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Patrick Dik
Patrick Dik (27 November 1965 — 29 December 2022) was a Dutch footballer.
Dik was in the 1980s under contract with AFC Ajax and FC Utrecht. He moved to NAC Breda in 1989. At NAC he showed that he had good qualities. He played four seasons for the club. He played 84 matches and scored nine times. Dik ended his career with with the Belgian K. Berchem Sport where he played two seasons.
After his playing career, Dik became a scout at AFC Ajax. He was also active in the youth academy of various amateur clubs. In February 2022 he stepped down as head of the SC 't Gooi youth academy for health reasons. Dik died on 29 December 2022, at the age of 57.
Downpatrick
Downpatrick is a small town about 21 mi south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. Its cathedral is said to be the burial place of Saint Patrick.
Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the 2011 Census.
Paul, Cape Verde
Paul is a municipality in Cape Verde. It is on the island of Santo Antão. The capital city is Pombas.
Heilbronn (district)
The Neckar river flows through the district from the south to the north.
Towns and municipalities
Municipal associations (Vereinbarte Verwaltungsgemeinschaften and Gemeindeverwaltungsverbände):
Porto Novo, Cape Verde (municipality)
Porto Novo is a municipality in Cape Verde. It is on the island of Santo Antão. Its capital city is also named Porto Novo.
Its highest point is Tope de Coroa, elevation 1,979 m.
The municipality has 2 civil parishes:
São Vicente, Cape Verde
São Vicente is an island of Cape Verde. It is in the Barlavento Islands group. São Vicente was discovered by the Portuguese discoverer Diogo Afonso on 22 January 1462.
92% of the island population lives in the urban area of Mindelo. It is on the Porto Grande Bay. Mindelo is the capital city of the municipality.
Armagh
Armagh (Ard Mhacha,, "Macha's height" ) is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
Gyeongju
Gyeongju (경주) is a coastal city in the southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is the second largest city in the province. It is 1324 km2 large, with 269,343 people living in the city, according to the 2008 census. From southeast, Gyeongju is 370 km away from Seoul, and from the east, 55 km away from the provincial capital, Daegu. Cheongdo and Yeongcheon are on the west side of the city. Ulsan is to the south side, and Pohang is to the north. On the east there is the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea). Many low mountains are around the city. They are part of the Taebaek range.
Gyeongju was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla (57 BC – 935 AD). Silla ruled most of the Korean Peninsula between the 7th and 9th centuries, and many archaeological sites from that time are still in the city. This is why Gyeongju is often called "the museum without walls". For example, Gyeongju Historic Areas and Yangdong Folk Village were made World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The many important historical sites have helped Gyeongju become one of the most popular places in Korea for tourists.
Tony P. Hall
Tony Patrick Hall (born January 16, 1942) is an American Democrat politician and businessman. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 3rd congressional district from 1979 to 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Hall was United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture during the George W. Bush presidency.
Enniskillen
Enniskillen (, from Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithlenn's island') is a town and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 13,823 at the 2011 Census. It was the seat of local government for the former Fermanagh District Council, and is the county town of Fermanagh as well as its largest town.
Hochtaunuskreis
The Hochtaunuskreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.
Enniskillen
The conditions of life for many of its people was once exceptionally poor.
Tony P. Hall
During his time in Congress, Hall was known for introducing legislation that would have apologized for slavery in the United States.
Hochtaunuskreis
The Taunus mountains cover the district.
Olive ridley sea turtle
The olive ridley sea turtle, (Lepidochelys olivacea), also called the Pacific ridley, is one of the smallest species of sea turtle. It is named for the olive-green color of its heart-shaped shell. It is one of seven marine turtle species living today.
Enniskillen
In 1987, a Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing killed 12 people.
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish movie, television, stage, and voice actor who is known for his roles in Skyfall, No Country for Old Men, Biutiful, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Before Night Falls, Jamón, jamón and in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He has won an Golden Globe Award, an BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award. In 2021, he played Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos.
Bardem was born on 1 March 1969 in Las Palmas of the Canary Islands. His parents were Pilar Bardem and José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. He has been married to Penélope Cruz since 2010. They have two children.
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home is the house located at 816 South Hennepin Street, Dixon, Illinois, in which the late former President of the United States Ronald Reagan lived as a youth beginning in 1920. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Jan Slomp
Jan Slomp (December 1932 – 25 December 2022) was a Dutch preacher and Islam expert.
Biography
Slomp was born in 1932 as the son of pastor Fredrik Slomp, with pseudonym "Frits de Zwerver". Since the 1930s his fater was an active hater of the ideology of Nazism. During World War II his father had to go into hiding in the Achterhoek due to his propaganda. His father and the events have had an important impact on Jan Slomp. His story is part of the Verzetsmuseum in Amsterdam and the Nationaal Onderduikmuseum in Aalten.
