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Unlimited Love is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Records on April 1, 2022. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album marks the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who left the band in 2009 and rejoined in 2019. A second full studio album, Return of the Dream Canteen, was recorded during the same sessions and was released on October 14, 2022.

The first single, "Black Summer", was released on February 4, 2022, and became the Chili Peppers' fourteenth number-one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. "These Are the Ways" followed on March 31, 2022. A world tour began in June 2022.

Unlimited Love received generally positive reviews. It debuted at number one in 16 countries, including the United States, where it was the Chili Peppers' first number-one album since Stadium Arcadium (2006).

Background
Following the tour for their eleventh album, The Getaway (2016), the Red Hot Chili Peppers began writing their next album with their guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. However, the singer, Anthony Kiedis, and the bassist, Flea, were unhappy with their progress. They wondered if they could involve the guitarist John Frusciante, who had recorded several albums with the Chili Peppers but left in 2009 and moved into making electronic music. Frusciante said: "Flea had put the idea [of rejoining] in my head and I was sitting there with the guitar thinking that I hadn't written any rock music in so long. Could I still do that?"

On December 15, 2019, the Chili Peppers announced that, after 10 years, Frusciante had rejoined, replacing Klinghoffer. In an interview, Klinghoffer said there was no animosity: "It's absolutely John's place to be in that band ... I'm happy that he's back with them." Flea said separating from Klinghoffer had been difficult, but that "artistically, in terms of being able to speak the same [musical] language, it was easier working with John. Getting back into a room and starting to play and letting the thing unfold… was really exciting." After reuniting with Frusciante, at his request, the band played through songs from their first three albums. The drummer, Chad Smith, said Frusciante "wanted to reconnect with the band that he fell in love with", and Kiedis said the exercise was about getting "back to basics" and playing together without expectations.

On February 8, 2020, Frusciante performed with the Chili Peppers for the first time in 13 years, at a memorial service held by the Tony Hawk Foundation for late film producer Andrew Burkle, son of billionaire Ronald Burkle. Shows were scheduled for three festivals that May, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Production and music
After working with Danger Mouse on The Getaway, the Chili Peppers brought in Rick Rubin, who has produced several of their most successful albums. Rubin said seeing their first rehearsal after Frusciante's return made him cry: "It was so thrilling to see that group of people back together because they made such great music for so long and it really hit me in an emotional way."

Rehearsals were halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They resumed in 2021 at Rubin's Shangri-La studio in Malibu, with around 100 new songs to work on. The band recorded almost 50 tracks, with the band intending to release 40 of the tracks as one album, spread over seven physical discs. The band's label, Warner Bros. Records, resisted this release strategy, with a "compromise" being reached where the band split thirty-four songs across two separate studio albums. The second album from the Unlimited Love recording sessions, Return of the Dream Canteen, was released on October 14, 2022.

Music
Reviewers described the album as funk rock and alternative rock. NME said it shared the "melancholic riffmaking, anthemic choruses and softly-sung melodies" of Frusciante's previous work with the Chili Peppers, but introduced new "grungey" and acoustic elements.

Release and promotion
The Red Hot Chili Peppers announced Unlimited Love on February 4, 2022. The first single, "Black Summer", was released on February 4, backed by a music video directed by Deborah Chow. It became the Chili Peppers' fourteenth number-one single on the Billboard charts and their 26th top-ten single on the Alternative Songs chart. The band previewed the new album by releasing "Poster Child" as a promotional single on March 4, backed by a music video directed by Julien & Thami, followed by "Not the One" on March 24. "These Are the Ways", the second single, was released on March 31 with a music video directed by Malia James.

The Chili Peppers performed their first show to promote the album at the Fonda Theatre on April 1. This was followed by performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,The Howard Stern Show, at Amoeba Music and at the Yaamava' Resort & Casino in April and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May. A scheduled appearance at the Billboard Music Awards was canceled. SiriusXM launched the Whole Lotta Red Hot channel on April 1. The channel features track-by-track commentary on Unlimited Love and  an exclusive concert for subscribers later in the year.

On June 4, the Red Hot Chili Peppers began a global stadium tour, starting in Seville, Spain and that will continue into 2023 in support of Return of the Dream Canteen. The shows are supported by acts including the Strokes, A$AP Rocky, Beck, Haim, St. Vincent, Anderson .Paak, Nas, Thundercat, King Princess and Post Malone.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Unlimited Love has an average score of 71 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone gave the album four out of five stars, writing: "more than anything, this record feels like a coming home. There's a certain magic that happens with these four musicians, and Frusciante's absence always leaves a piece of the puzzle missing." Ali Shutler of NME gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "there's a lot to 'Unlimited Love', both in scale and ambition. It's at once familiar – without being boring – and fresh." Clash rated the album 9/10, with reviewer Isabella Miller describing it as a "celebration of union, friendship, and life, all manifested across 17 tracks." In a glowing review, Paolo Ragusa of Consequence praised the lyrics and musicianship, writing that it is "fascinating to hear a band nearly forty years into their career try to reach their audience in a different way."

Some critics found the album mediocre; Steve Beebee of Kerrang! wrote that "It's a good record; just not a great one...There are, however, way too many tracks that miss their marks, trying to supplant the old energy with wisdom; the magik with maturity." Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork gave it 6.2 out of 10, saying the band "[balanced] the risk of self-parody with the need to live up to people's nostalgia, knowing they've already written the music they'll be remembered for but still wanting to keep the ride going".

Mark Richardson of the Wall Street Journal said the album lacked energy and purpose, and that it "features their classic sound but little that's new or exciting". Phil Mongredien of The Guardian described the album as "bloated and self-indulgent ... with barely a memorable melody or thought-provoking lyric among its 17 tracks". Ryan Leas of Stereogum found that, aside from some highlights, "the crime of Unlimited Love, with all its weight within RHCP's narrative and all the excitement some might've felt, is that the bulk of the album is just completely unmemorable".

The music video for "Black Summer" won the Best Rock award in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards and the band was also nominated for Group of the Year. The band now has 30 nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards since 1990 and these are their first nominations since 2006 when they were nominated for "Dani California". The band also received the Global Icon Award and performed at the awards show.They also received a nomination for Best Rock Band at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards.

The band was nominated for three American Music Awards for Favorite Rock Album (Unlimited Love), Favorite Rock Song ("Black Summer") and Favorite Rock Aritst. Fans can vote for the band at VoteAMAs.com. The awards show was held on November 20, 2022.

Commercial performance
The album was a worldwide commercial success, debuting at number-one in 16 different countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

In its home country of the United States, Unlimited Love was the band's second number one on the Billboard 200, and the first since 2006's Stadium Arcadium album selling 97,500 equivalent album units. It marked the longest gap ever between number one albums since Celine Dion waited 17 years and nearly eight months between number one albums. Unlimited Love  had the largest week, by equivalent album units and album sales, for any rock album in over a year since Paul McCartney's McCartney III album in January 2021. The sales for Unlimited Love were boosted by various vinyl variants and special editions of the album. The album sold 38,500 copies on vinyl which were the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in 2022 and the second largest sales week for a rock album since 1991.

In the United Kingdom, Unlimited Love debuted at number one, becoming the band's first chart-topper in eleven years since 2011's I'm With You. Unlimited Love sold 27,426 units in its first week, 20,989 of which came from physical formats. Digitally, the album sold 2,315 downloads and streamed 4,122 album-equivalent units.

Track listing

Personnel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
 Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
 Flea – bass (all tracks), piano (track 4), trumpet (3, 15)
 John Frusciante – electric guitar (1–16), backing vocals (1, 3, 5–9, 11–14), co-lead vocals (16), synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17), Mellotron (5), acoustic guitar (11, 14, 17)
 Chad Smith – drums (1, 3–16), percussion (2), tambourine (1, 4), bass (2), shaker (5, 7, 15)

Additional musicians
 Cory Henry – organ (5, 15)
 Lenny Castro – percussion (5)
 Mauro Refosco – percussion (3, 8, 10, 11, 13)
 Nate Walcott – trumpet (3)
 Josh Johnson – saxophone (3)
 Vikram Devasthali – trombone (3)
 Mathew Tollings – piano (1, 6)
 Aura T-09 – backing vocals (4)

Production
 Rick Rubin – production
 Ryan Hewitt – mixing, recording
 Bernie Grundman – vinyl mastering
 Vlado Meller - CD and digital mastering
 Jeremy Lubsey – CD and digital assistant mastering
 Bo Bodnar – engineering
 Phillip Broussard Jr. – engineering
 Jason Lader – engineering
 Ethan Mates – engineering
 Dylan Neustadter – engineering
 Jonathan Pfarr – assistant engineering
 Chaz Sexton – assistant engineering
 Chris Warren – band technician
 Henry Trejo – band technician
 Lawrence Malchose – studio technician
 Charlie Bolois – studio technician
 Gage Freeman – co-ordinator production
 Eric Lynn – co-originator production
 Sami Bañuelos – band assistant

Imagery
 Clara Balzary – photography
 Sarah Zoraya and Aura T-09 – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

2022 albums
Albums produced by Rick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers albums
Warner Records albums


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"On the Beach" is a 1964 hit song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. It was taken from and released in the lead up to the release of the film Wonderful Life and its soundtrack. It become an international hit for Richard, reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and charting in Australia (No. 4), Ireland (No. 6), Norway (No. 4), South Africa (No. 2) and Sweden (No. 12).

