text: Bohemia

text: Baroque

text: lute

text: composer

text: Prague

text: style brisé

text: cantabile

text: lutenist

text: Grisons

text: Bohemia

text: Prague

text: Steken

text: Strakonitz District

text: Achazius Kazimir Huelse

text: Charles-Ferdinand University

text: baccalaureate

text: Mouton

text: Dufault

text: Kingdom of Bohemia

text: Vienna

text: amateur

text: Leipzig

text: Johann Kuhnau

text: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

text: baroque guitar

text: angélique

text: mandora

text: violin

text: Philippe Franz Lasage de Richée

text: Silvius Leopold Weiss

text: suites

text: Jean-Baptiste Lully

text: 5-string guitar

text: Johann Anton Losy: Lutenist of Prague

categories: Czech male classical composers,Musicians from Prague,Czech classical musicians,Czech Baroque composers,1650s births,Czech classical composers,1721 deaths,Lutenists

paragraph: Jan Antonín Losy

paragraph: Jan Antonín Losy, Count of Losinthal (German: "Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal"); also known as Comte d'Logy ("Losi" or "Lozi"), (c. 1650 – 22 August 1721 ) was a Bohemian aristocrat, Baroque lute player and composer from Prague. His lute works combine the French "style brisé" with a more Italian cantabile style. He was probably the most significant lutenist-composer in Bohemia at the height of the lute's popularity there.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Count Losy's family were of Swiss origin (Poschiavo in the canton of Graubünden). His father, Johann Anton Losy senior (c. 1600–1682), was perhaps born in Purz in the Swiss canton of Grisons. By 1627 he had moved to Bohemia and purchased a house in Prague. Losy senior had a number of business interests and was appointed a Councillor of the Exchequer and Deputy of the Salt, Beer and Wine Council by the Bohemian Court Chamber. As a result of helping to defend Prague against the assault of Swedish troops in 1648, Losy senior was ennobled, becoming a baronet in 1648 and Count von Losinthal in 1655. He also acquired the estate and castle at Steken (Strakonitz District, southern Bohemia) in 1638.

paragraph: Johann Anton Losy was born at Steken around 1650. He had a younger twin brother (Johann Baptist) and also had four sisters. Losy's interest in music was fostered by his lute teacher and valet Achazius Kazimir Huelse who seems to have remained a lifelong friend.

paragraph: Losy attended the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, gaining his baccalaureate in 1667 and graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy on 15 August 1668. He then seems to have travelled to a number of European countries including Italy. His intimate knowledge of French lute style indicates he may have been in Paris and met lutenists such as Mouton and Dufault.

paragraph: Following the death of his father on 22 July 1682 he inherited his title, becoming the second Count Losy. He also inherited part of the family estates and an Imperial appointment as a Councillor of the Kingdom of Bohemia. His official position meant that, while living in Prague, he frequently had to travel to the Imperial court in Vienna. In the following year, his twin brother died.

paragraph: As an aristocrat, Count Losy's musical activities would have been expected to remain on an amateur basis. Nevertheless, he seems to have gained the admiration of a number of professional musicians for his lute-playing and compositions. In 1697 he took part in a musical contest with Leipzig cantor Johann Kuhnau. While working in Prague in 1715, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel met Count Losy who "played the lute as well as one who makes a profession of it" and also played the violin. There is no evidence he played other instruments, although there is a rather rich source of transcriptions of his lute compositions for other instruments available (baroque guitar, keyboard, angélique, mandora, and violin).

paragraph: In spite of Losy's outstanding reputation as a player and improviser on the lute, only one of his works was published in his own lifetime. This was the "Courante Extra-ordinaire", which was part of the collection "Cabinet der Lauten", published in 1695 by Philippe Franz Lasage de Richée.

paragraph: After Losy's death in Prague in 1721, the great German lutenist Silvius Leopold Weiss paid tribute to his colleague by dedicating to his memory the work "Tombeau sur la mort de Monseigneur Comte de Logi".

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Losy composed mostly dance suites, as was typical of his time, but sometimes attempted larger works such as those in the three-part overture style popularized by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Inspired by French and Italian composers, Losy mastered French lute style and his extant works demonstrate his intelligence, noblesse, bright spirit and love for the lute.

paragraph: His extensive and highly creative works are scattered through various archives in the Czech Republic, France, Germany and Austria. One of his manuscripts, a collection of pieces written for the 5-string guitar, is housed in Prague's National and University Library. However, the identification and verification of Losy's works is anything but straightforward. Prague lute player Emil Vogl created a list that has been extended by further discoveries and concordances by Tim Crawford. There are no critical complete editions of Losy's works in CNRS style, so it is possible that additional works will be discovered and cataloged.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Emil Vogl, Johann Anton Losy: Lutenist of Prague, "Journal of the Lute Society of America", pp 58–86 (1980).

description: Czech composer and luteist

wikidata_label: Jan Antonín Losy

wikipedia_title: Jan Antonín Losy


text:
Iceland
bishop
Catholic Church
Iceland
Prestssaga Guðmundar góða
Grjótá in Hörgárdalur
Icelandic commonwealth
Hólar
Kolbeinn Tumason
Thomas Becket
Hólar
Kolbeinn Tumason
Ásbirningar
Víðinesbardagi
Norway
Arnór Tumason
Ásbirnings
Tumi Sighvatsson
Skagafjörður
Hólar
Grímsey
Auðunn rauði Þorbergsson
Hólar
saint
Roman Catholic Church
his saga
Selkolla

categories: Icelandic Roman Catholic bishops,1237 deaths,13th-century Icelandic people,12th-century Icelandic people,1161 births

paragraph: Guðmundur Arason

paragraph: Guðmundur Arason (1161 – March 16, 1237) was an influential 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop who took part in increasing the powers of the Catholic Church in medieval Iceland. His story is recorded in several manuscripts, most notably "Prestssaga Guðmundar góða". He is often referred to as "Guðmundur góði" (Gudmundr or Gudmund the Good)

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Guðmundur was born an illegitimate child in 1161, in Grjótá in Hörgárdalur, Iceland. He was ordained as priest in 1185 at the age of 24. A decade later, he had become one of the most influential clergymen in the Icelandic commonwealth, culminating in his election as bishop of Hólar (the northern one of the two Icelandic bishop seats) in 1203.

paragraph: He served for some time as house priest to Kolbeinn Tumason, an Icelandic chieftain. In his years as a simple priest, he did not exhibit any interest in strengthening the Church as an institution, and did not seek wealth or other worldly goods. However, he acquired a reputation as pious and devout man, and even as a miracle-worker.

paragraph: Upon his appointment as bishop, he was committed to continuing the work of his predecessors: namely, preserving the power structure of the Church. However, things quickly went awry. He was amongst the clerical visionaries who praised the virtue of poverty and believed the Church had been led astray by the acquisition of wealth. Both his contemporaries and later generations compared him with Thomas Becket. Guðmundur was generous with the Church's holdings, and soon a great number of impoverished dependents settled around Hólar. His generosity aroused the ire of local chieftains, and tensions escalated, leading to disputes concerning the judicial powers of the see. Guðmundur wanted the see to remain independent from the chieftains who had elected him, and made the first documented attempt in Iceland to maintain the judicial powers of the church over its own members.

paragraph: Section::::Conflict with the chieftains.

paragraph: Kolbeinn Tumason, chieftain of the Ásbirningar clan, had played an important part in Guðmundur's election, but in 1205 a dispute arose between the two. The cause of the dispute was a charge made by Kolbeinn against a priest who owed him money. According to church policy, the church had exclusive judicial powers in such matters. In the autumn of 1208, Kolbeinn travelled with a body of men to Hólar to carry out a sentence against a priest guilty of impregnating a woman. Kolbeinn's men clashed with the bishop's followers in what is known as "Víðinesbardagi" ("The Battle of Víðines") -- Kolbeinn and several of his men died in the conflict, which went in favour of the bishop. By 1209, Guðmundur's position was untenable and he was forced to flee the bishopry of Hólar.

paragraph: Guðmundur spent 1214-1218 in Norway, by order of the archbishop, and when he returned home, he played things more delicately. Nevertheless, a large group of poor people were soon living on the Church's charity again. Arnór Tumason, the new leader of the Ásbirnings, travelled to Hólar and scattered the bishop's impoverished followers—Guðmundur remained Arnór's captive for a year. He then travelled around Iceland for three years with his followers. Upon the death of Arnór, Tumi Sighvatsson rose to power in Skagafjörður and claimed Hólar as his own. The bishop's men murdered Tumi in 1222 and Guðmundur was forced to flee to Grímsey, where he was intercepted and made a captive once again. Again, he was sent to Norway to face the archbishop's wrath. He returned to Iceland an old man, and played no significant further part in politics to his death in 1237.

paragraph: Section::::Sainthood.

paragraph: The story of Guðmundr was very much to the Church's advantage. His disputes with the chieftains soon faded from collective memory, but his piety and generosity remained a legend. Within living memory, he was regarded as a holy man (or saint), and in 1315 his physical remains were interred in a grand ceremony under the auspices of Auðunn rauði Þorbergsson, the bishop of Hólar. Guðmundr thus became a sort of national saint, although the Roman Catholic Church has to this day not acknowledged his sainthood. By the time a concerted effort was made to establish Guðmundr's sanctity in the first half of the fourteenth century, papal permission was necessary - and expensive. The steady development of different versions of his saga included the incorporation of miracles not in the earliest versions, such as the story of his encounter the with demon Selkolla.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Árni Daníel Júlíusson, Jón Ólafur Ísberg, Helgi Skúli Kjartansson "Íslenskur sögu atlas: 1. bindi: Frá öndverðu til 18. aldar" Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík 1989

