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during the first day of classes for every academic year the whole community gather at the atrium to welcome the freshmen with an acquaintance ceremony in which members of the administration faculty heads of the colleges staff and students are introduced an invited guest speaker will then give an inspirational message for the new members of the student body the freshman with the highest university predicted grade upg will then give his her message on behalf of the batch and lead them during the oath taking the elected university student council officials are also inaugurated during the program after they were elected during the previous academic year |
usually done weeks after the formal opening of classes the torch night involves the symbolic passing of the lit torch symbolizing responsibility and privilege as iskolar ng bayan by the upperclassmen represented by the bloc leaders of the earlier freshmen batch to the current bloc leaders of the freshmen batch of each degree program they then pledge their oath of loyalty and responsibility to the university and to their fellow schoolmates a competition of group presentations between freshmen is also part of the event |
in an effort to make the experience of welcoming the new students better the freshmen torch night has been organized in 2011 until the following year this event combined the fanfare of welcoming the freshmen during torch night and the pageantry of the freshmen night the event s highlights include the passing and lighting of the degree program torches and group presentations from the freshmen taken from the torch night and the search for the ultimate isko and iska of up mindanao freshmen night |
dula a cebuano word meaning play is the university wide sportsfest preceded by the college based sportsfests dula dula for csm and som and hampang for chss both words mean play in the cebuano and hiligaynon ilonggo languages done usually in the middle of the first semester of the academic year two weeks before the moratorium students get together with their teachers in the spirit of enjoyment sportsmanship and camaraderie the highlight of the competitions is the cheerdance competition the climax of intercollegiate rivalry between chss csm and som drawing huge crowds from other universities and is commonly featured in the local media |
throughout the day participating students faculty and staff would dress up with their not so everyday attires many would copy the look of their favorite movie cartoon book characters some would dress up in formal attire others try to cross dress some do cosplay and a brave few would enter classes with little clothing at all in the evening a program is held which consists of talent shows a presentation of the best dressed people during the day and a free concert participated by musical bands within the university |
a month long event this commemorates the foundation of up in mindanao as a constituent university with the up system on february 20 cultural and civic events are conducted during this time spearheaded by the administration the colleges also celebrate their foundation weeks during this period namely chss week and csm week the respective degree programs also hold their own events within their college s week such as baca night by the ba communication arts program and communicators guild and csm night organized by the csm student council |
up fiesta is the umbrella event organized by the university student council held on the first week of the anniversary it includes guided tours throughout the university for invited high school students talent shows and a market fair participated by several student organizations which lasts until the following week s orgs fair which is also another event where student organizations get to promote their activities to other students and organizations other activities include foundation celebrations by several student organizations and the tatak upmin which consists of a beauty pageant mistress and master of upmin of male and female students from the different student organizations cross dressing into their alter egos and a musical competition of bands battle of the bands |
the annual alumni homecoming held during this period has been named panagtagbo which means gathering in the cebuano language this event aims to gather the former students faculty and staff of up mindanao since its institution in 1995 and offers an avenue for them to reunite with their former classmates schoolmates professors and the university it also includes musical presentations by alagad ni oble one of the first musical bands established in the university and dance concerts by invited party djs it was only in 2013 when the event was formally included in the formal lineup of activities throughout the month and was given a name by the alumni |
around the year 1180 jean de gisors a wealthy norman merchant and lord of the manor of titchfield gave land in his new town of portsmouth to the augustinian canons of southwick priory so that they could build a chapel to the glorious honour of the martyr thomas of canterbury one time archbishop on my land which is called sudewede the island of portsea it was given so that they could build a chapel dedicated to the honour of st thomas of canterbury who was assassinated and martyred ten years earlier this chapel was to become in turn a parish church in the 14th century and then a cathedral in the 20th century |
the medieval building dedicated in 1188 was cruciform in shape with a central tower which was used as a lookout point and lighthouse over the crossing of the original building only the chancel and the transepts remain the church survived a french raid in 1337 which had laid waste most of portsmouth during the hundred years war however in 1449 adam moleyns bishop of chichester was murdered by local sailors the town s inhabitants were excommunicated and the church was closed in 1591 elizabeth i worshipped in st thomas s church |
during the english civil war when the parliamentary forces attacked the town in 1642 the royalist garrison used the church tower to observe the movement of enemy forces parliamentary gunners positioned in gosport fired on the tower and inflicted damage to the church this resulted in the ruin of the medieval tower and nave with the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 came the authorisation by charles ii for a collection in churches across the country to raise the 9 000 required to rebuild the tower and nave which took place from 1683 to 1693 the nave was built in the classical style galleries were added in 1708 to cater for growing congregations and were extended in 1750 the wooden cupola with a lantern for shipping was added to the top of the tower in 1703 a ring of eight bells was given at the same time two additional bells were cast in 1957 and currently the central tower contains a total of 12 bells all of the bells were cast at taylor s bell foundry and are hung in the wooden octagonal part of the tower various repairs and alterations were made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in 1902 the church was closed for two years so that much needed work on the foundations could be carried out during this period st mary s colewort a chapel of ease served as the temporary parish church |
the formal entrance into the cathedral is through the bronze west doors designed by bryan kneale the design is based on the tree of life an ancient symbol representing the renewal of life the completed nave is a square space that is enclosed by an outer ambulatory the ambulatory is low and vaulted because the furniture in the nave is not fixed it can be used for various means including concerts and exhibitions as well as services on the rood screen beneath the nave organ case is a sculpture called christus by peter eugene ball the nave organ case was designed by didier grassin in 2001 the inside of the panels were designed by patrick caulfield the left side depicts night with a stylised lighthouse shining on the sea which alludes to the city of portsmouth s motto heaven s light our guide the right door depicts day showing the sun and the hull of a fishing boat |
the tower is pierced to provide an organ loft raised on a low dark passage the font 1991 made to a greek design of the ninth century is placed centrally between the nave and the quire in the south tower transept is the bronze status of st john the baptist by david wynne it was cast in 1951 as a memorial to a winchester college pupil killed on the matterhorn on the north wall of the south tower transept is the painting the miraculous draught of fishes by william lionel wyllie the north tower transept contains a ceramic plaque of the virgin and child by the florentine sculptor andrea della robbia the principal altar stands on a podium of purbeck stone with mosaic work by richard noviss the lectern was the gift of edward vii in 1903 the pulpit was installed in 1693 and is all that remains of a three decker pulpit the organ case built by francis bird with carved figures of cherubs and king david playing his harp belongs to the nicholson organ and bears the date 1718 |
