text: Indian classical

text: Jaipur-Atrauli gharana

text: Kurdi

text: Goa

text: Zambaulim

text: Kathak

text: Ghazal

text: Sangli

text: Sangli

text: Sangli

text: Inayat Khan

text: Alladiya Khan

text: Sangli

text: Bombay

text: Mumbai

text: Bombay

text: Kolhapur State

text: Bombay

text: Agra gharana

text: Vilayat Hussain Khan

text: Bombay

text: Vilayat Hussain Khan

text: Bombay

text: Agra gharana

text: Kolhapur

text: Kishori

text: tola

text: India

text: All India Radio

text: Jaipur-Atrauli gharana

text: riyaz

text: thumri

text: Natya Sangeet

text: Kishori Amonkar

text: Kishori Amonkar

text: Padma Talwalkar

text: Vamanrao Deshpande

text: Babanrao Haldankar

text: Dr.

text: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

text: Padma Bhushan

text: Goa

text: Margao

text: Mogubai Kurdikar's discography

categories: 20th-century Indian women singers,20th-century Indian singers,Women Hindustani musicians,Jaipur gharana,People from North Goa district,2001 deaths,Hindustani singers,Singers from Goa,1904 births,Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts,Indian female classical singers

paragraph: Mogubai Kurdikar

paragraph: Mogubai Kurdikar (15 July 1904 – 10 February 2001) was a renowned Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.

paragraph: Section::::Early years and background.

paragraph: Mogu was born in the village of Kurdi in the then Portuguese Goa. In 1913, when she was ten years old, her mother, Jayashree, took her to the temple at Zambaulim and arranged for a wandering holyman to teach music to Mogu for a while. Later she took Mogu to a traveling theatre company, the Chandreshwar Bhootnāth Sangeet Mandali, and the company took Mogu in as an actress.

paragraph: While Mogu was with Chandreshwar Bhootnath Mandali (चन्द्रेश्वर भूतनाथ मंडळी), her mother died in 1914. A legend says that on her deathbed the mother told Mogu that her soul would not rest in peace until Mogu became a famous singer. The theatre company soon went bankrupt, and the rival Sātārkar Stree Sangeet Mandali (सातारकर स्त्री संगीत मंडळी) hired Mogu. She played commendably the parts such as of "Kinkini" in the play, "Punyaprabhāv", and of the heroine "Subhadrā" in the play with the same name, "Subhadrā". During her stint at the Sātārkar Stree Sangeet Mandali (सातारकर स्त्री संगीत मंडळी), Mogu was given lessons in music by Chintobuva Gurav. At the same time, Mogu took lessons in Kathak from Ramlal. She was also trained in Ghazal by Dattaramji Nanodkar. A conflict arose, however, between Mogu and one of the senior women in the theatre company, who then expelled Mogu from the company.

paragraph: Mogu's spirits drooped and it also took a toll on her health. In 1919, Mogu was taken by her aunt for medical treatment to Sangli. The visit to Sangli opened a new chapter in her life. While in Sangli, she learnt music under the tutelage of Inayat Khan for a brief while.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Alladiya Khan and the power struggle in Bombay.

paragraph: At this time, vocalist Alladiya Khan was in Sangli for medical treatment, and on his way to and from his "Vaidya" Abasaheb Sambare's home, he walked by Mogu's residence, where he would hear her practice. One day, Alladiya Khan, eager to know the identity of the singer who was rehearsing the song, climbed the stairs and entered the room. Mogu was startled to see a stranger and stopped singing. He asked her to continue singing and at the end appreciated her. He offered to teach her and started the first lesson immediately. Young Mogu of course agreed, but despite Alladiya's fame, she had not heard of him – it was not until some time later, when she observed dignitaries bow down to him, that she fully realised his standing. She was stunned and overjoyed to know who her trainer was.

paragraph: After eighteen months, Alladiya Khan moved to Bombay (or Mumbai), and Mogu followed in 1922. Mogu resided at a small rented premises at Khetwadi in Bombay. Thus begun a time of intrigue in Bombay's high-society and classical music circles. At that time, Alladiya Khan was the court musician of the princely Kolhapur State but he used to have longer periods of residence in Bombay where he used to train his disciples. Her tutelage under Alladiya was filled with obstacles. Ustad Alladiya's students put forth him a condition that he should not train anyone else except them. For Alladiya was supported in Bombay by wealthy patrons in exchange for music teaching, and they would not let him take other students.

paragraph: In the early 1920s, Mogu was forced to leave her guru's tutelage. Mogu was desperate because she could not receive lessons from Alladiya Khan. Upon the advice of her peers, she started learning music from Bashir Khan of the Agra gharana, who agreed to teach her if she would perform the formal "gandha-bandan" (thread-tying) ceremony of "guru-shishya" discipleship with fellow Agra musician Vilayat Hussain Khan. The "gandha-bandan" ceremony was held in 1926 at the Kalidas Building located at Borabhat Lane in Bombay. But after three months, Vilayat Hussain Khan had to leave Bombay because of health problems.

paragraph: When Alladiya heard of the episode, he demanded that she stop the discipleship and instead go to his younger brother, Hyder Khan. But Mogu hesitated because Ustads of the Agra gharana had a lot of clout. Already she had a lot of stressin her personal life. She solicited a promise that Alladiya would teach her himself in the future if his brother Hyder Khan ever failed to do so. Alladiya summoned Hyder Khan from Kolhapur and Mogu's training in the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana commenced under his tutelage in 1926. However, Alladiya Khan's rich and powerful students were putting a lot of pressure on him to put a stop to it, since they were greatly jealous of Mogu's progress. In 1931, Alladiya felt forced to persuade his brother to stop teaching and leave town, but came clean to the heartbroken Mogu about what had happened which led to him breaking his promise to her.

paragraph: At this stage in her career, Mogu could likely have supported herself as a performer but chose not to. Mogu was not interested in only being a performer but wanted to become a leading exponent. On 10 April 1932, Mogu gave birth her child, Kishori. She continued practicing with determination until one day, Alladiya came back to her.

paragraph: Mogu performed the "gandha-bandan" (thread-tying) ceremony with Alladiya Khan in 1934 and she sold 125 tolas of her gold ornaments for the purpose of offering "guru dakshina" (fee) to Ustad Alladiya. Her training continued under the guidance of Alladiya till his demise in 1946. In 1939 her husband Madhavdas Bhatia died, leaving Mogu with her three school-age children.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Accomplished singer and guru.

paragraph: Since 1940, Mogubai started touring across India for performances. She also performed at All India Radio. She came forth as a leading exponent of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana and her riyaz was rigorous. In an attempt to maintain the purity of her music, Mogubai always avoided the thumri and Natya Sangeet.

paragraph: Kurdikar performed in that era when women singers were not treated with much respect. Her daughter Kishori Amonkar would later recall how Mogubai had to travel to the venue of her performance in third class railway compartments. Despite being a doyenne, Kurdikar was paid less and was subjected to shoddy treatment by many organisers. She was not provided a guest house and had to stay at someone's home.

paragraph: Mogubai Kurdikar was known as "Mai" (माई) to her disciples. She passed on her legacy to her disciples including her daughter Kishori Amonkar. Some of her prominent disciples include Amonkar, Kaushalya Manjeshwar, Padma Talwalkar, Kamal Tambe, Vamanrao Deshpande, Babanrao Haldankar, Suhasini Mulgaonkar and Dr. Arun Dravid.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honours.

paragraph: Mogubai Kurdikar was honoured with several awards, prominent among which are the following:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Popular title "Gaan Tapasvini" (गान तपस्वीनी)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1968)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Padma Bhushan (1974)

paragraph: The "Gaan Tapasvini" Mogubai Kurdikar Award is given at the music festival.

paragraph: In Kurdikar's home state of Goa, Margao town's "Swarmanch" institution organised an annual "Gaan Tapasvini" Mogubai Kurdikar Smruti Sangeet Sammelan in her memory.

paragraph: Section::::Footnotes.

paragraph: Gopalkrishna Bhobe: "Kalaatm Gomantak" ("Talented Goa")

paragraph: This was at a time when it was difficult for classical musicians, in however high esteem, to support themselves. The subcontinent's many royal courts had supported the music for centuries, but there was no large middle class and no widespread public appreciation; now the courts were on the remove, and the budding recording industry did not have anything like today's large commercial base.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mogubai Kurdikar's discography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mogubai's music page from Vijaya Parrikar Library of Indian Classical Music

description: Indian singer

wikidata_label: Mogubai Kurdikar

wikipedia_title: Mogubai Kurdikar


text: Chief Justice of California

text: Sandgate

text: Vermont

text: Williams College

text: Union College

text: Jacksonville

text: Florida Senate

text: Strait of Magellan

text: Coloma

text: district attorney

text: El Dorado County

text: American Civil War

text: Leland Stanford

text: Governor of California

text: California State Assembly

text: Supreme Court of California

text: Democrat

text: Southern Pacific Railroad

text: Sacramento, California

text: Sibyl Sanderson

text: Past & Present Justices

text: Augustus Rhodes

text: John Currey

text: Lorenzo Sawyer

text: Oscar L. Shafter

categories: 19th-century American judges,People from Sandgate, Vermont,1886 deaths,Chief Justices of California,19th-century American lawyers,District attorneys in California,California Democrats,19th-century American politicians,1823 births,California Republicans,Williams College alumni,Union College (New York) alumni

paragraph: Silas Sanderson

paragraph: Silas Woodruff Sanderson (April 16, 1824 – June 24, 1886) was the seventh Chief Justice of California.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Sandgate, Vermont, Sanderson attended Burr Seminary, Williams College, and Union College, graduating from the last in 1846; he was soon admitted to the bar in New York state. He then moved to Florida where he went into practice with his older brother, John, in Jacksonville. In December 1847, Sanderson was named assistant secretary to the president of the Florida Senate. In August 1850, he visited Washington, D.C. Later in 1850, he sailed to California via the Strait of Magellan and settled in Coloma.

paragraph: As a Democrat, Sanderson was elected district attorney in El Dorado County. In June 1861, during the American Civil War, he spoke against the secessionist sentiment at the Breckenridge Democratic Party convention. He became a Republican and backed Leland Stanford for Governor of California in the November 1861 election, serving on a committee to organize the inaugural ball. In November 1862, Sanderson ran on the Union branch of the Democratic Party ticket and was elected to the California State Assembly from El Dorado.

