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playjam emerged during dawn of the digital tv era as a side project of london-based visual media company static 2358. static's artists, designers and programmers started producing casual games to work on set top boxes and playjam launched in 1999 on canalsat in france and sky digital in the uk as one of the first ever interactive television broadcast channels. playjam soon became one of the most highly rated brands on digital tv, with its parent company delivering interactive television services for clients such as the bbc, glaxo smithkline, pop band gorillaz, itv and channel 4. |
static and playjam were sold to open tv for $68 million in 2001. the interactive games platform has since appeared on millions of digital tv homes throughout the us, europe, asia and africa. |
founder jasper smith re-acquired static from open tv in 2008, believing the quantum shift to internet connected tvs would allow playjam to become one of the world's pre-eminent games networks. the company has recently secured distribution deals with apple, sony, samsung, lg, panasonic, western digital and online gaming platforms to add to its network of digital tv homes around the world and online. playjam aims to create a 'connected' games network over the next few years, delivering a more integrated and accessible user experience alongside a cross-platform reward scheme to fuel further frequent and loyal usage. during the last 5 years, playjam has generated over 8 billion downloads from its library of 550 free, play-to-play and skill-based titles. playjam's sdk enables other games developers to publish titles to this platform, most recently relentless and puzzler media |
in january 2010, playjam became a founder member of the connected tv game forum, alongside accedo broadband, betfair, rallypoint and two way media. aiming to galvanise a common approach to gaming requirements for connected tv devices including functionality, features and open standards, the forum's members view online games as a major driver in the multiplatform digital entertainment arena, attracting 38% of internet users and generating billions of downloads via mobile and digital tv platforms. the forum believes such games will act as '"a prime motivator for consumers to connect their tv's to the internet."" |
in october 2011, playjam secured $5 million investment from gamestop digital ventures, adobe ventures, endeavour ventures and the angel cofund to fuel further growth and capitalise on the smart tv market. the company has recently partnered with a number of games developers including gamehouse, first star software, relentless software, slingo and puzzler to distribute popular titles across its network.. |
zamboanga del sur national high school is a public school in zamboanga del sur, philippines, which was established in 1968, is the largest (in terms of student population). it was originally named "zamboanga del sur provincial high school", but was renamed in 1975. |
1st* special science curriculum (dost or step, spst) |
2nd* special program in the arts curriculum (spa) |
3rd* basic education curriculum (bec) |
4th* special program in sports (sps) |
zsnhs online the official website of the zamboanga del sur national high school |
joão amaral may refer to: |
tejo energia is an energy and utility company in portugal, and one of the largest private sector portuguese companies by asset value. |
it's headquartered in the paço de arcos civil parish of oeiras, in the lisbon district of portugal. |
tejo energia operates the pego power station. |
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"white lies", released in july 2007, is the first single from paul van dyk's album "in between". it features vocals from jessica sutta, former member of the pussycat dolls. |
"i had a lot of fun working with jessica. her lascivious voice and sexy attitude reflects the theme of the single perfectly." said paul van dyk via press release. |
jessica also spoke about working with paul van dyk: |
the single received positive reviews. |
"paul van dyk makes a grand return to the club scene with his new single "white lies and jessica sutta also proves that nicole scherzinger isn't the only pussycat doll who can sing lead. the combination of these two results in a great song with some great remixes. while only one mix is what you'd expect from paul van dyk, all of the mixes are excellent and worth checking out." |
"paul van dyk and alex m.o.r.p.h do the berlin mix" - it showcases all of the elements that make up a great trance mix. synthesizers and pumped-up drums and beats zoom around frantically with the only vocals being that of jessica singing the title of the song. it's a perfect choice for those late night punters who don't need a lot of singing with their music. |