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Saga Guðmundar Arasonar, Hólabiskups, eptir Arngrím ábota". In: Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Jón Sigurðsson, Þorvaldur Bjarnarson & Eiríkur Jónsson (eds.): "Biskupa sögur", gefnar út af hinu íslenzka bókmenntafélagi. Annat bindi. Kaupmannahöfn: í prentsmiðju S. L. Möllers, 1878. pp. 1–220.

paragraph: Specific

description: Roman Catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Guðmundur Arason

wikipedia_title: Guðmundur Arason


text:
California
Simi Valley
Jew
Utah
Elko, Nevada
United States Army
World War II
Standard Air Lines Flight 897R
Chatsworth, California
Homer, Alaska

wikipedia_title:
California
Simi Valley, California
Jews
Utah
Elko, Nevada
United States Army
World War II
Standard Air Lines Flight 897R
Chatsworth, Los Angeles
Homer, Alaska

categories: Self-declared messiahs,Deaths by explosive device,San Fernando Valley,New religious movements,1911 births,American religious leaders,1958 deaths

paragraph: Krishna Venta

paragraph: Krishna Venta (born Francis Herman Pencovic; March 29, 1911 – December 10, 1958) was the leader of a California religious group in the 1940s and 1950s. Venta founded his WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult in the Simi Valley, California.

paragraph: Section::::About.

paragraph: Pencovic was born in San Francisco in 1911 to Albert Pencovic and his wife Maude Busenbach. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Romania; his mother was born in Utah. Pencovic graduated from high school in Elko, Nevada. He married twice and served in the United States Army during World War II.

paragraph: After the war, Pencovic decided to start his own religion. In April 1948, he stated: "I may as well say it: I am Christ. I am the new messiah." He also claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates. In 1951, he legally changed his name to "Krishna Venta" in California

paragraph: The Fountain of the World became famous in the press in the 1940s and 1950s for uniformly dressing in robes, going barefoot, and requiring its male members to grow beards and wear their hair long. The Fountain was marginally controversial because one of the requirements for membership was that one donate all worldly assets to the group prior to joining. For most who joined the Fountain, however, this was irrelevant since few had many possessions anyway.

paragraph: The group's activities included fighting wildfires, offering shelter to those in need, and feeding the homeless. They first gained national exposure in 1949 when the news wires carried the story that Fountain members had been among the first to offer aid to the victims of Standard Air Lines Flight 897R, which crashed into the Simi Hills, killing 35 of the 48 people on board.

paragraph: Venta was killed in Chatsworth, California on December 10, 1958 in a suicide bombing instigated by two disgruntled former followers, Peter Duma Kamenoff and Ralph Muller, who had charged that Venta mishandled cult funds and had been intimate with their wives.

paragraph: A branch of the WKFL Fountain of the World cult was also established in Homer, Alaska prior to Venta's death. Fountain membership at both sites declined rapidly following his death, and the cult had ceased to exist by the mid-1970s.

paragraph: After his death two of his followers, Sister Thedra (Dorothy Leon) and Sister Wali, both moved to Mount Shasta, California, where they channeled messages supposedly from him.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catton, Jr.; William R. (1957). What Kind of People Does a Religious Cult Attract? American Sociological Review 22 (5), 561-566

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krishna Venta at CharlieManson.com

description: Self-declared Messiah

wikidata_label: Krishna Venta

wikipedia_title: Krishna Venta


text: peace activist

text: pacifist

text: Pioneer Valley

text: Western Massachusetts

text: Carthage

text: Missouri

text: Stephens College

text: Columbia

text: Missouri

text: Syracuse University

text: Columbia University

text: The New School for Social Research

text: Bell Labs

text: World War II

text: bombing

text: Dresden

text: Hiroshima

text: Nagasaki

text: peace activist

text: Society of Friends

text: American Friends Service Committee

text: Northampton, Massachusetts

text: War Resisters League

text: Deerfield, Massachusetts

text: Springfield, Massachusetts

text: Northampton, Massachusetts

text: Sane Nuclear Policy Committee

text: Valley Peace Center

text: Amherst, Massachusetts

text: Women Against the War

text: Amnesty International

text: Vietnam War

text: draft

text: conscientious objector

text: war tax refuser

text: Iraq War

text: movement against nuclear power

text: safe energy

text: New England

text: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

text: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

text: Peace Abbey

text: Sherborn, Massachusetts

text: Smith College

text: Harvey Wasserman

text: List of peace activists

text: A protester for the ages

text: Frances Crowe page

text: Frances Crowe Papers

text: Sophia Smith Collection

text: Additional Frances Crowe information

text: Frances Crowe interview

text: Frances Crowe presentation

text: Greenfield, Massachusetts

text: Frances Crowe speech

text: Brattleboro, Vermont

categories: American pacifists,American anti–nuclear weapons activists,The New School alumni,People from Carthage, Missouri,Activists from Missouri,Living people,Women's International League for Peace and Freedom people,American tax resisters,People from Northampton, Massachusetts,American anti-war activists,American Quakers,American centenarians,1919 births,Stephens College alumni,American prisoners and detainees,Syracuse University alumni

paragraph: Frances Crowe

paragraph: Frances Crowe (born March 15, 1919) is an American peace activist and pacifist from the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Crowe was born in Carthage, Missouri. She holds degrees from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri (1939) and Syracuse University (1941), and conducted graduate work at Columbia University and The New School for Social Research. She married Thomas Crowe in 1945 and has three children.

paragraph: Section::::Career and activism.

paragraph: Crowe worked for Bell Labs during World War II. In 1945, following the bombing of civilian populations in Dresden, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, she became a peace activist. Her participation in numerous protests has led to arrests, trials, and imprisonment. She has been active in the Society of Friends, American Friends Service Committee (running the local office from the basement of her Northampton, Massachusetts home for several decades), and War Resisters League, and co-founded the Traprock Peace Center (based in Deerfield, Massachusetts) and the Committee to End Apartheid (based in Springfield, Massachusetts). In the 1960s, she founded the Northampton, Massachusetts chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Sane Nuclear Policy Committee, and the Valley Peace Center (based in Amherst, Massachusetts), and has also participated in the activities of Women Against the War and Amnesty International.

paragraph: In 1967, during the Vietnam War, she worked as a draft counselor, providing counseling to over 2,000 people about applying for conscientious objector status by the war's end. She continues to be an advocate for conscientious objectors. Stating that she cannot pay for killing, she has become a war tax refuser since the beginning of the Iraq War. She is also one of the core members of the Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq and the newly formed Alliance for Peace and Justice, which is a Western Massachusetts coalition consisting of individuals and organizations. The Alliance was formed in December 2009 in response to President Obama's call to increase the troops in Afghanistan and she was explicit in helping the Alliance pass the "Bring Our War $$ Home" resolution in Northampton, Massachusetts and Amherst, Massachusetts.

paragraph: Crowe has been active in the movement against nuclear power and for safe energy in New England since the 1970s and was one of 1414 people arrested at the occupation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant construction site in April, 1977. She has been arrested for peace and justice numerous times. Three recent arrests: In September 2009, Crowe and three other women were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. She was also arrested in Washington DC at the Veterans for Peace demonstration on December 16, 2010 (at 91 yrs of age) along with 6 other women from Western MA. She was arrested on January 15, 2014 (94 years old) again at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

paragraph: Her most recent arrest occurred on June 24, 2017 at the age of 98. She was protesting the building of the Kinder-morgan pipeline through a Massachusetts forest.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: For her lifelong commitment to the Peace Movement and her unrelenting opposition to war through war tax resistance and eco-pacifist lifestyle, she was awarded the Courage of Conscience award May 4, 2007, by the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts. An archive of her papers is kept at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

paragraph: Crowe is a recipient of the Joe A. Callaway award in December 2009. In her acceptance speech, Crowe said that "core awareness lies at the bottom not the top."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harvey Wasserman

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anti-nuclear protests in the United States

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of peace activists

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A protester for the ages

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Crowe page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Crowe Papers at Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

paragraph: BULLET::::- Additional Frances Crowe information

paragraph: Section::::External links.:Listening.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Crowe interview

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Crowe presentation from "I am a Conscientious Objector," Traprock Peace Center's Veterans Program held at Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Massachusetts, November 11, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frances Crowe speech on promoting and using alternative media at Rally for Peace in Brattleboro, Vermont, July 30, 2006

description: American peace activist

wikidata_label: Frances Crowe

wikipedia_title: Frances Crowe


text:
Sérgio Mendes
Lt. Dish
M*A*S*H
Playboy
Quincy, M.E.
Pat Proft
Lieutenant Dish

categories: 20th-century American actresses,American television actresses,Actresses from Kansas,1945 births,Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 members,American female singers,20th-century American singers,Singers from Kansas,People from Salina, Kansas,Living people,20th-century American women singers

paragraph: Karen Philipp

paragraph: Karen Philipp (born September 7, 1945) is an American singer and actress.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Philipp first came to national prominence in 1968 when she was hired as one of the two female vocalists in the second iteration of Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, debuting on their Top Ten best-selling album, "Fool on the Hill." She remained with Brasil '66 (and its successor group, Brasil '77) until 1972, when she left to portray Lt. Dish during the inaugural season of "M*A*S*H". Though her role was written out of the series after two episodes, she was featured in the opening credits for several years afterward.

paragraph: Philipp also had a Playboy pictorial in September 1972, and she had a recurring role on "Quincy, M.E." as Robin Rollin.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Philipp married movie producer Pat Proft, and has a son. They reside in Medina, Minnesota.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lieutenant Dish

description: American actress and singer

wikidata_label: Karen Philipp

wikipedia_title: Karen Philipp


text:
baseball
outfielder
Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
Middle Georgia College
Boston Red Sox
1979 draft
1980 draft
Texas League
Cincinnati Reds
Aiken, South Carolina
prostate cancer
Retrosheet
Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
What If Sports

categories: Baseball players from South Carolina,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players,Minor league baseball managers,Tulsa Drillers players,Rochester Red Wings players,Major League Baseball outfielders,Deaths from cancer in South Carolina,2011 deaths,Texas Rangers players,Omaha Royals players,African-American baseball players,Navegantes del Magallanes players,Tucson Toros players,Asheville Tourists players,Deaths from prostate cancer,Richmond Braves players,Oklahoma City 89ers players,Greenville Braves players,Memphis Chicks players,1959 births,Middle Georgia Warriors baseball players,People from Graniteville, South Carolina

paragraph: Tom Dunbar

paragraph: Thomas Jerome Dunbar (November 24, 1959 – March 16, 2011) was a professional baseball player who played as outfielder in Major League Baseball for three seasons with the Texas Rangers from 1983 until 1985. He was 6'2", 192 pounds, and he threw and batted left-handed. The college he chose to attend was Middle Georgia College.

