text:
Canadian football
running back
Calgary Stampeders
Canadian Football League
rusher
Grey Cup
2008
University of Houston
Tyler, Texas
Lee High School
Tyler
running back
collegiately
University of Houston
Cougars
East Carolina University
St. Louis Rams
undrafted free agent
2003
Cleveland Browns
Rhein Fire
NFL Europa
New York Giants
Calgary Stampeders
Canadian Football League
2004
Stamps
backfield
2005
2006
2008
2005
2008
Grey Cup
hosting
Montreal Alouettes
Willie Burden
2011 season
Calgary Stampeders
Kaitlin Ward
Calgary
Hyatt Mograbee
Harry Van Harten
Calgary Stampeders profile page
CFL profile page

categories: Calgary Stampeders players,Grey Cup champions,Houston Cougars football players,Canadian football running backs,1979 births,Rhein Fire players,Sportspeople from Tyler, Texas,American players of Canadian football,Players of American football from Texas,African-American players of Canadian football,American football running backs,Living people

paragraph: Joffrey Reynolds

paragraph: Joffrey Reynolds (born November 26, 1979) is a former professional Canadian football running back. He played eight years for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League where he was the franchise's all-time leading rusher with 9,213 rushing yards. For six consecutive years Reynolds rushed for over 1,000 yards. He was named a CFL All-Star four times and won a Grey Cup championship with the Stampeders in 2008. He attended the University of Houston.

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

paragraph: Born in Tyler, Texas, Reynolds attended Lee High School in Tyler and starred in football as a running back.

paragraph: Following high school graduation, Reynolds played collegiately at the University of Houston. Reynolds played in 35 games for the Cougars, and carried the ball 640 times for 2,946 yards (for a 4.6 yards per carry average) and 23 touchdowns. Reynolds still holds the Cougars' record for single game yardage (41 carries for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns) in a 2002 game against East Carolina University.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:NFL.

paragraph: Reynolds was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2003. With the Rams, he recorded 6 kickoff returns for 109 yards. Reynolds was released by the Rams and then picked up by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns released him after their training camp, but assigned him to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europa. Reynolds was then picked up by the New York Giants and was shortly released afterward.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:CFL.

paragraph: Reynolds signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 2004 and was a fixture in the Stamps' backfield. Reynolds was named a CFL All-Star three times (2005, 2006, 2008), as well as a Western Division All-Star four times between 2005 and 2008.

paragraph: In 2008, Reynolds led the CFL in rushing with 1310 yards (on 227 carries, scoring 10 rushing touchdowns.) The Calgary Stampeders became the Grey Cup Champions, defeating the hosting Montreal Alouettes, 22–14. On July 24, 2009, in a game against the B.C. Lions, he rushed for 131 yards and surpassed Willie Burden as the Stampeders' number 4 all-time rusher.

paragraph: During the 2011 season, Reynolds' production began to curtail and he was eventually replaced as the team's starting running back. On January 23, 2012, in the following off-season, he was released by the Stampeders after they could not secure a trade for him. Reynolds is the Calgary Stampeders all-time rushing leader with 9,213 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Legal trouble.

paragraph: In July 2012 Kaitlin Ward, Reynolds' girlfriend, a basketball player, accused him of assault and said that he tackled her and tried to choke her in a bar. He was convicted and given 90 days in the Calgary jail. and was prohibited from drinking alcohol. After conviction, he was given probation on July 4, which he allegedly violated. The prosecutor, Hyatt Mograbee, asked the court to sentence Reynolds to two to three years of prison. It later became evident that Reynolds had not breached his probation due to the fact that his probation officer wasn't assigned to him during May 29 and 30. Later, judge Harry Van Harten agreed to release Reynolds on a free bail, but asked him to report his probation condition, which he need to fulfill in two years.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Calgary Stampeders profile page

paragraph: BULLET::::- CFL profile page

description: Player of American and Canadian football

wikidata_label: Joffrey Reynolds

wikipedia_title: Joffrey Reynolds


text: OBE

text: KPFSM

text: attested

text: Superintendent

text: Metropolitan Police

text: Emery Down

text: Lyndhurst, Hampshire

text: Morton Kelsall Peto

text: Morton Peto, 1st Baronet

text: National Union of Women Workers

text: Bath

text: Bristol

text: Flora Joseph

text: Liverpool

text: Glasgow

text: Inspector

text: Birmingham City Police

text: British Social Hygiene Council

text: Liverpool City Police

text: Children and Young Persons Act 1933

text: Police Council

text: King's Police and Fire Services Medal

text: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

text: The Times

categories: 1974 deaths,1886 births,Birmingham City Police,Women Metropolitan Police officers,Officers of the Order of the British Empire,People from Lyndhurst, Hampshire,Recipients of the Queen's Police Medal

paragraph: Dorothy Peto

paragraph: Dorothy Olivia Georgiana Peto OBE KPFSM (15 December 1886 – 26 February 1974) was a pioneer of women policing in the United Kingdom who served as the first attested Woman Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police from 1930 to 1946.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Peto was born in Emery Down, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Her father, Morton Kelsall Peto, was a builder and noted landscape artist, and her grandfather was Sir Morton Peto, 1st Baronet. She was educated at home and began writing novels. She was not successful in this endeavour and in 1914 joined the National Union of Women Workers women patrols, an unofficial organisation which patrolled the streets to maintain public morality and decency. She was Assistant Patrol Organiser in Bath and from January 1915 was deputy director of the NUWW's patrol training school in Bristol. In 1917 she succeeded Flora Joseph as director of the school and in 1918 also became director of the Federated Training Schools for Policewomen and Patrols, which also included the schools in Liverpool and Glasgow

paragraph: In 1919 the schools closed and Peto attempted to obtain a position as an attested police officer, as several police forces were now recruiting women. She had some difficulty, particularly since she was not willing to accept a rank lower than Inspector, and in November 1920 accepted an unattested position as a Female Enquiry Officer with Birmingham City Police. In 1924, following her father's death and her need for a better salary, she resigned and became a travelling organiser for the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases, renamed the British Social Hygiene Council in 1925. In 1927 she joined Liverpool City Police as director of the city's ten policewomen.

paragraph: In April 1930, Peto transferred to the Metropolitan Police as Staff Officer in charge of the Women's Section, with the attested rank of Superintendent. In April 1932 she took command of her own branch, A4 Branch (Women Police). Peto was credited with using the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 to take ownership of cases involving child abuse and based on that she established a special role for policewomen. Within five years it was noted that the majority of interviews with women involved in indecency was being taken by policewomen where they were available. Her arguments along these lines continued and in 1943 she increased the number of policewomen further by drawing the commissioner's attention to juvenile delinquency, broken homes and the general problems created by the second world war.

paragraph: She retired on 15 December 1946, having seen the expansion of the branch from 55 officers to over 200, about half the total number of female police officers in Britain. In May 1931 she became the first female member of the Police Council.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and legacy.

paragraph: Peto was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. She was awarded the King's Police and Fire Services Medal (KPFSM) in the 1944 Birthday Honours.

paragraph: After her death her memoirs were published by the Metropolitan Police. These memoirs are actually more a description of the development of the force rather than Peto's personal memoirs of her particular role or life.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, "The Times", 1 March 1974

description: Early police officer

wikidata_label: Dorothy Peto

wikipedia_title: Dorothy Peto


text:
Kiev
Soviet Union
Rafael San Martín
Mar del Plata
Argentina
Pirandello
Miguel de Unamuno
Jorge Luis Borges
Erich Fromm
Jean-Luc Godard
"La Blinda Rosada premia a Letralia"
"Con-fluencias, an experiment"
"La Tormentad. Klinki´s books"
The Primrose Blinda

categories: Fictional Argentine people,Postmodern writers,Naturalized citizens of Argentina,Argentine male poets,Argentine people of Ukrainian descent,Argentine poetry,Ukrainian expatriates in Argentina,20th-century Argentine male writers,Ukrainian emigrants to Argentina,20th-century Argentine poets

paragraph: Igor Sergei Klinki

paragraph: Igor Sergei Klinki (born 10 October 1959 in Kiev, Soviet Union) is a "virtual" poet created by the Argentine writer, artist, photographer and illustrator Rafael San Martín. As a fictitious character, he is endowed with a fictional biography and quasi fictional Bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: According to his fictional biography:

paragraph: During his childhood, his family moved to Mar del Plata, Argentina, where he studied architecture and took courses in journalism. He was president of the "Foundation of Poets" since 1995 until 2004, and he founded and directed " La Blinda Rosada", a short literary magazine. Klinki’s hilarious poetry is heavily influenced by absurdity, and his style frequently express a chaotic vision of reality. Nowadays he is producing multimedia projects, mixing science-fiction tokens with classical works that show his nihilist and anarchical conception of the world. Klinki has published his works under many pseudonyms: Rafael San Martín, Jan van der Chucky, María Fernanda Celtasso, Roberto Escoda, Antoine Jossé, Sergei Daviau, etcetera.

paragraph: This meta-personal creation belongs to the postmodernist literary tradition, in turn referring back to Pirandello and Miguel de Unamuno and the more scholarly tradition of meta-fiction and false literary attribution, pioneered in Argentina by Jorge Luis Borges.

