text: stage name

text: American

text: The Bronx

text: New York

text: Ultramagnetic MCs

text: Critical Beatdown

text: Funk Your Head Up

text: The Four Horsemen

text: Dr. Octagonecologyst

text: Dr. Octagon

text: Sex Style

text: First Come, First Served

text: Black Elvis/Lost in Space

text: Analog Brothers

text: Masters of Illusion

text: Thee Undatakerz

text: Project Polaroid

text: Peeping Tom

text: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

text: Jurassic 5

text: Power in Numbers

text: The Prodigy

text: Smack My Bitch Up

text: Ultramagnetic MCs

text: Critical Beatdown

text: Bellevue Hospital Center

text: Funk Your Head Up

text: "The Four Horsemen"

text: Dr. Octagon

text: Dr. Octagonecologyst

text: Dan the Automator

text: Kutmasta Kurt

text: scratching

text: DJ Qbert

text: DreamWorks Records

text: Instrumentalyst (Octagon Beats)

text: Sex Style

text: Tim Dog

text: "Big Time"

text: First Come, First Served

text: Black Elvis/Lost in Space

text: "Billboard" Heatseekers chart

text: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

text: "Billboard" 200

text: Matthew

text: "Billboard" Heatseekers chart

text: Ice-T

text: Pimp to Eat

text: Analog Brothers

text: Spankmaster

text: CMH Records

text: Real Talk Entertainment

text: The Return of Dr. Octagon

text: H-Bomb

text: Game

text: Clayborne Family

text: Nogatco Rd.

text: The Best Kept Secret

text: Tashan Dorrsett

text: The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett

text: Gathering of the Juggalos

text: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

text: Mosquito

text: Mello Music Group

text: Analog Brothers

text: Feature Magnetic

text: MF DOOM

text: Slug

text: Dirt Nasty

text: Marc Santo

text: Dan the Automator

text: DJ Qbert

text: Dr. Octagon

text: Record Store Day

text: Deltron

text: Del the Funky Homosapien

text: SoundCloud

text: Spotify

text: abstract

text: surreal

text: non-sequitur

text: sexual

text: horrorcore

text: internal rhyme

text: Eminem

text: Dr. Octagonecologyst

text: Sex Style

text: First Come, First Served

text: Black Elvis/Lost in Space

text: Matthew

text: Spankmaster

text: Nogatco Rd.

text: The Return of Dr. Octagon

text: Dr. Dooom 2

text: Tashan Dorrsett

text: Love & Danger

text: Demolition Crash

text: El Dorado Driven

text: Feature Magnetic

text: Keith

text: Big Time

text: The Cenobites

text: Pimp to Eat

text: Masters of Illusion

text: "Game"

text: Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz

text: Diesel Truckers

text: Clayborne Family

categories: Guitarists from California,African-American male rappers,Entertainers from the Bronx,20th-century American bass guitarists,DreamWorks Records artists,20th-century male musicians,1963 births,African-American songwriters,Horrorcore artists,Guitarists from New York City,Underground rappers,Songwriters from New York (state),American hip hop record producers,Columbia Records artists,Living people,21st-century American rappers,American male bass guitarists,Record producers from New York (state),American bass guitarists,Rappers from New York City,Songwriters from California

paragraph: Kool Keith

paragraph: Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York known for his surreal, abstract and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is generally considered to be one of hip-hop's most eccentric and unusual personalities.

paragraph: Kool Keith was a cofounding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, whose debut "Critical Beatdown" was released in 1988. After two more albums with the group, "Funk Your Head Up" and "The Four Horsemen", Kool Keith released his critically acclaimed solo debut album, "Dr. Octagonecologyst" under the name Dr. Octagon in 1996. He subsequently released a series of further independently released hip hop albums, including "Sex Style" and "First Come, First Served" (as Dr. Dooom).

paragraph: After releasing only one album on a major label, "Black Elvis/Lost in Space", Kool Keith subsequently returned to independently releasing music, producing further efforts as a solo artist and in collaboration with groups such as Analog Brothers, Masters of Illusion, Thee Undatakerz and Project Polaroid. Kool Keith has also made guest appearances in collaboration with Peeping Tom and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He was also featured on the short track DDT on Jurassic 5's album "Power in Numbers". The Prodigy's hit "Smack My Bitch Up" was based on a sample of Kool Keith's voice saying "Change my pitch up. Smack my bitch up."

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Section::::History.:Ultramagnetic MCs (1984–1993).

paragraph: Kool Keith began his career with the group Ultramagnetic MCs. After the release of their influential 1988 album "Critical Beatdown", Thornton was reportedly institutionalized in Bellevue Hospital Center. However, he later said that the idea that he was institutionalized came from a flippant remark made during an interview, and he never expected the story to become so well known.

paragraph: After continuing with Ultramagnetic for two more albums (1992's "Funk Your Head Up" and 1993's "The Four Horsemen"), Thornton would embark on a solo career.

paragraph: Section::::History.:Dr. Octagon debuts (1995–1996).

paragraph: Thornton released his first notable solo single, "Earth People", in 1995, under the name Dr. Octagon. This was followed by the release of "Dr. Octagonecologyst" the following year. The album's production by Dan the Automator and Kutmasta Kurt, with scratching by DJ Qbert was acclaimed by critics, and the album was released nationally by DreamWorks Records in 1997, after an initial release on the smaller Bulk Recordings label (as, simply, "Dr. Octagon") a year prior. DreamWorks also issued an instrumental version of the album, titled "Instrumentalyst (Octagon Beats)".

paragraph: Section::::History.:Further releases (1997–1999).

paragraph: Thornton followed the "Dr. Octagonecologyst" album with "Sex Style" in 1997, under the name Kool Keith.

paragraph: In 1996, Thornton collaborated with Tim Dog for the single "The Industry is Wack", performing under the name Ultra—the album "Big Time" soon followed. In 1999, he released the album "First Come, First Served" under the name "Dr. Dooom", in which the album's main character killed off Dr. Octagon on the album's opening track. The same year, on August 10, 1999, Thornton released "Black Elvis/Lost in Space". It peaked at #10 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers chart, #74 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and #180 on the "Billboard" 200, and stands as Thornton's most commercially successful project to date.

paragraph: Section::::History.:Collaborations (2000–2001).

paragraph: On July 25, 2000, Thornton released the album "Matthew". It peaked at #47 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers chart. The same year, Thornton collaborated with Ice-T, Marc Live, Black Silver and Pimp Rex for the album "Pimp to Eat", under the group name Analog Brothers, with Keith performing as Keith Korg and Ice-T as Ice Oscillator.

paragraph: On June 5, 2001, Thornton released the album "Spankmaster" on Gothom Records. It peaked at #16 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers chart, #11 on the Top Independent Albums chart and #48 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

paragraph: Section::::History.:Second Dr. Octagon album (2002–2004).

paragraph: In 2002, Thornton began recording "The Resurrection of Dr. Octagon" with producer Fanatik J, signing a contract with CMH Records to release the album, which was eventually completed without much input from Thornton, due to a falling out over contractual terms.

paragraph: On October 12, 2004, Real Talk Entertainment issued the album "Dr. Octagon Part 2". The album was discontinued by court order. On June 27, "The Return of Dr. Octagon" was released by OCD International, an imprint of CMH, advertised as the official follow-up to "Dr. Octagonecologyst". Some critics felt that it was not as good as its predecessor. Thornton stated that he liked the album, but felt that it hurt his reputation as a musician. In August, Thornton performed under the Dr. Octagon billing, but did not acknowledge the release of the OCD album.

paragraph: Section::::History.:Further collaborations and solo albums (2002 onward).

paragraph: Thornton, Marc Live and H-Bomb formed the group KHM, releasing the album "Game" on November 19, 2002, changing their name to "Clayborne Family" by the release of their second album.

paragraph: On April 25, 2006, Thornton released the album "Nogatco Rd." under the name Mr. Nogatco.

paragraph: In 2007, Ultramagnetic MCs released the reunion album "The Best Kept Secret". In 2009, Kool Keith released the concept album "Tashan Dorrsett"; a follow-up, "The Legend of Tashan Dorrsett", followed two years later. In 2012, Kool Keith performed at the Gathering of the Juggalos. He has stated that he is considering retiring from music. In 2013, Keith appeared as Dr. Octagon on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song "Buried Alive", from their album "Mosquito". In 2015, Keith released "Time? Astonishing!" with producer L'Orange and began the start of his relationship with Mello Music Group. Since then, Keith also re-issued his group album with the Analog Brothers (Ice-T, Pimp Rex, Marc Live, Silver Synth) "Pimp To Eat" with Mello Music. Kool Keith's recent solo album "Feature Magnetic" was dropped on September 16, 2016 and it features MF DOOM, Slug from Atmosphere, Dirt Nasty and many others. Artwork for the "Feature Magnetic" album was produced by Marc Santo.

paragraph: In 2018, Keith collaborated once again with Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert for another Dr. Octagon album. "" was released on streaming services on April 6, 2018, with the physical release scheduled for Record Store Day, April 21, 2018. The Record Store Day release includes both vinyl and CD copies. Using his Deltron persona, Del the Funky Homosapien guests on "3030 Meets the Doc, Pt. 1". NPR offered a first look at the album on March 29, 2018. Kool Keith appears on "Western" by the bluegrass-rap group Gangstagrass, performing as himself.

paragraph: Thornton's fan site refers to his discography of roughly fifty album releases, most of which have been commercially released. Singles such as "Spectrum" continue to appear online under the artist's name, on sites such as SoundCloud and Spotify.

paragraph: Section::::Lyrical and performance style.

paragraph: Thornton's lyrics are often abstract, surreal, and filled with non-sequiturs and profane humor. Thornton is also known for an explicit style focusing on sexual themes, which Thornton has referred to as "pornocore". In a 2007 interview, Thornton claims to have "invented horrorcore".

paragraph: Thornton's lyrics are particularly dense, and he is a master of internal rhyme. His extensive use of internal rhyme pre-dates Eminem and other artists who have embraced this style.

paragraph: In reference to his relationship between himself and his various stage personalities, Keith has said, "I don't even feel like I'm a human being anymore."

