. She has participated in an acting workshop by Trumpets, where she played Molly in the production of Annie. She currently stars in the GMA Network TV series Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts playing the role of tough girl Belinda Fortes. She is also a regular host every Sunday in Good News Kasama si Vicky Morales on GMA News TV. She will have her new show entitled "Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis" together with Jake Vargas, Derick Monasterio and Lexi Fernandez. The upcoming show is scheduled to be aired on the second week of February. Minus One of all the songs Galaxy Records Platinum Record Status (December 2012) Minus One of all the songs Galaxy Records, Bea Binene 2014-12-30T13:40:31Z Beanca Marie Binene, also known as Bea Binene (born November 4, 1997 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She was a finalist on StarStruck Kids and has played the role of Natalie Dimaculangan on First Time. She is also one of the Junior Child Ambassadors for the Haribon Foundation since 2005. She has participated in an acting workshop by Trumpets, where she played Molly in the production of Annie. She was in the GMA Network TV series Reel Love Presents: Tween Hearts playing the role of tough girl Belinda Fortes. She is also a regular host every Monday in Good News Kasama si Vicky Morales on GMA News TV. Her first title role show with Jake Vargas was Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis. Apart from her showbiz commitments, Binene is also an active wushu athlete with hopes of being able to play for the Philippine national wushu team in the future. She is also a practicing Roman Catholic. Minus One of all the songs Galaxy Records Platinum Record Status (December 2012) Minus One of all the songs Galaxy Records | 1 |
Matt Hamilton (curler) | Matt Hamilton (curler) 2009-01-01T02:19:54Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. Matthew Hamilton (born November, in MD) has been involved with photographing mountain lions and beautiful women for the past five years, since then, Matt has had nothing but success (teamplys.com). Matt curls out of the Madison Curling Club with Chris Plys, Aanders Brorson, and Matt Perushek. In 2007 & 2008 he played in the Men’s National Championships. In addition, Matt competed in the 2008 United States Junior National Championships, where he took first place, although was later disqualified for erroneously competing in the female division (usacurl.org). From there, Matt traveled to the 2008 Junior Men’s World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden where they took home yet another large wheel of cheese. He is also a supporter of research for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, also known as IBS. While in Sweden, Matt Hamilton won the 2008 Sportsmanship Award, an award only given out to one male junior curler and one female junior curler (usacurl.org). And by curling, it meant to be styling hair... too bad he has no style or tact (according to friends and family.), Matt Hamilton (curler) 2010-11-12T04:31:41Z Matthew Hamilton (born February 19, 1989) is an American curling player from McFarland, Wisconsin. Hamilton curls out of the Madison Curling Club with teammates Chris Plys, Aanders Brorson, and Matt Perushek. In 2007 and 2008, he participated in the US Men’s National Championships, placing 9th in both events. In 2008 and 2009, he participated in the United States Junior National Championships, where he took first place on both occasions. Hamilton traveled to the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships in Östersund, Sweden where they took home the Gold medal after beating Sweden 9 - 5. While in Sweden, Hamilton won the championship's 2008 Sportsmanship Award, an award only given out to one male junior curler and one female junior curler. In the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, held in the newly completed Vancouver Olympic Centre, the team won the Bronze medal. He is also a supporter of research for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. | 1 |
The Berrics | The Berrics 2009-04-24T05:12:18Z The Berrics is a private skatepark owned by Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is located in downtown Los Angeles. The Berrics corresponding website, http://theberrics.com/, has become the fastest growing website in skateboarding. It features weekly programs such as Buttery Ass Mondays and Wednesdays with Reda. References Dougherty, Conor. "Skateboarding Tourney Stirs Its Own Midnight Madness". The Wall Street Journal Sports. Retrieved 2009-02-27., The Berrics 2010-12-29T10:46:14Z The Berrics is a privately owned, indoor skatepark owned by pro skateboarders Steve Berra and Eric Koston. It is also a website providing content filmed in the skatepark, as well other skateboard-related media. The facility's name is a portmanteau of the owners' names (the "Ber" of Steve Berra's surname and the "ric" of Eric Koston's first name). The name's similarity to the word "barracks" also inspires the website's militaristic theme. In 2009 article on the Berrics, ESPN skateboarding contributor Chris Nieratko summed the skatepark's cardinal rule as, "you have to film while you're skating The Berrics." Footage