text:
Ighil Ali
Algeria
Paris
Algeria
valley of Soumman
petite Kabylie
Tunisia
Radiodiffusion Française
Taos Amrouche
Fadhma Aït Mansour
Information in French

categories: French people of Kabyle descent,Kabyle people,Algerian Roman Catholics,Berber poets,French Roman Catholics,1962 deaths,French-language poets,1906 births,Berber Christians,Berber writers,Algerian male poets,20th-century male writers,20th-century Algerian poets,People from Ighil Ali

paragraph: Jean Amrouche

paragraph: Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche (7 February 1906 in Ighil Ali, Algeria – 16 April 1962 in Paris, France) was an Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jean el Mouhouv Amrouche was born February 7, 1906 in Ighil Ali, in the valley of Soumman, in petite Kabylie. Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia while still young. Jean had his secondary education at Alaoui college and then left for the "Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint-Cloud". He intends to become a teacher. The poet Armand Guibert made him known in Tunisia by publishing his two collections of poems, "Cendres" (poems 1928–1934) in 1934 and "Étoile secrète" in 1937. He wrote at that time (poems, literary criticism) in Tunisian journals and gave lectures at the "Cercle de l'Essor" in Tunis. For several years with his friend Armand Guibert, he visited many countries in Europe. In 1943, he joined the Ministry of Information in Algiers, then the Radiodiffusion Française.

paragraph: He was the older brother of fellow writer Taos Amrouche. Both were the children of Fadhma Aït Mansour, author of "History of My Life".

paragraph: He died in 16 April 1962 at his home in Paris; he is buried in Sargé-sur-Braye in Loir-et-Cher.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chants Berbères de Kabylie", 1939

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Etoile Secrète", 1937

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cendres : poèmes, 1928–1934", 1934

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Information in French

wikidata_label: Jean Amrouche

wikipedia_title: Jean Amrouche


text:
bishop
Maypherkat
Mesopotamia
Meiafarakin
Catholics
Greek Orthodox
Copts
John Chrysostom
Persia
Shapur II
Constantinople
Arcadius
Theodosius II
Magi
Yazdegerd I of Persia
First Council of Constantinople
Antioch
Messalians
Ctesiphon
catholicos
Council of Nicaea
anaphora
synod
Maruthas
Catholic Encyclopedia
De Lacy O'Leary
Smith, William
Wace, Henry

categories: Syrian Christian saints,420 deaths,Persian saints,5th-century bishops,Christians in the Sasanian Empire,Martyropolis,4th-century births,4th-century bishops,5th-century Christian saints,5th-century Byzantine writers

paragraph: Maruthas of Martyropolis

paragraph: Saint Maruthas or Marutha of Martyropolis was a Syrian monk who became bishop of Maypherkat in Mesopotamia (Meiafarakin) for a period beginning before 399 through 410. He's believed to have died before 420. He is venerated as a Saint by Catholics, Greek Orthodox believers and Copts, his feast being kept on 4 December.

paragraph: He brought into his episcopal city the relics of so many martyrs that it received the surname "Martyropolis".

paragraph: He was a friend of Saint John Chrysostom.

paragraph: He acted as an ambassador between the East Roman Emperor and the Persian Emperor.

paragraph: In the interests of the Church of Persia, which had suffered much in the persecution of Shapur II, he came to Constantinople, but found Emperor Arcadius too busily engaged in the affairs about the exile of St. John Chrysostom. Later Maruthas was sent by Emperor Theodosius II to the court of Persia, where, notwithstanding the Magi, he won the esteem of King Yazdegerd I of Persia by his affability, saintly life, and, as is claimed, by his knowledge of medicine.

paragraph: So Marutha managed to negotiate a peace between the two empires.

paragraph: He was present at the general First Council of Constantinople in 381 and at a Council of Antioch in 383 (or 390), at which the Messalians were condemned. For the benefit of the Persian Church he is said to have held two synods at Ctesiphon. A great organizer, he was one of the first to give a regular structure to the church, helped in his mission by the catholicos Isaac.

paragraph: His writings include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Acts of the Persian Martyrs" (these acts remember the victims of the persecution of Shapur II and Yazdegerd I)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "History of the Council of Nicaea"

paragraph: BULLET::::- A translation in Syriac of the canons of the Council of Nicaea

paragraph: BULLET::::- A Syrian liturgy, or anaphora

paragraph: BULLET::::- Commentaries on the Gospels

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Acts of the Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon" (26 spurious canons of a synod held in 410)

paragraph: He also wrote hymns on the Holy Eucharist, on the Cross, and on saints killed in Shapur's persecution.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maruthas from the "Catholic Encyclopedia" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- De Lacy O'Leary, "The Syriac Church and Fathers" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smith, William & Wace, Henry (editors); "A dictionary of christian biography, literature, sects and doctrine", "Maruthas (1)", (1877).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moffett, Samuel Hugh. "A History of Christianity in Asia", (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1998) p. 154-155

description: 5th century Christian Saint

wikidata_label: Maruthas

wikipedia_title: Maruthas of Martyropolis


text:
footballer
central midfielder
North Geelong Warriors
Hajduk Split
Genk
Gençlerbirliği
Wigan Athletic
Stoke City
Melbourne Heart
Mount Gambier
Geelong
North Geelong Warriors
Hajduk Split
Stadion Poljud
Genk
2001–02
Gençlerbirliği
Premier League
Wigan Athletic
2005-06
Football League Championship
Stoke City
Sheffield United
Crystal Palace
Paul Jewell
Jimmy Bullard
Graham Kavanagh
Fulham
Sunderland
Paul Scharner
Denny Landzaat
Hajduk
A-League
Melbourne Heart
Australian marquee player
2012 Hawaiian Island Invitational
Australian National football team
Macedonia
World Cup
Olympics
playoff victory
Uruguay
2006 FIFA World Cup
Bahrain
Asian Cup
Greece
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Argentina
Carl Valeri
Melbourne Heart profile
OzFootball profile

categories: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players,Süper Lig players,Australian people of Croatian descent,Australian Institute of Sport soccer players,Australia international soccer players,Australian soccer players,English Football League players,Croatian First Football League players,Australian expatriate soccer players,Melbourne City FC players,Expatriate footballers in Belgium,Premier League players,Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers,Expatriate footballers in England,Melbourne City FC non-playing staff,Olympic soccer players of Australia,2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players,People from Mount Gambier, South Australia,Wigan Athletic F.C. players,Sportspeople from Geelong,HNK Hajduk Split players,1975 births,Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics,2006 FIFA World Cup players,Association football midfielders,Living people,Expatriate footballers in Turkey,K.R.C. Genk players,Stoke City F.C. players,Expatriate footballers in Croatia,Belgian First Division A players,2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players

paragraph: Josip Skoko

paragraph: Josip Skoko ( ; ; born 10 December 1975) is a former Australian footballer who played as a central midfielder for North Geelong Warriors, Hajduk Split, Genk, Gençlerbirliği, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City and Melbourne Heart. Skoko has been described as a central midfielder with "superb on-ball ability, inch perfect passing, and his ability to turn defence to attack in an instant."

paragraph: Section::::Club career.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Early career.

paragraph: Skoko was born in Mount Gambier, he played for Mt Gambier Croatia until he was 9 years old when he and his family moved to Geelong. Skoko played for North Geelong Warriors before moving to Croatian side Hajduk Split in 1995. After four years at Stadion Poljud he signed for Belgium club Genk. At Genk he was made captain and helped the team win the title in 2001–02. He joined Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in 2003 where he spent two years before moving to English football.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Wigan Athletic.

paragraph: Skoko joined Premier League club Wigan Athletic for €1 million at the beginning of the 2005-06 season, although he initially failed to maintain a regular place in the first team. On 7 January 2006 Skoko signed for Football League Championship side Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2005–06 season. He played nine times for Stoke and scored twice against Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.

paragraph: In the 2006-07 season, Paul Jewell showed renewed faith in Skoko giving him an extended run in the side. The transfers of Jimmy Bullard and Graham Kavanagh to Fulham and Sunderland, respectively, in the summer of 2006 left a gap in Wigan's midfield and this led to him becoming a mainstay in the Wigan Athletic midfield, partnering Paul Scharner and Denny Landzaat. He signed a new contract deal keeping him at Wigan until 2008.

paragraph: However, at the end of the season it became clear that Skoko had played his last game for the club. The two main reasons were because he did not play enough games for Wigan to trigger a clause in his contract and also the impossibility of receiving a visa for his stay in England due to his international retirement with Australia. It was decided in May 2008 that Skoko's contract would not be renewed and he was subsequently released by Wigan.

