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paragraph: Davin Meggett

paragraph: Davin Meggett (born March 22, 1990) is an American Football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Texans in 2012. He played college football for the University of Maryland.

paragraph: He has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Meggett was born in Clinton, Maryland on March 22, 1990 to Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowl selection Dave Meggett and mother Victoria Davis. He grew up in Upper Marlboro, Maryland with his mother and stepfather John Davis. At the age of 9, Meggett switched from his preferred sport of soccer to football because his childhood friend played the game. Meggett, however, was doubtful that he was of large enough stature to play intercollegiate football for a major college program.

paragraph: At Surrattsville High School, Meggett was a three-year starting running back. As a junior in 2006, he ran for 1,150 yards on 156 attempts, rushed for ten touchdowns, and garnered second-team all-county and honorable mention all-state honors. Meggett experienced a breakout year as a senior in 2007, during which he led the Surratsville Hornets to its first playoff berth since the establishment of the team in 1960. He finished the regular season as the second-leading rusher in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. On the season, Meggett rushed 169 times for 1,784 yards and scored 26 rushing touchdowns and six receiving touchdowns. Rivals.com named him the 16th-ranked player in the state of Maryland. He was honored as a first-team All-Prince George's County, All-Met, and all-league player. Surrattsville High finished with a 10–2 record and a state playoffs berth. Meggett also ran track in high school and earned a letter all four years. He was honored as all-county and the team's field athlete of the year as a junior.

paragraph: Meggett was recruited by Notre Dame, Virginia, and Rutgers, but Maryland was the only Division I FBS school to offer him a scholarship. He also received scholarship offers from Division I FCS programs , Old Dominion, and James Madison. Meggett, who grew up a Maryland fan, accepted the school's offer and later said, "This is a dream. Is this really happening? ... I'm going to go ahead, commit and live out a fantasy."

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: At the University of Maryland, Meggett studies government and politics. As a true freshman in 2008, he saw action in each game of the season. Short-statured and muscular, his smashmouth rushing style is characterized by achieving yards after contact. In 2008, Meggett recorded 422 rushing yards on 79 attempts with a long of 38 against California, and four touchdowns. After starting tailback Da'Rel Scott suffered a lingering shoulder injury against California game, Meggett gained increased playing time. Offensive coordinator, James Franklin, called the run-intensive, rain-soaked North Carolina match "a Meggett type of game ... Downhill, not a whole lot of dancing." In that game, Meggett made a one-yard rushing touchdown and the 31-yard reception which helped put the Terps within range for the game-winning field goal. Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen said, "He's a freshman, but he doesn't play like a freshman." Against NC State, Meggett had eight carries for 34 yards and a one-yard touchdown run. He replaced Scott after an injury late in the game, and then caught a screen pass for 31 yards to set up the game-winning field goal by kicker Obi Egekeze. Maryland secured bowl eligibility with the 27 24 victory. In the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl against Nevada, he caught a pass for a two-point conversion, and rushed ten times for 35 yards. Alongside leading rusher Scott, Meggett helped Maryland to come the closest it ever has to having both a 1,000- and 500-yard rusher in the same season. Meggett fell just 43 yards shy of the 500-yard mark. He led all Atlantic Coast Conference freshman with 5.13 yards per carry.

paragraph: In 2009, Meggett entered preseason camp behind Scott and Morgan Green, but his camp performance was impressive enough to garner a share of the number-one position alongside Scott. He saw action in all 12 games including four starts, and recorded 338 yards on 99 carries and six touchdowns.

paragraph: Meggett and Scott again split time as the number-one back during the 2010 season. Head coach Friedgen said, "At this point in time, I would say Scott and Meggett are 1A and 1B." He saw action in all 13 games and recorded 720 yards on 126 carries and four touchdowns. In the season opener against Navy, Meggett rushed eight times for a career-high 105 yards, including a career-long 67-yard run, and one touchdown. Meggett extended his career-long against Florida International with a 76-yard touchdown run to ensure a Maryland victory. Against Duke, Meggett had 18 carries for 57 yards, including a three-yard touchdown run. Against Wake Forest, Meggett rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown.

paragraph: Prior to the 2011 season, Meggett was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list. He assumed the starting position after the graduation of Da'Rel Scott and was named a team captain. In the opener against Miami, he had 21 carries for 92 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

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

paragraph: Meggett was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent to an undisclosed three-year contract on April 29, 2012. He was released on August 26, 2012.

paragraph: On September 27, the Texans signed Meggett to the practice squad. He was released on November 27.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Indianapolis Colts.

paragraph: On December 11, 2012, Meggett was signed to the practice squad of the Indianapolis Colts.

paragraph: On August 25, 2013, he was waived by the Colts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Dallas Cowboys.

paragraph: On October 15, 2013, Meggett was signed to the practice squad of the Dallas Cowboys. He was released on October 29.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.

paragraph: The Washington Redskins signed Meggett to their practice squad on November 12. He signed a reserve/future contract with the team on December 31, 2013. He was released on March 4, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second Stint with Colts.

paragraph: Meggett re-signed with the Indianapolis Colts on July 27, 2014. He was waived on August 17, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indianapolis Colts bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maryland Terrapins bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- ESPN Stats

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wikipedia_title: Davin Meggett


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Universitatea Craiova
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Valentin Stănescu
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paragraph: Ion Oblemenco

paragraph: Ion Oblemenco (13 May 1945 – 1 September 1996) was a Romanian football striker who spent the majority of his career playing for Universitatea Craiova. He is the club's all-time top goalscorer with a total of 167 goals, and the club's stadium is named in his honour.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Oblemenco was born in Corabia, Olt County. He began his youth career in 1958 at the age of 13 at Progresul Corabia, where he played till 1960, and then moved to Electroputere Craiova for two years.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Rapid Bucureşti.

paragraph: Oblemenco aged 19, was bought from CS Universitatea Craiova by Valentin Stănescu to Rapid Bucureşti. He made his senior debut on 5 July 1964 and scored in a 3–1 defeat against his former club Universitatea Craiova. Oblemenco's first team opportunities were limited as he was kept out of the side by forwards Emil Dumitriu and Ion Ionescu. He left Rapid in the Summer of 1966, and returned to Universitatea Craiova.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Universitatea Craiova.

paragraph: Oblemenco quickly became a leader and team captain for the "Blue Lions". He debuted in a match against Dinamo Bucureşti on 21 August 1966. In the following game he scored twice in a 3–2 win over Jiul Petroşani. In his first 1966–67 season Oblemenco was the top scorer in Divizia A with 17 goals in 23 appearances, and repeats the same performance three times in (1969–1970 – 19 goals), (1971–1972 – 19 goals) and (1972–1973 – 21 goals) being, along with Ştefan Dobay and Dudu Georgescu, the only players who obtained this achievement in Divizia A.

paragraph: He rapidly became an adored star among the club's fans, and in his time there he elevated the team to the most successful era in its history. Oblemenco helped his side win its first championship title in 1973–74, over clubs like Steaua and Dinamo. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his prolific and explosive goalscoring. His former teammate, Petre Deselnicu said: "I've kissed Oblemenco more than my wife, because he scored so many goals for our team". Oblemenco's final club was FCM Galaţi, where he retired in 1978. One of his biggest regrets was not playing for the national team.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: After retiring as a player, he worked as assistant coach for Universitatea Craiova under Valentin Stănescu, together they managed to win the league title in the 1979–80 season, this was their second title in the history of the club. Oblemenco was then appointed as head coach. Nonetheless, he continued to enjoy success, winning the Romanian Cup and the championship in 1980–81 and also reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1982.

paragraph: He also managed Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, Olt Scorniceşti and Hassania Agadir in Morocco.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: On 28 October 1972, during the 1972–73 season, Oblemenco was diagnosed with peptic ulcer. He was successfully operated twice in October 1972. He returned to the pitch in March 1973, in a match between Rapid Bucureşti and Universitatea Craiova, in which he scored three goals.

paragraph: Oblemenco died of heart attack in a friendly match between the team he was managing, Hassania Agadir, and Union Sidi Kacem on 1 September 1996, aged 51.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Player.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Universitatea Craiova

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Career overview.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Total matches played in Romanian First League:" 272 matches – 170 goals

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Topscorer of the Romanian First League:" 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "European Cups:" 9 matches – 4 goals

paragraph: BULLET::::- "U-23 national team:" 12 matches – 5 goals

paragraph: BULLET::::- He has scored 170 goals in Divizia A, being ranked 5th in the all-time scoring table, but he has never been capped for Romania.

paragraph: BULLET::::- He played for Romania's U-23 side touring Uruguay, Brazil and Africa.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marius Popescu, "Ion Oblemenco și campioana unei mari iubiri", Scrisul Românesc, 1975

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categories: Bisexual writers,Actresses from New York City,American interior designers,Bisexual artists,French designers,LGBT artists from the United States,LGBT businesspeople from the United States,American women in World War I,Bisexual actresses,American women in business,American women interior designers,Bisexual women,1865 births,American socialites,French socialites,1950 deaths,French interior designers

paragraph: Elsie de Wolfe

paragraph: Elsie de Wolfe, also known as Lady Mendl, (December 20, c. 1859 – July 12, 1950) was an American actress, interior decorator, nominal author of the influential 1913 book "The House in Good Taste," and a prominent figure in New York, Paris, and London society. According to "The New Yorker", "Interior design as a profession was invented by Elsie de Wolfe," although the praise is not strictly true. She was certainly the most famous name in the field until the 1930s, but the profession of interior decorator/designer was recognized as a promising one as early as 1900, five years before she received her first official commission, the Colony Club in New York. During her married life (from 1926 until her death in 1950), the press often referred to her as Lady Mendl. She was born in New York City and died in Versailles, France. Cremated, her ashes were placed in a common grave, the lease expired, at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Among de Wolfe's distinguished clients were Amy Vanderbilt, Anne Morgan, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Henry Clay and Adelaide Frick. She transformed the interiors of wealthy homes from dark wood, heavily curtained palaces into light, intimate spaces featuring fresh colors and a reliance on 18th-century French furniture and accessories.

