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paragraph: Johan Santana

paragraph: Johan Alexander Santana Araque (; born March 13, 1979) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball starting pitcher. Santana pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012, sidelined by injury challenges since the 2012 season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana is a four-time All-Star and earned a pitching triple crown in 2006. On June 1, 2012, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, which is to date the only no-hitter in New York Mets history.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Santana was discovered in 1994 by Andres Reiner, who was a scout working for the Houston Astros at the time. Santana's parents agreed to let him attend Houston's academy in Valencia. When O’Brien called Reiner and asked if he had signed Santana to a contract, Reiner reported that he was still deciding if Santana was a better prospect as an outfielder or a pitcher. After six weeks of training, Santana was told he was going to pitch. Santana did not like it and almost left, but Reiner convinced him to stay. While originally a center fielder, Santana was converted to a pitcher at the academy due to his arm speed. In 1999 he was named the Tovar Mérida Athlete of the Year.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.

paragraph: After the 1999 major league season, he was left unprotected by the Houston Astros and eligible in the Rule 5 draft. The Minnesota Twins had the first pick that year, the Florida Marlins had the second. The Twins made a deal with the Marlins: the Twins would draft Jared Camp with their first pick and the Marlins would draft Santana. The teams would exchange the two players with the Twins receiving $50,000 to cover their pick.

paragraph: Santana made his Major League debut with the Twins on April 3, 2000, coming from the bullpen vs. Tampa Bay. He made his first MLB start on April 7, 2000, at Kansas City and recorded his first Major League win in a relief appearance at Houston on June 6. He put up a 6.49 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

paragraph: In 2002, the Twins sent Santana to the minors for 2 months to work almost exclusively on perfecting his changeup. He did this for 10 starts and came back up to the majors with a terrific changeup to complement his very good fastball. While in the minors, pitching coach Bobby Cuellar made Santana throw at least one changeup to every batter. According to Cuellar, Santana would sometimes throw 20 in a row during games.

paragraph: Santana was used as a long reliever early in his career after finding little success as a starter. In 2002, he led the majors in wild pitches, with 15.

paragraph: In 2003, Santana transitioned from relief to the Twins' starting rotation after spending the first four months of the season in the bullpen. He won his last eight decisions and pitched the ALDS opening game against the Yankees.

paragraph: Due to Santana's early major-league success with the Twins, a young minor-league pitcher in the Anaheim Angels' farm system also named Johan Santana changed his name to Ervin Santana in 2003 and has also achieved major league success. Santana underwent minor elbow surgery following the season.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.:2004 season.

paragraph: In , Santana enjoyed one of the great second halves of modern times. He became the first pitcher since 1961 to give up four or fewer hits in 10 straight starts, and his 13–0 record broke the old Major League second-half mark shared between Burt Hooton and Rick Sutcliffe.

paragraph: Santana's other second-half numbers were equally impressive: 11.13 strikeouts per nine innings, 1.21 ERA, 4.74 hits per nine innings, and 6.73 baserunners per nine innings. In addition, Santana set a team season record with 265 strikeouts, surpassing the old 258 mark registered by Bert Blyleven in 1973.

paragraph: Santana finished in good form with a 20–6 record and led the American League (AL) in strikeouts (265), ERA (2.61), strikeouts per nine innings pitched (10.46), WHIP (0.92), batting average allowed (.192), OBP (.249), SLG (.315), and OPS (.564) and walked only 54 batters in 228 innings. Opponents stole just six bases in seven attempts against him, and his 20 victories ranked him second behind only Curt Schilling's 21. He easily won the AL Cy Young Award with all 28 first-place votes.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.:2005 season.

paragraph: Santana struggled in his first outing of 2005, giving up four runs in the first inning, but quickly regained his composure and returned to Cy Young-winning form in an 8–4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. In his second game, he recorded 11 strikeouts against the Chicago White Sox as the Twins won 5–2. Santana finished the season with an ERA of 2.87, second-lowest in the AL behind Indians pitcher Kevin Millwood (2.86). However, the weak Twins club of the 2005 season cost him several otherwise-winnable games, and his winning percentage fell considerably in his second full year as a starter. He threw 238 strikeouts during the season, leading the majors. He finished third in the Cy Young voting, finishing behind winner Bartolo Colón and closer Mariano Rivera.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.:2006 season.

paragraph: Santana won the pitching Major League Triple Crown, the first pitcher to do so since Dwight Gooden in . He completed the season leading the majors in ERA (2.77) and strikeouts (245), and tied Chien-Ming Wang in wins (19). He became the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins, and the first to win it with an ERA above 2.60.

paragraph: Santana also led the AL in WHIP (1.00), opposing batting average (.216), and innings pitched (233.2). He continued to add to his reputation as a great second-half pitcher, losing only one game after the All-Star break while winning 10 and posting a 2.54 ERA. A brief slump cost him the opportunity to make his 20th win of the season. No pitcher in Major League Baseball won 20 games in the 2006 season, the first time in modern major league history this occurred.

paragraph: Santana won his second Cy Young Award in 2006, becoming the 14th player in MLB history to win the award multiple times. He became the fifth pitcher to win the award by a unanimous vote multiple times, joining Roger Clemens, Pedro Martínez, Greg Maddux and Sandy Koufax, who accomplished the feat three times.

paragraph: From 2004 to 2006, Santana led the league in strikeouts all three years, in ERA twice, and also led in several other key statistical areas. In this three-year span, he compiled a 55–19 record with an ERA of 2.75 and WHIP of 0.96, while striking out 748 batters.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minnesota Twins.:2007 season.

paragraph: After a slow start, with his record falling to 6–6 at one point, Santana jump-started his season with a four-hit shutout, followed by two wins. On July 1, , Santana was named as a member of the 2007 All-Star Game, his third straight appearance. On June 19, 2007, on the team bus to a game at Shea Stadium, Bert Blyleven said he would have his head shaved if that night's starting pitcher, Santana, threw a complete-game shutout. The Twins won, 9–0, and Santana went the distance on a four-hitter. Santana shaved Blyleven's head the following day. Santana had perhaps his best career game on August 19 against the Texas Rangers in which he struck out 17 batters over eight innings. He walked none and allowed only two hits, both to Sammy Sosa. His 17 strikeouts set a Twins club record for strikeouts in a game. Santana's game score of 95 is the highest by any pitcher in MLB history in a non-complete game.

paragraph: He led the major leagues in home runs allowed (33) and had the most losses of his career (13). Santana finished the season with only 15 wins, his lowest total since 2003. However, Santana led the AL in WHIP, was second in strikeouts with 235, and seventh in ERA. On the last game of the season, a rain delay in a road game against the Detroit Tigers that lasted over an hour caused Santana to pitch only three innings. This ended a 123 consecutive start streak in which he pitched five innings or more. This is the third longest consecutive-game streak for a pitcher in the past half century. In November, it was announced Santana was awarded the AL Gold Glove Award for pitcher, his first selection. He was also honored with a Fielding Bible Award as the best fielding pitcher in MLB, and finished 5th in the AL Cy Young Award voting, despite a controversial home run call during his second to last start of the season significantly negatively affecting his ERA, WHIP, and Win/Loss total for the year.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2008 season.

paragraph: On February 2, 2008, Santana was traded from the Twins to the New York Mets for Carlos Gómez, Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey. The Mets and Santana agreed to a six-year, $137.5 million contract. Santana was named the Opening Day starter, throwing 100 pitches in seven innings to earn the win against the Florida Marlins. On May 10, 2008, he earned his first win at Shea Stadium as a member of the New York Mets.

paragraph: On June 1, 2008, Santana earned his 100th career victory, going 7.2 innings and allowing one run in a 6–1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

paragraph: On July 27, the day after the Mets played a 14-inning game where every pitcher in the bullpen was used, Johan pitched a complete game, striking out five and getting his first RBI as a Met against the St. Louis Cardinals, improving his record to 9–7. On August 17, 2008 Santana pitched his second complete game for his 11th win of the season, allowing only three hits while walking none and striking out 7 in a 3–0 Mets shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

paragraph: On September 23, Santana threw 125 pitches, a career-high to that point, in eight innings to beat the Chicago Cubs. On September 27, in the thick of a playoff race and on the final weekend of the season, Santana pitched a complete three-hit gem in a 2–0 win against the Florida Marlins on three days' rest. It was later revealed that Santana had pitched that day, and perhaps in many other starts, with a torn meniscus in his left knee, for which he underwent successful surgery on October 1, 2008.

paragraph: Santana finished the 2008 regular season with a 16–7 record, posting a 2.53 ERA with 206 strikeouts, which set a Mets' single-season record for strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher, breaking Jon Matlack's 35-year record of 205 in . His 2.53 ERA led the majors and was a career best. He also set a career high in innings pitched and was undefeated in the second half of the season. However, he was also the victim of seven blown saves, tying for first in the majors.

paragraph: Santana finished in third place in the NL Cy Young Award race behind Brandon Webb and winner Tim Lincecum.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2009 season.

