prompt_front: Answer the question based on the given passages. Only give me the answer and do not output any other words.

Question: Where was the director of film Edges Of The Lord born?

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Edges of the Lord
Edges of the Lord is a 2001 film, written and directed by Yurek Bogayevicz, starring Willem Dafoe and Haley Joel Osment  The film, set in Poland during World War II, tells the story of a wealthy Jewish boy who must pose as a Catholic peasant farmland local in order to avoid capture from Nazi forces 

Plot
Romek (Haley Joel Osment) is the son of a wealthy Jewish couple  When the Nazis invade Poland, the family contacts an old friend and tasks him to hide their son  During this plight, Romek poses as the Catholic nephew of a local farmer (Olaf Lubaszenko), with the aid of a compassionate Catholic priest (Willem Dafoe) 
Despite his Jewish upbringing, Romek quickly learns of the Catholic traditions and manages to apply them  The peasants face constant harassment from Nazis, wherein a Hitler youth member rapes one local child  One night, Romek sees the same youth member harassing another local wherein he shoots him dead  A Nazi commander awards him a Nazi uniform and cloak, which he then uses to free some Jews and other locals mistaken as Jews  Tolo joins the other captives in solidarity 

Cast
Haley Joel Osment as Romek
Willem Dafoe as Priest
Liam Hess as Tolo
Richard Banel as Vladek
Olaf Lubaszenko as Gniecio
Małgorzata Foremniak as Manka
Andrzej Grabowski as Kluba
Chiril Vahonin as Robal
Olga Frycz as Maria
Eugene Osment as German officer at Batylin Field
Krzysztof Pieczyński as German officer at Trains

Release history
The film was first released in theatres in 2001, in Poland  In 2002, it had theatrical releases in Spain, the Czech Republic, Japan, Italy, Portugal and Hong Kong   In the Czech Republic, it was shown at the Febio Film Festival   Other theatrical releases included Kazakhstan, in 2007 and Belgium, in 2008, among other countries   The film had direct-to-DVD releases in Sweden (2002) and the United States (2005)   The 2005 release of the film in the United States, by its distributor, Miramax/Buuna Vista, was subject to criticism for delay 

Critical reception
The film was not widely reviewed, and the published reviews were mixed   Haley Joel Osment was described by one reviewer as having an "unusual emotional depth" in the film, where he "emotionally centers the film, with a balanced, thoughtful portrait"   This reviewer also correctly predicted that because the film was shot in English, with many of the actors speaking with Polish accents, it would quickly go to video and TV   David Nusair described the film as "a fairly decent set-up that's entirely squandered by Bogayevicz, with the filmmaker's apparent inability to develop these characters beyond their most superficial attributes surely playing a key role in the movie's ultimate (and colossal) downfall "  Reviewer John J  Puccio described the film as "a movie that starts grimly, lightens up slightly, and then gets very gloomy, indeed "

Awards
The film won the award for Best Screenplay (by Yurek Bogayevicz, who also directed the film) at the 2001 Polish Film Festival   The film was also nominated for six awards at the 2002 Polish Film Awards: Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Olga Frycz), Best Director (Yurek Bogayevicz), Best Screenplay (Yurek Bogayevicz), Best Cinematography (Paweł Edelman) and Best Costume Design (Jagna Janicka)
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Brian Keith Lord
Brian Keith Lord (born 1961) is an American murderer whose case was featured on Forensic Files 

Murders
In 1974, at the age of 13, Lord murdered his friend's mother by shooting her in the back as she hung clothes on a clothesline  "For that crime, Lord served only six months in a juvenile detention facility and was released "In 1986, at the age of 25, he was hired as a carpenter at the home of Wayne and Sharon Frye, neighbors of 16-year-old Tracy Parker  Lord subsequently became acquainted with Tracy, who often rode horses owned by the Fryes  Finding himself alone with her on the night of September 16, 1986, Lord persuaded her to get into his truck under the guise of giving her a ride home  He drove to his brother's workshop, somehow coerced her into going inside, and raped and murdered her 

Investigation
Investigation into Tracy's disappearance initially focused on the Fryes  Her last discernible interaction was a telephone call made by her to her friend from their residence  A manhunt took place, and some of her blood-soaked clothes were found in a wooded area on the weekend of September 20  Her semi-nude body was found on September 30 Investigators began considering Lord as a suspect after it was discovered that he called his family roughly ten minutes prior to Tracy from the same phone that Tracy called her friend on  Lord denied any involvement and informed police that he had traveled to his brother's workshop that night  The workshop was investigated as a possible murder location which led to the discovery of a large blood spot on the floor; samples of material from the workshop were collected  A green paint chip found on Tracy's body was matched to a dismantled fence that Lord had hauled in his truck, thus incriminating him 

Prosecution
Lord was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in 1987  During the trial, he leveled threats at the Parker family  His death sentence was voided in 1997, his conviction was overturned in 1999, and after much delay, was given a new trial in 2003  Lord was again convicted and was given a life sentence 

See also
List of United States death row inmates
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Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States   He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020  He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019  He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004 

Career
Brian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States after leaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College  In October 2010 he became the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art  On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum 

Early life and career in Ireland
Kennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College  He received B A  (1982), M A  (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history 
He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89)  He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988 He was Assistant Director at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997  He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003  In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia 

National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged for several major shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itself and oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site   Although he oversaw several years of the museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions 
During his directorship, the NGA gained government support for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship  However, the initial design for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rights grounds   As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure, with a significantly altered design completed some years later   Private funding supported two acquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's After Cézanne in 2001  Kennedy built on the established collections at the museum by acquiring the Holmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints, screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Print Workshop Archive  He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace, which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above) 
Kennedy's cancellation of the "Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial, and seen by some as censorship  He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too close to the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of a speculative art investor  However, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which could have raised similar concerns  The exhibition featured the privately owned Young British Artists works belonging to Charles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn  Its most controversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dung and was accused of being blasphemous  The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against the exhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion " In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had "obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art"  He has said that it "was the toughest decision of my professional life, so far "Kennedy was also repeatedly questioned on his management of a range of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA's occupational health and safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-old air-conditioning system  The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003  Kennedy announced in 2002 that he would not seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two predecessors He became a joint Irish-Australian citizen in 2003 

Toledo Museum of Art
The Toledo Museum of Art is known for its exceptional collections of European and American paintings and sculpture, glass, antiquities, artist books, Japanese prints and netsuke  The museum offers free admission and is recognized for its historical leadership in the field of art education   During his tenure, Kennedy has focused the museum's art education efforts on visual literacy, which he defines as "learning to read, understand and write visual language "   Initiatives have included baby and toddler tours, specialized training for all staff, docents, volunteers and the launch of a website, www vislit org  In November 2014, the museum hosted the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) conference, the first Museum to do so  Kennedy has been a frequent speaker on the topic, including 2010 and 2013 TEDx talks on visual and sensory literacy 
Kennedy has expressed an interest in expanding the museum's collection of contemporary art and art by indigenous peoples  Works by Frank Stella, Sean Scully, Jaume Plensa, Ravinder Reddy and Mary Sibande have been acquired   In addition, the museum has made major acquisitions of Old Master paintings by Frans Hals and Luca Giordano During his tenure the Toledo Museum of Art has announced the return of several objects from its collection due to claims the objects were stolen and/or illegally exported prior being sold to the museum   In 2011 a Meissen sweetmeat stand was returned to Germany followed by an Etruscan Kalpis or water jug to Italy (2013), an Indian sculpture of Ganesha (2014) and an astrological compendium to Germany in 2015 

Hood Museum of Art
Kennedy became Director of the Hood Museum of Art in July 2005  During his tenure, he implemented a series of large and small-scale exhibitions and oversaw the production of more than 20 publications to bring greater public attention to the museum's remarkable collections of the arts of America, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Polar regions  At 70,000 objects, the Hood has one of the largest collections on any American college of university campus  The exhibition, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, toured several US venues  Kennedy increased campus curricular use of works of art, with thousands of objects pulled from storage for classes annually  Numerous acquisitions were made with the museum's generous endowments, and he curated several exhibitions: including Wenda Gu: Forest of Stone Steles: Retranslation and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry, Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, and Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons 

Publications
Kennedy has written or edited a number of books on art, including:

Alfred Chester Beatty and Ireland 1950-1968: A study in cultural politics, Glendale Press (1988), ISBN 978-0-907606-49-9
Dreams and responsibilities: The state and arts in independent Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland (1990), ISBN 978-0-906627-32-7
Jack B Yeats: Jack Butler Yeats, 1871-1957 (Lives of Irish Artists), Unipub (October 1991), ISBN 978-0-948524-24-0
The Anatomy Lesson: Art and Medicine (with Davis Coakley), National Gallery of Ireland (January 1992), ISBN 978-0-903162-65-4
Ireland: Art into History (with Raymond Gillespie), Roberts Rinehart Publishers (1994), ISBN 978-1-57098-005-3
Irish Painting, Roberts Rinehart Publishers (November 1997),  ISBN 978-1-86059-059-7
Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, Hood Museum of Art (October 2008), ISBN 978-0-944722-34-3
Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-1966, Hood Museum of Art (October 2010), ISBN 978-0-944722-39-8

Honors and achievements
Kennedy was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian Society and its art  He is a trustee and treasurer of the Association of Art Museum Directors, a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums and a member of the International Association of Art Critics  In 2013 he was appointed inaugural eminent professor at the University of Toledo and received an honorary doctorate from Lourdes University  Most recently, Kennedy received the 2014 Northwest Region, Ohio Art Education Association award for distinguished educator for art education 


