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Alma may refer to:

People[link]

• Alma (given name)
• Alma Cogan (1932–1966), British pop singer of the 1950s and 1960s
• Alma Guillermoprieto (born 1949), Mexican journalist
• Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879–1964), wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, Franz Werfel
• Alma Martinéz (born 1981), Mexican female footballer
• Alma Moodie (1898–1943), Australian violinist
• Alma Reville (1899–1982), wife of Alfred Hitchcock, assistant director, screenwriter and editor
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch painter
• Alma Redlinger (born 1924), Romanian painter

Places[link]

Australia[link]

• Alma, Victoria, a gold mining town in Victoria, Australia
• Port Alma, Queensland, a port in Queensland, Australia

Canada[link]

• Alma, New Brunswick, a fishing village on the Bay of Fundy
• Alma, Nova Scotia, a small village
• Alma, Ontario, a small village
• Alma, Quebec, a town

New Zealand[link]

• Alma River, New Zealand
• Alma, New Zealand, a small locality in the North Otago district of New Zealand

United States[link]

• Alma, Alabama
• Alma, Arkansas
• Alma, California, a ghost town in Santa Clara county, California
• Alma, Colorado
• Alma, Georgia
• Alma, Illinois
• Alma, Kansas
• Alma, Louisiana
• Alma, Michigan
• Alma, Missouri
• Alma, Nebraska
• Alma, New Mexico
• Alma, New York
• Alma, Oklahoma
• Alma, Oregon
• Alma, Texas
• Alma, Virginia
• Alma, Wisconsin, a city
• Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, a town
• Alma, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a town
• Alma Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere[link]

• Alma Square, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
• Alma Bridge, a remembrance bridge dedicated to the Battle of Alma in Paris, France
• Alma, Israel, a moshav in the Galilee
• Alma, Lebanon
• Alma, Martinique
• Alma, Palestine, a village depopulated in 1948
• Alma, Sibiu, a commune in Romania
• Alma, Limpopo, a village in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
• Alma River (Ukraine), site of the 1854 Battle of Alma in the Crimean War

Arts and entertainment[link]

• Alma (novel), a 1922 novel by Oswald de Andrade
• Alma (play), a drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma Mahler-Werfel
• Alma (film), a 2009 short film
• ALMA Magazine, Spanish language magazine for the Hispanic community in the U.S.
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international children's literature award
• ALMA Award, U.S. award for Latino performers who promote positive portrayals of Latinos

Fictional characters[link]

• Alma Halliwell, a character on the soap opera Coronation Street
• Alma Hodge, character on the soap opera Desperate Housewives
• Alma, a Greater Fiend from the video game Ninja Gaiden
• Alma Wade, an antagonist from the game F.E.A.R.
• Alma Coin, a character in Mockingjay

Sciences[link]

• Almas (cryptozoology), a Mongolian name for wild man (singular), a cryptozoological species
• Alma-0, a programming language
• Atacama Large Millimeter Array, an array of radio telescopes in Chile

Schools[link]

• Alma College, a private, liberal arts college in Alma, Michigan
• Alma College (St. Thomas), a now defunct ladies liberal arts college (1877-1994) in Canada

Religion[link]

• Book of Alma, a part of The Book of Mormon
• Alma the Elder, in the Books of Mosiah and Alma, part of The Book of Mormon
• Alma the Younger, son of Alma the Elder, namesake of the Book of Alma in The Book of Mormon

Transportation[link]

• French ironclad Alma, a 19th-century warship
• Alma (1891), a scow schooner built in 1891
• Alma (French automobile), manufactured between 1926 and 1929
• ALMA de Mexico (ALMA Aerolíneas Mesoamericanas), a Mexican airline based in Guadalajara, Mexico
• Alma – Marceau (Paris Métro), a station of the Paris Metro
• Alma metro station in Brussels

Other uses[link]

• Battle of Alma, an 1854 battle of the Crimean War
• Tropical Storm Alma, any of several tropical cyclones
• Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics International, an organization for the global loudspeaker industry
• Alma Generating Station, a power station in Wisconsin, USA

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Zélia Duncan
Duncan live with Os Mutantes in 25 January 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira
Born	(1964-10-28) October 28, 1964 (age 47)
Genres	Pop rock, MPB
Occupations	Singer, composer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active	1981–present
Associated acts	Os Mutantes
Website	zeliaduncan.com.br/

Zélia Duncan (28 October 1964), born Zélia Cristina Gonçalves Moreira, is a Brazilian singer and composer.

