text:
American football
running back
Denver Broncos
college football
Notre Dame
Detroit Lions
2013 NFL Draft
Somerville, New Jersey
Immaculata High School
Somerville, New Jersey
high school football
Rivals.com
Notre Dame
Rutgers
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Charlie Weis
kick returner
Brian Kelly
running back
slot receiver
Michigan State
Jonas Gray
Cierre Wood
Detroit Lions
2013 NFL Draft
$
contract
signing bonus
New York Giants
Minnesota Vikings
Matthew Stafford
Atlanta Falcons
2015 season
San Diego Chargers
Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers
James Jones
1984
Indianapolis Colts
Ameer Abdullah
Philadelphia Eagles
Arizona Cardinals
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Detroit Lions bio
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Bio

categories: Detroit Lions players,Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players,American football wide receivers,Players of American football from New Jersey,People from Manville, New Jersey,1991 births,American football running backs,Living people

paragraph: Theo Riddick

paragraph: Theo Riddick (born May 4, 1991) is an American football running back for the Denver Broncos. He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Raised in Somerville, New Jersey, Riddick attended Immaculata High School in Somerville, New Jersey. He rushed for 4,042 yards and 52 touchdowns during his high school football career, which also included a state championship in 2006, leading his team to victory and a perfect 12-0 season. In June 2016, Immaculata's football field was named for Riddick.

paragraph: Considered a four-star recruit by "Rivals.com", he was rated as the tenth-best all purpose back in the nation. He accepted a scholarship offer from Notre Dame over offers from Rutgers, Penn State, and Pittsburgh.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Riddick attended and played college football for Notre Dame from 2009–2012.

paragraph: As a freshman at Notre Dame in 2009 under head coach Charlie Weis, Riddick started off his career as a reserve and primarily on special teams as a kick returner. He made his collegiate debut in a victory over Nevada. He rushed for 160 yards on 29 carries (5.5 avg) and tallied 849 kickoff return yards on 37 returns. Before the season ended, Weis was fired. In 2010, under new head coach Brian Kelly, he made the move from running back to slot receiver. In his first season as a receiver, he amassed 40 catches for 414 yards and three touchdowns, including a career game against Michigan State in which he recorded 10 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown. In 2011, he did not have the break out season many had hoped, he recorded 38 catches for 436 yards and three touchdowns. He also played running back following an injury to starter Jonas Gray near the end of the season. In his final season, as a senior in 2012, he made the move back to running back. Splitting carries with fellow senior classmate Cierre Wood, he rushed for 917 yards on 190 carries (4.8 avg) and five touchdowns. He also recorded 36 receptions for 370 yards and two touchdowns. On October 20, 2012, he had a then career-high 143 rushing yards in a victory over BYU. On November 24, 2012, he had a career day with 146 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown to go along with 33 receiving yards in the victory at Southern California. He was an integral piece to the Irish's 2012 undefeated regular season. In the BCS National Championship, he had 37 rushing yards and a six-yard receiving touchdown in the 42–14 loss.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: The Detroit Lions selected Riddick in the sixth round (199th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. Riddick was the 21st running back drafted in 2013.

paragraph: On May 30, 2013, the Detroit Lions signed Riddick to a four-year, $2.25 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $91,000. Riddick was drafted due to his position flexibility. The Lions are using Riddick at running back, slot receiver, third-down back, fielding punts, and kick returns. In 2013, he scored his first career touchdown on a two-yard run in Week 16 against the New York Giants. Overall, in his rookie season, he finished with 25 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, four receptions, and 26 receiving yards.

paragraph: Riddick saw an expanded role in the receiving game in the 2014 season. In Week 6, against the Minnesota Vikings, Riddick scored another touchdown on a nine-yard pass from Matthew Stafford as part of a 75-yard receiving game. Two weeks later, against the Atlanta Falcons, he had 74 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown. Overall, in the 2014 season, he finished with 51 rushing yards, 34 receptions, 316 receiving yards, and four receiving touchdowns.

paragraph: Riddick saw expanded usage in the 2015 season, especially in the passing game. In the season opener against the San Diego Chargers, he had two receptions for 37 yards and a receiving touchdown. On October 11, against the Arizona Cardinals, he had 10 receptions for 51 yards and a touchdown. In a Week 16 game against the San Francisco 49ers, he caught seven passes for 63 yards, giving him 668 receiving yards on the season. This set a Lions franchise record for running backs, surpassing the 662 receiving yards gained by James Jones in 1984. Riddick finished the season with 80 receptions and 697 yards, both franchise records for a running back.

paragraph: On September 9, 2016, the Detroit Lions signed Riddick to a three-year, $11.55 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $3.85 million.

paragraph: In the 2016 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts, Riddick had 45 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, five receptions, 63 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown. He was the Lions' top running back in 2016 after a season-ending injury to Ameer Abdullah in Week 2. On October 9, against the Philadelphia Eagles, he had six receptions for 33 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. He played in 10 games with 8 starts in 2016, rushing for 357 yards and one touchdown to go along with 53 receptions for 371 yards and five touchdowns. He had been dealing with a lingering wrist injury towards the end of the season, leading him to be placed on injured reserve on December 31, 2016.

paragraph: In the 2017 season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, Riddick had six receptions for 27 yards and a touchdown. On December 10 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he had 29 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Overall, in the 2017 season, he finished with 286 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns, 53 receptions, 444 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns.

paragraph: In a familiar role in the 2018 season, Riddick had 171 rushing yards and 61 receptions for 384 receiving yards.

paragraph: On July 27, 2019, Riddick was released by the Lions after six seasons.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Detroit Lions bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notre Dame Fighting Irish Bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Theo Riddick

wikipedia_title: Theo Riddick


text:
Mediterranean Sea
Cyprus
Ludowingians
Landgrave
Thuringia
Louis II
Judith of Hohenstaufen
Henry Raspe III
Henry Raspe IV
Hesse
feud
House of Schwarzburg
House of Ascania
Archbishopric of Mainz
Frederick Barbarossa
Henry the Lion
House of Welf
Hohenstaufen
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Third Crusade
Balkans
Asia Minor
Brindisi
Tyre
Holy Land
siege of Acre
Cyprus
Reinhardsbrunn
Eisenach
Mechthild of Landsberg

categories: 1190 deaths,Landgraves of Thuringia,12th-century German people,12th-century births,Year of birth uncertain,Christians of the Third Crusade

paragraph: Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia

paragraph: Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, nicknamed "Louis the Pious" or "Louis the Mild" (1151/52 – 16 October 1190, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, near Cyprus) was a German nobleman. He was a member of the Ludowingians dynasty and was the ruling Landgrave of Thuringia from 1172 until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was the eldest son of Landgrave Louis II and his wife Judith of Hohenstaufen. In 1172, he succeeded his father as Landgrave of Thuringia. His younger brother Henry Raspe III (not to be confused with the later anti-king Henry Raspe IV) inherited Hesse and the possessions on the Rhine.

paragraph: Louis III by and large continued his father's policies. He fought feuds with the noble families in Thuringia and the rulers of neighbouring territories (including the House of Schwarzburg and the House of Ascania) and with the Archbishopric of Mainz. He was a nephew of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and supported his policies. He stood initially on the side of Henry the Lion of the House of Welf. When Henry fell out with the Hohenstaufens in 1179, Louis sided with Henry's Saxon opponents. In 1180, he received the County Palatine of Saxony as a reward for this from the emperor. However, he gave the County Palatine to his brother Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia in 1181.

paragraph: He participated in the Third Crusade. When the main army took the land route via the Balkans and Asia Minor, Louis III and his contingent embarked in Brindisi and sailed to Tyre. After arriving in the Holy Land, he participated in the siege of Acre. However, before Barbarossa arrived with the main army, Louis III fell ill and decided to return home. He died on a ship sailing to Cyprus. His entrails were buried on the island; his bones were transferred to the Reinhardsbrunn monastery. In the 14th century, his bones were reburied in the Church of St. George in Eisenach.

paragraph: Mechthild of Landsberg was his granddaughter.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Helga Wäß: "Die Figurengrabplatte für Landgraf Ludwig III. Form und Wahrnehmung mitteldeutscher Gedächtnisskulptur im 14. Jahrhundert", vol. 2: "Katalog ausgewählter Objekte vom Hohen Mittelalter bis zum Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts", Tenea Verlag, Berlin, 2006, . Luois' grave plate is described in vol.2, p 531-542 and fig. 798

paragraph: BULLET::::- Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen: "Des Landgrafen Ludwig's des Frommen Kreuzfahrt. Heldengedicht der Belagerung von Akkon am Ende des zwölften Jahrhunderts", F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1854, reprinted: Elibron Classics, 2005,

description: Landgrave of Thuringia

wikidata_label: Louis III

wikipedia_title: Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia


text:
Cologne
Gütersloh
The White Demon
Legion Condor
Kora Terry
My Life for Ireland
Above All Else in the World
U-Boote westwärts!
Stukas
Two in a Big City
Andreas Schlüter
Melody of a Great City
In Those Days
The Last Night
Love '47
The Lost One
The Smugglers' Banquet
The Man Between
No Way Back
Des Teufels General
Hotel Adlon
Sacred Waters
The Longest Day
Der Hexer
Neues vom Hexer
Derrick
Sorcerer

categories: 1905 births,German male television actors,German male film actors,1977 deaths,20th-century German male actors

paragraph: Karl John (actor)

paragraph: Karl John (24 March 1905 – 22 December 1977) was a German film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1977. He was born in Cologne, Germany and died in Gütersloh, Germany.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The White Demon" (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Wenn der Hahn kräht" (1936) - Piepers Gustav

