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azhwar
India
Vaishnava
Hinduism
azhwars
Nalayira Divya Prabandham
Divya desam
Bhoothathazhwar
Peyazhwar
Andhadhi
Dwapara Yuga
Tiruvekkaa
Thirukovilur
nayanmars
Pallava
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
Azhwars
Vishnu
Vaishnavism
Tamil
Nalayira Divya Prabandham
Divya desam
brahmin
Kshatria
panar
Saranga
Manavala Mamunigal
Dwapara Yuga
nayanmars
Pallava
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
Ramayana
Mahabaratha
Vaishnavism
Nathamuni
Tiruvekkaa
Tamil
Transliteration
Thirukkoilur
Vishnu
Tamil
Transliteration
Bhoothathazhwar
Peyazhwar
Andhadhi
Narayana
Trivikrama
Krishna
avatar
Yathothkari Perumal Temple
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
Thirupaarkadal
Tirumala Venkateswara Temple
Thiruvikrama Perumal Temple
Vaikuntha
Tiruvekkaa
Tamil calendar
Mangalasasanam
Divya Prabhandham

paragraph: Poigai Azhwar

paragraph: Poigai Azhwar (also spelt Poygai Alvar or Poigai Alvar or Poygai Azhwar) is one of the twelve "azhwar" saints of South India, who are known for their affiliation to Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. The verses of "azhwars" are compiled as "Nalayira Divya Prabandham" and the 108 temples revered are classified as "Divya desam". Poigai is one of the three principal "azhwars", with the other two being Bhoothathazhwar and Peyazhwar, collectively called "Muthalamazhwargal" who are known to be born out of divinity. Poigai composed hundred verses that are classified as "Muthal Tiruvandadhi" and his composition is set in the "Andhadhi" style in which the ending syllable is the starting one for the next verse.

paragraph: According to traditional account, the first three "azhwars" belong to "Dwapara Yuga" (before 4200 BC). As per Hindu legend, Poigai was found in a small pond near the Yadhotakaari temple at Tiruvekkaa. In Tamil, small pond is called "poigai", and since he was found in a pond, he got the name Poigai.

paragraph: As per legend, the three "azhwars" were once were confined in a small dark enclosure during a rain in Thirukovilur and they experienced a fourth individual among them. They found out that it was god Vishnu and Poigai wished to see his face continuously but could view only from the simmering light of the lightning. With a view to maintain the continuity of light, he instantly composed hundred songs wishing light to emerge. The other two continued composing hundred songs each on Vishnu.

paragraph: The works of these earliest saints contributed to the philosophical and theological ideas of Vaishnavism. Along with the three Saiva nayanmars, they influenced the ruling Pallava kings of the South Indian region, resulting in changing the religious geography from Buddhism and Jainism to the two sects of Hinduism.

paragraph: Section::::Azhwars.

paragraph: The word "azhwar" means the one who dives deep into the ocean of the countless attributes of god. "Azhwars" are considered the twelve supreme devotees of Vishnu, who were instrumental in popularising Vaishnavism during the 5th to 8th centuries AD. The religious works of these saints in Tamil, songs of love and devotion, are compiled as "Nalayira Divya Prabandham" containing 4000 verses and the 108 temples revered in their songs are classified as "Divya desam". The saints had different origins and belonged to different castes. As per tradition, the first three "azhwars", Poigai, Bhutha and Pei were born miraculously. Tirumizhisai was the son of a sage, Thondaradi, Mathurakavi, Peria and Andal were from brahmin community, Kulasekhara from "Kshatria" community, Namm was from a cultivator family, Tirupana from "panar" community and Tirumangai from "kazhwar" community. "Divya Suri Saritra" by Garuda-Vahana Pandita (11th century AD), "Guruparamparaprabavam" by Pinbaragiya Perumal Jiyar, "Periya tiru mudi adaivu" by Anbillai Kandadiappan, "Yatindra Pranava Prabavam" by Pillai Lokacharya, commentaries on "Divya Prabandam", Guru Parampara (lineage of Gurus) texts, temple records and inscriptions give a detailed account of the "azhwars" and their works. According to these texts, the saints were considered incarnations of some form of Vishnu. Poigai is considered an incarnation of "Panchajanya" (Krishna's conch), Bhoothath of "Kaumodakee" (Vishnu's Mace/Club), Pey of "Nandaka" (Vishnu's sword), Thirumalisai of "Sudarshanam" (Vishnu's discus), Namm of "Vishvaksena" (Vishnu's commander), Madhurakavi of "Vainatheya" (Vishnu's eagle, Garuda), Kulasekhara of "Kaustubha" (Vishnu's necklace), Periy of Garuda (Vishnu's eagle), Andal of Bhoodevi (Vishnu's wife, Lakshmi, in her form as Bhudevi), Thondaradippodi of "Vanamaalai" (Vishnu's garland), Thiruppaan of "Srivatsa" (An auspicious mark on Vishnu's chest) and Thirumangai of "Saranga" (Rama's bow). The songs of "Prabandam" are regularly sung in all the Vishnu temples of South India daily and also during festivals.

paragraph: According to traditional account by Manavala Mamunigal, the first three "azhwars" namely Poigai, Bhoothath and Pey belong to "Dwapara Yuga" (before 4200 BC). It is widely accepted by tradition and historians that the trio are the earliest among the twelve "azhwars". Along with the three Saiva nayanmars, they influenced the ruling Pallava kings, creating a Bhakti movement that resulted in changing the religious geography from Buddhism and Jainism to these two sects of Hinduism in the region. The "azhwars" were also instrumental in promoting the Bhagavatha cult and the two epics of India, namely, "Ramayana" and "Mahabaratha". The "azhwars" were instrumental in spreading "Vaishnavism" throughout the region. The verses of the various "azhwars" were compiled by Nathamuni (824-924 AD), a 10th-century Vaishnavite theologian, who called it the "Tamil Veda".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Poigai was found in a small pond near the Yadhotakaari temple at Tiruvekkaa. In Tamil, small pond is called "poigai", and since he was found in a pond, he got the name Poigai. At Kanchipuram there is a temple inside the Deva-sarovara lake. This temple enshrines an idol of Saroyogi in a recumbent posture with eyes closed in meditation. From childhood, Poigai was deeply devoted to Vishnu. He mastered all the Vaishnava speeches and followed Vaishnavite tradition. He was variously known as Ayonigi, Saro-yogi, Kasara-yogi, Poigai-piraan, Saravora Munindra and Padma-muni.

paragraph: Tamilbr

paragraph: கைதை சேர் பூம்பொழில் சூழ் கச்சி நகர் வந்துதித்த

paragraph: பொய்கைப் பிரான் கவிஞர் போரேறு - வையத்து

paragraph: அடியவர்கள் வாழ அருந்தமிழ் நூற்றந்ததி

paragraph: படிவிளங்கச் செய்தான் பரிந்து

paragraph: Transliterationbr

paragraph: kaidhai sEr pUmpozhil sUzh kachchi nagar vandhudhiththabr

paragraph: poygaip pirAn kavinjar pOrERu - vaiyaththubr

paragraph: adiyavargaL vAzha arunthamizh nURRandhAdhibr

paragraph: padiviLangkach seydhAn parindhu br

paragraph: Section::::Composition.

paragraph: As per Hindu legend, Vishnu appeared to the "mudhal azhwars" (first three "azhwars") at Thirukkoilur. It was day time, but it darkened and started raining heavily. The wandering Poigai found out a small hide out, which has a space for one person to lie down. Boodath arrived there looking for a hiding place and Poigai accommodated him, with both sitting together. In the meanwhile, Pey also came to the same place as all the three preferred to stand because of lack of space. The darkness became dense and inside the small room, they were not able to see each other. In the meanwhile, they felt a fourth person also forced his way among them. The three "azhwars" realised from the light of the lightning that the fourth one had a charming face that was sublime and divine. The trio could immediately realize that it was Vishnu who was huddling among them. Poigai wished to see Vishnu's face continuously but could view only from the simmering light of the lightning. With a view to maintain the continuity of light, he instantly composed hundred songs wishing the earth to be a big pot full of ghee like an ocean where the Sun could be the burning wick.

paragraph: Tamilbr

paragraph: வையம் தகளியா வார்கடலே நெய்யாக

paragraph: வெய்ய கதிரோன் விளக்காக - செய்ய

paragraph: சுடர் ஆழியான் அடிக்கே சுட்டினேன் சொல் மாலை

paragraph: இடராழி நீங்குகவே என்று

paragraph: Transliterationbr

paragraph: vaiyam thagaLiyA vArkadalE neyyAga br

paragraph: veyya kadhirOn viLakkAga - seyya br

paragraph: sudar AzhiyAn adikkE sUttinEn sol mAlai br

paragraph: idarAzhi nIngkugavE enRu br

paragraph: The song is also interpreted as the "azhwar" praying to god to remove the darkness and ask for his unlimited knowledge and power. Bhoothathazhwar also sang 100 songs imagining to light the lamp constantly through ardent love for Him. Peyazhwar sang another 100 songs where he described the enchanting charm of the divine face and the association of Narayana equipped with chakra and sankha, and his divine consort goddess Lakshmi.

paragraph: Poigai composed hundred verses that are classified as "Muthal Tiruvandadhi". Poigai’s composition was set in the "Andhadhi" style. The word "Andha" means end and "Adi" means beginning. "Andhadhi" style has ending word or the syllable of each verse as the beginning word of the succeeding verse and the last word of the hundredth verse becomes the beginning of the first verse, making the hundred verses a true garland of verses. The works of these earliest saints contributed to the philosophical and theological ideas of Vaishnavism. The verses of the trio speak of Narayana (another name for Vishnu) as the supreme deity and they refer frequently to Trivikrama and Krishna, the avatars of Vishnu.

paragraph: Section::::In culture.

paragraph: There is a shrine dedicated to Poigai in the Yathothkari Perumal Temple tank called "Deva Sarovaram" where his image is depicted in reclining posture. Poigai has revered Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in one, Thirupaarkadal in one, Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in ten, Thiruvikrama Perumal Temple in two, Vaikuntha in two and Tiruvekkaa in four verses. Azhwar Utsavam is a festival celebrated annually during the birth date of the saint based on Tamil calendar in the Yathothkariswami temple at Tiruvekka.

paragraph: Section::::Mangalasasanam.

paragraph: There are 20 of his paasurams in the 4000 Divya Prabhandham. He has sung in praise of six temples.