Track listing
7": Columbia / DB 7305
 "On the Beach" – 2:58
 "A Matter of Moments" – 2:56

Personnel
 Cliff Richard – vocals
 Hank Marvin – lead guitar, backing vocals
 Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 Brian Locking – bass guitar
 Brian Bennett – drums

Chart performance

References

Cliff Richard songs
Columbia Graphophone Company singles
1964 singles
1964 songs
Songs written by Hank Marvin
Songs written by Bruce Welch
Songs about beaches

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NCC est un sigle qui peut signifier :
 Na+-Cl− cotransporter : une protéine du gène SLC12A3 du chromosome 16 humain qui permet la réabsorption du sodium et du chlore par le tubule rénal
 Nanocellulose Cristalline ou Nanocristaux de Cellulose, une des formes de la nanocellulose
 Nécrose du Cortex Cérébral, une maladie rencontrée chez tous les ruminants, aussi appelée polioencéphalomalacie (PEM)


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Krik Vig är en vik i Danmark. Den ligger i Region Nordjylland, i den nordvästra delen av landet. Viken har anslut till Nissum Bredning.

Längs den östra delen av viken går en seglingsränna, Krik Dyb, in till hamnen i Agger.

Källor

Bukter i Region Nordjylland


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Rallye Monte Carlo 2016 (formálně 84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) byl 1. podnik Mistrovství světa v rallye 2016 (WRC), který se konal v Monaku 21. až 24. ledna 2016. V rámci podniku se jelo také WRC 2 a WRC 3. V absolutní klasifikaci zvítězil Sébastien Ogier ,před druhým Andreasem Mikkelsenem. Třetí místo obsadil Belgičan Thierry Neuville. V třídě WRC 2 zvítězil Elfyn Evans, ve WRC 3 Ole Christian Veiby.

Seznam účastníků

Výsledky

Celkové výsledky

Rychlostní zkoušky

Power Stage

Stav mistrovství světa

Bodování jednotlivých jezdců

Bodování továrních týmů

WRC 2

WRC 3

Reference

Externí odkazy

Mistrovství světa v rallye 2016
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The Bandstand at Bernardino Bahia Square () is a historic bandstand in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. It is located within the Historic Center of Feira de Santana within Bernardino Bahia Square (Praça Bahia Square). The bandstand covers  and was built by Colonel Bernardino Bahia in 1915. It is the first bandstand built in the city, and is one of three in Feira de Santana listed as a state heritage site by the Institute of Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Bahia in 1991.

History

Little is known of the planning or construction of Bernardino Bahia Square or the bandstand. Records from the early 20th century indicate that the square had dense vegetation surrounded by buildings from the 19th century in both the traditional and eclectic style. The bandstand was built in the center of the square 1915 by the Colonel Bernardino Bahia, and was the first bandstand in Feira de Santana. The bandstand was greatly altered since its construction, but the only recorded renovation was in 2000. The Portuguese stonework that covered the square was replaced by concrete slabs, as were elements of the bandstand.

Structure

The bandstand is a simple octagon-shaped structure with pillars supporting the roof. It covers . All its elements are in metal, including the pillars and . Its decorative elements and use of metal reflect architectural elements introduced to Brazil at the end of the 19th century. The use of metal in a roof was considered progressive at the time. The bandstand is accessed by a single staircase along the side, but it is not original to the structure. The bandstand is in a poor state of repair. It has been used as a makeshift bar for a long period of time, and its lower portion for storage. The Bandstand at Froes da Mota Plaza is in similar condition.

Access

The bandstand is located within a public square but due to its use as a bar and poor state of repair, may not be accessed.

References

Buildings and structures in Bahia
State heritage sites of Bahia
Bandstands in Brazil
Feira de Santana


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Shannon () est une ville du comté de Clare en Irlande. C'est l'une des deux villes nouvelles d'Irlande – l'autre étant Craigavon en Irlande du Nord.

Géographie
Shannon est à vingt kilomètres à l'ouest de Limerick.

La ville se trouve au fond de l'estuaire et tient son nom du fleuve qui coule à proximité (l'estuaire s'étend sur , de Killaloe à Loop Head).
Elle a acquis le statut de ville le .

Démographie
En 2016, la ville de Shannon compte .

Évolution démographique

En 1961, Shannon comptait .

Histoire
Shannon est une ville nouvelle. Dirigée par Brendan O'Regan, elle a été construite dans les années 1960 sur des marais récupérés le long de l'aéroport de Shannon, ainsi que la zone industrielle, Shannon Free Zone.

Les quartiers résidentiels étaient destinés à abriter les milliers de travailleurs de l'aéroport, les industries environnantes et les services de soutien. La croissance démographique n'a jamais été aussi rapide que prévu au cours des premières décennies d'existence de la ville. Cela est en partie dû à la proximité de lieux de vie « accueillants », comme la ville d'Ennis et la ville de Limerick ou même le village voisin de Newmarket-on-Fergus.

La nature « planifiée » de cette ville n'a pas nécessairement abouti à une ville prospère. Il manquait d'équipements et le centre commercial de la ville était également mal conçu. Les magasins faisaient face à des centres commerciaux piétonniers, à l'origine découverts, exposant les clients aux vents et à la pluie de l'estuaire. Les premiers logements bon marché (des appartements situés dans Drumgeely, près de l'aéroport) étaient de mauvaise qualité, souvent des logements mitoyens.

Économie
Shannon abrite un aéroport international et deux zones franches : Smithson et .

Des entreprises des techniques de pointe telles qu'Intel, des fabriques de pièces et matériels pour l'aéronautique, des centres d'appel (Symantec, Kodak, UBS, Dell, Motorola...) sont présents.

Shannon Free Zone est le plus grand groupe d'investissements nord-américains d'Irlande. Depuis sa création en 1959, plus de 110 entreprises étrangères ont choisi d'ouvrir des filiales à Shannon. Les leaders mondiaux du marché comme Element Six, Symantec, Avocent, AXA Partners, Lufthansa Technik, Mentor Graphics , RSA Security, Molex, GE Capital, Ingersoll Rand, Intel et Digital River sont présents.

Le siège social d'Eirjet était situé sur le terrain de l'aéroport de Shannon.

Aucune salle de cinéma. Par contre, la ville possède un centre commercial nommé  près du . Dans ce centre commercial : , Tesco, Lidl, ainsi que quelques commerces moins importants d'habillement, décoration et nourriture ont trouvé leur place.

Non loin de Shannon se trouve le château de Bunratty et son .

Cultes
Shannon était à l'origine située dans la paroisse de Newmarket-on-Fergus, dans le diocèse catholique romain de Killaloe,  un prêtre en résidence à l'aéroport desservait le secteur.

En 1966, l'école St. Senan a ouvert et l'église Mary Immaculate a été construite sur Corrib Drive. Le , la paroisse de Shannon est créée. Pendant une courte période, une communauté de de sœurs dominicaines d'Angleterre a vécu sur place. En 1974, elles ont été remplacées par les Sisters of Mercy. L'église des Saints Jean et Paul a ouvert à Tullyvarraga en 1980
Other churches are the Adoration Chapel in Shannon Town Centre and the Shannon Airport Oratory..
La chapelle d'adoration dans le centre-ville de Shannon et l'oratoire de l'aéroport complètent les établissements religieux.

La communauté de l'Église d'Irlande est desservie par l'Union de Drumcliffe ; la communauté méthodiste est desservie par un pasteur laïc. Shannon abrite également des églises évangéliques chrétiennes, Shannon Christian Church et New Life Christian Church.

St. John's Church of Ireland School a été la première école installée à Shannon en 1962. Christ Church Shannon a ouvert ses portes en 1962, servant également des membres des religions réformées, mais elle est maintenant fermée.

Entre 1980 et 1986, Shannon était le centre de fabrication de GAC Ireland, qui a construit presque les bus pour CIÉ lors de sa courte existence .

Jumelages
Shannon est jumelée avec :
  Guingamp, France, depuis 1991.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Aéroport de Shannon
 Liste des villes de l'État d'Irlande

Liens externes

Localité dans le comté de Clare


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A financial security system finances unknown future obligations. Such a system involves an arrangement between a provider, who agrees to pay the future obligations, often in return for payments from a person or institution who wish to avoid undesirable economic consequences of uncertain future obligations. Financial security systems include insurance products as well as retirement plans and warranties.

References

Actuarial science


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Le terme orvet fait référence en français à plusieurs espèces de lézards − non venimeux − de la famille des Anguidae, lézards apodes dont les pattes sont atrophiées.

