title: Yoichi Hiruma

abstract: Yoichi Hiruma Yoichi Hiruma, commonly referred to just as Hiruma (ヒル魔), is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Eyeshield 21, created by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata. In the series, he is the captain of the Deimon Devil Bats, a high school American football club founded by him and two other students. Due to the lack of interest in the sport, Hiruma uses blackmail and threats to recruit players to Devil Bats. Hiruma witnesses Sena Kobayakawa's running abilities and forces the boy to join the team as the running back as soon as he can. Hiruma has appeared in other media from the series, including video games, original video animations (OVAs), and light novels. According to Inagaki, Hiruma was created to be a "devil-hero", or a kind of anti-hero. Due to this, Murata, the manga's illustrator, tried to give Hiruma a demonic appearance. In the OVA, released before the anime's start, he is voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki. However, in the 2005 Japanese anime television series, he was replaced by Atsushi Tamura, who was chosen by the manga series creators due to his voice, which they believed was perfect for the role. His voice actor in the English adaptation is Derek Stephen Prince. Hiruma has been well received by publications for manga and anime. Numerous pieces of merchandise in Hiruma's likeness have also been released, including decals and statues of ceramic and resin.

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# Yoichi Hiruma

**Yoichi Hiruma** (Japanese: 蛭魔 妖一, Hepburn: *Hiruma Yōichi*), commonly referred to just as **Hiruma** (ヒル魔), is a fictional character in the anime and manga series *Eyeshield 21*, created by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata. In the series, he is the captain of the Deimon Devil Bats, a high school American football club founded by him and two other students. Due to the lack of interest in the sport, Hiruma uses blackmail and threats to recruit players to Devil Bats. Hiruma witnesses Sena Kobayakawa's running abilities and forces the boy to join the team as the running back as soon as he can. Hiruma has appeared in other media from the series, including video games, original video animations (OVAs), and light novels.

According to Inagaki, Hiruma was created to be a "devil-hero", or a kind of anti-hero. Due to this, Murata, the manga's illustrator, tried to give Hiruma a demonic appearance. In the OVA, released before the anime's start, he is voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki. However, in the 2005 Japanese anime television series, he was replaced by Atsushi Tamura, who was chosen by the manga series creators due to his voice, which they believed was perfect for the role. His voice actor in the English adaptation is Derek Stephen Prince. Hiruma has been well received by publications for manga and anime. Numerous pieces of merchandise in Hiruma's likeness have also been released, including decals and statues of ceramic and resin.

## Development and voice portrayal

Riichiro Inagaki, the writer of *Eyeshield 21*, has said that he developed Hiruma as a character that does not follow the Japanese concepts of emphasis on sportsmanship and effort in the game; instead, Hiruma is "only concerned with winning". Inagaki intended to make an "anti-hero" or, as he refers to the concept, a "devil-hero". Yusuke Murata, the artist, chose to portray Hiruma as looking "close to being a demon", since he heard from Inagaki that Hiruma had "the personality of a demon." Murata has noted that the Devil Bats logo "bears a strong resemblance to Hiruma". Inagaki also stated that Hiruma's name is a homage to the British former Formula One driver Damon Hill. He also visited a real military base to get inspiration for the one he draw when Hiruma's background is revealed.

He was voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki in the first anime adaptation of the *Eyeshield 21* manga, a 2003 Jump Festa OVA titled *The Phantom Golden Bowl*. The subsequent television adaptation, however, did not use Miki; rather, Atsushi Tamura was chosen. Though the animation studio administrated casting, the studio asked Inagaki and Murata for their opinions. The two both felt that Tamura was a "perfect fit" due to "his voice and his style". In the English dubbing, the role was voiced by Derek Stephen Prince.

## Appearances

### In *Eyeshield 21*

Seven years prior to the start of the series, a ten-year-old Hiruma snuck into an American military base, where he witnessed a group of soldiers playing American football. He soon learned the sport's rules and managed to successfully gamble on the winning teams, accumulating a large amount of money over the years. He entered Mao Junior High, where he met another football fan Ryokan Kurita, who encouraged Hiruma to create his own team. In order to establish an American football club, Hiruma created an information network to acquire blackmail material and various firearms, allowing him to threaten the vice principal of Mao into allowing the establishment of the club; Hiruma was also able to force the vice principal into rehiring former custodian Doburoku Sakaki as their club advisor and their training coach and equipment manager. Hiruma enlisted Agon Kongo to act as an enforcer for his blackmailing schemes; it's unclear if their alliance was based on genuine friendship between the two or forced coercion on Hiruma's part but Agon slowly grew to resent Hiruma. Hiruma and Kurita befriended their classmate Gen "Musashi" Takekura, who also decided to joined their club and the three friends made a pact to win the Christmas Bowlthe high school football league championship.

The three decided to enroll at the prestigious Shinryuji High School to join the Shinryuji Naga, the best team in the Kantō region, to increase their changes of going to the Christmas Bowl. Hiruma and Musashi passed the entrance exam while Kurita failed; Kurita attempted to gain Shinryuji's sole remaining athletic scholarship to enroll but the spot is taken by Agondespite already passing the entrance exam Agon took the scholarship due to his disdain for Kurita for being obese and to spite Hiruma. Shinryuji sided with Agon and rejected Kurita, which prompted Hiruma and Musashi to leave Shinryuji out of loyalty to Kurita and left Hiruma with a deep-seated grudge against Shinryuji and Agon. The three then enrolled at Deimon High School and together they established the Deimon Devil Bats.

Hiruma's dreams in his first year of high school were dashed when during their first game, Musashi quit the team and dropped out of school when his father was injured in a work related accident. Since then, Hiruma refused to allow anyone else to take over Musashi's vacant kicker position except for himself, despite his lack of kicking ability, which hampered the Devil Bats' special teams. Due to Deimon's remaining roster being filled with uninterested students that Hiruma blackmailed into joining, the Devil Bats had an abysmal first season and were eliminated early in both the spring and fall Tokyo tournaments. One of these losses included a 0-99 blowout to the Ojo White Knights, one of the best high school football teams in Tokyo; this left Hiruma with a burning desire defeat Ojo, along with Shinryuji, in the future.

While Hiruma never talks about his family and has outright lied or given contradictory details about his parents, it's revealed that Hiruma is estranged from his father, Yuya Hiruma, a former champion shogi and chess player who switched from his signature aggressive offensive playing style to safer defensive one after suffering too many losses and was eventually forced to retire. This possibly explains the younger Hiruma's keen insight and strategic mind, his focus on offense over defense, and his refusal accept failure and willingness to win at all costs.

At the beginning of the series, Hiruma and Kurita, now in their second year of high school, attempt to recruit new members to the Deimon Devil Bats. Due to a rule at several high schools, including Deimon, that prohibits students from participating in club activities in their third and final school year, this is the last chance for Hiruma and Kurita to participate in the Christmas Bowl. At first, their only successful recruit is Sena Kobayakawa, as Hiruma witnesses his incredible running speed and agility and forces him to be the team's running back. To prevent Sena from being recruited by other teams and to help build Deimon's reputation, Hiruma hides Sena's identity by making him wear an eyeshield and adopt the moniker "Eyeshield 21", a famous high school football player from Notre Dame High School in America. Despite winning their first game, the Devil Bats are eliminated early in the spring tournament by Ojo. Hiruma is undeterred, as the spring tournament is only secondary to the fall tournament, where the winning Tokyo area teams will then partake in the post-season Kantō tournament where the winner will then represent the region for the Christmas Bowl.

Hiruma, Sena, Kurita and the Devil Bats' team manager Mamori Anezaki use the downtime to regroup and rebuild the team. Hiruma, through intimidation, blackmail, cyber terrorism, and other similar methods, plays a crucial role in the redevelopment of the fledgling Devil Bats by using his methods to arrange several exhibition games that boost the team's popularity, garnering more public interest in the sport which allows more recruits to willingly try out the team. Hiruma's insight and strategic mind, especially his knack for devising trick plays and his psychological games, are critical in the Devil Bats' various matches. His demonic façade is also seen through Mamori, whom he shares a deep understanding with despite their constant bickering. Despite leaving Deimon, Musashi has his family's construction company build new accommodations for the Devil Bats and maintains a cordial relationship with Hiruma. When Sena and Tarō "Monta" Raimon discover Musashi's identity and past with Hiruma and Kurita, they plead for him to return to the Devil Bats but he refuses; Musashi informs Hiruma of the exchange and while amused, Hiruma respects Musashi's decision to not return.

Hiruma arranges a game with the visiting NASA Aliens from the United States after spreading a viral video mocking NASA's coach Leonard Apollo. Deimon ultimately loses and the team travels to NASA's hometown of Houston for summer vacation. While in Houston, Hiruma and Kurita are reunited with Doburoku and the Devil Bats briefly engage in a joint training session with the Seibu Wild Gunmen, who are also in America for their summer training. Hiruma begins a friendly rivalry with Sebiu's quarterback Shien "Kid" Mushanokoji with both quarterbacks acknowledging the other as the superior athlete. For the Devil Bats' summer training, Hiruma has Doburoku put the team through a dangerous training regimen known as the "Death March"—which involves traveling on foot from Houston to Las Vegas through the Mojave Desert. The Devil Bats are able to complete the Death March, which heavily improves their strength and stamina, and Hiruma uses his winnings from playing blackjack in Las Vegas to fund Deimon's traveling expenses back to Japan.

Thanks to the results of the Death March, the Devil Bats are able advance far into the Fall tournament under Hiruma's leadership. During the semifinal game against Seibu, Musashi rejoins the team midgame, which boosts the Devil Bats' morale, but Deimon loses to Seibu. However, Deimon can still qualify for the Kantō tournament if they can win the fall tournament's consolation game; Hiruma intentionally withheld this fact from the team as he didn't want them to slack off against Seibu. Deimon goes on to defeat the Bando Spiders, allowing them to participate in the Kantō tournament.

