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Qizu Pagoda The Qizu Pagoda (), located at Fengxue Temple (风穴寺) of Ruzhou, Henan province, China is a stone, multi-eaved Chinese pagoda built in 738 during the Tang Dynasty. The pagoda was built in honor of a Buddhist monk, while the name of the structure was given by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang himself.
Chinese in Samoa The majority of Chinese nationals currently residing in Samoa are businessmen, labour workers and shopowners in the south western island nation of Samoa, and there are at least 30,000 people in Samoa who are of mixed Samoan and Chinese descent, although they are classified as ethnic Samoans in official census. Around the world, about 25% of all Samoans claim Chinese ancestry. Nearly all Chinese nationals in Samoa reside within the Apia municipal area; neighbouring American Samoa, also has a small population of Chinese expatriates. Samoas Legislative Capital city of Apia signed a treaty on 31:08:2015 with a delegation from Shenzhen, China making the Legislative capital of Apia and The city of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China sister cities. The treaty will help bring Chinese tourists to boast Samoas growing Tourism industry and will also bring economic growth to Samoa also bringing stronger ties between the two cities. Shenzhen Airlines is also set to operate flights from Shenzhen International airport and Faleolo International Airport, Apia. The Chinese community in Samoa is growing and becoming economically strong. A new wave of Chinese migrants moving to Samoa are coming from the northern region, bringing their culture and languages with them. There are no Chinese schools in Samoa but an estimated 98.7% of Chinese expatriates and migrants send their children and youth to Robert Louis Stevenson School, Samoa which is a private school with an Australasian and Samoan curriculum, the tuition fee is WST700-845. There is a primary campus located in the village of Lotopa, Faleata District and the secondary campus in the urban village of Tafaigata. Notable Chinese businesses include Frankie's Supermarket and Wholesale, Alan wholesale and Treasure Garden company as well as other small businesses and restaurants. An estimated 4000 tourists visit Samoa every year via Faleolo international airport.
Jiangmen No. 1 Middle School Guangdong Jiangmen No.1 Middle School(Simplified Chinese: 广东江门市第一中学; Traditional Chinese: 廣東江門市第一中學, commonly abbreviated as Jiangmen Yizhong or JMYZ) is a full-time and all boarding senior high school in Jianghai District, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China. Its earliest predecessor Jingxian Academy of Classical Learning was established in Qing Dynasty (1760) and expanded to a municipal high school in 1928. It is one of the most prestigious high schools in Five Counties in Guangdong (五邑地区) now.
Houen Houei Houen Houei was a Javanese man, who, at the beginning of the 1st century CE, brought with him the cult of Vishnu to Champa. There, he married the Cham queen Leiou Ye. Houen Houei later established the kingdom of Lin Yi (Lam Ap), later known as Champa (Chiem Thanh). At this time, however, Lin Yi was known as the Chinese district of Tuong Lam (Forest of Elephants).
Longjiang, Foshan Longjiang () is a town in west-central Guangdong province, Southern China. It is under the administration of Shunde District, Foshan City, which lies 15 km to the north-northeast. Bordering towns are Leliu (勒流镇) to the east, Xingtan (杏坛镇) to the south, Lecong (乐从镇) to the north, and Jiujiang of Nanhai District to the west.
Jiujiang, Guangdong Jiujiang Town () is a town in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, Southern China. It covers an area of 94.75 km2 with a registered population of 99,600 and a migrant population of 55,000. It is an important production base for clothing, electronics, packaging and rice wine in Foshan. It connects with Heshan by the famous Jiujiang Bridge across the Xi River.
Quah Chow Cheung Quah Chow-cheung (Chinese: 柯昭璋, 8 June 1913 in Penang – 1965 in Hong Kong) was the Colony Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Victor Halward. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting. Before that appointment, he was appointed by Halward as one of two Chinese District Commissioner and cared the development of Scouting in Kowloon and south New Territories of Hong Kong.
Mount Lu Mount Lu or Lushan (, Gan: Lu-san), also known as Kuanglu (匡庐) in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in Central China, and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country. It is located primarily in Lushan county-level city in Jiujiang Prefecture, although the northern portions are found in Lianxi District which was formerly known as Lushan District and until 2016 covered the majority of the Mount Lu. The oval-shaped mountains are about 25 km long and 10 km wide, and neighbors Jiujiang city and the Yangtze River to the north, Nanchang city to the south, and Poyang Lake to the east. Its highest point is Dahanyang Peak (大汉阳峰), reaching 1,474 m above sea level, and is one of the hundreds of steep peaks that towers above a sea of clouds that encompass the mountains for almost 200 days out of the year. Mount Lu is known for its grandeur, steepness, and beauty, and is part of Lushan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, and a prominent tourist attraction, especially during the summer months when the weather is cooler.
Port of Zhuhai The Port of Zhuhai is the port of the prefecture-level city of Zhuhai, on the west side of the Pearl River estuary in the Chinese province of Guangdong. The Port of Zhuhai is composed of seven main port areas: Gaolan, Wanshan, Jiuzhou, Xiangzhou, Tangjia, Hongwan and Doumen. The main areas are the Jiujiang Port Area to the east of the city, and the Gaolang Port Area to the west. As of 2012, the port had 131 berths, 126 production berths, of which 17 were deep-water berths over 10,000DWT.
