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paragraph: Brigitte Bardot

paragraph: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by the initials B.B., is a French animal rights activist, and former actress and singer. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon.

paragraph: Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in her early life. She started her acting career in 1952. She achieved international recognition in 1957 for her role in the controversial "And God Created Woman", and also caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay "The Lolita Syndrome", which described her as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Bardot later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film "Le Mépris". For her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film "Viva Maria!" she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress.

paragraph: Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. She had acted in 47 films, performed in several musicals and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985 but refused to accept it. After retiring, she became an animal rights activist. During the 2000s she generated controversy by criticizing immigration and Islam in France, and she has been fined five times for inciting racial hatred.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Early life: 1934–1951.

paragraph: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot was born on 28 September 1934 in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, to Louis Bardot (1896–1975) and Anne-Marie Mucel (1912–1978). Bardot's father, originated from Ligny-en-Barrois, was an engineer and the proprietor of several industrial factories in Paris. Her mother was the daughter of an insurance company director. She grew up in a conservative Catholic family, as had her father. She suffered from amblyopia as a child, which resulted in decreased vision of her left eye. She has one younger sister, Mijanou.

paragraph: Bardot's childhood was prosperous; she lived in her family's seven-bedroom apartment in the luxurious 16th arrondissement. However, she recalled feeling resentful in her early years. Her father demanded she follow strict behavioural standards, including good table manners, and that she wear appropriate clothes. Her mother was extremely selective in choosing companions for her, and as a result Bardot had very few childhood friends. Bardot cited a personal traumatic incident when she and her sister broke her parents' favourite vase while they were playing in the house; her father whipped the sisters 20 times and henceforth treated them like "strangers", demanding them to address their parents by the pronoun "vous", which is used to address unfamiliar or respectable persons in the French language. The incident decisively led to Bardot resenting her parents, and to her future rebellious lifestyle.

paragraph: During World War II, when Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany, Bardot spent more time at home due to increasingly strict civilian surveillance. She became engrossed in dancing to phonograph records, which her mother saw as a potential for a ballet career. Bardot was admitted at the age of seven to the private school Cours Hattemer. She went to school three days a week, which gave her ample time to take dance lessons at a local studio, under her mother's arrangements. In 1949, Bardot was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris. For three years she attended ballet classes held by Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev. She also studied at the Instistut de la Tour, a private Catholic high school near her home.

paragraph: Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, the then-director of the magazines "Elle" and "Le Jardin des Modes", hired Bardot in 1949 as a "junior" fashion model. On 8 March 1950, Bardot (aged 15 at the time) appeared on the cover of "Elle", which brought her an acting offer for the film "Les Lauriers sont coupés" from director Marc Allégret. Her parents opposed her becoming an actress, but her grandfather was supportive, saying that "If this little girl is to become a whore, cinema will not be the cause." At the audition, Bardot met Roger Vadim, who later notified her that she did not get the role. They subsequently fell in love. Her parents fiercely opposed their relationship; her father announced to her one evening that she would continue her education in England and that he had bought her a train ticket, the journey to take place the following day. Bardot reacted by putting her head into an oven with open fire; her parents stopped her and ultimately accepted the relationship, on condition that she marry Vadim at the age of 18.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:First marriage and career beginnings: 1952–1955.

paragraph: Bardot appeared on the cover of "Elle" again in 1952, which landed her a movie offer for the comedy "Crazy for Love" (1952), starring Bourvil and directed by Jean Boyer. She was paid 200,000 francs for the small role portraying a cousin of the main character. On 21 December 1952, Bardot (then 18 years old) married Vadim, under the consent of her parents. The wedding was held at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Church of Passy in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Bardot had her second film role in "Manina, the Girl in the Bikini" (1953), directed by Willy Rozier. She also had roles in the 1953 films "The Long Teeth" and "His Father's Portrait".

paragraph: Bardot had a small role in a Hollywood-financed film being shot in Paris, "Act of Love" (1953), starring Kirk Douglas. She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953.

paragraph: Bardot had a leading role in an Italian melodrama, "Concert of Intrigue" (1954) and in a French adventure film, "Caroline and the Rebels" (1954). She had a good part as a flirtatious student in "School for Love" (1955), opposite Jean Marais, for director Marc Allégret.

paragraph: Bardot played her first sizeable English-language role in "Doctor at Sea" (1955), as the love interest for Dirk Bogarde. The film was the third-most popular movie at the British box office that year.

paragraph: She had a small role in "The Grand Maneuver" (1955) for director René Clair, supporting Gérard Philipe and Michelle Morgan. The part was bigger in "The Light Across the Street" (1956) for director Georges Lacombe. She did another with Hollywood film, "Helen of Troy", playing Helen's handmaiden.

paragraph: For the 1956 Italian movie "Mio figlio Nerone" Bardot was asked by the director to appear as a blonde. Rather than wear a wig to hide her naturally brunette hair she decided to dye her hair. She was so pleased with the results that she decided to retain the hair colour.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Rise to stardom: 1956–1962.

paragraph: Bardot then appeared in four movies that made her a star. First up was a musical, "Naughty Girl" (1956), where Bardot played a troublesome school girl. Directed by Michel Boisrond, it was co-written by Roger Vadim and was a big hit, the 12th most popular film of the year in France. It was followed by a comedy, "Plucking the Daisy" (1956), written by Vadim with the director Marc Allegret, and another success at France. So too was the comedy "The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful" (1956) with Louis Jourdan.

paragraph: Finally there was the melodrama "And God Created Woman" (1956), Vadim's debut as director, with Bardot starring opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant and Curt Jurgens. The film, about an immoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a huge success, not just in France but also around the world – it was among the ten most popular films in Britain in 1957. It turned Bardot into an international star. From at least 1956 she was being hailed as the "sex kitten".

paragraph: During her early career, professional photographer Sam Lévin's photos contributed to the image of Bardot's sensuality. One showed Bardot from behind, dressed in a white corset. British photographer Cornel Lucas made images of Bardot in the 1950s and 1960s that have become representative of her public persona.

paragraph: Bardot followed "And God Created Woman" with "La Parisienne" (1957), a comedy co-starring Charles Boyer for director Boisrond. She was reunited with Vadim in another melodrama "The Night Heaven Fell" (1958) and played a criminal who seduced Jean Gabin in "In Case of Adversity" (1958). The latter was the 13th most seen movie of the year in France.

paragraph: "The Female" (1959) for director Julien Duvivier was popular, but "Babette Goes to War" (1959), a comedy set in World War Two, was a huge hit, the fourth biggest movie of the year in France. Also widely seen was "Come Dance with Me" (1959) from Boisrond.

paragraph: Her next film was the courtroom drama "The Truth" (1960), from Henri-Georges Clouzot. It was a highly publicised production, which resulted in Bardot having an affair and attempting suicide. The film was Bardot's biggest ever commercial success in France, the third biggest hit of the year, and was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar.

paragraph: She made a comedy with Vadim, "Please, Not Now!" (1961) and had a role in the all-star anthology, "Famous Love Affairs" (1962).

paragraph: Bardot was awarded a David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign actress for her role in "A Very Private Affair" ("Vie privée", 1962), directed by Louis Malle. More popular in France was "Love on a Pillow" (1962), another for Vadim.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:International films and singing career: 1962–1969.

paragraph: In the mid-1960s Bardot made films which seemed to be more aimed at the international market. In 1963, she starred in Jean-Luc Godard's film "Le Mépris", produced by Joseph E. Levine and starring Jack Palance. The following year she co-starred with Anthony Perkins in the comedy "Une ravissante idiote" (1964).

paragraph: Bardot finally appeared in a Hollywood film in "Dear Brigitte" (1965), a comedy starring James Stewart as an academic whose son develops a crush on Bardot. Bardot's appearance was relatively brief and the film was not a big hit.

paragraph: More successful was the Western buddy comedy "Viva Maria!" (1965) for director Louis Malle, appearing opposite Jeanne Moreau. It was a big hit in France and around the world although it did not break through in the US as much as was hoped.

paragraph: After a cameo in Godard's "Masculin Féminin" (1966), she had her first flop in a long time, "Two Weeks in September" (1968), a French–English co-production. She had a small role in the all-star "Spirits of the Dead" (1968), acting opposite Alain Delon, then tried a Hollywood film again: "Shalako" (1968), a Western starring Sean Connery, which was a box office disappointment.

paragraph: She participated in several musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Zagury and Sacha Distel, including "Harley Davidson"; "Je Me Donne À Qui Me Plaît"; "Bubble gum"; "Contact"; "Je Reviendrai Toujours Vers Toi"; "L'Appareil À Sous"; "La Madrague"; "On Déménage"; "Sidonie"; "Tu Veux, Ou Tu Veux Pas?"; "Le Soleil De Ma Vie" (the cover of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"); and the notorious "Je t'aime... moi non-plus". Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release this duet and he complied with her wishes; the following year, he rerecorded a version with British-born model and actress Jane Birkin that became a massive hit all over Europe. The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a popular download hit in 2006 when Universal Music made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Final films: 1969–1973.

paragraph: From 1969 to 1978, Bardot was the official face of Marianne (who had previously been anonymous) to represent the liberty of France.

paragraph: "Les Femmes" (1969) was a flop, although the screwball comedy "The Bear and the Doll" (1970) performed slightly better. Her last few films were mostly comedies: "Les Novices" (1970), "Boulevard du Rhum" (1971) (with Lino Ventura). "The Legend of Frenchie King" (1971) was more popular, helped by Bardot co-starring with Claudia Cardinale. She made one more with Vadim, "Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman" (1973), playing the title role. Vadim said the film marked "Underneath what people call "the Bardot myth" was something interesting, even though she was never considered the most professional actress in the world. For years, since she has been growing older, and the Bardot myth has become just a souvenir... I was curious in her as a woman and I had to get to the end of something with her, to get out of her and express many things I felt were in her. Brigitte always gave the impression of sexual freedom – she is a completely open and free person, without any aggression. So I gave her the part of a man – that amused me.

paragraph: "If "Don Juan" is not my last movie it will be my next to last," said Bardot during filming. She kept her word and only made one more film, "The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot" (1973).

paragraph: In 1973, Bardot announced she was retiring from acting as "a way to get out elegantly".

