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Charles Starr
Charles Starr (born c. 1933) is an American politician and farmer in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years, serving in both houses. A native of Texas, would served in the Oregon State Senate with his son Bruce Starr, the first time in Oregon's history a father and son served in the Senate together.
Charles Starr was born around 1933 and raised in the central part of Texas. The son of an oil driller, he attended 19 different schools between first grade and sixth grade. Starr married Kathy and they would have four children, all boys; West, Bryan, Alan, and Bruce. Charles earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 1955 from the University of Idaho and then worked for a year as an agricultural teacher. He would serve in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. He earned a master’s degree from the University of California, Davis in 1960 in agribusiness management.
Starr moved to Oregon in 1962 and began working at Farmers Oil Cooperative in McMinnville, followed by a job at Pacific Farmers Cooperative in Hillsboro. He left Pacific in 1969 and spent ten years working for Flavorland Foods before becoming a general contractor in 1979. Living in Hillsboro, he remained a contractor and also farmed until retirement in 2002. He had operated Starr Boys Garden Center.
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China
China (
i/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.
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Hsinchu
Hsinchu City (Chinese: 新竹市; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Shìh; Wade–Giles: Hsin-chu Shih; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek) is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" (Chinese: 風城; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngchéng; Tongyong Pinyin: Fongchéng) for its windy climate.
Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan (ROC). The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Hsinchu City is composed of three districts: North District, East District, and Xiangshan District.
In 1626, after Spain occupied northern Taiwan, Spanish missionaries arrived at Tek-khàm (竹塹; sm: zhúqiàn), where the Taokas Taiwanese aborigines lived. During the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Hsinchu. In the 21st year of Guangxu's Regime, Hsinchu Sub Office was established, responsible for independent administration on June 24. In June of the 24th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it altered its local official system again. Hsinchu County was abolished. It was then under the administration of Hsinchu Administration Office, Taipei County. On November 11, 27th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it established the Hsinchu Office. In 1920, under Japanese rule, Hsinchu Street was established, with the founding of Hsinchu Street District Office. In 1930, the city system was applied. It was renamed as Hsinchu City, under the governing of Hsinchu-Chou, with the establishment of Hsinchu City Office. In 1941, its administration district was expanded, merging with Xiangshan and Qiu Kang, and became a part of Liu Jia Zhuang.
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Hsinchu, Taiwan
Hsinchu City (Chinese: 新竹市; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú Shì; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Shìh; Wade–Giles: Hsin-chu Shih; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek) is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" (Chinese: 風城; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngchéng; Tongyong Pinyin: Fongchéng) for its windy climate.
Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan (ROC). The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Hsinchu City is composed of three districts: North District, East District, and Xiangshan District.
In 1626, after Spain occupied northern Taiwan, Spanish missionaries arrived at Tek-khàm (竹塹; sm: zhúqiàn), where the Taokas Taiwanese aborigines lived. During the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Hsinchu. In the 21st year of Guangxu's Regime, Hsinchu Sub Office was established, responsible for independent administration on June 24. In June of the 24th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it altered its local official system again. Hsinchu County was abolished. It was then under the administration of Hsinchu Administration Office, Taipei County. On November 11, 27th Year of Kuang Hsu's Regime, it established the Hsinchu Office. In 1920, under Japanese rule, Hsinchu Street was established, with the founding of Hsinchu Street District Office. In 1930, the city system was applied. It was renamed as Hsinchu City, under the governing of Hsinchu-Chou, with the establishment of Hsinchu City Office. In 1941, its administration district was expanded, merging with Xiangshan and Qiu Kang, and became a part of Liu Jia Zhuang.
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Latham, New York
Latham is a hamlet in Albany County, New York, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 9 in the town of Colonie, a dense suburb north of Albany.
The area was known at different times in its history as Yearsley's (c. 1829), Van Vranken's (c. 1851), Town House Corners (c. 1860) and Latham's Corners, named after hotel owner William G. Latham. The "corner" referred to is now the intersection of Troy-Schenectady Road (NY Route 7) and Old Loudon Road.
The Old Loudon Road was built in 1755 during the French and Indian War to bring troops and provisions from Albany to the areas of Lake George and Ticonderoga. The Troy and Schenectady Turnpike was built in 1802 and intersected Old Loudon. An early first resident of this hamlet was Jonas Yearsley, 1785, who later built the first hotel close to this intersection. The hamlet was known first under the name of Yearsley's Corners and years afterward as Van Vrankens Corners in the 1850s. The name changed into Latham when William Latham became owner of the hotel. James, his son, continued to run the hotel until he died on August 14, 1933.
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Oregon
Oregon (i/ˈɔrɨɡən/ ORR-ə-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern boundaries, respectively. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers, and settlers who formed an autonomous government in Oregon Country in 1843. The Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859.
Oregon is the 9th most extensive and the 27th most populous of the 50 United States. Salem is the state's capital and third-most-populous city; Portland is the most populous. Portland is the 29th-largest U.S. city, with a population of 583,776 (2010 US Census) and a metro population of 2,241,841 (2009 estimate), the 23rd-largest U.S. metro area. The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the state's most densely populated area and is home to eight of the ten most populous cities.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the U.S. state of Oregon, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest region, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. Approximately 2,260,000 people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States.
Portland was incorporated in 1851 and is the county seat of Multnomah County. The city extends west into the Cedar Mill neighborhood in Washington County and south towards Lake Oswego in Clackamas County. With a commission-based government headed by a mayor and four other commissioners, the city and region are noted for strong land-use planning and investment in light rail, supported by Metro, a distinctive regional government. Because of its public transportation networks and efficient land use planning, Portland has been referred to as one of the most environmentally friendly, or "green", cities in the world.
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Stanford University
Coordinates: 37°26′N 122°10′W / 37.43°N 122.17°W / 37.43; -122.17
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States. It is situated in the northwestern Silicon Valley, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of San Jose and 37 miles (60 km) southeast of San Francisco.
Leland Stanford, a Californian railroad tycoon and politician, and his wife Jane Lathrop Stanford founded the university in 1891 in honor of their son, Leland Stanford, Jr., who died of typhoid two months before his 16th birthday. The university was established as a coeducational and nondenominational institution, but struggled financially after the senior Stanford's 1893 death and after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would become known as Silicon Valley. By 1970, Stanford was home to a linear accelerator, was one of the original four ARPANET nodes, and had transformed itself into a major research university in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences.
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Suzhou
Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州; pinyin: Sūzhōu; Suzhou dialect: [səu tsøʏ]), previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part of the Yangtze River Delta region. Administratively, Suzhou is a prefecture-level city with an urban population of over 4 million expanding to over 10 million in the administrative area.
Originally founded in 514 BCE, Suzhou has over 2,500 years of rich history, and relics of the past are abundant to this day. The city's canals, stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens have contributed to its status as one of the top tourist attractions in China. Since the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it has also been an important centre for China's silk industry. The classical gardens in Suzhou were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997 and 2000. Suzhou is often dubbed the "Venice of the East" or "Venice of China".
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Taiwan
Taiwan (i/ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/ TY-WAHN; Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; pinyin: Táiwān; see below), officially the Republic of China (ROC; Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó), is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taipei is the capital city and economic and cultural centre of the country, and New Taipei is the most populous city.
The earliest evidence of inhabitation of Taiwan dates back to the late Paleolithic era. The island of Taiwan was mainly inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines before being colonized in the 17th century by the Dutch and the Spanish Empire. The first Han Chinese polity on Taiwan began when Koxinga's troops defeated Dutch forces and established the Kingdom of Tungning. The island was subsequently ruled by the Qing Dynasty after the kingdom's defeat in the Battle of Penghu in 1683, a period that lasted for over 200 years. Following Japan's victory over the Qing Dynasty in the first Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Yale Law School
Yale Law School (often referred to as Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. The school's small size and prestige makes its admissions process the most selective of any law school in the United States. Yale has consistently been ranked the number one law school in the country by U.S. News and World Report every year since the magazine began publishing law school rankings.
Among other luminaries, former United States President William Howard Taft was a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School from 1913 until he resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States in 1921. Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton earned their law degrees at Yale Law School later in the century, and the law school's Lillian Goldman Law Library has been memorialized as the meeting place of Bill and fellow student Hillary Clinton, the 67th Secretary of State. Alumni also include current United States Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor, as well as a number of former Justices, including Abe Fortas, Potter Stewart and Byron R. White; several heads of state around the world, including Karl Carstens, the fifth President of Germany, and Jose P. Laurel, the sole president of the Republic of the Philippines; former Democratic Vice Presidential nominees Sargent Shriver and Joe Lieberman; and the current deans of eight of the ten top-ranked law schools in the United States: Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Chicago, NYU, Michigan, Virginia, and Penn.
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Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Asian Indian," "Chinese," "Filipino," "Korean," "Japanese," "Vietnamese," and "Other Asian" or provided other detailed Asian responses. They comprise 4.8% of the U.S. population alone, while people who are Asian combined with at least one other race make up 5.6%.
The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental, arguing that the latter was derogatory and colonialist. Formal usage was introduced by academics in the early 1970s, notably by historian Yuji Ichioka, who is credited with popularizing the term. Today, Asian American is the accepted term for most formal purposes, such as government and academic research, although it is often shortened to Asian in common usage.
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Charles Starr
Charles Starr (born c. 1933) is an American politician and farmer in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years, serving in both houses. A native of Texas, would served in the Oregon State Senate with his son Bruce Starr, the first time in Oregon's history a father and son served in the Senate together.
Charles Starr was born around 1933 and raised in the central part of Texas. The son of an oil driller, he attended 19 different schools between first grade and sixth grade. Starr married Kathy and they would have four children, all boys; West, Bryan, Alan, and Bruce. Charles earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 1955 from the University of Idaho and then worked for a year as an agricultural teacher. He would serve in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. He earned a master’s degree from the University of California, Davis in 1960 in agribusiness management.
Starr moved to Oregon in 1962 and began working at Farmers Oil Cooperative in McMinnville, followed by a job at Pacific Farmers Cooperative in Hillsboro. He left Pacific in 1969 and spent ten years working for Flavorland Foods before becoming a general contractor in 1979. Living in Hillsboro, he remained a contractor and also farmed until retirement in 2002. He had operated Starr Boys Garden Center.
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China
China (i/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.
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Chinese American
Chinese Americans (Chinese: trad. 華裔美國人, simp. 华裔美国人, pin. Huáyì Měiguórén; t 美籍華人, s 美籍华人, p Měijí Huárén) are Americans of Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans are immigrants along with their descendants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, as well as Malaysia, Singapore, and other countries in Southeast Asia and South America that include large populations of Chinese diaspora. Overall demographic research tends to include immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan as well as overseas Chinese who have immigrated from South East Asia into the broadly defined Chinese American category as both the governments of the Republic of China and the United States refer Taiwanese Americans as a separate subgroup of Chinese Americans.
The Chinese American community is the largest overseas Chinese community in North America, closely followed by the Chinese communities in Canada and Mexico. It is also the fourth largest in the Chinese diaspora, behind the Chinese communities in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The Chinese American community is the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans, comprising 25.9% of the Asian American population as of 2010. They constitute 1.2% of the United States, including those with partial Chinese ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.8 million.
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Darlene Hooley
Darlene Kay Olson Hooley (born April 4, 1939) is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district. A native of North Dakota, she spent eight years teaching high school before entering politics when she was elected to the West Linn, Oregon city council in 1975. Later she was elected to the Oregon State Legislature, then joined the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners before being elected to the House in 1996. In February 2008, Hooley announced that she would not seek re-election in 2008.
Darlene Kay Olson was born in Williston, North Dakota to Clarence Alvin and Alyce Rogers Olson, who were wheat farmers. She moved with her parents to Salem, Oregon at the age of 8. She attended Salem Academy, and then Pasadena Nazarene College (now Point Loma Nazarene University) in southern California, where she also worked as a lifeguard. She returned to Oregon and earned her degree in education from Oregon State University in 1961, where she was on the basketball, field hockey, and rowing teams. Following her graduation, she taught reading, music, and high school physical education for eight years at schools in Woodburn, Gervais, and Portland.
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David Wu
David Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳振偉; simplified Chinese: 吴振伟; pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi; born April 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Chinese American and Taiwanese-American to serve in the House of Representatives. In the wake of accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances on the teenage daughter of a campaign donor and friend, Wu announced that he would resign from office following resolution of the debt ceiling crisis; he submitted his resignation on August 3, 2011. A special election was held on January 31, 2012, to fill the vacancy in advance of the regular 2012 election. Democrat Suzanne Bonamici defeated Republican challenger Rob Cornilles to win this special election.
Wu was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan. His parents were from Suzhou in Jiangsu province in China and settled in Taiwan due to the Chinese Civil War. The family moved to the United States in 1961. Wu spent his first two years in the U.S. in Latham, New York, where his family were the only Asian Americans in town.
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Derrick Kitts
Derrick Kitts is a Republican politician from Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Kitts served as a field director for U.S. Representative Rick White. In 2002, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the 30th district in Washington County. He won re-election to a second two-year term in 2004, and served in the 2005 legislative session. In the Oregon House he served as the Majority Whip and Chairman of the Rules committee.[citation needed]
Kitts gave up his House seat to run in the 2006 election for the United States House of Representatives in Oregon's 1st congressional district. He won the Republican nomination in the May primary election, but lost to incumbent Democrat David Wu in the general election. He was replaced in the House by Democrat David Edwards.
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Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. He previously spent over 20 years as a public official representing the city.
Blumenauer was born in Portland on August 16, 1948. In 1966, he graduated from Centennial High School on the eastside of Portland and then enrolled at Lewis & Clark College in the southwest part of the city. He majored in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark in 1970. Blumenauer completed his education in 1976 when he earned a Juris Doctor degree from the school's Northwestern School of Law (now Lewis & Clark Law School). Starting before law school in 1970 and continuing until 1977, he worked as an assistant to the president of Portland State University.
In 1972, Blumenauer was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat representing District 11 in Multnomah County. He won re-election in 1974 and 1976, and continued representing Portland and Multnomah County until the 1979 legislative session. From 1975 to 1981 he served on the board of Portland Community College. Following his time in the Oregon Legislature, he served on the Multnonoah County Commission from 1979 to 1987.
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Elizabeth Furse
Elizabeth Furse (born October 13, 1936) is a small business owner and faculty member of Portland State University. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. She is a Democrat, and was the first person born in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) to win election to the United States Congress.
Furse was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to British parents, and grew up in South Africa. Inspired by her mother, she became an anti-apartheid activist in 1951, joining the first Black Sash demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa.
She moved to England in 1956, before eventually moving to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, California. While in Los Angeles, she became involved in a women's self-help project in Watts, and with Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers movement, working to unionize grape farm workers. Moving to Seattle, Washington, in 1968, she became involved in American Indian/Native American rights causes including fishing and treaty rights. She became a United States citizen in 1972. Two years later, she graduated from The Evergreen State College.
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Goli Ameri
Goli Ameri (in Persian: گلی عامری née Goli Yazdi, born September 26, 1956) is an Iranian-American diplomat, politician and businesswoman from the U.S. state of Oregon. She is the current Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. She is also the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. She ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2004, and is a former delegate to the United Nations. She was born in Tehran, Iran.
Ameri first came to the United States when she was 17 in 1974 to attend Stanford University. There, she earned a B.A. in Communications and French Literature and, later, her M.A. in Communications. She also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. At Stanford, she met and later married then-fellow student Jamsheed "Jim" Ameri, now a real estate investor. She became a United States citizen in 1989. She has two sons.
Ameri was founder and president of eTinium, Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of over fifty market studies and wrote a bi-monthly industry analysis column for Telephony magazine. She has been quoted in such publications as The National Business Journals, The Oregonian, The Seattle Times, The San Jose Mercury News, and Internet Week and has been invited as a speaker and moderator to industry conferences worldwide. Prior to founding eTinium, Ameri was a director at U.S. Leasing, a former division of Ford Credit and Fleet Bank, in San Francisco.
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Gordon H. Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is a former United States Senator and businessman from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate. Born in Eastern Oregon, Smith was raised there and in Maryland before attending Brigham Young University and Southwestern University School of Law. Prior to election to the U.S. Senate he served in the Oregon State Senate including one session as President of Oregon's Senate in 1995. Smith was defeated for reelection in 2008 by Democrat Jeff Merkley. On September 18, 2009, he was named as President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
Smith was born in Pendleton, Oregon, to Jessica Udall Smith and Milan Dale Smith on May 25, 1952. Smith's family moved to Bethesda, Maryland during his childhood, when his father became an Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture. He was involved with the Boy Scouts of America and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After graduating from high school, Smith served for two years as a Mormon missionary to New Zealand. On March 31, 2012, Smith was called as an Area Authority Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
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Greg Walden
Gregory Paul Walden (born January 10, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the only Republican representative in the state of Oregon.
The district covers more than two-thirds of the state (generally, east of the Cascades). He is the son of Paul E. Walden, three-term Oregon state representative.
Walden earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oregon in 1981. Before being elected to Congress, Walden owned and ran radio stations.
Walden served as Press Secretary and Chief of Staff to Congressman Denny Smith from 1981 to 1987. He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1988 and served in the House until 1995, when he was appointed to the Oregon State Senate to fill a vacancy. Walden rose to the position of assistant majority leader in the Senate and was considering a bid for Oregon Governor in 1994. However, upon discovering that the son he and his wife were expecting had a heart defect, Walden decided to not run for Governor and to not seek re-election to the state Senate. Their son died soon after birth.
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Jeff Merkley
Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is the junior United States Senator from Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley was a five-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing House District 47, located in eastern Multnomah County within the Portland city limits. He also served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.
He defeated two-term Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in the 2008 U.S. Senate election.
Merkley was born in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of Betty L. and Darrell Philip Merkley. His paternal grandmother was born in Caliope, Australia. He attended first grade in Roseburg before moving to Portland with his family. He graduated from David Douglas High School, obtained a bachelor of arts degree in International Relations from Stanford University in 1979, and earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1982.
