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"Urlay Nook is a village within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Eaglescliffe. The village is dominated by the site of the former Elementis chromium chemicals plant and the Admiralty Ecology Site, both of which are owned by Elementis.Elementis Chromium: Eaglescliffe MapJobs hit as chemical plant closes Elementis Chromium: HSE/Elementis Ecology Site: In March 2011 work was underway to dismantle the chemicals plant, and by November 2011 the work was nearing completion. Urlay Nook contains the Tactical Training Centre for Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police. References External links Villages in County Durham Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Places in the Tees Valley "
"NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network that is owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Turner Sports. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regular season and playoff game broadcasts from the NBA and related professional basketball leagues, as well as NBA-related content including analysis programs, specials and documentaries. The network is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The network also serves as the national broadcaster of the NBA G League and WNBA games. NBA TV is the oldest subscription network in North America to be owned or controlled by a professional sports league, having launched on March 17, 1999. As of January 2016, NBA TV is available to approximately 53.8 million pay television households in America. The highest measured audience was a Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs regular season game on April 10, 2016 with an average 2.6 million viewers. Warriors’ 72nd win sets records for NBA TV, CSN Bay Area – Sports Media Watch, April 11, 2016 History The network launched on March 17, 1999 as nba.com TV; the channel, which was renamed NBA TV on February 11, 2003, originally operated from studio facilities housed at NBA Entertainment in Secaucus, New Jersey. The network signed a multi-year carriage agreement with three of the U.S.'s five largest cable providers, Cox Communications, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, on June 28, 2003; this expanded the network's reach to 45 million pay television households in the U.S., in addition to distribution in 30 countries worldwide. After Time Warner shut down the sports news network CNN/SI in 2002, many cable providers replaced that network with NBA TV. The network mainly launched with two purposes; to serve as a barker channel for the league's out-of-market sports package NBA League Pass, along with featuring statistical and scoring information which was more easily accessible in the pre-broadband age, and it featured mainly archival content from the NBA Entertainment archives in its upper pane to fill programming time. As time went on, the network added more programming, including international basketball leagues and programming from FIBA usually unseen in the American market. The programming mix and channel format changed around the same time of the CNN/SI shutdown. On October 8, 2007, it was reported that the National Basketball Association would transfer the channel's operations to Time Warner's Turner Sports division (operated by the company's Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary). Turner took over the channel's operations on October 28, 2008, and began using the same announcers and analysts used on TNT's NBA telecasts. Analysis and news programming also received an upgrade, with production of the programs being relocated to Studio B at Turner Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, located adjacent to Studio J, where TNT's post-game program Inside the NBA is broadcast. Carriage agreements On April 16, 2009, DirecTV announced that it had reached a carriage agreement with the NBA to continue carrying NBA TV, moving it (and out-of-market sports package NBA League Pass) from the satellite provider's Sports Pack add-on tier to its lower-priced Choice Xtra base package on October 1, 2009. DirecTV believed the move will make the channel available to an additional eight million subscribers.NBA TV scores multiyear distribution deal with DirecTV – Pact gives network berth on DBS leader's choice xtra package Multichannel News April 16, 2009 On June 4, 2009, Comcast announced that it had reached an agreement with the NBA to move the channel from the cable provider's Sports