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aristocrat
diplomat
styled
French Ambassador to London
Anglo-Norman
marquis
Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire
Souppes
French Cavalry
General The Hon. Henry Cavendish MP
Duchess
Charles de La Croix, duc de Castries
Légion d'honneur
Malta
Earl Harcourt
Yonne
www.burkespeerage.com

categories: University of Paris alumni,Knights of Malta,Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom,Officiers of the Légion d'honneur,1883 deaths,19th-century French diplomats,1808 births,French noble families,French Marquesses

paragraph: Georges, marquis d'Harcourt

paragraph: Georges-Trevor-Douglas-Bernard d'Harcourt-Olonde (4 November 1808 – 30 November 1883) was a French aristocrat and a 19th-century diplomat. Formally styled marquis d'Harcourt, he served as French Ambassador to London from 1875 until 1879.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Of Anglo-Norman descent, he was the second son of Amédée-Louis-André-Marie-Charles-François, marquis d'Harcourt (1771-1831) by his wife Elizabeth "née" Pendley (1771-1846).

paragraph: On 5 August 1841, he married Jeanne-Paule de Beaupoil (1817-1893), daughter of Louis-Clair, comte de Sainte-Aulaire and Louise-Charlotte-Victoire, daughter of .

paragraph: They had seven children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bernard-Pierre-Louis (1842-1914), marquis d'Harcourt and baron d'Olonde, etc.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis-Emmanuel, (1844-1928), Mayor of Souppes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victor-Amédée-Constant (1848-1935), Colonel of the

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis-Marie-Georges (1856-1946), Major in the French Cavalry

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pauline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1846-1922), comtesse d'Haussonville

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aline d'Harcourt-Olonde (1852-1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catherine d'Harcourt-Olonde (1859-1944), comtesse de Puymaigre

paragraph: His elder brother William "marquis d'Harcourt-Olonde" married, in 1837, Elizabeth Georgiana Cavendish daughter of General The Hon. Henry Cavendish MP, while his sister, Marie-Augusta, became Duchess of Castries, wife of Charles de La Croix, duc de Castries.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- - Officer, Légion d'honneur

paragraph: BULLET::::- - Knight of Malta

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Earl Harcourt

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yonne

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.burkespeerage.com

description: French aristocrat and ambassador

wikidata_label: Georges d'Harcourt-Olonde

wikipedia_title: Georges, marquis d'Harcourt


text:
Future Classic
Touch Sensitive
Charles Murdoch
Hayden James
Disclosure
Odesza
Splendour in the Grass
Groovin The Moo
Something About You
Just a Lover
ARIA
Katy Perry
Witness
Numb
Between Us
ARIA Music Awards
Australian music

categories: Musicians from Sydney,Australian DJs,Australian electronic musicians,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people),21st-century Australian musicians

paragraph: Hayden James

paragraph: Hayden James is an Australian songwriter and record producer from Sydney, New South Wales. He is signed to the Future Classic label.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2013-present: "Between Us".

paragraph: James released his first single "Permission to Love" in June 2013 with remixes from label mates Touch Sensitive and Charles Murdoch.

paragraph: His debut EP, "Hayden James" was released on 30 August 2013. Since then, James has supported Disclosure and Odesza on their US and Australian tours. He has also played at major Australian music festivals Splendour in the Grass and Groovin The Moo.

paragraph: His single "Something About You" was released in December 2014 and was certified gold in Australia and has been streamed over 68 million times.

paragraph: In June 2016, James released "Just a Lover" which received an ARIA nomination for Best Dance Release and was followed by a national tour with producer Dena Amy as a support.

paragraph: Across 2016-17, James toured across Europe and North America and co-wrote a number of tracks for Katy Perry's "Witness" album, as well as working on his own debut studio album. "Numb" featuring Graace was released in October 2017.

paragraph: In May 2019, James announced he would release his debut studio album "Between Us" on 14 June 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.:ARIA Music Awards.

paragraph: The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. James has received 2 nominations.

description: Australian musician

wikidata_label: Hayden James

wikipedia_title: Hayden James


text: Army of the Western Pyrenees

text: Army of the Rhine

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: French Royal Army

text: captain

text: Jemappes

text: general officer

text: chief of staff

text: Sans Culottes Camp

text: general of division

text: Baztan Valley

text: San Sebastián

text: Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

text: Army of the Alps

text: Mannheim

text: Napoleonic Wars

categories: French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars,People from Thionville,French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars,Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars,1749 births,French generals,1824 deaths,Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

paragraph: Jacques Léonard Muller

paragraph: Jacques Léonard Muller (11 December 1749 – 1 October 1824) commanded the "Army of the Western Pyrenees" and the "Army of the Rhine" during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was a product of the French Royal Army which he joined in 1765. He became a captain in 1791 and soon formed a unit from the disbanded Swiss regiments of the old army. He fought at Jemappes and then transferred to the War Office. Promoted to general officer in July 1793 he was appointed chief of staff to the "Army of the Pyrenees". In October 1793 he assumed command of that army despite being outranked by ten other generals. He immediately set about providing a good organization for his motley host. A major Spanish attack on the Sans Culottes Camp was repulsed in February 1794.

paragraph: Muller was finally promoted to general of division in April 1794. In July and August his army captured the Baztan Valley and San Sebastián. He soon resigned his command and was replaced by Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. He transferred to the "Army of the Alps" as a division commander. In 1799 while he led the "Army of the Rhine", he was beaten at Mannheim but he successfully lured the Austrians away from Switzerland. He served in various non-combat posts during the Napoleonic Wars and died in 1824. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 33.

description: French general

wikidata_label: Jacques Léonard Muller

wikipedia_title: Jacques Léonard Muller


text: Tay Ninh

text: Vietnam

text: Kris Bignall

categories: 1978 births,Boccia players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics,Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics,Paralympic boccia players of Australia,Living people,Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia

paragraph: Tu Huynh

paragraph: Tu Huynh (born 10 September 1978) is an Australian boccia Paralympian. He was born in Tay Ninh, Vietnam.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: The pairs C/WAD team of Kris Bignall and Tu Huynh were ranked as the seventh best pair in the world prior to the start of the games. They surprised the world when they won a bronze medal after beating Spain and New Zealand in the preliminaries, and after beating an American pair in the bronze medal match. The play-off for the bronze medal put a lot of pressure on the pair, as a result Bignall and Huynh developed the nickname 'Gruesome Twosome' in an attempt to psych out their opponents. Their medal was the first medal Australia had won in this sport in international competition.

paragraph: Tu Huynh also competed in the individual events in the C1 WAD category. He finished fifth in pool play and did not qualify for the medal play off stage. As an individual competitor, Huynh had a ramp assistant, Joanne Titterton, who assisted him during the CI WAD category competition.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: As he was the first NSW Boccia player to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, Huynh has had an award named in his honour, 'The Tu Huynh Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence'. The award is presented each year to the athlete who demonstrates qualities shown by Huynh in his career.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

description: Australian boccia player

wikidata_label: Tu Huyhn

wikipedia_title: Tu Huynh


text: Saudi Arabian

text: Al-Bilad

text: Mabahith

text: pro-democracy activists

text: Islamic prophet

text: Muhammad

text: Twitter

text: social networking service

text: Abdullah

text: political asylum

text: New Zealand

text: extradite

text: Kuala Lumpur

text: Malaysia

text: High Court

text: Lawyers for Liberty

text: Gulf News

text: Uyghur

text: Kashgar

text: Al-Bilad

text: Arab Spring

text: NGO

text: Lawyers for Liberty

text: N. Surendran

text: People's Justice Party

text: Mabahith

text: hundreds of people protested

text: Jeddah

text: religious police

text: political prisoner

text: 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests

text: blog

text: Syrian uprising

text: sit‑in

text: Syria Ambassador

text: Mawlid

text: Twitter

text: human rights

text: freedom of expression

text: women's rights in Saudi Arabia

text: Turkmen

text: tweets

text: Facebook

text: apostasy

text: apostasy in Islam

text: death

text: YouTube

text: Emirates 24/7

text: Abdel Aziz Khoja

text: Grand Mufti

text: Ali Gomaa

text: Association of British Muslims

text: Washington Post

text: Bashar al-Assad

text: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising

text: political protests

text: Qatif

text: Arab Spring

text: political asylum

text: Al Arabiya

text: Abdullah

text: Kuala Lumpur International Airport

text: Malaysia

text: Ministry of Home Affairs

text: extradition treaty

text: High Court

text: UTC

text: Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

text: Kuala Lumpur International Airport

text: Riyadh

text: Amnesty International

text: Human Rights Watch

text: Electronic Frontier Foundation

text: Freedom House

text: Front Line Defenders

text: government of Malaysia

text: prisoner of conscience

text: European Union

text: Interpol

text: Ministry of Home Affairs

text: Royal Malaysia Police

text: NGO

text: Lawyers for Liberty

text: international law

text: political refugee

text: Freedom of Information Act

text: Lawyers for Liberty

text: international law

text: political asylum

text: habeas corpus

text: affidavit

text: Inspector-General of Police

text: federal government of Malaysia

text: Arab News

text: charged

text: blasphemy

text: Human Rights Watch

text: apostasy

text: Eid Al-Fitr

text: 2011 Saudi Arabian protests

text: Dina Ali

text: Islamic Feminism

text: Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

text: Samar Badawi

text: Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud

text: Manal al-Sharif

text: Supporters' website

categories: Saudi Arabian democracy activists,Saudi Arabian prisoners and detainees,Saudi Arabian poets,People extradited from Malaysia,Uyghur people,Saudi Arabian columnists,1989 births,Saudi Arabian people of Uyghur descent,Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Saudi Arabia,Saudi Arabian dissidents,Living people,People prosecuted for blasphemy

paragraph: Hamza Kashgari

paragraph: Hamza Kashgari Mohamad Najeeb (often "Hamza Kashgari", ; born 1989) is a Saudi Arabian poet and a former columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper "Al-Bilad". In 2011, he was on a Mabahith watchlist of pro-democracy activists.