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Animal rights activism: 1973–present.

paragraph: In 1973, before her 39th birthday, Bardot announced her retirement. After appearing in more than forty motion pictures and recording several music albums, most notably with Serge Gainsbourg, she used her fame to promote animal rights.

paragraph: In 1986, she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals. She became a vegetarian and raised three million francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off jewellery and personal belongings.

paragraph: She is a strong animal rights activist and a major opponent of the consumption of horse meat. In support of animal protection, she condemned seal hunting in Canada during a visit to that country with Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. On 25 May 2011 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed its fast interceptor vessel, MV "Gojira", as MV "Brigitte Bardot" in appreciation of her support.

paragraph: She once had a neighbour's donkey castrated while looking after it, on the grounds of its "sexual harassment" of her own donkey and mare, for which she was taken to court by the donkey's owner in 1989. Bardot wrote a 1999 letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin, published in French magazine VSD, in which she accused the Chinese of "torturing bears and killing the world's last tigers and rhinos to make aphrodisiacs".

paragraph: She has donated more than $140,000 over two years for a mass sterilization and adoption program for Bucharest's stray dogs, estimated to number 300,000.

paragraph: In August 2010, Bardot addressed a letter to the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark, appealing for the sovereign to halt the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands. In the letter, Bardot describes the activity as a "macabre spectacle" that "is a shame for Denmark and the Faroe Islands ... This is not a hunt but a mass slaughter ... an outmoded tradition that has no acceptable justification in today's world".

paragraph: On 22 April 2011, French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand officially included bullfighting in the country's cultural heritage. Bardot wrote him a highly critical letter of protest.

paragraph: From 2013 onwards the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in collaboration with Kagyupa International Monlam Trust of India has operated an annual Veterinary Care Camp. She has committed to the cause of animal welfare in Bodhgaya year after year.

paragraph: On 23 July 2015, Bardot condemned Australian politician Greg Hunt's plan to eradicate 2 million cats to save endangered species such as the Warru and Night Parrot.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:"La Madrague".

paragraph: In May 1958, Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of Southern France, where she had bought the house "La Madrague" in Saint-Tropez.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Relationships.

paragraph: On 21 December 1952, aged 18, Bardot married director Roger Vadim. They divorced in 1957, after less than five years of marriage; they had no children together, but remained in touch, and even collaborated on later projects. The stated reason for the divorce was Bardot's affairs with two other men. While married to Vadim, Bardot had an affair with Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was her co-star in "And God Created Woman." Trintignant at the time was married to actress Stéphane Audran. The two lived together for about two years, spanning the period before and after Bardot's divorce from Vadim, but they never married. Their relationship was complicated by Trintignant's frequent absence due to military service and Bardot's affair with musician Gilbert Bécaud.

paragraph: In early 1958, her divorce from Vadim was followed in quick order by her break-up with Trintignant, and a reported nervous breakdown in Italy, according to newspaper reports. A suicide attempt with sleeping pills two days earlier was also noted, but was denied by her public relations manager. She recovered within weeks and began an affair with actor Jacques Charrier. She became pregnant well before they were married on 18 June 1959. Bardot's only child, her son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, was born on 11 January 1960. After she and Charrier divorced in 1962, Nicolas was raised in the Charrier family and had little contact with his biological mother until his adulthood.

paragraph: Bardot's third marriage was to German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, and lasted from 14 July 1966 to 1 October 1969. In 1968, she began dating Patrick Gilles, who went on to co-star with her in "The Bear and the Doll" (1970); but she ended their relationship in spring 1971.

paragraph: Over the next few years, Bardot dated in succession bartender/ski instructor Christian Kalt, club owner Luigi Rizzi, musician (later producer) Bob Zagury, singer Serge Gainsbourg, writer John Gilmore, actor Warren Beatty, and Laurent Vergez, her co-star in "Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman". The longest of these relationships was with sculptor Miroslav Brozek; she lived with him from 1975 to December 1979 and posed for some of his sculptures. After breaking up with Brozek, she was in a long-term relationship with French TV producer Allain Bougrain-duBourg.

paragraph: Bardot's fourth and current husband is Bernard d'Ormale, a former adviser of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the far right party National Front (now National Rally as of June 2018); they were married on 16 August 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Health.

paragraph: In 1974 Bardot appeared in a nude photo shoot in "Playboy" magazine, which celebrated her 40th birthday. On 28 September 1983, her 49th birthday, Bardot took an overdose of sleeping pills or tranquilizers with red wine. She had to be rushed to hospital, where her life was saved after a stomach pump was used to evacuate the pills from her body. Bardot is also a breast cancer survivor.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Politics and legal issues.

paragraph: Bardot expressed support for President Charles de Gaulle in the 1960s. Her husband Bernard d'Ormale is a former adviser of the National Front (now National Rally as of June 2018), the main far right party in France, known for its nationalist and conservative beliefs.

paragraph: In her 1999 book "Le Carré de Pluton" (""Pluto's Square""), Bardot criticizes the procedure used in the ritual slaughter of sheep during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Additionally, in a section in the book entitled, "Open Letter to My Lost France", Bardot writes that "my country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims". For this comment, a French court fined her 30,000 francs in June 2000. She had been fined in 1997 for the original publication of this open letter in "Le Figaro" and again in 1998 for making similar remarks.

paragraph: In her 2003 book, "Un cri dans le silence" ("A Scream in the Silence"), she warned of an "Islamicization of France", and said of Muslim immigration:

paragraph: Over the last twenty years, we have given in to a subterranean, dangerous, and uncontrolled infiltration, which not only resists adjusting to our laws and customs but which will, as the years pass, attempt to impose its own.

paragraph: In the book, she contrasted her close gay friends with today's homosexuals, who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through" and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks". In her own defence, Bardot wrote in a letter to a French gay magazine: "Apart from my husband — who maybe will cross over one day as well — I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants."

paragraph: In her book she wrote about issues such as racial mixing, immigration, the role of women in politics, and Islam. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes and praised previous generations who, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders.

paragraph: On 10 June 2004, Bardot was convicted for a fourth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred and fined €5,000. Bardot denied the racial hatred charge and apologized in court, saying: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody. It is not in my character."

paragraph: In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial/religious hatred in regard to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Interior Minister of France. The letter stated her objections to Muslims in France ritually slaughtering sheep by slitting their throats without anesthetizing them first. She also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was "fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits". The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of €15,000, the largest of her fines to date. The prosecutor stated she was tired of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred.

paragraph: During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "stupid" and a "disgrace to women". She criticized the former governor of Alaska for her stance on global warming and gun control. She was also offended by Palin's support for Arctic oil exploration and by her lack of consideration in protecting polar bears.

paragraph: On 13 August 2010, Bardot lashed out at director Kyle Newman regarding his plan to make a biographical film on her life. She told him, "Wait until I'm dead before you make a movie about my life!" otherwise "sparks will fly".

paragraph: Bardot expressed support for National Front (now National Rally as of June 2018) leader Marine le Pen, calling her "the Joan of Arc of the 21st century". She endorsed Le Pen in the 2017 French presidential election.

paragraph: Section::::Influence in pop culture.

paragraph: In fashion, the Bardot neckline (a wide open neck that exposes both shoulders) is named after her. Bardot popularized this style which is especially used for knitted sweaters or jumpers although it is also used for other tops and dresses. Bardot popularized the bikini in her early films such as "Manina" (1952) (released in France as "Manina, la fille sans voiles"). The following year she was also photographed in a bikini on every beach in the south of France during the Cannes Film Festival. She gained additional attention when she filmed "...And God Created Woman" (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant (released in France as "Et Dieu Créa La Femme"). In it Bardot portrays an immoral teenager cavorting in a bikini who seduces men in a respectable small-town setting. The film was an international success. The bikini was in the 1950s relatively well accepted in France but was still considered risqué in the United States. As late as 1959, Anne Cole, one of the United States' largest swimsuit designers, said, "It's nothing more than a G-string. It's at the razor's edge of decency."

paragraph: She also brought into fashion the "choucroute" ("Sauerkraut") hairstyle (a sort of beehive hair style) and gingham clothes after wearing a checkered pink dress, designed by Jacques Esterel, at her wedding to Charrier. She was the subject of an Andy Warhol painting.

paragraph: The Bardot pose describes an iconic modeling portrait shot around 1960 where Bardot is dressed only in a pair of black pantyhose, cross-legged over her front and cross-armed over her breasts. This pose has been emulated numerous times by models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Elle Macpherson and Monica Bellucci.