logged at the Berrics is later posted on theberrics.com as flash media. The skatepark attracts many professional skateboarders, as filming there is a quick and easy way to gain exposure. The Berrics' private ownership is also an appeal, as it's less precarious than the streets and limits admittance from the general public. Following the website's inception in late 2007, it quickly grew to one of skateboarding's most popular websites. According to the Wall Street Journal, in January 2009 the Berrics attracted more unique visitors than the websites of every major skateboard magazine and ESPN.com action sports section. The skatepark itself is redesigned on a near-annual basis, having already undergone two major renovations and a re-installation of its concrete foundation. Rob Dyrdek’s skatepark and MTV show, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, is purportedly inspired by the Berrics. In an episode of Fantasy Factory, the Berrics and Fantasy Factory's respective camps competed for the right to claim who owned the better skatepark. Dyrdek lost, requiring him to place a statue of Koston and Berra inside the Fantasy Factory as "inspiration." However, he destroyed the statue in the same episode by dropping it down a quarter pipe. In 2009, skateboard brand DVS Shoe Company hosted a professional game of S.K.A.T.E. at the Berrics. The competition, titled "Battle at the Berrics" pitting 32 skaters against each other in bracket-style S.K.A.T.E. tournament. The competitors included Steve Berra, Eric Koston, Rob Dyrdek, Andrew Reynolds, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson, Erik Ellington, PJ Ladd, and Sean Malto, among others. Mike Mo Capaldi beat Benny Fairfax to win, with Billy Marks finishing third. Mike Mo was awarded a $10,000 prize, courtesy of DVS Shoe Company. While the series proved largely popular with skateboarders, some lament its homogenizing effect on casual games of S.K.A.T.E. that now often conform to "Berrics Rules". Battle at the Berrics 2, the second installment of Battle at the Berrics allowed the Berrics' viewership to vote for 32 of more than 150 skateboarders, with the most popular invited to fill the tournament's 32 competitor slots. Competitors included Kenny Anderson, Lucas Puig, Heath Kirchart, Jerry Hsu, Dennis Busenitz and Mike Vallely, among others. Chris Cole eventually won the final against Paul Rodriguez, with Cory Kennedy achieving third place. Battle at the Berrics 3 is the third installment in the series. It follows the same format as the previous versions and primarily features the first-round winners of the previous tournaments. Paul Rodriguez won first with PJ Ladd taking second. The following segments are those consistently posted to the website on a weekly basis. The segments below are posted more irregularly, sometimes on a monthly basis. The segments below have been either retired or canceled. | 1 |
Serbian League Vojvodina | Serbian League Vojvodina 2008-03-23T13:04:17Z 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. The other sections are Srpska Liga East, Srpska Liga West, and Srpska Liga Belgrade. start end, Serbian League Vojvodina 2009-06-06T13:24:17Z 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 |
Maudihan | Maudihan 2013-06-15T03:18:30Z Maudihan is a village in the Rohtas District of Bihar state, India. It is 14 km from Dehri-On-Sone, an industrial city and famous football factory. This article related to a location in Bihar is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Maudihan 2014-05-10T15:49:56Z Maudihan is a village in the Rohtas District of Bihar state, India. It is 14 km north of Dehri-On-Sone, an industrial city. It is located on Dehri-Patna road. Its beautiful village in the lap of nature. Maudihan is a beautiful village in Rohtas district. On global map it can be located at 24°59′53″N 84°14′47″E co-ordinates. Village is surrounded by cultivated lands from all directions. In east it has boundary with Sone canal. August to November this village will be surrounded by green paddy crops. During wheat season this village can be found in between wheat fields. Such a picturesque and scenic village is rare and Maudihan holds its glory to represent it. Village was founded by four brothers who migrated from Baisadih village near Piro. They founded the village along with other caste and community people. Every inch of the land of this village is cultivated land. Soil of land is so soft that you can take a roll over on land when it is ploughed. Sweet drinking water is available in abundance. Maudihan is located at 24°59′53″N 84°14′47″E on global map. Its around 335 ft above sea level. Village is on Dehri-Patna road or more precisely on Dehri-Bikramganj via Nasariganj SH-15 road. From main road this village is connected through concrete road at Dhelabag Lock and at Ayar Kotha. Railway connectivity for this village is at Dehri-On-Sone. In eastern side Sone canal (Arrah line) flows. Sone river bank is around 4 km from the village. Village has orchards in its eastern parts. Some of the major trees which can be found in this village are Mango, Seesam, eucalyptus, Siris or Shireesh (Albizia lebbeck), Mahua, Neem, Bamboo etc. Village has a road (muddy road which starts