paragraph: Dunbar was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 11th round, 286th overall, of the 1979 draft. Deciding not to sign that year, he was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round, 25th overall, of the 1980 draft, after which he signed.

paragraph: Dunbar won the 1984 Texas League batting title and played a total of 91 major league games, making his debut on September 7, 1983, at the age of 23. He hit .231 with three home runs and 18 RBI, striking out 32 times and walking 23. In the field, he committed four errors for a .929 fielding percentage, below average for an outfielder. He played his final game on July 13, 1985, though continued to play in the minors until 1991. His most notable game was most likely Mike Witt's perfect game in the 1984 season finale. He went 0 for 3 including a strikeout leading off the bottom of the ninth. He could apparently hit the knuckleball however, going 3 for 7 lifetime against Phil Niekro, one of three Hall of Famers he would face in his career. Rollie Fingers and newly elected Bert Blyleven were the others.

paragraph: After retirement he worked in the Cincinnati Reds organization as a minor league coach and manager.

paragraph: He died at the age of 51 on March 16, 2011, in Aiken, South Carolina, while recuperating from prostate cancer surgery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League), or What If Sports

description: Major League Baseball player

wikidata_label: Tom Dunbar

wikipedia_title: Tom Dunbar


text:
Native Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
British Columbia
China
Hawaii
Native Hawaiian
Frances Hornsby Trevor Barkley
Charles William Barkley
Imperial Eagle
wahine
Hawaiian
Pacific Northwest
Macao
Canton
John Meares
Kaiana
aliʻi
Kauai
Maui
Omai
Tupaia (navigator)

categories: Native Hawaiian explorers,Native Hawaiian people,Year of birth unknown,1788 deaths,People from Hawaii (island)

paragraph: Wynee

paragraph: Wynee, also spelled Winee or Winée was the first Native Hawaiian from the Hawaiian Islands to travel abroad on a Western ship. She traveled to British Columbia and China before dying on the voyage home to Hawaii.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Wynee was originally from the island of Hawaii, known as "Owyhee" by European explorers at the time. In 1787, she became the first Native Hawaiian to sail abroad with a Western ship when she was hired as the servant or maid of Frances Hornsby Trevor Barkley, the wife of Captain Charles William Barkley, on the British ship "Imperial Eagle". Barkley recorded her name as "Wynee" which was possibly an attempted spelling of "wahine", the Hawaiian word for woman.

paragraph: She traveled to the Pacific Northwest and later to China.

paragraph: The Barkleys intended to take her back to Europe but Wynee requested to return home and so she was left in the Portuguese colony of Macao.

paragraph: At Canton, she arranged to return to Hawaii aboard Captain John Meares's ship " Felice Adventurero" with fellow Hawaiian "Tianna" (Kaiana), a member of the aliʻi (high chief) class from the island of Kauai. Traveling with them were two other Hawaiians: a stout man and a boy from Maui but they are not specifically named. She died of illness on the voyage home on February 5, 1788. Kaiana, who remained by her bedside caring for her, contracted a fever as well. He reportedly became seriously distraught upon learning of her death, although he would recover and arrive back home. Wynee bequeathed to him some trade articles she had acquired and asked him to deliver her remaining possessions to her father and mother; these items included mirrors, porcelain, Western clothing and other items she collected during her travel. She was buried at sea.

paragraph: Shortly after describing her last moments, Captain Meares wrote:

paragraph: Thus died Winee, a native of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands, who possessed virtues that are seldom to be found in the class of her countrywomen to which she belonged, and a portion of understanding that was not be expected in a rude and uncultivated mind. It may not, perhaps, be uninteresting to mention the cause of this poor girl's departure from her friends and country, which it was her fate never to behold again.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Omai

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tupaia (navigator)

wikidata_label: Wynee

wikipedia_title: Wynee


text:
American football
wide receiver
Cleveland Browns
undrafted free agent
college football
Iowa
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
Iowa
Garden City Community College
2006 season
Seattle Seahawks
Maurice Price
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
Vince Wilfork
Houston Texans
New England Patriots
Anquan Boldin
wide receiver
San Francisco 49ers
Santaluces Community High School
Lantana, Florida
Just Sports Stats
Iowa Hawkeyes bio
Kansas City Chiefs bio
New England Patriots bio

categories: 1980 births,Kansas City Chiefs players,Canadian football wide receivers,African-American players of American football,Montreal Alouettes players,Cleveland Browns players,Players of American football from Florida,American football wide receivers,American football return specialists,Seattle Seahawks players,Berlin Thunder players,African-American players of Canadian football,Cologne Centurions players,Denver Broncos players,New England Patriots players,Living people,Iowa Hawkeyes football players

paragraph: C. J. Jones

paragraph: Clinton "C. J." Jones (born September 20, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Iowa.

paragraph: Jones has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Denver Broncos.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Jones attended college at Iowa where he majored in sports studies.

paragraph: Jones transferred to Iowa from Garden City Community College (1999–2000), where he recorded 74 receptions for 1,463 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also scored eight touchdowns on punt returns. As a sophomore, he was selected to the Elite 16 Junior College All-America squad. In his freshman season, he earned first-team All-American honors as a return specialist.

paragraph: During his two years at Iowa, Jones recorded 72 catches for 902 yards and 10 scores. He caught 9 touchdown passes in Iowa's 2002 BCS season that saw his quarterback, Brad Banks, get Heisman Runner-up. The Hawkeyes played USC in the Orange Bowl and Jones returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: Before the 2006 season, Jones was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks but was released.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.

paragraph: In 2007, he signed with the Patriots and was on the practice squad for the whole season. In 2008, he made the team's final cut but was released after the Patriots signed wide receiver Maurice Price.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: Jones was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on March 5, 2009. He was waived on June 19, 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.

paragraph: Jones was claimed off waivers by the Denver Broncos on June 24, 2009. He was released on September 1.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: His younger brother, Corey Jones, 31, was shot and killed by a Palm Beach Gardens police officer on October 18, 2015.

paragraph: Jones is a cousin of Vince Wilfork, a former defensive lineman for the Houston Texans and New England Patriots.

paragraph: Jones is a cousin of Anquan Boldin, a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers.

paragraph: He went to Santaluces Community High School in Lantana, Florida.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Just Sports Stats

paragraph: BULLET::::- Iowa Hawkeyes bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kansas City Chiefs bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- New England Patriots bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: C. J. Jones

wikipedia_title: C. J. Jones


text: Roman Catholic

text: Sant'Antimo

text: Seminary

text: Aversa

text: Pontifical Roman Seminary

text: doctorate

text: theology

text: doctorate "utroque iuris"

text: canon

text: law

text: Roman Curia

text: Diocese of Rome

text: professor

text: law

text: Privy chamberlain of His Holiness

text: Congregation for the Causes of Saints

text: Cardinal-Deacon

text: S. Maria in Cosmedin

text: consistory

text: Pope Pius XI

text: pro hac vice

text: conclave of 1939

text: Pope Pius XII

text: Archpriest

text: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

text: Cardinal protoprete

text: Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

categories: People from the Province of Naples,1865 births,Italian cardinals,1958 deaths

paragraph: Alessandro Verde

paragraph: Alessandro Verde (27 March 1865 – 29 March 1958) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and former Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: He was born in Sant'Antimo, and educated at the Seminary of Aversa, where he was ordained. Later, he continued his studies at the Pontifical Roman Seminary of "S. Apollinare", where he received doctorates in theology in 1890 and a doctorate "utroque iuris" (in both canon and civil law) 1893.

paragraph: He worked in the Roman Curia after his studies and worked in the Diocese of Rome. He served as a professor of civil law at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" from 1896 until 1897. He was created Privy chamberlain of His Holiness on 1897. He worked as an assessor of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1897. He was elevated to the level of Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 16 January 1902. He was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 26 June 1915.

paragraph: Section::::Cardinal.

paragraph: He was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin in the consistory of 14 December 1925 by Pope Pius XI. He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated "pro hac vice" in 1935. He participated in the conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII. He was appointed Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. When Verde died, he was both the oldest living cardinal and the Cardinal protoprete as the longest-serving member of the College (which is actually a relatively rare occurrence).

paragraph: He died in 1958 two days after his 93rd birthday and is buried in his family's tomb in Sant'Antimo.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

description: Catholic cardinal

wikidata_label: Alessandro Verde

wikipedia_title: Alessandro Verde


text: Norwich

text: racing driver

text: Formula Ford

text: Pau Grand Prix

text: FIA GT3 European Championship

text: Mugello

text: Ascari KZ1

text: British Touring Car Championship

text: Motorbase Performance

text: SEAT

text: Autosport

text: Chevrolet Lacetti

text: Rockingham Motor Speedway

text: Donington Park

text: Mazda

text: Renault

text: Volvo

text: Profile on BTCCPages.com

text: Driver Profile on BTCC

text: Profile on btcc:action

text: Career BTCC results

categories: 1983 births,English racing drivers,British Touring Car Championship drivers,Living people

paragraph: Matt Allison (racing driver)

paragraph: Matt Allison (born 13 June 1983 in Norwich) is a British racing driver. He is most well known for winning the 2006 British GT Championship and for racing in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). He progressed through the ranks of British Karting, winning two championships and two runner-up trophies before moving to Formula Ford in the 2000.