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1937) - Graf Kostja Wolfgoff

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Unternehmen Michael" (1937) - Leutnant Hassenkamp

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Lachdoktor" (1937) - Peter Karst, Lehrer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Legion Condor" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bal paré" (1940) - Erstchargierter Franz Stanglmayer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Die unvollkommene Liebe" (1940) - Kristas Brudr Gustl

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kora Terry" (1940) - Chef der Kraftmännertruppe

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fahrt ins Leben" (1940) - Seekadett Gerhard Bartels

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Life for Ireland" (1941) - Raymond Davitt

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Above All Else in the World" (1941) - Olt. Hassencamp

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Weg ins Freie" (1941) - Fritz

paragraph: BULLET::::- "U-Boote westwärts!" (1941) - Matrosenobergefreiter Drewitz

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stukas" (1941) - Oberleutnant Lothar Loos

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Two in a Big City" (1942) - Bernd Birckhoff

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Andreas Schlüter" (1942) - Martin Böhme

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Melody of a Great City" (1943) - Klaus Nolte

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Those Days" (1947) - Peter Keyser / 1. Geschichte

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Unser Mittwochabend" (1948) - Erik

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Last Night" (1949) - Harald Buchner, Oberleutnant

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Love '47" (1949) - Beckmann

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Lost One" (1951) - Hösch, alias Nowak

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Smugglers' Banquet" (1952) - Hans

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Man Between" (1953) - Inspector Kleiber

paragraph: BULLET::::- "No Way Back" (1953) - Friedrich Schultz

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Des Teufels General" (1955) - Ingenieur Karl Oderbruch

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hotel Adlon" (1955) - Herr von Malbrand

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Urlaub auf Ehrenwort" (1955) - Köhler

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1959) - Generaloberst Hoth

paragraph: BULLET::::- "2 x Adam, 1 x Eva" (1959) - Wickström

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sacred Waters" (1960) - Seppi Blatter, Romans Vater

paragraph: BULLET::::- " (1960) - Major Frey

paragraph: BULLET::::- " (1961) - Debras

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Longest Day" (1962) - Gen. Wolfgang Häger

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Hexer" (1964) - Shelby

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Neues vom Hexer" (1965) - Dr. Mills

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1968, TV miniseries) - Hohmann

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sabine" (1974) - Dr. Gerd Hesse

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pusteblume" (1974) - Ricks Vater

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Derrick" - Season 3, Episode 8: "Auf eigene Faust" (1976) - Euler

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sorcerer" (1977) - 'Marquez'

description: 1905–1977; German film actor

wikidata_label: Karl John

wikipedia_title: Karl John (actor)


text: Major General

text: United States Air Force

text: Fort Hayes

text: Fort Sheridan

text: Fort Leavenworth

text: Fort Douglas

text: Fort William McKinley

text: Henry H. Arnold

text: Fort Jay

text: Governors Island

text: Fort Niagara

text: Fort Benjamin Harrison

text: Rockwell Field

text: Carruthers Field

text: Spruce Production Corporation

text: Langley Field

text: Command and General Staff School

text: Fort Leavenworth

text: executive officer

text: McCook Field

text: Kelly Field

text: Army War College

text: March Field

text: Fourth Air Force

text: Lockheed P-38 Lightning

text: Army Air Forces

text: Glenn H. Curtiss

text: Sheepshead Bay Race Track

text: Nassau Boulevard airfield

text: Long Island

text: Thomas Sopwith

text: Malcolm Campbell

text: Lawrence Malcolm Allison

categories: Aviation pioneers,Aviators from Iowa,1956 deaths,American military personnel of World War I,Air Corps Tactical School alumni,American military personnel of World War II,United States Air Force generals,American aerospace engineers,1883 births

paragraph: Jacob Earl Fickel

paragraph: Major General Jacob Earl "Jake" Fickel (January 31, 1883 – August 7, 1956) had a prominent career in the United States Air Force usually associated with being an instructor of aviation. He is credited with firing the first recorded gunshot ever from an airplane showing that a plane would not break up due to the gun's recoil.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Fickel enlisted in the Regular Army when he was twenty one years of age. He served as a private, corporal, sergeant, and first sergeant of Company K, 27th Infantry. He was stationed at Fort Hayes, Fort Sheridan and Fort Leavenworth. In 1907 Fickel was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry. He then joined the 29th Infantry at Fort Douglas. In August of that year he went with that regiment for the Philippine Islands and served at Fort William McKinley with 2d Lt. Henry H. Arnold. In 1909 Fickel returned to the United States for station at Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York harbor. He was there through 1911. He then went to Fort Niagara until November 1913.

paragraph: Fickel then went for a second tour of duty in the Philippine Islands with the 13th Infantry. He served at Fort William McKinley again and at Camp McGrath until March 1917. He was then assigned to duty as an instructor at the Officers Training Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. There he remained until November of that year. Fickel was then ordered to Washington, D.C., for duty with the Headquarters of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. He served in that capacity until May 1918.

paragraph: Fickel was next ordered to Rockwell Field in California as a student officer at the flying school. Upon completion of his course in November 1918 he assumed command of Carruthers Field in Texas where he remained until January 1919. Fickel was then ordered back to Washington, D.C. There he served in the Office of the Chief of Air Service until March 1921. His next duty was with the Spruce Production Corporation Portland, Oregon. There he served until the summer of 1922. He then returned to Washington for a two-year tour of duty as Chief of the Supply Division of the Air Service.

paragraph: In June 1925 Fickel graduated from the Air Corps Technical School at Langley Field. In June 1926 he also graduated with honors from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. His next tour of duty was to serve as executive officer of the Materiel Division at McCook Field until April 1927. He then attended the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field in Texas for three months. Fickel then returned to McCook Field where he reassumed his duties as executive officer, Materiel Division, for a period of three years.

paragraph: Fickel then attended the Army War College in Washington, D.C. He graduated in June 1931. His next duty was as Chief of the Buildings and Grounds Division in the Office of the Chief of Air Corps, Washington, D.C. He was there until January 1935. From February 1935 to June 1936, Fickel was Commandant of the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field. His next tour of duty was as Air Officer of the Ninth Corps Area, with headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. He was there until March 1939. He was then assigned to command the 1st Wing, General Headquarters Air Force at March Field in California.

paragraph: In February 1940, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Air Corps in Washington, D.C. He was later assigned to Riverside, California, in 1940, as Air District Commander, becoming the first Commanding General of the Fourth Air Force on December 18, 1940. After an inordinately high rate of accidents involving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in his command, he was relieved of command on April 2, 1942, on the orders of his friend Hap Arnold, now commanding the Army Air Forces, and reassigned to command the District No. 3 (Western) Technical Training Command, Oklahoma, on March 5, 1942. Fickel retired in 1946.

paragraph: Section::::Notability.

paragraph: Fickel is credited with firing the first recorded gunshot ever from an airplane on August 20, 1910. From his passenger seat he fired a rifle twice at a target from an altitude of 100 feet with Glenn H. Curtiss flying the airplane. It was done at Sheepshead Bay Race Track near New York City. This proved that a gun could be fired from an airplane without the plane breaking up into pieces due to the gun’s recoil.

paragraph: He repeated the feat at an air show in the summer of 1911 at Nassau Boulevard airfield on Long Island with Arnold at the controls. Competing against a team of Britons, Thomas Sopwith and Malcolm Campbell, the Americans won easily when Fickel displayed a skill that enabled him to put six bullets through a dinner plate from an aircraft flying off the ground.

paragraph: Fickel became the first aerial gunner in America. These experiments led to low recoil machine guns. Soon thereafter machine guns were added to planes for air-to-ground attack or air-to-air fighting. The first airplane machine guns were patented by Samuel Neal McClean. He sold his rights to the Automatic Arms Company in late 1910. Issac N. Lewis working for the company later improved the technology on this airplane machine gun system.

paragraph: The first use of an airplane machine gun in combat was in August 1914 with the first recorded airplane shot down in air-to-air fighting in October of that year. By 1915 air combat was an integral part of World War I fighting.

paragraph: Gen. Fickel was the brother-in-law of glider pioneer, Lawrence Malcolm Allison, of Lawrence, Kansas.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caidin, Martin, "Air Force: A Pictorial History of American Airpower", Ayer Publishing (1979);

paragraph: BULLET::::- Olson, John, "Olson's Encyclopedia of Small Arms"; Winchester Press, 1985;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Smith, Walter Harold Black et al., "Small Arms of the World: A Basic Manual of Small Arms"; Stackpole Books (1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The New York Times, obituary August 10, 1956 "Major General Jacob Earl Fickel dies at 73; proved shooting from plane feasible."

description: Air Force General

wikidata_label: Jacob Earl Fickel

wikipedia_title: Jacob Earl Fickel


text: Italian composer Macerata Bologna harmonium profile

categories: 20th-century Italian composers,1964 deaths,Italian male composers,People from Macerata,1902 births,Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics,20th-century male musicians,Olympic silver medalists in art competitions

paragraph: Lino Liviabella

paragraph: Lino Liviabella (7 April 1902 – 21 October 1964) was an Italian composer.

paragraph: Liviabella was born in Macerata. In 1936 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "La vittoria" ("The Victor"). He died, aged 62, in Bologna.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chamber music