Slomp studied theology and Islamology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He became a preacher in 1962 in Zijldijk. In 1964 he moved to Pakistan for thirteen years where he worked as an Islam expert for churches. In 1994 he received an honorary doctorate from the Protestant Theological University. He wrote books, gave lectures and wrote for national and international magazines, including writer articles for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
Antrim, County Antrim
Antrim is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland. It had a population of 23,375 people in the 2011 Census.
Holzminden (district)
Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The district is located in the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser River forms the southwestern border of the district.
Philippe Audet
Philippe Audet (born June 4, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Audet was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Beauce, Quebec. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings 52nd overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, later playing with that team in the National Hockey League.
Queen Heonae
Queen Heonae (헌애왕후; 962-1029) was a queen of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. She was also a politician. She was the second wife of the 5th king, Gyungjong. She was also mother of the 7th king, Mokjong, and the elder sister of the 6th king, Seongjong. Heonae ruled as Regent from 997 to 999 during the early years of her son King Mokjong's reign.
System requirements
System requirements refer to a checklist of minimum necessary items for a computer to have. These items would be requirements in order for an operating system to work, such as Windows XP. If the system did not have these things, the computer or operating system might crash or cause problems. If it exceeds minimum expectations, you could check the recommended system requirements, and see if it also meets those. If it does not, it is not bad. But if it does meet the recommended requirements, that is very good to know.
Joyce Beatty
Joyce Marie Beatty (née Birdsong, March 12, 1950) is an American politician. She is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district since 2013. She is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus since 2021. Beatty is a member of the Democratic Party.
Fagun
Fagun is a monthly newspaper in the Santali language in the Ol Chiki script in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is the only newspaper in India that is published in Santali. It has readership across the country. The newspaper was founded in April 2008 by Mangat Murmu. and is edited by Malati Murmu, who received the Telegraph Legend Award in 2016. Fagun started with a circulation of 500 copies, and as of 2018 has a circulation of 5000. Copies cost 5 rupees each.
Vladislav Baláž
Vladislav Baláž (born January 28, 1984) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played in the Slovak Extraliga for HK Dukla Trenčín, MsHK Zilina and HKm Zvolen, as well as the Czech Extraliga for HC Litvínov.
Transfection
Transfection can result in unexpected morphologies and abnormalities in target cells. Transfection with RNA molecules produces changes which cannot be permanently transmitted down a line of cells.
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (born 10 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for and captains Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.
Club career
Born in Heemskerk, Gouweleeuw began his early career with ADO '20 and Heerenveen, before signing a five-year contract with AZ in May 2013, having received interest from the club since December 2012.
In January 2016 he moved to Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.
International career
He has played for the Netherlands under-21 national team.
Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)
The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and on the Canadian Hot 100. "Fancy" was also successful in several other countries.
Richard Stehlík
Stehlík previously played for HK 36 Skalica, Sherbrooke Beavers, HK Dukla Trenčín, HC Sparta Praha and HC Vítkovice Steel.
Insadong
Insa-dong (인사동, 仁寺洞) is a neighborhood (also called a dong) of Jongro District, Seoul, South Korea. The main street is Insadong-gil, which is connected to many alleys that lead deeper into the district.
Insa-dong is a popular tourist spot in Seoul. It is mainly one long street, and is known for its many art galleries, restaurants, and shops that sell traditional Korean items and art. There is also plenty of street food and sometimes there are public performances of dancing or a traditional display of criminals. Winding side streets are home to a variety of traditional restaurants.
Mexican peso
The $Mexican Peso (sign: $; code: MXN) is the currency, or money, of 🇲🇽 Mexico. The symbol used for the peso is "$", which is the same as for the US dollars it got its symbol from the Spanish-Mexican currency. It is one of the most traded currencies in the world. The current ISO 4217 code for the peso is MXN; before its value was changed in 1993, the code MXP was used. The peso is made up of 100 centavos, represented by "¢". The name comes from the Spanish words pesos oro (gold weights) or pesos plata (silver weights). The meaning of peso in English is weight.
Frank Rochon
Frank Rochon (born April 18, 1953 in Laval, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 255 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Chicago Cougars, Denver Spurs, Ottawa Civics and the Indianapolis Racers.
Santo Antão
Santo Antão, Portuguese for "Saint Anthony", may refer to the following places.
Fancy (Iggy Azalea song)
Music video
The music video copies some scenes from Clueless and features the two artists in a high-school setting, with scenes recorded in a classroom and schoolyard.
Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) is an opera by Richard Wagner. It is the first of the four operas that together tell a story called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
Das Rheingold is an opera in one act, divided into four scenes. It is a very long act, lasting 2 ½ hours, but it is normally played without an interval as the music is continuous, even between the scenes.