paragraph: In his first year of car racing, Allison won the BRDC Formula Ford 1600 single seater championship. He progressed to the senior Ford 1800 category for 2001–2003 with numerous podium finishes and a championship best finish of 5th in 2002. Funding issues preventing a move to Formula Renault/F3 saw him switch to front wheel drive saloon racing in the form of the Renault Clio Cup. A 3rd place in only his third ever saloon car race meant that Allison was again at the front of a respected British championship and pushing for the title. Finishing 3rd overall with an impressive 12 podiums, he went on to win the highly prestigious Renault Clio Winter Cup Series in 2005.

paragraph: In 2006 Allison saw his career take a big step forwards when he was given the opportunity to enter the world of sportscar racing in the British GT Championship. He drove his Porsches 911 GT3 to four wins, nine podiums and six pole positions to clinch his third British Championship in six years. Racing across Europe, Allison won the highly prestigious Pau Grand Prix Street Race in France in July 2006 beating over 60 entries from across Europe.

paragraph: In late 2006 Allison participated in the last rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championship at Mugello in Italy, racing an Ascari KZ1. In torrential conditions he proved his talent in a car he barely knew by finishing second in both the two-hour races, Ascari's best results of the season.

paragraph: In 2007 Allison entered the British Touring Car Championship racing for Motorbase Performance in their SEAT Toledo Cupras. He finished a very credible 6th in the Independents Trophy and 12th overall. His performance over the season won him widespread recognition as a touring car driver and he was rated in the Top 10 of the BTCC 2007 Season by Autosport in his first season.

paragraph: In early 2008 Allison signed to drive a Chevrolet Lacetti for Robertshaw Racing in the 2008 British Touring Car Championship season. With little opportunity to test the car before the Media Day at Rockingham Motor Speedway, he finished 7th for the day on his first drive in the car justifying his high expectations for the season. He put in some good performances in the first 9 rounds of the series, picking up some good points, but the car was weighted down by the organisers, making it uncompetitive and Allison had to pull out after the Donington Park rounds due to financial problems. Despite this, Allison was still 17th in the championship.

paragraph: Unable to secure a satisfactory full-time seat for 2009, Allison decided to take some time out to concentrate on his family business, for which he is the majority shareholder, and analyse opportunities from there.

paragraph: It was not until 2011 that Allison made his racing return, in the highly competitive Renault Clio Cup. After three seasons away he showed no signs of slowing down, finishing 4th on his debut, and went on to score two popular wins at Croft.

paragraph: 2012 was a big year for Allison as he became a father for the first time with his wife Elise, and was also accepted as a full member of the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC), a personal ambition of Allison's of which he is very proud.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: As well as being a keen golfer and tennis player, Allison runs the family's commercial vehicle garage in his home town, Norwich. He is a race instructor having worked at many of England's racing schools, and has undertaken corporate work for, amongst others, Mazda, Renault and Volvo.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile on BTCCPages.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Driver Profile on BTCC

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile on btcc:action

paragraph: BULLET::::- Career BTCC results

description: racing driver

wikidata_label: Matt Allison

wikipedia_title: Matt Allison (racing driver)


text: American

text: cardinal

text: Roman Catholic Church

text: cardinalate

text: Dorchester

text: Massachusetts

text: Boston Latin School

text: Hyde Park

text: Boston Public Library

text: Boston College

text: St. John's Seminary

text: Brighton

text: Rome

text: Pontifical North American College

text: Pontifical Gregorian University

text: ordained

text: priesthood

text: Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani

text: chapel

text: graduate work

text: Licentiate of Sacred Theology

text: Doctorate of Sacred Theology

text: philosophy

text: theology

text: alma mater

text: private secretary

text: Cardinal

text: Archbishop of Boston

text: William Henry O'Connell

text: Richard Cushing

text: Monsignor

text: Auxiliary Bishop

text: Boston

text: Titular Bishop

text: episcopal consecration

text: Ralph Hayes

text: co-consecrators

text: Cathedral of the Holy Cross

text: Bishop of Worcester

text: Utopia

text: Bishop of Pittsburgh

text: Second Vatican Council

text: ecumenism

text: Protestants

text: Pope Paul VI

text: Congregation for the Clergy

text: Roman Curia

text: Cardinal Priest

text: consistory

text: Auschwitz

text: Maximilian Kolbe

text: John Krol

text: Poland

text: August 1978 conclave

text: surgery

text: cardinal electors

text: conclave

text: October

text: Pope John Paul II

text: liberal

text: conservative

text: theology

text: civil rights

text: Vietnam War

text: ordination of women

text: birth control

text: Synods of Bishops

text: Sacrament of Penance

text: Pope John Paul I

text: polymyositis

text: Cambridge, Massachusetts

text: Holyhood Cemetery

text: Brookline, Massachusetts

text: Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

categories: Participants in the Second Vatican Council,Boston College alumni,1979 deaths,20th-century Roman Catholic bishops,1909 births,Roman Catholic bishops of Pittsburgh,Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI,American cardinals,Prefects of the Congregation for the Clergy,Clergy from Boston,Roman Catholic bishops of Worcester, Massachusetts

paragraph: John Wright (cardinal)

paragraph: John Joseph Wright (July 18, 1909 – August 10, 1979) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1969 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life and ordination.

paragraph: John Joseph Wright was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to John and Harriet (née Cokely) Wright. While attending Boston Latin School, he worked at the Hyde Park branch of the Boston Public Library as stack boy in the evenings and summers. Wright graduated from Boston College in 1931, and then entered St. John's Seminary in Brighton. At the end of his first year at St. John's, he was sent to Rome to study at the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1935, in the chapel of the North American College.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Professor.

paragraph: After his ordination he did graduate work at the Gregorian, earning his Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1936 and his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1939. Wright taught philosophy and theology at his "alma mater" of St. John's Seminary until 1943, when he was appointed private secretary to the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston, William Henry O'Connell. Wright continued in this position under O'Connell's successor, future Cardinal Richard Cushing, and was raised to the rank of Monsignor on December 17, 1944.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Auxiliary bishop of Boston.

paragraph: On May 10, 1947, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of "Aegeae". Wright received his episcopal consecration on the following June 30 from Archbishop Cushing, with Bishops Ralph Hayes and James Connelly serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Wright was later named the first Bishop of Worcester on January 28, 1950. In this position, he criticized both Utopians and doom-sayers, and said that an exemplary Christian "[recognizes] the vast errors of which human nature is capable... but [knows] that grace is stronger than sin".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Bishop of Pittsburgh.

paragraph: Wright became the eighth Bishop of Pittsburgh on January 23, 1959, and then attended the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), during which he was a decisive force behind several of its documents. Following the Council's advancements in ecumenism, he believed that an "immediate unity in good works and charity" would arise between Catholics and Protestants.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Congregation for the Clergy.

paragraph: Pope Paul VI appointed Wright as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and thus the highest-ranking American in the Roman Curia, on April 23, 1969.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Cardinal.

paragraph: He was created Cardinal Priest of "Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti" by Pope Paul in the consistory of April 28, 1969. Wright was one of the four cardinals who travelled to Auschwitz in 1972 for a memorial of Maximilian Kolbe; besides John Krol, he was the only other American cardinal to visit Poland.

paragraph: Wright did not participate in the August 1978 conclave because he was recovering from surgery, but he was one of the cardinal electors in the conclave of the following October, which selected Pope John Paul II.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Views.

paragraph: He was an intellectual who was liberal on social issues, but conservative in theology. He espoused civil rights and condemned the Vietnam War, but opposed ordination of women and birth control. He believed that annual Synods of Bishops would be useless and burdenful, and that seven years was the appropriate age for children to receive the Sacrament of Penance, as it might be thus able to correct sinful behavior at an early age. He also believed that Pope John Paul I would be "a witty Pontiff who delights in combining love of literature with love of the words of God."

paragraph: Wright died from polymyositis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at age 70. He is buried in Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh History of Bishops webpage

alias:
John Joseph Wright
John Joseph Cardinal Wright

wikidata_label: John Wright

wikipedia_title: John Wright (cardinal)


text:
freethinker
lawyer
Bruzella
University of Geneva
separation of church and state
Grand Council
National Council
Council of States
Ticino
Christ myth theory

categories: Critics of Christianity,Swiss lawyers,1870 births,1920 deaths,Swiss atheists,Christ myth theory proponents,Swiss journalists,People from Ticino,Freethought writers

paragraph: Emilio Bossi

paragraph: Emilio Bossi (December 31, 1870 - November 27, 1920) was a Swiss freethinker, journalist, lawyer and writer.

paragraph: Bossi was born in Bruzella. He graduated in law at the University of Geneva. He wrote under the pseudonym Milesbo. He was an editor (1896-1902) and director (1915-1920) of the "Gazzetta Ticinese" newspaper and founded the "L'Idea moderna" newspaper in 1895. In he 1906 founded "L'Azione", a radical-democratic group. He was one of the founders of the "Unione Radicale Sociale Ticinese", a political group that requested separation of church and state.

paragraph: He was deputy to the Grand Council (1905–10, 1914–20), the National Council (1914–20) and the Council of States (1920). He was the Ticino State Councillor and was Director of the Department of Interior (1910-1914).

paragraph: Bossi was an advocate of the Christ myth theory. In 1904, he authored the book "Gesù Cristo non è mai esistito" ("Jesus Christ Never Existed").

