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1402986 | Beiersdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beiersdorf | Beiersdorf
founded as a subsidiary of Beiersdorf AG. From the very first year, tesa was able to assert its position in the market. Today it offers about 6.500 different adhesive products and adhesive systems.
On April 1, 2001, the company founded an independent subsidiary, BSN Medical as a joint venture of Beiersdorf ... | 18,300 |
1402986 | Beiersdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beiersdorf | Beiersdorf
"Beiersdorf Shared Services GmbH" was founded in 2002.
BSS, to which Beiersdorf's IT and accounting services were outsourced, operates independently but serves as an internal partner for the whole Beiersdorf group. BSS employs 350 people worldwide, 275 of them in Hamburg.
In 2003, a 2-year bidding war ende... | 18,301 |
1402986 | Beiersdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beiersdorf | Beiersdorf
HGV created such a solution. The Herz family, owner of the German company Tchibo, who already had a stake in Beiersdorf, increased their holdings to 49.9%. Allianz still held 3.6%; Beiersdorf AG bought up 7.4% of its shares, of which 3% were given to the Beiersdorf pension fund. Another share holder, a priva... | 18,302 |
1402986 | Beiersdorf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beiersdorf | Beiersdorf
its brand Nivea. For over 70 years, all of Beiersdorf's products were imported into India. However, Beiersdorf built its first manufacturing facility in the Indian city of Sanand, located in the state of Gujarat. This factory also houses an R&D facility which focuses on innovations for Indian consumers as we... | 18,303 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
Queen Street, Auckland
Queen Street is the major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand's main population centre. It starts at Queens Wharf on the Auckland waterfront, adjacent to the Britomart Transport Centre and the Downtown Ferry Terminal, and runs increasingly mo... | 18,304 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
parallel to the shore of Commercial Bay. The early route of Queen Street led up the middle of a gully following the bank of the Waihorotiu Stream (later bounded in as the 'Ligar Canal'). This canal was culverted beneath the street from the 1870s onward, allowing for further development of the str... | 18,305 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
central city. Auckland was also called the "Queen City" since before the turn of the 20th century, though that term is now overshadowed by the nickname "City of Sails".
# History.
## Street, Stream and Canal.
Settlement in the Queen Street area began in 1841 with a number of wooden buildings a... | 18,306 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
a fire in 1858 destroyed around 50 buildings in High Street and Shortland Street, the commercial district began to shift towards Queen Street instead, and the first brick and plaster buildings of the 1860s started to cement this move, with the Bank of New Zealand building (only the façade extant ... | 18,307 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
with areas such as Ponsonby Road and Remuera. In 1900, the first motorcar was admired on the street, and in 1902 the street was finally asphalted, the first street in New Zealand. The same year the first electric trams also arrived, to provide services until 1956.
The late 19th and early 20th ce... | 18,308 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
broke out in the adjacent Aotea Square in late 1984. During the second half of the 20th century, many of the older buildings on Queen Street were demolished to make space for larger office buildings.
# Character.
Queen Street is known by reputation all over the country, even by people who have ... | 18,309 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
and other events of political, cultural or sporting nature. Together with adjacent High Street, it is the main retail precinct of the central city, with most national store, bank and restaurant franchises having a branch on the street. Several important other local businesses, such as the Smith &... | 18,310 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
and 20,000 people in private vehicles used Queen Street daily. The Council anticipated that the private car share would drop by around 15%. An editorial of "The New Zealand Herald" accused Council of using overestimated public transport user numbers for political purposes to support its bus lane ... | 18,311 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
Junction on Melbourne's tram network has been the sole grand union left in the Southern Hemisphere.