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonata No. 1 in A minor for violin and piano (1920–1928)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Natale", Suite for violin and piano (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sonatina per l'Elevazione" for violin and harmonium (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canzonetta" for violin and piano (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aria" for violin and organ or harmonium (1925)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No. 1 (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Danza" for violin solo (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Adagio" for oboe and piano (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "S. Francesco", Meditazione for viola, 2 violins, double bass and organ (1926)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Due espressioni liriche" (2 Lyric Expressions) for string quartet (1927)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Preludio in modo minore" for 2 violins, cello and harmonium (1928)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No. 2 (1929)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bululù, Marionetta meccanica del romanzo “Eva ultima” di Massimo Bontempelli" for violin and piano (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canto andaluso" for violin and piano (1930)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sonata ciclica" for cello and piano (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonata No. 2 in One Movement for violin and piano (1932)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lento" for flute, 2 violins, piano and harp

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonata No. 3 in One Movement for violin and piano (1934)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Largo" for cello and piano (1936)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canto per la Prima Comunione di Laura e Lucio" for violin and harmonium (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pastorale" for violin or oboe and piano (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lucio e Renato", Marcetta for violin and piano (1944)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Scherzo" for oboe and piano (1948)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No. 3 in One Movement (1948)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Piano Trio (1948)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonata No. 1 in One Movement (Prima Sonata in un tempo) for viola and piano (1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Divertimento" for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1950–1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Divertimento" for flute, cello and piano (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- String Quartet No. 4 ""La melanconia"" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concerto in One Movement" for violin and piano (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tre momenti" (3 Moments) for viola and piano (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tre pezzi" (3 Pieces) for flute and harp or piano (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tre pezzi" (3 Pieces) for flute, oboe, and harp or piano (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sette duetti miniatura" (7 Miniature Duets) for violin and viola (1957)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano (1957)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Quattro brani nuziali" (4 Wedding Songs) for viola and organ or harmonium (1961)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Operas

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Santina" (1922)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Zanira" (1924)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Antigone" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Conchiglia" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canto di Natale" (1963)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- profile

description: Italian composer

wikidata_label: Lino Liviabella

wikipedia_title: Lino Liviabella


text:
Ottoman Army
Aleppo
Istanbul
Second Army
3rd Army
5th Army
3rd Army
fall of the key fortress of Erzurum
armistice of Mudros
occupation of Constantinople
Malta exiles

categories: Ottoman Military Academy alumni,Malta exiles,Pashas,1922 deaths,Ottoman military personnel of World War I,Ottoman Army generals,People from Aleppo,Exiles of the Ottoman Empire,Ottoman Military College alumni,Syrian people of Turkish descent,1880 births,Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars

paragraph: Mahmud Kâmil Pasha

paragraph: Mahmud Kâmil Pasha (1880 – June 1922) was a general of the Ottoman Army. He was born in Heleb (Aleppo) and died in Constantinople (Istanbul).

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: On 22 December 1914, he was appointed as the commander of the Second Army. On 17 February 1915, he was appointed as the commander of the 3rd Army in the eastern Anatolia, later assigned to 5th Army

paragraph: He commanded the 3rd Army until the fall of the key fortress of Erzurum in February 1916, after which he was relieved of command. After the armistice of Mudros the allied administration established with the occupation of Constantinople arrested him and become one of the Malta exiles.

paragraph: Section::::References.

description: Ottoman general

wikidata_label: Mahmud Kâmil Pasha

wikipedia_title: Mahmud Kâmil Pasha


text: American

text: drag racer

text: National Hot Rod Association

text: U.S. Nationals

text: Mongoose

text: Ed Donovan

text: Donovan Engineering Special

text: Don "the Snake" Prudhomme

text: Gilmore Engineering

text: Hemi 'Cuda

text: funny car

text: Hot Wheels

text: Riverside Raceway

text: Jim Warren

text: Super Mustang

text: Winternats

text: "Checkmate"

text: Roland Leong

text: Hot Wheels

text: Oldsmobile

text: Santa Ana Drags

text: Irvine

text: Lions Drag Strip

text: Long Beach

text: stock

text: gas

text: Altered

text: dragster

text: funny car

text: Cadillac

text: Art Chrisman

text: Hustler II

text: Bud Rasner

text: Gary Slusser

text: Dick Rea

text: Gene Adams

text: Art Malone

text: Bakersfield

text: Donovan Engineering Special

text: Plymouth

text: Fontana

text: Top Fuel

text: Pomona Raceway

text: "Hawaiian"

text: Winternationals

text: e.t.

text: Hot Rod

text: Riverside Raceway

text: Las Vegas

text: Orange County

text: Hemi Cuda

text: Super Mustang

text: Mattel

text: Hot Wheels

text: Ontario Motor Speedway

text: U.S. Nationals

text: leukemia

text: AHRA

text: Spokane Raceway Park

text: Summernationals

text: Englishtown

text: New Jersey

text: Snake and Mongoose

paragraph: Tom McEwen (drag racer)

paragraph: Tom McEwen (January 14, 1937 – June 10, 2018) was an American drag racer who was a winner of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) U.S. Nationals. His racing career spanned 45 years. He is ranked at number 16 on a list of the 50 most significant drivers of NHRA’s first 50 years.

paragraph: Starting as an owner-driver, he received the nickname "the Mongoose" in 1964 from engine builder Ed Donovan, after McEwen signed up to drive Donovan's "vaunted" "Donovan Engineering Special". It was originally used as a device to entice Don "the Snake" Prudhomme into a high-exposure match race.

paragraph: After trouble getting the Gilmore Engineering-chassied Donovan dragster sorted out, McEwen quit (replaced by Prudhomme, no less) to drive for Lou Beney, in the Yeakel Plymouth dragster. (Baney also conceived McEwen's mid-engined Hemi 'Cuda funny car.)

paragraph: In 1965, he faced Hot Wheels teammate Prudhomme at the Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races, held at Riverside Raceway, "one of the most significant drag racing events" of that era; the Top Fuel Eliminator (TFE) trophy that year went to Jim Warren.

paragraph: McEwen also drove the ill-fated "Super Mustang" at its debut at the 1967 Winternats.

paragraph: Leaving the "Super Mustang", McEwen joined the Bivens & Fisher team, driving their "Checkmate" dragster, and soon set an NHRA national record.

paragraph: McEwen won five NHRA national events, but his gift for gab and promotional ability made him one of the sport's most influential and controversial figures.

paragraph: As stated by Roland Leong, "McEwen was the smartest of the bunch. When he came up with the Hot Wheels deal using the Snake and Mongoose characters, it shook the world of drag racing big time. He produced a sponsorship package that allowed him and Prudhomme to buy the best equipment, pay expenses, make money and sell their image all over the United States. I hate to admit it but McEwen and Prudhomme showed us the way to the future. They were a lot smarter than most of us who didn't see past the end of the quarter-mile."

paragraph: McEwen had four children: Jamie, Joe, Tom Jr., and Kathleen. Jamie and Joe are deceased.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: McEwen gained his early experience in a variety of cars, beginning in 1953 with a '53 Oldsmobile at Santa Ana Drags in Irvine. He then went on to race a '54 Olds at Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach.

paragraph: He went from the stock ranks to gas coupes, Altereds, and eventually dragsters and funny cars. Among the cars he drove were the Stone-Woods-Cook '50 Olds fastback, the Bader and Ferrara Cadillac-powered "Crosseyed Crosley", Art Chrisman's "Hustler II", the Bud Rasner and Gary Slusser Fiat coupe, Dick Rea's Chrysler-powered supercharged gas dragster, and Gene Adams' Albertson Olds.

paragraph: McEwen continued his relationship with Adams for several years. In 1962, he drove Adams' "Shark", which was one of the first dragsters to use a streamlined body with an enclosed parachute pack. This would turn out to be one of McEwen's best known rides.

paragraph: In 1963, McEwen achieved his first major success when he a runner-up finish against Art Malone at the Bakersfield March Meet in California in the Broussard-Garrison-Purcell-Davis car. He also drove Donovan's "Donovan Engineering Special", and it was in this car he first raced Prudhomme.

paragraph: McEwen won the race against Prudhomme at Lions Drag Strip on September 12, 1964. He beat overcame Prudhomme's bright-orange edition of the famed Greer-Black-Prudhomme car two outings in a row, inspiring what may be the most famous match-race pairing in the history of drag racing.

paragraph: Later in 1964, McEwen drove Lou Baney's Yeakel Plymouth-sponsored dragster to victory at the 32-car UDRA meet at Fontana Raceway in Fontana. He also took Top Fuel honors at Lions Dragstrip and Pomona Raceway.

paragraph: Because their first contest had received so much attention, two more races between McEwen and Prudhomme were staged at Lions Drag Strip in 1965. McEwen drove the Yeakel Plymouth dragster past Prudhomme and his new ride, the Leong-owned "Hawaiian", two rounds to one in the first, then lost in two straight sets in the second.

paragraph: Because McEwen raced only on the West Coast, he and the touring Prudhomme faced each other only once in 1966, at the Winternationals, site of their first national event meeting. There, Prudhomme in the "B&M Torkmaster Special" took the win, with a 7.59 e.t. to McEwen's 7.69. They would not meet again for the rest of the decade.

paragraph: McEwen won the 1966 "Hot Rod" Magazine Championships at Riverside Raceway and then went on to win the 1968 Stardust National Open in Las Vegas. He also recorded the lowest ever elapsed time to date with a blistering 6.64 at the Orange County PDA Meet in 1968.

paragraph: Section::::1960s.:The promoter.

paragraph: McEwen also continued to build on his reputation as a colorful promoter. The Plymouth Hemi Cuda he unveiled in 1965 was featured in every major car magazine. He convinced the Southern California Plymouth Dealers Association to support him and displayed the car all over the West Coast.

paragraph: In 1967, McEwen took the same approach with one of drag racing's great one-shot wonders, Ford's Super Mustang. The car stole the show when it made its debut at the Winternationals.

