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Gim Eun-ji

Gim Eun-ji 2014-03-25T20:04:21Z name Gim Un-chi is a Korean curler. She plays fourth stones for Kim Ji-sun on the Korean national women's curling team. , Gim Eun-ji 2015-11-14T18:33:36Z name Gim Un-chi is a Korean curler. She plays fourth stones for Kim Ji-sun on the Korean national women's curling team. Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship along with skip Kim Ji-sun. At the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea made history by winning the most games ever in history and made the playoffs for the first time. They eliminated Canada to advance to the semifinal, but lost a close game against eventual champions Switzerland. They then lost another close game to the Canadians in the bronze medal game, finishing in fourth place. Their fourth-place finish ensured them a spot in the 2014 Winter Olympics, even though South Korea did not qualify for the 2013 World Championships. At the Olympics, Gim played in the third and fourth positions, and the Korean team finished in eighth place with a 3–6 win-loss record. Gim Eun-ji on the World Curling database Gim Eun-ji on the World Curling Tour database (archived)

Advokatfirman_Vinge

Advokatfirman_Vinge 2015-01-11T12:39:24Z Vinge is one of Sweden's two largest law firms and one of Europe's 100 largest law firms (see List of largest European law firms), with approximately 300 lawyers working in the firm and an annual turnover of about 936 million SEK (about 100 million EURO). The current firm was created by a merger of several smaller Swedish law firms in 1983. Vinge is composed of several specialized practice groups and is considered a "full-service" commercial law firm. Vinges offices in Sweden are located in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Helsingborg, and the international offices are located in Brussels and Shanghai. Vinge was chosen Swedens best law firm 2006 and 2007 in a survey conducted by the International Law Office. , Advokatfirman_Vinge 2016-06-22T23:13:57Z Vinge is one of Sweden's two largest law firms and one of Europe's 100 largest law firms, with approximately 300 lawyers working in the firm and an annual turnover of about 936 million SEK (about 100 million EURO). The current firm was created by a merger of several smaller Swedish law firms in 1983. Vinges offices in Sweden are located in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Helsingborg, and the international offices are located in Brussels and Shanghai.

Basketbol Süper Ligi

Basketbol Süper Ligi 2007-01-03T23:02:05Z current The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: "Türkiye 1. Basketbol Ligi"). There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League (TB2L) consisting of 4 divisions (A, B, C and D). The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1904. Galatasaray Lisesi formed the first basketball team in 1911. The next basketball team founded was of Fenerbahçe SK in 1913. An unofficial league was founded in 1927 in Istanbul, which lasted until the establishment of a regional official league in 1933. From 1946 on, basketball championships were organized between the leading clubs of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The Turkish Basketball League, in the recent form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation. With the season 1968-1969, the Turkish Second Basketball League took its start. There are 14 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league manner, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top 8 teams are entitled to participate at the play-off games. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League play with the third and fourth ranking teams of the Second League in a special league with one game only. The winning top two teams are entitled to play in the Premier League, and the losing two others are relegated into the Second League. The league currently consists of the following member clubs (number of championship titles won): start end, Basketbol Süper Ligi 2008-12-27T04:00:48Z The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) is the top men’s professional basketball league in Turkey, which is also called Turkish Premier Basketball League (Turkish: "Türkiye 1. Basketbol Ligi"). There is also a Turkish Second Basketball League (TB2L) consisting of 2 divisions (A and B). The first basketball game played in Turkey was at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1904. Galatasaray Lisesi formed the first basketball team in 1911. The next basketball team founded was of Fenerbahçe SK in 1913. An unofficial league was founded in 1927 in Istanbul, which lasted until the establishment of a regional official league in 1933. From 1946 on, basketball championships were organized between the leading clubs of Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir. The Turkish Basketball League, in the current form, was founded on December 13, 1969 by the Turkish Basketball Federation, and began play with the 1968-1969 season. There are 16 teams in the league and they play against each other twice in the league manner, once at their home and the other away. At the end of the season, the top 8 teams are entitled to participate at the playoff games. The two top teams of the Second League are promoted to the Premier League. The two lowest placed teams of the Premier League play, respectively, with the third and fourth ranking teams of the Second League in a one game knock-out playoff. The winning top two teams are entitled to play in the Premier League, and the losing two others are relegated into the Second League. The 2008 Beko Basketball League Playoffs is the final phase of the 2007-2008 regular season. The Beko Basketball League playoffs started on Saturday, May 3, 2008 and will run through June with the League finals. Quarterfinal and Semifinal series are 5-match series. The teams reaches the first 3 wins is through to the next round. The team which has won both regular season matchups starts with a 1-0 lead to the series. Final series are 7-match series and the team reaches first 4 wins is the champion of the Beko Basketball League. (1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (8) Bandırma Banvit (14-16) (Series starts 1-0) Beşiktaş Cola Turka wins the series 3:1 (2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (7) Pınar Karşıyaka (17-13) (Series starts 0-0) Efes Pilsen wins the series 3:1 (3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (6) Antalya Belediye (18-12) (Series starts 0-0) Fenerbahçe Ülker wins the series 3:1 (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) vs. (5) Galatasaray Café Crown (19-11) (Series starts 0-0) Türk Telekom wins the series 3:0 (1) Beşiktaş Cola Turka (24-6) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-1) Türk Telekom wins the series 3:1 (2) Efes Pilsen (22-8) vs. (3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) (Series starts 0-1) Fenerbahçe Ülker wins the series 3:0 (3) Fenerbahçe Ülker (21-9) vs. (4) Türk Telekom (20-10) (Series starts 0-0) The league currently consists of the following member clubs (number of championship titles won): † : This club is the product of the 2006 merger of Fenerbahçe SK with Gençlik Ve SK, better known by its sponsorship name of Ülkerspor (Ülker). Of the 6 titles won by the club in the era of the modern Turkish League, 4 were won by Ülker, one by pre-merger Fenerbahçe, and the other by Fenerbahçe Ülker in the first season after the merger. start end

Dan Payne

Dan Payne 2011-02-25T17:55:16Z Dan Payne (born september 8, 1978) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think. Among his numerous television appearances was in an advertisement for Speakeasy from Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile phone operator now owned by O2. He also played the part of the Kull Warriors in Stargate SG-1, and the Wraith king in the Stargate Atlantis episode Sateda. Recently, Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in Mulligans, and also as Dollar Bill in Watchmen. He is currently in development on a new television series entitled "Pucked" to be launched on the web. He is playing the lead role of Andy Zirkor. An internet campaign to promote the series has been started with an Andy Zirkor facebook page where fans can interact and be a part of Andy's world. , Dan Payne 2012-11-11T02:37:22Z Dan Payne (born August 4, 1972) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think. Among his numerous television appearances was in an advertisement for Speakeasy from Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile phone operator now owned by O2. He also played the part of the Kull Warriors in Stargate SG-1, and the Wraith king in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Sateda". Recently, Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in Mulligans, and also as Dollar Bill in Watchmen. He is currently in development on a new television series entitled Pucked to be launched on the web. He is playing the lead role of Andy Zirkor. An internet campaign to promote the series has been started with an Andy Zirkor Facebook page where fans can interact and be a part of Andy's world. Dan is also starring as "Divine" in a the web based television series Divine: The Series. The Vancouver, BC, Canada based project is set to be released in 2011.

Iasyr_Shivaza

Iasyr_Shivaza 2008-11-20T16:42:00Z Iasyr (Yasyr) Shivaza or Shiwaza (Dungan: Ясыр Шывазы; Russian: Ясыр Джумазович Шиваза) (18 May 1906 - 18 June 1988) was a Soviet Dungan poet, writer, editor, and scholar. The writer's name was spelled Jasƅl Sƅvazƅ in the Latin-based Dungan alphabet that was in use in 1932-53, and Ясыр Шывазы in the modern Cyrillic Dungan alphabet. According to Rimsky-Korsakoff (1991), his family name, Shivazy (Шывазы), has the meaning 'the tenth child'; the expression could be written in Chinese as 十娃子 (Shiwazi). This kind of three-syllable family name is common among the Dungan people of the former Soviet Union. Iasyr Shivaza was born on May 18, 1906 in the village of Sokuluk (Dungan: Сохўлў; Russian: Сокулук) some 30 km west of Bishkek, in what today is the Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. His parents and grandparents were born in China's Shaanxi province, and came to Kyrgyzstan (at the time, part of Russian Empire) from the Ili region in the early 1880s, after the defeat of the Dungan Rebellion and the return of the Yining (Kulja) area to China. In 1916, when he was 10 years old, he was sent to study at the village's Koranic school, and, as he mentioned later, it was only by luck that he has not become a mullah, like the other three students who reached the graduation. After the October Revolution of 1917, Shivaza's father, Dzhudzhuza Shivaza (Dungan: Шывазы Җюҗюзы, Shiwazi Jiujiuzi) participated in establishing Soviet power in the region, joining the Communist Party in 1919, and later becoming the chairman of the village Soviet. Seventeen-year old Iasir Shivaza was chosen, by drawing lots (there were no volunteers), to go study at the Tatar Institute for Education of the Minority Group in Tashkent. During the six years (1924-30) that he spent there, Shivaza, together with other Dungan students (Yu. Yanshansin, Kh. Makeev, etc. ) started working on designing a suitable alphabet for the Dungan language, and writing poetry in Dungan. After graduation, he spent two month in the fall of 1930 teaching at a Dungan school in Frunze (now Bishkek), participating in the creation of the first Dungan spelling books and readers. He was then transferred to an editing job at Kirgizgosizdat (Kyrgyzstan State Publishing House), where he worked until 1938, and then again in 1954-57. He continued both to work on textbooks for his people and to write poetry. At least three of his textbooks were published in 1933, and at 1934 he was admitted to the prestigious Union of Soviet Writers. He started translating Russian classics into the Dungan language as well, his translation of several Pushkin's poems being published in Frunze in 1937. He worked for the Union of Kyrgyz Writers in 1938-1941, and then again in 1946-54. When the Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, he started to do war work, in Moscow and sometimes on the front lines, primarily writing and translating materials for the Kyrgyz-language news-sheets published for the 100,000 or so Kyrgyz soldiers in the Red Army. The after-war period was a productive one in Shivaza's writing career. He also participated in the committees designing the new, Cyrillic-based Dungan alphabet, which was eventually introduced in 1953. In the 1950s he was finally able to meet Chinese writers from China, who would visit the Soviet Union at the time, and he made a trip to China himself in 1957 with a Soviet Dungan delegation. As the Soviet Dungan newspaper resumed publication in 1957, Shivaza was appointed its editor-in-chief, holding that post until his retirement in 1965. The newspaper appeared for a while as "Сўлян хуэйзў бо" (i. e. 苏联回族报, Sulian huizu bao, 'Soviet Huizu Paper'), and was renamed "Шыйўэди чи" (i. e. 十月的旗, Shiyuede qi, 'The October Banner'). Iasir Shivaza died on June 18, 1988. Shivaza's literary production was ample and versatile. Along with politically loaded poems and stories, expected from any author who was to survive in Stalin's era, he wrote love poetry, poems out the past and present of his people and his land, about China, children's literature. Some of his poetry addressed to China, the land of his ancestors, welcoming the Communist revolution that was happening, or had just happened there. Soviet Dungans being largely separated from China's written culture, the language of Shivaza's poetry and prose - and the Dungan literary language in general - is closer to the colloquial, sometimes dialectal Chinese than to the traditional written Chinese. He was, however, familiar with some of the modern Chinese literature, such as works of Lu Xun, but, since he never had opportunity to learn Chinese characters, he read them in Russian translation. Following is Shivaza's short poem, "White Butterfly", originally published in 1974, along with its morpheme-by-morpheme "transcription" into the Chinese characters and the English translation by Rimsky-Korsakoff (1991), p. 188-189. Бый хўтер Тэйон җошон, бый хўтер, Ни лян җин гуон фадини, Йисыр ни до тяншонли, Йисыр зу до хуайүанли. Җяр хуардини, вә канди, Дусы ниди да хуайүан, Ни лян хун хуар фадини, Дын нидини мо җүхуар. Нисы чунтян, гуон зоди Зун луәбудо, хўтер-а, 白蝴蝶儿 太阳照上，白蝴蝶儿， 你连金光耍的呢， 一时你到天上了， 一时走到花园里， 拣花儿的你，我看的， 都是你的大花园， 你连红花儿耍的呢， 等你的呢毛菊花儿， 你是春天，光找的 总落不到，蝴蝶儿啊， White Butterfly The sun is shining on a white butterfly, You are playing with a golden ray, Now you are up in the sky, Now you are in the garden, In selecting the flowers, I see, The whole garden is yours, You are playing with a red flower, The chrysanthemums are waiting for you, You are like spring, seeking only But you could never, oh butterfly, The poet writes of a butterfly, who is happy in the here-and-now of the spring, but who is not going to see the fall with its golden leaves. He appears to make a botanical error, however, mentioning a variety of chrysanthemum (Chinese: 毛菊花 among spring flowers, even though in reality they bloom in the fall. Having participated in the creation of the Dungan alphabet and bringing literacy to the Dungan people, Shivaza also did a large amount of work in making literary works from other languages available in Dungan. He rendered a number of classical and modern works of Russian poetry into the Dungan language. He has translated a number of works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Mayakovsky. He translated song lyrics by Lebedev-Kumach and prose works by Leo Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Maxim Gorky. He also translated into Dungan some poems of the Ukrainian classic Shevchenko, of the Kyrgyz poets Sashylganov and Tokombaev, and even of the Belarusian Yanka Kupala. Being fluent in Kyrgyz, Shivaza also translated some of his works into Kyrgyz. Following are the first two stanzas of Shivaza's translation of Pushkin's The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, its morpheme-by-morpheme "transcription" into the Chinese characters, and an English translation. : Нэхур ю йигә лодолэ, Тасы йигә мынтулэ, Лодо зэ базаршон җуан, Та ба юди за хуа кан. Йигә Балда до мянчян, Бу җы та вон нани җуан, Та ги лодо фәди хо: "Виса ни җир чеди зо, Ни зэ җытар ба са зо?" 那侯有一个老道来, 他是一个朦头来, 老道在 bazaar 上转, 他把有的杂货看. 一个Balda到面前, 不知他往那里转, 他给老道说得好： ＂为啥你今儿起得早？ 你在这达儿把啥找？ ＂ There was a priest, He was dim-witted. The priest was walking around the bazaar, He looked at all kinds of goods. One Balda came up to him, Himself not knowing where he was going, He said to the priest: "Why did you get so early today? What are you looking for here?", Iasyr_Shivaza 2010-06-13T13:49:01Z Iasyr (Yasyr) Shivaza or Shiwaza (Dungan: Ясыр Шывазы; Kyrgyz: Ясыр Шиваза; Russian: Ясыр Джумазович Шиваза) (18 May 1906 - 18 June 1988) was a Soviet Dungan poet, writer, editor, and scholar. The writer's name was spelled Jasƅl Sƅvazƅ in the Latin-based Dungan alphabet that was in use in 1932-53, and Ясыр Шывазы in the modern Cyrillic Dungan alphabet. According to Rimsky-Korsakoff (1991), his family name, Shivazy (Шывазы), has the meaning 'the tenth child'; the expression could be written in Chinese as 十娃子 (Shiwazi). This kind of three-syllable family name is common among the Dungan people of the former Soviet Union. Iasyr Shivaza was born on May 18, 1906 in the village of Sokuluk (Dungan: Сохўлў; Russian: Сокулук) some 30 km west of Bishkek, in what today is the Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. His parents and grandparents were born in China's Shaanxi province, and came to Kyrgyzstan (at the time, part of Russian Empire) from the Ili region in the early 1880s, after the defeat of the Dungan Rebellion and the return of the Yining (Kulja) area to China. In 1916, when he was 10 years old, he was sent to study at the village's Koranic school, and, as he mentioned later, it was only by luck that he has not become a mullah, like the other three students who reached the graduation. After the October Revolution of 1917, Shivaza's father, Dzhudzhuza Shivaza (Dungan: Шывазы Җюҗюзы, Shiwazi Jiujiuzi) participated in establishing Soviet power in the region, joining the Communist Party in 1919, and later becoming the chairman of the village Soviet. Seventeen-year old Iasir Shivaza was chosen, by drawing lots (there were no volunteers), to go study at the Tatar Institute for Education of the Minority Group in Tashkent. During the six years (1924-30) that he spent there, Shivaza, together with other Dungan students (Yu. Yanshansin, Kh. Makeev, etc. ) started working on designing a suitable alphabet for the Dungan language, and writing poetry in Dungan. After graduation, he spent two month in the fall of 1930 teaching at a Dungan school in Frunze (now Bishkek), participating in the creation of the first Dungan spelling books and readers. He was then transferred to an editing job at Kirgizgosizdat (Kyrgyzstan State Publishing House), where he worked until 1938, and then again in 1954-57. He continued both to work on textbooks for his people and to write poetry. At least three of his textbooks were published in 1933, and at 1934 he was admitted to the prestigious Union of Soviet Writers. He started translating Russian classics into the Dungan language as well, his translation of several Pushkin's poems being published in Frunze in 1937. He worked for the Union of Kyrgyz Writers in 1938-1941, and then again in 1946-54. When the Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, he started to do war work, in Moscow and sometimes on the front lines, primarily writing and translating materials for the Kyrgyz-language news-sheets published for the 100,000 or so Kyrgyz soldiers in the Red Army. The after-war period was a productive one in Shivaza's writing career. He also participated in the committees designing the new, Cyrillic-based Dungan alphabet, which was eventually introduced in 1953. In the 1950s he was finally able to meet Chinese writers from China, who would visit the Soviet Union at the time, and he made a trip to China himself in 1957 with a Soviet Dungan delegation. As the Soviet Dungan newspaper resumed publication in 1957, Shivaza was appointed its editor-in-chief, holding that post until his retirement in 1965. The newspaper appeared for a while as "Сўлян хуэйзў бо" (i. e. 苏联回族报, Sulian huizu bao, 'Soviet Huizu Paper'), and was renamed "Шыйўэди чи" (i. e. 十月的旗, Shiyuede qi, 'The October Banner'). Iasir Shivaza died on June 18, 1988. Shivaza's literary production was ample and versatile. Along with politically loaded poems and stories, expected from any author who was to survive in Stalin's era, he wrote love poetry, poems out the past and present of his people and his land, about China, children's literature. Some of his poetry addressed to China, the land of his ancestors, welcoming the Communist revolution that was happening, or had just happened there. Soviet Dungans being largely separated from China's written culture, the language of Shivaza's poetry and prose - and the Dungan literary language in general - is closer to the colloquial, sometimes dialectal Chinese than to the traditional written Chinese. He was, however, familiar with some of the modern Chinese literature, such as works of Lu Xun, but, since he never had opportunity to learn Chinese characters, he read them in Russian translation. Following is Shivaza's short poem, "White Butterfly", originally published in 1974, along with its morpheme-by-morpheme "transcription" into the Chinese characters and the English translation by Rimsky-Korsakoff (1991), p. 188-189. Бый хўтер Тэйон җошон, бый хўтер, Ни лян җин гуон фадини, Йисыр ни до тяншонли, Йисыр зу до хуайүанли. Җяр хуардини, вә канди, Дусы ниди да хуайүан, Ни лян хун хуар фадини, Дын нидини мо җүхуар. Нисы чунтян, гуон зоди Зун луәбудо, хўтер-а, 白蝴蝶儿 太阳照上，白蝴蝶儿， 你连金光耍的呢， 一时你到天上了， 一时走到花园里， 拣花儿的你，我看的， 都是你的大花园， 你连红花儿耍的呢， 等你的呢毛菊花儿， 你是春天，光找的 总落不到，蝴蝶儿啊， White Butterfly The sun is shining on a white butterfly, You are playing with a golden ray, Now you are up in the sky, Now you are in the garden, In selecting the flowers, I see, The whole garden is yours, You are playing with a red flower, The chrysanthemums are waiting for you, You are like spring, seeking only But you could never, oh butterfly, The poet writes of a butterfly, who is happy in the here-and-now of the spring, but who is not going to see the fall with its golden leaves. He appears to make a botanical error, however, mentioning a variety of chrysanthemum (Chinese: 毛菊花) among spring flowers, even though in reality they bloom in the fall. Having participated in the creation of the Dungan alphabet and bringing literacy to the Dungan people, Shivaza also did a large amount of work in making literary works from other languages available in Dungan. He rendered a number of classical and modern works of Russian poetry into the Dungan language. He has translated a number of works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Mayakovsky. He translated song lyrics by Lebedev-Kumach and prose works by Leo Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Maxim Gorky. He also translated into Dungan some poems of the Ukrainian classic Shevchenko, of the Kyrgyz poets Sashylganov and Tokombaev, and even of the Belarusian Yanka Kupala. Being fluent in Kyrgyz, Shivaza also translated some of his works into Kyrgyz. Following are the first two stanzas of Shivaza's translation of Pushkin's The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, its morpheme-by-morpheme "transcription" into the Chinese characters, and an English translation. : Нэхур ю йигә лодолэ, Тасы йигә мынтулэ, Лодо зэ базаршон җуан, Та ба юди за хуа кан. Йигә Балда до мянчян, Бу җы та вон нани җуан, Та ги лодо фәди хо: "Виса ни җир чеди зо, Ни зэ җытар ба са зо?" 那侯有一个老道来, 他是一个朦头来, 老道在巴扎上转, 他把有的杂货看. 一个Balda到面前, 不知他往那里转, 他给老道说得好： ＂为啥你今儿起得早？ 你在这达儿把啥找？ ＂ There was a priest, He was dim-witted. The priest was walking around the bazaar, He looked at all kinds of goods. One Balda came up to him, Himself not knowing where he was going, He said to the priest: "Why did you get so early today? What are you looking for here?"

Government_of_the_Czech_Republic

Government_of_the_Czech_Republic 2016-11-19T10:50:24Z The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy ministers and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic. The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. Government of the Czech Republic is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic (currently Miloš Zeman). He or she succeeds to the presidency if the current president dies, is incapacitated, or resigns. The current Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka. Current government is 13th from year 1993 and dissolution of Czechoslovakia and it has 17 members + prime minister. The cabinet consists of the following members:, Government_of_the_Czech_Republic 2017-04-27T17:00:07Z The Government of the Czech Republic (Czech: Vláda České republiky) exercises executive power in the Czech Republic. The members of the government are the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Chairman of the Government), the deputy ministers and other ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Czech Republic. The government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. Government of the Czech Republic is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic (currently Miloš Zeman). He or she succeeds to the presidency if the current president dies, is incapacitated, or resigns. The current Prime Minister is Bohuslav Sobotka. Current government is 13th from year 1993 and dissolution of Czechoslovakia and it has 17 members and a prime minister. The cabinet consists of the following members:

Kula_Eco_Park

Kula_Eco_Park 2009-02-14T19:31:23Z Kula Eco Park is located on Fiji's Coral Coast, approximately 5 kilometer's south of the town of Sigatoka. Established as a bird park in the late 1980's, the park was taken over by Kula Eco Park Management in January 1997. Privately owned and run, its focus is the preservation of Fiji's indigenous flora and fauna, including reptiles, bird life, amphibians, tropical fish, the Fiji Flying Fox (Fiji's only native mammal), insects, butterflies and a wide range of trees and shrubs. With extensive and well maintained walkways through the local bush, and a wide range of attractions, the park is a popular tourist attraction. In 1998, (in cooperation with the International Conservation Fund for the Fijian Crested Iguana and the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales, Australia) the park established a captive breeding programme for the critically endangered Fiji Crested Iguana and seven juveniles were successfully raised. In 2007, (in cooperation with the Biological Sciences Division at the University of the South Pacific) the park commenced a captive breeding programme for the endangered Fiji Ground Frog. The park is a member of ARAZPA (the Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria). , Kula_Eco_Park 2010-09-06T22:14:38Z Kula Eco Park is an ecological preserve in Fiji. It is located on Fiji's largest island, Viti Levu, near Sigatoka. The area was originally established as a bird park in the 1980s, but was bought by Kula Eco Park Management in January 1997. With an extensive system of walkways through the park, and a wide range of attractions, the park is now a popular tourist attraction. The park is privately owned and operated, its main focus being the preservation of Fiji's indigenous flora and fauna, including reptiles, bird life, amphibians, tropical fish, the Fiji Flying Fox (Fiji's only native mammal), insects, butterflies and a wide range of trees and shrubs. The park has also won Fiji's 'Excellence in Tourism' award five times since 1996. In addition, the park strives to increase environmental issue awareness and educate local children in conservation. The park regularly offers free classes in which children may learn about Fiji's environment, pollution, and conservation. More than 8000 children have taken these classes. The park is funded only 35% from general admission tickets, the rest coming from private donations. In 1998, 140 species were catalogued in a joint project between Kula Eco Park, the National Trust of Fiji, the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales, and the Zoo Friends of Taronga Zoo. As a result, the park established a captive breeding program for the critically endangered Fiji Crested Iguana and Fiji Banded Iguana. Seven juveniles were successfully raised. In 2004, the park achieved two milestones with the world's first captive birth of a Kadavu Musk Parrot and the park's first birth of a Pacific Black Duck. In 2007, (in cooperation with the Biological Sciences Division at the University of the South Pacific) the park commenced a captive breeding program for the endangered Fiji Ground Frog. Kula Eco Park works with a number of organizations to support Fiji and wildlife. They include the National Trust of Fiji, the Endangered Species Recovery Council of San Diego, and the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales. Kula Eco Park is also a member of the Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria and an honorary associate of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia.

International Society for Music Information Retrieval

International Society for Music Information Retrieval 2021-06-29T21:10:03Z The International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) is an international forum for research on the organization of music-related data. It started as an informal group steered by an ad hoc committee in 2000 which established a yearly symposium - whence "ISMIR", which meant International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval. It was turned into a conference in 2002 while retaining the acronym. ISMIR was incorporated in Canada on July 4, 2008. Given the tremendous growth of digital music and music metadata in recent years, methods for effectively extracting, searching, and organizing music information have received widespread interest from academia and the information and entertainment industries. The purpose of ISMIR is to provide a venue for the exchange of news, ideas, and results through the presentation of original theoretical or practical work. By bringing together researchers and developers, educators and librarians, students and professional users, all working in fields that contribute to this multidisciplinary domain, the conference also serves as a discussion forum, provides introductory and in-depth information on specific domains, and showcases current products. As the term Music Information Retrieval (MIR) indicates, this research is motivated by the desire to provide music lovers, music professionals and music industry with robust, effective and usable methods and tools to help them locate, retrieve and experience the music they wish to have access to. MIR is a truly interdisciplinary area, involving researchers from the disciplines of musicology, cognitive science, library and information science, computer science, electrical engineering and many others. Since its inception in 2000, ISMIR has been the world’s leading forum for research on the modelling, creation, searching, processing and use of musical data. Researchers across the globe meet at the annual conference conducted by the society. It is known by the same acronym as the society, ISMIR. Following is the list of previous conferences held by the society. The official webpage provides a more up-to-date information on past and future conferences and provides access to all past websites and to the cumulative database of all papers, posters and tutorials presented at these conferences. An overview of all papers published at ISMIR can be found at DBLP. The following list gives an overview of the main research areas and topics that are within the scope of Music Information Retrieval. The Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) is an annual evaluation campaign for MIR algorithms, coupled to the ISMIR conference. Since it started in 2005, MIREX has fostered advancements both in specific areas of MIR and in the general understanding of how MIR systems and algorithms are to be evaluated. MIREX is to the MIR community what the Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) is to the text information retrieval community: A set of community-defined formal evaluations through which a wide variety of state-of-the-art systems, algorithms and techniques are evaluated under controlled conditions. MIREX is managed by the International Music Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Laboratory (IMIRSEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). , International Society for Music Information Retrieval 2022-08-21T01:44:28Z The International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) is an international forum for research on the organization of music-related data. It started as an informal group steered by an ad hoc committee in 2000 which established a yearly symposium - whence "ISMIR", which meant International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval. It was turned into a conference in 2002 while retaining the acronym. ISMIR was incorporated in Canada on July 4, 2008. Given the tremendous growth of digital music and music metadata in recent years, methods for effectively extracting, searching, and organizing music information have received widespread interest from academia and the information and entertainment industries. The purpose of ISMIR is to provide a venue for the exchange of news, ideas, and results through the presentation of original theoretical or practical work. By bringing together researchers and developers, educators and librarians, students and professional users, all working in fields that contribute to this multidisciplinary domain, the conference also serves as a discussion forum, provides introductory and in-depth information on specific domains, and showcases current products. As the term Music Information Retrieval (MIR) indicates, this research is motivated by the desire to provide music lovers, music professionals and music industry with robust, effective and usable methods and tools to help them locate, retrieve and experience the music they wish to have access to. MIR is a truly interdisciplinary area, involving researchers from the disciplines of musicology, cognitive science, library and information science, computer science, electrical engineering and many others. Since its inception in 2000, ISMIR has been the world’s leading forum for research on the modelling, creation, searching, processing and use of musical data. Researchers across the globe meet at the annual conference conducted by the society. It is known by the same acronym as the society, ISMIR. Following is the list of previous conferences held by the society. The official webpage provides a more up-to-date information on past and future conferences and provides access to all past websites and to the cumulative database of all papers, posters and tutorials presented at these conferences. An overview of all papers published at ISMIR can be found at DBLP. The following list gives an overview of the main research areas and topics that are within the scope of Music Information Retrieval. The Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) is an annual evaluation campaign for MIR algorithms, coupled to the ISMIR conference. Since it started in 2005, MIREX has fostered advancements both in specific areas of MIR and in the general understanding of how MIR systems and algorithms are to be evaluated. MIREX is to the MIR community what the Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) is to the text information retrieval community: A set of community-defined formal evaluations through which a wide variety of state-of-the-art systems, algorithms and techniques are evaluated under controlled conditions. MIREX is managed by the International Music Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Laboratory (IMIRSEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

Persiaran_Perdana,_Putrajaya

Persiaran_Perdana,_Putrajaya 2010-03-14T04:14:08Z Template:Malaysia municipal road routebox Persiaran Perdana or Putrajaya Boulevard is a longest boulevard in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Connecting Dataran Putra in the north to the Dataran Gemilang in the south. , Persiaran_Perdana,_Putrajaya 2012-11-27T13:21:45Z Persiaran Perdana or Putrajaya Boulevard is a longest boulevard in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Connecting Dataran Putra in the north to the Dataran Gemilang in the south.

Hurupaki_Mountain

Hurupaki_Mountain 2009-09-09T05:58:01Z Hurupaki Mountain is in Kamo, Whangarei, New Zealand. The centre of Hurupaki Mountain lies between Three Mile Bush Road and Dip Road, approximately 1. 5 kilometres west of Kamo township. Hurupaki Mountain is clearly visible from State Highway 1. Hurupaki Mountain is a high scoria cone that is thought to be about 300,000 years old. It is part of the Puhipuhi-Whangarei volcanic field. This volcanic area is similar to the Auckland volcanic field in that it has formed over a type of hot spot in the mantle, ie not at a current plate boundary. The Whangarei Field is older than the Auckland field, in fact Hurupaki is probably one of the younger centres. There is another basaltic field in Northland, and that is the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands field. That also has some young scoria cones and lava flows. Both of these Northland Fields are older than the Auckland Field. Hurupaki Mountain is a steep sided, partly bush scoria cone. It is 1-2km in diameter and 170m high. A quarry exposes an eruption sequence showing that magma variation occupied during eruption. It is extensively quarried on the west side. The east side shows an excellent example of a young scoria cone. A multivented cone forms a smaller knoll approximately 400 metres to the east, less than 150 metres high, on which a few houses stand. This is an east most cone of a group of three centres: (east to west) Hurupaki, Rawhitiroa and Ngararatunua. Hurupaki is a Māori word and means to cover with a cloak the meaning coming from maori warriors trapped by british solders when morning came a mist covered the mountain allowing the maori ton escape. Hurupaki Mountain was once a large Māori pa with a considerable number of pits and terraces. When occupied the pa would have been clear of trees. The slopes of the hill were terraced to provide flat areas on which to build to build houses, construct storage pits and as general living areas. The pa has about 70 shits on it; most of these were probably used as underground storage for kumara and berries, grown on the slopes of the hill. Some of the shallow pits and terraces would have had whares built on them. Today Hurupaki Mountain is partly farmed (cows and sheep), there is also a small pine tree plantation and the rest is in native bush. There is public access to the top of the mountain, - although there is no viewing platform at the top. , Hurupaki_Mountain 2010-07-02T02:20:37Z Hurupaki Mountain is in Kamo, Whangarei, New Zealand. The centre of Hurupaki Mountain lies between Three Mile Bush Road and Dip Road, approximately 1. 5 kilometres west of Kamo township. Hurupaki Mountain is visible from State Highway 1. Hurupaki Mountain is a high scoria cone that is thought to be about 300,000 years old. It is part of the Puhipuhi-Whangarei volcanic field. This volcanic area is similar to the Auckland volcanic field in that it has formed over a type of hot spot in the mantle, ie not at a current plate boundary. The Whangarei Field is older than the Auckland field, in fact Hurupaki is probably one of the younger centres. There is another basaltic field in Northland, and that is the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands field. That also has some young scoria cones and lava flows. Both of these Northland Fields are older than the Auckland Field. Hurupaki Mountain is a steep sided, partly bush-covered scoria cone. It is 1-2km in diameter and 170m high, and has been extensively quarried on the west side. One quarry exposes an eruption sequence showing that magma variation occurred during eruption. The east side shows an excellent example of a young scoria cone. A multivented cone forms a smaller knoll approximately 400 metres to the east, less than 150 metres high, on which a few houses stand. This is an east most cone of a group of three centres: (east to west) Hurupaki, Rawhitiroa and Ngararatunua. Hurupaki is a Māori word and means to cover with a cloak. Hurupaki Mountain was once a large Māori pa with a considerable number of pits and terraces. When occupied the pa would have been clear of trees. The slopes of the hill were terraced to provide flat areas on which to build to build houses, construct storage pits and as general living areas. The pa has about 70 pits on it; most of these were probably used as underground storage for kumara and berries, grown on the slopes of the hill. Some of the shallow pits and terraces would have had whares built on them. Today Hurupaki Mountain is partly farmed (cows and sheep), there is also a small pine tree plantation and the rest is in native bush. There is public access to the top of the mountain, - although there is no viewing platform at the top. 35°40′58″S 174°16′53″E / 35. 6829°S 174. 2815°E / -35. 6829; 174. 2815

Southport F.C.

Southport F.C. 2012-01-05T18:18:21Z 53°38′18.62″N 2°58′45.06″W / 53.6385056°N 2.9791833°W / 53.6385056; -2.9791833 Southport Football Club are an English football club, based in Southport, Merseyside. They are currently in the Conference National, and play their home matches at Haig Avenue, which has a capacity of 6,008 (1,884 seated, 4,124 standing). They are known by their nickname "The Sandgrounders". It was on Thursday 12 November 1881 that Southport played its first Association Football match Although association football was played in the town's private schools in the late1870's the original Southport Football Club began as a rugby team. Southport Football Club arranged rugby fixtures for 1881–82. After some heavy defeats, the last recorded being on 15 October 1881, the club switched to association football. On 12 November, six of that team lined up when Southport played Bootle 'second' in their first match under Association Rules. Ralpy Rylance did more than anyone to establish association football in the town. He came to Southport from Blackburn having played for the Blackburn Law team, a noted eleven in those days. Performances soon improved with Ralph Rylance now playing for Southport and Tranmere Rovers were beaten twice whilst the Tradesman of Southport and Liverpool Excelsior were both overcome 7–0. On 7 October 1882, Southport entertained Liverpool Ramblers in their first ever F.A., or English Challenge Cup tie as the competition was called for years. The game was watched by 300 spectators and resulted in a 1–1 draw. In the 1884–85 season the club merged with the Southport Athletic Society and the team moved to the Sports Ground, Sussex Road. As football grew in popularity other clubs sprang up in the town. Southport Wanderers, High park, Churchtown and Southport Old Boys were amongst the most prominent however Southport Football Club was considered to be the town's premier side. At the Southport Wanderers AGM in June 1886, at which a representative of Southport Football Club was present, they invited Southport to amalgamate following the severance of their connection with the Athletic Society, who's unfortunate connection with the Football Club had resulted in the Society incurring an expenditure on their account of £88–3 shillings. After 5 years existence Southport's first football club folded. At least six former Southport players and many of their supporters transferred their affiliations to Southport Wanderers. Southport Wanderers moved to a new ground in Scarisbrick New Road for the 1886–87 season. On 28 September 1886, at a General Meeting held in the Mather's Saleroom, it was unanimously resolved that in future the club be called Southport Football Club. In the summer of 1888, the year the Football League was founded, with the game increasing in popularity, It was felt that a team of stronger calibre should be formed to represent the district. The idea met with favour and the initial meeting called to form such a club took place on 12 June at Scarlett's Rooms, Chapel Street. At a second meeting, held at the Railway Hotel a week later, Mr. McGowan successfully proposed that the name of the club should be Southport Central Association Football Club. At the start of the 1905/06 season Central moved to its present home, Haig Avenue which was then known as Ash Lane. In 1911, the club became founder members of the Central League. In 1918, the club was renamed as Southport Vulcan – having been bought by the Vulcan Motor Company – becoming the first club to take a sponsor's name. In 1921 the club, now named simply Southport, joined The Football League and became a founder member of the Third Division North. In 1931, Southport became the first club from the Third Division North to reach the sixth round (quarter-finals) of the FA Cup, where they lost 9–1 to Everton. A year later the club recorded its record attendance, when 20,010 watched them play Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Having finished in the bottom half of the table at the end of the 1957/8 season, the club dropped into the Fourth Division following the reorganisation of the Third Division North and Third Division South into Third and Fourth Divisions. The club's first promotion came at the end of the 1966/7 season, when they finished as runners-up in the Fourth Division behind Stockport County under the guidance of Billy Bingham, who later went on to manage the Northern Irish national team. They were relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1970, but won promotion again in 1973 when they finished as Fourth Division Champions. Relegation back to the Fourth Division followed the very next season. This heralded a period of decline as crowds dropped – on some occasions into just three figures – and the ground fell into disrepair. Disaster struck in 1978, when the club was voted out of the Football League following three consecutive 23rd (out of 24) placed finishes, and was replaced by Wigan Athletic. The voting couldn't have been tighter, as the clubs drew on the first ballot (when many had expected Rochdale to be voted out), but Wigan's superior canvassing ensured that they won the second ballot. Southport was the last club to leave the Football League through the re-election process. Automatic relegation from the Fourth Division was introduced in 1986–87. The club dropped into the Northern Premier League, where they remained until finishing as Champions in the 1992–93 season, and were promoted to the Football Conference. In 1998 the club had its first (and only) trip to Wembley, when they lost 1–0 to Cheltenham Town in the final of the FA Trophy. 10,000 Southport fans made the trip to London to see the match. The club were relegated back to the Northern Premier League at the end of the 2002–03 season. They became founder members of the new Conference North in 2004–05, and were the league's first Champions, earning promotion back to the newly-renamed Conference National. In the 2005–06 season, Southport spent much of their time at the bottom of the table, but managed to secure survival with a five-game unbeaten run culminating in a 1–1 away draw with third-placed Grays Athletic on 25 April. The manager at the time, Liam Watson, stated that this feat was more impressive than their title winning accomplishments the season before. In 2006 the club changed to full time, with Liam Watson moving to Burscough at the end of the season a new manager in Paul Cook was appointed. This led to a massive overhaul of the squad, with many players unwilling or unable to go full time. This proved to be a disastrous turn of events. Cook had to assemble a complete squad with just six of the original squad remaining. After a run of poor results, his contract was terminated on the 3 January 2007. The first match after Cook's departure saw Dino Maamria and Steve Whitehall take over as caretaker manager team and they succeeded in leading the team to a 3–1 home win over free-falling Grays, a match which also saw Carl Baker make his 100th appearance in a Southport shirt. The only other match which saw the Maamria-Whitehall manager team was a 2–1 defeat in the FA Trophy at the hands of Salisbury before Peter Davenport, who had previously had an unbeaten spell as caretaker-manager of the club in 2001, was named as Cook's successor two weeks later. Davenport's new team, aided with decent signings in the transfer window, started to churn out decent results. This did not last long however, and, due to Southport's ability to concede late goals in most games, the club looked certain to drop down a league, however again doubts were cast as the club won 4 matches on the run, and with two matches left were only two points off safety. However these matches were against play off hopefuls York City and Exeter City. After losing to a Clayton Donaldson penalty against York, the Sandgrounders were relegated the following Tuesday, not even playing a game, after relegation rivals Grays and Halifax both won their games. The club stayed full time, looking to bounce straight back up from the Conference North to the top of non-league football. Southport signed Neil Prince and Karl Noon from Stalybridge Celtic and Marine respectively. Peter Davenport also brought in goalkeeper Richard Whiteside, midfielder Dave Prout and right back Chris Lever after trials from Oldham. The biggest news in the transfer period for Southport fans however, was the departure of star right winger Carl Baker to Morecambe, for a fee believed to be £50,000. Southport Football Club announced on Monday 7 April 2008 that manager Peter Davenport and assistant Huw Griffiths left the club with immediate effect. The club placed on record their appreciation for everything they both contributed to Southport Football Club. Former player Gary Brabin was initially given the job until the end of the season and guided the team into the play-offs only to go out on penalties away at Stalybridge Celtic, however only three days later the club announced their ambitions early by appointing him full time and thus keeping their full-time playing status for another season at least. However, this appointment turned out to be only an agreement to sign a future contract, and after an approach from Cambridge United, Brabin left Southport to sign as Cambridge manager on 23 June 2008. On 30 June 2008 the club's official website confirmed that Liam Watson had rejoined Southport as first team manager following his resignation from Burscough. This change saw the arrival of numerous part time players, following Watson from Burscough including Conference North top scorer Ciaran Kilheeney, Watson's co-Players of the Year – Adam Flynn and Anthony McMillan, as well former Southport players, Matty McGinn, Earl Davis, Robbie Booth and Steve Daly. Retained players, Michael Powell and Neil Robinson, chose to return to part time football, whilst Matt Hocking, Neil Prince and club captain, Chris Holland left the club. Kevin Lee and Tony Gray signed new part-time contracts at the start of the season, and thus Southport practically returned fully to a part time club. During that season Tony Gray and John Doolan departed the club, as well as Craig Noone, who moved to Championship side Plymouth Argyle. The 2008–09 season saw Southport reach the Conference North play-offs, having finished in fifth place. However, a home defeat, followed by an away draw against Gateshead left Southport to battle for a further season in the Conference North. Only four defeats during 2009–2010 saw Southport finally secure the League title following a 3–0 away victory at Eastwood Town on the final Saturday of the season, spurred on by over 700 travelling Sandgrounders. They finished just one point ahead of near neighbours Fleetwood Town. The success of the first team, who also lifted the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy following victory against Clitheroe at the Reebok Stadium, was mirrored by the club's youth team who won both the Lancashire League and Conference North Youth League. In 2010–11, they finished in the relegation zone of the Conference National, but were reprieved after Rushden & Diamonds were expelled from the league. The 2011-12 season has so far seen a change of fortune for the club, with the implementation of a new, extended training schedule seeing an upturn in performances and results. On the 26th of November 2011, a club record of consecutive away victories was broken with the Sandgrounder's 1-0 win at Stockport County, their 8th in succession. Trust In Yellow is the Supporters Trust of the club. It was formed on 26 April 2006 by a set of supporters who were unhappy with the lack of communication between the club and its fans in an effort to get more involved and have a bigger say in the running of the club. T.I.Y. is a member of Supporters Direct, a body funded by Sport England. The aims of the Trust include, building relationships between the supporters and the fans and to help the club in its efforts to achieve success. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. players, Southport F.C. 2013-12-29T18:28:41Z 53°38′18.62″N 2°58′45.06″W / 53.6385056°N 2.9791833°W / 53.6385056; -2.9791833 Southport Football Club is an English football club based in Southport, Merseyside. The club participates in the Conference Premier, the fifth tier of English football. They play their home matches at Merseyrail Community Stadium, which has a capacity of 6,008 (1,884 seated, 4,124 standing). They are known by their nickname "The Sandgrounders". It was on Thursday 12 November 1881 that Southport played its first Association Football match Although association football was played in the town's private schools in the late 1870s the original Southport Football Club began as a rugby team. Southport Football Club arranged rugby fixtures for 1881–82. After some heavy defeats, the last recorded being on 15 October 1881, the club switched to association football. On 12 November, six of that team lined up when Southport played Bootle 'second' in their first match under Association Rules. Ralph Rylance did more than anyone to establish association football in the town. He came to Southport from Blackburn having played for the Blackburn Law team, a noted eleven in those days. Performances soon improved with him playing, and Tranmere Rovers were beaten twice whilst the Tradesman of Southport and Liverpool Excelsior were both overcome 7–0. On 7 October 1882, Southport entertained Liverpool Ramblers in their first ever F.A., or English Challenge Cup tie as the competition was called for years. The game was watched by 300 spectators and resulted in a 1–1 draw. In the 1884–85 season the club merged with the Southport Athletic Society and the team moved to the Sports Ground, Sussex Road. As football grew in popularity other clubs sprang up in the town. Southport Wanderers, High Park, Churchtown and Southport Old Boys were amongst the most prominent however Southport Football Club was considered to be the town's premier side. At the Southport Wanderers AGM in June 1886, at which a representative of Southport Football Club was present, they invited Southport to amalgamate following the severance of their connection with the Athletic Society, whose unfortunate connection with the Football Club had resulted in the Society incurring an expenditure on their account of £88–3 shillings. After 5 years existence Southport's first football club folded. At least six former Southport players and many of their supporters transferred their affiliations to Southport Wanderers. Southport Wanderers moved to a new ground in Scarisbrick New Road for the 1886–87 season. On 28 September 1886, at a General Meeting held in the Mather's Saleroom, it was unanimously resolved that in future the club be called Southport Football Club. In the summer of 1888, the year the Football League was founded, with the game increasing in popularity, It was felt that a team of stronger calibre should be formed to represent the district. The idea met with favour and the initial meeting called to form such a club took place on 12 June at Scarlett's Rooms, Chapel Street. At a second meeting, held at the Railway Hotel a week later, Mr. McGowan successfully proposed that the name of the club should be Southport Central Association Football Club. At the start of the 1905–06 season Central moved to its present home, Merseyrail Community Stadium which was then known as Ash Lane. In 1911, the club became founder members of the Central League. In 1918, the club was renamed as Southport Vulcan – having been bought by the Vulcan Motor Company – becoming the first club to take a sponsor's name. In 1921 the club, now named simply Southport, joined The Football League and became a founder member of the Third Division North. In 1931, Southport became the first club from the Third Division North to reach the sixth round (quarter-finals) of the FA Cup, where they lost 9–1 to Everton. A year later the club recorded its record attendance, when 20,010 watched them play Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Having finished in the bottom half of the table at the end of the 1957/8 season, the club dropped into the Fourth Division following the reorganisation of the Third Division North and Third Division South into Third and Fourth Divisions. The club's first promotion came at the end of the 1966/7 season, when they finished as runners-up in the Fourth Division behind Stockport County under the guidance of Billy Bingham, who later went on to manage the Northern Irish national team. They were relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1970, but won promotion again in 1973 when they finished as Fourth Division Champions. Relegation back to the Fourth Division followed the very next season. This heralded a period of decline as crowds dropped – on some occasions into just three figures – and the ground fell into disrepair. Disaster struck in 1978, when the club was voted out of the Football League following three consecutive 23rd (out of 24) placed finishes, and was replaced by Wigan Athletic. The voting couldn't have been tighter, as the clubs drew on the first ballot (when many had expected Rochdale to be voted out), but Wigan's superior canvassing ensured that they won the second ballot. Southport was the last club to leave the Football League through the re-election process. Automatic relegation from the Fourth Division was introduced in 1986–87. After several seasons with South Liverpool, Brian Kettle was appointed manager and was instrumental in one of the most successful periods. Kettle had a difficult task from the off, his first season in charge saw him start with only three players Andy Johnston, Stuart Bimson and club captain Rob Sturgeon. After a poor start to the season which saw the club in the relegation places until mid-October after bringing in several new players such as Ossie Smith, Bob Howard, Steve Whitehall, Steve Holden, Alan McDonald, the returning Ian Baines and for the third time Tony Quinn they finished the season in a very respectable seventh place in the Northern Premier League,albeit 38 points off the champions Colne Dynamoes who were not accepted for promotion and ultimately folded. For the 1990–91 season, very little changed and was a very exciting season for the club. The free-scoring prowess of Holden and Whitehall saw the club reach 100 league goals in March and four semi-final appearances, losing only one. Ultimately due to the cup runs, the league performance suffered and they only managed to finish 5th in the league. However there was now renewed optimism in the town. The 1991–92 season started dreadfully for the club due to the loss of key personnel in the summer. Holden and Whitehall both left within weeks, the latter going for a club record £25,000 to Rochdale. Kettle had to rebuild once again, but it didn't go to plan straightaway. The club were bottom of the table till September, only managing to win their first game at the start of October. After a series of good runs, they managed to claw their way up the table to once again finish seventh. The 1992–93 season was one of the most important seasons in the clubs recent history. Southport impressively won the league with 96 points and once again scoring 100 goals and tasted success in two more cup competitions and an excellent FA Cup run took them through to the second round proper for the first time since 1968. In 1998 the club had its first (and only) trip to Wembley, when they lost 1–0 to Cheltenham Town in the final of the FA Trophy. 10,000 Southport fans made the trip to London to see the match. The club were relegated back to the Northern Premier League at the end of the 2002–03 season. They became founder members of the new Conference North in 2004–05, and were the league's first Champions, earning promotion back to the newly renamed Conference National. In the 2005–06 season, Southport spent much of their time at the bottom of the table, but managed to secure survival with a five-game unbeaten run culminating in a 1–1 away draw with third-placed Grays Athletic on 25 April. The manager at the time, Liam Watson, stated that this feat was more impressive than their title winning accomplishments the season before. In 2006 the club changed to full-time, with Liam Watson moving to Burscough at the end of the season a new manager in Paul Cook was appointed. This led to a massive overhaul of the squad, with many players unwilling or unable to go full-time. This proved to be a disastrous turn of events. Cook had to assemble a complete squad with just six of the original squad remaining. After a run of poor results, his contract was terminated on 3 January 2007. The first match after Cook's departure saw Dino Maamria and Steve Whitehall take over as caretaker manager team and they succeeded in leading the team to a 3–1 home win over free-falling Grays, a match which also saw Carl Baker make his 100th appearance in a Southport shirt. The only other match which saw the Maamria-Whitehall manager team was a 2–1 defeat in the FA Trophy at the hands of Salisbury before Peter Davenport, who had previously had an unbeaten spell as caretaker-manager of the club in 2001, was named as Cook's successor two weeks later. Davenport's new team, aided with decent signings in the transfer window, started to churn out decent results. This did not last long however, and, due to Southport's ability to concede late goals in most games, the club looked certain to drop down a league, however again doubts were cast as the club won 4 matches on the run, and with two matches left were only two points off safety. However these matches were against play off hopefuls York City and Exeter City. After losing to a Clayton Donaldson penalty against York, the Sandgrounders were relegated the following Tuesday, not even playing a game, after relegation rivals Grays and Halifax both won their games. The club stayed full-time, looking to bounce straight back up from the Conference North to the top of non-league football. Southport signed Neil Prince and Karl Noon from Stalybridge Celtic and Marine respectively. Peter Davenport also brought in goalkeeper Richard Whiteside, midfielder Dave Prout and right back Chris Lever after trials from Oldham. The biggest news in the transfer period for Southport fans however, was the departure of star right winger Carl Baker to Morecambe, for a fee believed to be £50,000. Southport Football Club announced on Monday 7 April 2008 that manager Peter Davenport and assistant Huw Griffiths left the club with immediate effect. The club placed on record their appreciation for everything they both contributed to Southport Football Club. Former player Gary Brabin was initially given the job until the end of the season and guided the team into the play-offs only to go out on penalties away at Stalybridge Celtic, however only three days later the club announced their ambitions early by appointing him full-time and thus keeping their full-time playing status for another season at least. However, this appointment turned out to be only an agreement to sign a future contract, and after an approach from Cambridge United, Brabin left Southport to sign as Cambridge manager on 23 June 2008. On 30 June 2008 the club's official website confirmed that Liam Watson had rejoined Southport as first team manager following his resignation from Burscough. This change saw the arrival of numerous part-time players, following Watson from Burscough including Conference North top scorer Ciaran Kilheeney, Watson's co-Players of the Year – Adam Flynn and Anthony McMillan, as well former Southport players, Matty McGinn, Earl Davis, Robbie Booth and Steve Daly. Retained players, Michael Powell and Neil Robinson, chose to return to part-time football, whilst Matt Hocking, Neil Prince and club captain, Chris Holland left the club. Kevin Lee and Tony Gray signed new part-time contracts at the start of the season, and thus Southport practically returned fully to a part-time club. During that season Tony Gray and John Doolan departed the club, as well as Craig Noone, who moved to Championship side Plymouth Argyle. The 2008–09 season saw Southport reach the Conference North play-offs, having finished in fifth place. However, a home defeat, followed by an away draw against Gateshead left Southport to battle for a further season in the Conference North. Only four defeats during 2009–2010 saw Southport finally secure the League title following a 3–0 away victory at Eastwood Town on the final Saturday of the season, spurred on by over 700 travelling Sandgrounders. They finished just one point ahead of near neighbours Fleetwood Town. The success of the first team, who also lifted the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy following victory against Clitheroe at the Reebok Stadium, was mirrored by the club's youth team who won both the Lancashire League and Conference North Youth League. In 2010–11, they finished in the relegation zone of the Conference National, but were reprieved after Rushden & Diamonds were expelled from the league. The 2011–12 season saw a change of fortune for the club, with the implementation of a new, extended training schedule seeing an upturn in performances and results. On 26 November 2011, a club record of consecutive away victories was broken with the Sandgrounder's 1–0 win at Stockport County, their 8th in succession. Although narrowly missing out on a play off spot, having occupied one of the top five positions for long periods of the season, the 2011/12 season saw the 'Port finish in a very impressive 7th place, the clubs highest league finish in 10 years. During the 2012–13 season Southport failed to repeat its successful performance in the prior season and finished 5th from bottom, just one place above the relegation zone. On 17 April 2013 it was announced that Watson would be leaving Southport once again, but on more amiable terms resigning in order to take a break from the game. On 15 May 2013, Alan Wright was appointed Southport manager, along with John Hills as his assistant manager. Southport kicked off the 2013/14 season with a 1–0 home win over Luton Town, just the beginning of a good start to the season, Wright managed the team to four straight home wins. However the good form didn't last long, a run of 8 straight defeats away from home saw Wright's side drop to the lower half of the table. A 2–2 draw to Macclesfield ended the losing away run, followed by a 6–2 victory over Marske United in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round and a 1–0 win against previously unbeaten table toppers Cambridge United. This looked like a catalyst for a turnaround in fortunes, however Southport lost their next six games, eliminated from both the FA Cup and FA Trophy, and sat in 18th place in the table, Alan Wright left the club on Friday 7 December 2013. His replacement was named just a day later on Saturday 8 Decebmer 2013, as John Coleman, former Accrington Stanley manager, who had previously played for Southport over 25 years earlier. Trust in Yellow is the Supporters Trust of the club. It was formed on 26 April 2006 by a set of supporters who were unhappy with the lack of communication between the club and its fans in an effort to get more involved and have a bigger say in the running of the club. T.I.Y. is a member of Supporters Direct, a body funded by Sport England. The aims of the Trust include, building relationships between the supporters and the fans and to help the club in its efforts to achieve success. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The following individuals played international football as well as playing for or managing Southport.

Henri_Eyebe_Ayissi

Henri_Eyebe_Ayissi 2008-12-08T08:55:48Z Henri Eyebe Ayissi (born September 24, 1955) is a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Relations since September 2007. Ayissi was born in Mbellé 2, a village in Obala District, Lekie Department, Center Province. After working at the Inspection Générale of the State from November 1981 to September 1982, he worked under the Prime Minister as Head of the Department of Legal Studies and Deputy Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs from September 1982 to February 1984. From August 1984 to September 1985 he worked at the Ministry of Public Service as Head of the Division of Research and Regulations. From September 1985 to January 1987, he was First Chargé d'études in the Division of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Planning, and on January 7, 1987, he became Secretary of Ministerial Councils at the Presidency of the Republic. He was then appointed as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing in the government named on September 7, 1990, serving in that position until he was replaced in the government named on November 27, 1992. In 1998, he became Inspector-General of the Services of the Ministry of Higher Education, and he subsequently served as Inspector-General on Electoral Issues at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. He was appointed as Foreign Minister by President Paul Biya on September 7, 2007, replacing Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara, and he was installed in office on September 10, 2007. This article about a Cameroonian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Henri_Eyebe_Ayissi 2010-10-25T04:01:23Z Henri Eyebe Ayissi (born September 24, 1955) is a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who has served in the government of Cameroon as Minister of Foreign Relations since September 2007. Eyebe Ayissi was born in Mbellé, a village in Obala District, Lekie Department, Center Province. After working at the Inspection Générale of the State from November 1981 to September 1982, he worked under the Prime Minister as Head of the Department of Legal Studies and Deputy Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs from September 1982 to February 1984. From August 1984 to September 1985 he worked at the Ministry of Public Service as Head of the Division of Research and Regulations. From September 1985 to January 1987, he was First Chargé d'études in the Division of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Planning, and on January 7, 1987, he became Secretary of Ministerial Councils at the Presidency of the Republic. He was then appointed to the government as Minister of Urban Planning and Housing on September 7, 1990, serving in that position until he was replaced in the government named on November 27, 1992. In 1998, Eyebe Ayissi became Inspector-General of the Services of the Ministry of Higher Education, and he subsequently served as Inspector-General on Electoral Issues at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. He was appointed as Foreign Minister by President Paul Biya on September 7, 2007, replacing Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara, and he was installed in office on September 10, 2007. Template:Persondata This article about a Cameroonian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Miss United States

Miss United States 2014-01-05T14:07:48Z Not to be confused with Miss America or Miss USA. Miss United States is believed to be the oldest beauty pageant in the country. The origins of the Miss United States pageant are currently being researched. The earliest Miss United States according to photographs is identified as Miss United States 1925, awarded to Miss California. Throughout the 20th century, the pageant industry experienced inconsistency and changes in leadership, as the United States was sensitive to war, economic depression, and company fallouts. There were at some times in history more than one Miss United States pageant. The organization as we know it today was trademarked in 2005 by the Mrs. United States Inc. of New York's owner Isabella Ilaqua. Between 1995-2005, Ilaqua trademarked the pageant as "Ms. United States." Currently, the national director of the Miss United States pageant is Christopher W. Wilmer, named to the title in 2011. Prior to becoming national director, Mr. Wilmer was a state director for Virginia and other Mid-Atlantic states. Today, the Miss United States pageant is a beauty contest held in the United States for unmarried women between the ages of 20-29. The 2014 Miss United States Pageant will be held in Washington, DC from July 1–6, 2014. The pageant includes women selected to represent all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and the American Samoa. The reigning Miss United States 2013 is Candiace Dillard (District of Columbia), crowned on July 7, 2013 at the Sphinx Club in Washington, DC. Miss Dillard, age 26, is a graduate of Howard University and is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. Miss Dillard focuses on a platform entitled "My Sister's Keeper," uniting female community leaders to provide youth mentorship to girls. Miss United States contestants represent their states either selected through official state pageants or appointments. In addition to Miss United States, the organization awards titles of Little Miss United States in ages 8–9, Miss Pre-Teen United States in ages 10–12, Miss Junior Teen United States in ages 13 – 15, Miss Teen United States in ages 16 – 19, and Ms. United States in ages 25 – 55, a division allowing women to compete who are divorced, widowed, and/or have given birth. The Miss United States Organization has selected Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society as their non-profit partner. In 2010, the owners of Miss United States also trademarked The "Little Miss United States" Organization for ages 8–9 and 10-12 in the Pre-Teen division. The oldest trademark registered for Miss United States is 1929 was by Bulova Corporation, noted as ladies wrist watches. It is unknown if the name was used as a product or a pageant. Confirmed Delegates. Currently: Miss District of Columbia 2014, Miss United States 2015-12-16T13:06:27Z Miss United States pageant is a beauty contest held in the United States for unmarried women between the ages of 20-29. the pageant includes women selected to represent all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marina Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands and the American Samoa. The reigning Miss United States 2015 is Summer Priester of South Carolina, crowned on July 5, 2015 at the UDC Theater in Washington, DC. Former Miss United States Elizabeth Safrit represented the United States at Miss World 2014 in London, United Kingdom on December 14 where she placed as the 2nd Runner Up. This is a list of women who have won the Miss United States beauty pageant since 2004.