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Hajduk Split.

paragraph: Due to various work permit issues when playing in Europe, it took a longer than expected time for Skoko to put pen to paper with a club of his choice. However, on 21 July, and after several weeks of speculation, Skoko had finally signed a two-year deal with former club Hajduk. The decision, he said, took only minutes for the club and himself to agree terms. Skoko is relishing the chance to return to the side he made more than 100 appearances for between 1995 and 1999, with a club he describes as "a second home".

paragraph: Section::::Club career.:Melbourne Heart.

paragraph: Skoko's return home to Australia to play for A-League newcomers Melbourne Heart was confirmed by the club on 19 May 2010. The club signed the former Socceroo for one season as their inaugural Australian marquee player. He was also named as one of the initial members of the leadership group. In his second game for Melbourne Heart, he suffered a hamstring injury, which forced him out of the side for at least one month. In February 2012, Skoko came out of retirement to take part in the 2012 Hawaiian Island Invitational before retiring for good.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Skoko was a member of the Australian National football team for ten years, from 1997 to 2007. He made his debut for Australia against Macedonia in 1997 and was a mainstay of the "Socceroos" side from then on, participating in two World Cup qualifying campaigns. He also represented his country at the Olympics in 2000.

paragraph: In November 2005, Skoko came on as a substitute in Australia's playoff victory over Uruguay to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also captained a weakened Australian side against Bahrain in an Asian Cup qualifier in 2006.

paragraph: On 25 May 2006, Skoko scored a cracking volley from 25m for Australia in a 1-0 friendly victory over Greece in front of 95,103 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which he regards as "the most legendary moment of all time". He was selected in the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany but did not play in any of Australia's four games.

paragraph: After being named in the Australian side for a friendly match against Argentina on 11 September 2007, Skoko stated that the game would be his home farewell from international football. Skoko ended his international career 51 minutes into the match in Melbourne when he was replaced by midfielder Carl Valeri.

paragraph: Section::::Career statistics.

paragraph: Section::::Career statistics.:Club.

paragraph: Sources:

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Melbourne Heart profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- OzFootball profile

description: Australian soccer player

wikidata_label: Josip Skoko

wikipedia_title: Josip Skoko


text:
tsar of Bulgaria
Mongol
Nogai Khan
George Terter I
Elena
Golden Horde
Toqta
Ivan II
Tărnovo
Theodore Svetoslav
Toqta
Elena
George I of Bulgaria

categories: 1300 deaths,Murdered Bulgarian monarchs,13th-century Bulgarian emperors,13th-century births

paragraph: Chaka of Bulgaria

paragraph: Chaka () reigned as tsar of Bulgaria from 1299 to 1300. The date of his birth is unknown.

paragraph: Chaka was the son of the Mongol leader Nogai Khan by a wife named Alaka. Sometime after 1285 Chaka married a daughter of George Terter I of Bulgaria, named Elena. In the late 1290s, Chaka supported his father Nogai in a war against the legitimate khan of the Golden Horde Toqta, but Toqta was victorious and defeated and killed Nogai in 1299.

paragraph: At about the same time Chaka had led his supporters into Bulgaria, intimidated the regency for Ivan II into fleeing the capital, and imposed himself as ruler in Tărnovo in 1299. It is not completely certain whether he reigned as Emperor of Bulgaria or simply acted as the overlord of his brother-in-law Theodore Svetoslav. He is accepted as a ruler of Bulgaria by Bulgarian historiography.

paragraph: Chaka did not long enjoy his new position of power, as the armies of Toqta followed him into Bulgaria and besieged Tărnovo. Theodore Svetoslav, who had been instrumental in assisting Chaka's seizure of power, organized a plot in which Chaka was deposed and strangled in prison in 1300. His head was sent to Toqta, which in turn secured Theodore Svetoslav's position as the new emperor of Bulgaria. It seems that Theodore Svetoslav's cooperation contributed to the withdrawal of Mongol interference in Bulgaria.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: It is not known if Chaka had children from Elena, daughter of George I of Bulgaria. He had at least one son, born probably by a concubine:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Kara Küçük, who led a fragment of the Nogai Horde until after 1301.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John V.A. Fine, Jr., "The Late Medieval Balkans", Ann Arbor, 1987.

description: Emperor of Bulgaria

wikidata_label: Chaka of Bulgaria

wikipedia_title: Chaka of Bulgaria


text: Ipswich

text: England

text: British

text: cement

text: Ipswich

text: Inland Revenue

text: Hackney

text: Hammersmith

text: Brook Green

text: West Kensington

text: L. Frank Baum

text: Lewis Carroll

text: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

text: The Wallypug of Why

text: Noel Streatfeild

text: Works by George Edward Farrow

text: List of 1st editions

categories: 1862 births,1919 deaths,English children's writers

paragraph: G. E. Farrow

paragraph: George Edward Farrow (17 March 1862 – 1919) born in Ipswich in England, was a noted British children's book author of whose life little is known.

paragraph: The son of George Farrow, a cement manufacturer in Ipswich, and his wife Emily, G.E. Farrow was educated in London and America. In 1891 he was working as a clerk to the Collector of Inland Revenue and was living at No 190 Dalston Lane in Hackney. In 1901 he was living at No 83 Sterndale Road in Hammersmith. By this time his occupation is listed as 'Author'. On both these dates his mother was living with him. He also lived for a time in Brook Green in West Kensington.

paragraph: During his literary career Farrow wrote more than thirty books for children. He encouraged his young readers to write to him, answered their letters, and let their tastes and opinions guide his future works (rather like his American contemporary L. Frank Baum). Though he wrote adventure tales and poetry, Farrow was best known for his nonsense books written in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", especially his "Wallypug" series, including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wallypug of Why" (1895)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adventures in Wallypugland" (1898)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wallypug in London" (1898)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Search of the Wallypug" (1903)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wallypug in Fogland" (1904)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Wallypug in the Moon" (1905)

paragraph: — and others; thirty-four volumes in all. His last book was "The Mysterious Shin Shira", published in 1915.

paragraph: Surprisingly for a popular and prolific author, little is known of Farrow's life. We can glean a few sparse facts from the prefaces to his books: that he owned an armchair called Pendennis; had a dog called Gip, and was known to his friends as 'Gef'. We can infer, perhaps, from those prefaces in which he repeatedly begged for letters from his young readers that he was lonely and childless. We can guess with the frequency with which he changed publishers that he was dissatisfied with the terms they offered. Until recently, even the year of his birth was not known with certainty, it having been estimated at 1866, partly based on a reference in the Preface to an 1898 book:

paragraph: What "did" become of Farrow is also obscure. Author Noel Streatfeild has speculated,

paragraph: Farrow's other books include "The Missing Prince" (1896) and "The Little Panjandrum's Dodo" (1899).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: References

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works by George Edward Farrow at Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of 1st editions

description: British children's writer

wikidata_label: G. E. Farrow

wikipedia_title: G. E. Farrow


text: Joey Blush

text: Joey Blush

text: Cuban-American

text: Fear Factory

text: Rhys Fulber

text: Cristian Castro

text: Joey Jordison

text: Slipknot

text: Scar the Martyr

text: Dangerous Muse

text: I Want It All

text: TENSE

text: Disconnect Myself

text: Fear Factory

text: iVardensphere

text: Bonedance

text: Batillus

text: Pouppée Fabrikk

text: How to Destroy Angels

text: Mindless Self Indulgence

text: Front Line Assembly

text: Delerium

text: Phildel

text: Ritual

text: The official Blush Response site

text: Blush Response's Official Facebook page

text: Blush Response on Soundcloud

text: Blush Response on Discogs

categories: American industrial music groups,Musical groups from New York City

paragraph: Blush Response

paragraph: Blush Response is an American Industrial Techno project based in Berlin, Germany. It is the solo project of musician Joey Blush.

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Blush Response is Joey Blush, Cuban-American artist and sound designer.

paragraph: He began Blush Response in New York City in 2009, and has released several albums to date, each album showing an evolution in sound. His early worked touched on EBM and synth pop influences with vocals and pop structures. After relocating to Berlin his sound evolved into a hybrid of instrumental Techno, EBM, and Industrial.

paragraph: His music is characterized by a modular synth heavy approach to sound design, combining rough, glitch-heavy beats with thick, distorted synths to create a sound that blurs the lines between electronic genres.

paragraph: Blush has also done programming work for artists such as Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber, Cristian Castro, and has toured as a member of Joey Jordison (Slipknot)'s industrial metal project Scar the Martyr.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dangerous Muse - I Want It All (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- TENSE - Disconnect Myself (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fear Factory - Blush Response (Difference Engine Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- iVardensphere - Bonedance (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Batillus - Cast (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pouppée Fabrikk - H8 U (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- How to Destroy Angels - How Long (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mindless Self Indulgence - Fuck Machine (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3Teeth - Master of Decay (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Front Line Assembly - Echogenetic (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Delerium feat. Phildel - Ritual (Blush Response Remix)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The official Blush Response site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blush Response's Official Facebook page

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blush Response on Soundcloud

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blush Response on Discogs

wikidata_label: Blush Response

wikipedia_title: Blush Response


text:
Danish
royal anthem
Kong Kristian stod ved højen mast
Johannes Ewald
vaudeville
Johann Hartmann
Vilhelm Carl Ravn

categories: Danish composers,1742 births,Male composers,Danish jurists,Male violinists,1813 deaths,Danish classical violinists

paragraph: Ditlev Ludvig Rogert

paragraph: Ditlev (or Ditlef) Ludvig Rogert (1742–1813) was a Danish songwriter who is credited with composing the music for Denmark's royal anthem "Kong Kristian stod ved højen mast". He was also a High Court judge and violinist.

paragraph: The lyrics to the anthem first appeared in May 1778, in Johannes Ewald's vaudeville play, "The Fishermen". It has long been debated who composed the music to the song. It was originally accredited to Johann Hartmann, the same composer who wrote the score for "The Fishermen"; however his original romantic score for the vaudeville was entirely different from the score commonly used today. Following the dismissal of the possibility that Hartmann could have composed the score, it was suggested that Rogert had been the original composer, a claim that was backed up by several 19th century intellectuals. In 1880, Vilhelm Carl Ravn presented his theory that the score significantly preceded Ewald's poem and had no one particular composer. This is the most commonly supported theory today. The song was adopted as a national anthem in 1780.