paragraph: Kashgari became the subject of a controversy after he was accused of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in three short messages published through the Twitter social networking service. King Abdullah ordered that Kashgari be arrested "for crossing red lines and denigrating religious beliefs in God and His Prophet". Kashgari left Saudi Arabia, trying to seek political asylum in New Zealand. On February 12, 2012, he was extradited from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, back to Saudi Arabia and a Malaysian High Court injunction against his extradition was issued. Whether Kashgari was deported before or after the issuing of the injunction is disputed between Malaysian authorities and Lawyers for Liberty (LFL). Saudi authorities jailed him for nearly two years without trial for his Twitter messages.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and activities.

paragraph: According to Gulf News, Kashgari was born to a family of Uyghur ancestry, which had emigrated from Kashgar, China. Hamza Kashgari worked as a columnist for the Saudi Arabian daily "Al-Bilad". On February 7, 2012, "Al-Bilad" issued a statement saying that they had fired Kashgari five weeks earlier for the "inadequacy of his general views for the approach of the newspaper".

paragraph: Kashgari has publicly supported the Arab Spring, and according to the Malaysian NGO Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), he is active in a group supporting the Arab Spring. Lawyers for Liberty and N. Surendran of the Malaysian People's Justice Party (PKR) stated that Kashgari was monitored by Mabahith in 2011 and that he was "on a Saudi watchlist of young pro-democracy activists who had voiced support for the Arab Spring uprisings". When hundreds of people protested on January 29, 2011 in Jeddah against poor infrastructure after the city was flooded and eleven people died, Kashgari criticised the authorities' response in his public writing for "al‑Bilad". He also "raised questions about the religious police". Kashgari published an article in "al‑Bilad" about political prisoners, who constitute one of the major motivations in the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests, and made blog posts in support of Syrian uprising activists. In early February 2012, his group of activists were prevented by Saudi police from "organizing a series of forums to show solidarity with the Syrian uprising". On February 5, 2012, Kashgari participated in a sit‑in at Nawras Circle in Jeddah calling for the Syria Ambassador in Riyadh to be expelled. He was briefly detained by police.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.

paragraph: On the occasion of "Mawlid" on February 4, 2012, Kashgari published three messages on the Twitter website about an imagined meeting with Muhammad:

paragraph: Kashgari described his intentions in terms of human rights: "I view my actions as part of a process toward freedom. I was demanding my right to practice the most basic human rights—freedom of expression and thought—so nothing was done in vain. I believe I'm just a scapegoat for a larger conflict. There are a lot of people like me in Saudi Arabia who are fighting for their rights." Kashgari described the status of women's rights in Saudi Arabia by stating that Saudi women "won't go to hell 'because it's impossible to go there twice."

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Reactions.

paragraph: Following Kashgari's controversial messages, racist comments in reference to his Turkmen family background were made against him on Twitter as "[not being] enough of a 'pure' Saudi". Reactions included over 30,000 "tweets" regarding the subject, a Facebook group calling for his execution that 26,632 members joined , another Facebook group in support of him that over 1,500 members joined , and a petition calling for all blasphemy charges against him to be dropped, signed by 7,894 people . On February 5, 2012, Saudi cleric Nasser al-Omar called for Kashgari to be tried for apostasy, which is defined as a crime by some Muslim states. The majority of Muslim scholars hold to the traditional view that apostasy in Islam is punishable by death or imprisonment until repentance, at least for adult men of sound mind. Several contemporary Muslim scholars, including influential Islamic reformers, have rejected this, arguing for religious freedom instead. The "YouTube" video clip of al-Omar demand was watched over 650,000 times in the first three days.

paragraph: Kashgari said that he had expected "not even 1 percent" of the reaction it elicited. On February 6, Kashgari issued an apology and deleted his Twitter account, saying that "some like-minded friends have done the same". According to "Emirates 24/7", Kashgari's letter of apology was published in many Saudi newspapers. Saudi Media Minister Abdel Aziz Khoja banned him from writing in any Saudi publication. On February 8, the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, headed by Saudi Grand Mufti Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh, issued a statement calling for Kashgari to be tried.

paragraph: In mid-February, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, responded to the calls for Kashgari's execution stating, "We don't kill our sons, we talk to them." He listed "three points before [making] any judgments": verifying what Kashgari "really said", deciding if Kashgari's statements were "a form of misconduct, an expression of doubt, or an actual insult", and "if one repents it should be accepted". On February 12, the Association of British Muslims called for King Abdullah to drop any charges laid against Kashgari, stating "Thought crime is no crime at all...Any state enforced penalty for perceived blasphemy runs contrary to the true spirit of Islam, and of our Prophet, peace be upon him, who was compassionate even to those who scorned him...No one should be legally prosecuted, imprisoned or detained for simply expressing themselves."

paragraph: On February 13, the "Washington Post" described King Abdullah's February 10 criticism of President Bashar al-Assad's actions during the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising to be hypocritical in comparison with his order for the prosecution of Kashgari and the killing by Saudi security forces of Muneer al-Midani on February 9 and Zuhair al-Said on February 10 in political protests in Qatif. Kashgari and his lawyers believe that the calls for his execution may be politically motivated, as part of a crackdown on Saudi Arabian activists involved in the Arab Spring.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Exile, arrest, and deportation.

paragraph: Kashgari stated that he wished to apply for political asylum in New Zealand. On February 7, "Al Arabiya" online reported that Kashgari had left Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah ordered Kashgari's arrest "for crossing red lines and denigrating religious beliefs in God and His Prophet." He was then arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia on February 9.

paragraph: On February 10, Kashgari's lawyer, Muhammad Afiq Muhammad Noor, said that the Malaysian police inspector general and Ministry of Home Affairs had received his application for access to Kashgari and had not yet granted access. Malaysia does not have an extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia. Kashgari's lawyers obtained a High Court injunction at 13:30 local time, February 12, ordering "the police, the Home Ministry, as well as the Subang and Kuala Lumpur International Airport immigration authorities to stop Kashgari's deportation". The lawyers were told that Kashgari had already boarded a plane, at 10:00 local time (02:00 UTC). According to Fadiah Nadwa Fikri of Lawyers for Liberty, the court injunction against Kashgari's injunction was granted on February 12 at 13:45 (local time). At around 14:15 to 14:30 at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang), Kashgari's lawyers found that there were no immigration records of Kashgari's departure. At 15:15, they found no immigration records of his departure from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysian police spokesman Ramli Yoosuf confirmed that Kashgari had been deported back to Saudi Arabia. He was arrested in Riyadh on the "night" of February 12.

paragraph: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freedom House, EveryOne Group, and Front Line Defenders called on the government of Malaysia to release Kashgari and not to extradite him to Saudi Arabia. "Amnesty" also called him a prisoner of conscience. The European Union condemned his deportation, saying it would "[take] all appropriate steps to achieve a positive outcome of Mr Kashgari's case".

paragraph: Interpol denied any involvement in Kashgari's case after news reports mentioned that Malaysia had arrested and deported him based on an Interpol request. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Royal Malaysia Police withdrew their claim of Interpol involvement. The Malaysian NGO Lawyers for Liberty stated, "The initial claim of Interpol's involvement was a blatant attempt to varnish the arrest with a veneer of international legitimacy since the arrest could not be justified under international law as Hamza was clearly a political refugee". A Freedom of Information Act request to Interpol in the United States returned no responsive documents related to the case.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Freedom.

paragraph: After nearly two years in prison, Kashgari was freed on October 29, 2013. Kashgari used Twitter to inform his supporters of his release. Kashgari’s lawyer, Abdul Rahman Allahim, confirmed the release in another tweet. He returned home where he was reunited with his mother.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Legal cases.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Legal cases.:Malaysia.

paragraph: Lawyers for Liberty claimed that Malaysian authorities violated international law by not allowing Kashgari to try to obtain political asylum. Lawyer K. Ragunath and several members of Lawyers for Liberty filed a habeas corpus affidavit against the Inspector-General of Police, the Immigration Director-General, the Home Minister and the federal government of Malaysia, alleging that they had been "misled throughout [Kashgari's] arrest and deportation." Fadiah Nadwa Fikri of Lawyers for Liberty referred to the authorities' initial claim of an Interpol request that was later retracted, an incorrect claim of Kashgari's arrival date in Malaysia, and a claim that Kashgari had been deported "according to a 'long-standing arrangement' [between] Malaysia and Saudia Arabia." She said that no such treaty or official documentation exists. Lawyers for Liberty claimed that no immigration records existed for Kashgari's would-be 10:00 departure on February 12.

paragraph: Section::::Twitter posts.:Legal cases.:Saudi Arabia.

paragraph: According to "Arab News", Kashgari will be charged by Saudi Arabian judicial authorities with blasphemy. Human Rights Watch believes that he is to be charged with apostasy and that he has already been declared by Saudi religious authorities to be guilty of apostasy prior to trial. In August 2012, Kashgari's family published a poem by him in which he apologized for the offense he had caused, and they asked publicly for his release, a common practice during Eid Al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. He was not released.

paragraph: Kashgari tweeted about his sudden release on Oct 29, 2013 saying "Mornings of hope...souls that live and never die. Thanks to God." Kashgari's lawyer, Abdulrahman Allahim, congratulated him on his release. There has been no comment from the Saudi government.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 Saudi Arabian protests

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dina Ali

paragraph: BULLET::::- Islamic Feminism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

paragraph: BULLET::::- Samar Badawi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud

paragraph: BULLET::::- Manal al-Sharif

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Supporters' website

description: Saudi Arabian writer

wikidata_label: Hamza Kasgari

wikipedia_title: Hamza Kashgari


href: London England

text: London England

categories: 19th-century New Zealand architects,1837 births,New Zealand educators,New Zealand surveyors,1929 deaths,English emigrants to New Zealand

paragraph: George Allen (architect)

paragraph: George Frederic Allen (15 February 1837 – 28 February 1929) was a New Zealand architect, surveyor, teacher and tourist guide. He was born in London, England on 15 February 1837.