paragraph: In addition to popularizing the bikini swimming suit, Bardot has been credited with popularizing the city of St. Tropez and the town of Armação dos Búzios in Brazil, which she visited in 1964 with her boyfriend at the time, Brazilian musician Bob Zagury. The place where she stayed in Búzios is today a small hotel, Pousada do Sol, and also a French restaurant, Cigalon. The town hosts a Bardot statue by Christina Motta.

paragraph: Bardot was idolized by the young John Lennon and Paul McCartney. They made plans to shoot a film featuring The Beatles and Bardot, similar to "A Hard Day's Night", but the plans were never fulfilled. Lennon's first wife Cynthia Powell lightened her hair color to more closely resemble Bardot, while George Harrison made comparisons between Bardot and his first wife Pattie Boyd, as Cynthia wrote later in "A Twist of Lennon". Lennon and Bardot met in person once, in 1968 at the Mayfair Hotel, introduced by Beatles press agent Derek Taylor; a nervous Lennon took LSD before arriving, and neither star impressed the other. (Lennon recalled in a memoir, "I was on acid, and she was on her way out.") According to the liner notes of his first (self-titled) album, musician Bob Dylan dedicated the first song he ever wrote to Bardot. He also mentioned her by name in "I Shall Be Free", which appeared on his second album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". The first-ever official exhibition spotlighting Bardot's influence and legacy opened in Boulogne-Billancourt on 29 September 2009 – a day after her 75th birthday. The Australian pop group Bardot was named after her.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Bardot released several albums and singles during the 1960s and 1970s

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sidonie" (1961, Barclay), lyrics by Charles Cros, music by Jean-Max Rivière and Yanis Spanos, guitar by Brigitte – first song, from the film "Vie privée"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brigitte Bardot Sings" (1963, Philips) – collaborations by Serge Gainsbourg ("L'Appareil à sous", "Je me donne à qui me plaît"), Jean-Max Rivière as writer ("La Madrague") and singer ("Tiens ! C'est toi!"), Claude Bolling and Gérard Bourgeois

paragraph: BULLET::::- "B.B." (1964, Philips) with Claude Bolling, Alain Goraguer, Gérard Bourgeois

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ah ! Les p'tites femmes de Paris", duet with Jeanne Moreau in "Viva Maria" (1965, Philips), directed by Georges Delerue

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brigitte Bardot Show 67" (1967, Mercury) with Serge Gainsbourg (writes "Harley Davidson", "Comic Strip", "Contact" and "Bonnie and Clyde"), Sacha Distel, Manitas de Plata, Claude Brasseur and David Bailey

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Je t'aime... moi non plus", duet with Serge Gainsbourg (1967, published by Philips in 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brigitte Bardot Show" (1968, Mercury), themes by Francis Lai

paragraph: BULLET::::- "[Burlington Cameo Brings You] Special Bardot" (1968. RCA) with "The Good Life" by Sacha Distel and "Comic Strip (with Gainsbourg) in English

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Single Duet with Serge Gainsbourg "Bonnie and Clyde"" (Fontana)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Fille de paille"/"Je voudrais perdre la mémoire" (1969, Philips), collaboration with Gérard Lenorman

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tu veux ou tu veux pas" (1970, Barclay) with the hit "Tu veux ou tu veux pas" (the French version of the Brazilian "Nem Vem Que Não Tem"), directed by François Bernheim; "John and Michael", hymn to the collective love; "Mon léopard et moi", a collaboration with Darry Cowl, and "Depuis que tu m'as quitté"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nue au soleil"/"C'est une bossa nova" (1970, Barclay)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chacun son homme", duet with Annie Girardot in "Les Novices" (1970, Barclay)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Boulevard du rhum" and "Plaisir d'amour", duet with Guy Marchand, in "Boulevard du rhum" (1971, Barclay)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vous ma lady", duet with Laurent Vergez, and "Tu es venu mon amour" (1973, Barclay)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Soleil de ma vie", duet with Sacha Distel

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Toutes les bêtes sont à aimer" (1982, Polydor)

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: Bardot has also written five books:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Noonoah: Le petit phoque blanc" (Grasset, 1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Initales B.B." (autobiography, Grasset & Fasquelle, 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Carré de Pluton" (Grasset & Fasquelle, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Un Cri Dans Le Silence" (Editions Du Rocher, 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pourquoi?" (Editions Du Rocher, 2006)

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast (Hrsg.) "Brigitte Bardot. Filme 1953–1961. Anfänge des Mythos B.B." (Hildesheim 1982) .

alias:
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot
BB

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text: American

text: Julie

text: Hollywood Walk of Fame

text: Virginia Lively Stone

text: Academy Award

text: Best Original Screenplay

text: thriller

text: Julie

text: Jack Kruschen

text: Barney Phillips

text: John Gallaudet

text: Dreary House

text: Shadows of Glory

text: Hell's Headquarters

text: The Girl Said No

text: Stolen Heaven

text: Say It in French

text: Ray Milland

text: The Great Victor Herbert

text: The Hard-Boiled Canary

text: Stormy Weather

text: Lena Horne

text: United Artists

text: Hi Diddle Diddle

text: Sensations of 1945

text: Bedside Manner

text: The Bachelor's Daughters

text: Fun on a Weekend

text: The Countess of Monte Cristo

text: Highway 301

text: Confidence Girl

text: The Steel Trap

text: A Blueprint for Murder

text: The Night Holds Terror

text: Julie

text: Doris Day

text: Louis Jourdan

text: Cry Terror!

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text: The Decks Ran Red

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text: Never Put It in Writing

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text: With Words and Music

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text: Say It in French

text: The Great Victor Herbert

text: The Hard-Boiled Canary

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text: Sensations of 1945

text: Bedside Manner

text: The Bachelor's Daughters

text: Fun on a Weekend

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text: Confidence Girl

text: The Steel Trap

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text: The Night Holds Terror

text: Screen Directors Playhouse

text: Julie

text: Cry Terror!

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text: Andrew L Stone papers

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text: Article on Andrew and Virginia Stone

categories: American male screenwriters,1999 deaths,20th-century American businesspeople,Film directors from California,1902 births,Film producers from California,Screenwriters from California,People from Oakland, California

paragraph: Andrew L. Stone

paragraph: Andrew L. Stone (July 16, 1902 – June 9, 1999) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film "Julie" in 1957 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

paragraph: Known for his hard-hitting, realistic films, Stone frequently collaborated with his first wife, editor and producer Virginia Lively Stone (m 1946). Though few of his films achieved mainstream success, Stone was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 1956 thriller "Julie".

paragraph: Stone's stories frequently featured characters called Cole, Pringle and Pope, usually in law enforcement and interchangeably played by the same actors—Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips and John Gallaudet. Roles with those names were included in "A Blueprint for Murder", "The Night Holds Terror", "Julie", "Cry Terror!" and "The Decks Ran Red".

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Oakland, California, Andrew L. Stone attended the University of California. He built a movie theater in his back yard, with two projectors and seats for 50 kids. Films were bought at a dollar a reel.

paragraph: Stone worked for a film exchange for Universal after school and on Sundays. "I wanted anything I could get to do with films - rewinding, splicing, projecting," he once said.

paragraph: In the mid-'20s, he moved to Hollywood and worked in a laboratory. He also worked in Universal's prop department.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early Films.

paragraph: In 1926, Stone financed his own first directorial effort, "The Elegy" (1926) a two-reel movie. It cost $3,200 which he had raised himself and was made on sets left over from "Scaramouche".

paragraph: His first full-length feature was "Dreary House" (1928). He worked as director on "Shadows of Glory" (1930), "Hell's Headquarters" (1932) and "The Girl Said No" (1937).

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Paramount.

paragraph: Stone says that MGM offered him a contract in the mid 1930s but he was reluctant to take it. He later said, “I’d have had to pacify the stars and keep them happy – like a priest who doesn’t believe a word of what he says. Then there was a Paramount contract — no big stars, but freedom. That’s the one I went for. It didn’t take me long to see I’d never make a nickel, but I didn’t give a damn.”

paragraph: Stone signed a contract at Paramount for whom he made "Stolen Heaven" (1938), "Say It in French" (1938) with Ray Milland, "The Great Victor Herbert" (1939), and "The Hard-Boiled Canary" (1941). He was meant to make "Manhattan Rhapsody" for the studio.

paragraph: At 20th Century Fox he earned acclaim for directing the 1943 film "Stormy Weather", starring Lena Horne.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:United Artists.

paragraph: Stone formed his own production company, Andrew L Stone Productions, with his then-wife Virginia. They signed a deal with United Artists to make two films: "Hi Diddle Diddle" (1943) and "Sensations of 1945" (1944). United Artists were pleased enough to offer him a deal to make four more films over eighteen months: "Bedside Manner" (1945), "The Bachelor's Daughters" (1946), and "Fun on a Weekend" (1947). They left United Artists in 1947.

paragraph: He did some uncredited directing on "The Countess of Monte Cristo" (1948).