After completing his master's in 1982, Merkley was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow, working at the Office of the Secretary of Defense on the security of American military technology. After his fellowship, he worked in the Congressional Budget Office, analyzing nuclear weapons policies and programs.
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Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader (born October 19, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
Schrader was born in Connecticut and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1973. While at Cornell, Schrader met Martha Northam and the two were married in 1975. Schrader earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Illinois in 1977. A year later, the Schraders moved to Oregon, and Kurt opened the Clackamas County Veterinary Clinic in Oregon City, to begin his veterinary practice.
Schrader served for 16 years on the Canby Planning Commission.
After winning his first election in 1996, Schrader served four terms in the Oregon House of Representatives. Schrader ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1994, where he lost to Republican Jerry Grisham in the general election by 38 votes. In 1996, Schrader ran again; and this time defeated Paul Kraxburger. He was subsequently reelected to the House in 1998 and 2000.
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (
/pəˈloʊsi/; born March 26, 1940) is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and to date, has been the highest-ranking female politician in American history.
A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi has represented California's 8th congressional district, which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco, since 1987. The district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House. She served as the House Minority Whip from 2002 to 2003, and was House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007, holding the post during the 108th and 109th Congresses. Pelosi is the first woman, the first Californian and first Italian-American to lead a major party in Congress. After the Democrats took control of the House in 2007 and increased their majority in 2009, Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House for the 110th and 111th Congresses.
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Peter DeFazio
Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district, serving since 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Eugene, Springfield, Roseburg and part of Corvallis. As Oregon's most senior member of Congress, he is the dean of Oregon's House of Representatives delegation. A native of Massachusetts and a veteran of the United States Air Force, he previously served as a county commissioner in Lane County, Oregon.
DeFazio was born in Needham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He credits his great-uncle with shaping his politics; as a boy, that great-uncle almost never said "Republican" without including "bastard" at the end (or "bastud," as it usually sounds in the Boston accent). He served in the United States Air Force from 1967 to 1971. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1969 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1977.
After graduation DeFazio worked as a gerontologist. From 1977 to 1982, DeFazio worked as an aide for U.S. Representative Jim Weaver. He was elected as a Lane County Commissioner in 1983 and served as chairman from 1985 to 1986.
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Taiwan
Taiwan (i/ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/ TY-WAHN; Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; pinyin: Táiwān; see below), officially the Republic of China (ROC; Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó), is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taipei is the capital city and economic and cultural centre of the country, and New Taipei is the most populous city.
The earliest evidence of inhabitation of Taiwan dates back to the late Paleolithic era. The island of Taiwan was mainly inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines before being colonized in the 17th century by the Dutch and the Spanish Empire. The first Han Chinese polity on Taiwan began when Koxinga's troops defeated Dutch forces and established the Kingdom of Tungning. The island was subsequently ruled by the Qing Dynasty after the kingdom's defeat in the Battle of Penghu in 1683, a period that lasted for over 200 years. Following Japan's victory over the Qing Dynasty in the first Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895.
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Wu, David Filmography
- Bian di lang yan (2011)
- Bian di lang yan (2011)
- Bian di lang yan (2011)
- The 11th Annual Leo Awards (2009)
- Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia (2009)
- The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker (2007)
- The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker (2007)
- Son of the Dragon (2006)
- Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
- Son of the Dragon (2006)
- Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
- Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005)
- Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005)
- Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing (2004)
- The Coven (2004)
- Gunmen revisité (2004)
- Webs (2003)
- Webs (2003)
- Snow Queen (2002)
- Snow Queen (2002)
- The Associates (2001)
- Le pacte des loups (2001)
- The 51st State (2001)
- Largo Winch: The Heir (2001)
- Blackjack (1998)
- Bride of Chucky (1998)
- Warriors of Virtue (1997)
- Da san yuan (1996)
- Lang man feng bao (1996)
- Once a Thief (1996)
- Lang man feng bao (1996)
- Ye ban ge sheng (1995)
- Crying Freeman (1995)
- Ye ban ge sheng (1995)
- Bai fa mo nu zhuan II (1994)
- Luan shi chao ren (1994)
- Hua qi Shao Lin (1994)
- Bai fa mo nu zhuan II (1994)
- Bai fa mo nu zhuan II (1994)
- Bai fa mo nu zhuan (1993)
- Bai fa mo nu zhuan (1993)
- Shen tan gan shi lu (1993)
- Shen Jing Dao yu Fei Tian Mao (1993)
- Leung sheung ching yuen (1993)
- Wo ai chou wen chai (1992)
- Lat sau san taam (1992)
- Cao mang ying xiong (1992)
- Cao mang ying xiong (1992)
- Shuang long hui (1992)
- Cao mang ying xiong (1992)
- Zong heng si hai (1991)
- Jiang shi yi sheng (1991)
- Sha Sha Jia Jia zhan qi lai (1991)
- Hao men ye yan (1991)
- Ji dao zhui zong (1991)
- Zong heng si hai (1991)
- Zhong Ri nan bei he (1990)
- Die xue jie tou (1990)
- Zhong Ri nan bei he (1990)
- Xiao ao jiang hu (1990)
- Zhong Ri nan bei he (1990)
- Jue biu yat juk (1990)
- Xiao xing chuang di qiu (1990)
- Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor (1989)
- Dai jeung foo yat gei (1988)
- Seng fat dak ging (1988)
- Baat seng bou hei (1988)
- Ying xiong xue (1988)
- Seng fat dak ging (1988)
- Tian luo di wang (1988)
- Tian luo di wang (1988)
- Sha zhi lian (1988)
- Dai jeung foo yat gei (1988)
- Tian luo di wang (1988)
- Yi xiang gu shi (1987)
- Xia cu da zhang fu (1987)
- Sien nui yau wan (1987)
- Huan le long hu bang (1987)
- Ying hung boon sik II (1987)
- Ying hung boon sik (1986)
- Kai xin gui zhuang gui (1986)
- Do ma daan (1986)
- Wo de ai shen (1986)
- Do ma daan (1986)
- Da gung wong dai (1985)
- Da gung wong dai (1985)
- Shi hun lao dou (1984)
- Ma hou pao (1984)
- Ma hou pao (1984)
- Huang huo (1984)
- Gui xian ren (1984)
- Shao nu ri ji (1984)
- Hang choh yan yuen lo (1984)
- Da lui toi (1983)
- Nu ba tai yang qi (1983)
- Pa chou zai (1983)
- Mo tai (1983)
- Pa chou zai (1983)
- Sha yu shao mai (1982)
- Sat chut sai ying poon (1982)
- Liang cha ma wei fei ji tou (1982)
- Tou shou zai (1982)
- Sha yu shao mai (1982)
- Ba cai Lin Ya Zhen (1982)
- Mo deng da shi lan (1981)
- Gui ma zhi duo xing (1981)
- Wu ting (1981)
- Wu ting (1981)
- Di yu wu men (1980)
- The Story of a Refugee (1980)
- Hot choi (1980)
- The Club (1980)
- Di yi lei xing wei xian (1980)
- Yi er san (1980)
- The Story of a Refugee (1980)
- Mor dun to lo (1980)
- Fo zhang luo han quan (1980)
- Ge shi ge fa (1979)
- Lin Ya Zhen lao hu yu xia xie (1979)
- Ge shi ge fa (1979)
- Die bian (1979)
- Lin Ya Zhen (1978)
- Liu A-Cai yu Huang Fei-Hong (1976)
- Chang fa gu niang (1975)
Wu, David Filmography
- I Phone You (2011)
- Huogai Ni Danshen (2010)
- The One Man Olympics (2008)
- Baby in the Sky (2008)
- Smart Cook (2007)
- NBA Zhi Zao: Made in the NBA (2006)
- Hao xiang hao xiang tan lian ai (2004)
- Du zi deng dai (2004)
- Cham chau chow git lun (2003)
- Kei fung dik sau (2003)
- Hi Frank! (2002)
- Yüeliang de mimi (2000)
- Yüeliang de mimi (2000)
- Guizi lai le (2000)
- Restless (1998)
- Qian qiu jia guo meng (1997)
- Feng yue (1996)
- Phoenix Tonight (1996)
- Hu Du Men (1996)
- Qi yue shi san zhi long po (1996)
- Lie huo zhan che (1995)
- Mao xian you xi (1995)
- Si ji sha ren kuang (1995)
- Wo he chun tian you ge yue hui (1994)
- Ban wo tong hang (1994)
- Nan er dang ru zun (1994)
- Ba wang bie ji (1993)
- Da nao guang chang long (1993)
- Shao nian Wei Si Li zhi tian mo zhi zi (1993)
- Tian tai de yue guang (1993)
- Tong ju guan xi (1993)
- Zhi yao wei ni huo yi tian (1993)
- Chu nu de you huo (1992)
- Hua huo (1992)
- Hao men ye yan (1991)
- Nu ji xie ren (1991)
- Man hua qi xia (1990)
- Huang jia shi jie zhi: Zhong jian ren (1990)
- Sai hak chin (1990)
- Wan ming shuang xiong (1990)
- Zai zhan jiang hu (1990)
- Fu gui kai xin gui (1989)
- Zui jie nan peng you (1989)
- Gam ye sing gwong chan lan (1988)
- Ying xiong xue (1988)
- Meng guo jie (1988)
- Yi luan qing mi (1987)
- Huang se gu shi (1987)
- Xia cu da zhang fu (1987)
- Shuang long tu zhu (1986)
- Kua yue shi kong de xiao zi (1986)
- Hoi seung fa (1986)
- Ge wu sheng ping (1985)
- Da xiao bu liang (1984)
- Sha yu shao mai (1982)
- Chu jue (1981)
- Wu zhuang yuan (1980)
- Mor dun to lo (1980)
- Nan bei zui quan (1979)
- Fa qiong e (1979)
Wu, David Filmography
David
Herman Klaerhout is the CEO of a Belgian pharmaceutical company. His son Tim starts studying chemistry, which earns him new friends and enemies. Robby, the firm's young ICT specialist, acts as Tim's motivating father-substitute or gentle big brother and has a gay crush on him. Tim's sister Sofie, the firm's research star, returns from a Caribean holiday with her fiancé Pieter Wellens, also researcher an pharmaceutics heir, with an island-stranded young man who only gradually starts remembering his past as Belgian David Verbeecke. The rustic Klaerhout estate in managed by Maarten, a frustrated former finance whiz. Herman's deputy Andrea's idealistic son Sander gets in trouble with activists and his lover, spoiled gallery owner Lotte.
Cast
- Jeroen Van Dyck
- Bram Van Outryve
- Kurt Rogiers
- Steve Aernouts
- Pieter Bamps
- Warre Borgmans
- Ides Meire
- Mark van den Bos
- Nathalie Meskens
- Barbara Dzikanowice
- Kristine Van Pellicom
- Sandrine André
- Flor Decleir
- Senne Dehandschutter
- Daisy Van Praet
- Katelijne Verbeke
- Natali Broods
- Joyce Beullens
- Stan Van Samang
- Season 1
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Episode 1: Pilot
David, a twelve year old boy, falls overboard during an exotic boat trip. He strands at one of the m...
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Episode 2: (#1.2)
Maarten and Sofie enjoy grooming childishly naive David, and discover his healthy taste for life has...
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Episode 3: (#1.3)
Frolicking outside, David bumped into Sofie's car, but isn't hurt and keeps playing in and on it. Ma...
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Episode 4: (#1.4)
As Delfine won't even be near David (which backfires hysterically in both senses), it's left to pa H...
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Episode 5: (#1.5)
Tim is initially denied a student-room, then allowed as long as he gets all passing grades. Sander b...
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Episode 6: (#1.6)
Pieter sees David as a unique memory research opportunity, Sofie wants to nurture him. Maarten's ide...
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Episode 7: (#1.7)
Painter Lotte puts Sander on hold purely on account of their age difference. Robbie helps Tim decora...
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Episode 8: (#1.8)
Pieter's blood test reveals David has hepatitis B, so he must have a social past before age ten. Tim...
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Episode 9: (#1.9)
Tim volunteers to mind David a while and show him how to play with his toys for 10 year-olds, as a m...
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Episode 10: (#1.10)
Tim is pleased with his penthouse. Robbie decides to throw a surprise housewarming party. Pieter dis...
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Episode 11: (#1.11)
Now his mother has fallen for Maarten's ploy, Pieter has to leave David with him and keeps drug-test...
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Episode 12: (#1.12)
Pieter recruits Hannelore Torfs, his experienced, ambitious ex, as new marketing manager at Klaerhou...
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Episode 13: (#1.13)
Tim tells Robbie he's meeting his new college friends, feeling 'dumped for Delfine'. Robbie explains...
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Episode 14: (#1.14)
Tim enjoys his surprise penthouse warming party. There he and Robbie quickly come to terms with bein...
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Episode 15: (#1.15)
Because David spontaneously made a sailor's knot, Pieter and Sofie take him on a yacht, where he pro...
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Episode 16: (#1.16)
Tim is worried that Robbie may be fired or resign after the row with his father, but Herman apologiz...
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Episode 17: (#1.17)
Tim takes Sofie's dumb advice to answer Robbie's goodbye-gift with perfume, then dumps it realizing ...
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Episode 18: (#1.18)
Sofie is torn between Maarten's claim Pieter abuses David somehow, and Pieter's that the mysteriousl...
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Episode 19: (#1.19)
After somewhat jealous Sander reproaches Lotte to sell out her dream to Steven, she explains her dad...
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Episode 20: (#1.20)
Tim's new mates Stijn and Quinten push 'teacher's pet' Laura away, even from him. She over-reacts, d...
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Episode 21: (#1.21)
Robbie visits Tim on campus and questions if rebel Quentin is a good influence. To David's delight, ...
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Episode 22: (#1.22)
Tim is getting tired of his party-friends and asks Robby's chat-advice to warn Laura they're about t...
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Episode 23: (#1.23)
David has escaped to the coast. He's unaware beach toys aren't free, nor entrance to the maritime mu...
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Episode 24: (#1.24)
David is arrested by two local cops, but doesn't even understand why and can't explain who he is or ...
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Episode 25: (#1.25)
The procurator releases David from police jail to nun Rita, who routinely minds illegal refugees. Th...
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Episode 26: (#1.26)
Tim follows Robbie's advice to find excuses not to take party in Stijn's bunch's prank. Nevertheless...
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Episode 27: (#1.27)
Klaerhout family lawyer Hugo hears the whole story how David was found, fell and was smuggled in on ...
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Episode 28: (#1.28)
Justice decides not to press charges for David's illegal arrival. Tim visits Laura, in hospital afte...
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Episode 29: (#1.29)
Tim wakes up besides Laura, innocently. Social Services rules David is smart enough to choose where ...
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Episode 30: (#1.30)
Loveable Tim manages to convince Stijn to leave Laura alone, and her to return to classes. David is ...
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Episode 31: (#1.31)
Tim encourages Laura not only to attend classes, but overcome her hesitation to seem like the teache...
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Episode 32: (#1.32)
Tim manages to keep friends with both Stijn's bunch and Laura by keeping them apart. Maarten and Sof...
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Episode 33: (#1.33)
Tim openly discredits Stijn's nasty pranks, which gets him excluded from the surfing bunch. Maarten ...
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Episode 34: (#1.34)
Sander is enthusiastic about David's willingness to help the ecologist group, for which Maarten is r...
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Episode 35: (#1.35)
Tim now firmly puts college 'mate' Stijn in his place when his date Laura is bothered. Now both answ...
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Episode 36: (#1.36)
Now the bunch treats Tim as teacher's pet too, he gets into a bar fistfight with Quentin. Pieter enj...
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Episode 37: (#1.37)
Tim tells Robbie, who hints to be in love with him, he's getting tired of the unruly student bunch a...
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Episode 38: (#1.38)
Visiting Tim at home, Robbie is amused by still hard to understand David's progress. The boys accept...
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Episode 39: (#1.39)
Now David naively believed a lonely passerby posing as his (would-be) ma, Tim and Robbie agree with ...
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Episode 40: (#1.40)
At Maarten's suggestion, Robbie makes a computer-aided rejuvenated version of David's face. Tim enjo...
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Episode 41: (#1.41)
Tim laughs at Stijn's insulting messages, even publicly ridicules his childishly phrased threats. He...
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Episode 42: (#1.42)
Hearing Laura's attitude and image problem stems from her family, he asks Robbie to check the Intern...
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Episode 43: (#1.43)
Robbie makes Tim reconsider to ask Quenten at his birthday surprise party for Laura as a loyalty tes...
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Episode 44: (#1.44)
Tim and Robbie believe Quenten, who claims he wants to break with rude Stijn. He helps organize Laur...
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Episode 45: (#1.45)
Stijn advises Quenten to attend Tim's birthday party for Laura. Reporter Karel Boutens interviews Da...
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Episode 46: (#1.46)
Herman regains conscience fast enough to host the dinner. Pieter has himself accepted as liaison bet...
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Episode 47: (#1.47)
Quinten wins Tim and Robbie's confidence by reporting Stijn wants him to sabotage the party by organ...
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Episode 48: (#1.48)
Sofie stops David at the last moment before they make love all the way. He doesn't get why, she feel...
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Episode 49: (#1.49)
Sofie accepts Pieter's marriage proposal, despite her 'forbidden love' for David, whom she gives a c...
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Episode 50: (#1.50)
Tim and Lotte agree to take their affair slowly. As Pieter predicts, David enjoys Hannelore's bio-pr...
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Episode 51: (#1.51)
Belgium...
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Episode 52: (#1.52)
Sander brings his homeopathic 'physician', Dr. Franky Goudeseune, to treat Lotte's cold. Steven visi...
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Episode 53: (#1.53)
David enthusiastically learns from Maarten about the cycle of life. Tim visits and accepts to teach ...
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Episode 54: (#1.54)
Stijn discovers Tim is a Klaerhout 'silver spoon boy' and uses his friend Tessa to lure David and po...
