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536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. ( stylized as ESTĒE LAUDER) is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, distributed i... | 6,130,800 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
Avenue in Manhattan.
Over the next 15 years, they expanded the range and continued to sell their products in the United States. In 1960, the company started its first international account in the London department store Harrods. The following year it opened an office in Hong Kong.
In 1964, they... | 6,130,801 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
that year, the company expanded again, opening Clinique, a dermatologist-guided (Dr. Norman Orentreich), allergy-tested, fragrance-free cosmetic brand.
Estée Lauder's Clinique brand became the first women's cosmetic company to introduce a second line for men when, in 1976, they began a separate ... | 6,130,802 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
of Origins — the first wellness brand in U.S. department stores. The first licensing agreement for fragrances was with fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger in 1993, followed by Kiton, an Italian fashion house (1995), and with American fashion designer Donna Karan (1997).
Brand acquisitions began with... | 6,130,803 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
Aveda in 1997. The renowned fragrance house Jo Malone London was acquired in 1999.
On November 16, 1995, The Estée Lauder Companies went public on the New York Stock Exchange at $26.00 a share ($6.50 on a post-split basis).
Acquisitions and licensing continued in the 2000s as The Estée Lauder C... | 6,130,804 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
July 1, 2010, the company acquired Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics, Inc., a brand created in Smashbox Studios in Culver City, California, by brothers Dean and Davis Factor (as in Max).
On October 28, 2011, Aramis and Designer Fragrances, a division of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., and Tory Burch LL... | 6,130,805 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
Lauder.
In 2014, the company acquired two insider beauty brands, RODIN olio lusso, a skin care brand renowned for its "Luxury Face Oil," and Le Labo, a fragrance and sensory lifestyle brand. In 2015, the company acquired Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, a fragrance brand, and GLAMGLOW, a Holl... | 6,130,806 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
Past 'faces' for Estée Lauder include Karen Graham, Bruce Boxleitner, Shaun Casey, Willow Bay, Paulina Porizkova, Elizabeth Hurley, Carolyn Murphy, supermodel Liya Kebede was the first African American 'face' of Estee Lauder, Anja Rubik, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. the main spokesmodel for Estée... | 6,130,807 |
536709 | Estée Lauder Companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estée%20Lauder%20Companies | Estée Lauder Companies
orizkova, Elizabeth Hurley, Carolyn Murphy, supermodel Liya Kebede was the first African American 'face' of Estee Lauder, Anja Rubik, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. the main spokesmodel for Estée Lauder was supermodel Hilary Rhoda. In 2010, the company added three more faces to the roster, Chinese ... | 6,130,808 |
536757 | Floating dock (jetty) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Floating%20dock%20(jetty) | Floating dock (jetty)
Floating dock (jetty)
A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pilings, which are embedded in the seafloor or by anchored cable... | 6,130,809 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
Vienne, Isère
Vienne (; ) is a commune in southeastern France, located south of Lyon, on the river Rhône. It is only the fourth largest city in the Isère department, of which it is a subprefecture, but was a major center of the Roman Empire.
Before the arrival of the Roman armies, Vienne was the capital... | 6,130,810 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
of Roman constructions are still visible in modern Vienne. The town was also an important early bishopric in Christian Gaul. Its most famous bishop was Avitus of Vienne. At the Council of Vienne, convened there in October 1311, Pope Clement V abolished the order of the Knights Templar. During the Middle A... | 6,130,811 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
the crowds, but the annual Jazz à Vienne festival in July also makes it a popular tourist destination.
