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paragraph: Ronnie Milsap

paragraph: Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and thirty-five No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Early life (1943–71).

paragraph: Milsap was born January 16, 1943, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. A congenital disorder left him almost completely blind from birth. Abandoned by his mother as an infant, he was raised in poverty by his grandparents in the Smoky Mountains until the age of five, when he was sent to the Governor Morehead School for the blind in Raleigh, North Carolina.

paragraph: Throughout his childhood, Milsap developed a passion for music, particularly the late-night radio broadcasts of country music, gospel music, and rhythm and blues. When he was seven years old, his instructors began to notice his musical talents. Soon afterward Milsap began studying classical music formally at Governor Morehead and learned several instruments, eventually mastering the piano. At age 14, he had very limited vision in his left eye. A slap from one of the school's house parents caused him to lose that limited vision. At that point, Milsap lost all interest in anything meaningful in life for several years.

paragraph: With the national breakthrough of Elvis Presley in 1956, Milsap became interested in rock and roll music and formed a rock band with classmates in high school, the Apparitions. In concert, Milsap has often paid tribute to the legendary artists of the 1950s who inspired him including Ray Charles, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley.

paragraph: Milsap was awarded a full college scholarship and briefly attended Young Harris College in Young Harris, GA, with plans to become a lawyer. During this time, Milsap joined a popular local R&B band called the Dimensions that played gigs in the Atlanta area, and became a regular attraction at the rough and rowdy Royal Peacock Club. In the fall of 1964, Milsap declined a scholarship to law school and left college to pursue a full-time career in music. He met Joyce Reeves one night at a dinner party during this period, and the two were married in 1965.

paragraph: In 1963, Milsap met Atlanta disc jockey Pat Hughes who became an early supporter of his music career. Milsap recorded his first single, "Total Disaster/It Went to Your Head", which enjoyed some local success in the Atlanta area. The single sold 15,000 copies with the help of Hughes, who played the record on his radio show. Around this same time, Milsap auditioned for a job as a keyboardist for musician J.J. Cale. In 1965, Milsap signed with New York-based Scepter Records, recording several obscure singles for the label over the next few years and working briefly with other soul musicians like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.

paragraph: Also in 1965, Milsap scored his first hit with the Ashford & Simpson-penned single, "Never Had It So Good", which peaked at No. 19 on the R&B chart in November of that year. It would be his only successful single during his time with Scepter. Milsap cut another Ashford & Simpson tune, "Let's Go Get Stoned", that was relegated to a B-side. A few months later, it became a million-selling single for Ray Charles who heard and liked Milsap's version of the song so much that he decided to record it himself. Milsap's Scepter recording of "Ain't No Soul Left in These Old Shoes" eventually found popularity in England, where northern DJs discovered it and it became a floor filler in northern soul clubs.

paragraph: In the late 1960s, after moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Milsap worked for producer Chips Moman and became a popular weekly attraction at the Memphis nightclub T.J.'s. During this time, Moman helped Milsap land work as a session musician on numerous projects including several recordings with Elvis Presley such as "Don't Cry Daddy" in 1969 and "Kentucky Rain" in 1970. That same year, Milsap made the lower reaches of the pop charts with the single "Loving You Is a Natural Thing". He recorded and released his debut album, "Ronnie Milsap", on Warner Brothers in 1971. The album is a lost, obscure classic that was re-issued on CD in 2006.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Breakthrough success (1973–75).

paragraph: In December 1972, Milsap relocated to Nashville after a chance meeting with country music star Charley Pride who was in the audience for a Milsap gig at the nightclub Whiskey A-Go-Go. Pride was impressed with Milsap's singing and encouraged him to change course and focus on country music. Milsap began working with Pride's manager, Jack D. Johnson, and was signed to RCA Records in 1973. He released his first single for RCA that year, "I Hate You", which became his first country music success, peaking at No. 10 on the country chart. In 1974, Milsap toured with Pride as an opening act and had two No. 1 singles: "Pure Love" (written by Eddie Rabbitt) and the Kris Kristofferson composition "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" which won Milsap his first Grammy. In 1975, he revived the Don Gibson song "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" and scored another No. 1 hit with "Daydreams About Night Things".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:"It Was Almost Like A Song" (1976–78).

paragraph: From 1976 to 1978, Milsap became one of country music's biggest stars. He scored seven No. 1 singles in a row, including the Grammy-winning "(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man" and "What a Difference You've Made in My Life". The most significant of this series was "It Was Almost Like a Song" in 1977, a piano-based ballad, which became his most successful single of the 1970s. In addition to topping the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, the song was his first entry on the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop music chart since "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" reached No. 95; "It Was Almost Like a Song," reached No. 16. It was also his first song to make the Adult Contemporary Chart, stopping at No. 7. While the song was Milsap's only crossover success of the 1970s, he continued to achieve hits on the country music charts for the remainder of the decade.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Crossover success (1979–92).

paragraph: Milsap's sound shifted toward string-laden pop ballads during the late 1970s which resulted in crossover success on the pop charts beginning in the early 1980s. From 1980 until 1983, he scored a series of eleven No. 1 singles. Milsap's Greatest Hits album, released in 1980, included a new single, "Smoky Mountain Rain", which became a No. 1 smash on the country charts. The single peaked in the Top 20 on the pop music chart and also became the first of two Milsap songs to score No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

paragraph: Other crossover successes included the Top 5 pop single, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", and two Top 20 songs in "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" and "Any Day Now", the latter which lasted five weeks at No. 1 on "Billboard"s Adult Contemporary chart. He also had some success with "He Got You". All four songs reached No. 1 on the country music charts. In the Philippines, ironically, his biggest hit was the country ballad "Is It Over", which came from his 1983 album "Keyed Up". However, this was never released as a single in the U.S.

paragraph: Although the series of No. 1 hits ended in 1983, the last song of the series, "Stranger in My House", was still successful on all three charts, peaking at No. 5 on the country music chart, No. 23 on the pop music chart, and No. 8 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Just a few months later, "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" was released, becoming Milsap's last significant entry on the pop music chart, stopping at No. 58. However it, along with others, still became major successes on the Adult Contemporary chart. These successful singles include "Show Her", "Still Losing You", and finally, the Grammy-winning song "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" (his last pop crossover success) in 1985.

paragraph: Like other artists of the same era such as Linda Ronstadt, Glen Campbell, Marty Robbins, and Ray Charles, Milsap's albums during the 1980s often featured songs in a variety of musical styles that showcased his remarkable range and versatility as a singer. Milsap, in fact, became the first country music artist to be played in full rotation on legendary rock music channel MTV with his 1984 single "She Loves My Car." In his 1990 autobiography, Milsap explains: "I'm a singer, not a vocal stylist. My breathing is correct; my enunciation is precise. Because of that, I can sing anybody's music. Yet there are stylists whose technical skills are so underdeveloped they can sing only their own songs their own way. They might be remembered for their hits longer than I am. I'll probably be working longer than they are. I can sing whatever the times and the trends demand."

paragraph: Between 1985 and 1987, Milsap enjoyed a series of uninterrupted No. 1 country singles, enjoying great success at this time with "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning", "In Love", "Snap Your Fingers", "Where Do the Nights Go", and the Grammy-winning duet with Kenny Rogers, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine".

paragraph: In 1989, Milsap had his last No. 1 song with "A Woman in Love", although he still remained successful on the charts. Other Top 10 singles between 1989 and 1991 include "Houston Solution", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Turn That Radio On", a remake of the 1950s hit "Since I Don't Have You" (his last adult contemporary hit) and "Are You Loving Me Like I'm loving You". With the help of writer Tom Carter, Milsap wrote and released his autobiography, titled "Almost like a Song", in 1990.

paragraph: In 1992, he had a major success with "All Is Fair in Love and War". The song featured rock guitarist Mark Knopfler on lead guitar and peaked at No. 11; his last top-40 country hit, "True Believer," peaked in 1993 at No. 30. By that time, however, Milsap's chart success began to decline, as did that of most other country stars of the 1970s and 1980s, in the wake of major changes in the country industry that pushed most of the older stars of the industry out of rotation on the wave of new country stations that signed on at that time.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:1993–present: Life today.