# 2006—2008 upgrade.
Public perception in the early 2000s was that Queen Street had lost some of its good reputation in the previous decades, with a rundown and uncoordinated streetscape and the ... | 18,312 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
from the existing footpath, were used to denote special areas – such as those related to the existence of the old Waihorotiu Stream. New street furniture (such as multi-purpose poles for lighting, signage and pennants) and new trees and other landscaping were added to create a 'boulevard effect'.... | 18,313 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
an improved entrance to Myers Park) falling victim to the blowout. While Council noted in June 2007 that progress had often been quicker than expected, the cost overruns, and the long duration of the construction works – which substantially affected pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic as well as... | 18,314 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
and sense of place.
## Upgrade priorities.
To accommodate construction work, Auckland City Council reduced traffic lanes for vehicles to one lane in each direction in early 2007. A proposal was made for this to become permanent, with extended public transport provisions such as bus lanes and cy... | 18,315 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
and longer traffic signal phases for pedestrians, while three new signalised pedestrian crossings were introduced mid-block, at accident 'black spots'. Also undertaken was a reduction of on-street parking spaces from 81 to 51, part of the prioritisation for pedestrians. The remaining spaces becam... | 18,316 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
brick and sandstone building is in the Edwardian Baroque style. It was renovated in 1986 at a cost of $11 million.
- Endeans Building, 1914–15. Corner of Queen Street and Quay Street. Built by John Endean, a prominent hotel proprietor, in 1905 and rebuilt 10 years later after a fire. Chilwell an... | 18,317 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
Centre. Campbell was the Government Architect, and consequently this building has similar features to the New Zealand Parliament Buildings in Wellington, which were constructed around the same time.
- (Former) Custom House, 1888. Thomas Mahoney architect, 22 Customs St. This building displays th... | 18,318 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
of the street is where the majority of the high-rise buildings are located. These are mostly 20th century in origin, although a number of 19th century structures survive. Many large corporations, insurance companies and banks had substantial buildings on Queen Street and in some cases their head ... | 18,319 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
period. The Dilworth Building is a reinforced concrete structure encased in Portland stone. William Gummer had been trained in the offices of Sir Edwin Lutyens, and this building shows influence of this connection.
- The Queens Arcade – 34 Queen Street. 1920s Neo-classical building linking the e... | 18,320 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
The Deloitte Centre – 80 Queen Street. New tower designed by Woods Bagot Architects which incorporates the Jean Batten State Building.
- Jean Batten State Building – Named after the pioneer New Zealand aviator Jean Batten. Designed by John Mair, government architect in 1937 and completed in 1940... | 18,321 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
lobby is arguably the best Art-Deco interior in Auckland. The addition to the east dates from 1968 and is on the site of a Victorian Pub.
- General Building – 33 Shortland Street. Neo-Classical skyscraper built for the Yorkshire Insurance Company. Designed by W R Bloomfield in 1928. Bloomfield w... | 18,322 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
sandstone imported from Hobart, Australia, this building was originally only five bays wide, and in 1882 two more bays were added on the Queen Street facade. In 1986 this building was substantially altered, and now only the facade remains, attached to a large high rise office building.
- Vulcan ... | 18,323 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
as the city was being transformed from the low-rise buildings of the 19th century to the high-rise buildings of the 20th century.
- Landmark House, formerly Auckland Electric Power Board Building 1927. Wade & Bartley architects. Cnr Queen St and Durham St east. This is an example of the early Ar... | 18,324 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
Victoria St East. The first three stories are in the Victorian Italianate style. Internally the building retains its timber columns and floor structure. In 1910 John Court opened his department store in the building and in 1916 added three stories in the same style.
- AMP Building – 220 Queen St... | 18,325 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
700). Renovated in 1970 this Edwardian shopping arcade has remained largely unaltered.