Entertainment Package to its basic level Digital Classic package, by the start of the 2009–10 NBA season. Like DirecTV, Comcast estimated that an additional eight million customers would effectively gain access to the channel.NBA TV jumps to broader Comcast carriage – Pro Hoops Network moves from sports tier to MSO's digital classic Multichannel News June 4, 2009 Verizon FiOS added the channel and NBA League Pass to its systems on September 23, 2009.NBA digital signs deal with FiOS for NBA TV and NBA League Pass TVWeek.com September 23, 2009 The network also signed new multi-year agreements with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Dish Network on October 22, 2009, as well as a renewal agreement with Cox Communications earlier in the year. With all of the above carriage deals, the NBA estimates that it would increase NBA TV's overall subscriber reach to 45 million pay television homes.NBA TV secures new agreements with TWC, Cablevision and Dish – League-owned network to reach 45 million homes this season Broadcasting and Cable October 22, 2009 On October 29, 2010, AT&T; U-verse reached a carriage deal to carry the channel's standard and high definition feeds.AT&T; U-Verse tips off carriage of NBA TV – league-owned network available on telco's U300 package, HD tier Multichannel News October 29, 2010 NBA TV is not available to legacy Charter Communications customers using outdated billing plans, which carried the network as NBA.com TV prior to 2004, due to unknown carriage conflicts; NBA League Pass is also not carried by Charter (on May 18, 2016, Charter acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for $78.7 billion, which both carry the network). NBA TV is available to Charter households where available as of February 2017, if a customer switches to the new 'Spectrum' billing plan which united Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks under the Spectrum branding (this is all likely unrelated to Charter's inherited naming rights of the Charlotte Hornets' home arena, the Spectrum Center). Programming NBA TV offers news programs devoted to basketball daily, in addition to programs showcasing the lives of individual basketball players, documentaries focusing on a particular NBA team during the season and archived broadcasts of well- known games. NBA TV carries at least 90 regular season games per season, which typically air four days a week during the NBA season (mainly on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays, although occasional Wednesday, Friday and Sunday games may air in the event that ESPN does not hold rights to coverage on those nights), as well as some first-round playoff games. It also carries its own coverage of the NBA Draft. Live games on NBA TV are subject to local blackout restrictions, since NBA TV (despite being owned by the league) does not hold the exclusive broadcast rights to any of its games. Games carried by NBA TV are also carried by each team's local rights holder, either a regional sports network or a broadcast television station. Beginning with the 2012–13 season, the score box displayed during NBA TV's game coverage (which was seen on the lower-left hand corner of the screen) changed to a banner format oriented horizontally across the screen. However, the network does not use timeout or bonus indicators like that seen on the score graphics used on ESPN and TNT. The network also shows international games, typically on Saturday evenings, with special emphasis on the Euroleague and the Maccabi Tel Aviv team from Israel. In April 2005, NBA TV televised the Chinese Basketball Association finals for the first time. The channel's flagship program is NBA Gametime Live, a program focusing on news headlines within the NBA and related leagues (including the WNBA and G League), highlights and look-ins at games currently in progress presented by a host and studio analysts. The show airs live six days a week, deferring any TNT game nights outside the playoffs to repeating that evening's edition of Inside the NBA. An edited 90-minute version of the broadcast is repeated during the overnight and early morning hours. On October 11, 2017, it was announced that the Players Only franchise, which made its debut last season on TNT, will show live games on NBA TV, starting October 24, 2017 and every Tuesday after that, for the first half of the 2017–18 season before transitioning to TNT for the remainder of the regular season starting January 23, 2018. After the cancellation of Players