wikidata_label: Poigai Alvar

wikipedia_title: Poigai Azhwar


text:
Esch-sur-Alzette
autodidact
Bivange
smartphone
Hipstamatic
iPhone
POST Luxembourg
John G. Morris
Lucien Clergue
David Hamilton
Cercle artistique de Luxembourg

categories: Luxembourgian artists,1963 births,Luxembourgian photographers,Living people

paragraph: François Besch

paragraph: François Besch (born 1963) is a Luxembourgish photographer and artist.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Besch was born on 11 April 1963 in Esch-sur-Alzette. The autodidact has been living and working in Bivange since 2006.

paragraph: In Besch's nature and landscape shots, his primary interest is in conveying feelings or moods. Besch has also made portrait, street and experimental photography since the 1980s. He uses classic cameras and also a smartphone. In 2011, Besch hosted an exhibition in Luxembourg in which the photographs were created using the Hipstamatic application for the iPhone.

paragraph: In 2013 POST Luxembourg acquired five of his works – portraits of wild mushrooms – which were used on a series of postage stamps. They were the first official postage stamps in the world to use photographs which were not taken with conventional cameras.

paragraph: Besch also makes portraits of personalities using a smartphone, among them other photographers John G. Morris, Lucien Clergue and David Hamilton.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.:Award.

paragraph: In March 2017 Besch received the "Monika von Boch-Preis für Fotografie"

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.:Exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "Von Glückspilzen und anderen Lichtwelten", Galerie Clairefontaine (Espace 2), Luxemburg

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "The Story of the Creative", See.Me Exhibition Space, New York City

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014: "Salon d'automne du Cercle artistique de Luxembourg"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: "BeNeLux", Galerie bij de Boeken, Ulft, Netherlands

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2015: "Six Lives in Photography", Photomeetings Luxembourg

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016: "Luxembourg Art Week 2016", Salon d'automne du Cercle artistique de Luxembourg"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "François Besch, Hipstamatics", Museum Schloss Fellenberg, Merzig, Germany

description: Luxembourgian photographer, visual artist and journalist

wikidata_label: François Besch

wikipedia_title: François Besch


text:
basketball
KB Prishtina
center
FIBA
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
Nationale 1
Telenet Oostende
Belgian Basketball Cup MVP
Antwerp Giants
Élan Chalon
Pro A
KB Prishtina
Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Donar Groningen

categories: Centers (basketball),People from Nador,Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez players,1992 births,KB Prishtina players,Belgian men's basketball players,Élan Chalon players,BC Oostende players,Moroccan men's basketball players

paragraph: Khalid Boukichou

paragraph: Khalid Boukichou (born 17 September 1992) is a Belgian-Moroccan basketball player, who currently plays for KB Prishtina. Boukichou usually plays as center. He represents Belgium in international FIBA competitions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: In 2008, Boukichou started his career with Atomia Brussels in the Belgian third division. After two seasons in Brussels, he left for Royal Anderlecht of the same division. Later in the 2010–11 season, he played for Chabab Rif Al Hoceima of the Moroccan Nationale 1 for a short period.

paragraph: In 2011, Boukichou signed with Telenet Oostende. On March 12, 2016, he was named the Belgian Basketball Cup MVP after he scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds in the Final against Antwerp Giants.

paragraph: On 2 November 2017, Boukichou signed with the defending French champion Élan Chalon of the Pro A.

paragraph: In September 2018, he signed a one-year contract with KB Prishtina, national champions of Kosovo. Boukichou became the first Belgian player to play in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. On 21 September, Boukichou scored 7 points and had 8 rebounds in his debut in an 84–64 win over Donar Groningen.

description: Moroccan basketball player

wikidata_label: Khalid Boukichou

wikipedia_title: Khalid Boukichou


text:
Tabriz
miniature
Mir Musavvir
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
Tahmasp I
Khamsa of Nizami
Layla and Majnun
Mughal
Humayun
Sher Shah Suri
Sunni
Shiite
Abd al-Samad
Sikandar Shah
Akbar
Hamzanama
Abu'l-Fazl
Akbarnama
Humayun
Hajj

categories: Persian miniature painters,1510 births,1576 deaths,People from Tabriz

paragraph: Mir Sayyid Ali

paragraph: Mir Sayyid Ali (Tabriz, 1510–1572) was a Persian illustrator and painter of miniatures.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Born in Tabriz, Mir Sayyid Ali was the son of artist Mir Musavvir. Historian and chronicler Qazi Ahmed said that the son was more talented than his father, but the impact of Mir Musavvir did influence his work.

paragraph: Section::::Early works.

paragraph: Modern research suggests that Mir Sayyid Ali took part in the illustration of the famous Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp created in 1525–48 for Shah Tahmasp I (1514–76). Two miniatures in it are attributed to Sayyid Ali's. The next step was his involvement in the creation of the lavish illustrations for the manuscript of Khamsa of Nizami ("Five poems") created by the best artists of the Shah kitabhane in 1539–43 by order of Shah Tahmasp. Of the 14 miniatures his brush is credited with four, among them "Layla and Majnun", which bears the signature of the artist. The period around 1540, contains two remarkable works of the master: a picture of the elegant young man holding a letter disclosed, and a diptych (double frontispiece) for the "Khamsa of Nizami" with "nomad camp of nomads" on one sheet and "Evening Life Palace" on the other.

paragraph: Section::::Removal from court.

paragraph: In the 1540s, the Shah Tahmasp became increasingly orthodox and grew to reject artistic representations of living creatures. He lost interest in the former book miniature, and eventually issued an edict banning secular images throughout the Persian Empire. Artists of his court, including Mir Sayyid Ali, dispersed in all directions. Most took refuge at the court of Shah Tahmasp's nephew, Sultan Ibrahim Mirza.

paragraph: Section::::Humayun service.

paragraph: Meanwhile, the Mughal emperor Humayun after unsuccessful battles with Sher Shah Suri, lost his throne, and in 1543 arrived in Persia, where Shah Tahmasp gave him a warm welcome and the highest protection. Followed by countless feasts on which Tahmasp persuaded Sunni Humayun to go to the Shiite faith. While Humayun was staying in Tabriz, he became acquainted with the artists, was fascinated by their works, and two of them are invited to the service to him, wanting to create a library-like master of Tabriz. These artists were Abd al-Samad and Mir Musavvir. However, for some reason instead of Mir Musavvir, the service went to his son Mir Sayyid Ali.

paragraph: Humayun did not immediately regain his possessions in the Indian subcontinent. While this struggle took place, it was in a Kabul court. Mir Sayyid Ali arrived there in 1549, lived and worked there for as long as the summer of 1555 Humayun's army defeated in a battle the troops of Sikandar Shah. The Delhi gate was open, and his father Humayun regained the throne. The period of the artist's life in Kabul today carries very few works, among them "Portrait of a young writer". Mir Sayyid Ali is considered a master of the genre of portraiture, but Persian portraits were to a large extent conditioned and idealized character than were significantly different from the Mughal portrait, which was much more naturalistic. However, the "Portrait of a young writer" belongs to the best Persian portrait miniatures. Experts from the Los Angeles Museum believe that this may be a self-portrait of the artist.

paragraph: Section::::Akbar service.

paragraph: The emperor Humayun was succeeded by Akbar, who was an even more passionate lover of portrait miniatures than his father. Mir Sayyid Ali, along with Abd al-Samad from childhood had taught the art of drawing to the future sultan, and between established warm relations. Sayyid Ali headed the imperial court art initiatives, and under his leadership began one of the most ambitious projects in the book of world history - "Hamzanama" a history of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the prophet Muhammad. The order, which was implemented from 1562 to 1577, was made by Emperor Akbar, and being launched under the leadership of Mir Sayyid Ali, was completed under the supervision of Abd al-Samad. The book was divided into fourteen volumes, each of which contained one hundred illustrations, in total - 1,400 miniatures. About 140 miniatures of the work have survived, which are scattered in various museums and collections around the world.

paragraph: In all probability both the chief of the imperial court were directly involved in the illustration of this ambitious project only occasionally, mostly taking place in the overall direction, so their presence on the pages of the book are scarce. One of the most remarkable works in this manuscript is a miniature "Elijah the prophet rescues drowning Nur ad-Dahr," which is credited with a hand Mir Sayyid Ali. Along with the portrait of his father, Mir Musavvir, and the pattern of "Wise men, reflecting on the book" demonstrates the features of this miniature late master.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Mir Sayyid Ali remained faithful to the end of the Persian tradition and sultan Akbar, where he worked for an international group of artists who advocated the principles of Persian painting. In his works, one can see the influence of his father's and Sultan Muhammad. His work earned him numerous awards and praise. Vizier of Emperor Akbar I, Abu'l-Fazl, in his "History of Akbar" (Akbarnama) speaks of him the most enthusiastic manner. In al Fadl's the list of the best artists of the era (he counted more than a hundred) Mir Sayyid Ali tied for first place; al Fadl stating: "His art he learned from his father. From the moment he got to the palace, the king's favor beam shone on him. He had distinguished himself by his art ... ". The emperor Humayun gave him the honorary title of "Nadir-ul-Mulk" (The Miracle of the kingdom).

paragraph: Seven years after the start of the project "Hamzanama" that is, approximately in 1569, the artist left the Mughal court, and as a devout Muslim pilgrim went to Mecca. Some researchers believe that he had died during the Hajj, while others say that he returned to the court of Akbar and died in 1580.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Amina Okada. Indian Miniatures Of The Mughal Court. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, N-Y. 1992

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dr. M. Abdulla Chaghatai. Mir Sayyid Ali Tabrezi. Publisher: Lahore: Kitab khana-i-nauras, 1955

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dickson M.B. / Welch S.C. The Houghton Shahnameh. vol.1-2, Cambridge, Mass. 1981

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (see index: p. 148-152; fig. 5)

description: Persian illustrator and painter

wikidata_label: Mir Sayyid Ali

wikipedia_title: Mir Sayyid Ali


text: Italian literature

text: Dante

text: Divine Comedy

text: Sterling Professor

text: Yale University

text: Timothy Dwight College

text: Dante

text: Boccaccio

text: Petrarch

text: troubadours

text: Alberto Moravia

text: Salvatore Quasimodo

text: Giovanni Verga

text: Giambattista Vico

text: Bartlett Giamatti

text: Dante

text: Divine Comedy

text: Leonard Baskin

text: Niccolò Machiavelli

text: Giambattista Vico

text: National Book Critics Circle Award

text: First Folio

text: troubadours

text: blank verse

text: Yale University

text: New Haven

text: Yale College

text: Timothy Dwight College

text: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

text: Clement Attlee

text: presidential candidate

text: Barry Goldwater

text: Harry Truman

text: Adlai Stevenson

text: Fredric March

text: Iris Murdoch

text: Ronald Reagan

text: William F. Buckley, Jr.