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Solo albums

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Octagonecologyst" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sex Style" (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "First Come, First Served" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Black Elvis/Lost in Space" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Matthew" (2000)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nogatco Rd." (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Return of Dr. Octagon" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr. Dooom 2" (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tashan Dorrsett" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Love & Danger" (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Demolition Crash" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "El Dorado Driven" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Feature Magnetic" (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (2018)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Controller of Trap" (2018)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collaborative albums

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Big Time" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Cenobites" (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pimp to Eat" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Masters of Illusion" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Game" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kool Keith Official Space Tape" () (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Diesel Truckers" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Clayborne Family" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Original SoundTrack Album of Project Polaroid" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Idea of a Masterpiece" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bikinis N Thongs" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stoned" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Magnetic Pimp Force Field" (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Time? Astonishing!" (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Couple of Slices" (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation The SP 1200 Remixes" () (2018)

alias:
Dr. Octagon
Dr. Dooom
Black Elvis
Poppa Large
A. Kool

description: American rapper

wikidata_label: Kool Keith

wikipedia_title: Kool Keith


text: Old Turkic

text: Pinyin

text: Wade-Giles

text: Xiao'erjing

text: Second Turkic Khaganate

text: Ilterish Qaghan

text: Bilge Kaghan

text: Qapagan Khaghan

text: Yenisei Kirghiz

text: Turgesh

text: Karluks

text: Iron Gate (Central Asia)

text: Tokuz Oguz

text: Mojilian

text: Battle of Bolchu

text: Turgesh

text: Qapagan Khaghan

text: Inel Qaghan

text: Lateral succession

text: Ashina Duoxifu

text: Bilge Khagan

text: Shad

text: Turkic

text: Chinese

text: Khöshöö-Tsaidam

text: Bilge Kagan

text: Bilge Khagan

text: Orkhon

text: Mongolia

text: Dae Jo Yeong

text: Kül Tiğin Inscriptions complete text

categories: 685 births,Ashina house of the Turkic Empire,Göktürk rulers,730s deaths

paragraph: Kul Tigin

paragraph: Kul Tigin (Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤, "Kültigin", (, Pinyin: quètèqín, Wade-Giles: chüeh-t'e-ch'in, Xiao'erjing: ٿُؤ تْ ٿٍ, AD 684–731) was a general of the Second Turkic Khaganate.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: He was a second son of Ilterish Qaghan, the dynasty's founder, and the younger brother of Bilge Kaghan, the fourth kaghan. He was 7 when his father died.

paragraph: During the reign of Qapagan Khaghan, Kul Tigin and his older brother earned reputation for their military prowess. They defeated Yenisei Kirghiz, Turgesh, and Karluks, extending the Kaganate territory all the way to the Iron Gate (Central Asia) south of Samarkand. They also subjugated all nine of the Tokuz Oguz tribes.

paragraph: In 705, Tujue forces commanded by Mojilian entered Lingwu, defeating Shazha Chongyi (沙吒忠义). Kul Tigin was commanding a unit in battle, in which he lost 3 horses.

paragraph: In 712, he participated in Battle of Bolchu, which was disastrous for Turgesh.

paragraph: In 713 he participated in subjugation of Karluk tribes with his brother and uncle.

paragraph: Section::::As supreme commander.

paragraph: Upon the death of Qapagan Khaghan, his son Inel Qaghan attempted to illegally ascend to the throne, defying the traditional Lateral succession law, but Kül Tigin refused to recognize the takeover. He raised an army, attacked, and killed Inel, Ashina Duoxifu and his trusted followers. He placed his elder brother Bilge Khagan on the throne, and took the title of Shad, an equivalent of commander-in-chief of the army for himself.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died suddenly in 27 February 731. A stele in memory of Kül Tigin, which included inscriptions in both the Turkic and Chinese, was erected at his memorial complex at the present site of Khöshöö-Tsaidam. Kül-Tegin is also mentioned in the inscription erected in memory of his older brother Bilge Kagan at the neighbouring site of Khöshöö-Tsaidam-1.

paragraph: His burial ceremony took place in 1 November 731. He was posthumously renamed Inanj Apa Yargan Tarkhan by Bilge Khagan.

paragraph: The headdress on the glabella part of Kül Tigin sculpture in the Husho-Tsaidam enclave (Orkhon, Northern Mongolia) carries a bird with wings spread like an eagle, personifying a Raven.

paragraph: Section::::Popular culture.

paragraph: He was portrayed by Ham Suk Hun (함석훈) in Korean TV Series "Dae Jo Yeong."

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Talat Tekin, "A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic. Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series", vol. 69 (Bloomington/The Hague: Mouton, 1968)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 新疆维吾尔自治区民族事务委員会、"新疆民族辞典"， 乌鲁木齐：新疆人民出版社，1995 [Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous District Minority People's Committee, "Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Xinjiang Minority Peoples", Ürümqi: Xinjiang People's Publishing Company, 1955]

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The National Museum of Mongolian History

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kül Tiğin Inscriptions complete text

description: Turkic Khaganate general

wikidata_label: Kul Tigin

wikipedia_title: Kul Tigin


text:
Umuarama
gospel
Diva of Pentecostal Music
Paula Fernandes
Marcelo Rossi
Ludmila Ferber
Diante do Trono
Mariana Valadão
Curitiba
CD
DVD
Sony Music
São Sebastião, São Paulo
YouTube
Rede Globo
Davi Sacer
Ludmila Ferber
Diante do Trono
United Nations
Official website

categories: People from Umuarama,1980 births,21st-century Brazilian singers,Brazilian Pentecostals,Brazilian female singers,Brazilian gospel singers,Living people

paragraph: Damares

paragraph: Damares ( born Damares Alvez Bezerra de Oliveira; January 30, 1980, Umuarama) is a Brazilian gospel singer. Popularly known as "Diva of Pentecostal Music", her talent awarded trophies in the categories of "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" among others and Promises in the categories of "Best Video", "Best Singer" among others and still has two diamond disks. The Revelation album has sold over 600,000 copies, making Damares become known in Brazil and abroad.

paragraph: Their newest album, "Diamante (Diamond)" has sold over 400 thousand copies is between making more cd's sold in 2011, according to ABPD, only behind artists like Paula Fernandes, Father Marcelo Rossi and Fabio de Melo. In exclusive list of international artists this singer in ninth place, but the list of national singer getting up a position in eighth place. The singer was the only Christian among musicians. Also on the list were the singer Ludmila Ferber, in sixteenth place with "O Poder da Aliança" and the musical group Diante do Trono, in the position of twelfth best selling DVD in 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Biography, career and national recognition.

paragraph: Damares is the daughter of the Pastor Antonio and Rosa Maria Bezerra (née Alvez), Damares is younger sister of seven brothers. She studied at the "Municipal School of Augusto Angels". Damares is married to the pastor Aldori de Oliveira. They married when she was just 16 years.

paragraph: The singer became known in the gospel world in 2008, when she released the album Revelation, which sold over 600,000 copies, including the song "Sabor de Mel" (lit. "Taste of Honey"), which became a fever on the radio segment, and earned her several Talento Trophy awards in 2009, having won the Revelation category alongside Mariana Valadão.

paragraph: In 2009, in Curitiba she was recording a live album recorded on CD and DVD. The following year, the singer closes contract with Sony Music and released the album "Diamante", which sold 130,000 copies in a month, and how is the album title, is a diamond with more than 300,000 copies sold.

paragraph: In 2011, the singer was nominated in several categories in the Trophy Promessas, and on 22 October the same year she recorded a live DVD with an audience of more than 60,000 people. The recording was made during the event Glorifica Litoral, in the city of São Sebastião, São Paulo, and still others brought singers and groups like the Rescue. It is on record views on YouTube. Only a music video for "Sabor de Mel" has more than five million views, and the song "Um Novo Vencedor" from his latest album was nearly half a million views a month. She also was one of those invited to participate in the Festival Promessas, an event that brought together some 20, 000 people in Flamengo Park and aired on Rede Globo. Besides Damares, the singers were fellow gospel singer Fernandinho, Eyshila, Fernanda Brum, Davi Sacer, Pregador Luo, Ludmila Ferber, Regis Danese and Diante do Trono. The transmission of the event was a success on TV, making the station was isolated leader of audience.

paragraph: Damares also received the title of "Ambassador of Peace" by the United Nations.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Studio Albums

paragraph: BULLET::::- Live Albums

paragraph: BULLET::::- Video Albums

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Troféu Talento

paragraph: |rowspan="6" align="center" |2009

paragraph: BULLET::::- Troféu Promessas

paragraph: |rowspan="4" align="center"|2011

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

description: Brazilian singer

wikidata_label: Damares

wikipedia_title: Damares


text:
Armenian
Hovhannes Imastaser
Penny Cyclopaedia
Ani

categories: 12th-century historians,12th-century Armenian people,Medieval Armenian historians

image: 512px-Սամուել_Անեցի,_Ժամանակագրութիւն,_1176թ,_76.jpg

paragraph: Samuel Anetsi

paragraph: Samuel Anetsi also Samuel of Ani was an Armenian historian and priest of the 12th century. Samuel is known for his writing of history and chronicles a book where he is the first author to use the Armenian Chronology. Samuel was also a disciple of Hovhannes Imastaser. According to the Penny Cyclopaedia, "Samuel of Ani wrote a concise but accurate chronological work, extending from Adam to the pontificate of Gregory Vikayaser."

paragraph: Samuel was born in Ani, the ancient capital of Armenia.

wikidata_label: Samuel Anetsi

wikipedia_title: Samuel Anetsi


text:
Ishmael
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Abraham
Ibrahim
Hagar
Hajar
prophet
nabi
Muhammad
Mecca
Kaaba
Bible
rabbi
Midrash
Quran
tafsir
hadith
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Isra'iliyat
Israelite
hadith
Ibn Kathir
Sakina
God
Gabriel
Jibral
Al-Safa and Al-Marwah
Hajj
Muslim
Sa'yee
Zamzam
Jurhum
al-Tabari's history
Black Stone
Ishmaelites
midrash
Kedar
Adnan
Quraysh
Abraham in Islam
Muhammad in Islam

paragraph: Ishmael in Islam

paragraph: Ishmael (, ) is the figure known in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Abraham's (Ibrahim) son, born to Hagar (Hajar). In Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet ("nabi") and an ancestor to Muhammad. He also became associated with Mecca and the construction of the "Kaaba." Stories of Ishmael are not only found in Jewish and Christian texts, such as the Bible and rabbinic "Midrash", but also Islamic sources. These sources include the Quran, Quranic commentary (tafsir), "hadith", historiographic collections like that of Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, and "Isra'iliyat" (Islamic texts about Biblical or ancient Israelite figures that originate from Jewish or Christian sources).

paragraph: Section::::Historical narrative in Islam.:Birth.

