text:
Roman Catholic bishop of Shanghai
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Aloysius Jin Luxian
Holy See
St. Ignatius Cathedral
Joseph Fan Zhongliang
Religion in China
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
K. H. Ting

wikipedia_title:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Aloysius Jin Luxian
Holy See
St. Ignatius Cathedral
Joseph Fan Zhongliang
Religion in China
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
K. H. Ting

categories: Roman Catholic bishops in Shanghai,Persecution of Catholics,1968 births,21st-century Roman Catholic bishops,Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China,People from Shanghai,Living people

paragraph: Thaddeus Ma Daqin

paragraph: Thaddeus Ma Daqin (; born 1968, Shanghai, China) is the Roman Catholic bishop of Shanghai. He was appointed as auxiliary bishop with the approval of the Holy See and Chinese Government in July 2012. He announced his resignation from the Chinese government mandated Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association at his episcopal ordination Mass, and was taken into custody as a result. The Chinese Government has detained him under house arrest ever since (largely confined to Sheshan Seminary) and has prevented him from carrying out his episcopal duties.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and priesthood.

paragraph: Ma was born in Shanghai and was ordained as a priest in 1994, after graduating from the Sheshan Seminary. He is a former editor of the Shanghai Diocese's "Guangqi Press", one of the two main Catholic publishers in the People's Republic of China. He served as head of Shanghai Pudong Deanery and, in December 2011, was appointed as Vicar General by Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian.

paragraph: Section::::Bishop.

paragraph: In 1951, the Chinese government severed formal ties with the Vatican, and by Chinese law Catholic worship is only permitted in government-controlled churches. Many of China's estimated 10 million Catholics are believed to have remained loyal to the Pope, gathering in underground churches. The Chinese government claims the authority to approve and appoint bishops.

paragraph: In 2012, Ma received the approval of both Beijing and the Holy See for appointment as an Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai. On 7 July 2012 was consecrated a bishop. In Shanghai's St. Ignatius Cathedral, in front of a congregation which included Communist Party officials, Ma used his ordination speech to announce his resignation from the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ordination as Auxiliary Bishop and House Arrest

paragraph: Catholic priests and nuns had gathered outside the Cathedral in protest at the participation of Vincent Zhan Silu in the ceremony. Zhan had been appointed "bishop" without the approval of the Vatican, and was loyal to the Patriotic Association. Bishop Jin and two other Vatican affirmed bishops performed the "laying on of hands" ritual to invoke the Holy Spirit during the ceremony. Zhan and two other bishops were also supposed to perform the ritual, but, according to Reuters, Ma "prevented them from putting their hands on his head by rising from his knees and hugging the three bishops instead."

paragraph: Speaking from the pulpit, Ma then acknowledged the presence of the priests and nuns outside the Cathedral, before speaking of the need for him to now focus on the pastoral duties of bishop rather than the bureaucratic duties of a Patriotic Association bishop: "Therefore, starting from this day of consecration, I will no longer find it convenient to be a member of the Patriotic Association," he said. He also refused to share a chalice with a bishop who has been excommunicated by the Roman Church.

paragraph: Ma's words drew loud applause from the 1,000-member congregation, but was seen by the government as a challenge to state control of Catholic churches and clergy. According to Reuters, Ma soon disappeared from public view, "instructed by the late bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian to move to a mountainside seminary outside Shanghai, where he has been confined... He was stripped of his new title, questioned by officials for weeks and required to attend communist indoctrination classes."

paragraph: BULLET::::- Appointment as Bishop of Shanghai

paragraph: In December 2013, the BBC reported that Bishop Ma had not seen in public for almost 18 months and that during his confinement at Sheshan Seminary, he was being given "political lessons – communist indoctrination by any other name – three times a week".

paragraph: Upon the death of Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang on 16 March 2014, the Holy See recognized Bishop Ma as the Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai. That month Reuters reported that Ma remained at the Sheshan Seminary, regularly posting blog items for the faithful: "mostly excerpts from scripture and greetings to his flock." After the death of Nelson Mandela, Ma cited one of the anti-Apartheid leader's most famous quotes: "Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all my people were the chains on me."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Religion in China

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- Freedom of religion in the People's Republic of China

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ignatius Gong Pinmei

paragraph: BULLET::::- K. H. Ting

description: Chinese priest

wikidata_label: Thaddeus Ma Daqin

wikipedia_title: Thaddeus Ma Daqin


text:
Rotterdam
sailor
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
Medemblik
Soling
2012 Vintage Yachting Games
Bellano
Fred Imhoff
Dragon
Kinsale
Flying Dutchman
Ben Staartjes
Tempest
Fred Imhoff
Dragon
1990 Soling World Championship
Medemblik
Royal Yachtclub Hollandia
1993 Soling European Championship
1988 Soling World Championship
Rotterdam
Kralingen
Vintage Yachting Games
Delft

wikipedia_title:
Rotterdam
Sailor
2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling
Medemblik
Soling
2012 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling
Bellano
Fred Imhoff
Dragon (keelboat)
Kinsale
Flying Dutchman (dinghy)
Ben Staartjes
Tempest (keelboat)
Fred Imhoff
Dragon (keelboat)
Soling
Medemblik
Hollandia Roeiclub
Soling
Soling
Rotterdam
Kralingen
Vintage Yachting Games
Delft

categories: Flying Dutchman class sailors,Living people,Soling class sailors,Dutch male sailors (sport),Tempest class sailors,1954 births,Dragon class sailors

paragraph: Rudy den Outer

paragraph: Rudy den Outer (born 22 July 1954 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games in Medemblik, as helmsman in the Dutch Soling "Sophie’s Choice". Den Outer with crew members Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend took the Gold. In the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games, this time with crew members Gavin Lidlow and Ramzi Souli the team took the Silver medal in Bellano, Italy. In 2003 with helmsman Fred Imhoff and Richard van Rij he became European Champion in the Dragon at Kinsale, Ireland. Den Outer is also very active in the organization of major International Sailing events for Olympic and former Olympic classes.

paragraph: Section::::Sailing career.

paragraph: Rudy den Outer, after sailing some Dutch National classes, started his International sailing in 1970 crewing for Leo Determan in the Flying Dutchman. In 1975, Den Outer crewed for Ben Staartjes in the Tempest. He was member of the “Yellow Joker” sailing team of Fred Imhoff. den Outer helmed in the 1987 Soling World Championship. During 1999 and 2001, Den Outer crewed for Heike Blok in the Dragon. He was part of helmsman Fred Imhoff's Dragon crew along with Richard van Rij that won the 2003 Dragon European Championship. Since 2005 Den Outer is sailing Soling and Dragon on regular basis in National and International competitions as member of the in Rotterdam.

paragraph: Section::::Regatta organization and management.

paragraph: Rudy den Outer organized the 1990 Soling World Championship (fleetrace) in Medemblik with the Royal Yachtclub Hollandia, the 1993 Soling European Championship, and the 1988 Soling World Championship (both matchrace) at Rotterdam, Kralingen this in cooperation with the . Den Outer took in 2006 the initiative for the Vintage Yachting Games. This event for the former Olympic classes is held every four years. Currently Den Outer is chairman of the daily board of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization. He is Past committee member of the International Soling Association 3 terms from 1988 till 1997 and Past Vice-President from the same organization (1993).

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Den Outer studied Science and Mathematics in Delft. He is married with Sophie van den Berge and works as program and project manager within the IT industry.

description: sailor

wikidata_label: Rudy den Outer

wikipedia_title: Rudy den Outer


text: professional baseball

text: outfielder

text: infielder

text: Los Angeles Dodgers

text: Major League Baseball

text: college baseball

text: Virginia Cavaliers

text: 2012 MLB draft

text: Seattle Mariners

text: Virginia Beach, Virginia

text: wrestling

text: Frank W. Cox High School

text: Tidewater region

text: college baseball

text: University of Virginia

text: Virginia Cavaliers baseball

text: Atlantic Coast Conference

text: shortstop

text: Newport Gulls

text: right fielder

text: hamstring

text: UC Irvine

text: College World Series

text: Seattle Mariners

text: Minor League Baseball

text: Rookie level

text: Class A

text: High Desert Mavericks

text: Class A-Advanced

text: California League

text: Jackson Generals

text: Class AA

text: Southern League

text: batting average

text: hits

text: home run

text: runs batted in

text: runs scored

text: stolen bases

text: second base

text: Peoria Javelinas

text: Arizona Fall League

text: on-base percentage

text: spring training

text: Class AAA

text: Pacific Coast League

text: Triple-A All-Star Game

text: Willie Bloomquist

text: disabled list

text: Mayckol Guaipe

text: Ketel Marte

text: third base

text: Los Angeles Dodgers

text: Zach Lee

text: Oklahoma City Dodgers

text: grand slam

text: Silvino Bracho

text: Arizona Diamondbacks

text: hitting for the cycle

text: Preston Ward

text: Chico Fernández

text: Billy Herman

text: Jackie Robinson

text: Arizona Diamondbacks

text: Logan Forsythe

text: Héctor Rondón

text: Chicago Cubs

text: Justin Turner

text: MVPs

text: Dallas Keuchel

text: 2017 World Series

text: Corey Seager

text: UCL

text: Tommy John Surgery

text: 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series

text: Kevin Gausman

text: Atlanta Braves

text: 2018 National League Division Series

text: Virginia Tech

wikipedia_title: League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award

wikipedia_title: Ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint

wikipedia_title: Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction

categories: National League Championship Series MVPs,Oklahoma City Dodgers players,Major League Baseball shortstops,Sportspeople from Virginia Beach, Virginia,Los Angeles Dodgers players,Clinton LumberKings players,Jackson Generals (Southern League) players,High Desert Mavericks players,Major League Baseball third basemen,Seattle Mariners players,Major League Baseball left fielders,Living people,Peoria Javelinas players,Tacoma Rainiers players,Baseball players from Virginia,Major League Baseball center fielders,Everett AquaSox players,1990 births,Major League Baseball second basemen

paragraph: Chris Taylor (baseball)

paragraph: Christopher Armand Taylor Jr. (born August 29, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder/infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers. Taylor was selected in the fifth round of the 2012 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Amateur career.

