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4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
led to the Iron Curtain resulted in up to 350,000 people, mostly Italians, choosing to leave Istria (and even Dalmatia and northern "Venezia Giulia").
Furthermore, the nearly complete disappearance of the Dalmatian Italians (there were 45,000 or nearly 20% of the total Dalmatian population in ... | 36,300 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
homeland, were herded together in former concentration camps and prisons. Exiles also encountered hostility from those Italians who viewed them as taking away scarce food and jobs. Following the exodus, the areas were settled with Yugoslav people.
In a 1991 interview with the Italian magazine ... | 36,301 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
Yugoslav politician: a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party's Central Committee, in charge of its department of propaganda.
During the years 1946 and 1947 there was also a counter-exodus. In a gesture of comradeship hundreds of Italians Communists workers from the city of Monfalcone and Trie... | 36,302 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
Poreč and Pula Raffaele Radossi was replaced by Slovene Mihovil Toroš on 2 July 1947. In September 1946 while Bishop Radossi was in Žbandaj officiating a confirmation local activists surrounded him in a Partisan kolo dance.
Bishop Radossi subsequently moved from the bishop's residence in Poreč... | 36,303 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
place in the following years:
- 1943
- 1945
- 1947
- 1954
The first period took place after the surrender of the Italian army and the beginning of the first wave of anti-fascist violence.
The Wehrmacht was engaged in a front-wide retreat from the Yugoslav Partisans, along with the local c... | 36,304 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
Many landmarks and centuries old works of art were destroyed. A significant number of civilians fled the city.
In late October 1944 the German army and most of the Italian civilian administration abandoned the city. On 31 October 1944, the Partisans seized the city, until then a part of Mussol... | 36,305 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
and other forms of pressure from the Yugoslavs authorities to establish control.
On 2–3 May 1945, Rijeka was occupied by vanguards of the Yugoslav Army. Here more than 500 collaborators, Italian military and public servants were summarily executed; the leaders of the local Autonomist Party, in... | 36,306 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
the interruption of transport services (by both land and sea) to the city of Trieste, the heavy taxation of salaries of those who worked in Zone A and lived in Zone B, the persecution of clergy and teachers, and economic hardship caused by the creation of a special border currency, the Jugolira... | 36,307 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
as its residents left all their possessions and "opted" for Italian citizenship. 28,000 of the city's population of 32,000 left. The evacuation of the residents has been organized by Italian civil and Allied military authorities in March 1947, in anticipation of the city's passage from the cont... | 36,308 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
estimates of the exodus by historians:
- Vladimir Žerjavić (Croat), 191,421 Italian exiles from Croatian territory.
- Nevenka Troha (Slovene), 40,000 Italian and 3,000 Slovene exiles from Slovenian territory.
- Raoul Pupo (Italian), about 250,000 Italian exiles
- Flaminio Rocchi (Italian), ... | 36,309 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
had left the peninsula after the war.
## Famous exiles.
Those whose families left Istria or Dalmatia in the post-World War II period include:
- Alida Valli, film actress
- Mario Andretti, racing driver
- Lidia Bastianich, chef
- Nino Benvenuti, boxer: three times professional world's cham... | 36,310 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
was confiscated after the war in the Zone B of Free Territory of Trieste.
However, the issue of the property reparation is of big complexity and is still of actuality as by 2014 the exiles have not been compensated yet. Indeed, there is very little probability that exiles out of the Zone B of ... | 36,311 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
inter-ethnic relations was one of the key questions of Yugoslav internal politics. In November 1943, the federation of Yugoslavia was proclaimed by the second assembly of the Anti-Fascist Council of the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ). The fourth paragraph of the proclamation stated t... | 36,312 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
and script, to foster its own culture, to set up organizations for this purpose, and to enjoy other constitutionally guaranteed rights…" (Article 274)
## Historical debate.
There is not yet complete agreement amongst historians about the causes and the events triggering the Istrian exodus.
A... | 36,313 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
on the one hand, there were efforts to stem the flow of emigrants, such as placement of bureaucratic hurdles for emigration and suppression of its local proponents. On the other hand, Italians were pressured to leave quickly and en masse.
