Earthbound (King Crimson album)

January 6th, 2009

Earthbound
Earthbound cover
Live album by King Crimson
Released 1972
Recorded February-March 1972
Genre Progressive rock
Length 46:38
Label Island Records
Polydor Records
E.G. Records
Virgin Records
Producer Robert Fripp
Professional reviews
  • Allmusic 2/5 stars link
King Crimson chronology
Islands
(1971)
Earthbound
(1972)
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
(1973)

Earthbound is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1972 as a budget record shortly after the line-up which recorded it had broken up. It has been praised for its funky grooves (unusual for the band), a storming version of “Groon”, and a blistering performance of “21st Century Schizoid Man”, but widely criticized for its very poor sound quality, due to it being recorded onto cassette by live sound engineer Hunter MacDonald.

The CD reissue does not significantly improve the overall sound quality of the album, due to its cassette origins.

Contents

  • 1 Track listing
    • 1.1 Side one
    • 1.2 Side two
  • 2 Personnel
  • 3 External links

Track listing

Side one

  1. “21st Century Schizoid Man” (Including: “Mirrors”) (Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 11:45
  2. “Peoria” (Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, Fripp, Ian Wallace) – 7:30
  3. “Sailor’s Tale” (Fripp) – 4:45

Side two

  1. “Earthbound” (Burrell, Collins, Fripp, Wallace) – 7:08
  2. “Groon” (Fripp) – 15:30

Personnel

  • Robert Fripp - electric guitar
  • Boz Burrell - bass guitar, vocals
  • Mel Collins - baritone saxophone, mellotron
  • Ian Wallace - drums
  • Hunter MacDonald - VCS3

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Chester Township, Polk County, Minnesota

January 6th, 2009

Chester Township, Minnesota

Chester Township, Minnesota (Minnesota)

Chester Township, Minnesota
Chester Township, Minnesota

Location within the state of Minnesota

Coordinates: 47°48?52?N 95°46?17?W? / ?47.81444, -95.77139
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Polk
Area
 - Total 35.9 sq mi (93.1 km2)
 - Land 35.9 sq mi (93.0 km2)
 - Water 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation 1,155 ft (352 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 79
 - Density 2.2/sq mi (0.8/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code 27-11224
GNIS feature ID 0663792

Chester Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 79 at the 2000 census. It is part of the ‘Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area’.

Geography

The township is located near geocoordinates 47.808N, 95.775W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93.1 km²), of which, 35.9 square miles (93.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.08%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 79 people, 28 households, and 22 families residing in the township. The population density was 2.2 people per square mile (0.8/km²). There were 37 housing units at an average density of 1.0/sq mi (0.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population.

There were 28 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.4% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household dog age is 46 (in dog years). The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the township the population was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 119.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,125, and the median income for a family was $53,125. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $27,083 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,830. There were 4.0% of families and 14.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including 31.0% of under eighteens and 9.1% of those over 64.

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The Beautiful Struggle

January 6th, 2009

The Beautiful Struggle
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Studio album by Talib Kweli
Released September 28, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Hip Hop
Length 53:40
Label Rawkus/Geffen
Producer Hi-Tek
The Neptunes
Supa Dave West
Kanye West
Just Blaze
J.R.
Midi Mafia
Charlemagne
Tone Mason
Amadeus
Professional reviews
  • Allmusic 3/5 stars link
  • HipHopDX.com 3.5/5 stars link
  • Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) link
  • RapReviews.com 8/10 stars link
Talib Kweli chronology
Quality
(2002)
The Beautiful Struggle
(2004)
Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD
(2005)

The Beautiful Struggle is the second solo album by American rapper Talib Kweli. The album was released in 2004, and features guest appearances by rappers such as Common and Jean Grae. The Beautiful Struggle, as with all of Talib Kweli’s work, focuses on the serious side of rap, providing an alternative to today’s mainstream gangsta rap and pop rap.

The album featured production from Kanye West, The Neptunes, Supa Dave West, Just Blaze & Hi-Tek. The first single off the album, “I Try” featuring Mary J. Blige, was fairly popular as a music video, followed by the second single “Never Been In Love”. The Beautiful Struggle was Kweli’s first album in nearly 2 years.

