Coordinates	41°52′55″N87°37′40″N
clubname	FC Energie Cottbus
fullname	FC Energie Cottbus e. V.
founded	31 January 1966
ground	Stadion der Freundschaft
capacity	22,528
chairman	Ulrich Lepsch
manager	Claus-Dieter Wollitz
league	2. Bundesliga
season	2010–11
position	6th
website	http://www.fcenergie.de/
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FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia (Brandenburg). It was founded in 1963 as ''SC Cottbus'' in what was, at the time, East Germany. The club was quickly assisted by a wholesale transfer of players from ''BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost'' ordered by the East German authorities, who often intervened in the business of the country's sports and football clubs for political reasons. Energie Cottbus was the only club from East Germany playing in the Bundesliga until 1. FC Nürnberg knocked the team out on 1 June 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an honorary member of the club. East German authorities had a penchant for tagging sports teams with the names of socialist heroes: Franz Mehring was a German socialist politician and journalist. He wrote a biography of Karl Marx and was a strong supporter of his ideas.

History

Predecessor sides

FC Energie Cottbus can trace its roots back to a predecessor side of FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg, a club founded by coal miners in 1919, in what was then called the town of Marga. ''FV Grube Marga'', as the club was called back then, was active until 1924 when the miners left to form a new team called ''SV Sturm Grube Marga'' which was banned by the Nazi Party in 1933.

Life in the GDR

The club re-emerged after World War II in 1949 as ''BSG Franz Mehring Grube'', becoming ''BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost'' in 1950. The club was re-named ''SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg'' in 1954 and played in the DDR-Oberliga generally earning mid-table results until calamitously falling all the way to the fourth tier Cottbus Bezirksliga in the early 1960s. The players of this side formed ''SC Energie Cottbus'' in 1963, whilst the reserve team merged back to ''BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost'' to form ''BSG Aktivist Senftenberg''. The club still exists as FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg today.

In the mid-60s a re-organization program by the regime led to the separation of football sides from sports clubs and the creation of ''BSG von Bodo Krautz'' under the patronage of a local coal mine. The football club went by that name only briefly and was quickly re-named ''BSG Energie'' in early 1966.

German reunification

The team took on the name ''FC Energie'' in 1990 at the time of German reunification.

After years as a II division or lower-table I division side in East Germany, ''Energie'' has emerged as one of the few former DDR sides to enjoy relative prosperity in a united Germany. After five seasons playing tier III football, they earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 1997, winning the Regionalliga Nordost, and then played their way into the Bundesliga in 2000, where they managed a three year stay. A key player in their Bundesliga run was Vasile Miriuţă, an imaginative midfield player who played a big part in the team's promotion. After being relegated, ''Energie'' narrowly missed a prompt return to the top tier, losing out to ''1. FSV Mainz 05'' on goal differential. In season 2004–05 ''Energie'' struggled into both financial (reported debts of 4.5 million Euros) and sports problems: The season goal of promotion was missed by far – the club escaped the relegation to 3rd tier Regionalliga (football) by scoring one more goal (season overall) than SV Eintracht Trier 05 while having the same amount of points and goal differential. During season the manager and the chairman were replaced. Next season (2005–06) was a much more successful one – the club has returned to play in the First Division Bundesliga after winning promotion. The Bundesliga season 2006–07 resulted in a 13th place and a club record in Bundesliga season points (41).

Recent seasons

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Honours

German Cup:

* Runners-up 1996–97

Youth

German Under 17 championship runners-up: 2004

Current squad

''As of 1 July, 2011''

Players out on loan

Notable players

:''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.''

The all-foreign line-up

On 6 April 2001, Energie became the first Bundesliga club to field a side made up of 11 foreign players. Energie often fielded 9 or 10 foreigners that season: German players appeared a total of just 83 times, with striker Sebastian Helbig as the leader with 28.

The players were Tomislav Piplica, Faruk Hujdurovic, Bruno Akrapovic (Bosnia), János Mátyus, Vasile Miriuţă (Hungary), Rudi Vata (Albania), Moussa Latoundji (Benin), Andrzej Kobylanski (Poland), Antun Labak (Croatia), Laurenţiu Reghecampf (Romania), and Franklin (Brazil). As a side note, even the three substitutes were foreigners, namely Johnny Rödlund from Sweden, Sabin Ilie from Romania and Witold Wawrzyczek from Poland .