paragraph: In her autobiography, de Wolfe — born Ella Anderson de Wolfe and the only daughter of a Canadian-born doctor — called herself a "rebel in an ugly world." Her sensitivity to style and color was acute from childhood. Arriving home from school one day, she found her parents had redecorated the drawing room:

paragraph: Hutton Wilkinson, president of the Elsie de Wolfe Foundation, clarified that many things de Wolfe hated, such as "pickle and plum Morris furniture," are prized today by museums and designers. "De Wolfe simply didn't like Victorian, the high style of her sad childhood," Wilkinson wrote, "and chose to banish it from her design vocabulary."

paragraph: De Wolfe's first career choice was that of actress. She originally appeared with the Amateur Comedy Club in New York City as Lady Clara Seymour in "A Cup of Tea" (April 1886) and as Maude Ashley in "Sunshine" (December 1886), a one-act comedy by Fred W. Broughton. Her success led to a full-time theatrical career, making her professional debut in Sardou's "Thermidor" in 1891, in which she played the role of Fabienne with Forbes-Robertson. In 1894 she joined the Empire Stock Company under Charles Frohman. In 1901 she brought out "The Way of the World" under her own management at the Victoria Theatre, and later toured the United States in the role. On stage, she was neither a total failure nor a great success; one critic called her "the leading exponent of the peculiar art of wearing good clothes well." She became interested in interior decorating as a result of staging plays, and in 1903 she left the theater to launch a career as a decorator.

paragraph: Undoubtedly one of the first interior designers, Elsie de Wolfe is considered by some to have invented the occupation, although evidence reveals the profession existed before she made her considerable name. Through her efforts, American homes were introduced to a succession of sophisticated yet simple ideas, generally based on her preference for late 18th-century French style.

paragraph: Many elements aided her in becoming such an influential figure in the emerging field — her social connections, her reputation as an actress and her success in decorating the interior of the Washington Irving House, the residence she shared with her close friend, Elisabeth Marbury.

paragraph: Preferring a brighter scheme of decorating than was fashionable in Victorian times, she helped convert interiors featuring dark, heavy draperies and overly ornate furnishings into light, soft, more feminine rooms. She made a feature of mirrors, which both illuminated and expanded living spaces, brought back into fashion furniture painted in white or pale colors, and indulged her taste for chinoiserie, chintz, green and white stripes, wicker, "trompe-l'oeil" effects in wallpaper, and trelliswork motifs, suggesting the allure of the garden. As de Wolfe claimed: "I opened the doors and windows of America, and let the air and sunshine in." Her inspiration came from 18th-century French and English art, literature, theater, and fashion.

paragraph: De Wolfe's taste was also practical, eliminating in her schemes the clutter that occupied Victorian homes, enabling people to entertain more guests comfortably. She also popularized the "chaises longue", faux-finish treatments, and animal print upholstery.

paragraph: In 1905, Stanford White, the architect for the Colony Club and a longtime friend, helped de Wolfe secure the commission for its interior design. The building, located at 120 Madison Avenue (near 30th Street), would become the premier women's social club on its opening two years later, much of its appeal owing to the interiors de Wolfe arranged. Instead of the heavy, masculine overtones then pervasive in fashionable interiors, de Wolfe used light fabric for window coverings, painted walls pale colors, tiled the floors, and added wicker chairs and settees. The effect centered on the illusion of an outdoor garden pavilion. (The building is now occupied by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.) The success of the Colony Club proved a turning point in her own life and career, launching her fame as the most sought-after interior decorator of the day.

paragraph: Over the course of the next six years, de Wolfe designed interiors for many prestigious private homes, clubs, and businesses on both the East and West coasts. By 1913, her reputation had grown so that her studio took up an entire floor of offices on 5th Avenue. That year she received her greatest commission — from coal magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the richest men in America at the time.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and family.

paragraph: De Wolfe's 1926 marriage to diplomat Sir Charles Mendl, the British press attache in Paris, was page-one news in the "New York Times". The marriage was platonic and one of convenience. The pair appeared to have married primarily for social amenities, entertaining together but keeping separate residences. In 1935, when de Wolfe published her autobiography, she didn't mention her husband in it. Although his career had been of no great distinction, Mendl's knighthood was allegedly bestowed due to his retrieval of letters from a gigolo who had been blackmailing Prince George, Duke of Kent.

paragraph: The "Times" reported "the intended marriage comes as a great surprise to her friends," a veiled reference to the fact that since 1892 de Wolfe had been living openly in what many observers accepted as a lesbian relationship. As the paper put it: "When in New York she makes her home with Miss Elizabeth Marbury at 13 Sutton Place."

paragraph: The daughter of a prosperous New York lawyer, Elisabeth (Bessy) Marbury, like de Wolfe, was also a pioneer career woman. She was one of the first female theater agents and one of the first woman Broadway producers. Her clients included Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. During their nearly 40 years together, Marbury was initially the main support of the couple. Dave Von Drehle speaks of "the willowy De Wolfe and the masculine Marbury ... cutting a wide path through Manhattan society. Gossips called them "the Bachelors." Expecting nothing to change in their relationship due to her marriage to Mendl, de Wolfe remained Marbury's lover until the latter's death in 1933.

paragraph: Section::::Personal celebrity.

paragraph: In 1926 the "New York Times" described de Wolfe as "one of the most widely known women in New York social life," and in 1935 as "prominent in Paris society."

paragraph: Her morning exercises were famous. In her memoir, de Wolfe wrote that her daily regimen at age 70 included yoga, standing on her head, and walking on her hands. "I have a regular exercise routine founded on the Yogi method," Elsie said, "introduced to me by Anne Vanderbilt and her daughter, Princess Murat. I stand on my head [and] I can turn cart wheels. Or I walk upside-down on my hands."

paragraph: In 1935, Paris experts named her the best-dressed woman in the world, noting that she wore what suited her best, regardless of fashion.

paragraph: De Wolfe had embroidered taffeta pillows bearing the motto "Never complain, never explain." On first seeing the Parthenon, De Wolfe exclaimed "It's beige — my color!"

paragraph: At her house in France, the Villa Trianon, she had a dog cemetery in which each tombstone read, "The one I loved the best."

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Irving Berlin's "Harlem On My Mind" the singer professes to prefer the "low-down" Harlem ambience to her "high-falutin' flat that Lady Mendl designed."

paragraph: BULLET::::- One of the color schemes she popularized was the inspiration for the Cole Porter song "That Black and White Baby of Mine" (whose lyrics include the lines "All she thinks black and white/She even drinks Black & White").

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Cole Porter's lyric about modern scandals, "Anything Goes," he observes, "When you hear that Lady Mendl, standing up/Now turns a handspring landing up-/On her toes/Anything goes!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cole Porter also refers to her in the song "Farming" from the musical "Let's Face It!" . The lyric describes the celebrities who have gone back to nature: "Kit Cornell is shelling peas, Lady Mendl's climbing trees, Farming is so charming they all say!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elsie de Wolfe is referred to AS "Maid Mendl" in Osbert Sitwell's satirical and poem, Rat Week. "That gay, courageous pirate crew, With sweet Maid Mendl at the Prow, Who upon royal wings oft flew, To paint the Palace white -- (and how!).

paragraph: Section::::Tributes.

paragraph: In 2015, she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (Reprint)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Decoration of Houses" a manual of interior design by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victorian decorative arts

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ludwig Bemelmans,"The one I loved the best" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955" by Adam Lewis (2010), Rizzoli, New York.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elsie de Wolfe, The Colony Club, and the birthplace of American design

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Flanner, Janet (1938) "Handsprings Across the Sea," "The New Yorker," 1938-01-15, as posted online ; profile of de Wolfe

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Decorator's Life: Elise De Wolfe 1865–1950", Canadian Interior Design https://web.archive.org/web/20060311075659/http://www.canadianinteriordesign.com/kwi/Page_2/Elsie_De_Wolfe.htm

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Elsie de Wolfe" Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154188/Elsie-de-Wolfe

paragraph: BULLET::::- The house in good taste (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sarah E. Mitchell, "Review of Elsie de Wolfe, "The House in Good Taste"", Vintage Designs

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elsie de Wolfe House

paragraph: BULLET::::- Penny Sparke, "Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration",

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elsie De Wolfe - Famous Interior Designers

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Decorator’s Life: Elsie De Wolfe 1865 – 1950", Canadian Interior Design

paragraph: BULLET::::- Her stage career on IMDb

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text: Perkins House Museum

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paragraph: Simeon Perkins

paragraph: Colonel Simeon Perkins (February 24, 1735 – May 9, 1812) was a Nova Scotia militia leader, merchant, diarist and politician. Perkins led the defence of Liverpool from attacks during the American Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In the 1770s, Liverpool was the second-largest settlement in Nova Scotia, next to Halifax. He also funded privateer ships in defence of the colony. He wrote a diary for 46 years (1766–1812), which is an essential historic document of this time period in Nova Scotian history. His home is now the Perkins House Museum.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: He was lieutenant-colonel of the county militia from 1772 to 1793, he served as colonel commandant from 1793 to 1807. During the American Revolution, he defended the town numerous times from attack by American privateers. There were five raids on the town: October 1776, March 1777, September 1777, May 1778, and September 1780. He also went on the offensive by funding various privateer ships of his own to attack American privateers.