== Notes ==
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Yurek Bogayevicz
Yurek Bogajevicz (born Jerzy Bogajewicz in Poznań, 2 June 1949) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, actor and producer  He directed, among others, Anna (1987), Three of Hearts (1993) and Exit in Red (1996) 

Filmography
Director
Anna (1987)
Trzy serca (Three of Hearts, 1993)
Osaczony (Exit in red, 1996)
Boże skrawki (Edges of the Lord, 2001)
Kasia i Tomek (TV series, 2002–2003)
Camera Café (TV series, 2004)
Niania (TV series, 2005–2006)
Stacja (TV series, 2010)

Producer
Anna (1987)

Screenplay
Anna (1987)
Boże skrawki (Edges of the Lord, 2001)

Actor
Pies – as Jerzy Mazurek (1973)
Pozwólcie nam do woli fruwać nad ogrodem – as Staszek (1974)
Polskie drogi (1976)
Pora na czarownice – as Passer-by on the station (1993)
Kasia i Tomek – as Psychologist (2002-2003)
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Mary Lou Lord
Mary Lou Lord (born March 1, 1965) is an indie folk musician who started performing as a busker in Boston 

Life and career
Mary Lou Lord first gained attention playing acoustic guitar and singing in and around Boston's subway stations, particularly on the Red Line, as noted by the name she chose for her music and lyric publishing company, On the Red Line Music, administered by BMI 
Lord became friends with Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain in the fall of 1991, before the group's rise to mainstream fame; there has been much speculation about their relationship  In 2010, Lord published an explanation from her point of view She met Elliott Smith through Slim Moon, the owner of Kill Rock Stars and her boyfriend at the time  Lord toured three times with Smith during the 1990s  Smith also wrote and helped Lord record a song called "I Figured You Out" in 1997 
Lord signed with the Sony subsidiary Work in 1997 and released the album Got No Shadow in 1998  On December 31, 1998, Lord and Kevin Patey, from the band Raging Teens, had a daughter, whom they named Annabelle Lord-Patey Her recording of Daniel Johnston's "Speeding Motorcycle" (which originally featured on her self-titled 8-song Kill Rock Stars release) was featured in commercials for Target stores, after which her label reissued the song as the lead track of a CD single which also included two demo recordings from the sessions for Got No Shadow 
In 2001, Lord released Live City Sounds  This was a self-released disc of Lord playing live in the Boston subway  The disc was re-released after she signed to Rubric Records 
Baby Blue, a CD recorded at London and produced by The Bevis Frond leader Nick Saloman, was published by Rubric Records in 2004  Saloman played guitar, bass and harp and wrote most of the songs 
Lord announced in 2005 that she suffered from a rare vocal cord affliction known as spasmodic dysphonia  She thereafter became more involved in A&R work and started a new management company with Kevin Patey, Jittery Jack Management 
In 2011, Lord used Kickstarter to record a new album titled Backstreet Angels, which was self-released in 2015  In 2012 she began performing regularly once again 
In 2019, Lord and fellow musician Maryanne Window began a podcast titled "How The Hell Did That Happen?"  The podcast attracted attention from mainstream media, as Lord provided details of her romance and friendships with Kurt Cobain and Elliott Smith during the 1990s 

Discography
Cassettes
Real – Deep Music (1992)
TSWL (To Sir With Love) – EW Productions/Demo tape (1993)

Albums
Got No Shadow – The WORK Group (1998)
Live City Sounds – Self-released (2001), reissue: Rubric Records (2002)
Baby Blue – Rubric Records / Loose Music (2004)
Backstreet Angels – Self-released (2015)

EPs and singles
Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight) 7" vinyl single – Kill Rock Stars (1993)
Mary Lou Lord EP – Kill Rock Stars (1995)
Martian Saints! EP – Kill Rock Stars (1997)
Mind the Gap EP – The WORK Group (1997)
The Pace of Change EP – The WORK Group (1998)
Lights Are Changing EP – The WORK Group (1998)
She Had You single – The WORK Group (1998)
(Untitled) EP – Kill Rock Stars (1999)
Mary Lou Lord/Sean Na Na Split EP – Kill Rock Stars (2000)
Speeding Motorcycle EP – Rubric Records (2001)

Compilation and soundtrack contributions
Stars Kill Rock: "Camden Town Rain" – Kill Rock Stars (1993)
A Slice of Lemon: "Eternal Circle" – Kill Rock Stars/Lookout Records (1996)
Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon: "Power to the People" (with The Minus 5) – Hollywood Records (1995)
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits: "Sugar, Sugar" (with Semisonic), – MCA Records (1995)
Safe and Sound: "Polaroids" – Big Rig Records / Mercury Records (1996)
Jabberjaw: Pure Sweet Hell: "Birthday Boy" – Mammoth Records (1996)
Yo Yo A Go Go: "Helsinki (live)" – Yo Yo Recordings (1996)
Everybody Wants Some: "Jump" – CherryDisc (1997)
107 1 KGSR / Radio Austin – Broadcasts Volume 6: "His N D  World" (live) – KGSR (1998)
Zero Effect Motion Picture Soundtrack: "Some Jingle Jangle Morning" – Sony Music (1998)
Wicked Good Sampler Vol  IV : "On the Avenue" – Sony Music (1998)
SXSW Volume 5: "I'm Talking To You" (live) – SXSW (1999)
Transmission 1: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon: "The Outdoor Miner" – Cosmodemonic Telegraph Inc  (2000)
Rubric 01: "From Galway to Graceland" – Rubric Records (2000)
Gordon Gano: Hitting The Ground: "Oh Wonder" – Cooking Vinyl (2002)
For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records: "Cold Company" – Bloodshot Records (2005)
Joe Harvard: Country Eastern – Aeria Records (2008)

Notes
External links
Official website
Mary Lou Lord's entry at Allmusic
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Walter Lord (footballer)
Walter Lord (born 1 November 1933) was an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward 
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Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre 

Career
Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films  Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy Some of his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980), A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films  He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s 
Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in several Broadway productions  He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into the Army  He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University  Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Pacific Resident Theatre Company  He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also an associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company 
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Edwin Chesley Estes Lord
Edwin Chesley Estes Lord (born May 7, 1868) was an American geologist and petrographer 

Biography
Lord was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 7, 1868  He was educated in the public schools of New York City and in Brunswick and Heidelberg, Germany, and in Harvard University, Cambridge  Received the degrees of Ph D  (Heidelberg) and M S  (Harvard) Lord served as field assistant in the United States Geological Survey, 1895–1897, was professor of Geology and mineralogy in Hamilton College, 1899–1900, Austin Teaching Fellow and assistant in mineralogy and petrography, Harvard University, 1900–1901  He was assistant in petrography and chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture 1901–1904, and was a petrographer in the office of public roads and rural engineering of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1904 

Works
He published a geological and petrographical paper on igneous rocks from Bavaria, Germany, Mexico, Texas and Maine, 1894–1900  After 1900 has published papers on the petrography of rocks for road building, and the relation of mineral composition and rock structure to the physical properties of road materiala:
"Bulletins 31 and 37", Office of Public Roads
"Bulletin 348", United States Department of AgricultureHe also gave a paper on the mineral composition and utilization of blast furnace and other slags, at the Seventh International Congress of Applied Chemistry, 1909 

Personal life
Edwin married Ellen Sinclair Buck on August 31, 1905  He died on September 25, 1954, in Wilmington, Delaware 

Notes
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Karen Lord (swimmer)
Karen Lord (born 13 March 1970) is an Australian swimmer  She competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics 
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Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV 

Select credits
Waiting for Lucas (1973) (short)
Stone (1974) (editor only)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Whose Baby? (1986) (mini-series)
Minnamurra (1989)
Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)
Ring of Scorpio (1990) (mini-series)
Crimebroker (1993)
Inferno (1998) (TV movie)
Miss Lettie and Me (2002) (TV movie)
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (documentary)
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
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Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer and songwriter  Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career  She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" and a pop-rock style in 2008; later that year, she changed her stage name to "Inna" and began releasing house music  "Hot" (2008), her debut single, was a commercial success worldwide and topped the Romanian and Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, among others  Her debut studio album of the same name followed in August 2009 and was certified Gold and Platinum  It featured several other successful singles in Europe, including "Amazing" (2009), the singer's second number-one single in Romania 
Inna's second album, I Am the Club Rocker (2011), yielded global success for the single "Sun Is Up" (2010)  The track won the Eurodanceweb Award, making Inna the first and only Romanian artist to win the award  In 2011, it was announced Inna was the highest-paid Romanian and Eastern European artist  Her follow-up studio album, Party Never Ends (2013), was nominated for two consecutive years for Best Album at the Romanian Music Awards and reached the top ten in Mexico  It featured "More than Friends", a moderate European hit in collaboration with Daddy Yankee  In 2014, Inna signed with Atlantic Records and released the commercially successful "Cola Song" with J Balvin, which was used to promote that year's FIFA World Cup 
Inna's fourth and eponymous studio album was released in October 2015 and included "Diggy Down", her third number-one single in Romania  Beginning in 2017, Inna has been a coach on the talent show Vocea României Junior alongside Andra and Marius Moga  In the same year, she also released her fifth album Nirvana, whose singles found chart success in European countries such as Romania and Turkey  She signed a record deal with Roc Nation in 2018 to release her sixth studio album Yo in May 2019  Entirely envisioned by Inna, the Spanish-language effort marks a change in direction for her, as she approaches experimental and gypsy-influenced music styles  Her first single outside the Yo era, "Bebe", reached number one in Romania in March 2020  The singer also attained success in various Eastern European territories with "Flashbacks" (2021) and "Up" (2021), with the former being the lead single from her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker, released in November 2020  Inna's eighth record, Champagne Problems, followed as a two-part release in January and March 2022 
With global album sales of four million copies from her first three studio albums, Inna is the best-selling Romanian artist  She has received several awards and nominations, including the Balkan Music Awards, European Border Breakers Award, MTV Europe Music Awards and the Romanian Music Awards  Inna is a human rights activist, participating in campaigns against domestic violence and in support of children's rights 