Contents

  • 1 Origin of Album Name
  • 2 Track listing
  • 3 Album singles
  • 4 Album chart positions
  • 5 Internet Advance
    • 5.1 Advance Track listing

Origin of Album Name

The album name, “The Beautiful Struggle”, comes from a quote from rapper Mos Def. The quote was read as, “Life is beautiful, life is a struggle. Life is a beautiful struggle.”

The phrase, “Beautiful Struggle”, originated in a famous Martin Luther King Jr. speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam”:

New Roman’,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:10px 10px;”>“ We must move past indecision to action. Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. New Roman’,serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px;”>”

Lastly, “Beautiful Struggle” is the title of a radio program on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles that is an open conversation focused on African American social and political issues, thought, history, inspiration, resistance, and social change. The program aims to educate and motivate the audience to work for justice and social change.

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s)
1 “Going Hard” Charlemagne Res, Talib Kweli
2 “Back Up Offa Me” Hi-Tek Talib Kweli, Alex Thomas (background), Dion (background), Krondon (background)
3 “Broken Glass” The Neptunes Talib Kweli, Faith Evans (background)
4 “We Know” Supa Dave West Faith Evans, Talib Kweli
5 “A Game” Amadeus Talib Kweli
6 “I Try” Kanye West Mary J. Blige, Talib Kweli
7 “Around My Way” Charlemagne John Legend, Talib Kweli
8 “We Got the Beat” Midi Mafia Res, Talib Kweli
9 “Work It Out” Hi-Tek, J.R. Talib Kweli, Tiffany Mynon (background)
10 “Ghetto Show” Supa Dave West Anthony Hamilton, Common, Talib Kweli
11 “Black Girl Pain” Midi Mafia, Tone Mason Jean Grae, Talib Kweli, Elizabeth Yummy Bingham (background), Jamia Simone Nash (background), Olivia Sharnae Nash (background), Tiffany Mynon (background)
12 “Never Been in Love” Just Blaze Talib Kweli, Dave Young (background)
13 “Beautiful Struggle” Hi-Tek Talib Kweli

Album singles

Single information
“I Try” featuring Mary J. Blige

  • Released: September 28, 2004
  • B-side:
“Never Been In Love”

  • Released: 2004
  • B-side: “A Game” & “Black Girl Pain”

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
2004 The Beautiful Struggle #14 #3

Internet Advance

Before the official release of this album in 2004, a bootlegged advance of the CD began to be circulated on the Internet in the rough stages of production. Because of this, the track listing was altered prior to release.

When the album leaked, a frustrated and angry Kweli posted a response on Okayplayer. In it, he admitted that he would also jump at the opportunity to hear an artist’s CD early but condemned those who actively spread it.

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Alexander, Prince Menschikoff

January 6th, 2009

Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov (????????? ????????? ???????? in Russian) (August 26, 1787 — May 1, 1869, all n.s.) was a Russian military commander and statesman, of high nobility. He was made adjutant general in 1817 and admiral in 1833.

A great-grandson of Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov, Duke of Ingria, and a cognatic descendant of the princely house Golitsyn (another of his great-grandfathers was prince Michael Golitsyn, the esteemed and humane military governor of Turku during Russian occupation in Great Northern War), see details of four generations of his ancestry , Aleksandr entered the Russian service as attaché to the embassy at Vienna in 1809. He became close with Alexander I and accompanied the emperor throughout his campaigns against Napoleon. In 1817, Menshikov was appointed acting General Quartermeister of the General Staff. In 1823, he was transferred to the ministry of foreign affairs. Menshikov retired from army service in 1824.

He then was appointed head of the Naval Headquarters and cabinet minister by Nicholas I. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Varna and in 1830 became a member of the State Council. In 1831, Menshikov held the post of Governor-General of Finland. He mainly devoted himself to naval matters and exerted very bad influence on the development of the Russian Navy, stalling its technical progress and combat training.

In 1853, Menshikov was sent on a special mission to Constantinople, and when the Crimean War broke out he was appointed commander-in-chief by land and sea. He commanded the Russian army at the Alma and Inkerman and showed incompetence and lack of military talent. On February 15, 1855, Menshikov was removed from command, and replaced by Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov. Between December 1855 and April 1856, he held the post of Governor General of Kronstadt and then retired. He died in St. Petersburg.

He was created Prince (Fuerst) in the Finnish nobility, being the only of the rank of prince to be registered to the Finnish House of Nobility.

