Look up SAN, San, san, or -san in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

San or SAN may refer to:

• Senior Advocate of Nigeria, rank that may be conferred on legal practitioners in Nigeria
• Sinoatrial node, pacemaking tissue in the right atrium of the heart

Places[link]

• San, Mali
• San, Burkina Faso, a town in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso
• San, Wiang Sa, a subdistrict of Wiang Sa District, Nan, Thailand
• San (river), a river in south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine, (the Celtic word (san) means river)
• IATA airport code SAN: San Diego International Airport, California
• Sydney Adventist Hospital in Australia, due to the original name "Sydney Sanitarium"
• Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, U.S., nicknamed The San by its guests

People[link]

• The indigenous people of southern Africa, also referred to as Bushmen, Sho, Basarwa, Kung, or Khwe
• San, the artist (Sandra Priest)

Arts[link]

• San (band), Yugoslav rock band
• San (album) by Japanese band High and Mighty Color
• San (comics), a character of the Marvel Universe
• San is the original name of Princess Mononoke in the same-titled 1997 animated film
• The Dream (film), originally known as San, a 1966 Yugoslav film
• Umbrella (film), a 2007 Chinese documentary also called San

Technology[link]

Computing[link]

• Storage area network, an architecture to remotely attach computer storage
• System area network, high-performance, connection-oriented network that can link a cluster of computers
• Subject Alternative Name, part of the X.509 standard for a public key certificate that permits it to identify more than one entity or device

Chemistry[link]

• Styrene-acrylonitrile resin, copolymer plastic consisting of styrene and acrylonitrile

Transport[link]

• Sandersville Railroad's reporting mark, a railroad in Georgia, United States
• Société Aeronautique Normande, defunct French aircraft manufacturer
• SAN Ecuador (Servicios Aéreos Nacionales), defunct airline

Publishing industry[link]

• Standard Address Number, a seven-digit number used to identify organizations

Organizations[link]

• South African Navy, the navy of South Africa

Languages[link]

• San (letter), Greek letter between Pi and Qoppa
• -san San (Japanese honorific) used after a person's name, the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss
• san a Japanese word for "mountain", as in Fuji-san, an alternative name for Mount Fuji (unrelated to the honorific)
• Italian and Spanish masculine word for saint, in geographical names, as in San Francisco
• Korean noun for mountain

See also[link]

• Sans (disambiguation)

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Scott McKenzie (born Philip Blondheim, January 10, 1939,^[1] Jacksonville, Florida) is an American singer. He is best known for his 1967 hit single and generational anthem, "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)".^[2]

Life and career[link]

McKenzie grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, where he became friends with the son of one of his mother's friends, John Phillips. In the mid 1950s, he sang briefly with Tim Rose in a high school group called The Singing Strings, and later with Phillips, Mike Boran and Bill Cleary formed a doo wop band, The Abstracts. In New York, The Abstracts became The Smoothies and recorded two singles with Decca Records, produced by Milt Gabler. In 1961 Phillips and McKenzie met Dick Weissman and formed The Journeymen, which recorded three albums for Capitol Records. They disbanded The Journeymen in 1964, as McKenzie wanted to perform on his own. So Phillips formed the group The Mamas & the Papas with Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, his second wife. The group soon moved to California. Two years later, McKenzie followed from New York and signed with Lou Adler's Ode Records.

Phillips wrote and co-produced "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" for McKenzie. John Phillips played guitar on the recording and session musician Gary L Coleman played orchestra bells and chimes. The bass line of the song was supplied by session musician Joe Osborn. Hal Blaine played drums. It was released on 13 May 1967 in the United States and was an instant hit, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a number one in the UK and several other countries, selling over seven million copies globally.^[3]

McKenzie followed the song with "Like An Old Time Movie", also written and produced by Phillips, which was a minor hit. His first album, The Voice of Scott McKenzie, was followed with an album called Stained Glass Morning. He stopped recording in the early 1970s and lived in Joshua Tree, California, and Virginia Beach.

