text:
American football
defensive back
Miami Dolphins
2006 NFL Draft
college football
Tennessee
Houston Texans
Cincinnati Bengals
Muscle Shoals High School
All-America
running back
Alabama
Gatorade
touchdowns
Birmingham News
Mobile Register
track
basketball
Tennessee Volunteers
safety
cornerback
Marshall
University of Alabama
SEC
linebacker
Associated Press
Jim Thorpe Award
Walter Camp
2006 NFL Draft
Nick Saban
Louisiana State
Houston Texans
Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
Miami Dolphins bio
Tennessee Volunteers bio

categories: People from Muscle Shoals, Alabama,Houston Texans players,Miami Dolphins players,American football safeties,1983 births,American football cornerbacks,Players of American football from Alabama,Tennessee Volunteers football players,Living people

paragraph: Jason Allen (American football)

paragraph: Jason Jamar Allen (born July 5, 1983) is a former American football defensive back. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins 16th overall of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee. Allen also played for the Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Allen earned various honors while playing football at Muscle Shoals High School in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He was named an All-American from SuperPrep, PrepStar and Borderwars.com. He was twice a 5A All-State running back and was once selected as the Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year. As a senior, he ran for 1,740 yards and 21 touchdowns while adding 378 yards and three scores receiving. His performance earned him the honor of being the No. 1 player in Alabama by Birmingham News and Mobile Register.

paragraph: Allen also lettered in track and basketball at Muscle Shoals. He graduated early in January 2002.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Allen was a four-year letterman and three-year starter for the Tennessee Volunteers. He appeared in 43 games with 26 starting, including 12 starts at safety and 14 at cornerback.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2002.

paragraph: By graduating in January, Allen was able to attend spring practices at the University of Tennessee. He went on to play in 13 games as a true freshman in 2002, finishing with five tackles.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2003.

paragraph: As a starting cornerback in 2003, Allen starter eight of the 13 games in which he appeared and amassed 57 tackles (43 solo), a forced fumble, two interceptions, 11 passes defensed and a blocked kick. His first career interception sealed a win against Marshall. His breakout came against the University of Alabama, when he had 12 tackles, a blocked field goal and two pass breakups including the game-sealing one on fourth-and-two in the fifth overtime.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2004.

paragraph: Allen started the first game of the season at cornerback before moving to safety for the final 12 contests. He finished with 123 tackles which led the SEC while also becoming the first non-linebacker to lead the team in tackles since records began in 1970. His 88 solo stops were third in the entire nation among Division I-A schools. Along with his tackles, he totaled two sacks, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions and seven passes defensed during the year.

paragraph: For his performance during the season, Allen was a third team Associated Press All-America selection, second team All-SEC Coaches and Associated Press selection, Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist. He also earned Walter Camp Division I-A Defensive Player of the Week honors on October 23.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2005.

paragraph: Allen suffered a season-ending dislocated hip in the fifth game of the season in 2005 while tackling University of Georgia tight end Leonard Pope. Prior to the injury, he recorded 35 tackles (28 solo) with a 10-yard sack, three stops for losses, a forced fumble and deflected two passes.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Miami Dolphins.

paragraph: Allen was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the first round (16th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. He was selected by then-head coach Nick Saban, who faced Allen while head coach at Louisiana State. Saban also unsuccessfully recruited Allen out of high school while at LSU.

paragraph: Jason Allen was released by the Dolphins on November 10, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Houston Texans.

paragraph: Allen was claimed off waivers by the Houston Texans on November 11, 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cincinnati Bengals.

paragraph: Allen signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on March 17, 2012.

paragraph: Jason Allen was released by the Cincinnati Bengals on April 10, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Miami Dolphins bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Volunteers bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Jason Allen

wikipedia_title: Jason Allen (American football)


text:
clergyman
Canterbury
Province of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Continental Congress
U.S. Congress
Andover, Massachusetts
Harvard College
pastor
First United States Congress
New Hampshire Senate
House of Representatives
Benjamin Huntington
George Washington
William Ellery
Benjamin Huntington

categories: New Hampshire Federalists,American Congregationalist ministers,Harvard University alumni,1735 births,People of colonial Massachusetts,Continental Congressmen from New Hampshire,1806 deaths,Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives,18th-century Congregationalist ministers,19th-century American politicians,18th-century American politicians,New Hampshire state senators,People from Andover, Massachusetts,Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire

paragraph: Abiel Foster

paragraph: Abiel Foster (August 8, 1735 – February 6, 1806) was an American clergyman and politician from Canterbury, Province of New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Foster was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1735, the son of Asa and Elizabeth Foster. He graduated from Harvard College in 1756 and went on to study theology. His ordination as a pastor in Canterbury was in 1761, and he married Hanna Badger in that year. He served as pastor in Canterbury until 1779. Hanna died in 1768. With his second wife, Mary Wise Rogers, he had eight children.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: From 1783 to 1785, Foster was a delegate for New Hampshire to the Continental Congress. On March 3, 1789, he became a member of the First United States Congress as a Representative from New Hampshire until March 3, 1791. He returned to the New Hampshire Senate] in 1791, serving there until 1794 when he was elected again to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served there from March 3, 1795, to March 3, 1803.

paragraph: New York June, 14th 1790, From Abiel Foster and Benjamin Huntington to President George Washington:

paragraph: Sir

paragraph: We hope it's not disagreeable that we mention the Hone William Ellery of Newport as a good man for a Commissioner of loans or a District Judge, or a Collector of the Duties for the Port of Newport in Rhode Island1 His Character is well known from past services in, & under various appointments from, the late Congress He was commissioner of Loans at the adoption of the Constitution and will doubtless give Satisfaction in any of the abovementioned Offices. We2 are most Respectfully your most hume Servts. Abiel Foster and Benjamin Huntington

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Foster died in Canterbury on February 6, 1806. He is interred at the Center Cemetery, Canterbury, New Hampshire.

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Abiel Foster

wikipedia_title: Abiel Foster


text: symphonist

text: Munich

text: Bavaria

text: World War I

text: Bavarian Soviet Republic

text: socialist

text: Munich Academy

text: Joseph Haas

text: Max Reger

text: Hermann Scherchen

text: Schoenberg school

text: Nazi

text: symphonic poem

text: Miserae

text: Prague

text: World War II

text: Vienna

text: Schoenberg

text: Anton Webern

text: Hitler

text: anti-fascists

text: dramaturge

text: Bavarian State Opera

text: Musica Viva

text: Hans Werner Henze

text: Luigi Nono

text: Luigi Dallapiccola

text: Carl Orff

text: Iannis Xenakis

text: Olivier Messiaen

text: Luciano Berio

text: Bernd Alois Zimmermann

text: Jean Cocteau

text: Le Corbusier

text: Joan Miró

text: Nordrhein-Westfalen

text: Ludwig Spohr

text: Braunschweig

text: Spokane Conservatory

text: stomach cancer

text: Gesangsszene

text: Jean Giraudoux

text: cantata

text: Walt Whitman

text: Holocaust

text: Concerto funebre

text: Hussite

text: musical expressionism

text: jazz

text: Bruckner

text: Mahler

text: J.S. Bach

text: neoclassicism

text: Igor Stravinsky

text: Paul Hindemith

text: Béla Bartók

text: Zoltán Kodály

text: Hungary

text: twelve-tone technique

text: Alban Berg

text: Boris Blacher

text: Elliott Carter

text: adagio

text: fugue

text: toccata

text: Rafael Kubelik

text: Ferdinand Leitner

text: Ingo Metzmacher

text: Mariss Jansons

text: John McCabe

text: Erich Bormann

text: Günter Bialas

text: Wilfried Hiller

text: Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend

text: Simplicius Simplicissimus

text: Jakob von Grimmelhausen

text: Miserae

text: Symphony No. 1

text: Walt Whitman

text: Symphony No. 4

text: Concerto funebre

text: Johannes R. Becher

text: Karl Marx

text: Max See

text: Gesangsszene

text: Jean Giraudoux

text: The Lebrecht Weekly

text: Text about K. A. Hartmann

text: Biography

categories: 20th-century classical composers,20th-century German composers,German classical composers,Deaths from stomach cancer,German male classical composers,1905 births,Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni,1963 deaths,People from Munich

paragraph: Karl Amadeus Hartmann

paragraph: Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born in Munich, the son of Friedrich Richard Hartmann, and the youngest of four brothers of whom the elder three became painters, Hartmann was himself torn, early in his career, between music and the visual arts. He was much affected in his early political development by the events of the unsuccessful Workers’ Revolution in Bavaria that followed the collapse of the German empire at the end of World War I (see Bavarian Soviet Republic). He remained an idealistic socialist for the rest of his life.

paragraph: At the Munich Academy in the 1920s, Hartmann studied with Joseph Haas, a pupil of Max Reger, and later received intellectual stimulus and encouragement from the conductor Hermann Scherchen, an ally of the Schoenberg school, with whom he had a nearly lifelong mentor-protégé relationship. He voluntarily withdrew completely from musical life in Germany during the Nazi era, while remaining in Germany, and refused to allow his works to be played there. An early symphonic poem, "Miserae" (1933–1934, first performed in Prague, 1935) was condemned by the Nazi regime but his work continued to be performed, and his fame grew, abroad.

paragraph: During World War II, though already an experienced composer, Hartmann submitted to a course of private tuition in Vienna by Schoenberg’s pupil Anton Webern (with whom he often disagreed on a personal and political level). Although stylistically their music had little in common, he clearly felt that he needed, and benefited from, Webern’s acute perfectionism.

