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text: 1995 Pan American Games

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text: Luis Lucumi

text: Nery Kennedy

text: 1992 Barcelona Olympics

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text: Nery Kennedy

text: José Luís Chilavert

text: Texas State University

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text: Emeterio González

text: Luis Lucumi

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text: Nery Kennedy

text: 70.26 m

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text: José Luis Chilavert

text: Claudio Escauriza

text: Fabian Jara

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text: Asociación de Atletismo del Alto Paraná

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text: Lelo Sejean

text: San Marcos

text: List of Paraguayan records in athletics

text: Profile at Track And Field Statistics

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paragraph: Edgar Baumann

paragraph: Edgar Andres Baumann Duran (born 16 April 1970 in San Lorenzo) is a Paraguayan former Javelin Thrower, current Javelin Coach, Sports Promoter and Businessperson of German descent.

paragraph: Baumann won a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, achieving the South American record at the time with a throw of 78.70 metres, surpassing Colombia's thrower Luis Lucumi's throw of 77.80m which was held since 1989. He held the record four times, overtaking temporary record holder and compatriot Nery Kennedy's throw of 81.28m metres in 1998 and extending it to 84.70 metres in Texas, United States of America on 17 October 1999. Baumann was the first South American Javelin thrower to throw over 80 metres and was ranked 6th in the world in 1996.

paragraph: He qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, although he did not compete. He competed at an Olympic Games for the first time at Atlanta 1996, reaching a maximum distance of 77.74 metres. His extension to the South American record of 84.70 metres qualified him for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, however, during a scandal which involved the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, without any justification Baumann did not participate and was replaced by Nery Kennedy.

paragraph: It took him 9 years to sue the Olympic Committee after establishing a lawsuit against them in 2000, Baumann received support from Paraguayan football figure José Luís Chilavert in the process who condemned corruption in Paraguayan sport, culminating with the Paraguayan Supreme Court ruling in favor of the javelin thrower who was awarded a minimum of USD$1 million.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Baumann attended Texas State University and was a member of the athletics team, Texas State Bobcats.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: In November 2016, Crónica newspaper reported that his house had been shot at.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: On 21 March 1995, Baumann threw a distance of 78.70 metres at the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina. He won a silver medal, finishing behind Cuban thrower Emeterio González, who threw 79.28 metres. Baumann's result of 78.70 metres was the then South American record, surpassing Colombia's thrower Luis Lucumi's throw of 77.80m which was held since 1989. He was the only Paraguayan to achieve a medal in athletics at the competition.

paragraph: "It is difficult to make such an important mark in South America, more being Paraguayan. It is extremely difficult because of adversities." – Said Baumann, among these obstacles he mentioned the lack of support and the directors of his time

paragraph: In the same year, he threw 72.90m in Sweden at the World Championships, attending the competition again with Cuba's Emeterio González, who reached 76.54m.

paragraph: Baumann was one of eight track and field athletes at Texas State University who were close to competing at the '96 Olympics.

paragraph: On 17 October 1999, Baumann threw a distance of 84.70 metres during an encounter in San Marcos, Texas. The result of 84.70 metres increased his continental record for a fourth time, overtaking temporary record holder and compatriot Nery Kennedy's throw of 81.28m metres in 1998, Baumann reached an IAAF ranking of 6th in the world and he qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Lawsuit against Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

paragraph: One day before the national delegation traveled to the Sydney Games, Baumann endured sickness and was hospitalized for five days. He did not travel and the Paraguayan Olympic Committee sent Nery Kennedy to the Olympics, resulting in Baumann suing the Olympic Committee for 2 million US Dollars for moral damage. Baumann and tennis player Rossana de los Ríos were left out of the delegation, confirmed by Ramón Zubizarreta, the president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

paragraph: In an interview with Paraguayan newspaper ABC in 2011, Nery Kennedy recalled that he was called up for the Olympics "at the last minute". The president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Ramón Zubizarreta, said that Edgar Baumann was separated from the team that competed in the Olympic Games for doping cocaine and amphetamines. Baumann said that the alleged doping tests in question were declared "false and irrelevant" in the trial he filed against the authorities of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Baumann also denounced an alleged poisoning attempt when he recalled that the then president of the Paraguayan Athletics Federation, Francisco Rojas Soto, allegedly gave him contaminated water to drink before feeling bad during an exhibition. He added that he did not pass out at the track, he departed on his own and went to the hospital on his own to ask for toxicology tests.

paragraph: The scandal robbed Edgar Baumann of his right to participate at the Sydney Olympics without any justification, and Nery Kennedy who ultimately finished in 33rd place with a maximum distance of 70.26 m. The qualification mark was set at 83.00 metres, whilst Kennedy had not been ranked within the IAAF top 50 in 1999 nor 2000 in order to qualify.

paragraph: The incident took a process of 9 years for Edgar Baumann to correctly sue the Olympic Committee, Paraguayan figure José Luis Chilavert backed Edgar Baumann in 2008 and 2009 to fight against the corruption in Paraguayan sport and condemned the actions of the then president of the Olympic Committee, Ramón Zubizarreta, should be expulsed from the Olympic Committee for hurting athletes and not giving them benefits. The former captain of the Paraguayan national team also had a lawsuit with Zubizarreta. José Luis Chilavert, along with Claudio Escauriza, Tomás Orué and lawyer Alejandro Rubin, attended a Press Conference at Asunción Shopping Centre Shopping del Sol, in support of Baumann when he eventually had received a favorable ruling from the Paraguay Supreme Court in a case against the Paraguay Olympic Committee president Ramón Zubizarreta for robbing him the right of competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also taking his sums of money that he earned from his scholarship.

paragraph: Several years later, Ramón Zubizarreta was investigated and had files charged against him for the punishable acts of trust and appropriation in 2015. In 2016, the mayor of San Bernardino in Paraguay filed a report for the shortage of 3. 840 million Paraguayan Guaraníes of his predecessor, Zubizarreta.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching and Sports Promoting.

paragraph: In 2013, he coached Paraguayan junior representative Fabian Jara.

paragraph: On 27 September 2016, ADN Newspaper reports that Baumann presented a project to ITAIPU to form an athletes and citizen leaders in Paraguay.

paragraph: El objetivo del plan de propuesta es descubrir el potencial que tiene cada niño y joven y potenciarlo en lo que sabe hacer, siempre teniendo como base al deporte. Claro que esperamos descubrir talentos para el atletismo

paragraph: "The purpose of the proposal plan is to discover the potential of each child and young person and to empower them in what they know how to do, always based on sport. Of course we hope to discover talents for athletics. We want to take children out of the streets and the dangers of violence and drug addiction" – Baumann

paragraph: As a resident in Ciudad del Este, he helped in organization of the Asociación de Atletismo del Alto Paraná, athletics club in the same city, in hosting a national athletics competition of the Paraguayan Athletics Federation in Ciudad del Este in November 2016. In 2016 and 2017, Baumann was the Javelin instructor of Australian association footballer Lelo Sejean who competed in Javelin Throw for the mentioned Alto Paraná.

paragraph: Section::::Personal best.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Javelin Throw: 84.70m San Marcos – 17 October 1999

paragraph: Section::::Seasonal bests.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 - 55.30