description: Danish musician

wikidata_label: Ditlev Ludvig Rogert

wikipedia_title: Ditlev Ludvig Rogert


text:
Georgian Orthodox
Mtskheta
Fool for Christ
Tbilisi
Communist Party
Soviet army
tonsure
Vladimir Lenin
International Workers' Day
psychotic
West
zine
Death to the World
Saint Nino
Samtavro Monastery
incorrupt
Christmas
Official website: www.monkgabriel.ge

categories: 1995 deaths,Wonderworkers,People from Tbilisi,Christian monks from Georgia (country),1929 births,20th-century Christian saints,Eastern Orthodox saints,Archimandrites,Ascetics,Saints of Georgia (country)

paragraph: Gabriel Urgebadze

paragraph: Gabriel (), born Goderdzi Urgebadze (; 26 August 1929 – 2 November 1995) was a Georgian Orthodox monk venerated for his dedicated monastic life and piety. With many miracles ascribed to him, Gabriel's grave at Mtskheta has attracted an increasing number of pilgrims. The Georgian Orthodox Church officially canonized him as Holy Father St. Gabriel, Confessor and Fool for Christ (წმ. ღირსი მამა გაბრიელი აღმსარებელი-სალოსი), on 20 December 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Gabriel was born as Goderdzi Urgebadze in Tbilisi in the family of a Communist Party functionary, who was murdered in 1931. After a compulsory service in the Soviet army, he decided to join the monastic life and was tonsured a monk under the name of Gabriel in 1955. He made himself famous by setting fire to a banner depicting Vladimir Lenin during an International Workers' Day parade in downtown Tbilisi in 1965. He was arrested, tried, ruled to be psychotic, and confined to a mental hospital for seven months. An account of this incident was also published in the West, in the Orthodox zine "Death to the World" in 1994.

paragraph: Gabriel spent much of his later life at the convent of Saint Nino, a nunnery attached to Samtavro Monastery in Mtskheta, an ancient town north of Tbilisi. He died there in 1995 and was buried at the Samtavro churchyard.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: The monk Gabriel is believed by the Orthodox followers to have possessed powers of healing and prophecy, while his remains are considered to be incorrupt. The oil from a lamp which constantly burned at his tomb in Mtskheta was also considered to have been miraculous. The grave became an increasingly popular site of pilgrimage. In 2012, the Georgian Orthodox Church officially recognized him as a saint. In January 2014, rumors that Gabriel made the promise in a vision to a local nun in Mtskheta that two wishes would supposedly be granted to those who arrived at the tomb just before Orthodox Christmas on 7 January sparked mass pilgrimage to the saint's tomb so as extra police units had to be deployed to control traffic. The church officials and the nun eventually dismissed the rumors as false.

paragraph: The relics of Gabriel were exhumed for reburial into a special crypt within the Samtavro monastery in February 2014. Prior to the reburial, his body was rested at four major Orthodox cathedrals in Georgia, attracting thousands of pilgrims from all over the country.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Confessor of Christ in present day Georgia", The Orthodox Word, 1992, USA

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website: www.monkgabriel.ge

description: Georgian saint

wikidata_label: Gabriel

wikipedia_title: Gabriel Urgebadze


text:
South Africa
professional baseball
shortstop
second baseman
Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
Toronto Blue Jays
Randburg
Tirrenia
Italy
Rookie-level
Gulf Coast League Pirates
runs batted in
South Africa national baseball team
2009 World Baseball Classic
Mexico's
Elmer Dessens
Sports Illustrated
Short Season-A
State College Spikes
Advanced-A
Bradenton Marauders
Scottsdale Scorpions
Arizona Fall League
Double-A
Altoona Curve
Indianapolis Indians
Triple-A
International League
Canary Islands
Al Cabrera
Spain
Jon Lester
Freedom Day
1994 election
Toronto Blue Jays
Buffalo Bisons
Sydney Blue Sox
Australian Baseball League
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Double-A
Altoona Curve

categories: West Virginia Power players,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players,South African Sotho people,Scottsdale Scorpions players,Pittsburgh Pirates players,People from Randburg,Toronto Blue Jays players,Indianapolis Indians players,Expatriate baseball players in Canada,People from Pietersburg,Major League Baseball shortstops,Sportspeople from Johannesburg,Sydney Blue Sox players,Major League Baseball third basemen,Expatriate baseball players in Australia,South African expatriates in Australia,Gulf Coast Pirates players,Major League Baseball players from South Africa,Living people,Altoona Curve players,South African expatriate sportspeople in Canada,South African expatriate baseball players in the United States,State College Spikes players,Lehigh Valley IronPigs players,Bradenton Marauders players,West Virginia Black Bears players,1990 births,Major League Baseball second basemen

paragraph: Gift Ngoepe

paragraph: Mpho' Gift Ngoepe (mm-POH, n-GO-pay; born 18 January 1990) is a South African professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017, he became the first native of continental Africa to reach the Major Leagues.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Pittsburgh Pirates.

paragraph: A native of Randburg, Ngoepe became the first black South African, and the sixth South African to sign a professional baseball contract when he signed in October 2008. When Ngoepe was growing up, his mother was a clubhouse attendant for the Randburg Mets, and they lived in one of the clubhouse rooms. He was invited to Major League Baseball's academy in Tirrenia, Italy, where the Pirates signed him.

paragraph: In 2009, Ngoepe played for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates, and batted .238/.341/.281 with one home run, nine runs batted in (RBI), and 13 stolen bases in 47 games. He was a member of the South Africa national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. At the 2009 WBC, he hit consecutive triples off of Mexico's Elmer Dessens in a 14–3 loss to Mexico. On 10 August 2009, "Sports Illustrated" published an article on Ngoepe titled "A Gift From Africa" which covered how he started his baseball career, his upbringing, and time with the Pirates since moving from South Africa. In 2010, he played 64 games with the Short Season-A State College Spikes and two with the Advanced-A Bradenton Marauders, batting a combined .206/.316/.318 with one home run, 20 RBI, and 11 stolen bases.

paragraph: Ngoepe played only 27 games in 2011 due to a hamate injury. He batted .297/.354/.440 with two home runs and five RBI before the injury.

paragraph: Ngoepe played the entire 2012 season with Bradenton, and in a then career-high 124 games played he hit .232/.330/.338 with nine home runs and 36 RBI and a career-high 22 stolen bases. He also played 16 games for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League. In 2013, he again began the season with Bradenton, playing 28 games and batting .292/.424/.427 before being promoted to the Double-A Altoona Curve, where he played 72 games. In Altoona, Ngeope batted .177/.278/.282 with three home runs, 16 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. He made his second trip to the Arizona Fall League at the end of the season, playing 17 games for Scottsdale.

paragraph: In 2014, Ngeope set career-highs in games played and RBI, playing 131 games with Altoona and batting .238/.319/.380 with nine home runs, 52 RBI, and 13 stolen bases. He was invited to 2015 spring training by the Pirates on 9 January 2015. He played for the Indianapolis Indians of the Triple-A International League in 2016.

paragraph: On 26 April 2017, the Pirates promoted Ngoepe to the major leagues from Indianapolis; this was widely reported as making him the first African-born player in MLB history. Indeed, he was the first continental African (and the first player from an African nation) to reach the Major Leagues. Some point out that Canary Islands-born Al Cabrera played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1913. While the Canary Islands are part of Spain and have been since before Cabrera played in the Major Leagues, the archipelago is located off the coast of northwestern Africa.

paragraph: Regardless, Ngoepe made his Major League debut that day, and recorded his first career hit, a single off Cubs' starting pitcher Jon Lester. Because of time zone differences, Ngoepe's MLB debut fell on the early morning of 27 April in South Africa, observed in that country as Freedom Day, memorializing the 1994 election that was the first in which the country's black population was allowed to vote.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Toronto Blue Jays.

paragraph: On 20 November 2017, Ngoepe was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations or a player to be named later. He earned a spot on the active roster to begin the season, and was optioned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on 20 April. He was designated for assignment on 3 May 2018. Ngoepe was released from the organization on 13 August 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Sydney Blue Sox.

paragraph: On 30 August 2018, Ngoepe signed with the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League (a winter league) for the 2018/19 season. He batted .357/.451/.700.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: On 11 January 2019, Ngoepe signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was released on 20 June 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Second stint with Pittsburgh Pirates.

paragraph: On 29 June 2019, Ngoepe signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and was assigned to the Double-A Altoona Curve. He was released on 30 July 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ngoepe's younger brother, Victor, plays in the Pirates organization.

description: South African professional baseball player

wikidata_label: Gift Ngoepe

wikipedia_title: Gift Ngoepe


text:
University of Brighton Design Archives
Mainz
Leeds
Leeds College of Art
Toronto
High Park
Tübingen

categories: Industrial designers,1999 deaths,Alumni of the Leeds College of Art,1924 births,British male sculptors,20th-century British sculptors

paragraph: Bernard Schottlander

paragraph: Bernard Schottlander (1924–1999) was a British, German-born designer and sculptor. His archive is located at the University of Brighton Design Archives.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Bernard Schottlander was born in Mainz, Germany in 1924 and came as a Jewish refugee to Leeds in 1939. During the war he worked in a factory as a welder, before taking a course in Sculpture at Leeds College of Art and subsequently – with the help of a bursary – at the Anglo-French art centre in St John’s Wood. He studied sculpture for a year in London, and his training as a welder influenced his work heavily. Bernard Schottlander described himself as a designer for interiors and a sculptor for exteriors.

paragraph: He opened a studio in North London with his assistant George Nash, who had himself learned his craft in the Royal Air Force’s workshops. Their work at this stage was essentially artistic in nature, seeking to explore new forms and each piece was handmade in strictly limited editions.

paragraph: In 1963 he decided to concentrate solely on sculpture and from 1965 he taught metalwork at St Martins School. In the same year he was part of the group show Six Artists at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and in the following year (1966) had his first solo show at the Hamilton Galleries, London.

paragraph: Section::::The Mantis.

paragraph: An admirer of Alexander Calder, in 1951 Schottlander created the "Mantis" series of lamp.

paragraph: ""As both an industrial designer and sculptor, the two professions were for Schottlander interconnected. As Victoria Worsley has demonstrated, Schottlander was concerned with similar formal problems in his sculptures and designs. His designs for lamps created sleek sculptural forms and customizable functionality""

paragraph: Section::::Publication.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Indoors and Out (No. 56): The Sculpture and Design of Bernard Schottlander. The Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds 2007

paragraph: Section::::Works (selection).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toronto : "November Pyramid" (1967) in High Park

paragraph: BULLET::::- London : "South of the River" (1976) at Becket House, Lambeth Palace Road

paragraph: BULLET::::- Warwick : "3B Series I" (1968) outside the Rootes Building, University of Warwick

paragraph: BULLET::::- Milton Keynes : "3B Series No.2", "3B Series No.6" and "2MS Series No.4" (1968–70), Public Gardens