paragraph: Milsap has remained one of country music's best-loved and most successful artists despite the lack of radio airplay since the mid-1990s. In 1993, he left RCA for Liberty and released the album "True Believer" which failed to achieve significant radio airplay, although the title song scored No. 30 on the country chart. In 2000, Milsap resurfaced with a two-CD set, "40 No. 1 Hits", featuring a new single entitled "Time, Love, and Money". The new collection earned a gold record although the single failed to score on the charts.

paragraph: In 2000, Milsap's biography was featured by A&E Networks's "Biography" television series. Milsap has also been featured by CMT's numerous shows, including "40 Greatest Men of Country Music" and a 2005 episode of Crossroads with Tex-Mex rock group Los Lonely Boys.

paragraph: During 2004, Milsap worked with producer Jerry F. Sharell to record his first non-country album since the early 1970s, "Just for a Thrill". The project was a collection of American popular/jazz music standards which earned Milsap a Grammy award nomination that year. In 2006, Milsap signed with his former company RCA and returned to a mainstream, contemporary country music style with the album "My Life". The first single was "Local Girls" which reached No. 54.

paragraph: In 2009, Milsap released a two-CD set entitled "Then Sings My Soul" which featured 24 hymns and gospel songs, including "Up To Zion". "Up To Zion" was co-written by Gregory James Tornquist and Noreen Crayton and became a No. 1 hit on the southern gospel charts. On May 12, 2010, he was part of a Gaither Video Taping.

paragraph: Milsap's studio album "Country Again" was released in July 2011. The album was a return to a more traditional country sound. The first single, "If You Don't Want Me To", is a previous Milsap recording from 1980.

paragraph: On May 2, 2013, Milsap performed at the memorial service of country legend George Jones, singing the Jones classic "When the Grass Grows Over Me". The service was broadcast live on CMT, GAC, RFD-TV, The Nashville Network, and Family Net as well as Nashville stations. SiriusXM and WSM 650AM, home of the Grand Ole Opry, broadcast the event on radio.

paragraph: On December 27, 2013, it was announced that Milsap would release a new album. "Summer #17" was released in March 2014. The album features new recordings of classic pop and R&B songs from the 1950s and 60's.

paragraph: On June 1, 2014, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked "Smoky Mountain Rain" #96 in their list of the 100 greatest country songs.

paragraph: In 2016, Milsap was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on ""Forever Country"", a mash-up track of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again" and "I Will Always Love You" which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards.

paragraph: In October 2018, "Billboard" announced that Milsap would release a duets album, titled "Ronnie Milsap: The Duets" in January 2019. The album was released on January 18, 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Capitol Records protest.

paragraph: Milsap recorded a song in 2009, titled "My First Ride," as a fundraiser to benefit firefighters and police officers in the United States and Canada. The song features Trace Adkins as a guest vocalist and 70 percent of all proceeds are donated to the fund. After the song's initial release, however, the Nashville division of Capitol Records (of which Adkins was an artist on its roster at the time) allegedly reneged on promotion of it without explanation. On September 24, 2009, Milsap and a group of Tennessee firefighters and volunteers picketed the Capitol Nashville office because the company refused to service the record to radio and iTunes four weeks after its release. Milsap marched with the group of fifty people to the front steps of the office, then sang the new single from atop a vintage fire truck. The demonstration was peaceful and, after the performance, the group was asked to leave by building security. Milsap said:We came here to raise awareness about this worthy cause... What record label wouldn't want to be part of raising money for this much needed fund that helps firefighters and police officers who desperately need it?

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Amateur radio operator.

paragraph: Milsap is an Advanced-class amateur radio operator. His call sign is WB4KCG.

paragraph: Section::::Industry awards and honors.

paragraph: Academy of Country Music

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982 Top Male Vocalist

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 Song of the Year – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Instrumentalist of the Year, Keyboards

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 Pioneer Award

paragraph: "Billboard"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1980 No. 1 Country Song of the Year – "My Heart"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985 No. 1 Country Song of the Year – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"

paragraph: Country Music Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1974 Male Vocalist of the Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 Album of the Year – "A Legend in My Time"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 Male Vocalist of the Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Album of the Year – "Ronnie Milsap Live"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Entertainer of the Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Male Vocalist of the Year

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978 Album of the Year – "It Was Almost Like a Song"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 Album of the Year – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight

paragraph: Country Music Hall of Fame 2014 Inductee

paragraph: Grammy awards

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1977 Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982 Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986 Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987 Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (w/ Kenny Rogers)

paragraph: Music City News Country

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975 Most Promising Male Artist

paragraph: Miscellaneous achievements

paragraph: BULLET::::- 40 No. 1 hits, 35 of which reached the top spot on the "Billboard" chart; the remaining 5 topped other trade charts including Cashbox

paragraph: BULLET::::- Over 35 million albums sold

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- Awarded the Career Achievement Award by Country Radio Seminar in 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Awarded the 2007 Rocketown Legend Award

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of best selling music artists

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paragraph: Victor-François, 8th duc de Broglie

paragraph: Victor-François Marie Léon, 8th duc de Broglie (Paris, 25 March 1949 – Broglie, 12 February 2012) was a French aristocrat and holder of the title of duc de Broglie.

paragraph: The duke was born in Paris, the eldest son of Prince Jean de Broglie (1921–1976). He acceded to the ducal title in 1987, after the death of his distant cousin, physicist and Nobel laureate Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, without heirs. His father Jean's great-grandfather, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, was Louis de Broglie's grandfather, and there was no other surviving senior male.

paragraph: The duke was active in local politics in the Eure, and has served as mayor of the ducal seat of Broglie. He died suddenly in castle of Broglie on 12 February 2012 ("Le Figaro", 14 February 2012, p. 15). The duke was unmarried, and his titles were inherited by his younger brother, also unmarried. However, there is another younger brother and several junior cousins, some with young sons.

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paragraph: John Smith (sergeant)

paragraph: John Smith (February 1814 – 26 June 1864) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Derbyshire in the United Kingdom, Smith enlisted in the army of the East India Company at the age of 23. Posted to India in 1839, Smith served through various campaigns, earning the Victoria Cross in 1857 at the Siege of Delhi. Smith died from dysentery in 1864.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Smith was born in Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derbyshire, in February 1814. After working as a cordwainer like his father and uncle, Smith enlisted with the private army of the East India Company in London on 3 October 1837. Following his training at the East India Company's depot in Chatham, Smith embarked for India. Arriving on 2 August 1839 Smith was posted to the Bengal Sappers and Miners, subsequently arriving at the headquarters in Delhi then joining the 3rd Company of the Bengal Sappers and Miners. Smith was promoted to Sergeant in 1840.

paragraph: Smith, then with the 5th Company of the Bengal Sappers and Miners in November 1841, served in a force under Brigadier Wild, taking part in the advance on Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass. Smith then served throughout the 1842 campaign in Afghanistan, taking part in the successful storming of the Khyber Pass; the occupation of Jelalabad and the occupation of Kabul. Smith later rejoined the Headquarters of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Delhi, and was shortly afterwards transferred to 7th Company, with whom he served in the later part of the Sutlej campaign. Smith was present at the battle of Sobraon and was awarded a medal for this. Posted to the 3rd Company, Smith served through the Punjab campaign in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, being present at the siege and capture of Multan and battle of Gujerat. For this service Smith was awarded the Punjab Medal with two clasps.

paragraph: Smith was posted in 1851 to work with the Superintending Engineer of the Punjab, in the Department of Public Works, as an Acting Assistant Overseer attached to the Mian Mir Division, eventually becoming an Assistant Overseer in 1854. Smith was ordered to return to his regiment in 1856, and due to an error in the carrying out of this order Smith was mistakenly posted, at a reduced rank of Gunner, to the 3rd Company of the 4th Battalion of Bengal Artillery. Smith successfully protested against the order, leading to its rescinding and Smith being sent back to the Bengal Sappers and Miners at his former rank of Sergeant.

paragraph: Smith remained at the depot in Rurki until the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in May 1857 when the a force from the Bengal Sappers and Miners were ordered to the immediate aid of the station at Meerut. The arrival of this force at Meerut on 13 May 1857 was met with hostility, and the Meerut authorities demanded that the Bengal Sappers and Miners be disarmed, leading to the mutiny of a large number of the force (killing their commanding officer in the process) which then left to join the rebels at Delhi, leaving 45 Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, and 124 loyal Indian sappers. After two weeks at Meerut, this group was ordered to join the Delhi Field Force, with Smith serving in operations through the siege.

paragraph: Section::::Victoria Cross.

paragraph: Smith was 43 years old, and a sergeant in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 14 September 1857 at Delhi, British India, Sergeant Smith with two lieutenants (Duncan Charles Home and Philip Salkeld) and Bugler Robert Hawthorne showed conspicuous gallantry in the blowing in the Kashmir Gate in broad daylight under heavy fire. His citation reads:

paragraph: Section::::Later career.

paragraph: Smith spent 1858 engaged in operations in Oudh and was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with "Delhi" clasp. In July 1859 Smith was appointed Sub-Conductor and acting Barrack Master for Jullundur and Phillour. Smith was promoted to Ensign on 17 March 1860. and later served as Barrack Master at Peshawar, Subathu and Darjeeling, returning in January 1864 to general duties at Amballa.

paragraph: While on leave in Jullundur, Smith contracted dysentery there and died on 26 June 1864, following which he was buried in the Artillery Cemetery in Jullundur. The location of Smith's Victoria Cross medal is unknown.

paragraph: A memorial plaque commemorating Smith was placed on the wall of Ticknall Village Hall in 2014.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Find A Grave entry for John Smith.

