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Image Logo fud.png thumb 200px Logo of FUD Deleted image removed Image JamonFud ch.jpg thumb 200px FUD Ham FUD pronounced like the English word food is a brand name for hot dog s, sausage s, bacon and cold cut s produced by the Mexican company Sigma Alimentos , which itself is part of the ALFA Mexico ALFA industrial conglomerate. Recently, Sigma Alimentos has licensed a US company to produce and distribute FUD branded products in the USA, principally to sell in areas of heavy Mexican immigration where the brand name is already known to a certain degree. The name FUD is an acronym for the Spanish words Fino, Unico y Delicioso Refined, Unique & Delicious . There are other Spanish language neologism s coined by the Sigma Alimentos marketing department to promote FUD. For example, the word Fudgolazo as seen on Spanish language television and grocery store advertising, refers to a contest held by FUD for tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup golazo is a Spanish word meaning a critical or important goal in a soccer game. FUD products Some FUD products are Hot Dogs both regular and turkey based, regular and jumbo size Vienna sausage Vienna Sausages Smithfield ham Virginia Ham and Virginia Style Turkey Ham FUD Snax, similar to Lunchables External links http www.fud.com.mx Official FUD site http www.sigma alimentos.com marcas carnes.php Sigma Alimentos meat brands DEFAULTSORT Fud Category Hot dogs Category Food companies of Mexico Food product stub ... more details
Infobox person name Fud Leclerc image Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Fud Leclerc.png image size 200px alt Fud Leclerc at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 caption Fud Leclerc at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 birth name Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq birth date 1924 birth place death date Death date df yes 2010 9 20 age 85 86 death place nationality BEL other names known for occupation singer Use dmy dates date September 2010 Fud Leclerc 1924 20 September 2010 was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gr co . Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor. More recently, Leclerc was invited to ESC 2005 by the Belgian TV network RTBF as a guest star. Leclerc represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest four times class wikitable Year Song performed 1956 Messieurs les noy s de la Seine The drowned men of the Seine , music by Jean Miret and Jacques Say , lyrics by Robert Montal , placing and score unknown 1958 Ma petite chatte My little darling , music and lyrics by Andr Dohet , 5th place of 10 , 8 points 90 possible 1960 Mon amour pour toi My love for you , music by Jacques Say, lyric by Robert Montal, 6th place of 13 , 9 points 120 possible 1962 Ton nom Your name , music by Eric Channe , lyric by Tony Golan , tied for last place of 16 , 0 points 45 possible The song Leclerc performed in the 1962 Contest is notable for being the joint first song performed at the Contest that scored zero ... Leclerc, Fud ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION singer, pianist DATE OF BIRTH 1924 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 20 September 2010 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leclerc, Fud Category 1924 births Category ... French language singers Belgium singer stub da Fud Leclerc de Fud Leclerc es Fud Leclerc fr Fud Leclerc it Fud Leclerc mt Fud Leclerc nl Fud Leclerc pl Fud Leclerc pt Fud Leclerc sv Fud Leclerc ... more details
Fud Livingston April 10, 1906 March 25, 1957 was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He co wrote the jazz and pop standard I m Through With Love . Career Fud Livingston started out on accordion and piano before settling on saxophone. He played with Talmadge Henry in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1923, then worked with Ben Pollack , the California Ramblers , Jean Goldkette , Nat Shilkret , Don Voorhees , and Jan Garber he also recorded freelance with musicians such as Joe Venuti , Red Nichols , and Miff Mole . He did some arrangement work for Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke , including the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty . He worked with Fred Elizalde in London in 1929, then returned to New York City to play with Paul Whiteman . His stint with Whiteman, which lasted from 1930 to 1933, was mainly as an arranger, though he played occasionally. Later in the 1930s he worked with Benny Goodman 1934 , Jimmy Dorsey 1935 37 , Bob Zurke , and Pinky Tomlin 1940 . He essentially stopped writing and arranging at this point, though he occasionally performed in small time venues in New York in the 1950s. He never recorded as a leader. Compositions His compositions included Feelin No Pain , Imagination , Humpty Dumpty , recorded by Frankie Trumbauer with Bix Beiderbecke, Harlem Twist with Chauncey Morehouse , and the jazz standard I m Through With Love . Cover Versions of I m Through With Love The Fud Livingston composition I m Through With Love , written with Matty Malneck and Gus Kahn. has been recorded by Nat King Cole Lorez Alexandria Ray Anthony Chet Baker ... url yes Fud Livingston at Allmusic Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Livingston, Fud ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Livingston, Fud Category 1906 births Category 1957 deaths Category American jazz clarinetists Category American jazz saxophonists de Fud Livingston ... more details
