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:"Nolita" redirects here. For the Italian fashion designer, see No.l.ita.
Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta (North of Little Italy), is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Nolita is bounded on the north by Houston Street, on the east by the Bowery, on the south roughly by Broome Street, and on the west by Lafayette Street. It lies east of SoHo, south of NoHo, west of the Lower East Side, and north of Little Italy and Chinatown.
The neighborhood was long regarded as part of Little Italy, with the "social clubs" of several "mafia" families, including that of John Gotti, situated there.
The area, however, lost much of its recognizable Italian character in recent decades because of the migration of Italian-Americans out of Manhattan.
Still, many elderly descendants of Italian immigrants continue to live in the neighborhood.
Moreover, the Feast of San Gennaro, dedicated to Saint Januarius, "pope of Naples," is held in the neighborhood every year following Labor Day, on Mulberry Street between Houston and Grand Streets. The feast, as recreated on Elizabeth Street between Prince and Houston, was featured in Godfather III, in the scene in which the character played by Andy Garcia murdered the character played by Joe Joe Joe Joe Hi.
In the second half of the 1990s, the neighborhood saw an influx of yuppies and an explosion of expensive retail boutiques and trendy restaurants and bars. After previous unsuccessful tries to pitch the neighborhood as part of SoHo, real estate promoters and others came up with several different names for consideration of this newly upscale neighborhood. The name that stuck, as documented in an article on May 5, 1996 in the New York Times City Section debating various monikers for the newly trendy area, was Nolita, an abbreviation for North of Little Italy. This name follows the portmanteau pattern started by SoHo (South of Houston Street), and TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal Street).
The neighborhood includes St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets, which opened in 1815 and was rebuilt in 1868 after a fire. The cornerstone was laid on June 8, 1809. This building served as New York City's Roman Catholic cathedral until the new St. Patrick's Cathedral was opened on Fifth Avenue in Midtown in 1879. St. Patrick's Old Cathedral is now a parish church.
Another neighborhood landmark is the Puck Building, an ornate structure built in 1885 on the corner of Houston and Lafayette Streets, which originally housed the headquarters of the now-defunct Puck Magazine.
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Name | Rosanna Roces |
Birth name | Jennifer Adriano-Molina |
Birth date | May 24, 1972 |
Birth place | Manila, Philippines |
Other names | Osang |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1987-2001, 2007-Present}} |
Jennifer Adriano-Molina (born May 24, 1972), better known by her stage names Rosanna Roces and Osang, is a Filipina actress, known in the early 1990s as one of the hottest actresses. She was a contract star of Seiko films from 1994 to 1996, introduced initially as "Ana Maceda". After her years with Seiko, she starred in the critically-acclaimed film Ligaya ang Itawag Mo sa Akin (Call Me Joy) by Reyna Films, which paved the way for her transition to "serious acting".
In addition to doing films, Rosanna Roces ventured into hosting by serving as a replacement for Dawn Zulueta on GMA 7's Startalk. Roces hosted the show until 2004, after a misunderstanding between her and her manager-friend Lolit Solis. Leaving GMA 7 for ABS CBN, Rosanna Roces was replaced by Lorna Tolentino in the reformatting of Startalk. Roces also did acting on TV, appearing in shows such as 1 for 3 with Vic Sotto and Charlene Gonzales from 1997 to 2002 and Daboy En Da Girl with Rudy Fernandez from 2002 to 2003.
She was also part of ABS-CBN's Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos? as the mean character Patria and on the soap opera Ysabella (as Rosario, Ysay's loving mother), and as Veronica Rubio. She also recently appeared once on the finale episode of Tayong Dalawa on September 25, 2009 on ABS-CBN 2.
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Name | Kyla |
Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Melanie Hernandez Calumpad |
Born | January 05, 1981 |
Origin | Manila, Philippines |
Genre | Contemporary R&B;, R&B;, soul, pop, Jazz |
Occupation | Singer, songwriter, composer,producer, TV host, actress, model music executive, dancer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Instrument | Vocals, piano |
Voicetype | dramatic coloratura soprano |
Label | EMI Music PolyEast Records (EMI Philippines) Tarra Group (Indonesia) |
Associated acts | Jay-R, Regine Velasquez, Rachelle Ann Go,Kris Lawrence, Gary Valenciano, Ogie Alcasid, Jaya, Janno Gibbs, Keith Martin, Billy Crawford, Frencheska Farr, La Diva, Martin Nievera, Fra Lippo Lippi, Too Phat |
Melanie Hernandez Calumpad (born January 5, 1981), better known by her stage name Kyla, is an R&B; singer, songwriter, producer, TV host, and occasional actress and commercial model from the Philippines. Kyla is the first and the only Filipino female singer to have won at the MTV Video Music Awards as the International Viewer's Choice Awardee for Southeast Asia in 2001.