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tübingen : "Pyramid (BS-76)" (1976), Konrad-Adenauerstraße

description: British artist

wikidata_label: Bernard Schottlander

wikipedia_title: Bernard Schottlander


text: PC

text: British

text: Cambridge

text: Trinity Hall, Cambridge

text: The Leys School

text: Cambridge

text: Trinity Hall, Cambridge

text: University Commissary

text: Royal Tank Regiment

text: mentioned in dispatches

text: Cambridge University Law Society

text: Bar

text: Lincoln's Inn

text: chancery

text: Queen's Counsel

text: Bencher

text: Judge of the High Court

text: Chancery Division

text: Restrictive Practices Court

text: Privy Counsellor

text: Lord Justice of Appeal

text: Greater London Council

text: Fares Fair

text: Lord Denning

text: Master of the Rolls

text: Sir John Donaldson

text: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

text: life peer

text: Norfolk

text: Spycatcher

text: macular degeneration

text: proprietary estoppel

text: Obituary, "The Times", 29 October 2007

categories: Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge,Law lords,People educated at The Leys School,Royal Tank Regiment officers,Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,Queen's Counsel 1901–2000,2007 deaths,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,1921 births,Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge,Knights Bachelor,English judges,Chancery Division judges,British Army personnel of World War II

paragraph: Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton

paragraph: Peter Raymond Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton PC (7 March 1921 – 17 October 2007) was a British judge and barrister.

paragraph: Oliver was born in Cambridge, where his father, David Thomas Oliver, was a professor of law and Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a starred First in law in 1941. He later became an honorary fellow of Trinity Hall, and became University Commissary. From 1941 to 1945, he served in the 12th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment, and was mentioned in dispatches during his service in Italy. He was Honorary President of the Cambridge University Law Society.

paragraph: Oliver was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1948, and became a chancery barrister. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1965, a Bencher at Lincoln's Inn in 1973. He was knighted one year later, when he was appointed a Judge of the High Court in the Chancery Division. Between 1976 and 1980, he was a member of the Restrictive Practices Court. He was chairman of the Review Body on the Chancery Division from 1979 to 1981, recommending many changes to modernise its practice.

paragraph: He became a Privy Counsellor in 1980, when he was promoted to become a Lord Justice of Appeal. He joined with Lord Denning in ruling that the Greater London Council's "Fares Fair" policy was illegal (a decision which was later upheld by the House of Lords). He was a leading contender to succeed Lord Denning as Master of the Rolls on his retirement in 1982, but the post went to Sir John Donaldson instead. In 1986, Oliver was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and was created a life peer with the title Baron Oliver of Aylmerton, of Aylmerton in the County of Norfolk. He joined the minority in the House of Lords judgment in the "Spycatcher" case in 1987, in favour of lifting the ban on its publication.

paragraph: He retired as Lord of Appeal in 1992. In later life, he lost his sight due to macular degeneration.

paragraph: Lord Oliver married twice, firstly Mary Chichester Rideal in 1945. They had a son and a daughter. After her death in 1985, he married secondly Wendy Anne Lloyd Jones (née Harrison) in 1987. He was survived by his second wife, and the two children from his first marriage.

paragraph: Section::::Notable cases.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Taylor Fashions v Liverpool Victoria Trustees" (1979), a leading case of proprietary estoppel

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police" (1991), a leading case on psychiatric harm in Tort

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, "The Daily Telegraph", 24 October 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, "The Times", 29 October 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, "The Independent", 31 October 2007

description: British judge

wikidata_label: Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton

wikipedia_title: Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton


text:
Italian
condottiero
Castel del Giudice
Abruzzo
Molise
Kingdom of Naples
Braccio da Montone
Joan II of Anjou
Sergianni Caracciolo
Bari
Vasto
Monteodorisio
Pacentro
Arce
Trivento
Palena
Anversa
Valva
Campo di Giove
Cantelmo Family
Alfonso V of Aragon
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Battle of L'Aquila
Colonna
Lazio
Francesco Sforza
Pope Martin V
Colle Sannita
Benevento
Sulmona
Antonio Caldora
Anjou
Ferdinand of Aragon
Vasto

categories: Condottieri,People from the Province of Isernia,1369 births,Lords of Italy,1439 deaths,14th-century Italian people

paragraph: Jacopo Caldora

paragraph: Jacopo Caldora or Giacomo Caldora (1369 – November 15, 1439) was an Italian condottiero.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Caldora was born in Castel del Giudice (Abruzzo in present-day Molise, then part of the Kingdom of Naples), into a feudatory family. He began his military career under Braccio da Montone, and, returned to his lands, expanded them by hiring mercenaries from the surrounding mountains. Called to the Neapolitan court by Queen Joan II of Anjou, he became a favourite of the powerful minister Sergianni Caracciolo.

paragraph: He was the Feudal Lord of Bari, Vasto, Monteodorisio, Pacentro, Arce, Trivento, Palena, Anversa, Valva, Campo di Giove.

paragraph: Jacopo was the son of Giovanni Antonio Caldora, and Rita Cantelmo, a noblewoman of the powerful Cantelmo Family of French origin. He had two brothers, Raimondo and Restaino.

paragraph: In the political turmoil of the period, Caldora later became a general of Alfonso V of Aragon in his conquest of the Kingdom. When the Aragonese troops were left under siege in Naples, he changed sides again, winning the title of "conestabile" from Queen Joan, and serving as assistant to the Kingdom's commander-in-chief Muzio Attendolo Sforza. When the latter drowned before the Battle of L'Aquila in 1424, Caldora led the Angevine army to victory.

paragraph: He subsequently continued to defend the Anjou cause after Alfonso's return. In 1431 he was sent to fight against the excommunicated Colonna in southern Lazio, but he was bribed by them and remained inactive. When his protector Sergianni Caracciolo died, and the marriage of his daughter to Francesco Sforza was annulled by Pope Martin V, he returned to his lands.

paragraph: He died during a siege at Colle Sannita, near Benevento. He was buried by his family in a chapel of the "Badia di S. Spirito" (also known as Badia Morronese) near Sulmona. This chapel and an elaborate sarcophagus was built by his mother for the family in 1412.

paragraph: His son Antonio Caldora was also a successful condottiero who later sided with the Anjou faction against Ferdinand of Aragon. This led to his defeat and the end of the Caldora dynasty at the Siege of Vasto in 1464.

description: Italian condottiero

wikidata_label: Jacopo Caldora

wikipedia_title: Jacopo Caldora


text:
Hosokawa Fujitaka
Oda Nobunaga
Hosokawa Fujitaka
Numata Jako
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Tatsutaka
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Gracia
Hosokawa Gracia
Akechi Mitsuhide
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
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siege of Nirayama
Izu Province
Odawara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Ishida Mitsunari
Osaka Castle
Battle of Sekigahara
Shima Sakon
Buzen
Siege of Osaka
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Siege of Shimabara
Higo
Ujii Yashiro
Hosokawa clan
Sengoku Biographical Dictionary
Charles Ralph Boxer

categories: Toyotomi retainers,1563 births,Daimyo,Higo-Hosokawa clan,1646 deaths,Ōshū-Hosokawa clan

paragraph: Hosokawa Tadaoki

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Tadaoki was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka. He fought in his first battle at the age of 15. In that battle, he was in the service of Oda Nobunaga. His childhood name was Kumachiyo (熊千代).

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Hosokawa Fujitaka

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: Numata Jako (1544-1618)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubines:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter of Kori Muneyasu

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter of Akechi Mitsutada

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter of Kiyota Mamoru

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daughter of Masashi Shimamoto

paragraph: BULLET::::- Children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa Tadataka (1580-1646) by Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa Okiaki (1583-1615) by Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa Tadatoshi by Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa Okitaka

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa Tatsutaka by daughter of Kiyota Mamoru

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsui Yoriyuki

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ocho married Maeno Kagesada by Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Otara married Inaba Kazumichi by Hosokawa Gracia

paragraph: BULLET::::- Koho married Matsui Okinaga

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oman married Karasuma Mitsukata

paragraph: Section::::Daimyo.

paragraph: Tadaoki was given the Province of Tango in 1580. Soon after that, he married Hosokawa Gracia, the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide. In 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga and Nobunaga was killed. Akechi turned to Hosokawa Fujitaka and Hosokawa Tadaoki for help. They refused to help him, and Mitsuhide was defeated.

paragraph: Tadaoki was present on Hideyoshi's side in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584) and the Odawara Campaign (1590), where he took part in the siege of Nirayama (Izu Province) and later joined the main army outside Odawara. During the 1590s he became friends with Tokugawa Ieyasu (who had lent him money to assist in some debts owed Toyotomi Hidetsugu) and in 1600 sided with him against Ishida Mitsunari. In July Ishida had attempted to gain some leverage over those leaning towards Ieyasu by taking as hostages all those whose families were in Osaka Castle. This happened to include Tadaoki's wife – who was by now a Christian, baptized "Gracia". To avoid capture, Gracia ordered a servant to kill her and set fire to their quarters. While there is little reason to believe that Hosokawa was emotionally scarred by the incident, it was considered an appalling act of trickery, and served to drive Tadaoki – among others – into Ieyasu's camp.