paragraph: On April 7, 2009, Johan Santana started the first game for the New York Mets in the 2009 season against the Cincinnati Reds. He went 5.2 innings allowing only one earned run, going on to win. In his second start on April 12 against the Florida Marlins Santana struck out 13 batters and surrendered two unearned runs over seven innings only to lose for the first time since June 28, 2008, against the New York Yankees. On August 25 Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list and missed the remainder of the season after having to undergo season ending arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips in his left elbow. Santana finished the season at a record of 13–9 with a 3.13 ERA.

paragraph: In 2009, he was named # 3 on the "Sporting News"' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. A panel of 100 baseball people, many of them members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards, was polled to arrive at the list.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2010 season.

paragraph: In a start on May 2, 2010 against Philadelphia, Santana gave up 10 runs in 3 innings, the worst start in his MLB career, surpassing his previous worst start on June 14, 2009 versus the Yankees, where he allowed nine runs and nine hits in just three innings. However, in the next five starts after that, Santana gave up only seven earned runs, striking out 21 and improving his record to 4–2 with a 3.03 ERA. Santana hit his first major league home run off of Matt Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds on July 6, finishing the game with a complete game shutout. From July 1 – 23, Santana was 3–0 with a 0.71 ERA in five starts. Santana, who was struggling to keep his 10–9 record through September 2, strained his pectoral muscle in a 65 pitch start versus Atlanta, for the second time in his career. His last game of the season was a win against the Atlanta Braves on September 2. On September 14, he underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder. Santana ended his season with a record of 11–9 and an ERA of 2.98. This was the third consecutive year that Johan had gotten injured.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2011 season.

paragraph: Johan Santana missed the entire 2011 major league season while he recovered from anterior capsule surgery to his left shoulder (dominant), pitching only in the minors.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2012 season.

paragraph: On April 5, 2012, Santana was tabbed as the Mets Opening Day starter. This marked the first time Santana pitched in the majors since September 2, 2010 when he tore the anterior capsule in his left shoulder. He went five scoreless innings against the Atlanta Braves, striking out five batters. On May 26, Santana pitched a complete game shut-out against the San Diego Padres, the ninth of his career. He struck out seven over nine innings and improved to 2–2 with a 2.75 ERA over his first 10 starts. Then on June 1, Santana pitched a no-hitter against Adam Wainwright and the 2011 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. After a few starts on July 21, Santana was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Mets after spraining his right ankle. Santana was again put on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his lower back on August 22. He did not pitch for the remainder of the 2012 season. Santana finished the season 6–9 with a 4.85 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 21 starts and 117 innings pitched.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:No-hitter.

paragraph: On June 1, in only the 11th start since returning from shoulder surgery, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, the defending World Series champions. This was the first no-hitter in Mets franchise history, coming in their 51st season and 8,020th regular season game. It marked only the eighth no-hitter in MLB history against a defending World Series champion team, the first since former Met Nolan Ryan blanked the Oakland Athletics in 1990. Santana walked five batters, recorded eight strikeouts, and lowered his season ERA to 2.38. He also threw a career-high 134 pitches, and earned the new nickname "No-han". Notable moments in the game included a liner in the sixth inning by former Met Carlos Beltrán, which hit the foul line behind third base but was ruled foul. In the seventh inning, Mike Baxter made a difficult catch in left field, preserving the no-hitter, and then violently crashed into the wall. He left the game with a bruised left shoulder and was subsequently placed on the DL.

paragraph: For throwing the no-hitter, Santana was named National League Player of the Week for the week ending June 3, 2012. It was his fifth such award and followed his teammate R.A. Dickey who won it the prior week. His pitching feat earned him the Key to the City, which was bestowed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Mets.:2013 season.

paragraph: Santana tore his shoulder capsule for the second time during early 2013. Surgery was performed on April 3, 2013, by Dr. David Altchek. He missed the entire 2013 season amid questions about if his career would continue.

paragraph: On November 1, 2013, the Mets bought out his 2014 option, paying Santana a $5.5 million buyout to avoid being responsible for a $25 million option for 2014, making Santana a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Orioles.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Baltimore Orioles.:2014 season.

paragraph: On March 4, 2014, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, that included an invitation to Major League spring training. He would earn $3 million if he were to make the Major League roster. On June 2, the Orioles selected Santana's contract from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides and placed him on the disabled list. On June 6, Santana tore his Achilles tendon during an extended spring training start and missed the rest of the 2014 MLB season. He became a free agent after the conclusion of the season.

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

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Toronto Blue Jays.:2015 season.

paragraph: On February 26, 2015, Santana signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. The contract would have paid him $2.5 million if he made the 25-man roster, and included bonuses for active days and games started. He started the season on the disabled list of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, while rehabbing the shoulder muscles in his throwing arm. On April 23, it was reported that Santana planned on staying with the Blue Jays organization past his April 28 opt-out. On June 27, Santana announced that he was ending his 2015 season due to a toe infection, and planned to resume his comeback in 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Free agent.:2016 season.

paragraph: Santana began the 2016 season as a free agent. In April, MLB Network's Jon Heyman tweeted that Santana was eyeing a "mid-year comeback". On May 11, 2016, his agent, Peter Greenberg, stated in an interview with Venezuelan radio show Los Cronistas that his client would aim to pitch in the majors during the second half of the season. If that didn't work out, Greenberg said, Santana would pitch in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

paragraph: Section::::Pitching style.

paragraph: Santana's pitch repertoire included an 88–94 mph fastball along with a circle changeup, which was generally considered his best pitch, and a slider. It was reported on February 25, 2014, that Santana's fastball velocity had dropped to 77–81 mph after his second left shoulder capsule surgery.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: As a child playing in Little League, Santana wanted to play shortstop until coaches told him he couldn't play shortstop because he was a lefty. He then taught himself to throw right-handed so he could play shortstop.

paragraph: Santana is the second of five children. He attended Liceo Jose Nucete Sardi High School, where he played center field. He and his wife, Yasmile, whom he has known since he was nine years old, have two daughters and a son. Santana missed the New York Mets' 2009 first regular season game at Citi Field due to the birth of his son. He and his family reside in the Miromar Lakes community in Estero, Florida in Lee County.

paragraph: In 2006, he started The Johan Santana Foundation to provide assistance to hospitals and bought new gloves and bats for children in surrounding areas. Also in 2006, Santana, as well as the Minnesota Twins, purchased a yellow firetruck for Tovar's fire department. Santana has held a party the past two offseasons called "El Cy Youngazo" (the Great Cy Young) which includes a toy drive, musical groups, and beer from Santana's sponsor, Regional. Proceeds from Johan's charity wine, Santana's Select, also support his foundation in entirety. In 2012, the Johan Santana Foundation expanded their efforts to reach the Hispanic community of New York by contributing to Tuesday's Children, an organization that has made a commitment to families impacted by 9/11, First Responders and their families, and most recently, individuals who have lost loved ones to terrorism around the world. Johan contributed $10,000 dollars, matched with $10,000 by the Mets through the New York Mets Foundation, to expand Tuesday's Children programming to include more resources for Spanish-speaking individuals and families impacted by 9/11.

paragraph: In the off-season, Santana uses Florida Gulf Coast University's baseball facility for some of his conditioning work.

paragraph: Santana was elected to the Twins Hall of Fame in 2018, with a pregame ceremony held at Target Field on August 4.

paragraph: Section::::Highlights.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sports Illustrated" MLB All-Decade Team (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- American League Cy Young Award winner (2004 and 2006, both unanimous selections)

paragraph: BULLET::::- TSN Pitcher of the Year (2004, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Player's Choice Outstanding Pitcher (2004, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- All-Star (2005–2007, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- American League Gold Glove Award winner (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fielding Bible Award (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Warren Spahn Award winner (2004, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Won the Triple Crown as the leader in wins (19), strikeouts (245), and ERA (2.77) in 2006

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led AL in wins (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led AL in strikeouts (2004, 2005, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led AL in ERA (2004, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led NL in ERA (2008), finishing the season at (2.53). He also set a career high in IP (234.1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Led American League in winning percentage in 2003, finishing the season at 12–3 (.800)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Threw 15 career complete games

paragraph: BULLET::::- Top 10 Cy Young Award (7th, ; Winner, ; 3rd, ; Winner, ; 5th, ; 3rd )

paragraph: BULLET::::- Top 10 MVP Award (7th, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fanned former teammate David Ortiz for his 1,000th career strikeout (June 13, 2006).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Set a Minnesota Twins record with 17 strikeouts over eight innings against the Rangers.(August 19, 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Signed the biggest contract for a pitcher in the history of baseball (February 1, 2008).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Threw the first no-hitter in New York Mets history on June 1, 2012 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Cy Young Award winners

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Triple Crown winners (pitching)

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet, or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

