History.

Development of Pinterest began in December 2009, and the site launched the prototype as a closed beta in March 2010. Nine months after the launch the website had 10,000 users. Silbermann said he personally wrote to the site's first 5,000 users offering his personal phone number and even meeting with some of its users. The launch of an iPhone app in early March 2011, brought in more downloads than expected. This was followed by an iPad app and Pinterest Mobile, a version of the website for non-iPhone users. Silbermann and a few programmers operated the site out of a small apartment until the summer of 2011. Pinterest grew rapidly during this period. On August 10, 2011, "Time" magazine listed Pinterest in its "50 Best Websites of 2011" article. In December 2011, the site became one of the top 10 largest social network services, according to Hitwise data, with 11 million total visits per week. Pinterest won the Best New Startup of 2011 at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards. For January 2012, comScore reported the site had 11.7 million unique U.S. visitors, making it the fastest site ever to break through the 10 million unique visitor mark. At the 2012 Webby Awards, Pinterest won Best Social Media App and People's Voice Award for best functioning visual design. On 23 March 2012, Pinterest unveiled updated terms of service that eliminated the policy that gave it the right to sell its users' content. On August 10, 2012, Pinterest altered their policy so that a request or an invitation was no longer required to join the site. In October 2012, Pinterest launched business accounts allowing businesses to either convert their existing personal accounts into business accounts or start from scratch.  Although starting out as a "social network" with boards, in later years the company has put increasing emphasis in visual search and e-commerce, such as shopping catalogs.  In February 2019, "The Wall Street Journal" stated that Pinterest secretly filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of stock. The total valuation of the company at the time reached $12 billion. They went public on April 18, 2019 at $19 per share, closing the day at $24.40 per share.

Features and content.

The creators behind Pinterest summarized the service as a "catalogue of ideas" that inspires users to "go out and do that thing", although that it is not an image-based "social network". In later years, Pinterest has also been described as a "visual search engine".  Pinterest consists mainly of "pins" and "boards". A pin is an image that has been linked from a website or uploaded. Pins saved from one user's board can be saved to someone else's board, a process known as "repinning". Boards are collections of pins dedicated to a theme such as quotations, travel, or weddings. Boards with multiple ideas can have different sections that further contain multiple pins. Users can follow and unfollow other users as well as boards, which would fill the "home feed".  Content can also be found outside Pinterest and similarly uploaded to a board via the "Save" button, which can be downloaded to the bookmark bar on a web browser,<ref name="Pinterest / goodies"></ref> or be implemented by a webmaster directly on the website. It was originally called the "Pin it" button but was renamed in 2016 to "Save" due to international expansion, making the site more intuitive to new users.  In August 2016, Pinterest launched a video player that lets users and brands upload and store clips of any length straight to the site.

Exploring.

The home feed is a collection of Pins from the users, boards, and topics followed, as well as a few promoted pins and pins Pinterest has picked. On the main Pinterest page, a "pin feed" appears, displaying the chronological activity from the Pinterest boards that a user follows.  In October 2013, Pinterest began displaying advertisements in the form of "Promoted Pins". Promoted Pins are based on an individual user's interests, things done on Pinterest, or a result of visiting an advertiser's site or app.  In 2015, Pinterest implemented a feature that allows users to search with images instead of words.  In March 2020, Pinterest introduced the "Today" tab on the home feed which shows trending pins.

Visual search.

In 2017, Pinterest introduced a "visual search" function that allows users to search for elements in images (existing pins, existing parts of a photo, or new photos) and guide users to suggested similar content within Pinterest's database. The tools powered by artificial intelligence are called Pinterest Lens, Shop the Look, and Instant Ideas.

Shopping and catalogs.

The platform has drawn businesses, especially retailers, to create pages aimed at promoting their companies online as a "virtual storefront".  In 2013, Pinterest introduced a new tool called "Rich Pins", to enhance the customer experience when browsing through pins made by companies. Business pages can include various data, topics, and information such as prices of products, ratings of movies or ingredients for recipes.  In June 2015, Pinterest unveiled "buyable pins" that allows users to purchase things directly from Pinterest. In October 2018, the buyable pins feature was replaced by "Product Pins"  In March 2019, Pinterest added product catalogs and personalized shopping recommendations with the "more from [brand]" option, showcasing a range of product Pins from the same business.

Pinterest Analytics.

Pinterest Analytics is much like Google Analytics. It is a created service that generates comprehensive statistics on a specific website's traffic, commonly used by marketers. "Pins", "pinners", "repins", and "repinners" are some aspects of user data that Pinterest Analytics provides. It also collects data that depicts the percentage of change within a specific time, to determine if a product is more popular on a specific day during the week, or slowly becoming unpopular. This data helps marketing agencies alter their strategies to gain more popularity, often changing the visual content to appeal to the Pinterest community. The "Most Clicked" tab in Pinterest Analytics demonstrates products that are more likely to sell. Through the access of Pinterest Analytics, companies receive insight to data via API.

Usage.

Pinterest is a free website that requires registration to use. The service is currently accessible through a web browser, and apps for iOS, Android, and Windows 10 PCs.  In February 2013, Reuters and ComScore stated that Pinterest had 48.7 million users globally, and a study released in July 2013 by French social media agency Semiocast revealed the website had 70 million users worldwide. The official figure from Pinterest was announced as 150 million monthly active users in October 2016 - 70 million in the U.S. and 80 million outside the U.S. - rising to 175 million monthly active users in April 2017 and 250 million in September 2018.

Demographics.

Pinterest has largely appealed to women, especially its early user base. In 2012, a report found that 83% of the global users were women. In terms of age distribution, the Pinterest demographic closely resembled the U.S. Internet population as of 2012. In October 2016, the proportion of women users was lower at 60%, although 60% of new signups were women and 40% were men.

In science.

Data from Pinterest has been used for research in different areas. For example, it is possible to find patterns of activity that attract the attention of audience and content reposting, including the extent to which users specialize in particular topics, and homophily among users. Another work focused on studying the characteristics, manifestations and overall effects of user behaviors from various aspects, as well as correlations between neighboring users and the topology of the network structure. There is also study, that based on Pinterest proposed a novel pinboard recommendation system for Twitter users.  Pinterest data can be also used in quality assessment of Wikipedia articles and their sources in different languages.

Corporate affairs.

Pinterest, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Originally it was based in Palo Alto before moving in 2012.  In early 2011, the company secured a US$10 million Series A financing led by Jeremy Levine and Sarah Tavel of Bessemer Venture Partners. In October 2011, after an introduction from Kevin Hartz and Jeremy Stoppelman, the company secured US$27 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, which valued the company at US$200 million.  Co-founder Paul Sciarra left his position at Pinterest in April 2012 for a consulting job as entrepreneur in residence at Andreessen Horowitz.  On 17 May 2012, Japanese electronic commerce company Rakuten announced it was leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, alongside investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, and FirstMark Capital, based on a valuation of $1.5 billion.  On September 20, 2012, Pinterest announced the hiring of its new head of engineering, Jon Jenkins. Jenkins came from Amazon, where he spent eight years as an engineering lead and was also a director of developer tools, platform analysis and website platform.  In late October 2013, Pinterest secured a $225 million round of equity funding that valued the website at $3.8 billion.  In 2014, Pinterest generated its first revenue, when it began charging advertisers to promote their wares to the site's millions of hobbyists, vacation planners, and do-it-yourselfers. Ads on the site could generate as much as $500 million in 2016, estimates Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities.  In 2015, investors valued Pinterest, Inc. at $11 billion, making it a "unicorn" (a start-up with a valuation exceeding $1 billion). the company was valued at $12 billion.  In June 2017, Pinterest raised $150 million from a group of existing investors.  In Alex Heath's article on "Business Insider", he sheds a light to Pinterest's interest in becoming a search company, hence, "the company is putting search front and center in its app with [Pinterest Lens]".

Acquisitions.

In March 2013, Pinterest acquired Livestar. Terms were not disclosed. In early October 2013, Pinterest acquired Hackermeter. The company's co-founders, Lucas Baker and Frost Li, joined Pinterest as engineers.  In April 2015, Pinterest acquired the team from Hike Labs, which had been developing a mobile publishing application called Drafty.  In May 2016, Pinterest acquired mobile deep linking startup URX to help accelerate its content understanding efforts. The URX team's expertise in mobile content discovery and recommendation would prove critical to helping Pinterest understand its corpus of over 100 billion pins, to better recommend them to its users.  On August 23, 2016, Pinterest announced that it would be acquiring the team behind Instapaper, which will continue operating as a separate app. The Instapaper team will both work on the core Pinterest experience and updating Instapaper.  On March 8, 2017, Pinterest said it had acquired Jelly Industries, a small search-engine company founded by Biz Stone.

Criticism.

Copyrighted content.

Pinterest has a notification system that copyright holders can use to request that content be removed from the site. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor status of Pinterest has been questioned given that it actively promotes its users to copy to Pinterest, for their perpetual use, any image on the Internet. Pinterest users cannot claim safe harbor status and as such are exposed to possible legal action for pinning copyright material. Pinterest allows users to transfer information; intellectual property rights come to play.  A "nopin" HTML meta tag was released by Pinterest on 20 February 2012 to allow websites to opt out of their images being pinned. On 24 February 2012, Flickr implemented the code to allow users to opt out.  Pinterest released a statement in March 2012 saying it believed it was protected by the DMCA's safe harbor provisions.  In early May 2012, the site added automatic attribution of authors on images originating from Flickr, Behance, YouTube and Vimeo. Automatic attribution was also added for Pins from sites mirroring content on Flickr. At the same time, Flickr added a Pin shortcut to its share option menu to users who have not opted out of sharing their images.  Content creators on sites such as iStock have expressed concern over their work being reused on Pinterest without permission. Getty Images said that it was aware of Pinterest's copyright issues and was in discussion with them.

