Richard Hammond

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Richard Hammond at the Bonhams Charity Auction in 2015
Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson at Top Gear Live Italia, 2014
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Suzuki Vitara converted into a police car by Richard Hammond in the first episode of Top Gear's 11th season
Richard Hammond tried to cross the Rudyard Reservoir in a Top Gear challenge with the VW bus converted into an amphibious vehicle

Richard Mark Hammond (born December 19, 1969 in Solihull , West Midlands , England ) is a British presenter, author and journalist. Hammond became known as the co-host of the BBC Two auto magazine Top Gear , which he presented from 2002 to 2015 together with Jeremy Clarkson and James May . He also made a name for himself as a presenter with numerous television productions such as Brainiac (2003-2006), Total Wipeout (2009-2012) and Planet Earth Live (2012).

Since 2016 the Brit has hosted the car magazine The Grand Tour together with his former Top Gear colleagues Jeremy Clarkson and James May . The magazine is produced by the production company W. Chump and Sons , of which Hammond is a co-founder, and can only be streamed by Amazon Prime customers via Amazon Video .

In November 2016, Hammond started the social media website Drivetribe with Clarkson and May , which deals with automotive and motorcycle topics , and regularly publishes articles on his “Tribe” Hammond's Fob Jockeys.

Life

He has been married to Amanda (Mindy) Etheridge since 2002 and the couple have two daughters.

Career

Prior to co-hosting Top Gear, Hammond worked for various local BBC radio stations. He has worked for Radio Cleveland, Radio York, Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds, Radio Newcastle and Radio Lancashire, among others.

His first television presentation was Men & Motors .

Top gear

Between 2002 and 2015, Hammond hosted the BBC car magazine Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May .

On September 20, 2006, he injured himself while filming the ninth season of Top Gear with a turbine-powered dragster . After seven successful trips, the right front tire of the car burst at a speed of around 460 km / h. The car overturned and dug upside down into the ground. Hammond was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe head injuries. Since the end of January 2007 he has been moderating again. The accident was shown in the first episode of the ninth season of Top Gear. The moderators then agreed not to show or mention the accident again. The accident can be seen in a cut in the last episode of the third season of The Grand Tour .

In 2008, in an interview with the UK Sunday Times , Hammond said he had returned to work far too early and is still battling the effects of the head injury. He and his wife described this experience in the book On the Edge .

Hammond joined Amazon Prime in 2016 after his time at Top Gear, along with Clarkson and May, for the new automobile show The Grand Tour .

The Grand Tour

During the filming of the second season of the show The Grand Tour , Hammond was again involved in a serious car accident on June 10, 2017. On the occasion of a demonstration run at the Hemberg hill climb in the canton of St. Gallen , he missed a tight curve in a Rimac Concept One . After a rollover, Hammond was able to save himself from the vehicle before it went up completely in flames. He only fractured his knee, and no other people were injured.

Brainiac

Until the fourth season of Top Gear , he also moderated the infotainment program Brainiac . He was the first presenter of the format before getting support from Jon Tickle and Charlotte Hudson in the second season. After the fourth season, Hammond left the format because his new exclusive contract with the BBC made a work at Sky no longer possible.

Other formats

Since 2009 he can be seen on BBC Two (on the National Geographic Channel as Hightech Inside) in the Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections series, in the connections between today's top technical achievements, such as the Airbus A380 or the Taipei 101 skyscraper , and previous developments or developments the nature and evolution that made today's achievements possible.

Richard Hammond's Crash Course has been broadcast on German broadcaster Sport 1 since September 7, 2012 .

Various programs such as Richard Hammond's Wunder der Natur and Richard Hammond's Weather Workshop are broadcast in the Terra Mater series on ServusTV .