paragraph: Section::::Works attributed to him.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Before my suicide", poetry, 1969.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Clouds", theatre, 1971.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Poems of the day after", poetry, 1976.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The ininhabitant", novel, 1979.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Free Moscow", comic, 1981.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The dream of the wind", poetry, 1993.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Do not try to make sense", artist’s book, 1994.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Doors for Juliet", poetry, 1995.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "City without a name", poetry, 1997.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La tormentad", poetry, 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Days and days", poetry, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From the last country I travelled on", prechromatic manifest, 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "O", experimental text on Erich Fromm’s "To have or to be?", 2000.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Impossibility of loving", essay, 2001.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The difficulty of being a woman", essay, 2002.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A dog called Laura Ibáñez", screenplay, 2003.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "20 poems for reading in bed with me", poetry, 2003.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Knowledge. Deconstruction", essay, 2005.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Journal of an ininhabitant", history fiction, 2005.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Never so close rushed forth the distant", essay on Jean-Luc Godard, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The sun shines for the damned ones", poetry, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Philosophy for the resistance", essay, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The nature of the game", essay, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pretty woman", autobiography, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Drowsih", screenplay, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carrousel des mandibules", screenplay, 2007.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gómez Jiménez, Jorge (editor): "La Blinda Rosada premia a Letralia" Cagua, Venezuela, 5 de julio de 1999, edicion numero 73. ISSN 1856-7983.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Con-fluencias, an experiment" (in Spanish)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Tormentad. Klinki´s books". (in Spanish)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Primrose Blinda (in Spanish and English)

description: Argentinian poet and writer

wikidata_label: Igor Sergei Klinki

wikipedia_title: Igor Sergei Klinki


text:
Tromsø
Norway
Norwegian
Freestyle Motocross
FMX
FMX
Laila Stien
Máze
Kautokeino
Alta
Oslo
Bærum
Kongsberg
Norwegian
Sámi
Official website
Ailo Gaup at expn.com

categories: Freestyle motocross riders,Living people,Norwegian motorcycle racers,Sportspeople from Tromsø,Norwegian Sami people,1979 births,Norwegian Sami sportspeople

paragraph: Ailo Gaup (motocross rider)

paragraph: Ailo Mikkelsen Gaup (born 22 January 1979 in Tromsø, Norway) is a former Norwegian Freestyle Motocross rider, who invented the Underflip. Gaup has won the world title in FMX. Gaup originally started his career competing in motocross, but switched to FMX competitions. He announced his retirement in October 2009.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Ailo was born in Tromsø to parents Mikkel Aslaksen Gaup and author Laila Stien and grew up there and in Máze (Masi) in Kautokeino municipality. His family moved to Alta when Ailo was fourteen years old. As a ten-year-old he sold fish and painted houses to be able to buy a mini-motorcycle and began motorcross cycling. As a sixteen-year-old, he moved to the capital of Oslo to enroll in the motorcross line at The Norwegian College of Elite Sport in Bærum.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Today, Ailo lives in Kongsberg, where he has been located since 2000. He started competing in freestyle motocross in 1999 and won the Norwegian Championship. In 2002 Ailo entered his first international freestyle motocross contest and ended up second overall at his first World Cup contest.

paragraph: Ailo was the first European to perform a backflip on a motorcycle, in 2003. He was also the first European do long distance backflips, a year later.

paragraph: In November 2004 Ailo invented the Underflip, which is a sideways flip on a motorcycle. It took almost two years until anyone else was able to perform this trick. The Underflip has later been copied by riders all over the world.

paragraph: Gaup has to date won six Norwegian Championships in two different sports, motocross and freestyle motocross/FMX, and won the World Cup in 2003 and 2004. He was crowned World Cup Champion in FMX in 2004 and again in 2007, making him the only rider to win the World Championships in freestyle motocross twice.

paragraph: He has stated that in spite of his profession, he is scared of heights.

paragraph: On 17 November 2007 he became the first Norwegian and the first Sámi to win a gold medal in FMX.

paragraph: As many of his relatives, Ailo has also done some acting. He played Ryzard, a gymnast in a small circus in the movie "Dobbel Salto" in 2005. He also plays the young version of the main character Eivind, in "Jernanger".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ailo Gaup at expn.com

description: Norwegian Freestyle Motocross rider

wikidata_label: Ailo Gaup

wikipedia_title: Ailo Gaup (motocross rider)


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: Vietnam War

text: Atlanta, Georgia

text: second lieutenant

text: 15th Artillery Regiment

text: 1st Infantry Division

text: Battle of Ong Thanh

text: Tifton, Georgia

text: forward observer

text: 28th Infantry

text: reconnaissance-in-force

text: Claymore mine

text: Viet Cong

categories: 1942 births,United States Army officers,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War,1967 deaths,People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina

paragraph: Harold Bascom Durham Jr.

paragraph: Harold Bascom Durham Jr. (October 12, 1942 – October 17, 1967) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Durham joined the Army from Atlanta, Georgia in 1964, and by October 17, 1967 was serving as a second lieutenant in Battery C, 6th Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. During the Battle of Ong Thanh, Durham repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire in order to direct artillery fire despite severe wounds. He was killed during the battle and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

paragraph: Durham, aged 25 at the time of his death, is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, Georgia.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Second Lieutenant Durham's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: 2d Lt. Durham, Artillery, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the cost of his life above and beyond the call of duty while assigned to Battery C. 2d Lt. Durham was serving as a forward observer with Company D, 2d Battalion, 28th Infantry during a battalion reconnaissance-in-force mission. At approximately 1015 hours contact was made with an enemy force concealed in well-camouflaged positions and fortified bunkers. 2d Lt. Durham immediately moved into an exposed position to adjust the supporting artillery fire onto the insurgents. During a brief lull in the battle he administered emergency first aid to the wounded in spite of heavy enemy sniper fire directed toward him. Moments later, as enemy units assaulted friendly positions, he learned that Company A, bearing the brunt of the attack, had lost its forward observer. While he was moving to replace the wounded observer, the enemy detonated a Claymore mine, severely wounding him in the head and impairing his vision. In spite of the intense pain, he continued to direct the supporting artillery fire and to employ his individual weapon in support of the hard pressed infantrymen. As the enemy pressed their attack, 2d Lt. Durham called for supporting fire to be placed almost directly on his position. Twice the insurgents were driven back, leaving many dead and wounded behind. 2d Lt. Durham was then taken to a secondary defensive position. Even in his extremely weakened condition, he continued to call artillery fire onto the enemy. He refused to seek cover and instead positioned himself in a small clearing which offered a better vantage point from which to adjust the fire. Suddenly, he was severely wounded a second time by enemy machine gun fire. As he lay on the ground near death, he saw two Viet Cong approaching, shooting the defenseless wounded men. With his last effort, 2d Lt. Durham shouted a warning to a nearby soldier who immediately killed the insurgents. 2d Lt. Durham died moments later, still grasping the radio handset. 2d Lt. Durham's gallant actions in close combat with an enemy force are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

wikidata_label: Harold Bascom Durham, Jr.

wikipedia_title: Harold Bascom Durham Jr.


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: Vietnam War

text: Los Angeles, California

text: captain

text: 46th Infantry Regiment

text: Americal Division

text: Quang Tin Province

text: Republic of Vietnam

text: LZ Professional

text: major

text: colonel

text: San Francisco National Cemetery

text: San Francisco, California

text: mortar

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

categories: United States Army colonels,Recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam),Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor,1934 births,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,American army personnel of the Vietnam War,People from Los Angeles,1991 deaths,Recipients of the Silver Star

paragraph: Kern W. Dunagan

paragraph: Kern Wayne Dunagan (February 20, 1934 – December 27, 1991) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Dunagan joined the Army from Los Angeles, California, and by May 13, 1969, was serving as a captain in Company A, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division. During a firefight starting on May 12 and finally ending on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, Dunagan showed conspicuous leadership as he organized his men and rescued wounded soldiers despite his own serious wounds.

paragraph: Dunagan was wounded on two occasions during this ferocious battle, fought four kilometers west of his battalion's firebase at LZ Professional. Still, with his company of soldiers, along with the Reconnaissance Platoon, of Echo Company, 1/46th, commanded by 1Lt David Waltz, they successfully fought off wave after wave from a battalion of Viet Cong Regulars in near, hand-to-hand combat conditions. Dunagan was first severely wounded in the face in the early evening of May 13 during a mortar attack. With the lack of line officers in Alpha Company a primary consideration, he refused to be evacuated and thus, separated from his men. Dunagan was the only line officer with Alpha at the time. Echo Company's Waltz was the only other infantry officer present. The Alpha platoons were led by capable enlisted men.

paragraph: Throughout the ensuing night of May 13 and morning of May 14, the attack was unrelenting and Dunagan was again seriously wounded for a 2nd time with two gunshot wounds he received while he was rescuing a pinned down recon soldier. Again, he refused to be evacuated. Another company of the 1/46th, Charlie, commanded by 1Lt Walt Brownlee, maneuvered to within shouting distance of Alpha Company, but two attempts to link the units failed, with many killed and severely wounded in each company. In the end, after losing many of his men during those two days, Dunagan was finally able to maneuver his remaining 42 men by way of a plan struck in the final hours of daylight of May 14, 1969.

paragraph: Dunagan and the base commander, Lieutenant Colonel G. R. Underhill, of the battalion fire base, LZ Professional, approximately four kilometers to the east of the battle, decided to have the base artillery units attempt to throw up as much smoke – in as many ways they could muster – to conceal Dunagan and his men as they made their final attempt to escape an extremely aggressive enemy. Had the plan not worked, it was considered doubtful that Dunagan and the men of Company A would have survived the enemy onslaught.

paragraph: The U.S. base's barrage of incendiary artillery rounds seemed to make the difference as Dunagan and his remaining 42 troops were afforded a blanket of smoke in which to make their way across a wet, soggy, open field to where Charlie Company had formed a perimeter. Charlie Company massed it's M-60 machine guns on either side of the corridor through which Dunagan's men would pass and laid down a withering base of fire to keep the enemy down as Alpha and Echo-Recon maneuvered through the smoke screen to safety.

paragraph: Eventually, most of the surviving men made their way back. Yet, not all was secured, as the battalion of N. Vietnamese Army was aggressively following the men of Company A. After Dunagan insisted on going back into the inferno to look for surviving soldiers, he finally located one wounded soldier, Sgt Bob Tullos of Echo-Recon, who had a foot amputated by one of the white phosphorus rounds. Five other men of the team Tullos was with were alive, but stunned, wounded and disoriented. They would be Missing In Action for two days until walking into the perimeter of Bravo Company, 1/46 about three kilometers east of the battle. Placing Tullos on his shoulders, Dunagan made his way back to the Charlie Company perimeter.

