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baseball
Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Lefty Grove
earned run average
Athens, Alabama
Dick Coffman
Montgomery, Alabama
Charleroi
Pennsylvania State Association
Detroit Tigers
Charleston Senators
Middle Atlantic League
Beaumont, Texas
Charleston Daily Mail
Birdie Tebbetts
George Gill
Schoolboy Rowe
Tommy Bridges
shutout
Mickey Cochrane
"Toledo Blade"
Toledo Mud Hens
Lefty Grove
Eldon Auker
Schoolboy Rowe
Lou Gehrig
Del Baker
Benny McCoy
Wally Moses
St. Louis Browns
Billy Sullivan
Bobo Newsom
Pacific Coast League
St. Paul Saints
Hank Greenberg
Cleveland Indians
Ted Williams
Birmingham, Alabama

categories: St. Louis Browns players,Beaumont Exporters players,Toledo Mud Hens players,Detroit Tigers players,2003 deaths,People from Athens, Alabama,1910 births,Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players,Baseball players from Alabama,Major League Baseball pitchers,Charleston Senators players,St. Paul Saints (AA) players,Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players

paragraph: Slick Coffman

paragraph: George David "Slick" Coffman (December 11, 1910 – May 8, 2003) was an American baseball pitcher. He played 18 years of professional baseball, including four years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1937–1939) and St. Louis Browns (1940). In his major league debut in May 1937, Coffman won in an 11-inning, 4-2 pitching duel with Lefty Grove. Coffman compiled a career record of 15-12 in 313 innings pitched with a 5.60 earned run average.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early years.

paragraph: Coffman was born in Veto, Alabama, a "little town about 25 feet south of the Tennessee state line." He graduated from high school in Athens, Alabama. Coffman's older brother, Dick Coffman, was a major league pitcher for 15 seasons. The older brother made his major league debut in April 1927 while "Slick" was a 16-year-old high school student.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Minor leagues.

paragraph: After graduating from high school, Coffman played semi-professional baseball with the local team in Athens, a member of the Bee Line League. After one year with Athens, he played with minor league team in Montgomery, Alabama, and Dothan in the South Atlantic League. He won 12 games and lost 10 in 1934 for the Charleroi Tigers in the Pennsylvania State Association.

paragraph: Coffman's pitching ultimately drew the attention of major league scouts, and he was signed by the Detroit Tigers. In 1935, Coffman was assigned to the Charleston Senators in the Middle Atlantic League. Despite an 8-13 record in 1935, Coffman's 2.87 earned run average and his fastball showed promise. In September 1935, the Tigers announced that Coffman would report to Beaumont, Texas for the 1936 season. At the time, the "Charleston Daily Mail" summarized Coffman's performance and prospects as follows:"Coming from a southern family that has already produced one big league pitcher, Coffman has a thorough knowledge of his position. His blazing fast ball is his biggest threat and it has enabled him to strike out 161 batters this year while walking 82. While his control isn't as good as Twardy's, it is good enough considering he is a fast ball pitcher."

paragraph: In 1936, Coffman won 13 games and lost 12 for Beaumont. Coffman later recalled, "I had a fine season with Beaumont, and expected to make this my last season in the minors, for a spell." After the final game at Beaumont, the Tigers called three players up to the majors -- Birdie Tebbetts, George Gill and Coffman.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: In 1937, Coffman attended spring training with the Tigers, and as he later recalled, "this time I intended to stay with the big club." During the 1937 spring training sessions, he developed a "reputation of being a big talker and a fierce competitor." On the trip to Detroit following spring training, the Tigers played an exhibition game in Cincinnati. Coffman combined with All-Stars Schoolboy Rowe and Tommy Bridges for a shutout. Despite his performance against Cincinnati, Detroit manager Mickey Cochrane told him after the game, "We are sending you to Toledo." After unsuccessfully arguing that he had earned a spot on the Tigers' roster, Coffman told Cochrane, "I'll go to Toledo, but mark my word, I'll be back up in less than 30 days." At Toledo, Coffman won six games for the Mud Hens, leading the "Toledo Blade" to report: "This 21-year-old right-handed pitcher of the Toledo Mud Hens is proving one of the sensations of the season in the American Association.""

paragraph: Coffman was promptly called up to Detroit and joined the Tigers in Philadelphia, and Cochrane told Coffman that he would pitch the first game of a series in Boston. In Boston, Coffman recalled that the newspaper headlines reported that "the young upstart from the cotton fields of Alabama would pitch against the incomparable Lefty Grove." On the day of his debut, Cochrane came into the clubhouse and announced that Eldon Auker would start the game. Coffman complained to Cochrane, "But Mickey you told me I would pitch today, and I'm prepared to do just that." Cochrane responded, "I don't care what I told you. Go out there and bring somebody in like Schoolboy Rowe. Grove's pitching today and I want you to get off to a better start...you know we never score many runs off him." Coffman replied, "Well let me tell you Mickey they won't score many runs off of me, either." Coffman recalled that this was all Cochrane was waiting for, and he slammed his fist on a table and exclaimed, "OK kid I'll catch you." In his first big league start, Coffman got the win against Grove, as the Tigers beat Boston, 4-2. Coffman and Grove both pitched complete games, and Coffman allowed eight hits in 11 innings; he also had a hit in Detroit's 11th inning rally. The Associated Press account of the game opened as follows: "Youthful George (Slick) Coffman, making his big-league debut with the Detroit Tigers, today pitched his teammates to an 11-lnnlng 4 to 2 victory over the Boston Red Sox."

paragraph: For the remainder of the 1937 season, Coffman was used principally as a reliever by the Tigers, appearing in 28 games, but only five as a starter. He compiled a record of 7-5 in 101 innings pitched with a 4.37 earned run average.

paragraph: In 1938, Coffman continued in his role as a relief pitcher for Detroit. His 39 games was ninth most in the American League, and only six of his appearances were as a starter. He finished the 1938 season with a record of 4-4 and an earned run average of 6.02 in 95-2/3 innings pitched.

paragraph: When Coffman entered a game in 1938, one of the local writers grabbed the announcer's microphone and drawled, "Gawge (Slick) Coffman now pitchin' fuh Dee-troit." Coffman reportedly had "an accent thicker than Judge Landis' hair."

paragraph: Coffman was with the Tigers in June 1939 when Lou Gehrig was pulled from the Yankees lineup in a game at Briggs Stadium. Coffman recalled, "Gehrig took infield practice as always that day and many fans were unaware that a historic event was about to take place. We had already been informed by Manager Del Baker that Lou would not play. When the announcement was made that Gehrig was being removed from the lineup it shook a sellout crowd up like nothing before had ever done. They gave the Ole Iron Horse a standing ovation which one would have to see to believe."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:St. Louis Browns.

paragraph: After the 1939 season, the Tigers traded Coffman. He was initially traded with Benny McCoy to the Philadelphia Athletics for outfielder Wally Moses. However, the trade was cancelled when Judge Landis declared several Detroit players, including McCoy, to be free agents. After the first trade fell apart, Coffman was traded to the St. Louis Browns for catcher Billy Sullivan.

paragraph: Recognizing that Coffman was angry over the Tigers' decision to trade him, the Browns' manager designated Coffman as the Browns' starting pitcher on opening day in April 1940. In front of nearly 50,000 Detroit fans, Coffman beat Detroit's Bobo Newsom. One newspaper account reported, "The day's biggest turnout, 49,417 customers at Detroit, had to watch their Tigers take a 5-1 lashing by the St. Louis Browns behind the seven-hit hurling of George 'Slick' Coffman, whom Detroit discarded during the winter."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Second run in minor leagues.

paragraph: Coffman played only one season for the Browns, but he remained active in baseball for another decade. He continued to play in the American Association and Pacific Coast League until 1949. His longest stint was five years with the St. Paul Saints in 1942 and 1945–1948. He finished his professional baseball career playing three games for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1949 at age 38. Overall, he went 63-74 in the minor leagues to go along with a 15-12 major league record.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Later years.

paragraph: In 1949, Coffman was hired by his former Detroit roommate Hank Greenberg to manage a minor league club in the Cleveland Indians organization. He later scouted for the Indians until a back injury forced him to retire from baseball.

paragraph: Coffman reportedly "loved baseball and loved to talk." In 1953, Coffman attended a game in Detroit and was talking to Ted Williams when a photographer took their picture. The photograph appeared in the newspaper the next day with the caption, "A baseball oddity, Ted Williams with his eyes closed and Slick Coffman with his mouth shut."

paragraph: Coffman died in 2003 at age 92 in Birmingham, Alabama.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Slick Coffman

wikipedia_title: Slick Coffman


text:
Canadian
mayor
Victoria, British Columbia
Redruth
Cornwall
United Kingdom
California
British Columbia

categories: Canadian people of Cornish descent,1833 births,People from Redruth,1902 deaths,Mayors of Victoria, British Columbia,English emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia

paragraph: John Teague

paragraph: John Teague (June 3, 1833 – October 25, 1902) was a Canadian architect and politician who served as mayor of Victoria, British Columbia from 1894 until 1895.