Yuexiu District Yuexiu District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, located west of the Tianhe District and east of the Liwan District. It is the commercial, political and cultural centre of Guangdong and noted for its high quality education. The Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou city government are both located in the Yuexiu District. Established in 1960, the district absorbed the former Dongshan District in May 2005 along with several former subdistricts of the Baiyun and Tianhe district
Teresa Ruggeri Teresa Ruggeri (sometimes spelled Ruggieri) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active career from the 1820s through the 1840s. In 1827 she portrayed the role of Zarele in the world premiere of Giovanni Pacini's "Gli arabi nelle Gallie" at La Scala in Milan. She performed in several more world premieres at that house, including Francisca in Gaetano Donizetti's "Maria Padilla" (1841), Anna in Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" (1842), and Viclinda in Verdi's "I Lombardi alla prima crociata" (1843). Other roles she performed at La Scala included Baroness Aspasia in Gioachino Rossini's "La pietra del paragone" (1829), Giannetta in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" (1835), Alisa in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" (1839), The Marquise of Birkenfeld in "La fille du régiment" (1840), and Giovanna in Verdi's "Ernani" (1844) among others.
Agostino Rovere Agostino Rovere (1804, Monza - 1865, New York City) was an Italian operatic bass. After studying singing in Milan, he made his professional opera debut in 1826 at the opera house in Pavia. In 1828 he portrayed Clemente in the world premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's "Bianca e Fernando" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In 1839 he sang the role of Pedrigo in the world premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's "Gianni di Parigi" at La Scala. He returned to that opera house the following year to create the role of La Rocca in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's "Un giorno di regno". In 1842 he portrayed the role of Marquis de Boisfleury in the world premiere of Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix" at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. In 1847-1848 he was committed to the Royal Opera House in London where he sang Bartolo in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Don Magnifico in Rossini's "La Cenerentola", Dulcamara in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", Leporello in "Don Giovanni", and Mustafà in Gioachino Rossini's "L'italiana in Algeri"
L'ajo nell'imbarazzo L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (The Tutor Embarrassed or The Tutor in a Jam) is a "melodramma giocoso", or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, after the 1807 play by Giovanni Giraud. At its premiere at the Teatro Valle, Rome on 4 February 1824, it "was greeted with wild enthusiasm [and] it was with this opera that [...] Donizetti had his first really lasting success" During revisions planned for the 1826 production in Naples, Donizetti renamed the opera Don Gregorio, and it is under that name that most later productions were staged.
Le duc d'Albe Le duc d'Albe (its original French title) or Il duca d'Alba (its later Italian title) is an opera in three acts originally composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1839 to a French language libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier. Its title, which translates as "The Duke of Alba", refers to its protagonist Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. The work was intended for performance at the Paris Opéra. However, William Ashbrook notes that "Rosine Stoltz, the director's mistress, disliked her intended role of Hélène and Donizetti put the work aside when it was half completed"
Gaetano Rossi Gaetano Rossi (18 May 1774 – 25 January 1855) was an Italian opera librettist for several of the well-known "bel canto"-era composers including Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Saverio Mercadante in Italy and Giacomo Meyerbeer in one of his early Italian successes. Other composers with whom he worked included Simon Mayr, a composer and Donizetti's teacher, as well as the prolific Giovanni Pacini.
Eugenio Cavallini Eugenio Cavallini (16 June 1806 — 11 April 1881) was an Italian conductor, composer, violinist, and violist. In 1833 he became first violinist of the orchestra at La Scala, a post he held through 1855. He also served as a conductor at La Scala, notably leading the world premieres of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" (1833), Donizetti's "Gemma di Vergy" (1834), Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" (1835), Saverio Mercadante's "Il giuramento" (1837), Mercadante's "Il bravo" (1839), Giuseppe Verdi's "Oberto" (1839), Verdi's "Un giorno di regno" (1840), Donizetti's "Maria Padilla" (1841), Verdi's "Nabucco" (1842), Verdi's "I Lombardi alla prima crociata" (1843), Verdi's "Giovanna d'Arco" (1845), Federico Ricci's "Estella di Murcia" (1846), and Domenico Ronzani's "Salvator Rosa" (1854).
9912 Donizetti 9912 Donizetti, provisional designation 2078 T-3, is a stony Rafita asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the third Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1977, and named after Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.
Una follia Una follia is an opera in one act by composer Gaetano Donizetti. The work premiered on 15 December 1818 at the Teatro San Luca in Venice. The opera uses the same Italian-language libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli after August von Kotzebue's "Der Graf von Burgund" that Donizetti used for his "Enrico di Borgogna" a month earlier, but with different music. It was given one performance and "never performed again, and its score has never been found."
Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo "(The Madman on the Island of San Domingo)" is a "romantic melodramma" in two acts by the composer Gaetano Donizetti. Jacopo Ferretti, who since 1821 had written five libretti for Donizetti and two for Rossini (including "La cenerentola"), had proposed the unusual subject and he was contracted to write the Italian libretto based on a five-act play of the same title by an unknown author in 1820, which "had been given in the same theatre [...] and which Donizetti had immediately loved". However, as has been noted by Charles Osborne, the "ultimate derivation of both play and libretto is an episode in part 1 of "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes's published in 1605" which is the story of Cardenio and Lucinda.
Chiara e Serafina Chiara e Serafina, o I pirati (Chiara and Serafina, or The Pirates) is an "opera semiseria" in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Felice Romani, based on the melodrama "La cisterne" by René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt. Donizetti's first opera for La Scala, it was premiered on October 26, 1822, but was not a success. Donizetti was not given the opportunity to compose again for La Scala until writing "Ugo, conte di Parigi" nearly a decade later.