paragraph: After the fall of Hitler, Hartmann was one of the few prominent surviving anti-fascists in Bavaria whom the postwar Allied administration could appoint to a position of responsibility. In 1945, he became a "dramaturge" at the Bavarian State Opera and there, as one of the few internationally recognized figures who had survived untainted by any collaboration with the Nazi regime, he became a vital figure in the rebuilding of (West) German musical life. Perhaps his most notable achievement was the Musica Viva concert series, which he founded and ran for the rest of his life in Munich. Beginning in November 1945, the concerts reintroduced the German public to 20th-century repertoire, which had been banned since 1933 under National Socialist aesthetic policy. Hartmann also provided a platform for the music of young composers in the late 1940s and early 1950s, helping to establish such figures as Hans Werner Henze, Luigi Nono, Luigi Dallapiccola, Carl Orff, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Bernd Alois Zimmermann and many others. Hartmann also involved sculptors and artists such as Jean Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Joan Miró in exhibitions at Musica Viva.

paragraph: He was accorded numerous honours after the war, including the Musikpreis of the city of Munich in March 1949. This was followed by the Kunstpreis of the Bayrische Akademie der Schönen Künste (1950), the Arnold Schönberg Medal of the IGNM (1954), the Große Kunstpreis of the Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (1957), as well as the Ludwig Spohr Award of the city of Braunschweig, the Schwabing Kunstpreis (1961) and the Bavarian Medal of Merit (1959). Hartmann became a member of the Academy of Arts in Munich (1952) and Berlin (1955) and received an honorary doctorate from Spokane Conservatory, Washington (1962). His socialist sympathies did not extend to the Soviet Union's variety of communism, and in the 1950s, he refused an offer to move to East Germany.

paragraph: Hartmann continued to base his activities in Munich for the remainder of his life, and his administrative duties came to absorb much of his time and energy. This reduced his time for composition, and his last years were dogged by serious illness. In 1963, he died of stomach cancer at the age of 58, leaving his last work – an extended symphonic "Gesangsszene" for voice and orchestra on words from Jean Giraudoux’s apocalyptic drama "Sodom and Gomorrah" – unfinished.

paragraph: Section::::Output and style.

paragraph: Hartmann completed a number of works, most notably eight symphonies. The first of these, and perhaps emblematic of the difficult genesis of many of his works, is Symphony No. 1, "Essay for a Requiem" ("Versuch eines Requiems"). It began in 1936 as a cantata for alto solo and orchestra loosely based on a few poems by Walt Whitman. It soon became known as "Our Life: Symphonic Fragment" ("Unser Leben: Symphonisches Fragment") and was intended as a comment on the generally miserable conditions for artists and liberal-minded people under the early Nazi regime. After the defeat of the Third Reich in World War II, the regime's real victims had become clear, and the cantata's title was changed to "Symphonic Fragment: Attempt at a Requiem" to honor the millions killed in the Holocaust. Hartmann revised the work in 1954–55 as his Symphony No. 1, and published it in 1956. As this example indicates, he was a highly self-critical composer and many of his works went through successive stages of revision. He also suppressed most of his substantial orchestral works of the late 1930s and the war years, either allowing them to remain unpublished or, in several cases, reworking them – or portions of them – into the series of numbered symphonies that he produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

paragraph: Perhaps the most frequently performed of his symphonies are No. 4, for strings, and No. 6; probably his most widely known work, through performances and recordings, is his Concerto funebre for violin and strings, composed at the beginning of World War II and making use of a Hussite chorale and a Russian revolutionary song of 1905.

paragraph: Hartmann attempted a synthesis of many different idioms, including musical expressionism and jazz stylization, into organic symphonic forms in the tradition of Bruckner and Mahler. His early works are both satirical and politically engaged. But he admired the polyphonic mastery of J.S. Bach, the profound expressive irony of Mahler, and the neoclassicism of Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith. In the 1930s he developed close ties with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály in Hungary, and this is reflected in his music to some extent. In the 1940s, he began to take an interest in Schoenbergian twelve-tone technique; though he studied with Webern his own idiom was closer to Alban Berg. In the 1950s, Hartmann started to explore the metrical techniques pioneered by Boris Blacher and Elliott Carter. Among his most-used forms are three-part adagio slow movements, fugues, variations and toccatas.

paragraph: Section::::Reputation and legacy.

paragraph: Significantly, championed his music following his death: Scherchen, his most noted advocate, died in 1966. Some have suggested that this accelerated the disappearance of Hartmann's music from public view in the years following his death. Conductors who regularly performed Hartmann's music include Rafael Kubelik and Ferdinand Leitner, who recorded the third and sixth symphonies. More recent champions of works by Hartmann include Ingo Metzmacher and Mariss Jansons.

paragraph: Hans Werner Henze said of Hartmann's music:

paragraph: Symphonic architecture was essential for him... as a suitable medium for reflecting the world as he experienced and understood it – as an agonizingly dramatic battle, as contradiction and conflict – in order to be able to achieve self-realization in its dialectic and to portray himself as a man among men, a man of this world, and not out of this world.

paragraph: The English composer John McCabe wrote his "Variations on a Theme of Karl Amadeus Hartmann" (1964) in tribute. It uses the opening of Hartmann's Fourth Symphony as its theme. Henze made a version of Hartmann's Piano Sonata No. 2 for full orchestra.

paragraph: Section::::List of works.

paragraph: Section::::List of works.:Operas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wachsfigurenkabinett", five short operas (1929–30; three not completed), libretti by Erich Bormann

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Das Leben und Sterben des heiligen Teufels"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Mann, der vom Tode auferstand" (unfinished; completed by Günter Bialas and Hans Werner Henze)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chaplin-Ford-Trott", 'scenic jazz cantata' (unfinished; completed by Wilfried Hiller)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fürwahr?" (unfinished; completed by Henze)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die Witwe von Ephesus"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend" (1934–35; revised 1956–57 as "Simplicius Simplicissimus"), libretto by Hermann Scherchen, Wolfgang Petzer and Hartmann after Jakob von Grimmelhausen

paragraph: Section::::List of works.:Symphonic works.

paragraph: (i) Up to 1945 – mostly later suppressed

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miserae", Symphonic Poem (1933–4)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony "L'Oeuvre" (1937–38; material re-used in Symphony No. 6)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphonic Concerto for string orchestra and soprano (1938; later partly used in Symphony No. 4)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sinfonia Tragica" (1940, rev. 1943; first movement re-used in Symphony No. 3)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Symphoniae Drammaticae" (1941–43), consisting of:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Overture "China kampft" (1942, rev. 1962 as Symphonische Ouvertüre)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphonische Hymnen (1941–43)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphonic Suite "Vita Nova" for reciter and orchestra (1941–42, unfinished)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adagio" for large orchestra (1940–44, revised as Symphony No. 2)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony "Klagegesang" (1944; portions re-used in Symphony No. 3)

paragraph: (ii) After 1945

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 1, "Versuch eines Requiems" for alto and orchestra (1955) – revised version of "Symphonisches Fragment" (on texts by Walt Whitman)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 2 (1946) – revised version of "Adagio"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 3 (1948–49) – adapted from portions of Symphony "Klagegesang" and "Sinfonia Tragica"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 4 for string orchestra (1947–48) – adapted from Symphonic Concerto for strings

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 5, "Symphonie concertante" (1950) – adapted from Concerto for wind and double basses

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 6 (1951–53) – adapted from Symphony "L'Oeuvre"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 7 (1957–58)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphony No. 8 (1960–62)

paragraph: Section::::List of works.:Concertos.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lied" for trumpet and wind instruments (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concerto for wind instruments and solo trumpet (1933); recomposed as Concerto for wind instruments and double basses (1948–9), whence Symphony No.5

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cello Concerto (1933, lost, probably unfinished)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Symphonie-Divertissement for bassoon, tenor trombone, double bass and chamber orchestra (c. 1934, unfinished)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kammerkonzert for clarinet, string quartet and string orchestra (1930–35)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concerto funebre" for violin and string orchestra (1939, rev. 1959) (originally entitled "Musik der Trauer")

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concerto for piano, wind instruments and percussion (1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concerto for viola, piano, wind instruments and percussion (1954–6)

paragraph: Section::::List of works.:Vocal works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cantata (1929) for 6-part a cappella choir on texts by Johannes R. Becher and Karl Marx

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Profane Messe" (1929) for a cappella chorus on a text by Max See

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kantate for soprano and orchestra on texts by Walt Whitman (1936); later retitled "Lamento" and in 1938 revised as Symphonisches Fragment, whence Symphony No.1

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Friede Anno '48" (1936–37) for soprano solo, mixed chorus and piano; revised 1955 as "Lamento" for soprano and piano

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gesangsszene" (1962–63) for baritone and orchestra on a text from "Sodom and Gomorrah" by Jean Giraudoux

paragraph: Section::::List of works.:Chamber and instrumental.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Kleine Suiten for piano (c. 1924-6)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Sonatas for unaccompanied violin (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2 Suites for Unaccompanied violin (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jazz Toccata and Fugue for piano (1927–8)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tanzsuite" for clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kleines Konzert" for string quartet and percussion (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Burleske Musik" for wind instruments, percussion and piano (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonatina for piano (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Toccata variata" for wind instruments, piano and percussion (1931–2)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piano Sonata No.1 (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No.1, "Carillon" (1933)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piano Sonata No.2, "27.IV.45" (1945)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No.2 (1945–6)

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lebrecht Weekly"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Comprehensive website with biography, chronology and works

paragraph: BULLET::::- Text about K. A. Hartmann

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography at Schott Music

description: German composer

wikidata_label: Karl Amadeus Hartmann

wikipedia_title: Karl Amadeus Hartmann


text:
Giovanni II Bentivoglio
Bologna
Ancona
Alessandro Sforza
Pesaro
Sante Bentivoglio
Giovanni II Bentivoglio
Antonmaria Pico della Mirandola
Ercole Bentivoglio
condottiero
Barbara Torelli
Annibale II Bentivoglio
Ercole I d'Este
Ermes Bentivoglio
Alessandro Bentivoglio
Ippolita Sforza
Galeotto Manfredi
Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio
Pandolfo IV Malatesta
University of Bologna
Pope Paul II
Pope Julius II
Pallavicini
Palazzo Bentivoglio
Busseto

categories: Women of medieval Italy,1440 births,1507 deaths,15th-century Italian people,Italian art patrons,16th-century Italian nobility,House of Sforza,Bentivoglio family

paragraph: Ginevra Sforza

paragraph: Ginevra Sforza (144016 May 1507) was the wife and counselor of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna.