Fear, uncertainty and doubt FUD is a tactic used in sales , marketing , public relations , ref name LeadRefs000 ... Professional location Armonk year 1998 isbn 0765600838 ref ref The term FUD is also alternatively rendered ... . FUD is generally a strategic attempt to influence public perception by disseminating negative and dubious ..., for example, might use FUD to invite unfavorable opinions and speculation about a competitor s product ... or to maintain leverage over a current business partner who could potentially become a rival. FUD ... not be FUD but valid criticism. Alternatively FUD may be very subtle, employing an indirect approach. Someone who employs FUD cannot generally back up their claims e.g., I don t recall which professor or which year the paper is from . To dispel FUD, the easiest way is to ask for details and then provide ... professor has ever written a paper on subject XXX, then the FUD is dispelled. The term originated ... more broadly. ref name Elliott000 For example, FUD has been used to describe social dynamics in contexts ... isbn 0415945518 ref FUD is a manifestation of the appeal to fear . Definition FUD was first defined ..., Amdahl Corporation Amdahl Corp. FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people ... , quoted in Eric S. Raymond , http www.catb.org esr jargon html F FUD.html The Jargon File FUD . ref ... writes ref Eric S. Raymond , http www.catb.org esr jargon html F FUD.html The Jargon File FUD ... Irwin said ref cite web url http www.cavcomp.demon.co.uk halloween fuddef.html title What is FUD last Irwin first Roger year 1998 accessdate 2006 12 30 ref cquote Microsoft soon picked up the art of FUD from IBM, and throughout the 80 s used FUD as a primary marketing tool, much as IBM had in the previous decade. They ended up out FUD ding IBM themselves during the OS2 vs Win3.1 years. The leaked ... therefore FUD tactics cannot be used to combat it. ref Open Source Initiative. http www.catb.org ... FUD Statements about the viral nature ref http www.microsoft.com presspass features 2001 may01 05 ... more details
ESC National Year Year 1958 Country flagicon Belgium Belgium Preselection National Final Preselection date 1958 Entrant Fud Leclerc Song Ma petite chatte Final result 6th, 8 points Eurovision Final Belgium entered Fud Leclerc who sang Ma petite chatte singing 7th in the startfield. Fud Leclerc finished 6th with 8 points. Leclerc had previously represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 1956 Eurovision Song Contest where he sang Messieurs les noy s de la Seine . References http www.esctoday.com annual 1979 page 12 Belgium Eurovision Song Contest 1979 ESCToday.com http www.esctoday.com annual 1958 participants.php Eurovision Song Contest 1958 participants ESCToday.com http www.esctoday.com annual 1956 participants.php Eurovision Song Contest 1956 participants ESCToday.com Belgium in Eurovision 1958 Eurovision Song Contest entries Category Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Category Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Category 1958 in Belgium Eurovision nl Belgi op het Eurovisiesongfestival 1958 ... more details
Mony Marc is a Belgian singer. She was the second singer to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest , in its first year Eurovision Song Contest 1956 1956 , singing Le plus beau jour de ma vie The most beautiful day of my life with music by Claude Alix and lyric by David Bee Fud Leclerc had previously performed Messieurs les noy s de la Seine to earn the distinction of being the first Belgian performer at the Contest . The placing and score of the song are unknown. External links http diggiloo.net ?1956be2 Le plus beau jour de ma vie lyric http www.imdb.com name nm1495679 IMDB entry start box succession box before N A title Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest years 1956 with Fud Leclerc after Bobbejaan Schoepen br with Straatdeuntje end box DEFAULTSORT Marc, Mony Category Belgian female singers Category Belgian Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1956 Category French language singers Category Living people Belgium singer stub de Mony Marc es Mony Marc fr Mony Marc nl Mony Marc pt Mony Marc sv Mony Marc ... more details