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sulla separazione dello Stato dalla Chiesa" (1899)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gesù Cristo non è mai esistito" (1900)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I clericali e la libertà" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Venti mesi di storia svizzera" (1916)

description: Swiss-Italian politician, journalist and lawyer

wikidata_label: Emilio Bossi

wikipedia_title: Emilio Bossi


text:
Genoa
Paris
Edouard Jaguer
Wols
Camille Bryen
Cubism
Florence
Venice Biennale
Sarah Jackson
London
Philip Martin
Eduardo Paolozzi
Graham Sutherland
Francis Bacon
Guido Ballo
Guido Le Noci
Arturo Schwartz
Albissola Marina
Lucio Fontana
Asger Jorn
Corneille
Roberto Matta
Wifredo Lam
Giuseppe Capogrossi
Enrico Baj
Sergio Dangelo
Roberto Crippa
Gianni Dova
Agenore Fabbri
Aligi Sassu
Naviglio Gallery
Carlo Cardazzo
Calice Ligure
Belgium
France
Germany
Darmstadt
Kunsthalle
Palazzo Grassi
Royal Palace
Rome Quadriennale
Abstract Expressionism
Hans Hartung
Georges Mathieu
Abstract art
Abstract expressionism
Arte Informale
Enrico Crispolti
Archivio Emilio Scanavino
Emilio Scanavino Complete Bibliography
Images of Emilio Scanavino's work

categories: Italian contemporary artists,1922 births,Italian male painters,20th-century Italian painters,People from Genoa,Abstract painters,1986 deaths

paragraph: Emilio Scanavino

paragraph: Emilio Scanavino (Genoa, 28 February 1922 – Milan, 28 November 1986) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Scanavino was born in Genoa. In 1938 he enrolled to the Art School Nicolò Barabino where he met Mario Calonghi, who was teaching at the school and was due to be a great influence on Scanavino's artistic formation. In 1942 he had his first exhibition at the Salone Romano of Genoa. In the same year he enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture at the Milan University. In 1946 he married Giorgina Graglia.

paragraph: In 1947 Scanavino moved to Paris where he met poets and artists such as Edouard Jaguer, Wols and Camille Bryen. This experience proved to be inspirational. He was especially interested in Cubism, which he rendered into a personal interpretation when he exhibited at the Gallery Isola in Genoa in 1948.

paragraph: In 1950 Scanavino and Rocco Borrella joined "I sette del Numero", an artistic group revolving around the Numero Gallery in Florence. In the same year he was invited to the 27th edition of the Venice Biennale and in 1951 he had a two-person exhibition with the sculptor Sarah Jackson at the Apollinaire Gallery in London.

paragraph: During his time in London Scanavino met Philip Martin, Eduardo Paolozzi, Graham Sutherland and Francis Bacon. In the same year he opened his first studio in Milan in an attic in Foro Bonaparte. Critic Guido Ballo and dealers Guido Le Noci and Arturo Schwartz were early champions of his works.

paragraph: In 1952, Scanavino worked at the Marzotti's Ceramic Factory in Albissola Marina, where he met and befriended many artists, including Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Corneille, Roberto Matta, Wifredo Lam, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Enrico Baj, Sergio Dangelo, Roberto Crippa, Gianni Dova, Agenore Fabbri and Aligi Sassu.

paragraph: In 1954 he exhibited again at the Venice Biennale and in 1955 he received the Graziano Prize. In 1958 he won the Lissone Prize and the Prampolini Prize for a solo presentation at the Venice Biennale. In the same year he moved to Milan where he joined the Naviglio Gallery directed by Carlo Cardazzo with whom he established a long-standing friendship and proficuous working relation. In Milan he also met the art collector Gianni Malabarba with whom he established a strongfriendship.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: In 1962 Scanavino bought an old house in Calice Ligure, which he later converted into a studio space. In 1963, after winning the La Spezia Prize, Scanavino learned of the sudden death of Carlo Cardazzo. Cardazzo's brother, Renato, continued to run the Naviglio Gallery but the loss of Carlo had a huge impact in scanavino's life. After participating for the fourth time to the Venice Biennale, when he won the Pininfarina Prize, Scanavino permanently moved to Calice Ligure in 1968. In 1970 he won the Gran Prix at the 10th Mentone Biennale and met Franco Castelli, then editor of "L'uomo e l'Arte", who became one of his closest friends and supporters

paragraph: In 1971 Scanavino had to undergo a major surgery operation. The recovery period signaled the start of a new creative phase in his painting. He travelled to Belgium, France and Germany, and in 1974 the Darmstadt Kunsthalle organized a comprehensive antological exhibition that later travelled to Venice's Palazzo Grassi and Milan's Royal Palace.

paragraph: In 1982, Scanavino's health started to decline. His last exhibition was the 1986 edition of the Rome Quadriennale.

paragraph: Scanavino died in Milan on 28 November 1986.

paragraph: Section::::Art.

paragraph: After an initial interest in figurative art, Scanavino's paintings took Post-Cubist nuances. His forms became increasingly stylized, until being completely obliterated in the works from the early 1950s. In 1954 his characteristic sign, “stylized knot”, started to appear. That is the, eventually marking his whole production. In the late 1970s years paintings, the “knot” became perfectly defined and recognizable, although his work became darker, sometimes even threatening due to the conspicuous presence of red stains resembling blood. Although Scanavino is difficult to place inside a specific artistic movement, he can be considered an informal abstractist, close to the Abstract Expressionism and Hans Hartung and Georges Mathieu's art.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abstract art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abstract expressionism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arte Informale

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alain Jouffroy, "La questione S", Edizioni AE, Genoa, 1963.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Enrico Crispolti, Alain Jouffroy, "Scanavino: io mani", Edizioni l’Uomo e l’Arte, Milan, 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francesco De Bartolomeis, "Il progetto dell’irrazionale di Scanavino", Edizioni del Naviglio, Milan, 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alain Jouffroy, "Scanavino. Bibli Opus", (Georges Fall) Editeur, Paris, 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roberto Sanesi, "Scanavino", La Nuova Foglio Editrice, Macerata, 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giovanni Maria. Accame, "Scanavino. Disegni e scritti inediti". Pierluigi Lubrina Editore, Bergamo, 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- G. Graglia, Giovanni Maria Accame, "Scanavino. La scultura, Documenti dell’Archivio Scanavino", Edizioni Aspasia, Bologna, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stephano Delphino, Gianni Viola, "Emilio Scanavino & C - La leggenda degli Artusti di Calice Ligure", De Ferrari, Genoa.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rachele Ferrario, "Scanavino e Crispolti. Carteggio e altri scritti". Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alberto Zanchetta, "Emilio Scanavino - opere 1954-1983", Edizioni Dep Art, Milan, 2008.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archivio Emilio Scanavino Emilio Scanavino Official Website.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Emilio Scanavino Complete Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Images of Emilio Scanavino's work

description: Italian artist

wikidata_label: Emilio Scanavino

wikipedia_title: Emilio Scanavino


text:
The Honourable
Major General
major general
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Harlem Heights
Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven
Lady Mary Hamilton
3rd Foot Guards
British Army
lieutenant-colonel
64th Regiment of Foot
American War of Independence
Salem, Massachusetts
brigadier-general
Battle of Long Island
Landing at Kip's Bay
Battle of White Plains
Battle of Harlem Heights
Battle of Princeton
Siege of Charleston
American War of Independence
William Leslie
Chesapeake Bay
Henry Clinton
major general
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
Glasgow
List of British generals

categories: Younger sons of earls,1794 deaths,British Army generals,North Staffordshire Regiment officers,1731 births,British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War

paragraph: Alexander Leslie (British Army officer)

paragraph: The Honourable Major General Alexander Leslie (1731 – 27 December 1794) was a major general in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was the commander of the British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights. He replaced Cornwallis as commander in the South in 1782.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Very little is known of his childhood. Leslie was born in England in 1731 to Alexander Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, and was brother to Lady Mary Hamilton.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: He enlisted in the 3rd Foot Guards of the British Army in 1753. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1766.

paragraph: In 1775, before the American War of Independence broke out, he led troops to Salem, Massachusetts looking for contraband weapons. His advance was delayed by a standoff at a bridge, during which the colonists removed the weapons he was looking for. His force was eventually allowed to proceed, but found nothing of consequence, and was received with hostility during the expedition.

paragraph: In 1776, Leslie was promoted to brigadier-general. He fought in the Battle of Long Island, the Landing at Kip's Bay, the Battle of White Plains and the Battle of Harlem Heights, the Battle of Princeton and the Siege of Charleston during the American War of Independence. At Princeton, his nephew, Captain William Leslie was mortally wounded.

paragraph: In 1780, he was sent to the Chesapeake Bay by Sir Henry Clinton in order to "make a powerful diversion in [Earl Cornwallis's] favor by striking at the magazines then collecting by the enemy ... for supplying the army they were assembling to oppose him." He became major general in 1782 and was made Colonel of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot the same year. He transferred in 1788 to be Colonel of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot to his death.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 27 December 1794, Leslie became deathly ill while traveling from Glasgow and died at the Beechwood House.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In 1760, he married Mary Tullidelph. She died in 1761 in childbirth. Their daughter survived.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of British generals

wikidata_label: Alexander Leslie

wikipedia_title: Alexander Leslie (British Army officer)


text:
infanta
Alfonso II of Aragon
Sancha of Castile
Peter II
Emeric of Hungary
Ladislaus
Andrew
Kingdom of Hungary
Vienna
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
Székesfehérvár
Sijena
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Messina
Henry
King of Germany
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Pope Honorius III
Holy Roman Emperor
malaria
Catania
Cathedral of Palermo

categories: Women of medieval Italy,House of Aragon,1179 births,13th-century women rulers,Duchesses of Swabia,Aragonese infantas,1222 deaths,German queens consort,Italian queens consort,Burials at Palermo Cathedral,Royal consorts of Sicily

paragraph: Constance of Aragon

paragraph: Constance of Aragon (1179 – 23 June 1222) was an Aragonese infanta who was by marriage firstly Queen of Hungary, and secondly Queen of Germany and Sicily and Holy Roman Empress. She was regent of Sicily from 1212–1220.

paragraph: She was the second child and eldest daughter of the nine children of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile.

