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mathematician
spectral geometry
Riemann surfaces
circle packing
differential geometry
Ph.D.
Harvard University
Raoul Bott
University of Maryland
University of Southern California
Technion
Haifa
bounded cohomology
topological space
isomorphic
fundamental group
Alfred P. Sloan
Guastella fellowship
Memorial page (Technion)

categories: Mathematicians from Washington, D.C.,21st-century American mathematicians,Israeli Jews,Harvard University alumni,20th-century American mathematicians,2002 deaths,American Jews,Israeli mathematicians,1952 births,Differential geometers,Technion – Israel Institute of Technology faculty,American emigrants to Israel,University of Southern California faculty

paragraph: Robert W. Brooks

paragraph: Robert Wolfe Brooks (Washington, D.C., September 16, 1952 – Montreal, September 5, 2002) was a mathematician known for his work in spectral geometry, Riemann surfaces, circle packings, and differential geometry.

paragraph: He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977; his thesis, "The smooth cohomology of groups of diffeomorphisms", was written under the supervision of Raoul Bott. He worked at the University of Maryland (1979–1984), then at the University of Southern California, and then, from 1995, at the Technion in Haifa.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: In an influential paper , Brooks proved that the bounded cohomology of a topological space is isomorphic to the bounded cohomology of its fundamental group.

paragraph: Section::::Honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alfred P. Sloan fellowship

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guastella fellowship

paragraph: Section::::Selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brooks, Robert, "Form in Topology", The Magicians of Form, ed. by Robert M. Weiss. Laurelhurst Publications, 2003.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Memorial page (Technion)

alias:
Robert Wolfe Brooks
Robert Brooks

description: American-Israeli mathematician

wikidata_label: Robert W. Brooks

wikipedia_title: Robert W. Brooks


text:
contralto
Paris Opera
Wagner
Niebelungenring
Ernest Reyer
Sigurd
Opéra-Comique
Carmen
Ernest Reyer
Sigurd
Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Verdi
Otello
Aida
Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila
Jules Massenet
Hérodiade
Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina
Carmen
Gounod
Mireille
Alfred Bruneau
L'attaque du moulin
Henri Busser
Théâtre de la Monnaie
Teatro Costanzi
Marie Delna

categories: French contraltos,1890 births,1950 deaths

paragraph: Lyse Charny

paragraph: Lyse Charny (1890–1950) was a French contralto opera singer who made her début at the Paris Opera in 1910 in the ballet "Les Bacchantes".

paragraph: She went on to become a celebrated performer there, playing Erda in Wagner's "Niebelungenring" and Uta in Ernest Reyer's "Sigurd". She also appeared at the Opéra-Comique where she first performed as "Carmen" in July 1919.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Charny made her début at the Paris Opera in 1910, performing in the vocal part of "Les Bacchantes". She remained there for many years, taking roles such as Erda in the "Nibelungenring", Uta in Ernest Reyer's "Sigurd", the Queen in Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet", Magdalene in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Emilia in Verdi's "Otello", Amneris in "Aida", Dalida in Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila" and the title role in Jules Massenet's "Hérodiade". In 1923, she played Marthe in the French première of Mussorgsky's "Khovanshchina".

paragraph: She first played at the Opéra-Comique in July 1919 as "Carmen" and went on to play Charlotte in Massenet's "Werther", Taven in Gounod's "Mireille" and Marceline in Alfred Bruneau's "L'attaque du moulin". On 10 May 1922, she created the roles of Kallista and Julie in the première of Henri Busser's "Les noces corinthiennes". She appeared in Brussels at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in 1913 and 1924 and at Rome's Teatro Costanzi in 1916 as Dalida.

paragraph: Lyse Charny died in 1950. Her voice has been favourably compared to that of her predecessor Marie Delna.

description: French contralto opera singer

wikidata_label: Lyse Charny

wikipedia_title: Lyse Charny


text:
American football
fullback
Philadelphia Soul
Arena Football League
college football
Purdue University
Purdue
Alliance Salt Lake City
Alliance of American Football
Philadelphia Soul
Arena Football League
Seattle Seahawks bio
Purdue Boilermakers bio

categories: American football fullbacks,Seattle Seahawks players,Salt Lake Stallions players,1992 births,Philadelphia Soul players,Purdue Boilermakers football players,Players of American football from Pennsylvania,Living people,Sportspeople from Bucks County, Pennsylvania

paragraph: Brandon Cottom

paragraph: Brandon Tyler Cottom (born December 21, 1992) is an American football fullback for the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Purdue University.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Cottom committed to the Purdue on February 2, 2011. Cottom played all four years with the Boilermakers, playing in 38 games over that span. Cottom scored 6 touchdowns, 436 rushing yards with an average of 5.7 yards per carry.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Seattle Seahawks.

paragraph: On May 2, 2015, Cottom was signed by the Seahawks. On August 31, 2015, he was waived. On September 1, 2015, Cottom was placed on injured reserve. On September 3, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks. On November 16, 2015, Cottom was re-signed to the practice squad.

paragraph: On August 20, 2016, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks with an injury designation.

paragraph: On May 5, 2017, Cottom re-signed with the Seahawks. On May 15, 2017, Cottom was waived by the Seahawks.

paragraph: On September 14, 2018, Cottom signed with the Alliance Salt Lake City of the Alliance of American Football.

paragraph: On March 29, 2019, Cottom was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seattle Seahawks bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Purdue Boilermakers bio

description: American-football player (1992-)

wikidata_label: Brandon Cottom

wikipedia_title: Brandon Cottom


text: Parramatta River

text: Sydney Harbour

text: Sydney Technical High School

text: Royal Australian Air Force

text: Wagga Wagga

text: Supermarine Spitfire

text: No. 72 Squadron RAF

text: Supermarine Spitfire

text: RAF Biggin Hill

text: English Channel

text: Supermarine Spitfire

text: Luftwaffe

text: Focke-Wulf Fw 190

text: Supermarine Spitfire

text: Stalag Luft III

text: Sagan

text: Żagań

text: Poland

text: Bakelite

text: the Great Escape

text: Görlitz

text: Gestapo

text: Gestapo

text: Ian Cross

text: Michael James Casey

text: Tom Leigh

text: John Pohe

text: executed and murdered

text: Gestapo

text: Canberra Times

text: warrant officer

text: Mentioned in despatches

text: "book"

categories: Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II,Australian escapees,Royal Australian Air Force officers,Executed military personnel,Extrajudicial killings in World War II,1944 deaths,Australian World War II pilots,Australian military personnel killed in World War II,1916 births,World War II prisoners of war held by Germany,Australian prisoners of war,Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III,Australian people executed abroad

paragraph: Al Hake

paragraph: Section::::Pre-war life.

paragraph: Hake was born on 30 June 1916 close to Sydney's Parramatta River and with his brother Les spent much of his time on the water on homemade rafts and boats including a night adrift in Sydney Harbour with the authorities searching for them. He was recognized at school for his talent in technical drawing and metal working, this gained entry to Sydney Technical High School for him. He was a serious student and moved directly from school into a good position with an air conditioning company, his ambition at that time was to own his own "air con" company.