if you want to actually hear the vocals, go directly to the "l.a. mix". this mix uses all of the vocals and is actually not as euphoric-sounding as the first mix. the beats are rougher and the trance element is essentially missing. it almost sounds like a dave aude remix. perhaps his influence rubbed off on van dyk for this particular version. the added elements of flamenco guitar and punched up drums make this mix a stellar one. this sound is a refreshing change to what we are used to from him. |
"the dave spoon mix" continues in the same direction as the previous mix. the keyboards are the main attraction here, though during most of the mix they overpower jessica's vocals. |
finally, the "aural float remix" is a dreamy electronic mix, not at all good for dancing to but perfect for a chilled out evening at home. the song moves along lazily and feels very atmospheric, never attempting to do anything related to a dance floor. |
the video shows sutta performing suggestive dances in burlesque outfits in two different locations: on a bed in a white outfit, being watched by people through the windows; and on stage dancing around a chair, in a black outfit while van dyk plays the dj. |
the video closely resembles madonna's video for "open your heart" as well as bob fosse's choreography for his "mein herr" routine from cabaret. the video was directed by steven antin and produced by looking glass films in hollywood, california. |
the track has been a success on the american dance charts, peaking at #3 on billboard's hot dance airplay chart in august 2007, becoming paul van dyk's highest charting single. on billboard's hot dance club play chart, it debuted in the top 40 in late august 2007, since then it has also hit the #3 spot. it has reached #80 on the uk singles chart in august 2007. |
on billboard's hot dance singles sales chart it has been #1 for four weeks. it has also reaching #38 in germany's pop charts, #4 in turkey's top 100, #14 in finland and #8 in canada's top 40 charts. |
the album has reached #115 on the billboard 200 and #2 on the top electronic albums and top heatseekers charts. |
oleg mikhaylovich gazmanov (, born 22 july 1951 in gusev) is a russian pop singer, composer and poet, specializing in patriotic songs, as well as songs which cover more conventional pop/rock themes. gazmanov is leader of pop group "эскадрон" (squadron). his songs have been covered by others in the chanson style, such as mikhail shufutinsky. he is also a candidate for master of sport of the ussr in gymnastics and is well known for his acrobatics performed during live shows, especially at the beginning of his musical career in the early 1990s. |
in july 2014 gazmanov was banned from entering latvia because of alleged "through words and actions having contributed to the undermining of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity". in august 2016, the lithuanian government also denied his entry to lithuania at vilnius airport. |
his step son nadavik livyatnov got injured by an obsessive fan while trying to cut some of oleg's hairs. |
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saint-alexis-de-matapédia is a village and municipality in the gaspésie–îles-de-la-madeleine region of eastern quebec, canada. |
in addition to saint-alexis-de-matapédia itself, the municipality also includes the communities of léonard-de-matapédia and saint-benoît-de-matapédia. |
in 2003, the parish municipality of saint-alexis-de-matapédia became the municipality of saint-alexis-de-matapédia. |
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dmitry maksimov may refer to: |
matthias w. day (august 8, 1853 – september 12, 1927) was a career american army officer who received the medal of honor, the united states' highest military decoration, for his actions during the american indian wars in the latter half of the 19th century. day was a longtime officer with the african-american 9th cavalry regiment, seeing action during the apache wars against the apache leaders victorio and geronimo. |
day later achieved fame as a marksman while participating in the u.s. army's annual rifle marksmanship contest, and served in the philippines during the philippine–american war. he eventually rose to the rank of colonel and served as the commander of his old unit, the 9th cavalry. |
mathias walter day was the second of seven children of mathias day (the founder of daytona beach, florida) and mary blymyer, both native ohioans. he was accepted to the united states military academy at west point in 1873. a graduate of the class of 1877 alongside henry ossian flipper, the first african-american to graduate from west point, day was popular with his classmates, but was "ranked close enough to the bottom to be assigned to a black regiment". |
day was not assigned to the 9th cavalry regiment until august 1878. the 9th cavalry was one of four african-american regiments which became known as the "buffalo soldiers". day was ordered to el paso, texas, where he assumed command of a troop. |