paragraph: Ishmael was the first son of Abraham; his mother was Hagar. The story of the birth of Ishmael is rarely assigned special significance in Islamic sources. However, many Islamic scholars and hadith support the Jewish and Christian view that Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away at God's command, in accordance with Sarah's proclamation, "this boy will not be an heir with my son Isaac" (Genesis 21:10-12). There are many versions of the story, some of which include a prophecy about Ishmael's birth. One such example is from Ibn Kathir whose account states that an angel tells the pregnant Hagar to name her child Ishmael and prophesies, "His hand would be over everyone, and the hand of everyone would be against him. His brethren would rule over all the lands." Ibn Kathir comments that this foretells of Muhammad's leadership.

paragraph: Section::::Historical narrative in Islam.:Ishmael and Hagar taken to Mecca by Abraham.

paragraph: Ishmael and Hagar being taken to Mecca by Abraham in Islamic texts is an important part in the story of Ishmael, as it brings the focus to Mecca and is the beginning of Mecca's sanctification as a holy area. Islamic tradition says Abraham was ordered by God to take Hagar and Ishmael to Mecca, and later Abraham returned to Mecca to build the Kaaba. In many of these accounts, the "Sakina" (something like a wind or spirit sent by God), or the angel Gabriel (Jibral) guides them to the location of the Kaaba, at which point Abraham builds it and afterwards, leaves the other two there (other versions discussed below say the construction of the Kaaba occurred later and that Ishmael took part in it). Generally, it is said that Hagar asks Abraham who he is entrusting herself and Ishmael to as he leaves them. He answers that he is entrusting them to God, to which Hagar then makes a reply that shows her faith, stating that she believes God will guide them. Hagar and Ishmael then run out of water and Ishmael becomes extremely thirsty. Hagar is distressed and searches for water, running back and forth seven times between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah. Hagar is later remembered by Muslims for this act during the "Hajj", or pilgrimage, in which Muslims run between these same hills as part of the "Sa'yee". When she returns to Ishmael, she finds either him or an angel scratching the ground with their heel or finger, whereupon water begins flowing and Hagar collects some or dams it up. This spring or well is known as Zamzam. At some point, a passing tribe known as the Jurhum sees birds circling the water and investigates. They ask Hagar if they can settle there, which she allows, and many versions say as Ishmael grew up he learned various things from the tribe. There are numerous versions of this story, each differing in various ways. The versions used in this summary, as well as others, can be found in al-Tabari's history and are recounted in Reuven Firestone's "Journeys in Holy Lands".

paragraph: Section::::Historical narrative in Islam.:The sacrifice.

paragraph: Most Muslims believe that Abraham was told to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, though the Qur'an does not mention the name of the son.

paragraph: The multiple versions suggest that the dhabih was originally an oral story that had been circulating before being written as it is in the Qur'an and in additional commentaries. Norman Calder explains, "oral narrative is marked by instability of form and detail from version to version, and by an appropriate creative flexibility which makes of every rendering a unique work of art." Each version is indeed a "unique work of art," differing from another in various ways to present certain ideas, such as the importance of Ishmael over Isaac because he was the first child.

paragraph: The general narrative pertaining to Ishmael in Islamic literature describes the sacrifice either as a test or as part of a vow. Some versions tell of the devil trying to stop God's command from being obeyed by visiting Hagar, Ishmael, and Abraham. Every time the devil says Abraham is going to sacrifice Ishmael, each person answers that if God commanded it, they should obey. Eventually, Abraham tells Ishmael about the order and Ishmael is willing to be sacrificed and encourages Abraham to listen to God. Often, Ishmael is portrayed as telling Abraham some combination of instructions to bring his shirt back to Hagar, bind him tightly, sharpen the knife, and place him face down, all so that there will be no wavering in the resolve to obey God.

paragraph: As Abraham attempts to slay Ishmael, either the knife is turned over in his hand or copper appears on Ishmael to prevent the death and God tells Abraham that he has fulfilled the command. Unlike in the Bible, there is no mention in the Qur'an of an animal (ram) replacing the boy; rather he is replaced with a 'great sacrifice' ("Zibhin azeem"). Since the sacrifice of a ram cannot be greater than that of Abraham's son (and a prophet in Islam at that), this replacement seems to point to either the religious institutionalisation of sacrifice itself, or to the future self-sacrifices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions (who were destined to emerge from the progeny of Ishmael) in the cause of their faith. Every Eid al-Adha once a year Muslims around the world slaughter an animal to commemorate Abraham's sacrifice and to remind themselves of self-abnegation in the way of Allah. Later historiographic literature incorporates the Biblical narrative in which a ram is provided which is slaughtered instead of Ishmael.

paragraph: The actions of Ishmael in this narrative have led him to become a prominent model of hospitality and obedience. This story in the Quran is unique when compared to that in the Bible because Abraham talks with his son, whichever it is believed to be, and the son is thus aware of the plan to become a sacrifice and approves of it. As noted above, in some versions, Ishmael makes sure in different ways that neither he nor his father hesitate in their obedience to God. In this way, Ishmael is a model of surrendering one's will to God, an essential characteristic in Islam.

paragraph: Though it is generally believed by modern Muslims that Ishmael was the son who was almost sacrificed, among scholars and historiographers of early Islam, there is much debate. There are such persuasive arguments for both, in fact, it is estimated that 131 traditions say Isaac was the son, while 133 say Ishmael. Such dispute over which son suggests that the story, and where and to whom it happens, is extremely important. It is argued that the story originated from rabbinic texts and was adapted to Islam over time in order to give Mecca religious importance and connect the story with the pilgrimage.Arguments by early Muslim scholars for Ishmael as the intended sacrifice include that Jews claim it is Isaac only because they are jealous that it was actually the ancestor of Arabs, Ishmael, and that the horns of the ram that was sacrificed instead hung in the Kaaba at one time. In looking solely at the text of the Quran to determine which son was to be sacrificed, there still are various views. The strongest case for Ishmael in the Quran is that directly after the sacrifice narrative, Abraham is told of the coming of Isaac's birth, therefore, it must be Ishmael who was about to be sacrificed. However Tabari argues that because it is only Isaac who is indicated by birth announcements that the announcement at the start of the sacrifice narrative, ""So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy"" refers to Isaac. Authentic hadiths are said to not contradict each other because that negates the definition of the hadith.

paragraph: Section::::Historical narrative in Islam.:Construction of the Kaaba.

paragraph: At some point, often believed to be after Hagar's death, Ishmael marries a woman from the Jurhum, the tribe who settled in the area around Zamzam. Abraham visits Ishmael in Mecca and when he arrives at his home, Ishmael is not there. Instead Ishmael's wife greets Abraham, but she is not welcoming or generous to him. Abraham instructs her to tell Ishmael some version of the statement that he is not pleased with or to change "the threshold of his door." When Ishmael returns home and his wife tells him this, he knows it is from his father and taking the advice, divorces the woman. He then marries another woman from Jurhum. Abraham once again visits and is met by Ishmael's second wife, as Ishmael is out. This wife is very kind and provides food for him. Abraham instructs her to tell Ishmael some version of the statement that he is pleased with "the threshold of his door." When Ishmael arrives and his wife repeats Abraham's statement, Ishmael knows it is from his father and keeps his wife.

paragraph: There are many versions of the construction of the Kaaba that differ in fairly significant ways, although all have Abraham build or cleanse the Kaaba and then immediately after, or at an unknown time, God calls Abraham to establish the Hajj, or pilgrimage. These narratives differ in when these events occurred, if and how there was supernatural involvement, the inclusion or omission of the Black Stone, and whether Ishmael assisted his father. Of those that say Ishmael took part in the construction, most describe Abraham visiting Ishmael a third time in Mecca, during which they raise the Kaaba. Some versions say Abraham has Ishmael look for a final stone, but Abraham does not accept the one he brings back. Instead an angel has brought the Black Stone, which Abraham puts into place. Ishmael is left at the Kaaba, in charge of its care and to teach others about the Hajj. The starting of the Hajj has many versions, and scholars believe this reflects the late association of Abraham with the Hajj after Islam had developed to help remove its connection to early pagan rituals.

paragraph: Section::::In Islamic thought.

paragraph: Section::::In Islamic thought.:Prophetic career.

paragraph: Ishmael is considered a prophet in Islam and is listed in the Quran with other prophets in many instances. In other verses, such as 21:85 and 38:48, Ishmael is praised for being patient, good, and righteous. A particular example which describes Ishmael individually is 19:54-55 – "And call to mind, through this divine writ, Ishmael. Behold, he was always true to his promise, and was an apostle [of God], a prophet, who used to enjoin upon his people prayer and charity, and found favour in his Sustainer's sight." As a descendant of Ishmael, Muhammad is justified as the Prophet and continues the line of prophets from pre-Islamic times.

paragraph: Section::::In Islamic thought.:Genealogy and association with Arabs.

paragraph: As Islam became established, the figure Ishmael and those descended from him, the Ishmaelites, became connected, and often equated, with the term "Arab" in early Jewish and Christian literature. Before Islam developed as a religion, Ishmael was depicted in many ways, but after its establishment, Ishmael was almost always seen in a negative light in Jewish and Christian texts, as he becomes the symbol for the "other" in these religions. As the Islamic community became more powerful, some Jewish midrash about Ishmael was modified so that he was portrayed more negatively in order to challenge the Islamic view that Ishmael, and thus the Muslims, were the favored descendents of Abraham. This became the genealogy according to Jewish sources and the Bible, in contrast with the genealogy of Arabs according to Muslims. The development of Islam created pressure for Islam to be somehow different from Judaism and Christianity, and accordingly, Ishmael's lineage to Arabs was stressed.