The first Finnish steamship Furst Menschikoff was named after him.

See also

  • Ministry of Navy
Political offices
Preceded by
Arseniy Zakrevskiy
Governor-General of Finland
1831-1855
Succeeded by
Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg
Government offices
Preceded by
Anton Moller
Minister of the Navy
1836-1855
Succeeded by
Ferdinand von Wrangel

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Jáchym Topol

January 6th, 2009

Jáchym Topol (August 4, 1962, Prague) is a Czech writer, a member of the Czech underground literature movement, and since the middle 1980s one of the co-founders of an underground Czech literary periodic Revolver Revue.

Contents

  • 1 Life
  • 2 Works
    • 2.1 Poems
    • 2.2 Novels
    • 2.3 Translations

Life

Jáchym Topol comes from a well-known literary family. His father, Josef Topol, is a renowned Czech playwright, poet, and Shakespeare translator.

Jáchym’s writing began with lyrics for a rock band called Psí vojáci (Dog Soldiers), led by his younger brother, Filip, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In 1982 he cofounded the samizdat magazine Violit, in 1985 the Revolver Revue, a samizdat review that specialized in modern Czech writing. Because of his father’s dissident activities, Topol was not allowed to go to university. Therefore after graduating from gymnasium he worked as a stoker, stocker, construction worker, and coal deliveryman. Several times he was imprisoned for short periods, both for his samizdat publishing activities and for his smuggling across the Polish border in cooperation with Polish Solidarity. He was also a signatory of Charta 77 - human rights declaration.

Jáchym played a part in the 1989 so called Velvet Revolution, publishing the independent newsletter Information Service (Informa?ní servis), which later turned to the weekly magazine Respekt. He was a reporter with Respekt for four years, he still writes for, and with Revolver Revue for three years.

He has also written lyrics for three albums by singer Monika Naceva: Moznosti tu sou (There Is a Chance, 1994), Nebe je rudý (The Sky Is Red, 1996), and Mimoid (1998). In addition, poems from City, Sister, Silver (Sestra) were set to music and released as a CD (Sestra: Jáchym Topol & Psí Vojáci) by Filip Topol and his band in 1994. Now he lives in Prague with his wife and two daughters.

Works

Poems

  • Miluji t? k zblázn?ní (I Love You Madly, 1988) – first collection of poems published as samizdat, received the Tom Stoppard Prize for Unofficial Literature (founded in 1983 by Tom Stoppard, a British playwright of Czech parents, and awarded by Charta 77 Foundation in Stockholm), in 1990 published by Atlantis.
  • V úterý bude válka (The War Will Start on Tuesday,1993) – translated into Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Polish and Vietnamese, in October 1994, Allen Ginsberg read a few poems from this book in Alex Zucker’s translation at the FringeNYC festival.

Novels

  • Výlet k nádražní hale (1994)
    / English translation: A Trip To The Train Station, Small Press Distribution (1995)
  • Sestra (1994)
    / English translation by Alex Zucker: City, Sister, Silver, Catbird Press (2000)
    won the Egon Hostovský Prize as Czech book of the year (the prize was founded in 1973 by Regina Hostovská, widow of the Czech novelist Egon Hostovský, who had gone into exile in the United States), well received by Czech readers and critics, translated into several languages
  • And?l (1995)
    / German translation: Engel EXIT, Volk und Welt (1997)
    / French translation by Marianna Canavaggio: Ange exit, J’ai lu (2002)
  • Nem?žu se zastavit (Rozhovory), Portál (2000)
  • No?ní práce (2001)
    Night works
    / French translation by Marianna Canavaggio: Missions nocturnes, Laffont (2002)
  • Kloktat dehet (2005)
    To Gurgle Tar
    about life in a children’s home

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Zhang Jie (writer)

January 6th, 2009

Zhang Jie (traditional Chinese: ??; simplified Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zh?ng Jié; Wade-Giles: Chang Chieh, born 1937) is a Chinese novelist and short-story writer. She was one of China’s first contributors to feminist fiction.