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Episode 55: (#1.55)
Just before David's first real date, actress Mieke, arrives, Maarten teaches him about safe sex. Pie...
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Episode 56: (#1.56)
The anti-globalists stage an 'everyone like David' protest on the Klaerhout estate. Sander is credit...
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Episode 57: (#1.57)
The DNA results arrive: no potential parents match David. Sofie tries exposing him to the diving gog...
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Episode 58: (#1.58)
After the Klaerhouts report David missing, probably at sea, where a lifeguard boat was stolen, a res...
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Episode 59: (#1.59)
Tim and Laura agree to attend Stijn's rave, as Quenten proposed, and to sleep together, just sleep f...
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Episode 60: (#1.60)
Sander can't accept Steven's financial support for Lotte, who calls him childish, so he returns home...
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Episode 61: (#1.61)
Tim does a great job as stand-in DJ at Stijn's party, but the fiend 'treats' him and Laura to a buck...
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Episode 62: (#1.62)
Belgium...
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Episode 63: (#1.63)
David glows at the Klaerhout bio pills presentation. Laura acts all distant afterward just because T...
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Episode 64: (#1.64)
Tim gives Laura a key of his apartment and shows her Stijn's mail to prove already posted shit incid...
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Episode 65: (#1.65)
Robbie learns Tim isn't about to start cramming long before the exams as Laura does. Robbie has a Fa...
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Episode 66: (#1.66)
Robbie's date disappointed, so he's early at Tim's. They update his Facebook pictures, and decide to...
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Episode 67: (#1.67)
Tim and Laura make love but postpone the deed as neither has 'protection' yet. David is confused by ...
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Episode 68: (#1.68)
Tim has bought condoms. Sander buys an engagement ring. Pieter's jealous anger she doesn't share his...
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Episode 69: (#1.69)
The Klaerhouts panic now Sofie is missing. Maarten calls Robbie, who accepts to drive him and David ...
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Episode 70: (#1.70)
Desperate, drunk, down and high, Herman lands on Andrea's couch after more scolding then support. Pi...
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Episode 71: (#1.71)
Tim and Laura try out his condoms supply, but their first time is a physical miss. They decide to gi...
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Episode 72: (#1.72)
Robbie rations his visits to Tim in an attempt to force him to study for exams in a week, but that o...
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Episode 73: (#1.73)
Tim rejects Laura's attempt to make him accept Quinten again. Maarten tries to make David understand...
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Episode 74: (#1.74)
Tim is bore now neither Laura nor Robbie can spare time for him, so he plays with Robbie's naughty p...
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Episode 75: (#1.75)
Finding Tim exchanged bloody nose-punches with Quinten, Robbie convinces him to do the right thing. ...
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Episode 76: (#1.76)
Lovesick Sander and Lotte make up in bed. After winning 5,000 Euro in the lottery, they agree not to...
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Episode 77: (#1.77)
Tim makes love again and tells Quinten about the royal visit the next day. Maarten and Sofie nurse D...
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Episode 78: (#1.78)
Stijn plots with the animal rights-activists who phoned the fake bomb-alert to set up Tim as 'accomp...
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Episode 79: (#1.79)
David suddenly remembers his full name: David Verbeecke. But he tells Sofie not to do another search...
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Episode 80: (#1.80)
Since he planted evidence at Tim's, Stijn also has access to his and Laura's text messages. Tim, Rob...
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Episode 81: (#1.81)
Robbie helps Tim work out someone, as they rightly guess Stijn, planted messages on his cellphone an...
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Episode 82: (#1.82)
Robbie leaves Tim alone with Laura, so the lovers can make up and confer who Fien is and why fake me...
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Episode 83: (#1.83)
Tim is furious about Fien's blackmail-attempt. Only Robbie can convince him to inform the police him...
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Episode 84: (#1.84)
Tim makes a full statement, which clearly impresses the police detective, and suggest to question St...
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Episode 85: (#1.85)
Ludo is confused by an unfriendly call from Herman after Bea sneakily met him. Sander returns to Lot...
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Episode 86: (#1.86)
Except for Bea, the Wellens fear the merger suspension means its end. Pieter reports his problems wi...
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Episode 87: (#1.87)
Tim worries about Stijn's revenge threat, Laura promises to help fight off anyone for him, but also ...
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Episode 88: (#1.88)
Tim desperately tries to stay neutral when Lauren meanly forces Robbie to admit he loves Tim and wan...
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Episode 89: (#1.89)
Robbie is heartbroken when Laura haughtily tells him 'from Tim' to leave them alone for a while. But...
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Episode 90: (#1.90)
Tim firmly refuses to let pig-headed, paranoiac Laura selfishly sabotage his friendship with Robbie....
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Episode 91: (#1.91)
Laura wants to move in with Tim. Andrea moves to the Klaerhout estate to help Herman with his cold-t...
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Episode 92: (#1.92)
Belgium...
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Episode 93: (#1.93)
Tim visits home, worried about dad's pills rehabilitation. Thus he happens to overhear him and Bea a...
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Episode 94: (#1.94)
Tim invites Quinten and Laura to Sofie's birthday party, also for David's journey back home. Robbie ...
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Episode 95: (#1.95)
Tim warns Delfine not to date his mate Quinten 'as a taste of commoners'. Sofie is touched, not cons...
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Episode 96: (#1.96)
After encouraging dad Herman's detox progress, Tim and Sofie helps David packing. Quinten firmly reb...
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Episode 97: (#1.97)
Tim and Robbie say goodbye to David. He decides last moment, after a memory flash, to leave all keep...
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Episode 98: (#1.98)
Tim generously lets Laura redecorate his penthouse, albeit tasteless girlishly. He soon finds out, d...
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Episode 99: (#1.99)
Now Laura has finally accepted Robbie again, Tim and she want fourth musketeer Quinten back too. In ...
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Episode 100: (#1.100)
Robbie finds the claim against Klaerhout's trusted painkiller plausible, but keeps snooping inventiv...
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Episode 101: (#1.101)
To Tim's disappointment, 'musketeer' Quinten seems lost to Delfine's party-life. Robbie has got hold...
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Episode 102: (#1.102)
Tim and Robbie celebrate his snooping all night. Silly Laura is angry to find them sleeping in Tim's...
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Episode 103: (#1.103)
Tim's irritation at Laura's childish wining about Robbie is cut short by Quinten's return, having bo...
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Episode 104: (#1.104)
Tim chats with Robbie how little he enjoys living together with Laura, who starts to sense her naggi...
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Episode 105: (#1.105)
Tim doesn't say so, but really gets tired of nagging winer Laura's absurd mothering his every move. ...
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Episode 106: (#1.106)
Tim tells Robbie he wants to break up with wining lover Laura without hurting her, so he wants to ap...
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Episode 107: (#1.107)
Tim continues his plan to make Laura leave him, yet considers Robbie's doubts. Pieter rages to sooth...
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Episode 108: (#1.108)
Tim is succeeding in making Laura feeling smothered by him for a change. Seeing Sofie instantly conv...
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Episode 109: (#1.109)
Tim's ploy only makes Laura admit they shouldn't cohabit constantly. Robbie gets angry at Tim for la...
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Episode 110: (#1.110)
Tim is now stuck with Laura pushing him and visiting only to study together. Sander and Lotte explai...
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Belgium...
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After Delfine admits to Casper she's jealous of a hospital volunteer whom the sick kids love to hear...
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Episode 113: (#1.113)
After Delfine admits to Casper she's jealous of a hospital volunteer whom the sick kids love to hear...
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Episode 114: (#1.114)
David realizes he can learn to be happy without Sofie since others do. Tom receives him and Lotte we...
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Episode 115: (#1.115)
Tessa pretends to make up with Laura, only so she can spike her drink. Tim finds her unconscious, as...
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Episode 116: (#1.116)
Caring for Laure rekindled Tim's love for her. After trying to coach her for the chemistry exam, he ...
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Episode 117: (#1.117)
Tim finds studying with Laura somehow even intellectually rewarding, she livens a break by 'dancing'...
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Episode 118: (#1.118)
Tim finds cramming all night too exhausting and grudgingly makes up with Quinten on Laura's insistin...
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After celebrating Tim's A-exam with Quinten, Laura meanly pumps Robbie for Tim's discrete bone with ...
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Tim finds bitterly Laura returned to her flat. Pieter makes Sofie explain to David only a fiancé's r...
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Belgium...
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David thanks Robbie affluently for his driving lessons, but pleads he should as generously make up w...
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Episode 123: (#1.123)
Tim has to handle Laura getting drunk as a skunk at the engagement party. Herman scolds him for spec...
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Episode 124: (#1.124)
Tim nearly tells Quinten what bugs him and Laura, who behaves childishly with her hang-over, but rus...
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Episode 125: (#1.125)
Robbie's arrival for another free driving lesson finally chases siren Delfine away from David. Seein...
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Episode 126: (#1.126)
Tim nearly tells his dad, but only swears Quinten to silence to admit he 'probably' is gay but doesn...
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Episode 127: (#1.127)
Tim feels tortured by having to keep his secret, which Quinten finds hard to keep from suspicious na...
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Episode 128: (#1.128)
After agonizing about coming clean to Robbie, Tim wrecks his laptop. Robbie sweetly comes measure up...
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Episode 129: (#1.129)
Tim gets his study group, and Laura promises to stop preying for his secret. Thanks to Robbie's coac...
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Episode 130: (#1.130)
Tim is rid of Laura, who makes him admit the study group was an excuse to avoid being alone with her...
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Episode 131: (#1.131)
Tim still gathers his nerve to come out. Robbie learns from Laura about her break-up with Tim but do...
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Episode 132: (#1.132)
Robbie visits Tim to talk trough their relationship, but like all Klaerhouts he's now concerned with...
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Episode 133: (#1.133)
Just when Robbie nearly walked out loosing patience, Tim finally admits he's in love with him but st...
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Episode 134: (#1.134)
Tim confronts Quentin with Laura to make her accept only Tessa shows an interest in their friend. Af...
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Episode 135: (#1.135)
Tim finally asks Robbie to sleep over in his penthouse. Lotte abuses the press to force Steven to al...
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Episode 136: (#1.136)
Tim and Robbie happy after their heavenly first night in bed. Tim still hesitates about outing himse...
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Episode 137: (#1.137)
Maarten is excited to hear Liesbeth is interested in him again, to Hennelore's fury. Sander and Lott...
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Episode 138: (#1.138)
Robbie is deeply hurt when Tim avoids his friends rather then be seen together with his gay lover. S...
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Seeing how deep Robbie is hired by being hidden, Tim promises to make an effort. Being caught kissin...
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Belgium...
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Tim learns Robbie fears for his job, and searching for another would probably mean moving abroad, se...
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The police informs the Klaerhout home Davis is arrested and will be charged for assault, maybe even ...
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Belgium...
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Episode 144: (#1.144)
Tim fails to talk Quinten and Laura (who still hide their affair from him) out of systematically mee...
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Episode 145: (#1.145)
Tim still keeps his relationship with Robbie inconspicuous for his college friends, failing to get Q...
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Episode 146: (#1.146)
Tim attends a family meeting, where all children give Herman a free hand to bid on the Alzheimer pro...
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Episode 147: (#1.147)
Herman overbidding Bea for the Alzheimer project means a 'state of war' between the Klaerhout and We...
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Episode 148: (#1.148)
Robbie is scolded 'disloyal' by Herman for applying elsewhere and reproaches Tim spilling his secret...
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Episode 149: (#1.149)
Now Tim's secret is out, study mates Quiten and Laura confess their love too, but neither is really ...
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Episode 150: (#1.150)
Herman must accept he can't win the bio-line bid, hears Wellens tried to buy Andrea Maarten as R&D; c...
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Tim worries that Robbie's job interview went so well they may have to move to Luxemburg soon. David ...
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Tim cheerfully invites Sven to drop by, but Robbie reacts rather surprised then pleased to have his ...
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Tim accepts another meeting with Sven, just them two, where they agree Robbie doesn't understand how...
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Tim and Robbie are now happy as a gay couple, except Sven's flirting with Tim makes Robbie somewhat ...
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Tim and Robbie are happy their outing was taken well at the exhibition. Tim ignores phone-calls from...
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Tim is so furious his professor refuses to believe Stijn and Tessa don't do their part of the chemis...
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Tim cooked dinner for Robbie, but is shattered by the news he accepted the Luxemburg job offer. Now ...
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Episode 158: (#1.158)
Tim can't accept having to miss Robbie most of the week, Robbie won't give up his own life. Tim invi...
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Robbie returned early to apologize again for his jealousy and spend more time with Tim. Finding him ...
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Tim feels so guilty about his infidelity that he can't even bare to let Sven in again. Sander fierce...
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Robbie is furious to see Sven applying for his Klaerhout job, manages to sabotage that by outing out...
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Robbie tells Sofie he's determined to leave Klaerhout now it's over with Tim, who gets his key back ...
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Episode 163: (#1.163)
Tim finds Robbie, who forgives his infidelity but concludes Tim still needs to experiment, so the br...
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Episode 164: (#1.164)
Tim finds some comfort with Quinten and Laura. Pieter learns the police may well be about to discove...
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Tim admits to Quinten he can't yet cope with witnessing his happiness with Laura and helps David usi...
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Tim tells Quinten he no longer acres whether the group assignment is turned in or not to make Stijn ...
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Tim accepts to study again now Quinten won't turn in the group assignment, so Stijn and Tessa will f...
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Sander and Jan get along, albeit tensely, while trying to help Lotte prepare the charity exhibition....
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After the article on David meeting prostitutes, nearly everybody turns against him. Herman wants him...
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Tim, still grieving for Robbie and objects to his chemistry professor's announcing the two chapters ...
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Tim is cramming again with Quinten and Laura. Maarten enjoys growing in fatherhood but still fails t...
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While Tim is cramming, Stijn gets Tessa to steal a drug from the college lab to stage drug-dealing '...
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Tim studies for his life now he must get 12/12 on the exam questions he won't boycott. Stijn pays eq...
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Despite Tim's bleak predicament, he over the moon when Robbie returns to help him. The boys make lov...
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Tim and Robbie passionately celebrate being united as true lovers all the way, after Tim makes clear...
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Episode 176: (#1.176)
Robbie can barely convince Tim to interrupt their passion to attend classes. As if being taunted by ...
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Episode 177: (#1.177)
Robbie delights Tim by cooking a pasta dinner and announcing he he found the way to download the ori...
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Episode 178: (#1.178)
Tim and Robbie's happiness is cut short when they discover the original videos are deleted from Stij...
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Robbie is warmly welcomed back by Herman as Tim's steady lover, and for offering help to identify th...
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Told about the 'dealer video', Herman asks Tim to explain the truth and follows Robbie's suggestion ...
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Only Tim accepts to help Delfine prepare for her new TV show. Ludo's ex-secretary hates Bea, so she ...
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After the talk show prepping, Tim misses Robbie badly, but follows his advice by receiving police de...
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Episode 183: (#1.183)
Stijn promises to return the original recordings if Tim drops his complaint, but it's a ruse to intr...
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Episode 184: (#1.184)
Tim gets a visit from police detective Kevin and accepts to file a formal complaint against Stijn, s...
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Tim accepts to lure Sofie to his penthouse so David can urge her to admit being i love with him and ...
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Tim and Robbie celebrate their victory over Stijn, although Tim sort of pities the fiend being order...
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To Tim's delight, Robbie asks and gets his Klaerhout job back, so he can return from Luxemburg for g...
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Tim asks his dad for help to find Robbie's estranged parents, but there are no data in his personnel...
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Episode 189: (#1.189)
Tim's request to help find Robbie's parents is rudely ignored by their ex Sven. David's Sofie-obsess...
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Tim sneaks into Herman's office to peek into Robbie's file, searching for his lover's parents, witho...
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Episode 191: (#1.191)
Tim breaks in to dad's office to peek at Robbie's secret personnel file. After reading his lover has...
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Episode 192: (#1.192)
Tim rages his dad should have warned him for Robbie's vice-past, only to be told his own breaking ac...
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Although Robbie is still bitter about his latest stunt, Tim pleads and begs till Sven sort of forgiv...
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Tim meets Robbie's parents over an oysters dinner, rather too fancy for them. They tell him that Rob...
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Pieter has escaped with the research results and evidence, but is arrested at the Wellens home. Tim ...
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Police detective De Smet compares Pieter's, David's and Sofie's stories, which adds up to lending le...
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Hugo manages to keep Sofie free pending the police investigation, unlike Pieter. Ludo finds himself ...
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While Tim prepares dinner for Robbie's parents, he tries to calm Quinten and Laura, who fear she is ...
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Tim grudgingly abandons the dinner with Robbie and his parents to attend a Klaerhout family council,...
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Tim and Robbie are happy now his parents ask them for a return dinner, until Quinten arrives to tell...
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Tim, Robbie, Quinten and Laura worry about the effects of her pregnancy, but the doctor concludes fa...
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Casper admits to Janos that Delfine intrigues him. Tim and Robbie visit Sofie for support, like Maar...
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Even Casper now hopes Delfine might really care for Janos. The medical ethics commission completely ...
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Robbie helps Sofie trace David's dad after all, in Antwerp, about to sail to sail to Miami for good....
