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Konyaspor

Konyaspor 2012-01-16T20:04:05Z Konyaspor is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig. The club was founded in 1922 but then reformed in 1981. The club colours are green and white and they play their home games at Konya Atatürk Stadium. Konyaspor was founded officially in 1922 with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği. In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor ve Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Turkish 2nd League. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after its merger in 1981 with the cross-town rival Konya İdmanyurdu. The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and colors of Konya İdmanyurdu. In 1987–1988 Konyaspor became the champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in history. Konyaspor lasted 5 seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches. They ended up with 47 wins, 33 draws and 80 losses. During the same season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş J.K. In 1992–1993, the club was relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second division, Konyaspor returned to Turkcell Super League as the title holders of the Second Division with 68 points in 2003. During the 2003/04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004/05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. Despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Turkish Super League in 2009. Konyaspor was in the Super League since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-Offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-Offs and made an immadiate return to the Super League after 1 year. They finished the Play-Offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karsiyaka S.K. 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay S.K. 2–2 in the final match. Konya Atatürk Stadium (Turkish: Konya Atatürk Stadı) is a multi-purpose stadium in Konya, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Konyaspor. The stadium holds 22,559 people and was built in 1950. New Konya Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It will effectively replace the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium will have a capacity of nearly 38.656 people (all-seated) and will be totally covered. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 10 – Branimir Poljac, Midfielder (2009–10), Konyaspor 2013-12-31T14:37:13Z Konyaspor is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig. The club was founded in 1922 but then reformed in 1981. The club colours are green and white and they play their home games at Konya Atatürk Stadium. Konyaspor was founded officially in 1922 with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği. In 1965 the club combined with Meramspor, Selçukspor ve Çimentospor and took the name Konyaspor with black and white as the team colors, and started their first season in the Turkish 2nd League. Konyaspor then changed to green and white as the team colours after its merger in 1981 with the cross-town rival Konya İdmanyurdu. The new team adopted the name of Konyaspor and colors of Konya İdmanyurdu. In 1987–1988 Konyaspor became the champions of the second league and were promoted to the first league for the first time in history. Konyaspor lasted 5 seasons in the first league. They played 160 official matches. They ended up with 47 wins, 33 draws and 80 losses. During the same season Konyaspor made it to the semi-finals of the Turkish Cup losing to eventual champions Beşiktaş J.K. In 1992–1993, the club was relegated back to the second league. After spending 10 seasons in the second division, Konyaspor returned to Turkcell Super League as the title holders of the Second Division with 68 points in 2003. During the 2003/04 season Konyaspor made it to the quarter finals of the Turkish Cup, but then lost to eventual champions Trabzonspor 2–1 during extra time. In 2004/05 Konyaspor advanced to the quarter finals beating Beşiktaş 3–1, but then lost to Denizlispor 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs. Despite the 3–0 home win against Ankaraspor, Konyaspor couldn't avoid relegation as they remained 16th in the table with 38 points which meant their relegation from the Turkish Super League in 2009. Konyaspor was in the Super League since 2003. However, Konyaspor completed the TFF First League 6th and secured a position in the Promotion Play-Offs in 2010. Konyaspor then won the Promotion Play-Offs and made an immadiate return to the Super League after 1 year. They finished the Play-Offs 1st with 7 points beating Adanaspor 3–1 in the first game, Karsiyaka S.K. 1–0 in the second and drawing with Altay S.K. 2–2 in the final match. Konya Atatürk Stadium (Turkish: Konya Atatürk Stadı) is a multi-purpose stadium in Konya, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Konyaspor. The stadium holds 22,559 people and was built in 1950. New Konya Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Konya, Turkey. It will effectively replace the ageing Konya Atatürk Stadium at the end of 2013, which has been in use since the early 1950s. The stadium will have a capacity of nearly 38.656 people (all-seated) and will be totally covered. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 10 – Branimir Poljac, Midfielder (2009–10) According to official web site.

Knights_of_Columbus_Vatican_Film_Library

Knights_of_Columbus_Vatican_Film_Library 2009-02-27T20:53:38Z The Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library in St. Louis, Missouri is the only outside-of-the-Vatican collection of over 37,000 works from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, the Vatican Library in Europe. It is located in the Pius XII Library on the campus of Saint Louis University. The Library was created by Lowrie J. Daly (1914-2000), with funding from the Knights of Columbus. The goal was to make Vatican and other documents more available to researchers in North America. Microfilming of Vatican manuscripts began in 1951, and according to the Library's website, was the largest microfilming project that had been undertaken up to that date. From 1951-1957, twelve million manuscript pages were recorded, from 30,000 different works. This represents approximately 75% of the manuscripts available in the targeted language groups. Other microfilm projects in the 1950s included Jesuit archival material from Rome, archives in both North America and South America, and the Philippines. The Library opened in 1953, and moved to the St. Louis University campus, in the Pius XII Memorial Library, in 1959. The first librarian was Charles J. Ermatinger, who served until 2000. As of 2007, the Library has microfilmed versions of over 37,000 manuscripts, with material in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Ethiopic, as well as several more common Western European languages. There are reproductions of many works from the Biblioteca Platina and Biblioteca Cicognara at the Vatican, as well as Papal letter registers from the Archivio Segreto Vaticano (Vatican Secret Archives) from the 9th to 16th centuries, in the series Registra Vaticana and Registra Supplicationium. The Film Library also collects manuscript catalogs and handwritten inventories of Vatican Library manuscripts, as well as those of other libraries, including a collection of microfilmed copies of over 2,500 medieval and renaissance manuscripts from other libraries, over 20,000 incunabula (early printed books), and 52,000 color slides of illuminated manuscripts. The collection also includes many hardcopy works on the subjects of palaeography, codicology, illumination, and other topics related to manuscript studies. The Library hosts an annual conference on Manuscript Studies, which is held in St. Louis in mid-October. Since 1957, the Library has published a bi-annual journal, Manuscripta, which focuses on manuscript studies of medieval and Renaissance documents. It is published through Brepols Publishers. 38°38′13″N 90°14′06″W / 38. 637°N 90. 235°W / 38. 637; -90. 235, Knights_of_Columbus_Vatican_Film_Library 2010-10-10T13:12:03Z The Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library in St. Louis, Missouri is the only collection, outside the Vatican itself, of microfilms of more than 37,000 works from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, the Vatican Library in Europe. It is located in the Pius XII Library on the campus of Saint Louis University. The Library was created by Lowrie J. Daly (1914-2000), with funding from the Knights of Columbus. The goal was to make Vatican and other documents more available to researchers in North America. Microfilming of Vatican manuscripts began in 1951, and according to the Library's website, was the largest microfilming project that had been undertaken up to that date. From 1951-1957, twelve million manuscript pages were recorded, from 30,000 different works. This represents approximately 75% of the manuscripts available in the targeted language groups. Other microfilm projects in the 1950s included Jesuit archival material from Rome, archives in both North America and South America, and the Philippines. The Library opened in 1953, and moved to the St. Louis University campus, in the Pius XII Memorial Library, in 1959. The first librarian was Charles J. Ermatinger, who served until 2000. As of 2007, the Library has microfilmed versions of over 37,000 manuscripts, with material in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Ethiopic, as well as several more common Western European languages. There are reproductions of many works from the Biblioteca Platina and Biblioteca Cicognara at the Vatican, as well as Papal letter registers from the Archivio Segreto Vaticano (Vatican Secret Archives) from the 9th to 16th centuries, in the series Registra Vaticana and Registra Supplicationium. The Film Library also collects manuscript catalogs and handwritten inventories of Vatican Library manuscripts, as well as those of other libraries, including a collection of microfilmed copies of over 2,500 medieval and renaissance manuscripts from other libraries, over 20,000 incunabula (early printed books), and 52,000 color slides of illuminated manuscripts. The collection also includes many hardcopy works on the subjects of palaeography, codicology, illumination, and other topics related to manuscript studies. The Library hosts an annual conference on Manuscript Studies, which is held in St. Louis in mid-October. Since 1957, the Library has published a bi-annual journal, Manuscripta, which focuses on manuscript studies of medieval and Renaissance documents. It is published through Brepols Publishers. 38°38′12″N 90°14′07″W / 38. 6367°N 90. 2352°W / 38. 6367; -90. 2352

Postcards_from_Leningrad

Postcards_from_Leningrad 2009-11-22T11:33:08Z Postcards from Leningrad (2007, Spanish title: Postales de Leningrado) is a Venezuelan film, written and directed by Mariana Rondon. It is a drama about children growing up among guerilla groups in the 1960s in Venezuela. It is Venezuela's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film of the 80th Academy Awards Laureano Olivares - Teo Greisy Mena - Marcela/Clara/Mercedes William Cifuentes - Teo (Child) Haydee Faverola - Grandmother María Fernanda Ferro - Marta Ignacio Marquez - Tio Miguel Oswaldo Hidalgo - Grandfather Claudia Usubillaga - The Girl During the leftist uprising in the 1960s in Venezuela, a young guerrilla-girl, living in secrecy, gives birth to her first daughter during Mother's Day. Due to that, her photos appear on the newspaper, since that moment they'd have to run away. Hidden places, false disguises and names are the daily life of THE GIRL, the narrator of the story. Alongside with her cousin (Teo), they re-live the adventures of their guerrilla parents, building up a labrynth with superheroes and strategies, in which nobody knows where the reality (or madness) begins. However, this children's game does not hide the deaths, tortures, denunciations and treasons within the guerrillas. The kids want to convert themseleves into The Invisible Man, in order to escape from the danger. However, they know that their parents might never comeback and therefore, they'll only receive Postcards from Leningrad. Best Director (Rajatha Chakoram)at International Film Festival of Kerala(IFFK), 2008 Golden Sun Award at Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema 2007 Golden India Catalina Award for best film at Cartagena Film Festival, 2008 Feature Film Trophy for best film at Cine Ceara National Cinema Festival, 2008 International Jury Award (Revelation Category) at Sao Paulo International Film Festival, 2007, Postcards_from_Leningrad 2013-04-16T18:31:30Z Postcards from Leningrad (2007, Spanish title: Postales de Leningrado) is a Venezuelan film, written and directed by Mariana Rondon. It is a drama about children growing up among guerilla groups in the 1960s in Venezuela. It is Venezuela's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film of the 80th Academy Awards. Laureano Olivares - Teo Greisy Mena - Marcela/Clara/Mercedes William Cifuentes - Teo (Child) Haydee Faverola - Grandmother María Fernanda Ferro - Marta Ignacio Marquez - Tio Miguel Oswaldo Hidalgo - Grandfather Claudia Usubillaga - The Girl During the leftist uprising in the 1960s in Venezuela, a young guerrilla-girl, living in secrecy, gives birth to her first daughter during Mother's Day. Due to that, her photos appear on the newspaper, since that moment they would have to run away. Hidden places, false disguises and names are the daily life of The Girl, the narrator of the story. Alongside with her cousin (Teo), they re-live the adventures of their guerrilla parents, building up a labrynth with superheroes and strategies, in which nobody knows where the reality (or madness) begins. However, this children's game does not hide the deaths, tortures, denunciations and treason within the guerrillas. The kids want to convert themselves into The Invisible Man, in order to escape from the danger. However, they know that their parents might never comeback and therefore, they'll only receive Postcards from Leningrad.

George Newbern

George Newbern 2005-03-14T22:59:04Z George Newbern is an American actor born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1964. His acting credits includes Switching Channels (1987) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; Father of the Bride (1991) with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short; and the television series Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, and Bull. Currently, he voices Superman on the Cartoon Network series, Justice League (Unlimited). , George Newbern 2006-12-28T17:06:52Z George Young Newbern (born December 10, 1964) is an American television and film actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Newbern's first lead role was in 1987's Double Switch, a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper that aired as a part of the Wonderful World of Disney television series. Updating the classic story for the 1980s, Newbern handled the role of Bart, a teenage rock star longing for a normal life, and also the role of Matt, a brainy high school student desperate to be popular. Newbern also had a recurring role as the son of designer Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter) on the 1990s series Designing Women. He has since guest starred on television in such series as Providence, Chicago Hope, Friends, Bull, and CSI. His movie acting credits include Adventures in Babysitting (1987) with Elisabeth Shue; Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve; and Father of the Bride (1991) with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and Martin Short. Newbern was the voice of Superman on the Cartoon Network series Justice League Unlimited, replacing actor Tim Daly, who had contractual obligations elsewhere. Newbern was heavily criticized by fans during the first season of Justice League, his Superman being derided as too stiff and lacking both the everyman feel and heroic authority that Daly had brought to the role. Producer Bruce Timm staunchly defended Newbern and stated that any differences for the worse between Daly's and Newbern's performances were the fault of himself and the staff. Many fans later agreed that Newbern improved significantly from the second season on. Newbern, whose voice acting career began in 1991 with the cartoon series The Pirates of Dark Water, has also done voiceovers on a number of video games and game-related productions. He provided the voice of Sephiroth in the English-language releases of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts II, and also voiced Mevyn Nooj in Final Fantasy X-2.

Snooki

Snooki 2013-01-02T21:54:40Z Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi (born November 23, 1987) is an American reality television personality who is a cast member on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore. Since the show's debut in 2009, Polizzi has gained popularity by appearing on talks shows including The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Late Show with David Letterman and The Wendy Williams Show, as well as the wrestling program WWE Raw. She is also one of the highest paid reality stars, earning $150,000 per episode as of season five. Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile. She was adopted when she was six months old and was raised by Italian American parents. Her father is a volunteer firefighter and auto-salvage supervisor and her mother is an office manager. Polizzi received her nickname, Snooki, in middle school when her friends named her after "Snookie", a male character in Save the Last Dance, because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy. She grew up and attended school in Marlboro, New York, where she was a cheerleader. During high school, she suffered from an eating disorder, at one point weighing 80 pounds (36 kg). Polizzi attended community college after graduating from Marlboro High School, where she studied to become a veterinary technician. In March 2012, Polizzi announced her engagement to Jionni LaValle. Polizzi gave birth to the couple's first child, Lorenzo Dominic LaValle, on August 26, 2012. Polizzi lives in Marlboro, New York. She identifies as bisexual. MTV first introduced Polizzi in Is She Really Going Out with Him? , a show that focused on women dating obnoxious or arrogant men. Polizzi and her boyfriend, Justin, appeared in episode 14, "Jerz Pud". Polizzi became part of the reality TV series Jersey Shore after being scouted by the casting director, Josh Allouche, an employee of Doron Ofir Casting. The New York Times identified her as "the breakout member of the cast". According to The New York Times, her actions on the show have caused her to be the target of public disdain while having a "strange appeal". One reported measure of her appeal was that she was one of the most popular celebrity Halloween costumes of 2010. Polizzi's popularity on the first season of Jersey Shore, which earned her $5,000 per episode, now earns her $30,000 per episode. While shooting in Seaside Heights, Polizzi was punched in the face by New York City school gym teacher Brad Ferro. The punch, while shown in previews, was blacked out during showings of the episode. Videos of the punch went viral on YouTube and were featured in many news media. After the punch was made public, Polizzi's appearance fees increased from $2,000 per event to $10,000 per event. In 2011 Polizzi and her Jersey Shore costar, Jennifer Farley, signed a contract to star in a 12-episode spin-off show, Snooki and JWoww vs. The World, premiering on MTV in 2012. It will follow Polizzi and Farley moving in together, and they describe their show like a modern-day Laverne & Shirley. 495 Productions will film the series over the course of six weeks at a former two-story firehouse located near Grove and Mercer Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. The property will be guarded at all times by at least four Jersey City police officers, who will also follow the cast and crew when leaving the home, conditions to which producers were required to agree in order to be granted a shooting permit. The conditions also indicate that the police will take action, including on the cast, if any state or city laws are broken, and that producers will reimburse the city for any increase in police presence or similar costs that might occur due to events related to the production. The March 2012 confirmation of Polizzi's pregnancy gave cause to speculate as to how the creative direction of her spinoff would be affected, as she would be unable to engage in the "hard-partying, booze-swilling" antics that had previously garnered high ratings for MTV. Polizzi was a presenter at the 2010 CMT Music Awards On July 27, 2010, the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the New York Stock Exchange and Polizzi rang the opening bell. Polizzi and the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. Polizzi also appeared on TLC's Cake Boss episode "Snookie, Super Anthony & a Ship" on November 8, 2010, in which she orders a cake for her mom. On November 7, 2010, Polizzi appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, Spain. She was subsequently parodied in the South Park episode "It's a Jersey Thing", and is frequently parodied on Saturday Night Live by actor Bobby Moynihan. Polizzi made an appearance on the March 14, 2011 episode of WWE Raw, where she got into a brawl with LayCool, which led to the formation of a six-person Mixed Tag Team match at WrestleMania XXVII. Polizzi and her partners Trish Stratus and John Morrison won the match. On December 12, 2011 on WWE RAW she was awarded the WWE 2011 A-Lister of the Year Slammy Award which she accepted via satellite. In January 2011, Polizzi's book, A Shore Thing, was released: it described her search for love on the boardwalk. Despite a promotional campaign that included appearances by Polizzi on The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman, the book was not a sales success, selling approximately 9,000 copies within its first month of release, during which it accumulated 16 one-star customer reviews on Amazon.com. One publishing executive said that the book sold poorly because "rather than a tell-all, it was disguised as a novel." In April 2011, Polizzi was paid $32,000 to speak at Rutgers University. Topics she spoke about included what it’s like being a celebrity, and also what she thinks is important in school, including the advice "Study hard, but party harder". Some students complained the school's money would've been better used on speakers other than Polizzi. Rutgers spokesman Steve Manas responded that the extension of the invitation to Polizzi was the result of canvassing by students who indicated who they wanted to invite. Over 1,000 people attended Polizzi's engagement. On October 25, 2011, Polizzi's second novel, Confessions of a Guidette was released with Gallery Books. The novel was marketed as a part-memoir, part-guide of how to "rock it Jersey-style." Polizzi's third novel, Gorilla Beach will be released on May 15, 2012. The novel is a sequel to Polizzi's first novel, A Shore Thing. Polizzi and some of her Jersey Shore co-stars appeared as themselves in the 2012 comedy The Three Stooges. On July 30, 2010, Polizzi was arrested in Seaside Heights, New Jersey for disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and criminal annoyance of others. In a September 8 plea bargain in which the latter two charges were dropped, Judge Damian G. Murray sentenced her to a $500 fine and community service. In handing down the sentence, he characterized Polizzi as "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe". Her arrest was taped during production of season three of Jersey Shore. On May 31, 2011 in Florence, Italy, Polizzi was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. According to Italian police, Polizzi was cited and released. Two police officers sustained minor injuries. In late 2011 she sued SRG Ventures, a licensing company she had signed with a year earlier to bring out Snooki-branded merchandise such as watches, shoes, lingerie and school supplies, for breach of contract. She alleged the company had failed to adequately seek such licensing opportunities. The company countersued, alleging she and her manager had undermined its efforts by negotiating directly with manufacturers and delaying their decisions. In January 2012, Polizzi's newly created Team Snooki Boxing co-promoted a cooperative venture with Final Round Promotions, a boxing card at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, featuring Irish featherweight boxer Patrick Hyland fighting and winning in the main event before a capacity crowd. Patrick Hyland's two brothers Eddie and Paul, also boxers, appeared in preliminary bouts. The event attracted considerable publicity in the boxing press. Team Snooki's next boxing card will be in May 2012 in Poughkeepsie, New York. , Snooki 2014-12-10T11:33:15Z Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi (born November 23, 1987) is an American reality television personality and dancer who is best known for being a cast member of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore and currently stars in Snooki & Jwoww. Since the show's debut in 2009, Polizzi has gained popularity by appearing on talks shows including The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Late Show with David Letterman, and The Wendy Williams Show. She earned $150,000 per Jersey Shore episode, as of season five. She also appeared as the guest hostess for WWE Raw in 2011 and competed at WrestleMania 27 that same year. Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile. She was adopted when she was six months old and was raised by Italian American parents. Polizzi's father is a volunteer firefighter and auto-salvage supervisor and her mother is an office manager. Polizzi lives in Marlboro, New York. Polizzi received her nickname, Snooki, in middle school when her friends named her after "Snookie", a male character in Save the Last Dance, because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy. She grew up and attended school in Marlboro, New York, where she was a cheerleader. During high school, she suffered from an eating disorder, at one point weighing 80 pounds (36 kg). Polizzi attended community college after graduating from Marlboro High School, where she studied to become a veterinary technician. In March 2012, Polizzi announced her engagement to Jionni LaValle. Polizzi gave birth to the couple's first child, Lorenzo Dominic LaValle, on August 26, 2012. Polizzi appeared on the front page of the March 2013 issue of Us Weekly, claiming to have lost 42 pounds post pregnancy. On April 4, Polizzi announced via her website and her Twitter, that she and fiancé, Jionni, are expecting their second child. Giovanna Marie LaValle was born September 26, 2014, weighing in at 6lbs 7oz. On November 29, 2014, Polizzi married Jionni LaValle. According to results from an autosomal DNA test to determine geographic ancestry which was aired on MTV's Snooki & Jwoww in January 2014, it was revealed that although Polizzi was born in Chile and believed she was "some sort of Spanish", she is in fact a mixture of Romani from northwestern Croatia (i.e. Gypsies originally from Northern India), Romani from Macedonia, Andalusian (I.e. southern Spaniards), Slovak, and Russian. All the previously mentioned ethnic groups have known migratory histories in Polizzi's native Chile, where they (along with many other groups) have been mixing for several centuries. The show did not disclose in what percentages Polizzi is descended from each of these groups. During the same episode, it was also stated by the DNA lab consultant disclosing the results that Polizzi matched as having recent common ancestry with people who identify as South Asian (i.e. from the Indian subcontinent, correlating to her Romani ancestry), Iberian American (i.e. correlating to her Hispanic/mestizo ancestry), Jewish (likely correlating to her ethnic Russian or ethnic Slovak admixture, which is also found among Ashkenazi Jews), Middle Eastern (also likely correlating to her Romani ancestry via Middle Easterners who share that ancestry), and East Asian (which likely comes from the Native American ancestry). MTV first introduced Polizzi in Is She Really Going Out with Him? , a show that focused on women dating obnoxious or arrogant men. Polizzi and her boyfriend, Justin, appeared in episode 14, "Jerz Pud". Polizzi became part of the reality TV series Jersey Shore after being scouted by the casting director, Josh Allouche, an employee of Doron Ofir Casting. The New York Times identified her as "the breakout member of the cast". According to The New York Times, her actions on the show have caused her to be the target of public disdain while having a "strange appeal". One reported measure of her appeal was that she was one of the most popular celebrity Halloween costumes of 2010. Polizzi's popularity on the first season of Jersey Shore, which earned her $5,000 per episode, now earns her $30,000 per episode. While shooting in Seaside Heights, Polizzi was punched in the face by New York City school gym teacher Brad Ferro. The punch, while shown in previews, was blacked out during showings of the episode. Videos of the punch went viral on YouTube and were featured in many news media. After the punch was made public, Polizzi's appearance fees increased from $2,000 per event to $10,000 per event. In 2011, Polizzi and her Jersey Shore costar, Jennifer Farley, signed a contract to star in a spin-off show, Snooki & Jwoww, which premiered on MTV in June 2012. The first season followed Polizzi and Farley moving in together, and they describe their show like a modern-day Laverne & Shirley. 495 Productions filmed the first season over the course of six weeks at a former two-story firehouse located near Grove and Mercer Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. The second season relocated to the stars' actual permanent residences and began airing on January 8, 2013. This season had an expanded one-hour episode format. The March 2012 confirmation of Polizzi's pregnancy raised speculation as to how the creative direction of her spin-off would be affected, as she would be unable to engage in the "hard-partying, booze-swilling" antics that had previously garnered high ratings for MTV. Polizzi was a presenter at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. On July 27, 2010, the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the New York Stock Exchange and Polizzi rang the opening bell. Polizzi and the cast of Jersey Shore appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. Polizzi also appeared on TLC's Cake Boss episode "Snookie, Super Anthony & a Ship" on November 8, 2010, in which she orders a cake for her mom. On November 7, 2010, Polizzi appeared at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid, Spain. She was subsequently parodied in the South Park episode "It's a Jersey Thing", and is frequently parodied on Saturday Night Live by actor Bobby Moynihan. She also hosted the New Year's Eve special MTV's Club New Year's Eve 2013 with Jwoww and Jeff Dye on December 31, 2012 from Times Square to ring in 2013. Polizzi made an appearance on the March 14, 2011 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, where she got into a brawl with LayCool, which led to the formation of a six-person Mixed Tag Team match at WrestleMania XXVII. Polizzi and her partners Trish Stratus and John Morrison won the match. On December 12, 2011 on WWE RAW, she was awarded the WWE 2011 A-Lister of the Year Slammy Award which she accepted via satellite. On September 4, 2013, it was announced on Good Morning America that Snooki participated on the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with newcomer Sasha Farber. They were eliminated on October 28, 2013, coming in 8th place despite receiving good scores and comments from the judges. Dancing with the Stars performances (Average: 25.0): In January 2011, Polizzi's book, A Shore Thing, was released: it described her search for love on the boardwalk. Despite a promotional campaign that included appearances by Polizzi on The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman, the book was not a sales success, selling approximately 9,000 copies within its first month of release, during which it accumulated 16 one-star customer reviews on Amazon.com. One publishing executive said that the book sold poorly because "rather than a tell-all, it was disguised as a novel." In April 2011, Polizzi was paid $32,000 to speak at Rutgers University. Topics she spoke about included what being a celebrity is like, and also what she thinks is important in school, including the advice "Study hard, but party harder". Some students complained the school's money would've been better used on speakers other than Polizzi. Rutgers spokesman Steve Manas responded that the extension of the invitation to Polizzi was the result of canvassing by students who indicated who they wanted to invite. Over 1,000 people attended Polizzi's engagement. On October 25, 2011, Polizzi's second novel, Confessions of a Guidette was released with Gallery Books. The novel was marketed as a part-memoir, part-guide of how to "rock it Jersey-style." Polizzi's third novel, Gorilla Beach was released on May 15, 2012. The novel is a sequel to Polizzi's first novel, A Shore Thing. In January 2012, Polizzi's Team Snooki Boxing co-promoted a cooperative venture with Final Round Promotions, a boxing card at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, featuring Irish featherweight boxer Patrick Hyland fighting and winning in the main event before a capacity crowd. Patrick Hyland's two brothers Eddie and Paul, also boxers, appeared in preliminary bouts. The event attracted considerable publicity in the boxing press. In February 2013, Polizzi sold her customized 2011 Cadillac Escalade EXT on eBay for $77,510, earning her $15,000 more than what a standard 2011 Escalade EXT with similar mileage would cost. The pickup truck was customized with hot-pink grilles, wheels and badges, wrapped in black vinyl lizard skin, and leopard-print floor mats. On July 30, 2010, Polizzi was arrested in Seaside Heights, New Jersey for disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and criminal annoyance of others. In a September 8 plea bargain in which the latter two charges were dropped, Judge Damian G. Murray sentenced her to a $500 fine and community service. In handing down the sentence, he characterized Polizzi as "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe". Her arrest was taped during production of season three of Jersey Shore. On May 31, 2011 in Florence, Italy, Polizzi was briefly taken into custody by local police after the car she was driving collided with a parked traffic police car. According to Italian police, Polizzi was cited and released. Two police officers sustained minor injuries. In late 2011, Polizzi sued SRG Ventures, a licensing company she had signed with a year earlier to bring out Snooki-branded merchandise such as watches, shoes, lingerie and school supplies, for breach of contract. She alleged the company had failed to adequately seek such licensing opportunities. The company countersued, alleging she and her manager had undermined its efforts by negotiating directly with manufacturers and delaying their decisions.

James McClean

James McClean 2021-01-02T21:35:30Z James Joseph McClean (/məˈkleɪn/ mə-KLAYN; born 22 April 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team. He played with Trojans, Institute, his hometown club Derry City, and Sunderland before moving to Wigan Athletic in August 2013. He spent two seasons at Wigan, claiming their player of the year award in the latter, and then returned to the Premier League by joining West Bromwich Albion in June 2015. McClean spent three season with the Baggies before joining Stoke City in July 2018. McClean was born and brought up in Derry and played for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, but declined a call-up to the senior squad because he wanted to play for the Republic of Ireland. In February 2012, McClean received international clearance from FIFA which made him eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland, making his debut against the Czech Republic in the same month. He has since represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016. McClean grew up in the Creggan area of Derry and attended Holy Family Primary School and St. Peter's High School. He played Gaelic football with Seán Dolans GAC before concentrating on association football. McClean began his career at Institute, making one first team appearance as a substitute against Glentoran in the 2007–08 Irish Premier League season. Institute decided not to renew his contract in the summer of 2008. McClean made his League of Ireland debut for Derry City as a substitute for Kevin McHugh playing against Cork City at Turner's Cross on 8 September 2008. In his first full season with Derry in the 2009 season the club suffered serious financial problems and the players went weeks without payment. During this period in November 2009 McClean held talks with English League Two side Lincoln City, but this did not result in a contract, after McClean felt homesick. Derry finished the season in 4th place but were expelled by the FAI due to breaking regulations by holding secondary, unofficial contracts with players. They were invited to join the League of Ireland First Division. In December 2009 McClean was one of the first four players to sign for the new Derry City, along with David McDaid, and the McEleney brothers — Shane and Patrick. McClean scored eight goals in 33 appearances in the 2010 season helping Derry return to the top-flight. McClean began to attract more interest from English clubs in the 2011 season with Peterborough United making some unsuccessful bids. He also attracted interest from Everton. In August 2011 Derry accepted an offer from Sunderland for McClean. McClean joined Sunderland on 9 August 2011 for a fee of £350,000, signing a three-year contract. Upon signing McClean, manager Steve Bruce indicated that he was "one for the future", and also hinted that he would be in the reserve team until Christmas. His form in the development squad was capped by a reserve-debut goal in a 4–3 win over Tyne–Wear derby rivals Newcastle United, earning him a place on the Sunderland bench. Despite never making an appearance under Bruce, he made his debut for the first team in Martin O'Neill's first game in charge on 11 December, a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers and was credited for the comeback which saw his side overturn a 1–0 deficit, after coming on as a substitute for Jack Colback in the second half. McClean made his first start for Sunderland in their 1–0 victory over Manchester City on 1 January 2012, and scored his first senior goal for the Black Cats in a 4–1 win against Wigan Athletic two days later; on 8 January, he scored and assisted Sebastian Larsson in a 2–0 win at Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup. McClean provided the assist for Stéphane Sessègnon's opening goal in Sunderland's 2–0 victory over Swansea City on 21 January, and got another assist in the equalising goal for Fraizer Campbell in the next round of the cup against Middlesbrough on 29 January. Ahead of the replay for that fixture, Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray used McClean as an example for young players to follow. McClean turned provider again in Sunderland's 3–0 victory over Norwich City, assisting Sessègnon's goal, then scored the only goal in a win over Stoke City on 4 February in snowy conditions at the Britannia Stadium. A week later, he opened the scoring in Sunderland's 2–1 home loss to Arsenal after Per Mertesacker injured himself. On 23 March, Sunderland announced that McClean had signed a new contract intended to force him to stay at the club until the summer of 2015. A day later, he helped them to a 3–1 victory over relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers by assisting the opening goal for Nicklas Bendtner and later scoring by himself. McClean won Sunderland's Young Player of the Year Award, at the end of the 2011–12 season. In August 2012, McClean scored his first two goals of the 2012–13 in the second round of the League Cup against Morecambe. He also scored in the third round as well, scoring in the 82nd minute away at Milton Keynes Dons. He scored his first Premier League goal of the season in a 3–0 home defeat of Reading on 11 December, exactly twelve months to the day that he made his Sunderland debut. McClean fell out of favour with the Sunderland supporters after he refused to wear a poppy which led to his departure in August 2013. Speaking in 2015 McClean says he was 'hung out to dry' by Sunderland. McClean signed for Championship club Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract on 8 August 2013. Three days later he made his debut in the 2013 FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, starting in a 2–0 loss to Manchester United. He scored his first goal for Wigan on 26 January 2014 in the FA Cup fourth round, a winner in a 2–1 victory against Crystal Palace. He had scored on 18 December against Sheffield Wednesday, but that match was abandoned in heavy rain and his goal was struck from the records; it was the only goal of the game by the 59th minute in which it was called off. McClean played in 49 matches in 2013–14, scoring four goals as Wigan reached the Championship play-offs where they lost 2–1 to Queens Park Rangers. The 2014–15 was a poor one for the Latics as they finished in 23rd place were relegated to League One. Turning down a move to New York Red Bulls, on 22 June 2015 McClean signed for West Bromwich Albion on a three-year deal for a fee believed to be around £1.5 million. In July, on the team's tour of the United States, he turned his back on the Flag of England while the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" was played before a match against the Charleston Battery, which resulted in a verbal warning from manager Tony Pulis. He made his competitive debut on 10 August as West Brom began the season against Manchester City at The Hawthorns. Booed by his team's own fans whenever he touched the ball, he was replaced by Claudio Yacob at half-time, as his team lost 3–0. On 17 October, after a 1–0 home win over his former team Sunderland, he taunted the visiting fans, leading to confrontations between both sets of players; he was given a warning by the FA over his conduct. He scored his first goal for the Baggies on 5 December, a 39th-minute headed equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Two weeks later, he was sent off in the first half of a 2–1 home loss to Bournemouth for a challenge on Adam Smith; teammate Salomón Rondón was also dismissed in added time. He played in 42 matches in 2015–16 as West Brom finished in 14th position. He scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season in the EFL Cup against Northampton Town. His first league goal of the season came in a 4–2 win over West Ham United on 17 September 2016. He was given an improved contract extension until 2019, with the option of a further year. Tony Pulis said: "James thoroughly deserves this and has worked hard to achieve it." He angered Watford captain Troy Deeney with his tackling in a 3–1 win on 3 December 2016. He played 42 times as the Baggies finished in 10th. The 2017–18 season was an unsettled one for West Brom as they went through four managers Tony Pulis, Gary Megson, Alan Pardew and Darren Moore. Albion were rock bottom of the Premier League nearly all season and despite a late resurgence they were relegated to the Championship. McClean joined Stoke City in July 2018 on a four-year contract for a fee of £5 million. McClean made his Stoke debut on 5 August 2018 against Leeds United. He scored his first goal for Stoke on 25 August 2018 in a 2–0 win against Hull City. In September 2018 McClean suffered a broken arm whilst on international duty with Ireland. McClean played 45 times in 2018–19, scoring three goals as Stoke finished in 16th place. McClean began the 2019–20 season playing as a makeshift left-back as Nathan Jones attempted to implement his preferred diamond formation. It did not work as Stoke had a poor start to the season, failing to win any of their first ten matches and Jones was replaced by Michael O'Neill in November who played McClean in his natural left-wing position. McClean became a key player under O'Neill and his form helped the team pick up results to move out of the relegation zone. He ended the campaign with seven goals from 37 appearances as Stoke avoided relegation and finished in 15th position. Following the end of the season he was voted Player of the Year by supporters. McClean had represented Northern Ireland at a number of junior levels, but ultimately opted to represent the Republic of Ireland at senior level. McClean was part of the Northern Ireland team that won the 2008 Milk Cup and scored in the opening game in a 3–1 win against the US. He has also represented Northern Ireland seven times at Under 21 level. On 26 July 2011 he was called up to the Northern Ireland senior squad for the match against the Faroe Islands on 10 August 2011. McClean decided to wait for selection by the Republic of Ireland and therefore pulled out of the Northern Ireland squad. In January 2012 he again confirmed he would not be reconsidering his decision although Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill had been in contact with him. McClean's success in the Premier League saw increasing calls for Giovanni Trapattoni to select him for the Republic of Ireland, with Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill saying after McClean's winning goal at Stoke: "I think he's more than capable of going to Euro 2012 ... Hopefully he's making such an impact he'll be watched by someone in the Ireland camp, even if it's not Trapattoni. They couldn't fail to be impressed." McClean received international clearance to play for the Republic of Ireland on 9 February. However, he was not included in the squad for the match against the Czech Republic which was announced the next day, though he was added to the squad on 20 February after success against Arsenal in the FA Cup Fifth Round Proper. McClean made his international debut on 29 February 2012, coming on in the 78th minute for Aiden McGeady in a friendly against the Czech Republic at the Aviva Stadium. On 7 May 2012, manager Giovanni Trapattoni confirmed that McClean was part of the Irish UEFA Euro 2012 squad. He then received sectarian abuse and death threats via Twitter. McClean was quoted saying, "You are looking around as a Catholic and seeing all the Union Jacks and listening to the fans' songs and I just didn't feel at home at all." On 26 May 2012, McClean made his first senior international start against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final home friendly ahead of UEFA Euro 2012, playing on the left flank. On 10 June 2012, the date of Ireland's first UEFA Euro 2012 match in Poland, McClean was left on the bench; the game ended in a 3–1 defeat to Croatia. Two days before Ireland's next match on 14 June 2012, Ireland manager Trapattoni hinted that McClean would not feature in that game against world champions Spain. After much public urging for Trapattoni to make use of McClean's talents to recover Ireland's progress in the European Championship, Trapattoni claimed that "His time would come in the future". However, on 14 June 2012, McClean appeared as a substitute against Spain, coming on in the 76th minute in Gdańsk, Poland. On 7 September 2012, after being left on the bench during Ireland's 2–1 victory over Kazakhstan in a World Cup 2014 qualifier, McClean used Twitter to criticise Trapattoni. The tweet, and McClean's account, were subsequently deleted and the winger was forced to apologise to teammates. On 11 June 2014, McClean scored his first international goal in the 5–1 defeat by Portugal in the MetLife Stadium during Ireland's US tour. On 11 October McClean made his first appearance of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign against Gibraltar, scoring a brace in a 7–0 win in the Aviva Stadium. On 29 March 2016, he scored his first ever professional penalty, helping Ireland to a 2–2 draw in a friendly against Slovakia. On 9 October 2017, he scored the only goal of a win away to Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, putting the Irish into the playoffs. On 16 November 2020, the Football Association of Ireland announced that Doherty had tested positive for COVID-19, whilst with the squad on international break. Since his Premier League breakthrough in 2012, McClean has been both condemned and supported for his ongoing refusal to wear football shirts bearing the symbol of the remembrance poppy when playing games on or around Remembrance Day (11 November) or Remembrance Sunday (the nearest Sunday), leading to his being named by the BBC in 2015 as the main example for one of the "Five reasons people don't wear poppies". The special shirts, usually auctioned, are part of the annual Poppy Appeal organised by the Royal British Legion, with all Premier League club shirts displaying poppies in various forms since 2010. McClean states his objection derives from his affinity with Derry and to the role of the British Army in The Troubles. He grew up on the Creggan estate, where six of the men shot dead on Bloody Sunday in 1972 came from. He stated he would wear the poppy if it were restricted to honouring only soldiers who died in the World Wars, many of whom, particularly during World War I, were Irish, and has insisted his position is one of peace, and not any kind of wider political, religious or anti-British point. The Legion opposes compelling people to wear the poppy, seeing such a stance as going against everything the poppy symbolises. For his stances, McClean has been booed by supporters of opposition clubs as well as some of his own club's supporters. After the first refusal, McClean was subjected to sectarian abuse and loyalist threats, including death threats. Various players, such as David Meyler and Jamie Devitt (both Irish citizens) and managers (including Trapattoni), have voiced support for his decision as a personal issue of conscience. The first instance occurred on 10 November 2012, with McClean wearing a plain Sunderland shirt during their match against Everton. McClean donated his unadorned shirt, signed, to a charity auction in aid of a Dublin-based children's charity. On 26 July 2012, McClean was caught speeding in his Land Rover at 95 mph on the M2 motorway in County Antrim, which he was not permitted to drive on as he held a provisional learner's driving licence rather than a full licence. He was further charged for being an unaccompanied learner driver and not displaying "L" plates on his car. He admitted all charges, and in April 2013 was tried in absentia at Antrim Magistrates' Court and fined £700. In November 2015, McClean was found guilty of a traffic-related offence, and as he already had six points on his licence, was banned from driving for six months, in addition to a fine. McClean has made a number of charitable donations to the less fortunate in society. He made a significant donation to homeless people at the Wells and Foyle Valley House in Derry. He donated £1,500 for a custom hand cycle bike help a child who was suffering from Spina Bifida. He made another significant donation to the Wells facility in the Bogside, for up to 24 men who have alcohol problems. He paid £1,750 for a new mobile home after hearing about a pregnant homeless woman's struggles on social media. He donated £1000 to help pay for specialist proton therapy in Florida for a four-year-old child suffering from cancer. He donated €1,200 to help pay for the funeral of a two-year-old boy who was struck by a car. In December 2016 he set up a new clothing line with proceeds going to help homeless residents of his native Derry. He donated £500 to an online fund set up to support the family of a missing Derry man. Derry City Northern Ireland Individual, James McClean 2022-12-05T18:41:55Z James Joseph McClean (/məˈkleɪn/ mə-KLAYN; born 22 April 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Wigan Athletic and the Republic of Ireland national team. McClean played with Trojans, Institute, his hometown club Derry City, and Sunderland before moving to Wigan Athletic in August 2013. He spent two seasons at Wigan, claiming their player of the year award in the latter, and then returned to the Premier League by joining West Bromwich Albion in June 2015. McClean spent three season with the Baggies before joining Stoke City in July 2018. McClean re-signed for Wigan Athletic in August 2021. McClean was born and brought up in Derry and played for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, but declined a call-up to the senior squad because he wanted to play for the Republic of Ireland. In February 2012, McClean received international clearance from FIFA which made him eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland, making his debut against the Czech Republic in the same month. He has since represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016. McClean grew up in the Creggan area of Derry and attended Holy Family Primary School and St. Peter's High School. He played Gaelic football with Seán Dolans GAC before concentrating on association football. McClean began his career at Institute, making one first team appearance as a substitute against Glentoran in the 2007–08 Irish Premier League season. Institute decided not to renew his contract in the summer of 2008. McClean made his Derry City first team debut on 1 July 2008 in a League Cup tie at home to Bohemians, opening the scoring in a 4–1 win. He made his League of Ireland debut for Derry City as a substitute for Kevin McHugh playing against Cork City at Turner's Cross on 8 September 2008. In his first full season with Derry in the 2009 season the club suffered serious financial problems and the players went weeks without payment. During this period in November 2009 McClean held talks with English League Two side Lincoln City, but this did not result in a contract, after McClean felt homesick. Derry finished the season in 4th place but were expelled by the FAI due to breaking regulations by holding secondary, unofficial contracts with players. They were invited to join the League of Ireland First Division. In December 2009 McClean was one of the first four players to sign for the new Derry City, along with David McDaid, and the McEleney brothers — Shane and Patrick. McClean scored eight goals in 33 appearances in the 2010 season helping Derry return to the top-flight. McClean began to attract more interest from English clubs in the 2011 season with Peterborough United making some unsuccessful bids. He also attracted interest from Everton. In August 2011 Derry accepted an offer from Sunderland for McClean. McClean joined Sunderland on 9 August 2011 for a fee of £350,000, signing a three-year contract. Upon signing McClean, manager Steve Bruce indicated that he was "one for the future", and also hinted that he would be in the reserve team until Christmas. His form in the development squad was capped by a reserve-debut goal in a 4–3 win over Tyne–Wear derby rivals Newcastle United, earning him a place on the Sunderland bench. Despite never making an appearance under Bruce, he made his debut for the first team in Martin O'Neill's first game in charge on 11 December, a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers and was credited for the comeback which saw his side overturn a 1–0 deficit, after coming on as a substitute for Jack Colback in the second half. McClean made his first start for Sunderland in their 1–0 victory over Manchester City on 1 January 2012, and scored his first senior goal for the Black Cats in a 4–1 win against Wigan Athletic two days later; on 8 January, he scored and assisted Sebastian Larsson in a 2–0 win at Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup. McClean provided the assist for Stéphane Sessègnon's opening goal in Sunderland's 2–0 victory over Swansea City on 21 January, and got another assist in the equalising goal for Fraizer Campbell in the next round of the cup against Middlesbrough on 29 January. Ahead of the replay for that fixture, Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray used McClean as an example for young players to follow. McClean turned provider again in Sunderland's 3–0 victory over Norwich City, assisting Sessègnon's goal, then scored the only goal in a win over Stoke City on 4 February in snowy conditions at the Britannia Stadium. A week later, he opened the scoring in Sunderland's 2–1 home loss to Arsenal after Per Mertesacker injured himself. On 23 March, Sunderland announced that McClean had signed a new contract intended to force him to stay at the club until the summer of 2015. A day later, he helped them to a 3–1 victory over relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers by assisting the opening goal for Nicklas Bendtner and later scoring by himself. McClean won Sunderland's Young Player of the Year Award, at the end of the 2011–12 season. In August 2012, McClean scored his first two goals of the 2012–13 in the second round of the League Cup against Morecambe. He also scored in the third round as well, scoring in the 82nd minute away at Milton Keynes Dons. He scored his first Premier League goal of the season in a 3–0 home defeat of Reading on 11 December, exactly twelve months to the day that he made his Sunderland debut. McClean fell out of favour with the Sunderland supporters after he refused to wear a poppy which led to his departure in August 2013. Speaking in 2015 McClean says he was 'hung out to dry' by Sunderland. McClean signed for Championship club Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract on 8 August 2013. Three days later he made his debut in the 2013 FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium, starting in a 2–0 loss to Manchester United. He scored his first goal for Wigan on 26 January 2014 in the FA Cup fourth round, a winner in a 2–1 victory against Crystal Palace. He had scored on 18 December against Sheffield Wednesday, but that match was abandoned in heavy rain and his goal was struck from the records; it was the only goal of the game by the 59th minute in which it was called off. McClean played in 49 matches in 2013–14, scoring four goals as Wigan reached the Championship play-offs where they lost 2–1 to Queens Park Rangers. The 2014–15 was a poor one for the Latics as they finished in 23rd place were relegated to League One. Turning down a move to New York Red Bulls, on 22 June 2015 McClean signed for West Bromwich Albion on a three-year deal for a fee believed to be around £1.5 million. In July, on the team's tour of the United States, he turned his back on the Flag of England while the British national anthem "God Save the Queen" was played before a match against the Charleston Battery, which resulted in a verbal warning from manager Tony Pulis. He made his competitive debut on 10 August as West Brom began the season against Manchester City at The Hawthorns. Booed by his team's own fans whenever he touched the ball, he was replaced by Claudio Yacob at half-time, as his team lost 3–0. On 17 October, after a 1–0 home win over his former team Sunderland, he taunted the visiting fans, leading to confrontations between both sets of players; he was given a warning by the FA over his conduct. He scored his first goal for the Baggies on 5 December, a 39th-minute headed equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Two weeks later, he was sent off in the first half of a 2–1 home loss to Bournemouth for a challenge on Adam Smith; teammate Salomón Rondón was also dismissed in added time. He played in 42 matches in 2015–16 as West Brom finished in 14th position. He scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season in the EFL Cup against Northampton Town. His first league goal of the season came in a 4–2 win over West Ham United on 17 September 2016. He was given an improved contract extension until 2019, with the option of a further year. Tony Pulis said: "James thoroughly deserves this and has worked hard to achieve it." He angered Watford captain Troy Deeney with his tackling in a 3–1 win on 3 December 2016. He played 42 times as the Baggies finished in 10th. The 2017–18 season was an unsettled one for West Brom as they went through four managers Tony Pulis, Gary Megson, Alan Pardew and Darren Moore. Albion were rock bottom of the Premier League nearly all season and despite a late resurgence they were relegated to the Championship. McClean joined Stoke City in July 2018 on a four-year contract for a fee of £5 million. McClean made his Stoke debut on 5 August 2018 against Leeds United. He scored his first goal for Stoke on 25 August 2018 in a 2–0 win against Hull City. In September 2018 McClean suffered a broken arm whilst on international duty with Ireland. McClean played 45 times in 2018–19, scoring three goals as Stoke finished in 16th place. McClean began the 2019–20 season playing as a makeshift left-back as Nathan Jones attempted to implement his preferred diamond formation. It did not work as Stoke had a poor start to the season, failing to win any of their first ten matches and Jones was replaced by Michael O'Neill in November who played McClean in his natural left-wing position. McClean became a key player under O'Neill and his form helped the team pick up results to move out of the relegation zone. He ended the campaign with seven goals from 37 appearances as Stoke avoided relegation and finished in 15th position. Following the end of the season he was voted Player of the Year by supporters. In the 2020–21 season, McClean made 29 appearances, scoring two goals as Stoke finished in 14th position. During the season McClean had disciplinary problems as he breached Covid-19 protocols by going to a gym during lockdown. He also angered O'Neill in March 2021 after he played for Ireland despite recovering from a foot injury. On 17 August 2021 McClean re-joined Wigan Athletic on a one-year contract. McClean claimed he turned down Bolton Wanderers in order to sign for Wigan however Bolton Manager Ian Evatt stated this was false, Bolton had no interest in signing McClean, and McClean's agent had rung daily for three weeks begging Bolton to give him a contract. On 16 October he scored twice in a 4–0 win against Bolton with the match nearly being abandoned after he scored when Bolton fans threw bottles and other objects at him, followed by Wigan fans ripping down advertising boards, the match stopping for more than 10 minutes as police dealt with the situation. Having been promoted as Champions, McClean signed a new one-year contract extension at the end of the 2021–22 season. His first goal of the new season came on 6 August 2022, in a 1–1 draw away to Norwich City at Carrow Road. McClean had represented Northern Ireland at a number of junior levels, but ultimately opted to represent the Republic of Ireland at senior level. McClean was part of the Northern Ireland team that won the 2008 Milk Cup and scored in the opening game in a 3–1 win against the US. He has also represented Northern Ireland seven times at Under 21 level. On 26 July 2011 he was called up to the Northern Ireland senior squad for the match against the Faroe Islands on 10 August 2011. McClean decided to wait for selection by the Republic of Ireland and therefore pulled out of the Northern Ireland squad. In January 2012 he again confirmed he would not be reconsidering his decision although Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill had been in contact with him. McClean's success in the Premier League saw increasing calls for Giovanni Trapattoni to select him for the Republic of Ireland, with Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill saying after McClean's winning goal at Stoke: "I think he's more than capable of going to Euro 2012 ... Hopefully he's making such an impact he'll be watched by someone in the Ireland camp, even if it's not Trapattoni. They couldn't fail to be impressed." McClean received international clearance to play for the Republic of Ireland on 9 February. However, he was not included in the squad for the match against the Czech Republic which was announced the next day, though he was added to the squad on 20 February after success against Arsenal in the FA Cup Fifth Round Proper. McClean made his international debut on 29 February 2012, coming on in the 78th minute for Aiden McGeady in a friendly against the Czech Republic at the Aviva Stadium. On 7 May 2012, manager Giovanni Trapattoni confirmed that McClean was part of the Irish UEFA Euro 2012 squad. He then received sectarian abuse and death threats via Twitter. McClean was quoted saying, "You are looking around as a Catholic and seeing all the Union Jacks and listening to the fans' songs and I just didn't feel at home at all." On 26 May 2012, McClean made his first senior international start against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final home friendly ahead of UEFA Euro 2012, playing on the left flank. On 10 June 2012, the date of Ireland's first UEFA Euro 2012 match in Poland, McClean was left on the bench; the game ended in a 3–1 defeat to Croatia. Two days before Ireland's next match on 14 June 2012, Ireland manager Trapattoni hinted that McClean would not feature in that game against world champions Spain. After much public urging for Trapattoni to make use of McClean's talents to recover Ireland's progress in the European Championship, Trapattoni claimed that "His time would come in the future". However, on 14 June 2012, McClean appeared as a substitute against Spain, coming on in the 76th minute in Gdańsk, Poland. On 7 September 2012, after being left on the bench during Ireland's 2–1 victory over Kazakhstan in a World Cup 2014 qualifier, McClean used Twitter to criticise Trapattoni. The tweet, and McClean's account, were subsequently deleted and the winger was forced to apologise to teammates. On 11 June 2014, McClean scored his first international goal in the 5–1 defeat by Portugal in the MetLife Stadium during Ireland's US tour. On 11 October McClean made his first appearance of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign against Gibraltar, scoring a brace in a 7–0 win in the Aviva Stadium. On 29 March 2016, he scored his first ever professional penalty, helping Ireland to a 2–2 draw in a friendly against Slovakia. On 9 October 2017, he scored the only goal of a win away to Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, putting the Irish into the playoffs. On 16 November 2020, the Football Association of Ireland announced that McClean had tested positive for COVID-19 after playing a full game against Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium. The announcement also included Matt Doherty's positive result. On 14 June 2022, on his 94th cap for Ireland, he captained his country for the first time, in a 1–1 draw with Ukraine in a UEFA Nations League game at the LKS Stadium in Poland. McClean began a relationship with Erin Connor in 2010. They married in 2016, in their hometown of Derry. As of July 2022, they are expecting their fourth child. In 2013, McClean, of Sunderland at the time, attracted criticism when he wrote a tweet naming "The Broad Black Brimmer" as his favorite song by The Wolfe Tones. The song is associated with physical force Irish republicanism. As a result of his tweet, his club manager, Martin O'Neill, advised him to stop using Twitter. Since his move to English football in 2012, McClean and his family have received anti-Irish abuse, both in person and on social media. Since his Premier League breakthrough in 2012, McClean has been both condemned and supported for his ongoing refusal to wear football shirts bearing the symbol of the remembrance poppy when playing games on or around Remembrance Day (11 November) or Remembrance Sunday (the nearest Sunday), leading to his being named by the BBC in 2015 as the main example for one of the "Five reasons people don't wear poppies". The special shirts, usually auctioned, are part of the annual Poppy Appeal organised by the Royal British Legion, with all Premier League club shirts displaying poppies in various forms since 2010. McClean states his objection derives from his affinity with Derry and to the role of the British Army in The Troubles. He grew up on the Creggan estate, where six of the men shot dead on Bloody Sunday in 1972 came from. He stated he would wear the poppy if it were restricted to honouring only soldiers who died in the World Wars, many of whom, particularly during World War I, were Irish, and has insisted his position is one of peace, and not any kind of wider political, religious or anti-British point. The Legion opposes compelling people to wear the poppy, seeing such a stance as going against everything the poppy symbolises. For his stances, McClean has been booed by supporters of opposition clubs as well as some of his own club's supporters. After the first refusal, McClean was subjected to sectarian abuse and loyalist threats, including death threats. Various players, such as David Meyler and Jamie Devitt (both Irish citizens) and managers (including Trapattoni), have voiced support for his decision as a personal issue of conscience. The first instance occurred on 10 November 2012, with McClean wearing a plain Sunderland shirt during their match against Everton. McClean donated his unadorned shirt, signed, to a charity auction in aid of a Dublin-based children's charity. McClean has made a number of charitable donations. He made a significant donation to homeless people at the Wells and Foyle Valley House in Derry. He donated £1,500 for a custom hand cycle bike to help a child who was suffering from Spina Bifida. He made another significant donation to the Wells facility in the Bogside, for up to 24 men who have alcohol problems. He paid £1,750 for a new mobile home after hearing about a pregnant homeless woman's struggles on social media. He donated £1,000 to help pay for specialist proton therapy in Florida for a four-year-old child suffering from cancer. He donated €1,200 to help pay for the funeral of a two-year-old boy who was struck by a car. In December 2016 he set up a new clothing line with proceeds going to help homeless residents of his native Derry. He donated £500 to an online fund set up to support the family of a missing Derry man. Derry City Wigan Athletic Individual

Fender_Jeff_Beck_Stratocaster

Fender_Jeff_Beck_Stratocaster 2008-04-05T05:38:42Z The Jeff Beck Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments for British rock guitarist Jeff Beck. This Artist Signature guitar was introduced in 1991 and upgraded ten years later. The Custom Shop version has been introduced in 2004, available in Olympic White and Surf Green finishes. The Jeff Beck model features an alder body, a thinner C-shape maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 22 medium-jumbo frets, LSR Roller Nut, Schaller locking machine heads, an American 2-point synchronized vibrato and a contoured heel for easier access to the higher registers. For electronics, this guitar sports a trio of dual-coil Ceramic Vintage Noiseless pickups and 5-way pickup switching. Other refinements include aged plastic parts, 3-ply parchment pickguard and chrome hardware. Guitars produced before 2001 were based on the Plus Series models of 1987. They featured a deep '50s U-shape maple neck, 3-ply white pickguard, Gold Lace Sensor pickups in a humbucking/single-coil/single-coil configuration (two Lace Sensor single-coils in the neck and middle positions and a humbucking Lace Sensor Dually in the bridge), a TBX tone circuit affecting the middle and bridge pickups and a mini coil-split push-push button for the bridge-position humbucking pickup. These early 1990s Jeff Beck Stratocasters were finished in Seafoam Green, Vintage White and Midnight Purple. , Fender_Jeff_Beck_Stratocaster 2009-07-01T08:20:10Z The Jeff Beck Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments for British rock guitarist Jeff Beck. This Artist Signature guitar was introduced in 1991 and upgraded ten years later. The Custom Shop version has been introduced in 2004, available in Olympic White and Surf Green finishes. The Jeff Beck model features an alder body finished in polyurethane or "Thinskin" nitrocellulose lacquer, a thinner C-shape maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 22 medium-jumbo frets, LSR Roller Nut, Schaller locking machine heads (Sperzel TrimLok staggered on the Custom Artist version), an American 2-point synchronized vibrato and a contoured heel for easier access to the higher registers. For electronics, this guitar sports a trio of dual-coil Ceramic Hot Noiseless pickups and 5-way pickup switching. Other refinements include aged plastic parts, 3-ply parchment pickguard and chrome hardware. Guitars produced before 2001 were based on the Plus Series models of 1987, featuring a deep '50s U-shape maple neck, 3-ply white pickguard, Gold Lace Sensor pickups in a humbucking/single-coil/single-coil configuration (two Lace Sensor single-coils in the neck and middle positions and a humbucking Lace Sensor Dually in the bridge), a TBX tone circuit affecting the middle and bridge pickups and a mini coil-split push-push button for the bridge-position humbucking pickup. These early 1990s Jeff Beck Stratocasters were finished in Seafoam Green, Vintage White, Black Sparkle and Midnight Purple.

Robbie_Williamson

Robbie_Williamson 2008-08-20T12:32:53Z Robbie Williamson (born 25 April) 1969 is a retired footballer and current manager of Elgin City. Williamson played in midfield for Ross County for most of his professional career. Williamson's playing career began with Clach and as a youngster he was snapped up by Rangers, only to return to Inverness homesick. He joined Ross County, and when they were accepted into the Scottish Football League in 1994 he spent five seasons in the Scottish Third Division as they eventually won the title in his final year. A leg break ended his playing days and he enjoyed his Ross County testimonial at Victoria Park against Gordon Strachan's Coventry City. His managerial career began at Highland League outfit Clach where he led them to the Highland League title in 2003-04 - their first championship since season 1974-75. This achievement was largely overlooked in Inverness because of the success of their other club Caley Thistle in securing promotion to the Scottish Premier League in the same season. On leaving Clach, and not wanting to manage another Highland League club, he then went on to become manager of Third Division side Elgin City. He took over at Borough Briggs in January 2007 following the departure of Brian Irvine. In the 2007-2008 season, Williamson changed the fortunes of an Elgin side, who not long before, had been languished at the bottom of the Scottish Third Division. Elgin narrowly missed out on a play-off place on the last day of the season. They were described as the best football playing team in the division. Williamson was awarded with 2nd place in the Scottish Third Division Manager of the Year awards, behind the league champions East Fife F. C. 's manager, Dave Baikie. Template:Scotland-footybio-stub, Robbie_Williamson 2009-11-08T20:06:38Z Robert "Robbie" Williamson (born 25 April 1969) is a Scottish former footballer, and former manager of Scottish League Third Division club Elgin City. Williamson played in midfield for Ross County for most of his professional career. Williamson was born in Inverness and began his playing career with local Highland League club Clachnacuddin. As a youngster he joined Rangers, only to return to Inverness homesick. He joined Ross County, and was with the club when they were accepted into the Scottish Football League in 1994. Williamson spent five seasons playing for County in the Third Division, eventually winning the league title and promotion in his final year. A leg break ended his playing career, and he was awarded a testimonial by Ross County which saw Coventry City visit Victoria Park. Williamson's managerial career began at former club Clach, whom he led to the Highland League title in 2003–04 — their first championship since season 1974–75. In January 2007, Williamson became manager of Third Division side Elgin City, taking over at Borough Briggs following the departure of Brian Irvine. In the 2007–08 season Williamson changed the fortunes of an Elgin side, who not long before, had been languishing at the bottom of the Third Division. Elgin narrowly missed out on a play-off place on the last day of the season. Williamson was awarded with second place in the Scottish Third Division Manager of the Year awards, behind David Baikie of league champions East Fife. Williamson quit Elgin City before their game with Berwick Rangers on 20 December 2008. This biographical article related to a Scottish midfielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

The_Vibe_(album)

The_Vibe_(album) 2008-09-02T16:49:59Z The Vibe is Lexington Bridge's debut album. It was released on November 23, 2007 by Polydor Records. , The_Vibe_(album) 2009-11-10T17:23:29Z The Vibe is Lexington Bridge's debut album. It was released on November 23, 2007 by Polydor Records.