In 1986 he started singing with a new version of The Mamas and the Papas. With Terry Melcher, Mike Love and John Phillips, he co-wrote the number 1 single for the Beach Boys, "Kokomo" (1988).

By 1998 he had retired from the road version of The Mamas and Papas, and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He appeared at the Los Angeles tribute concert for John Phillips in 2001, amongst other 1960s contemporary acts.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

• 1967: The Voice of Scott McKenzie
• 1970: Stained Glass Morning

Quotation[link]

NME - August 1967^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Scott McKenzie Web Site
• Scott McKenzie at Allmusic
• Scott McKenzie at the Internet Movie Database

Ken Block
Ken Block in 2008.
Nationality	American
Born	(1967-11-21) 21 November 1967 (age 44) Long Beach, California
2012 Rally America
Debut season	2005
Current team	Monster World Rally Team
Best finish	2nd Overall in Rally America in 2006 and 2008
Awards
2004[1] 2005[1] 2009	• One of the most influential people (#17) in Sports Business Journal • Ad Age's Marketing 50 • One of the Fast 50 in Fast Company Magazine • 40 Under 40 Awards, Sports Business Journal • Rally America's Rookie of the Year • Gymkhana 2 was 2009's #4 most viewed viral video

Ken Block (born November 21, 1967, in Long Beach, California)^[2] is a professional rally driver with the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes.^[1] Block has also competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.

Rallying[link]

2005[link]

In 2005, Ken Block began his national rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team.^[3] Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His first event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class.^[4] During the 2005 season, Block had five top five finishes and placed third overall in the Group N class and fourth overall in the Rally America National Championship.^[3] At the end of his first rallying year, Ken Block had won the Rally America Rookie of the Year award.^[5]

2006[link]

In 2006, Ken Block along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru.^[3] Through this deal with Subaru, the teammates became known as "Subaru Rally Team USA."^[3] With the new rally season, Block also got a brand new Vermont SportsCar prepped 2006 Subaru WRX STi.^[3] He competed in the first ever X Games rally event at X Games XII.^[3] In the competition, Block ended up finishing third to take the bronze.^[3] He went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.^[3]

2007[link]

In 2007, Ken Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal.^[5] In the 2007 Rally America National Championship, Block finished third overall.^[5] During this season, Block also entered in a few rounds of the World Rally Championship; Rally Mexico and Rally New Zealand.^[4] In Rally New Zealand, Block recorded two top-five stage times in the Group N class.^[4] At the end of 2007, Block had achieved 19 podiums and 8 overall victories in rally events.^[1]

2008[link]

In 2008, Block was provided with a brand new rally prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete. Block decided to compete in the Rallye Baie-des Chaleurs of the Canadian Rally Championship to gain some experience with his new 2008 rally car and prepare for the World Rally Championships later this year.^[6] Block gained his first Canadian rally win at the event.^[6] This was only the second event for the new car.^[6] Block and his co-driver were unable to get any championship points at the event due to not having a Canadian competition license.^[6] Block competed in the Rally New York USA competition and finished in first place.^[7] In the X Games XIV rally competition, Block finished tied for third place with Dave Mirra.^[8] This occurrence was due to both competitors having issues with their car. Block, who made it to the semi-finals of the event, had a radiator problem after landing the car awkwardly on a jump. With both bronze place competitors in damaged cars unable to compete, the medals were awarded to both of them.^[8]

Block competed in the 2008 Rally America National championship, which concluded on October 17, 2008. In the event, he finished second overall with a strong victory in the last event. In the Lake Superior Performance Rally stage, Block finished over one minute ahead of his next closest competitor and secured the second overall position.^[9] Next up for Block this rally season is three World Rally Championship events.^[4]

2009[link]

Block appeared in a segment of motoring show Top Gear.^[10]

2010[link]