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Étienne-Joseph Floquet Étienne-Joseph Floquet (23 November 174810 May 1785) was a French composer, mainly of operas. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and began his career by writing church music, before moving to Paris in 1767. There, Floquet made a name for himself with the requiem he wrote for the funeral of the composer Jean-Joseph de Mondonville in 1772. Floquet's first work for the Paris Opéra, the "ballet héroïque" "L'union de l'amour et les arts," was a triumph, enjoying 60 performances between its premiere in September 1773 and January 1774. The audience at the premiere was so enthusiastic that the performance had to be stopped several times because of the applause and, at the final curtain, Floquet was presented on stage, the first composer in the history of the Paris Opéra to enjoy such an honour. However, the arrival of the German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck in Paris later that year changed French musical taste and Floquet's style became unfashionable. After the failure of his next opera, "Azolan", Floquet decided to travel to Italy to perfect his musical education. There he studied composition under Nicola Sala in Naples and counterpoint under Padre Martini in Bologna, where he turned momentarily back to church music composing a "Te deum".
Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.
Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (June 15, 1749 – May 6, 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist. In a long and colorful career extending over many more nations and decades than was usual at the time, Vogler established himself as a foremost experimenter in baroque and early classic music. His greatest successes came as performer and designer for the organ at various courts and cities around Europe, as well as a teacher, attracting highly successful and devoted pupils such as Carl Maria von Weber. His career as a music theorist and composer however was mixed, with contemporaries such as Mozart believing Vogler to have been a charlatan. Despite his mixed reception in his own life, his highly-original contributions in many areas of music (particularly musicology and organ theory) and influence on his pupils endured, and combined with his eccentric and adventurous career, prompted one historian to summarize Vogler as "one of the most bizarre characters in the history of music".
Cassiber Cassiber were a German avant-rock group founded in 1982 by German composer and saxophonist Alfred Harth, German composer, music-theatre director and keyboardist Heiner Goebbels, English drummer Chris Cutler from Henry Cow and German guitarist Christoph Anders. They recorded five albums, toured extensively across Europe, Asia and North America, and disbanded in 1992.
Duo Goebbels/Harth The Duo Goebbels/Harth (1975–1988), combining German composer, music-theatre director and keyboardist Heiner Goebbels and German composer, multi-media artist and saxophonist Alfred 23 Harth became famous for its adaptation of and departure from European composers, especially Hanns Eisler, implemented in a provocatively fresh manner into structured free improvisations and deploying content from areas beyond music. The duo was nicknamed the “Eisler brothers” by music critic W.Liefland. They later also experimented with different genres and sound collages, including electronic devices. The duo played in many international festivals and concerts in cities as diverse as Tel Aviv, Zagreb, West and East Berlin and South America.
Iwa Wanja Iwa Wanja (10 October 1905 – 26 June 1991) was Bulgarian born German film actress. She moved to Berlin to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty German films. Married to Norbert Schultze, German composer, best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic Lili Marleen.
József Ács (musician) József Ács (born 1948) is a German composer, and classical pianist and composer of Hungarian origin. A graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, he won the first prize for piano at the "German Music Competition" in the Beethovenhalle in Bonn. He is particularly renowned for his recitals of Franz Liszt, and has done work in conjunction with the Vatican Archives. More recently he has been performing the works of Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo. He composed a completion of Leoncavallo's Requiem which was a fragment. Ács also wrote a small mass for choir and organ called, "Weihnachtslieder-Messe." Appropriate for the Christmas season, this joyful mass incorporates two Christmas tunes, In dulci jubilo, and Es kommt ein Schiff geladen.
Johann Valentin Meder Johann Valentin Meder (baptised May 3, 1649 – July 1719) was a German composer, organist, and singer. (He is not to be confused with the German composer Johann Gabriel Meder, born in 1755 in Erfurt, and active in Amsterdam until 1800; nor is there evidence that the two men were related.)
Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (] ; 18 October [O.S. 8 October] 1585 – 6 November 1672) was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He wrote what is traditionally considered to be the first German opera, "Dafne", performed at Torgau in 1627, the music of which has since been lost.
Additi Gupta Aditi Gupta (stylized as Additi Gupta) is an Indian actress, model and fashion designer, known for her work as the protagonist in the popular television series "Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil" on Star Plus channel. She was also seen portraying a witch in the Zee TV series "Qubool Hai". She is also known for her negative roles in Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil and Star Plus's Ishqbaaz.
The Box (UK and Ireland TV channel) The Box is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is one of many within The Box Plus Network, a joint venture between Channel Four Television Corporation and Bauer Media Group. The channel mainly broadcasts music videos, although it also features other music-related programming from across The Box Plus Network.
Khichdi (TV series) Khichdi is a Hindi language sitcom produced by UTV Software Communications in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on STAR Plus on 10 September 2002. The series has been rerun on STAR Plus and its sister channels several times. Unlike other Hindi sitcoms, which continuously air throughout the year, "Khichdi" is one of the earliest shows on Indian television to adopt the Western model of appearing in seasons. The second season was called "Instant Khichdi", which made its debut on STAR Plus's sister channel, STAR One.
Vipul Gupta Vipul Gupta (born 17 September 1984) is an actor and model. He is best known for playing the lead role of Drone Keshab in a very popular Star Plus Serial: K. Street Pali Hill and as Anand Zorawar Shergill in TV serial "Meri Bhabhi" on STAR Plus. He is currently seen in a Vikram Bhatt's web series "Maaya".