Crossfire_(Eclipse_Comics)

Crossfire_(Eclipse_Comics) 2018-06-11T17:53:40Z Crossfire is a comic book series created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Dan Spiegle originally for Eclipse Comics. It was a spin off from DNAgents, which was also written by Evanier. The series featured the adventures of a Los Angeles bail bondsman named Jay Endicott; Endicott assumed the identity of the original Crossfire, a notorious criminal, who was murdered in the midst of one of his crimes. Endicott decided to use the costume to fight crime as a superhero while impersonating the original to take advantage of his reputation to secure, and then hunt down, underworld contacts. The original Crossfire, Jeff Baker, first appeared in DNAgents #4. Jay Endicott first appeared in DNAgents #9. In an early adventure, Endicott met the DNAgents and fell in love with their member, Rainbow. He was also seriously wounded and while in the care of the Agents' organization, he was given specific enhancements to his body such as replacing his blood with an artificial chemical that mimics the characteristics of blood more efficiently. In addition to the superhero adventures, Evanier used his considerable experience in the Hollywood entertainment industry to feature secondary stories of characters trying to work and survive in that business. In addition, Evanier also contributed lengthy essays on the subject in each issue with illustrations by Sergio Aragones, a tradition continued in the later series, Hollywood Superstars for Epic Comics. The series originally ran for 26 issues, but sold poorly. This prompted a change of format from color to black and white printing to reduce expense. In turn, the series took a more realistic tone to the stories such as Endicott having to make do with only his mask after he was forced to destroy the rest of his costume to escape police custody. In 1994 Antarctic Press published a one shot flip book DNAgents Super Special that included a new Crossfire story by Evanier and Spiegle. About Comics in 2004 released a black and white digest size collection of the first five issues (plus one issue of the tie-in series Whodunnit?) under the title Crossfire Volume 1: Hollywood Hero. The plans to produce further volumes were shelved due to unstable conditions in the comic book market at the time. The series had a new 8-page story in the one-shot comic book Many Happy Returns from About Comics in March 2008., Crossfire_(Eclipse_Comics) 2021-05-17T17:56:00Z Crossfire is a comic book series created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Dan Spiegle originally for Eclipse Comics. It was a spin off from DNAgents, which was also written by Evanier, set in the Image Universe. The series featured the adventures of a Los Angeles bail bondsman named Jay Endicott; Endicott assumed the identity of the original Crossfire, a notorious criminal, who was murdered in the midst of one of his crimes. Endicott decided to use the costume to fight crime as a superhero while impersonating the original to take advantage of his reputation to secure, and then hunt down, underworld contacts. The original Crossfire, Jeff Baker, first appeared in DNAgents #4. Jay Endicott first appeared in DNAgents #9. In an early adventure, Endicott met the DNAgents and fell in love with their member, Rainbow. He was also seriously wounded and while in the care of the Agents' organization, he was given specific enhancements to his body such as replacing his blood with an artificial chemical that mimics the characteristics of blood more efficiently. In addition to the superhero adventures, Evanier used his considerable experience in the Hollywood entertainment industry to feature secondary stories of characters trying to work and survive in that business. Evanier also contributed lengthy essays on the subject in each issue with illustrations by Sergio Aragones, a tradition continued in the later series, Hollywood Superstars for Epic Comics. The character Jay Endicott was also the lead in a short-lived spin-off from Eclipse Comics, "Whodunnit?". Lasting for three issues, the book featured "fair play" whodunit murder mystery tales solved by Crossfire's civil identity as a bailout officer and invited readers to submit their guesses for later publication and comment. The series originally ran for 26 issues, but sold poorly. This prompted a change of format from color to black and white printing to reduce expense. In turn, the series took a more realistic tone to the stories such as Endicott having to make do with only his mask after he was forced to destroy the rest of his costume to escape police custody. In 1994 Antarctic Press published a one shot flip book DNAgents Super Special that included a new Crossfire story by Evanier and Spiegle. About Comics in 2004 released a black and white digest size collection of the first five issues (plus one issue of the tie-in series Whodunnit?) under the title Crossfire Volume 1: Hollywood Hero. The plans to produce further volumes were shelved due to unstable conditions in the comic book market at the time. The series had a new 8-page story in the one-shot comic book Many Happy Returns from About Comics in March 2008. Template:Image Comics Universe

Fender_Elite_Stratocaster

Fender_Elite_Stratocaster 2008-08-13T16:01:42Z The Elite Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar made by Fender. It was introduced in 1983 and discontinued in 1984. Although known as the first Fender guitar to feature active electronics, the Elite Strat served as a template for the Eric Clapton signature model of 1988. This guitar featured an alder body, a maple neck featuring a rosewood or maple fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets, Schaller die-cast tuners with pearloid buttons, BiFlex truss-rod system with MicroTilt neck adjuster, Schaller Straplock Ready locking strap buttons, two hardened steel EasyGlider string trees, side-mount jack socket and a Freeflyte vibrato system. Other features included three special-design Alnico 5 single-coil pickups with solid covers and an internal dummy coil for hum cancellation, as well as three push-push buttons for pickup selection. Controls include a master volume, a TBX treble/bass expander and an active MDX midrange booster with 12dB of gain. Only very few Elite Stratocasters were sold with a standard 5-way switch and regular Strat knobs; two of these guitars built for Eric Clapton and Ty Tabor came with a traditional 50's era-style maple neck and a hardtail non-tremolo bridge. Two other variants of the guitar were introduced in late 1983, the Gold Elite Stratocaster with gold plated hardware and the Walnut Elite Stratocaster featuring a solid walnut body and a stained ebony fingerboard. The Elite Stratocaster and all its variants were discontinued in late 1984, due notably to performance problems generally associated with the unsuccessful Freeflyte bridge. Some of the Elite features are now found on the newer USA-made Fender guitars and basses made after the purchase of Fender from CBS by Bill Schultz in 1985. In addition to the Stratocaster model, the Elite Series line also included a twin-humbucker Telecaster and two Precision Bass guitars with one or two split-coil humbucking pickups and a fine-tuning bridge assembly. Japanese-made versions have been introduced in late 1983. They were similar to the American-made Elite guitars, except for the addition of a 22-fret fingerboard with a flat 9. 5" radius and medium-jumbo fretwire., Fender_Elite_Stratocaster 2009-12-10T20:23:25Z The Elite Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar manufactured by Fender. The Elite Stratocaster was introduced in 1983 and discontinued in 1984. It served as a template for the Eric Clapton signature model of 1988. The Elite Stratocaster was discontinued in late 1984, due to performance problems generally associated with the unsuccessful Freeflyte bridge. One player of the Elite model is Ty Tabor of King's X, who used this guitar to record the first four albums of that band. His gear setup still retains the preamp from the guitar, now rackmounted. Some of the Elite features have been incorporated into USA-made Fender guitars and basses made after the purchase of the Fender guitar company from CBS by Bill Schultz in 1985. For example the Eric Clapton, Richie Sambora (introduced in 1991) and Buddy Guy (introduced in 1995) signature guitars retain the TBX/MDX design from the Elite. Japanese-made versions have been introduced in late 1983. They were similar to the American-made Elite guitars, except for the addition of a 22-fret fingerboard with a flat 9. 5" radius and medium-jumbo fretwire. This guitar model featured an alder body, a maple neck featuring a rosewood or maple fingerboard with 21 jumbo frets, Schaller die-cast tuners with pearloid buttons, BiFlex truss-rod system with MicroTilt neck adjuster, Schaller Straplock Ready locking strap buttons, two hardened steel EasyGlider string trees, side-mount jack socket and a Freeflyte vibrato system, as well as three serrated "rubber insert"-style control knobs. The Freeflyte tremolo system differs significantly from previous Stratocaster tremolo designs. All routing is done from the front of the guitar. A cavity was created where the spring system would reside, and this connected to the bottom of the tremolo unit; the result was an unwieldy, unworkable piece of hardware. The company saved money this way by performing a single, front-sided rout on the guitar to accommodate the pickups, the tremolo, the preamp and the controls. Other features included three special-design Alnico 5 single-coil pickups with solid covers and an internal dummy coil for hum cancellation, as well as three push-push buttons for pickup selection. Controls include a master volume, a TBX treble/bass expander and an active MDX midrange booster with 12 dB of gain. The sound of the Elite Stratocaster can be described as a thicker, heavier sound than a traditional single-coil-equipped guitar, especially with the TBX and MDX circuits at their maximum. A few Elite Stratocasters were manufactured with a standard 5-way switch and standard Strat knobs. Two such guitars which were custom built for Eric Clapton came with a traditional '50s era-style maple neck and a hardtail non-tremolo bridge. Two other variants of the guitar were introduced in late 1983, the Gold Elite Stratocaster with gold plated hardware and the Walnut Elite Stratocaster featuring a solid walnut body and a stained ebony fingerboard.

André-Pierre Gignac

André-Pierre Gignac 2009-01-05T22:33:12Z André-Pierre "Dédé" Gignac (born 5 December 1985 in Martigues) is a French professional footballer currently playing for Toulouse in Ligue 1. He is the cousin of Valenciennes FC defender Jacques Abardonado. André-Pierre began his career with his local club FC Martigues before joining FC Lorient in 2004, who were, at the time, playing in Ligue 2. He would make his debut with Lorient on August 13, 2004, coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute with the score tied 1-1 against LB Châteauroux. Within seconds of coming on, he proceeded to score the game-winning goal giving Lorient a 2-1 victory. The following season, Lorient would achieve promotion to Ligue 1, however they would achieved it without André-Pierre's services as during the winter transfer period, he was loaned out to Championnat National side Pau FC, where he scored 8 goals in 18 appearances. His return to Lorient for the 2006-07 Ligue 1 season would be successful appearing in 37 matches and scoring 9 goals, leading the club in the latter. Following the season, on June 25, 2007, it was announced that André-Pierre had signed a four-year deal with Toulouse. However, soon after, it was revealed that Lorient had accepted a €4.5m bid from Lille OSC and that the player had already agreed to a pre-contract with the Northern-based side, thus putting his move to Toulouse in jeopardy. Despite this, Toulouse would trump Lille's offer offering the player more than double the salary he was expected to receive at Lille. Both clubs proceeded to attack each other with Toulouse questioning the legitimacy of Lille's agreement with the player and Lille questioning the ethics and practices of Toulouse. Eventually, André-Pierre move to Toulouse was validated. He would make his competitive debut for Toulouse in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match against Liverpool coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Toulouse would lose the match 0-1 and lose the series 0-5 on aggregate, thus being eliminated from the Champions League. Despite the hype, both André-Pierre and Toulouse would have disappointing 07-08 seasons with André-Pierre appearing in 28 matches and scoring only 2 goals. Toulouse would finish the season in 17th place, one short of relegation. Some have attributed Gignac's struggles to being forced to play second fiddle to Swedish striker Johan Elmander. For the 2008-09 season, Gignac's form would blossom as he moved into the first-choice striker role, due to the departure of Elmander to Bolton. So far this season, André-Pierre has scored 12 goals in 19 matches, passing Elmander's 11 goals from last season, which took him the entire season. His amazing form has also contributed to Toulouse's respectable 7th place finish heading into the winter break. André-Pierre has yet to received a call up from the France national football team. However, due to his recent form of play, it has been suggested that France coach Raymond Domenech will call him up for their friendly in February against Argentina. He is married and has a son, André-Pierre (born June 20, 2007). , André-Pierre Gignac 2010-12-05T04:18:14Z André-Pierre Gignac (French pronunciation: ; born 5 December 1985) is a French professional football player who currently plays for French club Marseille in Ligue 1 and the French national team. Of Romani heritage, Gignac began his career with Lorient before moving to Toulouse, amid controversial circumstances. After early struggles, Gignac reached prominence during the 2008–09 season becoming the league's top scorer netting 24 goals. He is the cousin of Valenciennes defender Jacques Abardonado and Yohan Mollo, who currently plays for Monaco. Gignac was born in the city of Martigues in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the south of France to a French father and a French mother of Algerian origin. He is married and has a son, also named André-Pierre. In an interview with French football magazine So Foot, Gignac revealed he is of Spanish Gypsy descent but considers himself to be an adopted Manouche stating, "I grew up with them, my wife is Manouche, so my son is automatically Manouche. My family live in caravans and work in the markets. When I am given clothes I pass them on to my mother-in-law so she can sell them. Sometimes I go with her and stand behind the stall." Gignac began his career with local club FC Martigues before joining the Lorient youth academy in 2002. He made his debut with Lorient in Ligue 2 on 13 August 2004 coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute with the score tied 1–1 against Châteauroux. Within seconds of coming on, he scored the winning goal giving Lorient a 2–1 victory. The following season, Lorient achieved promotion to Ligue 1, though without Gignac's services as he was loaned out to Championnat National side Pau FC during the winter transfer period, where he scored 8 goals in 18 appearances. He had a successful return to Lorient for the 2006–07 Ligue 1 season appearing in 37 matches and scoring 9 goals to become their leading goalscorer, including a hat trick in 27 minutes in the opening match of the season against Bretagne rivals Nantes. At the end of the season, on 25 June 2007, it was announced that Gignac had signed a four-year deal with Toulouse. However, it was revealed soon after that Lorient had accepted a €4.5m bid from Lille OSC and that the player had already agreed to a pre-contract with the Northern side, putting his move to Toulouse in jeopardy. Despite this, Toulouse trumped Lille's offer by offering the player more than double the salary he had been offered by Lille. The clubs entered a war of words with Toulouse questioning the legitimacy of Lille's agreement while Gignac and Lille questioned the ethics and tactics of Toulouse. Eventually, Gignac's move to Toulouse was validated. Gignac made his competitive debut for Toulouse in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match against Liverpool, coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. Toulouse lost the match 1–0 and conceded the two-legged tie 5–0 on aggregate, thus being eliminated from the Champions League. On 4 October 2007, after coming on as a substitute for Elmander, Gignac scored a last-minute goal against Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia to cancel out Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido's opening goal from the penalty spot and enable his team to progress to the group stages of the UEFA Cup on the away goals rule. Despite the hype, both Gignac and Toulouse had disappointing 2007–08 seasons with Gignac appearing in 28 matches and scoring only two goals. Toulouse finished the season in 17th place, just one place above the relegation zone. Some attributed Gignac's struggle for form to him playing second fiddle to Swedish striker Johan Elmander. In the 2008–09 season, Gignac's form blossomed as he became first-choice striker due to the departure of Johan Elmander to Bolton Wanderers. He scored his 1st goal of the season in just the second match against Le Havre with an 88th minute strike to seal a 2–1 victory. Over the course of the season, Gignac scored several vital goals for his club notably braces against Sochaux, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Marseille, and Nice twice, including his final two goals (23rd and 24th) of the season. He overtook Elmander (Toulouse's top scorer last year with 11 goals) during the 19th match. For his efforts, he was awarded the UNFP Player of the Month award twice for September and March, nominated for the Ligue 1 Player of the Year Award, which was won by Yoann Gourcuff, selected to the Ligue 1 Team of the Year, and received the Trophée du Meilleur Buteur for being the league's top scorer. Gignac switched to the number 10 shirt for the 2009–10 season and, on 14 August 2009, signed a one-year contract extension tying him to Toulouse until 2013. The extension signaled an end to rumors of a move during the fall transfer window, where the player had been linked with moves to fellow Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, Premier League clubs Arsenal and Manchester United, and Serie A clubs Juventus and A.C. Milan. Gignac scored his first goal of the season on 15 August 2009 in a 3–1 victory over Saint-Étienne. Five days later, he scored a brace in the first leg of the club's playoff round match against Turkish club Trabzonspor. The 3–1 result in the first leg was enough for Toulouse to reach the group stage of the competition where Gignac struck again, this time against Belgian club Brugge in a 2–2 draw. After going scoreless for seven weeks in the league, on 24 October, Gignac bagged the second goal in the club's 2–0 away win over Lens. The following week, he scored both goals in another 2–0 victory, this time against Sochaux. Two weeks later, Gignac netted the game winning goal against Rennes. On 16 January 2010, Gignac provided the assists on all three goals scored by the club in their 3–1 win over Valenciennes. Despite being injured for the majority of the spring campaign, Gignac finished the season as the club's top scorer. On 20 August 2010, prior to the start of the press conference for new signing Loïc Rémy, Marseille president Jean-Claude Dassier confirmed that the club had reached a tentative agreement with Toulouse for the transfer of Gignac. Gignac underwent a medical the following day and signed a five-year contract. The transfer fee is undisclosed, but is reported to be within the region of €16–18 million. On 3 November 2010, Gignac scored a hat-trick in the 7:0 away win against Slovak side MŠK Žilina in a Champions League match. Gignac received his first international call up for France for World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania. He missed the first match due to injury, but was fit enough to earn his first cap on 1 April 2009 coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute and providing the assist to Franck Ribéry's goal in the 1–0 victory. On 12 August 2009, Gignac scored France's lone goal after 42 minutes against last-place Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier in Tórshavn. On 10 October 2009, he scored a brace in a five-minute span, again against the Faroe Islands, in France's 5–0 thrashing of the Faroes in the return leg in Guingamp. Four days later, Gignac struck again against Austria scoring the final goal in France's 3–1 victory after appearing as a substitute for Thierry Henry in the second half. On 11 May 2010, Gignac was named to Domenech's 30-man preliminary squad to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was later named in the 23-man team to compete in the competition, and was handed the number 11 shirt for the tournament. On 11 June 2010, Gignac made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening group stage match against Uruguay appearing as a substitute in the second half, replacing Sidney Govou in the 85th minute. The match ended in a 0–0 stalemate. Gignac appeared in the final two group stage matches, which included a start against the hosts South Africa. France lost the match 2–1, which resulted in the team's elimination from the competition. (Correct as of 3 November 2010)

Oliver_Typewriter_Company

Oliver_Typewriter_Company 2007-11-12T15:31:48Z The Oliver Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The Oliver Typewriter was the first "visible print" typewriter, meaning the text was visible to the typist as it was being entered. Oliver typewriters were also the first to be successfully marketed for home use, with more than one million typewriters produced by the late 1920s. Reverend Thomas Oliver was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada on August 1, 1852. Having become interested in religion, Oliver moved to Monticello, Iowa after the death of his mother to serve as a Methodist minister. During this time, Oliver designed and developed his first typewriter, purportedly made of strips of tin cans, as a means produce more legible sermons. Around 1896, Oliver resigned and moved to Epworth, Iowa, where he accumulated $15,000 of capital and leased a building in which to manufacture the machines. While visiting Chicago in 1897, Oliver encountered a businessman named Delavan Smith, who became interested in the typewriter. Smith bought the majority of the company’s stock and manufacturing was moved to Woodstock, Illinois. Oliver was given an annual salary of $3,000 and a 65 percent interest in the company, where he was retained to develop the typewriter. Oliver was awarded his first typewriter patent, US Patent No. 450,107, on April 7, 1891. Oliver died suddenly of “heart disease” February 9, 1909 (age 56). The Oliver Typewriter Company began operating in 1895, with headquarters on the ninth floor of a building on the corner of Clark and Randolph Street in Chicago. Company headquarters moved to the Oliver Building when it was completed in 1907. Manufacturing remained in Woodstock, Illinois, where it was divided into six departments: type bar department, carriage department, assembly department, tabulators and adjustment, inspection department and aligning room. The Oliver was the first typewriter to achieve relatively successful home sales. Starting in 1899, the company encouraged customers to become distributers by selling directly to neighbors. Marketing relied on word of mouth, instead of a formal sales campaign, which emphasized "direct sales" (door to door) and, after 1905, sales on credit. In response to increased competition in the late 1910s, however, the company eliminated its network of local salesman and used the savings from commissions to reduce prices. Sales increased greatly and, at its peak, the company was producing 375 machines daily with a labor force of 875. In addition to those in Illinois, the company had branch offices in Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York, Omaha, St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle, all of which closed when Oliver shifted to mail order sales in March 1917. A minor recession in 1921-1922 prompted a large number customers to default on payments, resulting in the repossession of their typewriters. The company opted not to borrow money, and the decision was made to liquidate the company. In 1926 the company stopped production and only one employee, Chester Nelson, was retained to oversee the liquidation. In 1928 the Oliver Typewriter Company was sold to the British Oliver Typewriter Company of Surrey, England. All Oliver typewriters produced in England during World War II went to the British government to assist the war effort; none were available for private ownership. After the war, The British Oliver Typewriter Company licensed manufacturing to other European companies, including companies based in Austria and Italy. Production of all Oliver typewriters ended in May 1959. Designs used by the Oliver Company's contemporaries placed type arms in a “well” above the keyboard. Type arms on the Oliver, however, were bent in a bow (forming an inverted "U" shape) and rested in "towers" on the sides of the typewriter. This design, for the first time, left the full page clearly visible and allowed for some degree of assistance from gravity, causing harder striking. Additionally, the design reduced accumulation of particulates (e. g. dust) on the arms, which could cause jamming. The resulting, distinctive shape spawned the nickname "iron butterfly". The general design of the Oliver Typewriter remained mostly unchanged throughout its history. Oliver finished their machines with olive green paint or nickel-plating and white or black keyboards, depending on customer preference. Beginning with model No. 3, all machines were painted with an exception of machines to be exported to warm and damp regions, which were still nickel-plated. The color was changed from green to black with the introduction of model No. 11. The following models were produced in the United States between 1894 and 1928: Note: With the exception of model No. 2, even-numbered models were produced with extra keys for sale in countries with accented languages. The following models were produced by the British Oliver Typewriter Company in England between 1930 and 1942: The Linotype Company of Montreal, Canada produced a variant of the No. 3. A. Greger & Co. , a company in Vienna, Austria, also produced the No. 3 under the name “Courier” from 1903 to 1924. A. Greger & Co. also produced the machine as a “Jacobi”, named for its sewing machine division, for sale in Germany. , Oliver_Typewriter_Company 2009-03-15T19:19:04Z The Oliver Typewriter Company was an American typewriter manufacturer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The Oliver Typewriter was the first effective "visible print" typewriter, meaning text was visible to the typist as it was entered. Oliver typewriters were marketed heavily for home use, utilizing local distributors and sales on credit. Oliver produced more than one million machines between 1895 and 1928 and licensed its designs to several international firms. Competitive pressure and financial troubles resulted in the company's liquidation in 1928. The company’s assets were purchased by investors who formed The British Oliver Typewriter Company, which manufactured and licensed the machines until its own closure in the late 1950s. The last Oliver typewriter was produced in 1959. Thomas Oliver was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, on August 1, 1852. Having become interested in religion, Oliver moved to Monticello, Iowa, after the death of his mother, to serve as a Methodist minister. In 1888, Oliver began to develop his first typewriter, made from strips of tin cans, as a means of producing more legible sermons. He was awarded his first typewriter patent, US Patent No. 450,107, on April 7, 1891. After four years of development, a "crude working model" composed of 500 parts had been produced. Oliver resigned his ministry and moved to Epworth, Iowa, where he found investors willing to provide $15,000 of capital, and leased a building in which to manufacture his machines. While visiting Chicago to promote the machine, Oliver encountered businessman Delavan Smith, who became interested in the typewriter and bought the stock held by the Iowa investors. Oliver was given a 65% interest in the company and retained to continue development of the typewriter, at an annual salary of $3,000. Oliver died suddenly of heart disease on February 9, 1909, aged 56. The Oliver Typewriter Company had begun operating in 1895, with its headquarters on the ninth floor of a building on the corner of Clark and Randolph Street in Chicago. In 1896, manufacturing moved from Iowa to Woodstock, Illinois, when the City of Woodstock donated a vacant factory once used by the Wheeler and Tappan Company on the condition that the Oliver Typewriter Company remain there at least five years. Manufacturing was divided into six departments: type bar, carriage, assembly, tabulators and adjustment, inspection, and an aligning room. The company's headquarters moved to the Oliver Building, now a Chicago landmark on the National Register of Historic Places, when it was completed in 1907. Starting in 1899, the company established sales networks by encouraging customers to become local distributors. This method of marketing relied on word of mouth and emphasized sales made directly to neighbors (door-to-door) and, after 1905, sales on credit. In response to increased competition in the late 1910s, however, the company eliminated its network of local salesman and used the resulting savings in commissions to reduce the typewriter's $100 price by half. Sales increased and, at its peak, the company's labor force of 875 was producing 375 machines daily. In addition to its offices in Illinois, the company had branch offices in Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York City, Omaha, St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle, all of which closed when Oliver shifted to mail order sales in March 1917. A minor recession in 1921–22 caused a large number of customers to default on their payments, resulting in the repossession of their typewriters. The company opted not to borrow money and, in 1926, the board of directors voted to liquidate the company. Only one employee, Chester Nelson, was retained to oversee the company's liquidation. In 1928, the Oliver Typewriter Company was sold to investors who formed the British Oliver Typewriter Company in Croydon, England. Production of Oliver’s original, three-rowed keyboard design was discontinued in 1931 when the company began to produce a rebranded model of the “Fortuna” typewriter, a four-rowed German design. In 1935, the company began to produce the Halda-Norden standard typewriter, another licensed design, as model No. 20. The company, however, had to retool its machines and return to the original Oliver design when the British government placed large orders for the three-rowed No. 15 at the outbreak of World War II. Production of the No. 20 resumed around 1947, at which time the company began to license the Oliver name to several European manufacturing companies. The standard desktop machine was eventually discontinued in favor of portable models; the company began to sell a German design, the Siemag Standard, as the Oliver standard. In 1958, Oliver purchased the Byron Typewriter Company, previously the Barlock Typewriter Company, of Nottingham. The licensing ventures were ultimately unsuccessful, and the company's machine tools were transferred to a factory in Germany. Production of all Oliver typewriters ended in May 1959. The general design of Oliver typewriters remained mostly unchanged throughout the company's history. The Olivers are "down strike" typewriters, meaning the typebars strike the platen (also known as the roller) from above, rather than from below ("up strike") or from the front ("front strike"). Unlike the "up strike" method, which prints text out of sight on the underside of the platen, the "down strike" is a "visible print" design, meaning the full page is visible to the typist as the text is being entered. The relatively greater striking power of the "down strike" design led Olivers to be preferred for specialty uses such as stencil cutting or "manifolding" (copying using carbon paper). The "front strike" method, a competing "visible print" design, was patented around the same time (1889–91), but an effective machine that did not interfere with the typist’s line of sight was not available until 1897 when, roughly three years after the introduction of the Oliver No. 1, the Underwood No. 1 appeared on the market. The Oliver’s typebars are bent in a bow (forming an inverted "U" shape) and rest in "towers" on the sides of the typewriter. This design limited the machine to a three-row QWERTY keyboard as the typebars were stacked such that they grew progressively larger as more were added. The size and usability implications of adding additional keys and thus, more typebars, precluded the addition of a fourth keyboard row dedicated to numbers. Although a four-row prototype was designed in 1922, it was shelved due to the company’s financial troubles at that time. The No. 20, No. 21 and portable models produced by the British Oliver Typewriter Company had four-row keyboards. Oliver typewriters were finished with olive green paint or nickel-plating and white or black keyboards, depending on customer preference. Beginning with model No. 3, machines were painted green except some variants to be exported to warm or damp regions, which were chrome-plated. The color was changed from green to black on the introduction of model No. 11. Oliver typewriters made for the British war effort were supplied with a "war finish". The following models were produced in the United States between 1894 and 1928: With the exception of model No. 2, even-numbered models were produced with extra keys (32 versus 28 keys) for sale in countries with accented languages. The following models were produced by the British Oliver Typewriter Company between 1930 and 1942: Oliver typewriter designs were licensed for production in several countries. Variants of model No. 3 were produced by The Linotype Company of Montreal and A. Greger & Co. of Vienna. Models produced by licensees were marketed under various names including “Courier” (Austria), "Fiver" (Germany), “Stolzenberg” (continental Europe) and “Revilo” (Argentina). Revilo, Oliver backwards, was used to avoid royalty payments on the Oliver name, which had already been registered. Template:Companies portal

51st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

51st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards 2008-06-15T05:49:17Z Template:Infobox Emmy Awards The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 12, 1999. The awards show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold. , 51st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards 2009-11-28T13:09:35Z Template:Infobox Emmy Awards The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 12, 1999. The awards show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Flute_Sonata_in_E_major,_BWV_1035

Flute_Sonata_in_E_major,_BWV_1035 2008-07-05T23:26:32Z Sonata in E major for flute or recorder and basso continuo by J. S. Bach (BWV 1035) is a sonata in 4 movements: Template:Multi-listen start Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen end This article about a classical composition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Flute_Sonata_in_E_major,_BWV_1035 2009-09-09T03:30:57Z Sonata in E major for flute or recorder and basso continuo by J. S. Bach (BWV 1035) is a sonata in 4 movements: The basso continuo can be provided by a variety of instruments. For example in complete Bach recordings, Stephen Preston on Brilliant Classics (originally recorded by CRD UK) is accompanied by harpsichord and viola da gamba while on Hänssler Classic Jean-Claude Gérard is accompanied by piano and bassoon. This article about a composition for a chamber music group is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

The_Palmetum,_Malakpet

The_Palmetum,_Malakpet 2007-11-13T07:03:51Z The Palmetum is a specialized botanical garden located in the Malakpet area, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The Palmetum is a botanical garden featuring only one family of plants, the palm. The collection contains all six subfamilies within the family Arecaceae, with a total of about 120 varieties of 250 trees. It was iniated in 2002 by Chandramohan Reddy, Director of Urban Forestry, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. Some of the samples were obtained from Malaysia and Madagascar. , The_Palmetum,_Malakpet 2009-03-20T01:29:03Z The Palmetum is a specialized botanical garden located in the Malakpet area, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. The Palmetum is a botanical garden featuring only one family of plants, the palm. The collection contains all six subfamilies within the family Arecaceae, with a total of about 120 varieties of 250 trees. It was iniated in 2002 by Chandramohan Reddy, Director of Urban Forestry, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. Some of the samples were obtained from Malaysia and Madagascar.

Oxford City Stars

Oxford City Stars 2006-12-09T17:10:54Z team Swindon npower Wildcats are an Ice Hockey team; they were originally formed with this name in 1986 as a council-operated venture before being privatised in the early 90s. Changes in ownership led to a name change for the 1996/97 season (Swindon IceLords). Subsequent owners in a short period of time saw several different clubs play out of the Swindon rink, including Swindon Chill (1998-2000), Swindon Phoenix (2000-2001) and Swindon Lynx (2001-2004). Former player Steve Nell, referee Mark Thompson, and encumbent volunteers secured the operation of the team in 2004, immediately reverting the club to their original name much to the delight of the resurgent fan-base. Sponsored by national energy company, RWE npower plc, the npower Wildcats compete in the English Premier Ice Hockey League. Premier League, Oxford City Stars 2007-12-27T11:02:10Z team The Oxford City Stars are an ice hockey team based in Oxford, England. They currently play in the English National League, South. Formed in 1984 with the opening of the Oxford Ice Rink, they are the first team playing at senior level in the city. Oxford University had previously formed a team that had folded. The Stars were entered into British League Division 2 and won the league championship in their inaugural season. In following season, the Stars progressed to Division 1 but were relegated back to Division 2 at the end of the 1986–87 season. Division 2 was renamed English Division 1 the following year. The 1990–91 season saw the Stars win the English League Division 1 Title. This was one of Oxford's greatest moments with the team winning 23 of a possible 28 games. The British Hockey League was replaced by the English National Hockey League in 1996 and Oxford Stars changed their name to the Oxford Chill. During the 1997–98 season a failure at the rink saw the team playing their home games in Swindon during which the team advanced to the English Premier Ice Hockey League. For the following season the team was once again renamed as the Oxford Blades and lost every single game, 32 in total. These results led to the team collapsing in 1999 due to high running costs and poor attendance. Oxford City Stars returned for the 2000–01 season and finished third in the league. However they found themselves unable to sign enough players for the 2002–03 season and once again folded. The Stars returned and shone once again under the stewardship of club legend Dan Prachar who assembled an exciting team mixing players from Swindon and Oxford. With crowds improving and the team winning consistently the team finished second only to the all conquering Invicta Dynamos. They also smashed Oxford University in the annual Town v Gown and reached the national cup final only to lose out to Sheffield. Despite retaining most of their squad the Stars could not improve on the previous years success however they did sign a sponsorship deal with national restaurant chain Smollenskys. On a sad note high scoring import and team talisman Derek Flint left to go home to Vancouver. The Stars entered the Premier league cup as well as the English National league and this stretched the squad too far with the fixtures building up and morale fading. Along with the loss of Derek Flint the team struggled in the lower half of the team despite being able to beat any team on their day. Towards the end of the season coach Dan Prachar was replaced by veteran defenceman Paul Donohoe who steadied the ship till the end of the season. The off-season saw a number of Oxford players sign for the newly formed Swindon Wildcats Development Team. This left the management with work to do finding replacements before the beginning of the 2006–07 season. The 2006/07 season saw the Stars use more local players than in previous seasons with a number of younger players getting a chance in the team. Under the guidance of coach Darryl Morvan and his assistant Paul Foster the Stars started the season inconsistently but hit form at the right time and shocked everyone by sneaking in to the final play off spot with a last gasp win over local rivals Swindon in front of a partisan crowd in Oxford. The play offs were a step too far for the young City Stars squad however they still had one last surprise up their sleeve when they beat league champions Invicta Dynamos 4-1 to ruin the Kent clubs play off hopes. Despite fears over the future of Oxford ice rink the Stars entered the 2007/08 season with virtually the same squad as the previous season.

Clive_Scott

Clive_Scott 2011-09-18T12:48:53Z Clive Scott was a former keyboard player of the British 1970s pop / rock group, Jigsaw, as well as the composer of most of the group's recordings, together with the singer, Des Dyer. The band's merits include the million-selling 1975 hit single "Sky High", reaching top placing on both sides of the Atlantic as well as in Japan. Scott and Dyer co-wrote the song "Who Do You Think You Are", a hit for Candlewick Green and in the 90's for Saint Etienne in the United Kingdom, and for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods in the United States. After Jigsaw split in the 1980s, Scott had been working as a songwriter and record producer for other musicians, together with Ian Levine. His work has been recorded by Nicki French, Bad Boys Inc, Boyzone, Jon Otis and many others. Most recently, Scott and Levine had written and produced the albums Northern Soul 2007 and Disco 2008, both recorded in Scott's 'Racetrack' Studios in Ascot, Berkshire. Scott died on 10 May 2009. He had fallen from a ladder two weeks earlier and had brain surgery. Scott had a stroke shortly thereafter, and did not survive. He was 64 and is survived by his widow Ann and 15 year old son Sam. Template:Persondata, Clive_Scott 2013-03-15T07:38:32Z Clive Scott was a keyboard player of the British 1970s pop / rock group, Jigsaw, as well as the composer of most of the group's recordings, together with the singer, Des Dyer. The band's merits include the million-selling 1975 hit single "Sky High", reaching top placing on both sides of the Atlantic as well as in Japan. Scott and Dyer co-wrote the song "Who Do You Think You Are", a hit for Candlewick Green and in the 1990s for Saint Etienne in the United Kingdom, and for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods in the United States. After Jigsaw split in the 1980s, Scott had been working as a songwriter and record producer for other musicians, together with Ian Levine. His work has been recorded by Nicki French, Bad Boys Inc, Boyzone, Jon Otis and many others. Most recently, Scott and Levine had written and produced the albums Northern Soul 2007 and Disco 2008, both recorded in Scott's 'Racetrack' Studios in Ascot, Berkshire. Scott died on 10 May 2009. He had fallen from a ladder two weeks earlier and had brain surgery. Scott had a stroke shortly thereafter, and did not survive. He was 64 and is survived by his widow Ann and 15-year-old son Sam. Template:Persondata

Léner_Quartet

Léner_Quartet 2008-10-14T13:55:11Z The Léner String Quartet, sometimes written the Lehner String Quartet, was a very famous musical ensemble of Hungarian origin, founded in Budapest in 1918, which for most of its pre-war career operated in or from London. The Léner made the first complete recorded cycle of Beethoven quartets. The original founding lineup of the Quartet, which lasted throughout the 1920s and into the 1930s, was as follows: 1st violin: Jenö Léner (or Lehner) 2nd viloin: Joszef Smilovits viola: Sándor Roth violoncello: Imre Hartmann Paige Ballard's underwear In later manifestations of the ensemble, Paul Rolland (viola) and Laszlo Varga (cello) were players in the Léner Quartet. Jenö Léner was born at Szabadka, Hungary (later annexed to Jugoslavia), on 24 June 1894. He studied at the Royal High School for Music in Budapest. He founded the quartet in 1918 and was its leader. The Léner Quartet recorded extensively during the 1920s and 1930s for Columbia Records, a partnership which received a strong impetus from the centenary of Beethoven's death in 1927, when a core of the Beethoven quartets were recorded or begun (L series). This was followed up in 1928 with the Schubert centenary, for which the Léner recorded the Octet. The LX prefix records below were mainly issued between 1933 and 1936. Their principal recordings of complete works (all 78rpm Columbia) in that period are as follows: This article about a classical ensemble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Léner_Quartet 2009-03-19T08:32:32Z The Léner String Quartet, sometimes written the Lehner String Quartet, was a musical ensemble of Hungarian origin, founded in Budapest in 1918, which for most of its pre-war career operated in or from London. The Léner made the first complete recorded cycle of Beethoven quartets. The original founding lineup of the Quartet, which lasted throughout the 1920s and into the 1930s, was as follows: 1st violin 2nd violin viola 'cello In later manifestations of the ensemble, Paul Rolland (viola) and Laszlo Varga (cello) were players in the Léner Quartet. Jenö Léner was born at Szabadka, Hungary (later annexed to Yugoslavia), on 24 June 1894. He studied at the Royal High School for Music in Budapest. He founded the quartet in 1918 and was its leader. The Léner Quartet recorded extensively during the 1920s and 1930s for Columbia Records, a partnership which received a strong impetus from the centenary of Beethoven's death in 1927, when a core of the Beethoven quartets were recorded or begun (L series). This was followed up in 1928 with the Schubert centenary, for which the Léner recorded the Octet. The LX prefix records below were mainly issued between 1933 and 1936. Their principal recordings of complete works (all 78rpm Columbia) in that period are as follows: This article about a classical ensemble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

F.C. Copenhagen

F.C. Copenhagen 2005-02-05T17:37:22Z FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. The club was formed in 1992 after a merger of two clubs: BK København (founded in 1876, mainland Europe's oldest club), and Boldklubben 1903., F.C. Copenhagen 2006-12-31T23:40:10Z current F.C. Copenhagen (Danish: F.C. København, or FCK in short) is a Danish football team located in Copenhagen. It is a part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment company. They play in the Danish Superliga and is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football. They have won five Danish Superliga championships, three Danish Cup trophies, and the Scandinavian tournament Royal League two times. They qualified for the 2006-07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, for the first time in club history. F.C. Copenhagen was founded in 1992, as a merger between 15-time Danish football champions Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and seven-time Danish football champions Boldklubben 1903, both clubs from Copenhagen. The club plays its matches at the Parken Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches. Since its founding, F.C. Copenhagen have had a fierce rivalry with fellow Copenhagen club Brøndby IF, and the so-called "New Firm" games between the two sides attract the biggest crowds in Danish football. The two Copenhagen clubs Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and Boldklubben 1903 merged to found F.C. Copenhagen on 1 July 1992. FCK used B1903's club license to start its history in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship, while KB became the official reserve team of the club. With the rebuilding of the Parken Stadium, Denmark's national team stadium, the new club had a ready-made, top-modern stadium to play at. The first ambition of the club was to continually qualify for one of the European competitions each season. The means to attain these goals were a solid economy built upon a big fan base, and an "attractive and positive style of football". The club was managed by Benny Johansen, and in its first season, FCK got off to a great start. FCK made their first appearances in the European tournaments when they beat Swiss team Grasshopper Zürich 2-1 in the 1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup. FCK won the Intertoto Cup that year, and qualified for the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated in the second round by French team AJ Auxerre. The club won the 1992-93 Superliga season one point ahead of Odense BK in second place, and two points ahead of third placed Brøndby IF. For the 1993-94 Superliga season, expectations were high for FCK. The start of the season was marked by a 0-6 loss to Italian team A.C. Milan in the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League qualification. FCK went on winter break as the third placed team in the first half of the Superliga season. In spring 1994, F.C. Copenhagen gained on leaders Silkeborg IF. In the penultimate match of the season, the two teams met at Parken. In front of a record setting attendance of 26,679 spectators, FCK won the match 4-1. They were one point ahead of Silkeborg, but as FCK lost 3-2 to Odense BK in the last game of the season, they had to settle for second place. For the next three seasons, FCK found no success in the Superliga, but went on to win two Danish Cup trophies. FCK won the 1995 Cup final against Akademisk Boldklub with a superior 5-0 win, qualifying for European football once again, despite mediocre results in the league. Kim Brink took over as manager in 1996, but despite winning the second Cup trophy for the club, the 8th place in the 1996-97 Superliga season prompted yet another manager replacement. In February 1997, FCK got a new management, when Flemming Østergaard entered the board of the club as vice chairman and CEO. In November 1997, FCK was introduced on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange through a successful IPO, generating DKK 75 million. The 1997-98 season marked the first season that FCK averaged more than 10,000 spectators at their home games, and the club bought their stadium Parken for DKK 138 million in June 1998. The self-appointed "best manager in Denmark" Christian Andersen took the manager seat in January 1999. After just 30 controversial days, Andersen was fired, which started a strained relationship between Andersen and Østergaard. FCK made its then biggest imprint in the European tournaments when it faced Chelsea F.C. in the second round of the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the first game at Stamford Bridge, Bjarne Goldbæk gave FCK the lead 1-0, nine minutes before the end, but Chelsea managed to score in the last minute of the game. Chelsea won the second game at Parken on a goal scored the Dane Brian Laudrup. At the post-match press conference, it was announced that Brian Laudrup was signing with FCK from January 1999, with Bjarne Goldbæk signing for Chelsea. A four-time Danish Player of the Year award winner, Brian Laudrup could not help FCK improve their league position as they ended 7th in the 1998-99 Superliga season. Laudrup stayed half a year in FCK, before switching to Ajax Amsterdam at the end of the season in summer 1999. In the 1999-2000 season, still struggled, and ended 8th in the league table. In the winter 2000 transfer window, South African striker Sibusiso Zuma was bought by FCK, and in May 2000, English manager Roy Hodgson was hired. From the 2000-01 season, things went well for FCK. They won their second Superliga championship, when FCK won 3-1 in the last New Firm match of the season, played at Parken. The 2-0 goal was a bicycle kick by Sibusiso Zuma. Zuma received the ball in chest height, bouncing the ball in the air with his chest, and in the same motion making the overhead kick. Zuma volleyed the ball into the far corner, out of reach of Brøndby keeper Mogens Krogh. This goal was one of the best ever scored in the Superliga, and was awarded as the Danish goal of the year. Hodgson broke his contract with FCK a few weeks after celebrating the championship, signing with Italian team Udinese Calcio, and he was replaced by Swede Hans Backe. FCK faced Italian team S.S. Lazio in the UEFA Champions League qualfication, but a 2-1 win in the first game was not enough, as Lazio won 5-3 on aggregate. FCK entered the UEFA Cup, where they defeated Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 on a goal by left back Niclas Jensen. In the next round, German team Borussia Dortmund eliminated FCK. The 2001-02 Superliga season ended in disappointment for FCK. Brøndby won the championship on goal difference, after FCK had caught up with Brøndby's 10 point lead after the first half of the season. In the penultimate round of the 2002-03 Superliga season, FCK faced Brøndby at Brøndby Stadium. In extra time, Hjalte Nørregaard scored his first goal for FCK, and brought the championship back to Parken. Under Backe, FCK went on to win the 2004 and 2006 Danish championships and the 2004 Danish Cup. F.C. Copenhagen also won the inaugural 2004-05 edition of the Royal League tournament, beating Swedish team IFK Göteborg on penalty shootout in the 2005 final. FCK repeated the achievement in the 2006 edition of the tournament, after this time beating Norwegian team Lillestrøm S.K. 1-0 in the 2006 final. Backe became the longest serving coach for FCK, before leaving the club in December 2005, vacating the manager spot for former FCK player Ståle Solbakken. For the 2006-07 season, FCK was reinforced by Danish national team player Jesper Grønkjær. FCK looked forward to the 2006 UEFA Champions League qualifiers, where they beat Ajax Amsterdam. For the first time in the club's history, FCK entered the group stage of the Champions League, being grouped with Scottish club Celtic F.C., Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Manchester United from England. F.C. Copenhagen is owner of their stadium, the national arena Parken. It was built in 1992 - the same year FCK was founded. Until Parken opened, they played their home matches at the much smaller Østerbro Stadion, which is located just next door. In Parken there are 42,305 seats, but in the future the Coca-Cola stand will be demolished, and replaced by a new one. Hereby the capacity will be raised to 42,765. On 2006-11-11 chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, Flemming Østergaard, told about the good dialog with Copenhagen Municipality about the construction permit, and the possibility about building a multiarena at Parken. F.C. Copenhagen is in the Superliga playing in white shirts, white shorts and white socks with blue Kappa logos. Away in the Superliga, they are playing in black shirts, black shorts and black sock. White Kappa logos. In European games, the home shirt is white, with big black Kappa logos on the shoulders. The away shirt is red, with big white Kappa logos on the shoulders. The third shirt is azure, with big white Kappa logos on the shoulders. Accurate as of December 4th 2006: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Accurate as of December 2nd 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Updated at December 10 2006 (In brackets debut year) Most matches Most goals Biggest victory in the Superliga Biggest defeat in the Superliga Biggest victory in European cups Biggest defeat in European cups Spectator record start League 2006-07 |}

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Ivelin Popov

Ivelin Popov 2019-01-01T19:20:02Z Ivelin Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Spartak Moscow and the Bulgaria national team as an attacking midfielder. Born in Sofia, Popov started to play football in Septemvri Sofia's academy. In 2005, he trained for four months with Feyenoord but did not sign with the team because he was not 18 years old. After that, he returned to Bulgaria and played in a tournament for Beroe's youth team and there he was spotted by the Litex Lovech scouts. On 14 July 2005, he even scored a goal for Beroe in a friendly game. Popov signed his first professional contract with Litex Lovech in December 2005. He made his European debut in the first leg of Round of 32 Stage in a 0–0 draw against Strasbourg; he made his official debut in the Bulgarian top division in a match against CSKA Sofia on 12 March 2006. He played 59 minutes. The result of the match was a 1–1 draw. On 9 April 2006 he scored his first goal in professional football against Lokomotiv Sofia. The result of the match was a 3–1 win for Litex. The same season, Popov played in 11 matches and scored five goals. In two consecutive seasons, Popov was third placed in the voting for Young player of the year award in 2005–06 and 2006/07 seasons. In 2007/08 UEFA Cup, Popov scored a brace, in a first leg of second round, in a 3-0 win over Besa Kavajë. Eventually, Litex Lovech advanced to the next round, losing to Hamburg in two's leg. On 18 September 2008, Popov scored a goal in the first round of the UEFA Cup against Aston Villa. In July 2009, Popov was given the captain's armband. At the end of the season, Popov was awarded A League's player of the season after having the most votes in the poll. In August 2010, he went on trial to Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. He impressed the club, whereafter he received a contract offer, but the move collapsed over his work permit rejected by the British Government, having not played enough international matches. On 25 August 2012, Popov joined Russian Premier League club Kuban Krasnodar on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. According to Chempionat.com, the fee was worth 2 million. He made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Marcos Pizzelli, in a 2-1 win over Dynamo Moscow on 2 September 2012. On 26 October 2012, Popov scored his first goal for the club in a 1-0 win over Rostov. Less than a month later he scored his first brace, putting two goals past Krylia Sovetov and contributing with an assist in a 4-1 home victory. On 13 April 2013, Popov scored a late equalizer in a 2-2 draw away from home to Terek Grozny. On 4 May, he scored a brace as Kuban beat Rostov 2-0 away from home on. On the last day of the 2012–13 season, Popov scored the only goal in a vital 1-0 home victory over Anzhi Makhachkala, securing Kuban a European debut in the Third Qualifying Round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League and earning them their best ever finish in the top flight at 5th, having the same points as 4th-placed Spartak Moscow. He finished the season with 9 goals as the club's top goalscorer together with Aras Özbiliz. Because of his outstanding performance in the 2012–13 season, Popov was appointed as captain of Kuban Krasnodar for the 2013–2014 season. He captained his team to its first away victory of the season over Russian Premier League newcomer, Tom Tomsk, by contributing with a pair of assists. The match ended with a 1-2 score. His first brace came shortly after, in a historical first ever match in a European championship for Kuban. He netted 2 goals in a 0-2 away victory over Scottish Premier League runners-up Motherwell in the first leg of a qualifying match for the UEFA Europa League. Both goals were assisted by teammate Ibrahima Baldé. This resulted in his jersey being displayed in the National football museum. On 28 April 2014, Ivelin Popov scored an away brace against strong Spartak Moscow in a 0-2 victory. This outstanding performance got him voted as player of week 27 in the Russian Premier League. He continued his good run the week after, which saw him providing 2 assist, marking a 4-0 victory over Krylia Sovetov. The first assist was turned into a goal, scored by fellow Bulgarian teammate Stanislav Manolev, marking his first goal for the club after recently being transferred from PSV Eindhoven. Popov was named man of the match for the second time in a row, earning him a spot in Russian premier league team of the week. He finished his season in Russia having provided 12 assists; making him the joint top assists provider of the season, alongside Danny from Zenit St. Petersburg. He was also included in the team of the season 2013–2014, because of his consistency throughout the whole campaign. On 3 June 2015, it was announced that Popov had signed a long-term contract with Spartak Moscow. It was reported that the signing fee cost the club about €7 million. Popov made his league debut for Spartak as a starter in a 2-2 home draw to Ufa on 17 July. He scored his first two official goals for the club on 23 September, in a 7-0 win away to Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup. He followed that with his first league goal for the club, coming against Zenit as Spartak drew 2-2 at home. The goal featured a spectacular lob over Zenit defender Javi García, followed by another lob over the goalkeeper Yuri Lodigin. Popov's performance earned him the Best Player award for the 10th round of the 2015–16 Russian Premier League, as well as the most valuable player award for the month of September. He scored for the third consecutive game on 3 October, netting the only goal in a 1-0 win away to Mordovia Saransk. On 30 April 2017, he provided two assists in a 1-2 away victory over city rivals, CSKA Moscow, which earned him a spot in the Russian Premier League team of the week for matchday 26. On 12 January 2018, he joined FC Rubin Kazan on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He scored on his debut for the club, in a 1-1 away draw against Anzhi on 2 March 2018. On 7 April 2018, he scored a brace in a 3-2 home win against Akhmat, which saw him being named Man of the Match for the second match in a row. In August 2007, Dimitar Penev called Popov up to the Bulgaria national team squad for the friendly match with Wales. On 11 February 2009, he scored his first goal for Bulgaria against Switzerland. On 2 April 2009, Popov scored the first of two goals for Bulgaria in the 2-0 win against Cyprus. On 9 February 2011, Popov scored twice from the penalty spot in a 2-2 friendly draw with Estonia, but the result was subsequently declared void by FIFA and expunged from the records due to suspicions of match fixing with the involvement of the game officials. He captained the national team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, providing his team with two goals, including a 25-yard free kick goal against Armenia national football team, throughout a tough campaign, having to face strong national teams like those of Italy, the Czech Republic and Denmark. In 2015, Popov was a crucial figure in the 2-2 home draw versus Italy. He hit the back of the net to tie the score at 1-1 in the 11th minute, raising the spirits of his compatriots after a disappointing own-goal in the 4th minute. This resulted in a series of swift attacks from the home team which saw them grab the lead in the 17th minute. They were able to keep their lead until the 84th minute, but in the end had to settle for a 2-2 draw after a late equalizer. In the next official match, he once again proved his worth after the only goal in a tough but decisive 0-1 away win against Malta, keeping the hopes alive of his national team qualifying for Euro 2016. On 31 August 2017, Ivelin Popov provided two decisive assists in a 3-2 home win against Sweden. Popov's name became associated with scandal early in his career and became synonymous with irresponsibility and lack of discipline. In April 2007, he was removed from Litex's starting roster due to bad form. In September 2008, Popov was banned from the youth national team following an incident on the team bus, where he threw a bottle at the bus driver–-hitting him on the head–-who then lost control, narrowly avoiding a crash. In September 2010, just days before the Euro 2012 qualifier against England, Popov led a group of teammates out of the training camp in Pravets and took them to Botevgrad so they could celebrate Valeri Bojinov's birthday, where the players consumed large amounts of alcohol. Days later, Bulgaria lost to England 0:4. In September 2011, as Bulgaria was preparing to host England for the second leg of the Euro 2012 qualifier, Popov again led a group of players to a bar, where they drank until 4 am, angering then coach Lothar Matthäus. Bulgaria lost to England 0:3 at home. On November 16, 2014, Popov missed a penalty against Malta in a Euro 2016 qualifier, allowing for the match to end in a 1:1 draw. Following the game, Popov was accused of missing the penalty on purpose. Days later, it came to light that Popov had abused and humiliated the national team masseur on several occasions, forcing him to do pushups in front of the other players. At this point, the executive committee of the Bulgarian Football Union had seen enough and proceeded to ban Popov from the national team for life. Nevertheless, in 2015, newly appointed head coach Ivaylo Petev reinstated Popov to the squad. The captain's band, however, went to midfielder Svetoslav Dyakov. , Ivelin Popov 2020-11-24T12:44:59Z Ivelin Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Sochi and also played for the Bulgaria national team as an attacking midfielder between 2007 and 2019. Born in Sofia, Popov started to play football in Septemvri Sofia's academy. In 2005, he trained for four months with Feyenoord but did not sign with the team because he was not 18 years old. After that, he returned to Bulgaria and played in a tournament for Beroe's youth team and there he was spotted by the Litex Lovech scouts. On 14 July 2005, he even scored a goal for Beroe in a friendly game. Popov signed his first professional contract with Litex Lovech in December 2005. He made his European debut in the first leg of Round of 32 Stage in a 0–0 draw against Strasbourg; he made his official debut in the Bulgarian top division in a match against CSKA Sofia on 12 March 2006. He played 59 minutes. The result of the match was a 1–1 draw. On 9 April 2006 he scored his first goal in professional football against Lokomotiv Sofia. The result of the match was a 3–1 win for Litex. The same season, Popov played in 11 matches and scored five goals. In two consecutive seasons, Popov was third placed in the voting for Young player of the year award in 2005–06 and 2006/07 seasons. In 2007/08 UEFA Cup, Popov scored a brace, in a first leg of second round, in a 3–0 win over Besa Kavajë. Eventually, Litex Lovech advanced to the next round, losing to Hamburg in two's leg. On 18 September 2008, Popov scored a goal in the first round of the UEFA Cup against Aston Villa. In July 2009, Popov was given the captain's armband. At the end of the season, Popov was awarded A League's player of the season after having the most votes in the poll. In August 2010, he went on trial to Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. He impressed the club, whereafter he received a contract offer, but the move collapsed over his work permit rejected by the British Government, having not played enough international matches. On 25 August 2012, Popov joined Russian Premier League club Kuban Krasnodar on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. According to Chempionat.com, the fee was worth 2 million. He made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Marcos Pizzelli, in a 2–1 win over Dynamo Moscow on 2 September 2012. On 26 October 2012, Popov scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Rostov. Less than a month later he scored his first brace, putting two goals past Krylia Sovetov and contributing with an assist in a 4–1 home victory. On 13 April 2013, Popov scored a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw away from home to Terek Grozny. On 4 May, he scored a brace as Kuban beat Rostov 2–0 away from home on. On the last day of the 2012–13 season, Popov scored the only goal in a vital 1–0 home victory over Anzhi Makhachkala, securing Kuban a European debut in the Third Qualifying Round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League and earning them their best ever finish in the top flight at 5th, having the same points as 4th-placed Spartak Moscow. He finished the season with 9 goals as the club's top goalscorer together with Aras Özbiliz. Because of his outstanding performance in the 2012–13 season, Popov was appointed as captain of Kuban Krasnodar for the 2013–2014 season. He captained his team to its first away victory of the season over Russian Premier League newcomer, Tom Tomsk, by contributing with a pair of assists. The match ended with a 1–2 score. His first brace came shortly after, in a historical first ever match in a European championship for Kuban. He netted 2 goals in a 0–2 away victory over Scottish Premier League runners-up Motherwell in the first leg of a qualifying match for the UEFA Europa League. Both goals were assisted by teammate Ibrahima Baldé. This resulted in his jersey being displayed in the National football museum. On 28 April 2014, Ivelin Popov scored an away brace against strong Spartak Moscow in a 0–2 victory. This outstanding performance got him voted as player of week 27 in the Russian Premier League. He continued his good run the week after, which saw him providing 2 assist, marking a 4–0 victory over Krylia Sovetov. The first assist was turned into a goal, scored by fellow Bulgarian teammate Stanislav Manolev, marking his first goal for the club after recently being transferred from PSV Eindhoven. Popov was named man of the match for the second time in a row, earning him a spot in Russian premier league team of the week. He finished his season in Russia having provided 12 assists; making him the joint top assists provider of the season, alongside Danny from Zenit St. Petersburg. He was also included in the team of the season 2013–2014, because of his consistency throughout the whole campaign. On 3 June 2015, it was announced that Popov had signed a long-term contract with Spartak Moscow. It was reported that the signing fee cost the club about €7 million. Popov made his league debut for Spartak as a starter in a 2–2 home draw to Ufa on 17 July. He scored his first two official goals for the club on 23 September, in a 7–0 win away to Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Round of 32 in the Russian Cup. He followed that with his first league goal for the club, coming against Zenit as Spartak drew 2–2 at home. The goal featured a spectacular lob over Zenit defender Javi García, followed by another lob over the goalkeeper Yuri Lodigin. Popov's performance earned him the Best Player award for the 10th round of the 2015–16 Russian Premier League, as well as the most valuable player award for the month of September. He scored for the third consecutive game on 3 October, netting the only goal in a 1–0 win away to Mordovia Saransk. On 30 April 2017, he provided two assists in a 1–2 away victory over city rivals, CSKA Moscow, which earned him a spot in the Russian Premier League team of the week for matchday 26. On 8 January 2019, he was released from his Spartak contract by mutual consent. On 12 January 2018, he joined FC Rubin Kazan on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He scored on his debut for the club, in a 1–1 away draw against Anzhi on 2 March 2018. On 7 April 2018, he scored a brace in a 3–2 home win against Akhmat, which saw him being named Man of the Match for the second match in a row. On 24 January 2019, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Russian club FC Rostov. On 23 August 2020, he moved to another Russian club PFC Sochi in exchange for Dmitry Poloz moving the other way. In August 2007, Dimitar Penev called Popov up to the Bulgaria national team squad for the friendly match with Wales. On 11 February 2009, he scored his first goal for Bulgaria against Switzerland. On 2 April 2009, Popov scored the first of two goals for Bulgaria in the 2–0 win against Cyprus. On 17 September 2010, during a friendly match against Serbia, he became the youngest player to captain the national side. On 9 February 2011, Popov scored twice from the penalty spot in a 2–2 friendly draw with Estonia, but the result was subsequently declared void by FIFA and expunged from the records due to suspicions of match fixing with the involvement of the game officials. He captained the national team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, providing his team with two goals, including a 25-yard free kick goal against Armenia, throughout a tough campaign, having to face strong national teams like those of Italy, the Czech Republic and Denmark. In 2015, Popov was a crucial figure in the 2–2 home draw versus Italy. He hit the back of the net to tie the score at 1–1 in the 11th minute, raising the spirits of his compatriots after a disappointing own-goal in the 4th minute. This resulted in a series of swift attacks from the home team which saw them grab the lead in the 17th minute. They were able to keep their lead until the 84th minute, but in the end had to settle for a 2–2 draw after a late equalizer. In the next official match, he once again proved his worth after the only goal in a tough but decisive 0–1 away win against Malta, keeping the hopes alive of his national team qualifying for Euro 2016. On 31 August 2017, Ivelin Popov provided two decisive assists in a 3–2 home win against Sweden. He announced his retirement from international football in November 2019. Popov's name became associated with scandal early in his career and became synonymous with irresponsibility and lack of discipline. In April 2007, he was removed from Litex's starting roster due to bad form. In September 2008, Popov was banned from the youth national team following an incident on the team bus, where he threw a bottle at the bus driver–-hitting him on the head–-who then lost control, narrowly avoiding a crash. In September 2010, just days before the Euro 2012 qualifier against England, Popov led a group of teammates out of the training camp in Pravets and took them to Botevgrad so they could celebrate Valeri Bojinov's birthday, where the players consumed large amounts of alcohol. Days later, Bulgaria lost to England 0:4. In September 2011, as Bulgaria was preparing to host England for the second leg of the Euro 2012 qualifier, Popov again led a group of players to a bar, where they drank until 4 am, angering then coach Lothar Matthäus. Bulgaria lost to England 0:3 at home. On 16 November 2014, Popov missed a penalty against Malta in a Euro 2016 qualifier, allowing for the match to end in a 1:1 draw. Following the game, Popov was accused of missing the penalty on purpose. Days later, it came to light that Popov had abused and humiliated the national team masseur on several occasions, forcing him to do pushups in front of the other players. At this point, the executive committee of the Bulgarian Football Union had seen enough and proceeded to ban Popov from the national team for life. Nevertheless, in 2015, newly appointed head coach Ivaylo Petev reinstated Popov to the squad. The captain's band, however, went to midfielder Svetoslav Dyakov.