She has collaborated with many international artists such as Keith Martin, British boy-band Blue, Ronan Keating, Norweigan band Fra Lippo Lippi, and Malaysian artists Too Phat, Noryn Aziz, Ferhad, and Hazami.
She began her career in 2000 and has released a total of eight albums to date, all of which were certified Platinum albums. Kyla is currently managed by EMI (Philippines)/PolyEast Records, ALV Talent Circuit, and Tarra Group (Indonesia).
On February 1994, Kyla joined the Wednesday group of That's Entertainment, an afternoon variety show on GMA Network using her real name, Melanie, as her screen name. She represented Philippines at 4th Yamaha Song Festival in Japan on August 1995 and joined a band as a lead singer the following year. She won at the Metropop Young Singers Competition on October 1997 with "Over the Rainbow" as her winning piece.
After several attempts to ink a recording deal, she recorded the Demo "One More Try" for Metropop Songfest on January 2000. Although the song did not win, the cover caught the attention of Octo Arts' and EMI Philippines Label Manager, Francis Guevarra. She signed the contract with EMI Philippines on April 2000 and was given the stage name 'Kyla' meaning princess.
She graduated high school at San Sebastian College - Recoletos and earned her Bachelor's Degree at Philippine Christian University.
Kyla's next album, Kyla, contained the R&B;/Pop song "I Feel For You" as the carrier single. She collaborated with Gary Valenciano for his single "Let’s Stop and Talk Awhile." She also collaborated with Malaysian R&B; artist, Ferhad for his single "What More"
Kyla joined the noontime variety show SOP as a regular host on April 24, 2002. On November 29, 2002, Kyla interpreted the song "Buti Na Lang" at the Metropop Songfest.
Kyla released her third album, I Will Be There, which is also the title of her ballad carrier single on May 23, 2003. The album also produced the single "Bounce." She performed the song "Flexin" with British R&B; group Blue at the MTV Asia Awards in Singapore that same year. Kyla made special appearances in sitcoms and made her acting debut in the telenovela Narito Ang Puso Ko.
In 2004, she released the album, Not Your Ordinary Girl. It spawned five number-one singles: "Because of You", "Human Nature", "If the Feeling Is Gone", "Not Your Ordinary Girl", and "Till They Take My Heart Away". The same year, she opened for Alicia Keys Live in Manila at the Araneta Coliseum. Her concert, Kyla "Not Just Your Ordinary Girl" at the Araneta Coliseum on November 12, 2004, was a certified sold out concert as well.
From 2006 to 2007, Kyla hosted Popstar Kids, which aired on QTV.
In 2006, Kyla released her fifth album, Beautiful Days for which Kyla co-wrote the number one single "Beautiful Days". She also began dating PBA Basketball Player, Rich Alvarez.
Kyla has also been regularly appearing on the variety show SOP Rules, which airs on GMA Network every Sunday. She also sings duets with Jay-R, in a segment called "Souled Out".
After Heartfelt, she released and co-produced her seventh album, 2008's Heart 2 Heart. The album produced the 2009 singles "Old Friend" and "Back in Time", written by Jay-R. The song "You Make Me Feel", was written with Jay-R. "Back in Time" won "OPM Song of the Year" at the RX 93.1 Awards and "Best Collaboration Award" at the Wave 89.1 Urban Music Awards. In 2010, "Back in Time" also won "Favorite song" at the MYX Music Awards . Along with these awards she also won "OPM Female Artist of the Year" and "OPM Female Artist of the Decade" at the RX 93.1 Awards late 2009.
Kyla received nominations at 2010 MYX Music Awards including Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Mellow Video for Old Friend, Favorite Collaboration and Favorite Song for Back in Time with Jay-R, and Favorite Remake for the album Heart 2 Heart
In celebration of a 10-years of prominence in the music industry, PolyEast Records released 27 of the "R&B; royalty's" biggest hits in a two-CD compilation: “Essence of Soul: The Hits Collection along with a new song, "Hanggang Wakas". "Hanggang Wakas" is a duet with Malaysian pop-R&B; artist Hazami, who first wrote the song in Bahasa entitled “Tekad."