paragraph: Section::::War service.

paragraph: Following the outbreak of war in Europe Hake joined the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve in July 1940 and answered immediately to call-up on 4 January 1941. He wished to fly and his instructors recommended that had the aptitude to train for aircrew so after basic training he was posted to Wagga Wagga where all Australian aircrew candidates were screened for aptitude. While here he married his girlfriend Noela Horsfall. He learned to fly and attained the required grade and graduated on 20 August 1941. On 7 September 1941 he joined a group of airmen embarking aboard the ocean liner "Athlone Castle" for England to continue his training with No, 53 Operational Training Unit at Llandow in Wales flying Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. He completed training on 14 January 1942 amongst the top 3 pilots on the source.

paragraph: In January 1942 he joined No. 72 Squadron RAF flying Supermarine Spitfire's from RAF Biggin Hill carrying out operational fighter sweeps and bomber escort missions over the English Channel occupied France and the Netherlands.

paragraph: Section::::Prisoner of war.

paragraph: In major fighter action code named "Circus 119" on 4 April 1942 ten Supermarine Spitfires were shot down in combat with a large group of Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 190s, Hake's own aircraft Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vb (serial number "AB258") was shot up badly by enemy fighters before anti-aircraft fire damaged his propeller also setting his aircraft on fire. He baled out and landed by parachute slightly wounded and burned beside a unit of the German Army. Sergeant Hake noted the respect shown by the Germans to a Spitfire pilot and their assumption that he was an officer so he played along and throughout his imprisonment was believed by the Germans to be an officer.

paragraph: He became prisoner of war No. 6 held at Stalag Luft III in the province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland). Hake occupied himself with a vegetable patch during the early stages of his captivity but soon his talents at making and fixing things brought him into the escapers group where he developed a production line system to hand make compass equipment for escapers. He became a forger of Nazi travel documents and recovering from a mild bout of diphtheria in mid-September 1942 he set up the compass factory in his room in the northern end of Block 103 melting pieces of broken Bakelite phonograph record to be fixed to pieces of razor blade which was duly magnetized. Over 200 were produced.

paragraph: Section::::'Great Escape'.

paragraph: He was one of the 76 men who escaped the prison camp on the night of 24–25 March 1944, in the escape now famous as "the Great Escape". When the Germans discovered the escape they began extensive well planned manhunts.

paragraph: Al Hake was one of the prisoners recaptured relatively quickly - on the afternoon of 27 March 1944 he and his escape partner Johnny Pohe were brought into the cells at Görlitz suffering the effects of a tough journey in the freezing cold weather, both were frostbitten, Hake the worst of the two. Nineteen recaptured officers were loaded into a lorry the following day and moved to Görlitz prison under Gestapo control. Here the numbers of recaptured officers grew until thirty-five were held there. The prisoners were threatened with death and interrogated harshly but not physically.

paragraph: On 30 March 1944 two of the survivors saw three large sedans with ten Gestapo agents collect six officers, Ian Cross, Michael James Casey, George Wiley, Tom Leigh, John Pohe and Al Hake struggling to walk on his frostbitten feet. they were not seen again, their cremation urn labels stated that they died on 31 March 1944 and had been cremated at Görlitz.

paragraph: He was one of the 50 escapers executed and murdered by the "Gestapo". Originally cremated and buried at Sagan, he is now buried in part of the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery.

paragraph: Post-war investigation found that a Gestapo agent named Lux led the squad who shot the group of six recaptured airmen beside the autobahn near Halbau on the instructions of a senior officer named Scharpwinkel.

paragraph: He was amongst the 47 murdered officers named in the British and Commonwealth press when the story became public knowledge on or about 19–20 May 1944

paragraph: The Glasgow Herald of 19 May 1944 published an early list naming several officers including Hake He and the other Australians were named in an article in the Canberra Times newspaper on 28 February 1946.

paragraph: Al Hake was promoted to warrant officer either in captivity or more likely posthumously.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: Mentioned in despatches for conspicuous gallantry as a prisoner of war (none of the other relevant decorations then available could be awarded posthumously). It was published in a supplement to the London Gazette on 8 June 1944.

paragraph: Section::::Other victims.

paragraph: The "Gestapo" executed a group of 50 of the recaptured prisoners representing almost all of the nationalities involved in the escape. Post-war investigations saw a number of those guilty of the murders tracked down, arrested and tried for their crimes.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Notes

paragraph: Bibliography

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Project Lessons from the Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)," by Mark Kozak-Holland. The prisoners formally structured their work as a project. This "book" analyses their efforts using modern project management methods.

description: Australian pilot

wikidata_label: Al Hake

wikipedia_title: Al Hake


text:
baseball
pitcher
Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
Colorado Rockies
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco Giants
Kansas City Royals
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2007 World Series
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2010
2012
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Runelvys Hernández
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Cincinnati Reds
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San Francisco Giants
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Albert Pujols
Joe Thurston
Brandon Medders
Philadelphia Phillies
Chase Utley
Ryan Howard
MVP voting
This Year in Baseball
Atlanta Braves
2010 NLCS
Santiago Casilla
starting pitcher
Jonathan Sánchez
World Series
World Series
World Series ring
WHIP
MCL
Jayson Stark
2012 World Series
Detroit Tigers
Miguel Cabrera
Prince Fielder
Delmon Young
Jon Miller
MCL
2014 NLCS
Oscar Taveras
Travis Ishikawa
2014 World Series
Madison Bumgarner
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Kauffman Stadium
CSN Bay Area
KNBR
Jon Miller
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Mike Krukow
Christian
Juan Marichal
Not For Sale
Thailand
Matt Cain
St. Louis Cardinals
Matt Holliday
Roberto Clemente Award
Whitworth University
Spokane, Washington
San Antonio
Texas

categories: San Jose Giants players,Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona,1979 births,Colorado Rockies players,San Francisco Giants players,Cincinnati Reds players,Omaha Royals players,Wilmington Blue Rocks players,Major League Baseball broadcasters,Kansas City Royals players,Charleston AlleyCats players,Wichita Wranglers players,Gulf Coast Royals players,Baseball players from Arizona,Fresno Grizzlies players,Major League Baseball pitchers,American Christian writers,Living people,American expatriate baseball players in Canada,Lansing Lugnuts players

paragraph: Jeremy Affeldt

paragraph: Jeremy David Affeldt (; born June 6, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He threw and batted left-handed and played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.

paragraph: Affeldt was a third-round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals in 1997. He made the team in 2002, and started part of the year for them. In five seasons with the Royals, Affeldt bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen. In 2006, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies at the trade deadline, and was a member of the Rockies 2007 World Series team. After one season with the Cincinnati Reds, he signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2009, where he was a member of the 2010, 2012, and 2014 World Series championship teams.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Affeldt was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to David and Charlotte Affeldt. His father was a member of the United States Air Force, and Affeldt lived in Guam, Merced, California, and Spokane, Washington, growing up. While in Merced, Affeldt and his father would frequently attend Oakland Athletics games, and Affeldt enjoyed watching Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and Dave Stewart. Affeldt attended Northwest Christian High School, a Division 2-B school in Colbert, Washington. He participated in three sports while there, but it was baseball that drove several major league scouts to the school to see him pitch. He graduated in 1997.