paragraph: The following year, under a constitutional amendment reorganizing the courts, all of the seats of the Supreme Court of California were open for election. In June 1863, Sanderson was nominated by the Republicans. In October 1863, he was elected, and by the drawing of lots among the new justices he received the short, two-year term. Under the rules of the court, the justice with the shortest term served as Chief Justice, and so he held the position from January 2, 1864, to January 1866, when his term expired. In November 1865, he beat Democrat H. H. Hartley, and was re-elected to the Court as an Associate Justice, serving from January 1866 to January 4, 1870.

paragraph: In 1870, he resigned from the court to head the legal department at the Southern Pacific Railroad, a post he held for the next 16 years.

paragraph: Sanderson died June 24, 1886, at his home in San Francisco.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On March 3, 1858, Sanderson married Margaret Beatty Ormsby (c. 1839 – October 21, 1913) of Sacramento, California. They had four daughters, including Sibyl Sanderson, a notable operatic soprano.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hansen, Jack Winsor (2005). "The Sibyl Sanderson Story: Requiem for a Diva". Amadeus Press. p. 1-5. , .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Past & Present Justices. California State Courts. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Justices of the Supreme Court of California

paragraph: BULLET::::- Augustus Rhodes

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Currey

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lorenzo Sawyer

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oscar L. Shafter

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Silas Sanderson

wikipedia_title: Silas Sanderson


text:
George Balanchine
School of American Ballet
Lincoln Kirstein
Samuel Goldwyn
Vera Zorina
Michel Fokine
The Four Temperaments
George Platt Lynes
Konstancja Gladkowska
Jerusalem Delivered
Janine Charrat
Melissa Hayden
Jacques d'Amboise
John Kriza
1939 New York World's Fair
Iranian National Ballet Company

categories: American male ballet dancers,1907 births,American choreographers,1986 deaths

paragraph: William Dollar

paragraph: William Dollar (20 April 1907 – 28 February 1986) was an American dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and teacher. As one of the first American "danseurs nobles", he performed with numerous companies, including the Philadelphia Opera Ballet, the American Ballet, Ballet Caravan, Ballet Society, Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and training.

paragraph: William Henry Dollar, born in St. Louis, Missouri, was raised in East St. Louis, a city just across the Mississippi River in Illinois, where his parents ran a grocery store and meat market. As a boy, Bill Dollar was a student of piano and gymnastics, in which he excelled, and he had a strong interest in studying ballet. His parents tried to discourage him, but he finally won them over and began his dance training in his mid-teens. After a few years with local teachers, he moved east to pursue dance studies with professional teachers. He had studied with Catherine Littlefield in Philadelphia and with Mikhail Mordkin, Alexandre Volinine, and Michel Fokine in New York before he took his first class with George Balanchine at the newly established School of American Ballet in 1934. He was, by then, already an accomplished technician.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Dollar was poised to begin a varied career as a dancer, a choreographer, and a teacher. He would find success in all three fields of endeavor and would make a significant contribution to the development of ballet in the United States and abroad.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Dancer.

paragraph: In 1935, after Balanchine, Lincoln Kirstein, and Edward M.M. Warburg formed the American Ballet, Dollar joined the company as a soloist and was soon dancing principal parts. He appeared in six of the seven ballets, all by Balanchine, in the company's first New York season, presented in March at the Adelphi Theater.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Serenade". Music: Serenade in C for string orchestra, Op. 48, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged and orchestrated by George Antheil. Role: principal male dancer with an ensemble of seventeen female dancers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alma Mater". Music: a commissioned score by Kay Swift, orchestrated by Morton Gould. Roles: The Villain, opposite Charles Laskey as the Hero and Gisella Caccialanza as the Heroine, and the Janitor, a solo turn. This was Balanchine's first ballet on an American theme to American music. It was a fantasy satire of college life in the 1920s. The Hero was a football player; the Heroine was a flapper; and the Villain wore a coonskin coat.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reminiscence". Music by Benjamin Godard, orchestrated by Henry Brant. Role: a "pas de trois" with Holly Howard and Elise Rieman.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Transcendence". Music: "Mephisto Waltz" and two Hungarian rhapsodies by Franz Liszt, arranged and orchestrated by George Antheil. Role: The Man in Black, with Elise Rieman as the Young Girl and Charles Laskey as the Young Man. Balanchine created the Mephistophelian role of The Man in Black especially for Dollar.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L'Errante". Music: "The Wanderer", by Franz Schubert. Role: principal male dancer, the Wanderer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dreams". Music a commissioned score by George Antheil. Role: The Acrobat.

paragraph: In 1937, Balanchine and the American Ballet were hired by Samuel Goldwyn to create daces for a United Artists film entitled "The Goldwyn Follies". Released in 1938, the film starred Vera Zorina in two spectacular ballets created by Balanchine: the Romeo and Juliet Ballet, set to music by George Gershwin, and the Water Nymph Ballet, set to music by Vernon Duke. The former includes an amusing mock duel between the Montagues as ballet dancers and the Capulets as tap dancers as well as a romantic "pas de deux" for the star-crossed lovers. The latter is a surrealist fantasy in which a glamorous Zorina rises, sparkling, out of a pool of water to dance around classical Greek columns and a statue of a giant white horse with a large ensemble of women clad in flowing tutus and men in formal evening wear. Dollar, slender as a reed, is her stalwart partner in both of these cinematographic classics.

paragraph: The purity of Dollar's classical technique, with clean line, remarkable "ballon", and exceptional flexibility made him well suited to roles in earlier works created by Michel Fokine, especially the Poet in "Les Sylphides" and Harlequin in "Le Carnaval", which he performed with Ballet Theatre in its first season in 1940. But it was Balanchine who gave him opportunities for expression in some of his most compelling choreography. In 1937, Dollar created the roles of the Joker in "The Card Party" and the Bridegroom in "Le Baiser de la Fée", both set to music by Igor Stravinsky. In 1941 he partnered Marie-Jeanne in "Ballet Imperial", set to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2, and in "Concerto Barocco", set to Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D minor. In 1946 he created the role of the Black Cat in "The Spellbound Child", a lyric fantasy set to Maurice Ravel's "L'Enfant et les Sortileges." Also in 1946 came perhaps the most memorable role that he ever created for Balanchine. In the first movement of "The Four Temperaments", set to a commissioned score by Paul Hindemith, Balanchine used Dollar's pliant, arching back to remarkable effect in the Melancholic variation, dramatically extending the expressive range of the classical ballet vocabulary.

paragraph: Dollar also appeared in numerous opera ballets choreographed by Balanchine from 1935 to 1942. Among them were "Aïda, Mignon, La Juive, The Bartered Bride, The Bat, The Fair at Sorochinsk, The Queen of Spades", and "Macbeth". His most memorable role on the opera stage was in Balanchine's production of Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice" in May 1936. Presented by the American Ballet Ensemble at the Metropolitan Opera House, it featured singers in the orchestra pit and dancers on the stage in corresponding roles. Lew Christensen danced the role of Orpheus; Daphne Vane was Eurydice; and Dollar appeared as Amor, the beautiful winged god of love. Images from this remarkable production were captured in photographs by George Platt Lynes and have often been published and reproduced.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Choreographer.

paragraph: In March 1936, Dollar made his first choreographic work, for the American Ballet Ensemble at the Metropolitan Opera House. In collaboration with Balanchine, he created "Concerto", later called "Classic Ballet", to Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21. He set the opening and closing sections: Maestoso, a "pas de six" featuring Gisella Caccialanza, and Allegro Vivace, for Leda Anchutina, Lew Christensen, and "corps de ballet". Balanchine set the middle section, Larghetto, as a "pas de trois" for Dollar, Holly Howard, and Charles Laskey. Dollar restaged this work in 1944 as "Constantia" for Ballet International, a short-lived company created in New York by the Marquis de Cuevas. The story and the choreography are tinged with the fervor of Chopin's feeling for the Polish soprano Konstancja Gladkowska (1810-1889), with whom he had fallen in love in his youth. Having dedicated the Larghetto movement to the memory of Constantia, Dollar danced the male lead opposite Marie-Jeanne and Yvonne Patterson. In 1950, he staged the work for Ballet Theatre, where it remained a popular item in the repertory for several years.

paragraph: Dollar's best-known work, "The Duel", was mounted in 1949 as "Le Combat" for Roland Petit's Ballets de Paris. Based on an episode in Torquato Tasso's epic poem "Jerusalem Delivered" (1581) and set to a score by Raffaelo de Banfield, the ballet tells a tale of tragic love from the time of the Crusades, recounting the legend of mortal combat between Tancredi, a Christian knight of Normandy, and Clorinda, a Saracen maiden disguised in male armor. At first the ballet was only an extended "pas de deux", danced by Janine Charrat and Vladimir Skouratoff, but Dollar added three more knights for dramatic effect when he staged the work for the New York City Ballet in 1950. There, Melissa Hayden made a powerful impression as Clorinda, dancing with Jacques d'Amboise as Tancredi. In 1953, Dollar also staged the work for Ballet Theatre, where Lupe Serrano and John Kriza made the roles their own.

paragraph: Dollar created numerous other choreographic works for various companies. Among them are the following:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1936. "Promenade", set to Maurice Ravel's "Valse Nobles et Sentimentales", for Ballet Caravan.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939. "A Thousand Times Neigh", a tribute to the automobile, created for American Ballet Caravan at the Ford pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1943. "The Five Boons of Life", later called "The Five Gifts", set to music by Ernō Dohnányi, for the American Concert Ballet.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1949. "Ondine", set to "The Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, for the New York City Ballet. Original cast: Tanaquil Le Clercq, Francisco Moncion, Melissa Hayden, and Yvonne Mounsey.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950. "Jeux", set to music by Claude Debussy, for Ballet Theatre.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1954. "Concerto", set to music by Felix Mendelssohn, for Ballet Theatre Workshop. Danced by students of the Ballet Theatre School.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958. "The Parliament of the Birds", set to music by Ottorino Resphighi, for Ballet Theatre Workshop. Danced by students of the Ballet Theatre School.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Teacher.

