title: Sukrit Wisetkaew

texts:
<mask> (, , , born 4 September 1985), commonly known by his nickname Bie (; ), is a Thai singer and actor. He was discovered on the third season of Thai television talent contest The Star. After winning the position as the first runner-up in The Star 3, Bie became one of the hottest rising singers and gained immense popularity after his debut single I Need Somebody. He is well known as Bie The Star (). Besides his career as a singer and an actor in TV drama and sitcom, he was also trained to be a stage actor in several musicals. Behind the Painting is one of his musical masterpieces in which he acted as one of the leading roles. In 2008, after under 2 years in the entertainment business, Bie became one of The Most Influential People in Thailand, according to a poll by the Thai Positioning magazine and Siamrath.In May 2015, Bie was to make his American stage debut in the world premiere of WATERFALL, an epic new Broadway bound musical love story, based on a contemporary classic Thai novel, Behind the Painting by Sriburapha, featuring book and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr.,  music by Oscar- winner and two-time Tony Award nominee, David Shire and directed by Broadway and Thai theatrical impresario Tak Viravan. Biography

Early life

Bie was born in 1985 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. His nickname Bie comes from his full nickname "Gumbie", which translates to Dragonfly. He has an elder sister named Mangpor whose name also has the same meaning. Bie attended high school at Montfort College, at Chiang Mai, and he was in the Science/Mathematics program. After that he attended King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi at Bangkok, receiving a Bachelor of Engineering ( Mechatronics Engineering) degree in 2009. During his college years, he decided to audition for the third season of The Star.During college, he spent time both studying and working hard as an actor and singer in the entertainment business. The Star  2006
In early 2006, Bie auditioned for the third season of The Star. Even though he did not impress all three commentators, he consistently received the highest number of votes each week. He made it through to become one of the two final contestants, but he did not win the competition. Immediately after becoming runner-up in The Star 3 competition, Bie signed a contract with Exact and GMM Grammy. 2006–2007: Bie the star
Bie is a singer and actor of Exact, under GMM Grammy. After his victory on The Star, he began training under a management agency GMM Grammy.His first single, "I Need Somebody", was released in Thailand in October 2006. After the song peaked on the radio charts for many weeks, it received the award as the number one love song single of 2006 from Star Entertainment Awards, Seed Awards, and In Young Generation Choice Awards. Besides his career as a singer Bie also took time to star in his first drama series called "Roy Adeed Hang Ruk". It is now in many languages including the Philippines, Cambodian and Indian. With his naturally humorous character, he also has starred in the ongoing sitcom called "Nut Kub Nut" since early 2007 to present. In May 2007, Bie starred in his second drama series called "Hua Jai Sila" with Fang Pichaya. Following the success of his debut as a singer and actor, Bie was offered by "Thakonkiat Veerawan" managing director of Exact & Scenario, to star in the Musical theatre  "Banlang Mek" as youngest son, Pakorn, starring alongside Sinjai Plengpanich, one of Thailand leading actresses.The musical was extremely successful, with 47 performances, and trained him to become one of Thailand's leading stage stars. 2008 : Most popular star

Bie's second album, I Love You Too, was released on 26 March 2008, and his single "Jungwa Huajai" (Rhythm of the Heart) peaked at number one on many charts in Thailand. The second single from this album called "Someone" also peaked at number one at EFM and Hotwave charts. Furthermore, this album ranked as one of the best-selling albums of GMM Grammy of the year. In May, Bie had his first solo concert, "Love Attack". This concert was held in Thailand's biggest concert hall "Impact Arena". This was very surprising to many because he had only been in the entertainment business for only under 2 years.However ticket sales were through the roof and the concert was sold out in 2 days. A second show was thus added for the viewers. His popularity as a singer also won him Singer of the Year Award at the Top Awards and Popular Artist of the Year at Siam Dara Awards. In August, due to his stage charisma, that he beam and glow on the stage, Bie returned to the stage in an even bigger musical, Behind the Painting (Khang Lang Pharp), with 49 performances. This was his first lead role in a musical, even though he had only recently begun his singing and acting career, especially for musical theatre. In this show, his role was a young Thai student studying abroad in Japan who falls in love with a dynasty woman older than he is, played by Pat Suthasinee who is known as the musical princess of Thailand. This year his career won him Popular Star of the Year at Nine Entertain Awards.He also won the Influential People of The Year award in Thailand's social circle, by Position and Siamrath. 2009 - present