paragraph: A month after HMS "Blonde" defeated "Duc de Choiseul", on May 1, 1778, American privateers raided Liverpool, ravaging and pillaging a number of the houses and stores, including the store of Simeon Perkins. Three weeks later, on May 21, the same privateers returned and tried to tow the wreck of "Duc de Choiseul" out to sea. Perkins mustered ten men at the shore. Cannon fire was exchanged by the British militia and the American privateers. The privateers continued to fire at the town for almost an hour. Perkins marched his men along the shore, closer to the privateers. One of the militia was wounded in the ensuing exchanges. The privateers stayed off shore for a number of days. Perkins kept a sergeant and six men on guard duty twenty four hours a day until the privateers left the area.

paragraph: After suffering three years of similar sporadic raids, Perkins, on June 2, 1779, built a battery for the artillery and on October 31 launched their own privateer vessel named "Lucy" to bring battle to their adversaries. As well, Perkins wrote a successful appeal to the authorities in Halifax, and on December 13, 1778 Captain John Howard's company of the King's Orange Rangers arrived aboard the transport "Hannah". The company consisted of Howard, 2 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 3 sergeants, 2 or 3 corporals, 48 privates, and several camp followers, both women and children.

paragraph: The most dramatic defense of Liverpool occurred on September 13, 1780. Two American privateers, "Surprize" under Captain Benjamin Cole, and "Delight", under Captain Lane, unloaded nearly 70 men at Ballast Cove shortly after midnight. By 4am they had captured the fort and taken Howard, two other officers, and all but six of the KOR garrison as prisoners. Perkins called out the militia, engineered the capture of Cole, and ransomed him and the others for the recovery of the fort and the release of the prisoners. Liverpool was not bothered by privateers for the remainder of the war.

paragraph: Perkins also invested in privateering during the Napoleonic Wars, earning substantial returns from vessels such as the ships , "Duke of Kent" and the famous brig "Rover"

paragraph: Section::::Politician.

paragraph: A born leader, he held public office for a long period representing Queens County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1768 and from 1770 to 1799. He held twenty-seven government positions in his lifetime, none of which paid, including justice of the peace, colonel of the militia, and judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Quarter Sessions.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Perkins was born in Norwich, Connecticut, one of sixteen children of Jacob Perkins and Jemima Leonard. He came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in May 1762 as part of the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia. In Liverpool, Perkins immediately began trading in fish and lumber and forged trading ties with New England, Newfoundland, Europe and the West Indies.

paragraph: He had nine children from two marriages. His first wife, Abigail Backus, died four weeks after the birth of his first son Roger. He married again in 1775 to Mrs. Elizabeth Headley (Young) who had been widowed two months before the birth of her daughter Ruth.

paragraph: Section::::Diary.

paragraph: His diary, which he began in 1766, remains a vital source for historians studying the society and economy of colonial Canada and notably the battle for identity and loyalty during the American Revolution. Perkins was at first neutral, but became increasingly loyal to the British cause. After relentless American privateer attacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool itself, Perkins helped lead the defences of the town and outfitted several privateer ships against the Americans.

paragraph: One of his diary entries, for October 12, 1796 allegedly contains the first report of a UFO sighting in modern North America. Perkins reports the tale circulating at the time of a young lady and two men living at New Minas, Nova Scotia on upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy, who, during a recent sunrise, saw as many as fifteen “ships in the air ... and a man forward with his hand stretched out.” Perkins continues, "the story did not obtain universal credit but some people believed it."

paragraph: The original copies of Perkins diaries were donated to the Town of Liverpool in 1899 and are now held by the Queens County Museum in Liverpool. The diary was published in five volumes by the Champlain Society between 1948 and 1967. The diaries are now available online.

paragraph: Section::::Perkins House Museum.

paragraph: Perkins' home was preserved through the efforts of the Queens County Historical Society in 1949 led by the author and historian Thomas Raddall. It opened as the Perkins House Museum in 1957 and became part of the Nova Scotia Museum system, the oldest building owned by the province. It became a popular tourism draw in Liverpool open every year during the summer. However the house was closed to the public in 2015 after the province, citing shifting floor beams deemed the building a safety hazard. The Nova Scotia Museum says it will eventually repair and reopen the house but no plans have been announced as the province says the provincial budget cannot afford the cost of repairs.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Military history of Nova Scotia

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Early Liverpool and its Diarist" by C. Bruce Fergusson (1963).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Diary of Simeon Perkins" (5 volumes), edited by Harold A. Innis et al., published by The Champlain Society (1947–78).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution: Excerpts from Simeon Perkins' Diary (1774–1782)" Queens County Museum (1992).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L'armateur préféré de Beaumarchais Jean Peltier Dudoyer, de Nantes à l'Isle de France", Tugdual de Langlais, Éd. Coiffard, 2015, 340 p. (). pp 93-95.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"

paragraph: BULLET::::- House Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Searchable online edition of "Diary of Simeon Perkins" Champlain Collection, Champlain Society

paragraph: BULLET::::- Excerpts from his diary

paragraph: BULLET::::- Index of Genealogical Extracts From Simeon Perkins' Diary

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canadian Register of Historic Places Listing

description: Canadian politician

wikidata_label: Simeon Perkins

wikipedia_title: Simeon Perkins


text: sculptor

text: Paris

text: Standing Woman

text: École des Beaux-Arts

text: Gabriel-Jules Thomas

text: René Lalique

text: Boston

text: H. H. Kitson

text: New York City

text: Paul Manship

text: Rockefeller Center

text: Georgetown, Maine

text: Marsden Hartley

text: Standing Woman

text: John Marin

text: Georgia O'Keeffe

text: John Marin

text: Marianne Moore

text: Lincoln Kirstein

text: Museum of Modern Art

text: Art Institute of Chicago

text: Addison Gallery of American Art

text: Brooklyn Museum of Art

text: Cleveland Museum of Art

text: Currier Museum of Art

text: Detroit Institute of Arts

text: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

text: Harvard University Art Museums

text: Honolulu Museum of Art

text: Indiana University Art Museum

text: Memorial Art Gallery

text: Metropolitan Museum of Art

text: Minneapolis Institute of Art

text: Milwaukee Art Museum

text: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

text: Museum of Modern Art

text: Nasher Sculpture Center

text: National Portrait Gallery

text: New Mexico Museum of Art

text: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

text: Phillips Collection

text: Sheldon Museum of Art

text: Smart Museum of Art

text: Smithsonian American Art Museum

text: Walker Art Center

text: Worcester Art Museum

text: Findlay Galleries

text: the gallery

text: Floating Figure

text: Art in America

text: Portland Art Museum

text: Gaston Lachaise Bio

categories: 20th-century American sculptors,Artists from Paris,Modern sculptors,1935 deaths,Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts,French emigrants to the United States,American male sculptors,1882 births,Art Nouveau designers

paragraph: Gaston Lachaise

paragraph: Gaston Lachaise (March 19, 1882 – October 18, 1935) was an American sculptor of French birth, active in the early 20th century. A native of Paris, he was most noted for his female nudes such as "Standing Woman". Gaston Lachaise was taught the refinement of European sculpture while living in France. He met a young American woman, Isabel Nagel, and the pair moved to America, where his craft reached maturity and he was influenced and inspired by American ways. Lachaise helped redefine the female nude in a new and powerful manner. His drawings also reflected his new style of the female form.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Born in Paris, Lachaise was the son of a cabinetmaker. At age 13 he entered a craft school, the École Municipale Bernard Palissy, where he was trained in the decorative arts, and from 1898 to 1904 he studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts under Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He began his artistic career as a designer of Art Nouveau decorative objects for the French jeweler René Lalique.

paragraph: Section::::Move to America.

paragraph: Around 1902 or 1903 he met and fell in love with Isabel Dutaud Nagle (1872–1957), a married American woman of French Canadian descent (she eventually was divorced from her husband and married Lachaise). When she returned to her home near Boston in 1904, Lachaise vowed to follow her. After briefly working for the master jewelry and glass designer René Lalique in order to pay for his passage, he arrived in America in 1906, never to return to his native land. For the next fifteen years he earned a living as a sculptor's assistant. In Boston he worked for H. H. Kitson, an academic sculptor producing primarily military monuments. In 1912 Lachaise went to New York City helping Kitson in his studio at 7 MacDougal Alley. Soon after, he went to work as an assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship, while also creating his own art. His association with Paul Manship lasted until 1921; the work of both sculptors can be seen at Rockefeller Center.

paragraph: In the early 1920s Lachaise bought a summer home and studio in Georgetown, Maine, Marsden Hartley being a frequent visitor. In America, Lachaise matured into his unique style and portrayal of the female nude. He worked mostly in bronze. Lachaise's nudes were seen as strong yet gentle, husky but curvy, and seem to be referring to fertility as well. "The breasts, the abdomen, the thighs, the buttocks—upon each of these elements the sculptor lavishes a powerful and incisive massiveness, a rounded voluminousness, that answers not to the descriptions of nature but to an ideal prescribed by his own emotions."