- Auckland Savings Bank Building, 1884. Edward Bartley architect. 260 Queen St. This is an example of the mid Victorian italianate style. The facade displays columns and panels of coloured marble and granite. ... | 18,326 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
architects. 269 Queen St. This is one of the best remaining examples of an atmospheric theatre. The monumental Art Deco stripped-classical facade hides a lavish Hollywood inspired interior. The lobby is a reproduction of an Indian rock temple decorated with 500 elephants. The auditorium is decora... | 18,327 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
building in the 1920s Hollywood/Spanish style designed for vaudeville but wired for talking pictures in 1929. The stage capacity, acoustics and seating sightlines meant this theatre was superior to the other venues of the period (His Majesty's, King's Theatre, and the Auckland Opera House); even ... | 18,328 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
after Lord Bledisloe (Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935). This was the only one of a complex of six identical buildings planned for the environs of what is now Aotea Square. The other five buildings were to be the new Town Hall, a City Administration block, a new Public Library, p... | 18,329 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
including the 1911 Town Hall and the Civic Theatre. The Bledisloe Building was renovated in 2014 by Auckland Council.
- Aotea Centre, 1990. Ewen Wainscott architect. Initially proposed in 1949 as the Auckland Centennial Hall, construction of this building was delayed for several decades. Intende... | 18,330 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
with the 1911 Town Hall on the far side of Aotea Square. Is considered to be Auckland's first 'skyscraper'.
- Auckland Town Hall, 1911. J. Clark & Sons architects. 303 Queen St. A Melbourne firm designed this building in the English Baroque style. It is built of Melbourne Bluestone and Oamaru st... | 18,331 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
is the uptown district, centred on Myers Park. This is often referred to as Upper Queen Street, although that name actually refers to a separate continuation of Queen Street on the other side of the K'Road ridge. The most significant buildings in this area are the:
- 'Queen Street Shops' – 456–4... | 18,332 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
the glazed tile work surrounds.
- Theosophical Society Building, 1923. Henry Robinson architect. Located at the Queen St entrance to Myers Park, this is a fine example of interwar neo-classical architecture for the Theosophical Society replacing an earlier structure from 1912 located further dow... | 18,333 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
Near the corner of Queen St & Karangahape Road. Large Imperial Roman temple. The interior has decorative ceiling stencilwork in the neo-classical style by Samuel and Charles Blomfield.
Beyond the Karangahape Road ridge the southernmost 500 metres of the street is called Upper Queen Street, and i... | 18,334 |
905778 | Queen Street, Auckland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen%20Street,%20Auckland | Queen Street, Auckland
on, the largest interchange on the New Zealand state highway network.
# References.
- "The Lively Capital, Auckland 1840–1865" – Una Platts, Avon Fine Prints Limited New Zealand 1971.
- "The Heart of Colonial Auckland, 1865–1910" – Terence Hodgson. Random Century NZ Ltd 1992.
- "Colonial Arch... | 18,335 |
905800 | Carmack | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carmack | Carmack
Carmack
Carmack is a surname derived from the Celtic given name "Cormac". Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Carmack (born 1969), game artist, cofounder of id Software
- Chris Carmack (born 1980), American actor
- Edward W. Carmack (1858–1908), American politician
- George Carmack (1860–1922... | 18,336 |
905800 | Carmack | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carmack | Carmack
merican politician
- George Carmack (1860–1922), American discoverer of gold in the Klondike region
- Howard Carmack, Internet spammer
- John Carmack (born 1970), American game programmer, co-founder of id Software
- Justin Carmack (1981-2000), American child actor
- Kate Carmack (1862–1920), First Nation ... | 18,337 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Baron Davis
Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who is a studio analyst for "The NBA on TNT". He is a two-time NBA All-Star. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He also played in the NBA f... | 18,338 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
His grandmother and guardian, Lela Nicholson, was instrumental in pushing him to play basketball. With her encouragement, he eventually enrolled at Crossroads School, a prestigious private school in Santa Monica.
As a senior at Crossroads, Davis led his team to the championship of The Beach Ball Classic to... | 18,339 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
in the prestigious McDonald's All-American High School Basketball Game in Colorado Springs in 1997, playing with future NBA players Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Larry Hughes and Ron Artest, and winning the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest despite being the smallest man in the competition at 6'2".