paragraph: For more than forty years, Dollar was a highly regarded ballet teacher, working at times for the American Concert Ballet and the Ballet Theatre School. In the 1940s he was ballet master at the American Concert Ballet and at Ballet Society. He also lived and worked abroad. He served as ballet master of the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo and as guest choreographer for companies in Brazil and Japan In 1958 he assisted in establishing the Iranian National Ballet Company in Tehran, serving as the first resident choreographer as well as the principal teacher in the school.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: After being stricken with arthritis of the hips in the 1950s, Dollar was forced to curtail his dancing. His last appearance on stage was as Herr Drosselemeyer in Balanchine's famous production of "The Nutcracker" for the New York City Ballet. Thereafter, he retired to his home in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, where he passed his last years in the care of his wife, the former Yvonne Patterson, a vivacious dancer and teacher whom he had first met in Ballet Caravan in the late 1930s. He died of lung cancer at home in March 1986, He was 79 years old.

description: American ballet dancer

wikidata_label: William Dollar

wikipedia_title: William Dollar


text:
imperial China
Guo Wei
Later Zhou
Song Dynasty
Later Shu
Southern Tang
Liao Dynasty
Yelü Xiuge
Zhengding County
Hebei
Later Han
military governor
Guo Wei
Liu Chengyou
Later Zhou
Wuyue
convoy
Wuyue
Song Dynasty
Later Shu
massacre
jiedushi
Southern Tang
Northern Han
Liao Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Empress Cao
Emperor Renzong of Song

categories: People from Shijiazhuang,Later Zhou people,Song dynasty generals,999 deaths,931 births

paragraph: Cao Bin

paragraph: Cao Bin (曹彬) (931-999) was a military general in imperial China. A nephew-in-law of Guo Wei, who founded the Later Zhou in 951, Cao first rose up through the ranks of the Later Zhou military. After the Song Dynasty replaced Later Zhou in 960, Cao participated in the conquest of the Later Shu state in 965, where he distinguished himself from the other generals for disciplining his troops from pillaging the area, and was promoted as a result. In 974, he was named the overall commander to invade the Southern Tang state, which he successfully conquered in 976, again taking careful measures to prevent unnecessary killing. However, in one last campaign in 986 against the northern Liao Dynasty, he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Yelü Xiuge.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Cao Bin's father Cao Yun (曹芸) was a military commander of Chengde Commandery (成德軍; centered in modern Zhengding County, Hebei) under the Later Han. Before the age of 20, Cao Bin served under his father as a minor general, and Wu Xingde (武行德), the military governor of Chengde Commandery, was reportedly very impressed by him. At that time his maternal aunt Lady Zhang (張氏) was married to Guo Wei, another military governor. In 950, she was killed by Later Han emperor Liu Chengyou as Guo rebelled. Guo eventually overthrew Later Han to found the Later Zhou.

paragraph: Section::::Career under Later Zhou.

paragraph: He was known for instilling discipline in his army, and for his disregard for anything material. Once, a messenger refused to believe he was the general, saying "how could the emperor's relative dress in modest clothing and sleep on a commoner's bed?" In 958, he was sent to Wuyue Kingdom as a convoy and adamantly refused all bribes from Wuyue.

paragraph: After Later Zhou was overthrown by the Song Dynasty, Cao Bin was part of Song's conquest of Later Shu. After victories, some of the Song generals suggested massacre to show Song's power but Cao Bin prevented it. When the other generals robbed the territory of its wealth, Cao Bin was only interested in books and the traditional clothing. Returning to the capital, Cao Bin reported the other generals, and was named "jiedushi".

paragraph: In 974 Cao Bin commanded the army that conquered Southern Tang, and after a few other battles against Northern Han and Liao Dynasty, he was given control over the entire Song Dynasty's army.

paragraph: His granddaughter was Empress Cao, married to Emperor Renzong of Song.

alias:
Cao Bin
Wuhui
Guohua

description: Song Dynasty general

wikidata_label: Cao Bin

wikipedia_title: Cao Bin


text: Stanford University

text: the University of Michigan

text: the Shoura Council

categories: Stanford University School of Engineering alumni,Members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia,Saudi Arabian engineers,Government ministers of Saudi Arabia,1952 births,University of Michigan alumni,Living people,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals alumni

paragraph: Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim

paragraph: Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim (born 1952) is a Saudi engineer. He served as the minister of agriculture between May 2003 and December 2014.

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

paragraph: Balghunaim was born in 1952. He obtained a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1975 and a master's degree in construction, engineering and management from Stanford University in 1978. He also received a PhD in transportation engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Balghunaim served as the deputy agriculture minister responsible for fisheries for one year (1990-1991). Then he was named as governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in 1991. His tenure lasted until 2001. He became a member of the Shoura Council in 2001. He served as a member of the services, public facilities and environment committee in the council until 2003.

paragraph: Balghunaim was appointed minister of agriculture in May 2003. He served in the post until 8 December 2014 when Walid bin Abdulkarim Al Khuraiji replaced him in the post.

description: Saudi Arabian politician

wikidata_label: Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim

wikipedia_title: Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim


text:
speed skater
2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi
Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics

categories: Canadian female speed skaters,World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists,Olympic speed skaters of Canada,Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics,Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan,1991 births,Living people,Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics

paragraph: Kali Christ

paragraph: Kali Christ (born November 9, 1991) is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the middle distances of 1000 m, 1500m, as well as the mass start event. Christ represented Canada in both these events at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as the team pursuit event.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2018 Winter Olympics.

paragraph: Christ qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

description: speed skater

wikidata_label: Kali Christ

wikipedia_title: Kali Christ


text:
American football
placekicker
college football
Fordham
Mahwah, New Jersey
football
Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Dublin
Fordham
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
futures contract
2013 season
New Orleans Saints
Connor Barth
Kyle Brindza
Cleveland Browns
New Orleans Saints
Nick Folk
Gaelic football
Ciaran
Monaghan GAA
Fordham Rams football biography
Tampa Bay Buccaneers biography

categories: American people of Irish descent,Don Bosco Preparatory High School alumni,Cleveland Browns players,Tampa Bay Buccaneers players,People from Mahwah, New Jersey,Players of American football from New Jersey,Fordham Rams football players,1991 births,Living people

paragraph: Patrick Murray (American football)

paragraph: Patrick Murray (born June 22, 1991) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Fordham.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Murray was raised in Mahwah, New Jersey. After playing football for Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Murray considered attending college in Dublin, but decided to play for Fordham, with whom he served as both punter and kicker. He appeared in 44 games in his four-year career (2009–2012) at Fordham, finishing with 186 punts for 7,985 yards and 38 made field goals on 54 attempts. As a senior, he was named a consensus first-team All-American kicker after connecting on 25–30 (83.3%) field goals, while punting 52 times for 2,392 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

paragraph: On December 31, 2013, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Murray to a futures contract after the Buccaneers lost their last game of the 2013 season to the New Orleans Saints. He beat out veteran Connor Barth, who was released from the team August 29, 2014, when they made final roster cuts. Murray and Barth were both released September 4, 2015, from the Tampa Bay roster in favor of rookie kicker Kyle Brindza.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: On June 9, 2016, Murray signed with the Cleveland Browns. On September 11, 2016, Murray connected on his first field goal as a member of the Browns, a 35-yarder. On September 24, 2016, he was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. He was released by the Browns on December 23, 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New Orleans Saints.

paragraph: On August 6, 2017, Murray signed with the New Orleans Saints. He was waived on August 12, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tampa Bay Buccaneers (second stint).

paragraph: On October 9, 2017, Murray signed with the Buccaneers after Nick Folk missed three field goals the previous week.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Murray's family had a Gaelic football heritage, with his father Aidan and uncle Ciaran having both played for Monaghan GAA.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fordham Rams football biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tampa Bay Buccaneers biography

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Patrick Murray

wikipedia_title: Patrick Murray (American football)


text:
American football
offensive tackle
Northern Michigan
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Baltimore Brigade
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio

categories: Winnipeg Blue Bombers players,American football offensive tackles,Tampa Bay Buccaneers players,1989 births,Canadian football offensive linemen,People from Escanaba, Michigan,American players of Canadian football,Living people,Players of American football from Michigan,Baltimore Brigade players

paragraph: Jace Daniels

paragraph: Jace Daniels (born March 3, 1989) an American football offensive tackle who is a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::College Football.

paragraph: Daniels played college football at Northern Michigan.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Daniels signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and remained on the practice squad throughout the 2013 season. He continues with the Bucs for the 2014 season and awaits camp which will decide when the player moves up to 2nd string. The Buccaneers released Daniels on August 24, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

paragraph: Daniels was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on October 7, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Brigade.

paragraph: Daniels was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade on February 7, 2017.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Jace Daniels

wikipedia_title: Jace Daniels


text:
American football
running back
Minnesota Vikings
National Football League
Detroit Lions
2015 NFL Draft
college football
Nebraska
NFL Draft
Heisman Trophy
Homewood, Alabama
high school
Homewood High School
100 meters
long jump
Alabama
Auburn
cornerback
Bo Pelini
Fresno State
Wyoming Cowboys
Rex Burkhead
UCLA
Arkansas State
Wisconsin
Penn State
Big Ten Conference
Illinois
All-Big Ten first-team
Doak Walker Award
Sporting News
AA batteries
Jameis Winston
Birmingham, Alabama
controversies
Senior CLASS Award
Division I
FBS
55–7 win
Florida Atlantic
Big Ten
31–24 win
McNeese State Cowboys
55–19 win
Fresno State Bulldogs
41–31 win
Miami Hurricanes
all-purpose yards
Johnny Rodgers
Melvin Gordon
45–14 win
Illinois Fighting Illini
27–22 loss
Michigan State Spartans
38–17 win
Northwestern Wildcats
42–24 win
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Tommy Armstrong Jr.
Paul Hornung Award
Athlon Sports
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Purdue Boilermakers
MCL
sprain
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Detroit Lions
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Indianapolis Colts
Tennessee Titans
Detroit Lions
Monday Night Football
LeGarrette Blount
Kerryon Johnson
Minnesota Vikings
Official website
Nebraska Cornhuskers Biography
CBS Sports Video Biography
Ameer Abdullah Senior Bowl Interview

categories: Nebraska Cornhuskers football players,Detroit Lions players,American Muslims,People from Homewood, Alabama,1993 births,Players of American football from Alabama,American football running backs,Living people

paragraph: Ameer Abdullah

paragraph: Ameer Abdullah (born June 13, 1993) is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska. In 2013, Abdullah rushed for 1,690 yards, fourth most for a single season in University of Nebraska history. He decided not to enter the NFL Draft at the end of his junior year, but instead to return for his senior season. He was considered a contender for the 2014 Heisman Trophy.