paragraph: Born in Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Teague left the UK in 1856 spending some time in California before emigrating to British Columbia in 1858. He was an alderman and mayor of Victoria from 1894 until 1895. As an architect and contractor, he played an important role in the design and construction of the most important churches, commercial, residential and civic buildings of his time in Victoria.

paragraph: He was married twice: first to Emily Abington in 1863 and then to Eliza Lazenby in 1892.

paragraph: Teague died in Victoria at the age of 67.

description: Canadian architect and mayor

wikidata_label: John Teague

wikipedia_title: John Teague


text: Maristow

text: Tamerton Foliot

text: Devon

text: Member of Parliament

text: Manasseh Masseh Lopes

text: Westbury

text: pocket borough

text: Great Reform Act

text: Tory

text: Whigs

text: Whigs

text: Conservatives

text: Southern Devon

text: Sir Massey Lopes

text: Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow

text: Lord Justice of Appeal

text: Michael Brock

categories: UK MPs 1832–1835,1854 deaths,UK MPs 1812–1818,UK MPs 1835–1837,Lopes family,UK MPs 1818–1820,UK MPs 1847–1852,Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies,English people of Portuguese-Jewish descent,Jewish British politicians,Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom,People from Devon,UK MPs 1852–1857,1788 births,Tory MPs (pre-1834),UK MPs 1841–1847,UK MPs 1831–1832

paragraph: Ralph Lopes

paragraph: Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (10 September 1788 – 23 January 1854), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament (MP).

paragraph: Lopes was born as Ralph Franco. His uncle, Manasseh Masseh Lopes, an MP and borough owner, was created a baronet in 1805, with a special remainder to his nephew. Ralph entered Parliament in 1814 as member for Westbury, a pocket borough controlled by his uncle, for which he initially sat until 1819. On his uncle's death in 1831 he inherited both the baronetcy and his estate, a condition of which was that he change his surname to Lopes. Included in the estate was the right to nominate the MPs at Westbury (though this did not survive the Great Reform Act of the following year), and he resumed his seat for the borough. Although he had originally sat as a Tory like his uncle, he now expressed his support for the Reform Bill and sat with the Whigs.

paragraph: Having been three times elected unopposed, Ralph switched his loyalties during the 1835 Parliament from the Whigs back to the Conservatives, and at the 1837 election a Whig candidate stood against him and defeated him, by the narrow margin of 98 votes to 96. However, at the next election, in 1841, Lopes was once again elected unopposed, this time as a Conservative. In 1847 he stood down in Westbury, not contesting the election, but two years later he returned to the Commons at a by-election for the Southern Devon county division. He held this seat until his death in 1854.

paragraph: His older son, Sir Massey Lopes, succeeded him as baronet; a younger son, Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, served in Parliament and later as a Lord Justice of Appeal before being granted a peerage in 1897.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michael Brock, "The Great Reform Act" (London: Hutchinson, 1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Victoria County History of the County of Wiltshire

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet

wikipedia_title: Ralph Lopes


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categories: 1943 births,American humorists,American comedy writers,American comics writers,American cartoonists,American male television actors,American comics artists,American male voice actors,Living people

paragraph: Ed Subitzky

paragraph: Ed Subitzky, full name Edward Jack Subitzky (born March 19, 1943), is an American writer and artist, who is best known as a cartoonist, comics artist, and humorist/humor writer. He has also worked as a television comedy writer and performer, a writer and performer of radio comedy, and a writer of radio drama, as well as creating comedy and humor in various other media. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Writers Guild of America. He appears in the 2015 documentary film "", and was featured on one of the posters for the film.

paragraph: In the early 1970s, Subitzky became a contributing editor at "National Lampoon" magazine, where he worked with many well-regarded humor and comedy creators including Henry Beard, Doug Kenney, Michael O'Donoghue, P. J. O'Rourke, and Michael Gross. Subitzky also worked with "National Lampoon" comedy performers John Belushi and Chevy Chase, both in numerous episodes of the "National Lampoon Radio Hour", and on the comedy record album "Official National Lampoon Stereo Test and Demonstration Record".

paragraph: Subitzky went on to various other kinds of humor and comedy work, including appearing on television multiple times with David Letterman, and more work for radio. He has also written broadcast horror stories.

paragraph: During the 1990s, several comic strips of his appeared as "Op/Art" in the op-ed pages of "The New York Times".

paragraph: Since 2003, Subitzky has contributed 17 pieces (including essays, stories, cartoons, and comic strips) on the subject of consciousness to a serious science journal, the "Journal of Consciousness Studies".

paragraph: For many years, Subitzky had a day job as an advertising copywriter.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Subitzky was born in and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, just outside New York City. As a child, he read a wide variety of comic books and " Mad" magazine. He was greatly influenced by the work of Harvey Kurtzman and to a lesser extent that of Will Elder, both of whom he met briefly in Mount Vernon when he was about 12 years old.

paragraph: He was educated at what is now Binghamton University, where he was a mathematics major who also took many philosophy courses.

paragraph: A few years later, he moved into Manhattan, and took cartooning classes at the School of Visual Arts. The classes were taught by Bob Blechman and Charles Slackman.

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" magazine.

paragraph: Subitzky ended up doing a great deal of work for "National Lampoon" magazine. His contributions primarily consisted of comic strips, cartoons, and humor writing.

paragraph: His connection with "National Lampoon" magazine was first established in 1972, when contributing editor Michel Choquette visited the cartooning class which Subitzky attended. Choquette took a liking to Subitzky's work, and brought him over to the offices of "National Lampoon".

paragraph: Subitzky subsequently became a long-term contributing editor; one or more of his comic strips, cartoons, and written articles appeared in almost every issue of the magazine. In September 1974, he guest-edited the "Old Age" issue of the magazine.

paragraph: His name remained on the masthead of "National Lampoon" all through the 1970s, through the decline of the magazine in the 1980s, and almost up to the point of its eventual demise.

paragraph: Shary Flenniken, in the biography on her official website, describes Subitzky as "hysterically funny and unassuming".

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" magazine.:Comic strips.

paragraph: Subitzky's roughly 100 comic strips for the "National Lampoon" included “Saturday Night on Antarius! (The Planet with 12 Different Sexes)", “Two-way Comics!", "Eight Comics in One!”, and “Come Too Soon Comics!” Many of his comic strips ran to several pages, and featured numerous very small panels.

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" magazine.:Written humor.

paragraph: His approximately 100 articles and written pieces for "National Lampoon" included “How I Spent My Summer” in the "Self-Indulgence" issue (December 1973, Vol. 1, No. 45) and "Stupidworld" in the "Stupid" issue (March 1974, Vol 1, No 48).

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" magazine.:Fumetti.

paragraph: Two of the many fumetti, also known as photo funnies, that Subitzky wrote were "The Perfect Date" and "Every Red-Blooded American Boy's Dream: Three Pretty Girls Doing Just What You Want So You Can Masturbate!"

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" magazine.:"National Lampoon" books.

paragraph: In 1974, Subitzky wrote two sections of the infamous "National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody": the first piece in the yearbook, which is the Principal's letter, and "In Memorium" , which is a parody of a student In Memoriam piece.

paragraph: In the same year, Subitzky wrote numerous sections of the "National Lampoon" book,"The Job of Sex", which was a parody of "The Joy of Sex".

paragraph: His writing and cartooning were reprinted in many "National Lampoon" anthologies.

paragraph: Section::::Other anthologies.

paragraph: Pieces of his have been included in several other anthologies, including the 1990 Harper/Collins "Big Book of New American Humor", and more than one collection edited by the cartoonist Sam Gross.

paragraph: In 1972, a comic of Subitzky's, "Two-headed Sam in the Singles Bar!", was drawn especially for the comic book about the 1960s entitled "The Someday Funnies", which was put together by Michel Choquette during the 1970s, and which was finally published in 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Works for radio.

paragraph: Section::::Works for radio.:"National Lampoon" radio.

paragraph: Subitzky was a writer for and an occasional performer on "The National Lampoon Radio Hour", which ran for a little over a year in 1973 to 1974. He conceptualized and wrote all, or nearly all, of the “Public Disservice Announcements” (which were parodies of public service announcements), as well as a number of other pieces. Some selections from the "Radio Hour" work appeared on the CD album "Gold Turkey".

paragraph: He also conceived, wrote, and starred in a one-hour, two-episode radio play for "The National Lampoon Radio Hour". The play was a spoof of popular science-fiction/horror dramas, and was entitled "The Sluts from Space". The two episodes aired on May 25 and June 2 of 1974. Subitzky voiced the part of the science-nerd hero, Timmy Johnson, who by clever control of the supply of deodorants, manages to save the world from alien invaders disguised as beautiful and seductive women. The "Sluts from Space" episodes of the show are listed in detail at:  and .

paragraph: Section::::Works for radio.:Horror stories.

paragraph: In 1980, Subitzky wrote numerous pieces for a nationally syndicated series of five-minute horror stories, which were broadcast on radio. The series was entitled "The Nightwatch". Some of these stories were also made available on an album by Clack, Inc., called "Ten Horror Stories: For Radio".

paragraph: Section::::"National Lampoon" comedy albums.