Contents

  • 1 Works
  • 2 Love Must Not Be Forgotten
  • 3 Further reading
  • 4 External links

Works

  • Love Must Not be Forgotten (1979)
  • Leaden Wings (1981)
  • The Ark (1982)
  • Emerald (1984)
  • If Nothing Happens, Nothing Will (1986)

Love Must Not Be Forgotten

Her work Love Must Not Be Forgotten is a short story based on a thirty-year old woman who discovers the extent of the torture her mother’s heart had to endure. Her mother, she finds as she reads her diary after her death, was denied a relationship from a man who loved her back but was unable to express his true feelings since he died in the cultural revolution. The protagonist is single and is loved by a man known for his attractive appearance, Qiao Lin. However, she doubts their compatibility and wonders if a love is or would become present. The story ends: “To live single is not such a fearful disaster. I believe it may be a sign of a step forward in culture, education, and the quality of life.”

Further reading

  • Bloomsbury Guide to Women’s Literature

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Triumph Acclaim

January 6th, 2009

Triumph Acclaim
Triumph Acclaim
Manufacturer British Leyland/Honda
Production 1981–1984
133,626 made
Predecessor Triumph Dolomite
Successor Rover 200
Body style(s) 4 door saloon
Engine(s) 1335 cc Straight-4
Transmission(s) 5 speed manual
3 speed automatic
Wheelbase 91 in (2311 mm)
Length 161 in (4089 mm)
Width 63 in (1600 mm)
Height 53 in (1346 mm)
Related Honda Ballade

The Triumph Acclaim was a front wheel drive medium-sized family car made by British Leyland (BL) from 1981 to 1984. It was based on the Honda Ballade and used a Honda-designed engine, but met United Kingdom component-content requirements. It was the final model of the Triumph marque.

The development process began in 1978 when delegates of British Leyland entered talks with overheads at Honda with a view to developing a new small family saloon. On 26 December 1979, Michael Edwardes officially signed a collorbation between British Leyland and Honda. 18 months later, the new car went into production, badged as the Triumph Acclaim and based on the Honda Ballade. The end of Dolomite and TR7 production meant that the Acclaim was the only car to wear the Triumph badge after 1981.

The Acclaim was significant as the first essentially Japanese car to be built within the European Economic Community (now the European Union), to bypass Japan’s voluntary limit of 11% market of the total number of European sales. The Acclaim was also a major turnaround point for BL itself, with the car sporting good reliability and build quality from the outset. It paved the way for the Honda-based, Rover-badged range of cars which BL (and successor organisations Austin Rover and Rover Group) would develop throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

The most notable outward change from the Honda was the appearance of a central badge on the grille. At the time, the Japanese model had “Honda” to the right-hand side of the grille. Other changes included twin Keihin carburettors (the Ballade only had a single carburettor), the mirrors were situated on the doors, the independent front and rear MacPherson strut suspension was tweaked for the UK market and the seats were based on Ford Cortina frames. The brakes were disc at the front and drum at the rear.

All Acclaims were powered by the all alloy and overhead cam 1335 cc engine found in the Honda Civic and the interior was nearly identical (except for the seats). The usual BL trim levels were offered: L, HL, HLS and the top of the range CD, which had front and rear electric windows, head lamp washers and optional air conditioning. The car remained largely the same throughout its production life. The only changes were to the door handles, a restyled steering wheel, a restyled gear knob and the heater recirculation control, which was moved.

There was a limited-edition “Avon” Acclaim which had leather seats, wooden dashboard, wooden door cappings, two-tone paint and optional turbocharging.

The Acclaim replaced the Triumph Dolomite of the 1970s and was succeeded by the first Rover 200-series, based on the next incarnation of the Honda Ballade.

It was the last car to wear the Triumph badge. The last Acclaim off the production line is now in the Heritage Motor Centre.

In 1982 and 1983, it featured in the top ten selling cars in Britain; the first Triumph to achieve this feat since records began in 1965.

A total of 133,625 Acclaims were produced, the vast majority of which were sold in Britain.

Production finished in the summer of 1984, when the Rover 200 was launched, and the Acclaim’s demise saw the end of the Triumph marque, as Austin Rover’s restructuring saw only the Austin, Rover, Land Rover and MG badges being used, as Jaguar had been sold off.

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Tony Wilding

January 6th, 2009

Olympic medalist
Center
Anthony Wilding
Medal record
Competitor for  Australasia
Men’s Tennis
Bronze 1912 Stockholm Indoor singles

Anthony (”Tony”) Frederick Wilding (October 31, 1883 in Christchurch, New Zealand – May 9, 1915 near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France) was a champion tennis player and a soldier killed in action during World War I. He was the co-World No. 1 in 1911 and 1912 and the World No. 1 player in 1913. Pete Sampras was the first person to break his record across multiple Wimbledon wins in doubles, singles and mixed doubles.