paragraph: Section::::1960s.:The promoter.:Wildlife Racing.

paragraph: McEwen's strong promotional talent and Prudhomme's success on the strip eventually led the two to form a national touring team, sponsored by the toy company Mattel, and in mid-1969, McEwen and Prudhomme became co-owners of "Wildlife Racing." The Mattel Hot Wheels sponsorship deal ran from 1970 through 1972. Wildlife Racing then signed with Care Free Sugarless Gum as a sponsor in 1973. McEwen and Prudhomme dissolved their partnership at the end of the 1973 season.

paragraph: In 1972, McEwen won his first major event when he dominated the Top Fuel field at the Bakersfield March Meet. A year later, he scored his first NHRA national event victory by topping the quickest Funny Car field in history at the SuperNationals at Ontario Motor Speedway.

paragraph: He went on to win four more national events, including his dramatic U.S. Nationals Funny Car victory over Prudhomme in 1978. The win came only a few days after the death of his son Jamie, who had battled leukemia.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: McEwen won the AHRA World Finals at Spokane Raceway Park in 1982, the prestigious Big Bud Shootout in 1984, and Top Fuel at the 1991 Summernationals at Englishtown, New Jersey.

paragraph: McEwen solved his Corvette funny car's stability problems by adding tip fences to the rear spoiler.

paragraph: His “gorgeous” 1957 Chevy replica was built as a tribute to the iconic Chevrolet. It was run as an NHRA exhibition vehicle and was responsible for creating Nostalgia Funny Car, even though the car would not (now) be legal in that class. The car ran just three years, and was popular with fans and media alike.

paragraph: He retired from racing in 1992, and later worked as motorsports director for "Drag Racer" magazine, based in Southern California.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: McEwen died on June 10, 2018, at the age of 81.

paragraph: Section::::2013 film.

paragraph: "Snake and Mongoose," a movie portraying the story of Prudhomme and McEwen, was released in the summer of 2013. It tells the story of the rivalry between the two great Southern Californian racers.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- McClurg, Bob. “50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 2” in "Drag Racer", November 2016, pp. 35–50.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burk, Jeff. “50 Years of Funny Cars: Part 3” in "Drag Racer", November 2016, pp. 52–64.

description: American dragster driver

wikidata_label: Tom McEwen

wikipedia_title: Tom McEwen (drag racer)


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paragraph: Yank Adams

paragraph: Frank B. Adams (December 19, 1847 – after January 1923), commonly known as Yank Adams, was a professional carom billiards player who specialized in finger billiards, in which a player directly manipulates the balls with his or her hands, instead of using an implement such as a cue stick, often by twisting the ball between one's thumb and middle finger. Adams, who was sometimes billed as the "Digital Billiard Wonder", has been called the "greatest of all digit billiards players", and the "champion digital billiardist of the World." George F. Slosson, a top billiards player of Adams' era, named him the "greatest exhibition player who ever lived." Adams' exhibitions drew audiences of 1,000 or more, leaving standing room only, even in small venues.

paragraph: Adams' career began when he found his aptitude for bowling translated to the playing of billiards. One day when he was 25 years old, he picked up some billiard balls and began to "bowl" on the table and soon discovered he could manipulate the balls with great accuracy in this manner. Largely self-taught, Adams thereafter amassed a large repertoire of finger billiards shots. He engaged a manager and began to give performances, his first was at an engagement in New York City. Later, Adams traveled extensively, giving exhibitions and taking on challengers in cities across the United States and some in Europe. During his travels, Adams performed before the Vanderbilts, the Goulds, three U.S. Presidents, the Prince of Wales in London, and the Comte de Paris in Paris. One of the largest matches ever played of any form of billiards took place at Manhattan's Gilmore's Gardens in 1878. Adams played using his fingers against William Sexton, the reigning cue champion of the world, who used a cue; Adams won the three-day competition in the game of straight rail.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Adams was raised in Norwich, Connecticut, which led to him being nicknamed "Yank" later in life. From a young age, he exhibited the substantial hand strength required for finger billiards. When he was less than a year old, he could hurt his mother with his grip; she gave him chunks of bread to squeeze instead. Adams was large for his age, and in 1863, he disguised his youth, and joined the Eighteenth Connecticut Volunteers, with whom he served for three years, fighting for the Union in the American Civil War. After being discharged, Adams worked as a carpenter from 1872 to 1875, and then became a traveling salesman for the American Sterling-Silver Company.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.:Beginnings in billiards.

paragraph: Adams finger billiards and exhibition work had its germination in his early bowling interest. By the time he was 17, Adams was an adept bowler; he often gave informal exhibitions of bowling tricks such as "cocked hat", "back frame", and letting the head pin remain standing. In a 1913 interview, Adams said that, "[i]n those days we rolled what was termed 'skew ball', similar to the put on a cue ball in Billiards."

paragraph: When Adams was 25 he was employed as a traveling salesman for the Derby Silver Company in New York. One day, while he was waiting for customers in a Poughkeepsie hotel, he strolled into a billiard room, took six pool balls over to a billiard table, and commenced

paragraph: to "bowl". The attention of everyone in the room was attracted by the manner in which Adams made the ball travel. One man asked for the privilege of placing the balls in a certain position for Adams to bowl at; Adams made the shot easily. This started Adams' career as a finger billiard expert. In the next town he traveled to, he hired a table, performed the same stunts with the balls, and added a few new shots. For three months after that Adams practiced various shots each day, and some of the shots he developed during that time became part of his regular exhibition repertoire.

paragraph: When he returned to New York, Adams met with Maurice Daly, then the "dean of billiards". Daly listened to Adams' story, and said that he was not aware that any startling shots could be accomplished using only the hands. Daly offered Adams a set of four balls, and sat down to watch Adams. After 12 shots, Daly became greatly interested, often asking Adams to repeat shots. At the end of the performance, Daly told Adams that if he ever entertained any idea of entering the billiards field he would give Adams an engagement at his room.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:International success.

paragraph: As Adams became more involved with billiards, he gave up his job with the silver company. Adams went to Sexton's billiard parlor in the Bowery and Sexton employed Adams at Miner's Bowery Theater at $115 a week. Adams sought to employ a manager as was typical of billiards professionals of the time; he was taken on by Billy O'Brien, a well known sports authority and one-time pugilist who managed Dominick McCaffrey later in his career. O'Brien organized an exhibition tour of the United States for Adams. Three months into the tour, Adams reached Chicago, where he played a three-week engagement for Billy Emmett at $500 a week. After leaving the stage, Adams opened at O'Connor's billiard room, at Fourteenth Street and Fourth Avenue, where he played nightly for a year. Adams then resumed traveling, and gave exhibitions in nearly every city in the United States and a large number of cities in Europe.

paragraph: In 1868 Adams appeared before the Prince of Wales in London and the Comte de Paris in Paris. While in London, John Roberts, Jr. offered Adams $300 per week for one year to play afternoon and evening at his Argyle Rooms. After playing for the Comte de Paris, the Frenchmen wanted Adams to state his figures for an indefinite period. Adams also played for three Presidents of the United States; while in New York he was paid $100 per night by the Vanderbilt and Gould families. "Bullocks Billiard Guide" said that Adams had earned more than $70,000 for exhibition alone over seven years, which was more than the combined earnings of all other listed billiardists. Though champion players with cues sometimes dabbled in finger billiards, it was said even of such greats as Jacob Schaefer, George Slosson, and Eugene Carter that "their work, compared with that of the Finger Wonder, is like a novice playing an expert."

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Public exhibitions.

paragraph: Adams' first major public exhibition in New York was held on January 31, 1878, at the Union Square Billiard Rooms before a large audience; he performed there nightly for a week. Reporting on the first night of the event, "The New York Times" wrote:The intricacy of the various shots he played, as well as the marvelous accuracy with which they were executed, frequently roused the spectators to an unusual pitch of enthusiasm... Many of Adams' shots are entirely new, never having been attempted before by any billiards expert. Among them may be mentioned the wonderful "bottle" shot with which last evening's exhibition was brought to a close. Two soda-water bottles were placed at the head of the left-hand rail, about a foot apart, a red ball being placed in the mouth of each bottle. A white ball was next placed against the right-hand rail, directly opposite the lower bottle. Everything being in readiness, Adams then took the remaining white ball in his hand, and masseing upon the ball in the mouth of the upper bottle, jumped his ball to the ball in the mouth of the other bottle, whence, falling upon the table it was carried by a reverse "English" to the middle of the top rail, whence it glided with unerring accuracy to the right-hand rail and caromed upon the first-mentioned white ball, its successful execution being greeted with great applause.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Competitive play and rivalries.:M. Adrian Izar.

paragraph: Prior to Adams' performances, finger billiards had been demonstrated in New York by French player M. Adrien Izar, who had astonished spectators with an exhibition held on September 20, 1875, before which the game was little known in the United States. In France and England, Izar was considered the game's champion player. The night before his 1878 exhibition, Adams received a telegram in which Izar challenged him to play for the championship and named Chicago as the venue for contest. Adams replied that he was unwilling to leave New York at that time, but that he would pay Izar's expenses to travel to New York. Adams later issued the following statement to newspapers:I have never intended to play a public match in my line, having never arrogated to myself a superiority above other hand billiard players, although I have deemed myself the equal of any one living in my line, not excepting Mons. Izar, by whom continually letters are written, whose contents have for their purpose a derogation of my skill. That this may be checked, and summarily, I would state that I am willing to play Mons. Izar a match game for $500 a side, in New York City, Boston or Chicago, on a 5x10 table, full size balls and Collender cushion; the championship and gate money to be awarded the player showing the greatest variety of shots in connection with accuracy, and in all giving the most interesting exhibition of finger billiards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Competitive play and rivalries.:William Sexton.