paragraph: Captain Dunagan spent the next weeks of May and June 1969, in Tokyo, Japan with a shattered cheek bone, two broken molars, two gunshot wounds resulting in two broken arm bones, a broken foot and several other cuts and bruises. After surgeries to repair his wounds and recuperation, he was sent stateside to resume his career. In 1985, a skin cancer melanoma was found in a mole on Dunagan's neck. The cancer would eventually metastasize in his inner organs and in 1991, Dunagan died.

paragraph: Dunagan was subsequently promoted to major and awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

paragraph: Dunagan reached the rank of colonel before leaving the Army. He died at age 57 of cancer and was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Major Dunagan's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Maj. (then Capt.) Dunagan distinguished himself during the period May 13 and 14, 1969, while serving as commanding officer, Company A. On May 13, 1969, Maj. Dunagan was leading an attack to relieve pressure on the battalion's forward support base when his company came under intense fire from a well-entrenched enemy battalion. Despite continuous hostile fire from a numerically superior force, Maj. Dunagan repeatedly and fearlessly exposed himself in order to locate enemy positions, direct friendly supporting artillery, and position the men of his company. In the early evening, while directing an element of his unit into perimeter guard, he was seriously wounded during an enemy mortar attack, but he refused to leave the battlefield and continued to supervise the evacuation of dead and wounded and to lead his command in the difficult task of disengaging from an aggressive enemy. In spite of painful wounds and extreme fatigue, Maj. Dunagan risked heavy fire on 2 occasions to rescue critically wounded men. He was again seriously wounded. Undaunted, he continued to display outstanding courage, professional competence, and leadership and successfully extricated his command from its untenable position on the evening of May 14. Having maneuvered his command into contact with an adjacent friendly unit, he learned that a 6-man party from his company was under fire and had not reached the new perimeter. Maj. Dunagan unhesitatingly went back and searched for his men. Finding 1 soldier critically wounded, Maj. Dunagan, ignoring his wounds, lifted the man to his shoulders and carried him to the comparative safety of the friendly perimeter. Before permitting himself to be evacuated, he insured all of his wounded received emergency treatment and were removed from the area. Throughout the engagement, Maj. Dunagan's actions gave great inspiration to his men and were directly responsible for saving the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. Maj. Dunagan's extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty, are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

wikidata_label: Kern W. Dunagan

wikipedia_title: Kern W. Dunagan


text:
Deshamanya
Puisne Justice
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Chancellor
University of Jaffna
Chairman
Commercial Bank of Ceylon
Colombo
Mudaliyar
Manipay
Jaffna
Royal College, Colombo
Colombo Law College
Mallakan
Magistrate
District Judge
Commissioner of Assize
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Chairman
Commercial Bank of Ceylon
Chancellor
University of Jaffna
Doctorate
Deshamanya
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Visva Udayar
Justice Siva Selliah
High Court
Judge
JP
JP
NP
Hindus
Junius Richard Jayewardene

categories: Alumni of Royal College, Colombo,People of British Ceylon,Sri Lankan Tamil judges,Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers,District Courts of Sri Lanka judges,1993 deaths,Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Ceylon,Sri Lankan Hindus,Deshamanya,1906 births,Alumni of Sri Lanka Law College,Chancellors of the University of Jaffna

paragraph: V. Manicavasagar

paragraph: Deshamanya Manicavasagar Vaithalingam (December 17, 1906 - December 12, 1993) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Chancellor of the University of Jaffna and Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Vaithalingam was born on December 17, 1906 to prominent Colombo stockbroker Mudaliyar Arunachala Vaithalingam. Both his paternal and maternal family hails from the affluent town of Manipay, Jaffna. He began his education at the Royal College, Colombo where he excelled in academics and went on to obtain a degree in law from the Colombo Law College.

paragraph: Section::::Judicial career.

paragraph: Vaithalingam joined the judicial service 9 years after being called to the bar, as an Acting Magistrate in Mallakan. For over two decades, he functioned as a Magistrate and District Judge in different parts of the island and in October, 1962, he was appointed a Commissioner of Assize. He continued as such till his appointment to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1964 by President Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

paragraph: Section::::Judgments.

paragraph: Mentioned below are a few of the numerous judgments in which Justice Vaithalingam was involved. All of the cases below are from the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and no judgments from lower courts have been included.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mohideen v. Village Council, Nintavur - NLR - 469 of 68 [1965] LKSC 22; (1965) 68 NLR 469 (14 September 1965).

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Solicitor General v. WM Podisira - NLR - 502 of 67 [1965] LKSC 23; (1965) 67 NLR 502 (27 August 1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thenabandu v. Samarasekera - NLR - 472 of 70 [1967] LKSC 1; (1967) 70 NLR 472 (26 November 1967)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jayasena v. The Queen - NLR - 369 of 68 [1966] LKSC 14; (1966) 68 NLR 369 (12 May 1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dahanayake v. Kannangara - NLR - 260 of 68 [1966] LKSC 24; (1966) 68 NLR 260 (7 February 1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Don Sadiris.L v. Heenhamy.L - NLR - 17 of 68 [1965] LKSC 10; (1965) 68 NLR 17 (20 July 1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Babanisa v. Ukku - NLR - 305 of 68 [1965] LKSC 27; (1965) 68 NLR 305 (13 January 1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Queen v. Abeysinghe - NLR - 386 of 68 [1965] LKSC 11; (1965) 68 NLR 386 (21 June 1965

paragraph: Section::::Judgments.:Cases presided over.:Cases in which referred to for Common Law purposes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arumugam Coomaraswamy v. Andris Appuhamy and Others - SLR - 219, Vol 2 of 1985 [1985] LKSC 8; (1985) 2 Sri LR 219 (19 June 1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wellington v. Amerasinghe - SLR - 41, Vol 1 of 1987 [1986] LKSC 38; (1987) 1 Sri LR 41 (10 November 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Subair v. Isthikar - NLR - 397 of 77 [1974] LKSC 5; (1974) 77 NLR 397 (3 July 1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- WAHemadasa v. JL Sirisena - NLR - 201 of 69 [1966] LKSC 29; (1966) 69 NLR 201 (22 September 1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jeyaraj Fernandopulle v. Premachandra De Silva and Others - SLR - 70, Vol 1 of 1996 [1996] LKSC 14; (1996) 1 Sri LR 70 (9 July 1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gunaratne Menike v. Jayatileke Banda - SLR - 152, Vol 2 of 1995 [1994] LKSC 43; (1995) 2 Sri LR 152 (13 December 1994)

paragraph: Section::::Post-Judicial Career.

paragraph: After retiring from the Supreme Court, Vaithalingam was appointed Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon and was then appointed as the first Chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

paragraph: In Retirement, he was a member of both the Citizen Committee and the Delimitation Committee among many others. A devote Hindu, he also served as President of the Educational Society for many years.

paragraph: Section::::Post-Judicial Career.:As Chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

paragraph: Vaithalingam was appointed as the first Chancellor of the University of Jaffna by the President of Sri Lanka with effect from the first of January, 1979. In the course of his tenure, which lasted half a decade, he presided over the first convocation held at the Veerasingam Hall on the 13th of September 1980 and also delivered the very first convocation address. He was also conferred with a Doctorate by the University.

paragraph: Section::::Post-Judicial Career.:Deshamanya.

paragraph: Vaithalingam was awarded the Deshamanya Award within two years of its founding in 1987. He was the first Sri Lankan Tamil to receive the award and the appearance of common ground between the government and a prominent Tamil caused an adverse reaction from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE called on him to refuse the reward, if he valued his life; however, Vaithalingam defied the outfit and accepted the honour.

paragraph: Section::::Post-Judicial Career.:Ethnic Conflict.

paragraph: In the citizens committee chaired by his good friend and former colleague on the bench, O. L. de Kretser, he worked on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry, on the Tragedy of January Tenth 1974 along with Bishop Sabapathy Kulendran of the Church of South India in Jaffna.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Vaithalingam married Valamba, the eldest daughter of Nannithamby Selliah of Rosmead Place - son of Visva Udayar Sangarapillai Nannithamby, Broker of Mackwood & Co. & his wife Sellam, daughter of Kandarthamby Kandiah (Chattambiar) - and sister of Justice Siva Selliah, High Court Judge.

paragraph: They have two children: (1)Arunachala Manicavasagar, JP, who married Skandaleela - daughter of Proctor Sivakolundu Rajendran (JP, NP) and his wife Kamalambigai, youngest daughter of Stowell Elaithamby Murgesampillai - and his younger sister, (2)Nirmala Ragunanthan, who is married to Ragunanthan Thambimutha, Managing Director of Raniyo (Pvt) Ltd. Both of his children continue to live in Colombo while his grandchildren reside in North America.

paragraph: Vaithalingam and his wife were prominent members of the upper echelons of society; however, he and his wife were both very religious and devout Hindus and were very engaged with charity work. Vaithalingam was very close to his wife and largely left society life for a spiritual undertaking and much-subdued persona following her death.

paragraph: Vaithalingam remained close friends with Junius Richard Jayewardene up until his death in 1993. As per an anecdote by Justice Naharaja, when the former president came to visit Vaithalinga while he was on his deathbed, Vaithalingam in a sour state joked about the workings of society by telling Jayewardene that though he had time and again bested him in every academic endeavor throughout their academic career, he had only become a Supreme Court Judge whilst it was Jayewardene that had become President - questioning the workings of society. The statement was quickly laughed away.