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Thrillers.

paragraph: Stone went to Warner Bros for "Highway 301" (1950)."Highway 301" was a crime film and ushered in a series of movies from Stone in that genre.

paragraph: "I had to talk Bernie Foy at Warners into letting me do a melodrama," Stone said later. "I made it practically for nothing to establish myself in that field."

paragraph: It would be Stone's last film shot in a studio. He did "Confidence Girl" (1952), and two with Joseph Cotten, "The Steel Trap" (1952) and "A Blueprint for Murder" (1953). He did "The Night Holds Terror" (1955) at Columbia.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:MGM.

paragraph: Stone signed a two picture deal at MGM for whom he made "Julie" (1956), a thriller with Doris Day and Louis Jourdan, and "Cry Terror!" (1958), with Rod Steiger. (He had intended to follow Julie with a film about smoking, "The Last Puff", but it was not made.)

paragraph: "Julie" was a hit so MGM signed them to make four more movies: "The Decks Ran Red" (1959), "The Last Voyage" (1960), "Ring of Fire" (1961), and "The Password Is Courage" (1962) with Dirk Bogarde.

paragraph: He did "Never Put It in Writing" (1964) with Pat Boone for Allied Artists, filmed in England and Ireland. He signed a new two picture deal with MGM. The first was "The Secret of My Success" (1965). The second was meant to be a history of aviation written by Ernest Gann, "The Winning of the Sky", but it was never made.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Later Films.

paragraph: Stone made a musical for ABC Pictures, "Song of Norway" (1970), a $3.5 million musical biopic of Edvard Grieg. The film performed reasonably well but his next film "The Great Waltz" (1972) was a big flop.

paragraph: In 1977 he did some work for Universal out on the action and disaster sequences for "Rollercoaster".

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Elegy" (1927) (short) - writer, director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fantasy" (1927) (short) - director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adoration" (1927) (short) - writer, director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Liebensraum " (1928) -director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dreary House" (1928) - writer, director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shadows of Glory" aka "Sombras de gloria" (1930) - director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hell's Headquarters" (1932) - director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Girl Said No" (1937) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "With Words and Music" (1937) director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stolen Heaven" (1938) - director, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Say It in French" (1938) - director, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Great Victor Herbert" (1939) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Hard-Boiled Canary" (1941) - director, producer, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stormy Weather" (1943) - director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hi Diddle Diddle" (1943) - director, producer, original story

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sensations of 1945" (1944) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bedside Manner" (1945) - director, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Bachelor's Daughters" (1946) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fun on a Weekend" (1947) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Countess of Monte Cristo" (1948) - director, uncredited

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Highway 301" (1950) - director, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Confidence Girl" (1952) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Steel Trap" (1952) - director, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Blueprint for Murder" (1953) - director, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Night Holds Terror" (1955) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Screen Directors Playhouse" episode "The Final Tribute" (1955) - writer, director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Julie" (1956) - director, writer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cry Terror!" (1958) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Decks Ran Red" (1958) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Last Voyage" (1960) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ring of Fire" (1961) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Password Is Courage" (1962) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Never Put It in Writing" (1964) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Secret of My Success" (1965) - director, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Song of Norway" (1970) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Great Waltz" (1972) - director, writer, producer

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrew L Stone papers at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrew L Stone at Letterbox DVD

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrew L Stone at BFI

paragraph: BULLET::::- Article on Andrew and Virginia Stone at Bright Lights Film Journal

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American
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coach
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2006 World Series
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ESPN
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
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Master of Science
Pac-12 Network
startup company
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Cardinals
Ron
Oakland Athletics
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categories: St. Louis Cardinals scouts,Colorado Rockies players,Texas Rangers players,Oklahoma RedHawks players,Colorado Springs Sky Sox players,Tampa Yankees players,Baseball players from California,Major League Baseball scouting directors,Tucson Padres players,St. Louis Cardinals players,Memphis Redbirds players,Minnesota Twins players,Columbus Clippers players,Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players,1975 births,Major League Baseball pitchers,Greensboro Bats players,Living people,Nashville Sounds players,Norwich Navigators players,American baseball players of Mexican descent,Oneonta Yankees players

paragraph: Randy Flores

paragraph: Randy Alan Flores (born July 31, 1975) is an American director of scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), a sports commentator, entrepreneur, coach, and former professional baseball relief pitcher who played eight seasons in MLB. Flores attended the University of Southern California (USC) before becoming the New York Yankees' ninth-round selection in the 1997 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut on April 23, 2002, as a member of the Texas Rangers. He was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals' 2006 World Series championship team. During his playing career, Flores batted and threw left-handed, stood tall, and weighed .

paragraph: While playing college baseball for the USC Trojans, Flores was the 1995 Co-Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year. He played eight seasons in MLB primarily as left-handed specialist for four teams, including the Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Cardinals and Minnesota Twins.

paragraph: Following his playing career, Flores became an on-air analyst for ESPN and the Pac-12 Network. He also coached for USC and started his own company, OnDeckDigital, whose product allows players and scouts to evaluate game play. In September 2015, he became the director of scouting for the Cardinals.

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

paragraph: After attending El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, California, Flores played college baseball for the Trojans at the University of Southern California (USC) as a recruited walk-on. He graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in finance.

paragraph: While playing college baseball at USC from 1994 to 1997, he set several pitching records that still stood as of 2013, including career wins with 42, innings pitched with and complete games with 22. Flores was the 1995 Co-Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year, going 13–3 with a 3.24 earned run average (ERA) and 86 strikeouts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional playing career.

paragraph: The New York Yankees selected Flores in the ninth round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft. In 2001, the Yankees sent him to the Texas Rangers to complete a trade earlier in the year for infielder Randy Velarde. Flores made his major league debut with the Rangers on April 23, 2002. He also played for the Colorado Rockies before signing as a free agent with the Cardinals on November 20, 2003.

paragraph: Flores won a championship ring when the Cardinals won the 2006 World Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers four games to one. He appeared in seven games in that postseason, registering innings without giving up an earned run. The next season, he appeared in a career-high 70 games, posting 55 innings pitched and a 4.25 ERA. From 2005 through 2007, he appeared in 185 games, contributing a pivotal role in the Cardinals' bullpen. However, injuries in the second half of 2007 began to reduce his effectiveness, and in the summer of 2008, he cleared waivers prior to a demotion to the Memphis Redbirds. Flores became a free agent after the 2008 season.

paragraph: On February 10, , Flores signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies with an invitation to spring training. He spent most of the season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox before the Rockies called him up in September when the rosters expanded. He made the Opening Day roster in 2010 and appeared in 47 games, completing innings with 18 SO and a 2.96 ERA, a record of 2–0, and a 1.28 WHIP. Left-handed batters collected 11 hits in 50 at bats against him. The Rockies designated him for assignment on August 19, 2009. The Minnesota Twins claimed him off waivers six days later.

paragraph: On February 10, 2011, he signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres with an invite to spring training. Working innings for Tucson, he struck out 19 and walked six before opting out of his contract on May 15. Two days later, he signed a minor league contract with the Yankees. He was released by the Yankees on August 2, 2011 and immediately signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. He was released by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, after asking for his release.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.

paragraph: In 2012, Flores joined ESPN as an on-air analyst during the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. In 2013, Flores returned to USC as a baseball broadcaster and later assistant baseball coach, while also pursuing a master's degree. In 2014, Flores earned a Master of Science degree in post-secondary administration with an emphasis on athletic administration. In February 2015, Flores joined the Pac-12 Network as a baseball analyst. He launched his own startup company, OnDeckDigital, which utilizes video capture technology to allow players and scouts to evaluate their game play. Scouting departments of MLB clubs started using his product. On August 28, 2015, the Cardinals hired Flores as their new director of scouting, replacing Chris Correa.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Flores' brother, Ron, was also a left-handed relief pitcher who appeared in the major leagues, playing for the Oakland Athletics from 2005–07. Flores and his wife, Lindsey, have two daughters and one son.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Randy Flores

wikipedia_title: Randy Flores


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King
Urartu
Sarduri II
Sarduri II
Anatolia
Assyria
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III
Shalmanassar V
Sargon II
Urartu-Assyria War
Mannea
Rshtuni
List of kings of Urartu

paragraph: Rusa I

paragraph: Rusa I ruled: 735–713 BC) was a King of Urartu. He succeeded his father, king Sarduri II. His name is sometimes transliterated as "Rusas". Apparently, he was known to Assyrians as "Ursa" and possibly "Urzana".

paragraph: Before Rusa's reign had begun, his father, King Sarduri II, had already expanded the kingdom to southeastern Anatolia, and had managed to retake various Anatolian territories from Assyria during a brief period of weakness in the Assyrian Empire.

paragraph: However, when Rusa I inherited the throne, the Assyrians had regrouped under their new king Tiglath-Pileser III and had rapidly become a formidable foe, once more expanding their empire. The Assyrians repeatedly invaded Urartu, thus forcing Rusa I to spend the early years of his reign fighting the forces of Assyria. The conflict took a heavy toll on Urartu, particularly on its economy. After suffering numerous reverses, Urartu lost the territory it had annexed under Sarduri II to Tiglath-Pileser III, and was forced to pay tribute to Assyria.

paragraph: After Tiglath-Pileser III's death, Urartu became restive during the reign of Shalmanassar V, but not for long. Sargon II, who came to the throne in 722 BC, continued the Assyrian hostility against Urartu. He declared war on Urartu in 715 BC, thus beginning the Urartu-Assyria War. After defeating the Urartian ally, the Kingdom of Mannea, the Assyrians attacked Urartu. Rusa I was decisively defeated in this war and Urartu was once more subjugated, being forced to pay large annual tributes to Assyria. Rusa I committed suicide after this war.

paragraph: The Armenian noble Rshtuni clan are said to be descendants of Rusa.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of kings of Urartu

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wikidata_label: Rusa I

wikipedia_title: Rusa I


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Alexander von Wagner
Near East
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Warsaw
Orientalism
List of Orientalist artists

categories: 1928 deaths,1859 births,20th-century Polish painters,19th-century Polish painters

paragraph: Wincenty Trojanowski

paragraph: Wincenty Trojanowski (born 1859 in Warsaw, died 1928 therein) was a Polish painter.

paragraph: Wincenty Trojanowski began his art studies in the year of 1878 to 1880, in Warsaw, where he was taught by Wojciech Gerson and Aleksander Kamiński, he continued his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Peterburg; from 1885, he studied for one year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was taught by Alexander von Wagner. In 1890, he left for his art travels to the Near East, after which he came back in 1893, and lived in Paris, where he continued painting. In 1904, he moved back to Warsaw, where a year later he founded the Art School of Applied Arts ("Szkoła Artystyczną Sztuki Stosowanej").