paragraph: Section::::Queen of Hungary.

paragraph: Her father died in 1196 and Constance's fate was decided by the new King, her brother Peter II. Peter arranged her marriage with King Emeric of Hungary, and the nineteen-year-old Constance left Aragon for Hungary. The wedding took place in 1198. Two years later, in 1200, the Queen gave birth to a son, called Ladislaus.

paragraph: When King Emeric was dying, he crowned his son Ladislaus co-ruler on 26 August 1204. The King wanted to secure his succession and had his brother Andrew promise to protect the child and help him govern the Kingdom of Hungary until reaching adulthood. Emeric died three months later, on 30 November.

paragraph: Ladislaus succeeded him as King while Andrew became his Regent. Andrew soon took over all regal authority while Ladislaus and Constance were little more than his prisoners. Constance managed to escape to Vienna with Ladislaus.

paragraph: The two found refuge in the court of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, but Ladislaus would soon die (7 May 1205). The former Regent and now King Andrew II of Hungary took the body of his nephew and buried him in the Royal Crypt of Székesfehérvár. Duke Leopold sent Constance back to Aragon.

paragraph: Section::::Holy Roman Empress.

paragraph: When Constance returned to Aragon, she took up residence with her mother, Queen Sancha, in the Abbey of Nuestra Senora, at Sijena; Sancha had founded the abbey after her husband's death, and now lived there in retirement. Constance spent the next five years in the abbey with her mother, until her fate, again, was changed by her brother.

paragraph: Peter II wanted to be on good terms with Pope Innocent III, since he wanted an annulment of his marriage with Maria of Montpellier, and needed the blessing of the Pope. The Pope solicited the hand of the Dowager Queen of Hungary for his pupil, the young King Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. The Aragonese King accepted the proposal; Constance left her mother and the abbey of Nuestra Senora and began her trip to Sicily (1208). She never returned to Aragon or saw her mother again. Sancha died shortly after the departure of her daughter.

paragraph: Constance and Frederick were married in the Sicilian city of Messina on 15 August 1209. In the ceremony, she was crowned Queen of Sicily. By this time, Constance was thirty years old and her new husband only fourteen. Two years later, in 1211, Constance gave birth to a son, called Henry, who later had a tragic end.

paragraph: On 9 December 1212, Frederick was crowned King of Germany in opposition to Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor. During the absence of her husband, Constance stayed in Sicily as regent of the Kingdom until 1220.

paragraph: At first Frederick controlled Southern Germany but Otto IV was effectively deposed on 5 July 1215. This time Constance was crowned German Queen with her husband.

paragraph: Pope Honorius III crowned Frederick Holy Roman Emperor on 22 November 1220. Constance was crowned Holy Roman Empress while their son Henry became the new King of Germany. She died of malaria less than two years later in Catania and was buried in the Cathedral of Palermo, in a Roman sarcophagus with a beautiful oriental tiara.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jacqueline Alio: "Queens of Sicily 1061-1266", Trinacria, New York 2018.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Uwe A. Oster: "Die Frauen Kaiser Friedrichs II", Piper Verlag, Munich 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ingo Runde: "Konstanze von Aragón", in: "Die Kaiserinnen des Mittelalters", hrsg. von Amalie Fößel, Pustet, Regensburg 2011, pp. 232–248.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Austin Lane Poole: "Filippo di Svevia e Ottone IV", in: "Storia del mondo medievale", vol. V, 1999, pp. 54–93.

paragraph: BULLET::::- E.F. Jacob: "Innocenzo III", in: "Storia del mondo medievale", vol. V, 1999, pp. 5–53.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michelangelo Schipa: "L'Italia e la Sicilia sotto Federico II", in: "Storia del mondo medievale", vol. V, 1999, pp. 153–197.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maria Amalia Mastelloni: "Il sarcofago antico di Costanza d'Aragona, in Federico e la Sicilia, dalla terra alla corona. Arti figurative e arti suntuarie", a cura di M. Andaloro, Palermo 1995, pp. 46–52.

description: Queen Consort of Hungary and Holy Roman Empress Consort

wikidata_label: Constance of Aragon

wikipedia_title: Constance of Aragon


text: figure skating

text: West Germany

text: United Team of Germany

text: 1964 Winter Olympics

text: Innsbruck

text: 1965 European Championships

text: Richmond Trophy

text: European Championships

text: 1966 World Championships

text: Ralph Borghard

text: pairs

text: tuberculosis

text: Brian Orser

text: Elvis Stojko

text: Shae-Lynn Bourne

text: Victor Kraatz

text: hydroblading

text: Ice Works

text: Aston, Pennsylvania

text: Mannheim

text: breast

text: uterine cancer

text: Uschi Keszler's homepage

text: Ice Works website

categories: Olympic figure skaters of West Germany,1948 births,German female single skaters,Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics,Female sports coaches,German figure skating coaches,Living people,German emigrants to the United States

paragraph: Uschi Keszler

paragraph: Ursula "Uschi" Keszler (born August 13, 1948) is a figure skating coach and choreographer and a former competitor for West Germany.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Uschi Keszler qualified to represent the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished 24th. The following season, she became the West German national champion and placed 11th at the 1965 European Championships.

paragraph: In the 1965–66 season, Keszler won gold at the Richmond Trophy and the national silver medal. In January 1966, Keszler placed eighth at the European Championships and then 11th at the 1966 World Championships in late February. In April 1966, it was reported that Keszler and a fellow single skater, Ralph Borghard, had considered teaming up to compete in pairs. The two practiced some lifts together but her parents rejected the idea.

paragraph: Keszler spent eight months in hospital after contracting tuberculosis and was advised by her doctors not to return to competition. She began working as a coach and choreographer in the United States. Keszler is known primarily for her work with Canadian skaters Brian Orser, Elvis Stojko, and Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz. Keszler invented the term "hydroblading" to refer to skating on deep edges low to the ice, and using it as a training technique. In 1997, she became a co-owner of the Ice Works rink in Aston, Pennsylvania.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Keszler was born in Mannheim and settled in the United States. She married Aram Boornazian, with whom she has a son, Marc. A survivor of breast and uterine cancer, she founded Uschi Keszler's Pennies-in-Action Cancer Research Fund.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Uschi Keszler's homepage

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ice Works website

description: German figure skater, coach, and choreographer

wikidata_label: Uschi Keszler

wikipedia_title: Uschi Keszler


text: Burmese

text: history of Burma

text: Myanmar

text: Burma

text: Maung

text: Lower Burma

text: Mandalay

text: Konbaung dynasty

text: King Thibaw

text: Queen Supayalat

text: British

text: Myadaung Monastery

text: Rangoon

text: Moulmein

text: Mawlamyaing

text: Burmese literature

text: Rangoon University

text: Pali

text: Garuda

text: Casanova

text: Dobama Asiayone

text: Aung San

text: Thirty Comrades

text: civil war

text: Peking

text: Stalin Peace Prize

text: People's Republic of China

text: Mongolia

text: Hungary

text: Soviet Union

text: Ceylon

text: India

text: University of Hamburg

text: West Germany

text: Kyaw Zaw

text: Union Revolutionary Council

text: Ne Win

text: Communist Party of Burma

text: Red Flag Communists

text: ethnic minorities

text: Burma Socialist Programme Party

text: Kandawmin Garden Mausolea

text: Shwedagon Pagoda

text: Burma Research Society

text: Photo Gallery

text: Interview with Tin Moe

text: Radio Free Asia

text: A Lifetime Spent Fighting Injustice

text: The Irrawaddy

text: To Thakin Kodaw Hmaing

text: Tin Moe

text: Burma's Tomb Raiders

text: The Irrawaddy

categories: Burmese writers,Burmese politicians,1964 deaths,People from Bago Region,Burmese nationalists,1876 births,Stalin Peace Prize recipients

paragraph: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing

paragraph: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (, ; 23 March 1876 – 23 July 1964) is considered one of the greatest Burmese poets, writers and political leaders in the 20th century history of Burma. He is regarded as the Father of Burmese nationalist and peace movements as well as a literary genius. His legacy and influence on the post-war generations can still be felt in both literature and the ongoing political situation in Myanmar ("Burma").

paragraph: Section::::Formative years.

paragraph: Hmaing was born Maung Lun Maung in Wale village near Shwedaung in Lower Burma. He was sent at an early age to be educated in the traditional manner in Mandalay, and at the age of 9 he witnessed the fall of the Konbaung dynasty and the abduction of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat by the British, being taken away in a carriage, near the queen's own Myadaung Monastery where he was a boarder. It was a scene that he would never forget and one that sparked his nationalist fervour in a lifelong struggle for independence.

paragraph: Section::::Literary genius.

paragraph: In 1894 Hmaing moved to Rangoon (now Yangon) to start his career as a playwright, and switched to journalism later on writing articles for a newspaper in Moulmein (now "Mawlamyaing"). In 1903 he married Ma Shin whom he had met in Rangoon before moving to Moulmein, and returned to the capital as the nationalist movement was gaining momentum in 1911 to work for the "Thuriya" (Sun) newspaper. Writing under his own name Maung Lun or Saya Lun, he had already reached a wide audience by now through traditional stage plays written in verse and based on historical Burmese myth and legend. He contributed regularly to the paper and other publications such as the "Dagon" magazine where he later became an editor.

paragraph: His mastery of classical Burmese literature enabled him to write extensively in verse with such ease and flair that future generations of writers still find hard to match. A genius in multiple and complex rhyme, here is one of his couplets that has often been quoted: "Kaung myo ahtweidwei yenè chunzei myazei saw, daung owei yelo tunzei kazei thaw" () - "May a myriad good things with vigour have a chance; may the peacock have its call and dance". The dancing peacock (, "ka daung") was the emblem of Burmese sovereignty featured on pennants, coins and currency notes, whereas the fighting peacock (, "hkut daung") is the emblem of Burmese student unions. "Owei" is the call of the peacock and was also the title of the Rangoon University Students Union (RUSU) magazine.