description: Sri Lankan judge and lawyer

wikidata_label: V. Manicavasagar

wikipedia_title: V. Manicavasagar


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Japanese imperial family
Kyoto
Prince Fushimi Sadayoshi
Fushimi-no-miya
Chrysanthemum throne
Emperor Kōkaku
Buddhist
monzeki
Tendai
Meiji Restoration
Emperor Meiji
ōke
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Prince Yamashina Akira
Yamashina-no-miya
Prince Morimasa
Prince Kuni Asahiko

categories: Japanese princes,1885 deaths,Nashimoto-no-miya,1819 births

paragraph: Prince Nashimoto Moriosa

paragraph: , was the founder of a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family.

paragraph: Prince Moriosa was born in Kyoto, the 10th son of Prince Fushimi Sadayoshi (1775–1841), the nineteenth head of the Fushimi-no-miya, the oldest of the four branches of the imperial dynasty allowed to provide a successor to the Chrysanthemum throne should the main imperial house fail to produce an heir. He was adopted by Emperor Kōkaku, but later became a Buddhist priest at the "monzeki" temple of Emman-in. He was named "Kajii-no-miya" and rose to become head of the Tendai sect.

paragraph: After the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, Emperor Meiji recalled him (along with all other Imperial princes residing in Buddhist temples) to secular status, and he resumed the secular name "Moriosa-ō". In 1870, Emperor Meiji granted him the title Nashimoto-no-miya and permission to form a new princely house ("ōke").

paragraph: As Prince Nashimoto was childless, he adopted Prince Yamashina Kikumaro, the eldest son of Prince Yamashina Akira, as his heir. Prince Nashimoto Moriosa died on 2 December 1885 but Prince Kikumaro remained in the Yamashina-no-miya family, and the Nashimoto-no-miya title passed to Prince Morimasa, the fourth son of Prince Kuni Asahiko instead.

paragraph: Section::::References and further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Keene, Donald. "Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852–1912" (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lebra, Takie Sugiyama. "Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Papinot Edmond. "Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan" (New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., 1948)

description: Japanese prince

wikidata_label: Nashimoto Moriosa

wikipedia_title: Prince Nashimoto Moriosa


text: DJ

text: Rolling Stone

text: VICE

text: Rhythm and blues

text: rock and roll

text: soul

text: New York Times

text: Brooklyn

text: Village Voice

text: SXSW

text: Lincoln Center

text: Brooklyn Bowl

text: Burger Records

text: Norton Records

text: Houston, Texas

text: hardcore

text: Austin

text: University of Texas

text: KTSB

text: Grand Mal

text: Institute for Studies in American Music

text: The Dictators

text: Lunachicks

text: Grand Mal

text: Slash

text: London

text: Polygram

text: Psychic TV

text: Hell Is Invisible... Heaven Is Her/e

text: webzine

text: Cramps

text: The Gun Club

text: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

text: Kid Congo Powers

text: Lower East Side

text: Tonic

text: Julee Cruise

text: Ian Svenonius

text: Thalia Zedek

text: Gibby Haynes

text: South by Southwest

text: Grand Mal

text: Butthole Surfers

text: Nation of Ulysses

text: The Make-Up

text: Beat Happening

text: Calvin Johnson

text: Bob Bert

text: Sonic Youth

text: punk

text: garage

text: psychedelic rock

text: noise rock

text: girl groups

text: surf

text: Blues

text: Rockabilly

text: Glasslands

text: Brooklyn Bowl

text: Yeah Yeah Yeahs

text: Gibby Haynes

text: John Spencer

text: Heavy Trash

text: Jack White

text: Webster Hall

text: Lincoln Center

text: SXSW

text: Rolling Stone

text: Rust Belt

text: fade-out

text: beat-matches

text: DJ software

text: Andrew WK

categories: University of Texas alumni,Musicians from Houston,1971 births,American DJs,Living people

paragraph: Jonathan Toubin

paragraph: Jonathan Toubin (born July 29, 1971) is an American DJ, record producer, musician, writer, and historian. He is the founder and proprietor of the New York Night Train event production company. Heralded "The most-liked man in the soul music scene" by Rolling Stone and "New York's best DJ" and "the only DJ we actually like" by VICE, Toubin is best known for his energetic dance party sets consisting of tightly juxtaposed obscure 1950s and 1960s Rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and soul 45s. New York Times describes the DJ's fare as "cleaner and more appreciative of American pop music history than much of the rest.". He is also known for his New York Night Train parties and their role in "revamping the entire landscape of New York and Brooklyn from midnight till the after hours" in what the Village Voice describes as "his own kind of dance revolution". His best known event is the New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, which has been called "the most popular soul dance party in the world" by SXSW. It is the only soul dance party to have had an entire night dedicated to it at Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing and at SXSW, and plays in dozens of international markets and major festivals annually plus monthly at the Brooklyn Bowl. In over 1600 gigs since 2007, Toubin has appeared in hundreds of night clubs. In 2014, Toubin was voted Best New York DJ in the Village Voice Reader's Choice Contest. He currently has DJ compilations available on Burger Records and Norton Records.

paragraph: Section::::Early years and education.

paragraph: Born in 1971, Toubin grew up in Houston, Texas. As a child, he was obsessed with rock and roll. At age fifteen, he "put on punk shows...for anti-nuclear causes in the hardcore era." He moved to Austin in 1989 to attend the University of Texas where he received a B.A. in English. He also deejayed on their station KTSB, which later became KVRX. In 1998, he moved to New York where he subsequently joined the band Grand Mal. After the band lost their record deal with Slash Records and the shock of September 11 (he had worked in both of the Twin Towers), he quit music and entered the graduate program in American Studies at City University of New York. During this time, he published an academic paper for Institute for Studies in American Music titled "Uptown-Downtown: Hip Hop Music in Downtown Manhattan in the Early1980s", which appeared in the anthology "Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies." He directly links this research to his approach to creating noteworthy events within the current music landscape stating, ""It definitely made me wonder what was going wrong with culture and if anybody could possibly do anything cool in terms of parties, unique music, public social culture, etc. in this day and age." He abandoned his thesis in 2005 and moved to Williamsburg in order to return to his music career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Austin.

paragraph: Toubin's first professional DJ gig was The Dictators and Lunachicks show at The Back Room in Austin, TX in 1991 while he was still on student radio. Although he accepted a few more paid club gigs between bands at The Back Room, he was not interested in being a nightclub DJ and never pursued it any further. He played guitar in the band Cheezus from 1991 to 1992 and then in the band Noodle from 1992 to 1995 – with whom he toured the US and appeared on the ep's "I Sold Out to Fat Ass" (Rise Records) and "I Had A Wet Dream About the Girls from 90210" (Little Deputy) plus tracks on the compilations Live at Emo's Vol 1 (Rise), Penis Cowboy (Bunkhouse) and World War III (Bunkhouse). He then joined the band The Hamicks, with whom he would regularly record and tour with until 1998. His lead guitar can be found on the singles "Oxymorons"/”Networks" (Scooch Pooch 1996), "X-Ray Eyes"/”Dot to Dot" (Big Jerk 1996), "I Don't Believe in Valentines Day" split with the Primadonnas (Big Jerk 1996), the EP Ventriloquist Con-Artist (Framed 1997) the LP The Hamicks (Creepy Drifter 1999) and the compilations Lone Star Showdown II (Little Deputy 1997), Scooch Pooch Plays Their Original Sins (Scooch Pooch 1997) Toubin was also active in crafting the bands' aesthetics by creating their flyers and booking shows. He has appeared on a total of sixteen records as either a guitarist, bassist, organist, or vocalist.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:New York.

paragraph: Not long after Toubin moved to New York in 1998, he joined the band Grand Mal – a band with a record deal on Slash in the U.S. and on London in the UK and a distribution deal on Polygram. [4] He plays bass on their Bad Timing LP (Arena Rock Recording Company, 2003) and guitar and organ on their song "Hey Man" on This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn Based Compilation (Arena Rock Recording Company 2001). In 2005, Toubin returned to music and joined post-punk band Cause For Applause. You can also hear Toubin's backing vocals on the track "I Don't Think So" on Psychic TV's Hell Is Invisible... Heaven Is Her/e.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:New York.:2005/2006: The Genesis of New York Night Train.

paragraph: On October 31, 2005, Toubin launched the New York Night Train webzine and record label to focus on the life and work of his friend ex-Cramps/The Gun Club/ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds guitarist Kid Congo Powers and his new band Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds and other underground music by his friends. His first New York Night Train party was held on March 3, 2006 at Lower East Side venue Tonic, and was a double-record release event for the label's first two LPs Kid Congo's compilation Solo Cholo (NYNT 001) and Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds' debut Philosophy and Underwear (NYNT 003). That night also involved Julee Cruise, Ian Svenonius, Thalia Zedek, and Gibby Haynes, among others.

paragraph: Later that month, New York Night Train produced an official South by Southwest showcase at The Velvet Spade (currently the Mohawk) featuring Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds, Viva l'American Death Ray Music, and Toubin's band at the time Cause for Applause. Toubin also presented two unofficial daytime showcases that weekend featuring a number of bands. On March 30, 2006, New York Night Train threw a release party for Grand Mal's "Love is the Best Con in Town" (NYNT 002) also at Tonic.

paragraph: Around this time, Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes brought Toubin along to DJ with him at a gig on the South Williamsburg waterfront. He was also approached by Nation of Ulysses'/The Make-Up/Chain and the Gang frontman Ian Svenonius and Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson to organize and promote two DJ gigs for them based on the success Kid Congo's Record Release party. These events, one in Williamsburg at Monkeytown August 21, 2006 and the other in Manhattan at Sub-Tonic August 22, 2006 were the first two exclusive New York Night Train dance parties. Soon, Toubin was asked to put together a DJ party for a Wednesday night he bartended at the Lower East Side's Motor City Bar. His first nights included guest Dj's, such as Gibby Haynes and Bob Bert from Sonic Youth. Over time, Toubin began doing most of the nights alone and wound up doing a weekly residency that lasted until ending with his accident in 2011.On these early New York Night Train nights, Toubin played primarily punk, 1960s garage, psychedelic rock, noise rock, girl groups, surf, Blues, Rockabilly, and country. Gradually, he began incorporating the soul and r&b records that he would later become known for.