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Orientalism

paragraph: List of Orientalist artists

description: Polish painter and medallist

wikidata_label: Wincenty Trojanowski

wikipedia_title: Wincenty Trojanowski


text: Italian

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text: poet

text: Montevarchi

text: neoplatonic

text: academy

text: Orti Oricellari

text: Lorenzo de' Medici

text: Medici

text: Republic of Florence

text: siege

text: Medicean

text: Piero Strozzi

text: Cosimo I

text: Accademia fiorentina

text: Renaissance humanist

text: Tuscan dialect

text: Cosimo de Medici

text: "Due lezioni"

text: "Rime"

categories: LGBT writers from Italy,Italian historians,1500s births,Italian male non-fiction writers,People from Florence,1565 deaths

paragraph: Benedetto Varchi

paragraph: Benedetto Varchi (; 1502/15031565) was an Italian humanist, a historian and poet.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Florence to a family that had originated at Montevarchi, he frequented the neoplatonic academy that Bernardo Rucellai organized in his garden, the Orti Oricellari; there, in spite of the fact that Rucellai was married to the elder sister of Lorenzo de' Medici, republican ideals circulated, in the context of revived classical culture, that culminated in a plot in 1513 to subvert Medici rule in Florence. At Pisa, Varchi studied to become a notary.

paragraph: With his return to Florence, he fought in the defense of the temporarily revived Republic of Florence, during the siege by the Mediceans and imperialists in 1530, and was exiled after the surrender of the city; he spent time at Padua (1537), where he was a protégé of the émigré Piero Strozzi and at Bologna (1540). In 1536 he took part in Strozzi's unsuccessful expedition against Medicean rule, but seven years later Varchi was called back to Florence by Cosimo I, who gave him a pension and commissioned him to write a history of the city. His "Storia fiorentina" (16 vol.) covers the period from 1527 to 1538, though it was so frank it was not published in Florence until 1721. Varchi also wrote a number of plays, poems, dialogues and translations from the classics.

paragraph: With his return to Medici patronage, he became a member of the Accademia fiorentina, occupied with studies of linguistics, literary criticism, esthetics and philosophy, but also, as became a Renaissance humanist in botany and alchemy. His tract "L'Hercolano", in the form of a dialogue between the writer and a "conte Ercolano", discussed the Tuscan dialect as it was spoken at Florence, in the vulgar rather than in Latin, an innovation in works of linguistics; it was published posthumously, in 1570. He wrote a comedy "La Suocera" ("The Mother-in-Law").

paragraph: Towards the end of his life he had a spiritual crisis and took holy orders.

paragraph: In Ezra Pound's "CANTOS", Varchi is mentioned with approbation (Canto V) for his honesty as an historian who did not try to fill in gaps in an historical record just to make that record neat. Rather, he was willing to admit that he did not know or that the motives or the events surrounding a particular incident could not be absolutely determined. Pound gives as an example of Varchi's honesty his investigation—for his history of Florence—of the murder of Alessandro de' Medici. Varchi admitted that after all his attempts to uncover the facts he could not decide on the motives of Alessandro's murderer (Lorenzino de' Medici, Alessandro's cousin).

paragraph: Section::::Homosexuality.

paragraph: In his time Varchi was notorious for his many sonnets to young boys. Though his loves were not always reciprocated, and despite his denunciations of men who engaged in "filthy loves," he was criticized by his contemporaries for his attachments to young boys. One critic mocked him in a satire: "O father Varchi, new Socrates . . . his arms open and his trousers down, this is how your Bembo is waiting for you in the Elyssian Fields." Another comments on his legacy, "But since he was always inclined to boy love . . . he greatly lessened the reputation that would have been rightfully appropriate." In 1545, Varchi was arrested and tried for pederasty, and was eventually pardoned by Cosimo de Medici upon the intercession of his many friends.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- An extensive bibliography may be found at

paragraph: Section::::Further reading (Italian).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Due lezioni";

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Il discorso della bellezza e della grazia";

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rime".

description: Italian humanist, historian and writer

wikidata_label: Benedetto Varchi

wikipedia_title: Benedetto Varchi


text:
Yemenite
Jewish
Rabbi
Halachist
Chazzan
Kabbalist
Rosh Yeshiva
Bet El Yeshiva
Old City
Jerusalem
Shem Tob Gaguine
Chaim Abraham Gagin
Jewish Sharab
Yemen
Israel
Ottoman
Halacha
kezayit
Seder
Hida
Torat Hakham
Rosh Yeshiva
Isaac Luria
Kabbalah
Elijah
Gilgul
Arizal
Solomon Moses Hai Gagin Sharabi
Hayyim Vital
prostrate
Mount of Olives
Kotel
Ari
Siddur
Sephardic
minhag
Yemenite Jews
Shulchan Aruch
Shami

categories: Early Acharonim,Rabbis in Jerusalem,Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives,1720 births,1777 deaths,Kabbalists,18th-century rabbis,Rosh yeshivas,Yemenite Orthodox rabbis,Hazzans,Rabbis in Ottoman Palestine

paragraph: Shalom Sharabi

paragraph: Sar Shalom Sharabi (), also known as the Rashash, the Shemesh or Ribbi Shalom Mizraḥi deyedi`a Sharabi (1720–1777), was a Yemenite-IsraeliJewish Rabbi, Halachist, Chazzan and Kabbalist. In later life, he became the Rosh Yeshiva of Bet El Yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem. His daughter married Rabbi Hayyim Abraham Gagin of Jerusalem, making him the great-great-grandfather of Shem Tob Gaguine, the "Keter Shem Tob." His grandson was Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gagin.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Sar Shalom Sharabi was born in Jewish Sharab, Yemen. He moved to Israel, then under Ottoman rule, in fulfilment of a vow. On his way he stayed in India, Baghdad and Damascus. In Damascus, he was involved in a dispute of Halacha over the minimum olive size kezayit of matzah that one should eat at the Pesach Seder.

paragraph: In Israel he made a strong impression on the local rabbinic sages, and is frequently mentioned in their books. At Bet El Yeshiva, he belonged to a group of 12 "mekubalim" along with Hida, Torat Hakham, Rabbi Yom-Tov Algazi and other sages of Sephardic and Yemenite congregations. He remained at Bet El Yeshiva until his death, eventually becoming Rosh Yeshiva. He himself was a devotee of the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria, and a principal innovator within Lurianic Kabbalah.

paragraph: Popular tradition links his departure from Yemen with a miracle that occurred after a rich Muslim woman tried to seduce him. In Bet El he worked as a servant and hid his learning from others; when his knowledge of Kabbalah was accidentally discovered, he became a member of the kabbalistic circle. According to legend, the prophet Elijah appeared to him, and he is understood by the major Kabbalists as being himself the Gilgul of the Arizal. His grandson, Solomon Moses Hai Gagin Sharabi, wrote a poem of praise on his mastery of the "Etz Hayyim" and "Shemonah She'arim" of Hayyim Vital. Members of Bet El continue to prostrate themselves on his grave on the Mount of Olives on the anniversary of his death.

paragraph: Sharabi is credited with the miracle that opened the Kotel to Jews.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: He was one of the earlier commentators on the works of the Ari, a major source of Kabbalah. His Siddur was known as the "Siddur Ha-Kavvanot," and is the main "siddur" used today by Kabbalists for prayer, meditation and Yeshiva study. It is a "siddur" with extensive Kabbalistic meditations by way of commentary.

paragraph: His writings include "Emet va-Shalom", "Rehovot Hanahar", "Derech Shalom" and "Nahar Shalom", in which he answers 70 questions of the Hahamim of Tunis, who were among the leading Sephardic authorities in the 18th century. He also commented on the "minhagim" (customs) of the Yemenite Jews and compiled them in volumes known as "Minhagei Rashash", an exclusive edition of the "Shulchan Aruch", where he gives his interpretations of the "halachot", as well as noting the particular customs of the Shami Yemenite community. These volumes are still actively used by this community to reach Halachic decisions regarding holidays, marriage and Shabbat services.

description: Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist.