text: Yale Daily News

text: Bartlett Giamatti

text: T. K. Seung

text: Sterling Professor

text: Yale Alumni Magazine

text: Timothy Dwight College

text: Allied Control Commission

text: Bronze Star

text: Order of Civil Merit

text: Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

text: Ordine della Corona d'Italia

text: Order of the British Empire

text: Isle of Capri

text: Transit Research and Attitude Control

text: Wallasey

text: Cornell University

text: Jennifer von Mayrhauser

text: Wilbur Cross Medal

text: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

text: Bronze Star

text: Yale College

text: Medieval Academy of America

text: American Association of University Professors

text: PEN International

text: T. K. Seung

text: A. Bartlett Giamatti

text: Kenneth Atchity

categories: International PEN,Writers from New Haven, Connecticut,Yale Sterling Professors,Honorary Officers of the Order of the British Empire,20th-century translators,Order of Civil Merit,Cornell University faculty,Yale University alumni,1987 deaths,Burials at Grove Street Cemetery,1904 births,Translators of Dante Alighieri,Yale University faculty

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin

paragraph: Thomas Goddard Bergin (November 17, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American scholar of Italian literature, who was "noted particularly for his research on Dante's "Divine Comedy" and for its translation." He was the Sterling Professor of Romance Languages at Yale University, and Master of Timothy Dwight College. He is the first poet to have his words launched into outer space to orbit the earth.

paragraph: Section::::Author, translator, editor.

paragraph: He is recognized as an authority on Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, and the Provençal troubadours, as well as modern Italian writers, including Alberto Moravia, Salvatore Quasimodo, Giovanni Verga, and Giambattista Vico. Bartlett Giamatti referred to him as the “grand statesman of Italian scholarship in America.”

paragraph: Among his translations are Dante's Divine Comedy (1948), which was published in three-volumes with illustrations by Leonard Baskin, Niccolò Machiavelli's "The Prince" (1947) and Giambattista Vico's "New Science" (1946) with Max Fisch.

paragraph: He published scholarly texts and monographs on authors and the literature of renaissance Italy, France, Spain and Provençal. His biography of the Italian author "Boccaccio" (1981) was considered a “notable book” of the year by the "New York Times", and was a finalist in 1981 for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

paragraph: He edited "The Taming of the Shrew" for "The Yale Shakespeare", and states in the introduction that his “basic principle was fidelity to the text” of the First Folio of 1623. This in part involved restoring many original wordings and punctuation that long editorial tradition had permitted to be altered.

paragraph: He was prolific; the bibliography of his works in "Italian Literature: Roots and Branches" (1976), lists thirty-seven books, fifteen contributions to books, fifty articles in periodicals, and almost 500 book reviews.

paragraph: His book "Dante" (1965) was published during the 700th anniversary year of the birth of the Italian poet, a busy year for Bergin, during which he created a conference at Yale on Dante, he was the editor of the conference papers, which were published in book form as "From Time to Eternity", and he traveled extensively lecturing on Dante.

paragraph: Julius A. Molinaro, writing in "Forum Italicum", the journal of Italian studies, states that there must be few "who are not acquainted with some aspect of his work, for it touches many fields ranging ... from the Provencal troubadours to translations of contemporary Italian poetry. Between these limits are a Dante concordance and invaluable books on Dante, Petrarch and Vico."

paragraph: Section::::The Divine Comedy.

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin writes that "The Divine Comedy" "is everything: a personal confession, a vast love lyric, an encyclopedia of the knowledge of the Middle Ages ... and of course quite simply an absorbing narrative." "The Divine Comedy" is made up of 14,233 lines, divided into three parts; Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. Thomas G. Bergin's English translation casts Dante's poem into blank verse. It begins with these lines:

paragraph: Section::::Yale.

paragraph: The chapter written by Bergin in the book, "My Harvard, My Yale", recounts how from an early age, he had a deep and abiding appreciation for Yale University. He was born in New Haven, not far from the university, he attended public high school, and was awarded the only scholarship that was given each year by the town to a local boy to attend Yale. He entered Yale as an undergraduate in 1921, just as the twenties were beginning to roar. He found there an invigorating academic environment, but also a social stratification that kept the students from more privileged backgrounds apart from the others.

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin wanted to make his mark at Yale, and recognized that academic achievement was a way open to him. He describes how he "came to enjoy learning" and by his senior year, he says, "it became for me an unadulterated rapture".

paragraph: At this point—twenty years old and approaching graduation— an opportunity was presented to him, that would be his life's journey, and it would begin with a required sojourn in Florence, Dante's home. But there was a parental figure who was determined to prevent him from taking this first step. The story of his escape from home, up until the gangplanks are drawn up and the ship sets sail, as he relates it in the essay, "Endings and Beginnings", is a tale of suspense.

paragraph: He earned his B.A. from Yale in 1925, traveled to Italy to study and live, and then returned to Yale to earn a Ph.D. in romance languages in 1929. He taught at Yale College as a teacher of Italian from 1925 until 1930. In 1949, he became head of Yale's Spanish and Italian Department, and the Benjamin Barge Professor of Romance Languages and Literature.

paragraph: When Bergin returned to Yale after the war, he "could see at once how greatly the college system had improved life under the elms." The college system that was introduced in the 1930s had the effect of solving the problem of social stratification by stirring up the social order and getting students from all backgrounds and experiences to live, study and be together—a richer social life became available to everyone. Another result was that the system of fraternities diminished. Thomas G. Bergin was appointed master of Timothy Dwight College in 1953. As Master, he presided over a community of young scholars who lived in the college.

paragraph: As Master, he also hosted The Timothy Dwight Chubb Fellowship visits of notable people from various walks of life, including the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 Clement Attlee, conservative presidential candidate of 1964 Barry Goldwater, President Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, actor Fredric March, novelist Iris Murdoch, and future President Ronald Reagan.

paragraph: When the visit by the conservative Californian candidate, Ronald Reagan, was announced, it stirred up controversy in the political atmosphere of 1967—there were those who wanted the invitation withdrawn.

paragraph: William F. Buckley, Jr., who is described as a "life long friend" of Bergin, in spite of each man being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, weighed in on the controversy in his syndicated newspaper column. Buckley, writing with what the Yale Daily News described as "tongue-in-cheek" referred to Bergin as "a scholar aesthete of obstinate liberalism." Bergin responded by saying “I always enjoy Buckley’s prose. For once I find it difficult to quarrel with him.” Buckley was further inspired to imagine Bergin "lamenting the furor over his invitation to Reagan" with a quote from the Divine Comedy: “I cannot well report how I entered it, so full was I of slumber at that moment when I abandoned the true way.”

paragraph: Bergin had a reputation as an impressive speaker with a striking wit. A few of the speeches that he gave as Master, along with other writings and notes posted on the bulletin board, were gathered together and published in the book "Master Pieces", which was edited by Bartlett Giamatti and T. K. Seung.

paragraph: In 1957 he became the Sterling Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, and when he retired in 1973 he became Sterling Professor Emeritus.

paragraph: He was an unofficial historian of Yale in his book on Yale football, "Gridiron Glory" (1978), and in his column, "Time and Change", which was published regularly for twenty years in the "Yale Alumni Magazine". He wrote of the Harvard/Yale football rivalry in his book "The Game" (1984).

paragraph: In 1989, Yale established the Thomas Bergin scholarships for Italian majors, and the dining room of Timothy Dwight College was named in his honor.

paragraph: Section::::World War II.

paragraph: During the war, Major Bergin was assigned to the headquarters of the Allied Control Commission in Italy, where he served as director of public relations from 1943 to 1946. For his service during the war, Bergin was decorated with the Bronze Star, the Order of Civil Merit and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and Ordine della Corona d'Italia from Italy, and the Order of the British Empire.

paragraph: He was stationed in the hills that overlooked the Bay of Naples and the Isle of Capri where the sun would set every night. It was a time when the allied forces had arrived and were battling the enemy, from hill to hill, from the south to the north, leaving behind a bruised and traumatized country. His wartime experiences are expressed in verse in his book, "Parco Grifeo".

paragraph: Section::::Poet.

paragraph: The "New York Times" referred to him as “a renowned Dante scholar and a wry poet in his own right”. His poems are published in books, magazines and quarterlies.

paragraph: His poem, "Space Prober", became, on November 15, 1961, the first poem sent to orbit in outer space. The poem was inscribed on an instrument panel, and launched on a Transit Research and Attitude Control (TRAAC) Satellite, where it continues to orbit the earth at an altitude of 600 miles, and is expected to continue orbiting for the next 800 years.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin, or "TGB" as he was sometimes known, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 17, 1904, a child of Thomas Joseph Bergin and Irvinea Jane Frances Goddard Bergin. Thomas Joseph Bergin graduated from Yale in 1896. Thomas G. Bergin attended New Haven High School, and then Yale, where he received a B.A. in 1925 and a Ph.D. in romance languages in 1929. He married Florence Bullen of Wallasey, England on December 30, 1929.

paragraph: He taught at Yale College from 1925 until 1930, and was a professor of Spanish and Italian at Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University from 1930 to 1935. He then moved to Albany and taught romance languages at the New York State Teachers College.

paragraph: He then went on to Cornell University from 1941 to 1948 where he was a professor of romance languages.

paragraph: In 1943, he received an appointment to teach at the United States School of Military Government at Charlottesville, Virginia.

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin died on October 30, 1987, age eighty-three, at home in Madison, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife, who has since died; two daughters, Winifred Hart, of Lexington, Virginia and Jennifer von Mayrhauser of New York; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: Thomas G. Bergin's honors include the Dante and Petrarch Medals, the Yale Medal, the Wilbur Cross Medal, Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and the Bronze Star for his military service to his country during the war. In recognition of his many contributions to Italian studies, the Italian government made him Commander of the Order of Civil Merit in 1969. He received honorary degrees from Hofstra College in 1958, Fairfield University in 1965, and the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1984. He was awarded the Yale College DeVane Medal in 1975.

paragraph: He was a member of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (president in 1947), the Medieval Academy of America, the Dante Society of America, the American Association of University Professors (president of the Yale chapter from 1951 to 1952), and PEN International.