description: Architect, surveyor, teacher, tourist guide

wikidata_label: George Frederic Allen

wikipedia_title: George Allen (architect)


text:
Trondheim
mate
Antwerp
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
Per Krohg
Axel Revold
Jean Heiberg
André Lhote
Stanley William Hayter
Italy
Spain
France
The Netherlands
Belgium
England
Sweden
Finland
Antwerp
Unge Kunstneres Samfund
Norske Grafikere
Arts Council Norway
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts
Government building
Oslo
National Gallery of Norway
Henie-Onstad Art Centre
Moderna Museet
Stockholm
Statens Museum for Kunst
Copenhagen
Prince Eugen Medal
Order of St. Olav
Arts Council Norway Honorary Award
Carl Nesjar
Vestre gravlund

categories: People from Trondheim,Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal,2015 deaths,21st-century Norwegian painters,20th-century women artists,1929 births,Norwegian women painters,20th-century Norwegian painters,Oslo National Academy of the Arts faculty,21st-century women artists,Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal

paragraph: Inger Sitter

paragraph: Inger Solveig Sitter (18 October 1929 – 11 March 2015) was a Norwegian painter, graphic artist and art instructor.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Sitter was born in Trondheim to mate Ingvar Sitter and Ebba Pelander. She grew up partly on her father's ships, which sailed in European and other waters, and partly with her mother in Antwerp, where she went to primary school.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Sitter studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts at Oslo under Per Krohg, Axel Revold and Jean Heiberg from 1945 to 1946.

paragraph: She trained at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts in Antwerp from 1946 to 1950. She was a student of André Lhote during 1948 and with Stanley William Hayter 1954-55 and 1956-57. She conducted various study trips to Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Sweden and Finland between 1947-1962.

paragraph: She was the recipient of numerous awards including Schäffers legat (1951), Ragnhild Keysers legat (1952), Helga og Hans Reusch' legat (1953), Fransk statsstipend (1956-57), Ragnar Moltzaus legat (1957), Hans Evensens legat (1960) and Th. Fearnleys Minnestipend (1961).

paragraph: During her working career she settled in various countries, mostly in Norway, Italy and France. She was a resident in Antwerp 1947-50.

paragraph: She was a board member of Unge Kunstneres Samfund from 1952 to 1954, board member of Norske Grafikere from 1955 to 1958, and member of the Arts Council Norway from 1964 to 1968. She was appointed professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1981 to 1984. Among her works are wall decorations of the Government building in Oslo from the 1950s (in cooperation with her husband Nesjar and other artists). Her works are included in the permanent collections of several museums, including the National Gallery of Norway and Henie-Onstad Art Centre in Oslo, at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and at Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.

paragraph: Sitter was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for painting in 1983. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1998, and Commander in 2010. She was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award in 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Person Life.

paragraph: She was married twice, first to visual artist Carl Nesjar (1920–2015) from 1955 to 1967, and second to gallery owner Rolf Dahlström (1927-1999).

paragraph: In 2015, Sitter died at the age of 85. She was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.

description: Norwegian painter

wikidata_label: Inger Sitter

wikipedia_title: Inger Sitter


text:
Finland
1912 Olympics
Theodor

categories: World Wrestling Championships medalists,1884 births,Finnish male sport wrestlers,Sportspeople from Helsinki,Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics,People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland),1968 deaths,Olympic wrestlers of Finland

paragraph: Paul Tirkkonen

paragraph: Paul Ernst Vilhelm Tirkkonen (9 October 1884 – 31 August 1968) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland who won a bronze medal at the 1911 World Championships. Next year he competed at the 1912 Olympics, but was eliminated in the second round. His brother Theodor competed alongside, in a heavier weight category.

description: wrestler

wikidata_label: Paul Tirkkonen

wikipedia_title: Paul Tirkkonen


text:
heavy metal
thrash metal
4ARM
Sylencer
Repentance
THEM
Limp Bizkit
Fred Durst
Megadeth
Dying Fetus
Sylencer
A Lethal Dose of Truth
Kevin Talley
Larry Tarnowski
Dream Theater
Anthrax
Dethklok
A Lethal Dose of Truth
Sylencer
4ARM
Survivalist
THEM
Fear Them
Helloween
THEM
Repentance
Trivium
ESP Guitars
Sylencer
4ARM
THEM
Repentance
Sylencer
A Lethal Dose of Truth
THEM
Evan K
Blue Lightning
Official Website

categories: Seven-string guitarists,1984 births,Living people,American heavy metal guitarists

paragraph: Markus Johansson

paragraph: Markus Johansson (born December 22, 1984) is an American heavy metal guitarist and vocalist from Chicago, Illinois. He is currently the lead guitarist for the Australian thrash metal band, 4ARM, lead vocalist and guitarist for Sylencer, and lead guitarist for Repentance and THEM.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early years.

paragraph: Johansson is a self-taught lead guitarist from Chicago, Illinois, who began playing guitar when he was 13 years old. At the age of 17, Markus auditioned for Limp Bizkit, to which Fred Durst humorously told him to "go play for Megadeth, instead." In 2009, Markus auditioned with Dying Fetus, but continued on as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the band Sylencer.

paragraph: Section::::Recent events.

paragraph: Section::::Recent events.:2004-2012.

paragraph: In the summer of 2004, Johansson founded the band Sylencer and began recording their debut album, "A Lethal Dose of Truth" in 2006. He recruited drummer Kevin Talley and guitarist Larry Tarnowski to round out the lineup for his debut release. The majority of the album was recorded by the end of 2006, Johansson recruited several big names in the heavy metal community which grew to include members of Dream Theater, Anthrax, Dethklok, and nearly a dozen others. A Lethal Dose of Truth was released independently in September 2012 through Sylencer Records.

paragraph: Section::::Recent events.:2013-2016.

paragraph: In the spring of 2014, Johansson collaborated with guitarist Toby Knapp on the instrumental album Unborn Spirits Immortal. The album was released in June 2014 through Shred Guy records. That same year, Markus joined Australian metal band, 4ARM as their lead singer/guitarist and recorded their 2015 album, Survivalist. Currently, Markus is the lead guitarist for the heavy metal band THEM and recorded on their 2016 album, Fear Them. He joined their spring tour which headlined Helloween.

paragraph: Section::::Recent events.:2017-2018.

paragraph: Johansson did several tours with THEM.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harder than Steel (9/30/17)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mountains of Madness (10/20/17)

paragraph: BULLET::::- German Swordbrothers Festival (2/14/18)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Metalheadz Open Air 2018 (5/11/18)

paragraph: On May 23, 2018 Johansson joined Repentance and opened for Trivium

paragraph: Section::::Equipment.

paragraph: ESP Guitars, Rocktron, Fastback Custom, Cleartone Guitar Strings, Protone Pedals.

paragraph: Johannson has his own custom pickup, The Cobra Igniter.

paragraph: Section::::Bands.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sylencer 2006–present

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4ARM 2013–present

paragraph: BULLET::::- THEM 2015–present

paragraph: BULLET::::- Repentance

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Sylencer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Lethal Dose of Truth" (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "TBA" (2019)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:THEM.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fear Them" (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Manor of the Seven Gables" (2018)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Knapp/Johansson.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Unborn Spirits Immortal" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Electric Gathering" (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Survivalist" (2015)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Evan K.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blue Lightning (2016), Guest vocals on 'Everything Is Coming Up Roses

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Website

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Markus Johansson

wikipedia_title: Markus Johansson


text:
Burtscheid Abbey
Otto III
Emperor
Holy Roman Empire
Cerchiara di Calabria
Calabria
Byzantine Empire
Burtscheid
Basilian monastery
feast day
Vera von Falkenhausen

categories: Eastern Catholic monks,German abbots,Eastern Orthodox monks,10th-century births

paragraph: Gregor von Burtscheid

paragraph: Gregor von Burtscheid (c. 940 - 4 November 999), also known as Gregor von Calabria or Gregory of Cassano, was the first abbot of the Burtscheid Abbey, founded on order of Otto III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Gregor von Burtscheid was known in Germany as Gregor von Calabria. He was born in Cerchiara di Calabria (Cosenza province) in Calabria at a time when that region was still under the influence of the Byzantine Empire.

paragraph: Emperor Otto III founded the Burtscheid Abbey in 997 in the independent city of Burtscheid, and installed Gregor, who until this time was abbot of the Basilian monastery of St. Andreas in Calabria, as first Abbot. Gregor died 4 November 999 with a reputation as a holy man, and thus after his death, his bones were held in the nearby Nicholas Chapel ("Nikolaus-kapelle"). Around 1190, an Abbot by the name of Arnold transferred the bones to the Abbey church.

paragraph: By the end of the 12th century, Gregor was bestowed "the honor of the altars" ("zur Ehre der Altäre"), and the date of his death was celebrated as a feast day at the abbey, until it was dissolved in 1802.

paragraph: Due to the heavy bombing of Burtscheid on 11 April 1944, Gregor von Burtscheid's grave was destroyed. The remnants of his bones that could be salvaged were kept in a silver casket. These small reliquaries were transferred in 1996 to the Berdolet altar, which stands in St. Johann Church in Aachen-Burtscheid, where the previous abbey church once stood.

paragraph: Since 2010, Abbot Gregor has been the patron saint of the dissolved rectories of St Gregorius, Sacred Heart, St. John, and St Michael, as well as the patron of the newly founded parish of St. Gregor von Burtscheid.