Legal status.

In February 2012, photographer and lawyer Kirsten Kowalski wrote a blog post explaining how her interpretation of copyright law led her to delete all her infringing pins. The post contributed to scrutiny over Pinterest's legal status. The post went viral and reached founder Ben Silbermann who contacted Kowalski to discuss making the website more compliant with the law.

Terms of service.

Pinterest's earlier terms of service ambiguously asserted ownership of user content. A March 2012 article in "Scientific American" criticized Pinterest's self-imposed ownership of user content stating that "Pinterest's terms of service have been garnering a lot of criticism for stating in no uncertain terms that anything you 'pin' to their site belongs to them. Completely. Wholly. Forever and for always."  At the time, Pinterest's terms of service stated that "By making available any Member Content through the Site, Application or Services, you hereby grant to Cold Brew Labs a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast, access, view, and otherwise exploit such Member Content only on, through or by means of the Site, Application or Services." Under these terms all personal, creative and intellectual property posted to the site belonged to the website and could be sold. A "Scientific American" blogger pointed out that this contradicted another line in the terms of service, that "Cold Brew Labs does not claim any ownership rights in any such Member Content".  Several days later, Pinterest unveiled updated terms of service that, once implemented in April, ended the site's previous claims of ownership of posted images. "Selling content was never our intention", said the company in a blog post.

Use by scammers.

Social engineering of Pinterest users by scammers to propagate surveys promising free products was noted by the computer security firm Symantec in March 2012. Scam images, often branded with a well-known company name like Starbucks, offer incentives such as gift cards for completing a survey. Once the link in the description is clicked, users are taken to an external site and asked to re-pin the scam image. Victims are phished for their personal information and the promised free product is never delivered.

Censorship.

In its 2019 "Who Has Your Back?" report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Pinterest a three (out of six) star rating, highlighting improvements in the company's transparency reports about government takedown notices, but criticizing the lack of a clear commitment to notify users about content removals and account suspensions.  In March 2017, Chinese authorities blocked Pinterest without explanation. The block was imposed during the annual National People's Congress, a politically sensitive period in the country. While Pinterest is not known for its political content, experts identified the ban as consistent with Chinese government efforts to use website blocks and the "Great Firewall" as an industrial policy tool to promote Chinese tech companies (e.g., Baidu, Youku, Weibo, and Renren) by censoring foreign tech companies. Huaban, Duitang and many other websites bear similarities to Pinterest.  Internet service providers in India had blocked Pinterest following a Madras High Court order in July 2016 to block a list of around 225 "rogue websites indulging in online piracy and infringement of copyright". The block was temporary.

Content policies and user bans.

In October 2012, Pinterest added a new feature allowing users to report others for negative and offensive activity or block other users if they do not want to view their content, a bid that the company said aimed to keep the site "positive and respectful."  In December 2018, Pinterest began to take steps to block health misinformation from its recommendations engine, and blocked various searches, content, and user accounts that related to, or promoted, unproved and disproven cancer treatments. The company said it also blocked multiple accounts that linked to external websites that sold supplements and other products that were not scientifically validated. In January 2019, Pinterest stopped returning search results relating to vaccines, in order to step the tide of anti-vaccination content on the platform. Prior to the measure, the company said that the majority of vaccination-related images shared on the platform were anti-vaccination, contradicting the scientific research establishing the safety of vaccines.  In June 2019, anti-abortion group Live Action was banned from Pinterest; the company said the permanent suspension was imposed for spreading "harmful misinformation, [which] includes medical misinformation and conspiracies that turn individuals and facilities into targets for harassment or violence."  In December 2019, following a campaign from the activist group Color of Change, Pinterest announced that it would restrict content that advertises wedding events on former slave plantations.

Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") on the World Wide Web using images and, on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboards. The site was created by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp and had 300 million monthly active users as of August 2019. It is operated by Pinterest, Inc., based in San Francisco.

Pinterest ist eine Online-Pinnwand für Grafiken und Fotografien mit optionalem sozialen Netzwerk mit visueller Suchmaschine. Der Name "Pinterest" ist ein Kofferwort aus den englischen Wörtern ‚anheften‘ und ‚Interesse‘. Gemeint ist damit, dass man sich nützliche Ideen, die dem eigenen Interesse entsprechen, auf Pinnwänden merken kann. Diese Vorgehensweise ist entweder öffentlich oder (seit Ende 2012) auf geheimen Pinnwänden möglich.


Singles.

The album's lead single, "Wall to Wall" was released on May 29, 2007. The song was produced by Sean Garrett, written by Walter Scott. The single reached at number 79 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, due to no digital release for this single.  "Kiss Kiss"; a collaboration with a fellow American recording artist T-Pain, was released as the album's second single on September 11, 2007. Following the non-success of his first single, this single became a big success in the United States. The song reached at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number 6 on the Canadian Hot 100, also reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.  "With You" was released as the album's third single on December 4, 2007. The song was produced by the production team StarGate. The single became his second successful single in the most international music markets. It has since become one of the highest-charting singles of Brown's solo career, entering the foreign music markets, where his previous efforts have failed to these charts. It has reached the top ten; including in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.  The re-release of its first single from "The Forever Edition", called "Forever" (produced by Polow da Don). It was released on April 29, 2008. The song debuted at number 9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, due of its high digital sales. However, it dropped quickly due to the lack of sales during these following weeks. The song then re-entered the top ten again, after airplay increases and has peaked at number 2.

Critical reception.

"Exclusive" received generally positive reviews from critics, scoring 69 out of 100 based on 11 reviews on Metacritic. Rob Sheffield from "Rolling Stone" said that “It's been a long stretch between Usher albums — long enough for Chris Brown to build a whole career, growing from a temporary substitute to an undeniably major pop star. He seals the deal with "Exclusive", an all-grown-up album on a level with Justin Timberlake's "Justified" (2002), Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" (2007) or even Bobby Brown's "King of Stage" (1986), and gave the album three and a half out of five stars.  Neil Drumming from "Entertainment Weekly" rated the album as B- said that, "Like his onscreen ("This Christmas") character, Brown is most charming when he's playing up his youth: singing of MySpace romance, meeting his girl's 'pops,' and such". But he also said, "sadly, Brown's adolescent voice and playful scatting — while cute — are steamrolled by pushy collaborators, whether it's those Stargate guys (Ne-Yo, Rihanna) falling back on that ol' guitar noodling, or T-Pain milking his vocoder. Ease back, people, and let the boy sing". However, Sal Cinquemani of "Slant Magazine" criticized the unoriginality of the album, writing, "...there's still nothing very 'exclusive' about "Exclusive" at all." Michael Arceneaux of "PopMatters" wrote, ""Exclusive" seems aimless, an album where Brown is doing what he’s told versus being the anchor of his own ship." The album ranked number 34 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.

Accolades.

At the 2008 Grammy Awards, "Exclusive" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" for "Kiss Kiss", a collaboration with T-Pain. However, the award was given to the 2007 rival single, "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z. The album also nominated for a NAACP Image Awards in a category for "Best Album", while Chris himself won for "Best Male Artist". At the 2008 BET Awards, Chris received 4 nominations in four categories, including "Best Male R&B Artist", "Best Collaboration" for "Kiss Kiss", and "Viewer’s Choice" for "Kiss Kiss" and "No Air", his duet with Jordin Sparks.  On June 22, 2008, Fearne & Reggie revealed on their UK's chart show BBC Radio 1, that all three tracks from the album "Exclusive" have appeared on the top forty. Two of which on the top ten, including "With You" (at number 35), "No Air" with Jordin Sparks (at number 2), and "Forever" (at number 5).

Commercial performance.

"Exclusive" debuted at number four on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 294,000 copies in the United States. As of March 2011, the album has sold 1,973,000 copies in the United States. On August 23, 2019, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over three million copies in the United States.  In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart and eventually peaked at number three on the chart. It spent a total of 52 weeks on the chart. On September 5, 2008, the album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 300,000 copies in the UK.

Track listing.

"The Forever Edition" includes a DVD with a documentary titled "Chris Brown on Tour", which is a montage of performances from his Up-Close & Personal tour and behind-the-scenes footage. It also features a cameo appearance from Keyshia Cole, who held her own sold-out "Just like You" tour.  Two versions of "The Forever Edition" were made available; the first included the DVD, and the second did not. Only the CD edition was made available in the United Kingdom, while most other countries had both editions available.  Notes  Samples credits

BET bonus DVD.

Confirmed by Wal-Mart.

Exclusive is the second studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on November 6, 2007, by CBE, Jive Records. The record serves as Chris Brown's second studio release under his CBE record label, Jive. The record also serves as the follow-up from his multi-platinum selling debut album, "Chris Brown" (2005). The album debuted at number four on the US "Billboard" 200, selling 295,000 copies in the first week. The album was supported by five singles, with three of the singles becoming top three hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and also charting highly on other charts worldwide. The album earned a triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States.