paragraph: Section::::Birth and first marriage.

paragraph: Ginevra Sforza was born in Ancona in 1440, the illegitimate daughter of Alessandro Sforza, Lord of Pesaro. She married Sante Bentivoglio, a cousin of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, on 19 May 1454 at the church of San Giacomo Maggiore. Her first husband gave her two children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Constance (1458–1491), who married Antonmaria Pico della Mirandola, and

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ercole Bentivoglio (1459–1507), a condottiero, who married Barbara Torelli.

paragraph: Section::::Second marriage.

paragraph: In 1463 Ginevra became a widow, and a year later married Giovanni II Bentivoglio, becoming among other things, his counsellor. Probably a relationship already existed between the two. Geneva gave her husband sixteen children, of whom five died in infancy. The others were:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Annibale II Bentivoglio (1469-1540) who married Lucrezia, daughter of Ercole I d'Este, and who was lord of Bologna from 1511 to 1512;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ermes Bentivoglio (1475-1513)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alessandro Bentivoglio (1474-1532), who married Ippolita Sforza;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Camilla, a nun at Corpus Christi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isotta, a nun at Corpus Christi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francesca, married to Galeotto Manfredi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio, prelate

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eleonora

paragraph: BULLET::::- Laura, wife of Giovanni Gonzaga

paragraph: BULLET::::- Violante, wife of Pandolfo IV Malatesta

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bianca

paragraph: Ginevra befriended Gentile Budrioli, wife of the notary Alessandro Cimieri and student at the University of Bologna,

paragraph: who was accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake in 1498.

paragraph: In 1466 Pope Paul II acknowledged the lordship of Giovanni II and gave him the papal vicariate of Bologna.

paragraph: After facing a conspiracy by the Malvezzi family in 1488, in 1501 the Bentivoglio discovered another conspiracy organized by the rival family of Marescotti.

paragraph: On the advice of Ginevra, many family members were killed in revenge.

paragraph: Section::::Exile and death.

paragraph: In 1505 the conspirators who had escaped the carnage petitioned Pope Julius II, who ordered Giovanni II to leave the city with his family.

paragraph: Ginevra, exiled in Parma, where she had taken refuge with the Marquis Pallavicini,

paragraph: was excommunicated because she had not gone far enough from Bologna.

paragraph: Julius II refused to reverse the excommunication, despite numerous pleas, or to return the castle of Ponte Poledrano (now Castello di Bentivoglio), of which he had taken possession. The Bentivoglio properties in Bologna were looted and the Palazzo Bentivoglio was razed.

paragraph: Ginevra died on 16 May 1507 and her body was buried in a common grave near Busseto.

paragraph: Giovanni II died the next year.

paragraph: Section::::Notes and references.

paragraph: Citations

paragraph: Sources

description: Italian noble

wikidata_label: Ginevra Sforza

wikipedia_title: Ginevra Sforza


text:
The Guardian
London Review of Books
Oxford
Cambridge
Emmanuel College
professor
University of Warwick
Bangor, County Down
Northern Ireland

categories: Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge,1966 births,English mystery writers,Academics of the University of Warwick,Academics of Queen's University Belfast,Living people

paragraph: Ian Sansom

paragraph: Ian Sansom (born 3 December 1966 in Essex, England) is the author of the Mobile Library Mystery Series. As of 2016, he has written four books in a series that will comprise a projected forty-four novels.

paragraph: He is a frequent contributor to, and critic for, "The Guardian" and the "London Review of Books".

paragraph: He studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Emmanuel College. He is a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick and teaches in its Writing Program.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ian Sansom is married and has three children. They reside in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Truth About Babies: From A-Z" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ring Road" (2004) (US title - "The Impartial Recorder)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Case of the Missing Books" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mr Dixon Disappears" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Delegates' Choice" (2007) (US title - "The Book Stops Here)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Enthusiast's Field Guide to Poetry" (2007) (editor)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bad Book Affair" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Paper: An Elegy" (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Norfolk Mystery" (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Death in Devon" (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Westmorland Alone" (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Essex poison" (2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "December Stories I" (2018) No Alibis Press

description: British writer

wikidata_label: Ian Sansom

wikipedia_title: Ian Sansom


text: Kuomintang

text: Imperial Japanese Army

text: Chinese Communist

text: Sun Liren

text: Second Sino-Japanese War

text: Manchuria

text: Lin Biao

text: Liaoshen Campaign

text: Cultural Revolution

text: Yang Kaihui

text: Mao Zedong

text: Whampoa Military Academy

text: Chen Cheng

text: Xue Yue

text: Fan Hanjie

text: Dai Li

text: Hu Zongnan

text: Qiu Qingquan

text: Du Yuming

text: Zhang Lingfu

text: Hu Lien

text: Liu Yuzhang

text: Huang Wei

text: Li Mi

text: Wang Yaowu

text: Lin Biao

text: Generalissimo

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: France

text: École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

text: Whampoa Military Academy

text: Second Sino-Japanese War

text: Battle of Shanghai

text: Battle of Nanjing

text: Sun Yuanliang

text: Wang Yaowu

text: Qiu Qingquan

text: Nanjing Massacre

text: Battle of Wuhan

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: National Revolutionary Army

text: Du Yuming

text: Qiu Qingquan

text: Guangxi

text: 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

text: Masao Nakamura

text: Battle of Kunlun Pass

text: Yunnan

text: Burma Road

text: Pearl Harbor

text: Japanese conquest of Burma

text: Fifteenth Army (Japan)

text: Shōjirō Iida

text: Burma

text: Chongqing

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: Chinese Expeditionary Force (in Burma)

text: Joseph Stillwell

text: Du Yuming

text: Chinese Expeditionary Force (in Burma)

text: Sun Liren

text: Battle of Yenangyaung

text: Battle of Toungoo

text: 18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

text: Kachin Hills

text: Ledo, Assam

text: Chinese Army in India

text: Joseph Stillwell

text: Burma Area Army

text: Heitarō Kimura

text: New 6th Army

text: New 6th Army

text: Battle of West Hunan

text: He Yingqin

text: Order of Blue Sky and White Sun

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: Nationalist Government

text: New 6th Army

text: Sun Liren

text: New 1st Army

text: Du Yuming

text: Bai Chongxi

text: Mao Zedong

text: Lin Biao

text: Campaign to Defend Siping

text: Siping

text: Songhua River

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: Marshall Mission

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: Du Yuming

text: Chen Cheng

text: Manchukuo Imperial Army

text: PLA

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: New 1st Army

text: New 6th Army

text: Lin Biao

text: Liaoshen Campaign

text: Yingkou

text: Chiang Kai-shek

text: Fan Hanjie

text: Jinzhou

text: Jinzhou

text: Changchun

text: Du Yuming

text: Heishan

text: Han Xianchu

text: Liaoxi

text: New 1st Army

text: New 6th Army

text: Liu Yuzhang

text: Shanghai

text: Du Yuming

text: struggle session

text: Red Guards

text: Cultural Revolution

text: Sun Liren

text: New 1st Army

text: New 6th Army

text: Du Yuming

text: Liaoshen Campaign

text: US Naval War College

text: Liao Yaoxiang article on baike

text: 《雪白血红》

categories: Whampoa Military Academy alumni,1968 deaths,Chinese prisoners of war,Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni,1906 births,Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun,National Revolutionary Army generals from Hunan,Chinese anti-communists,Chinese people of World War II

paragraph: Liao Yaoxiang

paragraph: Liao Yiaoxiang (; 16 May 1906 – 2 December 1968), was a high-ranking Kuomintang commander who successful fought against both the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces. Apart from General Sun Liren, he was one of the few Nationalist commanders who graduated from a military academy in the West. After the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served as a field commander in Manchuria until his capture by Marshal Lin Biao's Manchurian Field Army in the Liaoshen Campaign.  General Liao was held for 12 years as a prisoner of war until 1961 and died seven years later during the Cultural Revolution.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and career.

paragraph: Liao Yiaoxiang was born into a rural gentry family in Hunan Province in 1906. He entered a local high school with Yang Kaihui, wife of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong. In 1926, he applied to enter the Whampoa Military Academy and graduated with top remarks. Some of his famous classmates included Chen Cheng, Xue Yue, Fan Hanjie, Dai Li, Hu Zongnan, Qiu Qingquan, Du Yuming, Zhang Lingfu, Hu Lien, Liu Yuzhang, Huang Wei, Li Mi, Wang Yaowu and Lin Biao. In 1930 he was chosen by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as an exchange student to France. In 1936 he graduated from the famed École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr with best grades in the class. He returned home in the same year and with promoted as company commander of the Cavalry unit of the Whampoa Military Academy with the rank of major.

paragraph: Section::::Second Sino-Japanese War.