paragraph: Taylor attended Great Neck Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he was on the wrestling team, and won a city wrestling championship. When he attended Frank W. Cox High School, also in Virginia Beach, he stopped wrestling to focus on baseball. He was named the All-Tidewater region player of the year in 2009.

paragraph: Taylor was recruited to play college baseball by the University of Virginia and the College of William & Mary. He chose to attend Virginia, and played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In his freshman year, Taylor played sparingly as Tyler Cannon, an All-ACC shortstop, received most of the playing time. In the summer of 2010, he played for the Newport Gulls of the NECBL. In his sophomore year, Stephen Bruno was named the Cavaliers' starting shortstop at the beginning of the season, and Taylor began the year as the teams' right fielder. Taylor became the starting shortstop when Bruno suffered a hamstring injury, and retained the job after Bruno recovered. In 2011, he hit a two-out, men on second and third single to score the tying and winning runs in the decisive game of the Charlottesville Super Regional against UC Irvine and send the Cavaliers to the College World Series.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Minor leagues.

paragraph: The Seattle Mariners selected Taylor in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He began his professional career in Minor League Baseball at the Rookie level, but was soon promoted to Class A, primarily playing shortstop. In 2013, Taylor played for the High Desert Mavericks of the Class A-Advanced California League and Jackson Generals of the Class AA Southern League, finishing the season with a combined .314 batting average, 165 hits (eight-best in Minor League Baseball), eight home runs, 60 runs batted in (RBIs), 108 runs scored, and 38 stolen bases while playing shortstop and second base. After the season, the Mariners assigned Taylor to the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, and named him their minor league player of the year. He hit .294 with Peoria, and had a .351 on-base percentage, while playing second base and shortstop.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Seattle Mariners.

paragraph: The Mariners invited Taylor to spring training in 2014. Following spring training, he was assigned to the Tacoma Rainers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL). He appeared in the Triple-A All-Star Game, and was named the PCL's Top Star. After batting .328 with five home runs, 37 RBIs, and 63 runs scored in 75 games while playing shortstop and second base, the Mariners promoted Taylor to the major leagues on July 24 to replace the injured Willie Bloomquist who was placed on the 15-day disabled list, where he played shortstop, second base, and third base. He collected his first major-league hit, a single, on the same day against the Baltimore Orioles.

paragraph: During spring training in 2015, Taylor fractured his wrist when he was hit by a pitch. After he recovered from his injury, he began the 2015 season with AAA Tacoma, playing shortstop and second base. He would have a stint with the Mariners later in the year, but was sent back to Tacoma after RHP Mayckol Guaipe was called up. On May 21, 2016 Chris was recalled from AAA Tacoma to replace the injured Ketel Marte. For the 2015 major league season, he batted .170/.220/.223 with no home runs and one RBI in 94 at bats, while playing shortstop, second base, and third base.

paragraph: On June 19, 2016, the Mariners traded Taylor to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Zach Lee. The Dodgers optioned him to the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the PCL. He was called up to the majors on June 25, 2016.

paragraph: On July 15, 2016, Taylor hit his first major league career home run, a grand slam, off Silvino Bracho of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also had a double, a triple, drove in six runs, and fell just short of hitting for the cycle. He was the third Dodgers player in history to have his first career homer be a grand slam (Preston Ward in 1948 and Chico Fernández in 1956) and the third Dodgers second baseman to have at least six RBIs in a game (Billy Herman in 1943 and Jackie Robinson in 1949). He played in 34 games for the Dodgers in 2016, hitting .207/.258/362 with one home run and 7 RBIs, primarily playing shortstop.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Dodgers.:2017.

paragraph: Taylor did not make the club out of spring training in 2017, and was assigned to Oklahoma City to begin the season, for whom he batted .233/.327/.442 with one home run and 5 RBIs in 43 at bats. He was recalled to the Dodgers on April 19. On July 6, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Taylor hit his first career walk-off hit, driving in Logan Forsythe to win the game 5-4. For the 2017 season, he batted .288/.354/.496 with 21 home runs and 72 RBIs, splitting time between center field, left field, second base, shortstop, and third base.

paragraph: On October 14, 2017, Taylor hit his first career postseason home run, off Héctor Rondón of the Chicago Cubs, in Game 1 of the 2017 National League Championship Series (NLCS). Taylor and Justin Turner were selected as the co-MVPs of the NLCS. On October 24, Taylor hit a home run on the first pitch by Astros' pitcher Dallas Keuchel to begin Game 1 of the 2017 World Series. Overall, in the 2017 post-season, Taylor hit .254 with three home runs and seven RBI

paragraph: in 15 games as the Dodgers lost the World Series in seven games.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Los Angeles Dodgers.:2018.

paragraph: In his third season with the Dodgers, Taylor posted a .254/.331/.444 slashline with 17 home runs, 63 RBIs and 9 stolen bases in 604 plate appearances. He reached career highs in games played (155), runs scored (85), doubles (35), triples (8), and walks (55). With teammate Corey Seager missing most of the season due to a right UCL strain, requiring Tommy John Surgery, Taylor spent the majority of the season at shortstop (81 games, 73 starts). He also played center field (50 games, 32 starts), left field (24 games, 18 starts), second base (12 games, 5 starts), and third base (8 games, 3 starts).On September 10, 2018, Taylor was selected to represent MLB in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.

paragraph: On October 7, 2018 Taylor hit his third career postseason home run off Kevin Gausman of the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the 2018 National League Division Series.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Taylor's father, Chris Sr., and grandfather, Armand, attended Virginia Tech, where they competed on the wrestling team.

description: American professional baseball shortstop

wikidata_label: Chris Taylor

wikipedia_title: Chris Taylor (baseball)


text:
Ponce Giraldo de Cabrera
Kingdom of León
Vela Gutiérrez
Alfonso VIII of León
Nogales
Ourense
Rule of Saint Benedict
Monastery of Santa María de Moreruela
Cistercian Order
sarcophagi
Vela Gutiérrez
c.
tenente
Asturias
Tineo
León
Álvaro Rodríguez de Sarria
Monterroso
Toroño
Salamanca
Ponce Vela de Cabrera
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón
archdeacon
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
mayordomo mayor
Ferdinand II of León
Villalpando

wikipedia_title:
Ponce Giraldo de Cabrera
Kingdom of León
Vela Gutiérrez
Alfonso IX of León
San Esteban de Nogales
Ourense
Rule of Saint Benedict
Moreruela Abbey
Cistercians
Sarcophagus
Vela Gutiérrez
Circa
Tenant-in-chief
Asturias
Tineo
León, Spain
Álvaro Rodríguez
Monterroso
Turonio
Salamanca
Ponce Vela de Cabrera
Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón
Archdeacon
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Mayordomo mayor
Ferdinand II of León
Villalpando

categories: 12th-century births,1176 deaths,12th-century people from León and Castile

paragraph: Sancha Ponce de Cabrera

paragraph: Sancha Ponce de Cabrera (died in 1176) was a daughter of Ponce Giraldo de Cabrera, and his first wife, Sancha Núñez. She was the wife of the important magnate from the Kingdom of León, Vela Gutiérrez.

paragraph: In 1149, King Alfonso VIII of León gave the couple as a wedding gift the villa of Nogales which they, in turn, donated to Aldara Pérez, abbess at the Monastery of San Miguel de Bóveda in Ourense. The abbess was entrusted with the task of bringing nuns from her monastery to the new one which would be governed by the Rule of Saint Benedict.

paragraph: When Vela Gutiérrez, her husband, died, the nuns returned the new monastery, the construction of which was not yet completed, to Sancha who, in 1164, donated it to the Monastery of Santa María de Moreruela that had been founded by her father, Count Ponce, and it was then turned into a monastery governed by the Cistercian Order.

paragraph: She had previously made arrangements to have three sarcophagi carved from stone; one for her deceased husband, another one for a son who had died previously, and one for herself. These were placed in the main chapel of the church of Nogales Abbey which had been consecrated in 1172. Sancha died in 1176 and her remains, as well as those of her husband and son, received burial at the newly founded monastery.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: The following children were born from her first marriage around 1149 with Vela Gutiérrez:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fernando Vela (died "c." 1192), "tenente" in Asturias, Tineo, León, and Benavente. He married Sancha Álvarez, daughter of Álvaro Rodríguez de Sarria and Sancha Fernández de Traba. One of the children of this marriage, Juan Fernández de Cabrera, also governed Trastámara, Monterroso, Toroño, and Salamanca.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ponce Vela de Cabrera (died September 1202), the husband of Teresa Rodríguez Girón, daughter of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón and his first wife María de Guzmán.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pedro Vela (died. c. 1211/1212), was archdeacon at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, mayordomo mayor and chancellor of King Ferdinand II of León and later the abbot at the Monastery of Santa María la Real of Oseira.

paragraph: BULLET::::- María Vela (died after 1204), abbess at the monastery founded by her parents.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Juan Vela (died between 5 June and 7 September 1191) and buried at Monastery of Santa María de Moreruela founded by his maternal grandparents.

paragraph: They could also have been the parents of a son named García Vela.