Love Ka Hai Intezaar Love Ka Hai Intezaar is an Indian television romantic drama series, produced by Siddharth Malhotra. It is broadcasting worldwide on Star Plus, Mondays through Saturdays, at 2:00 PM, IST in an afternoon programming block called "Star Plus Dopahar", since 15th May 2017. Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Keith Sequeira played the leads in the show till a twenty-year leap after which Preetika Rao and Mohit Sehgal also joined them to play another main leads of the show. The series ended on 30 September 2017 when the Star Dopahar block was discontinued.
Saans Saans (English: "Breath") is an Indian television series written and directed by television actress Neena Gupta who works in the series as well alongside television actor Kanwaljit Singh. The series premiered on STAR Plus in 1998. The story focused on the accidental love triangle between the characters Priya, Gautam, and Manisha. Neena Gupta won the award for 'Best Director' and Kanwaljit Singh won for the 'Best Actor' categories at the Kalakar Awards 1998. The television actor, Neena Gupta, acclaimed huge popularity after the show's success.
Dill Mill Gayye Dill Mill Gayye (translation: Hearts Have Met) is a 2007 Indian soap medical drama series that aired on STAR One. The series premiered 20 August 2007 and ran through 29 October 2010. It was a sequel to the Star Plus series "Sanjivani - A Medical Boon" (2002–05). The show centers on a new generation of medical interns with a specific focus on the love story between Dr. Armaan Malik (Karan Singh Grover) and Dr. Riddhima Gupta (Shilpa Anand, Sukirti Kandpal, Jennifer Winget).
Khichdi (franchise) The "Khichdi" franchise is a Hindi language sitcom created by Hats Off Productions and UTV Software Communications, which debuted on STAR Plus on 10 September 2002. The series has been rerun on STAR Plus and its sister channels several times. Unlike other Hindi sitcoms, which continuously air throughout the year, "Khichdi" is one of the earliest shows on Indian television to adopt the Western model of appearing in seasons. The second season was called "Instant Khichdi", which made its debut on STAR Plus's sister channel, STAR One.
Star Plus (UK and Ireland) STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel and the largest Asian Channel in the United Kingdom. STAR Plus is owned by STAR TV UK whose head office is in London. The channel is part of STAR TV's network of channels. STAR Plus' programming primarily consists of family dramas and telefilms. This channel is also distributed worldwide by Fox International Channels, subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The majority of programming on STAR Plus UK is subtitled in English.
Nitin Sahrawat Nitin Sahrawat (Born 13 August 1981), is an Indian television actor and a model. He is best known for his Indian and Pakistani TV commercials and for his portrayal of Rajveer Singh Ahluwalia in "Kitani Mohabbat Hai Season 2" which was telecast on Imagine TV. He is presently playing the character of Superstar Anand Kumar opposite Additi Gupta in ZEE TV's Qubool Hai.
Teacher's Pet (TV series) Teacher's Pet (also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet) is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and directed by Timothy Björklund. The series follows a 9-year-old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. Created by Gary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner, it was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and later Toon Disney, from 2000 to 2002.
Teacher's Pet (1930 film) Teacher's Pet is a 1930 two-reel comedy short; part of the "Our Gang" (Little Rascals) series. It was produced by Hal Roach, directed by Robert F. McGowan, and originally released to theatres by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 11, 1930. It was the 101st "Our Gang" short to be released.
Michael Price (writer) Michael Price is an American writer and producer, best known for his Emmy and Writers Guild award-winning work on "The Simpsons". Price is a writer and co-executive producer of the ABC series "Teacher's Pet". He served as a script consultant on "The Simpsons Movie" and wrote the acclaimed Lego Star Wars special, ""Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace"". He works at Lucasfilm writing and producing Lego Star Wars Franchise.
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Rita Kogler Carver Rita Kogler Carver (born Rita Ann Kogler) is an American lighting designer, artist, director and teacher. Carver was born in North Tonawanda, NY on January 7, 1963. She currently resides in Upstate New York with her husband and numerous pet animals.
Teacher's Pet (comics) Teacher's Pet was a British strip appearing in the 1970s comic book "Cor!!". The strip began in the first issue in June 1970, and usually appeared on colour on the back page. Norman Mansbridge drew it throughout.
Timothy Björklund Timothy Björklund, also known as Timothy Berglund, is an American artist, story writer, art director, and director of animated film and television from the United States. His sole movie to date, "Teacher's Pet", was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award in 2005.
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Good Old Days (Leroy Shield song) "Good Old Days", is a 1930 tune written by Leroy Shield (October 2, 1893 - January 9, 1962) which was theme song for Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, now known as The Little Rascals. The tune was originally written for "Teacher's Pet" where it was used repeatedly, and then was used in every subsequent Little Rascals comedy. The tune caught on immediately, and NBC network radio show Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten also set lyrics to the melody. Laurel & Hardy used the tune in a prison schoolroom scene for their comedy Pardon Us. The tune was among those revived by modern Swing artists The Beau Hunks for their Leroy Shield tribute album in 1992.
Debra Jo Rupp Debra Jo Rupp (born February 24, 1951) is an American film and television actress, best known for her roles as Kitty Forman on the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show" and Alice Knight-Buffay on the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of "Friends". She voiced "Mary Helperman" in the animated series "Teacher's Pet" and its sequel film, as well as timid secretary Miss Patterson in "Big" (1988).