paragraph: In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Liao was promoted as chief of staff of the 2nd reserve brigade with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He saw action in the Battle of Shanghai and Battle of Nanjing. During the bloody street fighting in Nanjing, Liao became stranded in the city along with his classmates Sun Yuanliang, Wang Yaowu and Qiu Qingquan; he escaped the Nanjing Massacre disguised as a Buddhist monk. After the Battle of Wuhan, he was promoted to colonel and commander of officer training corps. He wrote a letter to President Chiang Kai-shek, suggesting making drastic changes in the National Revolutionary Army and build a modern armored unit. Chiang was very pleased with this advice and had a very favorable impression on Liao. In 1938, Chiang promoted Liao as a major general and chief of staff of the 200th Division (National Revolutionary Army). Liao's division commander was Du Yuming. In September 1938, the 200th division was expanded as the 5th corps; the only motorized unit in the Chinese nationalist army. Liao was again placed in charge of command of reserve officer corps and served as assistant division commander of the new 22nd division. Because his superior officer General Qiu Qingquan was away on a mission, he also served as acting division commander. In September 1939, the new 22nd division was sent to Guangxi to fight against Japanese 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) and scored an important field victory, Japanese commander Major General Masao Nakamura was killed in action along with 8,000 men in the Battle of Kunlun Pass. Afterward his unit was transferred to Yunnan and guarding supplies that came from the Burma Road. After the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor, Japanese conquest of Burma began in January 1942, the Fifteenth Army (Japan) under General Shōjirō Iida invaded British Crown colony of Burma. The British government sent for help to Chongqing, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek organized the Chinese Expeditionary Force (in Burma) under Chief of Staff General Joseph Stillwell, Lieutenant General Du Yuming, deputy commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force (in Burma) and General Sun Liren, commander of the new 38th division to rescue the British forces and prevent Japanese capture of Burma and their aim to severing the Burma Road. Although the Chinese commanders were able to score some victories in Battle of Yenangyaung and Battle of Toungoo, because the British forces failed to stop the Japanese advance on the battlefield, the Chinese forces were forced to retreat from Burma. When the 18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) cut off their retreat route, the New 22nd Division was forced to go through the Kachin Hills and many veterans died of disease, starvation, as well as animal attacks, before finally made it back to Ledo, Assam. While in India, the New 22nd Division and New 38th Division formed the Chinese Army in India, General Joseph Stillwell made sure these Chinese units received latest American weaponry and training. In 1943, the Chinese forces attacked the Burma Area Army under General Heitarō Kimura. General Liao won some major victories and his unit was expanded into the New 6th Army in 1944. In April 1945 General Liao's New 6th Army flew home for the first time in 3 years and decisively defeated the Japanese forces in the Battle of West Hunan, the deputy leader of the National War Council General He Yingqin decorated him with the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun, the highest honor a Chinese commander can achieve.

paragraph: Section::::Chinese Civil War.

paragraph: When the Chinese Civil War broke out in Manchuria, President Chiang Kai-shek was determined to recover Manchuria for the Nationalist Government. General Liao's New 6th Army and General Sun Liren's New 1st Army spearheaded nationalist advance into the Region. In order to dislodge communist-held cities in Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek named General Du Yuming as commander-in-chief of Manchuria, Defense Minister General Bai Chongxi as Chief of Staff of the Manchurian Security Command. Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong picked Marshal Lin Biao in the Campaign to Defend Siping. General Liao Yaoxiang succeeded in capture communist strongholds outside of Siping and forced Communist commanders to abandon the city. The nationalist commanders started to capture most of the cities and towns south of the Songhua River, But President Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to forbid them to cross the river because the Marshall Mission was taken place in China proper. When President Chiang Kai-shek replaced Du Yuming with General Chen Cheng, the situation grew from bad to worse, because the success of the land reform movement in the region and the defection of the Manchukuo Imperial Army to PLA, Communist strength grew over to 1 million men. In 1947, President Chiang Kai-shek appointed General Liao as commander-in-chief of the 9th Army Group, his unit included: The New 1st Army, New 3rd Army, New 6th Army, the 49th Army, 52nd Army, 71st Army, the independent enhanced 207th division and three cavalry brigades. In September 1948, the Communist Manchurian Field Army under Marshal Lin Biao launched the Liaoshen Campaign. General Liao suggested to Nationalist High Command the 9th Army Group must retreat to Yingkou, a nationalist-held seaport and leave Manchuria via sea. But instead, President Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to rescue General Fan Hanjie's besieged forces in Jinzhou. But before General Liao could relieve Jinzhou the city has fallen and Changchun, another nationalist stronghold in Manchuria has changed hands as well. Finally General Du Yuming persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to allow the 9th Army Group to retreat to North China, but they were unable to break through the PLA defensive line around Heishan (黑山) and Dahushan (大虎山), and lost a considerable amount of time. During a surprise night raid, one communist unit destroyed General Liao's Army Group Headquarters, as a result, his entire command structure was disrupted. Between October 20 to October 28, the PLA forces under General Han Xianchu attacked at Liaoxi (辽西战役) in the area east of Heshan and Dahushan, and west of Raoyanghe(饶阳河). They destroyed twelve Nationalist divisions, including the elite New 1st Army, New 6th Army of 110,000 men, and captured Liao Yaoxiang. Only General Liu Yuzhang's 52nd Army was able to retreat to Shanghai.

paragraph: Section::::Release and death.

paragraph: After his capture, General Liao was held as a prisoner in Beijing's war criminal camp with his former commander Du Yuming until his pardon in 1961. He was appointed as a commissioner in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in charge of his historical data. He was still very bittered about those high-ranking communist moles in the KMT department of defense, such as director of war-planning board Guo Ruhuai () and Vice Chief of Staff Liu Fei (), who leaked vital military plans to the communist commanders that result in his defeat. In 1968, General Liao was forced into a struggle session by the Red Guards at the height of the Cultural Revolution, he died of a heart attack at the scene at age 62.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sun Liren

paragraph: BULLET::::- New 1st Army

paragraph: BULLET::::- New 6th Army

paragraph: BULLET::::- Du Yuming

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liaoshen Campaign

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ministry of National Defense R.O.C

paragraph: BULLET::::- US Naval War College

paragraph: BULLET::::-

paragraph: BULLET::::-

paragraph: BULLET::::- Liao Yaoxiang article on baike

paragraph: BULLET::::- 《雪白血红》 張正隆 解放軍出版社 1989年8月 /

paragraph: BULLET::::- 《辽沈战役概述》杜聿明, 文史资料选辑 第二十辑，1961年8月

paragraph: BULLET::::- 《东北战场与辽沈战役》韩先楚，《辽沈决战》人民出版社

paragraph: BULLET::::- 《第十二纵队在辽沈战役中》 袁升平，《辽沈决战》人民出版社

paragraph: BULLET::::- 《辽沈决战》（上、下）人民出版社 /

description: National Revolutionary Army general

wikidata_label: Liao Yaoxiang

wikipedia_title: Liao Yaoxiang


text: Tunuyán

text: Mendoza

text: Argentina

text: Social realist

text: New realist

text: Beef

text: Sergio Sergi

text: Lorenzo Dominguez

text: National University of Cuyo

text: Lino Enea Spilimbergo

text: San Rafael

text: Santiago del Estero

text: Tucumán

text: Buenos Aires

text: Emecé Editores

text: Don Quixote

text: Martín Fierro

text: acrylic painting techniques

text: Dante Alighieri

text: Divine Comedy

text: Palacio de Bellas Artes

text: collage

text: Villa Giulia

text: Cervantes

text: Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori

text: Mad Toy

text: Roberto Arlt

text: coup of 1976

text: chess grandmaster

categories: Social realist artists,People from Mendoza Province,1929 births,Argentine painters,Living people

paragraph: Carlos Alonso

paragraph: Carlos Alonso (born Tunuyán, Mendoza, Argentina, 4 February 1929), is a contemporary Argentine painter, draftsman and printmaker. Though he was a Social realist in his early career, he is best known as a New realist. Beef is a common element in his work.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Born in Tunuyán, where he lived until age seven, he later moved with his family to Mendoza. At the age of fourteen, he entered the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes where he studied under Sergio Sergi in drawing and engraving, Lorenzo Dominguez in sculpture, and Bernareggi Francisco and Ramón Gomez Cornet in painting. At the National University of Cuyo, he studied with Lino Enea Spilimbergo.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Alonso received his first award in 1947. In 1951, he won first prize at the Salon of Painting in San Rafael, the North Hall in Santiago del Estero, and drawing at the Salon del Norte Tucumán. In 1953, Alonso exhibited at the Gallery Viau of Buenos Aires, then traveled to Europe where he exhibited in Paris and Madrid. In 1957, he won the competition held by Emecé Editores to illustrate the second part of "Don Quixote", and "Martín Fierro" in 1959. In 1961, he won the Premio Chantal del Salón de Acuarelistas y Grabadores of Buenos Aires. In the same year, while visiting London, he discovered acrylic painting techniques. His Don Quixote pictures were published on postcards in the Soviet Union in 1963.

paragraph: His work, characterized by expressive power and social commitment, has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions, including at the Art Gallery International (Buenos Aires), where, in 1967, some 250 of his works relating to Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" were exhibited. Other exhibitions included the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, as well as tapestries and collages at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana in Cuba. In 1971, his works were exhibited in European galleries such as Villa Giulia in Rome, the Eidos of Milan, and the Bedford in London. In 2005, 400 years after Cervantes' work was published, the Museum of Design and Illustration held a tribute exhibition at Buenos Aires' Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori where Alonso's prints and original drawings were displayed. His illustrations have been included in the novel "Mad Toy" by Roberto Arlt.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Alonso married the artist Ivonne Fauvety. Following the coup of 1976, and the disappearance of his daughter Paloma (born 25 July 1956) the following year, Alonso went into exile in Italy, and in 1979, he moved to Madrid. He returned to Argentina two years later. The Bienal de Pintura Paloma Alonso. named in her honor, is a 1990 joint initiative of Alonso and Teresa Nachman.

paragraph: Alonso is the uncle of the chess grandmaster Salvador Alonso.

paragraph: Section::::Partial works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alonso, C. (2007). "Carlos Alonso, ilustrador". Buenos Aires: Fundación Alon.

wikidata_label: Carlos Alonso

wikipedia_title: Carlos Alonso


text:
Dutch
missionary
Formosa
Dutch colonial era
Schipluiden
martyr
Koxinga
Frederik Coyett
Governor of Formosa
Fort Zeelandia
Siege of Fort Zeelandia

categories: Dutch expatriates in Taiwan,Dutch Protestant missionaries,People of Dutch Formosa,Protestant missionaries in Taiwan,1607 births,1661 deaths,People from Rotterdam

paragraph: Antonius Hambroek

paragraph: Antonius Hambroek (1607 – 21 July 1661) was a Dutch missionary to Formosa from 1648 to 1661, during the Dutch colonial era. Prior to working in Formosa, Hambroek was a minister in Schipluiden between 1632 and 1647.

