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9573090 | Wynyard Quarter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wynyard%20Quarter | Wynyard Quarter
Wynyard Quarter
The Wynyard Quarter (historically also known as the Western Reclamation, Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm) is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitematā Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront, New Zealand.
It is located to the north of Freemans Bay and to the w... | 57,200 |
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to run along the northern headland and up to the point. As one of the first changes, the eastern section of the Quarter, as well as one of the main west-east roads running across it, were revitalised with new office and entertainment/restaurant areas, with several major projects finishing in time for th... | 57,201 |
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mainly by the timber trade, it gradually changed to the current bulk petro-chemical storage.
## Current use.
As of the late 2000s, the area was still used by the bulk liquid industry, with 500,000 tonnes of liquids and cement being transported via Wynyard Wharf each year. This provides NZ$1.2 billion ... | 57,202 |
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Wharf. The company was seeking clarification of its future facilities in the area in 2007, as their lease was running out in 2010, and it was unlikely to invest a planned NZ$19 million in a new terminal or start using a new, faster ferry vessel before legal concerns were sorted out. An ARC planning comm... | 57,203 |
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at the Tank Farm, and delivered to ships in port by the "Tolema" refueling barge, was taken over in the late 2000s by a marine fuel tanker, the "Awanuia", owned by the Seafuels company. The vessel serves Ports of Auckland shipping by bringing in fuels from the Marsden Point refinery in Whangarei.
A san... | 57,204 |
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to its parent company, Auckland Regional Holdings, owned by the Auckland Regional Council. As was noted on the Tank Farm website in 2006:
Following similar declarations by Auckland City and the Auckland Regional Council, political and design processes were underway in the mid and late 2000s to define t... | 57,205 |
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this use shrinking with an increase of the proposed park space. Already mostly agreed on was a bridge connecting the new quarter to the Viaduct Basin.
Early plans intended to name the new area 'Kahurangi', Māori for 'blue/precious jewel'. This has now been replaced with 'Wynyard Quarter', though it is ... | 57,206 |
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Project scope.
- First stage
In June 2007, more detailed concept plans were published after a year of negotiation between stakeholders. In the first stage of the redevelopment, the eastern section of the Western Reclamation, along Jellicoe Street, was to be turned into an entertainment strip, to compl... | 57,207 |
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be developed on Wynyard Point, with another park strip along the east side of Wynyard Wharf. This larger design followed wide public complaints in 2006 about the new development being dominated by apartments. The layout of the park is also to be decided via an international design competition, and would... | 57,208 |
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for marine industry, with the main bulk of land being developed as apartments, with some associated smaller-scale retail and entertainment areas.
- Cruise ship terminal
With new plans to open up the Auckland waterfront for more public access, the lack of sufficient cruise ship berthing space has enter... | 57,209 |
9573090 | Wynyard Quarter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wynyard%20Quarter | Wynyard Quarter
Reclamation were first estimated at around NZ$400 million in 2006, of which between 5 per cent and 10 per cent are expected to be spent on cleanup of soil contamination due to petrochemicals. In 2007, this was updated to NZ$504 million (with the whole project, including the private investment, expected ... | 57,210 |
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'pedestrian-oriented boulevard' Jellicoe Street, which is to be a new entertainment area, linked to the Viaduct Harbour by a walking/cycling bridge (Wynyard Crossing). Also underway is the construction of a new length of tram track (see further section below). All the projects are to be completed in tim... | 57,211 |
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later be extended, to serve transport as well as tourist functions for the quarter. Such a link, initially to the Britomart Transport Centre was originally intended to form part of the initial works, but the global financial crisis scuttled plans to make the new Wynyard Crossing substantial enough to al... | 57,212 |
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no timeframe set.
The 1920s trams are leased from Bendigo Tramway Museum in Australia, and are a W2 Class tram with 52 seats for weekends and holidays, and a 32 seat X1 Class tram for mid-week periods. However, the tram system will also be able to operate both trams at the same time.
## Harbour Crossi... | 57,213 |
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less likely option has also been proposed by Mike Lee, Auckland Regional Council chairman, who suggested a tunnel underneath the Auckland CBD to emerge east of the city centre at Stanley Street, thus avoiding the Central Motorway Junction and city centre traffic.