Liste des espèces
 Anguis fragilis − Orvet commun ou Orvet fragile, largement réparti en Europe ;
 Anguis cephallonica − Orvet doré, endémique de la Grèce ;
 Pseudopus apodus − Orvet des Balkans, présent de l'est de l'Europe à l'Asie centrale et au Proche-Orient ;
 Ophisaurus ventralis − Orvet américain, présent dans le sud-est des États-Unis.
Anguis colchica présent dans le sud-est de l'Europe, sans nom vernaculaire connu
Anguis incomptus présent au Mexique, sans nom vernaculaire connu

Classification
Anguis fragilis a longtemps été considéré comme la seule espèce du genre Anguis et donc la seule espèce à s'appeler « orvet » en Europe. Quatre espèces − considérées comme des sous-espèces auparavant − sont désormais distinguées dans ce genre. Le nom vernaculaire « orvet » s'applique donc probablement aux autres espèces du genre. En plus de Anguis cephallonica (orvet doré) il existe les espèces Anguis colchica et Anguis incomptus.

Description
Les orvets sont des lézards qui, en raison de leur mode de vie fouisseur, sont devenus apodes (ils ont perdu leurs pattes), ce qui amène souvent les observateurs à les prendre pour des serpents. Cette atrophie peut être totale comme chez les Anguis ou partielle comme chez Pseudopus apodus où les pattes résiduelles atteignent .

Ils atteignent de 30 à  de long selon les espèces et chassent au sol et parfois sous le sol de petits animaux de taille adaptée (principalement des invertébrés comme des arthropodes, gastéropodes, larves…) pour se nourrir. Ils aiment les endroits chauds.

Galerie

Saurien (nom vernaculaire)
Anguinae
Nom de saurien ambigu


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Dacia Solenza este o berlină cu hayon de mici dimensiuni, produsă între martie 2003 și iulie 2005 de uzina Dacia. Solenza are la bază modelul SupeRNova, dar cu un aspect împrospătat ce anunța trăsăturile noii identități de marcă.

Descriere
Exteriorul are o linie mai modernă și mai aerodinamică, iar bordul a fost integral redesenat, devenind mai ergonomic. Materialele folosite la interior sunt de calitate mai bună decât la SuperRNova.

Din noiembrie 2003 a fost îmbunătățită structura de rezistență a mașinii, variantele superioare de echipare primind și airbag pentru șofer, Solenza fiind primul model Dacia care emite pretenții moderne de siguranță pentru ocupanții acestuia. A fost de asemenea, primul autoturism românesc de dimensiuni mici,conceptie românească , care a fost echipat cu direcție asistată servo, geamuri electrice la partea din față, acestea fiind premiere pentru Dacia, de asemenea unele variante au fost echipat cu abs, dar echiparea a fost făcută de utilizatorul final. De asemenea a fost primul autoturism românesc cu motor diesel (celelalte variante diesel de automobile erau Aro si TV si dacia 1304, acestea erau însă utilitare), variantele de top aveau jante de 14" . dimensiune anvelope 165/65R14 T.

Modelul a fost bine primit pe piață, având și cifre bune la export. Cu toate că cererea era încă mare pe piață, compania Dacia a decis oprirea producției în vara anului 2005, concentrându-se pe creșterea producției modelului Dacia Logan. Pe piața automobilelor la mâna a doua, Dacia Solenza  și-a păstrat valoarea multă vreme, în ciuda unor kilometraje mari.

Solenza a fost oferită în cinci nivele de echipare: Europa, Confort, Rapsodie, Clima și Scala. Versiunea de bază Europa include printre altele antidemaraj electronic. Confort oferă în plus airbag pentru șofer, bare de protecție în culoarea caroseriei, turometru, închidere centralizată și telecomandă, radiocasetofon. Rapsodie adaugă servodirecție, Clima adaugă aer condiționat, proiectoare de ceață și geamuri electrice la ușile din față. Versiunea de top Scala are în plus eleron posterior în culoarea caroseriei, radio CD și jante de aliaj.

Motorizări
Pentru acest model au existat două versiuni de motorizare: una pe benzină de 1,4 litri similară cu cea de pe SupeRNova și una diesel de 1,9 litri, identică cu cea de pe Renault Kangoo și asemănătoare cu cea de pe Dacia Pick-Up.
 Începând din 2005, modificarea evacuării și a gestiunii electronice a injecției au permis încadrarea în normele de poluare Euro 4, până la acel moment încadrându-se în normele Euro 3.

Referințe

Autoturisme românești
Solenza


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Nerocila benrosei är en kräftdjursart som beskrevs av Bunkley-Williams och Williams 1999. Nerocila benrosei ingår i släktet Nerocila och familjen Cymothoidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

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Soko () was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force.

SOKO was created in 1950 by the relocation of the aircraft factory section of Ikarus company from Zemun, SR Serbia. Officially founded as "Preduzeće Soko" (Soko Corporation, soko meaning "falcon" in Serbian), soon after it was renamed "Soko Vazduhoplovna Industrija, RO Vazduhoplovstvo" (Soko Aeronautical Industry, RO Aeronautics). Its first director was Yugoslav People's Army colonel Ivan Sert. The following directors of the company were engineers Miljenko Pješčić and Tomislav Mirić. The serial manufacture of numerous types of aircraft was projected by the Aeronautical Technical Institute in Belgrade. Besides aircraft, SOKO also produced helicopters under licence. Located in the vicinity of Mostar, it mostly used the Mostar Airport for test flights.

By the 1980s, SOKO was working on the Novi Avion project, intended to develop an indigenous fourth-generation, supersonic multi-role fighter that would enabled the Yugoslav Air Force to be supplied with domestically-built modern fighters. The production was planned to begin around 1991; however, the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars and the enactment of an international arms embargo caused the project to be cancelled.  During the early 1990s, the factory ceased aircraft production altogether. The facilities were partially dismantled and relocated to Serbia, where they were aligned with the Utva Aviation Industry in Pančevo which had already been working closely with SOKO in the manufacturing of Orao and Super Galeb.

History
During the late 1940s, as a result of the Yugoslav government's policy to relocate Serbian industry, a large portion of both the infrastructure and personal from the aeronautical section of the Ikarus company from Zemun, SR Serbia was uprooted and transferred to Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. During 1950, these assets were integrated into the newly formed aircraft manufacturer SOKO, which immediately begin working on various aeronautical technologies. During these early years, the company produced the Soko 522 trainer aircraft, as well as providing maintenance support for the Yugoslav Air Force, particularly its fleet of American-built F-84 Thunderjet fighters.

During 1957, Yugoslavia's VTI (Aeronautical Technical Institute) commenced design work on what would subsequently become the Soko G-2 Galeb. The principal purpose for its development was to produce a domestic replacement for the American-built Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, which at the time was the most commonly used jet trainer aircraft in use by the Yugoslav Air Force; thus, the Galeb was to be capable of meeting the varied qualities and requirements involved in performing ab initio, intermediate, and advanced instructional training missions. The Galeb was developed as a collaborative effort between Yugoslavia and the United Kingdom, and reportedly contributed significantly to the export value of the latter; a significant proportion of components and ancillary equipment, such as the powerplant, ejector seats, and navigational fittings amongst others, that were installed upon the aircraft had been sourced from or were directly produced by a range of British aerospace manufacturers. Sponsorship for the aircraft's development was provided by the British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited, whose Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet engine was selected to power the type.

During 1964, production of the Galeb commenced, making it the first indigenously-developed jet aircraft to enter mass production in Yugoslavia (the first jet-powered plane built by Yugoslavia was the Ikarus 451M in 1952, which did not enter production). A ground attack-orientated derivative of the Galeb, named the J-21 Jastreb, was also developed shortly thereafter; aside from the strengthening of the airframe, one distinct difference between the two aircraft was the deletion of the rear cockpit on the J-21 Jastreb, this location has instead been covered by a fairing and the internal space used to contain avionics and other aircraft equipment. Beyond domestic adoption with the Yugoslav Air force, the Galeb achieved export sales as well; the Libyan Air Force was a prolific operator of the type; by 2002, it reportedly possessed a total of 80 aircraft remaining in its inventory.

During 1970, the neighbouring nations of Romania and Yugoslavia began discussions on the subject of jointly developing a new ground-attack orientated fighter aircraft. On 20 May 1971, the Romanian and Yugoslavian governments signed an agreement for the formation of YuRom, a joint research and development venture between the two nations. According to aviation author John C. Fredriksen, the announcement was a logical extension of political policy, as the two nations' heads of state, Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia and Nicolae Ceaușescu, had both historically sought to avoid overreliance upon the Soviet Union, preferring to build ties and cooperative projects with other friendly or neutral nations. Due to political sensitivities and a strong desire to avoid one nation upstaging the other, the aircraft featured two separate names; in Romania, it was known as the IAR-93 Vultur while in Yugoslavia it was referred to as the Soko J-22 Orao. Serial production of the J-22 was performed at SOKO's Mostar facility, production was brought to a halt in 1992, and the factory itself heavily damaged, by the series of events commonly referred to as the Yugoslav Wars. Various upgrade programmes for the J-22 were proposed during the 1990s; reportedly, such efforts would have been focused upon its avionics. However, such ambitions were heavily undermined by the dismantling of the Mostar factory during the Yugoslav Wars and the collapse of Romania's communist government.

