text: professional baseball

text: manager

text: New York Mets

text: Major League Baseball

text: Minor League Baseball

text: shortstop

text: Albuquerque Dukes

text: Pacific Coast League

text: Buffalo Bisons

text: International League

text: Duluth Huskies

text: Northwoods League

text: Houston Astros

text: Anaheim Angels

text: Sandy Alderson

text: Brodie Van Wagenen

text: Fox Sports

text: MLB coverage

text: Eastern Michigan University

text: NAIA

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Los Angeles Dodgers

text: right-handed

text: batting average

text: games played

text: California League

text: Albuquerque Dukes

text: Mayos de Navojoa

text: Mexican Pacific League

text: Tigres de Licey

text: Caribbean Series

text: Buffalo

text: Houston Astros

text: Art Howe

text: Bob Watson

text: Joe Morgan

text: Larry Dierker

text: Anaheim Angels

text: Bill Bavasi

text: Orix Buffaloes

text: Pacific League

text: Alex Cabrera

text: China national baseball team

text: 2009 World Baseball Classic

text: Duluth Huskies

text: Northwoods League

text: minor-league field coordinator

text: New York Mets

text: Jim Leyland

text: Detroit Tigers

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Tony La Russa

text: 2012 All-Star Game

text: Bruce Bochy

text: 2013 All-Star Game

text: Citi Field

text: Gil Hodges

text: Cincinnati Reds

text: Chicago Cubs

text: 2015 World Series

text: Matt Harvey

text: National League

text: New Yankee Stadium

text: Bobby Valentine

categories: Chicago Cubs scouts,Pittsburgh Pirates coaches,Midland High School (Midland, Michigan) alumni,American expatriate baseball people in Japan,Anaheim Angels managers,Baseball coaches from Michigan,Managers of baseball teams in Japan,Houston Astros managers,Waterbury Dodgers players,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers,Major League Baseball third base coaches,Major League Baseball broadcasters,Major League Baseball farm directors,Albuquerque Dukes players,Orix Buffaloes managers,Sherbrooke Pirates players,Caribbean Series managers,Major League Baseball bullpen coaches,New York Mets managers,Living people,Tampa Bay Devil Rays coaches,1949 births,Salem Pirates players,Expatriate baseball managers in Japan,Niagara Falls Pirates players,Eastern Michigan University alumni

paragraph: Terry Collins

paragraph: Terry Lee Collins (born May 27, 1949) is a retired American professional baseball manager, most recently for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB).

paragraph: A former Minor League Baseball shortstop, Collins has managed the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League and the Buffalo Bisons of the International League at the minor league level, and the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League at the summer collegiate league level. In 1994, he made his MLB managerial debut with the Houston Astros. He also managed the Anaheim Angels. Collins was known as a "feisty and intense manager."

paragraph: Since retiring from managing, Collins has worked in the Mets' front office as a special assistant to general managers Sandy Alderson (2018) and Brodie Van Wagenen (2019). He also joined Fox Sports as a studio analyst for the network's MLB coverage in 2019.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Collins attended college at Eastern Michigan University from 1968–1971, where he played shortstop. In each of the four years he attended Eastern Michigan, Collins led the team in steals. He was on the Eastern Michigan team that won the NAIA national championship in 1971, at which he won the honor of Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tournament. Collins was inducted into the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: In 1971, Collins was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates. During a 10-year playing career, he played from 1970-1978 and in 1980 and 1984 in the Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations. However, he never broke into the big leagues. Collins batted left-handed and threw right-handed and stood tall. He compiled a batting average of .255 in 671 games played.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:1981–92.

paragraph: In 1981, Collins began his managing career as pilot of the Dodgers' Class-A Lodi affiliate in the California League. In 1983, he managed the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dodgers' AAA affiliate also in winter to Mayos de Navojoa in the Mexican Pacific League. He managed the Dukes through the 1987 season, in which he won the PCL championship. He also led the Tigres de Licey to a victory in the 1984 Caribbean Series. He managed three years in Buffalo, the Pirates' AAA affiliate, winning 246 games in the process. He was promoted to bullpen coach for the Pirates in 1992, where he coached until the end of the 1993 season. In honor of his achievements in Buffalo, he was inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also inducted into the Albuquerque Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:1993–96: Houston Astros.

paragraph: After the 1993 season, the Houston Astros fired manager Art Howe because the owner did not favor Howe's "deliberate style." Astros General Manager Bob Watson replaced him with Collins, who never had a losing season in his three years there. The Astros finished second all three years. He was dismissed at the end of the 1996 season, after the Astros suffered a late-season collapse. In 1995, Collins was a coach at the All-Star Game. He finished his Astros career with a 224–197 record.

paragraph: Baseball analyst Joe Morgan suggests that Collins was partly to blame for the Astros failure to make the playoffs. Morgan wrote in 1999:

paragraph: Adversity is part of baseball; if a manager can't cope with it his team will suffer. Terry Collins, the skipper of the Anaheim Angels learned this lesson when he was with Houston. The Astros were a talented team when Collins was there (1994–96). They finished second three times, but failed to make the playoffs because their manager exerted too much pressure on them. He was so uptight, his players thought each pitch was life-or-death. It wasn't anything Terry said; it was his demeanor. Collins was edgy in the dugout during games, always looking like someone who was just waiting for disaster to strike. At the moment anything actually went wrong you could smell the panic in him. Players picked up on that. To alleviate the tension the manager was bringing to the clubhouse, they put added pressure on themselves to perform well, which invariably choked off their natural abilities so that they can't play their best. It's no coincidence that the Astros became a post-season participant once Houston replaced Collins with Larry Dierker. I don't know if Larry knows more about baseball than Collins, but he does have a laid-back attitude that immediately puts his players at ease. Dierker kept the pressure off the team by reminding them that while the goal of winning is serious, the game is still essentially supposed to be fun. (By the way, I have been watching Collins since he joined the Angels and he's a much more laid-back skipper. When I complimented him on this change, he said former Angel infielder-outfielder Tony Phillips had spoken to him about relaxing more and that it has really made an impression.)

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:1997–99: Anaheim Angels.

paragraph: Less than a month after being dismissed by the Astros, Collins was hired as manager of the Anaheim Angels for the 1997 season. His first two years with the Angels also produced winning records and second-place finishes. In 1999, the Angels were hampered by injuries and Collins resigned with 29 games left in the season. He apparently received a vote of confidence from the front office, but the players had petitioned GM Bill Bavasi to fire him. He finished his Angels career with a 220–237 record.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:2006–2009.

paragraph: At the end of the 2006 season, Collins signed a two-year deal to manage the Orix Buffaloes of the Pacific League in Japan. Terry resigned as manager of the Buffaloes on May 21, 2008 after a 7–3 inter-league loss to the Hanshin Tigers. Orix were in 5th place in the Pacific League with a 21–28 record, despite investments in players such as Alex Cabrera in the prior off-season. Injuries to the Buffaloes pitching staff certainly didn't help Collins' situation. However, the Buffaloes bounced back and finished second by the end of the season.

paragraph: Collins became the manager of the China national baseball team at the end of the year, in time for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

paragraph: On July 20, 2009, the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League announced that Collins would manage the team for the rest of the season after firing their field manager a few days prior.

paragraph: Section::::Managing career.:2011–2017: New York Mets.

paragraph: Collins spent the 2010 season as the minor-league field coordinator for the New York Mets organization. Collins was introduced as Mets manager on November 23, 2010, signing a two-year deal.

paragraph: Collins wore number 10 to honor his managing mentor and friend Jim Leyland of the Detroit Tigers. Collins served on Leyland's coaching staff when he was manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992 and 1993.

paragraph: On September 27, 2011, the Mets announced that they would pick up Collins' option for the 2013 season.

paragraph: In 2012, after the Mets 46–40 record at the All-Star Break, Tony La Russa selected Collins as one of his coaches to the 2012 All-Star Game. In 2013, Bruce Bochy selected Collins as one of his coaches to the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field.

paragraph: At the end of September 2013, Collins agreed to a two-year extension with the Mets with a club option for 2016. When Jim Leyland retired in October 2013, Collins became the oldest active manager in Major League Baseball.

paragraph: On June 16, 2015, Collins won his 340th game as Mets manager, passing Gil Hodges for the third most in franchise history. On September 26, 2015, the Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds 10–2 to clinch the National League East. It was the first time Collins ever clinched a playoff berth as a manager. On October 15, 2015, the Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to Collins's first ever NLCS appearance. On October 21, 2015, the Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs to advance to the 2015 World Series versus the Kansas City Royals. On November 2, the Royals won game 5 in Citi Field to defeat the Mets and win the World Series, 4 games to 1. Collins made the decision to leave starter Matt Harvey in the game for the ninth inning with the Mets holding a 2-0 lead. Harvey gave up 2 earned runs in the inning to allow the Royals to tie the game, leading to questions about Collins's strategy.

paragraph: In 2015, Collins won the National League "Sporting News" Manager of the Year Award.

paragraph: Collins recorded his 468th loss as Mets manager on August 3, 2016 at New Yankee Stadium, making him the losingest manager in Mets history ahead of Bobby Valentine.