Kyla is a regular performer/host of GMA’s Sunday variety show Party Pilipinas. On November 29, 2010, she held a concert with Jay-R entitled "SoulMates."
Kyla is currently recording an album in Indonesia and Malaysia while her album, Private Affair, was released on November 30, 2010 under EMI and PolyEast Records.
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Daniel (, meaning "My judge [is] God") is the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. According to the biblical book, at a young age Daniel was carried off to Babylon where he became famous for interpreting dreams and rose to become one of the most important figures in the court.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim (BC 606), Daniel and his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were among the young Jewish nobility carried off to Babylon. The four were chosen for their intellect and beauty to be trained as advisors to the Babylonian court,() Daniel was given the name Belteshazzar, i.e., prince of Bel, or Bel protect the king!(not to be confused with the neo-Babylonian king, Belshazzar). Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were given the Babylonian names, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, respectively. At the close of his three years of discipline and training in the royal schools Daniel was brought out into public life. He soon became known for his skill in the interpretation of dreams (; ). Daniel made known and interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream; as well as a later dream preceding the king's descent into animal behaviour, and many years afterwards, when he was now an old man, amid the alarm and consternation of the terrible night of Belshazzar's impious feast (in which Belshazzar and his concubines drank wine out of the royal Jewish ceremonial goblets of the Temple), Daniel was called in at the suggestion of the queen-mother to interpret the mysterious handwriting on the wall. For successfully reading the cryptic handwriting by an angel of God, Daniel was rewarded by the Babylonians with a purple robe and elevation to the rank of "third ruler" of the kingdom. It is believed that the place of "second ruler" was held by Belshazzar as associated with his father, Nabonidus, on the throne (), though no where in the book of Daniel is Nabonidus mentioned by name and according to the book of Daniel Nebuchadnezzar was the father of Belshazzar. Nabonidus left Babylon in his son Belshazzar's care when he fled because of his refusal to accept the role of Marduk as the prime diety. The Hebrew word translated in the book of Daniel as "son" can mean any descendant. Belshazzar was actually the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel interpreted the handwriting, and "in that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain".
After the Persian conquest of Babylon, Daniel held the office of the first of the "three presidents" of the empire under the reign of Darius the Mede, and was thus practically at the head of state affairs, with the ability to influence the prospects of the captive Jews (), whom he had at last the happiness of seeing restored to their own land; although he did not return with them, but remained still in Babylon.
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Daniel's fidelity to God exposed him to persecution by jealous rivals within the king's administration. The fact that he had just interpreted the emperors' dream had resulted in his promotion and that of his companions. Being favored by the King, Cyrus the Great, he was untouchable. His companions were vulnerable to the accusation that had them thrown into the furnace for refusing to worship the Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar as a god; but they were miraculously saved, and Daniel would years later be cast into a den of lions (for continuing to practice his faith in YHWH), but was miraculously delivered; after which Cyrus issued a decree enjoining reverence for "the God of Daniel" (). He "prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Great," whom he probably greatly influenced in the matter of the decree which put an end to the Jewish Captivity (BC 536).
Daniel's ministry as a prophet began late in life. Whereas his early exploits were a matter of common knowledge within his community, these same events, with his pious reputation, serve as the basis for his prophetic ministry. The recognition for his prophetic message is that of other prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel whose backgrounds are the basis for their revelations.
The time and circumstances of Daniel's death have not been recorded. However, tradition maintains that Daniel was still alive in the third year of Cyrus according to the Tanakh (). He would have been almost 100 years old at that point, having been brought to Babylon when he was in his teens, more than 80 years previously. Many posit that he possibly died at Susa in Iran. Tradition holds that his tomb is located in Susa at a site known as Shush-e Daniyal. Other locations have been claimed as the site of his burial, including Daniel's Tomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, as well as Babylon, Egypt, Tarsus and, notably, Samarkand, which claims a tomb of Daniel (see "The Ruins of Afrasiab" in the Samarkand article), with some traditions suggesting that his remains were removed, perhaps by Tamerlane, from Susa to Samarkand (see, for instance, Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, section 153).
In the West, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates Daniel on July 21.
He is commemorated as a prophet in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod together with the Three Young Men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego), on December 17.
He is commemorated as a prophet in the Coptic Church on the 23rd day of the Coptic month of Baramhat.
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