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David Wu, February 22
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- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 23 Jul 2011
David Wu speaks on GMA about recent comments by his staff in the media about his behavior and their concerns for his mental health.
http://wn.com/David_Wu,_February_22
Rep. David Wu (D-Oregon) - "Klingons in the White House"
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Rep. David Wu (D-Oregon) drops this ridiculous bombshell during the January 10, 2007 House session.
http://wn.com/Rep_David_Wu_D-Oregon_Klingons_in_the_White_House
Congressman David Wu resigns over sex scandal
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- Duration: 1:35
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nma.tv Oregon Rep. David Wu admitted to having an inappropriate sexual encounter with the daughter of a campaign donor. There is confusion in the press about the girl's age. Wu was the first Taiwan-born American to be elected to the House of Representatives. His parents fled to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War. Wu was doing Taiwanese and Taiwanese Americans proud, until accusations he sexually assaulted a classmate in college surfaced in 2004. It seems Wu had put his past behind him until he began acting erratically last year. He illicitly accepted prescription pills and sent strange photos of himself to staff. After some resistance, Wu has announced he will resign. Taiwan's nightmare has come to an end.
http://wn.com/Congressman_David_Wu_resigns_over_sex_scandal
Rep. David Wu's staff confronted him over concerns about his mental health
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- Updated: 29 Jul 2011
hello Angel............
http://wn.com/Rep_David_Wu's_staff_confronted_him_over_concerns_about_his_mental_health
Rep. David Wu Resigns: 'God Speed To You All. Take Care.'
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- Updated: 05 Jan 2012
http://wn.com/Rep_David_Wu_Resigns_'God_Speed_To_You_All_Take_Care'
7238love David Wu love play kiss
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http://wn.com/7238love_David_Wu_love_play_kiss
Congressman David Wu's Town Hall Meeting in McMinnville, OR
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- Duration: 5:05
- Updated: 05 Aug 2011
Congressman David Wu meets with constituents to discuss pending health care reform and other issues during a town hall meeting on Aug. 10, 2009.
http://wn.com/Congressman_David_Wu's_Town_Hall_Meeting_in_McMinnville,_OR
David Wu Runs From The Truth AGAIN
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- Duration: 6:04
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
http://wn.com/David_Wu_Runs_From_The_Truth_AGAIN
"KING OF HEARTS" TRAILER
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- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
The trailer for one of the most popular films of all time, "King of Hearts," directed by Philippe De Broca.
http://wn.com/KING_OF_HEARTS_TRAILER
Full Throttle 烈火戰車- Andy Lau 刘德华PART 2 *Indonesian Subtitle*
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- Duration: 59:32
- Updated: 31 Oct 2012
Cast : Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Paul Chun, David Wu, Chin Kar-lok directed by Derek Yee facebook@AndyLauSounds facebook@HRITHIK ROSHAN PHOTO GALLERY ------- Love Andy Lau & Hrithik Roshan Forever ------ Uploaded by Ithrie Roshan Hrithikian
http://wn.com/Full_Throttle_烈火戰車_Andy_Lau_刘德华PART_2_*Indonesian_Subtitle*
David Wu interviewed at Android Open 2011
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- Duration: 2:50
- Updated: 04 Nov 2011
David Wu (HTC)
http://wn.com/David_Wu_interviewed_at_Android_Open_2011
David Wu resigns
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- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
David Wu resigns
http://wn.com/David_Wu_resigns
David Wu refuses to resign before debt ceiling vote
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- Duration: 0:50
- Updated: 17 Sep 2011
The Washington Times caught up with Congressman David Wu and asked him why he is waiting to resign from office until after the debt ceiling vote.
http://wn.com/David_Wu_refuses_to_resign_before_debt_ceiling_vote
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.20 (Fringe Season 1 Finale) - REM parody
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 12 Jul 2012
The Fringemunks recap the Season 1 finale of FOX TV series Fringe (Episode 1.20) "There's More Than One of Everything," with a parody of "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by REM We recap all Fringe episodes with song parody recaps. Listen to & download all of them at DavidWuMusic.com Song Credits: - Music composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe - Parody lyrics, all instruments & production by David Wu Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com twitter.com
http://wn.com/The_Fringemunks_Epis_120_Fringe_Season_1_Finale_REM_parody
David Wu speaking on Portland local TV 2 25 2011
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- Duration: 18:09
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
David Wu speaking on Portland local TV 2 25 2011
http://wn.com/David_Wu_speaking_on_Portland_local_TV_2_25_2011
David Wu Laughs at the Fine Profession of Butchering
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- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 01 Oct 2011
My initial impressions were mistaken, corrections have been made.
http://wn.com/David_Wu_Laughs_at_the_Fine_Profession_of_Butchering
Robin Shou vs David Wu
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- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
"Tiger Cage 2" Movie (Rus)
http://wn.com/Robin_Shou_vs_David_Wu
WU LYF - Heavy Pop - David Letterman 1-4-12
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WU LYF - Heavy Pop - David Letterman 1-4-12...As Seen On ©CBS, All Rights Reserved. Letterman Playlist: www.youtube.com What Happen To The Original IdolXfactor? www.youtube.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Tweet Me: twitter.com
http://wn.com/WU_LYF_Heavy_Pop_David_Letterman_1-4-12
Rachmaninov Vocalise, David Finckel and Wu Han at Union College
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Rachmaninoff Vocalise David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano Recorded 5/20/2005 Union College, Memorial Chapel Schenectady, NY by Don Drewecki
http://wn.com/Rachmaninov_Vocalise,_David_Finckel_and_Wu_Han_at_Union_College
David Wu explains his behavior, sort of.
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- Duration: 16:23
- Updated: 21 Mar 2011
David Wu addresses the issues about his behavior that has recently been so much in the news. He spoke before the Washington County Public Affairs Forum on March 7, 2011.
http://wn.com/David_Wu_explains_his_behavior,_sort_of
Sky First Amateur Boxing Match
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- Updated: 03 Nov 2012
NOV 13 2011 HighLights 3mins 3rounds...20YR SKY VS 30YR DAVID WU EAST LA EDDIE HERRERA GYM SKY WINS!!! ALL MY FANS THAT ASKED FOR MY VIDEO HERE YOU GO YES I'm a BOXER!!! NEXT FIGHT COMING UP TURNING PRO WHEN I'M 21 OR 22 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL www.facebook.com
http://wn.com/Sky_First_Amateur_Boxing_Match
Ken Wu: Donald Galloway Presents David Suzuki and Friends
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Ken Wu: Donald Galloway Presents David Suzuki and Friends Apologies for not having the video camera moved in time (i was monitoring the YouTube livestream & watching at the same time) The full version is available on the hangout recording. Video 2of 2 youtu.be YouTube streaming Google+ Hangout Broadcast (with timestamps in description) www.youtube.com Caleb starts 20:45 through to 24:54 Chief (need to get her name) start at 24:54 through to 30:15 link video Donald Galloway Presents David Suzuki and Friends : Part 1of2 1st presenter (host) starts at 44:00 45:19 mentions twitter hashtag #gogalloway4yyj 46:17 Donald Galloway starts to 1:07:42 1:07:42 Calen and Sharline? (need to get name spelling) through to 1:17:16 presenter (need to get name) through to 1:23:00 Elizabeth May starts at 1:26:50 through to 1:41:54 Donald Galloway Presents David Suzuki and Friends : Part 2of2 2nd half of the event with David Suzuki (link video) David Suzuki starts at 1:55:00 runs through to 2:32:37 Elizabeth May 2:32:45 through to 2:35:16 Donald Galloway starts at 2:35:16 runs through to 2:46:48 Dan Mangan @danmanganmusic preforms on acoustic guitar at 2:47:45 through to 2:57:05 (link to HD video) ends at 2:58:25
http://wn.com/Ken_Wu_Donald_Galloway_Presents_David_Suzuki_and_Friends
Congressman David Wu Town Hall. August 11, 2009
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 19 Mar 2012
http://wn.com/Congressman_David_Wu_Town_Hall_August_11,_2009
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
20 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Barack Obama's whirlwind tour of southeast Asia and meetings with dignitaries will have to walk a tightrope between either appearing to endorse military juntas or truly being committed to ongoing pro-democracy movements. Specifically at issue is Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, a democratic advocate...(size: 5.0Kb)
photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti
22 Nov 2012
A new battle is underway in Pakistan with its powerful military front-and-centre, but the fight is not against armed insurgents or ideological extremists - this opponent is a muscle-flexing Supreme Court. For the first time in decades, the military's iron grip over the South Asian country has been challenged, and it remains to be seen if it will...(size: 23.7Kb)
photo: AP / Sebastian D'souza
21 Nov 2012
MUMBAI, India - India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India's home ministry said. Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged through the streets of India's financial capital in November 2008, killing 166 people. Kasab was hung at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at a jail in...(size: 4.5Kb)
photo: AP / Melanie Gouby
21 Nov 2012
Hundreds of government soldiers and police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to rebels at a stadium in Goma, Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri has reported from the scene. The M23 rebel group, believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million...(size: 18.7Kb)
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
22 Nov 2012
CAIRO -- Under intense Egyptian and American pressure, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas halted eight days of bloody conflict Wednesday, averting a full-scale Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip without resolving the underlying disputes. With Israeli forces still massed on the Gaza border, a tentative calm descended after...(size: 5.4Kb)
Cinema Blend
23 Nov 2012
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Business Insider
23 Nov 2012
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Canberra Times
23 Nov 2012
After his last shareholder meeting as chairman of David Jones, Bob Savage opened up on some of the more controversial issues that dogged his near-decade long run in the job. Top of the list, of course, was the sexual harassment scandal that lead to the departure of David Jones chief executive Mark...(size: 2.0Kb)
The Times of India
23 Nov 2012
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday sounded a word of caution about the resumption of cricket ties with Pakistan saying that one of the main 26/11 accused, David Coleman Headley, had entered India on the pretext of watching matches. Minister of state for external affairs E Ahmed said the...(size: 1.9Kb)
The Inquisitr
23 Nov 2012
Posted: November 22, 2012 A David Petraeus rehire would seem like an unlikely event after the public resignation and sex scandal of the CIA director, but many pundits believe that Petraeus remains the best man for the job The idea of a David Petraeus rehire has been floated by several political writers, including Emily Yoffe at Slate, who says that...(size: 9.0Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
23 Nov 2012
The Watches of Switzerland Bond Street store has exclusive rights to display the new Breitling and David Beckham campaign from the 15th to the 28th of November (PRWEB) November 22, 2012 Breitling have enlisted the help of David Beckham to promote their new Transocean Chronograph Unitime Worldtimer, with the former England footballer appearing as...(size: 2.7Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
23 Nov 2012
A decision by the Justice Minister to close four courthouses across Northern Ireland is premature, his Stormont scrutiny committee has said. Minister David Ford said courthouses in Bangor and Larne would be shut by next April, with facilities in Magherafelt and Limavady to be closed a year later. The minister added: âThe closure of four of the...(size: 3.2Kb)
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2012 has been another great year for documentary films and The Central Park Five, produced, written, and directed by filmmakers Ken Burns,...(size: 0.9Kb)
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The Dallas Morning News
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The New York Times
23 Nov 2012
When David Taub co-founded his wine importing company in 1977, most Americans knew about two kinds of Italian wine, and those mainly by their packaging: Chianti, for its straw-covered flask, and Soave Bolla, which came in a tall, elegant, rocket-shaped bottle. Palm Bay International.¤ David S. Taub, a wine importer who helped introduce Pinot...(size: 8.4Kb)
The Australian
23 Nov 2012
THE new CEO of the National Rugby League is a Welshman who grew up in a working class mining town without a background in the game. Meet David Smith the 44-year-old who has been handed the reins by the Australian Rugby League Commission following the sacking of David Gallop in June. The ARLC's six-month search for Gallop's replacement ended today...(size: 5.7Kb)
For other people named David Wu, see David Wu (disambiguation).
| David Wu 吳振偉 |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st district |
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| In office January 3, 1999 – August 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth Furse |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Bonamici |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-04-08) April 8, 1955 (age 57) Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Wu (filed for separation) |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Yale Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
David Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳振偉; simplified Chinese: 吴振伟; pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi; born April 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Chinese American[1] and Taiwanese-American to serve in the House of Representatives. In the wake of accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances on the teenage daughter of a campaign donor and friend, Wu announced that he would resign from office following resolution of the debt ceiling crisis; he submitted his resignation on August 3, 2011.[2][3] A special election was held on January 31, 2012, to fill the vacancy in advance of the regular 2012 election.[4] Democrat Suzanne Bonamici defeated Republican challenger Rob Cornilles to win this special election.
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Early life, education, and law career[link]
Wu was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan. His parents were from Suzhou in Jiangsu province in China and settled in Taiwan due to the Chinese Civil War. The family moved to the United States in 1961.[5] Wu spent his first two years in the U.S. in Latham, New York, where his family were the only Asian Americans in town.[6]
Wu received a bachelor of science degree from Stanford University in 1977 and attended Harvard Medical School for a time, sharing an apartment with future-United States Senator Bill Frist.[7] Wu did not complete his medical studies. Instead, he attended Yale Law School where he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree in 1982. Next, he served as a clerk for a federal judge and then co-founded the law firm of Cohen & Wu. The firm focused on representing clients in Oregon's high-tech development sector, centered on "Silicon Forest."
U.S. House of Representatives[link]
Elections[link]
Wu was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, succeeding Democrat Elizabeth Furse. He narrowly defeated Republican Molly Bordonaro by a little over 7,100 votes. He won re-election in 2000, defeating state senator Charles Starr in the November election with 58% of the vote to 39% for Starr.[8] Redistricting after the 2000 census made the 1st considerably more Democratic, notably by adding a small portion of Multnomah County. Wu won re-election in 2004 over Republican Goli Ameri; in 2006 over Oregon state representative Derrick Kitts and two minor party candidates; and in 2008 with no Republican candidate running, he captured 72% of the vote to win a sixth term over four minor party candidates. He faced his most difficult reelection test in 2010, defeating Republican challenger Rob Cornilles with 54% of the vote.
Tenure[link]
Wu was a member of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a group of moderate Democrats in the House. In 2009, he received a 100 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.[9] He was also a member of the Executive Board for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as Chair from January 2001 to January 2004.
On July 22, 2011, The Oregonian reported that a teen-aged girl accused Wu of an aggressive, unwanted sexual encounter. The teenager is the daughter of a longtime friend and campaign donor. Wu admitted the encounter but said it was consensual.[10] House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an ethics investigation into the allegations.[11] Wu initially indicated that he would not resign but would also not seek reelection in 2012.[12] Several days later, however, Wu announced he would resign following resolution of the 2011 US debt ceiling crisis.[2] He resigned on August 3, 2011.[13]
Committee assignments[link]
Personal life[link]
Wu married Michelle Maxine Wu in 1996, and they have two children. In December 2009, he filed for separation from his wife, citing irreconcilable differences.[14]
Three weeks prior to the 2004 elections, The Oregonian published an article reporting that Wu had been accused of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend while attending Stanford.[15] Stanford made Wu attend counseling, and he was disciplined by the university in 1976.[16] Criminal charges were never filed, but the story prompted Wu to hold a press conference apologizing for "inexcusable behavior".[17]
In February 2011, Willamette Week[18] and later The Oregonian reported that, in the runup to the November 2010 election, Wu began behaving erratically and that staffers "demanded he enter a hospital for psychiatric treatment."[19] The erratic behavior that triggered the staff's departure was reported to be no single incident but rather a pattern of behavior that included Wu's emailing his staff photos of himself in a tiger suit.[18]
After Wu won re-election, at least six of his staffers left, including his longtime chief of staff and his communications director.[20] In a statement, Wu acknowledged he has sought "professional medical care" and attributed the problems to the stress of being a single father, the death of his father, and his political campaign.[19] The Oregonian has reported that a campaign contributor gave Wu a prescription painkiller, identified by the staffer present as oxycodone to help alleviate an episode of severe neck pain.[21] Willamette Week quoted the donor as saying the pills were ibuprofen.[22] Wu has admitted taking the painkiller, saying that it was an act of bad judgment, but claiming that he did not know what it was.[23]
References[link]
- ^ "David Wu". The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. http://www.apaics.org/index.php/resources/representative_profile/David_Wu_OR. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- ^ a b Pope, Charles; Janie Har; Beth Slovic (July 26, 2011). "Rep. David Wu boxed in by ethics investigation, forced to resign after pressure from colleagues". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/rep_david_wu_boxed_in_and_forc.html. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ Shear, Michael D. (July 26, 2011). "Wu to Resign From Congress". The New York Times. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/wu-to-resign-from-congress/?hp. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ http://www.blueoregon.com/2011/07/if-wu-resigns-what-happens/
- ^ Lydgate, Chris (1999-08-11). "A Question of Conscience". Willamette Week. http://www.wweek.com/html/politics081199.html. Retrieved 2006-09-13.
- ^ Nishioka, Joyce; Janet Dang (1999-07-15). "David Wu in the House!". Asian Week. http://www.asianweek.com/071599/feature_davidwu.html. Retrieved 2006-09-13.
- ^ www.NationalJournal.com[dead link]
- ^ 2000 U.S. House of Representatives Results. U.S. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ "Representative David Wu (OR)". Philipsburg, MT: Project Vote Smart. 1998-11--03. http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=23797.
- ^ Pope, Charles; Janie Har; Beth Slovic (July 22, 2011). "Sources: Young woman accuses Oregon Rep. David Wu of aggressive, unwanted sexual encounter". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/rep_david_wu_accused_of_aggres.html. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Brady, Jessica (July 24, 2011). "Pelosi Seeks Ethics Investigation of Wu". Roll Call Politics. http://www.rollcall.com/news/wu_wont_seek_re_election-207627-1.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter.
- ^ Bresnahan, John; Allen, Jonathan (July 24, 2011). "Defiant Wu will not resign". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59791.html.
- ^ http://thehill.com/homenews/house/175403-wu-resigns-from-the-house
- ^ "Congressman Wu files for separation from wife". The Oregonian. December 28, 2009. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/12/congressman_wu_files_for_separ.html. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- ^ Gunderson, Laura (October 12, 2004). "Allegation of Assault on Woman in 1970s in College Shadows Wu". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2004/10/allegation_of_assault_on_woman.html.
- ^ John Bresnahan and Jonathan Allen. Wu at center of sex allegation, Politico, July 22, 2011.