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paragraph: James Alexander Smith

paragraph: James Alexander Smith VC (5 January 1881 – 21 May 1968) was born in Workington, Cumberland and was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. His birth name was James Alexander Glenn.

paragraph: He was 33 years old, and a private in the 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment, British Army, attached to 2nd Battalion during the First World War. Smith and Abraham Acton from Whitehaven were both awarded their Victoria Cross for their actions on 21 December 1914 at Rouges Bancs, France.

paragraph: On 21 December 1914 at Rouges Bancs, France, Smith and Abraham Acton, voluntarily went out from their trench and rescued a wounded man who had been lying exposed against the enemy's trenches for 15 hours. On the same day they again left their trench under heavy fire to bring in another wounded man. They were under fire for 60 minutes whilst conveying the wounded men to safety.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle Castle, Cumbria, England. He died 21 May 1968 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, aged 87.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

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wikidata_label: James Alexander Smith

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categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1920 deaths,Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order,People educated at Norwich School (independent school),1864 births,Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery,Military personnel from Lahore,British military personnel of the Tirah Campaign,British military personnel of the Hunza-Naga Campaign,Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire,Administrators in British India,Indian Staff Corps officers

paragraph: John Manners Smith

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel John Manners Smith (30 August 1864 – 6 January 1920) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Smith was educated at Norwich School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After transferring from the Norfolk Regiment to the British Indian Army, Smith was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps and 5th Gurkha Rifles, British Indian Army, during the Hunza-Naga Campaign, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

paragraph: On 20 December 1891 near Nilt Fort, British India, Lieutenant Smith led the storming party at the attack and capture of a strong position occupied by the enemy. For nearly four hours on the face of the cliff which was almost precipitous, he moved his handful of men from point to point, and during this time he was unable to defend himself from any attack which the enemy chose to make. He was the first man to reach the summit within a few yards of one of the enemy's sangars, which was immediately rushed, the lieutenant pistolling the first man.

paragraph: Section::::Further information.

paragraph: Smith later served with the India Staff Corps, and was promoted Major in July 1901.

paragraph: He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel before he retired from the army.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Gurkha Museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Brigade of Gurkhas recipients of the Victoria Cross

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Kensal Green Cemetery)"

description: Soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: John Manners Smith

wikipedia_title: John Manners Smith


text: Brigadier

text: British Indian Army

text: Conservative

text: Victoria Cross

text: Teignmouth

text: Devon

text: Henry Smyth

text: Heath Hall

text: Warmfield cum Heath

text: Cambridge University

text: George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton

text: John George Smyth

text: City of York

text: Dragon School

text: Repton

text: Royal Military College, Sandhurst

text: commissioned

text: second lieutenant

text: British Indian Army

text: 15th Ludhiana Sikhs

text: First World War

text: lieutenant

text: 3rd (Lahore) Division

text: Victoria Cross

text: the London Gazette

text: Indian Distinguished Service Medal

text: Order of St. George

text: captain

text: Egypt

text: brigade major

text: 43rd Indian Brigade

text: Military Cross

text: Waziristan

text: first-class cricket

text: Europeans team

text: Staff College, Camberley

text: Arthur Percival

text: Dudley Johnson

text: Arthur Wakely

text: Colville Wemyss

text: Montagu Stopford

text: John Halsted

text: Frederick Pile

text: Gordon Macready

text: Roderic Petre

text: Alastair MacDougall

text: Edmond Schreiber

text: Michael Gambier-Parry

text: Richard Dewing

text: Leslie Hill

text: Kenneth Loch

text: Douglas Pratt

text: Balfour Hutchison

text: Robert Pargiter

text: Robert Stone

text: Henry Verschoyle-Campbell

text: major

text: General Staff Officer Grade 3

text: 11th Sikh Regiment

text: lieutenant colonel

text: General

text: Lord Gort

text: Chief of the Imperial General Staff

text: Second World War

text: 2nd London Division

text: Territorial Army

text: Major General

text: John Willans

text: 127th Infantry Brigade

text: William Holmes

text: British Expeditionary Force

text: evacuation from Dunkirk

text: 36th Indian Infantry Brigade

text: Quetta

text: 19th Indian Infantry Division

text: acting

text: 17th Indian Infantry Division

text: retreat across the Sittang River

text: Burma

text: Rangoon

text: Commander-in-Chief, India

text: General

text: Sir Archibald Wavell

text: General Hutton

text: Sittang River

text: Ernest Bevin

text: Wandsworth Central

text: 1945 general election

text: 1950 election

text: Labour

text: Norwood

text: baronet

text: privy counsellor

text: 1966 general election

text: Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

text: Battle of Kohima

text: Golders Green Crematorium

text: Imperial War Museum

text: Artillery Company of Newport

text: Newport, Rhode Island

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

text: Outline of his career

text: Location of grave and VC medal

text: Cricinfo: Brigadier Sir John Smyth

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paragraph: Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet

paragraph: Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, (25 October 1893 – 26 April 1983), often known as Jackie Smyth, was a British Indian Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament. Although a recipient of the Victoria Cross, his military career ended in controversy.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Smyth was born in 1893 in Teignmouth, Devon, the son of William John Smyth (1869–1893), a member of the Indian Civil Service, and Lilian May Clifford. His grandfather was Army officer Henry Smyth, who was the second son of John Henry Smyth (1780–1822), of Heath Hall, Warmfield cum Heath, Yorkshire, a Whig MP for Cambridge University (1812–1822) and Lady Elizabeth Anne FitzRoy, daughter of George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton. His great-uncle John George Smyth was an MP for the City of York.

paragraph: Smyth was educated at Dragon School, Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: After passing out from Sandhurst, Smyth was commissioned as a second lieutenant on the unattached list for the British Indian Army on 24 August 1912, and was commissioned into the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs on 5 November 1913. He was promoted to lieutenant on 24 November 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War.

paragraph: He was 21 years old, and a lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 3rd (Lahore) Division, Indian Army during the First World War, when his actions earned him the Victoria Cross (VC). In June 1915, Smyth was awarded the VC, the United Kingdom's highest award for bravery in combat. The citation for this award, published in the London Gazette read:

paragraph: As well as Smyth's VC, the Indian Distinguished Service Medal was posthumously awarded to the men killed during this incident. Smyth was also awarded the Russian Order of St. George, Fourth Class, in 1915, and was promoted to captain on 24 August 1916.

paragraph: Smyth continued his war service in Egypt and on the North-West Frontier.

paragraph: Section::::Between the wars.

paragraph: In September 1920, when brigade major of the 43rd Indian Brigade, Smyth was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for distinguished service in the field in Waziristan. The citation for this award, published in the London Gazette, read:

paragraph: In 1923, while serving in India, Smyth played two first-class cricket matches for the Europeans team.