Another programme begun during the 1970s would result in the development of the G-4 Super Galeb; it was designed as a replacement for Yugoslav Air Force's existing inventory of G-2 Galebs. According to aviation periodical Flight International, the Super Galeb showed unmistakable lineage from the earlier G-2, sharing the same British-sourced Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet engine, albeit uprated for greater performance. However, aviation historian Christopher Chant notes that: "the Super Galeb bares no more relation to the G-2 Galeb than an identity of role, being an altogether more advanced aircraft. Beyond the domestic market, it also competed internationally against jet trainers such as the Italian Aermacchi MB-339, the Czechoslovakian Aero L-39 Albatros, and the Spanish CASA C-101; Flight International observes that, while the Super Galeb offered less performance that the Franco-German Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, it was substantially cheaper to procure.

During the mid-1980s, the Novi Avion programme was initiated with the aim of increasing Yugoslavia's political independence by becoming self-sufficient in the manufacture of military equipment; at that point, air superiority fighter jets were the only major element in which Yugoslavia was still reliant upon imports, having obtained the capability to manufacture all other military equipment. Thus, the Avion was intended to be used as a replacement for the Yugoslavian Air Force's fleet of around 120 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s. Development was a recognised priority programme for the Yugoslavian People's Army and was partly funded by the national government out of general research and development and modernisation funds, as well as being partly provided by industry. The Novi Avion was to be Yugoslavia's first supersonic aircraft, accordingly, the national industry lacked experience in the design and testing of such fighters and sought out external partners to provide assistance. Both France and French company Dassault Aviation's upcoming Rafale fighter bore a heavy influence on the design of the Avion.

During the 1990s, Yugoslavia disintegrated into several different nations, which quickly resulted in the Avion programme being abandoned due to the financial resources necessary to start production of the fighter having become unavailable following the break-up of the country. Reportedly, work had been initially halted due to the lack of funding while further efforts were made to acquire foreign partnership arrangements. If the development had not been terminated, the first aircraft was scheduled to have conduct its maiden flight during 1992; the Avion was reportedly expected to enter squadron service at some point during the mid-2000s.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, SOKO was involved in various partnerships. In addition to working with Avioane Craiova to co-develop the J-22 Orao/IAR-93, Soko also cooperated with Sikorsky, Westland and Aérospatiale in producing various helicopters under license. Throughout the company's existence, its aircraft production activities were mainly destined to fulfill the needs of the Yugoslav Air Force, but exporting aircraft was also an option. J-1 Jastreb were exported to Libya and Zambia. G-2 Galeb was exported to Libya, Zaire and Zambia. Six Super Galebs were exported to Burma, while the start of the Yugoslav wars and the international sanctions halted the production and blocked outstanding orders for the G-4 Super Galeb to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Aircraft

References

Footnotes

Notes

Bibliography

Companies based in Mostar
Aircraft manufacturers of Yugoslavia
Aircraft manufacturers of Bosnia and Herzegovina


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Guex ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 André Guex (1904–1988), Schweizer Schriftsteller
 François Guex (1861–1918), Schweizer Didaktiker
 Germaine Guex (1904–1984), Schweizer Psychoanalytikerin
 Jules Guex (1871–1948), Schweizer Linguist und Alpinist
 Pierre Guex (* 1923), Schweizer protestantischer Pastor und Dialektologe
 Sophie Guex (* 1968), Schweizer Philologin


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"Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" (, meaning "Who are you? Hey, Goodbye!") is a title of the viral video, showing meykhana performance with repeating Russian hook "Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" by two brothers Intigam and Ehtiram Rustamov from Azerbaijan. The video was filmed on 5 November 2011 at a wedding in Tangarud, Azerbaijan and was subsequently viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. It is sung in the form of flyting between Talysh and Baku groups in Azerbaijani, Talysh and Russian. The video was also viewed over 10 million times at theinstv, the YouTube channel of Insanity TV.

Political references

The hook itself was used particularly by the Russian Car Owners Federation official Andrey Filin, who had written on Twitter: "Tomorrow I'll hang a sign on my car: 'Putin, who are you? See you, goodbye'. I'll make people smile".

Filin's phrase "Putin, who are you? Come on, goodbye" was in turn propagated by the press secretary of Ilya Ponomarev and by the Russian art group Voyna. The Russian hashtag #путинтыктотакойдавайдосвидания ("Putin, who are you? Come on, goodbye") began spreading in Twitter on 29 May 2012 and entered Twitter's worldwide trends the next day. The phrase "Who are you? See you, goodbye" later appeared on picket banners in Russia.

In August 2012, a group of Georgian opposition members used the phrase "Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" targeting president Mikheil Saakashvili in a performance of their own, which they sang in Georgian and released online. The phrase addressed to the Hungarian government was used on placards posted around Yerevan, Armenia during a protest at the Consulate of Hungary on 1 September 2012, upon the extradition of officer Ramil Safarov, who had been convicted by a Hungarian court for murdering his Armenian counterpart in 2004.

Media references
The hook "Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" has been repeatedly remixed and was sampled for dubstep and tech house mashup. Russian rapper Timati sampled the hook for his diss song against Philipp Kirkorov, with participants fashioning the dress style and locale of the original video.  "Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" is also the subject of one of the sketches of Russian Lego Life Show on YouTube. The phrase also influenced an article on the Russian sports news website Sportbox, which wrote about the "unpleasing list with trendy title "Who are you? See you, goodbye!" in connection with the group stage of UEFA Euro 2012. The phrase "Who are you? See you, goodbye!" was also uttered by Russian sportcaster Viktor Gusev during a Euro 2012 match between Sweden and Ukraine.

References

Viral videos
2011 YouTube videos
Russian words and phrases
Political catchphrases
2011 neologisms
2011 works
2011 in Azerbaijan
Internet memes introduced in the 2010s
Meykhana


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This is a list of members of the European Parliament for the Slovakia in the 2014 to 2019 session, ordered by name.

See 2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia for further information on these elections in Slovakia.

List
This table can be sorted by name, party or party group: click the symbol at the top of the appropriate column.

References

2014
List
Slovakia


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Ruben Crawford (* 26. August 1989) ist ein deutscher MMA-Kämpfer und amtierender Europameister im Leichtgewicht des Verbandes German MMA Championship (GMC). Er hält einen BSc in Psychologie und einen first honours MSc in Personal and Management Coaching. Neben seiner professionellen MMA-Karriere arbeitet er als Coach für Führungskräfte.

Leben und Karriere
Crawford wuchs als Sohn einer englischen Mutter und eines israelischen Vaters in Köln auf, wo er bis heute lebt.Im Luta Livre hält er den Rang des Braungurts. Er trainiert im Combat Club Cologne, wo er außerdem als (Personal-)Trainer tätig ist.

Crawford bestritt seinen ersten Profikampf im Alter von 18 Jahren und verlor ihn nach Punkten. Im Oktober 2010 sicherte er sich mit 2 Siegen an einem Abend den "Cage Fight Night"-Weltergewichtstitel. Wenig später kämpfte er sich in das Finale des größten europäischen MMA-Verbandes KSW vor, das er nach Punkten verlor, was wiederum zu einer Diskussion in der MMA-Szene führte.
Nach dem Gewinn des Respect-Weltergewichtstitels wechselte Crawford die Gewichtsklasse ins Leichtgewicht und besiegte dort die damalige Nummer 1 aus den Niederlanden Duane Van Helvoirt. Im Januar 2013 gewann er seinen bis dato einzigen Kampf im Vollkontakt-Kickboxen gegen den ehemaligen WKA-Europameister Jan Reimann. In der neuen Gewichtsklasse holte Crawford sich zudem mit dem Sieg gegen den ehemaligen Bellator-Kämpfer Nayeb Hezam den dritten Titelgewinn in Form des GMC-Leichtgewichtstitels.

Während einiger mehrmonatiger Auslandsaufenthalte trainierte er unter anderem mit dem neunfachen UFC-Champion Matt Hughes in Illinois sowie unter ADCC-Champion Dean Lister in San Diego.

Crawford wurde von Deutschlands führender MMA-Berichterstattung Groundandpound im Weltergewicht als Nummer 1 in Deutschland gelistet. Derzeit ist er im Leichtgewicht ebenfalls an erster Stelle, gewichtsklassenübergreifend an vierter Stelle in Deutschland gelistet.

Als Protagonist einer Reportage über das Thema Mixed Martial Arts wurde Crawford bei der Vorbereitung für seinen Kampf gegen Ayub Tashkilot vom Spiegel TV Magazin  begleitet. Die Reportage wurde am 12. Januar 2014 im deutschen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt. Drei weitere Siege folgten, wobei er unter anderem den Ultimate-Fighter Teilnehmer Mohamed Grabinski nach Punkten bezwang. Er kämpft derzeit unter John Kavanagh für Bellator Fighting Championships.

MMA-Statistik

Weblinks

 Offizielle Web-Präsenz von Ruben Crawford
 "Mixed Martial Arts" - Spiegel TV Reportage, spiegel.tv
 IFO3
 RUben Crawford auf LinkedIn

Einzelnachweise

Mixed-Martial-Arts-Kämpfer (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1989
Mann


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Le canton de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande est une ancienne division administrative française, située dans le département de la Manche et la région Basse-Normandie.

Géographie

Histoire
Le canton de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande est créé le .

De 1833 à 1848, les cantons de Lessay et de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande avaient le même conseiller général. Le nombre de conseillers généraux était limité à 30 par département.

Conseillers généraux de 1833 à 2015

Le canton participe à l'élection du député de la troisième circonscription de la Manche, avant et après le redécoupage des circonscriptions pour 2012.