His single "Maak Maai" (มากมาย: Plenty) from the third album, "Hug Bie" (ฮักบี้: 'Hug' in Northern Thai means love), has more than 5 million digital downloads . This album peaked at number one top digital downloads of GMM Grammy in 2009 and sold more than 1 million copies to date. Bie came back to star in a drama series called "Prajan See Roong" (พระจันทร์สีรุ้ง: The Rainbow-colored Moon)  with a famous actress Aff Taksaorn. This drama series was not a production of Exact, it was his first time working with "Lakorn Thai" at Channel 3. Bie was not cast for this role but it was given to him by "Da Hathairat", the owner and producer of Lakorn Thai production. Prajan See Roong also awarded Mental Health Media Award 2009, TV Drama of the Year from Nine Entertain Awards 2010 and The Best Drama Award from Siam Dara Stars Awards 2010.In July, Bie performed a second solo concert called "Love Maak Maai" at Impact Arena hall, tickets were sold out in a day, and so a second show was added to the schedule. This year Bie was also continually awarded Popular Vote Artist Award from Sudsapda awards 2009 and Hot Singer of The Year from TV Inside Hot Awards. In May 2010, Bie came back with his 4th series which was a comedy, "Dok Ruk Rim Tang" (ดอกรักริมทาง: The sidewalk love flower). The drama had the highest viewer ratings of Exact series in this year. On July 4, Bie had ordinated into a monk for 10 days. This year he was also awarded Most Popular Star of the Year for 2 Consecutive Years at Nine Entertain Awards and Star Popular Vote from Siamdara Star Awards 2010. In October 2010 Bie represented Thailand and performed at the 7th Asia Song Festival, organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.On 2 March, a quiz show called Fan Pan Tae aired an episode on Bie. The quiz show was extremely popular, and tested the contestants' wits and knowledge about Bie. While the questions were said to be "ridiculously hard", a woman named Apichaya Chuankao (อภิชญา จวนเก่า) could answer every question on Bie, with an example being "From this picture (which was completely black and white, and showed only Bie's posture), which song is he dancing to?" The final catch of the program was when Bie actually appeared and awarded Apichaya personally- to the surprise of everyone including the audience. Bie released his first single "Glua Tee Nai" (กลัวที่ไหน: I'm not afraid) and soon released A single called "Rak Na Ka" (รักนะคะ: Love you)  from his new album ' Rak Na Ka ' which was released on the 10 March 2011 and the VCD on the 31 March 2011. Social Responsibility Activities

Bie has continually participated in socially beneficial activities of Thai society. He also received the honorary awards from many agencies including Outstanding Youth Award 2009 from Ministry of Education, Award for "Filial Children Towards their Mothers" from Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and Diamond Song Award Best Rendition in Thai.Bie was a Presenter for "Moral Support" campaign, the project worked on areas of which Princess Bajrakitiyabha has expressed concern. In 2008 Office of the Narcotics Control Board had appointed Grammy artist Bie the star presenter, by outstanding pertinacity, in the annual campaign against drugs. Bie was also the Ambassador for "Stop violence towards children, women and family violence" campaign of Ministry of Social Development and Security. Besides, he also participated in "Just Say No" project, a campaign against drugs in 2008. In 2009, Ministry of Public Health has appointed him a Presenter for "Health Support" campaign. He was also a representative of the KMUTT's graduates, in Outstanding Activities, to present a wrist garland to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who presided over the Graduation Ceremony 2009. The end of year, Bie had in the special concerts by various artists, in a special event "The Greatest of the Kings, the Greetings of the Land", the 82nd birthday of His Majesty the King, led by the government offices, the theme song King of Kings has been specially composed for this event.In 2010 Bie started with "The Big Green Miracle" Project of Sudsapda's which he was chosen. The project is about doing good for the community, nature and the environment. Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilation albums