paragraph: Despite being below .500 (60-62) as late as August 19, the Mets went 27-13 in their final 40 games to make the postseason in consecutive seasons for the second time in franchise history. They subsequently went on to lose to the San Francisco Giants in the Wild Card Game.

paragraph: Collins retired as manager following the final game of the 2017 season on October 1, 2017. Immediately after his retirement from the managerial role, Collins was named special assistant to the General Manager for the New York Mets.

description: American baseball player, manager and executive

wikidata_label: Terry Collins

wikipedia_title: Terry Collins


text:
manhua
Khoo Fuk-lung's blog

categories: Hong Kong artists,1964 births,Hong Kong comics artists,Living people

paragraph: Khoo Fuk-lung

paragraph: Khoo Fuk-lung (born 21 February 1964), also known as James Khoo, is a Hong Kong manhua artist and writer.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Khoo Fuk-lung's blog

description: Hong Kong comic artist and writer

wikidata_label: Khoo Fuk-lung

wikipedia_title: Khoo Fuk-lung


text:
American football
defensive tackle
Indianapolis Colts
2002 NFL Draft
college football
Washington
Buffalo Bills
Seattle Seahawks
Washington Huskies bio

categories: Seattle Seahawks players,Players of American football from California,Washington Huskies football players,American football defensive tackles,1979 births,Buffalo Bills players,Sportspeople from Los Angeles,Indianapolis Colts players,Living people

paragraph: Larry Tripplett

paragraph: Larry Christopher Jermaine Tripplett (born January 18, 1979) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.

paragraph: Tripplett also played for the Buffalo Bills and the Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Huskies bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Larry Tripplett

wikipedia_title: Larry Tripplett


text:
Canadian
ice hockey
forward
National Hockey League
Montreal Canadiens
Weyburn
Saskatchewan
Portland, Oregon

categories: Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan,Sportspeople from Weyburn,Calgary Tigers players,1909 births,Montreal Canadiens players,Canadian ice hockey forwards,1978 deaths

paragraph: Walter McCartney

paragraph: Walter Herbert "Walt" McCartney (April 26, 1909 – September 6, 1978) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 2 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. He died in Portland, Oregon and is buried in the Skyline Memorial Gardens.

description: Canadian ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Walter McCartney

wikipedia_title: Walter McCartney


text:
Senator
Kingdom of Iraq
Ezra Saleh Daniel
Sir Sassoon Eskell

paragraph: Menahem Saleh Daniel

paragraph: Menahem Saleh Daniel (1846-1940) was an Iraqi Jewish landowner and philanthropist.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Daniel was Deputy for Baghdad to the first Ottoman Parliament in Istanbul in 1876, and Senator in the Kingdom of Iraq (1925-1932). His son Ezra Saleh Daniel (1874-1952) succeeded him on the Senate.

paragraph: Section::::Philanthropy.

paragraph: Daniel made substantial donations to both Jewish and Muslim charities, and built a Muslim orphanage in 1928, and a Jewish primary school in 1910.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: His nephew was Sir Sassoon Eskell.

wikidata_label: Menahem Saleh Daniel

wikipedia_title: Menahem Saleh Daniel


text:
landscape
Antwerp
Guild of Saint Luke
Frans Francken the Younger
Ursula Härtung
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Braunschweig
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Abel Grimmer
Denis van Alsloot
Daniel van Heil
Hendrick Avercamp
Aert van der Neer
Anthonie Verstraelen
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Gillis van Coninxloo
Abraham Govaerts
Alexander Keirincx
repoussoir
Frans Francken the Younger
Sebastiaen Vrancx
Vincent Malo

categories: Flemish Baroque painters,Members of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke,Flemish landscape painters,1586 births

paragraph: Gijsbrecht Leytens

paragraph: Gijsbrecht Leytens, formerly known as Meester van de Winterlandschappen or Master of the Winter Landscapes, (1586– after 1643 and before 1656) was a Flemish painter who specialized in landscapes and in particular winter landscapes.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in Antwerp. He became a pupil of Jacob Vrolijck in 1598. He joined the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a master in 1611. He married Maria van Omel.

paragraph: There was a lot of demand for the winter landscapes painted by Leytens as is confirmed by the fact that they were often incorporated in the art gallery paintings of Frans Francken the Younger. Between 1617 en 1627 he had a number of pupils demonstrating an active workshop.

paragraph: Since there is a record showing he was alive in 1643 while in 1657 he is recorded as 'the late' he must have died between those years.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Leytens' work was originally attributed to an unidentified painter referred to as 'Meester van de Winterlandschappen' or 'Master of the Winter Landscapes'. Only in 1942 F.J.J. Reelick tentatively identified Gijsbrecht Leytens with this anonymous master. This attribution was confirmed in 1988 by Ursula Härtung on the basis of a fully signed work.

paragraph: Leytens painted mainly landscapes. All known landscapes by him are winter landscapes except for a few such as "A mountainous landscape with deer" (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig) and a (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm). It is known that he painted six marine paintings but these are now lost.

paragraph: Artists such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Abel Grimmer, as well as Denis van Alsloot and Daniel van Heil, had turned the winter landscape into one of the preferred subjects of Flemish painting. The theme was taken up by Dutch painters such as Hendrick Avercamp, Aert van der Neer and Anthonie Verstraelen. Gijsbrecht Leytens' work is unique in distancing itself from the austere, dreary and unsettling landscapes that rely on human figures to come to life. Leytens succeeded in recreating winter while avoiding a simple academic rendering showing the trivial details of human activities. His winter landscapes shimmer in the light of sunny mornings. Leytens is regarded as the 'poet of the frost', since he succeeds in expressing the poetic beauty of winter by devices such as depicting the naked sun on a countryside caught in the ice. He stands out through the refinement of his subtle colour harmonies.

paragraph: Gijsbrecht Leytens was influenced by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Gillis van Coninxloo. Like his contemporaries in Antwerp, Abraham Govaerts and Alexander Keirincx, Leytens painted wooded landscapes populated with small figures, bracketed by strong repoussoir trees.

paragraph: As was common in Antwerp artist circles in the 17th century Gijsbrecht Leytens regularly collaborated with other painters who were specialists in a particular genre. Inventories of the 17th century provide evidence for collaborations between Leytens and artists such as Frans Francken the Younger, Sebastiaen Vrancx and Vincent Malo, who would paint the figures while Leytens painted the landscapes. Often Leytens reused his landscape designs and let his collaborators add different figures to them thus creating a different theme. This points to serial work in his workshop due to the great demand for his work.

alias:
Gisbert Leytens
Master of the Snowscapes
Gysbrecht Lytens
Gisbert Lytens
Gysbrecht Leytens
Master of the Winter Landscapes

description: Flemish landscape painter

wikidata_label: Gijsbrecht Leytens

wikipedia_title: Gijsbrecht Leytens


text:
Italian
opera
Niccolò Piccinni
Bari
Loreto Conservatory
Naples
comic opera
Teatro dei Fiorentini
Rinaldo da Capua
repertory
opere serie
Demofoonte
List of operas by Gaetano Latilla
New Grove Dictionary of Opera

categories: Italian male classical composers,Italian Baroque composers,Italian opera composers,Italian classical composers,Classical-period composers,1788 deaths,Male opera composers,1711 births

paragraph: Gaetano Latilla

paragraph: Gaetano Latilla (12 January 1711 – 15 January 1788) was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni (his nephew).

paragraph: Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservatory in Naples. He began writing comic operas for the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples in 1732, and is best known for his settings of "Gismondo" (Rome, 1737) and "Madama Ciana" (Rome, 1738). These two works, along with two by Rinaldo da Capua, formed the core of the traveling Italian comic opera repertory of the 1740s and early 1750s. He also wrote some opere serie, the first of which was a setting of "Demofoonte" (Venice, 1738).

paragraph: He died in Naples.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of operas by Gaetano Latilla

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robinson, Michael F and Monson, Dale E (1992), 'Latilla, Gaetano' in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

description: Italian opera composer

wikidata_label: Gaetano Latilla

wikipedia_title: Gaetano Latilla


text:
Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
Saintonge
Apulia
Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II
Pope Gregory IX
bishop of Nantes
Peter I, Duke of Brittany
John
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Conrad II
Isabella II of Jerusalem
Gerold of Lausanne
Barons' Crusade
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Bishop of Acre
Jacques de Vitry
Pope Innocent IV
Khwarazmian Turks
captured Jerusalem
Battle of La Forbie
relic of the Holy Blood
Henry III of England
Seventh Crusade
Louis IX of France
Battle of al-Mansourah
Jean of Joinville
Opizzo Fieschi
Latin patriarch of Antioch
Pope Alexander IV
bishop of Verdun
Jacques Pantaleon
Louis de Mas Latrie
Revue de l'Orient latin

categories: 1254 deaths,People from Charente-Maritime,Christians of the Seventh Crusade,Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem,13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops,Year of birth missing,People of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

paragraph: Robert of Nantes

paragraph: Robert of Nantes (died 8 June 1254) was the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem from 1240 to 1254.