References

External links

Official Site

The Abseits Guide to German Soccer

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Coordinates	41°52′55″N87°37′40″N
species	Human
gender	Male
planet	Earth (La Barre, France)
birth	July 13, 2305
affiliation	United Federation of PlanetsStarfleet
rank	Captain
actor	Sir Patrick Stewart }}

Captain Jean-Luc Picard () is a ''Star Trek'' character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the feature films ''Star Trek Generations'', ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''Star Trek: Insurrection'', and ''Star Trek Nemesis''. He also made an appearance in the pilot episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''.

Depicted as deeply moral, highly logical and intelligent, Picard is a master of diplomacy and debate who resolves seemingly intractable issues between multiple parties with a Solomon-like wisdom. Though such resolutions are usually peaceful, Picard is also shown using his remarkable tactical cunning in situations when it is required. Picard has a fondness for detective stories, Shakespearean drama, and archeology. He is frequently shown drinking Earl Grey tea and issuing an order by saying "Make it so".

Casting and design

After the success of the contemporary ''Star Trek'' feature films, a new television series featuring a new cast was announced on October 10, 1986. ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry named Picard for one or both of the twin brothers Auguste Piccard and Jean Felix Piccard, 20th-century Swiss scientists.

Patrick Stewart, who has a background of theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Company, was initially considered for the role of Data; he has said that he would not have been interested in taking a supporting role "to sit around". Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, however; he envisioned an actor who was "masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair". Roddenberry's first choice was Stephen Macht, and it took "weeks of discussion" with Robert H. Justman, Rick Berman, and the casting director to convince him that "Stewart was the one they had been looking for to sit in the captain's chair"; Roddenberry agreed after auditioning every other candidate for the role. Stewart himself was uncertain why the producers would cast "a middle-aged bald English Shakespearean actor" as captain of the ''Enterprise''. He had his toupee delivered from London to meet with Paramount executives but Roddenberry ordered Stewart to remove the "awful looking" hairpiece. His stentorian voice impressed the executives, who immediately approved the casting. Roddenberry sent Stewart C. S. Forrester's Horatio Hornblower novels, saying the Picard character was based on Hornblower, but Stewart was already familiar with Hornblower, having read the books as a child.

As the series progressed, Stewart exercised more control over the character's development. By the time production began on the first ''Next Generation'' film, "it was impossible to tell where Jean Luc started and Patrick Stewart ended", and by the fourth film, he stated that

Stewart stated, however, that he is not nearly as serious or brooding as his alter ego.

Stewart also stated, "One of the delights of having done this series and played this role is that people are so attracted to the whole idea of ''Star Trek''... several years after the series has ended... I enjoy hearing how much people enjoyed the work we did... It's always gratifying to me that this bald, middle-aged Englishman seems to connect with them." Stewart has also commented that his role has helped open up Shakespeare to science fiction fans. He has noted the "regular presence of Trekkies in the audience" whenever he plays theatre, and added: "I meet these people afterwards, I get letters from them and see them at the stage door... And they say, 'I've never seen Shakespeare before, I didn't think I'd understand it, but it was wonderful and I can't wait to come back.'"

Depiction

Jean-Luc Picard was born to Maurice and Yvette Picard in La Barre, France, on July 13, 2305, and dreamed of joining Starfleet. He failed his first Starfleet Academy entrance exam, but was subsequently admitted and became the first freshman to win the Academy marathon. His academic training in archaeology is mentioned in numerous ''TNG'' episodes and he continues to pursue archaeology as a hobby; he also remarks at one point that he failed a semester of organic chemistry. Shortly after graduation, Picard was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan, leaving the organ irreparable and requiring replacement with a parthenogenetic implant; this would prove near-fatal later. Picard eventually served as first officer aboard the USS ''Stargazer'', which he later commanded. During that time, he invented a starship evade & attack tactic that would become known as the Picard Maneuver.

''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' depicts Picard's command of the USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D). The pilot episode shows the ship's mission to investigate a problem at Farpoint Station, which becomes sidetracked when Q makes Picard "representative" in a trial charging humanity with being a "dangerously savage child-race". Picard persuades Q to test humanity, and Q chooses as the test's first stage the crew's performance at Farpoint. The trial "ends" seven years later (when Q reminds Picard that it never does), in the series finale, when humanity is absolved by Picard's demonstration that the species has the capacity to explore the "possibilities of existence".

The third season finale, "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I", depicts Picard being assimilated by the Borg to serve as a bridge between humanity and the Borg; Picard's assimilation and recovery are a critical point in the character's development, and provided backstory for the film ''Star Trek: First Contact'' and the development of Benjamin Sisko, the protagonist of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Stewart asked Roddenberry to keep Picard a Borg for a few more episodes beyond the third season finale, as he thought that would be more interesting than simply restoring Picard in Part II. It is later revealed in ''First Contact'' that parts of Borg machinery were removed from inside Picard, but that he retains traumatic memories of assimilation (which becomes a pivotal plot twist in ''Star Trek: First Contact'').