He writes weekly columns for The Daily Mirror newspaper .

vehicles

Hammond owns or has owned the following cars, among others:

  • Lagonda 2-liter Supercharged from 1931
  • Ford GPW from 1942
  • Opel Kadett from 1963, a car he bought for the Top Gear Botswana Special. He baptized it Oliver and had it transferred from Botswana to Great Britain.
  • Ford Mustang GT 390 in Highland Green from 1968
  • 1969 Dodge Charger R / T
  • 1969 Jaguar E-Type which he bought for £ 50,000  in 2009.
  • Land Rover Range Rover Classic from 1985
  • Land Rover Defender-110 from 1987, known as the "Buster". He had it renewed in 2008 for £ 70,000.
  • 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 that was bought in a US season 12 episode of Top Gear .
  • Porsche 911 GT3 RS from 2015, which he bought on April 17, 2016.
  • Ford Mustang Cabriolet in white with black shelby stripes from 2016, which he bought as a Christmas present for his wife.
  • Bentley S1
  • Land Rover 110 Station Wagon, which his eldest daughter named "Wallycar" and which is owned by Hammond for the second time.
  • Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE

Cars known to be no longer in Hammond's possession:

  • Toyota Corolla liftback from 1976, which was his first car.
  • Porsche 911 SC from 1982, which Hammond has not owned since the mid-2000s.
  • BMW 850Ci from 1994 that competed against Clarkson's Mercedes-Benz CL600. The two of them bought the respective cars to prove they could buy a second-hand V12 car for less than what you 'd pay for the UK's cheapest new car at the time, the Nissan Pixo . Hammond sold the car a week later.
  • Porsche 928 from 1994, which he bought in 2004 and later sold.
  • Porsche 911 (997) Carrera S from 2006. He sold the Porsche in 2013 after the announcement of the GT3.
  • Fiat 500 TwinAir from 2007, the acquisition of which he discussed in Season 1 8 of Top Gear . It is not known when he sold the car.
  • 2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante which he bought for £ 175,000. Hammond later sold the car.
  • Morgan Aeromax from 2009, in which he was involved in a car accident on August 9, 2009. He later sold the car.
  • 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder which he bought in 2010 and sold in 2012.
  • Porsche 911 GT3 from 2013, the acquisition of which he discussed in season 21 of Top Gear . The car was recalled following multiple reports that the Porsche caught fire. He sold the Porsche in 2016.
  • VW bus camper that he had converted into pink for his daughters.

Hammond is also an avid motorcyclist. He owns u. a. a Suzuki Hayabusa and a Harley-Davidson .

He also has a private pilot's license (PPL (H)) for a Robinson R44

job

Television broadcasts

year title function
1998-2002 Motor Week (Men & Motors TV series) Moderator
1998-2002 Car File (Men & Motors TV series) Moderator
2002-2015 Top gear Moderator
2003 Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane Moderator
2003-2006 Brainiac: Science Abuse Moderator, co-producer
2004-2005 Crufts Moderator
Should I Worry About ...? Moderator
2005 The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend Moderator
Time Commanders Moderator
Inside Britain's Fattest Man Moderator
2006 Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show Moderator
Petrolheads candidate
School's Out candidate
Richard Hammond: Would You Believe It? Moderator
Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail Moderator
Battle of the Geeks Moderator
Scragg 'n' Bones Scragg (voice)
2007 Last man standing teller
Helicopter Heroes teller
Richard Hammond meets Evel Knievel Moderator
2008 Timewatch teller
2008, 2010 Sports relief Moderator
2008–2012 Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Moderator
2009 Top Gear: Uncovered Moderator, co-producer
2009-2011 Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Moderator, co-producer
Total wipeout Moderator
2010 Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Moderator
Hammond Meets Moss Moderator
Top Gear: Apocalypse Moderator
2011 Richard Hammond's Journey to the Center of the Planet Moderator
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean Moderator
Top Gear: At the Movies Moderator
Richard Hammond's Tech Head Moderator
2012 Richard Hammond's Crash Course Moderator
Planet Earth Live Moderator
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Moderator
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Moderator
2013 Richard Hammond's Secret Service Moderator
Hammond meets Moss Moderator
Richard Hammond's How to Build a Planet Moderator
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip Moderator, author
2014 Phineas and Ferb Nigel (voice)
Richard Hammond's Wildest Weather Moderator
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 Moderator
2014-2015 Science of Stupid Moderator
2015 Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest Moderator
2016— The Grand Tour Moderator