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 - 64.68

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990 - 68.26

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 - 69.98

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 - 72.90

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993 - 74.76

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994 - 75.96

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 - 78.70

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 - 80.56

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 - 76.44

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998 - 79.22

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999 - 84.70 (AR)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of South American records in athletics

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Paraguayan records in athletics

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at Track And Field Statistics

description: javelin thrower

wikidata_label: Edgar Baumann

wikipedia_title: Edgar Baumann


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Sebastiano Rossi
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Lorenzo Buffon
Enrico Albertosi
Dario Compiani
Fabio Cudicini
Profile

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paragraph: Giovanni Rossetti

paragraph: Giovanni Rossetti (29 May 1919 – 16 September 1987) was an Italian professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Throughout his club career, Rossetti played for Italian sides Milan and Arsenaltaranto. With 180 appearances for Milan, he is the club's eighth-most capped keeper of all time, behind only Christian Abbiati (380), Sebastiano Rossi (330), Dida (302), Lorenzo Buffon (300), Enrico Albertosi (233), Dario Compiani (221), and Fabio Cudicini (183).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile at MagliaRossonera.it

description: Italian footballer

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wikipedia_title: Giovanni Rossetti


text: engraver

text: Boston

text: Massachusetts

text: Abel Bowen

text: Gleason's Pictorial

text: Washington Street

text: Newton, Massachusetts

text: My teacher's gem

text: Lee & Shepard

text: Oliver Optic

text: Not Against Type

text: Items related to Kilburn

categories: 19th century in Boston,American engravers,1831 births,1903 deaths

paragraph: Samuel Smith Kilburn

paragraph: Samuel Smith Kilburn (18311903) was an engraver in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He trained with Abel Bowen. Kilburn's work appeared in popular periodicals such as Gleason's Pictorial. His business partners included Richard P. Mallory (Kilburn & Mallory) and Henry C. Cross. For many years Kilburn worked at 96 Washington Street in Boston (1852-1871); he lived in Newton, Massachusetts. Examples of his work are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.:Works by Kilburn.

paragraph: BULLET::::- S.S. Kilburn. Specimens of designing and engraving on wood. Boston: ca.1865-1867.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works with engraving by Kilburn

paragraph: BULLET::::- My teacher's gem. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1863

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oliver Optic's Magazine

paragraph: BULLET::::- Our Young Folks

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.:Works about Kilburn.

paragraph: BULLET::::- New England historical and genealogical register. 1904.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Not Against Type, blog by Larry Thompson. Image of Thompson's 2009 impression of Kilburn's change of address woodblock. Nov. 25, 2009.

paragraph: BULLET::::- New York Public Library. Items related to Kilburn.

description: American engraver

wikidata_label: Samuel Smith Kilburn

wikipedia_title: Samuel Smith Kilburn


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paragraph: Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet

paragraph: Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet, KCH (25 October 1782 – 20 January 1871), was a British soldier who served in the Napoleonic wars, was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and resigned as a colonel. He served as a politician, including 36 years as a member of Parliament. Two of his sons were also members of Parliament. Verner was made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order and a Baronet, and was Grand Master of Armagh and Orange Order of Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: William Verner was the son of Colonel James Verner, a member of Parliament, and Jane Clarke. As a boy, he studied at Woodville, which overlooked Lucan, Dublin. He had the opportunity to attend Trinity College, Dublin, but preferred a career in the army.

paragraph: Section::::Military.

paragraph: Verner's interest in an army career began when he commanded the Churchill Yeomanry. At first he was a staff officer under the Lord Lieutenant of Dublin in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars. He fought in the Peninsular War of the Napoleonic Wars at the Battle of Corunna under Sir John Moore in 1808–1809. He also fought at the Battle of the Pyrenees under the Duke of Wellington, in 1814 at the Battle of Orthes and the Battle of Toulouse, and in 1815 the Battle of Waterloo, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, under Lord Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Verner was wounded by a musket shot to the head at Waterloo and retired from the army with the rank of colonel.

paragraph: Section::::Public service.

paragraph: William held three positions as High Sheriff: first for County Monaghan in 1820, County Armagh 1821 and last for County Tyrone 1823. He was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Tyrone. He was a member of the Conservative party and a Member of Parliament for County Armagh between 1832 and 1868.

paragraph: A supporter of the Protestant Orange Order, he was once struck off the Commission of the Peace

paragraph: by Lord Normanby for toasting the Battle of the Diamond at a public dinner in Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Marriage and family.

paragraph: He married Harriet Wingfield, daughter of colonel the Hon. Edward Wingfield, younger son of The 3rd Viscount Powerscourt and Harriet Esther Westenra, on 19 October 1819. The couple had 2 sons and 8 daughters, at least 2 of which died in infancy. The children were buried at Powerscourt.

paragraph: He seemed to have good relationships with his children, who called their father "Taffy", they included William, Edward Wingfield, Amelia, Frederica, Cecelia, Frances Elizabeth, Harriet Jane Isabella, and Constantina Henrietta Frances. William, his first son, helped him with his political work and became a member of Parliament for the County Armagh. His second son, Edward Wingfield Verner, was from 1863 an MP for Lisburn and after his older brother's death, became MP for County Armagh, a position he held until 1880 when he resigned.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Real estate.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Real estate.:Churchill.

paragraph: Following the Battle of Waterloo, and seeing his father in failing health, he took over the running of the family estate, named Churchill, which included the house, a church with a bell inscribed to the Virgin Mary, and graveyard. In 1788, he received the estates following the death of Thomas Verner, Esquire, his paternal great uncle. In addition to Churchill in Armagh, Thomas Verner also had estaes in Meath, Monaghan and Tyrone. Since William was only 5 years-old in 1788, his parents James and Jane moved into the home with their family and were guardians of the residence until 1807.

paragraph: During the potato famine (1845–1852), Verner offered work to any of his tenants in need and reduced rents by as much as half.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Real estate.:Inismagh.

paragraph: Verner also had property at Annahoe in County Tyrone, Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Real estate.:Eaton Square.

paragraph: Verner met his wife in London and after they were married they bought a home there at 86 Eaton Square. Harriet also visited her parents often at Corke Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Death.

paragraph: Verner had good health until 1870 when he began to decline. He died on 20 January 1871 at his home at Eaton Square. His body was sent to Loughgall, County Armagh, in Ulster for his funeral and burial. The procession was 2 miles long and was estimated to have included 10,000 people.

paragraph: Section::::Honours and titles.

paragraph: In 1837, he was also made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order by Sir Robert Peel or William IV. On 22 July 1846, Verner was created a baronet, of Verner's Bridge in the County of County Armagh. He was a Grand Master for Armagh and a Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Order for Ireland.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Verner baronets

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vernersbridge railway station

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet

wikipedia_title: Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet


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paragraph: Alan Trammell

paragraph: Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958) is an American former professional baseball shortstop, manager and coach. His entire 20-year playing career in Major League Baseball was with the Detroit Tigers. He currently serves as a special assistant to the General Manager of the Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: Trammell won a World Series championship in over his hometown San Diego Padres and an American League East division championship in 1987. Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws, ultimately winning four Gold Glove awards. Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou Whitaker. The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major league history, playing 19 seasons together. At the plate, Trammell was one of the best-hitting shortstops of his era and won three Silver Slugger awards.

paragraph: Trammell later served as Detroit's manager from 2003 through 2005. He also served as the interim manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks during the final three games of the 2014 season. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Early years.

paragraph: Trammell attended Kearny High School in San Diego, California and played American Legion Baseball. He was named the 1989 American Legion Graduate of the Year.

paragraph: The Detroit Tigers selected him in the second round of the 1976 MLB draft.

paragraph: While playing for the Tigers' farm team in Montgomery of the Southern League, Trammell played his first game with teammate Lou Whitaker before the two infielders were promoted, making their major league debut at Fenway Park together, during the second game of a double-header on September 9, 1977, the first of nineteen seasons together.

paragraph: Trammell batted .300 in 1980 as he made the All-Star team for the first time. In 1983, he batted .319 with 14 home runs, 66 runs batted in and 30 stolen bases. Having hit .258 in both 1981 and 1982, Trammell won the 1983 MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award in the American League.

paragraph: Trammell and Whitaker also made a cameo appearance on the television show "Magnum, P.I." starring Tom Selleck during the 1983 season. Selleck's character, Thomas Magnum, was a Tigers fan (as was Selleck himself.)