paragraph: He is a native of Homewood, Alabama.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: During his senior year of high school, Abdullah had 1,800 yards rushing, 515 yards receiving, and four punt returns for touchdowns for Homewood High School. He was the 2010 South region player of the year. In the 2010 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic, he scored the winning touchdown in overtime.

paragraph: Also a track star at Homewood, he ran a career-best time of 11.15 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2011 AHSAA 6A Section 3 Championships, placing 7th in the prelims. He also competed in the long jump; he had a career-best leap of 6.60 meters.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:College decision.

paragraph: Abdullah was offered football scholarships from several schools, but schools such as Alabama and Auburn wanted him to play cornerback, while he wanted to be a running back. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, however, while making no guarantees, told him that they would put him in a position that would maximize his talent. Pelini's view was the critical factor in choosing Nebraska.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2011.

paragraph: Abdullah was one of six true freshman to play for Nebraska in the 2011 season. His best game was against Fresno State when he had 228 return yards. He had 211 kickoff return yards including a 100-yard touchdown return. Abdullah's total kickoff return yards broke the previous Nebraska record. His best running total was 36 yards and his longest run was 24 yards, both against the Wyoming Cowboys. On November 12, against Penn State, he had his first collegiate rushing touchdown. Overall, in the 2011 season, he finished with 150 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, 26 kick returns for 763 net yards and a touchdown, and 15 punt returns for 107 net yards.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2012.

paragraph: After Rex Burkhead was injured, Abdullah started seven games. His first start was against UCLA and he rushed for 119 yards with two touchdowns. His longest run was for 45 yards against Arkansas State in a 167-yard and two-touchdown performance. In the next game against Idaho State, he had a punt return touchdown. He had 252 all-purpose yards against Wisconsin, which included five kickoffs totaling 142 yards, 10 rushes for 70 yards, and 22 yards receiving. Against Penn State, he rushed for 116 yards and 1,000 rushing yards for the first time in his college career. His per game average of 134.5 all-purpose yards ranked fourth in the Big Ten Conference and his per game average of 81.2 rushing yards ranked ninth. Overall, he finished the 2012 season with 1,137 rushing yards, eight rushing touchdowns, 24 receptions, 178 receiving yards, two receiving touchdowns, and a punt return touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2013.

paragraph: Abdullah rushed for over 100 yards in 11 of 13 games (including the Gator Bowl). The ten 100-yard games during the regular season placed him fourth in Nebraska school history. On August 31, he started the season with 114 rushing yards against Wyoming. In the next game against Southern Miss, he had 114 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. After going for 98 yards against UCLA, he had 139 rushing yards and a touchdown against South Dakota State. He achieved a career-high rushing against Illinois of 225 yards. He followed that up with 126 rushing yards and a touchdown in the game against Purdue. In the next game, at Minnesota, he had 165 rushing yards. On November 9, against Michigan, he had 105 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, and a receiving touchdown in the victory. In the next game, against Michigan State, he had 123 rushing yards and a 12-yard receiving touchdown. In the following game, against Penn State, he had 147 rushing yards and 18 receiving yards. For the season, he rushed for an average of 130.7 yards per game, which ranked him second in the Big Ten and seventh nationally. He had 232 yards in pass receptions and averaged 154.9 all-purpose yards per game, which also ranked him second in the Big Ten. He was placed on the All-Big Ten first-team by both the conference's coaches and media. He was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award. He finished the season with 122 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown victory over Georgia in the Gator Bowl. Overall, in the 2013 season, he finished with 1,690 rushing yards, nine rushing touchdowns, 26 receptions, 232 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns.

paragraph: After the Gator Bowl, Abdullah considered whether he should enter the 2014 NFL Draft as an underclassman. On January 9, 2014, he decided to stay at Nebraska for his senior season, stating that

paragraph: I have come to realize that life is bigger than football ... and that my chances of long-term success in life will be greatly enhanced by completing my college education. ... If playing in the NFL is truly in God's plans for me, then God will again present this opportunity to me after I complete my college education.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.

paragraph: "Sporting News" listed Abdullah among their top 10 candidates for the Heisman trophy in 2014 and they list Abdullah as the number 4 returning running back.

paragraph: In late September 2014, Eric Galko and Ian Wharton of "Sporting News" analyzed his running attributes. They concluded that even though his 40-yard time is not below 4.4 second and he does not possess the most power when running, he is a complete running back. He runs very low, below the pad level of defenders, making him very difficult to tackle. Abdullah has great balance, vision to find holes and the patience to wait for his blockers to those open holes. These running characteristics together with his burst, shiftiness in space, and ability to keep his legs moving when hit, make him "the most well-rounded tailback in the country".

paragraph: In early September 2014, Nebraska sent out AA batteries to members of the sports news media and created a website for Abdullah to promote his Heisman campaign.

paragraph: Both Abdullah and 2013 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston trained together at the same gym in Birmingham, Alabama. On September 22, 2014, Abdullah commented how Winston could avoid controversies in the future.

paragraph: In December 2014, Abdullah received the Senior CLASS Award for the most outstanding senior college football player in Division I based on classroom performance, community contributions, personal character, and athletic achievements. Players are selected based on votes from FBS football coaches, media, and fans.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Florida Atlantic.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for a career-high 232 rushing yards on 21 carries for an average of 11 yards per carry in a 55–7 win over Florida Atlantic. His longest run was 47 yards for a touchdown. He also caught one pass for 9 yards. On September 1, he won Big Ten offensive player of the week.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:McNeese State.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 67 yards on 17 carries for an average of 3.2 yards per carry in a 31–24 win over the McNeese State Cowboys. His longest run was for 19 yards. He caught 3 passes for 96 yards and his 58-yard run after his last catch with 20 seconds left in the game put Nebraska up by a touchdown and was the game-winning score.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Fresno State.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 110 yards on 19 carries for an average of 5.8 yards per carry in a 55–19 win over the Fresno State Bulldogs. During the first quarter, he had a 57-yard rushing touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Miami.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 229 yards on 35 carries for an average of 6.5 yards per carry with two touchdowns in a 41–31 win over the Miami Hurricanes. His 35 carries were a career-high and his last touchdown sealed the win. His longest run was 26 yards and he caught one pass for three yards and a touchdown. Abdullah also had 313 all-purpose yards, which broke Nebraska's 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers's record of 5,586 career all-purpose yards. Abdullah's career total reached 5,762 yards. On September 22, 2014, Abdullah was Big Ten co-offensive player for week four, sharing honors with Melvin Gordon.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Illinois.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 208 yards on 22 carries for an average of 9.5 yards per carry with three touchdowns in a 45–14 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini. He rushed for 196 yards by halftime. His longest run was for 28 yards and he had four runs of 20 yards or more before halftime. On September 29, 2014, Abdullah was named Big Ten player offensive player of the week.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Michigan State.

paragraph: Abdullah was held to 45 yards rushing on 24 attempts for an average of 1.9 yards per carry and two touchdowns in a 27–22 loss to the Michigan State Spartans. He also had two pass receptions for 22 yards.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Northwestern.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 146 yards on 23 carries for an average of 6.3 yards per carry with four touchdowns in a 38–17 win over the Northwestern Wildcats. He was held to 39 yards at halftime, but rushed for 107 yards in the second half including a 50-yard rush at the beginning of the fourth quarter that set up his third touchdown. He also had 4 pass receptions for 13 yards.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Rutgers.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for 225 yards on 19 carries for an average of 11.8 yards per carry with four touchdowns in a 42–24 win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. In the first half, Abdullah had runs of 53 and 48 yards for touchdowns on two consecutive series. In the second half, he ran for 49 yards on the first play of the half and Tommy Armstrong Jr. subsequently threw a touchdown pass for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Abdullah ran 23 yards for his third touchdown of the game. He also caught two passes for 26 yards and he returned two kickoffs for 90 yards. His 341 all-purpose yards set a new record for all-purpose yards at Nebraska.

paragraph: On Monday, October 27, Abdullah was named Big 10 offensive player of the week for the fourth time in the 2014 season. He named to the Paul Hornung Award honor roll for the third time during the 2014 season. He was also named Week 9 player of the week by Athlon Sports.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Purdue.

paragraph: Abdullah ran for only one yard on six carries before he was injured in the first quarter in a 35–14 win over the Purdue Boilermakers. Pelini told reporters after the game that Abdullah had suffered a "mild" MCL sprain and bruise when he tried to recover a fumbled snap by the quarter back on a fourth down at the Purdue one-yard line. When asked, Pelini said that he was optimistic that Abdullah would be ready to play the Wisconsin Badgers on November 15, but he added he couldn't say for sure whether he would be able to play.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Wisconsin.

paragraph: In the game against Wisconsin, Abdullah had 69 rushing yards and a 26-yard reception in 59–24 loss.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Minnesota.

paragraph: On November 22, against Minnesota, Abdullah had 98 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 28–24 loss.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:Iowa.

paragraph: In the final game of the regular season against Iowa, Abdullah had 13 carries for 106 yards to go along with two receptions for 13 yards and a receiving touchdown in the 37–34 overtime victory.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2014.:USC.

paragraph: In the Holiday Bowl against Southern California, Abdullah had 88 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, six receptions, and 61 receiving yards in the 45–42 loss in his final collegiate game.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:College statistics.

paragraph: Rushing and receiving statistics by year.

paragraph: Punt, kick return, and all-purpose yardage statistics by year.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Abdullah was drafted in the second round with the 54th overall pick by the Detroit Lions in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was the fourth running back to be selected that year.

paragraph: On May 14, 2015, the Detroit Lions signed Abdullah to a four-year, $4.15 million contract with $1.85 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.28 million.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.:2015 season.

paragraph: Abdullah began his rookie season as the Detroit Lions' third running back on their depth chart behind veterans Joique Bell and Theo Riddick. He made his professional regular season debut in the Lion's season opener against the San Diego Chargers, finishing with seven carries for 50 rushing yards and four catches for 44 receiving yards. He scored his first career touchdown on a 24-yard rushing touchdown of the first quarter of the 28–33 loss to the Chargers. The following week, he had his first career start against the Minnesota Vikings and finished the 16–26 loss with six carries for nine yards. On September 27, 2015, Abdullah had eight rushing attempts for 23 rushing yards and made two catches to 19 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 12–24 loss to the Denver Broncos. He caught his first career touchdown reception on a 16-yard pass from Matt Stafford. In Week 12, he made his second career start and rushed for 63 yards on a season-high 16 carries, while also making one reception for 12 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles. He remained the starting running back for the rest of the season. On December 21, 2015, Abdullah had nine carries for a season-high 77 rushing yards and scored his second rushing touchdown of the season against the New Orleans Saints. He finished his rookie season with a total of 143 carries, 597 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns, 25 receptions, 183 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown while starting nine games and playing in all 16 games. Abdullah was awarded the Lions 2015 Rookie of the Year Award by members of Detroit Sports Media (DSM.)