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Giovanni Verga" (1931)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Modern Italian Short Stories" (1938), editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Luciano Zuccoli: ritratto umbertino (1940)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Anthology of the Provençal Troubadours" (1973), editor, with Raymond Thompson Hill

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Three French Plays" (1941), editor with R.T. Hill

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spanish Grammar" (1943) textbook with G. Dale

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Autobiography of Giambattista Vico", by Vico (1944), translator with Max Fisch

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Parco Grifeo" (1946), verse wartime writings

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Prince", Machiavelli (1947), translator and editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante's "Inferno" "(1948) translator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante's "Purgatorio" "(1953) translator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante's "Paradiso" "(1954) translator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Divine Comedy "(1955) translator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Poems of William of Poitou" (1955), translator

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yale Shakespeare The Complete Works", "The Taming of the Shrew" (1954) editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Divine Comedy", by Dante Alighieri (1955), translator and editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Translations from Petrarch" (1955), editor, and translator with others

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Procul Este a Gramine" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Almanac for Academics" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The New Science of Giambattista Vico", by Vico (1961), translator with Max Fisch

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bertran de Born" (1964) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Master Pieces" (1964) edited by T. K. Seung and A. Bartlett Giamatti

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Italian Sampler" (1964) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante" (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Approach to Dante" (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Sonnets of Petrarch" (1965) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concordance to the Divine Comedy" (1965) editor with E. H. Wilkins, et al

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sonnets and Odes of Petrarch" (1966) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Perspective on the Divine Comedy" (1967)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "From Time to Eternity" (1967) editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Diversity of Dante" (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Divine Comedy" (1969) translator, rev. trans.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante: His Life, His Times, His Works" (1970) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cervantes: His Life, His Times, His Works" (1970) translator, editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Petrarch" (1970)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dante's Divine Comedy" (1971)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "On Sepulchres" (1971), translator and editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Anthology of the Provençal Troubadours" (1973), editor, along with Raymond Thompson Hill

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bucolicum Carmen", by Petrarch (1974), translator and editor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Italian Literature, Roots and Branches" (1976) ed. Kenneth Atchity Giose Rimanelli

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Africa" (1977) translator with Alice S. Wilson

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gridiron Glory" (1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Boccaccio" (1981)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Harvard My Yale" (1982) ed. Diana Dubois, TGB contributing author

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Under Scorpio" (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yale's Residential Colleges; the First Fifty Years" (1982)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Game: The Harvard-Yale Football Rivalry, 1875-1983" (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Provençal Primer" (1984) co-author with Nathaniel B. Smith

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Encyclopedia of the Renaissance" (1987) co-author with Jennifer Speake

description: Scholar of Italian literature

wikidata_label: Thomas G. Bergin

wikipedia_title: Thomas G. Bergin


text: Duisburg

text: Ruhr

text: Nuremberg Conservatory

text: UFA

text: World War II

text: Wehrmacht

text: Western Front

text: US

text: swing music

text: Bavaria

text: Füssen

text: Landsberg am Lech

text: Ernst Mosch

text: Bayerischer Rundfunk

text: Arne Hülphers

text: Zarah Leander

text: Michael Jary

text: Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk

text: Hamburg

text: Bibi Jones

text: Schlager

text: Electrola

text: Jim Lowe

text: Wirtschaftswunder

text: gold disc

text: Finnish

text: Vesa-Matti Loiri

text: Jean-Pierre Kusela

text: Eurovision Song Contest 1958

text: Götz von Berlichingen

text: The Taming of the Shrew

text: Ed Sullivan

text: Dean Martin

text: Perry Como

text: Show Boat

text: Chicago

text: Marika Rökk

text: Vico Torriani

text: Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

text: Caterina Valente

text: Munich

text: Gitta Lind

text: Munich Opera Festival

text: pneumonia

text: Berg

text: Chris Howland

text: Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night

text: Arena of Fear

text: My Niece Doesn't Do That

text: Zum Stanglwirt

text: Website by Fred Bertelmann

categories: German male singers,German military personnel of World War II,Schlager musicians,2014 deaths,20th-century German musicians,German male television actors,Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,1925 births,People from Duisburg,German male film actors

paragraph: Fred Bertelmann

paragraph: Fred Bertelmann (7 October 1925 – 22 January 2014) was a German singer and actor.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Bertelmann was born in Duisburg in the Ruhr area, the son of a chemical industry employee. Aged nine, he became a chorister and later also studied cello, trumpet, guitar and singing at the Nuremberg Conservatory. He also attended acting lessons at the UFA film studios.

paragraph: In World War II, he fought in the Wehrmacht armed forces at the Western Front and became a US prisoner of war in 1944. He was sent to a camp in Alabama, where he first heard of swing music. After his release in May 1946, he returned to Bavaria, where he founded his own band and performed in American GI clubs in Füssen and in Landsberg am Lech. From 1947 onwards, he played together with conductor and composer Ernst Mosch, both even appeared in "Bayerischer Rundfunk" radio broadcasts. In 1950 Bertelmann toured Sweden with Arne Hülphers's orchestra and Zarah Leander. His career was further promoted by the successful record producer Michael Jary and Bertelmann's performances in the first television broadcasts of "Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk" (NWDR) in Hamburg from 1952. Here he met with Bibi Jones, both later recorded several duets.

paragraph: Bertelmann also worked as a solo singer of numerous Schlager songs. His most popular song up to today is "Der lachende Vagabund" ("The laughing tramp"), published by Electrola in 1957, a cover version of Jim Lowe's song "Gambler’s Guitar". The classic "Wirtschaftswunder" tune sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It was itself covered in 1986 by the Finnish actor Vesa-Matti Loiri in his role as Jean-Pierre Kusela, whose song "Naurava kulkuri" likewise had a great success.

paragraph: Other hits included "Wenn es Nacht wird in Montana", "In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang", "Zwei Gitarren am Meer", "Ein kleines Lied auf allen Wegen", "Arrivederci Roma", "Meine Heimat ist täglich woanders", "Ti amo Marina", "Schwalbenlied", "Es wird in 100 Jahren wieder so ein Frühling sein", "Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht", "Es ist ein Herzenswunsch von mir", "Ich wünsch' dir eine schöne Zeit", "Die Mühlen", "Mit dir möchte ich 100 Jahre werden", and "Amore mio". During his long-lasting career up to the 1990s he published almost 100 singles, eight albums and numerous compact discs. He took part in the German national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 and 1964.

paragraph: Bertelmann also played as an actor in the 1950s and 1960s, in movies as well as in classical stage plays, like "Götz von Berlichingen" or "The Taming of the Shrew". He enjoyed considerable success in the US, appearing in television shows of Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin and Perry Como, and performed in a 1961 musical theatre production of "Show Boat" in Chicago. In Europe he performed together with stars like Marika Rökk Vico Torriani, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, and Caterina Valente. In 1972 he founded a show business school in Munich together with Gitta Lind.

paragraph: From 1966, he was married to television presenter and actress Ruth Kappelsberger. Bertelmann made his last appearances at the Munich Opera Festival in 2005 and 2006. In late 2013 he suffered from severe pneumonia. He died on 22 January 2014 in Berg in Bavaria.

paragraph: Section::::Songs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tina Marie", 1955, Electrola, 5.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Meine kleine süße Susi", 1956, Electrola, 3.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marie mit dem frechen Blick", 1957, Electrola, 15.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bene bene tanto", 1957, Electrola, 13.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der lachende Vagabund", 1958, Electrola, 1.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ich bin ja nur ein Troubadur", 1958, Electrola, 6.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Aber du heißt Pia", 1958, Electrola, 7.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ihr zartes Lächeln", 1959, Electrola, 6.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Der Dumme im Leben ist immer der Mann" (duet with Chris Howland), 1959, Electrola

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tiamo Marina", 1960, Electrola, 30.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Einmal High High High", 1960, Electrola, 34.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mary-Rose", 1962, Polydor, 36.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ein Caballero", 1963, Polydor, 39.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Es gibt immer einen Weg", 1967, Ariola

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956: "Pulverschnee nach Übersee"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1957: "Wenn Frauen schwindeln"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1957: "Europas neue Musikparade"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958: "Der lachende Vagabund"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "Arena of Fear"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "Wenn das mein großer Bruder wüßte"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: "Das blaue Meer und Du"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960: "My Niece Doesn't Do That"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960: "Gauner-Serenade"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1961: "So liebt und küßt man in Tirol"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962: "Lieder klingen am Lago Maggiore"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966: "Laß die Finger von der Puppe"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1975: "Ein Walzer zu zweien" (TV)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996: "Zum Stanglwirt" – episode "Jetzt scha mer mal – Dann seh’ mer scho" (TV series)

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Website by Fred Bertelmann

description: German singer

wikidata_label: Fred Bertelmann

wikipedia_title: Fred Bertelmann


text: electrical

text: mechanical engineer

text: inventor

text: manufacturer of automobiles

text: electric vehicles

text: Belchertown, Massachusetts

text: coachbuilder

text: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

text: Boston School of Technology

text: electrical engineering

text: Pittsfield, Massachusetts

text: Peekskill

text: Newburg, N.Y.

text: Eau Claire, Wisconsin

text: Chicago

text: car dealer

text: U.S. Postal Service

text: U.S. Army Signal Corps

text: International Harvester

text: Pope Manufacturing Company

text: electric vehicles

text: Bridgeport, Connecticut

text: Industrial Engineering

text: Remington Arms

text: Yeadon, Pennsylvania

text: American Electric Vehicle Co

text: Samuel Insull

text: Pope-Waverley

text: Woods Motor Vehicle

text: August Belmont, Jr.

text: Standard Oil

text: consulting engineer

text: management

text: organization

text: factory

text: diagram

text: flow diagram

text: business process modeling

text: business reference model

text: organization chart

text: management accounting

text: Henry Metcalfe

text: Frederick Winslow Taylor

text: C.E. Knoeppel

text: Harrington Emerson

text: Horace Lucian Arnold

text: Charles U. Carpenter

text: Alexander Hamilton Church

text: Henry Gantt

text: new ed. 1917

text: Patent US648014 - Vehicle

text: Patent US6I9,527 - Motor vehicle

text: Patent US1163120 - Graphophone

text: Patent US1184907 - Talking-machine

text: Patent US1192026 - Speed-governor

text: Patent US1214106 - Talking-machine

text: Woods Motor Vehicle Company

categories: American mechanical engineers,American non-fiction writers,American electrical engineers,1930 deaths,1863 births,American inventors

paragraph: Clinton Edgar Woods

paragraph: Clinton Edgar Woods (February 7, 1863 - 1930) was an electrical and mechanical engineer, inventor, manufacturer of automobiles in Chicago and New York City. He was the author of one of the first books on electric vehicles, and early management author.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Woods was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, where his father was a coachbuilder. At early age he was left orphan and obligated to earn a living and acquire an education. Woods moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1871. He received his technical education in mechanical and electrical engineering at the Boston School of Technology (nowadays Massachusetts Institute of Technology), which in his time was the first American university to offer a curriculum in electrical engineering.