If does not appear that Yugoslavia ever meant to exterm... | 36,314 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
is clear, however, that at the peace conferences the new State borders were not being drawn using ideological criteria, but on the basis of national considerations. The ideological criteria were then used to convince the national minorities to line up with one or the other side. To this end soc... | 36,315 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
a policy in the national field was the massive exodus from Pula, following the coming into effect of the peace treaty with Italy (15 September 1947). Great ideological pressure was exerted also at the time of the clash with the Kominform which caused the emigration of numerous sympathisers of t... | 36,316 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
expert findings to-date do not confirm the testimonies of some - although influential - Yugoslav personalities about the intentional expulsion of Italians. Such a plan can be deduced - on the basis of the conduct of the Yugoslav leadership - only after the break with the Informbiro in 1948, whe... | 36,317 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
allowed for the existence of the politically and socially purified Italian population that would respect the ideological orientation and the national policy of the regime. The Yugoslav side perceived the departure of Italians from their native land with growing satisfaction, and in its relation... | 36,318 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
of Yugoslavs to the previously more or less exclusively Italian cities.
# Bibliography.
- A Brief History of Istria by Darko Darovec
- Raoul Pupo, "Il lungo esodo. Istria: le persecuzioni, le foibe, l'esilio", Rizzoli, 2005, .
- Raoul Pupo and Roberto Spazzali, "Foibe", Mondadori, 2003, .
... | 36,319 |
4221261 | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Istrian-Dalmatian%20exodus | Istrian-Dalmatian exodus
urity along the 'World's Most Open Border'"
- Matjaž Klemenčič, "The Effects of the Dissolution of Yugoslavia on Minority Rights: the Italian Minority in Post-Yugoslav Slovenia and Croatia"
- Site of an association of Italian exiles from Istria and Dalmatia
- Slovene-Italian Relations 1880-1... | 36,320 |
4221300 | Emory Creek Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emory%20Creek%20Provincial%20Park | Emory Creek Provincial Park
Emory Creek Provincial Park
Emory Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of the Fraser River just south of the town of Yale. It commemorates the location of a large boomtown, variously known as Emory, Emory Bar or Emory City, that fi... | 36,321 |
4221300 | Emory Creek Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emory%20Creek%20Provincial%20Park | Emory Creek Provincial Park
the area. The area came into the hands of a man named Walker, who felt Emory Creek would become the head of riverboat navigation on the Fraser. Eventually, he sold the land to the Oppenheimer Brothers in early 1879. In the fall of 1879, Emory was chosen by the C.P.R. as the western terminus.... | 36,322 |
4221301 | Eneas Lakes Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eneas%20Lakes%20Provincial%20Park | Eneas Lakes Provincial Park
Eneas Lakes Provincial Park
Eneas Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located west of the town of Peachland, to the south of Peachland Creek. The park is approximately 1036 ha. in size and was established in 1968. The Eneas Lakes lie at the head of Finlay... | 36,323 |
4221302 | English Lake Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=English%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park | English Lake Provincial Park
English Lake Provincial Park
English Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located near Revelstoke, British Columbia, English Lake Provincial Park has an area of 337 hectares. | 36,324 |
4221310 | Alex Antor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alex%20Antor | Alex Antor
Alex Antor
Alex Antor (born 1 April 1979) is an Andorran alpine skier. He represented Andorra at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. He was their flag bearer in the 2006 Opening Ceremonies. | 36,325 |
4221305 | Englishman River Falls Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Englishman%20River%20Falls%20Provincial%20Park | Englishman River Falls Provincial Park
Englishman River Falls Provincial Park
Englishman River Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located west of Parksville and borders the small community of Errington on Vancouver Island.
# Features.
Short year round access hiking trails a... | 36,326 |
4221305 | Englishman River Falls Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Englishman%20River%20Falls%20Provincial%20Park | Englishman River Falls Provincial Park
to 20 ft cliff jumping. Salmon spawning can be observed in season.