paragraph: On March 15, 1878, a billiards match of straight rail began that lasted three days at the game The match was between Adams and William Sexton, then the cue champion of the world, at Manhattan's Gilmore's Gardens—the predecessor venue of Madison Square Garden. The match pitted Adams' finger billiards against Sexton using a cue, for a purse of $500. The audience was one of the largest that had ever witnessed a billiards game. The terms of the contest stated that on each day of the match, Adams was required to score 2,000 points, while Sexton needed only 1,000.

paragraph: On the first day of the match, Adams scored 1,110 points using finger billiards. Despite Adams' impressive opening performance, by the third day of the match, Sexton was far in the lead. In Dewey-Defeats-Truman-style, many newspapers reported that Sexton won the tournament, as their reporters left the venue at a time when Sexton had a seemingly indomitable lead and before the match was over. "The New York Times", for example, reported that Sexton won the match, though they leavened the result by reporting that despite the prize fund, it was a "friendly match", geared toward exhibition, and that "Adams could undoubtedly have run the game out on three occasions, but preferred to make 'display' shots in place of his usual "nurse" play, against which a cue player stands no chance whatever." However, with Sexton needed only seven points to win the championship, Adams stepped to the table and ran out, making 1,181 points in a row to win the match.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Competitive play and rivalries.:Louis Shaw.

paragraph: Adams' chief professional rivalry in later years was with Louis Shaw. In 1891 Adams and Shaw disagreed about the format of the finger billiards championship which they would both contest that year. Adams wanted the match to be played for a $500 stake, while Shaw wanted the receipts to be donated to the local firemen's fund.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Other accomplishments.

paragraph: In 1879, Adams was chosen to be the official referee for the championship Collender Billiard Tournament held at Tammany Hall. It was contested by top players Marice Daly, Albert Garnier, Eugene Carter, A. P. Rudolphe, Randolph Heiser, William Sexton, George F. Slosson, and "the Wizard", Jacob Schaefer, Sr. at the newly introduced carom billiards discipline called the champion's game, an intermediary game between straight rail and balkine.

paragraph: In 1889, Adams broke the world record run for successive straight rail points in a match with champion player Jacob Schaefer, Sr., in which Adams scored 4,962 counts in a row, which was 2,400 points more than any prior competition high run, albeit with his fingers rather than with a cue. Adams stated in an interview in his later years that his personal high run was 6,900 consecutive straight rail counts.

paragraph: In 1890, Adams returned to Paris after signing a contract with Eugene Carter to play at Carter's billiard academy for thirteen weeks at 1,000 francs (approximately $200) per week. Afterwards, Adams went in London, under the management of M. Farini, to play at the room of John Roberts, Jr. On a previous trip to London in 1887, Roberts offered Adams £60 a week for six months to give exhibitions, but Adams declined, citing a need to superintend his sporting journal.

paragraph: Adams was the editor and proprietor of "The Chicago Sporting Journal", and the general manager of the "New York Sporting and Theatrical Journal". Through his association with the sporting journals, Adams was an intermediary for the issuance of challenge matches, such as boxing bouts. He held the winning stake and distributed the winnings upon the event's conclusion. Adams owned a number of billiard parlors during his lifetime, including two in Chicago—one named the White Elephant, another called the Academy Billiard Hall, and one on Union Square at 60 East 14th Street in New York City. Adams' business cards, in 1877, said, "Yank Adams, champion finger billiardist of the world. Residence immaterial."

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Later life.

paragraph: Adams continued to give exhibitions and was still able to perform well into his later years. For example, the New Rochelle Pioneer newspaper reported that Adams gave an exhibition on December 21, 1915 at 68 years of age, at Chamberlain's Derby Billiard Academy in New Rochelle, New York, and that he was "at his best and made some exceptionally brilliant shots in the presence of 300 lovers of the game. While at the table he kept up a continuous humorous monologue to the great pleasure of his audience." In 1919, when Adans was 71, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that he gave an exhibition before a large audience at Lawler Brothers Billiard Academy of Brooklyn.

paragraph: In 1923, when Adams was 76, the following newspaper story appeared in "The Salt Lake Tribune", telling of his whereabouts:Perhaps you old fellows, too, thought Yank had passed on, but he turned up in New York the other day and is now spending his last days in a Bronx flat. There was a time when Yank Adams was known in every billiard room in America. He was as much at home in Eddie Graney's room at San Francisco as at Tom Foley's in Chicago of Maurice Daly's in New York, and he knew all the billiard players and big and little room keepers from coast to coast. When the history of billiards is written and the names of Willie Hoppe, old and young Jake Schaefer and Welker Cochran are included with others of the great exponents of the indoor sport, there will be a distinct division for one man—the man who did the impossible, who could make the ivories travel the wrong way, or, in the language of the billiard realm, "make 'em talk all languages." That man is Frank B. Adams, known the world over as "Yank" Adams, at one time and even now the world's only finger billiardist who can make all the apparently impossible shots on the table without the aid of a cue. Adams is 76 years old, and after fifty years of exhibitions all over the world has retired from active work to live in the Bronx and conduct a billiard academy of his own at Burnside and Creston avenues in New York with his business manager for the last ten years, Samuel Polakoff. Yank now lives at 635 West 136th street In New York. When I told Tom Foley, the daddy of all the roommkeepers, that Yank Adams was back in the business he laughed and said: "I thought Yank had cashed in. But he's like all those billiard players. They never die."

paragraph: Section::::Style of play.

paragraph: Adams played only with his fingers, disdaining the cue stick entirely. He was known for his skill at finger billiards and for the quickness of his play. In exhibitions it was sometimes advertised that Adams would attempt to make 100 shots in 100 seconds. He would always begin by "feeling out" the cushions on the table, as the speed of the tables varied almost nightly, some fast and some slow.

paragraph: Adams would sometimes accept challenge matches at his performances. For example, at an exhibition held in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 20, 1889, Adams played against twenty of the best players in the city. Adams manipulated the balls with his fingers, while his opponents used cues and were given a handicap equivalent to a 1,000 point lead.

paragraph: Adams performed about 80 shots per exhibition. He had a large repertoire of practiced shots—more than 500—affording him the luxury to not having to repeat a single shot during a week-long exhibition. The abundance of shots was unusual, and was described by one sports writer as "more extensive than the entire billiard fraternity put together". The following description of Adams' shots appeared in an 1891 newspaper article, which highlighted them as, "among his difficult feats":Two quart wine bottles are placed at the short end of the table, three feet apart; a ball is placed on the top of each bottle, and a third ball, six feet from the bottles in the opposite corner. Adams makes the hand ball jump from bottle to bottle then to take an English in space, counting on the third bail, a double shot.Fifteen balls are placed in a line, three inches apart. On the last ball is placed a piece of chalk, while two feet from the other end, at a square angle, is placed a single ball. Yank drops the hand ball with a Massé twist, which, after hitting the single ball, describes a semi-circle, taken the cushion first, then makes a carrom on the fifteen balls, but is played with such a delicate calculation as barely to reach the last ball; in fact, freezes against it so gently as not to dislodge the chalk previously placed thereon.A derby hat is placed on the table, under which is a ball. One foot from the hat are two balls a foot apart, which he carroms on, the hand ball continues striking the rim of the hat, forces it up, and goes under making the stroke on the third ball, then returns from under the hat when it rocks the second time.He also stand at the head of the table, throwing the balls with a hundred-yard force but has them stop eight feet away in such a position as to spell his name.

paragraph: In an article in the St. Paul "Daily Globe", the reporter summed up the events of Adams' exhibition on April 26, 1888:The great finger billiard exhibition came off last night at the Standard billiard hall to a packed house, and those who saw Yank Adams handle the spheres were more than delighted... Shot after shot were made in lightning rapidity, spotting the ball, running the whole length of the rail, crossing over, with two cushions and counting, going under hats and in between them, cutting the letter S and making the carom, jump shots, masses and hundreds of others too complicated to put in type. Mr. A.M. Doherty played a game with the exhibitor, and at twenty-eight points left the balls in a scattered position, which were gathered at one shot by Mr. Adams, who made fifty shots in sixty seconds. What seemed his most difficult shot was that of placing fifteen balls in a line, and a piece of chalk on the last ball. The hand ball was then dropped a distance of two feet, described a semi-circle, making a carom on all of the balls and freezing against the last ball. Adams' finger shots discount Schaeffer, Slosson and J. Carter combined.

paragraph: The public flocked to Adams' exhibitions; often the pool room where he was performing could barely contain the crowd. When Adams performed in Rochester, New York in 1892, the local paper reported that "[n]o man in these broad acres can draw the crowd "Yank" Adams does when an exhibition with the ivories is the card. Last night's crowd was banked up, against the walls, twenty deep in someplaces and many witnessed the exhibition from the table tops and window ledges."

description: American carom billiards player specializing in finger billiards

wikidata_label: Yank Adams

wikipedia_title: Yank Adams


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paragraph: Leonidas Lee

paragraph: Leonidas Pyrrhus Lee, born as Leonidas Pyrrhus Funkhouser (December 13, 1860 – June 11, 1912) was an American professional player who played one season in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the St. Louis Brown Stockings. He made his major league debut for the Brown Stockings on July 17, 1877, and in four games with the club, he collected five hits, including a double, in 18 at bats for a .278 batting average. His father, Robert Funkhouser, was a successful St. Louis businessman. A graduate of Princeton University, Lee played on both the school's baseball and football team. He later became a doctor. Lee died at the age of 51 in Hendersonville, North Carolina of Myocarditis, and is interred at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.