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paragraph: Albert Hibbs

paragraph: Albert Roach "Al" Hibbs (October 19, 1924 – February 24, 2003) was a noted mathematician known worldwide as "the voice of JPL".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 1947, Hibbs and Roy Walford took time off, from graduate school and medical school respectively, to go to Reno and Las Vegas to beat the casinos at roulette. Studying biases in the roulette wheels, they made profits variously estimated between $6,500 and $42,000. According to Hibbs himself, during an episode of "You Bet Your Life" on which he was a contestant and won $250, he made "about $12,000" from his roulette exploits.

paragraph: Hibbs earned his Ph.D. in 1955 under Richard Feynman, with a dissertation titled "The Growth of Water Waves Due to the Action of the Wind". He also transcribed and edited Feynman's lectures in quantum electrodynamics, and coauthored their book on path integrals and quantum mechanics. He called upon his mentor at least once to provide recommendations to NASA for his selection as a science astronaut in the Apollo program. In 1967, Hibbs was chosen to become an astronaut on the Apollo 25 moon mission, but the program was canceled before it would have been launched.

paragraph: In 1962, Hibbs began hosting a Saturday morning educational program on NBC television entitled "Exploring". It mostly, but not exclusively, covered scientific topics, featuring segments with the Ritts puppets, cinematic short subjects, animated versions of famous legends, and music. It ran for several years, but received poor ratings, and was constantly shifted around the schedule.

paragraph: Hibbs enjoyed making kinetic sculpture as a hobby and was fascinated by self-actuated machines—a field where he once again collaborated in a well known idea-experiment of Feynman's. According to Feynman, it was Hibbs who originally suggested to him (circa 1959) the idea of a "medical" use for Feynman's theoretical micromachines (see nanotechnology). Hibbs suggested that certain repair machines might one day be reduced in size to the point that it would, in theory, be possible to (as Feynman put it) "swallow the doctor".

paragraph: Hibbs died on February 24, 2003 at the age of 78 from complications following heart surgery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Mariner 2 Interview featuring a biography and interview with Hibbs, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives

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paragraph: William A. McKeighan

paragraph: William Arthur McKeighan (January 19, 1842 – December 15, 1895) was an American politician.

paragraph: McKeighan was born in Millville, New Jersey. He moved with his parents to Fulton County, Illinois in 1848. He enlisted in the 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, in September 1861, to fight in the Civil War. When the war ended he was stationed on a farm near Pontiac, Illinois. He decided to take up farming. He moved to Nebraska in 1880 and continued farming near Red Cloud, Nebraska.

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Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri
letterman
football
baseball
quarterback
linebacker
kicker
University of Northern Iowa
Philadelphia Eagles
undrafted
rookie
free agent
Cleveland Browns
Washington Redskins
2006 season
Tennessee Titans
Durant Brooks
Green Bay Packers
Jon Ryan
Mike McCarthy
California Redwoods
United Football League
Just Sports Stats
United Football League bio

categories: American football punters,1980 births,American football placekickers,Cleveland Browns players,Players of American football from Missouri,Philadelphia Eagles players,Washington Redskins players,Green Bay Packers players,Northern Iowa Panthers football players,Baltimore Ravens players,Living people,Sportspeople from St. Louis

paragraph: Derrick Frost

paragraph: Derrick E. Frost (born November 25, 1980) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Northern Iowa.

paragraph: Frost has been a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, and California Redwoods.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Frost attended Clayton High School in Clayton, Missouri, and as a student was a letterman in football and baseball. In football, he was an All-Conference selection as a quarterback, linebacker, punter, and kicker.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Frost attended the University of Northern Iowa and was a good student and a letterman in football and baseball. In football, during his college career, Frost punted 104 times for 4388 yards (42.19 yards per punt avg.).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: In 2003, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie free agent, but eventually wound up being signed by the Cleveland Browns. He completed two seasons at Cleveland before moving to the Washington Redskins.

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

paragraph: In the 2006 season Frost has had success with nine 40+ punts. Also he had a couple of 50 plus punts for the Redskins of late after Week 12 in the league.

paragraph: During the 2007 preseason game against the Tennessee Titans, Frost raced out after a punt to level the Titan's punt returner causing a forced fumble.

paragraph: In 2008, he battled rookie Durant Brooks for the punting job. He was cut on August 30 during final cuts;

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Green Bay Packers.

paragraph: Two days after being released by the Redskins, Frost was signed by the Green Bay Packers, who previously cut Jon Ryan. Frost was released by the Packers on December 1, 2008. Head coach Mike McCarthy stated that Frost performed well in practices, but did not do well during the games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:California Redwoods.

paragraph: Frost was signed by the California Redwoods of the United Football League on September 2, 2009. He was released on October 25, 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Post Football.

paragraph: Frost is president of Pro Fusion Financial and is a member of the board of directors of the NFLPA.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Just Sports Stats

paragraph: BULLET::::- United Football League bio

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Derrick Frost

wikipedia_title: Derrick Frost


text: M.A.

text: University of Oslo

text: Spellemannprisen

text: Lars Klevstrand

text: Ole Paus

text: Mari Boine Persen

text: Ketil Bjørnstad

text: Tom Russell

text: Rikard Wolff

text: Lullabies from the Axis of Evil

text: Eva Dahlgren

text: Anisette Koppel

text: Demon Music Group

text: Official web site

categories: University of Oslo alumni,Norwegian-language singers,People from Vågan,1956 births,Norwegian songwriters,Norwegian female singers,Living people,Spellemannprisen winners

paragraph: Kari Bremnes

paragraph: Kari Bremnes (born 9 December 1956) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.

paragraph: She got an M.A. in language, literature, history and theatre studies from the University of Oslo, and worked as a journalist for several years before deciding to dedicate herself to music full-time.

paragraph: In 1987 she received the Spellemann Award (Spellemannprisen) for the record "Mitt ville hjerte", and in 1991 for the record "Spor". With her two brothers, Lars Bremnes and Ola Bremnes, she received the prize for the record "Soløye" in 2001.

paragraph: She was also deputy board chairman of the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Solo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mitt ville hjerte" (My wild heart, 1987)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blå krukke" (Blue jug, 1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spor" (Trace, 1991)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gåte ved Gåte" (Riddle beside another riddle, 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Erindring" (Memory, 1995)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Månestein" (Moon stone, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Svarta Bjørn" (Black bear, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Norwegian Mood" (2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "11 ubesvarte anrop" (11 unanswered calls, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "You'd Have To Be Here" (English version of "11 ubesvarte anrop", 2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Over en by" (Over a town, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kari Bremnes live (Reise)" (Kari Bremnes live (Journey), 2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ly" (Shelter, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fantastik Allerede" (Fantastic Already, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Og så kom resten av livet" (And then the rest of your life. 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Det Vi Har" (What we have. 2017)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With others.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tid å hausta inn" (1983, new edition 2001) with Lars Klevstrand.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Salmer på veien hjem" (Psalms on the way home, 1991) with Ole Paus and Mari Boine Persen.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ord fra en fjord" (Word from a fjord, 1992) with Ola og Lars Bremnes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Folk i husan" (People in the houses, 1993) with Ola Bremnes and Arne Bendiksen Records.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cohen på norsk" (Cohen in Norwegian, 1993) with various artists.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Løsrivelse" (Breakaway, 1993) with Ketil Bjørnstad.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man From God Knows Where" (1999) with, among others Tom Russell.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Soløye" (Sun eye, 2000) with Ola and Lars Bremnes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Desemberbarn" (December child, 2001) with Rikard Wolff.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Voggesanger fra ondskapens akse" ("Lullabies from the Axis of Evil") (2003) with Eva Dahlgren and Anisette Koppel.

paragraph: Section::::Also appears on.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia", 2011 (Nascente/Demon Music Group)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official web site

description: Norwegian singer

wikidata_label: Kari Bremnes

wikipedia_title: Kari Bremnes


text:
Commodore
Royal Australian Navy
Governor of Queensland
The Hutchins School
Hobart
Royal Australian Naval College
Jervis Bay
Western Australia

categories: Australian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom),Australian military personnel of the Korean War,Australian Knights Bachelor,Officers of the Legion of Merit,Governors of Queensland,Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order,Royal Australian Navy officers,Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George,People from Hobart,Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire,1916 births,1986 deaths

paragraph: James Ramsay (governor)

paragraph: Commodore Sir James Maxwell Ramsay, (27 August 1916 – 1 May 1986) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the 20th Governor of Queensland, serving from 22 April 1977 until 21 July 1985.

paragraph: Ramsay was one of six surviving children. He attended the Macquarie Street State School and The Hutchins School in Hobart. He proved himself to be quite adept at what he attempted in these schools; he was successful in becoming a cadet captain, excelled in Rugby, and was a high achiever in academic and professional subjects. He graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1933 and had a distinguished naval career. In 1945 Ramsay attended Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, England, and in the same year married Janet Grace Burley. During the Second World War he served on British and Australian ships in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, and 1972 he retired from the navy. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia from 1974 until 1977.