ESC National Year Year 1956 Country BEL Entrant Fud Leclerc & Mony Marc Song Messieurs les noy s de la Seine br & Le plus beau jour de ma vie Final result N A Belgium was one of seven countries to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , the first Eurovision Song Contest to be held. Belgian broadcaster RTBF INR selected two entries to represent Belgium Fud Leclerc with Messieurs les noy s de la Seine and Mony Marc with Le plus beau jour de ma vie , both sung in french language French . Neither song won the Contest, held in Lugano , Switzerland . References http www.esc history.com entries.asp?search Belgium Eurovision Song Contest History Participants & Entries Belgium ESC History.com Belgium in Eurovision 1956 Eurovision Song Contest entries Category Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Category Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Category 1956 in Belgium Eurovision nl Belgi op het Eurovisiesongfestival 1956 ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Belgium Messieurs les noy s de la Seine image caption year 1956 country Belgium artist Fud Leclerc as with language French languages composer Jean Miret, br Jacques Say lyricist Robert Montal conductor L o Souris place N A points N A lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1956be1 from Diggiloo Thrush clip prev prev link next year 1956 next Le plus beau jour de ma vie next link Le plus beau jour de ma vie Messieurs les noy s de la Seine The drowned men of the Seine was the first Belgium Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in French Language French by Fud Leclerc . The song was performed third on the night following Switzerland s Lys Assia with Das alte Karussell and preceding Germany s Walter Andreas Schwarz with Im Wartesaal zum gro en Gl ck . The scoreboard for the 1956 Contest has never been made public, so it is impossible to say with certainty where the song placed. The song is in the chanson style typical of the early years of the Contest, with Leclerc opining that he is trapped in a loveless marriage and wishes to drown himself in the Seine . The song was accompanied at the 1956 contest by Mony Marc with Le plus beau jour de ma vie and was succeeded as Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 1957 contest by Bobbejaan Schoepen with Straatdeuntje . References and external links http www.eurovision.tv page history by year contest?event 273 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1956. http www.diggiloo.net ?1956be1 Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, Messieurs les noy s de la Seine . belgium stub 1956 Eurovision Songs Category Eurovision songs of Belgium Category Eurovision songs of 1956 Category French language songs nl Messieurs les noy s de la Seine nn Messieurs les noy s de la Seine av Fud Leclerc pl Messieurs Les Noy s De La Seine ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Belgium Ma petite chatte image File Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Fud Leclerc.png 260px caption year 1958 country Belgium artist Fud Leclerc as with language French languages composer Andr Dohet lyricist Andr Dohet conductor Dolf van der Linden place 5th points 8 lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1957be from Diggiloo Thrush prev Straatdeuntje prev link Straatdeuntje next Hou toch van mij next link Hou toch van mij Ma petite chatte My little sweetie was the Belgium Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 , performed in French Language French by Fud Leclerc . The song was performed seventh on the night, following Denmark s Raquel Rastenni with Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog and preceding Germany s Margot Hielscher with F r zwei Groschen Musik . At the close of voting, it had received 8 points, placing 5th in a field of 10. The song is about Leclerc walking through a rough part of town and finding and ultimately marrying the girl of his dreams. It was succeeded as Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 1959 Contest by Bob Benny performing Hou toch van mij . References and external links http www.eurovision.tv page history by year contest?event 275 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1958. http www.diggiloo.net ?1958be Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, Ma petite chatte . 1958 Eurovision Songs Belgium music stub Category Eurovision songs of Belgium Category Eurovision songs of 1958 Category French language songs nl Ma petite chatte ... more details
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ESC National Year Year 1960 Country BEL Preselection Eurosong Preselection date 24 January 1960 Entrant Fud Leclerc Song Mon amour pour toi Final result 6th, 9 points Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc , with the song Mon amour pour toi , at the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 19 March in London . The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 24 January. This was the third of Leclerc s four appearances for Belgium at Eurovision. Final The venue and host of the national final are currently unknown. Five songs participated and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. Among the other participants was Solange Berry , who had represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 1958 contest . ref http natfinals.50webs.com 50s 60s Belgium1962.html ESC National Finals database 1962 ref class sortable wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto style font size bigger 24 January 1960 bgcolor CCCCCC Draw Artist Song Place 1 Mary Th plein c ur 2 Lily Vincent Il y a bien longtemps bgcolor FFD700 3 Fud Leclerc Mon amour pour toi 1 4 Solange Berry On m attend 5 Ferry Devos Vieux carnet At Eurovision On the night of the final Leclerc performed 5th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Norway . At the close of the voting Mon amour pour toi had received 9 points 4 from Sweden , 3 from Italy and 1 from Austria and Germany , placing Belgium 6th of the 13 entries. The Belgian jury awarded its highest mark 3 to contest winners France . ref http www.esc history.com details.asp?key 52 ESC History Belgium 1960 ref See also Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1960 References reflist Belgium in Eurovision 1960 Eurovision Song Contest entries Category Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 Category Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest nl Belgi op het Eurovisiesongfestival 1960 ... more details