paragraph: Building off of the success of the New York Night Train Wednesdays, Toubin started holding larger dance parties at Glasslands in Williamsburg. These included Happenings at the Live With Animals gallery, a multi-media art project/party, and his Soul Clap And Dance-Off. In 2007, he made the decision to use 45 rpm exclusively in order to elevate the quality of his parties and concentrate more on unique record curation. He went on to produce events all over New York City including Thursday Thump at Enid's, Boogaloo Shampoo at Beauty Bar, Land of a Thousand Dances, the Ya-Ya Yacht parties, and Shaking all Over Sideways and Down at his main residency, Home Sweet Home.

paragraph: Section::::Car accident.

paragraph: On December 7, 2011, Jonathan arrived in Portland, where he was booked to play the fifth anniversary party of the "I've Got A Hole in my Soul" dance party at club "Rotture". The next morning at approximately 11:00am, a cab driver was struck with a diabetic seizure and drove her taxi through the windowed wall of Toubin's hotel room, landing atop of him as he lay in bed. Four men lifted the stuck car over what was left of the smashed wall to allow a hotel employee to back the car off of Toubin and he was rushed to the Oregon Health & Science University Hospital. He suffered from crushed lungs, twelve broken ribs, a smashed scapula, a broken pelvis, severed tendons in his right arm and hand, a punctured spleen, a damaged pancreas, and loss of hearing in his left ear. While in an induced coma, Toubin went through five surgeries and developed pneumonia the following week. Toubin made a full recovery and was released on January 13, 2012 into a rehabilitation center, where he considered the probability of the end of his life as a DJ.

paragraph: While in the hospital, a benefit was held for Toubin at the Brooklyn Bowl, where a host of major label acts performed including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers, and John Spencer's Heavy Trash.

paragraph: Section::::Return to music.

paragraph: In early April, Toubin attempted to DJ again between music sets a Portland club and found himself struggling with his ability to slide records out of their sleeves and with his hearing loss as his hearing aids reduced his ability to mix records. However, as he practiced, he found himself able to mix by focusing on his right ear. He soon found himself back to full capacity and quickly went on to gigs such as opening for Jack White at Webster Hall and in his residency at Home Sweet Home in NYC.

paragraph: In 2013, Toubin was the first DJ to ever be given an entire evening to himself at Lincoln Center's Midsummer's Night Swing. In the same year, Toubin was the first DJ to be given an official SXSW showcase.

paragraph: To accommodate his increasing popularity his monthly Soul Clap moved from Glasslands to the larger Brooklyn Bowl. As of 2009, Toubin has partnered with Panache Booking and tours internationally, bringing his Soul Clap to Europe and Australia.

paragraph: Section::::Sound.

paragraph: Toubin's sound emphasizes an aesthetic based on quality vintage sounds that he asserts can only be found on 45" pressings. This leads him to take advantage of the veins of obscure hits, which perhaps may be unknown, yet possess the same dynamics that can energize the dancefloor. This leads him to search for regional obscurities that may not have seen a larger stage in their heyday. In a Rolling Stone interview "The Rust Belt has the best record stores...Cleveland, Toledo, Pittsburgh – Detroit is like a record mecca." Toubin's eschewal of hits and his focus on obscure tracks is also due to his theory that playing more popular songs introduces individual associations to the dance floor and takes away from the newly shared experience that unifies a Soul Clap. Seeing shows at the legendary blues club Antone's contributed to Toubin's understanding and taste in music. In an interview with Greg Beets in the Austin Chronicle, he says:

paragraph: Jonathan describes his music as "Rock and Soul 45s of the 1950s and 1960s" Despite the era's tendency for music to have long fade-outs, Toubin aggressively beat-matches his 45s without the assistance of ubiquitous DJ software such as Serato in order to maintain the energy level of his music sets.

paragraph: Toubin's primary use of the 45 rpm single is not one that he attributes to novelty, telling the Wall Street Journal, ""I used to DJ records, CDs, mp3s and it never sounded good...And then I found a box of great 45s on the street, so I started playing more of them. And I loved the way the 45s sounded. They were so much louder, like a punch in the face."

paragraph: ""Sixties and Seventies 7-inches are recorded, mastered, and pressed unlike anything before or since," Toubin asserts. "Even on one beaten to hell, the tone is so much richer than later reproductions of the same records. On the good ones, the drums resonate as if they're in the room with you."" "They learned how to make drums sound huge. They haven't repeated that drum sound much since."

paragraph: He tells Digital Journal: "You...have to create an atmosphere and a rhythm through a sequence of juxtaposed 2-minute bursts of sound."

paragraph: To maximize the focus on the party aspect of the music, many of the songs Toubin spins reference a trend in the 1950s and 1960s to highlight a particular dance move named after an animal, such as "The Monkey" or "The Dog."

paragraph: Section::::New York Night Train.

paragraph: New York Night Train initially started off as a record label in 2006 releasing albums until 2009 when Toubin decided to focus his energies on nightlife.

paragraph: Section::::Soul Clap and Dance Off.

paragraph: In 2007, at one of Toubin's parties, two dancers got into an argument over who was the better dancer. They settled it in front of all on the dancefloor, leading Toubin to dedicate one night a month to a dance contest, while playing exclusively soul music. A prize of $100 goes to each night's winner.

paragraph: At approximately 1:00am, fifty contestants are chosen and given a number, which is pinned to their back. Five (often celebrity) judges are chosen and sit on the stage and watch as the dancers perform in any style that they please. Judging is non-standardized and is based upon the own individual values of each judge. "Pro dancers rarely win. They're always very disgruntled when they don't. But it's more about style."

paragraph: Toubin attributes the success of his parties to the fact that they offer a unique musical experience to a broad audience of sub-cultures. Rock and rollers, while familiar with the music, may not be familiar with dance parties. Likewise, club kids and downtown art scenesters, who may be more interested in the dance aspect of the Soul Clap and Dance Off, are introduced to a subjectively new experience. Toubin consciously looks to build a bridge between music scenes through events like Soul Clap, remarking "...art girls and Brooklyn rock boys make a great mix if you can get 'em on the same dance floor."

paragraph: On February 22, 2014, the first ever National Soul Clap Dance-Off was at Brooklyn Bowl. First-place winners were flown in from around the US to compete for a grand prize of 1000 dollars with Andrew WK as the contest selector. The Soul Clap party has been the official closer of SXSW in Austin for both 2013 and 2014.

description: disc jockey

wikidata_label: Jonathan Toubin

wikipedia_title: Jonathan Toubin


text: São Paulo

text: Amparo

text: São Paulo

text: Polytechnic School of São Paulo

text: Portuguese

text: alma mater

text: Rio de Janeiro

text: Portugal

text: divorce was still illegal

text: Ademar de Barros

text: interventor

text: Estado Novo

text: Getúlio Vargas

text: urban planning

text: streets named

text: arterial

text: expressway

text: downtown São Paulo

text: Greater São Paulo

text: Mário Covas

text: geographic regions

text: Northeast

text: Southeast

text: South

text: Luz train station

text: homeless

text: squatter’s rights

text: Landless Workers' Movement

text: public library

text: Santo Amaro

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text: multimedia

text: reference

text: circulation

text: archive

text: special collection

text: aesthetics

text: history

text: online catalog

text: São Paulo Museum of Art

text: Matarazzo Building

text: Prestes Maia Library

categories: Brazilian architects,Mayors of São Paulo,Brazilian urban planners,1896 births

paragraph: Francisco Prestes Maia

paragraph: Francisco Prestes Maia () (1896–1965) was a Brazilian architect, civil engineer, urban planner, and professor, who served three terms as mayor of the city of São Paulo.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Francisco Prestes Maia was born to Manuel Azevedo Maia and Carolina Prestes on March 19, 1896 in Amparo, São Paulo, a small town 120 km north of the capital city.

paragraph: In 1917, Prestes Maia completed his engineering and architecture degree at the "POLI", Polytechnic School of São Paulo (Portuguese: "Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo"). In 1918, he set up a real estate office and also began working for the São Paulo state government.

paragraph: From 1924 to 1927, Prestes Maia taught architectural drawing courses part-time at his "alma mater", POLI. He was promoted to full professor in 1927 and taught for another ten years. In 1937, he left the university in order to be able to continue working for the city.

paragraph: From 1926 to 1930, he served as the city’s Secretary of Transportation and Public Works. In 1930, Prestes Maia published his “Study for a Plan of Avenues for the City of São Paulo” ("Estudo de um Plano de Avenidas para a Cidade de São Paulo"). The "Plano de Avenidas" was given an award at the Fourth Pan-American Congress of Architects at Rio de Janeiro in July 1930.

paragraph: He met Maria de Lourdes Costa Cabral e Abreu in 1930 in Rio de Janeiro, where she was on tour with an opera troupe from Portugal. The couple where not able to live together until the death of Prestes Maia’s mother in 1935, since Maria had been divorced and Carolina Prestes did not approve of their relationship. The two were not able to officially marry until late in his life, given that divorce was still illegal in Brazil and her ex-husband was still alive. They had no children.

paragraph: In 1938 Prestes Maia was named mayor of São Paulo for the first time by Ademar de Barros, the "interventor" for the state of São Paulo at the time. He would be appointed again by Lucas Nogueira Garcez in 1942, immediately following his first term. After completing his second term, he left office on November 10, 1945 — roughly the same time that the same time that the Estado Novo was ending and democracy was restored to the country.

paragraph: Prestes Maia had two unsuccessful bids for political office following the overthrow of Getúlio Vargas.

paragraph: In 1961, Prestes Maia was finally elected by popular vote and began his third term as mayor of São Paulo in 1961.

paragraph: Francisco Prestes Maia died in São Paulo on 26 April 1965.

paragraph: Prestes Maia and his "Plano de Avenidas" had a lasting impact on the geography of São Paulo.

paragraph: On August 27, 1997 the city of São Paulo passed a law (Lei nº 12.443) creating the Prestes Maia Urbanism Award ("Prêmio Prestes Maia de Urbanismo") to be awarded every four years with the idea of proposing initiatives in urban planning and engineering. The Prestes Maia Award has only been given twice, in 1998 and in 2006.