Marco Wittmann

Marco Wittmann 2017-05-17T11:47:03Z Marco Wittmann (born 24 November 1989) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW works driver. He currently resides in Markt Erlbach. Wittmann has competed in such series as Formula Three Euroseries and Formula BMW ADAC/Europe. BMW signed Wittmann as the marque's 7th DTM driver, in an expansion to four teams with eight drivers and cars for the 2013 DTM season. He is the 2014 and 2016 DTM champion. (key) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance. * Season still in progress. , Marco Wittmann 2018-10-15T08:32:05Z Marco Wittmann (born 24 November 1989) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He currently resides in Markt Erlbach. Wittmann has competed in such series as Formula Three Euroseries and Formula BMW ADAC/Europe. BMW signed Wittmann as the marque's 7th DTM driver, in an expansion to four teams with eight drivers and cars for the 2013 DTM season. He is the 2014 and 2016 DTM champion. (key) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Lorenzo Insigne

Lorenzo Insigne 2022-01-01T21:32:48Z Lorenzo Insigne Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: ; born 4 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mls, Toronto FC, for which he is captain, and the Italy national team. Insigne began his professional career with Napoli in 2009, making his Serie A debut in 2010, but was later sent on consecutive season loan spells to Cavese, Foggia and Pescara, before returning to Napoli in 2012. Insigne is capable of playing on either flank, or through the centre, but is usually deployed as left winger. He is known in particular for his creativity, speed and technical ability, as well as his accuracy from free-kicks. Insigne has represented the Italy national under-21 team, with which he won a runner-up medal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He made his debut for the senior team in September 2012, and has represented Italy at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament. In 2006, at age 15, Insigne was signed by Napoli from Olimpia Sant'Arpino for €1,500. In 2008, he made his debut for the Primavera team, with whom he scored 15 goals in the 2009–10 season. He was first called-up to the first team under Roberto Donadoni, playing some friendlies in the summer of 2009, before making his Serie A debut under Walter Mazzarri, on 24 January 2010, in a 2–0 win away to Livorno. He played the remainder of the season on loan at Cavese in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, where he made 10 appearances. The following season, Insigne was loaned to Foggia in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He scored his first professional goal on 14 August, in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro match against L'Aquila, while on 29 August, he scored his first league goal in a 2–3 home defeat to Lucchese. Under the manager Zdeněk Zeman, he totalled 19 goals in the league, in addition to seven goals scored in Coppa Italia Lega Pro. On 8 July 2011, he was loaned to Pescara in Serie B, now managed by Zeman. He made his debut in the Italian second division on 26 August 2011 in the opening round against Hellas Verona, and on 4 September scored his first goal for Pescara away against Modena. Insigne finished the season with 18 goals, making him the second top-scorer of the season behind teammate Ciro Immobile, and 14 assists. Among the key players of Pescara's title-winning season and promotion to Serie A, Insigne was subsequently awarded the "Best Player" of the Serie B season, along with teammates Immobile and Marco Verratti. At the end of the season, Insigne returned to Napoli, choosing the number 24 jersey. On 16 September 2012, he scored his first goal in Serie A, after entering as a substitute for Edinson Cavani in a 3–1 home win over Parma. Four days later, he made his debut in UEFA club competitions, starting in a 4–0 win against Swedish side AIK Fotboll in the UEFA Europa League. Insigne struggled to get a run of consecutive games at many points in the season, but participated in a large successful season at Napoli, who finished in second place in Serie A that season. Throughout the season, he made 43 appearances, scoring five goals and providing seven assists. The competition for places with players like Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev, Eduardo Vargas and Omar El Kaddouri meant Insigne often started matches on the substitutes' bench. The following season, Insigne made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2–1 home win over the previous season's finalists Borussia Dortmund, on 18 September 2013. Insigne marked his debut in the competition with a goal from a free-kick. In the final of the Coppa Italia on 3 May 2014, Insigne scored twice in the first half as his side won 3–1 against Fiorentina. During the 2014–15 season, on 9 November 2014, Insigne injured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee in a match against Fiorentina. He returned to the pitch on 4 April 2015 after a five-month absence, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 away defeat to Roma. In his next league match, on 26 April, he scored a goal in a 4–2 home win over Sampdoria, also wearing the captain's armband during the match, in the absence of teammates Marek Hamšík, Christian Maggio and Gökhan Inler. On 13 September 2015, Insigne opened the 2015–16 Serie A season by scoring in a 2–2 draw against Empoli. On 20 September, he scored again in a 5–0 win over Lazio, also setting up Allan's goal. On 26 September, Insigne made his 100th Serie A appearance with Napoli and scored his third goal of the season in a 2–1 home win over defending Serie A champions Juventus, although he was also later forced off the pitch after sustaining an injury during the match; the club, however, later reported the injury was not serious. He continued his goalscoring run in the following match, scoring twice and setting up Allan's goal in a 4–0 away win over Milan, bringing his seasonal tally to five goals in seven games. Insigne's prolific performances even led to comparisons with former Napoli legend Diego Maradona, which Insigne played down. In April 2017, Insigne scored his third brace in four appearances for Napoli to take his tally to 14 goals for the Serie A season, surpassing his previous personal best for a single campaign. On 14 October 2017, Insigne scored his 100th career club goal in a 1–0 away win over rivals Roma in Serie A. After Marek Hamšík's departure from the club in February 2019, Insigne was made the official captain of Napoli. On 24 August, in the opening game of the 2019–20 Serie A season, Insigne scored twice and set up two more goals in a 4–3 away win over Fiorentina. On 13 June 2020, Insigne assisted Dries Mertens's equalising goal in a 1–1 home draw against Inter Milan in the second leg of 2019–20 Coppa Italia semi-final; the goal saw the Belgian overtake Hamšík to become Napoli's outright all-time leading goalscorer with 122 goals, while the result also allowed Napoli to advanced to the Coppa Italia Final. In the final on 17 June, Insigne netted Napoli's first spot-kick in a 4–2 penalty shoot-out victory against Juventus following a 0–0 draw after regulation time; Insigne went on to lift the trophy as the club's captain. A regular member of the Italy under-21 squad, Insigne made 15 appearances for the "Azzurrini", scoring seven goals. He made his debut with the under-21 side on 6 October 2011 in a European qualifying match against Liechtenstein, scoring two goals and providing two assists in a 7–2 victory. With the under-21 team, he participated in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship under manager Devis Mangia, playing an important role in Italy's tournament run. On 5 June 2013, he made his tournament debut against England, scoring a goal from a free-kick in Italy's 1–0 opening victory. On 9 June, in Italy's second match against hosts Israel, Insigne began the play which led to Italy's first goal of the match in the 18th minute, which was scored by Riccardo Saponara. He injured himself later during the match and was forced to come off, although Italy won the match 4–0. Insigne was able to recuperate in time for the semi-final match against the Netherlands, and he came on to set up Fabio Borini's winner which sent the Italians into the final. On 18 June, Italy was defeated 4–2 against Spain in the final, although Insigne was able to set up Italy's second goal of the match, which was scored by Borini. Insigne was called up for the first time for the Italy senior team in September 2012 at age 21 by coach Cesare Prandelli for Italy's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Malta. He made his senior debut on 11 September 2012 in the World Cup qualifier match against Malta in Modena, coming on as a replacement for Alessandro Diamanti. On 14 August 2013, Insigne scored his first goal in a friendly against Argentina, which ended in a 2–1 loss at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Insigne was named in Cesare Prandelli's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 World Cup and was eventually picked in the final 23-man squad. In Italy's last warm-up match, against Fluminense in Brazil ahead of their World Cup opener against England, Insigne and his teammate Ciro Immobile scored five goals, with Insigne scoring two. On 20 June, Insigne made his debut in the 2014 World Cup in Italy's second group match, against Costa Rica, replacing Antonio Candreva in the second half. However, this was Insigne's only appearance in the tournament, as Italy was eliminated in the group stage. On 31 May 2016, Insigne was named to Antonio Conte's 23-man Italy squad for UEFA Euro 2016. He made his first appearance of the tournament on 22 June, coming off the bench in Italy's final group match, which ended in a 1–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland, striking the post and later receiving a yellow card in injury time. In the round of 16, at the Stade de France in Paris on 27 June, he came off the bench once again to help set-up Graziano Pellè's 91st minute volley to give the Azzurri a 2–0 win over defending champions Spain. On 2 July, he made a further substitute appearance in the quarter-final fixture against Germany and scored Italy's first penalty in the resulting shoot-out, which ended in a 6–5 loss to the reigning World Cup champions. In June 2021, Insigne was included in Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 by manager Roberto Mancini. In the opening match of the tournament on 11 June, he scored Italy's final goal in a 3–0 win over Turkey. On 2 July, he scored Italy's second goal of the match in a 2–1 win over Belgium in the quarter-finals of the competition, with a curling right-footed effort from outside the box following an individual run; for his performance, he was named star of the match by UEFA, while the goal later placed second in UEFA's "2020–21 Goal of the Season," behind only Mehdi Taremi's overhead kick goal for Porto against Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals. On 11 July, Insigne won the European Championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final, after a 1–1 draw in extra-time; Insigne started the match, but was replaced by Andrea Belotti late in the second half of regulation time. Throughout the competition, Insigne made more solo runs into the penalty area (16) than any other player. Nicknamed "Lorenzo Il Magnifico", Insigne is a fast, talented, skillful and diminutive right footed winger, with an eye for the goal, who is usually deployed on the left in a 4–3–3 or in a 4–2–3–1 formation, which allows him to cut inside and curl shots on goal with his stronger foot, in particular from outside the penalty area. Due to his penchant for scoring goals in his manner, which according to Insigne was inspired by his "idol" Alessandro Del Piero's trademark goals, in 2021, the neologism tiraggiro – derived from "tir a gir" ("tiro a giro," in Italian, or "curling shot," in English) in Insigne's native Neapolitan dialect – was coined and included in the Italian encyclopedia Treccani. Although his preferred role is on the left flank, he is a hard-working, tactically intelligent, and versatile forward, capable of playing in any offensive position on either side of the pitch, or even through the centre; he is also known for his defensive contribution and ability to cover a lot of ground during matches, in addition to his offensive capabilities, despite his lack of physicality. He has often operated in deeper, more creative positions, either in a free role in the centre as an attacking midfield playmaker behind the strikers, or as a supporting forward, due to his passing ability and vision, which enable him to link-up with midfielders, create chances, and provide assists for teammates. He is also capable of playing in a more offensive central role as a false 9. In addition to his ability to set-up goals, he is also capable of scoring them himself, and is an accurate set-piece taker. Insigne's resulting low centre of gravity, combined with his creativity, quick feet and technical ability, make him extremely quick and agile in possession, and give him excellent balance and control of the ball, which, along with his flair, intelligent movement, speed, and dribbling skills, allows him to beat opponents and create space for his team in attacking areas, or make attacking runs off the ball into the box. Regarded as one of Italy's most promising prospects in his youth, due to his attributes, skill, pace and small stature, his former Napoli teammate and North Macedonia captain Goran Pandev has referred to him as the "Italian Messi"; he was also compared to former Napoli player Diego Maradona in his youth. Manager Delio Rossi also likened him to compatriots Fabrizio Miccoli – "for his turn of pace and cleverness" – and Gianfranco Zola in 2012. After scoring a goal, Insigne often celebrates by making a "heart" gesture with his hands. Lorenzo Insigne has three brothers, all of whom are footballers: his younger brother Roberto, as well as Marco and Antonio. Lorenzo married Genoveffa "Jenny" Darone on 31 December 2012; they have two children together: Carmine, born on 4 April 2013, and Christian, born on 13 March 2015. Pescara Napoli Italy U21 Italy Insigne has contributed to popularising the term tiraggir in Italy; following Insigne's goals and role in Italy's victorious Euro 2020 campaign, the word was subsequently included in the Treccani encyclopaedia in 2021, as a result of its recurring use as a reference to Insigne, or other players, using his trademark shooting technique, which usually involves him curling shots on goal from outside the box after cutting inside from the left flank onto his stronger foot. The definiition of the neologism is "the curling shot, taken hitting the ball so as to curve it with an inward curl", "adaptation of the spoken Neapolitan tir a ggir": excerpts of newspaper articles about Insigne are frequently cited as an example of the usage of this term. , Lorenzo Insigne 2023-12-19T01:49:33Z Lorenzo Insigne Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: ; born 4 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC. Insigne began his professional career with Napoli in 2009, making his Serie A debut in 2010, but was later sent on consecutive season loan spells to Cavese, Foggia and Pescara, before returning to Napoli in 2012. Insigne is capable of playing on either flank, or through the centre, but is usually deployed as left winger. He is known in particular for his creativity, short height, speed and technical ability, as well as his accuracy from free-kicks. Insigne represented the Italy national under-21 team, with which he won a runner-up medal at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He made his debut for the senior team in September 2012, and represented Italy at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and Euro 2020, winning the latter tournament. In 2006, at age 15, Insigne was signed by Napoli from Olimpia Sant'Arpino for €1,500. In 2008, he made his debut for the Primavera team, with whom he scored 15 goals in the 2009–10 season. He was first called up to the first team under Roberto Donadoni, playing some friendlies in the summer of 2009, before making his Serie A debut under Walter Mazzarri, on 24 January 2010, in a 2–0 win away to Livorno. He played the remainder of the season on loan at Cavese in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, where he made 10 appearances. The following season, Insigne was loaned to Foggia in Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He scored his first professional goal on 14 August, in the Coppa Italia Lega Pro match against L'Aquila, while on 29 August, he scored his first league goal in a 2–3 home defeat to Lucchese. Under the manager Zdeněk Zeman, he totalled 19 goals in the league, in addition to seven goals scored in Coppa Italia Lega Pro. On 8 July 2011, he was loaned to Pescara in Serie B, now managed by Zeman. He made his debut in the Italian second division on 26 August 2011 in the opening round against Hellas Verona, and on 4 September scored his first goal for Pescara away against Modena. Insigne finished the season with 18 goals, making him the second top-scorer of the season behind teammate Ciro Immobile, and 14 assists. Among the key players of Pescara's title-winning season and promotion to Serie A, Insigne was subsequently awarded the "Best Player" of the Serie B season, along with teammates Immobile and Marco Verratti. At the end of the season, Insigne returned to Napoli, choosing the number 24 jersey. On 16 September 2012, he scored his first goal in Serie A, after entering as a substitute for Edinson Cavani in a 3–1 home win over Parma. Four days later, he made his debut in UEFA club competitions, starting in a 4–0 win against Swedish side AIK Fotboll in the UEFA Europa League. Insigne struggled to get a run of consecutive games at many points in the season, but participated in a large successful season at Napoli, who finished in second place in Serie A that season. Throughout the season, he made 43 appearances, scoring five goals and providing seven assists. The competition for places with players like Edinson Cavani, Goran Pandev, Eduardo Vargas and Omar El Kaddouri meant Insigne often started matches on the substitutes' bench. The following season, Insigne made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2–1 home win over the previous season's finalists Borussia Dortmund, on 18 September 2013. Insigne marked his debut in the competition with a goal from a free-kick. In the final of the Coppa Italia on 3 May 2014, Insigne scored twice in the first half as his side won 3–1 against Fiorentina. During the 2014–15 season, on 9 November 2014, Insigne injured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee in a match against Fiorentina. He returned to the pitch on 4 April 2015 after a five-month absence, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 away defeat to Roma. In his next league match, on 26 April, he scored a goal in a 4–2 home win over Sampdoria, also wearing the captain's armband during the match, in the absence of teammates Marek Hamšík, Christian Maggio and Gökhan Inler. On 13 September 2015, Insigne opened the 2015–16 Serie A season by scoring in a 2–2 draw against Empoli. On 20 September, he scored again in a 5–0 win over Lazio, also setting up Allan's goal. On 26 September, Insigne made his 100th Serie A appearance with Napoli and scored his third goal of the season in a 2–1 home win over defending Serie A champions Juventus, although he was also later forced off the pitch after sustaining an injury during the match; the club, however, later reported the injury was not serious. He continued his goalscoring run in the following match, scoring twice and setting up Allan's goal in a 4–0 away win over Milan, bringing his seasonal tally to five goals in seven games. Insigne's prolific performances even led to comparisons with former Napoli legend Diego Maradona, which Insigne played down. In April 2017, Insigne scored his third brace in four appearances for Napoli to take his tally to 14 goals for the Serie A season, surpassing his previous personal best for a single campaign. On 14 October 2017, Insigne scored his 100th career club goal in a 1–0 away win over rivals Roma in Serie A. After Marek Hamšík's departure from the club in February 2019, Insigne was made the official captain of Napoli. On 24 August, in the opening game of the 2019–20 Serie A season, Insigne scored twice and set up two more goals in a 4–3 away win over Fiorentina. On 13 June 2020, Insigne assisted Dries Mertens's equalising goal in a 1–1 home draw against Inter Milan in the second leg of 2019–20 Coppa Italia semi-final; the goal saw the Belgian overtake Hamšík to become Napoli's outright all-time leading goalscorer with 122 goals, while the result also allowed Napoli to advanced to the Coppa Italia Final. In the final on 17 June, Insigne netted Napoli's first spot-kick in a 4–2 penalty shoot-out victory against Juventus following a 0–0 draw after regulation time; Insigne went on to lift the trophy as the club's captain. On 8 January 2022, Insigne signed a pre-contract to join Major League Soccer club Toronto FC as a designated player on a free transfer and four-year contract that began on 1 July, with a reported annual salary of $15 million, making him the highest paid player in MLS. He made his debut for the club on 23 July, in a 4–0 home victory against Charlotte FC, only featuring in the opening half, but setting up club captain Michael Bradley's second goal of the match with a back-heel pass. On 6 August, Insigne scored his first goal for the club, converting a shot from outside the box for the game-winning goal in a 4–3 away victory against Nashville SC. A regular member of the Italy under-21 squad, Insigne made 15 appearances for the "Azzurrini", scoring seven goals. He made his debut with the under-21 side on 6 October 2011 in a European qualifying match against Liechtenstein, scoring two goals and providing two assists in a 7–2 victory. With the under-21 team, he participated in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship under manager Devis Mangia, playing an important role in Italy's tournament run. On 5 June 2013, he made his tournament debut against England, scoring a goal from a free-kick in Italy's 1–0 opening victory. On 9 June, in Italy's second match against hosts Israel, Insigne began the play which led to Italy's first goal of the match in the 18th minute, which was scored by Riccardo Saponara. He injured himself later during the match and was forced to come off, although Italy won the match 4–0. Insigne was able to recuperate in time for the semi-final match against the Netherlands, and he came on to set up Fabio Borini's winner which sent the Italians into the final. On 18 June, Italy was defeated 4–2 against Spain in the final, although Insigne was able to set up Italy's second goal of the match, which was scored by Borini. Insigne was called up for the first time for the Italy senior team in September 2012 at age 21 by coach Cesare Prandelli for Italy's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Bulgaria and Malta. He made his senior debut on 11 September 2012 in the World Cup qualifier match against Malta in Modena, coming on as a replacement for Alessandro Diamanti. On 14 August 2013, Insigne scored his first goal in a friendly against Argentina, which ended in a 2–1 loss at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Insigne was named in Cesare Prandelli's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 World Cup and was eventually picked in the final 23-man squad. In Italy's last warm-up match, against Fluminense in Brazil ahead of their World Cup opener against England, Insigne and his teammate Ciro Immobile scored five goals, with Insigne scoring two. On 20 June 2014, Insigne made his debut in the World Cup in Italy's second group match, against Costa Rica, replacing Antonio Candreva in the second half of the 1–0 defeat. However, this was Insigne's only appearance in the tournament, as Italy was eliminated in the group stage. On 31 May 2016, Insigne was named to Antonio Conte's 23-man Italy squad for UEFA Euro 2016. He made his first appearance of the tournament on 22 June, coming off the bench in Italy's final group match, which ended in a 1–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland, striking the post and later receiving a yellow card in injury time. In the round of 16, at the Stade de France in Paris on 27 June, he came off the bench once again to help set-up Graziano Pellè's 91st minute volley to give the Azzurri a 2–0 win over defending champions Spain. On 2 July, he made a further substitute appearance in the quarter-final fixture against Germany and scored Italy's first penalty in the resulting shoot-out, which ended in a 6–5 loss to the reigning World Cup champions. During Italy's 0–0 draw with Sweden on 13 November 2017, which resulted in Italy missing out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958, Insigne spent the entire march on the bench. Late in the game, Azzurri midfielder Daniele De Rossi was asked to warm up, but refused and asked, "Why the hell should I go on? We don't need to draw, we need to win!", whilst inquiring why Insigne was not being prepared instead. In June 2021, Insigne was included in Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 by manager Roberto Mancini. In the opening match of the tournament on 11 June, he scored Italy's final goal in a 3–0 win over Turkey. On 2 July, he scored Italy's second goal of the match in a 2–1 win over Belgium in the quarter-finals of the competition, with a curling right-footed effort from outside the box following an individual run; for his performance, he was named star of the match by UEFA, while the goal later placed second in UEFA's "2020–21 Goal of the Season," behind only Mehdi Taremi's overhead kick goal for Porto against Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals. On 11 July, Insigne won the European Championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final, after a 1–1 draw in extra-time; Insigne started the match, but was replaced by Andrea Belotti late in the second half of regulation time. Throughout the competition, Insigne made more solo runs into the penalty area (16) than any other player. Nicknamed "Lorenzo Il Magnifico" ("Lorenzo the Magnificent", in Italian), Insigne is a fast, talented, skillful and diminutive right footed winger, with an eye for the goal, who is usually deployed on the left in a 4–3–3 or in a 4–2–3–1 formation, which allows him to utilise his acceleration to cut inside and curl shots on goal with his stronger foot, in particular from outside the penalty area. Due to his penchant for scoring goals in his manner, which according to Insigne was inspired by his "idol" Alessandro Del Piero's trademark goals, in 2021, the neologism tiraggiro – derived from "tir a gir" ("tiro a giro", in Italian, or "curling shot", in English) in Insigne's native Neapolitan dialect – was coined and included in the Italian encyclopedia Treccani. Although his preferred role is on the left flank, he is a hard-working, tactically intelligent, and versatile forward, capable of playing in any offensive position on either side of the pitch, or even through the centre; he is also known for his defensive contribution and ability to cover a lot of ground during matches, in addition to his offensive capabilities, despite his lack of physicality. He has often operated in deeper, more creative positions, either in a free role in the centre as an attacking midfield playmaker behind the strikers, or as a supporting forward, due to his passing ability and vision, which enable him to link-up with midfielders, create chances, and provide assists for teammates. He is also capable of playing in a more offensive central role as a false 9. In addition to his ability to set-up goals, he is also capable of scoring them himself, and is an accurate set-piece taker. Insigne's resulting low centre of gravity, combined with his creativity, quick feet and technical ability, make him extremely quick and agile in possession, and give him excellent balance and control of the ball, which, along with his flair, intelligent movement, speed, and dribbling skills, allows him to beat opponents and create space for his team in attacking areas, or make attacking runs off the ball into the box. Regarded as one of Italy's most promising prospects in his youth, due to his attributes, skill, pace and small stature, his former Napoli teammate and North Macedonia captain Goran Pandev has referred to him as the "Italian Messi"; he was also compared to former Napoli player Diego Maradona in his youth. Manager Delio Rossi also likened him to compatriots Fabrizio Miccoli – "for his turn of pace and cleverness" – and Gianfranco Zola in 2012. After scoring a goal, Insigne often celebrates by making a "heart" gesture with his hands. Lorenzo Insigne has three brothers, all of whom are footballers: his younger brother Roberto, as well as Marco and Antonio. Lorenzo married Genoveffa "Jenny" Darone on 31 December 2012; they have two children together: Carmine, born on 4 April 2013, and Christian, born on 13 March 2015. Pescara Napoli Italy U21 Italy Individual Orders Insigne has contributed to popularising the term tiraggiro in Italy; following Insigne's goals and role in Italy's victorious Euro 2020 campaign, the word was subsequently included in the Treccani encyclopaedia in 2021, as a result of its recurring use as a reference to Insigne, or other players, using his trademark shooting technique, which usually involves him curling shots on goal from outside the box after cutting inside from the left flank onto his stronger right foot. The definition of the neologism is "the curling shot, taken hitting the ball so as to curve it with an inward curl", "adaptation of the spoken Neapolitan tir a ggir": excerpts of newspaper articles about Insigne are frequently cited as an example of the usage of this term.

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William_Inglis_(British_Army_officer) 2009-11-07T08:57:02Z Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis, KCB (1764 – 29 November, 1835) was a senior, much-respected and experienced British officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose served at several of the heaviest engagements of the Peninsula War, was wounded numerous times and earned national fame through his order "Die hard 57th, die hard!" to his regiment as he lay seriously wounded behind their ranks at the height of the Battle of Albuera. Thanks to Inglis' leadership, the regiment held and the battle was won and although his wounds nearly proved fatal, Inglis returned to action again two years later to see the war out as a Brigadier. Post-war, Inglis was knighted and served in several military governorships including a spell as Governor of Cork, in which position he died in 1835. Almost nothing is known of Inglis's birth or childhood, save that he was born in 1764, the third son of Dr. William Inglis, head of the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Even his mother's name is unknown, as is the location of his birth and any details of his education. Indeed, the first undisputed records about him which are known are those indicating that he was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1779, although he did not actually join the regiment for another two years, meeting them in New York at the height of the American Revolutionary War in 1781. Following the British defeat, Inglis and his regiment travelled to Nova Scotia and Inglis spent the next ten years in Canada. Whilst stationed in North America, Inglis became a lieutenant in 1782 and a captain in 1785. When his unit returned to Britain in 1791, the French Revolution had occurred and Inglis was engaged during the next two years maintaining order in the Midlands. When war with France broke out in 1793, the 57th was dispatched to the army of the Duke of York during his unsuccessful campaign against the French in the Low Countries. The same year, Inglis and his men were also briefly detached to a failed expedition to Brittany, but by the time the campaign had faltered in the winter of 1794, Ingis was back in Belgium. Participating in the siege of Nijmegen and withdrawal to Bremen during the winter of 1794/95, Inglis performed well, and despite the failure of a second expedition to Brittany in 1795, he was promoted to major. In 1796, Inglis and his regiment were posted to the West Indies, arriving in early 1796 as they only vessel of the convoy to make it safely across the Atlantic on the ship Charon. Due to the consequent paucity of soldiers, Inglis was prominently involved in the British invasion of St. Lucia and the capture of the Morne Fortuné fort. Inglis had operated as second-in-command to Sir John Moore, who admired his subordinate's abilities, and Inglis was also later engaged in the capture of the islands of Grenada and Trinidad. Whilst in the Caribbean, Inglis had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1802 returned to Britain during the Peace of Amiens. He was employed until 1804 in raising a new second battalion of the 57th and in 1804 took over command of his new unit in the Channel Islands garrison. In the islands, Inglis found his men to be lacking discipline when off duty, referring to them as "fighting villains", but was repeatedly praised for the morale and ability of his men. The regiment left the Channel Islands in 1809 after five years and was attached to Sir Arthur Wellesley's army in Portugal for service in the Peninsula War. In Portugal, Inglis's battalion was attached to the brigade of General Richard Stewart, an officer whose ill-health caused responsibility for the brigade to fall to Inglis (who had recently been promoted to colonel) days before the Battle of Busaco on 27 September 1810 as Wellesley sought to inflict a defeat on André Masséna before withdrawing behind the Lines of Torres Vedras. The action was a success and Inglis performed well, retaining command of the brigade into the following year when the British army pursued the retreating Masséna. Inglis saw action during these operations in a skirmish at Pombal and action at Campo Mayor and Los Santos, when British forces withdrew from action in an attempt to surprise the French at the Battle of Albuera. Albuera proved to be Inglis's most famous action. The British Army was led by William Beresford and tactical mistakes resulted in the destruction of the British left by French cavalry early in the action. Forced to face the main French attack with less support than anticipated, the brigade, now led by Daniel Hoghton suffered severely. The ever present risk from cavalry meant that the brigade to remain in tight formations despite facing a superior number of French soldiers with muskets and the fire from light artillery brought up to enfilade the British line. Hoghton was killed in the action and Inglis struck by a 4lb grapeshot. The missile penetrated his neck and entered his shoulder and lodged in his upper back, causing massive blood loss and severe pain. Refusing to leave the line during the battle, Inglis was laid behind the 57th by his men and as their numbers dwindled, he could be heard repeating "Die hard 57th, die hard!" as he encouraged his regiment. Eventually the line held and the French driven off, the British left in possession of the field. Inglis's words later became the motto of the 57th Regiment of Foot and its successor unit the Middlesex Regiment which after further amalgamations is now the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Inglis was carried from the field close to death at the action's conclusion, and it was two days before surgeons could operate on him to remove the grapeshot. Beresford especially commended Inglis after the action, saying that "Nothing could exceed the conduct and gallantry of Colonel Inglis at the head of his regiment. " Inglis' wounds were so severe that he was forced to return to Britain to recuperate and consequently missed the succeeding two years of the Peninsula War, spending much of 1812 running a court-martial board in Lisbon. In May 1813 he was again well enough for active command and was made a brigadier-general and then a major-general in command of a brigade of the 7th Division. With this unit, Inglis participated in the manoeuvres in the Pyrenees Mountains on the Franco-Spanish border and the ensuing Battle of the Pyrenees, where he stormed a defended rise on the French right at the head of his men and broke its defenders, allowing the British army to cover the valley and thus forcing a French withdrawal. During the action, Inglis had a horse shot from underneath him. In the campaigns of 1813, Inglis was heavily engaged with the French in supporting Portuguese operations near Vera. At the battle, Inglis lost another horse and suffered heavy casualties in action with a very superior French force. In November 1813, Inglis led his men across the Nivelle River and stormed and took the heights above it in the Battle of Nivelle, a successful action at which Inglis was slightly wounded in the foot. In February 1814 Inglis's brigade was again in action, at Airgavé and was engaged at the Battle of Orthez shortly afterwards where another horse was shot underneath him. At the conclusion of the Peninsula War, Inglis returned to Britain and was voted thanks by both Houses of Parliament and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He was also presented with medals for his service at Albuera, the Pyrenees and Nivelle with three clasps. During a lengthy retirement, Inglis married Mary Anne Raymond in 1822 and the couple had two sons, William and Raymond, who both later became army officers. In 1825, Inglis was promoted to lieutenant general and returned to service as Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale in Ireland in 1827. Two years later Inglis was promoted to Governor of Cork and retained the post until his death. In 1830 he was also appointed colonel of the 57th Regiment, the unit he served with for 31 years. He died at Ramsgate in 1835 and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, survived by his wife and two sons. Template:Persondata, William_Inglis_(British_Army_officer) 2011-04-20T19:20:51Z Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis, KCB (1764 – 29 November 1835) was a senior, much-respected and experienced British officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars whose served at several of the heaviest engagements of the Peninsula War, was wounded numerous times and earned national fame through his order "Die hard 57th, die hard!" to his regiment as he lay seriously wounded behind their ranks at the height of the Battle of Albuera. Thanks to Inglis' leadership, the regiment held and the battle was won and although his wounds nearly proved fatal, Inglis returned to action again two years later to see the war out as a Brigadier. Post-war, Inglis was knighted and served in several military governorships including a spell as Governor of Cork, in which position he died in 1835. Almost nothing is known of Inglis's birth or childhood, save that he was born in 1764, the third son of Dr. William Inglis, head of the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Even his mother's name is unknown, as is the location of his birth and any details of his education. Indeed, the first undisputed records about him which are known are those indicating that he was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1779, although he did not actually join the regiment for another two years, meeting them in New York at the height of the American Revolutionary War in 1781. Following the British defeat, Inglis and his regiment travelled to Nova Scotia and Inglis spent the next ten years in Canada. Whilst stationed in North America, Inglis became a lieutenant in 1782 and a captain in 1785. When his unit returned to Britain in 1791, the French Revolution had occurred and Inglis was engaged during the next two years maintaining order in the Midlands. When war with France broke out in 1793, the 57th was dispatched to the army of the Duke of York during his unsuccessful campaign against the French in the Low Countries. The same year, Inglis and his men were also briefly detached to a failed expedition to Brittany, but by the time the campaign had faltered in the winter of 1794, Ingis was back in Belgium. Participating in the siege of Nijmegen and withdrawal to Bremen during the winter of 1794/95, Inglis performed well, and despite the failure of a second expedition to Brittany in 1795, he was promoted to major. In 1796, Inglis and his regiment were posted to the West Indies, arriving in early 1796 as they only vessel of the convoy to make it safely across the Atlantic on the ship Charon. Due to the consequent paucity of soldiers, Inglis was prominently involved in the British invasion of St. Lucia and the capture of the Morne Fortuné fort. Inglis had operated as second-in-command to Sir John Moore, who admired his subordinate's abilities, and Inglis was also later engaged in the capture of the islands of Grenada and Trinidad. Whilst in the Caribbean, Inglis had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1802 returned to Britain during the Peace of Amiens. He was employed until 1804 in raising a new second battalion of the 57th and in 1804 took over command of his new unit in the Channel Islands garrison. In the islands, Inglis found his men to be lacking discipline when off duty, referring to them as "fighting villains", but was repeatedly praised for the morale and ability of his men. The regiment left the Channel Islands in 1809 after five years and was attached to Sir Arthur Wellesley's army in Portugal for service in the Peninsula War. In Portugal, Inglis's battalion was attached to the brigade of General Richard Stewart, an officer whose ill-health caused responsibility for the brigade to fall to Inglis (who had recently been promoted to colonel) days before the Battle of Busaco on 27 September 1810 as Wellesley sought to inflict a defeat on André Masséna before withdrawing behind the Lines of Torres Vedras. The action was a success and Inglis performed well, retaining command of the brigade into the following year when the British army pursued the retreating Masséna. Inglis saw action during these operations in a skirmish at Pombal and action at Campo Mayor and Los Santos, when British forces withdrew from action in an attempt to surprise the French at the Battle of Albuera. Albuera proved to be Inglis's most famous action. The British Army was led by William Beresford and tactical mistakes resulted in the destruction of the British left by French cavalry early in the action. Forced to face the main French attack with less support than anticipated, the brigade, now led by Daniel Hoghton suffered severely. The ever present risk from cavalry meant that the brigade to remain in tight formations despite facing a superior number of French soldiers with muskets and the fire from light artillery brought up to enfilade the British line. Hoghton was killed in the action and Inglis struck by a 4 lb grapeshot. The missile penetrated his neck and entered his shoulder and lodged in his upper back, causing massive blood loss and severe pain. Refusing to leave the line during the battle, Inglis was laid behind the 57th by his men and as their numbers dwindled, he could be heard repeating "Die hard 57th, die hard!" as he encouraged his regiment. Eventually the line held and the French driven off, the British left in possession of the field. Inglis's words later became the motto of the 57th Regiment of Foot and its successor unit the Middlesex Regiment which after further amalgamations is now the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Inglis was carried from the field close to death at the action's conclusion, and it was two days before surgeons could operate on him to remove the grapeshot. Beresford especially commended Inglis after the action, saying that "Nothing could exceed the conduct and gallantry of Colonel Inglis at the head of his regiment. " Inglis' wounds were so severe that he was forced to return to Britain to recuperate and consequently missed the succeeding two years of the Peninsula War, spending much of 1812 running a court-martial board in Lisbon. In May 1813 he was again well enough for active command and was made a brigadier-general and then a major-general in command of a brigade of the 7th Division. With this unit, Inglis participated in the manoeuvres in the Pyrenees Mountains on the Franco-Spanish border and the ensuing Battle of the Pyrenees, where he stormed a defended rise on the French right at the head of his men and broke its defenders, allowing the British army to cover the valley and thus forcing a French withdrawal. During the action, Inglis had a horse shot from underneath him. In the campaigns of 1813, Inglis was heavily engaged with the French in supporting Portuguese operations near Vera. At the battle, Inglis lost another horse and suffered heavy casualties in action with a very superior French force. In November 1813, Inglis led his men across the Nivelle River and stormed and took the heights above it in the Battle of Nivelle, a successful action at which Inglis was slightly wounded in the foot. In February 1814 Inglis's brigade was again in action, at Airgavé and was engaged at the Battle of Orthez shortly afterwards where another horse was shot underneath him. At the conclusion of the Peninsula War, Inglis returned to Britain and was voted thanks by both Houses of Parliament and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He was also presented with medals for his service at Albuera, the Pyrenees and Nivelle with three clasps. During a lengthy retirement, Inglis married Mary Anne Raymond in 1822 and the couple had two sons, William and Raymond, who both later became army officers. In 1825, Inglis was promoted to lieutenant general and returned to service as Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale in Ireland in 1827. Two years later Inglis was promoted to Governor of Cork and retained the post until his death. In 1830 he was also appointed colonel of the 57th Regiment, the unit he served with for 31 years. He died at Ramsgate in 1835 and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, survived by his wife and two sons. Template:Persondata

Elmo Magalona

Elmo Magalona 2014-01-02T00:04:58Z Elmo Moses Arroyo Magalona, better known as simply Elmo Magalona (born April 27, 1994 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino actor and singer. He is the sixth (of eight) child of Francis Magalona. Magalona's first appearance on the Pinoy hiphop/rock scene was when he was six months old being featured on the cover of FreeMan. He reappeared on his father's album five years later on FreeMan 2. Magalona appeared in a noodle commercial called "Lucky Me Supreme" along with his father. Magalona appears on GMA Network's variety show Party Pilipinas as a regular performer and host. In 2010 Magalona joined the cast of the GMA's television pilot Bantatay as a series regular. He also appeared in the fantasy series Kaya ng Powers in a recurring role. He had recently been included as a series regular of Pilyang Kerubin. He is best known as the other half of the famous love team, JuliElmo withJulie Anne San Jose, Elmo Magalona 2015-12-30T22:59:03Z Elmo Magalona (born 27 April 1994, Manila) is a Filipino actor and singer. He is currently an artist of ABS-CBN and Star Magic. He is the child of Francis Magalona and Pia Magalona. Magalona's first appearance on the Pinoy hiphop/rock scene was when he was six months old being featured on the cover of FreeMan. He reappeared on his father's album five years later on FreeMan 2. Magalona appeared in a noodle commercial called "Lucky Me Supreme" along with his father. He appeared as a young drummer in Kjwan's music video, "One Look". In 2010, Magalona joined the cast of the GMA's television pilot Bantatay as a series regular. He also appeared in the fantasy series Kaya ng Powers in a recurring role. In 2011, the young actor-rapper, together with fellow artist Sam Concepcion, performed as the front act in Miley Cyrus' concert in SM Mall of Asia concert grounds. In the same year, he was launched as a movie star in Tween Hearts: Class of 2012. Magalona appeared on GMA Network's variety show Party Pilipinas as a regular performer and host. Aside from being known as the "Heir of Rap," he is also known as the other half of the popular musical tandem, "JuliElmo" side by side with his partner, Julie Anne San Jose, an experiment-gone-successful of the Sunday noon show. They have collaborated in several YouTube videos, currently having more than a million views. He was included in the cast of Tweets For My Sweet in 2012. He also starred as the lead in the show Together Forever, as Ely Trinidad opposite his love team partner, Julie Anne San Jose. In May 2013, Magalona, in collaboration with Oishi, released a remake of a famous song by his dad, and renamed it "Kaleidoscope World Forever More". The remake featured his duet with the late master rapper. A music video was also created, with certain modifications and inserting Elmo digitally to the original Music Video. In 2014, he was chosen as one of the interpreters of the Philpop entry, "Qrush On You", alongside Jay-R and Q-York. He was recently seen in the Sunday variety show, Sunday All Stars as a host and performer. He was also the lead star in the CinemalayaX entry, #Y and was one of the lead stars in the recently concluded Villa Quintana together with his onscreen love team Janine Gutierrez. The tandem is reunited again in a primetime soap, "More Than Words". His last GMA show was Magpakailanman in 2015. On November 26, 2015, Magalona left GMA Network and signed a working contract with ABS-CBN. His first project will be a drama series, "Born for You" opposite Janella Salvador.

Eric Bicfalvi

Eric Bicfalvi 2014-03-15T21:24:39Z Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi (Hungarian: Bikfalvi Erik, Hungarian pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1988) is a Swedish-Romanian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ukrainian side Volyn Lutsk. Bicfalvi began his career by Romanian third division side Fink Fenster Petreşti Carei, where he spent one season. During this period he played 23 games and scored 9 goals. At the end of the season Bicfalvi moved to Liga I side Jiul Petroşani. After his team relegated to Liga II, he signed a five year contract with Steaua Bucharest. Bicfalvi played for Romania at U-19 and U-21 level, however he is yet to make his full international debut. In August 2013 his manager announced that Bicfalvi, whose mother is of Hungarian origin, wants to represent Hungary in the future. Bicfalvi's father is of Swedish descent, while his mother is an ethnic Hungarian. , Eric Bicfalvi 2015-11-27T11:08:41Z Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi (Romanian pronunciation: , Hungarian: Bikfalvi Erik, Hungarian pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin. Bicfalvi began his career by Romanian third division side Fink Fenster Petreşti Carei, where he spent one season. During this period he played 23 games and scored 9 goals. At the end of the season Bicfalvi moved to Liga I side Jiul Petroşani. After his team relegated to Liga II, he signed a five-year contract with Steaua Bucharest. Bicfalvi however joined Ukrainian Premier League club Volyn Lutsk in 2012. He scored 17 goals in the League in the 2014–15 season. On 7 July 2015, after his contract with Volyn Lutsk expired, Bicfalvi transferred to Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin. Bicfalvi played for Romania at U-19 and U-21 level. In August 2013 his manager announced that Bicfalvi, whose mother is of Hungarian origin, wants to represent Hungary in the future. In October 2014 Anghel Iordanescu, the new coach of Romania named him as a possible call-up for the next European Qualifier against Northern Ireland. In 18 November 2014 he made his debut for the Romanian national team in a friendly match against Denmark. Bicfalvi's paternal grandfather, Bikfalvi Sándor (Alexandru Bicfalvi), ethnic Hungarian, was once a footballer of Victoria Carei; his paternal grandmother, Maria is of Romanian origin. Bicfalvi's father, Marius, died when Eric was 7 years old. Bicfalvi's mother, Elisabeta, is an ethnic Hungarian. Whowin F.C. Squad

Michał Fidziukiewicz

Michał Fidziukiewicz 2020-03-25T19:12:23Z Michał Fidziukiewicz (born February 8, 1991 in Białystok) is a Polish football striker who plays for GKS Tychy. , Michał Fidziukiewicz 2021-12-15T10:54:32Z Michał Fidziukiewicz (born February 8, 1991) is a Polish football forward for Motor Lublin. He is a MOSP Białystok home-grown. Fidziukiewicz also represented Jagiellonia Białystok, Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie, Dąb Dąbrowa Białostocka, Gryf Wejherowo, Bocholter, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, GKS Tychy and Olimpia Elbląg. In June 2019, he became a player of Stal Stalowa Wola, signing a two-year contract. On January 14, 2021, his contract with Stal was terminated. On January 29, 2021, he signed a half-year deal with II liga club Garbarnia Kraków. 1 Includes 2008–09 Ekstraklasa Cup and 2020–21 Regional Polish Cup (group: Subcarpathian Football Association – Stalowa Wola) matches.

WEBF

WEBF 2013-04-20T02:25:04Z WEBF (88. 3 FM) is a K-LOVE-affiliated radio station in Lerose, Kentucky, USA, the station is currently owned by Board of Regents of Morehead State University and features programing from American Public Media and Public Radio International. The station is also broadcast on HD radio. Governor Ernie Fletcher honored the station with the Arts Broadcasting Award in 2006. The station went on the air as WSPE on 8 January 1999, owned by the Owsley County Schools with studios at Owsley County High School. On 31 July 2001, the station changed its call sign to WOCS and on 23 March 2011, changed again to the current WEBF. From 2001 to 2011, then-WOCS served as a repeater for Morehead State University's NPR station, WMKY. However, in 2011, Owsley County Schools sold the station to Hour of Harvest, who then leased the station to K-LOVE. , WEBF 2015-04-27T14:20:46Z WEBF (88. 3 FM) is a K-LOVE-affiliated radio station in Lerose, Kentucky, USA, the station is owned by Board of Regents of Morehead State University and features programing from American Public Media and Public Radio International. The station is also broadcast on HD radio. Governor Ernie Fletcher honored the station with the Arts Broadcasting Award in 2006. The station went on the air as WSPE on 8 January 1999, owned by the Owsley County Schools with studios at Owsley County High School. On 31 July 2001, the station changed its call sign to WOCS and on 23 March 2011, changed again to the current WEBF. From 2001 to 2011, then-WOCS served as a repeater for Morehead State University's NPR station, WMKY. However, in 2011, Owsley County Schools sold the station to Hour of Harvest, who then leased the station to K-LOVE.

Matt Phillips

Matt Phillips 2011-01-01T17:55:49Z Matthew "Matt" Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool. Phillips is a midfielder and previously played for Wycombe Wanderers. He has represented England at under-19 level. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Phillips was with Wycombe Wanderers from the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament. A month after his seventeenth birthday, he made his first team debut on 26 April 2008 in the 1–0 defeat to Notts County, the penultimate game of the 2007–08 season as an 82nd minute substitute. His first start came a week later in the 2–1 win over Bradford City at Adams Park, in which he was voted man of the match by the Wycombe supporters. He made a further substitute appearance in the play-off semi-final home leg, a 1–1 home draw with Stockport County on 11 May. Phillips signed his first professional contract in July 2008, a year before the end of his youth team scholarship. His first goal for the Chairboys came on 10 November 2008 in the 4–1 away win over AFC Wimbledon in the First Round of the 2008–09 FA Cup. His first league goal came on 6 December in the 3–2 away defeat to Aldershot Town. Phillips went on to make a massive contribution to the Chairboys promotion from League Two in the 2008–09 season becoming a regular on either the left or right wing, impressing with his ability to take on defenders and to cut inside. He was also won the clubs two "Young Player of the Year" awards at the end of the season as well as the League Two "Apprentice of the Year". Phillips was given the number 18 shirt for the 2009–10 season and continued his good form from the previous season, starting on both flanks. He made a total of 87 league and cup appearances for Wycombe scoring nine goals. Phillips signed for Premier League club Blackpool on 31 August 2010 in an original £350,000 deal that could rise to £700,000. His first game was a Friendly to open the new Zemgele Olympic Centre in Jelgava, Latvia against Latvian Higher League side FK Jelgava on 3 September. Manager Ian Holloway later revealed that he had been tracking Phillips for "a long time", saying of him, "Young Matty looked really exciting at times. He was skipping past people like they weren't there and now I've got to get him in our shape and working within it. He is definitely one for not only the long-term future but the immediate future. I am getting quite excited about what he might be able to produce." He scored in his first Reserves game, a 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at Bloomfield Road on 15 September in the club's first ever Premier Reserve League home fixture. His first team debut came on 25 September in the 2–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. Phillips came on as a substitute in the 84th minute, making an instant impact, scoring his first ever Premier League goal just seconds later. After the match Ian Holloway praised Phillips saying, "I thought he was terrific. He's only 19 and he's someone who I think will have a good future. He played in a different role and smacked one in like that. Hopefully there is a lot, lot more to come from that boy because he has got some bits and pieces that would grace any level of football." Of his debut and goal Phillips said: "I've dreamt of playing in the Premier League since I was a kid, so to play Premier League football is one thing, but to go out there and make a mark on it is another, so I'm delighted." He made his full-debut against Aston Villa at Villa Park, a performance which led manager Ian Holloway to describe him as "at times un-markable". player statistics 1 player statistics 2 |- |2007–08||rowspan="4"|Wycombe Wanderers||rowspan="2"|League Two ||2||0||colspan="4"|-||3||0 |- |2008–09||37||3||2||1||colspan="2"|-||40||4 |- |2009–10||League One||36||5||2||0||1||0||40||5 |- |2010–11||League Two||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||4||0 |- |2010–11||Blackpool||Premier League ||11||1||||||||||11||1 |- player statistics 580||9||4||1||2||0||89||10 player statistics end a. One play-off appearance included in 2007–08 totals b. One Football League Trophy appearance included in 2009–10 totals In May 2010, Phillips was called into the England under-19 squad for the European Championship Elite Qualifying Round matches against the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 May, and Ukraine, after initially being named as a standby. On 26 May he made his debut against Republic of Ireland coming on as a 76th minute substitute for Jacob Mellis. Two days later he made his full debut and scored his first international goal in his next game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2010, Phillips was named in England's 18-man squad for the European Under-19 Championship. He scored a final-minute equaliser against France to send England through to the semi-finals of the tournament. , Matt Phillips 2012-12-14T16:06:53Z Matthew "Matt" Phillips (born 13 March 1991) is an English-born Scottish international professional footballer who plays for Blackpool. Phillips is a winger and previously played for Wycombe Wanderers. He has represented England at under-19 and under-20 level but was called up to the full Scotland squad for the friendly match against Slovenia. He made his Scotland debut against the USA on 26 May 2012. Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Phillips was with Wycombe Wanderers from the age of eight when he was spotted playing in a five-a-side tournament. A month after his seventeenth birthday, he made his first team debut on 26 April 2008 in the 1–0 defeat to Notts County, the penultimate game of the 2007–08 season as an 82nd minute substitute. His first start came a week later in the 2–1 win over Bradford City at Adams Park, in which he was voted man of the match by the Wycombe supporters. He made a further substitute appearance in the play-off semi-final home leg, a 1–1 home draw with Stockport County on 11 May. Phillips signed his first professional contract in July 2008, a year before the end of his youth team scholarship. His first goal for the Chairboys came on 10 November 2008 in the 4–1 away win over AFC Wimbledon in the First Round of the 2008–09 FA Cup. His first league goal came on 6 December in the 3–2 away defeat to Aldershot Town. Phillips went on to make a massive contribution to the Chairboys promotion from League Two in the 2008–09 season becoming a regular on either the left or right wing, impressing with his ability to take on defenders and to cut inside. He was also won the clubs two "Young Player of the Year" awards at the end of the season as well as the League Two "Apprentice of the Year". Phillips was given the number 18 shirt for the 2009–10 season and continued his good form from the previous season, starting on both flanks. He made a total of 87 league and cup appearances for Wycombe scoring nine goals. Phillips signed for Premier League club Blackpool on 31 August 2010 in an original £350,000 deal that could rise to £700,000. His first game was a friendly to open the new Zemgele Olympic Centre in Jelgava, Latvia against Latvian Higher League side FK Jelgava on 3 September. Manager Ian Holloway later revealed that he had been tracking Phillips for "a long time", saying of him, "Young Matty looked really exciting at times. He was skipping past people like they weren't there and now I've got to get him in our shape and working within it. He is definitely one for not only the long-term future but the immediate future. I am getting quite excited about what he might be able to produce." He scored in his first Reserves game, a 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at Bloomfield Road on 15 September in the club's first ever Premier Reserve League home fixture. His first team debut came on 25 September in the 2–1 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers. Phillips came on as a substitute in the 84th minute, making an instant impact, scoring his first ever Premier League goal just seconds later. After the match Ian Holloway praised Phillips saying, "I thought he was terrific. He's only 19 and he's someone who I think will have a good future. He played in a different role and smacked one in like that. Hopefully there is a lot, lot more to come from that boy because he has got some bits and pieces that would grace any level of football." Of his debut and goal Phillips said: "I've dreamt of playing in the Premier League since I was a kid, so to play Premier League football is one thing, but to go out there and make a mark on it is another, so I'm delighted." He made his full-debut against Aston Villa at Villa Park, a performance which led manager Ian Holloway to describe him as "at times un-markable". With first-team opportunities proving limited Phillips agreed a months loan to Sheffield United in October 2011, making his début in the Steel City Derby a few days later. Phillips had a major impact in his month spell, scoring six goals in six appearances for the South Yorkshire club before returning to Bloomfield Road. On Boxing Day he scored a hat-trick for Blackpool in their 3–1 victory at Barnsley. He scored another hat-trick two weeks later, against Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup Third Round. In January 2012, Blackpool rejected a bid from Cardiff City, believed to be around £800,000, for the winger. In the week before the start of the 2012–13 season Blackpool rejected a £5M bid for Phillips from newly promoted Premier League side Southampton. He then put in a transfer request, and after being left out of the opening day victory over Millwall on 18 August, he returned to action three days later, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 home victory over Leeds United. player statistics 1 player statistics 2 |- |2007–08||rowspan="4"|Wycombe Wanderers||rowspan="2"|League Two ||2||0||colspan="4"|-||2||0 |- |2008–09||37||3||2||1||colspan="2"|-||39||4 |- |2009–10||League One||36||5||2||0||1||0||40||5 |- |2010–11||League Two||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||4||0 |- |2010–11||Blackpool||Premier League ||27||1||1||0||0||0||28||1 |- |2011–12||Blackpool||Championship ||34||7||3||4||0||0||39||12 |- |2011–12||Sheffield United (loan)||League One||6||5||0||0||0||0||7||6 |- |2012–13||Blackpool||Championship ||2||1||0||0||1||0||3||1 |- player statistics 5147||22||8||5||3||0||162||29 player statistics end a. One play-off appearance included in 2007–08 totals b. One Football League Trophy appearance included in 2009–10 totals c. One Football League Trophy appearance and goal included in 2011–12 Sheffield United totals d. Two play-off appearance and one goal included in 2011–12 Blackpool totals In May 2010, Phillips was called into the England under-19 squad for the European Championship Elite Qualifying Round matches against the Republic of Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 May, and Ukraine, after initially being named as a standby. On 26 May he made his debut against Republic of Ireland coming on as a 76th minute substitute for Jacob Mellis. Two days later he made his full debut and scored his first international goal in his next game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July 2010, Phillips was named in England's 18-man squad for the European Under-19 Championship. He scored a final-minute equaliser against France to send England through to the semi-finals of the tournament. In February 2011, Phillips made his debut for the England under-20s in a 2–1 defeat to France. In June 2011, he was named in England's 21-man squad for the Under-20 World Cup. He started all three of England's group stage games and the last-16 game against Nigeria, which they lost 1–0. On 10 January 2012, it was revealed that Phillips was eligible to play for Scotland and that manager Craig Levein had been monitoring him. On 20 February 2012, Levein called Phillips up to the Scotland squad to face Slovenia in a friendly; however, Phillips had to withdraw after suffering a hamstring injury. He made his debut in a 5-1 friendly loss to the United States on 26 May 2012 at EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Florida. U19 Squad Euro 2010 Squad 2011 U20 World Cup

Comparison of computer-aided design software

Comparison of computer-aided design software 2018-01-20T18:32:25Z The table below provides an overview of computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modeling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans). by Parametric Technology Corporation, Comparison of computer-aided design software 2019-12-28T18:43:18Z The table below provides an overview of computer-aided design (CAD) software. It does not judge power, ease of use, or other user-experience aspects. The table does not include software that is still in development (beta software). For all-purpose 3D programs, see Comparison of 3D computer graphics software. CAD refers to a specific type of drawing and modeling software application that is used for creating designs and technical drawings. These can be 3D drawings or 2D drawings (like floor plans). by Parametric Technology Corporation

Drew Pinsky

Drew Pinsky 2011-01-01T23:41:17Z David Drew Pinsky, M.D. (born September 4, 1958), better known as Dr. Drew, is an American radio/television personality, board-certified internist and addiction medicine specialist. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show, Loveline, which he has hosted since 1984. On television he produces and stars in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew and Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, and the MTV show Sex...With Mom and Dad. As a medical doctor, Pinsky is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, former Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital, and a private practitioner. Pinsky was born in Pasadena, California and attended Polytechnic School. His father, Morton Pinsky (1925–2009), was a physician; his mother, Helene Stanton (1925-), is a retired singer and actress. He majored in biology at Amherst College, graduating in 1980, and earned his M.D. at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1984. He served his residency in internal medicine at USC County Hospital and became chief resident at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and eventually moved into private practice. Pinsky is a nonobservant Jew. He admits to abandoning most Jewish practices but claims to retain a continued desire to learn about the religion. He explains that religious as well as philosophical studies affect his medical practice and his speeches. He says that his background places "an indirect coloring on every answer." My goal was always to be part of pop culture and relevant to young people, to interact with the people they hold in high esteem. As The New York Times described it in February 2008, Pinsky's dual career in medicine and the mass media has required him to "navigat a precarious balance of professionalism and salaciousness." In 1984, while still a medical student, Pinsky started appearing in "Ask a Surgeon", a new segment of a Sunday night KROQ show hosted by Jim "Poorman" Trenton and "Swedish" Egil Aalvik. "Ask the Surgeon" soon combined with "Loveline", another Sunday night segment, into a show of its own, co-hosted by Trenton and Pinsky. Loveline went national in 1995, and the television version launched on MTV the following year, hosted by Pinsky and Adam Carolla. The exposure on both radio and television made Pinsky the "Gen-X answer to Dr. Ruth Westheimer, with an AIDS-era, pro-safe-sex message." The MTV show ran for four years, while the radio show continues on today without Carolla, who left the show in 2005. On November 27, 2007, Pinsky began Dr. Drew Live, another nationally syndicated talk radio show where he focused on a wider genre of health issues. It originated from KGIL in Los Angeles, originally airing weekdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PT Although the show was canceled in December, 2008, as of February 28, 2009 the show's website is still up and old shows can still be downloaded and listened to via the website. Dr. Drew Pinsky made his acting debut in "Terminal," a 1998 episode of the TV show Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and later appeared on Dawson's Creek and Family Guy. In addition to his radio show and medical career, Pinsky also has gained fame on television talk shows. He served as "health and human relations expert" on the first season of the U.S. TV series Big Brother in 2000. He has also hosted his own television series, Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew, on the Discovery Health Channel, which was followed by Strictly Dr. Drew. The newer program addressed everyday health issues, premiered on July 25, 2006, and continues to air weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm PT. In 2008, Pinsky starred in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, a reality television show which involves celebrities in a drug rehabilitation facility. The show was filmed at Pasadena Recovery Center, with Pinsky serving as the resident medical expert. The series premiered January 10, 2008 on VH-1, and has been renewed for multiple seasons. A followup show to Celebrity Rehab with many of the same celebrities was Sober House, which began its first season in January 2009, and included celebrities from the first two seasons of Celebrity Rehab continuing their recovery in a sober living facility. Pinsky also appears on the MTV series Sex...with Mom and Dad. Pinsky makes frequent guest appearances on a variety of news programs where he usually gives his observations on the relationship between controlled substances and high-profile individuals. He has frequently given his views on the deaths of people such as Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson, arguing that their fates should set examples of the seriousness of misusing drugs. In November 2009, Pinsky starred a spinoff of Celebrity Rehab, Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. Patients included members celebrities being treated with sexual addiction, described as serious and potentially as fatal as drug or alcohol addiction. The rehab program took place over three weeks at the Pasadena Recovery Center. TV appearances in which Pinsky did not appear as himself include The Adam Carolla Project, Minoriteam, Robot Chicken, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, and Code Monkeys. Pinsky has also been in the films New York Minute and Wild Hogs. The Associated Press announced that in the Spring of 2011, Dr. Drew will host his own show on HLN that focuses on addiction. In 2003, Pinsky authored Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again, recounting his experiences as the Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at the Las Encinas Hospital drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California. He also contributed to the book When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs, published in 2004. In addition to his media appearances, Pinsky speaks at college campuses and other public venues. When Adam Carolla and Pinsky were teamed as hosts of Loveline, Carolla and Pinsky spoke at colleges. In 1999, Pinsky co-founded an Internet-based community and advice site for teenagers called DrDrew.com with Curtis Giesen. Among their early backers was Garage.com. DrDrew.com soon ran out of funding, and the company was sold to Sherwood Partners Inc., a corporate restructuring firm, which sold the remnants to DrKoop.com in November 2000. Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky is named in his honor. Pinsky was honored with the Larry Stewart Leadership and Inspiration Award at the 12th Annual PRISM Awards in 2008. In 2009 Pinsky drew criticism from experts for publicly offering professional opinions of celebrities he has never met or personally examined, based on media accounts, and has also drawn the ire of some of those celebrities. Following comments Pinsky made about actor Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology and Lindsay Lohan's drug abuse, Cruise's lawyer compared Pinsky to Joseph Goebbels, and Lohan posted on Twitter, "I thought REAL doctors talked to patients in offices behind closed doors." Pinsky also received criticism in April 2010 for stating that he would frame Lohan for illegal drug use in order to force her into a sobriety program if he were her father. Pinsky responded in the same publication that his remark was intended as hyperbole and a "flight of journalistic excess," not a suggestion as a treatment modality in any way. He stated his intent was to drive home the point about bringing negative consequences to bear for a person dying of addiction when all other options have been exhausted. Pinsky, who admits in his 2009 book, The Mirror Effect, that he scored a 16 on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (average is 18 for celebrities), and shares several traits with the "closet narcissist", asserts that he was never motivated by fame to become a media figure, but from a desire to educate the public on the medical facts distorted by the media. Patient Andy Dick, who made Pinsky his primary care physician, disputes the accusation that Pinsky is motivated by a desire for fame, insisting that Pinsky "really is just this unbelievably caring guy. He really is. He’s almost too caring." Sex Rehab alumnus Duncan Roy, however, has criticized Pinsky's competence. While Roy concedes that Pinsky is highly skilled at treating drug and alcohol addiction, he claims that Pinsky has no knowledge of sex addiction, and that he merely recycled the words and ideas of Jill Vermiere, MFT, one of the therapists on Sex Rehab, who Roy says, along with Dr. John Sealy, were the true therapeutic forces behind his recovery. Defending the practice of paying addicts to attend rehab, producer Pinsky says, "My whole thing is bait and switch. Whatever motivates them to come in, that’s fine. Then we can get them involved with the process." Pinsky married on July 21, 1991, and he and his wife Susan had triplets Douglas, Jordan, and Paulina in November 1992. Pinsky lives in Pasadena, California. An avid fitness person since his early teens, he goes running and does weight training regularly. In addition to his hobby of traveling, he also enjoys singing opera, as his mother was a professional singer. Pinsky stated on the June 24, 2009 episode of Loveline that at one point, he was torn between practicing medicine and becoming a professional opera singer. Pinsky stated that he auditioned for a celebrity singing show, but that the show passed on his appearance when he made it clear to producers that he could not sing pop songs, but did perform an aria on Turn Ben Stein On. Pinsky's father, Morton, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on October 27, 2009. A title card at the end of the season 3 finale of Celebrity Rehab dedicated the episode to him. Radio Film Television, Drew Pinsky 2012-12-11T03:00:11Z David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958), best known as Dr. Drew, is an American board-certified internist, addiction medicine specialist, and radio and television personality. He has hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline since the show's inception in 1984. On television, he hosts the talk show Dr. Drew on HLN, as well as the daytime series Lifechangers on the The CW. In addition, he serves as producer and stars in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew and Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House. Pinsky is also Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, former Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital, and a private practitioner. Pinsky was born in Pasadena, California. His father, Morton Pinsky (1925–2009), was a physician. His mother, Helene Stanton (née Eleanor Mae Stansbury; born 1925), is a retired singer and actress who came from a "highly Victorian upper-middle-class family in Philadelphia". Pinsky attended Polytechnic School. He majored in biology at Amherst College, graduating in 1980, and earned his M.D. at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1984. He served his residency in internal medicine at USC County Hospital and became chief resident at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and eventually moved into private practice. My goal was always to be part of pop culture and relevant to young people, to interact with the people they hold in high esteem. As The New York Times described it in February 2008, Pinsky's dual career in medicine and the mass media has required him to "navigat a precarious balance of professionalism and salaciousness." In 1984, while still a medical student, Pinsky started appearing in "Ask a Surgeon", a segment of a Sunday night KROQ-FM show hosted by Jim "Poorman" Trenton and "Swedish" Egil Aalvik. "Ask the Surgeon" soon combined with "Loveline", another Sunday night segment, into a show of its own, co-hosted by Trenton and Pinsky. Loveline went national in 1995, and the television version launched on MTV the following year, hosted by Pinsky and Adam Carolla. The exposure on both radio and television made Pinsky the "Gen-X answer to Dr. Ruth Westheimer, with an AIDS-era, pro-safe-sex message." The MTV show ran for four years, while the radio show continues on today without Carolla, who left the show in 2005. On November 27, 2007, Pinsky began Dr. Drew Live, another nationally syndicated talk radio show where he focused on a wider range of health issues. It originated from KGIL in Los Angeles, originally airing weekdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PT Although the show was canceled in December, 2008, as of February 28, 2009 the show's website is still up and old shows can still be downloaded and listened to via the website. On a January 2011 episode of Loveline, Pinsky mentioned that he appeared on Wheel of Fortune in 1984, but did not win anything. Pinsky made his acting debut in "Terminal," a 1998 episode of the TV show Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and later appeared on Dawson's Creek and Family Guy. In addition to his own radio show and medical career, Pinsky also has appeared on television talk shows. He served as "health and human relations expert" on the first season of the U.S. TV series Big Brother in 2000. He has also hosted his own television series, Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew, on the Discovery Health Channel, which was followed by Strictly Dr. Drew. The newer program addressed everyday health issues, premiered on July 25, 2006, and continues to air weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm PT. In 2008, Pinsky starred in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, a reality television show which involves celebrities in a drug rehabilitation facility. The show was filmed at Pasadena Recovery Center, with Pinsky serving as the resident medical expert. The series premiered January 10, 2008 on VH-1, and has been renewed for multiple seasons. A followup show to Celebrity Rehab with many of the same celebrities was Sober House, which began its first season in January 2009, and included celebrities from the first two seasons of Celebrity Rehab continuing their recovery in a sober living facility. Pinsky also appears on the MTV series Sex...with Mom and Dad. Pinsky makes guest appearances on a variety of news programs where he usually gives his observations on the relationship between controlled substances and high-profile individuals. He has frequently given his views on the deaths of people such as Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson, arguing that their fates should set examples of the seriousness of misusing drugs. In November 2009, Pinsky starred in a spinoff of Celebrity Rehab, Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, which depicted celebrities being treated for sexual addiction over the course of three weeks at the Pasadena Recovery Center. TV appearances in which Pinsky did not appear as himself include The Adam Carolla Project, Minoriteam, Robot Chicken, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, and Code Monkeys. Pinsky appeared in the films New York Minute and Wild Hogs. In early 2011, Pinsky began hosting his own show on HLN that focuses on addiction. In an interview on Kevin and Bean, Pinsky has stated he will speak to any media outlet including TMZ and The National Enquirer, but will not speak to the Los Angeles Times, explaining "They distort, and they mislead, and they take things out of context. I really am stunned at how shoddy their journalism is, so I stopped talking to them." In September 2012, Pinsky announced on the The Adam Carolla Show that he will be doing a podcast on the Carolla Digital network. In 2003, Pinsky authored Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again, recounting his experiences as the Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at the Las Encinas Hospital drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California. He also contributed to the book When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs, published in 2004. In addition to his media appearances, Pinsky speaks at college campuses and other public venues. When Adam Carolla and Pinsky were teamed as hosts of Loveline, Carolla and Pinsky spoke at colleges. In 1999, Pinsky co-founded an Internet-based community and advice site for teenagers called DrDrew.com with Curtis Giesen. Among their early backers was Garage.com. DrDrew.com soon ran out of funding, and the company was sold to Sherwood Partners Inc., a corporate restructuring firm, which sold the remnants to DrKoop.com in November 2000. Pinsky was the voice of 1-800-GET-THIN, advocating lap band surgery on radio ads and in a recording played for those who called 1-800-GET-THIN. He also appeared with his dogs in a PETA ad campaign promoting the spaying and neutering of pets. Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky is named in his honor. Pinsky was honored with the Larry Stewart Leadership and Inspiration Award at the 12th Annual PRISM Awards in 2008. In 2009, Pinsky drew criticism from experts for publicly offering professional opinions of celebrities he has never met or personally examined, based on media accounts, and has also drawn the ire of some of those celebrities. Following comments Pinsky made about actor Tom Cruise's belief in Scientology and Lindsay Lohan's drug abuse, Cruise's lawyer compared Pinsky to Joseph Goebbels, and Lohan posted on Twitter, "I thought REAL doctors talked to patients in offices behind closed doors." Pinsky also received criticism in April 2010 for stating that he would frame Lohan for illegal drug use in order to force her into a sobriety program if he were her father. Pinsky responded in the same publication that his remark was intended as hyperbole and a "flight of journalistic excess", not a suggestion as a treatment modality in any way. He stated his intent was to drive home the point about bringing negative consequences to bear for a person dying of addiction when all other options have been exhausted. Pinsky, who admits in his 2009 book, The Mirror Effect, that he scored a 16 on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (average is 18 for celebrities), and shares several traits with the "closet narcissist", asserts that he was never motivated by fame to become a media figure, but from a desire to educate the public, especially the youth, on the medical facts distorted by the media. Patient Andy Dick, who made Pinsky his primary care physician, disputes the accusation that Pinsky is motivated by a desire for fame, insisting that Pinsky "really is just this unbelievably caring guy. He really is. He’s almost too caring." Sex Rehab alumnus Duncan Roy, however, has criticized Pinsky's competence. While Roy concedes that Pinsky is highly skilled at treating drug and alcohol addiction, he claims that Pinsky has no knowledge of sex addiction, and that he merely recycled the words and ideas of Jill Vermiere, MFT, one of the therapists on Sex Rehab, who Roy says, along with Dr. John Sealy, were the true therapeutic forces behind his recovery. Defending the practice of paying addicts to attend rehab, producer Pinsky says, "My whole thing is bait and switch. Whatever motivates them to come in, that’s fine. Then we can get them involved with the process." In January 2012, controversial journalist Jim Romenesko reported that Pinsky accepted $115,000 in consultation fees from Janssen Pharmaceutica in 2010 and 2011. In response, Janssen clarified that the fees paid for "educating teens, parents, and educators about the prevalence and serious risks of teen prescription drug abuse in the U.S." CNN Headline News spokesperson Alison Rudnick, which broadcasts Dr. Drew, stated that Pinsky would include on-air disclaimers during any stories involving Janssen. Charles Seife of Slate magazine, however, pointed out in a July 2012 article that no such disclaimer was made during an episode that aired a week earlier on gastric bypass surgery, despite a Los Angeles Times article questioning the propriety of Pinsky's role as a spokesperson for a firm that did marketing for lap-band surgery. Headline News explained that the lap-band deal had elapsed by the time the gastric bypass show aired, making a disclaimer unnecessary. In July 2012, it was reported that United States prosecutors involved in a criminal prosecution of GlaxoSmithKline for healthcare fraud, in which the company settled for $3 billion, stated that Pinsky was paid $275,000 in March and April 1999 to promote Wellbutrin SR, a Glaxo antidepressant, "in settings where it did not appear that Dr. Pinsky was speaking for GSK." Glaxo marketed the drug being distinct from other antidepressants by not causing a decrease in sex drive, which Pinsky emphasized in his promotions of it, despite the fact that company did not have FDA approval for that claim. Pinsky married on July 21, 1991, and he and his wife Susan had triplets Douglas, Jordan, and Paulina in November 1992. Pinsky lives in Pasadena, California. Interested in fitness since his early teens, he goes running and does weight training regularly. In addition to his hobby of traveling, he also enjoys singing opera, as his mother was a professional singer. Pinsky stated on the June 24, 2009 episode of Loveline that at one point, he was torn between practicing medicine and becoming a professional opera singer. Pinsky stated that he auditioned for a celebrity singing show, but that the show passed on his appearance when he made it clear to producers that he could not sing pop songs, but did perform an aria on Turn Ben Stein On. Pinsky's father, Morton, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on October 27, 2009. A title card at the end of the season 3 finale of Celebrity Rehab dedicated the episode to him. Pinsky is a nonobservant Jew; he admits to abandoning most Jewish practices but claims to retain a continued desire to learn about the religion. He explains that religious as well as philosophical studies affect his medical practice and his speeches, and that his background places "an indirect coloring on every answer." Radio Film Television

Katherine Kelly (actress)

Katherine Kelly (actress) 2012-01-06T07:22:02Z Katherine Kelly, (born 19 November 1979) is a British actress and recording artist who is most well known for playing Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She has also starred in the film Mischief Night. Kelly was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and grew up in both Barnsley and Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She attended Wakefield Girls High School. She has strong links with The Lamproom Theatre in Barnsley, established in 1998 by her father John (who is originally from Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland), and has regularly supported fund-raising events held there. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, with fellow students Meredith MacNeill and Laurence Fox, graduating in 2001. She worked at Chichester Festival Theatre in The Accrington Pals with actress Amy Robbins and at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in Othello with Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne. Since then, she has worked in TV, film, radio and voice-over. She was a leading lady at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2004–2005, performing in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and the West End. On the 18 April 2011 it was announced that she would be leaving Coronation Street at the end of the year. She will then star as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre from 24 January 2012. Recently, Kelly appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss her departure from Coronation Street and she said 'I decided to leave Coronation Street for a change' She also talked about her role in 'She Stoops To Conquer' and said that 'you've got to be careful what you wish for because this couldn't be more different, really!' In November 2010 it was revealed that Kelly would be appearing on the album, "Coronation Street: Rogues, Angels, Heroes & Fools". The album, released on 29 November 2010, was specially produced as part of the Coronation Street 50th Anniversary celebrations. Kelly, in character as Becky McDonald, sang the lead single from the album, "If It's Too Late" written by Trisha Ward. The single was released exclusively by Tesco on 6 December 2010. On 20 April 2011, the Daily Mirror reported that "If It's Too Late" had been specially remixed by former PWL and Stock Aitken Waterman "Mixmaster", Pete Hammond as a "surprise present" for Kelly after she announced she was leaving Coronation Street. No release date has been given for the Pete Hammond single, although the Daily Mirror stated that it had been released in the USA under the name "Angel K". , Katherine Kelly (actress) 2013-12-30T22:30:28Z Katherine Kelly (born 19 November 1979) is a British actress and recording artist, best known for her acting role in Coronation Street. In 2006, Kelly began playing Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She appeared for six years until her departure in 2012. Since 2013, she has appeared in the ITV drama series Mr Selfridge as Lady Mae Loxley. Kelly was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and grew up in both Barnsley and Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She attended Wakefield Girls High School. She has strong links with The Lamproom Theatre in Barnsley, established in 1998 by her father John (who is originally from Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland), and has regularly supported fund-raising events held there. Kelly said in a 2012 interview: "My parents are still massively involved, and so am I. We even did a Family Fortunes to raise money because we needed a new roof. It's so special to me." She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London, with fellow students Meredith MacNeill and Laurence Fox, graduating in 2001. She worked at Chichester Festival Theatre in The Accrington Pals with actress Amy Robbins and at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in Othello with Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne. Since then, she has worked in TV, film, radio and voice-over. She was a leading lady at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2004–2005, performing in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and the West End. On 18 April 2011 it was announced that she would be leaving Coronation Street at her own request by the end of the year. She then starred as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre from 24 January 2012. Kelly appeared on ITV's This Morning to discuss her departure from Coronation Street and she said "I decided to leave Coronation Street for a change". She also talked about her role in 'She Stoops To Conquer' and said that "you've got to be careful what you wish for because this couldn't be more different, really!" Kelly's first television role after leaving Coronation Street was in the ninety minute BBC4 biopic The Best Possible Taste in which she played Lee Middleton, wife of Kenny Everett. In early 2013 she played socialite Lady Mae in the ten part ITV1 drama series Mr Selfridge, and later signed on to appear in a second series of the show. Later in the year she joined the lead cast of The Field of Blood, based on the novel by Denise Mina. Kelly will play Maloney, an ambitious woman in the "ferociously male-dominated world of 1980s newspaper journalism". In January 2013 it was announced that Kelly would star in The Last Witch - a supernatural drama written by BAFTA nominated writer Sally Wainwright, as part of the Sky Living Reckless series. In 2013 she will star in an ITV thriller, entitled The Guilty, as Claire Reid, mother to a missing five year old child. In November 2010 it was revealed that Kelly would be appearing on the album, "Coronation Street: Rogues, Angels, Heroes & Fools". The album, released on 29 November 2010, was specially produced as part of the Coronation Street 50th Anniversary celebrations. Kelly, in character as Becky McDonald, sang the lead single from the album, "If It's Too Late" written by Trisha Ward. The single was released exclusively by Tesco on 6 December 2010. On 20 April 2011, the Daily Mirror reported that "If It's Too Late" had been specially remixed by former PWL and Stock Aitken Waterman "Mixmaster", Pete Hammond as a "surprise present" for Kelly after she announced she was leaving Coronation Street. No release date has been given for the Pete Hammond single, although the Daily Mirror stated that it had been released in the USA under the name "Angel K".