Conseillers d'arrondissement (de 1833 à 1940)

Composition

Le canton de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande comptait  en 2012 (population municipale) et regroupait treize communes :
 Agon-Coutainville ;
 Ancteville ;
 Blainville-sur-Mer ;
 Boisroger ;
 Brainville ;
 Gouville-sur-Mer ;
 Gratot ;
 Heugueville-sur-Sienne ;
 Montsurvent ;
 Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande ;
 Servigny ;
 Tourville-sur-Sienne ;
 La Vendelée.

À la suite du redécoupage des cantons pour 2015, les communes d'Agon-Coutainville, Blainville-sur-Mer, Boisroger, Gouville-sur-Mer, Montsurvent et Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande sont rattachées au canton d'Agon-Coutainville et les communes d'Ancteville, Brainville, Gratot, Heugueville-sur-Sienne, Servigny, Tourville-sur-Sienne et La Vendelée à celui de Coutances.

Anciennes communes
Les anciennes communes suivantes étaient incluses dans le canton de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande :
 Linverville et Montcarville, absorbée entre 1795 et 1800 par Gouville (Gouville-sur-Mer en 1925).
 Le Homméel, absorbée entre 1795 et 1800 par Gratot.

Démographie

Voir aussi
 Liste des cantons de la Manche
 Communauté de communes du canton de Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande
 Canton d'Agon-Coutainville
 Canton de Coutances

Notes et références

Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande


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Gaspar de Rocamora y García de Lasa fue el II Marqués de Rafal y II Barón de Puebla de Rocamora desde 1639 hasta 1666.

Historia

Nacido en Orihuela en diciembre de 1613, era el séptimo hijo de Jerónimo de Rocamora y Thomas y primero de su segundo matrimonio con María García de Lasa.

Heredó sus títulos gracias al testamento de su padre, ya que su hermano Nicolás como primogénito, tenía derechos hereditarios superiores a los de Gaspar, aunque sólo sobre la baronía de Puebla de Rocamora y no sobre el marquesado de Rafal. Pero el sentido patrimonial que daba la nobleza a los títulos nobiliarios, haciendo de éstos posesiones privadas y familiares, llevó a Don Jerónimo a repartir sus posesiones en testamento entre dos de sus hijos varones.

A Gaspar le otorgó el título de Marqués de Rafal y la baronía de Puebla de Rocamora, mientras que a su hermano Nicolás le correspondió el señorío de Benferri.

Gaspar de Rocamora fue portador del título de Marqués de Rafal durante 27 años, desde 1639 hasta su muerte acaecida en 1666, siendo además Caballero de la Orden de Santiago y familiar del Santo Oficio.

El marqués mantuvo continuas pugnas con su primo lejano Fray Pedro de Dávalos y Rocamora, III Conde de Granja de Rocamora, ya que Gaspar exigía que se le asignara el condado en testamento. Fray Pedro había heredado el condado de su madre, Violante de Rocamora y Maza, y ésta lo había hecho de su hermano el primer Conde de Granja de Rocamora Francisco de Rocamora y Maza. Al no haber tenido descendencia ni Francisco ni Fray Pedro, la rama de los Rocamora de la Casa de Granja quedó extinguida, dejando Fray Pedro en su testamento el condado a los Jesuitas, cosa a la que se oponía Gaspar alegando que La Granja era una propiedad histórica de los Rocamora. Finalmente pasó a los Jesuitas, regresando más tarde, en 1755, al dominio de los Rocamora, pero esta vez, a la rama de marqueses de Rafal.

Gaspar de Rocamora y Gacía de Lasa se desposó con María Manuela Fernández de Valenzuela y Vázquez, Señora de Cinco Alquerías, pero no llegó a tener descendencia, recayendo el título tras su muerte en manos de su hermano Juan de Rocamora y García de Lasa por expreso deseo de Gaspar, lo que evitó la unión de las posesiones que en un pasado habían estado bajo los dominios de Don Jerónimo, caso que se hubiese producido si hubiese heredado Nicolás, Señor de Benferri.

Gaspar realizó su testamento en Orihuela el 26 de agosto de 1666, falleciendo meses después.

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Javier Baeza Valero (2007 y 2009): II estudio sobre: nobleza asentada en la Vega Baja del Segura

Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago
Marqueses de Rafal
Barones de Puebla de Rocamora
Rocamora (linaje)
Nacidos en Orihuela


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O Parque Estadual Professor José Wachowicz é uma unidade de conservação situada no município brasileiro de Araucária, no estado do Paraná. A unidade de conservação, com área de 119,05 hectares, foi criada pelo Decreto Estadual nº 5766 de 5 de junho de 2002.

Ligações externas
 Página Oficial do Instituto Ambiental do Paraná

Professor José Wachowicz
Geografia de Araucária (Paraná)
Fundações no Paraná em 2002


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Dětenice település Csehországban, a Jičíni járásban.

Fekvése

Közeli települések

Története

Nevezetes személyek

Itt született   1921. május 12-én  Miloš Hájek történész, politikus, a Charta '77 mozgalom szóvivője

Népesség
A település lakosságának változását az alábbi diagram mutatja:

Jegyzetek

További információk

A Jičíni járás települései
Bottal létrehozott cseh település cikkek


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Steelcase Inc. is an American manufacturer of furniture, casegoods, seating, and storage and partitioning systems for offices, hospitals, classrooms, and residential interiors. It is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

History
Originally known as The Metal Office Furniture Company, Steelcase was founded by Peter Martin Wege in 1912. Prior to starting the company, Wege had filed approximately 25 patents related to the sheet metal and fireproofing industries. The Metal Office Furniture Company's first products included fireproof metal safes and four-drawer metal filing cabinets.

In 1914, the company received its first product patent for "The Victor", a fireproof steel wastebasket. The Victor gained popularity due to its light weight—achieved through a patented process of bending flat steel at right angles to create boxes—and its ability to prevent fires at a time when smoking was common indoors, particularly in the workplace. In 1915, the company began manufacturing and distributing steel desks after designing and producing 200 for Boston's first skyscraper, the Custom House Tower. In 1937, the company collaborated with Frank Lloyd Wright on office furniture for the Johnson Wax Headquarters. The partnership lasted two years and resulted in some of the first modern workstations.

The name Steelcase was a result of an advertising campaign to promote metal office furniture over wood and was trademarked in 1921. The company officially changed its name to Steelcase, Inc. in 1954.

The company became an industry leader in the late 1960s due to the volume of its sales. Steelcase expanded into new markets during the 1970s, including Asia, Europe, and North Africa. In 1973, the company debuted the Series 9000 furniture line, a panel-based office system that became a best seller and the company's flagship brand. That same year, the company delivered the largest single furniture shipment to the then-new Sears Tower. The delivery included 43,565 pieces of furniture and furnished 44 floors.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Steelcase was working closely with architects and interior designers to develop products as well the company's own workspace in Grand Rapids. The company's current headquarters were built in 1983 on 901 44th St. SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1989, Steelcase opened the pyramid-shaped Steelcase Inc. Corporate Development Center. The center contained ten research laboratories and workspaces meant to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration on product development. Steelcase vacated the Pyramid in 2010, and the Pyramid was sold to Switch (company) in 2016. In 1996, Steelcase became the majority stakeholder in design firm IDEO and the firm's CEO, David M. Kelley, became Steelcase's vice president of technical discovery and innovation. Steelcase sold its shares back to IDEO's managers starting in 2007.

In 1996, Steelcase was found at fault in a patent infringement suit brought against them by Haworth, Inc., another furniture company. Steelcase was ordered to pay $211.5 million in damages and interest, thus ending a 17-year dispute with Haworth.

Steelcase became a publicly traded company in 1998 under the symbol SCS.  During the 2000s, Steelcase reorganized its workforce and began integrating modern technologies in its products. In 2000, the company opened Steelcase University, a center for ongoing employee development and learning. Steelcase's wood furniture plant in Caledonia, MI earned LEED certification in 2001, becoming the first plant to receive the certification. In 2002, Steelcase partnered with IBM to create BlueSpace, a "smart office" prototype designed using new office technologies. In 2010, Steelcase and IDEO launched new models for higher education classrooms called LearnLabs.

In January 2016 the company recalled 12 models of Steelcase "Rocky" style swivel chairs manufactured between 2005 and 2015, due to fall hazard.

Noteworthy products

Steelcase released Multiple 15 desks in 1946, which introduced standardized desk sizing and became a universal industry standard. Series 9000 was released in 1973 and became Steelcase's most popular line of office systems. The Leap chair, introduced in 1999, sold 5,000 units a week during its first year and became the company's most popular release. The ergonomic office chair was designed with eight adjustable areas for users to control, including chair height, armrest positioning, lumbar support, seat depth, and back positioning. The chair was developed over four years, cost $35 million to design, and resulted in 11 academic studies and 23 patents. The company released the Gesture chair in 2013, which is designed to support the way workers naturally sit.

Steelcase innovates the industry with the 1945 Metal Office Furniture Company path in an attempt to be more sustainable. The idea started when Steelcase saw the need for furniture to be personalized for custom size spaces with the ability to be able to fix a broken part if necessary. This series then came to be over 200 compatible arrangements for tables and desks. The process for this simple assembly of parts for the new design was to repair, replace or recycle as many times as the user needs.