there are three choirs at the cathedral the cathedral choir consists of up to 20 boys and a back row of adult alto tenor and bass singers made up of six choral scholars and six layclerks they sing choral evensong each monday low voices only and tuesday friday and sunday with the boys cantate is the girls choir established in 2006 to sing choral evensong each thursday the cathedral consort previously known as the parish choir is a mixed choir of adults and younger singers which sings choral evensong on saturdays and other periods outside term time often the choirs combine to form the great choir usually at large services and events |
the cathedral s three manual and pedal forty nine stop organ was installed in 1994 by nicholson co ltd the pipes were taken from the john nicholson organ of 1861 built for manchester cathedral which had been relocated to holy trinity church bolton in 1874 it was rebuilt by jardine co in 1905 in 2001 the west great division was added in order for the organ to speak into the nave the renovated organ was officially inaugurated in november 2001 by a recital given by olivier latry titular organist at notre dame de paris finally in 2017 horizontal trompete de maris fanfare reed division above the main entrance was added |
in september 2014 he signed with halcones uv xalapa of mexico the next month he left halcones after appearing in only five league games in february 2015 he re signed with yulon dinos of taiwan in april 2015 he signed with trotamundos de carabobo of venezuela for the rest of the 2015 lpb season in june 2015 he signed with reales de la vega of dominican republic in march 2016 he signed with al mouttahed tripoli of lebanon he currently plays for yulon luxgen dinos in taiwan |
the standard ascent route is the west side route accessed from shepherd s pass from the pass one travels across the williamson bowl which lies between mount williamson and mount tyndall part of the sierra crest the bowl is home to five high alpine lakes from the bowl the route climbs gullies up the west face to the relatively broad summit plateau this portion involves scrambling up to technically easier but with a more difficult approach which can involve route finding and bushwhacking is the southeast slopes route rising from george creek other routes exist on the mountain including a significant technical route on the north rib grade iv 5 7 |
cebuano also referred to by most of its speakers as bisaya or binisaya translated into english as visayan though this should not be confused with other bisayan languages is an austronesian language spoken in the southern philippines specifically it flourishes in central visayas western parts of eastern visayas and on most of mindanao it originated on the island of cebu and now is spoken primarily by various visayan ethnolinguistic groups who are native to those areas primarily the cebuanos while filipino i e tagalog has the largest number of speakers among the languages of the philippines cebuano had the largest native language speaking population in the philippines from the 1950s until about the 1980s it is by far the most widely spoken of the bisayan languages |
cebuano is the lingua franca of the central visayas western parts of eastern visayas some western parts of palawan and most parts of mindanao the name cebuano is derived from the island of cebu which is the original locus of the language cebuano is also the primary language in western leyte noticeably in ormoc and in other municipalities surrounding the city most of the residents in the area refer to the cebuano language by their own demonyms for example as ormocanon in ormoc and as albuerahanon in albuera cebuano is assigned the iso 639 2 three letter code ceb but not a iso 639 1 two letter code |
the term cebuano derives from cebu ano a latinate calque reflective of the philippines s spanish colonial heritage in common or everyday parlance especially by those speakers from outside of the island of cebu cebuano is more often referred to as bisaya bisaya however may become a source of confusion as many other visayan languages may also be referred to as bisaya even though they are not mutually intelligible with speakers of what is referred to by linguists as cebuano cebuano in this sense applies to all speakers of vernaculars mutually intelligible with the vernaculars of cebu island regardless of origin or location as well as to the language they speak |
during the precolonial and spanish period cebuano had only three vowel phonemes and this was later expanded to five vowels with the introduction of spanish as a consequence the vowels or as well as or are still mostly allophones they can be freely switched with each other without losing their meaning free variation though it may sound strange to a native listener depending on their dialect the vowel has no variations though it can be pronounced subtly differently as either or and very rarely as immediately after the consonant loanwords however are usually more conservative in their orthography and pronunciation e g dyip jeepney from english jeep will never be written or spoken as dyep |
like in tagalog glottal stops are usually not indicated in writing when indicated it is commonly written as a hyphen or an apostrophe if the glottal stop occurs in the middle of the word e g tu o or tu o right more formally when it occurs at the end of the word it is indicated by a circumflex accent if both a stress and a glottal stop occurs at the final vowel e g bas wet or a grave accent if the glottal stop occurs at the final vowel but the stress occurs at the penultimate syllable e g bat child |
the de facto standard cebuano dialect sometimes referred to as general cebuano is derived from the conservative sialo vernacular spoken in southeastern cebu also known as the sialo dialect or the carcar dalaguete dialect it first gained prominence due to its adoption by the catholic church as the standard for written cebuano it retains the intervocalic in contrast the urban cebuano dialect spoken by people in metro cebu and surrounding areas is characterized by elision and heavily contracted words and phrases for example wal y problema no problem in standard cebuano can become way blema in urban cebuano |
colloquialisms can also be used to determine the regional origin of the speaker cebuano speaking people from cagayan de oro and dumaguete for example say chada or tsada patsada roughly translated to the english colloquialism awesome and people from davao city say atchup which also translated to the same english context meanwhile cebuanos from cebu on the other hand say nindot or sometimes an ndot however this word is also commonly used in the same context in other cebuano speaking regions in effect making this word not only limited in use to cebu |
local historical sources found in cagayan de oro indicates the early presence of cebuano visayans in the misamis agusan coastal areas and their contacts with the lumads and peoples of the rajahnate of butuan lumads refer to these visayan groups as dumagat people of the sea as they came in the area seaborne it became the lingua franca of precolonial visayan settlers and native lumads of the area and particularly of the ancient rajahnate of butuan where butuanon a southern visayan language was also spoken cebuano influence in lumad languages around the highlands of misamis oriental and bukidnon was furthered with the influx of cebuano visayan laborers and conscripts of the spaniards from cebuano areas of visayas particularly from bohol during the colonial period around the present day region of northern mindanao it has spread west towards the zamboanga peninsula east towards caraga and south towards bukidnon cotabato and the davao region in the final years of spanish colonial rule |
due to the influx of migrants mostly from western visayas and leyte during the promotion of settlement in the highlands of central mindanao in the 1930s vocabulary from other visayan languages predominantly hiligaynon and waray waray have also been incorporated into mindanao cebuano for example the hiligaynon s bat reply is commonly used alongside cebuano tubag bulig alongside t bang help and waray lut alongside kan on cooked rice though these influences are only limited to the speakers along the port area and hiligaynon speaking communities |
a branch of mindanao cebuano in davao is also known as davae o not to be confused with the davao variant of chavacano which is called castellano abakay like the cebuano speakers of luzon it contains some tagalog vocabulary to a greater extent its grammar is similar to other varieties however speakers nowadays exhibits stronger tagalog influence in their speech by substituting most cebuano words with tagalog ones one characteristic is the practice of saying at derived from tagalog yat to denote uncertainty of a speaker s any aforementioned statements for instance tu man at sa bal y si manuel instead of tu man ting li sa bal y si manuel however the word at exists in cebuano though it means squid ink at sa nukos |