The plans to connect the new quarter wi... | 57,214 |
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development of the new quarter would pose some difficulties.
# Economy.
The Air New Zealand head office is located off of Beaumont and Fanshawe Streets in Western Reclamation Precinct 2. The airline moved there from the Auckland CBD in 2006.
ASB Bank is currently building its new headquarters for Auc... | 57,215 |
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sey Street, to be finished by 2013. Various marine-related industries also exist in the area, with many proposed to be retained even after the transformation of the area. In contrast, some other more industrial developments, such as an aggregate supplier and cement storage facilities, have already moved... | 57,216 |
420732 | Ground squirrel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ground%20squirrel | Ground squirrel
Ground squirrel
The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (Sciuridae), which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees. The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known as marmots (genus "Marmota") or prai... | 57,217 |
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("Spermophilus"), and the prairie dogs ("Cynomys"). They are highly variable in size and habitus, but most are remarkably able to rise up on their hind legs and stand fully erect comfortably for prolonged periods. They also tend to be far more gregarious than other squirrels, and many live in colonies w... | 57,218 |
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(Tamiini).
The ground squirrel is especially renowned for its tendency to rise up on its hind legs, usually whenever it senses nearby danger, or when it must see over tall grasses. The squirrel then curls its paws flat against its chest and sends a screeching call to warn other family members about the... | 57,219 |
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15 Mya.
Where the Marmotini originated is unclear. The subtribes probably diverged in the early to mid-Oligocene, as primitive marmots and chipmunks are known from the Late Oligocene of North America. Unfortunately, the fossil record of the "true" ground squirrels is less well known, beginning only in ... | 57,220 |
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which then spread to the other, is not known and would probably require more fossil material to be resolved. In any case, that the fairly comprehensive fossil record of Europe—at the relevant time separated from Asia by the Turgai Sea—lacks ancient Marmotini except the indeterminate "Palaeosciurus" migh... | 57,221 |
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any case, expansion of the Marmotini to Africa was probably prevented by competitive exclusion by their close relatives the Protoxerini and Xerini—the native terrestrial and palm squirrels of that continent, which must have evolved at the same time as the Marmotini did.
## Habitat.
Open areas includin... | 57,222 |
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several times their size.
## Subtribes and genera.
Basal and "incertae sedis" genera
- "Palaeosciurus" (fossil)
- "Sciurotamias" (Chinese rock squirrels)
Subtribe Tamiina: chipmunks (might be full tribe)
- "Eutamias"
- "Neotamias"
- "Nototamias" (fossil)
- "Tamias"
Subtribe Marmotina: marmots
... | 57,223 |
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" (fossil)
- "Ammospermophilus"
- "Cynomys" (prairie dogs)
- "Spermophilus"
# Cladogram.
Below is a cladogram of ground squirrels (tribe Marmotini) derived from maximum parsimony analysis.
# See also.
- Squirrel
- Tree squirrel
- Richardson's ground squirrel ("Urocitellus richardsonii")
# Furt... | 57,224 |
420737 | Tin pest | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tin%20pest | Tin pest
Tin pest
Tin pest is an autocatalytic, allotropic transformation of the element tin, which causes deterioration of tin objects at low temperatures. Tin pest has also been called "tin disease", "tin blight" or "tin leprosy" ("lèpre d'étain").
It was observed in medieval Europe that the pipes of pipe organs we... | 57,225 |
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Allotropic transformation.
At 13.2 °C (about 56 °F) and below, pure tin transforms from the silvery, ductile metallic allotrope of β-form "white tin" to the brittle, nonmetallic, α-form "grey tin" with a diamond cubic structure. The transformation is slow to initiate due to a high activation energy but the pr... | 57,226 |
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decomposition will catalyze itself, which is why the reaction speeds up once it starts; the mere presence of tin pest leads to tin pest. Tin objects at low temperatures will simply disintegrate.
# Possible historical examples.
## Scott expedition to Antarctica.
In 1910 British polar explorer Robert Scott ho... | 57,227 |
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to tin pest. Some observers blame poor quality soldering, as tin cans over eighty years old have been discovered in Antarctic buildings with the soldering in good condition.