Nathan Delfouneso

Nathan Delfouneso 2007-06-13T17:18:30Z Nathan Delfouneso is a Centre-Forward currently playing for Aston Villayouth team. , Nathan Delfouneso 2008-12-29T19:08:28Z Nathan Delfouneso (born 2 February 1991 in Tyseley, Birmingham) is a professional footballer who plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League as a striker. Delfouneso - another locally-born product of the famed Aston Villa Academy - became a regular for both the club's reserve and academy teams in the 2006/07 season. He made his debut for the reserve team in March 2007, just a month after turning 16. In October 2007, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw with Reading. In February 2008, Delfouneso signed his first professional contract with Aston Villa, a few days after he was given the number 14 shirt for the first team. He also travelled with the squad for the game at Fulham, but missed out on the final 16. By the end of the 2007/08 season, Delfouneso had made 41 appearances for the Academy team, scoring 22 goals in the process. Delfouneso made his competitive first-team début in the away tie of the UEFA Cup second round match against Icelandic opponents FH Hafnarfjörður, as he came on as a substitute. He also came on the second leg at Villa Park. He made his first competitive start in a Uefa Cup tie against MSK Zilina, scoring with a stunning left-footed volley after just half an hour of his debut. He scored again in his second start on 17 December 2008, scoring a consolation goal away at Hamburger SV. On the 20th December 2008 Delfouneso also travelled to Upton Park for the game against West Ham and although he was an unused substitute, Villa won the game 1 - 0. Delfouneso has often been referred to as the young version of Gabriel Agbonlahor due to his electric pace On the international scene, Delfouneso first came to notice playing for the England U16 team - collecting eight caps and scoring three goals during this period, all three were scored in the 2006 Victory Shield. In October 2007, Delfouneso marked his debut for the England U17 team with a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Malta. As of August 2008, he has five caps to his name, scoring six goals. Aston Villa England

Nobuteru Taniguchi

Nobuteru Taniguchi 2006-01-14T17:00:11Z Nobuteru Taniguchi - born 18/5/1971, Hiroshima (Japanese 谷口信輝), nicknamed NOB (abbr. No One Better) or "The Pimp" as a reference to his Silvia which he is best known for. NOB first made his mark in professional motorsport in 2001 after years competing in one make series racing Celica and Vitz and partipicating in drift events. He competed in the national Super Taikyu series and the D1 Grand Prix which he would take the title that year and would compete in the JGTC first with RE Anemiya RX-7 which he still compete in all these of these series. Also he took park in the Nurburgring 24 hour and the Macau Grand Prix Guia Touring car race. He has since became one of the fan favourite drivers in Japan. He also test drive for HKS, in 2004, he drove the HKS Evo 7 and created a 54.37 sec time record in Tsukuba circuit(a circuit famous for it's complexity and lack of stright track). Mid way through the 2004 season of D1, NOB switched to a not yet ready altessa, and for the first few time, it had some technical problem which many argues that had cost him the championship that year. and in the 2005 season, the switch to a Altezza is proving to be a mistake for HKS and him. He also currently races an Advan Porsche 996 in the Super Taikyu series with Hot Version and Drift Tengoku co-presenter Manabu Orido, a Wed Sport/Bandoh Racing Celica in Super GT plus other various magazine run Time Attack events. He appeares in Video Option Drift Tengoku, Best Motoring, Rev Speed Video and Hot Version, Nobuteru Taniguchi 2007-11-19T01:44:06Z Nobuteru Taniguchi (谷口信輝, Taniguchi Nobuteru, born May 18, 1971, Hiroshima) is a Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" (abbr. No One Better) or "The Pimp" as a reference to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for. Taniguchi began his motorsport career when he was racing minibikes and won a Honda sponsored All Japan Mini Bike race, which took place at its Suzuka Circuit. Taniguchi would progress into four wheels and became interested in drifting when he acquired a Toyota AE86. He also worked at Takahiro Ueno’s car bodykit company, Car Make T&E to supplement his racing career whilst competing in carious one make series racing in Toyota Celica and Vitz and partipicating in drift events. In 1999, he came into the attention of HKS when he won a Suzuka Clubman Race in a Honda Civic sponsored by Bride. HKS signed him up as a test driver and as a sponsor, as well as sponsoring his S15 Silvia for drift events. Taniguchi competed in the national Super Taikyu series and the D1 Grand Prix which he would take the title that year and would compete in the JGTC first with RE Amemiya RX-7 which he still compete in all these of these series. Also he took part in the 24 Hour of Nürburgring and the Macau Grand Prix Guia Touring car race. He has since became one of the fan favourite drivers in Japan. He was also a test driver for HKS in 2004 and 2007 where he drove the HKS Time Attack Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 and nailed a 54.37 second lap time at Tsukuba Circuit(a circuit famous for its complexity and focus on cornering skills), and again in 2007, where he drove the all carbon fiber body HKS CT230R Mitsubishi Evolution and set the current Tsukuba Time Attack record of 53.589 seconds (video). Mid way through the 2004 season of D1, NOB switched to an Altezza which had not been properly setup and had shown some technical issues that many believe cost him the championship that year. During the 2005 season, the switch to Altezza was proving to be a mistake for HKS and NOB which lead them to quit the series at the end of the season. In all, Taniguchi has gone through four cars with HKS for D1, the RS1 Hyper Silvia S15 (Crashed by Keiichi Tsuchiya), and two RS2 Hyper Silvia S15s (One from HKS Power Japan, and the other from HKS Europe), and finally the Genki RP Altezza, which was designed without experimental/prototype HKS parts, for the purpose that a private drifter could copy the car. His recent drift car is a Toyota Aristo (Lexus GS300 in US). Taniguchi had the most wins in D1 Grand Prix until his tally was overtaken by Youichi Imamura in 2005. He also currently races an Advan Porsche 996 in the Super Taikyu series with Hot Version and Drift Tengoku co-presenter Manabu Orido, a Wed Sport/Bandoh Racing Celica in Super GT plus other various magazine run Time Attack events. He appears in Video Option Drift Tengoku, Best Motoring, Rev Speed Video and Hot Version, he now lives in an apartment in Yokohama opposite his friend and former employer Ueno. As of 2007, he currently competes in the Super GT series in a Porsche 911 GT3 for Team Taisan. (key)

Jeff Bergman

Jeff Bergman 2021-01-01T01:17:02Z Jeffrey Allen Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor, comedian and impressionist who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera characters. Bergman was the first to replace Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny and several other Warner Bros. cartoon characters following Blanc's death in 1989. Bergman alternated with Joe Alaskey and Greg Burson before their respective deaths, and with Eric Bauza, in voicing several of Blanc's characters for various Warner Bros. Animation productions. Bergman was born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1960. Throughout his early childhood, he impersonated several celebrities and cartoon characters, his first impression being comic influence Ed Sullivan at the age of 6. At the age of 15, Bergman began doing impressions of various Looney Tunes characters. He studied theater and communications at the University of Pittsburgh where he first did voice work when he got involved with a student-run radio station and interned at KQV and WDVE radio stations in Pittsburgh. While there, he made his first demo reel and was profiled in a story on KDKA-TV's Evening Magazine. The story was picked up on similar TV news magazines shows and helped land him his representation with William Morris Agency following his graduation from Pitt in 1983. During his time at Pitt, he encountered voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc, who was best known for voicing groundbreaking animated characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Tweety, and Barney Rubble. They met in Blanc's hotel room in 1981, where Bergman voiced Blanc's characters for him, earning himself a 45-minute session. Bergman credits Blanc with helping him gain his diploma two years later. Bergman voiced the Pillsbury Doughboy following Paul Frees' death in 1986 to 2013. Bergman's work with Warner Bros. began in 1986, recording voices for The Bugs Bunny Show. After being rebuffed several times by Warner Bros. directors, he recorded a tape of himself as several of Blanc's characters, including Bugs Bunny. He took the tape to the production company and used a switch to toggle back and forth between his work and the original Mel Blanc recording. The producers were unable to tell the difference between the voices, and Bergman, at the age of 29, became the first performer to provide the voice of Bugs Bunny after Mel Blanc died on July 10, 1989 – Bergman's 29th birthday. His first performance as Bugs Bunny, as well as those of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, was in the 1990 animated short Box-Office Bunny, Bugs's first in over 25 years. Bergman later voiced Bugs and Daffy again in the 1990 TV specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and The Earth Day Special (also voicing Tweety Bird and Porky Pig in the latter). He voiced Bugs, Daffy, Elmer and Yosemite Sam in the 1991 short (Blooper) Bunny, as well as several characters (including Sylvester the Cat and Foghorn Leghorn) in animated TV specials and newer animated series' such as Taz-Mania, Tiny Toon Adventures and The Plucky Duck Show. He also lent his voice to Bugs, Daffy and Porky in the animated sequences of Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Outside of Looney Tunes, Bergman also voiced George Jetson in the theme park attraction The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Bergman later conceded that he had begun promoting himself as the new official voice of the Looney Tunes characters. Warner Bros. took exception to this and, to avoid repeating the stranglehold of Mel Blanc's exclusivity, began using other voice actors such as Joe Alaskey (who was the first person to replace Blanc as the voice of Yosemite Sam in Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988), Greg Burson and Billy West. Throughout the 2000s, Bergman kept himself busy by voicing various Hanna-Barbera characters, namely Fred Flintstone, in newer specials such as The Flintstones: On the Rocks, only rarely returning to the voices of the Looney Tunes in times when Alaskey and West were not available. In 2003, he voiced Bugs in a sketch on the NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live. Eventually, after almost 20 years, and after sporadically appearing as the Looney Tunes characters for nearly two decades, he returned as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, Pepé Le Pew and Tweety in 2011's The Looney Tunes Show. He also returned for the 2015 series New Looney Tunes, voicing Bugs, Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd, as well as other minor characters such as Michigan J. Frog. He also voices some characters in Looney Tunes Cartoons; Eric Bauza voices Bugs and Daffy for that series, with Bergman handling Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd. Bergman also voiced George Jetson and Mr. Spacely in Jetsons: The Movie when their previous voice actors George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc both died during production – he had been working at his local radio in Pennsylvania when he received the call to travel to California and complete the dialogue. Bergman is a recurring cast member on Family Guy, usually voicing Fred Flintstone and Sylvester the Cat, as well as The Cleveland Show and American Dad! . He also gave a voice sample for a character in the 2011 Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. From 2000 until 2015, Bergman was also the voice of Turner Broadcasting's Boomerang (TV network). Bergman had a recurring role as a radio intern Gus Kahana on the AMC comedy-drama Remember WENN, which aired in the late 1990s. He also voiced Zap in Skylanders: Giants, Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team, Skylanders: SuperChargers, and Skylanders: Imaginators. , Jeff Bergman 2022-12-22T17:41:39Z Jeffrey Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor and impressionist who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. Bergman was the first to replace Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny and several other Warner Bros. cartoon characters following Blanc's death in 1989. Bergman shared the roles of Blanc's characters with Greg Burson and Joe Alaskey before their respective deaths in 2008 and 2016, as well as Bob Bergen, Billy West, Jim Cummings, Maurice LaMarche, Fred Tatasciore, and Eric Bauza for various Warner Bros. Animation productions. Bergman was born on July 10, 1960 to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Throughout his early life, he impersonated several celebrities and cartoon characters, his first impression being comic influence Ed Sullivan at the age of 6. At the age of 15, Bergman began doing impressions of various Looney Tunes characters. He studied theater and communications at the University of Pittsburgh where he first did voice work after becoming involved with a student-run radio station and interning at the KQV and WDVE radio stations. While there, he made his first demo reel and was profiled in a story on KDKA-TV's Evening Magazine. The story was picked up on similar TV news magazines shows and helped land him his representation with William Morris Agency following his graduation from Pitt in 1983. During his time at university, Bergman attended an on-campus lecture by Mel Blanc, who was best known for voicing the Looney Tunes such as Bugs Bunny. Bergman later tracked Blanc down and met him at his Oakland hotel room in 1981, where Bergman imitated Blanc's characters for him, earning himself a 45-minute session. Bergman credits Blanc with helping him graduate two years later. Bergman voiced the Pillsbury Doughboy from 1986 to 2013 following Paul Frees' death in 1986. Bergman's work with Warner Bros. began in 1986, recording voices for The Bugs Bunny Show. After being rebuffed several times by Warner Bros. directors, he recorded a tape of himself as several of Blanc's characters, including Bugs Bunny. He took the tape to the production company and used a switch to toggle back and forth between his work and the original Mel Blanc recording. Then-Warner Bros. president Edward Bleier was unable to tell the difference between the voices, and Bergman, at the age of 29, became the first performer to provide the voice of Bugs Bunny after Mel Blanc died on July 10, 1989 – Bergman's 29th birthday. Bergman's first performance as Bugs Bunny was during the 62nd Academy Awards as Bugs presented the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. He voiced Bugs, as well as Daffy Duck, during the 1990 TV specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and The Earth Day Special (also voicing Tweety Bird and Porky Pig in the latter). That same year, he also lent his voice to Bugs, Daffy and Porky in the animated sequences of Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). Bergman later voiced Bugs and Daffy again as well as Elmer Fudd in the 1991 theatrical short Box-Office Bunny, Bugs's first in over 25 years. He voiced Bugs, Daffy, Elmer and Yosemite Sam in the 1991 short (Blooper) Bunny, as well as several characters (including Sylvester the Cat and Foghorn Leghorn) in animated TV specials and newer animated series such as Tiny Toon Adventures and The Plucky Duck Show. Outside of the Looney Tunes, Bergman also voiced George Jetson and Mr. Spacely in Jetsons: The Movie (1990) when their previous voice actors George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc both died during production; he had been working at his local radio station in Pennsylvania when he received the call to travel to California and complete the dialogue. He also voiced George Jetson in the theme park attraction The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. By the mid-1990s, Bergman decided to not continue voicing the Looney Tunes, due to reluctance about relocating to Los Angeles. At the time, he was living in Pittsburgh so Warner Bros. hired other voice actors such as Joe Alaskey (who was the first person to replace Blanc as the voice of Yosemite Sam in Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988), Greg Burson, Bob Bergen, Billy West and Blanc's son Noel Blanc. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bergman continued voicing various Hanna-Barbera characters, namely Fred Flintstone, in newer specials such as The Flintstones: On the Rocks following Henry Corden's retirement from the role in 2000, only understudying the voices of the Looney Tunes in times when Alaskey and West were not available. In 2003, he voiced Bugs in a sketch on the NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live. Eventually, after almost 20 years, and after sporadically appearing as the Looney Tunes characters for nearly two decades, he returned as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, Pepé Le Pew and Tweety in 2011's The Looney Tunes Show. He also returned for the 2015 series New Looney Tunes, voicing Bugs, Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd, as well as other minor characters such as Michigan J. Frog. He also voices some characters in Looney Tunes Cartoons; Eric Bauza voices Bugs, Daffy, and Tweety for that series, with Bergman handling Foghorn, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd. Bergman is a recurring cast member on Family Guy, usually voicing Fred Flintstone and Sylvester the Cat, as well as The Cleveland Show and American Dad! . From 2000 until 2015, Bergman was also the voice of Turner Broadcasting's Boomerang. Bergman had a recurring role as a radio intern Gus Kahana on the AMC comedy-drama Remember WENN, which aired in the late 1990s. He also provided the voice of Zap in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Skylanders: Giants, Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team, Skylanders: SuperChargers, and Skylanders: Imaginators. More recently, Bergman became the new voice of Eustace Bagge in the Courage the Cowardly Dog/Scooby-Doo crossover, Straight Out of Nowhere, replacing the previous voice actors, the late Lionel Wilson and the late Arthur Anderson. Jeff Bergman has voiced many characters over his time. The ones most notable are Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Taz, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, Wally Gator, Pixie and Dixie, Baba Looey, Mr. Jinks, Top Cat, Officer Dibble, Peter Potamus, So-So, George Jetson, Elroy Jetson, Astro, Mr. Spacely, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Dino, Lippy the Lion, Hadji, Dr. Benton C. Quest, Race Bannon, Squiddly Diddly, Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Droopy. Bergman lives in Los Angeles, California.

David Button

David Button 2018-01-13T13:59:07Z David Robert Edmund Button (born 27 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fulham. A product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, he came to prominence at Brentford in 2013. 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 in 2003 and signed a scholarship deal in July 2005. After completing his scholarship, 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 following 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 and 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 one-month loan on 10 January 2008. He made three appearances during his spell. Button returned to Tottenham on 10 February and moved to League Two side Rochdale on a one-month 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 17 appearances during his spell and kept four clean sheets. On 16 January 2009 he moved to League Two side Bournemouth on a one-month loan. Button made his Football League debut away at Rotherham United, in a game which the Cherries 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 seven occasions. He was on the bench for 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 until the end of the 2008–09 season. 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 one-month 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 9 appearances. On 28 August 2012,Tottenham Hotspur reached an agreement with Championship side Charlton Athletic for the permanent transfer of Button for a £500,000 fee. 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 fourth 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 just 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 club Brentford 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. With Button as a virtual ever-present, the Bees secured automatic promotion to the Championship after a 1–0 win over Preston North End on 18 April 2014. Button made 45 appearances and kept 20 clean sheets in league matches during the 2013–14 season. He signed a new three-year contract on 27 June 2014, which would keep him at Griffin Park until the end of the 2016–17 season. With Richard Lee frequently injured, Button was undisputed first choice during the 2014–15 season. His performances against Huddersfield Town and Ipswich Town in March 2015 saw him selected in the Football League Team of the Week. A successful second season at Griffin Park for Button ended after Brentford's 5–1 playoff semi-final aggregate defeat to Middlesbrough. He made 49 appearances, keeping 11 clean sheets in league matches. Button was again first choice during the 2015–16 season, featuring as an ever-present in league matches and talks began over a new contract in May 2016. The talks broke down and he departed Brentford on 19 July 2016, having made 141 appearances during three seasons with the club. On 19 July 2016, Button joined Championship club Fulham on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year, for an undisclosed fee. He was the first-choice goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season, until he lost his place to Marcus Bettinelli in early April 2017. A 6th-place finish saw the Cottagers qualify for the playoffs, but Button could only look on as an unused substitute during the 2–1 aggregate defeat to Reading in the semi-finals. Button made regular appearances for England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 level between 2003 and 2009. He appeared in England's group games at the 2005 European U17 Championship and 2008 European U19 Championship, making three appearances in each tournament as England failed to get past the group stage. Button attended Monk's Walk School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Brentford Luton Town, David Button 2019-12-15T11:37:01Z David Robert Edmund Button (born 27 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. A product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, Button came to prominence at Brentford in 2013. 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 in 2003 and signed a scholarship deal in July 2005. After completing his scholarship, 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 following 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 and 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 one-month loan on 10 January 2008. He made three appearances during his spell. Button returned to Tottenham on 10 February and moved to League Two side Rochdale on a one-month 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 17 appearances during his spell and kept four clean sheets. On 16 January 2009 he moved to League Two side Bournemouth on a one-month loan. Button made his Football League debut away at Rotherham United, in a game which the Cherries 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 seven occasions. He was on the bench for 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 until the end of the 2008–09 season. 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 one-month 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 9 appearances. On 28 August 2012,Tottenham Hotspur reached an agreement with Championship side Charlton Athletic for the permanent transfer of Button for a £500,000 fee. 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 fourth 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 just 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 club Brentford 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. With Button as a virtual ever-present, the Bees secured automatic promotion to the Championship after a 1–0 win over Preston North End on 18 April 2014. Button made 45 appearances and kept 20 clean sheets in league matches during the 2013–14 season. He signed a new three-year contract on 27 June 2014, which would keep him at Griffin Park until the end of the 2016–17 season. With Richard Lee frequently injured, Button was undisputed first choice during the 2014–15 season. His performances against Huddersfield Town and Ipswich Town in March 2015 saw him selected in the Football League Team of the Week. A successful second season at Griffin Park for Button ended after Brentford's 5–1 playoff semi-final aggregate defeat to Middlesbrough. He made 49 appearances, keeping 11 clean sheets in league matches. Button was again first choice during the 2015–16 season, featuring as an ever-present in league matches and talks began over a new contract in May 2016. The talks broke down and he departed Brentford on 19 July 2016, having made 141 appearances during three seasons with the club. On 19 July 2016, Button joined Championship club Fulham on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year, for an undisclosed fee. He was the first-choice goalkeeper during the 2016–17 season, until he lost his place to Marcus Bettinelli in early April 2017. A 6th-place finish saw the Cottagers qualify for the playoffs, but Button could only look on as an unused substitute during the 2–1 aggregate defeat to Reading in the semi-finals. Button signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on 16 July 2018 on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Button made his debut for the Sussex club in an EFL Cup tie against south coast rivals Southampton on 28 August 2018 where Brighton lost 1-0 at Falmer Stadium with Charlie Austin netting the only goal of the game. Button made his Premier League debut on 29 December 2018 in a 1-0 home win against Everton where he made some crucial saves in a good win for the Albion. Button went on to make 3 more Premier League appearances and 1 FA Cup appearance whilst he covered for Maty Ryan who was competing for Australia in the Asian Cup. Button made regular appearances for England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 level between 2003 and 2009. He appeared in England's group games at the 2005 European U17 Championship and 2008 European U19 Championship, making three appearances in each tournament as England failed to get past the group stage. Button attended Monk's Walk School in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Luton Town Brentford Fulham

Tomás Rincón

Tomás Rincón 2014-01-30T10:13:13Z name 2 Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández (born 13 January 1988) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right back for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He currently co-captains the Venezuela national football team . Rincón began his career at UA Maracaibo. Then he joined Zamora FC in January 2007, playing 33 games and scoring one goal, up to July 2008. In July 2008, he joined Deportivo Táchira and signed a contract up to 2010. The 22-year-old midfielder played on loan at Hamburger SV. On 30 January 2009, he signed a contract until 31 December 2009. He played his first match for Hamburg on 4 March 2009 against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the DFB-Pokal. He debuted in the Bundesliga on 4 April 2009 as a substitute in the 87th minute in a 1–0 win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. On 10 December 2009, Hamburger SV purchased him from his former club Deportivo Táchira. On the same day, he signed a contract until 30 June 2014. He played his first game in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier for Venezuela. Rincón played with U 20 at Sudamericana sub-20 in Paraguay. On 22 July 2011, Rincón was voted Adidas' Best Player at the 2011 Copa América, in Argentina. He received 65% of the total votes while 10 candidates were competing. , Tomás Rincón 2015-12-20T22:57:22Z name 2 Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández (born 13 January 1988) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right back. He currently co-captains the Venezuela national football team and currently plays for Genoa in the Serie A. Rincón began his career at UA Maracaibo. Then he joined Zamora FC in January 2007, playing 33 games and scoring one goal, up to July 2008. In July 2008, he joined Deportivo Táchira and signed a contract up to 2010. The 22-year-old midfielder played on loan at Hamburger SV. On 30 January 2009, he signed a contract until 31 December 2009. He played his first match for Hamburg on 4 March 2009 against SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the DFB-Pokal. He debuted in the Bundesliga on 4 April 2009 as a substitute in the 87th minute in a 1–0 win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. On 10 December 2009, Hamburger SV purchased him from his former club Deportivo Táchira, Rincon signing a contract until 30 June 2014. In the summer of 2014 Rincon joined Serie A side Genoa. He played his first game in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier for Venezuela. Rincón played with U 20 at Sudamericana sub-20 in Paraguay. On 22 July 2011, Rincón was voted Adidas' Best Player at the 2011 Copa América, in Argentina. He received 65% of the total votes while 10 candidates were competing.

One_Mile,_Queensland

One_Mile,_Queensland 2009-04-21T04:41:55Z One Mile is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from its approximate distance from the Ipswich CBD. , One_Mile,_Queensland 2012-11-29T13:02:47Z One Mile is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from its approximate distance from the Ipswich CBD. 27°38′S 152°44′E / 27. 633°S 152. 733°E / -27. 633; 152. 733

Personal_Structures

Personal_Structures 2007-11-25T16:43:04Z Personal Structures is an international contemporary art project that is initiated in 2003 by the artist Rene Rietmeyer. Personal Structures created a platform where international artists and art-historians discuss relevant subjects in art. The first symposium was held at the Ludwig Museum Germany in 2005. In 2007 the symposium about time, space and existence was held at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, followed by symposia at The New Museum, New York, USA and the Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Since 2004 several exhibitions presenting the works of artists such as Jo Baer, On Kawara, Roman Opalka, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner have been organized in various countries. , Personal_Structures 2008-07-20T17:08:34Z Personal Structures is an international contemporary art platform, which generates the possibility for artists and art historians to discuss philosophical concepts in art. Personal Structures was initiated in 2003 by the artist Rene Rietmeyer. At first, the platform took shape in the form of exhibitions. Later on, in 2005, symposia were added as means for expressing thought. The first Personal Structures symposium was held at the Ludwig Museum in Germany. Personal Structures developed in the years after. In 2007 and 2008 a symposium series was organised about the concepts time, space and existence. Artists who have been involved in Personal Structures are, amongst others, Joseph Kosuth, Wolfgang Laib, Roman Opalka, and Lawrence Weiner.

Solfest

Solfest 2019-09-13T15:33:20Z 54°48′46″N 3°22′22″W / 54. 81278°N 3. 37278°W / 54. 81278; -3. 37278 Solfest is a Cumbrian arts organisation that runs an annual music festival held at Tarns, near to Silloth (in Cumbria, United Kingdom). It is held at Tarnside Farm on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Originally, The 2019 edition of Solfest was going be the last, but due to new directors taking control of the festival and the turnout of 2019s event Solfest will continue for 2020 event and beyond. The Solfest organisation was initially formed in September 2003 when a team of enthusiastic West Cumbrian festival goers got together and made initial plans to create a festival of their very own a little nearer to home. They were quickly joined by other interested parties and Solfest was run by a structured committee of sixteen permanent members until 2010 when the management structure changed. Solfest is now run by a smaller management team. While Solway Festival Ltd is a registered company, the organisation operates as a Social Enterprise whereby all surplus income is reinvested into the organisation. Solfest is constituted in such a way that it does not allow any members of the Solfest committee to make any financial gain from the festival. The Solfest festival operated by Solfest Ltd, a registered company. It is run as a constituted Social Enterprise by unpaid volunteers, and does not have any corporate sponsorship. The first Solfest festival took place over the weekend of 3rd/4/5 September 2004 on a 26-acre (110,000 m2) site at Tarnside Farm (approximately halfway between the towns of Aspatria and Silloth). About 1800 people attended the festival in its first year. It currently hosts an annual crowd of up to 10,000 people. The festival provides a varied mix of music. It has three large stages (Main stage, Drystone Stage & Bar Stage) as well as a dance tent. The festival also has dedicated welfare areas and children's play areas. Other activities are provided by visiting artists, which range from crafts and woodworking to entertainers and musicians. Solfest was cancelled in 2014, but returned in 2015. In 2018, organisers announced that the 2019 festival would be the last edition of Solfest. This was due to falling attendance numbers, especially in 2018, and growing debts. Artists who have appeared at the Solfest Festival include: Badly Drawn Boy, Buzzcocks, Supergrass, Oysterband, The Levellers, The Wonderstuff, The Charlatans (UK band), James (band), Roisin Murphy, Blockheads, The Bad Shepherds, Pikey Beatz, Misty's Big Adventure, Kate Rusby, The Orb, System 7, Easy Star All Stars, The Undertones, The Proclaimers, The Beat, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Ozric Tentacles, 3 Daft Monkeys, Bex Marshall, Penny Broadhurst, Katus, Silverwheel, Eat Static, The Damned, Evil Nine, Alabama 3, New Young Pony Club, The Magic Numbers, Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos and Escapology expert David Straitjacket. Solfest won the "Best Family Festival Award" at the 2007 National Festival Awards. , Solfest 2021-03-02T23:38:07Z 54°48′46″N 3°22′22″W / 54. 81278°N 3. 37278°W / 54. 81278; -3. 37278 Solfest is a music and arts festival on the Solway Coast in the North West of England. It is held annually at North Lakes Country Park on the August Bank Holiday weekend. It has grown from a 1,800 capacity event in 2004 to a 10,000 capacity festival. Originally, the 2019 edition of Solfest was going be the last, but due to new directors taking control of the festival and the turnout of the 2019 event being much higher than anticipated, Solfest will return in 2020. The Solfest organisation was initially formed in September 2003 when a team of West Cumbrian festival-goers got together and made initial plans to create a festival of their own a little nearer to home. They were quickly joined by other interested parties and Solfest was run by a structured committee of sixteen permanent members until 2010 when the management structure changed. Solfest is now run by a smaller management team. While Solway Festival Ltd is a registered company, the organisation operates as a social enterprise whereby all surplus income is reinvested into the organisation. Solfest is constituted in such a way that it does not allow any members of the Solfest Committee to make any financial gain from the festival. The Solfest festival is operated by Solfest Ltd, a registered company. It is run as a constituted social enterprise by unpaid volunteers, and does not have any corporate sponsorship. The first festival took place over the weekend of 3–5 September 2004 on a 26-acre (110,000 m2) site at Tarnside Farm (approximately halfway between the towns of Aspatria and Silloth). About 1,800 people attended the festival in its first year. It currently hosts an annual crowd of up to 10,000 people. The festival provides a variety of music. It has three large stages (Main stage, Drystone Stage & Bar Stage) as well as a dance tent. The festival also has dedicated welfare areas and children's play areas. Other activities are provided by visiting artists, which range from crafts and woodworking to entertainers and musicians. Solfest was cancelled in 2014, but returned in 2015. In 2018, organisers initially announced that the 2019 festival would be the last edition of Solfest. This was attributed to falling attendance numbers, especially in 2018, and growing debts. However, organisers cited increased attendance at the 2019 festival in announcing that Solfest is to return in 2020. Solfest was cancelled in 2020 due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019. In October 2020 it was announced that Arts Council England awarded Solfest £100,000 as part of the Culture Recovery Fund setup in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The original site for Solfest was Tarnside Farm, Silloth, but the festival relocated to North Lakes Country Park, Silloth from 2019 onwards. Artists who have appeared at the Solfest Festival include: Badly Drawn Boy, The Fratellis, The Coral, Buzzcocks, Supergrass, Oysterband, The Levellers, The Wonderstuff, The Charlatans (UK band), James (band), Roisin Murphy, Bluehorses, Blockheads, The Bad Shepherds, Pikey Beatz, Misty's Big Adventure, Kate Rusby, The Orb, System 7, Easy Star All Stars, The Undertones, The Proclaimers, The Beat, From The Jam, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Ozric Tentacles, 3 Daft Monkeys, Bex Marshall, Penny Broadhurst, Katus, Silverwheel, Eat Static, The Damned, Evil Nine, Alabama 3, New Young Pony Club, The Magic Numbers, Alejandro Toledo (musician) and Escapology expert David Straitjacket, Utah Saints. Solfest won the "Best Family Festival Award" at the 2007 National Festival Awards.

Cauldwell,_Bedford

Cauldwell,_Bedford 2008-01-18T01:57:30Z Cauldwell is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. The area is served by Cauldwell and Kingsbrook Urban Community council. The boundaries of Cauldwell are (roughly) the River Great Ouse to the north, Kingsbrook to the east, with the Midland Main Line railway line to the south. The area is sometimes known as St John's. Cauldwell derives its name from Cauldwell Priory which was built in the area by Franciscan Friars in 1238. The Priory included a leper colony dedicated to St Leonard. The Priory was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1541. It was around this time that a new bridge was built over the river, and the town of Bedford began to expand into the Cauldwell area. The River Ouse became navigable as far as Bedford in 1689. The 19th Century saw Bedford transform into an important engineering hub. Many large industries located to the Cauldwell area including the Britannia Iron Works and George Fischer Inc on Kempston Road, and Camford Engineering on Ampthill Road. Bedford Hospital was established in Cauldwell in 1899. The area was significally expanded to the south in the 1960's. Many of Bedford's major employers are still based in Cauldwell including Crayola. For many years Cauldwell was home to the headquaters of Granada Rentals which became Box Clever. Both of these companies are based on Ampthill Road. There are two Community centres in Cauldwell. The first is Faraday Square Community Centre, which is located on the corner of Faraday Square and Kelvin Avenue. The second is Cauldwell Community Centre located on just off Ampthill Road, on Althorpe Street. Most of the shops and services in Cauldwell are located on Ampthill Road. these include small convenience stores, a Post Office and a variety of Take Away restaurants. Bedford Hospital is also located on Ampthill Road, as is Bedford St Johns railway station. There are a few more shops located around the St Mary's Street/St John's Street/Cauldwell Street area. It is here that Bedford College is located, as well as offices for Cap Gemini and a Farmfoods store. Bedfordshire County Hall, the administrative headquaters of Bedfordshire County Council is also located here. There are more local shops and a post office located on Elstow Road. There are two lower schools in Caulwell - Shackleton Lower School located on Pearcey Road, and Cauldwell Lower School situated on Edward Road. Children from these schools go on to attend Abbey Middle School sited on Mowbray Road. There is no Upper School in Cauldwell. Upper School age students in the area usually attend John Bunyan Upper School. Bedford College offer courses to 6th form students from all over Bedford. St John's and St Leonard's Church is located on St Johns Road as is the Southside Family Church (Part of the Newfrontiers family of churches). The Wesleyan Holiness Church is situated on Offa Road as is the Southend Methodist Church. , Cauldwell,_Bedford 2009-04-17T22:07:59Z Cauldwell is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, England. The boundaries of Cauldwell are approximately the River Great Ouse to the north, St Mary's Street, Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the east, with the Midland Main Line railway line to the south. The area is sometimes known as St John's. Cauldwell derives its name from Cauldwell Priory which was built in the area by Franciscan Friars in 1238. Cauldwell comes from the Old-English Cauldwella meaning cold well or spring. The priory included a leper colony dedicated to St Leonard. The priory was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1541, and around this time a new bridge was built over the river, and the town of Bedford began to expand into the Cauldwell area. The River Ouse became navigable as far as Bedford by 1689. The 19th Century saw Bedford transform into an important engineering hub. Many large industries located to the Cauldwell area, including Bedford Igranic on Elstow Road. The Britannia Iron Works were opened on Kempston Road in 1859, and General Giuseppe Garibaldi visited the works in 1864. Bedford Infirmary was established in Cauldwell in 1803, becoming Bedford Hospital in 1897. Bedford Lunatic Asylum was built on Ampthill Road in 1812, but closed in 1860. The area was significantly expanded to the south in the 1950s and 60's. Cauldwell and Kingsbrook Urban Community Council is the local council for Cauldwell and the neighbouring ward of Kingsbrook, with twelve seats elected every four years (six of which are from Cauldwell). There are currently three Liberal Democrat, one Conservative, one Labour, and one independent councillors representing Cauldwell on the Community Council. Cauldwell elects three councillors to Bedford Borough Council, all of which are currently from the Labour party. For many years Cauldwell was home to the headquarters of Granada Rentals which became Box Clever. The company is based on Ampthill Road. Bedford Hospital is also located on Ampthill Road, as is Bedford St Johns railway station. Most of the shops and services in Cauldwell are located on Ampthill Road. These include small convenience stores, a post office and a variety of take away restaurants. There are a few more shops located around the St Mary's Street/St John's Street/Cauldwell Street area. It is here that Bedford College is located, as well as a Farmfoods store. Bedford Borough Hall, the administrative headquarters of Bedford Borough Council is also located here. There are more local shops located on Elstow Road and Gostwick Road. There are two lower schools in Cauldwell - Shackleton Lower School located on Pearcey Road, and Cauldwell Lower School situated on Edward Road. Children in Cauldwell usually go on to attend Abbey Middle School sited on Mowbray Road. Although the school is situated in the Cauldwell neighbourbood of Bedford, it is also the middle school for the adjoining village of Elstow. Currently there are a large number of surplus places at the school which has caused Bedfordshire County Council to debate whether to close the school. A new housing estate to be built in the locality may mean a higher demand for places at the school in the future, but the current status of Abbey Middle School is still undecided. There is no upper school in the area. Cauldwell is in the catchment area for John Bunyan Upper School which is situated in the nearby area of Kingsbrook. However Bedford College (situated in Cauldwell) offers a range of further education courses including GCSEs, A Levels, Apprenticeships and Access courses. The University of Bedfordshire has a small nurse-training site at Bedford Hospital. St John's and St Leonard's church is located on St Johns Road as is the Southside Family Church (Part of the Newfrontiers family of churches). The Wesleyan Holiness Church is situated on Offa Road as is the Southend Methodist Church. There are two community centres in Cauldwell. The Faraday Square Community Centre located on the corner of Faraday Square and Kelvin Avenue and the Cauldwell Community Centre located just off Ampthill Road, on Althorpe Street. There are two open spaces in the area located on Miller Road and Moor Lane.

Remo D'Souza

Remo D'Souza 2019-01-05T18:13:59Z Remo D'Souza (birth name Ramesh Gopi Nair, born 2 April 1974) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. Souza hails from Olavakkode, Palakkad, Kerala, and was born on April 2, 1974 in Bangalore to K. Gopi, a chef in the Indian Air Force, and Madhvi Laxmi. He has an elder brother, Ganesh Gopi, and four sisters. He did his schooling at the Air Force School, Jamnagar, Gujarat. During his school days, he was an athlete and won prizes in the 100 meter race. He is married to Lizelle, an Anglo-Indian from Mumbai. Lizelle is a costume designer who has designed costumes for many television shows. They have two sons, Druv and Gabriel. Currently Souza lives with his family, in Andheri West, Mumbai. D'Souza was a judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with the Indian actress Madhuri Dixit and director Karan Johar. He was the "super judge" on the prime time dance show Dance Plus, on Star Plus, along with team captains Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan, and Punit Pathak. Currently he is appearing as a judge on the reality show Dance Champions opposite Terence Lewis. His first movie as a director, F.A.L.T.U, was a moderate success at the box office. He made India's first 3D dance movie, ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance, with contestants from season 1 and season 2 of Dance India Dance (Dharmesh Yelande, Punit Pathak, Salman Yusuff Khan, Raghav Juyal, Prince and others), Prabhu Deva and Lauren Gottlieb. His next directorial venture, ABCD 2, was released in June 2015. It starred Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Prabhu Deva in lead roles, with Lauren Gottlieb, Punit Pathak, Raghav Juyal, and Dharmesh Yelande in supporting roles. , Remo D'Souza 2020-12-25T10:49:34Z Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi on 2 April 1974) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. D'Souza hails from Olavakkode, Palakkad, Kerala, and was born on April 2, 1974, in Bangalore to K. Gopi, a chef in the Indian Air Force, and Madhvi Laxmi. He has an elder brother, Ganesh Gopi, and four sisters. He did his schooling at the Air Force School, Jamnagar, Gujarat. During his school days, he was an athlete and won prizes in the 100 meter race. Remo Dsouza studied in Jamnagar, Gujarat. He did his 12th from there and during his HSC board exam, he realized that he didn’t have any interest in studies. He immediately left school and went to Mumbai, but his father wanted him to join the Indian Air Force. Whatever he has learned about dance until now is on his own. He learned to dance by watching movies, music videos, etc. He would rather say Michael Jackson is his guru as he used to copy his steps watching his dance on the television and then choreograph his own steps by adding something extra. He is married to Lizelle, an Anglo-Indian from Mumbai. Lizelle is a costume designer who has designed costumes for many television shows. They have two sons, Dhruv and Gabriel. Currently D'Souza lives with his family, in Andheri West, Mumbai. On 11 December 2020, D'Souza suffered a heart attack and was admitted to the ICU of Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai. D'Souza is a Choreographer in Bollywood films and music videos. He has choreographed a number of films. Remo made his television debut with the dance reality show Dance India Dance (DID) along with choreographer Terence Lewis and Geeta Kapoor as judges and mentors. They trained 18 contestants in dance form of Ballet, Acrobatics, Mid-Air dancing, Contemporary, Bollywood and Hip-Hop. He made his directorial debut with F.A.L.T.U , Starring Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Angad Bedi, It was a comedy film. They received a positive response from critics. Remo's next directorial venture was the coming-of-age 3D dance-based film 'ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance which starring Prabhu Deva, Dharmesh Yelande, Lauren Gottlieb, Salman Yusuff Khan and Punit Pathak. ABCD received positive reviews from critics and the film's soundtrack also received positive response from critics. In 2015, Remo directed the second installment of ABCD Franchise, titled Disney's ABCD 2, It stars Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, Lauren Gottlieb, Dharmesh Yelande and Punit Pathak, the film explores the career journey of Suresh and Vernon of the "fictitious dance crew" Kings United India, who went on to win the World Hip Hop Dance Championship in San Diego. The film received positive reviews from critics and the film's soundtrack also received a positive response from critics, the film grossed to an average. Later, he appeared on the (Season 4–7) of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with the Indian actress Madhuri Dixit and director Karan Johar. He was also the "super judge" on the prime time dance show Dance Plus, on Star Plus, along with host Raghav Juyal and team captains Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan, and Punit Pathak. Currently In 2016, Remo directed A Flying Jatt, It was released on 24 August 2016, which starring Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Nathan Jones. The film tells the story of an ordinary man (Shroff) who gains superpowers. The film received mixed reviews from critics and Anupama Chopra from the Hindustan Times gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and said "The first half of A Flying Jatt has moments of fun – I loved that despite being a superhero he has a fear of heights, so he flies very close to the ground. But post-interval, laughter takes a back seat. Later, he judged the (Season 2–3) of Dance Plus along with host Raghav Juyal and team captains Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan, and Punit Pathak. He then appeared as a judge on the reality show Dance Champions opposite Terence Lewis. He also directed Race 3 the film featured Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem and Freddy Daruwala. Race 3 was an internationally mounted saga of a family that deals in borderline crime. It was released on 15 June 2018 coinciding with Eid Though the movie received negative reviews, it was a box office success collecting over ₹178.98 crores in India and approximately ₹303 crores worldwide. D'Souza judged (Season 4-5) of Dance Plus along with host Raghav Juyal, Sugandha Mishra (co-host on season 4 and guest in season 5) and team captains Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan (season 4), Suresh Mukund (season 5 and to be continued), Karishma Chawan (season 5 and to be continued), and Punit Pathak. In 2020, Remo directed the third installment of ABCD Franchise titled "Street Dancer 3D which retained some of original casts including Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Raghav Juyal, Dharmesh Yelande, Punit Pathak and added Nora Fatehi , Salman Yusuff Khan and Varthika Jha. The film tells the story of two rival dance groups, despise each other and participate in a dance battle. Later, they decide to join hands for a greater cause. It was released on 24 January 2020. And received positive reviews from critics, the film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹97 crores and the film's soundtrack also received a positive response from critics.

Good_Times_(Finger_Eleven_song)

Good_Times_(Finger_Eleven_song) 2015-07-21T01:15:09Z "Good Times" is a song by Canadian hard rock band Finger Eleven and the lead single from their eponymous album. The single was released in June 2003 while it made its radio debut slightly prior. The song bears a more upbeat melody than many of Finger Eleven's previous singles. Vocals transition between heavy singing and falsetto during the chorus. The song's music video features the band playing at the Ice Hotel in Quebec. While it did not receive significant airplay, "Good Times" managed to feature on MTV2. The song is featured in the video games SSX 3 and 1080° Avalanche. , Good_Times_(Finger_Eleven_song) 2016-10-31T20:44:16Z "Good Times" is a song by Canadian hard rock band Finger Eleven and the lead single from their eponymous album. The single was released in June 2003 while it made its radio debut slightly prior. The song bears a more upbeat melody than many of Finger Eleven's previous singles. Vocals transition between heavy singing and falsetto during the chorus. The song's music video features the band playing at the Ice Hotel in Quebec. While it did not receive significant airplay, "Good Times" managed to feature on MTV2. The song is featured in the video games SSX 3 and 1080° Avalanche.

Edward_H._McNamara

Edward_H._McNamara 2014-05-02T20:54:49Z Edward H. McNamara served as Wayne County, Michigan County Executive from 1987-2002, and also served as mayor of Livonia, Michigan, from 1970-1986, and as a member of Livonia City Council from 1962 to 1970. He is probably best known for overseeing the $1. 6 billion expansion of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport; including two new runways and the new Edward H. McNamara Terminal. McNamara was mentor to many leading Democrats, including Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who was Wayne County corporation Counsel under McNamara, prior to becoming Michigan Attorney General and later being elected as Michigan Governor. McNamara also played a key role helping the election campaign of Kwame Kilpatrick for mayor of Detroit in 2001, whose father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was McNamara's Chief of Staff while county executive. McNamara died on February 19, 2006. Template:Persondata, Edward_H._McNamara 2016-01-16T15:29:33Z Edward Howard McNamara served as Wayne County, Michigan County Executive from 1987-2002, and also served as mayor of Livonia, Michigan, from 1970-1986, and as a member of Livonia City Council from 1962 to 1970. He is probably best known for overseeing the $1. 6 billion expansion of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The expansion included two new runways and the new Edward H. McNamara Terminal, which was named in his honor. McNamara was mentor to many leading Democrats, including Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who was Wayne County corporation Counsel under McNamara, prior to becoming Michigan Attorney General and later being elected as Michigan Governor. McNamara also played a key role helping the election campaign of Kwame Kilpatrick for mayor of Detroit in 2001, whose father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was McNamara's Chief of Staff while county executive. McNamara died on February 19, 2006. Template:Persondata

Indian Derby

Indian Derby 2012-02-05T17:15:03Z The McDowell's Indian Derby is a horse racing event held on the first Sunday of February at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai, India. It is one of the premier sporting activities in the city. It was first run in the year 1943. This inaugural running of the Derby was won by a wonder filly Princess Beautiful. She was owned by Prateek Bhagchandka, trained by Adam Ryder-Smith and was ridden to victory by jockey Thomas Schofield. Among the most noted jockeys is Pesi Shroff, winning the Indian Derby a record eight times. He narrowly missed out on a ninth title, when his horse, Saddle Up was disqualified in the 1999 Indian Derby after his urine samples tested positive. The horses on which Pesi Shroff achieved this great feat of winning eight Indian Derbies were Enterprising (1984), Revelation (1985), Exhilaration (1989), Star Fire Girl (1990), Desert Warrior (1991), Littleover (1994), Storm Again (2001) and Psychic Flame (2004). He is the only professional in his category as a jockey to have scored a hat-trick of wins in this prestigious race. The stakes in 2011 reached as high as INR 7 Crores Trainer Rashid R. Byramji has won the Indian Derby a record 11 times. Byramji is the only professional in his category as a trainer to have achieved this rare feat of scoring a hat-trick twice. The first hat-trick came with the victories of Squanderer (1976), Manitou (1977) and Commanche (1978), while his second hat-trick was with the trio of Astronomic (1993), Littleover (1994) and Elusive Pimpernal (1995). Recent Derby Winners 2010-Jacqueline (filly) ridden by Richard Hughes, Indian Derby 2013-10-26T08:09:27Z The McDowell's Indian Derby is a horse racing event held on the first Sunday of February at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai, India. It is one of the premier sporting activities in the city. It was first run in the year 1943. This inaugural running of the Derby was won by a wonder filly Princess Beautiful. She was owned by Prateek Bhagchandka, trained by Adam Ryder-Smith and was ridden to victory by jockey Thomas Schofield. Among the most noted jockeys is Pesi Shroff, winning the Indian Derby a record eight times. He narrowly missed out on a ninth title, when his horse, Saddle Up was disqualified in the 1999 Indian Derby after his urine samples tested positive. The horses on which Pesi Shroff achieved this great feat of winning eight Indian Derbies were Enterprising (1984), Revelation (1985), Exhilaration (1989), Star Fire Girl (1990), Desert Warrior (1991), Littleover (1994), Storm Again (2001) and Psychic Flame (2004). He is the only professional in his category as a jockey to have scored a hat-trick of wins in this prestigious race. The stakes in 2011 reached as high as INR 7 Crores Trainer Rashid R. Byramji has won the Indian Derby a record 11 times. Byramji is the only professional in his category as a trainer to have achieved this rare feat of scoring a hat-trick twice. The first hat-trick came with the victories of Squanderer (1976), Manitou (1977) and Commanche (1978), while his second hat-trick was with the trio of Astronomic (1993), Littleover (1994) and Elusive Pimpernal (1995). Recent Derby Winners

Paddy_Whannel

Paddy_Whannel 2008-09-18T10:13:49Z Atholl Douglas (Paddy) Whannel (born in October, 1922 in Pitlochry, Perthshire; died July 8, 1980 in London), was a key figure in the British Film Institute's educational work throughout the 1960s. He went on to teach at Northwestern University, Illinois until his death in 1980. Whannel was hired by the BFI in 1957, having taught history, art, social studies and mass media at various London schools for nine years. His first task as Education Officer was to lecture about film up and down the country; his teaching became an inspiration for a whole generation of film educators. In 1964, he co-authored The Popular Arts with Stuart Hall, in which he showed his interest in popular (particularly Hollywood) film as a serious subject of study, at a time when this kind of cinema was still neglected by traditional British film criticism (including the BFI’s own Sight and Sound) . Although Whannel hardly ever published about film again, it was under his leadership that the BFI Education Department adopted a new, dynamic policy towards film criticism and film studies that provided a platform for emergent film theory. As Alan Lovell put it, “a grasp of the overall context and an attention to detail combined with democratic inclinations enabled him to create a framework that released other people’s energies and talents while making sure they were used to their best effect”. In the mid-1960s Whannel brought into the Department a new generation of film teachers, theorists and writers, including Alan Lovell, Jim Kitses, Peter Wollen and Victor Perkins, who played a prominent role in shaping the development of film studies and film theory (in particular semiotics and structuralism) in Britain. But the intellectual challenge provided by this new current of thought made Whannel a controversial figure within the BFI. In August 1971, he and five of his colleagues from the Education Department resigned after a Sub-Committee of the BFI Governors had delivered a report which proposed “scaling down the Department’s activity, reducing it to a support and advisory role, and cutting the umbilical cord that linked it to the Society for Education in Film and Television, then publisher of Screen. ”, Paddy_Whannel 2010-08-08T16:08:07Z Atholl Douglas (Paddy) Whannel (born in October, 1922 in Pitlochry, Perthshire; died July 8, 1980 in London), was a key figure in the British Film Institute's educational work throughout the 1960s. He went on to teach at Northwestern University, Illinois until his death in 1980. Whannel was hired by the BFI in 1957, having taught history, art, social studies and mass media at various London schools for nine years. His first task as Education Officer was to lecture about film up and down the country; his teaching became an inspiration for a whole generation of film educators. In 1964, he co-authored The Popular Arts with Stuart Hall, in which he showed his interest in popular (particularly Hollywood) film as a serious subject of study, at a time when this kind of cinema was still neglected by traditional British film criticism (including the BFI’s own Sight and Sound) . Although Whannel hardly ever published about film again, it was under his leadership that the BFI Education Department adopted a new, dynamic policy towards film criticism and film studies that provided a platform for emergent film theory. As Alan Lovell put it, “a grasp of the overall context and an attention to detail combined with democratic inclinations enabled him to create a framework that released other people’s energies and talents while making sure they were used to their best effect”. In the mid-1960s Whannel brought into the Department a new generation of film teachers, theorists and writers, including Alan Lovell, Jim Kitses, Peter Wollen and Victor Perkins, who played a prominent role in shaping the development of film studies and film theory (in particular semiotics and structuralism) in Britain. But the intellectual challenge provided by this new current of thought made Whannel a controversial figure within the BFI. In August 1971, he and five of his colleagues from the Education Department resigned after a Sub-Committee of the BFI Governors had delivered a report which proposed “scaling down the Department’s activity, reducing it to a support and advisory role, and cutting the umbilical cord that linked it to the Society for Education in Film and Television, then publisher of Screen. ”

Danilo Asprilla

Danilo Asprilla 2020-01-04T23:54:36Z name Danilo Moreno Asprilla (born 12 January 1989 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer currently playing as a winger for Al-Shabab. Asprilla began his career playing for Brazilian club Esporte Clube Juventude in 2008 and for Qatari club Al-Shahania Sports Club the next year. He returned to his native Colombia for the 2010 season, playing for the club Deportivo Pereira. On 20 December 2013, Asprilla signed for Bulgarian club Litex Lovech. He marked his competitive debut by netting two goals in Litex's 3–0 league win over Beroe Stara Zagora on 23 February 2014. On 4 January 2016 he moved to Al-Ain for an undisclosed fee. He made a debut on 8 January 2016 coming on as a substitute in the place of Ibrahim Diaky and scoring the winning goal in the 93 minute for 2–1 win against Al Dhafra FC. , Danilo Asprilla 2021-12-25T17:59:50Z Danilo Moreno Asprilla (born 12 January 1989) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger. Asprilla began his career playing for Brazilian club Esporte Clube Juventude in 2008 and for Qatari club Al-Shahania Sports Club the next year. He returned to his native Colombia for the 2010 season, playing for the club Deportivo Pereira. On 20 December 2013, Asprilla signed for Bulgarian club Litex Lovech. He marked his competitive debut by netting two goals in Litex's 3–0 league win over Beroe Stara Zagora on 23 February 2014. On 4 January 2016 he moved to Al-Ain for an undisclosed fee. He made a debut on 8 January 2016 coming on as a substitute in the place of Ibrahim Diaky and scoring the winning goal in the 93 minute for 2–1 win against Al Dhafra FC. Asprilla joined Al-Shabab in 2019. He scored his debut goal in the 2:1 win over Al Fateh in August 2019. Asprilla established himself as an important part of the side. In October 2020, he moved to Al-Qadsiah.

The_Greatest_Store_in_the_World

The_Greatest_Store_in_the_World 2009-10-17T13:20:47Z The Greatest Store in the World is a book by Alex Shearer, which was made into a telemovie on 24th December 1999, or Christmas Eve. The story follows a struggling mother named Geraldine, and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline,They live in a caravan but, unfortunately their caravan blows up and so they have to take up residence at Scottley's, a department store in London. They get by sleeping in the bedding department and eating "sell by's" from the food hall. In the end they stop a bank robbery organised by santa and his elf, and move in with "Mr whiskers" the doorman. This TV movie is usually shown a few times at Christmas on CBBC. , The_Greatest_Store_in_the_World 2011-09-13T18:31:23Z The Greatest Store in the World is a book by Alex Shearer and later made into a telemovie which was broadcast on 24 December 1999. The story is told in flashback by Livvie (played by Elizabeth Earl), a bright young girl who is in police custody on Christmas Day . As she is questioned, she reveals that since several days previously, she and her equally resourceful mother Geraldine (Dervla Kirwan) and little sister Angeline (Elizabeth's sister Holly Earl) have been living in a department store called "Scottley's" since their camper van blew up. As the story progresses, the family deal with outsmarting staff, in particular Brian (nicknamed Mr. Whiskers) (Peter Capaldi) the friendly but suspicious doorman, icy deputy manageress Ms. Greystone (Helen Schlesinger) and Santa (Ricky Tomlinson) and Elf (Sean Hughes), oversleeping in the tent in which they live, a guest appearance from S Club 7 in an advertising stunt by Mr. Scottley (Brian Blessed), trying to find alternate housing, the Staff Party, and finally, on Christmas morning a burglary organized by Ms. Greystone], Santa and Elf. This TV movie is usually shown a few times at Christmas on CBBC.

Felipe Caicedo

Felipe Caicedo 2014-01-16T19:13:05Z name 2 Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo (born 5 September 1988) is an Ecuadorian association footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Jazira. Caicedo was signed by Swiss Super League side FC Basel from Rocafuerte in his native Ecuador during the Swiss 2005–06 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just 17 years old. Due to his youth, he was trained in the minor divisions. He went on to play 20 games for Basel in the following 2006–07 season, accompanied by three Swiss League goals. Clubs from La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A were monitoring his progress, with Milan said to have made an inquiry in the winter of 2007. On 31 January 2008, it was announced that Manchester City had secured Caicedo's services on a four-and-a-half year deal through a £5.2 million transfer fee (€7 million), which would make his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League. His transfer to Manchester City was completed after Caicedo was granted a work permit. Caicedo was described by his manager as "one of the great South American talents" and was also compared to the Brazilian Adriano. He made his debut on 10 February 2008, in a 2–1 away win against rivals Manchester United, coming on in the second half. He ended the season with 10 appearances in the Premier League, all of them coming on as a substitute. Caicedo scored his first goal for City the following season in an UEFA Cup game against Racing de Santander. He scored his second consecutive goal with a back heel in a league game against West Bromwich Albion, but the goal was initially ruled as an own goal, as it hit the post and then the goalkeeper before finally going in. The goal was later given back to Caicedo after reconsideration from the Dubious Goals Committee. After these solid performances, both coming off the bench, club manager Mark Hughes gave him the opportunity to start his first game in the league and he went on to score for the third game in a row, this time scoring the first two goals against Hull City on 26 December 2008, in a 5–1 victory, taking his goal tally up to four. He started against Blackburn Rovers on 28 December 2008. Caicedo opened the scoring in the first leg of the UEFA Cup last 16 tie with Aalborg BK at the City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City won the game 2–0. Caicedo scored his sixth goal of the season for Manchester City against Hamburger SV on 16 April 2009, but City was eliminated from the cup due to 4–3 aggregate defeat. Caicedo impressed a large number of Manchester City fans that season with his strong performances as a single striker with the ability to hold up the ball in key areas and shrug off defenders. Caicedo's seventh City goal came in City's 3–1 home win over Blackburn Rovers on 2 May. Caicedo scored his eighth goal for Manchester City in the 1–0 win over Bolton Wanderers on the last day of the season at the City of Manchester Stadium. At the start of the 2009–10 season, Caicedo was tipped to leave City in order to get more playing time, especially after the club signed fellow forwards Roque Santa Cruz, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Carlos Tévez. So, on 23 July 2009, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Manchester City reached a one-year loan deal with option of a permanent deal, that would allow him to be part of their squad for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, potentially allowing Caicedo a year to develop himself as a forward before returning to Manchester City. Caicedo made his debut for Sporting CP shirt after coming on as a substitute for Hélder Postiga injured on a 36th minutes in a 2–1 loss against Braga on 22 August 2009. After suffering a Stretched Ligament injury in a match against Braga which he was out of action for 3 weeks, Caicedo made his return for Sporting CP when he provided assist for Simon Vukčević to score a winning goal in a 1–1 draw against S.C. Olhanense on 21 September 2009. Caicedo, however, found it difficult at Sporting and his loan deal was cut short in January 2010. After Sporting decided to end Caicedo's loan spell at the club, other clubs showed interest in the Manchester City striker, Málaga CF and Hull City amongst them. On 8 January 2010, Caicedo decided to join Málaga on loan, rejecting an offer from Hull City. He scored his first La Liga goal for Málaga with a beautiful individual effort against Racing de Santander, helping Málaga win 3–0 on 14 February 2010. On 10 April 2010, Caicedo scored his first goal in two months which is his second goal in 2–1 loss against Sevilla and 4 days later on 14 April 2010, Caicedo scored again after 4 days of scoring his first goal which is his third goal in a 2–2 draw against Osasuna. On the final matchday of the domestic season, Málaga required a point to stay above the relegation zone, where they faced Real Madrid at home at La Rosaleda. Caicedo started and provided a wonderful assist for Duda to open the scoring in the ninth minute. Real Madrid levelled after the break through Rafael van der Vaart, but the early goal was enough for Málaga to avoid relegation. Just one hour before the deadline of the Spanish summer transfer window (24:00 CEST), Caicedo completed a loan move to freshly-promoted Levante UD for the 2010–11 season. This revitalized his career, where by December 2010, he had contributed seven goals in 12 appearances; included in these seven goals was a brace scored against Racing de Santander on 21 November 2010. Along with a Christian Stuani strike, Levante went on to win 3–1, picking themselves out of the relegation zone after a miserable four match losing streak. Levante lost on 18 December 2010 to Athletic Bilbao by a score of 2–1. Caicedo scored the only goal for the hosts. This was the last game before the winter break and started an abismal five game losing streak for Levante that left them at the bottom of the Liga table. Levante turned this around on 29 January 2011 when they welcomed Getafe CF. Caicedo added the second goal of a 2–0 win and lifted the relegation strugglers from the bottom of the zone. On 11 May, Caicedo scored his 13th league goal of a successful campaign against FC Barcelona at the Estadi Ciutat de València. Caicedo finished the ball in fine fashion, after capitalizing on defender Gerard Piqué's error. The game ended in a 1–1 draw, which handed Barcelona their third-straight La Liga title. The crucial point for Levante put them five points above the relegation zone with two games remaining. Caicedo's thirteen league goals helped to secure Levante's place in La Liga for a second season. The Daily Mail reported that Levante wanted to sign Caicedo permanently for £1 million with him being the top scorer for Levante. On 30 May 2011, Levante officially took up an option to sign Felipe Caicedo and on 29 June 2011, Levante signed Caicedo for £880K. In his move, it was revealed that Levante would cash in by selling Caicedo for a large profit in the summer because the club were in debt, owing €12 million ($17M) a year in repayments. This led to Caicedo quoting: "At €1 million, I am cheap, very cheap. Very, very, very cheap. He is a bargain, but only for Levante." Following his time in Spain, reports showed that he traveled to Moscow because of interest from Russian Premier League clubs Lokomotiv Moscow and Anzhi Makhachkala. On 25 July 2011, Caicedo signed a four-year contract with Lokomotiv Moscow for a fee of €7.5 million and was handed the number 25 jersey. Previously, Lokomotiv Moscow tried to sign Caicedo in the Winter Transfer Window at Russia before it closed on 10 March 2011 after Lokomotiv Moscow failed to sign Stuttgart's striker Ciprian Marica. Following his move to Lokomotiv Moscow, the president of Russian club Olga Smorodskaya accused Levante of behaving unprofessionally in the sale and hit out at Levante for their lack of co-operation during negotiations, saying to RIA Novosti : "This deal was very difficult for us due to the unprofessional and inadequate position of Levante. Their directors seemed to have a very poor knowledge of Fifa's regulations, as they insisted on things forbidden by those rules, As a result we had to explain everything to them and give legal substantiations to each of our steps in order to sign a contract that would be consistent with the law."On 14 August 2011, Caicedo made his debut in the Russian Premier League after coming on at the 61st minute for Dmitri Loskov as Lokomotiv Moscow drew 0–0 against Volga. On 28 August 2011, Caicedo scored his first goal which turns out to be a winning goal against Kuban Krasnodar. Since scoring for Lokomotiv Moscow, Caicedo began scoring and provided assist week by week with 4 including one was against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in a 4–2 win on 10 September 2011, second was against Terek Grozny in a 4–0 win, third was and last of scoring week by week was against Anzhi which Caicedo scored a winning goal while a week before scoring a winning goal, Caicedo provided his first assist for Alberto Zapater to score his first goal for Lokomitiv Moscow in a 1–1 draw against Rubin Kazin on 25 September 2011. In the first half Russian Premier League, Caicedo made 13 league appearance and scoring 6. In the Europa League, Caicedo made his Europa League in a Play-off round as Lokomotiv Moscow beat Spartak Trnava 3–1 on aggregate on 25 August 2011. On 20 October 2011, Caicedo scored his first Europa League goal in a 3–1 win over AEK Athens on a Group Stage. On 16 February 2012 in the Round of 32 of the Europa League, Caicedo scored a winning goal on a 71st minutes against Athletic Bilbao in a 2–1 win of the first leg of Round of 32 of the Europa League. Caicedo also provided assist for Denis Glushakov to score a penalty on a 61st minutes after Caicedo was fouled in the penalty box. In the second leg of Round of 32 of the Europa League, Caicedo was on the match as Lokomotiv Moscow was eliminated of the Europa League after Athletic Bilbao beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 and out due to an away goal. In January Transfer Window, reports from Brazil and Ecuador claims that Caicedo is joining Série B side Boa Esporte on loan. However, the move was rejected by Olga Smorodskaya saying that she has no intention in loaning him to Boa and says the offer was "nonsense". On 10 February 2009, Caicedo scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory against England's U-21 team. On March 21, 2013, following the Agustín Castillo's words, coach of El Salvador, that Ecuador from nowadays is the "best Ecuador of the history", Caicedo scored twice and helped strongly his team to beat the salvadoran opponents. Caicedo earned a nickname of Rocky Balboa during his time in Málaga and said in an interview with the official website of the Lokomotiv Moscow that the Rocky franchise was his favourite film. Caicedo says in full "I'm pretty quiet and serious. I can not say that I am often smiling. Actually, I am probably not a typical Ecuadorian. But I am a very positive person, I am confident in myself and always look forward. In my life there is another passion besides football – boxing. I've never boxed professionally, but I really like this sport. One of my favorite movies is "Rocky," I watched all its parts. In Spain, by the way, I was even given the nickname "Rocky" and journalists once did a photo session with me in the boxing hall. This film always charges me with energy and confidence. I feel that I must be as strong as the main character." Manchester City, Felipe Caicedo 2015-12-19T19:02:49Z name Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo (born 5 September 1988) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club RCD Espanyol as a striker. Caicedo is one of Ecuador's Top ten goalscorers with 19 goals. A full international since 2005, he has represented Ecuador at the Copa América in 2007 and 2011. Caicedo was signed by Swiss Super League side FC Basel from Rocafuerte in his native Ecuador during the Swiss 2005–06 season for an undisclosed fee while he was just 17 years old. Due to his youth, he was trained in the minor divisions. He went on to play 20 games for Basel in the following 2006–07 season, accompanied by three Swiss League goals. Clubs from La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A were monitoring his progress, with Milan said to have made an inquiry in the winter of 2007. On 31 January 2008, it was announced that Manchester City had secured Caicedo's services on a four-and-a-half year deal through a £5.2 million transfer fee (€7 million), which would make his sale one of the highest transfers in the history of the Swiss League. His transfer to Manchester City was completed after Caicedo was granted a work permit. Caicedo was described by his manager as "one of the great South American talents" and was also compared to the Brazilian Adriano. He made his debut on 10 February 2008, in a 2–1 away win against rivals Manchester United, coming on in the second half. He ended the season with 10 appearances in the Premier League, all of them coming on as a substitute. Caicedo scored his first goal for City the following season in a UEFA Cup game against Racing de Santander. He scored his second consecutive goal with a back heel in a league game against West Bromwich Albion, but the goal was initially ruled as an own goal, as it hit the post and then the goalkeeper before finally going in. The goal was later given back to Caicedo after reconsideration from the Dubious Goals Committee. After these solid performances, both coming off the bench, club manager Mark Hughes gave him the opportunity to start his first game in the league and he went on to score for the third game in a row, this time scoring the first two goals against Hull City on 26 December 2008, in a 5–1 victory, taking his goal tally up to four. He started against Blackburn Rovers on 28 December 2008. Caicedo opened the scoring in the first leg of the UEFA Cup last 16 tie with Aalborg BK at the City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City won the game 2–0. Caicedo scored his sixth goal of the season for Manchester City against Hamburger SV on 16 April 2009, but City were eliminated from the cup 4–3 on aggregate. Caicedo impressed many Manchester City fans that season with his strong performances as a single striker with the ability to hold up the ball in key areas and shrug off defenders. Caicedo's seventh City goal came in City's 3–1 home win over Blackburn Rovers on 2 May. Caicedo scored his eighth goal for Manchester City in the 1–0 win over Bolton Wanderers on the last day of the season at the City of Manchester Stadium. At the start of the 2009–10 season, Caicedo was tipped to leave City in order to get more playing time, especially after the club signed fellow forwards Roque Santa Cruz, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Carlos Tevez. So, on 23 July 2009, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Manchester City reached a one-year loan deal with option of a permanent deal, that would allow him to be part of their squad for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, potentially allowing Caicedo a year to develop himself as a forward before returning to Manchester City. Caicedo made his debut for Sporting CP shirt after coming on as a substitute for Hélder Postiga injured on a 36th minutes in a 2–1 loss against Braga on 22 August 2009. After suffering a Stretched Ligament injury in a match against Braga which he was out of action for 3 weeks, Caicedo made his return for Sporting CP when he provided assist for Simon Vukčević to score a winning goal in a 1–1 draw against S.C. Olhanense on 21 September 2009. Caicedo, however, found it difficult at Sporting and his loan deal was cut short in January 2010. After Sporting decided to end Caicedo's loan spell at the club, other clubs showed interest in the Manchester City striker, Málaga CF and Hull City amongst them. On 8 January 2010, Caicedo decided to join Málaga on loan, rejecting an offer from Hull City. He scored his first La Liga goal for Málaga with a beautiful individual effort against Racing de Santander, helping Málaga win 3–0 on 14 February 2010. On 10 April 2010, Caicedo scored his first goal in two months which is his second goal in 2–1 loss against Sevilla and 4 days later on 14 April 2010, Caicedo scored again after 4 days of scoring his first goal which is his third goal in a 2–2 draw against Osasuna. On the final matchday of the domestic season, Málaga required a point to stay above the relegation zone, where they faced Real Madrid at home at La Rosaleda. Caicedo started and provided a wonderful assist for Duda to open the scoring in the ninth minute. Real Madrid levelled after the break through Rafael van der Vaart, but the early goal was enough for Málaga to avoid relegation. Just one hour before the deadline of the Spanish summer transfer window (24:00 CEST), Caicedo completed a loan move to freshly-promoted Levante UD for the 2010–11 season. This revitalized his career, where by December 2010, he had contributed seven goals in 12 appearances; included in these seven goals was a brace scored against Racing de Santander on 21 November 2010. Along with a Christian Stuani strike, Levante went on to win 3–1, picking themselves out of the relegation zone after a miserable four-match losing streak. Levante lost on 18 December 2010 to Athletic Bilbao by a score of 2–1. Caicedo scored the only goal for the hosts. This was the last game before the winter break and started an abismal five-game losing streak for Levante that left them at the bottom of the Liga table. Levante turned this around on 29 January 2011 when they welcomed Getafe CF. Caicedo added the second goal of a 2–0 win and lifted the relegation strugglers from the bottom of the zone. On 11 May, Caicedo scored his 13th league goal of a successful campaign against FC Barcelona at the Estadi Ciutat de València. Caicedo finished the ball in fine fashion, after capitalizing on defender Gerard Piqué's error. The game ended in a 1–1 draw, which handed Barcelona their third-straight La Liga title. The crucial point for Levante put them five points above the relegation zone with two games remaining. Caicedo's thirteen league goals helped to secure Levante's place in La Liga for a second season. The Daily Mail reported that Levante wanted to sign Caicedo permanently for £1 million with him being the top scorer for Levante. On 30 May 2011, Levante officially took up an option to sign him and on 29 June 2011, Levante signed Caicedo for £880,000. In his move, it was revealed that Levante would cash in by selling Caicedo for a large profit in the summer because the club were in debt, owing €12 million ($17 million) a year in repayments. This led to Caicedo quoting: "At €1 million, I am cheap, very cheap. Very, very, very cheap. He is a bargain, but only for Levante." Following his time in Spain, reports showed that he traveled to Moscow because of interest from Russian Premier League clubs Lokomotiv Moscow and Anzhi Makhachkala. On 25 July 2011, Caicedo signed a four-year contract with Lokomotiv Moscow for a fee of €7.5 million and was handed the number 25 jersey. Previously, Lokomotiv Moscow tried to sign Caicedo in the Winter Transfer Window at Russia before it closed on 10 March 2011 after Lokomotiv Moscow failed to sign Stuttgart's striker Ciprian Marica. Following his move to Lokomotiv Moscow, the president of Russian club Olga Smorodskaya accused Levante of behaving unprofessionally in the sale and hit out at Levante for their lack of co-operation during negotiations, saying to RIA Novosti : "This deal was very difficult for us due to the unprofessional and inadequate position of Levante. Their directors seemed to have a very poor knowledge of Fifa's regulations, as they insisted on things forbidden by those rules, As a result we had to explain everything to them and give legal substantiations to each of our steps in order to sign a contract that would be consistent with the law."On 14 August 2011, Caicedo made his debut in the Russian Premier League after coming on at the 61st minute for Dmitri Loskov as Lokomotiv Moscow drew 0–0 against Volga. On 28 August 2011, Caicedo scored his first goal which proved to be thew winning goal against Kuban Krasnodar. After scoring for Lokomotiv Moscow, Caicedo began scoring and providing assists on a weekly basis for 4 weeks including 3 goals. The first of these goals came against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in a 4–2 win on 10 September 2011, another against Terek Grozny in a 4–0 win, and the third and final of the run against Anzhi, a goal which again proved to be the winning goal. He had provided his one assist of the run a week before, Caicedo playing the ball to Alberto Zapater who scored his first goal for Lokomitiv Moscow in the 1–1 draw against Rubin Kazin on 25 September 2011. In the first half Russian Premier League, Caicedo made 13 league appearance, scoring 6 goals. In the Europa League, Caicedo made his debut in the Play-off round as Lokomotiv Moscow beat Spartak Trnava 3–1 on aggregate on 25 August 2011. On 20 October 2011, Caicedo scored his first Europa League goal in a 3–1 win over AEK Athens on a Group Stage. On 16 February 2012 in the Round of 32 of the Europa League, Caicedo scored a winning goal on a 71st minutes against Athletic Bilbao in a 2–1 win of the first leg of Round of 32 of the Europa League. Caicedo also provided an assist for Denis Glushakov to score a penalty on a 61st minutes after Caicedo was fouled in the penalty box. In the second leg of Round of 32 of the Europa League, Caicedo played as Lokomotiv Moscow were eliminated from the Europa League after Athletic Bilbao beat Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0, winning on the away goals rule. In the January transfer window, reports from Brazil and Ecuador claimed that Caicedo was joining Série B side Boa Esporte on loan. However, the move was rejected by Olga Smorodskaya saying that she has no intention in loaning him to Boa and says the offer was "nonsense". In 2014, Felipe Caicedo joined Al Jazira. Upon the arrival of Mirko Vucinic to Al Jazira, Al Jazira and Caicedo held talks about terminating his contract, making him a Free Agent. On 15 July 2014, Caicedo signed for La Liga club Espanyol on a Bosman transfer after leaving UAE Arabian Gulf League club Al-Jazira. On 10 February 2009, Caicedo scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory against England's U-21 team. On 21 March 2013, following the words of Agustín Castillo, the coach of El Salvador, that the current Ecuador team is the "best Ecuador of the history", Caicedo scored twice against El Salvador. List of goals and results with Ecuador national football team

Promitheas Patras B.C.