Wilding was the son of Frederick and Julia Wilding. His father was a well-to-do lawyer in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was educated there at Mr Wilson’s School in Cramner Square, then attended the Canterbury University College for six months before going to England in 1902 to enter Cambridge University, where he developed his tennis game.

In 1905, Wilding made his first Davis Cup appearance as part of the Australasian team and the following year won the Australasian Championship singles and doubles championships. Finishing his education, he was called to the English Bar in 1906.

Between 1907 and 1909 he helped the Australasian team win the Davis Cup, and he won his second Australian Open in 1909, the same year he qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor at the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Focusing on his tennis game, he then won the Wimbledon singles title for four straight years between 1910 and 1913. In 1913 at Wimbledon Myers says that he played “the best game of his life”, beating Maurice McLoughlin in three sets. In 1914 he narrowly missed winning his fifth in a row, losing in the 1914 finals to Norman Brookes. In addition, he won four doubles titles at Wimbledon. In 1914, he returned to Davis Cup play, leading the Australasian team to another championship.

He missed the 1908 Olympics in London because of administrative bungling, but at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm won a bronze medal in the men’s indoor singles for Australasia.

At the outbreak of World War I, Tony Wilding joined the Royal Marines, serving as a Captain with the Armoured Car Division in the battlefields of France. He was killed in action on May 9, 1915 during the Battle of Aubers Ridge at Neuve-Chapelle, France. He had been dating and was about to marry Hollywood silent screen star Maxine Elliott.

Captain Tony Wilding was buried in the Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery in Richebourg-L’Avoue, Pas-de-Calais, France. In 1978, he was named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wilding Park, the principal venue for tennis in Christchurch, New Zealand, is named in his honour.

He also played for the Canterbury cricket team in the early 1900s where he played two first-class matches. He was a keen motorcycle (with sidecar) rider with many long trips in Europe, New Zealand and America. In 1908 he won a gold medal in a reliability trial from Land’s End to John o’ Groats. Several “mighty rides” (Myers) in Europe in 1910 included London to Lake Geneva and back, some 3000 miles (4800 km), including 350 miles (560 km) from Evian to Paris in one day. He ventured into poorly roaded places like Hungary and Serbia.

Contents

  • 1 Wilding’s singles titles (at least 112)
    • 1.1 Grand Slam titles
    • 1.2 Davis Cup
  • 2 Notes
  • 3 See also
  • 4 External links

Wilding’s singles titles (at least 112)

Sources:

  • ANTHONY WILDING, A Sporting Life, Len and Shelley Richardson, Canterbury University Press, 2005 ISBN 1 877257 01 X (main source)
  • On the Court and Off by Anthony F. Wilding (1912, Methuen, London)
  • Captain Anthony Wilding by A. Wallis Myers (1916, Hodder and Stoughton, London)
No. Date Tournament Surface
Not counted. 1901 Canterbury, New Zealand
Not counted. 1901 Ashburton, New Zealand
Not counted. 1902 University of New Zealand, New Zealand
Not counted. 1903 Cambridge University (Freshmen’s), New Zealand
1. 1904 (Amateur) Championships of Shropshire, Shrewsbury
2. 1904 Redhill
3. 1904 (Amateur) Championships of Scotland, Moffat Grass
4. 1904 Carlisle (North Cumberland)
5. 1905 Hertfordshire and North Middlesex Championship at Lyonsdown Lawn Tennis Club in New Barnet
6. 1905 Redhill
7. 1905 Hamburg (Poseldorf Cup), Germany
8. 1905 Championship of Europe-Homburg
9. 1905 Le Touquet, France
10. 1906 Championship of Cannes-Cannes Beau Site, France
11. 1906 Championship of the Riviera-Menton, France
12. 1906 French Covered Court Championship-Paris, France
13. 1906 Lyon, France
14. 1906 Reading, Berkshire
15. 1906 Championships of Spain-Barcelona, Spain
16. 1906 Wiesbaden, Germany
17. 1906 Sheffield
18. 1906 Championship of Austria-Prague, Czechoslovakia
19. 1906 Prague*, Czechoslovakia
20. 1906 Epsom
21. 1906 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Not counted **. 1906 Marienbad (Cup)
22. 1906 Marienbad
23. 1906 Carlsbad
24. 1906 Homburg
25. 1906 Baden-Baden, Germany
26. 1906 Eastbourne (South of England)
27. 1906 Queen’s (Covered Court) probably Wood
28. 1906 Australasian Championship-Christchurch, New Zealand Grass
29. 1906 (ended on New Year’s Day 1907) New Zealand Championship-Christchurch Grass
30. 1907 Nice, France probably Clay
31. 1907 Paris (Covered Court), France probably Wood
32. 1907 Lyon, France
33. 1907 Queen’s (Covered Court) probably Wood
Not counted **. 1907 Wiesbaden (Cup)
34. 1907 Wiesbaden
35. 1907 Prague, Czechoslovakia
36. 1907 Vienna, Austria
37. 1907 Swiss Championship-Lucerne, Switzerland
38. 1907 Budapest, Hungary
39. 1907 Sheffield
40. 1907 Beckenham, Kent
41. 1907 June 22 London Championships-Queen’s Grass
Not counted ***. 1907 Wimbledon (All England Plate)
42. 1907 Marienbad Cup
43. 1907 Franzenbad
44. 1907 Carlsbad
45. 1907 September Baden-Baden
46. 1908 San Remo, Italy probably Clay
47. 1908, March 15-22 Monte Carlo, Monaco probably Clay
48. 1908 Nice, France probably Clay
49. 1908 Championship of Cannes-Cannes Beau Site, France probably Clay
50. 1908 Cannes (Métropole), France probably Clay
51. 1908 Lyon, France
Not counted **. 1908 Wiesbaden (Cup), Germany
52. 1908 Wiesbaden, Germany
53. 1908 Lille, France
54. 1908 Bordeaux, France
55. 1908 Sheffield
56. 1908 Dieppe, France
57. 1908 Baden-Baden, Germany
58. 1908 Eastbourne (South of England)
59. 1908 New Zealand Championship-Nelson
60. 1909 Taranaki
61. 1909 Masterton
62. 1909 Otago
63. 1909 Simultaneously Championship of Australasia and Western Australia-Perth, Australia
64. 1909 Championship of Victoria-Melbourne, Australia
65. 1909 Championship of New Zealand-Auckland
66. 1910 Championship of South Africa-Johannesburg
67. 1910 Italian Riviera Championships-San Remo, Italy
68. 1910 Brussels (Leopold Club), Belgium
69. 1910 Lille, France
70. 1910 Brussels (International Singles), Belgium
71. 1910 London Championships-Queen’s Grass
72. 1910 Wimbledon Grass
73. 1910 Ostend
74. 1910 The Hague
75. 1910 Évian-les-Bains, France
76. 1910 Paris, France
77. 1910 Sapicourt
78. 1910 Queen’s (Covered Court) probably Wood
79. 1911 San Remo, Italy probably Clay
80. 1911, February 27 - March 5 Monte Carlo, Monaco probably Clay
81. 1911 Championship of the Riviera-Menton, France probably Clay
82. 1911 Nice, France probably Clay
83. 1911 Cannes (Beau Site), France probably Clay
84. 1911 Lyon, France
85. 1911 Beckenham (Kent)
86. 1911 Queen’s Grass
87. 1911 Wimbledon (Challenge Round)**** Grass
88. 1912, February 12-18 Monte Carlo, Monaco probably Clay
89. 1912 Beckenham (Kent) Grass
90. 1912 Queen’s Grass
91. 1912 Wimbledon (Challenge Round)**** Grass
92. 1912 Deauville, France probably Clay
93. 1913, February 24 - March 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco probably Clay
94. 1913 Menton (Riviera), France probably Clay
95. 1913 Menton (Forme-Becharat Cup), France probably Clay
96. 1913 Hard ***** Court Championship of the World-Paris, France Clay
97. 1913 Grass Court Championship of the World-Wimbledon (Challenge Round)**** Grass
98. 1913 Deauville, France probably Clay
99. September 8, 1913 Le Touquet, France probably Clay
100. September 15, 1913 Montreux Autumn Meeting, Switzerland probably Clay
101. September 22, 1913 Montreux Palace Autumn Meeting, Switzerland probably Clay
102. October 18, 1913 Covered Court Championship of the World-Stockholm probably Wood
103. 1914 Cannes (Beau Site) 1st meeting, France probably Clay
104. 1914 Cannes (Carlton) 1st meeting, France probably Clay
105. 1914 Bordighera, Italy ?? probably Clay
106. 1914 Beaulieu, France probably Clay
107. 1914, February 23 - March 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco probably Clay
108. 1914 Riviera Championship-Menton, France probably Clay
109. 1914 Nice, France probably Clay
110. 1914 Championships of Cannes-Cannes (Beau Site), France probably Clay
111. 1914 Cannes (Carlton) 2nd meeting, France probably Clay
112. 1912 Hard ***** Court Championship of the World-Paris, France Clay
  • * It seems to be a different tournament from the previous one held in the same city
  • ** It is not clear if it was a different tournament from the following one in the list
  • *** The All England Plate was a tournament played by the losers of the first two rounds of the Wimbledon Men’s Singles tournament (in 1907 Wilding lost in five sets in the 2nd round to the future winner Norman Everard Brookes)
  • **** Up until 1921, the winners of the previous year’s competition (except in the Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were automatically granted byes into the final round (then known as the challenge round). This led to many winners retaining their titles for successive years, as they were able to rest while their opponent competed from the start of the competition. From 1922, the title holders played through from the start of the championships. In 1912 at Wimbledon he had offered to “play through” instead of standing out to meet the All Comers’ winner, though his offer was not accepted.
  • ***** “Hard Court” in the Commonwealth countries (UK, Australia, …) means “Clay Court”