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Lachaise's personal idiom was developed during the first decade of the twentieth century with his encounter with Isabel. But it was not until his arrival in New York, that he realized his principal manifesto: his concept of "Woman" as a force of nature based on his wife's image. In his own words he described his many sculpted images of the female nude in contrasting terms: vigorous, robust, and massive yet in repose, serene and eternal.

paragraph: In 1918, (eight months after he became an American citizen and married Isabel), Lachaise began his meteoric rise in the New York art world with his first solo show, held at the Bourgeois Galleries, which featured his challenging, heroic-sized "Woman (Elevation)".

paragraph: Lachaise's most famous work, "Standing Woman" (modeled 1928–30, copyrighted 1932, cast ca. 1933, Museum of Modern Art, New York), typifies the image that Lachaise worked and reworked: a voluptuous female nude with sinuous, tapered limbs. Lachaise was also known as a portraitist. He executed busts of famous artists and literary celebrities, such as John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, Marianne Moore and Lincoln Kirstein. In 1935 the Museum of Modern Art in New York City held a retrospective exhibition of Lachaise's work, the first at that institution for any American sculptor.

paragraph: Gaston Lachaise was an extremely versatile sculptor, technically expert in several media and accomplished with both ideal and commercial effort. His work was chosen for several major New York architectural commissions – including the AT&T Building and Rockefeller Center. And the more commercial aspect of his sculptural output – the production of fountains and decorative bronzes, primarily depicting animals – offered him some financial relief. Yet Lachaise's artistic legacy is closely bound to his depictions of "Woman." His late works, which are extreme in their manipulation of his ideal of the human anatomy, are erotic and emotional and avant-garde.

paragraph: Called by ARTnews the "greatest American sculptor of his time", he played a critical role in the birth of American Modernism, pushing the boundaries of nude figuration with his innovative explorations of the human body.

paragraph: His artistic career was cut short by his unexpected death from acute leukemia on October 18, 1935.

paragraph: Section::::Collections.

paragraph: Public collections holding his works include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Art Institute of Chicago

paragraph: BULLET::::- Addison Gallery of American Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brooklyn Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cleveland Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Currier Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Detroit Institute of Arts

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

paragraph: BULLET::::- Harvard University Art Museums

paragraph: BULLET::::- Honolulu Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indiana University Art Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Memorial Art Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Metropolitan Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minneapolis Institute of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Milwaukee Art Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museum of Modern Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nasher Sculpture Center

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Portrait Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- New Mexico Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

paragraph: BULLET::::- Phillips Collection

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sheldon Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smart Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smithsonian American Art Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walker Art Center

paragraph: BULLET::::- Worcester Art Museum

paragraph: Section::::Foundation.

paragraph: In 1963, Lachaise's widow Isabel established the Lachaise Foundation with the intention of perpetuating Gaston Lachaise's the artistic legacy for the public benefit.

paragraph: In 2015, the Lachaise Foundation entered an agreement with Findlay Galleries, and since then the gallery has been the exclusive representative of the Lachaise Estate.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Floating Figure"

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Budny, Virginia, "Gaston Lachaise's American Venus: The Genesis and Evolution of Elevation," The American Art Journal, vols. 34-35 (2003–2004), pp. 62–143.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Taylor, Sue. "Gaston Lachaise". "Art in America", November 2013. New York: Brant Publications, Inc. pp. 183–184. (Review of 2013 Lachaise exhibition at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon.)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Silver, Ken; Paula Hornbostel; Peter Sutton. Face & Figure: The Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, 2012.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bourgeois, Louise, "Obsession"; Jean Clair, "Gaia and Gorgon"; Paula Hornbostel, "Portrait of Isabel: The Letters and Photographs of Gaston Lachaise"; Hilton Kramer, "The Passion of Gaston Lachaise" in exhibition catalogue Gaston Lachaise, 1882-1935, Editions Gallimard, published in the USA 2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joubin, Franck. "Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935): un sculpteur pour l'Amérique". MA Dissertation. Paris: École du Louvre, 2015. 2 vol. (159+70 p.).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Lachaise Foundation official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gaston Lachaise Bio - Findlay Galleries

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gaston lachaise
Lachaise

description: American sculptor

wikidata_label: Gaston Lachaise

wikipedia_title: Gaston Lachaise


text: pitcher

text: middle relief

text: starting pitcher

text: Italian Baseball League

text: fastball

text: breaking ball

text: curve

text: off-speed

text: slider

text: first base

text: second

text: Omar Daal

text: Kelvim Escobar

text: Freddy García

text: Dodgers

text: Montreal

text: Phillies

text: Brewers

text: Blue Jays

text: Oakland

text: Seattle

text: Red Sox

text: Caffè Danesi Nettuno

text: Serie A1

text: ERA

text: strikeout

text: Retrosheet

text: Nettuno BBC

categories: People from Anzoátegui,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States,Toronto Blue Jays players,Caffe Danesi Nettuno players,Colorado Rockies players,St. Catharines Blue Jays players,Indianapolis Indians players,Rochester Red Wings players,Cincinnati Reds players,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico,Colorado Springs Sky Sox players,Major League Baseball players from Venezuela,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Japan,Los Angeles Dodgers players,Piratas de Campeche players,Knoxville Smokies players,Venezuelan people of Italian descent,Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Canada,Caribbean Series players,Seattle Mariners players,1968 births,Myrtle Beach Hurricanes players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Living people,Iowa Cubs players,Cardenales de Lara players,Tacoma Rainiers players,Dunedin Blue Jays players,Las Vegas 51s players,Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers,Águilas del Zulia players,Syracuse Chiefs players,Seibu Lions players,Mexican League baseball pitchers

paragraph: Giovanni Carrara

paragraph: Giovanni Carrara Jiménez [car-rah'-ra] (born March 4, 1968) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Listed at 6' 2", 225 lb.,

paragraph: Carrara batted and threw right-handed. He established himself as a valuable middle relief man in MLB, as well as a solid starting pitcher in the Italian Baseball League.

paragraph: A failed starter in MLB, Carrera became an effective long reliever. He had a 90–92 MPH fastball, along with a couple of breaking balls, a deceptive slow curve, and particularly his off-speed pitch; a hard one that was somewhere between a slider and cut fastball. He controlled the running game as well, with a good move to both first base and second, and a quick delivery to the plate.

paragraph: On August 15, 2001, Carrara combined with fellow Venezuelan pitchers Omar Daal, Kelvim Escobar, and Freddy García to win their respective starts: Carrara, of the Dodgers, facing Montreal, 13–1; Daal, in a Phillies victory over the Brewers, 8–6; Escobar, of the Blue Jays, over Oakland, 5–2, and García, of Seattle, against the Red Sox, 6–2. This marked the first time in major league history that four pitchers coming from Venezuela have recorded a winning game in their respective starts in the same day.

paragraph: On August 26, 2006, Carrara was designated for assignment by the Dodgers. He was called up in September 2006 when rosters expanded and used sparingly after re-joining the big league club. The Dodgers chose not to re-sign Carrara in the offseason.

paragraph: On May 4, 2007, Carrara was signed by the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Serie A1 in Italy. In 2008, he was 8–2 with a 2.35 ERA and 49 strikeouts.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet, or Nettuno BBC

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia" – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing, 2005. Format: Paperback, 1824pp.

description: Venezuelan baseball player

wikidata_label: Giovanni Carrara

wikipedia_title: Giovanni Carrara


text:
Hradec Králové
Prague
Bohemia
Jesuit
novitiate
Joseph Stepling
Jan Tesánek
Bohemia
Leipzig University

categories: Czech mathematicians,1741 births,Czech Jesuits,1804 deaths,Czech male writers

paragraph: Stanislav Vydra

paragraph: Stanislav Vydra (November 13, 1741 in Hradec Králové – December 2, 1804 in Prague) was a Bohemian Jesuit priest, writer, mathematician.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Vydra entered the Jesuit novitiate of Hradec Králové in 1757. After two years in Brno, he studied philosophy and mathematics from 1762 to 1764 at Prague University. His teachers included Joseph Stepling and Jan Tesánek.

paragraph: In 1765, he went as a teacher to Jicín and was a minister in Vilímov starting in 1771. In 1772, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the university in Prague. Here he taught until 1773. 1789 and 1790 he was appointed to the mathematics faculty, and in 1800, to the rector of the university. He went blind in 1803 and died one year later.

paragraph: Section::::Teachings.

paragraph: Stanislav Vydra taught elementary mathematics, since 1752 a compulsory subject for the students at the philosophical faculty. After his death, his pupil and successor Josef Ladislav Jandera published his book Pocátkowé Arytmetyky, which was the first text book of elementary mathematics in Bohemia.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Between elementary mathematics and national wiedergeburt – 274 sides, Broschur

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Schuppener, Karel Macek: Stanislav Vydra (1741–1804), Leipzig University publishing house (2004)

description: Czech mathematician and Roman Catholic priest

wikidata_label: Stanislav Vydra

wikipedia_title: Stanislav Vydra


text: British Raj

text: Indian National Association

text: Anandamohan Bose

text: Indian National Congress

text: Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms

text: sobriquet

text: Bengal

text: Bengali Brahmins

text: Hindu College

text: University of Calcutta

text: Romesh Chunder Dutt

text: Behari Lal Gupta

text: Indian Civil Service

text: Sylhet

text: Edmund Burke

text: English

text: Metropolitan Institution

text: Free Church Institution

text: Rippon College

text: Indian National Association

text: Anandamohan Bose

text: contempt of court

text: hartal

text: Agra

text: Faizabad

text: Amritsar

text: Lahore

text: Pune

text: Indian National Congress

text: Bombay

text: Congress President

text: Morley-Minto reforms 1909

text: civil disobedience

text: Mahatma Gandhi

text: Bidhan Chandra Roy

text: Swarajya Party

text: knight

text: Calcutta Municipal Corporation

text: Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms

text: local self-government

text: A Nation in Making

text: Barrackpore

text: Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya

text: Surendranath College

text: Surendranath College for Women

text: Surendranath Evening College

text: Surendranath Law College

text: Ripon College

text: Surendranath Centenary School

text: Ranchi

text: As Congress President

categories: Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India,Founders of Indian schools and colleges,Presidents of the Indian National Congress,University of Calcutta alumni,Indian knights,Indian Civil Service (British India) officers,1848 births,Indian independence activists from West Bengal,Knights Bachelor,Presidency University, Kolkata alumni,University of Calcutta faculty,1925 deaths,Scottish Church College, Calcutta faculty

paragraph: Surendranath Banerjee

paragraph: Sir Surendranath Banerjee () (10 November 18486 August 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, through which he led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885, along with Anandamohan Bose. Banerjee later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Surendranath welcomed  Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, unlike Congress, and with many liberal leaders he left Congress and founded a new organisation named Indian National Liberation Federation in 1919. When the Montagu report of 1918 was made public, there was a divide in the Congress over it. The moderates welcomed it while the extremists opposed it. This led to a schism in the Congress with moderate leaders forming the "National Liberal Federation of India" in 1919. He was also known by the sobriquet Rashtraguru (রাষ্ট্রগুরু). He was editor of "The Bengali" newspaper.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Surendranath Banerjee was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), in the province of Bengal to a Bengali Brahmins family. He was deeply influenced in liberal, progressive thinking by his father Durga Charan Banerjee, a doctor. Banerjee was educated at the Parental Academic Institution and at the Hindu College. After graduating from the University of Calcutta, he travelled to England in 1868, along with Romesh Chunder Dutt and Behari Lal Gupta, to compete in the Indian Civil Service examinations. He cleared the competitive examination in 1869, but was barred owing to a claim he had misrepresented his age. After clearing the matter in the courts by arguing that he calculated his age according to the Hindu custom of reckoning age from the date of conception rather than from birth, Banerjee cleared the exam again in 1871 and was posted as assistant magistrate in Sylhet.