Brands
Subsidiaries include AMQ, Coalesse, Halcon, Orangebox, Smith System, and Viccarbe, as well as several other brands such as Steelcase Health and Education. The company established an office accessories brand called Details in 1990. In 1993, Steelcase launched Turnstone, a line of furniture designed for small businesses and home offices. Designtex, which produces interior textiles and upholstery, was acquired in 1998. Nurture was founded in 2006 to create products for the health care industry, including furniture and interiors for waiting rooms, offices, and clinics. The brand became Steelcase Health in 2014.

Steelcase merged three of its subsidiaries (Brayton International, Metro Furniture and Vecta) to form Coalesse in 2008. Coalesse products are meant for what the company calls "live/work" spaces, a result of the frequent overlap of home and office in modern working habits.

Company culture

In 1985, Steelcase purchased the Meyer May House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and restored it, opening it to the public in 1987. A corporate art program has resulted in a collection including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Dale Chihuly.

The company employs a research group called WorkSpace Futures to study workplace trends.  In 2010, Steelcase underwent a three-year project to update its Grand Rapids headquarters to promote employee productivity and employee well-being, including redesigning a cafeteria into an all-purpose work environment that provides food service and space for meetings, socializing, and independent work.

Steelcase's sustainability efforts have included reducing packaging, using regional facilities to reduce shipping distance, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption, and a goal to reduce its environmental footprint by 25 percent by 2020. As of 2012, Steelcase had reduced its waste by 80 percent, greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent and water consumption by 54 percent since 2006. According to the company's WorkFutures group, the company also analyzes its supply chain and materials chemistry to determine product sustainability. As of 2014, the company led its industry in Cradle to Cradle-certified products. In 2016, Steelcase employees volunteered 38,913 hours and the Steelcase Foundation donated more than US$5.7 million.

Steelcase became Carbon Neutral on August 25, 2020, with the plan of becoming Carbon negative (eliminating more carbon than they produce) by 2030. As a company they have a focus on green chemistry and have stopped manufacturing with many chemicals like Polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Covid-19 Response
As of March 2020, Steelcase has been manufacturing equipment for health care providers and medical facilities in response to COVID-19. Solutions include PPE, masks, face shields, and social screens.

Steelcase is also redesigning offices layouts that can adapt to the ongoing Covid regulations. To continue interaction in the workplace, they have installed social screens to divide desks/workspaces and are planning to implement more technology to enhance communication whether the staff is in the office or working from home. Desks will be six feet apart as per the United States CDC guidelines and there will be a focus on sanitization stations.

Awards

Company Awards
 The company won the Editors' Choice award at the 2014 NeoCon product competition for "Quiet Spaces", a series of workspaces designed for introverts and a collaboration with Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.
 Steelcase was named The World's Most Admired Company by Forbes in 2018, 2019 and 2020. They earned the 2020 Civic Award.

Design Awards
 2014 Steelcase's SOTO II Worktools won a Silver Award in the Office Accessories category from Editor's Choice.
 2018 Best Large Showroom and Best of Competition at NeoCon
 2019 Steelcase won the Red Dot Award in 2019 for their SILQ chair design.
 2021 Best of NeoCon Gold and Best of NeoCon Innovation Awards

Similar companies
 Global Furniture Group
 Haworth
 Herman Miller
 Knoll
 Vitra

References

External links

Furniture companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Industrial design
Manufacturing companies established in 1912
1912 establishments in Michigan
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange


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Ondrej Glajza, né le , est un coureur cycliste slovaque. Il se spécialise dans le cyclo-cross.

Biographie

Palmarès en cyclo-cross
 2008-2009
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross cadets
 2009-2010
  Champion de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross cadets
 2010-2011
  Champion de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross juniors
 2011-2012
  Champion de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross juniors
 2014-2015
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross
 2015-2016
 Tage des Querfeldeinsports (Day of Cyclocross), Ternitz
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross
 2016-2017
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross
 2018-2019
  Champion de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross
 2020-2021
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cyclo-cross

Palmarès en VTT

 2012
  Champion de Slovaquie de cross-country juniors
 2013
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cross-country eliminator
 2015
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cross-country eliminator

 2016
  Champion de Slovaquie de cross-country
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cross-country eliminator
 2018
  Champion de Slovaquie de cross-country eliminator
  du championnat de Slovaquie de cross-country

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste slovaque
Cyclo-crossman slovaque
Coureur de VTT
Naissance en juillet 1994


text:
Huși is een plaats in het oosten van Roemenië in het district Vaslui.

Geboren in Huși
 Alexander Jan Cuza (1820-1873), vorst van Roemenië
 Ştefan Dimitrescu (1886-1933), kunstschilder (post-impressionisme)
 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899-1938), politicus en fascist (stichter van de IJzeren Garde)

Plaats in Roemenië
Vaslui


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Nathu La  (tibetano: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་, nepalese: नाथू ला, caratteri cinesi semplificati:乃堆拉山口 Nǎiduīlā Shānkǒu; IAST: Nāthū Lā, hindi: नाथूला दर्रा) è un passo di montagna situato nell'Himalaya. Unisce lo stato indiano del Sikkim con la Regione Autonoma del Tibet in Cina. Il passo, situato a 4310 metri di altitudine, era un importante passaggio dell'antica via della seta. Nathu significa "orecchie che ascoltano" e La significa "passo" in lingua tibetana. Può essere scritto anche Ntula, Natu La, Nathula o Natula.

Nathu La è uno dei tre confini commerciali tra Cina ed India; gli altri due sono Shipkila in Himachal Pradesh e Lipulekh (o Lipulech) in Uttarakhand. Chiuso dall'India dopo la guerra Cino-Indiana del 1962, Nathu La fu riaperto nel 2006 in seguito ad accordi commerciali bilaterali. Si crede che l'apertura del passo riattiverà l'economia della regione giocando un ruolo di primo piano nello sviluppo delle relazioni commerciali tra i due paesi. Attualmente l'accordo tra le due nazioni apre il passo solo al passaggio di 29 tipi di beni provenienti dall'India, ed a 15 dalla Cina. L'apertura accorcia anche la distanza di viaggio per i pellegrini induisti e buddhisti.

Storia

Nathu La si trova al chilometro 563 dell'antica via della seta, e ne rappresentava un importante snodo. L'antica via della seta univa Lhasa, in Tibet, alle pianure del Bengala, a sud. Nel 1815 il volume del commercio aumentò dopo che l'Impero britannico annesse i territori di Sikkim, Nepal e Bhutan. Il potenziale di Nathu La si capì nel 1873, dopo che una commissione di deputati di Darjeeling pubblicò un rapporto sull'importanza strategica del passo di montagna situato tra Sikkim e Tibet. Nel dicembre 1893 la monarchia sikkimese ed i regnanti tibetani firmarono un accordo per aumentare il commercio tra le due nazioni. L'accordo culminò nel 1894 nell'apertura del passo.

Nathu La giocò un ruolo di primo piano nella spedizione britannica in Tibet del 1903–1904, fatta per impedire all'impero russo di interferire negli affari tibetani conquistando un avamposto nella regione. Nel 1904 il maggiore Francis Younghusband, Commissario britannico in Tibet, guidò una missione attraverso Nathu La per conquistare Lhasa. Questo portò alla creazione delle stazioni di posta di Gyantse e Gartok in Tibet, e permise agli inglesi di controllare l'intera valle Chumbi. Nel novembre seguente Cina e Gran Bretagna ratificarono un accordo approvando il commercio tra Sikkim e Tibet.

Nel 1947 e nel 1948 fallì un referendum popolare in Sikkim che avrebbe voluto unirsi alla neonata India indipendente, ed il Primo Ministro indiano Jawaharlal Nehru accettò un particolare status di protettorato per il Sikkim. Alle truppe indiane fu concesso di controllarne i confini, compreso Nathu La. In questo periodo oltre 1000 muli e 700 persone furono coinvolti nel commercio attraverso Nathu La. Nel 1949, quando il governo tibetano espulse i cinesi che vi abitavano, molti di loro tornarono a casa percorrendo la rotta Nathu La–Sikkim–Kolkata.

Con l'assenza di ferrovie o linee aeree nella regione negli anni cinquanta, Nathu La fu usata da molti per attraversare il confine tra Tibet e Sikkim. L'attuale Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, utilizzò questo passo per spostarsi in India in occasione del 2500º anniversario della nascita del Gautama Buddha, tenutosi tra novembre 1956 e febbraio 1957. Il 1º settembre 1958 Nehru, la figlia Indira Gandhi e Palden Thondup Namgyal (figlio e consigliere di Tashi Namgyal, il Chogyal del Sikkim) usarono questo passo per raggiungere il vicino Bhutan.