paragraph: In 1886 Woods drifted into steam and electric work at local central stations at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at Peekskill and at Newburg, N.Y.. Subsequently he worked in general construction and engineering. In 1889 he joined the National Electric Manufacturing Company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He started as inspecting engineer, and became electrician-in-chief in 1892. In 1892 he joint the Standard Electric company in Chicago, later in the 1890s he started two automobile manufacturer companies: the American Electric Vehicle Co. in 1895, and the Woods Motor Vehicle Co. in 1896. After an unsuccessful start, the Woods Motor Vehicle Co. made a restart in 1899. Woods became general manager of the Fisher Equipment Company in Chicago, the company that build the bodies for the American Electric Vehicle cars.

paragraph: In July 1899 Woods initiated an automobile club of wealthy drivers to promote the automobile interest, after the South Park board in Chicago had banned the automobile from streets and boulevards. Woods left the Fisher Equipment Company in 1901 and became a car dealer for which he founded the Woods-Wering Co. Woods sold electric cars and trucks, among others to the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Army Signal Corps, but this dealership did not last long. In 1905 Woods held an important position with the International Harvester Company, and subsequently at the Pope Manufacturing Company and the Pennsylvania Reaper Company.

paragraph: In 1900 Woods had also started writing, and published one of the first books on electric vehicles. Afterwards he wrote more books on accounting, business, and factory management. Since 1907 these were published under his own C. E. Woods & company based in Brooklyn, N.Y, later Woods publishing company. In the 1910s he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he continued to work under the flag of Woods Industrial Engineering Company. Among other things he developed and offered mail order courses of study in Industrial Engineering, and was advisory engineer at Remington Arms. In the 1920s Woods also became one of the directors of the National Bank of Commerce in Philadelphia. Over the years Woods kept making inventions, and obtained over a few dozen patents.

paragraph: Woods was married to Ida Norma Humphrey in 1881, and they had one daughter Florence Estella, born in 1882 and known to be the "first lady to own and operate an automobile in New York City." Woods died in Yeadon, Pennsylvania in 1930, leaving his patents to be assigned to Julia E. Woods.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: In the 1890s Woods came into prominence in the West of the United States as electrical worker. He is further noted for starting two automobile companies, the second building cars under the name "Clinton E. Woods." Woods is further remembered for published one of the first books on electrical cars, and several works on management and accounting.

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Electrical engineering.

paragraph: Woods came into prominence in the emerging field of electrical engineering late 1880s and early 1890s. An 1894 article in "Western Electrician" mentioned, that Woods work had "won for him reputation and prominence in the electrical field. He has designed for [the Standard Electric company in Chicago] a complete line of arc, alternating and constant potential dynamos, motors, etc., such accessories as transformers and instruments for perfecting the system, during the last twelve months."

paragraph: Furthermore, the article mentioned, that Woods is "not only an electrician but a manufacturer, having advanced many improved methods of manufacturing dynamo-electric machinery, which have greatly enhanced the value of his work from an artistic and mechanical standpoint. From the knowledge and ability Mr. Woods has displayed and opportunity for results which are in his possession, much is looked for from his future work."

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Automobile manufacturer.

paragraph: In Chicago in 1895 Woods founded the automobile manufacturer company American Electric Vehicle Co with the support of Samuel Insull with a capital stock of $250,000. This company merged in 1898 with Indiana Bicycle Co. to become Waverly, and later as Pope-Waverley would produce cars until the year 1914.

paragraph: In Chicago in 1896 Woods founded the Woods Motor Vehicle Company to manufacture electric automobiles. At first the company turned out to be unprofitable, and had to be re-capitalized. In September 1899 the Woods Motor Vehicle Company made a restart based in New Jersey with a capital stock injection of $10,000,000 by Samuel Insull, August Belmont, Jr., and some other Standard Oil investors. Woods lost his equity position, and was at first installed in the position as General Manager of the company, that build the bodies for the American Electric Vehicle cars, and later as consulting engineer. The car company eventually produced 8 different type of models.

paragraph: Section::::Work.:The Electric Automobile: Its Construction, Care. and Operation.

paragraph: As pro-car advocate in 1900 Woods published the book ""The Electric Automobile: Its Construction, Care. and Operation,"" which is a particularly interesting for the engineering of early electrics. About the reach capacities of electric automobiles, Woods explained:

paragraph: About speeding with electric automobile, Woods further explained:

paragraph: The book further focussed on the elementary conditions of the electric automobile, its construction and rules concerning care and skillful operation. Woods stipulated that "the automobile is not a single item produced like the bicycle and sewing-machine," but comes with "a wide range of application in its utility and design... a wide range of prices in its cost of production and marketing... [and] a multitude of different elements to cater to by the various demands for its usage."

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Organizing a factory: an analysis of the elements in factory organization.

paragraph: In 1905 Woods published his first book on management and organization, entitled ""Organizing a factory: an analysis of the elements in factory organization"," which second edition was published in 1907. In this work Woods aimed to present an analysis of the elements in factory organization, the fundamental principles of factory management, and the methods to be used in every department of factory operation. In the Preface (1905) he further explained:

paragraph: Woods visualized the fundamental principles of factory management in a series of four diagrams, showing organization elements (I); authorities (II); segregation of authority (III); and expenditure divisions of a factory (IV). This visualisation is an early example of resp. a flow diagram; a business process modeling or even a business reference model; an organization chart; and a visualization of management accounting:

paragraph: About the segregation of an industrial body into authorities and departments Woods further explains:

paragraph: The third picture was five years later republished in Parsons' "Business Administration" (1909). He commented, that the diagram "represents in detail the various branches of a large manufacturing concern. First the origin, elective power and executive heads of the company; then the producing, accounting and sales departments... with all their miscellaneous duties."

paragraph: Due to these works Woods is recognised as being among the foremost early 20th century writers on accountancy and management, with others such as Henry Metcalfe, Frederick Winslow Taylor, C.E. Knoeppel, Harrington Emerson, Horace Lucian Arnold, Charles U. Carpenter, Alexander Hamilton Church and Henry Gantt.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: Books, a selection:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1900. "The Electric Automobile: Its Construction, Care. and Operation". H. S. Stone & co. in Chicago, New York. Re-published 1988, 2008

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1905. "Organizing a factory: an analysis of the elements in factory organization..." The System Company, Chicago (2e ed. 1907; new ed. 1917)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1908. "Woods' report on industrial organization, systematization and accounting". C. E. Woods & company in Brooklyn, N.Y .

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1908. "Practical costs accounting for accountant students," New York, Universal business institute, inc.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1909. "Industrial organization, systematization and accounting". New York : Woods publishing company. (2e ed. 1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1917. "Unified accounting methods for industrials". The Ronald press company in New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1922. "Analytical balance sheets for industrials.". Philadelphia

paragraph: Section::::Patents.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895, Patent US546,691 - Continuous current rectilinear motor

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1898, Patent US620628 - Apparatus for controlling operation of motors

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989, Patent US648014 - Vehicle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1899, Patent US6I9,527 - Motor vehicle

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913, Patent US1163120 - Graphophone

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913, Patent US1184907 - Talking-machine

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913, Patent US1192026 - Speed-governor

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1913, Patent US1203088 - Start and stop device for talking-machines

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1914, Patent US1214106 - Talking-machine

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1918, Patent US1253328 - Combined governor and speed-indicator for talking-machines

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1925, Patent US1564921 - Mounting for phonograph motors

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929, Patent USD81423 - Casing for a floor polishing

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Woods Motor Vehicle Company

description: American engineer

enwikiquote_title: Clinton Edgar Woods

wikidata_label: Clinton Edgar Woods

wikipedia_title: Clinton Edgar Woods


text: Commissioner

text: Metropolitan Police Service

text: Chief Constable

text: Thames Valley Police

text: Lord Lieutenant of Greater London

text: life peer

text: Kent

text: crossbencher

text: Kent

text: Harvey Grammar School

text: Folkestone

text: Bow Street Police Station

text: Special Branch

text: shorthand

text: Anti-Terrorist Branch

text: Baader-Meinhof

text: Provisional IRA

text: Marylebone

text: Balcombe Street Siege

text: Surrey Constabulary

text: Thames Valley Police

text: BBC

text: Police

text: Sir Kenneth Newman

text: Queen's Police Medal

text: Knighted

text: life peer

text: New Romney

text: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

text: 2008 New Year Honours List

text: Cumberland Lodge

categories: Crossbench life peers,Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order,1933 births,Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis,2017 deaths,Knights Bachelor,Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London,Lord-Lieutenants of Greater London,Recipients of the Queen's Police Medal

paragraph: Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert

paragraph: Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert, (27 April 1933 – 13 November 2017) was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1979 to 1985.

paragraph: He was the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London until 2008. He was made a life peer as Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the County of Kent in 1999, sitting as a crossbencher.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born in Kent, Imbert was educated at the Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, spent his National Service in the Royal Air Force Police and worked for a short time with Kent County Council, before joining the Metropolitan Police in 1953 at Bow Street Police Station.

paragraph: In 1956, he married Iris Dove, with whom he had three children.

paragraph: Section::::Metropolitan Police.

paragraph: In 1956, Imbert joined Special Branch, learning shorthand and Russian during his 17 years with the unit. In 1973, he was made deputy head of the Anti-Terrorist Branch, where he became an expert on European terrorist groups such as Baader-Meinhof, and gave lectures on hostage negotiation and counter-terrorism tactics.

paragraph: Section::::Metropolitan Police.:Balcombe Street Siege.

paragraph: On 6 December 1975, four members of the Provisional IRA barricaded themselves in a flat in Balcombe Street, Marylebone with two hostages. The men had been responsible for a wave of bombings in London, but had been intercepted by armed police while attacking a restaurant.

paragraph: Imbert was the chief negotiator over the six days of the Balcombe Street Siege, and when the situation ended peacefully with no lives lost and the four IRA members under arrest, Imbert was noted as a possible high-flyer in the police force.

paragraph: Section::::Metropolitan Police.:Guildford Four case.

paragraph: Peter Imbert played a major role in interrogating the Guildford Four and in capturing the real IRA bombers.

paragraph: Section::::County forces.

paragraph: In 1976, Imbert left the Met and became Assistant Chief Constable, and later Deputy Chief Constable of Surrey Constabulary. In 1979, he became Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, the youngest Chief Constable in the country at that time.

paragraph: During his time at Thames Valley, Imbert allowed the BBC to make "Police", a 1982 fly-on-the-wall documentary series about the police at work. The opposite of a public relations exercise, Thames Valley and the police in general came under sustained criticism when an episode of the programme showed three detectives interrogating and dismissing a rape victim. Shocked at the attitude and behaviour of his officers, and the public reaction, Imbert instigated improvements to the handling of rape cases to Thames Valley which were adopted throughout the country.

paragraph: Section::::Return to London.

paragraph: Imbert returned to London in 1985 as Deputy Commissioner, becoming Commissioner in 1987.

paragraph: Building on the reforms to the Met implemented by his predecessor, Sir Kenneth Newman, Imbert began his own set of reforms called the PLUS program, aiming to improve the corporate image and quality of service of the Met. The programme saw the Met renamed from the "Metropolitan Police Force" to the "Metropolitan Police Service", the name it has retained to this day. In addition, a Statement of Common Purpose and Values was devised.

paragraph: Imbert suffered a heart attack in 1990, and took six months off duty. Further illness in 1992 led to his retirement from the police on 31 January 1993.

paragraph: Section::::Titles, Styles, Honours & Arms.

paragraph: He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in 1980.

paragraph: Imbert was Knighted in 1988.

paragraph: Imbert was created Deputy Lord Lieutenant of London in 1994, and Lord Lieutenant in 1998, an office he held until 2008.

paragraph: He was created a life peer on 10 February 1999, taking the title Baron Imbert, of New Romney in the county of Kent.

paragraph: He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2008 New Year Honours List.

