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Spin 1038 is an Independent Local Radio station in Dublin, Ireland. It is owned by Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Despite their name, they do not broadcast on the medium wave band (1038 not being a valid mediumwave frequency, anyway), but on 103.8 FM. Spin 1038 is mostly heard in Dublin but can also be heard in towns such as Naas, Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth, Drogheda and Bray due to their close proximity to Dublin.

History[link]

The station (which originally applied for its contract as "Spin FM") was one of three new ILR stations which were awarded franchises in October 1999^[1]. It was intended to provide an alternative for listeners younger than those catered for by the original two Dublin ILR stations, FM104 and Dublin's 98FM. The station however was subject to delays due to legal action from an unsuccessful opposing consortium^[2], however finally took the air as Spin 1038 at 10:38am on 19 April 2002. Despite being initially known as "the dance licence", the station now plays mainly popular music.

Programming[link]

Spin 1038 broadcasts mainly Top 40 music aimed at 15-34 year olds. Spin 1038 recently snapped up national DJ Nikki Hayes after she parted company with RTÉ. The station broadcasts various programming throughout the day with favourites such as Fully Charged, The Zoo Crew Hot 30 with Brian Maher and Dara Quilty and Spin Hits with Steve K. News bulletins entitled The Story are aired at quarter-to-the-hour (and at quarter-past-the hour during the weekday morning show) and consist of local, international, sport news and a five-word weather summary. The Inside Story (Entertainment news) is presented by Rory Nugent.

Zoo Crew Hot 30[link]

The Zoo Crew Hot 30 hosted by Brian Maher & Dara Quilty, is Spin's most popular show. The show features comedy sketches written & produced by Brian & Dara. Every caller wins a prize. Listeners text in to the station to vote for their favourite song. The top 30 songs of the day are played during the show, compiled by text voting. You can download the official Zoo Crew podcast 'The Zoocast' via iTunes. ^[3]

Schedule[link]

Weekdays[link]

• 00.45 Best of The SPIN
• 02.45 SPIN Hits @ Night
• 06.45 Fully Charged with Ryan and Tracy
• 09.45 SPIN Hits with Nikki Hayes
• 12.45 The SPIN with Jonathan McCrea and Michelle Beatty
• 14.45 SPIN Hits with Steve K
• 18.45 Zoo Crew Hot 30 with Brian Maher and Dara Quilty
• 20.45 TRL with Becki Miller (Mo–Th)- formerly The Lock In
• 20.45 Dirty Disco with Dave Davin (Fr)
• 22.45 Filter with Barry Redsetta (Fr)
• 23.45 An Roinn Rince with Daithí Ó Dáibhín (Mo)
• 23.45 The Block with Brian Maher (Tu)
• 23.45 Indie Disco with Clowd (We)
• 23.45 Club Educate with John Gibbons (Th)

Weekends[link]

Competitions[link]

Spin 1038 holds daily competitions with many prizes varying from popular artists' CDs and concert tickets to MP3 players, games consoles, and "SPIN Goodies".

Sister services[link]

A sister station, Spin South West, launched on 23 July 2007 in Kerry, Limerick, Clare, South Tipperary and south-west Laois. The station is run from Raheen, Limerick and it is similar in format to SPIN 1038 but is independently managed and run. Spin South West can be picked up in most of Munster meaning it has a potential listenership of over a million people.