# College career.
... | 18,340 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
was sold to her by a member of Jim Harrick's family. At the time, Harrick was the UCLA men's basketball coach, presenting both a conflict of interest and a potential recruiting violation, since rumor had it that the car was purchased below market value. The controversy subsided when it was discovered that D... | 18,341 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
his freshman year, he injured his knee and tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Surprisingly, though, he made a full recovery the next season and seemed to have regained nearly all of the speed, quickness, and explosiveness he had before the injury while doing enough on the basketball court to warrant... | 18,342 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Wesley, as the Hornets lost in the first round of the playoffs to the 76ers in four games.
Davis saw better success the following year, as his averages in points, assists, steals and minutes per game all increased and he started all 82 games for the Hornets. Davis lead the Hornets back into the playoffs, a... | 18,343 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
18 points and 8.5 assists per game. He was also selected as an injury replacement for Vince Carter in the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. The Hornets made the playoffs with Davis for the third time in as many years, but after defeating the Tracy McGrady-led Orlando Magic in the opening round, they were eliminated i... | 18,344 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Iverson-led Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. Iverson would later describe Davis as the most difficult defensive assignment of his career. The following season saw a similar result, injuries limited Davis to 67 games and the Hornets were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the Dwyane Wade-led ... | 18,345 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
24, 2005, Davis was traded from the Hornets to the Golden State Warriors for guard Speedy Claxton and veteran forward Dale Davis after tension with the Hornets' coaching staff and several nagging injuries. The move created one of the more potent backcourts in the NBA with Davis and star guard Jason Richards... | 18,346 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
surgery during the season, he still led the Warriors to their first playoff appearance since 1994. The Warriors swept the regular season series against the Mavericks 3–0, giving them an advantage and won the series against the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks 4–2, making them the 1st No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 s... | 18,347 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
athletic and creative and explosive." Davis' playoff highlights included numerous acrobatic layups, a buzzer-beating half-court three-pointer, and a memorable dunk over Andrei Kirilenko. The Utah Jazz eliminated the undersized Warriors 4 games to 1. Davis averaged 25.3 points, 6.5 assists, 2.9 steals, and 4... | 18,348 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
possible friction between Davis and Nelson, which Nelson denied. After the 2007–08 season, in which the Warriors were narrowly edged out of playoff contention despite a record of 48–34 (led by Davis – who remained injury-free throughout the season – with averages of 21.8 PPG, 7.6 assists, 2.3 steals, 4.6 RP... | 18,349 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Angeles Clippers, and officially signed with the Clippers on July 10, 2008. Davis initially decided to join the Clippers with the intent of playing with Elton Brand, but Brand shockingly opted out of his contract to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers. After officially signing with the Clippers, Davis said tha... | 18,350 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
crosstown rival Kobe Bryant's popularity.
Davis' first year with the Clippers was marked with a series of injuries and disappointments, as the Clippers struggled to a 19–63 record in which Davis was only able to play 65 games, and saw his points per game average and field goal percentage take a steep decli... | 18,351 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Davis saw some success playing alongside youngsters Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan and Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin. While Davis was finally showing the ability that prompted Clippers management to sign him, run-ins with the coaching staff and Clippers' owner Donald Sterling as well as the team's decision ... | 18,352 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
and former coach Byron Scott, to which Davis was quoted as saying "I know we're together for a reason. There's some things my game can benefit from just playing in his system". Davis chose to wear no. 85 to honor his grandparents who raised him in Los Angeles and whose house was on 85th Street. In his debut... | 18,353 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
over LeBron James and the Miami Heat, to ensure that Cleveland did not have the worst record in the league at the season's end.
On December 14, 2011, the Cavaliers waived Davis via the amnesty clause. He still made the $30 million over the two years left on his contract, but it did not count against Clevel... | 18,354 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
choosing New York over the Lakers and Heat who also expressed interest in signing Davis. At the time of the signing, Davis had a herniated disk in his back. He did not make his debut for the Knicks until February 20, 2012, coming off the bench to score a three-pointer along with an assist.