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paragraph: Guru (Ghanaian rapper)

paragraph: Maradona Yeboah Adjei (born May 7, 1987), known by his stage name Guru, (also goes by Gurunkz) is a Ghanaian rapper and fashion designer. Guru is one of the most successful hiplife artist in Ghana. He is famous for his contemporary hiplife rap style that combines English and Indigenous Languages from Ghana, earning him the title the people's artist. Guru first rose to fame back in 2012 when his hit song ‘Lapaz Toyota’ appeared on the Ghanaian music charts.

paragraph: With several hit singles, and award nominations, Guru's rising success has transcended boundaries. He is one of the few Ghanaian artist to appear on the charts in francophone countries as well. He is also known for his humility and close ties to his roots, constantly referring to the small villages and towns around where he grew up in his music.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Guru was born on May 7, 1987 in Accra, but grew up in the small town of Nkoranza, in the Brong/Ahafo Region in Ghana. As a child he attended Reverend John Teye Memorial School and then went to secondary school in Apam He continued his education at NIIT and IPMC studying architecture and computer networking. Afterwards, attended Zenith College in Accra, Ghana to study marketing.

paragraph: Guru says his interesting in music started when he was very young, but he did not officially pursue it as a career until he found himself performing at large events while in school like Miss SSS, a national contest in Ghana. He also made appearances on national radio programs

paragraph: Guru was the first artist to win the WAPPI Talent Discovery Program in 2008, a national contest seeking underground music artist

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Guru recorded his first mixtape video with Ghanaian music artist Sarkodie in late 2009 (it was produced by NT 1). His first major feature, bringing him into the national spotlight, was on Obrafour's song "Kasiebo," where he was named best featured artist by 4Syte TV Music Video Awards. Then he came out with his first studio album titled "Platform" which garnered him 6 Vodafone Ghana Music Award nominations.

paragraph: In 2012, he released the single, "Lapaz Toyota," influenced by Azonto style sounds, the song quickly became a hit. This song is still played nationwide on radio stations. It was also referenced by politicians during campaigns, and played at the Big Brother Africa finals. The video for the song was awarded the best male act by the City People Entertainment Awards. The same year he also released the single, "Karaoke."

paragraph: In 2013, Guru came out with six singles titled Amen, Azonoto Boys, Abena, Nkwada Nkwada and Alkayida known as "Boys Abre."

paragraph: He recently received a nomination for hiplife/ hip- hop artist of the year and best hiplife song of the year for "Pooley Swag" at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards 2016. He was described by hip- hop artist Jidenna Mobisson as one of the greatest hip-hop artist in Africa along with WizKid, Don Jazzy and Akon.

paragraph: Guru's is considered by many as a contemporary Hip- Life artist, as his songs venture new ground in the Ghanaian music scene mixing hip-hop, afrobeats, highlife and dancehall sounds. In 2018, Guru dropped his album titled “Journey of Judah” featuring the likes of Harrysongs, Sarkodie, Lil Shaker and Ofori Amponsah.

paragraph: Section::::Humanitarian Work.

paragraph: Guru is known for his participation on issues concerning environmental health. In March 2016 he joined other artist advocating for his fans to support a clean environment, mentioning that it was the best prevention against diseases like malaria.

paragraph: Section::::Controversy.

paragraph: In spite of several nominations for music awards, including 4 major categories in the 2015 4Syte Music Video Awards in 2015, Guru has yet to win any causing some to wonder if there is some inner industry turmoil.

paragraph: Guru's popular song and dance "Alkayida" also known as "Boys Abre," came under fire from the government when some officials claimed it "promoted terrorism" because of the similarity of the song's title to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization's name. Guru refuted the ban claiming it was a song meant to encourage hard work not violence saying, "Ghana is a peaceful country so why would I do a song to promote violence. I thought carefully about the song before coming out with it. The title is Boys Abre (Akiyida) and not Al-Qaeda." (6) (12)

paragraph: Section::::Notable Collaborations.

paragraph: Guru's first major music collaboration was in 2009 when he collaborated with Obrafour on his single, "Kasiebo." As a feature on the popular artist's song, he began to gain national attention. That same year he also recorded his first mixtape with the popular musician Sarkodie who was also featured on his studio album, "Platform" and on other songs like, "Baggy Jeans" in 2015.

paragraph: In 2015 Guru also performed with hip- life artist Bukom Banku at the Accra International Conference Center. There he performed 9 of his hits including, "Keep Walking, Pooley Swag, Bonsam Ani, Mpaebo, Lapaz Toyota, Azonto boys ,Boys Abre and Mebe Tia Wo."

description: Ghanaian rapper and fashion designer

wikidata_label: Gurunkz

wikipedia_title: Guru (Ghanaian rapper)


text:
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Pope Paul V
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Titular Bishop
Wojciech Baranowski
Archbishop of Gniezno
Jan Kuczborski
Bishop of Chelmno

categories: 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops,Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V,1627 deaths

paragraph: Andrzej Wilczyński

paragraph: Andrzej Wilczyński (died July 1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1608–1627).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: On 13 Oct 1608, Andrzej Wilczyński was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Titular Bishop of "Teodosia." In 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Wojciech Baranowski, Archbishop of Gniezno. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Jan Kuczborski, Bishop of Chelmno (1614).

wikidata_label: Andrzej Wilczyński

wikipedia_title: Andrzej Wilczyński


text:
O. Cist.
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Cistercian Order
Pope Urban VIII
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Titular Bishop
Piotr Mieszkowski
Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek

categories: Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII,1644 deaths,17th-century Roman Catholic bishops,1589 deaths,Cistercian bishops

paragraph: Jan Madaliński

paragraph: Jan Madaliński, O. Cist. (died 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1640–1644).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Jan Madaliński was born in 1589 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order. On 16 Apr 1640, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Titular Bishop of "Teodosia." He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death in 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Piotr Mieszkowski, Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (1643).

description: roman-catholic bishop

wikidata_label: Jan Madaliński

wikipedia_title: Jan Madaliński


text:
Antwerp
Belgian
Aschbach, Rhineland-Palatinate
Jozef Linnig
Egide Linnig
Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts
Jan August Hendrik Leys
Victor Lagye
The Hague
Mauritshuis
Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School
Willem
Léon Abry
Constant Cap
Flor Crabeels
Edgard Farasyn
Jean Pierre François Lamorinière
Egide François Leemans
Joseph Van Luppen
Isidoor Meyers
Karel Ooms
Max Rooses
Hendrik Frans Schaefels
Lucas Victor Schaefels
Jan Stobbaerts
Frans Van Kuyck
Piet Verhaert
Charles Verlat
genre painting

categories: 19th-century Belgian painters,1886 deaths,1821 births,20th-century Belgian painters,People from Antwerp

paragraph: Willem Linnig the Elder

paragraph: Willem Linnig the Elder or Willem Linnig Senior (7 August 1819, in Antwerp – 8 August 1885 or 1886, in Antwerp) was a Belgian painter and engraver who is best known for his history and genre scenes and interiors painted in a style which is reminiscent of 17th century Flemish and Dutch genre painting. He taught for some time at the Fine Arts School of Weimar.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Willem Linnig was born in Antwerp as the son of Pieter-Josef Linnig (born in Aschbach, Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany) and Catharina Josephina Leys. His father was a cabinetmaker. He had two older brothers (Jan Theodoor) Jozef Linnig and Egide Linnig who both became artists.

paragraph: Linnig studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, where the prominent history and genre painter Jan August Hendrik Leys was one of his teachers. One of his class mates was Victor Lagye.

paragraph: In 1844, Willem Linnig and his brother Egide spent some time in The Hague. In the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, they studied the works of old and contemporary masters. In 1847 the two brothers sailed to Norway. Willem later moved to Weimar where he established in 1877 a local association of etchers (Gesellschaft für Radierkunst). He taught at the Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School in Weimar from 1876 to 1882 and also served as its director. Willem's son, also named Willem, who had been trained by his father, joined him on Weimar and also taught at the local Art School.

paragraph: Willem Linnig the elder and his son Willem junior were among a large number of Antwerp artists who established the 'Vereeniging der Antwerpsche etsers' or 'l'Association des aquafortistes anversois' ("Association of Antwerp Etchers") founded in 1880. The co-founders included Léon Abry, Constant Cap, Flor Crabeels, Edgard Farasyn, Jean Pierre François Lamorinière, Egide François Leemans, Joseph Van Luppen, Isidoor Meyers, Jean Baptiste Pierre Michiels, Karel Ooms, Max Rooses, Hendrik Frans Schaefels, Lucas Victor Schaefels, Jan Stobbaerts, Frans Van Kuyck, Piet Verhaert, A.-J. Verhoeven, Jozef Bal and Charles Verlat. The Vereeniging would publish an annual album containing graphic works of its members.

paragraph: Linnig died in Antwerp on 8 August 1885 or 1886.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Willem Linnig was a painter and etcher whose main subject matter was history and genre scenes. Linnig's paintings show the influence of the style and subject matter of his teacher Jan August Hendrik Leys. Leys had made a name with his meticulously painted historical scenes recounting major events from Belgium's national history, which were regarded as a key to the country’s national identity. In addition, Leys painted genre scenes inspired by 17th century genre painting.

paragraph: Willem Linnig did not paint historical events like his master but was a faithful follower of Leys in his return to the themes and style of Flemish and Dutch genre painting of the 17th century. His works were able to reconstruct with scrupulous application the atmosphere of 17th century Antwerp. He had a preference for indoor scenes such as taverns, cottages, artist's workshops and bourgeois dwellings.