paragraph: Section::::Draft and minor league career.

paragraph: Affeldt was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1997 MLB draft. Affeldt ultimately decided not to accept a scholarship offer to play college baseball for his hometown Gonzaga University. He spent 1997 pitching for the rookie–league Gulf Coast League Royals. While with them, he went 2–0 with a 4.50 ERA in ten games (nine starts).

paragraph: Affeldt improved with the GCL Royals the next year, going 4–3 with a 2.89 ERA in twelve games (nine starts). His performance even earned him a promotion to the single-A Lansing Lugnuts. Affeldt did not do well in his time with them, though, as he went 0–3 with a 9.53 ERA in six games (three starts).

paragraph: In 1999, Affeldt spent the entire season with the Royals' single-A affiliate, which had changed to the Charleston Alley Cats during the offseason. Although he only went 7–7, he had a 3.83 ERA in twenty–seven games (twenty–four starts).

paragraph: Affeldt pitched with the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the single-A advanced Carolina League in 2000. While with Wilmington, he led the entire Kansas City Royals' organization (and the Carolina League) with fifteen losses (to go with only five wins). He also threw seventeen wild pitches. However, his ERA was 4.09, and the Blue Rocks were only a half–game ahead of the worst team in the league (the Potomac Cannons).

paragraph: 2001 was a better season for Affeldt, as he went 10–6 with a 3.90 ERA in twenty–five starts for the double-A Wichita Wranglers. He was selected to pitch in the Texas League All-Star Game, and he was named to the postseason All–Star team.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Kansas City Royals.:2002.

paragraph: Affeldt was not expected to make the Kansas City Royals' roster in 2002, but he was added to the bullpen after he had an 0.64 ERA and fourteen strikeouts (to go with just two walks) in fourteen innings in Spring training. His major league debut came on April 6 against the Chicago White Sox. He pitched two innings, giving up three hits and a run in a 14–0 loss. On April 24, Affeldt picked up his first major league win by pitching 3.2 innings of relief in an 8–2 win over the Detroit Tigers.

paragraph: Affeldt's time in the bullpen did not last long. On May 3, he replaced Bryan Rekar in the Royals' starting rotation. In his first start, he pitched four innings, gave up one run, and earned a no–decision in a 4–3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Affeldt's time as a starter garnered so-so results, as he was 0–4 with a 5.45 ERA in seven starts. In his last start, on June 8, Affeldt picked up the loss as the Royals fell 11–3 to the St. Louis Cardinals. After getting pulled in the fourth inning due to an injury, Affeldt was placed on the disabled list with fingernail and blister problems.

paragraph: After making three rehab starts in Wichita, Affeldt returned to the Royals on August 2 and threw a perfect inning against the Minnesota Twins. He remained in the bullpen for the remainder of the 2002 season. After the season, he pitched in a winter league in the Dominican Republic.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Kansas City Royals.:2003.

paragraph: In 2003, Affeldt found himself competing with Runelvys Hernández for the first spot in the Royals' starting rotation during Spring training. Because Tony Peña, the Royals' manager, was unable to decide which one would be the ace, he flipped a coin to determine who would be number one. Hernández won the toss.

paragraph: Affeldt was placed on the disabled list after only four games with blister problems again. His time on the DL was brief and he returned to the Royals on May 6. On May 28, he struck out a career high eight hitters in a win against the Minnesota Twins. Later, on June 6, he notched his first hit.

paragraph: Affeldt's final start of the year came on July 23, in a game he won against Minnesota. After the start, the Royals moved him to the bullpen to try to fix his blister problems. The move was originally thought to be temporary. While in the bullpen, on August 3, he got his career first save in a 2–0 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. On August 21, the Royals announced that Affeldt would spend the rest of the year in the bullpen. Two days later, he got another save against Minnesota. He picked up two more saves before the end of the year and finished with a 7–6 record and a 3.93 ERA. After the season, to try to help with his blister problems, he had part of a fingernail on the middle finger of his left hand removed. Also, the Royals announced that if he developed blister problems again, he would be sent to the bullpen for good.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Kansas City Royals.:2004.

paragraph: In 2004, Affeldt was named the Royals' third starter out of Spring training. He went 0–3 with a 5.24 ERA in eight starts. His final start of came on May 18 against the Texas Rangers. Affeldt gave up five runs in four innings and received a no–decision in a 7–6 victory by the Royals. Afterwards, although his blister problems had not resurfaced, manager Tony Peña named him the Royals closer on May 21 due to poor pitching and injury problems with the other Royals closers.

paragraph: Affeldt blew his first save opportunity of 2004 against the Oakland Athletics on May 22, but he converted in his next outing on May 25 against the Detroit Tigers. He converted eight of ten save opportunities before he was placed on the disabled list on June 27 with a partially torn rib–cage muscle. He was out for almost eight weeks.

paragraph: After making four rehab appearances for AAA Omaha, Affeldt returned to the Royals on August 21. He made his first appearance since returning from the DL on August 22, but he did not get another save until September 1 in a 1–0 victory over the Tigers. He picked up four more saves to finish the year with a career–high 13 saves and a 4.95 ERA.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Kansas City Royals.:2005.

paragraph: In 2005, Affeldt was again expected to be the Royals' closer. However, he did not get a save opportunity until April 16 against Detroit, and he was unable to finish that game because of a groin injury that landed him on the disabled list again. After rehabbing in Omaha, Affeldt returned to the Royals on June 4. He was no longer the closer, however, because Mike MacDougal had been closing well in his absence. Affeldt was not healthy for long, as he returned to the disabled list on June 20 after reaggravating the groin injury.

paragraph: Affeldt returned to the Royals on July 7. Through July 27, he had a 2.18 ERA. He did not give up more than one earned run until August 5, when he got his first loss of the year against the Oakland Athletics. However, Affeldt had a 12.71 ERA in his next eighteen appearances, which raised his ERA to 6.93. He held opposing batters scoreless for the final nine games of the season to bring it down to a season–ending 5.26.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Kansas City Royals.:2006.

paragraph: Affeldt returned to Kansas City's starting rotation in 2006 when he was named the fourth starter during Spring training. However, he was moved up to the third spot before the season began when Runelvys Hernández was demoted to the fifth spot. Affeldt struggled as a starter, going 2–5 with a 7.80 ERA in nine starts. His final major league start came on May 27 against the New York Yankees. He gave up ten runs on eleven hits in a 15–4 loss. After the start, he was sent to the bullpen, and Bobby Keppel filled his place in the starting rotation. Affeldt improved in the bullpen, posting a 2.91 ERA there through July 31.

paragraph: Years later, reflecting on his tenure with the Royals, Affeldt said, "I was pretty frustrated. I wanted to quit. I didn't want to go to the ballpark. I was just failing a lot. I was getting hurt. I didn't understand my role. I bounced around and I just didn't enjoy the game." At the trade deadline on July 31, Affeldt was traded along with Denny Bautista to the Colorado Rockies for Ryan Shealy and Scott Dohmann. Affeldt recalled, "When [Royals General Manager Dayton Moore] traded me, he said, 'I feel like I need to give you a fresh start. You can learn to enjoy the game again.' I have a lot of respect for him now because he saw that. It was a move that had to be made for me to be able to continue playing baseball. I'm very thankful for it."