paragraph: After her husband Vela died and between 1161 and before September 1164, she married Mendo or Menendo who could have been the Portuguese Count Menendo Gonçalves de Sousa, later married to Teresa Alfonso de Meneses, daughter of Alfonso Téllez de Meneses. A son was born of this second marriage:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Suero Menéndez, who was "tentente" in Villalpando and alférez of King Ferdinand II.

description: Founder of Spanish monastery

wikidata_label: Sancha Ponce de Cabrera

wikipedia_title: Sancha Ponce de Cabrera


paragraph: Fabrizio Crisafulli

paragraph: Fabrizio Crisafulli is a theatre director and visual artist. He runs the theatre company Il Pudore Bene in Vista based in Rome, which he established in 1991. Fabrizio’s production work includes space and lighting design, and he also creates installations in addition to the company’s activities. He works in Italy and various European and non-European countries. The defining aspects of his work are his use of light as an independent subject of poetic construction, and what he defines as the 'Theatre of Places' (treating the place as ’text’ and a matrix for performances), involving research along with stage production. He teaches at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and at RomaTre University and is also (sept. 2015) doctor honoris causa at Roskilde University in Denmark. He holds workshops at universities, academies, festivals and theatrical organisations in Italy and abroad. He is the author of the book "Active Light. Issues of Light in Contemporary Theatre" (Dublin: Artdigiland, 2013).

paragraph: Section::::English Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nika Tomasevic (edited by), "Place, Body, Light. The Theatre of / Il teatro di Fabrizio Crisafulli", Artdigiland, 2013;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fabrizio Crisafulli, "Active Light. Issues of Light in Contemporary Theatre", Artdigiland, 2013;

description: Italian artist

wikidata_label: Fabrizio Crisafulli

wikipedia_title: Fabrizio Crisafulli


text:
Egyptian
pharaoh
Second Intermediate Period
Kim Ryholt
Abydos Dynasty
Jürgen von Beckerath
13th Dynasty
16th Dynasty
limestone
stele
Abydos
British Museum
Wepwawet
Rahotep
Pantjeny
graffito
Beni Hasan
nomarch
Middle Egypt
Detlef Franke
Memphis
Hyksos
Abydos Dynasty
theophoric
17th Dynasty

wikipedia_title:
Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
Kim Ryholt
Abydos Dynasty
Jürgen von Beckerath
Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Limestone
Stele
Abydos, Egypt
British Museum
Wepwawet
Rahotep
Pantjeny
Graffito (archaeology)
Beni Hasan
Nomarch
Middle Egypt
Detlef Franke
Memphis, Egypt
Hyksos
Abydos Dynasty
Theophoric name
Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt

paragraph: Wepwawetemsaf

paragraph: Sekhemraneferkhau Wepwawetemsaf was an Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period. According to the Egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, he was a king of the Abydos Dynasty, although they leave his position within this dynasty undetermined. Alternatively, the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath sees Wepwawetemsaf as a king of the late 13th Dynasty, while Marcel Marée proposes that he was a king of the late 16th Dynasty.

paragraph: Section::::Attestations.

paragraph: The only contemporaneous attestation of Wepwawetemsaf's reign is a limestone stele "of exceptionally crude quality" discovered in Abydos and now in the British Museum (EA 969). The stele shows the king before the god ""Wepwawet, lord of Abydos"" and is generally described as of poor workmanship. The stela was produced by a workshop operating in Abydos. Other stelae produced by this workshop belong to king Rahotep and king Pantjeny. The Egyptologist Marcel Marée therefore concludes that these three kings reigned quite close in time. He believes that the stela of Pantjeny was made by a different artist, while the stelae of Rahotep and Wepwawetemsaf were carved by the same man. He argues that Wepwawetemsaf reigned directly after king Rahotep. He does not assign single kings to specific dynasties, but comes to the conclusion that these kings belong to the late 16th or very early 17th Dynasty,

paragraph: Another possible attestation of this king is a graffito discovered in tomb no. 2 at Beni Hasan belonging to the 12th Dynasty nomarch Amenemhat and located about 250 km north of Abydos, in Middle Egypt. The graffito has been tentatively read by Beckerath as "Sekhemreneferkhau" but this remains uncertain as the original is now lost.

paragraph: Section::::Dynasty.

paragraph: In his study of the Second Intermediate Period, Kim Ryholt elaborates on the idea originally proposed by Detlef Franke that following the collapse of the 13th Dynasty with the conquest of Memphis by the Hyksos, an independent kingdom centered on Abydos arose in Middle Egypt. The Abydos Dynasty thus designates a group of local kinglets reigning for a short time in central Egypt. Ryholt notes that Wepwawetemsaf is only attested in central Egypt and that his name comprises the theophoric reference to the Abydene god Wepwawet. Thus he concludes that Wepwawetemsaf most likely ruled from Abydos and belongs to the Abydos Dynasty. This conclusion is shared by Darrell Baker but not by Beckerath, who places Wepwawetemsaf in the late 13th Dynasty.

paragraph: The Egyptologist Marcel Marée also rejects Ryholt's hypothesis and instead holds that Wepwawetemsaf is a king of the late 16th Dynasty. Indeed, Marée notes that the workshop which produced Wepwawetemsaf's stele is also responsible for the production of the stelae of Pantjeny and Rahotep, the latter most often assigned to the early 17th Dynasty. Marée therefore concludes that Rahotep, Pantjeny and Wepwawetemsaf reigned quite close in time. This reasoning also precludes the existence of an Abydos Dynasty c. 1650 BC.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wepwawetemsaf's stele." British Museum, EA969.

description: Egyptian pharaoh

wikidata_label: Wepwawetemsaf

wikipedia_title: Wepwawetemsaf


text:
Polish
szlachcic
Court Standard-Bearer of the Crown
courtier
starost
Rosice
Bohuslav
Sejm
Janina
Gozdawa
Voivode of Lublin
Marek Sobieski
Korzbok
jesuit
Mirachowo
Dołęga

categories: 16th-century births,1614 deaths,Sobieski family,16th-century Polish people,17th-century Polish people

paragraph: Sebastian Sobieski

paragraph: Sebastian Sobieski (ca. 1552–1614) was a Polish szlachcic (nobleman), Court Standard-Bearer of the Crown since 1596, courtier and starost of Rosice and Bohuslav. Member of the Sejm.

paragraph: Son of Jan Sobieski h. Janina and Katarzyna Gdeszyńska h. Gozdawa, brother of Voivode of Lublin Marek Sobieski.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: Sebastian married Anna Zebrzydowska z Więchocka h. Radwan, the daughter of Mikołaj Zebrzydowski h. Radwan and Urszula Korzbok Zawadzka h. Korzbok and had three children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tomasz – died young and childless,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stefan – (died 1660) – jesuit,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zofia Konstancja – consort of starost of Mirachowo Zygmunt Szczepański h. Dołęga

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Korzon T., Dola i niedola Jana Sobieskiego 1629–1674, t. I, Wydawnictwo Akademii Umiejętności, Kraków 1898, tabl. VIII (Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa 307/307).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nagórski W., Maroszek J., Tykocin. Miasto królewskie, AZ Media, Tykocin 2004, , s. 77–81.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Podhorodecki L., Sobiescy herbu Janina, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1981, , s. 13.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/sobieski_sebastian_h_janina_ok_1552_1615.html

wikidata_label: Sebastian Sobieski

wikipedia_title: Sebastian Sobieski


text:
Australia
Mount Morgan Mine
Sydney
New South Wales
Bathurst, New South Wales
Ophir, New South Wales
Golden Point, Victoria
Warwick, Queensland
Rockhampton

categories: 1894 deaths,Australian prospectors,People from Sydney,1837 births

paragraph: Frederick Augustus Morgan

paragraph: Frederick Augustus Morgan (20 June 1837 – 8 November 1894) was an Australian publican and mining investor,

paragraph: co-discoverer of the Mount Morgan Mine.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Morgan was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spent his boyhood in Bathurst, New South Wales, and commenced life as a digger by joining with his uncle, John Woodward, who made the discovery which led to the Ophir, New South Wales rush, in 1851. After working with success there and at Golden Point, Victoria and Golden Valley, he migrated to Warwick, Queensland, in 1866, and engaged in mining at Thanes' Creek, and tinning at Stanthorpe, and was successful.

paragraph: Section::::Career around Rockhampton.

paragraph: Morgan reached Rockhampton, Queensland, in December 1879, and, after some prospecting, opened the Gallawa reef, near Mount Wheeler, and worked it for some years. He was then joined by his brothers—Thomas Squire Morgan, and Edwin Francis Morgan—and with them formed a prospecting party, which resulted in the discovery of Mount Morgan—the richest gold mine in the world at the time. Morgan, who was largely interested in pastoral properties, was an Alderman of Rockhampton, and was prominently identified with local affairs in that town. Morgan was mayor of Rockhampton 1891 to 1893.

paragraph: Morgan died in Rockhampton, Queensland, on 8 November 1894, survived by his wife and one son.

description: Australian mining investor

wikidata_label: Frederick Augustus Morgan

wikipedia_title: Frederick Augustus Morgan


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Israel
short track speed skater
Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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Pyeongchang
Lviv
Ukraine
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Heerenveen
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Northern Israel
Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi
Dordrecht
Thibaut Fauconnet
Dresden
Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Short Track Speed Skating
Pyeongchang

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paragraph: Vladislav Bykanov

paragraph: Vladislav Bykanov (, ) (born 19 November 1989) is an Israeli Olympic short track speed skater. He won the gold medal in the 3,000m at the 2015 and 2018 European Championships. He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Short Track Speed Skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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

paragraph: Bykanov was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and is Jewish. He moved to Israel in 1994, and has lived there ever since. Bykanov lives in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, and in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. He studied Economics and Management at Open University of Israel. His nickname is Vlad.