## Napoleon's buttons.
The story is often told of Napoleon's men freezing in the bitter Russian Winter, their clothes falling apart as ... | 57,228 |
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the time required for unalloyed tin to develop significant tin pest damage at lowered temperatures is about 18 months, which is more than twice the length of the invasion. It is clear though that some of the regiments employed in the campaign had tin buttons and that the temperature reached sufficiently low va... | 57,229 |
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of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) regulations in Europe and California banning most uses of lead, and similar regulations elsewhere, the problem of tin pest has returned, since some manufacturers who previously used tin/lead alloys now use predominately tin based alloys. For example, ... | 57,230 |
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can be intermittent as the powdered particles of tin move around. Tin pest can be avoided by alloying with small amounts of electropositive metals or semimetals soluble in tin's solid phase, e.g. antimony or bismuth, which prevent the decomposition.
# See also.
- Gold-aluminium intermetallic - giving rise to... | 57,231 |
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mimetals soluble in tin's solid phase, e.g. antimony or bismuth, which prevent the decomposition.
# See also.
- Gold-aluminium intermetallic - giving rise to "Purple plague" or "White plague", another failure mode for electronic components due to the formation of a crystalline substance.
- Zinc pest - decay... | 57,232 |
420731 | California ground squirrel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20ground%20squirrel | California ground squirrel
California ground squirrel
The California ground squirrel ("Otospermophilus beecheyi"), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel, is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and California and its ran... | 57,233 |
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the species as "Arctomys (Spermophilus) beecheyi", or the "Beechey's marmot", named it after Frederick William Beechey, an early 19th-century British explorer and naval officer.
# Description.
The squirrel's upper parts are mottled, the fur containing a mixture of gray, light brown and dusk... | 57,234 |
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ground squirrels live in burrows which they excavate themselves. Some burrows are occupied communally but each individual squirrel has its own entrance. Although they readily become tame in areas used by humans, and quickly learn to take food left or offered by picnickers, they spend most of ... | 57,235 |
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parks, since they will eat ornamental plants and trees. They commonly feed on seeds, such as oats, but also eat insects such as crickets and grasshoppers as well as various fruits.
Dental Formula of Otospermophilus beecheyi is .
# Life history.
California ground squirrels' mating season is... | 57,236 |
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than the adults and molting occures at about 8 weeks of age - when the young leave the burrows. California ground squirrels can live up to six years of age.
# Food and feeding.
California Ground Squirrels use their cheek pouches to store more food than can be consumed in one sitting. They u... | 57,237 |
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at the University of California, Davis, since the 1970s has shown that the squirrels use a variety of techniques to reduce rattlesnake predation. Some populations of California ground squirrels have varying levels of resistance to rattlesnake venom as adults. Female squirrels with pups also c... | 57,238 |
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around its tail. When hunting, rattlesnakes primarily rely on their pit organ, which detects infrared radiation. The hot-tail-swishing appears to convey the message "I am not a threat, but I am too big and swift-moving for it to be worth trying to hunt me." These two confrontational technique... | 57,239 |
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This successful dodging, along with the fact that the adult squirrels are larger than the young ones, helps to deter the predators, as studies have found that the rattlesnakes are 1.6 times more likely to be deterred from attacking an area after an encounter with an adult squirrel. In 30 out ... | 57,240 |
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dodge attacks. They also can use their tail-waving to signal to other ground squirrels in the area that a rattlesnake or other predator has recently been spotted. Though the ground squirrels have been found to also exhibit this tail-waving behavior when there is no predator present, they wave... | 57,241 |
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If the ground squirrels are aware that they are in an area where the rattlesnakes have recently been, the ground squirrels devote more time to being alert and searching for the predators than to hunting and foraging than in an environment where they do not believe there are predators. These v... | 57,242 |
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a faster reaction time to a stimuli from a predator and jump higher and further away than a squirrel who was not as vigilant. In a simulated environment study, 60% of squirrels that were in an environment with a recent snake encounter exhibited an evasive leap behavior, which propels them far... | 57,243 |
420724 | Verdict | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verdict | Verdict
Verdict
In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. In a bench trial, the judge's decision near the end of the trial is simply referred to as a finding. In England and Wales, a coroner's findings are called verdicts (see ).