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Colorado Rockies.

paragraph: With the Rockies, Affeldt was used exclusively out of the bullpen. He got his only save of the season on September 19 in a 12–4 win over the San Francisco Giants. Affeldt finished the 2006 season with a 6.20 ERA in fifty–nine games.

paragraph: Affeldt spent the entire 2007 season in the bullpen, where he was used as a lefty specialist. Affeldt had a 2.15 ERA through his first fifty–six games of the year. He did not give up a home run until Pete Laforest hit one off of him in an 11–9 loss to the San Diego Padres on August 16. He struggled at the end of the year, with a 7.30 ERA in his final nineteen games. He still finished the year 4–3, with a 3.51 ERA in seventy-five games, and the Rockies made the playoffs as the NL Wild Card. He made his postseason debut on October 4 in the Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies and gave up one run (on a home run by Ryan Howard) in one inning in a 10–5 win by Colorado. The Rockies swept the series to advance to the Championship Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the first game, Affeldt entered with two outs and the bases loaded with the Rockies leading 5–1. He retired Stephen Drew to help the Rockies win 5–1. The Rockies swept the Diamondbacks to meet the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Affeldt pitched in all four games of the World Series without giving up a run, but the Rockies were swept by the Red Sox. Affeldt became a free agent after the season.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:Cincinnati Reds.

paragraph: Affeldt was signed to a one–year deal by the Cincinnati Reds on January 23, 2008, to compete for a spot in the starting rotation. He said of signing and competing to start, "My heart skipped a beat when they offered that deal. I went with my heart there." However, he was placed in the bullpen, where he stayed for the entire year. He won his first game as a Red when the Reds beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6–5 on April 2. He made the three hundredth appearance of his career on May 2 in a 2–0 loss to the Atlanta Braves. His only other decision of the year came on September 3 when he was the losing pitcher in a 6–5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

paragraph: Affeldt finished the 2008 season with a 3.33 ERA in seventy–four games. He was also one of only five NL relievers to pitch seventy-five innings and average one strikeout per inning, along with Joel Hanrahan, Aaron Heilman, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Carlos Mármol. Following the season, Affeldt again became a free agent.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2009.

paragraph: On November 17, 2008, Affeldt signed a two–year deal with the San Francisco Giants. He said of signing with them, "With that starting rotation, the bullpen won't get burned out." Affeldt immediately began having a career year with the Giants. He was used on Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers, and he pitched a scoreless inning in the Giants' 10–6 win. On April 12, he entered a game against the Padres with one out and the bases loaded in the sixth inning. Affeldt got Brian Giles to ground into a double play to end the inning, but he gave up two runs (one earned) in the seventh as the Padres won 6–1.

paragraph: From May 8 through July 24, Affeldt had a twenty–eight inning scoreless streak. During the streak, on May 15, he struck out a season–high four batters in an 8–6 loss to the Mets. On May 31, he entered a game against St. Louis with runners on first and third and Albert Pujols on deck in the eighth, and he struck out Joe Thurston to end the inning and help the Giants win 5–3. The streak did not end until July 28, when Brandon Medders allowed one of Affeldt's runners to score in a game against Pittsburgh. On August 2, with runners on first and second with one out in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies, he retired Chase Utley and Ryan Howard to help the Giants win 7–3. He won the final game of the season against San Diego by pitching two scoreless innings as the Giants won 4–3 in ten innings. Affeldt finished the season with a career best 1.73 ERA in seventy–four games. He was named tenth on one writer's ballot for MVP voting, placing him in a tie for twenty–eighth on the list. On December 17, he won the This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year Award.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2010.

paragraph: In 2010, Affeldt again spent the entire season in the bullpen for the Giants. On March 28, the Giants extended his contract through the 2011 season with an option for 2012. Affeldt picked up his first save with the Giants in a 6–3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on April 11. He struggled for most of the season and was placed on the disabled list on July 24 with an oblique strain. After rehabbing in the minors, Affeldt returned to the Giants on August 18. He finished the season with four saves and a 4.14 ERA in fifty–three games.

paragraph: Despite his struggles, Affeldt was named to the Giants' playoff roster. Affeldt made his first playoff appearance for the Giants in Game 2 of the 2010 NLCS against Philadelphia. He struck out one batter and intentionally walked another one, but Santiago Casilla allowed him to score as the Giants lost 6–1. Affeldt faced (and retired) one batter in Game 5, but the Phillies won that game 4–2. In Game 6, Affeldt entered the game in the third inning with runners on first and second and nobody out after starting pitcher Jonathan Sánchez was taken out early. He pitched two hitless, scoreless innings, and the Giants won the game 3–2 to advance to the World Series. Affeldt pitched in two games in the World Series, which the Giants won in five games to give Affeldt his first World Series ring.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2011.

paragraph: Affeldt returned to the Giants in 2011 and posted a solid season, going 3–2 with a 2.63 ERA in 67 appearances, including 3 saves. In addition, he posted a career best WHIP of 1.151. Left-handed batters hit only .144 off of Affeldt in 2011. On September 8, 2011, Affeldt suffered a season-ending injury as he gashed his non-throwing (right) hand trying to separate frozen hamburger patties and underwent surgery to address nerve damage. After the season, the Giants picked up Affeldt's $5 million contract option for the 2012 season.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2012.

paragraph: On May 1, 2012, Affeldt suffered another off-the-field injury, spraining the MCL in his right knee while picking up his four-year-old son. The injury was listed as number two on an ESPN list of strangest injuries, and was named Jayson Stark's "Strangest But Truest Injury of the Year". Affeldt finished the regular season 1–2 with a 2.70 ERA in 67 appearances in 63⅓ innings.

paragraph: In the 2012 postseason, Affeldt appeared in 10 games, pitching 10⅓ innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 walks against 10 strikeouts and no runs. In Game 4 of the 2012 World Series, Affeldt provided key relief, striking out Detroit Tigers power hitters Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Delmon Young in the eighth inning to preserve a 3–3 tie. The Giants would go on to win the game in the tenth inning, completing a sweep of the Tigers, earning Affeldt his second World Series ring. On November 13, 2012, Affeldt signed a three-year, $18 million contract to remain with the Giants through the 2015 season.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2013.

paragraph: Affeldt struggled with injury in 2013, recording a 3.74 ERA in 33⅔ innings pitched. He went on the 15-day disabled list after suffering a right oblique strain on April 14. Given Affeldt's history of unusual injuries, Giants broadcaster Jon Miller joked that Affeldt suffered the injury during a sneezing fit. Affeldt clarified that he suffered the injury while pitching the night before in Chicago. He missed 50 games between July 21 and September 12 with a left groin strain. After returning for one game in September, Affeldt was shut down for the rest of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2014.

paragraph: Affeldt started the 2014 season on the disabled list with a strained MCL in his right knee. Appearing in 62 games, Affeldt recorded a 2.28 ERA with 41 strikeouts and 14 walks.

