Arena is an independent Australian radical and critical publishing group. It has been publishing continuously since 1963. Currently, its principal publications are the political and cultural Arena Magazine (6 times per year), and the twice-yearly theoretical publication Arena Journal. Their concerns initially found expression in the practical and theoretical quarterly, Arena, which ran from 1963 to 1992 and was then transformed into the two different publications that continue today.
Though the quarterly Arena commenced as a New Left magazine with a commitment to extending Marxist approaches by developing an account of intellectual practices, its subsequent debates and theoretical work, and engagements with critical theory, media theory, post-structuralism and postmodernism, have led it to develop an approach known as the 'constitutive abstraction' approach. This is connected to an associated lineage of engaged theory. All of these are underpinned by a preoccupation with the questions of social abstraction, including the abstraction of intellectual practices. They include a special emphasis on the cultural and social contradictions of globalised hi-tech society, which the Arena editors took to be misrepresented within prevailing media theory and post-structuralism.
Arena is an album by rock musician Todd Rundgren that was released in 2008.
Like several of his earlier albums, this was entirely a solo effort, with Rundgren playing all the instruments. In contrast to his earlier albums, he produced this album entirely on an Apple laptop computer using Propellerhead'sReason software for composition and Sonoma Wire Works' RiffWorks for recording. All audio processing was done with software tools as well, except for a Line 6 Toneport guitar input box.
Arena is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by Peter Manoogian and starring Paul Satterfield and Claudia Christian. Set in 4038, Satterfield plays Steve Armstrong, the first human in 50 years to compete in the intergalactic boxing sport called simply "The Arena". The film was produced by Irwin Yablans and features original music by Richard Band.
Plot
Steve Armstrong (Paul Satterfield) is working as a short order cook on a space station somewhere in the galaxy. Overwhelmed by the volume of orders, he repeatedly fouls up and soon finds himself in a confrontation with an alien patron named Fang. After a fight which smashes up the diner and leaves the alien injured, Steve and his friend and co-worker Shorty (Hamilton Camp) are fired. As it turns out, Fang is an Arena fighter, and his manager Quinn (Claudia Christian) confronts Steve. Amazed that a human could beat one of her best fighters, Quinn offers him a contract, but convinced that humans no longer have a place in the Arena, Steve refuses, intending to make his way back to Earth.
.asia is the official designated regional domain extension for Asia and the Pacific. It is a sponsored generic top-level-domain (gTLD) operated by the DotAsia Organisation Ltd. .asia is open to companies, individuals and organisations who have connection to the region. .Asia domains can be seen and used by international and Asian businesses; regional conferences and symposiums; as well as Asian artists and celebrities.
The .Asia web address was introduced to the public through a comprehensive launch involving a multiphased Sunrise and Landrush process from October 9, 2007 to March 12, 2008. It became available on a first-come-first-served registration basis on March 26, 2008. In 2013, there are more than 455,000 .asia domains registered across 155 countries.
Roll-out/response
.asia founded the first Pioneer Domains Program on July 20, 2007, more than two months prior to the opening of its Sunrise launch. It offered businesses and individuals an opportunity to own and build on any .Asia domain before the TLD opened its doors to mass public registration. Applicants were asked to submit a brief business plan for the domain of choice and make a marketing deposit of US$10,000. The full deposit was returned to successful applicants against proof of marketing attributed to the promotion of the built out .Asia website.
Upon its release in March 1982, Asia enjoyed massive commercial success, reaching #1 in the US and spending nine weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart. According to both Billboard and Cash Box, it was the #1 album in the United States for the year 1982.Asia was certified 4x-platinum in the US by the RIAA on 10 February 1995.
In the band's native UK, Asia did not perform as well as in the US, peaking only at #11. At the same time, it spent a total of 38 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. The record received a gold status in Britain on 18 October 1982. "Heat of the Moment" climbed to No. 46.
Asia's total worldwide sales are estimated at over ten million copies.
