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Golden Horn Metro Bridge The Golden Horn Metro Bridge (Turkish: "Haliç Metro Köprüsü" ) is a cable-stayed bridge along the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro, spanning the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. It connects the Beyoğlu and Fatih districts on the European side of Istanbul, and is located between the Galata Bridge and Atatürk Bridge, approximately 200 m east of the latter. It is the fourth bridge across the Golden Horn and entered service on February 15, 2014. The bridge enables a direct connection between the Hacıosman metro station in the Sarıyer district (at the northern end of the M2 line), with the Yenikapı transport hub in the Fatih district (at the southern end of the M2 line.)
Port of Istanbul The Port of Istanbul is a passenger terminal for cruise liners, which is situated at Karaköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of two adjoining piers, the Galata Pier and the Salıpazarı Pier, extending from the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn to Salıpazarı on the west coast of the Bosporus. It is owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Maritime Lines (TDİ).
Eminönü Eminönü is a former district of Istanbul in Turkey, currently a quarter of Fatih, the province's capital district. This is the heart of the walled city of Constantine, the focus of a history of incredible richness. Eminönü covers roughly the area on which the ancient Byzantium was built. The Galata Bridge crosses the Golden Horn into Eminönü and the mouth of the Bosphorus opens into the Marmara Sea. And up on the hill stands Topkapı Palace, the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) and Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya). Thus Eminönü is the main tourist destination in Istanbul. It was a part of the Fatih district until 1928, which covered the whole peninsular area (the old Stamboul) within the Roman city walls - that area which was formerly the Byzantine capital Constantinople. Since the resident population of Eminönü is low today, it rejoined the capital district Fatih in 2009.
Hasan Fehmi Hasan Fehmi Bey (1874 – April 6, 1909) was the editor-in-chief of "Serbestî", an Ottoman newspaper, in which he wrote articles against the newly emerging Committee of Union and Progress. He was murdered by unidentified assailants on the evening of April 6, 1909, as he was crossing the Galata Bridge in Istanbul.
That Man in Istanbul That Man in Istanbul (Spanish: Estambul 65 , Italian: Colpo grosso a Galata Bridge , French: L'Homme d'Istamboul ) is a 1965 English-language European international co-production adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures.
New Mosque (Istanbul) The Yeni Cami (pronounced "Yeni jami"), meaning New Mosque; originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: "Valide Sultan Camii" ) and later New Valide Sultan Mosque (Turkish: "Yeni Valide Sultan Camii" ) after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665; is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn, at the southern end of the Galata Bridge, and is one of the famous architectural landmarks of Istanbul.
Vefa Vefa is a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the district of Fatih and managed as borough of Mollahüsrev, inside the walled city. It belonged to the district of Eminönü between 1928 and 2008. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich of monuments, both Byzantine, like the mosques of Kalenderhane and Vefa Kilise, and Ottoman, like the Süleymaniye Mosque. It is a picturesque quarter, home of the Vefa SK, one of the historic soccer clubs of Istanbul, and of the oldest Boza shop of the city still active.
Galata Galata (in Greek was known as Galatás, Γαλατᾶς) was a neighbourhood opposite Constantinople (today's Istanbul, Turkey), located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn, the inlet which separates it from the historic peninsula of old Constantinople. The Golden Horn is crossed by several bridges, most notably the Galata Bridge. The medieval citadel of Galata was a colony of the Republic of Genoa between 1273 and 1453. The famous Galata Tower was built by the Genoese in 1348 at the northernmost and highest point of the citadel. At present, Galata is a quarter within the borough of Beyoğlu (Pera) in Istanbul, and is known as Karaköy.
Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits, a three-disc compilation album of music recorded by John Lennon, is a budget release targeted for sale at warehouse-type stores such as Sam's Club and Costco. The album was released in 2002 by Timeless/Traditions Alive Music under license from Capitol/EMI Special Projects. Disc one, subtitled "The Hits", contained eleven songs that were previously released on singles. Disc two, subtitled "Sings Classic Rock 'N' Roll", contained ten cover songs recorded during Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" sessions as well as "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy," which were recorded live in Toronto in 1969. Disc three, subtitled "The Classics Live", contained twelve songs recorded live in New York City either in August 1972 with Elephant's Memory at Madison Square Garden or, in the case of "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)," with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention at the Fillmore East in June 1971. All thirty-five songs on the album had been previously released.
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's "Shaved Fish" and 1982's "The John Lennon Collection". Because neither collection spanned Lennon's releases up to and including 1984's "Milk and Honey", "Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon" – considered the definitive Lennon retrospective – was compiled to rectify the situation. It was released in the UK in 1997 through Parlophone and early 1998 in the US by EMI Records.
Milk and Honey (album) Milk and Honey is an album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono released in 1984. Following the compilation "The John Lennon Collection", it is Lennon's eighth and final studio album, and the first posthumous release of new Lennon music, having been recorded in the last months of his life during and following the sessions for their 1980 album "Double Fantasy". It was assembled by Yoko Ono in association with the Geffen label.
My Mummy's Dead "My Mummy's Dead" is the closing song on the album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon. It was also released on a Mexican EP that also contained "Mother", "Isolation" and "Look at Me."