paragraph: In Game 5 of the 2014 NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals, Affeldt entered the game in the top of the ninth with two outs and the bases loaded, retiring Oscar Taveras (in what would be his final career at bat) on a comebacker to preserve a 3–3 tie. Affeldt was credited with the win when Travis Ishikawa hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth to clinch the pennant for the Giants.

paragraph: Affeldt earned the win in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series against his first Major League team the Kansas City Royals. Affeldt was brought in from the bullpen in the 2nd inning and pitched 2⅓ innings of scoreless baseball before giving way to series MVP Madison Bumgarner, who finished the game. In the 2014 postseason, Affeldt pitched in 11 games, allowing just 5 hits and no runs over 11⅔ innings. Affeldt entered games in seven different innings and pitched in nine different innings overall, from the 2nd through the 10th. Through three postseasons with the Giants, Affeldt recorded 22 consecutive scoreless outings, a streak bettered only by Mariano Rivera (23).

paragraph: On getting the Game 7 win at Kauffman Stadium where he started his career, Affeldt said, "To be able to do it in Kansas City, with my past history, it just means a lot to me. It means my end was better than my beginning."

paragraph: Section::::Major league career.:San Francisco Giants.:2015.

paragraph: Affeldt struggled with injury and inconsistency in 2015. By late June, he had a 5.96 ERA and allowed five home runs, more than he allowed from 2012 to 2014 combined. He was placed on the disabled list with a left shoulder strain on June 26. Affeldt returned July 22, but on August 24, he suffered another off-the-field injury, a left knee subluxation, while spending time at a lake with his family on an off-day. On October 1, 2015, Affeldt announced he would retire after the 2015 season.

paragraph: Section::::Post-playing career.

paragraph: After retiring as a player, Affeldt joined CSN Bay Area as a studio analyst for "Giants Pregame Live" and "Giants Postgame Live" for the 2016 season. Affeldt also rejoined the Giants organization as a community ambassador. In mid-September 2016, during game radio broadcasts on KNBR, he provided commentary and opinion on-air with alternating Giants broadcasters, as regulars Jon Miller and Dave Flemming were away 'on assignment'. In February 2017 it was announced that Affeldt, along with Javier López, would be serving as fill-in color analysts on Giants telecasts during the 2017 season, due to regular analyst Mike Krukow reducing his schedule.

paragraph: Section::::Pitching style.

paragraph: Affeldt had three different kinds of pitches: a sinking fastball (which is rare for a lefty), a curveball, and a split. His fastball travelled in the low nineties, and while his curveball was not fast, it had late breaking action and got a lot of swing-throughs. Affeldt induced groundballs at a high rate with his sinking fastball and could also get the strikeout when the situation called for it.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Affeldt is a devout Christian and a strong advocate for ending child poverty. He writes a weekly blog about his Christian faith and his desire to stir a movement in the cause of helping the suffering and marginalized. In October 2010, during a visit to a Bay Area elementary school alongside former Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, Affeldt told the students, "I try to make sure everybody, all the young people in the world, also have a chance to dream really big." In 2009, Affeldt donated five thousand dollars to the Not For Sale campaign for opening a medical clinic in Thailand for former child slaves. He also became a prominent member of Not For Sale's Free2Play campaign, pledging a $100 donation for every strikeout and recruiting other professional athletes, including his teammate Matt Cain and the St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday. In addition, Affeldt has lent his support as a spokesperson for Larkin Street Youth Services, a San Francisco non-profit that provides services to young people experiencing homelessness.

paragraph: In 2009, Affeldt was recognized for his anti–slavery efforts by a nomination for the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and in 2010, he was the San Francisco Giants' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award. Affeldt also founded an organization known as Generation Alive that exists to develop a generation of young leaders, committed to serving others and responding to the needs in their community. In 2013, Affeldt released a book entitled "To Stir a Movement: Life, Justice, and Major League Baseball". In the book, Affeldt recounted a contract situation in 2010 where he voluntarily returned $500,000 to the Giants after discovering a clerical error. In 2015, Affeldt received an honorary degree from Whitworth University for his humanitarian efforts.

paragraph: During his playing career, Affeldt, his wife Larisa, and their three sons lived in Spokane, Washington. As of 2017, Affeldt and his family reside near San Antonio, Texas.

description: Baseball pitcher

wikidata_label: Jeremy Affeldt

wikipedia_title: Jeremy Affeldt


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paragraph: Nate Field

paragraph: Nathan Patrick Field (born December 11, 1975) is a professional baseball scout for the Boston Red Sox — a member of Boston's professional scouting department — and a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed.

paragraph: Section::::Collegiate career.

paragraph: Field played college baseball at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. He played two seasons (1997–98), earning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Pitcher of the Year honors in his senior season. He was a two-time All-RMAC First Team selection and a First Team All-American in 1998. He owns the career record for saves at FHSU with 23, and recorded 55 strikeouts and a 2.77 ERA in 48.2 innings of work over two seasons.

paragraph: In 2009 Field was named to the RMAC All-Time Baseball Team, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the conference.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Field was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent on June 11, 1998. After two years in the Expos organization, Field was released and signed with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent Northern League. The Kansas City Royals purchased his contract on June 29, 2000 and spent the next two years in the Royals minor league system. Field made his major league debut on April 12, 2002, appearing in 5 games, before being claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees on June 12. Field appeared in 21 games for the Yankees Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers before becoming a free agent at the end of the season. On January 6, 2003, Field signed back with the Royals, appearing in 69 games over the next three years, and becoming a free agent after the 2005 season.

paragraph: On December 21, 2005, Field signed with the Colorado Rockies, appeared in 14 games, and became a free agent at the end of the season. Field signed with the Florida Marlins on January 4, 2007, appearing in one game on April 29. Field spent the rest of the year playing for the Marlins Triple-A affiliate, the Albuquerque Isotopes. After filing for free agency after the season, Field signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the New York Mets on December 12, 2007, but did not make the team and pitched for the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs becoming a free agent at the end of the season. In February 2009, he signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins. In 2009 Field returned to the New Orleans Zephyrs, this time as a Marlins farmhand.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: , or Retrosheet

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Nate Field

wikipedia_title: Nate Field


text: Lieutenant-General

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text: Master of the Horse

text: Knight of the Garter

text: Harley Street

text: Marylebone

text: Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford

text: Lord Charles Wellesley

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paragraph: Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, (3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician. The eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852 and held minor political office as Master of the Horse from 1853 to 1858. In 1858 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

paragraph: Section::::Background and education.