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:1984.

paragraph: Trammell, along with his Tiger teammates, enjoyed a championship-winning season in 1984, when they started the season 35–5 and led the American League wire-to-wire en route to winning the World Series. Despite a season-long battle with tendinitis in his shoulder which caused him to miss 23 regular season games, he finished fifth in the AL batting race with a .314 mark and ranked eighth in on-base percentage (.382). In the 1984 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals, Trammell hit .364 with one home run and three RBI. Finally, in the World Series, he hit .450 (9-for-20) against the San Diego Padres, including a pair of two-run home runs that accounted for all of the Tigers' scoring in a Game 4 victory. Detroit won the series 4–1 and Trammell was named World Series MVP.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:1985 to 1988.

paragraph: In 1985, after two consecutive years of batting not lower than .314, Trammell was hampered by injuries and posted only a .258 batting average. He underwent postseason surgery on his left knee and right shoulder. The following season, a fully healthy Trammell hit 21 homers and stole 25 bases, becoming only the second player in Detroit history to hit 20+ home runs and steal 20+ bases in the same season. (Kirk Gibson was the other, and Curtis Granderson has since joined the club.) Trammell also set a career-high with 75 RBI.

paragraph: In 1987, asked by manager Sparky Anderson to replace the departed Lance Parrish as cleanup hitter, Trammell responded with his best major league season, hitting a career-high 28 home runs to go with a career-high .343 batting average (ranking third in the AL). In addition, Trammell appeared among the league leaders in most other AL offensive categories: third in hits (205), tenth in RBI (105), tied for fifth in runs (109), fourth in total bases (329), fifth in on-base percentage (.402), eighth in slugging average (.551), sixth in on-base plus slugging (.953), fifth in OPS+ (155), and tied for fifth in game-winning RBI (16). In September, he batted .416 with six homers and 17 RBI and put together an 18-game hitting streak in which he hit .457, helping his team overcome the Toronto Blue Jays to win the AL East division on the last day of the season. He became the first Tiger to collect 200 hits and 100 RBI in the same season since Al Kaline did it in 1955. Trammell also became the first shortstop to hit at least .340 with 20+ home runs and 100+ RBI in a season in big league history. Despite his efforts, Trammell finished second to Toronto's George Bell in the MVP voting (332–311). After the season finale, Whitaker gave him second base, on which he had written: "To Alan Trammell, 1987 Most Valuable Player, from your friend Lou Whitaker."

paragraph: Trammell followed up with a .311 season in 1988, though a stint on the disabled list limited him to 128 games that year.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Later years, injuries and retirement.

paragraph: Following the 1990 season, in which he hit .304 with 89 RBI, Trammell suffered a long string of injuries that reduced his production over his final years. In 1991, knee and ankle injuries limited Trammell to 101 games. During the following season, he played in 29 games before breaking his right ankle and missing the remainder of the 1992 season. He hit .329 in the 1993 season, but was ineligible to be ranked among the AL batting leaders because he only had 447 plate appearances (a minimum of 502 is required). In his final five seasons, Trammell averaged 76 games played after averaging 140 games played the first thirteen seasons of his career. From 1993 to 1996, Trammell saw less time at shortstop in favor of Travis Fryman and eventually Chris Gomez and Andújar Cedeño. He instead saw playing time at multiple defensive positions, including shortstop, third base, second base, left field, center field, and designated hitter. Trammell retired following the 1996 season.

paragraph: In his twenty-year career, Trammell batted over .300 seven times, ending with a career average of .285 and 185 home runs with 1,003 RBI, 1,231 runs, 2,365 hits, 412 doubles, 55 triples, and 236 stolen bases in 2,293 games. He compiled a .977 fielding percentage at shortstop, his primary position. After his retirement, Trammell coached for Detroit (1999, hitting coach), the San Diego Padres (2000–2002, first base coach), and managed the Tigers (2003–2005). He served as the bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks under former teammate Kirk Gibson until returning to the Tigers in late 2014 as a special assistant to the general manager.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Hall of Fame Consideration and Induction.

paragraph: In 2001, Trammell was rated as the ninth best shortstop of all time in "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract", placing him higher than fourteen Hall of Fame shortstops. Furthermore, in recent years, Trammell's candidacy for the Hall of Fame has picked up increasing support from the sabermetric community. In his first twelve years of eligibility, he has received the following percentage of votes: 15.7% (2002), 14.1% (2003), 13.8% (2004), 16.9% (2005), 17.7% (2006), 13.4% (2007), 18.2% (2008), 17.4% (2009), 22.4% (2010), 24.3% (2011), 36.8% (2012), 33.6% (2013), and 20.8% (2014). His boost in recent years was likely due to voters being more receptive to advanced metrics, such as WAR (Wins above replacement).

paragraph: Trammell was on his 15th and final Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot in 2016, failing to earn enough for induction. Trammell was one of the last candidates to be allowed on the ballot for fifteen years after the BBWAA reduced eligibility to ten years, and would next be considered for the Veterans Committee Expansion starting from 2017. On December 10, 2017, he was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Modern Baseball Committee alongside his teammate Jack Morris. They were inducted in July 2018.

paragraph: In 1998, Trammell was elected into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.:Jersey number retirement.

paragraph: Alan Trammell's jersey number 3 was retired by the Tigers in a ceremony on August 26, 2018. His name and number were added to the brick wall in left-center field at Comerica Park, alongside Charlie Gehringer (#2), Hank Greenberg (#5), Al Kaline (#6), Hal Newhouser (#16), Willie Horton (#23), Ty Cobb (no number) and recent honoree Jack Morris (#47). Following Trammell's retirement in 1996, the number 3 had been worn by two other players: Gary Sheffield and Ian Kinsler.

paragraph: Section::::Managerial and coaching career.

paragraph: Section::::Managerial and coaching career.:Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: Alan Trammell was named the manager of a struggling Tigers team on October 9, 2002. The team lost 119 games in his first season in 2003, an American League record, before posting a 72–90 record in 2004. In the 2005 season, however, the team's record regressed slightly, finishing 71–91. During Trammell's three years as manager, the Tigers compiled a record of 186–300.

paragraph: During the 2003 season, Detroit nearly matched the modern MLB record of 120 losses, set by the expansion New York Mets (40–120) in 1962. The Tigers won five of their last six games to avoid the distinction.