paragraph: Section::::Skating career.

paragraph: His coach is Jeroen Otter. Bykanov started skating when he was eight years old, in Northern Israel. In 2007 Bykanov broke an ankle and missed three months, in 2011 he again broke an ankle and missed four months, in 2015 he had hip surgery and was out for eight months, and in 2016 he had another hip operation.

paragraph: Bykanov qualified to compete for Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in all three individual races. By doing so he became the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating. He was Israel's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. He came in 19th in the 500m, 24th in the 1,000m, and 25th in the 1,500m.

paragraph: He had his best showing in the 500m in a World Championship in the 2014 World Championship in Montreal, coming in 13th. Bykanov had his other best World Championship showings in the 2016 World Championship in Seoul, coming in 13th in the 1,000m, 15th in the 1,500m, and 15th overall.

paragraph: Bykanov became the first Israeli short track skater to finish in the top three at the European Championships when he won the gold medal in the 3,000m super final in 2015 in Dordrecht, Netherlands, with a time of 5 minutes 2.882 seconds, ahead of Thibaut Fauconnet of France. At the 2017 European Championships he won a bronze medal in the 1,500m.

paragraph: At the January 2018 European Championships in Dresden, Germany, Bykanov won the gold medal in the 3,000m, the silver medal in the Overall competition, and the bronze medal in the 1,500m. He also came in 5th in the 500m, and 21st in the 1,000m.

paragraph: Bykanov competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Short Track Speed Skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

description: Israeli short track speed skater

wikidata_label: Vladislav Bykanov

wikipedia_title: Vladislav Bykanov


text: Norwegian

text: opera

text: soprano

text: Jussi Björling

text: Royal Opera

text: Stockholm

text: Herbert von Karajan

text: Georg Solti

text: Målselv

text: Troms

text: Stockholm

text: Vienna State Opera

text: Metropolitan Opera

text: New York City

text: Norwegian Academy of Music

text: Norwegian Opera

text: Order of St. Olav

text: Børt-Erik Thoresen

text: Lillehammer

text: Oppland

text: Music Information Centre Norway

text: Obituary in

text: Dagbladet

categories: 2013 deaths,Norwegian Academy of Music faculty,People from Målselv,Norwegian operatic sopranos,1923 births

paragraph: Aase Nordmo Løvberg

paragraph: Aase Nordmo Løvberg (10 June 192325 January 2013) was a Norwegian opera soprano. She was one of the 20th century's foremost Nordic singers. For many years she sang with Jussi Björling at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and she also sang under renowned conductors such as Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti.

paragraph: Løvberg was born in Målselv, Troms, and made her professional début in Oslo in 1948. In the period 1952 to 1970 she lived in Stockholm, interrupted by a stay at the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

paragraph: Løvberg was a professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music and head of the Norwegian Opera. She was a Commander of the Order of St. Olav, and won a Gammleng prize in the veteran class in 2000. She was married to Børt-Erik Thoresen.

paragraph: Løvberg lived her last years in Lillehammer, Oppland, where she died aged 89.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music Information Centre Norway

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography on NRK Klassisk website (Norwegian)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary in "Dagbladet"

description: opera singer

wikidata_label: Aase Nordmo Løvberg

wikipedia_title: Aase Nordmo Løvberg


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paragraph: French Montana

paragraph: Karim Kharbouch (born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is an American rapper, singer , songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, and record executive. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 13. He is the founder of Coke Boys Records, and its predecessor Cocaine City Records. In 2012, he signed a joint-venture recording deal with Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group.

paragraph: Kharbouch released his mixtape debut in 2007 and in 2010, had a breakthrough with the single "Choppa Choppa Down". He released his debut studio album "Excuse My French" on May 21, 2013. In July 2017, Montana released his second studio album, "Jungle Rules", which peaked at number three on the "Billboard" 200. The album was supported by the single "Unforgettable", featuring Swae Lee, which became Montana's first song as lead artist to reach the top 10 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Karim Kharbouch ( "Karīm Kharbūš" ) was born on November 9, 1984, in Casablanca, Morocco. He grew up at the family estate outside Casablanca where he lived for the first 13 years of his life. Growing up, he was consumed with soccer and rap, describing them as his two favorite childhood hobbies, before getting into basketball in his later teens.

paragraph: In 1996, at the age of 13, Kharbouch left Morocco with his parents and younger brother for New York City, where they settled in the South Bronx. Kharbouch spoke only his native languages of Moroccan Darija and French when he first arrived, and learned English in the streets and in the Bronx high schools of Lehman and Roosevelt. After struggling for two years, his father decided they would move back to Casablanca, but his mother opted to stay back with their children citing lack of opportunities back home. His mother was pregnant with his youngest brother at the time, who was born in the United States shortly after his father departed for Morocco. With three children, his mother was dependent on welfare for financial support. Kharbouch eventually found himself the primary breadwinner for the family.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: French Montana began his career as a battle rapper in his teens under the name Young French. In 2002, French and close friend Cams created a series of street DVDs called "Cocaine City", drawing inspiration from the "Smack" DVD series popular at the time. The series featured interviews with major and upcoming rappers, personalities, and a focus on street music and hip hop beefs. Initially as Young French, he used the DVDs as a means of showcasing his talent as an underground artist, including in it his own original music, freestyles, and collaborations with other artists. The first volume in the series featured Pee Wee Kirkland and Remy Ma among others. What started out as a medium for developing an audience, quickly grew into one of the top-selling street DVDs. The series ran for eight years between 2002–2010, totaling 14 volumes, and multiple spinoff films. Based out of the Bronx, French ran the series with the help of childhood friends including Brock, Droop Pop and Cheeze, who went on to become the first rappers that formed the Coke Boys.

paragraph: In 2003, French suffered a gunshot to the head when he was confronted by two armed gunmen as he was leaving a recording studio in the Bronx. The incident resulted in one of the gunmen dead, in what is believed to be a case of "friendly fire" by one assailant against the other. French was then hospitalized for several weeks. Upon discharge, he discovered that he was set up by someone close to him and his circle.

paragraph: In 2007, French Montana released his debut mixtape "French Revolution Vol. 1", which included collaborations with Uncle Murda, Jae Millz, Mazaradi Fox and Tony Yayo. The track "Quarter to Eight" was the first of many collaborations with Rick Ross. The J.Cardim-produced "Straight Cash" was French's first underground hit. In 2008, he released his second mixtape, "Live From Africa". The song "Waavvy" was the first collaboration with rapper Max B.

paragraph: French Montana and Max B released their debut collaborative mixtape "Coke Wave" on February 6, 2009. A few weeks later, on February 23, Max B's mixtape "Quarantine" was released, while French released his "The Laundry Man" on February 24, 2009. The two artists resumed concentrating on their solo records, until the release of their second collaborative mixtape "Coke Wave 2" in November that year.

paragraph: French was included in XXL's Freshman Class of 2012. At that time he had already been signed to Bad Boy Records following the success of his single "Shot Caller", and had just signed a joint-venture between Bad Boy and Maybach Music Group.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2002–10: Cocaine City Records.:Harry Fraud and the Chinatown raid.

paragraph: In an interview with "Rolling Stone" magazine, close friend and producer Harry Fraud revealed first meeting French Montana during a recording session at a studio in Chinatown. Fraud recalls recording a song for someone which French happened to have a guest feature on. In an unusual turn of events, the building was raided by police after a tip-off that there were counterfeit Gucci and Louis Vuitton purses being manufactured at the same building. Having lost his studio spot, Fraud went on to form his own studio in Brooklyn, where the two "met and formed a bond".

paragraph: Harry Fraud, who hails from a musical family background and had interned at a recording studio, was still unknown professionally at the time. The two released their first collaboration "New York Minute", featuring Jadakiss, off of French's fifth mixtape "Mac Wit Da Cheese" released on April 19, 2009. Following its success, the two artists recorded "We Playin In The Wind" off of French's sixth mixtape "The Laundry Man 2" released on June 29. With "New York Minute" still buzzing in the city, rapper Ma$e would approach French Montana to hop on the remix, included in French's eighth mixtape "Coke Wave 2" released in November. Since then, Harry Fraud's production has been a staple among French's music, and Fraud has since ventured out into working with various other artists. Fraud gained mainstream attention when his track with French Montana "Shot Caller" became one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio in 2011–2012.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2002–10: Cocaine City Records.:Gaby Acevedo and signing with Akon.

paragraph: Starting in 2009, French Montana had signed a deal with Akon and his Konvict Music label. The two previously met in Miami in 2008, and later appeared on DJ Green Lantern's "Invasion Radio" on SiriusXM's Hip-Hop Nation. The pair collaborated on a series of tracks including their first single "Married to the Streets" on French's seventh mixtape "Cocaine Konvicts" released on September 25. In later interviews, French revealed that he had a "shopping deal" with Akon for a six months to a year period. "A shopping deal is when an artist takes a liking in you, and they try to take you to a label to get you signed. I was gonna go get signed to his label, but they were going through problems with Interscope. [As a result] my deal was over with him, so I went and did my own thing", claimed French in his 2012 interview with Complex. Akon, whom French refers to as "big brother", would continue to maintain a relationship with French, collaborating on songs together despite the unsuccessful deal between the two.

paragraph: French had met Akon through their mutual friend Gaby Acevedo. Acevedo was then-president of SRC Records – under founder and chairman Steve Rifkind — the label first responsible for breaking out artists such as Akon, David Banner, and Remy Ma, then a member of Fat Joe's Terror Squad. Acevedo, whom French had befriended during his time working on the "Cocaine City" DVDs, had put his music on to Akon who then approached French inviting him to meet him in Florida. Although the Akon deal was short-lived, Acevedo would eventually go on to become French's manager following his mainstream breakout. In 2012, with Rifkind leaving SRC's parent company Universal Music Group in September, the SRC imprint would close shop as well. With French's management deal with Mizay Entertainment having recently ended, Gaby Acevedo would postpone retirement to become his new manager, where he now spends his time on the road touring with French.

paragraph: French released his tenth mixtape "Coke Boys" on September 15, 2010, which included collaborations with Three 6 Mafia, Gucci Mane, Akon, Fat Joe, fellow Coke Boys, among others. The record which included the track "Choppa Choppa Down", featuring Waka Flocka Flame, became a hit among clubs and radio throughout the south. Waka Flocka, who recently broken into the mainstream with his single "Hard In Da Paint" released on May 13, had recorded the song earlier that year while Gucci Mane was still in prison. An early remix to the song, featuring French Montana, was included in French's ninth mixtape "Mac & Cheese 2" released earlier that year on May 6 and which also included collaborations with rising stars Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Curren$y and Nipsey Hussle among others. The two respective breakout tracks would kick off the start of a close relationship between French and Waka Flocka, where the two describe themselves as being "brothers".