paragraph: Wellesley was born at Harley Street, Marylebone, London, the eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and the Honourable Catherine Sarah Dorothea "Kitty" Pakenham, daughter of Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. Lord Charles Wellesley was his younger brother and Lord Wellesley, Lord Mornington and Lord Cowley his uncles. He was educated at Temple Grove School, Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became known by the courtesy title Lord Douro when his father was created Earl of Wellington in 1812 and as Marquess of Douro in 1814 after his father was elevated to a dukedom.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: Lord Douro became an ensign in the 81st Regiment of Foot in 1823 and in the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot in 1825, a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards in 1825, a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards in 1827, a captain in the Royal Horse Guards in 1828 and in the King's Royal Rifle Corps the same year, a major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1830 and in the Rifle Brigade in 1831, a lieutenant-colonel on the unattached list in 1834, a brevet colonel in 1846, a lieutenant-colonel in the Victoria (Middlesex) Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1853 and a major-general in 1854.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Lord Douro was returned to parliament for Aldeburgh in 1829, a seat he held until 1832. He was out of parliament until 1837, when he was returned for Norwich. In 1852 he succeeded his father in the dukedom and entered the House of Lords. In early 1853 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Master of the Horse in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government, a post he retained when Lord Palmerston became prime minister in 1855. He resigned along with the rest of the Palmerston government in 1858. The latter year he was made a Knight of the Garter.

paragraph: In 1863 Wellington inherited the earldom of Mornington on the death of his cousin William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 5th Earl of Mornington. From 1868 to 1884 he was Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Wellington married Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, in 1839. They had no children. The marriage was not a happy one although Lady Elizabeth was a great favourite with her father-in-law. On succeeding his illustrious father he was said to have remarked: "Imagine what it will be when the Duke of Wellington is announced, and only I walk in the room." The relationship between father and son is often described as the classic case of the son of a famous father who is never able to live up to his legacy. Wellington died at Brighton Railway Station, Brighton, Sussex, in August 1884, aged 77, and was buried at the family seat Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire. He was succeeded by his nephew, Henry. The Duchess of Wellington died at Bearhill Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, in August 1904, aged 83, and was buried at Stratfield Saye House.

paragraph: Section::::In literature.

paragraph: The Bronte children portrayed the first Duke of Wellington and his two sons in their imaginary games about the colonisation of Africa. They wrote many stories about Arthur, with Charlotte assuming the character of Charles as the "author" of these stories. As Charlotte and Branwell moved into their teenage years and used Lord Byron's writings as inspiration, they focused on Arthur as a romantic, heroic figure. He was known to them as the Duke of Zamorna, and later as Emperor Adrian of Angria. Elements of his character formed the basis for Edward Rochester in "Jane Eyre".

paragraph: Thomas Raikes ("the Younger") (3 October 1777 – 3 July 1848) a British merchant banker, dandy and diarist was a close childhood friend, travelling and gambling companion of Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington. His journals "Two volumes of Private Correspondence with the 2nd Duke of Wellington and other Distinguished Contemporaries" were published in 1861.

paragraph: Section::::Styles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 February 1807 – 26 August 1809: Arthur Richard Wellesley, Esq.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 26 August 1809 – 28 February 1812: Hon. Arthur Richard Wellesley, Esq.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 28 February 1812 – 3 May 1814: Lord Douro

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3 May 1814 – 14 September 1852: Marquess of Douro

paragraph: BULLET::::- 14 September 1852 – 7 February 1853: "His Grace" the Duke of Wellington

paragraph: BULLET::::- 7 February 1853 – 25 March 1858: "His Grace" the Duke of Wellington PC

paragraph: BULLET::::- 25 March 1858 – 13 August 1884: "His Grace" the Duke of Wellington KG, PC

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text: Sergei Donatovitsch Dovlatov

categories: 1941 births,Russian people of Jewish descent,Burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City),People from Forest Hills, Queens,American people of Russian-Jewish descent,American writers of Armenian descent,Russian male short story writers,20th-century Russian short story writers,1990 deaths,Russian people of Armenian descent,American writers of Russian descent,Writers from Saint Petersburg,Soviet emigrants to the United States,Russian male novelists,American people of Armenian descent,People from Ufa,20th-century novelists

paragraph: Sergei Dovlatov

paragraph: Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov-Mechik (; September 3, 1941 in Ufa, RSFSR, USSR – August 24, 1990 in New York City) was a Russian journalist and writer of Armenian and Jewish origin. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Dovlatov was born on September 3, 1941 in Ufa, Republic of Bashkiria within RSFSR, USSR, where his family had been evacuated in the beginning of World War II from Leningrad and lived with a collaborator of The People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) for three years. His mother, Nora Dovlatova, was Armenian and worked as a proofreader, and his father, , was Jewish and a theater director.

paragraph: After 1944 he lived with his mother in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Dovlatov studied at the Finnish Department of Leningrad State University, but flunked after two and a half years. There he socialized with the Leningrad poets Yevgeny Rain, Anatoly Naiman, Joseph Brodsky, the writer Sergey Wolf, and the artist Alexander Ney.

paragraph: He was drafted into the Soviet Internal Troops and served as a prison guard in high-security camps. Later, he earned his living as a journalist in various newspapers and magazines in Leningrad and then as a correspondent of the Tallinn newspaper "Sovetskaya Estonia" (Советская Эстония/Soviet Estonia). He supplemented his income by being a summer tour guide in the Pushkin preserve, a museum near Pskov. Dovlatov wrote prose fiction, but his numerous attempts to get published in the Soviet Union were in vain.

paragraph: Unable to publish in the Soviet Union, Dovlatov circulated his writings through samizdat and by having them smuggled into Western Europe for publication in foreign journals; an activity that caused his expulsion from the Union of Soviet Journalists in 1976. The typeset 'formes' of his first book were destroyed under the order of the KGB. In 1976, some stories by Dovlatov had been published in Western Russian-language magazines, including "Continent", "Time and us", resulting in his expulsion from the Union of Journalists of the USSR.

paragraph: In 1979 Dovlatov emigrated from the Soviet Union with his mother, Nora, and came to live with his wife and daughter in New York City, where he later co-edited "The New American", a liberal, Russian-language émigré newspaper. In the mid 1980s, Dovlatov finally achieved recognition as a writer, being printed in the prestigious magazine "The New Yorker". Dovlatov died of heart failure on August 24, 1990 in New York City and was buried at the Mount Hebron Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Sergei Dovlatov published twelve books in the United States and Europe during his twelve years as an immigrant. In the USSR, the writer was known from underground publication Samizdat and broadcasting organization Radio Liberty Channel since his works were not published in the Soviet Union. After his death and the beginning of Perestroika as a turning point in the Russian history, numerous collections of his short stories were also published in Russia.

paragraph: Published during his lifetime:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Invisible Book" (Невидимая книга) — Аnn Arbor: Ardis, 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Solo on Underwood: Notebooks" (Соло на ундервуде: Записные книжки) — Paris: Третья волна, 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Compromise" (Компромисс) — New York: Knopf, 1981.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Zone: A Prison Camp Guard's Story" (Зона: Записки надзирателя), 1982 (trans. New York: Knopf, 1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pushkin Hills" (Заповедник), 1983 (trans. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The March of the Single People" (Марш одиноких) — Holyoke: New England Publishing Co, 1983.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ours" (Наши) — Ann Arbor: Ардис, 1983.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Demarche of Enthusiasts" (Демарш энтузиастов) (cowritten with Vagrich Bakhchanyan and N. Sagalovskij) — Paris: Синтаксис, 1985.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Craft: A Story in Two Parts" (Ремесло: Повесть в двух частях) — Ann Arbor: Ардис, 1985.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Foreign Woman" (Иностранка) — New York: Russica Publishers, 1986.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Suitcase" (Чемодан) — Tenafly: Эрмитаж, 1986.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Performance" (Представление) — New York: Russica Publishers, 1987.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Not only Brodsky: Russian Culture in Portraits and Jokes" (He только Бродский: Русская культура в портретах и в анекдотах) (cowritten with M. Volkova) — New York: Слово — Word, 1990.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Notebooks" (Записные книжки) — New York: Слово — Word, 1990.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Affiliate" (Филиал) — New York: Слово — Word, 1990.