paragraph: On October 3, 2005, the Tigers released Trammell after three seasons in which the organization failed to post a winning record. Trammell was replaced by Jim Leyland on October 4, 2005. Leyland led Detroit to a 24-game improvement in the regular season, an AL pennant and a World Series appearance in 2006. While there was some media criticism regarding Trammell's managerial strategies and "nice" demeanor, others contend that he was a rookie manager put in charge of a team that was severely lacking in talent, and believe his managerial stint played an integral role in re-instilling professionalism and pride throughout the Detroit organization. Leyland himself attributed a degree of the success that the Tigers saw in the 2006 postseason to Trammell's efforts in the three years prior.

paragraph: In October 2006, Trammell returned to Comerica Park for the first time since his firing to participate, along with Sparky Anderson, in pregame festivities prior to Game 2 of the World Series. Trammell was showered with a lengthy standing ovation from Detroit baseball fans upon taking the field.

paragraph: Section::::Managerial and coaching career.:Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks.

paragraph: After being replaced by Leyland, Trammell turned down an offer to stay with the Tigers as a special assistant, instead opting to sit out 2006. In October 2006, he agreed to join the Chicago Cubs as a bench coach for the 2007 season, a possible precursor to an eventual return to managing a major league club.

paragraph: During the four-game suspension of Lou Piniella in 2007, Trammell was acting manager of the Chicago Cubs.

paragraph: Trammell was passed over for the Cubs' managerial position when Lou Piniella retired midway through the 2010 season.

paragraph: Trammell was named bench coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks in October 2010 joining his former teammate Kirk Gibson who had earlier been named manager. Gibson had previously been Trammell's bench and hitting coach with the Tigers. He and Gibson were fired on September 26, 2014, though Trammell stayed on for the final three games of the season to serve as the interim manager. He had a record of one win and two losses in those three games.

paragraph: Section::::Managerial and coaching career.:Return to Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: On November 3, 2014, it was announced that Trammell would return to Detroit as a special assistant to Tigers' general manager Dave Dombrowski. Trammell continues to serve as a special assistant to current Tigers' general manager Al Avila. During the 2015 season, Trammell served as interim first-base coach when Omar Vizquel temporary left the team on bereavement leave.

paragraph: Section::::Career highlights.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 World Series MVP

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1984 World Series Champion

paragraph: BULLET::::- 6-time All-Star (1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4-time Gold Glove (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-time Top 10 MVP (1984, 1987, 1988)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-time Tiger of the Year by the BBWAA-Detroit Chapter (1980, 1987, 1988)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collected both 200th hit of season and 1,500th career in same at bat (October 1, 1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Had a 21-game hit streak during the 1987 season.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Had a 20-game hit streak during the 1984 season.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Comeback Player of the Year (1983)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1987, 1988, 1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Along with teammate Lou Whitaker holds AL record playing together (1,918 games). They also set the major league record by turning more double plays than any other shortstop-second baseman combination in the long history of professional baseball.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Trammell–Whitaker duo twice won Gold Gloves together, joining a list of eight shortstop-second baseman duos have won the honor in the same season while playing together (1983, 1984).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions in 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Gold Glove middle infield duos

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Retrosheet

description: baseball player, coach and manager from the United States

wikidata_label: Alan Trammell

wikipedia_title: Alan Trammell


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paragraph: Scott H. Biram

paragraph: Scott H. Biram aka The Dirty Old One Man Band (born April 4, 1974) is an American blues, punk, country, heavy metal musician, record producer, and ordained minister. He is primarily known as one of the prominent musicians of the one-man band musical genre. He has appeared on national television shows such as NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and performed in prestigious and legendary venues such as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, CBGB in New York City, Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, and The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. His music has been featured in many American television shows and films. He has also appeared as himself in several films and documentaries. The Dirty Old One Man Band has continuously toured in the U.S., Canada, and Europe since 1998.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Biram was born in Lockhart, Texas, to father Danny Lee Biram and mother Donna Lynn Biram (née Beyer). Biram was raised in Prairie Lea and San Marcos, Texas.

paragraph: In 1992, Biram graduated from San Marcos High School and in 1997 graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas State University, at that time known as Southwest Texas State University.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Prior to becoming a one-man band, he was a member of a punk band (The Thangs) and two bluegrass bands (Scott Biram & the Salt Peter Boys and Bluegrass Drive-By).

paragraph: Biram first released five albums under his own record label, KnuckleSandwich Records. His first album was "This is Kingsbury?", released in 2000. This was followed by a second release, "Preachin' & Hollerin" in 2002. In February 2003 he released his third album, "Lo-fi Mojo", recorded live on the radio in Austin, Texas. In April 2003, while recovering from a major head-on collision with a big-rig semi truck he recorded and released the "Rehabilitation Blues E.P." The recording was made at his parents’ home while he was still bedridden from his crash. In 2004, he released "The Dirty Old One Man Band". Subsequently, it was re-released (with a few changes) in 2005 when Biram signed with Bloodshot Records from Chicago, Illinois. After signing with Bloodshot, Biram released "Graveyard Shift" (2006), and "Something's Wrong / Lost Forever" (2009). "Something's Wrong/Lost Forever" reached #5 on the "Billboard" Blues Chart. His fourth record on the Bloodshot label, "Bad Ingredients", was released on October 11, 2011. The Album reached #35 on the iTunes Rock Chart on the day of release. A week after the release of "Bad Ingredients" he appeared on the cover of the Austin, Texas, weekly magazine, "The Austin Chronicle". He received the "Best Blues Record" award in the 2012 Independent Music Awards.

paragraph: On November 29, 2013 (Black Friday/Record Store Day) he released a limited edition gospel 7" vinyl single, "When I Die," (with B-side "John The Revelator" featuring Jesse Vain). The downloadable version was also made available. Another full-length album,"Nothin' But Blood" was released on Bloodshot Records, February 4, 2014 on both limited edition, blood-red vinyl, and compact disc. His albums "Dirty Old One Man Band" and "Graveyard Shift" were re-released on colored vinyl in 2015. On February 24, 2017 Bloodshot released another full-length album, "The Bad Testament" on CD, ltd. edition orange swirl vinyl, and 180-gram black vinyl. "The Bad Testament" debuted at #3 on the Billboard Blues Charts, only 2 spots under The Rolling Stones' "Blue & Lonesome". It also debuted at #93 on the CIMS independent record store sales charts. The CD version, and digital version of Scott H. Biram’s album “The Bad Testament” also includes a bonus EP called “Lost On The River” made up of songs he recorded for the soundtrack of the documentary film produced by Yeti Coolers, Shut Up and Paddle about the Texas Water Safari canoe race.

paragraph: On March 25, 2003, Biram was involved in a head-on collision with a big-rig semi truck, which resulted in both his vehicle and his body being crushed. He survived the wreck and was flown to Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He suffered from a broken femur, knee, foot, and arm, and severe internal injuries. Metal rods and pins were placed in all of the broken bones, and one and a half feet of his intestine had to be removed from his body. One month later he was back on stage at Austin's Continental Club playing a show from a wheelchair with an I.V. still dangling from his arm.