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ESC National Year Year 1962 Country BEL Preselection Eurosong Preselection date 19 February 1962 Entrant Fud Leclerc Song Ton nom Final result 13th , 0 points Belgium was represented by Fud Leclerc , with the song Ton nom , at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City . The song was chosen in the Belgian national final on 19 February. This was Leclerc s fourth time at Eurovision, and he still shares the record with Lys Assia , Elisabeth Andreassen and Peter, Sue & Marc for the most Eurovision appearances as a main performer. Ton nom has also gone down in history as the first Eurovision performance ever to score the infamous nul points. Final The venue and host of the national final are currently unknown. Five songs participated and the winner was chosen by a 10 member jury. It is not known whether a full ranking of the songs was released. ref http natfinals.50webs.com 50s 60s Belgium1962.html ESC National Finals database 1962 ref class sortable wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto style font size bigger 19 February 1962 bgcolor CCCCCC Draw Artist Song Place bgcolor FFD700 1 Fud Leclerc Ton nom 1 2 Robert Charles Lanson Toi, mon copain 3 Any Godet Hambourg 4 Ferry Devos N oublie jamais 5 Eric Channe Toi, la femme At Eurovision On the night of the final Leclerc performed second in the running order, following Finland and preceding Spain . Voting was by each national jury awarding 3, 2 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the close of the voting Ton nom had failed to register any points, placing Belgium joint last with three other zero points entries from Austria , the Netherlands and Spain. This was the second consecutive year in which Belgium finished the evening at the foot of the scoreboard. The Belgian jury awarded its 3 points to Luxembourg . ref http www.esc history.com details.asp?key 80 ESC History Belgium 1962 ref 1962 was the first contest in which any entry had failed to score, and although four countrie ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Belgium Mon amour pour toi image caption year 1960 country Belgium artist Fud Leclerc as with language French languages composer Jack Say lyricist Robert Montal conductor Henri Segers place 6th points 9 lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1960be from Diggiloo Thrush prev Hou toch van mij prev link Hou toch van mij next September, gouden roos next link September, gouden roos Mon amour pour toi My love for you was the Belgium Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 , performed in French language French by Fud Leclerc . The song was performed fifth on the night, following Denmark s Katy B dtger with Det var en yndig tid and preceding Norway s Nora Brockstedt with Voi Voi . At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 6th in a field of 13. The song is in the chanson style and features Leclerc describing his feelings for his lover. It was succeeded as Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 1961 contest by Bob Benny performing September, gouden roos . References and external links http www.eurovision.tv page history by year contest?event 277 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1960. http www.diggiloo.net ?1960be Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, Mon amour pour toi . Category Eurovision songs of Belgium Category Eurovision songs of 1960 Category French language songs 1960 Eurovision Songs Belgium music stub nl Mon amour pour toi pt Mon amour pour toi ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Futunan nativename Faka futuna region Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia speakers 6,600 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Polynesian languages Polynesian fam5 Niuean iso2 map iso3 fud notice nonotice Futunan is the Polynesian language spoken on Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna Futuna and Alofi . The term East Futunan is also used to distinguish it from the related Futuna Aniwan West Futunan Futuna Aniwan spoken on the Polynesian outlier outlier islands of Futuna Island, Vanuatu Futuna and Aniwa Island Aniwa in Vanuatu . According to Ethnologue , Fakafutuna is spoken by 3,600 on Futuna, as well as 3,000 migrant workers on New Caledonia . Oceania topic Languages of DEFAULTSORT Futunan Language Category Futunic languages Category Languages of Wallis and Futuna Category Languages of New Caledonia Au lang stub WallisFutuna stub ca Futuni de Futunische Sprache fr Futunien it Lingua futuniana no Futunaisk sh Futunski jezik fi Futunan kieli ... more details
File Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Solange Berry.png thumb 300px Solange Berry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 Solange Berry is a Luxembourg ian singer. Eurovision Song Contest 1958 In 1958, Berry was the Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest Luxembourgish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Un grand amour A big love . Berry and the song finished joint 9th and last place with the Netherlands Dutch entry Heel de wereld The whole world by Corry Brokken , receiving only one point. Eurovision Song Contest 1960 In 1960, Berry took part in the Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Belgian national final to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 , however lost out to eventual winner Fud Leclerc . External links imdb name 1495501 DEFAULTSORT Berry, Solange Category Luxembourgian Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1958 Category Living people Luxembourg stub nl Solange Berry pt Solange Berry ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Belgium Ton nom image caption year 1962 country Belgium artist Fud Leclerc as with language French languages composer Eric Channe lyricist Tony Golan conductor Henri Segers place 13th points 0 lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1962be from Diggiloo Thrush prev September, gouden roos prev link September, gouden roos next Waarom? next link Waarom? Ton nom Your name was the Belgium Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 , performed in French language French by Fud Leclerc . The song was performed second on the night, following Finland s Marion Rung with Tipi tii and preceding Spain s Victor Balaguer singer Victor Balaguer with Ll mame . At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded nul points placing 13th equal last in a field of 16. The song is significant in Contest history for being the joint first entry ever to fail to receive a point although the scores of the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 1956 Contest have never been made public, so it is possible that one of the entries there did likewise . There were in fact four entries at this Contest to receive nul points the Spanish entry, Austria s Eleonore Schwarz with Nur In Der Wiener Luft and the Netherlands De Spelbrekers with Katinka song Katinka being the other three however Belgium performed first out of all of them, and is thus better remembered. In fact, three of these entries followed each other directly Belgium, Spain and Austria . The song itself is a ballad, with Leclerc singing that he and his lover don t need complicated romances . It was succeeded as Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 1963 contest by Jacques Raymond singing Waarom? . References and external links http www.eurovision.tv page history by year contest?event 279 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1962. http www.diggiloo.net ?1962be Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, Ton nom . DEFAULTSORT Ton Nom Category Eurovision ... more details
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John Everett Benson born 1939 , known as Fud, is a calligrapher , stonecarver and typeface designer who has created inscriptions for monuments including the John F. Kennedy memorial at Arlington National Cemetery , the National Gallery of Art , and the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. John Benson was born in Newport, Rhode Island . He began working for his father, John Howard Benson , at the age of fifteen at The John Stevens Shop . He studied sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design . ref cite web url http www.linotype.com 681 johnbenson.html accessdate 29 September 2010 title Font Designer John Benson ref In 1964, Benson and John Hegnauer were commissioned to design and carve the inscriptions on the John F. Kennedy memorial at Arlington National Cemetery . In Rhode Island, Benson carved a number of inscriptions at the University of Rhode Island s Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. ref http www.uri.edu library inscriptions inscriptions.html University Libraries The Library Inscriptions ref File JFK grave.jpg 300px thumb right Hand carved gravestone at Kennedy memorial, Arlington National Cemetery He also designed and carved gravestones for Tennessee Williams , Lillian Hellman , and George Balanchine . In 1993, he left the direction of The John Stevens Shop to his son, Nicholas Benson and returned to sculpting full time. He is currently doing portrait and figurative work in clay and bronze at his studio in Newport , Rhode Island. ref cite web url http www.johnstevensshop.com title The John Stevens Shop accessdate 29 September 2010 ref He has created monumental architectural inscriptions for famous buildings such as the Prudential Center in Boston, the National Gallery of Art , the Dallas Museum of Art , Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center, and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art in Los Angeles . He lettered the date stones of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington ..., John Everett ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benson, Fud SHORT DESCRIPTION American stone carver, typeface designer ... more details
