Blas (Radio Ulster)

Blas, is an Irish-language magazine programme, broadcast each weeknight on BBC Radio Ulster, from 7.03 p.m.

Blas focuses on linguistic, cultural and community events, mainly in Northern Ireland, but also in the Republic of Ireland, and the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland.

The programme is produced by BBC Gaeilge BBC Northern Ireland, and features a roster of presenters throughout the year. Main presenters are Lynette Fay, Fearghal Mag Uiginn, Máire Bhreathnach, Dáithí Ó Muirí and contributions from many others.

A weekly podcast is available to download on Fridays.

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Blasé (album)

Blasé is an album by jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in Europe in 1969 for the BYG Actuel label.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Shepp, except where noted.

Personnel

References

Blasé (song)

"Blasé" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Ty Dolla Sign. It was released on June 26, 2015, as the second single of his debut studio album Free TC (2015). The song was produced by DJ Spinz, features guest appearances from Future and Rae Sremmurd. Ty and Future split singing the chorus back and forth followed by an outro from the latter.

Music video

On August 17, 2015, Ty confirmed that the music video for "Blasé" had been shot and will premiere "soon". On September 13, 2015, the music video for Blase was released. The music video features cameo appearances from Tinashe and Dej Loaf and was filmed in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

Official Remixes

Track listing

Charts

Release history

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Niño (TV series)

Niño is a Filipino drama series broadcast by GMA Network replacing Carmela: Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Mundong Ibabaw in timeslot starring Miguel Tanfelix and David Remo that is based on the friendship between a mentally challenged boy and the Philippines most beloved child, the Santo Niño. It premiered on May 26, 2014 on the network's GMA Telebabad primetime block and worldwide on May 26 (North American feed with new episodes in the evening telecasts) and May 27 (Middle East and North Africa, Asia Pacific and European feeds with new episodes in the afternoon telecasts) via GMA Pinoy TV. The series ended on September 12, 2014 and replaced by Strawberry Lane on its timeslot. It completed 16 weeks with a total of 80 episodes.

Synopsis

Niño Inocente (Miguel Tanfelix) is a fun-loving teenager who is close to his family and friends and was brought up by his adoptive parents, David and Leny Inocente, to be righteous and obedient. Niño, a mentally-challenged teenager, learns how to overcome obstacles along with his best friends, Tukayo (David Remo), who is unknowingly the Santo Niño (the Infant Jesus), and Gracie (Bianca Umali), on whom he later develops a crush, and continues to inspire his community with his good teachings. The prominent Sagrado family of Barangay Pag-asa is close with Niño, especially Hannah, unknowingly to her is Niño’s real mother. Hannah hopes to be reunited with her long-lost son one day, who was separated from her. There are still many negative forces in Barangay Pag-asa, such as the Santoses and Lucio, the Sagrado’s loyal but scheming assistant. Niño and his father, Gabriel were separated from Hannah during an ambush caused by Lucio. The whole community gradually learns from their mistakes to become better, kind-hearted people and to stay strong in their faith.

Dulce Beat Live

Dulce Beat Live is the first live album from the Mexican electropop band Belanova and third album overall. The album was recorded live from the concert offered in the Foro Expo in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on March 10, 2006. The album was released on 1 November 2006 in Mexico and 21 November in the United States.

Formats

The album has been released through three different formats, digitally with the full audio concert and physically on CD+DVD and DVD-only.

Success

The album was a success in Mexico where it reached number-eleven on Top 100 Albums Chart, it has sold over 50,000 copies being certified Gold. The DVD reached number-one on the DVD Charts, so far it has been certified Gold, selling over 10,000 copies in Mexico.

Overview

"Dulce Beat Live" includes a set of sixteen songs performed live at the Foro Expo in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on 10 March 2006. The set includes all the eleven tracks from Belanova's second album Dulce Beat, three songs from their debut album Cocktail and two covers, The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" and Donna Summer's "I Feel Love." Three guest stars are featured on the album and DVD, Coti on "Tus Ojos", Joselo from Café Tacuba "Mirame", "Rosa Pastel" and "Tal Vez" and Brian Amadeus from Moderatto on "Aún Así Te Vas".

Nio

Niō (仁王) or Kongōrikishi (金剛力士) are two wrath-filled and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala manifestations of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the oldest and most powerful of the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon. According to Japanese tradition, they travelled with Gautama Buddha to protect him and there are references to this in the Pāli Canon as well as the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. Within the generally pacifist tradition of Buddhism, stories of dharmapalas justified the use of physical force to protect cherished values and beliefs against evil. The Niō are also seen as a manifestation of Mahasthamaprapta, the bodhisattva of power that flanks Amitābha in Pure Land Buddhism and as Vajrasattva in Tibetan Buddhism.

Manifestations

Kongōrikishi are usually a pair of figures that stand under a separate temple entrance gate usually called Niōmon (仁王門) in Japan, hēnghā èr jiàng (哼哈二将) in China and Geumgangmun (金剛門) in Korea. The right statue is called Misshaku Kongō (密迹金剛) and has his mouth open, representing the vocalization of the first grapheme of Sanskrit Devanāgarī (अ) which is pronounced "a". The left statue is called Naraen Kongō (那羅延金剛) and has his mouth closed, representing the vocalization of the last grapheme of Devanāgarī (ह [ɦ]) which is pronounced "ɦūṃ" (हूँ). These two characters together symbolize the birth and death of all things. (Men are supposedly born speaking the "a" sound with mouths open and die speaking an "ɦūṃ" and mouths closed.) Similar to Alpha and Omega in Christianity, they signify "everything" or "all creation". The contraction of both is Aum (ॐ), which is Sanskrit for The Absolute.

Mira

Mira (/ˈmaɪrə/, also known as Omicron Ceti, ο Ceti, ο Cet) is a red giant star estimated 200–400 light years away in the constellation Cetus. Mira is a binary star, consisting of the red giant Mira A along with Mira B. Mira A is also an oscillating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable star discovered, with the possible exception of Algol. Mira is the brightest periodic variable in the sky that is not visible to the naked eye for part of its cycle. Its distance is uncertain; pre-Hipparcos estimates centered on 220 light-years; while Hipparcos data from the 2007 reduction suggest a distance of 299 light-years, with a margin of error of 11%.

Observation history

Evidence that the variability of Mira was known in ancient China, Babylon or Greece is at best only circumstantial. What is certain is that the variability of Mira was recorded by the astronomer David Fabricius beginning on August 3, 1596. Observing what he thought was the planet Mercury (later identified as Jupiter), he needed a reference star for comparing positions and picked a previously unremarked third-magnitude star nearby. By August 21, however, it had increased in brightness by one magnitude, then by October had faded from view. Fabricius assumed it was a nova, but then saw it again on February 16, 1609.