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name | guardian.co.uk |
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url | guardian.co.uk |
commercial | Yes |
type | Online Newspaper |
language | English |
owner | Guardian Media Group |
author | ''The Guardian'' |
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current status | Active |
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guardian.co.uk, formerly known as ''Guardian Unlimited'', is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. Georgina Henry is the editor. It contains nearly all of the content of the newspapers ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', as well as a substantial body of web-only work produced by its own staff, including a rolling news service.
As of May 2011 it was the second-most popular UK newspaper website after MailOnline (dailymail.co.uk), with 2.8m unique visitors per day, and 51.3m per month, behind the MailOnline's 4.4m and 77.3m.
The site is made up of a core news site, plus a network of niche websites covering subjects including media, environment and technology, sport, education and the public sector. guardian.co.uk is notable for its engagement with readers, including long-running talkboards and, more recently, a network of weblogs. Its seven blogs were joined on March 14, 2006 by a new comment site, Comment is free (see below), named after the famous quote by ''The Guardian'' editor, C. P. Scott. Articles (like the talkboards until their sudden closure on 25th February, 2011) accept comments without pre-moderation, although posts on Comment is Free are moderated after the event. All now require registration for comments.
The site can be viewed for free and without registration, though some services such as leaving comments on articles require users to register.
In March 2009, guardian.co.uk launched their API, using the OAuth protocol, and making a wide range of Guardian content available for use by web application developers.
In 2006 guardian.co.uk reported its first profitable year, with income coming mostly from recruitment and display advertising.
In May 2007, guardian.co.uk begun an 18-month programme of redesigning and adding features to the entire website, starting with the travel section, then moving through the rest of the site and the front page, finally updating the blogging and community features.
Guardian.co.uk/sport has pioneered the online newspaper industry in the United Kingdom with its live coverage of sports, including live text commentaries of 115 Barclays Premier League football matches and every FIFA World Cup match. The site also provides some live coverage of the FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League and the occasional La Liga, League Cup and playoff games.
"Guardian America" was an American version of the British news website guardian.co.uk. The strategy, intended to win more US-based readers, was abandoned in October 2009 . Guardianamerica.com now redirects to guardian.co.uk United States topic page.
Much of the content on "Guardian America was taken from guardian.co.uk and ''The Guardian'', although some content was produced specifically for Guardian America.
The site's name is derived from a sentence in a famous essay written by veteran Guardian editor C. P. Scott: "Comment is free, but facts are sacred".
The site strictly enforces its talk policy by moderating comments after posting. For particularly sensitive topics, comments may be moderated before posting. Moderators may remove posts that violate the "Community Standards" (usually leaving a marker of the removal), but do not edit them.
As of August 2010 it was the second-most popular UK newspaper website after MailOnline (dailymail.co.uk), getting almost 34.6 million unique users monthly, and 13.7 million unique British users monthly. By May 2011 it reached 2.8m unique visitors per day, and 51.3m per month, behind the MailOnline's 4.4m and 77.3m.
In addition, the 2011 award of "Political Journalist of the Year" to ''The Guardian''s Andrew Sparrow "was significant because it was a recognition of the impact of his general election live blog – a reward for innovation as well as reporting."
In 2009 it was nominated for (but did not win) a Webby Award for "Best Copy/Writing". However, the subsite Cif belief was nominated for, and won, the Webby in the best religion and spirituality site category.
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name | U-ram Choe |
birth place | Seoul, Korea |
nationality | South Korean |
field | Kinetic Sculpture |
training | Chungang University |
awards | Kim Sechoong Sculpture Award, POSCO Steel Art Award }} |
U-Ram Choe (born 1970) is an artist based in Seoul, Korea.
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name | Blind Guardian |
landscape | Yes |
background | group_or_band |
origin | Krefeld, Germany |
genre | Power metal, speed metal |
years active | 1984–present |
label | No Remorse, Virgin, Century Media, Nuclear Blast |
associated acts | Demons & Wizards, Gamma Ray, Helloween, Iced Earth, Iron Savior, Savage Circus, Schattentantz, Power Quest |
website | |
current members | Hansi KürschAndré OlbrichMarcus SiepenFrederik Ehmke |
past members | Thomas "Thomen" StauchMarkus DörkChristof TheißenHans-Peter Frey }} |
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres. Blind Guardian is a part of the German heavy metal scene that emerged in the mid-1980s.
The band's lyrics, written by vocalist Hansi Kürsch, are inspired by the fiction of fantasy authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, and Robert Jordan as well as traditional legends and epics. Over the years, a running theme has developed personifying the band members as travelling bards.