paragraph: Today, some Christians believe that God fulfills his promises to Ishmael today by blessing the Arab nations with oil and political strength. In pre-Islamic times, there were three distinct groups of Arabs- the "Ba'ida", "Ariba", and "Musta'riba". The Ba'ida were the "legendary Arabs of the past," while the Ariba were the "Southern Arabs." Ishmael's descendants became the Northern Arabs known as the Musta'riba or the "Arabized Arabs." The Musta'riba were described as Arabized since it is believed Ishmael learned Arabic when he moved to Mecca and married into the Arabic tribe of Jurhum. Ishmael's line is then traced from his son Kedar, then down through to Adnan, then to the Musta'riba, to the Quraysh. In this manner, Muhammad's ancestry leads back to Ishmael, joining "original biblical ancestry of Abraham with a distinctively Arab afinal stock," and connecting Muhammad with Mecca and the Kaaba.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abraham in Islam

paragraph: BULLET::::- Muhammad in Islam

alias:
Ishmael
Islamic view of Ismail

description: Abraham's first son, who was to be offered as a sacrifice; later, an ancestor to Muhammad

wikidata_label: Ismail in Islam

wikipedia_title: Ishmael in Islam


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text: Toronto

text: mathematician

text: historian of mathematics

text: May's theorem

text: Historia Mathematica

text: Kenneth O. May Prize

text: Portland, Oregon

text: political science

text: Dartmouth College

text: University of California, Berkeley

text: Principia Mathematica

text: Phi Beta Kappa

text: Griffith C. Evans

text: statistics

text: Communist Party

text: Institute of Pacific Relations

text: Order of the Golden Bear

text: Institute of Current World Affairs

text: Russia

text: Walter S. Rogers

text: London School of Economics

text: J. D. Bernal

text: Sorbonne

text: California State Treasurer

text: J. Robert Oppenheimer

text: Kiska

text: Stars and Stripes

text: Dirk Struik

text: Laurence M. Gould

text: Carleton College

text: Econometrica

text: Vietnam War

text: Canada

text: University of Toronto Press

text: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics

text: American Mathematical Monthly

text: book review

text: Book in honour of May and his Prize

categories: 1915 births,Historians of mathematics,20th-century American mathematicians,American tax resisters,1977 deaths

paragraph: Kenneth O. May

paragraph: Kenneth O. May (July 8, 1915, in Portland, Oregon – December 1977, in Toronto) was an American mathematician and historian of mathematics, who developed May's theorem.

paragraph: May was a prime mover behind the International Commission on the History of Mathematics, and was the first editor of its official journal Historia Mathematica. Every four years the ICHM awards the Kenneth O. May Prize for outstanding contributions to the history of mathematics.

paragraph: Kenneth was the son of Samuel Chester May (1887 to 1955) and Eleanor Ownsworth Perkin. His father had studied at University of Oregon and gone on to Yale Law School before practicing law in Portland, Oregon beginning in 1913. Ken was born in 1915 there, but World War I uprooted the family. By 1920 Sam had earned an M.A. from Columbia University when he became professor of political science, teaching at Dartmouth College in 1920 and 21. When Ken was seven years old his father began to teach at University of California, Berkeley.

paragraph: In high school, Ken played tennis and looked into Principia Mathematica. At the University of California he played soccer and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior. Professor Griffith C. Evans led Ken through the mathematical foundations of statistics and their utility in national planning. Ken joined the Communist Party and the Institute of Pacific Relations, which he served as secretary in 1933. Ken’s mother died in a gas heater explosion at home in 1935. The following year he was granted the A.B. degree and named to the Order of the Golden Bear. In 1937 he was granted a master’s degree and was selected by the Institute of Current World Affairs for foreign study. He participated in a Russian seminar and expected to study in Russia, but those plans of Walter S. Rogers fell through. He did briefly visit Russia in 1938, as a tourist, stocking up on inexpensive texts, before taking up study at London School of Economics. Professor J. D. Bernal was to make a strong impression on Ken, particularly with "The Social Function of Science".

paragraph: Ken fell into a "low state of morale" and was rescued by Ruth McGovney, an Oakland schoolteacher and daughter of Berkeley law professor Dudley McGovney, a rival of Ken’s father. Accordingly, the father travelled to London in a vain effort to dissuade Ken from marriage, which took place July 25, 1938. Ruth had a leave of absence from her school for study at the Sorbonne, so the couple studied there for a year. In 1939 they travelled, including to Moscow where Ken visited the Kharkov Engineering-Economics Institute. Returning to California, Ken became a teaching assistant, assigned to mathematics of finance and calculus with analytic geometry.

paragraph: Ken’s work with the communist party led to alienation from his father and dismissal from his job. In 1942 he ran for California State Treasurer under the Communist banner. Ken's associations with J. Robert Oppenheimer were used as evidence in his trial. In World War II Ken attempted to join up, but until Ruth filed for divorce in June of 1942, he could not be drafted. Ken's unit was sent to Kiska Island in the Aleutian chain. In May 1944, Ken married Jacqueline Bromley. His career in the military was recounted in Stars and Stripes (Europe) March 3, 1945.

paragraph: In 1946 Ken submitted his thesis, "Mathematical Theory of Employment" for the Ph.D.

paragraph: Reviewing Dirk Struik’s "Concise History of Mathematics" in 1949, Ken articulated his interest:

paragraph: President Laurence M. Gould of Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota offered Ken a teaching appointment that he held until 1973.

paragraph: Reviewing "A Survey of Modern Algebra", revised edition, in Econometrica, May noted:

paragraph: As a protest against the Vietnam War, in 1966 May signed a vow of tax resistance. He moved to Canada the same year.

paragraph: Ken is remembered for his "Bibliography and Research Manual of the History of Mathematics" (1973) published by University of Toronto Press. He made editorial contributions to the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. He managed the compilation of an index for the first 80 volumes of American Mathematical Monthly and wrote numerous book reviews. Philip Enros compiled a bibliography of May’s writings that was published in 1984.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert C. Lewis (2004) "Kenneth O. May and Information Retrieval in Mathematics", "Historia Mathematica" 31(2): 186–95

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Brief History of the Kenneth O. May Prize in the History of Mathematics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Book in honour of May and his Prize

description: American mathematician

wikidata_label: Kenneth O. May

wikipedia_title: Kenneth O. May


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Rome
Academy of St. Luke
Rino Albertarelli
Daily Mirror
class struggle
Charlie Hebdo
Yellow Kid Award
Lucca Comics convention
Linus
Alter Linus
Paese Sera
Il Messaggero
L'Espresso
L'Eternauta
Corriere dei Ragazzi
Comic Art
Playmen
L'Unità
Métal Hurlant
À Suivre
Le Monde
Charlie Mensuel
Sergio Bonelli Editore
Tex Special
Claudio Nizzi
Official website

categories: 1992 deaths,Artists from Rome,Italian male painters,20th-century Italian painters,Italian comics artists,1927 births

paragraph: Guido Buzzelli

paragraph: Guido Buzzelli (27 July 1927 – 25 January 1992) was an Italian comic book artist, writer, illustrator and painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Buzzelli was born in Rome into a family in which his grandfather had been a decorator, his father a painter, and his mother a model. He frequented the Academy of St. Luke and initially decided to follow his father's steps. Later, however, he entered the workshop of Rino Albertarelli, one of the main Italian comic book artists of the time, debuting in the 1950s with the magazine "Zorro"; he also provided covers for magazines of the publisher Fratelli Spada. Other Buzzelli comics of the time include "Susan Bill", "Alex l'eroe dello spazio", "Bill dei Marines", " Bambola" and "Dray Tigre".

paragraph: Later, he moved to Spain and then to England, where he produced the strip "Angélique" for the "Daily Mirror". After his return to Italy and his marriage to Grazia de Stefani (1960), he initially devoted himself to painting. He returned to comics with a personal project, "La rivolta dei racchi" ("The Revolt of the Ugly", 1966), a fantasy history containing a sarcastic metaphor of the class struggle; the work was to be published only in 1970 in France, on the magazine "Charlie Hebdo". He soon established himself as one of the most praised comics artists in France and, later, also in Italy, with other stories such as "I Labirinti" (1970), " Zil Zelub "(1972), "Annalisa e il diavolo "(1973), "L'intervista "(1975), "L'Agnone "(1977), "La guerra videologica" (1978), all mixing social themes with fantastic and dream-like atmospheres.

paragraph: In 1973, he received the Yellow Kid Award as best illustrator and author in the Lucca Comics convention, followed in 1979 by the French equivalent, the "Crayon d'Or". He then started to collaborate with magazines and newspapers such as "Linus", "Alter Linus", "Paese Sera", "Il Messaggero", "L'Espresso", "L'Eternauta", "Psyco", "Corriere dei Ragazzi", "Comic Art", "Playmen", "Menelik", "L'Unità", and, in France, "Pilote", "Métal Hurlant", "À Suivre", "Circus", "Le Monde", "Fluide Glacial" and others. Under the pseudonym of Blotz he created several erotic illustration published in France in "Charlie Mensuel" as well as the collections "Démons" and "Buzzelliades".

paragraph: In 1976, Buzzelli illustrated "L'uomo del Bengala" for Sergio Bonelli Editore; for the same publication in 1985, he drew the first giant-size volume of "Tex Special", written by Claudio Nizzi (1985). In the 1980s, he collaborated with Italian television and taught in the European Institute of Design.

paragraph: Buzzelli died in Rome in 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luca Raffaelli, introduction to "L'arte di Buzzelli", "I Classici del Fumetto di Repubblica" #57.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

description: artist

wikidata_label: Guido Buzzelli

wikipedia_title: Guido Buzzelli


text: entrepreneur

text: Just Jack

text: Masta Ace

text: Shade Sheist

text: BBC Radio 2

text: N Dubz

text: Mungo Jerry

text: Myspace

text: Hip Hop

text: Electronica

text: House

text: Drum and Bass

text: Just Jack

text: Masta Ace

text: Shade Sheist

text: BBC Radio 2

text: Kid Rad @ BBC WM Introducing

text: Interview with Peter 'Lunatrix' Jordan

text: Extract from Big Smoke magazine

categories: British hip hop musicians,1990 births,Living people

paragraph: Kid Rad

paragraph: Kid Rad (born 2 December 1990) is a British music artist, record producer and entrepreneur. He is most noted for his work with British singer/ songwriter Just Jack, as well as American rappers Masta Ace and Shade Sheist. He also holds the record for being the first British rap artist to perform live on BBC Radio 2.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.

paragraph: Kid Rad first started experimenting with music in his early teens, and before long, he started producing and recording songs on a small set up in his bedroom. By pure chance, these tracks were heard by a local record producer and label owner by the name of Peter 'Lunatrix' Jordan, who immediately signed him to his label, Occupy Your Mind Records, on a development deal.

paragraph: His first big break came in 2005 when he appeared live on HHB Radio, rapping alongside N Dubz. He impressed both the listeners on the show and also the group's management at the time, and former Mungo Jerry bassist, the late Byron Contostavlos.

paragraph: Over the next two years, Kid Rad continued to develop his talent and began to incorporate other styles of music into his work. He released various singles with varying success, the biggest of which, "Signs", became popular within the UK grime scene and was featured on the internationally released compilation album "UK State Of Mind".

paragraph: Section::::Debut album.

paragraph: In 2007, Kid Rad started work on his debut album, "Disturbing The Sequence". The title was given to the project by the record's executive producer Peter 'Lunatrix' Jordan.