The fourth-season episode "Family" reveals that Picard has a brother, Robert, who took charge of the family vineyards in La Barre after Picard joined Starfleet. Robert and his wife have a young son, René, who is Picard's nephew. During the film ''Star Trek Generations'', Picard learns that Robert and René have both died in a fire. The fate of Robert's wife, Marie, is not revealed.

Picard joins forces with legendary ''Enterprise'' captain James T. Kirk in ''Star Trek Generations'' to fight the film's villain, Dr. Tolian Soran. Commanding the new USS ''Enterprise''-E (after the ''Enterprise''-D is destroyed in ''Generations''), Picard again confronts the Borg in ''First Contact.'' Later, he fights a species' forced relocation in ''Star Trek: Insurrection'', and encounters Shinzon, a Romulan-made clone of himself, in ''Star Trek Nemesis''.

Reception

}} Many fans often contrast Picard's leadership style to James T. Kirk's. A 1991 ''TV Guide'' cover story was titled "It's Kirk vs. Picard: Experts and fans debate who's best." Picard is deemed the ultimate delegator of authority, knowing "how to gather and use data better than any other ''Star Trek'' captain." His leadership style "is best suited to a large, process-centric, either geographically identical or diverse team". Kirk and Picard are considered to be attentive to the needs of their respective crews. When Stewart and William Shatner were asked in 1991 how their characters would have dealt with Saddam Hussein, however, Shatner stated that Kirk would "have told him to drop dead" while Stewart joked that Picard "would still be talking."

UGO Networks listed Picard as one of their best heroes in entertainment, saying, "He doesn't have Kirk's sense of panache, but he did have a tendency to take everything really, really seriously for years".

References

External links

Biography of Jean-Luc Picard at the official Star Trek website

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Coordinates	41°52′55″N87°37′40″N
name	Mayrín Villanueva
birth date	October 08, 1970
birth place	Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
occupation	Actress
spouse	1997-2008 Jorge Poza
children	Sebastián, son (2003) }}

Mayrín Villanueva is a Mexican soap opera actress, born on October 8, 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico. She has appeared in ten soaps and six other programs since 1997. It was also in 1997 that she married actor Jorge Poza. They divorced in 2008. They have two children, daughter Romina and son Sebastián, born in August 2003. In addition, she has also posed for multiple magazines. At one point, she was also consider for the role of "Julia Montaño" in the 2004 telenovela ''Apuesta por un Amor'', the role eventually went on to another actress, Patricia Manterola.

Personal life

Married Jorge Poza in 1997. Later gave birth to twins Romina and Sebastian Poza in 2003. In 2008 she divorced the father of her children. She then married her co-star Eduardo Santamarina and later gave birth to their daughter Julia on July 18, 2009.

Programs

Telenovelas

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Other Shows

''Premios TVyNovelas'' (1983) ... Appeared in 2005 and 2006.

''Mi Generación'' (1997)

''100 Mexicanos Dijeron'' (2001) ... Appeared as Celebrity Contestant in 2005.

''Don Francisco Presenta'' (2002) ... Appeared as a Special Guest in 2004.

''Big Brother VIP: México'' (2002) ... Appeared in Season 3 in 2004.

''Vas o No Vas con Boletazo'' (2004) ... Appeared as a Special Guest.

''Vecinos'' (2005) ... Appears as part of the regular cast, as "Silvia Olvera".

News

In late 2007 it was reported by several newspapers that Mayrín Villanueva had landed the role of "bond girl" in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace. A press release later issued by a representative of the official casting agency for the film, Ricardo Hernández, stated that Mayrín had not been cast. The press release accused certain actresses (notably Mayrín) of "false declarations" and "generating publicity without base".

References

External links

Alma Latina: Mayrín Villanueva

Mayrín Villanueva at the Internet Movie Database

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Ivo Pogorelić (born 20 October 1958) is a Croatian pianist.

Early life

He was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia, to a Croatian father and a Serbian mother. (Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Pogorelić became a Croatian citizen.) He received his first piano lessons when he was seven and attended the "Vojislav Vučković Music School" in Belgrade until he was 12, when he was invited to Moscow to continue his studies at the Central Music School with Evgeny Timakin. Later he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. In 1976 he began studying intensively with the Georgian pianist and teacher Aliza Kezeradze, who passed on to him the tradition of the Liszt–Siloti school. They were married from 1980 until her death in 1996.