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

paragraph: Robert was a native of the Saintonge. He was a bishop in Apulia, but was expelled by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. In 1236, Pope Gregory IX appointed him bishop of Nantes. In Nantes, Robert came into conflict with Peter I, Duke of Brittany and Peter’s son John, whom the church accused of appropriating ecclesiastical property. Robert complained several times to Gregory and appealed to the pope in person in Rome in 1238.

paragraph: Meanwhile, Emperor Frederick claimed the regency of the Kingdom of Jerusalem for his underage son Conrad II, whose mother, Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem, had died in childbirth. However, Frederick had been excommunicated by Gregory IX. In 1239, Gerold of Lausanne, Patriarch of Jerusalem, died during the Barons' Crusade. The canons of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem selected the former Bishop of Acre, Jacques de Vitry, as his replacement, but as Jacques had recently died, Gregory IX appointed Robert instead in May 1240. Gregory likely appointed Robert because of his experience with Frederick in Apulia.

paragraph: Gregory IX died in 1241 and was eventually succeeded by Pope Innocent IV in 1243. In the meantime, Robert remained in Europe and did not arrive in Jerusalem until 1244. Soon after his arrival, the Khwarazmian Turks captured Jerusalem. The Khwarazmians allied with Egypt and defeated a combined army from Jerusalem and Damascus at the Battle of La Forbie in October of the same year. Robert was present at the battle and barely escaped. In 1247, Robert sent a relic of the Holy Blood to Henry III of England in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to convince him to go on crusade. The subsequent Seventh Crusade was instead led by King Louis IX of France, who invaded Egypt in 1250. Louis was defeated and taken captive at the Battle of al-Mansourah, and Robert was imprisoned along with him.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Robert died on 8 June 1254. He may have been over 80 years old; Jean of Joinville describes him as "an old and venerable man aged eighty years" at the time of his captivity with Louis in 1250. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre chose Opizzo Fieschi, Latin patriarch of Antioch, to succeed Robert. Opizio was the nephew of Innocent IV, but Innocent died before he could confirm this choice. Innocent's successor Pope Alexander IV appointed the bishop of Verdun and future pope Jacques Pantaleon as patriarch.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Taillandier, "Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne", tome II (Paris, 1756).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis de Mas Latrie, "Les patriaches latins de Jérusalem", in "Revue de l'Orient latin", vol. 1 (1893).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bernard Hamilton, "The Latin Church in the Crusader States: The Secular Church" (London: Variorum, 1980).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caroline Smith, ed., "Joinville and Villehardouin: Chronicles of the Crusades" (Penguin, 2008).

wikidata_label: Robert of Nantes

wikipedia_title: Robert of Nantes


text:
cricket
List A
Punjab
2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy
first-class
2018–19 Ranji Trophy

categories: Indian cricketers,Punjab, India cricketers,1996 births,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people

paragraph: Sanvir Singh

paragraph: Sanvir Singh (born 12 October 1996) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Punjab in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 28 September 2018. He made his first-class debut for Punjab in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 November 2018, scoring a century in the first innings.

description: cricketer

wikidata_label: Sanvir Singh

wikipedia_title: Sanvir Singh


text:
AM
Roman Catholic
bishop
Australian Catholic Defence Diocese
Military Ordinariate
Australian Defence Force
Perth
Royal Australian Navy
New Norcia
Army reserves
Archdiocese of Perth
District Court of Western Australia
New Norcia

categories: Roman Catholic bishops in Australia,Members of the Order of Australia,People acquitted of sex crimes,1945 births,Living people

paragraph: Max Leroy Davis

paragraph: Maxwell Leroy Davis AM (born 16 August 1945) is the Roman Catholic bishop of the Australian Catholic Defence Diocese (Military Ordinariate) of the Australian Defence Force.

paragraph: Davis grew up in Perth. In his late teens, he served in the Royal Australian Navy in 1962-1964. He returned to Western Australia. Davis worked as a teacher at Saint Benedict's College in New Norcia in the late 1960s. He was ordained in 1971. He worked as a chaplain in the Army reserves and as a priest in the Archdiocese of Perth.

paragraph: Davis was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 for service to the navy, particularly as Director General of Chaplaincy-Navy.

paragraph: In June 2014, Western Australian police charged Davis with having indecently assaulted a 13-year-old boy in 1969, before he had been ordained. Davis denied the charges and stood aside from his roles of office while the charges were heard. On 7 August 2015, he pleaded not guilty, and a six-day trial was set down to start on 6 February 2016 in the District Court of Western Australia. The six counts related to the period between December 1968 and October 1972 when Davis was dorm master at St Benedict's College at New Norcia. The Defence case accepted that the boys were abused, but denied that Davis was the culprit, identifying other (now dead) possible offenders. He was acquitted of all charges on 15 February 2016 and will take some time to decide whether to return to public ministry. At the end of July 2018 he was still on leave of absence however he resumed his post late in 2017.

description: Catholic bishop in Australia

wikidata_label: Max Leroy Davis

wikipedia_title: Max Leroy Davis


text:
Burslem
James Baker Pyne
Nottingham School of Design
Henry Hunter
Andrew MacCallum
Manchester School of Design
Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Manchester
Higher Broughton
Albert, Prince Consort
Schloss Rosenau, Coburg
Windsor Castle
Nottingham

categories: 1815 births,English landscape painters,People from Burslem,English educators,1869 deaths

paragraph: James Astbury Hammersley

paragraph: James Astbury Hammersley (1815–1869) was an English painter, and a teacher of art and design.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Hammersley was born at Burslem, Staffordshire, and studied art under James Baker Pyne. During the 1840s he taught at the Nottingham School of Design, where his pupils included Henry Hunter and Andrew MacCallum.

paragraph: From May 1849 till 31 December 1862 Hammersley was head-master of the Manchester School of Design. He took part in the formation of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, being elected its first president, 28 May 1857. He resigned the post on 30 December 1861.

paragraph: Hammersley died at Manchester in 1869, and was buried at St. John's Church, Higher Broughton.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Hammersley had a commission from Albert, Prince Consort, to paint Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, the prince's birthplace, and another scene in Germany. These works went to the royal collection at Windsor Castle.

paragraph: In 1850 Hammersley delivered an address at Nottingham on the "Preparations on the Continent for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the Condition of the Continental Schools of Art"; it was published. An article by him appeared in "Manchester Papers", 1856, entitled "Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom", anticipating the Manchester exhibition.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1845, Mrs Charles Darwin noted in her diary "send the X head to Mr J.A. Hammersley.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: Attribution

description: British painter

wikidata_label: James Astbury Hammersley

wikipedia_title: James Astbury Hammersley


text:
Charge d'Affaires
Papal States
stained-glass
Newburgh, New York
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Hudson River
Storm King Art Center
Battle of Yorktown
Nicholas Fish
Gomez Mill House
Elihu Veder
Frederick Crowninshield
Charles C. Coleman
George Yewell
William Gedney Bunce
George Inness
George Healy
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Exposition Universelle
Winslow Homer
John La Farge
Ulysses S. Grant
Légion d'honneur
Louis C. Tiffany
John La Farge
Helen Maitland Armstrong
Vanderbilt's
All Souls Church
Church of the Ascension
opalescent
American Renaissance
Gilded Age
William Whewell's
Peter Stuyvesant
Hamilton Fish
Helen Maitland Armstrong
Margaret Neilson Armstrong
Hamilton (Ham) Fish Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
Tenth Street Studio Building
The New York Times
Gomez Mill House
Maitland Armstrong Windows

categories: Legion of Honour recipients,1836 births,20th-century American painters,Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni,American male painters,American stained glass artists and manufacturers,1918 deaths,Painters from New York (state),New York (state) lawyers,People from Newburgh, New York,American art collectors,American diplomats,19th-century American painters

paragraph: Maitland Armstrong

paragraph: David Maitland Armstrong (April 15, 1836May 26, 1918)

paragraph: was "Charge d'Affaires" to the Papal States (1869),

paragraph: American Consul in Rome (186971), and Consul General in Rome (187173).

paragraph: He was also an important stained-glass artist and a painter.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Armstrong was born in Danskammer, Newburgh, New York in 1836 and educated at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut from 1854. He was the youngest of four sons of Edward Armstrong (1800–1840), a prominent local farmer, and his wife, Sarah Hartley Ward (1801–1853) of Charleston, South Carolina. Edward Armstrong added to the land already acquired by his father, until eventually he owned farms extending along a nearly two mile frontage of the Hudson River, and built a substantial house, the Edward Armstrong Mansion, now demolished, but with its huge Ionic columns on display in the grounds of the Storm King Art Center.

paragraph: His grandfather was Colonel William Armstrong, who came from Scotland with the British Army during the American Revolution. His grandfather was present at the Battle of Yorktown, as was his wife's grandfather, Colonel Nicholas Fish, but he was on the winning side. In his memoirs, Maitland wonders if they ever met.

paragraph: His brothers were William Henry, Gouverneur, and John Armstrong. William Henry Armstrong (and his family) lived at Gomez Mill House from 1835 to 1904, the earliest surviving Jewish residence in the US, and now a museum, with several of Maitland Armstrong's artworks on display.

paragraph: In the autumn of 1858, Maitland Armstrong sailed to Italy, arriving just before the new year, where he spent months touring the country and making illustrations of the scenery and ancient monuments.

paragraph: Section::::Life in Italy.