other examples include nibab ko sa jeep sa kanto tapos niul ko sa among bal y i got off the jeepney at the street corner and then i went home instead of ninaog ko sa jeep sa kanto dayon niul ko sa among bal y the words bab and naog mean to disembark or to go down while tapos and dayon mean then the former is tagalog and the latter cebuano it also sometimes add some bagobo and mansakan vocabulary like madayaw nga adlaw amigo kumusta ka good day friend how are you literally good morning afternoon rather than maayo nga adlaw amigo kamusta ka the words madayaw and maayo mean good the former is bagobo and the latter cebuano |
the boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules the nations participating in the boxer program have changed as the program has developed the boxer vehicle is produced by the artec gmbh armoured vehicle technology industrial group and the programme is being managed by occar organisation for joint armament cooperation artec gmbh is based in munich its parent companies are krauss maffei wegmann gmbh and rheinmetall military vehicles gmbh on the german side and rheinmetall defence nederland b v for the netherlands overall rheinmetall has a 64 stake in the joint venture |
the uk ministry of defence announced its intention to withdraw from the boxer programme and focus on the future rapid effect system fres in july 2003 to replace some of its m113 and fuchs tpz 1 vehicles production of boxer had been scheduled to commence in 2004 but production was delayed and the first production example was delivered to the german army in september 2009 over seven years prototypes accrued over 90 000 km of reliability trials and over 90 000 km of durability trials and that lithuania had selected the boxer |
in august 2016 a eur385 6 million production contract was placed by lithuania for the supply of 88 boxers and at this time it was stated that 53 boxer would be manufactured by kmw and the remaining 35 by rheinmetall with deliveries running 2017 2021 in lithuanian service the vehicle is designated as vilkas wolf the precise mix number of lithuanian vehicles was initially unclear but according to janes lithuania will receive 91 boxer in a2 configuration 89 as variants of the baseline ifv configuration plus two driver training vehicles the exact ifv breakdown is 55 ifv squad leader 18 ifv platoon leader 12 ifv company leader 4 ifv command post a single ifv will be used for maintenance training the first two vehicles driver training configuration were delivered in december 2017 the first two boxer in ifv configuration were delivered in june 2019 and at this time the lithuanian mod stated that 15 vehicles would be delivered in 2019 and that all 89 ifv variants would be delivered by the end of 2021 |
most of the original german army boxer order were delivered in a1 configuration however 40 apc and 16 command post were delivered in a0 configuration but these were subsequently upgraded to a1 configuration in june 2017 it was announced that the bundeswehr s boxer a1 fleet would be upgraded to a2 standard the first a2 boxer was delivered in june 2015 the a2 standard resulted from operations in afghanistan and incorporates changes in the drive and mission modules that include preparation for the integration of a driver vision system changes to the stowage concept in both modules changes to the gearbox integration of a fire suppression system modification of the rcws interface for an ied jammer satellite communication system and other minor modifications the latest boxer variant is the a3 the british the first customer for a3 in its entirety |
in february 2018 it was announced that slovenia had selected the boxer as the basis for two new mechanised infantry battle groups in november it was revealed that pricing issues had impacted the slovenian procurement timeline and that a new proposal from industry was pending according to the slovenian mod s initial release on the subject funding had been allocated for the procurement of 48 vehicles in 2018 2020 for the first battle group which was expected to become operational by 2022 followed by the second in 2025 the desired total was reported to be 112 boxer 96 ifv 16 mortar plus a small number of driver training vehicles it was reported mid 2019 that the planned boxer procurement had been suspended the mod deciding to conduct research and draw up a new comprehensive tactical study relating to the formation of a medium infantry battalion group this likely to affect the procurement of 8 8 wheeled armoured vehicles the ministry will then re examine options available and make a decision on how to build a medium infantry battalion group capability under rheinmetall s offering the first batch of 20 to 25 vehicles will be built in germany with australians embedded into teams to learn the necessary skills before transferring back to australia for the build of the remaining vehicles rda s military vehicle centre of excellence milvehcoe in brisbane queensland will be the hub for the production of the majority of the vehicles the local build programme including about 40 local suppliers these industrial opportunities will create up to 1 450 jobs across australia the acquisition and sustainment of the vehciles is costed at aud15 7 billion us 12 2 billion acquisition worth aud5 2 billion the remaining aud10 5 billion costed for sustainment over the vehicles 30 year life |
in march 2018 it was announced by the uk government that it was re joining the boxer programme and in april 2018 it was announced that boxer had been selected by the british army to meet its mechanised infantry vehicle miv requirement no details relating to quantity cost timeline or any contractual status was given it was first reported in october 2016 that the british ministry of defence had taken its first formal step towards government to government acquisition of boxer at dsei 2017 a boxer in a union jack paint scheme was shown by rheinmetall to promote the vehicle for the miv requirement in november 2017 a company of german army mechanised infantry equipped with 11 boxers exercised with british army units on salisbury plain british army sources denied that the exercise was linked to any decision on a procurement process for its miv project in february 2018 it was reported that artec had signed agreements with uk suppliers this contributing to the fact that 60 by value of the miv contract will be done in britain along with final assembly of the mivs at facilities already owned by the consortium |
in july 2018 there were three boxer related announcements made over a period of three days on 17 july the dutch mod announced that the last dutch boxer had rolled off the production line this being a cargo variant on 18 july the lithuanian mod announced that the country s first two boxer prototypes had entered trials in germany on 19 july 2018 the uk mod disclosed its intent to order between 400 and 600 boxers in four variants plus driver training vehicles reference vehicles and support with the first vehicles to be in service by 2023 the contract will contain options to increase the quantity of vehicles by up to an additional 900 |
in march 2019 the australian ambassador to germany inspected the first boxer being delivered to the australian government under the land 400 phase 2 program prior to its shipping to australia and in july 2019 the first two of the 25 boxer being built in germany arrived in australia the 25 vehicles delivered from germany are split 13 reconnaissance platforms and 12 multi purpose vehicles mpvs once in australia these vehicles will receive a number of australia specific modifications prior to final delivery to the army the first vehicles were in use for training purposes by october 2020 rheinmetall will deliver 211 boxer to the australian army under and in service boxer will fill seven different roles on the battlefield reconnaissance command and control joint fires surveillance multi purpose battlefield repair and recovery the reconnaissance variant will account for 133 of the 211 vehicles and is equipped with rheinmetall s lance turret system and armed with a 30 mm automatic cannon |
in september 2019 there were three boxer related announcements on 10 september it was revealed that the target date for the uk s miv programme to receive its main gate approval was 22 october 2019 it was reported that the business case for the purchase of an initial batch of 508 vehicles valued at about gbp1 2 billion us 1 48 billion was currently under scrutiny by financial commercial and technical experts before receiving final approval by ministers uk mod officials submitted their final business case for the purchase of the boxer mivs on 9 september 2019 to meet the british army s target of getting its first boxer in service by 2023 also in september 2019 reports emerged that algeria had selected the boxer and that production would commence shortly as of q1 2021 this had not been confirmed by artec |
