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Ivan is a Christian male given name that is primarily associated with Slavic languages. It is the Slavic variant of the name "John".

Etymology[link]

Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian, Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Iван.

It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name Johannes, corresponding to English John.^[1] This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) rather than from the Latin Io(h)annes. The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān, meaning “‘Yahweh is gracious’”). The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical Hebrew name יוחנן (pronounced [joχanan]), short for יהוחנן ([jəhoχanan]), meaning "Yahweh is merciful". Also name has Latin origin, coming from the name Juppiter more precisely form of the name Juppiter, form Jovo, which later was changed to Jovan. Common surnames tracing to the name Ivan, are Ivanovic commonly used in Montenegro. And Ivanov, commonly used in Russia and Bulgaria. "Ivanovich" is a Russian patrynomic/middle name meaning "son of Ivan/John" or "Ivanson/Johnson".

It is etymologically related to many other given names in other Indo-European languages (see John (name) for a full list).

Popularity[link]

The name is common among Bulgarians (local forms include Jovan, Joan and Ion), Croats, Danes, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Russians, Serbs (it is the first form of the name, and later was replaced by the more Byzantine form Jovan, but lately has reappeared and regained its popularity in Serbian and Macedonian families), Slovenians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians.

Ivan is the most common male name in Bulgaria.

Ivan is the most popular name in Croatia.^[2]

Since the 20th century, it has also been used as a popular given name among Italian (both the original form and the italianized version, Ivano), Spanish as (Iván), and Portuguese speaking peoples.

Derivatives[link]

Its female form is Ivana. Ivanka is a variation on Ivana.

Slang[link]

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Ivan was also occasionally used by Americans during the Cold War as a general name for the Soviets (Compare "Jerry" for the Germans or "Charlie" for the Vietnamese during World War II and the Vietnam War, respectively.).

Historical country-specific use[link]

Bulgaria[link]

Ivan was the name of several Bulgarian tsars:

• Ivan Asen I
• Ivan Asen II
• Ivan Alexander
• Ivan Shishman
• Ivan Stephen
• Ivan Stratsimir
• Ivan Vladislav

Other Bulgarians

• Ivan Rilski (John of Rila), national saint and hermit

Russia[link]

Ivan was the name of several Russian tsars throughout history:

• Ivan I, "The Moneybag"
• Ivan II, "The Fair"
• Ivan III, "The Great"
• Ivan IV, "The Terrible"
• Ivan V
• Ivan VI

Ukraine[link]

Ivan was the name of numerous Ukrainian hetmans and other cossacks leaders

• Ivan Pidkova - zaporizhian cossacks leader, moldavian hospodar in 1577–1578 years
• Ivan Kuckovych - hetman in 1602–1603 years
• Ivan Kosyj - hetman in 1603 year
• Ivan Sulyma - hetman in 1633–1635 years
• Ivan Petrazhac'kyj-Kulaha - hetman of registered cossacks in 1631–1632 years
• Ivan Vyhovs'kyj - hetman of Zaporozhian Army in 1657–1659 years
• Ivan Br'uchovec'kyj - hetman of Zaporozhian Army in 1663–1665 years
• Ivan Samojlovych - hetman of Zaporozhian Army in 1672–1687 years
• Ivan Mazepa - hetman of Zaporozhian Army of both sides of Dnipro in 1687–1709 years
• Ivan Skoropads'kyj - hetman of Zaporozhian Army in 1709–1722 years
• Ivan Velychko-Bosovs'kyj - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1662 year
• Ivan Sirko - the most famous cossacks' leader; kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1663—1664 and 1673–1680 years, wins in 65 fights, never defeated, is said to be kharakternyk (magician), was called by tartars and turkeys as "urus shaitan" - the devil of Rus'-Ukraine; signed the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire in 1676 year
• Ivan Shcherbyna - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1664 year
• Ivan Zhdan - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1666–1667 years
• Ivan B'elkovs'kyj - hetman of Zaporozhian Army in 1668 year
• Ivan St'ahajlo - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1680–1681 years
• Ivan Bilyc'kyj - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1733, 1735, 1738, 1760, 1765 years
• Ivan Malashevych - kosh's otaman of Zaporozhian Army in 1716-1720, 1734–1735 years