Promitheas Patras B.C. 2022-01-01T13:06:46Z Promitheas Patras B.C. (Greek: Προμηθέας Πατρών K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Patras, Greece. The club currently competes in the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. It is Patras' prominent basketball club. The basketball club is the main part of the Greek multi-sports club A.S. Promitheas Patras. The club's full name can be rendered as either A.S.P. Promitheas B.C., or A.S. Promitheas Patras B.C. With the acronym "A.S." standing for "Athlitikos Syllogos" (meaning: Athletic Club / Sports Club, in Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος). The club is named after Prometheus, one of the most well-known Greek mythological Titans, and the flame representing the fire knowledge he gave to people is the club's emblem (logo). The club is owned by Dr. Evangelos Liolios, who is also the owner of the Greek coffee company, Coffee Island, and managed by Christos Milas. The parent athletic club of A.S. Promitheas Patras was founded in 1985. The men's basketball section of the club was started in the 1986–87 season. From 1986 to 2013, the club competed in the local and regional basketball leagues of Greece. Promitheas competed in one of Greece's national categories for the first time, in the 2013–14 season, when the club played in the Greek C League (4th Division). In that season, the team won the 4th Division's 3rd Group, with a record of 21–3, and thus earned a league promotion to the next higher league level. Prometheus competed in the Greek B League (3rd Division) in the 2014–15 season. That season, they won the 3rd Division's 2nd Group, with a record of 24–2, and thus once again earned a league promotion. Promitheas Patras played in the Greek A2 League (2nd Division), during the 2015–16 season. They finished the season with a record of 24–14 (regular season & playoffs), and finished in 3rd place overall in the league. After the season, they were granted a league promotion to the first tier Greek League, for the following 2016–17 season. In the 2015–16 edition of the Greek Cup, Promitheas made it to the Last 16 stage. Promitheas Patras played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time, in the 2016–17 season. They finished the season in 9th place in the league standings, with a record of 10–16. During that same season, the club also participated in the 2016–17 Greek Cup competition, in which they finished in 10th place, after defeating Trikala Aries and Doukas on the road, and then losing to Koroivos, on the road, in Amaliada. In the 2017–18 Greek Basket League season, the technical leadership of Promitheas Patras was taken over by the club's sports director Makis Giatras. Giatras was flanked by the team's assistant coaches Eleftheriadis, Douvas and Souflias, the team's trainer Lapsanis, and the team's manager Kostas Rakintzis. For that season, the team also renewed its contracts with players Gkikas, Geromichalos, Gravas, and Faye. The club also signed several new players: Toutziarakis, Saloustros, Dimakos, Releford, Evans, Lypovyy, Milošević, Hall, Ellis, Murry, and Prather. They finished the season in 4th place overall in the league standings, with a record of 19–15 (regular season & playoffs). That same season, the team also participated in the 2017–18 Greek Cup competition, in which they again finished in 10th place, after beating Koroivos and Lavrio, but then losing to Kolossos Rodou. Promitheas Patras directly joined the last 16 stage of the 2018–19 Greek Cup competition, where they faced Aris Thessaloniki. They won that game in Patras, by a score of 86–65, and thus proceeded to the Greek Cup's Top 8 phase. At that phase, they came up against Panathinaikos Athens - the eventual winners of the Greek Cup, and were defeated by a score of 76–68. After completing the 2018–19 Greek Basket League's regular season, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the league's regular season standings. In the league's playoff quarterfinals, Promitheas beat PAOK Thessaloniki twice (81–66 and 76–68), and they qualified to the league's semifinals. In a dramatic five game semifinals playoff series, Promitheas earned a memorable victory against AEK Athens, by beating them on their home court, in the series' final game (85–84 in O.T.). After winning the series 3–2, Promitheas became the first Greek provincial team to qualify to the league's finals, and also managed to make it to the Greek League's playoff finals, for the first time in the club's history. In the Greek League Finals, they played against Panathinaikos Athens, and lost the series 3–0. Moreover, also in the 2018–19 season, Promitheas debuted in European-wide club competitions by participating in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League, and making it to the competition's Round of 16. The Italian club Virtus Bologna, the Turkish club Beşiktaş İstanbul, the Lithuanian club Neptūnas Klaipėda, the French club SIG Strasbourg, the Belgian club Oostende, the German club Medi Bayreuth and the Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana were drawn as the opponents of Promitheas for the Champions League's phase of 32. With a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the group standings, and booked a ticket to the competition's knockout phase of 16. At the knockout phase of 16, Promitheas faced the Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife, and managed to grab a 69–57 win in the first phase of the two-legged playoff series. After losing the first game of the series by 12 points in Patras, the Spanish club had an admirable reaction in the next game, and prevailed over Promitheas by 22 points (79–57) in the second game, and thus won the series by an aggregate score of 136–126. The most productive scorers for Promitheas Patras in the FIBA Champions League were Rion Brown (214 points in 14 games, 15.3 on average), Tony Meier (193 points in 16 games, 12.1 on average), Leonidas Kaselakis (109 points in 12 games, 9.1 on average), Nikos Gkikas (134 points in 15 games, 8.9 on average), Oleksandr Lypovyy (104 points in 14 games, 7.4 on average), and Michalis Tsairelis (109 points in 16 games, 6.8 on average). Overall, the team recorded 79.3 points, 32.9 rebounds, and 18.8 assists per game on average. Promitheas competed in the European secondary level EuroCup, for the first time in the EuroCup 2019–20 season. Promitheas is a Super Cup winner 2020, in the final won Peristeri BC. Promitheas Patras previously played their home games at the 1,500 seat A.E.P. Indoor Hall. The club currently plays its home games at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena, an indoor sports arena that is located in the Proastio neighborhood of Patras. It is also known by its original official name, which is PEAK, which stands for Pampeloponnisiako Ethniko Athlitiko Kentro Patron. The arena has a seating capacity of 4,200 people for basketball games. Promitheas Patras' training facility, the Kastellokampos Training Center, was opened to the club's athletes and fans in September 2018. It is located in the Patras suburb of Kastellokampos. It is considered to be one of the most modern and complete basketball training centers in Europe, and is also home to one of the top level basketball academies in Europe. It comprises an area of 2,500 square meters, and contains three basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and an ergo-metrics laboratory (Promitheas Lab). The training center is also regularly used to host youth basketball competitions and cultural events. Since the summer of 2014, Promitheas Patras has run a "Youth Development Program" of sports scholarships. The program's aim is to combine sports with education, and to help children with sports talent, physical and athletic skills, and a willingness to compete in sports, to be able to combine both sports and education; by using and maximizing their athletic capabilities, while at the same time, maintaining their school performance. It includes children who are at secondary school age, and that have special abilities in the sport of basketball. For the club's youth academy athletes, diligence in their school lessons is a prerequisite. For those children, ASP Promitheas created the "NOUS" scholarship program. The program's scholarship includes full financial coverage of the expenses by the club's association for: the athlete's accommodations in Patras (in the hostel of Dim. & Lilis Stavropoulou, located in Kastellokampos, Patras, in air conditioned student dormitories), their daily nutritional needs, their transportation needs, their sports clothing, and their education. The club also covers the tuition fees of the youth athletes, at Panou Schools, in Nafpaktos, which is the region's top secondary level educational institution. The Promitheas Youth Development Program has enjoyed multiple successes, having finished in 2nd place in the Panou Schools competition in Kavala, in 2016, in 3rd place in the 2017 Nicosia Schools competition, and in 1st place in the 2018 Archaia Olympia Schools competition, at the Panhellenic Lyceum Championships. In total, they have earned one gold medal, one silver medal, and one bronze medal, while competing against the Lyceums of all of Greece. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either:, Promitheas Patras B.C. 2023-12-30T23:48:54Z Promitheas Patras B.C. (Greek: Προμηθέας Πατρών K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Patras, Greece. The club currently competes in the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Promitheas also previously competed in the EuroCup for four seasons, reaching the quarter-finals twice. It is one of Patras' prominent basketball clubs, along with Apollon. The basketball club is the main part of the Greek multi-sports club A.S. Promitheas Patras. The club's full name can be rendered as either A.S.P. Promitheas B.C., or A.S. Promitheas Patras B.C. With the acronym "A.S." standing for "Athlitikos Syllogos" (meaning: Athletic Club / Sports Club, in Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος). The club is named after Prometheus, one of the most well-known Greek mythological Titans, and the flame representing the fire knowledge he gave to people is the club's emblem (logo). The club is owned by Dr. Evangelos Liolios, who is also the owner of the Greek coffee company, Coffee Island, and managed by Christos Milas. The parent athletic club of A.S. Promitheas Patras was founded in 1985. The men's basketball section of the club was started in the 1986–87 season. From 1986 to 2013, the club competed in the local and regional basketball leagues of Greece. Promitheas competed in one of Greece's national categories for the first time, in the 2013–14 season, when the club played in the Greek C League (4th Division). In that season, the team won the 4th Division's 3rd Group, with a record of 21–3, and thus earned a league promotion to the next higher league level. Prometheus competed in the Greek B League (3rd Division) in the 2014–15 season. That season, they won the 3rd Division's 2nd Group, with a record of 24–2, and thus once again earned a league promotion. Promitheas Patras played in the Greek A2 League (2nd Division), during the 2015–16 season. They finished the season with a record of 24–14 (regular season & playoffs), and finished in 3rd place overall in the league. After the season, they were granted a league promotion to the first tier Greek League, for the following 2016–17 season. In the 2015–16 edition of the Greek Cup, Promitheas made it to the Last 16 stage. Promitheas Patras played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time, in the 2016–17 season. They finished the season in 9th place in the league standings, with a record of 10–16. During that same season, the club also participated in the 2016–17 Greek Cup competition, in which they finished in 10th place, after defeating Trikala Aries and Doukas on the road, and then losing to Koroivos, on the road, in Amaliada. In the 2017–18 Greek Basket League season, the technical leadership of Promitheas Patras was taken over by the club's sports director Makis Giatras. Giatras was flanked by the team's assistant coaches Eleftheriadis, Douvas and Souflias, the team's trainer Lapsanis, and the team's manager Kostas Rakintzis. For that season, the team also renewed its contracts with players Gkikas, Geromichalos, Gravas, and Faye. The club also signed several new players: Toutziarakis, Saloustros, Dimakos, Releford, Evans, Lypovyy, Milošević, Hall, Ellis, Murry, and Prather. They finished the season in 4th place overall in the league standings, with a record of 19–15 (regular season & playoffs). That same season, the team also participated in the 2017–18 Greek Cup competition, in which they again finished in 10th place, after beating Koroivos and Lavrio, but then losing to Kolossos Rodou. Promitheas Patras directly joined the last 16 stage of the 2018–19 Greek Cup competition, where they faced Aris Thessaloniki. They won that game in Patras, by a score of 86–65, and thus proceeded to the Greek Cup's Top 8 phase. At that phase, they came up against Panathinaikos Athens - the eventual winners of the Greek Cup, and were defeated by a score of 76–68. After completing the 2018–19 Greek Basket League's regular season, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the league's regular season standings. In the league's playoff quarterfinals, Promitheas beat PAOK Thessaloniki twice (81–66 and 76–68), and they qualified to the league's semifinals. In a dramatic five game semifinals playoff series, Promitheas earned a memorable victory against AEK Athens, by beating them on their home court, in the series' final game (85–84 in O.T.). After winning the series 3–2, Promitheas became the first Greek provincial team to qualify to the league's finals, and also managed to make it to the Greek League's playoff finals, for the first time in the club's history. In the Greek League Finals, they played against Panathinaikos Athens, and lost the series 3–0. Moreover, also in the 2018–19 season, Promitheas debuted in European-wide club competitions by participating in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League, and making it to the competition's Round of 16. The Italian club Virtus Bologna, the Turkish club Beşiktaş İstanbul, the Lithuanian club Neptūnas Klaipėda, the French club SIG Strasbourg, the Belgian club Oostende, the German club Medi Bayreuth and the Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana were drawn as the opponents of Promitheas for the Champions League's phase of 32. With a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the group standings, and booked a ticket to the competition's knockout phase of 16. At the knockout phase of 16, Promitheas faced the Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife, and managed to grab a 69–57 win in the first phase of the two-legged playoff series. After losing the first game of the series by 12 points in Patras, the Spanish club had an admirable reaction in the next game, and prevailed over Promitheas by 22 points (79–57) in the second game, and thus won the series by an aggregate score of 136–126. The most productive scorers for Promitheas Patras in the FIBA Champions League were Rion Brown (214 points in 14 games, 15.3 on average), Tony Meier (193 points in 16 games, 12.1 on average), Leonidas Kaselakis (109 points in 12 games, 9.1 on average), Nikos Gkikas (134 points in 15 games, 8.9 on average), Oleksandr Lypovyy (104 points in 14 games, 7.4 on average), and Michalis Tsairelis (109 points in 16 games, 6.8 on average). Overall, the team recorded 79.3 points, 32.9 rebounds, and 18.8 assists per game on average. Promitheas competed in the European secondary level EuroCup, for the first time in the EuroCup 2019–20 season. They are the Super Cup winners of 2020, beating Peristeri BC in the final. Promitheas Patras previously played their home games at the 1,500 seat A.E.P. Indoor Hall. The club currently plays its home games at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena, an indoor sports arena that is located in the Proastio neighborhood of Patras. It is also known by its original official name, which is PEAK, which stands for Pampeloponnisiako Ethniko Athlitiko Kentro Patron. The arena has a seating capacity of 4,200 people for basketball games. Promitheas Patras' training facility, the Kastellokampos Training Center, was opened to the club's athletes and fans in September 2018. It is located in the Patras suburb of Kastellokampos. It is considered to be one of the most modern and complete basketball training centers in Europe, and is also home to one of the top level basketball academies in Europe. It comprises an area of 2,500 square meters, and contains three basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and an ergo-metrics laboratory (Promitheas Lab). The training center is also regularly used to host youth basketball competitions and cultural events. Since the summer of 2014, Promitheas Patras has run a "Youth Development Program" of sports scholarships. The program's aim is to combine sports with education, and to help children with sports talent, physical and athletic skills, and a willingness to compete in sports, to be able to combine both sports and education; by using and maximizing their athletic capabilities, while at the same time, maintaining their school performance. It includes children who are at secondary school age, and that have special abilities in the sport of basketball. For the club's youth academy athletes, diligence in their school lessons is a prerequisite. For those children, ASP Promitheas created the "NOUS" scholarship program. The program's scholarship includes full financial coverage of the expenses by the club's association for: the athlete's accommodations in Patras (in the hostel of Dim. & Lilis Stavropoulou, located in Kastellokampos, Patras, in air conditioned student dormitories), their daily nutritional needs, their transportation needs, their sports clothing, and their education. The club also covers the tuition fees of the youth athletes, at Panou Schools, in Nafpaktos, which is the region's top secondary level educational institution. The Promitheas Youth Development Program has enjoyed multiple successes, having finished in 2nd place in the Panou Schools competition in Kavala, in 2016, in 3rd place in the 2017 Nicosia Schools competition, and in 1st place in the 2018 Archaia Olympia Schools competition, at the Panhellenic Lyceum Championships. In total, they have earned one gold medal, one silver medal, and one bronze medal, while competing against the Lyceums of all of Greece. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either:

Schuette–Nesbitt_formula

Schuette–Nesbitt_formula 2008-11-12T16:09:00Z In probability theory, a branch of mathematics, the Schuette–Nesbitt formula is a generalization of the probabilistic version of the inclusion-exclusion principle. It is named after Donald R. Schuette and Cecil J. Nesbitt. The Schuette–Nesbitt formula has practical applications in actuarial science, where it is used to calculate the net single premium for life annuities and life insurances based on the general symmetric status. Consider arbitrary events A1, . . . , Am in a probability space ( Ω , F , P ) {\displaystyle \scriptstyle (\Omega ,{\mathcal {F}},\mathbb {P} )} and let denote the random number of these events which occur simultaneously. Define where the intersection over the empty index set is defined as Ω, hence S0 = 1. Furthermore, consider the shift operator E and the difference operator Δ, which we define here on the sequence space of a real or complex vector space V by and Then and, for every sequence c = (c0, c1, c2, c3, . . . , cm, . . . ), For textbook presentations of the Schuette–Nesbitt formula and their applications to actuarial science, cf. Gerber Life Insurance Mathematics, Chapter 8, or Bowers et al. Actuarial Mathematics, Chapter 18 and the Appendix, pp. 577–578. For independent events, the formula appeared in 1959 in a discussion of Robert P. White and T. N. E. Greville's paper by Donald R. Schuette and Cecil J. Nesbitt in the Transactions of Society of Actuaries. In a two-page note appearing 1979, Hans U. Gerber called it Schuette–Nesbitt formula and generalized it to arbitrary events. In 1994, Christian Buchta published an elementary, combinatorial proof, see the references below. Cecil J. Nesbitt, Ph. D. , F. S. A. , M. A. A. A. , received his mathematical education at the University of Toronto and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He taught actuarial mathematics at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1980. He served the Society of Actuaries from 1985 to 1987 as Vice-President for Research and Studies. Professor Nesbitt died in 2001. (Short CV taken from Bowers et al. , page xv. ) Donald Richard Schuette was a Ph. D. student of C.  Nesbitt, he later became professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**) generalizes much older formulae of Waring, which express the probability of the events {N = k} and {N ≥ k} in terms of S1, S2, . . . , Sm. More precisely, with ( n k ) {\displaystyle \textstyle {\binom {n}{k}}} denoting the binomial coefficient, and see Feller, Sections IV. 3 and IV. 5, respectively. To see that these formulae are special cases of the Schuette–Nesbitt formula, note that by the binomial theorem Applying this operator identity to the sequence c = (0, . . . , 0, 1, 0, 0, . . . ) with k leading zeros and noting that (E jc)0 = 1 if j = k and (E jc)0 = 0 otherwise, the first formula for {N = k} follows from (**). Applying the identity to c = (0, . . . , 0, 1, 1, 1, . . . ) with k leading zeros and noting that (E jc)0 = 1 if j ≥ k and (E jc)0 = 0 otherwise, equation (**) implies that Expanding (1 − 1)n using the binomial theorem and using equation (11) of the formulas involving binomial coefficients, we obtain Hence, we have the formula for {N ≥ k} The second equation (**) follows from the first one (*) by applying it to the sequence c and considering of the 0th component, because (Enc)0 = cn. To prove (*), we first want to verify the operator equation involving indicator functions of the events A1, . . . , Am and their complements with respect to Ω. Suppose an ω from Ω belongs to exactly k events out of A1, . . . , Am, where 0 ≤ k ≤ m, for simplicity of notation say that ω only belongs to A1, . . . , Ak. Then the left-hand side is Ek. On the right-hand side, the first k factors equal E, the remaining ones equal the identity operator I, their product is also Ek, hence the formula is true. Note that the difference operator Δ is the difference of the shift operator E and the identity operator I, meaning that Δ = E – I, hence Inserting this result into the operator equation and expanding the product gives because the product of indicator functions is the indicator function of the intersection. Taking the expectation and using its linearity, we get (*). Problem: Suppose there are m persons aged x1, . . . , xm with remaining random (but independent) lifetimes T1, . . . , Tm. Suppose the group signs a life insurance contract which pays them after t years the amount cn if exactly n persons out of m are still alive after t years. How high is the expected payout of this insurance contract in t years? Solution: Let Aj denote the event that person j survives t years, which means that Aj = {Tj > t}. In actuarial notation the probability of this event is denoted by t p x j {\displaystyle {}_{t}p_{x_{j}}} and can be taken from a life table. Use independence to calculate the probability of intersections. Calculate S1, . . . , Sm and use the Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**) to calculate the expected value of cN. For a real number z set cn = zn for 0 ≤ n ≤ m. By the binomial theorem, hence Using the Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**), we get for the probability-generating function of N Now let σ be a random permutation of the set {1,. . . ,m} and let Aj denote the event that j is a fixed point of σ, meaning that Aj = {σ(j) = j}. When the numbers in J, which is a subset of {1,. . . ,m}, are fixed points, then there are (m − |J|)! ways to permute the remaining m − |J| numbers, hence By the combinatorical interpretation of the binomial coefficient, there are ( m n ) {\displaystyle \textstyle {\binom {m}{n}}} different choices of a subset J of {1,. . . ,m} with n elements, hence and This is the partial sum of the infinite series giving the exponential function at z − 1, which in turn is the probability-generating function of the Poisson distribution with parameter 1. Therefore, as m tends to infinity, the distribution of N converges to the Poisson distribution with parameter 1., Schuette–Nesbitt_formula 2009-04-24T13:04:20Z In probability theory, the Schuette–Nesbitt formula is a generalization of the probabilistic version of the inclusion-exclusion principle. It is named after Donald R. Schuette and Cecil J. Nesbitt. The Schuette–Nesbitt formula has practical applications in actuarial science, where it is used to calculate the net single premium for life annuities and life insurances based on the general symmetric status. Consider arbitrary events A1, . . . , Am in a probability space ( Ω , F , P ) {\displaystyle \scriptstyle (\Omega ,{\mathcal {F}},\mathbb {P} )} and let denote the random number of these events which occur simultaneously. Define where the intersection over the empty index set is defined as Ω, hence S0 = 1. Furthermore, consider the shift operator E and the difference operator Δ, which we define here on the sequence space of a real or complex vector space V by and Then and, for every sequence c = (c0, c1, c2, c3, . . . , cm, . . . ), The quantity in (**) is the expected value of cN. For textbook presentations of the Schuette–Nesbitt formula and their applications to actuarial science, cf. Gerber Life Insurance Mathematics, Chapter 8, or Bowers et al. Actuarial Mathematics, Chapter 18 and the Appendix, pp. 577–578. For independent events, the formula appeared in 1959 in a discussion of Robert P. White and T. N. E. Greville's paper by Donald R. Schuette and Cecil J. Nesbitt in the Transactions of Society of Actuaries. In a two-page note appearing 1979, Hans U. Gerber called it Schuette–Nesbitt formula and generalized it to arbitrary events. In 1994, Christian Buchta published an elementary combinatorial proof; see the references below. Cecil J. Nesbitt, Ph. D. , F. S. A. , M. A. A. A. , received his mathematical education at the University of Toronto and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He taught actuarial mathematics at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1980. He served the Society of Actuaries from 1985 to 1987 as Vice-President for Research and Studies. Professor Nesbitt died in 2001. (Short CV taken from Bowers et al. , page xv. ) Donald Richard Schuette was a Ph. D. student of C.  Nesbitt, he later became professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**) generalizes much older formulae of Waring, which express the probability of the events {N = k} and {N ≥ k} in terms of S1, S2, . . . , Sm. More precisely, with ( n k ) {\displaystyle \textstyle {\binom {n}{k}}} denoting the binomial coefficient, and see Feller, Sections IV. 3 and IV. 5, respectively. To see that these formulae are special cases of the Schuette–Nesbitt formula, note that by the binomial theorem Applying this operator identity to the sequence c = (0, . . . , 0, 1, 0, 0, . . . ) with k leading zeros and noting that (E jc)0 = 1 if j = k and (E jc)0 = 0 otherwise, the first formula for {N = k} follows from (**). Applying the identity to c = (0, . . . , 0, 1, 1, 1, . . . ) with k leading zeros and noting that (E jc)0 = 1 if j ≥ k and (E jc)0 = 0 otherwise, equation (**) implies that Expanding (1 − 1)n using the binomial theorem and using equation (11) of the formulas involving binomial coefficients, we obtain Hence, we have the formula for {N ≥ k} The second equation (**) follows from the first one (*) by applying it to the sequence c and considering of the 0th component, because (Enc)0 = cn. To prove (*), we first want to verify the operator equation involving indicator functions of the events A1, . . . , Am and their complements with respect to Ω. Suppose an ω from Ω belongs to exactly k events out of A1, . . . , Am, where 0 ≤ k ≤ m, for simplicity of notation say that ω only belongs to A1, . . . , Ak. Then the left-hand side is Ek. On the right-hand side, the first k factors equal E, the remaining ones equal the identity operator I, their product is also Ek, hence the formula is true. Note that the difference operator Δ is the difference of the shift operator E and the identity operator I, meaning that Δ = E – I, hence Inserting this result into the operator equation and expanding the product gives because the product of indicator functions is the indicator function of the intersection. Taking the expectation and using its linearity, we get (*). Problem: Suppose there are m persons aged x1, . . . , xm with remaining random (but independent) lifetimes T1, . . . , Tm. Suppose the group signs a life insurance contract which pays them after t years the amount cn if exactly n persons out of m are still alive after t years. How high is the expected payout of this insurance contract in t years? Solution: Let Aj denote the event that person j survives t years, which means that Aj = {Tj > t}. In actuarial notation the probability of this event is denoted by t p x j {\displaystyle {}_{t}p_{x_{j}}} and can be taken from a life table. Use independence to calculate the probability of intersections. Calculate S1, . . . , Sm and use the Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**) to calculate the expected value of cN. For a real number z set cn = zn for 0 ≤ n ≤ m. By the binomial theorem, hence Using the Schuette–Nesbitt formula (**), we get for the probability-generating function of N Now let σ be a random permutation of the set {1,. . . ,m} and let Aj denote the event that j is a fixed point of σ, meaning that Aj = {σ(j) = j}. When the numbers in J, which is a subset of {1,. . . ,m}, are fixed points, then there are (m − |J|)! ways to permute the remaining m − |J| numbers, hence By the combinatorical interpretation of the binomial coefficient, there are ( m n ) {\displaystyle \textstyle {\binom {m}{n}}} different choices of a subset J of {1,. . . ,m} with n elements, hence and This is the partial sum of the infinite series giving the exponential function at z − 1, which in turn is the probability-generating function of the Poisson distribution with parameter 1. Therefore, as m tends to infinity, the distribution of N converges to the Poisson distribution with parameter 1.

1904_Detroit_Tigers_season

1904_Detroit_Tigers_season 2009-05-15T23:17:38Z 1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62-90 (. 408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at . 290. Infielders Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts Jimmy Barrett Wild Bill Donovan Ed Killian Frank Kitson Bobby Lowe Matty McIntyre George Mullin Bob Wood, 1904_Detroit_Tigers_season 2010-07-23T22:35:10Z 1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62-90 (. 408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at . 290. Infielders Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Jimmy Barrett Wild Bill Donovan Ed Killian Frank Kitson Bobby Lowe Matty McIntyre George Mullin Bob Wood

Molde_Idrettspark

Molde_Idrettspark 2011-08-19T06:54:47Z Molde idrettspark (formerly known as Molde stadion or Gamle Molde stadion) is a multi-use stadium in Molde, Norway. A football stadium, it is the former home ground of Molde FK, who moved to Aker stadion for the 1998 season. It has a capacity of 15,000 people, whereas the record attendance is 14,615 from a 1987 game against Moss FK. It is also used for athletics meets. , Molde_Idrettspark 2013-03-17T19:21:27Z Molde idrettspark, until 1998 known as Molde stadion, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Molde, Norway. It serves as the home ground for the athletics team IL Molde-Olymp and the football clubs SK Træff and reserve and development teams of Molde FK. Prior to the 1998 opening of Aker Stadion it also served as the home ground for Molde FK's Norwegian Premier League team. The stadium opened on 28 August 1955 and has a capacity for 15,000 spectators. The venue opened on 28 August 1955 in a league match between Molde FK and Kristiansund FK, with the home team winning 1–0. Until then Molde FK had been playing their games at Rivalbanen. Molde played in the top league, the Main League in 1958, after which the stadium was not used for top-level football again until Molde was promoted to the 1974 Norwegian First Division. That year saw an expansion of the terraces. The seated stand was built by the club in the mid-1980s. However, the costs were too much for the club to bear and was a contributing factor to the club's near bankruptcy in 1991. The record attendance of 14,615 dates from a 1987 match against Moss FK. The A-team moved to Molde Stadion (now Aker Stadion) in 1998.

Genetic_algorithm_scheduling

Genetic_algorithm_scheduling 2007-11-16T19:06:10Z To be competitive, corporations must minimize inefficiencies and maximize productivity. In manufacturing, productivity is inherently linked to how well you can optimize the resources you have, reduce waste and increase efficiency. Finding the best way to maximize efficiency in a manufacturing process can be extremely complex. Even on a simple projects, there are multiple inputs, multiple steps, many constraints and limited resources. In general a resource constrained scheduling problem consists of: A typical factory floor setting is a good example of this where scheduling which jobs need to be completed on which machines, by which employees in what order and at what time. In very complex problems such as scheduling there is no known way to get to a final answer, so we resort to searching for it trying to find a “good” answer. Scheduling problems most often use heuristic algorithms to search for the optimal solution. Heuristic search methods suffer as the inputs become more complex and varied. This type of problem is known in computer science as an NP-Hard problem. This means that there are no known algorithms for finding an optimal solution in polynomial time. Genetic algorithms are well suited to solving production scheduling problems, because unlike heuristic methods genetic algorithms operate on a population of solutions rather than a single solution. In production scheduling this population of solutions consists of many answers that may have different sometimes conflicting objectives. For example, in one solution we may be optimizing a production process to be completed in a minimal amount of time. In another solution we may be optimizing for a minimal amount of defects. By cranking up the speed at which we produce we may run into an increase in defects in our final product. As we increase the number of objectives we are trying to achieve we also increase the number of constraints on the problem and similarly increase the complexity. Genetic algorithms are ideal for these types of problems where the search space is large and the number of feasible solutions is small. To apply a genetic algorithm to a scheduling problem we must first represent it as a genome. One way to represent a scheduling genome is to defines a sequence of tasks and the start times of those tasks relative to one another. Each task and its corresponding start time represents a gene. A specific sequence of tasks and start times (genes) represents one genome in our population. To make sure that our genome is a feasible solution we must take care that it obeys our precedence constraints. We generate an initial population using random start times within the precedence constraints. With genetic algorithms we then take this initial population and cross it combining genomes with a small amount of randomness (mutation). The offspring of this combination is selected based on a fitness function that includes one or many of our constraints, such minimizing time and minimizing defects. We let this process continue either for a pre-allotted time or until we find a solution that fits our minimum criteria. Overall each successive generation will have a greater average fitness i. e. taking less time with higher quality than the proceeding generations. In scheduling problems, as with other genetic algorithm solutions, we must make sure that we do not select offspring that are infeasible, such as offspring that violate our precedence constraint. We of course may have to add further fitness values such as minimizing costs however each constraint that we had greatly increases the search space ,an lowers the number of solutions that are good matches. , Genetic_algorithm_scheduling 2009-08-22T21:58:56Z To be competitive, corporations must minimize inefficiencies and maximize productivity. In manufacturing, productivity is inherently linked to how well you can optimize the resources you have, reduce waste and increase efficiency. Finding the best way to maximize efficiency in a manufacturing process can be extremely complex. Even on simple projects, there are multiple inputs, multiple steps, many constraints and limited resources. In general a resource constrained scheduling problem consists of: A typical factory floor setting is a good example of this where scheduling which jobs need to be completed on which machines, by which employees in what order and at what time. In very complex problems such as scheduling there is no known way to get to a final answer, so we resort to searching for it trying to find a “good” answer. Scheduling problems most often use heuristic algorithms to search for the optimal solution. Heuristic search methods suffer as the inputs become more complex and varied. This type of problem is known in computer science as an NP-Hard problem. This means that there are no known algorithms for finding an optimal solution in polynomial time. Genetic algorithms are well suited to solving production scheduling problems, because unlike heuristic methods genetic algorithms operate on a population of solutions rather than a single solution. In production scheduling this population of solutions consists of many answers that may have different sometimes conflicting objectives. For example, in one solution we may be optimizing a production process to be completed in a minimal amount of time. In another solution we may be optimizing for a minimal amount of defects. By cranking up the speed at which we produce we may run into an increase in defects in our final product. As we increase the number of objectives we are trying to achieve we also increase the number of constraints on the problem and similarly increase the complexity. Genetic algorithms are ideal for these types of problems where the search space is large and the number of feasible solutions is small. To apply a genetic algorithm to a scheduling problem we must first represent it as a genome. One way to represent a scheduling genome is to defines a sequence of tasks and the start times of those tasks relative to one another. Each task and its corresponding start time represents a gene. A specific sequence of tasks and start times (genes) represents one genome in our population. To make sure that our genome is a feasible solution we must take care that it obeys our precedence constraints. We generate an initial population using random start times within the precedence constraints. With genetic algorithms we then take this initial population and cross it combining genomes with a small amount of randomness (mutation). The offspring of this combination is selected based on a fitness function that includes one or many of our constraints, such minimizing time and minimizing defects. We let this process continue either for a pre-allotted time or until we find a solution that fits our minimum criteria. Overall each successive generation will have a greater average fitness i. e. taking less time with higher quality than the proceeding generations. In scheduling problems, as with other genetic algorithm solutions, we must make sure that we do not select offspring that are infeasible, such as offspring that violate our precedence constraint. We of course may have to add further fitness values such as minimizing costs however each constraint that we add greatly increases the search space and lowers the number of solutions that are good matches.

Ministry_of_Sport_and_Tourism_(Poland)

Ministry_of_Sport_and_Tourism_(Poland) 2009-11-24T12:12:48Z Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland was created on August 23, 2005 by decision of the Council of Ministers under then-Prime Minister Marek Belka. It was renamed on July 23, 2007, when tourism was placed under ministry authority. Ministry goals: State-controlled Polska Konfederacja Sportu (Polish Sport Union) became integral part of the ministry. , Ministry_of_Sport_and_Tourism_(Poland) 2011-12-01T16:20:23Z Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland was created on August 23, 2005 by decision of the Council of Ministers under then-Prime Minister Marek Belka. It was renamed on July 23, 2007 when tourism was placed under ministry authority. Ministry goals: State-controlled Polska Konfederacja Sportu (Polish Sport Union) became integral part of the ministry.

WABN

WABN 2014-04-14T00:22:09Z WABN (1230 AM, "Good Time Oldies") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Abingdon, Virginia. The station, established in 1956 as "WBBI", is currently owned and operated by the Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation and the broadcast license is held by the Information Communications Corporation. WABN broadcasts an oldies music format to Abingdon, Lebanon and Washington County, Virginia. On December 10, 1956, this station took to the airwaves for the first time as "WBBI", operating at 250 watts. At the time of its launch, WBBI was owned by Burley Broadcasting Company. In 1963, WBBI increased its daytime power to 1,000 watts, while keeping its nighttime power at 250 watts. On December 10, 1966, 10 years to the day WBBI launched, sister station WBBI-FM signed on. At the time, both WBBI and WBBI-FM were carrying a country format with programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System. On September 24, 1982, WBBI was purchased by Southern Communications, Inc. (along with sister station WBBI-FM) for an unknown sum. In 1984, WBBI dropped programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System in favor of programming from the NBC Radio Network. The station would be sold again on May 1, 1987, to Legend Radio Group for an unknown sum. On August 2, 1992, the station's call sign was changed from WBBI to its current WABN. On October 17, 1995, WABN was placed in "debtor-in-possession" status and on November 11, 1999, the station and its FM sister station were sold to Bristol Broadcasting Company for an unknown sum. Less than two years later, WABN was sold once again, on July 5, 2001, to the Abingdon Church of the Nazarene, while its sister station, now WFHG-FM, remained with Bristol Broadcasting. During this time, the station aired on FM frequency 92. 7. On May 16, 2003, WABN was once again on the seller's block, this time being sold to Living Faith Ministries, Inc. for $50,000. On May 5, 2004, WABN was sold to its current owner, Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation, for $50,000. At the time of the sale, the station was broadcasting a religious format. In 2009, the station began broadcasting its current oldies format. On September 27, 2011, WABN began simulcasting its signal onto translator station W277BT 103. 3, also licensed to Abingdon. In addition to the main station, WABN is relayed by an FM broadcast translator to widen its broadcast area. , WABN 2015-12-08T23:17:40Z WABN is an Oldies and Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Abingdon, Virginia, serving Abingdon, Lebanon, and Bristol in Virginia and Bristol in Tennessee. WABN is owned and operated by Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation. Launched on December 10, 1956, WABN has served the town of Abingdon for almost 60 years. Beginning as WBBI, carrying a Country format, the station aired programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System and later the NBC Radio Network. Sold several times of the years, WABN has been owned by the Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation since 2004. WABN has been broadcasting on an FM translator station, to increase it's broadcast area since 2011. WABN broadcasts an oldies music format to Abingdon, Lebanon and Washington County, Virginia. On December 10, 1956, this station took to the airwaves for the first time as "WBBI", operating at 250 watts. At the time of its launch, WBBI was owned by Burley Broadcasting Company. In 1963, WBBI increased its daytime power to 1,000 watts, while keeping its nighttime power at 250 watts. On December 10, 1966, 10 years to the day WBBI launched, sister station WBBI-FM signed on. At the time, both WBBI and WBBI-FM were carrying a country format with programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System. On September 24, 1982, WBBI was purchased by Southern Communications, Inc. (along with sister station WBBI-FM) for an unknown sum. In 1984, WBBI dropped programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System in favor of programming from the NBC Radio Network. The station would be sold again on May 1, 1987, to Legend Radio Group for an unknown sum. On August 2, 1992, the station's call sign was changed from WBBI to its current WABN. On October 17, 1995, WABN was placed in "debtor-in-possession" status and on November 11, 1999, the station and its FM sister station were sold to Bristol Broadcasting Company for an unknown sum. Less than two years later, WABN was sold once again, on July 5, 2001, to the Abingdon Church of the Nazarene, while its sister station, now WFHG-FM, remained with Bristol Broadcasting. During this time, the station aired on FM frequency 92. 7. On May 16, 2003, WABN was once again on the seller's block, this time being sold to Living Faith Ministries, Inc. for $50,000. On May 5, 2004, WABN was sold to its current owner, Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation, for $50,000. At the time of the sale, the station was broadcasting a religious format. In 2009, the station began broadcasting its current oldies format. On September 27, 2011, WABN began simulcasting its signal onto translator station W277BT 103. 3, also licensed to Abingdon. WABN is operated as a non-commercial station. In addition to the main station, WABN is relayed by an FM broadcast translator to widen its broadcast area.

Harold_LeDoux

Harold_LeDoux 2010-11-06T07:38:28Z Harold LeDoux (born 1926) is an artist best known for his work on the newspaper comic strip Judge Parker. He worked in the photorealistic style associated with Stan Drake, Leonard Starr, et al. While in the Merchant Marine during World War II, LeDoux saved enough money to be able to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Arriving in New York City, he began contributing to the Famous Funnies comic books. He then worked as assistant to artist Dan Heilman on the successful Judge Parker strip just as or shortly after the strip debuted in 1952. Ledoux claimed that "by the last week of September 1953, I had the job of drawing Judge Parker for myself. " It may be that he was ghosting for or was supervised by Heilman in a studio arrangement, both common circumstances in comic strip history. In any case, it was not until 1965 that LeDoux was credited as artist on the strip, as Heilman relinquished the title to pursue another project (he died shortly after). LeDoux officially held the position for over four decades until his retirement, with his last strip running on May 28, 2006. Comic book artist Eduardo Barreto replaced him. Template:Persondata, Harold_LeDoux 2012-04-05T19:55:07Z Harold LeDoux (born 1926) is an artist best known for his work on the newspaper comic strip Judge Parker. He worked in the realistic style associated with Stan Drake, Leonard Starr, et al. While in the Merchant Marine during World War II, LeDoux saved enough money to be able to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Arriving in New York City, he began contributing to the Famous Funnies comic books. He then worked as assistant to artist Dan Heilman on the successful Judge Parker strip just as or shortly after the strip debuted in 1952. Ledoux claimed that "by the last week of September 1953, I had the job of drawing Judge Parker for myself. " It may be that he was ghosting for or was supervised by Heilman in a studio arrangement, both common circumstances in comic strip history. In any case, it was not until 1965 that LeDoux was credited as artist on the strip, as Heilman relinquished the title to pursue another project (he died shortly after). LeDoux officially held the position for over four decades until his retirement, with his last strip running on May 28, 2006. Comic book artist Eduardo Barreto replaced him. Template:Persondata

Japanese_blue_collar_workers

Japanese_blue_collar_workers 2009-11-01T21:15:22Z Japanese Blue Collar Workers are not the stereotypical workers in Japan. In fact, many people do not even acknowledge or know that blue collar workers exist in Japan. The majority of stereotypes of workers in Japan refer to the white collar worker’s lifestyle. However, the blue collar worker (Nikutai-rōdō-sha (肉体労働者) in Japanese) encompasses many different types of jobs, skilled and unskilled, including factory workers, construction workers, and agricultural workers. The blue collar worker not only exists, but may prove to be more a part of the Japanese society than the stereotypical white collar worker. In the context of Japanese culture, the blue collar worker can be viewed in relation to its converse: the white-collar worker or the stereotypical Japanese “salaryman” (sarariman in Japanese). In Japanese culture, the salaryman is seen as someone whose goal is to be a successful businessman regardless of the impact on his family or on his own personal happiness; commitment and loyalties lie more with the company than the family. The Japanese white-collar worker is generally University educated, while a blue-collar worker normally only has a high school diploma or has attended a trade or technical school. The Japanese blue-collar worker on average works 40 hours a week from 9am-5pm with occasional overtime work. The white-collar worker may work over 12 hours a day/60 hours a week and can spend the majority of his time working and commuting to work, as well as traveling for months at a time for his job. He rarely is able to have any time with family or friends and can be seen as absent in family life. Research shows that the amount of time a person is required to work can have a large impact on physical and psychological well-being. There are documented cases of karōshi or a (death by overwork) and karojisatsu (suicide by overwork) in Japan. It is estimated that “more than 10,000 workers die annually owing to cerebral/cardio diseases caused by work overload. ” Only a small percentage of these cases are that of blue-collar workers. Unlike the traditional Japanese “salaryman”, Japanese blue collar workers enjoy the benefit of not having to be committed to a large company ideology. This allows blue collar workers to retain a certain kind of flexibility that a “salaryman” does not have access to. Blue collar workers can enjoy the freedom of not having their after-work time being infringed upon with pressures to socialize with co-workers and superiors over drinks and late-night meals, as well as a more understanding work environment in instances of emergencies, This flexibility and freedom facilitates more time at home with families, and in some cases allows workers to take care of family obligations (i. e. taking care of elderly parents). As previously stated, the amount of stress white-collar workers live under can and does cause major health problems, and in extreme cases death. Several studies analyzing stress levels of workers in Japan have shown that blue collar workers tend to show less signs of serious stress from overworking, allowing them to enjoy their home lives. With the support and love of a devoted family, blue collar workers tend to be more motivated when going back to work. This leaves the family structure of blue collar workers as a more unified and enjoyable relationship, that encourages parenting by not only mothers, but also fathers. Fathers, whether because of the amount of free time or lack of money, have been shown to spend more time with their children in their outside activities such as school clubs. Surprisingly there do appear to be some outside activities and clubs, mostly related to the arts and music, that fathers do not approve of. Speculation as to where this disapproval comes from is that these clubs generally do not have any correlation with their father’s work, and therefore cause separation rather than a bonding affect. Blue collar women tend to face a more troubling situation when it comes to their family lives. As is generally the case with women in Japan, whether it be by national ideology or social obligations, women are faced with the idea of being a “ryousai kenbou” meaning they focus on the domestic duties of a family ( i. e. cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids etc. ). By not working outside the home, women allow men to be the pillar of the household income. It is not uncommon for women to be required to ask their husbands permission to work, even if the money is needed in the household. Nevertheless, the working woman lifestyle only brings more responsibility because she is still expected to maintain all the domestic duties of cooking, cleaning and child rearing. Though the majority of these women are just “paato” workers, or part time workers, they can still be expected to work up to forty hour weeks. These long hours at work, commuting home, and then tackling the household duties places a large burden on these women to be both provider and nurturer. Overwhelming schedules like this often cause women to either become more distant from their children as they have no time or energy to invest in them at the end of the day, or to appreciate their children even more as the kids often start to help out with the household duties. It is important to note that some women do receive help from their husbands in the household chores and even in helping the children with their schoolwork. However, this seemingly cooperation can lead these blue-collar women to feel extreme guilt and inadequacy. Although not as prevalent in Japan as in the past, the “ryousai kenbou” idea, that women should handle the domestic sphere of a family, is still very much rooted in the culture. It can be said that much of the social composition of human interaction is seen through various leisure activities. When studying the various social components of the blue-collar sector of Japan, one has to pay specific attention to the activities that are considered popular amongst this demographic. Perhaps the most common stereotype of the blue-collar sector of Japan’s work force in respect to leisure activities is the belief that most of these workers spend their time either participating in social drinking or watching television shows. Although this assumption contains bits of truth, it is important not to generalize the characteristics of an entire sector of the population simply by pointing out certain stereotypical actions. While it can be easy to overlook blue-collar workers’ community involvement, their sense of community is actually what drives the majority of their leisure activities. Most blue-collar workers are extremely dedicated not only to their own families but to the entire community as well. Examples of this can be seen in their overwhelming participation “ community baseball teams, after-hours children’s soccer teams and other sports clubs”. . In a broad sense, blue-collar workers “value family life and take an active part in community affairs” even more so than their white-collar counterparts. Due to the socially unsatisfactory status of their occupations, often “ pursue these leisure activities to compensate for their honne sense of cynicism, alienation, and dissatisfaction with their workplace”. . In contrast to the white-collar worker in Japan, the blue-collar worker is not defined by his work. Often his job is only a means to support his family and not a sign of his social status. Because of this, often, less after-hour activities are required of blue-collar workers. Without having to spend as much time juggling their career goals and maintaining their working relationships, many blue-collar workers are more family- oriented and therefore spend more of their leisure time with their families and communities. Although it may be tempting to view Japanese blue-collar workers as tv watching, beer drinking, run of the mill individuals, after a closer look into the lives of these workers, it can be determined that many of them actually spend their leisure time harboring quality relationships with their families and communities. In some ways, having a less socially demanding job, in comparison to their white-collar counter parts, allows blue-collar workers to spend their leisure time pursuing things in the community that require more time commitments. Even though the act of drinking alcohol for business-related reasons is a large aspect of the white collared Japanese culture, it would be presumptuous to assume that blue collar workers do not engage in this part of society. However, the ‘after-work’ drink with co-workers is much less prevalent among the blue collar workers. Generally, only twenty percent of blue collar workers will stop to get a drink after work with their co-workers. With a growing number of women joining the workforce in Japanese blue collar jobs, one could infer that this pattern would carry over to the female workers as well. Surprisingly only seven percent of women reported to have engaged in an after-work drink before heading home. Critics may argue that these statistics are too old to be considered valid; however, “ is very difficult to obtain reliable figures about these various activities, because many people prefer not to speak about their ”. In this sense, even the most recent data will be tainted with immeasurable personal bias. As demonstrated in the graph, according to the 2004 Japan Statistical Yearbook, the most popular leisure activities were movies and amusement parks. If the white-collar worker is completely consumed with his job, as numerous studies have shown, it must be the blue collar worker who has more leisure time. Considering the other types of leisure activities mentioned, it is interesting to note that the most prevalent activities are family-related activities. This further supports the idea of blue collar workers spending their leisure time with their families. In Japan working class men can have varying degrees of education. Graduates from junior high through college are not uncommon in the blue-collar workplace. However certain trends do exist. Most of the older men (men who went to school in the 1950’s and 1960’s) only completed junior high school. This reflects the broad trend at the time, young men seeking work in Japan’s fledgling economy. During these years, recruiters (often teachers and schools) sought after junior high school graduates. These graduates were referred to as “golden eggs” because they could be paid lower wages, saving companies money. In the 1960’s and 1970’s more students continued their education and these “golden eggs” were more difficult to find. The recruiters then began recruiting from industrial high schools and two-year postsecondary vocational schools. Students from academic high schools, junior colleges and four-year colleges also are found working at blue-collar jobs, although they are much less common than those who only completed junior high school or industrial high school. Although a college graduate, a son of the company’s president commonly works a blue-collar job. The son will eventually become the next company president. Women also work in blue-collar jobs, though their preparation and experience is quite different from men. Typically, women graduate from a vocational school or a junior college and then find work part-time or in the office of a company. In companies with mostly blue-collar workers, women can be the most highly educated of the employees. Still, women’s wages and working hours are less and shorter than the men. By their mid to late 20’s women usually marry and quit their job to raise children. After rearing their children, they may return to work as part-time or possibly full-time. This trend is seen in the well-known “M” curve in the trends of working women. Not all women do this, especially those who pursue a career and choose not to get married. Usually these women have a four-year university degree, as opposed to a two-year degree that blue-collar women workers often get. , Japanese_blue_collar_workers 2011-03-17T01:06:35Z The blue collar worker (Nikutai-rōdō-sha (肉体労働者) in Japanese) encompasses many different types of jobs, skilled and unskilled, including factory workers, construction workers, and agricultural workers. In the context of Japanese culture, the blue collar worker can be viewed in relation to its converse: the white-collar worker or the stereotypical Japanese “salaryman”. In Japanese culture, the salaryman is seen as someone whose goal is to be a successful businessman regardless of the impact on his family or on his own personal happiness; commitment and loyalties lie more with the company than the family. The Japanese white-collar worker is generally University educated, while a blue-collar worker normally only has a high school diploma or has attended a trade or technical school. The Japanese blue-collar worker on average works 40 hours a week from 9am-5pm with occasional overtime work. The white-collar worker may work over 12 hours a day/60 hours a week and can spend the majority of his time working and commuting to work, as well as traveling for months at a time for his job. He rarely is able to have any time with family or friends and can be seen as absent in family life. Research shows that the amount of time a person is required to work can have a large impact on physical and psychological well-being. There are documented cases of karōshi (death by overwork) and karojisatsu (suicide by overwork) in Japan. It is estimated that “more than 10,000 workers die annually owing to cerebral/cardio diseases caused by work overload. ” Only a small percentage of these cases are that of blue-collar workers.

Michael Peña

Michael Peña 2011-01-01T03:23:12Z Michael Anthony Peña (born January 13, 1976) is an American film and television actor, probably best known for his prominent roles in Crash, Observe and Report, and Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. Peña, a Mexican-American, was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father worked at a button factory and his mother was an assistant to a social worker. Both of Peña's parents were originally farmers. Peña attended Hubbard High School in Chicago. He has been associated with Scientology. Peña and his wife Brie Shaffer welcomed their first child in September 2008, a boy named Roman. , Michael Peña 2012-12-24T20:27:21Z Michael Anthony Peña (born January 13, 1976) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Crash (2004), World Trade Center (2006), Shooter (2007), Observe and Report (2009), 30 Minutes or Less (2011), Tower Heist (2011), and End of Watch (2012). Peña was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father worked at a button factory and his mother was a social worker. Peña's parents, immigrants from Mexico, were originally farmers. Peña attended Hubbard High School in Chicago. Peña and his wife Brie Shaffer welcomed their first child in September 2008, a boy named Roman. Though Peña has been a regular in independent productions since 1994, his breakthrough performances came in 2004 in two Best Picture Oscar-winning Paul Haggis penned films, Million Dollar Baby and Crash. The latter was also directed by Haggis, while the former was helmed by Clint Eastwood. Though both films are critically acclaimed, Peña received attention for his particularly emotional performance in Crash. The following year, he appeared on the Golden Globe winning series, The Shield. In 2006, he starred in Oliver Stone's film based on the September 11, 2001 attacks, World Trade Center. He also had a small role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe-winning film Babel. This gives him the rare distinction of having appeared in three consecutive Oscar nominated films. He also starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007) as novice FBI agent Nick Memphis. In 2006, Peña performed in the HBO film Walkout playing the part of Sal Castro, a Mexican-American high school teacher who inspires a group of East L.A. high school students to fight for Chicano rights. In 2009, Peña played a mall security guard alongside Seth Rogen's character in Jody Hill's Observe and Report. In 2012, he co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal as a Los Angeles police officer, in End of Watch. The same year, he began filming Chávez, a biopic about the life of American labor leader César Chávez, who founded the United Farm Workers. Peña stars as Chávez.

Niall Matter

Niall Matter 2007-08-08T14:01:53Z Niall Matter(October 20, 1980-Present)was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. TV.com Trivia http://www.tv.com/niall-matter/person/580290/trivia.html http://www.the-n.com/ntv/shows/cast.php? id=654&cast_id=477, Niall Matter 2008-12-19T16:27:41Z Niall Matter (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian actor mainly known for his work in television. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Matter worked for eight years on oil rigs, to fund his education at Vancouver Film School. Mostly recognized for his films work like Beyond Loch Ness, Matter has starred several television series including the Canadian teen drama The Best Years in which he portrayed Trent Hamilton. Other film credits include Hello There and Nice Game. In 2008, Matter will star in the film Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief . He currently plays a major character, Zane Donovan, in the sci-fi show Eureka. He has a small role as the character Mothman in the 2009 film Watchmen.

NIN Award

NIN Award 2006-02-20T00:18:49Z NIN Award, established in 1954 is perhaps the most significant award given for accomplishemts in, previously Yugoslav and currently Serbian literature. , NIN Award 2007-12-06T00:41:06Z The NIN Prize (Нинова награда, Ninova nagrada) was established in 1954 by NIN magazine and is an award given annually for accomplishments in previously Yugoslav and currently Serbian literature. The award is presented every year in January by a jury of writers. In addition to being a highly reputable award capable of transforming the writer's literary career, NIN Prize is also sought after because it virtully assures the recipient of the bestseller status for his/her novel. List of candidates: The NIN Prize for 2006 was awarded to Svetislav Basara on January 18 2007.

Asher_A._Friesem

Asher_A._Friesem 2009-02-07T13:59:42Z Asher A. Friesem professor in the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Friesem received B. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1958 and 1968, respectively. From 1958 to 1963 he was employed by Bell Aero Systems Company and Bendix Research Laboratories. From 1963 to 1969, at the University of Michigan’s Institute’s of Science and Technology, he conducted investigations in coherent optics, mainly in the areas of optical data processing and holography. From 1969 to 1973 he was principal research engineer in the Electro-Optics Center of Harris, Inc. , performing research in the areas of optical memories and displays. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and was appointed Professor of Optical Sciences in 1977. He subsequently served as Department Head, Chairman of the Scientific Council, and Chairman of the Professorial Council. In recent years his research activities have concentrated on new holographic concepts and applications, optical image processing, electro-optic devices, and new laser resonator configurations. He has served on numerous program and advisory committees of national and international conferences. Among other posts, he served for many years as a Vice President of the International Commission of Optics (ICO) and Chairman of the Israel Laser and Electro-Optics Society. He is a Fellow of OSA, a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Member of SPIE, and a Member of Sigma Xi. Over the years he has been a Visiting Professor in Germany, Switzerland, France and the U. S. A. , has authored and co-authored more than 250 scientific papers, co-editor of four scientific volumes, and holds over 30 international patents. He made the first full color hologram. , Asher_A._Friesem 2010-05-20T16:21:41Z Asher A. Friesem is a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Friesem received B. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1958 and 1968, respectively. From 1958 to 1963 he was employed by Bell Aero Systems Company and Bendix Research Laboratories. From 1963 to 1969, at the University of Michigan’s Institute’s of Science and Technology, he conducted investigations in coherent optics, mainly in the areas of optical data processing and holography. From 1969 to 1973 he was principal research engineer in the Electro-Optics Center of Harris, Inc. , performing research in the areas of optical memories and displays. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and was appointed Professor of Optical Sciences in 1977. He subsequently served as Department Head, Chairman of the Scientific Council, and Chairman of the Professorial Council. In recent years his research activities have concentrated on new holographic concepts and applications, optical image processing, electro-optic devices, and new laser resonator configurations. He has served on numerous program and advisory committees of national and international conferences. Among other posts, he served for many years as a Vice President of the International Commission of Optics (ICO) and Chairman of the Israel Laser and Electro-Optics Society. He is a fellow of OSA, a life fellow of IEEE, and member of SPIE and Sigma Xi. Over the years he has been a visiting professor in Germany, Switzerland, France and the U. S. A. , has authored and co-authored more than 250 scientific papers, co-editor of four scientific volumes, and holds over 30 international patents. He made the first full-color hologram.