Exclusive ist das zweite Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Musikers Chris Brown. Es erschien erstmals am 16. September 2007, in China. In den USA war es seit dem 6. November erhältlich, in Deutschland seit dem 2. November. Die "Exclusive: The Forever Edition" erschien erstmals am 5. Februar 2008. Das Album platzierte sich in den USA auf Rang vier, in Deutschland erreichte es jedoch nur Position 91.


Plot.

After the successful events in "The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril", the Pink Panther gives up his life as an agent for Inspector Clouseau and gets a job as a door-to-door-salesman. However, his more slow-paced life is soon interrupted as Nathan, son of the wealthy lunatic dentist and antique teeth collector Dr. Periowinkle, steals utensils from the warlock Dr. Strangeblood and accidentally transforms the little girl Violet, daughter of a guest at Dr. Periowinkle's auction party in his mansion, into a giant, anthropomorphic wombat (with some bat-like physical features). It falls to the Pink Panther to find Strangeblood's book of spell reversals so that he can undo the transformation before Nathan's parents discover his activities.  Armed with a book of knowledge that contains information on the indigenous people, languages, clothing, entertainment, art, history, nature, and foods of each pertinent area, players must guide Pink on a quest spanning five countries across the globe to undo Nathan's magic. As they make their way through locales such as Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Russia (Siberia), and Kenya, players will need to find objects that can be used or traded to acquire items crucial to advancing the story. Helping Pink travel between locations is Spot, a sentient, speaking black hole that he steals from Strangeblood's magical laboratory in the forest outside Dr. Periowinkle's mansion.  Pink's first mission in the game is to undo Nathan's work by fulfilling Violet's wish of becoming an "immortal, magical ninja princess mermaid". Though he succeeds in gathering the magic elements needed to complete the potion, complete with an improvised black belt, his success is only temporary, and the transformed Violet falls asleep in midair after consuming a poisonous apple. Pink is then tasked with finding the right ingredients to awaken Violet. When the new potion fails, Pink again improvises with a third ingredient, this time a Greek salad, but this causes Violet to become possessed by Echidna of Greek mythology. Finally, Pink must outwit two gorgons and convince the Greek sea god Poseidon to travel with him to Dr. Periowinkle's mansion. Once they return to the party, Strangeblood appears suddenly and reveals that he does indeed have a good heart when he exorcises Echidna, freeing Violet and restoring her to her original form. Poseidon arrests Echidna and departs with her.  When the auction party ends, Dr. Periowinkle and his wife reprimand Nathan for being the primary cause of so much chaos even though Nathan confesses that he only wanted to learn how to be a magician. However, Strangeblood consoles Nathan and explains that he intentionally caused the events of the story to test the boy's abilities as a wizard. He recruits Nathan as his apprentice and brainwashes the boy's parents into agreement. After Strangeblood takes Nathan to his forest laboratory, Pink expresses satisfaction with this adventure's happy ending.  The game features ten original songs and over 300 fact-filled pages containing information and photos of the countries in which players find themselves. It is also characterized by comic graphics similar to those from the animated shorts.

The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink is an adventure game for the PC released on October 18, 1997 by Wanderlust Interactive. It is based on the Pink Panther cartoon and is a sequel to "".

Pink Panther und die Zauberformel ist ein 1998 veröffentlichtes Point-and-Click-Adventure und der Nachfolger von Pink Panthers gefährliche Mission. Die Hauptfigur ist erneut Paulchen Panther, das Spiel wird erneut mittels der Maus gesteuert.


Background.

The song was written in 1967, but Buckley was dissatisfied with the early attempts at recording it. It would finally appear on "Starsailor" three years later. In 1968, Buckley first performed the song in its original folk song style, with Buckley playing solo with a 12 string guitar, as the a guest star on the series finale of "The Monkees". This stands in contrast to the lusher, reverb-filled version present on the "Starsailor" album. "The Monkees" television spot features the song in the key of E while the later album version is played in Bb. The album version also features heavy reverb on the electric guitar and high pitched background vocals. In comparison, the live version is more lo-fi, with no effects, and Buckley's voice is accompanied only by his guitar. The 1968 performance also features different lyrics with the phrase "I am puzzled as the oyster" later being changed to "I'm as puzzled as the newborn child" in the album version. This was reportedly because when Buckley played the song to Judy Henske, wife of then producer Jerry Yester, she responded to the line with laughter.  Despite this, Buckley and Beckett regarded this song as their greatest collaboration effort, with Beckett later stating "It's a perfect match of melody and lyrics. There was some kind of uncanny connection between us."  The song's reference to the sirens tempting sailors at sea stems from Greek mythology. This lyrical style is an example of Larry Beckett's literary inspirations, and stands in direct contrast to Buckley's own more personal writing style.

Larry Beckett.

Larry Beckett wrote the lyrics to Song to the Siren as part of his ongoing collaboration and friendship with Tim Buckley throughout their high school years. Beckett has been working alongside the English musician, vocalist, and song writer Stuart Anthony in a number of guises. The collaboration with Stuart Anthony began with the Lancaster based band 'The Long Lost Band' in 2014 when Beckett began contributing lyrics to their work. Song to the Siren formed part of their collaboration when Beckett visited the UK for two tour dates in 2015 - Liverpool and Lancaster. The live version of the song featured a spoken word part by Beckett explaining the origin of the lyrics, which was previously included in documentary footage with the author. Subsequently a studio version of the song was recorded in 2016 to reflect the live rendition, making this recording somewhat special as (amongst the raft of cover versions) this is the first time the lyricist has appeared on the track. The Larry Beckett and The Long Lost Band version was released online on 21 October 2016. The song was also performed live by Stuart Anthony on the boat The Odysseia, a replica Ancient Greek Ship, setting sail from Lefkada. This rendition denotes a spiritual ‘home coming’ for the song; the surroundings being thought to be Homer’s Ithaca.

Version by This Mortal Coil.

This Mortal Coil recorded a version of "Song to the Siren" that was released as a single in September 1983. It spent three weeks on the UK Charts where it peaked at no. 66 on October 23, 1983. Eventually, the single appeared for 101 weeks on the UK Indie Charts, a run that ranked fourth in the 1980s after three classic long-selling records: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus (131 weeks), "Blue Monday" by New Order (186 weeks) and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division (195 weeks). "Song to the Siren" was included on the group's 1984 album "It'll End in Tears" which was released a year after the single.  This Mortal Coil was a collective name for a number of artists on the 4AD label, with Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins performing the song. Fraser also recorded a duet with Tim's son, Jeff Buckley, developing an intense personal relationship with him.  Following the release of the single by This Mortal Coil, Buckley's work experienced a reappraisal in the mid-1980s. This revival of interest in the artist would be one of the greatest factors in the increase of his posthumous sales, falling second only to the publicity generated by the success of his son, Jeff.  In 2012 Dawn French selected this song on "Desert Island Discs" as, in her words, "The song that made me fall in love again".

Film soundtrack use.

The version by This Mortal Coil featured on David Lynch's 1997 film "Lost Highway", but did not appear on the film's soundtrack album. Lynch has stated that This Mortal Coil's version of the song inspired the first two albums by Julee Cruise. Also, he had previously intended to use the original version of the song on "Blue Velvet" but was prevented from doing so due to legal issues or budget limitations. It was also used in the trailer for the 2003 remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and in Peter Jackson's 2009 film "The Lovely Bones". The cover by Israeli singer Ivri Lider was featured in Eytan Fox's film "HaBuah". The original Tim Buckley version also appeared in the 2006 Australian movie "Candy", as well as a cover by Paul Charlier and Paula Arundell. The song has also featured in popular TV shows such as "Waterloo Road". It was also used as a title song in Norah McGettigan's 2005 movie "A Song for Rebecca". In October 2018 the This Mortal Coil version of the song appeared in the BBC drama "Wanderlust" (S1: E6). The song is also featured on the Beautiful Boy (2018) soundtrack.

Other cover versions.

"Song To The Siren" has been covered many times since This Mortal Coil's version.  "Song to the Siren" has also been performed live by numerous artists, including George Michael and David Gray among others.

"Song to the Siren" is a song written by Tim Buckley and his writing partner Larry Beckett and was released by Buckley on his 1970 album "Starsailor". It was also later released on "", the album featuring a performance of the song taken from the final episode of "The Monkees" TV show which aired on March 25, 1968.

Song to the Siren ist der Titel eines Liedes von Tim Buckley aus dem Jahr 1967. Buckley schrieb das Stück zusammen mit dem Liedermacher Larry Beckett.


Career.

Early Life in Argentina.

Becchio was born in Argentina's second-city of Córdoba located at the foothills of the Punilla Valley in the geographical centre of the country. As a child, he had a keen interest in tennis but football was his main passion; idolising legendary striker Gabriel Batistuta and following Buenos Aires-based Boca Juniors. In 2000 aged 16, he would make the 425 mile-move south to join the youth ranks at "Los Xeneizes" where he would be joined in his age group by the younger Carlos Tevez who would go on to achieve great success in European club football by winning Premier League titles with Manchester United and Manchester City. Life at Boca was a memorable experience for the teenager as he travelled to Europe to play in youth tournaments in Italy, Switzerland and Germany but it wouldn't be long before the opportunity to move to the continent on a permanent basis would arise.

