title: Quavo

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Quavious Keyate Marshall (born April 2, 1991), known professionally as Quavo (), is an American rapper. He is best known as the co-founder and frontman of hip hop group Migos, being the uncle of late member Takeoff.

Outside of Migos, Quavo has been featured on several U.S. top 10 hits, including Post Malone's "Congratulations", which was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); as well as DJ Khaled's "No Brainer" and "I'm the One", the latter of which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2018, he released his debut solo album Quavo Huncho, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200.

Early life
Quavious Keyate Marshall was born on  April 2, 1991, in Athens, Georgia. The three members of Migos grew up together in Gwinnett County, a mostly suburban area 20–30 minutes northeast of Atlanta.
Quavo attended Berkmar High School and was the starting quarterback of its football team during the 2009 season, his senior year. Berkmar went 1–9 in the 2009 season, and Quavo went 19-of-25 for 201 yards and three touchdowns for the first win of the season. Quavo previously held the record by completing 28 passes in a game back in 2009 until being surpassed by Taylor Heinicke. Despite finishing the football season for his senior year, Quavo dropped out of Berkmar months before graduation.

Career
Migos was formed in 2008 by Quavo and fellow rappers Takeoff and Offset. Quavo and Takeoff are directly related and were raised together by Quavo's mother. Quavo was Takeoff's uncle. The group was originally known as Polo Club and is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. They changed their name to "Migos" after deciding Polo Club was too generic. The group released their first full-length project, a mixtape titled Juug Season, on August 25, 2011. They followed with the mixtape No Label, on June 1, 2012.

Migos rose to prominence in 2013 after the release of their single "Versace". The song was remixed by Canadian rapper Drake, peaking at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 31 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Quavo had his first lead single as a solo artist with the song "Champions" featuring several other artists. The song peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.

After the success of Migos' second studio album Culture, which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Quavo was subsequently featured on several popular songs outside of Migos, including "Congratulations", "I'm the One", "Portland" and "No Brainer". In an interview with GQ, Houston-based rapper Travis Scott, with whom Quavo previously worked on the Young Thug collaboration "Pick Up the Phone", revealed he had a collaborative album with Quavo in the works.

In April 2017, Quavo was featured on The Fate of the Furious: The Album on the song "Go Off" with Lil Uzi Vert and Travis Scott. The song was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA. Quavo also released "Ice Tray" with Lil Yachty on December 14, 2017. The song peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On December 21, 2017, Quavo announced that he would release Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho with Travis Scott on December 22, 2017 without any prior promotion. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and had seven tracks chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

On January 26, 2018, Migos released Culture II. Following this, Quavo announced an upcoming solo project titled
Quavo Huncho to be released in October. It was supported by three singles, "Workin Me", "Lamb Talk" and "Bubble Gum", with "Workin Me" peaking at 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Quavo's highest charting single as a solo artist. The album was released on October 12, 2018 through Capitol Records, Motown, and Quality Control Music and features guest appearances from 21 Savage, Drake, Saweetie, Madonna, Cardi B, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Normani, Davido, and Kid Cudi.

On May 18, 2019, Quavo performed "Future" alongside Madonna at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

On February 7, 2020, Quavo was featured on the song "Intentions" from Justin Bieber's  fifth studio album Changes. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. In the following year, Migos released their fourth album, Culture III.

In October 2022, a possible disbandment of Migos became the subject of speculation based on reports that Quavo's ex-girlfriend Saweetie had slept with Offset. Following this, Quavo and Takeoff formed a super duo, Unc & Phew and went on to release a collaborative album titled Only Built for Infinity Links on October 7, 2022 without Offset's input. During an interview with the Big Facts podcast, Quavo stated that he would like to see his and Takeoff's career "as a duo".

On November 1, 2022, less than a month after the release of the duo's first album, Takeoff was shot and killed while with Quavo and others at the 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston, Texas.

In early 2023, Quavo released three singles, "Honey Bun", "Greatness" and "Without You", dedicated to Takeoff before announcing his second studio album Rocket Power, released on August 18, 2023. The album was preceded by the hit single "Turn Yo Clic Up" featuring Future and peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Other ventures

Acting
Quavo along with the members of Migos made his TV debut after an appearance on an episode of Donald Glover's series Atlanta. The episode aired on September 13, 2016, under the title "Go For Broke". He also made a cameo appearance on the "Dreamers" episode of fox's musical drama television series Star in 2018.

In 2019, he guest-starred in the fifth-season finale of ABC's Black-ish and HBO's Ballers. In the following year, he along with Billie Eilish, Big Sean, DJ Khaled and Usher appeared on the finale episode of Justin Bieber: Seasons, a YouTube docu-series about Canadian singer Justin Bieber. He also made a guest appearance on the sophomore season of Narcos: Mexico.

Quavo appeared in the thriller film Savage Salvation directed by Randall Emmett as Coyote; which released on December 2, 2022.

Along with Chloe Bailey and Anjelika Washington, Quavo starred in the Atlanta-set gospel-choir-competition-based film Praise This, which was released in the U.S. and Canada on April 7, 2023.

NBA All-Star Celebrity Games
Quavo received the MVP Award during the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game after a 19-point performance and victory. In 2019, Quavo played on the "Away" roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and again during the 2020 All-Star Celebrity Game in Chicago.

Fan Controlled Football League
Quavo is one of four partial owners of the FCF Glacier Boyz, a team in the Fan Controlled Football League.

 Personal life
On April 18, 2015, authorities stopped a Migos concert at Georgia Southern University and arrested all three members of the group, as well as several members of their entourage. Quavo was charged with possession of an unspecified Schedule II narcotic, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in a school safety zone, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He was released from jail on bond, and later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor marijuana charges and received a 12-month sentence, which was suspended based on payment of fines.

Quavo supported Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, saying: “Bernie was in the trenches back in the day, really in the streets.”

In 2017, Quavo briefly dated actress and model Karrueche Tran. Quavo began dating Saweetie in September 2018. On March 19, 2021, Saweetie confirmed via social media that she and Quavo are no longer in a relationship. She also mentioned on social media that Quavo had been unfaithful, writing "Presents don't band aid scars and the love isn't real when the intimacy is given to other women." In late March 2021, video footage surfaced showing the pair in a physical altercation that allegedly happened in 2020.

In May 2020, Quavo announced on his Instagram account that he had graduated from high school after dropping out 11 years earlier.

In December 2021, Quavo was sued for his alleged involvement in the assault of a limo driver earlier in July 2021.

Murder of Takeoff
Quavo was one of the main eyewitnesses for Takeoff's murder in the early morning hours of November 1, 2022. He, Takeoff, and about 39 other people gathered outside of the bowling alley at 810 Billiards and Bowling located in Houston, Texas after a private party ended there at around 1:00 CDT, according to Houston's KHOU-11 TV. Quavo was not injured during the shooting, although he reportedly fainted afterward and had to be carried to a vehicle. Two other people, 24-year-old Joshua "Wash" Washington (a business associate of Quavo) and a 23-year-old woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the shooting.

 Discography

Studio albumsQuavo Huncho (2018)Rocket Power (2023)

Collaborative albumsHuncho Jack, Jack Huncho  (2017)Only Built for Infinity Links''  (2022)

Filmography

Film roles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
21st-century African-American male singers
21st-century American rappers
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
African-American male singer-songwriters
African-American record producers
American hip hop record producers
American hip hop singers
Capitol Records artists
Migos members
Motown artists
Mumble rappers
People from Lawrenceville, Georgia
Quality Control artists
Rappers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Record producers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)
Songwriters from Athens, Georgia
Southern hip hop musicians
Trap musicians


title: Carl Schmidt (architect)

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Carl Emil Michael Schmidt (;December 21, 1866 – 8 August 1945) was a Russo-German architect and philatelist. Born in St. Petersburg, his father Karl Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand Schmidt was a German marine engineer from Anklam in Mecklenburg-Strelitz and mother Olga Helena Schmidt was a Baltic German. He is known as a representative of the "brick-style" and the early Art Nouveau in architecture.

Carl Schmidt studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. His villas and houses adorn the streets of St. Petersburg. In autumn 1918 the Schmidt family was forced to leave Russia and back to Germany. In Germany, he could not follow on his architectural work. He died in 1945 in Magdeburg.

Selected works
 1897/98. Villa of V. Tiss. Sjezzhinskaya ul, 3
 1897/99. Alexandra asylum for women. Bolshoy prospekt V. O., 49-51
 1899/1900. Building of the Faberge firm. Bolshaya Morskaya ul., 24
 1900/01. Villa and the office of Paul Forostovski. 4 liniya V. O., 9
 1900/04. Own villa in Pavlovsk. 2-ya Krasnoflotskaya ul., 7
 1901/02. Apartment house. Chersonskaya ul., 13
 1907. New building for a girls' school of Emilie Schaffe. 5-ya liniya O. V., 16

Further reading
 Voigt E., Heidebrecht H. Carl Schmidt. Ein Architekt in St. Petersburg. 1866—1945. — Augsburg, 2007.
 Э. Фогт, Б. М. Кириков. Архитектор Карл Шмидт: Жизнь и творчество. St. Petersburg, 2011. —

Architects from Saint Petersburg
Art Nouveau architects
1866 births
1945 deaths
Philatelists from the Russian Empire


title: Marc A. Meyers

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Marc André Meyers (born 1946) is an American materials scientist, engineer and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego. Meyers studies and writes about the dynamic behavior of materials, synthesis, processing, impact testing, and characterization of new materials. He also studies the properties of biological materials, and in particular the protective coverings of animals. Abalone shells, toucan beaks, the scales of exotic fish, feathers, piranha teeth, rabbit skin, boxfish, turtle and armadillo carapaces, and pangolin scales are some of the biological materials studied by his group.

Meyers was born in Brazil. In the summer of 2014, he organized a group to follow the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition along the "River of Doubt".