Books

Automobile and motorcycle books

  • Richard Hammond: What Not To Drive . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, October 13, 2005, ISBN 978-0-297-84800-4 .
  • Richard Hammond: Richard Hammond's Car Confidential . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, October 5, 2006, ISBN 978-0-297-84445-7 .
  • Richard Hammond: A Short History of Caravans in the UK . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, May 28, 2009, ISBN 978-0-297-84446-4 .
  • Richard Hammond: Richard Hammond's Caravan Confidential . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, May 20, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7538-2671-3 .
  • Richard Hammond: A Short History of the Motorcycle . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, October 6, 2016, ISBN 978-0-297-60990-2 .

Children's books

  • Richard Hammond: Can You Feel the Force ?: Putting the Fizz Back into Physics . Dorling Kindersley Publishers, June 29, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4053-1543-2 .
  • Richard Hammond: Car Science . Dorling Kindersley Publishers, June 2, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4053-3200-2 .
  • Richard Hammond: Blast Lab: More than 30 Mind-Blasting Experiments! . Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7566-5648-5 .

Biographies

  • Richard Hammond: On The Edge: My Story . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, September 20, 2007, ISBN 978-0-297-85327-5 .
  • Richard Hammond: As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the Vice-President of Botswana . Orion Publishing Co, September 18, 2008, ISBN 978-0-297-85520-0 .
  • Richard Hammond: Or Is That Just Me? . Phoenix, October 1, 2009, ISBN 978-0-297-85521-7 .
  • Richard Hammond: On the Road: Growing up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years . Weidenfeld & Nicolson, November 7, 2013, ISBN 978-0-297-86943-6 .

Video games

He was a speaker on the video games Forza Motorsport 5 and Forza Motorsport 6 in 2013 and 2015 .

DVDs

  1. Brainiac: The Best of Season 1 (2003, ITV).
  2. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Complete Series (2008, Umbrella Entertainment, Australia).
  3. Brainiac: The Complete Series (2008, ITV).
  4. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Season 1 (2009, Nat Geo DVD).
  5. Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups (2009, Universal Pictures UK).
  6. Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  7. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Season 2 (2010, Nat Geo DVD).
  8. Hammond Meets Moss (2010, Acorn Media UK).
  9. Richard Hammond's Journey To The Center Of The Planet (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  10. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Season 3 (2011, Nat Geo DVD).
  11. Total Wipeout: Season 5 Celebrity Specials and Finale (2012, endemol).
  12. Richard Hammond's Crash Course Season 1 (2012, BBC, Australia).
  13. Richard Hammond Builds a Planet (2013, BBC, Australia).
  14. Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature (2013, Acorn Media).
  15. Richard Hammond's Wildest Weather (2014, SBS, Australia).
  16. Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest (2015, SBS, Australia).