paragraph: Ramsay married Janet Burley, a Red Cross welfare officer, on 24 November 1945 at the parish church, Denham, Buckinghamshire.

description: Governor of Queensland, Australia

wikidata_label: James Ramsay

wikipedia_title: James Ramsay (governor)


text: governing body

text: Chico, California

text: undertaker

text: furniture

text: carpet

text: window shade

text: wallpaper

text: glass

text: Earlville

text: Illinois

text: Marysville

text: horticulture

text: orchard

text: almond

text: prune

text: apiaries

text: bee

text: honey

text: Independent Order of Odd Fellows

text: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

categories: California city council members,American beekeepers,Funeral directors,Mayors of Chico, California,1855 births,California Republicans,1940 deaths,American orchardists

paragraph: Frederick C. Williams

paragraph: Frederick Claudius Williams (September 10, 1855 – March 6, 1940) was the thirteenth President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1895 to 1897.

paragraph: He operated "Fetters and Williams", a prominent business in Chico. They were undertakers, dealers in furniture, carpets, window shades, wallpaper, and glass. The business was located at the southeast corner of Main Street and East 2nd Streets.

paragraph: He was born in Earlville, Illinois in September 1855, the son of William Williams and Rachel Davis.

paragraph: He came to California in 1876, and worked on a farm in Marysville. He came to Chico in 1878. He partnered with Charles Fetters and opened "Fetters and Williams." In 1906, Williams bought out Mr. Fetters and continued the business under the same name.

paragraph: Williams was also interested in horticulture, and owned several orchards of almonds and prunes on his ranch near Lone Pine Avenue. He was the first person in Butte County to operate apiaries. His operation grew to six apiaries containing nearly eight hundred colonies of bees, becoming the largest exporter of honey in the area.

paragraph: Section::::Associations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member, Independent Order of Odd Fellows

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member, State Funeral Directors’ Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- Director, Butte County Fair Association

description: California politician

wikidata_label: Frederick C. Williams

wikipedia_title: Frederick C. Williams


text:
mastering engineer
Engine Room Audio
Appalachian State University
Masterdisk
CJ Fly
Kirk Knight
Al Green
Julian Lage
Nels Cline
Chris Eldridge
Townes Van Zandt
Ann Peebles
Boogarins
French Montana
Xylouris White
Mutual Benefit
Mick Jenkins
Uncle Murda
Chinx
Kristin Andreassen
Jesse Boykins III
Margaret Glaspy
Holly Miranda
50 Cent
A$AP Rocky
Mobb Deep
Trey Songz
Vado
Chimaira
Schoolboy Q
Wale
Joey Bada$$
Lloyd Banks
Nicholas Megalis
Gentlemen Hall
Hella
Mt. Eden
Glassjaw
Ben Rector
The Gregory Brothers

categories: Appalachian State University alumni,Living people,Mastering engineers

paragraph: Dan Millice

paragraph: Dan Millice is an American mastering engineer based out of Engine Room Audio in New York City.

paragraph: Section::::Education and career.

paragraph: Dan Millice was born in North Carolina and graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor's degree in music industry studies. He began his mastering career at Masterdisk and then joined Engine Room Audio in 2011 as a full-time Mastering Engineer.

paragraph: Dan has done mastering work, audio restoration, and remastering projects for a large and diverse number of artists that include CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Al Green Julian Lage, Nels Cline, Chris Eldridge, Townes Van Zandt, Ann Peebles, Boogarins, French Montana, Xylouris White, Mutual Benefit, Mick Jenkins, Casanova, Ex Reyes, People's Blues of Richmond, Blue Foundation, Cal Maro, Uncle Murda, Landlady, Chinx, The Southern Belles, Kristin Andreassen, Jesse Boykins III, Margaret Glaspy, Flipp Deniro, Tribe Society, Pool Cosby, Yellow Shoots, Mike Liegel, A Valley Son, Little Kruta, JB Andrews, Tan Boys, Crimdella, Tongues Unknown, Holly Miranda, Junior Astronomers, Thaddeus Anna Greene, Lauren Lanzaretta, Midnight Passenger, By Light We Loom, Ray Flanagan & The Authorities, 50 Cent, A$AP Rocky, Mobb Deep, Trey Songz, Vado, Chimaira, Schoolboy Q, Wale, Joey Bada$$, Lloyd Banks, Bryant Dope, Ohio Sky, Nicholas Megalis, Invisible Familiars, Gentlemen Hall, Hella, BOYFRNDZ, Mt. Eden, Feuding Fathers, Glassjaw, Island Twins, Chargaux, Bilal Karaman, Gevende, Eastern Hollows, John Michael Rochelle, Ben Rector, Steve Everett, The Bergamot, Cloudeater, The Gregory Brothers and many others.

description: American engineer

wikidata_label: Dan Millice

wikipedia_title: Dan Millice


text:
Bing & Grøndahl
Herman Bang
Sankt Annæ Plads
Frederiksberg
Copenhagen
Aksel Hansen
Emilie Mundt
Marie Luplau
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
August Saabye
Vilhelm Bissen
Valdemar Irminger
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
1900 Paris Exhibition
1914 Baltic Exhibition
Malmö
Brooklyn
Naturalism
Ludvig Brandstrup
J.F. Willumsen
Herman Bang
Ludvig Brandstrup
Berlin
Dresden
Ingeborg Irminger
Kunstindeks Danmark

categories: 1872 births,People from Frederiksberg,1962 deaths,Danish sculptors,Artists from Copenhagen,Danish women sculptors

paragraph: Ingeborg Plockross Irminger

paragraph: Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962) was a Danish sculptor who is remembered both for her busts and for the miniature porcelain statues of animals and human figures she designed while working for Bing & Grøndahl. A bronze cast of her 1903 bust of the writer Herman Bang was installed on Sankt Annæ Plads in Copenhagen in 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 18 June 1872, she was the daughter of the merchant Johannes Frederik Plockross (1821–96) and Cathrine Frederikke Tietgen (1833–91). After showing interest in modelling from an early age, she began her studies under the sculptor Aksel Hansen before attending the art school run by Emilie Mundt and Marie Luplau. In February 1893 she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where she studied sculpture under August Saabye until 1899 when she worked for a number of years in Vilhelm Bissen's studio. In 1908, she married the painter Valdemar Irminger.

paragraph: Section::::Career as a sculptor.

paragraph: Irminger first exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1897 with "En Spæd", a bronze relief. She continued to exhibit there until 1952, especially from 1904 to 1925. She also occasionally exhibited at the "Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund" (Female Artists' Society) from 1920 to 1961. Her work was presented at the 1900 Paris Exhibition, at the 1914 Baltic Exhibition in Malmö and at the 1927 Danish National Exhibition in Brooklyn. Thanks to grants from the Academy, she went on study trips to Paris, Germany and Italy.

paragraph: Under Bissen's guidance, Irminger developed her own style bordering on Naturalism. Among her principal creations are "Drengen og Pinfsvinet" (The Boy and the Hedgehog, 1899 and bronze 1911), "Yngling" (Youth, marble, 1909), awarded the Academy's medal of the year, and "Ung Pige" (marble, 1907) which is reminiscent of Ludvig Brandstrup. She also created portraits of J.F. Willumsen (relief, 1900), Herman Bang (bronze, 1904) and Ludvig Brandstrup (1922). She also created two fine bronzes of her husband in 1912 and 1919, characterized by a still, rather introvert look.

paragraph: Also of interest are the decorative funeral urns and the figurines she designed while at Bing & Grøndahl's from 1898 to 1925. Of special note are her "Moder og Barn" (Mother and Child, 1902), "Læsende Børn" (Children Reading, 1903), and "Ung Pige med Kat" (Young Girl with Cat, 1911). The figures became very popular. Many were acquired by museums in Berlin and Dresden. They are still produced today, faithfully reproduced from Irminger's original designs.

paragraph: Ingeborg Plockross Irminger died in Copenhagen on 25 October 1962.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ingeborg Irminger at Kunstindeks Danmark

description: Danish sculptor

wikidata_label: Ingeborg Plockross Irminger

wikipedia_title: Ingeborg Plockross Irminger


text: Prussia

text: colonel

text: Frederick the Great

text: Seven Years' War

text: Lobositz

text: Rossbach

text: Zorndorf

text: cannoneer

text: quartermaster

text: second lieutenant

text: first lieutenant

text: captain

text: major

text: Battle of Lobositz

text: Seven Years' War

text: Croats

text: howitzers

text: lieutenant colonel

text: Pour le Mérite

text: Field Marshal

text: Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

text: Prague

text: Olomouc

text: Heinrich von Manteuffel

text: horse artillery

text: Freiberg

text: Saxony

text: Christian Friedrich August von Moller

text: Moller, Karl Friedrich von

text: Moller, Christian Friedrich August v

categories: 1690 births,1762 deaths,German military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession

paragraph: Karl Friedrich von Moller

paragraph: Karl Friedrich von Moller (sometimes spelled Möller) (1690 – 9 November 1762) was a Prussian colonel of artillery. His uncanny genius at setting up artillery parks gave Frederick the Great high confidence in the artillery's ability to effect the outcome. During the Seven Years' War, Moller gained great fame specifically for his actions at Lobositz, Rossbach and Zorndorf.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: Moller, born in 1690, joined the Prussian military on 26 January 1720 as a cannoneer in the artillery corps, of which his father was the regimental quartermaster. On 1 April 1729, he was promoted to second lieutenant and on 31 August 1733, to first lieutenant. In 1737, he was dispatched to the Austrian army, to fight in the war against the Ottoman Empire. On 19 November 1741 he returned to the Prussian army, and was promoted to staff captain; in January 1742, he was promoted to captain and on 20 April 1755 to major.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.:Battle of Lobositz.