Song Ji-hyo

Song Ji-hyo 2006-09-10T03:05:34Z Korean actress who has acted in the popular Korean Drama 'Princess Hours' and the movie 'Wishing Stairs'. , Song Ji-hyo 2007-12-14T09:55:11Z File:Http://www.velverse.com/img/2007/february/goong img06.jpgSong, Ji-Hyo (Korean: 송지효, Hanja: 宋智孝) is a popular Korean TV and film actress. Born on August 15, 1981, she was born as Cheon Seong Im. She is most famous for her portrayal of ballerina Min Hyo Rin in Princess Hours and Lady Yesoya in Jumong (MBC, 2006).

Seattle Storm

Seattle Storm 2016-01-06T10:39:44Z The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of three Seattle businesswomen: Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder. The Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in eleven of its sixteen years in Seattle. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former UConn stars Sue Bird and Swin Cash, 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. In 2004 and 2010, the Storm went to the WNBA Finals; they won each time, beating Connecticut in 2004 and Atlanta in 2010. The team cultivates a fan-friendly, family environment at home games by having an all-kid dance squad, which leads young fans in a conga line on the court during time-outs, to the music of "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's. Named for the rainy weather of Seattle, the team uses many weather-related icons: the team mascot is Doppler, a maroon-furred creature with a cup anemometer on its head; the theme song for Storm home games is AC/DC's "Thunderstruck"; and its newsletter is called Stormwatch. The Storm was the sister team of the Seattle SuperSonics until February 28, 2008, when the latter team was sold to an independent ownership group in Seattle. The Storm's predecessor was the Seattle Reign, a charter member of the American Basketball League (ABL), operating from 1996 through December 1998, when the league folded. Luckier than most localities that had an ABL team, Seattle was quickly awarded a WNBA franchise and began play less than two years later. The Seattle Storm would tip off their first season (the 2000 WNBA season) in typical expansion fashion. Coached by Lin Dunn and led by guard Edna Campbell and Czech center Kamila Vodichkova, the team finished with a 6–26 record. The low record, however, allowed the Storm to draft 19-year-old Australian standout Lauren Jackson. Though Seattle did not make the playoffs in the 2001 season, Jackson's impressive rookie performance provided a solid foundation for the franchise to build on. In the 2002 draft, the Storm drafted UConn star Sue Bird, filling the Storm's gap at the point guard position. With Bird's playmaking ability and Jackson's scoring and rebounding, the team made the playoffs for the first time in 2002, but were swept by the Los Angeles Sparks. Coach Anne Donovan was hired for the 2003 campaign. In Donovan's first year, Jackson would win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, but the team had a disappointing season (with Bird injured for much of the year), and the Storm missed the playoffs. The 2004 Storm posted a then franchise-best 20–14 record. In the playoffs, the Storm made quick work of the Minnesota Lynx, sweeping them in the first round. The Storm then squared off against an up-and-coming Sacramento Monarchs team in the West Finals. The Storm would emerge victorious, winning the series 2–1. In the WNBA Finals, the Storm would finish off the season as champions, defeating the Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1. Betty Lennox was named MVP of the Finals. The win made Anne Donovan the first female head coach in WNBA history to win the WNBA Championship. Key players from the Storm's championship season were not on the team in 2005. Vodichkova, Tully Bevilaqua, and Sheri Sam moved on to other teams. In addition, the pre-season injury of Australian star and new acquisition Jessica Bibby hampered the team's 2005 season. While they matched their 2004 record and made the playoffs, the Storm's title defense was stopped in the first round by the Houston Comets, 2 games to 1. In 2006, the Storm would finish 18–16, good enough to make the playoffs. The Storm put up a good fight in the first round against the Sparks, but would fall short 2–1. In 2007, the Storm would finish .500 (17–17), good enough to make the playoffs in a weak Western Conference. The Storm would be quickly swept out of the playoffs by the Phoenix Mercury. On November 30, 2007, Anne Donovan resigned as head coach, and was replaced by Brian Agler on January 9, 2008. Although most of Seattle's major sports teams endured poor seasons during 2008, the Storm would be the only standout team in Seattle that year, posting a franchise-best 22–12 record and finishing with a 16–1 record at home, also a franchise-best. But the No. 2 seeded Storm lost to the #3 Los Angeles Sparks in the first round of the playoffs in three games, and ended Seattle's season at 23–14 overall. In 2009, the Storm were 20–14 and finished second in the Western Conference for the second straight year. In the playoffs, the Storm again lost to the #3 Los Angeles Sparks in 3 games, which ended their season in the first round for the fifth consecutive season. In the 2010 season, the Storm were almost unstoppable with a record-tying 28 wins and 6 losses in the regular season, including a perfect 17–0 at KeyArena. This was the most home wins in the history of the WNBA. Along the way, Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week five times, and Western Conference Player of the Month three times, on her way to being named WNBA MVP for the third time. Agler was also named Coach of the Year. In the playoffs, the Storm dramatically reversed their fortunes from the previous five seasons. They started with a sweep of the Sparks, the team that previously knocked them out of the playoffs every time they met. Then they swept Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals, and the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA Finals. With two league championships, the Storm became Seattle's most successful pro sports team by that measure. With the same lineup as the previous year, the Storm had much expectation for the 2011 WNBA season. But right in the second round a two-year home invincibility was broken by the Minnesota Lynx, who even left the Storm scoreless for the first seven minutes. Injuries hit multiple players, especially Lauren Jackson, who had to undergo hip surgery and missed most of the season. The regular starting five resumed play only in the last five games, but Sue Bird and Swin Cash kept the Storm competitive, finishing second in the WNBA with 21 wins and 13 losses. On the playoffs, a Mercury buzzer beater at the KeyArena eliminated the Storm in round 1. In 2012, with Jackson absent for the early season training with the Australia national team and injuries to most of the team, including Bird, only Camille Little and Katie Smith played on all the games of the regular season. Upon her return, Jackson missed some games due to a hamstring injury, but reached 6,000 points on her WNBA career playing against the San Antonio Silver Stars. The 16-18 record put the Storm fourth in the West, facing the Lynx, who posted the league's best record during the regular season, in the playoffs. While the Storm managed to force a game 3 by winning in the KeyArena at double overtime, a last-second attempt by Jackson went off the rim and the Lynx took the series winning by just one point, 73-72. After losing in the first round of the 2013 playoffs to the Lynx following a .500 regular season, the Storm missed the playoffs in 2014. This was the first time the Storm missed the playoffs since 2003. Following seven-year head coach & GM Brian Agler's hiring in Los Angeles, the Storm elevated President Alisha Valavanis to President & GM, and two weeks later, hired Jenny Boucek as the fourth head coach in franchise history. Valavanis and Boucek promptly got to work, trading Shekinna Stricklen and Camille Little to Connecticut for the #3 and #15 2015 WNBA Draft picks, along with Renee Montgomery. Storm free agent Tanisha Wright signed with the Liberty, and a month later, Valavanis shipped the #15 pick to the Mystics for Quanitra Hollingsworth and the #20 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft. Valavanis also signed Australian forward Abby Bishop that month. Fast forward to April 2015, the month of the WNBA Draft, where Seattle now held the #1, #3, #20 and #26 picks. Days before the draft, Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd and Minnesota center Amanda Zahui B shook up the draft order, both forgoing NCAA eligibility and declaring for the WNBA Draft. On April 16, 2015, Seattle drafted Jewell Loyd #1, UCONN sharpshooter Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis #3, Vicky McIntyre #20 and Nneka Enemkpali #26 in the 2015 WNBA Draft. Following disagreements between the Basketball Club of Seattle (the former owners of the Sonics and Storm) and the city of Seattle concerning the need to renovate the KeyArena, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Seattle Storm were sold to an Oklahoma City group led by Clay Bennett on July 18, 2006. Bennett made it clear that the Sonics and Storm would move to Oklahoma City at some point after the 2007–08 NBA season, unless an arena for the Sonics was approved by Seattle leaders before October 31, 2007. During this period of uncertainty, the Storm announced that they would play their 2008 WNBA season in Seattle at KeyArena. On January 8, 2008, Bennett sold the team to a Seattle group of women called Force 10 Hoops, LLC. The sale was given unanimous approval from the WNBA Board of Governors on February 28, 2008. This keeps the team in Seattle and disconnected it from the Sonics, which was dissolved with the 'new' basketball franchise and assets relocated to Oklahoma City. On April 21, 2010, the Storm and the WNBA announced a sponsor agreement with Bing, a search engine from Microsoft, to place the company's logo on their jerseys for the 2010 season. In June 2011, President of the United States Barack Obama invited the 2010 WNBA champion Seattle Storm to the White House. He stated that the franchise provided a good example for young girls with big dreams. He praised the Storm for the community service they perform and stated that being champions did not end when they step off the court. The Storm presented the President with a championship ring. Currently, some Storm games are broadcast on KONG, which is a local television station for the area of Seattle. More often than not, NBA TV will pick up the feed from the local broadcast, which is shown nationally. Broadcasters for the Storm games are Dick Fain and Adia Barnes. All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on ESPN3.com) are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Storm games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. The WNBA has reached an eight-year agreement with ESPN, which will pay rights fees to the Storm, as well as other teams in the league. , Seattle Storm 2017-12-22T20:14:49Z The Seattle Storm are a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of three Seattle businesswomen: Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder. The Storm has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in twelve of its seventeen years in Seattle. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former UConn stars Sue Bird and Swin Cash, 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. In 2004 and 2010, the Storm went to the WNBA Finals; they won each time, beating Connecticut in 2004 and Atlanta in 2010 (they are one of two teams in the WNBA that are undefeated in the WNBA Finals; the Houston Comets are the other, however, the Comets are no longer in operation). The team cultivates a fan-friendly, family environment at home games by having an all-kid dance squad, which leads young fans in a conga line on the court during time-outs, to the music of "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's. Named for the rainy weather of Seattle, the team uses many weather-related icons: the team mascot is Doppler, a maroon-furred creature with a cup anemometer on its head; the theme song for Storm home games is AC/DC's "Thunderstruck"; and its newsletter is called Stormwatch. The Storm was the sister team of the Seattle SuperSonics until February 28, 2008, when the latter team was sold to an independent ownership group in Seattle. The Storm's predecessor was the Seattle Reign, a charter member of the American Basketball League (ABL), operating from 1996 through December 1998, when the league folded. Luckier than most localities that had an ABL team, Seattle was quickly awarded a WNBA franchise and began play less than two years later. The Seattle Storm would tip off their first season (the 2000 WNBA season) in typical expansion fashion. Coached by Lin Dunn and led by guard Edna Campbell and Czech center Kamila Vodichkova, the team finished with a 6–26 record. The low record, however, allowed the Storm to draft 19-year-old Australian standout Lauren Jackson. Though Seattle did not make the playoffs in the 2001 season, Jackson's impressive rookie performance provided a solid foundation for the franchise to build on. In the 2002 draft, the Storm drafted UConn star Sue Bird, filling the Storm's gap at the point guard position. With Bird's playmaking ability and Jackson's scoring and rebounding, the team made the playoffs for the first time in 2002, but were swept by the Los Angeles Sparks. Coach Anne Donovan was hired for the 2003 campaign. In Donovan's first year, Jackson would win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, but the team had a disappointing season (with Bird injured for much of the year), and the Storm missed the playoffs. The 2004 Storm posted a then franchise-best 20–14 record. In the playoffs, the Storm made quick work of the Minnesota Lynx, sweeping them in the first round. The Storm then squared off against an up-and-coming Sacramento Monarchs team in the West Finals. The Storm would emerge victorious, winning the series 2–1. In the WNBA Finals, the Storm would finish off the season as champions, defeating the Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1. Betty Lennox was named MVP of the Finals. The win made Anne Donovan the first female head coach in WNBA history to win the WNBA Championship. Key players from the Storm's championship season were not on the team in 2005. Vodichkova, Tully Bevilaqua, and Sheri Sam moved on to other teams. In addition, the pre-season injury of Australian star and new acquisition Jessica Bibby hampered the team's 2005 season. While they matched their 2004 record and made the playoffs, the Storm's title defense was stopped in the first round by the Houston Comets, 2 games to 1. In 2006, the Storm would finish 18–16, good enough to make the playoffs. The Storm put up a good fight in the first round against the Sparks, but would fall short 2–1. In 2007, the Storm would finish .500 (17–17), good enough to make the playoffs in a weak Western Conference. The Storm would be quickly swept out of the playoffs by the Phoenix Mercury. On November 30, 2007, Anne Donovan resigned as head coach, and was replaced by Brian Agler on January 9, 2008. Although most of Seattle's major sports teams endured poor seasons during 2008, the Storm would be the only standout team in Seattle that year, posting a franchise-best 22–12 record and finishing with a 16–1 record at home, also a franchise-best. But the No. 2 seeded Storm lost to the #3 Los Angeles Sparks in the first round of the playoffs in three games, and ended Seattle's season at 23–14 overall. In 2009, the Storm were 20–14 and finished second in the Western Conference for the second straight year. In the playoffs, the Storm again lost to the #3 Los Angeles Sparks in 3 games, which ended their season in the first round for the fifth consecutive season. In the 2010 season, the Storm were almost unstoppable with a record-tying 28 wins and 6 losses in the regular season, including a perfect 17–0 at KeyArena. This was the most home wins in the history of the WNBA. Along the way, Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week five times, and Western Conference Player of the Month three times, on her way to being named WNBA MVP for the third time. Agler was also named Coach of the Year. In the playoffs, the Storm dramatically reversed their fortunes from the previous five seasons. They started with a sweep of the Sparks, the team that previously knocked them out of the playoffs every time they met. Then they swept Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury in the conference finals, and the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA Finals. With two league championships, the Storm became Seattle's most successful pro sports team by that measure. With the same lineup as the previous year, the Storm had much expectation for the 2011 WNBA season. But right in the second round a two-year home invincibility was broken by the Minnesota Lynx, who even left the Storm scoreless for the first seven minutes. Injuries hit multiple players, especially Lauren Jackson, who had to undergo hip surgery and missed most of the season. The regular starting five resumed play only in the last five games, but Sue Bird and Swin Cash kept the Storm competitive, finishing second in the WNBA with 21 wins and 13 losses. On the playoffs, a Mercury buzzer beater at the KeyArena eliminated the Storm in round 1. In 2012, with Jackson absent for the early season training with the Australia national team and injuries to most of the team, including Bird, only Camille Little and Katie Smith played on all the games of the regular season. Upon her return, Jackson missed some games due to a hamstring injury, but reached 6,000 points on her WNBA career playing against the San Antonio Silver Stars. The 16-18 record put the Storm fourth in the West, facing the Lynx, who posted the league's best record during the regular season, in the playoffs. While the Storm managed to force a game 3 by winning in the KeyArena at double overtime, a last-second attempt by Jackson went off the rim and the Lynx took the series winning by just one point, 73-72. After losing in the first round of the 2013 playoffs to the Lynx following a .500 regular season, the Storm missed the playoffs in 2014. This was the first time the Storm missed the playoffs since 2003. Following seven-year head coach & GM Brian Agler's hiring in Los Angeles, the Storm elevated President Alisha Valavanis to President & GM, and two weeks later, hired Jenny Boucek as the fourth head coach in franchise history. Valavanis and Boucek promptly got to work, trading Shekinna Stricklen and Camille Little to the Connecticut Sun for the #3 and #15 2015 WNBA draft picks, along with Renee Montgomery. Storm free agent Tanisha Wright signed with the New York Liberty, and a month later, Valavanis shipped the #15 pick to the Mystics for Quanitra Hollingsworth and the #20 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft. Valavanis also signed Australian forward Abby Bishop that month. Fast forward to April 2015, the month of the WNBA Draft, where Seattle now held the #1, #3, #20 and #26 picks. Days before the draft, Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd and Minnesota center Amanda Zahui B. shook up the draft order, both forgoing NCAA eligibility and declaring for the WNBA Draft. On April 16, 2015, Seattle drafted Jewell Loyd #1, UCONN sharpshooter Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis #3, Vicky McIntyre #20 and Nneka Enemkpali #26 in the 2015 WNBA Draft. After having the worst record in the WNBA the Storm ended up with the first overall pick again using it to select Breanna Stewart from the University of Connecticut. In the 2016 season, Seattle went on an impressive run after the Olympic Break to make the playoffs with a 16-18 record, before falling to Atlanta in the first round of the playoffs. The Storm name was chosen because of Seattle's reputation as a rainy city, as well as the aggressive nature implicit in the name. Though the team conducted an exhaustive trademark search for options, Storm was always their preferred choice. The name had once been trademarked by an amateur soccer club, FC Seattle Storm, in the mid-1980s, but by 2000 it was free for the WNBA to take ownership. The team had planned a formal announcement, along with a presentation of the logo and official team colors, at a January 2000 gala event for the inaugural season ticket holders. However, a Miami newspaper revealed the name two weeks early while announcing all four of that season's expansion franchises. The logo features an iconic Seattle landmark, the Space Needle, set against the backdrop of a storm cloud. In dynamic font and fashion, the team name stretches in an angled rise from left to right. Pointed jags meant to evoke lightning bolts streak through the team name from right to left. A basketball orbits the Space Needle through the cloud. In January 2016, the team revealed a branding update with a change to the official team colors. The logo retains the same design but uses the new color scheme. Like a number of early WNBA teams, the Storm were owned by their NBA counterpart, the Seattle SuperSonics, and closely related to the team. Taking their cue from the Sonics' team colors at the time, known colloquially as the "wine and pine" era of the team, the Storm's original team colors were pine green, maroon red, bronze, and white. When a new ownership group led by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz purchased the Sonics and Storm in 2001, the NBA club rebranded with the traditional green and golden yellow colors that had identified the team for the majority of its 41 years. The Storm, however, retained their colors as a way to uniquely market the team. Following another change of ownership in 2006, the team was then sold to Force 10 Hoops LLC in 2008 when the Oklahoma City interests that owned the Sonics announced intentions to relocate the NBA club to the Sooner State. Force 10 also retained the original colors. The January 2016 branding update changed the official team colors. Adopting a scheme similar to their former NBA brother team, the new colors are green and yellow. White and grey will feature as accent colors. Following disagreements between the Basketball Club of Seattle (the former owners of the Sonics and Storm) and the city of Seattle concerning the need to renovate the KeyArena, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Seattle Storm were sold to an Oklahoma City group led by Clay Bennett on July 18, 2006. Bennett made it clear that the Sonics and Storm would move to Oklahoma City at some point after the 2007–08 NBA season, unless an arena for the Sonics was approved by Seattle leaders before October 31, 2007. During this period of uncertainty, the Storm announced that they would play their 2008 WNBA season in Seattle at KeyArena. On January 8, 2008, Bennett sold the team to a Seattle group of women called Force 10 Hoops, LLC. The sale was given unanimous approval from the WNBA Board of Governors on February 28, 2008. This keeps the team in Seattle and disconnected it from the Sonics, which was dissolved with the 'new' basketball franchise and assets relocated to Oklahoma City. On April 21, 2010, the Storm and the WNBA announced a sponsor agreement with Bing, a search engine from Microsoft, to place the company's logo on their jerseys for the 2010 season. The Bing sponsorship ended after the 2013 season, and the Storm played without a sponsor for two seasons, before signing a new uniform deal with Swedish Medical Center for the 2016 season. In June 2011, President of the United States Barack Obama invited the 2010 WNBA champion Seattle Storm to the White House. He stated that the franchise provided a good example for young girls with big dreams. He praised the Storm for the community service they perform and stated that being champions did not end when they step off the court. The Storm presented the President with a championship ring. Currently, some Storm games are broadcast on KONG, which is a local television station for the area of Seattle. More often than not, NBA TV will pick up the feed from the local broadcast, which is shown nationally. Broadcasters for the Storm games are Dick Fain and Adia Barnes. All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on ESPN3.com) are broadcast to the WNBA LiveAccess game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Storm games are broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. The WNBA has reached an eight-year agreement with ESPN, which will pay rights fees to the Storm, as well as other teams in the league.

Luís Leal (footballer, born 1987)

Luís Leal (footballer, born 1987) 2014-02-18T18:37:28Z Luís Leal dos Anjos (born 29 May 1987 in Arrentela, Setúbal District), known as Leal, is a Santomean professional footballer who plays for Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) in Saudi Arabia, as a striker. Leal started playing football with Sporting Clube de Portugal, moving after four years to Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade. He made his senior debuts with the latter, playing a couple of seasons in the fourth division. Leal then had two solid campaigns in the third level, one apiece with Atlético Clube de Portugal and Moreirense FC, continuing his professional progression in the 2010 summer by signing with G.D. Estoril Praia in division two. He made his debuts in the top flight in the 2011–12 campaign with U.D. Leiria, appearing in his first game in the category on 15 August 2011, against Académica de Coimbra (18 minutes played, 1–2 home loss). In the 2012 summer, after Leiria's relegation (and further demotion to the third division due to irregularities), Leal returned to Estoril, with the team now in the top level. He started the season in impressive fashion, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against C.S. Marítimo and one in a 2–2 draw at former club Sporting. Born in Portugal, Leal expressed his desire to represent São Tomé and Príncipe internationally. , Luís Leal (footballer, born 1987) 2015-12-22T12:51:09Z Luís Leal dos Anjos (born 29 May 1987), known as Leal, is a Santomean professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.F. Os Belenenses on loan from APOEL FC as a striker. Born in Arrentela, Setúbal District, Leal started playing football with Sporting Clube de Portugal, moving after four years to Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade. He made his senior debuts with the latter, playing a couple of seasons in the fourth division. Leal then had two solid campaigns in the third level, one apiece with Atlético Clube de Portugal and Moreirense FC, continuing his professional progression in the 2010 summer by signing with G.D. Estoril Praia in division two. He made his debuts in the top flight in the 2011–12 campaign with U.D. Leiria, appearing in his first game in the category on 15 August 2011, against Académica de Coimbra (18 minutes played, 1–2 home loss). In the 2012 summer, after Leiria's relegation (and further demotion to the third division due to irregularities), Leal returned to Estoril, with the team now in the top level. He started the season in impressive fashion, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against C.S. Marítimo and one in a 2–2 draw at former club Sporting. On 18 June 2015, after brief spells at Al-Ahli SC, Al-Ittihad Kalba SC and Gaziantepspor, Leal signed a two-year contract with Cypriot First Division club APOEL FC. He made his debut on 14 July, in a 0–0 home draw against FK Vardar for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Leal scored his first two goals for APOEL on 22 August 2015, in a 5–1 victory at Ermis Aradippou. Eight days later, however, after underperforming in the Champions League's qualifiers, he was sent on loan to C.F. Os Belenenses until the end of the season. Born in Portugal, Leal expressed his desire to represent São Tomé and Príncipe internationally. He made his debut on 16 June 2012 in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Sierra Leone, and scored his first goal on 13 June 2015 in the 1–7 defeat in Cape Verde for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Camp_Joe_Holt

Camp_Joe_Holt 2008-01-30T06:21:10Z Camp Joe Holt was a Union base during the American Civil War in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky on land that is now part of Clarksville, Indiana, where the Little Eddy emptied into the river. It was a major staging area for troops in the Western Theatre of the War, in preparation for invading the Confederate States of America. It was the first major step performed by Kentucky Unionists to keep Kentucky from seceding to the Confederacy. Blanton Duncan gave his farm for use of the establishment of Camp Joe Holt. It was named in honor of Joseph Holt, the first Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln. Colonel Lovell Rousseau opened the facility in July 1861 in order to recruit Kentuckians, mostly Louisvillians, into the Union Army. A pine board with the words Camp Joe Holt was nailed into a tree by the entrance to the camp on the second day of operations by a Captain Trainor. The Camp was built in Indiana due to fears that recruiting camps in Kentucky would encourage Kentucky to secede to the Confederacy. (A Confederate state government would eventually form in Kentucky, but the Union state government never dissolved. ) By early September 1861, he had recruited over 2,000 such individuals, which formed the Fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Louisville Legion. The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Camp Joe Holt by Colonel John W. Ray, a former city councilman of Jeffersonville. Assisting him in the endeavor was the former member of the Clark Guards, Lieutenant Colonel James Keigwin. This was the only regiment formed in Clark County, Indiana. Camp Joe Holt would serve as a hospital in 1862 until Jefferson General Hospital was opened in Port Fulton, Indiana, 1. 5 miles upstream. The Interpretive Center for the Falls of the Ohio State Park was built where Camp Joe Holt existed. , Camp_Joe_Holt 2009-01-04T01:13:12Z Camp Joe Holt was a Union base during the American Civil War in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky on land that is now part of Clarksville, Indiana, where the Little Eddy emptied into the river. It was a major staging area for troops in the Western Theatre of the War, in preparation for invading the Confederate States of America. It was the first major step performed by Kentucky Unionists to keep Kentucky from seceding to the Confederacy. Blanton Duncan gave his farm for use of the establishment of Camp Joe Holt. It was named in honor of Joseph Holt, the first Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln. Colonel Lovell Rousseau opened the facility in July 1861 in order to recruit Kentuckians, mostly Louisvillians, into the Union Army. A pine board with the words Camp Joe Holt was nailed into a tree by the entrance to the camp on the second day of operations by a Captain Trainor. The Camp was built in Indiana due to fears that recruiting camps in Kentucky would encourage Kentucky to secede to the Confederacy. (A Confederate state government would eventually form in Kentucky, but the Union state government never dissolved. ) By early September 1861, he had recruited over 2,000 such individuals, which formed the Fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Louisville Legion. The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Camp Joe Holt by Colonel John W. Ray, a former city councilman of Jeffersonville. Assisting him in the endeavor was the former member of the Clark Guards, Lieutenant Colonel James Keigwin. This was the only regiment formed in Clark County, Indiana. Camp Joe Holt would serve as a hospital in 1862 until Jefferson General Hospital was opened in Port Fulton, Indiana, 1. 5 miles upstream. The Interpretive Center for the Falls of the Ohio State Park was built where Camp Joe Holt existed. 38°16′32″N 85°45′49″W / 38. 275556°N 85. 763611°W / 38. 275556; -85. 763611

Tandridge_District_Council_elections

Tandridge_District_Council_elections 2014-07-21T10:23:51Z One third of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Surrey County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2000, 42 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2000 election, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name. style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" |, Tandridge_District_Council_elections 2015-10-24T00:56:38Z One third of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Surrey County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2000, 42 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2000 election, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name. style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" |

Will Forte

Will Forte 2011-01-05T21:09:19Z Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III. He was raised in Lafayette, California, and graduated from Acalanes High School and UCLA with a history degree. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Forte joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2002 as a featured player. He was upgraded to full cast member shortly thereafter. Forte took over the role of then-president George W. Bush following the departure of Will Ferrell, a season with Chris Parnell in the role, and a brief half-season of Darrell Hammond playing the part. Forte featured as a number of recurring characters over the years, including The Falconer, MacGruber,Tim Calhoun, Mr. Dillon in the Gilly sketches, Greg Stink, and as one of the characters in the Song Memories sketches. Forte is often featured as a guest at the Weekend Update desk. He has several recurring Update characters, such as Tim Calhoun; He often appears in musical Update bits, such as one of The Kelly Brothers, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and a member of reverse Bon Jovi band, Jon Bovi. On August 26, 2010, Forte announced that he will be leaving SNL after eight years on the show (2002–2010) to focus on other projects. Before joining SNL, Forte was a member of The Groundlings. He has written and/or produced on the television series Late Show with David Letterman, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That '70s Show, and Action. Forte provided the voice of Abe Lincoln and the show announcer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series, Clone High. He was a consultant on another short-lived animated series, God, the Devil and Bob. He made a cameo in the movie Around the World in 80 Days and was in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest. Forte made an appearance on Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. On March 31, 2009, he appeared on SNL alum Jimmy Fallon's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Forte wrote the film The Brothers Solomon, in which he stars opposite Will Arnett (husband of former SNL castmember Amy Poehler). He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmember Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island. He will appear in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. The comedy troupe Broken Lizard (with whom Will worked on the comedy Beerfest) stated on their Myspace page that Will has a cameo in their upcoming comedy The Slammin' Salmon. Forte guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive, as well as on CBS's How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman. Forte has also guest voiced on the American Dad! episode "Family Affair," as a Disneyland security guard. He has also guest voiced in the episode "Every Which Way But Lose," as Mayor Woodside. He also appeared on the Christmas fantasy episode Rapture's Delight with SNL co-star Andy Samberg. Forte appeared in three episodes of the sitcom 30 Rock ("Black Tie", "Argus", and "I Do Do"), playing two different characters. Forte lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host called "Martin Serious". In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, "Sit Down, Shut Up". He voices Vice Principal Stuart Proszakian, a former prison clown now working as Knob Haven High's vice-principal. The series premiered on April 19, 2009. Kenan Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Bateman, Tom Kenny, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler are the other main cast members. He also voices Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show. On April 19, 2010, as his MacGruber character co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film MacGruber. Forte will guest star on fellow SNL alum Amy Poehler's third season of Parks and Recreation playing Kelly, a Twilight-loving resident of the fictional town of Pawnee. In the fall of 2010, Forte will guest star on How I Met Your Mother. He will reprise his role as Randy, a low-level Goliath National Bank employee. On November 10, 2010, Forte began a reoccurring appearance as a comedic version of TBS founder Ted Turner on the third episode of Conan O'Brien's new talk show, Conan, which airs on TBS. Forte serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. In 2010, he appeared in a commercial for the United Postal Service. , Will Forte 2012-12-27T16:05:40Z Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970), is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber, as well as for the role of Paul L'Astnamé, Jenna Maroney's cross-dressing boyfriend, on NBC's 30 Rock. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III, who divorced when Will and his sister Michelle were children. He was raised in Lafayette, California and graduated from Acalanes High School, where he played varsity football, was a swimmer, served as class president and was voted best personality. He attended UCLA and completed a degree in history. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Will Forte planned to become a financial broker like his father, but worked at a brokerage house for just one year before deciding to pursue comedy professionally. When first entering comedy he worked as a math tutor (one of his students was actress Faye Dunaway’s son Liam) and at a music publishing house. Before joining SNL, Forte was a member of The Groundlings and a comedy writer on television series. His first work as a staff writer was on the sketch show The Jenny McCarthy Show on MTV. He also wrote for the short lived The Army Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and short lives comedy Action. Forte wrote a pilot called Dos Hermanos about brothers John and Dean which introduced him to Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner. He was given a development deal to turn the pilot into a feature film script and put on staff at 3rd Rock from the Sun and later That '70s Show, as a writer. He was a consultant on the short-lived animated series, God, the Devil and Bob and producer during the 2001-2002 season of That '70s Show. Forte first auditioned for Saturday Night Live in 2001, but turned down the initial offer to write and produce That '70s Show. He re-auditioned in 2002 and was hired as featured player and writer. He was upgraded to full cast member the next season and the last cast member rehired after his third season (the show’s cast was considered bloated and there were major cuts made during the hiatus). Forte took over the role of then-president George W. Bush following the departure of Will Ferrell, a season with Chris Parnell in the role, and a brief half-season of Darrell Hammond playing the part. Forte featured as a number of recurring characters over the years, including his Groundlings character Tim Calhoun, The Falconer, MacGruber, Mr. Dillon in the Gilly sketches, Greg Stink, and as one of the characters in the Song Memories sketches. Forte was often featured as a guest at the Weekend Update desk. He had several recurring Update characters, such as Tim Calhoun; He often appeared in musical bits on Weekend Update, such as one of The Kelly Brothers, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and a member of reverse Bon Jovi band, Jon Bovi. Forte was one of the writers and stars of the first "SNL Digital Short" Lettuce. Many of his absurdist sketches were aired late in the show. Although he played them, Forte felt impersonations were not his strong suit (with the exception of musical impressions), one of the reasons Jason Sudeikis took over the role of George W. Bush. Forte extended his seven-year contract an additional year. On August 26, 2010, Forte announced that he would be leaving SNL after eight years on the show (2002–2010) to focus on other projects. Forte stated in an interview his primary reason for leaving was to be close to family. Since leaving, Forte has stated he left on good terms with executive producer Lorne Michaels. On April 2, 2011 & May 12, 2012, he made a guest appearance on the show, reprising his role of Greg Stink. Forte provided the voice of Abe Lincoln and the show announcer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series, Clone High. He was a guest voice on the animated series Drawn Together, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, and feature film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Forte made an appearance on friend Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and can be heard on the track "Personal Information Waltz". Forte guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive. He made a cameo in the movie Around the World in 80 Days and was in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest. Forte had struck a deal 10 years earlier to write a feature based on characters from a pilot he'd written for Carsey-Werner. As an agreement to terminate his contract with Carsey-Werner and executive producer Tom Werner, he agreed to develop a feature film about brothers. He wrote the script for The Brothers Solomon after meeting Will Arnett through Arnett's wife, SNL castmate Amy Poehler, considering him ideal for the role of John Solomon (named after his writing partner John Solomon). Directed by comic Bob Odenkirk and costarring SNL castmember Kristen Wiig, Chi McBride, Malin Akerman, and Lee Major, the film was filmed on a 32 day schedule on a budget of $10 million. In 2008 Forte had a small role in the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler film Baby Mama. He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmember Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. Forte had a cameo in the 2009 comedy The Slammin' Salmon by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. In 2008, Forte guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also appearing in Tim and Eric Nite Live! , Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. Between 1997 through 2007, Forte contributed as a consultant and writer of segments on the MTV Movie Awards and MTV Video Awards. Forte lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host called "Martin Serious". Forte wrote the short story "Beware of Math Tutors Who Ride Motorcycles" for the book Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me. In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up. He voices Vice Principal Stuart Proszakian, a former prison clown now working as Knob Haven High's vice-principal. He also voices Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show. On April 19, 2010, as his MacGruber character, he co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film MacGruber. Forte cowrote and starred in the title role of MacGruber, based on his SNL character. The film was co-written by writing partner John Solomon and director Jorma Taccone. They filmed the movie during their 2009 hiatus from SNL during a 28 day filming schedule in New Mexico on a $10 million dollar budget. Released during the summer of 2010, Forte left SNL soon after its theatrical release Forte reprised his role as Randy in the How I Met Your Mother and guest starred on Parks and Recreation as Kelly in the episode "Time Capsule". On November 10, 2010, Forte began making recurring appearances as a parodic version of TBS founder Ted Turner on the third episode of Conan O'Brien's new talk show, Conan, which airs on TBS. Forte was a guest voice on HBO’s animated series The Life and Times of Tim and guest voiced on four episodes of American Dad! . He was a regular voice actor on the series Allen Gregory, The Cleveland Show, and Gravity Falls. He recorded a guest appearance for the third season of Bob's Burgers. Forte has appeared in 11 episodes of the sitcom 30 Rock. After playing a bit part in the episode "Black Tie", Forte returned to the show to portray main character Jenna Maroney's "GenderdysmorphicBigenitalianPansexual" partner, Paul L'Astnamé. Forte was a guest star in the FX series The League the fall of 2011 and appeared in three episodes of Up All Night as a friend of Will Arnett’s character. Forte was a leading character in the raunchy comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (costarring SNL castmate Jason Sudeikis). He had cameos in the 2012 films Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (as a Sword Salesman) and Rock of Ages as a reporter. He had supporting roles in the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy and The Watch, costarring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, and Jonah Hill. Forte will appear with Andy Samberg as male cheerleaders in Grown Ups 2 in 2013. In Spring 2012, Forte was cast in the lead of the comedy pilot Rebounding. Despite high approval rating, the series was not picked up by Fox but was shopped to other networks and cable channels. Forte filmed the Steph Green drama "Run and Jump" in Ireland the summer of 2012. In August 2012, it was announced he had been cast in two features. Forte will voice a character in the sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, although he would be playing a new character. He was also cast as one of the leads in Alexander Payne’s upcoming feature film Nebraska, opposite Bruce Dern. Forte is a supporter of the camp Wampler’s Kids and recorded a promotional piece at SNL with Will Ferrell. Forte was a childhood friend of founder Steven Wampler. Forte was previously the national spokesman for SciEyes, a non-profit organization created to support research, training and public education in stem cell biology and to further the field by recognizing and supporting its potential for creating new therapies for the treatment of blinding and debilitating eye diseases. Forte was one of the primary donors responsible for the establishment of a research fellowship for 3rd year medical students at Duke Medical Center. Forte serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. Forte is especially close with his family. His mother has visited every film set he’s worked on. She made an appearance on the Mother’s Day episode of SNL in which he sang a song to her on Weekend Update. Forte officiated his sister Michelle’s wedding and filmed the birth of his niece and nephew. During a conversation with Scott Aukerman on the Podcast Comedy Bang Bang, Forte discussed his parents divorce and the family’s decision to have Christmas together after his father’s second divorce. During the same interview, Forte joked about his OCD tendencies including a story of listening to only one song in his office at SNL for an entire year because he wanted to challenge himself. During an interview with Larry King, Forte discussed his OCDs as a challenge he had to overcome but not ones he wished he didn't have, as it is a part of his personality.

David Rundblad

David Rundblad 2013-01-03T01:43:49Z David Rundblad (born October 8, 1990 in Lycksele) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rundblad was drafted 17th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career with the Ottawa Senators before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes. Rundblad scored his first Elitserien goal on March 14, 2009, in a playoff game against Linköpings HC. NHL Central Scouting ranked Rundblad sixth among European skaters for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, one spot behind Skellefteå AIK teammate Tim Erixon. The following season, Rundblad remained with Skellefteå and scored his first regular season goal on January 30, 2010 against Mattias Modig of Luleå HF, a goal that ended up being the game-winner. On June 10, 2010, it was announced that Rundblad had signed an entry-level contract with St. Louis. On June 25, 2010, he was acquired by the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 16th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, which the Blues used to select Vladimir Tarasenko. Rundblad finished the 2010–11 season with 50 points in 55 games. That is the second highest point total of any defenseman in league history, after David Petrasek who had 53 points (in 52 games) in 2009–10. Rundblad attended his first Senators camp in 2011, and remained on the roster into the season. Rundblad made his NHL debut on October 11, 2011 against the Minnesota Wild. Rundblad's first NHL point was an assist on a goal by Peter Regin on October 15 in a game against the Washington Capitals. His first NHL goal came on November 27, 2011 against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes. On December 17, 2011, Rundblad was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes (along with a second round draft pick) for forward Kyle Turris. Rundblad represented Sweden at the 2009 World Junior Championships and 2010 World Junior Championships. During the 2010 tournament, Rundblad was an alternate captain for the Swedish team. , David Rundblad 2014-12-23T23:16:00Z David Rundblad (born October 8, 1990 in Lycksele, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rundblad was drafted 17th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career with the Ottawa Senators before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes. On March 4, 2014, he was then traded to the Chicago Blackhawks. Rundblad scored his first Elitserien goal on March 14, 2009, in a playoff game against Linköpings HC. NHL Central Scouting ranked Rundblad sixth among European skaters for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, one spot behind Skellefteå AIK teammate Tim Erixon. The following season, Rundblad remained with Skellefteå and scored his first regular season goal on January 30, 2010 against Mattias Modig of Luleå HF, a goal that ended up being the game-winner. On June 10, 2010, it was announced that Rundblad had signed an entry-level contract with St. Louis. On June 25, 2010, he was acquired by the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 16th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, which the Blues used to select Vladimir Tarasenko. Rundblad finished the 2010–11 season with 50 points in 55 games. That is the second highest point total of any defenseman in league history, after David Petrasek who had 53 points (in 52 games) in 2009–10. Rundblad attended his first Senators camp in 2011, and remained on the roster into the season. Rundblad made his NHL debut on October 11, 2011 against the Minnesota Wild. Rundblad's first NHL point was an assist on a goal by Peter Regin on October 15 in a game against the Washington Capitals. His first NHL goal came on November 27, 2011 against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes. On December 17, 2011, Rundblad was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes (along with a second round draft pick) for forward Kyle Turris. David Rundblad participated in the AHL All-Star Classic in Providence, RI on January 28, 2013. Rundblad scored 6 goals and had 17 assists for 23 points in 32 games before the break. On March 4, 2014, Rundblad (along with defenceman Mathieu Brisebois) was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a second round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Rundblad represented Sweden at the 2009 World Junior Championships and 2010 World Junior Championships. During the 2010 tournament, Rundblad was an alternate captain for the Swedish team.

Swastik Productions

Swastik Productions 2013-01-08T04:42:20Z Swastik Pictures is an Indian production company. , Swastik Productions 2014-12-13T08:43:49Z Swastik Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian production company. Swastik Productions is currently producing Mahabharat on Star Plus and Amita Ka Amit on Sony.

Karolinka

Karolinka 2010-06-08T07:30:24Z Template:Geobox Karolinka is a small town in the Czech Republic, located about 18 km east of Vsetín. The settlement grew up around a glass factory established on territory of Nový Hrozenkov municipality in 1861. Karolinka was separated as a municipality of its own from Nový Hrozenkov in 1949. The current name, a Czech diminutive form of female name Caroline, (originally Karolinina Huť until 1951) derives from given name of stepmother of its founder Salomon Reich. Karolinka, established in 1978, is an amateur (const. ) Polish Folk Song and Dance Company based in London. , Karolinka 2012-02-26T18:48:12Z Template:Geobox Karolinka is a small town in the Czech Republic, located about 18 km east of Vsetín. The settlement grew up around a glass factory established on territory of Nový Hrozenkov municipality in 1861. Karolinka was separated as a municipality of its own from Nový Hrozenkov in 1949. The current name, a Czech diminutive form of female name Caroline, (originally Karolinina Huť until 1951) derives from given name of stepmother of its founder Salomon Reich.

Youcef Belaïli

Youcef Belaïli 2019-01-01T15:40:41Z Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (born 14 March 1992) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Espérance ST and the Algeria national team. Belaïli was born on 14 March 1992 in Oran. On 24 May 2012, Belaïli traveled to Tunisia to negotiate a move to Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis. Two days later, he announced that he had agreed to personal terms with the club and would be signing a three-year contract in the upcoming days. On 5 June, Belaïli officially joined Espérance, signing a three-year contract worth €2 million. On 20 July, Belaïli made his debut for Espérance as a substitute against ASO Chlef in the group stage of the 2012 CAF Champions League. Coming on in the 77th minute, Belaïli won his team a penalty to level the score and then provided an assist for Yannick N'Djeng in injury time to help Espérance win the game. In September 2017, Belaïli signed with Angers SCO of Ligue 1. He left the club on 26 January 2018, where he signed for his former club Espérance de Tunis. Belaili was called up to participate in the 2010 UNAF U-23 Tournament. On 13 December 2010, he scored an own goal in the fifty-fourth minute against the Cameroonian under 23 side. On 16 November 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco. In September 2015 it was announced that Belaïli was banned from sports for two years by the Confederation of African Football after testing positive for cocaine after a CAF Champions League match 7 August 2015. However, in March 2016, FIFA confirmed they were giving an extended four-year ban to apply worldwide through 19 September 2019. Espérance de Tunis, Youcef Belaïli 2020-12-07T02:03:18Z Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (Arabic: محمد يوسف بلايلي; born 14 March 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Qatar as a left winger for the Algeria national team. He currently play with Qatar SC. Belaïli was born on 14 March 1992 in Oran. On 24 May 2012, Belaïli traveled to Tunisia to negotiate a move to Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis. Two days later, he announced that he had agreed to personal terms with the club and would be signing a three-year contract in the upcoming days. On 5 June, Belaïli officially joined Espérance, signing a three-year contract worth €2 million. On 20 July, Belaïli made his debut for Espérance as a substitute against ASO Chlef in the group stage of the 2012 CAF Champions League. Coming on in the 77th minute, Belaïli won his team a penalty to level the score and then provided an assist for Yannick N'Djeng in injury time to help Espérance win the game. In September 2017, Belaïli signed with Angers SCO of Ligue 1. He left the club on 26 January 2018, where he signed for his former club Espérance de Tunis. In 2019, after winning the African Cup of Nations with Algeria, Belaili signed for Al-Ahli, a Saudi club in Jeddah. Belaili was called up to participate in the 2010 UNAF U-23 Tournament. On 13 December 2010, he scored an own goal in the 54th minute against the Cameroonian under 23 side. On 16 November 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco. In September 2015, it was announced that Belaïli was banned from sports for two years by the Confederation of African Football after testing positive for cocaine after a CAF Champions League match on 7 August 2015. However, in March 2016, FIFA confirmed they were giving an extended four-year ban to apply worldwide through 19 September 2019. Espérance de Tunis Algeria In September 2015, it was announced that Belaïli was banned from sports for two years by the Confederation of African Football after testing positive for cocaine after a CAF Champions League match on 7 August 2015. However, in March 2016, FIFA confirmed they were giving an extended four-year ban to apply worldwide through 19 September 2019.

Crewe_Kings

Crewe_Kings 2009-12-10T20:59:54Z The Crewe Kings were a Speedway team which operated from 1969 until their closure in 1975. The team first competed in 1969 promoted by Maury Littlechild for Allied Presentations who also promoted the Rayleigh Rockets, the Sunderland Stars and the Reading Racers. Littlechild died on 12 July 1972, with Ken Adams taking over until the end of the season. 1973 saw Len Silver take over on behalf of Allied Presentations, continuing in that role until former Crewe rider Dave Parry took over in 1975. However, the club ran into financial difficulties and closed at the end of the season. The track operated for a short time in the late 1920s / early 1930s. , Crewe_Kings 2010-09-18T17:58:20Z The Crewe Kings were a Speedway team which operated from 1969 until their closure in 1975. The team first competed in 1969 promoted by Maury Littlechild for Allied Presentations who also promoted the Rayleigh Rockets, the Sunderland Stars and the Reading Racers. Littlechild died on 12 July 1972, with Ken Adams taking over until the end of the season. 1973 saw Len Silver take over on behalf of Allied Presentations, continuing in that role until former Crewe rider Dave Parry took over in 1975. However, the club ran into financial difficulties and closed at the end of the season. The track operated for a short time in the late 1920s / early 1930s.

Aaron Ashmore

Aaron Ashmore 2015-01-09T05:36:15Z Aaron Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor, perhaps best known for his roles in American TV shows, as Jimmy Olsen in Smallville and as Steve Jinks in Warehouse 13. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore. Aaron Ashmore is known for playing Marc Hall in Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story. Since then, he has appeared in the films Safe, A Separate Peace, and A Bear Named Winnie. He has also had guest roles on television shows such as The Eleventh Hour, The West Wing, and 1-800-Missing. Ashmore played the recurring role of Troy Vandegraff on The WB television series Veronica Mars, as well as the role of Agent Steve Jinks on the Syfy show Warehouse 13. He was cast as Jimmy Olsen, first love interest of Chloe Sullivan, for the sixth season of Smallville on the WB television network and continued to play him into its eighth season. Two years after leaving the show, Ashmore returns to play his character's younger brother on the series finale. Coincidentally, his friend Sam Huntington played Olsen in Superman Returns and the two have both appeared in Veronica Mars. Ashmore's twin brother appeared on Smallville in earlier seasons, and he was offered by director Bryan Singer to play Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns before Huntington. Besides his recurring role on Smallville, Ashmore had roles in the 2007 films Palo Alto, Privileged, The Stone Angel and The Christmas Cottage. Aaron starred the horror film Fear Island, with Haylie Duff in Vancouver. MTV.ca announced on October 6, 2010, that he will have a role in Maple Pictures comedy film Servitude, which stars Joe Dinicol, Lauren Collins, Linda Kash, and John Bregar. Aaron and his twin brother Shawn were born in Richmond, British Columbia, and raised in Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. They have a "GMA" tattoo on their wrists that stands for "Good Man Ashmore". Their grandfather had a similar tattoo. On June 20, 2014 Aaron married Zoë Kate. , Aaron Ashmore 2016-12-21T22:49:12Z Aaron Richard Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is known for his roles on American television series, such as Jimmy Olsen on Smallville and Steve Jinks on Warehouse 13. He plays Johnny Jaqobis on the Canadian television series Killjoys. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore. Aaron Ashmore is known for playing Marc Hall in Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story. Since then, he has appeared in the films Safe, A Separate Peace, and A Bear Named Winnie. He has also had guest roles on television shows such as The Eleventh Hour, The West Wing, and 1-800-Missing. Ashmore played the recurring role of Troy Vandegraff on the UPN television series Veronica Mars, as well as the role of Agent Steve Jinks on the Syfy show Warehouse 13. He was cast as Jimmy Olsen, first love interest of Chloe Sullivan, for the sixth season of Smallville on the WB television network and continued to play him into its eighth season. Two years after leaving the show, Ashmore returns to play his character's younger brother on the series finale. Coincidentally, his friend Sam Huntington played Olsen in Superman Returns and the two have both appeared in Veronica Mars. Ashmore's twin brother appeared on Smallville in earlier seasons, and he was offered by director Bryan Singer to play Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns before Huntington. Besides his recurring role on Smallville, Ashmore had roles in the 2007 films Palo Alto, Privileged, The Stone Angel and The Christmas Cottage. Aaron starred in the horror film Fear Island, with Haylie Duff in Vancouver. MTV.ca announced on October 6, 2010, that he will have a role in Maple Pictures comedy film Servitude, which stars Joe Dinicol, Lauren Collins, Linda Kash, and John Bregar. In 2010, Ashmore starred as Marcus, one of the three journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice in a small town in Poland, in the horror film The Shrine. He also starred Eric in the romantic comedy Conception. In 2011, Ashmore joined season 3 of syfy series Warehouse 13, where he played the role of ATF agent Steve Jinks, a human polygraph of sorts – who has the unique ability to discern whether someone is lying or not. In 2014, he starred as Ray in the rom-com thriller I Put a Hit on You co-starring Sara Canning. In 2015, Ashmore had a supporting role in movie Regression. He also starred as Nick Hopewell in the Lifetime original movie Swept Under alongside Devin Kelley. In summer 2015, Ashmore began his role as John Jaqobis in the Syfy original series Killjoys. The show was renewed for a second season by Syfy for the summer of 2016, where he is continuing his role. He plays the role of one of the three interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multi-planetary class war. In December 2015, he starred as Jesse in Christmas themed lifetime movie Wish Upon a Christmas co-starring Larisa Oleynik. Aaron and his identical twin brother Shawn (also an actor) were born in Richmond, British Columbia, and raised in Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. They have a "GMA" tattoo on their wrists that stands for "Good Man Ashmore"; their grandfather had a similar tattoo. On June 20, 2014, Aaron married Zoë Kate. On the 5th June 2016, the couple's first child was born, a daughter

Committee_on_the_Public_Understanding_of_Science

Committee_on_the_Public_Understanding_of_Science 2014-04-05T11:35:54Z The Committee on the Public Understanding of Science or Copus was founded in 1985 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), the Royal Institution and the Royal Society. Its aim was to interpret scientific advances and make them more accessible to non-scientists. It played a part in developing the public understanding of science it establishing standards for communicating science and technology The Copus Grant Schemes was set up in 1987 and the last round of grants was for 2003/4. The scheme was funded by the Office of Science and Technology and the Royal Society. 25 grants worth a total of over £750,000 were awarded in 2003/2004. In 2000 The new Copus Council was formed to be a more inclusive partnership for science communication in the UK. In 2002 following a report commissioned by the Office of Science and Technology the Copus Council was stood down. This article about a scientific organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Committee_on_the_Public_Understanding_of_Science 2020-09-29T10:10:30Z The Committee on the Public Understanding of Science or Copus was founded in 1985 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), the Royal Institution and the Royal Society. Its aim was to interpret scientific advances and make them more accessible to non-scientists. It played a part in developing the public understanding of science it establishing standards for communicating science and technology The Copus Grant Schemes was set up in 1987 and the last round of grants was for 2003/4. The scheme was funded by the Office of Science and Technology and the Royal Society. 25 grants worth a total of over £750,000 were awarded in 2003/2004. In 2000 The new Copus Council was formed to be a more inclusive partnership for science communication in the UK. In 2002 following a report commissioned by the Office of Science and Technology the Copus Council was discontinued. This article about a scientific organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Jen_Cass

Jen_Cass 2008-07-21T20:58:08Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. Jen Cass is an American singer-songwriter born in Detroit, Michigan. Cass speaks about her childhood: "I remember my mom doing pirouettes around the living room with Joan Baez and Simon & Garfunkel blasting in the background. Then dad would pull out his guitar and we'd all sing Kris Kristofferson and Phil Ochs songs. My sister and I weren’t allowed to watch TV, so we sang, danced and read every book we could get our hands on. By the age of five, I was a miniature troubadour in bad seventies clothing, quoting Jack London and belting out Jim Croce tunes. I love my parents for that. ” Cass's songs have won a number of awards. In 2003, her song "Main Attraction" was selected as a winner in the Folk Category of both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition. "Small Town Boy" was chosen as the winning Song in the 2006 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. In November 1996, Cass released her first CD, Brave Enough To Say, and quickly sold over 2000 copies. She recorded with the help of the Russian surf-rock band Red Elvises. “We mixed contemporary folk, new country, oatmeal raisin cookies and extreme sleep deprivation to create a totally unique sound,” said Cass. Rick Nelson of the Tacoma News Tribune agrees, calling Brave Enough To Say an “excellent debut” and Cass a “gifted storyteller with a great voice. ” Agenda’s Alan Goldsmith Wrote, “Jen Cass' power as an artist lies in using her voice to capture pictures of broken American souls, and she paints these heartbreaking snapshots of lives gone wrong like nobody else. ” Since the release of Brave Enough To Say, Cass played many gigs throughout the country. Eventually she caught the attention of producer John Jennings. Recorded by Bob Dawson (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Danny Gatton, Cheryl Wheeler) and featuring several members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band, Skies Burning Red was nominated for two Detroit Music Awards and six Review Music Awards. Skies Burning Red was #12 on WHFR's Best of 2003 list, was a Midnight Special Pick Hit of the Week, and received radio play in every US state as well as Canada, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. In 2006, Cass and John Jennings collaborated again for Cass's third CD, Accidental Pilgrimage, which also featured the pianist, Grammy winner Jon Carroll, and the percussionist Dave Mattacks. "Accidental Pilgrimage" is Cass's most successful release to date, spawning six top 100 singles on the folk chart, moderate crossover success on the Americana Chart, and a mega-hit "Dear Mr. President". Cass currently resides in Michigan with her husband and their two children., Jen_Cass 2009-12-07T12:25:09Z No issues specified. Please specify issues, or remove this template. Jen Cass is an American singer-songwriter born in Detroit, Michigan. Cass speaks about her childhood: "I remember my mom doing pirouettes around the living room with Joan Baez and Simon & Garfunkel blasting in the background. Then dad would pull out his guitar and we'd all sing Kris Kristofferson and Phil Ochs' songs. My sister and I weren’t allowed to watch TV, so we sang, danced and read every book we could get our hands on. By the age of five, I was a miniature troubadour in bad seventies clothing, quoting Jack London and belting out Jim Croce tunes. I love my parents for that. ” Cass's songs have won a number of awards. In 2003, her song "Main Attraction" was selected as a winner in the Folk Category of both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the USA Songwriting Competition. "Small Town Boy" was chosen as the winning song in the 2006 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. In November 1996, Cass released her first CD, Brave Enough To Say, and quickly sold over 2,000 copies. She recorded with the help of the Russian surf-rock band Red Elvises. “We mixed contemporary folk, new country, oatmeal raisin cookies and extreme sleep deprivation to create a totally unique sound,” said Cass. Rick Nelson of the Tacoma News Tribune agrees, calling Brave Enough To Say an “excellent debut” and Cass a “gifted storyteller with a great voice. ” Agenda’s Alan Goldsmith Wrote, “Jen Cass' power as an artist lies in using her voice to capture pictures of broken American souls, and she paints these heartbreaking snapshots of lives gone wrong like nobody else. ” Since the release of Brave Enough To Say, Cass played many gigs throughout the country. Eventually she caught the attention of producer John Jennings. Recorded by Bob Dawson (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Danny Gatton, Cheryl Wheeler) and featuring several members of Mary Chapin Carpenter's band, Skies Burning Red was nominated for two Detroit Music Awards and six Review Music Awards. Skies Burning Red was #12 on WHFR's Best of 2003 list, was a Midnight Special Pick Hit of the Week, and received radio play in every US state as well as Canada, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and Sweden. In 2006, Cass and John Jennings collaborated again for Cass's third CD, Accidental Pilgrimage, which also featured the pianist, Grammy winner Jon Carroll, and the percussionist Dave Mattacks. "Accidental Pilgrimage" is Cass's most successful release to date, spawning six top 100 singles on the folk chart, moderate crossover success on the Americana Chart, and a mega-hit "Dear Mr. President". Cass currently resides in Michigan with her husband and their two children.