Czech Republic[link]

• Saint Ivan (Bohemian, the Hermit) – legendary first Bohemian hermit from Svatý Jan pod Skalou

Country-neutral use[link]

Sports[link]

• Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
• Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
• Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
• Ivan Lendl, Czech-American tennis player
• Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
• Iván Rodríguez, Major League Baseball player
• Ivan Wilfred Johnson, Canadian hockey player
• Dr. Ivan Osier, Danish épée, foil, and sabre fencer, 25x Danish champion
• Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• Iván Zarandona, naturalized Equatoguinean footballer
• Ivan Petrov, Bulgarian-English free runner

Arts[link]

• Ivan Brunetti, cartoonist
• Ivan Bunin, Russian writer and Nobel laureate
• Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter
• Ivan Dixon, American actor, director and producer
• Ivan Doroschuk, lead vocalist for Men Without Hats
• Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter
• Ivan Kral, musician
• Ivan L. Moody, singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
• Ivan Turgenev, Novelist in 19th century
• Ivan Bahr'anyj, Ukrainian writer
• Ivan Kotl'arevs'kyj, Ukrainian writer
• Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer
• Iván (singer) - stage name of Spanish singer Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero ("Fotonovela")

Other[link]

• Ivan J. Parron, Entertainment attorney and entrepreneur
• Ivan Aboimov, Russian diplomat and an abassador
• Ivan Agayants, Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin
• Ivan Ahčin, Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author and politician
• Ivan Aksakov, Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile
• Ivan Chermayeff, Graphic Designer
• Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings
• Ivan Wettengel, Naval Governor of Guam

Fiction[link]

• Ivan, a fictional secondary character of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Ivan Braginski, the given name to the representation of Russia in the manga series, Hetalia: Axis Powers.
• Ivan the Fool, a fictional character of Ivan the Fool (story)
• Ivan Vanko, an antagonist from the Marvel Comics franchise The Invincible Iron Man and appears as the primary antagonist in the sequel to the film adaptation.
• Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a fictional character of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• A character in Nintendo's Golden Sun
• Ivan Vassilevich Lomov, a character in Anton Chekhov's one-act play, A Marriage Proposal
• Ivan Raidenovich Raikov, a character who appears in Hideo Kojima's video game, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'.
• Ivan Ilych, the title character of Leo Tolstoy's book, The Death of Ivan Ilych.
• Ivan Karamazov, brother of protagonist Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov
• Ivan is the doorman in the 2006 film Curious George.
• Ivan Veen is the main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor.
• Ivan Drago is the popular Soviet boxer and nemesis of Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV.
• Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny), a character in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, The Master and Margarita

References[link]

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Ivan can refer to:

People[link]

• Ivan (name), a Slavic masculine given name

Meteorology[link]

• Tropical Storm Ivan - a number of tropical storms (three hurricanes, a typhoon and two cyclones)

Places[link]

• Ivan Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Iván, a village in Hungary
• Ivaň (Brno-Country District), a village in the Czech Republic
• Ivaň (Prostějov District), a village in the Czech Republic
• Ivan, Russia, a village in Oryol Oblast, Russia

Other[link]

• Ivan (film), the third in Olexandr Dovzhenko's Ukraine Trilogy
• The codename of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear explosive ever detonated
• Ivan (short story), a Soviet short story.
• Slang for Russians, see Ivan (name)#Slang
• IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem), a roguelike game for Microsoft Windows

See also[link]

• Ivana (disambiguation)

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Ceremonies, such as baptism, can be used to give names.

A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes, more loosely, called names; an older term for them, now obsolete, is "general names".

The use of personal names is not unique to humans. Dolphins also use symbolic names, as has been shown by recent research.^[1] Individual dolphins have distinctive whistles, to which they will respond even when there is no other information to clarify which dolphin is being referred to.

Caution must be exercised when translating, for there are ways that one language may prefer one type of name over another. A feudal naming habit is used sometimes in other languages: the French sometimes refer to Aristotle as "le Stagirite" from one spelling of his place of birth, and English speakers often refer to Shakespeare as "The Bard", recognizing him as a paragon writer of the language. Finally, claims to preference or authority can be refuted: the British did not refer to Louis-Napoleon as Napoleon III during his rule.