Meyers is the recipient of many awards and recognitions and has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Society for Metals (ASM International (society)), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the American Physical Society (APS). In 2023, Meyers received the Robert Moskovic Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to "Dynamic Behavior of Materials and Characterization of New Materials" given by the ESIS TC12 technical committee of the European Structural Integrity Society.

Meyers is also a fiction writer, and has published four novels.  These books retell stories and drama from many years of working in university research departments. His novels include:
 A Dama E O Luxemburgues (D'Amour et d'Acier, in French translation)
 Chechnya Jihad
 Mayan Mars
 Abscission/Implosion
 Yanomami: A Novel

References

External links
 "Marc André Meyers"
 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814103222/http://meyersgroup.ucsd.edu/
 http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/21/engineers-life-20-things-ucsds-marc-meyers-has-don/

University of California, San Diego faculty
Living people
Engineers from California
American materials scientists
Brazilian scientists
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Brazilian science fiction writers
1946 births
Fellows of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Fellows of the American Physical Society


title: Kevin Barry (rugby union)

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Kevin Edward Barry (22 April 1936 – 16 August 2014) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A utility forward, Barry represented Thames Valley and Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1962 to 1964. He made 23 appearances for the All Blacks but did not play in any test matches.

Kevin Barry holds a unique place in New Zealand rugby history in that both his father, Ned, and his son, Liam, also played for the All Blacks: in doing so they were the first family to provide All Blacks from three successive generations.

References

1936 births
2014 deaths
Rugby union players from Lower Hutt
People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Auckland rugby union players
Rugby union locks
New Zealand people of Irish descent
Thames Valley rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union number eights


title: The Dinner Party (The Vampire Diaries)

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"The Dinner Party" is the 15th episode of the second season of The CW television series, The Vampire Diaries and the 37th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on February 17, 2011. The episode was written by Andrew Chambliss and directed by Marcos Siega.

Plot
Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) are still at the Gilbert's lake house where Elena reads Jonathan's new journal she and Stefan found in the secret room of the house. Stefan is still mad at her for her decision to sacrifice herself to save her family and friends. While reading, Elena finds out that Stefan attacked Jonathan and tried to kill him but Jonathan did not die because of the Gilbert ring. Stefan starts telling Elena about his life after he first turn into a vampire and how different he was than he is now.

Damon (Ian Somerhalder) plans to kill Elijah (Daniel Gillies) with the dagger that John (David Anders) gave him and he informs Stefan about it but they both hide it from Elena. Damon is at the Grill with Alaric (Matt Davis) and Andie (Dawn Olivieri) when Elijah comes in with Jenna (Sara Canning). Damon gets the opportunity and invites Elijah and everyone for dinner at the Salvatore house.

Before the dinner, Damon visits Katherine at the tomb to let her know that he is going to kill Elijah and asks her if it is possible to kill an Original. Katherine says that there is no way he can kill Elijah but seems to change her mind when Damon mentions he has a dagger and the ash from an old oak tree and she starts begging him not to kill Elijah otherwise she will stuck forever in the tomb since Elijah compelled her. She also offers to help them kill Klaus if Damon helps her get out of the tomb. Damon realizes from her reaction that the dagger can really kill an Original and leaves, leaving her behind.

Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) hang out at the Grill and Jeremy tries to ask Bonnie to come for dinner after they kissed when Luka (Bryton James) shows up and asks what they did to him. Bonnie pretends that she does not understand what he is talking about and when he gets persistent, Jeremy asks him to leave. Bonnie tells Jeremy that she has to practice so she can get stronger and Jeremy tells her that he can help her and Bonnie agrees to meet him later at his house.

Back at the lake house, Stefan keeps telling Elena about his first years as a vampire and how he met Lexi (Arielle Kebbel) who helped him become a better vampire. Elena keeps reading the journal and she finds out that Jonathan was trying to find a way to kill an Original. In the journal, there is a mention about the dagger and how it works and that it should be only used by a human, otherwise, if a vampire tries to kill another vampire with it, then both will die. Stefan realizes that John gave the dagger to Damon to use it because he wants to kill Damon as well and immediately tries to call Damon and warn him about it.

At the same time in the Salvatore house, Damon is getting ready to kill Elijah when Alaric interrupts him since he got a phone call from Stefan who told him about the dagger. Alaric stops Damon's plan who wants to know why and Alaric tells him about the dagger, who is mad that he can not use it. As they all get ready for dessert, Alaric gets the opportunity and kills Elijah himself in front of everyone (except Jenna) and asks Damon to hide his body before Jenna sees it.

Elena is upset because Stefan and Damon did not tell her what they were planning to do but Stefan tells her that she also did not tell them about her willing to sacrifice herself and tries to convince her to fight for her survival. He uses his story with Lexi and how Lexi helped him to come out of the darkness he was through love and fought for his survival. Later on, Elena continues reading the journal where it says that for the Original to remain dead, the dagger should not be removed. Stefan rushes to call Damon but when Damon goes to check on Elijah's body, the body is gone. Elijah is mad and goes to Jonas (Randy J. Goodwin) demanding to find where is Elena immediately.

Bonnie gets to Jeremy's house to find out that Jeremy has prepared a romantic dinner for the two of them. She makes sure to him that she liked what happened between them but she prefers to talk to Elena first before anything more happens. Jeremy accepts what she says and Bonnie starts practicing her magic while Jeremy is there. Their session gets interrupted when Jonas breaks into the house and demands to know what they did to his son and what Luka has told them. Bonnie is forced to tell him and then Jonas leave but not before he takes Bonnie's powers.

Elijah shows up at the lake house to take Elena but Elena tries to make the same deal she did with him before; that she will go with him if he promises to keep her family and friends safe. Elijah does not seem to agree and Elena threatens to kill herself and become a vampire, just like Katherine did, something the will make her useless for him. Elijah calls her bluff but Elena moves on and stabs herself in the stomach. Elijah freaks out, accepts the deal and asks her to let him heal her. When he gets close enough, Elena stabs him with the dagger and Elijah falls dead. Stefan gives Elena his blood to heal her and Damon is also there reminding to not remove the dagger from the body.

Stefan and Damon take Elijah's body to the Salvatore cellar and Elena promises that she will fight for her survival but makes a deal with the brothers that they will not hide anything from her anymore and that from now on they will do whatever it takes to kill Klaus but they will do it her way. Damon and Stefan agree.

In the meantime, Jenna asks Alaric about his dead wife but Alaric refuses to tell her anything more than he already did. Jenna realizes that John was right and that Alaric is not honest with her and she leaves mad. John, who heard the whole conversation, tells Alaric that he can fix this if he wants him to. Alaric declines his offer and gives him back the Gilbert ring, since it is what John wants from him, and tells him that he will need it more than him after trying to kill Damon.

The episode ends with Damon finding Katherine in his room having a shower. He is shocked seeing her there but Katherine explains that when an Original dies then their compulsion wears off and that is how she was able to get out of the tomb and she knew that if she begged him not to kill Elijah Damon would do the exact opposite. Damon realizes that she tricked him but Katherine says that she is still there because she wants to help them kill Klaus.

Feature music
In "The Dinner Party" we can hear the songs:
"Happiness Is Overrated" by The Airborne Toxic Event
"Lemonworld" by The National
"When I Grow Old" by Pet Lions
"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People
"Islands" by The xx

Reception

Ratings
In its original American broadcast, "The Dinner Party" was watched by 3.07 million; up by 0.29 from the previous episode.

Reviews
"The Dinner Party" received positive reviews.

Emma Fraser of TV Overmind gave the episode and A+ rating. "This episode was full of tension, shocks and propelled the vampire story forward, making the werewolf business seem like an age ago. The flashbacks worked effectively and allowed us to see ‘bad’ Stefan and the return of Lexi."

Carrie Raisler from The A.V. Club gave an A− rating to the episode saying that it was "one heck of an episode" praising the acting of Daniel Gillies as Elijah; "Tonight’s episode was an absolute showcase for the fabulousness that is Elijah, full of all of the snark and threats we’ve come to love".

Robin Franson Pruter of Forced Viewing rated the episode with 4/4 saying that it was an engrossing and entertaining episode that did almost everything well. "The episode’s surprising final revelation manages not to be a letdown after the exciting showdown between Elijah and Elena and effectively sets up the conflict for the next episode. Much of "The Dinner Party" works very well [...] The scenes are entertaining. The story is interesting. And, for most of the episode, the plot develops organically out of the nature and behavior of the characters."

Matt Richenthal from TV Fanatic rated the episode with 4.7/5 saying that the episode was exciting. "Typically, The Vampire Diaries saves its biggest cliffhanger for last. On "The Dinner Party," however, there were twists and turns around every commercial corner."

Diana Steenbergen of IGN rated the episode with 9/10 saying that the show outdid itself this week. "Each week I find myself wondering how they can keep the twists coming, episode after episode, but they always seem to find a way."

References

External links

2011 American television episodes
The Vampire Diaries (season 2) episodes
Television episodes directed by Marcos Siega


title: Solomon Guramatunhu

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Solomon Guramatunhu is a Zimbabwean medical doctor that specializes in the surgical and medical care of the eyes. He attended Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa, obtained his undergraduate medical degrees from the University of Zimbabwe and postgraduate qualifications in ophthalmology from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

References

Living people
People from Harare
Zimbabwean ophthalmologists
Waterford Kamhlaba alumni
People educated at a United World College
University of Zimbabwe alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Yawarqucha (Huancavelica)

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Yawarqucha (Quechua yawar blood, qucha, lake, "blood lake", Hispanicized spelling Yahuarcocha) is a mountain in the Huancavelica Region in Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Castrovirreyna Province, Santa Ana District, in the Huancavelica Province, Huachocolpa District, and in the Huaytará Province, Pilpichaca District. Yawarqucha lies north-east of the lake Chuqlluqucha.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Huancavelica Region


title: VolleySLIDE

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VolleySLIDE is the Sitting Volleyball world educational programme by World ParaVolley, the international federation responsible for all forms of ParaVolley. It is aimed at driving the development of the sport, in line with the Paralympic Movement and global society expectations. World ParaVolley (formerly known as World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (or WOVD) is a member of International Paralympic Committee and adopted VolleySLIDE back in February 2014.