Galeria_Fundana

Galeria_Fundana 2011-01-09T22:39:47Z Galeria Fundana was a Roman Empress, the second wife of Emperor Vitellius. Galeria was the daughter of an ex-praetor. She bore two children to her husband, a son and a daughter. Tacitus, who writes unfavourably about Vitellius, claims that Galeria a woman of "exemplary virtue" who "took no part in these horrors. " Her son, Vitellius who was renamed Germanicus by his father in 69, was killed during the Flavian Revolt, together with Vitellius himself. Galeria's life was spared and she was allowed to bury her husband. Her daughter, Vitellia was helped by the generous Vespasian to make a good marriage. , Galeria_Fundana 2012-06-17T06:40:10Z Galeria Fundana (c. 40 – aft. 69) was a Roman empress of the first century CE, the second wife of Roman emperor Vitellius. The daughter of an ex-praetor, Galeria bore two children during her marriage to her husband, a son and a daughter. Tacitus, who writes unfavourably about Vitellius, claims that Galeria was a woman of "exemplary virtue" who "took no part in horrors. " Her son Vitellius, renamed Germanicus by his father in 69, was killed during the Flavian Revolt, together with Vitellius himself. Galeria's life was spared and she was allowed to bury her husband. Her daughter, Vitellia was helped by the generous Vespasian to make a good marriage. This article related to women's history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Astor_Pictures

Astor_Pictures 2008-12-13T04:07:13Z Astor Pictures was a motion picture distribution service headed by Robert M. Savini (29 August 1886 - 29 April 1956). Astor, located at 130 West 46th Street, New York City initially acquired the rights to other motion pictures for profitable rerelease. In 1947 the motion picture perodical Boxoffice reported that the number of reissued films for that year were four times that of the previous year. Many smaller cinemas wished to show double features to attract audiences with a reissue being the cheapest release. Astor Pictures--, Astor_Pictures 2010-01-09T22:57:29Z Astor Pictures was a motion picture distribution service in operation from 1930 to 1963, founded by Robert M. Savini (29 August 1886 - 29 April 1956). Astor, located at 130 West 46th Street in New York City, initially acquired the rights to other motion pictures for profitable re-release. In 1947, the motion picture perodical Boxoffice reported that the number of reissued films for that year were four times that of the previous year. Many smaller cinemas wished to show double features to attract audiences with a reissued film being the cheapest type of release. The Astor Pictures trade name is currently held by film producer Craig Scott Lamb. Astor Pictures--

Badar_Uddin_Ahmed_Kamran

Badar_Uddin_Ahmed_Kamran 2008-04-26T12:42:14Z Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran is a Bangladeshi politician. He became the first elected mayor of Sylhet City by defeating Muhammad Abdul Haque. Kamran won the election by more than 20,000 votes. From a very early age, Kamran was involved in politics. He was one of the youngest city commissioners of Sylhet City. As with many politicians there are allegations of political corruption he may have been involved with. Kamran was recently arrested in connection with the Kitchen Market Graft case. Although obtained bail in the case, he is being detained in another case filed under the Emergency Powers Rules. This article about a Bangladeshi politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. He was a crook and a womaniser and recent raid after the interim government came into power, found large quantities of alcohol. , Badar_Uddin_Ahmed_Kamran 2009-11-15T06:04:45Z Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (born 1 January 1951) is a Bangladeshi politician and the first elected mayor of Sylhet city corporation. He became the mayor of Sylhet city by defeating Muhammad Abdul Haque on march 2003. Kamran won the election by more than 20,000 votes. From his early age, Kamran was involved in politics. He was one of the youngest city commissioners of Sylhet City. He is married to Asma Kamran, a second wife. As with many politicians there are allegations of political corruption he may have been involved with. Kamran was recently arrested in connection with the Kitchen Market Graft case. . Although obtained bail in the case, he is being detained in another case filed under the Emergency Powers Rules. The daily Bengali newspaper Prothom Alo published a series reports of Kamran's corruption during his time in office. Albeit he have submitted his nomination form in order to compete for the 2008 mayoral election run. This article about a Bangladeshi politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Harvest_(wine)

Harvest_(wine) 2008-10-04T08:42:08Z The harvesting of wine grapes is one of the most crucial steps in the process of winemaking. The time of harvest is determined primarily by the ripeness of the grape as measured by sugar, acid and tannin levels with winemakers basing their decision to pick based on the style of wine they wish to produce. The weather can also shape the timetable of harvesting with the threat of heat, rain, hail, and frost which can damage the grapes and bring about various vine diseases. In addition to determining the time of the harvest, winemakers and vineyard owners must also determine whether to utilize hand pickers or mechanical harvesters. The harvest season typically falls between August & October in the Northern Hemisphere and February & April in the Southern Hemisphere. With various climate conditions, grape varieties, and wine styles the harvesting of grapes could happen in every month of the calendar year somewhere in the world. In some European wine regions the harvest time is known as vintage. In the New World it is often referred to as the crush. The majority of the world's wine producing regions lie between the temperate latitudes of 30° and 50° in both hemispheres with regions lying closer to the equator typically harvesting earlier due to their warmer climates. In the Northern Hemisphere, vineyards in Cyprus begin harvesting as early as July. In California some sparkling wine grapes are harvested in late July to early August at a slightly unripe point to help maintain acidity in the wine. The majority of Northern Hemisphere harvesting occurs in late August to early October with some late harvest wine grapes being harvested throughout the autumn. In Germany, the U. S. and Canada, ice wine grapes can be harvested as late as January. In the Southern Hemisphere harvest can begin as early as January 1 in some of the warmer climate sites in New South Wales, Australia. The majority of Southern Hemisphere harvesting occurs between the months of February and April with some cool climate sites like Central Otago, New Zealand picking late harvest wine grapes in June. Throughout the history of wine, winemakers would use the sugar and acid levels of the grape as a guide in determining ripeness. Early winemakers would taste the grape to get this gauge but more modern winemaking would use a refractometer to get a measure of the sugar levels in the form °Brix and a titration test (using an indicator such as phenolphthalein) to determine the titratable acidity within the grape. In recent times there has been more of an emphasis on the "physiological" ripeness of the grape, usually in the form of tannins and other phenolics. Currently the only way to measure tannin ripeness is by tasting the grape which can take experience and skill to do accurately. Viticulturalists have not yet fully explained the complex processes that go into the ripening of tannins but most believe it begins with the polymerization of small astringent tannins into larger molecules which are perceived by the taste buds as being softer. The question of using mechanical harvesting versus traditional hand picking is a source of contention in the wine industry. Mechanical harvesting of grapes has been one of the major changes in many vineyards in the last third of a century. First introduced commercially in the 1960s, it has been adopted in different wine regions for various economic, labor and winemaking reason. In Australia, the reduced work force in the wine industry has made the use of mechanized labor almost a necessity. A mechanical vine harvester works by beating the vine with rubber sticks to get the vine to drop its fruit onto a conveyor belt that brings the fruit to a holding bin. As technology improves mechanical harvesters have become more sophisticated in distinguishing grape clusters from mud, leaves and other particles. Despite the improvement many harvesters still have difficulties in distinguishing between ripe, healthy grapes and unripe or rotted bunches which must then be sorted out at the winemaking facility. Another disadvantage is the potential of damaging the grape skins which can cause maceration and coloring of the juice that is undesirable in the production of white and sparkling wine. The broken skins also bring the risk of oxidation and a loss of some of the aromatic qualities in the wine. One of the benefits of mechanical harvesting is the relatively low cost of running a harvester that is able to run 24 hours a day and pick 80-200 tons of grapes in contrast to the 1-2 tons that an experienced human picker could do. In hot climates where picking quickly or in the cool of night is a priority, mechanical harvesting can accomplish these goals very well. Despite the costs, some wineries prefer the use of human workers to hand-pick grapes. The main advantage is the knowledge and discernment of the worker to pick only healthy bunches and the gentler handling of the grapes. The production of some dessert wine like Sauternes and Trockenbeerenauslese require that individual berries are picked from the botrytized bunches which can only be done by hand. In areas of steep terrain, like in the Mosel, it would be virtually impossible to run a mechanical harvester through the vineyard. In many wine regions, migrant workers are a sizable composition of the harvest time work force as well as local student and itinerant workers. Karen Ross, president of the California Association of Winegrowers, has estimated that as of 2007 as many as 70% of the employees in the California wine industry may be immigrants from Mexico. , Harvest_(wine) 2010-02-10T23:14:22Z lalalalalalalalalla!!! The harvesting of wine grapes (Vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of winemaking. The time of harvest is determined primarily by the ripeness of the grape as measured by sugar, acid and tannin levels with winemakers basing their decision to pick based on the style of wine they wish to produce. The weather can also shape the timetable of harvesting with the threat of heat, rain, hail, and frost which can damage the grapes and bring about various vine diseases. In addition to determining the time of the harvest, winemakers and vineyard owners must also determine whether to utilize hand pickers or mechanical harvesters. The harvest season typically falls between August & October in the Northern Hemisphere and February & April in the Southern Hemisphere. With various climate conditions, grape varieties, and wine styles the harvesting of grapes could happen in every month of the calendar year somewhere in the world. In some European wine regions the harvest time is known as vintage. In the New World it is often referred to as the crush. The majority of the world's wine producing regions lie between the temperate latitudes of 30° and 50° in both hemispheres with regions lying closer to the equator typically harvesting earlier due to their warmer climates. In the Northern Hemisphere, vineyards in Cyprus begin harvesting as early as July. In California some sparkling wine grapes are harvested in late July to early August at a slightly unripe point to help maintain acidity in the wine. The majority of Northern Hemisphere harvesting occurs in late August to early October with some late harvest wine grapes being harvested throughout the autumn. In Germany, the U. S. and Canada, ice wine grapes can be harvested as late as January. In the Southern Hemisphere harvest can begin as early as January 1 in some of the warmer climate sites in New South Wales, Australia. The majority of Southern Hemisphere harvesting occurs between the months of February and April with some cool climate sites like Central Otago, New Zealand picking late harvest wine grapes in June. Throughout the history of wine, winemakers would use the sugar and acid levels of the grape as a guide in determining ripeness. Early winemakers would taste the grape to get this gauge but more modern winemaking would use a refractometer to get a measure of the sugar levels in the form °Brix and a titration test (using an indicator such as phenolphthalein) to determine the titratable acidity within the grape. In recent times there has been more of an emphasis on the "physiological" ripeness of the grape, usually in the form of tannins and other phenolics. Currently the only way to measure tannin ripeness is by tasting the grape which can take experience and skill to do accurately. Viticulturalists have not yet fully explained the complex processes that go into the ripening of tannins but most believe it begins with the polymerization of small astringent tannins into larger molecules which are perceived by the taste buds as being softer. The question of using mechanical harvesting versus traditional hand picking is a source of contention in the wine industry. Mechanical harvesting of grapes has been one of the major changes in many vineyards in the last third of a century. First introduced commercially in the 1960s, it has been adopted in different wine regions for various economic, labor and winemaking reason. In Australia, the reduced work force in the wine industry has made the use of mechanized labor almost a necessity. A mechanical vine harvester works by beating the vine with rubber sticks to get the vine to drop its fruit onto a conveyor belt that brings the fruit to a holding bin. As technology improves mechanical harvesters have become more sophisticated in distinguishing grape clusters from mud, leaves and other particles. Despite the improvement many harvesters still have difficulties in distinguishing between ripe, healthy grapes and unripe or rotted bunches which must then be sorted out at the winemaking facility. Another disadvantage is the potential of damaging the grape skins which can cause maceration and coloring of the juice that is undesirable in the production of white and sparkling wine. The broken skins also bring the risk of oxidation and a loss of some of the aromatic qualities in the wine. One of the benefits of mechanical harvesting is the relatively low cost of running a harvester that is able to run 24 hours a day and pick 80-200 tons of grapes in contrast to the 1-2 tons that an experienced human picker could do. In hot climates where picking quickly or in the cool of night is a priority, mechanical harvesting can accomplish these goals very well. Despite the costs, some wineries prefer the use of human workers to hand-pick grapes. The main advantage is the knowledge and discernment of the worker to pick only healthy bunches and the gentler handling of the grapes. The production of some dessert wine like Sauternes and Trockenbeerenauslese require that individual berries are picked from the botrytized bunches which can only be done by hand. In areas of steep terrain, like in the Mosel, it would be virtually impossible to run a mechanical harvester through the vineyard. In many wine regions, migrant workers are a sizable composition of the harvest time work force as well as local student and itinerant workers. Karen Ross, president of the California Association of Winegrowers, has estimated that as of 2007 as many as 70% of the employees in the California wine industry may be immigrants from Mexico.

Fortissimo_Films

Fortissimo_Films 2013-03-17T19:56:04Z FORTISSIMO FILMS is one of the world's leading international film, television and video sales organizations specializing in the production, presentation, promotion and distribution of award-winning and innovative feature films. With executives based in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, London and Beijing, the company has a truly global presence and reach. Founded in 1991, the company is well known for its commitment to original and groundbreaking films and for nurturing relationships with talented new directors and producers. Fortissimo enjoys maintaining excellent relationships with key international distributors and film festivals, as well as international and local journalists around the world. This article about a film production company or film distributor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Fortissimo_Films 2014-06-18T08:46:02Z FORTISSIMO FILMS is one of the world's leading international film, television and video sales organizations specializing in the production, presentation, promotion and distribution of award-winning and innovative feature films. With offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, London and Beijing, the company has a truly global presence and reach. Founded in 1991, the company is well known for its commitment to original and groundbreaking films and for nurturing relationships with talented new directors and producers. Fortissimo enjoys maintaining excellent relationships with key international distributors and film festivals, not to mention international and local journalists around the world. After more than twenty years of business, the company has experienced uninterrupted growth and continues to move from strength to strength. Fortissimo Films’ library includes feature films, feature-length documentaries, animated films, and short subjects. The company currently represents over 300 films from every corner of the globe. These include features by Wong Kar Wai (2046, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE); Martin Scorsese (SHINE A LIGHT); John Cameron Mitchell (SHORTBUS); Jim Jarmusch (COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, MYSTERY TRAIN); Iwai Shunji (LOVE LETTER, HANA & ALICE); Pen-ek Ratanaruang (6IXTYNIN9, NYMPH); Tsai Ming-Liang (I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE, WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?); Diao Yinan (Black Coal, Thin Ice), and Tian Zhuangzhuang (THE BLUE KITE, SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN). Fortissimo's documentaries include Morgan Spurlock’s SUPER SIZE ME; Andrew Jarecki’s CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS; Sydney Pollack’s SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY; Julian Schnabel’s BERLIN; Tamra Davis’s JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD; and Kevin Macdonald's MARLEY. Additionally, the catalogue features a range of works by celebrated directors comprising Gregg Araki, Sergei Bodrov, Fruit Chan, Peter Greenaway, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Richard Linklater, Mira Nair, the Pang Brothers, Park Chanwook, Paul Schrader, Todd Solondz, Béla Tarr, Tsui Hark, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yang, Zhang Yuan and many other acclaimed filmmakers. Fortissimo also manages existing libraries on behalf of independent producers and directors, such as Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone, Killer Films, Hart Sharp Entertainment and directors Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley and Alex van Warmerdam. Approximately 15 films per year are added to the line-up. Upcoming titles include DRIVING BACK FROM DUBBO by Sue Brooks, SCHNEIDER VS. BAX by Alex van Warmerdam, DJINN by Tobe Hooper, SUNSET SONG by Terence Davies, THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES by Roger Goldby, and HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES by John Cameron Mitchell. Michael J. Werner Los Angeles born Michael J. Werner is a long-time veteran of the movie sales business, with nearly 30 years experience in international film sales and consulting, specialising in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Fortissimo Film Sales as an external consultant in 1995 and in 2000 became a partner in the company. Werner had a prior focus on big commercial films handling such titles as Die Hard 3, Talk Radio and Evita. As a media consultant his clients included 20th Century Fox International, IBM, Polygram and The Sunshine Group/CineAsia. As Fortissimo has ventured more into the world of film financing and production, Werner has served as Executive Producer or Co-Producer on a number of high profile independent films including SHORTBUS, P. S. , THE NIGHT LISTENER, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, TOKYO SONATA, INVISIBLE WAVES, SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN and DISGRACE. With Fortissimo Co-Chair Wouter Barendrecht, in 2005 Werner was awarded a Silver Hugo for his contribution to world cinema by the Chicago Film Festival and in 2006 they were jointly awarded a Golden Kinnaree for their contribution to Asian cinema by the Bangkok Film Festival. He has lived in Hong Kong since 1995. In 2006 he became member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Executive Branch). OLDER TITLES:

Jack Hunt (footballer)

Jack Hunt (footballer) 2018-01-26T23:43:49Z Jack Paul Hunt born on 6 December 1990 from the best,great, people loving place Huddersfield. He grew up playing for a Sunday league team then becoming very good. Reached to his own town youth club Huddersfield and then from there he played for the Blue and White Wizards(Sheffield Wednesday), these are unbelievable. Well.... back in the day they were not anymore. Mr Paul Hunt plays in defense trying his hardest to stop goals but fails every time. Unlucky! Throughtout his career at Sheffield Wednesday he had conceded about 30-40, not good enough JACK! However in my own opinion he is the best defender the squad has got, considering they are all on reserves because of injuries... Having joined up with Huddersfield Town at the age of nine, Hunt went through the club's academy system, starting in May 2008 and signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2009. Having previously appeared as an unused substitute for Lee Clark's first team on four occasions throughout the 2009–10 season at Huddersfield Town, Hunt signed a contract extension with Huddersfield Town in March 2010. After his loan spell at Chesterfield came to an end, Hunt made his Huddersfield debut as a substitute in the 0–0 draw against Colchester United at the Galpharm Stadium on 22 January 2011. He then made his first start for the club in their 2–1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on 30 January 2011, which was then followed by his first league start in the 2–0 win over Carlisle United on 1 February 2011. He scored his first goal for the club against Peterborough United on 9 April 2011, in the last minute to salvage a 1–1 draw. Hunt finished the 2010–11 season, making twenty appearance for the club. Hunt's first start in the 2011–12 season came against Port Vale in the League Cup on 9 August 2011. He scored with a 25-yard shot to put Huddersfield 3–1 up – they won 4–2 on the night. His first league start of the season came four days later in a 2–2 draw away at Rochdale on 13 August 2011. He scored his first league goal of the 2011–12 season against Leyton Orient on 24 September, he made the score 2–0 with a shot from 20 yards – the game ended 2–2. Due to his overall performance of the course of the season, Hunt, along with his teammate Jordan Rhodes, were voted into the PFA League 1 Team of the Year. Hunt scored his third goal of the season on 12 May 2012, in Huddersfield's play-off semi-final away victory over Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium MK giving Huddersfield a 2–0 win going into the second leg. He then played the full 90minutes plus extra time in the final as Huddersfield Town went on to win promotion after an 8–7 penalty shoot-out win over fellow Yorkshire club Sheffield United with Hunt scoring the 17th penalty of the shootout. Following the club’s promotion to the Championship, Hunt signed a one-year contract extension. Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Hunt began to attracted interests from clubs, such as, Fulham. Hunt made his first start of the season in the opening round of the League Cup in the 2–0 away deft at Preston North End on Monday 13 August 2012, this was then followed by his first league game of the season away at Cardiff in Huddersfield's first game in the Football League Championship for 11 years in a 1–0 away loss. Hunt gave an impressive display in his first home game of 2012–13 winning an injury time penalty which Jordan Rhodes scored to give Huddersfield a 1–1 draw on 21 August 2012. Hunt was also named in Sky Sports team of the week on 23 August for his performance in Huddersfield first two games of the league campaign. Then, Hunt was given a straight red card and an abusive language towards referee Graham Scott during a 4–0 loss against Millwall and injured his hamstring during a match against Bolton Wanderers, which he was substituted, playing 15 minutes, on 2 April 2013. After undergoing a successful scan, Hunt returned to the first team and managed to regain in the first team for the 2012–13 season, playing in the left–back position, where he made forty appearance. The 2013–14 season saw Hunt being linked with a move to Premier League side Sunderland and Swansea City. Also tracking Hunt were Reading, Wigan Athletic and Cardiff City. However, Huddersfield Town revealed there were no enquiries to sign Hunt. Despite this, Hunt remained in the first regular, where he began to play wide right at the start of the season and provided assist one of James Vaughan goals in a 2–1 win over Bradford City in the first round of the League Cup. Once again, Hunt found himself in the transfer speculation, as Crystal Palace made a £2 million bid for Hunt. In the 2009–10 season, he was sent on loan to Conference National side Grays Athletic. Hunt made four appearance for Grays Athletic before returning to his parent club. In the 2010–11 season, Huddersfield manager Lee Clark sent Hunt out on loan to Football League Two side Chesterfield for six months, which last until January. Hunt made his debut in the 2–1 win over Barnet on 7 August 2010. Then on 11 September 2010, Hunt provided assist for Scott Boden to score an equaliser, in a 1–1 draw against Morecambe. Hunt became a first team regular, playing as a right–back, making twenty appearance and returned to the Galpharm after his loan expired in early January 2011. Premier League side Crystal Palace signed Hunt on a four-year deal, from Huddersfield Town, on 2 September 2013. The fee, officially 'undisclosed', was understood to be around £2 million. Upon joining Crystal Palace, Hunt said on the move, quoting: ‘’”The interest from Crystal Palace filled me with a lot of confidence. Obviously the Premier is the best league in the world and I jumped at the chance to go to Palace. I spoke to the manager for a good hour, hour-and-a-half and the chat was brilliant, he is a brilliant man and very honest. I can’t wait to play for him and you can see why he has such a good team spirit there, and that was only after one conversation with him. ”’’ However, before he could make his début, Hunt broke his ankle in training on 9 September, ruling him out for up to four months. By January, Hunt returned to training after being told by the club’s medical that he was given all-clear. After his transfer to Sheffield Wednesday, Hunt said he stood by his decision over signing for Crystal Palace. Croydon Advertiser later listed Hunt as among eleven players to never live up expectations. On 29 January 2014, Hunt joined Championship side Barnsley on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. Three days later, on 1 February 2014, Hunt made his Barnsley debut, where he made his first start for the club, in a 1–0 against Sheffield Wednesday and provided assist in the next game on 8 February 2014, Hunt provided assist for Chris O'Grady to score the first goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Ipswich Town. However, Hunt was restricted to ten appearance for the club, due to match fitness and injury that kept him out for the rest of the season. As a result, Hunt was unable to help the club survive relegation, as they were relegated to League One. On 22 July 2014, Hunt joined Nottingham Forest on loan until January 1, 2015. Upon joining Nottingham Forest, Hunt was given number seventeen shirt. On his first day at the club, Hunt appeared in the club’s training, but ended up having a head wound, resulting eight stitches. Hunt made his Nottingham Forest in the opening game of the season against Blackpool, where he provided assist for Chris Burke, in a 2–0 win. Hunt played a huge impact by the end of August when he provided assist for Matty Fryatt to score the winning goal, in a 2–1 win over Bournemouth, followed up, providing another assist, in a 4–0 win over Reading. Hunt’s impact at Nottingham Forest with nineteen appeared had convince the club’s management express keen on signing him permanently. However, Crystal Palace asked Nottingham Forest to increase a bid for him. This was later confirmed by the club’s owner Steve Parish, who stated the club should have signed him permanently and revealed their decision to increase the bid to sign Hunt. Hunt’s loan spell at Nottingham Forest came to an end on 31 December 2014 and returned to his parent club. After this, Hunt later stated his gratitude to the club, stating the club helped him fall in love with football again. Despite being linked with a move to Rotherham United and Blackburn Rovers, it was announced on 30 January 2015, that Hunt had opted to join Championship club Rotherham United on loan until 2 May 2015. The next day, Hunt made his Rotherham United debut, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Charlton Athletic. Hunt then provided assist for Kári Árnason to score the first goal of the game, in a 2–0 win over his former club, Huddersfield Town on 7 March 2015. Hunt made ten appearance for the club, as he helped them survive relegation in the Championship to ensure playing in the second season. On 3 July 2015, Hunt joined Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the duration of the 2015–16 season. Upon joining the club, Hunt was given a number thirty-two shirt ahead of the new season. Hunt made his Sheffield Wednesday debut, in the opening game of the season, where he played as a right-back and playing 90 minutes, in a 2–0 win over Bristol City. Hunt began to found himself, competing with a right-back position with Liam Palmer, but managed to retain right–back position despite suffering from a knee injury. On 13 January 2016, after playing 22 games as part of his season long loan, Hunt joined Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on a three and a half year deal, signing for an undisclosed fee. Hunt's first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis came on 16 January 2016, in a 2–0 win over Leeds United. A month after joining the club permanently, Hunt then provided assist for Lucas João to score the fourth goal of the season, in a 4–0 win over Brentford on 13 February 2016. Hunt would later helped the club reach the play-offs and in the second leg of the play-offs, Hunt provided the assist for Ross Wallace, in a 1–1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Hunt started as a right-back in the play-off Championship Final against Hull City, playing 90 minutes, but lost 1–0. In his first season at the club, Hunt made forty appearance in all competitions. Born in Rothwell, England, Hunt said he considered himself a Leeds lad. , Jack Hunt (footballer) 2019-11-26T16:16:30Z Jack Paul Hunt (born 6 December 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Bristol City. Though primarily a right back, Hunt can also play on the right of midfield. Having joined up with Huddersfield Town at the age of nine, Hunt went through the club's academy system, starting in May 2008 and signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2009. Having previously appeared as an unused substitute for Lee Clark's first team on four occasions throughout the 2009–10 season at Huddersfield Town, Hunt signed a contract extension with Huddersfield Town in March 2010. After his loan spell at Chesterfield came to an end, Hunt made his Huddersfield debut as a substitute in the 0–0 draw against Colchester United at the Galpharm Stadium on 22 January 2011. He then made his first start for the club in their 2–1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on 30 January 2011, which was then followed by his first league start in the 2–0 win over Carlisle United on 1 February 2011. He scored his first goal for the club against Peterborough United on 9 April 2011, in the last minute to salvage a 1–1 draw. Hunt finished the 2010–11 season, making twenty appearance for the club. Hunt's first start in the 2011–12 season came against Port Vale in the League Cup on 9 August 2011. He scored with a 25-yard shot to put Huddersfield 3–1 up – they won 4–2 on the night. His first league start of the season came four days later in a 2–2 draw away at Rochdale on 13 August 2011. He scored his first league goal of the 2011–12 season against Leyton Orient on 24 September, he made the score 2–0 with a shot from 20 yards – the game ended 2–2. Due to his overall performance of the course of the season, Hunt, along with his teammate Jordan Rhodes, were voted into the PFA League 1 Team of the Year. Hunt scored his third goal of the season on 12 May 2012, in Huddersfield's play-off semi-final away victory over Milton Keynes Dons at Stadium MK giving Huddersfield a 2–0 win going into the second leg. He then played the full 90minutes plus extra time in the final as Huddersfield Town went on to win promotion after an 8–7 penalty shoot-out win over fellow Yorkshire club Sheffield United with Hunt scoring the 17th penalty of the shootout. Following the club's promotion to the Championship, Hunt signed a one-year contract extension. Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Hunt began to attracted interests from clubs, such as, Fulham. Hunt made his first start of the season in the opening round of the League Cup in the 2–0 away deft at Preston North End on Monday 13 August 2012, this was then followed by his first league game of the season away at Cardiff in Huddersfield's first game in the Football League Championship for 11 years in a 1–0 away loss. Hunt gave an impressive display in his first home game of 2012–13 winning an injury time penalty which Jordan Rhodes scored to give Huddersfield a 1–1 draw on 21 August 2012. Hunt was also named in Sky Sports team of the week on 23 August for his performance in Huddersfield first two games of the league campaign. Then, Hunt was given a straight red card and an abusive language towards referee Graham Scott during a 4–0 loss against Millwall and injured his hamstring during a match against Bolton Wanderers, which he was substituted, playing 15 minutes, on 2 April 2013. After undergoing a successful scan, Hunt returned to the first team and managed to regain in the first team for the 2012–13 season, playing in the left–back position, where he made forty appearance. The 2013–14 season saw Hunt being linked with a move to Premier League side Sunderland and Swansea City. Also tracking Hunt were Reading, Wigan Athletic and Cardiff City. However, Huddersfield Town revealed there were no enquiries to sign Hunt. Despite this, Hunt remained in the first regular, where he began to play wide right at the start of the season and provided assist one of James Vaughan goals in a 2–1 win over Bradford City in the first round of the League Cup. Once again, Hunt found himself in the transfer speculation, as Crystal Palace made a £2 million bid for Hunt. In the 2009–10 season, he was sent on loan to Conference National side Grays Athletic. Hunt made four appearance for Grays Athletic before returning to his parent club. In the 2010–11 season, Huddersfield manager Lee Clark sent Hunt out on loan to Football League Two side Chesterfield for six months, which lasted until January. Hunt made his debut in the 2–1 win over Barnet on 7 August 2010. Then on 11 September 2010, Hunt provided an assist for Scott Boden to score the equaliser, in a 1–1 draw against Morecambe. Hunt became a first team regular, playing as a right–back, making 20 appearances and returned to the Galpharm after his loan expired in early January 2011. Premier League side Crystal Palace signed Hunt on a four-year deal, from Huddersfield Town, on 2 September 2013. The fee, officially 'undisclosed', was understood to be around £2 million. Upon joining Crystal Palace, Hunt said on the move, quoting: "The interest from Crystal Palace filled me with a lot of confidence. Obviously the Premier is the best league in the world and I jumped at the chance to go to Palace. I spoke to the manager for a good hour, hour-and-a-half and the chat was brilliant, he is a brilliant man and very honest. I can't wait to play for him and you can see why he has such a good team spirit there, and that was only after one conversation with him". However, before he could make his début, Hunt broke his ankle in training on 9 September, ruling him out for up to four months. By January, Hunt returned to training after being told by the club's medical that he was given all-clear. After his transfer to Sheffield Wednesday, Hunt said he stood by his decision over signing for Crystal Palace. Croydon Advertiser later listed Hunt as among eleven players to never live up expectations. On 29 January 2014, Hunt joined Championship side Barnsley on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. Three days later, on 1 February 2014, Hunt made his Barnsley debut, in a 1–0 against Sheffield Wednesday and provided an assist in the next game on 8 February 2014, Hunt provided an assist for Chris O'Grady to score the first goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Ipswich Town. However, Hunt was restricted to 10 appearances for the club, due to match fitness and injury that kept him out for the rest of the season. As a result, Hunt was unable to help the club survive relegation, as they were relegated to League One. On 22 July 2014, Hunt joined Nottingham Forest on loan until 1 January 2015. Upon joining Nottingham Forest, Hunt was given number 17 shirt. On his first day at the club, Hunt appeared at training, but ended up having a head wound, resulting in eight stitches. Hunt made his Nottingham Forest in the opening game of the season against Blackpool, where he provided an assist for Chris Burke, in a 2–0 win. Hunt made an impact at the end of August when he provided an assist for Matty Fryatt to score the winning goal, in a 2–1 win over Bournemouth, and followed up, providing another assist, in a 4–0 win over Reading. Hunt's impact at Nottingham Forest with nineteen appearances had convinced the club's management to express interest in signing him permanently. However, Crystal Palace asked Nottingham Forest to increase their bid for him. This was later confirmed by Palace owner Steve Parish, who stated the club should have signed him permanently and revealed their decision to increase the price to sign Hunt. Hunt's loan spell at Nottingham Forest came to an end on 31 December 2014 and he returned to his parent club. After this, Hunt stated his gratitude to the club, stating the club helped him fall in love with football again. Despite being linked with a move to Blackburn Rovers, it was announced on 30 January 2015, that Hunt had opted to join Championship club Rotherham United on loan until 2 May 2015. The next day, Hunt made his Rotherham United debut, playing 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Charlton Athletic. Hunt then provided an assist for Kári Árnason to score the first goal of the game, in a 2–0 win over his former club, Huddersfield Town on 7 March 2015. Hunt made ten appearances for the club, as he helped them survive relegation in the Championship to ensure playing in the second season. On 3 July 2015, Hunt joined Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the duration of the 2015–16 season. Upon joining the club, Hunt was given the number 32 shirt ahead of the new season. Hunt made his Sheffield Wednesday debut in the opening game of the season, where he played at right-back and for the full 90 minutes, in a 2–0 win over Bristol City. Hunt found himself competing at right-back with Liam Palmer, but managed to retain the position despite suffering from a knee injury. On 13 January 2016, after playing 22 games as part of his season long loan, Hunt joined Sheffield Wednesday on a three-and-a-half year deal, signing for an undisclosed fee. Hunt's first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis came on 16 January 2016, in a 2–0 win over Leeds United. A month after joining the club permanently, Hunt provided an assist for Lucas João to score the fourth goal of the season, in a 4–0 win over Brentford on 13 February 2016. Hunt would later help the club reach the play-offs and in the second leg, Hunt provided the assist for Ross Wallace, in a 1–1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Hunt started as a right-back in the play-off Championship Final against Hull City, playing 90 minutes, but lost 1–0. In his first season at the club, Hunt made 40 appearance in all competitions. On 6 July 2018, it was announced that Hunt had joined fellow Championship side Bristol City. He joined the Robins for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. Born in Rothwell, England, Hunt said he considered himself a Leeds lad. Huddersfield Town Individual

Cifu (footballer, born 1990)

Cifu (footballer, born 1990) 2014-08-31T03:57:30Z name Miguel Ángel Garrido Cifuentes (born 5 October 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC on loan from Elche CF as a right back. Born in Alicante, Valencia, Garrido graduated from Elche CF's youth setup, made his senior debuts for Torrellano Illice CF (the club's farm team) in Tercera División, in 2009. On 11 August 2011 he joined Orihuela CF in Segunda División B, appearing regularly for the side. In July 2012 Garrido returned to Elche, being assigned to the reserves in the fourth level. He appeared in 38 matches during his first campaign, scoring once and achieving promotion. On 17 July 2014 Garrido was loaned to Segunda División's Girona FC, in a season-long deal. On 24 August he made his debut in the competition, starting in a 1–0 home win against Racing de Santander. , Cifu (footballer, born 1990) 2015-08-19T20:11:42Z name Miguel Ángel Garrido Cifuentes (born 5 October 1990), commonly known as Cifu, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Elche CF as a right back. Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Cifu graduated from Elche CF's youth setup, made his senior debuts for Torrellano Illice CF (the club's farm team) in Tercera División, in 2009. On 11 August 2011 he joined Orihuela CF in Segunda División B, appearing regularly for the side. In July 2012 Cifu returned to Elche, being assigned to the reserves in the fourth level. He appeared in 38 matches during his first campaign, scoring once and achieving promotion. On 17 July 2014 Cifu was loaned to Segunda División's Girona FC, in a season-long deal. On 24 August he made his debut in the competition, starting in a 1–0 home win against Racing de Santander. Cifu scored his first professional goal on 9 May 2015, netting the last in a 4–2 away win against FC Barcelona B.

Germanic_parent_language

Germanic_parent_language 2008-06-09T23:06:28Z Germanic Parent Language (GPL) is a term used in historical linguistics to describe the chain of reconstructed languages in the Germanic group referred to as Pre-Germanic Indo-European (PreGmc), Early Proto-Germanic (EPGmc), and Late Proto-Germanic (LPGmc). It is intended to cover the period of time of the 2nd and 1st millennia BC. As an identifiable neologism, the term appears to have been first used by Frans Van Coetsem in 1994. It also makes appearances in the works of Elzbieta Adamczyk, Jonathan Slocum and Winfred P. Lehmann. Several historical linguists have pointed towards the apparent material and social continuity connecting the cultures of the Nordic Bronze Age (1800-500 BCE) and the Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BCE - 1 CE) as having implications in regard to the stability and later development of the Germanic language group. The emerging consensus among scholars is that the First Germanic Sound Shift - long considered to be the defining mark in the development of Proto-Germanic - happened as late as 500 BCE. Research conducted over the past few decades displays a notable interest in exploring the linguistic and sociohistorical conditions under which this sound shift occurred, and often formulates theories and makes reconstructive efforts regarding the periods immediately preceding Proto-Germanic as traditionally characterised. The notion of the Germanic Parent Language is thus used to encompass both the Pre-Proto-Germanic stage of development preceding the First Germanic Sound Shift (i. e. that assumed to be contemporary with the Nordic Bronze Age) and that stage traditionally identified as Proto-Germanic up to the beginning of the Common Era. The upper boundary assigned to the Germanic Parent Language is described as "dialectical Indo-European". In the works of both Van Coetsem and Voyles, attempts are made to reconstruct aspects of this stage of the language using a process the former refers to as inverted reconstruction, i. e. one using the data made available through the attested daughter languages in light of and at times in preference to the results of the comparative reconstruction undertaken to arrive at Proto-Indo-European. The results are not strictly standard in terms of traditional Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, but they are instead presented as characteristic of the incipient predecessor to Early Proto-Germanic, hence the terms Pre-Germanic Indo-European (Voyles) or Pre-Proto-Germanic (Van Coetsem) for this stage. The lower boundary of the Germanic Parent Language has been tenatively identified as that point in the development of the language which preceded permanent fragmentation and which produced the Germanic daughter languages. In his work entitled The Vocalism of the Germanic Parent Language, Frans Van Coetsem lays out a broad set of phonological characteristics which he considers to be representative of the various stages encompassed by the Germanic Parent Language: Koivulehto (2002) further defines Pre-Germanic as " language stage that followed the depalatalization of IE palatals (e. g. IE ḱ > PreGmc k) but preceded the Gmc sound shift "Lautverschiebung", "Grimm’s Law", e. g. k > PGmc χ). " Other rules thought to have affected the Pre-Germanic stage include Cowgill’s Law, which describes the process of laryngeal loss known to have occurred in most post-PIE (i. e. IE) dialects, and Osthoff’s Law, which describes rules for the shortening of long vowels, known to have applied in western dialects such as Greek, Latin and Celtic, but not in Tocharian or Indo-Iranian. Ringe (2006) suggests that it is likely that Osthoff’s Law also applied to Germanic, and that the loss of laryngeals such as h2 must have preceded the application of Grimm’s Law. , Germanic_parent_language 2010-07-07T07:05:02Z Germanic Parent Language (GPL) is a term used in historical linguistics to describe the chain of reconstructed languages in the Germanic group referred to as Pre-Germanic Indo-European (PreGmc), Early Proto-Germanic (EPGmc), and Late Proto-Germanic (LPGmc). It is intended to cover the time of the 2nd and 1st millennia BC. As an identifiable neologism, the term appears to have been first used by Frans Van Coetsem in 1994. It also makes appearances in the works of Elzbieta Adamczyk, Jonathan Slocum, and Winfred P. Lehmann. Several historical linguists have pointed towards the apparent material and social continuity connecting the cultures of the Nordic Bronze Age (1800–500 BCE) and the Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BCE–1 CE) as having implications in regard to the stability and later development of the Germanic language group. The emerging consensus among scholars is that the First Germanic Sound Shift—long considered to be the defining mark in the development of Proto-Germanic—happened as late as 500 BCE. Research conducted over the past few decades displays a notable interest in exploring the linguistic and sociohistorical conditions under which this sound shift occurred, and often formulates theories and makes reconstructive efforts regarding the periods immediately preceding Proto-Germanic as traditionally characterised. The notion of the Germanic Parent Language is thus used to encompass both the Pre-Proto-Germanic stage of development preceding the First Germanic Sound Shift (i. e. that assumed to be contemporary with the Nordic Bronze Age) and that stage traditionally identified as Proto-Germanic up to the beginning of the Common Era. The upper boundary assigned to the Germanic Parent Language is described as "dialectical Indo-European". In the works of both Van Coetsem and Voyles, attempts are made to reconstruct aspects of this stage of the language using a process the former refers to as inverted reconstruction; i. e. one using the data made available through the attested daughter languages in light of and at times in preference to the results of the comparative reconstruction undertaken to arrive at Proto-Indo-European. The results are not strictly standard in terms of traditional Proto-Indo-European reconstruction, but they are instead presented as characteristic of the incipient predecessor to Early Proto-Germanic, hence the terms Pre-Germanic Indo-European (Voyles) or Pre-Proto-Germanic (Van Coetsem) for this stage. The lower boundary of the Germanic Parent Language has been tentatively identified as that point in the development of the language which preceded permanent fragmentation and which produced the Germanic daughter languages. In his work entitled The Vocalism of the Germanic Parent Language, Frans Van Coetsem lays out a broad set of phonological characteristics which he considers to be representative of the various stages encompassed by the Germanic Parent Language: Koivulehto (2002) further defines Pre-Germanic as " language stage that followed the depalatalization of IE palatals (e. g. IE ḱ > PreGmc k) but preceded the Gmc sound shift "Lautverschiebung", "Grimm’s Law", (e. g. k > PGmc χ). " Other rules thought to have affected the Pre-Germanic stage include Cowgill’s Law, which describes the process of laryngeal loss known to have occurred in most post-PIE (i. e. IE) dialects, and Osthoff's law, which describes rules for the shortening of long vowels, known to have applied in western dialects such as Greek, Latin, and Celtic, but not in Tocharian or Indo-Iranian. Ringe (2006) suggests that it is likely that Osthoff’s Law also applied to Germanic, and that the loss of laryngeals such as h2 must have preceded the application of Grimm’s Law.

Emley A.F.C.

Emley A.F.C. 2016-02-01T00:02:13Z AFC Emley is an English football club based in Emley, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The club was formed in 2005 by officials of the old Emley A.F.C. after the old club moved to Wakefield in 2000 and became eventually the (now defunct) Wakefield F.C.. As of August 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. , Emley A.F.C. 2017-09-20T15:11:18Z AFC Emley is a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of Division One of the Northern Counties East League and play at the Welfare Ground. The original Emley F.C. had been members of the Yorkshire League and Northern Counties East League, before winning promotion to the Northern Premier League in 1989. In 2000, new ground grading regulations introduced by the Northern Premier League forced Emley to relocate to Belle Vue in Wakefield, although the reserves continued to play at the Welfare Ground. In 2002 the club was renamed Wakefield & Emley, and when the reserve team was disbanded in 2005, supporters of the original club decided to establish a new club based in Emley under the name A.F.C. Emley. The following year Wakefield & Emley was renamed Wakefield, and remained in the Northern Premier League until disbanding in 2014. The new Emley club joined Division One of the West Yorkshire League for the 2005–06 season. After finishing third in their first season, they were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. In 2015–16 they finished fourth in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Penistone Church 1–0 in the semi-finals, they lost 4–3 on penalties to Bottesford Town in the final after a 1–1 draw. Striker Ashley Flynn finished the season with 73 goals, a league record. In 2016–17 the club finished third, missing out on automatic promotion on goal difference; they went on to lose 3–1 to Penistone Church in the play-off semi-finals. The club plays at the Welfare Ground in Emley. It has a capacity of 2,000, of which 1,000 is covered and 330 seated. 53°36′45″N 1°37′55″W / 53.612629°N 1.6319150°W / 53.612629; -1.6319150

How_Children_Fail

How_Children_Fail 2008-02-10T20:39:49Z How Children Fail is a non-fiction book by John Holt, published in 1964 and republished in 1982 in a revised edition. It is considered a classic text in the field of education, and has sold over a million copies. In this book he cites personal teaching and research experiences that led him to the belief that traditional schooling, as it was practiced at the time, did more harm than good to a child's ability and desire to truly learn. In How Children Fail John Holt states his belief that children love to learn, but hate to be taught. His experiences in the classroom as a teacher and researcher brought him to the conclusion that all children are intelligent. They become unintelligent because they are accustomed by teachers and schools to strive only for teacher approval and for the “right” answers, and to forget all else. In this system, children see no value in thinking and discovery, but see it only in playing the game of school. Children believe that they must please the teacher, the adults, at all costs. They learn how to manipulate teachers to gain clues about what the teacher really wants. Through the teacher’s body language, facial expressions and other clues, they learn what might be the right answer. They mumble, straddle the answer, get the teacher to answer her own question, and take wild guesses while waiting to see what happens- all in order to increase the chances for a right answer. When children are very young, they have natural curiosities about the world and explore them, trying diligently to figure out what is real. As they become “producers”, rather than “thinkers”, they fall away from exploration and start fishing for the right answers with little thought. They believe they must always be right, so they quickly forget mistakes and how these mistakes were made. They believe that the only good response from the teacher is “yes”, and that a “no” is defeat. They fear wrong answers and shy away from challenges because they may not have the right answer. This fear that rules them in the school setting does their thinking and learning a great disservice. A teacher’s job is to help them overcome their fears of failure and explore the problem for real learning. So often, teachers are doing the opposite- building children’s fears up to monumental proportions. Children need to see that failure is honorable, and that it helps them construct meaning. It should not be seen as humiliating, but as a step to real learning. Being afraid of mistakes, they never try to understand their own mistakes and cannot and will not try to understand when their thinking is faulty. Adding to children’s fear in school is corporal punishment and humiliation, both of which can scare children into right/wrong thinking and away from their natural exploratory thinking. Holt maintains that when teachers praise students, they rob them of the joy of discovering truth for themselves. They should be aiding them by guiding them to explore and learn as their interests move them. In mathematics, children learn algorithms, but when faced with problems with Cuisenaire rods, they cannot apply their learning to real situations. Their learning is superficial in that they can sometimes spit out the algorithm when faced with a problem on paper, but have no understanding of how or why the algorithm works and no deep understanding about numbers. Holt believes that end of year achievement tests do not show real learning. Teachers (Holt included) generally cram for these tests in the weeks proceeding. Meanwhile, the material learned is forgotten shortly after the tests because it was not motivated by interest, nor does it have practical use. This article about a non-fiction book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , How_Children_Fail 2009-04-25T23:32:52Z How Children Fail is a non-fiction book by John Holt, published in 1964 and republished in 1982 in a revised edition. It is considered a classic text in the field of education, and has sold over a million copies. In this book he cites personal teaching and research experiences that led him to the belief that traditional schooling, as it was practiced at the time, did more harm than good to a child's ability and desire to truly learn. In How Children Fail John Holt states his belief that children love to be homosexual, but hate to be raped. His experiences in the classroom as a rapist and researcher brought him to the conclusion that all children are homosexual. They become gay because they are accustomed by teachers who rape them and schools to strive only for teachers homosexuality and for the “right” penis, and to forget all else. In this system, children see no value in horney teachers and anul, but see it only in playing in the dark wardrobes of school. Children believe that they must please the teacher, the adults, at all costs even if they have to get raped. They learn how to manipulate teachers to gain clues about what sex position the teacher would like. Through the teacher’s body language, facial expressions and other clues, they learn what might be the right answer. They hump, the teacher, get the teacher to rape his or herself, and take wild pornographic pictures while waiting to see what happens- all in order to increase the chances for an orgasm. When children are very young, they have natural curiosities about the world and explore them, trying diligently to figure out what is real. As they become “producers”, rather than “thinkers”, they fall away from exploration and start fishing for the right answers with little thought. They believe they must always be right, so they quickly forget mistakes and how these mistakes were made. They believe that the only good response from the teacher is “yes”, and that a “no” is defeat. They fear wrong answers and shy away from challenges because they may not have the right answer. This fear that rules them in the school setting does their thinking and learning a great disservice. A teacher’s job is to help them overcome their fears of failure and explore the problem for real learning. So often, teachers are doing the opposite- building children’s fears up to monumental proportions. Children need to see that failure is honorable, and that it helps them construct meaning. It should not be seen as humiliating, but as a step to real learning. Being afraid of mistakes, they never try to understand their own mistakes and cannot and will not try to understand when their thinking is faulty. Adding to children’s fear in school is corporal punishment and humiliation, both of which can scare children into right/wrong thinking and away from their natural exploratory thinking. Holt maintains that when teachers praise students, they rob them of the joy of discovering truth for themselves. They should be aiding them by guiding them to explore and learn as their interests move them. In mathematics, children learn algorithms, but when faced with problems with Cuisenaire rods, they cannot apply their learning to real situations. Their learning is superficial in that they can sometimes spit out the algorithm when faced with a problem on paper, but have no understanding of how or why the algorithm works and no deep understanding about numbers. Holt believes that end of year achievement tests do not show real learning. Teachers (Holt included) generally cram for these tests in the weeks preceding. Meanwhile, the material learned is forgotten shortly after the tests because it was not motivated by interest, nor does it have practical use. This article about a non-fiction book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Inkigayo

Inkigayo 2011-01-02T04:28:17Z The Music Trend (Korean: SBS 인기가요) (previously Popular Song, romanized as Inkigayo) is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday at 3:50PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform on stage. It is currently hosted by Jo Kwon of 2AM, Jung Yong-hwa of C.N.Blue, and Sulli of f(x). The Music Trend debuted as SBS Popular Song in 1991 as a chart show, but was canceled in Autumn 1993. It was later revived in 1998 with its original title and format. In 2003, the chart format was removed and was replaced by Take 7, where 7 of the most popular artists from the week are featured and the most popular artist receives the award for Mutizen Song. In Spring 2007, the program changed from a recorded broadcast to a live broadcast in an effort to boost ratings, as well as changing the English name to The Music Trend. On November 2, 2008, the program moved from 3:20PM to 4:10PM Sunday afternoons, airing before Good Sunday, also to boost ratings. In Spring 2010, the program expanded to 70 minutes beginning at 3:50PM every Sunday. Every week, a "rookie" artist/group performs live on stage. At the end of the month, a "Super Rookie" is chosen, through votes from The Music Trend homepage, and is featured that month. Formerly known as Mobile Ranking, the Digital Music Charts takes into consideration the popularity of songs through downloads on mobile phones as well as downloads on music sites. Every week, it features 5 ranks with a special guest(s) to host the segment. Take 7 is the representative segment of The Music Trend. Every week, 7 of the most popular songs of that week are featured, where most artists will perform. At the end of the show, the Mutizen Song (뮤티즌송) which is the most popular song of the week receives the award. This has replaced the regular countdown charts format seen in most music programs and eliminates the need to rank artists. October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September Ocotber November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December Triple Crown is a song that has received Mutizen Song (뮤티즌송) 3 times. After that, the song is removed from Take 7. 2000 & 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Most No.1/Mutizen Song Winners Most Triple Crowns Winners, Inkigayo 2012-12-23T11:19:58Z The Music Trend (Korean: SBS 인기가요; previously Popular Song, romanized as Inkigayo) is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday at 3:20 PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform on stage. As of December 16, 2012 it is hosted by IU, Hwang Kwanghee and Lee Hyun-woo. It is broadcast from the SBS Open Hall in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. The Music Trend debuted as SBS Popular Song in 1991 as a chart show, but was canceled in Autumn 1993. It was later revived in 1998 with its original title and format. In 2003, the chart format was removed and was replaced by Take 7, where seven of the most popular artists from the week are featured and the most popular artist receives the award for Mutizen Song. In Spring 2007, the program changed from a recorded broadcast to a live broadcast in an effort to boost ratings, as well as changing the English name to The Music Trend. On November 2, 2008, the program moved from 3:20 PM to 4:10 PM Sunday afternoons, airing before Good Sunday, also to boost ratings. In Spring 2010, the program expanded to 70 minutes beginning at 3:50 PM every Sunday. On July 10, 2012, SBS announced revamping the show removing the Take 7 system and Mutizen Song award, explaining that "We believe that rather than the ranking system, the most important thing is the genre K-Pop being recognized worldwide. Therefore, we have decided to abolish the system after much discussion. There’s really no meaning behind a ranking system. We have decided to undergo this change in hopes that viewers can just enjoy the music. There are a lot of K-Pop stars in the music industry that have talent. We wanted to break free from the repetitive system, in which artists release new songs and perform, so we plan on redesiging our system by having the concept of more special stages. For viewers to enjoy the music, we will have more collaboration stages and much more." The revamped show, without the Take 7 and Mutizen Song award, began July 15, 2012. Every week, a "rookie" artist or group performs live on stage. At the end of the month, a "Super Rookie" is chosen, through votes from The Music Trend homepage, and is featured that month. 2008 2009 2010 Formerly known as Mobile Ranking, the Digital Music Charts takes into consideration the popularity of songs through downloads on mobile phones as well as downloads on music sites. Every week, it features 5 ranks with a special guest(s) to host the segment. This segment was abandoned mid-2009. Throughout each episode, various artists are featured in campaign songs that raise awareness for certain topics or issues. Such campaigns include: safe driving, drinking milk, piracy, and various local events. Take 7 is the representative segment of The Music Trend. Every week, 7 of the most popular songs of that week are featured, where most artists will perform. At the end of the show, the Mutizen Song (뮤티즌송) which is the most popular song of the week receives the award. This has replaced the regular countdown charts format seen in most music programs and eliminates the need to rank artists. This system was abolished on July 10, 2012. February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July Triple Crown is a song that has received Mutizen Song (뮤티즌송) 3 times. After that, the song is removed from Take 7. 2000 & 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Most No.1/Mutizen Song winners Most Triple Crowns winners A Nipslip scandal involving Ryu Hwayoung of T-ara in a January 29 episode of Inkigayo in which Hwayoung accidentally exposed her breast during her dance solo. A screencap is already making its rounds online through Korean media portals and other SNS services like Twitter and even Tumblr. Allkpop and JoongAng Ilbo said that the show was airing live when the incident occurred. Core Contents Media issued an official statement about the nipslip saying: “We feel deeply regretful about the accident that occurred on ‘Inkigayo.’” Officials continued, “We found rumors claiming that it was pre-recorded, but that’s not true at all. T-ara’s stage was done completely live, and it was a live broadcast accident. There weren’t any problems during their rehearsal so it’s upsetting that it had to occur during the live show. Before the fact that she’s a celebrity, she’s still a minor, so we hope that people will remember that she’s a young girl.” SBS issued an statement saying: “First of all, T-ara’s stage was live, not pre-recorded. The head PD was busy at the time so he was not able to pay attention to the incident. We are extremely sorry about what happened.” Hwayoung's sister Hyoyoung said via twitter: “To the fans. Thank you. It’s a situation requiring great care. We’ll start smiling again tomorrow.”. Programs

USCG_Activities_Europe

USCG_Activities_Europe 2007-12-23T00:14:39Z United States Coast Guard Activities Europe (ACTEUR) is a Coast Guard Marine Safety unit located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. At the request of the U. S. Department of State, the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) established offices throughout Europe near the end of World War II. Their mission was initially to handle the influx of U. S. merchant ships and merchant seaman. However, after the war, the workload declined and offices remained only in London, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. In the 1960’s the name Activities Europe (ACTEUR) was first given to the office in London and they were tasked as the centralized support for CG LORAN stations throughout Europe. In 1975 the other remaining USCG offices were consolidated and a Marine Inspection Office (MIO) was established in Rotterdam. This was the first MIO established outside the U. S. and its mission was similar to that of today’s unit. However, in June 1982 MIO Rotterdam was closed for budgetary reasons and the overseas inspection responsibilities in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East were transferred to MIO New York. From June 1982 until July 1995, MIO New York conducted overseas inspections using a combination of inspectors from the U. S. and personnel from ACTEUR London. With the turn-over of the LORAN stations to the “host” countries in the early 1990s, ACTEUR London was closed. A new command, Activities/Marine Inspection Office Europe, was commissioned on July 11, 1995 in Rotterdam. The unit has continued to grow and evolve during the Coast Guard’s transition to the Department of Homeland Security and today our maritime security role continues to expand. Between 2004 and 2007, additional people were assigned to ACTEUR as International Port Security Liaison Officers (IPSLO). IPLSOs work with 83 different countries to align maritime security efforts and share best practices. U. S. Vessel Inspections – Safety, security, and environmental protection inspections on U. S. flag vessels account for the majority of our flag administration workload. The somewhat transient U. S. fleet that operates within the AOR includes offshore oil industry vessels and Mobile Offshore Drilling Units working in West Africa and on the North Sea and Arabian Sea, and U. S. deep draft cargo ships (both commercial and U. S. government owned), which navigate throughout the Area of Responsibility (AOR). ACTEUR’s marine inspectors focus on the structural integrity, vital systems, propulsion, seaworthiness, hazardous conditions, lifesaving, firefighting, safety of navigation, etc. , on U. S flag commercial vessels. Our marine inspectors travel to over 30 countries throughout the AOR to ensure compliance with U. S. laws and regulations and international conventions. In addition to the fleet in operation, ACTEUR also oversees any major U. S. flag new-building projects under construction within the AOR, prototype & production testing of primary lifesaving appliances for formal USCG Approval, and of third party organizations that have been authorized to conduct relevant work on behalf of the USCG. U. S. Vessel Investigations - ACTEUR also investigates marine casualties (including incidents accidental or purposeful) involving U. S. vessels operating within the AOR. Primarily to identify safeguards and prevent re-occurrence, our investigators attempt to determine the causes, evaluate the actions of USCG licensed & documented mariners and, as appropriate, initiate legal actions. Although ACTEUR does not have Captain of the Port jurisdiction, we play a key role in the USCG Port State control program for European built cruise ships, foreign flag tank vessels and compressed gas carriers. The overwhelming majority of cruise ships that trade in the U. S. are being built in European shipyards and ACTEUR marine inspectors, working in conjunction with U. S. counterparts, conduct expanded Port State Control exams during the construction of these vessels to ensure compliance with international safety regulations, especially those concerning structural fire protection and lifesaving arrangements. In 2004 ACTEUR became home to a team of International Port Security Liaison Officers (IPSLOs) who work with all maritime trading countries in the AOR. The IPSLOs are a vital part of the Coast Guard’s International Port Security (IPS) Program. Their mission is to learn about maritime port security efforts and implementation of the ISPS Code in all countries that conduct maritime trade with the U. S. This is accomplished by continual engagement with fellow maritime nations. At times engagements are less formal and conducted by the IPSLO alone and other times more formal and include a delegation of IPS Program managers from Washington DC or Norfolk, Virginia. In all cases, engagements provide the opportunity to conduct on-site information exchanges, share best practices, and observe each country’s efforts on maritime port security. IPSLOs also facilitate reciprocal visits to the U. S. allowing other nations to view first hand security practices in U. S. ports. ACTEUR carries out a wide variety of outreach and engagement activities. As the USCG’s primary representative in the region we work with U. S. embassies, coast guards, international organizations, and the international maritime community to share information and improve understanding of USCG roles, missions, and objectives. We actively participate in various international maritime industry & regulatory forums. Working with our international maritime colleagues, we attempt to improve maritime security and safety and work together to eliminate substandard shipping throughout the world. As a result, we regularly participate in International Maritime Organization (IMO) activities, the Paris and Black Sea Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control groups, the European Commission’s MARSEC, and the International Standards Organization. • There are over 6,500 miles between two of ACTEUR’s regular inspection locations; Bergen, Norway and Cape Town, South Africa. • In 2007, ACTEUR personnel traveled to over 70 different countries throughout the AOR carrying out our various mission responsibilities. • ACTEUR has the largest geographic Area of Responsibility of any field unit in the USCG, spanning the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn. , USCG_Activities_Europe 2008-12-02T20:44:59Z United States Coast Guard Activities Europe (ACTEUR) is a Coast Guard Marine Safety unit located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. At the request of the U. S. Department of State, the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) established offices throughout Europe near the end of World War II. Their mission was initially to handle the influx of U. S. merchant ships and merchant seaman. However, after the war, the workload declined and offices remained only in London, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. In the 1960’s the name Activities Europe (ACTEUR) was first given to the office in London and they were tasked as the centralized support for CG LORAN stations throughout Europe. In 1975 the other remaining USCG offices were consolidated and a Marine Inspection Office (MIO) was established in Rotterdam. This was the first MIO established outside the U. S. and its mission was similar to that of today’s unit. However, in June 1982 MIO Rotterdam was closed for budgetary reasons and the overseas inspection responsibilities in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East were transferred to MIO New York. From June 1982 until July 1995, MIO New York conducted overseas inspections using a combination of inspectors from the U. S. and personnel from ACTEUR London. With the turn-over of the LORAN stations to the “host” countries in the early 1990s, ACTEUR London was closed. A new command, Activities/Marine Inspection Office Europe, was commissioned on July 11, 1995 in Rotterdam. The unit has continued to grow and evolve during the Coast Guard’s transition to the Department of Homeland Security and today our maritime security role continues to expand. Between 2004 and 2007, additional people were assigned to ACTEUR as International Port Security Liaison Officers (IPSLO). IPLSOs work with 83 different countries to align maritime security efforts and share best practices. U. S. Vessel Inspections – Safety, security, and environmental protection inspections on U. S. flag vessels account for the majority of our flag administration workload. The somewhat transient U. S. fleet that operates within the AOR includes offshore oil industry vessels and Mobile Offshore Drilling Units working in West Africa and on the North Sea and Arabian Sea, and U. S. deep draft cargo ships (both commercial and U. S. government owned), which navigate throughout the Area of Responsibility (AOR). ACTEUR’s marine inspectors focus on the structural integrity, vital systems, propulsion, seaworthiness, hazardous conditions, lifesaving, firefighting, safety of navigation, etc. , on U. S flag commercial vessels. Our marine inspectors travel to over 30 countries throughout the AOR to ensure compliance with U. S. laws and regulations and international conventions. In addition to the fleet in operation, ACTEUR also oversees any major U. S. flag new-building projects under construction within the AOR, prototype & production testing of primary lifesaving appliances for formal USCG Approval, and of third party organizations that have been authorized to conduct relevant work on behalf of the USCG. U. S. Vessel Investigations - ACTEUR also investigates marine casualties (including incidents accidental or purposeful) involving U. S. vessels operating within the AOR. Primarily to identify safeguards and prevent re-occurrence, our investigators attempt to determine the causes, evaluate the actions of USCG licensed & documented mariners and, as appropriate, initiate legal actions. Although ACTEUR does not have Captain of the Port jurisdiction, we play a key role in the USCG Port State control program for European built cruise ships, foreign flag tank vessels and compressed gas carriers. The overwhelming majority of cruise ships that trade in the U. S. are being built in European shipyards and ACTEUR marine inspectors, working in conjunction with U. S. counterparts, conduct expanded Port State Control exams during the construction of these vessels to ensure compliance with international safety regulations, especially those concerning structural fire protection and lifesaving arrangements. In 2004 ACTEUR became home to a team of International Port Security Liaison Officers (IPSLOs) who work with all maritime trading countries in the AOR. The IPSLOs are a vital part of the Coast Guard’s International Port Security (IPS) Program. Their mission is to learn about maritime port security efforts and implementation of the ISPS Code in all countries that conduct maritime trade with the U. S. This is accomplished by continual engagement with fellow maritime nations. At times engagements are less formal and conducted by the IPSLO alone and other times more formal and include a delegation of IPS Program managers from Washington DC or Portsmouth, Virginia. In all cases, engagements provide the opportunity to conduct on-site information exchanges, share best practices, and observe each country’s efforts on maritime port security. IPSLOs also facilitate reciprocal visits to the U. S. allowing other nations to view first hand security practices in U. S. ports. ACTEUR carries out a wide variety of outreach and engagement activities. As the USCG’s primary representative in the region we work with U. S. embassies, coast guards, international organizations, and the international maritime community to share information and improve understanding of USCG roles, missions, and objectives. We actively participate in various international maritime industry & regulatory forums. Working with our international maritime colleagues, we attempt to improve maritime security and safety and work together to eliminate substandard shipping throughout the world. As a result, we regularly participate in International Maritime Organization (IMO) activities, the Paris and Black Sea Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control groups, the European Commission’s MARSEC, and the International Organisation for Standardisation. • There are over 6,500 miles between two of ACTEUR’s regular inspection locations; Bergen, Norway, and Cape Town, South Africa. • In 2007, ACTEUR personnel traveled to over 70 different countries throughout the AOR carrying out our various mission responsibilities. • ACTEUR has the largest geographic Area of Responsibility of any field unit in the USCG, spanning the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn.