paragraph: The Battle of Lobositz, fought on 1 October 1756, was the first major battle of the Seven Years' War; the artillery played a significant role. The guns started firing at about 6:00 am, but it was occasional fire: after 7:00 am, the artillery put forth a sustained and effective effort. Although the Austrians held the higher ground as far as the infantry and cavalry were concerned, and the artillery thundered from the heights above the Prussian line so long and so loudly that even seasoned veterans became unnerved: some of the Croats in Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne's army fled to the rear of the field and even Browne himself, a life-long veteran, admitted to never hearing anything like it. From 1:00 pm onward, the Prussian howitzers pounded against the Austrian force so effectively the artillery used its ammunition at a rapid rate. The battle was not an unqualified success, although the Austrians abandoned the field which, in the 18th century, was tantamount to admitting defeat. Moller was promoted to lieutenant colonel the day after the battle, 2 October 1756, and received the Order Pour le Mérite. Frederick wrote to Field Marshal Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin: "Moller has done miracles and secunded me in an astonishing manner."

paragraph: Section::::Military service.:Battle of Rossbach.

paragraph: At the Battle of Rossbach, the center of action occurred around Moller's battery of 16 heavy guns and two howitzers on the "Janushügel". Prince Henry's center, composed of infantry, had marched behind the Janus hill, and was supported by Seydlitz's seven regiments of horse. At about 3:00 pm, on the signal from Seydlitz himself, Moller's artillery opened fire on the Allied troops and tore huge gaps in their lines. The artillery first destroyed any semblance of order among the Allied cavalry, and then raked the infantry. The artillery fire was so thorough the concussion of the bombardment could be felt several miles away. Soubise and his staff thought the Prussians were retreating, and using the guns as cover, and simply hurried to get out of range, but this further disorganized the Allied lines, and caused unit cohesion to break down. Consequently, at 3:30 pm, when Seydlitz's squadrons descended on the Allied army, they wrought havoc among the infantry and cavalry who had remained in columns; those who escaped the artillery and the horsemen ran headlong into Prince Henry's infantry. Again, artillery fire came into focus: Moller's battery on the Janus had been reinforced with three siege guns from Leipzig, and these huge guns battered the Austrians again. Rossbach proved that the column as a means of tactical deployment on battlefield was inferior to the Prussian battle line; the massed columns simply could not hold in the face of Moller's fire; the greater the formation of men, the greater the loss of life and limb.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.:Battle of Zorndorf.

paragraph: Moller also was present at Prague, Olomouc and Zorndorf. There, at Zorndorf, Moller's artillery was a key to the battle plan. Frederick's plan of attack was first to hammer the Russian right with heavy artillery fire and then to launch Heinrich von Manteuffel's advanced guard against it. Expecting cavalry, the Russians formed in a square, the best way to receive an mounted attack but the worst way to receive an artillery barrage. Moller opened fire with 60 total of his 18- and 24-pounders, placed in two locations around Zorndorf; the initial range was too far, so they closed about 600 paces, and then ripped the Russian squares apart. Russian sources reported that one particular cannon shot killed or wounded 48 grenadiers. Despite this accuracy, Moller's contribution at Zorndorf could not be measured in a single stroke, but in his ability to move his horse artillery around the battlefield. At 1:00 pm, they were in one place, firing canister into tightly-packed Russian formations; at 4:00 pm, they were another place, pounding the Russian line; at 7:00, they were elsewhere, preventing a Russian counter-attack.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.:Last days.

paragraph: Frederick held Moller in high regard. Moller once told the King, "Your Majesty, all will be well, my genius will tell me", and the outcome had justified his confidence; Frederick frequently asked him in times of trouble, "what [did] his genius tell him". Moller died in Freiberg, Saxony, on 9 November 1762.

paragraph: Of the military men whose names are listed on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, Moller is one of only three who did not achieve the rank of general.

paragraph: His nephew, Christian Friedrich August von Moller (1734–1802), was a lieutenant general.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Denkmal König Friedrichs des Großen: Enthüllt am 31. Mai 1851" ["Monument to King Frederick the Great: Revealed on May 31, 1851"], Verlag der Deckerschen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin, 1851 (Reprint Leipzig 1987).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Poten, Bernhard von. Moller, Karl Friedrich von, Volume 22 (1885), pp. 127–128 and Moller, Christian Friedrich August v. Volume 22 (1885), p. 123. In "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie," edited by the Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences]

paragraph: BULLET::::- Redman, Herbert J. "Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756–1763," McFarland, 2015,

wikidata_label: Karl Friedrich Moller

wikipedia_title: Karl Friedrich von Moller


text: Saint Martin's School of Art

text: Commission for New Towns

text: The South Bank Show

text: Edward Lucie-Smith

text: Blackwall, London

text: astrolabe

text: Cass Sculpture Foundation

text: Canary Wharf

text: St Katharine Docks

text: Somerville College, Oxford

text: Milton Keynes

text: Golders Hill Park

text: East Kilbride

text: Emmanuel College, Cambridge

text: Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens

text: Holland Park

text: Wapping

text: Queen Mary and Westfield College

text: Cass Sculpture Foundation

text: Wendy Taylor's webpage

categories: People from Stamford, Lincolnshire,1945 births,Officers of the Order of the British Empire,Living people,English women sculptors

paragraph: Wendy Taylor

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

paragraph: Wendy Taylor studied from 1963 to 1967 at the Saint Martin's School of Art in London. She gained renown for her many sculptures in the public realm, especially in London.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Taylor's abstract sculptures explore themes of equilibrium, materiality and fabrication. From 1986 to 1988, she was design consultant for the Commission for New Towns. In 1988, Taylor was the subject of a documentary on "The South Bank Show", and, in 1992, her work was profiled in a monograph by Edward Lucie-Smith.

paragraph: In 1988, Taylor was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1999, she restored the "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument" at Blackwall, London, adding an astrolabe. In 2005, a major exhibition of her work was held at the Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood titled "The Seed Series". In 2009, this exhibition travelled to Canary Wharf in London.

paragraph: Three of her works are Grade II listed structures: the "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument", "Timepiece" in St Katharine Docks, London, and the "Octo" sculpture and reflecting pool, in Milton Keynes.

paragraph: Taylor lives and works in London.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kasmin Gallery, 1966

paragraph: BULLET::::- Exhibited "Tier" and "Column" at the British Council exhibition 'British Printmakers 1968-1970'.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sculpture 66, AIA Gallery, London 1966.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1971: "Triad", Somerville College, Oxford

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1979/80: "Octo", Norfolk House, Milton Keynes

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982: "Essence", Saxon Court, Milton Keynes

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983: "Gazebo", Golders Hill Park, London Barnet

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986: "Pharos", East Kilbride South Lanarkshire

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987: "Docklands Enterprise", West Dock/Marsh Lane

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1987: "Globe Sundial Sculpture", Marine Walk, Swansea

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: "Jester", Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, USA

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Rope Circle", Hermitage Basin, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Spirit of Barrow"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999: "Dung Beetles", Millennium Conservation Centre, Regent's Park, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999: "Virginia Quay Settlers Monument", Jamestown Way, London (restoration of the 1928 monument)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: "Tortoises with Triangle and Time", Holland Park, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: "The Millennium Fountain", River Walk, Enfield

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001: "Voyager", Wapping High Street

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003: "Knowledge", Library Square, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006: "Sycamore", sculpture garden at Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wendy Taylor's webpage

paragraph: BULLET::::- The artist's page at the Royal Society of British Sculptors

paragraph: BULLET::::- The artist's page at Cass Sculpture Foundation

description: British sculptor

wikidata_label: Wendy Taylor

wikipedia_title: Wendy Taylor


text: U.S. Representative

text: North Carolina

text: White Cross, North Carolina

text: Saxapahaw, North Carolina

text: United States Navy

text: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

text: University of North Carolina

text: Democrat

text: Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

text: Southern Manifesto

text: Brown v. Board of Education

text: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

text: Durham, North Carolina

text: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

categories: 1974 deaths,Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives,Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina,20th-century American politicians,North Carolina Democrats,1892 births,American pharmacists,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni,United States Navy sailors

paragraph: Carl T. Durham

paragraph: Carl Thomas Durham (August 28, 1892 – April 29, 1974) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

paragraph: Born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at White Cross, North Carolina, Durham attended the public schools of Orange County, Mandale Private School, Saxapahaw, North Carolina, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

paragraph: He was a pharmacist at Chapel Hill 1912-1938.