Biography[link]

Zélia was born in Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She moved with her family to Brasília, where she lived for 16 years. She started her professional career in 1981 after she won a contest organized by the Fundação Nacional de Artes (National Foundation of Arts). When she was 22 years old, she returned to Rio.^[1] Using the name "Zélia Cristina", she first performed as a soloist in Botanic in Rio de Janeiro.^[2] In 1990 she launched the LP "Outra Luz" ("Another Light"),^[2] and she began performing in cities like São Paulo, Florianópolis, and Porto Alegre and participating in tv shows.^[1]

In late 1991, she accepted an offer to go play in the United Arab Emirates. She stayed there for 5 months, returning to Brazil in May 1992.^[1] It was in this year that she recorded a track in the songbook of Dorival Caymmi, and she also adopted the name Duncan, the maiden name of her mother. In 1994, she launched her first CD, Zélia Duncan, and two years later she recorded Intimidade (Intimacy), which made her spend a season in Europe and Japan.^[2]

In 2006, Zélia was invited to join the tour of the psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes, replacing Rita Lee as the vocalist. The tour was a success and Duncan became full member of the band.^[2] In 2007, however, she decided to leave the band to continue her solo career.^[3] In 2008, she released a CD and DVD of the shows she performed with Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira in 2006 and 2007. The title of the CD and DVD was Amigo é a Casa (Friend is the House).^[4] Simone and Zélia performed shows in three cities of Portugal—Figueira da Foz, Porto, and Lisbon.^[5]

Discography[link]

Zélia Duncan and Sérgio Dias of Os Mutantes performing in 2007.

• 1990 - Outra Luz
• 1994 - Zélia Duncan
• 1996 - Intimidade
• 1998 - Acesso
• 2001 - Sortimento
• 2002 - Sortimento Vivo
• 2003 - Avassaladora
• 2004 - Eu me Transformo em Outras
• 2005 - Pré-Pós-Tudo-Bossa-Band
• 2006 - Os Mutantes - Live In Barbican Theatre (with Os Mutantes)
• 2008 - Amigo é casa (live with Simone)
• 2009 - Pelo Sabor do Gesto

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zélia Duncan

Armin van Buuren
Van Buuren performing on Queensday in Amsterdam, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Armin van Buuren
Also known as	Gaia, AVB
Born	(1976-12-25) 25 December 1976 (age 35) Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands[1]
Origin	Koudekerk aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
Genres	Trance Progressive Trance Uplifting Trance Neo-trance
Occupations	Remixer, Producer, DJ, Composer, Musician, Pianist, Songwriter
Instruments	Synthesizer, drum machine, equalizer, personal computer
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Armada Music (2003–present), Vandit (Co-Joined), Ministry of Sound Australia
Associated acts	Alibi, Dark Matter, Electrix, Lilmotion, Major League, Monsieur Basculant, Red & White, Technology, Triple A, Wodka Wasters, Nadia Ali,[2] Christian Burns,[2] Ferry Corsten,[2] Adam Young,[2] BT,[2] Sophie Ellis-Bextor,[2] Guy Chambers[2]
Website	arminvanbuuren.com

Armin van Buuren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑr.mɪn vɑn ˈby.rə(n)]), OON (born 25 December 1976 in Leiden, Netherlands)^[1] is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. Between 2007 and 2010, he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs.^[1] In the 2011 list, he ranked in second place. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which claims to have around 15 million weekly listeners in 26 countries,^[3] which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.^[4]

Personal life[link]

Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976,^[1] but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14.^{[citation needed]} He was inspired by French electronic music composer, Jean Michel Jarre, and wished to become a great electronic music composer like Jarre.^{[citation needed]}

He finished high school at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and left for college to study law at Leiden University. While studying law, Van Buuren's interest for making music blossomed, and he began working as a DJ in a local club called Nexus. As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, although he did return to finish law school in 2003.

On 18 September 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel in Wassenaar, Netherlands. They met during a vacation on Crete, and had been together for nine years prior to the marriage.^[5][6]

On 12 January 2011, Van Buuren announced the pregnancy of his wife Erika on Twitter.^[7] He hoped the baby, due that summer, would be his "best production ever."^[7] Their daughter, Fenna, was born on 24 July 2011.^[8]

Career[link]

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1995–1999: Early career and success[link]

In 1995, Van Buuren had his first major success with a track called "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber Records label; he was 19 years old at the time. This track, which was produced in the "Euro Trance" mold, made it onto the UK Chart. Another successful track, "Communication" was released under the same label, and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer of 1999. After being signed to AM PM Records, this track entered the UK Chart at No. 18 in 2000.