The characters in the opera are Gods, Giants, Nibelungs and the Rhinedaughters. The Nibelungs are a race of dwarfs. They are cunning and evil and live underneath the surface of the earth.
Scene 1
The first scene takes place in the river Rhine where the three Rhinemaidens: Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde, are guarding the precious Rhine gold. Alberich, an evil Nibelung dwarf, arrives and tries to catch the Rhinemaidens. From what they say Alberich learns that the gold they are guarding gives the person who owns it the power to rule the world. Alberich wants the gold, but the Rhinemaidens say that anyone who wants to have it has to renounce (give up) love. They think that Alberich will not do that because he is very fond of girls, but Alberich does renounce love and so he gets the gold.
Scene 2
The second scene takes place in Valhalla, which is where the gods live. Wotan, the chief god, is there with his wife Fricka. Two giants have been building an enormous castle for the gods. Wotan has promised them that he would pay them for their work by giving them Freia, the Goddess of Youth and Beauty. Fricka is worried about the promise that Wotan has made, but Wotan tells his wife that he is not going to keep his promise. He thinks he can find a way of tricking the giants. Freia enters. She is frightened because the giants are coming for her.
Wotan asks Loge how they are going to get the gold. Loge tells them that they should steal it from Alberich. After all, Alberich stole it from the Rhinemaidens, so it does not belong to him. Wotan and Loge go down below the earth to the Nibelungs.
Scene 3
Underneath the earth Alberich is forcing the Nibelungs to work for him. They are hammering at the anvil. Mime, who is Alberich’s brother, has used some of the gold to make a helmet. This helmet is called the Tarn helmet. Anyone who wears it can change their shape or become invisible. Alberich treats his brother very cruelly.
Wotan and Loge tell Alberich that they have heard how clever he is. They ask him to show them what he can do with the Tarn helmet. Alberich puts on the helmet and changes himself into a huge dragon. Wotan and Loge pretend to be impressed. They ask him whether he can change himself into something small. Alberich show off again, changing himself into a frog. Wotan immediately puts his foot on him and catches him. Wotan and Loge take all the gold and go back to Valhalla.
Scene 4
Wotan and Loge tease Alberich. Alberich asks them what they want so that he can be free. Wotan demands the gold. The Nibelungs pile the gold up. Alberich is not too worried, because he still has the ring which gives him magic power. He thinks he can use this power later to get the gold back. Wotan sees the ring on Alberich’s finger. He tells him to give him the ring. Alberich is terrified, but Wotan tears it from his finger. Before Alberich goes he puts a curse on the ring. Whoever has had the ring will die. This is very important to the whole story of the four operas.
The two giants appear with Freia. The gods have become very weak, but once Freia returns they start to become stronger again. Wotan tells the giants they can have their gold. The giants say that they must pile up the gold in front of Freia until they cannot see her. They do this, but the giants say there is still a tiny hole through which they can see Freia’s eye. They see the ring on Wotan’s finger and tell him to put it in the hole. Wotan says they can have anything they want but not the ring.
Erda appears. Erda is the Earth Goddess. She is very wise. She reminds Wotan that there is a curse on the ring and that he should quickly give the ring to the giants. Wotan has no choice. He puts the ring in the hole. Now the giants are happy.
Immediately, however, the giants start to argue with one another and Fafner kills Fasolt. The curse on the ring is working. Loge tells Wotan he was wise to give up the ring. However, Fricka is still worried because Wotan did have the ring.
Donner, the god of Thunder, enters and swings his hammer. There is a flash of lightning and a crash of thunder. The clouds vanish, a rainbow makes a bridge to Valhalla and the gods enter Valhalla. The Rhinemaidens are heard crying out to Wotan to give the gold back, but Wotan takes no notice. The gods are now at the height of their glory. We shall see, at the end of the fourth opera, that the curse will catch up with them and that they, too, will die.
The music
The music of Das Rheingold is beautifully written to fit every person and every situation. The famous opening starts with a low chord of E flat which describes the bottom of the river Rhine. At first the notes of the chords are held on, then gradually a ripple of broken chords and arpeggios suggest the ripples of the water. The harps make a sound like the waves. The harmony just consists of the same E flat chord for the first 136 bars until the Rhine Maidens start to sing.
Wagner actually called "Das Rheingold" a "prologue" to the other three operas, which he saw as the main operas of the cycle.
Don't Tell Me No
"Don't Tell Me No" is a song by the American new wave band The Cars. The song, written by Ric Ocasek, appeared on the band's third studio album, Panorama.
Release and reception
"Don't Tell Me No" was first released on the Panorama album in August 1980, but in November of that same year, the song was released as the follow-up single to "Touch and Go" which had a marginal success in America. Unlike its predecessor, however, it did not chart at all. The single was not released in any other countries besides the United States.