WRN Broadcast WRN Broadcast, formerly known as World Radio Network, WRN Broadcast Limited was acquired by Babcock International Group plc in March 2015. WRN is an international broadcast services company based in the United Kingdom that works with television channels and radio broadcasters, media owners and brands enabling them to deliver content to target audiences worldwide. WRN Broadcast has developed since 1992 when it was founded as an international radio distribution company known as World Radio Network, which rebroadcasts news and information programs produced by various international public radio networks.
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a television broadcasting company based in Nunavut. Its programming is targeted at the Inuit population of Nunavut and almost all of its programs are broadcast in Inuktitut. Select programs are also broadcast in English. In contrast with traditional commercial television broadcasting companies, IBC shows centre on Inuit culture. The company has five production centres in various places in Nunavut, all staffed by Inuit. Founded in the early 1980s, the IBC was the first Native language television network in North America.
Shasta Cascade Broadcasting Corporation Shasta Cascade Broadcasting Corporation is a small independent broadcast company based in Mount Shasta, California. It used to own KWSD-AM 620 (now KMJC, a Jefferson Public Radio-owned station) and KEDY-FM 95.3 (now KKLC, a repeater station for K-LOVE). The company was founded on July 25, 1946, by David H. Rees, Sr., who applied for domestic corporation on that date and KWSD-AM began to broadcast the following year in 1947. It remains an active business. David H. Rees, Jr., is the owner/president. Robert D. Winston is the registered agent.
Dispatch Broadcast Group The Dispatch Broadcast Group is a media company based in Columbus, Ohio. The group is a division of the Dispatch Printing Company, former owner of the Columbus Dispatch, and has been owned by the Wolfe family since 1929. The Dispatch Broadcast Group includes the WBNS television (CBS-affiliate WBNS-TV) and radio (WBNS (AM) and WBNS-FM) stations in Columbus, the Ohio News Network, and NBC-affiliate WTHR television in Indianapolis formerly (WLW-I) which was purchased in 1975.
Ozie Boo! Ozie Boo! is a French 3D animation television series for children aged 2–6 years that began in 2005. It is produced by Cyber Group Studios, a company based in Paris, France and in the US by PorchLight Entertainment. In France, the first season was broadcast on the Disney Channel and on France 5 in "Zouzous", and the second season on Canal J. The series is broadcast in about 80 countries. "Ozie Boo!" has also been released worldwide on VHS/DVD. Season 2 has been available in the USA since December 2005. Season 3 was broadcast in 2007. In Ireland the series started broadcasting in 2008 on kids channel Cula 4.
Linear Acoustic Linear Acoustic is an American company based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that develops technology and manufacturers equipment used by television stations, cable television and satellite television services providers, post-production facilities and other content services providers to control, measure, manage and monitor multi-channel digital audio. The company has been especially active in areas related to automated upmixing and downmixing of multichannel broadcast audio, and with issues related to relative loudness of broadcast audio.
Peter Raymont Peter Raymont (born February 28, 1950 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his films are "" (2005), "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman" (2007), "The World Stopped Watching" (2003) and "The World Is Watching" (1988). The 2011 feature documentary "West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson" and 2009's "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould", were co-directed with Michèle Hozer. Raymont is Executive Producer of the television drama series, The Border, which he co-created with Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole. The Border's 3 seasons have been broadcast in more than 25 countries. He is also the Executive Producer of the CBC drama series, Cracked, a Toronto-based police procedural which explores the intersection of the law and mental illness.[ Cracked's 2 seasons are also broadcast in France, Germany, USA and elsewhere.
Benetone Films Benetone Films is a production company based in Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in 2002 by Rajpal Narula, and is today headed by his two sons, Rachvin and Kulthep Narula. The company was recognized as the No. 1 Foreign Production Service Company in Thailand for 9 years in a row (2008 to 2016) by Thailand Film Office; having line produced over 900 commercials and over 80 feature films which include Bollywood blockbusters such as "Ek Tha Tiger", "Student of the Year", "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", "Housefull 2", "Partner", "Murder" and "No Entry". In 2011, Benetone Films entered a partnership with Daemon Hillin, establishing Benetone Hillin Entertainment, a production house based in Los Angeles, becoming the first Thailand film production company to enter the US Indie Film market.
Khushi Ek Roag Khushi Ek Roag (or Khushi Aik Roag) (Urdu: خوشی ایک روگ‎ ) is a 2012 Pakistani drama serial. Serial is broadcasting on ARY Digital since 11 June 2012. It is directed by "Mohsin Mirza" and written by "Seema Munaf", starring Yumna Zaidi, Shahood Alvi, Farhan Ally Agha, Naheed Shabbir and Sami Khan.
Quadruplex videotape 2-inch quadruplex videotape (also called 2″ quad, or just quad, for short) is the first practical and commercially successful analog recording videotape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California. The first videotape recorder using this format was built and created in the same year. This format revolutionized broadcast television operations and television production, since the only recording medium available to the TV industry before then was film used for kinescopes, which was much more costly to utilize and took time to develop at a film laboratory. In addition, kinescope images were usually of obviously inferior quality to the live television broadcast images they recorded, whereas quadruplex videotape preserved almost all the image detail of a live broadcast.
Dylewska Góra Dylewska Góra (German: "Kernsdorfer Höhe" ) is a hill located in northeastern Poland, south of the town of Ostróda, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. With elevation of 312 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest points of northern and central Poland. Dylewska Góra is a morainic hill, with its eastern and northern slopes covered by beech forest. On top there is a TV tower, as well as a 37-metre-high observation tower, which provides views of area up to 50 kilometres away.