in november 2020 it was announced that artec consortium partners rheinmetall landsysteme and krauss maffei wegmann kmw had awarded two separate subcontracts to rheinmetall bae systems land rbsl and wfel respectively for the local production of boxer for the uk rbsl and wfel were selected by rheinmetall and kmw respectively to be the uk tier 1 suppliers and will operate one boxer production line each the value of kmw s contract has not been announced but is known to involve at least 480 drive modules being produced by wfel in the uk with under half of them being assembled by wfel into full vehicles covering the infantry carriers specialist carriers and ambulance variants the remaining drive modules being produced by wfel will be shipped to rbsl to construct the other full vehicles in a number of variants including the specialist carrier rheinmetall s contract with rbsl is worth usd1 15 billion gpb860 million and involves the manufacture of 262 boxer vehicles at rbsl s assembly line in telford uk all of these vehicles will either be the specialist carrier or command vehicles |
the boxer is an eight wheeled multirole vehicle that at the time of its development easily exceeded most comparable vehicles in weights and dimensions in recent years the size weight differences between boxer and its contemporaries has reduced considerably with boxer quoted to have a combat weight of 36 500 kg in 2016 in a1 and a2 configurations while vehicles such as st kinetics terrex 3 had a quoted combat weight of 35 tonnes and nexter s vbci patria s amv and general dynamics piranha v all weighing in around the 32 to 33 tonne mark current combat weight of the boxer in a3 configuration is quoted as up to 38 5 tonnes |
boxer consists of two key elements the platform drive line the drive module and the removable mission module the a iterations applied to boxer are specific to the drive module initial production examples were a0 and less than 60 were delivered main production was a1 followed in 2015 by a2 current production standard depending on user is either a2 or a3 australia is receiving an a2 a3 hybrid in that it will receive the latest a3 drive module rated at 38 500 kg but with the a2 standard engine rating of |
australian boxer crvs mount the rheinmetall lance 30 mm two man turret fitted with the rheinmetall mauser mk30 2 abm air bursting munition dual feed stabilised cannon and 7 62 mm coaxial mg turret traverse is all electric through a full 360 with weapon elevation from 15 to 45 a rheinmetall computerised fire control system is installed which allows stationary and moving targets to be engaged the gunner has a rheinmetall stabilised electro optical sighting system seoss which typically has day thermal channels and an eye safe laser rangefinder the commander has a rheinmetall seoss panoramic sighting system which allows hunter killer target engagements to take place |
to increase survivability in case of armour penetration the crew compartment is completely covered by an amap l spall liner the spall liner stops most of the fragments of the armour and projectile brought about by hull penetration to further enhance crew protection the seats are decoupled from the floor this preventing the shock of a mine detonation being directly transmitted to the crew the roof armour of the boxer is designed to withstand artillery fragments and top attack weapons such as bomblets fitted with a high explosive anti tank heat warhead |
the boxer drive module a1 as designated by the german bwb is an upgraded version of the baseline a0 version of the boxer drive module with the primary difference being the installation of a mine protection package fitted to the belly and wheel stations of the vehicle the vehicle is fitted an additional armour package focused on protecting against side and underbody blast threats this consists of the amap m and amap ied packages an unspecified electronic countermeasure ecm system was also fitted to counter ieds these changes result in a 1 058 kg weight increase for the a1 over the baseline a0 apc variant for the a2 boxer protection is reported to have been increased further standard fit for australian and uk boxers will be 415 80 r 685 michelin xforce zl rated to carry 5 600 kg each |
largely the purpose of the organization was out of resentment toward ceau ecu rather than resentment toward communism members of the national salvation front fsn such as silviu brucan and ion iliescu believed strongly that the revolution would keep communism alive emphasizing a structural change in agriculture and trade organization people flocked to the national salvation front fsn for a multitude of reasons ranging from religious oppression in members such as l szl t k s and alleged mismanagement and marginalization of undesirables within the communist party in members such as ion iliescu |
after the romanian revolution the same name led to the question of whether the national salvation front fsn existed as an underground organization according to silviu brucan this was not the case as the letters were written by alexandru melian a professor at the university of bucharest who had no connection to the leaders of the nsf this was contradicted by nicolae militaru who claimed that he together with ion iliescu led a clandestine national salvation front which asked melian to write this appeal |
the creation of the fsn was officially announced to the public by ion iliescu in radio and tv addresses on 22 december 1989 after the overthrow of ceau escu the fsn took power from the communist authorities within four days the fsn formed an interim government with ion iliescu being the president and petre roman as the interim prime minister the initial membership of fsn came from diverse backgrounds intellectuals students army officers but the leaders were mostly former communist officials see list of members of the national salvation front council |
goair was founded in november 2005 by jeh wadia son of indian industrialist nusli wadia the airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of the wadia group goair commenced its operations using an airbus a320 aircraft and operated its inaugural flight from mumbai to ahmedabad on 4 november 2005 the airline initially operated with a single aircraft to four destinations including goa and coimbatore with plans to induct 36 aircraft by 2008 in march 2008 the airline announced revised plans to operate 11 aircraft and service new destinations in north east and south india by the end of the year increasing fuel prices forced goair to cut down the existing number of flights in june 2008 |
in january 2009 british airways was interested in buying a stake in the airline in november 2009 goair entered into talks with indian airline spicejet over a possible merger which ended in a no deal in april 2012 goair became the fifth largest airline in india in terms of market share following the demise of kingfisher airlines in 2013 the airline appointed investment bank jp morgan to scout for potential investors the airline s growth has been slow compared to other airlines established at the same time such as indigo and spicejet which have larger market share fleet size and destinations served as of 2016 |
according to the airline it is a planned strategy due to the tough aviation environment in india and to focus on maintaining profitability rather than on capturing market share and increasing the destinations and fleet size as of february 2016 it remains the fifth largest carrier in the country with an 8 market share the airline is planning for an initial public offering ipo in 2020 the airline took delivery of its 20th aircraft in june 2016 making it eligible to operate international flights |
at the age of 15 given the choice to stay in drought ridden italy or move to detroit harry chose to adventure to america and live with his older brother oreste after learning english and the bus schedule he enrolled in cass technical high school where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making ca 1930 1936 at that time there were three jewelry and metals teachers louise green mary davis and greta pack in 1936 he attended the art school of the detroit society of arts and crafts now known as the college for creative studies the following year in 1937 he received a scholarship to study at the cranbrook academy of art where he encountered walter gropius edmund n bacon and ray and charles eames and florence knoll for the first time |
in 2019 the harry bertoia foundation launched a catalogue raisonn project which seeks to document and research the diverse and extensive artistic practice of the artist the goal is to provide a comprehensive record and resource of bertoia s work and will include his painting graphics including monotypes furniture jewelry metalwork sound recordings and sculpture an ongoing project the harry bertoia catalogue raisonn will be available online published in stages and regularly updated to reflect ongoing research it will be accessible to scholars educators collectors arts professionals and any member of the public wishing to gain a deeper understanding of bertoia s work |