Only in 2019, Tuesday (first half) and Monday (second half) night games on NBA TV were rebranded as NBA TV Center Court, with Brian Anderson handling the Tuesday night games and Spero Dedes the Monday night games. They are joined alongside Greg Anthony and Dennis Scott. =List of programs broadcast by NBA TV= * 10 Before Tip * 3DTV * Beyond The Paint * Courtside Cinema * Game Of The Day * Hardwood Classics * High Tops: Plays of the Month * Inside the NBA (encore telecasts within 12 hours of original airing on TNT) * NBA Action * NBA CrunchTime – focuses on live NBA games till the buzzer, includes CrunchTime Alert, similar to NBA Scores * NBA Gametime Live * NBA Gametime Live Specials (e.g. mock draft, free agent updates, season previews, trade deadline updates, playoff previews) * NBA Inside Stuff * NBA TV Marquee Matchup * NBA TV Originals * Open Court * Playoff Playback * Shaqtin' a Fool * The Starters High definition NBA TV HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast feed of NBA TV that is available on most providers. All studio programs and original programs are shot in HD, and all live games and recent game rebroadcasts are televised in HD. During certain programs that are not available in HD (such as older game footage), unique stylized pillarboxes are used, displaying the NBA logo with the "NBA TV" text under it, or alternatively, just the "NBA TV" or “NBA HD” text oriented sideways, both shown in black and gray. Personalities The studio host and analysts vary on each night's broadcast of NBA Gametime. =Studio hosts & play-by-play= * Andre Aldridge (2005–present) * Brian Anderson (2014–present) * Vince Cellini (2009–present) * Scott Cole (2018–present) * Spero Dedes (2003–present) * Ian Eagle (2012–present) * Jared Greenberg (2011–present) * Bob Fitzgerald (2020–present) * Ernie Johnson (2008–present) * Rick Kamla (2002–present) * Kristen Ledlow (2016–present) * Adam Lefkoe (2020–present) * Joel Meyers (2020–present) * Chris Miles (2018–present) * Ro Parrish (2016–present) * Pete Pranica (2018–present) * Ahmad Rashad (2007–present) * Kevin Ray (2019–present) * Casey Stern (2015–present) * Matt Winer (2010–present) =Studio analysts & color commentators= * David Aldridge (2008–present) * Greg Anthony (2010–present) * Brent Barry (2009–present) * Vinny Del Negro (2013–present) * Rick Fox (2010–present) * Mike Fratello (2008–present) * Brendan Haywood (2016–present) * Grant Hill (2016–present) * Stu Jackson (2016–present) * Bernard King (2010–present) * Brevin Knight (2009–present) * Kevin McHale (2009–2011; 2016–present) * Sam Mitchell (2008–2010; 2013–2015, 2016–present) * Shaquille O'Neal (2011–present) * Candace Parker (2018–present) * Morris Peterson (2011–present) * Dennis Scott (2009–present) * Kenny Smith (2008–present) * Steve Smith (2008–present) * Isiah Thomas (2012–present) * Stan Van Gundy (2019–present) * Dwyane Wade (2019–present) * Chris Webber (2008–present) =Contributors= * Joe Borgia * Sekou Smith * Lang Whitaker =Other hosts= ;The Starters * Leigh Ellis * Trey Kerby * Tas Melas * J. E. Skeets ;NBA Inside Stuff * Grant Hill * Kristen Ledlow =Former hosts and analysts= * Marv Albert (2010) * Kevin Calabro (2012–2014) * Derrick Coleman (2009) * Antonio Davis (2008–2012) * LaPhonso Ellis (2009) * Marc Fein (2008–2011) * Lawrence Frank (2010) * Matt Harpring (2010) * Lionel Hollins (2013) * Eddie Jordan (2008–2009) * Tracy McGrady (2013) * Kyle Montgomery (2009–2013) * Gary Payton (2008–2009) * Scot Pollard (2009–2014) * Syleys Roberts (2012–2015) * Byron Scott (2013) * Eric Snow (2008–2010) * Jerry Stackhouse (2010–2016) * Reggie Theus (2008–2009) NBA TV International NBA TV International is a feed of NBA TV available in countries outside the United States, utilizing the same studio for analysis and commentary segments and taped programming (except for FIBA events and highlights), but largely airs a different lineup of games than the U.S. channel. NBA TV International shows one or two live regular season games per day, with the delayed coverage of selected playoffs that not broadcast live by NBATV, all conference semis, finals and the Finals, as well as All-Star live games and contests and most nationally televised U.S. games (such as those seen on ABC, TNT, ESPN and US feed of NBA TV); the rights to those games are instead sold to domestic television networks in each territory. As of 2018, NBA TV International can be seen in 40 countries via the following partners: * Sky Italia * DirecTV (South America) * Canalsat (France) * TV8 until 2017; Saran Holding since 2017 (Turkey) * NTV Plus (Russia) * OTE TV (Greece) * Cablevisión (Argentina) * NOS until 2015; MEO since February 2017 (Portugal) * First Media and Big TV until 2018; Nexmedia February 2017 until 2019; Vidio, and Indihome (UseeTV) since 2017 (Indonesia) * TrueVisions (Thailand) * StarTimes (2013-2016); Kwesé Sports (2017-2019) (Sub-Saharan Africa) * Mts TV (Serbia) * BT 2009–2018; Sky UK and Ireland 2019-2022 NBA TV Canada, a Canadian version of the channel, carries some of the same game broadcasts as the flagship U.S. service, ESPN, and TNT instead of the secondary game package found on NBA TV International. In October 2010, NBA Premium TV was launched in the Philippines. It is a redirect broadcast of NBA TV and airs locally televised and nationally televised games in the United States. It went defunct in October 2019. In February 2012, NBA TV International was made available on NBA.TV as an internet subscription channel outside the United States. On beIN Channels Network in the Arab World, NBA TV itself is not available. However, beIN Sports NBA is a separate channel in HD which airs several of the same games broadcast on NBA TV. On July 31, 2020, the Philippine version of the channel, NBA TV Philippines was launched. Past playoff broadcast criticism NBA TV was criticized in the past for its first-round playoff coverage merely passing down the broadcast of a game from a regional sports network for national broadcast, amplifying the chosen team's broadcast and bias for said team to a national level. Beginning with the 2011–12 playoffs, NBA TV began to produce a full and neutral national broadcast for those games. See also * List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters References External links * NBA TV official website * NBA TV HD schedules English- language television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1999 National Basketball Association on television Sports television networks in the United States Turner Sports 1999 establishments in the United States "
"292x292px Plan and vertical cross-section of the site Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary (), is a Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley – at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem – believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus.What's A Mother To Do? at AmericanCatholic.org The Status Quo, a 250-year old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site.Cust, 1929, The Status Quo in the Holy Places History The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection. Her tomb, according to this teaching, was found empty on the third day. Roman Catholic teaching holds that Mary was "assumed" into heaven in bodily form, the Assumption; the question of whether or not Mary actually underwent physical death remains open in the Catholic view. On 25 June 1997 Pope John Paul II said that Mary experienced natural death prior to her assumption into Heaven.Pope John Paul II General audience, Wednesday, 25 June 1997 A narrative known as the Euthymiaca Historia (written probably by Cyril of Scythopolis in the 5th century) relates how the Emperor Marcian and his wife, Pulcheria, requested the relics of the Virgin Mary from Juvenal, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, while he was attending the Council of Chalcedon (451). According to the account, Juvenal replied that, on the third day after her burial, Mary's tomb was discovered to be empty, only her shroud being preserved in the church of Gethsemane. In 452 the shroud was sent to Constantinople, where it was kept in the Church of Our Lady of Blachernae (Panagia Blacherniotissa).Catholic Encyclopedia, Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary According to other traditions, it was the Cincture of the Virgin Mary which was left behind in the tomb, or dropped by her during Assumption. Archaeology In 1972, Bellarmino Bagatti, a Franciscan friar and archaeologist, excavated the site and found evidence of an ancient cemetery dating to the 1st century; his findings have not yet been subject to peer review by the wider archaeological community, and the validity of his dating has not been fully assessed. Bagatti interpreted the remains to indicate that the cemetery's initial structure consisted of three chambers (the actual tomb being the inner chamber of the whole complex), was adjudged in accordance with the customs of that period. Later, the tomb interpreted