Life and career
1986–2007: Early life and career beginnings
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu was born on 16 October 1986 in Mangalia, Romania, to Giorgic and Maria Apostoleanu  She was raised in Neptun, where her father worked as a sea rescuer and her mother as a dancer and singer  As a child, Inna competed as a swimmer and became interested in football and basketball as well as music  She listened to a variety of musical styles as a teenager, including electro house and europop, and to artists such as Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston  Inna attended the sole, now dissolved, elementary school in Neptun  Following this, the singer enrolled at Colegiul Economic (Economy College) in Mangalia, later studying political science at Ovidius University in Constanța  She also took singing lessons and participated in music festivals  An early foray into the music industry was an unsuccessful audition for the Romanian band A S I A When Inna worked in an office, her manager heard her singing and contacted the production team Play & Win with whom she recorded several songs  Adopting the stage name Alessandra in 2008, she entered "Goodbye" and "Sorry" to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008; neither was selected  The singer performed "Goodbye" live on the primetime TV show, Teo!, her first televised appearance  Later that year, she changed her stage name to Inna since it was easy to memorize and was the name her grandfather called her when she was young  Early in her career, Inna released pop-rock songs, but switched to "commercial" minimal-infused house music after changing her stage name  In a News of the World interview, Inna cited Swedish House Mafia, The Black Eyed Peas and Jessie J as inspirations  Others include Pink, Houston and Dion 

2008–2011: Hot and I Am the Club Rocker
Inna's debut single, "Hot", was sent to Romanian radio stations in August 2008  It topped the Romanian charts that winter, prompting her to be booked at Romanian nightclubs  The track was also commercially successful throughout Europe, and topped Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in early 2010  "Love" (2009) was released as Inna's second single, reaching number four in Romania  The singer received the first nominations of her career at the 2009 Eska Music Awards in Poland for "Hot"  Her Romanian label, Roton, signed a contract with the American label Ultra Records in April 2009 Inna collaborated with Romanian musician Bogdan Croitoru on her follow-up single, "Déjà Vu" (2009), which they released under pseudonyms (Bob Taylor and Anni) before revealing their true identities after a period of speculation  The single was as commercially successful as its predecessors  Inna had her second number-one hit in Romania with "Amazing", her fourth single, in 2009  The song was originally written by Play & Win for Romanian singer Anca Badiu, who later complained they had "stolen" it  Inna's debut studio album, Hot, was released in August 2009 and also included the last single "10 Minutes" (2010)  The record was commercially successful and was certified Gold in Romania and Platinum in France  As of December 2011, it had sold 500,000 copies worldwide  Inna was the Best Romanian Act at the 2009 and 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, the first Romanian artist to win the award in two consecutive years  In 2010, she was also nominated for Best European Act 
Inna's sixth single, "Sun Is Up", was released in October 2010 and peaked at number two on the Romanian Top 100  It did well in a number of other European countries, earning Gold in Switzerland and Italy and Silver in the United Kingdom  "Sun Is Up" won the Eurodanceweb Award in 2010, the first time Romania had won the award  That year, Inna also received a career award at the Zece Pentru România Awards  She released her second studio album, I Am the Club Rocker, in September 2011, which also included the single "Club Rocker" that received a remix with American rapper Flo Rida  Featuring europop, dance-pop, techno and house music, the record was honored as one of the year's best albums by her label Roton and was certified Gold in Poland  The album was promoted by the I Am the Club Rocker Tour (2011–12) of Europe and the United States  During Mexican dates, Inna did several interviews and radio appearances  She had her first major Romanian concert at the Arenele Romane (Roman Arena) in Bucharest, where she arrived by helicopter "like a diva" Titled "Club Rocker" (2011), the second single from I Am the Club Rocker was moderately successful  It was the subject of a lawsuit when Spanish singer Robert Ramirez sued Play & Win for copying the refrain of his song, "A Minute of Life"; Play & Win won the court case in 2018  Three subsequent singles, "Un Momento" (2011), "Endless" (2011) and "Wow" (2012), were released from the album  "Endless" peaked at number five on the Romanian Top 100, while "Wow" reached the top ten  According to Libertatea, Inna became the highest-paid Romanian and Eastern European artist in 2011 

2012–2016: Party Never Ends and Inna
Televiziunea Română (TVR) approached Inna in early 2012 to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, but she turned the offer down due to scheduling conflicts  In the same year, she released the single "Caliente", which she dedicated to her Mexican fans, and "Tu și eu", which received heavy airplay in Romania and peaked at number five there  This was followed by another top ten hit, "Inndia" (2012)  On New Year's Eve, Inna presented a concert at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai She released her third studio album, Party Never Ends, in March 2013, featuring the commercially successful singles "More than Friends" (2013) with Daddy Yankee and "In Your Eyes" (2013) with Yandel  "More than Friends" was controversial, since its writers were accused of plagiarizing Pitbull, Akon and David Rush's "Everybody Fucks" (2012)  Party Never Ends peaked at number ten in Mexico, and was nominated for Best Album at the 2013 and 2014 Romanian Music Awards  In March 2013, Inna was the guest singer on "P O H U I " by the Moldovan music project Carla's Dreams, which reached number three in Romania  In late 2013, Inna contributed to Pitbull's "All the Things" on his EP, Meltdown "Cola Song", a collaboration with J Balvin released under Atlantic Records in April 2014, was successful in Europe, and was certified Platinum by Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE)  It promoted the FIFA World Cup 2014, and was used in the dance video game Just Dance 2017  In 2014, Inna collaborated a second time with Pitbull on "Good Time", and was featured on Romanian rapper Puya's "Strigă!", which peaked at number two in Romania  She released her fourth, eponymous studio album in October 2015  Another version of the album, Body and the Sun, was released in Japan in July 2015  One of the singles released from the record was "Diggy Down" (2014), her third number-one hit in Romania  Based on airplay, it won the Best Dance award at the Media Music Awards  Inna's next single, "Bop Bop" (2015), peaked at number two in Romania, and "Rendez Vous" (2016) was certified Gold in Poland  Also in 2015, Inna was the Best Romanian Act and was nominated for Best European Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards  Alexandra Stan's "We Wanna", with Inna and Daddy Yankee, was a moderate hit  Inna also contributed uncredited vocals to Carla's Dreams "Te rog", which went on to reach number one in Romania 

2016–2021: Nirvana, Yo and Heartbreaker
In August 2016, Inna was the opening act at the Untold Festival  She also became a member of the supergroup G Girls, with whom she released two singles ("Call the Police" and "Milk and Honey")  In early 2017, Inna was announced as a coach on Vocea României Junior with Andra and Marius Moga, and in the May of the same year her YouTube channel surpassed two billion total views  The singer's fifth studio album, Nirvana, was released in December 2017  Singles featured on the record included "Gimme Gimme" (2017), "Ruleta" (2017) and "Nirvana" (2017), which attained commercial success in several European countries including Romania and Turkey  "Ruleta" and "Nirvana" peaked at numbers three and two in her native country, respectively  Another pair of top ten singles in Romania, "Nota de plată" and "Pentru că", followed in late 2017 and 2018 with Moldovan group the Motans Inna released her sixth studio album, Yo, in May 2019  Containing songs written solely in Spanish, Inna took entire creative control over the record and worked extensively with Romanian producer David Ciente  She described Yo's material as experimental and gypsy-influenced, a departure from her previous work  "Ra" was released as the record's lead single in September 2018  It was promoted by several public appearances in Mexico and the United States—including the 2018 Telehit Awards and 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards—as well as by Inna's inclusion in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Vogue México y Latinoamérica  The singer also signed a record deal with Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation  "Iguana", her follow-up single, went on to reach number four in Romania  In August, Inna launched her digital magazine titled InnaMag The non-album release "Bebe" with Ugandan artist Vinka peaked at number one on the native Airplay 100 in March 2020, and was the first in a string of singles that sonically returned to a more EDM sound but also encompassed deep house influences  As of 2020, Inna has been a juror for Pro TV's The Masked Singer Romania show  The singer released her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker, on 27 November 2020, which she created during a three-week period with Romanian songwriters and producers such as Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, Ciente and Alexandru Cotoi at a mansion from which she uploaded daily YouTube vlogs to document the progress made; the vlogs constituted the first season of Inna's Dance Queen's House series  In January 2021, Inna's single "Read My Lips" (2020) featuring Colombian singer Farina reached number ten in Romania, and by May, Heartbreaker's lead single "Flashbacks" had peaked at number one in Russia and within the top ten in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria and the Commonwealth of Independent States  "Cool Me Down" with Gromee, and "It Don't Matter" with Alok and Sofi Tukker also became hits in selected territories  Inna participated as Alok's special guest at the Untold Festival in September 2021, held at Cluj Arena 

2021–present: Champagne Problems and Just Dance
In October 2021, Inna released the non-album single "Up", whose chart success in countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Russia peaked in early 2022  The track, eventually receiving a remix with Jamaican rapper Sean Paul, also became Inna's fifth number-one in Romania, topping Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România's (UPFR) airplay ranking  Champagne Problems, the singer's eighth studio album, was issued in two parts in January and March 2022, as the result of the second season of Dance Queen's House  In June 2022, Inna's single "Tare" with the Motans reached the summit of the Romanian airplay chart  Her ninth studio album, Just Dance, was released in 2023 in two parts 