paragraph: Banerjee was soon dismissed for making a minor judicial error. He went to England to appeal his discharge, but was unsuccessful because, he felt, of racial discrimination. He would return to India bitter and disillusioned with the British. During his stay in England (1874–1875), he studied the works of Edmund Burke and other liberal philosophers. These works guided him in his protests against the British. He was known as the Indian Burke.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Political career.

paragraph: Upon his return to India in June 1875, Banerjee became an English professor at the Metropolitan Institution, the Free Church Institution and at the Rippon College, now Surendranath College, founded by him in 1882. He began delivering public speeches on nationalist and liberal political subjects, as well as Indian history. He founded the Indian National Association with Anandamohan Bose, one of the earliest Indian political organizations of its kind, on 26 July 1876. In 1878 in a meeting to preach the Indian people he said "The great doctrine of peace & goodwill between Hindus & Musulmans, Christians & Paresees, aye between all sections of our country's progress. Let the word "Unity" be inscribed therein characters of glittering gold...There may be religious difference between us. There may be social difference between us. But there is a common platform where we may all meet, the platform of our country's welfare". He used the organization to tackle the issue of the age-limit for Indian students appearing for ICS examinations. He condemned the racial discrimination perpetrated by British officials in India through speeches all over the country, which made him very popular.

paragraph: In 1879, he founded the newspaper, "The Bengalee" In 1883, when Banerjee was arrested for publishing remarks in his paper, in contempt of court, protests and hartals erupted across Bengal, and in Indian cities such as Agra, Faizabad, Amritsar, Lahore and Pune. The INC expanded considerably, and hundreds of delegates from across India came to attend its annual conference in Calcutta. After the founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885 in Bombay, Banerjee merged his organization with it owing to their common objectives and memberships in 1886. He was elected the Congress President in 1895 at Poona and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Later career.

paragraph: The declining popularity of moderate Indian politicians affected Banerjee's role in Indian politics. Banerjee supported the Morley-Minto reforms 1909 – which were resented and ridiculed as insufficient and meaningless by the vast majority of the Indian public and nationalist politicians. Banerjee was a critic of the proposed method of civil disobedience advocated by Mahatma Gandhi, the rising popular leader of Indian nationalists and the Congress Party.. Surendranath Banerjee, a moderate and veteran leader of Congress were in favour to accept the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. They left the Congress and founded Indian Liberation Federation. They were termed as Liberals and they lost their relevance in Indian National Movement thereafter.Accepting the portfolio of minister in the Bengal government earned him the ire of nationalists and much of the public, and he lost the election to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1923 to Bidhan Chandra Roy, the candidate of the Swarajya Party – ending his political career for all practical purposes. He was knighted for his political support of the British Empire. Banerjee made the Calcutta Municipal Corporation a more democratic body while serving as a minister in the Bengal government.

paragraph: He is remembered and widely respected today as a pioneer leader of Indian politics — first treading the path for Indian political empowerment. The British respected him and referred to him during his later years as "Surrender Not" Banerjee. But nationalist politics in India meant opposition, and increasingly there were others whose opposition was more vigorous and who came to center stage. Banerjee could accept neither the extremist view of political action nor the noncooperation of Gandhi, then emerging as a major factor in the nationalist movement. Banerjee saw the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 as substantially fulfilling Congress's demands, a position which further isolated him. He was elected to the reformed Legislative Council of Bengal in 1921, knighted in the same year and held office as minister for local self-government from 1921 to 1924. His defeat at the polls in 1923 brought his political career to a close and he went on to write the widely acclaimed A Nation in Making, published in 1925. After Surendranath died at Barrackpore on 6 August 1925.

paragraph: Section::::Commemoration.

paragraph: His name is commemorated in the names of the following institutions: Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya, Surendranath College, Surendranath College for Women, Surendranath Evening College, Surendranath Law College (formerly Ripon College) and the Surendranath Centenary School in Ranchi.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- As Congress President

paragraph: BULLET::::- Postage stamp issued by India Post on Surendranath

alias:
Sir Surendranath Banerjee
Surendranath Banerjea
Sir Surendranath Banerjea
Rashtraguru

description: Indian politician and scholar

wikidata_label: Surendranath Banerjee

wikipedia_title: Surendranath Banerjee


text: Bishop of Nottingham

text: suffragan bishop

text: Diocese of Lincoln

text: suffragan bishop

text: Church of England

text: Merchant Taylors' School

text: Thomas Cherry

text: Pembroke College, Oxford

text: Francis Jeune

text: Bishop of Peterborough

text: John Jackson

text: of Lincoln

text: of London

text: Oxford Master of Arts

text: Doctor of Divinity

text: Charles James Blomfield

text: St Peter's Church, Walworth

text: Bethnal Green

text: Bermondsey

text: Frederick Denison Maurice

text: George Pellew

text: Dean of Norwich

text: cure of Great Yarmouth

text: St. Martin's-in-the-Fields

text: Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth

text: Lord Chancellor

text: John Kaye

text: Lincoln Cathedral

text: George Herbert

text: James Jeremie

text: Dean of Lincoln

text: George Wilkins

text: Archdeacon of Nottingham

text: bishop suffragan

text: Christopher Wordsworth

text: Bishop of Nottingham

text: St Mary's Church, Nottingham

text: bishop suffragan

text: Edward Parry

text: Bishop of Dover

text: South Collingham

text: James H. Turing

categories: Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford,Archdeacons of Nottingham,1878 deaths,1808 births

paragraph: Henry Mackenzie (bishop)

paragraph: Henry Mackenzie (16 May 1808 – 15 October 1878) was Bishop of Nottingham (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln) from 1870 until 1877. He became the first suffragan bishop in the Church of England since 1608.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Mackenzie was born — the fourth and youngest son of John Mackenzie, merchant, descended from the Mackenzie clan of Torridon in Ross-shire — in King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street, London, on 16 May 1808. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School under Thomas Cherry.

paragraph: Owing to the death of his father he left school early, and engaged for some years in commercial pursuits; but in 1830 he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he had Francis Jeune, subsequently Bishop of Peterborough, as his tutor, and formed a lifelong friendship with John Jackson, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln and then of London. He took an honorary fourth class in 1884, graduating Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1838 and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1869.

paragraph: In 1834, he was ordained to the curacy of Wool and Lulworth, on the south coast of Dorset, and in the next year accepted a temporary engagement as chaplain to the English residents at Rotterdam. Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, came to Rotterdam to confirm, and at once discerned his high gifts and promise. Returning to England, Mackenzie in 1836 became curate of St Peter's Church, Walworth, whence he removed in 1837 to the mastership of Bancroft's Hospital, Mile End, and becoming secretary to the committee for the erection of ten new churches in Bethnal Green contributed largely to the success of that enterprise. In 1840, he was made incumbent of the densely populated riverside parish of St James's, Bermondsey. While at Bermondsey he gained the friendship of Frederick Denison Maurice, then chaplain of Guy's Hospital. Maurice recommended him to George Pellew, Dean of Norwich, for the important cure of Great Yarmouth, to which he was appointed in 1844. Mackenzie was recalled to London, to the rectory of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, by Blomfield in 1848. In 1865, he was appointed by Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth, Lord Chancellor to the well-endowed living of Tydd St. Mary, in the Fens of Lincolnshire, near Wisbech. His college friend, John Jackson, who in 1853 had succeeded John Kaye as Bishop of Lincoln, made him one of his examining chaplains in 1855, and in 1858 collated him to the prebendal stall of Leighton Ecclesia at Lincoln Cathedral, once held by George Herbert. As bishop's chaplain he delivered courses of lectures on pastoral work to the candidates for holy orders, which were published in 1863.

paragraph: On the appointment of James Jeremie as Dean of Lincoln in 1864, Mackenzie succeeded him as subdean and canon residentiary, and on the death of George Wilkins in 1866 was appointed to succeed him as Archdeacon of Nottingham, exchanging the lucrative living of Tydd for the poorly endowed rectory of St John the Baptist's Church, Collingham, near Newark, in order that he might become resident within his archdeaconry. In 1870, the long-dormant office of bishop suffragan was revived in him on the nomination of Christopher Wordsworth, Jackson's successor as Bishop of Lincoln, and he was consecrated as Bishop of Nottingham at St Mary's Church, Nottingham, by Jackson on the feast of the Purification, 2 February 1870. The revival of the office of bishop suffragan, after more than three centuries' suspension, was not at first popular (Mackenzie was the first so consecrated, although Edward Parry's appointment as Bishop of Dover was almost contemporaneous). The county of Nottingham especially was disposed to regard itself slighted on being made over to the care of a 'curate-bishop.' But, careful never to overstep his subordinate relations to his diocesan, Mackenzie maintained the office with true dignity, and secured for it general respect. In 1871, he exchanged Collingham for the perpetual curacy of Scofton, near Worksop, which he also resigned in 1873 to devote himself exclusively to his episcopal duties. These he continued to fulfil till growing years and infirmities led to his resignation at the beginning of 1878.

