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Goldin Senneby
Goldin+Senneby is the collaborative duo of artists Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby. They have worked together under this name since 2004 and are based in Stockholm. Their collaboration started with The Port (2004–2006); a series of insertions into the online world Second Life, exhibited among other places on Artport, Whitney Museum of American Art in 2005. They are also known for the project AfterMicrosoft, in which they re-photographed the site in Sonoma valley where ''Bliss'', the default wallpaper in Windows XP, was taken. In their more recent body of work, known as Headless (2007–), they approach the sphere of offshore finance, and its production of virtual space through legal code. Looking at strategies of withdrawal and secrecy, they trace an offshore company in the Bahamas called Headless Ltd. A ghostwritten detective novel continuously narrates their investigations. This work was exhibited at the 28th São Paulo Art Biennial, The Power Plant, Toronto, with an epilogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Goldin
Alexander Goldin (born February 27, 1964) is an American chess grandmaster of Russian origin. Goldin had success from a young age. In 1981 he won the USSR Under-18 Championship. He was a joint winner of the Soviet Championship semifinal at Sevastopol in 1986 (a qualifier for the 1987 First League Final). Other tournament successes include winning the Philadelphia's World Open in 1998 and 2001. In 2003 Goldin won the American Continental Chess Championship in Buenos Aires edging out on tiebreak score Giovanni Vescovi, after both players scored 8.5/11. In team chess, he played board three for the US team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià Calvià () is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burgu ... and registered a 65% score. References External links * * * * * 1965 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Paull Goldin
Richard Paull Goldin (born January 5, 1965) is an American actor, producer, director and television personality. He is known for his roles in daytime drama as Jake Martin in ABC's '' All My Children''. In May 2013, Goldin joined the cast of the CBS's ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Goldin also hosts the HGTV series ''Spontaneous Construction'', which premiered on the network on February 15, 2013. Early life Goldin was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Paul Goldin, a London-born entertainer, behavioral psychologist and hypnotist who hosted in his own show in England, and Irish actress P.J. Goldin. Paul Goldin was born into a Jewish family, the son of a French father and English mother. Goldin has siblings: Sarah, David, Bobby and Katie-Jane. His uncle is British film director Jack Gold. Goldin made his television debut at the age of three when he appeared in an episode of ''Romper Room''. The family returned to England the following year when Goldin was four ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish-language Surnames
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, its worldwide peak was 11 million, with the number of speakers in the United States and Canada then totaling 150,000. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hambu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Surnames
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries CE. Jews have some of the largest varieties of surnames among any ethnic group, owing to the geographically diverse Jewish diaspora, as well as cultural assimilation and the recent trend toward Hebraization of surnames. Some traditional surnames relate to Jewish history or roles within the religion, such as Cohen ("priest"), Levi, Shulman ("synagogue-man"), Sofer ("scribe"), or Kantor ("cantor"), while many others relate to a secular occupation or place names. The majority of Jewish surnames used today developed in the past three hundred years. History Historically, Jews used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ''ben-'' or ''bat-'' ("son of" and "daughter of," respectively), and then the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golding
Golding is an English surname. People People with the surname include: * Andrew Golding (born 1963), English cricketer * Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606), English translator * Ashton Golding (born 1996), Jamaican rugby league footballer * Belle Golding (1864–1940), Australian feminist activist * Benjamin Golding (1793–1863), British doctor * Bill Golding (1916–1999), Australian rules footballer * Binker Golding (born 1985), British jazz musician * Bob Golding (born 1970), English actor * Bruce Golding (born 1947), Jamaican politician * Frank Golding (1890–1966), Australian rules footballer * George Golding (1906–1999), Australian runner * Germaine Golding (born 1887), French tennis player * Grant Golding (born 1981), Canadian gymnast * Henry Golding (died 1576), British Member of Parliament * Henry Golding (died 1593), British Member of Parliament * Henry Golding (actor) (born 1987), British–Malaysian actor * James Golding (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden (name)