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.:2016 season.

paragraph: He began his second season as the Detroit Lions' starting running back for the beginning of the regular season. In the season-opener against the Indianapolis Colts, Abdullah had 12 carries for 63 rushing yards and caught five passes for 57 receiving yards and a touchdown as the Lions defeated the Colts 37–35. On September 18, 2016, he had six rushing attempts for 38 rushing yards against the Tennessee Titans before suffering an injury to his foot and leaving the game. He had torn a ligament in his left foot and missed the remainder of the season. On September 21, 2016, the Detroit Lions placed Abdullah on injured reserve.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.:2017 season.

paragraph: On September 18, 2017, against the New York Giants on "Monday Night Football", Abdullah had 17 carries for a then career-high 86 yards in the 24–10 victory. In Week 4, against the Minnesota Vikings, he had a career-high 94 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 14–7 victory. In Weeks 9–10, he scored a touchdown in consecutive games against the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns. In the next game against the Chicago Bears, he had a receiving touchdown in the 27–24 victory. Overall, he finished the 2017 season with 552 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, 25 receptions, 162 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.:2018 season.

paragraph: Abdullah entered the 2018 season second on the depth chart behind veteran LeGarrette Blount. He was quickly passed by rookie Kerryon Johnson as the starter. He played in three games primarily on special teams before ultimately being waived by the team on November 6, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Vikings.

paragraph: On November 7, 2018, Abdullah was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Vikings.

paragraph: On March 18, 2019, Abdullah was re-signed by the Vikings.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Abdullah was born on June 13, 1993 in Homewood, Alabama, the son of Kareem and Aisha Abdullah, and the youngest of nine children. He majored in History at the University of Nebraska and is a devout Muslim.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nebraska Cornhuskers Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- CBS Sports Video Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ameer Abdullah Senior Bowl Interview

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Ameer Abdullah

wikipedia_title: Ameer Abdullah


text:
Romanian
Braşov
University of Bucharest
România literară
Maurice Nadeau
Angelus Silesius
Rainer Maria Rilke
Romanian Writers' Union
EU Prize for Literature
Istros Books

categories: 1960 births,People from Brașov,Living people,Romanian writers

paragraph: Ioana Pârvulescu

paragraph: Ioana Pârvulescu (1960) is a Romanian writer. She was born in Braşov and studied at the University of Bucharest. She graduated in 1983 and went on to complete a PhD in literature in 1999. She teaches modern literature at the same university.

paragraph: She has worked at the literary journal "România literară", and has translated the works of Maurice Nadeau, Angelus Silesius and Rainer Maria Rilke. She is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union. She won the EU Prize for Literature for her book "Viaţa începe vineri" ("Life Begins on Friday").

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: "Life begins on Friday": London: Istros Books, 2016.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Life Begins on Friday:

description: Romanian writer

wikidata_label: Ioana Pârvulescu

wikipedia_title: Ioana Pârvulescu


text:
American football
outside linebacker
Kansas City Chiefs
National Football League
San Diego Chargers
2014 NFL Draft
college football
Georgia Tech
Archbishop Carroll High School
Washington, D.C.
football
Rivals.com
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Kansas State
Syracuse
Independence Bowl
ACC Championship Game
Florida State
ACC
All-America
NFL Combine
40-yard dash
San Diego Chargers
2014 NFL Draft
2014
Arizona Cardinals
strip sack
blocked punt
San Francisco 49ers
New York Jets
Kansas City Chiefs
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio
San Diego Chargers bio

categories: San Diego Chargers players,Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players,Nigerian players of American football,1993 births,San Francisco 49ers players,American football defensive ends,New York Jets players,Los Angeles Chargers players,Living people

paragraph: Jeremiah Attaochu

paragraph: Jeremiah Ojimaojo Attaochu (born January 17, 1993) is an American football outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Attaochu attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C.. He played football for Archbishop Carroll. He had 118 tackles and 14 sacks as a senior, while recording four touchdowns by blocking kicks or returning fumbles. He played three seasons of varsity football as a linebacker and defensive end, and served two years as team captain.

paragraph: Considered a three-star recruit by "Rivals.com", he accepted a scholarship from Georgia Tech over offers from Illinois, Kansas State and Syracuse.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: As a freshman, Attaochu played in all 12 games and started in the Independence Bowl. He finished the year with 23 tackles (18 solo tackles), 4.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, and one quarterback hurry. In 2011, he played in 11 games and started 10 times, missing two games due to an injury. He led the team in tackles for loss (11.5), sacks (6.0) and finished third in total tackles with 59, intercepted one pass, while breaking up two others and recovering a fumble, earning a conference honorable mention selection. In 2012, he played and started in 13 games. He registered 69 tackles, including 44 solo tackles, had 12 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He had two sacks in the ACC Championship Game vs. Florida State. In 2013, as a senior, he played and started in all 13 games, recording 45 tackles, including 16 for loss, while adding 12.5 sacks, two pass break ups and one forced fumble, while earning himself All-ACC and All-American honors.

paragraph: He finished his career as Georgia Tech's all-time leader in sacks with 31.5, surpassing Greg Gathers' 31 that he set between 1999 and 2002.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pre-draft.

paragraph: Attaochu sat out drills at the 2014 NFL Combine due to a finger injury (medical exclusion). However, he was able to participate fully on his pro day. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.58 and a 4.63, had a vertical jump of 37.5 inches, a 3-cone of 7.28, and a short shuttle of 4.64. His 10-yard split was 1.55.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers.

paragraph: Attaochu was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. In the 2014 season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, Attaochu made an impressive debut, recording one strip sack that forced a fumble and one blocked punt. The two plays helped set up 10 points for San Diego in an 18–17 loss.

paragraph: In 2016, Attaochu missed three games with a sprained ankle suffered in Week 6 and then suffering a broken foot in Week 10. He was placed on injured reserve on December 3, 2016. He finished 2016 with eight tackles, two sacks, nine pressures and seven quarterback hits over eight games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:San Francisco 49ers.

paragraph: On March 15, 2018, Attaochu signed with the San Francisco 49ers. He was released on September 1, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.

paragraph: On September 3, 2018, Attaochu signed with the New York Jets. He played in 11 games before being placed on injured reserve on December 19, 2018.

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

paragraph: On April 8, 2019, Attaochu signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- San Diego Chargers bio

description: American football player, linebacker

wikidata_label: Jeremiah Attaochu

wikipedia_title: Jeremiah Attaochu


text:
1973
Russia
motorcycle speedway
Russia's national team
Fergana
Uzbekistan
Eastbourne Eagles
Coventry Bees
Elite League
Arena Essex
Poole Pirates
Togliatti
Leicester Lions
Swindon Robins
Russia national speedway team

categories: Living people,Russian speedway riders,1973 births,Leicester Lions riders

paragraph: Sergey Darkin (speedway rider)

paragraph: Sergey Darkin (born 18 June 1973) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Russia's national team.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Fergana, Uzbekistan, Darkin has been a regular member of the Russian World Team Cup squad, finishing runner-up in 1996. He was Russian individual champion in 2000 and 2002.

paragraph: After riding in the UK for Eastbourne Eagles in 2001, he joined Coventry Bees in the middle of the 2004 season, riding in fifteen matches in the Elite League and scoring 111 points at an average of 6.68. He also rode for Arena Essex in 2005 and Poole Pirates in 2007. In September 2005 he suffered serious head injuries in a crash at Togliatti in the European Club Team Champions Cup, but was able to return to racing the following year.

paragraph: He rides for KMZ Lublin in the Polish league, Togliatti in Russia, and signed for Leicester Lions for the 2011 British season, leaving mid-season. He subsequently rode for Swindon Robins in the Elite League.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Russia national speedway team

description: Russian speedway rider

wikidata_label: Sergey Darkin

wikipedia_title: Sergey Darkin (speedway rider)


text:
Graforreia Xilarmônica
Porto Alegre
Paulo César Pereio
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
music education
Federal University of Goiás
Alexandre Birck
TNT
Os Cascavelletes
Frank Jorge
Carlo Pianta
cult
Graforreia Xilarmônica
side project
Aristóteles de Ananias Jr.
Luciano Zanatta
Diego Silveira
Chico Machado
Jupiter Apple
A Sétima Efervescência
Plastic Soda
Rogério Skylab
Skylab IX
musical analysis
Santa Catarina State University
A Sétima Efervescência
Plastic Soda
Skylab IX
Marcelo Birck
Discogs

categories: Brazilian rock musicians,21st-century Brazilian singers,Musicians from Rio Grande do Sul,Federal University of Goiás alumni,20th-century Brazilian singers,Brazilian rock singers,20th-century male singers,Brazilian lyricists,Male guitarists,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul alumni,Brazilian singer-songwriters,People from Porto Alegre,1965 births,Brazilian guitarists,Living people,Brazilian male singers

paragraph: Marcelo Birck

paragraph: Marcelo de Campos Velho Birck (born August 13, 1965) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, arranger and guitarist, best known for his work with influential rock band Graforreia Xilarmônica.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Birck was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, on August 13, 1965. He is the nephew of both screenwriter and theater director Carlos Augusto de Campos Velho (better known as Jota Pingo) and film and television actor Paulo César Pereio, and his mother, Rosa Maria de Campos Velho, was the director of the Teatro de Arena de Porto Alegre. Having a penchant for music and arts since his youth, Birck later graduated in music from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and then obtained a master's degree in music education at the Federal University of Goiás.