paragraph: He died, almost suddenly, on 15 October 1878, and was buried at South Collingham.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Mackenzie was twice married: first, to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Ridley, esq., of Essequibo, by whom he had one daughter; and, secondly, to Antoinette, daughter of James H. Turing, sometime her majesty's consul at Rotterdam, by whom he left six sons and five daughters.

description: British bishop

wikidata_label: Henry Mackenzie

wikipedia_title: Henry Mackenzie (bishop)


text:
Aylesbury
falsetto
Open Heart Zoo
Lexus
British television
tour
Unholy
Stephen Kasner
Island Records
March of the lonely
record label
Burning Shed
Peter Miles (record producer)
Jeff Buckley
Ed Harcourt
Jamie Cullum
trance
Bloc Party
Graham Coxon
Tom Vek
Reuben
Biffy Clyro
TesseracT
Polaris
GUNSHIP
Open Heart Zoo
Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Open Heart Zoo
Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Pete Miles
Open Heart Zoo
Unholy
Unholy
Vex Red
Unholy
Rachel Stamp
Bruce Dickinson
Sack Trick
Faith No More
Open Heart Zoo
Unholy
Sweet Billy Pilgrim
Open Heart Zoo
UK
Unholy
March of the lonely
Official Fan Page and 'Guiltless' Forum

categories: People from Aylesbury,Progressive metal musicians,English singer-songwriters,Ambient musicians,Progressive rock musicians,Living people,1982 births

paragraph: Martin Grech

paragraph: Martin Grech (born 1982) is an English singer, songwriter and musician from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He first achieved critical acclaim after his falsetto track, "Open Heart Zoo" (written when he was 15 years old) was featured on a Lexus advert on British television in 2002. A debut album of the same name followed. The accompanying UK tour saw Grech gain a larger following and further critical support.

paragraph: In 2005, Grech released a second album, "Unholy". As before, reviews were positive. The "Unholy" art work created by Stephen Kasner was hung as a backdrop to his concerts.

paragraph: Grech split with Island Records shortly after the release of "Unholy", but Grech's MySpace page announced the arrival of the new album, "March of the lonely". The first single from the album, "The Heritage", was released as a CD single on 30 March 2007 on Grech's own record label, 'Martin Grech Songs' via the online label, Burning Shed. "March of the Lonely" took a completely different approach from his previous CDs, and was much more acoustic, more guitar-based, with a thinner texture and softer atmosphere. "March of the Lonely" was released on 4 June 2007 in the UK via Genepool Records.

paragraph: After moving to California, Grech began working on new material under the name 'Meatsuit'. Demos on MySpace revealed a development of a heavier gothic sound, but in December 2008 Grech announced that his Meatsuit project had been terminated.

paragraph: In April 2011, Grech released a collection of demos under the title 'Meta'. Also on his BandCamp page, Grech announced his fourth album would be titled "The Watcher".

paragraph: February to May 2015 - Grech is currently working in the studio on his 4th album, with producer Peter Miles (record producer). The album working title is "Hush Mortal Core".

paragraph: Section::::Other work.

paragraph: In 2003 Grech was invited to play at the Jeff Buckley tribute concert by Buckley's mother Mary Guibert, at the Garage, Highbury alongside Ed Harcourt and Jamie Cullum. In 2005, Adam White sampled "Open Heart Zoo" for his trance track "Ballerina". In 2008 Grech created the film score to the Adam Mason film, "Blood River".

paragraph: As well as his solo releases, Grech has performed vocals on the album "First Chance I Get I'm Out of Here" (2005) by fellow Aylesbury musician, Zealey. He drummed for the four-piece rock band Ophelia Torah between early 2006 and April 2007.

paragraph: Grech has also been involved in a collaboration project, organised by , called 'Print is Dead'. Along with Bloc Party, Graham Coxon, Tom Vek, Reuben and Biffy Clyro, he worked with yourcodenameis:milo, in their recording studio, to write a song in one day. The track was called "We Hope You Are What You Think You Are".

paragraph: On September 18, 2015, Grech was featured on the song 'Hexes' by the British progressive metal band TesseracT on their third album 'Polaris'.

paragraph: On July 24, 2015, Grech was featured on the debut GUNSHIP album on the song 'Black Sun On The Horizon'

paragraph: Section::::Touring personnel.

paragraph: Musicians known to have toured with Martin include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alistair Hamer – Drums (Open Heart Zoo era) (Sweet Billy Pilgrim)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anthony Bishop – Bass (Open Heart Zoo era) (Sweet Billy Pilgrim)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pete Miles – Guitars & Keys (Open Heart Zoo & Unholy era)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Keith Lambert – Bass Guitar (Unholy era) (Vex Red)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robin Guy – Drums (Unholy era) (Rachel Stamp, Bruce Dickinson, Sack Trick, Faith No More)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tim Elsenburg – Guitars (Open Heart Zoo & Unholy era) (Sweet Billy Pilgrim)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Open Heart Zoo" (2002) – UK No. 54

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "March of the lonely" (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meta" (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meta: Volume 2" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:EPs and Singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dali (2002)

paragraph: 1 – Dali "(5:40)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Open Heart Zoo (Promo) (2002)

paragraph: 1 – Open Heart Zoo (Circus) (Radio Edit) "(4:41)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Open Heart Zoo (2002)

paragraph: 1 – Open Heart Zoo (Album Version) "(5:21)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Push (Promo) (2002)

paragraph: 1 – Push (Radio Edit) "(3:56)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Push (2003)

paragraph: 1 – Push "(5:01)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- I am Chromosome (Promo) (2004)

paragraph: 1 – I Am Chromosome

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rest In Peace EP (2004)

paragraph: 1 – Mighty Hands "(4:15)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guiltless (Promo) (2005)

paragraph: 1 – Guiltless (Album Version) "(7:47)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guiltless (2005)

paragraph: 1 – Guiltless "(7:41)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Heritage (2007)

paragraph: 1 – The Heritage "(3:32)"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Fan Page and 'Guiltless' Forum

description: British singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Martin Grech

wikipedia_title: Martin Grech


text:
Byzantine
Eastern Orthodox Church
Symeon the New Theologian
Monastery of Stoudios
Constantinople
Symeon the New Theologian
Constantine IX Monomachos
hesychast
Michael Cerularius
East-West Schism
unleavened bread
Symeon the New Theologian
Philokalia
divine light
Philokalia
Philokalia

categories: 11th-century Christian mystics,Hesychasm,Abbots of the Stoudios Monastery,11th-century deaths,Eastern Orthodox mystics,11th-century Christian saints,Byzantine theologians,Byzantine saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church,Year of birth uncertain,11th-century Byzantine people,11th-century Byzantine writers

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paragraph: Niketas Stethatos

paragraph: Niketas Stethatos (, ; c. 1005 – c. 1090) was a Byzantine mystic and theologian who is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a follower of Symeon the New Theologian and wrote the most complete biography of Symeon, "Life of Symeon".

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Niketas Stethatos was born c. 1005 and entered the Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople at the age of fourteen. He became a close disciple of Symeon the New Theologian, eventually writing the most complete biography of his teacher, the "Life of Symeon". Niketas later became abbot of the Monastery of Stoudios. The sobriquet "Stethatos", meaning "courageous," was given to Niketas due to his speaking out against Constantine IX Monomachos having an illicit mistress.

paragraph: Niketas Stethatos is credited with defending Symeon the New Theologian's teachings on hesychast prayer, which were considered subversive even by some eastern church authorities. Niketas gained the support of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius, who eventually won Symeon's canonization. Niketas later supported Michael Cerularius in 1054, taking part in the conflict that became the East-West Schism, writing anti-Latin treatises criticizing the use of unleavened bread, Sabbath fasting, and the celibacy of priests.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Niketas' "Vita", or "Life of Symeon", is the most complete biography of Symeon the New Theologian. Niketas was also the editor of Symeon's own writings and talks. An edition of Symeon's works was distributed by Niketas following a vision he had of Symeon. Niketas' personal works include polemical writings and treatises on the soul, on paradise, on the meaning of hierarchy, and on the limits of human life. He wrote an unpublished "hypotyposis" on the private spiritual life expected of the Stoudios monks.

paragraph: Another widely read work is his treatise on ascetic practices which are contained in the fourth volume of the English editions of the "Philokalia", the three "Centuries on Practical, Physical and Gnostic Chapters". The titles describe three main stages on the spiritual path: "praktiki" (practice of the commandments); "physiki" (meditation on the essence of creation); "gnosis" (the direct knowledge of God). Niketas wrote about many of the same themes as his teacher, Symeon, including: the experience of God as divine light; the importance of having a spiritual father; love for others being more important than prayer; the responsibility of those who have direct experience of God's grace to share it with others. He also wrote that a spiritual life is possible no matter one's outer circumstances—that one doesn't have to physically withdraw from the world, and that true renunciation is an inner practice. Niketas' attitude to the spiritual life is fundamentally positive, and that true sanctity is only a return, through grace, to man's natural condition.