In the Kantō tournament, Deimon defeats Shinryuji in their game openerfulfilling Hiruma's desire for revenge against the school and Agon, who is humbled by Sena and Kurita in separate matchups against them and go on to win their rematch against Ojo in the semifinals. Unfortunately, the team's momentum almost comes to halt in the final against the Hakushu Dinosaurs when Hiruma's throwing arm is broken by Rikiya Gao, forcing Hiruma to be taken out of the game and leaving the team without a quarterback and play caller. Sena ends up filling in as quarterback and is able to hold his own until Hiruma returns to help lead the team to victory, winning the Kantō tournament and allowing the Devil Bats to advance to the Christmas Bowl against the undefeated reigning champions Teikoku Alexanders.

To prepare for the Christmas Bowl, Hiruma arranges for best players from the Tokyo and Kantō tournaments to individually train each of the Devil Bats in one-on-one sessions and uses a hyperbaric oxygen chamber (which he attaches to a segway for transportation) to heal his broken arm. Through the chamber and sheer willpower, Hiruma is able to fully heal in time for the Christmas Bowl. Unbeknownst to Hiruma, his father attends the game as a spectator. During the hard-fought and grueling championship match, Hiruma stops using numbers and facts and instead relies on his own faith in his teammates, which his father takes note of. Deimon is able to defeat Teikoku and win the Christmas Bowl, fulfilling Hiruma's lifelong dream.

After winning the Christmas Bowl, Hiruma is chosen to be one of Team Japan's two quarterbacks along with Kid for the International Youth American Football tournament due to his knack for trick plays. Hiruma quickly settles in as the main strategist on the team. Even before this, Hiruma had previously spied on Team USA in New York City to acquire information on the top five American players known as the "Pentagram", who are the favorites for the coveted MVP title, which includes an NFL contract and $3 million. In typical fashion, Hiruma refuses to permit players onto the Japanese national team out of sympathy rather than merit, including his Devil Bats teammates, but does agree with the decision to hold a final tryout as a method of enlisting bench players.

When Agon's attempt to sabotage Team Japan's first game fails, Agon confronts Hiruma and Kid to force them to hand the quarterback position to him in order to increase his chances of being named MVP in exchange for fully cooperating with the team. Hiruma refuses as the MVP title would be his only chance to play in the NFL but knows Agon is only interested in the prize money and agrees to only give him that, much to Agon's bewilderment. Before the championship game between Japan and the USA, Hiruma follows Takeru Yamato to an underground casino attended by the Pentagram and is baited into playing Texas hold 'em against their quarterback, Clifford D. Lewis. Their game ends with Hiruma folding before Clifford can reveal his winning hand and the two take each other as serious threats. In the final game, Hiruma and Agon effectively work together by using a perfected version of Shinryuji's Dragonfly formation which helps lead a comeback for Japan against America. The game ends in a tie and with no official overtime rule set in place both teams are declared winners. However neither team is satisfied with the outcome and return to the field to play again with Hiruma putting Sena in as quarterback. While the outcome is never revealed, Team USA's Panther is named MVP.

In his third and final year of high school, Hiruma retires along with Kurita and Musashi and Sena is named as the Devil Bats' new captain. Upon graduating from Deimon, the three friends decide to amicably go their separate ways, with Hiruma enrolling at Saikyoudai University, Kurita to Enma University and Musashi returning to his former job. While Hiruma joins the Saikyoudai Wizards college football team, Kurita establishes the Enma Fires and Musashi starts a football company team at his workplace called the Takeura Construction Babies; the three promise to play against each other in the Rice Bowlthe national championship game between the best college team and semi-pro team. Hiruma is later joined at Saikyoudai by Agon and Mamori along with several of his former rivals.

In his second year of college, Hiruma and the Wizards, along with several other competing college and semi-pro football teams consisting of his former teammates and rivals, attend Enma's first game of the college spring tournament when Sena returns from America to Japan after spending his final semester at Notre Dame High School to enroll at Enma. Hiruma vows to use his best plays against Sena when Saikyoudai and Enma inevitably play against each other.

Some time later, Hiruma is chosen as one of two candidates from Japan for an open spot through the NFL's International Player Pathway Program, with the other being Sena. To determine who will receive the spot, Hiruma and Sena play against each other with their college teams in the Koshien Bowlthe national college championship game between East Japan and West Japan. The night before the game, Hiruma discards his old notebook containing his blackmail material. In the game's final seconds, Sena manages to outrun every one of the Saikyodai's opposing players against Hiruma's game strategies, all but securing a victory for Enma, however the winner of the IPPP's spot is never revealed.

### In other media

Hiruma has made several appearances outside of the *Eyeshield 21* anime and manga. He appears in both of the original video animations produced for the series, helping the Deimon Devil Bats defeat the Uraharajuku Boarders in a tournament called the Golden Bowl in the first original video animation, and leaving his teammates on a desert island so they train in the second. Hiruma also appears in all *Eyeshield 21* games, which usually feature the original manga story, except for *Eyeshield 21: Devilbats Devildays*, which features exclusive stories. He also appears in the crossover games *Jump Super Stars* and *Jump Ultimate Stars* as a supporting character.

## Reception

The character of Hiruma has been well received by manga readers, and as the series continued he went on to become one of the most popular characters among the *Eyeshield 21* reader base, having consistently placed near the top of the *Weekly Shōnen Jump* character popularity polls of the series. In the first poll he placed second, behind Sena, but in another two he ranked first. He was also chosen by the readers as the character who would win an "Evil Showdown" against Agon Kongo, as well as the best quarterback in the series. In an interview, Atsushi Tamura said about Hiruma: "I look just like this guy"; and stated that he "think\[s\] there is a lot of other people who want to do the Hiruma's role". Several pieces of merchandise based on Hiruma have also been released, including decals and statues of ceramic and resin.

Several publications for manga and anime have commented on Hiruma's character. Chris Beveridge from Mania.com stated that "the outlandish nature of Hiruma with his guns blazing gets old very quickly" and considered it a "downside" to the series. On the other hand, Ain't It Cool News' Scott Green said that "impish Hiruma starts out as a unique star." Mania.com's Jarred Pine noted that Hiruma is "so completely over-the-top and out of left field that I couldn't help laughing" and that his "rude, crude, and completely unpredictable" behavior "makes his character so damn enjoyable". Pine concluded that Hiruma's personality was "instantly memorable" and his "unpredictable nature" was responsible for making the story "so enjoyable". The contrast with "Sena's hard effort and Hiruma's trickery and devilish nature" was also praised by Pine. Writing for Anime News Network (ANN), Carlo Santos praised Hiruma's character design as "imaginative" with his "lanky" and "demon-like appearance" and additionally commented that "despite his sheer ruthlessness, it's hard not to laugh as Hiruma enthusiastically resorts to blackmail in recruiting students for the team". Erin Finnegan of ANN also noted the "demonic-looking" aspect of Hiruma, saying he is "like a predecessor of Ozu from *The Tatami Galaxy* with a love of football". ANN's Zac Bertschy called Hiruma the "most fun" character insofar, making note of his "brash, menacing and ultimately passionate" personality and that "in a sense, Hiruma turns the 'kindly old coach-come-mentor who helps the hero along' cliché on its ear". Chris Homer of The Fandom Post considered Hiruma "the most memorable part of the show", saying he is "everyone's favourite and most memorable character". Partly because of his "sheer insanity", demonstrated by his recruiting methods, and partly because of the fact he gradually shows care and trusts for the team Homer wrote that "he is an instantly memorable character" and "so unique in this show (and any show for that matter)".

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## InfoBox

| Yoichi Hiruma | |
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| *Eyeshield 21* character | |
| Yoichi Hiruma | |
| First appearance | *Eyeshield 21* manga chapter 1 |
| Voiced by | **Japanese** <br>Atsushi Tamura <br>Shin-ichiro Miki (Jump Festa)<br>**English** <br>Derek Stephen Prince |
| In-universe information | |
| Relatives | Yuya Hiruma (father) |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Team | Deimon Devil Bats <br>Saikyoudai Wizards |


title: Mónika Lamperth

abstract: Mónika Lamperth is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Interior Minister between 2002 and 2006, after that she became Minister of Local Government until 2007, while Ferenc Gyurcsány appointed her as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour.

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# Mónika Lamperth

**Mónika Lamperth** (born 5 September 1957 in Bácsbokod) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Interior Minister between 2002 and 2006, after that she became Minister of Local Government until 2007, while Ferenc Gyurcsány appointed her as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour.

## Personal life

She is married to Dr András Jegesy. They have a daughter, Vera and a son, András.

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| Mónika Lamperth | |
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| Minister of the Interior of Hungary | |
| **In office**
27 May 2002  9 June 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sándor Pintér |
| Succeeded by | post abolished |
| Minister of Local Government of Hungary | |
| **In office**
9 June 2006  30 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | post established |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Bajnai |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Labour of Hungary | |
| **In office**
30 June 2007  5 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Péter Kiss |
| Succeeded by | Erika Szűcs |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-09-05) 5 September 1957
Bácsbokod, Hungary |
| Political party | Hungarian Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Dr András Jegesy |
| Children | Vera
András |
| Profession | politician, jurist |
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title: Yolboyu, Pazarcık

abstract: Yolboyu, also known as Hıdranlı or Kantarma, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The village is inhabited by Kurds of the Sinemilli tribe and had a population of 77 in 2022.

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# Yolboyu, Pazarcık

**Yolboyu**, also known as **Hıdranlı** or **Kantarma**, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The village is inhabited by Kurds of the Sinemilli tribe and had a population of 77 in 2022.