Dopo che la Cina prese il controllo del Tibet nel 1950 sopprimendo la rivolta tibetana del 1959, i passi verso il Sikkim divennero una via di fuga per i rifugiati provenienti dal Tibet. Durante la guerra Cino-Indiana del 1962 a Nathu La ci furono schermaglie tra i soldati delle due fazioni. Poco dopo il passaggio fu chiuso e rimase non utilizzato per oltre 40 anni. Tra il 7 ed il 13 settembre 1967, l'esercito di liberazione popolare cinese e l'esercito indiano ebbero uno scontro di sei giorni, compreso lo scambio di fuoco di artiglieria pesante. Nel 1975 il Sikkim si unì all'India, e Nathu entrò a far parte del territorio indiano. La Cina si rifiutò di concedere l'accesso.

Nel 1988 il primo ministro indiano Rajiv Gandhi visitò Pechino, dove riconobbe la suzerain (sovranità) cinese sul Tibet. Nel 1993 Jyoti Basu, allora Capo Ministro dello Stato indiano del Bengala Occidentale, iniziò una campagna volta alla riapertura della rotta Lhasa–Kalimpong, che correva attraverso Jelep La, ma non si raggiunse mai un accordo. L'anno seguente la visita del primo ministro Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao in Cina riaprì le discussioni sul passo. I colloqui fallirono a causa dei problemi di sicurezza evidenziati dall'esercito indiano.

Negli anni novanta accordi commerciali bilaterali furono firmati da India e Cina, ponendo le basi per la riapertura del passo. Nel dicembre 1991 India e Cina firmarono il Memorandum on the Resumption of Border Trade; in seguito, nel luglio 1992, si passò al Protocol on Entry and Exit Procedures for Border Trade. Questi due documenti contenevano le regole per il commercio da svolgersi tramite Nathu La. Il 23 giugno 2003, India e Cina firmarono il Memorandum on Expanding Border Trade che dettava tutte le regole necessarieper l'uso di Nathu La.

Nel 2003, con lo scongelamento delle relazioni Cino-Indiane, la visita in Cina del primo ministro indiano Atal Bihari Vajpayee portò a nuovi colloqui sull'apertura del confine. Nel 2004 il ministro della difesa indiano, in visita in Cina, aprì formalmente il passo. L'apertura, programmata in origine per il 2 ottobre 2005, fu rimandata a causa di problemi infrastrutturali dell'ultimo minuto sul lato cinese. Infine, dopo un decennio di negoziati, Nathu La venne riparto il 6 luglio 2006. La data di riapertura coincide col compleanno dell'attuale Dalai Lama, il che è spesso considerato male dal Movimento Internazionale per l'Indipendenza del Tibet. Negli anni che hanno preceduto la riapertura, l'unica persona cui era concesso di passare il filo spinato era un postino cinese scortato dai militari indiani, che avrebbe dovuto consegnare alla sua controparte indiana la posta all'interno di un edificio sul confine. Alla fine il Tibet fu riconosciuto come parte integrante della Cina da parte dell'India.

L'apertura del passo fu segnata da una cerimonia sul lato indiano cui parteciparono ufficiali di entrambe le nazioni, compreso il Capo Ministro del Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling, l'ambasciatore cinese in India ed il capo della Regione Autonoma del Tibet, Champa Phuntsok. Una delegazione di 100 commercianti indiani e 100 tibetani attraversarono il confine verso le rispettive città commerciali. Nonostante la forte pioggia ed il vento alla cerimonia parteciparono molti ufficiali, gli abitanti locali ed i media internazionali. La barriera in filo spinato tra India e Cina fu sostituita da un passaggio con muro in pietra largo 10 metri. Fu deciso anche di ricordare il 2006 come anno dell'amicizia cino-indiana.

Geografia

Il passo si trova 54 km ad est della capitale sikkimese, Gangtok, ed a 430 km dalla capitale tibetana Lhasa. In inverno il passo viene chiuso per le abbondanti nevicate. Non esendoci un centro meteorologico a Nathu La, non sono disponibili misurazioni sistematiche dei dati atmosferici. Si sa comunque che nei punti più alti dell'Himalaya circostante la temperatura estiva non supera mai i 15 °C.

Nathu La è relativamente stretto, ed ha un suolo asciutto ed argilloso posto su un ripido pendio (30–50%) ghiaioso con superficie compatta, un'erosione moderata, ed un altrettanto moderata pietrosità. Ha molte zone franose. Per preservare il fragile ecosistema di Nathu La sul lato indiano, il governo indiano regola il flusso di turisti. La manutenzione della strada è a carico della Border Roads Organisation, una sezione dell'esercito indiano. Sul lato cinese il passo conduce alla valle Chumbi del altopiano del Tibet.

Flora

A causa della forte inclinazione del suolo vicino al passo, la vegetazione passa gradatamente dalla foresta subtropicale alla base, ad una regione temperata, ad un clima alpino unido e secco, ed infine alla fredda tundra desertica priva di vegetazione. Attorno a Nathu La ed al lato tibetano la regione ha poca vegetazione se si escludono gli arbusti sparsi. Tra le specie più comuni si trovano rododendri (Rhododendron anthopogon, R. setosum) e juniper. Nei prati si trovano i generi Poa, Meconopsis, Pedicularis, Primula e Aconitum. La regione ha una stagione di crescita di quattro mesi, in cui erba, cyperaceae e erbe medicinali crescono abbondanti permettendo la vita di molti insetti, erbivori domestici e selvatici, allodole e fringuelli. Il vicino Santuario alpino di Kyongnosla contiene specie rare ed a rischio di orchidee e rododendri, intervallati da alti juniper e abeti bianchi.

Fauna
Non ci sono nella zona insediamenti umani permanenti, nonostante alcuni edifici ospitano coloro che controllano il confine su ogni lato. Un piccolo gruppo di nomadi tibetani Dokpas vi pascolano yak, pecore e capre tipo pashmina. Gli yak si trovano in questa zona, e vengono utilizzati come animali da soma. La regione che circonda Nathu La contiene numerose specie a rischio, tra cui la gazzella tibertana, il leopardo delle nevi, il lupo tibetano, il gallo delle nevi tibetano, il gipeto, l'aquila dorata e la casarca comune. I cani selvatici rappresentano un pericolo in questa zona. La presenza di mine provoca molte ferite tra yak, nayan, kiang e lupi tibetani.

Economia

Prima della chiusura del passo nel 1962, beni come penne, orologi, cereali, abiti di cotone, oli commestibili, saponi, materiale edilizio e moto smontate venivano esportate in Tibet tramite il passo a dorso di mulo. Duecento muli, ognuno in grado di trasportare circa 80 kg di carico, venivano usati sulla tratta da Gangtok a Lhasa, che richiedva 20–25 giorni di viaggio. Al ritorno venivano importate in India seta, lana grezza, muschio, piante medicinali, liquore, pietre preziose, oro ed argento. In quel tempo buona parte del commercio era svolto dai Marwari, che possedevano il 95% delle 200 ditte autorizzate.

Per semplificare il commercio sul confine, i due paesi hanno creato mercati a Sherathang in Sikkim (6 km da Nathu La) e Rinqingang in Tibet (10 km da Nathu La). Il mercato è aperto dal lunedì al giovedì dalle 07:30 alle 11:00 e dalle 15:30 alle 19:00. La stagione del commercio parte il 1º giugno e continua fino al 30 settembre, quando la neve e le estreme condizioni climatiche rendono insicuro il passo. Un totale di 100 commercianti e 60 camion sono autorizzati ad operare da ognilato del confine.

Mentre la Cina non ha messo limiti a questo commercio, l'India lo ha fatto, ponendo severe restrizioni ai beni che possono essere importati o esportati. Tra le esportazioni dell'India ci sono coperte, prodotti in rame, vestiti, biciclette, caffè, tè, orzo, riso, farina, frutta secca, legumi, olio vegetale, melassa e caramelle, tabacco, tabacco da fiuto, spezie, scarpe, kerosene, cancelleria, utensili vari, frumento, liquori, prodotti lattiero-caseari trasformati, conserve alimentari, sigarette, erbe locali, olio di palma e hardware. Tra le esportazioni della Cina ci sono pelle di capra, pelle di pecora, lana, seta grezza, coda di yak, pelo di yak, caolino, borace, burro, sale comuni, cavalli, capre e pecore. Ci sono limitazioni anche sui commercianti, cui il permesso viene concesso solo se abitavano in Sikkim già prima della fusione con l'India del 1975.

Ci si aspetta che la riapertura del passo stimoli l'economia locale ed il commercio cino-indiano, che ammontava a 7 miliardi di dollari statunitensi nel 2004. Prima dell'apertura del passo, quasi tutto questo commercio passava dal porto di Tientsin, ad oltre 4000 km di distanza. Grazie a Nathu La la distanza si è ridotta a 1200 km. I numeri forniti dall'Ufficio del Commercio della Regione Autonoma del Tibet dimostrano che in 51 giorni di commercio nel 2006 sono state vendute tramite Nathu La merci per 186 250 dollari. È stato stimato che il commercio cino-indiano sia aumentato di circa il 15–20% nei due anni di apertura di Nathu La. Si pensa che questo volume raggiungerà i 44,6 milioni di dollari nel 2007, ed i 2,6 miliardi nel 2015. Il passo offre alle ditte cinese l'accesso al portodi Calcutta, situato a circa 1100 km da Lhasa, favorendo il trasporto da e per il Tibet.