Isolation (John Lennon song) "Isolation" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". It ends side one of the album, and is the fifth track. In the Philippines Apple Records released "Isolation" as the b-side to "Mother", the single off "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", in contrast to most countries where the b-side was Yoko Ono's "Why." It was also released on an EP in Mexico along with "Mother," "Look at Me'" and "My Mummy's Dead."
I'm Losing You (John Lennon song) "I'm Losing You" is a song written by John Lennon and released on his 1980 album "Double Fantasy". It was completed in Bermuda in June 1980, after Lennon failed at an attempted telephone call to Yoko Ono. The song is also available on the 1982 compilation "The John Lennon Collection", the 1998 boxset "John Lennon Anthology", the one disc compilation "Wonsaponatime", the 2005 two disc compilation "" and in 2010 for the "Gimme Some Truth" album. The song was also featured in the 2005 musical "Lennon".
The U.S. vs. John Lennon The U.S. vs. John Lennon is a 2006 documentary film about English musician John Lennon's transformation from a member of The Beatles to a rallying anti-war activist striving for world peace during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also details the attempts by the United States government under President Richard Nixon to silence him. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released in New York City and Los Angeles, California on 15 September 2006, and had a nationwide release on 29 September. A soundtrack composed of John Lennon tracks was released by Capitol Records and EMI on 26 September 2006.
Hold On (John Lennon song) "Hold On" is a song from the album "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" by John Lennon. It features only vocals, tremolo guitar, drums, and bass guitar, typical of the sparse arrangements Lennon favoured at the time. On the 2000 reissue of "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band", "Hold On" features a slightly longer introduction. The original version was restored on the 2010 reissue.
Life Begins at 40 (song) "Life Begins at 40" is a song by John Lennon. It was written in 1980, the year that both Lennon and Ringo Starr turned 40 years of age. Lennon recorded a demo of the song at his home, but it was not recorded at any of the sessions for his comeback album, "Double Fantasy." Instead, he intended to give the song to Starr to record on his own forthcoming album, "Can't Fight Lightning." The song's amiable country feel was well suited to Starr's singing style. After Lennon's murder in December 1980, those plans were shelved. However, Lennon's demo was eventually issued in 1998 on the "John Lennon Anthology" box set.
Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album) Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth studio album by John Lennon. Released in 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced sessions in October 1974 at Record Plant Studios (East). Lennon was being sued by Morris Levy over copyright infringement of one line in his song "Come Together". As part of an agreement, Lennon had to include three Levy-owned songs on "Rock 'n' Roll". Spector disappeared with the session recordings and was subsequently involved in a motor accident, leaving the album's tracks unrecoverable until the beginning of the "Walls and Bridges" sessions. With "Walls and Bridges" coming out first, featuring one Levy-owned song, Levy sued Lennon expecting to see Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album.
Herbert Lumsden Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden & Bar, MC (8 April 1897 – 6 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. He was the most senior British Army combat casualty of the Second World War.
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort & Two Bars, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (the professional head of the British Army). He is most famous for commanding the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the first year of the Second World War, which was evacuated from Dunkirk. Gort later served as Governor of Gibraltar and Malta, and High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan.
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer of the First World War. After commanding V Corps at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, he took command of the Second Army in May 1915 and in June 1917 won an overwhelming victory over the German Army at the Battle of Messines, which started with the simultaneous explosion of a series of mines placed by the Royal Engineers' tunnelling companies beneath German lines, which created 19 large craters and was described as the "loudest explosion in human history". He later served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine and then as Governor of Malta before becoming High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine in 1925 and retiring in 1928.
James Hill (British Army officer) Brigadier Stanley James Ledger Hill {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} & Two Bars, MC (14 March 1911 – 16 March 2006) was a British Army officer, who served as commander of the 3rd Parachute Brigade, part of the 6th Airborne Division, during World War II. Born in Bath, Somerset, Hill was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst before joining the British Army in 1931 and being commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers. He commanded a platoon for a short period, and was then attached to the command post of Field Marshal Lord Gort during the Battle of France in May 1940, where he oversaw the evacuation of Brussels as well as the beach at De Panne during the evacuation of Dunkirk. After a brief period of time in the Irish Free State, he volunteered for parachute training and joined the 1st Parachute Battalion, and was its commanding officer when its parent formation, the 1st Parachute Brigade, was deployed to North Africa.
Matthew Maer Brigadier Matthew Philip Maer DSO, MBE is a senior British Army officer of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Maer commanded 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel, deploying to Maysan, Iraq in 2004/5 in the aftermath of the invasion. In this role, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership, which included command of Victoria Cross recipient Johnson Beharry. Maer was promoted colonel on 30 June 2006, and brigadier on 30 June 2009. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 6 November 1998.
Commander Regional Forces (United Kingdom) The Commander Regional Forces (CRF) was a senior British Army officer who had command over the "Regenerative Divisions" of the British Army i.e. those divisions that are not on full strength and would only be mobilised in a national emergency. The post was held by a Lieutenant General and was based at HQ Land Forces. The post holder was also Inspector-General of the Territorial Army.