paragraph: His most well known writings are on mystical theology—in addition to the writings in the "Philokalia", they include "On the Soul, On Paradise" and "On the Hierarchy". In his letters, he supports the views of his teacher Symeon, writing that any monk or priest who had the gift of spirit was the equal of a bishop. He also wrote a treatise "Against those who accuse the saints", speaking out against a current of belief during that time which said that it was no longer possible to become a saint.

paragraph: Section::::Quotes.

paragraph: "The rays of primordial Light that illumine purified souls with spiritual knowledge not only fill them with benediction and luminosity; they also, by means of the contemplation of the inner essences of created things, lead them up to the noetic heavens. The effects of the divine energy, however, do not stop here; they continue until through wisdom and through knowledge of indescribable things they unite purified souls with the One, bringing them out of a state of multiplicity into a state of oneness in Him."

paragraph: — From the "Philokalia". "On Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living", #21.

paragraph: "The Spirit is light, life and peace. If consequently you are illumined by the Spirit your own life is imbued with peace and serenity. Because of this you are filled with the spiritual knowledge of created beings and the wisdom of the Logos; you are granted the intellect of Christ (cf. 1 Cor. 2:16); and you come to know the mysteries of God's kingdom (cf. Luke 8:10). Thus you penetrate into the depths of the Divine and daily from an untroubled and illumined heart you utter words of life for the benefit of others; for you yourself are full of benediction, since you have within you Goodness itself that utters things new and old (cf. Matt. 13:52)."

paragraph: — From the "Philokalia". "On Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living", #46.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: G. Diamantopoulos, Die Hermeneutik des Niketas Stethatos, Dissertation, München 2018.

description: Byzantine theologian

wikidata_label: Niketas Stethatos

wikipedia_title: Niketas Stethatos


text:
Spanish
footballer
Madrid
Real Madrid
Spain national football team
1924 Summer Olympics
Player profile
Player profile

categories: Spanish footballers,1903 births,People from A Coruña,Real Madrid CF players,La Liga players,Galician footballers,Association football forwards,Olympic footballers of Spain,Spain international footballers,Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics,1950 deaths

paragraph: Juan Monjardín

paragraph: Juan Monjardín Callejón (24 April 1903 – 13 November 1950) was a Spanish footballer.

paragraph: Born in Madrid, during his club career he played for Real Madrid. He earned 4 caps for the Spain national football team, and played in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Player profile at futbol.sportec.es

paragraph: BULLET::::- Player profile at lfp.es

description: Footballer

wikidata_label: Juan Monjardín

wikipedia_title: Juan Monjardín


text:
Mosso
Biella
experimental films
applied arts
Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti
Turin
Semiology
Pop Art
conceptual art
Arte Povera
Fluxus
Aeronwy Thomas
Dylan Thomas
pptArt
Corporate Art Awards
experimental cinema
Lucio Fontana
Enrico Baj
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Allen Ginsberg
Edoardo Sanguineti
Beaubourg
Philadelphia
Warsaw
Ferrara
ceramics
blown glass
Campari
Azzurra
RAI
Metropolitana di Torino
Ferruccio Busoni
Turandot
Connecticut Grand Opera
Stamford
Paisiello
Don Chisciotte
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore
Paris Opera
Lausanne Opera
Liège
Metz
Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Festival Puccini
Torre del Lago
Palio
Quintana
Ascoli Piceno
Palio di Asti
Giostra della Quintana
Foligno
Palio
Palio dell'Assunta
Faenza
Shigaraki
Bucharest
Malta
Buenos Aires
Córdoba
Mendoza
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales
Perugia
Naples
Fukui
Venaria Reale
St. Petersburg
Minsk
Riga
Locarno
Peking
Vilnius
Lithuania
Canton
Palazzo Grassi
Castellamonte
Biella
Official site

categories: 1941 births,Italian contemporary artists,Italian male painters,People from Turin,20th-century Italian painters,Living people

paragraph: Ugo Nespolo

paragraph: Ugo Nespolo (born 29 August 1941 in Mosso, Biella) is an Italian painter and sculptor, particularly known for his experimental films, his applied arts works and his artistic collaborations in advertising, theatre and literature.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.

paragraph: Nespolo graduated at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti of Turin with Enrico Paulucci and obtained a degree in Modern Literature at the University of Turin, with a thesis on Semiology.

paragraph: His career as an artist started in the 1960s and his work was influenced by Pop Art, which was becoming popular in Italy in those years, conceptual art, Arte Povera and Fluxus. he met and appreciated these movements during his frequent trips to the United States. After the first trip in 1967, he regularly visited the States, where he spent long periods especially during the 1980s. Since then, irony and transgression are part of his art and characterise Nespolo's work in the years to come.

paragraph: Since 2010 he has been member of the Honour Committee of Immagine & Poesia, an artistic literary movement founded in Turin, with the patronage of Aeronwy Thomas (Dylan Thomas's daughter). In 2016 he signed the pptArt Manifesto, an international art movement that promote many notable initiatives like the Corporate Art Awards.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.:Cinema.

paragraph: In mid 1960s Nespolo started to work for artistic and experimental cinema. His first movie is "Grazie, mamma Kodak" in 1966. His friends and artists, such as Lucio Fontana, Enrico Baj, Michelangelo Pistoletto and others, appeared in his films. The film "A.G." (1968) documents the visit in Turin of Allen Ginsberg. In 2001 he directed "Film/a/TO", interpreted by Edoardo Sanguineti. Nespolo's films have been exhibited in institutions like the Beaubourg in Paris, the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw's Filmoteka Polska and Ferrara's Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna. The activity in this field has been particularly intense during the 1970s and the 2000s (decade). He has done about twenty films over forty years.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.:Applied arts.

paragraph: In the 1980s, Nespolo made ceramics and blown glass objects, created over fifty posters for exhibitions and other events, did advertising campaigns – the ones for "Campari" and "Azzurra" are the most famous – and realised title sequences for shows on the Italian television RAI. In 2002, Nespolo was appointed artistic coordinator for the "Metropolitana di Torino", with the aim of realising the first "underground museum of modern art". Several underground stations are decorated with his glass etchings and images.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.:Theatre.

paragraph: In 1986 Nespolo had the possibility of designing the stage sets for Ferruccio Busoni’s opera "Turandot" at Connecticut Grand Opera, Stamford, the first of several theatre works he made in the following years, such as the sets and costumes for Paisiello's "Don Chisciotte" at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1990 and for Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", a production for the Rome Opera, the Paris Opera and the Lausanne Opera, Liège and Metz in 1995. In 2007, he designed stage and costumes for Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at the Festival Puccini 2007 in Torre del Lago.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.:Palio and traditions.

paragraph: Nespolo was appreciated also for his work with "Palios". In 1998, he was committed the "Palio" for the "Giostra della Quintana", Ascoli Piceno. In 2000, he was awarded for his work for "Palio di Asti" and in 1991 and 2009 for the "Palio" of the "Giostra della Quintana" in Foligno. He was chosen to design the "Palio" ("Drappellone" or banner) at the "Palio dell'Assunta" in August 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Life and works.:Selected exhibitions.

paragraph: Nespolo's works covering his whole production have been presented or hosted in major national and international exhibitions, .

paragraph: A selected list of exhibitions and venues is the following:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ugo Nespolo", Palazzo Reale Arengario, Milan, 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- "International Biennale of Ceramics and Antiques", Faenza Exhibition Center, 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- "International Ceramics Festival", Shigaraki Ceramic World, Japan, 1991

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Fine Intolerance" (Nespolo's paintings and ceramics), Borghi and Co. Gallery, New York, 1992

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Casa d'Arte Nespolo", Palazzo della Permanenente, Milan, 1995

paragraph: BULLET::::- Romanian Ministry of Culture, Bucharest, 1995

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Stanze dell'Arte", Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, 1996

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta, 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- Itinerant exhibition, 1997:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

paragraph: BULLET::::- Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Cordoba, Chateau Carrera, Córdoba

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno de Mendoza, Mendoza

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rocca Paolina/Spello Villa Fidelia, Perugia, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Palazzo Reale, Naples, 2000

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Turin, berceau du cinéma italien", Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- "2001 Italy in Japan", Fukui, Japan, 2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- "International Sculpture at La Mandria", Villa dei Laghi, Venaria Reale (Turin), 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- Itinerant exhibition in Eastern Europe, 2003:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Modern Art Gallery, Moscow

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Petersburg

paragraph: BULLET::::- Minsk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Modern Art Gallery Riga, Latvia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chinese National Museum of Peking, 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guang Dong Museum of Art of Guangzhou, Canton, China, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fine Arts Russian Academy, St. Petersburg, 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan, 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dentro e Fuori", Museo Nazionale del Cinema of Turin, 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museo del Cinema of Turin, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Italics", organized with the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- 48th Ceramics Exhibition of Castellamonte, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nespolo. Ritorno a casa. Un percorso antologico", Biella, Italy, 2009

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: Nespolo's filmography includes:

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Ugo Nespolo

wikipedia_title: Ugo Nespolo


text: American

text: Denton, Maryland

text: Baltimore, Maryland

text: Mike Marucci

text: Marucci Artist Management, Inc.