paragraph: Hmaing also wrote in mixed verse and prose style brilliantly presenting satires in the form of learned religious commentaries, called "htika"s () in Pali, such as "Hkway htika" (On Dogs) in which he castigated politicians for wasting their time and effort in futile squabbling when they should be concentrating on the fight against colonial rule.

paragraph: BULLET::::1. "Kja htika"- On Lotus 1912

paragraph: BULLET::::2. "Bo htika" - On Chiefs 1914

paragraph: BULLET::::3. "Daung htika" - On Peacocks 1920

paragraph: BULLET::::4. "Sone nadha myaing htika"- On Full of Fragrance Forest Quest Poem 1921

paragraph: BULLET::::5. "Myauk htika" - On Monkeys 1923

paragraph: BULLET::::6. "Hkway htika" - On Dogs 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::7. "Mjin htika" - On Horse 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::8. "Swaraj htika"- On Swaraj 1925

paragraph: BULLET::::9. "Hse gadei kyaw htika"- On Over Hundred Million 1926

paragraph: BULLET::::10. "Boingkauk htika" - On Boycott 1927

paragraph: BULLET::::11. "Galonbyan dipani htika" - On the Flying Garuda 1931

paragraph: BULLET::::12. "Thakin htika" - On Thakins 1938

paragraph: BULLET::::13. "Nagani htia"- On Red Dragon 1940

paragraph: Section::::Mr Maung Hmaing.

paragraph: A novel titled "Missata Maung Hmaing hmadawbon wuttu" (the Epistles of Mr Maung Hmaing) written under the pseudonym "Mr Maung Hmaing" in 1916 immediately caused a furore which was also the intended effect. Maung Hmaing was the name of the main character, a Casanova-like scoundrel, in a popular novel at the time called "Chinbaungywet the Maung Hmaing" (The Roselle Vendor Maung Hmaing) by U Kyee (1848–1908), and Hmaing by taking his name and styling himself Mister at the same time was mocking the affectation among some fashionable Anglophile Burmese who had started putting Mr in front of their names. It did stop the trend. And the name stuck.

paragraph: Section::::National leader.

paragraph: Hmaing joined the nationalist "Dobama Asiayone" (We Burmans Association) in 1934 and quickly rose to become the leader of young "Thakin"s - a title that proclaimed they were the true masters of their own land, not the British who had usurped the title. He thus came to be known as Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (Master Lord Hmaing), and later Sayagyi (great teacher) Thakin Kodaw Hmaing.

paragraph: He is also considered to be unequalled in another traditional form of poetry called "Laygyo gyi" () which he revived to great effect by giving it a new content of contemporary political issues. Hmaing inspired a whole generation of Burmese nationalists in the fight for independence, fostering immense pride in their own history, language and culture, and more importantly urging them to take direct action such as strikes by students and workers, the subject of "Boingkauk htika" (On Boycott). He showed no mercy to those who were mere political opportunists either, as in "Hkway htika" (On Dogs). His allusive and highly memorable style of verse made him very popular with the Burmese public and shielded his work from colonial government censorship.

paragraph: In the wake of the second university students strike in history of 1936 when the All Burma Students Union (ABSU) was formed, Hmaing was elected its patron. By 1941 his reputation as a leading nationalist earned him a place on the colonial authorities' 'Burma List', regarded as an 'enemy of the state'. It was Hmaing along with other leaders of the Dobama who sent Aung San and other young men - later known as the 'Thirty Comrades' - to seek military training abroad in order to fight the British.

paragraph: Section::::Peace activist.

paragraph: After independence in 1948 the country immediately plunged into a widespread civil war which caused great sorrow to Hmaing, and he spent the rest of his life trying to bring internal peace to the land. He was a leading light in the world peace movement in Burma, and in 1952 attended the Peace Conference for Asia Pacific Region in Peking. He was elected Chairman of the World Peace Congress (Burma) the same year, and won the Stalin Peace Prize in 1954. Hmaing also travelled to People's Republic of China, Mongolia, Hungary and the Soviet Union in 1953, and went to Ceylon and India for the World Peace Conference in 1957. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1960 by the University of Hamburg, West Germany.

paragraph: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing gave his active support together with the former Brig.General Kyaw Zaw to the Internal Peace Committee during the 1963 peace parley between the Union Revolutionary Council government of Ne Win and various armed rebel groups including the Communist Party of Burma, Red Flag Communists, and ethnic minorities. Hmaing's was the one voice that all parties across the political divide would listen to with respect, and remained the only alternative political voice the military could not silence, after they took power in 1962, until his death at the age of 88 in 1964 when all political parties except the ruling Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) were abolished by decree.

paragraph: He devoted his time to peace and national reconciliation with less time for writing towards the end of his life, stating that his last wish was to see a peaceful and united country. He was buried at Kandawmin Garden Mausolea near the Shwedagon Pagoda, and on March 23, 1976, the centenary of Hmaing's birth ("Hmaing yabyei"), over 100 students were arrested for holding a peaceful ceremony at his mausoleum.

paragraph: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing was, in Anna Allott's words, "a man of many skills - a true Buddhist and a staunch patriot; poet and playwright; historian and teacher; pioneer writer and satirist - Thakin Kodaw Hmaing is the single most revered literary figure in modern Burma".

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: 1.Amar, Daw, Ludu. Sayagyi Thakin Kodaw Hmaing: Mandalay, Myanmar, Ludu Publishing, First Edition, September, 1976.

paragraph: 2.Hlaing Htun Naing. Four Htika of Mahar Hmaing: Yangon, Myanmar, Walei Society Publishing, First Edition, September, 2012.

paragraph: 3.Hlaing Htun Naing. Mahar Hmaing Saying: Yangon, Myanmar, Walei Society Publishing, First Edition, March 2012.

paragraph: 4.Hlaing Htun Naing. Sone Nant Thar Myaing Htika of Mahar Hmaing: Yangon, Myanmar, Walei Society Publishing, First Edition, January, 2013.

paragraph: 5.Marga. Synopsis of Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Biography: Yangon, Myanmar, Marga Publishing, First Edition, December, 1975.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Role of Literature in Nation Building Tin Htway, December 1972, "The Journal of Burma Research Society"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Photo Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with Tin Moe Burma Debate by courtesy of Radio Free Asia, September 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Lifetime Spent Fighting Injustice "The Irrawaddy" vol.5 No.3 June 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- To Thakin Kodaw Hmaing a poem by Tin Moe, translated by Kyi May Kaung

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burma's Tomb Raiders Khin Maung Soe, "The Irrawaddy", November 2006

alias:
Pandi Lay
Maung Sammadi
Saya Lun
Bow Bow Aung
Mr. Maung Hmaing

description: Burmese politician

wikidata_label: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing

wikipedia_title: Thakin Kodaw Hmaing


text: Russia

text: cross-country skier

text: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

text: 2007 event

text: Sapporo

text: doping

text: EPO

text: Portorož

text: Slovenia

text: 2010 Winter Olympics

text: International Ski Federation (FIS)

text: Shiryayev tests positive for doping.

categories: Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod,Russian sportspeople in doping cases,Living people,Doping cases in cross-country skiing,Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia,1983 births,Russian male cross-country skiers,Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics

paragraph: Sergey Shiryayev

paragraph: Sergey Shiryayev (, born February 8, 1983) is a Russian cross-country skier who has been competing since 2002. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the 15 km event (9.3 miles) at the 2007 event in Sapporo, but that result was declared null and void upon announcing Shiryayev's disqualification for doping on EPO at the last day of the championships on March 4, 2007. His case was heard at the FIS Council meeting in Portorož, Slovenia in May 2007, resulting in a two-year suspension from the sport. Two other coaches also received sanctions from the Russian Ski Federation.

paragraph: Shiryayev's best World Cup finish was third in a 30 km mixed pursuit event (18.6 miles) in Russia in January 2010.

paragraph: At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 31st in the 15 km event while not finishing the 50 km event (31.1 miles).

paragraph: Section::::World Cup results.

paragraph: All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

paragraph: Section::::World Cup results.:Individual podiums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 victories – (2 )

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 podiums – (1 , 2 )

paragraph: Section::::World Cup results.:Team podiums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 victory

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1 podium

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIS Doping Panel sanctions four athletes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shiryayev tests positive for doping. - accessed March 4, 2007.

description: Russian cross-country skier

wikidata_label: Sergey Shiryayev

wikipedia_title: Sergey Shiryayev


text:
jazz
Yellowjackets
blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
Robben Ford
Joni Mitchell
Bob Mintzer
Grammy awards
Jimmy Haslip
Ricky Lawson
Paulinho Da Costa
Marc Russo
Peter Erskine
Marcus Baylor
Terri Lyne Carrington
Kurt Elling
Jonathan Butler
Brenda Russell
Mike Stern
David Becker
Berklee School of Music
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
Musicians Institute
Derek Sherinian
Russell Ferrante Web Site
USC Thornton School of Music

categories: Musicians from San Jose, California,20th-century male musicians,American jazz pianists,Living people,1952 births,21st-century male musicians,Grammy Award winners,GRP All-Star Big Band members,American male pianists,20th-century American pianists,Thornton School of Music faculty,Male jazz musicians,Jazz musicians from California,21st-century American pianists

paragraph: Russell Ferrante

paragraph: Russell Keith Ferrante (born January 18, 1952 ) is an American jazz pianist who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets also includes Los Angeles based saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Yellowjackets write and perform their own music at jazz venues in America, Europe and Asia. They have been nominated for Grammy awards and have won twice in their category. Ferrante is married with one daughter.

paragraph: Ferrante’s first exposure to music came from his church, where his father was the choir director. He began piano lessons at 9. Beside his early interest in the piano, Ferrante also tried other instruments, including drums, and has played percussion on some recording sessions.