Etymology[link]

The word "name" comes from Old English nama; akin to Old High German (OHG) and Sanskrit नामस् (naamas), Latin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma),^[2] possbly from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *nomn-.^[3]

In mythology[link]

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In Arthurian mythology, part of the code of honor and chivalry practiced by knights was that a knight who lost a duel must reveal his name to the victor. It was considered a breach of honor or decorum to reveal one's name before combat. A frequent topos in the legends is that a defeated knight would, after revealing his name, ask the victor what his name was: if the victor turned out to be a much stronger and more famous knight (e.g. one of Arthur's knights) the loser actually saved face, because he was beaten by a knight already held to be stronger than him, and thus there was no shame in defeat. However, if a strong and powerful knight was defeated, and the victor turned out to be a relatively unknown and not particularly strong knight, it was a grave humiliation.

As a result of this pattern, it was considered extremely odd within the rules of Arthurian society when a knight refused to take off his helmet or reveal his identity, even after he had won a duel. Sometimes this happened because the victorious knight simply did not know his own name, as was the case with Lancelot and Percival during their early careers. This inability to reveal their own names even in victory led many to assume incorrectly that they were trying to insult the vanquished.

A major exception to the rule was Sir Gawain: Gawain considered himself to be the greatest of his uncle Arthur's knights; he felt that his honor was so great that he did not need to hide his name before a duel. Thus at the opening of any duel Gawain would openly announce "I am Gawain", as he expected never to be defeated and so it would not diminish his honor to reveal his name.

In religious thought[link]

In the ancient world, particularly in the ancient near-east (Israel, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia) names were thought to be extremely powerful and to act, in some ways, as a separate manifestation of a person or deity.^[4] This viewpoint is responsible both for the reluctance to use the proper name of God in Hebrew writing or speech, as well as the common understanding in ancient magic that magical rituals had to be carried out "in [someone's] name". By invoking a god or spirit by name, one was thought to be able to summon that spirit's power for some kind of miracle or magic (see Luke 9:49, in which the disciples claim to have seen a man driving out demons using the name of Jesus.) This understanding passed into later religious tradition, for example the stipulation in Catholic exorcism that the demon cannot be expelled until the exorcist has forced it to give up its name, at which point the name may be used in a stern command which will drive the demon away.

Biblical names[link]

In the Old Testament, the names of individuals are meaningful; for example, Adam is named after the "earth" (Adamah) from which he was created. (Genesis 2)

A change of name indicates a change of status. For example, the patriarch Abram and his wife Sarai are renamed "Abraham" and "Sarah" when they are told they will be the father and mother of many nations (Genesis 17:4, 17:15). Simon was renamed Peter when he was given the Keys of Heaven. (Gospel of Matthew 16).

Throughout the Bible, characters are given names at birth that reflect something of significance or describe the course of their lives. For example: Solomon meant peace, and the king with that name was the first whose reign was without warfare. Likewise, Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh (Hebrew: "causing to forget") as a gesture of forgiveness to his brothers for selling him into slavery.

Biblical Jewish people did not have surnames which were passed from generation to generation. However, they were typically known as the child of their father. For example: דוד בן ישי (David ben Yishay) meaning, David, son of Jesse. In a sense, they used their fathers' first names as their own last names, a practice done by most Muslims today. Similar to Jewish names, the "ben" is in place by "bin" or "ibn" for males, "binte", "binti" or "ibnu" for females to Muslims. Sometimes, names include "Al-", "Ali-", "-allah", "-lah/-llah" or "-ullah" as it means "a servant to God" or "God's servant". They would sometimes indicate the place they or their child live in.

Talmudic attitudes[link]

The Babylonian Talmud maintains that names exert a mystical influence over their bearers, and a change of name is one of four actions that can avert an evil heavenly decree, that would lead to punishment after one's death. Rabbinical commentators differ as to whether the name's influence is metaphysical, connecting a person to their soul, or bio-socio-psychological, where the connection affects his personality, appearance and social capacities. The Talmud also states that all those who descend to Gehenna will rise in the time of Messiah. However, there are three exceptions, one of which is he who calls another by a derisive nickname.

Technical names for names[link]

Naming convention[link]

For Wikipedia's own naming conventions see Wikipedia:Article titles

A naming convention is an attempt to systematize names in a field so they unambiguously convey similar information in a similar manner.