Ken Block testing Ford Fiesta for the 2010 Rally America season

Block driving a Ford Focus RS WRC at the 2010 Rallye de France

On January 6, 2010 the Monster World Rally Team announced Ken as their driver for selected rounds of the World Rally Championship, in which he will be campaigning the Monster/Ford Racing Focus RS WRC 08. His car will be prepared and run by the North of England based M-Sport, who also prepare the official Ford WRC cars. He will be simultaneously running in his sixth season of the Rally America Championship in an open class Ford Fiesta, as well as his fifth X-games. Ken will also be the first ever American driver to campaign for the World Rally Championship. On February 27, Block won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (Rally America) for the 5th consecutive time. This broke the record held by John Buffum.^[11] Ken is currently being trained by former Ford factory driver Markko Märtin. At the Spain rally, he won his first 2 points in World Rally Championship.

2011[link]

On March 23, Block and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were taken to hospital, having rolled their Ford Fiesta RS WRC during the shakedown stage of the 2011 Rally de Portugal in Faro, Portugal.^[12] A representative of the Monster World Rally team later stated that both men were fine.^[13]

Complete Rally America results[link]

(key)

Complete WRC results[link]

* Season in progress.

PWRC results[link]

Other motorsport activities[link]

On October 15, 2009, it was reported that Block was close to a deal to join the World Rally Championship in a new Ford team. Long time co-driver Alex Gelsomino is also reportedly involved in the deal. Former Subaru WRC driver Chris Atkinson has been reported to be lined up as Block's team-mate in the all-new Monster Energy Drink Ford World Rally Team.^[14]

In 2005, Ken Block along with his DC Shoes associates participated in the Gumball 3000 Rally. For the event they sent out three modified 2004 Subaru WRX STi's sponsored by DC Shoes.^[15][16]

In 2006, Ken Block competed in the One Lap of America competition along with Brian Scotto. They were teamed up in a 2006 Subaru WRX STi and finished forty-fifth overall.^[17]

In 2006, for the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies, Ken Block jumped his Subaru WRX STi rally car 171 feet (52 m) and a max height of 25 feet (7.6 m).^[3] The whole episode was dedicated to Ken Block attempting this stunt.

In 2007, Ken Block joined the DC Shoes Snowboarding team at New Zealand's Snow Park.^[3] Block did massive jumps and assisted in snowboarding tricks while driving his rally car on the mountain alongside the snowboarders. The session made the cover of the December 2007 issue of Snowboarder Magazine and closed out the MTN.LAB 1.5 DVD.^[3]

In 2009, for the BBC show Top Gear, Ken took James May out for Gymkhana-style driving at Block's stunt course at Inyokern Airport, an operational California airport, also starring Ricky Carmichael, whom Ken describes as 'a good friend'.

In 2010, for the BBC show Top Gear, Ken took the feature car from the previous episode (a Reliant Robin) for a lap of the Top Gear test track. He rolled the car and was unable to complete a lap but was unhurt.

On January 6, 2010, the announcement is made as Ken joins up with Ford and begins his WRC career driving both a Ford Fiesta and Focus RS WRC.

On August 24, 2010, Block released the first of a three part Gymkhana 3 video release featuring his new Ford Fiesta.^[18]

Ken Block also holds the world record for the world's fastest snow cat, a modified Subaru STI called a Trax STI.^{[citation needed]}

On September 14, 2010, Block's third Gymkhana video, featuring a Ford Fiesta, was released on YouTube.^[19] The video got more than seven million views in its first week.

On August 16, 2011, the fourth Gymkhana video, The Hollywood Megamercial was released on YouTube, featuring Block driving around the Universal Studios backlot.^[20]

Involvement In Colin McRae: Dirt 2 and Dirt 3[link]

Ken Block is featured as a driver in Codemasters Colin McRae: Dirt 2, along with his Subaru Rally Team USA Impreza.
In Dirt 3 he is seen as a driver and Gymkhana teacher, his Monster World Rally Team vehicles are available in the game.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ken Block

• Ken Block's Official site
• Monster World Rally Team
• Rally Results and News
• Subaru Rally Team USA
• Rally America Website
• Ken Block Official Merchandise Store
• Ken Block Interview
• Gymkhana racing improved by Ken Block, Video, ~4min
• dirt2game.com

Valentina Monetta (born 1 March 1975, City of San Marino) is a Sammarinese singer.