wikidata_label: Shalom Sharabi

wikipedia_title: Shalom Sharabi


text:
pop rock
singer-songwriter
producer
pianist
Anderson, Indiana
Indiana
EP
Industry
Beating My Heart
OK Now
Anderson, Indiana
Highland High School
Anderson University
Songs I Wrote and Later Recorded
Young Life
Dave Barnes
Matt Wertz
Island Records
Milwaukee Summerfest
Lollapalooza
Kelly Clarkson
O.A.R.
Sister Hazel
Cowboy Mouth
Paolo Nutini
Marc Broussard
Scrubs
My Conventional Wisdom
Ghost Whisperer
Bridge to Terabithia
Georgia Rule
So Close
Oscar
Disney
Enchanted
Oscar nomination
80th Academy Awards
Kelly Clarkson
My December Tour
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Sara Bareilles
Jason Mraz
Van Hunt
Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1
Flashpoint
Enchanted
Amy Adams
Patrick Dempsey
So Close
Academy Awards
World of Color
The-Dream
Tricky Stewart
OK Now
Beyoncé
I Am... Sasha Fierce
Beating My Heart
Hot Adult Contemporary
OK Now
iTunes
Billboard
Chuck Taylor
Demi Lovato
Here We Go Again
Forever If Ever
Razor & Tie
Promising Promises
Sara Bareilles
Billy Joel
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Like Us
Like Us
Postmodern Jukebox
Straight No Chaser
Jon McLaughlin
Jon McL
Jon McLaughlin Chart History

categories: Writers from Anderson, Indiana,American pop musicians,American singer-songwriters,Island Records artists,Anderson University (Indiana) alumni,Songwriters from Indiana,Musicians from Anderson, Indiana,Living people,1982 births

paragraph: Jon McLaughlin

paragraph: Jonathan McLaughlin (born September 27, 1982) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, producer and pianist from Anderson, Indiana. His debut album "Indiana" was released on May 1, 2007, preceded by his first EP "Industry", also known as "Jon McL", in February 2007. His most successful song is the 2008 single "Beating My Heart", from his second album "OK Now".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: McLaughlin grew up in Anderson, Indiana, playing piano since early childhood, though he disliked the lessons, and often sought to avoid them. While attending Highland High School, McLaughlin shattered both wrists in an accident that interrupted his musical expression. Rediscovering "his muse," McLaughlin attended Anderson University to study music.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: McLaughlin released an independent album entitled "Up Until Now" in 2003. This quickly led to McLaughlin becoming the first artist to sign on with the school's burgeoning record label, Orangehaus Records (now Orangehaus Entertainment). The self-titled album released in 2004 to local and regional praise. He began touring throughout the Midwest and working up a grassroots following.

paragraph: In 2005, McLaughlin recorded an 8-song EP, "Songs I Wrote and Later Recorded". Touring expanded to across the country as support continued to grow for the independent artist. He also increased his fan base by playing at Timber Wolf Lake, a Young Life camp, with his first album entitled "Jon McLaughlin". He caught the attention of other independent artists and began touring with artists such as Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz.

paragraph: In 2005, he signed with record label Island Records. Since then, McLaughlin increased his presence at well-established musical venues and festivals such as Feeling Better Than Everfine (Cleveland, OH), Waterfest (Oshkosh, WI), Milwaukee Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI), Northwest State College Fest (Archbold, OH) and Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL). He has toured with Kelly Clarkson, O.A.R., Sister Hazel, Cowboy Mouth, Paolo Nutini, and Marc Broussard.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Major label debut.

paragraph: After signing with Island Records, McLaughlin increased his public image by providing music for the NBC comedy "Scrubs", episode "My Conventional Wisdom," on May 10, 2007. McLaughlin's song, "Human" was included in the episode. The same song appeared at the end of the episode "The Walk-In" of "Ghost Whisperer". "Beautiful Disaster" can also be heard in the TV series "A Little Thing Called Life" in the season two episode titled "The Greatest and Worst Halloween Ever." "Beautiful Disaster" sold over 420,000 digital copies.

paragraph: To date, three Hollywood-released films have included songs from McLaughlin. The song "Another Layer" appeared on the soundtrack for the motion picture "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Beautiful Disaster" is used in the 2007 film "Georgia Rule". McLaughlin also made an on-screen appearance and performance of the song, "So Close" (written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz) in the Oscar-nominated Disney film "Enchanted".

paragraph: The song received an Oscar nomination. This led to McLaughlin performing at the 80th Academy Awards, which he attended with his wife Amy.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Rising fame, collaborations, Academy Awards.

paragraph: McLaughlin opened on Kelly Clarkson's My December Tour beginning in October 2007, a role announced on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on August 7, 2007. He has also toured extensively with similarly styled and popular singer-songwriter, Sara Bareilles.

paragraph: He recorded a trio with Jason Mraz and Van Hunt for the Randy Jackson duets-album "Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1". The track title is "Something to Believe In". McLaughlin's "Human" is also heard in TV Promos for CBS series' "Flashpoint".

paragraph: In 2007, McLaughlin appeared as himself in the film "Enchanted" starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey singing "So Close", which led to a performance at the 2008 Academy Awards. In 2010, the song was used in Disney California Adventure's World of Color show.

paragraph: McLaughlin's version of "Smack Into You", written and produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, was leaked to the internet in 2008, but did not appear on "OK Now". Beyoncé eventually covered the song and it was featured on her album "I Am... Sasha Fierce", re-titled as "Smash Into You".

paragraph: In June 2008, McLaughlin premiered "Beating My Heart", which was released to mainstream radio on July 22, 2008, prior to being sent to Hot Adult Contemporary (Hot AC) on June 10. "Beating My Heart", first single from his second studio album "OK Now", is available with the rest of the album for download on iTunes and Amazon. The song was praised by "Billboard" single reviews editor Chuck Taylor, who wrote that "It's high time for singer/songwriter Jon McLaughlin to earn his due." He followed this with a description of the song as "a joyous uptempo romantic romp, featuring hook after hook, from tinkling piano to driving percussion and a start-and-stop bridge, alongside a joyous effortless vocal that soars with falsetto to the high heavens. The accompanying video is simple enough, but effectively illustrates McLaughlin's charms as a palatable sex symbol. "Heart" pumps with instantaneous hit potential, and proper promotion of it could propel the artist to superstar status."

paragraph: McLaughlin co-wrote "Every Time You Lie" and "Falling Over Me" with Demi Lovato for her second album "Here We Go Again" in 2009. The latter was originally a duet, but the final version only featured McLaughlin's backing vocals.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Label changes, independent, and new ventures.

paragraph: McLaughlin self-financed and released his third studio album, "Forever If Ever," on September 6, 2011. He later signed to record label Razor & Tie and re-released the album as "Promising Promises" on May 22, 2012, remastering all the tracks and adding three new songs. The first single from the album, "Summer is Over," featured Sara Bareilles and was released on January 10, 2012.

paragraph: In July 2013, McLaughlin launched a campaign with PledgeMusic, allowing listeners to actively be involved with the making of his new album. The album, "Holding My Breath," was released on September 24, 2013 and debuted at #26 on the Billboard Independent Albums and #141 Billboard 200 charts. It was preceded by the singles "Hallelujah" and "Doesn't Mean Goodbye."

paragraph: Additionally, he released a set of short films on his YouTube channel ahead of the album's release.

paragraph: On February 15, 2014, McLaughlin was the opening act for Billy Joel at The Palace of Auburn Hills, (Auburn Hills, Michigan) in addition to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada stop on March 9, 2014.

paragraph: In 2015, he announced a new album "Like Us" with the premiere of his single "Before You" in July. A follow-up single "I Want You Anyway" was released in September. The album "Like Us" was released on October 9, 2015.

paragraph: In 2017, he opened for Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox and Straight No Chaser's "Double Feature" Tour. He also began a new Patreon series called "Dueling Pianos." The following year, he announced a new single "Lost" which preceded his next album "Angst & Grace" which was released on November 9, 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: McLaughlin and his wife, Amy, have two children, Luca and Liv.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jon McLaughlin at VH1.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jon McL at NoiseTrade

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jon McLaughlin Chart History at Billboard

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Jon McLaughlin

wikipedia_title: Jon McLaughlin


text:
Swedish
actor
director
opera
Metropolitan Opera
Stockholm
Dramatens elevskola
film
actor
Royal Dramatic Theatre
Royal Swedish Opera
Gian Carlo Menotti
The Consul
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Aniara
Leva på 'Hoppet'
Berlin International Film Festival
Rudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera
New York City
automobile accident
Sardinia
collided head-on
Schuyler Chapin
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Marilyn Horne
Herbert Witherspoon
Silver Bear (Comedies)
1st Berlin International Film Festival
Leva på 'Hoppet'

categories: 1972 deaths,Opera managers,1917 births,Swedish male actors,Metropolitan Opera people,Swedish film directors,Male actors from Stockholm,Road incident deaths in Italy

paragraph: Göran Gentele

paragraph: Göran Gentele (29 September 1917 – 18 July 1972) was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager. He was briefly the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1972.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Stockholm, Gentele studied from 1944 until 1946 at the "Dramatens elevskola", beginning a brief career as a film actor not long afterwards. He soon turned to directing, working for a time at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and then at the Royal Swedish Opera, where his more notable productions included Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Consul" and Karl-Birger Blomdahl's "Aniara". He became director of the company in 1963.

paragraph: He also directed films during approximately the same period (1947 to 1969), making at least 15 feature films and television movies. His 1951 film "Leva på 'Hoppet'" was awarded the Silver Bear for comedy at the Berlin International Film Festival.