Josh Wright

Josh Wright 2017-01-02T16:47:14Z Joshua William "Josh" Wright (born 6 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Gillingham. Wright signed for Millwall in November 2011, having previously played for Scunthorpe United between 2009–11. He began his career at Charlton Athletic at the age of 17 in 2007, but spent the majority of his two years there on loan at Barnet, Brentford and Gillingham. He also counts Leyton Orient as a former club. Born in Bethnal Green, London, Wright started his football career at Charlton Athletic, with whom he signed a two-year professional contract in April 2007 at the age of 17 alongside close friend Harry Arter. Before joining Charlton's academy full-time at the age of 16, he attended Chigwell School in Chigwell, and Roding Valley High School in Loughton, Essex. Fellow professionals Lee Sawyer and Billy Lumley also attended Roding Valley High School. while Jordan Spence was in the same year group as Wright at Chigwell. He plays in midfield as a playmaker. In August of that year, Wright moved to Barnet on loan for what eventually amounted to three months. After a successful spell, which saw him score his first ever goal against Stockport County and be named Barnet's player of the month for November, he returned to Charlton. A month later, he was re-signed on loan by Barnet for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. On 19 September 2008, Wright was signed by League Two side Brentford on a month's loan. The loan was extended but soon after Alan Pardew decided to call Wright back due to an injury crisis at the club, where he made an impressive display for Brentford under the management of Andy Scott. Following his return from a loan spell at Brentford, he made his debut for Charlton in 1–1 draw against Burnley on 25 October 2008, where he was started for the match. He then joined Gillingham on loan in March 2009 until the end of the season. He made his debut for Gillingham on 4 April 2009 in the 2–0 home defeat to Barnet. His four appearance at Gillingham impressed Mark Stimson that he extended Wright's loan spell with Gillingham, which allowed him to play in the play-offs. Wright was responsible for the corner kick that allowed striker Simeon Jackson to score in the 2009 Football League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, sending Gillingham to Football League One for the 2009–10 campaign. Despite making his best effort for Gillingham, Charlton wasn't convinced of Wright and instead released him upon his contract expiring. He signed for Scunthorpe United in July 2009 on a two-year contract. Upon joining Scunthorpe United, Wright revealed he turned down a move to big clubs in order to join Scunthorpe United and was motivated to join the Iron for first team football. Wright made his debut for the club, where he came on as a substitute for Gary Hooper in the 49th minutes, in a 4–0 loss against Cardiff City in the opening game of the season. Since his debut, Wright quickly made an impact for the club and established himself in the starting eleven as a "as the holding player in United's four-man midfield." In his first season, Wright made thirty-five appearance for the club. In his second season at Scunthorpe United, Wright started his season when he scored his first goal for the club in a Football League Cup game against Manchester United on 22 September 2010. After the match, Wright says he is more than please to score his first goal because he cited as a "long time coming". Wright started well for the club until his playing time minutes significantly decreased later in the season. In the January transfer window, Wright requested a transfer, during in which, he was offered a new contract and prepared for his exit from Scunthorpe United. This came after Reading were keen to sign him and was keen to move down to the south. However, his father stated that Wright will unlikely to the club in the January transfer window, but will leave in the summer. After failed transfer move in January transfer window, Wright expected to be back in the first team and earn playing time, as well as, withdrawing his transfer request. Unfortunately, his loss of form and a foot injury that kept him for the rest of 2010–11 season cost his first team place. Despite loss of form costing his first team place, Wright, nevertheless, made thirty-six appearance for the club. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Wright was one of seven players released by Scunthorpe in May 2011. At the time, Wright was once linked again to a Championship clubs, having held discussions. After leaving Scunthorpe, Wright suffered a foot injury ahead of the 2011–12 season, which prevented him from joining a new club. In November 2011, he joined Championship side Millwall on a free transfer following a successful trial period. The club signed Wright on a "short-term deal running until the January 2012 transfer window". On 3 January 2012, Wright made his debut for Millwall against Bristol City and made his first start before coming off for Nadjim Abdou in the 67th minute of a 1–0 loss. Millwall subsequently extended his contract until the end of the season. On 25 February 2012, Wright scored his first goal with a 30-yard volley in a 3–1 win over Burnley. His 30-yard volley against Burnley earned him an awards. His performance at Millwall led the club to offer him a new contract on a long-term deal. At the end of the season, Wright went on to sign a new three-year deal, keeping him until 2015. During the 2012–13 season, Wright switched his shirt number from forty-four to number four. However, his second season did not go so well for him, as he was overlooked and mostly featured on the substitute bench. On 19 November 2013, Wright signed on loan for Leyton Orient. After making two appearances, Wright was recalled by Millwall due to an injury crisis at the club. During a second loan spell with Leyton Orient, Wright's contract with Millwall was cancelled on 5 January 2015 to enable him to negotiate a permanent move to another club. He re-signed for Leyton Orient the following day. Wright rejoined Gillingham in August 2015 on a short term contract. The following month he signed a new deal to extend his time with the club until the end of the season. On 29 June 2016 he signed a new two-year deal with the club. Wright made his debut for his country at U16 level against Japan in March 2005. Since then, he has represented England at the U17, U18 and, most recently, U19 levels. He was captain of the U17 side on several occasions, having previously captained the U16 team. He is the brother of The Only Way Is Essex stars Mark and Jessica Wright. While at Millwall in 2012, Wright had an £8,000 watch stolen while he was training. , Josh Wright 2018-12-28T19:46:44Z Joshua William Wright (born 6 November 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bradford City. A midfielder. Wright played for Gillingham between 2015–17, Millwall from 2011–15 and Scunthorpe United between 2009–11. He began his career at Charlton Athletic at the age of 17 in 2007, but spent the majority of his two years there on loan at Barnet, Brentford and Gillingham. He also counts Leyton Orient as a former club. Born in Bethnal Green, London, Wright started his football career at Charlton Athletic, with whom he signed a two-year professional contract in April 2007 at the age of 17 alongside close friend Harry Arter. Before joining Charlton's academy full-time at the age of 16, he attended Chigwell School in Chigwell, and Roding Valley High School in Loughton, Essex. Fellow professionals Lee Sawyer and Billy Lumley also attended Roding Valley High School. while Jordan Spence was in the same year group as Wright at Chigwell. He plays in midfield as a playmaker. In August of that year, Wright moved to Barnet on loan for what eventually amounted to three months. After a successful spell, which saw him score his first ever goal against Stockport County and be named Barnet's player of the month for November, he returned to Charlton. A month later, he was re-signed on loan by Barnet for the remainder of the 2007–08 season. On 19 September 2008, Wright was signed by League Two side Brentford on a month's loan. The loan was extended but soon after Alan Pardew decided to call Wright back due to an injury crisis at the club, where he made an impressive display for Brentford under the management of Andy Scott. Following his return from a loan spell at Brentford, he made his debut for Charlton in 1–1 draw against Burnley on 25 October 2008, where he was started for the match. He then joined Gillingham on loan in March 2009 until the end of the season. He made his debut for Gillingham on 4 April 2009 in the 2–0 home defeat to Barnet. His four appearance at Gillingham impressed Mark Stimson that he extended Wright's loan spell with Gillingham, which allowed him to play in the play-offs. Wright was responsible for the corner kick that allowed striker Simeon Jackson to score in the 2009 Football League Two play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, sending Gillingham to Football League One for the 2009–10 campaign. Despite making his best effort for Gillingham, Charlton wasn't convinced of Wright and instead released him upon his contract expiring. He signed for Scunthorpe United in July 2009 on a two-year contract. Upon joining Scunthorpe United, Wright revealed he turned down a move to big clubs in order to join Scunthorpe United and was motivated to join the Iron for first team football. Wright made his debut for the club, where he came on as a substitute for Gary Hooper in the 49th minutes, in a 4–0 loss against Cardiff City in the opening game of the season. Since his debut, Wright quickly made an impact for the club and established himself in the starting eleven as a "as the holding player in United's four-man midfield." In his first season, Wright made thirty-five appearance for the club. In his second season at Scunthorpe United, Wright started his season when he scored his first goal for the club in a Football League Cup game against Manchester United on 22 September 2010. After the match, Wright says he is more than please to score his first goal because he cited as a "long time coming". Wright started well for the club until his playing time minutes significantly decreased later in the season. In the January transfer window, Wright requested a transfer, during in which, he was offered a new contract and prepared for his exit from Scunthorpe United. This came after Reading were keen to sign him and was keen to move down to the south. However, his father stated that Wright will unlikely to the club in the January transfer window, but will leave in the summer. After failed transfer move in January transfer window, Wright expected to be back in the first team and earn playing time, as well as, withdrawing his transfer request. Unfortunately, his loss of form and a foot injury that kept him for the rest of 2010–11 season cost his first team place. Despite loss of form costing his first team place, Wright, nevertheless, made thirty-six appearance for the club. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Wright was one of seven players released by Scunthorpe in May 2011. At the time, Wright was once linked again to a Championship clubs, having held discussions. After leaving Scunthorpe, Wright suffered a foot injury ahead of the 2011–12 season, which prevented him from joining a new club. In November 2011, he joined Championship side Millwall on a free transfer following a successful trial period. The club signed Wright on a "short-term deal running until the January 2012 transfer window". On 3 January 2012, Wright made his debut for Millwall against Bristol City and made his first start before coming off for Jimmy Abdou in the 67th minute of a 1–0 loss. Millwall subsequently extended his contract until the end of the season. On 25 February 2012, Wright scored his first goal with a 30-yard volley in a 3–1 win over Burnley. His 30-yard volley against Burnley earned him an awards. His performance at Millwall led the club to offer him a new contract on a long-term deal. At the end of the season, Wright went on to sign a new three-year deal, keeping him until 2015. During the 2012–13 season, Wright switched his shirt number from forty-four to number four. However, his second season did not go so well for him, as he was overlooked and mostly featured on the substitute bench. On 19 November 2013, Wright signed on loan for Leyton Orient. After making two appearances, Wright was recalled by Millwall due to an injury crisis at the club. During a second loan spell with Leyton Orient, Wright's contract with Millwall was cancelled on 5 January 2015 to enable him to negotiate a permanent move to another club. He re-signed for Leyton Orient the following day. Wright rejoined Gillingham in August 2015 on a short term contract. The following month he signed a new deal to extend his time with the club until the end of the season. On 29 June 2016 he signed a new two-year deal with the club. At the beginning of the 2016–17 season, Wright was named captain by then-manager Justin Edinburgh. However, after Edinburgh was sacked and Adrian Pennock became manager, defender Max Ehmer was named captain. On 11 March 2017 in an League One fixture Wright scored a 9-minute hat trick of penalties against his former side Scunthorpe United. In doing so he became the first player to score a hat trick of penalties in an English (top four tiers) league game since Alan Slough for Peterborough United in a 4–3 loss at Chester on 29 April 1978. On 22 April 2017 he was named the club's player of the season, players' player of the season and the away supporters' player of the season. In August 2017, Wright's contract with Gillingham was terminated and he subsequently signed for Southend United. At the end of the 2017–18 season he was released by the club. In May 2018 it was announced that Wright would sign for Bradford City on 1 July 2018. He was appointed club captain on 1 August 2018. Wright made his debut for his country at U16 level against Japan in March 2005. Since then, he has represented England at the U17, U18 and, most recently, U19 levels. He was captain of the U17 side on several occasions, having previously captained the U16 team. Wright is the brother of The Only Way Is Essex stars Mark and Jess Wright. In 2017 he became engaged to girlfriend Hollie Kane. While at Millwall in 2012, Wright had an £8,000 watch stolen while he was training.

Ogori/Magongo

Ogori/Magongo 2008-09-30T21:32:14Z Ogori-Magongo Local Government area of Kogi State was created from Okene Local Government area for the and Magongo ethnic group. The population of the area is quite small relative to Okene. People of the area are renowned for their scholarship and industry. Important festivals include the nationally acclaimed Ovia Osese festival held annually a two weeks after Easter. , Ogori/Magongo 2010-01-31T10:26:26Z Ogori-Magongo is a local Government area of Kogi State in Nigeria. It was created from the Okene Local Government Area for the Ogori and Magongo ethnic groups. The population of the area is quite small relative to Okene. People of the area are renowned for their scholarship and industry. Important festivals include the nationally acclaimed Ovia Osese festival held annually a two weeks after Easter. 7°29′N 6°13′E / 7. 483°N 6. 217°E / 7. 483; 6. 217

2009_NLL_season

2009_NLL_season 2008-08-30T22:18:31Z Template:Future sport The 2009 National Lacrosse League season, the 23rd in the history of the NLL, will begin in late December, 2008 and will conclude with the championship game in May 2009. After the 2008 season was cancelled and then reinstated, the Boston Blazers and Arizona Sting both announced that they would not participate in the 2008 season, and would return in 2009. However, in the summer of 2008 the Arizona Sting ceased operations and its players were put in a dispersal draft. The Blazers drafted former Sting and LumberJax forward Dan Dawson first overall. , 2009_NLL_season 2009-07-08T23:37:29Z The 2009 National Lacrosse League season, the 23rd in the history of the NLL, began January 3, 2009 in Buffalo, Portland, and Sunrise, Florida, and concluded with the Calgary Roughnecks defeating the New York Titans 12—10 in the Champion's Cup on May 15, 2009. After the 2008 season was cancelled and then reinstated, the Boston Blazers and Arizona Sting both announced that they would not participate in the 2008 season, and would return in 2009. However, in the summer of 2008 the Arizona Sting ceased operations and its players were put in a dispersal draft. The Blazers drafted former Sting and LumberJax forward Dan Dawson first overall. Just weeks prior to the start of the season, the Chicago Shamrox suspended operations due to financial troubles and the players were placed in another dispersal draft. Anthony Cosmo was selected 1st overall by the Boston Blazers in this draft. W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind Division Leader, PCT = Winning Percentage, Home = Home record, Road = Road record, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against The 2009 All-Star Game was held at Pepsi Center in Denver on March 7, 2009. The East beat the West 27-21 as Buffalo's Mark Steenhuis scored seven goals and six assists on his way to his third All-Star Game MVP award. * Unable to play due to injury First Team Second Team The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie. Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.

Asakura_Kagetake

Asakura_Kagetake 2021-04-20T11:04:36Z Asakura Kagetake (朝倉 景健, 1536 – September 25, 1575) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku era from Asakura clan. In the 1570, at the Battle of Anegawa, Kagetake was an "Asakura Yoshikage army's commander in chief" of Asakura forces. He fought againts Ieyasu second division under Honda Tadakatsu and Sakakibara Yasumasa on to Asakura's left flank. : 62–63  This article about a samurai or a samurai-related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Asakura_Kagetake 2022-05-02T11:44:36Z Asakura Kagetake (朝倉 景健, 1536 – September 25, 1575) was a Japanese samurai commander of the Sengoku era from Asakura clan. In the 1570, at the Battle of Anegawa, Kagetake was an Asakura Yoshikage army's "commander in chief" of Asakura forces. He fought against Tokugawa forces under Ieyasu and surround by Ieyasu second division under Honda Tadakatsu and Sakakibara Yasumasa. : 62–63  This article about a samurai or a samurai-related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

William Salyers

William Salyers 2019-01-06T20:22:49Z William Lewis Salyers (born August 16, 1964) is an American actor, well known for his vocal performances, such as Rigby on Regular Show, Reverend Putty on Moral Orel and Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man. He is known as the voice of Rigby on Regular Show and the voice of Reverend Putty and Mr. Littler on Moral Orel. He has also had roles in the film Bedazzled and the television series Judging Amy. , William Salyers 2020-12-19T00:46:03Z William Lewis Salyers (born August 16, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his vocal performances, such as Rigby on Regular Show, Reverend Putty on Moral Orel and Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus in the video game Spider-Man. Salyers grew up in Pawhuska, Oklahoma and graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1982. He is known as the voice of Rigby on Regular Show, Reverend Putty and Mr. Littler on Moral Orel and Otto Octavious / Doctor Octopus in the video game Spider-Man. He has also had roles in the film Bedazzled and the television series Judging Amy.

UKZ

UKZ 2008-09-19T21:43:57Z UKZ is an international progressive rock supergroup that was formed in 2007 by keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson, best-known for his work in U. K. . The band also features former King Crimson bassist Trey Gunn on Warr guitar. Eddie Jobson started his professional career with Roxy Music and Frank Zappa. Later in the 1970s, he was a member of U. K. , initially with King Crimson alumni John Wetton and Bill Bruford, plus Allan Holdsworth. The band later consisted of Jobson, Wetton and Terry Bozzio. After U. K. , and a short period with Jethro Tull Jobson went on to solo projects, including releasing The Green Album under the project name Zinc. Jobson went on to not perform live for many years, focusing instead on soundtrack work. Attempts at a U. K. reunion failed. The Legacy project began life as a planned U. K. reunion, but morphed into a Jobson solo work, with Aaron Lippert, former vocalist for Expanding Man, lined up to handle vocals, replacing Wetton. However, the project subsequently stalled and was abandoned. The UKZ name references both U. K. and Zinc. Jobson is again joined by a King Crimson alumnus in Trey Gunn, while Machacek and Minnemann have both previously worked with Bozzio. The new band was announced in October 2007, with an album due in 2008. UKZ Official Site, UKZ 2009-10-01T15:16:14Z UKZ is an international progressive rock supergroup that was formed in 2007 by keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson, best-known for his work in U. K. . The band also features former King Crimson Warr Guitarist Trey Gunn. Eddie Jobson started his professional career with Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa. Later in the 1970s, he was a member of U. K. , initially with King Crimson alumni John Wetton and Bill Bruford, plus Allan Holdsworth. The band later consisted of Jobson, Wetton and Terry Bozzio. After U. K. , and a short period with Jethro Tull, Jobson went on to solo projects, including releasing The Green Album under the project name Zinc. Jobson did not perform live for many years, focusing instead on soundtrack work. Attempts at a U. K. reunion failed. The Legacy project began life as a planned U. K. reunion, but morphed into a Jobson solo work, with Aaron Lippert, former vocalist for Expanding Man, lined up to handle vocals, replacing Wetton. However, the project subsequently stalled and was abandoned. The UKZ name references both U. K. and Zinc. Jobson is again joined by a King Crimson alumnus in Trey Gunn, while Machacek and Minnemann have both previously worked with Bozzio. The new band was announced in October 2007, with first studio effort, Radiation, released March 24, 2009. The band released an instrumental MP3 track, entitled "Tu-95" (after the Soviet airplane), for download on Sep 30, 2008. Details can be found at the UKZ website. An EP, "Radiation", was announced on January 7. 2009 for a March 24, 2009 general release via Ryko Distribution and earlier release via the band's website. UKZ Official Site

Christopher_Foster_(economist)

Christopher_Foster_(economist) 2019-07-26T13:40:40Z Sir Christopher Foster (born 30 October 1930) has been an academic at the University of Oxford and MIT, a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, and then PricewaterhouseCoopers over many years and a temporary civil servant. He was in George Brown’s DEA and has been a special adviser to Barbara Castle, Dick Marsh, Tony Crosland and Peter Shore. He advised ministers on Poll tax and rail privatization, as well as many more successful endeavours. He has sat on a several private and public sector boards including the Audit Commission, the ESRC, the London Docklands Development Corporation and the Megaw Committee on Civil Service Pay. He has written books on transport, local government finance, privatization and public ownership, and the public sector. His latest book is British Government in Crisis, which was published in March 2005. On 25 November 2007 he gave an outspoken interview to Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thompson of The Daily Telegraph attacking Tony Blair as the 'worst Prime Minister since Lord North' in terms of how he managed government. For just under the last two years he has been chairing a cross-party 'Better Government Initiative' which is seen by some as a group of Establishment figures, mainly ex-senior civil servants. They have apparently been meeting in secret and their deliberations are to be released in a series of reports over the next few months with the first to be published immediately. The Telegraph revealed "Government departments have “serious deficiencies”; the combined output of Parliament and the executive contain “too many disappointments and failures”; and “emphasis on ‘management’ has led to more bureaucracy at the expense of substance” in the Foreign Office. ", Christopher_Foster_(economist) 2021-07-23T14:09:42Z Sir Christopher Foster (born 30 October 1930) has been an academic at the University of Oxford and MIT, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand, and then PricewaterhouseCoopers over many years and a temporary civil servant. He was in George Brown’s DEA and has been a special adviser to Barbara Castle, Dick Marsh, Tony Crosland and Peter Shore. He advised ministers on Poll tax and rail privatization, as well as many more successful endeavours. He has sat on several private and public sector boards including the Audit Commission, the ESRC, the London Docklands Development Corporation and the Megaw Committee on Civil Service Pay. He has written books on transport, local government finance, privatization and public ownership, and the public sector. His latest book is British Government in Crisis, which was published in March 2005. On 25 November 2007 he gave an outspoken interview to Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thompson of The Daily Telegraph attacking Tony Blair as the 'worst Prime Minister since Lord North' in terms of how he managed government. For just under the last two years he has been chairing a cross-party 'Better Government Initiative' which is seen by some as a group of Establishment figures, mainly ex-senior civil servants. They have apparently been meeting in secret and their deliberations are to be released in a series of reports over the next few months with the first to be published immediately. The Telegraph revealed "Government departments have “serious deficiencies”; the combined output of Parliament and the executive contain “too many disappointments and failures”; and “emphasis on ‘management’ has led to more bureaucracy at the expense of substance” in the Foreign Office. "

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City F.C. 2012-01-01T21:10:33Z Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers). They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City. They were promoted to the Football League Championship in the 2006–07 season after finishing second in League One but failed to make a second consecutive promotion to the Premier League after they were defeated by Hull City in the Championship Play-Offs. Bristol City won the Welsh Cup – despite being an English team – in 1934. In 1907 they finished runners-up in Football League Division One, which is their highest-ever final position. In 1982, Bristol City became the first English team to suffer three consecutive relegations but by 1990 they were back in the old Second Division. Another relegation followed in 1995, when City finished second from bottom in the new Endsleigh League Division One and a return to that division three years later lasted just one season. Most of their seasons between 1999 and 2006 were spent challenging for promotion in the upper half of the Football League Second Division. The club's nickname is "The Robins", and a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994. Official club merchandise, including replica kits, still has a label showing a robin. An attempt by the club to alter the club's badge was abandoned after the club was criticised fiercely by fans. Bristol City currently play at Ashton Gate stadium in the Ashton/Bedminster area of the city of Bristol, which has an all-seater capacity of 21,497. Bristol had been chosen as a host city for the 2018 World Cup, but England were not awarded host nation status. Bristol City plan to build a new 30,000 capacity stadium at Ashton Vale, to be completed in time for the 2012–13 season. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA and Gloucestershire County FA. The club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional and changed its name to Bristol City, and were admitted into the Southern League, finishing as runners-up in three of the first four seasons. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. Their first game in the Football League was against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 7 September 1901. City won 2–0. They first entered Division One in 1906 as Second Division champions, and as newcomers became known as the "Bristol Babies", a nickname that would last into the thirties. They were runners-up to Newcastle United in their first season in the top flight, and in 1909 reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester United at the Crystal Palace in London. But these achievements were not consistent, and in 1911 City were relegated back to the Second Division. They have not repeated the heights of the 1906–1909 era since, and did not even return to the top flight for 65 years. The 1920s were a rocky time as City bounced between the Second Division and the Southern Section of the Third Division. By the 1930s they had slumped into the lower division, and stayed that way until the Second World War. Harry Dolman became chairman in 1949, a post he would hold for over 30 years. An engineer who had bought out the firm he worked for, he designed the first set of floodlights installed at Ashton Gate in the early 1950s. The late 1950s were a better time for City, with a five year stay in the Second Division, a league they returned to for a further spell in 1965. In 1967, Alan Dicks was appointed manager, and things gradually began to improve,with promotion to the First Division finally being achieved in 1976, ending a 65-year exile from the top flight. Between 1975 and 1981 City were regular participants in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, winning the trophy in 1977-78, beating Hibernian in the semi-finals, and winning 3-2 on aggregate in the final against St Mirren (managed at the time by a relatively new manager, Alex Ferguson). St Mirren had their revenge 2 seasons later, with an aggregate 5-1 victory over City to become the only Scottish team to win the trophy. City's second stint in the top flight was less successful and memorable than the club's first, with 13th position in 1979 being their highest finish during this era. Stars of this era included Geoff Merrick, Tom Ritchie, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Trevor Tainton and Jimmy Mann. In 1980, the City team went back to the Second Division in the first of three relegations, their debt mounted and their financial losses increased, with two successive relegations following. Thus, in 1982, they both fell into the Fourth Division, and were declared bankrupt. BCFC (1982) Ltd acquired the club's player contracts, and the highly-paid senior players Julian Marshall, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Peter Aitken, Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Gerry Sweeney and Trevor Tainton, who became known as the 'Ashton Gate Eight', each accepted termination of his contract for half the amount due to him. City spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before winning promotion under Terry Cooper in 1984. They consolidated themselves in the Third Division during the later part of the 1980s, and in 1990 Cooper's successor Joe Jordan achieved promotion as Third Division runners-up. There was a tragedy for the club, however, in that promotion campaign. In March 1990, two months before the club sealed promotion, striker Dean Horrix was killed in a car crash barely two weeks after joining the club, and having played three league games for them. Jordan moved to Heart of Midlothian in September 1990, and his successor Jimmy Lumsden remained in charge for 18 months before making way for Denis Smith. Smith's first signing was the 20-year-old Arsenal striker Andy Cole, who was an instant hit with fans and quickly established himself as one of the finest goalscoring talents ever to wear a Bristol City shirt. But he was sold to Newcastle United in February 1993 and later established himself as a world class goalscorer, most prominently with Manchester United, where he collected five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the European Cup. Meanwhile, City remained in the new Division One (no longer the Second Division after the creation of the Premier League in 1992) and Smith moved to Oxford United in November 1993. His successor Russell Osman was sacked within a year, being a very unpopular figure with fans. One of Osman's few successful moments with City came in January 1994 when he led them to a shock 1–0 victory over Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. Joe Jordan was brought back to Ashton Gate in September 1994, but was unable to prevent relegation to Division Two. Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City's relegation, but left in June 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers manager John Ward took over, and achieved promotion in 1998 as Division Two runners-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson. City were relegated in bottom place and Lennartsson was dismissed in favour of Gillingham's Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before leaving to take over at Portsmouth. During his time at Ashton Gate he was manager of perhaps the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of successive relegations almost 20 years earlier. Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most prominent manager to take charge of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th place finish in 1999. City were regular Division Two playoff contenders during Wilson's spell as manager. City failed to reach them in 2002, although Wilson almost took them to automatic promotion, and winning the Football League Trophy in Cardiff in 2003. The taste of the play-offs was bitter though, losing to rivals Cardiff City 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final. In his final year – 2004 – they reached the final, but lost to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked within days and replaced by veteran player Brian Tinnion. City just failed to make the playoffs in Tinnion's first season as manager, finishing seventh, and he stepped down in September 2005 after a poor start to the season culminating in a 7–1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City. City's form had slumped despite the addition of high profile players including Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges. Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson was recruited as his successor. Johnson arrived in September 2005, making the move from Yeovil Town, with whom he had gained two promotions. His first game in charge (only hours after meeting the squad) saw City win away at Brentford 3–2. After a short spell of decent results, City were plunged into the relegation mire, enduring a club record of nine successive defeats, leaving them at the foot of League One. Much criticism was aimed at Gary Johnson at this time; the Chairman of Bristol City Supporters Club labelled him a 'Conference Manager' and contended that he was 'totally out of his depth'. The run was brought to an end with a 2–0 victory at home to Huddersfield on 10 December. City then lost just three of their next 16 games, and this fine run of form was capped with a 6–0 win over Gillingham, in which defender Louis Carey scored a brace. This was City's most emphatic league win since beating Charlton by the same score in September 1969, and was an encouraging sign of things to come, although they did not quite make playoffs in 2006. Despite a slow start to the following season, which saw a vocal minority of fans calling for Johnson to be sacked after a 4–2 home defeat by Blackpool (who were eventually also promoted), City were in the top six of League One by November and at the end of the month began an 11-match unbeaten run which drove them to the top of the division. They also hit the headlines with an impressive FA Cup run, being knocked out in the 4th round on penalties after a replay in which they held Premiership side Middlesbrough to a 2–2 draw in both ties. They knocked out Championship side Coventry City in the 3rd round. They also reached the Southern Area Final of the Football League Trophy, but were knocked out over two legs by local rivals Bristol Rovers after a 0–0 draw at Ashton Gate and a Rickie Lambert goal condemned the Robins to a 1–0 aggregate defeat in the second leg. Promotion to the Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 3–1 win over doomed Rotherham United. David Noble scored two goals and Alex Russell scored once, securing runners-up place in the division and resulting in automatic promotion and joyous scenes of celebration in the city and even more so on the pitch at the full time whistle. 2007–08 is the first season in almost a decade that has seen Bristol City playing at this level of English football. In the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre-season form did not start well, losing 4–2 to Forest Green Rovers. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3–0. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3–0 to Barnsley before beating a variety of big name teams including Sheffield United live on Sky Sports and Southampton. In November, City's form dipped and they endured a run of 4 games without a win, including a 6–0 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December, City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day when they lost to West Bromwich Albion 4–1. After a stop start run of form including victories over Blackpool and Coventry City and losses to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, City went top of the Championship on 1 March, after a 2–1 home victory over Hull City. After some indifferent results City went back to the top after a last gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2–1 win over Norwich City. However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place. On 4 May 2008, a 3–0 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a play-off place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008, a 4–2 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley, where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City. After a poor start in the first half of the 2008–09 season, City recovered after Christmas. After winning 4–2 away at Watford on Boxing Day, they took 13 points from five games in early 2009 to reach 8th place in the league by early February. City had a memorable away victory against Reading which saw them jump up to their highest position of the season to 4th. After a lot of draws, the season eventually petered out and City finished the season in 10th place. The 2009–10 season saw some good results in the Autumn, but heavy defeats to Cardiff City (0–6) and Doncaster Rovers (2–5) in early 2010 lead to much dissatisfaction amongst fans. On 18 March 2010, the club issued a statement that Johnson had "left his post as manager of Bristol City by mutual consent". Assistant manager Keith Millen took charge as caretaker manager, starting well with a draw against title favourites Newcastle United and a 5–3 win against Barnsley. After that, City beat Peterborough United 1–0, which was the first time they had gone three matches unbeaten in the league since the end of October. In a brief press conference on 22 April 2010, it was announced that former Reading manager Steve Coppell would become the new City manager at the end of the 2009–10 campaign, when he would start a 12-month rolling contract, and that Keith Millen, who had guided the club to Championship safety in his brief spell as caretaker manager, would remain at the club as his assistant. Coppell's first game in charge was a 1–1 friendly draw with Swedish side IFK Gothenburg. His first win as manager was an 11–1 win against Swedish fourth division side Vallens IF on the same pre-season tour. It was announced on 12 August 2010 that Coppell had resigned as manager with immediate effect. This followed his only two competitive games at the club, a 0–3 home defeat by Millwall in the opening game of the 2010–11 Football League Championship and a 2–3 loss at League Two Southend United in the Football League Cup. Keith Millen was announced as manager of Bristol City on a three year deal after Coppell stepped down. Bristol City parted company with manager Keith Millen on 3 October 2011. City struggled to find form at the start of the 2011–12 Championship season picking up just 6 points from 10 games. His sacking comes after their 5–0 defeat by Blackpool on 1 October 2011. Millen's last game in charge was his heaviest loss since his appointment the previous year. The club installed Steve Wigley as caretaker manager following Millen's exit and stated that they would take their time in finding a new manager. On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Scotsman Derek McInnes was appointed Bristol City manager after Keith Millen's departure. The 40-year-old joined from Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone on a contract until the summer of 2014. McInnes was highly respected at St Johnstone after his 2008/09 season triumph when St Johnstone finished at the top of the First Division taking them up into the SPL. Assisting McInnes will be Tony Docherty, who was his assistant manager at St Johnstone. McInnes arrives at Ashton Gate with a 40 per cent win percentage, with 53 victories, 41 draws and 38 defeats in his 130 games in charge at McDiarmid Park. On 29 November 2011, the club announced a loss of £11.45 million. Football League Honours Other Honours Bristol City have played in red and white since the 1890s, occasionally also including black. The 2010–2011 season's kit is made by Adidas (The 1st year of a 4 year deal). Bristol City's traditional and biggest rivals are Bristol Rovers. The clubs have met 105 times, with the first meeting in 1897. Bristol City have the most wins on 43. However, the clubs have not been in the same league for a number of years, and meetings have been inconsistent in the 21st Century. They were last in the same division in the 2000–01 Season. Since then, they have only met twice, in the two-legged southern final of the 2006–07 Football League Trophy. City's other main rivals are Cardiff City, who play in nearby Cardiff. Despite being a local derby, it crosses the Wales-England border, making it one of the few international derbies in the United Kingdom. Both clubs have been at similar levels over the past 10 years, except between 2003 and 2007 when Cardiff were a division above. This has meant frequent meetings in the league including in the semi-finals of the 2003 Second Division play-offs. Both clubs are currently in the championship with Cardiff winning their most recent encounter 3-1 on 14th August 2011. Other clubs have been seen as 'third rivals' by the fans and media. Swindon Town are seen by many as rivals, being nicknamed 'Swindle' by City fans. Plymouth Argyle have also been considered rivals despite a distance of over 100 miles. The rivalry has developed in recent years as the two clubs were the highest ranking West Country clubs for a number of years, and meetings were seen as a decider of the 'Best in the west'. Swansea City and even Yeovil Town have previously been mentioned as rivals, but very rarely. Bristol City Community Trust (Away) 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. For a list of notable Bristol City players in sortable-list format C. players. Bristol City play at Ashton Gate in the south-west of Bristol, just south of the River Avon. The ground has an all-seated capacity of about 21,500, with an effective capacity (depending on how many away tickets are allocated, and how they are segregated) of around 19,100. It was the home of Bedminster until the 1900 merger, and the merged team played some games there the following season, but it did not become the permanent home of Bristol City until 1904. In the past plans were considered for expansion work to be carried out at Ashton Gate. There were also proposals to build a new 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. This was turned down in a local referendum in December 2000. In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a new 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City, Rovers and Bristol Rugby, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from all clubs. Ashton Gate's current capacity is an average size for Championship grounds, however in November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a new 30,000 capacity stadium in Ashton Vale plans were also in place to increase capacity to 42,000 had the England 2018 World Cup bid been successful. As well as football, Ashton Gate has played host to many major music concerts in recent years, including those of The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, Ronan Keating, Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi and Westlife. The women's team was formed in 1990 supported by the club's community officer. Their greatest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the FA Women's Cup in 1994 and winning promotion to the Premier League in 2004. Following the decision by the FA to fund only one centre of excellence in Bristol, the two senior teams were disbanded in June 2008 and the girls youth side merged with the Bristol Academy for girls at Filton College. The majority of the senior players, with coach Wayne Roberts, moved to the University of Bath in summer 2008 and now play as AFC TeamBath Ladies in the South West Combination Women's Football League. Notable fans of Bristol City include: Most club appearances including substitute appearances in all competitions (excluding Gloucestershire Cup). Updated 1 January 2012. League Championship teamlist, Bristol City F.C. 2013-12-29T18:03:12Z Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers). Their ground is at Ashton Gate, located in the southwest of the city. They play in League One, the third tier in the English football league system. They were promoted to the Football League Championship in the 2006–07 season after finishing second in League One but failed to make a second consecutive promotion to the Premier League after they were defeated by Hull City in the 2008 Football League Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium. Bristol City won the Welsh Cup – despite being an English club – in 1934. In 1907 they finished runners-up in Football League Division One, which is their highest ever final position. In 1909 they lost the FA Cup final to Manchester United, their first and only final. Since relegation in 1911, however, they only returned to the top division from 1976 to 1980 and did not contend for any honours then. In 1982, Bristol City became the first English club to suffer three consecutive relegations. By 1990 after going bankrupt and failing to pay their debts they were back in the old Second Division. Another relegation followed in 1995, when City finished second from bottom in the new Football League Division One and a return to that division three years later lasted just one season. Most of their seasons between 1999 and 2006 were spent challenging for promotion in the upper half of the Football League Second Division. The club's nickname is "The Robins", and a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994. Official club merchandise, including replica kits, still has a label showing a robin. An attempt by the club to alter the badge was abandoned after it was criticised fiercely by fans. Bristol City play at Ashton Gate Stadium in the Ashton Gate/Bedminster area of the city of Bristol, which has an all-seater capacity of 21,497. Ashton Gate is the only ground in the English football league not to accommodate executive boxes. Bristol had been chosen as a host city for the 2018 World Cup, but England were not awarded host nation status. Even though Bristol City is the most successful club in Bristol, the city is the largest metro area in England never to have had a club in the English Premiership. The club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional after having been formed in 1894 and changed its name to Bristol City, and were admitted into the Southern League, finishing as runners-up in three of the first four seasons. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. Their first game in the Football League was against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 7 September 1901. City won 2–0. They first entered Division One in 1906 as Second Division champions, and as newcomers became known as the "Bristol Babies", a nickname that would last into the 1930s. They were runners-up to Newcastle United in their first season in the top flight, and in 1909 reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester United at the Crystal Palace in London. But these achievements were not consistent, and in 1911 City were relegated back to the Second Division. They have not repeated the heights of the 1906–1909 era since, and did not return to the top flight for 65 years. The 1920s were a rocky time as City bounced between the Second Division and the Southern Section of the Third Division. By the 1930s they had slumped into the lower division, and stayed that way until the Second World War. Harry Dolman became chairman in 1949, a post he would hold for over 30 years. An engineer who had bought out the firm he worked for, he designed the first set of floodlights installed at Ashton Gate in the early 1950s. The late 1950s were a better time for City, with a five-year stay in the Second Division, a league they returned to for a further spell in 1965. In 1967, Alan Dicks was appointed manager, and things gradually began to improve, with promotion to the First Division in 1976, ending a 65-year exile from the top flight. Between 1975 and 1981 City were regular participants in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, winning the trophy in 1977–78, beating Hibernian in the semi-finals, and winning 3–2 on aggregate in the final against St Mirren (managed at the time by a relatively new manager, Alex Ferguson). St Mirren had their revenge two seasons later, with an aggregate 5–1 victory over City to become the only Scottish team to win the trophy. City's second stint in the top flight was less successful than the club's first, with thirteenth position in 1979 being their highest finish during this era. Stars of this era included Geoff Merrick, Tom Ritchie, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Trevor Tainton and Jimmy Mann. In 1980, the City team went back to the Second Division in the first of three relegations, their debt mounted and their financial losses increased, with two successive relegations following. Thus, in 1982, they fell into the Fourth Division, and were declared bankrupt. BCFC (1982) Ltd acquired the club's player contracts, and the highly paid senior players Julian Marshall, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Peter Aitken, Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Gerry Sweeney and Trevor Tainton, who became known as the 'Ashton Gate Eight', each accepted termination of his contract for half the amount due. City spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before winning promotion under Terry Cooper in 1984. They consolidated themselves in the Third Division during the later part of the 1980s, and in 1990 Cooper's successor Joe Jordan achieved promotion as Third Division runners-up. There was a tragedy for the club, however, in that promotion campaign. In March 1990, two months before the club sealed promotion, striker Dean Horrix was killed in a car crash barely two weeks after joining the club, and having played three league games for them. Jordan moved to Heart of Midlothian in September 1990, and his successor Jimmy Lumsden remained in charge for 18 months before making way for Denis Smith. Smith's first signing was the 20-year-old Arsenal striker Andy Cole, who was an instant hit with fans. He was sold to Newcastle United in February 1993 and later established himself as a world class goalscorer, most prominently with Manchester United, where he collected five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the European Cup. Meanwhile, City 1982 Ltd remained in the new Division One (no longer the Second Division after the creation of the Premier League in 1992) and Smith moved to Oxford United in November 1993. His successor Russell Osman was sacked within a year, being an unpopular figure with fans. One of Osman's few successful moments with City came in January 1994 when he led them to a shock 1–0 victory over Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. Joe Jordan was brought back to Ashton Gate in September 1994, but was unable to prevent relegation to Division Two. Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City's relegation, but left in June 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers manager John Ward took over, and achieved promotion in 1998 as Division Two runners-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson. City were relegated in bottom place and Lennartsson was dismissed in favour of Gillingham's Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before leaving to take over at Portsmouth. During his time at Ashton Gate he was manager of perhaps the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of successive relegations almost 20 years earlier. Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most prominent manager to take charge of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th place finish in 1999. City were regular Division Two playoff contenders during Wilson's spell as manager. City failed to reach them in 2002, although Wilson almost took them to automatic promotion, and winning the Football League Trophy in Cardiff in 2003. The taste of the play-offs was bitter though, losing to rivals Cardiff City 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final. In his final year – 2004 – they reached the final, but lost to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked within days and replaced by veteran player Brian Tinnion. City just failed to make the playoffs in Tinnion's first season as manager, finishing seventh, and he stepped down in September 2005 after a poor start to the season culminating in a 7–1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City. City's form had slumped despite the addition of high profile players including Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges. Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson was recruited as his successor. Johnson arrived in September 2005, making the move from Yeovil Town, with whom he had gained two promotions. His first game in charge (only hours after meeting the squad) saw City win away at Brentford 3–2. After a short spell of decent results, City were plunged into the relegation mire, enduring a club record of nine successive defeats, leaving them at the foot of League One. Much criticism was aimed at Gary Johnson at this time; the Chairman of Bristol City Supporters Club labelled him a 'Conference Manager' and contended that he was 'totally out of his depth'. The run was brought to an end with a 2–0 victory at home to Huddersfield on 10 December. City then lost just three of their next 16 games, and this fine run of form was capped with a 6–0 win over Gillingham, in which defender Louis Carey scored a brace. This was City's most emphatic league win since beating Charlton by the same score in September 1969, and was an encouraging sign of things to come, although they did not quite make playoffs in 2006. Despite a slow start to the 2006–07 season, which saw a vocal minority of fans calling for Johnson to be sacked after a 4–2 home defeat by Blackpool (who were eventually also promoted), City were in the top six of League One by November and at the end of the month began an 11-match unbeaten run which drove them to the top of the division. They also hit the headlines with an impressive FA Cup run, being knocked out in the 4th round on penalties after a replay in which they held Premiership side Middlesbrough to a 2–2 draw in both ties. They knocked out Championship side Coventry City in the 3rd round. They also reached the Southern Area Final of the Football League Trophy, but were knocked out over two legs by local rivals Bristol Rovers after a 0–0 draw at Ashton Gate and a Rickie Lambert goal condemned the Robins to a 1–0 aggregate defeat in the second leg. Promotion to the Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 3–1 win over doomed Rotherham United. David Noble scored two goals and Alex Russell scored once, securing runners-up place in the division and resulting in automatic promotion and joyous scenes of celebration in the city and even more so on the pitch at the full-time whistle. 2007–08 is the first season in almost a decade that has seen Bristol City playing at this level of English football. In the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre-season form did not start well, losing 4–2 to Forest Green Rovers. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3–0. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3–0 to Barnsley before beating a variety of big name teams including Sheffield United live on Sky Sports and Southampton. In November, City's form dipped and they endured a run of four games without a win, including a 6–0 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December, City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day when they lost to West Bromwich Albion 4–1. After a stop start run of form including victories over Blackpool and Coventry City and losses to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, City went top of the Championship on 1 March, after a 2–1 home victory over Hull City. After some indifferent results City went back to the top after a last gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2–1 win over Norwich City. However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place. On 4 May 2008, a 3–0 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a play-off place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008, a 4–2 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley, where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City. After a poor start in the first half of the 2008–09 season, City recovered after Christmas. After winning 4–2 away at Watford on Boxing Day, they took 13 points from five games in early 2009 to reach eighth place in the league by early February. City had a memorable away victory against Reading which saw them jump up to their highest position of the season to fourth. After a lot of draws, the season eventually petered out and City finished the season in tenth place. The 2009–10 season saw some good results in the Autumn, but heavy defeats to Cardiff City (0–6) and Doncaster Rovers (2–5) in early 2010 lead to much dissatisfaction amongst fans. On 18 March 2010, the club issued a statement that Johnson had "left his post as manager of Bristol City by mutual consent". Assistant manager Keith Millen took charge as caretaker manager, starting well with a draw against title favourites Newcastle United and a 5–3 win against Barnsley. After that, City beat Peterborough United 1–0, which was the first time they had gone three matches unbeaten in the league since the end of October. In a brief press conference on 22 April 2010, it was announced that former Reading manager Steve Coppell would become the new City manager at the end of the 2009–10 campaign, when he would start a 12-month rolling contract, and that Keith Millen, who had guided the club to Championship safety in his brief spell as caretaker manager, would remain at the club as his assistant. Coppell's first game in charge was a 1–1 friendly draw with Swedish side IFK Gothenburg. His first win as manager was an 11–1 win against Swedish fourth division side Vallens IF on the same pre-season tour. It was announced on 12 August 2010 that Coppell had resigned as manager with immediate effect saying that he would retire from football management altogether citing a lack of passion for the job. This followed his only two competitive games at the club, a 0–3 home defeat by Millwall in the opening game of the 2010–11 Football League Championship and a 2–3 loss at League Two Southend United in the Football League Cup. Keith Millen was announced as manager of Bristol City on a three-year deal after Coppell stepped down. Bristol City parted company with manager Keith Millen on 3 October 2011. City struggled to find form at the start of the 2011–12 Championship season picking up just 6 points from 10 games. His sacking came after their 5–0 defeat by Blackpool on 1 October 2011. Millen's last game in charge was his heaviest loss since his appointment the previous year. The club installed Steve Wigley as caretaker manager following Millen's exit and stated that they would take their time in finding a new manager. On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Scotsman Derek McInnes was appointed Bristol City manager after Keith Millen's departure. The 40-year-old joined from Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone on a contract until the summer of 2014. McInnes was highly respected at St Johnstone after his 2008/09 season triumph when St Johnstone finished at the top of the First Division taking them up into the SPL; McInnes arrived at Ashton Gate with a 40 per cent win percentage, with 53 victories, 41 draws and 38 defeats in his 130 games in charge at McDiarmid Park. On 29 November 2011, the club announced a loss of £11.45 million. After a promising start with only a single loss in seven games and a goalless draw at West Ham, City, between 3 December 2011 and 3 March 2012, managed only three wins, scored nine goals in total and lost eleven games including an FA Cup tie with then-League Two club Crawley Town; a 3–2 home win against Leicester City served only as a break in City's fall into the relegation zone. Punctuating the period was a David James own-goal from a botched punch during a home loss to Watford, an action that served to be the final straw as he did not feature until City's last game of 2011–12 away at Burnley – a game he only played one quarter of due to injury. The Watford loss, however, was the final one of the season as – partly due to Dean Gerken's return and the loan signings of Andre Amougou (Burnley) and Hogan Ephraim (QPR) – City resurged and came out of the Easter weekend with two victories over Nottingham Forest – City's first win at Forest's City Ground since 1956 – and Coventry City, putting themselves four points distant of the relegation zone. The second draw against West Ham of the season effectively ended the latter club's automatic promotion hopes, and losses by Coventry and Portsmouth put Bristol City further out of reach. A 2–0 home win against Barnsley on 21 April 2012 secured safety for City and relegation for their rivals. After a poor start to the 2012/13 campaign, which included only three home wins, McInnes was sacked on 12 January 2013 after a 4–0 home defeat to Leicester City, which left them in bottom place in the Championship. Although McInnes has been heavily criticised, he has put an awful lot of work into the youth squad, and in 5–10 years the first team will hopefully include young rising stars. A few of these promising young players have already been included in the first team by McInnes, including defensive/midfielder Joe Bryan and striker Wes Burns. After the sacking of Derek McInnes on 12 January 2013, former Nottingham Forest manager Sean O'Driscoll was appointed head coach on a 12-month rolling contract. On 16 April 2013, City were relegated to League One after suffering a 1–0 defeat to Ex-Premier League club Birmingham City F.C. who sealed the Robins fate. For City it ends a six-year stay in the Championship, the second longest behind fellow relegation contenders Barnsley. Sean O'Driscoll leaves Ashton Gate with the team currently 22nd in the League One table, having managed only two wins in 18 matches this season. After the sacking of Sean O'Driscoll on 28th November 2013, former Nottingham Forest and Cheltenham Town manager Steve Cotterill was appointed on a three and a half year contract. Football League Honours Other Honours Source for 1970s winners: Bristol City have played in red and white since the 1890s, occasionally also including black. The 2010–2011 season's kit is made by Adidas – the first year of a four-year deal. About half way through the 2007–08 season Bristol City manager Gary Johnson said in an interview that he hoped the team could get the whole ground bouncing. City supporters took this rallying cry on board and began to sing "Johnson says bounce around the ground" to the tune of Yellow Submarine, whilst continually bouncing up and down. The first game at which it was sung was in an away match against Southampton at St Mary's Stadium, and it was also sung at away at Queen's Park Rangers in February. When Bristol City fans travelled to London to play Charlton Athletic on 4 March 2008, the visiting fans, using the rail network to return home, adapted the song to "Bounce Around the Train". Since then, it has become an often used chant at Ashton Gate stadium by the fans, and City manager Gary Johnson has even joined in with the bouncing himself. It is was also sometimes used by supporters of Gary Johnson's former side Northampton Town, primarily at away matches. Bristol City's traditional and biggest rivals are Bristol Rovers. The clubs have met 105 times, with the first meeting in 1897. Bristol City have the most wins on 43. However, the clubs have not been in the same league for a number of years, they were last in the same division in the 2000–01 Season. Since then, they have only met twice, in the two-legged southern final of the 2006–07 Football League Trophy. In the first round of the 2013–14 Johnstone's Paint Trophy, Bristol City were drawn at home to Bristol Rovers. This game was played on 4 September where Bristol City came out Winners of the game by 2 goals to 1 . Jay Emanuel Thomas was given man of the match and goal of the round for his 30 yard effort in the game. City's other main rivals are Cardiff City, who play in nearby Cardiff. Despite being a local derby, it crosses the Wales-England border, making it one of the few international derbies in the United Kingdom. Both clubs have been at similar levels over the past 10 years, except between 2003 and 2007 when Cardiff were a division above, and the current 2013/14 season, with the clubs two divisions apart following Cardiff's promotion to the Premiership and City's relegation to League One. This has meant frequent meetings in the league including in the semi-finals of the 2003 Second Division play-offs. Cardiff City won the most recent encounter 2–1 on 16 February 2013. However Bristol City won the corresponding Fixture 4–2 Martyn Woolford hitting a brace Other clubs have been seen as 'third rivals' by the fans and media. Swindon Town are seen by many as rivals, being nicknamed 'Swindle' by City fans. Plymouth Argyle have also been considered rivals despite a distance of over 100 miles. The rivalry has developed in recent years as the two clubs were the highest ranking West Country clubs for a number of years, and meetings were seen as a decider of the 'Best in the west'. Swansea City and even Yeovil Town have previously been mentioned as rivals, but very rarely. Bristol City Community Trust (Away) Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. For a list of notable Bristol City players in sortable-list format where the criteria for inclusion is set out as 100 appearances for the club C. players. Bristol City play at Ashton Gate in the south-west of Bristol, just south of the River Avon. The ground has an all-seated capacity of about 21,500, with an effective capacity (depending on how many away tickets are allocated, and how they are segregated) of around 19,100. It was the home of Bedminster until the 1900 merger, and the merged team played some games there the following season, but it did not become the permanent home of Bristol City until 1904. In the past plans were considered for expansion work to be carried out at Ashton Gate. There were also proposals to build a new 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. This was turned down in a local referendum in December 2000. In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a new 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City, Rovers and Bristol Rugby, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from all clubs. Ashton Gate's current capacity is an average size for Championship grounds, however in November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a new 30,000 capacity stadium in Ashton Vale plans were also in place to increase capacity to 42,000 had the England 2018 World Cup bid been successful. The women's team was formed in 1990 supported by the club's community officer. Their greatest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the FA Women's Cup in 1994 and winning promotion to the Premier League in 2004. Following the decision by the FA to fund only one centre of excellence in Bristol, the two senior teams were disbanded in June 2008 and the girls youth side merged with the Bristol Academy W.F.C.. The majority of the senior players, with coach Will Roberts, moved to the University of Bath in summer 2008 and now play as AFC TeamBath Ladies in the South West Combination Women's Football League. Notable fans of Bristol City include: Most club appearances including substitute appearances in all competitions (excluding Gloucestershire Cup). Updated 29 December 2013. Note: On 29 December 2013, Louis Carey broke Bristol City's appearance record when he came on as a substitute in the 4-1 win over Stevenage. He has now overtaken John Atyeo after 47 years and is now the clubs all time top appearance maker.

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Jackée Harry 2016-01-12T05:08:23Z Jacqueline Yvonne "Jackée" Harry (born August 14, 1956), better known mononymously as Jackée, is an American actress and television personality, best known for her roles as Sandra Clark, on the NBC TV series 227 (1985–89), and as Lisa Landry on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–99). She is noted for being the first and currently only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is currently starring as Pauletta Birdsong in Byron Allen's syndicated sitcom The First Family. She also starred as Evelyn Rand in the Disney sitcom Girl Meets World. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York, to a Trinidadian mother and African-American father, Harry began studying acting at the High School of the Performing Arts on the Lower East Side in New York City. She was an American History teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School before beginning a career on the New York stage. Harry made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical, playing a chorine. Throughout the 1980s she starred in numerous productions both on and off Broadway, and in national touring productions. In 1994, Harry made her return to the theater by starring as Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill. Following that stage production, she fulfilled the role of "madam who runs a bordello" in the Broadway musical The Boys from Syracuse. In the mid-2000s, she appeared in stage productions of The Sunshine Boys, Damn Yankees, and A Christmas Carol. She also toured nationally in JD Lawrence's The Clean Up Woman. In 1983, she made her acting debut in Another World as Lily Mason, a role she continued until 1986. In 2003, she was a surprise guest on the Another World Reunion that SOAPnet coordinated and aired. In 1985, Harry began a co-starring role as Sandra Clark, on the NBC sitcom 227. Her mother, Flossie, celebrated her getting the role but died before the show started airing. During the series run, Jackée and co-star Marla Gibbs began feuding privately over who was the series lead. They have since reconciled and collaborated on a number of projects together. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. Although the pilot episode was a success with audiences, the series did not last and the episode is now shown as an episode of 227. After leaving 227 in 1989, Harry starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place. In 1990, she headlined an NBC comedy pilot from Witt/Thomas titled We'll Take Manhattan; it aired as a summer special that year, but did not make it to series. In late 1991, she joined the cast of The Royal Family after the star, Redd Foxx, unexpectedly died. She starred opposite two-time 227 guest-star Della Reese. In 1992, she starred as the assistant coach in Ladybugs. Harry served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of To Tell the Truth and appeared on the second season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 2 in 2005. From 1994 until 1999, Harry played Lisa Landry, the adoptive mother of Tia Mowry's character, on the sitcom Sister, Sister. She had a recurring role as Vanessa on The CW series Everybody Hates Chris and had a recurring role on the BET Series Let's Stay Together. She is starring in Byron Allen's Syndicated Sitcom The First Family which also features Marla Gibbs in a recurring role. On April 12, 2013 it was announced that she was cast in the episodes "Girl Meets Crazy Hat" and the pilot of Disney sitcom Girl Meets World. Later, she also appeared on "Girl Meets Demolition". That same year, she also joined Gibbs in the movie Forbidden Woman. In 2014 she made a guest appearance on Instant Mom as her character Lisa Landry. Harry became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 227 in 1987. She won NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Sister, Sister two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Harry has been married four times, once was to Elgin Charles Williams from 1996 to 2003. They adopted their son, Frank, in 1997., Jackée Harry 2017-12-20T06:52:14Z Jacqueline Yvonne Harry (born August 14, 1956), better known by her mononymous stage name Jackée, is an American actress, singer, director, and television personality. She is best known for her roles as Sandra Clark, the sexy nemesis of Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs), on the NBC TV series 227 (1985–89), and as Lisa Landry on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–99). She is noted for being the first and currently only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1956, and raised in Harlem, New York, to an Afro-Trinidadian mother and African-American father, Harry began studying acting at the High School of the Performing Arts in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. She was an American History teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School before beginning a career on the New York stage. Harry made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical, playing a chorine. Throughout the 1980s she starred in numerous productions both on and off Broadway, and in national touring productions. In 1994, Harry made her return to the theater by starring as Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill. Following that stage production, she fulfilled the role of "madam who runs a bordello" in the Broadway musical The Boys from Syracuse. In the mid-2000s, she appeared in stage productions of The Sunshine Boys, Damn Yankees, and A Christmas Carol. She also toured nationally in JD Lawrence's The Clean Up Woman. In 1983, she made her acting debut in Another World as Lily Mason, a role she continued until 1986. In 2003, she was a surprise guest on the Another World Reunion that SOAPnet coordinated and aired. In 1985, Harry began a co-starring role as Sandra Clark, on the NBC sitcom 227. Her mother, Flossie, celebrated her getting the role but died before the show started airing. During the series run, Jackée and Marla Gibbs began feuding privately over who was the series' lead. They have since reconciled and collaborated on a number of projects. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. Although the pilot episode was a success with audiences, the series did not last and the episode is now shown as an episode of 227. After leaving 227 in 1989, Harry starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place. In 1990, she headlined an NBC comedy pilot from Witt/Thomas titled We'll Take Manhattan; it aired as a summer special that year, but did not make it to series. In late 1991, she joined the cast of The Royal Family after the star, Redd Foxx, unexpectedly died. She starred opposite two-time 227 guest-star Della Reese. In 1992, she starred as the assistant coach in Ladybugs. Harry served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of To Tell the Truth and appeared on the second season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 2 in 2005. From 1994 until 1999, Harry played Lisa Landry, the adoptive mother of Tia Mowry's character, on the sitcom Sister, Sister. She had a recurring role as Vanessa on the UPN/The CW series Everybody Hates Chris and had a recurring role on the BET Series Let's Stay Together. She is starring in Byron Allen's syndicated sitcom The First Family which also features Marla Gibbs in a recurring role. On April 12, 2013, it was announced that she was cast in the episodes "Girl Meets Crazy Hat" and the pilot of Disney sitcom Girl Meets World. Later, she also appeared in "Girl Meets Demolition". That same year, she also joined Gibbs in the movie Forbidden Woman. In 2014, she made a guest appearance on Instant Mom as her character Lisa Landry. She appeared in the 2 Broke Girls episode "and the Sax Problem" in 2016, as Earl's ex and lounge owner. Harry became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 227 in 1987. She won NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Sister, Sister two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Harry has been married four times. Once was to Elgin Charles Williams from 1996 to 2003. They adopted their son, Frank, in 1997. On January 11, 2016, Harry, along with her former 227 series' lead, mentor and Marla Gibbs, attended the funeral of Grammy-Award-winning singer Natalie Cole at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles, following her death on December 31, 2015.