Moving to Spain.

Real Mallorca offered Becchio the chance to move to the La Liga side in 2003. With opportunities at Boca limited, he agreed to make the move to the Balearic Islands where he was joined by his parents and younger brother Mathias after selling their family restaurant business in Argentina to support their son in Europe. Mallorca coach Héctor Cúper placed Becchio in the 'B' team where he scored five times in twenty-nine appearances. In his second season at the club, he signed for Ciudad de Murcia on a loan deal.  After two years at Mallorca, Becchio moved to the Iberian Peninsula when he signed for Catalan club Terrassa FC where he spent the 2005/2006 season before moving fifteen miles across the region to sign for reigning UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona. Becchio admitted that he would never have a chance of featuring for the first team but relished the opportunity to train with world class footballers such as Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi, whilst in the 'B' team he would compete with notable young prodigies including Bojan Krkić and Giovani dos Santos for a starting position. A year later, he would be on the move again; heading south-west to join Segunda División B team Mérida UD.  During the 2007/2008 campaign, Becchio finally found regular football with "Los Romanos" and repaid the faith shown in him by topping the division top scorer charts with twenty-two goals for the season, including a final day hat-trick versus CD Baza. Mérida finished fourth and qualified for the division play-offs versus Ponferradina but lost on aggregate over two legs. Becchio's performances during the campaign didn't go unnoticed however, as he became the most saleable asset for the debt-stricken club after being monitored by scouts from across Europe.

Leeds United.

2008–09 season.

In July 2008, he joined League One side Leeds United on trial aiming to impress manager Gary McAllister in pre-season friendlies against Shelbourne and Barnet. He was recommended to Leeds scout Gwyn Williams by former Spanish Newcastle defender Marcelino. On 31 July, he signed for Leeds on a three-year contract. He made his first start for Leeds in their 5–2 win over Chester City in the first round of the League Cup. He was given his first league start against Yeovil Town in a 1–1 draw; in which it took him just 25 seconds to score his first Leeds goal. He scored his second goal for the club in his first start at Elland Road in a 4–0 victory over Crystal Palace in the League Cup. The following week, he came off the bench to head home his third Leeds goal in the 2–1 win over local rivals Bradford City in the Football League Trophy.  During the 2008–09 season, Becchio only missed one match in all competitions, which was due to suspension. In a sequence of appearances which saw him start 24 consecutive matches – including the entire busy Christmas period and while deputising for the injured Jermaine Beckford – he scored nine goals. With the loan signing of Lee Trundle from Bristol City, and the January transfer window signing of Mike Grella, manager Simon Grayson publicly stated that Becchio would be given a short resting period so that he would be ready for the vital last few months of the season, although that never materialised as Becchio was insistent on retaining his place in the team. Grayson frequently referred to Becchio as Lazarus due to various points in the season where he would be injured but would make a remarkable recovery to be fit and ready for the next match. In the final game of the season he scored his 18th goal of the season in all competitions, which in turn contributed to the relegation of Northampton Town. His 19th of the season came against Millwall in the League One play-off semi-final, in which he rounded off a fine team move started by Ben Parker, with Beckford and Andy Robinson also playing vital roles. He scored 19 goals in his début season in English football at Leeds.

2009–10 season.

Becchio scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season in the 1–0 league win against Wycombe Wanderers. He had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside in the League Cup tie against Liverpool; replays showed that he was onside as Beckford flicked on Ľubomír Michalík's headed pass. He missed the game against Milton Keynes Dons as his wife was due to give birth. Becchio and his wife welcomed their first daughter named Bianca who was born on 27 September 2009 at the Leeds General Infirmary. He picked up a serious ankle injury in the game against Charlton Athletic, when he stepped on the ball whilst controlling it from a high pass, and had to be substituted. Radio Leeds believed Becchio might have broken his ankle, although the club were waiting to have a second scan on his ankle after the swelling went down. The scan showed that he had suffered ligament damage to his ankle, according to Leeds assistant manager Ian Miller. Becchio did not play for the Leeds first team again until late November. In his absence Leeds signed Welsh International striker Sam Vokes on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers until 2 January 2010 as cover.  On 25 November 2009, Becchio returned from injury and played in Leeds' reserve team game against Lincoln City, to help boost his match fitness. Becchio scored a goal in a 2–1 victory and also managed to get a full 90 minutes under his belt. He returned for the first team as a substitute in the FA Cup second round draw with Kettering Town. Two days later, he came on as a substitute against Oldham Athletic and scored his first goal since his long layoff, this his third of the season. He returned to Leeds' starting lineup in the league at the expense of Sam Vokes against Brentford. His fifth goal of the season was a header against Hartlepool United on boxing day, which took a heavy deflection.  Becchio played against Premier League team Manchester United when Leeds won 1–0 away at Old Trafford on 3 January 2010 in the FA Cup third round, but he picked up an injury and was substituted in stoppage time. Becchio struggled for goals for Leeds since returning from injury, with him being asked to play in more of a deeper strikers role to hold the ball up for the midfield. Against Tottenham Hotspur Becchio was dropped to the bench and replaced up front by Robert Snodgrass, although he later came on in the second half after replacing midfielder Michael Doyle as Leeds earned a replay against the Premier League side. Becchio's sixth goal of the season for Leeds came in the FA Cup replay against Tottenham, after Beckford's shot was parried by Heurelho Gomes and it fell into the path of Becchio who slotted it into the back of the net. Goals number seven and eight for Becchio came in the following game against Hartlepool. This was the first double he scored in a competitive match for Leeds.  Becchio disputably scored his ninth goal of the season with an injury time equaliser coming against Leyton Orient when his goal-bound shot was deflected in by Orient defender Charlie Daniels; the goal was credited to Daniels but Becchio said he felt the goal should be his as his shot was goal-bound. Becchio scored another two goals against Oldham, taking his tally to 10 goals for the season. He continued his fine goal scoring form when he scored his 11th goal of the season in the Yorkshire derby against Huddersfield Town, with the game finishing 2–2. Goal number 12 of the season came against Tranmere Rovers, with Becchio scoring with a diving header.  Becchio was substituted early on in the first half against Norwich City after being knocked unconscious after a clash of heads with Michael Nelson. Becchio's head also landed heavily on the ground which caused him to swallow his tongue. He was substituted by Mike Grella and due to the injury was ruled out against Swindon Town.  Becchio returned from injury for Leeds when he was named on the bench against Southend United and managed to score his 13th goal of the season in the 83rd minute after he replaced Beckford as a substitute in Leeds' 2–0 win. Goals number 14 and 15 came when Becchio scored a brace against Carlisle United. Becchio scored his 16th of the season with a goal against Gillingham in Leeds 3–2 defeat. Becchio's 17th goal came against MK Dons in Leeds' 4–1 win. Becchio played an instrumental part as Leeds were promoted to the Football League Championship after finishing in 2nd place in League One and thus earning automatic promotion.

2010–11 season.

Becchio started the opening game and scored Leeds' 1st goal of the Championship season against Derby County and slotted in an equaliser after a run by Jonny Howson, however Leeds lost 2–1. Becchio's second goal of the season came in Leeds' second match of the season in the League Cup against Lincoln City. Becchio scored his 3rd goal of the season in the match against Swansea City. Despite being dropped for the game against Doncaster, he returned to the side in the yorkshire derby vs Sheffield United as Leeds ran out 1–0 winners. Becchio scored his 4th goal of the season against Preston North End. Becchio scored his 5th goal of the season with a fine left footed volley and received the man of the match award against Middlesbrough. In the post match on-the-pitch interview with Sky Sports he also famously swore live on air stating that it was a "fucking unbelievable win!"  His sixth goal of the season came in the following game in the 2–1 loss against Leicester City. In November 2010 Becchio entered contract negotiations with Leeds over extending his contract. In the game against Hull City Becchio suffered a black eye after being elbowed by Ian Ashbee Becchio scored his 7th, 8th & 9th goals of the season with a 17-minute hat trick against Bristol City after coming on as a second-half substitute Becchio was praised by manager Simon Grayson after his thrilling quick fire hat-trick vs Bristol City, Grayson said that it was a great performance by Becchio and he is still young and can only get better. Becchio revealed that he was looking to sign a new contract at Leeds.  On 3 December 2010, Becchio won The Championship PFA Player of the month Award for November beating off competition from Adel Taarabt, Lewis McGugan, Scott Sinclair and Jay Bothroyd for the award. Becchio scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season when he scored a brace against Crystal Palace from 1–0 down. Leeds confirmed that contract talks with Becchio were ongoing and had only been delayed due to translation issues. Becchio scored his 12th goal of the season against Burnley.  On 18 December 2010, after the 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers which took Leeds to second place in the Championship, Becchio signed a new three and a half year contract with Leeds. "I'm very happy to sign," he told the club's official website. "I love the fans, we are doing well and we want to get to the Premier League." 1 January 2011, Becchio scored his 13th goal of the season with an injury time equaliser against Middlesbrough.  On 8 January, Becchio helped earn Leeds a 1–1 draw against Arsenal, Leeds went 1–0 up when Robert Snodgrass scored a second half penalty, Arsenal equalised in the 90th minute when Cesc Fàbregas scored a penalty. However, on 18 January, Becchio was injured and missed the second leg which Arsenal went on to win 3–1. Becchio returned to Leeds' starting lineup against Portsmouth and scored his 14th goal of the season, the goal also reached his 50th goal milestone for Leeds in all competitions. Becchio scored his 15th goal of the season against Norwich City. His 16th goal of the season came against Yorkshire rivals Barnsley, the game marked his 100th league start for Leeds. Becchio scored his 20th goal of the season against Watford in a 2–2 draw, however Becchio picked up an injury in the same game which caused him to miss all the remaining games left in the season. After doing some rehab on his hamstring injury in Spain, Becchio returned to light training for Leeds in time for the start of pre season training.