Musical career

Pogorelić won the Casagrande Competition in Terni, Italy in 1978 and the Montreal International Musical Competition in 1980. However he became famous for the prize he didn't win. In 1980 he entered the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and was eliminated in the third round. One of the adjudicators, Martha Argerich, proclaimed him a "genius" and resigned from the jury in protest.

Pogorelić gave his debut recital in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981. He debuted in London the same year. Since then, he has played many solo recitals worldwide and has played with some of the world's leading orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and many others. Pogorelić soon began recording for Deutsche Grammophon and in 1982 he became one of their exclusive artists. He has made recordings of works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Scarlatti, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky. He was the first classical pianist to be invited to perform in Kuwait.

Pogorelić's performances have often been controversial. His early recording of Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata received high praise, including a Rosette award in the Penguin guide to Classical recordings. However, Harold C. Schonberg criticized Pogorelic for aping Glenn Gould's eccentricities, while having "none of his particular kind of genius." Anthony Tommasini noted that the pianist's 2006 performance of Beethoven's Op. 111 Sonata went from "weirdly fascinating" to "just plain weird", adding that "Here is an immense talent gone tragically astray. What went wrong?"

Other cultural activities

In 1986 Pogorelić established a foundation in Croatia to further the careers of young performers from his homeland. In 1988 he was named an Ambassador of Goodwill by UNESCO, the first classical pianist ever so appointed. He no longer occupies this position (as of August 2009).

From 1989 to 1997, the Ivo Pogorelić Festival in Bad Wörishofen gave young artists the opportunity to perform with renowned artists. In December 1993, Pogorelić founded the "International Solo Piano Competition" in conjunction with the Ambassador Foundation in Pasadena, California. Its mission is to help young musicians develop their career with the first prize of USD 100,000.

In 1994 he helped to provide medical support for the people of Sarajevo by setting up a foundation that organized charity concerts. He has helped to raise money for the rebuilding of Sarajevo, the Red Cross and the fight against illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Personal life

Pogorelić suffered chronic rheumatic fever during his childhood and hepatitis when he was 21, which left him with a legacy of extreme care for his health. He practises the same biodynamic exercises created for Russian ballet dancers in the 1920s, takes long walks daily, goes to bed when night falls, and rises at 5:30 a.m.

Following the death of his wife in 1996, Pogorelić stopped performing for several years, devoting himself to jewellery design. In the early 2000s he returned to the concert stage. Pogorelić currently resides in Lugano, Switzerland.

Quotes

References

External links

An article about Pogorelić

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Coordinates	41°52′55″N87°37′40″N
name	Steven M. Greer
birth date	June 28, 1955
birth place	Charlotte, North Carolina
occupation	PhysicianUfologist }}

Steven M. Greer (June 28, 1955) is an American physician and ufologist who founded the Orion Project and The Disclosure Project.

Biography

Greer claims that he is a contactee who has coined the term "close encounter of the fifth kind" to describe human-initiated contact with extraterrestrials.

The Disclosure Project

The Disclosure Project is a nonprofit research project started by Greer in 1992 that alleges the existence of a US government cover-up of information relating to unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The Disclosure Project has been well-received by UFO enthusiasts, with speeches from Greer and various other witnesses being presented at various UFO-themed conferences. Greer has held press conferences and embarked on a continuing series of lectures and television appearances trying to raise popular support.

Mainstream media coverage of the group mostly centered around a 2001 conference at the National Press Club which was described by an attending BBC reporter as the strangest he had ever seen. Greer convened the conference with more than 100 other contactees offering testimony. Among the contactees were "...about 20 former government workers, many of them military and security officials, who stepped forward...and called for congressional hearings about such sightings." Such arguments were met with by derision by skeptics and spokespeople for the U. S. Airforce who maintain that there is no convincing evidence for the speculation that UFOs are alien spacecraft.

Media appearances

Greer has appeared on ''Larry King Live'', CBS, BBC, NTV in Japan, ''Sightings'', ''Encounters'', Ancient Aliens on the History Channel, ''Coast to Coast AM'', the Art Bell show, and the Armstrong Williams radio show and hosts an Internet radio segment called "Conversations with Dr. Steven Greer".

Publications

''Contact: Countdown to Transformation'' 2009. ISBN 0967323831.

''Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge'' 2006. ISBN 0967323827.

''Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History'' 2001. ISBN 0967323819.

''Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications'' 1999. ISBN 0967323800.

References

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