in 1879, day and his troop were transferred west to new mexico where they joined the rest of the regiment. after the apache chief victorio launched two successful raids on 9th cavalry outposts near the warm springs reservation after he left the san carlos reservation on august 21, the rest of the regiment was mobilized to go after him, marking the beginning of the victorio campaign. |
on the morning of september 18, day, along with captain byron dawson and twenty-two men of troops a and b together with three navajo scouts, were following victorio's trail through las animas canyon in new mexico. here, they fell into an ambush, with the apache above them on three sides of the canyon pinning them down with rifle fire. they were subsequently reinforced by two companies led by captain charles beyer, which made contact with them but were unable to drive the apaches from their positions. |
by the end of the day, the trapped troopers were running low on ammunition. his own ammunition supply running short, beyer ordered a withdrawal and had dawson withdraw his men under covering fire to avoid encirclement. day noticed two wounded men caught out in the open some distance from their position, exposed to enemy fire and unable to move. assisted by sergeant john denny, who helped support one man, day carried the other on his back through "a hail of bullets so thick it seemed 'no one could pass this open rocky space alive'" to safety. |
despite his heroism, captain beyer was furious with day for disobeying orders and his commanding officer, lieutenant colonel nathan dudley, wanted to court-martial him. however, day was later cleared by a board of inquiry and subsequently received the medal of honor on may 7, 1890. john denny and second lieutenant robert temple emmet, who like day had graduated from west point in 1877, also received the medal of honor for their actions at las animas canyon. |
following las animas canyon, the 9th cavalry continued its pursuit of victorio, but he was able to escape across the mexican border. taking a break from campaigning, day was married on thanksgiving day, 1879, to emilia schultz, his wedding attended by governor lew wallace. he resumed campaigning against victorio in 1880, but apart from two actions in which he was involved in the early part of the year, served as a staff adjutant and later returned to command of a troop, seeing little action. victorio was later killed by mexican forces in october. |
in late 1881, the 9th cavalry was transferred to the southern plains. day was promoted to first lieutenant in 1884 and assigned to i troop, which was stationed at fort reno near present-day oklahoma city. the troop was responsible for removing white settlers known as "boomers" from the unassigned lands located in the middle of what is now the state of oklahoma. during this time, day became something of a celebrity through his skill as a marksman by winning the annual rifle marksmanship contest for the u.s. army's division of the missouri. he also captained the team which represented the division of the missouri in competition against opposing teams from the divisions of the atlantic, pacific, and artillery. the team won the long-distance target shooting competition and day himself was acknowledged to be "'the best skirmisher'" when involved in a competition that involved "shooting at targets under conditions 'that were an approximation to actual service'". |
in early 1885, the 9th cavalry was reposted to wyoming and nebraska. day volunteered for service with the apache scouts when he learned that the army was in need of officers with desert experience. he participated in a lengthy, strenuous pursuit of geronimo later in the year that engaged the apache leader twice and nearly captured him once. day was eventually reassigned to the 9th cavalry and served as its regimental quartermaster, a position that he held after the close of the indian wars in 1890. |
from 1891 to 1895, day was professor of military science and tactics at mount union college in alliance, ohio. |
after the united states declared war on spain on april 21, 1898, captain day was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of volunteers and assigned to command the 1st ohio volunteer cavalry regiment, which had been reactivated after being mustered out at the end of the american civil war. the 1st ohio was a part of the second cavalry brigade which included among its regiments the 1st united states volunteer cavalry, better known as the rough riders. |
the 1st ohio reported to port tampa, florida on july 12, for transportation to cuba, but its sailing was delayed due to a shortage of transports and as a result, the regiment did not see action in the spanish–american war. day however, later saw action in the philippines against the moros. after postings to various units, he served as the colonel of his old unit, the 9th cavalry, for a year before retiring from the army in 1912. |
day died on september 12, 1927, in los angeles, california. he is buried in the san francisco national cemetery. |