from eastern end passess through the village and comes out in U shape. Village roads are covered with mango trees. Administrative details of Maudihan is as below: Country - India State - Bihar Division - Patna District - Rohtas District District Headquarters - Sasaram Sub-Division - Dehri Block - Dehri Police Station - Darihat (located at Ayar Kotha) Post office - Baraon Kala (Via - Darihat) Pin Code - 821306 Panchayat - Baraon (Kala) Maudihan's boundary: North - Ganua village South - Chilbila Village East - Arrah Line Sone Canal West - Tiwaridih village Maudihan comes under Karakat (Lok Sabha constituency) Parliamentary constituency and Dehri Assembly constituency Electoral statistics as per 2013 electoral list: Loksabha Area - Karakat (35) Vidhansabha Area - Dehri (212) Booth number - 73 Utkramit Middle School Maudihan Areas under booth number 73 - Maudihan and Dhelabag Tola Total number of voters - 1397 Total number of male voters - 767 Total number of female voters - 630 Voter list has two parts. 1st part contains house number 1 - 156 of Maudihan village. Voter number 1 to 1244 are in part one which is Maudihan. 2nd part contains house number 1 to 25 of Dhelabag tola. Voter list number 1245 to 1397 are from Dhelabag Tola. As per census 2011, population of Maudihan village is as below: Total Persons - 1708 Total Males - 923 Total Female - 785 Total households - 274 Primary School: Maudihan had a primary school since 1948. Name of the school was Govt Primary School Maudihan (राजकीय प्राथमिक विद्यालय मौडिहाँ). This school got upgraded to middle school and current name of the school is Utkramit Middle School Maudihan (राजकीय उत्क्रमित मध्य विद्यालय मौडिहाँ). Middle School (Secondary school): Prior to this middle school, students of the village used to study till 5th standard in local primary school. For middle school (class 6th to class 8th) they had to go to nearby village Chilbila. High School: Ashok Kumar Jain High School Darihat Nearest High school for boys and girls is Darihat around 3. 5 km. Ashok Kumar Jain High School Darihat This school was established in 1947. This school is a boys school from class 8th to 12th class. Earlier it used to be till 10th standard. Rampyari Girls High School Darihat This school till 10+2 is the only school in the vicinity for girls for education till 12th. College: For graduation, there are few colleges in Dehri-On-Sone. Many students go to other cities like Arrah, Patna, Ranchi, Hazaribag, New Delhi etc. for higher studies. There is no government hospital in Maudihan. Nearest PHC (Primary Health Centre) is in Darihat around 3 km from village. Village has a RMP doctor Hadees Ansari. Jamuna Upadhyay used was also a compounder but he is limited to administer prescribed injection, bandage and first aid. Good clinics and hospitals are available in Dehri-on-Sone and Dalmianagar. There are mainly specialist doctors in Dehri-on-Sone. There is a medical college hospital in Jamuhar. Complicated medical cases are referred to Varanasi. All the Hindu festivals are celebrated in Maudihan. To name some of the festivals which is celebrated in a grand way are as below: New year celebration, Makar Sankranti, Republic day, Saraswati Puja, Mahashivratri, Holi - Fagua, Chaitra Navami (Ramnavami), Rakshabandhan (Shravan Purnima), Krishna Janamastami, Karma Dharma, Independence Day, Navaratri, Dasahara, Diwali, Bhaiyaduj, Govardhan Puja, Devthan, Chhath etc. Apart from above mentioned festivals Dhelahan tola celebrates Muharram, Ramjan, Bakrid etc. Details of some of the festivals will be updated later. Shivalay (Shiv mandir) Devi Mai ka Mandir Sayar Mai Mahaveer jee (at Devi mai ka mandir) Samardhir Baba (Baghaut Baba) Shiv Mandir at Dhelabag Lock There are few grocery shops in village itself. Nearby market is Ayar Kotha Bazar. Ayar Kotha Bazar has bi-weekly vegetable market to cloth shops, readymade shops, medical shops, bank, cycle repair, Tyre puncture and lot of eateris. Dehri-On-Sone is the big market place where everything is available. Mostly marketing is done from Dehri-On-Sone and rare occasions its Varanasi. Olden days Gyanchand Saw shops used to be and later it was Mor Saw, Potan Saw, Shivchand Saw etc. opened the shop for daily usage stuff. Dhelabag Lock also has few shops with tea-snacks and Paan. Currently there are many shops in village. Sudama Prasad a voluntary retired BSF Jawaan has opened a shop in village with almost everything thing of daily usage stuff available. His investment and profit making inspired others too to open the shop and now there are many such shops. Agriculture products like Paddy, Rice, wheat are picked up mainly by buyers from village itself but there is a big market in . Nearby villages which are close to Maudihan are as below. They are written at random order: Barawn (Kala), Ganua, Gohin, Chilbila, Ayar Kotha, Dhelabag, Darihat, Tiwaridih, Ahraon, Khudraon, Majhiaon, Tarwan (Tandwa), Paduhar(Paruhar), Paruri (Paduri), Sohagi, Mangipur, Taraon, Dhobdihan, Baligaon etc. Dehri Rohtas District | 0 |