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paragraph: Section::::Imbert Prize.

paragraph: Lord Imbert was a patron of the Association of Security Consultants (ASC), which has awarded the Imbert Prize annually since 2005. The prize is awarded for the development of ideas for the advancement of risk and security management in the UK. It consists of three categories: 1) Best academic dissertation, 2) Most notable contribution in the security industry in the preceding year and 3) The ASC member that has made the most significant contribution to independent security consultancy.

paragraph: Between 1983 and 2001 Baron Imbert served on the academic consultative committee at Cumberland Lodge.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- General

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/25/magazine/when-british-justice-failed.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 23 February 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Announcement of his retirement in the House of Commons, House of Commons Hansard Debates, 23 October 1992

alias:
Peter Imbert
Sir Peter Imbert
Peter Michael Imbert
The Lord Imbert
Lord Imbert

description: British police commissioner

wikidata_label: Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert

wikipedia_title: Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert


text:
Slovak
geologist
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Tartu
Russian Empire
Estonia
Heinrich Schliemann
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov
Saint Petersburg
Sorbonne University
France
Czech Technical University
Prague
Slovakia
Slovak Technical University
Bratislava
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Comenius University
Imrich Karvaš
Slovak Academy of Sciences
geology
stratigraphy
tectonics
paleontology
Klippen
Flysch belt
Western Carpathians
nappe
geosyncline
Mesozoic
geosyncline theory

categories: Slovak geologists,Slovak scientists,People from Tartu,Czech Technical University in Prague alumni,1897 births,Tectonicists,Czech Technical University in Prague faculty,People from the Governorate of Livonia,1976 deaths,Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille winners

paragraph: Dimitrij Andrusov

paragraph: Dimitrij Andrusov (November 7, 1897 – April 1, 1976) was a Slovak geologist of Russian origin, member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He was first professor of geology on Slovak colleges. He is considered the founder of modern Slovak geology.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Dimitrij Andrusov was born on November 7, 1897 in the former Yuryev (today Tartu) then in the Russian Empire (today Estonia). He was a grandson of Heinrich Schliemann and son of geologist Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov. In 1915-1918 he studied on the University in Saint Petersburg. Later in 1920-1922 on Sorbonne University in France. He continued his studies on the Faculty of Chemical Technology on Czech Technical University in Prague and graduated there in 1925. Since 1929 he worked in the Technical University.

paragraph: Following the closure of Czech higher education during the German occupation of the country, he has gone to Slovakia, where he worked since 1938 at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. Since 1940 he began to work at the same time on the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Comenius University in the office of head of Geological and Paleontological Institute. He was the first professor of geology working on Slovak colleges. In the same time, with help of Imrich Karvaš, he contributed to the establishment of the Slovak geological survey which he led in the years 1940 to 1945. In 1952 Andrusov became head of Department of Geology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Comenius University and remained in office until 1970. As the teacher he wrote several textbooks and teaching texts, in addition to teaching students of geology and geological mapping, he personally led courses and field excursions, where he imparted his knowledge in practice. He was also the founder and in the years 1957-1958 first director of the Geological Laboratory, which was later transformed into the Geological Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences.

paragraph: Section::::Scientific activities.

paragraph: His research interests have been multilateral. His wide interests were devoted to geology, stratigraphy, tectonics, paleontology, geology of deposits and engineering geology. He studied the Klippen and Flysch belt of the Western Carpathians, but also Central Western Carpathians and especially the Subtatric nappes. He demonstrated the existence of large nappes in the Western Carpathians and the extent of several orogenetic phases. He also allocated a number of tectonic units and brought paleogeographic picture of the Carpathian geosyncline during the Mesozoic. The results of his research enhanced knowledge of particular tectonic and stratigraphic units of the Western Carpathians and became the foundation of the modern understanding of their structure and relationship to adjacent geological units.

paragraph: His scientific work is ranked among the leading European geologists. The results of his research were summarized in a five volume monograph "The Geological research of Klippen zone of the Western Carpathians" (1931 - 1955), "Apercu de la Géologie des Carpathes occidentales de la Slovauie centrale" (1931), three volumes of "The Geology of Czechoslovak Carpathians" (1958 - 1965) and monograph "Grundriss der Tektonik der Nördlichen Karpaten" (1968), which is considered one of the highlights of synthesis of the tectonic structure of the Western Carpathians based on the principles of the geosyncline theory. He was the author of many other monographic works and about 250 papers in scientific journals in Czechoslovakia and abroad. In addition to scientific activities he also solved practical geological tasks related to construction of dams, railways, tunnels and searching for non-metallic deposits.

description: slovak geologist

wikidata_label: Dimitrij Andrusov

wikipedia_title: Dimitrij Andrusov


text:
Osaka
Yokohama
Ferris Girls' School
English language
Kenji Mizoguchi
Mädchen in Uniform
Leontine Sagan
Jean Renoir
René Clair
Jacques Feyder
Julien Duvivier
Rashomon
Akira Kurosawa
Venice Film Festival
Donald Richie
Yasujirō Ozu
Cinémathèque Française
British Film Institute
Henri Langlois
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Japan Film Library Council
film festival
Cannes
Chicago
Montreal film festival
Japan Art Theatre Guild
art film
Nagisa Oshima
Masahiro Shinoda
Yoshishige Yoshida
Susumu Hani
Shuji Terayama
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kawakita Memorial Film Institute
Kawakita Memorial Film Institute

categories: 1908 births,Japanese film producers,1993 deaths,People from Osaka,Japanese film critics

paragraph: Kashiko Kawakita

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Kawakita was born in Osaka, and travelled widely as a child due to her father's business affairs. The family settled in Yokohama when she was 12 and she entered the Ferris Girls' School, to study the English language.

paragraph: She joined the Towa Trading Company in 1929 as a secretary to the president, her future husband, Nagamasa Kawakita. Her first work at Towa was to translate the script of Kenji Mizoguchi’s "The Passion of a Woman Teacher" from Japanese to English. After their marriage in 1932, the Kawakitas used their honeymoon to make the first of many trips to Europe to acquire movies for the Japanese market. The 1931 film "Mädchen in Uniform" by Leontine Sagan caught her attention, and she convinced her reluctant husband to acquire the rights for the Japanese market. It became an enormous hit, after its success at the box office, the Kawakitas always travelled to Europe together to select films. They selected the works of numerous European filmmakers, including Jean Renoir, René Clair, Jacques Feyder and Julien Duvivier. They also brought Japanese films to European venues, including Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa, which they took to the Venice Film Festival in 1951.

paragraph: In 1948 the Kawakitas met Donald Richie and they formed a lifelong friendship. Kashiko Kawakita introduced him to Yasujirō Ozu and was his sponsor when he applied for permanent residency in Japan.

paragraph: In 1955, she moved to London for two years while her daughter, Kazuko Kawakita, studied there, and was popularly known as “Madame Kawakita”. She frequently visited the Cinémathèque Française in Paris and the British Film Institute in London, and developed an understanding of the importance of "film libraries" for preserving and screening films that would otherwise be in danger of being lost to posterity. When Henri Langlois, founder and head of the Cinemathèque Française, proposed an exchange of retrospectives of French and Japanese cinema; presenting Japanese classic films in France, and vice versa, she came to realize that the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo had almost no films in its collection. Determined to establish a public film library in Japan, she helped establish the Japan Film Library Council to preserve films as "cultural properties". This enabled the screening of 131 Japanese classical films at the Cinémathèque Française in 1963.

paragraph: From Berlin in 1956, Kawakita served as a juror at various international film festivals. She served as a juror 26 times, including the Cannes, Chicago, and Montreal film festivals.

paragraph: In 1960, Kawakita was a leading figure in forming the Japan Art Theatre Guild, to promote international art film to Japan that otherwise would otherwise never be commercially released in Japan. The Guild later began to produce Japanese artistie/experimental films, sponsoring directors, such as Nagisa Oshima, Masahiro Shinoda, Yoshishige Yoshida, Susumu Hani and Shuji Terayama.

paragraph: In the 1970s, she was active in organizing overseas retrospectives of great Japanese film makers, including with works of Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa and others. After her husband’s death in 1982, the Japan Film Library Council was transformed into the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute.