paragraph: At the Battle of Sekigahara (21 October 1600) Tadaoki commanded 5,000 men and his mother Numata Jako accompanied him in the Tokugawa vanguard and clashed with the forces of Shima Sakon. He was awarded a fief in Buzen (Kokura, 370,000 koku) and went on to serve at the Siege of Osaka (1614–1615). He was succeeded by Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586–1641), who was present at the Siege of Shimabara (1637–1638). In 1632 Tadatoshi received a huge fief in Higo (Kumamoto, 540,000 "koku"), where the Hosokawa family remained until 1871.

paragraph: Section::::Retainers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ujii Yashiro

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hosokawa clan

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sengoku Biographical Dictionary Hosokawa Tadaoki

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sansom, George ""A History of Japan"", 1334–1615 Stanford 1961

paragraph: BULLET::::- Berry, Mary Elizabeth ""Hideyoshi"" 1982

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Ralph Boxer, "Hosokawa Tadaoki and the Jesuits, 1587–1645" in "Portuguese Merchants and Missionaries in Feudal Japan, 1543–1640", by Variorum Reprints (1986)

description: daimyo

wikidata_label: Hosokawa Tadaoki

wikipedia_title: Hosokawa Tadaoki


text: Persian

text: Sangesar

text: Iran

text: Iran

text: Semnan

text: Sangesar

text: University of Tehran

text: Mohammad Reza Lotfi

text: Germany

text: Cologne

text: Persian classical music

text: tar

text: Ostad

text: Mohammad Reza Shajarian

text: Mohammad Motamedi

text: on Youtube

categories: Iranian emigrants to Germany,Iranian setar players,Iranian composers,Year of birth uncertain,Persian classical musicians,Iranian tar players,Living people

paragraph: Majid Derakhshani

paragraph: Majid Derakhshani (Persian: مجید درخشانی) (born 13 September 1956 in Sangesar, Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer.

paragraph: He was born into a family of artists from the Iranian province Semnan, Sangesar. During his studies of string instruments and composition at the University of Tehran, the legendary Mohammad Reza Lotfi became his teacher.

paragraph: Subsequent to his emigration to Germany he founded the "Nawa Musikzentrum" in Cologne; the primary and most active center for Persian classical music outside of Iran. In Iran Majid Derakhshani is deemed to be amongst the best on his instrument – the tar. Hence he carries the venerable title "Ostad", denoting him as a master of his instrument. His virtuosity has been celebrated worldwide in festivals, concerts, radio and television productions.

paragraph: He Is now the best tar player in the world.

paragraph: He has composed for myriads of international musicians, such as the greatly renowned Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian (Album "Dar Khial").

paragraph: Majid’s declared ambition is to familiarize western culture with Iranian classical music. He views himself as an ambassador of these magnificently mystical melodies which themselves lead dynamic lives of their own where change is certain and compulsory. Thus, a novel musical style developed, that spices oriental music with European elements. The subliminal magic of his harmonies enthral unswervingly, enchanting people of all ages. Especially in a time replete with one-dimensional and superficial stimulation, this music may serve to enlighten us.

paragraph: Majid Derakhshani's CDs:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Shahre Ashenai

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lahzeye Nab

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fasleh Baraan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Didar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chavoshi, Poem by Akhavan Saales

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dar Khial, with Mohammad reza Shajarian

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rendaneh Mast, with Mohammad reza Shajarian

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morghe Khoshsokhan, with Mohammad reza Shajarian

paragraph: BULLET::::- Boodan & Soroudan (Mohammad Motamedi & Khorshid Ensembl (Sun Ensembl) – 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toranjestan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bidar Delan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Naseem Sobhdam

paragraph: BULLET::::- Na

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mojdeh Baran

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ghasedak, Poem by Akhavan Saales

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bacheha Bahar, In collaboration with Hossein Alizadeh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ghoghay Eshghbazan, with Mohammad reza Shajarian

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sobhe Omid

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bikaran, With Ensemble Sheyda

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johar Eshgh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Man Tarabam

paragraph: BULLET::::- Asmaneh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Khial Angiz

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gomgashteh

paragraph: BULLET::::- Neyreez

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pejvan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Khaneh Abri

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poshte Parchin Sokhan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daryadel

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music of Iran, Traditional Modernists: Majid Derakhshani, BBC Persian, Retrieved 24 October 2010.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: Majid Derakhshani on Youtube

description: Iranian musician

wikidata_label: Majid Derakhshani

wikipedia_title: Majid Derakhshani


text:
Philadelphia Centennials
New Haven Elm Citys
Louisville Grays

categories: New Haven Elm Citys players,London Tecumseh players,Philadelphia Centennials players,1853 births,Baseball players from Pennsylvania,19th-century baseball players,Louisville Grays players,1877 deaths,Major League Baseball second basemen

paragraph: Ed Somerville

paragraph: Edward G. Somerville (March 1, 1853 – October 1, 1877) was a Major League baseball player from 1875 to 1876. He played with the Philadelphia Centennials, New Haven Elm Citys, and Louisville Grays as an infielder. He had a .200 batting average for his career.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Ed Somerville

wikipedia_title: Ed Somerville


text:
American football
linebacker
National Football League
drafted
Washington Redskins
2008 NFL Draft
defensive end
college football
Kansas State University
West Haven High School
Fort Scott Community College
Fort Scott, Kansas
Jayhawk Conference
Kansas State University
Big 12
Washington Redskins
2008 NFL Draft
Dallas Cowboys
2008 season
Jeremy Jarmon
defensive end
3-4 defense
2010 NFL season
Jacksonville Jaguars
2011 season
Brian Orakpo
Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Vick
Cincinnati Bengals
Brian Orakpo
injured reserve
St. Louis Rams
Andy Dalton
Eli Manning
New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens
Joe Flacco
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
NFC East
2013 season
Washington Redskins bio

categories: Washington Redskins players,People from West Haven, Connecticut,American football defensive ends,1985 births,Living people,Kansas State Wildcats football players

paragraph: Rob Jackson (American football)

paragraph: Robert Gene Jackson (born November 3, 1985) is a former American football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft as a defensive end. He played college football at Kansas State University.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Jackson prepped at West Haven High School, West Haven, CT, where he was considered the No. 16 overall prospect in New England by SuperPrep. He earned All-Area and All-State honors at defensive end in 2003 when he Totaled 72 tackles, including 12 sacks. He won a state championship in 2002 in high school.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Jackson attended junior college at Fort Scott Community College, located in Fort Scott, Kansas. He had 35 tackles (28 solo), including nine for losses (six sacks) in eight games on defense and caught four receptions for 90 yards as a tight end and totaled 45 tackles (34 solo) in nine games as a freshman and led the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in sacks during 2004 with 9. He played both defensive end and tight end as a sophomore. He was a two-time first-team All-Jayhawk Conference defensive selection. Jackson then went on to play collegiate football at Kansas State University. In 2006, he started 12 of 13 games and earned honorable mention All-Big 12 after making 36 tackles (8.5 for losses and 4.5 sacks, two pass break-ups and one forced fumble. In 2007, Jackson started 11 of 12 games. He ended the season with 25 tackles, 4.5 for loss, and 2 sacks and one pass broken up.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

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

paragraph: Jackson measured in at a height of 6' 3⅜" and a weight of 257 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds and he measured a 28" vertical jump and completed 13 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2008 Season.

paragraph: Jackson was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round (242nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft on April 27, 2008. The pick represented the Redskins’ ninth pick of the 2008 Draft. He made his NFL debut against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4 of the 2008 season. Jackson finished his rookie season playing in only three games and recording only a single tackle.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2009 Season.

paragraph: On September 5, 2009, Jackson was waived by the Redskins. He was signed to the Redskins' practice squad the next day.

paragraph: Jackson was promoted to the active roster on November 30, 2009 due to injury of Jeremy Jarmon.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2010 Season.

paragraph: On September 4, 2010, Jackson was released by the Redskins.

paragraph: The next day, he was signed to the Redskins' practice squad again. Originally being a defensive end, Jackson was converted into an outside linebacker when the Redskins switched to a 3-4 defense in the 2010 NFL season.

paragraph: Jackson was promoted to the active 53-man roster on December 20, 2010 due to Brian Orakpo suffering a groin injury. In the Week 16 of the against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jackson recorded his first career sack, which helped the Redskins beat the Jaguars in overtime.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2011 Season.

paragraph: In the 2011 season, Jackson was made the backup right outside linebacker for Brian Orakpo. In Week 17 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Jackson subbed in for Orakpo in the second half of the game after the latter injured his shoulder after sacking Michael Vick. At the end of the season, Jackson played all 16 games for the first time in his career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2012 Season.

paragraph: In Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jackson had his first career start at the right outside linebacker after Brian Orakpo was placed on injured reserve after tearing his left pectoral muscle in Week 2 against the St. Louis Rams. In the game, he scored the Redskins' first touchdown after he intercepted Andy Dalton and landed in the endzone; it was his first career interception and touchdown. He recorded his second career interception on Eli Manning in the Week 7 game against the New York Giants. In the Week 14 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Jackson managed to strip the ball away from Joe Flacco as he was sacking him and recovered the ball. This turnover would lead to the Redskins scoring a field goal helping to tie the game and eventually winning in overtime. The following week, he would record his third career interception in the win over the Cleveland Browns. Two weeks later, he secured his fourth interception of the year against the Dallas Cowboys in a win that won the team the title of NFC East Champion.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2013 Season.

paragraph: Set to be a restricted free agent in the 2013 season, Jackson agreed to re-sign with the Redskins on a one-year deal on March 9, 2013. On March 20, it was announced that Jackson would be suspended for the first four games of the season due to violating the league's substance abuse policy.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Washington Redskins.:2014 Season.