paragraph: In 1983, alongside his younger brother Alexandre Birck, future TNT guitarist Luís "Tchê" Gomes and future Os Cascavelletes bassist Frank Jorge, Marcelo formed the short-lived band Prisão de Ventre, which lasted only for two years. In 1987 he reunited with his brother and Jorge to form, alongside Carlo Pianta, the cult band Graforreia Xilarmônica. After releasing two critically acclaimed albums, "Coisa de Louco II" (1995) and "Chapinhas de Ouro" (1998), they broke up in 2000, but reunited after a 5-year hiatus.

paragraph: In 1988, Birck founded a more experimental and "performatic" side project to Graforreia Xilarmônica, named Aristóteles de Ananias Jr., alongside names such as Luciano Zanatta, Diego Silveira and Chico Machado. They have released a single, self-titled studio album in 1996 before disbanding the following year.

paragraph: In 2000 Birck teamed up with Thomas Dreher and Felipe Faraco to form Os Atonais; their first (and so far only) studio album, "Em Amplitude Moderada", came out the same year, amid overwhelmingly positive reviews. Later that year he released his first, self-titled solo album. A follow-up, "Timbres Não Mentem Jamais", came out in 2008.

paragraph: Birck has also collaborated with Jupiter Apple on his 1997 debut "A Sétima Efervescência", arranging one of the musician's most well-known songs, "Eu e Minha Ex". He later returned for its 1999 follow-up "Plastic Soda". In 2009 he was a guest musician on Rogério Skylab's live album "Skylab IX"; he and Skylab (a huge fan of Birck) wrote together the song "Samba de uma Nota Só ao Contrário". From 2002 to 2003 he served as a lecturer of musical analysis for the Santa Catarina State University.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Guest appearances.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jupiter Apple

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "A Sétima Efervescência" (orchestral arrangements in "Eu e Minha Ex")

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999: "Plastic Soda" (electric guitar and arrangements in "The True Love of the Spider")

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rogério Skylab

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Skylab IX" (lyrics, additional vocals and electric guitar in "Samba de uma Nota Só ao Contrário")

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marcelo Birck on Discogs

wikidata_label: Marcelo Birck

wikipedia_title: Marcelo Birck


text:
Neuchâtel Xamax
Lausanne, Switzerland
Italy
Servette FC
Genoa
Heinz Hermann
Uli Stielike
Hossam Hassan
Lajos Detári
Gilbert Gress
Mickaël Facchinetti

categories: 1936 births,2018 deaths,Swiss businesspeople

paragraph: Gilbert Facchinetti

paragraph: Gilbert Facchinetti (28 January 1936 – 6 July 2018) was an Italian-Swiss entrepreneur. He was best known as president of Neuchâtel Xamax.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Gilbert Facchinetti was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to a family from Italy. After a butcher's apprenticeship, he played at Servette FC and later received an offer from Genoa, with a salary of 6,000 Swiss francs per month. When his uncle died, Facchinetti was pushed by his father to enter the family business, which was an architectural firm. He played one last match in the national league in 1969 with FC Cantonal Neuchâtel.

paragraph: Ten years later, in 1979, he took over the management of Neuchâtel Xamax, a club created by the merger between FC Cantonal Neuchâtel and FC Xamax. A true patriarch, he took his club to two Swiss championship titles in 1987 and 1988. Knowing how to mobilize the economic fabric of Neuchâtel to the point that "when a tunnel was digging in town, it meant, basically, that a new striker was going to sign with the club," he signed players like Heinz Hermann, Uli Stielike, Hossam Hassan, Lajos Detári, or coach Gilbert Gress.

paragraph: A man of speech, Facchinetti signed his contracts with a handshake until two players ask him for large sums without respecting the handshake.

paragraph: He left the executive director position of his club in 2003 to Alain Pedretti, having spent twenty-four years as the head. He remained nevertheless the honorary president of the club until his death. In 2012, he officially rejoined the club following a bankruptcy.

paragraph: Facchinetti died on July 6, 2018, in Neuchâtel, shortly after having seen the promotion of his club of heart in Swiss first division.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Facchinetti's grandson, Mickaël Facchinetti, is a professional footballer.

description: Swiss entrepreneur

wikidata_label: Gilbert Facchinetti

wikipedia_title: Gilbert Facchinetti


text: Jawi

text: Malaysian

text: Member of Parliament

text: Kuala Pilah

text: Negeri Sembilan

text: Malaysian United Indigenous Party

text: Pakatan Harapan

categories: 21st-century Malaysian politicians,Members of the Dewan Rakyat,21st-century Malaysian people,Government ministers of Malaysia,Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Eddin Syazlee Shith

paragraph: Eddin Syazlee bin Shith (Jawi: ايدين شازلي بن شيث) is a Malaysian politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Minister of Communication and Multimedia. Eddin is also the incumbent Member of Parliament of Kuala Pilah in Negeri Sembilan. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or "Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia" (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

description: Malaysian politician

wikidata_label: Eddin Syazlee Shith

wikipedia_title: Eddin Syazlee Shith


text: Mongolian Cyrillic

text: Mongol Chinese

text: China's Got Talent

text: Hulunbuir

text: Inner Mongolia

text: Buren Bayaer

text: Mongolian language

text: chin.

text: (梦中的额吉)

text: The Men with Blue Dots

text: mong.

text: chin.

text: 乌达木Michael on Twitter

text: 乌达木Michael on Weibo

text: 乌达木Kevin on Instagram

categories: Chinese people of Mongolian descent,1999 births,Living people,Chinese child singers,People from Hulunbuir,Singers from Inner Mongolia,21st-century Chinese singers,Chinese male singers

paragraph: Uudam

paragraph: Uudam Sonam, also Wudamu (Уудам in Mongolian Cyrillic; born on September 9, 1999) is a Mongol Chinese young singer, who participated in the 2011 season of "China's Got Talent". He is also a former member of the Hulunbuir Children's Choir.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Uudam was born Uudam Sonam on September 9, 1999, in Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia (Autonomous Region in northern China). His mother died in a road accident when he was eight years old. A few years later when he was eleven his father also died in another car accident. He was then fostered by Buren Bayaer, the director of the Hulunbuir Children's Choir which Uudam was part of and a noted Chinese singer. (Quintessenso Choir).

paragraph: Buren and Wurina have two daughters, Nurma (alternately, Norma, Nurman, or Norman) and Enigma. Uudam also has a biological older sister named Sue Neil, who is around three years older than him.

paragraph: Uudam attended Delta Secondary School (Delta, British Columbia) in Delta, Canada for two years until 2017.

paragraph: Uudam goes by Kevin as his English name and also went by Michael for a few years. He now attends university in Canada.

paragraph: Section::::"China's Got Talent".

paragraph: Uudam participated as a contestant in the 2011 season of "China's Got Talent". Performing in his native Mongolian language, he sang the song, "Mother in the Dream". He also performed a song with his adoptive parents, Buren and Wurina Bayaer. He appeared in the background of Buren Bayaer's video, "Take Me To The Prairie" .

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "Mother far away" (chin. 梦中的额吉, "Meng zhong de eji" ) – Guangdong Audio B006G79YT4, CD (5 titles) + DVD (music video "Mother in the Dream")

paragraph: The cover photo of this album

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2015 he sang a new song,"Old mother(苍老的母亲)"on China's Got Talent's stage during Chinese Spring Festival.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (Music video "Mother in the Dream" (梦中的额吉) = (梦中的额吉)

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "The Men with Blue Dots" (蓝斑人)(mong. Хөх толбот хүмүүс, "Hoh Tolbot Humuus") – as child Ganbaa

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012: "Night Blooming" (chin. 隔窗有眼) (horror movie) – as the leading actor in the role of 小虎 (Xiao Hu, “Little Tiger”)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "Uudam Charity Mini Movie "Spring-Bound School Bus"" (开往春天的校车)(short movie)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 乌达木Michael on Twitter

paragraph: BULLET::::- 乌达木Michael on Weibo

paragraph: BULLET::::- 乌达木Kevin on Instagram (official)

description: Chinese singer

wikidata_label: Uudam

wikipedia_title: Uudam


text: Boissevain

text: Algemeen Handelsblad

text: Richard MacDonnell

text: Inez Milholland

text: Edna St. Vincent Millay

text: Willem Jacob van Stockum

text: Hilda van Stockum

text: Charles Hercules Boissevain

categories: Dutch journalists,1842 births,1927 deaths,Dutch newspaper publishers (people),Writers from Amsterdam

paragraph: Charles Boissevain

paragraph: Charles Boissevain (28 October 1842 – 5 May 1927) was a journalist, editor and part-owner of the Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad, a leading newspaper of the time. From 1872 he was on the editorial board of the literary journal "De Gids".

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Boissevain's grandfather and father had developed "Het Handelsblad" as a business newspaper, and he continued in their footsteps. He wrote a daily article in the "Handelsblad", "From Day to Day," which the "Times" called in its obituary a "feature of Dutch journalism"

paragraph: During the Boer War, he supported the Boer cause in his writings. He published a series of articles on the war, collected as and republished in English translation as "The Struggle of the Dutch Republics: A Great Crime. An appeal to the conscience of the British nation." It was subsequently published in German as well.

paragraph: In 1881, Boissevain paid a visit to the United States and published his impressions in a series of articles in the "Handelsblad", afterward republished in book form as "From the North to the South".