paragraph: Subitzky was the sole author of two "National Lampoon" comedy albums:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Official National Lampoon Stereo Test and Demonstration Record", 1974, was voiced by John Belushi and Chevy Chase, among others.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Official National Lampoon Car Stereo Test & Demonstration Tape", 1980, was on cassette tape for car stereo.

paragraph: Section::::Television work with David Letterman.

paragraph: Section::::Television work with David Letterman.:Comedy writing and performing.

paragraph: Subitzky was a comedy writer on "The David Letterman Show" for its first season on the air in 1982, and he also appeared on the show many times, in variations of a sketch which is sometimes referred to as “the imposter".

paragraph: In these sketches, Letterman starts by introducing Subitzky as someone else altogether. In the earliest of his "Late Night" appearances, the person supposedly featured was often a minor celebrity, such as an author. After a few minutes of interviewing, Subitzky breaks down and admits to Letterman that he is not that person, and had only pretended to be that person so that he could be on television. He then runs out through the audience apologizing abjectly.

paragraph: Subitzky reprised this role in 12 more appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman". Although he wears a tuxedo as James Clavell, a motorcycle jacket as Don Henley, and a wig and women's clothing as "Elizabeth Callahan", usually no attempt is made to have him look more like the people he is pretending to be.

paragraph: As "Rolling Stone" writer David Browne explained:

paragraph: "One night, Letterman introduced Don Henley – and out came Ed Subitzky, a balding, overweight staff writer who answered all of Letterman's questions as if he actually were the Eagles drummer. At the end of the segment, Subitzky broke down and confessed, "I'm not Don Henley – I'm just a sick man!" before running offstage. Then, a few weeks later, Letterman would repeat the gag all over again with another celebrity name."

paragraph: BULLET::::- March 25, 1982, the imposter as Martin Cruz Smith, author of best-selling novel "Gorky Park"

paragraph: BULLET::::- April 22, 1982, the imposter as Don Henley, founder member of the rock band the Eagles

paragraph: BULLET::::- June 4, 1982, the imposter as James Clavell, author of best-selling novel "Noble House"

paragraph: BULLET::::- June 30, 1982, the imposter as "the mattress thief"

paragraph: BULLET::::- July 9, 1982, the imposter as "Santa Claus"

paragraph: BULLET::::- July 29, 1982, the imposter as "Elizabeth Callahan" a viewer from Champion, Pennsylvania, who had written in to warn Letterman about the imposter

paragraph: BULLET::::- October 4, 1982, the imposter as Bob Hope

paragraph: BULLET::::- December 20, 1982, the imposter as the US Air Force Academy Choir

paragraph: BULLET::::- Also on December 20, 1982, the imposter as the Brooke Shields doll

paragraph: BULLET::::- February 1, 1983, one-year anniversary special of the show: Ed getting out of a car at this gala event is announced as "the Rock superstar himself, Bruce Springsteen!"

paragraph: BULLET::::- September 6, 1983, the imposter is seen in a supposed flashback, having been shot through by an arrow (by an audience member?) while on stage.

paragraph: BULLET::::- February 4, 1984, at the end of this episode, which was the two-year anniversary special of the show: the imposter (or possibly just Ed Subitzky himself) is seen from behind, attending the anniversary dinner party

paragraph: Section::::"The New York Times" Op-Ed page, and magazine work.

paragraph: During the 1990s, Subitzky had seven cartoons published as "Op-Art" on the Opinion-Editorial page of "The New York Times": February 22, 1997; June 27, 1997; September 27, 1997; November 22, 1997; February 16, 1998; August 15, 1998; and October 9, 1998.

paragraph: His cartoons have also appeared in "Natural History", "The New Yorker", and "", and some written pieces of his appeared in "Cracked".

paragraph: Section::::Science-related work.

paragraph: Subitzky has created a number of science-related pieces. Starting in 1997, but primarily since 2012, he has had 12 letters, some humorous, and some serious, primarily about ideas in physics and cosmology, published in the international science magazine, "New Scientist", and he has also had a letter published in "Science News".

paragraph: Section::::Science-related work.:"Journal of Irreproducible Results".

paragraph: In 1991, Subitzky co-wrote a science humor piece for the science humor magazine "Journal of Irreproducible Results" entitled, “A Call For More Scientific Truth in Product Warning Labels”, by Susan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky. This piece was subsequently quoted by both "New Scientist" and "Atlantic Monthly". Over 20 years after the piece was first published, it was still featured (both with and without its title, attribution, and introduction) on hundreds of websites, including versions translated into Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, and Spanish.

paragraph: Section::::Philosophy-related work.

paragraph: Section::::Philosophy-related work.:"Journal of Consciousness Studies".

paragraph: Subitzky has a life-long interest in both science and philosophy, and he is especially fascinated by the very challenging "hard problem" of consciousness, i.e. why there is a subjective component to experience. Because of these interests, in 2003, Subitzky started contributing to the "Journal of Consciousness Studies" (JCS), an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that is dedicated entirely to the field of consciousness studies. JCS is published by Imprint Academic, of Exeter, England.

paragraph: Since 2003, Subitzky has had 9 drawn pieces and 10 written pieces published in the "Journal of Consciousness Studies". All the pieces make serious points, although some have a humorous perspective. The pieces include an essay, a visual essay, cartoons, comic strips, science-fiction short stories, a poem, and a fictional research paper. All of the pieces contain philosophical commentary on theories concerning the nature of consciousness.

paragraph: In chronological order, Subitzky's JCS pieces are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I am a conscious essay", an essay, Volume 10, No. 12, December, pp. 64–66

paragraph: BULLET::::- A single-panel untitled cartoon (man enclosed in his own thought balloon) was used as a frontispiece for the journal, Volume 11, No. 9, September, frontispiece

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2005, the same untitled cartoon about consciousness (man enclosed in his own thought balloon) was used as cover art for "What does it all mean? A humanistic account of human experience" by William A. Adams, 2005, 250 pages, published by Imprint Academic

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Inkland", a 4-page comic strip, Volume 12, No. 12, December, pp. 80–83

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Voyage", a science fiction short story, Volume 13 No. 9, October, pp. 87–89

paragraph: BULLET::::- none

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Experiment", another science fiction short story, Volume 15, No. 4, April, pp. 83–85

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mirage", a poem, Volume 15, No. 12, December

paragraph: BULLET::::- A single-panel cartoon on the subject of the Turing test was used as the cover art for a double issue of JCS, and a more complete version was printed inside: Untitled cover art ("A man gives himself the Turing test ... and passes"), Volume 17, No. 1–2, January–February, cover and p. 228

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Consciousness Puzzle Page" (part 1) cartoon page, Volume 17, No. 9-10, September–October, p. 229 ,

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Consciousness Puzzle Page" (part 2) cartoon page, Volume 17, No. 11-12, November–December, p. 180

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Consciousness Puzzle Page" (part 3) cartoon page, Volume 18, No. 3-4, March/April, p. 234

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Big Question", a single-panel cartoon, Volume 19, No. 3–4, March–April, p. 244

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Man of Letters", a two-page comic strip, Volume 19, No. 9–10, September–October, pp. 237–238

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Consciousness Puzzle Page" (part 4) cartoon page, Volume 20, No. 1–2, January–February, p. 226

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Report from the Future", an imaginary research paper entitled, "An examination of conscigenesis in an artificially created quantum mechanical universe: a physical perspective" by Kranz Tullen, Bvorn Ellin & Shan Tavid, Volume 20, No. 3–4, pp. 230–232

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Where am I?" a two-page visual essay, Volume 20, No. 9-10, September–October, pp. 206–207

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Th-ink", a two-page comic strip, Volume 21, No. 5-6, June–July, pp. 218–219

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marooned", a three-page science fiction story, volume 21 No. 11-12, pp. 155–57

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Reader", a two page comic strip, Volume 23, No. 3–4, pp. 264–265

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Word Play", a two-page comic strip, Volume 23, No. 9–10, pp.pp. 254–255

paragraph: Section::::Film-related work.

paragraph: Subitzky conceived, wrote, and did the original drawings for, a short animated film which was then produced, and subsequently bought by "Saturday Night Live", but was not aired. He co-wrote a screenplay, which was bought but not produced. He also wrote the lyrics for a country song which appeared as background music in a bar scene in another film ("Kandyland", 1987).

paragraph: Section::::Character modeling.

paragraph: Subitzky appeared in" National Lampoon" magazine as a character model in editorial photographs 54 times. In 1977, he appeared on the cover of the book "National Lampoon The Gentleman's Bathroom Companion" as the Ty-D-Bol man (a spoof of commercials for a blue-tinted toilet bowl cleaner).

paragraph: In 1988, he was featured on the cover of the March–April issue of "National Lampoon" magazine, as a disappointed television viewer .

paragraph: During the 1990s, Subitzky occasionally worked for the modeling agency FunnyFace Today, appearing in a few publications, including "Redbook".

paragraph: In the 1980s, Subitzky was the sole actor in a television commercial for a video game called "Mountain King".

paragraph: Section::::2006 parody in "POX".

paragraph: In 2006, an Australian magazine, "POX", ran a multipage "National Lampoon" magazine parody, which included a take-off of Subitzky's comic strips.

paragraph: Section::::2010 book "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead".

paragraph: A chapter about Ed Subitzky (pages 208 – 213) forms part of the 2010 coffee-table book about the early years of" National Lampoon" magazine,

paragraph: "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great" by Rick Meyerowitz.

paragraph: Section::::2011 book "The Someday Funnies".

paragraph: A one-page comic strip by Subitzky is included in the book "The Someday Funnies", a collection of original comics about the 1960s, edited by Michel Choquette, which was released by Abrams on November 1, 2011.

paragraph: Section::::2011 Lynda Barry book "Blabber, Blabber, Blabber".

paragraph: On page 13 of her 2011 book, "Blabber, Blabber, Blabber: Volume 1 of Everything", American cartoonist Lynda Barry lists Ed Subitzky as one of her early influences:

paragraph: "By the time I graduated from high school I knew about bitter and sweet, but thanks to cartoonists like M.K. Brown, Gahan Wilson, and Ed Subitzky, I also knew about weird and rare and hilarious ways of changing one into the other. These three cartoonists taught me to watch the people around me and listen to how they talk and to write down what they say. But I learned the most by copying their drawings, and these three were especially good teachers." And on page 114 of the same book, Barry says, "...the first drawings I copied would leave traces in my work and drawing style that were unshakable and strong."

paragraph: Section::::2013 "Black Eye 2".

paragraph: A one-page comic strip by Subitzky was featured on page 18 of "Black Eye 2", a limited-edition anthology of black humor.

paragraph: Section::::2013 book "That's Not Funny, That's Sick".

paragraph: In June 2013, "", by Ellin Stein was published. Subitzky is mentioned on pages 172 and 174 of the book.

paragraph: Section::::2015 documentary film "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead".

paragraph: In 2015, a documentary film called "" was released. The film is about "National Lampoon" and its contributors and how they changed American humor. The film features clips from interviews with many of the magazine's major contributors, including Subitzky.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Currently this is the major, and definitive, Lampoon information site

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Shows all the Lampoon covers

paragraph: BULLET::::-  One of many sites which show the "product warning labels" piece

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Saturday Night on Antarius! (The Planet with 12 Different Sexes), a four-page comic

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.:Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Michel Choquette (Editor), November 2011, "The Someday Funnies", Abrams Books, / 978-0810996182

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rick Meyerowitz, 2010, Abrams, "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead": "The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great", , pages 208–213

paragraph: BULLET::::- Josh Karp, 2004 Chicago Review Press, "A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and "National Lampoon" Changed Comedy Forever", Chicago Review Press, 2006, ,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matty Simmons, 1994, Barricade Books, "If You Don't Buy This Book We'll Kill This Dog: Life, Laughs, Love and Death at the National Lampoon" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tony Hendra, 1987, Dolphin Doubleday, "Going Too Far: the Rise and Demise of Sick, Gross, Black, Sophomoric, Weirdo, Pinko, Anarchist, Underground, Anti-establishment Humor" ;

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.:Magazines and journals.

paragraph: BULLET::::- LEVIN, Bob, August 2009, The Comics Journal, No. 299, p. 30-81, "How Michel Choquette (Almost) Assembled the Most Stupendous Comic Book in the World, Starring: Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Federico Fellini, Art Spiegelman, Wally Wood, Bill Griffith, Don Martin, Vaughn Bodé, William Burroughs, Michael O'Donoghue, Roy Thomas, Sergio Aragones, Jann Wenner, Gahan Wilson, C.C. Beck, R.O. Blechman, Eugène Ionesco, Barry Windsor-Smith, Guido Crepax, Ralph Steadman, Steve Englehart, Salvador Dalí, Arnold Roth, Archie Goodwin, Shary Flenniken, Evert Geradts, Moebius, Denny O'Neil, Tom Wolfe, Will Eisner, Frank Zappa and many more"

paragraph: BULLET::::- COOKE, Jon B., April 2003, Comic Book Artist, 24, "Ed Subitzky Interview: A mind for mirth, the nicest cartoonist in comic book history off the top of his head"

paragraph: BULLET::::- BUTCHER, Susan, & WOOD, Carol, 2006, POX (Australia), # 6, page 26, "Itsy-Bitsy Comics! by Izzy Bitzky"

description: cartoonist

wikidata_label: Ed Subitzky

wikipedia_title: Ed Subitzky


text:
German
luge
European luge championships
1938
1939
World War II
Karkonosze
East Germany
Martin
luge
List of European luge champions

categories: 1908 births,German female lugers,1953 deaths

paragraph: Friedel Tietze

paragraph: Friedel Tietze (1908–1953) was a German luger who competed in the late 1930s. She won two gold medals in the women's singles event at the European luge championships (1938, 1939).

paragraph: After World War II, Tietze moved from the Karkonosze mountains to East Germany. There she married and became known as Friedel Kienzel-Tietze. She competed in the East German national championships up to her death year in 1953.

paragraph: Tietze's older brother, Martin, won seven European championship medals in luge during the 1930s.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of European luge champions

description: luger

wikidata_label: Friedel Tietze

wikipedia_title: Friedel Tietze


text:
pitcher
baseball
Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
earned run average
Oregon
Pacific Coast League
Portland Beavers
Oakland Oaks
San Francisco Seals
Applegate, Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
Portland Beavers
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles Angels
Grants Pass, Oregon
Aberdeen Black Cats
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Oakland Oaks
San Francisco Seals
Grants Pass, Oregon

categories: Aberdeen Harbor Grays players,1888 births,Detroit Tigers players,San Francisco Seals (baseball) players,Portland Beavers players,Sportspeople from Grants Pass, Oregon,1944 deaths,Oakland Oaks (baseball) players,People from Applegate, Oregon,Major League Baseball pitchers,Aberdeen Grays players,Grays Harbor Grays players

paragraph: Hub Pernoll

paragraph: Henry Huston Pernoll (March 14, 1888 – February 18, 1944), also variously known by the nicknames "Hub", "Piano Legs", "Jud", "Bud, "Buddy", and "Busher", was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball.

paragraph: Pernoll played professional baseball for nine years from 1907 to 1915, including parts of the 1910 and 1912 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers. He appeared in 14 major league games an compiled a 4–3 record with a 3.39 earned run average (ERA) in 63-2/3 inning pitched.

paragraph: A native or Oregon, Pernoll also played in the Pacific Coast League for the Portland Beavers (1907–1908), Oakland Oaks (1911–1913), and San Francisco Seals (1913–1915).

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Pernoll was born in 1888 on the Pernoll family homestead at Applegate, Oregon. He began pitching for the local team in Applegate. He then attracted the attention of the team in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he played in 1906 and 1907. He was described as "one of the best pitchers that ever threw a ball on any Southern Oregon diamond."

paragraph: Section::::Professional baseball.

paragraph: Pernoll joined the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in July 1907. He made his debut under the name "Busher Pernoll" on July 24, 1907, shutting out the Los Angeles Angels. At the time, "The Oregon Daily Journal" described him as a short, stout 19-year-old who had learned to throw a curve in the mountains near Grants Pass, Oregon.

paragraph: Pernoll also pitched for the Aberdeen Black Cats in 1908 and 1909. Playing against his former Portland teammates on May 20, 1909, he threw a complete-game shutout and also hit a double to bat in the winning run. He won 20 of his first 28 games in 1909, leading to a bidding war among major league teams for his services. In August 1909, the Detroit Tigers paid $4,000 for Pernoll to join them in 1910. He finished the 1909 season in Aberdeen with a 25-15 record.

paragraph: In 1910, Pernoll appeared in 11 games, five as a starter, for the Tigers. In his first start, he pitched a one-hit complete-game against the St. Louis Browns on April 27, 1910. He compiled a 4–3 record with a 2.96 ERA in 54-2/3 innings pitched during the 1910 campaign. In March 1910, the "Detroit Free Press" wrote: "Pernoll is an extremely stocky pitcher, burly as George Mullin ever was before he adopted his present scheme of training. He pitches with a peculiar short jerk motion, using no body swing, but getting the speed. He does it with his muscles alone."

paragraph: Prior to the 1911 season, the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League purchased Pernoll's release from the Tigers for $4,000.

paragraph: He returned briefly to the Tigers in 1912 and appeared in three games, all in relief, compiling a 6.00 ERA. He appeared in his final major league game on May 13, 1912.He rejoined the Oakland Oaks in June 1912. He continued with the Oaks through the 1912 season, compiling a 4–11 record in 19 games.

paragraph: Pernoll started the 1913 season with Oakland and ended it with the San Francisco Seals. In 39 games played for both Oakland and San Francisco, he compiled a 15–14 record in 246 innings pitched. In 1914, he appeared in 50 games for the Seals and compiled a 22-22 record with a career-low 2.09 ERA.

paragraph: He also pitched in 1916 and from 1919 to 1927 for the Grants Pass team with which he played at the beginning of his career.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: After retiring from baseball, Pernoll lived in Grants Pass, Oregon. He operated the Owl Billiard Parlor in Grants Pass for 25 years starting in approximately 1919. He died from a heart ailment in 1944 at Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass at age 44.

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Hub Pernoll

wikipedia_title: Hub Pernoll


text: Someren

text: Netherlands

text: Echt, Netherlands

text: Warnsveld

text: Gemert

text: Grimbergen Abbey

text: Tilburg University

text: Johannes Bluyssen

text: provost (religion)

text: Pope John Paul II

text: Honorary prelate

text: Monsignor

text: Johannes Bluyssen

text: Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens

text: Frans Wiertz

text: Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet

categories: Roman Catholic bishops in the Netherlands,1944 births,Tilburg University alumni,People from Someren,Living people

paragraph: Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans

paragraph: Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans (Someren, Netherlands, 3 August 1944) is Bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch. His motto is: Sancti Spiritus In virtute (The power of the Holy Spirit).

paragraph: Section::::Early years and calling to the priesthood.

paragraph: Antoon Hurkmans grew up in a farming family of nine children. He took his vegetable and grocery diploma and had really his own grocery store in Echt, Netherlands. Because he felt called to the priesthood, he sold his shop and then studied at the College for Late Vocations in Warnsveld. In 1966 he went to the Latin School in Gemert and three years later he spent some time in the Grimbergen Abbey, Belgium. In 1972 Hurkmans left the monastery and went to study theology at the Tilburg University, where he received his doctorate in 1978.

paragraph: Section::::Ecclesiastical career.

paragraph: Antoon Hurkmans was ordained priest on 22 December 1979 by Bishop Johannes Bluyssen. He then worked in Waalwijk (Saint Anthony Parish), from December 1, 1980 as pastor. Monsignor Johannes Gerardus ter Schure appointed him in August 1987 rector of the new seminary, St. John's Centre. In March 1988 he became vicar general and provost (religion) of the cathedral chapter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch. Because of his merits for the seminary Pope John Paul II appointed him on his birthday in 1994 Honorary prelate and Monsignor. The pope appointed him bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch in June 1998. On August 29, 1998 he was consecrated bishop by Johannes Gerardus ter Schure, Johannes Bluyssen, Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens, Frans Wiertz and Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://web.archive.org/web/20090307230957/http://www.katholieknederland.nl/rkkerk/kerkprovincie/bisschoppenconferentie/index_hurkmans.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhurkmans.html

description: Dutch theologian and priest

wikidata_label: Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans

wikipedia_title: Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans


text:
Piove di Sacco
alpine skier
Argentina
Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics
slalom
giant slalom
Nicol Gastaldi

categories: People from the Province of Padua,Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics,Italian emigrants to Argentina,Olympic alpine skiers of Argentina,Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics,1991 births,Living people,Argentine male alpine skiers

paragraph: Sebastiano Gastaldi

paragraph: Sebastiano Gastaldi (born 12 June 1991 in Piove di Sacco) is an alpine skier from Argentina. He will compete for Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.

paragraph: His sister is also a skier, Nicol Gastaldi.

description: Argentinian alpine skier

wikidata_label: Sebastiano Gastaldi

wikipedia_title: Sebastiano Gastaldi


text:
Swiss
politician
Swiss Council of States

categories: Members of the Council of States (Switzerland),1828 births,People from Basel-Landschaft,1890 deaths,Swiss Calvinist and Reformed ministers

paragraph: Martin Birmann

paragraph: Martin Birmann (26 November 1828 – 19 August 1890) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States (1884).

description: Swiss politician

wikidata_label: Martin Birmann

wikipedia_title: Martin Birmann


text:
Russian
Nançay
Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
matriarch
Ignatyev
Countess Sophia Ignatieva

categories: Imperial Russian countesses,1939 births,Living people

paragraph: Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Ignatieff

paragraph: Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Ignatieff, Princess of San Stefano (Russian: Александра Николаевна Игнатьева, "Aleksandra Nikolayevna Ignatyeva"; born 8 February 1939) is the daughter of Count Nikolay Leonidovich Ignatyev and Countess Yolande Durieu de Souzy. She was born in Paris and lived in the Château de Nançay. As the eldest of the elder branch descending from Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, she is the current matriarch of the Ignatyev family.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: Countess Sophia Ignatieva

wikidata_label: Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Ignatieff

wikipedia_title: Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Ignatieff


text: Guildford Cathedral

text: Seventh-day Adventist universities

text: Beddington

text: Surrey

text: Wimbledon School of Art

text: Royal College of Art

text: Seventh-day Adventist Church

text: Holloway, London

text: Malta

text: World War II

text: Royal Society for the Arts

text: Royal Academy

text: Seventh-day Adventists universities

text: Atlantic Union College

text: Andrews University

text: La Sierra University

text: La Sierra University

text: story of the prodigal son

text: Loma Linda University

text: the story from Luke

text: Loma Linda University

text: Oakwood University

text: Huntsville

text: Andrews University

text: Legacy of Leadership

text: Regeneration

text: Canadian University College

text: Atlantic Union College

text: Union College

text: One New Change

text: Commonwealth

text: Royal British Society of Sculptors

text: Sir Otto Beit Medal

text: Florence

text: South Lancaster, Massachusetts

text: Michigan

text: Andrews University

text: Seventh-day Adventist university

text: Berrien Springs

text: La Sierra University

text: Riverside

text: Alan Collins' website

text: "Good Samaritan"

text: "Monument to Service", Oakwood College

text: Alan Collins images on Flickr

categories: Modern sculptors,British architectural sculptors,Alumni of Wimbledon College of Art,1928 births,English male sculptors,English sculptors,2016 deaths,People from Bridport,Alumni of the Royal College of Art,Seventh-day Adventist religious workers,Andrews University faculty,English Seventh-day Adventists

paragraph: Alan Collins (sculptor)

paragraph: Alan Collins (15 August 1928 – 18 October 2016) was an English-born sculptor noted for his work at Guildford Cathedral. After continuing his career in England, Collins moved to the United States and continued working there as an artist and, for more than 20 years, as a professor of art at Seventh-day Adventist universities.

paragraph: Collins work primarily focused on evocative Biblical stories told in outdoor sculptures, which has been described as "24-hour, 365-days-a-year silent sermons."

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Collins was born in the village of Beddington, in northeast Surrey, England. He naturally took to art as a child as a way to spend his time and a means of communication: when it was difficult to explains something he'd seen in words, he was more successful communicating in images. At the age of 16, after attending public schools, Collins entered Wimbledon School of Art. While there he earned first prize in a contest that spanned the country of England. Having won a scholarship for the Royal College of Art, he studied sculpture.

paragraph: Collins developed a lifelong connection to the Adventist Church after having attended a meeting by Australian evangelist Thomas J. Bradley in Corydon, England.

paragraph: At a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Holloway, London, Collins met his future wife Jeanne Fuegi, they got married in 1954.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: When Collins first began carving in stone he used Malta stone, which was in great supply during and after World War II as it had been used by supply ships as ballast when the ships returned to England with otherwise empty load.

paragraph: His work was exhibited at the Royal Society for the Arts and the Royal Academy, one of which was a Maltese stone sculpture "Head of a King" that Collins exhibited in 1946 at Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society when he was a student at Wimbledon College of Art. Collins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

paragraph: He received the Society's Sir Otto Beit Medal in 1964 for his stone carving of St. Martha of Bethany at Guildford Cathedral.

paragraph: In 1968 Collins moved to the United States and began a more than 20-year career teaching at Seventh-day Adventists universities, including Atlantic Union College (1968–1971) in Massachusetts, Andrews University (1971–1978) in Michigan and La Sierra University (1978–1989) in California. As a result of his years of work teaching at Adventist universities, he developed a "signature style" that is attributed to Adventist college works.

paragraph: Having retired from teaching, Collins worked in Phoenix, Oregon on his own works made in many mediums: bronze, wood, clay, wood, concrete and stone. Collins, who created many works for the Adventist Church, also conducted lectures and showed his work at Adventist colleges.

paragraph: He moved back to England in 2013, and lived in Bridport, Dorset until his death.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Aside from Collins' work at Guildford Cathedral, he executed other works in England before moving to the United States. Most notably he designed and carved the John F. Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede. In the United States he created sculptures largely for religious organisations, commissions from hospitals and private individuals.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Guildford Cathedral.

paragraph: Collins made a number of works for Guildford Cathedral. A statue of Archangel Gabriel, made by Collins, is located at the eastern end of the Lady Chapel. He also made the sculptures of St Catherine and St Martha. Collins's works includes

paragraph: Alan never used any models for his sculptures, they were all created using his own imagination. He was noted for being very knowledgeable of human anatomy and he always taught human anatomy to his sculpture students. This information came from his second Wife Aliki Collins. "Gilded Angel". Sitting on the cathedral's tower, "Gilded Angel" is made of copper and gilded with gold leaf. Although the 4.5-metre (15 foot) tall sculpture weighs about one ton, its being mounted on ball bearings allows it to turn with shifting wind directions. Collins created the scale model of the angel in gold on the top of the tower and the font. His external works included a series of statues, such as Charity, Prudence, Courage and more.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Biblical scenes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Sierra University – In 2002 Collins created the outdoor sculpture entitled "The Glory of God's Grace" which depicts the story of the prodigal son. Considering it one of his best pieces, Collins said that it was: “The chance to show the nature of God through a piece.”

paragraph: BULLET::::- Loma Linda University – The 7'3" bronze sculpture "Good Samaritan" on the campus mall  was unveiled in 1981 . The work adapts the story from Luke in a contemporary interpretation. It symbolises the guiding principle "to make man whole" and is congruent with the university's motto. In addition, a sandblast glass relief based on the original bronze sculpture resides in the foyer of the Center for Dentistry and Orthodontics. It was unveiled during the School of Dentistry's annual Alumni-Student Convention on 10 February 2012.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Loma Linda University – Collins created the sculpture "Who Touched Me?", which was Rueben Matiko. Matiko was able to realise his wish of having a depiction the stories of Luke chapter 8 and Matthew chapter 9 told through art in the unveiling of the life-size bronze sculpture on 20 October 2010 at Loma Linda University. The keen interest was drawing the connection between the power of faith and touch in healing.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oakwood University – In 2005 Collins completed the sculpture "Sacrificial Service", which represents Simon of Cyrene carrying the cross for Jesus' crucification, for Oakwood University which is located in Huntsville, Alabama.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrews University – Collins created a sculpture to depict the John Nevins Andrews family, the first Adventist missionaries who would establish the first Adventist Church in Switzerland. Symbolizing service, "Legacy of Leadership" depicts the Andrews family leaving for Europe in 1874 and is located near the Pioneer Memorial Church.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrews University – "Regeneration" (1975) stands in front of the campus Science complex.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walla Walla University – Collins was commissioned by the class of 1950 to create a bronze commemorating their 50th anniversary. His work, "Jesus Among Us", is a bronze statue that depicts foot-washing of disciples feet by Jesus. "Jesus Among Us" was created to bring to life the university's "Generosity of Service" mission statement, which says that "Walla Walla University (WWU) is a community of faith dedicated to excellence in thought, generosity in service, beauty in expression and faith in God."

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canadian University College – The centrepiece of the Administration Building lobby is Collins' newest piece, entitled "The Sower". An Alberta representation of Jesus' Parable of the Sower. It was officially unveiled during Alumni Weekend Celebrations on Friday, 7 June 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Contemporary religious art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The First Advent" depicts "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" at the South Lancaster, Massachusetts Atlantic Union College.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Three Angels of the Apocalypse" in St. Albans, England, the "first public sculpture commissioned by the Adventist Church".

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Three Angels of the Apocalypse", a different version of the same theme as the St. Albans work, is located in Lincoln, Nebraska on the Union College administrative building.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Flame", "that Fire which leads", is located within the sermon hall of the Bay Knoll Adventist Church in Rochester, New York.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Other works.

paragraph: The following is a partial list of Collins' other works.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Other works.:England.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Head of a King" that Collins exhibited in 1946 at Exhibition 20 by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society when he was a student at Wimbledon College of Art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Inscription on Runnymede Memorial for Kennedy Memorial Trust

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Minerva" is an abstract sculpture made of aluminium. It is situated on a concrete plinth outside of Minerva House in London.

paragraph: BULLET::::- One New Change work was obtained through the Richard Coleman Consultancy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chessboard", picking up the theme of Hodder & Stoughton Publishers "chess knight" logo, was made from Portland Stone by Collins in 1963 for the publishers offices at St Paul's House, Warwick Lane, London, England. Collins was commissioned the work through Victor Heal and Partners.

paragraph: BULLET::::- At the St. Clement Dane Church, the City of London is a memorial to an 18th-century couple, Francis and Catherine Sirr. Replacing the original destroyed during World War II, it is located in the crypt and made of Portland stone.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seven portrait masks on keystones above the nave arcades in St. Mary-Le-Bow church, the City of London.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stone figure of the patron saint of sailors above the entrance to St. Nicholas' Church in Saltdean, Sussex.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Replacement of the Royal Coat-of-Arms of King Charles above the portico of All Saints' Church in Northampton.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sculptures at Bradford Cathedral, Yorkshire.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A work above the Grays Inn Law School doorway in London that depicts a lion, griffon and eagle in limestone.

paragraph: Section::::Works.:Other works.:United States.

paragraph: BULLET::::- At a library Jacksonville County, Oregon, Collins inscribed the building with Roman-style lettering.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- For his Guildford Cathedral stone sculpture work, Collins was awarded first prize for a Commonwealth wide sculpture contest and received the Royal British Society of Sculptors Sir Otto Beit Medal.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Collins was awarded in 1988 the first honorary degree bestowed by the Adventist Church for recognition of his work.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the early 2000s he was awarded a second honorary doctorate degree by Loma Linda University, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2004 Collins exhibited in Florence, Italy at International Biennale of Contemporary Art.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: After beginning his career in England, Collins moved to the United States in 1968 with his wife Jeanne and their daughter and son. They first lived in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. They moved to Michigan in 1971, where Collins taught at Andrews University (a Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs.) In 1978 Collins and his family moved to California where Collins taught for 11 years at La Sierra University (another Seventh-day Adventist university that was located in Riverside.)

paragraph: Collins' wife Jeanne Fuegi suffered a long battle with cancer and died in 1992. In 1993, Collins married his second wife Aliki After his retirement from sculpting, he moved to Bridport, Dorset, England.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alan Collins' website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alan Collins: Dialogue With an Adventist Sculptor College and University Dialogue Retrieved September 28, 2018

paragraph: BULLET::::- Images of works:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Good Samaritan"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monument to Service", Oakwood College

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jesus Among Us", Walla Walla University

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alan Collins images on Flickr

paragraph: BULLET::::- Video:

paragraph: BULLET::::- (inscription by Collins)

description: British artist

wikidata_label: Alan Collins

wikipedia_title: Alan Collins (sculptor)


text:
condottiere
Duke of Atri
Atri
Kingdom of Naples
Abruzzo
Giulianova
Orsini
Conversano
Giulianova
Leon Battista Alberti
Pope Sixtus IV
Order of the Ermine
Otranto
Minervino di Lecce
Andrea Matteo
Belisario Acquaviva
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini
Andrea Matteo
Belisario
Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg
Bishop of Conversano

categories: 1481 deaths,People from the Province of Teramo,Condottieri,1420s births

paragraph: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva

paragraph: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva (c. 1425 – February 7, 1481) was an Italian nobleman and condottiere. He was 7th Duke of Atri and 1st of Teramo, Count of Conversano and San Flaviano and Lord of Padula and Roseto.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva was born at Atri, the son of Giosia Acquaviva, 6th Duke of Atri and Count of San Flaviano, and his wife Antonella Migliorati. He was a member of a patrician family of the Kingdom of Naples with large estates in Abruzzo, and held the titles of Duke of Atri, Count of San Flaviano and Giulianova, Lord of Forcella, Roseto, Padula, and was the first Duke of Teramo. By his marriage with Caterina del Balzo Orsini, his family obtained the title of counts of Conversano, which they retained until the early nineteenth century.

paragraph: After the battle of San Flaviano (or Battle of Tordino) between Francesco Sforza and Niccolò Piccinino on 25 July 1460, San Flaviano was sacked by Matteo di Capua's soldiers the following year and reduced to rubble. Instead of restoring the city, in 1471 Giulio Antonio Acquaviva preferred to build a new one higher up near the ancient city: Giulianova. It was an interesting example of renaissance ideal city, applying the theory of the most important architects of the time, as Leon Battista Alberti and Francesco Di Giorgio Martini.

paragraph: In 1478 he commanded the fleet that supported the Neapolitan army of King Ferrante of Aragon, which had joined the coalition formed by Pope Sixtus IV against the Republic of Florence. For having guided and advised the Duke of Calabria, son of the King, he was awarded the Order of the Ermine. Moreover, with the privilege of the King of Naples on April 30, 1479, he received the honour of being able to add the name of Aragon to his surname and to add to the family coat of arms the insignia of the royal house. In 1479 he obtained from the Neapolitan king the surname "Acquaviva of Aragon".

paragraph: In 1480 he went to Apulia to fight the Turks, who had taken Otranto and threatened Brindisi. During the campaign for the reconquest of Otranto in 1481, he lost his life in an ambush at Serrano. His body was beheaded and his head was taken by the Turks and sent to Constantinople to the Sultan as a war trophy and never returned for any ransom. The body is buried, together with his wife, in the church of Santa Maria dell'Isola in Conversano, in a funeral monument by the Apulian sculptor Nuzzo Barba.

paragraph: Giulio Antonio died at Minervino di Lecce, and was succeeded in Conversano by his son Andrea Matteo. Another son was Belisario Acquaviva. His latter day descendants include: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva (c 1808- 1836), Naples Italy, Príncipe Giuseppe Colonna Acquaviva (c 1835-1905), Naples Campania, Italy; Maria Acquaviva (c 1855- 1905) Naples, and Anna Maria Acquaviva di Lorenzo (c 1883- 1956), Naples Campania, Italy.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva married Caterina Orsini del Balzo in 1456, the natural daughter of the Prince of Taranto Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Countess of Conversano and Lady of Bitetto, Casamassima, Castellana, Gioia del Colle, Noci and Turi. They had four children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giovanni Antonio (1457-1479), Marquis of Bitonto, died during his stay in Pisa;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Andrea Matteo (1458-1529), married for the first time Isabella Todeschini Piccolomini d'Aragona, daughter of Antonio, 1st Duke of Amalfi and Count of Celano, and remained a widower in his second marriage in 1509 Caterina Della Ratta. Duke of Atri (from 1481) and Count of Conversano and Giulia, he was one of the richest and most powerful feudal lords of the Kingdom of Naples. From 1509 the Acquaviva family succeeded the Della Ratta family as counts (later princes) of Caserta, who had maintained this title since 1310.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Donato, bishop of Conversano from 1499 to 1528;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Belisario (1464-1528), 1st Duke of Nardò (from 12 March 1497) and 14th Count of Conversano. He was a leader in the service of the King of the Kingdom of Naples and of the Emperor Charles V. He married Sveva Sanseverino of the princes of Bisignano; his daughter Andreana was duchess of Galatina and married Ferrante Castriota Scanderbeg (descendant of the leader Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg).

paragraph: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva then remarried with Maria Spinelli.

paragraph: His illegitimate son, Sulpicio, became Bishop of Conversano from 1483 until his death in 1494;

description: Condottieri

wikidata_label: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva

wikipedia_title: Giulio Antonio Acquaviva


text: Stalingrad

text: Soviet Union

text: Soviet General Secretary

text: Mikhail Gorbachev

text: New York

text: United Nations Office at Geneva

text: CDAC

text: USSR

text: Foreign Minister

text: USSR

text: United Nations Secretariat

text: USSR

text: USSR

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text: USSR

text: USSR

text: USSR

text: UNESCO

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text: CSCE

text: USSR

text: OSCE

text: Human Dimension

text: NATO

text: Albania

text: Geneva

text: UNITAR

text: Europe

text: Russian Academy of Sciences

text: Geneva

text: Andrey Gromyko

text: Smolenskaya Square

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text: Foreign Minister

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text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

text: Soviet General Secretary

text: Gorbachev

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text: Geneva

text: Switzerland

text: Disarmament

text: Afghanistan

text: Geneva

text: Salvador Dalí

text: Ernst Neizvestny

text: Leonid Sokov

text: Sri Chinmoy

text: USSR

text: Vladimir Petrovsky: The Master-Diplomat

text: CDAC

text: UN Geneva office

text: Conference on Disarmament

text: Russian Academy of Sciences

text: Institute of Europe

text: Le Temps

text: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

text: Interview by Metta Spencer

text: Project on Intellectual Property Rights

text: Transcend Media Service

paragraph: Vladimir Petrovsky

paragraph: Vladimir Fedorovich Petrovsky (, 29 April 1933, Stalingrad – 21 February 2014) was a Soviet/Russian diplomat, Ambassador, professor in history, politician and writer.

paragraph: He served as Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union under Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1992 he became UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs in New York. From 1993–2002 he was Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During this time he was also Secretary-General of the Conference for Disarmament. After his retirement from the United Nations V. Petrovsky established the non-governmental organization Comprehensive Dialogue Among Civilizations (CDAC).

paragraph: Vladimir Petrovsky died on 21 February 2014 after a long illness. Mira Petrovsky, his wife lives in Moscow, together with their daughter Lena.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Public service.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attache, Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Second Secretary, Office of the Foreign Minister of the USSR

paragraph: BULLET::::- Political Affairs Officer, Chief of Unit, United Nations Secretariat, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chief Counselor, Head of American Division of the Policy Planning Department, Foreign Ministry of the USSR

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secretary-General of the USSR Delegation to the CSCE, Geneva

paragraph: BULLET::::- Head of International Organizations' Department, Foreign Ministry of the USSR Member of the USSR Foreign Ministry's Collegium

paragraph: BULLET::::- Deputy Foreign Minister of the USSR

paragraph: BULLET::::- Head of USSR Delegations to the United Nations General Assembly, UNESCO, IAEA, UNEP, and various European fora, including the CSCE

paragraph: BULLET::::- First Deputy Foreign Minister of the USSR

paragraph: BULLET::::- Executive Secretary of the OSCE Conference on the Human Dimension

paragraph: BULLET::::- Representative of Russia to the NATO Council of Cooperation

paragraph: BULLET::::- Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Libya

paragraph: BULLET::::- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Albania

paragraph: BULLET::::- Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on Disarmament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Senior Research Fellow, UNITAR, Geneva

paragraph: BULLET::::- Consultant to the Russian Council of Federation, Moscow

paragraph: BULLET::::- Head of the Center for Politico-Diplomatic, Intercultural and Inter-religious Dialogue, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chairman of the NGO Association 'Comprehensive Dialogue Among Civilizations' (CDaC), Geneva

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chairman of Maecenas World Patrimony Foundation, Geneva

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Board International Dialogues Foundation IDF, The Hague

paragraph: BULLET::::- Member of the Board Museum Geelvinck, Amsterdam

paragraph: Section::::Formal education.

paragraph: Doctorate in History, Institute of international Relations and World Economy, 1975

paragraph: LL.D, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 1962

paragraph: MA, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 1957

paragraph: Section::::Foreign Ministry of the Former Soviet Union.:Cuban Missile Crisis.

paragraph: During October 1962 Vladimir Petrovsky worked in the office of Foreign Minister Andrey Gromyko. There were long periods of non-stop work in the Foreign Ministry building on Smolenskaya Square in Moscow to attend emergency meetings and action groups to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis. On 27 October 1962 the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared a positive response to the US request for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for US government's assurances on compliance with the territorial integrity of the island. Vladimir Petrovsky later analyzed this intense period in his memoirs.

paragraph: Section::::Foreign Ministry of the Former Soviet Union.:The Helsinki Final Act.

paragraph: Vladimir Petrovsky was strongly involved in researching and drafting all the details of the Soviet delegation's position towards the Helsinki Process followed by the Helsinki Final Act (The Helsinki Accords). It was signed during July and 1 August 1975 and became at the time a declaration of attempt to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West. The Helsinki Accords served as the groundwork for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE).

paragraph: Section::::Foreign Ministry of the Former Soviet Union.:Perestroika.

paragraph: Before announcing Perestroika in 1987, the Soviet government had done a multi-level research and analytical work accomplished by both the political and academical elite. In 1986 Vladimir Petrovsky was appointment as Deputy Foreign Minister of the USSR and received the task to help promote the process later known as glasnost (openness) with an assignment to supervise the Press Department, while being also in charge of other areas in the Foreign Ministry. Vladimir Petrovsky was among the specialists of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that were chosen to formulate the progressive concepts for the framework of the New Political Thinking. In 1988 Vladimir Petrovsky was part of the task force preparing the draft for the landmark address that Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev gave at the UN General Assembly on 6 December 1988.

paragraph: Section::::The United Nations.

paragraph: In February 1992 Vladimir Petrovsky was appointed as the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and soon become chairman of the drafting committee for the 'Agenda for Peace". He served in this position until March 1993 when he was appointed to become Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva. He strongly promoted better cooperation among the different UN agencies as well as with regional organisations and the host country Switzerland.

paragraph: Section::::The United Nations.:Disarmament.

paragraph: Throughout his long diplomatic career Vladimir Petrovsky strongly stressed the essential role that disarmament should play in the comprehensive approach to security in the world. In 1978, he became a member of the Soviet delegation to the First Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Disarmament. He was involved in working out the details of the multilateral machinery for disarmament and the rules for the Conference on Disarmament (CD). In 1979, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the only possibility to communicate with the West on the diplomatic level were consultations on nuclear weapons nonproliferation. In 1993, Vladimir Petrovsky became the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva, the organization for which he had helped to develop the rules of conduct earlier in 1978. Under his chairmanship the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva was able to negotiate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, signed in 1996. He remained in the position of CD's Secretary-General until his retirement from the United Nations in 2002.

paragraph: Section::::NGO – Comprehensive Dialogue among Civilizations.

paragraph: During his work at the United Nations, Vladimir Petrovsky promoted dialogue in all aspects, organizing a wide spectrum of events such as masterclasses, art and photo exhibitions and musical performances at the Palais des Nations. Encouraged by this work at the UN, Petrovsky founded the non-governmental organization – Comprehensive Dialogue Among Civilizations (CDAC) upon his retirement from the UN in 2002. The uniqueness of the organisation was the multifaceted approach to dialogue. His last publication "The Triad of Strategic Security of the Global Community" (2007), fell into this period.

paragraph: After his passing in 2014, the book "Vladimir Petrovsky: The Master Diplomat” was published in 2015, highlighting his political vision and his major achievements in the field of political and public service.

paragraph: Section::::Vladimir Petrovsky and art.

paragraph: "“The state of the nation, its sense of beauty and its humour, its dreams and its history – everything is reflected in its art. I hope that this exhibition at the Palais des Nations will help many people who are coming here from all over the world to better understand Russian culture and the so-called mysterious "Russian soul"."