paragraph: Returning to England, he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1923 to 1924, and his fellow students included numerous men who would later achieve high command, including Arthur Percival, Dudley Johnson (a fellow VC recipient), Arthur Wakely, Colville Wemyss, Montagu Stopford, John Halsted, Frederick Pile, Gordon Macready, Roderic Petre, Alastair MacDougall, Edmond Schreiber, Michael Gambier-Parry, Richard Dewing, Leslie Hill, Kenneth Loch, Douglas Pratt, Balfour Hutchison, Robert Pargiter, Robert Stone and Henry Verschoyle-Campbell. Smyth received a brevet promotion to major on 1 January 1928, receiving the substantive promotion to major on 24 August 1929. By this time, he was a General Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3) with the 3rd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment, an appointment he vacated on 22 November 1929. An early appointment as the Indian Army instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1930 further indicated that Smyth's career was on the fast track, borne out by his appointment as a GSO2 at the Staff College on 16 January 1931, with the local rank of lieutenant colonel. He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel on 1 July 1933, and relinquished his appointment at the Staff College on 16 January 1934.

paragraph: On 16 July 1936, Smyth was promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant colonel, an illustration of how rapidly his career had thus far progressed. He managed to persuade General Lord Gort, then the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) and a former instructor at the Staff College in the mid-1920s, as well as being another fellow VC recipient, to give him an undertaking that he would be given a brigade to command in the United Kingdom should hostilities break out.

paragraph: Section::::Second World War.

paragraph: Having managed to engineer leave from India to the United Kingdom in the summer of 1939, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, he called in his debt but was disappointed to be seconded to a United Kingdom-based staff job, as GSO1 of the 2nd London Division, a second-line Territorial Army (TA) formation, then commanded by Major General John Willans, which had only recently been formed.

paragraph: In February 1940, after further lobbying, Smyth was appointed to command the 127th Infantry Brigade, part of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, another TA formation, then commanded by Major General William Holmes, which from April he led in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). After the evacuation from Dunkirk in late May, he continued to command the brigade in Britain until he was summoned to return to India in March 1941. He was promoted to colonel on 23 December 1940.

paragraph: After briefly commanding 36th Indian Infantry Brigade in Quetta and a period of sick leave, Smyth took command of 19th Indian Infantry Division as an acting major general in October, but was reassigned to command 17th Indian Infantry Division in December. Controversy surrounds his handling of 17th Indian Division in February 1942, during its retreat across the Sittang River in Burma. It was said that he failed to expedite a strong bridgehead on the enemy's side of the river and was forced, when it came under threat from the Japanese, to order the blowing of the bridge while two-thirds of his division were still on the far side with no other means of crossing the river and therefore dooming them. Seventeen Division were the only formation standing between the Japanese and Rangoon, and this loss therefore led directly to the loss of Rangoon and Lower Burma. The Commander-in-Chief, India, General Sir Archibald Wavell was furious and sacked Smyth on the spot.

paragraph: Smyth received no further posts and returned to the United Kingdom to retire with a substantive rank of colonel and honorary rank of brigadier. It took 16 years and revision of the official history before his version of the affair versus that of General Hutton, his corps commander, was clarified. Smyth's book, "Milestones", 1979, gives his version in which he relates that he had made representations to General Hutton 10 days previously recommending a withdrawal to the west bank of the Sittang River, thus permitting a strong defence line to be established. His recommendation was refused.

paragraph: Section::::Postwar career.

paragraph: Smyth went into politics and stood unsuccessfully against Ernest Bevin in Wandsworth Central at the 1945 general election. At the 1950 election, he defeated the sitting Labour MP for Norwood. He was made a baronet 23 January 1956 with the style Sir John George Smyth, VC, MC, 1st Baronet Smyth of Teignmouth in the County of Devon and a privy counsellor in 1962. He retired from Parliament at the 1966 general election; as at 2015 he was the last VC recipient to sit in the Commons.

paragraph: Smyth was also an author, a playwright, a journalist and a broadcaster. His two brothers were distinguished soldiers, one of whom also became a brigadier. He married twice: firstly Margaret Dundas on 22 July 1920, later dissolved, with whom he had three sons and a daughter; and then Frances Chambers on 12 April 1940. One of his sons, Captain John Lawrence Smyth of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), was killed on 7 May 1944, during the first attack on Jail Hill at the Battle of Kohima.

paragraph: Smyth was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Imperial War Museum.

paragraph: One of Brigadier Smyth's uniforms is on display at the armory of the Artillery Company of Newport in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monuments to Courage" (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Register of the Victoria Cross" (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Scotland's Forgotten Valour" (Graham Ross, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "VCs of the First World War - The Western Front 1915" (Peter F. Batchelor & Christopher Matson, 1999)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leadership in War, 1939–45; Generals in Victory and Defeat

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leadership in battle 1914–1918 : commanders in action

paragraph: BULLET::::- Story of the George Cross

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Game's the Same

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victoria Cross 1856–1964

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Only Enemy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paradise Island

paragraph: BULLET::::- Trouble in Paradise

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ann Goes Hunting

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rebellious Rani (1966)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Outline of his career

paragraph: BULLET::::- Location of grave and VC medal "(Golders Green)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cricinfo: Brigadier Sir John Smyth

description: English cricketer

wikidata_label: Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet

wikipedia_title: Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet


text:
kuge
Japan
Engishiki
Sandai-kyaku-shiki
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Engi
Dainagon
udaijin
Enchō
sesshō
Jōhei
daijō-daijin
Tengyō
kampaku
Fujiwara clan
Mototsune
Fujiwara no Tokihira
Fujiwara no Nakahira
Emperor Murakami
Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan
Tokihira
Emperor Kōkō
Fujiwara no Saneyori
Kampaku
Emperor Reizei
Sesshō
Emperor En'yū
Morosuke
Udaijin
Emperor Reizei
Emperor En'yū
Dainagon
Morotada
Sadaijin
OCLC
WorldCat
Senior First Rank
Brinkley, Frank
Dairoku Kikuchi
OCLC 413099
"Japan encyclopedia".
Harvard University Press
OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac.
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
"Annales des empereurs du Japon".
OCLC 5850691

categories: Fujiwara clan,People of Heian-period Japan,949 deaths,880 births,Regents of Japan,Japanese poets

paragraph: Fujiwara no Tadahira

paragraph: He is also known as "Teishin-Kō" (貞信公) or "Ko-ichijō Dono" (小一条殿) or "Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin".

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Tadahira was a "kuge" (Japanese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing "Engishiki". He is one of the principle editors responsible for the development of the Japanese legal code known as "Sandai-kyaku-shiki", sometimes referred to as the "Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations".

paragraph: Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.

paragraph: BULLET::::- September 17, 914 ("Engi 14, 25th day of the 8th month"): "Dainagon" Tadahira was named "udaijin".

paragraph: BULLET::::- October 16, 930 ("Enchō 8, 22nd day of the 9th month"): Tadahira was appointed "sesshō".

paragraph: BULLET::::- September 7, 936 ("Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month"): He assumed the role of "daijō-daijin".

paragraph: BULLET::::- February 16, 937 ("Jōhei 7, 4th day of the 1st month"): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku.

paragraph: BULLET::::- November 29, 941 ("Tengyō 4, 8th day of the 11th month"): He became "kampaku".

paragraph: Section::::Genealogy.

paragraph: This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune. Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira. Emperor Murakami was the maternal nephew of Tadahira.

paragraph: Tadahira took over the head of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan in 909 when his elder brother Tokihira died.

paragraph: Section::::Genealogy.:Wives and progeny.

paragraph: He was married to Minamoto no "Junshi" (源 順子), daughter of Emperor Kōkō.

paragraph: They had a son.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fujiwara no Saneyori, also known as "Ononomiya Dono" (小野宮殿). - Kampaku for Emperor Reizei 967–969, and Sesshō for Emperor En'yū 969–970

paragraph: He was also married to Monamoto no "Shōshi" (源 昭子), daughter of Minamoto no Yoshiari.

paragraph: They had several children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morosuke - Udaijin 947–960, grandfather of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū

paragraph: BULLET::::- Moroyasu (師保) - priest

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morouji (師氏) (913–970) - Dainagon 969–970

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morotada (師尹) (920–969) - Sadaijin 969

paragraph: Daughters' mothers were unknown. (She might be " Junshi" or "Shōshi".)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kishi" (貴子) (904–962) - consort of Crown Prince Yasuakira

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kanshi" (寛子) (906–945) - consort of Imperial Prince Shigeakira

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tadahiro, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 13 publications in 2 languages and 201 library holdings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 延喜式 (1723)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 延喜式 (1828)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teishinkōki: the Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira" (1956)