AllMusic reviewer Greg Prato noted the track as a highlight from the Panorama album and went on to call it "strong, just not as well known as some of the other material[.]"
B-side
The B-side of the song "Don't Go To Pieces" features Benjamin Orr on lead vocals. "Don't Go To Pieces" later saw release as the B-side to "Gimme Some Slack," the follow-up single to "Don't Tell Me No."
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
Lady (Hear Me Tonight) is a French house song by French duo Modjo, released on June 19, 2000. It is from their debut studio album, Modjo. Commercially, the song was a big success, peaking the top 10 in 23 countries.
Lime (color)
Lime is a yellowish green color. It is the color that is halfway between the color chartreuse green and yellow on the color wheel. The color lime is named after the fruit, lime.
The official web color named lime actually corresponds to pure green on an RGB display. Lime green is the color of the outer skin of a lime. Lime pulp is the color of the inside of a lime and of limeade, a fruit drink that is made from limes.
The first recorded use of lime as a color name in English was in 1905.
George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is the son of Nick and nephew of singer Rosemary. After leaving college, He starred in the series ER and several other series. He later starred in movies, including Ocean's Eleven, Syriana, Batman & Robin, Good Night, and Good Luck and Up in the Air. He is a political advocate for human rights issues, include Save Darfur. Many of his movies contain references to current politics.
American Ornithologists' Union
The American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) is an ornithological organization. It is found in the USA. Its members are mainly professional ornithologists. It is similar to the National Audubon Society, except its members are mainly amateur birders. It is a member of the Ornithological Council.
High German
High German is used for two different concepts:
American Ornithologists' Union
It was founded in September 1883 by Elliott Coues, Joel Asaph Allen, and William Brewster.
It has a journal, called The Auk. It is published four times a year. It has been published since January, 1884. Some of its other big publications are the AOU Checklist of North American Birds and a series, Ornithological Monographs. The AOU Checklist of North American Birds is the standard reference for the field.
The South American Classification Committee (SACC) is a committee under the AOU. It deals with creating a standard classification, with English names. This is for the bird species of South America.
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini KSMOM GCTE (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist. He was also the Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 until 1943. He was the leader of the National Fascist Party.
Early life
Benito Mussolini was named after Benito Juarez, a Mexican opponent of the political power of the Roman Catholic Church, by his anticlerical (a person who opposes the political interference of the Roman Catholic Church in secular affairs) father. Mussolini's father was a blacksmith. Before being involved in politics, Mussolini was a newspaper editor (where he learned all his propaganda skills) and elementary school teacher.
At first, Mussolini was a socialist, but when he wanted Italy to join the First World War, he was thrown out of the socialist party. He 'invented' a new ideology, Fascism, much out of Nationalist and Conservative views.
Rise to power and becoming dictator
In 1922, he took power by having a large group of men, "Black Shirts," march on Rome and threaten to take over the government. King Vittorio Emanuele III gave in, allowed him to form a government, and made him prime minister. In the following five years, he gained power, and in 1927 created the OVRA, his personal secret police force. Using the agency to arrest, scare, or murder people against his regime, Mussolini was dictator of Italy by the end of 1927. Only the King and his own Fascist party could challenge his power.
Fascism as practiced by Mussolini
Mussolini's form of Fascism, "Italian Fascism"- unlike Nazism, the racist ideology that Adolf Hitler followed- was different and less destructive than Hitler's. Although a believer in the superiority of the Italian nation and national unity, Mussolini, unlike Hitler, is quoted "Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today".
Mussolini wanted Italy to become a new Roman Empire. In 1923, he attacked the island of Corfu, and in 1924, he occupied the city state of Fiume. In 1935, he attacked the African country Abyssinia (now called Ethiopia). His forces occupied it in 1936. Italy was thrown out of the League of Nations because of this aggression. In 1939, he occupied the country Albania. In 1936, Mussolini signed an alliance with Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany.
Fall from power and death
In 1940, he sent Italy into the Second World War on the side of the Axis countries. Mussolini attacked Greece, but he failed to conquer it. In 1943, the Allies landed in Southern Italy. The Fascist party and King Vittorio Emanuel III deposed Mussolini and put him in jail, but he was set free by the Germans, who made him ruler of the Italian Social Republic puppet state which was in a small part of Central Italy. When the war was almost over, Mussolini tried to escape to Switzerland with his mistress, Clara Petacci, but they were both captured and shot by partisans. Mussolini's dead body was hanged upside-down, together with his mistress and some of Mussolini's helpers, on a pole at a gas station in the village of Millan, which is near the border between Italy and Switzerland.