Nick Carter (British Army officer) General Sir Nicholas Patrick "Nick" Carter, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 11 February 1959) is a senior British Army officer. He served as commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in which role he was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999. After service in Afghanistan, he took command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 2004 and commanded British forces in Basra. He was subsequently appointed General Officer Commanding 6th Division, which was deployed to Afghanistan with Carter as Commander ISAF Regional Command South, before he became Director-General Land Warfare. After that he became Deputy Commander Land Forces in which role he was the main architect of the Army 2020 concept. After a tour as Deputy Commander, International Security Assistance Force, he assumed the position of Commander Land Forces in November 2013. In September 2014, he became head of the British Army as Chief of the General Staff succeeding General Sir Peter Wall.
Ledger Hill Arthur James Ledger Hill (26 July 1871 in Bassett, Hampshire – 6 September 1950 in Spursholt House, Romsey, Hampshire) was an English cricketer.
Richard O'Connor General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor & Bar, MC (21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars, and commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of the Second World War. He was the field commander for Operation "Compass", in which his forces destroyed a much larger Italian army – a victory which nearly drove the Axis from Africa, and in turn, led Adolf Hitler to send the German Africa Corps under Erwin Rommel to try to reverse the situation. O'Connor was captured by a German reconnaissance patrol during the night of 7 April 1941 and spent over two years in an Italian prisoner of war camp. He eventually escaped after the fall of Mussolini in the autumn of 1943. In 1944 he commanded VIII Corps in the Battle of Normandy and later during Operation Market Garden. In 1945 he was General Officer in Command of the Eastern Command in India and then, in the closing days of British rule in the subcontinent, he headed Northern Command. His final job in the army was Adjutant-General to the Forces in London, in charge of the British Army's administration, personnel and organisation.
John Dill Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill, (25 December 1881 – 4 November 1944) was a senior British Army officer with service in both the First World War and the Second World War. From May 1940 to December 1941 he was the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, and subsequently in Washington, D.C., as Chief of the British Joint Staff Mission and then Senior British Representative on the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), played a significant role during the Second World War in the formation of the "Special Relationship" between the United Kingdom and the United States.
SriLankan Airlines destinations SriLankan Airlines, is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka. Launched in 1979, the airline’s hub is located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, providing connections to its global route network of 96 destinations in 46 countries (including codeshare operations along with its partner OneWorld airlines). The following is a list of destinations served by SriLankan Airlines, as of May 2017. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name.
Viasa destinations Following is a list of destinations Viasa flew to as part of its scheduled destinations. Each city is provided with the name of the country, the name of the airport served, and both its International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter designator (IATA airport code) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) four-letter designator (ICAO airport code). Hubs and destinations served at the time of closure are also marked.
Ariana Afghan Airlines destinations This is a list of cities Ariana Afghan Airlines flies to. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name. Additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's hub and stations that have been terminated as well as future routes (as of August 2014):
Turkish Airlines destinations Turkish Airlines flies to 47 domestic and 225 international destinations in 117 countries, excluding those only served by Turkish Airlines Cargo. Following is a list of destinations Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines Cargo fly to as part of scheduled services, as of 2017 . The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hub, focus airports, cargo services, future and terminated destinations marked.
Air Lituanica Air Lituanica was a Lithuanian airline headquartered in Vilnius and based at Vilnius Airport. It ceased operations in  2015 (2015-) .
Vilnius Airport railway station Vilnius Airport Railway Station is a railway station in Vilnius International Airport, Lithuania, which was opened on 2 October 2008. As for 2017, railbuses running between Vilnius airport and Vilnius central station being the only passenger service of the station are the fastest (8 minutes) and the cheapest (66 eurocents) way to go from the airport to the city centre, but there are only 16 trains during the day with intervals from 35 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes. Vilnius airport is the only airport in the Baltic states to have a direct rail connection with the city center.
Vilnius Airport Vilnius Airport (IATA: VNO, ICAO: EYVI) (Lithuanian: "Vilniaus oro uostas" ) is the international airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It is located 5.9 km south of the city. It is the largest of the four commercial airports in Lithuania by passenger traffic. Today, Vilnius Airport is one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe. With one runway and about 3.8 million passengers a year, Vilnius International Airport serves as a base for Ryanair, Wizz Air and Small Planet Airlines.
Air Nostrum destinations The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hubs marked. The list also contains the beginning and end year of services, with destinations marked if the services was not continual and if they are seasonal, and for dates which occur in the future.
XiamenAir destinations The list shows airports that are served by XiamenAir as part of its scheduled services (as of July 2016). The list includes the city, country, the codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hubs and focus cities marked.
Kaunas Airport Kaunas International Airport (Lithuanian: "Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas" ), (IATA: KUN, ICAO: EYKA) is the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth-busiest in the Baltic states. The airport is located in the central part of the country, 14 km northeast of the Kaunas city centre and 100 km west from the capital Vilnius.