Moel y Gydros Moel y Gydros (English: Bare Hill of Gydros ) is a hill located just outside the Snowdonia National Park on the Gwynedd / Conwy border in North Wales. The B4501, Frongoch to Cerrigydrudion road skirts the hills lower slopes.
Arnold Mills Historic District Arnold Mills Historic District is a historic district encompassing a modest 19th-century mill village in eastern Cumberland, Rhode Island. The district lies along the Nate Whipple Highway (Rhode Island Route 120) and Sneech Pond Road, south of the Arnold Mills Reservoir. Sneech Pond Road was formerly the major east-west highway through the area prior to the construction of the Nate Whipple Highway in the 1960s. The Arnold Mills village is in part bisected by Abbott Run, the stream which serves as the outlet of the reservoir; Sneech Pond Road crosses the run on an early 20th-century steel Pratt pony truss, now closed to vehicular traffic. The houses along this road generally date from the late 18th to mid-19th century, and mainly reflect Federal and Greek Revival styling. The most prominent structure in the district is the Arnold Mills United Methodist Church, located at the western end of the district on Nate Whipple Highway; it was built 1825-27 and remodeled in 1846.
North York Ski Centre North York Ski Centre (also known as the Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre) is a small alpine skiing hill located in Earl Bales Park, close to the intersection of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue in Toronto. It features one quad chair and a rope tow, serving three intermediate slopes and one beginner slope. It is one of two ski hills located within the boundaries of Toronto, the other being the Centennial Park. The hills is a natural formation from the edge of the Don River.
Toorourrong Reservoir Toorourrong Reservoir is a small water supply reservoir located on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range approximately 40 km north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The reservoir is formed by the Toorourrong Dam across the Plenty River, and an interbasin transfer. The dam is operated by Melbourne Water and the reservoir forms part of the Melbourne water supply system. Water from the Toorourrong Reservoir flows by aqueduct to the Yan Yean Reservoir.
Dean Mills Reservoir Dean Mills Reservoir is a small water reservoir to the north of the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester located high on the slopes of Winter Hill.
Nels Nelsen Hill Nels Nelsen Hill, originally Big Hill, is an abandoned ski jumping hill located in Mount Revelstoke National Park near the town of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The original hill, Big Hill, was built in 1916 and was the first permanent ski jump in Canada. By 1933, four world length records had been set on the Big Hill. It fell out of use in 1939, with Revelstoke instead using the Big Bend Ski Jump.
Pavis Wood Pavis Wood is an area of woodland on a hill located near Hastoe in Tring, north-western Hertfordshire, England. A point on its eastern slopes is the highest point in the county of Hertfordshire at 244 m (801 ft). The area is often considered as ancient woodland containing a wide variety of plants such as the yellow pimpernel and wood melick. A bridleway crosses the woodland which can be accessed throughout the year as well as the Ridgeway National Trail which is dominated mainly by beech, oak and ash.
Fisher Hill Reservoir The Fisher Hill Reservoir and Gatehouse are a historic element of the public water supply for the Greater Boston area. The reservoir was located on Fisher Road between Hyslop and Channing Roads in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is now the site of Fisher Hill Reservoir Park. It was built in 1886-87 as an early component of the Boston Water Board's expansion of its high service system. The gatehouse may have been designed by Arthur Vinal, who also designed the high pumping station at Chestnut Hill Reservoir. It is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque structure, with its first floor finished in stone and its second in brick. Brownstone trim is used on the windows and corner quoins, and the voussoirs which form the arches on the first floor. There are pipes to the reservoir and down to Chestnut Hill, and gates for controlling access to local the distribution network. The building was taken out of service in the 1950s.
Hundsheimer Berg Hundsheimer Berg is a hill located in the Hundsheimer Berge hill range in Lower Austria, Austria close to the border with Slovakia. Its peak is 481 m above sea level which makes it the highest hill in the Hundsheimer Berge. The north slopes of the Hundsheimer Berg are covered with forests while the southern slopes have a steppe vegetation. Since 1965, a nature reserve with the same name, "Hundsheimer Berg", is located on these southern slopes.
Nazarbayev University Nazarbayev University (NU) is an autonomous research university in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Founded as a result of the initiative of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2010, it is an English-medium institution, with an international faculty and staff. The acceptance rate for undergraduate programs is 1:8.5. All undergraduate students attend free of charge, and students in good standing receive a stipend. The faculty-to-student class ratio is 1:9.
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, "Nursultan Äbişulı Nazarbayev" , نۇرسۇلتان ٵبٸشۇلى نازاربايەۆ, ] ; Russian: Нурсултан Абишевич Назарбаев, "Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev" ] ; born 6 July 1940) is the President of Kazakhstan. He has been the country's leader since 1989, when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR, and was elected the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union in December 1991. He holds the title 'Leader of the Nation'. In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of the vote.
Ermukhamet Ertysbayev Ermukhamet Qabidenuly Ertysbayev (Kazakh: Ертісбаев, Ермұхамет Қабиденұлы ) served as the Minister of Culture, Information, and Sport in the Government of Kazakhstan until President Nursultan Nazarbayev split the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sport into a Culture and Information Ministry and a Tourism and Sport Ministry through a presidential decree on 27 March 2006. Nazarbayev appointed Ertysbayev the Minister of Culture and Information and Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov the Minister of Tourism.
