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one of the challenges to the proper maintenance and management of existing facilities is understanding how bim can be utilized to support a holistic understanding and implementation of building management practices and cost of ownership principles that support the full product lifecycle of a building an american national standard entitled appa 1000 total cost of ownership for facilities asset management incorporates bim to factor in a variety of critical requirements and costs over the life cycle of the building including but not limited to replacement of energy utility and safety systems continual maintenance of the building exterior and interior and replacement of materials updates to design and functionality and recapitalization costs |
small bim related seminars and independent bim effort existed in south korea even in the 1990s however it was not until the late 2000s that the korean industry paid attention to bim the first industry level bim conference was held in april 2008 after which bim has been spread very rapidly since 2010 the korean government has been gradually increasing the scope of bim mandated projects mcgraw hill published a detailed report in 2012 on the status of bim adoption and implementation in south korea |
dubai municipality issued a circular 196 in 2014 mandating bim use for buildings of a certain size height or type the one page circular initiated strong interest in bim and the market responded in preparation for more guidelines and direction in 2015 the municipality issued another circular 207 titled regarding the expansion of applying the bim on buildings and facilities in the emirate of dubai which made bim mandatory on more projects by reducing the minimum size and height requirement for projects requiring bim this second circular drove bim adoption further with several projects and organizations adopting uk bim standards as best practice in 2016 the uae s quality and conformity commission set up a bim steering group to investigate statewide adoption of bim |
in estonia digital construction cluster digitaalehituse klaster was formed in 2015 to develop bim solutions for the whole life cycle of construction the strategic objective of the cluster is to develop an innovative digital construction environment as well as vdc new product development grid and e construction portal to increase the international competitiveness and sales of estonian businesses in the construction field the cluster is equally co funded by european structural and investment funds through enterprise estonia and by the members of the cluster with a total budget of 600 000 euros for the period 2016 2018 |
through the new d l 50 in april 2016 italy has included into its own legislation several european directives including 2014 24 eu on public procurement the decree states among the main goals of public procurement the rationalization of designing activities and of all connected verification processes through the progressive adoption of digital methods and electronic instruments such as building and infrastructure information modelling a norm in 8 parts is also being written to support the transition uni 11337 1 uni 11337 4 and uni 11337 5 were published in january 2017 with five further chapters to follow within a year |
the bim association of slovakia bimas was established in january 2013 as the first slovak professional organisation focused on bim although there are neither standards nor legislative requirements to deliver projects in bim many architects structural engineers and contractors plus a few investors are already applying bim a slovak implementation strategy created by bimas and supported by the chamber of civil engineers and chamber of architects has yet to be approved by slovak authorities due to their low interest in such innovation |
in may 2011 uk government chief construction adviser paul morrell called for bim adoption on uk government construction projects morrell also told construction professionals to adopt bim or be betamaxed out in june 2011 the uk government published its bim strategy announcing its intention to require collaborative 3d bim with all project and asset information documentation and data being electronic on its projects by 2016 initially compliance would require building data to be delivered in a vendor neutral cobie format thus overcoming the limited interoperability of bim software suites available on the market the uk government bim task group led the government s bim programme and requirements including a free to use set of uk standards and tools that defined level 2 bim in april 2016 the uk government published a new central web portal as a point of reference for the industry for level 2 bim the work of the bim task group now continues under the stewardship of the cambridge based centre for digital built britain cdbb announced in december 2017 and formally launched in early 2018 |
outside of government industry adoption of bim from 2016 has been led by the uk bim alliance an independent not for profit collaboratively based organisation formed to champion and enable the implementation of bim and to connect and represent organisations groups and individuals working towards digital transformation of the uk s built environment industry the uk bim alliance s executive team directs activities in three core areas engagement implementation and operations internal support and secretariat functions in november 2017 the uk bim alliance merged with the uk chapter of buildingsmart |
although the concept of bim and relevant processes are being explored by contractors architects and developers alike the term itself has been questioned and debated with alternatives including virtual building environment vbe also considered unlike some countries such as the uk the us has not adopted a set of national bim guidelines allowing different systems to remain in competition in 2021 the national institute of building sciences nibs looked at applying uk bim experiences to developing shared us bim standards and processes the us national bim standard had largely been developed through volunteer efforts nibs aimed to create a national bim programme to drive effective adoption at a national scale |
bim has the potential to play a vital role in the nigerian aec sector in addition to its potential clarity and transparency it may help promote standardization across the industry for instance utiome suggests that in conceptualizing a bim based knowledge transfer framework from industrialized economies to urban construction projects in developing nations generic bim objects can benefit from rich building information within specification parameters in product libraries and used for efficient streamlined design and construction similarly an assessment of the current state of the art by kori found that medium and large firms were leading the adoption of bim in the industry smaller firms were less advanced with respect to process and policy adherence there has been little adoption of bim in the built environment due to construction industry resistance to changes or new ways of doing things the industry is still working with conventional 2d cad systems in services and structural designs although production could be in 3d systems there is virtually no utilisation of 4d and 5d systems |
4d modelling enables project participants architects designers contractors clients to plan sequence the physical activities visualise the critical path of a series of events mitigate the risks report and monitor progress of activities through the lifetime of the project 4d bim enables a sequence of events to be depicted visually on a time line that has been populated by a 3d model augmenting traditional gantt charts and critical path cpm schedules often used in project management construction sequences can be reviewed as a series of problems using 4d bim enabling users to explore options manage solutions and optimize results |
jerry charles miculek jr born september 7 1954 is an american professional speed and competition shooter known for his many world records appearances on tv and internet videos miculek is widely regarded as the fastest and most proficient all around speed and competition shooter in the world emptying a five shot revolver in 0 57 seconds in a group the size of a playing card thus often being dubbed the greatest shooter of all time miculek currently holds five officially sanctioned world records in revolver shooting and over 15 unsanctioned records with firearms ranging from rapid firing pistols to the barrett m107 50 bmg rifle additional accomplishments include six shots in 98 seconds with a barrett m107 50 bmg rifle and a 1000 yard shot off hand with his signature 9mm smith wesson revolver |