starting out as a painting student but soon being asked to reopen the metal workshop in 1939 bertoia taught jewelry design and metal work later as the war effort made metal a rare and very expensive commodity he began to focus his efforts on jewelry making even designing and creating wedding rings for ray eames and edmund bacon s wife ruth when all the metal was taken up by war efforts he became the graphics instructor still at cranbrook in 1943 he married brigitta valentiner and then moved to california to work for charles and ray at the molded plywood division of the evans product company bertoia worked there until 1946 then sold his jewelry and monotypes until obtaining work with the electronics naval lab in la jolla |
the chairs were produced with varying degrees of upholstery over their light grid work and they were handmade at first because a suitable mass production process could not be found unfortunately the chair edge utilized two thin wires welded on either side of the mesh seat this design had been granted a patent to the eames for the wire chair produced by herman miller herman miller eventually won and bertoia knoll redesigned the seat edge using a thicker single wire and grinding down the edge of the seat wires at a smooth angle the same way the chairs are produced today nonetheless the commercial success enjoyed by bertoia s diamond chair was immediate it was only in 2005 that bertoia s asymmetrical chaise longue was introduced at the milan furniture fair and sold out immediately |
bertoia played the pieces in a number of concerts and even produced a series of eleven albums all entitled sonambient of the music made by his art manipulated by his hands along with the elements of nature in the late 1990s his daughter found a large collection of near mint condition original albums stored away on his property in pennsylvania these were sold as collector s items in 2015 these sonambient recordings are being re issued by important records as a box set with a booklet of the history and previously unseen photos |
bertoia s work can be found in the addison gallery of american art andover massachusetts the brooklyn museum new york city the cleveland museum of art the dallas public library the detroit institute of arts the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden washington d c the honolulu museum of art the kemper museum of contemporary art kansas city missouri the nasher sculpture center dallas texas the philadelphia museum of art the reading public museum reading pennsylvania the allentown art museum milwaukee art museum the smithsonian american art museum washington d c the vero beach museum of art vero beach florida and the walker art center minneapolis minnesota |
located in the lobby of the milton r abrahams branch of the omaha public library lord palumbo owns several bertoia works which are on display at kentuck knob bertoia s sounding sculpture can be found in the plaza of the aon center chicago s fourth tallest building another sounding sculpture considerably smaller than the one mentioned above is featured in the rose terrace of the chicago botanic garden and a third very similar to the piece in chicago called sounding piece was until 2003 on display at the herbert f johnson museum of art at cornell university in ithaca new york as explained in october 3 1995 piece in the weekly dear uncle ezra column of the university newspaper |
well it almost is coming from the building itself what you hear is sounding piece a sculpture by harry bertoia that permanently resides on the sculpture court outdoor balcony on the second floor of the johnson museum the chimes sway back and forth on tall rods and ping or gong into each other depending on which chime and how hard they collide when winds move them it s one of my all time favorites well worth a visit if you haven t seen it you can go out on to the sculpture court until at least the end of october once winter sets in the chimes are secured so that they won t snap in the windy icy weather |
colchicine is also used as an anti inflammatory agent for long term treatment of beh et s disease it appears to have limited effect in relapsing polychondritis as it may only be useful for the treatment of chondritis and mild skin symptoms it is a component of therapy for several other conditions including pericarditis pulmonary fibrosis biliary cirrhosis various vasculitides pseudogout spondyloarthropathies calcinosis scleroderma and amyloidosis research regarding the efficacy of colchicine in many of these diseases has not been performed it is also used in the treatment of familial mediterranean fever in which it reduces attacks and the long term risk of amyloidosis |
colchicine can be toxic when ingested inhaled or absorbed in the eyes colchicine can cause a temporary clouding of the cornea and be absorbed into the body causing systemic toxicity symptoms of colchicine overdose start 2 to 24 hours after the toxic dose has been ingested and include burning in the mouth and throat fever vomiting diarrhea and abdominal pain this can cause hypovolemic shock due to extreme vascular damage and fluid loss through the gastrointestinal tract which can be fatal |
if the affected person survives the gastrointestinal phase of toxicity they may experience multiple organ failure and critical illness this includes kidney damage which causes low urine output and bloody urine low white blood cell counts that can last for several days anemia muscular weakness liver failure hepatomegaly bone marrow suppression thrombocytopenia and ascending paralysis leading to potentially fatal respiratory failure neurologic symptoms are also evident including seizures confusion and delirium children may experience hallucinations recovery may begin within six to eight days and begins with rebound leukocytosis and alopecia as organ functions return to normal |
an unintended consequence of the 2006 u s food and drug administration fda safety program called the unapproved drugs initiative through which the fda sought more rigorous testing of efficacy and safety of colchicine and other unapproved drugs was a price increase of 2000 percent for a gout remedy so old that the ancient greeks knew about its effects under unapproved drugs initiative small companies like url pharma a philadelphia drugmaker were rewarded with licenses for testing of medicines like colchicine in 2009 the fda reviewed a new drug application for colchicine submitted by url pharma url pharma did the testing gained fda formal approval and was granted rights over colchicine with this monopoly pricing power the price of colchicine increased |
oral colchicine had been used for many years as an unapproved drug with no fda approved prescribing information dosage recommendations or drug interaction warnings on july 30 2009 the fda approved colchicine as a monotherapy for the treatment of three different indications familial mediterranean fever acute gout flares and for the prophylaxis of gout flares and gave url pharma a three year marketing exclusivity agreement in exchange for url pharma doing 17 new studies and investing 100 million into the product of which 45 million went to the fda for the application fee url pharma raised the price from 0 09 per tablet to 4 85 and the fda removed the older unapproved colchicine from the market in october 2010 both in oral and intravenous forms but allowed pharmacies to buy up the older unapproved colchicine colchicine in combination with probenecid has been fda approved before 1982 |
numerous consensus guidelines and previous randomized controlled trials had concluded that colchicine is effective for acute flares of gouty arthritis however as of 2006 the drug was not formally approved by the fda owing to the lack of a conclusive randomized control trial rct through the unapproved drugs initiative the fda sought more rigorous testing of the efficacy and safety of colchicine and other unapproved drugs in exchange for paying for the costly testing the fda gave url pharma three years of market exclusivity for its colcrys brand under the hatch waxman act based in part on url funded research in 2007 including pharmacokinetic studies and a randomized control trial with 185 patients with acute gout |
in april 2010 an editorial in the new england journal of medicine said that the rewards of this legislation are not calibrated to the quality or value of the information produced that no evidence of meaningful improvement to public health was seen and that it would be less expensive for the fda the national institutes of health or large insurers to pay for trials themselves furthermore the cost burden of this subsidy falls primarily on patients or their insurers in september 2010 the fda ordered a halt to marketing unapproved single ingredient oral colchicine |
colchicine is widely used in plant breeding by inducing polyploidy in plant cells to produce new or improved varieties strains and cultivars when used to induce polyploidy in plants colchicine cream is usually applied to a growth point of the plant such as an apical tip shoot or sucker seeds can be presoaked in a colchicine solution before planting since chromosome segregation is driven by microtubules colchicine alters cellular division by inhibiting chromosome segregation during meiosis half the resulting gametes therefore contain no chromosomes while the other half contains double the usual number of chromosomes i e diploid instead of haploid as gametes usually are and lead to embryos with double the usual number of chromosomes i e tetraploid instead of diploid while this would be fatal in most higher animal cells in plant cells it is not only usually well tolerated but also frequently results in larger hardier faster growing and in general more desirable plants than the normally diploid parents for this reason this type of genetic manipulation is frequently used in breeding plants commercially |