The campground has 107 sites, most of which are vehicle access and can be reserved during summer. There is a large day use area. The park covers 97 hectares and includes old-growth and second growth Douglas fir, c... | 36,327 |
4221339 | 57th Directors Guild of America Awards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=57th%20Directors%20Guild%20of%20America%20Awards | 57th Directors Guild of America Awards
57th Directors Guild of America Awards
The 57th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2004, were presented on January 29, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton. The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The... | 36,328 |
4221326 | Kirsty Child | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirsty%20Child | Kirsty Child
Kirsty Child
Kirsty Child is an Australian actress, known for her roles in the television series "Prisoner" and "Neighbours".
# Career.
Child had roles in the movie "Country Town" in 1971 and in the classic 1975 Australian film adaptation of Joan Lindsay's "Picnic at Hanging Rock".
Child had three role... | 36,329 |
4221326 | Kirsty Child | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirsty%20Child | Kirsty Child
in 1979, a prison officer turned drug dealer and Glynis Johnson in 1983, the sister of an inmate. In 1985, she returned in a more prominent role as supercilious fence Willie Beecham who returned at the end of the series' run in 1986.
In 1989, Child had a leading role in the drama series "Inside Running". ... | 36,330 |
4221367 | Sue Jones (actress) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sue%20Jones%20(actress) | Sue Jones (actress)
Sue Jones (actress)
Sue Jones is a Welsh Australian actress best known for her television roles, in soap operas, sitcoms and telemovies, in particular for playing Pam Willis in "Neighbours" from 1990 to 1994, with itinerant returns. She had also played an ongoing role in the situation comedy "The T... | 36,331 |
4221367 | Sue Jones (actress) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sue%20Jones%20(actress) | Sue Jones (actress)
s a Welsh Australian actress best known for her television roles, in soap operas, sitcoms and telemovies, in particular for playing Pam Willis in "Neighbours" from 1990 to 1994, with itinerant returns. She had also played an ongoing role in the situation comedy "The Tea Ladies" (1978), and was Kathy... | 36,332 |
4221385 | Java Optimized Processor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Java%20Optimized%20Processor | Java Optimized Processor
Java Optimized Processor
Java Optimized Processor (JOP)
is a Java processor, an implementation of Java virtual machine (JVM) in hardware.
JOP is free hardware under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
The intention of JOP is to provide a small hardware JVM for embedded real-time syst... | 36,333 |
4221395 | Art Decade | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art%20Decade | Art Decade
Art Decade
"Art Decade" is an instrumental by the English musician David Bowie, released on his 1977 album "Low".
The song is named for a street Bowie had encountered in West Berlin, whose name was a pun on the art deco style. In fact, the song itself is, like the rest of the songs on the b-side of "Low", ... | 36,334 |
4221395 | Art Decade | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art%20Decade | Art Decade
throughout the piece. Bowie's melodic portion of the composition is layered over the synthetic soundscapes of Brian Eno, whose synthesizer effects are reminiscent to those of the
"No Pussyfooting" album from 1973. The song is intentionally repetitive; half the song does not stray from an E major chord while... | 36,335 |
4221395 | Art Decade | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art%20Decade | Art Decade
days he was gone I...dug that out to see if I could do anything with it. I put all those instruments on top of what we had and then he liked it and realised there was hope for it, and he worked on top of that adding more instruments."
# Live versions.
- Performances from the Isolar II Tour have been releas... | 36,336 |
4221395 | Art Decade | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art%20Decade | Art Decade
orked on top of that adding more instruments."
# Live versions.
- Performances from the Isolar II Tour have been released on "Stage" (1978) and "Welcome to the Blackout" (2018).
# Personnel.
- David Bowie: Guitar, Vibraphone, Piano, Chamberlin
- Brian Eno: Piano, Mini Moog, Chamberlin
- Eduard Meyer: C... | 36,337 |
4221414 | Edward Lee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Lee | Edward Lee
Edward Lee
Edward Lee may refer to:
- Edward Lee (basketball) (born 1925), Chinese Olympic basketball player
- Edward Lee (writer) (born 1957), American horror writer
- Edward Lee (bishop) (1482–1544), Archbishop of York, 1531–1544
- Edward Merwin Lee (1835–1913), Union officer during the American Civil... | 36,338 |
4221414 | Edward Lee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Lee | Edward Lee
1905–1969), American professional carom billiards player
- Edward Lee (footballer), early 20th century English association footballer
- Edward Lee (scientist) (1914–2001), British scientist, inventor, and civil servant
- Edward Graham Lee (born 1931), former Canadian ambassador to Israel
- Edward Lee (po... | 36,339 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
Kylie Foster
Kylie Foster (born 3 March 1961) 2 decades as an Australian actress and in later life became a home designer and animal advocate.