Other special albums

Filmography

TV dramas

 2006 Roy Adeed Hang Ruk ( The past furrow of love) With Mew the star
 2007 Hua Jai Sila ( The heart of rock) With Fang Pichaya
 2009 Prajan See Roong ( Rainbow moon) With Taksaorn Paksukcharern
 2010 Dok Ruk Rim Taang ( Crown flower at the edge of the road) With Wannarot Sonthichai
 2011 Karm Wayla Tharm Ha Ruk (  Crossing the Time to Find Love) With Sinjai Plengpanich
 2012 Khu Kam ( Sunset at Chaophraya) With Nuengthida Sophon
 2014 Jatt Rak ( Arranged Love) With Nuengthida Sophon
 2017 You're My Destiny ( You Are My Destiny) With
 2018 Pure Intention ( Pure Intention) With

Musical theatre

Theatregoers also know him well as Noppon in "Behind the Painting" and Pakorn in "Banlang Mek". Movie

Sitcoms

 2007–2015 "Nud Kab Nud"
 2016–present "Soot Ruk Chun La Moon"

Master of Ceremony: MC ON TV

 Television

 Online

Concerts

Solo Concert

Presenter

Bie is one of the most popular presenters, for many famous brand products, in Thailand. In early 2008, Bie was one of Top 5 Popular Presenters, by TV Pool poll. And by the end of year he was awarded "The Most Popular Presenter Award" from OHO awards 2008. In August 2009, he also won "King of Presenter" from Dao-Krajai at Channel 9, and Presenter of the year from Marketeer Magazine, December 2009.Awards

References

External links
Bie Sukrit Official CDs/DVDs store Worldwide Shipping

Bie Sukrit's Instagram

1985 births
Living people
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Sukrit Wisetkaew
Thai television personalities


title: Jack Pardee

type: original

texts:
<mask> (April 19, 1936 – April 1, 2013) was an American football linebacker and the only head coach to helm a team in college football, the National Football League (NFL), the United States Football League (USFL), the World Football League (WFL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL). Pardee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986. Playing career

As a teenager, Pardee moved to Christoval, Texas, where he excelled as a member of the six-man football team. He was an All-America Fullback at Texas A&M University and a two-time All-Pro with the Los Angeles Rams (1963) and the Washington Redskins (1971). He was one of the few six-man players to ever make it to the NFL, and his knowledge of that wide-open game would serve him well as a coach. Pardee was one of the famed Junction Boys, the 1954 Texas A&M preseason camp held in Junction, Texas, by football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He was part of the 35 left from the approximately 100 players who went to Junction.After completing college at Texas A&M, Pardee was selected with the 1st pick of the second round (14th overall) in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams as a linebacker. Pardee played for the Rams from 1957 to 1970, sitting out the 1965 season to treat a malignant melanoma in his left arm. Pardee was traded from the Rams to the Redskins in a multi-player deal during the first round of the 1971 NFL Draft on January 28, 1971. He ending his playing career after two seasons with the Redskins at the end of the 1972 NFL season. Coaching career