Spin FM also has a sister station in the Czech Republic, and recently launched in Jordan (Spin Jordan) after Communicorp started investing in Radio Broadcasting outside Europe, having Jordan as its first destination.^[4]

See also[link]

• Nucentz (rapper), winner of Ireland's First Rap Superstar Competition launched by Spin 1038

References[link]

External links[link]

• Spin 1038
• Spin 1038 on Facebook
• Spin 1038 on Twitter
• Spin 1038 on FourSquare

Look up spin or spinning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Spin or spinning may refer to:

In mathematics, science and technology[link]

• Electron magnetic dipole moment, the magnetic moment of an electron caused by its intrinsic property of spin
• Rotation or spin, a movement of an object in a circular motion
• Social Phobia Inventory, abbreviated as SPIN, a psychological test of social anxiety disorder
• SPIN bibliographic database, major Physics research is the focus (a citation index)
• Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
• Spin (flight), autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled aeroplane
• Spin group, in mathematics, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
• Spinning (textiles), the process of creating yarn from various raw fibre materials
• Spinning (polymers), a process for creating polymer fibres
• Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while rotating on a lathe
• Fokker Spin, an aeroplane built by Anthony Fokker

In computing[link]

• Spin (programming language), a high-level programming language
• SPIN (operating system), an OS based on Mach
• SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network
• SPIN model checker, a tool for formal verification of distributed software systems
• Busy spin, a technique in which a process continually checks whether a condition is true
• Article spinning, the SEO (search engine optimization) approach of using equivalent phrases to rewrite articles

In Telecommunications[link]

• SPIN (cable system), South Pacific Island Network

In entertainment[link]

• Spin, an animated speaking globe on Really Wild Animals
• Spin (1995 film), documentary film of politicians' behind-the-scenes conversations
• Spin (2004 film), directed by James Redford
• Spin (2007 film), directed by Henry Pincus
• Spin (novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Charles Wilson
• Spin (magazine), a pop music magazine
• "Spin" (House), a 2005 episode of the television series House
• "Spin" (Charlie Jade), an episode of the television series Charlie Jade
• Spin, a short film by Max Hattler (2010)
• Spin City, an American sitcom television series

In music[link]

• Spin (radio), a single play of a song
• SPiN (American band), an American rock band
• Spin (band), a band from the Maltese Islands
• Spin (Dutch band), a Dutch jazzrock band
• Spin (Darren Hayes album), the first solo album by Darren Hayes
• Spin (Scullion album), the 1985 studio album by Irish band Scullion
• "Spin" (Lifehouse song), 2002
• "Spin" (Trey Anastasio song), 2005
• "Spin", a song by Taking Back Sunday from Louder Now
• "Spinnin'", a song by Soul Asylum from And the Horse They Rode In On
• "Spinning", a song by Christopher Cross from Christopher Cross
• "Spinning", a song by Jack's Mannequin from The Glass Passenger
• "Spinning", a song on Transatlantic's 2009 album The Whirlwind
• Spinning Around, a 2000 song by Kylie Minogue

In sports[link]

• Spin bowling, a type of bowling technique in cricket
  • Finger spin, a type of bowling in the sport of cricket
  • Left-arm orthodox spin, a type of bowling in the sport of cricket
  • Left-arm unorthodox spin, a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist
  • Leg spin, a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket
  • Wrist spin, a type of bowling in the sport of cricket
• Figure-skating spin, a skating move
  • Sit spin, a basic figure skating spin
  • Upright spin,a basic figure skating spin, with an extended skating leg which is not a camel position. Two popular variations of the upright spin are:
    • Biellmann spin, an upright figure skating spin in which the skater executes a one-foot spin while holding the other foot extended over and behind the head, forming a teardrop shape with the body
    • Layback spin, an upright figure skating spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice
• Indoor cycling or spinning, a form of high-intensity exercise using a stationary exercise bicycle
• Poi spinning, a form of juggling
• Wheelspin, spinning the wheels of a vehicle in place

Other uses[link]

• Spinning (IPO), a form of financial bribery used by brokerages to gain corporate business
• Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together
• Spin (public relations), a heavily biased portrayal of an event or situation
• Spin (b-boy move), a b-boying move that involves rotation of the breaker's body about some axis in contact with the ground
• Spins, a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication ("the spins")
• Sufi spinning, a twirling meditation (a religious practice in which worshippers spin in circles)
• Pen spinning, the art of spinning pens using one's fingers
• Road agent's spin or "Curly Bill spin", a gunfighting maneuver utilized as a ruse when forced to surrender a side arm to an unfriendly party