Philanthropy and awards
In late November 2011, Inna joined the anti-domestic violence campaign Durerea nu este iubire (Pain is Not Love) empowering women to stand up to abuse, and signed a petition asking the Romanian government to strengthen a domestic violence law  An activist for children's rights in Romania, she endorsed the 2012 UNICEF No More Invisible Children campaign  Inna began the Bring the Sun Into My Life campaign to increase public awareness of violence against women  She also recorded "Tu tens la força" ("You Have the Power"), a Catalan language cover version of Gala's "Freed from Desire" (1996), for the 2015 Marató de TV3 telethon  Inna participated in Cartoon Network Romania's anti-bullying CN Clubul Prieteniei (CN Friendship Club) in 2016, and recorded a new opening theme for the Romanian-language version of The Powerpuff Girls That year, she and other Romanian celebrities signed an open letter supporting the LGBT community in response to a Romanian Orthodox Church-backed action to amend the constitutional definition of a family  This had been criticized by Romanian and international human-rights groups as curtailing LGBT rights  In March 2022, Inna performed at the We Are One benefit concert in Bucharest, whose aim was to raise funds for Ukraine upon its 2022 invasion by Russia Inna was called "one of Romania's biggest exports" by The Guardian, based on her sales and popularity  She has also received a number of awards and nominations, including five Balkan Music Awards, a European Border Breakers Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Romanian Act and thirteen Romanian Music Awards  By March 2016, Inna had sold four million copies of her first three studio albums  In 2015, Antena 3 reported that Inna was Romania's best-selling artist abroad 

Personal life
Inna dated her manager Lucian Ștefan for ten years until 2013  In the same year, she began a relationship with the American photographer John Perez, with whom she collaborated on several occasions  Inna began dating Romanian rapper Deliric in 2020  He proposed to her in January 2023  As of March 2017, Inna resided with her mother and grandmother in a villa she bought in Bucharest  She also lives in Barcelona  In May 2018, the singer was hospitalized after collapsing on an unstable stage during her tour in Turkey; the tour was not affected by the event  Inna is multilingual, speaking Romanian, English, Spanish, "a little bit of French" and "a few words in Italian, Arabic, and Russian"; she added that it "help[s] connect easily to different countries and people  It's amazing how music brings us together "

Discography
Studio albums
Hot (2009)
I Am the Club Rocker (2011)
Party Never Ends (2013)
Inna (2015)
Nirvana (2017)
Yo (2019)
Heartbreaker (2020)
Champagne Problems (2022)
Just Dance (2023)
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O Valencia!
"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife 
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy  It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers  The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang  At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's "sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer 

Track listing
The 7" single sold in the UK was mispressed, with "Culling of the Fold" as the B-side despite the artwork and record label listing "After the Bombs" as the B-side 

Music videos
For the "O Valencia!" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves in front of a green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage  Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recently asked fans to do the same with a video of him with a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment "Look Who's Riding on My Coattails Now" and accused the band of stealing the idea  The Decemberists' response was to challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown on December 20, 2006, on The Colbert Report On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of "O Valencia!", directed by Aaron Stewart-Ahn, on MTV2  The video follows a character named Patrick, played by Meloy, as he and his love Francesca (Lisa Molinaro), daughter of "the Boss", plan an escape to an unknown location  At a cafe, a man in a suit, portrayed by the band member Chris Funk, tells him to hide in the "Valencia" hotel (the Super Value Inn on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon) while he gets them the necessary documentation to escape  Above the name of the hotel, there is a neon sign that reads "Office"  The letters have all burnt out except for the "O", creating the title of the song  The video then introduces other characters - various assassination teams - who sit in different rooms of the hotel waiting for the chance to catch the two lovers  Most are portrayed by other members of the band (along with Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis)  They kill off any potential witnesses to their plan  Patrick manages to take down one member from each team, before they gang up on him  The Boss arrives, along with the man from the cafe, who reveals that he snitched on Patrick and Francesca  They execute Francesca, while forcing Patrick to watch  After they leave, Patrick finds a note by Francesca, which reveals that she never fell in love with him, and only wanted protection  2 months later, Patrick and the man, who has lost an eye from a previous assassination attempt, have a sit-down at the same cafe  The man reveals that he snitched on Patrick just to take over the town  Patrick reveals that he poisoned a drink the man was having, but before he could get away, the man stabs Patrick in the neck with a fork before dying, followed by Patrick 
The video is somewhat influenced by the distinct style and themes of director Wes Anderson, with bold fonts being used to introduce characters and groups on the bottom of the screen (much like in the film The Royal Tenenbaums)  The band had previously (and more explicitly) drawn influence from Anderson's Rushmore in their video for "Sixteen Military Wives"  The layout of the hotel is also similar to the one used in Bottle Rocket 
Kurt Nishimura was chosen as the winner by mtvU for his video that depicted a love affair between a woman and her television, with the TV containing the green-screened Decemberists video footage 
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Ruleta (Inna song)
"Ruleta" (English: "Roulette") is a song recorded by Romanian singer Inna, featuring collaborative vocals by Romanian performer Erik, for her fifth studio album, Nirvana (2017)  It was made available for digital download and streaming on 21 June 2017 by Global Records as the album's second single  The track was written by Inna, Erik, Marius Dia and Breyan Isaac, while production was handled by Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan and David Ciente  "Ruleta" features lyrics in English and Spanish  It is an EDM and reggaeton-influenced song, with touches of Indian and Caribbean music 
Music critics were positive towards the recording, praising its summery style and noting its commercial appeal  An accompanying music video for "Ruleta" was shot by Barna Nemethi at the Domeniul Greaca resort in Romania  It mainly portrays Inna and other people dancing to the song at a tennis court  Uploaded onto the singer's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release, it became trending on the platform worldwide  Commercially, the song reached the top five in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey 

Background and composition
"Ruleta" was written by Inna, Erik, Marius Dia and Breyan Isaac, while production was handled by Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan and David Ciente  The track features lyrics in both English and Spanish language; some of them include: "Una vida ganaste en la ruleta, con tu movimiento gáname"  Originally, the single release of "Me Gusta" was expected by Jonathan Currinn of CelebMix, with the singer performing it live for Romanian radio station Radio ZU in April 2017  However, "Ruleta" was made available for digital download and streaming on 21 June 2017 by Global Records instead  Musically, it is an EDM and reggaeton-influenced track, containing touches of Indian and Caribbean music  When asked by a Direct Lyrics interviewer to describe the lyrics and sound of "Ruleta", Inna said, "It's summerish, it's cool, it's fun and I dare to say 



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Question: What is the place of birth of the performer of song Ruleta (Inna Song)?

The following are given passages.
Context 2:   it's catchy and addictive!"

Reception
Upon its release, "Ruleta" received positive reviews from music critics  Currinn from CelebMix wrote, "this new song has Inna proving that she's multilingual", and compared the style of "Ruleta" to her "Heaven" (2016)  Kevin Apaza, writing for Direct Lyrics thought, "summer doesn't officially start until Romanian pop queen Inna releases her summer single", further calling it "brilliant" and "club-ready"  An editor of Bihoreanul praised the "attractive" rhythms of "Ruleta" and noted its potential commercial success in Romania Commercially, the song debuted at number 32 on Romania's Airplay 100 for the week ending 9 July 2017 as the highest new entry, marking one of Inna's highest debuts on the chart  In late August 2017, "Ruleta" reached its peak position at number three, becoming the singer's highest charting single since "Bop Bop" (2015), which peaked at number two  The track also opened at number 39 on the French Club 40 chart for the week ending 15 July 2017 and rose up to number 26 on the following week  "Ruleta" further charted in other countries, most notably reaching number two in Bulgaria 

Music video
An accompanying music video for "Ruleta" was shot at the Domeniul Greaca resort in Romania by Barna Nemethi, with Marius Apopei serving as the director of photography  Inna recalled the experience, "Actually, I was super chill in that day, super relaxed, just going with the flow  Most of the times, I'm kind of stressed out, because I want everything to be perfect  Not too many funny stuff, just having fun "The clip was uploaded onto her official YouTube channel on 21 June 2017, where it gathered over seven million views in one week, and later 11 million views in 11 days  The video thus became trending on the platform in Romania, Austria, Israel, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Mexico, Italy, France, Venezuela, Canada, Peru, Ecuador and Chile  The visual features the singer and a huge crowd of background dancers and other people performing to the song at a tennis court, a night bar, a pool and around a bonfire  Inna wears a white hoodie along with an animal print waistcoat, while Erik also makes appearance sporting a yellow-blue jacket, black shorts and sunglasses  Alex Stănescu from InfoMusic called the music video "summery" 

Live performances and other usage
To promote the single, Inna and Erick performed a stripped-down version at Romanian radio stations Kiss FM and Radio ZU on 30 June 2017  Both performances had the same concept, featuring them singing, interspersed with background dancers and two children performing choreography during instrumental parts  Currinn from CelebMix applauded the appearances for Inna's vocal delivery, the singers' chemistry and the dance breaks  Another performance followed on Pro FM in late July 2017, as well as on O Ses Türkiye in December 2018  For Romanian reality talent show Te cunosc de undeva!, Lidia Buble impersonated Inna and delivered a performance of "Ruleta"  On 8 December 2017, Inna made an appearance on the seventh season of Romanian reality singing competition Vocea României to perform the song along with "Nirvana" (2017)  An alternative version of the song titled "La roulette" was released in February 2018, featuring French disc jockey DJ Sem and French singer Matt Houston  This version was registered on the Wallonian Ultratip chart 