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vera von Falkenhausen: "Gregor von Burtscheid und das griechische Mönchtum in Kalabrien". In: "Römische Quartalschrift". Band 93, 1998, S. 215-250.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paolo Damiano Franzese: "San Gregorio da Cerchiara. Vitae con testo latino a fronte, premessa di Filippo Burgarella", ed. Il Coscile, Castrovillari 2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paolo Damiano Franzese: "San Gregorio da Cerchiara, vita e cultura di un monaco italogreco nel cuore dell'Europa ottoniana". In "Rivista Storica Calabrese". Band XXIV, 2003, S. 71-123.

description: abbot

wikidata_label: Gregor von Burtscheid

wikipedia_title: Gregor von Burtscheid


text: Winnipeg

text: Manitoba

text: Ontario College of Art and Design

text: Emily Carr University of Art and Design

text: Gershon Iskowitz Prize

text: Winnipeg

text: Manitoba

text: Vancouver

text: University of British Columbia

text: Parson’s School of Design

text: Vancouver School of Art

text: Audain Prize

text: Gershon Iskowitz

text: Emily Carr University of Art and Design

text: sculpture

text: photography

text: The Museum of Contemporary Art

text: San Diego

text: Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp

text: Belgium

text: National Gallery of Canada

text: Ottawa

text: Marburg

text: Germany

text: Vancouver Art Gallery

text: The Power Plant

text: Toronto

text: Venezia

text: Italy

text: sculpture

text: public art

text: photography

text: ontology

text: mould-making

text: vice

categories: 1948 births,Canadian sculptors,Artists from Winnipeg,Canadian photographers,Canadian contemporary artists,Canadian women artists,Living people,Canadian installation artists

paragraph: Liz Magor

paragraph: Liz Magor (born 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is an award winning senior Canadian visual artist. She is well known for her sculptures that address themes of history, shelter and survival through objects that reference still life, domesticity and wildlife. She often re-purposes domestic objects such as blankets and is known for using mold making techniques. She had a career as a respected educator at the Ontario College of Art and Design before moving to Vancouver to continue her teaching at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she continued to be major influence on a younger generation of artists. She received the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts in 2009. She received the Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO in 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Magor was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1948. She is currently based in Vancouver. Magor studied at the University of British Columbia from 1966-1968, and Parson’s School of Design in New York from 1968-1970. Subsequently, she completed her diploma at the Vancouver School of Art in 1971. Magor won the sixth annual Audain Prize in 2009 for lifetime achievement in visual art; she was also awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2001. In 2014 she was the recipient of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize. She taught at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver from 2000 to 2013.

paragraph: Magor's internationally exhibited and produced work usually takes the form of sculpture and photography. Magor’s work has been presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; the Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany; the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; The Power Plant, Toronto; and the XLI Biennale di Venezia, Italy.

paragraph: Section::::Art Practice.

paragraph: Liz Magor works in sculpture, installation, public art and photography. Her sculptural work investigates the ontology of ordinary or familiar objects, which she remakes and presents in new contexts. For example, Magor has created facsimiles of food items and their containers, as well as other objects such as driftwood, logs, tree stumps,and clothing. A studio- and object-oriented artist, Magor’s work emphasizes process and materiality, and highlights the difference the real and the simulated.

paragraph: In previous work, Magor used mould-making and casting techniques to make replicas of coats, trays and cutlery (which she calls "serviceable objects") as receptacles for other materials (such as candies or cigarettes). These works reference the accumulation of discarded goods and vices that appeal to our common impulses. They also raise questions about the social and emotional life of objects. Magor’s more recent work involves the repurposing of used clothing and old wool blankets (other types of "serviceable objects").

paragraph: In her article entitled "Magor's Timeless Transitions", Robin Laurence writes, "Art, Liz Magor says, is the place where our perceptions are opened and examined for prolonged periods of time. Much longer, she suggests, than in our day-to-day encounters with the visual world, where we tend to interpret given signs in fixed ways, and where our first impressions are usually consolidated by our second [impressions]. Magor's art refutes such consolidation: irresolution prevails and closure eludes us. Her sculptures consistently play reality against unreality, meaning against alternative meaning, initial appearance against later revelation."

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Books by Liz Magor

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Art in America article by E. C. Woodley (http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/liz-magor/)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Information on the 2011 exhibition at Susan Hobbs Gallery (http://susanhobbs.com/exhibits/88-liz-magor)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adler, Dan. "Liz Magor: Susan Hobbs Gallery". Artforum, Summer 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arnold, Grant; and Monk, Philip; et al. Liz Magor. Toronto/Vancouver: The Power Plant/Vancouver Art Gallery, 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- Campbell, Deborah. The Outlaw. Canadian Art, Summer 2009, 42-47

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dault, Gary Michael. Look closer to grasp Molly’s Reach. The Globe and Mail, 12 March 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Feinstein, Roni. Report from Toronto: Opening Doors. Art in America, no.11(November 1994), 38-47

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gopnik, Blake. ’Flaws’ point to artist’s crucial theme: artificiality. The Globe and Mail, 2 September 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- Heth, Shannon. Wilderness Escape—Liz Magor and Emily Carr. Montecristo, Autumn 2010, 54-5

paragraph: BULLET::::- Krajewski, Sara and Jeffries, Bill. Liz Magor: The Mouth and other storage facilities. Seattle/Vancouver: The Henry Gallery/Simon Fraser University Gallery, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lafo, Rachel Rosenfield. The Potency of Ordinary Objects: A Conversation with Liz Magor. Sculpture Magazine, November 2012, 36-41

paragraph: BULLET::::- Laurence, Robin. Material Intelligence: The Art of Liz Magor, Border Crossings, vol.22, no.86(2003), 36-41

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marshall, Lisa. Liz Magor. Canadian Art, Spring 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monk, Philip. Liz Magor, Equinox Gallery. C Magazine, September–November 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicholas, Vanessa. Liz Magor: Blanket Statements. Canadian Art.ca, posted 5 May 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tousley, Nancy. Liz Magor. Canadian Art, 17.1(Spring 2000), 70-74

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tousley, Nancy; Hogg, Lucy; and Shier, Reid. Liz Magor. Vancouver/Toronto: Contemporary Art Gallery/Art Gallery of York University, 2000.

description: Canadian artist

wikidata_label: Liz Magor

wikipedia_title: Liz Magor


text: Supercars

text: V8 Supercar development series

text: Tim Blanchard Racing

text: Macauley Jones

text: Pirtek Enduro Cup

text: kart racing

text: Subaru Impreza WRX

text: Maserati Ghibli

text: Alfredo Costanzo

text: Ford Mondeo

text: Australian Super Touring Championship

text: V8 Supercar

text: Oran Park Raceway

text: Queensland 500

text: Bathurst 1000

text: Ford Tickford Racing

text: Queensland 500

text: Bathurst 1000

text: Bathurst 1000

text: Honda Integra

text: Max Wilson

text: Briggs Motor Sport

text: Alopecia Universalis

text: Triple Eight Race Engineering

text: Dick Johnson Racing

text: Development Series

text: Glenn Seton

text: Garry Rogers Motorsport

text: Barbagallo Raceway

text: Steve Owen

text: Ford Performance Racing

text: Rod Nash Racing

text: Australian Mini Challenge

categories: 1980 births,Stock Car Brasil drivers,Supercars Championship drivers,Sportsmen from New South Wales,Racing drivers from Sydney,V8SuperTourer drivers,Living people

paragraph: Dean Canto

paragraph: Dean Justin Canto (born 24 September 1980) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a Supercars driver, Canto was the inaugural winner of the second-tier V8 Supercar development series in 2000, and the first to become a multiple-champion five years later. Canto has been a regular in the main Supercars Championship for a variety of teams racing both full-time and as a part-time endurance race co-driver. No longer racing full-time, Canto now runs a performance driving school. He is currently a co-driver for Tim Blanchard Racing, driving alongside Macauley Jones in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

paragraph: Section::::Racing career.

paragraph: After winning a national and two state titles in kart racing, Canto graduated to the Australian GT Production Car Championship and finished the Championship in 11th overall, and second within Class B in which his Subaru Impreza WRX raced. He then backed up this performance with a victory in the 1998 Sandown 1 Hour driving a Maserati Ghibli co-driving with Alfredo Costanzo. Another second in class placing followed in 1999 driving a Ford Mondeo in the Independents class of the Australian Super Touring Championship.

paragraph: Later that year, Canto made his V8 Supercar début in the Shell Championship Series at Oran Park Raceway then went on to drive in the Queensland 500 and Bathurst Classic as well as racing his Mondeo at the Bathurst 1000.

paragraph: In 2000, Canto won the inaugural Konica V8 Lites Series driving a Ford EL Falcon under the banner of Dean Canto Racing. In 2001 Canto drove with Ford Tickford Racing at the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. He achieved a ninth placing in the Queensland 500 and fifth with teammate Jim Richards in the Bathurst 1000. Canto added another title with his victory in the Young Guns races at the Honda IndyCar Carnival, a one-make event for emerging young drivers in road specification Honda Integras.

paragraph: In 2002, Canto became co-driver to Max Wilson at Briggs Motor Sport and in 2003, achieved a full-time drive with the same team. Canto was diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis, a very rare medical condition that causes rapid hair loss to the body. Medical advice reassured Canto that the condition would, in no way, affect his overall health. With concerns allayed, Canto then took the time to adjust to the condition, renew his confidence and focus, stronger than ever, on more driving success.

paragraph: In the later half of the 2003 season, Canto pulled off a number of strong performances and top 10 finishes and was awarded the VIP Top Dog award, however it was not enough for Canto to keep his full-time drive. Canto was retained as the endurance race codriver with team under its new ownership identity of Triple Eight Race Engineering for the 2004 season.

paragraph: The following year Dick Johnson Racing appointed Canto to drive the Gatorz Racing Development Series Ford Falcon. The season proved a success. Canto won five of the seven rounds, qualified on pole position on six of seven occasions, won nine of the ten races where he started on the front row of the grid and won ten races in total. Canto's times were so fast that he could qualify in the top 20 (even though the Development cars had a 100 kg lead weight disadvantage). He set new Development Series lap records at Adelaide and Wakefield Park and new qualifying lap records at the Clipsal 500 and Queensland rounds. At the season's conclusion he became the first driver ever to win two Development Series Championships.