Top Gear DVDs

  1. Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane - Best of BBC Season 1 & 2 (2003, 2 | Entertain).
  2. Top Gear: Revved Up (2005, 2 | Entertain).
  3. Top Gear: Winter Olympics (2006, 2 | Entertain).
  4. Top Gear: Collection Box Set - Back in the Fast Lane + Revved Up + Winter Olympics (2006, 2 | Entertain).
  5. Top Gear: Interactive Challenge Quiz (2007, 2 | Entertain).
  6. Top Gear: Season 9 (2007, BBC / Studio Hamburg Enterprises, Germany).
  7. Top Gear: The Challenges (2007, 2 | Entertain).
  8. Top Gear: Interactive Stunt Challenge Quiz (2008, 2 | Entertain).
  9. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Polar Special (2008, BBC, Australia).
  10. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - US Special (2008, BBC, Australia).
  11. Top Gear: The Challenges 2 (2008, 2 | Entertain).
  12. Top Gear: The Challenges 1 & 2 Collection (2008, 2 | Entertain).
  13. Top Gear: Uncovered - The DVD Special (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  14. Top Gear: Polar Special (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  15. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  16. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Vietnam Special (2009, BBC, Australia).
  17. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Botswana Special (2009, BBC, Australia).
  18. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1 & 2 Box Set (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  19. Top Gear: Best of the Stig (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  20. Top Gear: Season 10 (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  21. Top Gear: The Challenges 3 (2009, 2 | Entertain).
  22. Top Gear: The Challenges 4 (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  23. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3 (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  24. Top Gear: Apocalypse (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  25. Top Gear: The Challenges 1-4 Collection (2010, 2 | Entertain).
  26. Top Gear: Season 11 (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  27. Top Gear: Season 12 (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  28. Top Gear: Season 13 (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  29. Top Gear: The Challenges 5 (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  30. Top Gear: At The Movies (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  31. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4 (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  32. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1-4 Box Set (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  33. Top Gear: Double Bill - The Hammond & May Specials - At the Movies + Apocalypse (2011, 2 | Entertain).
  34. Top Gear: Season 14 (2012, 2 | Entertain (2011 USA)).
  35. Top Gear: Season 15 (2012, 2 | Entertain (2011 USA)).
  36. Top Gear: Season 16 (2012, 2 | Entertain (2011 USA)).
  37. Top Gear: Season 17 (2012, 2 | Entertain (2011 USA)).
  38. Top Gear: Season 18 (2012, 2 | Entertain).
  39. Top Gear: Triple - The Great Adventures Polar Special + The Great Adventures US Special + The Challenges Volume One (2012, 2 | Entertain).
  40. Top Gear: The Challenges 5 (2012, 2 | Entertain).
  41. Top Gear: The Challenges 6 (2012, 2 | Entertain).
  42. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5 (2012, 2 | Entertain).
  43. Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2013, 2 | Entertain).
  44. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip (2013, BBC).
  45. Top Gear: Season 19 (2013, BBC, Australia).
  46. Top Gear: Season 19 and Series 20 Boxset (2013, 2 | Entertain).
  47. Top Gear: The Great African Adventure (2013, 2 | Entertain).
  48. Top Gear: Season 21 (2014, BBC DVD).
  49. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 (2014, BBC DVD).
  50. Top Gear: Burma Special (2014, 2 | Entertain).
  51. Top Gear: Best of British (2014, 2 | Entertain).
  52. Top Gear: The Complete Specials Box Set (2015, 2 | Entertain).
  53. Top Gear: The Patagonia Special (2015, 2 | Entertain).
  54. Top Gear: Season 22 (2015, DFW).
  55. Top Gear: Greatest Hits (2015, 2 | Entertain).
  56. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 1 & 2 (2015, 2 | Entertain).
  57. Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish (2015, BBC, Australia).
  58. Top Gear: AZ - The Ultimate Extended Edition (2016, 2 | Entertain).