paragraph: Armstrong was American Consul in Rome, 1869–71, "Charge d'Affaires" to the Papal States 1869 and Consul General in Rome 1871–73. Armstrong's duties required him to make the acquaintance of as many Americans in Rome as possible, which he undertook with enthusiasm. Many were artists who became lifelong friends, such as Elihu Veder, Frederick Crowninshield, Charles C. Coleman, George Yewell, William Gedney Bunce, George Inness and George Healy. He also met Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

paragraph: Section::::1878 Paris Exposition Universelle.

paragraph: Armstrong was appointed Director of American Fine Arts at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle. He had a great deal of difficulty negotiating which pictures were to be shown, as the committee making recommendations preferred only well-established artists, and Armstrong wished to include young and less-established painters such as Winslow Homer and John La Farge. When it came to the hang, works were positioned according to merit with the best "on the line" and lesser works nearer the ceiling. This engendered resentment from established artists who found their work placed further up the wall. At this time, former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant was on a long world tour, and Armstrong met him several times socially and to show him around the Exposition. Armstrong was awarded the "Légion d'honneur" for his work on the Exposition.

paragraph: Section::::Painting.

paragraph: Armstrong's paintings were mainly of landscapes and picturesque country scenes.

paragraph: Section::::Stained glass.

paragraph: From the 1880s, Armstrong worked with his friends Louis C. Tiffany and John La Farge. In 1887 he formed his own firm, Maitland Armstrong and Co., of New York.

paragraph: Later, his daughter Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948) joined him in the business and she became an important stained-glass artist in her own right. Works created included important installations at the Appellate Court Building in New York, Vanderbilt's All Souls Church in Biltmore Village (Asheville, NC), and the Church of the Ascension in New York.

paragraph: Armstrong was one of the foremost exponents of American-style opalescent stained glass during the American Renaissance or Gilded Age. He had already been influenced by classical art even before he arrived in Italy. One of his professors at college upbraided him for choosing to paint a copy of a "Venus Rising From The Sea" rather than studying William Whewell's "Elements of Morality" as he should have done.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Armstrong married Helen Neilson, a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant and a niece of Hamilton Fish. They had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948) followed in her father's footsteps in the family business. Her sister Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867–1944) became a noted book designer and later novelist and biographer, while their brother Hamilton (Ham) Fish Armstrong, was editor of the influential U.S. foreign policy journal "Foreign Affairs" from 1928 to 1972. The other children were Marion Howard Armstrong (1880-1957), who married Alfred Edey, Noel Maitland Armstrong (1882-1938), and Edward Maitland Armstrong (1874-1915).

paragraph: He died at his home at 58 West Tenth Street, New York, which is now sometimes known as the "D. Maitland Armstrong House". Armstrong purchased number 58 in 1890 and refurbished it, adding decorative flourishes in leaded stained glass and wrought iron. The Tenth Street Studio Building (now demolished), was built at number 51 in 1858 for artists, and became the centre of artistic life in New York for the rest of that century. "The New York Times" notes that "For some people, West 10th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is the most beautiful block in New York City."

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jones, Robert O. (1999) "D. Maitland Armstrong: American Stained Glass Master". Tallahassee: Sentry Press.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gomez Mill House

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maitland Armstrong Windows

alias:
D. Maitland Armstrong
David Maitland Armstrong

description: American diplomat and painter

wikidata_label: Maitland Armstrong

wikipedia_title: Maitland Armstrong


text:
Kingdom of Libya
Libya

categories: 1922 births,Finance ministers of Libya,Prime Ministers of Libya,2007 deaths,Health ministers of Libya

paragraph: Muhammad Osman Said

paragraph: Muhammad Osman Said (October 1922 – 31 December 2007) was a Libyan politician that held many positions in the era of the Kingdom of Libya including the Prime Minister of Libya from 17 October 1960 to 19 March 1963.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Mohammed Osman al-Said was born on 17 Chaabane 1343 AH (October 17, 1924), in Zaouia Moutasarrifya Brak, a village in the Fezzane region of southern Libya.

paragraph: In difficult conditions caused by the Italian occupation, Mohammed Othmane Assed learned the Koran in 1928, that is to say at the age of 13 years. He is followed by many theologian scholars with other classmates.

paragraph: After the independence of Libya, Mohammed Othmane Assed was appointed Minister of Public Health in 1951, and remained until 1958. He made many projects during this period.

paragraph: He is appointed February 15, 1960 Minister of Economy in the Ka'bar government. Then he was transferred in September 1960 to the Ministry of Finance.

paragraph: He is the father of nine children.

description: Libyan politician

wikidata_label: Muhammad Osman Said

wikipedia_title: Muhammad Osman Said


text:
football
midfielder
Santarcangelo
Serie D
central midfielder
left winger
Serie A
Ascoli
A.C. Siena
Siena
co-ownership deal
Gianluca Curci
Artur
Simone Loria
Parma
Manuel Coppola
Francesco Parravicini
Reginaldo
2009–10 season
The following
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ângelo
Sampdoria
season
Olympique de Marseille
anterior cruciate ligament
2013–14 season
next season
Modena F.C.
Hernán Crespo
2015–16 season
Cesena
Italian U-20 squad
2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Canada
United States
Morocco
U-21 team
2008 Toulon Tournament
national team
Northern Ireland
Sweden
Santarcangelo
Serie D
FIGC profile

categories: U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players,1985 births,A.S. Roma players,Italy youth international footballers,Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players,U.S. Cremonese players,Carrarese Calcio players,Modena F.C. players,Parma Calcio 1913 players,Serie C players,Italian footballers,Sportspeople from Rome,Italy under-21 international footballers,Association football midfielders,Living people,Serie B players,Serie A players,Robur Siena players,Italy international footballers

paragraph: Daniele Galloppa

paragraph: Daniele Galloppa (; born 15 May 1985) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Santarcangelo in Serie D.

paragraph: Although he was usually deployed as a central midfielder, he was also capable of playing as a left winger. Despite his ability and reputation as a promising prospect in Italian football, he has struggled with several injuries throughout his career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Roma.

paragraph: In August 2006 he was loaned to Serie A club Ascoli.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Siena.

paragraph: On 30 January 2007 he was loaned to A.C. Siena. On 17 February 2007 he played his first club match for Siena against Milan.

paragraph: Galloppa was sold to Siena on 9 July 2007, in a co-ownership deal for €1.1 million. In June 2008 Siena signed the remain 50% registration rights of Galloppa for €1.75M; 50% registration rights of Gianluca Curci for €1.75M; Roma signed keeper Artur for €750,000, Simone Loria for €2.8 million in exchange. Thus only €50,000 cash was involved.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Parma.

paragraph: On 26 June 2009 he left Siena to join Parma in a co-ownership deal, for €5M. Parma also signed Manuel Coppola for €3M and Siena signed Francesco Parravicini for €2.5M and half of the registration rights of Reginaldo for €2.5M. This only €3 million cash was involved in the mega swap deals.

paragraph: Galloppa instantly became a fixture in a newly promoted side that finished in an excellent seventh position in the 2009–10 season. In June 2010 the co-ownership between Parma and Siena on Galloppa and Reginaldo were renewed. The following season was disrupted by an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee he sustained in a pre-season friendly against Shakhtar Donetsk on 10 August 2010, which kept him out until January 2011; as a result Galloppa was able to make only 11 appearances (six as a substitute) all season. Nevertheless, his registration was bought outright by Parma in June 2011. Parma signed him for the pre-agreed price of €5M, which Siena got Reginaldo also for the pre-agreed price of €2.5M as well as full registration rights of Ângelo for €2.5M, which a year before was a free agent.

paragraph: On 21 October 2012, Galloppa injured the cruciate ligament of his left knee once again in a league match against Sampdoria, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season; he turned to action in the summer of 2013, in time for Parma's summer training camp. On 31 July 2013 Galloppa injured himself in a friendly match against Olympique de Marseille, rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. He returned to action for the final match of the 2013–14 season. The next season, Galloppa made 19 appearances for Parma.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Modena.

paragraph: Following Parma's bankruptcy, on 8 September 2015 Galloppa was signed by Serie B club Modena F.C., joining Hernán Crespo at the side, who had previously coached him at Parma. After making 15 appearances during the first half of the 2015–16 season, on 7 February 2016, Galloppa suffered yet another injury to the cruciate ligament of his right knee in a 0–0 home draw against Cesena, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season; this was his fourth major knee injury in five years.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Galloppa was the member of Italian U-20 squad at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He scored two goals in the tournament, one in Italy's final match of the group stage on 18 June, a 4–1 win against Canada, and one in a 3–1 win against the United States in the round of 16, on 21 June, as Italy reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, only to lose to Morocco on penalties; Galloppa missed Italy's first penalty in the resulting shoot-out. He was later also capped for the Olympic U-21 team at the 2008 Toulon Tournament, which the Italians proceeded to win.