Sul lato cinese 7000 turisti hanno visitato la contea di Yadong nel 2006, portandovi 1,67 milioni di yuan (US$ 216 000). D parte indiana, solo gli indiani possono visitare il passo di mercoledì, giovedì, sabato e domenica, e solo dopo aver ottenuto il permesso il giorno prima a Gangtok. Il passo è particolarmente utile per i pellegrini che vogliono visitare i monasteri Sikkim come quello di Rumtek, uno dei più sacri santuari del Buddhismo. Per gli indu il passo accorcia il viaggio per il lago Manasarovar da 15 a 2 giorni.

Alcuni commercianti indiani temono che il passo porterà più vantaggi ai cinesi che in India troveranno un mercato già pronto. Una delle principali preoccupazioni del governo indiano è il contrabbando verso l'India di prodotti di animali selvatici quali pelli ed ossa di tigre e leopardo, cistifellee d'orso, pellicce di lontra e lana di shahtoosh. Il governo indiano ha fattopartire un progetto per sensibilizzare la polizia e le altre forze dell'ordine attive nella regione. Buona parte di questo commercio illecito avviene tramite il Nepal.

Trasporti

Sul lato tibetano due superstrade (da Kangmar a Yadong e da Yadong a Nathu La) sono state inserite tra i progetti del 2006 del ministero dei trasporti. Questi progetti prevedono di istituire un servizio di autobus tra Gangtok e Lhasa, e di estendere la Ferrovia del Qingzang fino a Yadong nei prossimi dieci anni.

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Bibliografia

 Michael Carrington, Officers Gentlemen and Thieves: The Looting of Monasteries during the 1903/4 Younghusband Mission to Tibet, Modern Asian Studies 37, 1 (2003), pp. 81–109

Altri progetti

Valichi della Cina
Valichi dell'India
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Отгонбаатарын Ууганбаатар () — монгольский самбист и дзюдоист, 6-кратный чемпион Монголии по дзюдо, чемпион (2019) и бронзовый призёр (2013, 2015) чемпионатов Азии по дзюдо, бронзовый призёр Азиатских игр 2018 года по дзюдо, бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира по дзюдо 2015 года в командном зачёте, бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира по самбо 2013 года, участник соревнований по дзюдо на летних Олимпийских играх 2016 года в Рио-де-Жанейро. По дзюдо выступал в полусредней весовой категории (до 81 кг). На Олимпиаде в первой же схватке уступил египтянину  и выбыл из борьбы за награды.

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Das Mikrosandstrahlen () ist eine spezielle Art des Sandstrahlens, die hauptsächlich in der Mikrosystemtechnik angewandt wird.

Durch das Mikrosandstrahlen können Strukturen in Silizium- und Glassubstraten erzeugt werden.

Zunächst muss für den Sandstrahlprozess eine fotolithografische Maske auf dem Substrat erzeugt werden. Diese so entstandene Maske schützt einzelne, durch das Maskendesign definierte Bereiche. Auf den freien, ungeschützten Flächen schlagen Sandpartikel homogener Größe das Material aus seinem Verbund heraus. Abhängig von der Dauer und Stärke des Prozesses entstehen Kanalstrukturen definierter Tiefe oder sogar Durchlöcher. Für das Mikrosandstrahlen gibt es eine Vielzahl von Anwendungsfeldern. Hauptsächlich wird diese Technologie bei der Herstellung von Kanalstrukturen, von Seiteneingängen oder Zuführlöchern in Mikrofluidik-Chips aus Glas, wie beispielsweise D263-, Borofloat- oder Quarz-Gläsern verwendet.

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 Kanäle auf Tiefe
 Mehrfache Tiefen
 Positive Abschrägungen (Winkel 70–75°)
 Rauheit abhängig vom Design und den Anlagenparametern (im Durchschnitt 0,4 bis 1,5 µm)

Anwendungen

 Mikrofluidische Kanäle und Öffnungen
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Stagioni 2000-2008
Attivo in gare FIS dal dicembre del 1999, in Nor-Am Cup Kucera esordì il 6 gennaio 2001 a Lake Louise in discesa libera (71º) e ottenne il primo podio il 27 febbraio 2004 a Big Mountain in supergigante (3º). Il 27 novembre 2004 debuttò in Coppa del Mondo, a Lake Louise in discesa libera (36º), e il 12 dicembre successivo conquistò la prima vittoria in Nor-Am Cup, nelle medesime località e specialità. Ai successivi Mondiali di Bormio/Santa Caterina Valfurva 2005, sua prima presenza iridata, si classificò 16º nella discesa libera, 25º nel supergigante e 9º nella combinata; nella stessa stagione 2004-2005 vinse la Nor-Am Cup generale e le classifiche di discesa libera e di supergigante.

Nel 2006 prese parte alla sua unica rassegna olimpica, , piazzandosi 27º nella discesa libera, 22º nel supergigante e 17º nella combinata, e ottenne l'ultima vittoria in Nor-Am Cup, il 15 marzo a Panorama in slalom gigante. Nella stagione 2006-2007 conquistò la sua unica vittoria, nonché primo podio, in Coppa del Mondo, il 26 novembre nel supergigante di Lake Louise; ai successivi Mondiali di Åre 2007 si classificò 31º nella discesa libera, 30º nel supergigante, 9º nello slalom gigante e 32º nella supercombinata.

Stagioni 2009-2013
Il 30 novembre 2008 colse a Lake Louise in supergigante il suo ultimo podio in Coppa del Mondo (2º) e il 7 febbraio 2009 si laureò a sorpresa campione del mondo nella discesa libera ai Mondiali di Val-d'Isère: Kucera, oltre ad aver disputato un'ottima prova, fu anche aiutato dalle condizioni meteorologiche scendendo col sole, mentre la gara di molti suoi avversari fu caratterizzata da una minore visibilità. Questo risultato era inatteso visto anche che tutti i podi di Kucera in Coppa del Mondo erano arrivati in supergigante, mentre in discesa libera contava solo un 7º posto come miglior risultato. Nella stessa rassegna iridata, l'ultima della sua carriera, si piazzò inoltre 6º nel supergigante, 44º nello slalom gigante e non completò la supercombinata.

Le sue ultime stagioni furono travagliate dagli infortuni: fu lontano dalle gare dal novembre del 2009 al novembre del 2012, per poi infortunarsi nuovamente nell'estate del 2013. In Nor-Am Cup ottenne l'ultimo podio  il 10 febbraio 2013 ad Apex in discesa libera (3º), mentre in Coppa del Mondo prese per l'ultima volta il via il 3 marzo successivo nel supergigante di Lillehammer Kvitfjell (45º). La sua ultima gara fu il supergigante dei Campionati canadesi 2013, disputato il 25 marzo a Whistler e non completato da Kucera, anche se annunciò il ritiro dall'attività agonistica solo dopo il termine della stagione 2013-2014.

Carriera da allenatore
Dopo il ritiro Kucera è divenuto allenatore nei quadri della Federazione sciistica canadese.

Palmarès

Mondiali
 1 medaglia:
 1 oro (discesa libera a Val-d'Isère 2009)

Coppa del Mondo
 Miglior piazzamento in classifica generale: 13º nel 2008
 3 podi (tutti in supergigante):
 1 vittoria
 1 secondo posto
 1 terzo posto

Coppa del Mondo - vittorie

Legenda:
SG = supergigante

Nor-Am Cup
 Vincitore della Nor-Am Cup nel 2005
 Vincitore della classifica di discesa libera nel 2005
 Vincitore della classifica di supergigante nel 2005
 13 podi:
 7 vittorie
 2 secondi posti
 4 terzi posti

Nor-Am Cup - vittorie

Legenda:
DH = discesa libera
SG = supergigante
GS = slalom gigante

Campionati canadesi
 14 medaglie:
 8 ori (discesa libera, supergigante nel 2005; supergigante, slalom gigante nel 2006; discesa libera, supergigante, supercombinata nel 2008; slalom gigante nel 2009)
 4 argenti (slalom gigante nel 2005; discesa libera nel 2006; discesa libera, supergigante nel 2007)
 2 bronzi (slalom speciale nel 2007; discesa libera nel 2013)

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Ha iniziato ad arbitrare nel campionato di calcio peruviano nel 1997, ricevendo la qualifica di internazionale nel 2001, dirigendo partite di Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana e tornei internazionali come il Sudamericano Sub-20 nel 2003 e nel 2007, e una partita durante la Copa América 2007, - 1-3.

Nell'estate 2011 è convocato in vista della fase finale di Copa América (seconda apparizione consecutiva).

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Capriole in salita è un romanzo autobiografico di Pino Roveredo, pubblicato per la prima volta dalla casa editrice triestina LINT nel 1996 e riproposto da Bompiani nel 2006, dopo che l'autore aveva vinto, l'anno precedente il Premio Campiello con Mandami a dire.

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Il romanzo è un'autobiografia di Roveredo che racconta, con toni sovente duri e violenti, la sua vita difficile: dalla nascita da genitori sordomuti, al collegio; dall'alcolismo con cui Pino cerca di fuggire dall'insensatezza dell'esistenza, sino all'esperienza del manicomio che conduce il protagonista verso una lenta e apparentemente insesorabile autodistruzione fisica e morale. Sullo sfondo però una nuova luce, con il matrimonio con Luciana, emblema della possibile rinascita a vita nuova.

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