paragraph: Ferrante took piano lessons from Anne Penner in San Jose, CA from age 9-16. He became interested in jazz and pop in his teens and studied on his own. In high school he began performing with various R&B and jazz groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1973 he met guitarist Robben Ford and toured the U.S. and Europe as part of Jimmy Witherspoon's band. Ferrante says of this time:

paragraph: "Much to my parent's displeasure, my gig with Jimmy Witherspoon necessitated my dropping out of college. I like to say though that navigating the musical and non-musical hazards of the road with "Spoon" was an education I could never have gotten in college".

paragraph: In 1977 Ferrante moved to Los Angeles in order to continue working with Robben Ford. He was soon recording and touring with Ford, Joe Farrell, Tom Scott, and Joni Mitchell among others. During this period Ferrante, Ford and Jimmy Haslip co-founded the jazz group the Yellowjackets. Ferrante also began working as a freelance writer, arranger and producer for numerous recordings including those by Bobby McFerrin and Al Jarreau.

paragraph: Section::::Yellowjackets.

paragraph: In 1977, Ford assembled a group of veteran session musicians to record his album "The Inside Story". The trio of musicians, which included keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ricky Lawson, soon discovered a musical chemistry that led to the formation of Yellowjackets. After the album's release, Ford's record label requested a more pop and vocal oriented follow-up album. Preferring instrumental compositions, this same group was eventually accepted by Warner Brothers as Yellowjackets.

paragraph: Their debut album "Yellowjackets" achieved public and critical acclaim. "Mirage a Trois" followed. In 1984 they reassembled for the Playboy Jazz Festival, adding percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and sax man Marc Russo. This concert's success resulted in the third Yellowjackets album "Samurai Samba". 1986 saw the group's move to GRP Records to record "Shades".

paragraph: Prior to the landmark "Four Corners" album, Ricky Lawson departed to tour with Lionel Richie (and later, Whitney Houston) and was replaced by William Kennedy. "Politics", the follow-up to "Four Corners", returned to more acoustic textures. Marc Russo's final recording with the Yellowjackets was "The Spin", recorded in Oslo, Norway. "Greenhouse" followed Russo's departure and saw the trio featuring big band arranger and saxophonist Bob Mintzer on some cuts and string accompaniments on others. Bob Mintzer eventually joined Yellowjackets.

paragraph: With 1995's "Dreamland", Yellowjackets returned to their first record label, Warner Brothers. In early 1999, William Kennedy departed Yellowjackets and Peter Erskine joined the group for remainder of the year. Unfortunately, Erskine's schedule conflicted with the band's; he left without recording an album with the group. In early 2000, Yellowjackets were again a trio, with Ferrante, Haislip and Mintzer using different drummers throughout the year. Marcus Baylor and Terri Lyne Carrington were among those joining the trio. Their "Blue Hats" release derives from this era as does "Club Nocturne" - a crossover album collaboration with guest vocalists Kurt Elling, Jonathan Butler, Brenda Russell and Gino Vannelli.

paragraph: In 2001, the self-produced and independently released live album "Mint Jam" saw Marcus Baylor transitioning to the band's full-time drummer. Yellowjackets later signed with HeadsUp International and released "Time Squared", "Peace Round", "Altered State", "Twenty-Five" (live CD/DVD retrospective), and "Lifecycle" (featuring Mike Stern on electric guitar). Russell can also be heard on three tracks of the latest David BeckerTribune recording, "Batavia.

paragraph: Ferrante has taught and conducted dozens of clinics at colleges and private music schools throughout the United States, Japan and Europe. Included are those at the Berklee School of Music (who offer a course analyzing Yellowjackets music) and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he is an adjunct professor. He also does open counseling and live playing workshops at Musicians Institute. Keyboardist Derek Sherinian studied privately with Ferrante in 1985.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Russell Ferrante Web Site

paragraph: BULLET::::- USC Thornton School of Music

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Russell Ferrante

wikipedia_title: Russell Ferrante


text:
platinotype
George Bernard Shaw
Linked Ring
Frederick H. Evans
Art Institute of Chicago
Cybermuse

categories: 1853 births,1943 deaths,History of platinum printing

paragraph: Frederick H. Evans

paragraph: Frederick H. Evans (26 June 1853, London – 24 June 1943, London) was a British photographer, primarily of architectural subjects. He is best known for his images of English and French cathedrals. Evans began his career as a bookseller, but retired from that to become a full-time photographer in 1898, when he adopted the platinotype technique for his photography. Platinotype images, with extensive and subtle tonal range, non glossy-images, and better resistance to deterioration than other methods available at the time, suited Evans' subject matter. Almost as soon as he began, however, the cost of platinum - and consequently, the cost of platinum paper for his images - began to rise. Because of this cost, and because he was reluctant to adopt alternate methodologies, by 1915 Evans retired from photography altogether.

paragraph: Evans' ideal of straightforward, "perfect" photographic rendering - unretouched or modified in any way - as an ideal was well-suited to the architectural foci of his work: the ancient, historic, ornate and often quite large cathedrals, cloisters and other buildings of the English and French countryside. This perfectionism, along with his tendency to exhibit and write about his work frequently, earned for him international respect and much imitation. He ultimately became regarded as perhaps the finest architectural photographer of his, or any, era - though some professionals privately felt that the Evans' philosophy favoring extremely literal images was restrictive of the creative expression rapidly becoming available within the growing technology of the photographic field.

paragraph: Evans was also an able photographer of landscapes and portraits, and among the many notable friends and acquaintances he photographed was George Bernard Shaw, with whom he also often corresponded. Evans was a member of the Linked Ring photographic society.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick H. Evans at the Art Institute of Chicago

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cybermuse

alias:
Frederick Henry Evans
Henry Frederick Evans

description: British photographer

wikidata_label: Frederick H. Evans

wikipedia_title: Frederick H. Evans


text:
Private First Class
United States Marine
killed in action
Battle of Finegayan, Guam
posthumous
Medal of Honor
World War II
Derby, Connecticut
Chicago
recruit training
United States Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
New Zealand
3rd Marine Division
Guam
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Soldier Field
Rock Island National Cemetery
Rock Island, Illinois
President of the United States
camouflage
hand grenade
machine-gun
United States Naval Service
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
"Gearing"-class
destroyer
Yona
Guam
List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients,People from Chicago,American people of Polish descent,1944 deaths,World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor,American military personnel killed in World War II,People from Derby, Connecticut,1921 births,United States Marines,Military personnel from Connecticut

paragraph: Frank P. Witek

paragraph: Private First Class Frank Peter Witek (December 10, 1921 – August 3, 1944) was a United States Marine who was killed in action on August 3, 1944, in the Battle of Finegayan, Guam. For his heroism and sacrifice of life, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the 28th Marine to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Frank Peter Witek was born on December 10, 1921, in Derby, Connecticut. He was of Polish ancestry. When he was 9, the family moved to Chicago. It was there he finished his student days at Crane Technical High School and went to work at the Standard Transformer Company.

paragraph: On January 20, 1942, he left for recruit training after enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. He left almost immediately for Pearl Harbor and in January 1943, his family heard from him while he was in New Zealand. From there he went to Bougainville where he fought in three major battles. Then he went to Guadalcanal for a rest. On July 21, 1944, the 3rd Marine Division invaded Guam. PFC Witek was a Browning automatic rifleman and scout behind the Japanese lines.

paragraph: On September 8, 1944, his mother received a telegram from Washington informing her that her son had been killed on August 3. According to a combat correspondent's release, he was slain at the battle of the Mount Santa Rosa road block. He had only eight cartridges left out of an original 240 rounds when he was found.

paragraph: On Sunday, May 20, 1945, 50,000 people, including his mother and Gen Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant of the Marine Corps, met in Soldier Field, Chicago, to do honor to his memory. PFC Frank Peter Witek had earned the highest military award his country could give him — the Medal of Honor.

paragraph: Initially buried in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Cemetery on Guam, PFC Witek's remains were reinterred in the Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1949.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to

paragraph: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS FRANK P. WITEK

paragraph: UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

paragraph: for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

paragraph: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the First Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division, during the Battle of Finegayan at Guam, Marianas, on 3 August 1944. When his rifle platoon was halted by heavy surprise fire from well camouflaged enemy positions, Private First Class Witek daringly remained standing to fire a full magazine from his automatic point-blank range into a depression housing Japanese troops, killing eight of the enemy and enabling the greater part of his platoon to take cover. During his platoon's withdrawal for consolidation of lines, he remained to safeguard a severely wounded comrade, courageously returning the enemy's fire until the arrival of stretcher bearers and then covering the evacuation by sustained fire as he moved backward toward his own lines. With his platoon again pinned down by a hostile machine-gun, Private First Class Witek, on his own initiative, moved forward boldly ahead of the reinforcing tanks and infantry, alternately throwing hand grenades and firing as he advanced to within five to ten yards of the enemy position, destroying the hostile machine-gun emplacement and an additional eight Japanese before he, himself, was struck down by an enemy rifleman. His valiant and inspiring action effectively reduced the enemy's firepower, thereby enabling his platoon to attain its objective, and reflects the highest credit upon Private First Class Witek and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

paragraph: /S/ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1946, a "Gearing"-class greyhound destroyer, the was named in honor of PFC Witek. The destroyer was launched on February 2, 1946 and was christened by Witek's mother, Mrs. Nora Witek. The USS "Witek" was commissioned on April 25, 1946. It was formally decommissioned on August 19, 1968.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1999, Witek's hometown, Derby, Connecticut has named the PFC Frank P. Witek Memorial Park in his honor.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation awards a memorial scholarship in honor of PFC Frank Witek.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The area near the village of Yona on Guam, where Witek perished, was named Marine Camp Witek. Although the camp closed decades ago, Guam natives still refer to the area as "Camp Witek".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients

wikidata_label: Frank P. Witek

wikipedia_title: Frank P. Witek