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Roadways.

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Roadways.:Avenida Prestes Maia.

paragraph: Francisco Prestes Maia has many streets named for him throughout his home state of São Paulo. The largest of these is Avenida Prestes Maia, an arterial expressway in downtown São Paulo that is part of the North-South Corredor ("Corredor Norte-Sul").

paragraph: Many municipalities in Greater São Paulo — as well as some in the so-called — have at least one street named, "Avenida Prestes Maia" or some derivation thereof, e.g., "Avenida Francisco Prestes Maia", "Avenida Doutor Francisco Prestes Maia", etc.:

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Roadways.:Rodovia Prestes Maia (BR-101).

paragraph: Brazil’s longest highway, BR-101, is also still popularly known as "Rodovia Prestes Maia" for much of its 4,800 km (3,000 mi), despite having been officially renamed more than a decade ago to honor another politician from São Paulo, Mário Covas.

paragraph: Rodovia Governador Mário Covas, as BR-101 has officially been known since 2001, passes through twelve Brazilian coastal states in three of the country’s five geographic regions:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Northeast

paragraph: BULLET::::- Southeast

paragraph: BULLET::::- South

paragraph: In addition to the many public roads named for Francisco Prestes Maia in the state of São Paulo and throughout Brazil, several buildings and cultural institutions also bear his name, either as an honor to him or because they are located on or near a roadway named “Prestes Maia.”

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Buildings and organizations.:Prestes Maia building.

paragraph: One particularly noteworthy building that is commonly referred to as Prestes Maia is a 22-story abandoned factory in downtown São Paulo, located near the Luz train station. The two tower blocks at 911 Avenida Prestes Maia are still registered to the long-defunct former owner, National Cloth Company ("Companhia Nacional de Tecidos"). In 1994 the building was purchased by a local businessman, Jorge Nacle Hamuche.

paragraph: Since the 2000s there have been successive occupations by poor and/or homeless individuals connected to squatter’s rights groups such as the "Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST)", a local homeless rights group affiliated with the national Landless Workers' Movement, or "Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST)". These occupations have been the subject of international media coverage and documentary filmmakers.

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Buildings and organizations.:Mayor Prestes Maia Library.

paragraph: The Mayor Prestes Maia Library ("Biblioteca Prefeito Prestes Maia") is a multi-story public library located at 822 João Dias Avenue in the Santo Amaro district of São Paulo. The building itself was designed by Prestes Maia.

paragraph: Since December 2012, the library’s collection of more than 53,000 items has been focused on architecture and urbanism, including fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, atlases, braille and multimedia items. The lower three floors contain reading rooms and the reference and circulation areas. The upper floors are made up of offices, meeting and exhibition space, and the archives of the former mayor.

paragraph: The special collection, "Coleção Prestes Maia", of roughly 12,000 items includes rare books about architecture, urbanism, aesthetics, and history, as well as a collection of personal objects, works of art, and Prestes Maia’s papers. The majority of the material at the Biblioteca Prefeito Prestes Maia circulates regularly or is otherwise available to the public. The library’s collections are indexed in the São Paulo Municipal Library System online catalog.

paragraph: Section::::Toponyms.:Buildings and organizations.:Prestes Maia Gallery.

paragraph: The Prestes Maia Gallery is subterranean cultural space that connects the Praça da Patriarca to the Valé do Anhangabaú in São Paulo’s historic center. Completed in 1940, during Prestes Maia’s second term as mayor, it was not named for him until some time later.

paragraph: From nearly sixty years the space functioned alternately as an art gallery, municipal offices, and even a homeless shelter. It had badly deteriorated and in late 2000 the administration of the Gallery was taken over by the São Paulo Museum of Art ("Museu de Arte de São Paulo" — Masp), who planned a major renovation.

paragraph: The renovations of "Galeria Prestes Maia" continued until 2013. The remodeled space contains various exhibition spaces, as well as two tunnels connecting the Matarazzo Building (São Paulo’s city hall) and the old Othon Hotel building (now occupied by the city government).

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Prestes Maia Library

paragraph: BULLET::::- POLI (Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST)

description: Mayor of São Paulo

wikidata_label: Francisco Prestes Maia

wikipedia_title: Francisco Prestes Maia


text:
Italian
Baroque
Milan
Carlantonio Procaccini
Accademia Ambrosiana
Camillo
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Ercole Procaccini the Elder
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo
Grove Encyclopedia entry
"Cain and Abel"

categories: People from Milan,Italian male painters,17th-century Italian painters,Milanese painters,1605 births,1680 deaths,1675 deaths

paragraph: Ercole Procaccini the Younger

paragraph: Ercole Procaccini il Giovane ("the Younger") (c. 6 August 1605 – 14 November 1675 or 2 March 1680) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

paragraph: Born to a family of painters in Milan, he initially apprenticed with his father, painter Carlantonio Procaccini. In 1621 he was enrolled in the first session of the Accademia Ambrosiana. His uncles, Camillo and Giulio Cesare Procaccini, were also painters. His grandfather was Ercole Procaccini the Elder.

paragraph: He was trained with his uncle Giulio Cesare Procaccini in the city. He painted an altarpiece of the "Assumption of the Virgin" for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore at Bergamo. On the death of Giulio Cesare, he became the director of the academy established by the Procaccini.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Grove Encyclopedia entry

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cain and Abel"

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Ercole Procaccini the Younger

wikipedia_title: Ercole Procaccini the Younger


text:
Columbia College
Benjamin Moore

categories: 1782 births,American photographers,1872 deaths,Presidents of Columbia University,American librarians,Columbia University faculty

paragraph: Nathaniel Fish Moore

paragraph: Nathaniel Fish Moore (December 25, 1782 – April 27, 1872) was the eighth president of Columbia College; he had earlier been a lawyer and served on the faculty. He was the nephew of the college's former president Benjamin Moore.

paragraph: In 1820, Moore began his career at Columbia College as a professor of Greek and Latin. He was appointed the first full-time Librarian of the College in 1838. Four years later, Moore was elected the eighth president of the college, resigning under unremarkable circumstances in 1849.

description: American university administrator

wikidata_label: Nathaniel Fish Moore

wikipedia_title: Nathaniel Fish Moore


text:
American football
defensive end
National Football League
Eugene
Kelly Blair LaBounty

categories: Green Bay Packers players,Seattle Seahawks players,1969 births,San Francisco 49ers players,American football defensive ends,Oregon Ducks football players,Living people

paragraph: Matt LaBounty

paragraph: Matthew James LaBounty (born January 3, 1969) is a former American football player who played defensive end in the National Football League. He now lives in Eugene with his wife, Kelly Blair LaBounty (Former Assistant Track and Field coach for the University of Oregon & former Olympian) and sons, Jacob and Lucas.

paragraph: Since 2009, LaBounty has worked at Thurston High School, in Springfield, Oregon, as a wood shop teacher.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Matt LaBounty

wikipedia_title: Matt LaBounty


text:
Swiss
mountain guide
first ascent
mountains
Alps
golden
silver
Grindelwald
Canton of Bern
W. A. B. Coolidge
Eiger
Mönch
Bernese Alps
Eiger
Bernese Alps
Gross Fiescherhorn
Bernese Alps
Barre des Ecrins
Dauphiné Alps
Aiguille Verte
Mont Blanc Massif
Grand Cornier
Pennine Alps
Grandes Jorasses
Mont Blanc Massif
Nesthorn
Bernese Alps
Bernese Alps
Ailefroide
Dauphiné Alps
Graian Alps
Les Droites
Mont Blanc Massif
Dauphiné Alps
Dauphiné Alps
Dauphiné Alps
Les Bans
Dauphiné Alps
Aiguille de Chambeyron
(Cottian Alps)
Cottian Alps
Graian Alps

categories: People from Grindelwald,1826 births,People from Interlaken-Oberhasli District,Alpine guides,Swiss mountain climbers,1898 deaths

paragraph: Christian Almer

paragraph: Christian Almer (29 March 1826 – 17 May 1898) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism.

paragraph: Almer was born in Grindelwald, Canton of Bern, where he also died. In 1846 he married Margaritha Kaufmann, and their son Ulrich Almer (8 May 1849 – 4 September 1940) was a well-known guide in his own right.

paragraph: Almer gave his dog "Tschingel" to the 17-year-old W. A. B. Coolidge after a failed attempt on the Eiger.

paragraph: He died at Grindelwald in 1898.