the name avalokite vara combines the verbal prefix ava down lokita a past participle of the verb lok to notice behold observe here used in an active sense and finally vara lord ruler sovereign or master in accordance with sandhi sanskrit rules of sound combination a vara becomes e vara combined the parts mean lord who gazes down at the world the word loka world is absent from the name but the phrase is implied it does appear in the cambodian form of the name lokesvarak |
the earliest translation of the name avalokite vara into chinese by authors such as xuanzang was as gu nz z i not the form used in east asian buddhism today guanyin it was initially thought that this was due to a lack of fluency as guanyin indicates the original sanskrit form was instead avalokitasvara who looked down upon sound i e the cries of sentient beings who need help it is now understood avalokitasvara was the original form and is also the origin of guanyin perceiving sound cries this translation was favored by the tendency of some chinese translators notably kum raj va to use the variant gu nsh y n who perceives the world s lamentations wherein lok was read as simultaneously meaning both to look and world sanskrit loka the original form avalokitasvara appears in sanskrit fragments of the fifth century |
the original meaning of the name fits the buddhist understanding of the role of a bodhisattva the reinterpretation presenting him as an vara shows a strong influence of hinduism as the term vara was usually connected to the hindu notion of vishnu in vaishnavism or iva in shaivism as the supreme lord creator and ruler of the world some attributes of such a god were transmitted to the bodhisattva but the mainstream of those who venerated avalokite vara upheld the buddhist rejection of the doctrine of any creator god |
the lotus sutra is generally accepted to be the earliest literature teaching about the doctrines of avalokite vara these are found in chapter 25 of the lotus sutra universal gate of bodhisattva avalokite vara this chapter is devoted to avalokite vara describing him as a compassionate bodhisattva who hears the cries of sentient beings and who works tirelessly to help those who call upon his name a total of 33 different manifestations of avalokite vara are described including female manifestations all to suit the minds of various beings the chapter consists of both a prose and a verse section this earliest source often circulates separately as its own sutra called the avalokite vara s tra and is commonly recited or chanted at buddhist temples in east asia |
in chinese buddhism and east asia tangmi practices for the 18 armed form of avalokite vara called cund are very popular these practices have their basis in the early indian vajrayana her origins lie with a yakshini cult in bengal and orissa and her name in sanskrit connotes a prostitute or other woman of low caste but specifically denotes a prominent local ogress whose divinised form becomes the subject of an important buddhist cult starting in the eighth century the popularity of cund is attested by the three extant translations of the cund dh ra s tra from sanskrit to chinese made from the end of the seventh century to the beginning of the eighth century in late imperial china these early esoteric traditions still thrived in buddhist communities robert gimello has also observed that in these communities the esoteric practices of cund were extremely popular among both the populace and the elite |
in times past both tantrayana and mahayana have been found in some of the theravada countries but today the buddhism of ceylon burma thailand laos and cambodia is almost exclusively theravada based on the pali canon the only mahayana deity that has entered the worship of ordinary buddhists in theravada countries is bodhisattva avalokitesvara in ceylon he is known as natha deva and mistaken by the majority for the buddha yet to come bodhisattva maitreya the figure of avalokitesvara usually is found in the shrine room near the buddha image in more recent times some western educated therav dins have attempted to identify n tha with maitreya bodhisattva however traditions and basic iconography including an image of amit bha buddha on the front of the crown identify n tha as avalokite vara andrew skilton writes |
avalokite vara is popularly worshiped in myanmar where he is called lokanat or lokabyuharnat and thailand where he is called lokesvara the bodhisattva goes by many other names in indochina and thailand he is lokesvara the lord of the world in tibet he is chenrezig also spelled spyan ras gzigs with a pitying look in china the bodhisattva takes a female form and is called guanyin also spelled kwan yin kuanyin or kwun yum hearing the sounds of the world in japan guanyin is kannon or kanzeon in korea gwan eum in vietnam quan am |
on the basis of study of buddhist scriptures ancient tamil literary sources as well as field survey the japanese scholar shu hikosaka proposes the hypothesis that the ancient mount potalaka the residence of avalokite vara described in the ga avy ha s tra and xuanzang s great tang records on the western regions is the real mountain pothigai in ambasamudram tirunelveli tamil nadukeralaborder shu also says that mount potalaka has been a sacred place for the people of south india from time immemorial it is the traditional residence of siddhar agastya at agastya mala with the spread of buddhism in the region beginning at the time of the great king a oka in the third century bce it became a holy place also for buddhists who gradually became dominant as a number of their hermits settled there the local people though mainly remained followers of the tamil animist religion the mixed tamil buddhist cult culminated in the formation of the figure of avalokite vara |
in april 2010 smith appeared on the mo nique show to perform her single fly away with me and promote her album conflict she later announced that she was planning to release a new project in 2010 in july 2010 smith went on tour with mark de clive lowe in mid august 2010 smith released a single truth to itunes in october 2010 smith received a soultrack readers choice award song of the year nomination for her song greatest weapon of all time on october 26 2010 smith released her best of album syberselects a collection of sy smith favorites |
a few days before the election 3 of the 4 candidates called on the general election committee to resign alleging that the election was not being run cleanly the outgoing president said that the committee should do everything possible to ensure the election was fair before the election there were protests in the capital ulan bator calling for a more open electoral system and protesting against alleged corruption however international election monitors reported that they did not find any irregularities in the election |
liston was born in kansas city missouri at the age of seven melba s mother purchased her a trombone her family encouraged her musical pursuits as they were all music lovers liston was primarily self taught but she was encouraged by her guitar playing grandfather with whom she spent significant time learning to play spirituals and folk songs at the age of eight she was good enough to be a solo act on a local radio station at the age of 10 she moved to los angeles california she was classmates with dexter gordon and friends with eric dolphy after playing in youth bands and studying with alma hightower she joined the big band led by gerald wilson in 1944 |
she recorded with saxophonist dexter gordon in 1947 and joined dizzy gillespie s big band which included saxophonists john coltrane paul gonsalves and pianist john lewis in new york for a time when wilson disbanded his orchestra in 1948 liston performed in a supporting role and was nervous when asked to take solos but with encouragement she became more comfortable as a featured voice in bands she toured with count basie then with billie holiday 1949 but was so profoundly affected by the indifference of the audiences and the rigors of the road that she gave up playing and turned to education liston taught for about three years |
she took a clerical job for some years and supplemented her income by taking work as an extra in hollywood appearing with lana turner in the prodigal 1955 and in the ten commandments 1956 liston returned to gillespie for tours sponsored by the u s state department in 1956 and 1957 recorded with art blakey s jazz messengers 1957 and formed an all women quintet in 1958 in 1959 she visited europe with the show free and easy for which quincy jones was music director she accompanied billy eckstine with the quincy jones orchestra on at basin street east released on october 1 1961 by verve |