Grand Slam titles

  • Singles:
    • Australian Open: 1906, 1909
    • Wimbledon: 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
  • Doubles:
    • Australian Open: 1906
    • Wimbledon: 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914

Davis Cup

  • Winning team: 1907, 1908, 1909, 1914

Notes

  1. ^ Anna Wilding Official fansite at www.anthonywilding.com

See also

  • Tennis male players statistics

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Kader Toy Factory Fire

January 6th, 2009

The Kader Toy Factory fire was a fire on 10 May 1993 at a factory in Thailand. It is considered the worst industrial factory fire in history. 188 people were killed, and over 500 were seriously injured. Most of the victims were young female workers from rural families. More people were killed than in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; despite this, the incident received little media attention outside Thailand. The factory was owned by the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, a Thai transnational corporation and one of Asia’s largest agribusiness firms.

Contents

  • 1 Fire
  • 2 Aftermath
  • 3 Media references
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Fire

The Kader toy factory manufactured stuffed toys and licensed plastic dolls primarily intended for export to the United States and other developed countries. The toys were produced for Disney, Mattel and others. The Factory is located in the Sam Phran District of Nakhon Pathom Province. The structures that were destroyed in the blaze were all owned and operated directly by Kader, which owns the site. Kader has two sister companies that also operate at the location on a lease arrangement.

The factory was poorly designed and built. Fire exits on the plans were not put in place, and external doors were locked. Furthermore, the building was reinforced with un-insulated steel girders which quickly weakened and collapsed.

At about 4pm on May 10th, 1993, a small fire was discovered on the first floor of part of the E-shaped building. Workers were instructed to keep working as the fire was thought to be minor. The fire alarm in this building did not sound.

This part of the building was dedicated to the storage of finished products and the fire spread quickly. Other parts of the factory were full of raw materials which also burned very fast.

Workers in the first building who tried to escape found the ground floor exit doors locked, and the stairwells soon collapsed. Many workers jumped from the second, third and fourth floor windows in order to escape the flames, resulting in severe injuries or death.

Fire-fighters arrived at the factory at about 4:40pm, to find Building One about to collapse.

Fire alarms in buildings two and three had sounded and all the workers were able to escape.

Aftermath

Most victims were taken by ambulance to the Sriwichai II Hospital, where 20 of them died. When the northern stairwell of the collapsed building was searched, the bodies of many others were found. These victims died of smoke inhalation, the flames, or the ultimate collapse of the building.