paragraph: Kawakita died in 1993.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kawakita Memorial Film Institute

description: Japanese film critic and producer

wikidata_label: Kashiko Kawakita

wikipedia_title: Kashiko Kawakita


text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike

text: Carlos Checa

text: motocross

text: All-Japan

text: All-Japan

text: Suzuka 8 Hours

text: All-Japan

text: TI Aida

text: MotoGP

text: Daijiro Kato

text: Fausto Gresini

text: Telefónica

text: Movistar

text: Sete Gibernau

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Michael Rutter

text: Ducati

text: Valencia Grand Prix

text: Sito Pons

text: Camel

text: Honda

text: Leon Haslam

text: Silverstone

text: Brands Hatch

text: Shane Byrne

text: Jonathan Rea

text: Leon Camier

text: Oulton Park

text: Brands Hatch

text: Superbike World Championship

text: Ten Kate

text: Honda

text: Carlos Checa

text: Kenan Sofuoğlu

text: Noriyuki Haga

text: Max Neukirchner

text: Brands Hatch

text: Troy Bayliss

text: Noriyuki Haga

text: Donington Park

text: Croft Circuit

text: Glen Richards

text: Josh Brookes

text: Mallory Park

text: HM Plant Honda

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Shane Byrne

text: All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship

text: Honda RS125R

text: All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship

text: Honda RS125R

text: All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship

text: Honda RS250R

text: All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship

text: Honda RS250R

text: All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship

text: Honda CBR600RR

text: MotoGP

text: Honda RC211V

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: Superbike World Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: Superbike World Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: Honda CBR600RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: BMW S1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: BMW S1000RR

text: British Superbike Championship

text: Suzuki GSX-R1000

text: BMW S1000RR

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: Honda CBR1000RR

text: sportnetwork.net

text: Speed of Japan

categories: Gresini Racing MotoGP riders,Living people,Superbike World Championship riders,Japanese motorcycle racers,British Superbike Championship riders,1982 births

paragraph: Ryuichi Kiyonari

paragraph: He previously rode a Honda CBR1000RR in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship. He was the 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Superbike champion and enjoys fame and popularity amongst British motorcycle race fans due to his success and personality. He raced for Honda Asia in 2012. He also won the 2008 Suzuka 8-Hour race, teamed with his former WSBK teammate Carlos Checa. He has a reputation for taking his time to settle into a race after the start and coming on strong in the later stages.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Kiyonari first raced in 1988 in motocross, which he later stated that he did not especially enjoy. He began circuit racing in 1996, and first raced in the All-Japan 125cc Championship in 1998. He continued in this class until 1999 and spent the 2000 and 2001 season in the All-Japan 250cc Championship, with a shortage of big results, other than 9th place in the 2000 Suzuka 8 Hours race. However, for 2002 he switched to the All-Japan ST600 championship, which he won with four victories. He also took an All-Japan Superbike Championship victory at TI Aida.

paragraph: Section::::MotoGP.

paragraph: He moved to MotoGP in early 2003 to replace the late Daijiro Kato in Fausto Gresini's Telefónica Movistar team. However, he received little support within the team, especially as teammate Sete Gibernau challenged for the title, and failed to score much in the way of results. There were eight minor points finishes, leaving him 20th overall with a best of 11th.

paragraph: Section::::British Superbike Championship.

paragraph: After coming 6th overall in the British Superbike Championship in 2004, 'Kiyo' won the first four races of 2005, before injuring his ankle in a heavy crash in round 5. He was back for round 9, and retook the championship lead from teammate Michael Rutter, but eventually was overhauled by the improving Ducati of Lavilla and he finished the season runner up. He also raced in the Valencia Grand Prix for Sito Pons' Camel Honda team, finishing in the points.

paragraph: In 2006 Ducati again had the upper hand early in the season, with Kiyonari closest to their riders, Lavilla and Leon Haslam. A double victory at Silverstone in the penultimate round kept him in close contention for the title. However, in the double point final round at Brands Hatch, after a win in race one (he was leading when Shane Byrne's heavy crash caused a stoppage - much to Haslam's visible frustration), Kiyonari only needed to finish third in the final race. Kiyonari finished 2nd in the shortened race behind Haslam, thus winning the championship by 8 points.

paragraph: The 2007 season started at Brands Hatch, a track Kiyo admits he does not like, and his results there were unspectacular, with Jonathan Rea and Leon Camier performing better on their Hondas. However, he took a double win in round three, and a further win in race 2 at Oulton Park, to lie second to Lavilla after four rounds. Finally defended his British champion status at Brands Hatch to win the championship for the second time in succession.

paragraph: Section::::Superbike World Championship.

paragraph: In Ryuichi Kiyonari made his Superbike World Championship debut, having reached an agreement with the reigning champion team Ten Kate Honda, to partner Carlos Checa and Kenan Sofuoğlu.

paragraph: In the second race at Monza, Kiyonari nearly had his first SBK win. Kiyonari was in front as they braked for the final entry into the Parabolica but went wide on the exit and Noriyuki Haga and Max Neukirchner edged him out - Haga for the win and Neukirchner claiming second by a gap of just .009. Kiyonari finished third with a gap of .051, his first Superbike podium. His first two wins came at Brands Hatch, beating Troy Bayliss in race 1 and Noriyuki Haga in race 2. He briefly led the very next race at Donington Park, but fell on lap 2. However, he did win the second race in very wet conditions, visibly sliding the rear end of his bike on many occasions. Kiyonari broke his collarbone in a testing crash at Magny Cours, 2 weeks prior to the event, meaning he missed the race.

paragraph: For 2009, Kiyo stayed with the Ten Kate Honda team, partnering Carlos Checa and Jonathan Rea. His bike was backed by Honda Europe rather than Hannspree. After a somewhat unsuccessful season, he finished 11th in the championship standings.

paragraph: Section::::Return to British Superbikes.

paragraph: In September 2009, Kiyonari returned to British Superbikes to make a wildcard appearance at Croft Circuit, replacing the injured Glen Richards. He finished fourth in race one before finishing race two in 18th position.

paragraph: In December 2009, he was confirmed as one of HM Plant Honda's riders for the 2010 British Superbike Championship season, partnering Australian rider Josh Brookes. At Cadwell Park he won race one but retired from race two before it began, due to a technical problem on the warm-up lap. He scored a double win at Mallory Park, lifting him to fourth overall in the standings.

paragraph: 2011 saw Kiyonari stay with HM Plant Honda in the British Superbike Championship, alongside two time BSB Champion Shane Byrne. He finished 6th overall.

paragraph: Section::::FIM Asia Road Racing Championship.

paragraph: For the 2012 season, Kiyonari headed to Asia, spearheading Malaysian team Boon Siew Honda Malaysia Racing as they aspire to lift the FIM Asian SuperSports 600cc trophy. He went on to win the 2012 Asia Road Racing Championship title.

paragraph: Section::::Return again to the British Superbike Championship.

paragraph: In 2013 Kiyonari once again returned to the BSB, racing with his old team Samsung Honda. He finished 6th overall.

paragraph: In December 2013, his management agency, Speed of Japan announced that Kiyonari would be racing with

paragraph: Buildbase BMW in the BSB in 2014. This news shocked many fans and others in racing as some thought that Kiyonari would never move away from Honda. Kiyonari's move to BMW was his first ever race with a manufacturer other than Honda, followed in 2016 by a switch to Suzuki.

paragraph: Section::::FIM World Endurance Championship Suzuka 8 Hours.

paragraph: One of the most prestigious race for Japanese riders, Kiyonari has 4 wins to his name at the Suzuka 8 Hours. He is the rider with most wins that is currently still active.

paragraph: Section::::Career statistics.

paragraph: 1998- 26th, All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship #90 Honda RS125R

paragraph: 1999- 23rd, All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship #26 Honda RS125R

paragraph: 2000- 20th, All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship #111 Honda RS250R

paragraph: 2001- 16th, All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship #100 Honda RS250R

paragraph: 2002- 1st, All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship #54 Honda CBR600RR

paragraph: 2003- 20th, MotoGP #23 Honda RC211V

paragraph: 2004- 6th, British Superbike Championship #23 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2005- 2nd, British Superbike Championship #6 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2006- 1st, British Superbike Championship #2 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2007- 1st, British Superbike Championship #1 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2008- 9th, Superbike World Championship #23 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2009- 11th, Superbike World Championship #9 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2010- 1st, British Superbike Championship #8 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2011- 6th, British Superbike Championship #1 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2012- 1st, Asia Road Race SS600 Championship #23 Honda CBR600RR

paragraph: 2013- 6th, British Superbike Championship #23 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2014- 2nd, British Superbike Championship #23 BMW S1000RR

paragraph: 2015- 20th, British Superbike Championship #23 BMW S1000RR

paragraph: 2016- 20th, British Superbike Championship #23 Suzuki GSX-R1000/BMW S1000RR

paragraph: 2017- 11th, All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship #88 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: 2018- All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship #23 Honda CBR1000RR

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- sportnetwork.net Rider profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Speed of Japan Kiyonari's management agency

description: Japanese motorcycle racer

wikidata_label: Ryuichi Kiyonari

wikipedia_title: Ryuichi Kiyonari


text:
Chinese
Tang Dynasty
chancellor
Emperor Shunzong
Emperor Xianzong
Wang Shuwen
Jingzhao
Tang Dynasty
Chang'an
Han Dynasty
Northern Zhou
Emperor Dezong
imperial examination
Pei Yanling
crown prince
Li Song
Buddharupa
Wang Shuwen
Wang Pi
concubine
Consort Niu
eunuch
chancellor
Zheng Xunyu
Du You
Gao Ying
Du Huangchang
Li Chun
regent
Xuancheng
Anhui
Liu Pi
Chengdu
Sichuan
Sanya
Hainan
Haikou
Old Book of Tang
vol. 135
Zizhi Tongjian

categories: Historians from Shaanxi,Tang dynasty politicians from Shaanxi,8th-century births,Politicians from Xi'an,800s deaths,Tang dynasty historians,9th-century Chinese historians,Chancellors under Emperor Shunzong of Tang,Chancellors under Emperor Xianzong of Tang,Writers from Xi'an

paragraph: Wei Zhiyi

paragraph: Wei Zhiyi (韋執誼) was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving briefly as chancellor in 805, during the brief reign of Emperor Shunzong and then briefly into the reign of Emperor Shunzong's son Emperor Xianzong. He came to power due to his association with Emperor Shunzong's close associate Wang Shuwen but later broke with Wang; he was nevertheless exiled once Emperor Xianzong became emperor due to his prior association with Wang and died in exile.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: It is not known when Wei Zhiyi was born, but it is known that his family was from Jingzhao Municipality (京兆, i.e., the region of the Tang Dynasty capital Chang'an). HIs family traced its ancestry to a line of officials of Han Dynasty, Northern Zhou, and Tang Dynasty. HIs grandfather Wei Zhongchang (韋仲昌) served as a deputy mayor of Jingzhao, and his father Wei Mei (韋浼) served as a prefectural prefect. Wei Zhiyi himself was said to be handsome and talented in his youth.

paragraph: Section::::During Emperor Dezong's reign.

paragraph: During the reign of Emperor Dezong, Wei Zhiyi passed the imperial examinations and was particularly rated highly in the matter of offering strategies. He was made "You Shiyi" (右拾遺), a low-level consultant at the examination bureau (門下省, "Menxia Sheng"), and was subsequently made an imperial scholar (翰林學士, "Hanlin Xueshi"). At that time, he was in his 20s, and he was particularly favored by Emperor Dezong, who favored his writing; they often wrote poems that responded to each other. He became a part of a group of officials who were favored by Emperor Dezong — Pei Yanling, Li Qiyun (李齊運), Wang Shao (王紹), Li Shi (李實), Wei Qumou (韋渠牟), and Wei Zhiyi himself and had easy access to the palace.