Armin van Buuren at Lizard Lounge, Dallas, Texas, 9 August 2008

Van Buuren began his DJ career at club Nexus in Leiden, where he learned to play long DJ sets, which were regularly six to seven hours per set.^[9] During school holidays he played more than four times a week. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States.^[9] His career accelerated, entering the DJ magazine Top-100 in November 2001 at Number 27.^[9] He has played in more than 25 different countries and can often be found on the main stage at big summer festivals. Van Buuren played a record-breaking twelve and a half hour set for Dancetheater in The Hague (the Netherlands).^[10][11] In the United Kingdom he performs regularly at Passion (resident 2002), Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Slinky, Ministry of Sound, Peach and Golden.

In the beginning of 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig – "One," was well received. The second release "Touch Me," under the name Rising Star was signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK, before the record was released.

By the time of his third release, Gimmick – "Free" was signed to R&S Records, Van Buuren had managed to make his label popular very quickly. Under the surname Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers. Teaming up with Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major League – "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi – "Eternity" was released on Armind. "Eternity" received club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Another major collaboration followed this. Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff-classic titled "Exhale" for the System F. album. Released as a single, this track reached gold status in less than a month.

[edit] 2000–2004: A State of Trance and 76

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series. He managed to find a balance between progressive house,and vocal trance music styles. His first compilation album, A State of Trance (not to be confused with his weekly A State of Trance radio shows), sold more than 10,000 copies and contains Van Buuren's well known remix of Moogwai, "Viola." His second album, Basic Instinct featured a new track: "Perpetuous Dreamer" – "The Sound of Goodbye." This track entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later in the year, the track hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The third album, In Motion was released 6 August 2001. This album contained the real trance sound and was very popular in the United States. A fourth album, Transparence, followed in 2002. In 2003, he worked with such artists such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout a global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in Armin's home country of the Netherlands.

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID&T Radio (traditionally broadcast in Dutch and later English since ASOT 183). In this weekly two-hour show, entitled A State of Trance, he plays the latest popular trance music tracks. His show and the artists he features are popularized by publishing the artists and track titles on his website. This radio-show/website combination has proven popular internationally. When ID&T Radio changed genres in 2004, Van Buuren left and took A State of Trance with him. The show then moved to Fresh FM, a Dutch radio station. It is now a weekly feature on SLAM!FM, another Dutch radio station, DI.FM, an online radio station, and on XM Satellite Radio, channel 80 in the United States and Canada. A complete list of stations that broadcast A State of Trance can be found at the ASOT section of Armin's website. Also in 2004, Van Buuren remixed the 24 theme song into a trance hit. In June 2005, the 200th episode was celebrated in Amsterdam and subsequently aired on radio. The 250th (eight hour) anniversary episode was celebrated in Club Asta in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring Van Buuren, Jonas Steur, M.I.K.E., John Askew, Rank 1 and Menno de Jong.^{[citation needed]}

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C.,^[9] and he has played all across North America in San Francisco, Vancouver, Houston, Toronto, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Montreal, Detroit, Edmonton, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Seattle and at The Necto (nightclub). He has also regularly appeared at Amnesia on the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. In October that year, Van Buuren was voted Number 5 in the DJ Magazine 100 top DJ's. The following year, he jumped up to the No. 3 spot, and held 3rd place for the next three years. His work left him at the No. 2 spot, just below Paul van Dyk in the 2006 polls, and, in 2007, Armin reached #1, heading the 2007 DJ Mag Top 100. He was voted No. 1 again in 2008, 2009 and again in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2003, Van Buuren released his debut studio album, 76, a 76-minute album divided into 13 tracks.^[12]

Armin Van Buuren performing at Avalon, Boston, Massachusetts 2007

[edit] 2005–present: Shivers, Imagine and Mirage

On 8 August 2005, Van Buuren released his second studio album, Shivers. On the album Van Buuren worked with artists such as Pakistani-American singer Nadia Ali, English singer Justine Suissa and American trance duo Gabriel & Dresden.