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| Yolboyu | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
| YolboyuLocation in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°27′20″N 37°13′27″E / 37.45556°N 37.22417°E / 37.45556; 37.22417 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kahramanmaraş |
| District | Pazarcık |
| Population (2022) | 77 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |


title: You Can't Do Me

abstract: "You Can't Do Me" was the first single of Madeleine Peyroux's fourth solo album - Bare Bones - and it hit the radio stations on January 26, 2009. The music was written by Walter Becker and Larry Klein with lyrics by Peyroux. The song was produced by Larry Klein; it begins with an insistent piano chord. No video was produced to accompany the track.

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# You Can't Do Me

"**You Can't Do Me**" was the first single of Madeleine Peyroux's fourth solo album - *Bare Bones* \- and it hit the radio stations on January 26, 2009. The music was written by Walter Becker and Larry Klein with lyrics by Peyroux. The song was produced by Larry Klein; it begins with an insistent piano chord. No video was produced to accompany the track.

## InfoBox

| "You Can't Do Me" | |
| --- | --- |
| Single by Madeleine Peyroux | |
| from the album  *Bare Bones* | |
| Released | January 2009 |
| Recorded | 2008 |
| Genre | Jazz-rock, soul-rock |
| Length | 5:04 |
| Label | Rounder |
| Songwriter(s) | Madeleine Peyroux, Larry Klein, Walter Becker |
| Producer(s) | Larry Klein |
| Madeleine Peyroux singles chronology | |
| "Once in a While"
(2007) "**You Can't Do Me**"
(2009) "Instead"
(2009) | |


title: N. Ramani

abstract: Natesan Ramani, commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1996. Ramani is also credited with introducing the long flute into Carnatic music.

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# N. Ramani

**Natesan Ramani** (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as **N. Ramani** or **N. Flute Ramani**, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1996. Ramani is also credited with introducing the long flute into Carnatic music.

## Early life and background

Ramani was born in Tiruvarur, a city in Tamil Nadu which is honored by its association with the Trinity of Carnatic music. Ramani was born into a family of flautists. Ramani first learnt music from his grandfather, Sri Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer, a well known flute artist and singer himself. Aware of young Ramani's keen interest in the Carnatic flute, Ramani's initiation to Carnatic music began at the age of five.

Ramani performed his first concert at the age of 8. The turning point in Ramani's career was when he became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, the late T. R. Mahalingam (known more commonly as "Flute Mali"), who first popularised the Carnatic flute in Indian music. By the age of 11 years, his first concert was held at Singaravelavar Temple, Sikkil, near Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. His mother Smt Sarathambal was instrumental in bringing him to notice. She accompanied him for his concerts when he was studying at Boys High School Tiruvarur. Ramani accompanied his guru T. R. Mahalingam in a concert for the first time. N Ramani is related to Sikkil Sisters, his contemporary flute-playing duo.

## Career

In 1945, Ramani performed his first concert on All India Radio. Following Ramani's first concert at the Madras Music Academy in 1956, at the age of 22, Ramani had reached the highest point in his career and become an artist of international fame, and his concerts became a regular feature.

### Disciples

Ramani started the "Ramani Academy of Flute", and has trained more than 100 disciples. namely:

| sl.no | Disciple | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Bagyalakshmi A N | Performing for the past 45 years various carnatic Solo concerts and for various Bharathanatya accompaniment |
| 2 | Chitoor Raghavaraman | NRI Flautist at London performing for various Dance Concerts and training students for Flute and Vocal. |
| 3 | Chitoor Srinivasan |  |
| 4 | Gopi Ganesh Brothers |  |
| 5 | Karthikeyan V |  |
| 6 | Karthikeyan K |  |
| 7 | Mukund L V |  |
| 8 | Nandhini Harish |  |
| 9 | Ramakrishnan B |  |
| 10 | Ramakrishnan.N (Ramji) |  |
| 11 | Rangarajan V |  |
| 12 | Ranjani Narasimhan |  |
| 13 | Rukmani Teacher |  |
| 14 | Subramanian K R |  |
| 15 | Thiagarajan Ramani |  |
| 16 | Tiruvarur Swaminathan |  |
| 17 | Trichy Rangarajan |  |
| 18 | Umashankar (Raja) |  |
| 19 | Prapancham S Balachandran |  |
| 20 | Nandakumar |  |
| 21 | Chaitanya Kumar |  |
| 22 | Ajit Ranganathan |  |
| 23 | B Gokul | Renowned Bharatanatyam accompanist and flautist at Bhagavata Mela Natya Nataka Sangam(Melattur) |
| 24 | MV Swaroop |  |
| 25 | Nikhil Narayan |  |

### Tours

Ramani performed in all major states, sabhas and venues throughout India, as well as numerous destinations around the world, including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and other countries. He made more than 30 concert tours outside of India.

## Origin of the Carnatic flute

Until the late 19th century, the Carnatic flute (better known in Kannada as *venu* or *murali* or *kolalu*, in Telugu as *pillanagrovi* and in Tamil and Malayalam as *pullanguzhal*), an 8-hole bamboo flute, the South Indian equivalent of the North Indian 6-hole bansuri flute, had never been used in Carnatic concerts as a main instrument. Sharaba Shastri has been characterised by his followers as a musical genius after experimenting and creating the Carnatic flute. He is also known for bringing the Carnatic flute to the fore of Carnatic music concerts as an influential instrument.

The Sharaba Shastri style or *bani* of playing was established and was carried on by his disciple Sanjeeva Rao. However it was the self-taught "Mali" who brought a revolution in popularising the Carnatic flute and whose legacy was carried on by Ramani and other national and international disciples of Mali.

## Achievements

Although Palladam Sanjeeva Rao was Sharaba Shastri's successor, it was "Mali" and N. Ramani who brought international attention to the Carnatic flute both in their own distinct flute playing techniques, with the latter improving on the former's methods.

He did so by studying the long bass flutes of the North Indian bansuri genius, Pannalal Ghosh which the latter had incorporated successfully in Hindustani concerts. To further enhance tala dynamics, he followed the "GNB" style which was developed by the legendary G. N. Balasubramaniam. An interview with the Hindu

The "Mali" *bani* encompassed facial expressions such as slight tilting of the head, varied movement of the lips which produced the vocal effect in the Carnatic never explored before by Sharaba Shastri or Palladam Sanjeeva Rao.

According to Ramani, "Mali's teaching methods were worth emulating. A good teacher should be open to learning from his students too. Mali learnt Aahiri raga from me, which I had learnt from T. Vishwanathan, Balasaraswathi's brother".

In 1996, he gained the most prestigious title/award in Carnatic music, Sangeetha Kalanidhi.

## Honours and accolades

Ramani's performances in All India Radio (AIR) have received numerous praises from Hindustani and Carnatic musicians alike and his performances overseas had been recognised with numerous awards.

Some of the highlights include the Sangeetha Kalanidhi, awarded by the Music Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award for the year 2007 given by The Indian Fine arts Society, Chennai, the Sangeetha Acharya award from Wasser College, US, the honorary citizenship status in Maryland, Ohio, US, and the Padma Shri Award from the President of India. He holds an honorary Cultural Doctorate from The World University of Arizona.

N. Ramani was conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984 and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna in 2011.

## Death

Ramani suffered from throat cancer during the last years of his life, and did not appear in many programmes. He died on 9 October 2015 in Mylapore, less than a week short of his 81st birthday. He was survived by four children, including Thiagarajan Ramani.

## Discography

Contributing artist

## InfoBox

| N. Ramani | |
| --- | --- |
| N Ramani in a concert with N Rajam and T S Nandakumar in Bombay | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1934-10-15)15 October 1934
Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | 9 October 2015(2015-10-09) (aged 80)
Mylapore, Chennai, India |
| Genres | Carnatic music |
| Occupation | Carnatic instrumentalist |
| Instrument | Venu flute |
| Years active | 1939–2015 |


title: N. Ramaswami Ayyar

abstract: Natesaganabadigal Ramaswami Ayyar (1896–1976) was an Indian educationist, social reformer and lawyer from Tiruchirapalli, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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# N. Ramaswami Ayyar

**Natesaganabadigal Ramaswami Ayyar** (1896–1976) was an Indian educationist, social reformer and lawyer from Tiruchirapalli, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

## Early life and career

Born in 1896 in an orthodox Hindu family, he started his career as a criminal lawyer, but abandoned his practice in the 1930s to start *Savitri Vidyasala*, a girls' school in Tiruchirapalli in 1938, when girls' education was a taboo in the society. The institution grew over the years into an educational group which included several institutions such as *Savithri Vidyasala Hindu Girls’ Higher Secondary School*, *Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College*, *Kamakoti Vidyalaya* and *Padmabhushan Sri. N. Ramaswami Ayyar Memorial Polytechnic College for Girls*, with a total strength of over 10,000 students. All the institutions are housed in *N. Ramaswami Ayyar Educational Complex*, a 30-acre complex and offer education from primary to post graduate levels as well as vocational courses. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1971, for his contributions to education. The youngest of his three sons, R. Panchapakesan, carries on with his father's efforts and is the head of the Group.

## Death

Ayyar died in 1976, at the age of 80.

## InfoBox

| N. Ramaswami Ayyar | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | 1896
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Died | 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Educationist
Social reformer
Lawyer |
| Known for | N. Ramaswami Ayyar Educational Complex |
| Children | R. Panchapakesan |


title: N. Ravi

abstract: Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist and the current director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the editor-in-chief of The Hindu from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013.

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# N. Ravi

**Narasimhan Ravi** is an Indian journalist and the current director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the editor-in-chief of *The Hindu* from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013.

## Early life and education

Ravi was born in Madras in 1948. He is the youngest son of journalist G. Narasimhan. Ravi's elder brothers are N. Ram (Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited, the company that owns and publishes *The Hindu*), and N. Murali (Co-Chairman of KSL). Ravi had his early education in Madras and joined *The Hindu* in 1972.