alias:
Willem, I Linnig
Willem, the elder Linnig
Willem Linnig
Willem I Linnig
Linnig
Willem, the Elder Linnig
W. Linnig
Willem Linnig I

description: Belgian painter

wikidata_label: Willem Linnig the Elder

wikipedia_title: Willem Linnig the Elder


text: Archduke Ferdinand Charles

text: Innsbruck

text: Emperor Leopold I

text: Antonio Cesti

text: azione teatrale

text: azione sacra

text: Giovanni Felice Sances

text: Il pomo d'oro

text: archive.org

categories: 1611 births,1668 deaths,Italian opera librettists,17th-century Italian poets

paragraph: Francesco Sbarra

paragraph: Francesco Sbarra (19 February 1611 – 20 March 1668) was an Italian poet and librettist. Born in Lucca, he spent most of his career in Austria where he wrote the librettos for entertainments and operas at the courts of Archduke Ferdinand Charles in Innsbruck and Emperor Leopold I in Vienna.

paragraph: Section::::Librettos.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alessandro vincitor di se stesso" (opera in a prologue and 3 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Venice 1651

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Venere cacciatrice", set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck 1659

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La magnanimità d'Alessandro", set by Antonio Cesti, Innsbruck, 1662

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nettuno e Flora festeggianti" (azione teatrale), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1666

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Lachrime di San Pietro" (azione sacra), set by Giovanni Felice Sances. Vienna. 1666

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le disgrazie d'Amore", set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Germania esultante ", set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1667

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Il pomo d'oro" (opera in a prologue and 5 acts), set by Antonio Cesti, Vienna, 1668

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Complete librettos and other works by Sbarra on archive.org

description: Italian playwright

wikidata_label: Francesco Sbarra

wikipedia_title: Francesco Sbarra


text: auxiliary bishop

text: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

text: Archbishop

text: Anthony Fisher

text: St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney

text: Lipari

text: Italy

text: Coolangatta

text: Gold Coast

text: Southport

text: Pius XII Seminary, Banyo

text: Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane

text: Francis Roberts Rush

text: Master of Ceremonies

text: Pontifical Gregorian University

text: Archdiocese of Brisbane

text: Rome

text: Richard Umbers

text: Pope Francis

text: St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney

text: Anthony Fisher

categories: Roman Catholic bishops in Australia,Living people,Australian people of Italian descent

paragraph: Anthony Randazzo

paragraph: Anthony Randazzo (born 7 October 1966) is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. He was consecrated by Archbishop Anthony Fisher at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on 24 August 2016.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Anthony Randazzo was born on 7 October 1966 in Sydney, the son of Colin Randazzo and his wife Caterina Di Losa from Lipari, Italy. His parents worked as fruiterers in their family business at Bankstown until relocating to Coolangatta on the Gold Coast in 1967. He is the third of four children; he has three sisters. Randazzo was educated at Saint Augustine’s School Coolangatta, Guardian Angels School Southport and Aquinas College Southport.

paragraph: Section::::Priesthood.

paragraph: In 1985, Randazzo commenced his formation for priesthood at Pius XII Seminary, Banyo. Having ministered as a deacon at All Saints Parish Albany Creek, he was ordained priest on 29 November 1991 at the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane by Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush. From 1992 to 1994, he was a curate at Saint Mary’s Parish Ipswich, and from 1995 to 1997 he served as Master of Ceremonies at the Cathedral in Brisbane. In 1998 Randazzo was sent to Rome where he undertook studies in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Upon his return to Brisbane in 2001, he was appointed Pastor of Regina Caeli Parish Coorparoo Heights, Associate Judicial Vicar at the Regional Tribunal and Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

paragraph: In 2004, Randazzo was called to Rome where he worked in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for five years. He returned to Australia and from 2009 until 2015 he was Rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary of Queensland. In the first semester of 2016, he was given sabbatical leave for studies in Sacred Scripture in Jerusalem.

paragraph: Section::::Episcopacy.

paragraph: Randazzo was appointed on 24 June 2016, along with Richard Umbers, by Pope Francis to be a new Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney. He was consecrated and installed on 24 August 2016 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney by Archbishop Anthony Fisher.

wikidata_label: Tony Randazzo

wikipedia_title: Anthony Randazzo


text: buffo tenor

text: Wesel

text: Rostock

text: Wuppertal

text: Hofbühne

text: Stuttgart

text: Fra Diavolo

text: Das Nachtlager in Granada

text: Der Waffenschmied

text: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

text: Der Ring des Nibelungen

text: Fledermaus

text: Kammersänger

text: World War I

text: stage director

text: Felix Decken

text: Paul List

text: Felix Decken

categories: 1864 births,German musical theatre directors,1928 deaths,German operatic tenors

paragraph: Felix Decken

paragraph: Felix Decken (12 February 1864 – 10 February 1928)) was a German operatic buffo tenor, actor and stage director.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Wesel, Decken began his stage career in Rostock in 1892. He was a member of the opera in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) from 1893 to 1896, then moved Hofbühne in Stuttgarter , where he made his debut as Beppo in Auber's "Fra Diavolo". He was known for buffo parts, both for his singing as for acting with humour. His parts included Gomez in Kreutzer's "Das Nachtlager in Granada", Georg in Lortzing's "Der Waffenschmied" and other parts in Lortzing operas, David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Mime in his "Der Ring des Nibelungen", and Eisenstein in "Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss.

paragraph: In 1907 he was awarded the title of a royal Kammersänger. In 1912 he received the Gold Medal for Art and Science.

paragraph: He remained in Stuttgart, working after World War I also as "Spielleiter" (stage director) until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- : Felix Decken in "Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert". Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 179

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Angehöriger (ed.), "Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1929", Berlin, 1929, p 99

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Felix Decken (in German) Operissimo

wikidata_label: Felix Decken

wikipedia_title: Felix Decken


text: Cassino

text: Paris

text: John Russell

text: Auguste Rodin

text: Cassino

text: John Russell

text: Claude Monet

text: Auguste Rodin

text: Harry Bates

text: Carolus-Duran

text: Jeanne d'Arc

text: Emmanuel Frémiet

text: Daniel Wildenstein

text: Elizabeth Salter

text: Claude-Guy Onfray

text: Christina Buley-Uribe

categories: 1865 births,1908 deaths,British artists' models

paragraph: Marianna Russell

paragraph: Marianna Russell, born Anna Maria Antonietta Mattiocco (June 2, 1865 Cassino Italy - March 30, 1908 Paris), also known as Marianna Antonietta Mattiocco, and Marianna Russell following her marriage to the Australian painter, John Russell, was a model for many prominent artists in France, supposedly the favorite model of Auguste Rodin, and was renowned as a great beauty. She sometimes used Marianna Mattiocco Della Torre as a professional name. She bore eleven children, six of whom survived to adulthood.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Russell was born on June 2, 1865 in Cassino, kingdom of Italia, in the province of Terra di Lavoro. In Paris, she met the Australian painter John Russell in 1884. She became his lover and his model. In 1888, after the birth of two children, they married in Paris.

paragraph: Claude Monet spoke highly of her beauty, and the sculptor Auguste Rodin used Russel several times as his model, notably for a bust in silver in 1888, a bust entitled "Mrs. Russell" (1888), Pallas at Parthenon, Minerva, and also of Ceres in 1896. An enduring friendship developed among Rodin, Marianna, and her husband.

paragraph: Russell sometimes used the professional name of Marianna Mattiocco Della Torre. She also was the model of the British artist Harry Bates, and Carolus-Duran. She also posed for the equestrian sculpture, "Jeanne d'Arc", by Emmanuel Frémiet, that was completed in 1889.

paragraph: Leaving Paris in 1888, Marianna and John Russell settled on the island of Belle-Ile, off the coast of Brittany. They designed and built a large and comfortable house at Goulphar, in which they brought up their daughter and five sons. They also offered hospitality to many visiting artists, sometimes described as establishing an artist colony.

paragraph: On March 30, 1908, Russell died from cancer in Paris at the age of forty-two. By her own wish, she was buried close to their home on Belle-Ile, in Bangor.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Daniel Wildenstein, "Monet, vie et oeuvre" Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne, 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth Salter, "The lost impressionist", Angus & Robertson U.K. , 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- Claude-Guy Onfray, "Russell ou la lumière en heritage", Le Livre d'histoire, Paris, 1995,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Lettre de l'Association John et Marianna Russell" (1988-2019) (Bibliographie nationale française 38888130-02-05014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christina Buley-Uribe, "Mes soeurs divines, Rodin et 99 femmes de son entourage", Editions du relief, Paris, 2013,

paragraph: Section::::Websites.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marianna Russell, the bust as Pallas at Parthenon, Rodin Museum, Paris

description: Italian art model

wikidata_label: Marianna Mattiocco

wikipedia_title: Marianna Russell


text:
rower
World Rowing Championships

categories: 1985 births,World Rowing Championships medalists for Denmark,Danish male rowers,Living people

paragraph: Jens Vilhelmsen

paragraph: Jens Vilhelmsen (born 8 February 1985) is a Danish rower. He has won three silver medals at World Rowing Championships.