paragraph: Canto proved once again his worth as an endurance driver teaming up with Glenn Seton at the endurance rounds in a DJR Falcon. The pair finished ninth at Bathurst even with an engine misfire.

paragraph: Canto's performance in 2005 caught the attention of Garry Rogers Motorsport team Principal Garry Rogers. He asked Canto to fill the vacant seat of the #34 Valvoline Repco Cummins VZ Commodore for the Indy 300 and Tasmanian rounds of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. The car finished well and both team and driver realised that a longer term relationship would be beneficial for team and driver. Canto signed a multi year deal with GRM as the team's lead driver for their assault on the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

paragraph: The 2006 series saw Canto achieve his first win in the main category, the reverse grid race at Barbagallo Raceway. After a lacklustre 2007 season Canto's GRM contract was cut leaving Canto without a full-time drive in 2008. Canto returned to the Development series with Howard Racing but just missed out on his third title, finishing second to Steve Owen.

paragraph: Since then Canto has competed as an endurance co-driver with Ford Performance Racing from 2008–2009 and its satellite team, Rod Nash Racing since 2010. Canto competed full-time in the Australian Mini Challenge before the series folded, sponsored by his own business Stunt Driving School which he runs with fellow part-time V8 Supercar driver, Luke Youlden.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dean Canto at the V8 Supercars official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dean Canto at Driver Database

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dean Canto at Speedsport Magazine

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at Racing Reference

description: Australian racing driver

wikidata_label: Dean Canto

wikipedia_title: Dean Canto


text:
BRC Racing Team
World Rally Championship-2
European Rally
Yves Loubet
Pierre-Louis Loubet

categories: French racing drivers,European Rally Championship drivers,1997 births,French rally drivers,Living people

paragraph: Pierre-Louis Loubet

paragraph: Pierre-Louis Loubet (born February 18, 1997) is a French rally driver. He currently competes for the BRC Racing Team in the FIA World Rally Championship-2. He is the son of the 1989 European Rally Champion Yves Loubet.

paragraph: Section::::Rally results.

paragraph: Section::::Rally results.:WRC results.

paragraph: * Season still in progress.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pierre-Louis Loubet's e-wrc profile

description: French rally driver

wikidata_label: Pierre-Louis Loubet

wikipedia_title: Pierre-Louis Loubet


text:
American
drag performer
fifth season
RuPaul's Drag Race
New York
Lady Bunny
season three
Manila Luzon
RuPaul's Drag Race
season six
BenDeLaCreme
Darienne Lake
Watch What Happens Live
Sherry Vine
Buzzfeed
Christmas Queens
second volume
stop-motion
Claymation
IMDb

categories: American drag queens,American costume designers,1986 births,Living people

paragraph: Ivy Winters

paragraph: Ivy Winters is the stage name of Dustin Winters, an American drag performer, singer and actor. He is best known for competing on the fifth season of the reality-show "RuPaul's Drag Race", later winning the Miss Congeniality title.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Before "Drag Race", Winters worked as a circus performer for eight and a half years in New York, where he learned how to juggle, walk on stilts and breathe fire. He started doing drag at 18. He was a costume designer for Lady Bunny and season three contestant Manila Luzon. He came out as gay to his parents at his freshman year of high school. His sister came out as a lesbian a year later. His brother came out the following year.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:"RuPaul's Drag Race".

paragraph: Winters was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the fifth season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" on January 28, 2013. He was eliminated in the eighth episode, placing 7th overall. He later won the annual title of Miss Congeniality at the seasons live finale on May 1, 2013. He made an appearance on the season six live finale, presenting the following winner of Miss Congeniality, which was fifth-placing BenDeLaCreme.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Post-"Drag Race".

paragraph: After the show, Winters hosted an internet webshow called "Queen Acres", a DIY arts and crafts show. Season six contestant Darienne Lake hosts with her. The first episode was uploaded to YouTube on December 24, 2017. He also made an appearance in an episode of "Watch What Happens Live" with Lake and Sherry Vine. He was featured in the documentary, "Dragged" in 2016. He was in a Buzzfeed video in April 2, 2013 discussing his experience in drag.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Music.

paragraph: Winters released his first single, "Overcome" on June 22, 2016. Other than that, he was featured in the first three volumes of Christmas Queens, with other "Drag Race" alumni. A music video for "Elfy Winters Night" on the second volume was uploaded to his YouTube channel on December 13, 2016. The video features stop-motion Claymation that he designed himself.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Winters married his husband, Keith Book, on November 26, 2015.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- on IMDb

description: American Drag Performer

wikidata_label: Ivy Winters

wikipedia_title: Ivy Winters


text:
bobsledder
2018 Winter Olympics

categories: Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics,1985 births,Olympic bobsledders of Romania,Living people,Romanian male bobsledders

paragraph: Dorin Alexandru Grigore

paragraph: Dorin Alexandru Grigore (born 1 August 1985) is a Romanian bobsledder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

wikidata_label: Dorin Alexandru Grigore

wikipedia_title: Dorin Alexandru Grigore


text: canon lawyer

text: Bishop of Bobbio

text: Bishop of Vercelli

text: Pope Clement III

text: Patriarch of Jerusalem

text: Carmelite Rule of St. Albert

text: Carmelite Order

text: Gualtieri

text: Italy

text: theology

text: Canons Regular of the Holy Cross

text: Bishop of Bobbio

text: Bishop of Vercelli

text: Papacy

text: Pope Clement III

text: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

text: papal legate

text: Parma

text: Piacenza

text: Pope Innocent III

text: Holy Land

text: Carmelite Order

text: Carmelite Rule of St. Albert

text: Mount Carmel

text: Acre

text: Kingdom of Jerusalem

text: Kingdom of Cyprus

text: Knights Templar

text: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

text: Fourth Lateran Council

text: Raoul of Merencourt

text: Carmelite Rule of St. Albert

text: Book of the First Monks

text: Constitutions of the Carmelite Order

text: Carmelite Calendar

text: "Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square"

categories: Italian beatified people,Diplomats of the Holy See,Christians of the Crusades,13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops,Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem,1214 deaths,Canon law jurists,1149 births,12th-century jurists,Venerated Carmelites,People of the Kingdom of Jerusalem,13th-century venerated Christians,Carmelite spirituality,Bishops of Vercelli,Bishops of Bobbio

paragraph: Albert of Vercelli

paragraph: Saint Albert of Jerusalem ("Albertus Hierosolymitanus", also "Blessed Albert", "Albert of Vercelli" or "Alberto Avogadro"; died 14 September 1214) was a canon lawyer.

paragraph: He was Bishop of Bobbio and Bishop of Vercelli, and served as mediator and diplomat under Pope Clement III. Innocent III appointed him Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1204 or 1205. In Jerusalem, he contributed the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert to the newly-founded Carmelite Order.

paragraph: He is honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and commemorated by the Carmelites on 17 September.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Born at Castel Gualtieri, Italy, he was educated in theology and law. He entered the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross at Mortara and was elected prior in 1180.

paragraph: He became Bishop of Bobbio in 1184, and a year later was appointed Bishop of Vercelli. He served the Papacy as a mediator and diplomat between Pope Clement III and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. He served as papal legate in 1199 and helped end the war between Parma and Piacenza.

paragraph: In 1205 he was made Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Innocent III, whom he also served as papal legate in the Holy Land. As patriarch he helped found the Carmelite Order around 1209, in particular by his composition of what came to be called the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert. This order was based on Mount Carmel, across the Bay of Haifa from Acre where he resided as patriarch.

paragraph: Additionally he mediated in disputes between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus and between the Knights Templar and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

paragraph: In 1214 he had been invited to the Fourth Lateran Council, but the Master of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, whom he had rebuked and deposed for immorality, stabbed him to death on 14 September while taking part in a procession on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

paragraph: He was succeeded by Raoul of Merencourt.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carmelite Rule of St. Albert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book of the First Monks

paragraph: BULLET::::- Constitutions of the Carmelite Order

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carmelite Calendar", at Sr. Helena of Mary, O.Carm, "St. Albert of Jerusalem, Law-Giver of Carmel"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "St. Albert of Jerusalem", St. Joseph's Carmelite Monastery, Kilmacud

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Online, "St. Albert of Jerusalem"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square"

description: Bishop and canon lawyer

wikidata_label: Albert Avogadro

wikipedia_title: Albert of Vercelli


text:
Greek
epithet
Indo-Greek
Bopearachchi
Menander I
Zoilos I
Paropamisade
Arachosia
Antialcidas
Demetrius
Thrason
Herakles
Herakles
Antialcidas
Indo-Greek Kingdom
Greco-Buddhism
Indo-Scythians
W. W. Tarn
Coins of Lysias
More coins of Lysias
Catalog of the coins of Lysias

paragraph: Lysias Anicetus

paragraph: Lysias Anicetus (Greek: ; epithet means "the Invincible") was an Indo-Greek king.

paragraph: Section::::Time of reign.

paragraph: According to numismatist Bopearachchi, Lysias was a close successor to Menander I and Zoilos I, and therefore may have ruled around 130–120 BCE. R. C. Senior suggests a similar date.

paragraph: Bopearachchi suggests that Lysias' territory covered the areas of the Paropamisade and Arachosia, but his coins have been found in the Punjab and it is possible that Lysias ruled most of the Indo-Greek territory for a period, though perhaps in cooperation with Antialcidas, with whom he shared most of his monograms.

paragraph: Lysias apparently claimed to be a descendant of Demetrius, using a similar reverse of Heracles crowning himself, Demetrius' epithet "Invincible", and sometimes the elephant crown always worn by this king. A similar reverse was also used by Zoilus I, who may have ruled some decades earlier and was likely an enemy of Menander.