## Career

Ravi served as the Washington correspondent of *The Hindu* from 1977 to 1980 and became deputy editor in 1980 and later, associate editor. In 1991, he succeeded his uncle, G. Kasturi as editor on the former's retirement. Ravi served as editor till July 2003 when N. Ram, the managing director, took over. Subsequent to changes in Editorial and Business roles of *The Hindu* in October 2013, N. Ravi has taken over as editor-in-chief of *The Hindu*.

* *India who's who*. India News and Feature Alliance. 2004. p. 397.

## InfoBox

| Narasimhan Ravi | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1948-01-02) 2 January 1948<br>Madras, India |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Journalism |
| Title | Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu |


title: Yoon Sung-hee

abstract: Yoon Sung-hee is a South Korean writer. Some writers believe that the goal of human life can be found in history. Some writers believe that the meaning of life is in intense moments that leave life in chaos. However, Yoon looks at life from a different perspective. She would say that the meaning of life is in the moments. In other words, the true important purpose of life is in the feeling of the present, and the diverse emotions from it such as pain, sympathy, pity, and beauty. One literary critic has stated the characteristic of Yoon's fiction as following. "The reality depicted by Yoon Sung-hee in her stories draws readers in with its colorfulness of a sensual present. Readers do not draw the story to their own historical lives, but they choose to climb into the reality inside the story, and live along with the characters." It can be said that Yoon's literary aim is to create a reading experience that breathes with the rhythm of life, using fiction as the subject.

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# Yoon Sung-hee

**Yoon Sung-hee** (born 1973) is a South Korean writer. Some writers believe that the goal of human life can be found in history. Some writers believe that the meaning of life is in intense moments that leave life in chaos. However, Yoon looks at life from a different perspective. She would say that the meaning of life is in the moments. In other words, the true important purpose of life is in the feeling of the present, and the diverse emotions from it such as pain, sympathy, pity, and beauty. One literary critic has stated the characteristic of Yoon's fiction as following. "The reality depicted by Yoon Sung-hee in her stories draws readers in with its colorfulness of a sensual present. Readers do not draw the story to their own historical lives, but they choose to climb into the reality inside the story, and live along with the characters." It can be said that Yoon's literary aim is to create a reading experience that breathes with the rhythm of life, using fiction as the subject.

## Early life

Yoon was born in 1973 in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do. She entered Cheongju University in 1991 and studied philosophy, but she spent more time on reading literary magazines then on her major, and once she realized that it gave her a strong sense of happiness, right after graduation she entered the Seoul Institute of the Arts for creative writing. She chose that course because she loved poetry, but after taking poetry classes, she was disappointed that her abilities were much lower than her expectations. However, she was unsuspectingly enjoying the fiction writing class. She spent all night writing a story for an assignment from professor Park Ki-dong who was teaching fiction writing at the time. She had felt an unknown passion then, and was attracted to fiction writing through that experience.

## Career

Yoon began her career as a writer when her short story "Legoro mandeun jib" (레고로 만든 집 A House Made of Legos) won The Dong-A Ilbo New Writer's Contest in 1999. Yoon has said that she always writes while remembering the words of the judges written for her selection for the new writer's contest, which were, we hope that this writer could become more original, and stronger. Originality, and the strength of fiction, or its ability to reach out to someone, became the most basic reasons for her drive behind writing fiction. 3 years after her debut, she published her first collection, *Legoro mandeun jib* (레고로 만든 집 A House Made of Legos), and then she published various collections up to 2017; *Geogi, dangsin* (거기, 당신? Over There, Is It You?) in 2004; *Gamgi* (감기 Cold) in 2007; *Utneun dongan* (웃는 동안 While Laughing) in 2011; and *Begereul beda* (베게를 베다 Resting on a Pillow) in 2016. She has also published a novel, *Gugyeongkkundeul* (구경꾼들 The Bystanders) in 2010. During this time, Yoon won the 50th Hyundae Literary Award with "Yuteonjijeome bomuljidoreul mutda" (유턴지점에 보물지도를 묻다 Burying a Treasure Map At the U-turn Spot), the 2nd This Year's Art Prize in Literature with "Geogi, dangsin" (거기, 당신? Over There, Is It You?), the 14th Isu Literature Prize with "Hadaman mal" (하다만 말 Unfinished Words), the 11th Hwang Sun-won Literary Award with "Bumerang" (부메랑 Boomerang), and the 49th Hankook Ilbo Literary Prize with "Begereul beda" (베게를 베다 Resting on a Pillow). Yoon's short story "Geu namjaui chaek 198 jjok" (그 남자의 책 198쪽 Page 198 of the Man's Book) was produced into a movie of the same name by director Kim Jung-kwon in 2008.

## Writing style

Yoon, who began her literary debut via a new writer's contest in 1999, is one of the most significant writers of Korean literature after 2000, due to her distinct periodic characteristics, and her works being clearly differentiated from earlier fiction. If South Korean fiction in the 1980s focused on the side of the public fighting against the country's ideology or being sacrificed due to oppression, South Korean fiction in the 1990s have strived for realizing the thesis of individual authenticity. Compared to this, South Korean fiction in the 2000s is reproducing the personalities of various individuals, and rich sensations of reality. First, one of the characteristics of fiction by Yoon Sung-hee is her sensitivity to visual details. Hwang Jong-yeon has said that Yoon is a "writer of the polaroid generation, who has grown up with the marvels of camera technology", and describes that "the founding idea of the meticulous descriptions that are prevalent across Yoon's fiction, is that something visual (expression, behavior, action, the views) correlated with something intangible (experiences, mind, the truth), and that it is the most realistic correlation. While thoroughly depicting the many actions and events that form a person's everyday life, Yoon Sung-hee focuses on the special moments when those elements turn into the representation of the reality, or the true form of that person's life. The lives of individuals that Yoon Sung-hee depicts have small area of activity, and lacks content, but the details are always preparing a small wonder, in which hidden desires, relationships, and situations that the individual may not express, or may not have known, are realized."

Another characteristic of Yoon's fiction is her view that captures the "patterns of a capitalistic life". Literary critic Kim Yeong-chan has said that "The characteristic, as well as a strength, of Yoon Sung-hee's fiction, is that even as she vividly lays out the individual living situations within the unhandsome peripheral modernity, she does not color it with another ideological narrative, or romanticizes it too rashly." And he adds that "meanwhile, the writer carefully captures the various patterns of individualistic lives, where people endure the harsh living of late modernity through self positivity as a dignified individual that cannot be reduced in any way."

## Works

### Collections

* Begereul beda (베게를 베다 Resting on a Pillow), Munhakdongne, 2016.
* Utneun dongan (웃는 동안 While Laughing), Moonji, 2011.
* Gamgi (감기 Cold), Changbi, 2007.
* Geogi, dangsin (거기, 당신? Over There, Is It You?), Munhakdongne, 2004.
* Legoro mandeun jib (레고로 만든 집 A House Made of Legos), Minumsa, 2001.

### Novels

* Gugyeongkkundeul (구경꾼들 The Bystanders), Munhakdongne, 2010.

### Works in translation

## Awards

* 2016 49th Hankook Ilbo Literary Prize
* 2013 14th Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award
* 2011 11th Hwang Sun-won Literary Award
* 2007 14th Isu Literature Prize
* 2005 2nd This Year's Art Prize in Literature
* 2005 50th Hyundae Literary Award

## Further reading

* Shin, Su-jeong, "The Meaning of the Ghost Narrator in Fiction in the 2000s – The Fiction of Yoon Sung-hee and Hwang Jungeun". Korean Literary Creative Writing, 2015.
* Baek, Ji-yeon, "The Collective and the Imagination of Communication: The Fiction of Kwon Yeo-sun, Yoon Sung-hee, and Kim Miwol". Creation and Criticism, Summer Issue, 2011.
* Kim, Hyeong-jung, "Yoon Sung-hee: Father, Can You Not See Me Burning?", Literature and Society, Winter Issue, 2011.
* Hwang, Do-kyeong, "The Inner Side of Poverty, and the Ethics of Infection: The Fiction of Yoon Sung-hee", The Moon of the Wanderer, Somyong Publishing, 2007.


title: York Civil

abstract: York Civil was a South Australian construction and civil engineering company based in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Tarbotton, who remains an owner and director along with Dominic Vieceli. It began with only 10 employees, but said it had over 400 by 2017 with offices in four states and 190 when it was wound up in August 2018.

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# York Civil

**York Civil** was a South Australian construction and civil engineering company based in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Tarbotton, who remains an owner and director along with Dominic Vieceli. It began with only 10 employees, but said it had over 400 by 2017 with offices in four states and 190 when it was wound up in August 2018.

## Major projects

## Winding up

York Civil entered voluntary administration in August 2018. Its directors appointed Ferrier Hodgson as administrators on the morning of 6 August 2018. Ferrier Hodgson reported that work would continue on projects while the business was reviewed. A creditors meeting is scheduled for 16 August 2018. York Civil said it had 131 staff in South Australia, 32 in New South Wales, 19 in Western Australia and four in Queensland. A week after the administrators took over, Ferrier Hodgson announced on 13 August that the company had ceased trading. Joint venture partners were expected to continue to work on major infrastructure projects in Western Australia (Matagarup Bridge), South Australia (tram line extension and two sections of North–South Corridor) and New South Wales (Pacific Highway upgrades). At the time of winding up the business, Ferrier Hodgson reported that there were 190 direct employees, including 130 in South Australia.

## Awards

York Civil won an Engineering Excellence award in 2000 for the 407m Blanchetown Bridge, the first incrementally-launched bridge in South Australia.

York Civil was the local partner in the joint venture which constructed the Northern Expressway north of Adelaide, for which it won an award in 2011 for projects over A$75 million from the Civil Contractors Federation of South Australia.