See also[link]

• Flat spin (disambiguation)

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Carly Rae Jepsen
Jepsen performing on Canada Day in 2010
Background information
Born	(1985-11-21) November 21, 1985 (age 26) Mission, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Pop, pop rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2007–present
Labels	604 (2008–present) Schoolboy/Interscope (2012–present)
Website	carlyraemusic.com

Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian recording artist and singer-songwriter from Mission, British Columbia. In 2007, she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol, and was a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.^[1]

Shortly after competing on Idol, she signed to Fontana and MapleMusic, and released her debut album, Tug of War, on September 30, 2008. Three years later, she released a new single, entitled "Call Me Maybe", which was released by 604 Records, and was followed by the release of her debut extended play, Curiosity, on February 14, 2012. "Call Me Maybe" was met with much success, reaching the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching the number 1 spot on the Canadian Hot 100. The single also went to number 1 in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Jepsen signed with Interscope Records in 2012.

Life and career[link]

Jepsen attended Heritage Park Secondary School in Mission, British Columbia and has since performed there post-graduation. She later attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, BC before auditioning for Canadian Idol. After completing the Canadian Idol tour, Jepsen retreated to B.C. to focus on writing, recording and completing her band. Her demos attracted attention and she was eventually signed a joint management deal with Simkin Artist Management and Dexter Entertainment. A deal with Fontana/Maple Music quickly followed, leading Jepsen into the studio with producer/writer Ryan Stewart.^[2]

[edit] 2008–11: Tug of War

On June 16, 2008, Jepsen released her debut single and another single, a cover of John Denver's song "Sunshine On My Shoulders". It is the only cover song on her debut album.^[3] On July 21, 2008, Jepsen added two new songs from the album to her MySpace page: "Bucket" and "Heavy Lifting". In August 2008, Jepsen's MySpace page announced that the album's title would be Tug of War, and it was released on September 30, 2008. The page also mentioned two more songs that were included on the album: "Tug of War" and "Sweet Talker". The former was released as a single on iTunes on September 16, 2008, and has been receiving radio airplay on various stations across Canada. She performed the latter as her Canadian Idol audition.^[4]
A music video for "Tug of War" was released in January 2009. "Bucket", her second single, was released in May 2009, and the video for "Sour Candy", a duet with Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench who has also help produce some of her songs including Call Me Maybe, has also been released. All of Jepsen's music videos have been directed by Ben Knechtel. In spring 2009, she toured western Canada with Marianas Trench and Shiloh.^[5] She then went on a cross-Canada tour with Marianas Trench, The New Cities and Mission District.

[edit] 2012–present: Curiosity

Jepsen's second album Curiosity was released on February 14, 2012. It was produced by Ryan Stewart and Kevin James Maher produced the track "Dear Julien". On the same day as the release, Justin Bieber made the announcement on the MuchMusic program New Music Live that Jepsen has been signed to Schoolboy Records, the label run by Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun.^[6] The lead single, "Call Me Maybe" (which gained notoriety after "Primetime" Sam Roberts played the track during "After Opie and Anthony Live" on SiriusXM Satellite Radio) is from her second studio album Curiosity was released on September 21, 2011 and was produced by Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench and co-written by Jepsen, Ramsay and Tavish Crowe. "Call Me Maybe" is the first song by a Canadian artist to reach the top of the digital chart since Justin Bieber's “Baby” in January 2010. It is also only the 11th song by a Canadian artist to reach No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital download sales in 2005. The song has also peaked at #1 on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100, being the 4th Canadian artist to do so, after Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", Nikki Yanofsky's "I Believe", and the Young Artists for Haiti version of "Wavin' Flag", originally by Canadian rapper K'naan.^[7] Jepsen is currently touring on the Shout it Out World Tour. She is the opening act for the pop-rock trio Hanson. In February 2012, Jepsen visited Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun in Los Angeles, California, where she subsequently signed to Schoolboy Records and Interscope. Her music will still be distributed by 604 Records in Canada. On March 23, 2012, Jepsen made her first American television debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, performing "Call Me Maybe" (with Jared Manierka on keys), later joined by Justin Bieber. Carly was also the first Canadian Idol contestant to enter the UK charts, when Call Me Maybe debuted at #1. Carly played at Citywalk at Universal Studios on April 14 2012. 400 people who paid $5 were allowed to meet with the singer and get CDs autographed by her.