paragraph: Section::::Critical perception.

paragraph: Joseph Brodsky said of Dovlatov, "He is the only Russian writer whose works will be read all the way through" and that: "The decisive thing is his tone, which every member of a democratic society can recognize: the individual who won't let himself be cast in the role of a victim, who is not obsessed with what makes him different."

paragraph: Section::::Quotes.

paragraph: "One can revere Tolstoy's mind. Delight in Pushkin's finesse. Appreciate the spiritual quest of Dostoyevsky. Gogol's humor. And so on. Yet Chekhov is the only one I would want to resemble."

paragraph: Section::::Literary style.

paragraph: Dovlatov's rule that, as he said, "limited the prosaic just like rhyme limits the poet", was to build the sentences so that there were no two words that started with the same letter.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: On June 26, 2014, the New York City Council named the intersection of 63rd Drive and 108th Street "Sergei Dovlatov Way". The petition to request this honor was signed by 18,000 people; in the same year a new edition, translated by his daughter Katherine Dovlatov, of the author's 'Pushkin Hills' was published. The work was nominated for Best Translated Book Award. The opening ceremony was held at the corner of 108th Street and 63rd Drive on September 7, 2014; three Russian television news stations recorded the event and the celebration continued at the late author's home nearby.

paragraph: A biographical film about Sergei Dovlatov was released in 2018. This film is in competition in the Berlinale 2018.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sergei Donatovitsch Dovlatov

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sergei Dovlatov. Borderline Writings of a Russian Emigrant

description: Soviet/American writer

wikidata_label: Sergei Dovlatov

wikipedia_title: Sergei Dovlatov


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Baroque
Roman School
Gregorio Allegri
San Luigi dei Francesi
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino
Giovanni Maria Nanino
Antonio Cifra
Domenico Massenzio
Paolo Agostini
Spello
Santa Maria in Trastevere
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
violin
Treccani
New Grove Dictionary

categories: Italian male classical composers,Italian Baroque composers,Italian classical composers,Italian male singers,Singers from Rome,1629 deaths,Roman school composers,1580s births

paragraph: Domenico Allegri

paragraph: Domenico Allegri (c. 1585 – 5 September 1629) was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School. He was the second son of the Milanese coachman Costantino Allegri, who lived in Rome with his family, and was a younger brother of the more famous Gregorio Allegri. Costantino sent three sons, Gregorio, Domenico and Bartolomeo, to study music at San Luigi dei Francesi, under the "maestro di capella" Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, brother of Giovanni Maria Nanino. The little boy had as schoolmate his elder brother Gregorio and then Antonio Cifra, Domenico Massenzio and Paolo Agostini.

paragraph: In 1606, Allegri was "maestro di cappella" of the church of Santa Maria at Spello, and from September 1609 until April 1610 served in the same role at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome. From 3 April 1610 until his death, he held the same position at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, where he was buried.

paragraph: Allegri is mainly famous as being one of the first to include specific instrumental accompaniments to sacred vocal music on a small scale. While much of his music is lost, one piece which has survived is the "Modi quos expositis in choris" of 1617 which has accompaniments to the voices by two violins.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alberto Cametti, "La scuola dei «pueri cantus» di S. Luigi dei francesi in Roma e i suoi principali allievi (1591-1623): Gregorio, Domenico e Bartolomeo Allegri, Antonio Cifra, Orazio Benevoli", Torino, Fratelli Bocca, 1915.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sergio Durante, 'Domenico Allegri', in "Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti", Torino, UTET, 1983–1999, .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saverio Franchi, "Annali della stampa musicale romana dei secoli XVI-XVIII", Vol. 1/I, IBIMUS, Roma, 2006, .

paragraph: BULLET::::- Antonella Nigro, "Domenico Massenzio. A new biography with unpublished documents", in "Domenico Massenzio Opera omnia", Critical Edition by Claudio Dall'Albero e Mauro Bacherini, Vol. 1, Milano, Rugginenti, 2008, ISMN M-52013-013-4.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alberto Pironti, 'Domenico Allegri', in "Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani", Roma, Treccani.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Colin Timms, 'Domenico Allegri', in "New Grove Dictionary", .

description: Composer and singer

wikidata_label: Domenico Allegri

wikipedia_title: Domenico Allegri


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text: Edward VIII

text: King George VI

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: Chesterfield House

text: Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles

text: Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles

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text: King George V

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text: prisoner of war

text: Oflag IV-C (Colditz)

text: George VI

text: Hitler

text: Gottlob Berger

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text: Lord Athlone

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text: Counsellor of State

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text: Yorkshire

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text: chancellor

text: University of York

text: Sunday Times Rich List 2008

text: Harewood House

text: Queen Elizabeth II

text: Marion Stein

text: concert pianist

text: Viennese

text: music publisher

text: Erwin Stein

text: Royal Marriages Act 1772

text: Queen Mary

text: King George VI

text: Benjamin Britten

text: David, 8th Earl of Harewood

text: James Lascelles

text: Jeremy Lascelles

text: Jeremy Thorpe

text: Patricia "Bambi" Tuckwell

text: Barry Tuckwell

text: Waveny Park

text: New Canaan, Connecticut

text: registry office

text: Royal Marriages Act

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text: Obituary

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paragraph: George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

paragraph: George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, (7 February 1923 – 11 July 2011), styled The Hon. George Lascelles before 1929 and Viscount Lascelles between 1929 and 1947, was a British music director and author. He served as director of the Royal Opera House (1951–53; 1969–72), chairman of the board of the English National Opera (ENO) (1986–95); managing director of the ENO (1972–85), managing director of the English National Opera North (1978–81), governor of the BBC (1985–87), and president of the British Board of Film Classification (1985–96).

paragraph: Harewood was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. At his birth, he was 6th in the line of succession; at his death, he was 46th. Lord Harewood was the eldest nephew of both King Edward VIII and King George VI and was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He succeeded to his father's earldom on 24 May 1947.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: George Lascelles was born at his parents' London home of Chesterfield House on 7 February 1923, the first child of Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, and Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, and first grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary, who stood as sponsors at his christening. The christening took place on 25 March 1923 at St Mary's Church in the village of Goldsborough, near Knaresborough adjoining the family home Goldsborough Hall. After his grandfather's death in 1929, he was styled as Viscount Lascelles as his father succeeded to the earldom. He served as a Page of Honour at the coronation of his uncle King George VI in May 1937.

paragraph: He was raised at Harewood House in Yorkshire. He was educated at Ludgrove School, Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. His time at university was interrupted by the Second World War.