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Senior First Rank (September 13, 949; posthumous)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). "A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era". New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). "Japan encyclopedia". Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128

paragraph: BULLET::::- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Nihon Ōdai Ichiran"; ou, "Annales des empereurs du Japon". Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

description: Japanese statesman, courtier and politician

wikidata_label: Fujiwara no Tadahira

wikipedia_title: Fujiwara no Tadahira


text: Iranian Writers Association

text: Chain murders of Iran

text: Shahriar district

text: Tehran

text: Chain murders of Iran

text: Mohammad Mokhtari

text: Ahmad Tafazzoli

categories: 1998 deaths,20th-century translators,Iranian translators,Unsolved murders in Iran,Burials at Emamzadeh Taher,Persian-language writers,Persian writers,Iranian writers,Iranian murder victims,1954 births,People murdered in Iran,Iranian critics

paragraph: Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh

paragraph: Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh (also spelled Mohammad-Jafar Pooyandeh or Mohammad Jafar Poyandeh, ) (7 June 1954 – 8 or 9 December 1998) was an Iranian writer, translator and activist. He was a member of the Iranian Writers Association, a group that had been long banned in Iran due to their objection to censorship and encouraged freedom of expression. He was most likely murdered during the Chain murders of Iran in 1998.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Pouyandeh worked at the Cultural Research Institute and was working on translating a book called "Questions & Answer about Human Rights" at the time of his death. Pouyandeh was not a well known writer, translator, or activist in Iran and he is essentially known for his unusual circumstance of death.

paragraph: Pouyandeh was last seen alive leaving his office at four o'clock in the afternoon of December 8, 1998 and still hadn't returned home three days later when his wife wrote and delivered a letter to Iran's President expressing her anguish over his disappearance. His body was discovered December 11. in the Shahriar district of Karaj, south of Tehran, and he appeared to have been strangled.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chain murders of Iran

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mohammad Mokhtari

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ahmad Tafazzoli

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NY Times article, "As Slain Secular Writer Is Buried, Iran Blames a Foreign 'Network' "from December 16th, 1998

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Iranian article,"You Will Answer, One Day "from" "December 12, 2002

description: Iranian writer

wikidata_label: Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh

wikipedia_title: Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh


text: cold fusion

text: Energy Catalyzer

text: cold fusion

text: Milan

text: University of Milan

text: thesis

text: theory of relativity

text: Edmund Husserl

text: phenomenology

text: chemical engineering

text: Tecniche Nuove

text: waste heat

text: thermoelectric generator

text: Peltier effect

text: Sergio Focardi

text: Energy Catalyzer

text: Dick Smith

text: Fischer–Tropsch process

text: Low energy nuclear reaction

text: Thermal depolymerization

categories: People from Milan,Italian inventors,Living people,1950 births

paragraph: Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)

paragraph: Andrea Rossi (born 3 June 1950) is an Italian entrepreneur who claims to have invented a cold fusion device.

paragraph: In the 1970s, Rossi claimed to have invented a process to convert organic waste into petroleum, and in 1978 he founded a company named Petroldragon to process waste. In the 1989 the company was shut down by the Italian government amid allegations of fraud, and Rossi was arrested. In 1996 Rossi moved to the United States and from 2001 to 2003 he worked under a U.S. Army contract to make a thermoelectric device that, while promising to be superior to other devices, produced only around 1/1000 of the claimed performance.

paragraph: In 2008 Rossi attempted to patent a device called an Energy Catalyzer (or E-Cat), which is a purported cold fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) thermal power source. Rossi claims that the device produces massive amounts of excess heat that can be used to produce electricity, but independent attempts to reproduce the effect have failed.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Andrea Rossi was born on June 3, 1950 in Milan.

paragraph: In 1973, Rossi graduated in philosophy at the University of Milan writing a thesis on Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and its interrelationship with Edmund Husserl's phenomenology. Although Rossi also holds a degree in chemical engineering, this degree was granted by Kensington University in California, which was later shut down as a diploma mill.

paragraph: Andrea Rossi is married to Maddalena Pascucci.

paragraph: Section::::Business ventures.

paragraph: Section::::Business ventures.:Petroldragon.

paragraph: In 1974, Rossi registered a patent for an incineration system. In 1978, he wrote "The Incineration of Waste and River Purification", published in Milan by Tecniche Nuove.

paragraph: He then founded Petroldragon, a company that was paid to process toxic waste, claiming to use Rossi's process to convert the waste into usable petroleum products.

paragraph: In 1989 Italian customs seized several Petroldragon waste deposit sites and assets. Investigations showed that petroleum presumably produced by the company was never been placed on the market, and that mixtures of toxic waste and harmful chemical solvents were being stored in silos or illegally dumped into the environment. Rossi himself was arrested and eventually tried on 56 counts, 5 of which ended in convictions related to tax fraud. As of 2004 the government of Lombardy has spent over forty million euros to dispose of the 70,000 metric tons of toxic waste that Petroldragon had improperly dumped.

paragraph: Section::::Business ventures.:Electricity from waste heat.

paragraph: In the US Rossi started the consulting firm Leonardo Technologies, Inc. (LTI). He secured a defense contract to evaluate the potential of generating electricity from waste heat by using thermoelectric generators. Such devices are normally only used for heating or cooling (Peltier effect), because the efficiency for generating electrical power is only a few percent. Rossi suggested that his devices could attain 20% efficiency. Larger modules would be manufactured in Italy. Rossi sent 27 thermoelectric devices for evaluation to the Engineer Research and Development Center; 19 of these did not produce any electricity at all. The remaining units produced less than 1 watt each, instead of the expected 800–1000 watts.

paragraph: Section::::Business ventures.:Energy Catalyzer.

paragraph: In January 2011, Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi claimed to have successfully demonstrated commercially viable nuclear power in a device he called an Energy Catalyzer. The international patent application received an unfavorable international preliminary report on patentability because it seemed to "offend against the generally accepted laws of physics and established theories" and to overcome this problem the application should have contained either experimental evidence or a firm theoretical basis in current scientific theories. Journalists were not allowed to examine the core of the reactor, and there is uncertainty about the viability of the invention.

paragraph: In February 2012, Australian aviator and skeptic Dick Smith offered Rossi US$1 million if Rossi could prove his device generated output many times input, as he had claimed. The offer lapsed, Rossi having declined to take up the challenge, describing it as "clownerie".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fischer–Tropsch process

paragraph: BULLET::::- Low energy nuclear reaction

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thermal depolymerization

description: Inventor and businessperson

wikidata_label: Andrea Rossi

wikipedia_title: Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)


text:
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categories: Atlanta Falcons players,Sportspeople from Cuyahoga County, Ohio,Detroit Lions players,American football placekickers,1984 births,Players of American football from Ohio,Miami Dolphins players,National Conference Pro Bowl players,Denver Broncos players,UCF Knights football players,Living people,People from Mayfield Heights, Ohio

paragraph: Matt Prater

paragraph: Matthew Phillip Prater (born August 10, 1984) is an American football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Central Florida, and was originally signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Prater holds the NFL record for kicking the longest field goal (64 yards), which he set on December 8, 2013, as a member of the Denver Broncos in a game against the Tennessee Titans in the first half as time expired. He also holds the Detroit Lions franchise record for longest field goal (59 yards), which he set on January 3, 2016. He was cut by the Denver Broncos after completing a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. With the Lions in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Prater set the NFL records for consecutive field goal conversions of 50+ yards (14 field goals) and 55+ yards (seven field goals).