After death
After the war, several Neo-Fascist movements have had success in Italy, the most important being the Movimento Sociale Italiano. His granddaughter Alessandra Mussolini has outspoken views similar to Fascism.
Syria national football team
Syria national football team is the national football team of Syria.
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Siegfried (opera)
Siegfried is an opera by Richard Wagner. It is the third of the four operas that together tell a story called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story continues from the end of the second opera which was called Die Walküre.
The first performance of Siegfried took place when the whole Ring cycle (all four operas) were performed in the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth on 16 August 1876.
Act One
The first part of the opera takes place in a forest where the giant Fafner lives. He has used the magic tarn helmet to change himself into a dragon so that he can guard the treasure of the gold and the ring (we saw how he got the treasure in the first opera, Das Rheingold). Siegfried, who was not yet born at the end of the second opera, Die Walküre, is now a young lad. He has been brought up by the dwarf Mime, Alberich's brother. Mime is just as horrible as his brother.
Mime is hammering away at the anvil, trying to repair the sword that was smashed to pieces by Wotan in Act Two of Die Walküre. He wants to make the bits into a strong sword, but every time he thinks he has managed it Siegfried picks up the sword and breaks it with his strength. The reason that Mime wants to make the sword is so that he can give it to Siegfried (who is obviously the hero who is meant to have the sword in the end) and tell him to fight the dragon. Then Mime will be able to get the ring from him so that he can have power over all the world. When Siegfried enters he brings a bear from the forest. The bear chases Mime and Siegfried laughs. Then he lets the bear go free.
Mime says to Siegfried that he should be thankful to him for looking after him as a child and bringing him up. He has never told Siegfried who his parents were (they were Siegmund and Sieglinde, both now dead). Siegfried does not understand anything about how babies are born. He has never seen a woman before. He only knows Mime who is pretending to be his father. Siegfried has noticed that young birds look like their parents and he asks Mime why he does not look like him. In the end Mime is forced to tell Siegfried about his parents and about the sword that was smashed by Wotan. Siegfried tells Mime to forge (make) the sword so that he can kill the dragon. Siegfried goes off.
Wotan, the chief god, appears. He is disguised as a wanderer. Mime says he wants to ask him three questions, and if he cannot answer them he can chop off his head. Wotan agrees. First Mime asks him the name of the race of people who live below the earth. Wotan says they are the Nibelungs. Then Mime asks who are the people who live on the earth’s surface. Wotan says they are the giants. Then he asks him who lives in the sky. Wotan says they are the gods. He has answered all three questions correctly. He now tells Mime it is his turn to ask Mime three questions which he must answer if he wants to keep his head. Mime is terrified, but has to agree.
First Wotan asks him who are the people whom Wotan loves a lot although he has to be harsh with them. Mime answers: the Wälsung race. Then Wotan asks him the name of the sword that Wotan left for Siegfried. Mime answers: Nothung. Finally Wotan asks him who can put the pieces of the sword together. Mime is now terrified because he does not know the answer. Wotan tells him the answer: it is the person who does not know fear. He says to Mime that he can keep his head for the moment. He will leave it to the fearless person to chop it off later.
When Mime and Siegfried are together again, Mime tries to frighten Siegfried so that he knows what fear is. He tells him all about the huge dragon in the cave. "Does that not frighten you?" he asks him. "Not a bit" answers Siegfried, who likes the thought of fighting a dragon. Siegfried works at the anvil and starts to make the sword. Mime is thinking of how he will trick Siegfried after the dragon has been killed, so that he can get the sword and kill Siegfried. At last Siegfried manages to make the mighty sword. He calls out its name: "Nothung"! Then he crashes the sword down on the anvil which splits into two pieces.
Act Two
Outside the dragon’s cave Wotan, still disguised as a wanderer, meets Alberich (Mime’s brother who has not been in the story since the first opera). Alberich hates Wotan for having snatched the ring from him. Wotan does not care, and even wakes the dragon up, but the dragon does not want to fight them.
Mime and Siegfried appear. Siegfried is not frightened at all. He just wants to know where the dragon’s heart is so that he can kill it. Mime leaves him alone. Siegfried sits down in the forest and thinks. He is glad to know now that the ugly Mime is not his father. He hears a bird singing and he tries to imitate the bird’s song with a pipe he has made from a reed. He blows his horn and the dragon appears. Siegfried plunges the sword into the dragon’s heart. Siegfried instinctively puts his hand in the dragon’s mouth and tastes its blood. Suddenly he can understand what the bird is saying. The bird (originally sung by a boy but normally now by a woman) tells him to take the ring and the tarn helmet (which allows the wearer to change shape or make himself invisible). He takes them.
Act Three
Siegfried arrives. He tells Wotan (who is a stranger to him) about his heroic deed with the dragon. He finds Wotan annoying and smashes Wotan’s sword. He goes to the rock where Brünnhilde is lying.