when such a tetraploid plant is crossed with a diploid plant the triploid offspring are usually sterile unable to produce fertile seeds or spores although many triploids can be propagated vegetatively growers of annual triploid plants not readily propagated vegetatively cannot produce a second generation crop from the seeds if any of the triploid crop and need to buy triploid seed from a supplier each year many sterile triploid plants including some trees and shrubs are becoming increasingly valued in horticulture and landscaping because they do not become invasive species and will not drop undesirable fruit and seed litter in certain species colchicine induced triploidy has been used to create seedless fruit such as seedless watermelons citrullus lanatus since most triploids do not produce pollen themselves such plants usually require cross pollination with a diploid parent to induce seedless fruit production |
gary lewis is the son of jerry lewis and singer patti palmer his mother who was performing at the time with the ted fio rito orchestra intended to name him after her favorite actor cary grant but her son became gary as the result of a clerical error he received a set of drums as a gift for his 14th birthday in 1960 when he was 18 lewis formed the band gary and the playboys with four friends joking at the lateness of bandmates to practice lewis referred to them as playboys and the name stuck |
lewis was the drummer but the group was fronted by singer guitarist dave walker gary s mother was quietly funding the purchases of equipment as they believed gary s father would not support the band financially without the lewis cachet the band was relatively anonymous even though he lived down the street from the lewis family producer snuff garrett was not aware of the band until a mutual friend conductor les brown informed him that the group was appearing at disneyland and that garrett should give them a listen |
seeing an opportunity to capitalize on the lewis name garrett put the band into the studio to develop still financed by gary s mother garrett pushed lewis to improve his drumming skill even getting buddy rich to tutor him and more importantly made lewis the singer and therefore the focal point of the group by lewis own admission his natural singing voice was not one of his strengths and garrett employed overdubbing techniques in the studio to enhance it this diamond ring hit number one on the billboard hot 100 on february 20 1965 making lewis an instant star lewis was cash box magazine s 1965 male vocalist of the year besides the lovin spoonful the group was the only artist during the 1960s to have its first seven hot 100 releases each reach that chart s top 10 |
in addition to this diamond ring his hits include count me in the only non british commonwealth record in the hot 100 s top 10 on may 8 1965 number two save your heart for me number two everybody loves a clown number four she s just my style number three sure gonna miss her number nine and green grass number eight of everybody loves a clown lewis says he composed the song as a gift for his father s birthday he believed the song was too good so instead of giving it as a gift he recorded it by 1966 lewis was exclusively singing replaced on the drums by among others jim keltner his career was put on hold when he entered the u s army as a draftee in january 1967 and he served during the vietnam war era with the eighth army in seoul south korea until 1968 lewis released a solo album in 1967 for liberty records called listen |
lewis has stated that he was reluctant to go to vietnam but he credits the army with being the time when he grew up he returned to performing and recording but did not recapture his earlier success and five releases by the band that year peaked from 13th to 39th his musical career was later marketed as a nostalgia act with appearances on his father s labor day telethons for the muscular dystrophy association including the 2010 telethon which was his dad s final as host in january 2012 lewis released a new single you can t go back |
the present building was built in 1759 to 1761 and is of georgian and palladian architectural style with an imposing portico cursive and round domes chamber pillars and a magnificent south front a double spiral staircase leads up to the 1st floor to the rectangular balcony and pillared front entrance of the hall and into the approximately main hall living area of the building which consists of two large imposing fireplaces and a glass chandelier the entrance is decorated with a tall black wooden double door accompanied by equally impressive checker framed windows |
on the 2nd floor in between the library and the main hall the 3rd floor is hollowed to give a large two storey space in which large portrait paintings of sir francis 5th bart and his wife sophia lady burdett as well as his father francis burdett are hung an l shaped velvet carpeted staircase next to the library door leads up to the 3rd floor household which is lined with georgian carved wood fencings a chandelier hangs from the roof of the two storey area steps on the 2nd floor lead down to the 1st floor occupied by francis boarding house |
in 1835 the hall was described thus foremark three miles west from melbourn is distinguished as having within its precincts the beautiful seat of sir francis burdett most judiciously and romantically placed amidst scenery of a rich bold and varied character upon the southern banks of the trent the hanging hills being crowned by thriving plantations the house is spacious and its appearance imposing to a considerable degree the pleasure grounds are very tasteful and lead down a valley through finely wooded avenues to the banks of the river the church here which is dedicated to our saviour is a small plain edifice the living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of sir francis burdett the parish of foremark including ingleby township 163 contained in 1831 221 inhabitants |
the orkneying saga also known as jarla s gur orkneyja was written by an unknown icelandic scribe c 1200 much of the material describes events that are up to three centuries earlier than this date and its historical accuracy is dubious however as the document was written only a few decades after sleifarson s death it is reasonable to suppose the later chapters may more accurately reflect the events they describe in fact sleifarson s activities take up fully one quarter of the saga and the oldest version ends with his death |
he is depicted as the quintessential viking a freebooter whose activities include drunkenness murder and plundering and whose support is crucial to the politics of the orkney earldom his tale is closely bound up with that of earl r gnvald a more rounded character who is also a troubadour and ultimately a saint and it may be that the saga writers were seeking to portray them as exemplars of the viking lifestyle however there may also be a more complex moral to the story although sleifarson s dying words are be it known to all men that i belong to the bodyguard of saint r gnvald the earl he also blackmailed r gnvald and caused him a great deal of trouble it is possible that the saga intends to cast r gnvald as a weak leader who was unable control his nobles |
another interpretation of the narrative is that rather than seeing these two men as protagonist and antagonist that together they live in a golden age where the earl is a cultured ruler and primus inter pares but who owes his position in part to his band of worthy warriors and is by no means a despot who rules by divine right in this case the whole story may be seen as a reaction to the norwegian royal propaganda of the age that sought to promote the central authority of the crown |
asplund collaborated with architect sigurd lewerentz in the design of skogskyrkog rden a cemetery which is a unesco world heritage site created between 1914 and 1940 they were also the main architects for the temporary stockholm international exhibition 1930 although temporary the modernist exposed glass and steel frame entry pavilion at the fair was internationally influential in fact it was influential already before its completion having an influence on the much smaller turku fair in finland designed by alvar aalto and erik bryggman who had travelled to stockholm to see its construction |
the song s bright calm and warming music fronted by a distinctive mandolin strum contrasts very sharply with the destructive lyrics particularly the haunting bridge get the kids and bring a sweater dry is good and wind is better count the years you always knew it strike a match go on and do it the title of the album a few small repairs also appears in the third line of the second verse of the song it s time for a few small repairs she said |