Track listing
Digital download"Ruleta" (featuring Erick) – 3:18

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Adevărul 
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu – lead vocals, composer
Erik Tchatchoua – featured artist, composer
Sebastian Barac – producer
Marcel Botezan – producer
David Ciente – producer
Marius Dia – composer
Breyan Isaac – composer

Charts
Release history
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Panda (Astro song)
Astro is the first album of long duration (after the EP Le disc of Astrou) of Chilean indie band Astro, released in 2011  The first single from the album was "Ciervos" and followed "Colombo", "Panda" and "Manglares" 
This album was chosen by National Public Radio among the 50 discs of 2012 

Track listing
All tracks written by Andrés Nusser, except where noted 

Ciervos (Deer)
Coco (Coconut)
Colombo
Druida de las nubes (Druid of the clouds)
Panda
Miu-Miu
Manglares (Mangroves)
Mira, está nevando en las pirámides (Look, it's snowing in the pyramids)
Volteretas (Tumbles)
Pepa
Nueces de Bangladesh (Nuts of Bangladesh)
Miu-Miu reaparece (Miu-Miu reappears)

Personnel
Astro

Andrés Nusser – vocals, guitar
Octavio Caviares – drums
Lego Moustache – keyboards, percussion
Zeta Moustache – keyboards, bassProduction

Andrés Nusser – producer, recording and mixing
Chalo González – mixing and mastering
Cristóbal Carvajal – recording
Ignacio Soto – recording
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Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also the vocalist and bassist of The Presidents of the United States of America 

History
Ballew's first brush with children's music came in 2002, when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children's songs to the nonprofit Program for Early Parent Support titled "PEPS Sing A Long!" Although that was a positive experience for him, he did not consider making music for families until he met his wife, collage artist Kate Endle  Her art inspired Ballew to consider making music that "sounded like her art looked" as he has said  Ballew began writing original songs and digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain to interpret and make his own  The first album, Here I Am!, was recorded during the summer of 2008 and released in February 2009 
Ballew began to perform solo as Caspar Babypants in the Seattle area in January 2009  Fred Northup, a Seattle-based comedy improvisor, heard the album and offered to play as his live percussionist   Northrup also suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe as a keyboard player  "Frederick Babyshirt" and "Ronald Babyshoes" were the Caspar Babypants live band from May 2009 to April 2012  Both Northup and Hippe appear on some of his recordings but since April 2012 Caspar Babypants has exclusively performed solo  The reasons for the change were to include more improvisation in the show and to reduce the sound levels so that very young children and newborns could continue to attend without being overstimulated  
Ballew has made two albums of Beatles covers as Caspar Babypants  Baby Beatles! came out in September 2013 and Beatles Baby! came out in September 2015 
Ballew runs the Aurora Elephant Music record label, books shows, produces, records, and masters the albums himself  Distribution for the albums is handled by Burnside Distribution in Portland, Oregon 
Caspar Babypants has released a total of 17 albums  The 17th album, BUG OUT!, was released on May 1, 2020  His album FLYING HIGH! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album  All 17 of the albums feature cover art by Ballew's wife, Kate Endle 
"FUN FAVORITES!" and "HAPPY HITS!" are two vinyl-only collections of hit songs that Caspar Babypants has released in the last couple of years 

Discography
AlbumsPEPS (2002)
Here I Am! (Released 03/17/09) Special guests: Jen Wood, Fysah Thomas
More Please! (Released 12/15/09) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe
This Is Fun! (Released 11/02/10)  Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Krist Novoselic, Charlie Hope
Sing Along! (Released 08/16/11) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Stone Gossard, Frances England, Rachel Loshak
Hot Dog! (Released 04/17/12) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Rachel Flotard (Visqueen)
I Found You! (Released 12/18/12) Special guests: Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Rachel Flotard (Visqueen), John Richards
Baby Beatles! (Released 09/15/13)
Rise And Shine! (Released 09/16/14)
Night Night! (Released 03/17/15)
Beatles Baby! (Released 09/18/2015)
Away We Go! (Released 08/12/2016)
Winter Party! (Released 11/18/16)
Jump For Joy! (Released 08/18/17)
Sleep Tight! (Released 01/19/18)
Keep It Real! (Released 08/17/18)
Best Beatles! (Released 03/29/19)
Flying High! (Released 08/16/19)
Bug Out! (released 05/1/20)
Happy Heart! (Released 11/13/20)
Easy Breezy! (Released 11/05/21)AppearancesMany Hands: Family Music for Haiti CD (released 2010) – Compilation of various artists
Songs Stories And Friends: Let's Go Play – Charlie Hope (released 2011) – vocals on Alouette
Shake It Up, Shake It Off (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists
Keep Hoping Machine Running – Songs Of Woody Guthrie (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists
Apple Apple – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2013) – vocals on Monkey Love
Simpatico – Rennee and Friends (released 2015) – writer and vocals on I Am Not Afraid
Sundrops – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2015) – vocals on Digga Dog Kid
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Jim Bob
James Robert Morrison, known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author  He was the singer of indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 

Biography
Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Jamie Wednesday, who were performing between 1984 and 1987  In 1987 Jamie Wednesday split up just before a gig at the London Astoria  Morrison and Les "Fruitbat" Carter filled in, playing along to a backing tape, and Carter USM was born  Jim Bob and Les Carter had known each other since the late 1970s, when their bands The Ballpoints (featuring Jim on vocals) and Dead Clergy (Les on bass and vocals) used to rehearse at the same studio behind Streatham station  When The Ballpoints' bassist quit at the end of 1980, Carter joined the band, who than went on to play several gigs under the name Peter Pan's Playground 
He was a member of Carter USM  The band split up in 1997  Since Carter USM, Jim Bob has released two albums and three singles with his disco-pop-punk group Jim's Super Stereoworld, seven solo albums as Jim Bob or James Robert Morrison, and played various live shows both with his band and solo   In 2001, he joined his old Carter bandmate Fruitbat on stage once again, as part of the group Who's The Daddy Now? 
In 2005, Cherry Red released a DVD of a live solo acoustic performance, titled Live From London, featuring songs from his solo career as well as many Carter USM tracks  This was followed by a concept album, School, released in March 2006 
A best-of album was released in the autumn of 2006, accompanied by a UK tour  This was originally intended as a download-only release, but a physical CD was produced  The album was accompanied by a free CD of Jim Bob and Jim's Super Stereoworld rarities  The cover design was re-worked by Jim Bob from an image by Jim Connolly 
The album A Humpty Dumpty Thing was released in November 2007 by Cherry Red Records  The album came with a Jim Bob-penned-mini novel, "Word Count"  A single from the album, "Battling The Bottle", was released with Jim Bob's re-working of the children's song "The Wheels on the Bus" on the B-side 
Jim Bob's next solo record, Goffam, was a semi-concept album about a city in the grip of crime, deserted by its superheroes  He toured the UK in April and September 2009 promoting the album 
In December 2009 Jim Bob performed his 2004 song "Angelstrike!" as part of the shows The Return of 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People for two nights at the Bloomsbury Theatre and at Hammersmith Apollo  This was broadcast on BBC4 television under the title 'Nerdstack' 
His debut novel Storage Stories was released  on the day of a UK general election, 6 May 2010, by Ten Forty Books  This was followed by three novels with major publishers: Driving Jarvis Ham, The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 and Frank Derrick's Holiday of a Lifetime 
Jim Bob's autobiography, Goodnight Jim Bob – On The Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, was published by Cherry Red Books in 2004  The sequel, Jim Bob from Carter, was published by Cherry Red Books on 23 March 2019  The double novel A Godawful Small Affair and Harvey King Unboxes His Family, written under the name J B  Morrison, was published by Cherry Red Books in March 2020 
The 26-second song "2020 WTF!" was released in March 2020 on Cherry Red Records  It was the first single from Jim Bob's August 2020 album, Pop Up Jim Bob  The second single, "Jo's Got Papercuts", followed in June, and a third, "If it Ain't Broke", was released in July 
The album Pop Up Jim Bob was released on Cherry Red Records on 14 August 2020  Entering the official UK album chart at number 26, it was Jim Bob's first top-30 LP since Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 
Jim Bob's 13th solo album, Who Do We Hate Today, was released on Cherry Red Records on 20 August 2021 and reached 34 in the UK album charts, his second top-40 solo LP 

Solo discography
All releases credited as Jim Bob unless otherwise stated  See Carter USM and Jamie Wednesday for those bands' discographies 

Albums
Jim's Super Stereoworld, 2001 (Jim's Super Stereoworld)
JR, 2001 (James Robert Morrison)
Big Flash Car on a Saturday Night, 2002 (Jim's Super Stereoworld)
Goodnight Jim Bob, 2003
Angelstrike!, 2004
School, 2006
Best of Jim Bob, 2006
A Humpty Dumpty Thing, November 2007
Goffam, April 2009
What I Think About When I Think About You, November 2013
Jim Bob Sings Again, November 2016
Pop Up Jim Bob, August 2020 
Who Do We Hate Today, August 2021
The Essential Jim Bob, November 2022
Thanks for Reaching Out, June 2023

Singles
Jim's Super Stereoworld – "Bonkers in the Nut", 1999
Jim's Super Stereoworld – "Could U B The 1 I Waited 4", 1999
Jim's Super Stereoworld – "Bubblegum EP", 2002
"Dumb and Dumber", March 2005
"Battling The Bottle (Fighting The Flab, At War with the World)", November 2007
"The Man Behind the Counter of the Science Fiction Superstore", Marc 2009
"Our Heroes", June 2009
"Dream Come True", September 2013
"Breaking News", October 2013
"2020 WTF!", April 2020

Other releases
Acoustic Party 7A Free CD recorded by Morrison at home and given away to the first 10 people to visit the T-shirt stall and ask for Marc or Neil on the October 2003 tour