Siegfried bursts through the flames and finds the sleeping Brünnhilde. He gently takes off her helmet, then her breastplate. Suddenly he sees that she is a woman. He has never seen a woman before. For the first time in his life he is frightened, yet he very much wants to wake her up. He kisses her lips and she opens her eyes and sits up. She tells him that she has always loved him, even long before he was born. Siegfried feels his passion growing and tries to put his arms round her, but now it is Brünnhilde who is frightened. She tells him not to spoil the purity of their love. Finally they embrace.
The music
It took Wagner more than 15 years to write this opera which is one reason why the music of Act Three is slightly different in style. Some ideas from the love music of Siegfried and Brünnhilde were later re-used by Wagner in a separate orchestral piece, called the Siegfried Idyll. Many of the leitmotifs (musical ideas that belong to particular characters or ideas) are ones that were heard in the Das Rheingold or Die Walküre. One unusual instrument in the orchestra is the anvil. It is played when Mime, and later Siegfried, are hammering on the anvil trying to forge the pieces of the sword together. The rhythm of this music is the same rhythm heard earlier in the Nibelung scene in Das Rheingold.
When Wagner started working on the opera he called it Der junge Siegfried (The young Siegfried) but by 1856 he had changed the title to Siegfried.
The German word “Sieg” means “victory” and “Fried” or “Friede” means “peace”. It is a good name for a hero. The role of Siegfried is sung by a tenor. The singer needs a very strong voice, often called a “Heldentenor” in German (a “heroic tenor”). He is on stage for most of the opera which lasts about four hours.
Gaston Bogaerts
Gaston Bogaerts (31 July 1921 – 9 December 2022) was a Belgian musician, painter and writer.
Bogaerts was a percussionist of the group The Chakachas and had international success in 1972 with Jungle Fever. He also wrote two books about music Dance Band: Quand Bruxelles jazzait.. (2002) about his experiences as a jazz drummer between 1937 and 1957 and Le carnet de route des Chakachas (2011). After his music career he became a painter. He works were at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Bogaerts died in La Garde-Freinet on 9 December 2022, at the age of 101.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (September 10, 1949 – August 20, 2008) was an American politician. She was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 1999 until her death in 2008. She was a member of the Democratic Party.
Quartic equation
In algebra, a quartic equation is a polynomial of the fourth degree. It is written in the form.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
On August 19, 2008, Tubbs Jones suffered a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm while driving her car in East Cleveland, Ohio. She was hospitalized and died the next day, aged 58.
Stupidity
Stupidity usually refers to a lack of intelligence. People may also act in stupid ways because they don't know better or just don't have good common sense. Comedy often uses stock characters, that are stupid; very often these are called fools or idiots.
Jopie Knol
Johanna Maria Theresia "Jopie" van der Heijden-Knol (born 7 February 1926) is a former Dutch politician. She was born in Enschede, Overijssel. She was a schoolteacher by profession. For the Catholic People's Party (KVP), she served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963. In 1968, Knol left the KVP to join the Political Party of Radicals (PPR). She was later active in the Women's Party in the late 1980s.
Corporatism
Corporatism is the idea from political science that different groups of society should take part in political decisions. If these groups have a choice to participate, the corporatism is called liberal, if they are forced the corporatism is called authoritarian. The guilds that existed in the Middle ages are a form of corporatism.
Luciano Zardi
Luciano Zardi (born 15 September 1930) is an Italian weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born on 15 September 1930.
Patriot
A patriot is a person with patriotism.
Patriot may also refer to:
Blake Lively
Blake Ellender Lively (née Brown; born August 25, 1987 ) is an American movie, television, stage, voice actress and model who is known for her television role as Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl. She is also known for her roles in Accepted, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Town, Green Lantern, The Age of Adaline, and Savages.
Ko Young-min
Ko Young-min (born February 8, 1984 in Seoul, South Korea) is a professional baseball player of the South Korean baseball club Doosan Bears. He graduated from Seung-Nam High School. His height is 182.0 cm. and his weight is 76.0 kg.
Blake Lively
Lively was born on August 25, 1987 in Tarzana, California. She studied at Beverly Hills High School. She married Ryan Reynolds in September 2012 and shares three daughters with him. In September 2022, it was announced that the couple are expecting their fourth child.
Ko Young-min
His position is second baseman. He is a member of the national team. He has fast legs and a great catching ability. His nickname is Koget. He is a second fielder. Koget is a compound word made up of his family name and an animation gadget. His experiences as a member of the national team are in the Beijing Olympic Games and the second WBC. He won the golden glove prize in 2007. He also won the Korea professional baseball at second baseman prize. He got the best point prize in 2007 for the Samsung PAVV professional baseball team.