2011–12 season.

However, Becchio injured his hamstring again before a pre-season tour of Scotland. On 22 July, Becchio had surgery on his hamstring injury. The injury would rule Becchio out for a few months and meant he would miss the start of the 2011–12 season. After five months out injured Becchio returned to Leeds' first team when he was named on the bench against Crystal Palace on 10 September, he came on as a second-half substitute and scored his first goal of the season with a header in Leeds' 3–2 victory, the goal also marked Becchio's 50th 'League goal' milestone for the club. Becchio came on as a substitute against Bristol City on 1h September providing the assist for Ross McCormack's winning goal.  Becchio made his first start of the season on 20 September, coming into the side against fierce rivals Manchester United. After being used as a substitute due to the form of Andy Keogh and Ross McCormack. On 22 October 2011, Becchio thought he had scored a dramatic late winner against Peterborough United in a 3–2 win, however teammate Darren O'Dea was credited with the goal. After getting a rare start Becchio scored his second goal of the season on 29 November in Leeds' emphatic 4–0 win against Nottingham Forest.  During December, Becchio was linked with a move to fellow Championship side Middlesbrough. However, Leeds Chairman Ken Bates revealed he wouldn't sell Becchio to one of the clubs closest rivals in the same league. Becchio's third goal of the season came as a consolation in Leeds' 4–1 loss against Barnsley on 31 December 2011.  Becchio finished the 2011–12 season with his lowest goal tally for Leeds with just 11 league goals, however this was largely down to a hamstring injury suffered towards the end of the 2010–11 of the season, causing him to miss the following pre-season training and the first part of the subsequent season. On 4 May, Neil Warnock stated his belief that Becchio would come back a stronger player for the 2012–13 season and recapture his prior form with a full pre-season behind him.

2012–13 season.

Becchio scored his first goal of the season in the first game of the season against Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup on 11 August. Becchio scored his second goal of the season and his first in the league by scoring the winner in Leeds opening day victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Becchio scored his seventh goal of the season on 22 September against Nottingham Forest. Becchio scored his 10th goal of the season on 30 October in Leeds' 3–0 League Cup win against Premier League side Southampton to help Leeds advance to the Quarter Finals of the competition.  Becchio scored a brace against local rivals Huddersfield Town to help earn Leeds a 4–2 victory on 1 December. The goals were his 13th and 14th of the season. Becchio scored his 15th goal of the season against Premier League side Chelsea in the League Cup tie on 19 December 2012. On 22 December Becchio scored his 16th and 17th goal against Middlesbrough helping Leeds win 2–1.  On 1 January, Becchio scored his 76th Leeds United league goal, which makes him Leeds' 10th All-Time Goalscorer in the league, overtaking Arthur Hydes.  On 24 January 2013, Leeds announced that Becchio had handed in a transfer request after talks of a new deal broke down. A Leeds statement said Becchio was already the club's highest earner and his wage demands "were beyond a level we could support". On 30 January 2013, Becchio was revealed to be in talks to join Norwich City as part of a swap deal for Norwich's Welsh international striker Steve Morison who was in talks to move to Leeds United. Norwich manager Chris Hughton confirmed that he was hoping to complete a deal to sign Becchio as part of a swap deal for Steve Morison. Becchio scored 19 goals for Leeds in the 2012–13 season for Leeds before departing the club.  In total Becchio scored 87 goals in 221 appearances for Leeds in all competitions.

Norwich City.

On Transfer deadline day 31 January 2013, Norwich confirmed the signing of Becchio on their website on a three-and-a-half-year deal in a swap for striker Steve Morison, making their second incoming transfer of the January window. He was handed shirt number 19. He made his début away at QPR on 2 February 2013, coming on in the 87th minute as a substitute. He would subsequently make his first start the following match at home against Fulham on 9 February, playing the majority of the match but not scoring.

Rotherham United loan.

On 1 September 2014, Luciano sign for Rotherham United on loan until 1 January 2015.

Belgrano.

After being released by Norwich City at the end of the 2014/15 season when his contract expired, Becchio returned to his homeland Argentina to play for Club Atlético Belgrano in the Argentine Primera División. He signed a one-year deal. He resolved the contract in September 2015 due to injuries, with Becchio saying "I did not want to take the money from Belgrano, my dream was to play, and of course I didn't want to not play the game," he said, "I came to play here, as the injury will take me longer than the rest of the tournament. I can't do it, so I rescinded the contract. Then we'll see if I can go back once I've recovered".

Becchio returns to Rotherham.

On 21 January 2016 it was confirmed that Becchio had re-signed for English Championship side Rotherham United on a contract until the end of the season, to work under former Leeds manager Neil Redfearn.

Trial spells.

After leaving Rotherham, Becchio had trial spells at Bristol City and Coventry City.

CD Atlético Baleares.

On 12 January 2017, Becchio revealed on his official Twitter page that he had signed for Spanish side CD Atlético Baleares managed by Christian Ziege. On 24 January 2017, Becchio scored on his debut in a 1-0 victory over UE Cornellà. He helped the club reach the Segunda División B – Group 3 playoffs scoring 5 goals in 18 games.

CD Binissalem.

Becchio joined CD Binissalem and scored on his debut.

Coaching career.

On 17 January 2018, Becchio returned to CD Atlético Baleares as Assistant Manager to the Argentine Manager Horacio Melgarejo.

Personal life.

Luciano is married to Patricia Bosquet with whom he has three children. Their first born child, daughter Bianca, was born at Leeds General Infirmary in September 2009.  Becchio's boyhood hero was former Boca Juniors, Fiorentina and AS Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta.

Luciano Héctor Becchio (born 28 December 1983) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant manager of Segunda División B – Group 3 side CD Atlético Baleares.

Luciano Héctor Becchio (* 28. Dezember 1983 in Córdoba) ist ein argentinischer Fußballspieler, der seit 2014 auf Leihbasis beim englischen Zweitligisten Rotherham United unter Vertrag steht.


Playing career.

Junior.

Grigorenko first played competitive junior hockey in his native Russia with Krasnaya Armiya in the MHL, the junior team to CSKA Moscow. In the 2010–11 season, as a 16-year old, Grigorenko impressively showed an early offensive touch, contributing 17 goals and 35 points in 43 games.  In June 2011, Grigorenko was selected second overall in the CHL Import Draft by the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy, the owner, general manager and head coach of the Remparts, liked Grigorenko so much he traded up in the Import Draft to select him.  Grigorenko played 59 games with the Remparts during the 2011–12 season, his first in North America, and scored 40 goals and 45 assists for 85 points. He led all rookie players in the QMJHL in goals and points, and was second for assists to capture the Michel Bergeron Trophy. He also finished fifth overall in goals scored and was tied for eighth overall for points while playing the fewest games of any player who was in the top ten in points. Earning selection to the All-Rookie and First All-Star Teams, on 20 March 2012, Grigorenko was also nominated and chosen as the top professional prospect to play in the QMJHL during 2011–12 with the Mike Bossy Trophy. As a top-rated forward prospect for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Grigorenko was selected in the first round, 12th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres. On 18 July 2012, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sabres. With the 2012–13 NHL lockout delaying the beginning of the NHL season, Grigorenko was reassigned to start the season back with the Remparts, where he played 32 games and recorded 50 points during the season prior to the lockout ending in January. At the time, he was leading the Remparts and was fifth in the QMJHL with 29 goals, and his 50 points were second on the team.

Professional.

Buffalo Sabres.

When the lockout ended in January, Grigorenko was invited to the Sabres' training camp, where he made the roster for the start of the season. After playing five games with the Sabres, the team opted to keep Grigorenko for the remainder of the season rather than send him back to the Remparts; had they done so, the season would not have counted as one year expired on his entry-level contract. On 29 January, Grigorenko scored his first career NHL goal, against James Reimer of the Toronto Maple Leafs, becoming the fifth-youngest Sabre to score in franchise history.  After 22 games with the Sabres, where he recorded one goal and four assists, Grigorenko was reassigned to the Remparts on 15 March 2013. Grigorenko went on to lead the Remparts in playoff scoring with 14 points in 11 games before being recalled by the Sabres on 16 April.  Grigorenko began the 2013–14 season with the Sabres. However, with the Sabres cleaning out the front office and coaching staff, and with an imperative to rely less on the youth from new head coach Ted Nolan, he was returned to junior after sporadically appearing in just 18 games on 11 January 2014. He reported to the Remparts several days later after initially refusing to do so. In his final junior season with the Remparts, Grigorenko dominated in his 23 appearances, collecting 15 goals and 39 points in the regular season. With an early post-season exit, Grigorenko was then assigned to Buffalo's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, to play out the remainder of the year.  In his first full professional year, Grigorenko split the 2014–15 season, between the Sabres and Rochester. Beginning the year with the Sabres, Grigorenko would be shuffled between the NHL and AHL on five separate occasions. In 43 games with the Americans, Grigorenko continued to show his offensive promise in posting 14 goals and 36 points. He returned to complete the season with the Sabres, scoring 6 points in 25 games.