- ^ Cole, Michelle (November 3, 2004). "Wu Cruises to 4th Term in Bitter Race". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 3, 2004. http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com.catalog.multcolib.org/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%20106290032B1D238A%20)&p_docid=106290032B1D238A&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=106290032B1D238A&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=W64D5DQSMTI4NzMwNjU0OS4xMDY3OTk6MToxMzoxOTIuMjIwLjEyOC4w&&p_multi=ORGB.
- ^ a b Beth Slovic (February 18, 2011). "Documents Show Congressman David Wu's Staff “Threatened to Shut Down His Campaign”". Wweek.com. http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26539-documents_show_congressman_david_wus_staff_%E2%80%9Cthreatened_to_shut_down_his_campaign%E2%80%9D.html. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ a b "Rep. David Wu's staff confronted him over concerns about his mental health". The Oregonian. February 19, 2011. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/rep_david_wus_staff_confronted.html. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ^ "Report: Congressman urged to get psychiatric help: Staffers became increasingly worried at Rep. Wu's erratic behavior". MSNBC. Associated Press. February 19, 2011. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41676073/ns/politics-capitol_hill/.
- ^ The Oregonian (February 22, 2011). "Oregon Rep. David Wu airs regrets, owns up to taking prescription painkillers". OregonLive.com. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/david_wu_speaks_to_good_mornin.html. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ "Strange Wu". Wweek.com. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16993-strange_wu.html. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ "Rep. Wu won't resign, seeks re-election | kgw.com Portland". Kgw.com. http://www.kgw.com/home/116981008.html. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Elizabeth Furse |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st congressional district 1999 - 2011 |
Succeeded by Suzanne Bonamici |
| Representatives to the 106th–112th United States Congresses from Oregon (ordered by seniority) | ||
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| 106th | Senate: R. Wyden | G. Smith | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | D. Hooley | G. Walden | D. Wu |
| 107th | Senate: R. Wyden | G. Smith | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | D. Hooley | G. Walden | D. Wu |
| 108th | Senate: R. Wyden | G. Smith | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | D. Hooley | G. Walden | D. Wu |
| 109th | Senate: R. Wyden | G. Smith | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | D. Hooley | G. Walden | D. Wu |
| 110th | Senate: R. Wyden | G. Smith | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | D. Hooley | G. Walden | D. Wu |
| 111th | Senate: R. Wyden | J. Merkley | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | G. Walden | D. Wu | K. Schrader |
| 112th | Senate: R. Wyden | J. Merkley | House: P. DeFazio | E. Blumenauer | G. Walden | D. Wu | K. Schrader |
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Wu, David |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | American politician |
| Date of birth | 1955-04-08 |
| Place of birth | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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"Daud", "Dawood", and "King David" redirect here. For other uses, see Daud (disambiguation), Dawood (disambiguation), and King David (disambiguation).
| King David | |
|---|---|
| King of Israel | |
 Statue of David by Nicolas Cordier, in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome |
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| Reign | over Judah c. 1010–1003 BC; over Judah and Israel c. 1003–970 BC |
| Born | c. 1040 BC |
| Birthplace | Bethlehem |
| Died | c. 970 BC |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |
| Predecessor | Saul (Judah), Ishbaal (Israel) |
| Successor | Solomon |
| Royal House | House of David (new house) |
| Father | Jesse |
| Mother | not named in the Bible; identified by the Talmud as Nitzevet, daughter of Adael |
David (Hebrew: דָּוִד, דָּוִיד, Modern David Tiberian Dāwîḏ; ISO 259-3 Dawid; Strong's Daveed; beloved; Arabic: داوود or داود [a] Dāwūd) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and, according to the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, an ancestor of Jesus. David is seen as a major Prophet in Islamic traditions. [1][2] His life is conventionally dated to c. 1040–970 BC, his reign over Judah c. 1010–1003 BC,[citation needed] and his reign over the United Kingdom of Israel c. 1003–970 BC.[citation needed] The Books of Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles are the only sources of information on David, although the Tel Dan stele records "House of David", which some take as confirmation of the existence in the mid-9th century BC of a Judean royal dynasty called the "House of David".
David is very important to Jewish, Christian and Islamic doctrine and culture. In Judaism, David, or David HaMelekh, is the King of Israel, and the Jewish people. Jewish tradition maintains that a direct descendant of David will be the Messiah. In Islam, he is known as Dawud, considered to be a prophet and the king of a nation. He is depicted as a righteous king, though not without faults, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician, and poet, traditionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.
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Historicity[link]
Archaeological evidence[link]
Tel Dan Stele and Mesha Stele[link]
Main articles: Tel Dan Stele and Mesha Stele
A fragment of an Aramean victory stele discovered in 1993 at Tel Dan and dated c.850–835 BC contains the phrase ביתדוד (bytdwd). Because the ancient Aramaic script is written without vowels, different readings are possible. Scholars agree that the first part should be read בֵּית (beyt), meaning "house". However, the second part can be read as דּוֹד (dod), which means "uncle" or "beloved" or as דָּוִד (David). The phrase therefore can mean either "House of the beloved", "House of the uncle" or "House of David".[3] Since the stele recounts the victory of an Aramean king over "the king of Israel",[4] the translation of "ביתדוד" as "the House of David" is not illogical.[5][6]
The Mesha Stele from Moab, dating from approximately the same period, may also contain the name David, in two places: in line 12, where the interpretation is uncertain, and בת[ד]וד in line 31, where one destroyed letter must be supplied (here it is bracketed in the middle).[7] Kenneth Kitchen has proposed that an inscription of c. 945 BC by the Egyptian Pharaoh Shoshenq I mentions "the highlands of David."[8] Although a reference to King David in this geographical name is not certain, some scholars suggest it is reasonable.[9]
City of David and Judah, ca. 1000 BC onward[link]
Main article: City of David
The Bronze and Iron Age remains of the City of David, the original urban core of Jerusalem identified with the reigns of David and Solomon, were investigated extensively in the 1970s and 1980s under the direction of Yigal Shiloh of the Hebrew University, but failed to discover significant evidence of occupation during the 10th century BC,[10] In 2005, Eilat Mazar found a Large Stone Structure which she claimed was David's palace, but the archaeology is contaminated and impossible to date accurately.[11][12] Finkelstein and Silberman feel the archaeological evidence from surface surveys indicates that Judah at the time of David was a small tribal kingdom, although both do accept that David and Solomon were likely historical figures in Judah about the 10th century BC. They describe the earliest tales of David as a "classical bandit tale".[13]
The biblical account[link]
The biblical account about David comes from the book of Samuel and the book of Chronicles (each of which are divided into two books in Jewish and Christian traditions). While almost half of the Psalms are headed "A Psalm of David", the headings are later additions, and no psalm can be attributed to David with certainty.[14] Chronicles merely retells Samuel from a different theological vantage point, and contains little if any information not available there, and the biblical evidence for David is therefore dependent almost exclusively on the material contained in the chapters from 1 Samuel 16 to 1 Kings 2.
Since Martin Noth put forward his analysis of the Deuteronomistic History, biblical scholars have accepted that these two books form part of a continuous history of Israel, compiled no earlier than the late 7th century BC, but incorporating earlier works and fragments. Samuel's account of David "seems to have undergone two separate acts of editorial slanting." The original writers show a strong bias against Saul, and in favour of David and Solomon. Many years later the Deuteronomists edited the material in a manner that conveyed their religious message, inserting reports and anecdotes that strengthened their monotheistic doctrine. Some of the materials in Samuel I and II — notably the boundary, allotment and administrative lists — are believed to be very early, since they correspond closely to what we know of the territorial conditions of the late Davidic-early Solomonic period.[15]
Beyond this, the full range of possible interpretations is available. The late John Bright, whose History of Israel, which went through four editions from 1959 to 2000, takes Samuel at face value, but Donald B. Redford thinks all reconstructions from Biblical sources for the United Monarchy period are examples of 'academic wishful thinking',[16] and Thomas L. Thompson measures Samuel against the archaeological evidence and concludes that "an independent history of Judea during the Iron I [i.e., the period of David] and Iron II periods has little room for historicizing readings of the stories of I-II Samuel and I Kings."[17] Some interesting studies of David have been written: Baruch Halpern has pictured David as a lifelong vassal of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath;[18] Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman have identified as the oldest and most reliable section of Samuel those chapters which describe David as the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws who captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital.[19] Steven McKenzie, Associate Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Rhodes College and author of King David: A Biography, states the belief that David actually came from a wealthy family, was "ambitious and ruthless" and a tyrant who murdered his opponents, including his own sons.[14]
Biblical narrative[link]
Chosen by God[link]
God withdraws his favour from Saul, king of Israel, "It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments."[20] The prophet Samuel seeks a new king from the sons of Jesse of Bethlehem. Seven of Jesse's sons are led before Samuel, but Samuel says, "Yahweh has not chosen these." "And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he."[21]
At the court of Saul[link]
God sends an evil spirit to torment Saul (1 Samuel 16:14) and his attendants suggest he send for David, a young warrior famed for his bravery and for his skill with the harp. Saul does so and makes David one of his armor-bearers and "whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him."
David and Goliath[link]
The Israelites, under King Saul, faced the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. He heard the Philistine giant Goliath challenge the Israelites to send their own champion to decide the outcome in single combat. David told Saul he was prepared to face Goliath and Saul allowed him to make the attempt. He was victorious, striking Goliath in the forehead with a stone from his sling. Goliath fell, and David killed him with his own sword and beheaded him; the Philistines fled in terror. Saul inquired about the name of the young champion, and David told him that he is the son of Jesse.[22]
David and Jonathan[link]
Main article: David and Jonathan
Saul makes David a commander over his armies and offers him his daughter Michal in marriage for bringing more than 200 foreskins of the Philistines to him. David is successful in many battles, and his popularity awakes Saul's fears — "What more can he have but the kingdom?" By various stratagems the jealous king seeks his death, but the plots only endear David the more to the people, and especially to Saul's son Jonathan, who loves David (1 Samuel 18:1, 2 Samuel 1:25–26).[23][24] Warned by Jonathan, David flees into the wilderness, where he gathers a band of followers and becomes the champion of the oppressed while evading the pursuit of Saul. He accepts the town of Ziklag from the Philistine king Achish of Gath, but continues secretly to champion the Israelites. Achish marches against Saul, but David is excused from the war on the accusation of the Philistine nobles that his loyalty to their cause cannot be trusted.
Anointed king[link]
Jonathan and Saul are killed in battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa. David mourns their deaths, especially that of Jonathan, his friend. He goes up to Hebron, where he is anointed king over Judah. In the north, Saul's son Ish-Bosheth becomes king of the tribes of Israel. War ensues between Ish-Bosheth and David, until Ish-Bosheth is murdered. The assassins bring the head of Ish-Bosheth to David hoping for a reward, but David executes them for their crime against the Lord's anointed. Yet with the death of the son of Saul, the elders of Israel come to Hebron and David, who is 30 years old, is anointed King over Israel and Judah.[25]
Jerusalem and the Davidic Covenant[link]
David conquers the Jebusite fortress of Jerusalem, and makes it his capital, and "Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house." David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, intending to build a temple, but God, speaking to the prophet Nathan, is pleased, saying the temple will be built. God makes a covenant with David, promising that he will establish the house of David : "Your throne shall be established forever."
With God's help, David is victorious over his people's enemies. The Philistines are subdued, the Moabites to the east pay tribute, along with Hadadezer of Zobah, from whom David takes gold shields and bronze vessels.[26]
Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite[link]
David commits adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.[27] Bathsheba becomes pregnant. David sends for Uriah, who is with the Israelite army at the siege of Rabbah, so that he may lie with his wife and conceal the identity of the child's father. Uriah refuses to do so while his companions are in the field of battle and David sends him back to Joab, the commander, with a message instructing him to abandon Uriah on the battlefield, "that he may be struck down, and die." David marries Bathsheba and she bears his child, "but the thing that David had done displeased the Lord."[28] The prophet Nathan confronts David, saying: "Why have you despised the word of God, to do what is evil in his sight? You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife." Nathan presents three punishments from God for this sin. First, that the "sword shall never depart from your house" (2 Samuel 12:10) second, that "Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel., (2 Samuel 12:12) and finally, that "the son born to you will die."2 Samuel 12:14 David repents, yet God "struck the [David's] child ... and it became sick ... [And] on the seventh day the child died." David leaves his lamentations, dresses himself, goes to the House of the Lord and worships, and then returns home to eat. His servants ask why he wept when the baby was alive, but ends his mourning when the child dies. David replies: "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.' But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."2 Samuel 12:22–23
David's son Absalom rebels[link]
David's son Absalom rebels against his father, and they come to battle in the Wood of Ephraim. Absalom is caught by his hair in the branches of an oak and David’s general Joab kills him as he hangs there.[29] When the news of the victory is brought to David, he does not rejoice, but is instead shaken with grief: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"[30]
Old age[link]
When David has become old and bedridden, Adonijah, his eldest surviving son and natural heir, declares himself king and worthy to marry Abishag. Bathsheba, David's favorite wife, and Nathan the prophet, fearing that they will be killed by Adonijah, go to David and procure his agreement that Solomon, Bathsheba's son, should sit on the throne. And so the plans of Adonijah collapse, and Solomon becomes king.[31] It is to Solomon that David gives his final instructions, including his promise that the line of Solomon and David will inherit the throne of Judah forever, and his request that Solomon kill his oldest enemies on his behalf.[32] David dies and is buried in the City of David, having ruled forty years over Israel, seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
Religious view[link]
Judaism[link]
| King David the Prophet | |
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 King David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (c. 1640) |
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| Holy Monarch, Prophet, Reformer, Spiritual Poet & Musician, Vicegerent of God, Psalm-Receiver | |
| Born | c. 1040 B.C.E. Bethlehem |
| Died | c. 970 B.C.E. Jerusalem |
| Honored in | Judaism Christianity Islam |
| Attributes | Psalms, Harp, Head of Goliath |
David is an important figure in Judaism. Historically, David's reign represented the formation of a coherent Jewish kingdom centered in Jerusalem. David is an important figure within the context of Jewish messianism. In the Hebrew Bible, it is written that a human descendant of David will occupy the throne of a restored kingdom and usher in a messianic age.
David is also viewed as a tragic figure; his acquisition of Bathsheba, and the loss of his son are viewed as his central tragedies.
Many legends have grown around the figure of David. According to one Rabbinic tradition, David was raised as the son of his father Jesse and spent his early years herding his father's sheep in the wilderness while his brothers were in school. Only at his anointing by Samuel – when the oil from Samuel's flask turned to diamonds and pearls – was his true identity as Jesse's son revealed.
David's adultery with Bathsheba was only an opportunity to demonstrate the power of repentance, and some Talmudic authors stated that it was not adultery at all, quoting a Jewish practice of divorce on the eve of battle. However, in tractate Sanhedrin, David's broken heart pleads and numerous actions for forgiveness are discussed, God ultimately forgives but would not remove his sins from Scripture.[33]
Furthermore, according to David's apologists, the death of Uriah was not to be considered murder, on the basis that Uriah had committed a capital offence by refusing to obey a direct command from the King.[34]
According to midrashim, Adam gave up 70 years of his life for the life of David.[35] Also, according to the Talmud Yerushalmi, David was born and died on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks). His piety was said to be so great that his prayers could bring down things from Heaven.
Christianity[link]
See also: Genealogy of Jesus
The concept of the Messiah is important in Christianity. Originally an earthly king ruling by divine appointment ("the anointed one", as the title Messiah had it), the "son of David" became in the last two pre-Christian centuries the apocalyptic and heavenly one who would deliver Israel and usher in a new kingdom. This was the background to the concept of Messiahship in early Christianity, which interpreted the career of Jesus "by means of the titles and functions assigned to David in the mysticism of the Zion cult, in which he served as priest-king and in which he was the mediator between God and man."[36] The early Church believed that "the life of David [foreshadowed] the life of Christ; Bethlehem is the birthplace of both; the shepherd life of David points out Christ, the Good Shepherd; the five stones chosen to slay Goliath are typical of the five wounds; the betrayal by his trusted counsellor, Achitophel, and the passage over the Cedron remind us of Christ's Sacred Passion. Many of the Davidic Psalms, as we learn from the New Testament, are clearly typical of the future Messiah."[37] In the Middle Ages, "Charlemagne thought of himself, and was viewed by his court scholars, as a 'new David'. [This was] not in itself a new idea, but [one whose] content and significance were greatly enlarged by him."[38] The linking of David to earthly kingship was reflected in later Medieval cathedral windows all over Europe through the device of the Tree of Jesse, its branches demonstrating how divine kingship descended from Jesse, through his son David, to Jesus.
Western Rite churches (Roman Catholic, Lutheran) celebrate his feast day on 29 December, Eastern-rite on 19 December.[39] The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches celebrate the feast day of the "Holy Righteous Prophet and King David" on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (two Sundays before the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Lord), when he is commemorated together with other ancestors of Jesus. He is also commemorated on the Sunday after the Nativity, together with Joseph and James, the Brother of the Lord.