# History.
## Roman Vienne.
The "oppidum" of the Allobroges became a Roman colony about 47 BC under Julius Caesar, but the Allobroges managed to expel them; the exiles then founded the colony of "Lugd... | 6,130,812 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
the seat of the vicar of prefects after the creation of regional dioceses. Regional dioceses were created during the First Tetrarchy, 293-305, or possibly later as some recent studies suggest in 313, but no later than the Verona List securely dated to June 314. The date of creation is still controversial.... | 6,130,813 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
and Livia, a rectangular peripteral building of the Corinthian order, erected by the emperor Claudius, which owes its survival, like the Maison Carrée at Nîmes, to being converted to a church soon after the Theodosian decrees and later rededicated as "Notre Dame de Vie." (During the Revolutionary Reign of... | 6,130,814 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
of a bishop and the legendary first bishop said to have been Crescens, a disciple of Paul. There were Christians here in 177 when the churches of Vienne and Lyon addressed a letter to those of Asia and Phrygia and mention is made of the deacon of Vienne (Eusebius of Caesarea, "Church History"). The first ... | 6,130,815 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
compared to the dates of founding of the bishoprics. Vienne's archbishopric was suppressed in 1790 during the revolution and officially terminated 11 years later by the Concordat of 1801.
## Burgundian Vienne.
Vienne was a target during the Migration Period: it was taken by the Kingdom of the Burgundian... | 6,130,816 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
in 869 to Comte Boso of Provence, who in 879 proclaimed himself king of Provence and on his death in 887 was buried in the cathedral church of St. Maurice. Vienne then continued as capital of the "Dauphiné Vienne" of the Kingdom of Provence, from 882 of the Kingdom of West Francia and from 933 of the King... | 6,130,817 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
Vienne was not included in this sale. The archbishops finally surrendered their territorial powers to France in 1449. Gui de Bourgogne, who was archbishop 1090–1119, was pope from 1119 to 1124 as Callixtus II.
The Council of Vienne was the fifteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church that me... | 6,130,818 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
the name of Henri IV by Montmorency. The fortifications were demolished between 1589 and 1636.
# Main sights.
The two outstanding Roman remains in Vienne are the temple of Augustus and Livia, and the "Plan de l'Aiguille" or "Pyramide", a truncated pyramid resting on a portico with four arches, which was... | 6,130,819 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
constructed nave. It also boasts a beautiful Romanesque tower and a magnificently sculptured South portal containing a splendid statue of Saint Peter. Today, the building houses a lapidary museum that holds a Junon head and the beautiful statue of Tutela, the city's protective divinity.
The Gothic former... | 6,130,820 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
church of St André en Bas was the church of a second Benedictine monastery, and became the chapel of the earlier kings of Provence. It was rebuilt in 1152, in the later Romanesque style.
# Twin cities.
- - Albacete, Spain
- - Esslingen, Germany
- - Goris, Armenia
- - Neath Port Talbot, Wales
- - Pio... | 6,130,821 |
536695 | Vienne, Isère | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienne,%20Isère | Vienne, Isère
of the earlier kings of Provence. It was rebuilt in 1152, in the later Romanesque style.
# Twin cities.
- - Albacete, Spain
- - Esslingen, Germany
- - Goris, Armenia
- - Neath Port Talbot, Wales
- - Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
- - Schiedam, Netherlands
- - Udine, Italy
- - Velenje, Slovenia
- -... | 6,130,822 |
536761 | Red Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hill | Red Hill
Red Hill
Red Hill may refer to:
# Places.
## Australia.
- Red Hill, Queensland
- Red Hill, Victoria
- Red Hill South, Victoria
- Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory
- Red Hill, Western Australia
- Red Hill, Gulgong, New South Wales
## Canada.
- Red Hill Valley, a valley in Hamilton, Ontario
- Re... | 6,130,823 |
536761 | Red Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hill | Red Hill
England, a place in Herefordshire
- Red Hill, Kent, a England,
- Red Hill, Leicestershire, a England,
- Red Hill, Pembrokeshire, Wales, a
- Red Hill, Warwickshire, England, a
- Red Hill, West Yorkshire, England, a
- Red Hill, Worcester, England
## United States.
### Natural formations.
- Red Hill (Mer... | 6,130,824 |
536761 | Red Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hill | Red Hill
in Lewis and Clark County, Montana
- Red Hill, a mountain in Madison County, Montana
- Red Hill, a mountain in Mineral County, Montana
- Red Hill, a mountain in Powder River County, Montana
- Red Island Volcano, California
### Inhabited places.
- A community in North Tustin, California
- Red Hill, India... | 6,130,825 |
536761 | Red Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hill | Red Hill
Red Hill, New York
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, Virginia
- Red Hill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Virginia
- Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, site of the US Navy Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility
# Entertainment.
- "Red Hill" (album), a 201... | 6,130,826 |
536761 | Red Hill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Hill | Red Hill
tional Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Virginia
- Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, site of the US Navy Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility
# Entertainment.
- "Red Hill" (album), a 2014 album by Wadada Leo Smith, Jamie Saft, Joe Morris and Balázs Pándi
- "Red Hill" (film), a 2010 Aust... | 6,130,827 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
John Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 – 8 July 2008) was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund. In 1999, "Money" magazine named him "arguably the greatest global st... | 6,130,828 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
near the top of his class. He attended the Balliol College in Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and earned an M.A. in law. He is a CFA charterholder.
# Investment career.
Templeton, during the Depression of the 1930s, bought 100 shares of each NYSE listed company which was then selling for less tha... | 6,130,829 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
the use of globally diversified mutual funds. His Templeton Growth Fund, Ltd. (investment fund), established in 1954, was among the first to invest in Japan in the middle of the 1960s. Templeton also created funds specifically in certain industries such as nuclear energy, chemicals, and electronics. By 1... | 6,130,830 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
philosophy.
Templeton attributed much of his success to his ability to maintain an elevated mood, avoid anxiety and stay disciplined. Uninterested in consumerism, he drove his own car, never flew first class and lived year-round in the Bahamas.
Templeton became known for his "avoiding the herd" and "bu... | 6,130,831 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
made public in 2010.
# Personal life.
Templeton married Judith Folk in 1937, and the couple had three children: John, Anne, and Christopher. Judith Templeton died in February 1951 in a motorbike accident. He remarried, to Irene Reynolds Butler in 1958; she died in 1993. A Christian, he was a lifelong m... | 6,130,832 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
and was survived by two sons, one of whom, John Templeton Jr., has since died, in 2015, of brain cancer.
# Wealth and philanthropy.
Templeton was one of the most generous philanthropists in history, giving away over $1 billion to charitable causes. Templeton renounced his US citizenship in 1964, allowi... | 6,130,833 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
honour for his "pursuit of spiritual understanding, often through scientific research" through his establishment of the John Templeton Foundation.
As a philanthropist, Templeton established
- the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities in 1972;
- the Templ... | 6,130,834 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
Business School. In 2008, Templeton College merged with Green College to form Green Templeton College. This is one of the exceptional mergers in recent history of the University of Oxford.
He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1987 for his philanthropic efforts. Templeton was inducted into the Junior Achi... | 6,130,835 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
and remaining open to the benefits and values of other faiths. Commenting on his commitment to what he called spiritual progress, "But why shouldn't I try to learn more? Why shouldn't I go to Hindu services? Why shouldn't I go to Muslim services? If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportuni... | 6,130,836 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
of love, gratitude, forgiveness, and creativity."
In an interview published in the Financial Intelligence Report in 2005, Templeton asserts that the purpose of the Templeton Foundation is as follows:"We are trying to persuade people that no human has yet grasped 1% of what can be known about spiritual r... | 6,130,837 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
1994.
- "Is God the Only Reality? Science Points to a Deeper Meaning of the Universe", 1994.
- "Templeton Plan: 21 Steps to Personal Success and Real Happiness", 1992.
- "The humble approach: Scientists discover God", 1981.
- "Worldwide Laws of Life: 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles", 1998. .
- "Inv... | 6,130,838 |
536702 | John Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Templeton | John Templeton
tings Legendary Bargain Hunter", 2007.
- "Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture", 2010.
# See also.
- John Templeton Foundation
- Templeton Prize
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- Contrarian, full-length documentary film about John Te... | 6,130,839 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
Baseball Ground
The Baseball Ground (sometimes referred to as the BBG) was a stadium in Derby, England. It was first used for baseball as the home of Derby County Baseball Club from 1890 until 1898 and then for football as the home of Derby County from 1895 until 1997. The club's reserve and youth side... | 6,130,840 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
his foundry, Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks. The stadium was the focal point of the complex and was part of a personal quest by Ley to introduce baseball to the UK.