WFL
When the World Football League started in 1974, Pardee got his first head coaching job with the Washington Ambassadors. The team later relocated to Norfolk, Virginia as the Virginia Ambassadors before finally moving to their third and final home in Orlando as the Florida Blazers. The Blazers made it to the 1974 World Bowl and lost by one point to the Birmingham Americans.<mask>'s regular-season coaching record in 1974 with the Blazers was 14–6, and 2–1 in the 1974 WFL Playoffs and World Bowl. This was all the more remarkable considering that the Blazers went unpaid for the last three months of the season. Some of the Blazers players relocated to San Antonio as the Wings for the 1975 season, and Pardee also moved on, signing on as head coach of the Chicago Bears for the 1975 season. First stint in the NFL
In 1975, <mask> was hired by the Chicago Bears as head coach. He spent the next three years there, leading Chicago to their first playoff berth in 14 years in 1977, before moving on to the Washington Redskins. In 1979, he led the Redskins to within one game of making the playoffs, but in the season's final week, they blew a 13-point lead to the eventual NFC East champions Dallas Cowboys and missed the playoffs. He was fired after going 6-10 in 1980.In 1981, he was hired as assistant head coach in charge of defense for the San Diego Chargers. USFL
In 1984, Pardee returned to his native Texas by becoming the head coach of the Houston Gamblers. The Gamblers played spring football in the United States Football League. The Gamblers had one of the most potent offenses in pro football, the run and shoot offense, with Jim Kelly as quarterback. The Gamblers merged with the New Jersey Generals in 1986, and Pardee was named head coach. With Kelly and Doug Flutie both vying for the role of starting quarterback, and Herschel Walker in the backfield, the Generals were poised to dominate the USFL, but the league folded prior to the 1986 season. NCAA
Pardee returned to Houston in 1987 as head coach at the University of Houston.During his three-year stint, the Cougars, using the same offense he coached in the USFL, produced the first-ever African American quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy, Andre Ware. His team also became the first major college team in NCAA history to have over 1,000 total offensive yards in a single game, raking up 1,021 yards while beating SMU, 95–21. Not long after <mask>'s arrival, however, Houston was slapped with crippling NCAA sanctions due to numerous major violations under his predecessor, Bill Yeoman. Among them, the Cougars were banned from bowl games in 1989 and 1990 and kicked off live television in 1989. As a result, most of the nation never got a chance to see the Cougars set numerous offensive records during the 1989 season. Second stint in the NFL
In 1990, Pardee packed up the run and shoot offense and moved across town, and back to the NFL, by joining the Houston Oilers. He spent five years coaching a team which made the playoffs each of his first four years there, led by Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon.In 1991, the Oilers won their first division title since 1967 in the American Football League. It was during his time with the Oilers that <mask> fell victim to NFL notoriety during the 1992 season, when in that season's playoffs, the Oilers surrendered a 35-3 third quarter lead to the Buffalo Bills, losing in overtime to the eventual conference champions 41-38. The Oilers won another division title in 1993 on the strength of winning their last 11 games. However, after losing in the second round of the playoffs, owner Bud Adams made good on a threat to hold a fire sale if they didn't make the Super Bowl. The highest-profile loss was Moon, who was traded to the Minnesota Vikings. Without Moon, the Oilers were a rudderless team. Pardee was fired following a 1-9 start to the 1994 season, and was replaced by defensive coordinator Jeff Fisher.CFL
He continued his coaching career in the Canadian Football League. In 1995, he was named head coach of the Birmingham Barracudas. Canadian football is somewhat more wide-open than American football, and owner Art Williams thought Pardee's roots in the six-man game made him a natural fit. The "Cudas" were part of a failed experiment to expand the CFL into the United States. With Matt Dunigan at quarterback, Birmingham made the playoffs, but lost in the first round. However, due to dreadful attendance late in the season and the league's refusal to approve the team's proposed relocation to Shreveport, Louisiana, for 1996, the 'Cudas were shuttered at the end of the season along with the CFL's other American teams. Return to coaching
In December 2007, Pardee, then 71, was contacted by athletic director Dave Maggard about the vacant head coaching job at the University of Houston.Signaling interest, he made it as far as a finalist for the position, but the school moved forward with Oklahoma co-offensive coordinator Kevin Sumlin. Personal life
Pardee was married for 50 years to Phyllis Lane Perryman and had five children and 12 grandchildren. Pardee's youngest son, Ted, is the color commentator for the Houston Cougars football radio broadcasts. In November 2012, Pardee was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer and it was reported by his family that he only had six to nine more months to live, The cancer spread to other organs and Pardee moved to a Denver hospice. Pardee died April 1, 2013. The family has established a memorial scholarship fund in Pardee's name at the University of Houston. He was survived by his wife Phyllis, five children, and 12 grandchildren.His grandson Payton Pardee is currently on the University of Houston football roster. Head coaching record