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Boissevain married Emily Héloïse MacDonnell (a granddaughter of Richard MacDonnell, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin) in England on June 27, 1867. They had eleven children: Charles Ernest Henri (1868-1940), Maria (1869-1959), Alfred Gideon (1870-1922), Robert Walrave (1872-1938), Hester (1873-1969), Olga Emily (1875-1949), Hilda Gerarda (1877-1975), Eugen Jan (1880-1949), Petronella Johanna (1881-1956), Jan Maurits (1883-1964), and Catharina Josephina (1885-1922).

paragraph: Three of these children and a grandson migrated to North America. Eugen Jan became an importer of coffee from Java and married two notable 20th Century American women: suffragist Inez Milholland, for whom he moved to New York, and Pulitzer-prizewinning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Robert emigrated to Canada, as did Olga, who married Dutch sea captain and explorer Abraham Jacob van Stockum. Their son, mathematician Willem Jacob van Stockum, discovered solutions of Einstein's equations with closed timelike lines, and their daughter Hilda van Stockum was a well-known artist and author of children's books. In addition, Charles Ernest Henri's son Charles Hercules Boissevain (1893-1946), a doctor, moved to Colorado, where he became a tuberculosis researcher and co-authored the first comprehensive survey of native Colorado cacti.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wickevoort Crommelin, Henrick Samuel Maximiliaan van. Charles Boissevain. Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen, dl. 42, afl. 14. [Haarlem]: Tjeenk Willink, 1912. OCLC 64990376

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biographie at Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis (in Dutch)

description: Dutch journalist

wikidata_label: Charles Boissevain

wikipedia_title: Charles Boissevain


text:
Hyder Ali
Mysore
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Tipu Sultan
Maratha
Islam
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
British East India Company
Peshwa
Arthur Wellesley
Channagiri
Kingdom of Mysore
Maratha
Hyder Ali
shiledar
Tipu Sultan
Third Anglo-Mysore War
desai
Lakshmeshwara
Dharwad
Haveri
Savanur
Treaty of Seringapatam
Parashuram Bhau
Islam
Mir Sadiq
British East India Company
defeated
Shikaripur
loka
Nayaka
Bidnur
Shimoga
polygar
Hangal
Harpanahalli
Ranebennuru
Savanur
Sodhe
Vittal
Dharwad district
Kolhapur
Dambal
Haveri district
Havanur
Jamalabad
Aurangabad
Hyderabad
Kadapa
General Wellesley
Governor General
Marquess Wellesley
25th Light Dragoons
73rd Foot
77th Foot
Chitradurga
Peshwa
Harihar
Airani
Ranibennur
Kittur
Londa
Haliyal
Savanur
Kittur
Kundgol
Annigeri
Kanavi
Saundatti
Khanapur
Badami
Nizam
Malaprabha River
columns
Colonel Stevenson
19th Light Dragoons
Raichur district

categories: Maratha warriors,Indian outlaws,18th-century Indian people,Indian Muslims,People of the Kingdom of Mysore,Converts to Islam

paragraph: Dhondia Wagh

paragraph: Dhondia Wagh (died 10 September 1800) was an Indian military soldier, adventurer and plunderer in 18th century India. He started his career in the service of Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore. During the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he deserted Ali's successor Tipu Sultan, and subsequently raided territories on the Maratha-Mysore border. After the Marathas forced him to retreat, he sought refuge from Tipu and converted to Islam, changing his name to Malik Jahan Khan. After Tipu's death in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, he raised a force comprising soldiers from the former Mysore Army, and took control of northern part of the Mysore Kingdom. He styled himself as "Ubhaya-Lokadheeshwara" ("King of two Worlds"). The British East India Company as well as the Maratha Peshwa sent armies to check his rising power. He was ultimately defeated and killed by a British force led by Arthur Wellesley.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Dhondia Wagh was born at Channagiri in the Kingdom of Mysore (present-day Karnataka). He belonged to a Maratha family of the Pawar clan. During the reign of Hyder Ali, he joined Mysore's army as a trooper under the command of Bishnu Pandit. Gradually, he rose to the position of a shiledar (cavalry officer) during the reign of Tipu Sultan.

paragraph: Section::::After Third Anglo-Mysore War.

paragraph: During the Third Anglo-Mysore War, Wagh left Tipu's service, taking along several soldiers as well as considerable wealth. He took shelter under the desai (Maratha revenue collector) of Lakshmeshwara. After the war ended in 1792, he proclaimed himself as the ruler of the areas on the Maratha-Mysore border. He started plundering villages and levied taxes in areas around Dharwad. In January 1793, he captured Haveri, and occupied Savanur. He also started raiding other territories ceded by Mysore to the Marathas as per the Treaty of Seringapatam.

paragraph: In 1794, the Maratha general Parashuram Bhau sent an army commanded by Dhondopant Gokhale (also known as Dhondu Pant) to check Wagh's rising power. Gokhale forced him to flee and seek shelter with Tipu Sultan in June 1794. Recognizing his ability as a warrior, Tipu forgave his past act of desertion and asked him to convert to Islam. Wagh adopted Islam, and was given a new name "Shaikh Ahmad", although he preferred to style himself as "Malik Jahan Khan". He was given a military command in the Mysore Army. However, sometime later, he fell out of Tipu's favour, and was imprisoned. At one point, Tipu considered releasing Wagh, but his minister Mir Sadiq dissuaded him from doing so.

paragraph: After the British East India Company defeated Tipu Sultan in 1799, Dhondia Wagh and other prisoners were freed by the British troops. Wagh reached Shikaripur, where he raised a band of soldiers from Tipu's former army. He gained support of Krishnappa Nayaka of Balam, and declared himself "Ubhaya-Lokadheeshwara" (Lord of two lokas or worlds). He also assumed the title of "Nayaka" (governor) of Bidnur. While the British were busy strengthening their hold over Mysore, Wagh started collecting taxes from traders and cultivators in and around Shimoga. The polygars (feudal lords) of Hangal, Harpanahalli, Ranebennuru, Savanur, Sodhe and Vittal acknowledged his suzerainty. At the height of his power, he is believed to have gathered an army of 90,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry. By July 1799, he had become enough of a nuisance for the British to send a force against him.

paragraph: In 1799, Wagh led a small band northwards, and raided territories located around the Maratha-Mysore border. He entered the present-day Dharwad district with 300 men, and sought an alliance with the Maratha chief Dhondopant Gokhale, who had earlier helped rogue mercenaries plunder territories in Dharwad. However, Gokhale did not entertain him. In fact, he launched a surprise attack on Wagh's camp and plundered it. Wagh then vowed to "dye his mustache in the blood of Gokhale's heart". Subsequently, he took shelter in Kolhapur but had to leave after a conflict with the local authorities. He returned to Shimoga and then re-entered Dharwad with a larger force. In 1800, he occupied Savannur, followed by Dambal on 4 May. By this time, he controlled all the forts in the present-day Haveri district, with the exception of Havanur. He also captured the Jamalabad fort built by Tipu. Several soldiers disbanded from Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Kadapa joined him.

paragraph: Section::::After Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.:Wellesley's campaign.

paragraph: Alarmed at his rising power, the British decided to send a strong force against him. In May 1800, the newly-appointed British Governor of Mysore General Wellesley was given his first independent command. Describing the seriousness of Wagh's insurgency, General Wellesley wrote to the Governor General Marquess Wellesley on 26 May:

paragraph: In June 1800, Wellesley gathered a force made up of the 25th Light Dragoons, 73rd Foot, 77th Foot and native troops at Chitradurga. As the British advanced towards him, Wagh fled to Maratha-controlled territory. General Wellesley obtained permission from the Maratha Peshwa to pursue Wagh in the Maratha territory. The Peshwa also dispatched a Maratha force led by Chintamanrao Patwardhan against Wagh. Wellesley reached Harihar on 16 June; Wagh, meanwhile, fled and reached Hubli on 19 June. On 20 June, Wellesley's men captured the Airani fort. Over the next week, the British also captured the Ranibennur fort. The British handed over all these forts to Patwardhan for his help. The British also stormed the Bidnur fort on 27 June, but Wagh still remained elusive.

paragraph: Meanwhile, Dhondopant Gokhale, with his two nephews Appaji Ganesh and Bapuji Ganesh, also joined Patwardhan's Maratha force. On 30 June, the Marathas attacked Wagh at Dawangi Nala near Kittur. Dhondopant Gokhale and his few men, separated from the main army, were caught in an ambush. Wagh killed Gokhale and his nephew Appaji at Londa, and is said to have literally fulfilled his vow by colouring his mustache with Gokhale's blood. Patwardhan then attacked Wagh, but was severely injured in the battle. Along with Bapuji Gokhale and other Marathas, he had to take refuge in the British-controlled fort at Haliyal.

paragraph: On 4 July 1800, General Wellesley sent a letter to Patwardhan, praising his bravery in the battle, and invited him to join the British operations against Wagh. The British forces continued pursuing Wagh, and took control of Savanur on 12 July. Wellesley's advance was slowed down by bad weather. Meanwhile, Wagh had advanced towards Kittur, before retreating to Kundgol after hearing about Wellesley's army. He left 600 soldiers at Kundgol, and reached Annigeri on 17 July, via Kanavi. On 25 July, Wellesley met Patwardhan, and made plans to fight Wagh. The next day, a joint British-Maratha force captured the Dambal fort, which was being guarded by a thousand of Wagh's men. Wagh continue to evade the enemy forces, traversing Saundatti, Annigeri, Munavalli, Kittur, Khanapur and Badami. By the end of July, Wellesley's forces had captured nearly all of Wagh's former territories. After several of Wagh's men deserted him, he fled towards the Nizam's territory. On 30 July, the British managed to launch a surprise attacked on Wagh's forces when the latter were crossing the Malaprabha River at Manoh. Wagh managed to escape, but Wellesley's force pursued him in three separate columns, supported by the Marathas and the Nizam. There were several confrontations between the two parties during August 1800.

paragraph: On 25 August, Wagh managed to cross the Malaprabha river. On 9 September, a column led by Colonel Stevenson succeeded in intercepting Wagh. The next morning, Wagh was killed in a battle with General Wellesley's 19th Light Dragoons near Konagal or Conaghalli (in present-day Raichur district). According to the Maratha chronicles, Wellesley took away his blood-stained mustaches to England as a trophy. Wellesley offered protection to Wagh's 4-year old son Salabat Khan, and paid for his maintenance before he left for Europe. When he grew up, Salabat Khan was employed by the King of Mysore. He died of cholera in 1822.