The notion of 'SLIDE'

The word ‘volley’ shows its link with the Olympic sport of Volleyball, the word ‘slide’ emphasises the speed, movement, energy and fun of the game.

 Simple - you only need a ball and some kind of divide/net
 Liberating – by allowing individuals to get out of their chair/take their prosthetics off
 Inclusive – integrating disabled and able-bodied players across the world
 Different – you sit on the floor and slide around on your buttocks
 Enjoyable – it is a fast, dynamic and a team sport

That is Sitting Volleyball...

Mission

To support World ParaVolley with the growth of #SittingVolleyball, by providing aspiring and developing Sitting Volleyball programs with a resource that focuses on the inclusive and accessible natures of the sport.

Aims

- To offer the leading Sitting Volleyball starter pack teaching/coaching resource, in multiple languages.

- To work with World ParaVolley to provide a ‘central resource base’ of Sitting Volleyball coaching tools.

- To provide a template introductory workshop which covers all aspects of Sitting Volleyball in a fun an engaging way.

- To gather and share insights of leading Sitting Volleyball players and coaches.

- In collaboration with World ParaVolley, share Sitting Volleyball updates and news from around the world.

- To promote Sitting Volleyball to new markets, through the notion of ‘SLIDE’.

What is VolleySLIDE?

VolleySLIDE is a volunteer-run initiative started to raise greater awareness of Sitting Volleyball and provide a platform for people to go to learn more about the sport.

After only a few months of operation it was adopted as the World ParaVolley Education Programme for Sitting Volleyball and now sits under their Development Director as one of their key delivery elements.

Click here to see the 'What is VolleySLIDE?' presentation.

Educational Materials

All of the items below are available on the VolleySLIDE website:

Starting up? - A collection of webpages pulling together everything you'd need to know about if you were looking to start Sitting Volleyball in your area.

BumBall - A very basic game which is designed to be a great starting point.  Perfect if you want to get going in a game situation quickly.

Short Resource - Aimed at anyone looking to get started with Sitting Volleyball, whether they be a school teacher or a rehabilitation worker.
Translations - currently available in Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian.

Full Resource - Aimed at those looking to deliver a number of sequential sessions / become a regular Sitting Volleyball trainer or coach.
Translations - currently only available in Portuguese as well.

Workshop - a 4-hour theory and practical workshop, all planned and laid out for any experienced deliver or Volleyballer from around the world to pick up and use.  (Remember: these files are intended to be the start point for anyone, not the finished article for everyone.)

Skills and Drills Videos - providing a visual explanation over the technical skills used by players in the game and some activities that coaches can use to develop them.  These have been developed by USA Volleyball.

Educational and Coaching Blogs

Sunday Sitting Supplement Blogs

Competition Blogs

Links

Social media

Facebook - www.facebook.com/volleyslide

Twitter (English) - www.twitter.com/volleyslide

Twitter (French) - www.twitter.com/volleyslide_fr

Tumblr - http://tumblr.volleyslide.com

YouTube - www.youtube.com/volleyslide

Instagram - http://instagram.com/volleyslide/

Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/volleyslide/

Leader and Founder

Matt Rogers () is the 'brainchild,' founder and leader of the VolleySLIDE initiative.  Initially it started as a pack of Resource cards for teachers and coaches to use in the Surrey region of England.  Following the interest that they received some educational blogs were written to partner the resource and then some social media accounts were created to help tell people about what was available.  It has gone from strength to strength with the simple hope of it helping Sitting Volleyball maximize its true potential to be a ‘tool for positive social change’.

Previously Matt has been the Volleyball England's Sitting Volleyball Development Manager, London 2012 Technical Operations Manager for Sitting Volleyball [and Volleyball] and W.O.V.D. Technical Commission Member.  When asked why he started VolleySLIDE he explained: “In 2009 I took on a role where I needed to develop two GBR performance National teams to compete in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.  For a sport very much in his infancy, I was amazed at how little there was out there to help people looking to start the sport in a new country or area.

So following the Games I set about creating something that could help those in my position in the future, as well as provide a platform for everyone already involved in the sport to stay connected with other.  I hope that the Sitting Volleyball community embraces the potential of VolleySLIDE and works with us to share our sport with the millions of people around the world who can enjoy and benefit from it.”

Click here for more information

Contributors

VolleySLIDE is run by 6 voluntary coordinators who together lead on the promotion and integration of VolleySLIDE worldwide.  Each are appointed due to their knowledge and passion for the sport of Sitting Volleyball as well as their skillsets relative to the role.

Click here for more information

In addition there is a growing network of voluntary translators who contribute Sitting Volleyball news from around the world as well as translate any of the VolleySLIDE materials that are requested.

Click here for more information

Contact

If you are interested in using or engaging with VolleySLIDE in any way, please Tweet us on @volleyslide or e-mail us at: info@volleyslide.net

References

External links
 VolleySLIDE Official Website - www.volleyslide.net
 VolleySLIDE Central Resource Base - a collection of all that us useful when learning or starting with Sitting Volleyball
 VolleySLIDE Players Site - an external site that highlights the worlds leading teams and players
 VolleySLIDE Coaches Site - providing the background and advice from some of the worlds leading coaches
 VolleySLIDE Competition Blogging Site - presenting the thoughts and experiences of players from some of the recent major championships

Parasports organizations
Disability organisations based in the United Kingdom
Sitting volleyball


title: Joy (singer)

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Park Soo-young (; born September 3, 1996), known by the stage name Joy, is a South Korean singer, actress, and host. She debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet in August 2014. In 2017, Joy debuted as an actress and has had starring roles in the television dramas The Liar and His Lover (2017), Tempted (2018), The One and Only (2021), and Once Upon a Small Town (2022).

In 2021, Joy officially debuted as a soloist with the release of her special album Hello.

Early life
Park Soo-young was born in Jeju Island and raised in Dobong, Seoul. She is the eldest of three sisters. As a child, Joy was interested in modern trot music and was influenced to become a singer after receiving praise for her rendition of Korean rock band Cherry Filter's song "Flying Duck" during a grade school festival. Joy auditioned and was cast by SM Entertainment at the SM Global Audition in Seoul in 2012.

Career

2014–present: Debut and group activities

Following two years of training, a vocal coach gave her the stage name "Joy". Joy was officially introduced as the fourth member of Red Velvet on July 29, 2014. Joy was the only member of the group who was not introduced as a part of SM Rookies, a pre-debut training team created by SM Entertainment. Red Velvet made their debut in August 2014 with the digital single "Happiness". Over the course of their promotion, the group established themselves as one of the most powerful celebrities in South Korea by Forbes Korea Power Celebrity in 2018 and 2019, and gained global popularity with Billboard regarding them as one of the most popular K-pop groups worldwide.

2015–2020: Solo activities

In June 2015, Joy began her first solo television activity with the fourth season of MBC variety show We Got Married, where she was paired with BtoB member Yook Sung-jae. Joy gained recognition for her participation and won the New Star Award and Best Couple Award at the 2015 MBC Entertainment Awards. Joy also released a duet with Yook entitled "Young Love" in April 2016, with Joy receiving a songwriting credit for the song. Departing in May 2016, they became known as one of the longest-running and most popular couples in the show's history.

In November 2016, Joy collaborated with Lim Seul-ong in a duet titled "Always In My Heart". The song reached number one on several charts and number ten on the Gaon Digital Chart.

In 2017, Joy made her acting debut as the female lead in tvN's music-based drama The Liar and His Lover, a South Korean adaptation of Kotomi Aoki's popular manga Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru. With the drama's musical nature, Joy released several OSTs including: "Yeowooya", "I'm Okay", "Your Days", "Shiny Boy", "Waiting For You", and "The Way to Me". For her performance as lead actress, Joy received the Newcomer Award at the OSEN Cable TV Awards. In July 2017, Joy participated on the singing variety contest show King of Mask Singer under the alias of Bandabi, where she made it through to the next round of the competition.

In 2018, Joy began her first fixed hosting position as the co-host of the second season of JTBC's Sugar Man alongside top TV personalities Yoo Jae-suk, You Hee-yeol, and Park Na-rae. In 2018, Joy starred in MBC's drama Tempted, loosely based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, and recorded its OST "OMG!". Joy received numerous award nominations for her performance including: Best Actress at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards, the Popularity Award (Drama Actress) at The Seoul Awards, and the Actress of the Year Daesang at the Brand of the Year Awards. In July 2018, Joy was chosen as one of the hosts of Lifetime's new variety show Pajama Friends, alongside Song Ji-hyo and Jang Yoon-ju. Later that year in October 2018, Joy released the soundtrack song "Dream Me" (with Mark Lee) for the KBS drama The Ghost Detective.

In January 2019, it was announced that Joy was chosen to be a main host of the popular beauty program OnStyle's Get It Beauty, with former Pajama Friends co-host, Jang Yoon-ju. In December 2019, Joy became part of the athletic variety show, Handsome Tigers, as the manager of Seo Jang-hoon's basketball team composed of celebrities such as Lee Sang-yoon and Cha Eun-woo. After positive response in variety shows, Joy won the Best Female Variety Idol Daesang at the 2020 Brand Customer Loyalty Awards.

In March 2020, Joy released her solo OST "Introduce Me a Good Person" for the soundtrack of tvN's drama Hospital Playlist. The song reached number one on multiple charts, number five on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Chart, number six on the Gaon Digital Chart, and has surpassed 500 Million Digital Index Points on Gaon. In May 2020, Joy featured on the lead single of R&B artist Crush, with "Mayday" topping the charts on several Korean music platforms. "Introduce Me a Good Person" went on to be nominated for the Song of the Year Daesang and Best OST Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, and Best OST at the 30th Seoul Music Awards. Joy was also nominated as a soloist for the Top 10 Artist of the Year Bonsang (Main Prize) at the 2020 Melon Music Awards, and Artist of the Year Daesang at the 2020 Genie Music Awards.