paragraph: Lysias' rule seems to have begun after the murder of Menander's infant son Thrason, and since his coins do not resemble Menander's it seems as though he, just as Zoilus, belonged to a competing line. Despite his magnificent coinage, his policies were probably rather defensive. The Bactrian kingdom had recently fallen to invading nomads and though the Indo-Greeks managed to avoid the same fate, they became isolated from the Hellenistic world.

paragraph: Section::::Coin types.

paragraph: Lysias issued a number of bilingual Indian coins. On his silver portrait types he appears either diademed or dressed in various types of head-gear worn by earlier kings: the elephant scalp of Demetrios I, a bull's horns helmet or Corinthian helmet with scales, and the Greek flat hat "kausia". He also appeared throwing a spear.

paragraph: The reverse is always Herakles crowning himself, and holding his club, with the new addition of a palm to signify victory.

paragraph: He also issued a series of Attic tetradrachms, and even smaller denominations (a hemidrachm is known) for circulation in Bactria.

paragraph: His Indian type square bronzes show a bust of Herakles/elephant.

paragraph: Section::::"Mule coins" (overstrikes).

paragraph: There is a bronze which features the obverse of Lysias and the reverse of Antialcidas. This was interpreted by Tarn and other earlier scholars as though the two kings might have forged some kind of alliance, but later, a bronze with the opposite arrangement was found.

paragraph: The modern view is that these coins were "mules"--in other words, an improperly overstruck issue of one of the pertinent rulers. While not signs of an alliance, they still suggest that Lysias' and Antialcidas' reigns were adjacent.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indo-Greek Kingdom

paragraph: BULLET::::- Greco-Buddhism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indo-Scythians

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Greeks in Bactria and India", W. W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coins of Lysias

paragraph: BULLET::::- More coins of Lysias

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catalog of the coins of Lysias

wikidata_label: Lysias Anicetus

wikipedia_title: Lysias Anicetus


text:
Egypt
4th dynasty
vizier
Khafra
Nefertkau I
Pharaoh
Sneferu
mastaba
Giza
Nefertkau I
Sneferukhaf
Khufu
George Andrew Reisner
4th dynasty

categories: Viziers of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt,Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt

paragraph: Nefermaat II

paragraph: Nefermaat II was a member of the Egyptian royal family during the 4th dynasty and vizier of Khafra (his cousin).

paragraph: Nefermaat was a son of a King's Daughter Nefertkau I and a grandson of Pharaoh Sneferu.

paragraph: Nefermaat was buried in mastaba G 7060 at Giza. Nefermaat's tomb is part of a group of tombs including those of Nefertkau I (G 7050) and his son Sneferukhaf (G 7070). His tomb is located near the pyramid of Khufu, who may not only have been his uncle, but also his father (according to George Andrew Reisner).. This last point is rejected by Strudwick and Baud. He was nevertheless considered close enough family to be elevated to the vizierate, a title reserved to close family member during the 4th dynasty.

paragraph: Section::::Titles.

paragraph: The full list of titles of Kawab were:

paragraph: Translations and indexes from Dilwyn Jones.

description: ancient Egyptian prince and vizier

wikidata_label: Nefermaat II

wikipedia_title: Nefermaat II


text: KG

text: Lord Deputy of Ireland

text: Henry VII of England

text: Sir Robert Poynings

text: Elizabeth Paston

text: William Paston

text: Southwark

text: Jack Cade

text: Second Battle of St Albans

text: Kent

text: Arundel College

text: Betchworth Castle

text: Surrey

text: Paston Letters

text: Buckingham's insurrection

text: Richard III

text: Henry, Earl of Richmond

text: Brittany

text: Milford Haven

text: knight banneret

text: Privy Council

text: Calais

text: Knight of the Garter

text: Emperor Maximilian

text: rebellious subjects in the Netherlands

text: Ravenstein

text: Bruges

text: Damme

text: Sluys

text: Duke of Saxony

text: Boulogne

text: treaty of Etaples

text: governor of Calais

text: Archduke Philip

text: Perkin Warbeck

text: Burgundy

text: Yorkist

text: English Pale

text: Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare

text: Prince Henry

text: Howth

text: Henry Deane

text: bishop of Bangor

text: Ulster

text: Carlow Castle

text: Drogheda

text: attainting

text: high treason

text: statutes of Kilkenny

text: Great Seal of England

text: Poynings's Law

text: Mary I

text: sept

text: William Hatteclyffe

text: Waterford

text: Cinque ports

text: Calais

text: Catherine of Aragon

text: Prince Charles of Castile

text: controller of the household

text: Margaret of Savoy

text: Gelderland

text: Venlo

text: Therouanne

text: Tournai

text: William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy

text: William Knight

text: Marignano

text: Westenhanger

text: castle

text: Cinque Ports

text: Field of the Cloth of Gold

text: Emperor Charles V

text: Gravelines

text: Nicholas Harris Nicolas

text: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland

text: Sir John Scott

text: Marshal of Calais

text: Sir William Scott

text: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

text: Sheriff of Kent

text: Brabourne

text: Thomas Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings

text: Boulogne

text: Sir Adrian Poynings

text: Wyatt

text: Boulogne

text: Lord High Admiral

text: Portsmouth

text: Sir George More

text: Loseley

text: Surrey

text: 8th Baron Clinton

text: Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

text: Lord Admiral of England

text: Sir Robert Wingfield

text: Sevington

categories: Knights of the Garter,English MPs 1512–1514,People from Southwark,15th-century English people,1521 deaths,Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports,1459 births,Treasurers of the Household,Lords Lieutenant of Ireland,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Edward Poynings

paragraph: Sir Edward Poynings KG (1459 – 22 October 1521) was an English soldier, administrator and diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII of England.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Edward Poynings was the only son of Sir Robert Poynings (c.1419–1461) and Elizabeth Paston (1429?–1487/8), the only daughter of William Paston (1378–1444). He was likely born at his father's house in Southwark, afterwards the Crosskeys tavern, and then the Queen's Head. His father had been carver and sword-bearer to Jack Cade, and was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461. His mother, who married Robert Poynings in December 1459, inherited her husband's property in Kent in spite of opposition from her brother-in-law, Edward Poynings, master of Arundel College. Before 1472 she married a second husband, Sir George Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surrey, by whom she had a son, Matthew, and a daughter. She died in 1487, appointing Edward as her executor. Some of her correspondence is included in the "Paston Letters".

paragraph: Poynings was brought up by his mother. In October 1483 he was a leader of the rising in Kent planned to second Buckingham's insurrection against Richard III. He was named in the king's proclamation, but escaped abroad to follow Henry, Earl of Richmond. He was in Brittany in October 1484, and in August 1485 landed with Richmond at Milford Haven. He was at once made a knight banneret, and in the same year was sworn of the Privy Council.

paragraph: Section::::Under Henry VII.

paragraph: In 1488 he was on a commission to inspect the ordnance at Calais, and in 1491 was made a Knight of the Garter. In the following year he was placed in command of fifteen hundred men sent to aid the Emperor Maximilian against his rebellious subjects in the Netherlands. The rebels, under the leadership of Ravenstein, held Bruges, Damme, and Sluys, where they fitted out ships to prey on English commerce. Poynings first cleared the sea of the privateers, and then laid siege to Sluys in August, while the Duke of Saxony blockaded it on land. After some hard fighting the two castles defending the town were taken, and the rebels entered into negotiations with Poynings to return to their allegiance. Poynings then joined Henry VII before Boulogne, but the French war was closed almost without bloodshed by the treaty of Etaples on 3 November.

paragraph: In 1493 Poynings was acting as deputy or governor of Calais. In July he was sent with Warham on a mission to Archduke Philip to gain Perkin Warbeck's expulsion from Burgundy, where he had been welcomed by the dowager duchess Margaret. The envoys obtained from Philip a promise that he would abstain from aiding Warbeck, but the duke asserted that he could not control the actions of the duchess, who was the real ruler of the country.

paragraph: Section::::In Ireland.

paragraph: Meanwhile, in Ireland, a Yorkist stronghold, the struggles between the Butlers and Geraldines had reduced royal authority to a shadow even within the English Pale, and Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, the head of the Geraldines and Lord Deputy, was in treasonable relations with Warbeck. Henry appointed Prince Henry as viceroy, and made Poynings the prince's deputy.

paragraph: Poynings landed at Howth on 13 October 1494 with a thousand men, and Henry Deane, bishop of Bangor, to act as chancellor, Hugh Conway as treasurer, and others to control the courts of king's bench, common pleas, and exchequer. Poynings's first measure was an expedition into Ulster, in conjunction with Kildare, to punish O'Donnell, O'Hanlon, Magennis, and other chieftains who had abetted Warbeck's first invasion of Ireland. His progress was stopped by the news that Kildare was plotting with O'Hanlon against his life; some colour was given to the charge by the revolt of Kildare's brother James, who seized Carlow Castle, mounted the Geraldine banner, and refused to surrender when summoned in the king's name. Poynings abandoned the Ulster invasion, turned south, and with some difficulty reduced Carlow; he then proceeded to Drogheda and summoned a parliament.

paragraph: It opened on 1 December 1494, and, after attainting Kildare, proceeded to pass for Poynings numerous acts tending to make Irish administration directly dependent on the Crown and privy council. Judges and others were to hold office during pleasure, and not by patent as hitherto; the chief castles were to be put in English hands; it was made illegal to carry weapons or make private war without license, and it was declared high treason to excite the Irish to take up arms. Further the statutes of Kilkenny passed in 1366, forbidding marriage or intercourse between the English colonists and the Irish, and the adoption by Englishmen of Irish laws, customs, or manners, were also re-enacted. Constitutionally, no parliament should be summoned in Ireland except under the Great Seal of England, or without notice to the English privy council, and that no acts of the Irish parliament should be valid unless previously submitted. Another act declared all recent laws in England to be of force in Ireland (it was subsequently decided that this provision applied to all laws passed in England before 1494). These two measures, subsequently known as "Poynings's Law", or "The Statutes of Drogheda", rendered the Irish parliament completely subordinate to that of England. A slight modification of them was introduced in Mary I's reign, and during the rebellion of 1641 Charles promised their repeal; but their principle was extended by a statute passed in 1719, empowering the English parliament to legislate for Ireland, and it was not until 1782 that they were repealed, and the Irish parliament once more became independent.