# Career.
Kylie Anne Foster is recognized by Australian and international audiences of the 80s and 90's for her recurring roles in popular Australian series.
Sh... | 36,340 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
her sisters were rowing champions in Sydney with Esther training some Olympic competitors. Esther and Marjorie also modelled for various famed artists of the era. Esther became a close companion of Norman Lindsey but they were unable to marry.
Kylie made her acting debut on television appearing as "Belind... | 36,341 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
be a jealous, spoiled and murderous brat; her jealously spirals out of control when she has officer Meg Morris (Elspeth Ballantyne) raped, and the other inmates seek revenge for Meg by cutting off Angels hair. Angel soon cracks, stabbing officer Joan Ferguson (Maggie Kirkpatrick) and putting bleach in Marl... | 36,342 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
to an adult and child audience with comedic timing and humour played at one level for the children yet going over their heads to reach the adults at another level.
When not working Kylie spent much time with her boyfriend and close friends in the very creative NZ band Split Enz and then Crowded House.
Af... | 36,343 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
her partner, an artist, who shared her interests. In Victoria Australia there are a number of properties that have been built by the pair and having married at 50 they keep one coastal conservation property. The couple now spend European summers in houses and apartments they design overseas.
# Filmography... | 36,344 |
4221401 | Kylie Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kylie%20Foster | Kylie Foster
isode, 1991)
- "Quigley Down Under" (1990) as Slattern
- "Skirts" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Home and Away" (1988) TV series as Leanne Dunn (unknown episodes, 1989)
- "Backstage" (1988/I)
- "The Man from Snowy River II'
- "Elliott Loves Diana" (1986) (TV) as Caroline
- "Neighbours" (1985... | 36,345 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
Hempfield High School
Hempfield High School is a public senior high school located in Salunga-Landisville, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves both East and West Hempfield townships and serves as the only high school for Hempfield School District.
# Demographics.
- Grades: 9-12
- County: La... | 36,346 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
Hempfield students have consistently excelled in the Pennsylvania Math League. In 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, the Math Team were the first in their region, and in 2001, 2006, and 2008, they were first in the league.
Hempfield offers a number of Advanced Placement courses, including cl... | 36,347 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
and music.
## Theater.
Hempfield High School is renowned for its extensive theater program and its annual Dance Theatre production. Created by Pat Kautter (now choreographed and directed by Cody Smith), this is a completely original show which features over 100 students. Dance Theatre celebrated... | 36,348 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
is one of the most expensive high school stages in Pennsylvania. It is often rented out by local dance companies and performance groups.
## Music.
The Hempfield Black Knight Marching Band consists of over 100 members. The Symphonic Band is for grades 10-12. The Concert Band is a 50+ performance ... | 36,349 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
bands at Hempfield are supervised by the department chair of music, Dr. Alan Mudrick.
Hempfield is also the home to several choral groups: Hempfield Singers, Bel Cantos, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers. All are under the direction of Dr. Alan Mudrick. Hempfield Singers is a high level choir wh... | 36,350 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
Hempfield orchestras include Symphony Strings, an orchestra tailored to advanced musicians; and Concert Strings, a performing orchestra designed for underclassmen.
All orchestras, bands and choirs perform at either the holiday concert, the winter concert or a spring concert. Some groups have show... | 36,351 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
Sports.
- Baseball
The Hempfield Black Knight Baseball team is currently coached by Jeremy Morrison. Historical highlights and championships:
- Basketball (m/w)
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Field hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Ice hockey (not a PIAA sport)
- Lacrosse (m/w)
- Rugby (m/w; not a... | 36,352 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
League title. He is assisted by Dave Brown, Ian Daecher, Mark Macik, and Matt Wagaman.