paragraph: Section::::Military service.

paragraph: Lascelles joined the British Army where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards (his father's regiment) in 1942, attaining the rank of captain. He fought with the 3rd Battalion of the regiment, part of the 1st Guards Brigade of the 78th Infantry Division (the brigade was later transferred to the 6th Armoured Division), serving in North Africa and Italy, but was wounded and captured at Monte Corno on 18 June 1944, the anniversary of both his father's injury in the First World War and the Battle of Waterloo, in which his great-great-grandfather was injured.

paragraph: He was held as a prisoner of war in Oflag IV-C (Colditz) till May 1945. As the nephew of King George VI, Lascelles was one of the "Prominente" at Colditz, considered a potential bargaining chip by the Nazis.

paragraph: In March 1945, Hitler signed his death warrant; the SS general in command of prisoner-of-war camps, Gottlob Berger, realizing the war was lost, refused to carry out the sentence and released the Viscount to the Swiss.

paragraph: In 1945–46, he served as "aide-de-camp" to his great uncle, Lord Athlone, who was then Governor General of Canada. Lord Harewood served as a Counsellor of State in 1947, 1953–54, and 1956.

paragraph: Section::::House of Lords.

paragraph: Lascelles succeeded his father in 1947. On 7 February 1956, he took his seat in the House of Lords.

paragraph: Section::::Opera and football.

paragraph: A music enthusiast, Lord Harewood devoted most of his career to opera with his Yorkshire heritage fostering his interest; in March 1949, as a young single man, he had been among the audience at the Leeds Town Hall for a performance of operatic works by the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra. By 1950, he had become patron of the orchestra's concerts. He served as editor of "Opera" magazine from 1950 to 1953. In February 1950, it was reported that he had launched the magazine at a large party at the London house of Richard Buckle with many music-loving guests in attendance. He was director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1951 to 1953 and again from 1969 to 1972. He served as chairman of the board of the English National Opera (ENO) from 1986 to 1995; Managing Director of the ENO from 1972 to 1985 and was Artistic Director of both the Edinburgh and Adelaide Festivals. From 1958 to 1974, he was General/Artistic Director of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. He was Managing Director of the ENO offshoot English National Opera North from 1978 to 1981. Lord Harewood served as a governor of the BBC from 1985 to 1987 and as the president of the British Board of Film Classification from 1985 to 1996.

paragraph: He was the author or editor of three books, "Kobbé's Complete Opera Book" (ed. 1954, now "The New Kobbé's Opera Book", edited with Antony Peattie, latest ed. 1997; and "The New Pocket Kobbé's Opera Book", edited with his step-son Michael Shmith, 2000), "The Tongs and the Bones" (an autobiography, 1981), and "Kobbé's Illustrated Opera Book" (ed. 1989). He was chairman of Historic Masters, an unusual vinyl record label dedicated to high quality issues of rare historic 78 rpm recordings of opera singers. He was a noted friend and colleague of the late opera diva Maria Callas and is featured in the 1968 EMI documentary "The Callas Conversations Vol. I", during which he interviewed Callas at length concerning her career and ideas about opera.

paragraph: His other interests included football: he served as president of Leeds United Football Club from 1961 until his death and was president of the Football Association from 1963 to 1972. He died on 11 July 2011, aged 88.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Lascelles was the only person to serve as Counsellor of State without being a Prince of the United Kingdom, serving from 1945 to 1951, then 1952 to 1956. He served as chancellor of the University of York from 1962 to 1967. He was ranked number 1355 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 with an estimated wealth of £55 million—his magnificent art treasures, held in trust and valued at more than £50 million, and a estate outside Leeds. The estate and house, Harewood House, are held by a charity with £9 million of assets, and were not counted as part of his wealth.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: Queen Elizabeth II created him a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on 13 June 1986. On 1 July 2010 he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia (AM), "for service to the arts in Australia and to supporting Australia's artists in the United Kingdom".

paragraph: In 1959, Harewood received the Grand Decoration in Silver with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: On 29 September 1949, Lord Harewood married Marion Stein, a concert pianist and the daughter of the Viennese music publisher Erwin Stein. Because of Harewood's position in the line of succession, the marriage was subject to approval from the sovereign, under the Royal Marriages Act 1772. Queen Mary, mother of King George VI, objected to the marriage but permission was eventually granted. Benjamin Britten, a friend of the Stein family, composed an anthem, "Amo Ergo Sum", for the wedding ceremony.

paragraph: Lord and Lady Harewood had three sons:

paragraph: BULLET::::- David, 8th Earl of Harewood, born 21 October 1950. He married Margaret Messenger on 12 February 1979; they were divorced in 1989. They have four children and five grandchildren. He married Diane Howse on 11 March 1990.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Honourable James Lascelles, born 5 October 1953. He married Fredericka Duhrrson on 4 April 1973; they were divorced in 1985. They have two children and one granddaughter. He married secondly Lori Lee on 4 May 1985; they were divorced in 1996. They have two children and one grandson. He married thirdly Joy Elias-Rilwan on 30 January 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Honourable Jeremy Lascelles, born 14 February 1955. He married Julie Bayliss on 4 July 1981; they were divorced. They have three children and one grandson. He married Catherine Bell on 7 January 1999. They have a daughter.

paragraph: The earl's marriage to Marion Stein ended in divorce in 1967, after the earl's mistress, Patricia Tuckwell, had given birth to his son. This was considered an enormous scandal at the time, and caused the couple to be ostracised for some years, even after their relationshp was made legal. Stein went on to marry politician Jeremy Thorpe.

paragraph: Lord Harewood was married a second time on 31 July 1967 to Patricia "Bambi" Tuckwell (24 November 1926 – 4 May 2018), an Australian violinist and sister of the musician Barry Tuckwell. The wedding took place at Waveny Park in New Canaan, Connecticut. They were obliged to be married abroad as, in England, registry office marriages were barred at the time for persons covered by the Royal Marriages Act, and divorcees could not marry in the Church of England. They had one son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Hon. Mark Hubert Lascelles, born 4 July 1964. He married, first, Andrea Kershaw (born 16 June 1964) on 8 August 1992 and divorced in 2005. They have three daughters. He married Judith Ann Kilburn on 16 July 2011.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charlotte Patricia Lascelles (born 24 January 1996 in Westminster, London)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Imogen Mary Lascelles (born 23 January 1998 in Leeds, West Yorkshire)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Miranda Rose Lascelles (born 15 July 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire)

paragraph: Section::::Styles of address.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1923–1929: "The Honourable" George H. H. Lascelles

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1929–1947: Viscount Lascelles

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1947–1986: "The Right Honourable" The Earl of Harewood

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986–2010: "The Right Honourable" The Earl of Harewood KBE

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010–2011: "The Right Honourable" The Earl of Harewood KBE AM

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: "The Tongs and the Bones: The Memoirs of Lord Harewood", published by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1981), is George Lascelles' autobiography

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood interview by Bruce Duffie

paragraph: BULLET::::- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2011.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Appearance on Desert Island Discs 26 December 1981

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archival Material at

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