paragraph: Jackson re-signed with the Redskins again on April 4, 2014. He was released on August 24.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washington Redskins bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Rob Jackson

wikipedia_title: Rob Jackson (American football)


text:
American football
offensive guard
National Football League
Carolina Panthers
2008 NFL Draft
Minnesota Vikings
Kansas City Chiefs
New York Giants
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college football
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Pro Football Focus
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2015 season
Detroit Lions
List of select Jewish football players
New York Giants bio
Oregon Ducks bio

categories: Kansas City Chiefs players,Minnesota Vikings players,Detroit Lions players,American football offensive tackles,1986 births,Conservative Jews,Players of American football from Louisiana,Oregon Ducks football players,Carolina Panthers players,New York Giants players,Living people,American football offensive guards,Jewish American sportspeople

paragraph: Geoff Schwartz

paragraph: Geoffrey Isaiah "Geoff" Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League and author. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and played for them from 2008-11. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Detroit Lions. Schwartz played college football at the University of Oregon, for the Oregon Ducks. He started for three years at right tackle, and in his senior year was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection.

paragraph: Section::::Early years and personal life.

paragraph: Schwartz was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Lee Schwartz, a business consultant to manufacturing companies, and Olivia Goodkin, an attorney.

paragraph: Schwartz is Jewish, and was raised in Conservative Judaism, observing all the Jewish holidays. He attended Hebrew school and synagogue Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles. His Hebrew name is Gedalia Yitzhak. When he is on the road during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, he carries a menorah with him and lights its candles in his hotel room.

paragraph: Schwartz did not start playing football until age 13. Firstly, he was too heavy for the weight requirements of the local youth program. Secondly, his parents wanted him to instead focus on studying for his Bar Mitzvah.

paragraph: His brother, offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz, was a second-round pick and currently plays in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs. Geoff is the older of the two, an inch taller, and 20 pounds heavier. Geoff credits an excess of matzah ball soup and latkes for their size.

paragraph: Schwartz is "proud to be a role model to young Jewish kids and athletes, letting them know it's possible for them to reach their goals." “We can’t have a minyan,” referring to the Jewish requirement of 10 Jewish adults to conduct a service. Geoff and Mitchell are the first Jewish brothers to play in the NFL since Ralph Horween and Arnold Horween in 1923.

paragraph: His father, speaking of the fact that he has two sons playing in the National Football League, said: "I just kvell." His mother, commenting on having two sons play football, said: I started out worrying that they were going to get hurt, but then I realized it was the other players I should be worrying about. They were like trucks hitting small cars. And I started to kind of feel like maybe this was their destiny.

paragraph: Schwartz married in March 2014. Schwartz was co-author of "Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith" with his brother, Mitchell. It was published on September 6, 2016. He currently works as a writer for SB Nation and hosts his own podcast titled "Block'em Up".

paragraph: Section::::High school.

paragraph: Schwartz attended Palisades Charter High School. There, he was the starting center on the basketball team. He was also an All-League pitcher in baseball, throwing in the upper-80s miles-per-hour. As a pitcher, he had a 13–6 record with a 1.30 ERA, 4 saves, and 130 strikeouts in his last two years.

paragraph: In addition, he played football for the high school team, on both the offensive line and the defensive line. He played tackle and guard on offense, and nose guard, defensive end, and defensive tackle on defense. He was rated first-team All-City and All-Westside by the "L.A. Times", California's 5th-best offensive line recruit by Tom Lemming, among the top 75 prep prospects in California by "Super Prep", 36th on the Rivals.com list of the nation's top offensive tackle prospects, and included among the "Tacoma News Tribune"'s Western One-hundred selections.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Schwartz played college football at the University of Oregon. His major was political science. He started for three years at right tackle, playing in 41 games (36 starts). He had the team's best record in the squat strength training exercise, at 505 pounds (229 kg).

paragraph: In 2005, as a sophomore, he started all 12 games and allowed only three sacks. In 2006, as a junior, he played in 12 games with 11 starts. In 2007, as a senior he started all 13 games and helped the team lead the Pac-10 in rushing for a second consecutive year. He was a second-team 2007 All-Pac-10 selection. Schwartz holds the Pac-10 record for rushing by a right tackle, at 3 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Carolina Panthers (2008–11).

paragraph: Schwartz was drafted by the Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. That year, he was on the Panthers' practice squad, after being waived in the final training camp roster cut.

paragraph: In 2009, he played in all 16 games with 3 starts at right tackle. In 2010, he started all 16 games (the first 5 at right tackle, and the last 11 at right guard), and played 1,016 snaps. In 2011, he was projected to start at right guard again, but suffered an injured right hip consisting of a hip impingement (a bone spur in his femur that tore his hip cartilage) during practice. He spent the season on the injured reserve list, and had hip surgery in September 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Vikings (2012).

paragraph: On March 21, 2012, Schwartz signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. He played right guard in parts of 13 games for the team in 2012, and helped running back Adrian Peterson rush for 2,097 yards, just 9 yards short of the NFL single-season record.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Kansas City Chiefs (2013).

paragraph: Schwartz signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 15, 2013. His one-year contract was worth up to $1.2 million, including incentives.

paragraph: Schwartz was expected to compete either with Donald Stephenson to start at right tackle, or with Jon Asamoah and Jeff Allen for playing time at guard. On October 27, Geoff played against his brother, Mitchell, for the first time.

paragraph: He played in all 16 games for the Chiefs, starting 7 of them, moving into the starting lineup at right guard in the latter part of the season. He received a plus-18.6 Pro Football Focus grade in 549 snaps, the highest grade of any Chiefs offensive lineman, and was rated as the top free-agent guard by the site. Pro Football Focus wrote: "Schwartz has played as well as any [guard] not named Evan Mathis on a per-snap basis the last two years... has an overall grade of +24.1 in 792 snaps (full season is typically 1000+ snaps) since he missed the whole 2011 season with a hip injury. While he had a superb year in pass protection with a pass blocking efficiency of 97.3 (ranked 11th), Schwartz’ calling card is his run blocking. He has elite power at the point of attack, but he also rarely gets beat cleanly. He had the sixth-lowest percentage of run snaps that took a downgrade among all guards."

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Giants (2014–15).

paragraph: On March 12, 2014, Schwartz signed a four-year, $16.8 million deal with $6.2 million guaranteed with the New York Giants. ESPN reported that he was in line to start, most likely at left or right guard, for the Giants. PFF and Rotoworld had rated him the #1 free agent guard. In the Giants' third preseason game against the New York Jets, Schwartz suffered a broken toe and missed the first eleven weeks of the regular season. After his return, he started against the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. In the game against the Jaguars, he suffered a broken ankle and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

paragraph: On November 29, 2015, Schwartz sustained a broken left leg in the Week 12 loss to the Washington Redskins. During the 2015 season, Schwartz started 11 games at guard for the Giants before missing the final five games due to injury. On December 1, 2015, Schwartz was placed on season-ending injured reserve. On February 10, 2016, Schwartz was released by the Giants.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions (2016).

paragraph: On March 30, 2016, Schwartz signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions. The Lions released Schwartz on August 29, 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Retirement.

paragraph: On February 21, 2017, Schwartz announced his retirement from the NFL.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of select Jewish football players

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- New York Giants bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oregon Ducks bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Geoff Schwartz

wikipedia_title: Geoff Schwartz


text: American Taekwondo Association

text: Manchukuo

text: northeast China

text: Korea

text: World War II

text: Omaha, Nebraska

text: American Taekwondo Association

text: Little Rock, Arkansas

text: Soon Ho

text: Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

text: List of taekwondo grandmasters

text: Haeng Ung Lee ATA Biography

categories: Martial arts school founders,Korean people of Manchukuo,Deaths from cancer,Place of death missing,People from Northeast China,American male taekwondo practitioners,South Korean emigrants to the United States,1936 births,Chinese male taekwondo practitioners,2000 deaths

paragraph: Haeng Ung Lee

paragraph: Haeng Ung ("H.U.") Lee (July 20, 1936 – October 5, 2000) was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the American Taekwondo Association.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Lee was born in Manchukuo (now northeast China) after his family had left Korea, returning after World War II. From 1956 to 1959, Lee taught taekwondo to members of the Republic of Korea military. He started a commercial school to teach civilians in 1959. He later opened a school near a U.S. Air Force base, where he instructed and befriended an American serviceman, Richard Reed, who in 1962 sponsored Lee's emigration to the United States.

paragraph: Lee moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where in 1969 he co-founded the American Taekwondo Association. Omaha remained the organization's headquarters until Lee relocated it to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1977. In 1990, the ATA Master's Council awarded Lee the rank of 9th degree black belt and the title of "Grand Master"

paragraph: On October 5, 2000, Lee died of cancer. Lee's brother Soon Ho was later promoted to 9th degree Grand Master. H.U. Lee's widow, Sun C. Lee, received her late husband's shares in the company and became the new chairman of the board of the ATA. H.U. Lee was posthumously promoted to 10th degree black belt, and awarded the title "Eternal Grand Master". He is the first ever to attain this rank in the ATA. Master Lee has also been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of taekwondo grandmasters

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Haeng Ung Lee ATA Biography

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the American Taekwondo Association

description: American taekwondo practitioner

wikidata_label: Haeng Ung Lee

wikipedia_title: Haeng Ung Lee


text:
Cuban-American
American football official
National Football League
Conference USA
Big East
2004
2012
Gerald Austin
Larry Nemmers
Hispanic
AFC
Baltimore Ravens
New England Patriots
Super Bowl XLVI
Dean Blandino

categories: 1960 births,College football officials,National Football League officials,American people of Cuban descent,National Football League executives,Living people

paragraph: Alberto Riveron

paragraph: Alberto Riveron (born 1960) is a Cuban-American former American football official and currently the Senior Vice President of Officiating of the National Football League (NFL).

paragraph: Riveron spent 15 years officiating games in Conference USA and the Big East. From the 2004 to the 2012 seasons, he served as an on-field official for the NFL, wearing uniform number 57. He first served as a side judge before being promoted to head referee (crew chief) in 2008 following the retirements of Gerald Austin and Larry Nemmers. Riveron was the first referee of Hispanic origin in NFL history.