wikidata_label: Dhoondia Wao

wikipedia_title: Dhondia Wagh


text:
Secretary for the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Vice Chancellor of Germany
Prussia
Minister of State
Silesia
Berlin
Heidelberg
Breslau
doctorate in law
German National People's Party
Presidency of Germany
1919
Friedrich Ebert
Order of Wilhelm I
Order of the Red Eagle

categories: 1845 births,People from Głogów,Members of the 13th Reichstag of the German Empire,Finance ministers of Germany,1932 deaths,Members of the Prussian House of Lords,Members of the Weimar National Assembly,People from the Province of Silesia,German Protestants,German National People's Party politicians,Silesian nobility,Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation politicians,Interior ministers of Germany,Vice-Chancellors of Germany

paragraph: Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner

paragraph: Arthur Adolf, Count of Posadowsky-Wehner, Baron of Postelwitz (, 3 June 1845 – 23 October 1932) was a German conservative statesman. He served as Secretary for the Treasury (1893–1897), Secretary of the Interior, Vice Chancellor of Germany and Prussian Minister of State (1897–1907).

paragraph: Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, Posadowsky-Wehner studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen. In 1882 he became a member of the Parliament of Prussia, and was appointed Landeshauptmann of Posen in 1885.

paragraph: Posadowsky was a crucial figure for the election reform in 1903. He took care of a new voting technique to protect the secrecy of the ballot for the German parliament.

paragraph: Posadowsky-Wehner was the candidate of the German National People's Party for the Presidency of Germany in 1919, but he lost to Friedrich Ebert.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Wilhelm I - "27 January 1900" - on the occasion of the Emperor´s birthday.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross with Oak leaves - "27 January 1902" - on the occasion of the Emperor´s birthday.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Über die Altersversorgung der Arbeiter" (1883)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Geschichte des schlesischen adligen Geschlechtes der Grafen Posadowsky-Wehner, Freiherren von Postelwitz" (1891)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Luxus und Sparsamkeit" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die Wohnungsfrage als Kulturproblem" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Volk und Regierung im neuen Reich" (1932)

description: German politician

wikidata_label: Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner

wikipedia_title: Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner


text:
Deggendorf
German
ice hockey
forward
Deggendorfer SC
DEL2
Munich Barons
Nuermberg Ice Tigers
ERC Ingolstadt
2018–19
German national team
2010 Winter Olympics

categories: Adler Mannheim players,1981 births,Nürnberg Ice Tigers players,ERC Ingolstadt players,Olympic ice hockey players of Germany,München Barons players,People from Deggendorf (district),Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics,German ice hockey players,Living people,Deggendorfer SC players

paragraph: Thomas Greilinger

paragraph: Thomas Greilinger (born August 6, 1981 in Deggendorf) is German professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Deggendorfer SC of the DEL2. Greilinger made his DEL debut during the 1999–00 playoffs with the Munich Barons. The following season he played with the Schwenningen Wild Wings. Greilinger played three seasons with the Nuermberg Ice Tigers before joining ERC Ingolstadt in 2008.

paragraph: Greilinger played with Ingolstadt for the next 11 seasons, before opting to leave the DEL following the 2018–19 season, agreeing to continue and close out his playing career in the DEL2 with hometown club, Deggendorfer SC.

paragraph: Greilinger was selected to play for the German national team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

description: German ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Thomas Greilinger

wikipedia_title: Thomas Greilinger


text:
Stockholm
Josef Wilhelm Wallander
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
Paris
Alf Wallander
Sven Wallander
Villa Gärdsgården
Stocksund
Danderyd
Solna Church
Gerda Wallander

categories: Swedish portrait painters,Swedish genre painters,1926 deaths,1860 births,Swedish women painters

paragraph: Gerda Wallander

paragraph: Gerda Charlotta Wallander (17 August 1860 - 14 January 1926) was a Swedish portrait and genre painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Wallander was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

paragraph: She was the daughter of Carl Emanuel Wallander and Fanny Albertina Hübner.

paragraph: She was the niece of artist and art professor Josef Wilhelm Wallander.

paragraph: She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts during the period of 1879 to 1884, and then in Paris. She had several exhibitions of his landscape paintings. Her work, which included

paragraph: city motifs and landscapes, is held in the collections of Norrköping, Linköping, Jönköping and Kristianstad museums.

paragraph: In 1886, she married her cousin, the artist and designer Alf Wallander. Their son, Sven Wallander, was an architect.

paragraph: After 1905, she lived at Villa Gärdsgården at Stocksund in Danderyd municipality.

paragraph: She died in Stockholm in 1926. The family is buried in the Solna Church cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gerda Wallander at Projekt Runeberg, from Nordisk familjebok, Uggleupplagan. 31. Ural - Vertex, pages 463-464 (1921). (in Swedish)

description: Swedish artist

wikidata_label: Gerda Wallander

wikipedia_title: Gerda Wallander


text:
indie pop
Oakland, California

categories: Musicians from Sydney,Australian expatriates in the United States,American indie pop musicians,Living people,Australian indie pop musicians

paragraph: Hazel English

paragraph: Hazel English is an Australian-American indie pop musician based in Oakland, California.

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

paragraph: English began her career in 2015 when she released two songs, "It's Not Real" in the summer and "Fix" in the fall. In 2016, English released an EP titled "Never Going Home" on Marathon Artists Records and House Anxiety Records. On 12 May 2017, she released her double EP, "Just Give In/Never Going Home" .

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: EPs

paragraph: BULLET::::- Never Going Home (2016, Marathon Artists, House Anxiety)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Just Give In/Never Going Home (2017, Marathon Artists, House Anxiety)

description: Australian-American musician

wikidata_label: Hazel English

wikipedia_title: Hazel English


text: Battle of Sekigahara

text: tozama

text: Sō Masamori

text: Konishi Yukinaga

text: Sō Yoshishige

text: Kyūshū Campaign

text: Joseon

text: Ming-dynasty

text: China

text: Toyotomi Hideyoshi

text: Imjin War

text: Siege of Busan

text: Toyotomi

text: Battle of Sekigahara

text: Tokugawa Ieyasu

text: Tsushima Island

text: Yujeong

text: Fushimi Castle

text: Kyoto

text: Tokugawa Ieyasu

text: shogunate

text: Fuchū Domain

text: Tsushima Province

text: han system

text: Edo period

text: bakufu

text: Tsūkō ichiran

text: "Ancien Japon".

text: OCLC 60931394

text: Turnbull

text: "The Samurai Sourcebook".

text: OCLC 60220867

text: Cassell

text: OCLC 59400034

categories: People of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598),Daimyo,1568 births

paragraph: Sō Yoshitoshi

paragraph: The Sō clan did not participate in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600; however, the "tozama" Sō clan were allowed to continue to rule Tsushima.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Yoshitoshi was the fifth son of Sō Masamori; his wife, who took the baptismal name Maria, was the daughter of Konishi Yukinaga. Yoshitoshi became the head of the family in 1580, after his adoptive father, Sō Yoshishige, was defeated, and Tsushima conquered, in a prelude to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign. Yoshitoshi thus entered Hideyoshi's service and began organizing negotiations with Korea, as Hideyoshi's representative. The Joseon king refused to allow Japanese troops to pass peacefully through Korea in an attempt to conquer Ming-dynasty China, and the negotiations ultimately proved entirely fruitless, leading to Hideyoshi's decision to invade Korea militarily.

paragraph: In 1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi confirmed the Sō clan possession of Tsushima.

paragraph: Yoshitoshi played a crucial role in Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea, as a result of Tsushima's strategic location between Japan and Korea, and his knowledge of, and experience with, Korea. He thus led the first major land assault of the Imjin War, the Siege of Busan, on 13 April 1592, while Konishi Yukinaga attacked the Korean naval fortress. He continued his command through a number of the ensuing engagements.

paragraph: Section::::After Sekigahara.

paragraph: Shortly after news of the Toyotomi defeat at the Battle of Sekigahara was received by the Joseon Court, a process of re-establishing diplomatic relations was initiated by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1600. As an initial gesture and as an earnest of future progress, some Joseon prisoners were released at Tsushima Island. In response, a small group of messengers under the leadership of Yujeong were sent to Kyoto to investigate further. With the assistance of Sō Yoshitomo, an audience with Ieyasu was arranged at Fushimi Castle in Kyoto.

paragraph: In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu established a new shogunate; and Sō Yoshitoshi was officially granted Fuchū Domain (100,000 koku) in Tsushima Province.

paragraph: In 1604, Yujeong confirmed the Joseon interest in developing further contacts; and the Tokugawa shōgun reciprocated by releasing 1,390 prisoners-of-war.

paragraph: Yoshitomo's descendants held this domain until the abolition of the han system. The Sō would remain the shogunate's intermediaries with the Joseon government throughout the Edo period (1603–1868); and the clan would profit politically and economically.

paragraph: As representatives and spokesmen for the Tokugawa, the Sō helped ensure a continuing series of major Joseon missions to Edo ("Joseon missions to the Tokugawa shogunate"). These benefited the Japanese as legitimizing propaganda for the "bakufu" (Tokugawa shogunate) and as a key element in an emerging manifestation of Japan's ideal vision of the structure of an international order, with Edo as its center.

paragraph: In 1884, the head of this clan line was ennobled as a "Count".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tsūkō ichiran", mid-19th century text

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Appert, Georges and H. Kinoshita. (1888). "Ancien Japon". Tokyo: Imprimerie Kokubunsha.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kang, Jae-eun and Suzanne Lee. (2006). "The Land of Scholars : Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism". Paramus, New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books. ; OCLC 60931394

paragraph: BULLET::::- Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon". Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). "The Samurai Sourcebook". London: Arms & Armour Press. ; ; OCLC 60220867 [reprinted by Cassell, London, 2000. ; OCLC 59400034

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay", "Early Modern Japan" (Fall 2002), pp. 44–62, 124–128.

alias:
So Yoshitoshi
Sou Yoshitoshi

description: daimyo

wikidata_label: Sō Yoshitoshi

wikipedia_title: Sō Yoshitoshi