paragraph: While this parliament was sitting, Poynings made another expedition into Ulster, leaving a commission with his chancellor to continue, prorogue, or dissolve it as he thought fit. The Irish retreated, and the second expedition was even less successful than the first. Poynings now negotiated alliances with various septs, chiefly by money payments, and enforced on the inhabitants of the Pale the duty of protecting its borders against Irish incursions. With the help of his under-treasurer, William Hatteclyffe, with whom he was connected by marriage, Poynings endeavoured to reform the finances; but the opposition of subordinate officials largely impaired his success, and Warbeck's attack on Waterford in July 1495 interrupted the work. The lord deputy marched in person against Perkin, who blockaded Waterford with eleven ships, while Desmond, with 2,400 men, attacked it on land. The town held out for eleven days, and then, on Poynings's approach, Warbeck fled to Scotland.

paragraph: Poynings was recalled in January 1496. The Yorkists in Ireland had been dealt with, but Henry was disappointed that Poynings, through his system of subsidising Irish chiefs, and the partial failure of his fiscal reforms, had been unable to make Ireland pay her own way; and he now fell back on the cheaper method of governing by the help of the great Anglo-Irish families. Kildare, who had regained favour, was once more appointed deputy, and the Geraldine supremacy lasted till 1534.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: After his return to England, Poynings was occupied in the administration of the Cinque ports, of which he was appointed warden in succession to his brother-in-law, Sir William Scot, and Prince Henry. In 1500 he was present at the interview between Henry VII and the Archduke Philip at Calais, and in October 1501 was one of those appointed to meet and conduct Catherine of Aragon to London. He performed a similar office for the Flemish ambassadors who came to England in 1508 to conclude the projected marriage of Henry's daughter Mary to Prince Charles of Castile, and some time before the king's death became controller of the household. He was one of those trusty councillors who were recommended by Henry VII in his will to his son.

paragraph: Poynings's offices of controller and warden of the Cinque ports were regranted him at the beginning of the new reign. In 1511 he was again on active service. In June he was placed in command of some ships and a force of fifteen hundred men, and despatched to assist Margaret of Savoy, Regent of the Netherlands, in suppressing the revolt in Gelderland. He embarked at Sandwich on 18 July, reduced several towns and castles, and then proceeded to besiege Venlo. After three unsuccessful assaults the siege was raised, and Poynings, loaded with favours by Margaret and Charles, returned to England in the autumn.

paragraph: He sat in the parliament summoned on 4 February 1512, probably for some constituency in Kent, but the returns are lost. From May to November he was going from place to place in the Netherlands, negotiating a league against France. He was similarly employed early in 1513, with the formation of the ‘holy league’ on 5 April between the emperor, the pope, and the kings of England and Spain. With a retinue of five hundred men he was present at the capture of Therouanne on 22 August, and of Tournai on 24 September. He was in bad health, and though made lieutenant of Tournai, on 20 January 1514 William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy succeeded him. But through most of 1514 Poynings was in the Netherlands, engaged in diplomatic work.

paragraph: In October peace was made with France, and in February 1515 Poynings returned to England, with a pension of a thousand marks from Charles, and requested leave to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. In March he was appointed ambassador to the Pope, but the embassy never started; and on 7 May, with William Knight (1476–1547), he was nominated envoy to renew the league of 1505 with Prince Charles. On 14 September Poynings returned to England, after four months' unsuccessful negotiation. In the same month, however, the victory of France at Marignano once more cemented the league of her enemies, and Poynings, who was recommissioned ambassador to Charles (now king of Spain) on 21 February 1516, succeeded in concluding a treaty with him on 19 April.

paragraph: This was the last of Poynings's major negotiations, and he spent now most of his time at his manor of Westenhanger, Kent, where he rebuilt the castle, or the Cinque Ports. In June 1517 he was deciding disputes between English and French merchants at Calais, and in the same year he became chancellor of the order of the Garter. He is occasionally referred to as Lord Poynings, but never became a peer. In 1518 he was treating for the surrender of Tournai, and in 1520 he took part in the proceedings at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He was also present at Henry's meeting with Emperor Charles V at Gravelines on 10 July. He died at Westenhanger in October 1521.

paragraph: Poynings' will is printed in Nicholas Harris Nicolas's "Testamenta Vetusta". His estates passed to Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, the grandson of Poynings's first cousin Eleanor, who married Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: Poynings married, before 1485, Isabel or Elizabeth Scott (d. 15 August 1528), daughter of Sir John Scott (d.1485), Marshal of Calais, and sister of Sir William Scott, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Sheriff of Kent, by whom he had a son, John Poynings, who predeceased him without issue. Elizabeth Scott was buried in Brabourne church, where she is commemorated by a brass.

paragraph: Poynings also had seven illegitimate children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thomas Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Poynings, captain of the guard at Boulogne, killed in action there in 1546.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sir Adrian Poynings, appointed lieutenant to Wyatt at Boulogne in February 1546, captain of Boulogne in the following June, and served for some years under the Lord High Admiral. He was knighted at the accession of Elizabeth, and in 1561 became governor of Portsmouth, where he died on 15 February 1571. His daughter, Anne, married Sir George More of Loseley, Surrey.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jane Poynings, who married firstly Thomas Clinton, 8th Baron Clinton (d.1517), by whom she was the mother of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (d.1585), Lord Admiral of England, and secondly, as his second wife, Sir Robert Wingfield (d.1539), by whom she had no issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margaret Poynings, who married Edward Barry of Sevington.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary Poynings, who married Thomas Wilsford.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rose Poynings (born 1505), who married a husband surnamed Lewknor.

wikidata_label: Edward Poynings

wikipedia_title: Edward Poynings


text:
watchmaker
clockmaker
engraver
Dundee
Scotland
Liberton, near Edinburgh
apprentice
London
St. Clement Danes
Sir James Ivory
watchmaker
publishing
Lord Ivory
clockmaker
Dundee
United Kingdom
St. Andrew's Parish Church
Sir James Ivory
Dundee Academy
verge escapement
fusee
engraver
movements
watchmaker
pocket watch
movements
duplex escapements

categories: People from Dundee,1793 deaths,Scottish engravers,18th-century Scottish people,1729 births,Scottish clockmakers,Watchmakers (people)

paragraph: James Ivory (watchmaker)

paragraph: James Ivory (1729 – 1793) was a British watchmaker, clockmaker, and engraver. He was briefly followed by his son Thomas Ivory.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: James Ivory was a very prominent watchmaker and clockmaker in Dundee, Scotland during the mid-to-late 18th century. Born in Liberton, near Edinburgh in 1729, he worked as an apprentice in London, England. There he married Jane Brown on 27 January 1761 at St. Clement Danes Church in London. In late 1762 he returned to Scotland to work in Dundee, where he lived until his death in 1793. On 17 February 1765 his first son Sir James Ivory was born in Dundee. His wife Jane however died shortly after child birth. He went on to marry Margaret Cook on 16 September 1768. James's second son Thomas who was born on 5 April 1770, followed after his father and became a watchmaker in 1795 in his own right after apprenticing under his father. He later gave up the trade in 1800 to work in publishing until his death in 1825. Thomas in turn named his son James who later become known as Lord Ivory. James Ivory had 3 sons and 2 daughters through his two marriages including his stepchildren.

paragraph: James Ivory rose to considerable eminence as a renowned clockmaker in Dundee and throughout the United Kingdom. He was entrusted with the making of the clock for the steeple of St. Andrew's Parish Church in the Cowgate area of Dundee in 1774 which is still in use today. He also served as a Dundee Town Councillor from 1768 until 1789. It was while acting in this capacity that his eldest son, mathematician Sir James Ivory, was appointed one of the teachers at the Dundee Academy.

paragraph: After completing his apprenticeship in London, he opened a workshop there prior to moving to Dundee after marriage. His extremely rare early pieces thus have "London" engraved onto them rather than "Dundee". During his time as an active clockmaker and watchmaker between 1762 and 1793, he made pocket watches, hall clocks, wall clocks, etc., all of which were of the verge escapement fusee type of movement. Most if not all of his pocket watches would have had "beetle and poker"-style hands, white enamel faces, and baluster-style pillars. Many of his pieces have been sold at auction for tens of thousands of dollars and are regarded as "the best that money could buy in London at the time" by auction houses even today.

paragraph: Section::::Output.

paragraph: Based on engraved serial numbers on his pocket watch movements, he produced somewhere between only 50 to 115 a year. By comparison, others were putting out hundreds, sometimes thousands, of movements per year from their workshops. This just goes to show that much of the work was in fact done by him personally rather than with the help of several apprentices like many other makers of the time. Being an engraver himself, he created and did all of the work on his movements vs. sourcing parts from other suppliers, as was common practice by others. By and large, most other makers whose signatures were engraved on their movements, may not even have touched it themselves at all as parts came from other sources and apprentices performed most, if not all, of the remaining assembly. Ivory's only known apprentice was his son Thomas at only the last couple years of his life.

paragraph: His works of craftsmanship are highly sought after by collectors, most especially his first works from the early 1760s. The extensively intricate engravings and ornamentation on his movements are very finely detailed and elegant in design. During the time of his career, most other watchmakers were reducing the amount of aesthetic detailing put into the decorations and engravings on their movements. Most of this was due in part to the introduction of dust covers being used on pocket watch movements in the late 18th century. This also coincided with the adoption of duplex escapements in the UK which had been patented in 1782 and were in wide use by 1790. Pocket watch movements which utilized dust covers and newer types of escapements simply lacked the same artistic adornment for which the movements of the prior 100 years had become so well known and sought after. The works of James Ivory carried on the grand style of this tradition up until the end of his life in 1793.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book: Old Scottish clockmakers from 1453 to 1850; by John Smith, page 205