On 11 November 2006, he had a live performance called Armin Only in Ahoy Rotterdam for the second time (after 12 November 2005) with a nine hour solo set, where he performed to over 11,000 fans.

In the summer of 2007, Van Buuren recorded and released a live set at Amnesia, Ibiza. Universal Religion Chapter 3, Live from Amnesia at Ibiza was released on 28 September 2007 as a mix compilation on Armada Records and in the US as "Universal Religion 2008" on Ultra Records on 4 December 2007.

On 17 April 2008, Van Buuren released his third studio album, Imagine. It features collaboration with singers such as Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation and Jacqueline Govaert of Krezip. The album debuted at number one on the Dutch Albums Chart. Since the release of Imagine, Van Buuren has been working with Benno de Goeij and DJ-RA of Rank 1 on solo productions and remixes.^{[citation needed]}

19 April 2008 saw the 3rd edition of Armin Only, this time in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, Netherlands. The event was attended by 16,000 fans and (partly) broadcast live on Dutch National TV. During the second half of 2008, Van Buuren took this show abroad, with visits to Australia, Romania, Poland, Belgium, and a special New Years Eve 2008 show at Together As One in Los Angeles, U.S.

On 29 September 2008, Armin won the DJ Award for "Best Trance DJ" at Ibiza along with other nominees, that of Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Paul van Dyk.

On 12 January 2008, Van Buuren was given the "Buma Cultuur Pop Award," the most prestigious Dutch music award.

In 2009, Foreign Media Games announced the production of In The Mix: Featuring Armin van Buuren, a music game being produced in collaboration with Cloud 9 Music and Van Buuren's Armada Music label. The title is scheduled to be released sometime in 2010 exclusively for the Wii console.^[13]

He has collaborated with his brother, guitarist Eller van Buuren, in such venues as Together As One in Los Angeles, U.S., on New Year's Eve 2009, as well as on Armin's 2008 album Imagine.

On 3 March 2010, Van Buuren was awarded with the prestigious Golden Harp, for his musical work and contribution to Dutch music, by the music collecting society BUMA/STEMRA at the 2010 Buma Harpen Gala in Hilversum, the Netherlands.^[14][15]

On 23 June 2010, it was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album, Mirage was due to be released on 10 September.^[16] The first single "Full Focus", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June at midnight.^[17] The song peaked at number sixty in the Netherlands. One of the confirmed tracks from the album is a collaboration with English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor called Not Giving Up On Love, which was released as a single from Bextor's fourth studio album, Make a Scene.^[18][19] Armin also wrote a song for English singer Seal, but due to the release of his greatest hits album, Hits, the collaboration never came together.^[20]

On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio ^[21]

On 20 October 2010, Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes.^[22]

On 27 October 2010, Van Buuren was announced, for the 4th year running, as the number 1 DJ, and thus prolonging his title as 'Most Popular DJ in the World'.^[23]

The 2010 edition of Armin Only: Mirage kicked off on 13 November 2010, in Utrecht, Netherlands, with more shows coming in Saint-Petersburg, Kiev, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Poznań, Moscow and Bratislava .^[24]

On 27 November 2010, Van Buuren made his third appearance in Shanghai, China.

On 2 February 2012, Van Buuren mentioned a new studio album in the works on episode #546 of his radio show, "A State Of Trance".

A State of Trance 500 (ASOT 500)[link]

To mark the 10 year anniversary and 500th episode of his weekly radio show A State of Trance, Van Buuren performed at five shows across five continents over five consecutive weeks along with various artists.

The first show was held on 19 March 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the MTN Expo Center. In addition to Armin, Blake Jarrell, Protoculture, Lange, Leon Bolier, and Jorn van Deynhoven were performers. Super8 & Tab were to be part of the South African show, however a flight cancellation caused them to be absent for the event. The event was attended by over 20,000 people.

Miami's show was performed at the Ultra Music Festival on 27 March, and part of the show were Marcus Schossow, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Cosmic Gate, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, ATB, and Sander van Doorn.

Argentina held the third celebration of ASOT 500 in club G.E.B.A Buenos Aires, with Heatbeat, Jochen Miller, Dash Berlin, Markus Schulz, John O'Callaghan and W & W. It was the only of the five ASOT 500 celebrations that was held outdoors. Van Buuren recorded a live video with his cell phone and uploaded it to Twitter while playing his live set.