in the late 1950s she began collaborating with pianist randy weston arranging compositions primarily his own for mid size to large ensembles this association especially strong in the 1960s would be rekindled in the late 1980s and 1990s until her death in addition she worked with milt jackson clark terry and johnny griffin as well as working as an arranger for motown appearing on albums by ray charles in 1964 she helped establish the pittsburgh jazz orchestra in 1971 she was chosen as musical arranger for stax recording artist calvin scott whose album was being produced by stevie wonder s first producer clarence paul on this album she worked with joe sample and wilton felder of the jazz crusaders blues guitarist arthur adams and jazz drummer paul humphrey in 1973 she moved to jamaica to teach at the jamaica school of music for six years before returning to the u s to lead her own bands |
she was forced to give up playing in 1985 after a stroke left her partially paralyzed but she continued to arrange music with randy weston in 1987 she was awarded the jazz masters fellowship of the national endowment for the arts after suffering repeated strokes she died in los angeles california in 1999 a few days after a tribute to her and randy weston s music at harvard university her funeral at st peter s in manhattan featured performances by weston with jann parker as well as by chico o farrill s afro cuban ensemble and by lorenzo shihab vocals |
she goes on to recount the struggles she experienced as an african american woman which affected her musical career however she generally spoke positively about the camaraderie with and support from male musicians liston also dealt with larger issues of inequity in the music industry one writer has said it was clear that she had to continually prove her credentials in order to gain suitable employment as a musician composer and arranger she was not paid equitable scale and was often denied access to the larger opportunities as a composer and arranger |
senda started his career as an apprentice with southampton he joined wycombe wanderers as a striker during the 1998 99 season and made his wycombe debut as a substitute during the home game with oldham athletic in march 1999 although he had to wait until january 2000 for his full debut he scored his first goal at first team level during the 3 1 victory at wrexham the following month he was subsequently converted to a right wing back role by lawrie sanchez and became a first team regular |
senda was injured in the final game of the season on 3 may 2008 against swindon at the county ground a game in which he also scored his only goal for the club in a brief interview with the south london press senda thanked the swindon fans for applauding him off the pitch and lions supporters and players for their support since the injury stating it was quite humbling he spent 16 months on the sidelines before his contract expired at the end of the 2008 09 season he was then offered a one month contract on 27 july 2009 to prove his fitness |
the australian football league finals series more generally known as the afl finals and known from 1897 until 1989 as the victorian football league finals series or vfl finals is a tournament held at the end of each afl season to determine the premier the top eight teams qualify for the finals based on the home and away season results and finals matches are played over four weeks under the conventions of the afl final eight system culminating in the afl grand final the finals series is traditionally held throughout september |
the playing of a finals series at the end of the season dates back to the establishment of the victorian football league in 1897 after experimenting with different systems in the early years the league utilised variations of the four team argus finals system from 1901 until 1930 then different variations of the mcintyre system from 1931 until 1999 beginning with four teams and expanding gradually to eight since 2000 the finals have been conducted under the eponymous afl final eight system the systems in use have typically been combinations of single and double elimination tournaments designed to give higher ranked teams an easier path to the premiership |
with the exception of the afl grand final which is contracted to be staged at the melbourne cricket ground finals matches are played in the state of the home team giving a home state advantage to the higher placed team venue contracts for finals matches are held by the afl and are not related to the clubs home venue contracts consequently the home team is not necessarily entitled to play at its usual home venue if the afl s finals contracts are held with a different venue in its state |
in the early years of the vfl finals matches were generally played at neutral suburban venues starting from 1902 the melbourne cricket ground became the primary venue for finals including grand finals and from 1908 when all finals were played on different days it became the sole venue for finals except from 1942 until 1945 when it was commandeered for military use during world war ii long term contracts were signed between the melbourne cricket club and the vfl for use of the venue in finals including a ten year deal running from 1932 to 1941 followed by a deal running until 1956 and a subsequent deal ending in 1971 the vfl always resented the arrangement as the mcc held most of the negotiating leverage and ended up with the more favourable deal in the contract and the vfl sought actively to break its reliance on the deal |
the opening in 1970 of the vfl owned vfl park with a capacity for almost 80 000 spectators gave the league a viable new finals venue in november 1971 the vfl signed a new three year deal for finals to be played at the mcg but shortly afterwards it announced the expansion of the finals to the mcintyre final five system providing two new finals matches which could be staged at vfl park while still fulfilling the requirement for four finals at the mcg it became standard to stage the elimination final and second semi final at vfl park and in 1975 after the three year contract signed in november 1971 had ended a new agreement shifted the preliminary final to vfl park also resulting in three matches at each venue during the finals this arrangement persisted from 1975 until 1990 attempts were made during the late 1970s and early 1980s to shift the grand final to vfl park but a bitter political struggle which included the cain state government ultimately blocked this move at the end of 1983 |
as the melbourne cricket ground was the home of and from 1965 onwards those teams automatically held a home ground advantage in the finals prior to the nationalisation of the league it was considered philosophically desirable that the finals be played on neutral ground and one club delegate went as far as proposing in 1961 after melbourne had won five premierships in six years that the mcg s goal posts should be moved prior to each melbourne finals match to nullify its home ground advantage the idea was overwhelmingly voted down and the delegate was roundly laughed at for his suggestion the desire for neutral venues persisted and from 1977 until 1986 a rule existed requiring that any finals featuring melbourne or richmond other than the grand final would be played at vfl park instead of the mcg |
under the new finals contract beginning in 1992 non victorian clubs could host their home finals in their own states subject to the stipulation that at least one final be played at the mcg each week during the finals this became increasingly controversial in the early 2000s a period of time when non victorian clubs dominated the competition after several non victorian clubs were forced to host their home finals in victoria this led to a renegotiation of the contract in 2005 which introduced the current requirement for ten finals matches plus all grand finals to be staged at the mcg every rolling five year period the afl was forced to make some concessions to secure this renegotiation on finals matches which included giving up the exclusivity it held over mcg access on weekends in winter allowing the mcg new rights to schedule other major sporting events under the 1992 2004 contract non victorian clubs were forced to play their home finals at the mcg on five occasions 1993 preliminary final adelaide vs essendon 1996 first semi final west coast vs essendon 1999 first semi final west coast vs carlton 2002 second semi final adelaide vs melbourne and 2004 second preliminary final brisbane vs geelong |