2021–present: Solo debut, return to acting, and rising popularity
On May 12, 2021, it was announced that Joy would make her official solo debut with a special album consisting of 6 remake songs from the 1990s to 2000s. Joy's extended play Hello was released on May 31, with the title track reaching number one on multiple charts and the album recording number one on the iTunes Top Album charts of 26 countries. All 6 tracks from the album debuted on the Gaon Digital Chart, with Joy also reaching number one as a soloist on the Melon Female Solo Artist Chart. Joy's title track "Hello" also reached the Top 10 of Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100, with 5 tracks in total from her solo debut album also entering the chart. On November 8, 2021, Joy's solo debut album Hello was nominated for the Album of the Year Daesang (Grand Prize) at the 2021 Melon Music Awards. Joy was also nominated as a soloist for the second consecutive year for the MMA Top 10 Artist Bonsang (Main Prize). On November 27, 2021, Joy was nominated for Artist of the Year (Digital Music - May) at the Gaon Music Awards. In December, Joy was also nominated for the Best Digital Song Bonsang at the 36th Golden Disc Awards, and the Main Award (Bonsang) at the 31st Seoul Music Awards. In addition, NME listed Joy's "Hello" as one of the Top 25 Best K-pop songs of 2021.

On December 20, 2021, Joy made her return to acting in the JTBC drama The One and Only. In 2022, Joy was nominated for the Best Actress Idol Daesang and Best Variety Idol Daesang at the 2022 Brand Customer Loyalty Awards. On May 26, 2022, it was announced that Joy would star in KakaoTV's original drama Once Upon a Small Town, which premiered worldwide on Netflix on September 5, 2022, and went on to reach the Netflix Top 10 in 33 countries. In June 2023, Joy was nominated for Best Actress, Best New Actress, and the Popular Star Award at the Blue Dragon Series Awards.

Public image

In 2019, Joy ranked in Gallup Korea's annual data list of the Top 20 Most Popular Idols. In another survey conducted among soldiers doing mandatory military service in South Korea, Joy was ranked in the Top 5 most popular female K-pop idols. In their annual list, K-pop Radar also confirmed that Joy's Instagram account _imyour_joy had the most Instagram followers out of K-pop female artists who opened their account in 2019. Joy has also ranked first several times in the "Individual Girl Group Members Brand Power Ranking" published by the Korean Corporate Reputation Research Institute.

In February 2020, Joy was invited as a VIP guest of Michael Kors to attend New York Fashion Week, with Vogue calling Joy "one of K-pop's brightest stars".

As a singer, Joy's voice has received praise from various producers and musicians including composer Hwang Hyun, singer-songwriter You Hee-yeol, and producer Ma Joo-hee. In 2020, Joy became the first SM Female Artist without a solo debut to receive a Bonsang (Main Prize) nomination. In 2021, Joy became the first SM Female Soloist to be nominated for the Album of the Year Daesang (Grand Prize) at the Melon Music Awards.

Other ventures

Endorsements
Joy is an in-demand endorser in South Korea, with numerous brand deals. In July 2018, Joy was named as the new model and endorser for Lotte's Fitz beer. In May 2019, eSpoir of South Korea's leading cosmetics conglomerate Amore Pacific, chose Joy as their official muse for their makeup and skincare products. In 2020, Joy became the face of Aveda South Korea, owned by Estée Lauder, with the brand citing Joy's positive image across various fields. In February 2021, Joy became a muse of Tod's Italian luxury brand, Hogan, and was later officially announced as the new ambassador for Tod's in Korea on August 13, 2021. In September 2021, Joy became the face and model for Calvin Klein's latest campaign in Korea. In January 2022, Joy was named as a muse of Calvin Klein. In February 2022, Joy became the exclusive model of premium vegan beauty brand, Athé. In March 2022, Joy was announced as the new endorser of Lacto-Joy health products. In July 2022, Joy was chosen as the first exclusive model for Alachi Chicken, with the brand stating that Joy was selected for her lively charm and luxurious image. In March 2023, Joy became the new exclusive model for sportswear brand Barrel, with Joy praised as “a fashion icon who is bright and cheerful yet has a stylish image". In July 2023, Joy was officially selected as the new global brand ambassador for Fresh Beauty, under LVMH. The CEO Anne Collinet stated that Joy was chosen because "her sincere attitude towards life and her beautiful authenticity fascinates people".

Philanthropy
In February 2020, Joy donated 10 million won to the Community Chest of Korea to help support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.

In April 2020, Joy next participated alongside prominent Korean artists in the multi-collaboration project "Evergreen Tree" to support medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On October 21, 2022, Joy and Wonstein released the single "Love Song" as part of the "World Peace Project", with proceeds donated to UNICEF Korea.

Personal life
In February 2015, Joy graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul.

On August 23, 2021, Joy was confirmed to be dating R&B singer-songwriter Crush.

Discography

Extended play

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Other charted songs

Composition credits

Videography

Music videos

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television show

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
People from Jeju Province
Red Velvet (group) members
SM Town
SM Entertainment artists
Avex Trax artists
South Korean child singers
South Korean voice actresses
South Korean television actresses
South Korean web series actresses
South Korean female idols
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean contemporary R&B singers
School of Performing Arts Seoul alumni
21st-century South Korean actresses
21st-century South Korean singers
21st-century South Korean women singers
Japanese-language singers of South Korea
Actresses from Seoul
Singers from Seoul


title: Richard Hopkins (TV producer)

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Richard England Hopkins (15 December 1964 – 7 January 2012) was a British television producer, most famous for producing reality television series, such as Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing.

Biography

Born on 15 December 1964 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, Richard Hopkins was educated at Bedford School and at University College London, where he read English literature. He worked in publishing and for various radio stations in Britain and France before he began working for the independent production company Planet 24, and became associate producer of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin.

In 1996, Hopkins became the producer and director of BBC One's Hotel Babylon and, in 1997, he became the series producer of Baby Baby. In 2000, he became the producer of Channel 4's satirical The 11 O'Clock Show, producer of the British version of Big Brother, and, as executive producer, revamped Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. He produced Fear Factor between 2001 and 2003, and Fame Academy between 2002 and 2003.

Between 2003 and 2006, Hopkins ran the BBC's format entertainment department, and became executive producer of Mastermind, Weakest Link, A Question of Sport and Strictly Come Dancing. He left the BBC in 2006 in order to found Fever Media, producing The People's Quiz in 2007, and Move Like Michael Jackson in 2009.

Richard Hopkins died of cancer in London on 7 January 2012 at the age of 47.

References

1964 births
2012 deaths
People educated at Bedford School
Alumni of University College London
British television producers
English television producers
BBC television producers


title: Neil Dorfsman

text:
Neil Dorfsman (born May 31, 1952) is an American sound engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney and Sting. He won Grammy Awards for Best Producer for Bruce Hornsby's Scenes from the Southside (1988) and Sting's ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), a Grammy Award for Best Engineer for Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms (1985), as well as a nomination for Best Engineer for Dire Straits's Love Over Gold (1982). Further, he recorded two tracks on Sting's Brand New Day (1999), which won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. He mixed the East Village Opera Company's Olde School, which received a Grammy Nomination  for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2009. In 1988 and 1998, Dorfsman won a TEC Award for Engineer of the Year.

Other popular artists Dorfsman has worked with include Björk, Paul Brady, Def Leppard, Bonnie Tyler, They Might Be Giants, Richie Sambora, and Tears for Fears.

Dorfsman was born in Manhattan and grew up on Long Island. His career began at Electric Lady Studios in 1977, where he was trained by Eddie Kramer. After two years, he moved to Power Station Studios, where he became a staff engineer in 1979. His big break came in May, when he was assigned to take over for Bob Clearmountain, who had a prior commitment, on album number 5 for Bruce Springsteen. One year and 60+ songs later, the recording was finally completed for the double album, The River.

In the last decade, Dorfsman has made his residence in the San Diego area of California.