Colorado Avalanche.

On 26 June 2015, at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, as an impending restricted free agent, Grigorenko was traded by the Sabres in a package that included Nikita Zadorov, J. T. Compher and the 31st pick in the draft to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Ryan O'Reilly and Jamie McGinn. Grigorenko then signed to an initial one-year, one-way contract with the Avalanche on 17 July.  Grigorenko's arrival in Colorado marked a reunion with former junior coach and then head coach of the Avalanche, Patrick Roy. He made the Avalanche roster after his first training camp, opening the 2015–16 season. After being a healthy scratch for three games, Grigorenko made his Avalanche debut centering the fourth line, collecting an assist on a Jack Skille goal in a 3–0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on 16 October 2015. He continued with fourth-line duties until injury gave him an opportunity in a top-six scoring role. Grigorenko responded in recording his first goal for the Avalanche in a three-point night against the Montreal Canadiens on 14 November 2017. He compiled seven points in six contests on an East Coast road trip before he was returned to the fourth line. Grigorenko later secured a role on a scoring line through the midpoint of the year to play his first full season in the NHL, recording a career-high 6 goals and 27 points in 74 games.  In the off-season, as a restricted free agent, Grigorenko originally filed for arbitration. However, ahead of his scheduled meeting, he agreed to a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Avalanche on 21 July 2016. With the surprise departure of head coach Patrick Roy, Grigorenko initially impressed incoming head coach Jared Bednar, leading the Avalanche in pre-season scoring. However, in the 2016–17 season, he was unable to maintain his offensive production as a consistent scoring threat. While lacking the physicality for a lower depth role, Grigorenko (mainly playing on the wing) collected 10 goals for 23 points in 75 games for the cellar-dwelling Avalanche.  On 26 June 2017, Grigorenko was not tendered a qualifying contract by the Avalanche and became an unrestricted free agent.

CSKA Moscow.

As a free agent, Grigorenko garnered NHL interest however opted to return to Russia in agreeing to a three-year contract his original junior club, CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), on 3 July 2017.  In the second year of his contract with CSKA in the 2018–19 season, Grigorenko improved upon his previous seasons totals, in leading the club in scoring with 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 points in 55 regular season games. In the playoffs, Grigorenko continued to lead CSKA's offense, helping return the club to the Gagarin Cup finals, selected as the finals best forward in helping CSKA claim their first Championship in the KHL by scoring 6 points in the four-game series sweep against Avangard Omsk. He scored in three games and recorded the first-ever Gagarin Cup finals’ hat-trick (in the first game of the series, including the game-winning goal).

Columbus Blue Jackets.

On April 20, 2020, Grigorenko planned a return to the NHL, signing a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. However, the NHL rejected the contract, stating that it must be refiled on the first day of free agency for the 2020–21 season.

International play.

Grigorenko first represented Russia as a 15-year old at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament where Russia finished second. In an extensive international junior career with Russia, Grigorenko helped Russia to collect three successive medals at the World Junior Championships, with a Silver medal in Canada in 2012 followed by two Bronze medals in his native Russia in 2013 and Sweden in 2014.  In his first season of his return to Russia professionally, Grigorenko was selected and played as a member of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He recorded one goal and four points in six games to help claim the gold medal in an overtime victory over Germany.

Personal life.

Grigorenko was born in Khabarovsk, located in the Russian Far East near the border of China. His older brother, Yuri, also played hockey, and spent five seasons in the minor leagues of both Russia and Belarus.  In 2011, after being selected by the Remparts in the CHL Import Draft, Grigorenko moved to Quebec City with his mother and Yuri. While he initially did not understand English, Grigorenko took classes five days a week with a Russian teacher and by the end of the season he was able to conduct interviews in English without the aid of a translator.

Mikhail Olegovich Grigorenko (; born 16 May 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent.

Michail Olegowitsch Grigorenko (; englische Transkription: "Mikhail Olegovich Grigorenko"; * 16. Mai 1994 in Chabarowsk) ist ein russischer Eishockeyspieler, der seit April 2020 bei den Columbus Blue Jackets aus der National Hockey League (NHL) unter Vertrag steht und dort auf der Position des Centers spielt. Zuvor spielte Grigorenko von 2017 bis 2020 für den HK ZSKA Moskau in der Kontinentalen Hockey-Liga (KHL) und gewann mit diesem im Jahr 2019 den Gagarin-Pokal. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2018 gewann er mit der russischen Nationalmannschaft unter neutraler Flagge die Goldmedaille.


Origins.

The roots of Tara lay in a group known as "The Cell". This shadowy group, headed by the evangelist William McGrath, was made up of a mixture of his youthful followers and senior Orangemen who met at 15 Wellington Park, McGrath's Malone Road, Belfast base for his mission. Young men such as Fraser Agnew, Roy Garland and Clifford Smyth, became part of this growing but mainly clandestine group. The cell spearheaded a campaign of speeches to Protestant audiences, more political than religious in tone, encouraging unionists to turn away from the relatively moderate Terence O'Neill and to lend their support to his most vocal political opponent, the hardline Ian Paisley.

Development.

In November 1966 McGrath reconstituted the Cell as Tara, choosing the name to reflect his belief in the Irish heritage of his politico-religious mission. It was intended as an outlet for virulent anti-Catholicism. The group endorsed British Israelism as it sometimes claimed that Ulster Protestants were descendants of the Lost tribe of Israel. The group espoused a form of historical revisionism, arguing that the early inhabitants of Ireland had come from modern Scotland before being displaced by the Irish, whilst also utilising Gaelic terms and symbols. An Orange Order lodge attached to Tara and founded by McGrath was named "Ireland's Heritage" as a consequence of these views. Tara adopted as its motto "we hold Ulster that Ireland might be saved and Britain reborn". As a movement Tara sought to establish a Protestant Northern Ireland in which law and order would be paramount and the Roman Catholic Church would be outlawed. Tara viewed Catholics as being in a grand conspiracy with moderate unionists and left-wing groups and felt that a conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism was inevitable. As a result members of Tara were expected to be proficient in weapon use and were encouraged to join the security forces.  A short-lived alliance with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) was attempted and Roy Garland, a leading Orangeman in the 60s and 70s, and now an author, was one of Tara's members who worked closely with the UVF for a time. The leaders of the UVF initially encouraged their members to also become involved in Tara. With the UVF under the command of Samuel McClelland in the late 1960s, McGrath felt that an alliance with the better-armed group could help advance Tara's aims.  Tara enjoyed a rush of members around 1969 as McGrath's prophecy of a doomsday scenario in Northern Ireland looked like it might come true with the advent of the Troubles and a UVF bombing campaign, which McGrath suggested in a whispering campaign was the work of the Irish Army. Tara soon established their regular meeting place as Clifton Street Orange Hall, one of the most important centres of Belfast Orangeism, although McGrath did not openly tell the Orange Order leadership that he was using the rooms for Tara meetings, rather simply stating that he need them for generic meetings. A more formalised structure was adopted with Garland as deputy leader, Clifford Smyth as Intelligence Officer and leading roles for Frank Millar Jr and "Protestant Telegraph" journalist David Browne, whilst Davy Payne was also associate with the group, albeit at a lower level.  Although initially Tara and the UVF co-operated closely, a number of people contacted McClelland to tell him that McGrath, who secretly pursued homosexual and pederastic relationships, was using the link-up with the UVF as a way to pick up young men who were members of the organisation. McClelland confronted McGrath who fiercely denied the allegations, but following a fiery argument the relationship between the UVF and Tara was ended and McClelland burnt the Tara ledger in which the names of his UVF men had been entered. From that point on the UVF proscribed Tara membership for its volunteers and sought to hamper the work of Tara. On a more practical level a number of UVF members who had become involved in Tara also informed their UVF superiors that Tara did not possess much in the way of weaponry or military know-how and according to Steve Bruce "Tara had a good line in martial rhetoric but even its claims to be ready for martial defence rang hollow". Bruce further adds that, for the most part, UVF members had simply used their attendance at Tara meetings as an opportunity to identify new recruits for their own group.

Decline.

Tara failed to attract much interest as its ideas were too esoteric for most loyalists. By 1971 McGrath's relationship with his deputy Garland had deteriorated, as the two began to differ over ideology, whilst Garland had also been informed by some young members of Tara that McGrath had made passes at them. Garland broke from Tara soon afterwards and confirmed to the UVF that their suspicions about McGrath had been correct. A war of words erupted between the two groups, with McGrath and Tara regularly attacked in the pages of UVF magazine "Combat" and McGrath undertaking a letter-writing campaign to the press accusing the UVF of being a communist organisation. McGrath sought to boost the ailing movement by linking up with John McKeague, a member of the Free Presbyterian Church, leading figure in the Shankill Defence Association and founder of the Red Hand Commando who allegedly shared McGrath's sexual attraction to men and children. The pair met at the Kincora Boys' Home, where McGrath took up a position in 1971, to discuss trading weapons for their respective groups. Around this time McGrath also made contact with another leading homosexual unionist, Sir Knox Cunningham, and secured funding for Tara from him.  By 1974 Tara had an estimated 300–400 members, which was significantly less than the group had at their 1969 peak. In an attempt to inject some life into the group, which unlike the UVF, RHC and UDA was not active in shooting or bombing attacks, McGrath imported a quantity of rifles, machine guns and ammunition from hard-line Protestants in the Netherlands with whom he had close links. The group continued to speak of a coming "doomsday" scenario in which they would have to take the lead in battling the Irish government and returning the island to its pre-Catholic roots, although beyond some drilling Tara undertook no real activity. According to Steve Bruce the group did little beyond releasing occasional threatening statements but was quickly superseded by the UVF/RHC and eventually also the UDA. The group spread rumours about senior unionist figures whom it felt were too moderate.  A 1981 arms find damaged the group whilst McGrath had already been caught up in the Kincora scandal. McGrath pleaded guilty to fifteen charges related to child sex abuse in December 1981 and was sentenced to four years imprisonment, representing the effective end of the by then near-moribund Tara. The name reappeared in 1986, when a leaflet denouncing the Anglo-Irish Agreement and predicting again the onset of the doomsday scenario was circulated, although this seems to have been the work of a handful of die-hards rather than a reorganised movement.