Critical reception
Asia's debut album was met with mixed reviews. Robert Christgau panned the record and gave it a rating of "C–". In his Consumer Guide Review the critic stated that "rare that a big new group is bad enough to sink your teeth into any more" and called Asia "pompous – schlock in the grand manner". On the other side, Tom Demalon of AllMusic, in a four-and-a-half-star review, praised the album saying that "there's no denying the epic grandeur of the music, which provided some much-needed muscle to radio at the time, and did so with style".
Asia was launched in 1780 and made six voyages as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She participated in three actions, two against the French and one against the Dutch. She left the EIC's service in 1799 and traded between London and Lisbon until 1802 when new owners from Embden renamed her Reine Louise de Prusse and returned her to trading with the East Indies. Asia is last listed in Lloyd's Register for 1808 on the London-Batavia trade.
EIC voyages
EIC voyage #1 (1781-83)
Asia, under the command of Captain Robert Maw, sailed from Portsmouth on 13 March 1781, bound for Bombay and China as part of a convoy of Indiamen accompanying a British squadron under CommodoreGeorge Johnstone. At about the same time as the British sailed, a French squadron under the command of Bailli de Suffren left France. Both squadrons were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean, including Rodriguez Island, Ile Bourbon (Réunion), Île de France (Mauritius), and Pondicherry.
Jaane Kaun Saa Rastaa Usake Ghar Ko Jaataa Jaane Kaun Saa Rang Hai Usake Mann Ko Bhaataa Aisi Kai Hai Paheliyaa Man Mein Kare Jo Athkheliyaan 2 Jaane Kaun Saa Vaadaa Usako Lubhaata Jaane Kaun Saa Rastaa Usake Ghar Ko Jata Kahi Door Se Main Hoon Gungunata Hua Uske Liye Naye Geet Gaataa Jaaane Kaun Saa Nagmaa Uske Mann Ko Bhaata Aisi Kai Hai Paheliyaa Man Mein Kare Jo Athkheliyaan 2 Jaane Kaun Saa Rastaa Usake Ghar Ko Jaataa Jaane Kaun Saa Rang Hai Usake Man Ko Bhaataa (Kabhi Dhoop Hai Kabhi Chhaanv Bhi Hai Kabhi Sard Hai Barsaat Bhi Hai) 2 Jaane Kaunsaa Mausam Usako Suhaataa Aisi Kai Hai Paheliyaa Man Mein Kare Jo Athkheliyaan 2 Jaane Kaun Saa Rastaa Usake Ghar Ko Jaataa Jaane Kaun Saa Rang Hai Usake Man Ko Bhaataa
"The Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest," he emphasized in the 2022 Bangkok meeting ... As Xi prepares to join other Asia-Pacific leaders for discussions under the theme of "Empower.
K-pop group 2NE1 arrived in Manila for their two sold-out “Asia Tour. Welcome Back” concerts happening on Nov. 16 and 17 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena... 14 ... 15 showing the four of them working out. 2NE1 with tainer Hwang Ssabu (X) ... 17 ... The 2NE1 “Asia Tour ... .
Gilas coach Tim Cone also encouraged Filipino basketball fans to troop to the Mall of AsiaArena, the famed sports venue that can accommodate a full-house capacity of 20,000 paying fans ... Arena as well.
... of AsiaArena ... Gilas has gone 0-4 in its head-to-head versus New Zealand, dating back to the 2016 FIBAOlympic Qualifying Tournament, which was incidentally played at the Mall of Asia Arena as well.
21 for the second window of the FIBAAsia Cup 2025 Qualifiers at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City...Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which was incidentally played at the Mall of Asia Arena as well.
The American mentor said with just five days to prepare as a team before opening the second window of the FIBAAsia Cup 2025 Qualifiers against New Zealand, the focus is how to get everyone in the same page ... 24, both at the Mall of Asia Arena.
... sa FIBAAsia Cup qualifiers ... Ang nahisgutang mga duwa parehong ipahigayon sa Mall of Asia Arena sa Pasay City ... Tinguha ni Cone nga mamungot sila ni Brownlee sa second window sa FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.