Selected works
Neil Dorfsman has worked on over 300 albums
 2014 The Album Collection, Vol. 1: 1973-1984 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2013 The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan - Engineer
 2012 Grégoire Maret - Grégoire Maret - Mixing
 2012 Live/Stone Blue - Foghat - Remixing
 2011 The Best of 25 Years  - Sting - Mixing, Producer
 2011 Wonderland - Original Broadway Cast - Engineer, Mixing
 2010 De Mares y Visiones: Canciones de Una Década - Manolo García - Mixing
 2010 The Collection 1973-84 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2009 Animal Grace/Walking Through Fire - April Wine - Mixing
 2009 Great Vacation, Vol. 1: Super Best of Glay - Glay - Mixing
 2009 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2009 Handel's Messiah Rocks - Joyful Noise - Engineer
 2009 No Surrender - Kane - Engineer
 2008 Ikons - Kiss - Engineer
 2008 Olde School - The East Village Opera Company - Mixing
 2008 Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years - Producer
 2008 Saldremos a la Lluvia - Manolo García - Mixing
 2008 The Other Side of Me - Linda Eder - Engineer
 2007 In the Moment- Bob Mintzer - Engineer
 2007 Volta - Björk - Engineer, Mixing
 2006 Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 - Kiss - Engineering
 2006 Révérence - Henri Salvador - Engineer, Mixing
 2006 Soapbox Heroes - Enter the Haggis - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 2006 Surrounded - Björk - Engineer
 2005 From the Ground Up - Antigone Rising - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 2005 Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits - Producer
 2005 Romeo Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield - Engineer, Mixing
 2005 The Best of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - Engineer
 2005 The East Village Opera Company - The East Village Opera Company - Engineer, Producer
 2004 All the Best - Tina Turner - Producer
 2004 Dedication/On the Line - Gary "U.S." Bonds - Engineer, Mixing
 2004 Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - Engineer
 2004 Faster Than the Speed of Night/Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire - Bonnie Tyler- Engineer, Mixing
 2004 Greatest Radio Hits - Bruce Hornsby - Producer
 2004 Medúlla - Björk - Engineer
 2003 Late Harvest - Serah - Engineer
 2003 Songs of Love - Sting - Composer
 2003 That Great Love Sound [UK CD] - The Raveonettes - Engineer
 2003 The Chain Gang of Love - The Raveonettes - Engineer
 2003 The Essential Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2002 Anthology - Carly Simon - Engineer
 2002 At the Movies - Sting - Mixing, Producer
 2002 Beyond Words - Bobby McFerrin - Engineer, Mixing
 2002 Favorite Enemy - Eman - Engineer, Mixing
 2002 Happy Times Ten - Hampton the Hampster - Engineer, Mixing
 2002 Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady[Compass] - Paul Brady - Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer
 2002 The Edge of Silence - Solas - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 2001 Back to the Island: Reggae From Martha's Vineyard - Engineer
 2000 A Collection: Step by Step/Paradox- Steps Ahead - Engineer
 2000 Best of Art Farmer in the CTI Years - Art Farmer - Engineer
 2000 Brand New Day: The Remixes - Sting - Engineer
 2000 Make It Beautiful - Sara Lee - Mixing
 1999 Brand New Day - Sting - Engineer
 1999 Falling Forward - Willy Porter - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1998 Black Progress: The Formative Years, Vol. 2 - Bob Marley - Remixing
 1998 Fairytales - Divine - Engineer
 1998 Greatest Hits - Gato Barbieri - Engineer
 1998 Mixed Blessing - William Topley - Producer
 1998 Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits - Dire Straits - Producer
 1997 One Step Up/Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 1997 Senegal Moon - Serah - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1997 The Best of T-Connection: Everything's Still Cool - T-Connection - Engineer, Mixing
 1997 The Very Best of Sting & the Police - The Police - Mixing, Producer
 1996 Out of the Wind - Serah - Engineer, Mixing
 1996 Bigmouth - Bigmouth - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
 1996 Super Best of Casiopea - Casiopea - Engineer
 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis - multichannel mixing (SACD version)
 1995 A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC - XTC - Engineer
 1995 Cinderella: Tribute to a Classic - Disney - Engineer
 1995 Dog Eared Dream - Willy Porter - Engineer, Mixing, Overdubs, Remixing
 1995 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 1995 Regarding the Soul - Dee Carstensen - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1995 The Strangers - The Strangers - Mixing
 1994 Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 - Sting - Mixing, Producer
 1994 The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties - Tina Turner - Producer
 1993 On the Night - Dire Straits - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1993 Screenplaying - Mark Knopfler - Engineer
 1992 Pretty Vultures - Ten Inch Men - Engineer, Producer
 1992 Songs & Crazy Dreams - Paul Brady - Mixing, Producer
 1991 Prince of the Deep Water - The Blessing - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1991 Stranger in This Town - Richie Sambora - Producer
 1990 Trick or Treat - Paul Brady - Mixing
 1989 Circle Back Home - Tom Kimmel - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1989 Coming in for the Kill - Climie Fisher  - Engineer, Producer
 1989 Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1989 Greenpeace: Rainbow Warriors [#1] - Producer
 1989 Strange Angels - Laurie Anderson - Mixing
 1989 The Original Hits - Sylvester - Engineer
 1988 ...Nada Como el Sol - Sting - Producer
 1988 Blues for Buddha - The Silencers - Mixing
 1988 Colin James - Colin James - Mixing
 1988 Everything's Different Now - 'Til Tuesday - Mixing
 1988 Greatest Hits [Arista]- Air Supply - Mixing
 1988 Land of Dreams - Randy Newman - Engineer
 1988 Money for Nothing - Dire Straits - Producer
 1988 Scenes from the Southside - Bruce Hornsby & the Range - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
 1988 Walking through Fire - April Wine- Mixing Engineer
 1987 Coming Around Again - Carly Simon - Engineer
 1987 Englishman in New York: The Ben Liebrand Mix - Sting - Producer
 1987 Jude Cole - Jude Cole - Engineer, Mixing
 1987 Lolita Pop - Lolita Pop - Mixing
 1987 Mercy - Steve Jones - Engineer
 1987 Nothing Like the Sun - Sting - Mixing, Producer
 1986 Daring Adventures - Richard Thompson - Engineer, Mixing
 1986 Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire - Bonnie Tyler - Mixing
 1986      Rock for Amnesty - Producer
 1986 True for You - Paul Brady - Engineer, Mixing, Percussion, Producer
 1986 Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol - Engineer
 1985 Boys and Girls - Bryan Ferry - Engineer
 1985 Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits - Engineer, Producer
 1984 Cal - Mark Knopfler - Engineer
 1984 Emotion - Barbra Streisand - Engineer
 1983 Faster Than the Speed of Night - Bonnie Tyler - Engineer, Mixing
 1983 Hello Big- Man - Carly Simon - Engineer
 1983 Infidels - Bob Dylan - Engineer
 1983 Lonely at Night - Orphan - Engineer
 1983 Love Over and Over - Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Engineer
 1982 Ignition - John Waite - Assistant Engineer
 1982 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits - Engineer
 1982 On the Line - Gary "U.S." Bonds - Engineer
 1982 Smokin' in the Pit - Steps Ahead - Engineer, Mixing
 1982 The Philip Lynott Album - Phil Lynott - Mixing
 1981 Chances Are - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Engineer, Remixing
 1981 Dedication  - Gary "U.S." Bonds - Engineer
 1981 Wanderlust - Mike Mainieri - Engineer, Mixing
 1980 Carnaval - Spyro Gyra - Engineer
 1980 Diana - Diana Ross - Engineer
 1980 Manhattan Update - Warren Bernhardt - Engineer
 1980 The River - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 1979 La Cuna - Ray Barretto - Engineer, Mixing
 1979 Yama - Art Farmer - Engineer
 1978 Heavy Metal Be-Bop - The Brecker Brothers - Assistant Engineer
 1978 Jorge Santana - Jorge Santana - Assistant Engineer
 1978 Stone Blue - Foghat - Remixing
 1978 The Captain's Journey - Lee Ritenour - Assistant Engineer
 1977 Alive II- Kiss - Assistant Engineer
 1977 Love Eyes - Art Webb - Assistant Engineer

Soundtracks
 2000 Dolphins [Original Soundtrack] - Producer
 1995 The Living Sea [Soundtrack from the IMAX film] - Producer
 1995 The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers [Original Soundtrack] - Mixing, Producer
 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral - Original Soundtrack - Producer
 1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [Soundtrack] - Randy Miller - Producer
 1991 Backdraft [RCA]- Hans Zimmer - Producer
 1989      She-Devil “Always” [Original Soundtrack] - Producer, Mixing
 1984 Footloose [Original Soundtrack] - Associate Producer, Mixing
 1983 Local Hero [Original Soundtrack] - Mark Knopfler - Engineer

Box Sets/Catalogs
 2014 The Album Collection, Vol. 1: 1973-1984 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2013 The Complete Album Collection, Vol. 1 - Bob Dylan - Engineer
 2012 The Complete Arista Albums Collection - The Brecker Brothers - Mixing
 2011 The Complete Columbia Albums Collection - Wayne Shorter - Engineer
 2010 The Collection 1973-84 - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer
 2008 Greatest Hits [Steel Box Collection] - Bonnie Tyler - Engineer
 2005 The Collection, Vol. 3: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Infidels - Bob Dylan - Engineer
 2003 Bob Dylan [Limited Edition Hybrid SACD Set] - Bob Dylan- Engineer
 1998 Tracks - Bruce Springsteen - Engineer

References

External links
 Official website
 Discogs page
 Interview with Mix magazine
 Interview on the making of Brothers in Arms with Sound on Sound

1952 births
Living people
American audio engineers
Record producers from New York (state)
Grammy Award winners


title: Edward Ross Wharton

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Edward Ross Wharton (1844–1896) was an English academic, known as a classical scholar and genealogist. He was born in Wales.

Life
Born at Rhyl, Flintshire on 4 August 1844, he was second son of Henry James Wharton, vicar of Mitcham; his mother was a daughter of Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, and a younger brother, Henry Thornton Wharton (1846–1895) was a medical man known as an ornithologist and for an edition of Sappho. He was educated as a day-boy at Charterhouse School under Richard Elwyn and elected to a scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford in 1862. He graduated as a BA in 1868 and an MA in 1870. Despite poor health and eyesight, he won the Ireland scholarship in his second year. He was placed in the first class in classical moderations and in the final classical school.

In 1868 Wharton was elected to a fellowship at Jesus College, where he was assistant tutor and Latin lecturer. He died at Oxford on 4 June 1896, and his remains were cremated at Woking.

Works
Wharton published:
Etyma Græca (1882), an etymological lexicon of classical Greek (1882)
Etyma Latina (1890)
Translations of Aristotle's Poetics and Book i. of Horace's Satires
Papers for the London Philological Society and the French Société Linguistique

Six manuscript volumes left to the Bodleian Library contained genealogical researches into the family named Wharton or Warton, including the baronial family of Wharton of Wharton Hall, now in Cumbria. A sketch of the family which he completed just before his death was printed by his widow in 1898.

Family
In 1870 Wharton married Marie, a daughter of Samuel Hicks Withers of Willesden, who died in 1899. They had no children.

References

External links

Attribution

1844 births
1896 deaths
Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford
English classical scholars
English genealogists


title: Fatululic Administrative Post

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Fatululic (Fatu-Lulik, Fatululik), officially Fatululic Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Cova Lima municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Fatululic.

The population of the administrative post is 1.894 (2010).

The administrative post comprises two Sucos:

 Fatululic, consisting of aldeias of Aitoun, Beco, and Beidasi.
 Taroman, consisting of aldeias of Fatuloro, Holba, Lia Nain, Macous, and Taroman.