Tara was an Ulster loyalist movement in Northern Ireland that espoused a brand of evangelical Protestantism. Preaching a hard-line and somewhat esoteric brand of loyalism, Tara enjoyed some influence in the late 1960s before declining amid a high-profile sex abuse scandal involving its leader William McGrath.

Tara (benannt nach dem mythologischen Sitz der irischen Hochkönige auf dem Hügel Tara) war eine 1966 gegründete loyalistisch-protestantische paramilitärische Organisation, die im Nordirlandkonflikt einen religiös begründeten Anti-Katholizismus vertrat. Die Organisation, die zeitweise von Mitgliedern der Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) infiltriert wurde, sammelte Waffen, war jedoch kaum an Gewalttätigkeiten beteiligt.


Gameplay.

"Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" is an action-adventure, stealth game set in an open world environment. Contains similar, almost the same, gameplay to "Assassin's Creed" in terms of control style, although there were minor modifications to the control scheme, due to the lack of specific keys and buttons. Some features from the previous game, such as Eagle Vision, were removed for the improvement of the controls. Due to the system platform, the AI has been seen as somewhat inferior when compared to the first game, making combat easier and simpler. A minor addition was featured in the combat aspect of the game, allowing players to instantly assassinate a target when they are downed in combat.  Another difference between the two games is the number of civilians present on the street. While the first game was filled with random civilians, Bloodlines has little to no civilians, explained in-game that the civilians were in a constant state of insecurity due to the new system of governance. Still, civilians will react to Altaïr's improper behavior, such as scaling buildings, and running around the streets.  Stealth in Bloodlines was downgraded, again for the reason of controls. Blending was downgraded, due to the system platform. Although scholars are still present in-game, Altaïr can no longer use them as a way to hide. Although Altaïr can still blend, it only acts as a way to safely bypass guards without raising suspicion. Scaling the side of buildings was made easier and faster, resulting in simpler animations, again, due to the system's inferiority. High and Low profile movements were still present in-game, though they were downgraded as well.  Taking the place of flags, a new collectible featured in the game are Templar Coins that can be used to upgrade health bars, and the amount of damage a weapon can inflict. Three types of coins are present in game: Bronze, Silver and Gold, with Gold holding the highest value. Similar to the previous game, Side-missions are available to players, such as saving civilians from Templar soldiers and performing specific tasks for allies of the resistance. The variety of tasks has been expanded, such as delivering letters, and intercepting couriers. In return, Altaïr will receive coins as a reward, instead of assistance from previous groups, such as scholars and vigilantes.  The setting of this game was based on two areas: Limassol and Kyrenia. The look of the area is very similar to some of the cities in the first game, going as far as having the same atmosphere. Due to the small setting, Horseback riding was removed in Bloodlines. Like in the previous game, Altaïr can synchronize from high vantage points around the city in order to map out the city. Although the map itself is already drawn out, synchronizing will provide the locations of various side-missions.  New assassination techniques were featured in Bloodlines. Weapons from the previous game return in Bloodlines, such as Altaïr's sword, his hidden blade, throwing knives, and his fists. His usage of each of the weapons is very similar to the first Assassin's Creed. Assassinations are also similar to the first game, although the animation has been toned down to better fit the system. A new, yet very minor assassination technique has been added to the game, allowing Altaïr to pull opponents off of ledges, similar to "Assassin's Creed II".  In "Bloodlines", cut-scenes are played through preset dialogue, with the character models acting in preset motions and gestures. Unique gestures were only present in confrontations between boss characters, such as Moloch and the Dark Oracle. Subtitles were also added to the game. This enabled easier understanding of the game plot  Story missions and assassinations were simplified and straightforward. As a replacement for eaves-dropping and pick-pocketing, missions were played in the same structure as "Assassin's Creed II", with Altaïr handling one task after another and slowly gathering vital information from both his allies and enemies as each mission was cleared.  An in-game achievement system is featured in Bloodlines, which rewards players with Templar coins. Achievements can be earned after performing specific tasks, such as killing a set number of soldiers in a specified order, and also collecting all of the Templar coins located throughout the game world. Despite all the downgrades, a new feature is also in this game that doesn't apply to the other games: Altaïr can now regain throwing knives by walking over his used ones. Since pick-pocketing was removed and was the only way to regain throwing knives in the first game, Altaïr can now re-use his throwing knives provided that: the knife he threw landed on the ground or an enemy; if the knife lands on water, Altaïr cannot retrieve them. Throwing knives may also be regained by interacting with the newly added knife box in the safehouses.

Plot.

Beginning shortly after the end of the first game, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad learns of a plan of the remaining Templars to escape to Cyprus, and so infiltrates one of their strongholds in Acre to stop them from doing so. Although he does not succeed in this regard, he does defeat and capture Maria Thorpe, who attempted to avenge her former master, Robert de Sablé, who died at Altaïr's hands. Managing to charter a ship, Altaïr also heads to Cyprus in pursuit of the apple, with Maria in tow.  Once there, he learns of the presence of Armand Bouchart, who has succeeded Robert de Sablé, as Grand Master of the Templar Order. Altaïr also learns, and gains the assistance, of a resistance movement in the city opposed to the presence of the Templars, who, after purchasing the island from King Richard, have formed a repressive government to control the land and its people. He also learns of a Templar "archive", a trove of Templar knowledge and artifacts, hidden somewhere on the island. True to the way of the Assassins, Altaïr makes to both locate the archive and free Cyprus from Bouchart's grip, firstly by slaying his underlings: Frederick "the Red"; Moloch "the Bull"; Shalim and Shahar "the Twins", and the Dark Oracle "the Witch," eventually confronting and defeating Bouchart at the archive, whose contents have been evacuated and relocated by Templar soldiers. Following Bouchart's death, the archive begins to collapse, but Altaïr manages to escape.  The game also details the relationship between Altaïr and Maria. At first, Maria is hostile and sarcastic towards Altaïr (in her own words, "the man who spared my neck but ruined my life"), but as the story develops, she gradually warms to the assassin who, despite her repeated escape attempts, repeatedly rescues her from harm and does not punish her. Eventually, she decides to assist Altaïr by killing a Templar mole in the resistance when he attempts to kill Altaïr and confronting Bouchart alongside him in the final battle, at this point having fallen in love with the assassin. After their escape from the Templar archive, the two of them decide to head east towards India.

Connectivity.

"Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" features exclusive connectivity with the PlayStation 3's version of "Assassin's Creed II". It was revealed at the E3 2009 that by connecting a PSP to the PlayStation 3, six exclusive and unique weapons can be unlocked on "Assassin's Creed II" as well as on "Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines".  There are six unique weapons that are unlocked for use in "Assassin's Creed II" once each boss in "Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" is defeated. Coins acquired in "Bloodlines" can be transferred over as Florins to "Assassin's Creed II". Vice versa, in "Bloodlines", extra health, the ability to block with the hidden blade, and the ability to shoot daggers can be unlocked from acquiring codex pages in "Assassin's Creed II".

Reception.

"Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" has received mixed reviews from critics. It received a 5.5 from "GameSpot" which praised its sound-effects but heavily criticized the platforming, small areas and over-emphasis on combat neglecting other areas. However "IGN" gave it a 6.9 criticizing its repetitive sound effects as well as one dimensional combat but praising the game's visuals. "GameSpy" gave the game a 2.5 out of 5 praising its faithfulness to the series and its gameplay though heavily criticizing its environments, repetitive gameplay as well as poor script and voice-acting. "GameZone" Louis Bedigian gave the game a 5.3/10, saying the game is "Generic at best, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is a great example of what can be done on the PSP visually, but should in no way be considered an example of great gameplay."

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is an action-adventure video game for PlayStation Portable, part of the "Assassin's Creed" franchise, taking place in between the events of "Assassin's Creed" and "Assassin's Creed II". The game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal in conjunction with Griptonite Games and published by Ubisoft, it was released on November 17, 2009 in North America and November 20, 2009 in Europe, concurrently with "Assassin's Creed II" and "".

Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines ist ein Computerspiel, das exklusiv für Sonys Handheldkonsole PlayStation Portable (PSP) erschienen ist und eine Fortsetzung zu "Assassin’s Creed" darstellt. Man spielt wie schon in den Vorgängern den Assassinen Altaïr und hat die Aufgabe den neuen Großmeister der Templer, Armand Bouchart, sowie seine Anhänger zu töten.