since 2020 extra time consists of two periods of play each lasting three minutes plus time on with a change of ends between periods these periods are played in full and the team leading at the end of the second period of extra time wins the match if the scores are still level at the end of the second period of extra time additional pairs of periods will be played until a winner is determined the same procedure was used from 1991 to 2015 except periods lasted five minutes plus time on |
because of the 2007 08 writers guild of america strike there were only 12 episodes produced in this season instead of the usual 20 with4 consecutive episodes made between february 23 and march 15 making this the shortest season in the series run and beating out both the sixth 1980 1981 season and the thirteenth 1987 1988 season which had thirteen episodes and were also cut short due to wga strikes the only difference being that the hiatus in season 33 didn t abruptly end the season like it had with seasons6 and 13 in addition season six was also cut short due to nbc executives putting saturday night live on hiatus for retooling following jean doumanian s termination and the hiring of dick ebersol to salvage the show this is also the only season in snl history not to have a new christmas episode since the wga strike spanned from november 2007 to february 2008 |
on november 5 2007 after the episode hosted by brian williams the writers guild of america went on strike it was announced that snl would air its next episode on november 10 2007 with host dwayne johnson and musical guest amy winehouse live on air with a future episode to follow featuring jonah hill and musical guest kid rock however on november 7 2007 the show s official website confirmed that those episodes were canceled and reruns would be seen beginning november 10 and would continue for the duration of the strike hill eventually hosted the march 15 episode with musical guest mariah carey filling in for a flu stricken janet jackson and johnson would host next season with musical guest ray lamontagne amy winehouse would never get the chance to be a musical guest host or even cameo due to her death in 2011 |
cherrix was diagnosed with the blood cancer and underwent an initial round of chemotherapy in 2005 when he was told in early 2006 that he needed further treatment he rejected any further use of chemotherapy or radiation because of the side effects his parents supported his choice and were subsequently accused by the state of medical neglect of their child the lower court decided against the parents but the decision was overturned on appeal and the parties reached a compromise in a consent decree in which cherrix would receive treatment from a board certified specialist of cherrix s choice |
after the circuit court overturned the conviction of his parents in august 2006 cherrix s treatment was supervised by arnold smith of mississippi a radiation oncologist with an interest in alternative cancer therapies his treatment under smith has included low dose radiation therapy as well as a sugar free wheat free organic food diet and various vitamins aimed at increasing his immune system s activity cherrix has cycled in and out of apparent remission under this treatment plan with the need for a fifth round of treatments at the end of 2009 |
on july 9 1790 congress passed the residence act which approved the creation of a national capital on the potomac river the exact location was to be selected by president george washington who chose a portion of the states of maryland and virginia on january 24 1791 originally government officials did not foresee that the city of washington would expand to fill the boundaries of the entire district of columbia the federal city or city of washington originally lay within an area bounded by boundary street northwest and northeast 15th street northeast east capitol street the anacostia river the potomac river and rock creek |
former landmarks on florida avenue include henderson s castle a massive red sandstone mansion built at the corner of florida avenue and 16th street nw in 1888 for senator john b henderson the mansion was razed in 1949 although the retaining wall and gates have survived another former landmark was holmead s burying ground located on florida avenue between 19th and 20th streets founded in 1796 it was the city s most prominent cemetery for the first 50 years of the 19th century it was closed in 1874 and the bodies removed over the next decade griffith stadium also known as boundary stadium for boundary street was a major league baseball stadium bounded by florida avenue nw w street nw georgia avenue nw and 5th street nw built in 1911 it was torn down in 1965 |
the hair follicle is an organ found in mammalian skin it resides in the dermal layer of the skin and is made up of 20 different cell types each with distinct functions the hair follicle regulates hair growth via a complex interaction between hormones neuropeptides and immune cells this complex interaction induces the hair follicle to produce different types of hair as seen on different parts of the body for example terminal hairs grow on the scalp and lanugo hairs are seen covering the bodies of fetuses in the uterus and in some newborn babies the process of hair growth occurs in distinct sequential stages the first stage is called anagen and is the active growth phase telogen is the resting stage catagen is the regression of the hair follicle phase exogen is the active shedding of hair phase and lastly kenogen is the phase between the empty hair follicle and the growth of new hair |
the function of hair in humans has long been a subject of interest and continues to be an important topic in society developmental biology and medicine of all mammals humans have the longest growth phase of scalp hair compared to hair growth on other parts of the body for centuries humans have ascribed esthetics to scalp hair styling and dressing and it is often used to communicate social or cultural norms in societies in addition to its role in defining human appearance scalp hair also provides protection from uv sun rays and is an insulator against extremes of hot and cold temperatures differences in the shape of the scalp hair follicle determine the observed ethnic differences in scalp hair appearance length and texture |
during the 2014 season williams mills was very successful early in the season she and three other jamaican women won a silver medal in the 4 400 m relay at the 2014 world relays williams mills competed at the 2014 commonwealth games in glasgow and won a silver medal in the individual 400 m and a gold in the 4 400 m relay setting a games record in the latter she was also successful at diamond league meets where she was crowned the 2014 diamond league champion in the 400 m |
in 2015 williams mills again won a silver medal at the world relays as part of the jamaican 4 400 m team at the 2015 world championships in athletics in beijing williams mills finished sixth in the 400 m final involving four jamaican women in the relay along with christine day shericka jackson and stephenie ann mcpherson the individual 4th 3rd and 5th placers respectively the jamaican team won gold in front of the american favorites by just outsprinting them in the last 50 metres |
following the split eleventh avenue is two way traffic for access to 23rd street as well as for 24th street to access chelsea piers north of 24th street eleventh avenue is one way southbound from 24th to 34th streets where two way traffic resumes for access to the lincoln tunnel the segment between approximately 39th and 59th streets is home to the largest concentration of auto dealerships in manhattan eleventh avenue again becomes one way southbound between 40th and 57th streets two way traffic resumes north of 57th street |
the west side line of the new york central railroad once had on street running along part of eleventh avenue which along with tenth avenue become known as death avenue because of the large number of deaths that occurred due to train pedestrian collisions in 1929 the city the state and new york central agreed on the west side improvement project conceived by robert moses allocated funds for an elevated railway which would eliminate the grade crossings and alleviate the problems along tenth and eleventh avenues it also included construction of the west side elevated highway |
meanwhile the avenue s west end avenue section was originally created in the 1880s as the northern extension of eleventh avenue and was intended to be a commercial street serving the residents of the mansions to be constructed along riverside drive when west end avenue was named in the 1880s the upper west side was fairly sparsely populated and that upper portion of the avenue subsequently was called the west end because of its separation from the core of the city seeking to distinguish the area from the factories and tenements below 59th street a group of real estate developers renamed the northern portions of the west side s avenues |
