Infobox AM honorific prefix name Mick Antoniw honorific suffix Members of the National Assembly for Wales AM image Mick Antoniw 2011.jpg imagesize alt caption constituency AM Pontypridd Assembly constituency Pontypridd assembly National Assembly for Wales Welsh majority 7,694 33 term start 6 May 2011 term end predecessor Jane Davidson successor birth date birth place death date death place restingplace birthname nationality party Welsh Labour Labour Co operative Party Co operative otherparty spouse relations children residence alma mater University of Wales occupation profession cabinet committees portfolio religion signature signature alt website footnotes Mick Antoniw Member of the National Assembly for Wales AM is a Welsh Labour & Co operative Party Co operative politician, who has represented the constituency of Pontypridd Assembly constituency Pontypridd since the National Assembly for Wales election of 2011. Early life Antoniw came Wales to study law at the Cardiff Law School , University of Wales , in 1973. ref name Antoniw 1 cite web title Mick Antoniw about me url http mickantoniw.com page2.htm accessdate 12 May 2011 publisher Mick Antoniw year 2011 ref He was President of the National Union of Students Wales from 1977 to 1979. ref name Antoniw 1 Professional career He was a practising solicitor before his election to the Senedd , specialising in personal injury. Antoniw was a partner in Thompsons Solicitors, the specialist trade union solicitors, with whom he began his training in 1980. ref name Labour 1 cite web title Mick Antoniw Pontypridd url http welshlabour.org.uk mick antoniw accessdate 12 May 2011 publisher Welsh Labour year 2011 work Welsh Labour website ref In 2010 Antoniw was found to have breached the solicitors code of conduct when handling miners claims under the coal health compensation scheme, the Solicitors Regulation Authority ruled ref cite news title Assembly vote hopeful broke solicitors rules Code was breached in miners case ... more details
ref the Senedd National Assembly for Wales at Cardiff Bay completed in 2006 ref cite web url http ... 2009 title Senedd Project History 2003 publisher National Assembly for Wales accessdate 2009 07 10 ref ... more details
Infobox rugby biography name Leigh Halfpenny image Leigh Halfpenny. Wales Grand Slam Celebration, Senedd 19 March 2012 Leigh Halfpenny. Dathliadau Camp Lawn Cymru, Senedd 19 Mawrth 2012.jpg caption birth name Stephen Leigh Halfpenny nickname Pencey, Full Shilling birth date birth date and age 1988 12 22 df y birth place Gorseinon , Wales height 1.78m 5 ft 10 in weight convert 85 kg stlb abbr on ru position Wing rugby union Wing br Fullback rugby union Fullback ru amateuryears ru amateurclubs ru amupdate ru nationalteam Wales national rugby union team Wales U20 br Wales national rugby union team Wales br 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa British & Irish Lions ru nationalyears 2007 2008 br 2008 br 2009 ru nationalcaps ? br 32 br 0 ru nationalpoints 0 br 141 br 0 ru ntupdate 16 19, 17 Mar 2012 UTC ru clubyears 2008 ru proclubs Cardiff Blues ru clubcaps 60 ru clubpoints 265 Stephen Leigh Halfpenny born 22 December 1988 is a Wales Welsh international rugby union footballer who plays for the Cardiff Blues regional side. Biography Halfpenny is from Gorseinon , near Swansea , and is an alumnus of Pontybrenin Primary School, as well as Penyrheol Comprehensive school. ref cite web url http www.timesonline.co.uk tol sport rugby union article6211206.ece title Leigh Halfpenny Lion s cub date 3 May 2009 work timesonline.co.uk first David last Walsh accessdate 9 October 2011 ref ref cite web url http www.thefreelibrary.com Back to school for our Leigh 3B HALFPENNY IS LOCAL HERO. a0198487714 title Back to school for our Leigh Halfpenny is local hero date 26 April 2009 work Sunday Mirror first Paul last Jones accessdate 9 October 2011 ref Leigh is currently studying physical geography at Aberystwyth University A Wing rugby union wing er or alternate Fullback rugby union fullback , he was signed as a youth by the Neath Swansea Ospreys and played the 2005 2006 season with the Ospreys U18s. Halfpenny then trained with Neath RFC during the 2006 2007 season, ref cite web url ... more details
view of the Millennium Dome Image Steps Senedd.jpg thumb right Senedd , National Assembly for Wales ... Waterside , London, UK 1999 2004 Senedd National Assembly for Wales , Cardiff, Wales 1999 2005 East ... more details