## Football.
Led by Head Coach Ron Zeiber, the Hempfield football program has dramatically increased in performance in recent years. They recently have had two straight berths to the PIAA District 3 AAAA playo... | 36,353 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
M. Georgelis.
- Also serves as the home field for Lancaster Inferno minor league soccer team
## Notable athletic alumni.
- Aaron Herr, son of Tom Herr; member of the Louisville Bats, the Class AAA affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds
- Tom Herr, a former Major League Baseball alumnus of the St. Lo... | 36,354 |
4221386 | Hempfield High School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hempfield%20High%20School | Hempfield High School
innati Reds
- Tom Herr, a former Major League Baseball alumnus of the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets; led the Lancaster Barnstormers to the 2006 Atlantic League Championship Series
- John Murray, played goalie for the HHS ice ... | 36,355 |
4221429 | Lauri Merten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauri%20Merten | Lauri Merten
Lauri Merten
Lauri Merten (born July 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson (1983–87) and Lauri Merten-Peterson (1988).
Merten was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She attended Arizona State University and joined the LPGA Tour in 1983.
Merten's three wi... | 36,356 |
4221429 | Lauri Merten | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauri%20Merten | Lauri Merten
, Wisconsin. She attended Arizona State University and joined the LPGA Tour in 1983.
Merten's three wins on the LPGA Tour came at the 1983 Rail Charity Golf Classic, the 1984 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic and the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open, which is one of the LPGA's major championships. 1993 was her best year on... | 36,357 |
4221445 | 1 William Street | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1%20William%20Street | 1 William Street
1 William Street
1 William Street is an office building in the southern portion of the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The building has had a number of names, originally the J. & W. Seligman & Company Building, and later the Lehman Brothers Building, today it is the Banca Comme... | 36,358 |
4221445 | 1 William Street | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1%20William%20Street | 1 William Street
the building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
This building is noted in Stephen Birmingham's book, "": "James [Seligman] found a corner location in downtown Manhattan and rented it. 'J. [for Joseph] Seligman & Brothers, Merchants' opened for business... | 36,359 |
4221445 | 1 William Street | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1%20William%20Street | 1 William Street
g was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
This building is noted in Stephen Birmingham's book, "": "James [Seligman] found a corner location in downtown Manhattan and rented it. 'J. [for Joseph] Seligman & Brothers, Merchants' opened for business at No. 5 W... | 36,360 |
4221408 | Weeping Wall (instrumental) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weeping%20Wall%20(instrumental) | Weeping Wall (instrumental)
Weeping Wall (instrumental)
"Weeping Wall" is an instrumental piece by David Bowie from his album "Low", released in 1977.
The track has been described by Bowie as intending to evoke the misery of the Berlin Wall, being a portrait piece like the other music on Side Two of "Low". The princi... | 36,361 |
4221408 | Weeping Wall (instrumental) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weeping%20Wall%20(instrumental) | Weeping Wall (instrumental)
National Gallery of Berlin in 1976. "And I think 'Weeping Wall' on "Low" is somewhat indebted to that," Reich has said. Bowie himself recalled seeing "Music for 18 Musicians" performed "live in downtown New York in the late 70s" and described it as "Balinese gamelan music cross-dressing as M... | 36,362 |
4221449 | Jill Forster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jill%20Forster | Jill Forster
Jill Forster
Jill Forster (born , is an English Australian actress who came to Australia as a model in 1964.
# Career.
Forster has been in numerous Australian television dramas including "Motel", "Number 96", "The Box", "The Restless Years", "Starting Out", "Prisoner", "A Country Practice", "The Flying ... | 36,363 |
4221449 | Jill Forster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jill%20Forster | Jill Forster
r.
Forster has been in numerous Australian television dramas including "Motel", "Number 96", "The Box", "The Restless Years", "Starting Out", "Prisoner", "A Country Practice", "The Flying Doctors", "The Power, The Passion" and "SeaChange". She also acted in the hit sex-comedy film "Alvin Purple" (1973).