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2010–11: Choppa Choppa Down and southern breakout.:Signing with Debra Antney.

paragraph: On November 18, 2010, XXL magazine reported on French Montana having signed with Atlanta-based management firm Mizay Entertainment, headed by Debra Antney. Debra, who is Waka Flocka's mother, was also manager to Gucci Mane, OJ Da Juiceman, rising star Lex Luger and the 808 Mafia production team, and formerly Nicki Minaj prior to her mainstream breakout. The music video for "Choppa Choppa Down", which featured a Black Hawk Down theme, was released in late-January and included cameos from Gucci, Shawty Lo, DJ Holiday and members of Brick Squad Monopoly. With the success of the "Coke Boys" mixtape and his recent management deal with Debra, French adopted a recurring trap influence among his music. in 2013, Debra Antney sued French Montana for dealing behind her back for commission. In 2017, Debra won the lawsuit against him for which he was obliged to pay $2 million to Debra.

paragraph: On February 15, French released his eleventh mixtape "", which featured productions from Fraud and Lex Luger among others, including his soon-to-be next hit "Shot Caller". The tape's combination of hard trap beats alongside the more soulful beats – such as those of his New York producer Harry Fraud – would become a fixture among French's music. The latter sound being further explored in his twelfth mixtape "Coke Boys 2" released on August 19, providing a softer break from his more robust tapes that year. Both records have been acclaimed for their production and hooks. French would continue on his increasing presence in the South, releasing his collaborative mixtape with Waka Flocka called "Lock Out" on December 14. That same month, he would release his long-awaited collaborative mixtape "Cocaine Mafia" with Memphis-based rappers Juicy J and Project Pat, released on December 19. This would be French's thirteenth and fourteenth mixtapes, respectively. With four records out in 2011, it would be his busiest year of releases since 2009. In a 2012 interview with Parlé magazine, French revealed his deal with Mizay Entertainment as having been for a year and a half.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2010–11: Choppa Choppa Down and southern breakout.:Collaborating with Rick Ross.

paragraph: With French's growing buzz in the South, he was approached by Florida-based rapper Rick Ross who invited him to his studio. French, who admits having been a fan of Ross' music, was invited to come "at like three in the morning" where he listened to his upcoming MMG collaborative album "Self Made Vol. 1". The two recorded a track for the album, while Ross hopped on the remix to "Choppa Choppa Down". The new single, which also featured Wiz Khalifa, was released on April 28, 2011, with the music video coming out in June. An earlier remix featuring Gucci Mane and Wiz Khalifa had been released on March 25. The collaboration would mark the start of French's relationship with Rick Ross and his Maybach Music Group, prompting speculation whether French would be signing to the label.

paragraph: With French juggling between Atlanta and New York, his song "Shot Caller" off of the "Casino Life" record would gain traction on New York radio beginning mid-2011. During an on-air interview with Fat Joe on DJ Green Lantern's "Invasion Radio" in October 2011, French would call in to praise close friend and fellow-Bronx rapper Fat Joe, revealing his role in helping to get "Shot Caller" on the airwaves. Fat Joe, whom he refers to as "big brother", praised French's work ethic and revealed that French had been receiving offers from several major labels.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2011–12: Shot Caller and New York takeover.:Jim Jones bottle-throwing incident.

paragraph: On the night of August 5, 2011, Bronx-based rapper Fat Joe was slated to host Funkmaster Flex's birthday party at Webster Hall. During his performance, Fat Joe brought out French Montana to perform on stage. Controversy erupted as Jim Jones and his entourage, who were reportedly on the adjacent balcony seats, began hurling bottles and glass at the performers. The following day, videos of the incident were uploaded online, depicting French and his entourage facing a barrage of glass and liquor on stage, as they continued performing his rendition of "Hard In Da Paint" while facing the mentioned balcony with the crowd chanting along to it. Some of the members on stage hurled debris back towards the balcony, as Jones and his entourage eventually exited the premises.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2011–12: Shot Caller and New York takeover.:Collaborating with Diddy.

paragraph: Fat Joe and Waka Flocka accompanied French Montana in his video shoot for "Shot Caller" later that month in August. The song, which made reference to Diddy's 1997 hit "Its All About The Benjamins", would soon garner the interest of the Bad Boy mogul. On October 9, French announced Diddy and T.I. for the official remix to the song. DJ Drama, who called it his favorite record, referred T.I. to jump on the remix. Although the T.I. feature never came to fruition, the remix was released on November 24, and featured rappers Diddy and Rick Ross.

paragraph: With "Shot Caller" already one of the most played tracks on New York radio, on stations such as Hot 97 and Power 105, French was slated to appear on the upcoming episode of BET's "106 & Park" on December 6, where he would be debuting the music video and announcing the label he's signing with. Diddy would also appear that night as part of his "Bad Boy Takeover" campaign, whereon the two officially announced that French Montana had signed to Bad Boy Records. Between 2011–2012, "Shot Caller" had become one of the most added tracks on urban contemporary radio in the country. It was re-released as a single on January 10, and the music video for the remix was released in February 2012. A "NY Giants remix" premiered on Funkmaster Flex's radio show on January 6, celebrating the Giants' Super Bowl win against the Patriots the day before.

paragraph: Having received offers from several labels, including Jay-Z's Roc Nation and Kanye's GOOD Music; on December 6 on BET, French Montana publicly announced signing with Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. In a subsequent interview with Billboard magazine, French revealed that had he not signed with Bad Boy that MMG would be his next choice. However, on January 4, 2012, while in the studio with Rick Ross, the two announced French's new signing to a joint-venture between Bad Boy Records and Maybach Music Group, making him a part of both labels. Both Ross and Diddy would be executive producing his debut studio album.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2012–16: Signing to Bad Boy and MMG.:Stay Schemin and Pop That.

paragraph: On January 6, the two dropped Ross' track "Stay Schemin" with rapper Drake. Notable for its memorable French and Ross "hook", the track became one of the biggest hits that year, oft-talked about for its Drake verse believed to be a "diss" towards rapper Common at the time. French Montana was featured on XXL's Freshman Class of 2012 alongside Future, Kid Ink, Danny Brown, Macklemore, Don Trip, Hopsin, Iggy Azalea, Roscoe Dash, and Bad Boy labelmate MGK. French later revealed to host Sway Calloway on MTV's "RapFix Live" in August 2012 that he almost turned down the cover opportunity feeling he deserved it a year or two prior.

paragraph: French's first single from the upcoming album, "Pop That" was released on June 15, featuring Ross, Drake and Lil Wayne. The song would be one of the biggest hits that year, and a still-popular club and summer anthem since. It is French's most successful commercial single, having been certified "platinum" by the RIAA, and peaking at #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B and Rap charts and #36 on the Hot 100. While initially expected for a release in July 2012, French's album went through several pushbacks until its finalized release date of May 21, 2013. The date which happened to coincide with the birthdays of Max B and famous labelmate the late Notorious B.I.G. In the meantime, French had released his fifteenth mixtape "Coke Boys 3" on April 13, 2012, which included collaborations with fellow Coke Boys Chinx Drugz and Cheeze, alongside the likes of Ross, Akon, Kevin Gates and Wale. Notable tracks among others include, a rare collaboration between French, Chinx and the late Stack Bundles on "Tap That", and "Headquarters" featuring Red Café and Chinx, the music video for which premiered on July 21.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2012–16: Signing to Bad Boy and MMG.:The Homecoming and "Mac & Cheese 3".

paragraph: In September 2012, French Montana was featured on the cover of the 82nd issue of The FADER magazine, who joined French on his first homecoming to Morocco after seventeen years since his family moved to the United States in 1996. The article describes his journey through Morocco, meeting his mother's family, and eventually his estranged father who isn't made aware of his son's coming arrival. French was accompanied by manager Gaby Acevedo, and youngest brother Ayoub, in addition to Zach Baron and Michael Schmelling of The FADER. The piece ends with an emotional reunion between the father and the two sons, including Ayoub who had previously never met their father before.