by the local Christians to be that of Mary's was isolated from the rest of the necropolis, by cutting the surrounding rock face away from it. An edicule was built on the tomb.Alviero Niccacci, "Archaeology, New Testament, and Early Christianity" , Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Faculty of Biblical Sciences and Archaeology of the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome A small upper church on an octagonal footing was built by Patriarch Juvenal (during Marcian's rule) over the location in the 5th century; this was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 614. During the following centuries the church was destroyed and rebuilt many times, but the crypt was left untouched, as for Muslims it is the burial place of the mother of prophet Isa (Jesus). It was rebuilt then in 1130 by the Crusaders, who installed a walled Benedictine monastery, the Abbey of St. Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat; the church is sometimes mentioned as the Shrine of Our Lady of Josaphat. The monastic complex included early Gothic columns, red-on-green frescoes, and three towers for protection. The staircase and entrance were also part of the Crusaders' church. This church was destroyed by Saladin in 1187, but the crypt was still respected; all that was left was the south entrance and staircase, the masonry of the upper church being used to build the walls of Jerusalem. In the second half of the 14th century Franciscan friars rebuilt the church once more. The Greek Orthodox clergy launched a Palm Sunday takeover of various Holy Land sites, including this one, in 1757 and expelled the Franciscans. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre:A Work in Progress The Ottomans supported this "status quo" in the courts. Tomb of Mary Since then, the tomb has been owned by the Greek Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church of Jerusalem, while the grotto of Gethsemane remained in the possession of the Franciscans. The church The rock-cut Tomb of Mary and its entrance, its front side covered in icons; eastern apse of the crypt The stone bench on which the Virgin's body was laid out, now encased in glass Preceded by a walled courtyard to the south, the cruciform church shielding the tomb has been excavated in a rock- cut caveSee Rock cut architecture. entered by a wide descending stair dating from the 12th century. On the right side of the staircase (towards the east) there is the chapel of Mary's parents, Joachim and Anne, initially built to hold the tomb of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II, whose sarcophagus has been removed from there by the Greek Orthodox. On the left (towards the west) there is the chapel of Saint Joseph, Mary's husband, initially built as the tomb of two other female relatives of Baldwin II.Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p. 149 On the eastern side of the church there is the chapel of Mary's tomb. Altars of the Greeks and Armenians also own the east apse. A niche south of the tomb is a mihrab indicating the direction of Mecca, installed when Muslims had joint rights to the church. Currently the Muslims have no more ownership rights to this site. On the western side there is a Syriac altar. The Armenian Patriarchate Armenian Apostolic Church of Jerusalem and Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem are in possession of the shrine. The Syriacs, the Copts, and the Ethiopians have minor rights. Authenticity A legend, which was first mentioned by Epiphanius of Salamis in the 4th century AD, purported that Mary may have spent the last years of her life in Ephesus, Turkey. The Ephesians derived it from John's presence in the city, and Jesus’ instructions to John to take care of Mary after his death. Epiphanius, however, pointed out that although the Bible mentions John leaving for Asia, it makes no mention of Mary going with him.Vasiliki Limberis, 'The Council of Ephesos: The Demise of the See of Ephesos and the Rise of the Cult of the Theotokos' in Helmut Koester, Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia (2004), 327. The Eastern Orthodox Church tradition believes that Virgin Mary lived in the vicinity of Ephesus, at Selçuk, where there is a place currently known as the House of the Virgin Mary and venerated by Catholics and Muslims, but argues that she only stayed there for a few years, even though there are accounts of her spending nine years until her death. Although no information about the