paragraph: On 6 June 2009 he made his senior national team debut in a friendly match in Pisa against Northern Ireland, coming on as a substitute in the 3–0 win. He made his second appearance for Italy later that year, in a 1–0 friendly home win against Sweden in Cesena, on 18 November.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: He became the assistant coach with Santarcangelo late in the 2017–18 season. Following club's relegation to Serie D for the 2018–19 season, he was promoted to the head coach position on 13 August 2018.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- FIGC profile

description: Italian footballer

wikidata_label: Daniele Galloppa

wikipedia_title: Daniele Galloppa


text:
Sengoku period
Mōri clan
Kobayakawa Takakage
Chūgoku region
Hashiba Hideyohi
Oda Nobunaga
Chūgoku region
Japan
Bitchu Takamatsu Castle
Kuroda Yoshitaka
seppuku
Hikari
Yamaguchi Prefecture

wikipedia_title:
Sengoku period
Mōri clan
Kobayakawa Takakage
Chūgoku region
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Oda Nobunaga
Chūgoku region
Japan
Siege of Takamatsu
Kuroda Yoshitaka
Seppuku
Hikari, Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi Prefecture

categories: Seppuku,Male suicides,Samurai,1582 deaths,Shimizu clan,1537 births

paragraph: Shimizu Muneharu

paragraph: , also known as , was a military commander during the Sengoku period. He served the Mōri clan (one of the powerful clans in Bitchu Province) as a retainer to Kobayakawa Takakage and took part in the expedition to unify the Chūgoku region. He was lord of Shimizu castle at Bitchu Province, and became the lord of the Bitchu Takamatsu Castle after he captured it in 1565. His father was Shimizu Munenori.

paragraph: Hashiba Hideyohi (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi), a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, went on an expedition to the Chūgoku region to reunify Japan in 1582. Muneharu resisted Hideyoshi, locking himself in Bitchu Takamatsu Castle. Hideyoshi advised Muneharu to surrender on the condition that Muneharu give him Bitchu Province, but Muneharu refused. Takamatsu Castle was flooded by Hideyoshi and nearly fell (this strategy was worked out by Kuroda Yoshitaka, who was on the staff of Hideyoshi).

paragraph: In June, during the flooding, Nobunaga died in the Incident at Honnōji in Kyoto. Having heard about Nobunaga's death, Hideyoshi made peace overtures on the condition that Muneharu commit seppuku (suicide).

paragraph: Shimizu's grave is at Seikyō-ji, Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

description: military commander

wikidata_label: Shimizu Muneharu

wikipedia_title: Shimizu Muneharu


text:
Hesychast
Greek
feast day
Latin Rite
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox
Nicopolis
Armenia
Elias of Jerusalem
Calvary
Cyril of Scythopolis
Laura of St. Euthymius
Hermit
Eastern Orthodoxy
Western Rite Orthodoxy
Eastern Catholicism
Roman Catholicism

wikipedia_title:
Hesychasm
Greek language
Calendar of saints
Latin liturgical rites
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Nicopolis (Armenia)
Armenia
Elias of Jerusalem
Calvary
Cyril of Scythopolis
Laura of Euthymius
Hermit
Eastern Orthodox Church
Western Rite Orthodoxy
Eastern Catholic Churches
Catholic Church

categories: Byzantine centenarians,Armenian saints,5th-century bishops,Byzantine saints,Armenian centenarians,Armenian bishops,Armenian hermits,Byzantine bishops,558 deaths,Byzantine hermits

paragraph: John the Silent

paragraph: Saint John the Silent (c. January 8, 454 – c. 558), also known as St John the Hesychast (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής), was a Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years. He was given the surname because he loved recollection and silence. St. John's feast day is May 13 in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, and December 3 in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: John was born in 454 AD in Nicopolis, Armenia. He came from a family of mainly generals and governors. His parents died when he was 18 and he built a monastery where he stayed with 10 young monks. Under John’s direction, they led a life of hard work and devotion.

paragraph: John built a reputation for leadership and sanctity, which led the archbishop of Sebaste to consecrate him bishop of Colonia in Armenia. He was only 28 at the time and had no desire for such a role. Nevertheless, he held the post of bishop for nine years before seeking to return to a life of seclusion. Uncertain of his future vocation, he went to Jerusalem.

paragraph: His biographer says that while John was praying one night, he saw a bright cross form in the air and heard a voice say to him, “If thou desirest to be saved, follow this light.” He saw the light move and point to the monastery of St. Sabas. At 38 years old he joined the monastery, which held 150 monks. After some tests, St. Sabas let John have a separate hermitage for uninterrupted contemplation. For five days a week he fasted and never left his cell but on Saturdays and Sundays he went to public mass. After three years of this he was made the steward of the monastery.

paragraph: John had never told anyone he had been bishop so after four years, St. Sabas thought John was worthy to become a priest and presented him to the patriarch Elias of Jerusalem. They traveled to Calvary for the ordination but upon their arrival John requested a private audience with the patriarch. John said, “Holy Father, I have something to impart to you in private; after which, if you judge me worthy, I will receive holy orders.” They spoke in private after a promise of secrecy. “Father, I have been ordained bishop; but on account of the multitude of my sins have fled, and am come into this desert to wait the visit of the Lord.” The patriarch was startled but told St. Sabas, “I desire to be excused from ordaining this man, on account of some particulars he has revealed to me.” St. Sabas was afraid John had committed a crime and after he prayed, God revealed the truth to him. Sabas complained to John about keeping the secret from him and John wanted to leave the monastery. Sabas convinced him to stay by promising to keep his secret. John stayed in his cell for four years, speaking to no one except the person who brought him necessities.

paragraph: In 503 AD certain turbulent disciples forced St. Sabas to leave his monastery. St. John moved to a nearby wilderness where he spent six years in silence, conversing only with God and eating only wild roots and herbs. When St. Sabas returned to his community, he found John in the desert and convinced him to move back to the monastery. John had become used to speaking only with God and found only bitterness and emptiness in anything else. He treasured obscurity and humility so he wanted to live unknown to men but was unable to do so. He returned with St. Sabas and lived in his cell for forty years. During this time he did not turn people away who desired his instruction.

paragraph: One of these people was Cyril of Scythopolis who wrote about John’s life. The two men first met when John was ninety and Cyril was sixteen. Cyril had asked him what to do with his life and John recommended he join the Laura of St. Euthymius but Cyril did not listen. Instead, he went to a small monastery on the bank of the River Jordan. He fell ill there and deeply regretted not listening to John. While there, John appeared to him in a dream and after scolding him for not obeying said that if he returned to St. Euthymius’ monastery, he would get well and find his salvation. The next day he did so and was well again. John died in 558 AD at the age of 104. He lived in solitude for 76 years, interrupted only for the 9 years he was bishop.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hermit

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eastern Orthodoxy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Western Rite Orthodoxy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eastern Catholicism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roman Catholicism

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John the Silent at Catholic Online

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saints.SQPN: John the Silent

description: Greek bishop and saint

wikidata_label: John the Silent

wikipedia_title: John the Silent


text:
San Francisco
moniker
El Camino High School
South San Francisco
San Francisco Art Institute
Margaret Kilgallen
graffiti
pictographic
graffiti 'throw ups'
Mission School
Mission District
urban
McClymonds High School
Oakland, California
New York subway graffiti
street art
Islamic patterns
tiles
sign painting
caricatures
buff marks
liquor
tagging
Venice Biennale
street art
San Francisco
Supervisor Matt Gonzalez'
Adidas
stereotype
Chinese
Venice Biennale
Aaron Rose
Berkeley Art Museum
Beautiful Losers (film)
Mission School
Lowbrow (art movement)

wikipedia_title: El Camino High School (South San Francisco, California)

wikipedia_title: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

categories: Artists from San Francisco,Mission District, San Francisco,1966 births,American graffiti artists,American people of Chinese descent,San Francisco Art Institute alumni,Living people

paragraph: Barry McGee

paragraph: Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco) is a contemporary US artist, painter, and graffiti artist (Twist). He is also known by monikers such as Ray Fong, Bernon Vernon, and P.Kin.

paragraph: Section::::Life and Education.

paragraph: McGee graduated from El Camino High School in South San Francisco, California. He later graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 with a concentration in painting and printmaking.

paragraph: He was married to the artist Margaret Kilgallen, who died of cancer in 2001. They have a daughter named Asha.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Barry McGee has had numerous shows, both solo and group, in galleries internationally.

paragraph: McGee was a central figure in the graffiti art scene in San Francisco from the late 80's and into the 90's. As Twist, he became well known nationally by his stylized black and white pictographic flathead screw graffiti 'throw ups'. Later he was part of the Mission School art movement based in the aesthetics of the Mission District of San Francisco. His work is founded on a pessimistic view of the urban experience, which he describes as, "urban ills, over-stimulations, frustrations, addictions & trying to maintain a level head under the constant bombardment of advertising". He was also an artist in residence at inner-city McClymonds High School in Oakland, California in the early '90s. Although his artistic origins lie in New York subway graffiti he has been included as a member of the street art movement.

paragraph: McGee's installations consist of simple bold paintings which are influenced by Islamic patterns on tiles, vernacular sign painting, or use caricatures of the destitute. These paintings are clustered together in combination with photographs of other graffiti writers. Older work included layering of shapes, and buff marks, backgrounds of drips painted directly on the gallery wall. He has painted stylized portraits on empty bottles of liquor, flattened spray cans, and wrecked vehicles for art shows. He has collaborated frequently with Amaze, allowing him to paint the exterior and interior of the galleries exhibiting McGee's work. They have also utilized realistic moving mechanical human figures that appear to be tagging gallery walls.