paragraph: Section::::First ascents.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1857 Mönch (Bernese Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1858 Eiger (Bernese Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1862 Gross Fiescherhorn (Bernese Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1864 Barre des Ecrins (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1865 Aiguille Verte (Mont Blanc Massif)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1865 Grand Cornier (Pennine Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1865 Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses (Mont Blanc Massif)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1865 Nesthorn (Bernese Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1867 Kleines Schreckhorn (Bernese Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1870 Ailefroide (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1874 Mont Thuria, (Graian Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1876 Les Droites west summit (Mont Blanc Massif)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1877 Pic Coolidge (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1878 Aiguille Arves Méridonale (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1878 Aiguille de l'Epaisseur (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1878 Les Bans (Dauphiné Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1879 Aiguille de Chambeyron (Cottian Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1881 Visolotto (Cottian Alps)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1884 Pointe de Soliette (Graian Alps)

description: Swiss mountain guide

wikidata_label: Christian Almer

wikipedia_title: Christian Almer


text:
Illinois Country
Lower Canada
Savournon
Hautes-Alpes
French Army
New France
Seven Years' War
French and Indian War
North America
Fort de Chartres
Kaskaskia
British
Fort Sainte-Geneviève
New Spain
American Revolutionary War
George Rogers Clark
Virginia State Forces
captured Kaskaskia
Virginia
New York City
Robert MacIntosh
Upper Canada
Lord Dorchester
Governor-General
Humber River
John Graves Simcoe
Lieutenant Governor
Upper Canada
Montreal
Varennes
fur trade
Detroit
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
1796
1800
Noël
Pierre
Quebec City
Lower Canada
Famille de Rastel de Rocheblave

categories: American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by the United States,British officials in the American Revolution,Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada,1802 deaths,1727 births,Illinois in the American Revolution,French Canadians in the American Revolution,French people of the French and Indian War

paragraph: Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave also, known as, Philippe de Rocheblave and the Chevalier de Rocheblave (March 23, 1727 – April 3, 1802), was a soldier and businessman in the Illinois Country, of Upper Louisiana, and later, a political figure in Lower Canada. He was sometimes referred to as the Chevalier de Rocheblave.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave was born in Savournon, Hautes-Alpes, France.

paragraph: Section::::Illinois Country, Upper Louisiana Territory.

paragraph: Philippe de Rocheblave served in the French Army. Rocheblave led French troops in New France, during the Seven Years' War also, known as, the French and Indian War in North America, serving as a lieutenant at Fort de Chartres in the Illinois Country. He later established a business at Kaskaskia. After the British took control of Kaskaskia, he became the commandant of Fort Sainte-Geneviève, in the Illinois Country for New Spain. In 1774, Rocheblave took command of Kaskaskia, for the British.

paragraph: Section::::American Revolutionary War.

paragraph: In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, Colonel George Rogers Clark, commander of the Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Forces, captured Kaskaskia for the Americans and took Philippe de Rocheblave prisoner. Rocheblave was sent to Virginia, where he eluded parole and fled to the British forces in New York City.

paragraph: Section::::Post-War years and death.

paragraph: According to Robert MacIntosh's 2006 book ""Earliest Toronto"", after the American Revolutionary War ended, Rocheblave first settled in Upper Canada, where Lord Dorchester, the Governor-General approved a grant of 1000 acres on the banks of the Humber River. However, the grant stalled when it fell to John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, and his appointees, to process it, and specify the actual acres that should have been his.

paragraph: Philippe de Rocheblave then brought his family to Montreal; they later settled at Varennes in 1789. He became involved in the fur trade in the Detroit region. In 1796, Rocheblave was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Surrey and was re-elected in 1796 and 1800, serving until his death in 1802. The sons of Rocheblave, Noël and Pierre, also, became members of the legislative assembly. Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave also, became a member of the Lower Canada Legislative Council. Philippe de Rocheblave died on April 3, 1802, in Quebec City, Lower Canada.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Famille de Rastel de Rocheblave

description: Canadian politician


text: Antwerp

text: Antwerp

text: Flemish

text: lutenist

text: Alexander

text: Vincent

text: Fall of Antwerp

text: Calvinist

text: civic guard

text: civic guard

text: Dutch Republic

text: Constantijn Huygens

text: John IV of Portugal

text: Cardinal Mazarin

text: Robert Dowland

text: Jean-Baptiste Besard

text: Wolfgang Printz

text: Ernst Gottlieb Baron

text: St. James' Church, Antwerp

text: Leiden

text: Petrus Phalesius the Younger

text: Johannes Bellerus

categories: 1604 deaths,Flemish composers,1550s births,Lutenists

paragraph: Emmanuel Adriaenssen

paragraph: Emmanuel Adriaenssen (c. 1554 in Antwerp – buried 27 February 1604 in Antwerp) was a Flemish lutenist, composer and master of music. He authored he influential "Pratum Musicum", which contains scores for lute solos, and more importantly settings of madrigals for multiple lutes and different ensembles involving lutes and voices. He also had an important influence on the next generation of lutists through his activity as a teacher of music in his own music school.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Emmanuel Adriaenssen was born in Antwerp between 1540 and 1555. Little is known about his early life and training. It is known that he travelled to Rome in 1574 to study music. Upon his return to Antwerp he started a lute school with his brother Gysbrecht. The brothers had in 1587 a conflict with the musicians' guild of Antwerp because they practised as musicians without becoming members of the guild. Emanuel later became a master of the guild.

paragraph: He married Sybilla Crelin in 1584 with whom he had six sons and one daughter. Their sons Alexander (1587-1661), Vincent (1595–1675) and Niclaes (1598–1658) became respectively a still life painter, a battle painter and a portrait painter. Prior to the Fall of Antwerp, Emmanuel was likely a Calvinist as he only had his first son baptised in a Catholic after the Fall of Antwerp. He was registered as a Catholic in the "purge records" of the Antwerp civic guard after the Fall of Antwerp. His wealth and good connections with the higher circles of Anwerp society may have protected him. Emmanuel was later appointed captain of the civic guard, an activity providing a regular income. In 1595 he took part in the liberation of the neighboring town of Lier, which had been occupied by troops of the Dutch Republic.

paragraph: Adriaenssen became a well-off burgher who frequented the local notables including probably from the nobility, who valued his virtuosity on the lute. He gained an international reputation thanks to his publications of lute music which found their way into the libraries of illustrious people, such as Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Constantijn Huygens, King John IV of Portugal and Cardinal Mazarin. Composers Adrian Denss (1594), Robert Dowland (1610), Georg Leopold Fuhrmann (1615), Jean-Baptiste Besard (1617), Wolfgang Printz (1690) and Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1727) mention him as a leading composer for lute. As a teacher, he played an important role because of the outstanding tablatures that he published and because he was the initiator of an Antwerp lute school whose pupils included, in all likelihood, Denss and Joachim van den Hove.

paragraph: Emmanuel Adriaenssen died in Antwerp between 2 February 1604, the date on which he made his last will, and 27 February 1604, the date of is funeral and burial in the St. James' Church, Antwerp. His wife remarried and emigrated later to Leiden in the Dutch Republic taking her youngest son Niclaes with her.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: The "Pratum Musicum" was first published in Antwerp in 1584 and was reprinted with alterations several times until 1600. They constitute 3 editions:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pratum musicum longe amoenissimum, cuius ... ambitu comprehenduntur ... omnia ad testudinis tabulaturam fideliter redacta... opus novum" (Antwerp, Petrus Phalesius the Younger 1584), reprinted in 1600; and

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Novum pratum musicum... selectissimi diversorum autorum et idiomatum madrigales, cantiones, et moduli... opus plane novum, nec hactenus editum" (Antwerp, Petrus Phalesius the Younger and Johannes Bellerus, 1592).

paragraph: The Pratum Musicum contains lute solos, and more importantly settings of madrigals for multiple lutes and different ensembles involving lutes and voices giving much study material for the researcher into renaissance performance practice. The book contains around 85 tablatures for fantasias, songs and dances. Most of the vocal pieces are in Italian. The Neapolitan songs, with their parallel fifths (which not required in Italian text, so it is a question here of a style marker) have a more rustic character. One of them, Del crud’amor, has an almost Oriental character. Various dances for solo lute also tend toward the rustic.

paragraph: The ensemble pieces have been recorded by the Dowland Consort of Lutes and by the Liuto Concertato.

description: Lutenist, author

wikidata_label: Emmanuel Adriaenssen

wikipedia_title: Emmanuel Adriaenssen


text: Kazakh

text: Isatay Taymanuly

text: Russia

text: colonialism

text: Zhangir-Kerey Khan

text: Bukey Horde

text: Russian language

text: Kazakh culture

categories: Kazakh-language poets,19th-century poets,1846 deaths,1803 births

paragraph: Makhambet Otemisuly

paragraph: Makhambet Otemisuly (, "Mahambet Ótemisuly"; 1803 or 1804–1846, October 20) was a Kazakh poet and political figure. He is best known for his activity as a leader (with friend Isatay Taymanuly) of rebellions against Russian colonialism. This activity is believed to have resulted in his murder in 1846. His first rebellions took place against Zhangir-Kerey Khan of the Bukey Horde. Because the rebellion was badly defeated and a bounty was placed on Utemisov, he had to flee the region.

paragraph: Makhambet's early education took place at a Russian language school in Orenburg. However, his poetry was more closely tied to Kazakh culture and literary tradition. The major themes of his poetry were of two types: political criticism of Russia or the khan, or more general poetry devoted to themes about human existence and life.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Ereuwil atqa er salmay: Olengder, edited by Qabibolla Sydyzov. Almaty, Kazakhstan: Zhazuushy. 1989

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Encyclopedic Biography of Makhambet Otemisuly

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kazakhstan Pravda Discussion on Makhambet's possible birthdates

description: Kazakh poet

wikidata_label: Makhambet Otemisuly

wikipedia_title: Makhambet Otemisuly


text:
1993 amateur draft
Florida Marlins
Kansas City Royals
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Midwest League
Baseball America
South Bend Silver Hawks
Arizona Diamondbacks
Ford

categories: Cleveland Indians players,Charlotte Knights players,Major League Baseball center fielders,Baseball players from Indiana,Chicago Cubs players,Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players,Florida Marlins players,Living people,1975 births,Kansas City Royals players

paragraph: Todd Dunwoody

paragraph: Todd Franklin Dunwoody (born April 11, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball player.

paragraph: Dunwoody was chosen in the seventh round of the 1993 amateur draft by the Florida Marlins. Throughout his 13-year professional career, he played for the Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Indians. In 1995, Dunwoody was named a Midwest League All-Star, and was named one of baseball's top 100 prospects by Baseball America in 1997 and 1998. However, he could not master the strike zone and hit just .233 in the majors.