Ernest & Celestine Ernest & Celestine (French: Ernest et Célestine ) is a 2012 French animated comedy-drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same name published by the Belgian author and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent. The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, as part of the TIFF Kids programme at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. It was selected for the grand competition at feature film edition of the 2013 World festival of animated film Animafest Zagreb and was screened as the opening film. The film was released in the United States in 2013 by GKIDS. There is also an English dub that was released on 28 February 2014, with the voices of Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman and Jeffrey Wright. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and became the first animated film to win the Magritte Award for Best Film. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards but it lost to Disney's "Frozen".
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett is the 1976 debut album by English folk singer-songwriter duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett. Released first on their own Extracked Records, the album is a collection of recordings made between 1971 and 1976.
2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards The 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film "WALL-E" won the Best Film award and became the first ever animated film to do so, however, the film lost the Best Animated Film award to "Waltz with Bashir".
Candy Ford Candy Ford (born May 1, 1975) is an American comedian and television actress, best known for starring in the sketch comedy, "The Rerun Show", Ford has also appeared in other TV programs including: "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Will & Grace", and she provided voicework for the "Law & Order" videogame, and starred on the short-lived NBC sketch comedy, "The Rerun Show" and voiced Trixie in the film "The Country Bears" and later starred in "Girls Behaving Badly".
The Country Bears The Country Bears is a 2002 American family musical comedy film, directed by Peter Hastings, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and based on the Disney theme park attraction "Country Bear Jamboree". The film stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Beary Barrington with supporting roles done by Christopher Walken, Stephen Tobolowsky, Daryl Mitchell, M.C. Gainey, Diedrich Bader, Alex Rocco, Meagen Fay, Eli Marienthal, and the voice talents of Diedrich Bader, Candy Ford, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Toby Huss, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Stephen Root.
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain taken from her third studio album, "Come On Over" (1997). Written by Twain with her longtime collaborator and then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who also produced the track, the song was released first to North American country radio stations in March 1999 as the seventh single from the album, and later it was released worldwide in September 1999. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" is a country pop song with lyrics about female empowerment.
Toys in the Attic (2009 film) Toys in the Attic (Czech: Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? ; festival title: In the Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today?) is a 2009 Czech-French-Japanese-Slovak primarily stop-motion animated fantasy comedy thriller family film directed by Jiří Barta and written by Edgar Dutka and Barta which depicts a community of toys and other objects in an attic who come to life when no human is around. It is an international co-production of Czech, Japanese and Slovak companies. The film was released first in the Czech Republic on 5 March 2009 and has been shown subtitled at film festivals internationally. An American dub – adapted, produced and directed by Vivian Schilling and performed by actors including Forest Whitaker, Joan Cusack, Cary Elwes and Schilling herself – has been recorded, which the film was first shown with on 3 March 2012 at the New York International Children's Film Festival and was released nationally on 24 August 2012 by Hannover House.
Donkey Kong Country Returns Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in PAL regions and Japan the following month. A stereoscopic port of the game, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in May 2013, and in Japan the following month.
Mickey's House of Villains Mickey's House of Villains (also known as House of Mouse: The Villains) is a 2002 direct-to-video animated film produced by The Walt Disney Company (Walt Disney Television Animation and Toon City Animation, with animation coordination by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. It is based on the Disney Channel animated television series "Disney's House of Mouse" and a sequel to the direct-to-video animated film "", starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Daisy Duck and Disney Villains that have appeared in past Disney productions. It was released on both VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Home Video on September 3, 2002. It was followed by a 2004 direct-to-video animated film, "", produced by DisneyToon Studios, on August 17, 2004.
Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (Spanish: "Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui" ), also known as Mampato: The Movie (Spanish: "Mampato: La Película") is a feature-length Chilean animated film, created by Cine Animadores and executive produced by Elastic Studios, released June 27, 2002. Although the film isn't the first animated feature made in Chile, being the second after Alfredo Serey's 1921 film "La Trasmisión del Mando Presidencial" ("The Transmission of Presidential Control"), it is considered the country's first "modern" animated film. The movie is based on the Chilean comics character Mampato created in 1971 for the magazine of the same name by Themo Lobos and Eduardo Armstrong, and later reprinted as the comic-book Cucalón, the story for the film being adapted from the seventh adventure in the series: "Mata-ki-te-rangui".
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 The 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 was held on November 5, 2010. Tianjin, China would host the pageant for the first time. TVB would broadcast the pageant one day later, delayed, for the first time ever. Miss Chinese International 2009 Christine Kuo of Toronto, Canada crowned her successor, Eliza Sam of Vancouver, Canada at the end of the three-hour pageant, marking Vancouver's fifth win.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 The 17th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held on January 29, 2005 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2004 Linda Chung of Vancouver, Canada crowned Leanne Li as the new winner. Li was the fourth winner from Vancouver to win the crown and the second time a consecutive win occurred.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004, the 16th Miss Chinese International Pageant, was held on January 17, 2004 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and televised by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Miss Chinese International 2003 Rachel Tan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia crowned Linda Chung of Vancouver, Canada as the new winner.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 The 12th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 was held on February 6, 2000 in Las Vegas. For the first time ever, the pageant moved out of Hong Kong, and was held at Caesars Palace. Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye of New York, USA crowned Sonija Kwok of Hong Kong as the new winner. The next time Hong Kong wins the pageant would be Grace Chan in 2014.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 The 4th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1992 was held on January 26, 1992 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1991 Yen-Thean Leng crowned Rosemary Chan of Toronto, Canada as the winner. It was also the first victory for Canada and North America. As of 2010, Toronto would win the crown for two more times.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 The 5th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993 was held on January 10, 1993 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1992 Rosemary Chan crowned Christy Chung of Montréal, Canada as the winner.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988 Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988, the 1st Miss Chinese International Pageant was held on October 2, 1988 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Run Run Shaw crowned Michelle Reis of Hong Kong as the first Miss Chinese International. Hong Kong would not win the pageant, until 12 years later when Sonija Kwok won the crown in 2000.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991 The 3rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991 was held on February 10, 1991 in Hong Kong. The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall/winter of 1990, but delayed until February 1991 to coincide with Chinese New Year. Since then, the pageant has been held near Chinese New Year up till 2010, when the pageant reverted to being held in the autumn. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1989 Kit Wong of Sydney, Australia crowned Singapore's Yen-Thean Leng as the new winner. Five years later, Singapore would win the pageant again.
Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 The 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 was held on January 15, 2012. Miss Chinese International 2010 Eliza Sam of Vancouver, Canada crowned her successor, Kelly Cheung of Chicago, USA at the end of the pageant. Cheung represented Hong Kong, China at Miss World 2012, becoming the first Miss Chinese International titleholder to represent the region in a Miss World Pageant that is not a Miss Hong Kong Pageant titleholder.
Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant (Chinese: 溫哥華華裔小姐競選) or "MCV" for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB. The pageant replaced the Miss Vancouver Chinatown Pageant, which selected Vancouver's representatives to the Miss Chinese International Pageant from 1988 to 1995.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, colloquially known as the Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on Madison Avenue near the intersection with East 23rd Street, across from Madison Square Park in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by the architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons and built by the Hedden Construction Company, the tower is modeled after the Campanile in Venice, Italy. The hotel located in the clock tower portion of the building has the address 5 Madison Avenue, while the office building covering the rest of the block, occupied primarily by Credit Suisse, is referred to as 1 Madison Avenue.
126 Madison Avenue 126 Madison Avenue (also known as 15 East 30th Street) is a proposed residential skyscraper under development by Fosun Property in NoMad, Manhattan, New York City. The building will rise 47 stories or 730 feet, and is expected to be completed by 2018. J.D. Carisle Development Corp. is co-developing the project with Fosun Group, and Handel Architects is designing. The developers are planned to begin construction in the second half of 2015.
Metropolitan Life North Building The Metropolitan Life North Building, now known as Eleven Madison, is a 30-story art deco skyscraper on Madison Square Park in Manhattan, New York City, at 11-25 Madison Avenue. The building is bordered by East 24th Street, Madison Avenue, East 25th Street and Park Avenue South, and is connected by an elevated walkway to the Met Life Tower just south of it. The North Building was built on the site of Richard Upjohn's original Madison Square Presbyterian Church. The second church, designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White was built in 1906, across 24th street on land conveyed by Metropolitan Life. As part of the Metropolitan Life Home Office Complex, the North Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1996.
55 Water Street 55 Water Street is a 687 ft skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, on the East River. The 53-story, 3.5 e6sqft structure was completed in 1972. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is tied with 277 Park Avenue as the 40th-tallest building in New York City. When it was completed it was the largest office building in the world, and is still the largest in New York by floor area. In an arrangement with the Office of Lower Manhattan Development, it was built on a superblock created from four adjoining city blocks, suppressing the western part of Front Street.
Park Avenue Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the borough of Manhattan. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between the Bowery and 14th Street. Meanwhile, the section between 14th and 17th Street is called Union Square East, and between 17th and 32nd Streets, the name Park Avenue South is used.
277 Park Avenue 277 Park Avenue is an office building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It stands on the east side of Park Avenue between East 47th and 48th Streets; it is 687 ft tall, with 50 floors.
383 Madison Avenue 383 Madison Avenue is an office building owned and occupied by JP Morgan Chase in New York City on a full block bound by Madison Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue between East 46th and 47th Streets. Formerly known as the Bear Stearns Building, it housed the world headquarters of the now-defunct Bear Stearns from the building's completion until Bear's collapse and sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008. The building now houses the New York offices for J.P. Morgan's investment banking division, which formerly occupied 277 Park Avenue. Both 383 Madison and 277 Park are adjacent to JPMorgan Chase's world headquarters at 270 Park Avenue.
Squadron A Armory The Squadron A Armory is a former United States Army armory and the homebase of Squadron A. It took up the whole block between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue, between 94th and 95th Street. It was therefore also known as the Madison Avenue Armory. A surviving part of the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Madison Avenue Facade of the Squadron A Armory and is a New York City landmark.
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City) The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, administered by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York, and was established in 1851 as St. Lawrence O'Toole's Church. In 1898, permission to change the patron saint of the parish from St. Lawrence O’Toole to St. Ignatius of Loyola was granted by Rome. The address is 980 Park Avenue, New York City, New York 10028. The church on the southwest corner of Park Avenue and 84th Street is part of a Jesuit complex on the block that includes Wallace Hall, the parish hall, beneath the church, the rectory at the midblock location on Park Avenue, the grade school of St. Ignatius's School on the north midblock location of 84th Street behind the church and the high school of Loyola School (also 980 Park Avenue) at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street. In addition, another Jesuit high school, Regis High School (55 E 84th Street), occupies the midblock location on the north side of 84th Street. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980.