paragraph: The market value of his work rose considerably after 2001 as a result of his being included in the Venice Biennale and other major exhibitions. As a result, much of his San Francisco street art has been scavenged or stolen.

paragraph: McGee continues to be highly influential on the urban art scene.

paragraph: Section::::Controversy.

paragraph: In 2004, as part of an exhibit, McGee spray-painted "Smash the State" on the walls of San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez's City Hall office (City Hall is a registered national landmark)." Gonzalez told the press that he knew his office would be repainted for the next occupant.

paragraph: McGee was involved in a controversy regarding the Adidas Y1 HUF, a shoe for which he provided the artwork. This gave rise to a protest campaign by some Asian-Americans who claimed that the picture on the shoe's tongue depicts a racist stereotype. McGee responded to the controversy in a March 2006 press release. He stated that the drawing was a portrait of himself as an 8-year-old child. Barry McGee is half Chinese.

paragraph: Section::::Selected Exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Buddy System," Deitch in NY. March 20, 1999 — April 24, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- "HOSS," Rice Gallery in Houston,Texas. September 16 through October 24, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Included in the 2001 Venice Biennale.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, CA – View Examples of Artwork

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rose Art Museum in Waltham, MA. Apr 29 – Jul 25, 2004.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Featured in "Beautiful Losers" exhibition at Circleculture Gallery in Berlin, Germany. February 13 – March 6, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- LOFT installation at Roberts & Tilton Gallery Los Angeles, CA. Dec.2, 2006 – Feb 3, 2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Watari-um Museum in Tokyo, Japan Jun 2 -Sept 30, 2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BALTIC Centre in UK. January 21 – April 27, 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- With Clare Rojas in "The Big Sad" at Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA. Mar 30 – May 17, 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Life on Mars," the 2008 "Carnegie International"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ratio 3 in San Francisco, CA. September 5 – October 18, 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "McGee / Templeton / Pettibon" exhibition curated by Aaron Rose at Circleculture Gallery in Berlin, Germany. April 9 – May 30, 2009.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biennale de Lyon, France, 2009–2010

paragraph: BULLET::::- With HuskMitNavn "The Last Night," at A.L.I.C.E. gallery in Brussels, Belgium. March 25 – April 28, 2010.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum. 2012

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beautiful Losers (film)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mission School

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lowbrow (art movement)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piece by Piece (documentary)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kawachi, Taka, "Street Market: Barry McGee, Stephen Powers, Todd James" (2000), Little More,

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Barry McGee. 2002. "Barry McGee: The Buddy System".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Barry McGee, Germano Celant, Prada. 2003. "Barry McGee".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Aaron Rose and Christian Strike (editors). 2004. "Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Barry McGee at Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Barry McGee

wikipedia_title: Barry McGee


text:
Norman
Robert Guiscard
Sikelgaita
Lombard
Trani
Abelard
Kefalonia
Bohemond
Salerno
Cephalonia
Goffredo Malaterra
Roger I of Sicily
Capua
Jordan I of Capua
Oria
Otranto
Taranto
Fragneto
Benevento
Canosa
Lucera
Pope Urban II
Cosenza
allod
Fulco of Basacers
Manso "vicedux"
Mezzogiorno
urban planning
Bruno of Cologne
Richard II of Capua
Roger I of Sicily
siege of Capua
Capua
Pope Urban II
Anselm of Canterbury
William, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo
Adela
Robert I, Count of Flanders
Canute IV of Denmark
William
Norwich, John Julius
London
Norwich, John Julius
London
Cambridge University Press

wikipedia_title:
Italo-Normans
Robert Guiscard
Sikelgaita
Lombards
Trani
Abelard of Hauteville
Cephalonia
Bohemond I of Antioch
Salerno
Cephalonia
Goffredo Malaterra
Roger I of Sicily
Capua
Jordan I of Capua
Oria, Apulia
Otranto
Taranto
Fragneto l'Abate
Benevento
Canosa di Puglia
Lucera
Pope Urban II
Cosenza
Allod
Fulco of Basacers
Manso (viceduke)
Southern Italy
Urban planning
Bruno of Cologne
Richard II of Capua
Roger I of Sicily
Siege of Capua
Capua
Pope Urban II
Anselm of Canterbury
William, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo
Adela of Flanders
Robert I, Count of Flanders
Canute IV of Denmark
William II, Duke of Apulia
John Julius Norwich
London
John Julius Norwich
London
Cambridge University Press

categories: Dukes of Apulia,Lombard warriors,Burials at Salerno Cathedral,Italo-Normans,12th-century Lombard people,Norman warriors,1111 deaths,1060s births,11th-century Lombard people

paragraph: Roger Borsa

paragraph: Roger Borsa (1060/61 – 22 February 1111) was the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death. He was the son of Robert Guiscard, the conqueror of southern Italy and Sicily; Roger was not as adept as his father, and most of his reign was spent in feudal anarchy.

paragraph: Roger was the son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita, an imposing warrior Lombard noblewoman.

paragraph: His ambitious mother arranged for Roger to succeed his father in place of Robert Guiscard's eldest son by another wife, Bohemund of Taranto. According to English historian John Julius Norwich, his nickname came from "his early-ingrained habit of counting and recounting his money."

paragraph: In 1073, Sichelgaita had Roger proclaimed heir after Guiscard fell ill at Trani. Roger's cousin Abelard was the only baron to dissent from the election of Roger, claiming that he was the rightful heir to the duchy. Roger accompanied his father on a campaign to Greece in 1084. He was still in Greece when his father died on 17 July 1085 in Kefalonia. While Bohemond was supposed to inherit the Greek possessions and Roger the Italian ones, it was Bohemund who was in Italy (Salerno) and Roger in Greece (Bundicia) at the time of the Guiscard's passing.

paragraph: Roger rejoined his mother on Cephalonia, his absence causing panic and confusion with his army, according to Goffredo Malaterra. The two quickly returned to the peninsula and with the support of Roger I of Sicily, his uncle, was recognised as duke in September. His Lombard heritage also made him a more attractive candidate than his Norman half-brother, who had fled to Capua. With the support of Jordan I of Capua, Bohemund rebelled against his brother and took Oria, Otranto, and Taranto. Roger, however, made peace in March 1086 and the brothers acted as effective co-rulers. In late Summer 1087, Bohemond renewed the war with the support of some of his brother's vassals. He surprised and defeated Roger at Fragneto and retook Taranto. Though described as a powerful warrior (he took the cities of Benevento, Canosa, Capua, and Lucera by siege), Roger Borsa was never able to check Bohemund's power or bring him under his control. The war was finally resolved by the mediation of Pope Urban II and the award of Taranto and other possessions to Bohemund. Roger also granted him Cosenza and other holdings he desired allodially. In 1089 Roger Borsa was officially invested with the duchy of Apulia by Pope Urban II.

paragraph: Roger permitted the minting of baronial coinage in at least two instances (Fulco of Basacers and Manso "vicedux"). He planned to urbanise the Mezzogiorno by granting charters to various towns and encouraging urban planning. In 1090, he and Urban encouraged Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian Order to accept election to the archbishopric of Reggio di Calabria.

paragraph: In May 1098, at the request of his first cousin once removed, Prince Richard II of Capua, Borsa and his uncle Count Roger I of Sicily began the siege of Capua, from which the prince had long ago been exiled as a minor. In exchange for his assistance, the duke received the homage of Richard, though he seems to have made no use of it, for Richard's successors paid no heed to Roger Borsa's overlordship. Capua fell after forty days of notable besieging, for Pope Urban II had come to meet Roger of Sicily and Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury had come to meet the pope.

paragraph: In October 1104, Roger besieged William, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, who was at that time independent and pledged to the Byzantines, and expelled him from the Gargano, abolishing the county.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and children.

paragraph: In 1092, Roger Borsa married Adela, the daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders, and widow of Canute IV of Denmark. She bore him three sons: Louis, who died young in August 1094; William, who succeeded him; and Guiscard, who died young in August 1108.

paragraph: By a concubine, Roger had at least one other son, William of Gesualdo.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norwich, John Julius. "The Normans in the South 1016-1130". Longmans: London, 1967.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Norwich, John Julius. "The Kingdom in the Sun 1130-1194". Longman: London, 1970.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matthew, Donald. "The Norman Kingdom of Sicily". Cambridge University Press: 1992.

description: Italo-Norman noble

wikidata_label: Roger Borsa

wikipedia_title: Roger Borsa


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paragraph: Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar

paragraph: Ya'qūb ibn al-Layth al-Saffār (), or Ya'qūb-i Layth-i Saffārī (), born Rādmān pūr-i Māhak () (October 25, 840 – June 5, 879), a Persian coppersmith, was the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan). Under his military leadership he conquered much of the eastern portions of the Greater Persia consisting of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan as well as portions of western Pakistan and a small part of Iraq. He was succeeded by his brother, Amr ibn al-Layth.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Ya'qub was born in 840 in a small town called "Karnin" (Qarnin), which was located east of Zaranj and west of Bost, in what is now Afghanistan. Information about his genealogy and social background is lacking. Clifford Edmund Bosworth explains that a number of Sunni sources were invariably hostile to Ya'qub because of the disrespect he showed toward the Abbasid caliph. "Some sources accused Ya'qub of being a Khariji, Ibn Khallikan labelled him a Christian, and Nizam al-Mulk claimed that he converted to Ismailism". However, these claims came roughly a century after Yaqub's death, and most sources agree on Ya'qub's ascetic lifestyle.