# Etymolo... | 57,244 |
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in Scotland where the verdict of "not proven" is also available—is handed down by the jury. Different counts in the same case may have different verdicts.
A verdict of guilty in a criminal case is generally followed by a judgment of conviction rendered by judge, which in turn be followed by sentencing.
In U.S... | 57,245 |
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is a "verdict which is reached only by the surrender of conscientious convictions upon one material issue by some jurors in return for a relinquishment by others of their like settled opinion upon another issue and the result is one which does not command the approval of the whole panel", and, as such, is not p... | 57,246 |
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verdict as to an entire case or only to certain issues.
In a criminal case in the United States, once the prosecution has closed its case, the defendant may move for a directed verdict. If granted, the verdict will be "not guilty". The prosecution may never seek a directed verdict of guilty, as the defendant h... | 57,247 |
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general verdict is one in which the jury makes a complete finding and single conclusion on all issues presented to it. First, the jury finds the facts, as proved by the evidence, then it applies the law as instructed by the court, and finally it returns a verdict in one conclusion that settles the case. Such ve... | 57,248 |
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is kept in the sealed envelope until court reconvenes and then handed to the judge. This practice is virtually the default in many U.S. jurisdictions or may be the preference of the judge involved.
# Special verdict.
In English law, a special verdict is a verdict by a jury that makes specific factual conclusi... | 57,249 |
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issues, and to demarcate monetary awards of damages by economic and non-economic damages, beneficiary and/or specific categories of damages (lost earning capacity, funeral expenses, loss of consortium, pain & suffering, etc.). In the words of William Blackstone, "The jury state the naked facts, as they find the... | 57,250 |
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, and pray the advice of the court thereon". Special verdicts are intended to focus the jury's attention on the important questions at hand.
The judge forced a special verdict in the famous 1884 case of "R v. Dudley and Stephens", which established a precedent that necessity is not a defence to a charge of mur... | 57,251 |
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Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
The New Zealand Social Credit Party (sometimes called "Socred") was a political party which served as the country's "third party" from the 1950s through into the 1980s. The party held a number of seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, alth... | 57,252 |
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("see:" UK Social Credit Party) although the relationship between those movements and the New Zealand movement was not always good.
# The Social Credit Association.
Before the founding of the Social Credit Party in 1953, there was the Social Credit Association. The association focuse... | 57,253 |
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was later made a life member of the League.
Maurice John Hayes stood for the electorate on behalf of the "Social Credit Association" in the , receiving 374 votes and coming third.
Social Credit claimed that the first Labour government, which was elected at the 1935 election, pulled N... | 57,254 |
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Bill Barnard formed the Democratic Labour Party. However the new party got only 4.3% of the vote in the 1943 general election, with both Lee and Barnard losing their seats.
# Foundation.
The Social Credit Party was established as the Social Credit Political League. It was founded on ... | 57,255 |
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parliament under the first past the post electoral system. The party's quick rise did, however, prompt discussion of the party's policies. National saw Social Credit as a threat in the 1957 election and established a caucus committee to challenge their theories. Gustafson comments that... | 57,256 |
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elections, however, that the party won its first representation in parliament. Vernon Cracknell, an accountant, won the Hobson electorate in Northland, a region that had been a stronghold of the Country Party. Cracknell narrowly defeated the National Party's Logan Sloane, the incumbent... | 57,257 |
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year, a leadership contest between Cracknell and another prominent Social Credit member, John O'Brien, ended in disaster, with brawling between supporters of each candidate. The damage done to the party's image was considerable. O'Brien was eventually victorious, but his blunt and conf... | 57,258 |
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that some blamed on the rise of the new Values Party. While the Values Party did not win any seats, many supporters of Social Credit believed that it drew voters away from the older party.
In the 1978 by-election in Rangitikei, caused by the death of National Party MP Roy Jack, Beetha... | 57,259 |
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was nevertheless strongly promoted in parliament by Beetham. The Bill quickly failed, although this was not particularly unexpected - it had been put forward primarily for the purpose of drawing attention, not because Beetham believed it would succeed.