end of Mary's life or her burial are provided in the New Testament accounts, and many Christians believe that none exist in early apocrypha, some apocryphon are offered as supporting Mary's death (or other final fate). The Book of John about the Dormition of Mary, written in either the 1st, 3rd, 4th, or 7th century,Roberts, 1886, p. 587: "In two MMS. the author is said to be James the Lord's brother; in one, John Archbishop of Thessalonica, who lived in the seventh century."Herbermann, 1901, p. 774: "the 'Joannis liber de Dormitione Marie' (third to fourth century), and the treatise 'De transitu B.M. Virginis' (fourth century) place her tomb at Gethsemane" places her tomb in Gethsemene, as does the 4th century Treatise about the passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The pilgrim Antoninus of Piacenza, writing of travels in 560-570 CE, mentions in that valley was "the basilica of the Blessed Mary, which they say was her house; in which is shown a sepulchre, from which they say that the Blessed Mary was taken up into heaven."Antoninus of Piacenza, 1890, p. 14 Later, Saints Epiphanius of Salamis, Gregory of Tours, Isidore of Seville, Modest, Sophronius of Jerusalem, German of Constantinople, Andrew of Crete, and John of Damascus talk about the tomb being in Jerusalem, and bear witness that this tradition was accepted by all the Churches of East and West. Other claims Turkmen Keraites believe, according to a Nestorian tradition that another tomb of the Virgin Mary is located in Mary, Turkmenistan a town originally named Mari. Other claims are that Jesus, after surviving the crucifixion, travelled to India along with the Virgin Mary where they remained until the end of their lives.Jesus in Kashmir, The Lost Tomb-pp 163-182-Suzanne Olsson (2019) The Ahmadiyya movement believe that Mary was buried in the town of Murree, Pakistan and her tomb is presently located in the shrine Mai Mari da Ashtan. The authenticity of these claims is not yet academically established and has not undergone any scholastic or academic research, nor canonical endorsement from the Holy See, nor anyone else. Another tradition exists among the Christians of Nineveh in northern Iraq, that the tomb of Mary is located near Erbil, linking the site to the direction of tilt of the former Great Mosque of al-Nuri minaret in Mosul.Geary, 1878, p. 88 File:Tomb of the Virgin Mary. Staircase of 47 steps..jpgStaircase of 47 steps leading from the entrance down into crypt with the tomb Image:4960-20080122-0718UTC--jerusalem-entering- marys-tomb.jpgThe entrance stairs, lower part File:Mary's tomb,Melisende IMG 0251c.jpgThe Chapel of Saints Joachim and Anne, originally the tomb of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem File:Painting at Tomb of Mary.JPGIcons in the Chapel of Saints Joachim and Anne File:Tomb of the Virgin Mary. Altar.jpgThe Tomb of Mary: facade covered in icons and entrance door File:maria-tomb.jpgThe Tomb of Mary: facade covered in icons and entrance door File:Mary's tomb PA180062.JPGInside the Tomb of Mary: the stone bench on which the Virgin's body was laid out File:Mary and christ,photo frame at Tomb of Mary.JPGCrypt, western apse: icon of Mary and Christ File:Dormition Church3099.JPGIcon of the Dormition of the Theotokos See also * Abbey of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphat * Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic theologies) * Assumption of Mary (the same event differently seen by the Roman Catholic theology) * House of the Virgin Mary, Catholic shrine on Mt. Koressos, Turkey References Bibliography * (about Arculf, p. 17) (pp. 20-21) Olsson, Suzanne, Jesus in Kashmir The Lost Tomb (2019) www.rozabal.comInvestigation in to the alleged final resting place of Mary in Mari Ashtan, Pakistan, with photos and additional resource links. * (pp. 464-469) (pp. 210, 219) * (p. 102) * (pp. 27, 33, 193) (pp. 20-21) * (pp. 287-306) (pp. 305 - 313) * (pp. 40, 402) External links *Tomb of the Virgin Mary at Sacred Destinations provides a description of the interior and history of the site. *Jerusalem Mary`s Tomb at http://allaboutjerusalem.com *Assumptions About Mary (comments on the historicity of the site) at Catholic Answers. *O Svetoj zemlji, Jerusalimu i Sinaju at http://www.svetazemlja.info Shrines to the Virgin Mary Churches in Jerusalem Mount of Olives Armenian Apostolic churches in Jerusalem Syriac Orthodox churches in Jerusalem Status quo holy places Catholic Church in the State of Palestine Mary "