paragraph: Since 1999, Biram has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe (performing approximately 200 dates a year). Between 2005 and 2019, he has toured Europe 22 times, including France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. He has toured and/or shared the stage with bands such as Reverend Horton Heat, Willie Nelson, Shooter Jennings, Ryan Bingham, G. Love & Special Sauce, Roky Erickson, Billy Joe Shaver, Junior Brown, Dale Watson, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dwarves, No Means No, Unknown Hinson, Antiseen, Nashville Pussy, and Hank Williams III. Biram has also performed on bills with blues legends such as Pine Top Perkins, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, T-Model Ford, and Cedell Davis, as well as support for hard rock bands Clutch, Social Distortion, The Misfits, Weedeater, The Sword, Flogging Molly and Pentagram, and appeared at large music festivals such as South By Southwest, Austin City Limits, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Ink & Iron, Hell Fest, and Sweden Rock Festival with big names like Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Slash, Toto, The Darkness, Dokken, Robert Plant, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, John Fogerty, The Black Crowes, Snoop Dogg, King Diamond, Jello Biafra, Sonics, and Dinosaur Jr.. When Scott H. Biram took the stage at his 2004 SXSW festival showcase right after country singer, Kris Kristofferson he was quoted as growling "They said that was a hard act to follow….I'm a hard act to follow motherf***ers!!" During an intimate gig in 2004, legendary actor, Harry Dean Stanton attended a Biram performance at Club Deville in Austin, Texas. Biram and Stanton performed duets on Kris Kristofferson’s song, “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” and traditional bluegrass song “Good Ol’ Mountain Dew.”

paragraph: Although Biram doesn't cite anyone, or thing as an influence for becoming a one-man band besides "a need to pay bills" and "a need to avoid the politics of being in a band," he has mentioned that he is proud to have shared the stage with other prominent one-man bands such as the late Hasil Adkins and his friends, Bob Log III, Legendary Tiger Man, and fellow Texan, Homer Henderson.

paragraph: Although primarily known as a one-man band, other musicians have participated and appeared on multiple Biram releases. Austin, Texas, musicians, The Weary Boys appeared on songs featured on Biram's records, "Preachin' and Hollerin'" and "The Dirty Old One Man Band". Particularly the songs "Truckdriver," "Sweet Thing," and "Ocean of Diamonds". Ethan Shawe of Austin, Texas-based band, Chili Cold Blood contributed steel guitar on the song "18 Wheeler Fever" on Biram's 2006 release "Graveyard Shift". John Wesley Myers and Van Campbell of Black Diamond Heavies appeared on two songs on Biram's release "Something's Wrong/Lost Forever". These songs were "I Feel So Good" and "Hard Time". Walter Daniels, more widely known for his harmonica playing, contributed saxophone solos on the song "I Want My Mojo Back" which was featured on Biram's 2011 record, "Bad Ingredients". Percussionist, Matthew Puryear of the local Austin, Texas, band Chili Cold Blood also contributed various percussion on several of the songs on Biram's "Bad Ingredients" album.

paragraph: Scott H. Biram's fans are commonly referred to as "The First Church of The Ultimate Fanaticism". This title was inspired by a fanatical extremist church in the town of Fentress, Texas, near where Biram grew up. His father jokingly referred to it as "The First Church of The Ultimate Fanaticism" because of its reputation for playing rock records backwards and burning them. The original Scott H. Biram heavy metal song "Church Babies" was written while Scott Biram was the front man for his 90's punk band, The Thangs. The lyrics are about "The First Church of The Ultimate Fanaticism." Despite his seemingly sarcastic lyrics protesting organized religion in various songs, he is also known for recording and performing both original, and traditional, genuine gospel music. In many interviews he has mentioned that he is fascinated with the push and pull of spirituality on a person's life and what he calls "The Human Condition."

paragraph: He is popularly known for playing original trucker songs such as "TruckDriver", "Reefer Load", "18 Wheeler Fever", "Hit The Road", "Open Road", and "Draggin' Down The Line," among others. He is also known for writing and singing songs about "chickens," which he claims refers not just to poultry, but also to lovers, ex-lovers and "loose women" in general. He also raises real chickens at his home in Austin, Texas.

paragraph: Scott H. Biram's long time fans will recognize his sense of original, casual, rural fashion. He is known for wearing mesh-back trucker hats, and proudly sporting velcro shoes on stage.

paragraph: He’s also known for his signature “Hellraiser,” “Foo Manchu,” “Southern Droop” moustache.

paragraph: Scott H. Biram songs have been used in many films and television programs.

paragraph: The song "Blood, Sweat & Murder" from "The Dirty Old One Man Band" album, is featured on the soundtrack to 2016's "Hell or High Water" film starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster, written by Taylor Sheridan. The film was nominated for an Academy Award best picture, as well as several other nominations. The soundtrack also features Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, Chris Stapleton, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and other country artists. The film's score was written and performed by Nick Cave, and Warren Ellis. "Blood, Sweat & Murder" was also used in the television program, "Dog the Bounty Hunter", in the episode titled "A Helping Hand" and also on an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl, and on FX Channel’s Mayans M.C.. Biram's song "Hit The Road" was also used on "Dog The Bounty Hunter". "Lost Case of Being Found," "Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue," and "No Way" were used in season four of FX Cable Channel's "Sons of Anarchy". His song "Wreck My Car" was used in the film, "The Darwin Awards", starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes. The Biram song, "BBQ Commercial" is used in a television commercial for Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q, a popular Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado restaurant chain. “Blood, Sweat & Murder” also appears in the 2018 video game, Far Cry 5 by Ubisoft Montreal. Biram has appeared in many documentary films, including a part in J.D. Wilkes 2008 film, "Seven Signs: Music, Myth & the American South". Biram costarred in the 2008 German film "The Folk Singer: A Tale of Men, Music & America". produced and directed by filmmaker, MA Littler He was also featured in the French documentary, "One Trip Some Noise." Biram's music was featured in the documentary, "Running Heavy", and another short documentary entitled "The Tuesday Nighter". He also appears in the film "My Blue Star", a biography about the late Hasil Adkins, a prominent musician in the one-man band genre. In 2013, Biram was the featured artist on an episode of the PBS television show "The Sun Studio Sessions". The CD version, and digital version of Scott H. Biram’s album “The Bad Testament” also includes a bonus EP called “Lost On The River” made up of songs he recorded for the soundtrack of the documentary film Shut Up and Paddleproduced by Yeti Coolers about the Texas Water Safari canoe race.