Beetham retained his seat in the... | 57,260 |
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Credit policies and how much was merely a "protest vote" against the established parties, but one poll recorded Social Credit with as much as 30% of the vote.
By the 1981 elections, the party's support had subsided somewhat, and Social Credit only gained 20.55% of the vote. As expecte... | 57,261 |
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Credit support for the Clyde Dam, a controversial construction project and part of "Think Big", Muldoon undertook to back certain Social Credit proposals. This did considerable harm to Social Credit's popularity, as Muldoon's government (and the project itself) were opposed by most Soc... | 57,262 |
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voters.
In the 1984 elections, Beetham lost his Rangitikei seat to a National Party challenger, Denis Marshall. Knapp retained his East Coast Bays seat, and another Social Credit candidate, Neil Morrison, won Pakuranga. Despite still holding the same number of seats, Social Credit won... | 57,263 |
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Party Pakuranga MP Pat Hunt).
# Democrats (1985–present).
At the party's 1985 conference, the Social Credit name was dropped, and group became the New Zealand Democratic Party. The Democrats did not retain any seats in the 1987 elections. Although several Democrats were elected to pa... | 57,264 |
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group which readopted the Social Credit label. It failed to win any seats, however, and quickly vanished.
Before the 2005 election the Democrats renamed themselves to the New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit, reincorporating the Social Credit name.
# Alleged anti-Semitism.
... | 57,265 |
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in the Victorian period, as evidenced by the election without comment of a Jewish premier (Julius Vogel) in the 1870s. The early Social Credit movement diverged from its international brethren. In New Zealand, Social Credit concentrated solely on the economic theories of the internatio... | 57,266 |
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members of the party were purged by Beetham.
# Office-holders.
## President.
- Maurice John Hayes (1953-?)
- Mary King (1962–63)
- Frank Needham (1966-70?)
- Percival John Dempsy (1970–72)
- W. A. Evans (1972)
- Don Bethune (1972–75)
- George Bryant (1976–79)
- Stefan Lipa (1... | 57,267 |
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eorge Bryant (1976–79)
- Stefan Lipa (1979–87)
## Vice-President.
- Cecil William Elvidge (1953-?)
- Bruce Beetham (1971–1972)
- Alan Patterson-Kane (1972–?)
## Parliamentary Party Leader.
- Wilfrid Owen (1953–1958)
- Cecil William Elvidge (1958–1960; "acting")
- P.H. Matthews... | 57,268 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is a British director and producer of film and television, known for the Academy Award-winning movies "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission". He began his career in television, his early credits including episodes of "Coronation Street" and an adaptation o... | 57,269 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
He completed his formal education at the University of Manchester.
# Career.
## TV director.
After university, Joffé joined Granada Television as a trainee director in 1973, where he directed episodes of "Coronation Street", "Sam", "The Stars Look Down", "Crown Court", "Bill Brand", and "Headmaster".
I... | 57,270 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
early 1970s, although he never became a party member. He explained around 1988: "I was very interested in politics at that time. But I was interested in what all the political parties were doing, not just the WRP, and I was never actively involved." Only after Garnett threatened he would "go public", was t... | 57,271 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
he made a version of 17th century dramatist John Ford's play "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" as a TV film for the BBC.
## Film director.
Roland Joffé's first two feature films ("The Killing Fields", 1984, and "The Mission", 1986) each garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Joffé worked clo... | 57,272 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
"The Mission" was a story of conflict between Jesuit missionaries in South America, who were trying to convert the Guaraní Indians, and the Portuguese and Spanish colonisers, who wanted to enslave the natives. In an interview with Thomas Bird, Joffé says of "The Mission", "The Indians are innocent. The fil... | 57,273 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
Awards nominations—including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Ennio Morricone's acclaimed Best Original Score—and won one, for Best Cinematography.