... | 36,364 |
4221469 | Craig Anderson (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig%20Anderson%20(actor) | Craig Anderson (actor)
Craig Anderson (actor)
Craig Anderson is an Australian director and actor best known for his comedic turns in the Australian television series' "Double the Fist", "Review with Myles Barlow", "Laid", and award-winning short films "Life in a Datsun", "Demon Datsun", and "Life in a Volkswagen". He ... | 36,365 |
4221469 | Craig Anderson (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig%20Anderson%20(actor) | Craig Anderson (actor)
and the Funny Bone 500.
In November 2008 Anderson featured in three episodes of the ABC TV show "Review With Myles Barlow". "Double the Fist" co-star Bryan Moses also featured in three episodes of the series. In addition Anderson served as associate producer and first assistant director on the s... | 36,366 |
4221469 | Craig Anderson (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig%20Anderson%20(actor) | Craig Anderson (actor)
TA award for Best Direction in TV.
# Filmography.
- "Life in a Datsun" (short 1999)
- "Life in a Volkswagen" (short 2000)
- "Bootmen" (2000)
- "Double the Fist" (TV series 2004-2008)
- "Miscast" (short 2010)
- "Charity Hurts" (video 2010)
- "Review with Myles Barlow" (TV series 2008-2010)... | 36,367 |
4221446 | Subterraneans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subterraneans | Subterraneans
Subterraneans
"Subterraneans" is a song by David Bowie, the closing track of his 1977 album "Low". As with most of Side 2, "Subterraneans" is mostly instrumental, with brief, obscure lyrics sung near the song's end.
"Subterraneans" was first recorded in 1975 and intended for the soundtrack to the 1976 f... | 36,368 |
4221446 | Subterraneans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subterraneans | Subterraneans
ARP synthesizer and piano". The "Peter and Paul" mentioned are Peter Robinson, who played Fender Rhodes, and Paul Buckmaster (the composer of the string arrangements for the Rolling Stones' "Moonlight Mile") who played the ARP Odyssey. Peter Robinson and Paul Buckmaster worked with Bowie at Cherokee Studi... | 36,369 |
4221446 | Subterraneans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subterraneans | Subterraneans
which evokes the feel of Miles Davis' landmark album "In a Silent Way".
Bowie related the song to the misery of those in East Berlin during the Cold War. According to Bowie, people who "got caught in East Berlin after the separation - hence the faint jazz saxophones representing the memory of what it was... | 36,370 |
4221446 | Subterraneans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subterraneans | Subterraneans
"Low", the lyrics are:
# Live versions.
- The song was used as an introduction to Bowie's set during the 1995 Outside Tour. It was different from the album version in that its lyrics and musical themes were merged from the song "Scary Monsters" (which would follow "Subterraneans" on the setlists). This ... | 36,371 |
4221446 | Subterraneans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subterraneans | Subterraneans
ne Inch Nails.
# Personnel.
- David Bowie: Vocals, Saxophone, Reversed Electric Guitar, ARP String Ensemble
- Paul Buckmaster: ARP Odyssey Synthesizer
- Peter Robinson : Reversed Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
- Brian Eno: ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Piano
- Carlos Alomar: Reversed Electric Guitar
- George... | 36,372 |
4221500 | L (Godley & Creme album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%20(Godley%20&%20Creme%20album) | L (Godley & Creme album)
L (Godley & Creme album)
L is the second album by Godley & Creme. It was released in 1978. Its 34-minute running time was a stark contrast with that of the ill-received triple concept album "Consequences" (1977). The album wasn't entirely well received, however.
The songs contained much v... | 36,373 |
4221500 | L (Godley & Creme album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%20(Godley%20&%20Creme%20album) | L (Godley & Creme album)
"This Sporting Life" and "Art School Canteen", which deal with suicide and art school angst. The album wasn't successful commercially.
The album cover depicts an "L-plate", used in some countries to designate vehicles with novice drivers.