Stolen from Westlife25 readers of Morrison's book won a copy of the CD 'Stolen From Westlife' – 8 cover versions recorded by Morrison – after answering some questions posed by the author on page 95 

BuskerA free CD recorded by Morrison and containing six acoustic covers, the CD is currently being issued only to members of Morrison's "street team"  The CD includes a cover of a track originally written and recorded by his former Carter bandmate Les Carter 

DVDs
Live From London, 2005A DVD featuring a live acoustic performance of Jim Bob songs and Carter USM songs   Bonus features include an interview with Morrison, Morrison reading excerpts from his autobiography and the video for the Jim's Super Stereoworld song "Bubblegum" 

NATIONAL TREASURE – Live at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire , July 2019

Bibliography
Non-fiction

Goodnight Jim Bob (2006) – On the Road With Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Jim Bob's autobiographic tale of his time on tour with Carter USM  Published by Cherry Red Books 
Jim Bob from Carter: In the Shadow of my Former Self (2019) Published by Cherry Red BooksFiction

Storage Stories (2010) – Jim Bob's debut novel, which took six years to write  described as a darkly comic rollercoaster ride full of thrills, spills and warm sick on the back of the neck  Published by 1040 Books 
Driving Jarvis Ham (2012) – Jim Bob's second novel, following the life of the awkward character of Jarvis Ham, from the perspective of his oldest friend  A brilliantly witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship  Published by The Friday Club/HarperCollins 
The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 (June 2014) – Under the name J B  Morrison  Published by Pan Macmillan 
Frank Derrick's Holiday Of A Lifetime (2015) Published by Pan Macmillan
A Godawful Small Affair b/w Harvey King Unboxes His Family (2020) – Under the name J B  Morrison  Published by Cherry Red Books
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Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is an English singer  Formerly a solo artist, he is the lead singer of indie rock band One eskimO 

Early life
Kristian Leontiou was born in London, England and is of Greek Cypriot descent  He went to Hatch End High School in Harrow and worked several jobs in and around London whilst concentrating on music when he had any free time   In 2003 he signed a major record deal with Polydor  At the time, Leontiou was dubbed "the new Dido" by some media outlets  His debut single "Story of My Life" was released in June 2004 and reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart  His second single "Shining" peaked at #13 whilst the album Some Day Soon was certified gold selling in excess of 150,000 copies 
Leontiou toured the album in November 2004 taking him to the US to work with L A Reid, Chairman of the Island Def Jam music group   Unhappy with the direction his career was going, on a flight back from the US in 2004 he decided to take his music in a new direction   Splitting from his label in late 2005, he went on to collaborate with Faithless on the song "Hope & Glory" for their album ‘'To All New Arrivals'’   It was this release that saw him unleash the One eskimO moniker   It was through working with Rollo Armstrong on the Faithless album, that Rollo got to hear an early demo of "Astronauts" from the One eskimO project  Being more than impressed by what he heard, Rollo opened both his arms and studio doors to Leontiou and they began to co-produce the ‘'All Balloons’' album 
It was at this time that he paired up with good friend Adam Falkner, a drummer/musician, to introduce a live acoustic sound to the album  They recorded the album with engineer Phill Brown (engineer for Bob Marley and Robert Plant) at Ark studios in St John's Wood where they recorded live then headed back to Rollo's studio to add the cinematic electro touches that are prominent on the album 
Shortly after its completion, One eskimO's "Hometime" was used on a Toyota Prius advert in the USA  The funds from the advert were then used to develop the visual aspect of One eskimO  He teamed up with friend Nathan Erasmus (Gravy Media Productions) along with animation team Smuggling Peanuts (Matt Latchford and Lucy Sullivan) who together began to develop the One eskimO world, the first animation produced was for the track ‘Hometime’ which went on to win a British animation award in 2008 
In 2008 Leontiou started a new management venture with ATC Music  By mid-2008 Time Warner came on board to develop all 10 One eskimO animations which were produced the highly regarded Passion Pictures in London   Now with all animation complete and a debut album, One eskimO prepare to unveil themselves fully to the world in summer 2009 
Leontiou released a cover version of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car", which was originally released as a single in 2005  Leontiou's version was unable to chart, however, due to there being no simultaneous physical release alongside the download single, a UK chart rule that was in place at the time  On 24 April 2011, the song entered the singles chart at number 88 due to Britain's Got Talent contestant Michael Collings covering the track on the show on 16 April 2011 

Discography
Albums
Singles
Notes
A  - Originally released as a single in April 2005, Leontiou's version of "Fast Car" did not chart until 2011 in the UK 

Also featured on
Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (Story of My Life)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! OST, Love Love Songs - The Ultimate Love Collection (Shining)
Summerland OST (The Crying)
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Astrid North
Astrid North (Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, West Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter  She was the singer of the German band Cultured Pearls, with whom she released five Albums  As guest singer of the band Soulounge she published three albums 

Career
North had her first experiences as a singer with her student band Colorful Dimension in Berlin  In March 1992 she met B  La (Bela Braukmann) and Tex Super (Peter Hinderthür) who then studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and who were looking for a singer for their band Cultured Pearls  The trio entered the German charts with four singles and four albums 

In 1994 North sang for the dance-pop band Big Light on their hit single Trouble Is  In 1996 she was a guest on the side project Little Red Riding Hood by Fury in the Slaughterhouse brothers Kai and Thorsten Wingenfelder which resulted in the release of the single Life's Too Short from the eponymous album The song Sleepy Eyes, texted and sung by North, appears in the soundtrack of the movie Tor zum Himmel (2003) by director Veit Helmer  In 2003 she appeared at the festival Das Fest in Karlsruhe and sang alongside her own songs a cover version of the Aerosmith hit Walk This Way together with the German singer Sasha  North also toured with the American singer Gabriel Gordon After the end of her band Cultured Pearls in 2003 North moved 2004 to New York City to write new songs, work with a number of different musicians and to experiment with her music In 2005 she joined the charity project Home, which produced an album for the benefit of the orphans from the Beluga School for Life in Thailand which have been affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 and the subsequent tsunami  Beside the orphans themselves also the following artists have been involved, guitarist Henning Rümenapp (Guano Apes), Kai Wingenfelder (Fury in the Slaughterhouse), Maya Saban and others  With Bobby Hebb Astrid North recorded a new version of his classic hit Sunny  It was the first time Hebb sung this song as duett and it appeared on his last album That's All I Wanna Know 
North sang in 2006 My Ride, Spring Is Near and No One Can Tell on the album The Ride by Basic Jazz Lounge, a project by jazz trumpeter Joo Kraus  In addition, she worked as a workshop lecturer of the Popkurs at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg 
In spring 2010 North performed as the opening act of the Fakebling-Tour of Miss Platnum  The magazine Der Spiegel described her as one of the "leading ladies of the local soul scene"  On 20 July 2012 her solo debut album North was released 
On 16 September 2016 Astrid North released her second solo album, Precious Ruby, dedicated to her grandmother Precious Ruby North  North used crowdfunding to finance the album  The first single published from this album was the song Miss Lucy  In 2016 she also started her concert series North-Lichter in Berlin's Bar jeder Vernunft to which she invited singers such as Katharina Franck, Elke Brauweiler, Lizzy Scharnofske, Mia Diekow, Lisa Bassenge or Iris Romen 

Life
Astrid North was born in West Berlin, West Germany to Sondria North and Wolf-Dieter Radmann  She commuted between her birth city and her family in Houston, Texas until she was nine years old  In the USA she lived mainly with her grandparents and her time there significantly shaped her musical development Besides her music career Astrid North worked also as lecturer in Hamburg at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater and as yoga teacher  North was the mother of two children, her daughter was born in 2001 and her son in 2006  Her sister Ondria North works as make-up artist and hair stylist in the German film industry 
She died in June 2019 at the age of 45 years from pancreatic cancer 

Discography
with Cultured PearlsAlbums

1996: Sing Dela Sing (German chart position 92, 3 weeks)
1997: Space Age Honeymoon (German chart position 54, 6 weeks)
1999: Liquefied Days (German chart position 19, 9 weeks)
2002: Life on a Tuesday (German chart position 74, 1 week)Singles

1996: Tic Toc (1996) (German chart position 65, 10 weeks)
1997: Sugar Sugar Honey (German chart position 72, 9 weeks)
1998: Silverball (German chart position 99, 2 weeks)
1999: Kissing the Sheets (German chart position 87, 9 weeks)with Soulounge

2003: The Essence of the Live Event – Volume One
2004: Home
2006: Say It AllSolo

2005: Sunny (Single, Bobby Hebb feat  Astrid North)
2012: North (Album, 20  Juli 2012)
2013: North Live (Album, live recordings from different venues in Germany)
2016: Sunny (Compilation, Bobby Hebb feat  Astrid North)
2016: Precious Ruby (Album, 16  September 2016)as guest singer

1994: Trouble Is – Big Light (Single)
1996: Life's Too Short – Little Red Riding Hood (Single)
2006: Basic Jazz Lounge: The Ride – Joo Kraus (Album)
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Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: ​[bɛʁnaʁ bɔ̃vwazɛ̃]), known as Bernie Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: ​[bɛʁni bɔ̃vwazɛ̃], born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director  He is best known for having been the singer of Trust 
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/DC and together they recorded the song "Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott 

External links
Bernie Bonvoisin at IMDb
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Billy Milano
Billy Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician  He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M O D , and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death  Prior to these bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the career of future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret  Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker  Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give and roadie for Anthrax 

Discography
Stormtroopers of Death albums
Stormtroopers of Death videos
Method of Destruction (M O D )
Mastery



ground_truth: Mangalia

prompt_front: Answer the question based on the given passages. Only give me the answer and do not output any other words.