## InfoBox

York Civil
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|  |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Engineering and construction |
| Founded | 1990 (1990) |
| Founder | Ian Tarbotton |
| Defunct | 13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) |
| Fate | Voluntary administration |
| Headquarters | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Areas served | South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia |
| Products | Engineering, Construction, Project management |
| Owners | Ian Tarbotton, Dominic Vieceli |
| Number of employees | 400 (2013) |
| Website | www.yorkcivil.com.au |


title: NGC 1846

abstract: NGC 1846 is a globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered on November 6, 1826, by James Dunlop and is included in the New General Catalogue. At an aperture of 50 arcseconds, its apparent V-band magnitude is 10.68, but at this wavelength, it has 0.07 magnitudes of interstellar extinction. NGC 1846 is about 1.7 billion years old. Its estimated mass is 5.7×10⁴ M☉, and its total luminosity is 1.68×10⁵ L☉, leading to a mass-to-luminosity ratio of 0.34 M☉/L☉. All else equal, older star clusters have higher mass-to-luminosity ratios; that is, they have lower luminosities for the same mass. In an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006, astronomers spotted a green planetary nebula towards the bottom of the image. It is uncertain whether NGC 1846 contains this planetary nebula or if it just happened to be on the same line of sight; however, measurements of the motion of the cluster's stars along with the nebula's central star lead to the conclusion that it is a member of the cluster.

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# NGC 1846

**NGC 1846** is a globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered on November 6, 1826, by James Dunlop and is included in the New General Catalogue. At an aperture of 50 arcseconds, its apparent V-band magnitude is 10.68, but at this wavelength, it has 0.07 magnitudes of interstellar extinction.

NGC 1846 is about 1.7 billion years old. Its estimated mass is 5.7×104 , and its total luminosity is 1.68×105 , leading to a mass-to-luminosity ratio of 0.34 M/L. All else equal, older star clusters have higher mass-to-luminosity ratios; that is, they have lower luminosities for the same mass.

In an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006 (see picture), astronomers spotted a green planetary nebula towards the bottom of the image. It is uncertain whether NGC 1846 contains this planetary nebula or if it just happened to be on the same line of sight; however, measurements of the motion of the cluster's stars along with the nebula's central star lead to the conclusion that it is a member of the cluster.

* Media related to NGC 1846 at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

| NGC 1846 | |
| --- | --- |
| Picture from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 07m 34.900s |
| Declination | −67° 27 32.45 |
| Distance | 160,000 ly (50000 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.68 |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 3.8 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 5.7×104 |
| Estimated age | 1.70±0.05 Gyr |
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title: Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati

abstract: "Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" is the national anthem of Eswatini. It is a compromise between Swazi and Western styles of music and was adopted after independence in 1968. The lyrics were authored by Andrease Enoke Fanyana Kukies Simelane, and the composer of the tune was David Kenneth Rycroft.

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# Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati

"**Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati**" is the national anthem of Eswatini. It is a compromise between Swazi and Western styles of music and was adopted after independence in 1968. The lyrics were authored by Andrease Enoke Fanyana Kukies Simelane, and the composer of the tune was David Kenneth Rycroft.

## History

At the time of Swaziland's upcoming independence from the United Kingdom on 6 September 1968, a new flag was adopted, and it was decided to set up an Anthem Committee and hold a 'National Anthem Competition'. Firstly, a local competition for suitable lyrics in siSwati was held, then a competition for the best musical settings was advertised in *The Musical Times* in London in early 1967, offering a prize for the winner, with composers being invited to apply to Swaziland's Ministry of Local Administration.

Applicants received the lyrics 10 months later around October 1967, which were in two forms, as the judges had not been able to agree on a single text. With the competition's closing date by 1968, on 1 November 1967 the Ministry issued a circular updating on their progress in the search for lyrics, now narrowed down to the two proposals, and music, still open to submissions. The Ministry stated that the lyrics were to be decided after the musical settings had been judged. Composers could submit music for one or both verses.

The judges eventually narrowed down to four settings of the lyrics to music, which were then each recorded and performed by the choir of the Ionian Music Society of Johannesburg. The Cabinet was then to decide on which to adopt as the national anthem, but members of the Cabinet wished to hear live performances by a local choir. They requested the choir of Waterford School in Mbabane to sing the four settings for them on 9 July 1968. Ultimately, David K. Rycroft's setting of verse A was chosen as the winner.

On 16 August 1968, it was reported in *The Times of Swaziland* that Deputy Prime Minister Mfundza Sukati had announced that a choral version of the new anthem would be played on Radio Swaziland every day until Independence Day to give people a chance to learn the anthem. Sukati stated that the words were written by Andrease Fanyana Kukies Simelane of Jerusalem School, near Hlatikulu. He also stated that a member of the British Royal Military School of Music had arranged a musical score based on David Rycroft's setting, which was recorded by the Band of the Irish Guards.

## Lyrics

The anthem includes several typically Swazi features, such as intricate polyphony, the principle of 'non-simultaneous entry' of voice parts; certain melodic and harmonic allusions to traditional practice; and a relatively strict adherence to Swazi prosodic conventions, the rhythmic setting of words to music.

| siSwati lyrics | IPA transcription | English translation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **A**
Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati;
Siyatibonga tonkhe tinhlanhla;
Sibonga iNgwenyama yetfu.
Live netintsaba nemifula.

**B**
Busisa tiphatsimandla takaNgwane;
Nguwe wedvwa Somandla wetfu;
Sinike kuhlakanipha lokungenabucili
Simise usicinise, Simakadze. | **1**
\[ᵑku.lu.ᵑku.lu m͡ni.ka.tʼi wɛ.tʼi.ɓu.si.sɔ tʼɛ.ma.sʷa.tʼi\]
\[si.ja.tʼi.ɓɔ.ŋa tʼɔ.ᵑkʰɛ tʼi.ⁿɫa.ⁿɫa\]
\[si.ɓɔ.ŋa i.ᵑ(g)ʷɛ.ɲa.ma jɛ.t͡fu\]
\[li.vɛ nɛ.tʼi.ⁿt͡s(ʼ)a.ɓa nɛ.mi.fu.la\]

**2**
\[ɓu.si.sa tʼi.pʰa.t͡s(ʼ)i.ma.ⁿɮa tʼa.ka.ᵑ(g)ʷa.nɛ\]
\[ŋu.wɛ wɛ.d͡vʷa sɔ.ma.ⁿɮa wɛ.t͡fu\]
\[si.ni.kɛ ku.ɬa.ka.ni.pʰa lɔ.ku.ŋɛ.na.ɓu.ᵏǀi.li\]
\[si.mi.sɛ u.si.ᵏǀi.ni.sɛ si.ma.ka.d͡zɛ\] | **A**
O Lord our God, bestower of the blessings of the Swazi;
We give Thee thanks for all our good fortune;
We offer thanks and praise for our King
And for our fair land, its hills and rivers.

**B**
Thy blessings be on all rulers of our Country;
Thine alone is our Lord;
We pray Thee to grant us wisdom without deceit or malice.
Establish and fortify us, Lord Eternal. |

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## InfoBox

Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati
| English: God, the Giver of blessings to the Swati people | |
| --- | --- |
| ---  National anthem of  Eswatini  --- | |
| Lyrics | Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane |
| Music | David Kenneth Rycroft |
| Adopted | 1968 |
|  | |
| Audio sample | |
| U.S. Navy Band instrumental version | |
|  | |


title: Rena Okutsu

abstract: Rena Okutsu is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies.

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# Rena Okutsu

**Rena Okutsu** (born 12 May 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies.

## Club career

Okutsu made her WE League debut on 2 October 2021.

## InfoBox

Rena Okutsu
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Date of birth | (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 | | |
| Place of birth | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | | |
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Defender | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies | | |
| Number | 25 | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
|  | AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies |  |  |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals | | | |


title: Wharfedale (ward)

abstract: Wharfedale is a ward located in the northeast of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the Wharfedale valley, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The ward comprises the settlements of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Burley Woodhead and Menston, as well as the surrounding moorland. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 11,836.

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# Wharfedale (ward)

**Wharfedale** is a ward located in the northeast of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the Wharfedale valley (from which the ward gets its name), one of the Yorkshire Dales. The ward comprises the settlements of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Burley Woodhead and Menston, as well as the surrounding moorland. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward was 11,836.

## Councillors

Wharfedale ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Conservative councillors, Gerald Barker, Jackie Whiteley and Dale Smith.

| Election | Councillor | | Councillor | | Councillor | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 |  | Christopher Ian Greaves (Con) |  | Matthew James Steven Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2006 |  | Chris Greaves (Con) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2007 |  | Chris Greaves (Con) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2008 |  | Chris Greaves (Con) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2010 |  | Chris Greaves (Con) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2011 |  | Chris Greaves (Con) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| February 2012 |  | Chris Greaves (Independent) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| May 2012 |  | Chris Greaves (Independent) |  | Matt Palmer (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| By-election<br>15 November 2012 |  | Chris Greaves (Independent) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2014 |  | Gerald Anthony Granville Barker (Con) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2015 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2016 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2018 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2019 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Jackie Whiteley (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2021 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Bob Feltstead (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |
| 2022 |  | Gerald Barker (Con) |  | Bob Feltstead (Con) |  | Dale Smith (Con) |

indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor defection.   indicates a by-election.

53°54′03″N 1°45′01″W / 53.90091°N 1.75037°W / 53.90091; -1.75037

## InfoBox

| Wharfedale | |
| --- | --- |
| 2004 Boundaries of Wharfedale Ward | |
| Population | 11,836 2011 Census |
| OS grid reference | SE165450 |
| Metropolitan borough |  |
| Metropolitan county |  |
| Region |  |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ilkley |
| Postcode district | LS29 |
| Dialling code | 01943 |
|  | |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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title: Marstel-Day

abstract: Marstel-Day, LLC is a natural resource and environmental consulting firm that provides management, planning, and analytical services. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, Marstel-Day operates in locations including California and Texas. The firm has an 80-member, multidisciplinary team of scientists, policy strategists, planners, natural and cultural resource experts, analysts, engineers, and geographic information system (GIS) specialists. Marstel-Day LLC is led by Dr. Sean Donahoe, CEO.