Infobox Political post border parliamentary minister not prime post First Minister of Wales br Prif Weinidog Cymru image Carwyn Jones 2011.jpg incumbent Carwyn Jones incumbentsince 9 December 2009 style The Right Honourable residence appointer Elizabeth II Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom termlength While commanding the confidence and supply confidence of the National Assembly for Wales governor British Monarchy Sovereign inaugural Alun Edward Michael Alun Michael formation 12 May 1999 website http wales.gov.uk about firstminister ?lang en Website Politics of Wales The First Minister of Wales lang cy Prif Weinidog Cymru is the leader of the Welsh Government , Wales devolved administration, which was established in 1999. The First Minister is responsible for the exercise of functions by the Cabinet of the Welsh Government policy development and coordination relationships with the rest of the United Kingdom, Europe and Wales abroad and staffing. The official office of the First Minister is in T Hywel , previously known as Crickhowell House, and the Senedd in Cardiff Bay . An office is also kept at the Crown Buildings, Cathays Park Crown Buildings , Cathays Park , Cardiff . Terminology When initially set up under the Government of Wales Act 1998 , the post was known as First Secretary for Wales in Welsh language Welsh Prif Ysgrifennydd Cymru , as Wales was given a less powerful assembly and executive than Northern Ireland and Scotland . This was also attributed to the fact that the Welsh term for First Minister , Prif Weinidog , also translates as Prime Minister , so a different title was chosen to avoid confusion with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . A change of title occurred after the Liberal Democrats UK Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with Wales Labour Party Labour in the Welsh Assembly in October 2000. The Government of Wales Act 2006 allowed for the post to be officially known as the First Minister and also made the First Minister, W ... more details
Year nav topic 2006 architecture The year 2006 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings Image Eureka Tower, Melbourne Nov 2008.jpg thumb Eureka Tower, Southbank, Melbourne January 16 10 Holloway Circus is completed in Birmingham , England, designed by Ian Simpson Architects . February 5 Madrid Barajas Airport Terminal 4 inaugurated, designed by Antonio Lamela and Richard Rogers . March 1 Senedd , the National Assembly building in Cardiff , Wales is completed, by architect Richard Rogers . April 4 Busch Stadium , designed by Populous architects Populous formerly HOK sport , opened as the new home of the St. Louis Cardinals . May 4 Hearst Tower New York City Hearst Tower employees move in to the Norman Foster architect Norman Foster designed, diagrid building near Columbus Circle , in New York City. May 5 Aurora Tower opened to the public as the tallest building in Brisbane , Australia . May 23 7 World Trade Center officially opened the 7 World Trade Center Rebuilding 7 World Trade Center new building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill SOM at noon, with a free concert. May 26 Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Central Station opening ceremony. Design from the winning competition entry by the Hamburg architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners . June 14 Four Seasons Centre Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts grand opening in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, by Category Canadian architects Canadian Diamond and Schmitt Architects . June 16 The National Library of Belarus opened in Minsk , Belarus in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron . June 26 Savill Building opens at the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park , Surrey , with a gridshell roof designed by Glenn Howells Glen Howells Architects . July 22 Emirates Stadium , designed by Populous , opened in the London Borough of Islington for the Arsenal Football Club . Summer House of Sweden the Swedish embassy completed in Washington, D.C., designed by Category Swedish architects Swedish architects Gert Wing ... more details
Sir Jon Shortridge Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB born 1947 is a British Civil Service Civil Servant . He served as the Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Office in March 1999 and of the National Assembly for Wales on its creation in May 1999. He became Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Assembly Government on its establishment as a Welsh Assembly Government Post National Assembly for Wales Election.2C 2007 separate institution in May 2007, and left the post at the end of April 2008. ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi wales 7034469.stm title Wales top civil servant retires publisher BBC Wales date October 8, 2007 accessdate 2008 07 18 ref In 2009, he was brought back as interim Permanent Secretary of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills . He was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and has a degree MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Edmund Hall a College of Oxford University , and in Urban Design and Regional Planning MSc from Edinburgh University . He has two children. He joined the Welsh Office in 1984. Between 1987 and 1988 he was Private Secretary to two Secretary of State for Wales Secretaries of State for Wales , Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell Nicholas Edwards and Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Walker . From 1988 to 1992 he was Head of the Welsh Office s Finance Division. He undertook the Senior Management Review of the Welsh Office in 1995, and was appointed Director of Economic Affairs in 1997, with responsibility for establishing the National Assembly for Wales . In December 2002, Sir Jon was summoned by the Audit Committee of the National Assembly for Wales in order to be questioned over delays and rising costs surrounding the construction of a new debating chamber, which was to become the Senedd . 