Question: What is the place of birth of Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi's wife?

The following are given passages.
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Khalfan Mubarak
Khalfan Mubarak Khalfan Obaid Alrizzi Al Shamsi (Arabic: خلفان مبارك خلفان عبيد الرزي الشامسي; born 9 May 1995) is an association football player who plays for Al Jazira 

Club career
Khalfan was born in Ajman to father Mubarak Khalfan, a colonel in Ajman police, former footballer in Ajman club  In 2001, at the age of 6, his father enrolled him in the Ajman youth academy till he reached 12 years  In 2008, he moved to Al Ahli 

Al Jazira
On 12 July 2013, Khalfan signed a three-year deal with Al Jazira  The agreement also stipulates that Al Jazira will pay €375 000 thousand for Al Ahli for the player care 

International career
Khalfan Mubarak made his international debut for the senior team in 2018 
Khalfan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup scored his first international goal against India 

International goal
Scores and results list the United Arab Emirates' goal tally first 
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Empress Shōken
Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō, 9 May 1849 – 9 April 1914), born Masako Ichijō (一条勝子, Ichijō Masako), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan  She is also known under the technically incorrect name Empress Shōken (昭憲皇后, Shōken-kōgō)  She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society, whose charity work was known throughout the First Sino-Japanese War 

Early life
Lady Masako Ichijō was born on 9 May 1849, in Heian-kyō, Japan  She was the third daughter of Tadayoshi Ichijō, former Minister of the Left and head of the Fujiwara clan's Ichijō branch  Her adoptive mother was one of Prince Fushimi Kuniie's daughters, but her biological mother was Tamiko Niihata, the daughter of a doctor from the Ichijō family  Unusually for the time, she had been vaccinated against smallpox  As a child, Masako was somewhat of a prodigy: she was able to read poetry from the Kokin Wakashū by the age of 4 and had composed some waka verses of her own by the age of 5  By age seven, she was able to read some texts in classical Chinese with some assistance and was studying Japanese calligraphy  By the age of 12, she had studied the koto and was fond of Noh drama  She excelled in the studies of finances, ikebana and Japanese tea ceremony The major obstacle to Lady Masako's eligibility to become empress consort was the fact that she was 3 years older than Emperor Meiji, but this issue was resolved by changing her official birth date from 1849 to 1850  They became engaged on 2 September 1867, when she adopted the given name Haruko (美子), which was intended to reflect her 
serene beauty and diminutive size 
The Tokugawa Bakufu promised 15,000 ryō in gold for the wedding and assigned her an annual income of 500 koku, but as the Meiji Restoration occurred before the wedding could be completed, the promised amounts were never delivered  The wedding was delayed partly due to periods of mourning for Emperor Kōmei,  for her brother Saneyoshi, and the political disturbances around Kyoto between 1867 and 1868 

Empress of Japan
Lady Haruko and Emperor Meiji's wedding was finally officially celebrated on 11 January 1869  She was the first imperial consort to receive the title of both nyōgō and of kōgō (literally, the emperor's wife, translated as "empress consort"), in several hundred years  However, it soon became clear that she was unable to bear children  Emperor Meiji already had 12 children by 5 concubines, though: as custom in Japanese monarchy, Empress Haruko adopted Yoshihito, her husband's eldest son by Lady Yanagihara Naruko, who became Crown Prince  On 8 November 1869, the Imperial House departed from Kyoto for the new capital of Tokyo  In a break from tradition, Emperor Meiji insisted that the Empress and the senior ladies-in-waiting should attend the educational lectures given to the Emperor on a regular basis about national conditions and developments in foreign nations 

Influence
On 30 July 1886, Empress Haruko attended the Peeresses School's graduation ceremony in Western clothing  On 10 August, the imperial couple received foreign guests in Western clothing for the first time when hosting a Western Music concert From this point onward, the Empress' entourage wore only Western-style clothes in public, to the point that in January 1887 
Empress Haruko issued a memorandum on the subject: traditional Japanese dress was not only unsuited to modern life, but Western-style dress was closer than the kimono to clothes worn by Japanese women in ancient times In the diplomatic field, Empress Haruko hosted the wife of former US President Ulysses S  Grant during his visit to Japan  She was also present for her husband's meetings with Hawaiian King Kalākaua in 1881  Later that same year, she helped host the visit of the sons of future British King Edward VII: Princes Albert Victor and George (future George V), who presented her with a pair of pet wallabies from Australia On  26 November 1886, Empress Haruko accompanied her husband to Yokosuka, Kanagawa to observe the new Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers Naniwa and Takachiho firing torpedoes and performing other maneuvers  From 1887, the Empress was often at the Emperor's side in official visits to army maneuvers  When Emperor Meiji fell ill in 1888, Empress Haruko took his place in welcoming envoys from Siam, launching warships and visiting Tokyo Imperial University  In 1889, Empress Haruko accompanied Emperor Meiji on his official visit to Nagoya and Kyoto  While he continued on to visit naval bases at Kure and Sasebo, she went to Nara to worship at the principal Shinto shrines Known throughout her tenure for her support of charity work and women's education during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), Empress Haruko worked for the establishment of the Japanese Red Cross Society  She participated in the organization's administration, especially in their peacetime activities in which she created a money fund for the International Red Cross  Renamed "The Empress Shōken Fund", it is presently used for international welfare activities  After Emperor Meiji moved his military headquarters from Tokyo to Hiroshima to be closer to the lines of communications with his troops, Empress Haruko joined her husband in March 1895  While in Hiroshima, she insisted on visiting hospitals full of wounded soldiers every other day of her stay 

Death
After Emperor Meiji's death in 1912, Empress Haruko was granted the title Empress Dowager (皇太后, Kōtaigō) by her adoptive son, Emperor Taishō  She died in 1914 at the Imperial Villa in Numazu, Shizuoka and was buried in the East Mound of the Fushimi Momoyama Ryo in Fushimi, Kyoto, next to her husband  Her soul was enshrined in Meiji Shrine in Tokyo  On 9 May 1914, she received the posthumous name Shōken Kōtaigō (昭憲皇太后)  Her railway-carriage can be seen today in the Meiji Mura Museum, in Inuyama, Aichi prefecture 

Honours
National
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown, 1 November 1888

Foreign
She received the following orders and decorations:
 Russian Empire: Grand Cross of the Order of St  Catherine, 13 December 1887
 Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 29 November 1889
 Siam: Dame of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 12 October 1899
 German Empire: Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Class, 19 May 1903
 Kingdom of Bavaria: Dame of Honour of the Order of Theresa, 29 February 1904
 Korean Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Auspicious Phoenix, 27 July 1908

Ancestry
See also
Empress of Japan
Ōmiya Palace

Notes
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Nasser al-Qudwa
Nasser Al Qudwa, also spelled Nasser Al-Kidwa (Arabic: ناصر القدوة; born 1953), is the nephew of the late Yasser Arafat 

Early life and education
Al Qudwa was born in 1953  He attended Cairo University, graduating with a degree in dentistry in 1979  Then became an executive member of the Palestinian Red Crescent shortly after 

Career
Al Qudwa joined Fatah in 1969  He became president of the General Union of Palestinian Students in 1974  He is also a central-committee member of Fatah Qudwa represented his uncle Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization as an unofficial observer in the United Nations in 1987, then as a permanent observer in 1991  In 2005, he was succeeded by Riyad H  Mansour, when he became Foreign Affairs Minister in the Palestinian Authority Government of February 2005  Nasser served as United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)  Al Qudwa was appointed deputy to Kofi Annan, then special envoy to Syria for the U N  and Arab League in March 2012  He was responsible for the contacts with Syrian opposition groups  In 2014, Al Qudwa resigned from his position as U N  Deputy Mediator on Syria 

Personal life
A current resident of New York City, al-Qudwa is the head of the Yasser Arafat Foundation 

See also
Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Foreign relations of Palestine
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Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba
Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba is a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates who serves as ambassador to Switzerland since June 2022, having previously held this position in the Netherlands  As of 2012 she was Ambassador to the Holy See  Al-Otaiba was born in Abu Dhabi and has lived in Egypt, North Africa, Europe, South America, and North America  Al Otaiba's husband, Abdulaziz Al Shamsi, serves as the UAE Ambassador to Italy  Her relative, ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, serves as the UAE Ambassador to the United States 
She earned her PhD in Business Administration from Lausanne Business School, a master's degree in Computer Administration from Webster University and a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Business Administration from Cairo University 

Career
Al-Otaiba was one of the first women ambassadors of the UAE when she was appointed Ambassador to Spain in 2008, a position she continues to hold 
As the first UAE Ambassador to the Holy See, Al-Otaiba presented her credentials to Pope Benedict XVI on May 20, 2010 
She is a member of the International Forum for Women at the United Nations 
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Mohamed Al Shamsi
Mohamed Hasan Khalifa Mohamed Al-Shamsi (Arabic: مُحَمَّد حَسَن خَلِيْفَة مُحَمَّد الشَّامسِيّ; born 4 January 1997) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Wahda 

Career
Al Shamsi made his professional debut in the UAE Pro-League for Al-Wahda on 16 September 2017, starting in the away match against Dibba Al-Fujairah, which finished as a 5–0 win Al Shamsi was included in United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates 

Career statistics
International
As of 17 December 2017
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Agatha (wife of Samuel of Bulgaria)
Agatha (Bulgarian: Агата, Greek: Άγάθη; fl  late 10th century) was the wife of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria 