Calvary Church (Manhattan) Calvary Church is an Episcopal church located at 277 Park Avenue South on the corner of East 21st Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on the border of the Flatiron District. It was designed by James Renwick, Jr., the architect who designed St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grace Church, and was completed in 1848. The church complex is located within the Gramercy Park Historic District and Extension. It is one of the two sanctuaries of the Calvary-St. George's Parish.
Martin Gottlieb Martin Gottlieb is Assistant Managing Editor/Investigations of "Newsday". From 2012 to 2016, he was Editor of "The Record" of Bergen County, New Jersey. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, he was Global Editions Editor of the "New York Times"; in this capacity, he oversaw production of the "International Herald Tribune". Gottlieb also served as Associate Managing Editor, Deputy Culture Editor and National Project Editor of the "Times". Gottlieb was also Managing Editor of the "New York Daily News" and Editor-in-Chief of "The Village Voice".
James R. Gaines James R. Gaines (born August 11, 1947) is a journalist and historian who between 2011 and 2015 was at Reuters in various capacities: as global editor-at-large, as editor in charge of the Americas, as editor in charge of global photography and as global editor for ethics and standards. He spent most of his career at Time Inc., where he was the managing editor of "People, Life" and "Time" magazines, then corporate editor of Time Inc.. Between Time Inc. and Reuters, he was a consultant on magazine startups, acquisitions and digital initiatives for publishers including Conde Nast International and American Express Publishing. In 2007 he became the editor-in-chief of FLYP, a biweekly multimedia publication online that produced interactive material for the web sites of "Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, Scientific American" and ProPublica. He also served briefly as managing editor of The Daily, News Corp.’s “newspaper” for tablets.
Leonard Downie Jr. Leonard "Len" Downie Jr. (born May 1, 1942), the American journalist, was Executive Editor of "The Washington Post" from 1991 to 2008. He worked in the Post newsroom for 44 years as Executive Editor, Managing Editor, National Editor, London correspondent, Assistant Managing Editor for Metropolitan News, Deputy Metropolitan Editor, and as an award winning investigative and local reporter. Downie became Executive Editor upon the retirement of Ben Bradlee. During Downie's tenure as Executive Editor, The Washington Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper has won during the term of a single Executive Editor, including three Pulitzer Gold Medals for Public Service. Downie currently serves as Vice President At Large at the Washington Post Company, as Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, and as a member of several advisory boards associated with journalism and public affairs.
Jason Sizemore Jason Sizemore is an American writer and editor based in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the owner and managing editor of Apex Publications. He was born in Big Creek, KY (pop. 400). He was the editor and publisher of "Apex Digest", a quarterly science fiction and horror digest that ran for 12 issues between 2005 and 2008. As the publisher/managing editor of "Apex Magazine", he was nominated for the Hugo Award in the semiprozine category in 2012, 2013 and 2014. As a writer he has published several stories in genre magazines. His first short story collection, "Irredeemable", was published in April, 2014.
Richard Lange Richard Lange is an American writer born in 1961 in Oakland, CA. After receiving a degree in film from the University of Southern California, he traveled to Europe and taught English for Berlitz in Barcelona, Spain. Returning to Los Angeles, he was hired as a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications and eventually became managing editor of RIP, a heavy-metal music magazine. He later edited textbooks before becoming managing editor of Radio & Records, a radio-industry trade magazine.
Richard Stolley Richard Brockway Stolley (born October 3, 1928) is an American journalist and magazine editor. He's most well known for his work at "Time" magazine, which he joined in 1953. He subsequently held a number of roles at the magazine including report, writer, bureau chief, senior editor and managing editor. In addition to his work at "Time", he has also been Assistant Managing Editor and Managing Editor of "Life" magazine, the founding Managing Editor of "People" magazine and Director of Special Projects for Time Inc
John Stoltenberg John Stoltenberg (born 1944) is an U.S. radical feminist activist, scholar, author, and magazine editor. He is the former managing editor of "AARP The Magazine", a bimonthly publication of the United States-based advocacy group AARP, a position he held from 2004 until 2012.
Jonathan Landman Jonathan I. Landman is an American journalist and deputy managing editor at "The New York Times". Landman became deputy managing editor responsible for digital journalism for "The Times" in August 2005. He had become assistant managing editor and member of "The Times" masthead in May 2005. Prior to that, Landman had been acting culture editor from 2004 to 2005. Previously, he was the assistant managing editor for enterprise from 2003 to 2004. Landman had been metropolitan editor of "The Times" since 1999 and editor of "The Times"<nowiki>'</nowiki> Week in Review section since 1994. Before that, he served as deputy editor of the Washington bureau since 1992; assistant editor in Washington from 1991; assistant metropolitan editor from 1990 and assistant national editor from 1989. Landman joined "The Times" as a copy editor in 1987.