paragraph: In December 2008, Kid Rad revealed on his Myspace that the album would be a blend of Hip Hop, Electronica, House and Drum and Bass, and that he had recently recorded collaborations with the likes of Just Jack, Masta Ace and Shade Sheist for the project.

paragraph: The album was released on 3 May 2010.

paragraph: Section::::BBC 'Love Where You Live' campaign.

paragraph: As part of the BBC's 'Love Where You Live' campaign, Kid Rad performed three tracks from his debut album and was interviewed live on BBC Radio 2 on the 21st of May, 2009. In an exclusive interview with Janice Long, Kid Rad spoke about where he grew up, his first steps in music, and why his origins are still important to him. Two of the tracks performed ('I Begin To See' and 'It's You') were exclusive to this appearance and had never been heard before, with the final track being 'Across These Walls'. This made him the first British rap artist to perform live on the station in its 44-year history.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kid Rad @ BBC WM Introducing

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with Peter 'Lunatrix' Jordan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Extract from Big Smoke magazine

paragraph: BULLET::::- BBC Radio 2's Love Where You Live Campaign

description: Hip hop musician

wikidata_label: Kid Rad

wikipedia_title: Kid Rad


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pitcher
Major League Baseball
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Dorado, Puerto Rico
Los Angeles Dodgers
amateur draft
Great Falls Dodgers
Pioneer League
Albuquerque Dukes
Cincinnati Reds
New York Mets
Brady Clark
Shawn Estes
Florida Marlins
Norfolk Tides
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Pacific League
left-handed specialist
Philadelphia Phillies
Gary Cohen
Tom Seaver
John Franco
New York Yankees
Trenton Thunder
Kansas City Royals
Alex Gordon

categories: Chattanooga Lookouts players,Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico,Trenton Thunder players,New York Mets players,Norfolk Tides players,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players,Savannah Sand Gnats players,Tampa Yankees players,Gulf Coast Yankees players,San Antonio Missions players,Staten Island Yankees players,People from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico,Memphis Redbirds players,St. Lucie Mets players,2009 World Baseball Classic players,Louisville Bats players,Albuquerque Dukes players,Vero Beach Dodgers players,Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Japan,Major League Baseball pitchers,Living people,2006 World Baseball Classic players,Great Falls Dodgers players,1976 births,Leones de Ponce players,Las Vegas 51s players,Binghamton Mets players,Jacksonville Suns players

paragraph: Pedro Feliciano

paragraph: Pedro Juan Feliciano Molina (born August 25, 1976), nicknamed "The Perpetual Pedro", is a former professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets between 2002 and 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Feliciano graduated from Jose S. Algeria High School in Dorado, Puerto Rico.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Early career.

paragraph: In 1995 he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 31st round of the amateur draft and began his professional career with the Great Falls Dodgers in the Pioneer League. His progress through the minor leagues was slow and marred by injuries. After four years in the Rookie and Class A leagues, he suffered a shoulder injury in which prevented him from playing all season. He returned in , pitching at the AA level, with one inning for the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In , he struggled in AAA after pitching well in AA. After six years of service in the minor leagues without promotion to the Majors, he became a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets (2002–2004).

paragraph: Feliciano signed with the Cincinnati Reds for the season, but was traded to the New York Mets in August along with Brady Clark for Shawn Estes. On September 4, 2002, Feliciano made his Major League debut pitching two scoreless innings of relief against the Florida Marlins. In the three years following, he had mixed success with the Mets, being recalled from and optioned to the AAA Norfolk Tides several times in and .

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005).

paragraph: Feliciano spent the season with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with the New York Mets (2006–2010).

paragraph: Feliciano returned to the Mets as a left-handed specialist for the and seasons. In 2008 and 2009, he operated in the bullpen as the Mets' primary situational left-hander.

paragraph: In 2007, he recorded his first career big-league save against the Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: In 2008, he led the majors in games pitched, with 86. In 58 of those games, the greatest number in the majors, he recorded fewer than three outs. He also led the majors in days pitched on zero days rest, with 36.

paragraph: Due to his large number of appearances, he has been nicknamed "Perpetual Pedro" by Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen.

paragraph: In 2010, he passed Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in games pitched for the Mets with 459 and is now second all time to John Franco.

paragraph: Pedro lead the majors in appearances in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He has had the most appearances from 2007 to 2010. His 344 relief appearances over those four years, is a Major League Baseball record.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Yankees (2011–2012).

paragraph: In January 2011, Feliciano signed a two-year deal worth approximately $8 million with the New York Yankees. Early in the 2011 season, Feliciano was placed on the disabled list due to soreness in his left shoulder. On April 25, orthopedist James Andrews recommended a six-week strengthening program for the pitcher. The Yankees front office claimed the reason behind Feliciano's injury was that the Mets had overused him. The cause of Feliciano's trip to the disabled list was a torn capsule and rotator cuff in his left arm, requiring arthroscopic surgery. Because of this, Feliciano was shut down for the entire 2011 season. Feliciano underwent another shoulder surgery in the 2011 off-season and started the 2012 season on the 60-day disabled list. Late in the 2012 season between August and September, Feliciano was issued to rehab at the Double-A Trenton Thunder. Feliciano still did not make any appearance with the majors that year. His contract with the Yankees expired after the 2012 season and left the team without ever throwing a single pitch.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Third stint with the New York Mets (2013).

paragraph: On January 21, 2013, Feliciano signed a minor league deal with the Mets.

paragraph: On August 2, 2013 Feliciano made his first appearance of the year with the Mets against the Kansas City Royals and induced a ground out from Alex Gordon in the top of the 9th inning.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:St. Louis Cardinals.

paragraph: On May 25, 2014, Feliciano signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago Cubs.

paragraph: On February 4, 2015, Feliciano signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs.

description: Puerto Rican baseball player

wikidata_label: Pedro Feliciano

wikipedia_title: Pedro Feliciano


text:
idk
Denmark
Assens
Danish
Jalousie
silent era
Son of Zorro
Palads Cinema
talkies
Arthur Fiedler
recording
Boston Pops
Boston
Gade biography
Biografía de Jacob Gade

categories: Danish violinists,Danish composers,Male composers,Male violinists,1963 deaths,1879 births

paragraph: Jacob Gade

paragraph: Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (idk, Denmark, 29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963, Assens) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, the familiar "Jalousie", also known as "Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane' " and "Tango Jalousie".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jacob Thune Hansen Gade was born in Vejle, Denmark on 29 November 1879 and died on 20 February 1963. He belonged to a family of musicians. His grandfather and his father used to go around the nearby villages to play at all kinds of parties. And it was natural that, from an early age, he also began to play and was another member of the musical group.

paragraph: He was 9 when he made his debut as trumpeter. He might have been an attraction because only a year later he was invited to Copenhagen to become a soloist in the orchestra of the Tivoli Garden, a famous amusement park. It was only at age 12 when he began to study violin, firstly with his father and later with teachers of greater knowledge. Soon he evidenced his ambition, he wanted to be recognized and for that he decided to move to the capital.

paragraph: Section::::Music composer.

paragraph: He began to compose country music, polkas and similar rhythms. With a scarce capital he left hurrying up his fate. He dreamed of being an orchestra conductor, and of writing waltzes, by then he was convinced that it was the best music in the world. He had a hard time, at night, he used to sleep at the entrance of buildings, at the hall near the stairs.

paragraph: He started to work at small cafeterias and, about two years later, when he was only 18, he began to be connected with people who summoned him to play at an operetta in Frederiksberg, the night center of entertainment at that time.

paragraph: A prolific composer, in 1900, for the first time a toast song of his was published titled “Der er sollys i modne druer” (There is sunshine in ripe grapes), with lyrics by his finder, Lorry Feilberg. It turned out a very popular song and, among others, it was sung by Elna From, a theater actress ten years older than he, who was his first love. Although they never married, he had three children with her. They separated in 1906 and two years later, in Christiania, then capital of Norway, he married another actress: Mimi Mikkelsen, with whom he lived until she died in 1951.

paragraph: Section::::Orchestras.

paragraph: He joined several orchestras up to 1903 when he already led his own. He didn't change his orientation; he was creator and diffuser of danceable music. In 1909, the recognition he achieved by his work made him be hired by the famous Hotel Bristol, located in front of the main plaza of Copenhagen. In order enhance his musical knowledge he turned to maestro Max Schlüler, an important concert player. Gade was already 30 and was too old to become a concert instrumentalist of classical music. Some time before, because of the same reason he had not been accepted in the Royal Conservatory of Danish Music.

paragraph: In 1914 he began to lead orchestras that played at theaters and as well at the most important cinema theaters as accompaniment to silent films. At the same time he performed a series of concerts as soloist including a Paganini's composition. As composer he was in a period when he wrote waltzes with a title in French. He adopted several pseudonyms like Maurice Ribot, Leon Bonnard, James Wellington, Fred Marshall and Jascha Tjenko. He used to say that they made him widely known and provided him with an international touch. The principal paper of the city mentioned him as the king of waltz. His juvenile dream was coming true.

paragraph: In 1919 he traveled to New York, joined orchestras that played at cinema theaters, and put together aggregations that included up to 80 members and, soon he had another satisfaction, he was chosen in a contest to join the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York. For two years he only devoted to playing classical music.

paragraph: He returned to his country to conduct the orchestra of the Palads Cinema theater and to compose and arrange music to be played during the projection of movies. By that time he composed “Jalousie”. They say that its title had inspired the melody. He was on leave in Christiania, near a windmill far from the city, when he read on a paper that a man had murdered his wife because of jealousy.

paragraph: His golden period lasted until 1929 when sound films arrived. But it scarcely affected him. In 1931 he opened the National Scala theater, and there he continued to play entertainment music for dancing. His career as orchestra leader and player before public audiences ended by his own decision.

paragraph: Section::::Worldwide hit.

paragraph: His tzigane tango “Jalousie” was a worldwide hit. Performed for the first time on Monday 14 September 1925 at the premiere of the American movie Don Q. Son of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Astor, it placed Denmark in the world map of music. His royalties as composer were so ample that in the 70s it was estimated that the song was played, at least, once every minute on some radio of the planet.

paragraph: After “Jalousie” he devoted solely to musical composition, retired and based in a country house. There, among others, were born “Rhapsodietta” and another tango “Romanesca” which were published in Copenhagen and in Paris. He returned to the United States of America in 1939 where they offered to publish his whole output.

paragraph: On 8 April 1940 he returned to his country. The following day the Nazis invaded Denmark. He endured it by settling on the Fiskerleje island where he continued composing. There a successful waltz was born: “Capricious”. Also other tangos: “El matador”, “Tango charmeuse”, “Lille Mary Anne”, “Laila” and “Tango Glamour”.