Golden is a family name that can be of English, Jewish or Irish origin. It can be a variant spelling of Golding. It is also sometimes a given name, generally male. Notable people with the surname Golden * Al Golden (American football) (born 1969), American college football coach * Andrew Golden, gunman in the 1998 Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooting * Andrew K. Golden, American investment manager * Anne Golden (born 1942), Canadian administrator * Annie Golden (born 1951), American actress and singer * Antonio Gandy-Golden (born 1998), American football player *Arthur Golden (born 1956), American novelist, author of ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' * Christopher Golden (born 1967), American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels * Daniel Golden, American journalist * Dave Golden, American musician and Fulbright Scholar * Diana Golden (actress) * Diana Golden (skier) (1963–2001), American disabled ski racer *Eddie Golden, stage name for American professional wrestler Harold Edward C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goldin Institute
The Goldin Institute is a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, US, that works directly with communities around the globe to create their own strategies and solutions to issues such as poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, gender empowerment and conflict resolution. History The institute was founded in 2002 by Diane Goldin and Executive Director Travis Rejman, in direct association with The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions. On October 27, 2002, The Goldin Institute for International Partnership and Peace, a network-forming symposium created to bring together global grassroots leaders in the inter-religious movement, was convened in Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, the Institute for Food and Development Policy published Goldin's study, "The Limits of Microcredit—A Bangladesh Case". in November 2009, National Public Radio aired a segment on the program ''Worldview'' highlighting the Goldin Institute's Improving Microcredit: Listening to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldin Finance 117
Goldin Finance 117, also known as China 117 Tower (Chinese: 中国117大厦), is an unfinished skyscraper in Xiqing District, Tianjin, China. The tower was topped out in 2015 at a height of 597 m (1,959 ft). It has 128 storeys above ground, with 117 of them housing hotel and commercial space, which provides the source of the building’s name. Construction began in 2008 but was twice halted, and as of December 2022, it remains unfinished and unoccupied. Goldin Finance 117 and other failed skyscraper projects in China were responsible for the government banning construction of buildings over 500 metres (1,640 feet). If ever completed, Goldin Finance 117 will be China's last 500m+ tower for the foreseeable future. Construction history Construction of the skyscraper began in 2008 and was scheduled for completion in 2014. However, work was suspended in January 2010 due to the fallout of the Great Recession and eventually resumed in 2011 with the new estimated completion of 2018–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore W
Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatchewan People * Theodore (given name), includes the etymology of the given name and a list of people * Theodore (surname), a list of people Fictional characters * Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, on the television series ''Prison Break'' * Theodore Huxtable, on the television series ''The Cosby Show'' Other uses * Theodore (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse * Theodore Racing, a Formula One racing team See also * Principality of Theodoro, a principality in the south-west Crimea from the 13th to 15th centuries * Thoros (other), Armenian for Theodore * James Bass Mullinger James Bass Mullinger (1834 or 1843 – 22 November 1917), sometimes known by his pen name Theodorus, was a British author, historian, lecturer and scholar. A l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Goldin
Stephen Charles Goldin (born February 28, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Goldin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, he worked for the U.S. Navy as a civilian space scientist before becoming a full-time writer. He has also worked as a writer and editor for the '' San Francisco Ball'', designed and written manuals for a number of computer games, and co-taught a writing class at the California State University at Northridge. A member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), he has served as editor of its ''SFWA Bulletin'' and held the position of the association's western regional director. Goldin has been married twice, first to Kathleen Sky (from 1972 to 1982) and later to Mary Mason (from 1987 to present). He has collaborated with both in his fiction. Goldin lives in California. Goldin's "The Last Ghost" was a 1972 nominee for the Nebula Award for best short s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney M
Sidney may refer to: People * Sidney (surname), English surname * Sidney (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Sidney (footballer, born 1972), full name Sidney da Silva Souza, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Sidney (footballer, born 1979), full name Sidney Santos de Brito, Brazilian football defender Characters *Sidney Prescott, main character from the ''Scream'' horror trilogy * Sidney (''Ice Age''), a ground sloth in the ''Ice Age'' film series * Sidney (''Pokémon''), a character of the ''Pokémon'' universe *Sidney, one of ''The Bash Street Kids'' * Sidney Jenkins, a character in the British teenage drama '' Skins'' *Sidney Hever, Edward's fireman from ''The Railway Series'' and the TV series ''Thomas and Friends'' *Sidney, a diesel engine from the TV series ''Thomas and Friends'' *Sidney Freedman, a recurring character in the TV series ''M*A*S*H'' Places Canada *Sidney, British Columbia *Sidney, Manitoba United Kingdom *Sidney Sussex C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