Martha_Holmes_(broadcaster)

Martha_Holmes_(broadcaster) 2008-07-19T22:49:15Z Martha Holmes is a BBC Television journalist and film maker known for her wildlife documentaries. Holmes studied for a PhD in marine biology at the University of York. She started work at the BBC in 1988 hosting a live underwater broadcast from the northern Red Sea for Reefwatch, and the award-winning wildlife adventures series Sea Trek. She joined the production team for Life in the Freezer and produced BBC Wildlife Specials episode on the Polar Bear for which she won the Best Factual Photography at the 1998 BAFTAs. Holmes joined a conservationist campaign to boycott 20 varieties of fish because of the impact of over-fishing on their numbers and the environment. Many people are aware of the over-fishing problem, but would like to learn about the bigger picture and know how they can make a difference. She wrote the introduction to the The Good Fish Guide which accompanied the campaign. This biographical article related to BBC Television is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Martha_Holmes_(broadcaster) 2009-12-25T19:29:30Z Martha Holmes is a BAFTA award winning BBC Television producer and writer known for her wildlife documentaries. Holmes studied for a PhD in marine biology at the University of York. She started work at the BBC in 1988 hosting a live underwater broadcast from the northern Red Sea for Reefwatch, and the award-winning wildlife adventures series Sea Trek. She joined the production team for Life in the Freezer and produced BBC Wildlife Specials episode on the Polar Bear for which she won the Best Factual Photography at the 1998 BAFTAs. Holmes joined a conservationist campaign to boycott 20 varieties of fish because of the impact of over-fishing on their numbers and the environment. Many people are aware of the over-fishing problem, but would like to learn about the bigger picture and know how they can make a difference. She wrote the introduction to the The Good Fish Guide which accompanied the campaign. This biographical article related to BBC Television is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Manilyn Reynes

Manilyn Reynes 2005-10-04T11:09:41Z To Mama with Love (1983) Dear Mama (1983) Daddy Knows Best (1983) Ride on Baby (1985) Kwento ni Lola Basyang, Mga (1985) Payaso (1986) Daigdig ay isang butil na luha, Ang (1986) When I Fall in Love (1986) Family Tree (1987) Stupid Cupid (1988) Magic to Love (1988) Isang araw walang Diyos (1989) SuperMouse and the Roborats (1989) Shake, Rattle & Roll 2 (1990) Michael and Madonna (1990) Feel na feel (1990) Michael and Madonna 2(1991) Leon at ang Kuting, Ang (1991) Small en terrible (1991), Manilyn Reynes 2006-12-30T11:40:08Z Manilyn Reynes-Jimenez (born April 27 1972 in Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer. At a very young age, her parents noticed her interests in music, encouraging her to join in various singing contests in Cebu. It wasn't long before Bobit Avila saw her perform, and convinced her and her parents to go to Manila to try their luck. In Manila, Bobit presented Manilyn, then only eleven, to Mother Lily, owner and producer of Regal Films. After the meeting she was offered a contract. For her first film, she worked with film actress Charito Solis in Dear Mama. That same year, her first album Apple Thoughts was released, followed by a Christmas album entitled Manilyn Christmas. She was a cast of the hit television show That's Entertainment and had her own show named after her. She is married to former actor Aljon Jimenez. Once More

Whisby

Whisby 2011-04-25T00:54:51Z Whisby is a small hamlet located close to the A46 road and Whisby Moor in Lincolnshire, England. It is in the district of North Kesteven. The city of Lincoln is located about three miles from Whisby, although North Hykeham is more convenient. The Nottingham to Lincoln Line passes half a mile to the south of the village. It meets a level crossing next to the Railway Inn on Station Road. The Whisby Nature Park is run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Nearby to the south is Thorpe on the Hill. 53°12′N 0°39′W / 53. 200°N 0. 650°W / 53. 200; -0. 650 , Whisby 2012-11-22T22:12:26Z Whisby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Doddington and Whisby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8. 0 km) south-west from Lincoln city centre, 1. 5 miles (2. 4 km) south from Doddington, and 2 miles (3. 2 km) north from the A46 road. Between Whisby and Thorpe on the Hill, 3 miles (4. 8 km) to the south, is Whisby Moor, which includes a nature park run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Whisby also has a garden centre. In 2011 the A46 road underwent reconstruction just outside Whisby.

10TP

10TP 2007-12-08T00:13:42Z The 10TP was a Polish light cruiser tank that never left the prototype status. While advancing the Polish armour development programme, the prototype was deemed not successful. Discoveries made during testing that led to the design phase of the newer 14TP model, which was, however, never completed, because World War II started. The 10TP prototype itself was of an original design implementing some general ideas suggested by John Walter Christie but also many new technical solutions. At the end of the 1920s, the Polish Armed Forces felt that they needed a new tank model. The Military Institute of Engineering Research (Wojskowy Instytut Badań Inżynierii , WIBI) sent Captain Ruciński to the United States to legally acquire a Christie M1928 tank, its blueprint and license. The tank was to be used as a base for a new Polish light tank. The Poles however never received the machine and Christie fearing legal charges, refunded the purchase. Due to this failure to purchase the master model and the possible license, at the end of 1930 the WIBI Tank Design Bureau began preliminary design work on their own wheeled/tracked tank, based on the Christie M1928 and Christie M1931 models, known under the working name "A la Christie". The work was based on available data and advertising leaflets as well as notes and sketches that Captain Ruciński obtained from Christie. In 1932 the design drawings and a list of details were ready but soon the work slowed down because the designers were put in charge of a just-bought British Vickers Mark E tank that led to the 7TP light tank which was developed soon after. At the end of 1934, because of the liquidation of WIBI and establishing of the Design and Testing Centre of the Armoured Forces reporting directly to the Armoured Forces Command, most of the "A la Christie" project documentation was destroyed under the supervision of a special commission. Only a few hand-written notes and calculations were left. On 10 March 1935 design work on a new model called 10TP was started. Major Rudolf Gundlach headed the design team consisting of, among the others, engineers Jan Łapuszewski, Stefan Ołdakowski, Mieczysław Staszewski, Kazimierz Hejnowicz and a process engineer Jerzy Napiórkowski. Despite the fact that in 1936 the vehicle design was not completely finished, it was included in the programme of Armoured Forces that was a part of a general projection of growth and upgrade for the Polish Army for 1936-1942. This programme was approved by the Armament and Equipment Committee (Komitet do spraw Uzbrojenia i Sprzętu, KSUS) in January 1936. The 10TP tank was specified on the list of the equipment scheduled for four tank battalions in the new motorised units. Assembly of the first tank prototype was commenced in 1937 in the Experimental Workshop (WD) located within the area of the State Engineering Plants (PZInż. ) Factory in Ursus near Warsaw, where all Polish tanks were produced in the period of 1931-1939. The work was supervised by Captain Kazimierz Grüner. At the same time two motorised cavalry brigades were formed with the intention that they would be equipped with the tank. Building of the tank was completed in July 1938. It took so much time because some basic assemblies that were not produced in Poland had to be acquired abroad like an engine of a sufficient output. It was not before 16 August that the 10TP tank rolled out for a first longer ride. It was driven by an experienced military specialist Sergeant Polinarek under personal supervision of the Chief of the Trial and Experiment Department in the Bureau of Technical Studies on Armored Weapons (Biuro Badań Technicznych Broni Pancernych, BBT Br. Panc. ) Captain Leon Czekalski. The trials were kept secret because the activities of the German Abwehr and the members of the "Fifth Column" were then getting more and more intensive in Poland. Successive trials being stopped by minor faults lasted until the 30 September and then the tank was sent to the WD where design modifications were made. On 16 January 1939 the tank was tested, under supervision of its Chief Designer along a short distance trip to Łowicz and in the spring, between 22 and 25 April it went beyond Grodno, traveling along a total distance of 610 km. After this trip, when a total of nearly 2000 km were logged, the vehicle was sent again to the WD where it was nearly completely stripped down to check the wear on particular parts and assemblies, identify causes of malfunctions and to repair the damage. In May, the refurbished tank was demonstrated to generals and other top ranking military authorities. The designers, having analysed their experiences came to the conclusion that a tank of this type should be a purely tracked vehicle and any equipment needed for driving it on wheels was just an unnecessary weight. Getting rid of this weight allowed them to increase the armour thickness significantly while vehicle weight remained unchanged. Thus another development step of the 10TP was to be the 14TP tank. Its construction was started in the end of 1938 but it was not completed due to the war. Before the tank could enter mass production, German invasion of Poland in September 1939 ended the independent existence of the Second Polish Republic. The 10TP tank had a wide hull that made it possible to put two members of the crew inside side by side, a front machine gun and a 2-man turret. A solution to the problem of driving the vehicle both on wheels and tracks followed the American design, however Polish designers developed new, wider tracks, drive sprockets and a way of link hooking and moving. The tank steering system using hydraulic servomechanisms was their own advanced solution significantly affecting combat performance of the whole vehicle. , 10TP 2009-06-30T20:55:01Z The 10TP was a Polish light cruiser tank that never left the prototype status. While advancing the Polish armour development programme, the prototype was deemed not successful. Discoveries made during testing that led to the design phase of the newer 14TP model, which was never completed due to the onset of World War II. The 10TP prototype itself was of an original design implementing some general ideas suggested by John Walter Christie but also many new technical solutions. At the end of the 1920s, the Polish Armed Forces felt that they needed a new tank model. The Military Institute of Engineering Research (Wojskowy Instytut Badań Inżynierii , WIBI) sent Captain Ruciński to the United States to legally acquire a Christie M1928 tank, its blueprint and license. The tank was to be used as a base for a new Polish light tank. The Poles however never received the machine and Christie fearing legal charges, refunded the purchase. Due to this failure to purchase the master model and the possible license, at the end of 1930 the WIBI Tank Design Bureau began preliminary design work on their own wheeled/tracked tank, based on the Christie M1928 and Christie M1931 models, known under the working name "A la Christie". The work was based on available data and advertising leaflets as well as notes and sketches that Captain Ruciński obtained from Christie. In 1932 the design drawings and a list of details were ready but soon the work slowed down because the designers were put in charge of a just-bought British Vickers Mark E tank that led to the 7TP light tank which was developed soon after. At the end of 1934, because of the liquidation of WIBI and establishing of the Design and Testing Centre of the Armoured Forces reporting directly to the Armoured Forces Command, most of the "A la Christie" project documentation was destroyed under the supervision of a special commission. Only a few hand-written notes and calculations were left. On 10 March 1935 design work on a new model called 10TP was started. Major Rudolf Gundlach headed the design team consisting of, among the others, engineers Jan Łapuszewski, Stefan Ołdakowski, Mieczysław Staszewski, Kazimierz Hejnowicz and a process engineer Jerzy Napiórkowski. Despite the fact that in 1936 the vehicle design was not completely finished, it was included in the programme of Armoured Forces that was a part of a general projection of growth and upgrade for the Polish Army for 1936-1942. This programme was approved by the Armament and Equipment Committee (Komitet do spraw Uzbrojenia i Sprzętu, KSUS) in January 1936. The 10TP tank was specified on the list of the equipment scheduled for four tank battalions in the new motorised units. Assembly of the first tank prototype was commenced in 1937 in the Experimental Workshop (WD) located within the area of the State Engineering Plants (PZInż. ) Factory in Ursus near Warsaw, where all Polish tanks were produced in the period of 1931-1939. The work was supervised by Captain Kazimierz Grüner. At the same time two motorised cavalry brigades were formed with the intention that they would be equipped with the tank. Building of the tank was completed in July 1938. It took so much time because some basic assemblies that were not produced in Poland had to be acquired abroad like an engine of a sufficient output. It was not before 16 August that the 10TP tank rolled out for a first longer ride. It was driven by an experienced military specialist Sergeant Polinarek under personal supervision of the Chief of the Trial and Experiment Department in the Bureau of Technical Studies on Armored Weapons (Biuro Badań Technicznych Broni Pancernych, BBT Br. Panc. ) Captain Leon Czekalski. The trials were kept secret because the activities of the German Abwehr and the members of the "Fifth Column" were then getting more and more intensive in Poland. Successive trials being stopped by minor faults lasted until the 30 September and then the tank was sent to the WD where design modifications were made. On 16 January 1939 the tank was tested, under supervision of its Chief Designer along a short distance trip to Łowicz and in the spring, between 22 and 25 April it went beyond Grodno, traveling along a total distance of 610 km. After this trip, when a total of nearly 2000 km were logged, the vehicle was sent again to the WD where it was nearly completely stripped down to check the wear on particular parts and assemblies, identify causes of malfunctions and to repair the damage. In May, the refurbished tank was demonstrated to generals and other top ranking military authorities. The designers, having analysed their experiences came to the conclusion that a tank of this type should be a purely tracked vehicle and any equipment needed for driving it on wheels was just an unnecessary weight. Getting rid of this weight allowed them to increase the armour thickness significantly while vehicle weight remained unchanged. Thus another development step of the 10TP was to be the 14TP tank. Its construction was started in the end of 1938 but it was not completed due to the war. Before the tank could enter mass production, German invasion of Poland in September 1939 ended the independent existence of the Second Polish Republic. The 10TP tank had a wide hull that made it possible to put two members of the crew inside side by side, a front machine gun and a 2-man turret. A solution to the problem of driving the vehicle both on wheels and tracks followed the American design, however Polish designers developed new, wider tracks, drive sprockets and a way of link hooking and moving. The tank steering system using hydraulic servomechanisms was their own advanced solution significantly affecting combat performance of the whole vehicle.

Martin Marinčin

Martin Marinčin 2010-09-13T18:06:41Z {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | team = HC Košice | league = SVK | position = Defender (ice hockey) | shot = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 180 | nickname = | nationality = SVK | birth_date = (1992-02-18) February 18, 1992 (age 32) | birth_place = Košice, TCH | draft = 46th overall | draft_year = 2010 | draft_team = Edmonton Oilers | career_start = 2006 | career_end =, Martin Marinčin 2011-10-25T14:54:34Z Martin Marinčin (born February 18, 1992) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Prince George Cougars in the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was drafted in the second round, 46th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. On April 25, 2011, the Oilers signed him to a three-year entry-level contract. Marincin was chosen to play for Slovakia at the 2011 World Junior Championships. During a game against the United States, Marincin was ejected for a hit to the head on forward Jason Zucker.

Frank Zappa discography

Frank Zappa discography 2012-01-12T12:40:19Z This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa (including all those credited to The Mothers of Invention) as well as tribute albums to Frank Zappa. During his lifetime Zappa released a total of 62 albums. Between 1994 and 2011, the Zappa Family Trust has released 29 posthumous albums to his name, making a grand total of 91 albums. , Frank Zappa discography 2013-12-24T12:36:06Z This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa. This list includes all those credited to The Mothers of Invention, as well as tribute albums to him. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. Between 1994 and 2012, the Zappa Family Trust released 32 posthumous albums, making for a total of 94 albums.

Scotland_A_national_rugby_union_team

Scotland_A_national_rugby_union_team 2009-10-06T18:56:44Z The Scotland A team are the second national rugby union team behind the Scottish national side. Scotland's status as one of the leading rugby nations in the Northern Hemisphere, made the SRU to field a second team, first known as Scotland XV, and currently as Scotland A, which can play at the same level, sometimes even superior, of many second and third tier nations first sides. Before the professional era, Scotland A played against touring national sides from the southern hemisphere. Scotland XV represented Scotland during the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, easily winning Portugal by 85-11, and Spain by 85-3, in Murrayfield. Scotland A squad for the IRB Nations Cup in Romania . John Houston replaced the injured Danielli. They used to compete in the Churchill Cup alongside the full national teams of Canada and the United States as well as Ireland A, England Saxons, Argentina A and the New Zealand Maori. , Scotland_A_national_rugby_union_team 2011-02-15T15:51:26Z The Scotland A team are the second national rugby union team behind the Scottish national side. Scotland's status as one of the leading rugby nations in the Northern Hemisphere, made the SRU to field a second team, first known as Scotland XV, and currently as Scotland A, which can play at the same level, sometimes even superior, of many second and third tier nations first sides. Before the professional era, Scotland A played against touring national sides from the southern hemisphere. Scotland XV represented Scotland during the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, easily winning Portugal by 85-11, and Spain by 85-3, in Murrayfield. Unlike association football, where the main team is supposed to be the "A" team, Scotland A in rugby union is actually equivalent to the Scotland B football team. Scotland A squad for the games against Ireland Wolfhounds and Italy A. They used to compete in the Churchill Cup alongside the full national teams of Canada and the United States as well as Ireland A, England Saxons, Argentina A and the New Zealand Māori.

David_&_Carr

David_&_Carr 2007-11-15T03:44:35Z -->David & Carr is a duo consisting of trance musicians Peter "Petrograd" Carr and David "Wes" Johnson. Born and raised in sunny Minnesota, Peter "Petrogad" Carr began listening to electronic music at the age of 16. Soon after, he decided to delve deeper into the world of trance, quickly becoming familiar with mainstream DJs. He attended his first event later that same year, and he was hooked. Before long, Carr was the proud owner of two new CDJ's and a beat-up mixer, playing non-stop until finally he made the plunge to vinyl. Equipped with turntables, Petrogad's skills took off, and soon he not only had hundreds of vinyls and two Technics, but primo speakers, a couple of CDJ-1000's and a DJM500. Armed and ready for his first house parties, Carr's skill quickly spread, both on his college campus and on the airwaves as a regular on Internet radio stations such as ETN. fm, progressing from his campus to gigs around the town of Duluth. Petrogad teamed up with David "Wes" Johnson in the fall of 2006 to start what would be known as David and Carr David "Wes" Johnson came onto the dance scene just as epic trance swept the world at the dawn of a new millennium, with his style of hard trance standing out and getting noticed. Wes's early work was quickly signed to many early known trance labels, including Moonshine Records and Flashtraxx. As time and his music progressed, he refined his production talent, becoming known as an anthem trance producer. Despite his production skill and musical talent, Wes is no stranger to DJing. Starting at the age of a mere ten years-old, hes always had a passion for the music, quickly becoming one with the turntables. Wes has hosted hundreds of radio shows across the country and around the world. David & Carr opened for Tiesto at Myth in Minnesota on August 22, 2006. They have also performed for many live online radio broadcast. , David_&_Carr 2009-02-14T00:38:41Z David & Carr is a duo consisting of trance musicians Peter "Petrograd" Carr and David "Wes" Johnson. Born and raised in Minnesota, Peter "Petrogad" Carr began listening to electronic music at the age of 16. Soon after, he decided to delve deeper into the world of trance, quickly becoming familiar with mainstream DJs. He attended his first event later that same year, and he was hooked. Before long, Carr was the proud owner of two new CDJ's and a beat-up mixer, playing non-stop until finally he made the plunge to vinyl. Equipped with turntables, Petrogad's skills took off, and soon he not only had hundreds of vinyls and two Technics, but primo speakers, a couple of CDJ-1000's and a DJM500. Beginning with house parties, Carr's skill quickly spread, both on his college campus and on the airwaves as a regular on internet radio stations such as ETN. fm, progressing from his campus to gigs around the town of Duluth. Petrogad teamed up with David "Wes" Johnson in the Fall of 2006 to start what would be known as David & Carr. David "Wes" Johnson came onto the dance scene just as epic trance swept the world at the beginning of a new millennium, with his style of hard trance becoming noticed. David's early work was quickly signed to many early-known trance labels, including Moonshine Records and Flashtraxx. As his music progressed, he refined his production talent, becoming known as an anthem trance producer. Despite his production skill and musical talent, David was very familiar with DJing. Starting at the age of ten, he always had a passion for the music, and quickly becoming one with the turntables. David has hosted hundreds of radio shows across the country and around the world. In June, 2007 Mr. Sam and Black Hole Recordings released "Opus", which includes Everyday by David & Carr feat. Jenna Colaizy. David & Carr opened for Tiësto at Myth in Minnesota on August 22, 2007. David & Carr have played southern dance in Arkansas and Unlimited Friday Party at LVC in Leiden, The Netherlands. They also performed for many live radio broadcast, including ETN. fm, Sirius Satellite Radio, and DI. fm. David & Carr host Sounds of Tomorrow on the ETN. fm Trance Channel at 12:00 (-5 GMT) on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.

David Button

David Button 2013-01-05T22:41:24Z David Robert Edmund Button (born 27 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Charlton Athletic. He has earned 31 caps for England in four separate age groups. Button joined Tottenham Hotspur's youth academy in the 2005–06 season. In 2008 he went on loan to Grays Athletic twice and Rochdale once. In 2009 he was loaned out to Bournemouth. He made his Football League debut away at Rotherham United where they lost 1–0. Button joined Luton Town on a one-month loan deal on 6 March 2009, and was on the bench in Luton's Football League Trophy victory at Wembley, but was sent back to Spurs when his loan spell ended the next day. He joined Dagenham & Redbridge on an emergency loan as cover for the injured Tony Roberts in April 2009. Button was, unusually for a goalkeeper, handed the squad number 6, and made his debut for the club in the 3–0 home victory against Bradford City on 18 April. Button started the 2009–10 on loan at Crewe Alexandra, where he made a total of three appearances. He was recalled by Tottenham on 20 August following an injury to Heurelho Gomes. He made his Tottenham Hotspur debut as a substitute against Doncaster Rovers in the 26 August League Cup game. Button re-joined Crewe on loan for three-months on 1 September. On 27 October, Tottenham recalled Button from his loan spell. On 20 November 2009, Button joined Shrewsbury Town on loan until January 2010. He then signed a new contract with Tottenham until 2013. On 3 August 2010, Button joined Plymouth Argyle on a season-long loan. He joined Leyton Orient on loan a year later, until 7 January 2012. On 1 January 2012, Button joined Doncaster Rovers on a one-month loan. Near the end of the loan, it was extended by another month. On 19 March 2012, Button joined Football League Championship side Barnsley on an emergency loan deal, to cover for the injured David Preece. On 28 August 2012, Tottenham reached an agreement with Charlton Athletic for the permanent transfer of Button after more than six professional years at the club. Button's transfer was completed shortly after, making him the Addicks' fifth summer signing. Button attended Monk's Walk School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Squad 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, David Button 2014-12-05T17:42:25Z David Robert Edmund Button (born 27 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brentford. He earned 31 caps for England from U16 to U20 level. Growing up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Button joined hometown club Stevenage Borough at a young age and attended the club's Centre Of Excellence. Button joined Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur's youth academy during the 2005–06 season. He signed his first professional contract on 28 December 2007, running until the summer of 2011. An injury to second-choice goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes saw Button receive his first call-up to senior team substitutes' bench early in the 2009–10 season for a 2–1 Premier League win over West Ham United on 23 August 2009. Button made his debut in the next game, replacing Carlo Cudicini after 81 minutes of a 5–1 League Cup victory over Championship side Doncaster Rovers. He was an unused substitute on a further two occasions during the 2009–10 season and signed a new contract after the season, running until 2013. Button spent most of his time as a Tottenham player on loan to other clubs. He proclaimed himself a "journeyman", having played for 12 different clubs by the age of 23. In August 2012, despite having not been called into the first team squad in nearly three years, Tottenham goalkeeping coach Tony Parks said he held Button in "high regard" and that Button was a late developer in terms of increasing his strength. Button departed Tottenham in late August 2012, having just played eight minutes in one first team appearance for the club. Button moved on loan to Conference Premier side Grays Athletic on a month's loan on 10 January 2008. The only appearance during his loan spell came on 19 January, when he played the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 victory over Cambridge United. Button returned to Tottenham on 10 February and moved to League Two side Rochdale on a month's loan on 27 March. He made no appearances for the club and was an unused substitute on seven occasions. Button rejoined Grays Athletic on a three-month loan on 19 September 2008. He made 15 appearances during his spell and kept four clean sheets. On 16 January 2009 he moved to League Two side Bournemouth on a month's loan. Button made his Football League debut away at Rotherham United, in a game which they lost 1–0. He made four appearances for the club and returned to Tottenham on 28 February. Button joined fellow League Two side Luton Town on a one-month loan deal on 6 March, and was an unused substitute on eight occasions. He was on the bench in Luton's 3–2 2009 Football League Trophy Final victory over Scunthorpe United at Wembley Stadium, which was his last involvement for Luton before his return to Tottenham. Button joined League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on an emergency loan as cover for the injured Tony Roberts in April 2009. Button was, unusually for a goalkeeper, handed the squad number 6, and made his debut for the club in the 3–0 home victory against Bradford City on 18 April. He made two more appearances before returning to Tottenham. Button joined League Two side Crewe Alexandra on a month's loan on 22 July 2009 and he played in the first three games of the season, keeping two clean sheets. Button was recalled by Tottenham after his loan finished, but he re-joined Crewe on a three month loan on 1 September. He made his second debut for Crewe 5 September against Macclesfield Town and was credited with an assist for Joel Grant's winning goal in the 2–1 victory. After a further six appearances, Tottenham recalled Button on 27 October. On 20 November 2009, Button joined League Two side Shrewsbury Town on loan until January 2010. His loan was extended by a further month in January and then until the end of the season in February. He had a successful spell, making 26 appearances and keeping 9 clean sheets. On 3 August 2010, Button joined League One side Plymouth Argyle on a season-long loan. Playing for the first time at League One level, injuries from September though to November disrupted his spell and he was dropped on 22 February 2010 after an eight-game losing run. Button managed to oust Romain Larrieu as number-one and regain his place in early April, though his efforts were in vain as Plymouth finished 23rd and suffered relegation to League Two. Button made 30 appearances during the season. Button joined League One side Leyton Orient on 26 August 2011, on a loan running until 7 January 2012. He made only two appearances before suffering a shoulder injury which kept him out until Boxing Day. On 1 January 2012, Button left Leyton Orient and joined Championship side Doncaster Rovers on a one-month loan, which was later extended by another month. he made eight appearances during his stint. On 19 March 2012, Button joined fellow Championship side Barnsley on an emergency loan deal, to cover for the injured David Preece. He made nine appearances. On 28 August 2012, Tottenham Hotspur reached an agreement with Championship side Charlton Athletic for the permanent transfer of Button. Button's transfer was completed for a fee of £500,000, which made him the Addicks' fifth summer signing. He served as backup to Ben Hamer and had to wait until January 2013 for his debut, in a 1–0 FA Cup third round defeat to Huddersfield Town. Hamer was dropped by manager Chris Powell in March, and the first of four consecutive appearances came on 2 March in a 1–0 league defeat at home to Burnley. After Button's third appearance against Huddersfield in the league on 9 March, Powell said "David has now got the shirt", but Hamer soon regained his place and Button made only two further appearances. He made a total of six appearances for Charlton and departed The Valley in July 2013. Button revealed the following year that though Chris Powell wanted him to stay, he had a difficult year with the Addicks and forced his departure from the club. On 30 July 2013, League One side Brentford announced they had signed Button on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The departure of Simon Moore to Cardiff City and injury to Richard Lee saw Button begin the season as manager Uwe Rösler's first-choice goalkeeper. Button started each of Brentford's opening six league games, but disaster struck on 7 September against Bradford City when with the score at 0–0, Button received a straight red card for a challenge on Bradford player Nahki Wells just outside the penalty box after 26 minutes. During his three-match suspension, Jack Bonham and then the fit-again Richard Lee took over the goalkeeping position. Button made his next appearance in a 1–0 defeat to Rotherham United on 5 October and regained his position as first-choice goalkeeper. An open forum between players and management in the dressing room after a 2-1 defeat to Stevenage on 12 October saw a turnaround in the team's fortunes and the beginning of a run of nine consecutive wins in the league, with Button appearing in eight of those matches and keeping seven clean sheets. In a league match versus Preston North End on 21 December, Button pulled off a penalty save to preserve the scoreline at 2–0 to Brentford, who later won 3–0. With Button as a virtual ever-present, the Bees secured automatic promotion to the Championship after a 1–0 win in the return match with Preston North End on 18 April 2014. Button made 45 appearances and kept 20 clean sheets in league matches during the 2013–14 season. Button signed a new three year contract on 27 June, which will keep him at Griffin Park until the summer of 2017. Button made regular appearances for England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 level between 2003 and 2009. He appeared in England's three group games at the 2008 European U19 Championship, keeping clean sheets against Italy and Greece as England failed to progress past the group stage. Brentford Button attended Monk's Walk School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

Caliacra_County

Caliacra_County 2008-12-31T17:16:21Z Judeţul Caliacra was a county (judeţ) of Romania in the intewar period, in Cadrilater, with the capital city at Bagarzic. The county consisted from 4 districts: Balcic (Its center was Bagarzic), Casim, Ezibei and Sterajul. Neighbours of the county were Constanţa County to the north, Durostor County to the north-west, Black Sea to the east and Bulgaria to the south. The Coat of Arms was shinning lighthouse. According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Caliacra County was 166. 911, of which 42. 4% were ethnic Bulgarians, 23. 0% Turks, 22,6% Romanians, 3,8% Gagauz, 2,7% Tatars, 1. 4% Gypsies and 4,1 other ethnic groups: Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Circassians, etc. Classified by religion: 70,4% Orthodox Christian, 28,2% Islam. After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county was merged with counties of Constanţa, Durostor and Ialomiţa and consisted the Ţinutul Mării. , Caliacra_County 2010-10-11T22:42:44Z Caliacra was a county (judeţ) of Romania in the intewar period, in Southern Dobruja, with the seat at Bazargic (today Dobrich, Bulgaria). The county consisted of 4 districts (plăşi): Balcic, Casim, Ezibei (with the seat at Bazargic), and Stejarul. The county was neighbored by Constanţa County to the north, Durostor County to the north-west, Black Sea to the east and the Kingdom of Bulgaria to the south. The region was annexed by Romania as a result of the Balkan wars. Bulgaria managed to regain it between 1916 and 1918, but then lost it again after the end of World War I (see Treaty of Neuilly). The county was named after the Cape of Caliacra and the nearby city with the same name (today Kaliakra, Bulgaria). The Coat of Arms depicted a shining lighthouse. According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Caliacra County was 166,911, of which 42. 4% were ethnic Bulgarians, 23. 0% Turks, 22. 6% Romanians, 3. 8% Gagauz, 2. 7% Tatars, 1. 4% Gypsies and 4. 1% other ethnic groups: Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Circassians. Classified by religion: 70. 4% Orthodox Christian, 28. 2% Islam. After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, the county was merged with the counties of Constanţa, Durostor and Ialomiţa to form the Ţinutul Mării. On September 7, 1940, the former county with the whole Southern Dobruja was returned to Bulgaria (see Treaty of Craiova).

Nordin Amrabat

Nordin Amrabat 2018-01-04T20:39:57Z Noureddine "Nordin" Amrabat (Arabic: نورالدين أمرابط; born 31 March 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club CD Leganés on loan from English club Watford and the Morocco national team. Amrabat played for Dutch national youth teams and once was called up for the senior national side. On 1 October 2009, Amrabat announced his decision to play for Morocco, which he represented at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics. Born in Naarden, North Holland, Amrabat was released from Ajax at age 13, having suffered stunted growth due to Osgood Schlatter disease. His father recommended Amrabat play at the amateur level while studying for a different profession. He washed dishes, made desserts and vacuum cleaned his school while playing for SV Huizen in Almere. At age 17, he planned to study Management, Economics and Law. After making his study plans, Amrabat was signed by Almere's Omniworld of the Eerste Divisie, contributing 14 goals and as many assists in 36 matches. In 2007, he joined newly promoted Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo, scoring 10 times in 33 matches. One year later, national champions PSV signed him for €2 million, and he represented them in the UEFA Champions League. Amrabat spent three years at the Philips Stadion before moving abroad for the first time, to Turkey's Kayserispor. On 12 July 2012, Amrabat signed for fellow Turkish club Galatasaray for a fee of €8.6 million on a five-year contract (€600,000 went to PSV; Kayserispor retained 10%, valued at €800,000). Amrabat made his debut on 12 August 2012 in the 2012 Turkish Super Cup against rivals Fenerbahçe, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute as the match ended 3–2, with Galatasaray winning the title for the 12th time. On 15 September 2012, Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim picked Amrabat for the starting XI for a match against Antalyaspor, and he duly scored his first goal for Galatasaray in the 2012–13 Süper Lig and provided an assist in a 4–0 triumph. In January 2014, Amrabat joined Málaga on a six-month loan deal. On 10 March, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 away win against Osasuna, and on 6 April, he converted a penalty in a 4–1 derby victory over Granada. Fifteen days later, having earlier assisted Sergi Darder's goal, he received a straight red card in a 2–0 home win against Villarreal for gesturing that referee Álvarez Izquierdo needed glasses. In August 2014, Amrabat agreed to extend his stay in Andalusia for the full season. On 30 April of the following year, he was purchased outright for a €3.5 million fee. His permanent spell on the Costa del Sol was less prolific than the temporary one, playing 12 matches without scoring. On 18 January 2016, Amrabat joined Premier League club Watford for a £6.1 million transfer fee. He made his debut five days later, replacing Troy Deeney at the end of a 2–1 win over Newcastle United at Vicarage Road. On 1 September 2017, Amrabat returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with CD Leganés. Amrabat was expected to take part in the 2008 Olympic football tournament with the Netherlands but he and fellow PSV (and future Moroccan) teammate Ismaïl Aissati both failed to make the final squad. In November 2011, Amrabat decided to play for Morocco. On 11 November 2011, he made his debut with the Atlas Lions of Morocco against Uganda in a 0–1 loss in the LG Cup. Two days later, he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Cameroon as the match ended 1–1. Amrabat was selected to compete at the 2012 Olympics for the Moroccan team, starting all three of their matches in another group stage exit. He also started their first two matches as they fell at the same point in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Amrabat's younger brother Sofyan is also a footballer, currently playing for Feyenoord. , Nordin Amrabat 2019-11-09T18:28:01Z Noureddine "Nordin" Amrabat (Arabic: نورالدين أمرابط; born 31 March 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr and the Morocco national team. Amrabat played for Dutch national youth teams and once was called up for the senior national side. On 1 October 2009, Amrabat announced his decision to play for Morocco, which he represented at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics. Born in Naarden, North Holland, Amrabat was released from Ajax at age 13, having suffered stunted growth due to Osgood Schlatter disease. His father recommended Amrabat play at the amateur level while studying for a different profession. He washed dishes, made desserts and vacuum cleaned his school while playing for SV Huizen in Huizen. At age 17, he planned to study Management, Economics and Law. After making his study plans, Amrabat was signed by Almere's Omniworld of the Eerste Divisie, contributing 14 goals and as many assists in 36 matches. In 2007, he joined newly promoted Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo, scoring 10 times in 33 matches. One year later, national champions PSV signed him for €2 million, and he represented them in the UEFA Champions League. Amrabat spent three years at the Philips Stadion before moving abroad for the first time, to Turkey's Kayserispor. On 12 July 2012, Amrabat signed for fellow Turkish club Galatasaray for a fee of €8.6 million on a five-year contract (€600,000 went to PSV; Kayserispor retained 10%, valued at €800,000). Amrabat made his debut on 12 August 2012 in the 2012 Turkish Super Cup against rivals Fenerbahçe, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute as the match ended 3–2, with Galatasaray winning the title for the 12th time. On 15 September 2012, Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim picked Amrabat for the starting XI for a match against Antalyaspor, and he duly scored his first goal for Galatasaray in the 2012–13 Süper Lig and provided an assist in a 4–0 triumph. In January 2014, Amrabat joined Málaga on a six-month loan deal. On 10 March, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–0 away win against Osasuna, and on 6 April, he converted a penalty in a 4–1 derby victory over Granada. Fifteen days later, having earlier assisted Sergi Darder's goal, he received a straight red card in a 2–0 home win against Villarreal for gesturing that referee Álvarez Izquierdo needed glasses. In August 2014, Amrabat agreed to extend his stay in Andalusia for the full season. On 30 April of the following year, he was purchased outright for a €3.5 million fee. His permanent spell on the Costa del Sol was less prolific than the temporary one, playing 12 matches without scoring. On 18 January 2016, Amrabat joined Premier League club Watford for a £6.1 million transfer fee. He made his debut five days later, replacing Troy Deeney at the end of a 2–1 win over Newcastle United at Vicarage Road. On 1 September 2017, Amrabat returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with CD Leganés. On 16 July 2018, Amrabat signed a 3 year contract for the Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr in 2018-19 season , He won The Saudi Professional League Title with his team. He scored 5 goals and he had the highest assist number in the season along with his team meat Abderrazak Hamdallah " 8 goals each " . Amrabat was expected to take part in the 2008 Olympic football tournament with the Netherlands but he and fellow PSV (and future Moroccan) teammate Ismaïl Aissati both failed to make the final squad. In November 2011, Amrabat decided to play for Morocco. On 11 November 2011, he made his debut with the Atlas Lions of Morocco against Uganda in a 0–1 loss in the LG Cup. Two days later, he scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Cameroon as the match ended 1–1. Amrabat was selected to compete at the 2012 Olympics for the Moroccan team, starting all three of their matches in another group stage exit. He also started their first two matches as they fell at the same point in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Amrabat started all 3 of Morocco's matches as they were eliminated at the Group Stage. The Moroccan coaching team were heavily criticised by FIFA and others after allowing Amrabat to play in Morocco's second group game against Portugal, despite having received a concussion and coming off early in their first game against Iran. Amrabat's younger brother Sofyan is also a footballer, currently playing for Hellas Verona. Galatasaray Al Nassr

Seoul Olympic Stadium

Seoul Olympic Stadium 2013-02-25T14:05:00Z The Seoul Olympic Stadium, aka Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil) is located in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Jamsil Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. The stadium was designed by Kim Swoo Geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, totally covered. Initially built with a capacity of approximately 100,000, today it seats 70,091. Prior to its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 1986. However, when Seoul was awarded the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in September 1981, this stadium became the centrepiece. The stadium opened on 29 September 1984, and served as the site for the 10th Asian Games two years later, then the Olympics in 1988. However, it was not used to stage a major world event since then. It is currently used as the home stadium of Seoul United FC in the Challengers League. The events hosted by the stadium during the Olympics were the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics, the football finals, and the equestrian jumping individual final. Since the Olympics it has hosted a variety of events, notability as a concert venue for Koreans as well as international artists. 37°30′57.2″N 127°04′21.9″E / 37.515889°N 127.072750°E / 37.515889; 127.072750, Seoul Olympic Stadium 2014-12-09T10:18:16Z The Seoul Olympic Stadium, also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil) is located in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. It is multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Korean Joseon Dynasty porcelain vase. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, totally covered. Initially built with a capacity of approximately 100,000, today it seats 69,950. Prior to its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 1986. However, when Seoul was awarded the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in September 1981, this stadium became the centrepiece. The stadium opened on 29 September 1984, and served as the site for the 10th Asian Games two years later, then the Olympics in 1988. However, it has not been used to stage a major world sporting event since then. It currently has no occupant, although the Korea Football Association has expressed interest in utilizing the stadium for national team matches once again. The events hosted by the stadium during the Olympics were the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics, the football finals, and the equestrian jumping individual final. From the match against Japan on 30 September 1984 to the match against Yugoslavia on 28 May 2000, the Olympic Stadium was the home ground of the Korea Republic national football team. The newly built Sangam Stadium then became the center match venue for the Korean team. However, in an effort to revitalize football across the nation, Korea once again used the Olympic Stadium for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in a 1-2 losing match against Japan on 28 July 2013. The KFA has expressed interest in continuing to use the venue for future national team matches. In 2015, newly formed professional football club Seoul E-Land FC based in Seoul is planning to use this stadium. Since the Olympics it has hosted a variety of events, notably as a concert venue for Korean as well as international artists. 37°30′57.2″N 127°04′21.9″E / 37.515889°N 127.072750°E / 37.515889; 127.072750

Part-time_student

Part-time_student 2008-10-02T16:48:55Z Part-Time Adult Learners are a diverse cluster of the higher education student body. There are a variety of terms synonymous with the Part-Time Learner (PTL) used in Canadian and American academic literature, including the Non-Traditional Learner. It is therefore acceptable and reasonable to explore the numerous characteristics of the PTL through examining research on the Non-Traditional Learner (NTL). Definitions as proposed by Andres and Carpenter (1997), Shuetze and Slowey (2002), Schuetz and Day (2001) as well as Stydinger and Dundes (2006) describe various features of the NTL as including: Additional characteristics with NTL's exist as a result of the numerous programs and fields of study they pursue. PTL's can be enrolled in certificate, diploma, undergraduate (including after-degree) or graduate degrees, in credit or non-degree credit courses, in a plethora of fields. The multiplicity of characteristics reflected by PTL's makes this segment of the student population challenging to study and describe. One method of separating the PTLs from the NTLs can be found by applying institutional criteria. Part-Time status in Canadian Universities is dictated by the enrollment in a maximum and, occasionally minimum number of credit hours or courses. The University of British Columbia defines a part-time undergraduate student as one enrolled in less than 80% of the standard 30 credit-hour course load. The University of Manitoba defines the part-time undergraduate student as an individual enrolled in less than 60% of the standard full 30 credit hour course load. The Government of Canada National Student loans program defines a Part-Time Student as one who is enrolled in 20-59% of a full course load. Institutional criteria can be used to separate the NTL from the PTL however caution must be practiced as criteria can vary between and within institutions. Campbell (1984) effectively captures the aforementioned variability by describing the PTL as. . . the 29 year-old man with a wife and a new baby, who, at last perceiving that accounting is his niche, plods on over as many as eight years towards accreditation in that field. It is an ambitious senior school teacher who has set his mind on a school superintendency and seeks to advance his credentials. It is a member of a farmers’ union with a vision of what might be in agriculture who undertakes to grapple with economics in preparation for a leadership role. It is a restless 43 year-old wife and mother who gains relief from household demands through the study of ceramics or comparative literature or who takes refresher courses in nursing techniques in anticipation of her re-entry into nursing. It is an engineering graduate, success having placed him in managerial ranks, who is confronted with human problems for which his earlier professional training has not prepared him. It is a new Canadian for whom more rewarding employment or access to formal post-secondary education requires that he upgrade his skill in English as a second language(p. 19-20). In spite of the diversity of characteristics and variability of institutional criteria a plausible and general definition of the PTL can be formulated. The PTL could be described as: a mature individual; residing off-campus; holding an unconventional educational biography and responsibilities associated with work and/or family duties; may be of a minority status; and would be enrolled in a course load approximately half that of a full time student. Caution must be practiced when applying this definition as it is one of many possible interpretations of a PTL. PTL's have a steep history in Higher Education. Some of the earliest universities including Takshasila and Nalanda in Asia and the medieval Universities in Europe were created by and organized for PTL’s. In Canadian higher education, part-time enrollment demonstrated significant growth for the greater part of the twentieth century but has recently leveled off. The Trends Report (2007) reported that from 1976 to 1992 part-time enrollment “…grew by some 65 percent or 125,000 to a peak of 316,000 in 1992"(p. 13). Following 1992 participation of PTL's in Canadian higher education dwindled to 250,000 by 1997 and has stayed about that level since. PTL's compose a noticeable portion of Canadian Higher Education. Today there exists approximately 265,000 PTL's in Canadian Universities and University-Colleges (see University College). The Trends Report in Higher Education Report (2007) purports that there are 815,000 full time learners in Canadian Universities and University-Colleges. PTL's compose almost 25% of the entire student population within Canadian Universities and University-Colleges. Acquiring data on Part-Time Learners in Canadian Colleges would assist in providing a more accurate picture of PTL's in Canadian Higher Education. It would also be of great benefit to include statistics on PTL participation in other countries. Part-Time Learners are faced with a multitude of barriers in Higher Education that can be classified as attitudinal, institutional or situational. An attitudinal barrier relates to the learner’s attitude towards negative experiences in the learner’s educational past which may prevent enrollment in further education. Merriam, Caffarella and Baumgartner (2007) purport that some adult learners lack the confidence to pursue further education. Additionally, they may perceive higher education as reflecting the teacher-centered practices and exclusive pedagogy of their earlier schooling experiences. There are a variety of institutional barriers. Attitudinal barriers can be interpreted as the first obstacle a PTL must overcome to enroll. Institutional barriers are policies and procedures that make attendance difficult or impossible. Some elitist Canadian Universities still practice conventional admissions. PTL's often hold unconventional educational biographies that can be difficult to compare and measure against traditional admissions requirements. Canadian Universities are not adequately providing information to assist PTL's in long term course planning. PTL's have a variety of constraints and demands on their time and therefore need to be able to synthesize a long term plan of action. There are an insufficient number of adult learner orientated workshops in Canadian Universities that meet their needs. Canadian Universities are not effectively disseminating information regarding part-time learner programs. Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) (see Prior Learning Assessment) can assist PTL's accelerate the completion of studies by granting credit through lifelong learning. However, there is a lack of PLAR taking place in Canadian Universities. Institutional barriers present challenges to enroll and participate as a PTL. Situational barriers relates to an individual’s circumstances at a given time that can impede enrollment or attendance. Situational challenges include financial costs, scheduling conflicts and balancing time. The expenses of tuition, textbooks, and evening snacks must be weighed against family needs such as clothes and school supplies for children or family vacations. The scheduled classes must be able to fit within a schedule that accommodates work and family obligations. Time spent on school assignments cannot be so excessive that it detracts significantly from work and family responsibilities. Situational barriers should be considered prior to enrollment. There still exist a significant number of barriers that affect PTL's in Higher Education institutions. However, due to the variety of characteristics of PTL's barriers can differ in severity. Use Autoethnography Theory to explore the different aspect of barrier in part-time learning Autoethnography is defined as Auto (Self), ethno (culture) and graphy (the research process) (Holt, 2003). Russell (1999) used Walter Benjamin’s “A Berlin Chronicle” to describe the writing of an autobiography as the writing of ones life with sequence. The writing includes personal experiences and observations that help us to construct our social identities. However, Benjamin suggested, “Theory, philosophy, and intellectual life were inseparable from his own experience of modernity. ” Russell (1999) commented, “Autobiography and ethnography share a commitment to the actual”. Autoethnography becomes “a contemporary autobiography to explore the fragmented and dispersed identities of our pluralist society”. Autoethnography is an “art of memory” to fight against the homogenization of our modern society. Russell (1999) said that Fischer described the writing of autoethnography that “partake of the mood of meta-discourse, of drawing attention to their linguistic and fictive nature of using the narrator as an inscribed figure within the context whose manipulation calls attention to authority structures”. Holt (2003) said that the Reed-Danahay Study has indicated that researchers use Autoethnography to do research; they use their learned experiences to understand in-depth of a discipline or a culture within the social context. Holt (2003) also said that the Ellis & Bochner Study showed that Autoethnography is written in “first person, feature dialogue, emotion and self-consciousness” influenced by the research’s “history, social structure and culture”. Holt (2003) said that Tierney “asserted that autoethnography confronts dominant forms of representation and power in an attempt to reclaim, through self-reflective response, representational spaces that have marginalized those at the borders”. Kroth (2000) quoted “Eduard Kindeman, father of adult education in the United States, said that the purpose of adult education is to put meaning into the whole of life”. This holistic approach includes “wants, needs, desire, and wishes”. Autoethnography may allow us to discover and explore some basic questions of “Who am I?” and “Why am I?” Kroth (2000) suggested that “Who am I?” stays with us through “our life journey”. They also suggested that “Why am I?” is “incorporated into our meaning perspectives” of life and “our underlying assumptions about what we believe to be true. ” To seek meaning of life and to find out our true purpose of life are the foundations of adult education. Kroth (2000) pointed out that “Why am I?” consists of the idea of “mission”. Kroth (2000) said that mission comes from the internal being rather than external means. This “mission” gives people purpose to their lives; the adult learning theorists overlook mission, but the mission might be “an unspoken assumption underlying much adult learning theory”. Kroth (2000) listed a few theorists who have “mission” to be embedded in their theories. These theories are “Friere’s Conscientization, Mezirow’s Transformation Theory, and Taylor’s Transformative Learning. ” Kroth (2000) also pointed out “John Dewey said that to find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness. ” Russell (1999) stated that “Autoethnography is a vehicle and a strategy for challenging imposed forms of identity and exploring the discursive possibilities of inauthentic subjectivities”. If we could find our life mission by exploring our life events during the autoethnographic writing process, we could fulfill our adult learning purposes. However, some critics may disagree. Holt (2003) stated that the Charmaz & Mitchell’s study indicated, “The researcher’s voice is included in the presentation of findings which challenged accepted views about silent authorship”. It is lacking in objectivities. Russell (1999) pointed out that “Autoethnography can also be a form of what James Clifford calls “self-fashioning”, in which the ethnographers come to represent themselves as fiction, inscribing a double-ness within the ethnographic text. This will also contribute to the problem of objectivities. Billett (1998) proposed that the adult learners’ knowledge and “transformation” are “secured” by their “life history” (ontogeny) and “social factors”. The human development factors include “cognitive, moral, and personality”; and the social factors include “belief, preference, attitude, and value. ” Billett (1998) also stated that “socio-cultural and cognitive constructivist” theory can consolidate the above two views to investigate “the social, cultural, and psychological contributions to adult thinking, acting and learning. ” I will try to establish the process of the construction of his knowledge relating to learning and education by employing the theorists, Piaget (Cognitive Development), Erikson (Psychological Stages), Kohlberg (Moral Development), and Vygotsky (Social Culture) to shed more light on the process. Adult childhood learning experience could be described by Piaget’s Childhood Theory. Siegler (1996) pointed out that Piaget’s “Constructivism, Essentialism, and Dynamism” are the main parts of Piaget’s Childhood Theory. Siegler (1996) stated that Piaget’s Constructivism Theory showed that children think actively and constantly construct knowledge to understand the world around them. Knowledge is constructed through gathering information by interacting with the environment. The obtained knowledge would be compared to the existing one. The new knowledge would be kept and the previous knowledge would be discarded. The new knowledge relies on the previous declarative knowledge. Adult learners had difficulty relating the daily school education knowledge to his daily life in his young age. Lack of the declarative (factual) knowledge also played an important role in their learning of procedural knowledge. Language, mathematics, and other school subjects were taught in a sequential way. The adult learner’s lack of declarative (factual) knowledge required them to struggle with school constantly. Essentialism is important Cognitive development in Piaget’s Essentialism (Siegler, 1996). Children utilize their concrete and abstract reasoning, measurement, sensory perceptions and moral values constantly. Connecting with multiple methods of reasoning, these children try to “identify essences” in their thinking processes. As they progress in age, their concrete and abstract reasoning, measurement, sensory perceptions and moral values mature, but at different rates. Conceptually, Adult learners may have other responsibilities to occupy their lives; they were not able to concentrate on their studies in school. Siegler (1996) also pointed out that Dynamism is an important aspect of Piaget’s Theory of Children Development. Piaget identified that different age’s children think and learn through the process of “assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration”. “Variability’ played an important role in adapting the new environments. This adaptation helped children to discover new, more difficult, knowledge and the required actions to change in a social setting. Adult learners might not have a chance to assimilate to their peer groups. Adult learners might view the world as routine: work, study, eat and sleep. Some adult learners’ learning environment could be described by Vygotsky’s Classroom Theory in an adversary way. Vygotsky (Kozulin, 2004) stressed social and cultural aspects of cognition and learning. The “behaviorist and information-processing models” of learning relied on the social-cultural background information. Kozulin (2004) also indicated that “Vygotsky’s Social-Cultural Approach” could apply to learning of literacy, and scientific reasoning. Vygotsky treated education as a life long learning tool. Learners need the appropriate psycho-social and cultural framework to gain a higher level of learning. Vygotsky suggested that reading, writing, and mathematics were equally important in learning cognitively. Vygotsky also believed learners are able to change their learning environment actively (Kozulin, 2004). Adult learners could be more mobile than the other worker population to make their living. As they move around they have experienced different cultures, they have to adjust themselves to the new working conditions. It could be problematic. Adult learners might search for the “Just Society”. Adult learners wanted to search the “Just Society” by keep on learning, Kolhberg’s Just Community Program of Moral Education (McDonough, 2005) gave some understanding of adult learners in search of a “Just Community” in our society. McDonough (2005) listed three major components of a “Just Community”. Firstly, the governmental allows the citizens of the community a “feeling of belonging”, interconnecting for the purpose of the social order. The governmental body not only promotes moral growth, but practices it. As a result, the “Just Community” attracts more people who believed in the same moral values to join the community. A “Just Community” practices participatory democracy with a high degree of fairness and morality. The last component of the “Just Community” deals with discipline, in the event a community member violates “one of the rules”. The “just” and “care” apply to the violator. Instead of punishment, rehabilitation will be administrated to ensure the violator receiving proper care; and the society can learn from the mistake. Some adult learners may have difficulty with the laws or mistreated by the law. Some part-time learners may be able to find their justices through learning. Some adult learners might be reached their middle-age; they have reviewed their lives and reflected on their experiences on education. Rennemark et al. (1997) indicated that our life experiences would affect our wellbeing. By reflecting on our past would help us to discover unresolved conflicts to make sense some of the incoherent events. Erickson’s Psychosocial Development Theory with the interpretative perspective, it is a good way to look their life history. They can try to interpret their present careers and social situations by reconstructing their education and life experiences through autoethnography. Rennemark et al. (1997) also indicated that recalling children experience with parents, and experiences with “significant others” have a great impact on their later life. To avoid “Erickson’s retrospective mythologizing”, deception, adults evaluate their life events as objective as possible with the evident presented. Adults’ part-time learners tried to make sense of their lives through exploring the theories of Psychology and Education theories. Exploration helps the adult part-time learners the connection between education and career in their life journeys. Adult learners are constant struggle in career and education may relate to societal issue rather than their own making. 1. Waniewicz, I. (1976). Demand for part-time learning in Ontario. The Ontario Educational Communications: Canada 2. Fisher, D. (1997). Learning the hard way: Part-time degree students and the University of Toronto. Toronto: University of Toronto, Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students. 3. Haughey, D. , J. (1994). Towards a changing profile of the adult learner. In M. Brooke and M. Waldron (Eds. ), University continuing education in Canada: Current challenges and future opportunities (pp. 124-132). Thompson Education Publishing: Toronto. 4. Schuetze, H. , & Slowey, M. (Oct. – Dec. , 2002). Participation and exclusion: A comparative analysis of Non-Traditional students and lifelong learners in Higher Education. Higher Education 44 (3/4), 309–327. Prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) Campbell, D. (1984). The new marjority: Adult Learners in the University. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press. Andres, L. , & Carpenter, S. (1997). Today’s higher education students: Issues of admission, retention, transfer, and attrition in relation to changing student demographics. Centre for Policy Studies in Education University of British Columbia. Retrieved October 12, 2007 from:http://www. bccat. bc. ca/pubs/today. pdf Merriam, S. , B. , Caffarella, R. , S. , & Baumgartner, L. , M. (2007). Learning in adulthood” A comprehensive guide (3rd Edition). San Francisco : Jossey-Bass. Stydinger, N. , & Dundes, L. (Spring, 2006). Over the Hill? A Nontraditional Undergraduate Student’s Uphill Battle. College Quarterly, 9(2). Retrieved September 16, 2007, from http://www. senecac. on. ca/quarterly/2006-vol09-num02-spring/stydinger_dundes. html, Part-time_student 2009-08-20T04:13:24Z Part-Time Adult Learners are a group of the higher education students. There are a variety of terms synonymous with the Part-Time Learner (PTL) used in Canadian and American academic literature, including the Non-Traditional Learner. It is therefore acceptable and reasonable to explore the numerous characteristics of the PTL through examining research on the Non-Traditional Learner (NTL). Definitions as proposed by Andres and Carpenter (1997), Shuetze and Slowey (2002), Schuetz and Day (2001) as well as Stydinger and Dundes (2006) describe various features of the NTL as including: Additional characteristics with NTL's exist as a result of the numerous programs and fields of study they pursue. PTL's can be enrolled in certificate, diploma, undergraduate (including after-degree) or graduate degrees, in credit or non-degree credit courses, in a plethora of fields. The multiplicity of characteristics reflected by PTL's makes this segment of the student population challenging to study and describe. One method of separating the PTLs from the NTLs can be found by applying institutional criteria. Part-Time status in Canadian Universities is dictated by the enrolment in a maximum and, occasionally minimum number of credit hours or courses. The University of British Columbia defines a part-time undergraduate student as one enrolled in less than 80% of the standard 30 credit-hour course load. The University of Manitoba defines the part-time undergraduate student as an individual enrolled in less than 60% of the standard full 30 credit hour course load. The Government of Canada National Student loans program defines a Part-Time Student as one who is enrolled in 20-59% of a full course load. Institutional criteria can be used to separate the NTL from the PTL however caution must be practised as criteria can vary between and within institutions. Campbell (1984) effectively captures the aforementioned variability by describing the PTL as. . . the 29 year-old man with a wife and a new baby, who, at last perceiving that accounting is his niche, plods on over as many as eight years toward accreditation in that field. It is an ambitious senior school teacher who has set his mind on a school superintendency and seeks to advance his credentials. It is a member of a farmers’ union with a vision of what might be in agriculture who undertakes to grapple with economics in preparation for a leadership role. It is a restless 43 year-old wife and mother who gains relief from household demands through the study of ceramics or comparative literature or who takes refresher courses in nursing techniques in anticipation of her re-entry into nursing. It is an engineering graduate, success having placed him in managerial ranks, who is confronted with human problems for which his earlier professional training has not prepared him. It is a new Canadian for whom more rewarding employment or access to formal post-secondary education requires that he upgrade his skill in English as a second language(p. 19-20). In spite of the diversity of characteristics and variability of institutional criteria a plausible and general definition of the PTL can be established. The PTL could be described as: a mature individual; residing off-campus; holding an unconventional educational biography and responsibilities associated with work and/or family duties; may be of a minority status; and would be enrolled in a course load approximately half that of a full time student. Caution must be practiced when applying this definition as it is one of many possible interpretations of a PTL. PTL's have a long history in Higher Education. Some of the earliest universities including Takshasila and Nalanda in Asia and the medieval Universities in Europe were created by and organized for PTL’s. In Canadian higher education, part-time enrollment demonstrated significant growth for the greater part of the twentieth century but has recently leveled off. The Trends Report (2007) reported that from 1976 to 1992 part-time enrollment “…grew by some 65 percent or 125,000 to a peak of 316,000 in 1992"(p. 13). Following 1992 participation of PTL's in Canadian higher education dwindled to 250,000 by 1997 and has stayed about that level since. PTL's compose a noticeable portion of Canadian Higher Education. Today there exists approximately 265,000 PTL's in Canadian Universities and University-Colleges (see University College). The Trends Report in Higher Education Report (2007) purports that there are 815,000 full time learners in Canadian Universities and University-Colleges. PTL's compose almost 25% of the entire student population within Canadian Universities and University-Colleges. Acquiring data on Part-Time Learners in Canadian Colleges would assist in providing a more accurate picture of PTL's in Canadian Higher Education. It would also be of great benefit to include statistics on PTL participation in other countries. Part-Time Learners are faced with a multitude of barriers in Higher Education that can be classified as attitudinal, institutional or situational. An attitudinal barrier relates to the learner’s attitude toward negative experiences in the learner’s educational past which may prevent enrolment in further education. Merriam, Caffarella and Baumgartner (2007) purport that some adult learners lack the confidence to pursue further education. Additionally, they may perceive higher education as reflecting the teacher-centred practises and exclusive pedagogy of their earlier schooling experiences. There are a variety of institutional barriers. Attitudinal barriers can be interpreted as the first obstacle a PTL must overcome to enrol. Institutional barriers are policies and procedures that make attendance difficult or impossible. Some elitist Canadian Universities still practise conventional admissions. PTL's often hold unconventional educational biographies that can be difficult to compare and measure against traditional admissions requirements. Canadian Universities are not adequately providing information to assist PTL's in long term course planning. PTL's have a variety of constraints and demands on their time and therefore need to be able to synthesize a long term plan of action. There are an insufficient number of adult learner orientated workshops in Canadian Universities that meet their needs. Canadian Universities are not effectively disseminating information regarding part-time learner programs. Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) (see Prior Learning Assessment) can assist PTL's accelerate the completion of studies by granting credit through lifelong learning. However, there is a lack of PLAR taking place in Canadian Universities. Institutional barriers present challenges to enrol and participate as a PTL. Situational barriers relates to an individual’s circumstances at a given time that can impede enrollment or attendance. Situational challenges include financial costs, scheduling conflicts and balancing time. The expenses of tuition, textbooks, and evening snacks must be weighed against family needs such as clothes and school supplies for children or family vacations. The scheduled classes must be able to fit within a schedule that accommodates work and family obligations. Time spent on school assignments cannot be so excessive that it detracts significantly from work and family responsibilities. Situational barriers should be considered prior to enrolment. There still exist a significant number of barriers that affect PTL's in Higher Education institutions. However, due to the variety of characteristics of PTL's barriers can differ in severity.

Tengen (Go)

Tengen (Go) 2019-08-07T12:46:07Z Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is a Go competition in Japan. The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board. The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975. The Tengen competition is a Go tournament run by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go. It has the same format as the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match. Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two Go players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder. , Tengen (Go) 2020-12-22T23:40:42Z Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is a Go competition in Japan. The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board. The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975. The Tengen competition is a Go tournament run by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go. It has the same format as the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match. Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two Go players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder. The tournament was formed from a merger between the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in championships. The former ran from 1954 to 1975.