text: Jim Ebert

text: EP

text: Butch Walker

text: The Matrix (record production team)

text: Wizardz of Oz

text: Matthew Gerrard

text: Stephen Lironi

text: Sky Radio

text: Island Styles

text: Scott Von Ensign

text: BJ Kerwin

text: Niki Barr Band

text: Nine Inch Nails

text: Closer

text: YouTube

text: The Ottobar

text: Baltimore

text: MTV

text: South by Southwest

text: Sick of Sarah

text: Summerfest

text: SoundCloud

text: Armed Forces Entertainment

text: Billboard Magazine

text: Rolling Stone Magazine

text: The Wall Street Journal

text: Time Magazine

text: NPR

text: Border Crossings

text: Larry London

text: DC101 Chili Cook-Off

text: RFK Stadium

text: Third Eye Blind

text: Papa Roach

text: The Offspring

text: Japan

text: Diego Garcia

text: Singapore

text: Afghanistan

text: Bahrain

text: Djibouti

text: Saudi-Arabia

text: Kuwait

text: Kyrgyzstan

text: Turkey

text: United Arab Emirates

text: ShipRocked

text: Joan Jett

text: Paramore

text: The Offspring

text: The Cult

text: Papa Roach

text: Shinedown

text: Puddle of Mudd

text: Third Eye Blind

text: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

text: Crossfade

text: Sevendust

text: Vince Neil

text: The GoGos

text: Tesla

text: Charm City Devils

text: United Service Organizations

text: Washington, D.C.

text: Neurotica

text: Niki Barr Enterprises

text: LLC

text: Bret Alexander

text: Obscura Sound

text: Bruce Kane

text: Jim Ebert

text: Ed Tuton

text: Butch Walker

text: Bruce Brody

text: Wasted Time

text: Rick Isaac

text: Investigation Discovery

text: "Sugar" - The Last Year

text: Official site of The Last Year

text: Official site of Niki Barr

text: Press reviews

text: US Navy Seals BLOG

text: "Niki Barr: Your new rock princess?"

text: "Don't Leave Niki Alone"

text: Niki raises the Barr

categories: Singers from Maryland,People from Denton, Maryland,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Niki Barr

paragraph: Niki Barr is an American musician from Denton, Maryland. Starting in 2013 she is the lead singer for The Last Year, a Baltimore, Maryland based alternative band.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early years.

paragraph: Niki began writing, performing, and recording at age 15 and soon after, began working with Mike Marucci of Marucci Artist Management, Inc. He introduced Niki to producer, Jim Ebert. Jim and Niki worked together on her records "The Other Side of Me" EP, "Lush", and "Go" EP. "Lush" (2005) was Niki's first full-length record and included songs co-written with Butch Walker, The Matrix (record production team), Wizardz of Oz, Matthew Gerrard, and Stephen Lironi. The single "Wasted Time" became the #1 single on Sky Radio in the UK for over 6 weeks. Soon after, "Go" was released as an EP, and it managed to sit atop Sky Radio for over 8 weeks in the UK.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Niki Barr Band.

paragraph: Through her manager and friends, Niki joined forces with guitarist Island Styles, bassist Scott Von Ensign, and drummer BJ Kerwin to form Niki Barr Band. Together, the band wrote, recorded, and produced their "Bloom" EP (2008). The band's follow up album, entitled "Radar Radio", was released in 2010.

paragraph: In 2012, the band released a dynamic cover of the Nine Inch Nails song "Closer". The accompanying music video was the first ever created by the band. As of May 2018, the video has over 70,700 views on YouTube.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:The Last Year.

paragraph: In June 2013 Niki Barr and band mate Scott Von Ensign formed "The Last Year". The duo was signed to a contract with Shanachie Entertainment, home to such artists as Rusted Root, Leela James, and the Flobots. A five-song EP was released on August 13, 2013. The first single from the EP, "Sugar", was released in July 2013. The band made its public debut on July 12, 2013, at The Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland.

paragraph: In November 2013, The Last Year was named the 98 Rock Band of The Month by a local Baltimore radio station. and covered in Shockwave Magazine

paragraph: The band released a video featuring an acoustic version of their debut single "Sugar" on YouTube in February 2014. The video was reviewed by "Guitar World", who described it as "...a haunting little number that showcases some great songwriting.". Later that year, the single was featured on the soundtrack of the first season of MTV’s "House of Food" on episode 7, entitled "Sweet Relief".

paragraph: The second single, "Mania", was released in February 2015 in advance of their next studio album. In support of the album, they toured throughout the year, including a performance at the 2015 South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, where they were named one of the "Austin 100."

paragraph: The band performed with Sick of Sarah during their 2015 tour.

paragraph: "Mania" entered into Top 40 songs by Double Neuve FM 99 Peru on June 13, 2015. The song was ranked at number 20 on the Top Notch Top 25 Best Songs of 2015.

paragraph: The band's next album, entitled "Static Automatic", was released in March 2016. The band toured extensively in support of the album, including an appearance at Summerfest 2016 in Milwaukee, WI. They also performed at the National Park Service Centennial Celebration in Washington, D.C., on August 25, 2016.

paragraph: On August 15, 2017, the band released the single, "Right Where You Want Me", on SoundCloud. It is the first track from the second full-length record, "Timebombs", which was released on April 6, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Touring.

paragraph: Niki Barr Band completed 12 international tours in 5 years with Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE), performing for US Troops in the Middle East, Japan, UK, and many other countries throughout Europe and Southeast Asia. The tours spanned 40 countries across 3 continents and brought the band support from Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and NPR Radio's "Border Crossings with Larry London."

paragraph: April 30, 2009, Niki Barr Band won radio station DC101's "Last Band Standing" competition, granting them the opening spot of the DC101 Chili Cook-Off concert at RFK Stadium May 16, 2009, supporting bands Third Eye Blind, Papa Roach, and The Offspring.

paragraph: The first AFE overseas tour went to Japan, Diego Garcia, and Singapore in 2003. Niki's most extensive tour was in late 2005, which involved seven countries. Countries she's performed in include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates. In March–April 2007, the band returned to the same theater for another AFE sponsored tour.

paragraph: Niki Barr Band was a headliner on the annual ShipRocked rock festival and music cruise, featured 2009 and invited to return 2010; the band appeared both years.

paragraph: The band has shared stages with Joan Jett, Paramore, The Offspring, The Cult, Papa Roach, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Third Eye Blind, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Crossfade, Sevendust, Vince Neil, The GoGos, Tesla, Charm City Devils, and many other notable marquee acts.

paragraph: Niki has also worked locally with United Service Organizations (USO) of Metropolitan Washington, D.C..

paragraph: Section::::Clothing Line.

paragraph: Niki created her own clothing line, Neurotica, in 2005. Neurotica is a licensed and registered trademark of Niki Barr Enterprises, LLC.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Timebombs" ©2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced by The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Right Where You Want Me

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Annabelle

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Bad Things

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Failing

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Drown With Me

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Promise

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Jealousy

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Through The Heart

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Dead

paragraph: BULLET::::10. The Beyond

paragraph: BULLET::::11. Timebombs

paragraph: BULLET::::12. Confidence

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Right Where You Want Me" ©2017

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced by The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Static Automatic" ©2016

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced by The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Mania

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Rush

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Dark Ages

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Silhouette

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Magic

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Chemical

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Static Automatic

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Last Year" ©2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced by The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Not The One

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Sugar

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Imagining

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Kill Me Now

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Flying

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Closer" ©2012

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Radar Radio" ©2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced and Mixed by Niki Barr Band with assistance from Bret Alexander at Obscura Sound

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Sex Friend

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Worry

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Ghosts

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Surrender

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Enemy

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Fallen

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Miles Away

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Lips Like Crucifix

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Enough

paragraph: BULLET::::10. Love Yourself

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bloom" ©2008 EP

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced and Mixed by Niki Barr Band at Obscura Sound

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mastered by Bruce Kane

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Undivided

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Alone

paragraph: BULLET::::3. So Cruel

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Burn

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Drowsy

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Go" ©2006 EP

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced and Mixed by Jim Ebert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Co-writes with Ed Tuton and Butch Walker

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Go

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Cigarette Lighter Love Song

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Stick It

paragraph: BULLET::::4. If

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Wrong Way

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lush" ©2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Co-writes with Butch Walker and Bruce Brody

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Wasted Time

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Nothing At All

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Holiday

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Leave It Alone

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Used To Be

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Memories of Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Sooner Or Later

paragraph: BULLET::::8. So Far Away

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Getaway

paragraph: BULLET::::10. Such A Fool

paragraph: BULLET::::11. Inside Looking Out

paragraph: BULLET::::12. My Breathing Heart

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Other Side of Me" ©2003 EP

paragraph: BULLET::::- Produced by Jim Ebert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Engineered by Rick Isaac

paragraph: BULLET::::- All songs Mixed and Mastered by Jim Ebert

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Just Like You

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Today

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Bottom Row

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Run To Me

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Sugar Coated

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Until I See You Again

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Faulty

paragraph: BULLET::::- "No Frills" ©2001

paragraph: BULLET::::- Acoustic album recorded in Niki's bedroom

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Sugar Coated

paragraph: BULLET::::2. One So Fine

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Intoxicated

paragraph: BULLET::::4. With You

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Speak

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Bottom Row

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Incognito

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Human Eye

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Second Time Around

paragraph: BULLET::::10. Give Enough

paragraph: Niki Barr provides the vocals for the theme song for the crime re-enactment show "Scorned: Love Kills" on the Investigation Discovery channel.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Underground Music.FM - (2013-9-23) "Sugar" - The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- Where my girls at? (2013-9-13) "The Last Year - Interview with Niki Barr"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oxley, Michelle, "Niki Barr Band heads to Easton with no complaints", "The Beachcomber", July 2, 2009.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zane Rettstatt, "Niki Barr: The 21st Century Joan Jett? Oh Yeah!", "The Bay Net Music", May 10, 2006

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site of The Last Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official site of Niki Barr - Includes Press reviews.

paragraph: BULLET::::- US Navy Seals BLOG - Mentions Niki's 2008 Armed Forces Entertainment tour with stops in Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Niki Barr: Your new rock princess?", "RadioMojo.com", October 6, 2005 — Interview and review.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Von Stiers, Bruce, "Don't Leave Niki Alone", "BVS Reviews".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Niki raises the Barr - November 2005 interview with Niki Barr

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