Julian_Bovis | Julian_Bovis 2008-02-28T16:15:44Z Julian Bovis, born 2nd of April 1969 is a British journalist and Newspaper Art Director. He was born in Banbury, United Kingdom and although studying Architecture at University of Plymouth, rose to prominence in the newspaper industry in the 1990s when he re-designed a number of English daily newspapers, changing them from broadsheet to tabloid format. Although more notable for art directing national newspapers, Julian started off working on weekly Pop music magazines. He started work on the Melody Maker and in 1990-1992 the BBC's now defunct pop magazine, No. 1. Whilst working in Australia in 1993 Julian was part of the Inside Soap magazine launch team before moving back to the United Kingdom to design the British version. By 1993 he was in charge of the Daily Star typography re-design and changed the character of the newspaper by introducing Impact (typeface) - which is still in use. Impact is one of the world's most notoriously tabloid typefaces and is more commonly used on celebrity magazines than newspapers. After his move from the Daily Star, Julian was responsible for the controversial change of format of some of England's most popular evening newspapers. In 1994 as Art Director of United Provincial Newspapers he re-designed six City newspapers, changing them from their traditional upmarket broadsheet format to a more economical and populist tabloid format. These included the Lancashire Evening Post and the Blackpool Gazette. There was much criticism at the time that the newspapers were being driven downmarket, although the Yorkshire Post refrained from change and remains a daily broadsheet newspaper. England had traditionally read Broadsheet evening newspapers, and the cultural change was swift - culminating just thirteen years later in April 2007 when the country's final evening newspaper, The Halifax Evening Courier, lost it's battle and became a tabloid. By 1995 Julian was art directing the Edinburgh Evening News where he won Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year for his work on the live news section, most notably the coverage of the Dunblane massacre After winning two more design awards in 1998 and 2000, Julian joined the judging panel for the 2001 National Newspaper Awards. In 1999 he worked with broadcaster Jeff Randall (journalist) as part of the launch team of Sunday Business newspaper - Britain's first national Sunday in over twenty-five years. He art directed the newspaper for four years until it was converted to a magazine under the Editorship of Andrew Neil. By the summer of 2003 most of the newspaper's original launch team had been head-hunted by rival national newspapers and the production of Sunday Business was handed over to the Press Association in London's Victoria. He returned to daily newspapers in 2003 when he joined The Daily Telegraph - where he was responsible for some of the newspaper's most notorious front pages; including the award-winning Boxing Day edition of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 front page celebrating London's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Julian's work on the 7 July 2005 London bombings won the Daily Telegraph the European Newspaper Design Award for news coverage. He reflects on the day's events and discusses how newspapers handle breaking news in 'Disaster Days' on the ZealiFeel blog. In the summer of 2006 he oversaw the re-design of The Daily Telegraph's website, introducing the newspaper's famous Gothic alphabet masthead, increasing the use of online photographs and using design principles to visually link the website to the printed newspaper. The re-design saw the monthly pages views rise from 41. 6m to 52. 8m. 1996 Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year Edinburgh Evening News 1998 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business 2000 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business 2004 Newspaper Design of The Year The Daily Telegraph 2005 European Newspaper Design Award: The 7/7 London Bombings The Daily Telegraph Julian is currently editing The Zeal I Feel - a blog dedicated to Newspaper and Magazine Design and it's translation onto the world wide web. , Julian_Bovis 2009-07-10T10:30:13Z Julian Bovis is a British journalist and Newspaper Art Director. He was born in Banbury, United Kingdom and although studying Architecture at University of Plymouth, rose to prominence in the newspaper industry in the 1990s when he re-designed a number of English daily newspapers, changing them from broadsheet to tabloid format. Although more notable for art directing national newspapers, Julian started off working on weekly Pop music magazines. He started work on the Melody Maker and in 1990-1992 the BBC's now defunct pop magazine, No. 1. Whilst working in Australia in 1993 Julian was part of the Inside Soap magazine launch team before moving back to the United Kingdom to design the British version. By 1993 he was in charge of the Daily Star typography re-design and changed the character of the newspaper by introducing Impact (typeface) - which is still in use. After his move from the Daily Star, Julian was responsible for the controversial change of format of some of England's most popular evening newspapers. In 1994 as Art Director of United Provincial Newspapers he re-designed six City newspapers, changing them from their traditional upmarket broadsheet format to a more economical