Biography
According to a later addition to the history of the late-11th-century Byzantine historian John Skylitzes, Agatha was a captive from Larissa, and the daughter of the magnate of Dyrrhachium, John Chryselios  Skylitzes explicitly refers to her as the mother of Samuel's heir Gavril Radomir, which means that she was probably Samuel's wife  On the other hand, Skylitzes later mentions that Gavril Radomir himself also took a beautiful captive, named Irene, from Larissa as his wife  According to the editors of the Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit, this may have been a source of confusion for a later copyist, and Agatha's real origin was not Larissa, but Dyrrhachium  According to the same work, it is likely that she had died by ca  998, when her father surrendered Dyrrhachium to the Byzantine emperor Basil II Only two of Samuel's and Agatha's children are definitely known by name: Gavril Radomir and Miroslava  Two further, unnamed, daughters are mentioned in 1018, while Samuel is also recorded as having had a bastard son Agatha is one of the central characters in Dimitar Talev's novel Samuil 
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Abdullatif M  Al Shamsi
Abdullatif M  Al Shamsi (Arabic: دكتور عبداللطيف الشامسي‎) is an Emirati academic and author focused on technology-oriented educational management  He was the President & CEO of the non-profit, UAE government owned Higher Colleges of Technology, which is the largest higher education institution in the UAE  He has held this role since March 2015 when he was appointed by Federal Decree by UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Al Shamsi has authored a series of books and published more than 40 research papers in international journals  He speaks regularly at conferences on topics such as pedagogical approaches in education, mechanical engineering, change management during crises, and technology integration in educational practices 
As head of HCT, which has 23,000 enrolled students attending 16 campuses, he introduced a 'hybrid' system, which combines traditional classroom education with remote learning  This was implemented throughout the pandemic, allowing classes to continue uninterrupted 
In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework in higher education (Advance HE), Al Shamsi is the first Emirati to achieve the status of Principal Fellow (PFHEA) 

Education
Al Shamsi received his Ph D  from Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), and his M Sc  and B Sc  both from Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) 

Career
Al Shamsi started his academic career at UAE University as an associate professor, later holding the position of assistant vice chancellor for research where he founded a University-wide Internship and Work Integrated Learning (iWIL) program  Prior to his appointment in HCT, Al Shamsi was the managing director of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) from 2007 until the end of 2014, where he managed the Applied Technology High Schools (ATHS), Fatima College for Health Sciences, and Abu Dhabi Polytechnic since the inception  
Al Shamsi is also the vice chairman of the board of trustees of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT), and vice chairman of the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA)  He has previously been a board of trustees member of the Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Schools Establishment  These are in addition to his memberships of several higher committees and educational advisory councils, such as the Emirates College for Advanced Education, and the Higher Committee for Aqdar World Summit 

Initiatives and achievements
Under Al Shamsi's tenure Higher Colleges of Technology has launched several notable initiatives 
Higher Colleges of Technology 4 0 Strategic Plan
Al Shamsi led the HCT 4 0 Strategic Plan (2017-2021), which was announced UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2019  saw the establishment of Sector Skills Academies to provide students with multiple career pathways, coupled with flexible and agile workforce development programs  The plan also offered Professional Certification Qualifications (where students gain an academic and professional qualifications concurrently) and a Fast-Track degree system for high-achieving students to receive a bachelor's degree in three years
HCT 4 0 has three pillars at its core, including Technical Leaders, No Emirati Left Behind, and Graduating Companies, all designed to make Emiratis more employable and help them to become entrepreneurs and innovators  As part of the pillar of graduating companies, HCT is the first institution to establish an economic free zone within the campuses in order to fulfilling its mandate, not only to graduate students, but also to graduate companies 
COVID-19 & Digital Transformation
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resultant closure of in-person classes in the UAE, Al Shamsi led HCT's transformation from on-campus to 100 per cent online or remote learning A new Hybrid Education Model, based on a blend on online classes and assessments and on-campus learning, has been implemented at HCT based on the university's COVID-19 experience  These are detailed in the whitepaper, From Crisis to Achievement Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic 
The 3D Persona
Al Shamsi formulated a human resource development model he calls "Future Persona 4 0", which seeks to create well-rounded individuals through a combination of the 'Digital Persona', 'Professional Persona', and 'Entrepreneurial Persona'  Designed to help graduates succeed in the post-COVID-19 era, the "3D Persona" includes a set of valuable traits that future students should have to be able to invest their skills and abilities, and deal with the changes and challenges in the labor market 
Awards
In March 2021, Al Shamsi was named among the top CEOs of 2020 in CEO Today Magazine  He was also among the winners of CEO Today Global Awards 2021  In 2017, he won the 5th Federal Personality Award, which is presented by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)   The award recognized Al Shamsi's contributions to furthering higher education in the UAE 

Recent list of publications
Al Shamsi has published and presented more than 40 research publications in world-class scientific journals and at international conferences  His latest publication is a series of books published in Arabic entitled: "The Make of Education "

AlShamsi, A  M , (2014) "Welcome to iPad Generation"  Kalima Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
AlShamsi, A  M , (2011) "The Make of Education"  ISBN 978-9948-14-449-6, 1st Ed  (132 pages)  The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research Press, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
AlShamsi, A  M , (2005) "Partnership between Educational Institutions and Society: Education is a Societal Responsibility " ISBN 9948-03-205-5, 1st Ed  (111 pages)  Dar AlKhaleej Press, Sharjah, UAE Education Blogs published

The Professional Learner, published 13-04-2020 Sharik ae
Empowering through Emiratization, published 17-11-2019 Sharik ae
Professional Persona, published 10-06-2020 Sharik ae
Disrupting Education, published 28-05-2020 Sharik ae
The Economics of Education, published 08-06-2020 Sharik ae
Digital Persona, published 07-05-2020 Sharik ae
Future Persona, published 06-05-2020 Sharik ae
Embracing Remote Student Life, published 06-05-2020 Sharik ae
Yes, We Are Ready, published 13-04-2020 Sharik ae
What Does the Post-Remote Learning Future Hold?, published 06-05-2020 Sharik ae
The CEO - The Pedagogue, published 12-07-2020 Sharik aeHarvard Business Review (Arabic)

The Persona 4 0 outlines the attributes of graduates for the post-COVID times, published October 2020  Business Review (Arabic)Higher Education Digest

Persona 4 0: A quantum leap in Education outcomes, published 14-10-2020 Education Digest, October 14, 2020ITP Media Group

HCT preparing Graduates for Life & WorkAl Ittihad newspaper interview

Al Shamsi, HCT President & CEO interview Ittihad newspaper, November 2, 2020
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Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi
Dr  Saeed Mohammed Al-Shamsi is a lawyer, diplomat, and a former assistant foreign minister for international organizations affairs with the rank of an ambassador  Ambassador Dr  Al Shamsi was UAE's former ambassador to Australia  He's married and has three children As of 2023, Al-Shamsi is the current UAE ambassador to the Maldives 

Academic Qualifications
Ph D in International Relations - College of International Services, American University, Washington 
M A  in International Public Policy - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 
Bachelor in Political Science - Arizona State University, Arizona 

Diplomatic career
Dr  Al Shamsi started his diplomatic career in 1974 and held the following positions:

25/10/1981 - UAE Embassy in Washington, United States 
26/6/1988 - 12/3/1992 Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany 
31/1/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway 
10/2/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Finland 
16/3/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark 
28/4/1989 – 12/3/1992 Non Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden 
25/8/2001 - 30/8 /2004 Ambassador to the Republic of India 
6/12/2004 - Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia 
12/07/2005 - Ambassador to New Zealand 
25/3/2019 - ambassador to the Republic of the Maldives 

Attendance in International Conferences
Participated in several Regional and International Conferences 
Participated in meetings of the 58th Session of UN General Assembly 
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Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi
Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi (Arabic: عبدالعزيز ناصر الشامسي) is the director of protocol at the ministry of foreign affairs in the United Arab Emirates  Al Shamsi who was born in Ajman in 1956 obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Cairo in 1980  He is married to Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba 

Diplomatic career
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy (From: March 2008 – Present)
Director of Protocol (From: August 2007 to March 2008)
Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations (From: September 2001 to July 2007) 
Director, Department of International Organizations & Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (From: August 2001 to 20/05/2002) 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France (From: 07/03/1995 to 25/08/1999) 
Represented the UAE as Permanent Representative to UNESCO (From: 07/03/1995  to 25/08/1999) 
Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland (From: 23/05/1997 to 25/08/1999) 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (From: 05/10/1994 to February 1995) 
Non-Resident Ambassador to Chile (From: 09/12/1993 to 05/10/1994) 
Non-Resident Ambassador to Argentina (From: 22/03/1993 to 05/10/1994) 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil (From: 14/06/1991 to 05/10/1994) 
Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary with title of Ambassador on 21/01/1991 
Appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Arab Nations Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 13/10/1990 
Promoted to Counsellor on 30/12/1989 
Promoted to First Secretary on 16/02/1986 
Transferred to the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates in Geneva from 22/03/1985 
Transferred to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tunisia from 28/07/1984 
Promoted to Second Secretary on 15/11/1982 
Transferred to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Belgium on 04/03/1982 
Appointed in the Diplomatic and Consular Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Third Secretary on 01/09/1980 

Attendance In International Conferences
Ambassador Al-Shamsi participated in numerous conferences and meetings at Arab, Regional and International levels 

Honours & Medals
- The Légion d'honneur from the President of France, in appreciation of his efforts towards promoting excellent relations between the UAE and France 
- The Rio Branco Club Medal of the Order of the Grand Cross from the President of Brazil 
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Abdullah Al-Shamsi
Abdullah Al-Shamsi (born 25 November 1967) is a former wrestler, who represented North Yemen at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in the men's Greco-Roman 68kg class  He lost his first two bouts and was eliminated 



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