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting.

paragraph: Biram's musical style covers a wide spectrum. "I grew up on Doc Watson, Lead Belly and Lightnin' Hopkins," he revealed, "and in college, I discovered more obscure people like Lil' Son Jackson and Mance Lipscomb." Biram mixes roots music, CB radios and a punk rock attitude. "I kind of pride myself on being able to release my emotions freely and not hold back at all," he says. "So many people these days have timid little weak voices like they're scared to belt it out."

paragraph: Section::::Collaborations.

paragraph: Hard rock band, Nashville Pussy covered his song "Raisin Hell Again" on their 2005 album, "Get Some!" Hank Williams III covered Biram's song, "Truckdriver". Biram also appears as a guest vocalist on "The White Trash Song" featured on southern rocker, Shooter Jennings's 2013 release "The Other Life". Biram appeared with Jennings as musical guest on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in March 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Full-length

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: "This is Kingsbury?" (KnuckleSandwich Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: "Preachin' & Hollerin" (KnuckleSandwich Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003: "Lo:Fi Mojo" (KnuckleSandwich Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004: "The Dirty Old One Man Band" (KnuckleSandwich Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: "The Dirty Old One Man Band" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Graveyard Shift" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Something's Wrong / Lost Forever" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "Bad Ingredients" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014: "Nothin' But Blood" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "The Bad Testament" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- EP

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003: "Rehabilitation Blues E.P." (KnuckleSandwich Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "Hit The River E.P." (Bloodshot Records) (included as bonus tracks on "The Bad Testament" CD)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Singles

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "Hang Your Head & Cry" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "When I Die" (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2019: "Monkey David Wine" Scott H. Biram w/ Jesse Dayton (Bloodshot Records)

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2012: Independent Music Awards – Best Blues Album: "Bad Ingredients"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: The Ameripolitan Awards – (nominee) Best Outlaw Male

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016: The Ameripolitan Awards – (nominee) Best Outlaw Male

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: The Ameripolitan Awards - (nominee) Best Outlaw Male

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scott H. Biram at Atomic Music Group (booking agent)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scott H. Biram at Bloodshot Records

description: American blues, punk and country musician

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paragraph: Robert of Namur (died 981)

paragraph: Robrecht I of Namur (d. before 981), became count of the Lommegau in 946. His origins are unknown. Robrecht positioned himself independently against the archbishop Bruno the Great, who was also Duke of Lotharingia. Robrecht put aside Bruno's edict that required him to demolish the defenses he had built without permission from the duke. The identity of Robrecht's wife is unknown. He was father of:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albert I (d. 1011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giselbert

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ratboud

paragraph: Section::::External links.

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paragraph: Walter VI, Count of Brienne

paragraph: Walter VI (c. 1304 – 19 September 1356) was Count of Brienne, Conversano, and Lecce, and titular Duke of Athens as Walter II.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Early life in Italy.

paragraph: Walter was the son of Walter V, Duke of Athens, and Jeanne de Châtillon (died 1354), the daughter of the Count of Porcien, Constable to King Philip IV of France.

paragraph: As grandson of Hugh of Brienne (d. 1296), he was heir to a vast property all around the Mediterranean. After his father's death at the Battle of Halmyros on 15 March 1311, Walter became Count of Brienne, etc., and Duke of Athens. However, all of the Duchy except for Argos and Nauplia in the Principality of Achaea had been overrun by the Catalan Company, and Walter spent much of his life in an unsuccessful struggle to recover that inheritance of his grandmother's family. He spent most of his life in Italy and France and left Argos-Nauplia to be ruled by guardians.

paragraph: The Duchy of Athens was not the first loss in his family: Walter's grandfather had been rejected from the succession of the kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus, and his great-great-grandfather had been Pretender of the throne of Sicily, as husband of the sister of William III of Sicily. They had barely regained the County of Lecce, and were still claiming the Principality of Taranto.

paragraph: His mother Jeanne carried out a vigorous struggle against the Catalans during his minority, which, however, had little military effect but impoverished him. To strengthen his position, Walter engaged in a strategic marriage to Margaret, the niece of King Robert of Naples and daughter of Philip I of Taranto by Thamar Angelina Komnene, in December 1325. At this time, Florence requested King Robert's support in protecting Guelph interests in Italy, and elected his son, Charles, Duke of Calabria, as signore of Florence for a ten-year period (1326–36). Walter VI's almost-princely position in the Angevin court soon won him an appointment as Vicar for Charles of Calabria, an office that he only exercised for a few months in 1325.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Anti-Catalan crusade of 1331–1332.

paragraph: After 1321, Walter repeatedly announced his intention to campaign in Greece and recover the Duchy of Athens, but financial constraints and his obligations to the King of Naples kept him occupied in Italy. In 1328, he even briefly concluded a truce with the Catalans. Thus it was not until 1330 that a serious effort got under way. In June 1330, Pope John XXII issued a crusading bull for Walter, and ordered prelates in Italy and Greece to preach for a crusade against the Catalans; shortly after, King Robert of Naples also gave the crusade his support, and allowed his feudatories to join it. The Venetians, on the other hand, renewed their treaty with the Catalans in April 1331. Sailing from Brindisi in August, Walter attacked first the Latin County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, and the Greek Despotate of Epirus, forcing them to recognize the overlordship of King Robert. He also seized the island of Leucas and the mainland castle of Vonitsa for himself in the process. From there he proceeded to invade the Duchy of Athens through northern Boeotia, but his campaign was a failure as the Catalans avoided battle and withdrew behind the walls of Thebes and Athens. Walter had neither the troops to overwhelm the Catalans nor the money to sustain a prolonged war of sieges and attrition, and found no support among the native Greek population. By summer 1332, it was clear that the expedition had failed, and Walter returned to Brindisi, saddled with even more crippling debts.

paragraph: In his new Greek domains of Leucas and Vonitsa, Walter initially appointed a series of French castellans. In 1343, he made the Venetian Graziano Zorzi, who had helped finance his 1331 expedition and joined it himself, governor of Leucas. Zorzi proved successful in this role, and in October 1355, Walter granted Leucas as well as Vonitsa to him as a fief.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Ruler of Florence.

paragraph: He also occupied himself with his lands in France, and was the King's Lieutenant in Thiérache in 1339. His wife died in 1340, and he returned to Italy in 1342 when the Florentine ruling class of wealthy merchants called upon him to rule the city. Since 1339, Florence had been in the grip of a severe economic crisis brought about by immense English debts to Florentine banking houses, and by astronomical public debts incurred in trying to obtain the nearby city of Lucca from its Veronese lord, Mastino della Scala. The Florentine nobility looked to foreign powers to solve the city's seemingly impossible financial problems, and found an ally in Walter of Brienne. Although the ruling class invited Walter to rule for a limited time, the lower classes, who were fed up with the ineptitude of Walter's predecessors, unexpectedly proclaimed him "signore" for life.

paragraph: Walter VI ruled despotically, ignoring or directly opposing the interests of the very same merchant class that had brought him to power. The "Duke of Athens" imposed harsh economic correctives on the Florentines, including the flat tax "estimo", and "prestanze", postponements of the city's repayment of loans forced from the wealthier citizens. These measures both angered the Florentines, and helped alleviate the fiscal crisis that had been stewing for years. After only ten months, Walter of Brienne's "signoria" was cut short by conspiracy. Walter VI was not only forced to resign from office, but barely escaped Florence with his life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Later life and death.

paragraph: In 1344 he married Jeanne, the daughter of Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu. She bore him two daughters, Jeanne and Marguerite, both of whom died young. As he had no surviving children, it was evident that his sister's issue would inherit his possessions and claims. He was appointed Constable of France in 1356 and in that capacity died on 19 September 1356 at the Battle of Poitiers. He was succeeded in his titles and pretensions by his sister Isabella and her sons. As he had left Greece, his eldest surviving nephew Sohier d'Enghien was holding the lordship of Argos and Nauplia. When the inheritance was divided after Walter VI's death, Isabella's sixth son Guy d'Enghien received the Greek lordship.

paragraph: Isabella III survived her brother and died 1360. Her husband Gauthier d'Enghien had died in 1345. For a few years, she became Countess of Lecce and Brienne, etc., as well as titular Duchess of Athens and of other claimed titles. Since her eldest son Gauthier had died before Walter, her heir was her second son Sohier of Enghien. She allowed her inherited lands to be divided between her numerous children during her own lifetime (see Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem for her descendants).

paragraph: Section::::Cultural legacy.

paragraph: The "Duke of Athens" who appears in the seventh tale of Day Two of the "Decameron" as one of the nine lovers of the Sultan of Babylon's daughter, while not historically accurate, is probably a satirical allusion to Walter VI - his brief, but unforgettable dictatorship in Florence occurred less than ten years before the writing of the "Decameron".