this area has served the transport trade for more than a hundred years most of the stables for new york s remaining horse cabs are located on its side streets though many now store taxis and pedicabs it is not uncommon to hear the clip clop of horses in the vicinity as a result the carriage horses live in historic stables originally built in the 19th century but today boast the latest in barn design such as fans misting systems box stalls and state of the art sprinkler systems as horses always have in densely populated urban areas the carriage horses live upstairs in their stables while the carriages are parked below on the ground floor |
on february 7 1932 a fund to support lithuanians in foreign countries was established in lithuania making one of the first attempts to maintain closer ties between the lithuanian diaspora and lithuania three years later the first lithuanian world congress was held in kaunas which established the lithuanian world union the mission of the lithuanian world union also drafted during the congress called for a cultural and economic union of lithuanians in different countries however world war ii and lithuania s occupation interrupted the work many educated lithuanians fled to western countries hoping to avoid approaching soviet repressions in 1946 the lithuanian community in germany established the lithuanian deportees community which aimed at consolidating and helping lithuanians in germany in 1949 lithuania s supreme liberation committee vlik established in 1943 delivered the lithuanian charter and the constitutions of the lithuanian world community which solemnly pledged to support and unite all lithuanians outside lithuania s borders and promote lithuanian culture and language abroad the lithuanian charter also proclaimed |
in the 1950s many lithuanians from germany moved to the united states canada australia south america and other countries where they established new branches of the lithuanian community 1955 saw elections to the first lithuanian community council in the u s which allowed better coordination among the different lithuanian groups in 1960 lithuanians in the u s among them future president of lithuania valdas adamkus collected about 40 000 signatures and petitioned the united states government to intervene in the ongoing deportations of lithuanians to siberia conducted by the soviets |
the foundation of the episcopal see of albano is very probably contemporaneous with the erection of the constantinian basilica however the first bishop of the see of whom we have any knowledge is dionysius d 355 it is more than a century later 463 that we meet with another bishop of albano romanus to these is to be added ursinus whose name is found on an inscription in the catacomb of domitilla the consular date is either 345 or 395 the importance of this early christian community is apparent from its cemetery discovered in 1720 by marangoni it differs but little from the christian cemeteries found in rome its plan clearly mapped out in the epitome de locis ss martyrum quae sunt foris civitatis romae is considered by giovanni battista de rossi as the synopsis of an ancient description of the cemeteries written before the end of the 6th century |
the meuse valley at maaseik is about 4 kilometers wide maaseik has mostly been safeguarded of floods by its slightly elevated position on a fluvial terrace the riverbed has moved eastwards considerably over the centuries and has left several anabranches meanders and oxbow lakes an old anabranch of the meuse oude maasarm can be seen in heppeneert a hamlet south of maaseik deposition of sediments mainly gravel loam and clay occurred on the inner edges of the meanders for many decades gravel has been extracted from the area resulting in a multitude of disused gravel pits which have been mostly redesignated as nature reserves or watersports areas |
as its name would suggest aldeneik possibly to be translated as old oak is older than maaseik meuse oak although most toponyms with the affix eik refer to a landscape with oaks it is also possible that it is derived from the german word ecke which means corner old corner or bend may in that case be linked to the fact that historically the meuse formed a bend around aldeneik an oaktree however is present in the town s coat of arms which includes three crosses perhaps representing the three oldest parishes and a fish representing the river meuse |
the abbey probably suffered destruction by the vikings in the 9th century around 950 emperor otto i gave the restored monastery to the bishop of li ge who turned it into a religious chapter for male canons the reason for this reform may have been that there were already several religious institutions for noble women in the area susteren abbey thorn abbey and munsterbilzen abbey aldeneik abbey was abandoned at the beginning of the eighty years war but the chapter continued in nieuw eycke new oak now maaseik |
the industrial revolution of the 19th century seems to have bypassed maaseik the town had lost its importance and did not experience much growth which perhaps accounts for the survival of many houses from the 17th and 18th century until well into the 20th century several farms were active within the city walls the walls were gradually taken down in the course of the 19th and 20th century only a portion of the south section at walstraat remains some street names recall the names of the old city gates bospoort maaspoort in 2007 remains of a fortified tower were found during excavations for an underground parking garage |
a railroad built in the 19th century connected maaseik to the provincial capital hasselt but fell into disuse and was removed around 1950 it now serves as part of a bicycle network in belgian limburg in the early 20th century a bridge was built over the meuse connecting maaseik directly with the netherlands the bridge was destroyed several times during world wars i and ii the present bridge was built in 1951 and replaced a temporary bridge built by american troops in 1944 |
the main church of maaseik is the neoclassical sint catharinakerk church of saint catherine built in 1840 45 the predecessor of this church was for over 300 years the seat of a powerful religious institution the chapter of aldeneik which was originally based at nearby aldeneik abbey but in 1571 moved to maaseik in order to escape the religious troubles of the period the canons of aldeneik took their treasures with them which can now be seen in the sacristy of saint catherine s in aldeneik all that remains of the once mighty abbey is the heavily restored sint annakerk church of saint anne |
by the late 1950s and 1960s these cheap package holidays which combined flight transfers and accommodation provided the first chance for most people in the united kingdom to have affordable travel abroad one of the first charter airlines was euravia which commenced flights from manchester airport in 1961 and luton airport in 1962 despite opening up mass tourism to crete and the algarve in 1970 the package tour industry declined during the 1970s on 15 august 1974 the industry was shaken by the collapse of the second largest tour operator court line which operated under the brand names of horizon and clarksons nearly 50 000 tourists were stranded overseas and a further 100 000 people faced the loss of booking deposits |
in 2005 a growing number of consumers were avoiding package holidays and were instead travelling with budget airlines and booking their own accommodation in the uk the downturn in the package holiday market led to the consolidation of the tour operator market which is now dominated by a few large tour operators the major operators are thomson holidays and first choice part of tui ag and thomas cook ag under these umbrella brands are different holiday operators catering to different markets such as club 18 30 or traveleze budget airlines have also created their own package holiday divisions such as jet2holidays or japan airlines s j pack special |
four more buildings block 1 block 2 block 3 and block 4 were built in 1982 when the college underwent the most significant transformation in its history as part of a reorganisation of education in halesowen which saw sixth form facilities withdrawn from secondary schools as well as compulsory education being reorganised to traditional infant junior and secondary schools from the three tier system that had been introduced 10 years earlier this was a landmark change in education in the dudley borough sparking a similar reorganisation in the rest of the borough within a decade |