Since his initial acclaim, Joffé's film career has been less successful. In 1993, he produced and partially directed a big budget adaptation of the video ... | 57,274 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
"There Be Dragons", garnered press attention as it dealt with the Catholic organisation Opus Dei. A movie about faith and forgiveness, "There Be Dragons" is a project that Joffé says has a message he's proud to say on film. In an interview with CBN.com, he stated, "I have a very deep emotional investment i... | 57,275 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
married to actress Jane Lapotaire; they have a son, screenwriter and director Rowan Joffé (b. 1973). Later, he and actor Cherie Lunghi were in a longterm relationship; they have a daughter, actor Nathalie Lunghi (b. 1986).
Joffé is a board member of the nonprofit organization Operation USA. He was the off... | 57,276 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
City Firsts" (1977, 1 episode)
- "The Spongers" (1978)
- "The Legion Hall Bombing" (1978, uncredited)
- "No, Mama, No" (1979)
- "United Kingdom" (1981)
- "Undressed" (2002, 1 episode)
- "Texas Rising" (2015) (all 5 episodes)
- "Sun Records" (2017) (all 8 episodes)
## Film.
- "The Killing Fields" (... | 57,277 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
("The Killing Fields", nominated)
- 1987: Best Director ("The Mission", nominated)
British Academy Film Awards:
- 1985: Best Direction ("The Killing Fields", nominated)
- 1987: Best Direction ("The Mission", nominated)
- 1987: Best Film ("The Mission", nominated)
Berlin International Film Festival:
... | 57,278 |
420747 | Roland Joffé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland%20Joffé | Roland Joffé
990: Golden Bear ("Fat Man and Little Boy", nominated)
Cannes Film Festival:
- 1986: Golden Palm ("The Mission", won)
- 1986: Technical Grand Prize ("The Mission", won)
Golden Globes:
- 1985: Best Director ("The Killing Fields", nominated)
- 1987: Best Director ("The Mission", nominated)
Golden Rasp... | 57,279 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
Matt Gonzalez
Matthew Edward Gonzalez (born June 4, 1965) is an American politician, lawyer, and activist. He was an important figure in San Francisco politics from 2000 to 2005, when he served on San Francisco County's Board of Supervisors and was president of the Board. In 2003, Gonzalez, running as a ... | 57,280 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
for the international tobacco company Brown & Williamson, moved the family to New Orleans, Baltimore, and Louisville, Kentucky, before resettling in McAllen when Gonzalez was eleven years old. After graduating from McAllen Memorial High School, he attended Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1... | 57,281 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
chose not to seek re-election.
## Run for District Attorney.
Gonzalez entered politics when he ran for San Francisco District Attorney in 1999. He campaigned to halt political corruption and marijuana prosecutions. Gonzalez lost to incumbent Terence Hallinan. In a field of five candidates, he finished t... | 57,282 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
party affiliations from the Democratic Party to the nascent Green Party. His opponent, Juanita Owens, tried to capitalize on many Democrats' ill feelings toward the Green Party in the wake of Ralph Nader's involvement in the acrimonious 2000 presidential election, but Gonzalez won the run-off election. He... | 57,283 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
him a stubborn and willful ideologue. When the Board put forth a resolution commending San Franciscan Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi for being elected House Minority Whip and being the first woman to hold that position, Gonzalez was the only board member who voted against it. Gonzalez said that supervisors sh... | 57,284 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
reported that Gonzalez defied Brown by walking out of the mayor's State of the City address in 2002. However, Gonzalez later told "SF Weekly" that he was never in attendance.
### As board president.
In January 2003, Gonzalez was elected president of the Board of Supervisors after seven rounds of voting,... | 57,285 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
hosted monthly art exhibits in his City Hall office. At the last reception, graffiti artist Barry McGee spray-painted "Smash the State" on the walls of the office as part of his exhibit." Gonzalez told the press that he knew his office would be repainted for the next occupant.
## Campaign for Mayor.
In ... | 57,286 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
none of the candidates received a majority, a run-off election was held on December 9.