paragraph: Riveron was the crew chief for the 2012 AFC Championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots, and was the alternate referee of Super Bowl XLVI.

paragraph: On 19 February 2013, Riveron was promoted to the league's Senior Director of Officiating, a newly created position as a second-in-command under the league's former Vice President of Officiating, Dean Blandino. On 10 May 2017, he was named Senior Vice President of Officiating. Despite receiving considerable criticism from the media, the NFL announced that it will retain Riveron as its senior vice president of officiating for the 2018 season.

paragraph: Riveron is originally from Cuba, having moved to the United States at the age of 5. He has a wife, Patricia, and two sons, Tyler (died 25 September 2016) and Austin.

description: American football official

wikidata_label: Alberto Riveron

wikipedia_title: Alberto Riveron


text:
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Flavio Cianciarulo
Valeria Bertuccelli
Vicentico
Los Rayos
Los pájaros
Solo un Momento
Vicentico 5
Último acto

categories: 1964 births,Latin music songwriters,Living people,Sony Music Latin artists,Grammy Award winners,Rock en Español musicians,Argentine male singers,Rock songwriters

paragraph: Vicentico

paragraph: Gabriel Julio Fernández Capello (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a musician and composer better known by his stage name Vicentico. Co-founder and vocalist of the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs along with Flavio Cianciarulo. He was part of the group since its creation in 1984 to the year 2001, when he began a solo career as a singer.

paragraph: He lives with his wife, actress Valeria Bertuccelli, and their sons Florián and Vicente.

paragraph: Section::::Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::1. "Vicentico" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::2. "Los Rayos" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. "Los pájaros" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. "Solo un Momento" (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::5. "Vicentico 5" (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::6. "Último acto" (2014)

description: Argentinian singer, musician and composer

wikidata_label: Vicentico

wikipedia_title: Vicentico


text:
English
Scotland
canon law
bachelorate
James I of Scotland
England
Joan Beaufort
Henry Beaufort
Bishop of Winchester
chaplain
secretary
Alyth
Angus
Chancellor
Dunkeld
Council of Basel
Dean
Aberdeen
Treasurer
diocese of Glasgow
Provost
Collegiate Church
Lincluden
Columba de Dunbar
Bishop of Moray
Cambuskenneth Abbey
minority
James II of Scotland
Spynie
burgh of Barony
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas
burgh of regality
Spynie Castle
Elgin Cathedral
Dowden, John
, accessed 25 Feb 2007
Watt, D.E.R.

categories: 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops,People from Winchester,1440 deaths,Bishops of Moray,Burials at Elgin Cathedral

paragraph: John de Winchester

paragraph: John de Winchester (died 1460) was a 15th-century English cleric who distinguished himself as an administrator and bishop in Scotland. Winchester was a student of canon law from 1418, graduating with a bachelorate in 1421.

paragraph: He appears to have entered Scotland in 1424 after King James I of Scotland returned from his eighteen-year period as a hostage in England; it is notable and certainly relevant that James' queen, Joan Beaufort, was the niece of Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester.

paragraph: After entering Scotland, James was chaplain and secretary to the king, who bestowed on Winchester Alyth in Angus and helped him become Chancellor of Dunkeld. Winchester was out of Scotland in 1432, attending the Council of Basel on behalf of King James; he was also Clerk of the Register in this year.

paragraph: He was Dean of Aberdeen in 1431, and was provided as Treasurer of the diocese of Glasgow sometime in 1431, but was not able to take up this position. However, he did become Provost of the Collegiate Church of Lincluden between 1434 and 1436.

paragraph: Winchester's services to the king were rewarded further in November 1435 when, after the death of Columba de Dunbar, he was elected as Bishop of Moray. He was not, however, consecrated until 9 May 1437, a few months after the death of King James; his consecration took place at Cambuskenneth Abbey.

paragraph: After becoming bishop, Winchester continued in the service of Queen Joan through the minority of James II of Scotland. James II later rewarded WInchester by creating Spynie as a burgh of Barony on 24 July 1451; after James II murdered the ex-regent William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas in 1452, Spynie's status was raised to that of burgh of regality.

paragraph: Bishop Winchester died April, 1460, probably at Spynie Castle and was buried in St Mary's Aisle within Elgin Cathedral.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cowan, Ian B., "The Parishes of Medieval Scotland", Scottish Record Society, Vol. 93, (Edinburgh, 1967)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- McGladdery, C. A., "Winchester, John (d. 1460)", in the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 25 Feb 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

description: Bishop of Moray

wikidata_label: John de Winchester

wikipedia_title: John de Winchester


text:
German
Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Frédéric Chopin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitry Kabalevsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Stuttgart
Stuttgart Academy of Music
Walter Gieseking
Philips Records
Grand Prix du Disque
Edison Prize
Homepage of Werner Haas (German)

categories: German classical pianists,20th-century classical musicians,20th-century classical pianists,1931 births,20th-century German musicians,1976 deaths

paragraph: Werner Haas (pianist)

paragraph: Werner Haas (March 3, 1931October 11, 1976) was a German classical pianist. He was known for his performances of early 20th century compositions, particularly those of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. He had a wide repertoire that also included works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and the complete works for piano and orchestra by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

paragraph: He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended the Stuttgart Academy of Music. Later he was a student of Walter Gieseking in his Saarbrücken master-classes. After a successful recital career throughout Europe in the 1950s, he signed a multi-year recording contract with Philips Records. His recording of the complete works of Debussy was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in 1970. Other recordings of Ravel by Haas were given the Amsterdam Edison Prize, also in 1970.

paragraph: He died in an auto accident in France in 1976.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Homepage of Werner Haas (German)

description: German musician

wikidata_label: Werner Haas

wikipedia_title: Werner Haas (pianist)


text:
footballer
Coupe de France
2003-04

categories: Sportspeople from Savoie,Troyes AC players,Al Rayyan SC players,En Avant de Guingamp players,Ligue 2 players,Olympique Lyonnais players,Ligue 1 players,Sportspeople from Chambéry,1975 births,Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players,Olympique de Marseille players,Association football forwards,FC Lorient players,French footballers,Amiens SC players,Association football midfielders,Living people

paragraph: Fabrice Fiorèse

paragraph: Fabrice Fiorèse (born July 26, 1975) is a retired French footballer.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Paris Saint-Germain

paragraph: BULLET::::- Coupe de France: 2003-04

description: French footballer

wikidata_label: Fabrice Fiorèse

wikipedia_title: Fabrice Fiorèse


text: abstract

text: Four Abstract Classicists

text: Salt Lake City, Utah

text: Department of the Interior

text: Blackfoot, Idaho

text: Idaho State University

text: Pocatello

text: Chouinard Art Institute

text: Rico Lebrun

text: U.S. Army Signal Corps

text: École des Beaux-Arts

text: Pablo Picasso

text: Georges Braque

text: Constantin Brâncuși

text: G.I. Bill

text: Jepson Art Institute

text: Pomona College

text: University of New Mexico

text: Karl Benjamin

text: John McLaughlin

text: Lorser Feitelson

text: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

text: Jules Langsner

text: hard-edge painting

text: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

text: Institute of Contemporary Arts

text: Queen's University

text: Belfast

text: Northern Ireland

text: abstract expressionist

text: Albuquerque, New Mexico

text: Guggenheim Fellowship

text: National Endowment for the Arts

text: Los Angeles Times

text: negative space

text: retrospective

text: David Pagel

text: Baroque

text: Minimalist

text: The Responsive Eye

text: Museum of Modern Art

text: Albright-Knox Art Gallery

text: Albuquerque Museum

text: Butler Institute of American Art

text: Corcoran Gallery of Art

text: Fogg Museum

text: High Museum of Art

text: The Huntington

text: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art

text: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

text: New Mexico Museum of Art

text: Oakland Museum

text: Orange County Museum of Art

text: Roswell Museum and Art Center

text: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

text: Santa Barbara Museum of Art

text: Frederick Hammersley

text: L.A. Louver

text: Archive

text: Frederick Hammersley papers

categories: 21st-century American painters,20th-century American painters,Chouinard Art Institute alumni,American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts,University of New Mexico faculty,American male painters,Guggenheim Fellows,Artists from Albuquerque, New Mexico,Artists from Salt Lake City,Pomona College faculty,American military personnel of World War II,National Endowment for the Arts Fellows,Abstract painters,1919 births,Idaho State University alumni

paragraph: Frederick Hammersley

paragraph: Frederick Hammersley (January 5, 1919 – May 31, 2009) was an American abstract painter. His participation in the 1959 "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibit secured his place in art history.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, a Department of the Interior employee, moved the family to Blackfoot, Idaho and eventually to San Francisco, where the young Hammersley first took art lessons. His studies later took him back to Idaho, at Idaho State University in Pocatello from 1936 to 1938 and then to Los Angeles for the Chouinard Art Institute starting in 1940. There he studied everything from figure painting to lettering and his instructors included Rico Lebrun. His artistic training was interrupted by a stint in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Infantry as a graphic designer. His World War II service in England, Germany, and France was from 1942 to 1946. Fortuitously, he was stationed in Paris near the end of his service, and he took the opportunity to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in 1945. During this period, Hammersley met Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Constantin Brâncuși, visited their studios, and made sketches.

paragraph: Hammersley returned to the U.S. and resumed his studies at Chouinard (1946), with financial assistance from the G.I. Bill. A year later, he continued his art education at the experimental Jepson Art Institute for another three years.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: He began a teaching career at Jepson in 1948, staying until 1951. Subsequent teaching positions included Pomona College (1953–62), Pasadena Art Museum (1956–61), Chouinard (1964–68), and University of New Mexico (1968–71).