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: He was martyred by Koxinga as the Chinese-Japanese warlord wrested Taiwan from the Dutch. Koxinga had captured Hambroek along with his wife and three of his children, and sent him as a messenger to Frederik Coyett, the Governor of Formosa, to demand the surrender of the Dutch garrison at Fort Zeelandia and the abandonment of their colony. Koxinga promised the missionary death should he return with a displeasing answer; Coyett refused to surrender and Hambroek was executed on his return to Koxinga's camp.

paragraph: After the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga took Hambroek's teenage daughter as a concubine. Other Dutch women were sold to Chinese soldiers to become their wives.

paragraph: Section::::Antonius Hambroek, or the Siege of Formosa.

paragraph: The playwright Joannes Nomsz wrote a tragedy for the stage in 1775 about the martyrdom of Hambroek, "Antonius Hambroek, of de Belegering van Formoza" rendered in English as "Antonius Hambroek, or the Siege of Formosa", sealing the missionary's fame in Holland.

paragraph: The topic of the Chinese taking the Dutch women and the daughter of Antonius Hambroek as concubines was featured in Joannes Nomsz's play, which became famous and well known in Europe. This revealed European anxiety about the fate of the Dutch women and subjection to defeat by non-Europeans.

description: Dutch missionary

wikidata_label: Antonius Hambroek

wikipedia_title: Antonius Hambroek


text: London

text: England

text: Italian

text: English

text: France

text: Ben Faccini

text: Charley Marlowe

text: Francesca Beard

text: Frank Byng

text: Label Bleu

text: Everloving Records

text: JP Plunier

text: Ben Harper

text: Rokia Traore

text: Busi Mhlongo

text: Ben Harper

text: Ballake Sissoko

text: Vincent Segal

text: Camille

text: Francesca Beard

text: Patrick Watson

text: Dawn Landes

text: Ibrahim Maalouf

text: Patagonia Music Collective

text: Environmental Justice Foundation

text: Official Website

text: MySpace

text: Piers Faccini at Last.FM

text: Blogothéque Video's Faccini

categories: People educated at Eton College,English male painters,English singer-songwriters,20th-century English painters,1970 births,21st-century English painters,21st-century English singers,Living people

paragraph: Piers Faccini

paragraph: Piers Faccini (born Piers Damian G. Faccini; 1970) is an English singer, painter and songwriter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Piers Faccini was born in London, England to an Italian father and an English mother. His family moved to France when he was five years old. His brother is the writer Ben Faccini.

paragraph: Faccini first appeared on the music scene in London in 1997, co-founding Charley Marlowe with performance poet Francesca Beard, percussionist Frank Byng and guitarist Luc Suarez; the band split in 2001 when Faccini decided to pursue a solo career. His first solo album "Leave no Trace" was released in 2004 by French Independent label Label Bleu. His second album was released by Los Angeles label Everloving Records in 2006; "Tearing Sky" was produced by JP Plunier, and featured Ben Harper, who Faccini would tour with between 2006 and 2008. His third album released by French Independent 'Tot ou Tard' in 2009 was co-produced by Faccini and Renaud Letang. His fourth album, My Wilderness, was released in late 2011 on Six Degrees Records. His fifth album, Between dogs and wolves 2013 and sixth album I Dreamed an Island 2016 were released on his own label Beating Drum.

paragraph: Faccini has collaborated over the years with many musicians and singers including Rokia Traore, Busi Mhlongo, Ben Harper, Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Camille, Francesca Beard, Luc Suarez, Seb Martel, Patrick Watson, Dawn Landes and Ibrahim Maalouf amongst others. In March 2011, Faccini contributed to the Patagonia Music Collective, contributing to the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation.

paragraph: Faccini has also produced several albums for other artists, most notably Ela by Brazilian cellist and singer Dom La Nena, Northern Folk by Jenny Lysander and Terre de Mon Poeme by Yelli Yelli. Faccini is also a poet and children's author, publishing his first book of poetry ‘No one’s here’ in 2016 and a children's book/cd 'La Plus Belle des Berceuses' which he also illustrated in 2017, published by the French publisher, Actes Sud.

paragraph: in 2009 his album Two Grains Of Sand was nominated for the French independent music award, Le Prix Constantin and voted album of the year by the listeners of French national radio, France Inter. His album with the cellist Vincent Segal 'Songs of Time Lost' was in NPR’s top ten world music albums of 2014 and in Songlines top 10 albums of 2014 as well as in their Greatest World Music Albums of the last 5 years.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Website

paragraph: BULLET::::- MySpace

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piers Faccini at Last.FM

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blogothéque Video's Faccini

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piers Faccini's EPK, music video and take-away shows

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piers Faccini's Patagonia Benefit Track for the Environmental Justice Foundation

description: British artist

wikidata_label: Piers Faccini

wikipedia_title: Piers Faccini


text:
medieval
Lord Treasurer
England
Archbishop of York
lineal descendant
noble house
Zouche
Lubbesthorpe
Leicestershire
Oxford University
Master of Arts
Bachelor of Canon Law
holy orders
royal chaplain
treasury
Keeper of the Wardrobe
Controller of the Wardrobe
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Treasurer
Church livings
Archdeacon of Barnstaple
Archdeacon of Exeter
Dean of York
Archbishop Melton of York
Edward III
secretary
William de Kildesby
Kilsby
Canons
York
Dean
consecrated
Avignon
Clement VI
see
Warden of the Marches
Battle of Neville's Cross
Durham
Scots border
archbishop
Black Death
province
pope
clergy
Cawood Palace
York Minster
chantry
Thoresby
choir
Baron Zouche

categories: Medieval English nobility,English people of the Wars of Scottish Independence,Lords Privy Seal,Alumni of the University of Oxford,Archdeacons of Barnstaple,1299 births,Deans of York,14th-century Roman Catholic archbishops,1352 deaths,14th-century English people,Archdeacons of Exeter,Lord High Treasurers of England,English people of French descent,Archbishops of York,People from Leicestershire,English people of Breton descent

paragraph: William Zouche

paragraph: William Zouche or William de la Zouche (1299–1352) was a medieval Lord Treasurer of England, and Archbishop of York from 1342 to 1352.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: A lineal descendant of the noble house of Zouche, he was the youngest son of Sir Roger de la Zouche of Lubbesthorpe in Leicestershire, who died in 1302, by his wife Juliana "née" de Brascy.

paragraph: Zouche was educated at Oxford University where he graduated as a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Canon Law, before taking holy orders.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Zouche served as a royal chaplain before entering the treasury and was appointed Keeper of the Wardrobe from 1329 to 1334, Controller of the Wardrobe from 1334 to 1335 and Lord Privy Seal from 1335 to 1337. In 1337 he was promoted as Lord Treasurer, a post which he held until March 1338, and then once more was Lord Treasurer from December 1338 to May 1340.

paragraph: After preferment to various Church livings, he was appointed Archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1329, collated Archdeacon of Exeter on 12 July 1330 and made Dean of York in 1336.

paragraph: Upon the death of Archbishop Melton of York, King Edward III wanted his secretary, William de Kildesby (of Kilsby) elected to the post. However, the Canons of York elected Zouche, their Dean, on 2 May 1340. The king endeavoured to set aside the election, but without effect, and, after a delay of two years, Zouche was consecrated at Avignon by Pope Clement VI on 7 July 1342.

paragraph: Zouche had been in the employ of Edward III before his elevation to the see, but had fallen into disfavour. He was not forgiven until the year 1346, when he was appointed a Warden of the Marches. In this capacity, he led one of the bodies of English troops which defeated the Scots at the Battle of Neville's Cross, close to Durham, on 18 October 1346. The King was extremely thankful and Archbishop Zouche was asked to continue his careful watch over the Scots border.

paragraph: While archbishop, the plague known as the Black Death spread throughout England and his province, so Zouche had to take action in 1349 to ensure extra burial grounds were consecrated and get approval from the pope to ordain replacement clergy.

paragraph: Zouche died on 19 July 1352 at Cawood Palace and was buried before the altar of St Edward in the nave of York Minster. He founded, and himself began the building of, a chantry adjoining the south wall of the choir. This appears to have been taken down when Thoresby's choir (wider than the old one) was built and no trace of it remains.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baron Zouche

alias:
William Zouche, 1st Lord Zouche
William Zouche
William (I) Zouche

description: Treasury official and Archbishop of York

wikidata_label: William Zouche

wikipedia_title: William Zouche


text:
Roman Catholic
Loreto
L'Aquila
Italy
Council of Trent
Virgin Mary
King John IV of Portugal
Rome

categories: 1575 deaths,1500 births,Roman Catholic theologians

paragraph: Bernardino Cirillo Franco

paragraph: Bernardino Cirillo Franco (May 20, 1500 – June 19, 1575), also called Bernardino Cirillo and Cyrilo Franco, was a Roman Catholic bishop of Loreto, Italy.

paragraph: He was born in the city of L'Aquila, Italy on May 20, 1500. His father was Pietro Sante de' Cirilli and his mother was Gemma Bucci.

paragraph: He participated in the Council of Trent and was interested in improving Church music. He published litanies to the Virgin Mary. Cirillo advocated a return to the simplicity and harmony of the earlier forms of Church music rather than elaborate forms of organ music.

paragraph: Cirillo attacked "modern" church music in a 1549 letter to Ugolino Gualteruzzi. In 1649, King John IV of Portugal wrote a treatise entitled "Defense of modern music against the mistaken opinion of Bishop Cyrilo Franco" [i.e., Bernardino Cirillo], presenting a point-by-point rebuttal of Cirillo's letter.

paragraph: He died in Rome on June 19, 1575.