Eurovision[link]

On 14 March 2012, it was announced by San Marino RTV, that she would represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan with the entry "Facebook Uh, Oh, Oh". She was internally selected by RTV.^[1][2] However on March 18, 2012, a few days after the song was announced, the EBU deemed that the song contained an unreasonable commercial message for Facebook, which resulted in the lyrics' disqualification; according to the Eurovision Rule 1.2.2.g, commercial messages within songs are not allowed. San Marino was then given the option of submitting a new song for Monetta, or revising the lyrics to remove any references to Facebook, no later than 23 March 2012 12:00 CET.On March 22, SMTV announced that the song and its lyrics has been revised with a new title, "The Social Network Song (OH OH – Uh - OH OH)", with mostly the same lyrics, except without directly mentioning Facebook.^[3][4]

Monetta performed at the first semi-final but failed to qualify for the final.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Il mio gioco preferito (2011)

Singles[link]

• "Sharp" (2002)
• "Se Non Ci Sei Tu" (2008)
• "The Social Network Song (OH OH – Uh - OH OH)" (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Valentina Monetta on Facebook
• Valentina Monetta on Twitter

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2012   Countries Final (by final results) Sweden (winner) Russia Serbia Azerbaijan Albania Estonia Turkey Germany Italy Spain Moldova Romania Macedonia Lithuania Ukraine Cyprus Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina Ireland Iceland Malta France Denmark Hungary United Kingdom Norway Semi-final only (in alphabetical order) Semi-final 1 Austria Belgium Finland Israel Latvia Montenegro San Marino Switzerland Semi-final 2 Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Withdrawn Armenia   Artists Final (by final results) Loreen Buranovskiye Babushki Željko Joksimović Sabina Babayeva Rona Nishliu Ott Lepland Can Bonomo Roman Lob Nina Zilli Pastora Soler Pasha Parfeny Mandinga Kaliopi Donny Montell Gaitana Ivi Adamou Eleftheria Eleftheriou MayaSar Jedward Gréta Salóme & Jónsi Kurt Calleja Anggun Soluna Samay Compact Disco Engelbert Humperdinck Tooji Semi-final only (in alphabetical order) Semi-final 1 Anmary Iris Izabo Pernilla Karlsson Rambo Amadeus Sinplus Trackshittaz Valentina Monetta Semi-final 2 Anri Jokhadze Eva Boto Filipa Sousa Joan Franka Litesound Max Jason Mai Nina Badrić Sofi Marinova Withdrawn Alyona Lanskaya (Belarus)   Songs Final (by final results) "Euphoria" "Party for Everybody" "Nije ljubav stvar" "When the Music Dies" "Suus" "Kuula" "Love Me Back" "Standing Still" "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" "Quédate conmigo" "Lăutar" "Zaleilah" "Crno i belo" "Love Is Blind" "Be My Guest" "La La Love" "Aphrodisiac" "Korake ti znam" "Waterline" "Never Forget" "This Is the Night" "Echo (You and I)" "Should've Known Better" "Sound of Our Hearts" "Love Will Set You Free" "Stay" Semi-final only (in alphabetical order) Semi-final 1 "Beautiful Song" "Euro Neuro" "När jag blundar" "The Social Network Song" "Time" "Unbreakable" "Woki mit deim Popo" "Would You?" Semi-final 2 "Don't Close Your Eyes" "I'm a Joker" "Love Unlimited" "Nebo" "Verjamem" "Vida minha" "We Are the Heroes" "You and Me" Withdrawn "All My Life" (Belarus) "Per sempre" (Italy) (Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

v t e San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 2008 2009 to 2010 2011 2012   Artists 2000s Miodio 2009 2010s 2010 Senit Valentina Monetta   Songs 2000s "Complice" 2009 2010s 2010 "Stand By" "The Social Network Song" (Note: Entries scored out are when San Marino did not compete)