rank and organization: second lieutenant, 9th u.s. cavalry. place and date: at las animas canyon, n. mex., september 18, 1879. entered service at: oberlin, ohio. birth: mansfield, ohio. date of issue: may 7, 1890. |
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advanced alone into the enemy's lines and carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and after he had been ordered to retreat. |
ernesto carlos tornquist (31 december 1842 – 17 june 1908) was an argentinian entrepreneur and businessman, considered to be one of the most important entrepreneurs in argentina at the end of the 19th century. the diversified business empire he created played a key role in helping to link argentina with the trading and financial systems of the first world. amongst many other achievements, he founded the tornquist bank, the plaza hotel in buenos aires, the partido of tornquist and tornquist its main city, in the south of buenos aires province. |
born in buenos aires in 1842, ernesto tornquist was the seventh son of jorge pedro ernesto tornquist (1801-1876), a lutheran born in baltimore, united states and whose parents came from a german family in the city of hamburg with roots in karlskrona in sweden. the father was consul of the city of bremen in montevideo, uruguay, and was an importer and property investor in buenos aires. his mother, rosa camusso alsina, a catholic, was born in buenos aires in 1805 and died there of yellow fever in 1871. |
tornquist started his schooling at escuela evangélica alemana and in 1856 was sent to study in germany in the city of krefeld for two years. on his return to argentina he took up a job working for a company directed by his brother-in-law which exported wool and leather and imported agricultural machinery. in 1872 he married his niece, rosa altgelt tornquist in buenos aires, and in 1874 took over the running of his brother-in-law’s company which was now renamed, "ernesto tornquist y cia". with the help of belgium capital the company diversified its activities to include investment in the sugar, meat-salting and cold-storage industries. the company also invested in railways and acquired land in the provinces of santa fe and entre rios, previously occupied by indians. in the 1880s he set up a large sugar refinery, "refineria argentina", in rosario. other initiatives included founding the "bieckert" brewery, the "seeber" margarine manufacturer and the "bianchetti" scale manufacturer. |
on 17 april 1883 he founded tornquist, the main city of tornquist partido, in the south of buenos aires province. from the beginning the town was organized as an agricultural colony for german and volga german immigrants. after the economic crisis of 1890 he took charge of organizing the recovery of the company "sansinena" and its cold-storage plant "la negra" in riachuelo and set up the plant "cuartreros" in bahía blanca. |
amongst other activities the tornquist group organised the hunting of whales (not controversial in those days) around the south georgia islands through the "compañía argentina de pesca", oil exploration in mendoza, the exploitation of quebracho in santiago del estero and the construction of the ferrocarril del norte de santa fe with the help of belgium capital. |
ernesto tornquist played a crucial role in helping to avoid a war between argentina and chile in 1902 by managing the british mediation in the border dispute, and by strongly opposing the bellicose foreign minister estanislao zeballos. he represented the german armaments group krupp in buenos aires where he organised a strong lobby for the armaments industry, whilst on the other hand he helped to resolve a conflict with brazil. |
in 1903 he built the estancia, "sierra de la ventana", in tornquist, designed by the german immigrant architect carlos nordmann in gothic style typical of german castles in the rhine valley. the grounds were designed by the french immigrant landscape architect, carlos thays. |
he maintained a close friendship with argentine presidents julio a. roca and carlos pellegrini and tenaciously opposed the militaristic plans of the war minister estanislao zeballos during the presidency of josé figueroa alcorta (1906-1910). |
in 1909 he built the plaza hotel (today called the marriott plaza hotel), designed by the german architect alfredo zucker, in florida street, overlooking plaza san martin in buenos aires. |
he died in 1908 in buenos aires and since 1980 his remains are buried in the local church in the town of tornquist. |
the manga currently has more than 125 tankōbon volumes published in japan by kodansha. the first manga volume released on february 17, 1990 and the 125th on july 17, 2019. |