kovalchuk developed in the youth system of spartak moscow joining their senior team in the vysshaya liga in 1999 after two seasons with spartak he joined the atlanta thrashers of the nhl who selected him first overall in the 2001 nhl entry draft after eight seasons with the thrashers he was traded to the new jersey devils in 2010 with whom he signed a 15 year 100 million contract after a 17 year 102 million deal was rejected by the nhl in 2013 he left the nhl to return to russia joining ska saint petersburg where he played for five seasons before returning to the nhl in 2018 |
entering his nhl rookie season in 2001 02 kovalchuk scored 29 goals and 51 points despite missing 17 games with a season ending shoulder injury he finished second in voting to teammate dany heatley for the calder memorial trophy as nhl rookie of the year both were named to the nhl all rookie team after improving to 38 goals and 67 points in his second season kovalchuk scored 41 goals in 2003 04 making him a co winner of the maurice rocket richard trophy after tying for the nhl lead in goals with jarome iginla of the calgary flames and rick nash of the columbus blue jackets he also added 46 assists for 87 points tying him with joe sakic of the colorado avalanche for second in the nhl that season behind martin st louis kovalchuk also participated in his first nhl all star game in 2004 |
due to the 2004 05 nhl lockout kovalchuk returned to russia playing for both ak bars kazan and khimik moscow oblast of the russian superleague rsl after the lockout kovalchuk and the thrashers could not initially agree to a new contract so he stayed in russia rejoining khimik moscow oblast he played 11 games for the team recording 8 goals and 13 points before returning to the thrashers and nhl after signing a five year 32 million contract during the 2005 06 season he scored 52 goals tying him with rookie alexander ovechkin of the washington capitals for third in the nhl in scoring behind jonathan cheechoo of the san jose sharks 56 and jarom r j gr of the new york rangers 54 he also tied his career high of 46 assists for a career high 98 points leading the thrashers in team scoring for the second consecutive season while finishing eighth overall in nhl scoring he also became the first thrashers player to score 50 goals in a season |
in the 2006 07 season kovalchuk s point production dropped for the first time in his career he finished with 42 goals and 34 assists for 76 points during a game against the nashville predators on 11 january 2006 predators head coach barry trotz accused kovalchuk with always plays with an illegal stick trotz had asked the referees to check kovalchuk s stick following a thrashers goal but claimed kovalchuk was able to switch his stick before the referees could check despite his drop in production on the season kovalchuk and the thrashers qualified for the stanley cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history kovalchuk scored one goal and one assist in his nhl playoffs debut as the team lost in the opening round to the new york rangers in four games |
with the departure of bobby hol k to the new jersey devils in the 2008 off season the thrashers captaincy remained vacant for the first half of the 2008 09 season kovalchuk served as one of five alternate captains to start the season until the alternates collectively requested to general manager don waddell and head coach john anderson for kovalchuk to take over the captaincy soon thereafter on 11 january 2009 kovalchuk was named hol k s successor and the sixth team captain in thrashers history during the team s casino night charity event the announcement came amidst speculation that the thrashers were looking to trade kovalchuk as his contract was set to expire at the end of the following season kovalchuk completed his first season as team captain with 43 goals for his fifth consecutive 40 goal season and 91 points |
in the final year of his contract kovalchuk and the thrashers could not come to an agreement on an extension thrashers general manager don waddell reportedly offered 12 year 101 million and seven year 70 million contracts both of which kovalchuk turned down a few days after kovalchuk rejected the second contract offer waddell told him that he was going to be traded rather than risk losing him to unrestricted free agency for nothing in the off season despite the fact that the thrashers were still in the playoff race on 4 february 2010 kovalchuk was traded to the new jersey devils atlanta received defenceman johnny oduya rookie forward niclas bergfors junior prospect patrice cormier and a first round selection in the 2010 nhl entry draft in exchange for kovalchuk and defenceman anssi salmela the teams also traded second round selections in the 2010 nhl entry draft kovalchuk left the thrashers as their all time leader in several categories including games played goals assists and points he recorded two assists the following day in his devils debut a 4 3 win over the toronto maple leafs on 5 february kovalchuk eventually ended the season with 41 goals along with 44 assists for 85 points split between atlanta and new jersey on 10 february 2011 kovalchuk scored the game winning goal in a game over the maple leafs to give jacques lemaire the 600th win of his coaching career |
kovalchuk recorded a gordie howe hat trick a goal an assist and a fight on 4 february 2012 the two year anniversary of his trade to the devils against the philadelphia flyers this was the first such hat trick ever recorded by kovalchuk and second in the devils franchise following adam henrique the month before kovalchuk assisted on two goals by teammate kurtis foster scored a short handed goal then fought brayden schenn after a scrum formed when flyers forward zac rinaldo performed a slew foot on devils captain zach parise |
kovalchuk ended the 2011 12 season with seven game deciding shootout goals and 11 shootout goals in total setting a new record in both categories the nhl first introduced shootouts in 2005 kovalchuk and the devils won the 2011 12 eastern conference finals against the new york rangers in six games setting a stanley cup meeting with the los angeles kings despite leading the 2012 playoffs in scoring through the first three rounds kovalchuk was playing with a herniated disc and was largely ineffective against the kings scoring just one point in the series an empty net goal in game 4 as the devils fell to the kings in six games |
kovalchuk became an unrestricted free agent on 1 july 2010 on 19 july after receiving offers from other teams kovalchuk agreed to a 17 year 102 million deal to remain with the devils the length of the deal broke the record for the longest contract in nhl history however the contract was blocked by the nhl the next day on the ground it circumvented the nhl salary cap arbitrator richard bloch heard the national hockey league players association nhlpa s appeal and ultimately nullified the deal |
consequently the nhl penalized the devils for trying to circumvent the nhl salary cap with kovalchuk s original contract as a result the devils surrendered 3 million a third round draft choice in the 2011 nhl entry draft and one future first round draft pick within the next four seasons the devils decided to use their first round draft pick in the 2011 and 2012 nhl entry drafts and were to surrender their first round pick in 2014 however on 6 march 2014 the nhl announced it would forgive part of the 3 million fine and grant the devils the 30th pick in the first round of the 2014 nhl entry draft |
as a result of the 2012 13 nhl lockout kovalchuk elected to sign a temporary contract with ska saint petersburg of the kontinental hockey league khl on 18 september 2012 kovalchuk played in russia until a labor agreement was reached between the nhlpa and the nhl in january allowing the 2012 13 nhl season to start kovalchuk was named captain of ska saint petersburg at his contract signing in addition kovalchuk was the subject of criticism for not returning to the united states immediately after the lockout ended instead electing to be one of two participating nhl players in the khl all star game the other being pavel datsyuk kovalchuk served as the captain of the western conference and returned to the united states to the devils training camp immediately after he finished the season with 31 points in 37 games for the devils and 42 points in 36 games for ska |