USFL

College

NFL

CFL

References

External links

1936 births
2013 deaths
American football fullbacks
American football linebackers
Birmingham Barracudas coaches
Chicago Bears head coaches
Houston Cougars football coaches
Houston Oilers head coaches
Los Angeles Rams players
Texas A&M Aggies football players
Washington Redskins head coaches
Washington Redskins players
National Football League defensive coordinators
Florida Blazers coaches
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Western Conference Pro Bowl players
People from Audubon County, Iowa
People from Tom Green County, Texas
Coaches of American football from Texas
Players of American football from Texas
Deaths from cancer in Colorado
Deaths from gallbladder cancer

masks:
John Perry Pardee
Pardee
Pardee
Pardee
Pardee


title: Gilbert Mackereth

texts:
Sir <mask>  (19 October 1892 – 11 January 1962) was a decorated British Army officer of the First World War who subsequently served as a British diplomat, most notably as Ambassador to Colombia from 1947 to 1953. He began his army service in the ranks in 1914 but after being commissioned in 1916 rapidly rose through the ranks and became a battalion commander. As a subaltern he was decorated for the rescue of a group of soldiers under heavy fire in 1917. He left the army on 24 April 1919 and joined the diplomatic service. He held several consular positions in northern Africa and the Middle East before and during the Second World War. Post-war he was posted to the newly liberated Dutch East Indies, before being posted to Bogotá in 1947. In retirement he lived in Spain, where he died and was buried.Although his grave was saved from disturbance following threats from Spanish authorities in May 2010, in November 2011 his remains were reburied in a garden of remembrance at the Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester. Mackereth is believed to be the first soldier from World War I to be repatriated to England since the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey in 1920. Early life
<mask> was born an only child in Salford, Lancashire, on 19 October 1892. His father, Thomas, was a bank manager born Eccles in 1st Qr 1864. His mother Annie was born at Bolton, and his paternal grandfather, Thomas, was minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Higher Bridge Street, Bolton. Military career

21st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Mackereth enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war on 19 November 1914 as a private with the Royal Fusiliers and he gave his occupation as "Insurance Surveyor". He joined the 21st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, also known as 4th Public Schools Battalion which was a rather unusual unit, raised at Epsom on 11 September 1914 as one of the battalions of Kitchener's Army from the "Public Schools and University Mens Force".It served in France in the 98th Brigade, which formed part of 33rd Division. It was transferred under the direct authority of Haig's General Headquarters on 27 February 1916, and disbanded on 24 April 1916, with a high proportion of the men (like Mackereth) going on to take commissions in other units. 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Mackereth was commissioned on 6 July 1916 as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was promoted lieutenant on 4 February 1917. In April 1917 during the capture of Gricourt following the German's withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, he rescued a stranded group of soldiers in no man's land. As a result, on 18 June 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross, the citation read:

The details on his medal card indicate that he first entered a theatre of war on 14 November 1915, when he was a private in 21st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (4th Public Schools Battalion). He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914–15 Star; the MC on his medal card denotes the Military Cross he was awarded.He was also Mentioned in Despatches, which entitled him to wear an oak leaf emblem on the ribbon of the Victory Medal. On 1 May 1917 he was appointed adjutant, and became an acting captain on 3 August 1917. On 21 August 1917 he received a serious leg wound during an attack on Canal Wood south of Cambrai. He was in hospital for 5 months and did not rejoin the 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in France until 15 June 1918. He retained the appointment of adjutant until 19 June 1918, when he reverted to the rank of lieutenant until 4 July when he was promoted acting major and second-in-command of the battalion. The rank of major was later made substantive and back-dated to 21 May 1918. On 26 August 1918 he was promoted acting lieutenant-colonel and became temporary commanding officer of 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.He reverted to major and battalion second-in-command on 13 September 1918, but took command again as an acting lieutenant-colonel on 29 October, this time remaining in command until 24 April 1919. He was demobilised at this time, reverting to his Special Reserve rank of lieutenant. British Diplomat