Shahar Media Group The Shahar Media Group is now a state run media firm in Kazakhstan which has several entertainment holdings across the country. The company is run by Nurali Nazarbayev, son of Dariga Nazarbayeva & grandson of Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kayrat Kulbayev is vice president & manages the company interests including local music television network HiT TV.
Kazakh presidential term referendum, 1995 A referendum on extending the presidential term of Nursultan Nazarbayev was held in Kazakhstan on 29 April 1995. Voters were asked "Do you agree to prolong the term of office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, publicly elected on 1 December 1991, until 1 December 2000?" The question was approved by 95.5% of voters, with turnout reported to be 91.2%.
Kazakh presidential election, 1999 Presidential elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 January 1999. Incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev won the election with over 80% of the vote, and was sworn into office on 20 January 1999. Most observers viewed the election as blatantly unfair, further confirming that Nazarbayev was not interested in promoting a democratic system of government. Voter turnout was reported to be 87.0%.
Nur Otan The "Nur Otan" Democratic People's Party (, "“Nur-Otan” Xalıqtıq Demokratïyalıq Partïyası"; Russian: “Нур Отан” Народно-Демократическая Партия ,"“Nur-Otan” Narodno-Demokraticheskaya Partiya"), called simply Nur Otan (, "Radiant Fatherland"), is the ruling political party in Kazakhstan with over 762,000 members. Since 2007 it is headed by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nazarbayev's predecessor in the party was Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov. The party's First Deputy Chairman is Askar Myrzakhmetov.
Sara Nazarbayeva Sara Alpysqyzy Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева ) (born 12 February 1941, in Kzyl-Zhar, present-day Kazakhstan) is the First Lady of Kazakhstan and wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and as well as six grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
Godfather-in-law Godfather-in-law is a documentary novel written by Rakhat Aliyev, former son-in-law of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. In his book, Aliyev gives a deep insight into the corrupt, criminal activities of the autocratic system in Kazakhstan, including secrets and the system of governance of Nursultan Nazarbayev. The book "Godfather-in-law" was published in German and English languages. There is a criminal liability in Kazakhstan for distributing and using the book.
Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools The Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) are a network of schools for exceptional students of age 5 to 18 throughout Kazakhstan. The schools are named after Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, who has promoted the idea as a means of developing the intellectual life of the country. Each school focuses primarily on a specific set of subjects: either physical sciences and mathematics, or chemical and biological sciences, as well as foreign languages. Instruction is trilingual, in Kazakh, Russian and English, shifting to exclusively English by the senior year.
Cowon D2 The Cowon D2 was a portable media player designed and marketed by Cowon Systems, Inc. The D2, released on December 5, 2006, was Cowon's first portable media player using a touchscreen as the main means of navigation. It has since been discontinued.
Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's consumer software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Microsoft PlaysForSure Microsoft PlaysForSure was a certification given by Microsoft to portable devices and content services that had been tested against several hundred compatibility and performance requirements. These requirements include codec support, Digital rights management support, UI responsiveness, device performance, compatibility with Windows Media Player, synchronization performance, and so on. PlaysForSure certification was available for portable media players, network-attached digital media receivers, and media-enabled mobile phones. The PlaysForSure logo was applied to device packaging as well as to online music stores and online video stores.
Fourth screen In advertising and marketing communication, fourth screen, or sometimes third screen, refers to a small portable video screen such as a mobile phone or portable media player.
Zvue ZVUE is a now inactive brand of portable media player designed and marketed by HandHeld Entertainment. The ZVUE device combined a digital mp3 audio player with a personal video player and a JPEG viewer all in one consumer electronics device about the size of a pack of playing cards.Widely distributed by Walmart, the Zvue beat the Apple video iPod into mass distribution by more than one year [ citation]
Portable storage device A portable storage device (PSD) is a small hard drive designed to hold any kind of digital data. This is slightly different from a portable media player, which stores and plays music and movies.
Walkman Bean The Walkman Bean was a flash memory-based portable media player by Sony. The name refers to its shape, which was modelled after a jellybean, and its ancestor, the original Sony Walkman portable cassette player. The product was released in October 2005, and production ceased in April 2006.
Portable media player A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files. The data is typically stored on a CD, DVD, flash memory, microdrive, or hard drive. Most portable media players are equipped with a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which users can plug headphones into, or connect to a boombox or hifi system. In contrast, analog portable audio players play music from non-digital media that use analog signal storage, such as cassette tapes or vinyl records.
Portable Media Center Portable Media Center (PMC) is a defunct hard drive-based portable media player (PMP) platform developed by Microsoft. Announced at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and released in early 2004, it was originally positioned as a competitor to Apple's iPod.
K-PEX 100 The K-Pex 100 (Kingston Portable Entertainment eXperience) is a portable media player produced by Kingston Technologies. It is capable of playing transcoded videos (.mpx), viewing still images (.jpg), and playing music files (.mp3, .wma). It also comes with 2 games. It is a rebranded Cenix GMP-M6, which is from Korea. Production of the K-PEX has been discontinued.