References

External links

  – information page on Ministry of State Administration site

Administrative posts of East Timor
Cova Lima Municipality


title: Ned Barry

text:
Edward Fitzgerald Barry (3 September 1905 – 12 December 1993) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Barry represented Wellington and, briefly, Wanganui at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1932 and 1934. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international, against Australia in 1934.

A police officer, Barry had postings in Pahiatua, Whitianga, Orewa, and Auckland, where he was active as a coach and administrator at club and provincial union levels.

He holds a unique place in New Zealand rugby history in that both his son, Kevin Barry, and grandson, Liam Barry, also played for the All Blacks: in doing so they became the first family to provide All Blacks from three successive generations. He also had another son, Pat, who played for Counties in the 1960s, and another grandson, Mike Barry, who represented North Auckland and North Harbour.

References

1905 births
1993 deaths
People from Temuka
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Wellington rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
New Zealand people of Irish descent
Rugby union players from Canterbury, New Zealand


title: Philopator I

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Philopator I () was the Roman client king of Cilicia briefly in 31–30 BC.

He was a son of Tarcondimotus I, and like his father at first sided with Mark Antony during the civil war between him and Octavian. After Octavian's victory in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and his father's death, he quickly changed sides, but Octavian nevertheless deposed him from his kingdom in 30 BC. In 20 BC, Cilicia was restored to a king called Tarcondimotus II. The identity of this Tarcondimotus is obscure but Gilbert Dagron and Denis Feissel have suggested he is the same person as Philopator I, in which case he ruled until his death in 17 AD.

References

1st-century BC monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
Kings of Cilicia
Roman client monarchs
Year of death unknown


title: Sahib ibn Abbad

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Abu’l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād ibn al-ʿAbbās (; born 938 - died 30 March 995), better known as Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād (), also known as al-Ṣāḥib (), was a Persian scholar and statesman, who served as the grand vizier of the Buyid rulers of Ray from 976 to 995.

A native of the suburbs of Isfahan, he was greatly interested in Arab culture, and wrote on dogmatic theology, history, grammar, lexicography, scholarly criticism and wrote poetry and belles-lettres.

Life

Sahib was born on 14 September 938 in Talaqancha, a village roughly 20 miles south of the major Buyid city of Isfahan. His father was Abu'l-Hasan Abbad ibn Abbas (d. 946), a renowned and well-educated administrator, who composed works on the Mu'tazili doctrine. Sahib spent his childhood at Talakan, a town in Daylam near Qazvin. He later settled in Isfahan, and served for some time as an official of the Buyid ruler of Jibal, Rukn al-Dawla (r. 935–976). After the death of his father, Sahib became the pupil of the scholar and philosopher, Ibn 'al-Amid, who had recently replaced Sahib's deceased father as the vizier of Rukn al-Dawla.

The story is told that to keep company with his collection of 117,000 books while travelling, Sahib had them "borne by a caravan of four hundred camels trained to walk in alphabetical order".

References

Sources

 Pomerantz, M.A. (2021). Adab and governance in two letters of al-Ṣāḥib b. ʿAbbād. History Compass, e12684. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12684

995 deaths
938 births
10th-century Iranian writers
Buyid viziers
Mu'tazilites
Writers from Isfahan
10th-century Muslim scholars of Islam


title: The Warrior (2015 film)

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The Warrior () is a 2015 Russian sports drama film directed by Alexey Andrianov, starring Sergey Bondarchuk Jr. and Vladimir Yaglych.

The film tells the story of two brothers, professional mixed martial arts athletes and their father, a fighting coach. The picture's plot bears strong similarity with the 2011 American film of the same name.

The film was released in Russian rental on October 1, 2015 by Central Partnership. The film received three nominations for the Golden Eagle Award: Best Cinematography, Best Film Music and Best Film Editing.

Plot
The film tells the story of two brothers - Roman and Slava, who decide to play in the bouts of the MMA series: Roman wants to help financially the family of his deceased colleague, who was shot by Somali pirates, and Slava is driven by a number of reasons: because of the plight of the family, his wife works as a stripper, and his wages for the utilization of cars are not enough to feed the family and cure a sick daughter who urgently needs an expensive operation.

Slava received a severe trauma to the skull as a child, and if he is hit in the head, he may die. Roma asks his father to become his coach, despite their difficult relationship, due to his alcoholism.

In the ring, Roma and Slava win victories one after another, and become even in the final battle. Slava uses a stifling technique, forcing Roma to surrender. In the final scene of the film Slava's daughter boxes with him, which gives hope that the necessary operation has been performed on her and she is healthy, that all the members of this family are communicating.

Cast
 Sergey Bondarchuk Jr. as Roma Rodin (), younger brother
  as Vyacheslav 'Slava' Rodin (), elder brother
 Fyodor Bondarchuk as Andrey Rodin (), father of Roma and Slava
 Svetlana Khodchenkova as Ekaterina 'Katya' Rodina (), Slava's wife
 Ulyana Kulikova as Natasha Rodina (), Katya and Slava's daughter
 Yury Yakovlev-Sukhanov as Kostya (), trainer
 Aleksandr Novin as Tosha (), Slava's trainer
 Aleksandr Baluev as Kulikov (), TV presenter
 Batu Khasikov as cameo
 Kamil Hajiyev as cameo
 Vladimir Sychev as businessman
 Mikhail Vodzumi as Vaughn ()
 Maria Andreyeva as Dana ()
 Vladimir Selivanov as Amundsen ()
  as Masha ()
  as sergeant

Production
Regarding the comparison of the film with the 2011 American film Warrior, Fyodor Bondarchuk answered:
It seems to me that these are two different films, two different souls. But we understand that there will be comparisons, and we went for this experiment. In addition, it is an explosive mixture of various literary materials collected around the world.

According to the film's producer Dmitriy Rudovskiy, the plot film is close to the American film Warrior, but is based on the original script “Taste for Blood” by David Frigerio, the rights to which were bought by the movie company Art Pictures Studio.

Filming
Filming took place in Kaliningrad and the surrounding area (Baltiysk, Yantarny, Svetlogorsk), as well as in Moscow.

The film was shot in 33 days. Eight battles of the tournament were filmed in four days.

Release
The film was released in Russia on October 1, 2015 by Central Partnership.

References

External links

2010s sports drama films
Mixed martial arts films
Films about brothers
Russian sports drama films
2015 martial arts films
Films about dysfunctional families
Martial arts tournament films
2015 drama films
2015 films
Remakes of American films
Films involved in plagiarism controversies
Films produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk
2010s Russian-language films
Lionsgate films


title: Young Man in a Fur Cap

text:
A Young Man in a Fur Cap and a Cuirass (probably a Self Portrait) is a 1654 portrait painting by Carel Fabritius. It is an oil painting on canvas of 70.5 by 61.5 cm (27.8 by 24.2 in). The painting is generally considered to be a self-portrait. The work has been in the collection of the National Gallery in London since 1924.

References

1654 paintings
Paintings by Carel Fabritius
Self-portraits


title: Tom Fox (executive)

text:
Tom Fox is an American sports and esports executive, most recently he is the President of FaZe Clan.

Fox was the chief executive of Aston Villa in the Premier League from 2014 until 2016, and later the president of the San Jose Earthquakes from 2017 to 2020. Between 2009 and 2014 he was the chief commercial officer of Arsenal and was formerly the chief executive of NBA Asia and the Senior Vice President of Gatorade at PepsiCo.

Fox was appointed as CEO of Aston Villa on 21 August 2014 succeeding Paul Faulkner in the role.

References

Living people
American chief executives of professional sports organizations
Aston Villa F.C. directors and chairmen
Miami University alumni
American chief operating officers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Marwa Thermal Power Plant

text:
The Marwa Tendubhata Thermal Power Station (by BHEL), is a coal-fired power station near Marwa village in Janjgir–Champa district, Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, state-owned generation utility.

There are two renowned schools in the proximity of the Power plant, named as Hasdeo Public School;& Delhi Public School.

Capacity
The planned capacity of the power plant in 1000 MW (2x500 MW).

References

External links
 Marwa power station at SourceWatch

Coal-fired power stations in Chhattisgarh
Janjgir-Champa district
2016 establishments in Chhattisgarh
Energy infrastructure completed in 2016


title: Adda River (disambiguation)

text:
Adda is a tributary of the Po in North Italy.

Adda River may also refer to:

 Adda River (South Sudan), a river in Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan
 River Adda (Wales), a small watercourse which flows through the city of Bangor, North Wales

See also
 Adda (disambiguation)
 Ada River (disambiguation)
 Arda River (disambiguation)


title: Tarcondimotus I

text:
Tarcondimotus I (; died 31 BC) was a Roman client king of Cilicia, who played a role in the Roman civil wars of the late Roman Republic.

Based on inscriptions relating to his family from Castabala, Tarcondimotus was the son of Straton. and had two sons called Philopator I and Laios, and a daughter called Julia.

Tarcondimotus at first supported Pompey in the civil war against Julius Caesar, but after Pompey's defeat and death, he was pardoned by Caesar and confirmed in his title and possessions. The name of Tarcondimotus' daughter is probably an indication that he received the Roman citizenship from Caesar as well. During the Liberators' civil war, he sided with Gaius Cassius Longinus, and after that with Mark Antony, whom he followed in the opening stages of the war against Octavian, adopting the royal epithet Philantonios (Antony-lover) as an expression of his devotion to Antony.

Tarcondimotus was killed in a battle at sea in 31 BC, fighting under Gaius Sosius against Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. His sons deserted Mark Antony's cause after Octavian's victory in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, but Octavian nevertheless deposed Philopator I in 30 BC from his kingdom. In 20 BC, Tarcondimotus' former possessions were restored to Tarcondimotus II, who is either the same person as Philopator I or a grandson of Tarcondimotus I. Tarcondimotus II lived until 17 AD. Shortly, after his death, the kingdom became a part of the Roman Empire.