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The History of Florence from the Founding of the City through the Renaissance, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1936. pp. 217–225.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Source File from "Brown University"

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paragraph: Simone Signoret

paragraph: Simone Signoret (; 25 March 192130 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest film stars. She became the second French person to win an Academy Award, for her role in "Room at the Top" (1959).

paragraph: In her lifetime she also received two Césars, three BAFTAs, an Emmy, a Cannes Film Festival Award, the Silver Bear for Best Actress awards, an NBR Award and a Golden Globe nomination.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Signoret was born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany, to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker, as the eldest of three children, with two younger brothers. Her father, a pioneering interpreter who worked in the League of Nations, was a French-born army officer from a Polish Jewish family, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the outskirts of Paris. Her mother, Georgette, from whom she acquired her stage name, was a French Catholic.

paragraph: Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied English, German and Latin. After completing secondary school during the Nazi occupation, Simone was responsible for supporting her family and forced to take work as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper, "Les nouveaux temps", run by Jean Luchaire.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: During the German occupation of France, Signoret mixed with an artistic group of writers and actors who met at the Café de Flore in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter. By this time, she had developed an interest in acting and was encouraged by her friends, including her lover, Daniel Gélin, to follow her ambition. In 1942, she began appearing in bit parts and was able to earn enough money to support her mother and two brothers as her father, who was a French patriot, had fled the country in 1940 to join General De Gaulle in England. She took her mother's maiden name for the screen to help hide her Jewish roots.

paragraph: Signoret's sensual features and earthy nature led to type-casting and she was often seen in roles as a prostitute. She won considerable attention in "La Ronde" (1950), a film which was banned briefly in New York as immoral. She won further acclaim, including an acting award from the British Film Academy, for her portrayal of another prostitute in Jacques Becker's "Casque d'or" (1951). She appeared in many notable films in France during the 1950s, including "Thérèse Raquin" (1953), directed by Marcel Carné, "Les Diaboliques" (1954), and "The Crucible" ("Les Sorcières de Salem"; 1956), based on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

paragraph: In 1958, Signoret acted in the English independent film, "Room at the Top" (1959), which won her numerous awards including the Best Female Performance Prize at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 (Supporting Actress) and Marion Cotillard in 2008 (Best Actress), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film. She was offered films in Hollywood, but turned them down, continuing to work in France and England—notably opposite Laurence Olivier in "Term of Trial" (1962)—until 1965. Earning another Oscar nomination for her work on what would be Vivien Leigh's final film—Columbia Pictures' "Ship of Fools", also starring Lee Marvin—Signoret appeared in a few other Hollywood films before returning to France in 1969.

paragraph: In 1962, Signoret translated Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes" into French for a production in Paris that ran for six months at the Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt. She played the Regina role as well. Hellman was displeased with the production, although the translation was approved by scholars selected by Hellman.

paragraph: Signoret's one attempt at Shakespeare, performing Lady Macbeth opposite Alec Guinness at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1966 proved to be ill-advised, with some harsh critics; one referred to her English as "impossibly Gallic".

paragraph: Signoret was never concerned with glamour, ignored sexist and ageist insults and continued giving finely etched performances. She won more acclaim for her portrayal of a weary madam in "Madame Rosa" (1977) and as an unmarried sister who unknowingly falls in love with her paralyzed brother via anonymous correspondence in "" (1980). She was in many movies up to her death in 1985.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Signoret's memoirs, "Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be", were published in 1978. She also wrote a novel, "Adieu Volodya", published in 1985, the year of her death.

paragraph: Signoret first married filmmaker Yves Allégret (1944–49), with whom she had a daughter Catherine Allégret, herself an actress. Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor Yves Montand in 1951, a union which lasted until her death. They had no children.

paragraph: Signoret died of pancreatic cancer in Autheuil-Authouillet, France, aged 64. She was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Yves Montand was later buried next to her.

paragraph: Section::::Television award.

paragraph: Emmy Awards

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966: Won Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for: "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) for episode "A Small Rebellion"

paragraph: Section::::Popular culture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marilyn" (2011) by Sue Glover, premiered at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow on 17 February 2011. The play charted the deteriorating relationship between Signoret and Marilyn Monroe during the filming of "Let's Make Love". Unable to achieve the recognition of Oscar-winning Signoret, Monroe begins an affair with Signoret's husband, Yves Montand.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Singer Nina Simone (Born Eunice Waymon) took her last name from Simone Signoret.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cinema of France

paragraph: BULLET::::- César Award for Best Actress

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of French Academy Award winners and nominees

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- DeMaio, Patricia A. "Garden Of Dreams: The Life of Simone Signoret," 2014

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monush, Barry (ed). "The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors From the Silent Era to 1965". New York: Applause Books, 2003. .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Signoret, Simone. "Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be". London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. .

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simone Signoret at The-Numbers.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Simone Signoret at Find A Grave

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paragraph: Youssou N'Dour

paragraph: Youssou N'Dour (; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.

paragraph: N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambian as "mbalax," a genre that have sacred origins in the Wolof He is the subject of the award-winning films "Return to Gorée" (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and "" (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.

paragraph: In 2006, N'Dour was cast as Olaudah Equiano in the film "Amazing Grace".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: N'Dour is a Wolof. He was born in Dakar. He started performing at age 12 and was performing regularly with the Star Band, Dakar's most popular group during the early 1970s.

paragraph: Despite N'Dour's maternal connection to the traditional griot caste, he was not raised in that tradition, which he learned instead from his siblings. His parents' world view encouraged a modern outlook, leaving him open to two cultures and thereby inspiring N'Dour's identity as a modern griot. As a Muslim, he has often incorporated aspects of Islamic music in his work.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: In 1979, he formed his own ensemble, the Étoile de Dakar. His early work with the group, in the Latin style, was popular all over Africa during that time. In the 1980s, he developed a unique sound with his ultimate group, Super Étoile de Dakar featuring Jimi Mbaye on guitar, bassist Habib Faye, and tama (talking drum) player Assane Thiam.

paragraph: By 1991, he had opened his own recording studio, and, by 1995, his own record label, Jololi.

paragraph: N'Dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history. His mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban rumba to hip hop, jazz, and soul won him an international fan base of millions. In the West, N'Dour collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Axelle Red, Sting, Alan Stivell, Bran Van 3000, Neneh Cherry, Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, James Newton Howard, Branford Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dido, Lou Reed, Bruce Cockburn, and others.

paragraph: "The New York Times" described his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed with prophetic authority". N'Dour's work absorbed the entire Senegalese musical spectrum, often filtered through the lens of genre-defying rock or pop music from outside Senegalese culture.

paragraph: In July 1993, "Africa Opera" composed by N'Dour premiered at the Opéra Garnier for the French Festival Paris quartier d'été.