upkeep availability training and operating off the west coast maintained robison s state of readiness through the next 11 months she steamed from san diego for her fifth westpac deployment on 30 december 1968 in company with carrier the usual call at pearl harbor was followed by arrival at subic bay 20 january 1969 after voyage repairs robison joined task group 77 3 in tonkin gulf the destroyer flagship of her division served in the screen of both kitty hawk and she also provided naval gunfire support to troops ashore in the i corps zone |
the kansas city power light district or simply the power light district or the p l is a dining shopping office and entertainment district in downtown kansas city missouri united states developed by the cordish companies of baltimore maryland and designed by beyer blinder belle and 360 architecture the district comprises nine blocks on the south side of the downtown loop it is located between baltimore avenue to the west grand boulevard to the east 12th street to the north and interstate 670 to the south the 850 million mixed use district is one of the largest development projects in the midwestern united states and is anchored by the renovated midland theatre alamo drafthouse mainstreet cinema and the world headquarters of h r block |
the power light district is immediately to the west of the t mobile center the district was named after the art deco kansas city power and light building the present headquarters of the kansas city power light company a subsidiary of great plains energy is also located on the northern side of the district a one block entertainment area within the district is called kansas city live and contains two floors of bars and restaurants as well as a large partially enclosed courtyard and concert venue |
at the heart of the power light district is kansas city live a one block area devoted to live music and entertainment venues at the center of kansas city live is a covered outdoor plaza used for dozens of concerts each year the stage in kansas city live has featured acts like dierks bentley macklemore the commodores luke bryan bleachers vance joy the neighbourhood cole swindell portugal the man grouplove foster the people the lumineers flo rida travis scott and many more the roof system produced by structurflex is made of an ethylene tetrafluoro ethylene etfe single skin membrane construction of the roof began on august 17 2007 |
the ground floor of the kansas city live block focuses on bars and restaurants including mcfadden s sports saloon flying saucer cleaver cork the dubliner johnny s tavern pizza bar and county road ice house which is a locally owned partnership between back napkin and joes bbq the second floor of kansas city live houses the night clubs and entertainment concepts including mosaic ultra lounge angels rock bar howl at the moon pbr big sky shark bar and no other pub which is a partnership between cordish and local mls soccer team sporting kansas city |
super mario world 2 yoshi s island is a 1995 platform game developed and published by nintendo for the super nintendo entertainment system snes to reunite baby mario with his brother luigi who has been kidnapped by kamek the player controls yoshi a friendly dinosaur through 48 levels while carrying baby mario as a super mario series platformer yoshi runs and jumps to reach the end of the level while solving puzzles and collecting items in a style new to the series the game has a hand drawn aesthetic and is the first to have yoshi as its main character the game introduces his signature abilities to flutter jump and produce eggs from swallowed enemies |
the game has a unique visual style which heavily contrasts with the pre rendered visuals of contemporary games popularized by donkey kong country after four years of development yoshi s island was released in japan in august 1995 and worldwide two months later some of its special effects were powered by a new super fx2 microchip the game was ported to the game boy advance with few changes in 2002 this version was rereleased for the nintendo 3ds in 2011 and the wii u virtual console in 2014 the original version was also released for the super nes classic edition in 2017 and nintendo switch online in 2019 |
yoshi s island is a 2d side scrolling platform game its story begins as kamek a magikoopa in care of young bowser attacks a stork delivering baby brothers mario and luigi they succeed in kidnapping baby luigi but baby mario falls out of the sky and onto the back of yoshi the friendly dinosaur the player controls one of many yoshis which take turns traveling through 48 levels across six worlds to rescue baby luigi and reunite the brothers in the super mario series platform game tradition the player controls yoshi with a two button run and jump control scheme the player navigates between platforms and atop some foes en route to the end of the increasingly difficult levels yoshi also collects coins to earn extra lives and retains his long tongue from super mario world the game centers more on puzzle solving and item collecting than other platformers with hidden flowers and red coins to find levels include mines ski jumps and the requisite fiery dungeons every fourth level two in each world is a boss fight against a large version of a previous foe |
in a style new to the series the game has a coloring book aesthetic with scribbled crayon backgrounds and yoshi vocalizes with its every action expanding on his trademark tongue ability to swallow enemies yoshi as the focus of the game was given a new move set the ability to flutter jump throw eggs and transform the flutter jump gives yoshi a secondary boost when the player holds the jump button it became his new trademark move similar to that of luigi in super mario bros 2 yoshi can also pound the ground from mid air to bury objects or break through soft earth and use his long tongue to grab enemies at a distance swallowed enemies can be spat as projectiles immediately or stored for later use as an egg the player individually aims and fires the eggs at obstacles via a new targeting system the eggs also bounce off of surfaces in the environment up to six eggs can be stored this way and will trail behind the character yoshi can also eat certain items for power up abilities for instance watermelons let yoshi shoot seeds from his mouth like a machine gun and fire enemies turn his mouth into a flamethrower other power ups transform yoshi into vehicles including cars drills helicopters and submarines a star power up makes baby mario invulnerable and extra fast |
while yoshi is virtually invincible if hit by an enemy baby mario will float off his back in a bubble while a timer counts down to zero when the timer expires koopas arrive to take baby mario and yoshi loses a life the player can replenish the timer by collecting small stars and power ups however yoshi can also lose a life instantly if he comes into contact with obstacles such as pits spikes lava and thorns similar to super mario world the player can hold a power up in reserve such as a 10 star which adds ten seconds to the baby mario timer or a magnifying glass which reveals all hidden red coins in a level these power ups are acquired in several minigames at the end of each level the yoshi relays baby mario to the successive yoshi if the player perfects all eight levels in each world by finishing with all flowers red coins and full 30 seconds on the timer two hidden levels will unlock there are three save slots on the cartridge |
after his introduction in super mario world 1990 the character of yoshi gained popularity and starred in puzzle game spin offs such as yoshi and yoshi s cookie mario creator shigeru miyamoto asked character designer shigefumi hino to develop an original project hino felt that they had already explored every possible avenue with 2d mario platformers the 3d super mario 64 being in its preliminary stages at this point after brainstorming he landed on the idea of using yoshi as the main character of a platforming game with the goal of being more accessible than previous games in the mario series to give the gameplay a more gentle and relaxed pacing the levels lack time limits and feature more exploration elements than previous games yoshi s flutter jump also makes him easier to control in the air than mario in 2020 a prototype for a platform game with similar graphics to yoshi s island was discovered featuring a new protagonist wearing a pilot suit the name super donkey suggests it may have been considered as a new donkey kong game before being repurposed for yoshi |
yoshi s island was developed by nintendo ead and published by nintendo for the super nintendo entertainment system snes development was spearheaded by hino takashi tezuka hideki konno and toshihiko nakago the latter which was his only directing role after a eleven year apprenticeship with miyamoto serving as producer newly hired artist hisashi nogami created the game s unique marker drawn style the graphics were achieved by drawing them by hand digitally scanning them and then approximating them pixel by pixel yoshiaki koizumi animated the opening and ending while series composer koji kondo wrote the game s music |