References

31 BC deaths
1st-century BC monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
Kings of Cilicia
Roman client monarchs
Monarchs killed in action


title: Safeena Husain

text:
Safeena Husain is a social worker and founder of Educate Girls – a non-profit organisation that is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It focusses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas. Under her leadership, Educate Girls’ launched world’s first Development Impact Bond in education which on its completion in 2018 surpassed both its target outcomes.

Recognition & Awards
In 2011, she was elected one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders by the Asia Society. She is a Rainer Arnhold Fellow  and was featured as a speaker at a TEDxASB event on the subject of "Rejuvenating  Government Schools in India for Girls' Education".  She was also featured as a Times Now "Amazing Indian"
 ET Prime Women Leadership Award 2019
 Winner NITI Aayog Women Transforming India Award 2017
 Winner NDTV-L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award 2016
 Winner 2015 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship - April 2015
 Winner of The WISE Award - September 2014
 Rainer Arnhold Fellow - September 2013

References

Indian women educational theorists
Living people
Social workers from Delhi
Women educators from Delhi
Educators from Delhi
1971 births


title: Louise Giblin

text:
Louise Giblin MRSS (born 1963) is a British body-cast sculptor. She is noted in particular for her "Body-Casting Olympians" project.

Training
Giblin trained under Antony Gormley and Peter Randall-Page at Brighton Polytechnic (1982–86) and at the Chelsea College of Arts (1989–93). From 1990 to 1994 she was on the Secondary Education Advisory Group within the Design Council, London. She was elected Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2010 and was elected a full Member in 2014.

Awards
Giblin was selected as the visual artist to represent the UK at the G7 of Art, part of a larger G7 of Culture in Florence, Italy.

Olympians project

This project aimed to record the physiques of five British Olympians in 2011. Each subject body-cast also had a series of surface decorations pertinent to their lives. Part of the profits was donated to the Headfirst charity, which funds research into brain injuries. This project led Giblin to be called "one of the world's leading body cast sculptors".

The body-casts weigh around 10 kg and must be worn for an hour whilst setting.

The chosen subjects were:
Kriss Akabusi
Beth Tweddle
Dame Kelly Holmes
Darren Leach
Sally Gunnell

Living Legends project
This work was produced for exhibition at Gallery Different in London November 2014. The exhibition private view was attended by Michael Portillo, Heather Mills, Duncan Goodhew and Reuben Richards.
Michael Portillo Head casting 2011 with a medieval Spanish town cast on the right cheek
Lord Colin Moynihan Head casting 2012
Heather Mills Body casting 2012
Duncan Goodhew Head casting 2014 (with water ripples)
Reuben Richards singer, three Head castings 2013
Daniel Whiston, figure skater, star of Dancing on Ice Body casting 2014

War veterans project
This is an exercise in "historical memory": casting the hands and body parts of British Military personnel who have served in the many wars post World War One. The subjects include the artist's brother, Brigadier John McIntosh, who served in Bosnia. The project is planned to be exhibited until November 2018, the centenary of the last day of World War One, having begun on the centenary of the start of the war.

1941 WWII Wellington Bomber Flt Sgt (later Sqn Ldr) Cornelius Turner
1945–47 Palestine Sgt Noel Patrick
1951–52 Korea Gunner Bill Park
1970–93 Northern Ireland Maj Robbie Robertson
1973–75 Cold War Norway OS Lawrence Kidman
1976–77 Dhofar LCpl (later WO1) Julian Allerhead
1982 Falkland Islands Operation Corporate Mne (later Maj) David Sippitt
1985 Bosnia Operation Grapple (UN) Operation Resolute (NATO) Capt (later Maj) Michael Moran
1990–91 Gulf War Operation Granby Trooper Glenn Fitzpatrick
1993 Croatia Operation Hanwood Lt Col (later Maj Gen) Michael von Bertele
1994 Rwanda Operation Gabriel Combat Medic SSgt Nigel Partington
1998 Bosnia Operation Palatine Maj (later Brig) John McIntosh
1999 Kosovo Operation Agricola Capt (later Col) Patricia Gibson
2000 Sierra Leone  Operation Palliser Lt Col (later Brig) Kevin Beaton
2005 Afghanistan Operation Fingal Capt Hitmung Gurung
2007 Iraq Operation Telic 10 LCoH P Smith
2007 Iraq SAC (T) Jon-Allan Butterworth (Paralympian Cyclist London 2012, Rio 2017)
2011 Libya CT (later Flt Sgt) John Kirk (Para Snow Sports Skier)

Other exhibitions

March 2011 RBA Mall Galleries, London
July 2011 Meta-Human, ROA Gallery, Pall Mall, London
July – September 2011 Art of Imagination, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Nov 2011 Edinburgh International Art Fair
February – March 2012 RBA Mall Galleries, London
March 2012 Glasgow Art Fair
June 2012 British Olympic Foundation Event, Frant (Lord Colin Moynihan's estate)
July 2012 Sculpture and Sport - A Celebration for 2012, The Octagon, Bath
March 2013 RBA Mall Galleries, London
March–July 2013 Beth Tweddle MBE sculpture at Museum of Liverpool
October 2013 Lords Cricket Ground, London
March 2014 RBA Mall Galleries, London
September 2015 Aberdeen Art Fair
September 2015 Manchester Art Fair
November 2015 Edinburgh International Art Fair
April 2016 Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan
August – September 2016 Edinburgh Festival, Urbane Art Gallery
September – October 2016 Cambridge Art Fair
November 2016 Edinburgh International Art Fair
January 2017 London Art Fair
April 2017 Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan
April 2017 Taekwon-Do European Championships, Liverpool

References

Sources

1963 births
British women sculptors
Living people
20th-century British sculptors
20th-century British women artists
21st-century British sculptors
21st-century British women artists
Alumni of the University of Brighton
Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts


title: Missionary route

text:
A missionary route is a term, almost exclusively used in the Philippines, that refers to a transport route that involves one or more points that have little or no service due to geographic limitation or absence of market viability. In Indonesia, a similar term is referred to as a "pioneer route."

Aviation
President Ferdinand Marcos implemented a one-airline policy in the Philippines in 1973. Philippine Airlines (PAL) was designated as the flag carrier and became the lone surviving airline, absorbing Air Manila and Filipinas Orient Airways. Subsidies from the government and income from better performing routes allowed PAL to service smaller airports. When the airline industry was opened to new players in 1995, PAL continued service to some missionary routes until 1999, shortly after it went into receivership.

Today, missionary routes have been taken over by smaller regional carriers such as Sky Pasada and SkyJet, and to some extent by low-cost carriers. As these routes are no longer heavily subsidized, air fare is higher and at times compatible with business class seats in major air routes.

Maritime
The Maritime Industry Authority, an agency of the Department of Transportation defines which routes are considered as missionary and grants Operator Status for ship operators intending to serve them. It first released a list of identified missionary routes in 2005.

References

Philippine Airlines


title: Karin Ekelund

text:
Karin Ekelund (26 May 1913 – 21 December 1976) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1933 and 1976. She was the first female radio producer in Sweden, producing, and later directing, for Sveriges Radio's Radio Theatre. She performed in mainly comedic films, although she did have a few serious roles to her name. She was one of the most famous actresses of her time and often drew large crowds of fans.

Biography
Karin Ekelund was born in Ystad, Scania, Sweden, in 1913, the daughter of professor Sam Ekelund and Anna Lindström. She graduated from Palmgrenska samskolan at 17. Ekelund studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1930 to 1933, after which she acted in both theatre and film. She worked at Vasateatern from 1934 to 1936, Oscarsteatern from 1938 to 1939 and the Malmö City Theatre from 1944.

Her big film breakthrough came as a comic actor in Hasse Ekman's Med dej i mina armar in 1940 and as a character actor in Anders Henrikson's A Crime in 1940.

In 1961 she was hired as the first female producer and director at the  and remained there for the rest of her life.

She was married twice, the first time in 1937 to dentist Rudolf Levin and the second time in 1951 to the director of Nordiska Kompaniet .

Ekelund is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

Selected filmography
 Marriageable Daughters (1933)
 People of Hälsingland (1933)
 Synnöve Solbakken (1934)
 Our Boy (1936)
 The People of Bergslagen (1937)
 Storm Over the Skerries (1938)
 A Crime (1940)
 Med dej i mina armar (1940)
 Lärarinna på vift (1941)
 Only a Woman (1941)
 Woman on Board (1941)
 Dangerous Ways (1942)
 Som du vill ha mej (1943)
 The Sixth Shot (1943)
 Blizzard (1944)
 Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas (1945)
 Dinner for Two (1947)
 Så tuktas kärleken (1955)

References

Further reading

External links

1913 births
1976 deaths
Swedish film actresses
20th-century Swedish actresses

Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen


title: Durand Stone

text:
The Durand Stone is an artifact in Bahrain dating back to the Kassite period (1600 BC — 1155  BC). Named after Captain Edward Law Durand who had first identified it, the stone is a 25–30 cm wide and 70–80 cm long black basalt sculpture possibly in the shape of a prow of a boat or an animal's tongue, with a cuneiform inscription.

Contents
The inscription, in Old Babylonian cuneiform script, was translated by Henry Rawlinson to read: "The palace of Rimum, servant of (the god) Inzak, (and) man of (the tribe of) Agarum".
Inzak, son of Enki, was a principal god of Bahrain, and the Durand Stone provides archaeological evidence for identifying these islands as 'the abode of the blessed' of Dilmun referred to by Sumerian literature.

History
Originally housed in the "holy of holies" of the Madrasseh-i Daood mosque (now destroyed) in Bilad Al Qadeem, it was spotted in 1878 by Captain Edward Law Durand (first-assistant resident to the Persian Gulf Residency), who tricked the mullahs into releasing it to him by telling them it was a fire-worshipper's stone and therefore unIslamic. The stone itself, a diorite, is believed to originate from Oman or southeastern Iran.