description: Danish rower

wikidata_label: Jens Vilhelmsen

wikipedia_title: Jens Vilhelmsen


text:
electronica
DAW
FL Studio
Mo'Molemi
AKA
Hype Magazine
Chez Ntemba
SAMA
Kwesta
Da King of African Rap
DaKAR II
electronica
abstract art
OkayAfrica
"La Bella Vita "EP
Flying Lotus
J Dilla
Tumblr
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Paint
Adobe Photoshop
Mark Ryden
James Turrell
Vanessa Beecroft
Ruud van Empel
Lapalux
1707
"La Bella Vita"
Mo'Molemi

categories: South African musicians,1992 births,South African artists

paragraph: IIndman

paragraph: Phenyo Kgaffe (born 25 November 1992) better known as IIndman (pronounced "second man") is an electronica producer and visual artist based in South Africa. He works under a media company named MARS, with his work published by Earth Sun Moon.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Kgaffe is from Mahikeng, a small town in South Africa. From early 2007 he started taking his music into the DAW – FL Studio to record songs while creating visual art as a hobby. In 2009 he began working with Mo'Molemi on his album "Rebel Without a Pause" where he produced the song Lefika-Town feat. Spikey of Lyv Records at 16 years of age. He began doing visual work with AKA of the I.V League for the South African Hype Magazine Hip Hop Awards. He also worked with Dreamteam on the "Blow Up" Mixtape, dance crew - The Repertoires, Chez Ntemba, LiquidChefs SA with Very Special Saturday hosted by Fifi Costello and DJ Sliqe, visual artworks for the SAMA Award Winning DJ Sliqe, Kwesta, and "Da King of African Rap" album art for DaKAR II in 2016. He has also worked in advertising and marketing visuals for South African music events including GoodSundae for Benny Maverick & DJ Feel and Groove Afrika events.

paragraph: Besides being a visual artist, he has been laying the foundation for the South African electronic music. A Mahikeng-born musical genius who set his sights on taking South African electronic music to another level. With releases dating back to 2013, he showed time and time again that he was undoubtedly ahead of his time.

paragraph: Section::::Music.

paragraph: He began to work in electronica, augmenting it with abstract art work. In 2015 he released his debut electronic EP which OkayAfrica said "IIndman's 6-track "La Bella Vita "EP is a crumbling tunnel of drum whips, muffled vocals, and scraped effects. Starting with the slow, key-floored title track and moving onto the choppy, percussion-based "Lemonade," the self-produced release only sees dim light with the fifth track "Never Let You Down," a grand composition of strings that begins with a deep-voiced birthday wish." Followed by single in the same year with Norwegian singer - Camilla Luna, it is said that he aims to blend ambient textures and lounge-y keyboard melodies together over drums and percussion in a manner reminiscent of Flying Lotus and J Dilla, who IIndman lists as some of his musical influences. He has also done a rework of ECHLN's song called 'Honey' which IIndman's music is unique and compelled music Singapore-based label - Darker Than Wax to take notice in 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Visuals.

paragraph: Kgaffe would log on to Tumblr where he received pictures and used them as a source of inspiration, experimenting on the computer, and started editing using Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Paint, designing posters and abstract art. In 2009 he began working in Adobe Photoshop, creating images with an urban-vintage tone in a dark futuristic environment. He used the internet to connect with more people, clients and sources of artistic inspiration. He is also inspired by visual artists such as Mark Ryden, James Turrell, Oleg Dou, Sara Golish, Vanessa Beecroft, Marcel Van Der Vlugt, Amy Judd and Ruud van Empel.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flowers Rework" (Original by Lapalux) (2014

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Moment In Time" (Ft. Camilla Luna & Emamkay) (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "ECHLN" - Honey (Ft. Hunter Rose) [IIndman Rework]

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Eps.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "1707" (as Muthafuckiniindman) (2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Bella Vita" (2015)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Beat tapes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Polaroids Beattape" (2015)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Productions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lefika Town – Mo'Molemi" ""

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rep My Town – ProfresherKT" ""

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Macknight – Otee" ""

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Omnipotent – ProfresherKT"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Its Only The Beginning – ProfesherKT" ""

description: Visual Artist & Electronica Producer

wikidata_label: IIndman

wikipedia_title: IIndman


text:
Iranian
Mazandarani
grand vizier
Qajar
shah
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Babol
Mazandaran
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

categories: 1819 deaths,19th-century Iranian people,People from Babol,1744 births,18th-century Iranian people

paragraph: Mirza Shafi Mazandarani

paragraph: Mirza Mohammad Shafi Bandpi'i Mazandarani (), better simply known as Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (), was an Iranian statesman of Mazandarani origin, who served as the grand vizier of the Qajar king (shah) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797-1834) from 1801 to 1819.

paragraph: He born in 1744 at Babol, Mazandaran. He was the son of a certain Hajji Mirza Ahmad, and started his career as an bureaucrat at the court of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who elevated him to the post of minister.

description: Iranian politician

wikidata_label: Mirza Shafi Mazandarani

wikipedia_title: Mirza Shafi Mazandarani


text:
Chad
Moissala
prefecture
Moyen-Chari
Brazzaville
Ati
Abéché
Bongor
Fort-Archambault
French colony
Chadian Progressive Party
Gabriel Lisette
François Tombalbaye
head of the government
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
United Nations General Assembly
West Germany
Paris
the Tombalbaye Regime
coup of 1975
United States
N'Djamena
biographic note
Rulers

categories: Chadian Progressive Party politicians,1998 deaths,1920 births,Chadian diplomats,Foreign ministers of Chad

paragraph: Pierre Toura Gaba

paragraph: Pierre Toura Gaba (1920–1998) was a Chadian politician and diplomat. Following the independence of Chad, he served as its first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1960 to 1961.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: He was born on December 28, 1920 at Maibyan, near Moissala, in the prefecture of Moyen-Chari in southern Chad. He served as a diplomat at Brazzaville and worked for a long time as a teacher in places like Ati, Abéché, Bongor and Fort-Archambault (now called Sarh).

paragraph: When Chad was still a French colony, a Representative Council for which some of the African inhabitants could vote was instituted. Toura entered politics and became a member of this council from 1946 to 1956. A year later, he founded the Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) with Gabriel Lisette, in which Toura became secretary-general and Lisette president. The 1956 reforms greatly boosted the suffrage, strengthening the PPT, which triumphed in the first democratic elections. Toura was among the PPT representatives elected and became Minister of Agriculture in the first black government led by Lisette in 1958. But in February, Lisette lost his position and a month later Toura lost his office in the party to François Tombalbaye, who, later in the same month, became the new head of the government. This position was strengthened by the following elections in May, which were triumphantly won by the PPT. A new government was formed, headed by Tombalbaye and with Toura as Minister of Public Works.

paragraph: With the independence of Chad on August 11, 1960, Tombalbaye became President and Toura was made Minister of Foreign Affairs. As such he headed the Chadian delegation that on September 29, 1960 was present at the United Nations General Assembly that admitted Chad into the UN.

paragraph: In 1961, Toura became Minister of National Education. Nevertheless, Tombalbaye had become increasingly suspicious and authoritarian. As a result, Toura fell in disgrace and was arrested in 1962. He remained in jail for several years, after which the President decided he could use him as a diplomat and sent him as Ambassador to West Germany in 1966. In 1973, Toura resigned and went into exile in France. In Paris he wrote "Non à Tombalbaye! - Fragments autobiographiques", a critique of the Tombalbaye Regime (1974). By August, the work started circulating secretly in Chad among opponents of the President.

paragraph: After the coup of 1975 that removed Tombalbaye, Toura returned to the diplomatic service and was made Ambassador to the United States in 1976. He served until 1979, when he resigned after the dissolution of any central authority in Chad. He found asylum in the United States and remained there until 1991, when he returned to Chad. He died on September 29, 1998 at N'Djamena.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- biographic note at Rulers

description: Chadian politician

wikidata_label: Pierre Toura Gaba

wikipedia_title: Pierre Toura Gaba


text:
American
blues
musician
Mississippi
guitar
Otha Turner
R. L. Burnside
Junior Kimbrough
Mississippi hill country traditions
Memphis, Tennessee
construction
Beale Street
David Evans
compilation album
Fat Possum Records
album
Robert Belfour page
2007 interview

categories: Country blues singers,Songwriters from Mississippi,2015 deaths,1940 births,American male singers,20th-century American guitarists,Guitarists from Mississippi,Country blues musicians,Blues revival musicians,Fat Possum Records artists,People from Holly Springs, Mississippi,American blues singers,American blues guitarists,Delta blues musicians,American male guitarists,Blues musicians from Mississippi

paragraph: Robert Belfour

paragraph: Robert "Wolfman" Belfour (September 11, 1940 – February 24, 2015) was an American blues musician. He was born in Red Banks, Mississippi. When he was a child, his father, Grant Belfour, taught him to play the guitar, and he continued his tutelage in the blues from the musicians Otha Turner, R. L. Burnside, and Junior Kimbrough. Kimbrough, in particular, had a profound influence on him. His music was rooted in Mississippi hill country traditions, in contrast to Delta blues. His playing was characterized by a percussive attack and alternate tunings.

paragraph: When Belfour was thirteen, his father died, and music was relegated to what free time he had, as his energy went to helping his mother provide for the family. In 1959, he married Noreen Norman and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked in construction for the next 35 years.

paragraph: In the 1980s, Belfour began playing on Beale Street. Eight of his songs are included on the musicologist David Evans's compilation album "The Spirit Lives On: Deep South Country Blues and Spirituals in the 1990s", released by the German Hot Fox label in 1994. This led Belfour to Fat Possum Records and record his first album, "What's Wrong With You", released in 2000.

paragraph: The album "Pushin' My Luck" followed in 2003, receiving a positive critical review.

paragraph: Belfour died on February 24, 2015, at the age of 74.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2003 "Pushin My Luck"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 "What's Wrong With You"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Belfour page from Fat Possum Records site

paragraph: BULLET::::- [ Allmusic biography]

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 interview

description: American blues musician

wikidata_label: Robert Belfour

wikipedia_title: Robert Belfour