The stadium was home to Derby County Baseball Club, which was allied to the more famous Derby County Football Club. The basebal... | 6,130,841 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
offshoot of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club. The football club played on a pitch that was part of the Derby cricket ground, which at that time was in the middle of a racecourse. This site, which had minimal facilities, was chosen to host five FA Cup semi-finals, the replay of the 1886 FA Cup Final an... | 6,130,842 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
ground preventing Derby County winning the FA Cup. The ground became the property of the club in 1924 when it was purchased from Ley's heirs for £10,000. The Baseball Ground was once used for an international match: England beat Ireland 2–1 in a British Home Championship match on 11 February 1911.
At i... | 6,130,843 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
title triumph in 1975.
However, attendances fell at the turn of the 1980s as Derby were relegated from the First Division in 1980, and in 1984 they fell into the Third Division, though an upswing in form followed and they were back in the First Division by 1987. Perimeter fencing was erected between th... | 6,130,844 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
stadium until 1997, when they moved to the Pride Park Stadium. The site had first been identified in August 1993, although difficulties with decontaminating the land led to the project being abandoned within 18 months in favour of rebuilding the Baseball Ground into a 26,000-seat stadium. In the meantim... | 6,130,845 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
new stadium scheduled to be ready in time for the 1997-98 season. It was, however, confirmed that the Baseball Ground would be retained for reserve and youth team matches for at least a few years after the new stadium's completion.
The last league match to be played there was a Premier League fixture a... | 6,130,846 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
since been redeveloped to around 150 new homes and, in September 2010 a commemorative statue was unveiled on the site. The 15' (4 and a half metre) high metalwork featuring the silhouettes of three footballers dribbling and shooting was commissioned by the builders Spirita and Strata and designed by art... | 6,130,847 |
536752 | Baseball Ground | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baseball%20Ground | Baseball Ground
re chasing promotion to the Premier League during the early to mid-1990s, finally achieving it as Division One runners-up in 1996. The stadium featured two 3-tier stands at either end, both with the lowest tier not facing completely straight towards the pitch (due to the previous configuration for baseb... | 6,130,848 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
Layla
"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" (November 1970). Its contrasting movements were supposedly composed separately by Clapton ... | 6,130,849 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
because it was the tale of a young man who fell hopelessly in love with a beautiful, young girl, went crazy and so could not marry her. The song was further inspired by Clapton's then-unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison of the Beatles. Clapton and Boyd would... | 6,130,850 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
was ranked number 27 on "Rolling Stone"s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the acoustic version won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
# Background.
In 1966, Beatles guitarist George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he met during the filming of "A Hard Day's Night". During the late 1... | 6,130,851 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
"Layla", was inspired by the story of "Layla and Majnun", which Clapton had been told by his friend Ian Dallas, who was in the process of converting to Islam. Nizami's tale, about a moon princess who was married off by her father to a man she didn't love, resulting in Majnun's madness, struck a deep chord with Cl... | 6,130,852 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
and recording.
After the breakup of Cream, Clapton tried his hand with several groups, including Blind Faith and the husband-and-wife duo Delaney and Bonnie. In the spring of 1970, he was told that some members of Delaney and Bonnie's backup band, notably bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, and keyboardist B... | 6,130,853 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
their guitar-playing chemistry: "There had to be some sort of telepathy going on because I've never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that rate and level. One of them would play something, and the other reacted instantaneously. Never once did either of them have to say, 'Could you play that again, please?' I... | 6,130,854 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
master tapes of "Layla," saying, "There are my principles, in one form or another."
Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when, according to Clapton, Allman composed the song's signature riff. With the band assembled and ... | 6,130,855 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
(fretted solos with bent notes during the verses and a slide solo during the outro), and one track with both Allman and Clapton playing duplicate solos (the 7-note "signature" riff doubled in two octaves and the 12-note "signature" riff doubled in unison). According to Clapton, Allman played the first seven notes... | 6,130,856 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
Though only Gordon has been credited with this part, according to Whitlock, "Jim took that piano melody from his ex-girlfriend Rita Coolidge. I know because in the D&B days I lived in John Garfield's old house in the Hollywood Hills and there was a guest house with an upright piano in it. Rita and Jim were up the... | 6,130,857 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
story was echoed by Coolidge herself in her 2016 autobiography. The claim is also substantiated in Graham Nash's 2014 autobiography "Wild Tales".