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# Marstel-Day

**Marstel-Day, LLC** is a natural resource and environmental consulting firm that provides management, planning, and analytical services. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, Marstel-Day operates in locations including California and Texas. The firm has an 80-member, multidisciplinary team of scientists, policy strategists, planners, natural and cultural resource experts, analysts, engineers, and geographic information system (GIS) specialists. Marstel-Day LLC is led by Dr. Sean Donahoe, CEO.

## History and Leadership

Marstel-Day was founded by **Rebecca R. Rubin** in 2002 to assist clients with conservation and natural resource issues. Rubin developed a groundbreaking conservation conveyance strategy that the Department of Defense (DOD) used to convey 80,000 acres of surplus military land to the public and private organizations for permanent conservation or recreational use. A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, *Military Base Closures*, noted that the DOD used conservation conveyance in the largest single transfer of surplus property that the U.S. Army has undertaken, conveying almost 58,000 acres from the Sierra Army Depot in California to qualified not-for-profit groups for natural resource and conservation purposes.

The White House named Rubin a Champion of Change for Community Resilience in 2013. She currently leads a regional initiative on climate, environment, and readiness in Virginia, and Gov. Terry McAuliffe named Rubin to the State Air Pollution Control Board. In addition to Rubin, the Marstel-Day leadership team includes H. Lee Halterman, partner, and general counsel; James P. "Phil" Huber, partner; Sean B. Donohoe, Ph.D., partner; and Jennifer Graham, partner, and Air Force program manager. Halterman, who served as policy director of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, also known as the United States House Committee on Armed Services, and general counsel to U.S. Rep. Ron Dellums, co-authored *Lying Down with the Lions: A Public Life from the Streets of Oakland to the Halls of Power* (2000) and *Defense Sense: The Search for a Rational Military Policy* (1983).

## Services

Marstel-Day provides environmental and conservation policy and planning services; it also develops and executes implementation strategies. Its clients predominantly include military and civilian agencies, businesses, local governments, and nonprofit conservators.

## Vital Voices of the Environment

The Environmental Business Journal gave Marstel-Day a project merit award for launching the Vital Voices of the Environment series featuring former Marstel-Day President and CEO Rebecca R. Rubin's interviews with environmental thinkers and planners on key environmental and conservation issues. The Vital Voices collection includes Rubin's discussion with extreme snowboarder Jeremy Jones about the dire future of winter playgrounds due to climate change. All-star drummer Rich Redmond tells Rubin in an interview about his eco-friendly drum set made of bamboo and how the music industry can practice sustainability.

In John Englander's discussion with Rubin, the oceanographer explains the certainty of 50 feet of sea level rise. During her Vital Voices interview, Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers talks about how individuals make a difference for the planet.

## Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign

Former CEO and President Rebecca R. Rubin created Marstel-Day's **2015 Wildlife Conservation Awareness Campaign** to highlight issues and celebrate ways that individuals and organizations can make a difference. The campaign's speaker series featured conservationists highlighting the illegal wildlife trade, applauding ways to reconnect children to nature, and hailing the smartphone's ability to help people interact with public lands. Other speakers have spotlighted the havoc that plastic pollution wreaks on oceans and the challenges that environmental journalism faces.

## Internal Green Business Practices

The company established an internal Green Vision Council that works to decrease Marstel-Day's carbon footprint, increase company sustainability, and promote an ethic of environmental awareness. Run by employees serving for six-month terms, the council has greened the company's supply chain by buying from sustainable sources and buying green products. The company has offset its carbon dioxide emissions since it joined Carbonfund.org, one of the nation's leading nonprofit carbon offset organizations, in 2010. Marstel-Day has offset carbon emissions attributed to employee business travel by air and personal vehicle and the carbon footprint of the company's U.S. offices. The offsets occur through payments to support renewable energy, energy efficiency, or reforestation projects, or to buy carbon reductions that are then retired.

Marstel-Day became the nation's first company to achieve certification as a sustainable service provider under the National Standards Foundation (NSF) International P391 program. The certification requires the demonstration of sustainable achievement in the categories of environment, labor, and social responsibility across a framework of more than 100 criteria. At NSF's request, Marstel-Day helped test-pilot the protocol even before P391 standards were officially introduced as North America's first protocol to define sustainable services within the service industry. Later, NSF used Marstel-Day's experience to create a case study to guide other service providers seeking to understand the value of sustainability certification. Marstel-Day has published its **Corporate Social Responsibility Report** and its **Climate Change Adaptation Plan** to outline everything from the company's land conservation and water demand forecasting to its Earth Day commitment.

## Awards

* **August 2015:**  Inc. magazine named Marstel-Day one of the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held U.S. companies for the seventh consecutive year (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
* **May 2015:**  The Virginia Chamber of Commerce named Marstel-Day to its annual Fantastic 50, which recognizes the fastest-growing, privately held companies based in Virginia for their four-year revenue history (2008, 2014, 2015).
* **April 2015:**  The nonprofit Alliance for Workplace Excellence (AWE) has recognized Marstel-Day with an EcoLeadership Award for four consecutive years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). The 2015 award highlighted Marstel-Day's sustainability-focused community outreach efforts and its internal sustainability accomplishments.
* **March 2015:**  The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality named Marstel-Day a 2015 Sustainability Partner, recognizing the company for the second consecutive year as having a culture of environmental sustainability and community involvement. (2014, 2015).
* **July 2014:**  The Zweig Group named Marstel-Day to its 2014 Hot Firm List of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada for the sixth consecutive year, listing Marstel-Day at #56 for 2014 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014).
* **May 2014:**  The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality gave Marstel-Day a Bronze Medal as part of the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award program, recognizing the company for its multiyear effort to help NSF International and the federal government create the first sustainability certification tool applicable to all businesses in the service industry.
* **January 2014:**  The Environmental Business Journal gave Marstel-Day a gold medal for Business Growth and a "New Practice Area" award, recognizing the company for accomplishments in 2013, notably its nearly 40 percent revenue growth, the addition of three offices and multiple new clients, and its support of the Air Force in developing policy for and implementing a new authority allowing installations to partner with surrounding communities to share services, cut costs, and reduce resource consumption.
* **September 2010:**  The University of Virginia Darden School of Business gave Marstel-Day the Chairman's Award in the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Award Competition, recognizing the company's commitment to environmental practices.

## InfoBox

Marstel-Day, LLC
| Company type | Privately held Membership |
| --- | --- |
| Industry | Environmental Planning and Management Services |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA |
| Key people | Sean Donahoe, CEO |
| Number of employees | 80 |
| Website | www.marstel-day.com (US) |


title: My Lovely Sam Soon

abstract: My Lovely Sam Soon is a 2005 South Korean television series based on the internet novel of the same title by Ji Soo-hyun, which was published on March 9, 2004. Touted as the Korean version of Bridget Jones's Diary, it starred Kim Sun-a, Hyun Bin, Jung Ryeo-won and Daniel Henney. The series aired on MBC from June 1 to July 21, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes. "Sam-soon" is an old-fashioned name in Korean culture. It is translated as "3rd daughter". The romantic comedy-drama series was a huge hit, with an average viewership rating of 37.6% and its peak rating of 49.1% makes it one of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time. It also won numerous awards, including the Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize for TV and the Grand Prize at the MBC Drama Awards for Kim Sun-ah. An abridged 8-episode version of the series was released on Wavve on September 6, 2024 which is part of the platform's "New Classic Project".

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# My Lovely Sam Soon

***My Lovely Sam Soon*** (Korean: 내 이름은 김삼순) is a 2005 South Korean television series based on the internet novel of the same title by Ji Soo-hyun, which was published on March 9, 2004. Touted as the Korean version of *Bridget Jones's Diary*, it starred Kim Sun-a (who gained 15 pounds for the role), Hyun Bin, Jung Ryeo-won and Daniel Henney. The series aired on MBC from June 1 to July 21, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.

"Sam-soon" is an old-fashioned name in Korean culture. It is translated as "3rd daughter" (*sam* (삼) is three, *soon* (순) is meek or feminine).

The romantic comedy-drama series was a huge hit, with an average viewership rating of 37.6% and its peak rating of 49.1% (for the finale) makes it one of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time. It also won numerous awards, including the Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize for TV and the Grand Prize at the MBC Drama Awards for Kim Sun-ah.

An abridged 8-episode version of the series was released on Wavve on September 6, 2024 which is part of the platform's "New Classic Project".

## Synopsis

Kim Sam-soon (Kim Sun-a) is loud and brash, yet insecure about her weight. She has always been embarrassed by her old-fashioned first name, and nearing her 30th birthday, she dreams of changing it. She is an excellent baker with a fervent passion for making desserts. On Christmas Eve, Sam-soon gets dumped by her cheating boyfriend (Lee Kyu-han) and loses her job. One of the witnesses to her public humiliation is Hyun Jin-heon (Hyun Bin), the owner of upscale French restaurant Bon Appetit. Upon recognizing her talent, Jin-heon hires her as Bon Appetit's new pastry chef. From their first meeting, the two have an antagonistic relationship (she calls him the equally old-fashioned "Sam-shik"), and sparks fly.