on 11 july 2013 kovalchuk chose to retire from the nhl although devils general manager lou lamoriello knew kovalchuk had been considering retirement since before the 2012 13 shortened season kovalchuk s departure came as a surprise to the public upon leaving kovalchuk had 77 million and 12 years remaining on his contract kovalchuk claimed he desired to return home to russia along with his family though it was speculated that money had quite an influence as well due to the higher total salary kovalchuk would receive in russia via the far lower russian tax rate compared to the u s however with the crash of the russian ruble in december 2014 that no longer held true and kovalchuk s tax affected nhl salary would have been greater than his khl proceeds kovalchuk tallied 417 goals and 816 points in 816 games in total in the nhl |
kovalchuk signed a four year contract with ska saint petersburg on 15 july 2013 the contract signed less than a week after kovalchuk s retirement from the nhl was alleged to be comparable to his former contract with the devils he helped the team win the 2014 15 gagarin cup for the first time he was chosen as the mvp of 2015 gagarin cup playoffs but passed the award to evgenii dadonov he won a second gagarin cup again with ska saint petersburg in 2016 17 |
kovalchuk announced after the 2017 18 season that he would attempt a return to the nhl several teams expressed interest including the los angeles kings vegas golden knights san jose sharks and boston bruins on june 23 2018 it was announced kovalchuk and the kings had agreed to a three year contract effective 1 july with an average yearly value of 6 25 million he scored his first goal on 9 october 2018 against the winnipeg jets the franchise he had spent most of his first nhl stint with when they were the thrashers |
with 14 points in his first 14 games the 2018 19 season had started well for kovalchuk but badly for the team head coach john stevens was fired and replaced by willie desjardins who reduced kovalchuk s ice time significantly as a disappointing season came to a close kovalchuk expressed his frustration saying i don t have a chance under desjardins the day after their season ended having finished second from the bottom overall the kings announced that desjardins would not be back the following year |
in 1940 after extensive travel for theater work mcbroom made his way to california and signed with a hollywood agent henry willson the agent changed his name to david bruce and got him a stock contract at warner brothers bruce s first role was in the errol flynn movie the sea hawk 1940 bruce was released from his warner s contract to join the naval air force at the outset of world war ii but he was discharged due to a chronic ear infection after appearing in the john wayne movie flying tigers 1942 universal pictures offered him a long term contract at the war s end universal did not renew bruce s contract during the 1950s bruce acted in several columbia pictures appeared on television and wrote for television |
escape velocity nova a k a ev nova or evn is a video game developed by ambrosia software in collaboration with atmos it is the third game in the escape velocity series of space trading and combat games it was released on march 19 2002 for mac os x and mac os 9 and later ported to windows and released on july 11 2003 the game s premise set in a time period after mankind has discovered hyperspace technology grants the player freedom to take missions trade goods steal from other ships and enter one of six storylines |
originally a plug in for escape velocity override created by atmos nova development began with ambrosia contracting atmos to make the plug in the scenario for a new game atmos developed the scenario and graphics while matt burch developed the game engine the game features six different mutually exclusive plot lines but players have control to act as they will from the start of the game reception to the game praised the gameplay plot and ability to be replayed but was critical of the lack of a soundtrack repetitiveness and pace and difficulty of the storylines |
in escape velocity nova the player is placed in command of a shuttlecraft in space the game is played from a top down perspective in 2d a tutorial is offered but players are granted freedom to act as they will at the start players can earn money by purchasing and trading goods taking missions transporting people or goods to various locations or by stealing from other ships the player s ship moves between systems of planets by using a hyperspace jump at various planets the player can take on missions and trade goods buy new ships or outfit their current ship with new weapons and accessories ship classes vary from shuttlecraft to large frigates there are six different storylines within the game that can be played each one is mutually exclusive and a new game must be begun to play a different story a player s choices in the plot can impact the political alignment of the entire map if players become strong enough they can demand tribute from a system doing so will cause the system to deploy its fleet of ships but should the player defeat the fleet the system recognizes the player as its warlord and pays tribute |
set in the year 1177 n c escape velocity nova s plot begins long after mankind has begun to explore outer space years before a person named omata kane designed a hypergate system connecting systems of human inhabited worlds that had been discovered by colonists from earth terrorists destroyed the hypergate in the sol system which damaged the entire network with this isolation warlords arose and fell in the various disconnected systems the later invention of hyperspace technology allowed for the lost systems to be reconnected and resulted in order centered around earth and the sol system is the federation while to the south is the auroran empire categorized as a savage race another group called the polaris hold the east while the north and west are unexplored territory the player having just purchased a shuttle is cast out to begin a life as the captain of their own ship |
this date was published in a press release under the name of cliff arnall who was at the time a tutor at the centre for lifelong learning a further education centre attached to cardiff university guardian columnist ben goldacre reported that the press release was delivered substantially pre written to a number of academics by public relations agency porter novelli who offered them money to put their names to it the guardian later printed a statement from cardiff university distancing themselves from arnall cardiff university has asked us to point out that cliff arnall was a former part time tutor at the university but left in february arnall himself now campaigns against the concept of blue monday via twitter |
ben goldacre has observed that the equations fail even to make mathematical sense on their own terms pointing out that under arnall s original equation packing for ten hours and preparing for 40 will always guarantee a good holiday and that you can have an infinitely good weekend by staying at home and cutting your travel time to zero dean burnett a neuroscientist who has worked in the psychology department of cardiff university has described the work as farcical with nonsensical measurements |
historically the group of generic top level domains included domains created in the early development of the domain name system that are now sponsored by designated agencies or organizations and are restricted to specific types of registrants thus domains edu gov int and mil are now considered sponsored top level domains much like the themed top level domains e g jobs the entire group of domains that do not have a geographic or country designation see country code top level domain is still often referred to by the term generic tlds |
in november 1988 another tld was introduced int this tld was introduced in response to nato s request for a domain name which adequately reflected its character as an international organization it was also originally planned to be used for some internet infrastructure databases such as ip6 int the ipv6 equivalent of in addr arpa however in may 2000 the internet architecture board proposed to exclude infrastructure databases from the int domain all new databases of this type would be created in arpa a legacy domain from the conversion of arpanet and existing usage would move to arpa wherever feasible which led to the use of ip6 arpa for ipv6 reverse lookups |
by the mid 1990s there was discussion of introduction of more tlds jon postel as head of iana invited applications from interested parties in early 1995 postel created draft postel an internet draft containing the procedures to create new domain name registries and new tlds draft postel created a number of small committees to approve the new tlds because of the increasing interest a number of large organizations took over the process under the internet society s umbrella this second attempt involved setting up a temporary organization called the international ad hoc committee iahc on february 4 1997 the iahc issued a report ignoring the draft postel recommendations and instead recommending the introduction of seven new tlds arts firm info nom rec store and web however these proposals were abandoned after the u s government intervened |