paragraph: He served as a pharmacist's mate in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.

paragraph: He served as a member of the city council of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1932, and of the Orange County Board of Commissioners 1932-1938. He served as a member of the school board of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1938.

paragraph: Trustee of the University of North Carolina.

paragraph: Durham was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961).

paragraph: He served as chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Eighty-second and Eighty-fifth Congresses), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in "Brown v. Board of Education"..

paragraph: He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress.

paragraph: In 1964 retired and resided in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

paragraph: He died in Durham, North Carolina, April 29, 1974.

paragraph: He was interred in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

alias:
Carl T. Durham
Carl Durham

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Carl Thomas Durham

wikipedia_title: Carl T. Durham


text:
U.S. Representative
Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
United States Army
World War I
Virginia House of Delegates
Democrat
Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.
Southern Manifesto
Brown v. Board of Education
Hollywood Cemetery

categories: Virginia Democrats,Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives,Military personnel from Richmond, Virginia,Politicians from Richmond, Virginia,Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia,University of Richmond alumni,Members of the Virginia House of Delegates,1973 deaths,Virginia lawyers,1892 births,University of Richmond School of Law alumni,United States Army personnel,Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

paragraph: J. Vaughan Gary

paragraph: Julian Vaughan Gary (February 25, 1892 – September 6, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Richmond, Virginia, Gary was a graduate of the University of Richmond (B.A., 1912, LL.B., 1915). He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia. Gary served in the United States Army during World War I, and subsequently served as counsel and executive assistant of the Virginia tax board from 1919–1924. From 1926-33, Gary served in the Virginia House of Delegates.

paragraph: Gary also served as member of the board of trustees of the University of Richmond.

paragraph: Gary was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress by special election, March 6, 1945, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. He was reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 6, 1945, to January 3, 1965, during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in "Brown v. Board of Education". He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress, and he subsequently resumed this private law practice in Richmond. Upon his retirement, Gary continued to reside in Richmond, where he died September 6, 1973. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Electoral history.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1945; Gary was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 48.55% of the vote, defeating fellow Democrat Ashton Dovell and Republican Curtis M. dozier.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1946; Re-elected with 73.35% of the vote, defeating Republican Earle Lutz.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1948; Re-elected with 72.94% of the vote, defeating Republican Richard C. Poage, Independent David P. Bennett, and Socialist Mary D. Fleet.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950; Re-elected with 89.73% of the vote, defeating Independent Phronia A. McNeill and Social Democrat Kathryn Bernstein.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1952; Re-elected with 57.67% of the vote, defeating Republican Walter R. Gambill.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1954; Re-elected with 58.01% of the vote, defeating Republican J. Calvitt Clarke.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956; Re-elected with 59.07% of the vote, defeating Republican Royal E. Cabell.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958; Re-elected with 76.14% of the vote, defeating Republican Richard R. Ryder.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960; Re-elected with 78.02% of the vote, defeating Independent Thomas Coleman Andrews, Jr.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962; Re-elected with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Republican Louis H. Williams and Independent Alfred T. Dudley.

alias:
Julian Gary
Vaughan Gary
J. Vaughan Gary
J Vaughan Gary

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Julian Vaughan Gary

wikipedia_title: J. Vaughan Gary


href: Italy Renaissance Florence Volterra Rome Mugello%20region Salzburg Jacopo%20Ligozzi Servite

text:
Italian
Renaissance
Florence
Volterra
Rome
Mugello
Salzburg
Jacopo Ligozzi
Servite

categories: 1636 deaths,Mannerist painters,Italian male painters,17th-century Italian painters,Servites,16th-century Italian painters,1579 births,Florentine painters

paragraph: Donato Mascagni

paragraph: Donato Mascagni (1579–1636) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance active in Florence, Volterra, Rome, Mugello, and Salzburg. He was a pupil of Jacopo Ligozzi. He is also known as "Fra" or "Frate Arsenio" because he joined the Servite monastery in 1605. He however obtained special dispensation through cardinal Gerolamo Bernerio to move to Florence and become a priest in 1609. His income from painting was used to support his family. After much travelling, he returned to Florence in 1630.

alias:
Fra Arsenio Mascagni
Arsenio Mascagni
Donato Mascagio
Fra Arsenio

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Donato Mascagni

wikipedia_title: Donato Mascagni


text: Latin

text: Christian

text: martyr

text: Diocletian

text: pagan

text: Trier

text: Rome

text: Tiber Island

text: Apollo

text: Aesculapius

text: Pope Marcellus I

text: Pope Marcellinus

text: Ascoli Piceno

text: Jupiter

text: Tronto

text: decapitated

text: Sant'Emidio Red Temple

text: carried his own head

text: oratory

text: Sant'Emidio alla Grotte

text: hagiography

text: monk

text: Frankish

text: relics

text: Roman

text: sarcophagus

text: catacomb

text: Sant'Emidio alla Grotte

text: bishop of Ascoli

text: earthquake

text: Marche

text: L'Aquila

text: Cingoli

text: San Ginesio

text: Nocera Umbra

text: Alaric I

text: Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

text: plague

text: World War II

text: German

text: Italian partisans

text: Saint Emygdius

text: Catholic Online: Emygdius

text: Emygdius

text: EMIDIUS

text: Sant’Emidio: Vescovo e martire

text: Sant'Emidio

text: Emygdius

categories: 309 deaths,Bishops in le Marche,People from Trier,4th-century Christian martyrs,4th-century Romans,4th-century bishops,Cephalophores,279 births

paragraph: Emygdius

paragraph: Saint Emygdius (Latin: "Emidius, Æmedius, Emigdius, Hemigidius"; ; c. 279 – c. 309 AD) was a Christian bishop who is venerated as a martyr. Tradition states that he was killed during the persecution of Diocletian.

paragraph: Section::::Legend.

paragraph: His legend states that he was a pagan of Trier who became a Christian. He traveled to Rome and cured the paralytic daughter of his host Gratianus, who had let him stay with him at his house on Tiber Island. Gratianus' family then converted to Christianity.

paragraph: Emygdius also cured a blind man. The people of Rome believed him to be the son of Apollo and carried him off by force to the Temple of Aesculapius on the island in the Tiber, where he cured many of the sick. Emygdius declared himself a Christian, however, and tore down the pagan altars and smashed into pieces a statue of Aesculapius. He also converted many to Christianity; this enraged the prefect of the city.

paragraph: He was made a bishop by Pope Marcellus I (or Pope Marcellinus), and sent to Ascoli Piceno.

paragraph: On his way to Ascoli, Emydgius made more conversions, and performed a miracle where he made water gush out of a mountain after striking a cliff. Polymius, the local governor, attempted to convince Emygdius to worship Jupiter and the goddess Angaria, the patroness of Ascoli. Polymius also offered him the hand of his daughter Polisia. Instead Emygdius baptized her as a Christian in the waters of the Tronto, along with many others.

paragraph: Enraged, Polymius decapitated him on the spot now occupied by the Sant'Emidio Red Temple, as well as his followers Eupolus (Euplus), Germanus, and Valentius (Valentinus). Emygdius stood up, carried his own head to a spot on a mountain where he had constructed an oratory (the site of the present-day Sant'Emidio alla Grotte). After Emygdius' martyrdom, his followers attacked Polymius' palace and pulled it down.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: His hagiography was written probably by a monk of Frankish origin in the eleventh century, after the rediscovery of the saint's relics, which had been conserved in a Roman sarcophagus. However, his hagiography was attributed to his disciple Valentius, who was martyred with him. The cult of Saint Emygdius is ancient, documented by churches dedicated to him since the eighth century. The translation of his relics from the catacomb of Sant'Emidio alla Grotte to the crypt of the cathedral happened probably around the year 1000 under Bernardo II, bishop of Ascoli.

paragraph: In 1703, a violent earthquake occurred in the Marche but did not affect the city of Ascoli Piceno. The city's salvation was attributed to Emygdius and he was thenceforth invoked against earthquakes. As a result of this event, the church dedicated a church to the saint in 1717. Additionally, many towns appointed him as patron, erecting statues in his honor in the churches (L'Aquila, 1732; Cingoli, 1747; San Ginesio, 1751; and Nocera Umbra, 1751).

paragraph: Emygdius is considered to have protected Ascoli from other dangers. A dazzling vision of Emygdius is said to have deterred Alaric I from destroying Ascoli in 409. The troops of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor passed through the region in 1038 carrying the plague; Bernardo I, bishop of Ascoli, invoked Emydgius' aid and the plague stopped. During World War II, on October 3, 1943, Emygdius is said to have protected the city against German movements against the Italian partisans.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Emygdius