paragraph: On one occasion, on Emperor Dezong's birth, Emperor Dezong's son and crown prince Li Song offered a Buddharupa as a birthday gift to Emperor Dezong. Emperor Dezong had Wei Zhiyi write a text praising the statue, and under Emperor Dezong's direction, Li Song in turn gave Wei a gift of linen. When Wei went to the Crown Prince's palace to thank him, Li Song introduced him to a close associate, Wang Shuwen. Thereafter, Wei and Wang became friends. Later, Wei's mother died and he left governmental service to observe a mourning period for her. After the mourning period was over, he returned to government service to serve as a supervisorial official.

paragraph: In 803, there was an occasion when an official, Zhang Zhengyi (張正一) had offered suggestions to Emperor Dezong and received an audience with the emperor. Several of his colleagues visited him to congratulate him on this showing of imperial favor. Someone, however, informed Wei that Zhang was criticizing his association with Wang. Wei believed the informant and accused Zhang and his colleagues of partisanship. When Emperor Dezong sent an imperial guard to spy on Zhang and his colleagues, the guard saw that Zhang and his colleagues were feasting beyond their usual proper diet. As a result, Emperor Dezong exiled them, but at that time, no public reason was stated.

paragraph: Section::::During Emperor Shunzong's and Emperor Xianzong's reigns.

paragraph: In spring 805, Emperor Dezong died, and Li Song succeeded him (as Emperor Shunzong). At that time, Li Song was seriously ill, and a group of his close associates, headed by Wang Shuwen and Wang Pi, in association with his concubine Consort Niu and the eunuch Li Zhongyan (李忠言), became very powerful. Wang Shuwen, in order that his reform policies could be carried out, recommended Wei as chancellor. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shunzong made Wei, who was then "Libu Langzhong" (吏部郎中), a supervisorial official at the ministry of civil service affairs (吏部, "Libu"), was promoted to be "Shangshu Zuo Cheng" (尚書左丞), one of the secretaries general of the executive bureau (尚書省, "Shangshu Sheng") and given the designation "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" (同中書門下平章事), making him a chancellor. It was said that when important decisions were to be made, they would be given to Wang Shuwen to be decided at the office of the imperial scholars (翰林院, "Hanlin Yuan") and then given to Wei to be executed. On an occasion, when the chancellors, as per custom, were having lunch together, Wang wanted to see Wei and went to the office of the chancellors to do so. When a guard refused to let Wang in, Wang rebuked the guard and ordered him away. Wei rose from his seat and walked away to confer with Wang. Wei's colleagues Zheng Xunyu, Du You, and Gao Ying stopped dining and waited for Wei to return. After a while, they sent the guard to see what the situation was, and the guard stated, "Wang Shuwen had requested food, and Chancellor Wei is dining with him." Neither Du nor Gao dared to say anything, but Zheng stated, "How can I remain here still?" He had his attendants fetch horses, and he went home and refused to return to office.

paragraph: Meanwhile, as a result of Wei's rise to power, his father-in-law Du Huangchang, who had been trapped in positions with few actual powers, was made the minister of worship. On one occasion, Du Huangchang suggested that Wei lead some other officials in suggesting that Emperor Shunzong make his crown prince Li Chun regent. Wei refused, as his and Wang Shuwen's partisans at the time were apprehensive of Li Chun.

paragraph: Around this time, however, Wei and Wang began to break with each other, as Wei wanted not to be seen as a puppet of Wang's. For example, when Yang Shi'e (羊士諤), a messenger from Xuanshe Circuit (宣歙, headquartered in modern Xuancheng, Anhui), and Liu Pi, a messenger from Xichuan Circuit (西川, headquartered in modern Chengdu, Sichuan), made demands on behalf of their superiors, Wang angrily wanted to execute both of them, but Wei opposed, and Yang was only exiled, while Liu fled back to Xichuan. Wei further threw himself off Wang's policies when Wang had to leave governmental service to observe a mourning period for his mother in summer 805. With several important eunuchs (including Ju Wenzhen (俱文珍) and Liu Guangqi (劉光琦), in addition to Li Zhongyan) then in control of the very ill Emperor Shunzong, Wang Shuwen's party lost power quickly. Soon thereafter, Emperor Shunzong passed the throne to Li Chun, who took the throne as Emperor Xianzong, and thereafter, all associates of Wang Shuwen's were purged, and Wang Shuwen himself was soon thereafter ordered to commit suicide.

paragraph: Wei remained as chancellor for some time, and in fall 805, as the official in charge of editing the imperial history, had his subordinates draft a new calendar. By this point, though, he was constantly in fear of being exiled. Emperor Xianzong, who made Du Huangchang chancellor, did not immediately carry out any actions against Wei on Du's account, but in winter 805 demoted him to be the military advisor to the prefect of Yai Prefecture (崖州, in modern Sanya, Hainan). Wei died there of natural causes — as while Du was unable to save him from exile, Du made certain that he was not prosecuted further. After Wei's death, Du requested Emperor Xianzong to allow his casket to be returned, and Du gave him a proper burial.

paragraph: Section::::Grave and statue.

paragraph: Wei Zhiyi is buried around 20 km south of Haikou, the capitol city of Hainan province. His grave is located at the top of a small hill facing rice paddies. A little less than 1 km to the north () is a temple and statue commemorating him.

paragraph: Section::::Notes and references.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Book of Tang", vol. 135.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Zizhi Tongjian", vols. , .

description: Tang Dynasty chancellor

wikidata_label: Wei Zhiyi

wikipedia_title: Wei Zhiyi


text:
Florence
Italian
painter
Florence
gothic art
Taddeo Gaddi
Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome
Florence Cathedral

categories: 1239 births,Italian male painters,1312 deaths,14th-century Italian painters,13th-century Italian painters,Florentine painters

paragraph: Gaddo Gaddi

paragraph: Gaddo Gaddi (c. 1239, Florence – c. 1312, Florence) was an Italian painter and mosaicist of Florence in a gothic art style. Almost no works survive. He was the father of Taddeo Gaddi. He completed mosaics on facade of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The "Coronation of the Virgin" mosaic over the inside door of Florence Cathedral, dated 1307, is also attributed to Gaddo Gaddi.

alias:
Gaddo di Zanobi Gaddi
Gaddo Di Zanobi Gaddi
Isaac Master

description: late medieval / early renaissance italian painter

wikidata_label: Gaddo Gaddi

wikipedia_title: Gaddo Gaddi


text:
Israel
Yediot Aharonot
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Arsenal
Fenerbahçe
Israeli national football team
The USSR
Lev Yashin
Ramat Gan Stadium
Hapoel Haifa
Yochanan Vollach
Itzhak Englander
National league
1954–55
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
Israel State Cup

categories: Association footballers not categorized by position,Israeli Jews,1956 AFC Asian Cup players,1999 deaths,Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers,Asian Games competitors for Israel,Israeli footballers,People from Petah Tikva,Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers,Israel international footballers,Football players from Petah Tikva,1936 births,Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games,1960 AFC Asian Cup players,Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players,Jewish footballers

paragraph: Nahum Stelmach

paragraph: Nahum Stelmach (; 1936–1999) was an Israeli footballer and manager.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was chosen third by "Yediot Aharonot"'s greatest Israeli footballers. He made a name for himself as the leader of Hapoel Petah Tikva.

paragraph: At the height of his career in Hapoel Petah Tikva, Stelmach received offers to sign for Arsenal and Fenerbahçe but declined due to his loyalty to the team. He led his team to five national championships, four of them consecutive.

paragraph: His most recognizable attribute was the quality of his headers, with which he scored most of his international goals. As a result, he was commonly nicknamed "the golden head" in Israel.

paragraph: He scored what was arguably his most famous goal for the Israeli national football team in an Olympic qualifier against The USSR, with Lev Yashin as goalkeeper at the Ramat Gan Stadium on 1956. Despite the fact that Israel lost the game 2:1 (his goal was a temporary equalizer), and that the game was not televised, that goal is widely considered a defining moment in the history of Israel's national team's early years.

paragraph: Section::::Coach.

paragraph: He was the trainer of Hapoel Haifa in the 1970s, while training the international stars Yochanan Vollach and Itzhak Englander.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- National league (1st tier) (6):

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63

paragraph: BULLET::::- Israel State Cup (1):

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956–57

description: Israeli footballer

wikidata_label: Nahum Stelmach

wikipedia_title: Nahum Stelmach


text:
Norwegian
rock group
Kaizers Orchestra
Janove Ottesen
Blod, snått & juling
gnom
Janove Ottesen
Mys
John Erik Kaada
Mannen som elsket Yngve
Våre demoner
Zahl on MySpace

categories: 21st-century Norwegian guitarists,Living people,Norwegian guitarists,1975 births,Norwegian male singers,Male guitarists,21st-century Norwegian singers,21st-century male singers

paragraph: Geir Zahl

paragraph: Geir Zahl (born 19 May 1975) is a Norwegian musician. He is known for playing guitar in the Norwegian rock group Kaizers Orchestra. The band was founded by Geir Zahl and Janove Ottesen who had both played together in some other bands, namely Blod, snått & juling and gnom. Geir Zahl is the composer and main vocalist on several songs, both on the recordings and live at concerts.

paragraph: Geir was born in Bryne, Norway. He befriended Janove Ottesen at an early age, and together, they played in a multitude of bands such as Destruction and Blod, snått & juling. Zahl and Ottesen would write songs by themselves and record them to show to the other one, then work on those songs together. After releasing two cassettes as Blod, Snått & Juling, the two friends hit a creative wall, and their third tape was left, unfinished. Janove joined the army.

paragraph: Upon his return, Ottesen and Zahl formed a new band, known as gnom. They only released one album, "Mys", which did not sell well at all. However, when their new band, Kaizers Orchestra, was created, Geir and Janove started composing songs again.

paragraph: In 2007, he released his first solo album under the name Zahl. The album is called "Nice for a Change". The band that supported him live and on the album consists of Christer Knutsen, Pål Hausken and Bård Halsne.

paragraph: In 2008, along with John Erik Kaada, Zahl wrote some of the songs for the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Mannen som elsket Yngve".

paragraph: In 2009, Zahl filmed and directed a short film about the recording of "Die Polizei", the first single from the Kaizers Orchestra album "Våre demoner".

paragraph: In 2010, Zahl announced the formation of another solo project known as Uncle Deadly. Their album, "Monkey Do" was released on 2 February 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kaizers Orchestra - Die Polizei" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kaizers Orchestra - Våre Demoner Week" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Violeta Violeta - The Making of Vol. I" (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Veien til Spektrum" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Zahl.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nice for a Change" (2007)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Uncle Deadly.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monkey Do" (2010)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zahl on MySpace

description: Norwegian musician

wikidata_label: Geir Zahl

wikipedia_title: Geir Zahl