Jin-heon is the son of a wealthy hotelier (Na Moon-hee), and his mother constantly nags him about succeeding her in the hotel business. She also keeps setting him up on matchmaking dates, saying his niece Mi-joo (Seo Ji-hee), who hasn't spoken a word since the childhood trauma of her parents' deaths, needs a mother figure. When Sam-soon finds herself in need of ₩50 million (approximately US$50,000) to prevent the foreclosure of her mother's house, Jin-heon proposes a deal: in exchange for the money, she agrees to become his pretend girlfriend. They draw up a complicated contract, of which the most important stipulation is that they should never fall in love for real. But as they spend more time together, Sam-soon and Jin-heon grow closer and gradually fall for each other. But just when things are going well, Jin-heon's ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee-jin (Jung Ryeo-won) returns from the United States.

Hee-jin had suddenly left Korea years ago, right after a car accident that had killed Jin-heon's older brother, his sister-in-law and a motorcyclist, and left Jin-heon (who was driving) seriously injured. Though Jin-heon's leg eventually recovered, emotional scars remained, a mixture of sorrow, guilt, and anger at Hee-jin's abandonment. But what he didn't know was that Hee-jin had been diagnosed at the time with stomach cancer, and she'd broken up with him because she didn't want to add to the tragedy he was already experiencing. Now in remission, she returns to Korea to ask for a second chance, followed by her Korean-American doctor Henry Kim (Daniel Henney), who is in love with Hee-jin and eager to learn his roots. Upon learning the truth, Jin-heon reconciles with Hee-jin.

Broken-hearted, Sam-soon resigns from Bon Appetit, and she and her older sister Yi-young (Lee Ah-hyun) decide to open an online pastry business using Yi-young's settlement from her recent divorce. Meanwhile, Jin-heon can't stop thinking about Sam-soon and realizes that he wants to be with her. After several run-ins in which he sabotages her blind date and immaturely invents reasons to see her, he finally confesses his love for Sam-soon. After a difficult break-up with Hee-jin, Jin-heon proves to Sam-soon's mother and sister that he's serious about her and the couple begin dating happily.

Then Hee-jin asks a final favor of Jin-heon, to accompany her back to the U.S. to rejoin her parents there. Sam-soon is initially resistant, but later gives her blessing when Jin-heon reassures her that this journey will be a form of closure for him and Hee-jin. He promises to return after one week. Sam-soon goes once again to the city clerk's office to have her name changed, but finally believing that her name is special and an important part of her identity, changes her mind at the last minute and tears up the papers.

Two months pass, with no calls or letters from Jin-heon, and Sam-soon has given up on him and gone on with her life.

When Jin-heon eventually returns to Korea, she gives him the cold shoulder. But the misunderstanding is cleared up when two months' worth of postcards gets delivered to Sam-soon's house; as they had been sent to the wrong address all this time. Jin-heon had spent the two months traveling and inspecting hotels all over America; in his desire to be a man worthy of Sam-soon, he is finally ready to take up the reins as his mother's heir. Whatever obstacles come their way (including his mother's continuing benign disapproval of their relationship), Sam-soon and Jin-heon decide to face the future together, doing their best at work and love, and living life to the fullest.

## Cast

### Main

* Kim Sun-a – Kim Sam-soon, 30-year-old pastry chef
* Hyun Bin – Hyun Jin-heon, 27-year-old owner of Bon Appetit restaurant
* Jung Ryeo-won – Yoo Hee-jin, Jin-heon's ex-girlfriend
* Daniel Henney – Dr. Henry Kim, Hee-jin's doctor

### Supporting

People around Sam-soon * Maeng Bong-hak – Sam-soon's father
* Kim Ja-ok – Park Bong-sook, Sam-soon's mother
* Lee Ah-hyun – Kim Yi-young, Sam-soon's sister
* Lee Kyu-han – Min Hyun-woo, Sam-soon's ex-boyfriend

People around Jin-heon * Na Moon-hee – Na Hyun-sook, Jin-heon's mother
* Kim Sung-kyum – Jin-heon's uncle
* Seo Ji-hee – Hyun Mi-joo, Jin-heon's niece
* Yoon Ye-hee – Yoon Hyun-sook, CEO Na's assistant

Restaurant staff * Yeo Woon-kay – Ms. Oh, manager
* Kwon Hae-hyo – Lee Hyun-moo, chef
* Han Yeo-woon – Lee In-hye, Sam-soon's assistant
* Kim Hyun-jung – Jang Young-ja, dining room captain
* Kim Ki-bang – Ki-bang, kitchen assistant

Others * Lee Yoon-mi – Jang Chae-ri
* Won Jong-rye – Chae-ri's mother

## Reception

Some critics believe its huge success was due to the show's focus on the life of a single woman in her late twenties. Particularly, the heroine's chubby physical appearance and frank, flawed yet lovable personality broke long-held Korean drama stereotypes, greatly increasing its popularity due to its resonance with many Koreans.

## Ratings

| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | Nielsen Korea | | TNmS | |
| | | | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | June 1, 2005 | *Life Is Like A Box Filled With Bonbon Au Chocolat* | **17.4%** | **17.8%** | **18.3%** | **19.2%** |
| 2 | June 2, 2005 | *Shall We Try Dating?* | 22.9% | 24.2% | 21.3% | 23.1% |
| 3 | June 8, 2005 | *How Does One Write A Love Contract?* | 28.5% | 29.2% | 27.8% | 29.6% |
| 4 | June 9, 2005 | *Over The Rainbow* | 31.2% | 32.1% | 32.7% | 30.8% |
| 5 | June 15, 2005 | *Love Is Supposed To Be Childish* | 35.3% | 36.5% | 35.4% | 38.9% |
| 6 | June 16, 2005 | *The Calories Of A Kiss, The Calories Of Love* | 35.1% | 36.1% | 35.1% | 38.2% |
| 7 | June 22, 2005 | *Madeleine, In Search Of Lost Time* | 35.0% | 35.9% | 35.6% | 38.0% |
| 8 | June 23, 2005 | *Daddy, Why Is My Love Life So Hard?* | 37.7% | 39.1% | 37.7% | 39.8% |
| 9 | June 29, 2005 | *You Played With My Heart As If It Were A Toy* | 37.4% | 39.2% | 40.7% | 43.8% |
| 10 | June 30, 2005 | *My Name Is Kim Hee-jin* | 39.9% | 40.3% | 41.7% | 43.5% |
| 11 | July 6, 2005 | *Don't Say It Was A Mistake. This Is The Second Kiss.* | 43.4% | 44.7% | 44.2% | 46.2% |
| 12 | July 7, 2005 | *What's The Big Deal? I've Only Just Turned 30!* | 42.8% | 44.0% | 44.6% | 46.5% |
| 13 | July 13, 2005 | *The Way To Break Up With Her* | 45.0% | 46.8% | 44.7% | 46.9% |
| 14 | July 14, 2005 | *The Elements Of A Romance* | 44.0% | 45.1% | 44.1% | 46.9% |
| 15 | July 20, 2005 | *The Rules Of Romance* | 46.0% | 47.8% | 47.9% | 50.2% |
| 16 | July 21, 2005 | *Love Like You've Never Been Hurt Before* | **49.1%** | **51.1%** | **50.5%** | **53.4%** |
| Average | | | 36.9% | 38.1% | 37.6% | 39.6% |
| * In the table above, the **blue numbers** represent the lowest ratings and the **red numbers** represent the highest ratings. | | | | | | |

## Original soundtrack

| My Lovely Sam-soon
Original Soundtrack | |
| --- | --- |
| Soundtrack album | |
| Released | June 18, 2005 (South Korea) |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Label | UMG Korea |

The *My Lovely Sam-soon* soundtrack was released on June 18, 2005. Korean electronica band Clazziquai contributed two songs to the soundtrack: "Be My Love" and "She Is", the former of which became the show's theme song. The show's popularity brought the group increased media and public attention.

My Lovely Sam-soon OST
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Bonbon O Chocolat I" |  | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Be My Love" | Clazziquai | 4:39 |
| 3. | "She Is" | Clazziquai | 3:54 |
| 4. | "WFS" |  | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Goodbye" | Jo Yong-won | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Farewell Without Farewell" | Ji-sun from Loveholic | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Bonbon O Chocolat II" |  | 2:24 |
| 8. | "Goodbye II" |  | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Can't Let Go of Love" | Just | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Gravity" |  | 2:14 |
| 11. | "Inside My Heart" | Kim Jung-eun | 4:28 |
| 12. | "Be My Love (Inst.)" |  | 4:47 |
| 13. | "She Is (Inst.)" |  | 4:40 |
| 14. | "Bonbon O Chocolat III" |  | 2:32 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2005 | Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best OST | "She Is" by Clazziquai | Won |
| | Grimae Awards | Best Actress | Kim Sun-a | Won |
| | MBC Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Kim Sun-a | Won |
| | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Hyun Bin | Won |
| | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Kim Sun-a | Won |
| | Excellence Award, Actress | Jung Ryeo-won | Won |
| | Best New Actor | Daniel Henney | Won |
| | Popularity Award, Actor | Hyun Bin | Won |
| | Popularity Award, Actor | Daniel Henney | Nominated |
| | Popularity Award, Actress | Kim Sun-a | Won |
| | Popularity Award, Actress | Jung Ryeo-won | Nominated |
| | Best Couple | Hyun Bin and Kim Sun-a | Won |
| | Best Couple | Daniel Henney and Jung Ryeo-won | Nominated |
| 2006 | Baeksang Arts Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV | *My Lovely Sam-soon* | Won |
| | | Best Actress (TV) | Kim Sun-a | Nominated |
| | | Best Screenplay (TV) | Kim Do-woo | Won |
| | 1st Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Miniseries | *My Lovely Sam-soon* | Won |
| | Best Actress | Kim Sun-a | Nominated |

## International broadcast

* The series first aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from August 15 to October 4, 2005. Reruns followed on satellite channel Wowow beginning July 6, 2006 on Thursdays at 8 p.m., on the Fuji TV network as part of its *Hallyu Alpha* programming block beginning February 1, 2010, and on cable channel DATV.
* It first aired in the Philippines on the GMA Network from February to April 2006, during which it received a peak viewership rating of 40.2% and an average viewership rating of 34.9%, placing it among the top ten highest rated Asian dramas to air in the country. It was rebroadcast on GMA Network in 2009 and again in 2015.
* In Thailand, it first aired on ITV beginning September 23, 2006, with reruns on Channel 7 from August 11 to September 16, 2008.
* In Indonesia, it first aired on Indosiar beginning April 8, 2006, with reruns on antv from April 21 to May 27, 2007.
* In Sri Lanka, it began airing on Rupavahini dubbed in Sinhalese under the name *Hithata Horen* in September 2018.