Anjan Dutt

Anjan Dutt 2016-01-06T14:23:59Z Anjan Dutt (Bengali: অঞ্জন দত্ত 'Añjan Datta') (19 January 1953) is an Indian singer- songwriter of the 1990s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan (alternative music). Anjan Dutt's style of music is different from the others in the sense that it has simple tunes, one that is reminiscent of western folk music. His lyrics are simple and more natural. Anjan's music is somewhat influenced by blues, bluegrass, folk and country music. He is the first Bengali artist to depend more on the saxophone. He is an admitted fan of Bob Dylan and his Bengali contemporary Kabir Suman. Anjan is also an accomplished actor. He started his career as an actor in Bengali cinema. His first film was Chalachitro directed by Mrinal Sen, where he won the prize for the best newcomer actor, at the Venice Film Festival. Recently, he has acted in Aparna Sen's film, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. Anjan Dutt may be regarded as one of the best serious actors in the Indian serious cinema movement, that has seen the likes of Mrinal Sen's much-esteemed film "Bhuvan Som". Anjan Dutt has been regarded by some as being the 'angry young man' of serious cinema in contemporary India. He is also a national award wining filmamker and is one of the most prominent directors of Bengali Cinema. He has directed movies like The Bong Connection, Chalo Let's Go, Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona and many more. In recent years he has been directing Byomkesh Bakshi movie series, a fictional detective in Bengali literature created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Anjan Dutt was raised in the mountains of North Bengal. He had his schooling from St. Paul's School located in Darjeeling. He did not get much opportunity to listen to traditional Bengali songs (like Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Geeti) but became well acquainted with folk and country music around that time. Initially, he had no plans to make career for himself as a singer. His father was a solicitor, who he wanted his son to take up a career in law, young Anjan was more inclined to working in theatres and cinema. He earned an MA degree in English literature from the University of Calcutta, in India. His friends inspired him to consider taking acting seriously as a profession. During his university days, he started working in theatres with thespian Badal Sarkar. In late seventies, he joined a group called 'Open Theatre' and in early eighties performed plays translated from works of renowned foreign playwrights like Sartre, Peter Weiss, Jean Genet and Bertold Brecht. The group clearly drew inspiration from Nandikar a highly active and an already famous theatre group at that time. But due to politically sensitive content, they faced many obstructions in producing and performing their work, and eventually the group had to discontinue its repertoire. He was first selected in a feature film named 'Chalachitro' that was directed by renowned filmmaker Mrinal Sen. This was an unexpected break for him. The film with Anjan's performance got critical acclaim in the Venice Film Festival but for unknown reasons, it was never released commercially. After that although he worked as an actor in the film-making industry, he was more interested in doing art cinema (or films with aesthetically sensible filmmakers) rather than commercial mainstream cinema. After doing a few art films that were not so commercially successful, including the critically well received 'Juganto', scarcity of job opportunities forced him to take up jobs in advertising and later as a journalist for the Kolkata-based daily, The Statesman. Subhajit Roy who is big fan of Anjan Dutta At that time, Anjan was greatly influenced by the music of Suman Chatterjee (now known as Kabir Suman), who had heralded a new era in Bengali music through his songs, that were very different from the existing genres of Bengali music. These songs and lyrics, commonly referred to as Jeebonmukhi (literally meaning towards life), concerned itself with the tough reality of Bengali middle class social life, in and around Kolkata. Anjan started translating some English songs. In his efforts, he was supported and constantly inspired by his ideological precursor, Suman Chatterjee himself. Dutt later decided to delve into the music arena on his own. When HMV offered to publish his songs, he finally realised that he had to take it seriously. Anjan Dutt is a popular singer- songwriter of the 1990s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan. Anjan Dutt's style of music is different from the others in the sense that it has simple tunes, one that is reminiscent of western folk music 2014– sesh bole kichu nai, Anjan Dutt 2017-10-30T21:16:03Z Anjan Dutt (19 January 1953) is an Indian film director, actor and singer-songwriter of the 1990s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan (alternative music)- reminiscent of western folk music. His music is said to be influenced by blues, bluegrass, folk and country music. He is an admitted fan of Bob Dylan and his Bengali contemporary Kabir Suman. He is also an accomplished actor starting his career in Bengali cinema. His first film was Chalachitro directed by Mrinal Sen, where he won the prize for the best newcomer actor, at the Venice Film Festival. He has acted in Aparna Sen's him film, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. He is also a national award-winning filmamker and is one of the most prominent directors of Bengali Cinema, directing The Bong Connection, Chalo Let's Go, Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona et al. In recent years, he has been directing the Byomkesh Bakshi movie series. Anjan Dutt was raised in the mountains of North Bengal. He had his schooling from St. Paul's School located in Darjeeling. In late seventies, he joined a group called 'Open Theatre' and in early eighties performed plays translated from works of renowned foreign playwrights like Sartre, Peter Weiss, Jean Genet and Bertold Brecht. The group clearly drew inspiration from Nandikar a highly active and an already famous theatre group at that time. But due to politically sensitive content, they faced many obstructions in producing and performing their work, and eventually the group had to discontinue its repertoire. He was first selected in a feature film named 'Chalachitro' - directed by renowned filmmaker Mrinal Sen. The film and his performance was critically acclaimed in the Venice Film Festival but for unknown reasons, it was never released commercially. He said that he was more interested in doing art cinema rather than commercial mainstream cinema. After doing a few art films that were not so commercially successful, including the critically well received 'Juganto', scarcity of job opportunities forced him to take up jobs in advertising and later as a journalist for the Kolkata-based daily, The Statesman. At that time, Anjan was greatly influenced by the music of Kabir Suman who had heralded a new era in Bengali music through his songs. These songs and lyrics, commonly referred to as Jeebonmukhi (literally meaning towards life), concerned itself with the tough reality of Bengali middle class social life, in and around Kolkata. 2014– sesh bole kichu nai

Tomasz Cywka

Tomasz Cywka 2018-02-12T14:23:50Z Tomasz Wojciech Cywka (Polish pronunciation: ; born 27 June 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Wisła Kraków. He has previously played for English clubs Wigan Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Derby County, Reading, Barnsley, Blackpool and Rochdale Cywka has played internationally for Poland at under-19, under-20, and twice at under-21 level. Born in Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship. Following a successful week-long trial at Wigan Athletic, Cywka signed a three-year contract in July 2006 transferring him from Gwarek Zabrze to the Premier League side. He made his first appearance in September 2006 as a substitute against Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup. In October 2006 he moved on loan to League One side Oldham Athletic where he made four substitute appearances. He made his second appearance for Wigan in an FA Cup match against Tottenham in January 2009, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. In February 2009 Steve Bruce suggested that Cywka was on the verge of breaking into the first team, however, the following month Cywka suffered torn knee ligaments which would see him out until the following season. On 25 March 2010, Cywka joined Championship side Derby County on loan till the end of the season. He made his debut for Derby as a late sub in a loss against Ipswich before starting the final four matches of the season. In April, Derby manager Nigel Clough began talks to extend his stay at Pride Park Stadium into next season. On 25 May, it was announced that he would sign a two-year contract with Derby on a free transfer on 1 July, after turning down Wigan's extension offer due to his desire for first team football. Cywka appeared in Derby's opening fixture for the 2010–11 season, an away match against Leeds United, in which the Rams won 2–1. His first goal for the club came on Saturday 14 August 2010 in a match which finished 2–1 to the visiting Cardiff City. Cywka suffered a fractured cheekbone in the same match. He quickly returned to action, however, and grabbed this 2nd and 3rd senior goals with a brace in a 4–1 win over Watford on 30 October 2010, which earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week. Cywka again started against Portsmouth at Pride Park and won a penalty after being fouled in the box, Robbie Savage scored the opener from the spot and the Rams went on to record a 2–0 victory. His 4th goal came in the 3–2 victory over Scunthorpe United, scoring within the first 5 minutes. On 5 February 2011, Cywka was openly criticised by Derby boss Nigel Clough after his losing of the ball late in the game led to a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw at Portsmouth. Of Cywka, Clough said "He's an extremely inexperienced and not very bright footballer ... he can go back to Wigan or wherever he came from – I'm not really bothered – until he learns the game." These incidents led PFA Chief Gordon Taylor to criticise Clough, saying "It cannot be appropriate to criticise your team in such a way in public. We'll sort things out ... otherwise it looks an untenable situation.". Despite the criticisms after the Portsmouth game Cywka made a further six appearances for the Rams before being ruled out for the remainder of the season with a knee ligament injury. Cywka found himself out of the side for the start of the 2011–12 season as Derby made their best start to a season for over 100 years. His first league appearance came in the seventh fixture, away at Nottingham Forest, but he was withdrawn after just four minutes when the dismissal of Frank Fielding led to the need for a tactical reshuffle. Three late substitute appearances followed before he earned his second start of the campaign in the twelfth match of the season, away to Reading, when injuries had left Derby with just Cywka and Theo Robinson to choose from amongst the club's strikers. In the event, Cywka scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute to give Derby a 2–1 lead in a match they eventually drew 2–2. After a succession of poor performances and losing his place in the first team, Cywka was told by Derby manager Nigel Clough in January 2012 that he was free to leave the club on a free transfer. This followed the news that a move to a Polish club had broken down, which later turned out to Ekstraklasa leaders Śląsk Wrocław. On 26 January 2012, Cywka joined Championship side Reading, on a free transfer until the end of the season, and took squad number 41. He made his début in a 1–0 win over Bristol City, securing the winning penalty. Cywka also featured in the last 20 minutes of a home game against Coventry, impressing with his first touch and dribbling ability. During his time at Reading, Tomasz being awarded a Championship winning medal. On 2 May 2012 Reading announced that Cywka had been released by the club. On 6 August 2012, Cywka joined Championship side Barnsley on a one-year deal. He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 3–1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 21 August 2012. His second came in a 1–0 win against Charlton Athletic at The Valley on 20 October 2012. He bagged his third Reds goal in the game with Bristol City, however only scant consolation in a 5–3 defeat. In September he scored a freekick from 40 yards out against Nottingham Forest. On 28 July 2014, following an unsuccessful trial at Charlton Athletic, Cywka signed for Blackpool on a one-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 9 August, and scored his first goal in a 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 16 August 2014. On 26 November 2014, Cywka joined Rochdale on loan until 3 January 2015. He played 3 times for Rochdale in the league that season, as they finished a very credible 8th place, their highest-ever league placing. He was released by Blackpool in May 2015. Cywka has played for Poland at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. , Tomasz Cywka 2019-12-22T10:40:33Z Tomasz Wojciech Cywka (Polish pronunciation: ; born 27 June 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Lech Poznań. He has previously played for English clubs Wigan Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Derby County, Reading, Barnsley, Blackpool and Rochdale. Cywka has played internationally for Poland at under-19, under-20, and twice at under-21 level. Born in Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship. Following a successful week-long trial at Wigan Athletic, Cywka signed a three-year contract in July 2006 transferring him from Gwarek Zabrze to the Premier League side. He made his first appearance in September 2006 as a substitute against Crewe Alexandra in the League Cup. In October 2006 he moved on loan to League One side Oldham Athletic where he made four substitute appearances. He made his second appearance for Wigan in an FA Cup match against Tottenham in January 2009, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. In February 2009 Steve Bruce suggested that Cywka was on the verge of breaking into the first team, however, the following month Cywka suffered torn knee ligaments which would see him out until the following season. On 25 March 2010, Cywka joined Championship side Derby County on loan till the end of the season. He made his debut for Derby as a late sub in a loss against Ipswich before starting the final four matches of the season. In April, Derby manager Nigel Clough began talks to extend his stay at Pride Park Stadium into next season. On 25 May, it was announced that he would sign a two-year contract with Derby on a free transfer on 1 July, after turning down Wigan's extension offer due to his desire for first team football. Cywka appeared in Derby's opening fixture for the 2010–11 season, an away match against Leeds United, in which the Rams won 2–1. His first goal for the club came on Saturday 14 August 2010 in a match which finished 2–1 to the visiting Cardiff City. Cywka suffered a fractured cheekbone in the same match. He quickly returned to action, however, and grabbed this 2nd and 3rd senior goals with a brace in a 4–1 win over Watford on 30 October 2010, which earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week. Cywka again started against Portsmouth at Pride Park and won a penalty after being fouled in the box, Robbie Savage scored the opener from the spot and the Rams went on to record a 2–0 victory. His 4th goal came in the 3–2 victory over Scunthorpe United, scoring within the first 5 minutes. On 5 February 2011, Cywka was openly criticised by Derby boss Nigel Clough after his losing of the ball late in the game led to a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw at Portsmouth. Of Cywka, Clough said "He's an extremely inexperienced and not very bright footballer ... he can go back to Wigan or wherever he came from – I'm not really bothered – until he learns the game." These incidents led PFA Chief Gordon Taylor to criticise Clough, saying "It cannot be appropriate to criticise your team in such a way in public. We'll sort things out ... otherwise it looks an untenable situation.". Despite the criticisms after the Portsmouth game Cywka made a further six appearances for the Rams before being ruled out for the remainder of the season with a knee ligament injury. Cywka found himself out of the side for the start of the 2011–12 season as Derby made their best start to a season for over 100 years. His first league appearance came in the seventh fixture, away at Nottingham Forest, but he was withdrawn after just four minutes when the dismissal of Frank Fielding led to the need for a tactical reshuffle. Three late substitute appearances followed before he earned his second start of the campaign in the twelfth match of the season, away to Reading, when injuries had left Derby with just Cywka and Theo Robinson to choose from amongst the club's strikers. In the event, Cywka scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute to give Derby a 2–1 lead in a match they eventually drew 2–2. After a succession of poor performances and losing his place in the first team, Cywka was told by Derby manager Nigel Clough in January 2012 that he was free to leave the club on a free transfer. This followed the news that a move to a Polish club had broken down, which later turned out to be Ekstraklasa leaders Śląsk Wrocław. On 26 January 2012, Cywka joined Championship side Reading, on a free transfer until the end of the season, and took squad number 41. He made his début in a 1–0 win over Bristol City, securing the winning penalty. Cywka also featured in the last 20 minutes of a home game against Coventry, impressing with his first touch and dribbling ability. During his time at Reading, Tomasz being awarded a Championship winning medal. On 2 May 2012 Reading announced that Cywka had been released by the club. On 6 August 2012, Cywka joined Championship side Barnsley on a one-year deal. He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 3–1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 21 August 2012. His second came in a 1–0 win against Charlton Athletic at The Valley on 20 October 2012. He bagged his third Reds goal in the game with Bristol City, however only scant consolation in a 5–3 defeat. In September he scored a freekick from 40 yards out against Nottingham Forest. On 28 July 2014, following an unsuccessful trial at Charlton Athletic, Cywka signed for Blackpool on a one-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 9 August, and scored his first goal in a 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 16 August 2014. On 26 November 2014, Cywka joined Rochdale on loan until 3 January 2015. He played 3 times for Rochdale in the league that season, as they finished a very credible 8th place, their highest-ever league placing. He was released by Blackpool in May 2015. On 13 June 2018 he signed a two-year contract with Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. He debuted on 12 July 2018 in 2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round match against Gandzasar Kapan. Cywka has played for Poland at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.

Peyton List (actress, born 1998)

Peyton List (actress, born 1998) 2008-01-05T16:58:06Z Chloë Grace Moretz (born February 10, 1997) is an American child actress, perhaps best known from the movie The Amityville Horror. Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first role in Hollywood was in two episodes of the series The Guardian, and her first movie role was as Molly in Heart of the Beholder. It wasn't until her second big-screen acting role, in the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror that earned her recognition more widely. Her performance as Chelsea Lutz also earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. Her career went further when she received a few guest-starring roles on TV after Amityville, and a role as one of the family kids in the movie Big Momma's House 2. Among the most notable ones of her roles on TV are her role as Candy Stoker in an episode of My Name Is Earl and as Sherri Maltby in Desperate Housewives. After her first movie premiere for Amityville horror, she has been a frequent quest at movie premieres. She likes to play around with fashion, and she often wears clothes in her own distinctive style at them. As of 2007, Chloë Moretz has starred in many other films such as Wicked Little Things and Room 6. She also has filmed or has been attached to six new roles to come out in 2007 and his currently displaying her voice talents as the CGI-animated character, Darby, on the show My Friends Tigger & Pooh. At the mere age of 9 years old, Hollywood starlet Chloe Grace Moretz has wowed audiences with her portrayals in films like Heart of the Beholder, The Amityville Horror, and Big Momma's House 2. But this little actress is more than just a cute face, she is a talented, professional actress who is starting to give others a run for their money. Born on February 10th, 1997 in Georgia, little Chloe got her start in tv guest appearances on "The Guardian" as Violet and in the television movie "Family Plan" alongside Tori Spelling. But Chloe's big break came when she was cast as Chelsea Lutz in the 2005 remake of the classic horror film The Amityville Horror, where she co-starred with the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, and Philip Baker Hall. Chloe's chilling portrayal of little Chelsea earned her a Young Artist Award nomination, and following the release of the movie, Chloe's career has taken off. She starred as Molly in Heart of the Beholder, an indie film, and appeared in the Steven Seagal action film Today You Die. Chloe also guest starred in the NBC hit show "My Name is Earl" as Candy Stoker, a little girl who dreams of being a doctor but is forced into beauty pageants by her nutty mother, who was portrayed by Missi Pyle. Chloe most recently hit the big screen with Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, and Emily Proctor in the hit film Big Momma's House 2 where she played Carrie Fuller, the middle child that Big Momma becomes the nanny of. With her adorable looks and sweet charm, Chloe won the hearts of audiences everywhere. When she's not acting, Chloe loves to play with her dogs and cat. She loves to swim and her hobbies include ballet, gymnastics, and playing basketball. She has four older brothers, but no sisters. Chloe loves the colors pink, lime green, and baby blue, and also adores anything with spots and stripes. She loves Reese Witherspoon, and her favorite movies are the Legally Blonde films. Although Chloe lives in Los Angeles, her favorite place is New York and she considers herself a city girl at heart. You can expect many things from this bright young starlet, who has a promising career ahead of her. , Peyton List (actress, born 1998) 2009-12-23T14:03:56Z Peyton Roi List is an American child actress and child model. List is best known from the ABC show Cashmere Mafia where she played Frances O'Connor's onscreen daughter, Sasha Burden and from the movie 27 Dresses where she played the younger version of Katherine Heigl's character Jane. Peyton was born in Florida, but moved to New York at the age of 4. She began modelling at an early age, both alone and also with her twin brother Spencer List, who is also an actor. List has appeared in over four hundred commercial advertisements in various formats for various companies. When List is not acting or modelling she enjoys dancing, ice-skating, singing, cycling and writing. List currently lives in the state of New York with her two brothers (Spencer and Phoenix, both actors and models), a dog, and her parents.

Yulon Luxgen Dinos

Yulon Luxgen Dinos 2015-11-01T12:22:50Z The Yulon Dinos are a basketball team in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. It was founded in 1965 by Yulon Motor's (or the Taiwanese Car Manufacturer Luxgen) Chairman Yen Ching-ling as a First Division amateur basketball team. It has also been member of the short-lived Chinese Basketball Alliance, a professional basketball league that existed from 1994 to 1998. 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2010, Yulon Luxgen Dinos 2016-10-25T06:46:06Z The Yulon Luxgen Dinos are a basketball team in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. It was founded in 1965 by Yulon Motor's (or the Taiwanese Car Manufacturer Luxgen) Chairman Yen Ching-ling as a First Division amateur basketball team. It has also been member of the short-lived Chinese Basketball Alliance, a professional basketball league that existed from 1994 to 1998. 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2010

Stefan Marinovic

Stefan Marinovic 2021-01-22T11:31:21Z Stefan Tone Marinovic (Croatian: Stefan Tone Marinović, pronounced ) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League side Wellington Phoenix. Marinovic attended Auckland private school, Kings College. In 2005, he won the New Zealand Nike Cup. In 2008, Marinovic was selected for the New Zealand under-19 schoolboys national team for its tour of Austria. He received trials from clubs such as Everton FC, FC Zürich and FC Schalke 04, but they all failed, and so he joined Waitakere United. He reached the national final with United, but they lost 6–0 to Canterbury. In mid-2009, he graduated from the Wynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence, created to help talented players earn trials overseas. Marinovic was spotted by German club, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, in the 3. Liga at that time, and he signed a professional contract with them. He was the third choice goalkeeper during the 2010–11 season, and played with the U23 team. He made his professional debut for Wiesbaden on 27 April 2010 in an away game to league leaders Erzgebirge Aue when Marc Birkenbach was injured after 30 minutes. The game finished 2–2. When Michael Gurski was signed, he again became the third choice keeper, only being used for the U23 team. In 2013, Marinovic left Wiesbaden and joined FC Ismaning and then 1860 Munich Reserves, making one appearance at each club. In 2014, Marinovic signed with German Regionalliga club SpVgg Unterhaching, playing an important role in their promotion to the 3. Liga in his final season. On 21 July 2017, Marinovic signed with MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC after impressing with the national team. Marinovic was released by Vancouver at the end of their 2018 season. On 7 March 2019, Marinovic signed for EFL Championship side Bristol City until the end of the 2018–2019 season, covering for injured goalkeepers Frank Fielding and Niki Mäenpää. He was released by Bristol City at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 6 June 2019, Marinovic signed a two-year contract with A-League club Wellington Phoenix. In 2011, Marinovic made two appearances for New Zealand at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Colombia. On 8 March 2015, Marinovic was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, playing the full 90 minutes, and has since established himself as the No.1 stopper for New Zealand. On his debut, he conceded a penalty kick, but saved it, eventually conceding the only goal of the game by Lee Jae-sung in the 86th minute. SpVgg Unterhaching New Zealand U20 New Zealand, Stefan Marinovic 2022-09-27T03:12:37Z Stefan Tone Marinovic (Croatian: Stefan Tone Marinović, pronounced ) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Tel Aviv. Marinovic attended Auckland private school, Kings College. In 2005, he won the New Zealand Nike Cup. In 2008, Marinovic was selected for the New Zealand under-19 schoolboys national team for its tour of Austria. He received trials from clubs such as Everton FC, FC Zürich and FC Schalke 04, but they all failed, and so he joined Waitakere United. He reached the national final with United, but they lost 6–0 to Canterbury. In mid-2009, he graduated from the Wynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence, created to help talented players earn trials overseas. Marinovic was spotted by German club, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, in the 3. Liga at that time, and he signed a professional contract with them. He was the third choice goalkeeper during the 2010–11 season, and played with the U23 team. He made his professional debut for Wiesbaden on 27 April 2010 in an away game to league leaders Erzgebirge Aue when Marc Birkenbach was injured after 30 minutes. The game finished 2–2. When Michael Gurski was signed, he again became the third choice keeper, only being used for the U23 team. In 2013, Marinovic left Wiesbaden and joined FC Ismaning and then 1860 Munich reserves, making one appearance at each club. In 2014, Marinovic signed with German Regionalliga club SpVgg Unterhaching, playing an important role in their promotion to the 3. Liga in his final season. On 21 July 2017, Marinovic signed with MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC after impressing with the national team. He was released by Vancouver at the end of their 2018 season. On 7 March 2019, Marinovic signed for EFL Championship side Bristol City until the end of the 2018–19 season, covering for injured goalkeepers Frank Fielding and Niki Mäenpää. He was released by Bristol City at the end of the 2018–19 season. On 6 June 2019, Marinovic signed a two-year contract with A-League club Wellington Phoenix. In 2011, Marinovic made two appearances for the New Zealand U20 national team at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Colombia. On 8 March 2015, Marinovic was called into the senior New Zealand national team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson. He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, playing the full 90 minutes, and has since established himself as the No.1 stopper for New Zealand. On his debut, he conceded a penalty kick, but saved it, eventually conceding the only goal of the game by Lee Jae-sung in the 86th minute. SpVgg Unterhaching New Zealand U20 New Zealand Individual

Moncton Wildcats

Moncton Wildcats 2005-03-03T02:59:00Z The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Colliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The franchise was granted for the 1995-96 season, and they were known as the Moncton Alpines for that season only. , Moncton Wildcats 2006-11-21T16:04:42Z The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The franchise was granted for the 1995-96 season, and they were known as the Moncton Alpines for that season only. After winning the 2005-06 QMJHL championship, the team hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup. The Moncton Coliseum was previously host to the New Brunswick Hawks, Moncton Alpines, Moncton Golden Flames and the Moncton Hawks. The Moncton Alpines franchise was granted by the QMJHL in 1995 in the wake of successful expansion to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1994. However, the Alpines struggled mightily both on and off the ice. The team went through an initial year of financial difficulty and struggled to attract fans. There was some discussion of folding or moving the team, but instead the franchise was purchased by Robert Irving on May 28, 1996. On June 19, 1996, the team was officially renamed to the Moncton Wildcats and the new uniforms and logo were unveiled. The Wildcats' first game took place on September 22, 1996, in front of 7,506 fans. They won 9-6 over the Victoriaville Tigres. The team would finish 16-52-2 for 34 points and last place. The first few years of the Wildcats in Moncton featured a gradual improvement in the team's fortunes as more teams were added to the Maritimes and junior hockey took hold in the region. The 1999-2000 season was the greatest in Wildcats history to date as the team dominated with a 44-20-5-3 record. In the playoffs the team steamrolled to the QMJHL final against Rimouski. Injuries robbed the Wildcats of Simon Laliberté and Mirko Murovic, but the final blow to the Wildcats came just before the final started, when team leading scorer Jonathan Roy was diagnosed with cancer. The off-ice distractions took their toll and Moncton lost in the final in six games. Roy would ultimately beat cancer and is still playing hockey. The next few seasons featured more rebuilding. In 2002-03, the Wildcats were led by goaltending from Corey Crawford and Steve Bernier's 101 points. In the playoffs, their time was short lived, as the fell in the quarterfinal 4 games to 2 against the Québec Remparts. At the NHL Draft Steve Bernier was selected 16th Overall by San Jose, goalie Corey Crawford by Chicago in the 2nd Round, and Nathan Saunders by Anaheim in the 4th Round. In 2003-04, Corey Crawford set a team record for wins with 35, and 4 players had 30+ goal seasons: Steve Bernier with 36, Mathieu Betournay with 33, Konstantin Zakharov with 33, and Martins Karsums with 30. In the first Round, Moncton defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in 4 games. In the Quarterfinal, they overtook the PEI Rocket 4 games to 2. In the Semi-Final, they finally defeated arch-rival Rimouski Océanic 4 games to 1. In the President's Cup Final for the first time, Moncton lost to the Gatineau Olympiques in 5 games, losing 4 games to 1. In 2004-05, the "Sidney Crosby Show" was selling out buildings everywhere, and with the NHL Lockout, Corey Crawford stayed in Moncton. Helped by his backup, Jean-Christophe Blanchard, they finished with a combined 2.47 GAA, best in the QMJHL. Steve Bernier again had a 30+ goal season, with 36. Adam Pineault had 26 goals, while Bruce Graham chipped in 23, and Stephane Goulet finished with 22. Nathan Saunders set a new club record with 198 penalty minutes, finishing with a career record of 794 PIMS. In the playoffs, the Cats took Drummondville in the first round, 4 games to 2. In the Conference Quarterfinal, they were knocked out by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4 games to 2. In 2005, it was announced that Moncton would host the 2006 Memorial Cup. The team hired former NHL Coach Of The Year Ted Nolan, and acquired players such as Keith Yandle, and various rookies. The team's slogan for 2005-06 was "New Coach, New Team, New Attitude". The Wildcats finished in first place in the league, going 52-15-0-3 for 107 points and winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy for the first time in club history. They also recorded the longest winning streak of the QMJHL season. The Cats acquired Victoriaville Tigres goalie Josh Tordjman halfway through the season, as well as Luc Bourdon from the Val-d'Or Foreurs. They defeated Victoriaville 4 games to 1 in the first round, and did the same to the Halifax Mooseheads, defeating them 4 games to 1. The Wildcats defeated the Gatineau Olympiques 4 games to 1 in the third round. They were now back to the President's Cup, against Patrick Roy's Québec Remparts. In Game 1, Moncton beat the Remparts 4-3 in OT. Some more OT heroics resulted in a 3-2 win in Game 2. Quebec battled back for Game 3, winning 3-1. The Remparts tied the series at 2-2 with a 4-3 OT victory in Game 4. In Game 5, Moncton again used OT to get by Quebec 3-2. In Game 6, in front of a sold-out Moncton Coliseum crowd, Moncton took the trophy home, winning 3-2. In the Memorial Cup against the Remparts, Vancouver Giants and Peterborough Petes, Moncton finished second in the round-robin after defeating Peterborough and Vancouver but losing to Québec. The Wildcats defeated the Giants in the semi-final, but lost to the Remparts 6-2 in the Memorial Cup final. Legend:T = Tie (1995-2005), SL = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 onward), OTL = Overtime Loss

Alan_Prampin

Alan_Prampin 2010-02-06T01:49:26Z Alan Prampin (born November 30, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is a former U. S. soccer forward who spent one season in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, one in the USISL and four in Major League Soccer. He also earned two caps with the U. S. national team. Prampin attended Southern Methodist University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1990 to 1993. He was selected as a third team All American in 1991, a first team All American in 1992 and second team in 1993. Prampin played extensively with the U. S national B team in 1992 and 1993. However, he turned professional with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1994. He then spent the 1995 season with the Raleigh Flyers of USISL. In February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz of Major League Soccer selected Prampin in the tenth round (96th overall) of the Inaugural Player Draft. On December 15, 1996, the Wiz traded Prampin and a third round supplemental draft pick to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Steve Pittman. Prampin led the team with assists in 1998 and was named Tampa Bay Mutiny Honda Most Valuable Player. He was named Tampa Bay Mutiny's Humanitarian of the Year for his work in the community. He remained with the Mutiny until he retired in 2000. Prampin earned two caps with the U. S. national team. His first was a 2-2 tie with El Salvador on March 23, 1993 when he came on for Cobi Jones in the 89th minute. His second game was two days later, a 4-1 loss to Honduras. He again came on for Cobi Jones, this time in the 83rd minute. , Alan_Prampin 2012-03-04T08:20:01Z Alan Prampin (born November 30, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is a former U. S. soccer forward who spent one season in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, one in the USISL and four in Major League Soccer. He also earned two caps with the U. S. national team. Prampin attended Southern Methodist University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1990 to 1993. He was selected as a third team All American in 1991, a first team All American in 1992 and second team in 1993. Prampin played extensively with the U. S national B team in 1992 and 1993. However, he turned professional with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1994. He then spent the 1995 season with the Raleigh Flyers of USISL. In February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz of Major League Soccer selected Prampin in the tenth round (96th overall) of the Inaugural Player Draft. On December 15, 1996, the Wiz traded Prampin and a third round supplemental draft pick to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Steve Pittman. Prampin led the team with assists in 1998 and was named Tampa Bay Mutiny Honda Most Valuable Player. He was named Tampa Bay Mutiny's Humanitarian of the Year for his work in the community. He remained with the Mutiny until he retired in 2000. Prampin earned two caps with the U. S. national team. His first was a 2-2 tie with El Salvador on March 23, 1993 when he came on for Cobi Jones in the 89th minute. His second game was two days later, a 4-1 loss to Honduras. He again came on for Cobi Jones, this time in the 83rd minute. Template:Persondata

Spin Master

Spin Master 2021-01-06T03:54:37Z Spin Master is a Canadian global toy and entertainment company marketing consumer products for children. Its brands include Bakugan, Gund, Etch A Sketch, Erector Set by Meccano, Air Hogs, PAW Patrol, Aquadoodle, Tech Deck, Hatchimals, Rubik's Cube, and Zoomer. Spin Master employs over 1,600 people globally with offices in Canada, United States, Mexico, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, India and Australia. Since 2002, Spin Master has received 92 TIA Toy of The Year (TOTY) nominations with 28 wins across a variety of product categories, including 13 TOTY nominations for Innovative Toy of the Year, more than any other toy company. Three college friends from Western Ivey Business School, Ronnen Harary, Anton Rabie and Ben Varadi, founded Spin Master with $10,000 in Toronto in 1994. The company's first product, Earth Buddies, was a small head made out of Kmart pantyhoses and grass seeds, which grew "hair" when watered. The Earth Buddy went on to sell over 26,000 units. Spin Master's first major success came in 1998 with the launch of the Air Hogs brand, and its first item, the Sky Shark. Developed from the prototype provided by inventors John Dixon and Peter Manning, the Sky Shark was a foam plane that used compressed air to enable outdoor flight. Product development took over two years and more than $500,000, but ended up generating $103 million in revenue over the next few years. The Sky Shark put Spin Master on the map, becoming one of the most popular toys in the world and earning them a slot on daytime television Regis and Kathie Lee alongside other international press. The company, which had grown to 28 employees by 1999, told the LA Times they were already “assessing 1,000 inventions a year.” They’d moved their manufacturing supply chain to Hong Kong in 1998 and were ready to rise as a new name in the toy industry. The company scored another success in 1999, with Flix Trix Finger Bikes, a string of 1/2 inch replicas of BMX bikes. In 2003, the company made its first corporate acquisition buying Bounce ‘Round, a company that created scaled down versions of the inflatable bouncy castles. Over the next handful of years, Spin Master opened offices in the U.S., Japan and Western Europe. In 2008, Spin Master launched the Bakugan Battle Brawlers franchise, a card game developed in conjunction with Sega Toys, featured plastic balls which burst open to reveal anime-style characters. Bakugan reached almost $1 billion in yearly sales. Under Harary's leadership, Spin Master Entertainment launched with Bakugan Battle Brawlers the animated action adventure television series under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. To date, Spin Master Entertainment has developed six television series with over 400 cumulative episodes. Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher, Spin Master's newest animated preschool series debut on Nickelodeon on January 2019 in the U.S. The show centers on Abby and her new friends the Fuzzlies, who are amazing and quirky creatures that live in her family's hotel. Together with her best Fuzzly friend Bozzly, Abby goes on wild adventures to fix Fuzzly mishaps and help them in any way she can. In August 2013, Spin Master acquired the Erector Set by Meccano construction set line. In June 2015, Spin Master entered into an agreement to acquire Cardinal Industries, a 60-year-old game and puzzles company. The purchase made Spin Master the second largest games company in the U.S. A month after announcing it was buying Cardinal, Spin Master made its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In January 2016 Spin Master purchased the library of board games owned by Editrice Giochi SRL, one of the oldest privately held toy game companies in Italy. In February 2016, Spin Master bought the Etch A Sketch and Doodle Sketch brands from The Ohio Art Company for an undisclosed price. In April 2016, Spin Master purchased digital toy makers Toca Boca and Sago Mini from the Bonnier Group of Sweden. In August 2016 Spin Master diversified into the water and outdoor sports category through the acquisition of Swimways corporation. In 2017, Spin Master acquired Marbles, a firm known for creating games, gifts and gadgets and the maker of Otrio; Aerobie, a leading producer of outdoor flying disks and sports toys; and Perplexus, a 3D ball-in-a-maze Spin Master had been distributing since 2013. In March 2018, Spin Master acquired the 120 year old stuffed toy brand Gund. Spin Master is now a $1.5 billion (sales) company, which employs over 1,600 people in 16 countries. On 27 October 2020, Spin Master said it will pay $50 million for Rubik's Cube, the iconic game invented nearly 50 years ago. The acquisition was completed on 5 January 2021. Alongside the company’s toy and board game businesses they are also the company behind several successful kids' shows: Spin Master Games is the board game division of the company. Spin Master also owns Cardinal Industries and Editrice Giochi board and card game publishers. Spin Master Games publishes titles such as:, Spin Master 2022-12-29T22:12:29Z Spin Master is a Canadian multinational toy and entertainment company that markets consumer products for children. Its brands include Bakugan, Gund, Etch A Sketch, Meccano/ Erector, Air Hogs, PAW Patrol, Aquadoodle, Tech Deck, Hatchimals, Rubik's Cube, and Zoomer. Spin Master employs over 1,600 people globally with offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. Since 2002, Spin Master has received 92 "Toy of The Year" (TOTY) nominations with 28 wins across a variety of product categories, including 13 TOTY nominations for "Innovative Toy of the Year", more than any other toy company. In 2022, Spin Master won The Golden Screen Award for Feature Film, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, for PAW Patrol: The Movie. The Golden Screen Award recognizes the Canadian film that grossed the highest domestic box office over the time period of Jan 1, 2021 to Feb 24, 2022. As of 2021, Chase the police pup and Marshall the firefighting pup, two characters from PAW Patrol, are the company's mascots. Three college friends from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario - Ronnen Harary, Anton Rabie and Ben Varadi - founded Spin Master with $10,000 in Toronto in 1994. The company's first product, Earth Buddies, were small heads made out of Kmart pantyhose and grass seeds, which grew "hair" when watered. The Earth Buddy went on to sell over 26,000 units. Spin Master's first major success came in 1998 with the launch of the Air Hogs brand and its first item, the Sky Shark. Developed from the prototype provided by inventors John Dixon and Peter Manning, the Sky Shark was a foam plane that used compressed air to enable outdoor flight. Product development took over two years and more than $500,000, but ended up generating $103 million in revenue over the next few years. The Sky Shark put Spin Master on the map, becoming one of the most popular toys in the world and earning them a slot on daytime television Regis and Kathie Lee alongside other international press. The company, which had grown to 28 employees by 1999, told the LA Times they were already “assessing 1,000 inventions a year.” They’d moved their manufacturing supply chain to Hong Kong in 1998 and were ready to rise as a new name in the toy industry. The company scored another success in 1999, with Flix Trix Finger Bikes, a string of 1/2 inch replicas of BMX bikes. In 2003, the company made its first corporate acquisition buying Bounce ‘Round, a company that created scaled down versions of the inflatable bouncy castles. Over the next handful of years, Spin Master opened offices in the United States, Japan and Western Europe. In 2008, Spin Master launched the Bakugan Battle Brawlers franchise, a card game developed in conjunction with Sega Toys, featured plastic balls which burst open to reveal anime-style characters. Bakugan reached almost $1 billion in yearly sales. Under Harary's leadership, Spin Master Entertainment launched with Bakugan Battle Brawlers the animated action adventure television series under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. To date, Spin Master Entertainment has developed six television series with over 400 cumulative episodes. In 2019, Abby Hatcher, an animated preschool series debuted on Nickelodeon on January 1, 2019, in the U.S. The show centers on Abby and her new friends the Fuzzlies, who are amazing and quirky creatures that live in her family's hotel. Together with her best Fuzzly friend Bozzly, Abby goes on wild adventures to fix Fuzzly mishaps and help them in any way she can. In 2020, Spin Master launched its first direct to Netflix series, Mighty Express. The show follows a team of trains and their kid best-buddies as they keep things moving and get the delivery through no matter what the trouble -one thrilling adventure after another. In August 2013, Spin Master acquired the Erector Set by Meccano construction set line. In June 2015, Spin Master entered into an agreement to acquire Cardinal Industries, a 60-year-old game and puzzles company. The purchase made Spin Master the second largest games company in the United States. A month after announcing it was buying Cardinal, Spin Master made its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In January 2016 Spin Master purchased the library of board games owned by Editrice Giochi SRL, one of the oldest privately held toy game companies in Italy. In February 2016, Spin Master bought the Etch A Sketch and Doodle Sketch brands from The Ohio Art Company for an undisclosed price. In April 2016, Spin Master purchased digital toy makers Toca Boca and Sago Mini from the Bonnier Group of Sweden. In August 2016 Spin Master diversified into the water and outdoor sports category through the acquisition of Swimways corporation. In 2017, Spin Master acquired Marbles, a firm known for creating games, gifts and gadgets and the maker of Otrio; Aerobie, a leading producer of outdoor flying disks and sports toys; and Perplexus, a 3D ball-in-a-maze Spin Master had been distributing since 2013. In March 2018, Spin Master acquired the 120 year old stuffed toy brand Gund. Spin Master is now a $1.5 billion (sales) company, which employs over 1,600 people in 16 countries. At the end of 2019, Spin Master completed the acquisition of the award-winning Orbeez brand from Maya Toys, complementing its growing Activities segment. Also in 2019 Spin Master started a ten year toy licensing contract with Monster Jam ending a previous toy licensing deal between Monster Jam and Mattel who marketed it Monster Jam toys under the Hot Wheels line. In February 2020, Spin Master announced the theatrical release of the PAW Patrol movie, a Spin Master Entertainment production in association with Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. PAW Patrol: The Movie released in theatres on August 20, 2021, grossing $142 million worldwide. Following the success of its first theatrical film for the franchise, Spin Master announced that production had begun on a sequel, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie slated to release on October 13, 2023. On 27 October 2020, Spin Master said it will pay $50 million for Rubik's Cube, the iconic game invented nearly 50 years ago. The acquisition was completed on 5 January 2021. At the end of 2020, Spin Master announced executive leadership changes appointing Max Rangel as Global President effective January 2021, assuming the position of Global President and CEO in April 2021. In 2021, Spin Master launched the Future of Play Scholarship committing to invest $100,000 in financial aid annually to the education and mentorship of underrepresented individuals. On October 19, 2021, Spin Master established Spin Master Ventures, a $100 million venture fund to back up games, toys and entertainment startups with investments made in Nordlight, a game development company in Stockholm and Hoot Reading, an online tutoring service that provides reading lessons to children. By the end of 2021, Spin Master had grown to a global children's entertainment company, employing over 2,000 people in 28 offices around the world. Spin Master Games is the board game division of the company. Spin Master also owns Cardinal Industries, Marbles and Editrice Giochi board and card game publishers. Spin Master Games publishes titles such as: Alongside the company's toy and board game businesses, they are the company behind several successful kids' media franchises: In 2012, Spin Master launched its first digital gaming app for Tech Deck. Other successful apps connected to the company's entertainment and toy Intellectual properties followed and, in 2016, Spin Master expanded its offering in the digital space with the acquisition of global mobile and digital app brands Toca Boca and Sago Mini. Spin Master Digital Games' most popular titles include:

Tin_Aung_Myint_Oo

Tin_Aung_Myint_Oo 2011-07-24T23:18:56Z General Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo (Burmese: တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး, pronounced ; born 29 May 1950) is one of the Vice Presidents of Myanmar. He is also chairman of Burmese Trade Council, having been appointed in November 2007 by Than Shwe, in response to Saffron Revolution demonstrations in October of that year, and Minister of Military Affairs. Tin Aung Myint Oo became a Vice-President on 4 February 2011, prior to this he was the First Secretary of the State Peace and Development Council, the military regime which seized power in 1988. He is one of the wealthiest members in the former SPDC, and is well known for close ties with Zaw Zaw, a Burmese tycoon. Template:Persondata , Tin_Aung_Myint_Oo 2012-10-06T06:17:34Z Template:Contains Burmese text Thihathura Tin Aung Myint Oo (Burmese: တင်အောင်မြင့်ဦး ; born 29 May 1950) was one of the Vice Presidents of Myanmar. He is also chairman of Burmese Trade Council, having been appointed in November 2007 by Than Shwe, in response to Saffron Revolution demonstrations in October of that year, and Minister of Military Affairs. He resigned his Vice President post in May 2012. He joined the Buddhist monkhood on 3 May, after speculation over his disappearance had circulated throughout new media. He graduated from the 12th intake of the Defence Services Academy and subsequently earned the title "Thihathura" in 1980 for fighting the Communist Party of Burma. He was nominated into the State Peace and Development Council in 2007 as Secretary (1), replacing Thein Sein, and was promoted to general in March 2009. In the Burmese general election, 2010, he contested the Pobbathiri Township constituency and won a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw, reportedly winning 90. 57% of the votes. Tin Aung Myint Oo was sworn in as a Vice-President on 30 March 2011, along with Sai Mauk Kham and thereafter vacated his parliamentary seat. He is one of the wealthiest members in the former SPDC, and is well known for close ties with Zaw Zaw, a Burmese tycoon. He formerly served as the chairman of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEHL), an conglomerate owned by the Burmese military. On 1 July 2012, he submitteed his resignation as Vice President, citing health reasons. Template:Persondata

FC Vaduz

FC Vaduz 2004-07-15T21:54:53Z FC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club, playing in the capital, Vaduz. It plays its domestic football in the Swiss League. , FC Vaduz 2005-10-05T20:21:26Z FC Vaduz is a Liechtensteiner football team that plays in Vaduz. The club plays at the small Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 4,548. Traditionally the strongest team of Liechtenstein, Vaduz has dominated the Liechtensteiner Cup, which it has won 34 times. Vaduz also play in the Challenge League (formerly called Nationalliga B), the second tier of the Swiss league. In recent years Vaduz has been one of the best teams in the Challenge League and have given serious challenges towards promotion to the Axpo Super League, although its generally bad results in friendly matches against Swiss teams have proved that they are not quite ready to play in the top level. Fußball Club Vaduz was founded on February 14, 1932 in Vaduz, and the club's first chairman was Johann Walser. In its first training match, which Vaduz played in Balzers on April 24 of that year, the newly-born team emerged as 2-1 winners. In 1933, Vaduz began playing in Switzerland. Over the years Vaduz struggled through the different tiers of Swiss football and won its first Liechtensteiner Cup in 1949. Vaduz enjoyed a lengthy stay in the Swiss first division from 1960 to 1973. In 1992, Vaduz qualified for European football for the first time, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Liechtenstein Cup winners but lost 1-12 on aggregate to FC Chornomorets Odesa of Ukraine. In 1996, Vaduz qualified for the next round with their first European victory, winning 5-3 on aggregate over FC Universitate Riga of Latvia, although Vaduz lost to Paris St-Germain of France 0-7 on aggregate in the next round. After the banishment of the Cup Winners' Cup, Vaduz regularly entered the UEFA Cup. Vaduz literally came within less than one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the scores tied level at 0-0 and with opponents Livingston scheduled to go through on away goals, Vaduz won a late corner. The ball was sent into the box, and Marius Zarn hit a goal-bound shot. However, the referee blew the whistle before full-time before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through in controversial circumstances. In 2004, Vaduz enjoyed their biggest European success to date, reaching the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup with a 4-2 aggregate victory over Longford Town FC of the Republic of Ireland in the first qualifying round. In the second qualifying round K.S.K. Beveren defeated Vaduz 5-2 on aggregate. Vaduz's most recent Liechtensteiner Cup win came in 2005, when they beat USV Eschen/Mauren 4-1 in the final, meaning Vaduz will once again qualify for the UEFA Cup. Vaduz came extremely close to promotion to the Axpo Super League in 2004 and 2005, playing two-leg play-offs in both cases. Vaduz's current head coach is the Swede Mats Gren, who was appointed very recently. The current chairman of Vaduz is Hanspeter Negele. Vaduz will play in the Challenge League next season as big favorites to earn promotion. Vaduz's uniforms are all red, which is their home kit, and all white, which is the away kit. Vaduz has many players from the Liechtensteiner national team, but also has many foreign players from different areas of the world.

Serafimovich_(town)

Serafimovich_(town) 2010-08-18T00:01:45Z 49°35′N 42°44′E / 49. 583°N 42. 733°E / 49. 583; 42. 733 Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимович) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, Template:Km to mi north-west of Volgograd. Population: 9,800 (2005 est. ); 9,939 (2002 Census); 10,040 (1989 Census). It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (Усть-Медведицкая). In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich, who was born and lived here. , Serafimovich_(town) 2012-09-26T19:34:04Z 49°35′N 42°44′E / 49. 583°N 42. 733°E / 49. 583; 42. 733 Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимо́вич) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, 160 kilometers (99 mi) northwest of Volgograd. Population: 9,368 (2010 Russian census); 9,939 (2002 Census); 10,040 (1989 Soviet census). It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (Усть-Медведицкая). In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich, who was born and lived here.

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan 2007-01-12T17:40:07Z Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for her role in the 2004 film, Mean Girls. Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a Reform Jewish family. She attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles where she starred in such productions as Much Ado about Nothing and You Can't Take It with You. Caplan began her television acting career in 1999, when she played the minor role of Sara on the short-lived series Freaks and Geeks. She had a series of guest appearances on other shows, and has been a guest on Sharon Osbourne's talk show. Another of her major television characters came on Smallville, a series about Superman as a teenager. She debuted on that show on November 6, 2001, playing "freak of the week" Tina Greer on the episode "X-Ray." She reprised her role on the show on January 14, 2003, in the episode "Visage." Although she was already an experienced actress, she gained much notice in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, where she played alternative styled girl Janis Ian, namesake of the lesbian singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Caplan's character's attitude has been compared to that of Nancy McKeon's character Jo from The Facts of Life. In 2003, she starred in the television series The Pitts, playing Faith Pitt. In the second season of Tru Calling, she played Avery Bishop, a friend of Tru Davies. Caplan landed a starring role in 2005, playing Marjee Sorelli, the troubled sister in Related, a one-hour dramedy on The WB. The show was cancelled after one season. Caplan played the starring role of "Sara Weller" in Wesley Strick's thriller, Love is the Drug. Caplan currently appears in the CBS sitcom The Class, which premiered on September 18, 2006., Lizzy Caplan 2008-12-30T14:50:16Z Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the CBS show The Class, in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and the 2008 film Cloverfield. Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a Reform Jewish family. She attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, where she starred in such productions as Much Ado about Nothing and You Can't Take It with You. Caplan began her television acting career in 1999, when she played the minor role of Sara on the series Freaks and Geeks. She had a series of guest appearances on other shows, and has been a guest on Sharon Osbourne's talk show. Lizzy also appeared in Jason Mraz's music video for "You and I Both". Another of her major television characters came on Smallville. She debuted on that show on November 6, 2001, playing "freak of the week" Tina Greer on the episode "X-Ray". She reprised her role on the show on January 14, 2003, in the episode "Visage". For two episodes she also appeared on the series, Once and Again, as a girl named Sarah, playing an ex-girlfriend of Katie Singer (Mischa Barton). Although she was already an experienced actress, she gained much notice in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, where she played alternative styled girl Janis Ian, named for singer-songwriter Janis Ian. In 2003, she starred in the television series The Pitts, playing Faith Pitt. In the second season of Tru Calling, she played Avery Bishop, a friend of Tru Davies. Caplan landed a starring role in 2005, playing Marjee Sorelli, the troubled sister in Related, a one-hour dramedy on The WB. The show was cancelled after one season. In 2006, Caplan played the starring role of Sara Weller in Wesley Strick's thriller, Love is the Drug. After Related ended, Caplan was cast in the CBS sitcom The Class, which premiered on September 18, 2006 and lasted one season. The final episode aired March 5, 2007. Caplan, along with Jason Ritter, presented a People's Choice Award for Favorite Soundtrack From a Movie, in January 2007. Lizzy, along with her The Class co-star Heather Goldenhersh, appeared on the talk show The View in early 2007. Lizzy has recently appeared in the J.J. Abrams project, Cloverfield, where she plays Marlena Diamond. She appeared in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Girl where she plays Ami, the roommate of Kate Hudson's character Alexis, which was released September 19, 2008. She is also lending her voice to the character of Faith Pitt, in the animated version of her canceled TV show, The Pitts in 2009. Caplan has recently been nominated for a Saturn award for her work in Cloverfield as "Best Supporting Actress". Caplan has just finished a short film with Cloverfield co-star T.J. Miller entitled Successful Alcoholics, which will be released on the internet sometime in the summer. She recently made her debut as Amy Burley in the cast of the new, vampire-themed HBO show True Blood. Caplan resides in the Hollywood Hills with some roommates. She has a cat named Lisa Turtle, which she named after her favorite character on Saved By The Bell. She became a godmother to her friend Busy Phillips's daughter when she was born in August 2008.

Chuner_Taksami

Chuner_Taksami 2011-01-29T08:01:21Z Dr. Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami (Russian: Чунер Михайлович Таксами; born 23 February 1931) is ethnographer of Nivkh origin and has a Doctor of Historical Sciences attained in 1955. He was born in Lower Amur River of Khabarovsk Krai Russia. He is an important spokesman for the Nivkh and other Siberian peoples. Taksami specializes in Siberian historical, archeological, and anthropological research. He was the Director of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg, Russia from 1997 to 2001 After his museum tenure was over Taksami colabrated with professors from Chiba University organizing enthnolinguistic expeditions to Nivkhs peoples in the Lower Amur River and North Sakhalin Island. He has published over 300 works ranging from books, journals, dictionaries, and contemporary problems of Asian Northern Peoples mostly in Russian. Additionally he chairs or is a council member of various Siberian associations. Template:Persondata This article about an anthropologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article about a minority rights activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Chuner_Taksami 2012-11-16T08:52:21Z Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami (Russian: Чунер Михайлович Таксами; born 23 February 1931) is a Russian ethnographer of Nivkh origin and has a Doctor of Historical Sciences attained in 1955. He was born in Lower Amur River of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. He is a spokesman for the Nivkh and other Siberian peoples. Taksami specializes in Siberian historical, archeological, and anthropological research. He was the Director of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg, Russia from 1997 to 2001 After his museum tenure was over Taksami colabrated with professors from Chiba University organizing enthnolinguistic expeditions to Nivkhs peoples in the Lower Amur River and North Sakhalin Island. He has published over 300 works ranging from books, journals, dictionaries, and contemporary problems of Asian Northern Peoples mostly in Russian. Additionally he chairs or is a council member of various Siberian associations. Template:Persondata This article about an anthropologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article about a minority rights activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Badge_of_shame

Badge_of_shame 2007-11-06T22:17:33Z A badge of shame is a typically distinctive mark or token worn on the clothing of a person deemed by society as worthy of ridicule or persecution, and required to bear a distinguishing sign in public. The yellow badge Jews were required to wear in parts of Europe during the middle ages, and later in Nazi Germany and German occupied Europe, was intended to be a badge of shame. The term may also refer to other identifying marks that are associated with shame. The biblical "Mark of Cain" can be interpreted as synonymous with a badge of shame. It is also used metaphorically, especially as a pejorative term, to characterize something associated with a person or group as shameful. Persons who committed certain crimes, such as women who committed adultery, have also been forced to wear certain icons or had their heads shaven as a badge of shame. Many women in German occupied Europe who fraternized with the occupiers had their heads shaved by angry mobs after liberation by the Allies of World War II. In colonial New England during the 17th & 18th centuries courts required people convicted of sexual immorality to wear the letter 'A' or letters 'AD' for adultery and the letter 'I' for incest on their clothing, or have them burned into the skin of their face or forehead. Striped prison uniforms commonly used in the 19th century were abolished in the United States early in the 20th century because their continued use as a badge of shame was considered undesirable. More recently, the Bangkok, Thailand police switched to pink armbands adorned with the cute Hello Kitty cartoon character and linked hearts when the tartan armbands that had been intended to be worn as a badge of shame for minor infractions were instead treated as collectibles by the offending officers forced to wear them. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic romance novel The Scarlet Letter, set in seventeenth-century Puritan Boston, the lead character Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet letter "A" represented the act of adultery that she had committed and it is to be a symbol of her sin for all to see. Originally intended as a badge of shame. it would later take on different meanings as her fictional life progressed in the story. The 1916 silent film "The Yellow Passport" starring Clara Kimball Young was also known as "The Badge of Shame" when it was reissued in 1917. This article about a criminal law topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Badge_of_shame 2009-04-25T15:58:24Z A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, mark of shame, or simply a stigma, is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation or persecution. The yellow badge that Jews were required to wear in parts of Europe during the Middle Ages, and later in Nazi Germany and German–occupied Europe, was intended to be a badge of shame. The term may also refer to other identifying marks that are associated with shame. The biblical "Mark of Cain" can be interpreted as synonymous with a badge of shame. The term is also used metaphorically, especially in a pejorative sense, to characterize something associated with a person or group as shameful. Punitive depilation of men, especially burning off pubic hair, was intended as a mark of shame in ancient cultures where male body hair was valued. Women who committed adultery, have also been forced to wear specific icons or marks, or had their hair shorn, as a badge of shame throughout history. Many women who fraternized with the occupiers in German–occupied Europe had their heads shaved by angry mobs of their peers after liberation by the Allies of World War II. During the war, the Nazis also used head shaving as a mark of shame to punish Germans like the youthful non-conformists known as the Edelweiss Pirates. In Ancient Rome, both men and women originally wore the toga, but over time matrons adopted the stola as the preferred form of dress, while prostitutes retained the toga. Later, under the Lex Julia, women convicted of prostitution were forced to wear a toga muliebris, as the prostitute's badge of shame. At the beginning of the 13th century, Pope Innocent III prohibited Christians from causing Jews bodily harm, but supported their segregation in society. On at least one occasion he likened this to the fate of Cain described in the Book of Genesis, writing to the Count of Nevers: “The Lord made Cain a wanderer and a fugitive over the earth, but set a mark upon him,… as wanderers must remain upon the earth, until their countenance be filled with shame…” After Innocent III later presided over the Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215, the council adopted canon 68, requiring Jews (and Muslims) to dress distinctively to prevent interfaith relations. This canon was largely ignored by the secular governments of Europe until 1269 when King Louis IX of France, later Saint Louis, was persuaded to decree that French Jews must wear a round yellow badge on their breast and back. After the Albigensian Crusade ended in 1229, the subsequent Papal inquisition of Pope Gregory IX imposed the ecclesiastical penance of the Cathar yellow cross as a badge of shame to be worn by the remaining repentant Cathars convicted of heresy. In colonial New England during the 17th and 18th centuries, courts required people convicted of sexual immorality to wear the letter 'A' or letters 'AD' for adultery and the letter 'I' for incest on their clothing. Striped prison uniforms commonly used in the 19th century were abolished in the United States early in the 20th century because their continued use as a badge of shame was considered undesirable. Societies have marked people directly in the practice generally known as being "branded a criminal". Criminals and slaves have been marked throughout history with tattoos. Sexual immorality in colonial New England was also punished by human branding with a hot iron, by having the marks burned into the skin of the face or forehead for all to see. The practice of human branding with visible marks on the face had been firmly established by King Edward VI of England under the 1547 Statute of Vagabonds, which specified the burning of the letter 'S' on the cheek or forehead of an escaped slave, and the letter 'F' for 'fraymaker' on the cheek of a church brawler. James Nayler, an English Quaker convicted of blasphemy in 1656, was famously branded with a 'B' on his forehead. Although abolished in England by 1829, the practice of human branding continued in the former colonies until at least 1864, during in the American Civil War, where some deserters from the Union Army had their face branded with the letter 'D' as a mark of shame intended to discourage others. In old-fashioned French schoolrooms, misbehaving students were sent to sit in a corner of the room wearing a sign that said "Âne" meaning donkey or ass, or were forced to wear a jester's cap with donkey's ears, sometimes conical in shape, known as a "cap d'âne", meaining "ass' head". In traditional British and American schoolrooms, the tall conical "dunce cap", often marked with a the letter 'D', was used as the badge of shame for disfavored students. The dunce cap is no longer used in modern education, although other forms of shame are still used to punish students. Nazi concentration camp badges of shame were triangular and color coded to classify prisoners by reason for detention, and Jews wore two triangles in the shape of the six-pointed Star of David. These symbols, intended by the Nazis to be marks of shame, had opposite meanings after World War II: the triangle symbols were used on memorials to those killed in the concentration camps, the pink triangle that homosexual prisoners were required to wear became a symbol of gay pride, and the Zionist's Star of David, also co-opted for the Nazi version of the yellow badge, was subsequently featured prominently on the flag of Israel. Conversely, symbols intended to have positive connotations can have unintended consequences. After World War I the U. S. War Department awarded gold chevrons to soldiers serving in the combat zones in Europe. The silver chevrons awarded for honorable domestic service in support of the war effort were instead considered a badge of shame by many recipients. In April 1945 the government of Czechoslovakia ordered the expropriation, denaturalisation and ensuing deportation of all Czechoslovaks of Magyar or German native language. In May 1945 Chechoslovaks of German native language had to wear white or yellow armbands with a capital N, for Němec (German), printed on. The armbands were to worn on the outside cloths until finally the government had deported all its citizens of German native language until 1947. More recently, in 2007, the Bangkok, Thailand police switched to punitive pink armbands adorned with the cute Hello Kitty cartoon character when the tartan armbands that had been intended to be worn as a badge of shame for minor infractions were instead treated as collectibles by offending officers forced to wear them, creating a perverse incentive. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic 1850 romance novel The Scarlet Letter, set in 17th century Puritan Boston, the lead character Hester Prynne is led from the town prison with the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she had committed and it is to be a symbol of her sin for all to see. Originally intended as a badge of shame, it would later take on different meanings as her fictional life progressed in the story. The 1916 silent film The Yellow Passport, starring Clara Kimball Young, was also known as The Badge of Shame when it was reissued in 1917. Terry Tate: Office Linebacker receives a badge of shame from a sensitivity trainer in the comedic Reebok television commercial "Sensitivity Training" (first aired February 1, 2004). The shame badge was round with a stylized square emoticon face with a straight mouth and the caption "shame" below. In the Halo series, specifically Halo 2 and Halo 3, after failing to eliminate Master Chief, the head of the Covenant Elite is branded with the Mark of Shame and forced to take the position of The Arbiter, an almost suicidal position in the Covenant military. In Halo 3, one of the possible emblems in the multiplayer mode is the Mark of Shame, now used in defiance as the emblem of the Elites after they follow the Arbiter in rebelling en masse against the Covenant. In the 2006 film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) is seen using as a fireplace poker, a branding iron with the letter 'P' that he used to impart the "pirate's brand" seen on the right forearm of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). According to the backstory, Sparrow was branded a pirate by Beckett for refusing to transport slaves for the East India Trading Company. Garrison Keillor, host of the popular American National Public Radio program A Prairie Home Companion, answered a listener question in 1998, by saying that he considered having never been fired from a job in his radio broadcasting career as a badge of shame. At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Consumer Electronics Association decided to issue bloggers white credentials, while issuing colored press passes to other members of the media. The bloggers called this the "white badge of shame". After then President of the United States Bill Clinton's impeachment, and subsequent acquittal, Clinton told Dan Rather in a March 31, 1999 television interview, "But I do not regard this impeachment vote as some great badge of shame…. "

Center_for_Molecular_and_Biomolecular_Informatics

Center_for_Molecular_and_Biomolecular_Informatics 2020-01-12T13:16:29Z The Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI) is a Dutch centre for in silico research on biomolecules (mainly protein structure and genomes) and the small molecules (drugs) with which they interact. The institute was founded in 1999 at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. In 2008 the institute became part of the Radboud University Medical Center. Its four research groups focus on:, Center_for_Molecular_and_Biomolecular_Informatics 2021-08-16T01:27:19Z The Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI) based in Nijmegen (Netherlands) does in silico research on biomolecules. The facility focusses mainly on protein structure and genomes as well as the small molecules and (drugs) which they interact with.

Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley

Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley 2019-05-15T20:05:46Z Fiona Hamilton-Fairley is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London. She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and continues to teach children and young people there. Hamilton-Fairley has many years of experience in the food industry. After completing a Cordon Bleu course she founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company, in Berlin and London from 1981-1987. Hamilton-Fairley’s vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adult how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs. Hamilton-Fairley founded KCS in 1995, when she began to teach children in her own home following the realisation that her own children would not learn to cook at school. Hamilton-Fairley has published three cookery books, I Can’t Cook, which was aimed at adults with little knowledge of cookery and I Can’t Cook: Entertaining. Both were published by Bloomsbury Press. Under Hamilton-Fairley’s leadership, KCS self-published The Kids' Cook Book in 2005. Hamilton-Fairley lives in London and has three children. This biographical article about a foodie, restaurateur or gourmand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley 2020-05-01T05:07:33Z Fiona Hamilton-Fairley MBE (born 1963) is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London. She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and she has authored three books. She was appointed a Member of the British Empire in 2019. After completing a Cordon Bleu course, Hamilton-Fairley worked as a chef, and founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company. Hamilton-Fairley's vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adults how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs. Hamilton-Fairley founded The Kids' Cookery School (KCS) in 1995, raising funds to build the purpose-built teaching kitchens in Acton, West London. Children aged 3-16 years old attend for practical cookery lessons, where they learn to cook healthy food from fresh ingredients. Almost 13, 000 children a year are taught at The Kids' Cookery School. The goal of the school is to teach children healthy choices and teach them valuable life skills. Hamilton-Fairley learned that a majority of parents believed teaching children cooking skills is important, however very few actually have the time to teach their own children. KCS offers assisted places and includes children who are disengaged with or excluded from education, or who have disabilities or special needs. The main focus is on savoury food that children will eat, with instruction in safety and familiarity with raw ingredients. In 2009, Hamilton-Fairley's Kids' Cookery School started 'KCS on wheels'. Experienced chefs are sent to communities to bring cooking to children who otherwise might not experience the school. In 2018, Hamilton-Fairley continued to advocate for children learning to cook. She has said that for two decades children were not taught to cook is schools and now they are a generation that lives on junk food. Hamilton-Fairley has been called a children's cooking expert. The school is a registered charity and relies on donations from charitable trusts, companies, individuals and government.