Gonzalez faced a difficult run-off election; only 3 percent of voters in San Francisco were registered to the Green Party, the party to which he belonged. Although Gonzalez was endorsed by several key local Democrats, ... | 57,287 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
being elected mayor." Newsom won the runoff race by a margin of 11,000 votes, capturing 53 percent of the vote to Gonzalez's 47 percent
# Return to Private Life.
Following the mayoral contest, Gonzalez announced he would not seek re-election to the Board of Supervisors. He left office when his term ende... | 57,288 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
hotel for not paying its workers the minimum wage; two wrongful death suits against Sacramento police for using tasers; against the city of San Jose and Ringling Brothers Circus for interfering with free speech rights of protestors; and against Clear Channel in a naming rights dispute over the locally own... | 57,289 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
28, 2008, four days after announcing his presidential bid, Nader named Gonzalez as his running mate for the 2008 presidential election.
Nader announced that he and Gonzalez would not seek the Green Party nomination but would run as independents. On March 4, 2008, Gonzalez announced that he had left the G... | 57,290 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
a key issue of the Nader/Gonzalez campaign, in contrast to the Democratic and Republican Party candidates who supported the bill.
Gonzalez participated in the third party vice-presidential debates, along with Constitution Party vice-presidential candidate Darrell Castle and Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root, ... | 57,291 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
Gonzalez was criticized for taking a paid, month-long leave of absence to act as co-counsel for a corporation, Cobra Solutions, in its $16 million lawsuit against San Francisco. This was a violation of the San Francisco Public Defender's office rules of ethics, part of which states, "No employee may provi... | 57,292 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
a felon in possession of a firearm after a trial that lasted more than five weeks. Mr. Zarate was sentenced to time already served.
# See also.
- List of American politicians who switched parties in office
# Further reading.
- Carlsson, Chris, ed. (2005) "The Political Edge", City Lights Foundation Bo... | 57,293 |
420719 | Matt Gonzalez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt%20Gonzalez | Matt Gonzalez
lsson, Chris, ed. (2005) "The Political Edge", City Lights Foundation Books: San Francisco, CA. .
- Walter, Nicole (2004) "Go Matt Go!" Hats Off Books: Tucson, AZ. .
# External links.
- The Matt Gonzalez Reader, Gonzalez's blog
- Gonzalez's Nader/Camejo 2004 Campaign Kick-Off Rally Speech a speech del... | 57,294 |
420771 | Tokyo Broadcasting System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo%20Broadcasting%20System | Tokyo Broadcasting System
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a Japanese media holding company. It is the parent company of a television network named and radio network named .
TBS Television, Inc. has a 28-affiliate news network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affiliate radio... | 57,295 |
420771 | Tokyo Broadcasting System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo%20Broadcasting%20System | Tokyo Broadcasting System
the headquarters of TBSHD, TBS, TBS Radio, BS-TBS and C-TBS - TBS Broadcasting Center, 3-6, Akasaka Gochome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- TBS Midoriyama Studio - 2100, Midoriyama, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- TBSHD Kansai Branch Office - HERBIS OSAKA Office Tower (11th floor), 5-25, Umeda Nihome, Ki... | 57,296 |
420771 | Tokyo Broadcasting System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo%20Broadcasting%20System | Tokyo Broadcasting System
Tokyo Broadcasting System International, Inc.
- TBS TriMedia, Inc.
- TC Entertainment, Inc. (a Sells DVD software of "Suite PreCure" and "Smile PreCure!" or "Dokidoki! PreCure")
- Dreamax Television
- Akasaka Graphics Art, Inc.
- F&F, Inc.
- Telecom Sounds
- Procam Co., Ltd.
- Jasc
- ... | 57,297 |
420771 | Tokyo Broadcasting System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo%20Broadcasting%20System | Tokyo Broadcasting System
from Akasaka-Hitotsukicho, Minato, Tokyo.
- November 29, 1960 - KRT was renamed , and the headquarters and radio studio were moved to Akasaka Media Building in Akasaka.
- 1971 - TBS Radio's transmitter power was increased to 100 kW.
- March 31, 1975 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) dr... | 57,298 |
420771 | Tokyo Broadcasting System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tokyo%20Broadcasting%20System | Tokyo Broadcasting System
in complaints against the network after the case was solved several years later.
- October 19, 1990 - The last-ever episode of Takeshi's Castle was broadcast on TBS.
- October 3, 1994 - The present headquarters, TBS Broadcasting Center, were completed next to the old headquarters in Akasaka ... | 57,299 |
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