wikidata_label: Bernardino Cirillo

wikipedia_title: Bernardino Cirillo Franco


text:
Czech
ice hockey
HC Litvínov
Czech Extraliga
Phoenix Coyotes
2001 NHL Entry Draft
Czech Extraliga
2006–07 Czech Extraliga season

categories: Living people,Laredo Bucks players,HC Litvínov players,San Antonio Rampage players,Toronto St. Michael's Majors players,Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players,Springfield Falcons players,Arizona Coyotes draft picks,Czech ice hockey players,Utah Grizzlies (AHL) players,1982 births

paragraph: František Lukeš

paragraph: František Lukeš (born September 25, 1982) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently under contract to HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga (Czech). He was originally selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 8th round (243rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: Lukeš has played with HC Litvínov in the Czech Extraliga since the 2006–07 Czech Extraliga season.

description: Czech ice hockey player

wikidata_label: František Lukeš

wikipedia_title: František Lukeš


text:
Sarreguemines
First World War
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
École d’application de cavalerie
Saumur
8th Army
10th Army
Battle of La Bassée
Second Battle of Artois
Third Battle of Artois
Hôtel des Invalides

categories: French military personnel of World War I,1943 deaths,People from Sarreguemines,French generals,Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni,1858 births

paragraph: Victor d'Urbal

paragraph: Victor (Louis Lucien), baron d'Urbal (15 November 1858, Sarreguemines - 29 January 1943, Paris) was a French officer during the First World War.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on 15 November 1876 and left it in 1878, moving to the École d’application de cavalerie at Saumur. He saw action in Algeria from 17 January 1889 to 31 December 1890.

paragraph: In 1906 he was put in command of a cavalry regiment and on 24 June 1911 of 4th Dragoon Brigade, with whom he set off at the start of the First World War in August 1914. He was next put in command of 7th Cavalry Division on 25 August that year but was quickly promoted to head 33rd Army Corps on 20 September. A month later, on 20 October, he was put in command of all French troops in Belgium, then on 16 November of 8th Army. He commanded 8th Army until 2 April 1915, when he was transferred to command 10th Army, which he led during the Battle of La Bassée from 10 October – 2 November 1914, the Second Battle of Artois ( May–July 1915) and the Third Battle of Artois from September–October 1915.

paragraph: He was retired from active service on 4 April 1916 and made inspector-general of the cavalry in the army zones on 8 April the same year. He was made inspector-general of the cavalry depots in the army zones and the interior on 28 February, a post he held until 1 June 1919, when he was fully retired, shifting to the reserves on 15 November 1920. He is buried at the Hôtel des Invalides.

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paragraph: BULLET::::- Sous-lieutenant (15 October 1879)

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paragraph: BULLET::::- Chef d’escadrons (25 May 1897)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lieutenant colonel (12 July 1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Colonel (22 December 1906)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Général de brigade (20 June 1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Général de division (30 August 1914)

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paragraph: Shavo Odadjian

paragraph: Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music video director, and painter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning metal band System of a Down. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture "Babylon A.D." A compilation album was released in 2015. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside The Rza and Hans Zimmer. He originally used Gibson Thunderbird basses, a Fender Jazz Bass, an Ibanez BTB bass guitar, and a Music Man StingRay, but has since moved on to Warwick basses.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Odadjian was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR. He moved to Los Angeles at a very young age, and he attended the Alex Pilibos Elementary School in Los Angeles, an Armenian parochial school, along with future bandmates Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian, although they were not acquainted at the time due to a gap in their ages. During his youth, Odadjian has stated that he spent most of his time skateboarding and listening to punk rock and heavy metal music. Among others, he credits Dead Kennedys, KISS, Slayer, The Beatles, and Black Sabbath as his favorite bands, and the most substantial influence on his musical development and career.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:System of a Down.

paragraph: While attending college (majoring in Psychology and minoring in Art) and working in a bank, Odadjian began managing Soil – the band Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian were a part of in 1993. Odadjian had met them in a recording studio, where he was recording with his own band. The two members called upon him for assistance, and he became manager of the band. Odadjian says in an early interview that securing System's first local gig was a struggle:

paragraph: In 1995, Odadjian became the band's permanent bassist. They named themselves System of a Down, after a poem written by bandmate Daron Malakian entitled "Victims of a Down." Odadjian was not keen on being labeled "Victims," and thought that the word "System" appealed to a much broader audience. The band has stated that they also wanted their CDs to be placed in stores alongside their favorite band, Slayer. It was at this time that Odadjian passed on his original managerial responsibilities to Velvet Hammer Music. Their first release was titled "Sugar." Soon after, drummer Andy Khachaturian joined the band but was replaced in 1997 by current drummer John Dolmayan due to a hand injury.

paragraph: Odadjian plays bass in System of a Down, and also sings live backing vocals. His usual style of playing bass is with a pick, although he also has been seen fingerpicking during certain songs. Odadjian is credited with writing noted System of a Down songs, among them "Toxicity", "Sugar", "Jet Pilot", "Bounce," "Mind," "Dreaming," and "U-Fig." He has directed a majority of the band's music videos, and is responsible for stage design and lighting for each of their live performances.

paragraph: Physically Odadjian catches the eye through his notoriously scaling, braided beard, and spiked arm bracelet. Particularly Odadjian's beard quickly became a part of his signature look.

paragraph: Commenting on System of a Down's reputation for biting, socially and politically charged lyrics, Odadjian has rejected the label of System of a Down as a "political band" in interviews. He has stated:

paragraph: The band was on hiatus between 2006 and 2010, with group members focusing on outside projects. On November 23, 2010, System released an official statement declaring that they would play a number of European festivals in 2011, and they played a number of shows in western North America as well.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:Reuniting for recent performances.

paragraph: On October 31, 2009, Odadjian hosted the event "Halloween" at The Roxy, in which he and fellow System band mates Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan reunited to jam on stage and perform various songs together, including System of a Down's "Suite-Pee." The System of a Down trio also came together on November 20, 2009 and performed System songs together for a benefit honoring coma-stricken Chi Cheng of The Deftones, with Chino Moreno of Deftones singing on lead vocals.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:AcHoZeN.

paragraph: Odadjian started a side project in May 2006 named AcHoZeN. AcHoZeN is the musical alliance between Odadjian, Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA, Kinetic 9 (aka: Beretta 9 from Killarmy), and up-and-comer, the Reverend William Burke from Chicago. Achozen's mantra is:

paragraph: The four principal members feel that their unique sound is not only spiritual in nature, but a new genre of "heavy hip hop," not "rap-metal." There are no heavy guitars on the album, but the sound is genre-blending. Most of the Achozen album was recorded at one of Odadjian's two studios and were also produced by him. The bulk of the beats were created by Odadjian (only one or two samples were used on the entire record) who also played live instruments throughout, including bass and sitar. RZA, who contributed his share of beats, Kinetic 9 and the Reverend William Burke sing a majority of the vocals and lyrics, which are, according to Odadjian, "some of the most innovative, poetic and righteous words and vocals that I've ever heard." Odadjian's vocals can also be heard on the AcHoZeN tracks ""Deuces"," ""Salute/Sacrifice,"" and other songs on the album.

paragraph: Achozen's debut features an eclectic array of guest performers that includes Funk-master George Clinton, Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante, Wu-Tang affiliate Killah Priest, Wu-Tang founding member GZA, emcee Sick Jacken from Psycho Realm, and Angolan rapper Leggezin Fin.

paragraph: The music of Achozen is described by one writer as a cosmic experience in hip-hop:

paragraph: Odadjian has described AcHoZeN as "a musical revolution. It is not just a band, it's a way of thinking." RZA and Odadjian anticipate upcoming tours. Achozen also appears on the major motion picture, Babylon A.D., on which AcHoZeN song "Deuces" is heard blaring at the introduction of the film. AcHoZeN's first live show was at the Key Club in L.A on December 1, 2006.

paragraph: On Friday, November 13, 2009 the second AcHoZeN track ""Salute/Sacrifice"" was released exclusively as a free download on Odadjian's online art district and networking site, urSESSION.com from the upcoming AcHoZeN debut album. The AcHoZeN album was anticipated to be released in mid-2010, but has yet to be released, due in part to Odadjian's commitments to System of a Down.

paragraph: In 2015, the album was released as a compilation of 8 songs based on a boombox digital format. Potentially, more songs are to come as it has been stated that many more are mixed and recorded.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:urSESSION.

paragraph: In early 2008, Odadjian founded "Ursession", a virtual online art district and networking site aimed at uniting artists of all genres and styles around the world. The website is also founded by Odadjian's long-time friend and entertainment attorney, Narb Avedissian. Power 106's World Famous Wake-Up Show Sway & King Tech (also MTV resident veejay) are partners in the site, providing exclusive archived, never-before-seen footage of Eminem, Dr. Dre, and other prominent rappers when they first began in the industry.

paragraph: In early 2008, urSESSION announced The 100K Battle, a contest for the online community in which the artist with the most votes by the community won a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles to perform on Power 106's The World-Famous Wake-Up Show, along with other prizes.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:DJing and other projects.

paragraph: In addition, Odadjian is a popular DJ in the LA area, taking part in such events as the "Rock/DJ Explosion" on March 2, 2001 at The Roxy in Hollywood, CA and collaborating with System of a Down bandmate Serj Tankian on "Serart", the singer's collaboration album with multitalented Armenian musician Arto Tunçboyacıyan. Odadjian goes by the name "DJ Tactics", and spins a wide spectrum of music spanning hip-hop, tech-house, classic rock, and metal.

paragraph: Recently, Odadjian has appeared playing as part of the backing band of George Clinton (of Parliament/Funkadelic). In September 2008 he appeared (playing guitar instead of bass) in a live performance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" with Clinton. Odadjian also appears on Clinton's 2008 album "George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love", which features many guest musicians, including Odadjian's Achozen bandmate RZA, former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, and Carlos Santana.

paragraph: Odadjian was executive producer for Abloom, a side project of members of Onesidezero, Snot, and Soulfly. Odadjian is currently mentoring the band Chameleon Conductor record their debut album. Odadjian's younger brother Dave Odadjian plays bass in the band, alongside his cousin Harry Markarian, who plays the guitar.

paragraph: Section::::Recording career.:DecompoZeR.