## Stage adaptation

A stage adaptation (which was based more on the original novel than the TV series) ran at the Sangmyung Art Hall in Seoul from January 21 to September 25, 2011.

## Remakes

## InfoBox

| *My Lovely Sam Soon* | |
| --- | --- |
| Promotional poster | |
|  | |
| Hangul | 내 이름은 김삼순 |
| Literal meaning | *My Name Is Kim Sam-soon* |
| Revised Romanization | *Nae Ireum-eun Gim Samsun* |
|  | |
| Genre |  |
| Based on | *My Name Is Kim Sam-soon*
by Ji Soo-hyun |
| Written by | Kim Do-woo |
| Directed by | Kim Yoon-cheol |
| Starring |  |
| Opening theme | "Be My Love" by Clazziquai |
| Ending theme | "She Is" by Clazziquai |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Kim Sa-hyun (MBC) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company | MBC Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC TV |
| Release | June 1 (2005-06-01)
July 21, 2005 (2005-07-21) |
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title: Nylars

abstract: Nylars is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, 8 km east of Rønne and 8 km west of Aakirkeby. In January 2024 it had a population of 208. It is best known for Nylars Church, the island's second largest round church. The village developed at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of the railway line from Rønne to Nexø. It is located between the discontinued railway to the north and the main road from Rønne to Aarkirkeby to the south.

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# Nylars

**Nylars** is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, 8 km east of Rønne and 8 km west of Aakirkeby. In January 2024 it had a population of 208. It is best known for Nylars Church, the island's second largest round church. The village developed at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of the railway line from Rønne to Nexø. It is located between the discontinued railway to the north and the main road from Rønne to Aarkirkeby to the south.

55°04′21″N 14°48′36″E / 55.07250°N 14.81000°E / 55.07250; 14.81000


title: Northenden railway station

abstract: Northenden railway station in Sharston, Manchester, England, was built by the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJ) and opened for passenger and goods traffic on 1 February 1866. On 15 August 1867, the ST&AJ became part of the Cheshire Lines Committee; it became jointly owned by the London and North Eastern Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923. Some railway timetables described the station as Northenden for Wythenshawe because, lying between the road overbridges at Sharston Road and Longley Lane, it served the two districts.

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# Northenden railway station

**Northenden railway station** in Sharston, Manchester, England, was built by the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJ) and opened for passenger and goods traffic on 1 February 1866.

On 15 August 1867, the ST&AJ became part of the Cheshire Lines Committee; it became jointly owned by the London and North Eastern Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923.

Some railway timetables described the station as *Northenden for Wythenshawe* because, lying between the road overbridges at Sharston Road and Longley Lane, it served the two districts.

## Station facilities

The main brick-built station building was constructed to a typical Cheshire Lines Committee design with steeply sloping roofs and decorative wooden barge boarding. It contained the booking office, passenger waiting room, parcels office, toilet facilities and the station master's accommodation. Until the 1890s a telegraph office, available to send public messages, was located in the station building.

The main building was located on the north side of the line, and therefore was nearest to Northenden village and served passenger trains travelling eastwards from Liverpool and Warrington towards Stockport.

On the south side of the line was a smaller brick-built building containing a waiting room for passengers, and reached from the station's eastern end by a boarded railway crossing. This platform served passenger trains from Stockport travelling westwards towards Warrington and Liverpool.

## Northenden Junction and signal box

Northenden Junction signal box is 200 yards (183 metres) to the east of where the main station buildings were, on the north side of the line, adjoining Longley Lane. The signal box was built using CLC's standard dark brick construction and utilised an unusually tall design, sufficiently high to enable the signalman on duty to readily see above Longley Lane road bridge over the line and on to Northenden Junction, 200 yards (183 m) away to the east, where the London & North Western Railway's line from Stockport (Edgeley) station joined the Cheshire Lines Committee line from Stockport Tiviot Dale. The signal box controlled sets of signals protecting the junction and also operated the powered railway switching points.

## Passenger train service

From its opening in 1866, Northenden station was served by local CLC passenger trains from Stockport Tiviot Dale to Altrincham, Warrington Central and Liverpool Central stations.

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened its line from Stockport Edgeley, via Cheadle LNW to Northenden on 1 August 1866. Between that date and 1917, the LNWR operated a passenger train service from Stockport (Edgeley) and on to Broadheath and Warrington Arpley, thence to Liverpool Lime street. These trains used the Northenden Line Junction to Cheadle Village Junction curve in Stockport to access the line to Northenden (see adjacent map).

During the late 19th century, the CLC operated five trains per day from Stockport Tiviot Dale, stopping at Northenden and continuing via Deansgate Junction near Broadheath to Altrincham. The trains were timed to connect at Altrincham with the CLC trains from Manchester Central to Northwich and Chester.

Until 1939, some express trains running through Sheffield Victoria along the Woodhead Line used the route from Godley East through Northenden to bypass Manchester, including some LNER Hull to Liverpool trains. These trains did not stop at the station.

The weekday westbound CLC local train service in July 1922 comprised four trains to Warrington or Liverpool and five to Altrincham. By August 1946, the service to Altrincham had ceased and just four passenger trains per weekday ran to Warrington Central and Liverpool Central. The January 1956 passenger service was at the same sparse level.

For most of the station's existence, the passenger trains were hauled by steam locomotives, but for some years leading up to the second World War, some services from Stockport via Northenden to Altrincham were operated by the CLC's own fleet of Sentinel steam railcars. Northenden station was closed on 30 November 1964 when passenger trains were withdrawn by British Railways and the buildings were later demolished. Passenger trains using Diesel multiple units still operate through the disused site, but these are now from Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport, then travelling non-stop to Navigation Road and onwards to Altrincham, Northwich and Chester.

## Freight services

A two-line goods siding was located to the south of the westbound platform. This was served by local freight trains, which shunted the sidings each day. The goods facilities at Northenden were withdrawn on 19 June 1965. The sidings remained in use for various cement manufacturing companies over the years including Blue Circle Cement and later Lafarge.

Until the early 1960s there was a very intensive service of freight trains through Northenden, with trains heading from Yorkshire and the North Midlands to Liverpool Docks and Birkenhead Docks and elsewhere. Local freight trains stopped at Northenden each day, with goods wagons containing coal and other materials being shunted into the sidings for unloading by local merchants and businesses.

A large waste disposal terminal was constructed to the south of the junction in the mid-1970s. This being the property of Greater Manchester County Council (until 1986; since 1986 GMW). This two-line siding continues in use for the dispatch of container trains carrying landfill refuse. The destination for these being Roxby Gullet near Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire

Diesel-hauled freight trains still run through Northenden. These include heavy block trains carrying limestone from quarries at Tunstead (near Buxton) Derbyshire to the alkali works located near Northwich, Cheshire.

## Railway diagram showing Northenden station and junction

Notes Bibliography  * Awdry, Christopher (1990), *Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies*, Guild Publishing, CN 8986
* Bradshaw-Mitchell, Vic, ed. (2011), *Bradshaw's December 1895 Railway Guide*, Middleton Press, ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6
* St John Thomas, David, ed. (1985), *Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide*, Guild Publishing
* Bradshaw, N.A. (1956), *Bradshaw's Manchester ABC Railway Guide January 1956*, Henry Blacklock & Co Ltd
* Butt, R.V.J. (1995), *The Directory of Railway Stations*, Patrick Stephens, ISBN 1-85260-508-1
* Bolger, Paul (1984), *The Cheshire Lines Committee*, Heyday Publishing, ISBN 0-947562-00-1
* Dyckhoff, Nigel (1999), *Portrait of the Cheshire Lines Committee*, Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0-7110-2521-5
* Griffiths, R.P. (1978), *The Cheshire Lines Railway*, The Oakwood Press
* Fox, Gregory K. (1986), *Scenes from the Past:1 The Railways around Stockport*, Foxline Publications, ISBN 1-870119-00-2
* Rose, R.E. (1987), *The LMS & LNER in Manchester*, Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0-7110-1708-5

| Preceding station |  | Disused railways |  | Following station |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baguley
Line open, station closed |  | Cheshire Lines Committee
Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway |  | Cheadle (CLC)
Line and station closed |
| |  | London and North Western Railway
Warrington and Stockport Railway |  | Cheadle (LNW)
Line open, station closed |

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| Northenden | |
| --- | --- |
| Northenden station in 1954, looking east; it shows the station building, with the signal box in the background | |
| General information | |
| Location | Sharston, Manchester
England |
| Coordinates | 53°23′55″N 2°15′11″W / 53.3986°N 2.2531°W / 53.3986; -2.2531 |
| Grid reference | SJ832891 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Post-grouping | Cheshire Lines Committee |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1866 | Opened |
| 30 November 1964 | Closed |
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title: Lophogobius

abstract: Lophogobius is a small genus of gobies native to the Pacific and western Atlantic oceans.

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# Lophogobius

***Lophogobius*** is a small genus of gobies native to the Pacific and western Atlantic oceans.

## Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

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| *Lophogobius* | |
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|  | |
| Crested goby *(Lophogobius cyprinoides)* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | *Lophogobius*
T. N. Gill, 1862 |
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| Type species | |
| *Gobius cristagalli*
Valenciennes, 1837 | |