Mormonism[link]
The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cites David as one directed by God to practice polygamy, but who sinned in committing adultery with Bathsheba and having Uriah killed.[40]
Islam[link]
Main article Islamic view of David
David (Arabic داود, Dāwūd) is a highly important figure in Islam as one of the major prophets sent by God to guide the Israelites. David is mentioned several times in the Qur'an, often with his son Solomon. In the Qur'an: David killed Goliath (II: 251), Goliath was a powerful king who used to invade random kingdoms and villages. Goliath was spreading evil and corruption. When David killed Goliath, God granted him kingship and wisdom and enforces it (XXXVIII: 20). David is made God's "vicegerent on earth" (XXXVIII: 26) and God further gives David sound judgment (XXI: 78; XXXVII: 21–24, 26) as well as the Psalms, which are regarded as books of divine wisdom (IV: 163; XVII, 55). The birds and mountains unite with David in ushering praise to God (XXI: 79; XXXIV: 10; XXXVIII: 18), while God instructs David in the art of fashioning chain-mail out of iron (XXXIV: 10; XXI: 80). Together with Solomon, David gives judgment in a case of damage to the fields (XXI: 78) and David judges in the matter between two disputants in his prayer chamber (XXXVIII: 21–23). Since there is no mention in the Qur'an of the wrong David did to Uriah nor is there any reference to Bathsheba, Muslims reject this narrative.[41]
Muslim tradition and the hadith stress David's zeal in daily prayer[42] as well as in fasting. Qur'an commentators, historians and compilers of the numerous Stories of the Prophets elaborate upon David's concise Qur'anic narratives and specifically mention David's gift in singing his Psalms as well as his musical and vocal talents. His voice is described as having had a captivating power, weaving its influence not only over man but over all beasts and nature, who would unite with him to praise God.[43]
Baha'i Faith[link]
David is described as a minor prophet who came in the shadow of the dispensation of Moses to develop and consolidate the process he set in motion.[44]
Succession[link]
Genealogy[link]
According to Genesis 46:12 and Ruth 4:18–22, David is the eleventh[45] generation from Judah, the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob (Israel). The genealogical line runs as follows: (1) Judah → (2) Pharez → (3) Hezron → (4) Ram → (5) Amminadab → (6) Nahshon → (7) Salmon → (8) Boaz (the husband of Ruth) → (9) Obed → (10) Jesse → (11) David.[45]
Family[link]
David was born in Bethlehem, in the territory of the Tribe of Judah. His father was named Jesse. His mother is not named in the Bible, but the Talmud identifies her as Nitzevet daughter of Adael.[46] David had seven brothers and was the youngest of them all. He had eight wives: Michal, the second daughter of King Saul; Ahinoam the Jezreelite; Abigail the Carmelite, previously wife of Nabal;[47] Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; Haggith; Abital; Eglah; and Bathsheba, previously the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
The Book of Chronicles lists David's sons by various wives and concubines. In Hebron he had six sons 1 Chronicles 3:1–3: Amnon, by Ahinoam; Daniel, by Abigail; Absalom, by Maachah; Adonijah, by Haggith; Shephatiah, by Abital; and Ithream, by Eglah. By Bathsheba, his sons were: Shammua; Shobab; Nathan; and Solomon. His sons born in Jerusalem by other wives included: Ibhar; Elishua; Eliphelet; Nogah; Nepheg; Japhia; Elishama; and Eliada. 2 Samuel 5:14–16 According to 2 Chronicles 11:18, Jerimoth, who is not mentioned in any of the genealogies, is mentioned as another of David's sons. According to 2 Samuel 9:11, David adopted Jonathan's son Mephibosheth as his own.
David also had at least one daughter, Tamar by Maachah, who was raped by Amnon, her half-brother. Her rape leads to Amnon's death. 2 Samuel 13:1–29 Absalom, Amnon's half-brother and Tamar's full-brother, waits two years, then avenges his sister by sending his servants to kill Amnon at a feast to which he had invited all the king's sons. 2 Samuel 13
Legend and legacy[link]
In European Christian culture of the Middle Ages, David was made a member of the Nine Worthies, a group of heroes encapsulating all the ideal qualities of chivalry. His life was thus proposed as a valuable subject for study by those aspiring to chivalric status. This aspect of David in the Nine Worthies was popularised firstly through literature, and was thereafter adopted as a frequent subject for painters and sculptors.
The musician[link]
See also: History of music in the Biblical period
In various biblical passages, David is referred to as “the favorite of the songs of Israel,”[48] the one who soothed Saul with music,[49] and the founder of Temple singing.[50][51] A Psalms scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls (11QPsa) attributes 3600 tehilim (songs of praise) plus other compositions to David.[52] Seventy-three of the 150 Psalms in the Bible are attributed to David.[53] The supreme kingship of Yahweh is the most pervasive theological concept in the book of Psalms,[54][55] and many psalms attributed to David are directed to Yahweh by name,[56] whether in praise or petition, suggesting a relationship.[57] According to the Midrash Tehillim, King David was prompted to the Psalms by the Holy Spirit that rested upon him.[58]
In addition to ascribing authorship to David, several Psalms are identified with specific events in David’s life.[59] Psalm 34 is attributed to David on the occasion of his escape from the Abimelech (king) Achish by pretending to be insane.[60] According to the narrative in 1 Samuel 21, instead of killing the man who had exacted so many casualties from him, Abimelech allows David to depart, exclaiming, “Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?"[61] Psalm 34 is one of seven acrostic Psalms in the original Hebrew; most English translations do not retain the acrostic form.[62] The first part of Psalm 34 is directed toward Yahweh in complete and humble gratitude (David does not even mention his own royal status); the second part confidently directs others to Yahweh.[63]
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them … Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
— Psalm 34:6–7,11 (ESV)
In contrast, Psalm 18 is not related to a specific incident but rather to God’s faithful deliverance from “all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul.”[64][65] The text of this Psalm was thought to date to the 10th century BC even before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls[66] and is very similar to that of 2 Samuel 22.[67] In this Psalm, David recalls being in deadly situations: “The cords of death entangled me, the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.”[68] He cries out to God for help, and God rescues David.
I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
— Psalm 18:1–3 (NIV)
The Scottish theologian Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) notes that crying out to God is mentioned in many Psalms attributed to David.[69] He comments, “Fervour is a heavenly ingredient in prayer. An arrow drawn with full strength hath a speedier issue.” [70] The Midrash Tehillim teaches from Psalm 4 “that the mere mechanical application to the Throne of Mercy is not efficacious is plainly seen from the words of King David, who says God is nigh to all that call upon Him, and … he adds the important words, 'to those who call upon Him in truth.'”[71]
According to Psalm 40, David’s cries to God were heartfelt though not necessarily impatient; the poignant combination of a cry for help with a confident expression of faith echo today in the song “40” by the rock group U2 and that encapsulates David’s experience with his God:
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
— Psalm 40:1–3 (NIV)
Representation in art and literature[link]
Art[link]
Famous sculptures of David include (in chronological order) those by:
- Donatello (c. 1430 – 1440), David (Donatello)
- Andrea del Verrocchio (1476), David (Verrocchio)
- Michelangelo (1504), David (Michelangelo)
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1624), David (Bernini)
- Antonin Mercié (1873)
Literature[link]
- Dryden's long poem Absalom and Achitophel is an allegory that uses the story of the rebellion of Absalom against King David as the basis for his satire of the contemporary political situation, including events such as the Monmouth Rebellion (1685), the Popish Plot (1678) and the Exclusion Crisis.
- Elmer Davis's novel Giant Killer (1928, The John Day company) retells and embellishes the Biblical story of David, casting David as primarily a poet who managed always to find others to do the "dirty work" of heroism and kingship. In the novel, Elhanan in fact killed Goliath but David claimed the credit; and Joab, David's cousin and general, took it upon himself to make many of the difficult decisions of war and statecraft when David vacillated or wrote poetry instead.
- Gladys Schmitt wrote a novel titled "David the King" (1946, Doubleday Books) which proceeds as a richly embellished biography of David's entire life. The book took a risk, especially for its time, in portraying David's relationship with Jonathan as overtly homoerotic, but was ultimately panned by critics as a bland rendition of the title character.
- In Thomas Burnett Swann's Biblical fantasy novel How are the Mighty Fallen (1974, DAW), David and Jonathan are explicitly stated to be lovers. Moreover, Jonathan is a member of a winged semi-human race (possibly nephilim), one of several such races co-existing with humanity but often persecuted by it.
- Joseph Heller wrote a novel based on David, God Knows (1984, Simon & Schuster). Told from the perspective of an aging David, the humanity — rather than the heroism — of various biblical characters is emphasized. The portrayal of David as a man of flaws such as greed, lust, selfishness, and his alienation from God, the falling apart of his family is a distinctly 20th century interpretation of the events told in the Bible.
- Juan Bosch, Dominican political leader and writer, wrote "David: Biography of a King" (1966, Hawthorn, NY) a realistic approach to David's life and political career.
- Allan Massie wrote "King David" (1996, Sceptre), a novel about David's career which portrays the king's relationship to Jonathan and others as openly homosexual.
- Madeleine L'Engle's novel Certain Women (1993, HarperOne) explores family, the Christian faith, and the nature of God through the story of King David's family and an analogous modern family's saga.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used the story of David and Bathsheba as the main structure for the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Crooked Man. The betrayal of the Crooked Man is paralleled with David's betrayal of Uriah the Hittite, carried out in order to win Bathsheba.
- Stefan Heym's "The King David Report" (1998, Northwestern University Press) is a fiction depicting the writings of the Bible historian Ethan, upon King Solomon's orders, of a true and authoritative report on the life of David, Son of Jesse.
- Malachi Martin's 1980 factional novel King of Kings: A Novel of the Life of David relates the life of David, Adonai's champion in his battle with the Philistine deity Dagon.
- William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!"(1936) refers to the story of Absalom, David's son; his rebellion against his father and his death at the hands of David's general, Joab. In addition it parallels Absalom's vengeance for the rape of his sister Tamar by his half-brother, Amnon.
- Dan Jacobson's The Rape of Tamar (1970) is an imagined account, by one of David's courtiers Yonadab, of the rape of Tamar by Amnon.
Film[link]
- Gregory Peck played King David in the 1951 film David and Bathsheba, directed by Henry King. Susan Hayward played Bathsheba and Raymond Massey played the prophet Nathan.
- Jeff Chandler played David in the 1960 film A Story of David
- Finlay Currie played an aged King David in the 1959 film Solomon and Sheba, directed by King Vidor. Yul Brynner played Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida played the Queen of Sheba.
- Richard Gere portrayed King David in the 1985 film King David directed by Bruce Beresford.
Music[link]
- Josquin des Prez's Planxit autem David is a polyphonic setting of 2 Samuel Chapter I verses 17–27, David's lamentation for the dead Saul and Jonathan. His Absalon fili mi is a polyphonic lamentation from David's perspective on the death of his son.
- George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul features David as one of its main characters
- Arthur Honegger's oratorio Le Roi David ('King David'), with a libretto by Rene Morax, was composed in 1921 and instantly became a staple of the choral repertoire; it is still widely performed.
- Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" has references to David ("there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord", "The baffled king composing Hallelujah") and Bathsheba ("you saw her bathing on the roof") in its opening verses.
- "Mad About You", a song on Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages, explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective.
- Dead by the Pixies is a retelling of David's adultery and repentance.
- Herbert Howells (1892–1983) composed an artsong for voice and piano called "King David".
- Eric Whitacre composed a choral piece, "When David Heard," chronicling the death of Absalom and David's grief over losing his son.
Musical theater[link]
- King David, a modern oratorio, with a book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken.
Television[link]
- Nathaniel Parker portrayed King David in the 1997 TV film David, with Leonard Nimoy as Samuel and Jonathan Pryce as Saul.
- Max von Sydow portrayed an older King David in the TV film Solomon, a sequel to David above, with Ben Cross as Solomon.
- In 2009, NBC introduced the series Kings, which was explicitly designed as a modern retelling of the David story.
- In the PBS television series Wishbone the episode "Little Big Dog" recounts the story of David, his favor with Saul, and his triumphant battle over Goliath.
- The season two episode of Xena: Warrior Princess "Giant Killer" features David and his killing of Goliath.
Trivia[link]
For a considerable period, starting in the 15th century and continuing until the 19th, French playing card manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology.[72][73] In this context, the King of Spades was often known as "David".
See also[link]
- David and Jonathan
- King David's Palace site
- King David's Tomb
- Midrash Shmuel (aggadah)
- Passover songs
- Tel Arad
Notes[link]
- ^ داود is the traditional Koranic spelling without vocalization. In Modern Standard Arabic, it is normally written داوود.
- ^ Luke 3:23-38
- ^ Matthew 1:1-17
- ^ *Mykytiuk, Lawrence J. (2004). "Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200–539 B.C.E." Atlanta, Ga.: Society of Biblical Literature. See pp. 110–132 and 265–277. "If the reading of בֵּיתדָּוִד [House of David] on the Tel Dan stele is correct, (...) then we have solid evidence that a 9th-century BC Aramean king considered the founder of the Judean dynasty to be a ruler named דָּוִד [David]. P. 132 states that "Although interpreters are free to favor possibilities . . . other than "the house of David," these other meanings remain largely theoretical, rather than demonstrable."
- ^ Tel Dan Stele
- ^ Biran, Avraham and Naveh, J. "An Aramaic Stele Fragment From Tel Dan." Israel Exploration Journal 43 (1993).
- ^ Picking Abraham and Choosing David, Christopher Heard, Associate Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University. See also Israeli journalist Daniel Gavron's King David and Jerusalem – Myth and Reality for a useful overview.
- ^ Mykytiuk, Lawrence J. (2004). "Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200–539 B.C.E." (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature), pp. 265–279.
- ^ K. A. Kitchen, "A Possible Mention of David in the Late Tenth Century BC, and Deity *Dod as Dead as the Dodo?" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 76 (1997): 29–44, especially 39–41.
- ^ Lawrence J. Mykytiuk (2009). "Corrections and Updates to 'Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200—539 B.C.E.". http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/129/. "this geographical name was inscribed within 45 years or less after the biblical time of King David's death and sees a parallel to another geographic name, "the city of David," in 2 Sam 5:7,9; 6:10, etc.; 1 Kgs 2:10, etc.; Isa 22:9; 1 Chr 11:5,7, etc. pages 119-121"
- ^ See David Ussishkin, "Solomon's Jerusalem: The Text and the Facts on the Ground," in: A.G. Vaughn and A.E. Killebrew (eds.), Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period, (Society of Biblical Literature, Symposium Series, No. 18), Atlanta, 2003, pp. 103–115. See also Cahill, J., "David's Jerusalem, Fiction or Reality? The Archaeological Evidence Proves It," and Steiner, M., "David's Jerusalem, Fiction or Reality? It's Not There: Archaeology Proves a Negative," both in Biblical Archaeology Review 24 (July/August 1998). (These two scholars argue opposite sides of the case for a Jerusalem in keeping with the biblical portrayal).
- ^ Rossner, Rena (January 26, 2006). "The once and future city". The Jerusalem Post. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1137605923369&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull. Retrieved November 15, 2009. "In August 2005, corroborating her conclusions with biblical verses, Mazar announced that she had found King David's palace."
- ^ See Eilat Mazar, "Did I find David's Temple?" in Biblical Archeology Review, Jan/Feb 2006
- ^ Finkelstein, Israel; Neil Asher SilbermanDavid and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition Simon & Schuster Ltd (16 October 2006) ISBN 978-0-7432-4362-9 p32
- ^ a b Steven McKenzie, Associate Professor Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.
- ^ Norman K. Gottwald, Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250–1050 BCE, Continuum 1999 pp.156–157, p.162.
- ^ Donald B. Redford, Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton University Press, 1992 pp.301–307, p.301.
- ^ "A View from Copenhagen", Thomas L. Thompson, Professor of Old Testament, Copenhagen University.
- ^ Baruch Halpern, "David's Secret Demons", 2001.Review of Baruch Halpern's "David's Secret Demons".
- ^ Finkelstein and Silberman, "David and Solomon", 2006. See review "Archaeology" magazine.
- ^ 1 Samuel 15:11
- ^ 1 Samuel 16:10-12
- ^ 1 Samuel 17:1–58.
- ^ 2&src=Samuel 1 Samuel 18:1, 2
- ^ See David and Jonathan. There is debate amongst some scholars on whether this relationship might have been platonic, romantic or sexual. The Hebrew word 'ahav, meaning "love," has a very broad range of meanings, including simply the opposite of "hate" (The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon [1978], p. 12), which can be shown by loyalty, as in 1 Samuel 18:16, "All Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns." Boswell, John. Same-sex Unions in Premodern Europe. New York: Vintage, 1994; Martti Nissinen, Homoeroticism in the Biblical World, Minneapolis, 1998; When Heroes Love:. The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David (New York & Chichester, Columbia University Press, 2005); Homosexuality and Liminality in the Gilgamesh and Samuel (Amsterdam, Hakkert, 2007); Gagnon, The Bible and Homosexual Practice. Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville, Abingdon Press, 2001); Markus Zehnder, "Observations on the Relationship Between David and Jonathan and the Debate on Homosexuality", Westminster Theological Journal 69 (2007) Nevertheless, the Biblical narrative depicts their relationship favourably.
- ^ 2 Samuel 5
- ^ BibleGateway.com 2 Samuel 8:7
- ^ Stassen, Glen Harold & Gushee, David P. Kingdom ethics: following Jesus in contemporary context, InterVarsity Press, 2003. p. 200.
- ^ 2 Samuel 11
- ^ 2Samuel 18:14–15
- ^ 2 Samuel 18:33, King James Version
- ^ 1 Kings 1
- ^ 1 Kings 2
- ^ Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin. pp. 107a.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia, "David"
- ^ Zohar Bereishis 91b
- ^ "David" article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- ^ John Corbett (1911) King David The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York: Robert Appleton Company)
- ^ Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity,
- ^ Saint of the Day for December 29 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
- ^ Doctrine and Covenants 132:1, 38–39 (see highlighted portions).
- ^ A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Wheeler, David
- ^ Encyclopedia of Islam, Dawud
- ^ Stories of the Prophets, Ibn Kathir, Story of David
- ^ Cole, Juan (1982). "The Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings". Bahá'í Studies monograph 9: 1–38. http://bahai-library.com/cole_concept_manifestation.