paragraph: In September 2009, it was announced that Odadjian will be performing live as "DecompoZeR" in Europe in October. He will be accompanying Rza. DecompoZeR is Odadjian's producer alias. He announced that completed tracks are anticipated to be released in 2010, including a brand-new GraveDiggaz track featuring Frukwan aka: The Gatekeeper. Other collaborations include 60 Second Assassin, Killah Priest, and others.

paragraph: Section::::Film.

paragraph: Section::::Film.:Directing and editing.

paragraph: Stating himself to be a "very visual person," Odadjian has directed and edited extensive music videos for System of a Down, including Aerials, Toxicity, Question! (Odadjian states the video's idea was conceived from one of his dreams), and Hypnotize. He also directed the Taproot video for the song, Mine.

paragraph: Odadjian's directing style implements surreal atmospheric themes and integrates innovative methods in filming, inspired by Rod Serling (Twilight Zone). Odadjian's Serling-esque style is apparent in System of a Down music videos "Aerials," "Question," and Taproot's video -also directed by Odadjian – "Mine." On May 15, 2007, it was revealed that Odadjian would be directing the first video from Bad Brains's album "Build a Nation". Odadjian makes an appearance at the end of the concert video with frontman H.R. The two are seen charismatically walking stage side, conversing and smoking together. Odadjian also directed the TV spot and launch trailer for the 2015 video game "Mortal Kombat X", which features his band's signature song "Chop Suey!".

paragraph: Section::::Film.:Scoring films.

paragraph: In 2007–2008, Odadjian and Rza teamed up with "Hans Zimmer" in scoring major motion-picture, summer blockbuster movie "Babylon A.D.", starring Vin Diesel. Along with the song "Deuces," Odadjian is credited with writing the songs "A Single Moment", "Foreshadow," "Blade Runner 0.8.," "Rollin DissgEyes," "Build Your Enemies," "Digital Slaps," and "Immaculate" for the scoring of the film.

paragraph: Section::::Film.:Acting.

paragraph: Odadjian's involvement in the arts began at an early age, as he first appeared in the 1993 "Big Gun" video by AC/DC, standing alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the crowd sporting a backwards baseball cap and a white T-shirt, while Schwarzenegger catches a stick of dynamite. He also made a cameo as Hansel's Posse member in the film Zoolander.

paragraph: In 2006, Odadjian starred in the critically acclaimed film "Screamers", a documentary by internationally known director Carla Garapedian. The film follows Odadjian and the rest of the rock band System of a Down as they tour Europe and the US, pointing out the horrors of modern genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 up through Darfur today.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.:Painting and artwork.

paragraph: Odadjian is an avid and passionate painter outside of music. His artwork has been featured in many System of a Down music videos and live shows - including an abstract piece highlighted in the "Hypnotize" video. Odadjian's painting style is abstract with loud, bright colors that bleed into each other. During Ozzfest of 2006, Odadjian created a 27-piece, abstract mosaic of paintings that was utilized as the stage backdrop for System's headlining Ozzfest performance. (Stage design in System of a Down performances is also attributed to Odadjian). One critic wrote of the Ozzfest performance:

paragraph: Each of Odadjian's paintings for the 2006 Ozzfest performance were hand-picked by Odadjian himself. Odadjian states that, in pairing each of his pieces/backdrops to songs, he aimed to coordinate each unique emotion of a specific song to the matching vibe of his paintings.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.:Philanthropy and activism.

paragraph: Odadjian is a human rights activist known to take on an avid role in protesting against human atrocities, including, but not limited to, the recognition and prevention of worldwide genocide. He also actively participates in youth mentoring, and frequents charitable events that work to further research for cancer-stricken children. On February 27, 2009, Odadjian was presented with AGBU's GenNEXT ""Community Hero Award"," an award paying tribute to his outstanding work as a role model for young Armenian-Americans. Odadjian was nominated for the award by young kids in the community. During his acceptance speech, Odadjian highlighted the importance of being active in your local community:

paragraph: Odadjian later discussed the personal value of his nomination by the kids of the community for the award:

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- System of a Down;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "System of a Down" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Toxicity" (2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Steal This Album!" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mezmerize" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hypnotize" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Clinton

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love" (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- AcHoZeN

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Album" (TBA)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Other appearances

paragraph: Section::::Musical equipment.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Basses

paragraph: BULLET::::- Warwick Streamer Stage I 4 - Current main bass

paragraph: BULLET::::- Warwick Streamer $$4

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gibson Thunderbird - Signature bass prototype (shelved, no longer with Gibson)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gibson Thunderbird IV

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music Man StingRay

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ibanez BTB-405

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dean Cadillac Bass

paragraph: BULLET::::- Effects

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tech 21 SansAmp bass pedal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Amplifiers

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ashdown ABM900 Evo II heads – x4

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ashdown 8x10" Cabinets – x4

paragraph: BULLET::::- Other

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ernie Ball "Power Slinky Bass"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gibson Les Paul – Usually uses it when he plays guitar. He can be seen while playing along with Daron Malakian in the band Scars on Broadway as a guest performer.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2002, System of a Down was nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Metal Performance for their song "Chop Suey!" but lost to "Schism" by Tool

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2003, System of a Down was nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Hard Rock Performance for "Aerials" but lost to "All My Life" by Foo Fighters

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2005, System of a Down won for Best Alternative Act in the Europe Music Awards

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2006, System of a Down won their first Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for "BYOB"

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2006, System of a Down won the "MTV Good Woodie Award" for their song "Question!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2006, System of a Down's song "Toxicity" was #14 on the VH1 Top 40 Metal Songs list

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2007, System of a Down was nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Hard Rock Performance for their song "Lonely Day" but lost to "Woman" by Wolfmother

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official MySpace page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shavo's official UrSession page

paragraph: BULLET::::- UrSession

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ultimate Guitar interview: Shavo Odadjian 'You Always Have to Top Yourself'

paragraph: BULLET::::- System of a Down official site

alias:
Shavarsh Odadjian
DJ Tactic
DJ DecompozeR

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categories: 1941 births,Sicilian Mafiosi,Pentiti,People from Altofonte,Living people

paragraph: Francesco Di Carlo

paragraph: Francesco Di Carlo (born February 18, 1941 in Altofonte) is a member of the Mafia who turned state witness (pentito - a mafioso turned informer) in 1996. He has been accused of being the killer of the Roberto Calvi – nicknamed "God's banker" because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano and his close association with the Vatican Bank.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Di Carlo was initiated in the Altofonte Mafia family in 1966 by the boss at the time, Salvatore La Barbera (not to be confused with the Palermo Centro boss who was killed in 1963). He became "capo famiglia" in the mid 1970s. Altofonte was part of the mandamento of San Giuseppe Jato, headed by Antonio Salamone and Bernardo Brusca. According to the pentito Giuseppe Marchese, Di Carlo was an influential mafioso and a very competent drug trafficker connected with the Corleonesi.

paragraph: Di Carlo is described as an elegant and intelligent mafioso who received an education at the prestigious Jesuit college of Gonzaga in Palermo where he met the prince Alessandro Vanni Calvello, who would be best man at his marriage. Di Carlo and Vanni Calvello were partners in the nightclub "Il Castello" in San Nicola Arena, just outside Palermo on the highway to Messina. The club was popular with the "beau monde" of Palermo, visiting concerts of Ray Charles and Amanda Lear. However, during the day the Mafia used it as a meeting place.

paragraph: Section::::Expelled from Cosa Nostra.

paragraph: Di Carlo was expelled ("posato") from Cosa Nostra, because of a conflict about a lost shipment of heroin or an unpaid consignment of hashish. Because of his useful contributions for the Mafia he was not killed, but had to leave Italy. He moved to London. His brother Andrea Di Carlo took over the command of the Mafia family and became a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission.

paragraph: According to Di Carlo he was expelled in 1982 because he refused to betray some members of the Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan (Pasquale Cuntrera and Alfonso Caruana) – during the Mafia war in the province of Agrigento that ran parallel to the Second Mafia War in Palermo. Mafia boss Carmelo Colletti, connected with the Corleonesi, had taken over the command after killing Giuseppe Settecasi and his lieutenant Leonardo Caruana. He wanted the other Cuntrera’s and Caruana’s out of the way as well. However, it was Colletti who was killed in 1983.

paragraph: Section::::Drug trafficking.

paragraph: In the United Kingdom Di Carlo was involved in hashish and heroin trafficking. He bought a mansion in Woking, in Surrey, in the stockbrokers-belt near London. In the UK he teamed up with Alfonso Caruana. Di Carlo created an infrastructure to facilitate the smuggling operations: he owned a hotel, travel agencies and import-export companies.

paragraph: In June 1985 British Custom & Excise and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) seized 60 kilograms of heroin in a controlled delivery. In the UK, Di Carlo was arrested with three others. In March 1987 Di Carlo was convicted to a 25-year prison sentence for heroin trafficking.

paragraph: Section::::Pentito.

paragraph: In June 1996 Di Carlo decided to collaborate with the Italian authorities. He was transferred from his UK prison to Rome. He was hailed as the "new Buscetta". Di Carlo mentioned several politicians to be members of Cosa Nostra, among others: the Christian Democrat politician Bernardo Mattarella, the former president of Sicily Giovanni Provenzano, and Giovanni Musotto, father of Francesco Musotto, former president of the Province of Palermo who has been accused of Mafia association.

paragraph: He also testified about the murder of journalist Mauro De Mauro. The investigative reporter had been kidnapped and killed by the Mafia in 1970. Di Carlo testified in 2001 that De Mauro was killed because he had learned that one of his former fascist friends, Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, was planning a coup d'état (the so-called Golpe Borghese) with like-minded army officers determined to stop what they considered as Italy's drift to the left. Di Carlo became an important witness in numerous antimafia trials and also testified in the trials against former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Silvio Berlusconi’s right hand man Marcello Dell'Utri.