francisco mago leccia (“mago”) was born in tumeremo, bolívar state, venezuela on may 21, 1931 and died in puerto la cruz, anzoátegui state, venezuela on february 27, 2004. mago was a distinguished venezuelan ichthyologist who specialized in electric fish of the rivers and lagoons of south america, particularly of venezuela. his education was docent in biology and chemistry graduate from the “instituto pedagógico de caracas”, (today universidad pedagógica experimental el libertador), master of sciences (marine biology) from the university of miami, florida, u.s.a., doctor in sciences from universidad central de venezuela. his doctoral thesis was entitled: “"los peces gymnotiformes de venezuela: un estudio preliminar para la revisión del grupo en la américa del sur"” (the gymnotiformes fish of venezuela: a preliminary study for the revision of the group in south america). |
francisco mago was a founding member of the instituto oceanográfico de la universidad de oriente in cumaná sucre state venezuela and a founding member of the instituto de zoologia tropical (izt) de la universidad central de venezuela situated in caracas venezuela. he was a teacher of the chair of animal biology, vertebrate biology and systematic ichthyology at the biology school of sciences faculty of the universidad central de venezuela. he was director of the museo de biología de la universidad central de venezuela (mbucv) and acuario agustín codazzi. he was editor of the acta biologica venezuelica (abv). in 1968 he founded the mago collection of mbucv considered the largest ichthyological collection in latin america. it is a mandatory study resource on tropical fish for experts who wish to know more about this area. currently the mago collection has a heritage of 33,000 fishes thousand preserved in alcohol and skeletons. |
teixeira duarte, s.a. is the company that leads a large conglomerate with more than 10,000 workers, present in 18 countries, in 6 activity sectors, achieving in 2016 a turnover of 1,115 million euros. |
teixeira duarte, s.a. is listed at euronext lisbon since 1998, being its shareholder majority of the teixeira duarte family. the group's headquarters are located at lagoas park, in oeiras. |
teixeira duarte was founded in 1921 by the engineer ricardo esquível teixeira duarte. in 1934 was incorporated as a limited liability company and, in 1987 was transformed in a joint-stock company. the company is has been listed on euronext lisbon since 1998. |
the sustained growth in construction over decades has enabled the group to progressively develop other activity sectors due to the business opportunities it has encountered and fostered since the 1970s, such as concessions and services (since 1984), real estate (since 1973), hospitality (since 1992), distribution (since 1996), energy (since 1996) and automotive (since 1991). although in 2016 it still operated in the energy sector – where it had operated since 1996 – teixeira duarte divested its stake in the entity through which it maintained its activity in this sector in the first quarter of 2017. |
with a consolidated process of internationalisation, teixeira duarte has long operated in other markets which are nowadays still important in its operations, such as venezuela (since 1978), angola (since 1979), mozambique (since 1982), spain (since 2003), algeria (since 2005) and brazil (since 2006), currently also added by france, belgium, united kingdom, the united states, colombia, peru, morocco, south africa, china, qatar and dubai. |
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representing the origin of the teixeira duarte group, which started as a construction company, construction is not only the core business of the group as a whole, but also that of its biggest and most emblematic company: “teixeira duarte – engenharia and construções, s.a.” operating in the fields of geotechnical engineering and rehabilitation, buildings, infrastructures, metalworking, underground works, railway works and maritime construction works, “teixeira duarte – engenharia and construções, s.a.” relies on a formwork and pre-stressing operations centre; a large-scale equipment department; and a materials laboratory. it also receives support from the teixeira duarte operations centre located at montijo. |
the group also owns shareholdings in companies that operate in specific construction areas, namely underground, railway and maritime construction works. moreover, the group participates in joint ventures and partnerships formed in connection with specific projects, namely in the infrastructures area. |
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the teixeira duarte group began its operations in this area in 1984, in macau, through a holding in cpm – companhia de parques de macau, s.a. which it still owns and to which it has added, others in portugal, angola, brazil, spain and mozambique. currently, the group's companies focus on different business areas, in particular facilities management, facilities services and the environment. |