Will Forte

Will Forte 2013-01-03T18:58:16Z Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970), is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber, as well as for the role of Paul L'Astnamé, Jenna Maroney's cross-dressing boyfriend, on NBC's 30 Rock. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III, who divorced when Will and his sister Michelle were children. He was raised in Lafayette, California and graduated from Acalanes High School, where he played varsity football, was a swimmer, served as class president and was voted best personality. He attended UCLA and completed a degree in history. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Will Forte planned to become a financial broker like his father, but worked at a brokerage house for just one year before deciding to pursue comedy professionally. When first entering comedy he worked as a math tutor (one of his students was actress Faye Dunaway’s son Liam) and at a music publishing house. Before joining SNL, Forte was a member of The Groundlings and a comedy writer on television series. His first work as a staff writer was on the sketch show The Jenny McCarthy Show on MTV. He also wrote for Late Show with David Letterman and the short-lived comedies Action and The Army Show. Forte wrote a pilot called Dos Hermanos about brothers John and Dean which introduced him to Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner. He was given a development deal to turn the pilot into a feature film script and put on staff at 3rd Rock from the Sun, and later That '70s Show, as a writer. He was a consultant on the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob and producer of That '70s Show during the 2001-2002 season. Forte first auditioned for Saturday Night Live in 2001, but turned down the initial offer to write and produce That '70s Show. He re-auditioned in 2002 and was hired as featured player and writer. He was upgraded to full cast member the next season and the last cast member rehired after his third season (the show’s cast was considered bloated and there were major cuts made during the hiatus). Forte took over the role of then-president George W. Bush following the departure of Will Ferrell, a season with Chris Parnell in the role, and a brief half-season of Darrell Hammond playing the part. Forte featured as a number of recurring characters over the years, including his Groundlings character Tim Calhoun, The Falconer, MacGruber, Mr. Dillon in the Gilly sketches, Greg Stink, and as one of the characters in the Song Memories sketches. Forte was often featured as a guest at the Weekend Update desk. He had several recurring Update characters, such as Tim Calhoun; He often appeared in musical bits on Weekend Update, such as one of The Kelly Brothers, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and a member of reverse Bon Jovi band, Jon Bovi. Forte was one of the writers and stars of the first "SNL Digital Short" Lettuce. Many of his absurdist sketches were aired late in the show. Although he played them, Forte felt impersonations were not his strong suit (with the exception of musical impressions), one of the reasons Jason Sudeikis took over the role of George W. Bush. Forte extended his seven-year contract an additional year. On August 26, 2010, Forte announced that he would be leaving SNL after eight years on the show (2002–2010) to focus on other projects. Forte stated in an interview his primary reason for leaving was to be close to family. Since leaving, Forte has stated he left on good terms with executive producer Lorne Michaels. On April 2, 2011 & May 12, 2012, he made a guest appearance on the show, reprising his role of Greg Stink. Forte provided the voice of Abe Lincoln and the show announcer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series, Clone High. He was a guest voice on the animated series Drawn Together, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, and feature film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Forte made an appearance on friend Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and can be heard on the track "Personal Information Waltz". Forte guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive. He made a cameo in the movie Around the World in 80 Days and was in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest. Forte had struck a deal 10 years earlier to write a feature based on characters from a pilot he'd written for Carsey-Werner. As an agreement to terminate his contract with Carsey-Werner and executive producer Tom Werner, he agreed to develop a feature film about brothers. He wrote the script for The Brothers Solomon after meeting Will Arnett through Arnett's wife, SNL castmate Amy Poehler, considering him ideal for the role of John Solomon (named after his writing partner John Solomon). Directed by comic Bob Odenkirk and costarring SNL castmember Kristen Wiig, Chi McBride, Malin Akerman, and Lee Major, the film was filmed on a 32 day schedule on a budget of $10 million. In 2008 Forte had a small role in the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler film Baby Mama. He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmember Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. Forte had a cameo in the 2009 comedy The Slammin' Salmon by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. In 2008, Forte guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also appearing in Tim and Eric Nite Live! , Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. Between 1997 through 2007, Forte contributed as a consultant and writer of segments on the MTV Movie Awards and MTV Video Awards. Forte lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host called "Martin Serious". Forte wrote the short story "Beware of Math Tutors Who Ride Motorcycles" for the book Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me. In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up. He voices Vice Principal Stuart Proszakian, a former prison clown now working as Knob Haven High's vice-principal. He also voices Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show. On April 19, 2010, as his MacGruber character, he co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film MacGruber. Forte cowrote and starred in the title role of MacGruber, based on his SNL character. The film was co-written by writing partner John Solomon and director Jorma Taccone. They filmed the movie during their 2009 hiatus from SNL during a 28 day filming schedule in New Mexico on a $10 million dollar budget. Released during the summer of 2010, Forte left SNL soon after its theatrical release Forte reprised his role as Randy in the How I Met Your Mother and guest starred on Parks and Recreation as Kelly in the episode "Time Capsule". On November 10, 2010, Forte began making recurring appearances as a parodic version of TBS founder Ted Turner on the third episode of Conan O'Brien's new talk show, Conan, which airs on TBS. Forte was a guest voice on HBO’s animated series The Life and Times of Tim and guest voiced on four episodes of American Dad! . He was a regular voice actor on the series Allen Gregory, The Cleveland Show, and Gravity Falls. He recorded a guest appearance for the third season of Bob's Burgers. Forte has appeared in 11 episodes of the sitcom 30 Rock. After playing a bit part in the episode "Black Tie", Forte returned to the show to portray main character Jenna Maroney's "GenderdysmorphicBigenitalianPansexual" partner, Paul L'Astnamé. Forte was a guest star in the FX series The League the fall of 2011 and appeared in three episodes of Up All Night as a friend of Will Arnett’s character. Forte was a leading character in the raunchy comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (costarring SNL castmate Jason Sudeikis). He had cameos in the 2012 films Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (as a Sword Salesman) and Rock of Ages as a reporter. He had supporting roles in the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy and The Watch, costarring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, and Jonah Hill. Forte will appear with Andy Samberg as male cheerleaders in Grown Ups 2 in 2013. In Spring 2012, Forte was cast in the lead of the comedy pilot Rebounding. Despite high approval rating, the series was not picked up by Fox but was shopped to other networks and cable channels. Forte filmed the Steph Green drama "Run and Jump" in Ireland the summer of 2012. In August 2012, it was announced he had been cast in two features. Forte will voice a character in the sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, although he would be playing a new character. He was also cast as one of the leads in Alexander Payne’s upcoming feature film Nebraska, opposite Bruce Dern. Forte is a supporter of the camp Wampler’s Kids and recorded a promotional piece at SNL with Will Ferrell. Forte was a childhood friend of founder Steven Wampler. Forte was previously the national spokesman for SciEyes, a non-profit organization created to support research, training and public education in stem cell biology and to further the field by recognizing and supporting its potential for creating new therapies for the treatment of blinding and debilitating eye diseases. Forte was one of the primary donors responsible for the establishment of a research fellowship for 3rd year medical students at Duke Medical Center. Forte serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. Forte is especially close with his family. His mother has visited every film set he’s worked on. She made an appearance on the Mother’s Day episode of SNL in which he sang a song to her on Weekend Update. Forte officiated his sister Michelle’s wedding and filmed the birth of his niece and nephew. During a conversation with Scott Aukerman on the Podcast Comedy Bang Bang, Forte discussed his parents divorce and the family’s decision to have Christmas together after his father’s second divorce. During the same interview, Forte joked about his OCD tendencies including a story of listening to only one song in his office at SNL for an entire year because he wanted to challenge himself. During an interview with Larry King, Forte discussed his OCDs as a challenge he had to overcome but not ones he wished he didn't have, as it is a part of his personality. , Will Forte 2014-12-27T14:47:58Z Orville Willis Forte IV (born June 17, 1970), better known as Will Forte, is an American comedic actor, writer and voice actor best known for his roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2002–2010), the title character of its spin-off film MacGruber, Paul L'Astnamé in 30 Rock and David Grant in Nebraska. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers), an artist, and Orville Willis Forte III, a financial broker. He was raised in Moraga, California, before moving to Lafayette, California, and graduated from Acalanes High School, where he played varsity football, was a swimmer, served as class president and was voted best personality. He attended UCLA, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and completed a degree in history. His parents divorced when he was in his early twenties. He planned to become a financial broker like his father, but worked at a brokerage house for just one year before deciding to pursue comedy professionally. He worked as a math tutor (one of his students was actress Faye Dunaway’s son Liam) and at a music publishing house. Forte is a supporter of the camp Wampler's Kids and recorded a promotional piece at SNL with Will Ferrell. Forte was a childhood friend of founder Steven Wampler and previously the national spokesman for SciEyes, a non-profit organization created to support research, training and public education in stem cell biology and to further the field by recognizing and supporting its potential for creating new therapies for the treatment of blinding and debilitating eye diseases. Forte was one of the primary donors responsible for the establishment of a research fellowship for third-year medical students at Duke Medical Center. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. Forte is especially close with his family. His mother has visited every film set he's worked on and made an appearance on the Mother's Day episode of SNL in which he sang a song to her on Weekend Update. Forte officiated his sister Michelle's wedding and filmed the birth of his niece and nephew. During a conversation with Scott Aukerman on the podcast, Comedy Bang! Bang! , Forte discussed his parents' divorce and the family's decision to have Christmas together after his father’s second divorce. During the same interview, Forte joked about his OCD tendencies with a story of listening to only one song in his office at SNL for an entire year because he wanted to challenge himself. During an interview with Larry King, Forte discussed his OCDs as a challenge he had to overcome but not ones he wished he did not have, as it is a part of his personality. He attributes his skill at Donkey Kong—Forte was at one time the 29th-ranked player in the world—in part to OCD. Forte's show business career began in 1997, when he was hired as a writer for the New York City-based Late Show with David Letterman. The next year he moved to Los Angeles and joined The Groundlings, where his skills as a writer led to various projects, including a job in 2000 as a staff writer for 3rd Rock From The Sun and later, That '70s Show. He was a consultant on the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob and producer of That '70s Show during the 2001-2002 season. Forte also voiced Abe Lincoln in the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series Clone High. He was a guest voice on the animated series Drawn Together, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and its sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Forte made an appearance on friend Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and can be heard on the track "Personal Information Waltz". He guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive. After his film debut Around the World in 80 Days, he was in the Broken Lizard films Beerfest and The Slammin' Salmon. Forte had struck a deal ten years earlier to write a feature based on characters from a pilot that he wrote for Carsey-Werner. As an agreement to terminate his contract with Carsey-Werner and executive producer Tom Werner he agreed to develop a feature film about brothers named The Brothers Solomon, that he stars with Will Arnett, (whose ex-wife and SNL castmate Amy Poehler considered him an ideal for the role of John Solomon, named after his writing partner) Kristen Wiig, Chi McBride, Malin Akerman, and Lee Majors. The film was directed by comic Bob Odenkirk on a 32-day schedule on a budget of $10 million. In 2008, Forte had a small role in the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler film Baby Mama. He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmembers Andy Samberg and his group, The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. Forte had a cameo The Slammin' Salmon by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. He guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also appearing in Tim and Eric Nite Live! , Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. From 1997 to 2007, Forte contributed as a consultant and writer of segments on the MTV Movie Awards and MTV Video Awards. Forte voiced Martin Serious in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host of the same name. He wrote the short story "Beware of Math Tutors Who Ride Motorcycles" for the book Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me. In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up. He voiced Stuart Proszakian, in Allen Gregory. He also voiced Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show. On April 19, 2010, as MacGruber, he co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film of the same name. Forte co-wrote and starred in the title role of MacGruber, based on his SNL character which was co-written by writing partner John Solomon and director Jorma Taccone. They filmed it during their 2009 hiatus from SNL with a 28-day filming schedule in New Mexico on a $10 million budget, Forte left SNL soon after its May 2010 theatrical release. Forte did not audition for Saturday Night Live in 2001 but had the initial offer to write and produce That '70s Show. He auditioned in 2002 and was hired as a featured player and writer. He was upgraded to repertory cast after only one season on the show (most cast members have to wait two) and the last cast member rehired after his third season (the show’s cast was considered bloated and there were major cuts made during the hiatus). Forte took over the role of then-president George W. Bush following the departure of Will Ferrell, a season with Chris Parnell in the role, and a brief half-season of Darrell Hammond playing the part. Forte featured as a number of recurring characters over the years, including his Groundlings' character Tim Calhoun, The Falconer, MacGruber, Mr. Dillon in the Gilly sketches, Greg Stink, and as one of the characters in the Song Memories sketches. Forte was often featured as a guest at the Weekend Update desk. He had several recurring Update characters, such as Tim Calhoun. He often appeared in musical bits on Weekend Update, such as one of The Kelly Brothers, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and a member of reverse Bon Jovi band, Jon Bovi. Forte was one of the writers and stars of the first "SNL Digital Short" Lettuce. Many of his absurdist sketches were aired late in the show. Although he played them, Forte felt impersonations were not his strong suit (with the exception of musical impressions), one of the reasons Jason Sudeikis took over the role of George W. Bush. He extended his seven-year contract an additional year. On August 26, 2010, Forte left SNL after eight years on the show to focus on other projects and in 2012 after ten years. Forte stated in an interview his primary reason for leaving was to be close to family. Since leaving, Forte has stated he left on good terms with executive producer Lorne Michaels. On April 2, 2011 and May 12, 2012, he made a guest appearance on the show, reprising his role of Greg Stink. Forte reprised his role as Randy in How I Met Your Mother and guest starred on Parks and Recreation as Kelly in the episode "Time Capsule". On November 10, 2010, Forte began making recurring appearances as a parodic version of TBS founder Ted Turner on the third episode of Conan O'Brien's new talk show, Conan, which airs on TBS. Forte had voicework in animated shows such as HBO’s The Life and Times of Tim, American Dad! , Allen Gregory, The Cleveland Show, and Gravity Falls. He recorded a guest appearance for the third season of Bob's Burgers. Forte appeared in 11 episodes of the sitcom 30 Rock. After playing a bit part in the episode "Black Tie", Forte returned to the show to portray main character Jenna Maroney's "GenderdysmorphicBigenitalianPansexual" partner, Paul L'Astnamé. Forte guest stars in the FX series The League the fall of 2011 and appeared in three episodes of Up All Night as a friend of Will Arnett’s character. He was a leading character in the raunchy comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (costarring SNL castmate Jason Sudeikis). He had cameos in the 2012 films Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Rock of Ages, That's My Boy, and The Watch. Forte appeared with Andy Samberg as male cheerleaders in Grown Ups 2 (2013). In spring 2012, he was cast in the lead of the comedy pilot Rebounding. Despite a high approval rating, the series was not picked up by Fox but was shopped to other networks and cable channels. Forte filmed Steph Green's drama Run and Jump at Ireland, in summer 2012, and co-starred with Bruce Dern in Alexander Payne's 2013 comedy drama film, Nebraska. In 2013, Forte replaced Ty Burrell in the upcoming film, Life of Crime as Marshall Taylor in the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel The Switch. He filmed a role in the indie comedy Trouble Dolls and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way. Forte appears in the Mumford and Sons music video, Hopeless Wanderer. Won – National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – American Comedy Award for Supporting Comedy Actor - Film Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Andrew_Glyn

Andrew_Glyn 2009-03-11T20:49:08Z Andrew Glyn, (30 June 1943 – 22 December 2007) was a United Kingdom-based Marxist economist, University Lecturer in Economics at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Economics in Corpus Christi College. Glyn's research interests focussed on issues of unemployment and inequality. He was Associate Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and a consultant for the National Union of Mineworkers and the International Labour Organisation. He was one of Britain’s most prominent Marxist economists who produced searching critiques of capitalism at the height of the crises of the 1970s and 1980s. But he was, above all, one of the finest of Oxford dons, a brilliant teacher whose talents and intellectual generosity won the affections of his students, even the many who did not share his convictions. A Fellow of Corpus Christi College from 1969 to his death, Glyn’s enthusiasm for teaching never dimmed. Perhaps fittingly for someone who became an intellectual critic of financial capitalism, Andrew John Glyn was born into the English aristocracy and considerable banking wealth — son of John Glyn, the sixth Baron Wolverton, a descendant of the founders of Williams & Glyn’s Bank. He was educated at Eton, where he was an accomplished cricketer, playing in the annual match against Harrow at Lord’s. It was at Eton in the late 1950s that Glyn developed an early reputation as a rebel, joining the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and espousing socialism. But there was nothing posed about his anti-Establishment stance, and even at this young and typically contumacious age, it was striking that he did not allow his beliefs to subvert a decency and humanity that characterised his entire life. As a housemaster noted in a letter to his father: “He’s been a good Captain of the House, and the job has done a lot for him, especially by forcing him to re-think some of his liberal principles. Of course he is a rebel which perhaps I mind less than you do! But he is a rebel as a by-product of having a brain which is always working at top speed. . . But what excites me more than his intelligence and his immense guts. . . is his absolute integrity. . . I have had plenty of Keepers and Captains and Presidents and a fair whack of Scholarship winners. It is as my considered opinion and in all sincerity that I say, after 21 years as a housemaster, that they don’t come better than this. ” After graduating from New College in 1964 Glyn worked briefly as an economist for Harold Wilson’s first Labour government and then returned to Oxford to begin research. His principal influences were the classical economists — Smith, Ricardo and, most notably and increasingly, Marx. His socialist outlook was rooted in part in his voluminous research into the declining profitability of British companies. He was one of the first economists to note the secular decline in the profitability of British companies in the first three decades after the Second World War. He concluded that the hitherto largely unremarked development confirmed the central Marxist interpretation that capitalism was in irreversible decline. In his 1972 book, British Capitalism, Workers and the Profit Squeeze, co-authored with Bob Sutcliffe, he argued that the political convulsions caused by capitalism’s need to sustain itself through rising inequality would irrevocably undermine its foundations — an outcome that he, like Marx, devoutly sought. He liked to point out to his students that the aggregate valuation of the largest UK companies at the trough of the 1981 recession was lower than it had been, adjusted for inflation, at the time of Dunkirk. It greatly amused him to add the implication that British capitalists were more optimistic about the future of UK companies on the eve of the expected invasion of Britain by Hitler than they were during the early years of Margaret Thatcher’s government. And yet it was, as it turned out, at this very moment that capital’s fortunes began to reverse. The assertive pro-market policies of Mrs Thatcher and Ronald Reagan freed markets from their life-threatening constraints and soon it was Marxism, not its rival, that was in decline. Glyn’s views evolved substantially as profit shares in the West revived and the state-run communism Glyn had advocated collapsed. In his last book, Capitalism Unleashed, published in 2006, he acknowledged that the leading Western economies had proved remarkably successful at reversing what he had believed to be irreversible decline. With a rare honesty he subjected his views to the unforgiving accountability of historical fact. “Old certainties, which I shared, that economic problems would be readily solved once free market logic was supplanted by a planned economy operating according to production for need, now seem far too abstract to carry much conviction or political credibility”. But he continued to argue persuasively that capitalism was prone to destabilising weaknesses — large inequalities of income and wealth and imbalances that produced a tendency to lurch from financial crisis to crisis — the latter a particularly timely observation given the events of the last year. No ivory-towered theoretician, Glyn employed his beliefs to practical political purposes. In 1984 he advised the National Union of Mineworkers, publishing a lengthy critique of the Thatcher Government’s economic case for closing coal-mines. If all this might suggest a worthy and dour ideologue, it could not be farther from the reality of Glyn as a teacher and colleague. His professional life was marked in fact by a personal liberalism, a deep respect for the views of others and a rare absence of self-seeking ambition. He was, by almost universal acclaim among undergraduates and graduates alike, an outstanding tutor. Always funny, with a baritone laugh that could be heard pealing from his rooms during tutorials in the Corpus Fellows Building, he never allowed his ideological views to colour either the content of his teaching or his manner of conducting it. His primary objective in teaching was illumination rather than indoctrination. Indeed, he could be a fiercely traditional tutor, ensuring that his students were equipped with a grounding in the full range of economic thought, and always demanding — and getting — the highest scholastic commitment. Perhaps the essential paradox of Glyn’s career was that he was an ideological radical who proved himself to be one of the finest exponents of the most traditional of all teaching methods — Oxford’s Socratic tutorial system. Though always great company and a loyal colleague, Glyn was not one for the traditional social life of academia. He was more likely to be seen on a picket line at an Oxford factory than at the succession of black-tie events that are the circulation of Oxford life — the formal dinners and balls and gaudies. Yet he happily shouldered more than his fair share of college and university responsibilities with an energy and efficiency that was greatly admired by colleagues. His research was often collaborative in nature and he never failed to acknowledge the contributions of others. His main extramural passion was jazz. He owned an extensive music library and loved to share his depth of knowledge of the genre as much as he loved to impart his economic wisdom. He once told a student that “the three greatest men who ever lived were Lenin, Trotsky and Charlie Parker. Not necessarily in that order. ” His commitment to his students was rewarded with a fierce and enduring affection. When he received his devastating diagnosis of cancer in September, former students flocked from all over to enjoy his company one last time. Glyn’s legacy as an economist will be significant, though like many Marxists he will to some extent be deemed to have backed the wrong ideological horse in the largest political and intellectual struggle of the late 20th century. But there will be no dispute about his human legacy — the thousands of minds around the world whose grasp of the complex global economy that revolves around them was shaped by one of the most inspiring and giving of Oxford’s teachers. Glyn married first Celia Laws; they had two children. His second wife was Wendy Carlin, an economics professor at University College London, with whom he also had two children. He died of a brain tumour on December 23, 2007, aged 64 He also published 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, many book chapters and a number of essays. He addition wrote a number of magazine articles and newspaper columns, including those in The Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, and New York Times. , Andrew_Glyn 2010-07-09T05:27:52Z Andrew Glyn, (30 June 1943 – 22 December 2007) was a United Kingdom-based economist, University Lecturer in Economics at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Economics in Corpus Christi College. A Marxist economist, his research interests focussed on issues of unemployment and inequality. He was Associate Editor: Oxford Review of Economic Policy. He was a consultant for the National Union of Mineworkers and for the International Labour Organisation. He also published 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, many book chapters and a number of essays. He addition wrote a number of magazine articles and newspaper columns, including those in The Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, and New York Times,

Marc_Lacy

Marc_Lacy 2009-08-02T15:29:22Z Walter Marcellus Lacy, also known as Marc Lacy (born May 28, 1969) is a spoken word artist. He is the author and publisher of two books of poetry: The Looking Heart – Poetic Expressions from Within and Rock & Fire – Love Poetry from the Core. Lacy was born in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. He is the 2nd child and eldest son born to Walter and Julianne Lacy. After graduating from Alabama A&M University , Lacy worked as an engineer for several corporations and is currently a government contractor. He spent numerous years involved in organizational work and anchoring various community service projects (member: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Society of Black Engineers) within the North Alabama area. In 2001, Lacy had co-founded The Legendary ArtNSoul Society of Expression. Via the local open mic circuit, Lacy transformed from a written poet, into a spoken word artist. In 2004, Lacy published his first book, The Looking Heart, and co-produced his first spoken word CD, REFlux, (Charles Owens, Touchzone Production & Publishing). Both works were the recipient of several independent publishing/performance awards. By 2007, Lacy released his second book of poetry Rock & Fire; which garnered him a nomination for "Poet of the Year" – Open Book Awards along with Nikki Giovanni. He has traveled the nation participating in various spoken word/literary endeavors. , Marc_Lacy 2011-01-04T14:56:36Z Walter Marcellus Lacy, also known as Marc Lacy (born May 28, 1969) is a spoken word artist. He is the author and publisher of two books of poetry: The Looking Heart – Poetic Expressions from Within and Rock & Fire – Love Poetry from the Core. Lacy was born in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. He is the 2nd child and eldest son born to Walter and Julianne Lacy. After graduating from Alabama A&M University, Lacy worked as an engineer for several corporations and is currently a government contractor. He spent numerous years involved in organizational work and anchoring various community service projects (member: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, National Society of Black Engineers) within the North Alabama area. In 2001, Lacy had co-founded The Legendary ArtNSoul Society of Expression. Via the local open mic circuit, Lacy transformed from a written poet, into a spoken word artist. In 2004, Lacy published his first book, The Looking Heart, and co-produced his first spoken word CD, REFlux, (Charles Owens, Touchzone Production & Publishing). Both works were the recipient of several independent publishing/performance awards. By 2007, Lacy released his second book of poetry Rock & Fire; which garnered him a nomination for "Poet of the Year" – Open Book Awards along with Nikki Giovanni. He has traveled the nation participating in various spoken word/literary endeavors. Template:Persondata

Judson High School

Judson High School 2013-01-11T00:11:51Z Judson High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Converse, Texas. It was established in 1959 and is part of the Judson Independent School District. The school was named after Moses Judson, who served on the Bexar County School Board from 1918 to 1939. His nephew Jack Judson was on the board when the decision was made to name the new rural high school Judson. For a portion of its history up through 2010, Judson High School used a dual campus system wherein juniors and seniors attended the "Red Campus" and freshmen and sophomores attended the "Gray Campus." Previous to this dual campus system, Judson also had an atypical structure because it only housed grades 10-12 with the middle schools supporting grades 7-9. These structural departures from a typical high school system were due to efforts to accommodate the area's rapid population growth. However, a single new school building now houses all the facilities with the exception of the agriculture facilities. The numerous original buildings which constituted the Red Campus were razed in 2011 to make way for the new athletic fields and tennis courts. The Gray Campus has been repurposed into the Judson Middle School. The Performing Arts Center (PAC), which was constructed in 1998, houses the band, choir, orchestra, and drama classes. The PAC facility has an auditorium that seats 500 and has an orchestra pit, stage, and fly loft. The auditorium and recital hall are used by the entire district for special events. The PAC is physically connected to Judson High School via vestibule. The school newspaper is "The Satellite" and the yearbook is "The Rocket." Judson was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000. Up until 2005, Judson was the sole high school within the Judson Independent School District (JISD). In 2005, the new Karen Wagner High School was launched which drew students from Judson. With Judson and Wagner, there are currently two main high schools in the JISD. Playing in the highest classification of the University Interscholastic League, the Judson Rocket football program emerged as a perennial power in the 1977 season under coach Jerry Sanders. Under his successor Frank Arnold, Judson won its first state championship. Arnold was succeeded by his former defensive coordinator D.W. Rutledge in 1984. D.W. Rutledge coached the Rockets until 2000 amassing a record of 198-31-5 and winning four state titles. In honor of D.W. Rutledge, the football stadium is named after him. Jim Rackley, a longtime assistant to Arnold and Rutledge for sixteen years, took over the program after the 2000 season. Rackley led the team to the state playoffs in nine of his eleven seasons and made three title appearances while winning one state championship. Mark Smith, formerly of Kerrville Tivy High School where he coached Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, assumed head coaching duties at Judson in 2012. Judson has made it to the state title game eleven (11) times: 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2007. Of these opportunities, Judson has claimed six (6) state titles by winning in 1983, 1988, 1992-1993, 1995, and 2002. With six (6) 5A state titles, Judson is tied with Katy High School for the most 5A state titles (5A being Texas' largest public school classification). Currently, Judson is tied with Plano Senior High School for recording the most consecutive winning seasons at thirty-six (36) years. Whereas Plano's record is no longer active, Judson's record is still ongoing, and the 2013 season could set an all-time Texas record. From 1977 through 2012, Judson has recorded an 81% winning percentage with the worse full season record being 7-5 and the worse regular season record being 6-4 (this has happened 3 times). The following list details Judson's season records during the streak (head coach noted in parentheses): 1977 10-1 (Sanders) 1978 10-2 (Sanders) 1979 10-1 (Sanders) 1980 6-4 (Arnold) 1981 7-3 (Arnold) 1982 14-1 (Arnold) 1983 15-1 (Arnold) 1984 11-2-1 (Rutledge) 1985 12-2 (Rutledge) 1986 12-1 (Rutledge) 1987 9-1-1 (Rutledge) 1988 15-1 (Rutledge) 1989 14-1 (Rutledge) 1990 14-2 (Rutledge) 1991 11-3 (Rutledge) 1992 14-1 (Rutledge) 1993 13-0-2 (Rutledge) 1994 10-3-1 (Rutledge) 1995 14-1 (Rutledge) 1996 13-2 (Rutledge) 1997 7-4 (Rutledge) 1998 14-1 (Rutledge) 1999 7-3 (Rutledge) 2000 8-3 (Rutledge) 2001 9-3 (Rackley) 2002 14-1 (Rackley) 2003 6-4 (Rackley) 2004 13-1 (Rackley) 2005 10-5 (Rackley) 2006 6-4 (Rackley) 2007 11-5 (Rackley) 2008 8-3 (Rackley) 2009 9-3 (Rackley) 2010 7-5 (Rackley) 2011 8-3 (Rackley) 2012 8-4 (Smith) Totals 379-85-5 for an 81% winning percentage The wrestling program has also seen recent success and has garnered an individual state title in the 140 lbs. weight class through Aaron Walker (2010-5th, 2011-1st, 2012-1st). , Judson High School 2014-12-20T20:20:56Z Judson High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Converse, Texas. It was established in 1959 and is part of the Judson Independent School District. The school was named after Moses Judson, who served on the Bexar County School Board from 1918 to 1939. His nephew Jack Judson was on the board when the decision was made to name the new rural high school Judson. For a portion of its history up through 2010, Judson High School used a dual campus system wherein juniors and seniors attended the "Red Campus" and freshmen and sophomores attended the "Gray Campus." Previous to this dual campus system, Judson also had an atypical structure because it only housed grades 10-12 with the middle schools supporting grades 7-9. These structural departures from a typical high school system were due to efforts to accommodate the area's rapid population growth. However, a single new school building now houses all the facilities with the exception of the agriculture facilities. The numerous original buildings which constituted the Red Campus were razed in 2011 to make way for the new athletic fields and tennis courts. The Gray Campus has been repurposed into the Judson Middle School. The Performing Arts Center (PAC), which was constructed in 1998, houses the band, choir, orchestra, and drama classes. The PAC facility has an auditorium that seats 500 and has an orchestra pit, stage, and fly loft. The auditorium and recital hall are used by the entire district for special events. The PAC is physically connected to Judson High School via vestibule. The school newspaper is "The Fuel" and the yearbook is "The Rocket." Judson was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000. Up until 2005, Judson was the sole high school within the Judson Independent School District (JISD). In 2005, the new Karen Wagner High School was launched which drew students from Judson. With Judson and Wagner, there are currently two main high schools in the JISD. Playing in the highest classification of the University Interscholastic League, the Judson Rocket athletic program has experienced significant success - particularly in football. Football The Judson Rocket football program emerged as a perennial power in the 1977 season under coach Jerry Sanders. Under his successor Frank Arnold, Judson won its first state championship. Arnold was succeeded by his former defensive coordinator D.W. Rutledge in 1984. D.W. Rutledge coached the Rockets until 2000 amassing a record of 198-31-5 and winning four state titles. In honor of D.W. Rutledge, the football stadium is named after him. Jim Rackley, a longtime assistant to Arnold and Rutledge for sixteen years, took over the program after the 2000 season. Rackley led the team to the state playoffs in nine of his eleven seasons and made three title appearances while winning one state championship. Mark Smith, formerly of Kerrville Tivy High School where he coached Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, assumed head coaching duties at Judson from 2012 through 2013. Sean McAuliffe replaced Mark Smith as head coach starting with the 2014 season. Judson has made it to the state title game eleven (11) times: 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2007. Of these opportunities, Judson has claimed six (6) state titles by winning in 1983, 1988, 1992-1993, 1995, and 2002. With six (6) 5A state titles, Judson trails Katy High School's 7 titles, for the most 5A state titles (5A being Texas' largest public school classification at the time). Judson holds the all-time Texas state record with thirty-eight (38) consecutive winning seasons from 1977 through 2014. Judson broke the previous record held by Plano Senior High School which was thirty-six (36) years. Whereas Plano's record is no longer active, Judson's record is still ongoing. During the streak, Judson has recorded an ~80% winning percentage with the worse full season record being 7-5 and the worse regular season record being 6-4 (this has happened 4 times). Judson is also the program with the highest winning percentage since the creation of the University Interscholastic League 5A and 6A classifications. The following list details Judson's season records during the current streak (state championships denoted by asterisks and head coach noted in parentheses): 1977 10-1 (Sanders) 1978 10-2 (Sanders) 1979 10-1 (Sanders) 1980 6-4 (Arnold) 1981 7-3 (Arnold) 1982 14-1 (Arnold) 1983 15-1* (Arnold) 1984 11-2-1 (Rutledge) 1985 12-2 (Rutledge) 1986 12-1 (Rutledge) 1987 9-1-1 (Rutledge) 1988 15-1* (Rutledge) 1989 14-1 (Rutledge) 1990 14-2 (Rutledge) 1991 11-3 (Rutledge) 1992 14-1* (Rutledge) 1993 13-0-2* (Rutledge) 1994 10-3-1 (Rutledge) 1995 14-1* (Rutledge) 1996 13-2 (Rutledge) 1997 7-4 (Rutledge) 1998 14-1 (Rutledge) 1999 7-3 (Rutledge) 2000 8-3 (Rutledge) 2001 9-3 (Rackley) 2002 14-1* (Rackley) 2003 6-4 (Rackley) 2004 13-1 (Rackley) 2005 10-5 (Rackley) 2006 6-4 (Rackley) 2007 11-5 (Rackley) 2008 8-3 (Rackley) 2009 9-3 (Rackley) 2010 7-5 (Rackley) 2011 8-3 (Rackley) 2012 8-4 (Smith) 2013 11-3 (Smith) 2014 10-5 (McAuliffe) Totals 400-93-5 for an ~80% winning percentage during the streak. Since the program's inception, Judson's record is 453-187-10 for an ~70% winning percentage. Basketball The Judson Rocket boys basketball program has been a perennial contender under coach Michael Wacker. Judson has been to the UIL state tournament three times: 1992-1993, 2000-2001, and 2013-2014. In all three instances, Judson would lose to the eventual state champion. In 1993, Judson lost in the 5A boys state championship game to Fort Worth Dunbar. In 2001, Judson lost in the 5A boys semifinals game to Sugar Land Willowridge. Most recently, in 2014, Judson lost in the 5A boys state championship game to Galena Park North Shore while finishing with a Judson all-time best season record of 37-2. Track & Field The Judson Rocket track program has experienced significant recent success. Judson was the 2013 Texas 5A boys state track meet champion and is the current 2014 Texas 5A girls state track meet champion. Wrestling The wrestling program has also achieved recent excellence and has garnered an individual state title in the 140 lbs. weight class through Aaron Walker (2010-5th, 2011-1st, 2012-1st). Judson has produced multiple professional athletes including 9 NFL players. Other notable alumni include: Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of AmfAR,_The_Foundation_for_AIDS_Research

Michael Lang (footballer, born 1991)

Michael Lang (footballer, born 1991) 2021-02-18T15:26:09Z Michael Rico Lang (born 8 February 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Switzerland national team. Lang began his professional career at FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. He played his first league match at age 16, making him one of the youngest debut players in the Swiss Football League. In the summer 2011 he signed a four-year contract with Grasshopper Club Zürich, the Swiss record football champion. In the 2012–13 season he won the Swiss Cup with the club in the final against FC Basel. The Grasshopper club played two years in a row the qualification for the Champions League. But they lost their games against Olympique Lyon (2013) and OSC Lille (2014). On 1 June 2015, Lang joined Basel on a free transfer. He made his first team league debut on 19 July 2015 in the 2–0 home win against Vaduz. He scored his first goal for his new club just one week later on 25 July during the away game against his old club Grasshopper Club. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 3–2. Under trainer Urs Fischer Lang won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season and again at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Lang scored his first Champions League goal in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage home game on 27 September against Benfica. It was the first goal of the game that Basel won 5–0. Following this, on 22 November, in the home game against Manchester United he scored the winning goal in the 89th minute as Basel won 1–0. In the knockout phase, when playing Manchester City, Lang again scored the winning goal in the 71st minute as Basel won 2–1 and ended a 15-month unbeaten home run of their opponent. In June 2018, Lang joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2018–19 season having agreed a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Basel was reported as €2.8 million. On 29 August 2019, Lang joined SV Werder Bremen on a season-long loan deal for the 2019–20 Bundesliga season with an option to buy included. Lang made his first senior international appearance for Switzerland on 14 August 2013 in the friendly against Brazil. He came on as a second-half substitute for Stephan Lichtsteiner as the team won 1–0 at St. Jakob-Park. He scored his first goal in his second appearance later on 11 October in the 2–1 win against Albania in match 9 of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Group E; this win clinched Switzerland's place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Lang was called by manager Ottmar Hitzfeld in the squad of 23 players for the final tournament. He played his first and only match of the campaign in the final Group E game against Honduras, entering in the final 13 minutes. Switzerland was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Argentina in the round of 16. He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships where the team achieved the best result reaching round of 16. He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was sent off in Switzerland's 1–0 defeat to Sweden in the round of 16. In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. Grasshopper Basel, Michael Lang (footballer, born 1991) 2022-11-27T18:43:17Z Michael Rico Lang (born 8 February 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Switzerland national team. Lang began his professional career at FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. He played his first league match at age 16, making him one of the youngest debut players in the Swiss Football League. In the summer 2011 he signed a four-year contract with Grasshopper Club Zürich, the Swiss record football champion. In the 2012–13 season he won the Swiss Cup with the club in the final against FC Basel. The Grasshopper club played two years in a row the qualification for the Champions League. But they lost their games against Olympique Lyon (2013) and OSC Lille (2014). On 1 June 2015, Lang joined Basel on a free transfer. He made his first team league debut on 19 July 2015 in the 2–0 home win against Vaduz. He scored his first goal for his new club just one week later on 25 July during the away game against his old club Grasshopper Club. It was the last goal of the game and Basel won 3–2. Under trainer Urs Fischer Lang won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season and again at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Lang scored his first Champions League goal in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage home game on 27 September against Benfica. It was the first goal of the game that Basel won 5–0. Following this, on 22 November, in the home game against Manchester United he scored the winning goal in the 89th minute as Basel won 1–0. In the knockout phase, when playing Manchester City, Lang again scored the winning goal in the 71st minute as Basel won 2–1 and ended a 15-month unbeaten home run of their opponent. In June 2018, Lang joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for the 2018–19 season having agreed a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Basel was reported as €2.8 million. On 29 August 2019, Lang joined SV Werder Bremen on a season-long loan deal for the 2019–20 Bundesliga season with an option to buy included. Lang made his first senior international appearance for Switzerland on 14 August 2013 in the friendly against Brazil. He came on as a second-half substitute for Stephan Lichtsteiner as the team won 1–0 at St. Jakob-Park. He scored his first goal in his second appearance later on 11 October in the 2–1 win against Albania in match 9 of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Group E; this win clinched Switzerland's place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Lang was called by manager Ottmar Hitzfeld in the squad of 23 players for the final tournament. He played his first and only match of the campaign in the final Group E game against Honduras, entering in the final 13 minutes. Switzerland was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Argentina in the round of 16. He was part of the squad for the 2016 European Championships where the team achieved the best result reaching round of 16. He was included in Switzerland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was sent off in Switzerland's 1–0 defeat to Sweden in the round of 16 for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity in the 90+4th minute, becoming the only player in to tournament to be sent off in the knockout stage In May 2019, he played in 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, where his team finished 4th. Grasshopper Basel

Anuradha Sriram

Anuradha Sriram 2009-01-12T13:52:17Z Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil and Hindi films. Anuradha Sriram Parasuram daughter of Playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan in Chennai on July 9 1970 She completed her Bachelors in Music from Queen Mary's College, Chennai and Masters Degree in Queen Mary's College Chennai Learnt Carnatic Classical music from the musical giant Kalyanaraman and Hindustani Classical Music from Manik Bua Takurdas She had her debut in movies through Sri A R Rahman in Minsara Kanavu. Anuradha is from a Tamil family and completed her Master's in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, US prior to her foray into music. She is married to singer Sriram Parasuram . Anuradha specializes in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1000 concerts worldwide. She is keenly interested in folk music. She has featured in a number of 'jugalbandhi' or fusion concerts along with her husband who is a Hindustani maestro. Anuradha's cine career was triggered by her proficiency in the different raagas in Carnatic music and her distinguished educational background in music. She was eventually spotted by A. R. Rahman who gave her a chance in Minsara Kanavu. Anuradha has been active in films since 1997., Anuradha Sriram 2010-12-31T19:50:51Z Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Anuradha Sriram Parasuram was born in Chennai on July 9, 1970, to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan in Chennai. She completed her Bachelors in Music from Queen Mary's College, Chennai and Masters Degree in Queen Mary's College Chennai. She learned Carnatic Classical music from the musical giant S. Kalyanaraman and Hindustani Classical Music from Manik Bua Takurdas. She had her debut in movies through A R Rahman in Bombay. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira. Anuradha is from a Tamil Iyer family and completed her Master's in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, U.S. (where one of her professors and mentors was T. Viswanathan) prior to her foray into music. She is married to singer Vidwan Sriram Parasuram. They have a son named Jayant. . Anuradha specializes in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1000 concerts worldwide. She is keenly interested in folk music. She has featured in a number of 'jugalbandhi' or fusion concerts along with her husband, Vidwan Sriram Parasuram (whom she met when was a Ph. D. student in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan) who is a Hindustani maestro. She has sung more than 3000 songs in all the languages. Anuradha's cine career was triggered by her proficiency in the different raagas in Carnatic music and her distinguished educational background in music. She was eventually spotted by A. R. Rahman who gave her a chance in Ini Accham Accham Illai from Indira. Later, she worked with him in many hit film songs like Anbendra from Minsara Kanavu, Dil Se Re from Dil Se, Anbe Anbe from Jeans, Ishwar Allah from Earth, Ishq Bina from Taal, Kaattu Sirukki from Raavanan etc. Anuradha has been active in films since 1997.

Upstreet

Upstreet 2011-07-18T17:22:17Z Upstreet is a village in the civil parish of Chislet in Kent, England. It is in the local government district of Canterbury, and the electoral ward of Marshside. Upstreet is a 'ribbon development' along the A28 road. The majority of houses are new and dating from the 1950s onwards. However there are a number of older houses such as Grove House or Upstreet Farmhouse, which was built in the 16th century and stands in an acre of its own land. Close to Upstreet is the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Grove Ferry Picnic Area and the River Stour. Upstreet has a few services (a post office, two car garages, two elderly care homes and two pubs), but the number of services is declining due to rising car ownership. For example, 45 years ago there was a train station, haberdashery, greengrocer's, butcher's, baker's etc. However now there is no train station and the post office consolidates the uses of a post office, greengrocer's, haberdashery, baker's, butcher's, etc. under one roof. It has in the area one of the most haunted houses in South-East England, Upstreet Farmhouse is known for its ghosts in this village. Media related to Upstreet at Wikimedia Commons , Upstreet 2013-12-12T23:01:42Z Upstreet is a village in the civil parish of Chislet in Kent, England. It is in the local government district of Canterbury, and the electoral ward of Marshside. Upstreet is a 'ribbon development' along the A28 road. The majority of houses are new and dating from the 1950s onwards. However there are a number of older houses such as Grove House or Upstreet Farmhouse, which was built in the 16th century and stands in an acre of its own land. Close to Upstreet is the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Grove Ferry Picnic Area and the River Stour. Also the Saxon Shore Way (long distance footpath) also passes the village between Chislet and Stourmouth. Upstreet has a few services (a post office, two car garages, two elderly care homes and two pubs), but the number of services is declining due to rising car ownership. For example, 45 years ago there was a railway station, haberdashery, greengrocer's, butcher's, baker's etc. However now there is no railway station and the post office consolidates the uses of a post office, greengrocer's, haberdashery, baker's, butcher's, etc. under one roof. It has in the area what is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in South-East England, Upstreet Farmhouse is known for its claims of ghosts in this village. Media related to Upstreet at Wikimedia Commons

Chris_Hurford

Chris_Hurford 2008-02-06T13:04:23Z Christopher John "Chris" Hurford, AO, (b. 30 July 1931) was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1969 to 1987. He played a key role in the development of Australia's skills-oriented immigration policy, and founded the ALP Labor Unity faction in SA. After studying at the London School of Economics, Chris Hurford worked in accountancy. He entered federal parliament in 1969, representing the Division of Adelaide, South Australia, which he held until his resignation in 1987. Hurford was Minister for Housing and Construction, outside Cabinet in the first Hawke Ministry from March 1983 to December 1984. In the second Hawke Ministry, he was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs until February 1987, when he replaced Donald Grimes as Minister for Community Services. As Immigration Minister, Hurford's major achievement was the introduction of the "points system" for skilled immigration - a system which provided transparency in decisions on skilled migration and brought a new focus to immigration's role in developing human capital. The system has since been adopted in other jurisdictions. Hurford's period in Immigration was also notable for his attempt to have Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly deported, but was unsuccessful. He also made an early, unsuccessful attempt to reduce ministerial discretions in the granting of immigration visas. In July 1987, Hurford was left out of the third Hawke ministry. He retired from Parliament at the end of the year and became Australia’s Consul–General in New York for four years. Within the South Australian ALP, Hurford is arguably an important modernising figure. He led the creation of the Labor Unity faction, a group variously described as "right-wing", moderate or (after the ascension of the UK Blair Government) "Third Way". A Catholic, Hurford won support from the socially conservative leadership of the Shop Distributive and Allied Trades Union in forming the faction. In the 1980s Hurford led the SA Labor Unity group in vigorously defending within the ALP the policy direction of the Hawke Government, a direction with which the larger Centre-Left and Left factions were uncomfortable. By the 1990s Labor Unity became a substantial counterweight to the other factions in SA. This article about an Australian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Chris_Hurford 2009-10-07T22:59:18Z Christopher John "Chris" Hurford, AO, (born 30 July 1931) was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide from 1969 to 1987. He played a key role in the development of Australia's skills-oriented immigration policy, and founded the ALP Labor Unity faction in SA. After studying at the London School of Economics, Chris Hurford worked in accountancy. He entered federal parliament in 1969, representing the Division of Adelaide, South Australia, which he held until his resignation in 1987. Hurford was Minister for Housing and Construction, outside Cabinet in the first Hawke Ministry from March 1983 to December 1984. In the second Hawke Ministry, he was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs until February 1987, when he replaced Donald Grimes as Minister for Community Services. As Immigration Minister, Hurford's major achievement was the introduction of the "points system" for skilled immigration - a system which provided transparency in decisions on skilled migration and brought a new focus to immigration's role in developing human capital. The system has since been adopted in other jurisdictions. Hurford's period in Immigration was also notable for his attempt to have Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly deported, but was unsuccessful. He also made an early, unsuccessful attempt to reduce ministerial discretions in the granting of immigration visas. In July 1987, Hurford was left out of the third Hawke ministry. He retired from Parliament at the end of the year and became Australia's Consul–General in New York for four years. Within the South Australian ALP, Hurford is arguably an important modernising figure. He led the creation of the Labor Unity faction, a group variously described as "right-wing", moderate or (after the ascension of the UK Blair Government) "Third Way". A Catholic, Hurford won support from the socially conservative leadership of the Shop Distributive and Allied Trades Union in forming the faction. In the 1980s Hurford led the SA Labor Unity group in vigorously defending within the ALP the policy direction of the Hawke Government, a direction with which the larger Centre-Left and Left factions were uncomfortable. By the 1990s Labor Unity became a substantial counterweight to the other factions in SA. This article about an Australian Labor Party politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

All-American Bowl (high school football)

All-American Bowl (high school football) 2018-01-06T16:09:00Z The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is a high school football all-American game. Due to its distinction as "Military City USA" the bowl is held annually in San Antonio, Texas. Currently played in the Alamodome, the game brings together 90 of the nation's top high school football players in an East versus West matchup. In addition to the bowl game, there is the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, which comprises 125 of the nation’s top high school marching musicians who perform during halftime of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The game enjoys a worldwide audience thanks to broadcast partner NBC, and more than 40,000 in attendance every year. The U.S. Army All-American Bowl was first played on December 30, 1985, in Highlander Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Since 2002, however, the game has been played in San Antonio. Notable alumni include: Andrew Luck, Jamaal Charles, Patrick Peterson, Adrian Peterson, Odell Beckham Jr., Eric Berry, Tim Tebow, Joe Thomas, Tyron Smith, Robert Quinn, C.J. Mosley and DeMarco Murray. Thirty-six U.S. Army All-Americans were selected in the 2014 NFL Draft, and as of the 2015 NFL Draft there have been 299 alumni drafted. Since the game's inception, attendance has risen from 6,300 for the inaugural game in 1985 to 40,133 in 2013. During U.S. Army All-American Bowl Week, a number of national awards are given out at a formal awards dinner, which include: Following the conclusion of the game on Saturday afternoon, the following awards are given out: U.S. Army All-American Bowl football players are chosen by a selection committee made up of game-producer All American Games and 247Sports.com. East victories are shaded ██ red. West victories shaded ██ gold. All American Games (formerly SportsLink) is a sport management and marketing company based in Rockaway, New Jersey, that produces and manages many of the nation’s premier high school and youth sporting events. All American Games’ properties include: the U.S. Army All-American Bowl; U.S. Army Coaches Academy; U.S. Army National Combine; U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, Football University; FBU TOP GUN Showcase Camp; the Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl; and the FBU National Championship. In 2009, All American Games ventured into sports-television production with a new sports-reality television show The Ride, which garnered coverage in almost 80 million homes and aired on MTV2., All-American Bowl (high school football) 2019-12-29T14:20:35Z The All-American Bowl is a high school football all-star game, held annually at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Typically played in January, the All-American Bowl is played between all-star teams representing the eastern and western United States. 16 All-Americans have been Heisman Trophy finalists, and 453 have played in the National Football League; notable alumni have included Andrew Luck, Adrian Peterson, Odell Beckham Jr., Eric Berry, Tim Tebow, Joe Thomas, Tyron Smith, Robert Quinn, C.J. Mosley and DeMarco Murray. The All-American Bowl was previously organized by All-American Games; in 2019, the game's broadcaster NBC Sports announced that it had acquired the game and its assets for an undisclosed amount. It was first played on December 30, 2000 at Highlander Stadium in Dallas. In 2002, the game was moved to San Antonio. NBC started broadcasting the All-American Bowl in 2004. As a result, the game became a platform for participating college prospects to announce a verbal commitment to their future university. Since the game's inception, attendance has risen from 6,300 for the inaugural game in 2000 to a record 40,568 in 2017. The United States Army served as title sponsor of the game until 2017, when it announced that it would not renew its sponsorship past the 2018 edition. As of 2019, the game is currently played as the All-American Bowl presented by American Family Insurance. On February 25, 2019, it was announced that All-American Games had sold the game to NBC Sports Group for an undisclosed "seven-figure" amount. There are plans to leverage NBC's other platforms, including NBCSN, and SportsEngine (a provider of digital media services oriented towards youth and amateur sports) as part of promotion and coverage of the game. This purchase did not include other events owned by All-American Games, such as the FBU National Championships (a youth football event) and the FBU Freshman All-American Bowl — both held annually in Naples, Florida. However, Steve Quinn (a vice president and national recruiting director of All American Games), and partner Eric Richards, have been in talks to acquire the FBU events. During the week of the game, a number of national awards are given out at a formal awards dinner, which include: Following the conclusion of the game on Saturday afternoon, the following awards are given out: All-American Bowl players are chosen through a national "selection tour" and associated combine. East victories are shaded ██ red. West victories shaded ██ gold. A game MVP is announced following each year's All-American Bowl. In the past, the winner of the MVP award was given the Pete Dawkins Trophy, named for 1958 Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins, but as of 2019 this award name is no longer active. 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Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies 2010-01-01T17:19:50Z Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries. The channel, created by Ted Turner as part of his Turner Broadcasting System, began broadcasting on April 14, 1994. The date was chosen for its significance as "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City." The very first movie ever screened on TCM was the 1939 classic epic Gone With The Wind, exactly what its sister station, TNT aired 6 years before. Before the creation of TCM, quite a few titles from its vast library of movies were broadcast — with commercial interruptions — on Turner's TNT channel, along with Turner's controversial colorized versions of black-and-white classics such as The Maltese Falcon. When TCM was created in 1994, however, colorization did not carry over to the new channel. As Gary R. Edgerton wrote in the winter 2000 issue of The Journal of Popular Film and Television, TCM immediately advertised itself in April 1994 "with the promise: 'uninterrupted, uncolorized and commercial-free!' Attitudes had evidently come full circle. Colorization was now unfashionable and unprofitable — even for Ted Turner and his colleagues at TBS." In 1996, the Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner. Not only did this put TCM and Warner Bros. under the same corporate umbrella, but it also gave TCM access to the post-1949 Warner Bros. library (which itself includes other acquired properties such as the Lorimar, Saul Zaentz, and National General Pictures libraries). Besides MGM, Warner Bros. and United Artists releases, TCM also shows films under license from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Productions and Columbia Pictures. Most pre-1950 Paramount releases are owned by EMKA, Ltd. /NBC Universal Television Distribution, while Paramount (currently owned by Viacom) holds on to most of its post-1950 releases, which are handled for television by Trifecta Entertainment & Media. Columbia's output is owned by Sony through Sony Pictures Television, the films of 20th Century Fox (owned by the News Corporation), are handled for television by 20th Television, and Walt Disney Productions (owned by The Walt Disney Company) has their output handled for television by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Unlike American Movie Classics (AMC), TCM is essentially commercial-free (advertising only products available at the TCM Web site, a subscription-based monthly program guide, and movies airing on TCM and only airing these advertisements in between features so as not to interrupt the film). TCM's content has also remained mostly uncut and uncolorized (depending upon the original content of movies, particularly movies rated by the MPAA after 1968). From time to time, the channel shows restored versions of films, particularly old silent films with newly commissioned musical soundtracks. The British version of TCM does interrupt movies for commercials, although the majority of movies are uncut and uncolorized (depending on what time of the day the movie is transmitted). TCM is also a major backer of WGBH's Descriptive Video Service program, and many of the films aired on the network have visual description for the blind and visually-impaired, which are accessible through the SAP option through a television or cable/satellite receiver. As a result, viewers interested in tracing the career development of actresses like Barbara Stanwyck or Greta Garbo or actors like Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart have the unique ability to see most of the feature films made during their careers, from beginning to end. Unlike AMC or FMC, Turner Classic Movies presents many of its features in their original screen format (widescreen or full screen) whenever possible. (TCM considers the issue so important they occasionally run an informational short subject educating viewers as to why letterbox presentation of widescreen films is preferred, showing viewers just how much of the picture is missed when such a film is presented in the pan and scan format.) TCM also regularly presents widescreen presentations of films not available in the format on any home video release (one example being Columbia Pictures' The Trouble with Angels (1966)), indicating they have the clout to obtain their own widescreen masters of such films from studios. In 2008 TCM was given a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. Its programming season runs from March until the following February of each year when a retrospective of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies is shown (this festival is called 31 Days of Oscar). TCM occasionally shows some classic 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures movies, but they have to be licensed individually. Gaps between features are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic short subjects (from series such as The Passing Parade, Crime Does Not Pay, Pete Smith Specialties, Robert Benchley, etc.) as part of TCM's One Reel Wonders. Beginning 10 September 2007 some of the short films featured on TCM appeared on their online TCM Schedule at www.tcm.com. Critically acclaimed documentary films are frequently shown, along with limited-run television shows (such as reruns or new episodes of The Dick Cavett Show, Thursdays at 8 pm ET, during the Fall 2006 season.) Although a vast majority of TCM's movies are classics from the 1930s-1960s (with silent movies and post-1970 movies being occasionally shown; among the most recent films shown on the network were 2001's Spirited Away, 2002's The Clay Bird and 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), the network also airs original content, mostly documentaries about classic movie personalities and particularly notable films. Most feature movies shown in prime time (8pm-3am Eastern Standard Time) are presented by film historian Robert Osborne, who has been with the network since its launch in 1994. More recently, movies shown during the daytime on weekends are presented by Ben Mankiewicz, talk radio host (The Young Turks), Herman Mankiewicz's grandson and great-nephew of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The Essentials is a weekly program on Saturdays at 8pm EST, spotlighting a specific movie and containing a special introduction and post-movie discussion. The spotlight movie is often replayed the following Sunday at 6 pm EST. The current hosts are Osborne and Alec Baldwin. Each August, TCM suspends its regular schedule for a special "month of stars", featuring entire days devoted to a single star, offering movies and specials pertaining to the star of the day. Sunday nights at midnight is "Silent Sunday Nights", which features silent films from the United States and abroad, usually in the latest restored version and often with new music scores. "Silent Sunday Nights" is occasionally pre-empted for other special programming. In 2000, TCM launched the annual Young Composers Film Competition, inviting aspiring composers to participate in a judged competition. Grand prize has been the opportunity to score a restored, feature-length silent film, mentored by a well-known composer, with subsequent premiere of the new work on the TCM channel. As of 2006, films which have been rescored include Camille (1921) with Rudolph Valentino, two Lon Chaney films, Ace of Hearts (1921) and Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), and Greta Garbo's The Temptress (1926). In November 2004, perhaps in response to Cartoon Network's removal of classic cartoons, TCM began to broadcast a half-hour monthly (bi-weekly as of the fall of 2005) show entitled Cartoon Alley which featured cartoons from animation's Golden Age. Cartoon Alley has since been canceled. In October 2006, the network premiered TCM Underground, a late-night series hosted by rocker/filmmaker Rob Zombie, which features a number of cult films personally selected by Zombie. Films in the series include Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Sisters (1973), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Bride of the Monster (1955), Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), and Electra Glide in Blue (1973). In the summer of 2007, the network began a "Funday Night at the Movies", hosted by voice-over actor Tom Kenny (best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants). This series of programming, which lasted throughout the summer, brought classic films such as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Sounder (1972), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) to a whole new generation of children and their families. For the summer of 2008, TCM launched "Essentials Jr.", a youth-oriented version of its The Essentials weekly series hosted by actors Abigail Breslin and Chris O’Donnell, which included such family-themed films as National Velvet (1944), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Captains Courageous (1937), and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), as well as more eclectic selections as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Music Box (1932), Harvey (1950), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), On the Town (1949), and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). In June 2009, Turner Classic Movies (broadcast in the USA) launched a high definition channel, showing the same programming as its standard channel. Initial programming was not in native high definition and was instead upconverted from standard definition but benefited from the greater bandwidth allocated to the channel. More recently, TCM has collaborated in boxed set DVD releases of previously unreleased films by noted actors, directors, or studios. The sets often include bonus discs including documentaries and shorts from the TCM library. TCM is headquartered at the Techwood Campus in Atlanta, Georgia in Mid-town. TCM is available in many other countries around the world. In Canada, Turner Classic Movies debuted on November 1, 2005 on the Shaw Cable system and Shaw Direct satellite service. Rogers Cable started offering TCM on December 12, 2006 as a free preview channel for all digital customers, and added it to the "Ultimate TV" analogue package on or around February 1, 2007. While the schedule for the Canadian channel is generally the same as the US channel, some films are replaced for broadcast into Canada due to rights issues and other reasons. In Europe, Turner Classic Movies is available as four separate channels for France, Germany, Spain and the UK/Ireland, and a panregional channel with various feeds in different languages. While in Poland it was introduced in 1998 as part of the WizjaTV platform along with a local version of Cartoon Network, the European feed was launched in 1999, when its predecessor, the international version of TNT dropped its film programming to become a general entertainment channel. Its penetration increased when it took over TNT's space on various platforms in 1999 and 2000. In Asia and Oceania, Turner Classic Movies is available as one feed that serves more than 14 territories. It was available in India until March 2, 2009 exclusively on Dish TV along with Boomerang. It is available in India on Tata Sky from August 2009 ( Channel No. 357) TCM is also available in Latin America, but this version receives little attention unlike the US and Europe counterparts. This version in Latin America was called TCM Classic Hollywood until mid-2009. Starting on April 1, 2009, TCM Latin America was renamed TCM Classic Entertainment and started airing most of the programming from the former channel Retro, also owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and which also aired classic series and movies. Its programming is aired on TCM as Retro has been replaced by truTV. In Britain, TCM 2 launched on May 2, 2006. The channel, which is a spin-off from the UK version of TCM, shows the bigger films from the MGM and Warner film archives including Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, North by Northwest and Meet Me in St. Louis, among others. Satellite Cable Satellite Cable Cable Satellite Cable Satellite Cable Satellite Digital Satellite Cable/Digital Satellite Satellite Cable For the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories broadcasting via satellite, from pay-TV networks such as Orbit Showtime, and ADD Satellite Cable cablevision. Cablenetwork n ok cable Cable IPTV over ADSL IPTV Internet TV Satellite Cable Satellite Satellite + Imagenio Digital Cable Digital Fiber' Digital Satellite Digital Terrestrial Digital Terrestrial Satellite Cable Satellite Cable, Turner Classic Movies 2011-12-26T06:45:17Z Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment (pre-1986 MGM and RKO) and Warner Bros. film libraries. TCM is headquartered at the Techwood Campus in Atlanta, Georgia, in Midtown. Unlike AMC (TV channel), Turner Classic Movies is essentially commercial-free, advertising only TCM products, promos for specific films scheduled to air on the channel in primetime, typically using the film's original movie trailer. It also airs promos for special programming and featurettes about classic film actors and actresses in between features. TCM's content has also remained mostly uncut and uncolorized (depending upon the original content of movies, particularly movies rated by the MPAA after 1968). Because of the uncut and commercial-free nature of the channel, TCM is formatted similarly to a premium channel; as such, viewers might find that certain films, particularly those made from the 1960s onward, may feature nudity, sexual content, violence and strong profanity; the channel also features premium channel-style ratings bumpers seconds before a film starts. From time to time, the channel shows restored versions of films, particularly old silent films with newly commissioned musical soundtracks. TCM is also a major backer of WGBH's Descriptive Video Service program, and many of the films aired on the network have visual description for the blind and visually impaired, which are accessible through the SAP option through a television or cable/satellite receiver. As a result, viewers interested in tracing the career development of actresses like Barbara Stanwyck or Greta Garbo or actors like Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart have the unique opportunity to see most of the feature films made during their careers, from beginning to end. Unlike AMC and Fox Movie Channel, Turner Classic Movies presents many of its features in their original screen aspect ratio (widescreen or full screen) whenever possible. TCM also regularly presents widescreen presentations of films not available in the format on any home video release. In 2008 TCM was given a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. Eight years before the launch of TCM, Ted Turner had acquired Metro Goldwyn Mayer, but shortly after sold the studio while retaining the library for itself. The vast library of Turner Entertainment would serve as the base program upon its launch; Turner Classic Movies officially debuted on April 14, 1994 at 6 p.m. ET with Ted Turner ceremonially launching the channel in New York City's Times Square district. The date was chosen for its significance as "the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City." The very first movie ever screened on TCM was the 1939 classic epic Gone with the Wind, exactly what its sister station, TNT, had aired as its debut program six years before. At the time of its launch, TCM was available to only approximately one million cable subscribers; the channel served as a competitor of AMC (at the time, called American Movie Classics), which had a virtually identical format to TCM as both cable channels ran mostly pre-1970 films; though by 2002, AMC had reformatted itself to feature films from all eras, leaving TCM as the only cable movie channel devoted entirely to classic films. Before the creation of TCM, quite a few titles from its vast library of movies were broadcast — with commercial interruptions — on Turner's TNT channel, along with Turner's controversial colorized versions of black-and-white classics such as The Maltese Falcon. When TCM was created in 1994, however, colorization did not carry over to the new channel. As Gary R. Edgerton wrote in the winter 2000 issue of The Journal of Popular Film and Television, TCM immediately advertised itself in April 1994 "with the promise: 'uninterrupted, uncolorized and commercial-free!' Attitudes had evidently come full circle. Colorization was now unfashionable and unprofitable — even for Ted Turner and his colleagues at TBS." In 1996, the Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner. Not only did this put TCM and Warner Bros. under the same corporate umbrella, but it also gave TCM access to the post-1949 Warner Bros. library (which itself includes other acquired properties such as the Lorimar, Saul Zaentz, and National General Pictures libraries); incidentally, TCM had already been running some of Warner's film titles through a licensing agreement with the studio made prior to the launch of the channel. In 2000, TCM launched the annual Young Composers Film Competition, inviting aspiring composers to participate in a judged competition. Grand prize has been the opportunity to score a restored, feature-length silent film, mentored by a well-known composer, with subsequent premiere of the new work on the TCM channel. As of 2006, films which have been rescored include Camille (1921) with Rudolph Valentino, two Lon Chaney films, Ace of Hearts (1921) and Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), and Greta Garbo's The Temptress (1926). More recently, TCM has collaborated in boxed set DVD releases of previously unreleased films by noted actors, directors, or studios. The sets often include bonus discs including documentaries and shorts from the TCM library. In April 2010, TCM held the first TCM Classic Film Festival, at the Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Hosted by Robert Osborne, the four-day long annual festival celebrated Hollywood and its movies, and featured celebrity appearances, special events and screenings of around 50 classic movies including several newly restored by the Film Foundation, an organization devoted to preserving Hollywood's classic film legacy. Upon completion of the festival, TCM announced that they would hold a second festival in 2011. TCM's vast library of films spans several decades of cinema and includes thousands of film titles. TCM's programming season runs from February until the following March of each year when a retrospective of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies is shown, called 31 Days of Oscar. Gaps between features are filled with theatrically released movie trailers and classic short subjects (from series such as The Passing Parade, Crime Does Not Pay, Pete Smith Specialties, Robert Benchley, etc.) under the banner name TCM Extras (formerly One Reel Wonders). In 2007, some of the short films featured on TCM began appearing on TCM's website. In part to allow these interstitials, Turner Classic Movies airs its feature films at the top or bottom to the hour, or at one-quarter past or before the hour, instead of in varying time slots. The network also airs original content, mostly documentaries about classic movie personalities and particularly notable films. Besides MGM, United Artists and Warner Bros. releases, TCM also shows films under license from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Productions, Columbia Pictures, StudioCanal and Janus Films. Most pre-1950 Paramount releases are owned by EMKA, Ltd. /NBCUniversal Television Distribution, while Paramount (currently owned by Viacom) holds on to most of its post-1949 releases, which are handled for television by Trifecta Entertainment & Media. Columbia's output is owned by Sony through Sony Pictures Television, the films of 20th Century Fox (owned by the News Corporation), are handled for television by 20th Television, and Walt Disney Productions (owned by The Walt Disney Company) has their output handled for television by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. TCM occasionally shows some classic films from 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, but they are licensed individually. Although a vast majority of the movies shown on Turner Classic Movies are from the 1930s through 1960s, some are more contemporary; it is not uncommon for TCM to air films released in the 1970s, 1980s or (in rare cases) the 1990s and early 2000s. Most feature movies shown in prime time (8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Eastern Time) are presented by film historian Robert Osborne, who has been with the network since its launch in 1994 (with the exception of a period beginning in July 2011, due to an extended medical leave following an undisclosed minor surgery, during which guest hosts presented each night's films; Osbourne is slated to return on December 1, 2011). More recently, movies shown during the daytime on weekends are presented by Ben Mankiewicz, talk radio host (The Young Turks), Herman J. Mankiewicz's grandson and great-nephew of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. As such, TCM is the last remaining movie channel in the United States to feature hosts providing information about a film prior to the movie, a practice once used by some premium channels until the late 1990s. The Essentials is a weekly program on Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET, spotlighting a specific movie and containing a special introduction and post-movie discussion; the spotlight movie is often replayed the following Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. The current hosts are Osborne and Alec Baldwin. Each August, TCM suspends its regular schedule for a special "month of stars", featuring entire days devoted to a single star, offering movies and specials pertaining to the star of the day; however, Turner Classic Movies airs a "Star of the Month" year-round, except during special programming, in which every Wednesday during each month starting at 8 p.m. ET the majority of (if not all) feature films from a classic film star are shown during primetime and the late night/early morning hours. "Silent Sunday Nights", airing Sunday nights at midnight ET, features silent films from the United States and abroad, usually in the latest restored version and often with new music scores; "Silent Sunday Nights" is occasionally pre-empted for other special programming. Following the "Silent Sunday Nights" feature(s), "TCM Imports" airing on Sunday nights around 2 a.m. ET, is a weekly presentation that features foreign films; "TCM Imports" previously ran on Saturdays until the early 2000s. TCM also features a monthly program block called the "TCM Guest Programmer", in which once a month the channel features a selection of films that are favorites of that month's celebrity guest, in which the guest discusses the film with Robert Osborne (an offshoot of this block featuring TCM employees was done throughout the month of February 2011). In addition, TCM occasionally commemorates a recent death of a classic film star by running a 24-hour marathon of their signature film work in their honor. In October 2006, the network premiered TCM Underground, a Friday late-night series hosted by rocker/filmmaker Rob Zombie, which features a number of cult films personally selected by Zombie. Films in the series include Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Sisters (1973), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Bride of the Monster (1955), Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), and Electra Glide in Blue (1973). Rob Zombie no longer hosts "TCM Underground", and the presentation no longer has a host. In the summer of 2007, the network began airing "Funday Night at the Movies", hosted by voice-over actor Tom Kenny (best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants). This series of programming, which lasted throughout the summer, brought classic films such as The Wizard of Oz (1939), Sounder (1972), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) to a whole new generation of children and their families. For the summer of 2008, TCM launched "Essentials Jr.", a youth-oriented version of its The Essentials weekly series hosted by actors Abigail Breslin and Chris O’Donnell, which included such family-themed films as National Velvet (1944), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Captains Courageous (1937), and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), as well as more eclectic selections as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Music Box (1932), Harvey (1950), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), On the Town (1949), and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). In 2009, John Lithgow became the host of "The Essentials Jr." All featured programming has their own distinctive feature presentation open for the particular scheduled presentation. Bill Hader serves as host of the 2011 season of Essentials, Jr. In December 1999, TCM debuted "TCM Remembers", which is a tribute to recently deceased film personalities (actors, producers, composers, directors) airing occasionally during promo breaks between films; the segments appear in two forms: following the recent death of a single particular film personality, the segment will feature clips of the work during the deceased's career; in addition during the second half of the month of December each year, a compilation "TCM Remembers" interstitial will run honoring most (if not all) of the film personalities who died during the calendar year. Very often, when a well known actor, producer, or director dies; the network will devote an entire day to showing movies associated with the individual, within a few days after the person has died. In June 2009, Turner Classic Movies launched a high definition version of the channel, showing the same programming as its standard-definition channel. Initial programming was not in native high definition and was instead upconverted from standard definition, but benefited from the greater bandwidth allocated to the channel. Programs available on the high definition feed are broadcast in upconverted 1080i. The Vault Collection consists of several different DVD lines of rare classic films that have been licensed, remastered, and released by Turner Classic Movies. These releases are the DVD debuts of all of the films featured in the collection. The initial batch of DVDs are pressed in limited quantities and subsequent batches are Made-On-Demand (MOD). TCM is available in many other countries around the world. In Canada, Turner Classic Movies debuted in 2005 on the Shaw Cable system and Shaw Direct satellite service. Rogers Cable started offering TCM in December 2006 as a free preview channel for all digital customers, and added to the analogue package in February 2007. While the schedule for the Canadian channel is generally the same as the U.S. channel, some films are replaced for broadcast into Canada due to rights issues and other reasons. Other versions of TCM are available in Australia, France, Germany, South Africa, Spain, Asia, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Poland. The UK version operates two channels, including a spinoff called TCM 2.