The contents of the inscription helped archaeologists conclude that Bahrain was the location of the Dilmun civilization.

Today

According to the records of Charles Belgrave, the Durand Stone was destroyed during the Second World War. A replica of the Durand Stone lies in the Bahrain National Museum.

References

Sculptures in Bahrain
Sculpture of the Ancient Near East
Stone sculptures
Dilmun


title: Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet

text:
Sir John Werden, 1st Baronet (also Worden) (1640 – 29 October 1716) was an English barrister, judge, politician, and diplomat.

Life
Born at Cholmeaton in Cheshire, he was the eldest son of Robert Werden, and his first wife, Jane Backham. He was called to the bar in 1660 at the Middle Temple, and on 16 November 1664 was admitted baron of the exchequer for Cheshire.

Werden became secretary to the embassy in Spain and Portugal under the Earl of Sandwich, and at the end of 1669 was sent to Holland with official instructions to Sir William Temple to moderate his support for the Triple Alliance, which Charles II found untimely. In 1670 he went to Sweden as envoy extraordinary, but in 1672 he was again in Holland.

On 28 November 1672 Werden was created a baronet. He was also secretary to James, Duke of York, and took a shorthand report of Titus Oates's's narrative before the House of Lords. On 11 February 1673 he was returned to Parliament for  in Surrey, retaining his seat until the dissolution in January 1679. On 22 May 1683 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the university of Oxford. At this period Werden employed John Ashton, the future Jacobite plotter.

After the accession of James II Werden was again returned to Parliament for Reigate, on 27 March 1685, and on 2 April was appointed a commissioner of customs. On the dissolution of Parliament in July 1687 he did not seek re-election. On 1 October 1688 he was placed on the commission of the lieutenancy of London, but on the landing of William of Orange, like his father, he deserted the king; and in consequence was excluded by name from James's declaration of pardon in 1692. William continued him in the commission for the customs, but not for the lieutenancy of London. In August 1697 he was removed from the customs, but was replaced on the accession of Queen Anne.

Werden was a Tory, and retired from office and public life in 1714 on the Hanoverian succession. He died on 29 October 1716, and was buried on 7 November in the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

Legacy
Some of Werden's letters written while he was secretary of the Duke of York went to the British Museum, and later to the British Library (in the Stowe MSS.).

Family
Werden was twice married: first, to Lucy Osbourne, daughter of a doctor of divinity, and secondly to Mary (died 22 August 1683), daughter of William Osbourne of Kenniford in Devon. By his second wife he had an only son John, whose daughter Lucy married Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans; on the death of Sir John Werden, 2nd Baronet, without male issue, on 13 February 1758, the Werden baronetcy became extinct, and his estates passed to George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans.

Notes

References

Attribution
 Endnotes:
Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, 1844;
Wotton's English Baronetage, 1741, iii. 548–50;
Hist. Reg. 1716, p. 547;
Pepys's Diary and Correspondence, ed. Braybrooke, iv. 171;
Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714;
Harleian MS. 2040, f. 296.

1640 births
1716 deaths
English barristers
17th-century English diplomats
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
English MPs 1661–1679
English MPs 1685–1687


The ARY Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to female playback singer, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song while working in the film industry.

History

The Best Female Playback Singer category originates with the 1st ARY Film Awards ceremony since 2014. This category has been given to the Best Female Playback Singer by Viewers Voting, but simply called as Best Female Playback Singer. Since ARY Film Awards has been just started, this category has not a brief history. The name of the category officially termed by the channel is:

Winners and nominees

For the Best Female Playback Singer winner which is decided by Viewers, but simply regarded as Best Female Playback Singer as compared to other four Jury Awards which has superfix of Jury. As of the first ceremony, total of five female singers were nominated. This category is among fourteen Viewers Awards in ARY Film Awards.

Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the film year in which they were releases, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the films of its previous year.

2010s

References

External links

 ARY Film Awards Official website

ARY Film Award winners
ARY Film Awards
Music awards honoring women


The ARY Film Award for Best Independent Film is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to best Independent Film.

History

The Best Independent Film category originates with the 1st ARY Film Awards ceremony since 2014. This category has been given to the Best Independent Film by Viewers Voting, but simply called as Best Independent Film. Since ARY Film Awards has been just started, this category has not a brief history.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. The year shown is the one in which the film first released; normally this is also the year before the ceremony at which the award is given; for example, a film exhibited theatrically during 2005 was eligible for consideration for the 2005 Best Film ARY Awards, awarded in 2006. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article on that ceremony/ Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.

As of the first ceremony, total of three Independent Film were nominated, and only one film bags the nomination in Best Film category which is another and most highlighted category.

For the first ceremony, the eligibility period spanned full calendar years. For example, the 1st ARY Film Awards presented on May 35, 2015, to recognized films that were released between January, 2013, and December, 2013, the period of eligibility is the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the film year in which they were releases, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the films of its previous year.

2010s

References

External links

ARY Film Award winners
ARY Film Awards


title: Julien Mertine

text:
Julien Mertine (born 26 June 1988) is a French right-handed foil fencer, four-time team European champion, 2014 team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion.

Career

Mertine took up fencing at the age of five with his father, a fencing master who trained amongst others World champion Victor Sintès. When he was eighteen he joined the centre for promising young fencers at Châtenay-Malabry. He earned a team bronze medal at the 2007 Junior European Championships in Prag and at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Acireale. In 2009 he was admitted into INSEP, a state-sponsored institution for high-performance athletes.

Mertine climbed in 2010 his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in Copenhague, and was selected into the France national team as a reserve. His first competition with the team was the 2011 Challenge International in Paris, in which France finished 5th. 117th in world rankings, Mertine won the Havana World Cup that same season after defeating Italy's Giorgio Avola in the final.

In the 2012–13 season, he earned a bronze medal in the Seoul World Cup and in the Tokyo Grand Prix, but ceded to Belarus' Siarhei Byk in the first round of the European Championships in Zagreb. In the team event, France was overcome by Great Britain in the first round. At the World Championships in Budapest Mertine defeated Great Britain's Richard Kruse in the first round, but was then beaten by Heo Jun of South Korea. He was replaced in the team event by Enzo Lefort. He finished the season No.19, his best ranking as of 2014.

In the 2013–14 season Mertine won the national French championships after defeating successively Enzo Lefort and Erwann Le Péchoux. At the European Championships in Strasbourg he lost 14–15 in the table of 16 to Alexander Choupenitch of the Czech Republic. In the team event France defeated the Czech Republic and Italy before prevailing over Italy, allowing Mertine to win his first gold medal in a major event. At the World Championships in Kazan he was defeated 13–15 in the preliminary table of 64 by Israel's Tomer Or after leading 13–7. In the team event France defeated Russia in the semi-finals and proceeded to crush China to earn the world title.

Mertine passed his fencing master certificate when he was nineteen. He now teaches fencing at his own club in Rueil-Malmaison and at CE Orgeval-Villennes.

Medal Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

References

External links

Profile at the European Fencing Championships

1988 births
Living people
French male foil fencers
Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Olympic fencers for France
Olympic medalists in fencing
Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France


title: Doujiang

text:
Doujiang () is fresh soy milk in Chinese cuisine. It can be served hot or cool, sweet or savoury. Sometimes, it is lightly curdled with vinegar. It is a common breakfast item served with youtiao.

Chinese speakers differentiate doujiang from dounai (), which is the dairy-like soy milk that comes in packs and are used in items such as soy latte. Usually, doujiang is served in a bowl, and dounai is served in a cup.

References

Breakfast dishes
Chinese drinks
Taiwanese drinks


The ARY Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer is one of the ARY Film Awards of Merit presented annually by the ARY Digital Network and Entertainment Channel to male playback singer, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song while working in the film industry.

History

The Best Male Playback Singer category originates with the 1st ARY Film Awards ceremony since 2014. This category has been given to the Best Male Playback Singer by Viewers Voting, but simply called as Best Male Playback Singer. Since ARY Film Awards has been just started, this category has not a brief history. The name of the category officially termed by the channel is:

Winners and nominees

For the Best Male Playback Singer winner which is decided by Viewers, but simply regarded as Best Male Playback Singer as compared to other four Jury Awards which has superfix of Jury. As of the first ceremony, total of five Male singers were nominated. This category is among fourteen Viewers Awards in ARY Film Awards.

Date and the award ceremony shows that the 2010 is the period from 2010-2020 (10 years-decade), while the year above winners and nominees shows that the film year in which they were releases, and the figure in bracket shows the ceremony number, for example; an award ceremony is held for the films of its previous year.

2010s

References

External links

ARY Film Award winners
ARY Film Awards


title: Cantonment Church Tower

text:
The Cantonment Church Tower is a church tower that was formerly part of St. James' Church, a former Anglican church, located in Karnal city of Haryana, India.

The  tower was built as an addition to the former church that was founded in 1806, and is now an historical religious shrine in Karnal. The tower stands near National Highway 1 of India and is listed by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage as an historical monument. The Cantonment Church Tower is administered by Archaeological Survey of India and the All India Christian Council.

History
With the establishment of British cantonment at Karnal, St. James' Church was constructed in 1806 by the British. In 1841, when the cantonment was shifted to Ambala, the church was dismantled, but the tower was allowed to stay as it had been built out of the subscriptions of the public who objected to its dismantlement. It was built to meet the challenge of rising power of the Sikh military in the region.

Architecture
The tower has four storeys and on the first storey, Etruscan pilaster has been used. The top storey has a semi-circular dome and the complete exterior is plastered with lime and has fine panelling work with different designs and patterns. The tower is surmounted by an ornamental cross and can be seen from a distance of .

Graveyard
A graveyard of soldiers is located on the left side of the Cantonment Church Tower and on the right side is a graveyard of Indian Christians.

References

Churches in Haryana
Karnal
Tourist attractions in Haryana
Church ruins in India
Former Anglican church buildings in India
Cantonments of British India
19th-century Anglican church buildings in India