paragraph: He succeeded Sir Rudolf Bing as director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1972. Soon after assuming the post, on 18 July 1972, Gentele died in an automobile accident while on vacation in Sardinia; he was killed along with two of his daughters when the car in which they were riding collided head-on with a truck. A third daughter was injured, as was Gentele's wife, Marit. Schuyler Chapin, Gentele's assistant, was named acting director almost at once.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Despite the fact that he had been in office only a few weeks at his death, several of Gentele's plans for the company were implemented under Chapin. The most notable of these was a new production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" designed for Marilyn Horne; this was used to open the 1972-1973 season. Gentele was the second general director of the Metropolitan, behind Herbert Witherspoon, to die before the opening night of his first season with the company.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: Gentele won the Silver Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival for his film "Leva på 'Hoppet'".

description: Swedish actor, director and opera manager

wikidata_label: Göran Gentele

wikipedia_title: Göran Gentele


text:
that mountain
Italian
Franciscan
friar
Fermo
March of Ancona
canons regular
Order of Friars Minor
James of Fallerone
profession
Minister General
La Verna
Tuscany
Francis of Assisi
stigmata
penance
contemplation
Christian ministry
Florence
Pisa
Siena
Arezzo
Perugia
Jacopone of Todi
last rites
Preface
Mass
Cortona
cultus
Leo XIII
feast day

categories: 13th-century Roman Catholic priests,Italian beatified people,Italian Friars Minor,1259 births,14th-century Roman Catholic priests,Franciscan beatified people,1322 deaths,14th-century venerated Christians,13th-century venerated Christians,People from Fermo,Italian Roman Catholic priests

paragraph: John of La Verna

paragraph: Blessed John of Fermo, O.F.M., more often called John of La Verna, from his time spent on that mountain (1259 – 10 August 1322) was an Italian Franciscan friar, who was a noted ascetic and preacher.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: John was born at Fermo in the March of Ancona. After a youth of precocious piety, he was received at the age of ten among the canons regular of the Priory of St. Peter's at Fermo. Three years later, desirous of leading a more austere life, he entered the Order of Friars Minor, and under the direction of a noted friar, James of Fallerone, soon made rapid progress in the spiritual life.

paragraph: Shortly after his profession, John was sent by the Minister General of the Order to Mount La Verna in Tuscany, where St. Francis of Assisi had received the stigmata. There he spent many years in solitude, penance and contemplation, receiving ecstasies and celestial visions.

paragraph: John's later years, however, were devoted to Christian ministry, and he preached at Florence, Pisa, Siena, Arezzo, Perugia and many other towns of northern and central Italy, working wonders everywhere. He was a close friend of the poet, Friar Jacopone of Todi, and administered the last rites to him in 1306.

paragraph: John is said to have composed the Preface which is said in the Mass of St. Francis. Feeling the approach of death at Cortona while on his way to Assisi, John returned to La Verna and died there at the age of 63 in 1322.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: John was buried on the holy mountain, where many miracles were wrought through his intercession, and where his cell is still shown. The "cultus" of Blessed John was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1880.

paragraph: John's feast day is kept in the Order of Friars Minor on 9 August.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

description: Italian Friar Minor

wikidata_label: John of La Verna

wikipedia_title: John of La Verna


text: Joetsu city

text: Niigata Prefecture

text: English literature

text: Tokyo Imperial University

text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

text: consulate

text: Amoy

text: China

text: Shanghai

text: Tsuyoshi Inukai

text: London

text: England

text: Hankou

text: Beijing

text: Tianjin

text: Soviet Foreign Minister

text: Lev Karakhan

text: Beijing

text: Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention

text: France

text: League of Nations

text: Prime Minister

text: Inukai Tsuyoshi

text: Trans-Siberian Railway

text: Manchuria

text: May 15 Incident

text: House of Peers

text: House of Councillors

text: Emperor Shōwa

text: Rikken Seiyūkai

text: political party

text: Pacific War

text: Fumimaro Konoe

text: Netherlands East Indies

text: Ichizo Kobayashi

text: Batavia

text: Hubertus Johannes van Mook

text: K. L. J. Enthoven

text: Hoessein Djajadiningrat

text: declaration of war

text: French Indochina

text: Privy Council

text: end of World War II

text: surrender of Japan

text: American occupation authorities

text: post-war Japan

text: Taiwan

text: brief bio with photo

categories: Military personnel from Niigata Prefecture,1874 births,Japanese people of World War II,University of Tokyo alumni,Japanese diplomats,Ambassadors of Japan to Taiwan,1965 deaths,Permanent Representatives of Japan to the League of Nations,Foreign ministers of Japan

paragraph: Kenkichi Yoshizawa

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Yoshizawa was a native of what is now part of Joetsu city, Niigata Prefecture. He was a graduate of the English literature department of the Tokyo Imperial University and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1899. He was assigned to the Japanese consulate in Amoy, China in 1902, and later to the consulate in Shanghai.

paragraph: In 1905, Yoshizawa married the eldest daughter of politician (and future Prime Minister) Tsuyoshi Inukai, and moved to London. He continued to live in England for the next several years, eventually becoming First Secretary to the Japanese embassy. He was given the post of Consul-General in Hankou, China in 1912.

paragraph: Section::::Diplomatic career.

paragraph: Yoshizawa served as Minister to China from 1923–1929, and was stationed at the Japanese consulates at Beijing and Tianjin. He met with Soviet Foreign Minister Lev Karakhan in Beijing in 1925 for talks which led to the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union per the Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention.

paragraph: Yoshizawa later served as Japanese ambassador to France and official representative to the League of Nations.

paragraph: He was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi as Foreign Minister from 14 January 1932 to 26 May 1932. On receiving word of his appointment, Yoshizawa traveled from Europe back to Japan via the Trans-Siberian Railway and Manchuria to see conditions first-hand. Following the assassination of Inukai in the May 15 Incident, the Inukai cabinet was dissolved. However, Yoshizawa received an appointment to the House of Peers (present day House of Councillors) by command of Emperor Shōwa, and joined the Rikken Seiyūkai political party.

paragraph: In the period immediately prior to the start of the Pacific War, Yoshizawa was appointed as a special envoy by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe to the Netherlands East Indies following the diplomatic mission of Ichizo Kobayashi. Yoshizawa was assigned to present a new set of demands on the Dutch government in Batavia, which were deliberately intended to be unacceptable.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adherence to Japan's vision and policy in South East Asia,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Unrestricted rights to explore and exploit minerals all over the Dutch East Indies

paragraph: BULLET::::- Unrestricted fishing and shipping rights in all the waters of the Dutch East Indies

paragraph: BULLET::::- Unrestricted rights to start all sorts of commercial enterprises

paragraph: BULLET::::- Japans export to the DEI must be increased to more than 80% of all imports of the Dutch East Indies

paragraph: BULLET::::- The existing demand for oil was slightly increased to 3,800,000 tons

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Dutch East Indies was to supply Japan with 1,000,000 tons of tin, 400,000 tons of bauxite, 180,000 tons of nickel, 30,000 tons of rubber, 30,000 tons of coconut oil and 10,000 tons of sugar.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Airline and telegraph connections between Japan and the Dutch East Indies

paragraph: In December 1940, Yoshizawa was met by Hubertus Johannes van Mook, deputy minister of Economic Affairs, K. L. J. Enthoven, director of Justice, and Hoessein Djajadiningrat, director of Education and Religion. The negotiations dragged on unsuccessfully, and on 11 June 1941, the Liaison Meeting of the Imperial General Headquarters and Government decided to recall Yoshizawa and terminate the talks. Yoshizawa suddenly announced to the Dutch his plan to depart and asked to be received by the Dutch Governor-General A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer on 17 June 1941. The latter was worried that he might receive a declaration of war, but to his relief Yoshizawa only handed him a draft declaration stating that the negotiations had ended without an agreement.

paragraph: From 1941–1944, Yoshizawa served as Japanese ambassador to French Indochina. The posting was mostly symbolic, as by then mostly under Japanese military occupation. In August 1945, he became a member of the Privy Council.

paragraph: After the end of World War II, the surrender of Japan, Yoshizawa was purged from public office by the American occupation authorities. In post-war Japan, he was appointed as Japanese ambassador to the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1952. He retired from public life in December 1956.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- brief bio with photo

description: Japanese diplomat

wikidata_label: Kenkichi Yoshizawa

wikipedia_title: Kenkichi Yoshizawa


text: volleyball

text: Pallavolo Scandicci

text: Rabita Baku

text: Telekom Baku

text: Serie A1

text: Pallavolo Scandicci

text: Leningradka Saint-Petersburg

text: 2016 Women's European Volleyball League

text: 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games

text: Jovan Krneta

text: Zira FK

text: CEV profile

text: Eurosport profile

text: Leningradka profile

categories: Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games,Expatriate volleyball players in Italy,Azerbaijani women's volleyball players,Azerbaijani people of Ukrainian descent,1995 births,European Games competitors for Azerbaijan,Outside hitters,Sportspeople from Kiev,Living people

paragraph: Yelyzaveta Samadova

paragraph: Yelyzaveta Samadova-Ruban (born 3 March 1995) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player who currently plays for Italian club Pallavolo Scandicci and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team as an outside spiker.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Originally from Ukraine, Samadova started her professional career at Rabita Baku in 2014. During the 2016-17 season, she was the captain of Telekom Baku and won the championship in Azerbaijani Super League and became the MVP of the season. In summer of 2017, she transferred to the Italian Serie A1 team, Pallavolo Scandicci . In summer of 2018, she transferred to the Russian Superleague team, Leningradka Saint-Petersburg .