# Track listing.
- Side 1
- 2. "This Sporting Life" ... | 36,374 |
4221500 | L (Godley & Creme album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%20(Godley%20&%20Creme%20album) | L (Godley & Creme album)
nteen" – 3:00
- 5. "Group Life" – 4:11
- Side 2
- 7. "Punchbag" – 4:44
- 8. "Foreign Accents" – 4:37
- 9. "Hit Factory/Business Is Business" – 7:08
# Personnel.
- Kevin Godley – vocals, drums, xylophone, roto-toms, percussion, congas, triangle, Clavinet, high-hat, tonal percussion, snare... | 36,375 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
The Ice Pirates
The Ice Pirates is a 1984 comic science fiction film directed by Stewart Raffill, who co-wrote the screenplay with "Krull" writer Stanford Sherman. The film stars Robert Urich, Mary Crosby and Michael D. Roberts; other notable featured actors are Anjelica Huston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Vila... | 36,376 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
their lives to raiding ships and looting the ice from the cargo holds to make a living.
Jason (Robert Urich) is the leader of a band of pirates that raid a Templar cruiser for its ice, and discover the beautiful princess Karina (Mary Crosby) in a stasis pod. He decides to kidnap her, waking her up, and... | 36,377 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
are sentenced to become slaves, a process which includes castration. Roscoe and Jason are spared this fate by the spoiled princess, who has taken an interest in them. Princess Karina purchases them as her slaves, to work as servants during her party. That evening, they are reunited with Killjoy (disguis... | 36,378 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
Templars' water monopoly, and therefore their hold on power.
At some point, Jason keeps a secret that a nasty creature is hiding in their spaceship. Later, they are about to eat a turkey when something bursts out of it and runs away. Someone asks, "What was that?" Jason replies, "Space herpes." On thei... | 36,379 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
old age during the climactic battle).
In the end, the day is saved by the now-adult son of Karina and Jason, the result of a romantic tryst just before entering the time distortion field. As the heroes exit the field, everyone's ages regress to what they originally were, leaving Jason and Karina with t... | 36,380 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
then under David Begelman and John Foreman. It was originally called "The Water Planet" and had a budget of $20 million. However MGM was in financial difficulty and its bankers put a limit of $8 million on all films. Begelman and Foreman contacted Stewart Raffill whose film "High Risk" (1981) had impres... | 36,381 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
make a joke and funny and told the story."
Raffill says the film "ended up being a fiasco... MGM went through a transition and they brought in a new guy, who was eventually found out to be stealing money from the company. He was a little problematic sort of a fellow. And he had a bad time with John For... | 36,382 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
in the water and the studio head cut that out! He never told me and it was gone. I had to drink vodka to calm myself down."
# Reception.
The film is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and often compared to "Star Wars". Upon its release, the "New York Times" described it as a "busy, bewildering, exceedingly joke... | 36,383 |
4221457 | The Ice Pirates | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Ice%20Pirates | The Ice Pirates
r Wars" spin-off made in an underdeveloped galaxy."
The film is also noteworthy for its cheeky, obviously cut-rate production values, mid-eighties "color-blind casting", sexual frankness, and near-deliberately slack "sitcom" direction. The climactic "time-warp" battle is a rare example of the classic s... | 36,384 |
4221509 | Pepe Trevor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepe%20Trevor | Pepe Trevor
Pepe Trevor
Penelope Trevor (born professionally known as Pepe Trevor, is an Australian actress, journalist and author, who is perhaps best known for her role as young card sharp and trouble-maker, Lexie Patterson in "Prisoner" (1985–86).
# Biography.
Trevor was born in 1960 in Sydney, and moved to Melbo... | 36,385 |
4221509 | Pepe Trevor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepe%20Trevor | Pepe Trevor
Weekly Magazine". Trevor has two sons, Jaspar and Tashi. She is the daughter of one-time "Prisoner" producer, the late Marie Trevor.
# Bibliography.
- "Listening for Small Sounds". (1996)
- "Another Man's Office". (2000)
# Filmography.
- "The Sullivans" (1976), TV-series
- "Cop Shop" (1978), TV-series... | 36,386 |
4221509 | Pepe Trevor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepe%20Trevor | Pepe Trevor
late Marie Trevor.