paragraph: Abu Nasr al-Farabi states in his book "Ara'ahl al-Midnia al-Fadilah" that Yaqub was indeed a Sunni Muslim and that his armies had marched and conquered with the blessing of the Abbasid Caliph early on in Ya'qub's career. His later hostility towards the Abbasids was not religious but rather political.

paragraph: Many sources claim that he lived a very poor life, and it is mentioned that he sometimes ate bread and onions due to poverty. His family moved to the city of Zaranj due to the occasional sectarian violence between the Sunnis and Kharijites. His father, Laith, was probably killed before the family arrived in the new city. Ya'qub began work as a coppersmith (""saffar""), while his brother Amr ibn al-Layth worked as a mule-hirer.

paragraph: Section::::Rise to power.

paragraph: Ya'qub, along with his brothers Amr ibn al-Layth, Tahir ibn al-Layth and Ali ibn al-Layth, later joined the ayyars under Salih ibn al-Nadr, who had opposed the Abbasids and began ruling in Bost. By 854, the ayyars managed to expel Ibrahim ibn al-Hudain, who was the Tahirid governor of Sistan. In 858, Dirham ibn Nasr, another ayyar leader, managed to replace Salih as the ruler of Sistan. However, in 861, Ya'qub overthrew Dirham, and gave himself the title of Emir at that point.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.:Campaigns in Sistan and Khorasan.

paragraph: Ya'qub attracted the attention of an Abbasid caliph by first battling Kharijites in his homeland of Sistan. In 864, "Yaʿqub led an expedition to Bost against his former master Salih, and then into Rukkaj and Zamindāvar against the local ruler there, the Zunbil, killing him and securing an immense booty." He also managed to capture several family members of the Zunbils, including the Zunbil king's son. He later moved against the Kharijites in northern Sistan, winning a decisive victory and killing their leader Ammar ibn Yaser in 865. Ya'qub’s campaigns marked the decline of militant Kharijism in the East. After having defeated the Ammar, Ya'qub held a celebration. During the celebration, one of the members of the court made a speech in Arabic. Ya'qub asked the latter why he made a speech in a language which he could not understand. One of Ya'qub's secretaries, Muhammad ibn Vasif, then made a "qasida" in Persian.

paragraph: Ya'qub claimed the inheritance of the kings of Persia and sought "to revive their glory," and thus in 867 he sent a poem written by himself to the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tazz. The poem said: "With me is the "Derafsh Kaviani", through which I hope to rule the nations."

paragraph: In 870/871, Ya'qub marched against the Kharijites of Herat, and defeated them. He then marched towards Karukh, and defeated another Khariji leader who was named Abd al-Rahman. Ya'qub then pardoned Abd al-Rahman and made him governor of Isfizar.

paragraph: His army would later march to Ghazna, Kabul, and Bamyan, conquering these territories in the name of Islam by appointing Muslim governors. From there they moved to north of the Hindu Kush and by 870 AD the whole of Khorasan was brought under their control. The Panjshir Valley was now under Ya'qub's control, which made him able to mint silver coins. In 873, Ya'qub ousted the Tahirids from their own capital of Nishapur, and captured its ruler Muhammad ibn Tahir, which led to conflicts with the Abbasid caliphate. During one of Ya'qub's numerous battles, his face was disfigured to where he could only eat through a pipe in his mouth for twenty days.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.:Campaigns in Western Iran.

paragraph: Ya'qub set out west for Fars with the intention of subjugating the province. Sources disagree on what happened next, but Ya'qub was eventually dissuaded from continuing his expedition, and he turned back toward Sistan. His withdrawal is described as having been caused either by the governor Muhammad ibn Wasil's submission to him, or by the arrival of emissaries sent by the caliphal government to convince him to abandon his westward advance. In either case, Muhammad soon afterwards reached a rapprochement with the central government, and in 872 he handed over the kharaj (tax revenues), and possibly the government of Fars, to a caliphal representative. Ya'qub later traversed to Tabaristan in 874, and battled the Zaydid leader al-Hasan ibn Zayd. Ya'qub collected taxed in Tabaristan's capital Amul before departing for Rayy.

paragraph: Ya'qub ibn al-Layth once again set out of Fars, this time, he invaded Fars and advanced to Estakhr, seizing Muhammad's treasuries there. Muhammad departed from Khuzestan, and returned to Fars in an attempt to stop Ya'qub. They met near Lake Bakhtegan in August 875, and in the resulting battle, Muhammad, despite having a numerically superior army, was defeated. Muhammad was forced to flee; Ya'qub looted Muhammad's stronghold at Sa'idabad and took control of Fars.

paragraph: In 876, the Abbasid representative Al-Muwaffaq, offered Ya'qub governorship of Khurasan, Tabaristan, Fars, Gurgan, and Ray, and to appoint him as head of security in Baghdad. Ya'qub, sensing that the offer was made due to the weakness of the caliph, rejected it and wrote back that he would be advancing to the capital. The offer also alienated the Turks of Samarra, who felt that Ya'qub represented a threat to their interests. Seeing that an agreement with the Saffarid was impossible, the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid, decided upon war and pronounced a formal curse upon Ya'qub. On March 7, 876 he left Samarra, leaving his son Al-Mufawwad in charge of the capital. On March 15 he arrived at Baghdad, before arriving near Kalwadha and setting up camp.

paragraph: Ya'qub traveled through Khuzistan, during which he gained the defection of a former general of the caliph's, Abi'l-Saj Devdad, and entered Iraq. The caliphal general Masrur al-Balkhi managed to slow down his progress by flooding the land outside Wasit, but the Saffarid army was able to get through this and he entered Wasit on March 24. Leaving Wasit, he set for the town of Dayr al-`Aqul, which was about fifty miles from Baghdad. According to one source, Ya'qub did not actually expect the caliph to offer battle; instead he would give in to any demands that the Saffarid had. Al-Mu'tamid, however, sent al-Muwaffaq to stop him. The two armies met at Istarband, between Dayr al-`Aqul and Sib Bani Kuma.

paragraph: The battle took place on April 8. Before the battle, Ya'qub reviewed his troops, who apparently numbered about ten thousand. The Abbasids, however, had a numerical superiority and the additional advantage of fighting on familiar territory. The center of the Abbasid army was commanded by al-Muwaffaq. Musa bin Bugha had command of the right wing, and Masrur al-Balkhi the left. A final appeal was made to the Saffarids to restore their loyalty to the caliph, and the battle began.

paragraph: The fighting raged on for most of the day. The Saffarid army was somewhat reluctant to directly fight the caliph and his army. Despite this, there were heavy losses on both sides, and several Abbasid and Saffarid commanders were killed. Ya'qub himself was wounded, but he did not leave the field. As evening approached, reinforcements arrived to support al-Muwaffaq. The "mawla" Nusayr created a diversion by attacking the Saffarid rear from boats on the Tigris and setting fire to the Saffarid baggage train, giving the Abbasids a further advantage.

paragraph: Eventually the Saffarid army began to flee from the battle. Ya'qub and his bodyguards continued to fight, but were forced to leave the field as the army retreated, leaving them behind. The caliph had apparently flooded the lands behind the Saffarids before the battle, and this made a retreat difficult; many men drowned attempting to escape the Abbasid army. With the Saffarids making their hasty exit, al-Muwaffaq was able to capture Ya'qub's baggage. Several political prisoners that Ya'qub had brought with him, such as the Tahirid Muhammad bin Tahir, also fell into Abbasid hands and were freed.

paragraph: Ya'qub then withdrew from Iraq and died three years later.

paragraph: Section::::Ideology.

paragraph: The motivation behind the Saffarids' initial campaigns remains unknown and highly debated in secondary scholarship. Some scholars believe that Ya'qub fought as a ghazi warrior for the purpose of spreading proto-Sunni Islam, others support the notion that he was motivated by his Persian identity and consequent desire to restore the glorious Sasanian past, while still others believe he was simply motivated by greed and adrenaline. Ya'qub's hostility towards the Abbasid caliphs was easily seen. According to the "Tarikh-i Sistan", Ya'qub even said that the Abbasids were liars, and also said the following thing: "Haven't you seen what they did to Abu Salama, Abu Muslim, the Barmakid family and Fadl ibn Sahl, despite everything which these men had done on the dynasty's behalf? Let no one ever trust them!"