ASOT 500 was celebrated in the Netherlands in Den Bosch. Accompanied by more than 30 DJs from countries all over the world, the event was attended by over 30,000 people. DJs present included Markus Schulz, Gareth Emery, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold and Sean Tyas. The event was radio broadcast live to over 30 countries.^{[25][dated info]}

The final show was held in Sydney, Australia on 16 April at Acer Arena in Olympic Park. It was a sold out event weeks before the night. Artists present included Shogun, tyDi, Menno de Jong, Aly & Fila, and Alex M.O.R.P.H. Van Buuren played for three hours.

A State of Trance 550 (ASOT 550)[link]

In March 2012, Van Buuren performed in six shows across three continents as part of ASOT 550. He began his tour on March 1 in London, continued on to Moscow on March 7, and to Kiev, Ukraine on March 10. Then, he traveled to the United States to host his show at the Beyond Wonderland festival in Southern California. A week later on March 25, he closed out Ultra Music Festival 2012 for the 5th edition. This was followed by the final show in the Brabanthallen of Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

A State of Trance sponsored a tent at the Electric Daisy Carnival at Met Life stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 19, 2012, which by all accounts could be considered an unofficial extension of ASOT 550. ^[26]

Discography[link]

• 76 (2003)
• Shivers (2005)
• Imagine (2008)
• Mirage (2010)

Year Mixes[link]

Van Buuren is well known for his annual "Year Mix" which incorporates clips and custom mashups from the year's most popular trance tracks. Each year-mix consists of about 85 individual releases, edited into a two hour mix which is released on double CD as well as aired on his weekly radio show at the end of each year. According to Van Buuren, each year-mix takes several months to make, including thousands of digital audio edits and hundreds of audio plugins.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Armin van Buuren

• Official website
• Artist Page on ArmadaMusic.com
• Armin van Buuren on Myspace
• Armin van Buuren at Allmusic
• Armin van Buuren discography at Discogs
• Armin van Buuren discography at MusicBrainz
• Armin van Buuren at the Internet Movie Database
• Armin van Buuren's profile on Trancepedia
• Armada Music – the record label of Armin van Buuren
• Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance episodes
• *Flowd - artist channel on *Flowd network.

Robert Haig, a.k.a. Bobby Haig, (born 12 October 1969) is a British professional ice hockey player, and head coach. Haig has had a long career both at club and international level.

International level[link]

Haig played for the Great Britain Junior squad from the 1986–87 season through to the 1988–89 season.^[1]

Coaching career[link]

Haig was head coach of the Blackburn Hawks senior ice hockey team from 1998 until 2007.^[2] He was also the head coach of the Blackburn Thunderhawks, an EIHA under-19s ice hockey team which won the B-league playoffs in the 1997–98 season to gain promotion to the Northern A-league.^[2]

Medals[link]

Haig won the Heineken League Division One title with the Fife Flyers in the 1991–92 season.^[3][4] He also won the Heineken League Division One Play-Offs with the same team that season.^[3][4]

References[link]

Alma Bella is a Filipino silent film actress. Bella was one of screen's silent sirens in her era.

Sometimes another silent star Angelita Rey is her arch enemy in box-office because of their aura.

Filmography[link]

• 1932 - Sa Pinto ng Langit
• 1932 – Satanas
• 1932 - Ulong Inasnan
• 1933 - Pag-ibig ng Isang Kadete
• 1933 - Ang Punyal na Ginto
• 1933 - Ang Mga Ulila
• 1936 - Ama
• 1937 - Umaraw sa Hatinggabi
• 1937 - Magkapatid
• 1938 - Ang Batang Tulisan [Filippine]
• 1938 - Dugong Hinugasan [Filippine]
• 1938 - Biyaya ni Bathala [Filippine]
• 1939 - Pighati [Del Monte]
• 1939 - Mga Pusong Lumuluha [Sinukuan]
• 1940 - Inang Pulot [Del Monte]
• 1948 - 4 na Dalangin [Luis Nolasco]
• 1948 - Siete Dolores [Nolasco Bros.]
• 1949 - Ang Lumang Simbahan [Nolasco Bros.]
• 1950 - Pedro, Pablo, Juan at Jose [Luis F. Nolasco]
• 1950 - Aklat ng Pag-ibig [Balintawak]
• 1951 - Irog, Paalam [Benito Bros.]

External links[link]

• Alma Bella at the Internet Movie Database

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