Davis took over ... | 18,355 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
a partial tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee and complete tears of the right ACL and MCL.
## Later years and comeback (2012–2016).
Davis became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2012, but he was expected to be out until May 2013 while recovering from his surgery. He made a return to t... | 18,356 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
in a 114–106 loss to the Iowa Energy, recording eight points, one rebound, four assists and three steals in 19 minutes off the bench. In six games for Delaware to conclude the 2015–16 season, Davis averaged 12.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
Davis participated in NBA Celebrity ... | 18,357 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
First-team All-Pac-10 (1999)
- Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1998)
- Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (1998)
- Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team
- UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame (2016)
- High school
- Gatorade Player of the Year (1997)
- McDonald's All-American (1997)
- California Mr. Basketball (1997)
... | 18,358 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Dern.
## Broadcasting career.
Since 2017, Davis is also a regular panelist during NBA on TNT's Monday coverage called "Players Only", which features only former NBA players as studio analysts, play by play announcers, and color analysts for games.
## Film and television.
In addition to his NBA career, D... | 18,359 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
in movies and on television, and has also been involved in producing a number of films, ranging from "The Pool Boys" to "". Davis and high school friend, Cash Warren, formed a production company called "Verso Entertainment" in 2005.
Davis appeared on the DVD commentary track of the 2008 film "Step Brothers... | 18,360 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
Davis co-starred alongside Kyrie Irving, Ray Allen and J. B. Smoove as Louis in the fourth episode of "Uncle Drew", a series of Pepsi Max advertisements written and directed by Irving.
In Mozart in the Jungle's last three episodes of the third season, Davis made a special guest appearance as Kevin Majors, ... | 18,361 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
the basketball player did some voiceover work for the series "TripTank", as Stedmund the horse.
## Business.
In 2012, Davis formed the gaming company "5 Balloons Interactive" with Sean O’Brien, formerly of EA Sports, to produce games for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Their first game was called "Getti... | 18,362 |
1402941 | Baron Davis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baron%20Davis | Baron Davis
horse.
## Business.
In 2012, Davis formed the gaming company "5 Balloons Interactive" with Sean O’Brien, formerly of EA Sports, to produce games for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Their first game was called "Getting Buckets".
In 2016, Davis created the Black Santa Company which sells shirts, beanies,... | 18,363 |
905828 | Francis Kellogg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Kellogg | Francis Kellogg
Francis Kellogg
Francis Kellogg may refer to:
- Francis William Kellogg (1810–1879), U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan and Alabama
- Francis L. Kellogg (1917–2006), American diplomat | 18,364 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
Dave Parker
David Gene Parker (born June 9, 1951), nicknamed "The Cobra", is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion. Parker was the first professional athlete to earn an average of one million dollars per year, having signed a... | 18,365 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
26 in 1977.
He was a baseball All-Star in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, and 1990. In the 1979 All-Star Game, Parker showcased his defensive ability and powerful arm by throwing out Jim Rice at third base and Angels catcher Brian Downing at home. Parker also contributed an RBI on a sacrifice fly and w... | 18,366 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
at tailback but injured a knee in a game during his senior year and gave up the game. Also a baseball star, one of his fondest memories is playing at Western Hills High School (alma mater of Pete Rose), where he hit a home run that landed on the roof of a Frisch's restaurant.
# Playing career.
## Pittsbur... | 18,367 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
only player in history to have worn batting helmets from two different teams—neither of them his own—in the same game, wearing a San Diego Padres helmet early on before swapping it out for a Cincinnati Reds one.
In 1977, he was National League batting champion, a feat he repeated in 1978 when he was named ... | 18,368 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
instrumental part of the Pirates' World Series championship team.
During a game in 1979, a powerful hit he made to right field was very difficult to throw into the infield, because he had "knocked the cover off the ball." One of the seams on the ball ruptured, making nearly half of the cover come loose.
P... | 18,369 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
Greatest Baseball Players of All Time". The authors, noting that Parker had succeeded Roberto Clemente at the position, wrote, "Someone must have a fondness for right field in Pittsburgh."