paragraph: Section::::National team.

paragraph: Samadova made her debut for Azerbaijani senior team in 2015. She helped her team earn gold at the 2016 Women's European Volleyball League and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. She also played for Azerbaijan in the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship and reached the semifinals.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Samadova is dating Jovan Krneta, Serbian professional football player who currently plays for Zira FK in Azerbaijani Premier League.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- CEV profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eurosport profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leningradka profile

wikidata_label: Yelyzaveta Samadova

wikipedia_title: Yelyzaveta Samadova


text: Roman Catholic

categories: French Roman Catholic bishops,2017 deaths,Bishops of Monaco,1925 births

paragraph: Edmond Abelé

paragraph: Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé (4 March 1925 – 27 September 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

paragraph: Ordained to the priesthood in 1951, Abelé served as bishop of the Diocese of Monaco from 1972 to 1980. He then served as bishop of the Diocese of Digne from 1980 to 1987. Abelé died on 27 September 2017, aged 92.

alias:
Edmond Abele
Edmond-Marie-Henri Abelé

description: French priest

wikidata_label: Edmond Abelé

wikipedia_title: Edmond Abelé


text:
New York Journal
New York World
Chicago Herald
Rocky Mountain News
The Denver Times
Waukegan, Illinois
Fanny Young Cory
New York Journal
Cincinnati Times-Star
Scripps News Service
Perce Pearce
Denver

categories: American comic strip cartoonists,Artists from Denver,Animal artists,American editorial cartoonists,People from Waukegan, Illinois,1867 births,1925 deaths

paragraph: J. Campbell Cory

paragraph: John Campbell "Jack" Cory (September 11, 1867 – November 17, 1925) was an American newspaper cartoonist. His work appeared in the "New York Journal", "New York World", "Chicago Herald", as well as the "Rocky Mountain News" and "The Denver Times".

paragraph: Cory was born in Waukegan, Illinois, the second child of Benjamin Sayre Cory Jr. and Jessie S. (MacDougal) Cory. His sister Fanny Young Cory (1877–1972) also became a noted cartoonist. From age 14 to 15 he worked in an architect's office in Chicago, then New York. Upon his return, he worked on a farm for two years, where became known as an animal artist, particularly horses. His illustrations appeared in livestock journals from 1887 to 1896. He married Sarah Bertha Pollock in Chicago on February 14, 1890. He was writing and illustrating horse racing articles in the "New York Journal" until 1898, when he left to found "The Bee", a weekly newspaper of political cartoons, which he published from May 16 until August 2, 1898. After the "Bee" folded, he joined the "New York World" as staff cartoonist from 1898 to 1901. He was an instructor and vice president of the New York School of Caricature (founded 1901). In 1901 he relocated to Montana to pursue mining. He returned to New York in 1905, continuing at the "World" until 1907. In 1908 he established the monthly publication "The Great West", and joined the staff of the "Cincinnati Times-Star", where he worked for 18 months then joined Scripps News Service from 1912 to 1914. He produced a book, "The Cartoonist's Art" in 1912. In October, 1918, he became a cartoonist for the "Rocky Mountain News" and the "Denver Times", where he worked until his death. He established the Denver Academy of Applied Art with Perce Pearce. Cory died in Denver, November 17, 1925, aged 58.

alias:
John Campbell Cory
J. C. Cory
Jack Cory

description: American cartoonist

wikidata_label: J. Campbell Cory

wikipedia_title: J. Campbell Cory


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stock car racing
NASCAR
K&N Pro Series West
Chevrolet SS
Ford Fusion
NASCAR
K&N Pro Series West

categories: American racing drivers,Racing drivers from Colorado,21st-century American racing drivers,2001 births,Living people

paragraph: Kody Vanderwal

paragraph: Kody Vanderwal (born January 19, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet SS and Ford Fusion for Levin Racing.

paragraph: Section::::Racing career.

paragraph: Vanderwal's racing career began at the age of 11 at a local dirt track in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where he drove an "Enduro" stock car for several years.

paragraph: Vanderwal started racing Pure Stocks at Colorado National Speedway in 2015 and later went on to run Super Stocks, Pro-Trucks, and Super Late Models.

paragraph: In 2017, Vanderwal was offered a ride in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. He ran a full season, earning two top fives and would go on to finish ninth in points standings.

paragraph: Vanderwal's 2018 season was highlighted by winning both K&N West races at Tucson in May.

paragraph: In 2019, Vanderwal moved from Patriot Motorsports Group to Levin Racing, bringing the No. 43 with him. He qualified on the pole at Colorado, converting it into a second-place finish in the race.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career results.

paragraph: Section::::Motorsports career results.:NASCAR.:K&N Pro Series West.

paragraph: Season still in progressbr

description: American auto racing driver

wikidata_label: Kody Vanderwal

wikipedia_title: Kody Vanderwal


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English civil war
Kirklington, North Yorkshire
Christopher Wandesford
Lord Deputy of Ireland
Hewett Osborne
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
Dublin Castle
Irish Rebellion of 1641
will
autobiography
slander
East Newton
Sir John Lowther
Thomas Comber
Dean of Durham
East Newton
Surtees Society
Alice Thornton
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Thornton, Alice, 1626-1707
FAST

categories: People from Hambleton District,1707 deaths,17th-century English writers,17th-century English women writers,1626 births

paragraph: Alice Thornton

paragraph: Alice Thornton (born Alice Wandesford) (13 February 1626 – January 1707) was a British writer during the English civil war. Her books were published in part in 1875.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Thornton was born in Kirklington, North Yorkshire. She was the younger surviving daughter of Christopher Wandesford, later Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Alice Osborne (died 1659), only daughter of Sir Hewett Osborne and Joyce Fleetwood. She was, through her mother, a first cousin of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, the leading English statesman of the 1670s. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, was a distant relative of her father, who was one of his closest friends and political allies, and went with him to Ireland in 1633 on Wentworth's appointment as Lord Deputy. Wentworth treated the Wandesfords as part of his own family, and Alice grew up with his daughters in Dublin Castle. Following Wentworth's downfall in 1640 Alice's father replaced him as Lord Deputy, but died only a few months later. His family fled back to England during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and after a long and difficult journey they returned safely to Kirklington.

paragraph: During the general confusion of their flight her father's will disappeared, and did not turn up again for several years, leading to years of litigation and a bitter family feud over the inheritance to his estate. Alice was the main sufferer in the lawsuit: she knew that the will, which she had had in her keeping for a time, made generous provision for her, but without possession of the original will itself she was unable to prove what exactly she was entitled to. Even when the will was eventually found some members of the family disputed its validity, causing her further hardship. Alice married William Thornton in 1651.

paragraph: She started her autobiography, "My first Booke of my Life", on 2 February 1669 when she was 47. The book was originally written as a defense against slander. It contains much valuable information about her father's career, and also contains vivid sketches of her mother, her sister Katherine, and her three brothers.

paragraph: In August 1662 she and her husband, William, built a house in East Newton in Yorkshire, where Alice spent the remainder of her life. William died in 1668. The marriage was a happy one, and Alice always wrote of her husband with love and gratitude. He has sometimes been blamed for failing to defend his wife's interests against her family, and for leaving her in poverty at his death. However Alice in her autobiography places the blame for the dispute over her father's will firmly on her own family, and in particular on her brother Christopher junior and his father-in-law Sir John Lowther.

paragraph: Of her numerous children, only three, a son and two daughters, reached adult life. The elder daughter, Alice (Naly), married Thomas Comber, Dean of Durham, by whom she had six children.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Alice Thornton wrote three manuscripts in which she left to her oldest daughter. She was said to have written these manuscripts as a response to rumors about the timeliness of her daughter's marriage. Naly, her eldest daughter, was married three short months after the passing of her father. Alice Thornton was ridiculed for these actions, and the only way she saw fit to answer these allegations correctly was to write about them. The first manuscript was written chronologically, she began with her childhood and worked her way through her life until she reached the death of her husband. This piece answered things not only about her actions, but this also addressed her faith and the way she took care of her family and house hold. This piece was largely used to write her autobiography, The Autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton, of East Newton, Co. York. The second manuscript has been lost over time. However many have tried to guess and calculate what her writings would have entailed based upon the ending of the first manuscript and the beginning of the third manuscript. According to Raymond A. Anselment, a professor of English at the University of Connecticut, the second manuscript "recounts a large amount of the earlier family narrative". Large amounts of the information about this text is purely based on others ideas of the text. Within the third manuscript contains memories from her first year as a widow. As for many people in this situation, things become drastically different. Her life becomes more public and can draw attention to herself and her family. At this time, most of the decisions are made by the man, and without a man in the household her decisions become highly questioned by the people who live around them. The whole basis for creating these documents was to answer the questions the townspeople where throwing her way. This manuscript tied all three of the text together and gave a good conclusion to the life and times of Alice Thornton.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: Thornton died in 1707 in East Newton and left three books to her daughter, Mrs. Alice Comber, who died in 1727.

paragraph: In 1875 the Surtees Society published the first version of her biography. This version was expurgated. Since that time the middle of Thornton's books has been lost but the other two have been made available by the collector who owns them. In 2019, the missing book was found in the archives of Durham cathedral.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alice Thornton at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thornton, Alice, 1626-1707 at FAST

description: British autobiographer during civil war

wikidata_label: Alice Thornton

wikipedia_title: Alice Thornton