paragraph: French marked the end of the year with his sixteenth mixtape "Mac & Cheese 3" released on November 20, 2012. which included collaborations with Prodigy, Fabolous, Future, Fat Joe, Ma$e, Rico Love and Trina among others. Acclaimed for its production and track selection, it was among the most downloaded mixtapes of all time. With several productions from Young Chop, the music video to "Devil Wants My Soul" premiered on November 5, and an in-studio video of "Ocho Cinco" on November 26. Both songs would go viral, prompting another music video for "Ocho Cinco" – featuring Diddy, MGK, Red Café and King Los – released in February 2013. The song was also included as a bonus track on the upcoming "Excuse My French" album. The run up to which included further video releases, including the Black Metaphor produced "Sanctuary" on February 3, Swizz Beatz produced "Diamonds" featuring Ross and J. Cole on February 17, and Fraud produced "State of Mind" on May 15 and "Intro (Only If For A Night)" on November 30, among others. Since the tapes' premiere on DatPiff, it would reach the 500K "double platinum" rating by first month, and presently stands at a "diamond" rating with over 1.4 million downloads on that site alone.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2012–16: Signing to Bad Boy and MMG.:"Excuse My French".

paragraph: In January 2013, French announced his second single "Freaks", featuring Nicki Minaj, from his upcoming album to be a remake of Lil Vicious' 1994 song of the same name. The song premiered on Hot 97 on February 13, with the music video coming out on March 3. The remix, featuring an additional Ross, Wale, Mavado and DJ Khaled, was released on April 25. A bonus track "Marble Floors" was released earlier on December 4, 2012, featuring Ross, Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz with production from Mike WiLL Made It. It would fast become a viral hit, only to be outdone by French's third single "Ain't Worried About Nothin" released on April 15, 2013. The music video premiered on May 7, and would be the last before the release of his album on May 21. Subsequent music videos included, "Trap House" featuring Ross and Birdman released on September 23, "Gifted" featuring The Weeknd on October 15, "Once In A While" featuring Max B on November 18, and "Paranoid" featuring Johnny May Cash on January 20, 2014, among others.

paragraph: His first solo single "Ain't Worried About Nothin" was a hit on radio stations, and a remix featuring Ross, Diddy and Snoop Dogg was released on October 4, and a second remix featuring Miley Cyrus on October 14. Upon its release, "Excuse My French" was met with mixed reviews from music critics. It fared better commercially, debuting at number 4 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 56,000 copies in the United States. The album also featured collaborations with Raekwon, Scarface, Ne-Yo and Jeremih among others.

paragraph: Following the album release, French announced signing Chicago-based rapper Lil Durk to his Coke Boys. French, who is close to producer Young Chop, had previously collaborated with Durk on his recent mixtape and with Chief Keef on his debut album the year before. Durk, Chinx and Young Chop appeared in the music video to "Paranoid", featuring Chop's brother Johnny May Cash. The song is inspired by French's brushes with death, including the late-2003 incident where he survived a gunshot to the head. Durk collaborated on several records with French in the coming years, starting with the remix to Durk's breakout single "Dis Ain't What U Want" featuring French, Ross and Meek Mill, released on November 27, 2013.

paragraph: French appeared as a featured artist on several singles in 2013, most notably Joe Budden's "NBA" with Wiz Khalifa released on March 26; ASAP Ferg's "Work (Remix)" – alongside Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky and Trinidad James – on May 14; Canadian singer Massari's "Shisha" on May 21; and Will.i.am's "Feelin Myself" with Miley Cyrus and Wiz Khalifa on November 26, among others.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2012–16: Signing to Bad Boy and MMG.:Pushbacks and comebacks.

paragraph: Despite several pushbacks, French released his seventeenth mixtape "Coke Boys 4" on January 2, 2014, which included collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, MGK, Mally Mall, Lil Durk and MeetSims, among others. The music video for the "Paranoid (Remix)" – featuring Diddy, Ross, Meek, Durk, Chinx and Jadakiss – was released on April 13. Subsequent music videos included, "88 Coupes" featuring Jadakiss released on May 15, "God Body" featuring Chinx on May 28, and "Money Bag" with Durk and Chinx on June 23. In a January 2014 "Rolling Stone" interview, French revealed that his next "Mac & Cheese" would be a studio album instead of a mixtape.

paragraph: In 2014, French collaborated with Diddy on Ross' track "Nobody" released on February 19. Rick Ross' remake of the late Notorious B.I.G.'s 1997 song "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)", featured an eerie chorus by French and interludes of Diddy in a live motivational rant. The song was inspired by Ross' brush against death the year before, when his Rolls-Royce came under repeated gunshot fire while driving through Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 28, 2013. In a bizarre series of events, French Montana would experience a similar but unrelated event months later when his convoy came under fire on March 1 in Philadelphia during his "Excuse My French" tour after French had finished performing a show hours earlier. The music video premiered on February 27, 2014. Albeit met with mixed to positive reviews, the song would be a hit and was re-released as a single on March 3, 2014. French joined Ross for a live performance on the television program "Late Night with Seth Meyers" on March 5, 2014.

paragraph: French Montana would collaborate with fellow-Bronx native Jennifer Lopez on her comeback single "I Luh Ya Papi". The song premiered on LA's Power 106 in March 5, and was released as a single on March 11, with the music video coming out two days later. The single was an international hit, and among the most added/played tracks on rhythmic contemporary radio in Canada. French also appeared in the music video to Fat Joe's single "Stressin", featuring Jennifer Lopez, which premiered in October later that year. French joined Rick Ross on Puff Daddy's comeback single "Big Homie" from his upcoming album "MMM". With a guest verse by Ross and ad-libs by French, the single was released on March 24, with the music video premiering on March 31. French Montana joined Ross, Meek and veteran Jay-Z on DJ Khaled's summer hit "They Don't Love You No More". The single was released on March 29, with the music video coming out on June 22 that year.

paragraph: On July 17, teasers to the movie "" were released featuring music from French's upcoming single "Don't Panic". A month earlier, Instagram photos of the two showed French with then-girlfriend Khloé Kardashian on set with matching masks on, prompting speculation whether she was in the coming video. Following weeks of promotion, the single was released on August 12. The music video, which retained the dark themes of the movie while maintaining its catchy DJ Mustard character, became a viral hit. The couple had created bit of a stir two months earlier, on June 2, when Khloé posted an IG photo of the two on set of "They Don't Love You No More", depicting French holding a rifle in his arms with Khloé seated next to him with a bottle of liquor to her mouth. The remix to "Don't Panic", featuring Jeremih and Chris Brown, was released on October 14.

paragraph: French Montana would join Remy Ma on DJ Khaled's "They Don't Love You No More (Remix)" released on August 2. Khaled's former Terror Squad affiliate and Bronx-native Remy Ma had just been released from prison the day prior. The three appeared together in the music video which premiered on August 23. This was her first musical comeback since her incarceration six years earlier. French collaborated with Ashanti on her second single "Early In The Morning" released on October 14 off of her comeback album, "Braveheart". This would be Ashanti's first album in six years.

paragraph: French released his second single "Bad Bitch", featuring Jeremih, in December 2014, with the music video premiering on February 23, 2015. In late-October, French had announced his "Set It Off" tour with Jeremih, running up to his expected "Mac & Cheese: The Album" release in December. With the album eventually pushed back to next year; in its place, French released his collaborative EP with Harry Fraud, "Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer" on December 12, 2014. His eighteenth mixtape, "The Appetizer" marked a shift away from French's usual feature-heavy records. With Fraud's signature sample-heavy production, French blurred the lines between rap and R&B in a manner not unlike that of Max B, and with subject matter ranging from difficult life-decisions, women, addiction and memories of his bygone friendship with his now-incarcerated rap soulmate. In August 2015, French paired with pop-opera artist Charisse Mills for the single "Champagne."

paragraph: Section::::Career.:2016–present: "Wave Gods", signing to Epic and cancellation revival of "MC4" and "Jungle Rules".

paragraph: On February 14, 2016, DJ Khaled announced that he would debut French's new mixtape on We The Best Radio. The mixtape, hosted by Max B, debuted on February 19, 2016. On May 5, 2016, French's contract with Interscope and MMG ended, and he later signed a joint venture record deal with Bad Boy and Epic Records. Later, French was going to release his second studio album "MC4" in October 2016, however, the album's release was canceled after Target unofficially released the album on CD on its original release date (August 19, 2016), two months before the album was set to release, which also managed to leak its entirety on internet as a leak, plus some "sample clearance issues" on tracks like "I'm Heated" and 2 Times". It was originally supposed to be the fourth installment in the "Mac & Cheese" series, and the first to be originally released as an album. French later stated that he's planning to start a new record label with Max B when he is released. On November 5, 2016, Montana unexpectedly released the album as a mixtape instead and premiered it on Drake's Beats 1 radio show, OVO Sound radio later that night. Montana revealed in an interview with Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 radio show that the first and second single from his upcoming project is ready to be released. He also announced a collaborative track with Chance the Rapper and Quavo, produced by Ben Billions, a collaboration with Swae Lee that is "just like 'Unforgettable'", as well as a song called "No Stylist".

paragraph: On July 14, 2017 Montana released Jungle Rules

paragraph: Section::::Philanthropy.

paragraph: Montana's charitable work started after he visited Uganda to film his "Unforgettable" video in 2017, a song that gained over a billion streams and held strong on the top 10 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. His efforts in Uganda raised half a million dollars to build the Suubi hospital which serves over 300,000 citizens of Uganda.

paragraph: In 2018, French was given the honor of Global Citizen Ambassador for his charity work in the East African country, Uganda. This was the first time the honor has been bestowed upon a rapper.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Montana is fluent in his native Arabic and French as well as in English. He cites being a father as one of his driving inspirations.

paragraph: Montana has been a resident of the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey. In 2016, he bought Selena Gomez's Calabasas, California home for $3.3 million.

paragraph: Montana married Deen Kharbouch in 2007. The couple had separated by 2012, and their divorce was finalized in 2014. They have a son who was born in 2010.