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Online: Emygdius

paragraph: BULLET::::- Emygdius

paragraph: BULLET::::- EMIDIUS

paragraph: BULLET::::- SAINT EMIDIO AND THE PATRON'S FEAST THROUGH THE CENTURIES

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sant’Emidio: Vescovo e martire

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sant'Emidio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Emygdius

paragraph: BULLET::::-

description: Christian bishop and martyr

wikidata_label: Emygdius

wikipedia_title: Emygdius


text:
Waynesville, North Carolina
Wendell, North Carolina
major league baseball
first baseman
Boston Braves
batting average
runs batted in
Kinston Eagles
Kinston history page

categories: Milwaukee Brewers (AA) players,Harrisburg Senators players,1895 births,Minor league baseball managers,Hutchinson Wheatshockers players,Kinston Eagles players,Omaha Crickets players,Hartford Senators players,Montreal Royals players,Major League Baseball first basemen,Norfolk Tars players,1987 deaths,Suffolk Tigers players,Terre Haute Browns players,Petersburg Goobers players,New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players,Columbus Senators players,Baseball players from North Carolina,Portsmouth Truckers players,Tarboro Serpents players,San Antonio Bears players,Houston Buffaloes players,Binghamton Triplets players,People from Waynesville, North Carolina,Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players,Boston Braves players,Portsmouth Cubs players,Greensboro Patriots players,St. Joseph Drummers players,Omaha Buffaloes players

paragraph: Snake Henry

paragraph: Frederick Marshall "Snake" Henry (July 19, 1895 in Waynesville, North Carolina – October 12, 1987 in Wendell, North Carolina) was a major league baseball first baseman and minor league manager.

paragraph: Henry played in a total of twenty nine games for the Boston Braves during the and seasons. He compiled a .187 batting average with four doubles, one triple, and seven runs batted in.

paragraph: Henry's greatest achievements in baseball were in the minor leagues where he compiled 3384 career hits (fifth all time in minor league history), 675 doubles, and 200 triples (both ranking him second all time).

paragraph: He also saw service as a minor league manager including an explosive stint with the Kinston Eagles in . During that year, Henry physically attacked an umpire on the field after a close play at third. The assault included a knee to the groin, shoving and much swearing. It precipitated a near riot from the fans, and a one-year suspension for Henry.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kinston history page

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Snake Henry

wikipedia_title: Snake Henry


text: Worms, Germany

text: New York City

text: Social Democratic Party of Germany

text: Prussia

text: Reichstag

text: August Bebel

text: Eduard Bernstein

text: Abitur

text: Darmstadt

text: Hermann Staudinger

text: Nobel Prize for Chemistry

text: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

text: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

text: economics

text: sociology

text: Alfred

text: Max Weber

text: Middle Ages

text: Wandervogel

text: World War I

text: Iron Cross Second Class

text: Kriegsernährungsamt

text: Rudolf Wissell

text: Otto Braun

text: Preußenschlag

text: Franz von Papen

text: Preussag

text: VEBA

text: Deutsche Hochschule für Politik

text: Carlo Mierendorff

text: Theodor Haubach

text: Fritz Tarnow

text: Gestapo

text: Hermann Göring

text: Danny Heinemann

text: Sofina

text: Ankara

text: New School for Social Research

text: Eduard Heimann

text: Arnold Brecht

text: Emil Lederer

text: President

text: Roosevelt

text: Great Depression

text: New Deal

text: Tennessee Valley Authority

text: Tennessee River

text: Tennessee Valley

text: dean

text: Emil Lederer

text: Heidelberg

text: Paul Tillich

text: Eleanor Roosevelt

text: German Labour Delegation

text: Max Brauer

text: Rudolf Katz

text: Albert Grzesinski

text: World War II

text: Carl Zuckmayer

text: Council for a Democratic Germany

text: Time

text: Neue Volkszeitung

text: Atlantic Charter

text: Großes Verdienstkreuz

text: Hans Staudinger Papers

categories: Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians,1980 deaths,People from Worms, Germany,Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,1888 births,German expatriates in the United States,Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

paragraph: Hans Staudinger

paragraph: Hans Staudinger (born 16 August 1889 in Worms, Germany; died 25 February 1980 in New York City, NY) was a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and an economist, as well as a secretary of state in the Prussian trade ministry from 1929 to 1932. From November 1932 to June 1933 he was a Social Democrat member of the Reichstag.

paragraph: Section::::Youth.

paragraph: Staudinger was born to the gymnasium teacher Franz Staudinger and his wife Auguste Staudinger, née Wenck, and was baptised as a Protestant. He had two brothers and one sister. His father was a leading theorist of the cooperative movement and was connected to prominent Social Democrats such as August Bebel and Eduard Bernstein. His friendship with the latter lasted his whole life.

paragraph: Hans Staudinger acquired his Abitur at the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt. He started an apprenticeship as a carpenter while still at school, but did not pursue this. He also temporarily worked as an engine stoker. The incentive for this came from his father, who wanted his son to have insight into the world of the working classes. His brother Hermann Staudinger, who received the 1953 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, followed a similar path at the request of his father.

paragraph: Section::::Studies and World War I.

paragraph: From 1907 to 1908, Staudinger studied at literature and German philology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In 1908 he transferred to the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Here he studied economics and sociology. His most significant university teachers were the brothers Alfred and Max Weber. In 1913 he received his Dr. phil. for a thesis on entitled "Individuum und Gemeinschaft in der Kulturorganisation des Vereins" ("The Individual and the Community in the Cultural Organisation of the Society"), being supervised by Alfred Weber. In this thesis, Staudinger investigated the change in musical societies from the Middle Ages to the middle-class community choirs of his time. The underlying claim was that the alienation of the individual would in the near future be overcome by the community life of the workers. What Staudinger saw as the natural form of community life in the Middle Ages would thus be renewed.

paragraph: In his first semester as a student, Staudinger joined the SPD. Until 1914 he also took on a leading role in the "Südwestdeutscher Wandervogelbund", and was the leader of a "Wandervogelgruppe". From 1913 to 1914 he was the secretary of the "Revisionsverband Südwestdeutscher Konsumvereine". He served as an officer in World War I, and received the Iron Cross Second Class in 1916. In the last year of the war Staudinger was severely wounded and lost his sight in one eye.

paragraph: Section::::Administrative career.

paragraph: After his recovery, in Spring 1918 he was made a head of division in the "Kriegsernährungsamt" (War Office of Food, based in Berlin), where he remained until July 1919. He then moved to the Ministry of Economics, where he stayed until 1927. From 1920 he was a "Vortragender Rat" (Expert Councillor). With some economy ministers, he served as their personal advisor. In addition, he functioned as the liaison with the "Reichswirtschaftsrat" (Economy Council). In the 1920s Staudinger aspired to drive forward the cartellisation of the extractive and energy industries under state control. This policy would make possible a form of social economy, which was supported in the ministry by Rudolf Wissell (SPD) and Wichard von Moellendorff. However, hardly any state direction of these industries came about. The only result of Staudinger's efforts was the publication of a comprehensive study of structural problems of the German economy after the First World War, which was presented by a corresponding committee of inquiry, as proposed by Staudinger in 1925.

paragraph: In 1927 Staudinger became a civil servant in the Prussian trade ministry. There he was responsible for port, transport and electricity industries, from 1929 as a secretary of state. The political situation in the democratic Prussia under Otto Braun and the tradition of state-directed economy in this state offered better chances for social economic plans to be realized. The Preußenschlag of the German government under Franz von Papen in 1932 put an end to Staudinger's government career; he was put on leave whilst his salary continued to be paid.

paragraph: In the government bureaucracy, Staudinger was known since the end of the 1920s as a leading specialist in matters of social economy, and is seen by historians as one of the few distinguished senior civil servants with republican sympathies. In 1932 he published a text in which he presented his thoughts on the economy to a wider audience. This underlined his reputation as an expert on public enterprise.

paragraph: Staudinger held posts in the boards of directors of various state-run businesses. He was for example chairman of the board of the company Preussag, the creation of which he had instigated, and held the same position at VEBA, which he had also worked towards creating. He was deputy chairman of the boards of the "Aktiengesellschaft für deutsche Elektrizitätswirtschaft" in Berlin and "Obere Saale AG" in Weimar. He was a member of the board of "Elektrowerke AG" in Berlin, "Duisburg-Ruhrorter Hafen AG", the "Thüringische Gasgesellschaft", and the "Hamburgisch-Preußischen Hafengemeinschaft GmbH". He also taught at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik.