paragraph: Hammersley first gained widespread acclaim when his paintings were featured in the landmark "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibit, which also showcased the work of Karl Benjamin, John McLaughlin, and Lorser Feitelson. This 1959 exhibit was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and curated by Jules Langsner, who, with Peter Selz, coined the term "hard-edge painting" to describe the work of these artists. The exhibit, which traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was praised for its presentation of cool abstractions which were very different from the emotional ones of the established abstract expressionist movement.

paragraph: He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1968 and took a teaching position at the University of New Mexico; he stopped teaching in 1971 so that he could concentrate full-time on painting. In 1973 he was honored with a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in painting, and he received National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in 1975 and 1977.

paragraph: Hammersley wrote in an exhibition catalog, "hard-edge is often very hard to take, coming to it cold – or, even to the practiced eye". He expanded his repertoire beyond hard-edge, dividing his art into three categories: "hunches", "geometrics", and "organics".

paragraph: "Hunch" paintings, produced from 1953 to 1959, start by laying down an initial shape. Other shapes are successively added, and the whole evolves in unplanned ways. Hammersley explained: "My painting begins with a hunch, no plan, no theory, just a feeling to make a shape. That shape dictates what and where the next will go, and so on..." The final canvas may be suggestive of a still-life or a landscape, although still quite abstract. "Los Angeles Times" art critic Christopher Miles wrote that "they show Hammersley to have been, from the start, as keen a student of Modernist style as he was of color and composition."

paragraph: "Geometrics" are orchestrated compositions of sharp geometric forms, painted from 1959 to 1964, and from 1965 to the mid-'90s. While more rigidly composed than Hunches, they still retain a degree of playfulness. A gridded canvas may have sections divided by diagonals or arcs. The triangles, squares, and other geometric shapes combine to form interlocking relationships to each other, creating a rhythmic composition with interchangeable positive and negative space.

paragraph: "Organics" consist of freely curving shapes inspired by the natural world. These works, produced in 1964 and from 1982 into the 2000s, also contain interlocking shapes, but, as Miles wrote, they "are more evocative and suggestive, with elements seeming to probe and penetrate, embrace and envelop one another. Particularly effective is the combination of hard breaks between colors from one shape to the next with gradations between colors within a shape. In "Comes Out Eden, #8" (1994), shapes seem to fade in and out, to merge, dematerialize or change states – to behave like chameleons and run hot and cold."

paragraph: In reviewing "Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems: Works by Frederick Hammersley", a 2000 retrospective, "Los Angeles Times" critic Leah Ollman wrote that he ... proved himself more a soft-hearted humanist than a hard-edged purist. ...

paragraph: Hammersley takes several steps toward making his work more accessible, less aloof. For one, he uses titles as invitations in, catalysts to closer looking. ... [P]unning, free-associative title ideas ... mimic the formal dynamics enacted by the shapes... They joust, contradict, tease, echo and conspire.

paragraph: Another savvy and refreshing move Hammersley makes is to counter the clean, impersonal precision of hard-edge painting with the amusing presence of his own personality, his own hand. ... Most brilliantly of all, he contains each of his works within wooden frames that he makes by hand... Artificially distressed and self-consciously homey, the frames offset the neat balances of the images within. They nudge the works into a stylistic no-man's-land, which is all the richer for its internal contradictions and resistance to cut-and-dried uniformity.

paragraph: By reinforcing a connection to the familiar world of touch, the frames also scuttle the notion that abstraction belongs to a rarefied superstratum of experience. Hammersley consistently keeps his feet on the ground and his gaze on the world around him, a world where abstractions are a functional part of the mix.

paragraph: Art critic David Pagel commented that the complex arrangements of colors and geometric shapes in some paintings featured in a 2002 show made Hammersley "look like a Baroque artist in Minimalist clothing.

paragraph: In addition to paintings, Hammersley also produced photographs, computer-generated art, prints and drawings.

paragraph: Hammersley died on May 31, 2009 at his home in Albuquerque.

paragraph: Section::::Selected exhibitions.

paragraph: A small sample of Hammersley's exhibitions:

paragraph: Section::::Selected exhibitions.:Solo exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 California Palace of the Legion of Honor

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 La Jolla Art Museum, La Jolla, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999–2000 "Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems: Works by Frederick Hammersley", Museum of Fine Arts (Santa Fe), University of New Mexico, Laguna Beach Art Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 "Hunches, Geometrics, Organics: Paintings by Frederick Hammersley", Pomona College Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 "Organic and Geometric", Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe, New York, NY

paragraph: Section::::Selected exhibitions.:Group exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959-60 "Four Abstract Classicists", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England; Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Western Association of Art Museums

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "The Responsive Eye", Museum of Modern Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 "35th Corcoran Biennial"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994-96 "Still Working", Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Chicago Cultural Center, The New School for Social Research, The Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, The Fischer Art Gallery at U.S.C., The Portland Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007-2009 "Birth of the Cool", Orange County Museum of Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Oakland Museum of California, The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin

paragraph: Section::::Collections.

paragraph: Hammersley's work is in many prominent collections including:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albright-Knox Art Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Albuquerque Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Butler Institute of American Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Corcoran Gallery of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fogg Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- High Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Huntington

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Los Angeles County Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- New Mexico Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oakland Museum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Orange County Museum of Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roswell Museum and Art Center

paragraph: BULLET::::- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santa Barbara Museum of Art

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Hammersley at L.A. Louver, with biography, articles, and many images organized by decade

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archive containing various articles about Frederick Hammersley

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Hammersley papers Detailed description of the Frederick Hammersley papers at the Archives of American Art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Interview of Frederick Hammersley, January 2003. Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frederick Hammersley sketchbooks, prints, notes, and working materials, 1948-1980. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2013.M.33. The sketchbooks, notebooks and working materials provide meticulous technical details regarding Hammersley's methodology and the formal experimentation that preceded many of his paintings.

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Frederick Hammersley

wikipedia_title: Frederick Hammersley


text: India

text: Khan of Khiva

text: slaves

text: Khiva

text: Shadwell

text: ropewalk

text: Bengal Civil Service

text: William Makepeace Thackeray (II)

text: Charterhouse School

text: Addiscombe Military Seminary

text: Bengal Artillery

text: India

text: Bengal

text: Gorakhpur

text: Herat

text: Khan of Khiva

text: Orenburg

text: St. Petersburg

text: Tsar Nicholas I

text: Queen Victoria

text: Major General George Pollock

text: Peshwar

text: Sir Robert Sale

text: Jalalabad

text: Deputy Commissioner

text: Sagar

text: Brevet Captain

text: Gwalior

text: Second Anglo-Sikh War

text: Punjab Medal

text: Gwalior

text: British Raj

text: Governor-General

text: Central India

text: Companion of the Bath

text: bronchitis

text: John Shakespear

text: The Shakespeare Family History Site

categories: Companions of the Order of the Bath,British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War,British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War,1861 deaths,Bengal Artillery officers,1812 births,Deaths from bronchitis,Alumni of Addiscombe Military Seminary,People educated at Charterhouse School

paragraph: Richmond Shakespear

paragraph: Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (11 May 1812 – 16 December 1861) was an Indian-born British Indian Army officer. He helped to influence the Khan of Khiva to abolish the capture and selling of Russian slaves in Khiva. This likely forestalled the Russian conquest of the Khiva, although it ultimately did not prevent it.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Richmond Shakespear came from a family with deep ties to British activities in Asia. While his ancestors were rope-makers hailing from Shadwell (where there was a ropewalk named after them, Shakespear's Walk), by the seventeenth century, the Shakespears were involved in British military and civil service in Asia, and eventually raising families in India, although the children were still educated in England.

paragraph: Richmond Shakespear was the youngest son of John Talbot Shakespear and Amelia Thackeray, who both served in the Bengal Civil Service. Amelia was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray (I), the grandfather of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (II). He was born in India on 11 May 1812, educated at the Charterhouse School, and entered Addiscombe Military Seminary in 1827. He gained a commission as Second Lieutenant for the Bengal Artillery in 1828, and moved back to India in 1829. He was positioned in various stations in Bengal until 1837, when he became Assistant at Gorakhpur.

paragraph: Section::::Intervention in Khiva.

paragraph: In 1839, he became Political Assistant to the British Mission to Herat, with his main duty as artillery instruction.

paragraph: He was sent by his commander, Major d'Arcy Todd, to negotiate with the Khan of Khiva for the release of

paragraph: the Russian captives held there; which the British worried might provoke a Russian invasion. Shakespear was successful in negotiations and marched to Orenburg with 416 Russian men, women, and children. Because of this accomplishment, he was posted to Moscow and St. Petersburg where he was received by Tsar Nicholas I.

paragraph: When he returned to London, he was knighted by Queen Victoria on 31 August 1841.

paragraph: Section::::After Khiva.

paragraph: In 1842, Shakespear became Secretary to Major General George Pollock, who was commanding forces in Peshwar

paragraph: for the relief of Sir Robert Sale at Jalalabad. In 1843, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Sagar, and promoted to

paragraph: Brevet Captain. Later that year, he was transferred to Gwalior, where he was promoted to Regimental Captain in 1846, and where he remained until 1848.

paragraph: Between 1848 and 1849, he served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. For his services he received the Punjab Medal.

paragraph: Section::::Civil duties.

paragraph: Shakespear returned to civil duties in Gwalior toward the end of 1849. For the next ten years, he continued to advance in political and military roles in the British Raj, culminating in his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General for Central India.

paragraph: He became a Companion of the Bath in 1860.

paragraph: He died on 16 December 1861 from bronchitis, and was survived by his wife, six daughters, and three sons. His youngest son was John Shakespear (1861–1942).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collection Papers of Richmond Shakespear at the UK National Archives

paragraph: BULLET::::- An account of the freeing of the Russian slaves at Khiva

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Shakespeare Family History Site

description: British Army officer

wikidata_label: Richmond Shakespear

wikipedia_title: Richmond Shakespear