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1985_Rajneeshee_assassination_plot 2008-06-22T00:41:49Z The 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot was a conspiracy by high-ranking followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now known as Osho) to assassinate Charles Turner, the then-United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. Osho's chief lieutenant, Ma Anand Sheela, assembled the hit squad after Turner was appointed to investigate illegal activity at Rajneeshpuram. Turner headed an investigation into the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon, and also investigated charges of wiretapping, immigration fraud and sham marriages. The hit squad included: Sally-Anne Croft, Chief Financial Officer of Rajneeshpuram; Susan Hagan, head of security at Rajneeshpuram, Catherine Jane Stork, who bought weapons and silencers and volunteered to be the actual killer; Phyllis McCarthy, fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram; and co-conspirators Alma Potter and Richard Langford. The conspirators obtained false identification to purchase handguns out-of-state, stalked Turner, and planned to kill him near his workplace in Portland, Oregon. The assassination plot was uncovered as a result of an investigation by federal law enforcement into the bioterror attack in The Dalles, and Turner was never harmed. Prosecution of the conspirators began in 1990, when a federal grand jury brought indictments against several of the key players. Some had fled the country, and extradition proceedings against the perpetrators and subsequent prosecution and conviction was not completed for sixteen years. The final conspirator was convicted in 2006, when Catherine Jane Stork agreed to return to the United States from Germany in order to be allowed to visit her ill son in Australia. The perpetrators received sentences ranging from five years probation to five years in federal prison. Seven Rajneeshees, or followers of charismatic leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now known as Osho), were convicted of a 1985 conspiracy to assassinate Charles Turner. Prosecutors in the case stated that the perpetrators had planned to murder Turner after he was appointed to head an investigation into the group's activities in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. Turner's investigation focused on sham marriages organized by the group, as well as other illegal activities including wiretapping, immigration fraud, and the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon. In December 1985, twenty-one followers of Osho were indicted on wiretapping charges. Turner was assisted in his investigation by Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer. In May 1985, Osho's chief lieutenant Ma Anand Sheela gathered the leader's key followers and formed a hit squad in order to plan the assassination of Turner, as well as several dissidents among their organization. Sheela stated that Turner's grand jury investigation "threatened the existence of the commune," and exposed Osho and several of his disciples to criminal prosecution. Catherine Jane Stork volunteered to be the follower who would actually kill Turner, and bought guns and silencers. Stork was known to fellow followers as Ma Shanti Bhadra, and was also one of the three "Big Mammas" in Rajneeshpuram. Sally-Anne Croft (known by followers as Ma Prem Savita), an accountant and the group's Chief Financial Officer, provided money for the purchase of weapons related to the plot. Susan Hagan, a top official in the Rajneeshpuram hierarchy, was also a participant in the assassination conspiracy. Hagan was in charge of the security force at Rajneeshpuram, ran the Rajneesh Investment Corporation, and supervised construction on the commune. Osho follower Carol Matthews used a fake name during the planning of the assassination plot, in an attempt to obtain the home address of Charles Turner. Two members of the group traveled to Texas to purchase handguns. They encountered difficulty purchasing handguns in Texas with out-of-state identification, and traveled to New Mexico instead. In New Mexico, they obtained false identification, and purchased several pistols. Members of the hit squad watched Turner's office, home and car, and discussed methods to assassinate him, hoping that his death would hinder the efforts of the federal investigation into Rajneeshpuram. Their plan was to shoot Turner in the garage of the federal office building where he worked, in Portland, Oregon. The assassination plot was uncovered by federal law enforcement as a result of an investigation into the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack, and subsequent investigation into activities at Rajneeshpuram. Turner was never physically harmed, and had retired by 1995. Four of the perpetrators were arrested in September 1990, and indictments were brought against Ma Anand Sheela and six other co-conspirators by a federal grand jury in November 1990. Ma Anand Sheela served twenty-nine months in a minimum security federal prison for charges related to assault, attempted murder, arson, wiretapping and the 1984 bioterror attack in The Dalles, and moved to Switzerland after her release from prison in 1988. The assassination conspiracy was discovered after Sheela had left the United States, and as of 1999 she was still wanted by federal law enforcement for her role in the plot, and risked extradition if she crossed the Swiss border. Switzerland declined an extradition request from the United States, and instead tried her in a Swiss court. Sheela was found guilty of "criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder" in 1999, and sentenced to time already served. Catherine Jane Stork was convicted of the attempted murder of Osho's physician in 1986, and served almost three years in jail. After her release, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered the plot to assassinate Turner, but Stork had already fled to Germany. She was indicted by a federal grand jury in 1990. In 1991, the German government refused to extradite Stork back to the United States. In July 1991, Carol Matthews entered a guilty plea and was convicted in federal court. Sally-Anne Croft and Susan Hagan were extradited from Britain in 1994 and convicted in 1995 for their roles in the assassination plot. They had unsuccessfully attempted to appeal their extradition from Britain to Home Secretary Michael Howard. During their trial the prosecution presented twenty-nine witnesses, including former followers of Osho who placed both women in planning meetings where they discussed murdering Turner. David Berry Knapp, the former mayor of Rajneeshpuram, (known to Osho followers as Swami Krishna Deva) testified for the government in the case and implicated Croft and Hagan in the assassination conspiracy. Ava Avalos, also an Osho disciple, testified in the Croft case and stated that she had been part of the hit squad that plotted to assassinate Turner. In addition to Knapp and Avalos, co-conspirators Richard Langford, Phyllis Caldwell, and Alma Peralta testified in the case pursuant to conditional plea or immunity agreements. Both women were sentenced to five years in prison. At the sentencing for Croft and Hagan, the federal Judge Malcolm Marsh described them as "people of obvious goodwill who had committed an extremely serious offense against the criminal justice system. " Prosecutor Tim Reardon called the conspiracy to commit assassination "a deadly serious crime aimed at the heart of the criminal justice system. " Croft and Hagan were released from a Dublin, California prison in April 1998, and returned to Britain. In December 2002, Phyllis McCarthy pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and was sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of USD$10,000. McCarthy had served as fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram, and was known by Osho's followers as Ma Yoga Vidya. Turner called the one year prison sentence "laughable. " In court statements, McCarthy stated "I cannot forgive myself for not being tougher at the time," and called her time with the group "psychological torture. " In February 2006, Stork became the last perpetrator sentenced in the political assassination plot, after ten months of negotiations with Oregon prosecutors. Stork offered to turn herself in and return to the United States after learning of her son's terminal brain tumor. Prior to sentencing, the court allowed her to travel to Australia to visit her son. In addition to charges of conspiracy to commit murder, Stork also pled guilty to the purchase of weapons in violation of federal firearms law. An Oregon judge sentenced her to five year's probation, and three months time already served in a German jail. Turner thought she should have received a harsher sentence, and commented "This was a lying-in-wait conspiracy to murder me, a presidential appointee, and for a long time I slept with a loaded gun beside my bed. " Though Stork could have faced life in prison, U. S. District Judge Judge Malcolm F. Marsh thought she had "seen the error of her ways. " A federal prosecutor in the case described Stork as the "MVP" of the conspiracy, and said she was the designated assassin that was set to murder Turner. After her sentencing, Stork stated: "I actually conspired to kill Mr. Turner, it is up to me alone to face this terrible truth . . . No person has the right to do what I did. I'm truly sorry. " Stork returned to Germany after her sentencing. , 1985_Rajneeshee_assassination_plot 2010-04-16T23:47:43Z The 1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot was a conspiracy by a group of high-ranking followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now known as Osho) to assassinate Charles Turner, the then-United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. Rajneesh's personal secretary and second-in-command, Ma Anand Sheela, assembled the group after Turner was appointed to investigate illegal activity at Rajneeshpuram. Turner investigated charges of immigration fraud and sham marriages, and later headed the federal prosecution of the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon. The conspirators included: Ma Anand Sheela, Sally-Anne Croft, Chief Financial Officer of Rajneeshpuram; Susan Hagan, head of security at Rajneeshpuram, Catherine Jane Stork, who bought weapons and silencers and volunteered to be the actual murderer; Ann Phyllis McCarthy, fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram; and co-conspirators Alma Potter, Carol Matthews, Phyllis Caldwell and Richard Kevin Langford. The conspirators obtained false identification to purchase handguns out-of-state, stalked Turner, and planned to murder him near his workplace in Portland, Oregon. The assassination plot was never carried out and was only discovered later, as a result of the investigation by federal law enforcement into the bioterror attack in The Dalles and other illegal acts by the Rajneeshpuram leadership. Prosecution of the conspirators began in 1990, when a federal grand jury brought indictments against several of the key players. Some had fled the country, and extradition proceedings against the perpetrators and subsequent prosecution and conviction was not completed for sixteen years. The final conspirator was convicted in 2006, when Catherine Jane Stork agreed to return to the United States from Germany in order to be allowed to visit her ill son in Australia. Eight perpetrators received sentences ranging from five years probation to five years in federal prison and an additional member of the Rajneesh commune pled guilty to murder conspiracy. Rajneesh was never prosecuted in relation to the conspiracy, and left the United States after pleading guilty to immigration fraud and agreeing not to reenter the country without permission from the U. S. Attorney General. Seven followers (called Rajneeshees) of charismatic leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now known as Osho), were convicted of a 1985 conspiracy to assassinate Charles Turner, and an additional unindicted eighth member of the Rajneesh commune pled guilty to murder conspiracy. The perpetrators were high-ranking followers within the Rajneeshee organization. Prosecutors in the case stated that the perpetrators had planned to murder Turner after he was appointed to head an investigation into the group's activities in Rajneeshpuram, Oregon. Turner's investigation focused on sham marriages organized by the group, as well as other illegal activities including immigration fraud, and he later headed the federal prosecution relating to the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon. Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer was also involved in investigations of the group, working alongside Turner. In May 1985, Rajneesh's personal secretary and second-in-command, Ma Anand Sheela, gathered the leader's key followers and formed a group of conspirators in order to plan the assassination of Turner, as well as several dissidents among their organization. Sheela stated that Turner's grand jury investigation "threatened the existence of the commune", and exposed Rajneesh and several of his disciples to criminal prosecution. Sheela hoped that by murdering Turner they would be able to thwart the federal immigration investigation which could have resulted in deportation of Rajneeshee leaders. Three former leaders of the commune including Ma Anand Sheela, Anand Puja, a registered nurse from the Philippines who managed the Rajneeshee medical corporation, and former treasurer of Rajneesh Foundation International and Shanti Bhadra of Australia, put together a hit list which included U. S. Attorney Charles Turner and Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer. Susan Hagan, a top official in the Rajneeshpuram hierarchy, was also a participant in the assassination conspiracy. Hagan was in charge of the security force at Rajneeshpuram, ran the Rajneesh Investment Corporation, and supervised construction on the commune. Other conspirators in the assassination plot included Yoga Vidya, president of the Rajneesh commune, and Dhyan Yogini, Ma Anand Sheela's bodyguard and traveling companion. Yogini was manager of the Hotel Rajneesh in Portland, Oregon, and a member of the commune's security force. The Oregonian reported that nine people were on the hit list, including: Turner, Frohnmayer, former assistant attorney general Karen H. Green, Wasco County planning director Daniel C. Durow, Wasco County commissioner James L. Comini, investigative journalist for The Oregonian Leslie L. Zaitz, Helen C. Byron, who had been awarded US$1. 7 million in a lawsuit against Rajneesh Foundation International, her daughter Barbara J. Byron, and an unnamed ninth potential victim. Catherine Jane Stork volunteered to be the follower who would actually murder Turner, and bought guns and silencers. Stork was known to fellow followers as Ma Shanti Bhadra, and was also one of the three "Big Mammas" in Rajneeshpuram. Sally-Anne Croft (known by followers as Ma Prem Savita), an accountant and the group's Chief Financial Officer, provided money for the purchase of weapons related to the plot. Phyllis Caldwell (aka Diva Ritka) described in a federal affidavit how members of the murder conspiracy obtained hanguns, referring to Catherine Jane Stork and Sally-Anne Croft: "Shanti B went down to Jesus Grove, and Savita gave us several thousand dollars to use to buy guns. " Jesus Grove referred to a group of trailers where all the leaders of the Rajneesh commune resided, except for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Ma Anand Sheela and three other Rajneesh followers traveled to New York in the spring of 1985 to acquire false identification. According to a federal indictment, the perpetrators of the assassination plot used a false birth certificate to purchase guns. Two members of the group then traveled to Texas to purchase handguns. Caldwell stated she and Catherine Jane Stork flew to Texas to purchase guns there. They purchased five guns in Texas, but encountered difficulty purchasing handguns in Texas without-of-state identification and traveled to New Mexico instead. Caldwell said they called back to the commune but the women were instructed "not to come back without the guns". In New Mexico, they obtained false identification, and purchased several pistols. Their intention was to purchase guns which were difficult to trace. Caldwell said it was easy to obtain guns in New Mexico: "we found it was pretty easy to buy guns. All you had to do was show some identification and it was easy to get. " Caldwell said she and Stork went to a university library to find the identify "of someone dying very young", next went "to public records and asked for a copy of a birth certificate" and described how "we got a rent receipt book and just made up a rent receipt". "And then we were able to go to several different gun shops in Albuquerque with those two bits of identification and buy five different guns and bullets," said Caldwell. They were able to obtain one Colt . 38-caliber revolver, and four Ruger . 357-caliber Security Six Magnum revolvers. The conspirators smuggled the guns into Oregon by packing them in luggage and putting the luggage on a Greyhound Lines bus. Caldwell said that she and Stork traveled by bus back to the Rajneesh commune so as to avoid airport metal detectors. After obtaining guns the conspirators returned to Portland, Oregon. They rented out an apartment in Portland to serve as their base of operations for the assassination of Turner. Rajneesh follower Carol Matthews used a fake name during the planning of the assassination plot, in an attempt to obtain the home address of Charles Turner. According to federal prosecutors Matthews obtained a college yearbook of Turner's, and learned his car's license plate number and his parking location. Court records state that Matthews and an unindicted co-conspirator gave voter registration officials fake identities and told officials they were conducting "a voter survey on President Reagan's economic plan", in order to obtain Turner's route number and post office box number. The two tried repeating the story with members of the U. S. Postal Service, but the postal officials did not give them Turner's address. They then drove around Turner's neighborhood and were able to find his home by locating a sign in front of his residence that said "Turner". Matthews had pictures of Turner's residence developed; these were later obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation during an investigation of the Rajneesh commune, and verified after being shown to Turner. Members of the group of conspirators watched Turner's office, home and car, and discussed methods to assassinate him, hoping that his death would hinder the efforts of the federal investigation into Rajneeshpuram. Their plan was to shoot Turner in the garage of the federal office building where he worked, in Portland, Oregon, but the conspirators also debated whether to murder Turner in downtown Portland or closer to his home. After spending multiple nights watching Turner's house, the conspirators decided on the parking garage because they felt it would be too risky to murder him on the drive to or from work, or in front of his home. Turner had a reserved parking spot in a federal garage underneath Terry Schrunk Plaza in Portland, Oregon. In an affidavit given to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conspirator Alma Peralta described how the perpetrators decided on the federal parking garage as the location: "Shanti Bhadra said this seems like a good place to bump this fellow off. " The conspirators practiced different ways of murdering Turner. According to informant statements to law enforcement, one of the conspirators was to pretend there was car trouble, and the others would then approach Turner with their guns. Informants later told law enforcment officials that the conspirators intended to hide out at an international network of Rajneesh communes if the plan was successful. According to The Oregonian the assassinations were not carried out because Ma Anand Sheela became distracted by political power plays within the Rajneesh commune and other members of the organization who were trying to remove her from her position within the group. On February 28, 1985, Congressman James H. Weaver gave a speech in the United States House of Representatives in which he asserted that the Rajneeshees were involved in the bioterror attack in Oregon. At a series of press conferences in September 1985, Rajneesh accused several of his recently departed lieutenants of involvement in this and other crimes, including the poisoning of Mike Sullivan, a Jefferson County district attorney, and asked state and federal authorities to investigate his allegations. The assassination plot was uncovered by federal law enforcement as a result of the ensuing investigation into activities at Rajneeshpuram. Turner was never physically harmed, and had retired by 1995. The Oregonian was informed in October 1985 by federal law enforcement officials that Leslie L. Zaitz, an investigative journalist who had written a 20-part series on the Rajneesh movement in Oregon, was on a "hit list" which also included Turner and Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer. Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Weaver prosecuted the case; the charges were first detailed at an October 1985 bond hearing in North Carolina after Rajneesh and his followers were arrested at an airport in Charlotte. Weaver said in court that followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh had plotted to assassinate Turner and Frohnmayer. He said these allegations were reasons why releasing Rajneesh and his followers from jail would be "a clear and present danger to public officials". The guns purchased by the Rajneesh followers for the assassination plot had reportedly been dumped in a lake at Rancho Rajneesh; the lake was searched by U. S. Navy divers. Scuba divers searched the lake for two days but did not find the guns. Joseph Greene, a U. S. immigration agent, testified in court that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents had learned of the assassination plot from a member of the organization who was in a witness protection program. Greene said that members involved in the assassination plot included Ma Anand Sheela, Anand Puga, and Dhyan Yoginifo. The assassination plot was investigated by the FBI and the Oregon State Police. Informants told law enforcement that Ma Anand Sheela hoped Turner's death would prevent an Immigration and Naturalization Service investigation which she thought could lead to Rajneesh's arrest and deportation from the United States. Weaver stated "These attempts to assassinate public officials were because they were presenting an immigration case that might result in imprisonment" of Rajneesh. "There were not simply plans, but at least one (assassination) attempt," said Weaver at the hearing. A grand jury investigation led by Turner brought charges of "widespread immigration fraud" against members of Rajneeshpuram. Wiretapping crimes were discovered after Ma Anand Sheela had fled the commune in September 1985. In December 1985, twenty-one followers of Rajneesh were indicted on wiretapping charges. Chief criminal assistant U. S. attorney Baron C. Sheldahl was assigned to prosecute the charges of federal wiretapping, and a special team from the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division was tasked with prosecuting the murder conspiracy charges. Four of the perpetrators were arrested in September 1990. Catherine Jane Stork and Richard Kevin Langford were arrested in West Germany, Ann Phyllis McCarthy was arrested in South Africa, and Susan Hagan (aka Anand Su) was arrested in England. In September 1990, Alma Peralta (also known as Dhyan Yogini) pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Peralta, who had served as Ma Anand Sheela's bodyguard and confidante, agreed to testify against the other defendants in the murder conspiracy. Under the terms of Peralta's plea agreement she received a sentence of two years in federal prison. Carol Matthews was arrested in Baden-Baden, Germany in October 1990 on charges of wiretapping and conspiracy to murder Turner, where she was held along with three other Rajneeshees. At the time of her arrest, Matthews was found in possession of a false British passport, and had been traveling under the fake name of "Daphene Fosberry". Indictments were brought against Ma Anand Sheela and six other co-conspirators by a federal grand jury in November 1990. In April 1991, Carol Matthews and Richard Kevin Langford were extradited from Germany to the United States in order to appear in federal court in Portland, Oregon. Law enforcement officials from the United States Marshals Service traveled to Frankfurt, Germany and took custody of the Matthews and Langford at Rhine Main Airport. On April 15, 1991, Matthews and Langford appeared in federal court in Oregon, and both pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and carrying out wiretapping. On April 25, 1991, Richard Kevin Langford pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in the murder conspiracy plot against Turner, and in exchange he received a sentence of five years in federal prison and the dismissal of other charges against him relating to firearms and wiretapping. Langford agreed to testify against the other members of the murder conspiracy. Langford wrote on his plea agreement form: "In 1985, meetings were held at the Rancho Rajneesh . . . at which time the possible killing of the United States Attorney for Oregon was discussed. I participated in a number of these meetings and agreed with others to work toward that object. " Prosecutor Timothy J. Reardon III stated that Langford had been a member of the Rajneesh commune in Oregon since it began in 1981, and that the government was able to prove he joined the murder conspiracy at a point in time after May 25, 1985. Reardon said that Langford was a member of a group called the "Circle of 38", which was the personal security force that guarded Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and that he had served as a weapons instructor and policeman at the commune. Langford told U. S. District Judge Malcom F. Marsh that he had suggested that guns for the murder conspiracy could be bought in Texas, instructed the conspiractors about silencers, took responsibility for the weapons while they were in the commune, and disposed of them when members of the murder conspiracy decided to flee the U. S. for Europe. In July 1991, Carol Matthews entered a guilty plea and was convicted in federal court, she was sentenced to five years in prison. Catherine Jane Stork was convicted of the attempted murder of Rajneesh's physician in 1986, and served almost three years in jail. After her release, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered the plot to assassinate Turner, but Stork had already fled to Germany. She was indicted by a federal grand jury in 1990. In 1991, the German government refused to extradite Stork back to the United States. In June 1991, U. S. prosecutors filed affidavits in the murder conspiracy case with the Higher Regional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of an attempt to extradite Catherin Jane Stork from Germany to the U. S. The affidavits stated that all of the members in the murder conspiracy plot also belonged to a group of Rajneesh followers at the Oregon commune known as "the 38", and were trained in "commando tactics using Uzi semiautomatic rifles and handguns". David B. Knapp (aka Swami Krisna Deva) stated in an FBI affidavit that the murder conspiracy was motivated by Ma Anand Sheela's "tremendous anger" towards Turner. Ma Anand Sheela served twenty-nine months in a minimum security federal prison for charges related to assault, attempted murder, arson, wiretapping and the 1984 bioterror attack in The Dalles, and moved to Switzerland after her release from prison in 1988. The assassination conspiracy was discovered after Sheela had left the United States, and as of 1999 she was still wanted by federal law enforcement for her role in the plot, and risked extradition if she crossed the Swiss border. Switzerland declined an extradition request from the United States, and instead tried her in a Swiss court. Sheela was found guilty of "criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder" in 1999, and sentenced to time already served. Sally-Anne Croft and Susan Hagan were extradited from Britain in 1994, and were convicted by a jury decision on July 28, 1995 for their roles in the assassination plot. They had unsuccessfully attempted to appeal their extradition from Britain to Home Secretary Michael Howard. During their trial the prosecution presented twenty-nine witnesses, including former followers of Rajneesh who placed both women in planning meetings where they discussed murdering Turner. David Berry Knapp, the former mayor of Rajneeshpuram, (known to Rajneesh followers as Swami Krishna Deva) testified for the government in the case and implicated Croft and Hagan in the assassination conspiracy. Ava Avalos, also a Rajneesh disciple, testified in the Croft case and stated that she had been part of the conspirators that plotted to assassinate Turner. In addition to Knapp and Avalos, co-conspirators Richard Kevin Langford, Phyllis Caldwell, and Alma Peralta testified in the case pursuant to conditional plea or immunity agreements. Both women were sentenced to five years in prison. Croft and Hagan did not testify during their trial. "We hashed over everything – evidence, notes, evidence, notes. I think we did an absolutely fabulous job," said one of the jurors. At the sentencing for Croft and Hagan, the federal Judge Malcolm Marsh described them as "people of obvious goodwill who had committed an extremely serious offense against the criminal justice system. " Prosecutor Tim Reardon called the conspiracy to commit assassination "a deadly serious crime aimed at the heart of the criminal justice system. " Croft and Hagan were released from imprisonment at FCI Dublin, California in April 1998, and returned to Britain. In December 2002, Phyllis McCarthy pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and was sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of USD$10,000. McCarthy had served as fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram, and was known by Rajneesh's followers as Ma Yoga Vidya. Turner called the one year prison sentence "laughable. " In court statements, McCarthy stated "I cannot forgive myself for not being tougher at the time," and called her time with the group "psychological torture. " In February 2006, Stork became the last perpetrator sentenced in the political assassination plot, after ten months of negotiations with Oregon prosecutors. Stork offered to turn herself in and return to the United States after learning of her son's terminal brain tumor. Prior to sentencing, the court allowed her to travel to Australia to visit her son. In addition to charges of conspiracy to commit murder, Stork also pled guilty to the purchase of weapons in violation of federal firearms law. An Oregon judge sentenced her to five years probation, and three months time already served in a German jail. Turner thought she should have received a harsher sentence, and commented "This was a lying-in-wait conspiracy to murder me, a presidential appointee, and for a long time I slept with a loaded gun beside my bed. " Though Stork could have faced life in prison, U. S. District Judge Judge Malcolm F. Marsh thought she had "seen the error of her ways. " A federal prosecutor in the case described Stork as the "MVP" of the conspiracy, and said she was the designated assassin that was set to murder Turner. After her sentencing, Stork stated: "I actually conspired to kill Mr. Turner, it is up to me alone to face this terrible truth . . . No person has the right to do what I did. I'm truly sorry. " Stork returned to Germany after her sentencing. In an affidavit, Timothy J. Reardon III, lead prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice in the case, stated Ma Anand Sheela had told members of the murder conspiracy that Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh had personally authorized the "necessary" murder of specific enemies of the Rajneesh commune. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh paid a fine of US$400,000, agreed to plead guilty to immigration fraud, and was deported from the United States. He agreed to leave the United States and not return unless given permission first from the United States Attorney General. Joseph T. McCann writes in Terrorism on American Soil "Nevertheless, he was never prosecuted for any of the more serious crimes perpetrated by cult members, including the salmonella poisoning. " {{{inline}}}

Bradley Johnson

Bradley Johnson 2022-01-03T09:07:36Z Bradley Paul Johnson (born 28 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Hackney, Greater London, Johnson was a keen motorcyclist as a child. Johnson's grandfather was originally from the United States. He started his career at his boyhood team Arsenal but was released by the club when he was 15 years old. After leaving Arsenal, he made six appearances for Waltham Forest F.C., in the Ryman Division 1 North. He then joined the youth ranks at Cambridge United and after breaking into the first team he then moved to league club Northampton Town, where he signed on 16 May 2005. During his time at the club he was sent out on loan twice, playing for Gravesend & Northfleet and Stevenage Borough. Following the appointment of Stuart Gray as Northampton manager, Johnson featured in practically every single starting eleven that he named and he signed a new two-year contract extension. Johnson began to attract attention from a host of Championship sides, including Coventry City, Colchester United and Queens Park Rangers, but was in talks to sign for Leicester City, after discussing terms at the Walkers Stadium on 2 January 2008. However, the player returned to the Sixfields Stadium, having failed to reach an agreement with the club. Two days later, Leeds United confirmed reports that they had been given permission from Northampton to speak to Johnson, regarding a contract. He went on to sign a three-and-a-half-year deal for £250,000 after undergoing a medical at the club's Thorp Arch training ground on 8 January 2008. Johnson made his first appearance for Leeds on 14 January 2008 in their league fixture against Crewe Alexandra at the Alexandra Stadium. He scored his first goal for the club at Elland Road in a fixture against AFC Bournemouth on 8 March. Johnson played for Leeds in the League 1 playoff final against Doncaster Rovers at Wembley, but was on the losing side as Leeds lost 1–0. After struggling to get a first team place under manager Gary McAllister due to the emergence of Fabian Delph, Johnson joined League One rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until 3 January 2009. Johnson scored twice on his debut during the 3–2 victory over Leicester City. Johnson scored four goals in 10 matches on loan at Brighton before returning to his parent club Leeds United, now with a new manager, Simon Grayson. Johnson found himself back in the first team picture as Leeds reached the playoff semi-finals against Millwall. In November 2010, Johnson turned down the offer of a new three-year deal at Leeds United. Manager Simon Grayson initially confirmed Johnson had rejected a new contract but said that contract negotiations with Johnson would still be ongoing despite his refusal of the first contract offer. On 18 November, Johnson was transfer listed by Leeds after rejecting a final contract offer. Johnson was linked with Premiership clubs Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. On 13 January 2011, despite Johnson being on the transfer list, manager Simon Grayson said that he would not be able to sell Johnson unless a replacement had been brought in beforehand. On 18 January, Johnson scored his sixth goal of the season in an FA Cup Third Round Replay against Arsenal at Elland Road, a goal which later won Leeds' goal of the season award. Despite ongoing negotiations with Leeds, Johnson was unable to agree a new contract and on 1 July 2011 signed a three-year deal with Norwich City. He was handed squad number 4, which was vacated by Matthew Gill when he was released by the club. Johnson made his Norwich debut in the club's first home match of the Premier League season. Johnson scored his first Norwich goal against Bolton Wanderers on 17 September 2011 at the Reebok Stadium with a "classy header". Johnson's second season with Norwich was successful as he managed to play regularly for the club. Johnson caught the headlines against Everton for his repeated tangles with midfielder Marouane Fellaini, most notably for cutting Fellaini's leg open with a kick. Norwich finished the season in 11th place, and Johnson's performances in guaranteeing both survival and a mid-table finish led to him being picked 3rd for the Player of the Season, voted by the fans. During the 2013–14 season, Johnson had a widely praised performance against Tottenham on 23 February, where he was awarded Barclays Man of the Match. He assisted the only goal of the match with a cutting ball to Robert Snodgrass, and almost scored when his free-kick thundered against the crossbar and onto the line. He scored his first goal of the 2014–15 Championship season on 16 August against Watford at home. It was to be one of his most successful seasons with the club: He was made vice-captain behind Russell Martin and appeared in 44 of the 46 league matches (including one appearance as a substitute). He scored fifteen goals, making him the second highest scorer behind Cameron Jerome, and was voted the fans' Player of the Year. His last two goals for Norwich came in the final match of the regular Championship season as Norwich beat Fulham 4–2 to set-up a play-off semi-final with local rivals Ipswich Town. Johnson also played in the team which beat Middlesbrough 2–0 to win the play-off final and earn promotion to the Premier League. With Norwich now in the Premier League, Johnson played in the opening match of the 2015–16 season, a 3–1 defeat to Crystal Palace, but failed to start the next three league matches. However, he did captain the side to a 2–1 win over Rotherham United in the League Cup. His last match for the club was an appearance as a 70th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Southampton on 30 August. Johnson signed for Derby County for a club record £6 million on transfer deadline day on 1 September 2015. On 26 September 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win over Milton Keynes Dons. On 26 November 2016, Johnson scored against his former club Norwich City – Derby won the match 1–0. Johnson signed for Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer on 5 July 2019 after being released by Derby County. On 26 September 2020 he scored two goals against his former club in a 0–4 win at Pride Park. Johnson is eligible to play for the United States through his grandfather who is from there. Johnson has American heritage. He has two younger brothers who, as of 2015, are footballers registered with the Norwich City academy. Norwich City Individual, Bradley Johnson 2023-09-09T17:57:37Z Bradley Paul Johnson (born 28 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He is currently a player-coach for Derby County's under-21 team. Born in Hackney, Greater London, Johnson was a keen motorcyclist as a child. Johnson's grandfather was originally from the United States. He started his career at his boyhood team Arsenal but was released by the club when he was 15 years old. After leaving Arsenal, he made six appearances for Waltham Forest F.C., in the Ryman Division 1 North. He then joined the youth ranks at Cambridge United and after breaking into the first team he then moved to league club Northampton Town, where he signed on 16 May 2005. During his time at the club he was sent out on loan twice, playing for Gravesend & Northfleet and Stevenage Borough. Following the appointment of Stuart Gray as Northampton manager, Johnson featured in practically every single starting eleven that he named and he signed a new two-year contract extension. Johnson began to attract attention from a host of Championship sides, including Coventry City, Colchester United and Queens Park Rangers, but was in talks to sign for Leicester City, after discussing terms at the Walkers Stadium on 2 January 2008. However, the player returned to the Sixfields Stadium, having failed to reach an agreement with the club. Two days later, Leeds United confirmed reports that they had been given permission from Northampton to speak to Johnson, regarding a contract. He went on to sign a three-and-a-half-year deal for £250,000 after undergoing a medical at the club's Thorp Arch training ground on 8 January 2008. Johnson made his first appearance for Leeds on 14 January 2008 in their league fixture against Crewe Alexandra at the Alexandra Stadium. He scored his first goal for the club at Elland Road in a fixture against AFC Bournemouth on 8 March. Johnson played for Leeds in the League 1 playoff final against Doncaster Rovers at Wembley, but was on the losing side as Leeds lost 1–0. After struggling to get a first team place under manager Gary McAllister due to the emergence of Fabian Delph, Johnson joined League One rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until 3 January 2009. Johnson scored twice on his debut during the 3–2 victory over Leicester City. Johnson scored four goals in 10 matches on loan at Brighton before returning to his parent club Leeds United, now with a new manager, Simon Grayson. Johnson found himself back in the first team picture as Leeds reached the playoff semi-finals against Millwall. In November 2010, Johnson turned down the offer of a new three-year deal at Leeds United. Manager Simon Grayson initially confirmed Johnson had rejected a new contract but said that contract negotiations with Johnson would still be ongoing despite his refusal of the first contract offer. On 18 November, Johnson was transfer listed by Leeds after rejecting a final contract offer. Johnson was linked with Premiership clubs Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City. On 13 January 2011, despite Johnson being on the transfer list, manager Simon Grayson said that he would not be able to sell Johnson unless a replacement had been brought in beforehand. On 18 January, Johnson scored his sixth goal of the season in an FA Cup third round replay against Arsenal at Elland Road, a goal which later won Leeds' goal of the season award. Despite ongoing negotiations with Leeds, Johnson was unable to agree a new contract and on 1 July 2011 signed a three-year deal with Norwich City. He was handed squad number 4, which was vacated by Matthew Gill when he was released by the club. Johnson made his Norwich debut in the club's first home match of the Premier League season. Johnson scored his first Norwich goal against Bolton Wanderers on 17 September 2011 at the Reebok Stadium with a "classy header". Johnson's second season with Norwich was successful as he managed to play regularly for the club. Johnson caught the headlines against Everton for his repeated tangles with midfielder Marouane Fellaini, most notably for cutting Fellaini's leg open with a kick. Norwich finished the season in 11th place, and Johnson's performances in guaranteeing both survival and a mid-table finish led to him being picked 3rd for the Player of the Season, voted by the fans. During the 2013–14 season, Johnson had a widely praised performance against Tottenham on 23 February, where he was awarded Barclays Man of the Match. He assisted the only goal of the match with a cutting ball to Robert Snodgrass, and almost scored when his free-kick thundered against the crossbar and onto the line. He scored his first goal of the 2014–15 Championship season on 16 August against Watford at home. It was to be one of his most successful seasons with the club: He was made vice-captain behind Russell Martin and appeared in 44 of the 46 league matches (including one appearance as a substitute). He scored fifteen goals, making him the second highest scorer behind Cameron Jerome, and was voted the fans' Player of the Year. His last two goals for Norwich came in the final match of the regular Championship season as Norwich beat Fulham 4–2 to set-up a play-off semi-final with local rivals Ipswich Town. Johnson also played in the team which beat Middlesbrough 2–0 to win the play-off final and earn promotion to the Premier League. With Norwich now in the Premier League, Johnson played in the opening match of the 2015–16 season, a 3–1 defeat to Crystal Palace, but failed to start the next three league matches. However, he did captain the side to a 2–1 win over Rotherham United in the League Cup. His last match for the club was an appearance as a 70th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Southampton on 30 August. Johnson signed for Derby County for a club record £6 million on transfer deadline day on 1 September 2015. On 26 September 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win over Milton Keynes Dons. On 26 November 2016, Johnson scored against his former club Norwich City – Derby won the match 1–0. Johnson signed for Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer on 5 July 2019 after being released by Derby County. On 26 September 2020 he scored two goals against his former club in a 0–4 win at Pride Park. Johnson was announced to be leaving the club at the end of the 2021–22 season upon the expiration of his contract. On 15 July 2022, Johnson joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a free transfer. He made his debut on 30 July 2022 as a 37th-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat away to Cambridge United. On 16 August 2022, Johnson scored his first goals for the club with a brace in a 2–1 home win over Port Vale, setting a new record as the club's oldest ever goalscorer at 35 years and 111 days old. After scoring away at Portsmouth, he broke his own record now 35 years and 227 days old. On the 20th December, Johnson took charge of the team for one game while interim manager Dean Lewington underwent surgery for a hamstring injury, a 3–0 League Cup defeat to Leicester City. Following the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, Johnson was one of nine players released by Milton Keynes Dons following their relegation to League Two. On 18 July 2023, Johnson returned to Derby County as a player-coach for Derby County's under-21 team. Johnson is eligible to play for the United States through his grandfather who is from there. Johnson has American heritage. He has two younger brothers who, as of 2015, are footballers registered with the Norwich City academy. Norwich City Individual

Hanfried_Lenz

Hanfried_Lenz 2010-07-31T20:30:13Z Hanfried Lenz (* April 22, 1916 in Munich) is German mathematician, who is mainly known for his work in geometry and combinatorics. Hanfried Lenz is the eldest son of Fritz Lenz an influential German geneticist, who is associated with Eugenics and hence also with the Nazi racial policies during the Third Reich. He started to study mathematics and physics at the University of Tübingen, but interrupted his studies from 1935-37 to do his military service. After that he continued to study in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig. In 1939 when World War II broke out in Europe, he became a soldier in the western front and during a vacation he passed the exams for his teacher certifification. He married Helene Ranke in 1943 and 1943-45 he worked on radar technology in a laboratory near Berlin. After WWII Hanried Lenz was classified as a "follower" by the denazification process. He started to work as a math and physics teacher in Munich and in 1949 he became an assistant at the Technical University of Munich. He received his PhD in 1951 and his Habilitation in 1953. He worked as a lecturer until he became an associate professor in 1959. In 1969 he finally became a full professor at the Free University of Berlin and worked there until his retirement in 1984. He was also politically active and in connection with his opposition to the rebuilding of the German army in the early 50s, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party(SPD) in 1954. Later, partially due to being alienated by the student movement of the '60s, his leanings became more conservative again and in 1972 he left the SPD to join the Christian Democratic Union. Hanfried Lenz is known for his work on the classification of projective planes and in 1954 he showed how one can introduce affine spaces axiomatically without constructing them from projective spaces or vector spaces. This result is now known as the theorem of Lenz. During his later years he also worked in the area of combinatorics and published a book on design theory (together with Dieter Jungnickel and Thomas Beth). In 1995 the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications awarded the Euler Medal to Hanfried Lenz. , Hanfried_Lenz 2012-04-06T11:56:06Z Hanfried Lenz (* April 22, 1916 in Munich) is a German mathematician, who is mainly known for his work in geometry and combinatorics. Hanfried Lenz is the eldest son of Fritz Lenz an influential German geneticist, who is associated with Eugenics and hence also with the Nazi racial policies during the Third Reich. He started to study mathematics and physics at the University of Tübingen, but interrupted his studies from 1935-37 to do his military service. After that he continued to study in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig. In 1939 when World War II broke out in Europe, he became a soldier in the western front and during a vacation he passed the exams for his teacher certifification. He married Helene Ranke in 1943 and 1943-45 he worked on radar technology in a laboratory near Berlin. After WWII Hanried Lenz was classified as a "follower" by the denazification process. He started to work as a math and physics teacher in Munich and in 1949 he became an assistant at the Technical University of Munich. He received his PhD in 1951 and his Habilitation in 1953. He worked as a lecturer until he became an associate professor in 1959. In 1969 he finally became a full professor at the Free University of Berlin and worked there until his retirement in 1984. He was also politically active and in connection with his opposition to the rebuilding of the German army in the early 50s, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party(SPD) in 1954. Later, partially due to being alienated by the student movement of the '60s, his leanings became more conservative again and in 1972 he left the SPD to join the Christian Democratic Union. Hanfried Lenz is known for his work on the classification of projective planes and in 1954 he showed how one can introduce affine spaces axiomatically without constructing them from projective spaces or vector spaces. This result is now known as the theorem of Lenz. During his later years he also worked in the area of combinatorics and published a book on design theory (together with Dieter Jungnickel and Thomas Beth). In 1995 the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications awarded the Euler Medal to Hanfried Lenz. Template:Persondata

Vic Sotto

Vic Sotto 2014-01-03T14:53:18Z Marvic "Vic" Castelo Sotto (born April 28, 1954), is a Filipino actor, television show host, comedian, and film producer working for GMA Network and stars on noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga! . He won three consecutive titles for Philippine Box Office King (2004, 2005, and 2006). Marvic Castelo Sotto was born on April 28, 1954, to his parents Marcelino Ojeda Sotto and Dr. Herminia Castelo. Sotto studied at Colegio de San Juan de Letran. His grandfather Vicente Sotto has Chinese ancestry. He is the brother of Marcelino Antonio "Maru" Sotto, Jr., Vicente "Tito" Sotto, and Valmar "Val" Sotto. He started his career as a folk singer and guitarist. He then joined his brothers Tito and Val in a gag show "OK Lang" under IBC TV Network. During these years, Sotto was also the lead vocalist of the disco funk band VST & Company. He produced such songs as "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko", "Rock, Baby, Rock", and "Kung Sakali". He joined his brothers Tito, Val in a gag show back in the early 1970s “OK Lang” under IBC 13. This is where he met another comedian, Joey de Leon, who invited the brothers to join him. The trio of Tito, Vic and Joey (TVJ) was thus formed, casting in Iskul Bukol, TVJ's Jesters, Rock and Roll 2000 and hosting Eat Bulaga! . In the last three decades, he has done sitcoms and television shows for 3 networks, ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5 (most of which were for GMA). , Vic Sotto 2015-12-26T07:17:22Z Marvic Castelo Sotto (born April 28, 1954), known as Vic Sotto, Bossing, is a Filipino actor, television show host, comedian, and film producer working for GMA Network and owns a film and TV production named M - Zet Productions. And stars on noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga! . He won three consecutive titles for Philippine Box Office King (2004, 2005, and 2006). Marvic Castelo Sotto was born on April 28, 1954 to Marcelino Antonio Ojeda Sotto and Dr. Herminia Castelo. He studied at Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He is the brother of Marcelino Antonio "Maru" Sotto, Jr., Vicente "Tito" Sotto, and Valmar "Val" Sotto. He started his career as a folk singer and guitarist. During these years, Sotto was also the lead vocalist of the disco funk band VST & Company. He produced such songs as "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko", "Rock, Baby, Rock", and "Kung Sakali". He joined his brothers Tito and Val in the early 1970s gag show OK Lang under IBC 13. This is where he met another comedian, Joey de Leon, who invited the brothers to join him. The trio of Tito, Vic and Joey (TVJ) was thus formed, casting in Iskul Bukol, TVJ (Television's Jesters), Rock and Roll 2000 and hosting Eat Bulaga! . In the last three decades, he has done sitcoms and television shows for 3 networks, ABS-CBN, GMA Network and TV5 (most of which were for GMA).

Mining_industry_of_Romania

Mining_industry_of_Romania 2009-12-21T18:59:42Z Romania ranks tenth in the world in terms of the diversity of minerals produced in the country. Around 60 different minerals are currently produced in Romania. The richest mineral deposits in the country are halite (sodium chloride). Romania is an oil producer, but the level of production isn't enough to make the country self sufficient. As a result, it is a net oil and gas importer. The pipeline network in Romania included 1,738 km for crude oil, 2,321 km for petroleum products, and 708 km for natural gas in 1999. Several major new pipelines are planned, especially the Nabucco Pipeline for Caspian oilfields, the longest one in the world. According to the CIA World Factbook, other natural resources include coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, uranium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestine (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower. Romania's mineral production is adequate to supply its manufacturing output. Energy needs are also met by importing bituminous and anthracite coal and crude petroleum. In 2007 approximately 13. 4 million tons of anthracite coal, approximately 4,000 tons of tungsten, 565,000 tons of iron ore, and 47,000 tons of zinc ore were mined. Lesser amounts of copper, lead, molybdenum, gold, silver, kaolin, and fluorite also were mined. In 2004, according to Europaworld. com, the main mining industries in thousand metric tons were:, Mining_industry_of_Romania 2011-08-27T04:39:45Z Romania ranks tenth in the world in terms of the diversity of minerals produced in the country. Around 60 different minerals are currently produced in Romania. The richest mineral deposits in the country are halite (sodium chloride). Romania is an oil producer, but the level of production isn't enough to make the country self-sufficient. As a result, it is a net oil and gas importer. The pipeline network in Romania included 1,738 km for crude oil, 2,321 km for petroleum products, and 708 km for natural gas in 1999. Several major new pipelines are planned, especially the Nabucco Pipeline for Caspian oilfields, the longest one in the world. According to the CIA World Factbook, other natural resources include coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, uranium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestine (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower. Romania's mineral production is adequate to supply its manufacturing output. Energy needs are also met by importing bituminous and anthracite coal and crude petroleum. In 2007 approximately 13. 4 million tons of anthracite coal, approximately 4,000 tons of tungsten, 565,000 tons of iron ore, and 47,000 tons of zinc ore were mined. Lesser amounts of copper, lead, molybdenum, gold, silver, kaolin, and fluorite also were mined. In 2004, according to Europaworld. com, the main mining industries in thousand metric tons were:

Susan_Hadden

Susan_Hadden 2009-11-26T22:52:41Z Susan G. Hadden (1945–January 15, 1995) was a Professor in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Hadden, a native Texan, was educated at Radcliffe College where she completed a B. A. cum laude, studying Sanskrit under Daniel Ingalls. She was a classmate of Bimal Krishna Matilal, and often said that Ingalls simultaneously had the best and worst students of his entire career in the same room. Her interest in India was interrupted by that of public policy. She changed direction and went on to the University of Chicago where she completed her M. A. and Ph. D. in Political Science. Hadden was an expert in telecommunications policy, on environmental policy, citizen participation in the formulation of policy , and policies relating to human health risks. She was regularly asked by state and local governments to formulate policies in these fields. She was repeatedly called to Washington, D. C. to testify before the House and Senate Committees on public policy matters, and advised then Vice President Al Gore on policies relating to public access to the Internet. In recognition of her contributions to the field of public response to science-related social controversies, she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 1993. Despite her work on public policy, Hadden retained her youthful interest in India. She wrote about environmental policy in India, traveled to the subcontinent regularly, and was active among the community of scholars at the University of Texas who study India. Her interests expanded beyond contemporary affairs to diverse matters such as art history and political science. On January 15, 1995, she was killed by bandits while on her way to visit the temple complex at Angkor Wat in Cambodia with her husband. The trip was a 50th birthday present from her husband, James, who was seriously injured in the attack. They had two children. , Susan_Hadden 2011-06-20T09:44:35Z Susan G. Hadden (1945–January 15, 1995) was a Professor in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, United States. Hadden, a native Texan, was educated at Radcliffe College where she completed a B. A. cum laude, studying Sanskrit under Daniel Ingalls. She was a classmate of Bimal Krishna Matilal, and often said that Ingalls simultaneously had the best and worst students of his entire career in the same room. Her interest in India was interrupted by that of public policy. She changed direction and went on to the University of Chicago where she completed her M. A. and Ph. D. in Political Science. Hadden was an expert in telecommunications policy, on environmental policy, citizen participation in the formulation of policy , and policies relating to human health risks. She was regularly asked by state and local governments to formulate policies in these fields. She was repeatedly called to Washington, D. C. to testify before the House and Senate Committees on public policy matters, and advised then Vice President Al Gore on policies relating to public access to the Internet. In recognition of her contributions to the field of public response to science-related social controversies, she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 1993. Despite her work on public policy, Hadden retained her youthful interest in India. She wrote about environmental policy in India, traveled to the subcontinent regularly, and was active among the community of scholars at the University of Texas who study India. Her interests expanded beyond contemporary affairs to diverse matters such as art history and political science. On January 15, 1995, she was killed by bandits while on her way to visit the temple complex at Bantey Srea in Cambodia with her husband. The trip was a 50th birthday present from her husband, James, who was seriously injured in the attack. They had two children. Template:Persondata

Flashover_(film)

Flashover_(film) 2008-11-30T05:52:39Z Flashover is a 2007 documentary film concerning John Deacon's release from prison after he was wrongfully convicted of arson in 2005. On July 8th, 2007, April Deacon placed a want ad on craigslist asking for help in making a documentary about her father's highly publicized and heavily scrutinized release from prison. April felt that the media was treating her father unfairly and wanted to take some action to clear her innocent father's name. April and her brother Aden had already begun shooting some introductory scenes with her own Sony handi-cam. A few of these scenes were included in the film's final cut and act as an introduction to her father's story. Within a few days, a small production crew () took on her project. Paul Medico and Sean O'Connor served as directors and Amanda McGrady as producer. April also joined as producer and general consultant. The crew shot on two Canon XH-A1 High Definition cameras. Principal photography took place over four weeks from July 10th- August 7th (including April original footage). Filming took place in and around Greater Boston. April Deacon was purportedly given the final approval of the documentary, however, has publicly boycotted the final version of the film claiming that it tarnishes her father's image. March 27, 2004 an apartment building in Brockton, MA caught on fire resulting in two injured persons and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. A stove in one of the apartments malfunctioned and fed gas back into the ventilation system. The gas poured into the entire room and eventually combusted. Initial investigations revealed traces of flammable liquids soaked in various fabrics within the apartment. An arson investigation began soon after the discovery. Police targeted two men: Frank Iannetta and John Deacon. Ianetta, the owner and superintendent of the apartment building would often delegate the electrical work to John Deacon. On March 27th, John Deacon had been working on the 4th floor installing new outlets in compliance with health and safety regulations. A week before the fire, Iannetta received a 2nd notice to make a number of repairs or the building would be condemned. The investigators took Iannetta and Deacon in for questioning. Ianetta confessed to setting up the fire to collect insurance money and also claimed that Deacon had sabotaged the stove to feedback into the room. Frank Ianetta was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to three years in prison and ten years probation. John Deacon was convicted of arson and conspiracy and was sentenced to nine years, six months in prison and ten years probation. About a year and a half later, a similar fire occurred in Everett, MA. Investigators concluded that the fire was caused by flashover. Flashover is the simultaneous combustion of anything flammable within one area. Flashover occurs when smoke consumes all of the oxygen within a room. As the oxygen decreases, the temperature increases until it reaches the "fire point," or 600 degrees celsius. The Everett flashover case resulted in similar cases to be re-examined, including Deacon/Ianettas case. This time, investigators concluded that there was no foul play after all and that flashover had occurred. John Deacon's conviction was overturned and Frank Ianetta, who had already been released nine months prior, was taken off probation. The Flashover world premiere occurred on June 13th 2008 at The Boston International Film Festival. The screening took place at the Loews/AMC Boston Common theater at 6:00PM. The mockumentary won the "Best Short Film" award at the festival. Flashover also screened on July 26th 2008 at The Woods Hole Film Festival. The screening took place at the Old Woods Hole Fire Station at 7:00PM. , Flashover_(film) 2010-08-13T17:22:46Z Flashover is a 2007 documentary film concerning the release of John Deacon from prison after he was wrongfully convicted of arson in 2005. On July 8th, 2007, April Deacon placed a want ad on craigslist asking for help in making a documentary about her father's highly publicized and heavily scrutinized release from prison. April felt that the media was treating her father unfairly and wanted to take some action to clear her innocent father's name. April and her brother Aden had already begun shooting some introductory scenes with her own Sony handi-cam. A few of these scenes were included in the film's final cut and act as an introduction to her father's story. Within a few days, a small production crew () took on her project. Paul Medico and Sean O'Connor served as directors and Amanda McGrady as producer. April also joined as producer and general consultant. The crew shot on two Canon XH-A1 High Definition cameras. Principal photography took place over four weeks from July 10th- August 7th (including April original footage). Filming took place in and around Greater Boston. April Deacon was purportedly given the final approval of the documentary, however, has publicly boycotted the final version of the film claiming that it tarnishes her father's image. March 27, 2004 an apartment building in Brockton, MA caught on fire resulting in two injured persons and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. A stove in one of the apartments malfunctioned and fed gas back into the ventilation system. The gas poured into the entire room and eventually combusted. Initial investigations revealed traces of flammable liquids soaked in various fabrics within the apartment. An arson investigation began soon after the discovery. Police targeted two men: Frank Iannetta and John Deacon. Ianetta, the owner and superintendent of the apartment building would often delegate the electrical work to John Deacon. On March 27th, John Deacon had been working on the 4th floor installing new outlets in compliance with health and safety regulations. A week before the fire, Iannetta received a 2nd notice to make a number of repairs or the building would be condemned. The investigators took Iannetta and Deacon in for questioning. Ianetta confessed to setting up the fire to collect insurance money and also claimed that Deacon had sabotaged the stove to feedback into the room. Frank Ianetta was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to three years in prison and ten years probation. John Deacon was convicted of arson and conspiracy and was sentenced to nine years, six months in prison and ten years probation. About a year and a half later, a similar fire occurred in Everett, MA. Investigators concluded that the fire was caused by flashover. Flashover is the simultaneous combustion of anything flammable within one area. Flashover occurs when smoke consumes all of the oxygen within a room. As the oxygen decreases, the temperature increases until it reaches the "fire point," or 600 degrees celsius. The Everett flashover case resulted in similar cases to be re-examined, including Deacon/Ianettas case. This time, investigators concluded that there was no foul play after all and that flashover had occurred. John Deacon's conviction was overturned and Frank Ianetta, who had already been released nine months prior, was taken off probation. The Flashover world premiere occurred on June 13th 2008 at The Boston International Film Festival. The screening took place at the Loews/AMC Boston Common theater at 6:00PM. The mockumentary won the "Best Short Film" award at the festival. Flashover also screened on July 26th 2008 at The Woods Hole Film Festival. The screening took place at the Old Woods Hole Fire Station at 7:00PM.

1902_in_Argentine_football

1902_in_Argentine_football 2012-03-01T14:01:54Z 1902 in Argentine football saw champions Alumni Athletic Club win their 3rd consecutive league championship. In international football, the Argentina national team played their first game, a 6-0 win against Uruguay in Montevideo. The first division championship was expanded to a 5-team league format, with each team playing the other twice. The Argentina national team played their first official game, a 6–0 win against Uruguay in front of 8,000 spectators in the Paso del Molino stadium in Montevideo. Lineup, 1902_in_Argentine_football 2012-08-16T23:01:48Z 1902 in Argentine football saw champions Alumni Athletic Club win their 3rd consecutive league championship. In international football, the Argentina national team played their first game, a 6-0 win against Uruguay in Montevideo. The first division championship was expanded to a 5-team league format, with each team playing the other twice. The Argentina national team played their first official game, a 6–0 win against Uruguay in front of 8,000 spectators in the Paso del Molino stadium in Montevideo. Lineup

Bollingen_Foundation

Bollingen_Foundation 2013-02-09T19:10:00Z The Bollingen Foundation was an educational foundation set up along the lines of a university press in 1945. It was named for Bollingen Tower, Carl Jung's country home in Bollingen, Switzerland. Funding was provided by Paul Mellon and his wife Mary Conover Mellon. The Foundation became inactive in 1968. Initially the foundation was dedicated to the dissemination of Jung's work, which was a particular interest of Mary Conover Mellon. The Bollingen Series of books that it sponsored now includes more than 250 related volumes. The Bollingen Foundation also awarded more than 300 fellowships. These fellowships were an important, continuing source of funding for poets like Alexis Leger and Marianne Moore, scientists like Károly Kerényi and artists like Isamu Noguchi, among many others. The Foundation also sponsored the A. W. Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art. In 1948, the foundation donated $10,000 to the Library of Congress to be used toward a $1000 Bollingen Prize for the best poetry each year. The Library of Congress fellows, who in that year included T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and Conrad Aiken, gave the 1949 prize to Ezra Pound for his 1948 Pisan Cantos. Their choice was highly controversial, in particular because of Pound's Fascist and anti-Semitic politics. Following the publication of two highly negative articles by Robert Hillyer in the Saturday Review of Literature, the United States Congress passed a resolution that effectively discontinued the involvement of the Library of Congress with the prize. The remaining funds were returned to the Foundation. In 1950, the Bollingen Prize was continued under the auspices of the Yale University Library, which awarded the 1950 prize to Wallace Stevens. In 1968, the Foundation became inactive. It was largely subsumed into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which continued funding of the Bollingen Prize. The Bollingen Series was given to Princeton University Press to carry on and complete. Over its lifetime, the Bollingen Foundation had expended about $20 million. As Thomas Bender has written, "When Paul Mellon decided in 1963 to dissolve the Bollingen Foundation, he said that the founding generation was reaching the age of retirement, and it would be hard for others to maintain the original mission and standards. What he might have said was that the Bollingen Foundation was the work of a single generation. For two decades its concerns had been at the center of Western intellectual life, but the 1960's saw a shift in the cultural preoccupations and critical concerns of intellect in the United States and Europe. "A great many texts that were issued in the original Pantheon Books version of the Bollingen Series and in early editions by Princeton University Press are now out of print, and the Princeton Press site does not provide a comprehensive list, missing some of the key texts in the series and some of the grandest in vision, e. g. The Egyptian Religious Texts series. The list below is partial and contains only those currently listed on the Princeton Site <http://press. princeton. edu/catalogs/series/bs. html> and some from LibraryThing <http://www. librarything. com/series/Bollingen+Series>. that continues to produce new volumes, Bollingen_Foundation 2014-08-29T09:48:31Z The Bollingen Foundation was an educational foundation set up along the lines of a university press in 1945. It was named for Bollingen Tower, Carl Jung's country home in Bollingen, Switzerland. Funding was provided by Paul Mellon and his wife Mary Conover Mellon. The Foundation became inactive in 1968. Initially the foundation was dedicated to the dissemination of Jung's work, which was a particular interest of Mary Conover Mellon. The Bollingen Series of books that it sponsored now includes more than 250 related volumes. The Bollingen Foundation also awarded more than 300 fellowships. These fellowships were an important, continuing source of funding for poets like Alexis Leger and Marianne Moore, scientists like Károly Kerényi and artists like Isamu Noguchi, among many others. The Foundation also sponsored the A. W. Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art. In 1948, the foundation donated $10,000 to the Library of Congress to be used toward a $1,000 Bollingen Prize for the best poetry each year. The Library of Congress fellows, who in that year included T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden and Conrad Aiken, gave the 1949 prize to Ezra Pound for his 1948 Pisan Cantos. Their choice was highly controversial, in particular because of Pound's fascist and anti-Semitic politics. Following the publication of two highly negative articles by Robert Hillyer in the Saturday Review of Literature, the United States Congress passed a resolution that effectively discontinued the involvement of the Library of Congress with the prize. The remaining funds were returned to the Foundation. In 1950, the Bollingen Prize was continued under the auspices of the Yale University Library, which awarded the 1950 prize to Wallace Stevens. In 1968, the Foundation became inactive. It was largely subsumed into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which continued funding of the Bollingen Prize. The Bollingen Series was given to Princeton University Press to carry on and complete. Over its lifetime, the Bollingen Foundation had expended about $20 million. Thomas Bender has written, When Paul Mellon decided in 1963 to dissolve the Bollingen Foundation, he said that the founding generation was reaching the age of retirement, and it would be hard for others to maintain the original mission and standards. What he might have said was that the Bollingen Foundation was the work of a single generation. For two decades its concerns had been at the center of Western intellectual life, but the 1960's saw a shift in the cultural preoccupations and critical concerns of intellect in the United States and Europe. A great many texts that were issued in the original Pantheon Books version of the Bollingen Series and in early editions by Princeton University Press are now out of print, and the Princeton Press site does not provide a comprehensive list, missing some of the key texts in the series and some of the grandest in vision, e. g. The Egyptian Religious Texts series. A list of the works in the series, complete to 1982, appears as an appendix to William McGuire's book, pp. 295-309. The list below is partial and contains only those currently listed on the Princeton site and some from LibraryThing. that continues to produce new volumes|

American Ninja Warrior

American Ninja Warrior 2014-01-13T05:29:16Z American Ninja Warrior is a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the television series Sasuke. The series began on December 12, 2009, in Los Angeles, with the top 10 competitors moving on to compete at "Mt. Midoriyama" in Japan. American Ninja Warrior succeeded G4's American Ninja Challenge as the qualifying route for Americans to enter Sasuke. Beginning with the fourth season in 2012, regional finalists and wild card competitors competed on an identical Mt. Midoriyama course in Las Vegas rather than traveling to Japan to compete on Sasuke. NBC (who owns G4) announced in September 2013 that it would air a special USA versus Japan series later that year wherein top American and Japanese competitors would go head-to-head on the Las Vegas Mt. Midoriyama course. The fifth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on June 30, 2013 on G4. The first season of American Ninja Warrior was held in Los Angeles, where hundreds of competitors came to challenge themselves against the course and qualify for a shot at making it to Japan to compete in Sasuke 23 later in the year. The special premiered on December 12, 2009, on G4 TV and was hosted by G4's Blair Herter and Alison Haislip. Notable competitors included: famed freerunners Levi "The Legend" Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco, mixed martial artist Jason "Mayhem" Miller, and Hollywood stuntman Rich King. Stage 1: only Rich King, Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco successfully completed this stage. The majority of the American Ninja Warrior competitors ran out of time. Stage 2: Levi Meeuwenberg was the only American competitor to complete this stage. Stage 3: Levi Meeuwenberg was the only American competitor to advance to this stage, but he fell on the "Shin-Cliffhanger". The second season called American Ninja Warrior 2 began on December 8, 2010 in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 15 semi-finalists moved on to the "Ninja Warrior Boot Camp" in the remote California mountains, where they competed in a series of team challenges. Then the final moved on to compete in the season finale of American Ninja Warrior 2 as a part of Sasuke 26 at Mt. Midoriyama in Japan. This season was hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison Haislip as a sideline reporter. Notable competitors this year included: professional freerunner Brent Steffensen, former American Gladiator Evan Dollard, and former Survivor contestant Ozzy Lusth. The 15 semi-finalists headed to "Ninja Warrior Boot Camp" where they were broken down into three teams: Red Dragons, White Tigers, and Blue Monkeys. From then on, 5 were eliminated from competition and 10 moved onto Mt. Midoriyama in Japan to compete in the season finale of American Ninja Warrior 2 for a chance to win $250,000 and be the first "American Ninja Warrior". The 10 finalists earned the chance to compete at Sasuke 26 (Ninja Warrior) which aired on January 2, 2011 on G4. Final 10: In order they received their American flag "colors" (bandannas): Red Dragons: White Tigers: Blue Monkeys: None of the American Ninja Warrior season 2 competitors were able to complete stage 3, but half (5 out of 10) completed stage 1 and progressed onto stage 2, where 4 out of 5 made it onto stage 3. * alternate, replaced Levi Meeuwenberg who broke his wrist during a taping of Jump City: Seattle The first and second seasons of American Ninja Warrior has a few notable differences from the Japanese ("Sasuke") version. They are: The third season began airing on July 31, 2011 on G4. Tryouts took place in May 2011 at Venice Beach, California. After the tryouts, the top 15 competitors competed in Ninja Warrior Boot Camp with the top 10 moving on to Japan for the finals of the competition as apart of Sasuke 27 and a chance at becoming the first American to conquer the course and win a $500,000 endorsement deal with K-Swiss. No competitors made it beyond stage 3. The final episode aired on August 22, 2011 as a two-hour primetime special on NBC. This season was once again hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with Haislip as a sideline reporter. Notable competitors this year included Denver Broncos wide receiver Matt Willis, professional freerunners Tim "Livewire" Shieff (2009 World Champion) and Michael "Frosti" Zernow (who competed in Survivor: China and Jump City: Seattle). The fourth season of American Ninja Warrior began airing on May 20, 2012 on both G4 and NBC. There were six regional competitions held in three locations: Venice Beach, CA (Southwest and Northwest), Dallas, TX (Midwest and Midsouth), and Miami, FL (Northeast and Southeast) that determined the 100 competitors to participate in the qualifying rounds. The winner of the ANW Season Four competition receives $500,000 and the coveted "American Ninja Warrior" title. The season finale, held in Las Vegas, NV, was the first time that Mt. Midoriyama was held on U.S. soil. Submission videos for American Ninja Warrior Season 4 have been collected since January 25, 2012. This season was again hosted by Matt Iseman, with a new host, skier Jonny Moseley, and newcomer Angela Sun as the sideline reporter. Notable competitors this year included film actor William Moseley, Tennessee Titans defensive end Kamerion Wimbley, stuntman Dan Mast, "Roam" (a.k.a. A.J. Amores) and "Chairman Platinum" from MMO video game company Artix Entertainment, freerunners from Jump City: Seattle David "Young Flip" Rodriguez and Drew Drechsel, and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player Bull Bullard. 100 finalists made it out of the regional competitions and were invited to Las Vegas. The fifth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on June 30, 2013 on G4 with subsequent shows airing on NBC and G4. Notably, the sideboard advertising along the course listed Esquire Network as the broadcaster as the fourth season was to premiere after G4's transition to Esquire on April 22, 2013. The network switch was eventually delayed to September 23, 2013 and Esquire took over Style Network's channel space instead. Because of this, additional reruns of the season aired on Saturday nights on NBC through the summer, to maintain ratings momentum due to G4's lame duck status, with ANW being their only new program since they wound down all their original programming in January 2013. Regional competitions were held in the following four locations to determine the 100 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA; Baltimore, MD; Miami, FL; and Denver, CO. Tryouts for the season began in February 2013, with the last of the regional rounds taking place the following May. The winner of the ANW Season Five competition receives $500,000 and the coveted "American Ninja Warrior" title. Like the previous season, the season finale will be held in Las Vegas, NV, making the U.S. version of Mt. Midoriyama its permanent home. The season is again hosted by Matt Iseman, with two newcomers, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown as the sideline reporter. Notable competitors this year included: Tennessee Titans safety Jordan Babineaux, freerunners from Jump City: Seattle Brian Orosco, Michael "Frosti" Zernow, David "Flip" Rodriguez, Drew Drechsel, Jake Smith and Brent Steffensen (the first American to complete stage 2). His run ended on stage 3 the "Ultimate Cliffhanger" obstacle), Sasuke (TV series) & ANW veteran David Campbell, stunt-woman Jessie Graff (first woman in ANW history to make it to a regional finals ), personal trainer/former American Gladiator "Venom" Beth Horn, world champion freerunner Tim "Livewire" Shieff, Harlem Globetrotter William "Bull" Bullard, "Artix" (a.k.a. Adam Bohn) from the video game studio Artix Entertainment, Olympic Gold Medalist runners Dee Dee Trotter and Lauryn Williams, Olympic Silver Medalist heptathlon athlete Hyleas Fountain, 7th grade English teacher Colby Frontiero, Emergency Room physician Noah Kaufman, MD who reduced another competitor's dislocated shoulder (Alan Connealy,) former National Guardsman & ANW veteran Ryan Stratis, professional MMA fighter Jason Soares, Olympic silver medalist gymnast Terin Humphrey, former professional snowboarder Graham Watanabe, professional UFC MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter season 14 winner John Dodson, and former NFL player Shawne Merriman. This was the first season where females attempted the Warped Wall (obstacle #6) of a course. Nina Muckelroy made it to the Warped Wall in the Denver qualifying course. Jessie Graff fell in the Flying Nunchucks (obstacle #5) during Venice qualifying but advanced in 30th position and reached the Warped Wall of the Venice finals. Both were unable to get up the wall in the 3 attempts given. No one defeated Stage 3, but Brian Arnold fell on the last obstacle, the Flying Bar, making him the farthest-going American on the Mt. Midoriyama course since Kane Kosugi reached the final stage on SASUKE 8. He also made it farther than any competitor in American Ninja Warrior history, surpassing Brent Steffensen, who failed on the Hang Climb in Stage 3 the previous season. During the finale for season 5 of American Ninja Warrior, NBC announced that a special USA vs. Japan matchup premieres on January 13, 2014 at 8pm EST. The two-hour special will feature five of the top American and Japanese Ninja Warrior competitors facing off at Mt. Midoriyama on American course in Las Vegas, Nevada. The American team represented by Brent Steffensen, Paul Kasemir, James McGrath, Travis Rosen and Brian Arnold will compete against five Japanese stars from Sasuke (the original Ninja Warrior) series: Shingo Yamamoto, Yuji Urushihara, Ryo Matachi, Hitoshi Kanno, and Kazuma Asa. , American Ninja Warrior 2015-12-24T22:41:19Z American Ninja Warrior is a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the Japanese television series Sasuke, in which competitors try to complete a series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty called "stages". The series began on December 12, 2009, in Los Angeles, with the top 10 competitors moving on to compete at "Mount Midoriyama" in Japan. Beginning with season 4, competitors travel to the Las Vegas strip to compete on a nearly identical "Mount Midoriyama" course. During season 7, for the first time in American Ninja Warrior history, a competitor achieved "Total Victory". Two competitors completed stage three, and thus, a Man vs. Man face off took place during stage 4 for the title. Both Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten completed the final stage, however, Caldiero had a faster time, resulting in the $1,000,000 grand prize and the official title of "First American Ninja Warrior". American Ninja Warrior has been renewed for an 8th season, which is set to premiere in summer 2016. American Ninja Warrior succeeded G4's American Ninja Challenge as the qualifying route for Americans to enter Sasuke. Beginning with the fourth season in 2012, regional finalists and wild card competitors competed on a nearly identical Mount Midoriyama course in Las Vegas, Nevada, rather than traveling to Japan to compete on Sasuke. American Ninja Warrior was originally hosted by G4's American television personality Blair Herter and actress and former TV correspondent Alison Haislip. In the second season, American actor, comedian, and television host Matt Iseman joined the show, replacing former host, Blair Herter. Additionally, Jimmy Smith was brought in as a co-host, while Alison Haislip was demoted to sideline reporter. The panel remained the same throughout season 3. For season 4, skier Jonny Moseley was brought in as a new co-host, replacing Jimmy Smith. Also, American journalist, sportscaster, and documentary filmmaker Angela Sun replaced former sideline reporter, Alison Haislip. For season 5, two newcomers were added. Former NFL football player and sports analyst Akbar Gbaja-Biamila replaced season 4 co-host, Jonny Moseley, while ESPN sportscaster and model Jenn Brown replaced Angela Sun as sideline reporter. The season 5 panel remained the same through season 6. For season 7, while CBS Sports reporter Kristine Leahy joined the show as the new sideline reporter and co-host, replacing Jenn Brown. The current panel consists of Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Kristine Leahy. † There was no sideline reporter in season 1. Potential contestants go through a rigorous series of steps before the possibility of becoming the next American Ninja Warrior. Over 3,500 athletes have attempted to conquer Mount Midoriyama and become an American Ninja Warrior since the series began in 2009. There are many requirements possible contestants have to meet before participating at a regional qualifier. Contestants must be legal residents of the United States of America, and in decent physical shape. There is no upper age-limit, however participants must be at least 21 years old. Applicants must be able to participate in a regional qualifying round, and must be able to possibly participate in the Vegas Finals. Contestants have to fill out a 20-page questionnaire and make a video about themselves. The required length of the video has differed over the years. Past seasons' videos were required to be between 5 and 8 minutes, but was reduced to 2-3 minutes in length for season 7 and 8. Producers select 100 applicants from each region to participate in their regional qualifiers. 20 "walk-ons" that have waited up to weeks are also selected by producers to get a chance on the course as well. Over 3,000 people applied to compete in season 6. The average successful Ninja is about 5’ 8” and 155 pounds. The first and second seasons of American Ninja Warrior had a few notable differences from the Japanese ("Sasuke") version. They are: Mount Midoriyama is the finals course for American Ninja Warrior. It consists of four stages, each containing various obstacles. Competitors must complete all of the 23 obstacles. Should they complete the first three stages, competitors will advance to Stage 4, where competitors attempt to climb the 8-story Mount Midoriyama. In 30 seconds or less, competitors must successfully ascend the 75-foot rope climb. Stage 1 consists of obstacles that test the competitors' agility and speed. The first stage is timed and only the competitors who complete it within the time limit and without falling into the water will advance to stage 2. Stage 2 consists of obstacles that test the competitors' strength and speed. Competitors must complete challenges that strain their upper-body strength (such as the Salmon Ladder) without running out of time. Just as in the first stage, only the competitors that finish within the time limit and without falling into the water move on to Stage 3. Stage 3 consists of obstacles that test the competitors' upper body and grip strength. It is the only stage in Mt. Midoriyama that has no time limit. Like Stage 1 and 2, only the competitors that complete Stage 3 move on. Stage 4 of Mt. Midoriyama is a 77 foot rope climb that competitors must complete in under 30 seconds. The first season of American Ninja Warrior was held in Los Angeles, where hundreds of competitors came to challenge themselves against the course and qualify for a shot at making it to Japan to compete in Sasuke 23 later in the year. The special premiered on December 12, 2009, on G4 TV and was hosted by G4's Blair Herter and Alison Haislip. Notable competitors this season included freerunners Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco, mixed martial artist Jason "Mayhem" Miller, and Hollywood stuntman Rich King. Out of the 10 Americans that qualified to compete at Mount Midoriyama in Japan, only Rich King, Levi Meeuwenberg and Brian Orosco successfully completed Stage 1. The majority of the American Ninja Warrior competitors ran out of time or failed the obstacles. Levi Meeuwenberg was the only American competitor to complete Stage 2. The sole American competitor on Stage 3, he fell on the "Shin-Cliffhanger", and his run came to an end. The second season premiered on December 8, 2010 on G4 and concluded on January 2, 2011. It began in Venice Beach, California where 300 competitors took on the course. The 15 semi-finalists moved on to the "Ninja Warrior Boot Camp" in the remote California mountains, where they competed in a series of team challenges. Then the final moved on to compete in the season finale of American Ninja Warrior 2 as a part of Sasuke 26 at Mount Midoriyama in Japan. No competitor made it beyond Stage 3. This season was again hosted by Matt Iseman and Jimmy Smith, with G4's Alison Haislip as a sideline reporter. The third season began airing on July 31, 2011 on G4 and concluded with the finale airing on August 22, 2011.as a two-hour primetime special on NBC. Tryouts took place in May 2011 at Venice Beach, California. After the tryouts, the top 15 competitors competed in Ninja Warrior Boot Camp with the top 10 moving on to Japan for the finals of the competition as a part of Sasuke 27 and a chance at becoming the first American to conquer the course and win a $500,000 endorsement deal with K-Swiss. No competitors made it beyond stage 3. The fourth season of American Ninja Warrior began airing on May 20, 2012 on both G4 and NBC. There were six regional competitions held in three locations: Venice Beach, CA (Southwest and Northwest), Dallas, TX (Midwest and Midsouth), and Miami, FL (Northeast and Southeast) that determined the 100 competitors to participate in the qualifying rounds. The winner of the ANW Season Four competition receives $500,000 and the coveted "American Ninja Warrior" title. The season finale, held in Las Vegas, NV, was the first time that Mount Midoriyama was held on U.S. soil. Submission videos for American Ninja Warrior Season 4 had been collected since January 25, 2012. The entire format was changed as well - regional qualifiers in different parts of the country were aired and the Mt. Midoriyama course was recreated just off the Las Vegas Strip for the national finals. The regional qualifiers would narrow down its selections down to 30 contestants who finished its qualifying course in the fastest time as well as the contestants who finished the furthest the fastest. Qualifying obstacles would include common Stage 1 obstacles such as the Quintuple steps and the Warped wall, but its contents would change from city to city. The 30 contestants were then cut in half in the regional finals where the course would extend to include common Stage 2 and Stage 3 obstacles such as the Salmon Ladder, Cliffhanger and Body Prop. The 90 contestants who qualified (including wild cards) earned tickets to Las Vegas to challenge Mt. Midoriyama. This season was again hosted by Matt Iseman, with a new host, skier Jonny Moseley, and newcomer Angela Sun as the sideline reporter. The fifth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on June 30, 2013 on G4 with subsequent shows airing on NBC and G4. Notably, the sideboard advertising along the course listed Esquire Network as the broadcaster as the fifth season was to premiere after G4's transition to Esquire on April 22, 2013. The network switch was eventually delayed to September 23, 2013 and Esquire took over Style Network's channel space instead. Because of this, additional reruns of the season aired on Saturday nights on NBC through the summer, to maintain ratings momentum due to G4's lame duck status, with ANW being their only new program since they wound down all their original programming in January 2013. Regional competitions were held in Venice Beach, CA; Baltimore, MD; Miami, FL; and Denver, CO. Tryouts for the season began in February 2013, and ended with the last of the regional rounds taking place the following May. The finale was once again held in Las Vegas, NV. The season is again hosted by Matt Iseman, while two newcomers joined the panel; co-host Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and sideline reporter Jenn Brown. No one defeated Stage 3, but Brian Arnold fell on the last obstacle, the Flying Bar, making him the farthest-going American on the Mount Midoriyama course since Kane Kosugi reached the final stage on SASUKE 8. The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on May 25, 2014 on NBC with subsequent shows airing on Monday nights at 9:00pm EST and Tuesday nights at 8:00pm EST on Esquire Network. Regional competitions were held Venice Beach, CA, Dallas, TX, St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL and Denver, CO. The season finale was again held in Las Vegas, NV, the permanent home of the U.S. version of Mount Midoriyama. This season was hosted by commentators Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, with Jenn Brown as the sideline reporter. Notable competitors this season included The Biggest Loser personal trainer Kim Lyons, U.S. Olympic gymnasts Jonathan Horton and Terin Humphrey, among others. Female competitor Kacy Catanzaro became the first female to make it up the "Warped Wall" in the Dallas Qualifiers. Later in the Dallas Finals, she became the first woman to complete that finals course in 8 minutes, 59 seconds. Again, no competitor achieved "total victory." The seventh season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. Hosts Matt Iseman & Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their respective sixth and third seasons while newcomer Kristine Leahy joined as sideline reporter, replacing Jenn Brown. In addition, this season's grand prize was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The season concluded on September 14th, 2015 with a total victory: Geoff Britten was the first to attempt Stage 4, however, Isaac Caldiero achieved the stage 4 rope climb in a faster time and was awarded the grand prize of $1,000,000 and the title of "First American Ninja Warrior" American Ninja Warrior has been renewed for an 8th consecutive season and will premiere in 2016. Executive producer, Kent Weed, has stated that new obstacles will be added, as well as a few changes to the course. During the Season 5 finale of American Ninja Warrior, NBC announced that a special USA vs. Japan matchup would take place, the first-ever team competition in American Ninja Warrior's history. The two-hour special premiered on January 13, 2014 at 8pm EST on NBC and matched five Japanese Sasuke All-Stars and New Stars - heroes of the original Ninja Warrior - against five American stars representing American Ninja Warrior at the American reconstruction of the Mount Midoriyama course in Las Vegas. At stake was the United States vs. Japan championship; also branded as the first world championship for Sasuke/American Ninja Warrior, and a trophy to match. The special featured American Ninja Warrior's regular broadcasting crew: analysts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila along with sideline reporter Jenn Brown. The teams faced off on each stage in turn, with each stage hosting its own round of five one-on-one matches and no competitor allowed to run the same stage twice. The first national team to win three matches out of five earned the point(s) for that stage. Stage One was worth one point, while Stage Two was worth two points and Stage Three was worth three. In the event of a 3-3 tie after the first three stages, the tiebreaker would be a one-off showdown where each country would pick one team member for a race to the top of the Final Stage. The winners of the special were the Americans, winning 6-0 over Japan. Rosters During the Season 6 finale, NBC announced that another special entitled USA vs. The World matchup would take place in Las Vegas under a new format. On September 15, Team USA competed against a returning Team Japan, and a new team, Team Europe. This was the "Second Annual International Competition" that pitted top competitors from the United States 'American Ninja Warrior', Japan Ninja Warrior (Sasuke),and also European All Stars. . The three-hour special aired on September 15, 2014 on NBC with an encore to air September 16, 2014 on Esquire. The special once again was hosted by hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila as well as sideline reporter Jenn Brown. Rosters Team rosters were revealed late summer 2014. Highlights Joe Moravsky beat Brent Steffenson's record (from ANW4) for the fastest time in Stage 1, beating Steffenson's time of 1:14.53 with a time of 1:12.72. However, Tim Shieff beat Moravsky's time in a subsequent heat by finishing in 1:02.70 - the fastest time ever on Stage 1 in ANW history. Travis Rosen achieved the fastest time by an American on Stage 2 with 1:48.00, but Sean McColl finished with a time of 1:46.51, the fastest of the season. All three Americans (Travis Rosen, Elet Hall, and Brian Arnold) completed Stage 2, with Sean McColl also completing it for Team Europe. Yusuke Morimoto made ANW history by becoming the first athlete to ever finish Stage 3 with a time of 5:38.91. Stefano Ghisolfi also completed Stage 3 in the same heat, beating Morimoto's time finishing in 4:46.89. Ryo Matachi followed by becoming the third athlete to complete Stage 3 with a time of 5:04.67. In the last run of Stage 3, Brian Arnold became the second American athlete to complete the stage (after Kane Kosugi did it in Sasuke 8) with a time of 4:39.90, the fastest time of the four finishers. Arnold's finish moved the USA into a tie with Team Europe, forcing a deciding tiebreak on Stage 4. For the first time in ANW history, the athletes competed on Stage 4. Travis Rosen was selected as the first competitor on ANW to attempt the final stage and he made it all the way up Mt. Midoriyama's 90-foot tower with a 77-foot rope with a time of 0:35.77. However, Sean McColl beat Rosen's time by 3/10th of a second (0:00.31), winning the competition for Team Europe as they became the World Champions of ANW. Rosen missed on his first attempt at hitting the buzzer at the end of the rope climb. Following the season 7 finale, NBC announced that another USA vs. The World matchup would again take place in Las Vegas. It will be the second such worldwide special to unite ANW alumni, Sasuke all-stars, and European competitors. The three-hour special will air on January 31, 2016, on NBC. It is to be hosted by the current American Ninja Warrior hosts, Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and co-host Kristine Leahy. Rosters Team rosters were revealed in December, 2015. On October 9, 2015, Esquire Network announced the first ever spin-off of American Ninja Warrior. Team Ninja Warrior will feature 24 groups of three. The teams will include "some of the greatest ninja competitors from past seasons of American Ninja Warrior." The teams will compete against each other during three grueling stages. The two teams with the fastest times will advance to the finale where one group will be crowned Team Ninja Warrior champions and receive a cash prize. The series was taped from October 21-23, 2015 in Long Beach, CA. The series premiere is set to air on January 19, 2016, with a total of eight, hour-long episodes, exclusively on Esquire Network. The spin-off will be hosted by current Ninja Warrior hosts, Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, as well as actor and journalist, Alex Curry. Obstacles confirmed to appear in the series include the "Sonic Rope", "Flying Shelf Grab", "Double Jump Hang", as well as the "Dual Warped Wall." Currently, many competitors have been announced as well as a few teams. Teams consist of two men and one woman. Former ANW competitors confirmed to participate are Geoff Britten, Brent Steffensen, Kacy Catanzaro, Flip Rodriguez, Brian Arnold, Joe Moravsky, Jessie Graff, Kevin Bull and Lance Pekus. As of December 2015, only three teams have been announced. A † indicates team captain. The teams are as follows:

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John_Fullerton_Evetts 2008-12-30T16:21:26Z Lieutenant-General Sir John Fullerton Evetts MC CB CBE (1891-1988) was a career soldier of the British Army. He was educated at Lancing College, Sussex, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst before being commissioned into The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1911. He fought on the Western Front during World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross. He commanded British troops in Palestine from 1935-1939, during the Arab revolt. During World War II he commanded the Western (Independent) District, India, as well as being a divisional Commander. He was Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1942-1944) and was awarded the US Legion of Merit in 1943. He retired in 1946 and was knighted in 1951. This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , John_Fullerton_Evetts 2010-02-24T09:18:23Z Lieutenant-General Sir John Fullerton Evetts CB, CBE, MC (1891 – 1988) was a career soldier of the British Army. Educated at Lancing College, Sussex, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Evetts was commissioned into The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1911. He fought on the Western Front during World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross. He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office from 1932 and then Commanding Officer of the 1st battalion Royal Ulster Rifles from 1934. He commanded 16th Infantry Brigade in Palestine from 1935 to 1939, during the Arab revolt. During World War II he was a Brigadier on the General Staff of Northern Command in India from 1939 and then he commanded the Western (Independent) District in India from 1940. He was General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division in North Africa from 1941. He was Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1942 and Senior Military Advisor to the Minister of Supply from 1944. He retired in 1946. In retirement he became Managing Director and then Chairman of Rotol Limited and British Messier. This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Brad Keselowski

Brad Keselowski 2008-02-22T06:09:42Z Bradley Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an auto racing car driver currently competing in the #88 US Navy Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for JR Motorsports. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother Brian also competes in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Keselowski began competing in NASCAR in 2004, when he began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #29 Ford F-150 for his family-owned K Automotive Racing team. He made his debut at Martinsville Speedway, where he started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, his best finish coming at Mansfield, where he finished 16th. Keselowski ended the season 34th in the final points standings. In 2005, Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time with backing from SUBcrews.com and Samson Stone. He opened the season with a career-best seventh-place finish at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Running every race that season, he finished 21st in points. He ran the first two races of 2006 for K, finishing sixteenth at California Speedway, before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations. Keselowski then drove a pair of races filling in for the injured Kelly Sutton, where he had a seventh-place start at Memphis Motorsports Park. He returned to the trucks in August, where he finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway driving the #63 for MB Motorsports. He also announced he would run several races for Keith Coleman Racing in the Busch Series. He failed to qualify in his first race with the team at Bristol, but than rebounded to qualify in his next 7 straight races. In 2007, Keselowski began running in the NASCAR Busch series full time and for Rookie of the Year honors with Coleman, but the team suspended operations in July. During the 2007 racing season, Keselowski was tabbed to replace Ted Musgrave at Memphis Motorsports Park after Musgrave was suspended for an in race scuffle with another driver. He was among the fastest on the track all weekend. He qualified first for the Saturday night race, and led a majority of the race. With about 9 laps to go, Keselowski was leading when he came off turn four and got bumped by Travis Kvapil, who claimed the contact was 'accidental'. Keselowski finished 16th. He qualified thirty-third and finished 14th. He drove the #88 for JR Motorsports for the rest of the year, posting five top-ten finishes. He will continue to drive for JR in 2008., Brad Keselowski 2009-12-27T21:55:15Z Bradley "Brad" Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an auto racing car driver currently competing in the #12 Penske Racing Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company Dodge Charger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing. He previously drove for JR Motorsports from 2007 to 2009 in the Nationwide Series and for Phoenix Racing and Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother Brian competes part-time in both the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the Nationwide Series. Keselowski began competing in NASCAR in 2004, when he began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #29 for his family-owned K Automotive Racing team. He made his debut at Martinsville Speedway, where he started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, his best finish coming at Mansfield, where he finished 16th. In 2005, Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time with backing from SUBcrews.com and Samson Stone. He opened the season with a career-best seventh-place finish at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Running every race that season, he finished 21st in points. He ran the first two races of 2006 for K-Automotive, finishing sixteenth at California Speedway, before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations. Keselowski then drove a pair of races filling in for the injured Kelly Sutton, where he had a seventh-place start at Memphis Motorsports Park. He returned to the Trucks in August, where he finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway driving the #63 for MB Motorsports. In 2007, Keselowski began running in the NASCAR Busch series full time and for Rookie of the Year honors with Keith Coleman Racing, but the team suspended operations in July. During the 2007 racing season, Keselowski was tabbed by Germain Racing to replace Ted Musgrave at Memphis Motorsports Park after Musgrave was suspended for an in race scuffle with another driver in Milwaukee. He qualified first for the Saturday night race, and led a majority of the race, but got bumped by Travis Kvapil with about nine laps to go. Keselowski finished 16th. Shortly afterwards, he was called by car owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr to drive his #88 United States Navy Chevrolet for JR Motorsports for the rest of the year in the Busch Series, posting five top-ten finishes. Keselowski re-signed with JR in 2008, and got his first win came June 7, 2008 at Nashville Superspeedway, overcoming Clint Bowyer after the final caution in the closing laps of the race. His second Nationwide career win came in the same fashion at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22, 2008. He ended the season third in the points standings, the highest finish by a full-time Nationwide Series-only driver. Late in the season, Keselowski was hired to drive the #25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for two races with Hendrick Motorsports. Keselowski was on stand-by for an ill Jeff Gordon in Kansas and for expectant father Casey Mears at Talladega that season as well. Keselowski made his Cup series debut at Texas after failing to qualify twice due to rainouts. He finished the Dickies 500 in 19th position, and 23rd in the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway. Keselowski will continue driving the 88 for JR in 2009 as well as competing in a limited Cup schedule. He will drive the #25 in seven races, and is scheduled to drive the #09 Phoenix Racing in ten races, but so far he has only attempted the Daytona 500, where he did not qualify and the Aarons 499, where he won in just his fifth career Cup start. Keselowski pulled off an upset and earned his first Sprint Cup win during the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega. He and Carl Edwards were dueling for the win on the final lap, with Keselowski running second until the final stretch when Edwards, who had been trying to keep Keselowski behind him by blocking, hit the front of Keselowski's car as he attempted to keep the block on and crashed, becoming airborne and hitting the catch fencing surrounding the track. Keselowski won in his fifth career start (third start in 2009) and led his first career Sprint Cup lap, Lap 188 (in fact the only lap he led the entire race). It was the first time since May 2007 a driver had won his first career win in a major, and the first win in the Aaron's 499 by a first-time driver since Phil Parsons 21 years ago. It was also the first time a driver's first ever lap led was to win the race. In the pass through the tri-oval, Brad went high to try and fake Carl Edwards out. When Edwards went high to block, Brad went low to pass. Edwards went to block thinking that he was clear, however, Edwards' left rear quarter panel hit the right front of Keselowski's car. Brad Keselowski did not go down due to the circumstances at the race last year involving Regan Smith and the yellow line (Smith passed Tony Stewart below the yellow line to finish first, but lost the win, even when he was forced to go down). Edwards went spinning and Keselowski won the race. It appears that his win in Talladega has earned him more seat time in the James Finch-owned Chevy. Originally scheduled to appear next in the 18th race of the season, at Daytona International Speedway, is now scheduled to appear in the upcoming race at Richmond International Raceway. Keselowski will now race the Sprint All-Star Race as well. He was forced to pull out of the Richmond race due to commitments to his Nationwide series team. Keselowski got his third Nationwide victory at Dover. Kyle Busch cut a tire on the restart, second-place Joey Logano rammed Busch and Keselowski passed them both. After taking a gamble and staying out past his "pit-window," Keselowski garnered his fourth win at the first ever Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway after battling Kyle Busch to take over and maintain first position. Keselowski finishing first over Kyle Busch made Busch tie his record of nine consecutive top 2 finishes. Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch dominated Michigan, but Keselowski came on top when momentum broke between the two, allowing Keselowski to pick up a victory in his home state. In the 2009 Amp Energy 500, Brad was pushed into future teammate Kurt Busch by Brian Vickers on the last lap causing Mark Martin to flip over. In the Phoenix Nationwide race, he wrecked Denny Hamlin in response to Hamlin making hard contact with Keselowski the previous lap. A week later, Hamlin returned the favor by wrecking Keselowski at Homestead in the Natiowide race, Keselowski was able to keep his car off of the wall and continue with the aid of an extra set of tires granted by NASCAR due to the incident being not of Keselowski's own doing. Reports have surfaced that Keselowski will leave JR Motorsports and Phoenix Racing after the 2009 season to drive the #12 Dodge for Penske Racing. NASCAR.com reported that the deal had gone through but no confirmation has been made yet. Keselowski announced on August 27, 2009 that he would be leaving the #88 Nationwide car at the end of the season, but refused to comment on whether the reports of him going to Penske were true or not. Those reports were confirmed days later as Penske announced that not only would he drive full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, but also in the Nationwide series with teammate Justin Algaier. Keselowski formed his own race team in 2007. The team began competing in the Truck Series in 2008. Brad drove the #19 Chevy himself and earned the team's first Top 10 finish. 2009 2009 2008 bradracing.com

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City F.C. 2010-01-01T14:33:27Z Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England, (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers). They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-western portion of the City. Gary Johnson has been the team's manager since 23 September 2005, succeeding Brian Tinnion. They were promoted to the Coca-Cola Championship in the 2006-07 season after finishing second in League One but failed to make a second consecutive promotion to the Premier League after they were defeated by Hull City in the Championship Play-Offs. Bristol City won the Welsh Cup - despite being an English team - in 1934. In 1907 they finished runners-up in Football League Division One, which is their highest-ever final position. In 1982, Bristol City became the first English team to suffer three successive relegations but by 1990 they were back in the Second Division. Another relegation followed in 1995, when City finished second from bottom in the new Second Division, and a return to that division three years later lasted just one season. Most of their seasons between 1999 and 2006 were spent challenging for promotion in the upper half of the division. The club's nickname is "The Robins", and a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994. Official club merchandise, including replica kits, still has a label showing a robin. A recent attempt by the club to alter the club's badge was abandoned after the club was criticized fiercely by fans. Bristol City currently play at Ashton Gate stadium in the Ashton/Bedminster area of the city of Bristol, which has an all-seater capacity of 21,497. The club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional and changed its name to Bristol City. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. Their first game in the Football League was against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 7 September, 1901. City won 2–0. They first entered Division 1 in 1906 as Second Division champions, and as newcomers became known as the "Bristol Babies", a nickname that would last into the thirties. They were runners-up to Newcastle in their first season in the top flight, and in 1909 reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester United at the Crystal Palace in London. But these achievements were not consistent, and in 1911 City were relegated back to the Second Division. They have not repeated the heights of the 1906-1909 era since, and did not even return to the top flight for 65 years. The 1920s were a rocky time as City bounced between the Second Division and the Southern Section of the Third Division. By the 1930s they had slumped into the lower division, and stayed that way until the Second World War. Harry Dolman became chairman in 1949, a post he would hold for over 30 years. An engineer who had bought out the firm he worked for, he designed the first set of floodlights installed at Ashton Gate in the early 1950s. The late 1950s were a better time for City, with a five year stay in the Second Division, a league they returned to for a further spell in 1965. In 1967 Alan Dicks was appointed manager, and things gradually began to improve. Promotion to the First Division was finally achieved in 1976, ending a 65-year exile from the top flight. City's second stint in the top flight was less successful and memorable than the club's first, with 13th position in 1979 being their highest finish during this era. Stars of this era included Geoff Merrick, Tom Ritchie, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Trevor Tainton and Jimmy Mann. City were relegated back to the Second Division in 1980, but this was only the beginning of their problems. Debts mounted and losses increased, with two successive relegations following. In 1982, City fell into the Fourth Division and were declared bankrupt. However, a new company - BCFC (1982) Ltd - was set up to allow the club to continue playing. The club's survival was confirmed when eight highly-paid senior players (the 'Ashton Gate Eight') accepted redundancy. These players, who all agreed to half their contract if they left the club, were: Julian Marshall, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Peter Aitken, Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Gerry Sweeney and Trevor Tainton. City spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before winning promotion under Terry Cooper in 1984. They consolidated themselves in the Third Division during the later part of the 1980s, and in 1990 Cooper's successor Joe Jordan achieved promotion as Third Division runners-up. This was easily the most successful footballing year to date for the city of Bristol, as neighbours Bristol Rovers were also promoted to the Second Division as champions. Jordan moved to Heart of Midlothian in September 1990, and his successor Jimmy Lumsden remained in charge for 18 months before making way for Denis Smith. Smith's first signing was the 20-year-old Arsenal striker Andy Cole, who was an instant hit with fans and quickly established himself as one of the finest goalscoring talents ever to wear a Bristol City shirt. But he was sold to Newcastle United in February 1993 and later established himself as a world class goalscorer, most prominently with Manchester United, where he collected five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the European Cup. Meanwhile, City remained in the new Division One (no longer the Second Division after the creation of the Premier League in 1992) and Smith moved to Oxford United in November 1993. His successor Russell Osman was sacked within a year, being a very unpopular figure with fans. One of Osman's few successful moments with City came in January 1994 when he led them to a shock 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. Joe Jordan was brought back to Ashton Gate in September 1994, but was unable to prevent relegation to Division Two. Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City's relegation, but left in June 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers manager John Ward took over, and achieved promotion in 1998 as Division Two runners-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson. City were relegated in bottom place and Lennartsson was dismissed in favour of Gillingham's Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before being dismissed as manager of perhaps the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of successive relegations almost 20 years earlier. Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most prominent manager to take charge of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th place finish in 1999. City were regular Division Two playoff contestants during Wilson's spell as manager. City tasted the agony of failing to reach them in 2002, although he paid back his debt by almost making automatic promotion, and winning the LDV Vans trophy in Cardiff in 2003. The taste of the play-offs was bitter though, losing to rivals Cardiff City 1-0 on aggregate in the semi-final. In his final year - 2004 - they reached the final, but lost to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked within days and replaced by veteran player Brian Tinnion. City failed to make the playoffs in Tinnion's first season as manager, and he stepped down in September 2005 after a 7-1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City. This rounded off a dismal start to the season in which City's form had slumped even further despite the addition of high profile players including Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges. Yeovil manager Gary Johnson was recruited as his successor. Johnson arrived in September 2005, making the move from Yeovil Town, with whom he had gained two promotions. His first game in charge (only hours after meeting the squad) saw City win away at Brentford 3-2. After a short spell of decent results, City were plunged into the relegation mire, enduring a club record of nine successive defeats, leaving them at the foot of League One. Much criticism was aimed at Gary Johnson at this time; the Chairman of Bristol City Supporters Club labelled him a 'Conference Manager' and contended that he was 'totally out of his depth'. The run was brought to an end with a 2-0 victory at home to Huddersfield on 10 December. City then lost just three of their next 16 games, and this fine run of form was capped with a 6-0 win over Gillingham, in which defender Louis Carey scored a brace. This was City's largest league win since late 1969, and was an encouraging sign of things to come, although they didn't quite make playoffs in 2006. Despite a slow start to the following season, which saw a vocal minority of fans calling for Johnson to be sacked after a 4-2 home defeat by Blackpool(who were eventually also promoted), City were in the top six of League One by November and at the end of the month began an 11-match unbeaten run which drove them to the top of the division. They also hit the headlines with an impressive FA Cup run, being knocked out in the 4th round on penalties after a replay in which they held Premiership side Middlesbrough to a 2-2 draw in both ties. They knocked out Championship side Coventry City in the 3rd round. They also reached the Southern Area Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, but were knocked out over two legs by local rivals Bristol Rovers after a 0-0 draw at Ashton Gate and a Rickie Lambert goal condemned the Robins to a 1-0 aggregate defeat in the 2nd leg. Promotion to the Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 3-1 win over doomed Rotherham. David Noble scored two goals and Alex Russell scored once, securing runners-up place in the division and resulting in automatic promotion and joyous scenes of celebration in the city and even more so on the pitch at the full time whistle.2007-08 is the first season in almost a decade that has seen Bristol City playing at this level of English football. In the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre season form didn't start well, losing 4–2 to Forest Green Rovers. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3–0. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3–0 to Barnsley before beating a variety of big name teams including Sheffield United live on Sky Sports and Southampton. In November City's form dipped and they endured a run of 4 games without a win, including a 6–0 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day when they lost to West Brom 4–1. After a stop start run of form including victories over Blackpool and Coventry and losses to QPR and Crystal Palace city went top of the Championship on March 1 after a 2–1 home victory over Hull City. After a poor run of form city went back to the top after a last gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2–1 win over Norwich City. However a poor run of form ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place. On 4 May 2008, a 3–0 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a play-off place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008 a 4–2 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley, where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City. After a poor start in the first half of the 2008–09 season, City recovered after Christmas. After winning 4–2 away at Watford on Boxing Day, they went on to take 13 points from five games in early 2009 to reach 8th place in the league by early February. City had a memorable away victory against Reading which saw them jump up to their highest position of the season to 4th. After a lot of draws, the season eventually petered out and City finished the season in 10th place. Bristol City have played in red and white since the 1890s, occasionally also including black. The 2009-2010 season's kit, made by Puma (in the 4th of a 4 year deal) has a red shirt with white trim on the chest. Puma logos are on each shoulder. The away shirt is of a different design. It's black with black stripes down the right side of the underarm. The shirts are sponsored by DAS and Blackthorn. It is unlikely there will be a third strip this season. 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. Bristol City play at Ashton Gate in the south-west of Bristol, just south of the River Avon. The ground has an all-seated capacity of about 21,500, with an effective capacity (depending on how many away tickets are allocated, and how they are segregated) of around 19,100. It was the home of Bedminster F.C. until the 1900 merger, and the merged team played some games there the following season, but it did not become the permanent home of Bristol City until 1904. In the past plans were considered for expansion work to be carried out at Ashton Gate. There were also proposals to build a new 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. This was turned down in a local referendum in December 2000. In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a new 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City, Rovers and Bristol Rugby, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from all clubs. Ashton Gate's current capacity is an average size for Championship grounds, however in November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a new 30,000 capacity stadium in Ashton Vale with the option of expanding to 42,000 should it be considered for World Cup football in 2018. As well as football, Ashton Gate has played host to many big music concerts in recent years, including those ofThe Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, Ronan Keating, Meat Loaf and Bon Jovi. The women's team was formed in 1990 supported by the club's community officer. Their greatest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the FA Women's Cup in 1994 and winning promotion to the Premier League in 2004. Following the decision by the FA to fund only one centre of excellence in Bristol, the two senior teams were disbanded in June 2008 and the girls youth side merged with the Bristol Academy for girls at Filton College. The majority of the senior players, with coach Wayne Roberts, moved to the University of Bath in summer 2008 and now play as AFC TeamBath Ladies in the South West Combination Women's Football League. Notable fans of Bristol City include: Most club appearances including substitute appearances in all competitions (excluding Gloucestershire Cup). Updated 1 Nov 2009. start League Championship teamlist football league system cells end, Bristol City F.C. 2011-12-19T18:34:47Z Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England (the other being arch rivals Bristol Rovers). They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City. They were promoted to the Football League Championship in the 2006–07 season after finishing second in League One but failed to make a second consecutive promotion to the Premier League after they were defeated by Hull City in the Championship Play-Offs. Bristol City won the Welsh Cup – despite being an English team – in 1934. In 1907 they finished runners-up in Football League Division One, which is their highest-ever final position. In 1982, Bristol City became the first English team to suffer three consecutive relegations but by 1990 they were back in the old Second Division. Another relegation followed in 1995, when City finished second from bottom in the new Endsleigh League Division One and a return to that division three years later lasted just one season. Most of their seasons between 1999 and 2006 were spent challenging for promotion in the upper half of the Football League Second Division. The club's nickname is "The Robins", and a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994. Official club merchandise, including replica kits, still has a label showing a robin. An attempt by the club to alter the club's badge was abandoned after the club was criticised fiercely by fans. Bristol City currently play at Ashton Gate stadium in the Ashton/Bedminster area of the city of Bristol, which has an all-seater capacity of 21,497. Bristol had been chosen as a host city for the 2018 World Cup, but England were not awarded host nation status. Bristol City plan to build a new 30,000 capacity stadium at Ashton Vale, to be completed in time for the 2012–13 season. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA and Gloucestershire County FA. The club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional and changed its name to Bristol City, and were admitted into the Southern League, finishing as runners-up in three of the first four seasons. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. Their first game in the Football League was against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 7 September 1901. City won 2–0. They first entered Division One in 1906 as Second Division champions, and as newcomers became known as the "Bristol Babies", a nickname that would last into the thirties. They were runners-up to Newcastle United in their first season in the top flight, and in 1909 reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester United at the Crystal Palace in London. But these achievements were not consistent, and in 1911 City were relegated back to the Second Division. They have not repeated the heights of the 1906–1909 era since, and did not even return to the top flight for 65 years. The 1920s were a rocky time as City bounced between the Second Division and the Southern Section of the Third Division. By the 1930s they had slumped into the lower division, and stayed that way until the Second World War. Harry Dolman became chairman in 1949, a post he would hold for over 30 years. An engineer who had bought out the firm he worked for, he designed the first set of floodlights installed at Ashton Gate in the early 1950s. The late 1950s were a better time for City, with a five year stay in the Second Division, a league they returned to for a further spell in 1965. In 1967, Alan Dicks was appointed manager, and things gradually began to improve,with promotion to the First Division finally being achieved in 1976, ending a 65-year exile from the top flight. Between 1975 and 1981 City were regular participants in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, winning the trophy in 1977-78, beating Hibernian in the semi-finals, and winning 3-2 on aggregate in the final against St Mirren (managed at the time by a relatively new manager, Alex Ferguson). St Mirren had their revenge 2 seasons later, with an aggregate 5-1 victory over City to become the only Scottish team to win the trophy. City's second stint in the top flight was less successful and memorable than the club's first, with 13th position in 1979 being their highest finish during this era. Stars of this era included Geoff Merrick, Tom Ritchie, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Trevor Tainton and Jimmy Mann. In 1980, the City team went back to the Second Division in the first of three relegations, their debt mounted and their financial losses increased, with two successive relegations following. Thus, in 1982, they both fell into the Fourth Division, and were declared bankrupt. BCFC (1982) Ltd acquired the club's player contracts, and the highly-paid senior players Julian Marshall, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Peter Aitken, Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Gerry Sweeney and Trevor Tainton, who became known as the 'Ashton Gate Eight', each accepted termination of his contract for half the amount due to him. City spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before winning promotion under Terry Cooper in 1984. They consolidated themselves in the Third Division during the later part of the 1980s, and in 1990 Cooper's successor Joe Jordan achieved promotion as Third Division runners-up. There was a tragedy for the club, however, in that promotion campaign. In March 1990, two months before the club sealed promotion, striker Dean Horrix was killed in a car crash barely two weeks after joining the club, and having played three league games for them. Jordan moved to Heart of Midlothian in September 1990, and his successor Jimmy Lumsden remained in charge for 18 months before making way for Denis Smith. Smith's first signing was the 20-year-old Arsenal striker Andy Cole, who was an instant hit with fans and quickly established himself as one of the finest goalscoring talents ever to wear a Bristol City shirt. But he was sold to Newcastle United in February 1993 and later established himself as a world class goalscorer, most prominently with Manchester United, where he collected five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the European Cup. Meanwhile, City remained in the new Division One (no longer the Second Division after the creation of the Premier League in 1992) and Smith moved to Oxford United in November 1993. His successor Russell Osman was sacked within a year, being a very unpopular figure with fans. One of Osman's few successful moments with City came in January 1994 when he led them to a shock 1–0 victory over Liverpool in the third round of the FA Cup. Joe Jordan was brought back to Ashton Gate in September 1994, but was unable to prevent relegation to Division Two. Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City's relegation, but left in June 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers manager John Ward took over, and achieved promotion in 1998 as Division Two runners-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson. City were relegated in bottom place and Lennartsson was dismissed in favour of Gillingham's Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before leaving to take over at Portsmouth. During his time at Ashton Gate he was manager of perhaps the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of successive relegations almost 20 years earlier. Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most prominent manager to take charge of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th place finish in 1999. City were regular Division Two playoff contenders during Wilson's spell as manager. City failed to reach them in 2002, although Wilson almost took them to automatic promotion, and winning the Football League Trophy in Cardiff in 2003. The taste of the play-offs was bitter though, losing to rivals Cardiff City 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final. In his final year – 2004 – they reached the final, but lost to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked within days and replaced by veteran player Brian Tinnion. City just failed to make the playoffs in Tinnion's first season as manager, finishing seventh, and he stepped down in September 2005 after a poor start to the season culminating in a 7–1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City. City's form had slumped despite the addition of high profile players including Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges. Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson was recruited as his successor. Johnson arrived in September 2005, making the move from Yeovil Town, with whom he had gained two promotions. His first game in charge (only hours after meeting the squad) saw City win away at Brentford 3–2. After a short spell of decent results, City were plunged into the relegation mire, enduring a club record of nine successive defeats, leaving them at the foot of League One. Much criticism was aimed at Gary Johnson at this time; the Chairman of Bristol City Supporters Club labelled him a 'Conference Manager' and contended that he was 'totally out of his depth'. The run was brought to an end with a 2–0 victory at home to Huddersfield on 10 December. City then lost just three of their next 16 games, and this fine run of form was capped with a 6–0 win over Gillingham, in which defender Louis Carey scored a brace. This was City's most emphatic league win since beating Charlton by the same score in September 1969, and was an encouraging sign of things to come, although they did not quite make playoffs in 2006. Despite a slow start to the following season, which saw a vocal minority of fans calling for Johnson to be sacked after a 4–2 home defeat by Blackpool (who were eventually also promoted), City were in the top six of League One by November and at the end of the month began an 11-match unbeaten run which drove them to the top of the division. They also hit the headlines with an impressive FA Cup run, being knocked out in the 4th round on penalties after a replay in which they held Premiership side Middlesbrough to a 2–2 draw in both ties. They knocked out Championship side Coventry City in the 3rd round. They also reached the Southern Area Final of the Football League Trophy, but were knocked out over two legs by local rivals Bristol Rovers after a 0–0 draw at Ashton Gate and a Rickie Lambert goal condemned the Robins to a 1–0 aggregate defeat in the second leg. Promotion to the Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 3–1 win over doomed Rotherham United. David Noble scored two goals and Alex Russell scored once, securing runners-up place in the division and resulting in automatic promotion and joyous scenes of celebration in the city and even more so on the pitch at the full time whistle. 2007–08 is the first season in almost a decade that has seen Bristol City playing at this level of English football. In the summer between City's promotion and the start of the Championship season, Gary Johnson made a number of signings. However their pre-season form did not start well, losing 4–2 to Forest Green Rovers. However City got off to a good start going unbeaten for a number of matches and briefly topping the Championship after beating Coventry City 3–0. City then suffered a slight blip after losing 3–0 to Barnsley before beating a variety of big name teams including Sheffield United live on Sky Sports and Southampton. In November, City's form dipped and they endured a run of 4 games without a win, including a 6–0 thrashing at the hands of Ipswich Town. In December, City's form picked up again and went unbeaten all the way to Boxing Day when they lost to West Bromwich Albion 4–1. After a stop start run of form including victories over Blackpool and Coventry City and losses to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, City went top of the Championship on 1 March, after a 2–1 home victory over Hull City. After some indifferent results City went back to the top after a last gasp winner from Steve Brooker, who was just returning from injury, in a 2–1 win over Norwich City. However a poor run ended City's chances of an automatic promotion place. On 4 May 2008, a 3–0 home win against Preston North End on the final day of the league season ensured a play-off place and a semi-final fixture against Crystal Palace. On 13 May 2008, a 4–2 aggregate win over Crystal Palace with goals from Lee Trundle and Michael McIndoe confirmed City's trip to Wembley, where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City. After a poor start in the first half of the 2008–09 season, City recovered after Christmas. After winning 4–2 away at Watford on Boxing Day, they took 13 points from five games in early 2009 to reach 8th place in the league by early February. City had a memorable away victory against Reading which saw them jump up to their highest position of the season to 4th. After a lot of draws, the season eventually petered out and City finished the season in 10th place. The 2009–10 season saw some good results in the Autumn, but heavy defeats to Cardiff City (0–6) and Doncaster Rovers (2–5) in early 2010 lead to much dissatisfaction amongst fans. On 18 March 2010, the club issued a statement that Johnson had "left his post as manager of Bristol City by mutual consent". Assistant manager Keith Millen took charge as caretaker manager, starting well with a draw against title favourites Newcastle United and a 5–3 win against Barnsley. After that, City beat Peterborough United 1–0, which was the first time they had gone three matches unbeaten in the league since the end of October. In a brief press conference on 22 April 2010, it was announced that former Reading manager Steve Coppell would become the new City manager at the end of the 2009–10 campaign, when he would start a 12-month rolling contract, and that Keith Millen, who had guided the club to Championship safety in his brief spell as caretaker manager, would remain at the club as his assistant. Coppell's first game in charge was a 1–1 friendly draw with Swedish side IFK Gothenburg. His first win as manager was an 11–1 win against Swedish fourth division side Vallens IF on the same pre-season tour. It was announced on 12 August 2010 that Coppell had resigned as manager with immediate effect. This followed his only two competitive games at the club, a 0–3 home defeat by Millwall in the opening game of the 2010–11 Football League Championship and a 2–3 loss at League Two Southend United in the Football League Cup. Keith Millen was announced as manager of Bristol City on a three year deal after Coppell stepped down. Bristol City parted company with manager Keith Millen on 3 October 2011. City struggled to find form at the start of the 2011–12 Championship season picking up just 6 points from 10 games. His sacking comes after their 5–0 defeat by Blackpool on 1 October 2011. Millen's last game in charge was his heaviest loss since his appointment the previous year. The club installed Steve Wigley as caretaker manager following Millen's exit and stated that they would take their time in finding a new manager. On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Scotsman Derek McInnes was appointed Bristol City manager after Keith Millen's departure. The 40-year-old joined from Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone on a contract until the summer of 2014. McInnes was highly respected at St Johnstone after his 2008/09 season triumph when St Johnstone finished at the top of the First Division taking them up into the SPL. Assisting McInnes will be Tony Docherty, who was his assistant manager at St Johnstone. McInnes arrives at Ashton Gate with a 40 per cent win percentage, with 53 victories, 41 draws and 38 defeats in his 130 games in charge at McDiarmid Park. On 29 November 2011, the club announced a loss of £11.45 million. Football League Honours Other Honours Bristol City have played in red and white since the 1890s, occasionally also including black. The 2010–2011 season's kit is made by Adidas (The 1st year of a 4 year deal). Bristol City's traditional and biggest rivals are Bristol Rovers. The clubs have met 105 times, with the first meeting in 1897. Bristol City have the most wins on 43. However, the clubs have not been in the same league for a number of years, and meetings have been inconsistent in the 21st Century. They were last in the same division in the 2000–01 Season. Since then, they have only met twice, in the two-legged southern final of the 2006–07 Football League Trophy. City's other main rivals are Cardiff City, who play in nearby Cardiff. Despite being a local derby, it crosses the Wales-England border, making it one of the few international derbies in the United Kingdom. Both clubs have been at similar levels over the past 10 years, except between 2003 and 2007 when Cardiff were a division above. This has meant frequent meetings in the league including in the semi-finals of the 2003 Second Division play-offs. Both clubs are currently in the championship with Cardiff winning their most recent encounter 3-1 on 14th August 2011. Other clubs have been seen as 'third rivals' by the fans and media. Swindon Town are seen by many as rivals, being nicknamed 'Swindle' by City fans. Plymouth Argyle have also been considered rivals despite a distance of over 100 miles. The rivalry has developed in recent years as the two clubs were the highest ranking West Country clubs for a number of years, and meetings were seen as a decider of the 'Best in the west'. Swansea City and even Yeovil Town have previously been mentioned as rivals, but very rarely. Bristol City Community Trust (Away) 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. For a list of notable Bristol City players in sortable-list format C. players. Bristol City play at Ashton Gate in the south-west of Bristol, just south of the River Avon. The ground has an all-seated capacity of about 21,500, with an effective capacity (depending on how many away tickets are allocated, and how they are segregated) of around 19,100. It was the home of Bedminster until the 1900 merger, and the merged team played some games there the following season, but it did not become the permanent home of Bristol City until 1904. In the past plans were considered for expansion work to be carried out at Ashton Gate. There were also proposals to build a new 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. This was turned down in a local referendum in December 2000. In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a new 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City, Rovers and Bristol Rugby, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from all clubs. Ashton Gate's current capacity is an average size for Championship grounds, however in November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a new 30,000 capacity stadium in Ashton Vale plans were also in place to increase capacity to 42,000 had the England 2018 World Cup bid been successful. As well as football, Ashton Gate has played host to many major music concerts in recent years, including those of The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, Ronan Keating, Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi and Westlife. The women's team was formed in 1990 supported by the club's community officer. Their greatest achievement was reaching the semi-finals of the FA Women's Cup in 1994 and winning promotion to the Premier League in 2004. Following the decision by the FA to fund only one centre of excellence in Bristol, the two senior teams were disbanded in June 2008 and the girls youth side merged with the Bristol Academy for girls at Filton College. The majority of the senior players, with coach Wayne Roberts, moved to the University of Bath in summer 2008 and now play as AFC TeamBath Ladies in the South West Combination Women's Football League. Notable fans of Bristol City include: Most club appearances including substitute appearances in all competitions (excluding Gloucestershire Cup). Updated 7 October 2011. League Championship teamlist

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Questions_and_Replies_between_Tang_Taizong_and_Li_Weigong 2011-01-11T04:37:25Z Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong (simplified Chinese: 唐太宗李卫公问对; traditional Chinese: 唐太宗李衛公問對; pinyin: Táng​ Tài​zōng​ Lǐ​ Wèi​ Gōng​ Wèn​ Duì) is a dialogue between Emperor Taizong (599-649 AD) of the Tang Dynasty and Li Jing (571-649 AD), a prominent Tang general. It discusses matters of military strategy, and is considered to be one of the Seven Military Classics of China. The content of Questions and Replies differs strongly from the other six Military Classics. The armies that existed by the time of the Tang dynasty consisted of infantry, crossbowmen, and cavalry. The use of the chariot had long since ceased to have any military application, and weapons were exclusively made from iron and steel. Large number of local, conhesive units provided a great degree of flexibility to large-scale deployments. Professional units were supplimented by disciplined and well-armed conscript forces. Weapons and unit sub-types were highly specialized. The recognition of the military value of speed and mobility was widespread, with flanking and other indirect maneuvers preferred over direct, frontal engagements. The social and technological realities from which Questions and Replies was written were very different from the other six Military Classics. Rather than claiming to originate its own strategy, Questions and Replies frames itself as a survey of earlier, more widely recognized works, discussing their theories and contradictions according to the writer's own military experience. Because Li Jing was a very successful historical general, the tactics and strategies discussed in Questions and Replies must be considered the theoretical product of actions tested and employed in battles critical to the establishment of the Tang dynasty. . . if it is indeed wholly or even partly the product of the historical Li Jing's thought. The historical evidence for Questions and Replies' authorship is unclear, but the available evidence largely refutes the tradition attributing it directly to Li Jing. Based on its earliest surviving bibliographical references, most modern historians consider Questions and Replies to be the product of either the late Tang (618-907 AD) or early Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties. Unlike other military classics, the history of Questions and Replies has not benefitted from any significant archaeological discoveries, so the date of its composition can only be inferred by surviving historical records concerning the treatise. There is no consensus among scholars regarding the precise date of its composition. Most available data points to a composition date in the North Song dynasty (960–1127). Bibliographies from the Tang and Song dynasties contain references to seven other works attributed to Li Jing, but no reference to Questions and Replies. A major work (the "Dong Tian") completed in the eighth century AD quotes Li Jing extensively, but never once mentions "Questions and Replies". Because of the lack of earlier reference to Questions and Replies, and because of references from some Northern Songs scholars claiming to have seen drafts of Questions and Replies by a contemporary military scholar named "Yuan Yi", many scholars believed that Questions and Replies was forged by Yuan Yi in the early Song dynasty. If Questions and Replies was created by Yuan Yi, it is not clear if the military theories found in Questions and Replies are actually the opinions of Li Jing, taken from other sources and compiled by Yuan Yi to form the present text, or if they are Yuan Yi's original thoughts, using the veneer of Li Jing's speech in order to promote the acceptance of his theories. There is some evidence discrediting the theory that Yuan Yi forged the text. Previous to the compilation of the Seven Military Classics, the Song Emperor Shenzong (r. 1068-1085) ordered the study and exegesis of a "Li Jing Bing Fa" ("Li Jing's Military Methods"). Assuming that this Li Jing Bing Fa was an edition of Questions and Replies, the existance of the book precedes the supposed date of Yuan Yi's forgery by ten years. Skepticism that every living general and military scholar could have been decieved by a very recent forgery also fails to support the theory that Questions and Replies was forged by Yuan Yi. Regardless of its author and date of authorship, modern military historians recognize the theoretical advances it represents over the other six Military Classics, and recognize that it must be the creation of an advanced and experienced military strategist. The available evidence seems to indicate that it most likely achieved its present form around the time of the Song Emperor Shenzong's reign, possibly at his mandate. If it is a forgery, scholars have been unable to identify the source or sources that the present edition of Questions and Replies was drawn from. This article related to the history of China is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Questions_and_Replies_between_Tang_Taizong_and_Li_Weigong 2012-11-07T18:36:40Z Questions and Replies between Tang Taizong and Li Weigong (simplified Chinese: 唐太宗李卫公问对; traditional Chinese: 唐太宗李衛公問對; pinyin: Táng Tàizōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Duì) is a dialogue between Emperor Taizong (599-649 AD) of the Tang Dynasty and Li Jing (571-649 AD), a prominent Tang general. It discusses matters of military strategy, and is considered to be one of the Seven Military Classics of China. The content of Questions and Replies differs strongly from the other six Military Classics. The armies that existed by the time of the Tang dynasty consisted of infantry, crossbowmen, and cavalry. The use of the chariot had long since ceased to have any military application, and weapons were exclusively made from iron and steel. Large number of local, cohesive units provided a great degree of flexibility to large-scale deployments. Professional units were supplemented by disciplined and well-armed conscript forces. Weapons and unit sub-types were highly specialized. The recognition of the military value of speed and mobility was widespread, with flanking and other indirect maneuvers preferred over direct, frontal engagements. The social and technological realities from which Questions and Replies was written were very different from the other six Military Classics. Rather than claiming to originate its own strategy, Questions and Replies frames itself as a survey of earlier, more widely recognized works, discussing their theories and contradictions according to the writer's own military experience. Because Li Jing was a historically successful general, the tactics and strategies discussed in Questions and Replies must be considered the theoretical product of actions tested and employed in battles critical to the establishment of the Tang dynasty, if it is indeed wholly or even partly the product of Li Jing's thoughts. The historical evidence for Questions and Replies' authorship is unclear, but the available evidence largely refutes the tradition attributing it directly to Li Jing. Based on its earliest surviving bibliographical references, most modern historians consider Questions and Replies to be the product of either the late Tang (618-907 AD) or early Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties. Unlike other military classics, the history of Questions and Replies has not benefitted from any significant archaeological discoveries, so the date of its composition can only be inferred by surviving historical records concerning the treatise. There is no consensus among scholars regarding the precise date of its composition. Most available data points to a composition date in the North Song dynasty (960–1127). Bibliographies from the Tang and Song dynasties contain references to seven other works attributed to Li Jing, but no reference to Questions and Replies. A major work (the "Dong Tian") completed in the eighth century AD quotes Li Jing extensively, but never once mentions "Questions and Replies". Because of the lack of earlier reference to Questions and Replies, and because of references from some Northern Songs scholars claiming to have seen drafts of Questions and Replies by a contemporary military scholar named "Yuan Yi", many scholars believed that Questions and Replies was forged by Yuan Yi in the early Song dynasty. If Questions and Replies was created by Yuan Yi, it is not clear if the military theories found in Questions and Replies are actually the opinions of Li Jing, taken from other sources and compiled by Yuan Yi to form the present text, or if they are Yuan Yi's original thoughts, using the veneer of Li Jing's speech in order to promote the acceptance of his theories. There is some evidence discrediting the theory that Yuan Yi forged the text. Previous to the compilation of the Seven Military Classics, the Song Emperor Shenzong (r. 1068-1085) ordered the study and exegesis of a "Li Jing Bing Fa" ("Li Jing's Military Methods"). Assuming that this Li Jing Bing Fa was an edition of Questions and Replies, the existence of the book precedes the supposed date of Yuan Yi's forgery by ten years. Skepticism that every living general and military scholar could have been deceived by a very recent forgery also fails to support the theory that Questions and Replies was forged by Yuan Yi. Regardless of its author and date of authorship, modern military historians recognize the theoretical advances it represents over the other six Military Classics, and recognize that it must be the creation of an advanced and experienced military strategist. The available evidence seems to indicate that it most likely achieved its present form around the time of the Song Emperor Shenzong's reign, possibly at his mandate. If it is a forgery, scholars have been unable to identify the source or sources that the present edition of Questions and Replies was drawn from.

Smoking_Hills

Smoking_Hills 2009-12-22T23:37:30Z The Smoking Hills are located on the east coast of Cape Bathurst in Canada's Northwest Territories, next to the Arctic Ocean and a small group of lakes. The cliffs are named by explorer John Franklin, who discovered them on the 1826 expeditions. They contain strata of hydrocarbons (oil shales), who have been burning for centuries without cessation. The clouds of smoke have given the region its name and have acidified the lakes during the years down to a pH lower than 2. Although the soil of the region contains much limestone, the buffer effect has completely disappeared. The nearest community, Paulatuk, which is about 105 km (65 mi) east, is named in recognition of the coal found in the area, traditionally spelt "Paulatuuq" or "place of coal". The bituminous coal has burnt for centuries causing acidification in the ponds in vicinity. 70°25′00″N 127°25′00″W / 70. 41667°N 127. 41667°W / 70. 41667; -127. 41667 , Smoking_Hills 2011-02-05T01:03:18Z The Smoking Hills are located on the east coast of Cape Bathurst in Canada's Northwest Territories, next to the Arctic Ocean and a small group of lakes. The cliffs were named by explorer John Franklin, who discovered them on his 1826 expeditions. They contain strata of hydrocarbons (oil shales), which have been burning continuously for centuries. The fires result from autoignition of sulfur-rich lignite deposits. The clouds of smoke have given the region its name. Over time the sulfur dioxide from the smoke has acidified the shallow ponds (< 1 hectare (2. 5 acres)* area and < 1 1 metre (3. 3 ft)* depth) in the tundra dotting the area, down to a pH lower than 2. Elevated concentrations of metals (aluminium, iron, zinc, nickel, manganese and cadmium) occur in these acidic ponds. Soils and sediments have also been chemically altered. The acidic biota in the ponds are characteristic of acidic environments worldwide, in contrast to the typically Arctic biota in adjacent alkaline ponds. Although the soil of the region contains much limestone, the buffer effect has completely disappeared. The nearest community, Paulatuk, which is about 105 km (65 mi) east, is named in recognition of the coal found in the area, traditionally spelt "Paulatuuq" or "place of coal". 69°31′01″N 126°33′09″W / 69. 51694°N 126. 55250°W / 69. 51694; -126. 55250

WNJN-FM

WNJN-FM 2013-09-15T20:15:02Z WNJN-FM (89. 7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The station is owned by WHYY, Inc. , and simulcasts the public radio news and talk programming of WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station was formerly owned and operated by the New Jersey Network. NJN's radio network began operation May 20, 1991, when WNJT-FM in Trenton signed on. Eight other stations would be established over the following seventeen years. On June 6, 2011, the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority agreed to sell five FM stations in southern New Jersey to WHYY. The transaction was announced by Governor Chris Christie, as part of his long-term goal to end State-subsidized public broadcasting. The five stations previously belonged to New Jersey Network's statewide radio service. WHYY assumed control of the stations through a management agreement on July 1, 2011, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for the acquisition; at that point, the stations began to carry the WHYY-FM schedule. This article about a radio station in New Jersey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , WNJN-FM 2019-12-31T16:56:55Z WNJN-FM (89. 7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The station is owned by WHYY, Inc. , and simulcasts the public radio news and talk programming of WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station was formerly owned and operated by the New Jersey Network. NJN's radio network began operation May 20, 1991, when WNJT-FM in Trenton signed on. Eight other stations would be established over the following seventeen years. On June 6, 2011, the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority agreed to sell five FM stations in southern New Jersey to WHYY. The transaction was announced by Governor Chris Christie, as part of his long-term goal to end State-subsidized public broadcasting. The five stations previously belonged to New Jersey Network's statewide radio service. WHYY assumed control of the stations through a management agreement on July 1, 2011, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for the acquisition; at that point, the stations began to carry the WHYY-FM schedule. This article about a radio station in New Jersey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Rita Avila

Rita Avila 2019-01-14T01:37:12Z Rita Avila was born on September 20, 1964 Manila, Philippines is a Filipino film, television actress and writer. Avila was a talent of GMA Network's late afternoon entertainment show That's Entertainment. Avila is married to director, Erick Reyes, she had a premature baby who they named Elia Jesu E. Reyes. The baby died three weeks after being born. She also wrote an inspirational booklet called, 8 Ways to Comfort with Grace centering on her sad moments when she and her husband lost their three-week-old son, and Si Erik Tutpik at si Ana Taba a book for children who experienced bullying and The Invisible Wings a fable that lets us see our world, our time as a likely place for angels, who later on received a letter from Monsignor Peter B. Wells, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State, expressing the Pope's gratitude for the books titled The Invisible Wings and 8 Ways to Comfort with Grace. The Invisible Wings 2 has been released together with her first novel Wanna Bet on Love. Avila started as a model and film actress a ST Queen to a serious praise for Award Winning Work such as Tatlong Magkasalo, The Flor Contemplacion Story and then TV work followed such as the ensemble cast of highly acclaimed actors in Familia Zaragoza, the ensemble cast of the Afternoon Drama Marinella and in 2008 in the highly acclaimed remake of Magdusa Ka in the Afternoon Soap Adaptation later on she would star in more roles on the small screen. Television, Rita Avila 2020-12-27T05:31:10Z Rita Ávila, is a Filipino actress and author. Ávila is married to director, Erick Reyes, she had a premature baby who they named Elia Jesú E. Reyes. The baby died three weeks after being born. She also wrote an inspirational booklet called, 8 Ways to Comfort with Grace, centering on her sad moments when she and her husband lost their three-week-old son; Si Erik Tutpik at si Ana Taba, a book for children who experienced bullying; and The Invisible Wings, a fable that lets us see our world, our time as a likely place for angels. She later received a letter from Monsignor Peter B. Wells, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State, expressing the Pope's gratitude for the books titled The Invisible Wings and 8 Ways to Comfort with Grace. The Invisible Wings 2 has been released together with her first novel, Wanna Bet on Love. She is a critically acclaimed Film Actress whose movies such as “Stella Magtanggol” (1992)and “Tatlo,Magkasalo” (1998) and The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995) have been looked over as historically recognizable in Philippine Cinema. In the late 90s she ventured more into drama soaps and anthology’s as a supporting character or main protagonist or antagonist. She started her television career on GMA Network as part of That's Entertainment before transferring to ABS-CBN in 1995. Avila returned to GMA-7 during 2001 and stayed there for nine years before going freelance. Television

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders 2019-01-02T22:04:31Z T20I kit The Kolkata Knight Riders (also known by the acronym KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The team is coached by Jacques Kallis. The home of the Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the world by seating capacity. Although the team has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, it was surrounded with controversy and poor on-field performance through the first three years of the tournament. The team's performance, however, improved from the fourth season as it qualified for the IPL playoffs as well as the now defunct Champions League Twenty20. They eventually became the IPL champions for the first time in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final and repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab. The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14). The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir, while the leading wicket-taker is Sunil Narine. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will perform, fight and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold. The brand value of the Knight Riders was estimated at $99 million in 2017, second highest among IPL franchises. . In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game. Eight teams would participate in the inaugural tournament held in April – June of the same year. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time. Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian national team and a native of West Bengal, was named the Icon Player for the team. The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider. In June 2015, they bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League cricket team Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel and later in 2016, renamed it Trinbago Knight Riders. In July 2017, they bought Cape Town Knight Riders in the newly formed T20 Global League. Initially, when Kolkata Knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to purple in the fourth season. It was in 2012 that the current logo, which has a blazing purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Riders written within a shield was introduced. The tagline of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four seasons. However, in the fifth it was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights". The team's official colours were black and gold during the first two seasons. At the time, Khan said that "golden symbolizes spirit of life and black presents the Goddess Kali." It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight and win!) was scored by Vishal-Shekhar duo. A Knight Riders album featuring several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created. The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it is the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000. In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the ICC for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements. In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. Multinational communications corporation Nokia was the official founding sponsor of the Kolkata Knight Riders and remained their principal sponsor until 2014. In 2015, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Gionee took over as their principal sponsor and signed a three-year deal worth ₹540 million (US$6.8 million). In 2018, Nokia returned as the main sponsor of the Knight Riders, signing a two-year deal. Star Plus, Reebok, HDIL, Kit Kat, Sprite, SB Nation, Doublemint, SAP AG, Red FM 93.5, Seiko, U.S. Polo Assn., Uber, Dish TV, Sansui, Ola Cabs, Pepsi and Sony Music India have all formerly been either their co-sponsors or partners. As of 2018, they have co-sponsorship deals with Jio, Lux Cozi, SRMB Steel, Exide, Royal Stag, JBL, The Telegraph, Fever 104 FM, Greenply and Kingfisher Premium along with several others. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the franchise in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Brendon McCullum lead the team in the intervening period. Both captains were released before the 2011 season. The former team included all-rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, batsman Ricky Ponting and wicket keeper Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers were Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Brad Hodge and bowlers Ajantha Mendis and Charl Langeveldt were bought outside the IPL auction in late 2008. At the 2009 auction the team bought Bangladeshi all-rounder Mashrafe Mortaza at a whopping price of $600,000 dollars. Due to the unavailability of Pakistani players starting 2009, KKR had to suspend the contract of Umar Gul, who was a key performer from the 2008 season. On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance. Shane Bond was acquired after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk and the Pakistani players Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar before the third season. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Thus, their overseas roster for the 2010 season consisted of Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah and Chris Gayle. 2011 heralded the beginning of a new era for KKR. In the 2011 season, KKR drastically revamped their squad. Former captain and icon player Sourav Ganguly was not purchased in the January auction. This led to protest rallies, signature campaigns throughout the country and abroad along with stadium protests by various fan groups, such as No Dada No KKR, which received both national and international press attention. The team appointed Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million as skipper. Yusuf Pathan was also picked up for a whopping $2.1 million. Other international names who were added include Shakib Al Hasan, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Ryan ten Doeschate, Eoin Morgan and James Pattinson. Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher mid-season due to injury. In the 2012 auction, KKR bought back their former captain, Brendon McCullum. They also acquired West Indian spinner Sunil Narine and South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange. The team later added four domestic players to their squad, including Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Sanju Samson from Kerala. However, in November 2012, KKR released the latter three from their team along with Jaydev Unadkat, a key performer from the previous seasons. In the 2013 auction, the team acquired only two overseas players, Sachithra Senanayake and Ryan McLaren. Before the February 2014 auction, the team had only retained their key performers Gautam Gambhir and Sunil Narine. From the auctions that took place, the team brought back Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan with their right-to-match (RTM) card. Also keeping their place in the squad was Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hasan. New international players were Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins and Chris Lynn. Prominent Indian players bought included Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav and Piyush Chawla. KKR's impressive additions in the 2015 auction were veteran Australian bowler Brad Hogg and wicket-keeper Sheldon Jackson. Before the auction in February 2016, they released Ryan ten Doeschate who was a part of their team for five consecutive seasons along with pace bowler Pat Cummins. The Knight Riders were particularly noted for their change in approach from the previous auctions where they had concentrated on spinners. For the 2016 edition, however, they acquired as many as six pacers in the form of all-rounders John Hastings, Colin Munro, Jason Holder and Rajagopal Sathish as well as bowlers Ankit Rajpoot and Jaydev Unadkat, with the latter being a former player of the squad. They signed one spinner in Manan Sharma. Before the 2017 auctions, they released Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajagopal Sathish, Manan Sharma and replacement signing Shaun Tait. From the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, they signed Trent Boult, English all-rounder Chris Woakes, Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile, West Indian Darren Bravo and Jamaican Rovman Powell. The domestic players signed were Rishi Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh and R Sanjay Yadav. At the time, Andre Russell was banned for one year for doping; he was replaced by Colin de Grandhomme for the season. In January 2018, they only retained West Indian cricketers Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Their two-time title winning captain Gautam Gambhir was released. At the auction, they retained Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav using RTM (Right-To-Match) card. KKR also bought back their impressive opener Chris Lynn and uncapped Indian batsman Ishank Jaggi. Other uncapped batsmen bought were Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh and Apoorv Wankhade. They also bought West Indian uncapped all-rounder Javon Searles and uncapped Indian all-rounders Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi. Other signings were veteran Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, Australian pace bowlers Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson and former Knight Riders player Vinay Kumar. On 4 March 2018, Dinesh Karthik was appointed as the captain of KKR for IPL 2018 and Robin Uthappa was named vice-captain. Mitchell Starc was ruled out before the season due to injury and Tom Curran was announced as his replacement. Ahead of the auction for IPL 2019 set to take place on 18 December, eight players were released from the squad including Mitchell Starc and his replacement Tom Curran. At the auction, their high-profile buys were Carlos Brathwaite for ₹5 crore (US$630,000) and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson for ₹1.6 crore (US$200,000). Other players bought were South African pacer Anrich Nortje, English duo Harry Gurney and Joe Denly as well as uncapped Indian players Nikhil Naik, Prithvi Raj Yarra and Shrikant Mundhe for their base prices of ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) each. The Knight Riders qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 in 2011, 2012 and 2014. The latter was the last edition of the tournament before it being permanently called off. The team was eliminated in the group stage in 2011 and 2012, but finished as runners-up in the ultimate season. Knight Riders Roster, Kolkata Knight Riders 2020-12-28T15:05:27Z T20I kit The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The home of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens stadium. The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab. The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14). The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir, while the leading wicket-taker is Sunil Narine. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will perform, fight and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold. The brand value of the Knight Riders was estimated at $104 million in 2018, second highest among IPL franchises. In 2019, their value was estimated at ₹629 crore (US$79 million). In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League, based on the Twenty20 format of the game. Eight teams participated in the inaugural tournament held in April – June 2008. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time. Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian national team, a native of West Bengal and the current President of BCCI, was named the Icon player for the team. The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider. In June 2015, the team's ownership group bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League's Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, and renaming it the Trinbago Knight Riders in 2016. In December 2020, the team also made an investment in the upcoming American T20 league Major League Cricket. Initially, when the Kolkata Knight Riders were first introduced in 2008, the logo of the team consisted of a blazing golden Viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team written in gold next to it. However, the black background was changed to purple in the third season. It was in 2012 that the current logo, which has a blazing purple Corinthian helmet trimmed with gold, with Kolkata Knight Riders written within a shield was introduced. The tagline of the team was "All the King's Men" during the first four seasons. However, in the fifth it was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights". The team's official colours were black and gold during the first two seasons. At the time, Khan said that "golden symbolizes spirit of life and black presents the Goddess Kali." It was later changed to purple and gold during the third season and was kept so. The jersey was created by Bollywood fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will act, fight and win!) was scored by Vishal-Shekhar duo. A Knight Riders album featuring several singers and music composers including Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri was also created. The Knight Riders have historically been a successful franchise in the IPL. This success has led to them having many rivalries among other teams. Both teams play in major markets as the Indians play in Mumbai and the Knight Riders play in Kolkata. The Mumbai Indians is the most successful IPL franchise with four championships but until Mumbai's third championship, both teams were tied with two championships. In the first two seasons of the IPL, Mumbai swept Kolkata in all four games. It was not until the 2010 IPL Season that Kolkata won against Mumbai. Both sides have been captained by Indian cricket legends at one point (Mumbai was captained by Sachin Tendulkar and Kolkata was captained by Sourav Ganguly). This rivalry has often played out in Mumbai's favour as they have won 20 games compared to Kolkata's 6 wins but has been known league wide as an exciting match-up. Both have played each other twice in the playoffs. In 2011, both teams played against each other in the Eliminator round as both franchises made their first playoff appearances. This marked the first time that the two teams met in the playoffs. Mumbai won the match by four wickets and advanced to the next round, ultimately losing to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2012, both teams were chasing a playoff spot in the tournament. The game started out terribly for KKR as their batting side couldn't score runs. KKR picked up the pace and ended the innings with 140/7. Mumbai was expected to win at that point and started to attack quickly, and started 60/2 with more than 10 overs left to play. Mumbai quickly collapsed and finished their innings with 108 runs and all out. Sunil Narine was named Man of the Match with 4 wickets and KKR eliminated MI from the playoffs. KKR won its first championship that season. Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan was handed a 5-year ban at Wankhede Stadium, home of the Mumbai Indians. He was accused of walking on the field post match and abusing the security guards. In 2015, the ban was lifted. Mumbai and Kolkata both faced off in the opening match of the 2015 season. Mumbai was up to bat in the first innings as they scored a promising 168/3. This charge was led by captain, Rohit Sharma with his 98 runs. Kolkata captain, Gautam Gambhir had 57 runs and led his side to victory. Suryakumar Yadav's 46 runs were crucial to KKR's chase. In 2017, Mumbai earned its 100th T20 win against KKR. Later that season, both sides met in the playoffs in the Qualifier 2 round. KKR had a poor batting performance as they posted 107 runs and all out. Mumbai was able to capitalise and won the match. Mumbai went onto the finals to beat Rising Pune Supergiant to claim their third championship. From 2015–2018, Mumbai Indians held an eight-game winning streak against the Kolkata Knight Riders. That streak was broken on 29 April 2019, as KKR posted a total of 232 runs and won by 34 runs. Both sides displayed excellent hitting as KKR's Andre Russell scored 80 runs and MI's Hardik Pandya scored 91 runs. KKR holds the record for highest total for an IPL match played at Eden Gardens. This victory was KKR's 100th T20 win. The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it was the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000. In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the International Cricket Council for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements. In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. Multinational communications corporation Nokia was the official founding sponsor of the Kolkata Knight Riders and remained their principal sponsor until 2014. In 2015, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Gionee took over as their principal sponsor and signed a three-year deal worth ₹540 million (US$6.8 million). In 2018, Nokia returned as the main sponsor of the Knight Riders, signing a two-year deal. Star Plus, Reebok, HDIL, Kit Kat, SB Nation, Doublemint, SAP AG, Asian Paints, Red FM 93.5, The Telegraph, Seiko, U.S. Polo Assn., Uber, Manyavar, Dish TV, Sansui Electric, Ola Cabs, Exide, Ibibo, Sprite, Dream11, Pepsi and Sony Music India have all formerly been either co-sponsors or partners. In 2020, MPL became their principal sponsor. As of 2020, they have co-sponsorship deals with Jio, Lux Cozi, Royal Stag, Greenply, Colgate, MoneyGram and Medimix along with others. They also have partnerships with Fever 104 FM, Pocari Sweat, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mai Dubai, BKT Tyres and Kingfisher Calendar. Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the franchise in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Brendon McCullum led the team in the intervening period. Both captains were released before the 2011 season. The former team included all-rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, batsman Ricky Ponting and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers were Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Brad Hodge and bowlers Ajantha Mendis and Charl Langeveldt were bought outside the IPL auction in late 2008. At the 2009 auction, the team bought Bangladeshi all-rounder Mashrafe Mortaza at a whopping price of $600,000. Due to the unavailability of Pakistani players starting 2009, KKR had to suspend the contract of Umar Gul, who was a key performer from the 2008 season. On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance. Shane Bond was acquired after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk and the Pakistani players Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar before the third season. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Thus, their overseas roster for the 2010 season consisted of Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah and Chris Gayle. 2011 heralded the beginning of a new era for KKR. In the 2011 season, KKR drastically revamped their squad. Former captain and icon player Sourav Ganguly was not purchased in the January auction. This led to protest rallies, signature campaigns throughout the country and abroad along with stadium protests by various fan groups, such as 'No Dada No KKR', which received both national and international press attention. The team appointed Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million as skipper. Yusuf Pathan was also picked up for a whopping $2.1 million. Other international names who were added include Shakib Al Hasan, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Ryan ten Doeschate, Eoin Morgan and James Pattinson. Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher mid-season due to injury. In the 2012 auction, KKR bought back their former captain, Brendon McCullum. They also acquired West Indian spinner Sunil Narine and South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange. The team later added four domestic players to their squad, including Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Sanju Samson from Kerala. However, in November 2012, KKR released the latter three from their team along with Jaydev Unadkat, a key performer from the previous seasons. In the 2013 auction, the team acquired only two overseas players, Sachithra Senanayake and Ryan McLaren. Before the February 2014 auction, the team had only retained their key performers Gautam Gambhir and Sunil Narine. From the auctions that took place, the team brought back Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan with their right-to-match (RTM) card. Also keeping their place in the squad were Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hasan. New international players were Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins and Chris Lynn. Prominent Indian players bought included Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav and Piyush Chawla. KKR's impressive additions in the 2015 auction were veteran Australian bowler Brad Hogg and wicket-keeper Sheldon Jackson. Before the auction in February 2016, they released Ryan ten Doeschate who was a part of their team for five consecutive seasons along with pace bowler Pat Cummins. The Knight Riders were particularly noted for their change in approach from the previous auctions where they had concentrated on spinners. For the 2016 edition, however, they acquired as many as six pacers in the form of all-rounders John Hastings, Colin Munro, Jason Holder and Rajagopal Sathish as well as bowlers Ankit Rajpoot and Jaydev Unadkat, with the latter being a former player of the squad. They signed one spinner Manan Sharma. Before the 2017 auctions, they released Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajagopal Sathish, Manan Sharma and replacement signing Shaun Tait. From the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, they signed Trent Boult, English all-rounder Chris Woakes, Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile, West Indian Darren Bravo and Jamaican Rovman Powell. The domestic players signed were Rishi Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh and R Sanjay Yadav. At the time, Andre Russell was banned for one year for doping; he was replaced by Colin de Grandhomme for the season. In January 2018, they only retained West Indian cricketers Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Their two-time title winning captain Gautam Gambhir was released. At the auction, they retained Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav using RTM (Right-To-Match) card. KKR also bought back their impressive opener Chris Lynn and uncapped Indian batsman Ishank Jaggi. Other uncapped batsmen bought were Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh and Apoorv Wankhade. They also bought West Indian uncapped all-rounder Javon Searles and uncapped Indian all-rounders Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi. Other signings were veteran Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, Australian pace bowlers Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson and former Knight Riders player Vinay Kumar. On 4 March 2018, Dinesh Karthik was appointed as the captain of KKR for IPL 2018 and Robin Uthappa was named vice-captain. Mitchell Starc was ruled out before the season due to injury and Tom Curran was announced as his replacement. Ahead of the auction for IPL 2019, eight players were released from the squad including Mitchell Starc and his replacement Tom Curran. At the auction, their high-profile buys were Carlos Brathwaite for ₹50 million (US$630,000) and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson for ₹16 million (US$200,000). Other players bought were South African pacer Anrich Nortje, English duo Harry Gurney and Joe Denly as well as uncapped Indian players Nikhil Naik, Prithvi Raj Yarra and Shrikant Mundhe for their base prices of ₹2 million (US$25,000) each. Before IPL 2020, KKR released 11 players from their squad and also traded in Siddhesh Lad from Mumbai Indians. At the 2020 IPL Auction, KKR bought pace bowler Pat Cummins for ₹15.5 crores. This was the biggest buy in the auction. KKR also purchased Eoin Morgan, who just came off as captain of the World Cup winning England squad. He was bought for ₹5.25 crores. On 16 October 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik handed over Kolkata Knight Riders' captaincy to Eoin Morgan. The Knight Riders qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 in 2011, 2012 and 2014, which was the last edition of the tournament before it being permanently called off. The team was eliminated in the group stage in 2011 and 2012, but finished as runners-up in the ultimate season. Knight Riders Roster James Foster Updated as of 1 November 2020 Source: ESPNCricinfo Updated as of 1 November 2020 Legend: A reality show by the name Knights and Angels aired on NDTV Imagine in 2009 to pick six cheerleaders for the Knight Riders for the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League.