Several major naming conventions include:

• In astronomy, planetary nomenclature
• In classics, Roman naming conventions
• In computer programming, identifier naming conventions
• In computer networking, computer naming schemes
• In the sciences, systematic names for a variety of things

Naming conventions are useful in many aspects of everyday life, enabling the casual user to understand larger structures.

Street names within a city may follow a naming convention; some examples include:

• In Manhattan, roads that cross the island from east to west are called "Streets". Those that run the length of the island (North-South) are called "Avenues". Manhattan streets and avenues are numbered, with "1st Street" being near the southern end of the island, and "219th Street" being near the northern end, while "1st Avenue" is near the eastern edge of the island and "12th Avenue" near the western edge.
• In Ontario, numbered concession roads are East-West whereas "lines" are North-South routes.
• In San Francisco at least three series of parallel streets are alphabetically named, e.g. Irving, Judah, Kirkham, Lawton, Moraga, Noriega, Ortega, Pacheco, Quintara, Rivera, Santiago, Taraval, Ulloa, Vicente, Wawona.
• The same tendency is seen in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, where Arlington Street is followed by roads to the west running parallel to it and named Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, and Hereford.
• In Washington, DC, East Capitol Street runs east-west through the Capitol. East-west streets moving away from Capitol Street toward both the south (toward the Potomac River) and the north are lettered A, B, C,..., omitting J to avoid confusion on street signs and addresses, but after these are exhausted to the north, the streets are named with simple words in alphabetical order, omitting a few letters such as "x". The first cycle of names consists all of one-syllable words; then followed by a cycle of two-syllable words; then followed by a cycle of three-syllable words, and before these are exhausted, Maryland is reached. (Washington has north-south streets that are numbered, increasing to either side of North Capitol which likewise runs through the Capitol.) Suffixes (NE, SW, etc.) are used to distinguish between (up to four) duplicate addresses. For example 140 D Street SW, to indicate the 140 D Street location southwest of the Capitol
• In Montgomery, Alabama, the old major avenues are named for the Presidents of the United States, in their order of entering office, omitting John Quincy Adams. Hence, these streets are Washington Ave., Adams Ave., Jefferson Ave., Madison Ave., Monroe Ave., Jackson Ave., but not much farther than that. This was just the old plan from a long time ago, and it was eventually dropped. For example, there is not a Buchanan Ave., a Lincoln Ave., or a Johnson Ave.
• In Brampton, Ontario, different sections of town all have streets starting with the same letter and the alphabetical order reflects chronology.
• In Phoenix, Arizona, roads east of Central Avenue are termed streets while those west are avenues. A similar system applies in Nashville, Tennessee, but only to the numbered avenues and streets, west and east of the Cumberland River respectively, all of which run roughly north-south.

Large corporate, university, or government campuses may follow a naming convention for rooms within the buildings to help orient tenants and visitors. Otherwise, rooms may be numbered in some kind of a rational scheme.

Parents may follow a naming convention when selecting names for their children. Some have chosen alphabetical names by birth order. In some East Asian cultures, it is common for one syllable in a two syllable given name to be a generation name which is the same for immediate siblings. In many cultures it is common for the son to be named after the father or a grandfather. In certain African cultures, such as in Cameroon, the eldest son gets the family name for his given name, also, giving names such as "Thomas Thomas" (but the names are not European names like this one).

In other cultures, the name may include the place of residence, or the place of birth. The Roman naming convention denotes social rank.

Products may follow a naming convention. Automobiles typically have a binomial name, a "make" (manufacturer) and a "model", in addition to a model year, such as a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. Sometimes there is a name for the car's "decoration level" or "trim line" as well: e.g., Cadillac Escalade EXT Platinum, after the precious metal. Computers often have increasing numbers in their names to signify the next generation.

Courses at schools typically follow a naming convention: an abbreviation for the subject area and then a number ordered by increasing level of difficulty.

Many numbers (e.g. bank accounts, government IDs, credit cards, etc.) are not random but have an internal structure and convention. Virtually all organizations that assign names or numbers will follow some convention in generating these identifiers. Airline flight numbers, space shuttle flight numbers, even phone numbers all have an internal convention.