Mark J. Kilgard is a graphics software engineer working at Nvidia . Prior to joining Nvidia, Mark Kilgard worked at Compaq and Silicon Graphics . While at Silicon Graphics, he authored the OpenGL Utility Toolkit , better known as GLUT, to make it easy to write OpenGL based 3D examples and demos. The primary reason for this was the lack of a windowing and input API with OpenGL using GLX. Image Kilgarddorbie4.png thumb 250px right A montage of four OpenGL technical demos disseminated in 1997 with source code by Mark Kilgard Mark Kilgard wrote and released many OpenGL technical sample programs during the pushback against Microsoft Microsoft s competitive Fear, uncertainty and doubt FUD against the API, and his GLUT toolkit ported to Windows by Nate Robins ref http www.xmission.com nate glut.html Nate Robins OpenGL GLUT for Win32 . ref allowed these examples to run cross platform on Windows PC systems as well as SGI workstations. At Nvidia, Mark Kilgard has helped design important parts of 3D graphics APIs. He has written key whitepapers, including Cg programming language Cg in Two Pages . ref http arxiv.org abs cs 0302013 Cg in Two Pages , Arxiv . ref Kilgard graduated from Rice University . He has written two books OpenGL for the X Window System 1996 , and The Cg Tutorial 2003 , co authored with Randima Fernando. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Kilgard, Mark J. Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Rice University alumni Category Computer science writers Category SGI people Category American computer programmers Category Computer graphics professionals Compu bio stub nonfiction writer stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox ESC entry song Flagicon Austria Nur in der Wiener Luft image caption year 1962 country Austria artist Eleonore Schwarz as with language German languages composer Bruno Uher lyricist Bruno Uher conductor Bruno Uher place 13th points 0 lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1962at from Diggiloo Thrush prev Sehnsucht prev link Sehnsucht Jimmy Makulis song Sehnsucht next Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder next link Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder Nur in der Wiener Luft Only in the Vienna Air was the Austria n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 , performed in German language German by Eleonore Schwarz . The song was performed fourth on the night, following Spain s Victor Balaguer singer Victor Balaguer with Ll mame and preceding Denmark s Ellen Winther with Vuggevise . At the close of voting, it had received no points, placing last in a field of 16 joint last place along with Spain s Victor Balaguer singer Victor Balaguer with Ll mame , the Netherlands De Spelbrekers with Katinka song Katinka and Belgium s Fud Leclerc with Ton nom . The song is the second Austrian entry in praise of Vienna following closely on the heels of Der K und K Kalypso aus Wien . Schwarz sings about the magical quality of the wind in Vienna, which inspires the Waltz among other things. The song was succeeded as Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest Austrian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 1963 Contest by Carmela Corren singing Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder . DEFAULTSORT Nur In Der Wiener Luft Category Eurovision songs of Austria Category Eurovision songs of 1962 Category Nul points Austria stub pt Nur in der Wiener Luft ... more details
Infobox ESC entry song flagicon Belgium Le plus beau jour de ma vie image caption year 1956 country Belgium artist Mony Marc as with language French languages composer Claude Alix lyricist David Bee conductor L o Souris place N A points N A lyrics http www.diggiloo.net ?1956be2 from Diggiloo Thrush clip prev Messieurs les noy s de la Seine prev link Messieurs les noy s de la Seine prev year 1956 next Straatdeuntje next link Straatdeuntje Le plus beau jour de ma vie The most beautiful day of my life was the second Belgium Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 , performed in French Language French by Mony Marc . The song was performed tenth on the night following Switzerland s Lys Assia with Refrain song Refrain and preceding Germany s Freddy Quinn with So geht das jede Nacht . As the scoreboard for the 1956 Contest has never been made public, it is impossible to say with certainty which position this song held at the close of voting. The song is in the chanson style and describes the singer s wedding, which she describes as the best day of her life. The song was accompanied at the 1956 contest by Fud Leclerc with Messieurs les noy s de la Seine and was succeeded as Belgian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 1957 contest by Bobbejaan Schoepen with Straatdeuntje . References and external links http www.eurovision.tv page history by year contest?event 273 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1956. http www.diggiloo.net ?1956be2 Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, Le plus beau jour de ma vie . Belgium music stub 1956 Eurovision Songs DEFAULTSORT Plus Beau Jour De Ma Vie Category Eurovision songs of Belgium Category Eurovision songs of 1956 Category French language songs nl Le plus beau jour de ma vie nn Le plus beau jour de ma vie av Mony Marc ... more details
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