André Laguerre Marc André Laguerre (February 21, 1915 – January 18, 1979) was a journalist and magazine editor, best known as the managing editor of "Sports Illustrated" from 1960 to 1974, during which time he oversaw the growth in the magazine from a niche publication to become the industry leader in weekly sports magazines. It was under his leadership that the annual "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue" was first published. When he retired in 1974, he had been managing editor of the magazine for 704 issues, then a record among magazines published by Time, Inc., SI's parent company.
Charles Angoff Charles Angoff (April 22, 1902 – May 3, 1979) was a managing editor of the American Mercury magazine as well as a professor of English of Fairleigh Dickinson University. H. L. Mencken called him "the best managing editor in America." He was also a prolific writer and editor.
Arthur Hailey Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His meticulously-researched books, which include such best sellers as "Hotel" (1965), "Airport" (1968), "Wheels" (1971), "The Moneychangers" (1975), and "Overload" (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages.
School and university in literature Educational settings as place and/or subject in fiction forms the theme of this exhaustive catalogue of titles and authors. Organized alphabetically by the author's last name, the information is further divided by general school environments and those where the university, specifically, is the primary focal point. The list spans centuries and geograpahical boundaries, featuring Charlotte Bronte, Agatha Christie and Honore de Balzac as well as contemporary writers Curtis Sittenfeld, Joyce Carol Oats, and Donna Tartt. For those interested in learning more about the school/university in literature, references are included that provide a more academic study of the subgenre.
Simone Elkeles Simone Elkeles (born April 24, 1970), is an American author known for the teen romance Perfect Chemistry Trilogy and How To Ruin Trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her book "Perfect Chemistry". The sequel to "Perfect Chemistry", "Rules of Attraction", appeared on USA Today Best Sellers List and The New York Times Best Sellers List.
Donna Tartt Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer, the author of the novels "The Secret History" (1992), "The Little Friend" (2002), and "The Goldfinch" (2013). Tartt won the WH Smith Literary Award for "The Little Friend" in 2003 and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "The Goldfinch" in 2014. She was included in the list of the "100 Most Influential People" compiled by "Time" magazine in 2014.
Hotel (1967 film) Hotel is a 1967 Technicolor film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Arthur Hailey. The film stars Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Rennie, Merle Oberon, and Melvyn Douglas. It is directed by Richard Quine.
Camden College (fictional college) Camden College is a fictional liberal arts college, which appears in the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Jill Eisenstadt, and Jonathan Lethem. Whereas Ellis' Camden College is located in New Hampshire, Lethem's Camden is in Vermont, and is notable for being the most expensive college in America. All three of the writers attended Bennington College, which is really located in Vermont, and was at one time notorious for being the most expensive college in America. Bennington graduate Donna Tartt uses the same Bennington-inspired backdrop for her 1992 novel "The Secret History", but for her it is "Hampden" College. However, Eisenstadt and Lethem uses 'Camden' in "From Rockaway" (1987) and "The Fortress of Solitude" (2003), respectively.
Airport (1970 film) Airport is a 1970 American disaster-drama film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, directed and written by George Seaton, and based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name. It originated the 1970s disaster film genre. It is also the first in the "Airport" film series. Produced on a $10 million budget, it earned over $100 million.
Should We Tell Him "Should We Tell Him" is a song released in 1958 by The Everly Brothers. The song reached No. 10 on the "Billboard" survey of "Most Played C&W by Jockeys". As the B-side of "This Little Girl of Mine", the single reached No. 26 on the "Billboard" survey of "Best Sellers in Stores" and No. 4 on the "Billboard" survey of "C&W Best Sellers in Stores".
WH Smith Literary Award The WH Smith Literary Award was an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer W H Smith. Its founding aim was stated to be to "encourage and bring international esteem to authors of the British Commonwealth"; originally open to all residents of the UK, the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland, it latterly admitted foreign works in translation and works by US authors. The final three winners were Americans (Philip Roth, Donna Tartt and Richard Powers), and 2005 was the award's final year.
The Departure (album) The Departure is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jamie Teachenor. It was released on February 28, 2012, by Rock Fiction Records. His debut single, "I Never Know," and his follow-up single, "Free Birds Have Cages," received airplay at both Rock and Country Radio, quickly becoming Amazon Best Sellers. Teachenor debuted, "Free Birds Have Cages," on season one, episode 3 of The Joey + Rory Show. His third single, "Burning," saw success internationally on College Rock and AAA radio. Two more tracks from "The Departure," "Coming Down" and "I Don't Wanna Think About That," also went on to become Amazon Best Sellers.
Bolna, Rana Bolna (Lule Sami: "Bållná" ) is a mountain in the Saltfjellet mountain range in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The mountain peak reaches 1460 m above sea level, and is located just north of the Arctic Circle inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park. The mountain peak is located less than 2 km west of the municipal border with Saltdal and about 15 km west of the border with Sweden.
Rongme Ngatra Rongme Ngatra is the highest peak of the Chola Mountains in the Kham region of western Sichuan, China. The peak's name in Mandarin Chinese is Que Er Shan () also the same name as the entire range, which has led to some translations of the mountain peak to Chola Mountain. At 6,168 m , the mountain is the highest peak in the Chola Mountains, as well as the second highest in the greater Shaluli Mountains after Ge'nyen. The mountain peak is flanked by glaciers to the north and east. The north glacier terminates at 4,100 m above sea level, just above the nearby lake Yihun Lhatso. Rongme Ngatra can be accessed from the town of Manigango in Dege County, Garze Prefecture.