paragraph: He wanted to move to Canada as part of an international agreement that allows him to be relocated almost anywhere in the world. In an exclusive interview with W-FIVE, Di Carlo confirms the allegation that the Sicilian Mafia considers Canada to be the best place in the world to conduct their criminal businesses. In November 2000, Di Carlo spoke to W-FIVE in hopes of sending a message to Alfonso Caruana. During his interview he revealed that the high council of the Mafia had ordered Di Carlo to murder Caruana, who had fallen out of favour. Di Carlo refused, saving Alfonso's life, but putting his own in danger. Di Carlo wants the Caruana's to remember this life-saving favour.

paragraph: Section::::Involvement in Roberto Calvi murder.

paragraph: In July 1991 the pentito Francesco Marino Mannoia claimed that Di Carlo had killed Roberto Calvi – nicknamed "God's banker" because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano, in which the Vatican Bank was the main share-holder. Calvi had been killed because he had lost Mafia funds when Banco Ambrosiano collapsed. The order to kill Calvi had come from Mafia boss Giuseppe Calò.

paragraph: When Di Carlo became state witness in June 1996, he denied that he was the killer, but admitted that he had been approached by Calò to do the job. However, Di Carlo could not be reached in time, and when he later called Calò, the latter said that everything had been taken care of already. According to Di Carlo, the killers were Vincenzo Casillo and Sergio Vaccari, who belonged to the Camorra from Naples and have been killed since.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calvi, Fabrizio (1993). "L'Europe des parrains. La Mafia à l'assaut de l'Europe", Paris: Grasset

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caruso, Alfio (2000). "Da cosa nasce cosa. Storia della mafia del 1943 a oggi", Milan: Longanesi

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text: AFC title game

text: Freezer Bowl

text: San Diego Chargers

text: Super Bowl

text: Super Bowl XVI

text: Pontiac Silverdome

text: San Francisco 49ers

text: Chargers

text: James Brooks

text: cocaine

text: Miami

text: The New York Times

text: Ohio State Buckeyes

text: College stats

categories: 1954 births,San Diego Chargers players,People from Peach County, Georgia,Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state),Miami Dolphins players,Ohio State Buckeyes football players,Cincinnati Bengals players,American football running backs,Living people,American Conference Pro Bowl players

paragraph: Pete Johnson (American football)

paragraph: Pete Johnson (born March 2, 1954) is a former professional American football running back and played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Ohio State University under head coach

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Born and raised in Fort Valley, Georgia, Johnson graduated from Long Beach High School in Long Beach, New York

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Johnson played fullback at Ohio State from 1973 through 1976. In 1973, starting fullback Champ Henson was injured and converted linebacker Bruce Elia was named to start in Henson's place. By the end if that season, freshman Johnson had worked his way up the depth chart. Elia returned to the linebacker corps in 1974 and Henson and Johnson alternated at fullback.

paragraph: Although two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin got most of the carries at tailback from 1972 to 1975, the Ohio State fullbacks still got the ball frequently and were expected to be major contributors, particularly in short-yardage situations. In 1972 the team's leading scorer was Henson, and in 1973 it was Elia. Johnson's best season was in 1975. Even though Griffin led the team with 1,450 rushing yards, Johnson still rushed for 1,059 yards and set single OSU single season records for rushing touchdowns (25) and scoring (156 points).

paragraph: One of Johnson's more notable performances was in his junior season against North Carolina. While Griffin rushed for 157 yards, Johnson rushed for 148 yards and set a school record with He finished his career at Ohio State with 2,308 rushing yards and a school record 58 touchdowns (also a Big Ten record). His 348 points was a Buckeyes' record until surpassed by kicker Mike Nugent's 356 points

paragraph: In 2000, Johnson was selected for the Buckeyes' All-Century Team, and he was inducted into the OSU Athletics in 2007, presented during halftime of the Akron game

paragraph: Section::::NFL career.

paragraph: A superb rusher and blocker, Johnson excelled at running back for the Bengals. He was the team's leading rusher for all seven seasons he played for them, and scored 12 or more rushing touchdowns in three different seasons. His best season was in 1981, where he made his only Pro Bowl selection. Johnson set career highs in rushing (1,077 yards), receptions (46), receiving yards (320) and touchdowns (16), leading the team to a with home field advantage for the

paragraph: In the postseason, Johnson helped the team record their first ever playoff win by rushing for 45 yards, catching 3 passes for 23 yards, and scoring a touchdown in the Bengals' divisional victory over the Buffalo Bills. In the AFC title game (known in NFL lore as the Freezer Bowl), Johnson rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a 14-yard reception as the team defeated the high-scoring San Diego Chargers to earn their first Super Bowl appearance. Cincinnati lost Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome to the San Francisco 49ers, who limited Johnson to just 36 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards.

paragraph: In 1984, Johnson was traded to the Chargers in exchange for running back James Brooks. He left Cincinnati as their all-time leader in rushing yards (5,421), touchdowns (70), and second all-time scorer with 420 points. Johnson spent the first three games of the 1984 season with Chargers and spent the final 13 games with Miami before retiring after the season ended.

paragraph: In his eight NFL seasons, Johnson rushed for 5,626 yards, caught 175 passes for 1,334 yards, and scored 82 touchdowns (76 rushing, 6 receiving).

paragraph: Johnson has an NFL-record three straight games with at least one receiving and one rushing touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::Drug charges.

paragraph: In , Johnson and another Bengals player testified in exchange for immunity from prosecution that they had purchased cocaine from a Cincinnati plumber and he was suspended by the NFL for four games. In 1987, he was indicted by a federal grand jury on four cocaine-related charges and at the time of his indictment was selling cars in Miami, according to "The New York Times" archive; he was found not guilty by a Columbus jury in February 1988.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of NCAA Division I FBS players with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ohio State Buckeyes – Pete Johnson

paragraph: BULLET::::- College stats – Pete Johnson

description: American football running back born 1954

wikidata_label: Pete Johnson

wikipedia_title: Pete Johnson (American football)


text:
Giudice of Logudoro
Marianus II
Visconti
Orzocco de Serra
Sorso
Genoese
Doria
Malaspina
Adelasia
Rome

categories: Judges (judikes) of Logudoro,1236 deaths

paragraph: Barisone III of Torres

paragraph: Barisone III (also "Barison" or "Barusone") (1221–1236) was briefly the Giudice of Logudoro from 1232 until his death. He was the only son of Marianus II, whom he succeeded.

paragraph: The nobility opposed to the Visconti family chose Orzocco de Serra as regent. Barisone was assassinated at Sorso by a peasant revolt instigated by the pro-Genoese faction of the nobility, the Doria and the Malaspina.

paragraph: According to Marianus' will, should Barisone die without and heir, the magnates of the realm should elect one of his sisters, either Adelasia or Benedetta. Barisone did die without heirs and Adelasia was elected to succeed him.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ghisalberti, Alberto M. (ed) "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: I Aaron – Albertucci". Rome, 1960.

description: Judge of Logudoro-Torres

wikidata_label: Barisone III of Torres

wikipedia_title: Barisone III of Torres


text:
drum and bass
producer
DJ
record label
Lo-tek
LTJ Bukem
Good Looking Records
house music
Lenk
Lenk
Robert Manos
Sunday Brunch
drumfunk
Paradox
Robert Manos
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Secret Operations

paragraph: Seba (musician)

paragraph: Sebastian Ahrenberg, better known as Seba is a Swedish drum and bass producer and DJ Seba is also the owner of "Secret Operations", a drum and bass record label.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.

paragraph: Seba's first professional release was "Sonic Winds", a collaboration with Lo-tek on LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records in 1995. The duo released "Universal Music" on Good Looking, after which Seba went on to produce a string of solo releases on various Bukem-owned labels.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.:Secret Operations.

paragraph: In 1997 Seba created a night club named "Secret Operations" in the basement club "Tuben" in central Stockholm. Two years later "Operations" released "Case One", a CD compilation of works by Seba (under the pseudonym Forme) and other artists.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.:Svek.

paragraph: From 1999 to 2003, Ahrenberg has released a number of mostly house music works on the Swedish "Svek" label attributed to "Seba" and "Forme". He has also joined with Jesper Dahlbäck (aka Lenk) for the collaborative house music effort known as "Sunday Brunch". The two would release a number of tunes on vinyl as well as full length CD entitled "No Resistance" in 2002.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.:Return to drum and bass.

paragraph: In 2002, Seba began releasing drum and bass records again. For the first time on his own "Secret Operations" label as well as various others. While no longer under Bukem's eye, Seba's music retained its deep atmospheric sound while sometimes adding a more aggressive edge not often heard in his earlier works. "Operations" first release was "Pieces", a collaboration between Seba, Lenk and an uncredited Robert Manos as vocalist. Manos had previously recorded with the duo for "Sunday Brunch", but this was the first of many times he would join Ahrenberg on a drum and bass project.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.:Sebadox era.

paragraph: In 2004 Seba joined forces with drumfunk all-star Paradox, and the two put out a large number of albums from 2004-2006, with 2005 seeing an especially large amount of releases. A compilation of their work during this time was released on the CD "Beats Me" in 2006. Vocalist Robert Manos also contributed his talents to a number of works during this time frame.

paragraph: Section::::Selected discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Lo-tek - Sonic Winds / So Long - 1996

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Lo-tek - Universal Music - 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Connected / Catch the Moment - 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Planetary Funk Alert / Camouflage - 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Valley Of The Moomins - 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Waveform / Soul 2000 - 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sunday Brunch - Honung - 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sunday Brunch - After the Rain - 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Lenk - Pieces - 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Make My Way Home - 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Lenk (featuring Robert Manos) - 16 Stories - 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Paradox - You Didn't See It Did You? - 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Paradox (featuring Robert Manos) - Move On - 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Paradox (featuring Robert Manos) - Last Goodbye - 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Forever - 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba (featuring Robert Manos) - Heaven Sent - 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Krazy - Nebula - 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Return To Forever - 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba & Kirsty Hawkshaw - The Joy (Face to Face) - 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Welcome To Our World - 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seba - Identity - 2013

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secret Operations

description: musician

wikidata_label: Seba

wikipedia_title: Seba (musician)