Brand names[link]

The process of developing a name for a brand or product is heavily influenced by marketing research and strategy to be appealing and marketable. The brand name is often a neologism or pseudoword, such as Kodak or Sony.

Literary names[link]

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In fiction, proper names of people or places are often unique to the work in which they appear. Although, within the work of fiction proper, the name may nonetheless be said to have a certain ethnic origin, the name itself may not actually exist. For example, the character of Ororo Munroe (Storm of the X-Men franchise) is of African descent.^{[citation needed]} Her first name, however is not an authentic African name. Names may also be created to either represent ethnic neutrality or corruption of a name with the passage of time. This is a common technique used by science fiction and fantasy writers who may also employ alternate spellings of existing names. Also, many science fiction operates on the premise that racial and ethnic boundaries will cease to exist in the future thus producing names that appear to be mixes of different ethnic sources.^{[original research?]} Yoshiyuki Tomino (creator of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam) is notable for creating character names that are unusual, exotic, and sometimes silly sounding. Examples include Char Aznable (which is actually based on a real person), Bright Noa, Quess Paraya, and Marvel Frozen. The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov has also created names which may or may not be variants or corruptions of existing or ancient names. Examples include Dors Venabili, R. Daneel Olivaw, and Giskard Reventlov. The Star Wars and Dune franchises contains many character names that juggle existing names with created ones; Leia Organa, Ben Kenobi, Paul Atreides, Vladimir Harkonnen.^{[citation needed][original research?]}

.name domains[link]

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According to Verisign,^[5] the .name top-level domain name (TLD) is designed for individuals to create a presence and make online communications easy and accessible. Not exclusive to registrars, social networking and community sites may also offer .name registration to their members and customers as a value-added service to help establish an individual identity online.^[6]

See also[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• "Names" by Sam Cumming, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), a philosophical dissertation on the syntax and semantics of names
• Matthews, Elaine; Hornblower, Simon; Fraser, Peter Marshall, Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence, Proceedings of The British Academy (104), Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-726216-3
• Name and Form - from Sacred Texts Buddhism

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Name

• Kate Monk's Onomastikon (Dictionary of Names) or Kate Monk's Onomastikon Names over the world throughout the history
• The etymology of first names
• Meaning of Names The etymology of first names
• What is a Name?

Ivan Parker is an American Southern Gospel singer.

Musical career[link]

Ivan Parker was raised in Sanford, North Carolina, where his father was a pastor in a Pentecostal church. In 1982, Parker joined the Singing Americans, and in 1983 he became lead vocalist of the Dove Award-winning group the Gold City Quartet. As a member of Gold City, he was named Favorite Lead Vocalist by Singing News from 1988–1993, and was named Favorite Male Vocalist from 1989–1995 and 1997. He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1993.

In January 1994, Parker began recording as a solo artist, and in 1995 he joined Bill and Gloria Gaither in "Homecoming" tour. Occasionally, he would sing with tenor Kirk Talley, and pianist/baritone Anthony Burger in a group they called simply, "The Trio." He has released 13 solo albums. From 2001-2004 and 2006, The Singing News named him Favorite Soloist. In 2007 and 2008, he was voted Male Vocalist of the Year in the Singing News Fan Awards.

Discography[link]

With the Singing Americans[link]

• 1982: Exciting Sound Of The Singing Americans
• 1982: Sensational Singing Americans

With Gold City[link]

• 1983: I Think I’ll Read It Again
• 1983: Hymns Sung By The Gold City Quartet
• 1983: Higher than the Moon
• 1984: Walking with Jesus
• 1984: Walk On
• 1985: Sing with the Angels
• 1986: Double Take: Live
• 1986: Your Favorite Hymns
• 1987: Movin’ Up
• 1988: Portrait
• 1988: Voices of Christmas
• 1989: Favorite Hymns Volume 2
• 1989: Goin’ Home
• 1990: Windows of Home
• 1990: Instrumentals Volume 1
• 1990: Indiana Live
• 1991: 10 Year Celebration
• 1991: Answer the Call
• 1992: Kings Gold
• 1992: Pillars of Faith
• 1993: Kings Gold 2
• 1993: Acapella Gold

With The Trio[link]

(Anthony Burger, Kirk Talley and Ivan Parker)