paragraph: In June 2018, Montana became a U.S. citizen.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Shooting incident.

paragraph: In 2003, two gunmen shot at Montana as he left a recording studio in New York, striking him in the head. He survived and was hospitalized for several weeks. One of the gunmen died during the incident, in what is believed to be a case of "friendly fire" by one assailant against the other. Montana was investigated for the incident, but the case was eventually dismissed. In early 2013, Montana visited the site of the shooting with a camera crew from Life+Times as he recalled the near-death experience and his life growing up in the Bronx. This was the first time he had visited the location since the attempted murder ten years earlier. According to French, he was set up by someone close to him and his circle.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Exotic pets.

paragraph: French has been the owner of a number of pets, ranging from dogs to exotic animals such as tigers and a monkey. On April 22, 2013, French Montana posted an Instagram picture with the caption "Got so high last night bought 2 baby tigers". The picture was of French outdoors holding two tiger cubs, one on each arm. The tigers, named Ike and Tina, were prominently featured in French's music video for "The Gifted" featuring friend and singer The Weeknd, released later that year. In 2014, the rapper noted he had given up the two tigers shortly after getting them, citing the difficulty in feeding and caring for the animals.

paragraph: Since late-2014, French Montana became the owner of a pet monkey named Julius Ceasor. A video of the animal was uploaded on December 18, showing French and record producer Mally Mall entering a private-jet with French then cradling the infant monkey in his arms.

paragraph: Section::::Musical influences.

paragraph: French Montana describes Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Snoop Dogg, and Wu-Tang Clan among the hip hop artists he listened to growing up. He considers himself a music lover in general, and admires the work of English soul/R&B singers Adele and Amy Winehouse, the English rock band Florence + the Machine, and American singer Lana Del Rey, several of whom he has sampled in his music.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Excuse My French" (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jungle Rules" (2017)

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.:Grammy Awards.

paragraph: !Ref.

description: Moroccan-American rapper and singer from New York

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paragraph: Mike McClure

paragraph: Mike McClure (born July 6, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer from Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He is currently the frontman for the Mike McClure Band. McClure is a founding member of The Great Divide, and was a member until he and the band parted ways in 2002. The Mike McClure Band consists of McClure (guitar, vocals), and Caleb Shirtum (bass).

paragraph: McClure got his start in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and would hang out and play music at the notorious "Farm" with other Red Dirt artists such as Bob Childers, Tom Skinner, and Scott Evans. After forming The Great Divide with J.J. Lester, Scotte Lester, and Kelley Green in 1992 and contributing to six studio albums and one live two-part album, McClure set out to do his own thing.

paragraph: In 2002, while still a member of The Great Divide, he released Twelve Pieces, his first solo album. First there was Les Paul Clanton on bass and Rodney Pyeatt on guitar. Both went to do other projects. After recruiting Tom Skinner (bass) and Eric Hansen (drums), McClure had his band together. In 2004, The Mike McClure Band released their first album Everything Upside Down, a hard-hitting rock album. McClure often uses the quote that his new band is "twice as loud, and half as popular." Since the first album, the band has put out seven more albums, including the 2004 collaboration with the Burtschi Brothers of Norman, Oklahoma. After the death of Tom Skinner in July 2015 and the departure of Hansen, the band took on its current look.

paragraph: As a songwriter and producer, McClure has collaborated with many other Red Dirt artists. He has become the permanent producer for Cross Canadian Ragweed. Usually contributing also as a songwriter, he has produced five of their seven studio albums, jokingly earning him the title of "prodouchebag." McClure has also produced albums by other artists around the scene such as Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Scott Copeland, Johnny Cooper, Whiskey Myers, and the Turnpike Troubadours.

paragraph: In 2011 McClure Produced and Recorded with The Damn Quails, releasing "Down the Hatch" in October 2011.

paragraph: In 2014, McClure produced and recorded The Chris Brazeal Band, releasing their 3rd album "A Heart Like Yours" in September 2014. He appears on their cover of Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night"

paragraph: Section::::Notable appearances.

paragraph: "I'd Rather Have Nothing", written by McClure and originally recorded by The Great Divide

paragraph: was recorded by Garth Brooks for his 2005 Limited Series Box Set on the album "The Lost Sessions".

paragraph: It has sold over 2 million copies.

paragraph: "Fighting For", written by McClure and Cody Canada reached number 39 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart. It

paragraph: was recorded by Cross Canadian Ragweed for their album "Garage".

paragraph: McClure has been working with Joe Hardy since "Foam".

paragraph: Reunited with all original members of The Great Divide in August 2011 for a reunion concert in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The band

paragraph: plans to tour lightly throughout 2012.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Band website

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wikidata_label: Mike McClure

wikipedia_title: Mike McClure


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paragraph: Ralph Houk

paragraph: Ralph George Houk (; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961–63, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships.

paragraph: Section::::Playing career.

paragraph: A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Houk was a catcher working his way through the Yankees' farm system when the U.S. entered World War II. He enlisted in the armed forces, became an Army Ranger, and rose to Major (the source of his Yankee nickname). He was a combat veteran of Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and the Silver Star with oak leaf clusters.

paragraph: Returning to baseball after the war, Houk eventually reached the Major Leagues, serving as the Yankees' second- and third-string catcher behind Yogi Berra. A right-handed hitter listed as tall and , Houk played in only 91 games over eight seasons (1947–54), finishing with a batting average of .272. Although the Yankees participated in six World Series during that period, Houk had only two Series at bats (one in , the other in ), batting .500.

paragraph: Section::::Coaching career.

paragraph: During his last five years as a big-league player (1950–54), Houk played in only 31 regular-season games, made 30 total plate appearances, and caught 83 innings. But by 1953 he had transitioned to becoming the Yankees' full-time bullpen coach, effectively beginning his managerial apprenticeship.

paragraph: In 1955 he was named manager of the Yanks' Triple-A affiliate, the Denver Bears of the American Association. Following three highly successful seasons at Denver, culminating with the 1957 league playoff and Junior World Series championships, Houk returned to the Bronx as Stengel's first-base coach from 1958–60. From late May through early June , Houk served as acting manager of the Yanks for 13 games while Stengel, 70, was sidelined by illness. (The team won 7 and lost 6.) Then, after the Yanks lost the 1960 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates—and with Houk one of the hottest managerial candidates in baseball—the Yankees "discharged" Stengel (to use Stengel's own words) and promoted Houk.

paragraph: Section::::A player's manager.

paragraph: Houk was known as a "player's manager"—albeit one with a quick temper. Future Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda briefly played for Houk at Denver and called Houk the best handler of men he ever played for, and modeled his managerial style on him. The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, of which Houk is a member, describes Houk as "rough, blunt and decisive" and his tantrums in arguments with umpires earned him 45 ejections as a manager in the majors. Houk is tied with Billy Martin for fourteenth place on baseball's "most ejected" list.

paragraph: The early 1960s Yankees responded to Houk's leadership; the 1961 team led by Roger Maris (61 home runs), Mickey Mantle (54 homers) and Whitey Ford (25 victories) won 109 games and beat the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. His club won 96 games, and were victorious over the San Francisco Giants in seven games in the Fall Classic. In , the Yanks won 104 games and rolled to the pennant, but were swept in four games by the Dodgers in the Series.

paragraph: Section::::In the Yankees front office.

paragraph: Houk moved into the Yankees' front office as general manager on October 23, 1963, replacing Roy Hamey, and Berra, at the end of his playing career, became the Yanks' new manager. Yogi would win the pennant after a summer-long struggle with the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox, but Houk and the Yankee ownership quickly became disenchanted with Berra's work and in late August they made up their mind to fire him regardless of how the season turned out. After the Yankees' seven-game loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1964 World Series, Houk sacked Berra. Later, Houk said that the Yankee brain trust had concluded Berra wasn't ready to be a manager, though he didn't elaborate on the reasoning.

paragraph: To succeed Berra, he then hired Johnny Keane, who had just resigned as manager of the champion Cardinals. Houk had admired Keane as a competitor in the American Association from almost a decade before and, according to author David Halberstam, the Yankees had made overtures to Keane during the 1964 regular season about becoming their manager for 1965. But the great postwar Yankee dynasty was aged and crumbling, the farm system had seriously deteriorated, and the Kansas City Athletics were no longer a reliable source for Major League talent. Keane, a longtime minor league manager, was better suited by temperament for managing young players than established and aging superstars, and his hiring was a failure. The team fell to sixth in —their first losing record since 1925, and only their second since 1918. When they won only four of the first 20 games of , Houk fired Keane on May 7 and named himself manager, assuming that job for the second time.

paragraph: Section::::Back to the bench.

paragraph: Section::::Back to the bench.:Second term with Yankees.

paragraph: Houk (eventually succeeded as general manager by Lee MacPhail) thus began a second, and far less successful, term as Yankee manager, finishing the 1966 season. Their talent and farm system both depleted, the Yankees finished in last place for the first time since . A long rebuilding process followed, including Bobby Richardson's retirement (Richardson's roommate, Tony Kubek, had retired because a bad back after the 1965 season) and the trading away of Maris, Clete Boyer and, during the 1967 season, Elston Howard.

paragraph: Houk would continue to manage the Yankees from 1967 until 1973. His best season was , when the Yanks won 93 games, but finished 15 games behind the eventual World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. He worked for George Steinbrenner for one season, in , and was the Bombers' manager during their final game in 1973 at the "original" Yankee Stadium prior to its closure for two years for renovation.