Parker took after his Pirates teammate Willie Stargell in warming up in the on-deck circle with a sledgehammer (when m... | 18,370 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
his hometown, he returned to the form that made him an All-Star in Pittsburgh. In 1985, he enjoyed his best season since he won the 1978 MVP with a .312 batting average, 34 home runs, and 125 RBI. Parker finished second in 1985 MVP voting to Willie McGee.
Following the season, Parker was among several play... | 18,371 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
the 1987 season, Cincinnati traded Parker to the Oakland Athletics for José Rijo and Tim Birtsas. In Oakland, Parker was able to extend his career by spending most of his time as a designated hitter. Although injuries and age caught up to him to a degree – he hit just .257 with 12 homers in 377 at-bats in 1... | 18,372 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
to the Angels for Dante Bichette.
Parker's last season was 1991. He played for the California Angels until late in the season when he was released. The Toronto Blue Jays then signed him as insurance for the pennant race, and Parker hit .333 in limited action. Since he was acquired too late in the season, h... | 18,373 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
hitting instructor for Pittsburgh. He owned several Popeye's Chicken franchises in Cincinnati until selling his interest in them in 2012 after 25 years.
Parker never got more than 24% of votes on Hall of Fame ballots, and his 15-year Baseball Writers' Association of America eligibility was exhausted on the... | 18,374 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
has had both of his knees replaced due to injuries from his playing career. In 2013, he confirmed to the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He is involved in raising money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease through the Dave Parker 39 Foundation.
Parker has ... | 18,375 |
905783 | Dave Parker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave%20Parker | Dave Parker
- List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
- List of Maj... | 18,376 |
905826 | Fogarty's Cove | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fogarty's%20Cove | Fogarty's Cove
Fogarty's Cove
Fogarty's Cove is a 1977 folk music album by Stan Rogers.
The CD was one of several Stan Rogers albums reissued in 2011 by Borealis Records. The reissued CDs featured completely new cover artwork. | 18,377 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a protocol developed for harvesting metadata descriptions of records in an archive so that services can be built using metadata ... | 18,378 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
was working with researchers and librarians at Los Alamos National Laboratory (US) and called a meeting to address difficulties related to interoperability issues of e-print servers and digital repositories. The meeting was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Octob... | 18,379 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Santa Fe Convention. It was discovered at the workshops that the problems faced by the e-print community were also shared by libraries, museums, journal publishers, and others who needed to share distributed resources. To address these needs, the Coalition for N... | 18,380 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
at a workshop in Washington D.C., and another in February in Berlin, Germany. Subsequent modifications to the XML standard by the W3C required making minor modifications to OAI-PMH resulting in version 1.1. The current version, 2.0, was released in June 2002. It... | 18,381 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
at Urbana-Champaign
- 3. The Celestial OAI registry
- 4. Eprint’s Institutional Archives Registry
- 5. Openarchives.eu The European Guide to OAI-PMH compliant repositories in the world
- 6. ScientificCommons.org A worldwide service and registry
- 7. Finna.f... | 18,382 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
an OAI-PMH repository to provide feeds of Wikipedia and related site updates for search engines and other bulk analysis/republishing endeavors. Especially when dealing with thousands of files being harvested every day, OAI-PMH can help in reducing the network tr... | 18,383 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
records from "repositories". Requests for data can be based on a datestamp range, and can be restricted to named sets defined by the provider. Data providers are required to provide XML metadata in Dublin Core format, and may also provide it in other XML formats... | 18,384 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
the PANGAEA (data library), SimpleDL from Roaring Development, and jOAI.
# Archives.
A number of large archives support the protocol including arXiv and the CERN Document Server.
# Workshops.
A dedicated workshop, The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarl... | 18,385 |
905790 | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open%20Archives%20Initiative%20Protocol%20for%20Metadata%20Harvesting | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
.