paragraph: In 2006, Dunwoody served as hitting coach for the South Bend Silver Hawks in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. In following years, he worked as a sales manager at the Mike Raisor Ford dealership in Lafayette, Indiana.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Todd Dunwoody

wikipedia_title: Todd Dunwoody


text: floruit

text: Anglo-Saxon

text: nun

text: Abbey

text: Heidenheim

text: Germany

text: double monastery

text: Willibald

text: Richard the Pilgrim

text: life

text: Willibald

text: Wynnebald

text: Latin

text: Aldhelm

text: Ancient Greek

text: Rome

text: Asia Minor

text: Jerusalem

text: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society

text: The hodæporicon of Saint Willibald

text: Internet Medieval Sourcebook

categories: Anglo-Saxon writers,Anglo-Saxon nuns,8th-century women writers,8th-century Christian nuns,8th-century Latin writers,8th-century English writers

paragraph: Hygeburg

paragraph: Hygeburg (floruit 780), also Hugeburc or Huneberc, was an Anglo-Saxon nun at the Abbey of Heidenheim in Germany.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Heidenheim was a double monastery founded in 752 by Willibald, the son of Richard the Pilgrim, an Anglo-Saxon chieftain of Wessex whose real name is uncertain.

paragraph: Hygeburg, who describes herself as "a humble relative", arrived at the monastery in 761.

paragraph: Hygeburg was the author of a life of Willibald, the "Vita S. Willibaldi", written at some time between 767 and 778. She also produced a life of Willibald's brother Wynnebald, who had been Abbot of Heidenheim until his death in 761. This "Vita S. Wynnebaldi" was composed in the period 782 to 785. In addition to the simple hagiography, in Latin stylistically similar to that of Aldhelm, Hygeburg's life of Willibald includes her "Hodoeporicon" ("Travellers Book", the name derived from Ancient Greek) which comprises Willibald's dictated account of his travels to Rome, Asia Minor, and Jerusalem.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lapidge, M., "Hygeburg", in M. Lapidge et al., "The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England." Blackwell, 1999.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (1891): "The hodæporicon of Saint Willibald" (ca 754 AD) by Roswida

paragraph: BULLET::::- Huneberc of Heidenheim: The Hodoeporican of St. Willibald, 8th Century at the Internet Medieval Sourcebook

description: Anglo-Saxon nun and hagiographer

wikidata_label: Hygeburg

wikipedia_title: Hygeburg


text: Lieutenant-Colonel

text: Conservative Party

text: Member of Parliament

text: Taunton

text: British Indian Army

text: Shah of Persia

text: King of Afghanistan

text: Parliamentary Private Secretary

text: Secretaries of State for War

text: British Indian Army

text: Royal Military College, Sandhurst

text: Order of the Lion and the Sun

text: Shah of Persia

text: Royal Victorian Order

text: King of Afghanistan

text: Amānullāh Khān

text: Hamilton Gault

text: member of parliament

text: Taunton

text: 1935 general election

text: Conservative Party

text: Labour Party

text: House of Commons

text: Parliamentary Private Secretary

text: Florence Horsbrugh

text: Secretary of State for War

text: Leslie Hore-Belisha

text: Victor Warrender

text: Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

text: David Margesson

text: Buchenwald concentration camp

text: Victor Collins

categories: Recipients of the Order of the Lion and the Sun,UK MPs 1935–1945,1957 deaths,Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies,People from Somerset,British Indian Army officers,1890 births

paragraph: Edward Wickham

paragraph: Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham (4 May 1890 – 25 August 1957) was a Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton from 1935 until 1945. He had previously worked in India, as an officer in the British Indian Army, and later a member of the Political Department. He accompanied the Shah of Persia and the King of Afghanistan during their respective tours of Europe. During his time as an MP, he served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to two Secretaries of State for War, led a delegation to Australia and New Zealand, and visited a concentration camp soon after the Second World War.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Military career.

paragraph: Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham was born on 4 May 1890, to William James Richard Wickham, an officer in the British Indian Army, and his wife Mary Rose. In 1910, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was assigned to the Indian Army as a second lieutenant. Two years later, serving in the 39th King George's Own Central India Horse Regiment, he was promoted to lieutenant. During the First World War, he was made a temporary captain, and then later a full captain, from September 1915, although it was not until the following September that he received the pay and allowances of the rank. After the First World War, he joined the Indian Political Department, and was temporarily granted the rank of lieutenant colonel "while specially employed" between August 1919 until November of the same year, and then again from December 1919 through to May 1921. In 1920, he was awarded the Order of the Lion and the Sun, 3rd Class by the Shah of Persia. In March 1928, ranking a major, he was appointed as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). He was the officer in attendance for the Shah of Persia during his tour of Europe, and adopted the same role later for the King of Afghanistan, Amānullāh Khān. He later became the Deputy Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, his final role in India. He retired from the Army in January 1935, at which point he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.:Member of Parliament.

paragraph: Hamilton Gault, the standing member of parliament (MP) for Taunton announced that he would not seek re-election in the 1935 general election, having served as the constituency's MP for the previous ten years. The Taunton branch of the Conservative Party invited Wickham, who was living in London at the time, to contest the election for them. Despite his residence, Wickham was described as coming from an "old Somerset family", and he confirmed that if he was elected, he would move to Taunton. The Labour Party was the only other party to contest the election, putting forward James Lunnon, who had previously acted as an organising secretary for the Agricultural Workers Union. The main topics during the election were agriculture and armament. The election was held on Thursday 14 November, and Wickham was returned with a majority of 8,224, holding the seat for the Conservative Party.

paragraph: During his time in office, Wickham first addressed the House of Commons in March 1937, to speak about foreign policy. He spoke at length at the subject again the following year. He was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Florence Horsbrugh in the Ministry of Health in July 1939, and in November 1939 switched to the same role under the Secretary of State for War, Leslie Hore-Belisha. When, six weeks later, Hore-Belisha resigned from his post, Wickham also left his position in the War Office. He was appointed to another Parliamentary Private Secretary role in June 1940, assisting Victor Warrender, the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty. Eight months later, he once took on the role under the Secretary of State for War, this time David Margesson. In 1944 he led a parliamentary delegation to Australia and New Zealand, and the following year visited the Buchenwald concentration camp.

paragraph: General elections had been suspended during the Second World War, and after Wickham's election in 1935, another one was not held until 1945. He again stood for the Conservative Party, with Victor Collins contesting the seat for Labour. During the election, which was a landslide victory for the Labour Party, the Conservatives lost 182 seats, including that of Taunton. Wickham was defeated by a majority of 2,118 votes. His last address to the House of Commons had been in May 1945, on the subject of air services to Australia and India. The following year, he announced that he would not contest the Taunton seat at the next election.

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

paragraph: Wickham later acted as the vice-chairman of the British Van Heusen Company, and the director of J. & J. Ashton Ltd. He died at the age of 67 on 25 August 1957.

description: British politician and British Indian Army officer

wikidata_label: Edward Wickham

wikipedia_title: Edward Wickham


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: Vietnam War

text: Richmond, Virginia

text: Officer Candidate School

text: Fort Benning

text: First Lieutenant

text: 9th Infantry Regiment

text: 25th Infantry Division

text: Hậu Nghĩa Province

text: Republic of Vietnam

text: hand grenades

text: Hampton National Cemetery

text: Hampton, Virginia

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: People from Hampton, Virginia,Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor,United States Army officers,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,1938 births,American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War,1967 deaths

paragraph: Ruppert L. Sargent

paragraph: Ruppert Leon Sargent (January 6, 1938 – March 15, 1967) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: 1LT Sargent was a graduate of Virginia State University. He joined the Army from Richmond, Virginia in the late 1950s, served several years as an enlisted soldier, and went through Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning. By March 15, 1967, he was serving as a First Lieutenant in Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On that day, while in Hậu Nghĩa Province in the Republic of Vietnam, Sargent threw himself on two enemy hand grenades, sacrificing himself but saving the lives of two men nearby. 1LT Sargent is the first black officer in history to be awarded the Medal of Honor (In 1997, upgrades of DSCs awarded to black heroes of World War II resulted in awards to three additional black officers from that war).

paragraph: Section::::Burial and legacy.

paragraph: Ruppert Sargent, aged 29 at his death, was buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

paragraph: The Ruppert L. Sargent Building in Hampton, Virginia houses the Hampton City Schools, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, Economic Development Department and Office of the Assessor of Real Estate. A statute of Sargent rests in the building's lobby.

paragraph: Section::::Medal of Honor citation.

paragraph: Lieutenant Sargent's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

paragraph: ...For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While leading a platoon of Company B, 1st Lt. Sargent was investigating a reported Viet Cong meeting house and weapons cache. A tunnel entrance which 1st Lt. Sargent observed was booby trapped. He tried to destroy the booby trap and blow the cover from the tunnel using hand grenades, but this attempt was not successful. He and his demolition man moved in to destroy the booby trap and cover which flushed a Viet Cong soldier from the tunnel, who was immediately killed by the nearby platoon sergeant. 1st Lt. Sargent, the platoon sergeant, and a forward observer moved toward the tunnel entrance. As they approached, another Viet Cong emerged and threw 2 hand grenades that landed in the midst of the group. 1st Lt. Sargent fired 3 shots at the enemy then turned and unhesitatingly threw himself over the 2 grenades. He was mortally wounded, and his 2 companions were lightly wounded when the grenades exploded. By his courageous and selfless act of exceptional heroism, he saved the lives of the platoon sergeant and forward observer and prevented the injury or death of several other nearby comrades. 1st Lt. Sargent's actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military services and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

wikidata_label: Ruppert L. Sargent

wikipedia_title: Ruppert L. Sargent