paragraph: After the Preußenschlag, Staudinger intensified his contacts with the Social Democrats Carlo Mierendorff and Theodor Haubach, who were determined to answer the increasing political violence in the early 1930s with strong social-democratic fighting units for the defence of the Republic. In this context Staudinger was invited by Hamburg Social Democrats around Hans Carl Podeyn and Karl Meitmann to succeed Peter Graßmann in the Hamburg Reichstag constituency as candidate for the elections in November 1932. After initially hesitating, Staudinger agreed, and won the seat for the SPD. He was not able to exert any great influence in the Reichstag, however, as the National Socialists came to power on 30 January 1933. In the following weeks, Staudinger worked hard to organise the Social-Democratic resistance, particularly in Hamburg. In Berlin, he got Fritz Naphtali and Fritz Tarnow released from Gestapo arrest. He did this by impersonating a senior Prussian official, and ordering their release. Hermann Göring tried to persuade him to take a coordinating role of the integrated economy in the Third Reich, but Staudinger rejected this.

paragraph: On 16 June 1933 Staudinger was arrested in Hamburg, along with leading Social Democrats of the city. He remained in "protective custody" until 22 July 1933. Then he fled to Belgium, where he remained until September 1933. Danny Heinemann, the head of the Belgian energy group Sofina, employed him as an adviser. Staudinger's reasons for fleeing Germany were his opposition to National Socialism, his experience of being arrested and his concern for his Jewish wife. After he was forced to return to Germany, he finally emigrated to the United States via Belgium, France and Britain. At the same time, he was offered a post in Ankara advising the Turkish government on matters of economic policy; this he rejected, however.

paragraph: Section::::New School for Social Research.

paragraph: In spring 1934, he was made a Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Many emigrants who were either friends or acquaintances of his also worked at this institution, such as Eduard Heimann, Arnold Brecht and Emil Lederer. He received American citizenship in 1940.

paragraph: Staudinger's political and writing experiences in the field of the social economy found an interested specialist audience in the United States. President Roosevelt was trying to overcome the effects of the Great Depression with his New Deal policy. Some of the largest projects were for example the creation of an authority for energy production and regional development, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was to develop the use of the water power of the Tennessee River as well as the development of the extensive Tennessee Valley. Staudinger was able to show in his publications what kind of employment stimulus could be expected from large electrification programmes, the new room for manoeuvre the government could gain against regional electricity monopolies by setting up public energy suppliers, and what social effects electrification would have on rural areas that had hitherto been overlooked by the electricity suppliers for reasons of costs.

paragraph: In his new academic post, however, his time was spent less on research and publications than on academic administration and teaching. Over several years he influenced the work of the Graduate Faculty of Political und Social Science as its dean, by turning the "University in Exile" into an American academic institution. He became dean in 1939 after the death of economist and sociologist Emil Lederer. Staudinger's wife Else, whom he had married in 1912, had taken her Ph.D. under Lederer's supervision, being the first woman to do so in Heidelberg. Staudinger also worked as dean from 1941 to 1943, from 1950 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1959. He was also active in fundraising, as his faculty was one that frequently suffered under a lack of resources.

paragraph: Hans and Else Staudinger founded a committee to support persecuted scientists and intellectuals, the American Council for Émigrés in the Professions, in the New School for Social Research. In this they co-operated with the prominent religious socialist Paul Tillich and Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the US President. Until the end of the 1950s, the Council helped more than 3,000 refugees to find jobs.

paragraph: In the United States, Staudinger was in close contact with exiled Social Democrats from Germany, many of whom he had known personally before he emigrated. He belonged to the founders of the German Labour Delegation who included Max Brauer, formerly the mayor of the Prussian town of Altona, his friend Rudolf Katz and the former Prussian Minister of the Interior Albert Grzesinski. In the second half of World War II he turned away from this group however, when they started vehemently arguing against plans for an Allied occupation of Germany, under the influence of Friedrich Stampfer, a member of the SPD leadership. In 1943 Staudinger, Tillich, Paul Hertz and Carl Zuckmayer formed the core of the Council for a Democratic Germany that was officially founded in 1944.

paragraph: In January 1947 Staudinger was amongst the signatories of a declaration by former Social Democratic Reichstag members that was printed in "Time" and in the "Neue Volkszeitung", the leading German-language newspaper in the United States. This declaration argued against mass expulsions, dismantlement of German industry and an occupation of Germany, and demanded a peace treaty, with reference to the Atlantic Charter.

paragraph: After the Second World War, Staudinger became an important link between the United States and Germany in the academic world. On his initiative, on the occasion of Theodor Heuss' visit to the United States in the early 1960s, the Theodor Heuss Chair was created at the New School for Social Research. This was to give young social scientists the opportunity to teach in New York for one year. After 1959, Staudinger worked as editor of the political science journal "Social Research".

paragraph: After his retirement, along with his wife Else Staudinger he donated the endowment for a professorial chair at the New School for Social Research in 1965. After Else died, he married Elisabeth Todd in 1967.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: In 1959 Theodor Heuss awarded honours to German emigrants in New York on the occasion of his 75th birthday. In this context Hans Staudinger received the "Großes Verdienstkreuz" (Great Cross of Merit), as did his wife Else and Hans Simons and Arnold Brecht, two of his colleagues at the New School. On 16 August 1969 the Federal Republic of Germany honoured him again, this time with the "Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern" (Great Cross of Merit with star). This award of an even higher honour was justified by Staudinger's continuing achievements in furthering American understanding of Germany.

paragraph: The Großkrotzenburg Staudinger Power Station is also named after him.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hans Staudinger Papers

description: German politician

wikidata_label: Hans Staudinger

wikipedia_title: Hans Staudinger


text:
technical death metal
Decapitated
Septicflesh
symphonic black metal
Witold Kiełtyka
Carnival Is Forever
death metal
Behemoth
Zbigniew Robert Promiński
Slipknot
Joey Jordison
Meinl
Tama
Promark
Remo
symphonic black metal
Vesania
Septicflesh
Decapitated
Blindead
Carnival Is Forever
Codex Omega
Season of Mist

categories: Decapitated (band) members,Austrian male musicians,21st-century drummers,Male drummers,1989 births,Living people,Austrian drummers

paragraph: Kerim Lechner

paragraph: Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (born January 26, 1989) is an Austrian musician, best known for his drumming work for Polish technical death metal band Decapitated. He is currently the drummer for Greek symphonic death metal band Septicflesh.

paragraph: Before joining Decapitated, Lechner played in symphonic black metal band Thorns of Ivy from 2006 to 2009. Lechner joined Decapitated starting after their hiatus from 2007 to 2009, replacing deceased former drummer Witold Kiełtyka. Lechner played in the band until leaving in September 2012, performing on the band's album "Carnival Is Forever".

paragraph: In 2013, Lechner started an online fundraiser to fund his independently released solo album, titled "Explore", released on September 26, 2013. Later in 2013, Lechner filled in on drums for Polish death metal band Behemoth, due to drummer Zbigniew Robert Promiński undergoing surgery.

paragraph: In December 2013, Lechner posted videos of himself playing the Slipknot songs "People = Shit" and "Eyeless" as an audition to be the band's next drummer, following the departure of Joey Jordison. However, his speculative application was eventually unsuccessful.

paragraph: Lechner endorses Meinl, Tama, Promark, Remo and Czarcie Kopyto.

paragraph: In 2014, Lechner toured with Polish symphonic black metal band Vesania.

paragraph: On December 15, 2014, it was announced that Lechner had joined Septicflesh as the new drummer.

paragraph: On April 26, 2017, Lechner released a new album, titled "Gedankenkarusell", collaborating among others with Rafał "Rasta" Piotrowski (Decapitated), Patryk Zwolinski (formerly of Blindead), Chris "VokillCovers" Breetzi (formerly of Upon a Red Sky), Zofia "Wielebna" Fraś (Obscure Sphinx) and Silva Raziel (Thorns of Ivy).

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: With Thorns of Ivy

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Deathwish" (single, 2007, self-released)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Beneath Seemingly Dead Soil" (single, 2008, self-released)

paragraph: With Mondstille

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Am Ende..." (2008, White Bird Records)

paragraph: With Decapitated

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carnival Is Forever" (2011, Nuclear Blast)

paragraph: With Redemptor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Jugglernaut" (2014, self-released)

paragraph: As Krimh

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Explore" (2013, self-released)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Krimhera" (2014, self-released)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gedankenkarussell" (2017, self-released)

paragraph: With Septicflesh

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Codex Omega" (2017, Season of Mist)

paragraph: With Harakiri for the Sky

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Arson" (2018, Art of Propaganda)

description: Austrian musician

wikidata_label: Kerim Lechner

wikipedia_title: Kerim Lechner


text:
athlete
women's high jump
1972 Summer Olympics
SC Leipzig

categories: SC Leipzig athletes,1947 births,Living people,Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,East German female high jumpers,People from Güstrow,Olympic athletes of East Germany,Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics

paragraph: Rita Gildemeister

paragraph: Rita Gildemeister (born 6 March 1947) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics, representing East Germany. She became East German champion in 1965, and also won two silver and two bronze between 1967 and 1971. At the East German indoor championships she won four silver medals between 1965 and 1973. She competed for the sports club SC Leipzig.

description: German athletics competitor

wikidata_label: Rita Gildemeister

wikipedia_title: Rita Gildemeister