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book: The Universal British directory of trade, commerce, and manufacture, Volume 4; by Peter Barfoot, John Wilkes

paragraph: BULLET::::- School of Mathematics and Statistics @ University of St Andrews, Scotland http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Ivory.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leisure and Culture Dundee: http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/library/ivory

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes and Records: The Royal Society journal of the history of science http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/56/2/187.full.pdf

paragraph: BULLET::::- Friends of Dundee City Archives: http://www.fdca.org.uk/pdf%20files/LockitI.pdf

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dundee City: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/dundeecity/uploaded_publications/publication_1840.pdf

description: Scottish watchmaker, clockmaker, and engraver

wikidata_label: James Ivory

wikipedia_title: James Ivory (watchmaker)


text: Computational Neuroscience

text: McGill University

text: Electrical Engineering

text: Information Theory

text: Delft University of Technology

text: Boston University

text: whole brain emulation

text: whole brain emulation

text: Oxford

text: computational neuroscience

text: psychology

text: information theory

text: electrical engineering

text: physics

text: neuroprostheses

text: neural interfaces

text: carboncopies.org

text: MindUploading.org webpage

text: netmorph.org

categories: McGill University alumni,Dutch transhumanists,Living people,Delft University of Technology alumni

paragraph: Randal A. Koene

paragraph: Randal A. Koene is a Dutch neuroscientist and neuroengineer, and co-founder of carboncopies.org, the outreach and roadmapping organization for advancing Substrate-Independent Minds (SIM). Between 2008 and 2010, Koene was Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at the Fatronik-Tecnalia Institute in Spain, the third largest private research organization in Europe. Koene earned his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University, and his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Information Theory at Delft University of Technology. He is a former Professor at the Center for Memory and Brain of Boston University, and is co-founder of the Neural Engineering Corporation of Massachusetts. Koene established the MindUploading.org website and first proposed the term and specific approach called whole brain emulation, the purpose of which is the technological accomplishment of mind transfer to a different substrate. His professional research objective is the implementation of whole brain emulation: creating the large-scale high-resolution representations and emulations of activity in neuronal circuitry that are needed in patient-specific neuroprostheses. He is a member of the Oxford working group that convened in 2007 to create a first roadmap toward whole brain emulation.

paragraph: Koene has professional expertise in computational neuroscience, psychology, information theory, electrical engineering and physics. He organizes neural engineering efforts to obtain and replicate function and structure information that resides in the neural substrate for use in neuroprostheses and neural interfaces. Based on NETMORPH, Koene's computational framework for the simulated morphological development of neuronal circuitry, his lab is creating a Virtual Brain Laboratory to give neuroscientists, neuroengineers and clinicians large-scale high-resolution quantitative tools analogous to the computational tools that have become essential in fields such as genetics, chemistry or the aero-space industry. This effort bridges scales and will help determine how significant functions are encoded robustly in neural ensembles, and how those functions can nevertheless depend in specific ways on the detailed biophysics of particular component physiology.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- carboncopies.org

paragraph: BULLET::::- MindUploading.org webpage

paragraph: BULLET::::- netmorph.org

paragraph: BULLET::::- ASIM Expert Series 2010, Write-up and Video: "Realistic Routes to Substrate-Independent Minds"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Singularity Summit 2009, Video: The Time is Now: As a Species and as Individuals we Need Whole Brain Emulation"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Video: “Scope and Resolution in Neural Prosthetics and Special Concerns for Emulation of a Whole Brain”

paragraph: BULLET::::- AGI 2010 Tutorial, Video: "Neural Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Singularity Summit Australia talk, Video & Abstract: "Substrate Independent Minds"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Singularity Summit Australia talk, Video & Abstract: "Extending Life is Not Enough"

description: Dutch neuroscientist

wikidata_label: Randal A. Koene

wikipedia_title: Randal A. Koene


text: Chicago

text: Rock Island, Illinois

text: Queen Anne style

text: draftsman

text: sole proprietor

text: Illinois State Capitol

text: Great Chicago Fire

text: opera house

text: Santa Fe Railroad

text: New Mexico

text: Charles O. Boynton House

text: David Syme House

text: Ellwood House

text: Kosciusko County Jail

text: Menominee Opera House

text: Ogle County Courthouse

paragraph: George O. Garnsey

paragraph: George O. Garnsey (1840–1923) was an American architect from the city of Chicago. He was born in Rock Island, Illinois and was educated at a private school in New York; in 1852 his parents brought him to Chicago. Garnsey was known for his large picturesque Queen Anne style homes.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After coming to Chicago, he went to work with J.C. Rankin as a draftsman; only 16 at the time, Garnsey stayed with Rankin until 1861. He worked briefly in partnerships and for other architectural firms before going into business as a sole proprietor in 1868. That same year Garnsey published his "American Glossary of Architectural Terms". In 1869 Garnsey helped design the current Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield.

paragraph: After the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, Garnsey helped to redesign many of the buildings in the city and established a national reputation for theater and opera house design. From 1885 until 1893 he edited "National Builder", a journal where he published many of the designs for the buildings he worked on. In 1923 he was commissioned by the National Bonding and .Developing Company to build a new city on the site of an old US military installation on the Santa Fe Railroad in New Mexico.

paragraph: One of Garnsey's opera houses is currently being preserved in Menominee, Michigan.

paragraph: In Wisconsin, Garnsey was associated with John C. Cochraine in the design of Memorial Hall (1867) at Beloit College in the Near East Side Historical District. Garnsey was the architect for the Shearer-Cristy House (1891) in Waupaca, Wisconsin and the Clawson-Condon House (1890) in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Both homes are examples of Queen Anne pattern book design.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles O. Boynton House

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Syme House

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ellwood House

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kosciusko County Jail

paragraph: BULLET::::- Menominee Opera House

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ogle County Courthouse

paragraph: BULLET::::- Old Congregational Church (Sycamore, Illinois)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The National Builders Album of Beautiful Homes - Edited by G. Garnsey 1891 Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room ,William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Digital Library.

description: American architect

wikidata_label: George O. Garnsey

wikipedia_title: George O. Garnsey


text:
Scoto-Norman
bishop
Hector Boece
John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
Scotland
Earldom of Buchan
Precentor
Aberdeen Cathedral
deacon
Hugh de Benin
chapter
Bishop of Aberdeen
Pope Martin IV
priest
Robert Wishart
Alan de St Edmund
Glasgow
Caithness
Dunblane
Alexander III of Scotland
Margaret, Maid of Norway
John Balliol
Great Cause
Edward I of England
sheriffdom
Aberdeen
Robert the Bruce
Earl of Carrick
Robert I of Scotland
temporalities
see
parliament
Treaty of Perth
papal curia
Pope John XXII
excommunicated
Winchester
river Don
Dowden, John
, accessed 21 Feb 2007
Watt, D.E.R.

categories: People temporarily excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church,Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence,13th-century Roman Catholic bishops,Bishops of Aberdeen,14th-century Roman Catholic bishops,Scoto-Normans,1329 deaths,13th-century Scottish clergy,Clan Cheyne,People from Aberdeenshire,13th-century births

paragraph: Henry le Chen

paragraph: Henry le Chen [le Cheyn, le Chein, Cheyne, de Chene] was a late 13th-century and early 14th-century Scoto-Norman bishop. Hector Boece claims that he was the nephew of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, but no contemporary evidence supports this. Cheyne belonged to a family with Norman roots which was well established in the northeast of Scotland, holding significant amounts of territory on the boundaries of the Earldom of Buchan.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Henry emerges for the first time - as Precentor of Aberdeen Cathedral - when his name occurs in a document dated to 22 January 1277. Despite the fact he was only a deacon, after the death of the former bishop, Hugh de Benin, the chapter unanimously elected le Chen to be the new Bishop of Aberdeen. Pope Martin IV originally cancelled the election because le Chen had not been yet ordained a priest, but reversed his decision and commissioned Robert Wishart, Alan de St Edmund and William, the bishops of Glasgow, Caithness and Dunblane respectively, to consecrate le Chen after one of them had ordained him a priest.

paragraph: Le Chen's strong Comyn connections meant that, in the succession dispute which followed the deaths of Alexander III of Scotland and Margaret, Maid of Norway, he firmly supported the Comyn-backed claims of John Balliol; he was one of the auditors employed by Balliol during the Great Cause. Although one of the senior royal councillors during the reign of King John Balliol, when King Edward I of England invaded and deposed King John, le Chen quickly swore an oath of fealty to Edward, and was so well trusted by the King that the latter put him in charge of the sheriffdom of Aberdeen. In the period immediately following the uprising and restoration of the throne by Robert de Brus (Robert the Bruce), Earl of Carrick, in 1306, le Chen was noticeably lukewarm to the new king (now Robert I of Scotland), and at some point was temporarily deprived of the temporalities of his see, though there is no direct evidence that he suffered exile.

paragraph: In 1309 he attended Robert's first parliament and was part of the renewal of the Treaty of Perth in 1312, but Bishop Henry nevertheless held a low profile for the remainder of the decade. However, despite the complete success of the Bruce cause, no other bishop is found to be promoted, and le Chen was a loyal subject of the king by the end of the decade when he was summoned to the papal curia (16 August 1320) to account for the behaviour of his king. On 16 June 1321, Pope John XXII excommunicated Bishop Henry, and on 23 May 1322, commanded the bishops of Winchester and Dunblane to promulgate the sentence.

paragraph: John died at an unknown date in 1329, the same year as King Robert. Pope John XXII referred to le Chen as "of good memory", meaning that Henry had been absolved of his sentence before his death. He was credited with constructing a bridge over the river Don.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reid, Norman H., "Cheyne , Henry (d. 1328)", in the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 21 Feb 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

paragraph: Section::::External Links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcheyne.html

description: Scottish bishop

wikidata_label: Henry le Chen

wikipedia_title: Henry le Chen