partway into the development of yoshi s island donkey kong country was released which resulted in its computer generated graphics becoming the norm for contemporary snes games it was too late for the graphic designers to incorporate such a style into yoshi s island instead they pushed the hand drawn style further as a way to fight back as a compromise the introductory and ending cutscenes feature a pre rendered style contrasting with the rest of the game according to miyamoto yoshi s island was in development for four years which let the team add lots of magic tricks the game cartridge used an extra microchip to support the game s rotation scaling and other sprite changing special effects yoshi s island was designed to use the super fx chip but when nintendo stopped supporting the chip the game became the first to use argonaut games s super fx2 microchip examples of chip powered effects include 3d drawbridges falling into the foreground sprites that are able to dynamically rotate and change size and a psychedelic undulating effect when yoshi touches floating fungi |
yoshi s island was ported to the game boy advance as yoshi s island super mario advance 3 in north america on september 23 2002 in the game s preview at e3 2002 ign named yoshi s island best platformer on a handheld console the game boy advance version is a direct port of the original apart from a change to use the yoshi voice from a later yoshi game and an extra six bonus levels the visible area was also reduced to fit the handheld s smaller screen the new cartridge did not need an extra microchip to support the original s special effects |
the game boy advance version was rereleased for the nintendo 3ds and wii u via nintendo s digital virtual console platform the rerelease retains the cropped screen of the handheld version and the pack in mario bros game though the multiplayer is disabled the 3ds version was released on december 16 2011 as an exclusive reward for early adopters of the nintendo 3ds it did not receive a wider release the yoshi s island rerelease for the wii u was released worldwide on april 24 2014 at e3 2010 nintendo demoed classic 2d games such as yoshi s island as remastered 3d games with a pop up book feel the snes version was included as a part of the super nes classic edition microconsole in 2017 and is also available in the snes online app for the nintendo switch as part of the paid online service |
yoshi s island received critical acclaim at the time of its 1995 release matt taylor of diehard gamefan thought yoshi s island could be possibly the best platform game of all time nintendo power too said that the game was one of the biggest most beautiful games ever made next generation was also most impressed by the game s size and playability diehard gamefan three reviewers gave the game a near perfect score to wit nicholas dean des barres said it was one of the handful of truly perfect games ever produced and lamented that the magazine had given donkey kong country which he felt was a lackluster game in comparison the extra single point for a perfect score casey loe removed that one point for baby mario s annoying screech nintendo power and nintendo life too found baby mario s crying sounds annoying reviewing the snes release over a decade later kaes delgrego of nintendo life said the crying and some easy boss battles while both minor were the only shortcomings delgrego credited yoshi s island with perfecting the genre calling it perhaps the greatest platformer of all time |
both contemporary and retrospective reviewers praised the art level design and gameplay which became legacies of the game some called it charm delgrego of nintendo life would stop mid game just to watch what enemies would do martin watts of the same publication called it an absolute pleasure on the eyes and unlike any other snes game others praised the control scheme technical effects and sound design nintendo life delgrego felt goosebumps and tingles during the ending theme and marked the soundtrack s range from the lighthearted intro to the epic grandeur of the final boss battle gamepro writer major mike noted island doesn t rely on flashy graphics or jazzy effects to cover an empty game this is one of the last of a dying breed a 16 bit game that shows real heart and creativity |
edge praised the game s balance of challenge and accessibility the magazine thought that the new power ups of yoshi s island gave its gameplay and level design great range and that the powers were significant additions to the series on par with the suits of super mario bros 3 or yoshi s own debut in super mario world diehard gamefan taylor wrote that there was enough gameplay innovation to make him cry and listed his favorites as the baby mario cape invincibility power up the machine gun style seed spitting and the snowball hill level nintendo life watts called the egg stockpiling system clever for the way it encourages experimentation with the environment edge thought of yoshi s island as a fusion of technology and creativity each enhancing the other the magazine considered the game s special effects expertly integrated into the gameplay and described the developer s handicraft as having an attention to detail that few games can match |
the game boy advance version received similar praise reviewing the game boy advance release in 2002 craig harris of ign wrote that yoshi s island was the best damn platformer ever developed while acknowledging the game s roots in the super mario series he said the game created enough gameplay ideas to constitute its own franchise ign s lucas m thomas wrote that the game s story was also interesting as the origin story for the mario brothers harris felt that the fx2 sprite changing effects gave the game life and that the game boy advance cartridge could handle the effects just as well he added that yoshi s morphing abilities and sound effects were designed well levi buchanan of ign said the game struck the right balance of tutorial by trial and error ign s harris also noted a few game boy advance specific issues framerate drop in areas where a lot is happening onscreen camera panning problems due to the screen s lower resolution and a poor implementation of the dizzy special effect on the handheld release critics wrote that the coloring book style graphics held up well ign s harris felt it was the best of the super mario advance games of the similar version for the wii u watts of nintendo life also noticed the framerate issues and problems resulting from the screen s closer crop which were not enough to ruin the game but noticeable edge felt that game s only disappointment was the linearity of its overworld following the exploratory super mario world and that the sequel would inevitably have less impact it won for gamespot s annual best graphics on game boy advance award |
multiple retrospective critics declared yoshi s island a masterpiece ign recalled it as one of the most loved snes adventures of all time yoshi s island brought newfound renown to both yoshi as a character and shigeru miyamoto s artistic and directorial career ign s lucas m thomas wrote that game marked where yoshi came into his own and developed many of his definitive characteristics the signature flutter jump and ability to throw eggs and transform shape ign s harris noted that the designers gave yoshi a cute voice to accompany its move set and remains a hallmark feature of the character baby mario who debuted in the game went on to feature in a number of sports related games series producer takashi tezuka said he consciously continued the handicraft feel of the original throughout the series which later included yarn and similar variations official nintendo magazine called the art style a bold step that paid off handsomely delgrego of nintendo life wrote that the game marked a new era of art in video games that prioritized creativity over graphics technology |
ign s jared petty wrote that yoshi s island bested the test of time far better than many of its contemporaries levi buchanan of ign thought nintendo took a risk with yoshi s island by making mario passive and giving yoshi new abilities christian donlan of 1001 video games you must play before you die wrote that the game was a testament to the mario team s staggering confidence in its development ability he said the game was perhaps the most imaginative platformer of its time in 1997 electronic gaming monthly ranked it the 7th best console game of all time saying it is as much a piece of art as a game and is the epitome of platform gaming falling only inches behind super mario bros 3 as the best 2 d platformer of all time yoshi s island ranked 22nd on official nintendo magazine 2009 top 100 nintendo games as a bone fide classic 15th on ign s 2014 top 125 nintendo games of all time and second on usgamer s 2015 best mario platformers list in july 2020 a large amount of nintendo data was leaked including the yoshi s island source code and several prototypes |
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