icann added further tlds starting with a set of sponsored top level domains the application period for these was from december 15 2003 to march 16 2004 it resulted in ten applications of these icann approved asia cat jobs mobi tel and travel in march 2011 xxx was approved one year after an independent review found icann had broken its own bylaws by rejecting the application in 2007 of the remaining applications post mail and an alternative tel proposal post was introduced in 2012 |
in 2008 a new initiative foresaw a stringent application process for new domains adhering to a restricted naming policy for open gtlds community based domains and internationalized domain names idns according to a guidebook published by icann a community based gtld is a gtld that is operated for the benefit of a defined community consisting of a restricted population all other domains fall under the category open gtld which is one that can be used for any purpose consistent with the requirements of the application and evaluation criteria and with the registry agreement an open gtld may or may not have a formal relationship with an exclusive registrant or user population it may or may not employ eligibility or use restrictions |
a fourth version of the draft applicant guidebook dag4 was published in may 2011 on june 20 2011 icann s board voted to end most restrictions on the creation of generic top level domain names gtlds at which time 22 gtlds were available companies and organizations would be able to choose essentially arbitrary top level internet domains the use of non latin characters such as cyrillic arabic chinese etc would also be allowed in gtlds icann began accepting applications for new gtlds on january 12 2012 a survey by registrar melbourne it considered entertainment and financial services brands most likely to apply for new gtlds for their brands the initial price to apply for a new gtld was 185 000 icann expected that the first batch of new gtlds would be operational by september 2013 icann expected the new rules to significantly change the face of the internet peter thrush chairman of icann s board of directors stated after the vote today s decision will usher in a new internet age we have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration unless there is a good reason to restrain it innovation should be allowed to run free |
industry analysts predicted 500 1000 new gtlds mostly reflecting names of companies and products but also cities and generic names like bank and sport according to theo hnarakis chief executive of melbourne it the decision would allow corporations to better take control of their brands for example apple or ipad would take customers right to those products in agreement nick wood managing director of valideus suggested your own gtld demonstrates confidence and vision and may accelerate your brand and its value an internet address at the top level is far better than registration at the low rent second level however some companies like pepsi ruled out a branded gtld |
the most popular gtld has been guru launched in february 2014 and reaching 50 000 domains in april 2014 briefly surpassed by club between june 2 and june 9 2014 with around 55 000 domains club was then surpassed by xyz which had more than 300 000 domains after one and a half months of existence the growth of xyz has been concentrated on one registrar due to a promotion they ran recently sbi bank has started using gtld as bank sbi on february 20 2017 |
the historically used term gyopo also spelled kyopo meaning nationals has come to have negative connotations as referring to people who as a result of living as sojourners outside the home country have lost touch with their korean roots as a result others prefer to use the term dongpo meaning brethren or people of the same ancestry dongpo has a more transnational implication emphasising links among various overseas korean groups while gyopo has more of a purely national connotation referring to the korean state another recently popularized term is gyomin meaning immigrants although it is usually reserved for korean born citizens that have moved abroad in search of work and as such is rarely used as a term to refer to the entire diaspora |
korea gained its independence after the surrender of japan in 1945 after world war ii but was divided into north and south after the establishment of the people s republic of china in 1949 ethnic koreans in china joseonjok or chaoxianzu became officially recognised as one of the 56 ethnic groups of the country they are considered to be one of the major minorities their population grew to about 2 million they stayed mostly in northeastern china where their ancestors had initially settled their largest population was concentrated in the yanbian korean autonomous prefecture in jilin where they numbered 854 000 in 1997 |
korean emigration to the united states is known to have begun as early as 1903 but the korean american community did not grow to a significant size until after the passage of the immigration reform act of 1965 between 1 5 and 2 million koreans now live in the united states mostly in metropolitan areas a handful are descended from laborers who migrated to hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a significant number are descended from orphans of the korean war in which the united states was a major ally of south korea and provided the bulk of the united nations troops that served there thousands were adopted by american mostly caucasian families in the years following the war when their plight was covered on television the vast majority however immigrated or are descended from those who immigrated after the hart cellar act of 1965 abolished national immigration quotas |
europe and latin america were also minor destinations for post war korean emigration korean immigration to latin america was documented as early as the 1950s north korean prisoners of war choose to emigrate to chile in 1953 and argentina in 1956 under the auspices of the red cross however the majority of korean settlement occurred in the late 1960s as the south korean economy continued to expand in the 1980s investors from south korea came to latin america and established small businesses in the textiles industry korean immigrants were increasingly settling in urban centers of bolivia chile colombia ecuador paraguay uruguay and venezuela although return migration from south america back to korea has ensued since then |
in the 1970s however japan and the united states remained the top two destinations for south korean emigrants with each receiving more than a quarter of all emigration the middle east became the third most popular destination with more than 800 000 koreans going to saudi arabia between 1975 and 1985 and another 26 000 koreans going to iran in contrast aside from germany 1 7 of all south korean emigration in 1977 and paraguay 1 0 no european or latin american destinations were even in the top ten for emigrants the cultural and stylistic diversity of the korean diaspora is documented and celebrated in the work of fine art photographer cyjo in her kyopo project a photographic study of over 200 people of korean descent |
south korean media reports on the riots increased public awareness of the long working hours and harsh conditions faced by immigrants to the united states in the 1990s although immigration to the united states briefly became less attractive as a result of the 1992 los angeles riots during which many korean american immigrants saw their businesses destroyed by looters the los angeles and new york city metropolitan areas still contain by far the largest populations of ethnic koreans outside korea and continue to attract the largest share of korean immigrants in fact the per capita korean population of bergen county new jersey in the new york metropolitan area 6 3 by the 2010 united states census increasing to 6 9 by the 2011 american community survey is the highest of any county in the united states including all of the nation s top ten municipalities by percentage of korean population per the 2010 u s census while the concentration of korean americans in palisades park new jersey within bergen county is both the highest density and percentage of any municipality in the united states at 52 of the population |