paragraph: “Jalousie” was born as an instrumental, but later in every country a lyric was written, according to their taste and commercial preference. This is the case of the above-mentioned Vera Bloom for the previously cited Frankie Laine. In Finland a lyric written by Kuliervo is known. In Great Britain, the then famous orchestra led by Gerald Bright presented his vocalist Monterrey (his true name was Montgomery) singing a lyric by E. Way and so appeared many others of the kind.

paragraph: In our country its instrumental form was always respected. We highlight the renditions of the Sexteto Mayor; Nito Farace's who made an original delicate arrangement featuring the soloist Simón Bajour on violin; Osvaldo Requena's with Fernando Suárez Paz on violin; Francisco Lomuto's and Florindo Sassone's which has a good tango flavor but the violin is hardly heard. The piece possesses beauty because of its violin solos, without them the number is deprived of its charm.

paragraph: The boom of “Jalousie” stirred up a legal conflict with the Danish publishing house Wilhelm Hansen to which Gade had granted the royalties of all the pieces he would compose until a certain date. The composer did not stick to what was agreed and published “Jalousie” by his own publishing house, Gade & Warny, thinking that the contract had expired, on the same day of the above-mentioned premiere. The issue was solved after Gade yielded a part of his royalties.

paragraph: The number was included totally or partially in over 100 movies, in numerous television series and on all new ways of playing back since records appeared.

paragraph: Section::::Estate.

paragraph: When he drew up his will in 1956, he included his wish that all his estate and future royalties were granted to a foundation that had to be created under his name to sponsor young talented musicians. Explaining that reason, he said: «I still remember the financial and educational difficulties I had when I was young, when I arrived in Copenhagen with the purpose of making a living with music».

paragraph: With his will he opened a bank account with the deposit of 100,000.00 DDK. In 1993 the publishing house founded by Gade sued Hansen's for the huge figures that the latter collected as royalties from “Jalousie”, but the court passed judgment against the former. Agreements had to be respected.

paragraph: Every year the foundation holds a contest for young violinists in Gade's hometown. On 8 November 1970 a postage stamp commemorating the centenary of his birth was issued.

paragraph: There is a peculiar arrangement of “Jealousy” for a woodwind quintet which was premiered on the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the accession to the throne of the queen Margaret of Denmark, in the Elsinore Castle in June 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: In 1998 Dacapo Recordings published a record with a part of his works—some unpublished—, performed by the Odense Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Mathias Aeschbacher featuring the soloist Bjarne Hansen on violin. Critics commented: «It is incredible that an unknown and so good music has been displayed because of the popularity of “Jealousy”».

paragraph: Written to accompany the silent era blockbuster "Son of Zorro" when Gade was leader of the orchestra of the Palads Cinema, the tango premiered on 14 September 1925 and was an instant international hit. When talkies were introduced it was featured in numerous films.

paragraph: Section::::Music composition.

paragraph: The royalties allowed Gade to devote himself to composition full-time for the rest of his life. Arthur Fiedler made the first recording of the piece with the Boston Pops in 1935, further increasing Gade's income. The royalties now fund a foundation for young musicians.

paragraph: As a symphony composer Gade did not fare as well. In an interview two years before his death, Fiedler recalled that Gade came especially to Boston to thank him for the recording. Gade also presented Fiedler with a score of a symphony which Fiedler recalled as "one of the worst pieces of music I ever looked at".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gade biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biografía de Jacob Gade

description: Danish musician

wikidata_label: Jacob Gade

wikipedia_title: Jacob Gade


text:
American
The Reputation
Sarge
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Tallahassee Democrat
EP
Bob Nanna
Braid
Northwestern University
Chicago Bar
Bob Nanna/Elizabeth Elmore EP
Troubleman Unlimited
Christmas Singles
Parasol Records
White Christmas
The City on Film
Fairytale of New York
The Hold Steady
Boys and Girls in America
Hushdrops
Volume One
The Red Hot Valentines

categories: 1976 births,American rock singers,American indie rock musicians,Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni,21st-century American women singers,American rock songwriters,American women lawyers,Female rock singers,Living people,American female singer-songwriters

paragraph: Elizabeth Elmore

paragraph: Elizabeth Elmore (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and lawyer who has worked with the rock bands The Reputation and Sarge.

paragraph: Section::::Career and education.

paragraph: Elmore formed Sarge in the Chicago area in 1996, and the band broke up in 1999. The "Chicago Tribune" wrote that Elmore "was in total command" of performing with Sarge. The "Tallahassee Democrat" wrote that her song-writing helped keep Sarge "a cut above the usual indie offerings."

paragraph: Elmore had a short solo stint, during which she recorded a self-titled split EP with Bob Nanna of Braid featuring her song "You Blink."

paragraph: In 2001, Elmore would form The Reputation, a band she played with until 2006. In 2002, The Reputation released a self-titled album.

paragraph: Elmore is also a lawyer, having received a law degree from Northwestern University. She enrolled in law school around 1999, which is one of the reasons Sarge disbanded. Elmore passed the Chicago Bar around 2004.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Elmore has been featured on a number of albums, singles, and compilations.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Solo release.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bob Nanna/Elizabeth Elmore EP (CD/7") – Troubleman Unlimited – 2001

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Compilations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Christmas Singles" (CD) – Parasol Records – 2000 (featuring a solo version of "White Christmas")

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Selected guest vocals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Very Secretary – "Best Possible Souvenir" on the song "Composure."

paragraph: BULLET::::- The City on Film – "The My Pal God Holiday Album" on the song "Fairytale of New York."

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Hold Steady – "Boys and Girls in America" on the song "Chillout Tent."

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hushdrops – "Volume One" on the songs "Emily", "It's Alright" and "Here She Comes."

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Red Hot Valentines – "Red Hot Valentines/Retro Morning" on the song "Better then Last Time."

description: American singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Elizabeth Elmore

wikipedia_title: Elizabeth Elmore


text:
Drancy
Hungarian
Alain Goldstein
Dalida
Joyce Buñuel
Les hauts murs
Christian Faure
Il a déjà tes yeux
Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Official Michel Jonasz Site (in French)

categories: 1947 births,French singer-songwriters,French male singers,Living people,French people of Hungarian-Jewish descent

paragraph: Michel Jonasz

paragraph: Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: "La boîte de jazz", "Joueurs de blues" and "Les vacances au bord de la mer".

paragraph: Born of Hungarian immigrant parents, Michel Jonasz left school at the age of 15 to find his way in the arts. Painting, theatre and music interested him, but he began his artistic career as a pianist. After working with both Vigon and The Lemons, in 1966 he created the band King Set with his friend, the guitarist Alain Goldstein.

paragraph: Two radio successes made his voice and his talent for rhythm known: an original composition, "Apesanteur" (Weightlessness), in 1967, and "Jezebel" in 1968.

paragraph: His solo career began slowly with a single ("45t") at the end of 1968 under the name of Michel Kingset, the next in 1970 under his own name. He had to wait until 1974 to find a large audience with two simultaneous hits ("tubes"): "Dites-Moi" and "Super Nana".

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 : "Dalida" directed by Joyce Buñuel

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 : "Les hauts murs" directed by Christian Faure

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 : "Il a déjà tes yeux" directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Michel Jonasz Site (in French)

description: French singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Michel Jonasz

wikipedia_title: Michel Jonasz


href: Essen Krupp ThyssenKrupp%20AG steel England Alfred%20Krupp

text:
Essen
Krupp
ThyssenKrupp AG
steel
England
Alfred

categories: Krupp family,1787 births,People from Essen,1826 deaths

paragraph: Friedrich Krupp

paragraph: Friedrich Carl Krupp (Essen, 17 July 1787 – Essen, 8 October 1826) was a German steel manufacturer and founder of the Krupp family commercial empire that is now subsumed into ThyssenKrupp AG.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: After the death of his father, he was brought up by his grandmother, who had, in 1800, purchased the Sterkrade Works. Here Friedrich endeavored to make cast steel, the secret of which was carefully guarded in England. With Gottlob Jacobs, an engineer, Krupp made his first experiments at the Sterkrade Works, and after the sale of the plant in 1808 continued his attempts independently at Essen. In 1810 he founded a small forging plant near Essen, and in 1815 formed a partnership with Friedrich Nicolai for the production of cast steel, a product which was found excellent for certain purposes, such as mint dies, stamps for buttons, etc. Yet the demand was not sufficient to keep the works in operation, and soon after 1820 Krupp was obliged to give up his house to occupy a small one-story laborer's cottage near his plant. The hut was long preserved in the midst of the gigantic Krupp works. Shortly before his death, he confided to his son Alfred the secret of making cast steel, which the latter developed successfully.

description: German ironmaster

wikidata_label: Friedrich Krupp

wikipedia_title: Friedrich Krupp


text: American

text: ice hockey

text: right winger

text: unrestricted free agent

text: HC Thurgau

text: Swiss League

text: Toronto Maple Leafs

text: 2009 NHL Entry Draft

text: Toronto Maple Leafs

text: 2009 NHL Entry Draft

text: AHL

text: Toronto Marlies

text: ECHL

text: Reading Royals

text: Colorado Avalanche

text: Anaheim Ducks

text: Cincinnati Cyclones

text: Reading Royals

text: Indy Fuel

text: Wheeling Nailers

text: Michigan

text: Pittsburgh Penguins

text: Jack Johnson

text: Bank of America

categories: San Diego Gulls (AHL) players,Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks,Toronto Marlies players,Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players,Lake Erie Monsters players,People from Franklin, Michigan,HC Thurgau players,Windsor Spitfires players,Reading Royals players,Indy Fuel players,Ice hockey people from Michigan,Memorial Cup winners,USA Hockey National Team Development Program players,American ice hockey right wingers,1991 births,Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) players,Living people

paragraph: Kenny Ryan

paragraph: Kenny Ryan (born July 10, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey right winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with HC Thurgau in the Swiss League (SL). He was selected 50th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Ryan played youth hockey for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program for two seasons beginning in 2007. He joined the team from the Honeybaked AAA development program. He made his Spitfires debut during the 2009-10 season. In the 2010-11 season, he recorded 58 points in 60 games played. He also collected 12 points in 18 playoff games.