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Prater attended Estero High School in Estero, Florida. During his high school football career with the Wildcats, he converted 56 of 58 extra point attempts and 14 field goals, including one of 49 yards. Prater converted 84% of his kickoffs in the end zone for touchbacks. He was named second-team All-State, first-team all-conference and All-Southwest Florida. He was also selected to the second-team "Dream Team." Prater graduated from Estero High School in 2002. Prater transferred to Estero High School his sophomore year from Cypress Lake High School.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Prater attended and played college football for UCF from 2002–2005.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2002.

paragraph: Prater showed signs of his leg strength with his first kick of his collegiate career, making a 53-yard attempt against Penn State. Overall, in his first season kicking for the Golden Knights, he finished with 44-of-47 extra points converted and 14-of-21 field goals converted.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2003.

paragraph: Prater showed significant improvement as a sophomore year in 2003, leading the nation in punting and setting school and MAC records with 47.9 yards per punt. He is known as the perfectionist of the Rugby punt, which is now well known through the NCAA and is used by several teams. As a kicker, he converted 10-of-13 field goal attempts and was a perfect 4-for-4 on attempts of 40 yards or longer. Prater had a career day against Virginia Tech on August 31. He punted six times and had a 55.7-yard average, including punts of 71 and 67 yards. He also went 4-for-4 on extra points and had three touchbacks on kickoffs. Overall, he finished the 2003 season with 23-of-24 extra points converted and 10-of-13 field goals converted. In addition, he had 58 punts for 2,781 net yards for a 47.9 average.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2004.

paragraph: In 2004, Prater continued to provide kicking duties for the Golden Knights. Aaron Horne took over most of the punting duties. appeared in nine games before missing the rest of the season with a leg injury. At one point during the season, he made 11 consecutive field goals – the second-longest streak in school history. The streak was snapped against Buffalo on October 4. Overall, he finished the 2004 season with 12-of-14 extra points converted and 9-of-14 field goals converted.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:2005.

paragraph: As a senior in 2005, Prater made 17-of-26 field goal attempts on the year, including a season-long 49-yard conversion. He also went 29-for-32 on point-after attempts. He punted four times for 160 yards during the season. In his final collegiate game, Prater set up a textbook onside kick, which allowed UCF to tie the game. However, in the first overtime, he missed an extra point, which dubbed him as the player that cost UCF the game and gave Nevada a 49–48 victory in the 2005 Hawaii Bowl.

paragraph: In 46 games spanning four years with UCF, Prater converted 50 of 74 field goal attempts, with a long of 53 yards. His 50 field goals ties him for the school record, while his 258 points ranks him fourth all-time in school history.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.

paragraph: Prater was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2006. He made field goals of 22, 44, and 48 yards in a preseason game against the Cleveland Browns, but had little chance of beating out veteran incumbent Jason Hanson and was subsequently released August 27. He spent the rest of the season as a free agent, but did have workouts with the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Miami Dolphins.

paragraph: Prater was signed to a futures contract by the Miami Dolphins on January 11, 2007. He was released by the team on August 27, as fellow placekicker Jay Feely won the job.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Atlanta Falcons.

paragraph: Shortly thereafter, Prater signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons and beat out Billy Cundiff for the job. Including the Falcons' preseason finale, Prater missed at least one field goal in three games played with the Falcons. Prater missed two field goals against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2 and was cut on September 18. The Falcons signed Morten Andersen as his replacement.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Miami Dolphins (second stint).

paragraph: The Miami Dolphins signed Prater to their practice squad on November 15, 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2007.

paragraph: The Denver Broncos signed Prater off the Dolphins' practice squad on December 19, 2007.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2008.

paragraph: Prater became the starting kicker for the Denver Broncos, replacing Jason Elam who signed with the Atlanta Falcons. The Broncos waived Garrett Hartley on July 21, 2008, leaving Prater as the only kicker on the Denver roster going into their first preseason game against the Houston Texans. On September 28, 2008, Prater made a 56-yard field goal late in the first half of the Broncos' loss at the Kansas City Chiefs, which was the third longest field goal in team history and the longest away from Denver. He made two field goals of more than 50 yards during the game.

paragraph: On October 5, 2008, Prater converted three out of three field goals, including a 55-yarder, as part of a 16–13 Broncos home win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also recorded four touchbacks out of five kickoffs. His performance during the game led to him being named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 5 of the 2008 NFL season. Prater won the award for the first time in his career.

paragraph: Despite completing five of six field goals from beyond 50 yards on the season, he was only 25-of-34 overall (73.5%), making him one of the most inaccurate kickers in the league for the season.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2009.

paragraph: Prater improved in the 2009 season converting all 32 extra point attempts and 30-of-35 field goal attempts. In Week 12, he converted two extra points and all four field goal attempts against the New York Giants in the 26–6 victory. His performance earned him his second AFC Special Teams Player of the Week nomination.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2010.

paragraph: On March 9, 2010, the Denver Broncos re-signed Prater to a new contract. On December 23, 2010, Prater was put on injury reserve by the Broncos after suffering a right groin injury. Overall, he finished the 2010 season converted 28-of-29 extra point attempts and 16-of-18 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2011.

paragraph: On July 29, 2011, Prater re-signed with the Denver Broncos. On December 11, 2011, in a game against the Chicago Bears, Prater kicked a 59-yard field goal with three seconds remaining to tie the game. He then followed up by kicking a 51-yard field goal to win the game in overtime, 13–10. The performance earned his third career Special Teams Player of the Week nomination. Overall, he finished the 2011 season converting all 30 extra point attempts to go along with 19-of-25 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2012.

paragraph: On July 2, 2012, Prater re-signed with the Broncos on a four-year contract after the Broncos placed a franchise tag on him. In Week 4, against the Oakland Raiders, he converted four extra point attempts and three field goal attempts to earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. On the 2012 season, he converted all 55 extra point attempts to go along with 26-of-32 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2013.

paragraph: On October 6, 2013, when the Broncos faced the Dallas Cowboys, with a 48–48 score with 2 seconds left in regulation, Prater kicked the game-winning 28 yard field goal, to allow a Broncos 51–48 victory, as Denver went 5–0 for the first time since 2009. On December 8, Prater set a new NFL record by successfully kicking a 64-yard field goal against the Tennessee Titans as time expired in the first half. Prater also set a new NFL record for extra points in a single season, with 75. He earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the performance. In the AFC Championship against the New England Patriots, he converted all four field goal attempts in the 26–16 victory. He appeared in his first Super Bowl in the following game, a 43–8 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Denver Broncos.:2014.

paragraph: Prater began the season with a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. On October 3, 2014, Prater was released by the Broncos after they decided to stick with his replacement Brandon McManus.

paragraph: On October 7, 2014, the Detroit Lions signed him to a one-year deal. Prater was Detroit's third kicker in only a little over a month after Nate Freese and Alex Henery had struggles in the kicking game. In Prater's debut as a Lion, he only made one of three attempts on a rather windy day at TCF Bank Stadium, but the Lions still got the win over the Minnesota Vikings. Two weeks later, Prater missed a game-winning 43 yard field goal against the Atlanta Falcons in London, but due to a delay of game penalty on Detroit, was allowed to re-kick from 48 yards out from which he converted, winning the game for the Lions. He finished the year converting 21 field goals on 26 attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions (second stint).:2015.

paragraph: On March 6, 2015, the Lions re-signed Prater to a three-year, $9 million contract extension. In Week 6 against the Chicago Bears, Prater kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime to win the game, 37–34. In a game against the Chicago Bears on January 3, 2016, Prater made a 59-yard field goal, which set a Detroit Lions franchise record for the longest field goal. Overall, on the 2015 season, he finished with converting 36-of-39 extra point attempts and 22-of-24 field goal attempts.

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

paragraph: Prater was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 9 when he converted three field goal attempts, including a 58-yard attempt with 0:02 left to send the game into overtime, where the Lions would beat the Minnesota Vikings. Prater was also named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 12 when he converted the game tying and game winning attempts to beat the Minnesota Vikings in the final two minutes. To cap off his performances, Prater won NFC Special Teams Player of the Month going 8-for-8 on field goals with two over 50 yards. He once again earned Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 13 when he made five field goals, including a 52-yarder, in a 28–13 win over the Saints. Prater was named to his second Pro Bowl as an alternate for Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant after the 2016 season. He finished the 2016 season converting 31-of-33 extra point attempts to go along with 31-of-36 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions (second stint).:2017.

paragraph: In Week 1, Prater had to take over punting duties after Kasey Redfern left with an injury early in the game. He kicked a 58-yard field goal, went 2-for-2 on extra points and punted four times with an average of 35 yards in a 35–23 win over the Arizona Cardinals, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Prater was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September after making all six of his field goal attempts, including four conversions from 55 yards and longer. This gave Prater an NFL record seven straight field goals of 55 yards or longer without a miss, going back to 2016. Prater has also converted 14 consecutive 50+ yard field goals going back to last season, which is also an NFL record. Both streaks ended when Prater missed on a 59-yard attempt the following week against the Minnesota Vikings. On October 25, 2017, Prater signed a three-year contract extension with the Lions. Overall, he finished the 2017 season converting 40-of-41 extra point attempts to go along with 30-of-35 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions (second stint).:2018.