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teixeira duarte group started operating in the real-estate sector in the 1970s, and since then has expanded its real estate operations to several segments and countries. in addition to portugal, the real-estate sector is currently present in angola, brazil, mozambique, spain and united states of america. in line with the business diversification strategy adopted by the teixeira duarte group, the real-estate area, as a natural, logical extension of the parent company's core business, has been following a consistent, systematic land acquisition policy in the markets where the group operates. accordingly, the group has purchased a large number of plots with a wide variety of uses, namely residential, corporate, trade and services and logistics. |
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after a first experience in 1974 in the algarve, the teixeira duarte group resumed its activity in the hospitality sector in sines in the 1990s, and currently operates eight, two of which are located in portugal, three in angola and three in mozambique, covering a total of 2,500 beds and 1,250 rooms. |
teixeira duarte also develops business in the fitness area, namely through two health clubs: lagoas health club at lagoas park, in oeiras, and trópico health club at hotel trópico, in luanda. |
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the teixeira duarte group started operating in the distribution sector in 1996, in angola, through a food product distribution company. |
having expanded and diversified its distribution business, the group currently operates in several markets, namely angola (through dcg and cnd), brazil (through tdd brazil), portugal (through tdd) and south africa (through gnd). |
cnd, one of the companies operating in angola, owns one of the best-known grocery store chains – "maxi" and "bompreço" – as well as furniture and household goods brand "dakaza" and more recently developed its area of health and wellness with "farmácia popular". |
the "maxi" and "bompreço" chain features 15 shops in luanda, luanda sul, cacuaco, viana, mulemba, zango, benguela, lobito, porto amboim and sumbe. launched in 2014, the "dakaza" brand already boasts 5 shops in luanda and benguela. "farmácia popular" features 3 stores at maxipark cacuaco, maxipark rocha pinto and maxipark morro bento, all inside luanda's metropolitan area. |
dcg, the other company operating in angola, is the exclusive distributor of a wide range of brands. |
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teixeira duarte group started operating in the automotive sector in 1991, in angola, currently operating also in portugal. |
the group develops its activity in angola through a group of companies that represent several international brands in the following market segments: |
currently, the group operates in the country through a large distribution network which includes their own and external concessions, as well as specialized retail. in this segment, it shouldb by highlighted the recently launched piwi insignia, with 2 stores in luanda, which sells automobile accessories, motorcycles and generators. in some stores are also provided quick repair services. |
in portugal, the group teixeira duarte sells suzuki brand since 2016 through its subsidiary smotors, which represents in exclusive the japanese brand in the district of lisbon. the first dealer of smotors, located at avenida marechal gomes da costa. |
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osada showed much promise as a young skater in her mid-teen years. osada participated in her first international competition as an alternate for another skater, megumi aotani, at 1980 enia challenge cup in the netherlands at the age of 15. there, she landed three triples, a salchow, a toe loop, and a loop in her free skate, which equaled or exceeded the difficulty of the top male skaters back then. although her poor standings in compulsories caused her to place 6th overall, she received the special rookie award alongside poland's 14-ear-old grzegorz filipowski. then, in october 1982, osada placed a close 2nd behind midori ito at all japan free championships in kobe, which was followed by a surprise 4th-place finish at the nhk trophy in tokyo, where she placed behind katarina witt, rosalyn sumners, and tiffany chin while finishing ahead of world medalists such as claudia leistner and elizabeth manley. |
after winning the all japan figure skating championships in january 1983, osada was sent to the world championships in copenhagen in march, 1983. there, she made a series of errors in compulsories, in which she placed a disappointing 24th. in her short program, she missed the triple loop jump in her combination, which only allowed her to pull up to 21st after this segment of the competition. due to the new rule instituted in the 1982–1983 season (which, incidentally, was abolished after that season), osada was unable to skate her free program in "group a," or the main competition consisting of those who placed 15th or above after short program. instead, she was placed in "group b" and won the free skate, which resulted in the 3rd-place finish in "group b"--or 18th overall. |