Jepsen, 26, has been criticized in the press for dressing "too young" for her age in an effort to appeal to the pre-teen demographic.^[8][9]

On May 20th, 2012 Jepsen performed "Call Me Maybe" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. On May 22th, 2012 she performed "Tug of War", "Curiosity", and "Call Me Maybe" at the first Q102 Springle Ball concert.

[edit] Canadian Idol performances

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Tug of War (2008)

Extended plays[link]

• Curiosity (2012)

Tours[link]

Opening act

• Justin Bieber – Believe Tour (North American dates) (2012)

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Carly Rae Jepsen on Twitter
• Carly Rae Jepsen on Myspace
• "Primetime" Sam Roberts

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor born in 1992, best known for his portrayal of Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones.

Life[link]

Gleeson started acting at the age of seven in the Independent Theatre Workshop. His first roles in feature films were minor roles in Batman Begins (2005), Shrooms (2007) and A Shine of Rainbows (2009).^[2] In 2010 he appeared in a leading role in Alicia Duffy's All Good Children. The reviewer for the Variety magazine considered Gleeson "the pic's big discovery".^[3]

Gleeson stars in HBO's Game of Thrones as Joffrey Baratheon. He was announced in the role on 19 July 2009.^[4] Gleeson was part of the initial starring cast and remains a member of the cast for the second season. He cites Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator as an influence on his portrayal of Joffrey.^[5] Gleeson is a student of Trinity College, Dublin, and a member of DU Players.^[6] In 2012, he was awarded a scholarship at the same university.^[7][8] Gleeson has indicated an intention to pursue an academic career rather than a professional acting career, once his work on Game of Thrones is completed.^[9]

Sources[link]

External links[link]

• Jack Gleeson at the Internet Movie Database

Fan Site

• Jack Gleeson Online

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Mary Byrne (1917 – 2004) was the Mayor of Galway from 1975–1976 and again from 1984–1985.

One of two children of Michael Byrne of Newry, County Down, and Brigid Kelly of Ballymacward, County Galway, Byrne served as a nurse in the city's old Central Hospital and later as staff-nurse at Galway Regional Hospital. She eventually became a Sister and worked in the Casualty Department for twenty-two years. She was a member of the Western Health Board and Chairperson of the Galway branch of the Irish Nurses Organisation.

Politically active due to her father's influence, Byrne was an active member of Fianna Fáil from the 1940s, and successfully ran for election to Galway Corporation in 1967, serving seventeen years as a councillor. Her first term of office coincided with International Women's Year. He brother, Michael, died during her term, in May 1975.

She was re-elected for the term 1984-85, the Quincentennial year of the Mayorality. In commemoration of this, Galway's Quincentennial Bridge, spanning the Corrib from Terryland to Newcastle, was begun. The foundation stone was laid by An Tánaiste, Dick Spring, on 15 December 1984. The following May, she herself laid the foundation stone of the new City Hall at College Road, which was in use by 1991.

She died in 2004.

References[link]

• Role of Honour:The Mayors of Galway City 1485-2001, William Henry (historian), Galway 2001.

External links[link]

• Listing of previous Mayors of Galway
• Mary Byrne's obituary

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