• The Trio (1998)
• Back By Popular Demand (2001)
• Havin' a Good Time! (2003)

Solo albums[link]

• 1994: Faithful
• 1995: Mercy
• 1996: Days Gone By
• 1998: A Collection Of 20 Favorites (Homeland)
• 2000: Vintage Homecoming (Ivan Parker Ministries)
• 2001: Be Blessed (Action Music)
• 2002: It's True (Horizon)
• 2002: Merry Christmas From Ivan (Action Music)
• 2003: Just Imagine (Horizon)
• 2004: Redeemer (Horizon)
• 2006: Under Grace (Horizon)
• 2007: That Was Then...This Is Now (Horizon)
• 2008: Inseparable (Horizon)
• 2008: The Best of Ivan Parker (Gaither Music Group)
• 2009: Unity (Horizon)
• 2010: Sing the Greatest Hits of Days Gone By (Horizon)
• 2011: Joyride (Crossroads)

Video[link]

• 2005: Requested LIVE
• 2007: The Best of Ivan Parker
• 2010: Exclusively LIVE

Gaither Homecoming Video Performances[link]

• 1995:Holy Ground "Saved by the Hands"
• 1995: Ryman Gospel Reunion "Farther Along", "The Lighthouse"
• 1996:"Joy in the Camp" "I Know","Go Ask"
• 1998: All Day Singing At The Dome "When I Get Carried Away"
• 1998: Kennedy Center Homecoming "One Day At A Time"
• 1998: Down By The Tabernacle "Old Camp Meeting Days", "Tell Me The Story Of Jesus", "At The Altar"
• 1999: Singin' In My Soul "Jesus Loves Me"
• 1999: I'll Meet You On The Mountain "I Am Loved"
• 1999: Sweet, Sweet Spirit "Glory Road" (The Trio)
• 2000: Oh, My Glory! "Love Is Like A River", "Our Debts Will Be Paid"
• 2000: Christmas in the Country "Come And See What’s Happenin'"
• 2000: What a Time! "Rise Again"
• 2000: Irish Homecoming "Close To The Well", "Midnight Cry"
• 2000: Memphis Homecoming "Wait Till You See Me In My New Home", "Where No One Stands Alone"
• 2001: London Homecoming "He's On Time"
• 2001: Journey To The Sky "My Journey To The Sky"
• 2002: Freedom Band "The Statue Of Liberty"
• 2002: Let Freedom Ring "God Bless the USA"
• 2003: Heaven "Canaanland Is Just In Sight"
• 2003: Red Rocks Homecoming "Then He Said, 'Sing!'", "When The Rains Come"
• 2003: Rocky Mountain Homecoming "He Must Have Had A Mountain On His Mind"
• 2004: Whispering Hope "He'd Still Been God", "Precious Jesus"
• 2005: Hymns "Does Jesus Care?"
• 2005: Canadian Homecoming "Goodbye, World, Goodbye", "I Can Only Imagine", "I'm Saved"
• 2005: Live From Toronto "When I Get Carried Away"
• 2006: Rivers Of Joy "Jesus, My Wonderful Lord"
• 2006: Christmas In South Africa "A King Is Coming To Town"
• 2007: Amazing Grace "Tell Me The Story Of Jesus/I Love To Tell The Story", "Jesus Paid It All"
• 2007: How Great Thou Art "Thank You"
• 2007: Love Can Turn The World "If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side"
• 2007: South African Homecoming "Midnight Cry"
• 2009: Joy In My Heart "Sunday Meetin' Time"

External links[link]

• www.ivanparker.com - official website

Mark Bishop
Senator for Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 1996
Personal details
Born	(1954-06-29) 29 June 1954 (age 57) Adelaide
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996.^[1] He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University. He was an industrial officer and union secretary before entering politics.

Bishop has been Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs 2001-04, Shadow Minister for Customs 2003-04 and Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Procurement and Personnel 2005-2006.

In December 2006, Bishop announced that he would not recontest his Senate seat, due to expire on 30 June 2008. However, before the 2007 he decided to recontest and was re-elected for a further six-year term.

In the Rudd Labor Government, Senator Bishop is Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade,^[2] as well as being a member of a number of other Joint House and Senate committees.

Notes[link]

1. ^ Senate homepage
2. ^ Committee website