Lewis Alessandra

Lewis Alessandra 2015-02-03T18:45:15Z Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Plymouth Argyle. Born in Heywood, he previously played for Oldham Athletic, Chester City and Morecambe. Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic's youth system. He was a regular in the reserve squad, receiving a contract extension in the summer of 2008. The club awarded the youngster a three-year contract. On 20 October 2007, Alessandra made his first team debut in a 1–1 draw versus Huddersfield Town, with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City. His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008. On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minute versus Cheltenham Town, giving Oldham a 2–1 win. In Oldham's first game of the 2008–09 season, Alessandra scored Oldham's third goal in a 4–3 victory over Millwall. He scored his first senior hat-trick on 28 October, in a 3–0 victory over Scunthorpe United. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Alessandra was converted to a wide player for upcoming season by the new manager enabling him to play up front or on either wing. At the end of the campaign his contract expired and he was informed that he would not be offered a new one. On 31 July 2009, it was reported that Alessandra was set to join Conference National club Chester City on loan. The move was done with the idea of giving the player more time playing and he commented himself that "if he was not getting games with Latics, he might as well go on loan to Chester." The move was initially a trial until the club was able to sign players again. Alessandra scored in a trial game for the club against a Burnley XI and scored his second goal in two games with an early effort against Droylsden. After briefly returning to Oldham, Chester confirmed they had signed Alessandra on an initial one-month loan on 21 August. The following day, he made his debut in a scoreless draw versus Luton Town, playing more than 90 minutes before he was substituted for defender Kristian Platt. He made four appearances for Chester but after club was expelled from the Football Conference their record was expunged. Alessandra signed for League Two side Morecambe on 23 June 2011. In two years with the club, he made 82 league appearances and scored seven goals. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2012–13 season and agreed to sign it before another club showed interest in him. Alessandra signed a two-year contract with Plymouth Argyle in June 2013. "I know Lewis very well, and his strengths as a striker," said Argyle manager John Sheridan, who gave him his first team debut at Oldham in 2007. "Lewis can play on the right and left of the front line as well as down the middle." Alessandra made his debut in the club's first game of the new season at Southend United, and scored two goals in a League Cup game at Birmingham City three days later. Alessandra scored his first league goal for Argyle against Northampton Town in November. In total Alessandra scored 12 goals in 49 games in all competitions in his first season with the Pilgrims. In November 2014, be scored his 18th goal in Argyle colours, scoring in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth. This rose Argyle up to 4th in the table, just off the automatic promotion spots. , Lewis Alessandra 2016-12-30T23:54:15Z Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Hartlepool United. He previously played for Oldham Athletic, Chester City, Morecambe, Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale and York City. Alessandra was born in Heywood, Greater Manchester. Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic's youth system. He was a regular in the reserve squad, receiving a contract extension in the summer of 2008. The club awarded the youngster a three-year contract. On 20 October 2007, Alessandra made his first-team debut in a 1–1 draw versus Huddersfield Town, with his first start coming on 2 February 2008 in a loss to Swansea City. His first goal with the senior squad came at Boundary Park in a 3–1 win over Tranmere Rovers on 8 March 2008. On 26 April 2008, Alessandra scored his second league goal in the 87th minute versus Cheltenham Town, giving Oldham a 2–1 win. In Oldham's first game of the 2008–09 season, Alessandra scored Oldham's third goal in a 4–3 victory over Millwall. He scored his first senior hat-trick on 28 October, in a 3–0 victory over Scunthorpe United. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Alessandra was converted to a wide player for upcoming season by the new manager enabling him to play up front or on either wing. At the end of the campaign his contract expired and he was informed that he would not be offered a new one. On 31 July 2009, it was reported that Alessandra was set to join Conference Premier club Chester City on loan. The move was done with the idea of giving the player more time playing and he commented himself that "if he was not getting games with Latics, he might as well go on loan to Chester." The move was initially a trial until the club was able to sign players again. Alessandra scored in a trial game for the club against a Burnley XI and scored his second goal in two games with an early effort against Droylsden. After briefly returning to Oldham, Chester confirmed they had signed Alessandra on an initial one-month loan on 21 August. The following day, he made his debut in a scoreless draw versus Luton Town, playing more than 90 minutes before he was substituted for defender Kristian Platt. He made four appearances for Chester but after club was expelled from the Football Conference their record was expunged. Alessandra signed for League Two side Morecambe on 23 June 2011. In two years with the club, he made 82 league appearances and scored nine goals playing in a number of different positions. He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2012–13 season and agreed to sign it but then decided against it and joined Plymouth Argyle. Alessandra signed a two-year contract with Plymouth Argyle in June 2013. "I know Lewis very well, and his strengths as a striker," said Argyle manager John Sheridan, who gave him his first team debut at Oldham in 2007. "Lewis can play on the right and left of the front line as well as down the middle." Alessandra made his debut in the club's first game of the new season at Southend United, and scored two goals in a League Cup game at Birmingham City three days later. Alessandra scored his first league goal for Argyle against Northampton Town in November. In total Alessandra scored 12 goals in 49 games in all competitions in his first season with the Pilgrims. In November 2014, be scored his 18th goal in Argyle colours, scoring in a 3–0 win against Portsmouth. This rose Argyle up to 4th in the table, just off the automatic promotion spots. Alessandra's initial role at Plymouth was to be used as a right midfielder, where he spent the duration of the first half of the Pilgrims' 2013–14 season. Sheridan later saw the Midfielder's attacking attributes and decided to play him as a striker, alongside Reuben Reid. Alessandra ended the season with 12 goals in 49 games, with Plymouth finishing 10th in League Two. Alessandra scored 13 goals in 51 games the following season as his side qualified for the League 2 play offs, but were defeated by Wycombe Wanderers in the semi final. On 8 June 2015, Alessandra signed a two-year contract with League One club Rochdale. Having had limited chances at Rochdale, he joined League Two club York City on a one-month emergency loan on 8 March 2016. He scored in the 20th-minute of his debut in a 1–1 home draw with Barnet on 12 March 2016. On 29 June 2016, Alessandra signed for League Two club Hartlepool United on undisclosed terms, after having his contract with Rochdale cancelled by mutual consent.

Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley

Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley 2009-01-15T19:22:21Z Fiona Hamilton-Fairley is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London. She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and continues to teach chidren and young people there. Fiona has many years of experience in the food industry. After completing a Cordon Bleu course she founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company, in Berlin and London from 1981-1987. Fiona’s vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adult how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs. Fiona founded KCS in 1995, when she began to teach children in her own home following the realisation that her own children would not learn to cook at school. Fiona has published three cookery books, “I Can’t Cook”, which was aimed at adults with little knowledge of cookery and “I Can’t Cook: Entertaining”. Both were published by Bloomsbury Press. Under Fiona’s leadership, KCS self published “The Kids’ Cook Book” in 2005. Fiona lives in London wjich is a prostute place filled with fit girls. She has 3 chlidren all very ugly mainly the youngest called Trishtian. Tristian also has train tracks which is gay!! , Fiona_Hamilton-Fairley 2010-03-22T16:53:54Z Fiona Hamilton-Fairley is the founder and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School in Acton, West London. She founded the cookery school for children in 1995 and continues to teach children and young people there. Fiona has many years of experience in the food industry. After completing a Cordon Bleu course she founded and managed her own catering company, Corporate Catering Company, in Berlin and London from 1981-1987. Fiona’s vocation for teaching cookery was sparked in 1987 when she began to teach adult how to cook in a number of adult educational centres in London boroughs. Fiona founded KCS in 1995, when she began to teach children in her own home following the realisation that her own children would not learn to cook at school. Fiona has published three cookery books, “I Can’t Cook”, which was aimed at adults with little knowledge of cookery and “I Can’t Cook: Entertaining”. Both were published by Bloomsbury Press. Under Fiona’s leadership, KCS self published “The Kids’ Cook Book” in 2005. Fiona lives in London and has three children.

Robbie_Guertin

Robbie_Guertin 2010-09-13T12:26:55Z Robbie Guertin is a keyboardist/guitarist/backup vocalist for the indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts and went to Belmont High School. He attended college at Connecticut College along with the other members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah prior to the group's formation where he studied art. Robbie is featured in The Warhol Economy: How Fashion Art & Music Drive New York City in regards to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Robbie is also the primary art director and often the artist for all of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's album and single covers, as well as several concert posters. The first albums artwork was a collaboration with artist Dasha Shishkin. Robbie also worked with Dasha Shishkin to create BB&PPINC. They were one of the artists featured in By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art . BB&PPINC had a solo exhibition and book release party at About Glamour Gallery in Brooklyn . Some of Robbie's more recent projects include: --The art collective and band Uninhabitable Mansions, which also features Tyler Sargent from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah along with Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone. They have released a 7 inch and also an album, titled Nature Is a Taker. --The band Radical Dads in which Robbie plays the drums and sings. Template:Persondata This article about a United States rock singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Robbie_Guertin 2012-04-12T22:28:02Z Robbie Guertin is a keyboardist/guitarist/backup vocalist for the indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts and went to Belmont High School. He attended college at Connecticut College along with the other members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah prior to the group's formation where he studied art and was in a band called Robots in Disguise. Robbie is featured in The Warhol Economy: How Fashion Art & Music Drive New York City in regards to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Robbie is also the primary art director and often the artist for all of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's album and single covers, as well as several concert posters. The first albums artwork was a collaboration with artist Dasha Shishkin. Robbie also worked with Dasha Shishkin to create BB&PPINC. They were one of the artists featured in By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. BB&PPINC had a solo exhibition and book release party at About Glamour Gallery in Brooklyn . Some of Robbie's more recent projects include: --The art collective and band Uninhabitable Mansions, which also features Tyler Sargent from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah along with Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone. They have released a 7 inch and also an album, titled Nature Is a Taker. --The band Radical Dads in which Robbie plays the drums and sings. Template:Persondata This article about a United States rock singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Vincent Trocheck

Vincent Trocheck 2013-01-14T17:51:44Z {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Vincent Trocheck | team = Florida Panthers | league = NHL | prospect_team = [[Plymouth Whalers | prospect_league = OHL | position = Centre | image = | image_size = 225px | caption = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 180 | shoots = Right | birth_date = (1993-07-11) July 11, 1993 (age 30) | birth_place = Pittsburgh, PA, USA | draft = 64th overall | draft_team = Florida Panthers | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2009 | career_end = }} Vincent Trocheck (born July 11, 1993) is an American ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Saginaw Spirit in the Ontario Hockey League. He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. , Vincent Trocheck 2014-12-26T22:12:31Z Vincent Trocheck (born July 11, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Panthers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Trochek was born in Pittsburgh, PA and grew up playing for the Pittsburgh Hornets amateur organization until he was 13 years old. Trochek then played for the Detroit Little Caesars organization during which he was the two Time National Champion and two time League leading scorer playing in the MWEHL. In his major junior career, Trocheck joined the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League after he was a 24th overall pick in the 2009 OHL Draft. In his second season with the Spirit in 2010–11, he was selected to the CHL Top Prospects Game. On April 23, 2012, Trocheck was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Florida Panthers. Trocheck was rewarded for his outstanding play during the 2012–13 season with Saginaw and the Plymouth Whalers by being named to the OHL's First All-Star Team. He played for Team USA, which captured the Gold Medal in the 2013 World Junior Championships. Trocheck played in 7 games recording 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 total points, including an empty net goal and an assist in the gold medal game.

Roman_auxiliaries_in_Britain

Roman_auxiliaries_in_Britain 2018-08-13T13:59:18Z The overall size of the Roman forces in Roman Britain grew from about 40,000 in the mid 1st century AD to a maximum of about 55,000 in the mid 2nd century. the proportion of auxiliaries in Britain grew from about 50% before 69 AD to over 70% in c. 150 AD. By the mid-2nd century, there were about 70 auxiliary regiments in Britain, for a total of over 40,000 men. These outnumbered the 16,500 legionaries in Britain (three Roman legions) by 2. 5 to 1. This was the greatest concentration of auxilia in any single province of the Roman Empire. It implies major continuing security problems; this is supported by the (thin) historical evidence. After Agricola, the following Emperors conducted major military operations in Britain: Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Constantius I and Septimius Severus. The deployment of Roman military forces in Britain in the early 2nd century may be summarised as follows: Of the auxilia units stationed in Britain, none was originally native British - it was the custom not to deploy units in their home country or region. However, the majority came from the geographically and culturally close areas of northern Gaul and lower Rhineland e. g. Batavi, Tungri. Although local recruitment resulted in a growing British element in these regiments, the Batavi at least continued to recruit heavily in their native area and inscription evidence supports the view that many regiments had an international membership. An important deployment of auxilia regiments in Britain was to garrison the forts and milecastles on Hadrian's Wall, outpost forts and supply routes. This focus switched to the Antonine Wall in Scotland for the period it was held; however, a number of forts in the Lowland area of Scotland were garrisoned throughout the 2nd century. The discovery in the 1970s, and continuing unveiling of, the Vindolanda Tablets offer a unique glimpse into the everyday lives of auxiliary soldiers stationed in northern England in the period 85-122, just before the construction of Hadrian's Wall. These documents (573 of which have been published to date), consist of letters and memoranda written on wooden tablets to and from the auxiliary soldiers garrisoning the fort of Vindolanda (Chesterholm). The documents mainly relate to the Cohors I Tungrorum, a regiment originating among the Tungri tribe of the Ardennes region (Belgium/France/Luxembourg). The tablets have survived decomposition due to being deposited in anaerobic conditions. The Tablets range from official unit reports and memoranda to the unit commander to personal correspondence. Of special interest are unit status reports (renuntiae). One such shows the milliary I Tungrorum as under-strength, with only 752 instead of the official 800 men on its rolls. This document also shows the flexibility of unit deployments: a detachment of 337 men is reported as stationed at another fort and 46 men on escort duty (singulares) with the provincial governor's staff. Further smaller detachments were at six other locations. In general, the Tablets show the Roman Empire was far more bureaucratised than previously thought, with likely millions of written documents generated every year by the army alone. The Tablets are also of a more personal nature, with social letters between soldiers and their families and friends. They also established beyond reasonable doubt that Roman soldiers (at least auxiliaries) wore underpants (subligaria) and used a disparaging nickname for their British hosts: Brittunculi. In Latin, the suffix -unculus is both diminutive and pejorative: the term translates as "pathetic little Brits". The author was probably not referring to the provincial population as a whole, but specifically to young trainee recruits to the regiment. Even so, the remark implies that indigenisation of the regiment was far from complete at that time. The seemingly common use of the Tablets implies that they may have been the normal writing material in the northwestern Empire, instead of the papyrus normally used in the Mediterranean. NOTE: Double-strength (milliary) regiments in bold type. Roman auxiliaries, Roman_auxiliaries_in_Britain 2021-01-18T17:51:20Z The overall size of the Roman forces in Roman Britain grew from about 40,000 in the mid 1st century AD to a maximum of about 55,000 in the mid 2nd century. the proportion of auxiliaries in Britain grew from about 50% before 69 AD to over 70% in c. 150 AD. By the mid-2nd century, there were about 70 auxiliary regiments in Britain, for a total of over 40,000 men. These outnumbered the 16,500 legionaries in Britain (three Roman legions) by 2. 5 to 1. This was the greatest concentration of auxilia in any single province of the Roman Empire. It implies major continuing security problems; this is supported by the (thin) historical evidence. After Agricola, the following Emperors conducted major military operations in Britain: Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Constantius I and Septimius Severus. The early 2nd century may be summarised as follows: Of the auxilia units stationed in Britain, none was originally native British - it was the custom not to deploy units in their home country or region. However, the majority came from the geographically and culturally close areas of northern Gaul and lower Rhineland e. g. Batavi, Tungri. Although local recruitment resulted in a growing British element in these regiments, the Batavi at least continued to recruit heavily in their native area and inscription evidence supports the view that many regiments had an international membership. An important deployment of auxilia regiments in Britain was to garrison the forts and milecastles on Hadrian's Wall, outpost forts and supply routes. This focus switched to the Antonine Wall in Scotland for the period it was held; however, a number of forts in the Lowland area of Scotland were garrisoned throughout the 2nd century. The discovery in the 1970s, and continuing unveiling of, the Vindolanda Tablets offer a unique glimpse into the everyday lives of auxiliary soldiers stationed in northern England in the period 85-122, just before the construction of Hadrian's Wall. These documents (752 of which have been published to date), consist of letters and memoranda written on wooden tablets to and from the auxiliary soldiers garrisoning the fort of Vindolanda (Chesterholm). The documents mainly relate to the Cohors I Tungrorum, a regiment originating among the Tungri tribe of the Ardennes region (Belgium/France/Luxembourg). The tablets have survived decomposition due to being deposited in anaerobic conditions. The Tablets range from official unit reports and memoranda to the unit commander to personal correspondence. Of special interest are unit status reports (renuntiae). One such shows the milliary I Tungrorum as under-strength, with only 752 instead of the official 800 men on its rolls. This document also shows the flexibility of unit deployments: a detachment of 337 men is reported as stationed at another fort and 46 men on escort duty (singulares) with the provincial governor's staff. Further smaller detachments were at six other locations. In general, the Tablets show the Roman Empire was far more bureaucratised than previously thought, with likely millions of written documents generated every year by the army alone. The Tablets are also of a more personal nature, with social letters between soldiers and their families and friends. They also established beyond reasonable doubt that Roman soldiers (at least auxiliaries) wore underpants (subligaria) and used a disparaging nickname for their British hosts: Brittunculi. In Latin, the suffix -unculus is both diminutive and pejorative: the term translates as "pathetic little Brits". The author was probably not referring to the provincial population as a whole, but specifically to young trainee recruits to the regiment. Even so, the remark implies that indigenisation of the regiment was far from complete at that time. The seemingly common use of the Tablets implies that they may have been the normal writing material in the northwestern Empire, instead of the papyrus normally used in the Mediterranean. NOTE: Double-strength (milliary) regiments in bold type. Roman auxiliaries

PSMB10

PSMB10 2015-05-03T07:01:26Z Template:PBB Proteasome subunit beta type-10 as known as 20S proteasome subunit beta-2i is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PSMB10 gene. This protein is one of the 17 essential subunits (alpha subunits 1-7, constitutive beta subunits 1-7, and inducible subunits including beta1i, beta2i, beta5i) that contributes to the complete assembly of 20S proteasome complex. In particular, proteasome subunit beta-2i, along with other beta subunits, assemble into two heptameric rings and subsequently a proteolytic chamber for substrate degradation. This protein contains "Trypsin-like" activity and is capable of cleaving after basic residues of peptide. The eukaryotic proteasome recognized degradable proteins, including damaged proteins for protein quality control purpose or key regulatory protein components for dynamic biological precesses. The constitutive subunit beta1, beta2, and beta 5 (systematic nomenclature) can be replaced by their inducible counterparts beta1i, 2i, and 5i when cells are under the treatment of interferon-γ. The resulting proteasome complex becomes the so-called immunoproteasome. An essential function of the modified proteasome complex, the immunoproteasome, is the processing of of numerous MHC class-I restricted T cell epitopes. This gene PSMB10 encodes a member of the proteasome B-type family, also known as the T1B family, that is a 20S core beta subunit. Proteolytic processing is required to generate a mature subunit. Expression of this gene is induced by gamma interferon, and this gene product replaces catalytic subunit beta2 (proteasome subunit beta type-7) in the immunoproteasome. The human PSMB10 gene has 8 exons and locates at chromosome band 16q22. 1. The human protein proteasome subunit beta type-8 is 25 kDa in size and composed of 234 amino acids. The calculated theoretical pI of this protein is 6. 07. The proteasome is a multicatalytic proteinase complex with a highly ordered 20S core structure. This barrel-shaped core structure is composed of 4 axially stacked rings of 28 non-identical subunits: the two end rings are each formed by 7 alpha subunits, and the two central rings are each formed by 7 beta subunits. Three beta subunits (beta1, beta2, beta5) each contains a proteolytic active site and has distinct substrate preferences. Proteasomes are distributed throughout eukaryotic cells at a high concentration and cleave peptides in an ATP/ubiquitin-dependent process in a non-lysosomal pathway. Protein functions are supported by its tertiary structure and its interaction with associating partners. As one of 28 subunits of 20S proteasome, protein proteasome subunit beta type-2 contributes to form a proteolytic environment for substrate degradation. Evidences of the crystal structures of isolated 20S proteasome complex demonstrate that the two rings of beta subunits form a proteolytic chamber and maintain all their active sites of proteolysis within the chamber. Concomitantly, the rings of alpha subunits form the entrance for substrates entering the proteolytic chamber. In an inactivated 20S proteasome complex, the gate into the internal proteolytic chamber are guarded by the N-terminal tails of specific alpha-subunit. This unique structure design prevents random encounter between proteolytic active sites and protein substrate, which makes protein degradation a well-regulated process. 20S proteasome complex, by itself, is usually functionally inactive. The proteolytic capacity of 20S core particle (CP) can be activated when CP associates with one or two regulatory particles (RP) on one or both side of alpha rings. These regulatory particles include 19S proteasome complexes, 11S proteasome complex, etc. Following the CP-RP association, the confirmation of certain alpha subunits will change and consequently cause the opening of substrate entrance gate. Besides RPs, the 20S proteasomes can also be effectively activated by other mild chemical treatments, such as exposure to low levels of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) or NP-14. The 20S proteasome subunit beta-2i (systematic nomenclature) is originally expressed as a precursor with 273 amino acids. The fragment of 39 amino acids at peptide N-terminal is essential for proper protein folding and subsequent complex assembly. At the end-stage of complex assembly, the N-terminal fragment of beta2i subunit is cleaved, forming the mature beta2i subunit of 20S complex. During the basal assembly, and proteolytic processing is required to generate a mature subunit. The subunit beta5i only presents in the immunoproteasome and is replaced by subunit beta5(proteasome beta 5 subunit) in constitutive 20S proteasome complex. The proteasomes are an pivotal component for the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS) and corresponding cellular Protein Quality Control (PQC). Compromised proteasome complex assembly leads to reduced proteolytic activities and accumulation of damaged or misfolded protein species. Such protein accumulation has become phenotypic characteristics of neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and systemic DNA damage responses. During the antigen processing for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class-I, the proteasome is the major degradation machinery that degrades the antigen and present the resulting peptides to cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The immunoproteasome has been considered playing a critical role in improving the quality and quantity of generated class-I ligands. This article on a gene on human chromosome 16 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , PSMB10 2016-01-24T22:24:26Z Template:PBB Proteasome subunit beta type-10 as known as 20S proteasome subunit beta-2i is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PSMB10 gene. This protein has a major role in the immune system as part of an immunoproteasome that is primarily induced upon infection and formed by replacing constitutive beta subunits with inducible beta subunits which possess specific cleavage properties that aid in the release of peptides necessary for MHC class I antigen presentation. The immunoproteasome appears to have a pivotal role in modulating NFκB signaling. Proteasome subunit beta type-10 is one of the 17 essential subunits (alpha subunits 1-7, constitutive beta subunits 1-7, and inducible subunits including beta1i, beta2i, beta5i) that contributes to the complete assembly of 20S proteasome complex. In particular, proteasome subunit beta-2i, along with other beta subunits, assemble into two heptameric rings and subsequently a proteolytic chamber for substrate degradation. This protein contains "Trypsin-like" activity and is capable of cleaving after basic residues of peptide. The eukaryotic proteasome recognized degradable proteins, including damaged proteins for protein quality control purpose or key regulatory protein components for dynamic biological processes. The constitutive subunit beta1, beta2, and beta 5 (systematic nomenclature) can be replaced by their inducible counterparts beta1i, 2i, and 5i when cells are under the treatment of interferon-γ. The resulting proteasome complex becomes the so-called immunoproteasome. An essential function of the modified proteasome complex, the immunoproteasome, is the processing of numerous MHC class-I restricted T cell epitopes. This gene PSMB10 encodes a member of the proteasome B-type family, also known as the T1B family, that is a 20S core beta subunit. Proteolytic processing is required to generate a mature subunit. Expression of this gene is induced by gamma interferon, and this gene product replaces catalytic subunit beta2 (proteasome subunit beta type-7) in the immunoproteasome. The human PSMB10 gene has 8 exons and locates at chromosome band 16q22. 1. The human protein proteasome subunit beta type-8 is 25 kDa in size and composed of 234 amino acids. The calculated theoretical pI of this protein is 6. 07. The proteasome is a multicatalytic proteinase complex with a highly ordered 20S core structure. This barrel-shaped core structure is composed of 4 axially stacked rings of 28 non-identical subunits: the two end rings are each formed by 7 alpha subunits, and the two central rings are each formed by 7 beta subunits. Three beta subunits (beta1, beta2, beta5) each contains a proteolytic active site and has distinct substrate preferences. Proteasomes are distributed throughout eukaryotic cells at a high concentration and cleave peptides in an ATP/ubiquitin-dependent process in a non-lysosomal pathway. Protein functions are supported by its tertiary structure and its interaction with associating partners. As one of 28 subunits of 20S proteasome, protein proteasome subunit beta type-2 contributes to form a proteolytic environment for substrate degradation. Evidences of the crystal structures of isolated 20S proteasome complex demonstrate that the two rings of beta subunits form a proteolytic chamber and maintain all their active sites of proteolysis within the chamber. Concomitantly, the rings of alpha subunits form the entrance for substrates entering the proteolytic chamber. In an inactivated 20S proteasome complex, the gate into the internal proteolytic chamber are guarded by the N-terminal tails of specific alpha-subunit. This unique structure design prevents random encounter between proteolytic active sites and protein substrate, which makes protein degradation a well-regulated process. 20S proteasome complex, by itself, is usually functionally inactive. The proteolytic capacity of 20S core particle (CP) can be activated when CP associates with one or two regulatory particles (RP) on one or both side of alpha rings. These regulatory particles include 19S proteasome complexes, 11S proteasome complex, etc. Following the CP-RP association, the confirmation of certain alpha subunits will change and consequently cause the opening of substrate entrance gate. Besides RPs, the 20S proteasomes can also be effectively activated by other mild chemical treatments, such as exposure to low levels of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) or NP-14. The 20S proteasome subunit beta-2i (systematic nomenclature) is originally expressed as a precursor with 273 amino acids. The fragment of 39 amino acids at peptide N-terminal is essential for proper protein folding and subsequent complex assembly. At the end-stage of complex assembly, the N-terminal fragment of beta2i subunit is cleaved, forming the mature beta2i subunit of 20S complex. During the basal assembly, and proteolytic processing is required to generate a mature subunit. The subunit beta5i only presents in the immunoproteasome and is replaced by subunit beta5(proteasome beta 5 subunit) in constitutive 20S proteasome complex. This protein has an important function in the immune system as part of an immunoproteasome which possess specific cleavage properties that aid in the release of peptides necessary for MHC class I antigen presentation. The Proteasome and its subunits are of clinical significance for at least two reasons: (1) a compromised complex assembly or a dysfunctional proteasome can be associated with the underlying pathophysiology of specific diseases, and (2) they can be exploited as drug targets for therapeutic interventions. More recently, more effort has been made to consider the proteasome for the development of novel diagnostic markers and strategies. An improved and comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology of the proteasome should lead to clinical applications in the future. The proteasomes form a pivotal component for the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS) and corresponding cellular Protein Quality Control (PQC). Protein ubiquitination and subsequent proteolysis and degradation by the proteasome are important mechanisms in the regulation of the cell cycle, cell growth and differentiation, gene transcription, signal transduction and apoptosis. Subsequently, a compromised proteasome complex assembly and function lead to reduced proteolytic activities and the accumulation of damaged or misfolded protein species. Such protein accumulation may contribute to the pathogenesis and phenotypic characteristics in neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory responses and autoimmune diseases, and systemic DNA damage responses leading to malignancies. Several experimental and clinical studies have indicated that aberrations and deregulations of the UPS contribute to the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative and myodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Pick's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and motor neuron diseases, polyglutamine (PolyQ) diseases, Muscular dystrophies and several rare forms of neurodegenerative diseases associated with dementia. As part of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS), the proteasome maintains cardiac protein homeostasis and thus plays a significant role in cardiac Ischemic injury, ventricular hypertrophy and Heart failure. Additionally, evidence is accumulating that the UPS plays an essential role in malignant transformation. UPS proteolysis plays a major role in responses of cancer cells to stimulatory signals that are critical for the development of cancer. Accordingly, gene expression by degradation of transcription factors, such as p53, c-Jun, c-Fos, NF-κB, c-Myc, HIF-1α, MATα2, STAT3, sterol-regulated element-binding proteins and androgen receptors are all controlled by the UPS and thus involved in the development of various malignancies. Moreover, the UPS regulates the degradation of tumor suppressor gene products such as adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) in colorectal cancer, retinoblastoma (Rb). and von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL), as well as a number of proto-oncogenes (Raf, Myc, Myb, Rel, Src, Mos, Abl). The UPS is also involved in the regulation of inflammatory responses. This activity is usually attributed to the role of proteasomes in the activation of NF-κB which further regulates the expression of pro inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-β, IL-8, adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, P selectine) and prostaglandins and nitric oxide (NO). Additionally, the UPS also plays a role in inflammatory responses as regulators of leukocyte proliferation, mainly through proteolysis of cyclines and the degradation of CDK inhibitors. Lastly, autoimmune disease patients with SLE, Sjogren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) predominantly exhibit circulating proteasomes which can be applied as clinical biomarkers. During the antigen processing for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class-I, the proteasome is the major degradation machinery that degrades the antigen and present the resulting peptides to cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The immunoproteasome has been considered playing a critical role in improving the quality and quantity of generated class-I ligands.

Aureation

Aureation 2008-07-15T14:30:04Z Aureation is a rhetorical device that involves the "heightening" of diction by the introduction of Latinate or polysyllabic terms. The term is derived from Latin aureus, meaning golden or gilded. In aesthetic and historic terms it can be seen as the equivalent in language to gothic ornamentation in carving, painting or ceremonial armour. Aureate works are often associated with the Scots Makars who commonly drew on the rhetoric and diction of classical antiquity in their language. Elaborate use of aureation can be seen as a development from processes in which vernacular languages in Europe are expanded through loan words from classical languages. The medieval and renaissance periods were a fertile time for such borrowings and in Germanic languages, such as Scots and English, Greek and Latinate borrowings were particularly highlighted. While many such words become useful new terms in the host language, aureate loan words that are mannered and experimental remain decorative curiosities. Some of the more fanciful terms include words such as conservartix, pawsacioun, or vinarye envermaildy. Aureation stands in direct contrast to plain language in prosody. In literary taste today it is often regarded as overblown and exaggerated, but in the best practitioners, such as William Dunbar, its use does not necessarily mean loss of authenticity or precision in expression. Aureation in diction can also involve features such as circumlocution which (for example) bears a relation to more native literary devices such as the kenning. An example of considered diction in Scots with an aureate inflection occurs in the couplet (The Goldyn Targe, ll. 4-5) The circumlocution in the first line stands for sun and the lines can be translated: up rose the sun with clear pure crystal light. The couplet is from Dunbar's poem The Goldyn Targe, a work not otherwise especially aureate in terms of vocabulary, although its diction is highly ornate throughout. Of interest is Dunbar's use of the actual term later in the poem, in a passage employing the "limits to expression" topos; Dunbar is describing an army of all the goddesses seen in a dream vision I would describe (the scene), but who could satisfactorily put in verse the manner in which all the fields were radiantly adorned by those white lilies (the army of goddesses) that shone up into the sky? Not you, Homer, for all the sublimity of your writing, your ornate and perfect diction; nor even you, Cicero, whose sweet lips were a flowing source of rhetoric: your aureate tongues are inadequate fully to describe that paradise. , Aureation 2010-06-12T09:51:18Z Aureation ("to make golden", from Latin: aurum) is a device in arts of rhetoric that involves the "heightening" of diction by the introduction of Latinate or polysyllabic terms. The term is derived from Latin aureus, meaning golden or gilded. It can be seen as analogous to gothic schools of ornamentation in carving, painting or ceremonial armoury. In terms of prosody it stands in direct contrast to plain language and its use is sometimes regarded, by current standards of literary taste, as overblown and exaggerated, but aureated expression does not necessarily mean loss of precision and authenticity when handled by the best practitioners. Aureation is often associated with Scottish renaissance Makars, such as William Dunbar or Gavin Douglas, who commonly drew on the rhetoric and diction of classical antiquity in their works. In the context of language development, aureation can be seen as an extension of processes in which vernacular languages historically are expanded through loan words from classical languages. In Europe this meant borrowings from Latin and Greek. The medieval and renaissance periods were a fertile time for such borrowings and in Germanic languages, like English and Scots, Greek and Latinate coinages were particularly highlighted. After Europe's colonial era widened the orbits of cultural contact, aureation could in theory draw on other ancient languages such as Sanskrit. While many classically derived loan words become useful new terms in the host language, the more mannered aureations tend to remain experimental, fanciful and decorative curiosities. Words such as conservartix, pawsacioun, or vinarye envermaildy are examples in Scots. Aureation commonly involves other mannered rhetorical features in diction; for example circumlocution, which bears a relation to more native literary devices such as the kenning. An example of considered diction with an aureate inflection occurs in the Scots couplet (William Dunbar, The Goldyn Targe, lines 4-5) Matutyne, depurit and cristallyne are aureate words. Aureate diction occurs in the noun phrase golden candle matutine, a circumlocution which stands for sun. The couplet can thus be translated as: up rose the sun with clear pure crystal light. Dunbar uses the term later in the same poem in a passage that employs the limits to expression topos. It occurs as part of a dream vision in which the makar is describing the army of goddesses he has witnessed alighting upon the earth: (The Goldyn Targe, lines 64-72) I would (attempt to) describe (the scene), but who could satisfactorily frame in verse the way in which all the fields were radiantly adorned by those white lilies (the landing army) that shone upwards into the sky? Not you, Homer, sublime as you were in writing, for all your faultlessly ornate diction; nor you, Cicero, whose sweet lips were so consistently lucid in rhetoric: your aureate tongues both (the Greek and the Roman) were not adequate to describe that vision in full.

Anuradha Sriram

Anuradha Sriram 2012-01-04T03:33:28Z Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Anuradha Sriram Parasuram was born in Chennai on July 9, 1970, to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan in Chennai. She completed her Bachelors in Music from Queen Mary's College, Chennai and Masters Degree in Queen Mary's College Chennai. Anu is a Gold medalist in UG and PG. She received Govt Scholarship for her higher studies in Abroad (U.S). She learned Carnatic Classical music from the musical giant S. Kalyanaraman and Hindustani Classical Music from Manik Bua Takurdas. She has been active in Tamil Cinema industry in the song "Ullame Unakkuthan" from Gopura Deepam(1997). Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira. Anuradha is from a Tamil Iyer family and completed her Master's in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, U.S. (where one of her professors and mentors was T. Viswanathan) prior to her foray into music. She also studied Western classical opera music in the U.S. She is married to singer Vidwan Sriram Parasuram (who received his Ph. D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan, where he met Anuradha when she was a masters student). They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh. Anuradha specializes in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1000 concerts worldwide. She is keenly interested in folk music. She has featured in a number of 'jugalbandhi' or fusion concerts along with her husband, Vidwan Sriram Parasuram. He is a Hindustani maestro. She has sung more than 3000 songs in all the languages. Anuradha's cine career was triggered by her proficiency in the different raagas in Carnatic music and her distinguished educational background in music. She was eventually spotted by A. R. Rahman who gave her a chance in Ini Accham Accham Illai from Indira. Later, she worked with him in many hit film songs like Anbendra from Minsara Kanavu, Dil Se Re from Dil Se, Anbe Anbe from Jeans, Ishwar Allah from Earth, Ishq Bina from Taal, Kaattu Sirukki from Raavanan etc. Best Sensational Singer Award - Malai Kottai(2007) South Screen Videocon Award - ‘Chennai Girl’ The President of India Gold Medal Award Best Female Playback Singer Award - Aasai - 1995(1995) Dr. J. Jayalalitha Cine Award Best Female Playback Singer Award Best Female Playback Singer Award - Hrudayanjali(2002) Best Female Playback Singer Award - Vetri Kodi Kattu (2000) Kalaimamani Award Ajanta Award for the best female playback singer of 1996. Nalam nalam was also nominated for the National Award. She was also awarded a Platinum Disc for Record Sales of her song in the Hindi film ‘ Ram Jaane ‘ IIFA for the Best Playback Singer for the movie Gemini (2002) Anuradha has been active in films since 1997., Anuradha Sriram 2013-12-17T03:06:31Z Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in more than 90 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Anuradha Sriram Parasuram was born in Chennai to playback singer Renuka Devi and Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan in Chennai. She completed her Bachelors in Music from Queen Mary's College, Chennai and Masters Degree in Queen Mary's College Chennai. Anu is a Gold medalist in UG and PG. She received Govt Scholarship for her higher studies in Abroad (U.S). She learned Carnatic Classical music from the musical giant S. Kalyanaraman and Hindustani Classical Music from Manik Bua Takurdas. Anuradha is from a Tamil Iyer family and completed her Master's in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, U.S. (where one of her professors and mentors was T. Viswanathan) prior to her foray into music. She also studied Western classical opera music in the U.S. Anuradha Sriram debuted with Tamil Cinema industry in the song "Malarodu Malaringu" from Bombay (film). in the year 1995 when she sang for AR Rahman. Her first solo was for A R Rahman in Indira. She specializes in Carnatic music and has sung in over 1000 concerts worldwide. She is keenly interested in folk music. She has featured in a number of jugalbandhi or fusion concerts along with her husband, Sriram Parasuram, is a Hindustani maestro. She has sung more than 3000 songs in various languages. Anuradha's cine career was triggered by her proficiency in the different raagas in Carnatic music and her distinguished educational background in music. She was eventually spotted by A. R. Rahman who gave her a chance in Ini Accham Accham Illai from Indira. Later, she worked with him in many hit film songs like Anbendra from Minsara Kanavu, Dil Se Re from Dil Se. . , Anbe Anbe from Jeans, Ishwar Allah from Earth, Ishq Bina from Taal, Kaattu Sirukki from Raavanan ettc. Anuradha Sriram is married to singer Sriram Parasuram (who received his Ph. D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan, where he met Anuradha when she was a masters student). They have two sons named Jayant and Lokesh. Anuradha has been active in films since 1989.

Max Gradel

Max Gradel 2020-01-09T17:27:44Z Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Toulouse and the Ivory Coast national team. Max received his first call up to the Ivory Coast national team in November 2010. He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011. On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds. In June 2018, Max Gradel joined French club Toulouse. After moving to the UK from Paris, France in 2004, Gradel attended Lewisham College Football Academy, under the tutelage of then Head Coach Aaron Jacob, who was one of his early mentors. He attended the Bon Giourno Cup in the Netherlands and the team went on to win the trophy conceding no goals, with Max scoring 11 of 17. He was due to attend the Dallas Cup with the team but was offered a Pro contract and made the decision not to go. "Everything started at Lewisham College," says Max. "We were all good players in the Football Academy; I think I made it a bit by chance. Max began playing football when he was two years old in the Ivory Coast. After leaving Lewisham College, Max was offered trials with Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United and Leicester City and spent four months with Arsenal before signing with Leicester. From there he moved to Leeds United where he played regularly for the Championship side. The winger was given a squad number for the 2007–08 season. On 5 May 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Leicester along with seven other players, including Eric Odhiambo, Andy King and Carl Pentney. On 6 August, manager Martin Allen made Gradel and Conrad Logan available for loan for the forthcoming season. On 9 August 2007 Gradel joined Bournemouth on an initial one-month loan, which was extended for the season on transfer deadline day (31 August). However, he was unable to play as many games with the Cherries as he had hoped due to the death of his mother in early October. As a result, he was told by Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond that he could take all the time he needed to return to England. He returned to Leicester early on 3 January 2008, although Bond stated he wanted to take him back to Bournemouth on loan again, a move which was completed for the rest of the season on 11 January. Gradel's form at Bournemouth earned him a new three-year deal at Leicester, which he signed on 6 February. He made his league debut for Leicester against Milton Keynes Dons on 9 August 2008, setting up a goal as Leicester won 2–0 at the Walkers Stadium. On 14 August, Gradel signed a new contract that would last until June 2012. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace on 14 January 2009, and his first league goal in a 2–2 draw against MK Dons on 28 February, scoring an equalising free-kick at injury time. His free kick away at MK Dons won the Goal of the Season award at the Leicester City Supporters Club Awards on 23 April. Gradel made 32 appearances in all competitions as Leicester secured their promotion as league champions. In the following season however, Gradel made just one substitute appearance in the League Cup. On 19 October 2009, Gradel joined Leeds United on loan for a month. He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Norwich City that same evening. Gradel scored his first goal for Leeds on 31 October against Yeovil Town within minutes after coming on as a substitute, which prompted chants from the crowd of "Grayson sign him up". Leeds manager Simon Grayson said he wanted to extend Gradel's loan move beyond the initial month. Gradel himself stated he would like to extend the loan deal at Leeds and even hinted he would be happy to move to Leeds on a permanent deal. Leicester refused Leeds permission to play Gradel in their FA Cup game against Oldham Athletic. Gradel started his first game for Leeds in the 3–1 win against Grimsby Town, contributing to Leeds' first goal as his cross was diverted by Olly Lancashire into his own net. The game would have been the last of Gradel's initial one-month loan. The loan was extended to 2 January 2010 on 13 November. Gradel scored the winning goal for Leeds in the 89th minute against Leyton Orient after coming off the bench for Leeds. He made his first start in the league for Leeds against Oldham. He provided two assists in the same game for Neil Kilkenny's and Luciano Becchio's goals. Gradel scored three minutes after coming on for Leeds as a substitute in the West Yorkshire derby against Huddersfield Town. He made his second league start for Leeds in the game against Brentford, due to the suspension of Robert Snodgrass. Gradel replaced Jermaine Beckford as a substitute against Southampton, and he made an immediate impact in the same game, minutes after coming on Snodgrass curled a shot into the top right corner to seal Leeds' win. Gradel handed in a transfer request on his return to Leicester, and he was signed by Leeds United on a 2+1⁄2-year contract on 25 January for an undisclosed fee. His first appearance as an under contract Leeds player came as a second-half substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Swindon Town. After being unavailable for Leeds' FA Cup loss against Tottenham Hotspur, Gradel came back into the Leeds squad and the starting lineup against Hartlepool United in Leeds' 2–2 draw. He retained his place in the starting XI for the next game against Carlisle United in the Trophy second leg game, which Leeds won 3–2 but were knocked out 6–5 on a penalty shootout, with Gradel converting his penalty for Leeds. After Jermaine Beckford returned from injury Gradel dropped back to Leeds' bench. Gradel received the man of the match award against Yeovil Town in Leeds' 2–1 win. In the following game Gradel kept his place up front and scored for Leeds against Southend United in a 2–0 win. Then, he followed it up in the next match scoring in a 3–1 away win against Carlisle United, with Gradel opening up the scoring and Luciano Becchio scoring a brace. Gradel's sixth goal for Leeds came in Leeds' 4–1 win against MK Dons. Gradel was sent off for violent conduct in Leeds United's final match of the 2009–10 season against Bristol Rovers when after a moment of madness he got himself sent off then refused to leave the pitch in the first half of the match, but Leeds won the game 2–1 and were promoted to The Championship. Gradel played his first game back at Elland Road since his red card against Bristol Rovers, with him putting in an impressive performance when Leeds completed their pre-season campaign on 31 July with a 3–1 win over Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers at Elland Road. Gradel scored a goal in the game by scoring a long range effort. Due to Gradel's red card the previous season and his refusal to leave the pitch he missed the first four games of the season through suspension. Gradel returned from his four match suspension in the second round of the League Cup when he made his first start of the season against his former club Leicester. He managed to gain an assist in the game, providing a cross for Davide Somma's goal. His first league appearance came in the following game, when he came on as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 win away to Watford. Gradel made his first league start of the season, when Lloyd Sam was dropped for the game against Swansea City on 11 September. Gradel scored his first goal of the Championship season against Scunthorpe United. Gradel scored his second goal of the season against Coventry City after scoring a penalty. Gradel's third goal of the season came against Norwich City. Gradel scored his fourth goal of the season against Burnley which started Leeds's comeback to win 3–2 after being 2–0 down. On 18 December, Gradel scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season when he scored both goals in Leeds' 2–0 win over league leaders Queens Park Rangers. Gradel scored his 7th goal of the season against his former club Leicester City with a header Gradel's form for Leeds has seen him attract interest from Premiership clubs Gradel scored his 8th goal of the season against Portsmouth. Newcastle United showed an interest in Gradel and manager Simon Grayson confirmed that he wasn't looking to sell the in-form Gradel. After an impressive December, Gradel was named as one of the nominee's for The Championship player of the month. 8 January, Gradel won a penalty against Arsenal which was dispatched by Robert Snodgrass as Leeds earned an impressive 1–1 draw. 15 January, Gradel scored his 9th goal of the season against Scunthorpe United Gradel scored his 10th goal of the season against Bristol City. On 22 February, he scored his 11th and 12th goals of the season in the home fixture against Barnsley. Gradel's 13th and 14th goals of the season came in the same game in the 5–2 win against Doncaster Rovers. Gradel's impressive form for Leeds during the 2010–11 season earned special praise by manager Simon Grayson. On 2 April, Gradel scored his 15th and 16th goals of the season against Nottingham Forest. Gradel scored his 17th goal of the season against Derby County in Leeds' 2–1 loss. On 30 April, Gradel won Leeds' 2010–11 Player Of The Year Award and also the Players Player Of The Year Award at Leeds annual Player award ceremony. After winning the award Gradel announced that he wanted to stay at Leeds to help them reach The Premiership. Gradel also revealed he would like to extend his contract at Leeds. Gradel scored his 18th goal of the season in the final match in Leeds' 2–1 win against Queens Park Rangers. In the summer of 2011 Gradel was believed to have been interesting German club Hamburger SV. With several clubs interested in Gradel and much speculation on his future, he confirmed on 24 July that he was looking to stay with Leeds. On 2 August, Gradel confirmed he wanted to stay at Leeds, but the club had yet to offer him a new contract. It was revealed on 4 August, Gradel would miss the League Cup match against Bradford City as he had been called up to the Ivorian squad. Gradel scored a late penalty in the first game of the 2011–12 season against Southampton, however it proved to be only a consolation goal as Leeds lost 3–1. Gradel was sent off early on for two bookable offences in a defeat against Middlesbrough; teammate Jonny Howson was also sent off for Leeds in the same match. Gradel came back into the starting lineup after serving his one match suspension against West Ham on 21 August, Gradel missed a penalty for Leeds in the same game. Gradel's final game for Leeds came in the 2–1 loss against Ipswich Town. On 30 August 2011, Gradel joined French club Saint-Étienne for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £3 million. He signed a four-year contract with the club. He was handed the number 9 shirt upon his arrival at the club. In the 2014–15 season, Gradel was Saint Etienne's top scorer in Ligue 1 with 17 goals, also providing 3 assists. On 4 August 2015, after a four-year spell in France, Gradel returned to England to join former side and Premier League newcomers Bournemouth on a four-year deal, for a reported fee of £7 million. As part of the deal Gradel's old club Leeds United received a percentage of the transfer fee due to a 10% sell on clause. On 29 August, Gradel tore a cruciate ligament in his knee during the match against Leicester City, with the injury ruling him out for around six months. On 27 February 2016, Gradel made his return to the team, coming on as a substitute in the 21st minute for Junior Stanislas in a 0–0 draw against Watford. Gradel scored his first goal after his return to the club in a 3–2 win over Swansea City on 12 March 2016. Gradel revealed that by moving to Leeds he was hoping to increase his international prospects to play for the Ivory Coast national team and maybe earn a place in their 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. He was called up to the Ivory Coast squad for the first time on 11 November 2010 for the fixture against Poland. On 21 March 2011, Gradel received his second call up to the squad, this time to face Benin in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. In June 2011, he was called up to the squad to face Benin on 5 June 2011. This match ended in a 6–2 win to Ivory Coast, in which Gradel came on in the 54th min to make his debut. On 4 August, it was revealed Gradel had been called up to the Ivory Coast squad to face Israel. He made his first start for Ivory Coast in the 4–3 win against Israel on 10 August 2011. Gradel was a part of the Ivory Coast squad that finished runner-up to Zambia at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and was also a member of les Éléphants' 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, where he made one appearance in the 2–1 loss to Colombia. At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Gradel scored an 86th-minute equaliser in a group match against Mali. Leicester City Leeds United Saint-Étienne Ivory Coast, Max Gradel 2021-12-21T23:24:37Z Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Turkish club Sivasspor and the Ivory Coast national team. Max received his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national team in November 2010. He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011. On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds. In June 2018, Max Gradel joined French club Toulouse. After moving to the UK from Paris, France, in 2004, Gradel attended Lewisham College Football Academy, under the tutelage of then Head Coach Aaron Jacob, who was one of his early mentors. He attended the Bon Giourno Cup in the Netherlands and the team went on to win the trophy conceding no goals, with Gradel scoring 11 of 17. He was due to attend the Dallas Cup with the team but was offered a Pro contract and made the decision not to go. "Everything started at Lewisham College," says Gradel. "We were all good players in the Football Academy; I think I made it a bit by chance. Gradel began playing football when he was two years old in the Ivory Coast. After leaving Lewisham College, Gradel was offered trials with Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United and Leicester City and spent four months with Arsenal before signing with Leicester. From there he moved to Leeds United where he played regularly for the Championship side. Gradel was given a squad number for the 2007–08 season. On 5 May 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Leicester along with seven other players, including Eric Odhiambo, Andy King and Carl Pentney. On 6 August 2007, Leicester City manager Martin Allen made Gradel and Conrad Logan available for loan for the forthcoming season. Three days later, Gradel joined AFC Bournemouth on an initial one-month loan, which was extended for the season on transfer deadline day (31 August). However, he was unable to play as many games with the Cherries as he had hoped due to the death of his mother in early October. As a result, he was told by Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond that he could take all the time he needed to return to England. He returned to Leicester early on 3 January 2008, although Bond stated he wanted to take him back to Bournemouth on loan again, a move which was completed for the rest of the season on 11 January. Gradel's form at Bournemouth earned him a new three-year deal at Leicester, which he signed on 6 February. He made his league debut for Leicester against Milton Keynes Dons on 9 August 2008, setting up a goal as Leicester won 2–0 at the Walkers Stadium. On 14 August, Gradel signed a new contract that would last until June 2012. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace on 14 January 2009, and his first league goal in a 2–2 draw against MK Dons on 28 February, scoring an equalising free-kick at injury time. His free kick away at MK Dons won the Goal of the Season award at the Leicester City Supporters Club Awards on 23 April. Gradel made 32 appearances in all competitions as Leicester secured their promotion as league champions. In the following season however, Gradel made just one substitute appearance in the League Cup. On 19 October 2009, Gradel joined Leeds United on loan for a month. He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Norwich City that same evening. Gradel scored his first goal for Leeds on 31 October against Yeovil Town within minutes after coming on as a substitute, which prompted chants from the crowd of "Grayson sign him up". Leeds manager Simon Grayson said he wanted to extend Gradel's loan move beyond the initial month. Gradel himself stated he would like to extend the loan deal at Leeds and even hinted he would be happy to move to Leeds on a permanent deal. Leicester refused Leeds permission to play Gradel in their FA Cup game against Oldham Athletic. Gradel started his first game for Leeds in the 3–1 win against Grimsby Town, contributing to Leeds' first goal as his cross was diverted by Olly Lancashire into his own net. The game would have been the last of Gradel's initial one-month loan. The loan was extended to 2 January 2010 on 13 November. Gradel scored the winning goal for Leeds in the 89th minute against Leyton Orient after coming off the bench for Leeds. He made his first start in the league for Leeds against Oldham. He provided two assists in the same game for Neil Kilkenny's and Luciano Becchio's goals. Gradel scored three minutes after coming on for Leeds as a substitute in the West Yorkshire derby against Huddersfield Town. He made his second league start for Leeds in the game against Brentford, due to the suspension of Robert Snodgrass. Gradel replaced Jermaine Beckford as a substitute against Southampton, and he made an immediate impact in the same game, minutes after coming on Snodgrass curled a shot into the top right corner to seal Leeds' win. Gradel handed in a transfer request on his return to Leicester, and he was signed by Leeds United on a two-and-a-half year contract on 25 January for an undisclosed fee. His first appearance as an under contract Leeds player came as a second-half substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Swindon Town. After being unavailable for Leeds' FA Cup loss against Tottenham Hotspur, Gradel came back into the Leeds squad and the starting lineup against Hartlepool United in Leeds' 2–2 draw. He retained his place in the starting XI for the next game against Carlisle United in the Trophy second leg game, which Leeds won 3–2 but were knocked out 6–5 on a penalty shootout, with Gradel converting his penalty for Leeds. After Jermaine Beckford returned from injury Gradel dropped back to Leeds' bench. Gradel received the man of the match award against Yeovil Town in Leeds' 2–1 win. In the following game Gradel kept his place up front and scored for Leeds against Southend United in a 2–0 win. Then, he followed it up in the next match scoring in a 3–1 away win against Carlisle United, with Gradel opening up the scoring and Luciano Becchio scoring a brace. Gradel's sixth goal for Leeds came in Leeds' 4–1 win against MK Dons. Gradel was sent off for violent conduct in Leeds United's final match of the 2009–10 season against Bristol Rovers when after a moment of madness he got himself sent off then refused to leave the pitch in the first half of the match, but Leeds won the game 2–1 and were promoted to The Championship. Gradel played his first game back at Elland Road since his red card against Bristol Rovers, with him putting in an impressive performance when Leeds completed their pre-season campaign on 31 July with a 3–1 win over Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers at Elland Road. Gradel scored a goal in the game by scoring a long range effort. Due to Gradel's red card the previous season and his refusal to leave the pitch he missed the first four games of the season through suspension. Gradel returned from his four match suspension in the second round of the League Cup when he made his first start of the season against his former club Leicester. He managed to gain an assist in the game, providing a cross for Davide Somma's goal. His first league appearance came in the following game, when he came on as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 win away to Watford. Gradel made his first league start of the season, when Lloyd Sam was dropped for the game against Swansea City on 11 September. Gradel scored his first goal of the Championship season against Scunthorpe United. Gradel scored his second goal of the season against Coventry City after scoring a penalty. Gradel's third goal of the season came against Norwich City. Gradel scored his fourth goal of the season against Burnley which started Leeds's comeback to win 3–2 after being 2–0 down. On 18 December, Gradel scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season when he scored both goals in Leeds' 2–0 win over league leaders Queens Park Rangers. Gradel scored his seventh goal of the season against his former club Leicester City with a header Gradel's form for Leeds saw him attract interest from Premiership clubs. Gradel scored his eighth goal of the season against Portsmouth. Newcastle United showed an interest in Gradel but manager Simon Grayson confirmed that he wasn't looking to sell the in-form player. After an impressive December, Gradel was named as one of the nominees for The Championship player of the month. On 8 January, Gradel won a penalty against Arsenal which was scored by Robert Snodgrass as Leeds earned an impressive 1–1 draw. Then on 15 January, Gradel scored his ninth goal of the season against Scunthorpe United Gradel scored his 10th goal of the season against Bristol City. On 22 February, he scored his 11th and 12th goals of the season in the home fixture against Barnsley. Gradel's 13th and 14th goals of the season came in the same game in the 5–2 win against Doncaster Rovers. Gradel's impressive form for Leeds during the 2010–11 season earned special praise by manager Simon Grayson. On 2 April, Gradel scored his 15th and 16th goals of the season against Nottingham Forest. Gradel scored his 17th goal of the season against Derby County in Leeds' 2–1 loss. On 30 April, Gradel won Leeds' 2010–11 Player Of The Year Award and also the Players Player Of The Year Award at Leeds annual Player award ceremony. After winning the award Gradel announced that he wanted to stay at Leeds to help them reach the Premier League. Gradel also revealed he would like to extend his contract at Leeds. Gradel scored his 18th goal of the season in the final match in Leeds' 2–1 win against Queens Park Rangers. In the summer of 2011 Gradel was believed to have been interesting German club Hamburger SV. With several clubs interested in Gradel and much speculation on his future, he confirmed on 24 July that he was looking to stay with Leeds. On 2 August, Gradel confirmed he wanted to stay at Leeds, but the club had yet to offer him a new contract. It was revealed on 4 August, Gradel would miss the League Cup match against Bradford City as he had been called up to the Ivorian squad. Gradel scored a late penalty in the first game of the 2011–12 season against Southampton, however it proved to be only a consolation goal as Leeds lost 3–1. Gradel was sent off early on for two bookable offences in a defeat against Middlesbrough; teammate Jonny Howson was also sent off for Leeds in the same match. Gradel came back into the starting lineup after serving his one match suspension against West Ham on 21 August, Gradel missed a penalty for Leeds in the same game. Gradel's final game for Leeds came in the 2–1 loss against Ipswich Town. On 30 August 2011, Gradel joined French club Saint-Étienne for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £3 million. He signed a four-year contract with the club. He was handed the number 9 shirt upon his arrival at the club. In the 2014–15 season, Gradel was Saint Etienne's top scorer in Ligue 1 with 17 goals, also providing three assists. On 4 August 2015, after a four-year spell in France, Gradel returned to England to join former side and Premier League newcomers Bournemouth on a four-year deal, for a reported fee of £7 million. As part of the deal Gradel's old club Leeds United received a percentage of the transfer fee due to a 10% sell on clause. On 29 August, Gradel tore a cruciate ligament in his knee during the match against Leicester City, with the injury ruling him out for around six months. On 27 February 2016, Gradel made his return to the team, coming on as a substitute in the 21st minute for Junior Stanislas in a 0–0 draw against Watford. Gradel scored his first goal after his return to the club in a 3–2 win over Swansea City on 12 March 2016. Gradel revealed that by moving to Leeds he was hoping to increase his international prospects to play for the Ivory Coast national team and maybe earn a place in their 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. He was called up to the Ivory Coast squad for the first time on 11 November 2010 for the fixture against Poland. On 21 March 2011, Gradel received his second call up to the squad, this time to face Benin in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. In June 2011, he was called up to the squad to face Benin on 5 June 2011. This match ended in a 6–2 win to Ivory Coast, in which Gradel came on in the 54th min to make his debut. On 4 August, it was revealed Gradel had been called up to the Ivory Coast squad to face Israel. He made his first start for Ivory Coast in the 4–3 win against Israel on 10 August 2011. Gradel was a part of the Ivory Coast squad that finished runner-up to Zambia at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and was also a member of les Éléphants' 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, where he made one appearance in the 2–1 loss to Colombia. At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Gradel scored an 86th-minute equaliser in a group match against Mali. Leicester City Leeds United Saint-Étienne Ivory Coast Individual