- ^ a b Note, 'eleventh' – counting Judah as first – like the example in the book of Jude where Enoch is said to be the 'seventh from Adam', which makes Adam first. Jude 1:14
- ^ Talmud Tractate Bava Batra 91a
- ^ |1|Samuel|25
- ^ 2 Samuel 23:1
- ^ 1 Samuel 16:17–23
- ^ 2 Chronicles 23:18
- ^ Nehemiah 12:24,36, 45–46
- ^ Introduction to Psalms (pp. 1280, 1281), The Jewish Study Bible, Tanakh Translation. Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Fishbane, Michael, eds. Jewish Publication Society, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-529751-2
- ^ "David" and "Psalms, Book of," New Bible Dictionary, second edition,1982. Douglas, J.D. (organizing editor), Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale Press. ISBN 0-8423-4667-8
- ^ Introduction to Psalms (p. 1013), NIV Study Bible,1995. Barker, Kenneth, Burdick, Donald; Stek John; Wessel, Walter; Youngblood, Ronald, eds. Zondervan. Grand Rapids, MI, USA ISBN 0-310-92709-9
- ^ "Psalms, Book of," New Bible Dictionary, second edition,1982. Douglas, J.D. (organizing editor), Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale Press. ISBN 0-8423-4667-8
- ^ "Psalms, Book of", New Bible Dictionary, second edition,1982. Douglas, J.D. (organizing editor), Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale Press. ISBN 0-8423-4667-8
- ^ Introduction to Psalms (p. 1284), The Jewish Study Bible, Tanakh Translation, 2004. Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Fishbane, Michael, eds. Jewish Publication Society, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-529751-2
- ^ Midrash Psalms 24 read online
- ^ Psalms 3, 7, 18, 34, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63 and 142, Commentary on II Samuel 22, The Anchor Bible, Vol. 9. II Samuel. P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., 1984. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-06808-5
- ^ Psalm 34, Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament. Kohlenberger, J.R, 1987. Grand Rapids, Michigan:Zondervan Publishing House ISBN 0-310-40200-X
- ^ 1 Samuel 21:15 (NIV)
- ^ Explanatory Notes on Psalm 34, ‘’Treasury of David’’ (1885), Charles H. Spurgeon, Hendrickson Publishers, 1988. ISBN 0-917006-25-9 read online
- ^ Commentary on Psalm 34, The Jewish Study Bible, Tanakh Translation. Berlin, Adele; Brettler, Marc Zvi; Fishbane, Michael, eds. Jewish Publication Society, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-529751-2
- ^ Commentary on II Samuel 22, The Anchor Bible, Vol. 9: II Samuel. P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., 1984. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-06808-5
- ^ Commentary on Psalm 18: The Anchor Bible, Vol. 16. Psalms I. Mitchell Dahood, 1995. New York:Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-52250-9
- ^ Feinberg, Charles Lee, Th.D., Ph.D., 1947. The Date of the Psalms. Bibliotheca Sacra 104: 426–40 Dallas Theological Seminary Department of Semitics and Old Testament, p. 429 read online
- ^ 2 Samuel 22 and Psalm 18, Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament. Kohlenberger, J.R, 1987. Grand Rapids, Michigan:Zondervan Publishing House ISBN 0-310-40200-X
- ^ Psalm 18:4 (NIV)
- ^ For example, “At noon, will I pray, and cry aloud” Ps 55:17. “In my distress I cried to the LORD” Ps 18:6. “Unto thee have I cried, O LORD” Ps 88:13. “Out of the depths have I cried” Ps 130:1. “Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock” Ps 28:1.
- ^ quoted in Explanatory Notes on Psalm 34, ‘’Treasury of David’’ (1885), Charles H. Spurgeon, Hendrickson Publishers, 1988. ISBN 0-917006-25-9 read online
- ^ Midrash Psalms 4, emphasis is in the source. read online
- ^ "The Four King Truth" at the Urban Legends Reference Pages
- ^ "Courts on playing cards", by David Madore, with illustrations of the Anglo-American and French court cards
References[link]
Translations of 1 and 2 Samuel[link]
- Samuel 1 and 2 at Bible Gateway
- Kirsch, Jonathan (2000) King David: the real life of the man who ruled Israel. Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-43275-4.
- See also the entry "David" in Easton's Bible Dictionary.
- Dever, William G. (2001) What did the Bible writers know and when did they know it? William B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Cambridge UK.
- Thiele, E.R. (1983). The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. Eerdmans. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Wx4GsZH3dzAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mysterious+Numbers+of+the+Hebrew+Kings&hl=en&ei=QaveTrDtNuOeiAfcycCqBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mysterious%20Numbers%20of%20the%20Hebrew%20Kings&f=false.
Commentaries on Samuel[link]
- Auld, Graeme (2003). "1 & 2 Samuel". In James D. G. Dunn and John William Rogerson. Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Eerdmans. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=There+are+two+common+types+of+strategy+for+reading+the+books+of+Samuel#v=onepage&q=There%20are%20two%20common%20types%20of%20strategy%20for%20reading%20the%20books%20of%20Samuel&f=false.
- Bergen, David T. (1996). 1, 2 Samuel. B&H Publishing Group. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eGT6fWsajqcC&pg=PA49&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel:+a+commentary+Gordon&cad=3#v=onepage&q=I%20%26%20II%20Samuel%3A%20a%20commentary%20Gordon&f=false.
- Gordon, Robert (1986). I & II Samuel, A Commentary. Paternoster Press. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=JMJ1ZAnswuUC&pg=PA338&lpg=PA338&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel:+a+commentary+Gordon#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Hertzberg, Hans Wilhelm (1964, trans. from German 2nd edition 1960). I & II Samuel, A Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=friNN7IdjOIC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel:+a+commentary+Hans+Wilhelm+Hertzberg#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Tsumura, Hans Wilhelm (2007). The First book of Samuel. Eerdmans. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iLKAlhLDkMwC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=The+First+book+of+Samuel+Tsumura#v=onepage&q&f=false.
General[link]
- Breytenbach, Andries (2000). "Who Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy. Past, present, future: the Deuteronomistic history and the prophets. Brill. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Breytenbach+Who+is+behind+the+Samuel+narrative#v=onepage&q=Breytenbach%20Who%20is%20behind%20the%20Samuel%20narrative&f=false.
- Coogan, Michael D. (2009) A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: the Hebrew Bible in its Context Oxford University Press
- Dick, Michael B (2004). "The History of "David's Rise to Power" and the Neo-Babylonian Succession Apologies". In Bernard Frank Batto and Kathryn L. Roberts. David and Zion: biblical studies in honor of J.J.M. Roberts. Eisenbrauns. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vlkb0cSBGlIC&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=David+and+Zion:+biblical+studies+in+honor+of+J.J.M.+Roberts#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Eynikel, Erik (2000). "The Relation Between the Eli Narrative and the Ark Narratives". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy. Past, present, future: the Deuteronomistic history and the prophets. Brill. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Breytenbach+Who+is+behind+the+Samuel+narrative#v=onepage&q=Breytenbach%20Who%20is%20behind%20the%20Samuel%20narrative&f=false.
- Halpern, Baruch (2001). David's secret demons: messiah, murderer, traitor, king. Eerdmans. http://books.google.com/books?id=tn8PG4XfuBAC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=David's+secret#v=onepage&q=lahmi+bethlehemite&f=false.
- Jones, Gwilym H (2001). "1 and 2 Samuel". In John Barton and John Muddiman. The Oxford Bible Commentary. Oxford University Press. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wCRYl9Ikk6EC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=Gwilym+Jones+1+and+2+Samuel#v=onepage&q=Gwilym%20Jones%201%20and%202%20Samuel&f=false.
- Klein, R.W. (2003). "Samuel, books of". In Bromiley, Geoffrey W. The international standard Bible encyclopedia. Eerdmans. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&pg=PA314&lpg=PA314&dq=narrative+sources+books+of+samuel#v=onepage&q=narrative%20sources%20books%20of%20samuel&f=false.
- Knight, Douglas A (1995). "Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomists". In James Luther Mays, David L. Petersen and Kent Harold Richards. Old Testament Interpretation. T&T Clark. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SNLN1nEEys0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Old+Testament+Interpretation+Mays+Peterson+Richards#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Knight, Douglas A (1991). "Sources". In Watson E. Mills, Roger Aubrey Bullard. Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer University Press. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=goq0VWw9rGIC&dq=Mercer+Bible+Dictionary&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Schleffer, Eben (2000). "Saving Saul from the Deuteronomist". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy. Past, present, future: the Deuteronomistic history and the prophets. Brill. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Breytenbach+Who+is+behind+the+Samuel+narrative#v=onepage&q=Breytenbach%20Who%20is%20behind%20the%20Samuel%20narrative&f=false.
- Soggin, Alberto (1987). Introduction to the Old Testament. Westminster John Knox Press. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mqSNsKXnHQgC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=Soggin+Introduction+to+the+Old+Testament#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Spieckerman, Hermann (2001). "The Deuteronomistic History". In Leo G. Perdue. The Blackwell companion to the Hebrew Bible. Blackwell. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=The+Deuteronomistic+History+Hermann+Spieckermann#v=onepage&q=The%20Deuteronomistic%20History%20Hermann%20Spieckermann&f=false.
- Van Seters, John (1997). In search of history: historiography in the ancient world and the origins of biblical history. Eisenbrauns. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0-skPdXtewwC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=Van+Seters+In+Search+of+History#v=onepage&q=Samuel&f=false.
- Walton, John H (2009). "The Deuteronomistic History". In Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton. A Survey of the Old Testament. Zondervan. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=41_0okLzQJkC&pg=PA337&lpg=PA337&dq=The+Deuteronomistic+History+Hermann+Spieckermann#v=onepage&q=The%20Deuteronomistic%20History%20Hermann%20Spieckermann&f=false.
Further reading[link]
- Alexander, David; Alexander, Pat, eds. (1983). Eerdmans' handbook to the Bible ([New, rev.]. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-3486-8.
- Bright, John (1981). A history of Israel (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Westminster Press. ISBN 0-664-21381-2.
- Bruce, F. F. (1963). Israel and the Nations. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
- Harrison, R.K. (1969). An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
- Kidner, Derek (1973). The Psalms. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 0-87784-868-8.
- Noll, K. L. (1997). The faces of David. Sheffield: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 1-85075-659-7.
- Thompson, J.A. (1986). Handbook of life in Bible times. Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 0-87784-949-8.
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| Chinese name | 劉德華 (Traditional) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | 刘德华 (Simplified) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pinyin | Liú Déhuá (Mandarin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Lau4 Dak1 Waa4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancestry | Xinhui, Guangdong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-09-27) 27 September 1961 (age 50)[1] Tai Po, Hong Kong |
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| Other name(s) | Wah Zai (華仔) Lau Wah (劉華) Ngau Wah (牛華) |
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| Occupation | Singer, actor, film producer, and presenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre(s) | Cantopop, Mandopop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Singing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label(s) | Capital Artist(1985) EMI(1986-1989, 2002-2004) Polygram(1990-1993) Warner Music(1993-1995) Music Impact(1995-2000) Multi-Talent(2000-2002) Ever Song (2004-2005) Focus Music (2005-2007) East Asia Music(2007-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy Lau Tak-Wah MH, JP[2] (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time.[3] In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop (四大天王) along with Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung and Leon Lai.[4]
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Biography[link]
Andy Lau was born in Tai Po, Hong Kong, with origins in Xinhui, Guangdong. As a young boy Lau had to fetch water for his family up to eight times a day because their house was not equipped with plumbing.[5] He later graduated from a Band One Secondary School, Ho Lap College in San Po Kong, Kowloon.[6] He also practices Chinese calligraphy.[7] Lau converted to Buddhism in the 1980s.[8] He was raised in a nominally Buddhist household and is now a follower of the Lingyan Mountain Temple in Taiwan.[9]
In 2008, Lau married Malaysian Chinese Carol Chu after 24 years of speculation over their relationship.[10] The couple registered their marriage in Clark County, Nevada, in the United States.[10] On 9 May 2012, Chu gave birth to his first child, a daughter.[11]
Career[link]
Dramatic acting[link]
In 1981, Lau signed up for the artist training program offered by TVB, which is where his acting career began.[1] The lead role which led to his initial popularity was in the 1982 TVB series The Emissary. In 1983, Lau's role as "Yang Guo" in the TVB series The Return of the Condor Heroes further increased his popularity. From then on, he would take on many of the lead roles in many of the TVB series.
In September 1983, TVB was looking to increase their ratings in competition with Korea and Japan for the best variety show. The station then created the show TVB All-star challenge (星光熠熠勁爭輝) featuring almost the entire lineup of the most popular actors and singers at the time.[12] Lau along with Tony Leung, Michael Miu, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong were branded as "TVB's Five Tigers" (無線五虎將) due to their popularity on the show.[12]
In the late 80s, Lau left TVB due to contract problems. TVB wanted to bind him to an exclusive five-year contract which Lau refused to sign, so TVB blacklisted him. He then focused on his film career.[5]
Film acting[link]
See also: Andy Lau filmography
In 1981, Lau made a guest appearance in one of Susanna Kwan's music video and caught the eye of the manager Teddy Robin.[13] Teddy Robin then gave Lau a chance to play a small role in the movie Once Upon a Rainbow.[13] This was the first step in Lau's film acting career.[13] He was then given a role in Ann Hui's 1982 film, Boat People.[1] Later in 1983 he had his first leading role in a Shaw Brothers film called On the Wrong Track.[14]
One of his early leading roles included the more serious 1988 film The Truth (法內情). However, Lau is best known in movies for his (often) recurring roles as a "Heroic Gangster" such as Wong Kar-wai's 1988 film, As Tears Go By and Johnnie To's 1990 film, A Moment of Romance.
Though a respectable actor, Lau in the early days was known more for his good looks. The people he works with say he is an idol, but he has claimed to be an artist.[3] Lau has proved his acting skills in many of his movies. His first major acting prize came with A Fighter's Blues, which was his first Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor.[15] He would win the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor award that year for Running out of Time.[16] In 2004, he won the prestigious Golden Horse Award for his performance in Infernal Affairs III, the sequel to the popular Infernal Affairs.[17] Western audiences may also be familiar with his performance in the House of Flying Daggers.
In 2005, Lau was awarded "No.1 Box Office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years.[5][7] The aforementioned figure is as compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow's (HKD 1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan's (HKD 894,090,962). "I've never imagine that it would be as much as 1.7 billion!" he told the reporters. For his contributions, a wax figure of Lau was unveiled on June 1, 2005 at the Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.[18] In 2007, Lau was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen).[2]
Film producer[link]
In 1991 Lau has set up his own film production company called Teamwork Motion Pictures Limited, which in 2002 was renamed to Focus Group Holdings Limited. His contributions in the film industry as well as his involvement in nurturing new talents in the Asian film industry led him to being awarded the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" in the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.[2] Some of the films he produced include the award-winning Made in Hong Kong and the mainland digital film Crazy Stone.
Musical career[link]
See also: Andy Lau discography
Lau released his first album "Only Know that I Still Love You" (只知道此刻愛你) under Capital Artists in 1985.[5] However, his first album was not a big hit.[5] Despite having a voice not traditionally associated with popular music, his hard work and perseverance resulted in him being one of the most successful singers. His singing career reached stellar status in 1990 with the release of the album entitled "Would It Be Possible" (可不可以), and his subsequent releases only solidified his status as a marketable singer.[5] For that song, he would win his first 1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. He would then win at least one RTHK award category every year consecutively until the year 2007.
From Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards, he has won the “Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist” award 7 times and the “Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist” award 15 times.[5] He also entered into Guinness World Records for "Most Awards Won By A Cantopop Male Artist". By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards.[5]
Many of his songs quickly topped the music charts, not only in Hong Kong, but also in Taiwan, Mainland China, and in many different parts of Asia. Some of the most notable hits by Lau include "The Days We Spent Together" (一起走過的日子), "If You Are My Legend" (如果你是我的傳說), "The Tide" (潮水), "Forget Love Potion" (忘情水), "True Forever" (真永遠), "Chinese people" (中國人), "Love You Forever" (愛你一萬年), "You Are My Woman" (你是我的女人), "Secret Admiration" (暗裡著迷). Besides singing in Cantonese and Mandarin, he also sang in other languages, such as English, Japanese, Malay, and Taiwanese. One example of a Hokkien song was (世界第一等).[19]
Since the early 1990s, Lau, along with Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai have been referred by the Chinese media as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王).[4]
Lau sang alongside Jackie Chan during a part of the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony on August 24, 2008. In addition Lau, who has been supporting the disabled athletes in Hong Kong for more than a decade, was appointed as the Goodwill ambassador for the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[20] He led other performers in singing and performing the song "Everyone is No.1" at the Beijing National Stadium just a few hours before the 2008 Paralympics opening ceremony began to show his support for the disabled athletes.[21] He also sang the theme song "Flying with the Dream" with Han Hong during the Paralympics opening ceremony on September 6, 2008.[20]
Appearance in other media[link]
Lau is alleged to have been featured as a non-player character (NPC) as a random pedestrian in a sandbox-style action video game called PROTOTYPE. On 6 July, the Hong Kong local newspapers Headline Daily and Sing Tao Daily reported on Lau's cameo.[22]
Community[link]
In 1994, Lau established the "Andy Lau Charity Foundation" which helps people in need and promotes a wide range of youth education services.[2] In 1999, he was awarded the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World", being the 3rd person from Hong Kong at that time to bestow this distinguished honor.[2] In 2008, Lau took a main role in putting together the Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign for donation relief toward the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[23] It was one of the largest and most ambitious charity event ever assembled in the territory.