Hinduism and LGBT topics Hindu views of homosexuality and, in general, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) issues, are diverse and different Hindu groups have distinct views. Homosexuality is regarded as one of the possible expressions of human desire. Although some Hindu dharmic texts contain injunctions against homosexuality, a number of Hindu mythic stories have portrayed homosexual experience as natural and joyful. There are several Hindu temples which have carvings that depict both men and women engaging in homosexual sex. Same-sex relations and gender variance have been represented within Hinduism from Vedic times through to the present day, in rituals, law books, religious or so-called mythical narratives, commentaries, paintings, and sculpture. The extent to which these representations embrace or reject homosexuality has been disputed within the religion as well as outside of it. In 2009, The United Kingdom Hindu Council issued a statement that 'Hinduism does not condemn homosexuality', subsequent to the decision of the Delhi High Court to legalise homosexuality in India.. The Supreme Court of India subsequently overturned the capital high court's decision in a move cheered by domestic Hindu groups in India such as the influential right-wing RSS, which concedes it should be "kept to the bedroom," does not believe it illegal but immoral as it is considered a rare condition
Sacred Heart Parish Complex The Sacred Heart Parish Complex is historic former Roman Catholic church complex located at 321 S. Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It consists of five buildings built between 1899 and 1936, including a fine Gothic Revival stone church. A historic district encompassing the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2011. The complex was sold by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston in 2004 in order to help pay for the liabilities related to the homosexual sex abuse scandal, payouts for the scandal so far is approximately $ 4,000,000,000 (4 billion) church wide.
Ages of consent in Europe The ages of consent vary by jurisdiction across Europe. The ages of consent are currently set between 14 and 18. The vast majority of countries set their ages in the range of 14 to 16; only five countries, Cyprus (17), Ireland (17), Malta (18), Turkey (18) and Vatican City (18), do not fit into this pattern. The laws can also stipulate the specific activities that are permitted or differentially specify the age at which a given sex can participate. Below is a discussion of the various laws dealing with this subject. The highlighted age is that at which, or above which, an individual can engage in unfettered sexual relations with another who is also at or above that age. In 2014, the self-declared state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus lifted the ban on sodomy, decriminalizing homosexual sex. All jurisdictions in Europe have an equal and gender-neutral age limit.
The Homosexual Matrix The Homosexual Matrix is a book by American psychologist Clarence Arthur Tripp, in which the author discussed the biological and sociological implications of homosexuality, and also attempted to explain heterosexuality and bisexuality. The book was first published in 1975 by McGraw-Hill Book Company, and later republished in a revised edition in 1987. Tripp argued that people do not become homosexual due to factors such as hormone levels, fear of the opposite sex, or the influence of dominant and close-binding mothers, that the amount of attention fathers give to their sons has no effect on the development of homosexuality, that psychoanalytic theories of the development of homosexuality are untenable and based on false assumptions, and that sexual orientation is not innate and depends on learning. Tripp considered early puberty and early masturbation important factors in the development of male homosexuality, and maintained that a majority of people are heterosexual because their socialization has made them want to be heterosexual. He also argued in favor of social tolerance of homosexuality and non-conformist behavior in general.
Article 200 Article 200 ("Articolul 200" in Romanian) was a section of the Penal Code of Romania that criminalised homosexual relationships. It was introduced in 1968, under the communist regime, during the rule Nicolae Ceauşescu, and remained in force until it was repealed by the Năstase government on 22 June 2001. Under pressure from the Council of Europe, it had been amended on 14 November 1996, when homosexual sex in private between two consenting adults was decriminalised. However, the amended Article 200 continued to criminalise same-sex relationships if they were displayed publicly or caused a "public scandal". It also continued to ban the promotion of homosexual activities, as well as the formation of gay-centred organisations (including LGBT rights organisations). Until it was repealed completely in 2001, the article was seen as the last Romanian law that discriminated against gays.
Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi is a landmark Indian case decided by a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court, which held that treating consensual homosexual sex between adults as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's Constitution. The verdict resulted in the decriminalisation of homosexual acts involving consenting adults throughout India. This was later challenged in the Supreme Court of India.
The Littlest Victims The Littlest Victims is a 1989 CBS produced bio-drama about Dr. James Oleske. The TV film was written byKenneth Cavender and JJ Towne and directed by Peter Levin. Dr. Oleske was the first U.S. physician to diagnose AIDS in children during the epidemic's early years when it was widely thought to be spread only though homosexual sex. It starred Tim Matheson as Oleske and was first broadcast on April 23, 1989.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche in 1992, is a presentation of the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" or "Bardo Thodol". The author wrote, "I have written "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" as the quintessence of the heart-advice of all my masters, to be a new "Tibetan Book of the Dead" and a "Tibetan Book of Life"." The book explores: the message of impermanence; evolution, karma and rebirth; the nature of mind and how to train the mind through meditation; how to follow a spiritual path in this day and age; the practice of compassion; how to care for and show love to the dying, and spiritual practices for the moment of death.
The Big Moo The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable (2005) is a collection of short essays on marketing. The essays were written by 32 different well-known authors in the field. They included Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki, Mark Cuban, and Dan Pink. The specific author of each essay, however, was not identified. The book's editor, Seth Godin said that to identify which author wrote what essay would have been a distraction. The goal of the book was to spark people's imaginations as well as raise money for charity. Proceeds from the book are donated to the Acumen Fund, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, and Room to Read.
Joost Schouten Joost Schouten (c1600-1644) was a Dutch East Indies Company figure of considerable repute, in demand as an astute administrator, diplomat, courtier and negotiator for this Dutch colonial and mercantile outpost in the South-East Asian archipelago today known as Indonesia. In July 1644, Schouten was found to have engaged in homosexual sex with numerous men. Convicted of sodomy, a capital offence in the seventeenth-century Netherlands, he was burnt at the stake.