# Bibliography.
- "Listening for Small Sounds". (1996)
- "Another Man's Office". (2000)
# Filmography.
- "The Sullivans" (1976), TV-series
- "Cop Shop" (1978), TV-series
- "Skyways (TV series)" (1979/1981), TV-series
- "A Country Practice" (1980), TV-Series
- "I Can Jump Puddles"... | 36,387 |
4221502 | In re Debs | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In%20re%20Debs | In re Debs
In re Debs
In re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895), was a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court decision handed down concerning Eugene V. Debs and labor unions.
# Background.
Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, had been involved in the Pullman Strike earlier in 1894 and challen... | 36,388 |
4221502 | In re Debs | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In%20re%20Debs | In re Debs
the injunction, which dealt with both interstate and intrastate commerce and shipping on rail cars.
# Judgment.
Justice David Josiah Brewer for a unanimous court held that the U.S. government had a right to regulate interstate commerce and ensure the operations of the Postal Service, along with a responsib... | 36,389 |
4221502 | In re Debs | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In%20re%20Debs | In re Debs
bility to "ensure the general welfare of the public." Justice Brewer said the following in summing up the judgment:
# Significance.
In "Loewe v. Lawlor" the Supreme Court stated that unions were in fact potentially liable for antitrust violations. In response Congress passed the Clayton Act of 1914 to take... | 36,390 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
Disco 2000 (band)
Disco 2000 was a British pop band, a side project of The KLF. Vocals were handled by Cressida Cauty (wife of KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty) and June Montana, also known as Mo (former vocalist of Jimmy Cauty's previous band Brilliant). Between 1987 and 1989, Disco 2000 released three si... | 36,391 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
Drummond, but despite considerable investment, the act was commercially unsuccessful. Tired of his job and disillusioned with the industry, Drummond left WEA in July 1986, and some months later co-founded The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs) with Jimmy Cauty. The duo established an independent r... | 36,392 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
production sound and some publicity. A third single, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1989) peaked at #86 in the UK, and #151 in Australia. Music videos were filmed for "One Love Nation" and "Uptight". A track entitled "Feel This" was contributed by the group to the 1989 "Eternity Project One" LP (as... | 36,393 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
own work as an artist.
# Reviews.
Reporting on a 1988 gig by Disco 2000, "NME" writer Barbara Ellen described Mo and Cressida Cauty as "two raucous, wicked, hideously beautiful she-cats with diamonds for brains... For men, Disco 2000 must be like sex without the draggy chat-up scenario, Mae West wit... | 36,394 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
"Whitney Joins The JAMs" and "Down Town" in remarking upon the "accessibility" and increasing "dance-awareness" of KLF Communications releases.
In 2005, "International DJ" magazine ranked Disco 2000's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"—a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight"—amongst the twenty "worst cove... | 36,395 |
4221456 | Disco 2000 (band) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disco%202000%20(band) | Disco 2000 (band)
co 2000's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"—a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight"—amongst the twenty "worst cover versions in the history of dance music": "The KLF had some brilliant ideas, but forming their own girl group and covering this classic Stevie Wonder Motown stomper wasn't one of them. The re... | 36,396 |
4221526 | Stanovo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanovo | Stanovo
Stanovo
Stanovo () was one of five city municipalities which constituted the City of Kragujevac. According to the 2002 census, 39,252 residents lived in the municipality, while the urban area had 32,965 residents. The municipality was formed in May 2002, only to be dissolved in March 2008.
# Inhabited places.... | 36,397 |
4221561 | Devilfish | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Devilfish | Devilfish
Devilfish
Devilfish or devil fish may refer to:
# People.
- Devilfish is the nickname of the poker player Dave Ulliott
# Marine creatures.
- Devil fish ("Mobula mobular"), a species of eagle ray
- Devilfish is a name to the manta ray ("Manta birostris")
- Devilfish may refer to the venomous fish "Inimi... | 36,398 |
4221561 | Devilfish | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Devilfish | Devilfish
Fish may refer to purported Jenny Haniver cryptid
- Devil Fish may refer to octopus-like, carnivorous cryptid, supposedly seen and killed by Czech adventurer Jan Eskymo Welzl in 1906 on the coast of Alaska
- Devil fish may refer to deep-sea fishes in the family Ceratiidae, usually colloquially referred to a... | 36,399 |
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