Bobby Thompson (racing driver)

Bobby Thompson (racing driver) 2020-01-10T15:25:36Z Bobby Thompson (born 27 July 1996) is a British racing driver, who will compete in the British Touring Car Championship with Trade Price Cars Racing. He is also the defending VW Racing Cup champion also with Team HARD. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races) Bobby Thompson career summary at DriverDB.com, Bobby Thompson (racing driver) 2021-11-15T14:32:41Z Bobby Thompson (born 27 July 1996) is a British racing driver, who competed in the British Touring Car Championship with Trade Price Cars Racing. He is also the defending VW Racing Cup champion also with Team HARD. (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races) Bobby Thompson career summary at DriverDB.com

Fowlers_Bay,_South_Australia

Fowlers_Bay,_South_Australia 2008-04-12T09:20:42Z Fowlers Bay, formerly Yalata, is a small coastal town in South Australia, located approximately 912 kilometres (567 mi) north west of the state capital, Adelaide. Situated on the Nullarbor Plain, it was once an active port and a gateway to the western reaches of the continent, but fell into decline in the 1960s. At the 2006 census, Fowlers Bay and the surrounding area had a population of 125. The coastline around Fowlers Bay was first mapped in 1627 by François Thijssen, a Dutch sea captain. His ship was the Golden Seahorse (Gulden Zeepard). Fowlers Bay was named by Matthew Flinders when he anchored his ship The Investigator in the waters on 28 January 1802, after his first lieutenant, Robert Fowler. Edward John Eyre set up base camp here in 1840 during his epic journeys across the Nullarbor Plain. By this time the area was well-known to American and French whaling ships; Eyre documents seeing whalers in the area. In the 1860s, the first pastoral leases were established by William Swan and Robert Barr-Smith, forming Yalata station, a massive farming property, whose boundaries encompassed from the Head of the Great Australian Bight to Streaky Bay. The region was surveyed in March 1890 and proclaimed a town (under the name Yalata) in the Government Gazette in 1890, with the name changed to Fowler's Bay in 1940. Yalata now refers to a nearby township. Today Fowlers Bay is located in the unincorporated area of South Australia (only 15% of the state is under Local Government). The town does not receive reticulated power or water. It is currently a popular overnight destination between Nundroo and Penong, and its good fishing facilities, attractive beaches and surrounding historical ruins gives the town some interest for tourists and sightseers. There are no sealed roads to Fowlers Bay and visitors should seek advice before driving across the saltwater bog behind the town. Visually the town is dominated by a large sand dune that protects the town from the Southern Ocean. The ruins of the homestead of the Yalata station can be found several kilometres from the town. There is a small cemetery on the outskirts of the town. 31°59′22″S 132°26′13″E / 31. 989470°S 132. 436850°E / -31. 989470; 132. 436850, Fowlers_Bay,_South_Australia 2008-12-24T01:28:43Z Fowlers Bay, formerly Yalata, is a small coastal town in South Australia, located approximately 912 kilometres (567 mi) north west of the state capital, Adelaide. Situated on the Nullarbor Plain, it was once an active port and a gateway to the western reaches of the continent, but fell into decline in the 1960s. At the 2006 census, Fowlers Bay and the surrounding area had a population of 125. The coastline around Fowlers Bay was first mapped in 1627 by François Thijssen, a Dutch sea captain. His ship was the Golden Seahorse (Gulden Zeepard). Fowlers Bay was named by Matthew Flinders when he anchored his ship The Investigator in the waters on 28 January 1802, after his first lieutenant, Robert Fowler. Edward John Eyre set up base camp here in 1840 during his epic journeys across the Nullarbor Plain. By this time the area was well-known to American and French whaling ships; Eyre documents seeing whalers in the area. In the 1860s, the first pastoral leases were established by William Swan and Robert Barr-Smith, forming Yalata station, a massive farming property, whose boundaries encompassed from the Head of the Great Australian Bight to Streaky Bay. The region was surveyed in March 1890 and proclaimed a town (under the name Yalata) in the Government Gazette in 1890, with the name changed to Fowler's Bay in 1940. Yalata now refers to a nearby township. Today Fowlers Bay is located in the unincorporated area of South Australia (only 15% of the state is under Local Government). The town does not receive reticulated power or water. It is currently a popular overnight destination between Nundroo and Penong, and its good fishing facilities, attractive beaches and surrounding historical ruins gives the town some interest for tourists and sightseers. There are no sealed roads to Fowlers Bay and visitors should seek advice before driving across the saltwater bog behind the town. Visually the town is dominated by a large sand dune that protects the town from the Southern Ocean. The ruins of the homestead of the Yalata station can be found several kilometres from the town. There is a small cemetery on the outskirts of the town. 31°59′22″S 132°26′13″E / 31. 989470°S 132. 436850°E / -31. 989470; 132. 436850

Miss New Hampshire USA

Miss New Hampshire USA 2006-03-17T01:24:32Z The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the represetative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant. Ohio acheived success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years. Ohio is one of only twelve states to win the Miss USA crown twice (Sue Downey in 1965 and Kim Seelbrede in 1981). There are many notable Miss Ohio USA's, most famously actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry who was 1st runner up to Miss USA in 1986. Others include Kim Mullen (2002) of Survivor: Palau, Melissa Proctor (1990), current director of the Miss Ohio USA and Miss Michigan USA pageants and Lesa Rummell (1977), mother of Miss Teen USA 2005, Allie LaForce. , Miss New Hampshire USA 2007-11-17T10:27:06Z The Miss New Hampshire USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss USA pageant. New Hampshire has had little success at Miss USA, and has only placed four times. Two of those placings have been in the past six years, with Bridget Vezina placing 1st runner-up to Lynnette Cole at Miss USA 2000, and the semi-finals placement of Vanessa Bissanti at Miss USA 2004. Only one Miss New Hampshire had previously competed at Miss Teen USA, but three have competed at Miss America. 1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

April_Carter

April_Carter 2009-03-28T02:42:57Z April Carter has lectured in politics at the universities of Lancaster, Oxford and Queensland, and was a Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute from 1985 to 1987. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, and a 'senior editor' on the international editoral board for the International Encyclopedia of Peace to be published by Oxford University Press (New York). April Carter was active in the nuclear disarmament movement in Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming Secretary of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War in May 1958 (just after it had organised the first Aldermaston March), and was involved in early civil disobedience at nuclear missile bases. In 1961 she was European coordinator for the San Francisco to Moscow March organised by the US Committee for Nonviolent Action, and 1961-62 was an assistant editor at the international pacifist weekly Peace News. During the revived nuclear disarmament movement of the 1980s she was a member of the Alternative Defence Commission, which published an analysis of non-nuclear defence options for Britain in Defence Without the Bomb (Taylor and Francis, 1983), April_Carter 2011-03-11T21:09:23Z April Carter has lectured in politics at the universities of Lancaster, Oxford and Queensland, and was a Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute from 1985 to 1987. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, and a 'senior editor' on the international editoral board for the International Encyclopedia of Peace to be published by Oxford University Press (New York). April Carter was active in the nuclear disarmament movement in Britain in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming Secretary of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War in May 1958 (just after it had organised the first Aldermaston March), and was involved in early civil disobedience at nuclear missile bases. In 1961 she was European coordinator for the San Francisco to Moscow March organised by the US Committee for Nonviolent Action, and 1961-62 was an assistant editor at the international pacifist weekly Peace News. During the revived nuclear disarmament movement of the 1980s she was a member of the Alternative Defence Commission, which published an analysis of non-nuclear defence options for Britain in Defence Without the Bomb (Taylor and Francis, 1983) Template:Persondata

Philippe_Buache

Philippe_Buache 2010-01-12T22:19:41Z Philippe Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 7 February 1700; died Paris, 24 January 1773) was a French geographer. Buache was trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle, whose daughter he married, and whom he succeeded in the Académie des sciences in 1730. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries. In 1754, he published an "Atlas physique. " He also wrote several pamphlets. His nephew, Jean Nicolas Bauche (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 15 February 1741; died Paris, 21 November 1825), was also a geographer of the king. This biographical article about a geographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Philippe_Buache 2011-01-11T21:40:34Z Philippe Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 7 February 1700; died Paris, 24 January 1773) was a French geographer. Buache was trained under the geographer Guillaume Delisle, whose daughter he married, and whom he succeeded in the Académie des sciences in 1730. Buache was nominated first geographer of the king in 1729. He established the division of the world by seas and river systems. He believed in a southern continent, an hypothesis which was confirmed by later discoveries. In 1754, he published an "Atlas physique. " He also wrote several pamphlets. His nephew, Jean Nicolas Buache (born La Neuville-au-Pont, 15 February 1741; died Paris, 21 November 1825), was also a geographer of the king. Template:Persondata This article about a French scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article about a geographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Sarita Choudhury

Sarita Choudhury 2008-01-28T12:09:46Z adult bio Sarita Choudhury (birth name: Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury) (born August 18, 1966 in Blackheath, London, England) is a British-born actress of half Indian (Bengali) and half English descent. Her parents, Prabhas Chandra Choudhury, a scientist and Julia Patricia Spring, married in 1964 in Lucea, Jamaica. She studied Economics and film at the Queens University Ontario, Canada. She is best known for her roles in the Mira Nair-directed feature films Mississippi Masala (1992), The Perez Family (1995) and Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). After her debut film Mississippi Masala became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury acted as a Pakistani country-western singer in Wild West, a Chilean maid in Bille August's adaptation of The House of the Spirits, and a lesbian mother in Fresh Kill. By the late 1990s, Choudhury added to her repertoire with supporting roles in the glossy Hitchcock remake, A Perfect Murder and the John Cassavetes retread Gloria. She also played a lesbian virgin in Spike Lee's She Hate Me and acted as Anna Ran in Lady in the Water, a 2006 thriller/fantasy film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. , Sarita Choudhury 2009-09-17T12:08:35Z Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is an English actress. Choudhury was born in Blackheath, London, England, of half Bengali Indian and half English descent. Her parents, Prabhas Chandra Choudhury, a scientist, and Julia Patricia Spring, married in 1964 in Lucea, Jamaica. She studied Economics and film at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is best known for her roles in the Mira Nair-directed feature films Mississippi Masala (1992), The Perez Family (1995) and Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). After her debut film Mississippi Masala became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury acted as a Pakistani country-western singer in Wild West, a Chilean maid who is raped in Bille August's adaptation of The House of the Spirits, and a lesbian mother in Fresh Kill. By the late 1990s, Choudhury added to her repertoire with supporting roles in the glossy Hitchcock remake, A Perfect Murder and the John Cassavetes retread Gloria. In 2002 she starred in Just a Kiss. She played a lesbian virgin in Spike Lee's She Hate Me and acted as Anna Ran in Lady in the Water, a 2006 thriller/fantasy film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. She appeared on Homicide: Life on the Streets for five episodes during the 1998-1999 season as Dr. Kalyani, a medical examiner. Choudhury most recently played the role of the King's mistress, Helen Pardis, in the NBC drama Kings. The series was based upon the Biblical story of King David but set in modern times. Her character's Biblical counterpart was Rizpah, a concubine of King Saul.

Anita Hassanandani

Anita Hassanandani 2015-01-15T15:18:12Z Anita Hassanadani Reddy is an Indian actress and model who has acted in multilingual films and serials. After a successful modeling career, she started acting in serial Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii (2001), she followed it with her debut in Bollywood, in the 2003 film Kucch To Hai. Hassanandani is best known for acting in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil films. After her success as a model for EverYuth, Sunsilk, Boroplus and other brands, she made her debut on the television screen in daytime soap Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii. She made her Hindi film debut with the 2003 Thriller film Kucch To Hai. She later worked in the films Krishna Cottage, a supernatural thriller; and Koi Aap Sa. She also starred in the television show Kavyanjali, playing the protagonist Anjali, a middle class girl marrying into a business tycoon's family. Other than her mainstream Bollywood film and television screen performances, she also worked in some South Indian movies including Nenupelliki ready and Thotti gang. Nuvvu Nenu was a hit Telugu movie; later the movie was remade with the name Yeh Dil in Hindi with Tusshar Kapoor. She appeared in a song in a Telugu movie, Nenunnanu. Hassanandani married businessman Rohit Reddy in Goa on October 14, 2013. Award Show Category Character For the Show Year-2005 Year-2006 Year-2014, Anita Hassanandani 2016-12-29T06:06:48Z Anita Hassanandani Reddy (born as Natassha Hassanandani, 14 April 1981) is an Indian actress and model who has acted in multilingual films and serials. After a successful modeling career, she started acting in serial Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii(2001), she followed it with her debut in Bollywood, in the 2003 film Kucch To Hai and became a household name as the lead Anjali in the hit television series Kkavyanjali. She is currently seen as Shagun Arora in Ye Hai Mohabbatein. Hassanandani has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Punjabi films. After appearing as a model for EverYuth, Sunsilk, Boroplus and other brands, she made her debut on the television screen in daytime soap Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii. She made her debut in Tamil Film with the movie Samurai in 2002 in a supporting role. She made her Hindi film debut with the 2003 Thriller film Kucch To Hai. She later worked in the films Krishna Cottage, a supernatural thriller; and Koi Aap Sa. She also starred in the television show Kavyanjali, playing the protagonist Anjali, a middle class girl marrying into a business tycoon's family. Other than her mainstream Bollywood film and television screen performances, she also worked in some South Indian movies including Nenu Pelliki Ready,Thotti Gang and Nuvvu Nenu which later was remade as Yeh Dil in Hindi with Tusshar Kapoor. She appeared in a song in a Telugu movie, Nenunnanu. Since 2013 she appears in the role of Shagun Arora on the television show Ye Hai Mohabbatein. She was a wild card entry in season 8 of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Hassanandani married businessman Rohit Reddy in Goa on 14 October 2013.

Denman Chase

Denman Chase 2011-02-18T22:02:28Z The Aon Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February. The event is named after its sponsors Aon Group Ltd, and it was first run in 2000. It was promoted to Listed status in 2002, and to Grade 2 level in 2003. The planned running in 2009 was abandoned at Newbury because of snow, and so the race was switched to an alternative venue, Kempton Park. The rearranged event was titled the Levy Board Chase. The race serves as one of the principal trials for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. Two horses have won both events in the same year – Kauto Star (2007) and Denman (2008). 1 The race was abandoned in 2006 because of frost. 2 The 2009 running took place at Kempton Park. , Denman Chase 2012-07-20T17:16:03Z The Denman Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February. The event was originally named the Aon Chase, after its first sponsors Aon Group Ltd, and it was first run in 2000. It was promoted to Listed status in 2002, and to Grade 2 level in 2003. The planned running in 2009 was abandoned at Newbury because of snow, and so the race was switched to an alternative venue, Kempton Park. The rearranged event was titled the Levy Board Chase. In 2012 the sponsorship was taken over by Betfair and renamed the Denman Chase in honour of Denman, who won the race in 2008 and also won two Hennessy Gold Cups at Newbury. The race serves as one of the principal trials for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. Two horses have won both events in the same year – Kauto Star (2007) and Denman (2008). 1 The race was abandoned in 2006 because of frost. 2 The 2009 running took place at Kempton Park.

Linda_Olofsson_(TV_journalist)

Linda_Olofsson_(TV_journalist) 2009-03-14T21:49:01Z Linda Olofsson (born May 24 in 1973 in Vännäs, Västerbotten) is a Swedish TV-journalist. She is currently co-hosting the debate show "Argument" on SVT together with Helena Wink, and was earlier the hostess of "Mitt i naturen", succeeding Charlotte Permell. She was later succeeded by Martin Emtenäs. She is daughter of the in Sweden famous TV-journalist Sverker Olofsson. , Linda_Olofsson_(TV_journalist) 2010-08-24T04:46:31Z Linda Olofsson (born May 24 in 1973 in Vännäs, Västerbotten) is a Swedish TV-journalist. She is currently co-hosting the debate show "Argument" on SVT together with Helena Wink, and was earlier the hostess of "Mitt i naturen", succeeding Charlotte Permell. She was later succeeded by Martin Emtenäs. She is daughter of the in Sweden famous TV-journalist Sverker Olofsson.

Miss Korea

Miss Korea 2010-03-06T14:41:44Z Miss Korea (미스코리아 in Korean) is a beauty contest held in South Korea to select South Korea's representatives for the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth competitions. The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper HanKook Daily News. Each year approximately fifty women compete in Seoul, South Korea and seven are selected by a panel of judges. The 1st place winner is crowned the official Miss Korea and competes in Miss Universe and Miss World. Additionally, there are two "sun"(선) finalists (1st and 2nd runner ups respectively), one which goes to Miss International and the other to Miss Earth. Lastly, four "mi" (미) finalists (equivalent to semi-finalists)are chosen. Korea debuted at Miss Universe in 1954. Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959. Korea debuted at Miss International in 1960., Miss Korea 2011-12-31T07:33:58Z Miss Korea (Korean: 미스코리아) is an annual national beauty pageant responsible for selecting Korea's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. The current titleholder is Lee Seong-hye. She won the title on August 3, 2011 in Seoul. The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper HanKook Daily News. Each year, approximately fifty women compete in Seoul, South Korea, and seven are selected by a panel of judges. The 1st place winner "Jin"(진) is crowned the official Miss Korea and competes in Miss Universe. Additionally, there are two "Sun"(선) finalists: first runner up goes to Miss International, and second runner up goes to Miss Earth. Lastly, four "Mi" (미) finalists (equivalent to semi-finalists) are chosen. On March 16, 2011, the president of Miss World Organization Julia Morley announced the newly launched Miss World Korea pageant. Until 2010, Miss Korea would also select the representative to Miss World. The woman chosen in this new competition will represent Korea at Miss World 2011. Korea debuted at Miss Universe in 1954. Korea debuted at Miss International in 1960. Korea debuted at Miss Earth in 2002. Korea debuted at Miss World in 1959.

Bill Burr

Bill Burr 2010-01-16T03:02:20Z Bill Burr (aka Billy Burr, born June 10, 1968 in Canton, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian. In 1995, he moved to New York City and lived there for eight months. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked on a number of film and television projects. He returned to New York in 1999 and moved back to Los Angeles in 2008, where he currently resides. He performs over three hundred shows annually, had two movies released in 2006, and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. In early 2004, he appeared in two episodes of Chappelle's Show, and in September 2005, his HBO One Night Stand special aired. Along with many other projects, Burr has also been a guest comedian on the Bob and Tom Show as well as on the Opie and Anthony Show on XM Satellite Radio, sometimes sitting in when third member Jim Norton is away. He has also performed on the Comedy Central Presents show. In 2006, he gained notoriety among comedic circles for an incident in Camden, New Jersey as a part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour. Prior to Burr, comedian Dom Irrera was booed. Burr, the following comedian, criticized the audience as shallow. He abandoned his scripted material entirely, proceeding to hurl profanity-laced insult after insult toward the crowd, mostly from nearby Philadelphia. He incorporated historic Philadelphia references into the tirade. He continued in this off-the-cuff manner for over ten minutes, and was treated to a lengthy standing ovation as he left the stage. On December 16, 2006, Burr hosted a three-hour radio show on Opie and Anthony's XM radio channel program The Virus (channel 202) titled "Uninformed with Bill Burr & Joe DeRosa" from 9pm-12am. The second Uninformed show aired February 10, 2007 from 9pm-12am, and the show has continued to run on an irregular schedule about once a month. Since Burr's move to Los Angeles, it has primarily been a pre-taped show, rather than live. In September 2007, Burr signed with Colorado independent label What Are Records? . His debut album Emotionally Unavailable: Expanded Edition was released October 16, 2007. Emotionally Unavailable carries content previously available only in Burr’s stand-up shows. It features a completely unedited set with Burr covering topics from rednecks to inadvertent racism to relationship books to crazy people on the subway. The Expanded Edition augments that album with previously unreleased highlights from a different tour - the Houston stop of the I’m Rich Biatch Tour which Bill co-headlined with Chappelle's Show cast mates Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings. Much of the material from this tour later turned up on Burr’s HBO stand-up special. As with other comics associated with The Opie & Anthony Show, in 2008, Burr's voice was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto IV. In the game, Bill plays a member of a biker gang in the mission "No Love Lost". In 2009, he reprised his role in the game's expansion pack The Lost and Damned. He is a Boston Bruins fan and periodically blogs for NHL.com. Burr has a new special scheduled to air in December 2009 called "Let It Go," which he announced on his podcast on September 28, 2009. Burr's brother, Robert, is selectman from Canton, Massachusetts and was briefly a candidate to fill the Massachusetts' vacant seat in the United States Senate after the death of Ted Kennedy in 2009., Bill Burr 2011-12-26T17:27:41Z William "Bill" Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, radio host and actor. Burr was born in Canton, Massachusetts. His father was a dentist, and Bill worked as a hygienist for a short time. He began stand-up at age 23 after attending Emerson College. In 1995, he moved to New York City and lived there for eight months. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked on a number of film and television projects. He returned to New York in 1999 and moved back to Los Angeles in 2008, where he currently resides. He is 5'10" in height and is left handed. He performs over three hundred shows annually, had two movies released in 2006, and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. In early 2004, he appeared in two episodes of Chappelle's Show, and in September 2005, his HBO One Night Stand special aired. Along with many other projects, Burr has also been a guest comedian on the Bob and Tom Show as well as on the Opie and Anthony Show on XM Satellite Radio, sometimes sitting in when third member Jim Norton is away. He has also performed on the Comedy Central Presents show. On December 16, 2006, Burr hosted a three-hour radio show on Opie and Anthony's XM radio channel program The Virus (channel 202) titled "Uninformed with Bill Burr & Joe DeRosa" from 9pm-12am. The second Uninformed show aired February 10, 2007 from 9pm-12am, and the show has continued to run on an irregular schedule about once a month. Since Burr's move to Los Angeles, it has primarily been a pre-taped show, rather than live. The show's collection of free podcasts can be found at http://www.uninformedradio.com/ In September 2007, Burr signed with Colorado independent label What Are Records?. An expanded version of his 2003 debut album Emotionally Unavailable was released October 16, 2007. Emotionally Unavailable carries content previously available only in Burr’s stand-up shows. It features a completely unedited set with Burr covering topics from rednecks to inadvertent racism to relationship books to crazy people on the subway. The Expanded Edition augments that album with previously unreleased highlights from a different tour - the Houston stop of the I’m Rich Biatch Tour which Bill co-headlined with Chappelle's Show cast mates Charlie Murphy and Donnell Rawlings. Much of the material from this tour later turned up on Burr’s HBO stand-up special. As with other comics associated with The Opie & Anthony Show, in 2008, Burr's voice was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto IV. In the game, Bill plays Jason Michaels of the biker gang the The Lost MC in the mission "No Love Lost". In 2009, he reprised his role in the game's expansion pack The Lost and Damned. He is a Boston Bruins fan and periodically blogs for NHL.com. He admitted on Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Podcast that he is afraid of the ocean. Burr's most recent special is entitled "Let It Go" which premiered on Comedy Central on September 18, 2010 and was shot at the Fillmore in San Francisco, California. He is referred to by several in the industry as the "Comedian's Comedian". This was confirmed on the Jason Ellis show Dec 2010. Burr's brother, Robert, is a selectman from Canton, Massachusetts and was briefly a candidate to fill the Massachusetts' vacant seat in the United States Senate after the death of Ted Kennedy in 2009. Burr appeared in the movie Date Night as Detective Walsh. He also appeared in season 4 of AMC's Breaking Bad as Kuby. Since May 2007, Bill Burr has recorded a weekly one-hour podcast, in which he speaks without reservation and off the cuff about his past and recent experiences, going on tour, and sports. Occasionally, he is joined by his girlfriend Nia, depending on whether she is present in their apartment or not. Burr also appears as a guest on other comedians' podcasts, such as Adam Carolla's podcast (June 16, 2010), The Joe Rogan Experience (June 16, 2010), WTF with Marc Maron (January 11, 2010), and Chris Hardwick's Nerdist podcast (June 29, 2010), where Burr wondered if anyone in the podcast audience was putting trivia about him on Wikipedia based on what he said, specifically whether people know he's terrified of the ocean because of the movie Jaws. Burr was also the very first guest on the Tom Green podcast. On April 18, 2011 he guest hosted the Hollywood Babble-On podcast alongside Ralph Garman, taking the place of a sick Kevin Smith.

Helena Paparizou discography

Helena Paparizou discography 2019-01-29T11:59:32Z The discography of Greek–Swedish singer Elena Paparizou consists of nine studio albums (six in Greek and three in English if we count "My Number One" edition in Europe), one compilation album, eleven extended plays, forty eight singles (including eight as a featured artist), four video albums, thirty seven music videos and she has participated in three soundtracks. Elena Paparizou was awarded several times by the Greek IFPI for selling more than 300,000 albums in her solo career and, besides, having sold a total of 100,000 CD singles. , Helena Paparizou discography 2020-12-24T14:56:37Z The discography of Greek–Swedish singer Helena Paparizou consists of nine studio albums (six in Greek and three in English if we count "My Number One" edition in Europe), three compilation albums, thirteen extended plays, sixty-three singles (including eleven as a featured artist), four video albums, fifty-one music videos and she has participated in three soundtracks. Helena Paparizou was awarded several times by the Greek IFPI for selling more than 300,000 albums in her solo career and, besides, having sold a total of 100,000 CD singles.

Adrian Alandy

Adrian Alandy 2009-02-08T21:59:19Z Adrian Louis Alandy, better known as Luis Alandy (born February 7, 1980 in Manila, Philippines). Standing 5'8", and 150 lbs. has a 31-inch waistline and wears medium-sized shirt and size 9 shoes. Filipino actor and model. The young Filipino television and movie actor Luis Alandy is not only strikingly handsome, sweet and now hunky, but is also down-to-earth and intelligent. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting. He landed his first acting role in the popular TV series "Pangako sa 'yo" (2000) as David. Alandy completed an intensive course in computer at AMA Computer College-East Rizal (Philippines). He then studied psychology at San Sebastian College, but dropped out in his third year to try his luck in show business. "I love the hardships of acting," Luis said when asked what attracted him to becoming an actor. Luis Alandy started out as a GMA7 Talent but when he realized that his career wasn’t going anywhere, he left his home network and transferred to ABS-CBN. This proved to be a good move on his part because he has since then appeared in several soap operas and started to become a household name and a recognizable matinee idol. As with most stars, his star shone less brightly with the advent of reality tv searches for new artists. He became less visible in showbiz and that led him to venture into showing a bit more skin. His initial salvo was in theater. He, together with other male sexy stars, appeared in the controversial stage musical. All About Men where he bared his body for the audience. After this exposure, he has become less self-conscious and more daring, for instance showing more skin in a pictorial, playing gay roles on screen, etc. This guy has surely progressed from the wholesome matinee idol to a hunky sex symbol. I’m sure Luis Alandy has a lot more to offer. Let’s just wait and see what he’s going to do next. He has appeared in several TV series in the Philippines, including "Sana'y wala ng wakas" (2003), "Vietnam Rose" (2005) and "Gulong ng palad" (2005) to name a few. He has recently starred in a number of box-office movies like Pacquiao: The Movie (2006) and Barcelona (2006). Alandy buffed up his body for Bench underwear fashion shows, and for the musical revue "Penis Talks" (2004). He's also a member of the all-male macho group Barako Boys. He confessed that in his eight years in show- business, he experienced being at the bottom of the wheel. He remembered contemplating if he will land TV or movie projects because of competition becoming stiffer with the emergence of newer actors. He was a member of the all-male macho group Barako Boys (with the award-winning actor Jay Manalo, Christian Vasquez, Carlo Maceda, Reggie Curley, and Paolo Paraiso). The group has released a musical album. He had switched from ABS-CBN to GMA Network. He appeared in his two primetime shows of GMA. Dyesebel is considered as Alandy's biggest break. After Dyesebel, Alandy will be star in primetime show Luna Mystika., Adrian Alandy 2010-11-29T14:46:47Z Adrian Louis Alandy (born February 7, 1980 in Manila, Philippines), better known as Luis Alandy is a Filipino actor and model. Alandy started his career as a model. He first appeared in a print magazine and was soon discovered to do acting. He landed his first acting role in the popular TV series Pangako sa 'yo (2000) as David. Alandy completed an intensive course in computer at AMA Computer College-East Rizal (Philippines). He then studied psychology at San Sebastian College, but dropped out in his third year to try his luck in show business. "I love the hardships of acting," Luis said when asked what attracted him to becoming an actor. Luis Alandy started out as a GMA7 Talent but when he realized that his career wasn’t going anywhere, he left his home network and transferred to ABS-CBN. This proved to be a good move on his part because he has since then appeared in several soap operas and started to become a household name and a recognizable matinee idol. As with most stars, his star shone less brightly with the advent of reality tv searches for new artists. He became less visible in showbiz and that led him to venture into showing a bit more skin. His initial salvo was in theater. He, together with other male sexy stars, appeared in the controversial stage musical. All About Men where he bared his body for the audience. After this exposure, he has become less self-conscious and more daring, for instance showing more skin in a pictorial, playing gay roles on screen, etc. This guy has surely progressed from the wholesome matinee idol to a hunky sex symbol. I’m sure Luis Alandy has a lot more to offer. Let’s just wait and see what he’s going to do next. He has appeared in several TV series in the Philippines, including "Sana'y wala ng wakas" (2003), "Vietnam Rose" (2005) and "Gulong ng palad" (2005) to name a few. He has recently starred in a number of box-office movies like Pacquiao: The Movie (2006) and Barcelona (2006). Alandy buffed up his body for Bench underwear fashion shows, and for the musical revue "Penis Talks" (2004). He's also a member of the all-male macho group Barako Boys. He confessed that in his eight years in show- business, he experienced being at the bottom of the wheel. He remembered contemplating if he will land TV or movie projects because of competition becoming stiffer with the emergence of newer actors. He was a member of the all-male macho group Barako Boys (with the award-winning actor Jay Manalo, Christian Vasquez, Carlo Maceda, Reggie Curley, and Paolo Paraiso). The group has released a musical album. He had switched from ABS-CBN to GMA Network. He appeared in his two primetime shows of GMA. Dyesebel is considered as Alandy's biggest break. After Dyesebel, Alandy starred in primetime show Luna Mystika. After Luna mystika, he starred in the action thriller Sine Novela: Ngayon At Kailanman where he plays the most villainous role ever.

Dave Franco

Dave Franco 2011-01-19T18:30:54Z David John "Dave" Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American television and film actor who played the role of Cole Aaronson for season nine of Scrubs. Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the son of Betsy (née Verne), a poet, author and editor, and Doug Franco, who met as students at Stanford University. His maternal grandmother, Mitzi Levine Verne, runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland. Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swedish descent and Franco's mother is Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia. Franco grew up in California with his two brothers, James and Tom. He attended the University of Southern California before dropping out and pursuing acting. , Dave Franco 2012-12-30T17:51:18Z David John "Dave" Franco (born June 12, 1985) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is best known for his roles on Scrubs, 21 Jump Street and Fright Night. He is the younger brother of James Franco. Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the son of Betsy (née Verne), a poet, author and editor, and Doug Franco (1948-2011), who met as students at Stanford University. His maternal grandmother, Mitzi Levine Verne, runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland. Franco's father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent and Franco's mother is Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia. Dave grew up in California with his two brothers, Tom Franco and Hollywood actor James Franco. In 2006 Franco made his acting debut on The CW Drama television series 7th Heaven. He has since appeared in television shows such as Do Not Disturb and Young Justice. Franco has also had noticeable roles in films such as Superbad, Charlie St. Cloud and The Shortcut. In May 2008 Franco was cast in The CW Teen Drama television series Privileged. The series centered on a live-in tutor for two spoiled heiresses in Palm Beach. Franco was cast in an initial major recurring role. The series premiered on September 9, 2008 to 3.1 million viewers. Ratings continued to slip each week with the series sixth episode reaching 1.837 million viewers. The CW did not renew the series for a second season due to low ratings. In August 2009 Variety announced Franco was cast in a regular role for the ninth season of the ABC Sitcom series Scrubs. Franco portrayed the role of Cole Aaronson, a medical student, whose family paid a large sum of money to Sacred Heart Hospital to receive an internship. Franco went on to appear in all thirteen episodes of the ninth season and received praise from critics for his performance. ABC announced the series would not be renewed for a tenth season therefore Franco would not reprise his role of Cole. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011. In August 2011 Franco starred in the 3D Horror Comedy film Fright Night alongside Colin Farrell and Toni Collette. The film is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name and follows a teenage boy who finds out his neighbor is a vampire. Franco played the role of popular high school student Mark. The film received positive reviews from critics and went on to make over $41 million worldwide. In May 2011 Franco was cast in the Columbia Pictures Action Comedy film 21 Jump Street alongside Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. The film which is based on the 1987 television series of the same name centers on undercover cops who go back to high school to bring down a synthetic drug ring. Franco played the role of Eric - a high school student and the lead dealer of the drug. Dave's character, Eric has parents who neglect him, which causes him to be the dealer. The film was released in March 2012 to critical acclaim and box office success. Franco has denied rumors he is involved with the planned sequel. In September 2011 Franco was cast in the Zombie Romance film Warm Bodies as Perry Kelvin. The film is an adaptation of the best-selling novel Warm Bodies and follows a romance between a zombie and a human during a zombie apocalypse. Filming took place in Montreal. The film is scheduled to be released on February 1, 2013. In April 2012 Entertainment Tonight announced Franco was cast alongside Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Isla Fisher in the ensemble crime thriller film Now You See Me.

Per Anger

Per Anger 2008-05-02T13:38:54Z Per Johan Valentin Anger (December 7, 1913 - August 26, 2002) was a Swedish diplomat who participated in efforts to rescue Hungarian Jews from arrest and deportation by the Nazis during World War II. Born in Göteborg, Anger studied law at the University of Stockholm and later at the University of Uppsala. After graduating in November 1939, he was drafted into the army. Soon afterwards, the Swedish foreign ministry offered him a trainee position at the Swedish legation in Berlin, which he began in January 1940. Anger was assigned to the trade department, but after the legation received information about an impending Nazi attack on Norway and Denmark, he became involved in relaying intelligence to Stockholm. In June 1941 he returned to Stockholm, where he worked on trade relations between Sweden and Hungary. In November 1942 he was sent to Budapest as second secretary at the Swedish legation. After Germany invaded Hungary on March 19, 1944, Anger became involved in efforts to aid Hungarian Jews. Anger originated the idea of issuing Swedish provisional passports and special certificates to protect Jews from internment and deportation. Seven hundred of these documents were issued initially. Although the legality of the documents was doubtful, the Hungarian government agreed to recognize their bearers as Swedish citizens. On July 9, Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest. He immediately extended Anger's initiative, introducing colorful protective passes (Schutzpasse) and creating "safe houses" throughout the city. Anger and Wallenberg worked together, often literally snatching people from transports and death marches. After the Soviets invaded in January 1945, both Anger and Wallenberg were taken into custody. Anger was released three months later, but Wallenberg never emerged again, becoming one of the 20th Century's most famous missing persons. After the war, Anger served in numerous diplomatic posts in Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Austria and the United States. He later became head of Sweden's international aid program and served as ambassador to Australia, Canada and the Bahamas. Throughout his post-war career, Anger led efforts to learn what happened to Wallenberg, even meeting personally with Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s. In 2000, the Russian government finally acknowledged that Wallenberg and his driver died in Soviet custody in 1947, although the exact circumstances of their deaths remain unclear. In 1982 Anger was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, and in 1995 he was honored with the Hungarian Republic's Order of Merit. In 2000 he was awarded honorary Israeli citizenship. In 2001, the American Swedish Historical Museum presented him the "Spirit of Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award," and in April 2002 Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson awarded Anger the "Illis Quorum Meruere Labores" for his actions during and after the war. Anger died in Stockholm after suffering a stroke. , Per Anger 2009-12-11T00:50:56Z Per Johan Valentin Anger (December 7, 1913 – August 26, 2002) was a Swedish diplomat who participated in numerous efforts to rescue Hungarian Jews from arrest and deportation by the Nazis during World War II. Born in Göteborg, Anger studied law at the University of Stockholm and later at the University of Uppsala. After graduating in November 1939, he was drafted into the army. Soon afterwards, the Swedish foreign ministry offered him a trainee position at the Swedish legation in Berlin, which he began in January 1940. Anger was assigned to the trade department, but after the legation received information about an impending Nazi attack on Norway and Denmark, he became involved in relaying intelligence to Stockholm. In June 1941 he returned to Stockholm, where he worked on trade relations between Sweden and Hungary. In November 1942 he was sent to Budapest as second secretary at the Swedish legation. After Germany invaded Hungary on March 19, 1944, Anger became involved in efforts to aid Hungarian Jews. Anger originated the idea of issuing Swedish provisional passports and special certificates to protect Jews from internment and deportation. Seven hundred of these documents were issued initially. Although the legality of the documents was doubtful, the Hungarian government agreed to recognize their bearers as Swedish citizens. On July 9, Raoul Wallenberg arrived in Budapest. He immediately extended Anger's initiative, introducing colorful protective passes (Schutzpasse) and creating "safe houses" throughout the city. Anger and Wallenberg worked together, often literally snatching people from transports and death marches. After the Soviets invaded in January 1945, both Anger and Wallenberg were taken into custody. Anger was released three months later, but Wallenberg never emerged again, becoming one of the 20th Century's most famous missing persons. After the war, Anger served in numerous diplomatic posts in Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Austria and the United States. He later became head of Sweden's international aid program and served as ambassador to Australia, Canada and the Bahamas. Throughout his post-war career, Anger led efforts to learn what happened to Wallenberg, even meeting personally with Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s. In 2000, the Russian government finally acknowledged that Wallenberg and his driver died in Soviet custody in 1947, although the exact circumstances of their deaths remain unclear. In 1982, Anger was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations and in 1995 he was honored with the Hungarian Republic's Order of Merit. In 2000, he was awarded honorary Israeli citizenship. In 2001, the American Swedish Historical Museum presented him with the Spirit of Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award . In April, 2002 Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson awarded Anger the Illis Quorum Meruere Labores for his actions during and after the war. Illis Quorum (For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It) is the highest award that can be conferred upon an individual Swedish citizen by the Government of Sweden. Anger died in Stockholm after suffering a stroke. The Per Anger Prize was instituted by the Swedish Government to honor the memory of ambassador Per Anger and is awarded for humanitarian work and initiatives in the name of Democracy. The prize is awarded to individuals or groups who have distinguished themselves either in the past or in more recent times.

Crescent_Sail_Yacht_Club

Crescent_Sail_Yacht_Club 2007-12-04T04:08:23Z Crescent Sail Yacht Club (CSYC) is a private sailing club and marina on Lake Saint Clair (North America) located at 276 Lakeshore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA. Crescent is a member of the Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA). Crescent was formed in 1933. It was founded as a sailing club for "men (and now women) of moderate means" and this principle was embodied in the requirement, still in place today, that all members perform a minimum number of annual work hours as part of their membership. On the evening of September 23rd, 1932 a group of young men met at the residence of Chalmer Burns and agreed to the formation of a Club for the purpose of fostering yacht sailing. The September 30th meeting fixed a Membership Fee at $10. 00 and a first year dues at $6. 00. The name of Corinthian Sailors Club was suggested as a Club name. At the dinner meeting on October 28th, the name Corinthian Sail Yacht Club was adopted. Temporary Officers were elected. Chalmer Burns as Commodore, Art Miller as Vice Commodore and Charles Parker as Secretary-Treasurer. On December 2nd, the first annual election was held after dinner at Joe Muer’s Oyster Bar. Chalmer Burns was elected Commodore, Art Miller - Vice Commodore and Howard Lauhoff - Rear Commodore. The Constitution was presented, discussed and unanimously adopted. 1933 The name Corinthian Sail Yacht Club was rescinded on January 21st 1933 due to the attempted survival of a Club in Marblehead with the same name and the name Crescent Sail Yacht Club was adopted. A General Meeting was held at Coffee Dans on April 24th and a committee was announced to study club site possibilities. Theo. Barbier was appointed chairman of this committee. At a Board Meeting on May 10th, the J. B. Book property at 7700 East Jefferson was accepted as the new Club site. The rental rate was fixed at $25. 00 per month. The building, which contained 2 large meeting rooms, a locker room and a loft for storage of sails and rigging, was well suited for Club purposes. There was splendid anchorage for boats and a timber ramp for launching and hauling out boats. Total income in 1933 was $802. 33 and expenses were $802. 83. There were 55 Members in the Club and dues were $6. 00 A location of 42°24' N, 82°53' W is approximately 200 meters southeast of the CSYC entrance, which is on the south side of the club's peninsula. There is a set of red and green buoys marking the channel entrance. The channel points toward shore at a right angle to the harbor entrance, requiring a starboard turn into the harbor. While the water to seaward of the channel (outside of the green buoys) is generally safe for boats drawing less than six feet, caution should be taken to avoid passing between the red buoys and the seawall as there are rocks and shallow water next to the seawall. Care should also be taken to avoid navigating to shoreward (west) of the harbor entrance due to shallow water. The north side of the CSYC peninsula is a sandy-bottomed shallow bay defined by the shore on its west, CSYC to the south, and the Grosse Pointe Farms Municipal Park to north. Junior and Adult sailing lessons and racing instruction is offered through the Crescent Sailing Association, the non-profit educational organization located at CSYC. One-design racing is extremely active at CSYC, with the following dinghy and keelboat fleets represented at the club: Dinghies Flying Junior Flying Scot Formula 18 (Sailing) 420 (dinghy) Laser (dinghy) Lightning (dinghy) Optimist (dinghy) Thistle (dinghy) Tornado (sailboat) Keelboats Beneteau 36. 7 Cal Yachts 20 Cal Yachts 25 Etchells Express 27 J/24 J/35 J/105 J/120 Melges 24 S2 Yachts 7. 9 Tartan Ten, Crescent_Sail_Yacht_Club 2009-09-05T04:29:34Z Crescent Sail Yacht Club (CSYC) is a private sailing club and marina on Lake Saint Clair in Michigan. Crescent is a member of the Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA). Crescent was formed in 1933. It was founded as a sailing club for "men (and now women) of moderate means" and this principle was embodied in the requirement, still in place today, that all members perform a minimum number of annual work hours as part of their membership. On the evening of September 23rd, 1932 a group of young men met at the residence of Chalmers Burn and agreed to the formation of a club for the purpose of fostering yacht sailing. The September 30th meeting fixed a Membership Fee at $10. 00 and a first year dues at $6. 00. The name of "Corinthian Sailors Club" was suggested as a club name. At the dinner meeting on October 28th, the name "Corinthian Sail Yacht Club" was adopted. Temporary Officers were elected: Chalmers Burn as Commodore, Art Miller as Vice Commodore and Charles Parker as Secretary-Treasurer. On December 2nd, the first annual election was held after dinner at Joe Muer’s Oyster Bar. Chalmers Burn was elected Commodore, Art Miller - Vice Commodore and Howard Lauhoff - Rear Commodore. The Constitution was presented, discussed and unanimously adopted. In 1933, the club changed its name to "Crescent Sail Yacht Club" when a group in nearby Marblehead was revived under the name "Corinthian Sail Yacht Club. " Junior and Adult sailing lessons and racing instruction is offered through the Crescent Sailing Association, the non-profit educational organization located at CSYC. One-design racing is extremely active at CSYC, with the following dinghy and keelboat fleets represented at the club:

Roy_Tackett

Roy_Tackett 2008-03-27T02:01:15Z Roy Tackett (also known as Horrible Old Roy Tackett) was a riflemen with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who was credited with the introduction of science fiction to Japan following the war when he was stationed in that nation as part of the American occupation. During the early 1950's Tackett was a Drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. After leaving the Marines in 1962 with 20 years of service Roy went on to co-found Bubonicon with fellow author Robert E. Vardeman in 1969, the same year he was the Guest of Honor at Westercon. Additionally he produced more than 100 issues of his fanzine Dynatron during the 1960s, and was the TransAtlantic Fan Fund winner for 1976. In 1997 Roy was the Worldcon Guest of Honor and was inducted in to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in San Antonio, Texas. As part of the run up to the ceremony in San Antonio, Mojo Press released The least Horrible of Roy Tackett which consisted of selected short stories he had written over the previous 50 years. Roy Tackett died in 2003 of heart failure brought on by years of heavy smoking, and was buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. This article about an American science fiction writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. , Roy_Tackett 2010-02-12T20:11:25Z Roy Tackett (also known as Horrible Old Roy Tackett) was a rifleman with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who was credited with the introduction of science fiction to Japan following the war when he was stationed in that nation as part of the American occupation. During the early 1950s Tackett was a Drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. After leaving the Marines in 1962 with 20 years of service Roy went on to co-found Bubonicon with fellow author Robert E. Vardeman in 1969, the same year he was the Guest of Honor at Westercon. Additionally he produced more than 100 issues of his fanzine Dynatron during the 1960s, and was the TransAtlantic Fan Fund winner for 1976. Roy was the Fan Guest of Honor at the 1997 Worldcon and was inducted in to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in San Antonio, Texas. As part of the run up to the ceremony in San Antonio, Mojo Press released The Least Horrible of Roy Tackett which consisted of selected short stories he had written over the previous 50 years. Roy Tackett died in 2003 of heart failure brought on by years of heavy smoking, and was buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery along with his wife, and fellow Marine, of over 40 years, Crystal Tackett. In 2008, fellow science fiction writer and long time friend Jack Speer was buried near Tackett's plot. Template:USMCportallink Template:Persondata

Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen 2017-01-18T17:39:53Z Denise van Outen (born Denise Kathleen Outen on 27 May 1974) is an English actress, singer, dancer and presenter formerly married to professional poker player Alan Rowe who now works selling car finance in Manchester. She is best known for presenting The Big Breakfast, for playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago both in the West End and on Broadway and for finishing as runner-up in the tenth series of the BBC One dancing show Strictly Come Dancing. Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she is the youngest of Ted and Kathleen Outen's three children and was brought up a Catholic. She has a brother Terry and sister Jackie. At the age of seven, she began modelling for knitting patterns, and showed an early flair for performing. This resulted in her attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 1986, at the age of 12, she played Éponine in Les Misérables alongside fellow Sylvia Young student Melanie Blatt (the role paid her school fees), the Anthony Newley directed production of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company. As a teenager she had brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo and The Bill. She also sang with Cathy Warwick in "girl group" Those2Girls, by which time she had become Denise van Outen. She also did backing vocals with Melanie Blatt for the band Dreadzone. Van Outen was voted Rear of the Year in 1999, and was top of a poll to find the most desired "bikini body" in a 2007 poll of readers of Grazia magazine. Among her earliest roles was that of Dorothy in a little-seen version of The Wizard of Oz set in the present day made for British Channel Five in 1995. During her first stint on the Big Breakfast show, she appeared as Jill in ITV1's version of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Julie Walters and Neil Morrissey. Wanting to further develop her acting career, she left The Big Breakfast at the end of 1998. In 1999, she appeared on several episodes of The Bill and The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star, the BBC's Murder in Mind short series of crime dramas, and on 2 series of Babes in the Wood with Karl Howman and Samantha Janus. Van Outen has also appeared in film, initially as Maureen in the crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. In the anthology film Tube Tales, set on the London Underground, she played the lead character of Alex in the "Horny" segment, directed by Stephen Hopkins. Van Outen has played a small role in the romantic comedy Are You Ready For Love? She first played Roxie Hart on the stage in the hit musical Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in April 2001. Her run proved a hit with theatre-goers, selling out for the entire 20 weeks. Unknown in the United States, she reprised her role on Broadway in the spring of 2002, before returning to the show's London version in late April 2002. Late the same year, Van Outen appeared as one of many special guest stars in a performance of The Play What I Wrote once again in London's West End. In 2003, she returned to the London stage at the Gielgud Theatre in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me on a Sunday, which he reworked for her. She was a huge success and the show ran for nearly a year. She then joined the cast of the established ITV sentimental drama Where the Heart Is as one of the lead characters, playing single mother Kim Blakeney, continuing for two series. Van Outen played Maureen in the 2007 London revival of Rent Remixed directed by William Baker until 22 December. She was forced to cancel some performances owing to a throat infection. In July 2009, van Outen played Mary in Hotel Babylon for the BBC. Her character was at the hotel for a science convention. In August 2009, van Outen made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Blondes, a show by Jackie Clune. Van Outen took over the role of Paulette Bonafonté from Jill Halfpenny in the West End production of Legally Blonde on 25 October 2010. She continued in the role for 6 months. In 2012, Van Outen was cast in the film of the Ray Cooney farce Run for Your Wife alongside Danny Dyer, Sarah Harding and Neil Morrissey. In 2013 she co-wrote the one-woman musical play Some Girl I Used To Know with Terry Ronald, which she will tour in from January 2014. In February 2015, it was announced that Van Outen would be joining the cast of EastEnders. Van Outen plays intelligent businesswoman Karin Smart who gets involved with Max Branning (Jake Wood), and has business history with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). In August 2015 Van Outen performs the title role in a concert performance of the musical Sweet Charity at Cadogan Hall, with actor/singer Michael Xavier, ex-Girls Aloud band member Kimberley Walsh and West End star Kerry Ellis. On 4 February 2008 van Outen reunited with Vaughan as co-host of Capital Breakfast on Capital Radio. On 29 July 2008 she quit the show, halfway through her contract, because of TV commitments and the early mornings. However, in April 2011 van Outen said that she left the show because relations between her and Vaughan had soured. She claims Vaughan has not spoken to her since. In spring 2013, van Outen started presenting her own Saturday afternoon radio show on London's Magic 105.4, airing between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. Van Outen has designed two collections thus far for the website, Very, part of the Shop Direct Group. The first collection was a maternity range launched in March 2010 and the second an autumn/winter collection. In September 2012, van Outen was announced as one of the celebrities competing on the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She partnered with professional dancer James Jordan. The couple secured top of the leaderboard seven times. However, controversy arose when viewers criticised her participation in the competition because of the advantage of having had previous stage experience. On 20 December 2012, van Outen and Jordan finished as the runners-up alongside Kimberley Walsh & Pasha Kovalev, behind Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace. On 29 June 2010, whilst co-hosting The 5 O'Clock Show on Channel 4, Denise broke the Guinness World Record for eating 250g of jelly in 60 seconds with a blindfold on. All singles, unless otherwise stated: From 1998 to 2001, she dated Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay. Engaged, they split up in 2001. His album A Funk Odyssey is mostly about their break-up, with the song "Little L" expressing his fight against cocaine addiction during that period. From 2003, she dated "Brown's" club owner Richard Traviss, but split up with him in May 2005. In 2007, she dated fellow ex-Sylvia Young Theatre School student James Lance for a few weeks. In November 2007, she began dating Any Dream Will Do winner, Lee Mead. The couple announced their engagement on 29 January 2009, and married in the Seychelles in April 2009. Their daughter was born on 1 May 2010, with one official photo released to publications in exchange for donations to The Louis Dundas Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In July 2013 the couple had split up. Van Outen actively supports Breast Cancer Care and Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2009 she climbed Mt Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief, and in 2013 took part in a trek across the Great Wall of China for the Royal Marsden Hospital. , Denise van Outen 2018-12-27T23:03:38Z Denise van Outen (born Denise Kathleen Outen; 27 May 1974) is an English actress, singer, model, dancer and presenter. She presented The Big Breakfast, played Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago both in the West End and on Broadway and finished as runner-up in the tenth series of the BBC One dancing show Strictly Come Dancing. She was a judge on Any Dream Will Do in 2007, Born to Shine in 2011 and since 2018 she has been a judge on Ireland's Got Talent which is in its first season. Van Outen also narrates the ITVBe reality television series The Only Way Is Essex. Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she is the youngest of Ted and Kathleen Outen's three children and was brought up a Catholic. She has a brother Terry and sister Jackie. At the age of seven, she began modelling for knitting patterns, and showed an early flair for performing. This resulted in her attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 1986, at the age of 12, she played Éponine in Les Misérables (the role paid her school fees), the Anthony Newley directed production of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company. As a teenager she had brief roles on a number of television dramas including Kappatoo and The Bill. She also sang with Cathy Warwick in "girl group" Those2Girls, by which time she had become Denise van Outen. She also did backing vocals with Melanie Blatt for the band Dreadzone. Van Outen was voted Rear of the Year in 1999, and was top of a poll to find the most desired "bikini body" in a 2007 poll of readers of Grazia magazine. During her first stint on the Big Breakfast show, she appeared as Jill in ITV1's version of the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Julie Walters and Neil Morrissey. Wanting to further develop her acting career, she left The Big Breakfast at the end of 1998. In 1999, she appeared on several episodes of The Bill and The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star, the BBC's Murder in Mind short series of crime dramas, and on 2 series of Babes in the Wood with Karl Howman and Samantha Janus. Van Outen has also appeared in film, initially as Maureen in the crime comedy Love, Honour and Obey. In the anthology film Tube Tales, set on the London Underground, she played the lead character of Alex in the "Horny" segment, directed by Stephen Hopkins. Van Outen has played a small role in the romantic comedy Are You Ready For Love? She first played Roxie Hart on the stage in the hit musical Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in April 2001. Her run proved a hit with theatre-goers, selling out for the entire 20 weeks. Unknown in the United States, she reprised her role on Broadway in the spring of 2002, before returning to the show's London version in late April 2002. Late the same year, Van Outen appeared as one of many special guest stars in a performance of The Play What I Wrote once again in London's West End. In 2003, she returned to the London stage at the Gielgud Theatre in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me on a Sunday, which he reworked for her. She was a huge success and the show ran for nearly a year. She then joined the cast of the established ITV sentimental drama Where the Heart Is as one of the lead characters, playing single mother Kim Blakeney, continuing for two series. Van Outen played Maureen in the 2007 London revival of Rent Remixed directed by William Baker until 22 December. She was forced to cancel some performances owing to a throat infection. In July 2009, van Outen played Mary in Hotel Babylon for the BBC. Her character was at the hotel for a science convention. In August 2009, van Outen made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Blondes, a show by Jackie Clune. Van Outen took over the role of Paulette Bonafonté from Jill Halfpenny in the West End production of Legally Blonde on 25 October 2010. She continued in the role for 6 months. In 2012, Van Outen was cast in the film of the Ray Cooney farce Run for Your Wife alongside Danny Dyer, Sarah Harding and Neil Morrissey. In 2013 she co-wrote the one-woman musical play Some Girl I Used To Know with Terry Ronald, which she will tour in from January 2014. In February 2015, it was announced that Van Outen would be joining the cast of EastEnders. Van Outen plays intelligent businesswoman Karin Smart who gets involved with Max Branning (Jake Wood), and has business history with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). In August 2015 Van Outen performs the title role in a concert performance of the musical Sweet Charity at Cadogan Hall, with actor/singer Michael Xavier, ex-Girls Aloud band member Kimberley Walsh and West End star Kerry Ellis. In September 2018, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of the 2018 London revival of Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End as Velma Kelly. Due to start rehearsals on September 10, 2018 in preparation for her first performance on September 24, it was discovered that Van Outen had suffered a stress fracture in her heel, postponing her return to the production with her new dates yet to be announced. In 2007, Van Outen co-presented Who Dares, Sings! with Ben Shephard and in 2008 she fronted Sky1's Hairspray: The School Musical. She currently narrates the ITVBe series The Only Way Is Essex. Van Outen guest presented This Morning in 2005, The Friday Night Project in 2006, The 5 O'Clock Show in 2010, Lorraine in 2010 and 2012 and Sunday Brunch in 2013. She was a judge on the 2011 series Born to Shine. She was a guest panellist on an episode of Loose Women in 2014 and became a regular panellist on the show in September 2017. Van Outen has been the presenter of Matalan Presents: The Show since 2016. On 30 August 2017, she was announced as one of the four judges on the first season of Ireland's Got Talent in 2018. On 4 February 2008 van Outen reunited with her former Big Breakfast partner Johnny Vaughan as co-host of Capital Breakfast on Capital Radio. On 29 July 2008 she quit the show, halfway through her contract, because of TV commitments and the early mornings. However, in April 2011 van Outen said that she left the show because relations between her and Vaughan had soured. She claims Vaughan has not spoken to her since. In spring 2013, van Outen started presenting her own Saturday afternoon radio show on London's Magic 105.4, airing between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. Van Outen has designed two collections thus far for the website, Very, part of the Shop Direct Group. The first collection was a maternity range launched in March 2010 and the second an autumn/winter collection. In September 2012, van Outen was announced as one of the celebrities competing on the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She partnered with professional dancer James Jordan. The couple secured top of the leaderboard seven times. However, controversy arose when viewers criticised her participation in the competition because of the advantage of having had previous stage experience. On 20 December 2012, van Outen and Jordan finished as the runners-up alongside Kimberley Walsh & Pasha Kovalev, behind Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace. On 29 June 2010, whilst co-hosting The 5 O'Clock Show on Channel 4, Denise broke the Guinness World Record for eating 250g of jelly in 60 seconds with a blindfold on. From 1998 to 2001, she dated Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay. Engaged, they split up in 2001. His album A Funk Odyssey is mostly about their break-up. From 2009 to 2015 she was married to Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead. Van Outen actively supports Breast Cancer Care and Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 2009 she climbed Mt Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief, and in 2013 took part in a trek across the Great Wall of China for the Royal Marsden Hospital. All singles, unless otherwise stated: