text:
Canadian
curler
Gatineau
Quebec
Masson, Quebec
Brier
Guy Hemmings
Don Westphal
Kevin Adams
Ted Butler
Jean-Michel Ménard
2007 Tim Hortons Brier
Jean-Michel Ménard
Peter Corner
"Ontario" provincial championships
2010-11 curling season
Serge Reid
Richard Faguy
Louis Biron
Maurice Cayouette
France Charette

categories: Canadian male curlers,1955 births,Sportspeople from Gatineau,Canadian curling coaches,French Quebecers,Living people,Curlers from Ontario,Canadian Curling Hall of Fame inductees,Curlers from Quebec

paragraph: Pierre Charette

paragraph: Pierre G. "The Duffer" Charette (born June 23, 1955) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born in Masson, Quebec, Charette has played in thirteen Briers, and is the only curler to have played every position (including alternate) at a Brier. He skipped teams in 1989, 1993 and 2007; played third for Guy Hemmings in 1998 and 1999, played second for Don Westphal in 1997, played lead for Westphal in 1996 and was the alternate for Kevin Adams in 1991, Ted Butler in 1992 and Jean-Michel Ménard in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

paragraph: Charette's best performance at the Brier was the two years he played for Hemmings, where they lost in the Brier final on both occasions.

paragraph: Charette had to qualify for the 2007 Tim Hortons Brier by defeating defending Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard in the Quebec final 12-8.

paragraph: Presently Charette is a golf professional at the Club de golf Royal Papineau.

paragraph: In 2001, Charette played third for Peter Corner in the "Ontario" provincial championships, but they finished 3-6.

paragraph: After the 2010-11 curling season ended, Serge Reid's team announced in a tweet that Charette would be joining their rink as skip and would throw lead stones. He played with them for one season before forming a new team with Richard Faguy, Louis Biron and Maurice Cayouette.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Charette is employed as the president of GolfXtra. He is married to fellow curler France Charette, and they have two children.

description: Canadian curler

wikidata_label: Pierre Charette

wikipedia_title: Pierre Charette


text:
Japanese
singer
songwriter
dancer
costume designer
model
Ibaraki Prefecture
Japan
Niconico
pop rock
Garnidelia
Kamisama Kazoku
Dōjin Work
Niconico
Freezing
Garnidelia
Kill la Kill
Mai Mizuhashi's personal website

categories: 1992 births,Japanese female singers,21st-century Japanese singers,Musicians from Ibaraki Prefecture,Anime musicians,Living people

paragraph: Mai Mizuhashi

paragraph: , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, costume designer and model from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Originally a member of a music group, Mizuhashi found fame posting videos on the Japanese website Niconico. She is part of the pop rock duo Garnidelia.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Mizuhashi began her career as a member of the music group Harajuku BJ Girls, later known as the Chix Chicks. While a member of the group, Mizuhashi performed a number of opening and ending themes for different anime series, such as "Brand New Morning", which was used as the opening theme to the 2006 anime television series "Kamisama Kazoku", , which was used as the ending theme to the 2007 anime television series "Dōjin Work", and , which was used as the second ending theme to the 2007 anime television series "".

paragraph: Following Chix Chicks' disbandment in 2010, Mizuhashi pursued a solo career by posting videos on the Japanese website Niconico, where she caught the attention of music producer Yoshinori Abe, also known as Toku. Toku produced Mizuhashi's single "Color" which was used as the opening theme to the 2010 anime television series "Freezing". The two would later form the music unit Garnidelia, which made its major debut in 2013 with the single "Ambiguous", used as the second opening theme to the anime television series "Kill la Kill".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mai Mizuhashi's personal website

description: Japanese singer, member of GARNiDELiA

wikidata_label: Mai Mizuhashi

wikipedia_title: Mai Mizuhashi


text: United States Army

text: Medal of Honor

text: World War I

text: Camp Roberts, California

text: List of Medal of Honor recipients

categories: People from San Francisco,American military personnel of World War I,1895 births,Burials at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery,Deaths by drowning,United States Army Medal of Honor recipients,1918 deaths,United States Army soldiers

paragraph: Harold W. Roberts

paragraph: Harold W. Roberts (October 14, 1895 – October 6, 1918) was a United States Army Corporal and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War I.

paragraph: Camp Roberts, California was named after him.

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

paragraph: Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army Company A, 344th Battalion, Tank Corps. Place and date: In the Montrebeau Woods France 4 October 1918. Entered service at: San Francisco, Calif. Birth: San Francisco, Calif. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919.

paragraph: Citation:

paragraph: Cpl. Roberts, a tank driver, was moving his tank into a clump of bushes to afford protection to another tank which had become disabled. The tank slid into a shell hole, 10 feet deep, filled with water, and was immediately submerged. Knowing that only 1 of the 2 men in the tank could escape, Cpl. Roberts said to the gunner, "Well, only one of us can get out, and out you go," whereupon he pushed his companion through the back door of the tank and was himself drowned.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I

wikidata_label: Harold W. Roberts

wikipedia_title: Harold W. Roberts


text:
India
Bengali
cricket
leg break
One Day International
Twenty20 International
India Women
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup

wikipedia_title:
India
Bengalis
Cricket
Leg break
Women's One Day International
Twenty20 International
India women's national cricket team
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup

categories: University of Calcutta alumni,Central Zone women cricketers,1988 births,India women One Day International cricketers,East Zone women cricketers,Cricketers from Kolkata,Railways women cricketers,Indian women cricketers,India women Twenty20 International cricketers,Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni,Living people

paragraph: Priyanka Roy

paragraph: Priyanka Roy (born 2 March 1988) is an Indian Bengali cricketer.

paragraph: A right-handed batter and leg break bowler, she has played 21 One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for the India Women's team. Her performances at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup saw her named in the ICC's team of the tournament.

description: Indian women cricketer

wikidata_label: Priyanka Roy

wikipedia_title: Priyanka Roy


text:
rock guitar
Hannah Montana
High School Musical
DVD-ROM
Alexi Laiho
Alex Skolnick
Kiko Loureiro
Jeff Loomis
Bernie Worrell
Michael Paget
Rusty Cooley
Dan Jacobs
Rob Arnold
Doug Wimbish
Leo Nocentelli
Doug Wimbish
Living Colour
P-Funk
Talking Heads
The Meters
SX Electric Guitar
Leo Nocentelli
Doug Wimbish
Rob Arnold
Marc Rizzo
Atreyu
Alexi Laiho
David Ellefson
Bernie Worrell
All That Remains
Michael “Padge” Paget
Job for a Cowboy
Kiko Loureiro
Alex Skolnick
Gary Hoey
Jeff Loomis
Unearth
Rusty Cooley

wikipedia_title:
Rock music
Hannah Montana
High School Musical
DVD
Alexi Laiho
Alex Skolnick
Kiko Loureiro
Jeff Loomis
Bernie Worrell
Michael Paget
Rusty Cooley
Atreyu
Rob Arnold
Doug Wimbish
Leo Nocentelli
Doug Wimbish
Living Colour
P-Funk
Talking Heads
The Meters
SX SJM
Leo Nocentelli
Doug Wimbish
Rob Arnold
Marc Rizzo
Atreyu
Alexi Laiho
David Ellefson
Bernie Worrell
All That Remains (band)
Michael Paget
Job for a Cowboy
Kiko Loureiro
Alex Skolnick
Gary Hoey
Jeff Loomis
Unearth
Rusty Cooley

categories: American rock guitarists,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: John McCarthy (guitarist)

paragraph: John McCarthy is a musician, author, educator and creator of the Rock House Method system of learning. Since 2001, The Rock House Method has sold more than three million instructional programs of which McCarthy writes, composes, and demonstrates in. In the past John has written columns for Guitar School magazine and starting June 2009, he began writing a monthly column titled “Metal Rising” in Guitar Player magazine. As owner of the Rock House School of Music since 1981 John has developed a curriculum for learning to play music that covers guitar, piano, ukulele, drums, bass guitar, singing, child music development and music theory. His awards and accolades include. CTNOW "Best Place to Learn Music" award 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, Music & Sound Retailer award for "Best Tools for Schools" 2013, Music Merchandise Review "Best Instructional Product of the Year" 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.

paragraph: Section::::As an Educator.

paragraph: John McCarthy began providing music lessons at the age of 15 and created the first complete rock guitar instruction series on video in 1986. In 2000, John designed the Rock House Method accelerated learning system that combined instruction in video and book form with an on-line support system. In 2001 John began the mission to take “The Rock House Method” to masses.

paragraph: John currently has authored 50 instructional method books, 58 instructional DVDs and 1 instructional DVD rom. John designed and developed a Disney Learn Guitar method featuring the songs of Hannah Montana and High School Musical released in 2009 on DVD-ROM. In addition to his own instructional books and programs John has worked with many of the greatest musicians in the world creating personal instruction programs featuring the Rock House Method, Alexi Laiho, Alex Skolnick, Kiko Loureiro, Jeff Loomis, Bernie Worrell, Oli Herbert, Michael Paget, Rusty Cooley, Dan Jacobs, Rob Arnold, Doug Wimbish, Leo Nocentelli and Dave Ellefson are some of the collaborating artists.

paragraph: John owns and has been running the Rock House School of Music in West Haven CT since the early 80's. A full service music school offering instruction for guitar, bass, piano, drums, singing and ukulele. As of March 2017 the school has won the CTNOW award for Best Place to Take Music Lessons in CT in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

paragraph: Section::::As a Musician.

paragraph: John began playing guitar at the age of 6 inspired by listening to the vast album collection of his older brother and sisters and states this as the reason he has a wide range of music genres in his vocabulary. When John turned 8 he already had a band playing local camps and parties and at 15 was playing across the tri-state area in clubs. At 15 John opened his first music school called Rock House School of Music. He stayed motivated to further his music studies learning to play Piano, drums, bass guitar, ukulele and sing.

paragraph: In 2006 John recorded his first solo release “Drive” a full length guitar centered instrumental album. Doug Wimbish of Living Colour fame produced and played bass on the album. Other players on the album include Will Calhoun (Living Colour) on drums, Bernie Worrell (P-Funk and Talking Heads) on keyboards, Leo Nocentelli (The Meters) on guitar, and Jordan Gengreco on keyboards.

paragraph: Section::::The Future.

paragraph: John McCarthy continues to write instructional books for his Rock House Method brand. The Rock House School of Music is expanding and adding locations and John McCarthy plans to franchise his award-winning schools around the world. John McCarthy launched an interactive online learning platform called Rock House U. RockHouseU.com is an interactive learning platform that contains video, audio, text and graphic images along with interactive learning tools to make a complete learning system geared for the future.

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:Instructional books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Guitar Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Guitar Level 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Guitar Level 3

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Piano Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Piano Level 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Piano Level 3

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Bass Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Bass Level 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Bass Master Edition

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Guitar Mater Edition

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Learn Ukulele a Complete Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Master Rock Guitar a Complete Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Master Blues Guitar a Complete Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Modes Demystified

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Guitar for Kids

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Rock House Method Piano for Kids

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Guitar Intermediate

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Guitar Advanced

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Acoustic Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Rock Acoustic Intermediate

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Children's Guitar Method

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Clap, Tap, Sing & Swing

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House The Only Chord Book You'll Ever Need – Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House The Only Chord Book You'll Ever Need – Keyboard

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Ultimate Guitar Acoustic Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Ultimate Guitar Electric Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Acoustic Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Electric Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Acoustic Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Electric Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Blues Guitar Course

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Blues Guitar Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Blues Guitar Level 2

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:Instructional videos / DVD.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Blues Riffs, Rhythms & Secrets

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Hands of Steel

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Advanced Metal

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Modes Demystified

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Metal Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Metal Guitar Intermediate

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Metal Guitar Advanced

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Blues Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Blues Guitar Intermediate

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn Blues Guitar Advanced

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Lead Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Learn to Play Ukulele

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rock House Modern Classical Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Electric Guitar Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Electric Guitar Level 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Acoustic Guitar Level 1

paragraph: BULLET::::- So Easy Acoustic Guitar Level 2

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Blues Learn Metal Guitar Beginner

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peavey Play It All Acoustic Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peavey Play It All Electric Guitar

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:CD/DVD ROM interactive programs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Disney Learn Guitar Method – featuring the songs of Hannah Montana & High School Musical

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:Branded instructional videos / DVD (featured in guitar packs).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Washburn/Lyon Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peavey Acoustic Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peavey Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Silvertone Acoustic Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Silvertone Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Burswood Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- SX Acoustic Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- SX Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Valencia Classical Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gypsy Rose Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mahalo Ukulele

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ashton Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spectrum Acoustic Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spectrum Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Spectrum Keyboard

paragraph: BULLET::::- Behringer Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Deacan Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: BULLET::::- Switch Acoustic and Electric Guitar

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:Custom Artist Programs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Leo Nocentelli (The Meters)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Doug Wimbish (Living Colour)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rob Arnold (Chimaira)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marc Rizzo (Soul Fly, Solo Artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dan Jacobs (Atreyu)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Ellefson (Megadeth)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bernie Worrell (P-Funk, Talking Heads)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oli Herbert (All That Remains)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michael “Padge” Paget (Bullet for My Valentine)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bobby Thomson (Job for a Cowboy)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kiko Loureiro (Solo Artist, Angra)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Skolnick (Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio, Trans Siberian Orchestra)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gary Hoey (Solo Artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Solo Artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Buz McGrath (Unearth)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rusty Cooley (Solo Artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Freekbass Rock House Funk Bass (Solo artist)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alex Bach – Guitar for Girls (Solo Artist)

paragraph: Section::::Body of work.:John McCarthy CD releases.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 13 O’clock – independent release (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Drive – solo instrumental guitar (2006)

description: guitarist, author and educator

wikidata_label: John McCarthy

wikipedia_title: John McCarthy (guitarist)


text: Luchador

text: professional wrestler

text: Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

text: AAA Latin American Champion

text: Lucha Underground

text: professional wrestling promotion

text: Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

text: Real Fuerza Aérea

text: Los Barrio Boys

text: Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

text: Billy

text: Vangelis

text: Boy band

text: Triplemanía VII

text: Los Payasos

text: Guerra de Titanes

text: Espiritu

text: Nygma

text: Picudo

text: Los Barrio Boys

text: Decnis

text: Los Diabólicos

text: Gran Apache

text: Milano Collection AT

text: Yasushi Tsujimoto

text: Verano de Escandalos

text: Guerra de Titanes

text: Oscar Sevilla

text: Mexican National Atómicos Championship

text: Pimpinela Escarlata

text: The Black Family

text: Chessman

text: Ozz

text: Cuervo

text: Escoria

text: Guerra de Titanes

text: Heel

text: Guapos VIP

text: Face

text: Kevin

text: Eveready Battery

text: Aero Star

text: El Ángel

text: Pegasso

text: Pirata Morgan

text: El Hijo de Pirata Morgan

text: Real Fuerza Aérea

text: Copa Antonio Peña

text: Antonio Peña Memorial show

text: Histeria

text: Los Psycho Circus

text: Murder Clown

text: Monster Clown

text: Psycho Clown

text: La Sociedad

text: La Parka

text: Guerra de Titanes

text: Vampiro

text: Faby Apache

text: Halloween

text: Mari Apache

text: AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship

text: Argenis

text: All Japan Pro Wrestling

text: Tokyo

text: Kenso

text: Sushi

text: All Asia Tag Team Championship

text: Burning

text: Atsushi Aoki

text: Kotaro Suzuki

text: Yoshinobu Kanemaru

text: Pentagón Jr.

text: Sexy Star

text: Alas de Oro

text: Lucha Underground

text: El Rey

text: Pentagón Jr.

text: Fénix

text: King Cuerno

text: Aero Star

text: Prince Puma

text: Lucha Underground Championship

text: Cage

text: Hernandez

text: Jack Evans

text: Johnny Mundo

text: PJ Black

text: Lucha Underground Trios Championship

text: Pindar

text: Vibora

text: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

text: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles

text: Chikara

text: 2015 King of Trios

text: Chuck Taylor

text: Drew Gulak

text: Frightmare

text: Hallowicked

text: Silver Ant

text: Bullet Club

text: A.J. Styles

text: Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson

text: Impact Wrestling

text: Slammiversary XV

text: The Latin American Xchange

text: GFW Tag Team Championship

text: Laredo Kid

text: Garza Jr.

text: Naomichi Marufuji

text: Taiji Ishimori

text: 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament

text: Aero Star

text: Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

text: AAA Latin American Championship

text: 1 time, current

text: AAA World Tag Team Championship

text: 1 time

text: AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship

text: 1 time

text: Faby Apache

text: Mexican National Atómicos Championship

text: 2 times

text: Oscar Sevilla

text: Decnis

text: Billy Boy

text: Alas de Oro

text: DJZ

text: Andrew Everett

text: Chikara

text: King of Trios

text: Aero Star

text: Fénix

text: Lucha Underground

text: Lucha Underground Trios Championship

text: 2 times

text: Vibora

text: Pro Wrestling Illustrated

text: PWI 500

text: AAA profile

text: AJPW profile

categories: Professional wrestlers from Mexico City,Mexican male professional wrestlers,Living people,1975 births

paragraph: Drago (wrestler)

paragraph: Víctor Manuel Soto Flores (born July 23, 1975) is a Mexican "Luchador" or professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where he is the current AAA Latin American Champion in his first reign.

paragraph: Flores currently working as Drago in Lucha Underground and in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). In the past Soto has worked as Gato Eveready or simply El Gato under which he was an unofficial member of the wrestling group Real Fuerza Aérea and as Alan in the group called Los Barrio Boys.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración.:Early years (1998–2001).

paragraph: Victor Soto made his professional wrestling debut in April, 1998 on a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) show, under the name "Morfo". Later on his ring name was changed to "Jimmy Boy" and he was teamed up with Billy and Vangelis to form a Boy band inspired group called "Los Spice Boys". At Triplemanía VII Jimmy Boy, Billy and Vangelis defeated Los Payasos (Coco Amarillo, Coco Rojo and Coco Verde) in one of the undercard matches. At the 2000 "Guerra de Titanes" event Los Spice Boys lost to "Los Vatos Locos" (Espiritu, Nygma, Picudo and Silver Cat).

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración.:Los Barrio Boys (2001–2008).

paragraph: In 2001 his gimmick was changed to Alan and he was made part of a group called "Los Barrio Boys" along with Billy Boy (formerly known as "Spice Boy" Billy) and Decnis. The team worked extensive storyline feuds with "Los Diabólicos" (Ángel Mortal, Mr. Condór and Marabunta) and with AAA trainer Gran Apache to help the young team improve their in ring skills, especially the storyline with Gran Apache would shape the development of "Los Barrio Boys" over the years. On September 16, 2001 "Los Barrio Boys" made their first major show appearance as they wrestled the team of Milano Collection AT, Nitohei Oyanagi and Yasushi Tsujimoto to a draw at "Verano de Escandalos". A few months later "Los Barrio Boys" teamed with Ice Cream to defeat "Los Diabolicos" and Police Man in the opening match of "Guerra de Titanes". On December 12, 2002 "Los Barrio Boys" teamed up with Oscar Sevilla to defeat "Los Vatos Locos" to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship. The team had one successful title defense, defeating Hator, Monje Negro, Jr., El Potro and Ben Hur on April 6, 2003 On July 18, 2003 the team lost the Atómicos title back to "Los Vatos Locos" but would regain them under a month later when they defeated "Los Vatos Locos" on August 8, 2003. Sevilla and "Los Barrio Boys" successfully defended the Atómicos title against "Los Exoticos" (Pimpinela Escarlata, May Flowers, Polvo de Estrellas and Sexy Francis) on October 26, 2003. Their second, and final run with the Mexican National Atómicos title ended on August 20, 2004 when they were defeated by The Black Family (Chessman, Ozz, Cuervo and Escoria, ending their combined reigns at 606 days in total. On December 5, 2004 "Los Barrio Boys" won a four-way match against The Black Family, "Los Kumbria Kids" and "Los Espantapajaros" at "Guerra de Titanes".

paragraph: By 2007 "Los Barrio Boys" feud with Gran Apache led to both Alan and Decnis turning against Billy Boy, attacking him and turning "Rudó" (bad guy or Heel in wrestling terms). Alan and Decnis even sided with Gran Apache for a while. After a few months Decnis decided to join a group called Guapos VIP, leaving Alan alone. Once the storyline with Billy Boy ended Alan turned "tecnico" (good guy or Face) and formed a new "Barrio Boys" group. Alan began teaming with Kevin, Javi and Ricky. The team only worked in opening matches and soon after Alan left the group altogether.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración.:Gato Eveready / El Gato (2008–2011).

paragraph: In 2008 Victor Soto began working as "Gato Eveready", a masked character sponsored by the Eveready Battery. Originally another wrestler worked under the mask but Alan took over in the spring of 2008 and plays the character to this day, while occasionally working as Alan as well. Soto's first verified appearance as Gato Eveready came at AAA's 2008 "Reina de Reina" show, teaming with Aero Star, El Ángel and Pegasso in a loss to Los Piratas (Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Jr. El Hijo de Pirata Morgan and Barbe Roja). As Gato Eveready Soto often teams up with members of group "Real Fuerza Aérea", although he has not yet officially been announced as a member of the group. On October 24, 2008 Gato Eveready was one of thirteen men participating in the annual "Copa Antonio Peña" tournament at the 2008 Antonio Peña Memorial show but was eliminated by Histeria in the first match of the "Copa". In 2009 Gato Eveready has spent most of his time losing to Los Psycho Circus (Murder Clown, Monster Clown and Psycho Clown) in random six-man tag team matches or in a storyline where Exotico Pimpinela Escarlata made several advances towards him. In February 2011 Soto's ring name was simplified to El Gato, after Eveready Battery ended their sponsorship deal with AAA.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración.:Drago (2011–present).

paragraph: On April 20, 2011, Soto debuted under a new character Drago and was given a major push as a face fighting for AAA in the war against "La Sociedad" and "Los Bizarros". Drago then joined forces with La Parka, Dark Cuervo, Dark Espíritu and Dark Ozz to form "El Inframundo" ("The Underworld"). On December 16 at Guerra de Titanes, Vampiro became the new leader of "El Inframundo", replacing La Parka, who had recently turned "rudo" and joined "La Sociedad". On July 19, 2013, Drago and Faby Apache defeated Halloween and Mari Apache for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. On August 11, Drago and fellow AAA worker Argenis made their debuts for All Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo, defeating Kenso and Sushi in a tag team match. Even before their first match in the promotion, Drago and Argenis were named the number one contenders to the All Asia Tag Team Championship, held by Burning members Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki. In the build-up to the August 25 title match, Drago and Argenis began working against the Burning stable, defeating Aoki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru on August 14 and Suzuki and Kanemaru on August 16. On August 25, Drago and Argenis failed in their attempt to capture the All Asia Tag Team Championship from Aoki and Suzuki. On April 19, 2014, Drago and Apache lost the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship to Pentagón Jr. and Sexy Star. On June 14, Drago won AAA's 2015 "Alas de Oro".

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Lucha Underground (2014–present).

paragraph: In August 2014, Drago was announced as one of five AAA wrestlers to star in "Lucha Underground", a new American television series on El Rey. Drago debuted on the third episode on November 12, losing a three-way main event involving Pentagón Jr. and winner Fénix. Over the following weeks, Drago feuded with King Cuerno. On January 21, 2015, Cuerno defeated Drago in a Last Man Standing match, ending their feud. Then, he defeated Aero Star in a Best of 5 Series match. On February 21, 2015, Drago unsuccessfully challenged Prince Puma for the Lucha Underground Championship after Hernandez' interference cost him the match. As a result, Drago was in storyline forced to leave Lucha Underground. Drago returned on the June 10 episode, agreeing to put his mask on the line for another shot at being allowed to remain in Lucha Underground. Drago went on to win the match, defeating Cage, Hernandez and King Cuerno to retain his mask and become the number one contender to the Lucha Underground Championship. However, next week, Drago lost his opportunity against Mil Muertes after an interference from Hernandez. Soon after, Drago faced Hernandez and won via disqualification, before a rematch between the rivals would be announced for the upcoming Ultima Lucha event. At the first night of Ultima Lucha, Drago defeated Hernandez in a Believer's Backlash Match. At the season two "Ultima Lucha" on January 31, 2016, Drago, Aero Star and Fénix defeated Jack Evans, Johnny Mundo and PJ Black to win the Lucha Underground Trios Championship. On May 7, Drago turned on Aero Star and Fénix and turning heel and took the Lucha Underground Trios Championship to form a new championship trio with Pindar and Vibora.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2015–2016).

paragraph: On August 28, 2015, Drago made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) by entering the 2015 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, losing to Pentagón Jr. in his first round match.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Chikara (2015).

paragraph: Drago made his debut for another American promotion, Chikara, when he, Aero Star and Fénix entered the 2015 King of Trios tournament as "Team AAA". They defeated the Gentleman's Club (Chuck Taylor, Drew Gulak and The Swamp Monster) in their first round match. The following day, Team AAA defeated the Nightmare Warriors (Frightmare, Hallowicked and Silver Ant) to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On September 6, Team AAA first defeated reigning King of Trios winners, the Devastation Corporation (Blaster McMassive, Flex Rumblecrunch and Max Smashmaster), in the semifinals and then Bullet Club (A.J. Styles, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in the finals to win the 2015 King of Trios.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Global Force Wrestling/Impact Wrestling (2017-2018).

paragraph: On July 2, 2017 Drago and El Hijo del Fantasma represented AAA at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XV show, the team lost to The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana), who successfully defended the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship and GFW Tag Team Championship in a match that also included Laredo Kid/Garza Jr. and Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori. On the July 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Drago entered the 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament.`

paragraph: Section::::Championships and accomplishments.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Battle Championship Wrestling Australia

paragraph: BULLET::::- BCW Tag Team championship (1 time) – with Aero Star

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

paragraph: BULLET::::- AAA Latin American Championship (1 time, current)

paragraph: BULLET::::- AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Aero Star

paragraph: BULLET::::- AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Faby Apache

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mexican National Atómicos Championship (2 times) – with Oscar Sevilla, Decnis, and Billy Boy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alas de Oro (2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Best Match of the Night (2017) – with Aero Star vs. DJZ and Andrew Everett

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chikara

paragraph: BULLET::::- King of Trios (2015) – with Aero Star and Fénix

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucha Underground

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucha Underground Trios Championship (2 times) – with Aero Star and Fénix (1), and Pindar, and Vibora (1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Wrestling Illustrated

paragraph: BULLET::::- PWI ranked him 121 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017

paragraph: BULLET::::- Promociones EMW

paragraph: BULLET::::- EMW World Middleweight Championship (1 time)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- AAA profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- AJPW profile

description: Mexican professional wrestler

wikidata_label: Gato Eveready

wikipedia_title: Drago (wrestler)


text:
Chinese Canadian
Republic of China
British Hong Kong
Lai Man-Wai
Lai Hang
Gigi Lai
Victoria, British Columbia
Xinhui
Jiangmen
Guangdong
Chinese Public School in Victoria
Hong Kong
Ying Wa Girls' School
Lai Cheuk-Cheuk
Lai Man-Wai
China Sun Motion Picture Company
Shanghai
A Poet from the Sea
Romance of the Western Chamber
Lianhua Film Company
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Song of China
National Customs
Lai Hang
Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan invaded Shanghai in 1937
Japan's invasion of Hong Kong in 1941
mainland China
Chikan, Kaiping
Kaiping
Guilin
Guangxi
Center Stage
Cecilia Yip
Cantonese
Mandarin

categories: Chinese silent film actresses,1979 deaths,Actresses from Victoria, British Columbia,20th-century Hong Kong actresses,20th-century Canadian actresses,Hong Kong film actresses,Canadian film actresses,20th-century Chinese actresses,Canadian emigrants to Hong Kong,1905 births,Chinese film actresses,Canadian actresses of Chinese descent

paragraph: Lim Cho Cho

paragraph: Florence Lim (21 January 1905 – 16 February 1979), better known as Lim Cho Cho, was a Chinese Canadian actress in the cinema of Republic of China and British Hong Kong from 1925 to 1954. She was the second wife of filmmaker Lai Man-Wai and the mother of actors Lai Hang and Lai Suen. Gigi Lai is her granddaughter.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Florence Lim was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where her grandfather, an immigrant from Xinhui (now part of Jiangmen), Guangdong, China, owned a rice shop. Her father died when she was 3. She attended Chinese Public School in Victoria which allowed her to be proficient in both English and Chinese. When she was 9, her widowed mother went to Hong Kong to receive medical treatment, and at age 12 Lim joined her in Hong Kong, having completed primary school. In Hong Kong she enrolled in Ying Wa Girls' School. One of her classmates named Lai Hang-Kau (who would later become known as Lai Cheuk-Cheuk) introduced her to her uncle Lai Man-Wai. Even though he was 12 years her senior and already married, Lim married him as his second wife in 1920, when she was 15.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Lim Cho Cho's acting career started in Hong Kong when she played the lead role in "Rouge" (1925), the first film produced by her husband's China Sun Motion Picture Company. In 1926, China Sun relocated to Shanghai, and there Lim continued to star in silent films such as "A Poet from the Sea" (1927) and "Romance of the Western Chamber" (1927). Her credits after China Sun became the Lianhua Film Company in 1930 included "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" (1931), "Song of China" (1935), "National Customs" (1935), and "Song of a Kind Mother" (1937). Lim particularly excelled in mother roles. Her son Lai Hang also appeared in many films around this time.

paragraph: During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), the Lais first returned to Hong Kong when Japan invaded Shanghai in 1937. In Hong Kong Lim continued to act in films, many patriotic and anti-Japanese in nature. Following Japan's invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, the family escaped to mainland China, first to Chikan, Kaiping, Guangdong, where at one point Lim had to peddle old clothes on the street to make ends meet. When Japanese soldiers overran Kaiping in 1943, they fled again, this time to Guilin, Guangxi, where they ran a photographic studio. After the war ended, the family returned to Hong Kong, and Lim acted again for another 8 years. She retired after her husband's 1953 death to raise their 9 children. She visited mainland China in the 1970s before her death in Hong Kong in 1979.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: In the 1991 film "Center Stage", Lim Cho Cho is portrayed by Cecilia Yip, who spoke Cantonese, Mandarin and English in her role.

description: Canadian actor

wikidata_label: Lin Chuchu

wikipedia_title: Lim Cho Cho


text:
Raiatea
Huahine
Society Islands
Raiatea
Huahine
Society Islands
Oscar Tomare
Bora Bora
cannibalism
Tahiti
Tāne
Uturoa
Raiatea
United States
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Queen Victoria
Papeete

paragraph: Queen Mamea

paragraph: Queen Mamea (c.1870 – after 1896) was a late 19th-century ruler of Raiatea and Huahine in the Society Islands. She ruled around 1,000 subjects and her reign began in the early to mid 1870s. In 1890 she successfully resisted an armed French annexation by withdrawing to the interior of her kingdom and waiting for the French to run out of supplies. Mamea repeated the tactics during a second invasion of 1896 and appealed to other foreign powers for assistance, including offering her kingdom as a state to the United States. She was captured in a surprise attack and granted the French control over her lands before being replaced by a new chief.

paragraph: Section::::Early reign.

paragraph: Mamea had been queen of Raiatea and Huahine in the Society Islands since the early to mid 1870s. She was described as the "handsomest woman in the South Seas" with strong features and hair that she styled upwards.

paragraph: Mamea had around 1,000 subjects and was a cousin of Oscar Tomare, prince of the island of Bora Bora. Mamea proposed marriage to a herder by the name of Macello and offered him a position as a chief but she was refused and Macello married a mixed race Tahitian girl. Mamea brought an end to the traditional practice of cannibalism on her islands. The French, who occupied nearby Tahiti, desired Mamea's realm as did the German and British Empires. A French invasion of 1890 was successfully resisted after Mamea withdrew her warriors to a series of canyons in the island's interior where she had stockpiled several years of food supplies. The besieging French forces were forced to withdraw after their own supplies ran low.

paragraph: Section::::1896 French annexation.

paragraph: French forces made renewed attempts to annex Mamea's kingdom in 1896 with the governor of Tahiti declaring "we will annex the island and you must submit". A French fleet destroyed each of the queen's coastal settlements and captured her palace. Mamea withdrew to the woods and hills of the interior with her 500 warriors, said to be the fiercest in the South Seas, and 300 women. They carried with them the idol of their god Tāne. In a retaliatory raid on the French missionaries of Uturoa in northern Raiatea Mamea's forces killed several traders.

paragraph: In March 1896 Mamea sent word via an American merchant that she wished her kingdom to be admitted as a state within the United States. Mamea sought assistance from the British resident at Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and was advised to submit to the French. Shortly thereafter Mamea was captured in a surprise attack and agreed to grant France control of the island, its shipping and permission to establish a coaling station. The British opposed the deal and requested that France restore the island to Mamea's control; this was refused and Mamea was replaced by a new chief. Mamea was compensated by the payment of 4,000 francs. (~23,000 US Dollars in 2015)

paragraph: By June 1896 Mamea's former subjects were flying the British flag and claiming to be under the protection of Queen Victoria. The French protested that the island was in their possession and brought the British consul from Papeete who advised the islanders that they were not permitted to use the flag. This was ignored and French forces shot down at least one flagstaff, but struggled to keep up with the islanders who simply raised more. Inevitably, the islands ended up under de facto French rule.

wikidata_label: Queen Mamea

wikipedia_title: Queen Mamea


text:
Frisian
Makkum
Dirk Lenige
Mennonites
Latin
occasional poems
Joost van den Vondel
Willem Bilderdijk
Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken
dysentery
Frisian language

categories: 1755 births,18th-century Dutch women writers,18th-century Dutch poets,Dutch women poets,1780 deaths

paragraph: Cynthia Lenige

paragraph: Cynthia Lenige, also known as Kynke Lenige (6 November 1755 – 3 October 1780), was a Frisian poet. She died young, and her body of work is limited mostly to occasional poetry, though she also wrote a few satirical poems which argued for a classical education.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Lenige was born in Makkum, in 1755, the daughter of poet and merchant Dirk Lenige and Akke Rymersma; she had one sister and two brothers, and the family were Mennonites. Due to frail health she never attended school, but was taught at home, first by her father and then by Teake Dooitzens, a teacher who ran a local school. She was taught to write in Dutch and was never taught Latin. She never married, and thus had ample opportunity to educate herself, and to read and write in a room of her own.

paragraph: Under the influence of her father she began writing poetry at an early age, and her earliest work consisted of occasional poems for birthdays, births, and marriages. Her collection of poetry also included a number of satirical poems, in which Lenige, who herself never enjoyed a classical education, participated in a then-current debate about the appropriateness of using the classics in contemporary literature. She argued for it, defending, for instance, the practice of Joost van den Vondel. She was a member of Makkum's ""Konst voedt 's menschen geluk"", a society of poets. She was in touch with poets in other parts of the Netherlands, including, likely, Willem Bilderdijk; that he had been in love with her is most likely a myth. Her work does show she was influenced by other poets, including and Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken. Lenige died of dysentery at a young age, and her work was published posthumously in 1782, under the title "Mengeldichten" ("Miscellaneous poetry"). Most of her poems were written in Dutch, but two Frisian language poems of hers survive.

paragraph: A street in Makkum, the Cynthia Lenigestraat, is named for her. A memorial stone on the south side of Makkum's was raised in her honor.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lenige, Dirk [et al.] "Lijkzangen ter gedachtenisse van Mejuffer Cynthia Lenige, in het vijfentwintigste jaar haars ouderdoms te Makkum overleeden den derden der Wijnmaand 1780", Amsterdam, 1782

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lenige, Cynthia "Mengeldichten van Cynthia Lenige", Amsterdam, 1782

paragraph: BULLET::::- Backer, Jan Aukes "Ter gedachtenis van mijne vriendin mejuffer Cynthia Lenige", 1782

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brandt Maas, Gerard "Levensschetsen van merkwaardige, meest Vriesche, mannen en vrouwen", Leeuwarden, 1830–1837

description: Dutch poet

wikidata_label: Cynthia Lenige

wikipedia_title: Cynthia Lenige


text:
racing cyclist
track cycling
1000m time trial
1948 Summer Olympics
London
team road race
José Beyaert
Paris–Tours
Ruban Jaune

categories: Olympic gold medalists for France,French track cyclists,Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics,1928 births,Olympic medalists in cycling,French male cyclists,Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics,Olympic cyclists of France,Sportspeople from Ariège (department),Living people

paragraph: Jacques Dupont (cyclist)

paragraph: Jacques Dupont (born 19 June 1928) is a French racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the 1000m time trial at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the team road race, together with José Beyaert and Alain Moineau. He won Paris–Tours in 1951 and 1955. He won the 1955 event in what was then a record speed for a professional race covering the 253 km at an average of 43.666 km per hour and being awarded the Ruban Jaune.

description: French racing cyclist

wikidata_label: Jacques Dupont

wikipedia_title: Jacques Dupont (cyclist)


text:
cardinal-nephew
Pope Clement V
Avignon Papacy
Ancient Diocese of Bazas
de la Mothe Pellegrue
S. Maria in Portico
Chartres
France
Saint Jérôme
Saint Christoph
vicar general
Comminges
Bordeaux
papal legate
Ferrara
Asti
Parma
Piacenza
Bologna
Lombards
Florence
interdict
Castel Tedaldo
Po River
Guillaume de Nogaret
Philip IV of France
Council of Vienne
Cardinal protector
Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans)
Governor of Bologna
Governor of Ferrara
Pope John XXII
Gascon
viscount
Lomagne
Raimond Guilhem de Budos

categories: Cardinal-nephews,French cardinals,Avignon Papacy,1331 deaths

paragraph: Arnaud de Pellegrue

paragraph: Arnaud de Pellegrue (died August 1331) was a cardinal-nephew of Pope Clement V, the first pope of the Avignon Papacy.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born in Château Lamothe, Ancient Diocese of Bazas to the "ancient and noble" house of de la Mothe Pellegrue, a relative (and probably a nephew) of Clement V. His first name is sometimes given as Arnaldo in Italian sources, and his last name varies as Pelagura, Pelaugrue, or Pelagrua as well.

paragraph: He was elevated as cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Portico on December 15, 1305. He was also the archdeacon of the cathedral chapter of Chartres, France, where he built two chapels: one dedicated to Saint Jérôme, and the other to Saint Christoph. In 1295, he became vicar general of Clement V in Comminges, and later became vicar general in Bordeaux.

paragraph: As papal legate to Italy, Pellegrue was absent from Avignon between January 25, 1309 and December 10, 1310. Pellegrue led the papal army after Clement V declared war on Venice in 1309 over the disputed lordship of the strategic city of Ferrara, in which Francesco d'Este and his brothers opposed the succession as "signore" of Ferrara of their great-nephew Folco in 1308 and turned to Padua and the papacy for support. In May Pellegrue led the papal army though Asti to Parma, Piacenza, and Bologna, augmenting his forces with local mobs as he passed through. Pellegrue allied himself with the Lombards, Bologna, and Florence (from which he lifted the interdict). His forces outnumbered the Venetian supporters of Folco by the time he reached Ferrara in August; once there, he laid siege to Castel Tedaldo and blocked navigation on the Po River. According to Venetian reports, the captured forces were subjected to various atrocities, including blinding, when the fortress fell in September. Ferrara was placed under direct papal rule, and in the ensuing disorders, Francesco was killed in a skirmish, August 23, 1312.

paragraph: In February 1312 Arnaud was one of the three French cardinals and one Italian conferring with Guillaume de Nogaret and other agents of Philip IV of France at the Council of Vienne where the Templars were to be suppressed.

paragraph: He was named Cardinal protector of the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans) in 1313, and also the Governor of Bologna and the Governor of Ferrara; the Bolognese requested Pellegrue as Protector in 1311. As cardinal elector, he participated in the papal conclave, 1314-1316 which elected Pope John XXII. At the conclave Pellegrue led the Gascon faction, which numbered ten of the twenty-three total cardinals, all ten being "creatures" of Clement V, who were supported by Clement V's nephew, Bertrand de Got, viscount of Lomagne and Raimond Guilhem de Budos. He died in August 1331 in Avignon.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chambers, D.S. 2006. "Popes, Cardinals & War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe". I.B. Tauris. .

description: Catholic cardinal

wikidata_label: Arnaud de Pellegrue

wikipedia_title: Arnaud de Pellegrue


text:
Australian rules football
South Melbourne
St Kilda
Victorian Football League

categories: Sydney Swans players,Northern Blues coaches,1933 deaths,St Kilda Football Club coaches,1869 births,Richmond Football Club (VFA) players,St Kilda Football Club players,Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

paragraph: George Sparrow

paragraph: George Stephen Sparrow (20 November 1869 – 6 April 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and both played for and coached St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

paragraph: Nicknamed 'Sugar', Sparrow began his career in the Victorian Football Association playing for Richmond, where he was captain for two years.

paragraph: He joined the VFL in its second season, and after having to sit out 1897 to gain a clearance, represented South Melbourne before switching to St Kilda the following year.

paragraph: After retiring, Sparrow turned to coaching and was appointed senior coach of St Kilda in 1913. He coached the club to its first ever Grand Final: the Saints had defeated Minor Premiers Fitzroy in the Final, but under the rules at the time, Fitzroy had an automatic right of challenge, and they won the Grand Final the following week.

paragraph: Sparrow quit as coach at the end of 1913, coaching five games as caretaker coach in 1920. He returned again in 1928, this time for a two-season stint, with the Saints finishing sixth, missing the finals on percentage. In 1929 he coached St Kilda to the finals again, with a Semi Final loss ending the club's season.

paragraph: He finished with a winning percentage of 58.73% as a coach.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers". 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

description: Australian rules footballer and coach

wikidata_label: George Sparrow

wikipedia_title: George Sparrow


text:
silent film
director
London
Brooklyn, New York
Antony and Cleopatra
Macbeth
The Life of Moses
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jean the Match-Maker
A Tale of Two Cities
A Reformed Santa Claus
As You Like It
A Florida Enchantment
Hearts and the Highway
The Battle Cry of Peace
The Chattel
Whom the Gods Destroy
The Tarantula
The Scarlet Runner
Thin Ice
Counterfeit
The Single Track
The Leopardess
The Ragged Edge
The Purple Highway

categories: American male silent film actors,American film directors,American male film actors,British emigrants to the United States,20th-century American male actors,1852 births,1923 deaths

paragraph: Charles Kent (actor)

paragraph: Charles Kent (18 June 1852 – 21 May 1923) was a British-born American silent film actor and director. He appeared in 141 films between 1908 and 1923. He also directed 36 films between 1908 and 1913. He was born in London, United Kingdom, and died in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

paragraph: Section::::Partial filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Antony and Cleopatra" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Macbeth" (1908)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Life of Moses" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jean the Match-Maker" (1910)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Tale of Two Cities" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Reformed Santa Claus" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "As You Like It" (1912)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Florida Enchantment" (1914)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hearts and the Highway" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Battle Cry of Peace" (1915)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Chattel" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Whom the Gods Destroy" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Tarantula" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Scarlet Runner" (1916)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Thin Ice" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Counterfeit" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Single Track" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Leopardess" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Ragged Edge" (1923)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Purple Highway" (1923) (*posthumous release)

description: British-American actor and film director

wikidata_label: Charles Kent

wikipedia_title: Charles Kent (actor)


text:
Hampstead
Cookham
physicist
Harrow School
cadet
Royal Military Academy
Royal Engineers
World War I
Ruhleben internment camp
James Chadwick
Nobel Prize
neutron
photochemical
Trinity College, Cambridge
natural sciences
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge
Ernest Rutherford
radioactivity
shipbuilder
Royal Society
Nevill Mott
beta decay
neutrino
positron
Liverpool
King's College London
Edward Victor Appleton
knight
National Coal Board
British American Tobacco
smoking
The Ruhleben Story

categories: Academics of King's College London,Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge,1980 deaths,1895 births,Experimental physicists,People educated at Harrow School,People from Hampstead,Fellows of the Royal Society,Knights Bachelor,English physicists

paragraph: Charles Drummond Ellis

paragraph: Sir Charles Drummond Ellis (b.Hampstead, 11 August 1895; died Cookham 10 January 1980) was an English physicist and scientific administrator. His work on the magnetic spectrum of the beta-rays helped to develop a better understanding of nuclear structure.

paragraph: Section::::Education and internment.

paragraph: Ellis was the son of Abraham Charles Ellis, a general manager of the Metropolitan Railway, and Isabelle Flockart Carswell. He won a scholarship to Harrow School where he excelled academically as well as at sport. In 1913 he became a cadet in the Royal Military Academy in preparation for a career in the Royal Engineers.

paragraph: He was holidaying in Germany the following summer when World War I broke out. All British nationals were rounded up and sent to the Ruhleben internment camp just outside Berlin. The camp had been a horse racecourse. During internment the detainees had a large degree of freedom. They had access to books, and Ellis made good use of his time to study. Another detainee in the camp was James Chadwick who was later to receive the Nobel Prize for his work on the discovery of the neutron. Chadwick inspired Ellis and together they erected a laboratory in one of the horse stables where they undertook scientific experiments on the photochemical process.

paragraph: Section::::Career after the war.

paragraph: After the war Ellis decided to abandon a military career. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied natural sciences. After graduating in 1920 he became engaged in research work at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, where the director, Sir Ernest Rutherford, had now engaged Chadwick. While Rutherford and Chadwick worked on alpha radioactivity and alpha particles for nuclear disintegration experiments Ellis studied beta and gamma radiation. He became a leading authority on the subject, publishing many articles in scientific journals.

paragraph: In 1921 Ellis had become a fellow of Trinity College and was appointed assistant lecturer in natural science. In 1925 he married Paula Warzcewska, the daughter of a wealthy Polish shipbuilder. Although there were no children Paula (known as Polly in England) had a daughter from a previous marriage. In 1929 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

paragraph: In 1930 Rutherford, Chadwick and Ellis published together a classic monograph "Radiations from Radioactive Substances".

paragraph: Section::::Discovery of the neutrino.

paragraph: During the early 1930s Ellis worked with Nevill Mott on energy relations in beta decay. Mott said later that Ellis had “practically discovered the neutrino”. He worked with W.J.Henderson on the energy distribution of positrons in artificial radioactivity. In 1936, a year after Chadwick’s appointment to a professorship at Liverpool, Ellis was appointed to the Wheatstone chair of physics at King's College London in succession to Edward Victor Appleton who had become professor of natural sciences at Cambridge. Ellis continued his research alongside his new teaching and administration commitments.

paragraph: In 1940 Ellis became a member of MAUD who were investigating the possibility of using nuclear fission to develop new weapons. He became scientific adviser to the army council from 1943–1946, serving on several high-level committees. He was knighted in 1946 for his war service.

paragraph: Section::::Later career.

paragraph: After World War II Ellis held several posts which were not related to nuclear weapons. He was director of the Finance Corporation for Industry, in charge of research and development for the National Coal Board. He was president of the British Coal Utilization Research Association from 1946–1955 and a member of the advisory council to the minister of fuel and power from 1947 to 1955. He became scientific adviser to the British American Tobacco Company (BAT) at a time when the association between smoking and various diseases was just starting to be suspected. He retired from the Gas Council in 1966 and from BAT in 1972.

paragraph: During his final decade his health was poor. In 1980 he died in a nursing home in Cookham after a short illness.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Ruhleben Story

description: British physicist

wikidata_label: Charles Drummond Ellis

wikipedia_title: Charles Drummond Ellis


text:
gridiron football
wide receiver
free agent
Tennessee Titans
2007 NFL Draft
college football
Florida State
Cincinnati Bengals
New York Giants
Hartford Colonials
Omaha Nighthawks
Hartford Colonials
Omaha Nighthawks
Montreal Alouettes
Florida State Seminoles bio
Tennessee Titans bio

categories: Florida State Seminoles football players,Columbus Lions players,Montreal Alouettes players,Sportspeople from St. Petersburg, Florida,American football wide receivers,1984 births,American football return specialists,Hartford Colonials players,Tennessee Titans players,Tampa Bay Storm players,Omaha Nighthawks players,Cincinnati Bengals players,New York Giants players,Living people

paragraph: Chris Davis (wide receiver, born 1984)

paragraph: Christopher C. Davis (born January 23, 1984) is a gridiron football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. Davis has been a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Giants, Hartford Colonials, and Omaha Nighthawks in his football career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Hartford Colonials.

paragraph: Davis was signed by the Hartford Colonials in 2010. He was released on September 5.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Omaha Nighthawks.

paragraph: Davis was signed by the Omaha Nighthawks on June 10, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Montreal Alouettes.

paragraph: On March 26, 2012, Davis was signed by the Montreal Alouettes.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Florida State Seminoles bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Titans bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Chris Davis

wikipedia_title: Chris Davis (wide receiver, born 1984)


text: chemist

text: Bézout

text: Lavoisier

text: determinant

text: Paris

text: symmetric function

text: cyclotomic polynomial

text: Galois theory

text: abstract algebra

text: knight's tour

text: knot theory

text: topological

text: French Academy of Sciences

text: combinatorics

text: Académie des Sciences

text: Vandermonde determinant

text: École Normale Supérieure

text: École polytechnique

text: matrices

text: Vandermonde matrices

text: Vandermonde's identity

text: Knight's Tour

text: Vandermonde's identity

text: Vandermonde polynomial

text: Vandermonde matrix

categories: Scientists from Paris,1735 births,18th-century French mathematicians,Combinatorialists,1796 deaths,Algebraists

paragraph: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde

paragraph: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. He was born in Paris, and died there.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Vandermonde was a violinist, and became engaged with mathematics only around 1770. In "Mémoire sur la résolution des équations" (1771) he reported on symmetric functions and solution of cyclotomic polynomials; this paper anticipated later Galois theory (see also abstract algebra for the role of Vandermonde in the genesis of group theory). In "Remarques sur des problèmes de situation" (1771) he studied knight's tours, and presaged the development of knot theory by explicitly noting the importance of topological features when discussing the properties of knots:

paragraph: ""Whatever the twists and turns of a system of threads in space, one can always obtain an expression for the calculation of its dimensions, but this expression will be of little use in practice. The craftsman who fashions a braid, a net, or some knots will be concerned, not with questions of measurement, but with those of position: what he sees there is the manner in which the theads are interlaced""

paragraph: The same year he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences. "Mémoire sur des irrationnelles de différents ordres avec une application au cercle" (1772) was on combinatorics, and "Mémoire sur l'élimination" (1772) on the foundations of determinant theory. These papers were presented to the "Académie des Sciences", and constitute all his published mathematical work. The Vandermonde determinant does not make an explicit appearance.

paragraph: He was professor at the École Normale Supérieure, member of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers and examiner at the École polytechnique.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A special class of matrices, the Vandermonde matrices are named after him, as is an elementary fact of combinatorics, Vandermonde's identity.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vandermonde is the secret society of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Knight's Tour

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vandermonde's identity

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vandermonde polynomial

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vandermonde matrix

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gilbert Faccarello, "Du Conservatoire à l'Ecole Normale", Les cahiers d'histoire du CNAM, 2-3, 17-57, CNAM, Paris, 1993.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jacqueline Hecht, "Un exemple de multidisciplinarité : Alexandre Vandermonde (1735-1796)", Population, 4, 641-676, INED, Paris, 1971.

description: French mathematician

wikidata_label: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde

wikipedia_title: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde


text:
German
mathematician
also known
Staffelstein
Zwickau
Erfurt
mining town
Annaberg
Freiberg
Harz
Leipzig
Wiesa
Ore Mountains
abacus
Nysa family
7655 Adamries
Robert Henze
postage stamp
Michel catalog
joachim-mehnert.homepage.t-online.de
adam-ries-bund.de
adam-ries.de
content.usatoday.com

categories: German mathematicians,16th-century German writers,16th-century German mathematicians,1492 births,People from Bad Staffelstein,1559 deaths

paragraph: Adam Ries

paragraph: Adam Ries (January 17, 1492 – March 30, 1559) was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Almost nothing is known about Ries' childhood, youth and education. It is not even possible to determine the year of his birth with certainty. The caption on the only known contemporary portrait of the mathematician reads: ANNO 1550 ADAM RIES SEINS ALTERS IM LVIII. So he was in his 58th year of age at the time of the picture, which was made in 1550. From this it can be deduced that he was born in 1492, although if he did not turn 58 until the end of 1550, he could alternatively have been born in 1493.

paragraph: The location of his birth, Staffelstein, can be determined with certainty, since he gives information about himself in the preface to his book, "Coß". His father was the owner of the mill there, Contz Ries, and his mother, Eva Kittler, was his father's second wife.

paragraph: The first decades after Ries' birth are not documented, so it is not known which schools he attended. There is also no information about the studies of the later mathematician in the matriculation registers of the universities which existed at that time.

paragraph: The first time that Adam Ries was mentioned in a document was on 22 April 1517, when he appeared before the Council of Staffelstein because of a dispute over an inheritance. By 1509, he was already living with his younger brother, Conrad, in Zwickau, who attended the Latin school there. In 1518, Ries went to Erfurt, where he ran a mathematics school, and he wrote two of his mathematics books and had them published there.

paragraph: In 1522 or 1523, he moved to the newly founded mining town of Annaberg where he spent the rest of his life. There he finished work on the manuscript of his algebra textbook, "Coß", in 1524, although the book was not published until 1992 by B.G. Teubner. During this time, Ries became acquainted with Anna Leuber, the daughter of Freiberg master fitter, Andreas Leuber. The wedding of the couple was mentioned in the register of the St. Anne's Church in Annaberg in 1525. In the same year, he took the oath of citizenship, purchased a house in "Johannisgasse" in Annaberg and settled down. He first earned his living as a "Rezessschreiber" (a person who checked the calculations of the mines), and later as a "Gegenschreiber" (a bookkeeper of the mines) and "Zehntner" (regional financial administrator). In 1539, he bought "Riesenburg", a small castle outside of the town, whose buildings still bear his name today. After his last work appeared in print in 1550, Ries died on 30 March 1559. Because of scanty information, it is not known where he is buried, whether in Annaberg, the Riesenburg or elsewhere.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Family.

paragraph: Ries and his wife had at least eight children. Three of the five sons, Adam, Abraham, and Jacob, were all active as mathematicians in Annaberg at times. While Abraham and Jacob died in their home town in 1604, Adam is supposed to have settled in the Harz mountains. The fourth son, Isaac, moved to Leipzig, where he was active as a "Visierer" (a master of weights and measures). Paul, the fifth son, was a landowner and judge in Wiesa. The three daughters, Eva, Anna and Sybilla, all married in Annaberg.

paragraph: Adam Ries' descendants are the subject of constant, detailed genealogical research. Great numbers of his descendants still live in the upper Ore Mountains today. The Adam-Ries-Bund (Adam Ries Association, see external links) has taken on the task of researching all of the descendants of Adam Ries and, to date, has more than 20,000 direct descendants in its continually updated database.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rechnung auff der linihen" (1518): In it, Ries describes calculating on the lines of a calculating board, a kind of abacus. According to the foreword, the second edition was expressly intended for children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rechnung auff der linihen und federn..." (1522): Besides calculating on the calculating board, he describes numerical calculations with Indian/Arabic digits. The intended readers were the apprentices of businessmen and craftsmen. Until now, it has been published 114 times.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Coß" (manuscript 1524, printed in 1992): The algebra textbook is named after the common name for the unknown variable in the German Middle Ages, and it establishes the connection between medieval and modern algebra.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ein Gerechent Büchlein/ auff den Schöffel/ Eimer/ vnd Pfundtgewicht..." (manuscript 1533, printed in 1536): A book with tables for calculating everyday prices; a kind of guide which, according to Ries' foreword, helps "that the poor common man not be cheated when buying bread." Also known by the name of "Annaberger Brotordnung."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rechenung nach der lenge/ auff den Linihen vnd Feder." (1550): Often cited under the shortened title, "Practica". The book also shows a portrait of the author for the first time, which is the only contemporary picture of Ries at all, and also gives an indication of the year of his birth.

paragraph: Ries did not write his works in Latin, as was usual at that time, but in German.

paragraph: Section::::Name.

paragraph: Since the spelling of names was not as fixed at that time as it is today, the contemporary spellings "Ris, "Rise", "Ryse" and even "Reyeß" are also sometimes found.

paragraph: In today's usage, both variants of his name, "Ries" and "Riese", can be found. The latter is usual in the German expression ""nach Adam Riese"" which means "according to Adam Ries" and it is used when speaking about simple arithmetic, e.g. "zwei und zwei macht, nach Adam Riese, vier" ("two plus two is, according to Adam Ries, four"). Furthermore, the German word "Riese" can be translated as "giant" in English, thus inspiring a common tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the beforementioned saying, "nach Adam Riese und Eva Zwerg" ("according to Adam Giant and Eve Dwarf).

paragraph: Section::::Honours & Monuments.

paragraph: The Nysa family main-belt asteroid 7655 Adamries was named after him in 1997.

paragraph: Section::::Honours & Monuments.:Annaberg.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1893: Bust by Robert Henze

paragraph: On the occasion of the 400th birthday of Adam Ries, the Annaberg Historical Society decided in 1891 to put up a monument to the mathematician. The sculpture by the Dresden sculptor, Henze, was not dedicated until 5 November 1893 because of financial difficulties. In 1943, the bronze bust was melted to make armaments and it was replaced ten years later by a sandstone copy. At the end of the 1970s, this was completely removed from the town because of fears that its condition would continue to deteriorate due to the material. In 1991, a new sandstone bust was exhibited in its current position. After severe damage by vandalism in 1992, it was once again reconstructed through the initiative of the Adam Ries Association, and it was once again placed before the church on the 100th anniversary of the first dedication.

paragraph: Section::::Honours & Monuments.:Staffelstein.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1874: Plaque in the Town Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959: Sandstone relief by Karl Potzler at the Town Hall

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1980: Bronze relief by Hubert Weber at the savings bank branch on "Bamberger Straße"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: Bronze relief by Huber Weber in front of the savings bank branch on "Bahnhofstraße"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: Bronze plaque at the entrance to the Raiffeisen bank, the location of the house where Adam Ries is presumed to have been born

paragraph: Section::::Honours & Monuments.:Erfurt.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992: Three-part ensemble, with bronze bust, text plaque and calculating table set into the surface of the road on Michaelisstraße 48

paragraph: Section::::Postage Stamps.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The German Post Office issued two postage stamps in honor of Adam Ries in 1959 and 1992 (Michel catalog no. 308 and 1612).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hans Burkhardt: "Annaberger Adam-Ries-Büchlein." Projekte Verlag Halle, 2003,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rainer Gebhardt (Hrsg.): "Die Annaberger Brotordnung von Adam Ries." Adam-Ries-Bund, 2004,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georg Gehler und Wolfgang Lorenz: "Das Neue Adam-Ries-Nachfahrenbuch." Adam-Ries-Bund, 1997,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joachim Mehnert: "Wahre Geschichten um Adam Ries", Tauchaer Verlag 2003, joachim-mehnert.homepage.t-online.de

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- adam-ries-bund.de

paragraph: BULLET::::- adam-ries.de

paragraph: BULLET::::- content.usatoday.com

description: German mathematician

wikidata_label: Adam Ries

wikipedia_title: Adam Ries


text:
Willmar, Minnesota
America
dog musher
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
U.S. state
Alaska
Leonhard Seppala
Dick Mackey
lead dog
Eureka
Two Rivers
fur trapper
prospector
kennel
pdf of press release

categories: Dog mushers from Alaska,1950 births,People from Willmar, Minnesota,People from Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska,Living people,American dog mushers

paragraph: Rick Swenson

paragraph: Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", (born 1950 in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who has won the 1,049-mile (1688.2 km) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska more times than any other competitor. He won five times, in 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1991, and is the only person to win in three separate decades. He won his first Iditarod race at the age of 27.

paragraph: Swenson competed in the Iditarod for the first time in 1976, placing 12th. The next year, he beat Jerry Riley by just 4 minutes and 52 seconds, and became known for close finishes. Swenson has won by less than an hour four times, and by less than five minutes twice. Between 1976 and 2012, he has entered the race 36 times and has completed 34 Iditarods, more than any other musher, finished in the top ten 24 times and has won $612,576 in prizes, third among all entrants. He was awarded Sportsmanship awards in 1983 and 1996, and the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian award for dog care twice, in 1992 and 2004.

paragraph: The most controversial finish in the history of the Iditarod is his 1978 loss to Dick Mackey. Swenson believed he had won—he personally crossed the finish line before Mackey. But Mackey had more dogs and a longer harness, and the nose of his lead dog crossed the finish line in 14 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes, and 24 seconds, one second ahead of the nose of Swenson's lead dog.

paragraph: Swenson moved to Alaska in 1973 to run sled dogs. He lived first in Eureka, then moved to Two Rivers in the late 1980s. He has been a fur trapper, gold prospector, and is currently a kennel owner. He also enjoys woodworking and is the father of three children. He is a member of the Alaska Miner Association, Two Rivers Mushing Association, and is on the board of directors of the Iditarod Trail Committee, which manages the race. As of 2012, he has stopped competing in the Iditarod.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chas St. George (2005). "Five time champion Rick Swenson scratches in McGrath". Iditarod Trail Committee. March 10, 2005. (pdf of press release)

description: musher

wikidata_label: Rick Swenson

wikipedia_title: Rick Swenson


text: burlesque

text: stripteaser

text: Minneapolis

text: Minnesota

text: née

text: Harold Minsky

text: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

text: Duncan Sisters

text: Gypsy Rose Lee

text: Ann Corio

text: patronymic

text: motorcycle speedway

text: Cordy Milne

text: Paul Valentine

text: Montreal

text: Montreal

text: Ciro's

text: Jerry Giesler

text: Howard Hughes

text: Son of Sinbad

text: Catholic Legion of Decency

text: Norman Mailer

text: The Naked and the Dead

text: groundsheet

text: Irving Klaw

text: Bruno Bernard

text: Frederick's of Hollywood

text: Undie World of Lili St. Cyr

text: nymphomaniac

text: film industry

text: abortions

text: Roe v. Wade

text: Marilyn

text: Los Angeles

text: Mike Wallace

text: Bettie Page

text: Irving Klaw

text: A&E

text: Pal Joey

text: Richard Rodgers

text: Lorenz Hart

text: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

text: Susan Sarandon

text: Cassandra Peterson

text: Marilyn Monroe

text: William Morrow and Company

text: Newsday

text: Striporama

text: Varietease

text: Teaserama

text: Son of Sinbad

text: The Naked and the Dead

text: I, Mobster

text: Runaway Girl

text: Lili St. Cyr

text: Mike Wallace

text: Lili St. Cyr

categories: American erotic dancers,American female models,1999 deaths,American vedettes,People from Minneapolis,1918 births,American female erotic dancers,American Burlesque performers,People from Los Angeles

paragraph: Lili St. Cyr

paragraph: Willis Marie Van Schaack (June 3, 1918 – January 29, 1999), known professionally as Lili St. Cyr, was a prominent American burlesque stripteaser.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: St. Cyr was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on June 3, 1918. Her maternal half-sister, Rosemary Minsky (née Van Schaack; born 1924), was also a burlesque stripteaser (who's stage name was Dardy Orlando, and was married to Harold Minsky); Minsky appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2004. The sisters, and Barbara Moffett, were raised by their grandparents, the Klarquists.

paragraph: Having taken ballet lessons throughout her youth, she began to dance professionally as a chorus line girl in Hollywood. Unlike other women who have stroke-of-luck stories about being plucked from the chorus line and selected for a feature role, St. Cyr had to beg her manager at the club to let her do a solo act. From her self-choreographed act she eventually landed a bit part at a club called the Music Box in San Francisco, with the Duncan Sisters. It was here that she found a dancer's salary was only a small fraction of what the featured star's salary was. The difference was that the featured star was nude.

paragraph: From the 1940s and most of the 1950s, St. Cyr with Gypsy Rose Lee and Ann Corio were the most recognized acts in striptease. St. Cyr's stage name is a patronymic of the French aristocracy, which she first used when booked as a nude performer in Las Vegas. Although more obscure toward the end of her life, her name popped-up regularly in 1950s tabloids: stories of her many husbands, brawls over her, and her attempted suicides.

paragraph: St. Cyr was married six times. Her best-known husbands were the motorcycle speedway rider Cordy Milne, musical-comedy actor and former ballet dancer Paul Valentine, restaurateur Armando Orsini, and actor Ted Jordan.

paragraph: Section::::Burlesque career.

paragraph: St. Cyr's reputation in the burlesque and stripping world was that of a quality and high-class performer, unlike others such as Rosa La Rose, who flashed her pubic hair. St. Cyr started her professional career as a chorus line dancer at the Florentine Gardens, in Hollywood. Two years later, her stripping debut was at the Music Box, in an Ivan Fehnova production. The producer had not even seen her perform—her striking looks won him over. The act was a disaster, but instead of firing her, Fehnova put together a new act. At the end of the dance, a stagehand pulled a fishing rod attached to St. Cyr's G-string, which flew into the balcony as the lights went dim. This act was known as "The Flying G", and such creative shows became St. Cyr's trademark. Over the ensuing years and in a variety of different venues, many of St. Cyr's acts were memorable, with names like "The Wolf Woman", "Afternoon of a Faun", "The Ballet Dancer", "In a Persian Harem", "The Chinese Virgin", as well as "Suicide" (where she tried to woo a straying lover by revealing her body), and "Jungle Goddess" (in which she appeared to make love to a parrot). Props were integral to many of the women's acts. Lili was known not only for her bathtub, but elaborate sets of vanities, mirrors, and hat racks. She variously performed as Cinderella, a matador, Salome, a bride, a suicide, Cleopatra and Dorina Grey.

paragraph: Section::::Burlesque career.:Montreal.

paragraph: Lili St. Cyr received the title of the most famous woman in Montreal throughout the late 1940s into the 1950s. However, Quebec's Catholic clergy condemned her act, declaring that whenever she dances "the theater is made to stink with the foul odor of sexual frenzy." The clergy's outcry was echoed by the Public Morality Committee. St. Cyr was arrested and charged with behavior that was "immoral, obscene and indecent." She was acquitted but the public authorities eventually closed down the Gayety Theatre where she performed. In 1982, St. Cyr wrote a French autobiography, "Ma Vie de Stripteaseuse". (Éditions Quebecor). In the book, she declared her appreciation for the Gayety Theatre and her love for the city of Montreal.

paragraph: Section::::Burlesque career.:Hollywood: nightclubs, films and photographs.

paragraph: While performing in 1947 at Ciro's nightclub in Hollywood (billed as the "Anatomic Bomb"), St. Cyr was arrested by police and taken to court by a customer who considered her act lewd and lascivious. Represented by the infamous Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler in court, St. Cyr insisted to the jury that her act was refined and elegant. As St. Cyr pointed out, what she did was slip off her dress, try on a hat, slip off her brassiere (there was another underneath), slip into a négligée. Then, undressing discreetly behind her maid, she stepped into a bubble bath, splashed around, and emerged, more or less dressed. After her appearance as a witness, as a newspaper account of the time put it, "The defense rested, as did everyone else." After just 80 minutes of deliberation by the jury, St. Cyr was acquitted.

paragraph: While St. Cyr starred in several movies, an acting career never really materialized. In 1953, with the help of Howard Hughes, St. Cyr landed her first acting job in a major motion picture in the "Son of Sinbad". The film, described by one critic as "a voyeur's delight", has St. Cyr as a principal member of a Baghdad harem populated with dozens of nubile starlets. The film was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency. St. Cyr also had a role in the movie version of Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" in 1958. In this film, St. Cyr plays 'Jersey Lili', a stripper in a Honolulu night-club and girlfriend of a soldier who boasts to his pals that he has her picture painted inside his groundsheet. Heavy edits of St. Cyr's night-club routine by censors result in some choppy editing in an otherwise finely crafted film. But St. Cyr's movie career was short lived, and typically she settled for playing a secondary role as a stripper, or playing herself. Her dancing is featured prominently in two Irving Klaw films, "Varietease" and "Teaserama".

paragraph: St. Cyr was also known for her pin-up photography, especially for photos taken by Bruno Bernard, known professionally as "Bernard of Hollywood", a premier glamor photographer of Hollywood's Golden Era. Bernard said that she was his favorite model and referred to her as his muse.

paragraph: Section::::Burlesque career.:Retirement.

paragraph: Lili depleted the wealth she earned during her heyday. Many women like Lili were not supported by their husbands or family. St. Cyr retired from the stage in the 1970s, and began a lingerie business that she retained an interest until her death. Similar to Frederick's of Hollywood, the "Undie World of Lili St. Cyr" designs offered costuming for strippers, and excitement for ordinary women. Her catalogs featured photos or drawings of her modeling each article, lavishly detailed descriptions, and hand-selected fabrics. Her marketing for "Scantie-Panties" advertised them as "perfect for street wear, stage or photography." Her later years were "quiet—just her and some cats in a modest Hollywood apartment."

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Cyr was a self-professed nymphomaniac and claimed that she turned down opportunities in the film industry so she could maintain her sexually active lifestyle. She had ten abortions before Roe v. Wade. Cyr married six times and purportedly seduced one husband away from her “dear friend" Marilyn.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: St. Cyr died in Los Angeles, California, on January 29, 1999, aged 80. She never had children, but told Mike Wallace in an October 5, 1957, interview that had she wanted them she would have adopted.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Following her death and a renewed interest in burlesque, especially in Bettie Page, legions of new fans rediscovered some of the dancers in Irving Klaw's photos and movies. In 2001, A&E produced a special on burlesque that included a segment on St. Cyr.

paragraph: Section::::Influences and cultural references.

paragraph: St. Cyr is famously referenced in two different songs that were both stage and movie musicals. In the song "Zip" from the 1940 musical "Pal Joey" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, the singer (reporter/would-be stripper Melba Snyder) rhetorically asks at the climax of the song "Who the hell is Lili St. Cyr?" [i.e., what has she got that I don't have?]. Meanwhile, in the 1975 musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", the final line of the song "Don't Dream It, Be It" (sung by the character Janet Weiss, as played by Susan Sarandon) is "God bless Lili St. Cyr!"

paragraph: In 1981, actress Cassandra Peterson became famous for her character Elvira, who achieved her trademark cleavage wearing a Lili St. Cyr deep plunge bra.

paragraph: In 1989, one of St. Cyr's husbands, Ted Jordan, wrote a biography of Marilyn Monroe entitled "Norma Jean: My Secret Life with Marilyn Monroe" (New York, William Morrow and Company, 1989), in which Jordan claimed that St. Cyr and Monroe had an affair. The claim is both widely disparaged by Monroe's biographers and widely upheld by St. Cyr's. Liza Dawson, editor for William Morrow, publisher of the Jordan book, makes a related claim in an interview with "Newsday" in 1989. Dawson stated that "Marilyn very much patterned herself on Lili St. Cyr—her way of dressing, of talking, her whole persona. Norma Jean was a mousy, brown-haired girl with a high squeaky voice, and it was from Lili St. Cyr that she learned how to become a sex goddess."

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Love Moods" (1952)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bedroom Fantasy" (1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Striporama" (1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Varietease" (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Teaserama" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Son of Sinbad" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Buxom Beautease" (1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Naked and the Dead" (1958)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I, Mobster" (1958)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Runaway Girl" (1962)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Unofficial compilation of texts and images relating to Lili

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lili St. Cyr interviewed by Mike Wallace on "The Mike Wallace Interview", October 5, 1957

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lili St. Cyr - transcript of the Wallace interview

description: American model and burlesque performer

wikidata_label: Lili St. Cyr

wikipedia_title: Lili St. Cyr


text: footballer

text: midfielder

text: Motala AIF

text: Superettan

text: Varbergs BoIS

text: Sierra Leone national football team

text: Marcel Desailly

text: Freetown

text: Sierra Leone National Premier League

text: FC Kallon

text: Sierra Leonean FA Cup

text: CAF Champions League

text: Major League Soccer

text: D.C. United

text: SuperDraft

text: 2009 Major League Soccer season

text: Swedish third tier

text: Motala AIF

text: Allsvenskan

text: Trelleborgs FF

text: Superettan

text: Varbergs BoIS

text: Sierra Leone

text: National Teams

text: CAF

text: Cup of Nations

text: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

text: Nigeria

text: Equatorial Guinea

text: Ibrahim Kargbo

text: Samuel Barlay

text: Christian Caulker

text: match-fixing

text: Africa Cup of Nations

text: South Africa

text: Sierra Leonean FA Cup

categories: Superettan players,Expatriate footballers in Denmark,FC Kallon players,Sierra Leonean footballers,1989 births,Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers,Sierra Leone international footballers,D.C. United players,Lyngby Boldklub players,Expatriate footballers in Sweden,Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden,Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in the United States,Expatriate soccer players in the United States,Allsvenskan players,Living people,Association football midfielders

paragraph: Ibrahim Koroma

paragraph: Ibrahim Koroma (born 17 May 1989) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Motala AIF.

paragraph: Previously Koroma played for Swedish Superettan club Varbergs BoIS and the Sierra Leone national football team. He plays both as a defensive midfielder and central defender. Koroma is commonly known by his nickname "Marcel", which is taken from former French footballer Marcel Desailly.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:FC Kallon.

paragraph: Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Koroma played for Sierra Leone National Premier League side FC Kallon until 2008. He scored 13 goals in 83 caps during his four-year stay at the club. Koroma also helped FC Kallon win the Sierra Leonean FA Cup in 2007 as well as reach the first round of the CAF Champions League in that same year.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:D.C. United.

paragraph: American Major League Soccer club D.C. United signed Koroma in September 2008. However, he was waived at the end of the season as D.C. United failed to buy out his transfer rights from FC Kallon. This was caused by the roster changes in MLS from 28 to 24 players which meant that Koroma was surplus to requirement since they wanted to use their funds to give development contracts to SuperDraft players for the 2009 Major League Soccer season.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Motala AIF.

paragraph: At the start of the 2009 season Koroma was brought in on loan by Swedish third tier club Motala AIF. Even though the club was relegated at the end of the season Koroma returned again for the first half of the following year where he vas voted best defender of all six fourth tier leagues.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Trelleborg.

paragraph: After his success at Motala he was signed by Allsvenskan club Trelleborgs FF in July 2010. During his time at the club Trelleborg suffered two consecutive relegations and found themselves in the third tier at the start of 2013. This caused Koroma to declare that he wanted to leave the club.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Varbergs BoIS.

paragraph: In February 2013 Koroma was signed by Superettan club Varbergs BoIS.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Koroma represented Sierra Leone as part of the U-17, U-20 and U-23 National Teams, before making his senior team debut in 2007. Since then, he has represented his country on 14 occasions and was selected to play for the National Team in its CAF Cup of Nations and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, playing as a starter in Sierra Leone's matches against Nigeria, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea.

paragraph: In July 2014, Leonean ex-captain Ibrahim Kargbo was among 15 players and officials suspended indefinitely, along with Koroma, Samuel Barlay and Christian Caulker over allegations of match-fixing relating to a Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in 2008 against South Africa which ended 0–0.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.:Club.

paragraph: FC Kallon

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sierra Leonean FA Cup

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sierra Leone Champions 2006

description: Sierra Leonean footballer

wikidata_label: Ibrahim Koroma

wikipedia_title: Ibrahim Koroma


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cricket
Oxford University
Marylebone Cricket Club
Merton College, Oxford
Earl of Romney
C. D. B. Marsham
Charles Marsham
bowler
wicket
slow-medium
roundarm
Surrey
I Zingari
Kent
called to the bar
Lincoln's Inn
recorder
Maidstone
magistrate
Canterbury

categories: Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers,Gentlemen of England cricketers,English cricketers,English barristers,Oxford University cricketers,1913 deaths,1833 births,English cricketers of 1826 to 1863,I Zingari cricketers,Gentlemen cricketers,Alumni of Merton College, Oxford

paragraph: Robert Marsham (cricketer)

paragraph: Robert Henry Bullock Marsham (3 September 1833 – 5 April 1913) was an English barrister and magistrate, known also as a cricketer, who made appearances for Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Marsham was born at Merton College, Oxford, the son of Robert Bullock Marsham, the Warden of Merton, and a member of the extended family of the Earl of Romney. His brothers C. D. B. Marsham and Charles Marsham were also cricketers.

paragraph: Primarily a bowler, Marsham took 35 wickets with his slow-medium roundarm deliveries. His greatest achievement was to bowl MCC to victory against a much stronger Surrey side in 1859, where he took twelve wickets in the match. He made many appearances for I Zingari, and also turned out for England against Kent in 1860.

paragraph: Like his brothers, Marsham studied at Merton College. After graduating at Oxford he studied law, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1860. He was recorder of Maidstone 1868–79 and was also a magistrate. He died in Canterbury in 1913.

description: English barrister and cricketer

wikidata_label: Robert Marsham

wikipedia_title: Robert Marsham (cricketer)