Career stats
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Gimme Some Slack
"Gimme Some Slack" is a song by the American rock band The Cars from the album Panorama. It became a single in 1981. The song was written by a band member Ric Ocasek.
Release and reception
"Gimme Some Slack" was first released on Panorama. But in 1981, the song was released as the third single from said album. However, the song failed to chart in any country. This made it one of the band's least successful singles. The song has since appeared on the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology compilation album.
In his review of Panorama, AllMusic critic Greg Prato stated "'Gimme Some Slack' proved to be a fierce rocker." Prato also said, in his review of Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology, that it was "previously released album tracks [on the album]" that were "highlights." In the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes, Brett Milano said, "Rockers like "Getting Through" and "Gimme Some Slack" had a heavier sound than before [Panorama]."
Die Walküre
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is an opera by Richard Wagner. It is the second of the four operas that together tell a story called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story continues from the first opera which was called Das Rheingold. It is a very beautiful piece.
Gimme Some Slack
B-side
The song's B-side, "Don't Go to Pieces", features Benjamin Orr on lead vocals. "Don't Go to Pieces" was first released as a B-side to "Don't Tell Me No", the single released before "Gimme Some Slack".
Die Walküre
Die Walküre was first performed on 26 June 1870 in Munich. The first performance that was part of the whole Ring cycle took place on 14 August 1876.
Act One
Sieglinde lets Siegmund into the house and gives him a drink of mead. They start to fall in love. Hunding arrives and asks Siegmund who he is. Siegmund says that his name ought to be Woeful because he has had an unhappy life. When he was small he came home once and found his house burned down, his mother murdered and his twin sister had been abducted (taken away). He then remembers that some years later he went to help a young lady who had been forced to marry a cruel man. He had killed some of the man’s friends. Hunding realizes that he himself was this man, so that he is Siegmund’s enemy. He says to Siegmund that he can sleep in his house tonight because this is a law of hospitality, but in the morning he will have to fight him.
Sieglinde goes to prepare a drink for her husband. She puts a drug in it which will make Hunding sleep deeply. Siegmund meanwhile is thinking about something his father had promised him. He had told him that he would thrust a magic sword called “Nothung” into a tree. No one would get that sword until, one day, when Siegmund found himself in great difficulty, he would be able to pull it from the tree and use it.
Sieglinde enters and tells Siegmund a story about how, on the day she was forced to marry Hunding, an old man had come into the house and thrust a sword into the ash tree in the middle of the room. They start to realize that they are brother and sister, but it does not stop them from falling in love and they sing passionately about their love for one another. Siegmund pulls the sword from the tree and the two lovers embrace.
Act Two
Wotan is the chief god, whom we heard in Das Rheingold. He is trying to get rid of the curse of the Rheingold, and has built a grand plan around Siegmund. Wotan tells his daughter Brünnhilde that she must make sure that Siegmund wins the fight with Hunding. Brünnhilde (the out-of-wedlock daughter of Wotan and Erda, the Earth-Mother goddess) has the power to do this. She is one of eight daughters of Wotan who are Valkyries (German: Walküren). Their job is to collect the dead bodies of brave heroes who have died in battle and take them back to Valhalla, the house of the gods.
Wotan’s wife Fricka arrives in a chariot pulled by a ram. Brünnhilde disappears, and there follows a big argument between husband and wife. Fricka says to Wotan that Siegmund and Sieglinde must be punished for breaking Hunding's marriage, and for loving one another because brothers and sisters are not allowed to be lovers (this is called “incest”). She says that she herself is the goddess of marriage and must make sure that marriage laws are obeyed. Fricka says that the gods will all be disgraced. Wotan says that he went to the world to have children with mortal women because the gods needed a race of heroes who would protect them. But Fricka says to Wotan that he is wrong: Siegmund cannot be a free hero if he is being protected by Wotan. Giving in, Wotan now tells Brünnhilde that she must leave Siegmund to his fate.
Sieglinde tells Siegmund that she feels guilty and that he ought to leave her, but they are desperately in love. When she hears Hunding’s horn she imagines that Siegmund will be torn apart by the dogs and she faints. Brünnhilde pities Siegmund. She tells Siegmund that he must follow her to Valhalla. When Siegmund asks whether he can take Sieglinde with her Brünnhilde says that he cannot do this. Siegmund refuses to go. Brünnhilde tells him that he cannot escape his fate. Siegmund continues to plead with Brünnhilde, and in the end she is so moved that she changes her mind. She breaks Wotan's order, and says that she will protect Siegmund in battle. Hunding appears and the two men fight. Brünnhilde protects Siegmund with her shield. Siegmund is nearly winning when suddenly Wotan appears and smashes Siegmund’s sword into pieces. Hunding kills Siegmund.