paragraph: "Vladimir Petrovsky’s Welcome address to the art exhibit "Russian Collection in the Palais des Nations" 9.06.1997"

paragraph: Vladimir Petrovsky had been introduced to Salvador Dalí, was in frequent contact with famous sculptors and artists such as Ernst Neizvestny, Michail Chemyakin, Michail and Vita Romadin and Leonid Sokov.

paragraph: Under his aegis the World Patrimony Foundation was established, which restored the Henrik Sørensen wallpainting "Le Rêve de la Paix" in the Library of the Palais des Nations and Marc Chagall's "Peace Window" in the Hall of the United Nations Office in New York.

paragraph: He also entertained a close friendship for many years with artist and spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.

paragraph: Section::::Significant publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Foreign Service of Great Britain, 1958

paragraph: BULLET::::- Diplomacy of 10 Downing Street, 1964

paragraph: BULLET::::- Foreign Policy Thinking in the United States: Theories and Concepts, 1976

paragraph: BULLET::::- Doctrine of National Security in the US Global Strategy, 1980

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dialogue for Peace. Participation of the USSR in Multilateral Diplomacy, 1980

paragraph: BULLET::::- Disarmament: Concept, Problems and Mechanisms, 1983

paragraph: BULLET::::- Security in the Era of Nuclear and Outer Space Technology, 1985

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Triad of Strategic Security of the Global Community, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vladimir Petrovsky: The Master-Diplomat, 2015

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- CDAC

paragraph: BULLET::::- UN Geneva office

paragraph: BULLET::::- Conference on Disarmament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Russian Academy of Sciences

paragraph: BULLET::::- Institute of Europe

paragraph: BULLET::::- Le Temps

paragraph: BULLET::::- United Nations Intellectual Property Project

paragraph: BULLET::::- War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview by Metta Spencer

paragraph: BULLET::::- Peace Operations as an Integrated Part of the UN Strategy

paragraph: BULLET::::- Project on Intellectual Property Rights

paragraph: BULLET::::- Transcend Media Service

wikidata_label: Vladimir Petrovsky

wikipedia_title: Vladimir Petrovsky


text:
jazz
Charlie Parker
Coleman Hawkins
Wardell Gray
Pat LaBarbera
Bob Mover
Peter Bernstein
Jesse Davis
Smalls Jazz Club
Elmo Hope
Neal Hefti
Dexter Gordon
Sonny Rollins

categories: Canadian jazz saxophonists,Living people,Criss Cross Jazz artists,Male saxophonists,21st-century saxophonists,1971 births,21st-century male musicians

paragraph: Grant Stewart (musician)

paragraph: Grant Stewart (born June 4, 1971) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Stewart was born in Toronto, Ontario on June 4, 1971. His father was a part-time jazz guitarist. Aged ten, Stewart played on alto sax solos from saxophonists Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, and Wardell Gray that had been transcribed by his father. "By his early teens, Stewart had already found performance experience with such artists as Pat LaBarbera and Bob Mover". By 18 he "was leading a quartet in Toronto, including for a regular gig at C'est What café and pub"; and he moved to New York City when he was 19.

paragraph: In New York, Stewart first played with guitarist Peter Bernstein and saxophonist Jesse Davis. He then began playing at Smalls Jazz Club from when it opened in 1993.

paragraph: His younger brother, Philip, has been a drummer in Stewart's bands since 2005.

paragraph: For his 2007 recording "Young at Heart", Stewart chose some challenging compositions, including by Elmo Hope and Neal Hefti, as well as originals. On "Around the Corner" in 2010, Stewart also played soprano sax.

paragraph: Section::::Playing style.

paragraph: Stewart plays "steady swinging, muscular hard bop". His sound is "lean and sinewy, yet flush with lyricism, humor and rhythmic possibilities, much like tenor icons Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins, to whom Stewart is frequently compared".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

wikidata_label: Grant Stewart

wikipedia_title: Grant Stewart (musician)


text:
French
mathematician
Polytechnique
Polignac's conjecture
twin prime conjecture
Jules de Polignac
de Polignac's formula

categories: 1863 deaths,19th-century French mathematicians,1826 births

paragraph: Alphonse de Polignac

paragraph: Alphonse de Polignac (1826–1863) was a French mathematician. In 1849, the year he was admitted to Polytechnique, he made what's known as Polignac's conjecture:

paragraph: The case "k" = 1 is the twin prime conjecture.

paragraph: His father, Jules de Polignac (1780-1847) was prime minister of Charles X until the Bourbon dynasty was overthrown (1830).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- de Polignac's formula

description: French mathematician

wikidata_label: Alphonse de Polignac

wikipedia_title: Alphonse de Polignac


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Old Persian
Persian Empire
Elephantine papyri
high priest Johanan
Ezra
Artaxerxes I
Xerxes II
Sogdianus
satrap
Hyrcania
Babylon
Nippur
Medes
Xenophon
Parysatis
Ctesias
harem
Athens
Greek
Amorges
Caria
Athenian power been broken
Syracuse
Asia Minor
Tissaphernes
Pharnabazus
Cyrus
Pausanias
Themistocles
Archeptolis
Magnesia
Parthenon
Artemis Leucophryene
Acropolis
Asia Minor
satrap
Tissaphernes
Aegean
Sparta
Athens
Ionia
Polydamas of Skotoussa
Artaxerxes II
Artabazanes
Atropatene
Parysatis
Artoxares
Kay Darab

categories: Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt,5th-century BC Iranian people,Pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt,404 BC deaths,5th-century BC Babylonian kings,5th-century BC Pharaohs,5th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire,5th-century BC rulers,Monarchs of Persia,Darius II,Kings of the Achaemenid Empire

paragraph: Darius II

paragraph: Darius II Ochus, also Darius II Nothus (Old Persian: "Dārayavahuš"), was king of the Persian Empire from 423 BC to 404 or 405 BC.

paragraph: The Elephantine papyri mention Darius II as a contemporary of the high priest Johanan of Ezra 10:6.

paragraph: Artaxerxes I, who died in 424 BC, was followed by his son Xerxes II. After a month and a half Xerxes II was murdered by his brother Secydianus or Sogdianus (the form of the name is uncertain). His illegitimate brother, Ochus, satrap of Hyrcania, rebelled against Sogdianus, and after a short fight killed him, and suppressed by treachery the attempt of his own brother Arsites to imitate his example. Ochus adopted the name Darius (Greek sources often call him Darius "Nothos", "Bastard"). Neither the names Xerxes II nor Sogdianus occur in the dates of the numerous Babylonian tablets from Nippur; here effectively the reign of Darius II follows immediately after that of Artaxerxes I.

paragraph: Historians know little about Darius II's reign. A rebellion by the Medes in 409 BC is mentioned by Xenophon. It does seem that Darius II was quite dependent on his wife Parysatis. In excerpts from Ctesias some harem intrigues are recorded, in which he played a disreputable part.

paragraph: Section::::Conflict with Athens.

paragraph: As long as the power of Athens remained intact he did not meddle in Greek affairs. When in 413 BC, Athens supported the rebel Amorges in Caria, Darius II would not have responded had not the Athenian power been broken in the same year at Syracuse. As a result of that event, Darius II gave orders to his satraps in Asia Minor, Tissaphernes and Pharnabazus, to send in the overdue tribute of the Greek towns and to begin a war with Athens. To support the war with Athens, the Persian satraps entered into an alliance with Sparta. In 408 BC he sent his son Cyrus to Asia Minor, to carry on the war with greater energy.

paragraph: Darius II may have expelled various Greek dynasts who had been ruling cities in Ionia: Pausanias wrote that the sons of Themistocles, which include Archeptolis, Governor of Magnesia, "appear to have returned to Athens", and that they dedicated a painting of Themistocles in the Parthenon and erected a bronze statue to Artemis Leucophryene, the goddess of Magnesia, on the Acropolis. They may have returned from Asia Minor in old age, after 412 BC, when the Achaemenids took again firm control of the Greek cities of Asia, and they may have been expelled by the Achaemenid satrap Tissaphernes sometime between 412 and 399 BC. In effect, from 414 BC, Darius II had started to resent increasing Athenian power in the Aegean and had Tissaphernes enter into an alliance with Sparta against Athens, which in 412 BC led to the Persian conquest of the greater part of Ionia.

paragraph: Darius is said to have received the visit of Greek athlete and Olympic champion Polydamas of Skotoussa, who made a demonstration of his strength by killing three Immortals in front of the Persian ruler. A sculpture representing the scene is visible in the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of antiquity.

paragraph: Darius II died in 404 BC, in the nineteenth year of his reign, and was followed as Persian king by Artaxerxes II.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: Prior to his accession, Darius II was married to the daughter of Gobryas. With the daughter of Gobryas, Darius II had four sons, one of whom fathered Artabazanes, who served as King of Media Atropatene in the second half of the 3rd century BC.

paragraph: BULLET::::- By Parysatis (his half-sister)

paragraph: BULLET::::- By other wives

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Artoxares

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kay Darab

description: King of the Persian Empire

wikidata_label: Darius II

wikipedia_title: Darius II