and populist tabloid format. These included the Lancashire Evening Post and the Blackpool Gazette. By 1995 Julian was art directing the Edinburgh Evening News where he won Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year for his work on the live news section, most notably the coverage of the Dunblane massacre. After winning two more design awards in 1998 and 2000, Julian joined the judging panel for the 2001 National Newspaper Awards. In 1999 he worked with broadcaster Jeff Randall (journalist) as part of the launch team of Sunday Business newspaper - Britain's first national Sunday in over twenty-five years. He art directed the newspaper for four years until it was converted to a magazine under the Editorship of Andrew Neil. By the summer of 2003 most of the newspaper's original launch team had been head-hunted by rival national newspapers and the production of Sunday Business was handed over to the Press Association in London's Victoria. He returned to daily newspapers in 2003 when he joined The Daily Telegraph as Executive Design Editor - where he was responsible for some of the newspaper's most notorious front pages; including the award-winning Boxing Day edition of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 front page celebrating London's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. His work on the 7 July 2005 London bombings won the Daily Telegraph the European Newspaper Design Award for news coverage. He reflects on the day's events and discusses how newspapers handle breaking news in 'Disaster Days' on the ZealiFeel blog. In the summer of 2006 he oversaw the re-design of The Daily Telegraph's website, introducing the newspaper's famous Gothic alphabet masthead, increasing the use of online photographs and using design principles to visually link the website to the printed newspaper. The re-design saw the monthly pages views rise from 41. 6 m to 52. 8 m. Bovis left The Daily Telegraph in February 2008 and became a consultant for Sport Media Group where he oversaw the re-design of The Daily Sport. In March 2009 he launched the media consultancy company McIlheneyBovis with publisher Barry McIlheney. 1996 Scottish Newspaper Design of The Year Edinburgh Evening News 1998 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business 2000 Newspaper Design of The Year for Sunday Business Newspaper Sunday Business 2004 Newspaper Design of The Year The Daily Telegraph 2005 European Newspaper Design Award: The 7/7 London Bombings The Daily Telegraph Julian is currently editing The Zeal I Feel - a blog dedicated to Newspaper and Magazine Design and its translation onto the world wide web. | 0 |
Cosmin_Chetroiu | Cosmin_Chetroiu 2010-05-24T20:58:33Z Cosmin Chetroiu (born March 31, 1987) is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 17th in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010. He was born in Petroşani. Chetroiu's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 17th in the doubles event twice (2008, 2009). His best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was 15th in the doubles event at Cesana in 2008. This biographical article relating to luge is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article relating to a Romanian sportsperson is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Cosmin_Chetroiu 2016-04-01T01:55:07Z Cosmin Chetroiu (born March 31, 1987) is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 17th in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010. He was born in Petroşani. Chetroiu's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 17th in the doubles event twice (2008, 2009). His best finish at the FIL European Luge Championships was 15th in the doubles event at Cesana in 2008. This biographical article relating to luge is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article relating to a Romanian sportsperson is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 0 |
Acropoliis Entertainment | Acropoliis Entertainment 2020-01-07T19:26:07Z Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian Bengali-language television serial and film production company based in Kolkata, incorporated on 6 October 2006 . Acropolis Entertainment Private Limited has 4 creative directors/key management personnel- Snigdha Sumit Basu, Sumit Tinkari Basu, Rajnish Jaichandra Hedao and Sani Ghose Ray. They started off with shows like "Agnipariksha" and "Rashi", and went on to produce many more popular shows on Bengali Television, the most notable ones being- Bodhuboron, Aamar Durga and Bokul Kotha. 2020,February, Acropoliis Entertainment 2021-12-28T17:31:24Z Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian Bengali-language television serial and film production company based in Kolkata, incorporated on 6 October 2006. Acropolis Entertainment Private Limited has 4 creative directors/key management personnel- Snigdha Sumit Basu, Sumit Tinkari Basu, Rajnish Jaichandra Hedao and Sani Ghose Ray. They started off with shows like "Agnipariksha" and "Rashi", and went on to produce many more popular shows on Bengali Television, the most notable ones being- Bodhuboron, Aamar Durga and Bokul Kotha. Drama Family | 1 |
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