paragraph: In 1994, N'dour released his biggest international hit single, the trilingual "7 Seconds", a duet sung with Neneh Cherry.

paragraph: He wrote and performed the official anthem of the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Axelle Red "La Cour des Grands".

paragraph: "Folk Roots" magazine described him as the African Artist of the Century. He toured internationally for thirty years. He won his first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) for his CD "Egypt" in 2005.

paragraph: He is the proprietor of "L'Observateur", one of the widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the radio station RFM (Radio Future Medias) and the TV channel TFM.

paragraph: In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a Prince Claus Award, under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression".

paragraph: In 2006, N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie "Amazing Grace", which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire.

paragraph: In 2008, N'Dour offered one of his compositions, "Bébé", for the French singer Cynthia Brown.

paragraph: In 2011, N'Dour was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Music from Yale University.

paragraph: In 2013, N'Dour won a share of Sweden's $150,000 Polar music prize for promoting understanding between faiths as well as for his music.

paragraph: Section::::Activism.

paragraph: N'Dour was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2000.

paragraph: In Senegal, N'Dour became a powerful cultural icon, actively involved in social issues. In 1985, he organized a concert for the release of Nelson Mandela. He was a featured performer in the 1988 worldwide Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour collaborating with Lou Reed on a version of the Peter Gabriel song "Biko" which was produced by Richard James Burgess and featured on the Amnesty International benefit album "The Secret Policeman's Third Ball". He worked with the United Nations and UNICEF, and he started Project Joko to open internet cafés in Africa and to connect Senegalese communities around the world.

paragraph: In 2003, N'Dour cancelled an upcoming American tour in order to publicly deny support for the upcoming American invasion of Iraq. In a public statement explaining his decision, N'Dour said:It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for disarming Iraq should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience I question the United States government's apparent intention to commence war in Iraq. I believe that coming to America at this time would be perceived in many parts of the world--rightly or wrongly--as support for this policy, and that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the US at this juncture.He performed in three of the Live 8 concerts (in Live 8 concert, London, Live 8 concert, Paris and at the Live 8 concert, Eden Project in Cornwall) on 2 July 2005, with Dido. He covered John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" for the 2007 CD "". He appeared in a joint Spain-Senegal ad campaign to inform the African public about the dramatic consequences of illegal immigration. N'Dour participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2007.

paragraph: In 2008, he joined the Fondation Chirac's honour committee. The same year, Youssou N'Dour's microfinance organization named Birima ("Birima" is also a song's title) was launched with the collaboration of United Colors of Benetton.

paragraph: In 2009, he released his song "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under a Creative Commons license to help IntraHealth International in their IntraHealth Open campaign to bring open source health applications to Africa. The song was remixed by a variety of artists including Nas, Peter Buck of R.E.M., and Duncan Sheik to help raise money for the campaign.

paragraph: N'Dour is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reformation of the United Nations.

paragraph: N'Dour is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: At the beginning of 2012, he announced plans to stand as a candidate in the 2012 Senegalese presidential election, competing against President Abdoulaye Wade. However, he was disqualified from running in the election over the legitimacy of the signatures he had collected to endorse his campaign. N'Dour backed the opposition candidate Macky Sall, who defeated Wade in a second round of voting in March 2012. N'Dour was appointed as Minister of Culture and Tourism in April 2012 as part of the cabinet of new Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye. The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed for the PBS TV program, "Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders." Later his portfolio was modified and he was appointed as Minister of Tourism and Leisure. He was dismissed from that post on 2 September 2013, when a new government under Prime Minister Aminata Touré was appointed. N'Dour was instead appointed as Special Adviser to the President, with the rank of minister, and tasked with promoting the country abroad.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ndiadiane Ndiaye" (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mouride" (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Independance Vol. 3 (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Show!!! A Abidjan" (1983)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Djamil Inédits 84-85" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Immigrés" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nelson Mandela" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lion" (1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Set" (1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Eyes Open" (1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Guide (Wommat)" (1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gainde – Voices from the Heart of Africa" (1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Djamil" (1996) – anthology

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lii" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "St. Louis" (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Special Fin D'annee Plus" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Grand Bal a Evry" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rewmi" (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Joko: From Village to Town" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Joko: The Link" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Grand Bal" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ba Tay" (2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Grand Bal a Bercy" (2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nothing's in Vain (Coono Du Réér)" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kirikou Et La Sorciere" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Egypt" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jigeen Gni" (2005) – single

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alsaama Day (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rokku Mi Rokka" (2007) – No. 30 in "Rolling Stone"s Top 50 Albums of 2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I Bring What I Love" (2008) – film soundtrack

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Special Fin D'annee: Salagne-Salagne (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dakar – Kingston" (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mbalakh Dafay Wakh" (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fatteliku" (2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "#Senegaal Rek" (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Africa Rekk" (2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seeni Valeurs" (2017)

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

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

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Compilation albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Best Of Youssou N'Dour" (1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Euleek Sibir with Omar Pene" (You et Pene) (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Immigrés/Bitim Rew" (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Inedits 84–85" (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Best of the 80's" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hey You: The Essential Collection 1988–1990" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Birth Of A Star" (2001)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Youssou N'Dour and His Friends" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Rough Guide To Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bercy 2004 vol. 1 & 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- "7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N'Dour" (Remastered) (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From Senegal to the world" (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Raxas Bercy 2017" (2017)

paragraph: Section::::Collaborations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 : "So" from Peter Gabriel - Backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 : "Passion" from Peter Gabriel - Backing vocals on "A Different Drum", "Passion".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990 : "Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats" from Peter Gabriel - "Mercy Street" and "Shaking the Tree".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 : Album "Solidays" - Song "Qui sait ?" - For the association Solidarité sida - With Anggun, Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Peter Gabriel, Lââm, Lokua Kanza, Nourith, Axelle Red & Zucchero.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003 : "Hit" from Peter Gabriel - Backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 : "Live 8: One Day, One Concert, One World" - DVD Various Artists - Youssou N'Dour sings "7 Seconds" with Dido.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005 : "Live 8 Paris" : DVD Various Artists - Youssou sings at the end of the concert "New Africa/Lima Weesu".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 : "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur" Various Artists - Youssou sings "Jealous Guy".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 : "Bord Ezanga Kombo" from Koffi Olomide - Youssou on "Festival".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009 : Les Amis Du Monde with the Lebanese Diva Majida El Roumi for The Francophone Games Opening - 2009 in Beirut

paragraph: Section::::Films.

paragraph: Amazing Grace (2006)

paragraph: Retour à Gorée (2007)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- – official site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour at African Music Encyclopedia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour interview at Afropop Worldwide, May 2004

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour "World Music Legends" at GlobalRhythm.net

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour article "Senegal Superstar Wins Grammy for "Egypt"" at World Beat Planet, 16 February 2005

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour article "Youssou N'Dour, "Egypt" and Islam" on National Public Radio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour film "Youssou N'Dour: I bring what I love" at IMDb

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour role in the film Amazing Grace

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour video interview "Visions of Youssou N'Dour" on Stock Exchange of Visions

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour at "IntraHealth Open", featuring N'Dour's track "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Youssou N'Dour  at PBS "Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders" featuring "Shakin' the Tree" about Ndour's presidential campaign in 2012

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