Sherpi Kangri Sherpi Kangri is a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range. It lies five km south of Ghent Kangri (7,380 m) and ten km northwest of Saltoro Kangri (7,742 m).
Falak Sar (Swat) Falak Sar (Urdu: فلک سر‎ ; also known as Falak Sair) is the highest mountain peak in Ushu Valley of Swat, Pakistan at an elevation of 5918 m , it is considered the highest peak of the Swat district in the Hindu Kush mountains range, followed by Mankial mountain peak.
Chiradzulu Mountain Chiradzulu Mountain is located approximately 20 km to the north-east of Blantyre, Malawi's main commercial centre. The administrative district of Chiradzulu in southern Malawi was named after this mountain. Chiradzulu Mountain rises to a peak of 1,773m above seal level and is the third highest mountain peak in southern Malawi. It comes third after Mulanje Mountain, whose famous Sapitwa peak rises to 3,002m above sea level; and Zomba Mountain, which rises to 2,085m above sea level at its peak.
Baltoro Kangri Baltoro Kangri (Urdu: بلتورو کنگری‎ ; also known as the Golden Throne) is a mountain of the Karakoram mountain range in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Baltoro Kangri is the 82nd highest mountain in the world with an elevation of 7312 m . It lies to the south of the Gasherbrums and east of Chogolisa Peak (7,665 m). The huge Baltoro Glacier (which is one of the largest glaciers outside polar regions) rises from the foot of Baltoro Kangri. In the north of Baltoro Kangri is the Abruzzi Glacier.
Chongtar Kangri Chongtar Kangri or Chongtar Peak is a mountain peak in the Xinjiang region of China. Chongtar is situated about 10 km northwest of K2 and lies very near China's border with Pakistan.
Liankang Kangri Liangkang Kangri (also known as "Liankang Kangri") is a mountain peak in the Himalayas on the border between Bhutan and China, as well as at the southeastern end of territory claimed by both countries. Liangkang Kangri is 7535 m high. To the south, a ridge leads to the 7570 m Gangkhar Puensum 2 km to the south-southeast . Due to the low saddle height of 234 m , Liangkang Kangri is not regarded as an independent mountain. Westward a ridge leads to the 6680 m high Chumhari Kang. The Liangkanggletscher on the northwest flank and the Namsanggletscher on the eastern flank of Liangkang Kangri form the headwaters of the Lhobrak Chhu, a source river of Kuri Chhu. The glacier on the southwest flank belongs to the catchment area of Angde Chhu.
Karjiang Karjiang is a mountain in Tibet, located near the Bhutan–China border. The highest peak of the Karjiang group is Karjiang I or Karjiang South, with an elevation of 7221 m ; it remains unclimbed. Other peaks include Karjiang North (7196 m), Karjiang II/Central (7045 m), Karjiang III or Taptol Kangri (6820 m) and the top of the north-eastern shoulder (6400 m).
Šatorica Šatorica (Albanian: "Shatoricë" ; Serbian: "Šatorica" , Cyrillic: Шаторица, from the Serbian word "šator" (шатор) which means "tent") is a mountain peak in the southern part of the Kopaonik range in the north of Kosovo . At 1,770m high it is the third highest peak in the Kosovan part of the range and the Lab River originates close to this mountain peak.
Russians Russians (Russian: русские , "russkiye") are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable minorities exist in other former Soviet states such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. A large Russian diaspora exists all over the world, with notable numbers in the United States, Germany, Israel, and Canada. Russians are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe.
Salala (band) Salala is an "a capella" vocal trio from the south of Madagascar. They perform a contemporary form of the traditional "beko" genre, which originates from the island's southern interior. In contrast to the traditional beko, a spiritual chant sung at funerals to honor the life of the deceased, Salala adapted the harmonies and style of the genre while shedding the religious purpose of the music by focusing the subject of their songs on matters of daily life. The group was founded by one of the singers, M'Bassa, in 1983, with singer Senge and a friend. All three performers belong to the southern Antandroy ethnic group and originate from a small village near Taolagnaro. Over the next ten years, the group gained in popularity in Madagascar, eventually winning the "Gasitsara Media Prize" for Best Band of the Year. Their first major domestic hit was "Salakao Raho Ene". The group went on to perform the Africolor music festival in 1994, where they were well received. In 1995 they recorded their first album, "Salala", and were selected to represent the Indian Ocean states at the "Découvertes du Printemps de Bourges" tour, performing at 25 venues across France and Germany with Oumou Sangaré. After this success, the group's bass vocalist, Senge, launched a solo career, eventually teaming up with two other singers to lead his own trio, while still performing and recording with Salala. The band toured Africa in 1996, visiting the Seychelles, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia and South Africa. They performed at the third Jeux de la Francophonie in Madagascar in 1997 and toured Singapore in 1998. In 1999, Salala toured Reunion island with Granmoun Lélé.