Act Three
Wotan goes to the Valkyries. He is furious with Brünnhilde because she disobeyed him. He punishes her. He tells her that she is no longer a Valkyrie. She will fall asleep on a rock and any man who finds her can have her. Brünnhilde pleads with Wotan. She asks him whether he could, at least, put a fire round her so that the only man who could get her would be a hero. In the end Wotan agrees. Loge, the god of fire, arrives and lights the fire. At the end of the opera Brünnhilde is asleep on the rock, surrounded by the fire. There she will stay until, one day, a hero comes to rescue her.
The music of the opera
The music contains many wonderful moments. The most famous bit is the beginning of Act Three where the Valkyries are riding on their horses. This music is known as The Ride of the Valkyries. It is very dramatic music. The very beginning of Act One is also very dramatic. The music describes a storm. The orchestra is a very large one, including special tubas which are known as “Wagner tubas”. There are no separate arias in these operas: all the sections flows into one another. Sometimes a character has a section when they are telling a story. There are beautiful sections like the one in Act One where Siegmund is remembering about his father and the sword, or the love music between Siegmund and Sieglinde. By using leitmotifs (music which goes with certain ideas or characters) he gets many subtle effects. When Siegmund looks at the ash tree we hear the sword motive because the sword is in the tree, although at that moment he does not know about it. We also hear Wotan’s theme when Siegmund talks about his father. We (the listener) know who his father is, but Siegmund does not. The music tells us lots of things that the characters in the story may not understand. This makes the music very powerful and exciting.
Twists of Fate
Korowód or Twists of Fate is a 2007 Polish drama movie directed by Jerzy Stuhr and starring Kamil Mackowiak, Karolina Gorczyca, Katarzyna Maciag.
Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010) was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. Her first album, La Llorona won a Félix Award and a Juno Award.
Lhasa recorded a third album, titled Lhasa, but she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 around the time it was released. She died from the disease on January 1, 2010 in Montreal, aged 37.
Charli XCX
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (stage name: Charli XCX; born 2 August 1992) is a British singer, songwriter and occasional actress. She began her singing career in 2008. In 2014 she sang on "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea. That song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 – October 17, 2012) was an American inventor and scientist. He had well over 400 patents over fifty years. Most of these were in the areas of energy and information. Many of his inventions have had many uses. Among the most important are:
Charli XCX
Charli XCX was born in Cambridge to an ethnic Indian mother from Uganda and a Scottish father. She grew up in Start Hill, Essex.
Her first album, 14, was released in 2008. Her second album, and her first major label studio album, True Romance, was released in 2013. She wrote the songs "I Love It" with Icona Pop and "Fancy" with Iggy Azalea. In 2014, her song "Boom Clap" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her third album, Sucker, was released on 16 December 2014.
Götterdämmerung
Götterdämmerung is an opera by Richard Wagner. It is the fourth and last of the cycle of operas that together tell a story called Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story continues from the end of the third opera which was called Siegfried. "Götterdämmerung" is the German name for "Ragnarök".
Götterdämmerung is the longest of the four operas. It takes about five hours to perform. It consists of a prologue and three acts. Wagner finished composing the opera in the autumn of 1874. It was first performed on 17 August 1876 as part of the complete Ring cycle.
The Prologue
The three Norns, daughters of Erda the Earth Goddess, are spinning the rope of destiny. This rope is a symbol of what has to happen in the end. They take it in turns to tell the story of the past, spinning as they sing and passing on the rope to the next one. The first Norn tells how Wotan went to drink from the Well of Wisdom for which he lost an eye. He then cut a spear from a tree which then died. The second Norn tells how a young hero broke Wotan’s spear and how the gods were sent from Valhalla to chop down the World Ash. The third Norn tells how the logs from the ash tree have been piled round Valhalla ready for a fire that will burn everything. The Norns have visions of the future. The rope breaks. The Norns disappear into the earth.
Brünnhilde and Siegfried come out of a cave by the rock where they were left at the end of the third opera. Siegfried has to go off to do heroic deeds. He gives Brünnhilde the ring as a token of his love for her. She gives him her horse which is called Grane (pronounce: GRAH-ne). Siegfried travels down the river Rhine.
Act One
Act One takes place in the Hall of the Gibichung palace. Gunther is the chief of the Gibichungs. His half-brother Hagen tells him he would look more important if he got married. He also says that Gunther’s sister Gutrune ought to get married. He tells him about Brünnhilde who, he thinks, is still asleep on the rock surrounded by fire that no one except Siegfried would be able to get through. He says that if they manage to get Siegfried to marry Gutrune, then she could persuade him to go and catch Brünnhilde for Gunther. He says that they could give Siegfried a potion (a special drink) which would make him forget that he loved Brünnhilde.