paragraph: In Week 17 against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, Prater threw a 14-yard touchdown to Levine Toilolo on a fake field goal attempt. He also added a field goal and four extra points in a 31–0 win over the Packers, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. He finished the 2018 season converting all 30 extra point attempts to go along with 28-of-32 field goal attempts.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Awards and honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFC Special Teams Player of the Week – Week 5 (2008), Week 14 (2011), Week 4 (2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- AFC Special Teams Player of the Month – December (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- NFC Special Teams Player of the Week – Week 9 (2016), Week 12 (2016), Week 13 (2016), Week 1 (2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- NFC Special Teams Player of the Month – November (2016), September (2017)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Detroit Lions bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- UCF Knights bio

description: American football player, placekicker

wikidata_label: Matt Prater

wikipedia_title: Matt Prater


text:
drag racing
Pro Modified
International Hot Rod Association
International Hot Rod Association
Pro Modified
Bristol Motor Speedway
oval track racing
mohawk
drag racing
National Hot Rod Association
Top Fuel Dragster
Pontiac Firebird

categories: American racing drivers,Dragster drivers,Living people

paragraph: Scotty Cannon

paragraph: Scotty Cannon is an innovator of drag racing in the Pro Modified class in the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA). He has won 28 International Hot Rod Association Pro Modified finals, competing in 45. Cannon has the most pro-modified victories as the Bristol Motor Speedway, with four.

paragraph: Scotty grew up in an area where most of the people enjoyed oval track racing, but he did not find that type of racing pleasing. He has a unique hairstyle by showing up on race day with a mohawk. Cannon said, "I have had a Mohawk on and off for years. It started years ago when I would go the beach with my friends and we would Mohawk our hair just to have fun. During the racing seasons, I would Mohawk it and it seemed I would wear it more and more. It kind of stuck on me. I guess you could call it my trademark."

paragraph: He started racing when he was 16. "I always had a natural love for drag racing, going straight and making the cars go as fast as they possibly could go," Cannon stated.

paragraph: Cannon was one of the most popular drag racer in IHRA when pro-mod became a professional category in 1990. He won 6 championships in the pro-mod class. In 1998 cannon switched from IHRA to the National Hot Rod Association to a nitro-burning funny car. Then in 1999 Cannon was awarded rookie of the year in NHRA. Cannon returned to IHRA Pro Modified in 2004. He currently drives a Top Fuel Dragster in IHRA Competition sponsored by Torco Race Fuels. His son, Scott Cannon Jr. drives a 1968 Pontiac Firebird Pro Mod, and was the 2007 IHRA World Champion.

description: American racing driver

wikidata_label: Scotty Cannon

wikipedia_title: Scotty Cannon


text:
Giudice of Arborea
Marianus III of Arborea
James II of Aragon
Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica
Pope Boniface VIII
Catalan Crown
Alfonso IV
conquest of 1323 – 1324
Republic of Pisa
Palmas
siege of Villa di Chiesa
Castel di Castro
Peter III
Marianus IV
Urgel
William Galcerà of Rocabertí
Lleida
Leonard Cubello

categories: Judges (judikes) of Arborea,1336 deaths,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: Hugh II of Arborea

paragraph: Hugh II was Giudice of Arborea, reigning from 1321 CE until his death in 1336 CE. He was the illegitimate son of Marianus III of Arborea and Paulesa de Serra.

paragraph: Hugh sided with James II of Aragon, who had been invested with the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297. He became vassal of James for Arborea and probably wanted to expand his control over the whole island, as governor on behalf of the Catalan Crown. To this end, he assisted the future Alfonso IV in the conquest of 1323 – 1324, when the Republic of Pisa was expelled from the island. After Alfonso's army disembarked at Palmas, Hugh joined him at the siege of Villa di Chiesa (modern Iglesias). He was present, too, at the fall of Castel di Castro on June 1324. Hugh II died of an unknown illness in 1336.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Hugh married Benedetta (died circa 1345). They had nine children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peter III, his successor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marianus IV, brother's successor

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bonaventure (died 1375)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Francis (died 1342), canon of Urgel

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mary (died 1392), married William Galcerà of Rocabertí

paragraph: BULLET::::- John (died 1375), rebelled against brother Marianus and imprisoned

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicholas (died 1370), canon of Lleida, grandfather of Leonard Cubello

paragraph: BULLET::::- Angiolesa

paragraph: BULLET::::- Preciosa

paragraph: Hugh also had an illegitimate son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lawrence, legitimised 1337

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hillgarth, Jocelyn N. "The Spanish Kingdoms, 1250–1516: 1250–1410 Precarious Balance". Oxford University Press: 1976.

paragraph: br

description: Italian judge

wikidata_label: Hugh II of Arborea

wikipedia_title: Hugh II of Arborea


text:
stage name
singer
songwriter
pop
blues
preselection
2014 Eurovision Song Contest
Serbian
hip-hop
Coby
soundtrack
2019 Music Awards Ceremony
English
Universal Serbia
Bez tebe
Belgrade Sports Hall
Bassivity Digital
Exit Gang
Sea Dance Festival
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Montenegro
Belgrade, Serbia
Bez tebe
Coby
Senidah at Discogs

categories: People from Ljubljana,Slovenian female singers,Slovenian hip hop musicians,1985 births,21st-century women singers

paragraph: Senidah

paragraph: Senida Hajdarpašić (born 9 April 1985), known by her stage name Senidah, is a Slovenian singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence as a lead singer of the Slovenian pop band MUFF. Senidah acquired regional popularity following the release of her solo single "Slađana" in March 2018.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: She debuted with the solo single "Pustinjom" ("Through a Desert") in 2010, but soon joined pop and blues band MUFF. Their debut single "Naj sije v očeh" ("Keep the Glow in the Eye") was awarded the song of the year in Slovenia. MUFF were the runners-up in the preselection of Slovenia's entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and their eponymous debut album was later awarded the Album of the Year.

paragraph: Senidah rose to regional fame in March 2018 upon the release of her debut single in Serbian "Slađana" for the Belgrade based hip-hop label Bassivity Digital. In June, she released her second solo single "Belo" ("White"), whilst in August, she was featured on "4 strane sveta" ("4 Sides of the World") by Coby, a soundtrack single for Serbian movie "Južni Vetar". At the end of the year Senidah released "Bez tebe" ("Without You") and "Nisi bio tu" ("You Weren't There"). She won Hip-hop Song of the Year award for "Slađana" at 2019 Music Awards Ceremony.

paragraph: In March 2019, Senidah released her debut solo English single, titled "Ride", for Universal Serbia, which had been recorded a couple of years prior. Her debut album "Bez tebe" was released on March 25, entirely in Serbian. On 21 April she performed at "Bassivity Showcase" in Belgrade Sports Hall, alongside Bassivity Digital collective. Senidah released two new singles "Mišići" ("Muscles") and "Sve bih" ("[I] Would Like Everything") featuring Atlas Erotika for FCKN A! in April and May, respectively. She was announced to perform at Exit Gang and Sea Dance Festival.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Senidah was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her parents are from Montenegro and she divides her time between Ljubljana and Belgrade, Serbia.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bez tebe" (2019)

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

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

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "4 strane sveta" (2018) feat. Coby

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nisi bio tu" (2018)

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

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sve bih" (2019) feat. Atlas Erotika

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music Awards Ceremony

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Senidah at Discogs

description: Slovenian singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Senidah

wikipedia_title: Senidah


text:
Cambridge
Cambridge
Grimsby Town F.C.
England
Harry Betmead
Plan B
Groove Armada
Ms. Dynamite
Paolo Nutini
Marlon Roudette
Paul Epworth
Eliza Doolittle
Gorgon City
Ed Harcourt
Amy Wadge
Alexander O'Neal
Paul Epworth
The Nextmen
Join The Dots
Universal
Zane Lowe
Plan B
Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
Paolo Nutini
Caustic Love
Marlon Roudette
Electric Soul
Public Enemy
Rae & Christian
Morcheeba
Groove Armada
Vertigo
Goodbye Country
FIFA Street 2
Hip Hop
Paul Epworth
DJ Jazzy Jeff
DJ Cash Money
Hip Hop
drum & bass
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1
Royal National Theatre
Everyman
Rufus Norris
Academy Award
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Carol Ann Duffy
Paul Arditti
Javier de Frutos
London Evening Standard
The Guardian
Nextmen
Eliza Doolittle
Island Records
Marlon Roudette
Syco
Atlantic Records
Gorgon City
Dynamite MC
Eliza Doolittle
Gorgon City
Plan B
Caustic Love
Paolo Nutini
Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
Plan B
Groove Armada
Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Groove Armada
Electric Soul
Marlon Roudette
Amongst The Madness
The Nextmen
The Nextmen
The Nextmen
Join The Dots
The Nextmen

categories: English guitarists,English male guitarists,English DJs,English songwriters,English record producers,Living people

paragraph: Dom Search

paragraph: Dom Search (also known as Dom Nextmen, born Dominic Christian Betmead in Cambridge, England) is a record producer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ based in London.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Born the youngest of two boys, he grew up in Cambridge, England with his mother and father, Gill and Jon Betmead and brother Saul. He is the grandson of Grimsby Town F.C. and England footballer Harry Betmead. Dominic's father is a folk singer songwriter who was most active in the seventies and introduced his sons to music from birth. He lives in North London with his girlfriend and two daughters.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.