After Lucifer's Heritage signed a contract with No Remorse Records, the band changed their name to Blind Guardian to avoid any speculations about Satanism (in a bio it was stated that they also wanted to distance themselves from the black metal movement, as their demos were placed in with black metal albums at local record shops). They released their debut album ''Battalions of Fear'' in 1988, which was essentially a speed metal album heavily influenced by Helloween. These two German bands had close ties, and Helloween founder Kai Hansen made a guest appearance on Blind Guardian's second LP, ''Follow the Blind'' (1989), where the band revealed some thrash metal influence. Their third LP, ''Tales from the Twilight World'' (1990), had a much more melodic and "epic" feeling, with usage of choir and classical music influence.
Blind Guardian signed with Virgin Records in 1991, and released their fourth studio album ''Somewhere Far Beyond'' in 1992 and the live album ''Tokyo Tales'' in 1993. Flemming Rasmussen, former Metallica producer, began working with the band in 1994, producing their fifth studio album ''Imaginations from the Other Side'', released in 1995, and ''The Forgotten Tales'', an album that contained half covers and half original work, released in 1996.
In 1998, Blind Guardian released their epic album ''Nightfall in Middle-Earth''. "Complete with anthemic choruses, spoken word story lines, and plenty of bombastic power metal punctuating every dramatic turn", says Allmusic's Vincent Jeffries, "Nightfall in Middle-Earth is perhaps Blind Guardian's most triumphant". A concept album based on J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Silmarillion'', Blind Guardian's music demonstrated some folk rock influence, but also featured heavy use of Queen-style layered backing vocals. Since ''Nightfall'', bass guitar has been played by sessional member Oliver Holzwarth, and Hansi has been able to devote all his attention to singing. ''Nightfall'' was also the last Blind Guardian album produced by Rasmussen.
''A Night at the Opera'', named after the Queen album, was released four years later. On this album, the band's sound lacked almost all influence of their original speed metal. Power and progressive metal abound, with over the top orchestral backing and a consistent vocal and guitar layering throughout. Though not a true concept album, many of the lyrics dealt with the common themes of religion and relations between human and divine powers. It was followed by a live album in 2003 and a DVD, ''Imaginations Through the Looking Glass'', in 2004, which was the last recorded Blind Guardian material to feature Thomen Stauch on drums. He left the band due to musical differences and was replaced by Frederik Ehmke. The first album with Ehmke was ''A Twist in the Myth'', which came out in 2006.
Blind Guardian recently participated in the soundtrack for the ''In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale'' fantasy movie (Uwe Boll), which came out in 2008. The band also recorded a theme song for ''Sacred 2 Fallen Angel'' RPG video game, the prequel to ''Sacred''.
A Voice in the Dark was the next single from Blind Guardian that was released 25 June 2010. On July 30, 2010 the album followed, called ''At the Edge of Time''. The band started "The Sacred Worlds and Songs Divine Tour 2010", the European dates will have the opening acts Enforcer and Steelwing. The 22 October in Gothenburg, Sweden only Steelwing was the opening act. The US dates will have Holy Grail and Seven Kingdoms and later they were announced that they would play at Wacken Open Air in 2011.
Blind Guardian's music features the staccato guitars and double bass drumming characteristic of power metal, as well as the use of overdubs and numerous backing vocals to create a dense sound. This technique, especially notable in the guitar and vocal tracks, creates the impression of a vast army of musicians playing in unison and singing in harmony. This proved significant on all albums after the first two but most particularly on ''A Night at the Opera''.
Another definitive feature of Blind Guardian music is frequent use of folk tunes and instruments, especially in power ballads such as "Lord of the Rings", "The Bard's Song", "A Past and Future Secret", "Skalds and Shadows" and "Curse My Name", among others.
Blind Guardian have been working on and off for eight years on an orchestral project writing music about ''The Lord of the Rings'' (negotiations failed to be included on the famous ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy as the soundtrack, because the band wanted to concentrate on their next album). Although it will not be a power metal album, it will be published under the name of Blind Guardian because it matches the theme of the band's lyrics, according to Hansi.
Due to the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, Blind Guardian began working with their former record company, EMI Music, and auctioned off an exclusive studio session for two in the Twilight Hall Studio in Grefrath, Germany for charity in which 100% of proceeds would be donated to the tsunami relief efforts. The auction ended on April 22, 2011 with a final bid of £1,171.00.
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