- Data format management
- Digital curation
- Digital preservation
- File format
- Dublin Core, an ISO metadata standard
- National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP)
- National Digital Library Program (NDLP)
- Metadat... | 18,386 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
Conny Plank
Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a West German record producer and musician. He was born in Hütschenhausen. His innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scenes helped to shape postwar European popular music. Plank oversaw... | 18,387 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
1979 and 1986. The Moebius & Plank sound foreshadowed techno and electronica and influenced many later musicians.
# Style and influence.
Plank and the bands he worked with in West Germany had a strong influence on mainstream rock artists, some of whom were able to popularize aspects of his production tech... | 18,388 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
or natural sounds given unconventional treatments, such as using large metal containers and other industrial objects as percussion instruments.
Plank used multi-track recording facilities. He favored sometimes harsh-sounding effects and contrasting audio for each element in the mix. Plank used combinations... | 18,389 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
with specially inserted microphones to provide an unusual percussion sound.
# Career.
## The 1960s.
Plank began producing albums and working as a sound engineer in the late 1960s and became involved in the underground music scene which was spreading outwards through Germany from Berlin. In 1969 he served... | 18,390 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
The 1970s.
During the 1970s Conny Plank produced and/or engineered many recordings by significant German progressive/experimental music acts often referred to as krautrock internationally, including Kraftwerk, Organisation, Neu!, Cluster, Harmonia, Night Sun, Holger Czukay and Guru Guru.
In 1977, through ... | 18,391 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
debut album. In 1978 and 1979 he added guitar and percussion to two Roedelius solo albums, "Durch Die Wüste" and "Selbstportrait". He was a member of the short lived band Liliental, contributing guitar, keyboards, and vocals. In 1979 he went into the studio with Dieter Moebius to record the first Moebius & ... | 18,392 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
predecessors of techno and electronica. In 1983, Moebius & Plank also recorded the album "Ludwig's Law" using an Emulator, an early form of sampling keyboard that enabled them to duplicate other instruments without having musicians to play them. Mayo Thompson of Red Krayola contributed vocals, mainly spoken... | 18,393 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
of electronic pop and new wave artists, including Devo, The Meteors from the Netherlands, ("Hunger" in 1980) and ("Stormy Seas" in 1981), , Ultravox ("Systems of Romance", "Vienna" and "Rage in Eden"), Freur and The Tourists ("Luminous Basement"), Eurythmics ("In the Garden"). He also worked on pop and rock... | 18,394 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
& the Bunnymen, Les Rita Mitsouko, and Nina Hagen.
According to René Tinner and Stephan Plank in a radio documentary about the life of Conny Plank, it was Brian Eno's idea that Plank should produce the U2-album The Joshua Tree instead of him. After being introduced to the band by Eno and after a short meet... | 18,395 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
producer, after which Plank is said to have left the concert and never communicated further with any member of U2.
# Death.
Plank fell ill while touring South America with Dieter Moebius, Arno Steffen and Detlef Wiederhoeft performing music from "Ludwig's Law". Some of Plank's last work, before his death ... | 18,396 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
for sale in May 2006. Fast died on 1 June 2006. Conny's famous hand-built mixing desk was bought by English producer David M. Allen and transported to England. The desk was originally designed and built by Plank in 1970, altered and upgraded consistently until his death in 1987. The 56 channel desk was a cu... | 18,397 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
installed at Club Ralf, the private studio of producer Mark Ralf, where it was used to record and mix a range of work including all or parts of "In Our Heads" and "Why Make Sense" by Hot Chip, "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action" by Franz Ferdinand and "Communion" by Years and Years. It is currently ... | 18,398 |
905775 | Conny Plank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conny%20Plank | Conny Plank
acilities were used. The dates refer to the year of first release.
# Documentary.
"Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise", a 92 minute documentary film directed by Reto Caduff and Plank's son Stephan Plank, was released in September 2017.
# Notes.
The Conny Plank Webseite
# References.
- Curry, Russ A ... | 18,399 |
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