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Ya'qub had "colic" disease and was refusing treatments when advised to do so. As a result, he died on Wednesday, June 5, 879, in Gundeshapur. He was soon after succeeded by his brother Amr Saffari. Although he was not viewed as a gentleman, he also did not exercise any special cruelty. It was reported that he did not smile much, and was called "the anvil" by one of his enemies. According to Ibn Khallikan, his wife was an Arab woman from Sistan, although all other sources, including Ibn Athir and Juzjani, claim that Yaqub never married.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: It was during Ya'qub's rule that Persian was introduced as an official language, and Ya'qub reportedly did not know Arabic. Ya'qub has been accorded the historical status of a popular folk hero since his court began the revitalization of the Persian language after two centuries in which the Arabic language flourished in Persian lands. Several poets like Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Mamshadh, fabricated Ya'qub's genealogy, tracing it back to the legendary Iranian king Jamshid. Ya'qub is also sometimes perceived as one of the first autonomous rulers in Khurasan since the Islamic conquests. Ya'qub's campaigns in fact also marked the early stage in the decline of caliphal political unity in the Islamic world, which further worsened by the "ghulams" and the Dailamites.

description: Founder of the Saffarid dynasty at Zaranj in what is now Afghanistan

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paragraph: Titus Junius Brutus

paragraph: Titus Junius Brutus (died c. 509 BC) was the elder son of Lucius Junius Brutus, who was one of Rome's first two consuls in 509 BC. His mother was Vitellia.

paragraph: At the invitation of his uncles, called Vitellii, he and his younger brother Tiberius Junius Brutus joined the Tarquinian conspiracy. When the conspiracy was discovered, he and the other conspirators were executed by order of the consuls. Punishment was carried out by the lictors, and included being stripped naked, beaten with rods and then beheaded. Lucius Junius Brutus was admired for his strong stance in ordering the execution of his sons, although at times during the execution he showed his emotions.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Livy, "Ab urbe condita", 2.4-5

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Junia (gens)

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Charles VI of France
Bordeaux
King Martin of Aragon
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paragraph: John I, Count of Foix

paragraph: John I, Count of Foix also known as "Jean de Foix-Grailly" (1382 – 4 May 1436) was Count of Foix from 1428 until his death in 1436. He succeeded his mother Isabella, Countess of Foix. His father was Archambaud de Grailly.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Early life.

paragraph: As a result of the Treaty of Tarbes signed on 10 May 1399, John's parents were given possession of the County of Foix, but it required that his father renounce his English alliance, and it stipulated that John and one of his brothers were to be sent as hostages to the Royal Court of France to ensure observance of the terms of the treaty. On 24 April 1406 Charles VI of France recognised John as heir to the County of Foix and he was also involved in several operations against the English: the Siege of Bordeaux in 1404-1405 and the Seat of Blaye in 1406. In 1409, John accompanied King Martin of Aragon on an expedition to Sardinia against the Genoese at the Battle of Sanluri on 30 May 1409 and returned to Foix in September.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Aragon.

paragraph: When Martin died on 31 May 1410 without surviving children, two princes tried to claim the succession: Ferdinand of Castile, nephew of Martin and Louis II of Anjou, married to Yolande of Aragon, daughter of King John I of Aragon, brother and predecessor of Martin. The dowager Queen Violant of Aragon, widow of King John I, wrote to John on 20 January 1411 promising the return of Rosanes and Martorell (part of the properties confiscated from his maternal uncle Matthew of Foix) if her daughter Yolande succeeded to the throne, as a result John sent troops to help Louis and Yolande in their claim, but Ferdinand prevailed ultimately on 25 June 1412 by the compromise of Caspe. However, John was able to gain the lost estates by a marriage to Joanna of Urgell, granddaughter of Peter IV of Aragon.

paragraph: John fought with Aragon against Castile, but helped his brother Peter, Cardinal of Foix and Arles, to crush insurgents from Aragon.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Count of Foix.

paragraph: John's father Archambaud died in 1412, John then became Count of Foix; he was co-ruler of Foix with his mother Isabella until her death in 1428.

paragraph: In 1402, John married Joan, eldest daughter of Charles III of Navarre; two months after the wedding, she was formally recognised as heiress presumptive of Navarre. Navarre would have become part of the Foix inheritance if John and Joan had children, but they failed to produce children and Joan died in July 1413.

paragraph: During the Hundred Years War, John switched his support between the English and French a few times, mainly for his own personal gain; always aligning with the side who promised him the most political and economic benefits at the relevant time. As sovereign of the Pyrenean Principality he took up a neutral stance in the war which was reflected in its motto "ni Anglais, ni Français" (Neither England, nor France).

paragraph: John became Count of Bigorre in 1415 by agreement with Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, the title was finally recognised by the King of France by letters dating from 18 November 1425, which definitively stabilized John's new position. The King of France installed him as Governor of Dauphiné in 1416. In 1425 he was appointed Governor of Languedoc and received from the King the title Viscount of Lautrec. He also bought the Viscountcy of Villemur.

paragraph: Although John was sided with the French at the time, he did not take part in the Battle of Agincourt; the French army suffered a crushing defeat by the English forces commanded by King Henry V. John's brother Archambaud was killed during the battle.

paragraph: John died 4 May 1446 and was succeeded by his son Gaston.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: John married firstly to Joan of Navarre in 1402; they had no children.

paragraph: John married secondly in 1422 to Jeanne d'Albret. She was the daughter of Charles I of Albret, co-commander of the French Army in the Battle of Agincourt where in 1415 he was killed. John and Jeanne had two children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gaston (27 November 1422 - 25 July/28 July 1472), succeeded his father and married Eleanor of Navarre (niece of John's first wife).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peter (died 1454) Viscount of Lautrec

paragraph: After Jeanne's death, John married thirdly in 1436 to Joanna, daughter of James II of Urgell and Isabella of Aragon; they had no children, but the marriage helped John recover the remaining Spanish property he was owed.

paragraph: John had four children by unknown mistresses:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabella (died 1486) married 11 May 1443 to Bernard, Baron de Cauna and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bernard, Seigneur de Gerderest married Praxede de Caramany

paragraph: BULLET::::- John, Baron de Miossens and Sénéchal de Béarn

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peter, Abbot of Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux

description: French noble

wikidata_label: John I, Count of Foix

wikipedia_title: John I, Count of Foix


text: American football

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text: Martavis Bryant

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text: Villanova Wildcats bio

categories: Sportspeople from Pittsburgh,Villanova Wildcats football players,1986 births,American football safeties,New England Patriots players,Players of American football from Pennsylvania,American people of Italian descent,Living people

paragraph: Ross Ventrone

paragraph: Ross Ventrone (born September 27, 1986) is a former American football safety. He was signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

paragraph: Ventrone played college football at Villanova. He is the younger brother of current Indianapolis Colts special teams coach Ray Ventrone.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Ventrone attended Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic School, and Chartiers Valley High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he did not play football until his senior year.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: After graduating from high school, Ventrone began his college career as a walk-on at the University of Pittsburgh. He was redshirted in 2005 before working on Pittsburgh's scout team in 2006.

paragraph: In 2007, Ventrone transferred to Villanova University, his brother Ray's alma mater, where he earned a football scholarship. He played in all 11 games in 2007, finishing third on the team with 64 tackles while also recording five pass break-ups and one interception. As a junior in 2008, Ventrone led the team with four interceptions, along with 61 tackles and a fumble recovery in 13 games played.

paragraph: Ventrone was part of the Wildcats' NCAA Division I FCS Championship in 2009. He recorded 73 tackles including 53 solo stops, as well as 6.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.:2010 season.

paragraph: After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft, Ventrone was signed by the New England Patriots on April 29, 2010. He played in the team's preseason opener against the New Orleans Saints before being waived on August 15. He was re-signed on August 23, and played in the team's final two preseason games before being waived during final cuts on September 4. He was signed to the Patriots' practice squad on October 19, 2010. He was re-signed to a future contract for the 2011 season on January 18, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.:2011 season.

paragraph: Ventrone was signed, promoted, or released 21 times by the Patriots during the season, including eight transactions in November 2011. He played in eight games, in Week 3 against the Buffalo Bills, in Weeks 6 and 8 against the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers, and in both games against the New York Jets. He has primarily played special teams, but did play on defense in the Patriots' Week 10 game against the Jets.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New England Patriots.:2012 season.

paragraph: Ventrone was released by the Patriots on August 26, 2012. The Patriots signed, promoted, or released him 29 times.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Steelers.:2013 season.

paragraph: On January 2, 2013, Ventrone signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was released on August 31, 2013. The Steelers signed Ventrone to their practice squad on December 13, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Steelers.:2014 season.

paragraph: After starting the 2014 season on the Steelers' practice squad, Ventrone was promoted to the 53-man roster on October 11, 2014. He played in nine games and was credited with seven tackles.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Steelers.:2015 season.

paragraph: Ventrone was waived by the Steelers on October 13, 2015, after the Steelers activated wide receiver Martavis Bryant, following his 4-game suspension.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with Patriots.:2015 season.

paragraph: Ventrone was signed to the New England Patriots practice squad on October 28, 2015, and released from the practice squad on November 18, 2015. These mark the 30th and 31st transactions Ross has had with the team.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with Steelers.

paragraph: Ventrone was signed to the Steelers' practice squad on December 29, 2015 and then to the active roster on January 1, 2016, just in time for the team's regular season finale against the Cleveland Browns on January 3.

paragraph: On August 14, 2016, the Steelers placed Ventrone on injured reserve after suffering a hamstring injury against the Detroit Lions. Two days later, he was released with an injury settlement.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- New England Patriots bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Villanova Wildcats bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ross Ventrone released from 53-man roster

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Ross Ventrone

wikipedia_title: Ross Ventrone