The Kader fire has created a great deal of interest about the country’s fire safety measures, particularly its building code design requirements and enforcement policies. Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, who travelled to the scene on the evening of the fire, has pledged that the government will address fire safety issues. According to the Wall Street Journal (1993), Leekpai has called for tough action against those who violate the safety laws. Thai Industry Minister Sanan Kachornprasart is quoted as saying that “Those factories without fire prevention systems will be ordered to install one, or we will shut them down”.

The Wall Street Journal goes on to state that labour leaders, safety experts and officials say that the Kader fire may help tighten building codes and safety regulations, but they fear that lasting progress is still far off as employers flout rules and governments allow economic growth to take priority over worker safety.

Media references

New Zealand singer-songwriter Don McGlashan released a song about the disaster, Toy Factory Fire, on his 2006 album Warm Hand. The song is narrated from the imagined perspective of a New York-based toy company executive who, in the week of the 10th anniversary of the fire, is looking at a number of photographs of the disaster’s aftermath. “Here’s Bart Simpson with his arms all melted and twisted,” he begins. And later: “They said it was a death trap from a text book… Keeping hidden was the best work I ever did.”

References

  1. ^ Thai toy factory fire: 10 years after the world’s worst industrial inferno

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Garbage Video

January 6th, 2009

Garbage Video
Garbage Video cover
Video by Garbage
Released November 12, 1996 (US)
December 9, 1996 (UK)
Recorded 1995-1996
Glasgow, Madison, London, Los Angeles
Genre Alternative rock, Electronica
Length 30:00
Label Almo Sights & Sounds/Geffen (North America)
Mushroom Records (UK)
BMG (Europe)
White (Australia & Asia)
Producer Garbage
Garbage chronology
Garbage Video
(1996)
Absolute Garbage
(2007)

Garbage Video, also known as Home Video was a 1996 short-form VHS and Video CD release that included all of Garbage’s promotional music videos filmed up until that point. Garbage Video was produced by Oil Factory and Propaganda Films.

Garbage Video was the last major release to promote parent album Garbage and was issued by Almo Sights & Sounds/Geffen in North America and by Mushroom Records worldwide. Unlike a number of other music video compilations, Garbage Video has never been re-issued on the DVD format. It was superseded by the 2007 DVD release of Absolute Garbage.

Contents

  • 1 Tracklisting
  • 2 Video release
  • 3 Credits and personnel
  • 4 Comprehensive charts
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Tracklisting

  1. “Vow” – 4:30
  2. “Only Happy When It Rains” (U.S. Version) – 3:56
  3. “Queer” – 4:36
  4. “Stupid Girl” – 4:18
  5. “Sleep” (Bonus track)
  6. “Milk” – 3:53

Video release

Garbage Video includes footage shot at the band’s March 21, 1996, headline concert at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom, and outtakes from the shoots for the videos for “Only Happy When It Rains”, “Queer” and “Stupid Girl” which are over-dubbed with a remix soundtrack by Rabbit in the Moon, Danny Saber and Red Snapper. The video also includes a mini-clip for b-side “Sleep” shot by Garbage in Smart Studios in Madison, WI, Wisconsin.

Garbage intended the video release to show their “very strong visual identity”, while stressing that their definite film piece would follow the next year, pushing “very hard at the conventional barriers associated with band video/short film-making”.

Credits and personnel

Music Video Directors

  • Samuel Bayer (”Vow”, “Only Happy When It Rains” and “Stupid Girl”)
  • Stéphane Sednaoui (”Queer” and “Milk”)
  • Garbage (”Sleep”)

Remixes

  • Queer: Danny Saber and Rabbit in the Moon
  • Stupid Girl: Danny Saber and Red Snapper

Comprehensive charts

Country/chart Peak position Sales/shipments
US Billboard Top Music Videos 10

References

  1. ^Garbage Video sleeve credits”
  2. ^ “”New Best Of Album”". Garbage.com. http://www.garbage.com/news/news.php?uid=336. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  3. ^ a b “”The Screens Are Full of Garbage”, Melody Maker, issue dated December 7, 1996″
  4. ^ “Garbage November 1996 news”. Cafemomo.com. http://web.archive.org/web/20010721002222/www.cafemomo.com/news/9611news.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 
  5. ^ “Videos - Garbage Home Video - Top Music Video Chart Listing For The Week Of Nov 30, 1996″. Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=388&cfgn=Videos&cfn=Top+Music+Video&ci=3024950&cdi=7117092&cid=11%2F30%2F1996. Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 

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