Lau has been noted for his active involvement in charity works throughout his 30 years of showbiz career and was honored "Justice of Peace" by the Hong Kong SAR government in 2008.[24] In May 2010, he received the "World Outstanding Chinese" award and an "honorary doctorate" from the University of New Brunswick, Canada.[25]
Incidents[link]
Yang Li-juan fan case[link]
Lau experienced unexpected notoriety with his encounter with a 29 year old fan from mainland China, Yang Li-juan (楊麗娟), who had idolized the star for 13 years.[26] After her parents sold the family house to pay for a trip to Hong Kong, Yang finally met Lau on March 26, 2007.[27] One day later, Yang's father committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea in Hong Kong, leaving a suicide note chiding Lau for not having taken his daughter more seriously.[27]
Awards and nominations[link]
Won[link]
- 1998 Best Film for Made in Hong Kong (Producer)
- 2000 Best Actor for Running Out of Time
- 2003 Best Original Film Song for Infernal Affairs (Singer with Tony Leung [disambiguation needed
]) - 2004 Best Actor for Running on Karma
- 2008 Best Supporting Actor for Protégé
- 2011 Best Film for Gallants (Producer)
- 2012 Best Film for A Simple Life (Producer)
- 2012 Best Actor for A Simple Life
Nominations[link]
Best Actor[link]
- 1989 Best Actor Nomination for As Tears Go By
- 1992 Best Actor Nomination for Lee Rock
- 1996 Best Actor Nomination for Full Throttle
- 2001 Best Actor Nomination for A Fighter's Blues
- 2002 Best Actor Nomination for Love on a Diet
- 2003 Best Actor Nomination for Infernal Affairs
- 2006 Best Actor Nomination for Wait 'Til You're Older
- 2008 Best Actor Nomination for The Warlords
Best Original Film Song[link]
- 1992 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Casino Raiders II (Singer)
- 1995 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Heaven and Earth [disambiguation needed ] (Singer)
- 1996 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Full Throttle (Singer/Lyricist)
- 1998 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Island of Greed (Singer)
- 1999 Best Original Film Song Nomination for The Longest Summer (Singer)
- 1999 Best Original Film Song Nomination for A True Mob Story (Singer/Lyricist)
- 2002 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Shaolin Soccer (Singer/Lyricist)
- 2006 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Wait 'Til You're Older (Singer/Lyricist)
- 2008 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Brothers (Singer with Eason Chan/Lyricist)
- 2012 Best Original Film Song Nomination for Shaolin (Singer/Lyricist)
Other Nominations[link]
- 1983 Best New Performer Nomination for Boat People
- 1999 Best Film Nomination for The Longest Summer (Producer)
- 2007 Best Asian Film Nomination for Crazy Stone (Producer)
(11 Best Actor Nominations, 11 Best Original Film Song Nominations, 4 Best Film Nominations, 1 Best Supporting Actor Nomination, 1 Best New Performer Nomination, 1 Best Asia Film Nomination)
References[link]
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- ^ a b c d e Focus Film. "Focus Film." Andy Lau profile. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ a b Time.com. "Time.com." The rule of Lau. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ a b Xinhuanet. "Xinhuanet." 四大天王 蓦然回首十五年. Retrieved on 2009-04-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Radio86.co.uk. "Radio86.co.uk." Andy Lau: From tiger to heavenly king. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ Sina.com. "Sina.com." “五虎”恩怨：梁朝偉和劉德華的終極PK. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ a b Madametussauds.com. "Madametussauds.com." Andy Lau. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Buddhist blockbuster". Global Times. 20 January 2011. http://life.globaltimes.cn/entertainment/2011-04/614509.html. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "组图：娱乐圈明星信佛知多少". QQ News. 27 February 2007. http://news.qq.com/a/20070227/001431_6.htm. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Andy Lau admits to marrying Carol Chu last year". Channel News Asia (MediaCorp). 30 August 2009. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1001713/1/.html. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Andy Lau is now a dad". Xin MSN Entertainment. 11 May 2012. http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/andy-lau-is-now-a-dad. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ a b Big5.china.com. "Big5.china.com." 第二章 影視新星 無線電視臺的五虎將. Korea referred as Goryeo (高麗). Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ a b c Sina.com. "Sina.com." 劉德華 一張老臉 還擄少女心. Retrieved on 2010-01-27.
- ^ Lovehkfilm.com. "Lovehkfilm.com." Film review. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ Dianying.com. "Dianying.com." 第 6 屆金紫荊獎頒獎. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
- ^ "19th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards. http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_19.html.
- ^ Dajiyuan.com. "Dajiyuan.com." 第41屆金馬獎 劉德華稱帝楊貴媚封后. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
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- ^ Xinhua. "Xinhua." Retrieved on 2008-07-02.
- ^ "Ta Kung Pao." Retrieved on 2010-05-06.
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- ^ a b Chinadaily.com. "Chinadaily.com." Father kills himself chiding Lau's indifference to his daughter. Retrieved on 2010-01-31.
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| Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation | ||
| Preceded by Leslie Cheung |
Most Popular Male Artist 1990-1992 |
Succeeded by Leon Lai |
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Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist 1993 |
Succeeded by Jacky Cheung |
| Preceded by Leon Lai |
Most Popular Male Artist 1994 |
Succeeded by Leon Lai |
| Preceded by Jacky Cheung |
Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist 1995-1996 |
Succeeded by Jacky Cheung |
| Preceded by Aaron Kwok |
Most Popular Male Artist 1999 |
Succeeded by Aaron Kwok |
| Preceded by Aaron Kwok |
Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist 2000-2006 |
Succeeded by Eason Chan |
| Preceded by Hacken Lee |
Most Popular Male Artist 2004 |
Succeeded by Hacken Lee |
| Hong Kong Film Awards | ||
| Preceded by Anthony Wong Chau-sang for Beast Cops |
Best Actor 2000 for Running Out of Time |
Succeeded by Tony Leung Chiu-wai for In the Mood for Love |
| Preceded by Tony Leung Chiu-wai for Infernal Affairs |
Best Actor 2004 for Running on Karma |
Succeeded by Tony Leung Chiu-wai for 2046 |
| Preceded by Gouw Ian Iskandar for After This Our Exile |
Best Supporting Actor 2008 for Protégé |
Succeeded by Liu Kai-chi for the Beast Stalker |
| Power Academy Awards | ||
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Honorary Award 2000 |
Succeeded by Stephen Chow |
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Outstanding Actor in Film 2000 for Needing You... |
Succeeded by himself for Love on a Diet |
| Preceded by himself for Needing You... |
Outstanding Actor in Film 2001 for Love on a Diet |
Succeeded by Leslie Cheung for Inner Senses |
| Preceded by Leon Lai |
Performance Power Award 2001 |
Succeeded by Jessica Hsuan Shing Ka-ying |
| Preceded by Lesile Cheung for Inner Senses |
Outstanding Actor in Film 2003 for Running on Karma |
Succeeded by Jacky Cheung for Golden Chicken 2 |
| Preceded by Leo Ku |
Performance Power Award 2005 |
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| Preceded by Liza Wang Franco Yuen |
Honorary Award 2006 |
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| Robin Shou | |
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 Robin Shou, April 2004 |
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| Born | Shou Wan Por (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 (age 51) Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Martial artist, actor |
Shou Wan Por (Chinese: 仇雲波, born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. Frequently appearing in numerous martial arts films, Shou was most successful for playing the role of Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat & Gobei with the late Chris Farley in Beverly Hills Ninja.
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Career[link]
Shou's first real dramatic role was in Forbidden Nights in 1990, with Melissa Gilbert. Though only a TV film, this was his American debut. However, Shou went back to Hong Kong and continued making movies there.
In 1994, Shou returned to Los Angeles whereupon he appeared as Liu Kang, a monk warrior seeking revenge for the death of his younger brother in Mortal Kombat.
Shou also appears in a minor role in another fighting video game adaptation, DOA: Dead or Alive, based on Tecmo's video game series of the same name, produced by Mortal Kombat director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. He also appeared as Gen in 2009's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Shou trained Milla Jovovich for her role in Resident Evil[1] and is currently training her for the fifth installment of the franchise titled Resident Evil: Retribution.
Filmography[link]
| Movies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1988 | City War | Killer | |
| 1989 | Death Cage | Lan Si Han | |
| 1990 | Tiger Cage 2 | Waise Chow | |
| 1990 | Fatal Termination | Wai Loong | |
| 1991 | Eastern Heroes | Hawk | |
| 1992 | Black Cat 2 | Robin | |
| Interpol Connection | |||
| 1994 | The Most Wanted | Gang Leader | |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat | Liu Kang | |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | Liu Kang | |
| Beverly Hills Ninja | Gobei | ||
| 2003 | Red Trousers - The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen | Evan/Narrator/Himself | |
| 2006 | 18 Fingers of Death! | Jackie Chong | |
| DOA: Dead or Alive | Pirate Leader | ||
| 2008 | Death Race | 14K | |
| 2009 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Gen | |
| 2011 | Death Race 2 | 14K | |
| Pirate Brothers | Sunny | ||
| 2013 | Mortal Kombat: Devastation[citation needed] | Liu Kang | |
| TV | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Forbidden Nights | Liang Hong | TV movie |
| 1992 | Soldier Soldier | Journalist Feng | TV series |
| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Major Ronald Neguchi | TV series |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Bo-Lin Chen '83 | TV series |
| Director | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Red Trousers - The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen | ||
References[link]
External links[link]
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- Robin Shou Hong Kong Cinema interview with Robin Shou
- Robin Shou Interview
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Shou, Robin |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | |
| Date of birth | July 17, 1960 |
| Place of birth | Hong Kong |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| WU LYF | |
|---|---|
 WU LYF Press Photo, NY, Paul McGiver |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | Post Rock, Heavy Pop, Indie Rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | LYF recordings |
| Website | wulyf.org worldunite.org |
| Members | |
| Evans Kati Tom McClung Ellery Roberts Joe Manning |
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WU LYF (pronounced "Woo Life", stands for "World Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation") are a band from Manchester, England that originally became known for creating a mystery about themselves by declining requests for interviews and not releasing much information to the press.[1][2][3] The band describes their music as "heavy pop".[4] Their manager, Warren Bramley, has previously worked with Tony Wilson at Factory Records.[5]
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Beginnings[link]
WU LYF formed in the summer of 2008 in Rusholme, Manchester and comprises "Jeau" (Joe Manning), "Lung" (Tom McClung), "Elle Jaie" (Ellery Roberts) and "Evnse" (Evans Kati).[2] Having caught the attention of the UK music industry and press after making a series of early recordings available through their website, WU LYF began a monthly residency, entitled "Play Heavy Pop", at Manchester's An Outlet coffeehouse in December 2009. The band's first gig outside of Manchester came in July 2010 at the MIDI Festival on the French Riviera. Subsequent shows include France's Transmusicales Festival,[6][7] Berlin's Transmediale festival[8] and sold-out headline shows in Glasgow and London. In July 2010 the band announced the formation of the Lucifer Youth Foundation, giving new members an illustrated bandit mask and a 12" single featuring the tracks "Concrete Gold" and "Heavy Pop". The band started recording their debut album in November 2010 using the money generated by the L Y F membership scheme. Deciding against the conventional studio set up, they instead took over Saint Peter's church in Ancoats, Manchester, to record their album. The album is self-produced. The band declined all offers from established record labels and released their debut album, entitled Go Tell Fire To The Mountain,[9][10] themselves on 13 June 2011 through the L Y F recordings imprint.[11] In support of the record's release, the band played several dates in the UK to critical acclaim,[12][13] culminating in the curation of the Great Bridgwater Street Tunnel as part of the Manchester International Festival.[14]
Press coverage[link]
Much of the early press coverage on the band has focused on the fact that they do not know much about the band.[15] The New York Observer described the phenomenon as "carefully designed anonymity".[1] One critic highlighted their "ability to maintain mystique at a time when everything is out in the open".[16] The NME has picked the band as one that is likely to define 2011.[17] Stereogum featured WU LYF as a “Band To Watch” in May 2010. [18] They were described as "The cult band of the moment in England" by Rolling Stone magazine in Italy[19]. The Dutch magazine Kicking the Habit described them as sounding like "Tom Waits in a church under the guidance of stoned garage".[20] The band appeared on BBC2's "Culture Show", showcasing a song off their recent album and conducting an interview.[21] Recent press has become more concerned with WU LYF's intense, cathartic live show. [22] Pitchfork Media gave Go Tell Fire to The Mountain an 8.4 rating and the Best New Music accolade, stating "WU LYF in the manner of Iceage or Odd Future as musicians that have made me genuinely excited about their potential impact on listeners, the same things that make them seem juvenile---the artistic and personal volatility, the semblance of a roving gang more than a band, the invitation to indulge in your most disturbing impulses and yet feel morally superior to an ill-defined majority---are the same things that feel totally galvanizing. And it's easy to imagine Go Tell Fire to the Mountain giving disaffected listeners the promise of an entry to something beyond themselves in a way that James Blake or Bon Iver can't." [23]. BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe named "Dirt", the album's 7th song, the "Hottest Track in the World." [24]
This Wikipedia page on the band has been deleted several times, which itself has been covered by the press.[15]
Members[link]
- Ellery Roberts — Vocals, Organ,
- Joe Manning — Drums, Piano
- Evans Kati — Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
- Tom McClung — Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Discography[link]
Singles[link]
- "Heavy Pop" / "Concrete Gold" (12" single, 2010)[25]
- "Dirt" (7" single, 2011)[26]
- "We Bros" (12" single, 2011)[27]
Albums[link]
- Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (album, released 13 June 2011)[11] (UK chart peak: #98)[28]
References[link]
- ^ a b Miller, Michael H. (2011-04-05). "Avatars of Anonymous Ambition: Heavy Poppers WU LYF Hit Williamsburg". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/avatars-anonymous-ambition-heavy-poppers-wu-lyf-hit-williamsburg. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ a b Lester, Paul (2010-03-10). "Wu Lyf (No 743) – This mysterious crew appear to be some kind of strange Manc cult, full of quasi-spiritual fervour and revolutionary intent". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/10/new-band-wu-lyf. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "Donaufestival mit James Blake, Wild Beasts und Owen Pallett gestartet" (in German). Vienna: Vienna Online. 2010-04-29. http://www.vienna.at/donaufestival-mit-james-blake-wild-beasts-und-owen-pallett-gestartet/news-20110429-12482920. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ Chanda, Devin (2011-08-23). "Manchester, United.". Life and Times. http://lifeandtimes.com/manchester-united. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "Warren Bramley, Co founder, Creative Director, four23, UK". http://www.britishcouncil.org/latvia-projects-iyxe-speaker1.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ Steenhaut, Dirk. "Wu Lyf @ ABClub" (in Dutch). Knack Focus (France). http://knackfocus.rnews.be/nl/entertainment/wu-lyf-abclub/article-1194987445808.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "WU LYF: Live aux Transmusicales de Rennes" (in French). France: Ricard S.A. Live Music. http://blog.ricardsa-livemusic.com/2010/12/wu-lyf-live-aux-transmusicales-de-rennes/. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "MIT & WU LYF live @ CTM" (in German). Berlin: intro.de. http://www.intro.de/news/newsticker/23063062/mit-und-wu-lyf-live-ctm-fotostrecke-fluoreszierende-performances#. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "Go Tell Fire To The Mountain album review - Louder Than War". http://louderthanwar.com/featured/wu-lyf-go-tell-fire-to-the-mountain-album-review. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- ^ "Go Tell Fire To The Mountain album review - Neo Noir". http://neo-noir.tumblr.com/post/6359684751/go-tell-fire-to-the-mountain. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- ^ a b "Wu Lyf release first song from 'Go Tell Fire To The Mountain' online – audio". NME. 2011-03-30. http://www.nme.com/news/wu-lyf/55798. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Murray, Robin (2011-04-12). "WU LYF Add Tour Dates – Manchester band to break cover". Clash (magazine). http://www.clashmusic.com/news/wu-lyf-add-tour-dates. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Stickler, Jon (2011-04-13). "WU LYF Reveal Dates For UK Tour & Tickets". StereoBoard.com. http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/164877/9. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "Wu Lyf top Manchester International Festival's new music". BBC News. 2011-03-17. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12777779. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ^ a b Michaels, Sean (2011-04-23). "WU LYF – so good at being a band that nobody's asked about their music yet". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/23/wu-lyf-manchester. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Kolitz, Daniel (2011-04-14). "Wu Lyf: Playing on Prefix". KCRW. http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2011/04/wu-lyf-playing-on-prefix/. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Wilkinson, Matt (2011-01-06). "WU LYF Are Fucking Amazing – And Here's The Proof". NME. http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=wu_lyf_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Brandon (May 27, 2010). "Band To Watch: WU LYF". Stereogum. http://stereogum.com/388942/band-to-watch-world-unitelucifer-youth-foundation/franchises/band-to-watch/. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ "Wu Lyf: il quartetto anarchico di Manchester" (in Italian). Rolling Stone (Italy). http://www.rollingstonemagazine.it/musica/video/Wu-Lyf-il-quartetto-anarchico-di-Manchester/37013. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "Opinie – Festival programmatie anno 2011: Duck Sauce en de rest" (in Dutch). Kicking the Habit (Holland). 2011-04-29. http://kickingthehabit.nl/2011-04-29/duck-sauce-en-de-rest. Retrieved 2011-05-09. "dat klinkt als Tom Waits in een kerk onder begeleiding van stonede garagerock"
- ^ Graham-Dixon, Andrew (2011-07-12). "BBC - BBC Two Programmes - The Culture Show, 2011/2012, Episode 5, Wu Lyf". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j4xpl. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ Murray, Robin (2011-04-12). "Should one day fill stadiums". Clash (magazine). http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/wu-lyf-live. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (2011-06-23). "Go Tell Fire to the Mountain". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15567-go-tell-fire-to-the-mountain/. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ Lowe, Zane (2011-05-25). "Hottest Record - Wu Lyf - Dirt". BBC Radio 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/zanelowe/2011/05/hottest_record_-_wu_lyf_-_dirt.html. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Wu Lyf – Heavy Pop / Concrete Gold " at Discogs
- ^ "Wu Lyf – Dirt " at Discogs
- ^ Bevan, David (2011-09-20). "New WU LYF: "We Bros (Single Version)"". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/news/44055-new-wu-lyf-we-bros-single-version/. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ Chart Stats - Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain, Chart Stats, http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=50372, retrieved 2011-06-20
External links[link]
- wulyf.org – Official site #1
- worldunite.org – Official site #2
- WU LYF's channel on YouTube
- WU LYF on Myspace
- Vimeo – WU LYF Official Vimeo Channel
- BUY $HIT – WU LYF Official Big Cartel
- LYF – Lucifer Youth Foundation
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