Language.

The Inughuit speak Inuktun, also known as North Greenlandic, Thule Inuit, or Polar Eskimo. It is a dialect of Inuktitut, an Eskimo–Aleut language related to the Greenlandic language spoken elsewhere in Greenland. In Kalaallisut, the official dialect of Greenlandic, Inuktun is called "Avanersuarmiutut".

Population.

Before 1880, their population was estimated to be between 100 and 200 people. From 1880 to 1930, they were estimated to number 250. In 1980, their estimated population was 700, and it rose to 800 in 2010.

History.

Early history.

The Inughuit are believed to be descended from the Thule people who spread across the North American Arctic around the eleventh century. The earliest discovered Thule settlement is found in modern-day Uummannaq. There was also extensive contacts with other Inuit peoples from different regions. Around the 17th century, climate change cooled the northwest areas of Greenland which cut off the Inughuit from other Inuit and regions.  It was during this time that the Inughuit developed their unique language, culture, and fashion which differs significantly from other Inuit peoples. Around this period, the Inughuit also lost the ability and skills to built kayaks or umiaks, which inevitably further restricted travel and contact with other communities.

Modern history.

The Inughuit were first contacted by Europeans in 1818, when John Ross led an expedition into their territory. Ross dubbed them "Arctic Highlanders". They are believed to have previously lived in total isolation, to the point of being unaware of other humans, and are cited as one of the only non-agricultural societies to live without armed feuds or warfare, a state that continued after contact. Erik Holtved, a Dane, was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the Inughuit.  During the mid-19th century, Inuit from Baffin visited and lived with the Inughuits. The Baffin Inuit reintroduced some technologies lost to the Inughuit like boats, fishing leister, and bows and arrows. The Inughuit in their part taught the Baffin Inuit a more advanced form of sled technology. American and European explorers in the 19th and early-20th centuries had extensive contacts with the Inughuits. Explorers like Robert Peary and Frederick Cook both had Inughuits in their teams acting as guides. However, more sustained contact with outsiders changed many aspects of Inughuit life like a dependence on trade goods and the introduction of new diseases which the Inughuit had no immunity to.  Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer Knud Rasmussen established a trading post in Uummannaq in 1910. He also worked to modernize Inughuit society like establishing a governing hunter's council for the Inughuit in 1927. It was during this period that Christian missionaries arrived in the region to evangelize. In consequence of the relative isolation of the Inughuit, they remained absent from growing Greenlandic Inuit nationalism and the nation-building process sweeping the Inuit of western and southern Greenland. The subsequent Cold War era had substantial effects on the Inughuit. In the 1950s, the United States established an Air Force Base close to Uummannaq. This forced many Inughuits to move over north towards Qaanaaq, which proved disastrous to the cultural and social life of the Inughuit.

Settlements.

Inughuit people live north of the Arctic Circle on the west coast of Greenland, between 75°—80° N and 58°–74° W. The northernmost settlement was at the village of Etah (at 78° 19' N), but it was abandoned due to the extremely harsh conditions there. The northernmost constant settlement is now Hiurapaluk.  Pituffik, also known as "Dundas" or "Thule" to Europeans, was the chief settlement of the Inughuit until 1953 when it was displaced by the United States' Thule Air Base, with its residents relocated to Qaanaaq. Established in 1953, Qaanaaq is the largest Inughuit settlement.

The Inughuit (also spelled Inuhuit), or the Smith Sound Inuit, historically Arctic Highlanders, are Greenlandic Inuit. Formerly known as "Polar Eskimos", they are the northernmost group of Inuit, and the world's northernmost people, living in Greenland. Inughuit make up about 1% of the population of Greenland.

Die Inughuit (andere Schreibweisen: "Innughuit, Innugguit") sind mit rund 800 Menschen die kleinste Gruppe der indigenen Grönland-Inuit. Sie leben im Nordwesten Grönlands in der Thule-Region zwischen 76° und 79° nördlicher Breite, also über 1.000 Kilometer nördlich des Polarkreises und rund 1.300 Kilometer vom Nordpol entfernt. Damit sind sie die mit Abstand am weitesten nördlich lebende lokale Gemeinschaft der Welt. Die Heimat der Inughuit heißt in der grönländischen Sprache „Avanersuaq“ (deutsch „Land im entlegensten Norden“), daher werden sie von den Westgrönländern auch "Avanersuarmiut" genannt. Eine gebräuchliche Bezeichnung der Inughuit im Deutschen ist „Polar-Eskimo“ bzw. „Polar-Inuit“.


Club career.

Vojvodina.

Medojević came through the youth ranks at FK Vojvodina and made his professional debut during the 2006–07 season, in a 1–0 away win against FK Mladost Apatin on 2 May 2007. However, because of his young age, he failed to make appearances during the 2007–08 season. In the 2008–09 season, he returned to the first team and made two league appearances. From the 2009–10 season, Medojević became an important member of the team and collected 25 league appearances, scoring two goals.

Wolfsburg.

On 2 January 2012, after four years playing for Vojvodina, Medojević signed his first contract outside of Serbia with Bundesliga contender VfL Wolfsburg. He finally made his league debut during a 2–2 home draw against 1. FC Nürnberg on 31 March 2013. He was kept off the field by a chronically inflamed achilles tendon while at Wolfsburg, and had not recovered from his injury when he left.

Eintracht Frankfurt.

On 31 August 2014, Medojević signed with Eintracht Frankfurt on a three-year contract. He underwent surgery for his chronic achilles tendon injury, after which a long period of recovery followed. He made his return for Eintracht on 30 September 2017 in a 2-1 win against VfB Stuttgart, after having spent 565 days without playing a professional match.

Darmstadt 98.

In January 2019, Medojević signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Darmstadt 98.

Honours.

Club.

Vojvodina VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt

Slobodan Medojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Медојевић; born 20 November 1990) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol.

Slobodan Medojević (; * 20. November 1990 in Novi Sad) ist ein serbischer Fußballspieler. Der defensive Mittelfeldspieler steht bei AEL Limassol in Zypern unter Vertrag.


Early life.

Elvio Romero was born in Yegros, Paraguay in 1926. At a very young age he joined the promotion of Hérib Campos Cervera, Josefina Plá, Augusto Roa Bastos, who would renovate Paraguayan literature.  He is considered an important twentieth century Paraguayan poet. Brazilian critic Walter Wey wrote in 1951:  “the star of the young poet is manly and strong and his rough and low vibration style helps him for the tragic themes of violent death and hunger...we are sure that his message once mature will show us something amazing.”

Career.

A Communist militant, who after the end of Paraguayan Civil War in 1947 was forced at the age of twenty to abandon along many others the country that he called “"nuestra profunda tierra"”. He lived in exile in Argentina, and never forgot his homeland or his people. He returned to Paraguay after General Alfredo Stroessner fell from power, and worked in numerous diplomatic posts, such as in the Paraguayan embassy in Buenos Aires. He has performed editorial work and gave recitals and conferences in various cultural centres of America and Europe.  The Guatemalan novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias, Nobel prize winner in literature in 1967, in the introduction of the book "El sol bajo las raices," wrote about the work:' “what characterizes Elvio Romero’s poetry is his flavour of earth, wood, water and sun and the rigor with which he deals with these themes in no way detracts from his ease of verse and the desire to interpret the drama of his country’s joyous nature and sadness of existence as in many of our countries. Few American voices so deep and faithful to the man and his problems, therefore, universal. Invalid poetry, I call this poetry. Invalid poetry for life, for the life’s game and fire. But not the life seen by the European, always lacking compared to our magic and wonderful world but as we see it. Elvio Romero, as all the authentic poets in América, hasn’t got to live in an empty world with his imagination, that world already exists."

Life in exile.

Exile, GEY, and other expressions of live itself, are present in Romero’s work. Romero writes: “During the long exile I had to go through, my people, my friends and some strangers too, came to my house, my exile house, bringing the fragrance of the things that are far, reconfronting my retirement.  I shared the fight of my people for their freedom, I lived paying attention to the fight protagonized by the thousands of combatants that cautiously prepared the for coming of the nation. And my singing was forming like this, between vibrant and melancholic exaltations of those lights and shadows that, alternatively, sadden the soul. I don’t know if soon, or late, I understood that I should pick up in my poetry all the states of mood that came from that sadness and revelry. So I opened all windows for all the winds in the world to get in, and that’s how I could collect all the leaves of the decay of a combative fire. All of my feelings, all of them, mixed, and that’s where a gold pigeon came out flying to the warm of my passions and imaginations"

Distinctions.

As an essayist, he is the author of “Miguel Hernández, destiny and poetry” and of “El poeta y sus encrucijadas” (1991), piece by which he won the National Prize of Literature in his first edition.  He collaborated with the newspaper “Ultima Hora”, of Asunción, and various cultural publications in Argentina.  Living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he performed diplomatic shows in the Cultural Aggregate of the Paraguayan Embassy in Buenos Aires, he died in May 2004.

Elvio Romero (1926-2004) was a Paraguayan poet. He straddled the decades of the 1940s and 1950s in the history of Paraguayan poetry.

Elvio Romero (* 12. Dezember 1926 in Yegros; † 19. Mai 2004 in Buenos Aires) war ein paraguayischer Dichter und Schriftsteller.