"Layla's" second movement (the "Piano Exit") was recorded roughly a week after the first, with Gordon playing his piano part, Clapton playing acoustic guitar and slide... | 6,130,858 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
by two movements, each marked by a riff. The first movement, which was recorded in the key of D minor for choruses and C-sharp minor for verses, is centred around the "signature riff", a guitar piece utilising hammer-ons, pull-offs, and power chords. The first section contains the overdub-heavy slide guitar solo,... | 6,130,859 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
the tape speed of the coda was increased slightly during mixing. The resulting pitch is somewhere between C and C sharp. The piano interlude at the end of the song is augmented by an acoustic guitar, and is also the accompaniment to the outro-solo. The same melody is also played on Allman's slide guitar a octave ... | 6,130,860 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
said, "I think that he was amazingly raw at the time... He's such an incredible musician that he's able to put his emotions into music in such a way that the audience can feel it instinctively. It goes right through you."
## Personnel.
- Eric Clapton – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
-... | 6,130,861 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
sales as the album never actually reached the music charts in the United Kingdom, possibly in part because Clapton's name was found only on the back cover. In addition, the song's length proved prohibitive for radio airplay. As a result, a shortened version of the song, consisting of the first 2:43 of Part I, was... | 6,130,862 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
seven in the United Kingdom and reached number 10 in the United States. With good sales figures, the "Billboard" magazine was able to rank the Rock single as the 60th best-selling song in 1972.
In 1982, "Layla" was re-released as a single in the United Kingdom, and peaked at number four. This time the whole seve... | 6,130,863 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
to witnessing a murder or a suicide... to me 'Layla' is the greatest of them." Marsh listed "Layla" at number 156 in his "The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made".
In May 1980, "Layla" was covered by the London Symphony Orchestra, but without the lyrics, being recorded at EMI Studio One, Ab... | 6,130,864 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
2003, the Allman Brothers Band began playing the song in concert. Warren Haynes sang the vocal, Gregg Allman played the piano part, and Derek Trucks played Duane Allman's guitar parts during the coda. The performances were seen as a tribute not only to Allman, but also to producer Tom Dowd, who had died the previ... | 6,130,865 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
(drums).
# "Unplugged" version.
## Recording.
In 1992, Clapton was invited to play for the "MTV Unplugged" series. On 16 January 1992, he recorded an acoustic album, accompanied by a concert film, at the Bray Studios in Bray, Berkshire. Although the production team and Clapton's staff liked the recordings, Cla... | 6,130,866 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
up with such as "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" or enjoyed listening to or had written as a grown man like "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Layla". Clapton, who plays acoustic guitar and sings on the live track, was backed by Andy Fairweather Low who played acoustic rhythm guitar, Nathan East on acousti... | 6,130,867 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
it is on the original recording. "It gave us a chance to interpret the song in our way and it did work out well and it gave it a re-birth I think.", Leavell said. The acoustic version of "Layla" was produced by Russ Titelman.
Clapton recorded the acoustic version of "Layla" on a C.F. Martin & Co. steel-string ac... | 6,130,868 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
for the musical department Kerry Keane called the instrument "in the hands of Eric Clapton singly responsible for the repolarization of playing acoustic guitar today". When Keane played the guitar, he also remarked an "amazing" sound as the acoustic guitar seems to have a "wonderfully balanced tone [which is] lou... | 6,130,869 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
Clapton suggested that it would be a good idea to do another version of "Layla". Fairweather Low agreed because he had wanted to release one himself as a big Derek and the Dominos fan. Clapton thought that the perfect arrangement for the rock anthem would be a shuffle because he always liked changing the tempo of... | 6,130,870 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
this was another great opportunity to just take it off on a different path, to put it to a shuffle and for a start, making it acoustic denied all the riffs, really. They would have sounded a bit weak, I think, on the acoustic guitar, so it just seemed to become Jazzier somehow. And of course, I'm singing it a who... | 6,130,871 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
down and re-worked the original riff and dispensed with the piano coda. Because Clapton changed the arrangement of his rock anthem so much, he decided to introduce this version to the unsuspecting live audience by stating: "See if you can spot this one."