paragraph: After the final game of 1973, he resigned as manager. While Steinbrenner's commanding style has led some to think the new owner influenced Houk's departure, he told Bill Madden of the "New York Daily News" it was the constant booing of Yankee fans that pushed him. Houk even said that Steinbrenner insisted he'd get some new players to restore the team's greatness. "And he did, bringing in Catfish and Reggie, " Houk told Madden in the sportswriter's book "Pride of October." "That'll make you good in a hurry!" Apart from a brief stint with the Detroit Tigers' Class B affiliate in Augusta, Georgia; he had spent the first 35 years of his adult life on the Yankees' payroll.

paragraph: Section::::Back to the bench.:Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: On October 11, 1973—less than two weeks after Houk left the Yankee organization—he became the manager of the rebuilding Detroit Tigers. The veteran club (its 1973 roster averaged 31.8 years of age) had won the AL East in 1972 under Billy Martin, but was in need of replacing its longtime stars, including Hall of Famer Al Kaline, with younger talent. The low point came in , when Houk's team lost 102 games, but the Tigers improved their record by 14 games behind the heroics of rookie pitcher Mark Fidrych, who won 19 games while becoming a national sensation. By , Houk had restored Detroit to respectability and its first winning record since 1973, bringing to the team future stars of the Sparky Anderson Tigers such as Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell and Jack Morris. After an 86–76 season in 1978, and with the roster's average age a youthful 26.3, Houk retired.

paragraph: Section::::Back to the bench.:Boston Red Sox.

paragraph: Houk's name had been linked by the media with the Boston Red Sox' managerial job since his days as a Yankees' coach. After two years of retirement, in the autumn of , Houk, now 61, was ready to get back into baseball. In late October, when the Red Sox called about their opening (they had fired Don Zimmer), he jumped at the chance.

paragraph: Although not as daunting as his Detroit assignment, Houk faced another rebuilding job: the powerful Boston team of the 1970s was about to lose marquee players such as Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn and needed to retool its roster. But Houk rose to the challenge, and in four seasons produced three over-.500 teams. On his watch, Boston broke in young players Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Bruce Hurst and Marty Barrett. When Houk retired from managing permanently in October , just after his 65th birthday, he bequeathed the core of another pennant winning ballclub (in this case, the 1986 Red Sox) to his successor, John McNamara.

paragraph: His final record, over 20 years with the Yankees (1961–63, 1966–73), Tigers (1974–78) and Red Sox (1981–84) was 1,619 wins and 1,531 losses (.514), plus eight wins and eight losses in the World Series. After his first three championship seasons, he never appeared in the postseason.

paragraph: Section::::Late career.

paragraph: Houk served with the Minnesota Twins as a special assistant to general manager Andy MacPhail, Lee's son, from 1987–89 before retiring from the game for good. He thus enjoyed one additional world championship season, when the Twins defeated the Cardinals in the 1987 World Series.

paragraph: Colorful opinions about Houk can be found in Jim Bouton's classic 1970 memoir, "Ball Four". Houk was Bouton's first big league manager and sparred with him over contracts when Houk was the Yankees' GM.

paragraph: Houk was portrayed by Bruce McGill in the 2001 film "61*".

paragraph: He died on July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, Florida, just nineteen days before he would have turned 91. At age 90 he was, at the time, the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team. He was survived by a daughter, Donna; a son, Robert; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

paragraph: On July 22 the Yankees announced players and coaches would wear a black armband in Houk's memory on the left sleeve of their home and away uniforms for the remainder of the 2010 season.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball managers by wins

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baseball-Reference.com – career playing statistics

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paragraph: Paul Speccot

paragraph: Paul Speccot (died 1643) of Penheale in the parish of Egloskerry in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament successively for Bossiney, East Looe and Newport all in Cornwall, between 1626 and 1640.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was the second son of Sir John Speccot (c.1561-1644) of Speccot in the parish of Merton, Devon, and of Penheale in Cornwall, a Member of Parliament for St Mawes in Cornwall from 1604,

paragraph: Sheriff of Cornwall in 1622/3, Sheriff of Devon 1614/15, feudal baron of Great Torrington in Devon and lord of the manor of Holsworthy in Devon. His mother (his father's first wife) was Elizabeth Edgcumbe, daughter of Peter Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall. His elder brother was Peter Speccot (died 1655) of Thornbury and Speccot, MP for Tregony in Cornwall in 1624.

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paragraph: In 1626 Speccot was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bossiney in Cornwall. In 1628 he was elected MP for East Looe in Cornwall. In April 1640 he was elected MP for Newport in Cornwall, in the Short Parliament.

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paragraph: Speccot married twice:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Firstly to Grace Halswell (died 1636), daughter of Robert Halswell of Somerset, by whom he had children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Speccot (died 1677/8), son and heir, of Penheale, MP for Newport 1661-1678. He was buried in Egloskerry Church, where survives his monument. In 1663/4 he married Honor Eliot (died 1692), daughter of John Eliot of Port Eliot in the parish of St Germans, Cornwall, ancestor of the Earl of St Germans. He had three sons and one daughter:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paul Speccot (died 1671/2), who died young.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Speccot (died 1705), MP for Newport 1685-95 and for Cornwalll 1695-1701, who died without children, having married Lady Essex Robartes (died 1689), daughter of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Humphrey Speccot (died 1705/6), died unmarried.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dorothy Speccot, wife of John Beaumont.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth Speccot, wife of Rev. Richard Long. She was the eventual heiress of Penheale on failure of her brother's male descendants.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secondly he married Dorothy Wise, daughter of Christopher Wise of Totnes, Devon, who survived him and in 1647 remarried to Henry Wills.

paragraph: Section::::Death and burial.

paragraph: Speccot died in 1643 and was buried at Egloskerry where he left £700 for the curate.

description: English politician

wikidata_label: Paul Speccot

wikipedia_title: Paul Speccot


href: Zimbabwe Mbare%2C%20Harare Mbira

text: Zimbabwe Mbare Mbira

categories: 1989 births,Living people,Zimbabwean male singers

paragraph: Alfred Nenguwo

paragraph: Alfred Nenguwo and is a Zimbabwe award-winning Afro Fusion singer and songwriter.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Alfred Nenguwo is the first born in a family of 3 and he was raised by his grandparents in the high density suburb of Mbare.As he remembers as a child music always fascinated him. His grandfather used to listen to a lot of jazz music so he would end up singing along to the music a lot. His uncles were also musical, one played the Mbira and the other one was a Reggae artist. Alfred grew up to like music and started singing in the school choir when he was in primary school.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Alfred a self-taught musician announced his arrival on the music scene when he partnered up with Millicent Muchati and they recorded an album entitled "African Sun".

description: Zimbabwean singer

wikidata_label: Alfred Nenguwo

wikipedia_title: Alfred Nenguwo


text: Barcelona

text: Baroque

text: gilder

text: Berga

text: Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena

text: guild

text: convent

text: Saint Francis of Assisi

text: Franciscan

text: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

text: Stations of the Cross

text: Virgin Mary

text: Old Hospital de la Santa Creu

text: Jesuit

text: Tarragona

text: Saint Thomas Aquinas

text: Works by Viladomat

text: Acadèmia de Sant Jordi

categories: Spanish painters,1678 births,Catalan painters,1755 deaths

paragraph: Antoni Viladomat

paragraph: Antoni Viladomat i Manalt (20 March 1678, Barcelona - 22 January 1755, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter in the Baroque style.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: His father was a gilder. He appears to have taken his first formal art lessons in the workshop of Pasqual Bailon Savall (c.1650-1691), a native of Berga like his father. Bailon's early death led Viladomat to become apprenticed with Joan Baptista Perramon (c.1664-1743). He remained with him for at least six years; possibly nine. After that, he worked on the Church of San Miguel (demolished in 1868) with the painter and architect, Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena. By this means, he became acquainted with Italian art.

paragraph: In 1723, his opposition to the strict regimen imposed by the "Colegio de Pintores" (a Medieval-style painter's guild) led him to file a lawsuit so he could obtain the title of "licensed painter" and work freely. His suit was successful, but continued conflict led him to file another suit to retain the title in 1739.

paragraph: His long career enabled him to paint at almost all the convents and monasteries in Barcelona. His cycle of twenty paintings on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, originally created for the old Franciscan monastery from 1722 to 1724, are now in the collection of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (National Art Museum of Catalonia). This was his primary claim to fame and, together with a cycle of forty paintings on the Stations of the Cross and the Virgin Mary in the , constitute the majority of his preserved works. Some paintings historically attributed to him, at the Old Hospital de la Santa Creu and the Jesuit Church in Tarragona, have recently come into question.

paragraph: In addition to painting, he taught drawing in his workshop. Apprenticeships there were eagerly sought after. His son, Josep Viladomat i Esmandia (1722-1786), also became a painter. He was best known for a cycle of paintings (in his father's style) on the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joaquin Fontanals del Castillo, "Antonio Viladomat: el artista olvidado y maestro de la escuela de pintura catalana del siglo XVIII", C. Verdaguer (1877)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rafael Benet, "Antonio Viladomat: la figura y el arte del pintor barcelonés", Editorial Iberia (1947)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Santiago Alcolea, "Antoni Viladomat", Prensa Labor (1992)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Virtual tour of the "Capilla de los Dolores" at the Basilica de Santa María de Mataró.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Works by Viladomat in the Catalog of the Acadèmia de Sant Jordi

alias:
Antonio Viladomat
Antonio Manalt
Antonio Villadomat
Antoni Viladomat i Manalt
Antonio Viladomat y Manalt
Antoni Viladomat
Antonio Viladomat Manalt
Antoni Manalt

description: Spanish painter

wikidata_label: Antoni Viladomat Y Manalt

wikipedia_title: Antoni Viladomat