250,000 of taxpayers money was spent on a legal dispute with sacked architects, the Richard Rogers Partnership. ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi wales 2589511.stm title Top civ ... more details
Image Roald Dahl Plass Cardiff.jpg thumb right Roald Dahl Plass next to the Wales Millennium Centre Roald Dahl Plass lang cy Plas Roald Dahl is a public plaza in Cardiff Bay , part of Cardiff , Wales . It is named after Cardiff born author Roald Dahl , ref name BBCNews cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi wales 2125925.stm title Dahl name docks at Cardiff Bay date 13 July 2002 publisher BBC News accessdate 2006 10 24 ref and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre. The square is home to the Senedd Welsh Assembly Building and the Wales Millennium Centre , a performing arts centre. The bowl like shape of the plaza has made it a popular amphitheatre for hosting open air concert s. ref name BBCNews Formerly named the Oval Basin , the area was one of the docks for a thriving coal port during the latter half the 19th century and much of the 20th century. Following World War II , the plaza entered a period of decay and dereliction until the 1980s, when the Cardiff Bay area was urban regeneration regenerated . ref name BBCWales cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk wales southeast sites coast pages 8.shtml title Roald Dahl Plass publisher BBC Wales accessdate 2006 10 24 ref Plass means plaza in Norwegian language Norwegian , a nod to the acclaimed writer s roots both of Dahl s parents were from Norway and to the Norwegian Church, Cardiff Norwegian seafarers church which stands nearby. History Image Cardiff Docks.jpg thumb West Bute Dock The area was originally all wetland s owned by John Crichton Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute . He was persuaded to finance construction of the dock on his land at a cost of over pound sterling 350,000. The dock opened under the name West Bute Dock on 8 October 1839, and was over 1400 yards 1280 m long and 200 feet 60 m wide, allowing 300 vessels to berth at any time. ref name BBCWales The dock was joined by four others East Bute Dock, Roath Basin, Roath Dock and Queen Alexandra Dock. Cardiff had bec ... more details
File Inmos Factory.jpg thumb The Inmos microprocessor factory The Inmos microprocessor factory , also known as the Inmos factory , is a building in Newport , Wales , United Kingdom UK which was originally built as a microprocessor Semiconductor fabrication plant fabrication plant for Inmos and is now occupied by International Rectifier . The architects of the award winning High tech architecture high tech building were the Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners Richard Rogers Partnership . Construction began in 1980 and was completed by 1982. ref name Structure cite web url http en.structurae.de structures data index.cfm?id s0000833 publisher Nicolas Janberg Structurae title Inmos Microelectronics Plant accessdate 2009 09 17 ref The factory was the first building to be designed by Richard Rogers in Wales. ref name Richard Later, he would design the Senedd building in Cardiff , which is the debating chamber for the National Assembly for Wales . ref name Richard cite web url http www.rsh p.com render.aspx?siteID 1&navIDs 1,4,25&sortby startDate&sortDir asc publisher Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners title All Projects accessdate 2009 09 17 ref Design and construction Inmos Ltd commissioned the Richard Rogers Partnership, now known as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, to design its UK microprocessor manufacturing facility at Newport. The design criteria was for a fast construction, so that it was ready for operation within one year of starting. ref name Build cite web url http www.rsh p.com work buildings inmos microprocessor factory publisher Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners title Inmos Microprocessor Factory accessdate 2009 09 24 ref Richard Rogers until then was known for designing the Centre Georges Pompidou Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Lloyd s building in London . The main contractor for the construction of the building was Laing O Rourke Laing Construction , the structural engineers were Anthony Hunt Associates, the services engineers were YRM Engineers and the quantity surve ... more details
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