## Reception.
"AllMusic" critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine s... | 6,130,872 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
Music broadcaster VH1 thinks the "Unplugged" version revealed Clapton's guitar skills in the acoustic setting, which was particularly obvious on the re-working of "Layla" that "stressed Clapton's tender side without forfeitting intensity." "Entertainment Weekly" journalists picked the tune as the mega hit off the... | 6,130,873 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
12th most popular song of the 1970s. In 1972, "Layla" was one of the most performed songs of the year, and was just a year after its original release considered a "Rock standard". With its re-release in 1982, the Rock song cemented its reputation as a global Rock hit track. The tune features one of the most iconi... | 6,130,874 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
of America ranked "Layla" at number 118 on their Songs of the Century on 7 March 2001. Music critic Dave Marsh placed the tune on number two for his "Best Singles of the Year 1972" compilation. With its makeover in 1992 for the "Unplugged" album, "Layla" became an all-time hit song, as it won the Grammy Award for... | 6,130,875 |
536701 | Layla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla | Layla
r 1972" compilation. With its makeover in 1992 for the "Unplugged" album, "Layla" became an all-time hit song, as it won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1993, and was broadcast nonstop in 1992 and 1993 on the radio, in stores, and on television around the globe. In 1992, "Layla" was the most performed song... | 6,130,876 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) was a private, for-profit art school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The university was built from the College of Santa Fe (CSF), a Catholic facility founded as St. Michael's College in 1859, and renamed ... | 6,130,877 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
university closed in May 2018.
# History.
St. Michael's College was established at the behest of Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, who had arrived in New Mexico in 1851 to find that formal schooling in the territory was nonexistent. After establishing the Loretto Academy for girls i... | 6,130,878 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
the territorial legislature, making it the oldest chartered college in New Mexico. In 1878, the school completed a new main building which still stands in altered form on Old Santa Fe Trail.
Eventually, with different types of educational institutions becoming more sharply delinea... | 6,130,879 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
a second chance when the former Bruns Army General Hospital on Cerrillos Road was declared surplus property at the end of World War II. In 1947, Benildus managed to secure a portion of the hospital complex totaling and 39 semi-permanent wooden buildings for the new college, which w... | 6,130,880 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
the school nearly closed. In September 2009, a public-private partnership that included the City of Santa Fe, the New Mexico State Governor's Office and Laureate Education (a for-profit corporation) purchased the campus, reopening the school as The College of Santa Fe, under differ... | 6,130,881 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
ownership of the school with Laureate Education. Citing "significant ongoing financial challenges," the university closed after the 2017-2018 school year.
# Campus.
The Santa Fe University of Art and Design is housed on 60-acres. Approximately 70% of its student body lives in col... | 6,130,882 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Studios is a 27,000-square-foot motion picture soundstage facility connected to the university’s Film School. It has the largest permanent green screen in the state of New Mexico. The facility was founded in 1989 by actress and College of Santa Fe patron Greer Garson. According to ... | 6,130,883 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
The theater is open to the public.
# Academics.
Santa Fe University of Art and Design is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
The college offers degrees in arts management, contemporary music, creative writing, digital arts, film, graphic design, performing arts, photog... | 6,130,884 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Interior, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
## College of Santa Fe.
- Ari Aster, filmmaker
- Ray Buktenica, television actor
- Suzanna Choffel, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Paul Collins and Nick Petree of the band Beirut
- Samantha Crain, singer-... | 6,130,885 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
William Salyers, actor/voice actor
- Oliver M. Thomas, Jr., New Orleans Democratic city council member who pleaded guilty to bribery in 2007
- Michael Tyburski, filmmaker
- Bernadette Vigil, muralist
# Notable faculty.
- Matt Donovan, Chair, Creative Writing and Literature. Re... | 6,130,886 |
536778 | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santa%20Fe%20University%20of%20Art%20and%20Design | Santa Fe University of Art and Design
van, Chair, Creative Writing and Literature. Recipient of the 2010 Whiting Writers’ Award.