Awards

year Award category Nominee work Result source
2004 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
2005 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Satellite / Digital TV Personality won
New TV talent won
International Emmy Awards Non-Scripted Entertainment (shared) Top gear won
National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
2006 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Satellite / Digital TV Personality won
National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear won
Heat Magazine Weird Crush Awards Heat's Weird Crush won
2007 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Satellite / Digital TV Personality won
Royal Television Society Television Awards Best Presenter (shared with Jeremy Clarkson and James May ) Top gear nominated
National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear won
2008 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear won
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards TV entertainment programs (shared) Top gear won
TV Quick Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top gear won
2009 British Academy Children's Awards Best presenter Richard Hammond's Blast Lab won
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards TV entertainment programs (shared) Top gear won
TV Quick Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top gear won
TV Quick Awards Best game show (shared) Total wipeout nominated
TV Choice Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top gear won
2010 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
2011 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear won
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards TV entertainment programs (shared) Top gear won
TV Choice Awards Best Factual Entertainment Show (shared) Top gear won
2012 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
TV Quick Awards Best Factual Entertainment (shared) Top gear won
TV Choice Awards Best Factual Entertainment Show (shared) Top gear won
Guinness World Records Certificate Most widely viewed factual TV programs (shared) Top gear won
Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards Best Popular Science & Natural History Program (shared) Richard Hammond's Journey to the Center of the Planet won
2013 National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
National Television Awards Most Popular Documentary Series (shared) Planet Earth Live nominated
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Awards Best Hosted & Presenter-led Program (shared) Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature: Super-bodies won
2014 Emmy Award Outstanding Science and Technology Programming (shared) Richard Hammond's How to Build a Planet nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Reality Series (shared) Top gear nominated
2015 ASTRA Awards Most Outstanding General Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear won
National Television Awards Most Popular Factual Entertainment Program (shared) Top gear nominated
TV Choice Awards Best Entertainment Show (shared) Top gear nominated
2017 Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Original OTT Streamed (shared) The Grand Tour nominated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Hammond's Fob Jockeys. drivetribe.com, accessed March 18, 2017 .
  2. Andrew Tod: Top Gear: Hammond's crash on the BBC . In: The Guardian . January 29, 2007, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed February 5, 2016]).
  3. ^ Richard Hammond: On the Edge: My Story . Orion Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-7538-2404-7 .
  4. ^ John Plunkett: Top Gear's Clarkson, Hammond and May sign Amazon deal . In: The Guardian . July 30, 2015, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed February 5, 2016]).
  5. Richard Hammond has an accident in a hill climb . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed June 10, 2017]).
  6. ^ Christian Menath: Electric super sports car completely burned out. motorsport-magazin.com, June 12, 2017, accessed June 12, 2017 .
  7. ^ Brainiac: Science Abuse. tv.com, accessed February 5, 2016 .
  8. ^ Richard Hammond: My lovely 1931 Lagonda . dailyrecord.co.uk. October 17, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  9. Car chaeology . drivetribe.com. December 21, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  10. It's My F *** ing Car . drivetribe.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  11. a b Mopar Muscle for Top Gear's Hammond - DRC Review News Article . drcreview.com. November 19, 2004. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  12. Transmission - BBC Top Gear More video: James drives to the studio parts 3 and 4 . transmission.blogs.topgear.com. July 15, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  13. First his bikes - now Richard Hammond's 'Bigfoot' Defender is for sale , Classic Driver. April 18, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2016. 
  14. 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 in "Top Gear, 2002–2012" . IMCDb.org. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  15. Mindy Hammond on her big Christmas present 2 . express.co.uk. December 18, 2016. Accessed March 23, 2017.
  16. It's my f'ing car ... part 2 . drivetribe.com/. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  17. My dirty weekend . drivetribe.com/. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  18. Perfect coming home present… . drivetribe.com. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  19. It's My F *** ing Car . drivetribe.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  20. 1982 Porsche 911 SC in "Top Gear, 2002–2012" . IMCDb.org. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  21. ^ Richard Hammond's 1982 Porsche 911 SC . Motorworld.net. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  22. 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera 2S [997] in "Top Gear, 2002–2012" . IMCDb.org. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  23. ^ Richard Hammond Buys Two Cars for His 40th Birthday , Auto Evolution. December 21, 2009. 
  24. Josh Barnett: Porsche reveal cause of 991 GT3 fires . Total 911. March 18, 2014.
  25. It sounds like such a good idea… . drivetribe.com. December 23, 2016.
  26. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Top Gear Awards . imdb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  27. a b c d e f Richard Hammond Awards . imdb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  28. BBC picks up two International Emmy Awards . bbc.co.uk. November 23, 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  29. heat's Weird Crush: Past winners . lifestyle.one. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  30. ^ Richard Hammond Awards . imdb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  31. Most widely viewed factual TV programs . guinessworldrecords.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  32. ^ Richard Hammond's Journey to the Center of the Planet Awards . imdb.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  33. Top Gear Awards . birminghammail.co.uk. January 8, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  34. 2013 Finalist & Winner Clips . jhfestival.org. Retrieved on April 2, 2017  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jhfestival.org
  35. Finalists & Winners . astra.org.au. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  36. TV Choice Awards 2015: Broadchurch and Poldark top list of nominations . express.co.uk/. May 19, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  37. 2017 TRIC Award Nominees . Television and Radio Industries Club . Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.