paragraph: Ryan was selected 50th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraph: On May 26, 2011 he signed a three-year entry level contract with the Maple Leafs. During his first season with the Leafs' organization, Ryan divided his time between the team's AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies and their ECHL affiliate, the Reading Royals. Ryan spent the next two seasons playing exclusively for the Marlies. Following the end of the 2013–14 season, the Leafs did not make a qualifying offer to Ryan and as a result he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014.

paragraph: Unsigned throughout the off-season, Ryan accepted an invitation to attend the Colorado Avalanche 2014 training camp on a professional try-out contract on September 18, 2014. He was later reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters training camp, where he made the teams opening night roster. In the 2014–15 season, Ryan's versatility was relied upon across the line-up in appearing in a career high 73 games for a professional best of 17 assists and 29 points.

paragraph: Lingering as an unsigned free agent after the off-season, Ryan agreed to a try-out to attend the Anaheim Ducks 2015 training camp. At the conclusion of training camp, Ryan was assigned and agreed to a contract with AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, on September 28, 2015.

paragraph: On August 10, 2016, as a free agent, Ryan opted to continue his career in the third tier ECHL, signing a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Cyclones. In the 2016–17 season, Ryan appeared in 18 games with 13 points for the Cyclones, before he was recalled and returned with the San Diego Gulls on November 29, 2016. His ECHL rights were traded to the Gulls ECHL affiliate and former club the Utah Grizzlies. After 8 games with the Gulls, Ryan was released from his try-out and was traded twice more in the ECHL between the Grizzlies and Reading Royals before ending up with the Indy Fuel on February 7, 2017.

paragraph: Ryan extended his playing career in the off-season by agreeing to a one-year deal with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL on August 28, 2017.

paragraph: After playing his first 7 professional seasons in North America, Ryan left as a free agent in agreeing to a one-year deal with HC Thurgau of the second tier Swiss League, on July 6, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ryan was born and raised in Franklin Village, Michigan where he grew up next door to Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson.

paragraph: Ryan has two older brothers; Ross (graduate of University of Michigan School of Dentistry) and Charles (part of the Global Risk Management Associate Program at Bank of America).

description: American ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Kenny Ryan

wikipedia_title: Kenny Ryan


text:
Swedish
trance
DJ
music producer
Tiësto
Armin van Buuren
Talla 2XLC
Tiff Lacey
Elsa Hill
Talla 2XLC
Armin van Buuren
Tiësto
In the Dark
Markus Schulz
Breaking Benjamin
Maria Mena

categories: Swedish record producers,Club DJs,Living people,1984 births,Swedish trance musicians,Swedish DJs,Swedish electronic musicians,Remixers,Eurodance musicians,Swedish dance musicians

paragraph: Carl B

paragraph: Carl B is a Swedish trance DJ and music producer. Since he started in 2004, he has released more than 15 singles and 20 remixes. Notable hit singles include Social Suicide, Chasing Leaves, and Just A Thought. He has also created remixes to artists like Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Talla 2XLC. Since his breakthrough, he has been travelling round Europe to play at nightclubs.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: "All Day"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: "Radiance"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Social Suicide"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Solitude"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Cursed"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Justice"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Just a Thought"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Optimum"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Chasing Leaves"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Deliverance" (featuring Tiff Lacey)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Giving Up Giving In"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Last Summer"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Life Can Wait"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Underneath The Sky" (featuring Elsa Hill)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Auxiliary"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "On Short Notice"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Take Off"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: Talla 2XLC feat. Carl B & Katie Marne — Keep the Fire Burning

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Remixes.

paragraph: Official Remixes

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Armin van Buuren - Sail"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Tiësto - In the Dark"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Markus Schulz - Fly To Colors"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Talla and Ace - Redrum O.T.D"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Airborne Angel - Origo"

paragraph: Non-official Remixes

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Breaking Benjamin - The Diary Of Jane"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: "Maria Mena - Just Hold Me"

description: Swedish DJ and trance producer

wikidata_label: Carl B

wikipedia_title: Carl B


text:
Swedish
1920
1924 Summer Olympics
400 m
110 m event
110 m final

categories: Olympic athletes of Sweden,1898 births,Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics,1969 deaths,Swedish male hurdlers,Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Carl-Axel Christiernsson

paragraph: Carl-Axel "Cacka" Christiernsson (7 January 1898 – 27 October 1969) was a Swedish hurdler who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished fifth in the 400 m and sixth in the 110 m event. Four years later he placed fourth in the 110 m final.

paragraph: Nationally Christiernsson won the Swedish hurdles titles over 110 m in 1920–22 and over 400 m in 1920–22 and 1924; he was also the English AAA champion in the 440 yards in 1921. In 1922–1926 he occasionally competed in the United States and set American indoor hurdles records over 60, 80 and 100 yards.

description: Swedish hurdler

wikidata_label: Carl-Axel Christiernsson

wikipedia_title: Carl-Axel Christiernsson


text: independent

text: filmmaker

text: stage director

text: Los Angeles

text: California

text: Edinburg

text: West Windsor Township, New Jersey

text: Princeton High School

text: Princeton

text: New Jersey

text: experimental theater

text: Corner Theatre ETC

text: Towson University

text: Baltimore Theatre Project

text: New York City

text: off-Broadway

text: Stage Fright

text: SING*ularity

text: OperaWorks

text: Euripides

text: The Bacchae

text: Stanley Keyes

text: Berlin International Film Festival

text: Howard Stern

text: Pay-Per-View special

text: The Watermelon

text: Michael Hemmingson

text: Lorenda Starfelt

text: North Hollywood

text: Will Beinbrink

text: Bob Golub

text: The Audacity of Democracy

text: PUMA

text: I Grew Up in Princeton

text: Institute for Defense Analysis

text: Linda Chambers

text: Bobby Sands

text: Saint Patrick's Day

text: Off-Broadway

text: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

text: Lincoln Center

text: Billy Rose Theatre Collection

text: Mays' original adaptation

text: The Bacchae

text: Kim Weild

text: multi-media

text: Anthony Burgess

text: LA Weekly Theater Awards

text: Vanessa Claire Smith

text: Alex

text: Peter Weiss

text: Theatre of NOTE

text: Rain Pryor

text: Joan of Arc

text: Stanley Keyes

text: Garth Hudson

text: The Band

text: Annenberg Media

text: Nobel Prize

text: Wole Soyinka

text: Richard Schechner

text: Alan Cumming

text: Official Website

text: CNN

text: remembering Paul Newman

categories: 1955 births,American theatre directors,Princeton High School (New Jersey) alumni,American film editors,Towson University alumni,Living people,People from West Windsor Township, New Jersey

paragraph: Brad Mays

paragraph: Brad Mays (born May 30, 1955) is an independent filmmaker and stage director, living and working in Los Angeles, California.

paragraph: Section::::Background and education.

paragraph: Mays was raised in the Edinburg section of West Windsor Township, New Jersey, attending the local public schools before going to Princeton High School.

paragraph: During the early 1970s, Mays became involved in the performing arts during a professional internship at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey. When his family moved to Maryland in the wake of difficulties resulting from his participation in anti-war demonstrations, Mays became heavily involved in the Baltimore experimental theater scene and, at the age of eighteen, began directing at the Corner Theatre ETC.

paragraph: Upon completion of theatre arts studies at Towson University, Mays was formally hired by the Baltimore Theatre Project. In 1982, Mays moved to New York City, where he began working off-Broadway and, ultimately, produced and directed his first independent feature film, "Stage Fright."

paragraph: Section::::Film work.

paragraph: In 2006, Mays filmed the documentary feature "SING*ularity" (2008), which explores the cutting-edge training of classical singers at the world-renowned OperaWorks program in Southern California. Other films include a free-form adaptation of Euripides' "The Bacchae" (2002), and his first feature, "Stage Fright," a semi-autobiographical piece, co-written with his friend and fellow Corner Theatre alum, Stanley Keyes, which depicts the trials and tribulations of a late '60's theatre company and had its inaugural screenings at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival under the auspices of American Independents In Berlin and the New York Foundation for the Arts. It was during the editing of that particular project that Mays was invited to participate as a segment director on Howard Stern's first Pay-Per-View special, "Howard Stern's Negligee and Underpants Party".

paragraph: Mays' 2008 motion picture romantic comedy "The Watermelon" premiered at the San Diego Film Festival, where it quickly achieved the top slot for audience and industry buzz. Written by Michael Hemmingson, "The Watermelon" was produced by Lorenda Starfelt at LightSong Films in North Hollywood, and was conceived as a "Fairy Tale for grown-ups." The film stars Will Beinbrink, Kiersten Morgan, Elyse Ashton, Julia Aks, Mike Ivy and Bob Golub. "The Watermelon" was released by Celebrity Video Distribution, a Los Angeles distribution company dedicated to serving the independent film community. It was subsequently awarded a 2010 California Film Awards "Diamond Award."

paragraph: In 2009, Brad Mays finished work on the feature-length political documentary "The Audacity of Democracy", which followed the 2008 race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination and focused in particular on the notorious PUMA movement. In multiple Blog-Radio interviews, the director expressed dissatisfaction with the project, revealing that he had not been allowed to complete shooting in the manner originally agreed to. On June 6, 2011, Brad Mays discussed his personal and working relationship with his late wife Lorenda Starfelt – who had died of uterine cancer earlier that year – with blog radio host John Smart. In the interview, which Smart described on his website as "harsh, truthful and brutally honest," Mays revealed the closeness of his artistic collaboration with Starfelt, as well as his reasons for considering their 2010 documentary film co-production "The Audacity of Democracy" to have been "unsuccessful...incomplete, inconclusive, ultimately unsatisfying and even embarrassing." In June 2012, Mays' comedy short "The Donut Shop" received the "People's Choice Award" at the San Francisco Black Film Festival, as well as "Best Comedy" at the 2012 San Diego Black Film Festival.

paragraph: The following year, Mays' feature documentary "I Grew Up in Princeton" had its premiere showing in Princeton, New Jersey. The film, described in one Princeton newspaper as a "deeply personal 'coming-of-age story' that yields perspective on the role of perception in a town that was split racially, economically and sociologically", is a portrayal of life in the venerable university town during the tumultuous period of the late sixties through the early seventies. Featuring interviews with over 60 artists, political activists, educators, historians, musicians and others, the film deals with the town's past struggles with racism, political unrest and the still-controversial shutdown of the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) during the anti-Vietnam War student strike - both university and high school - in the days immediately following the Kent State shootings of 1970.