paragraph: Search has collaborated with and produced for Plan B, Groove Armada, Ms. Dynamite, Paolo Nutini, Marlon Roudette, Paul Epworth, Eliza Doolittle, Gorgon City, Ed Harcourt, Amy Wadge, Alexander O'Neal and Kiko Bun amongst others. He signed to Paul Epworth's Wolf Tone Publishing BMG imprint in 2012. He is one half of hip hop and electronica duo The Nextmen, a group he formed with fellow producer Bradford Ellis. The Nextmen have made four studio albums. They released their most recent, Join The Dots in 2009 on Universal. The Nextmen singles "Round of Applause" and "Lion's Den" were both Zane Lowe's Hottest Record of the Week upon release.

paragraph: Dom Search co-wrote and produced Plan B

paragraph: ’s Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, the title track of the rapper's 2006 album, which is certified Gold in the UK. He provided additional production on Paolo Nutini's "One Day" from the (UK) 2 x Platinum 2014 album Caustic Love. The tracks "Better Than Me" and "Nice Things" from Marlon Roudette's 2014 album Electric Soul were produced and co-written by him. He collaborated with producer Cadenza and rapper Fem Fel on the 2015 track "Electric Blocks", and produced Louis Mttrs' track "God's Help" from the 2014 E.P. "Beachy Head".

paragraph: Nextmen remix credits include Public Enemy, Rae & Christian, Morcheeba and Groove Armada. Dom signed his first record deal with independent label Scenario Records after finishing university. His initial release, under the name "Search" was an E.P. entitled "Fracture". The first two Nextmen albums, "Amongst The Madness" and "Get Over It" were also released on Scenario. He contributed DJ work on two Groove Armada albums, Vertigo (BPI certified Platinum UK, 1,000,000 sales worldwide)) and Goodbye Country (BPI Certified Gold UK). The Nextmen track "Blood Fire" was included in the soundtrack to the videogame FIFA Street 2

paragraph: Search's production is groove-based, falling within Hip Hop, Pop and Dance. His sound often fuses sparse, heavy hip hop drums with effected samples and electronic instrumentation. His riff-making guitar style is mixed, using elements of both rhythm and lead play. He learned recording techniques from Paul Epworth, whom he has worked with at various points in his career.

paragraph: Section::::DJ career.

paragraph: Dom started DJing at 15, delving into his father's record collection and taking inspiration from DJs such as DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Cash Money. As both a solo DJ and one half of The Nextmen, he has played eclectic club sets rooted in Hip Hop but encompassing Dancehall, Funk, House and Garage, for over a decade. The Nextmen play regular sets in the UK and Europe, including for Jade Jagger in Ibiza, and have embarked on 12 tours of Australia and New Zealand. They have made many mix tapes, the most recent being 2016's "Control The Night", an 80-minute potted history of drum & bass. The Nextmen provided the guest mix for Mistajam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show in 2011, and in 2016 provided a guest mix for BBC Radio 1's Friction show

paragraph: Section::::Film and Theatre.

paragraph: Dom worked as music producer alongside composer Bill Lyons on the Royal National Theatre's 2015 production of Everyman directed by Rufus Norris, starring Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and written by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. He worked closely with Norris, Lyons, sound designer Paul Arditti and choreographer Javier de Frutos, providing the contemporary urban soundtrack described by the London Evening Standard as 'pulsating electronica'. The Guardian described the play as a 'stunning update'.

paragraph: He provided the soundtrack to Mark Street's 2014 short film "Insoma".

paragraph: Section::::2016 Activity.

paragraph: Search is currently working on new Nextmen material, a new Eliza Doolittle album, Kiko Bun's debut album (Island Records), a new Marlon Roudette album (Syco), Mahalia's debut album (Asylum/Atlantic Records) and has contributed writing to Gorgon City's 2016 album "Escape" (Virgin EMI/Black Butter), co-writing the song 'Love Me' ft. Lulu James which premiered on 18 November 2016 as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World. The latest Nextmen single, 'The Corner' Ft. Drum & Bass producers Nu:Logic and Kiko Bun was released on The Nextmen's label 'Play Nice' in November 2016, premiering on Mistajam's Radio 1 show. He continues to write and produce for both established and emerging acts, focusing on pop production and writing. Alongside Bradford Ellis and Dynamite MC, he has created a new garage/house project based on a graphic novel he is writing entitled "Echo Foxx". The first single "Rhyme Animal" is due for release on Strong Records in June 2016.

paragraph: Section::::2017 Onwards.

paragraph: The Nextmen are currently producing a collaborative album with Gentleman's Dub Club entitled 'Pound For Pound'. Search provided production alongside Al Shux and Show N Prove on Plan B's single 'Heartbeat', released 25 October 2017. Search co-produced and co-wrote Kiko Bun's forthcoming single ‘Stay Bless’ with producer Mike Spencer. He produced and co-wrote Eliza Doolittle's 2017 comeback single 'Wide Eyed Fool' along with DJ/Producer Tarl Jamieson aka Mo Fingaz. He is currently working alongside producer Show N Prove on Plan B's forthcoming album 'Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose'.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums (contributed to).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Real Romantic" - Eliza Doolittle

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Escape" - Gorgon City

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose" – Plan B

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Caustic Love" – Paolo Nutini

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Who Needs Actions When You Got Words" – Plan B

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Vertigo" – Groove Armada

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)" – Groove Armada"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Electric Soul" – Marlon Roudette

paragraph: ""Amongst The Madness" – The Nextmen

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Get Over It" – The Nextmen

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This Was Supposed To Be The Future" – The Nextmen

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Join The Dots" – The Nextmen

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Beachy Head" – Louis Mttrs

paragraph: Section::::Mixtapes (as The Nextmen).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Control The Night"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Child's Introduction To Jazz"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Personal Golf Instructions"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blunted in the Backroom"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Supermen Mix"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "6 Music Mix"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yoga Mix"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Anxiety Mix"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Selector Radio Carnival Mix"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Checkmate"

wikidata_label: Dom Search

wikipedia_title: Dom Search


text:
Gorizia
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
RAI
Radio Uno
Sandro Pertini

categories: Italian documentary film directors,People from Gorizia,20th-century Italian male writers,Italian television writers,Italian people of Slovene descent,1927 births,Italian radio presenters,Italian television journalists,Italian male non-fiction writers,Rai (broadcaster) people,Italian television presenters,Male television writers,Italian radio writers,Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni,20th-century Italian writers,Italian radio journalists,Living people,20th-century essayists,Italian essayists

paragraph: Gianni Bisiach

paragraph: Gianni Bisiach (born 7 May 1927) is an Italian journalist, television and radio writer and presenter, essayist, documentarist and screenwriter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Gorizia, after getting his degree in Medicine Bisiach enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In the mid-1950s he entered RAI as a collaborator of the news program "TV 7". In the late 1970s he started working on radio, where he created the long-standing Radio Uno talk show "Radio anch'io", which run between 1978-1992 and had a TV spin-off, still hosted by Bisiach.

paragraph: In his variegated career Bisiach also directed the documentary film "I due Kennedy" and a segment of the anthology film "I misteri di Roma", and collaborated to some screenplays. He also wrote several books, notably the interview book "Pertini racconta" in collaboration with Sandro Pertini.

description: Italian journalist, writer and film director

wikidata_label: Gianni Bisiach

wikipedia_title: Gianni Bisiach