- Susan York, Chair of Art Department. Sculptor.
- Chris Eyre, Chair, The Film School. Recipient of Peabody and Emmy awards for his work as a filmmaker.
- Jon Jory, President's Chair, Perf... | 6,130,887 |
536762 | Northeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeast%20Asia | Northeast Asia
Northeast Asia
Northeast Asia, North East Asia or Northeastern Asia is a term to refer to a subregion of Asia: the northeastern landmass and islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It includes the core countries of East Asia.
The term Northeast Asia was popularized during the 1930s by an American histori... | 6,130,888 |
536762 | Northeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeast%20Asia | Northeast Asia
to the context in which it is discussed.
In common usage, the term Northeast Asia typically refers to a region including China. In this sense, the core countries constituting Northeast Asia are China, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea.
Broader definitions, such as that used by the Wo... | 6,130,889 |
536762 | Northeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeast%20Asia | Northeast Asia
for Northeast Asia defines the region as "China, Japan, the Koreas, Nepal, Mongolia, and eastern regions of the Russian Federation".
Despite not being culturally or ethnically East Asian, Russia is sometimes included in discussion as its political interests and policies clashes with those, in particular... | 6,130,890 |
536762 | Northeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeast%20Asia | Northeast Asia
1990s, Northeast Asia had a share of 12% of the global energy consumption, with a strong increasing trend. By 2030, the strong economic growth in the region is expected to double or triple this share.
# Biogeography.
In biogeography, Northeast Asia generally refers to roughly the area spanning Japan, t... | 6,130,891 |
536762 | Northeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northeast%20Asia | Northeast Asia
Biogeography.
In biogeography, Northeast Asia generally refers to roughly the area spanning Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Northeast China, and the Far East between Lake Baikal in Central Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.
Northeast Asia is mainly covered with temperate forest and grassland. There is a vast ... | 6,130,892 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
Barrie School
Barrie School is an independent school for all grades of pre-collegiate education located in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. The school is within the Glenmont census designated place, has a Silver Spring postal address, and is in close prox... | 6,130,893 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
on a first-name basis and the environment is one of openness and mutual respect .
The student population of around 300 students enjoys a green campus, with two new modern buildings, a pool, and two ponds. With an average class size of around 18, teachers can integrate the natural setting into the curricu... | 6,130,894 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
in 1932 by Frances Littman Seldin as a preschool called the Peter Pan School, located at 1604 Park Road NW in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of the District of Columbia. A native of New York, Seldin was a graduate of Columbia University.
## Move to Takoma.
After unsuccessfully attempting to move to 161... | 6,130,895 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
School when upper grade classes were added, memorializing author J. M. Barrie, creator of the "Peter Pan" story.
Barrie was described by Mrs. Seldin as a progressive, country day school, directly influenced by the work of John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Alfred Adler, and Anna Freud. It was an anomaly among... | 6,130,896 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
by Maria Montessori's philosophy and program, including practical life, integrated learning and project-based collaborative learning, multiple age class groups, and a culture of partnership between students, parents, and staff.
## Move to Montgomery County.
In the 1950s, Mrs. Seldin purchased a country ... | 6,130,897 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
Upper School (Grades 9-12) was closed from 1974 through 1982 as a result of Ms. Seldin's death and the need to sell the Fern Place campus to cover estate taxes, and a building moratorium imposed on new construction in Montgomery County during that period that created a cap on enrollment at the Layhill Roa... | 6,130,898 |
536770 | Barrie School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barrie%20School | Barrie School
Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies was authorized by the American Montessori Society and Maryland State Commission of Higher Education to offer the first formal teacher preparation for secondary Montessori educators (ages 12–18).
Classes were held until new buildings on the Layhill Road campus wer... | 6,130,899 |
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