paragraph: On March 17, 2016, Mays premiered the self-described "bleak little comedy about falling in hate," "Road Rage", at The Garden theater in Princeton, New Jersey. Shot for the most part in and around Princeton, the film tells the story of Matt Lipton (Adam Roth), a widowed man in his early 60s who enters into a misbegotten romantic relationship with a pretentious would-be "townie" named Missy Taylor (Kristin Jann-Fischer). The two embark on a road trip into the deep South, with disastrous consequences. The film can be seen as an expression of Mays' continuing yearning for his beloved hometown, as well as for the loss of his wife, Lorenda, to cancer. “I was able to flesh out the deceased wife’s character to a degree that would have been otherwise impossible,” Mays says in an article for the Princeton Packet. “For instance, Lori had always wanted to be an opera singer. I was able to fulfill that dream for her in the movie, and tie it in with the narrative in a way that I find very satisfying.”

paragraph: Ironically, the film's star Adam Roth also succumbed to cancer in the final stages of production, necessitating extensive rewrites and additional shooting. Roth, an extremely popular guitarist/composer in New York's hard rock scene, grew up in Princeton, and had worked extensively in that town's professional and community theater scene during the 1970s. ”Actually, when he was young, Adam did a lot of acting while his family lived in Princeton — at the high school and at McCarter Theater,” Mays said to journalist Sally Stang just before his film's premiere. “Even back then the word ‘genius’ was tossed around. Adam was something else... right up to the end.” In the days leading up to the film's premiere and New York screenings, Mays and partner/co-producer Barbara Curtis appeared on several radio and television shows, discussing the themes of "Road Rage", as well as the challenges in getting it from script to the screen.

paragraph: Section::::Stage work.

paragraph: Brad Mays has directed for the stage, primarily in Baltimore, New York and Los Angeles. His first New York production was an evening of one-act plays, written by Linda Chambers and performed at the Cubiculo Theatre: "Joan," "Stones," and "Requiem." All three pieces dealt with themes of personal spirituality. "Requiem," the longest play of the evening, was a fictionalized drama about the death of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands, and performed during the Saint Patrick's Day holiday in 1982. Mays' Off-Broadway presentation of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's "The Water Hen," was videotaped by the Lincoln Center's Billy Rose Theatre Collection for inclusion in their permanent archive.

paragraph: In Los Angeles, Mays' original adaptation of Euripides' "The Bacchae" was nominated for three LA Weekly Theatre Awards (including Best Direction) in 1997 and also videotaped for the Lincoln Center's archive. The production was recognized for its overall directorial audacity, the movement-scoring work by choreographer Kim Weild, and for its aggressive onstage violence and nudity. Mays' multi-media production of Anthony Burgess' "", performed in Los Angeles at the ARK Theatre company, was likewise nominated for Best Direction, Best Revival Production, and Best Actress by the 2004 LA Weekly Theater Awards. Vanessa Claire Smith won Best Actress for her gender-bending portrayal of Alex, the story's protagonist.

paragraph: Other efforts include Peter Weiss' "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" at Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles; an expanded version of "Joan" by Linda Chambers, starring Rain Pryor as Joan of Arc; and the black comedy "Dragon Slayers," by Stanley Keyes, in which a cult of insane puppeteers engage in ritual murder. "Dragon Slayers" was performed in both New York and Los Angeles over a period of several years, featuring an original electronic score contributed by Garth Hudson of the late sixties rock group The Band.

paragraph: Section::::Other work.

paragraph: Brad Mays was invited to discuss Euripides' "The Bacchae" for WGBH Boston's 2010 PBS series "Invitation to World Literature," which was also launched on Annenberg Media's educational website in September, 2010. Also featured on the show were Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka, director Richard Schechner, and actor Alan Cumming.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Website

paragraph: BULLET::::- CNN clip of director Brad Mays remembering Paul Newman at the 2008 San Diego Film Festival.

description: American film director

wikidata_label: Brad Mays

wikipedia_title: Brad Mays


text: magician

text: president

text: Blackpool

text: Edward Victor

text: "The Best Tricks With Slates"

text: P.T. Selbit

text: Buatier de Kolta

text: List of magicians

text: Card magic

text: Peter Warlock bibliography

text: 100 by Warlock

categories: 1995 deaths,British magicians,1904 births

paragraph: Peter Warlock (magician)

paragraph: Peter Warlock (born Alec William Bell; 30 October 1904 – 17 December 1995) was a semi-professional magician and publisher of the British magic magazines "Pentagram" (1946–59) and the "New Pentagram" (1969–89).

paragraph: In 1960, he became the honorary president of the Paisley Magic Circle. Peter Warlock was also asked to accept the Honorary Life Presidency of the Blackpool Magic Club after the death of Edward Victor.

paragraph: Section::::Inventions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Self Contained Milk Pitcher

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ringcord

paragraph: BULLET::::- Out of the Loop

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giant Size Triple Tubes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Silk Filter

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adhesive Glass

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cream of the Jest

paragraph: BULLET::::- Atomic Silk

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ring and Rope Release

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Best Tricks With Slates" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Plans for Deception" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Patterns for Psychics" (1947)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Peter Warlock's Book of Magic" (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Warlock's Way" (1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Magic of Pavel" (1981)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "P.T. Selbit: Magical Innovator" (with Eric Lewis; 1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Buatier de Kolta: Genius of Illusion" (1993)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of magicians

paragraph: BULLET::::- Card magic

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One Hundred by Warlock by Elizabeth" (2005)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- See more about Peter Warlock at MagicPedia, the free online Magic encyclopedia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peter Warlock bibliography

paragraph: BULLET::::- 100 by Warlock

description: British magician

wikidata_label: Peter Warlock

wikipedia_title: Peter Warlock (magician)


text:
Dalai Lama
Shigatse
Tanak
ngakpa
Nyingma
tantric
Gendun Drup
Tsongkapa
Tashilhunpo
reincarnation
Gendun Drup
Drepung Monastery
Gelugpa
abbot
Gelug
Nyingma
tantric
Lhamo La-tso
Chokorgyel Monastery
Tsetang
Drepung
Monlam Chenmo
Sera
Gaden
Sera monastery
Glenn H. Mullin
tbrc.org: dge 'dun rgya mtsho

categories: 1475 births,15th-century Tibetan people,Dalai Lamas,1542 deaths

paragraph: 2nd Dalai Lama

paragraph: Gedun Gyatso, also Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo (, "Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants", layname: Yonten Phuntsok; 1475–1542), was considered posthumously to be the second Dalai Lama.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born near Shigatse at Tanak as Sangye Phel, in the Tsang region of Central Tibet. His father, Kunga Gyaltsen (1432–1481) (), was a ngakpa (married tantric practitioner) of the Nyingma lineage, a famous Nyingma tantric master. His mother was Machik Kunga Pemo, they were a farming family. According to scholar Gene Smith, "the rebirth of the First Dalai Lama as the son of Grub chen Kun dga' rgyal mtshan resulted in the end of a hereditary line of Shangs pa Bka' brgyud pa lamas."

paragraph: Legend has it that soon after he learned to speak, he told his parents his name was Pema Dorje, the birth name of Gendun Drup (1391–1474) and that his father was Lobsang Drakpa, which was Tsongkapa's ordination name. When he was four, he reportedly told his parents he wished to live in the Tashilhunpo monastery (next to Shigatse and founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup) to be with his monks.

paragraph: He was proclaimed the reincarnation of Gendun Drup as a young boy – according to some sources at the age of four years, and to others at eight.

paragraph: He received his novice vows from Panchen Lungrig Gyatso in 1486, at the age of ten, and his vows of an ordained monk from Ghoje Choekyi Gyaltsen who gave him his ordination name of Gedun Gyatso. At the age of eleven, he was enthroned as the reincarnation of Gendun Drubpa at Tashilhunpo monastery. He received his novice and then full ordination vows.

paragraph: He remained at Tashilhunpo until he was 16 or 17 but, then, due to "some controversies or jealousy" he had to leave the monastery and went to Lhasa to study at Drepung Monastery.

paragraph: When the high priests came looking for the incarnation of Gendun Drup, they found him when he was 17 years old. Apparently, he told the priests that he had been waiting for them.

paragraph: He was a renowned scholar and composer of mystical poetry, who traveled widely to extend Gelugpa influence, and became abbot of the largest Gelugpa monastery, Drepung, which from this time on was closely associated with the reincarnation line which eventually would be known as that of the Dalai Lamas. According to Sumpa Khenpo, the great Gelug scholar, he also studied some Nyingma-pa tantric doctrines.

paragraph: It is said that Palden Lhamo, the female guardian spirit of the sacred lake, Lhamo La-tso, promised the First Dalai Lama in one of his visions "that she would protect the reincarnation lineage of the Dalai Lamas." Since the time of Gendun Gyatso, who formalised the system, monks have gone to the lake to seek guidance on choosing the next reincarnation through visions while meditating there. Gendun Gyatso is said to have been the first to discover the sacredness of Lake Lhamoi Latso.

paragraph: In 1509 he went to southern Tibet and founded the monastery of Chokorgyel Monastery (Chokhor-gyal) close to lake Lhamo La-tso, about 115 km northeast of Tsetang and at an altitude of 4,500 m (14,764 ft), while the lake itself is at an altitude of about 5,000 m. (16,404 ft).

paragraph: Gedun Gyatso became abbot of Tashilhunpo in 1512 at the age of thirty-six. In 1517 he became abbot of Drepung monastery and he revived the 'Great Prayer Festival' or Monlam Chenmo in 1518, presiding over the celebration with monks from the three large Gelug monasteries of Sera, Drepung and Gaden (Ganden was the original monastery of the Geluk order, founded by Je Tsongkhapa himself in 1409). He then became abbot of Sera monastery in 1525; Sera had been founded in 1419, by Jamchen Chojey (Sakya Yeshe), a disciple of Tsong Khapa.

paragraph: His Seat has been Drepung.

paragraph: Gedun Gyatso died deep in meditation at the age of 67 in 1542.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Essence of Refined Gold by the Third Dalai Lama: with related texts by the Second and Seventh Dalai Lamas". (1978) Translated by Glenn H. Mullin. Tushita Books, Dharamsala, H.P., India.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). "The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation", pp. 86–129. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, New Mexico. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mullin, Glenn H. (2005). "Second Dalai Lama His Life and Teachings", Snow Lion Publications, , EAN 9781559392334

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd Dalai Lama. "Tantric Yogas of Sister Niguma", Snow Lion Publications, 1st ed. U. edition (May 1985), (10), (13)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- tbrc.org: dge 'dun rgya mtsho

alias:
Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo
2nd Dalai Lama

description: Dalai Lama of Tibet

wikidata_label: Gendun Gyatso

wikipedia_title: 2nd Dalai Lama