After leaving the Army, Mackereth joined the Diplomatic Service and married his wife Muriel while posted to Jerusalem in 1921. He worked as a vice-consul at consulates across northern Africa; being posted to Tangier on 1 April 1923; and Fez, Morocco on 18 October 1923, his area of responsibility was widened in November 1926, but he continued to reside at Fez; He moved to Addis Ababa on 2 November 1930. He returned to the Middle East in 1933 when he was appointed to be consul for the Sanjaks of Damascus, Horns, Hama, and of the Hauran and the Governorate of the Djebel Druze on 10 January, residing at Damascus; a role he continued until 1939. In 1937 he advised an increase in border patrol around Palestine due to the high numbers of Jewish immigrants fleeing Nazism in Hitler's Germany; the French were at this time in control of Damascus since the Versailles Conference had granted France a mandate over Syria. Documents known as the Tegart Collection contain correspondence from 1938 with Syrian and Transjordan authorities that relate to border control and security to counteract arms smuggling and terrorist infiltration along with Mackereth's report.A set of documents known as the Sir Edward Spears Papers, dated between June 1944 to January 1945, contain references to telegrams regarding <mask>, then Counsellor at the British Legation, Beirut, to the Foreign Office on the situation in Syria and the Lebanon. In these communications there are attempts by Sir Edward Spears to have Mackereth transferred or dismissed for alleged bad handling of economic affairs. The correspondence from Spears also mentions tyre imports and distribution in Syria, and relations with the Bedouin with annotated weekly political summaries from Damascus with reports on the economic situation in the Levant. Spears' attempts to disturb Mackereth's career failed. On 11 March 1940 <mask> returned to Addis Ababa, now as Consul General. On 30 April 1941 he was appointed a Consul General at "Angora" as the British then called Ankara, Turkey. On 26 March 1945 he took up the same appointment for French Morocco, residing at Rabat.In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mackereth was appointed Consul General in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), residing at Batavia, on 13 March 1946, where he helped restore order following the Japanese surrender. He was given a personal promotion to the Fourth Grade of the Foreign Service from the same date. He ended his career as Ambassador to Colombia from 19 December 1947 to 1953. Honours and knighthood

<mask> was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1939 King's Birthday Honours. In recognition of his work as British ambassador, he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1952 New Year Honours. The London Gazette announcement read:

Death

<mask> and his wife Muriel retired to San Sebastián, Northern Spain. Following his death on 11 January 1962, age 69, his body was interred at San Sebastián.The headstone reads "In Loving Memory of Sir <mask> KCMG MC". His wife returned to England and died in 1979. They were childless, so following her death, his tomb in Spain became neglected. Preservation of tomb

In May 2010, the San Sebastián authorities generated an outcry in response to proposals to exhume and re-bury his body as a result of unpaid burial taxes. A hunt commenced on 5 May 2010 for descendants who may still live in or near to Bolton assisted by the Bolton News. As a result of press coverage, offers of assistance to pay the taxes were immediately received from members of the public in Britain and overseas. Terry Dean of the Western Front Association, North Lancashire Branch who had discovered the risk to Mackereth's grave brought the matter to the attention of the British media and resulted in articles appearing on the BBC website and in The Daily Telegraph and other newspapers on 6 May 2010, offers of assistance were immediately received from members of the public and saw a widespread appeal for information in the hunt for living relatives.Sir Robert Atkins MEP contacted Spanish authorities on 7 May 2010 asking them not to touch the grave. Terry Dean also successfully traced living relatives of Mackereth: on 10 May 2010, it was reported that one of Mackereth's first cousins, Mr John Sloan, had been located. He accepted an offer from The Sun to pay the outstanding taxes and thus save the grave from being disturbed. Reburial
Following further threats from the Spanish authorities, it was agreed with the family to return his ashes to the UK. On Friday 11 November 2011, his remains were buried in a garden of remembrance at the Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester. Mackereth is believed to be the first soldier from World War I to be repatriated to England since the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey in 1920. References

Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia
1892 births
1962 deaths
Recipients of the Military Cross
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Royal Fusiliers soldiers
Lancashire Fusiliers officers
British Army personnel of World War I
People from Salford

masks:
Gilbert Mackereth
Gilbert Mackereth
Mackereth
Mackereth
Mackereth
Mackereth
Gilbert Mackereth


title: Frederick Hemke

texts:
<mask>, DMA (né <mask>.; July 11, 1935 – April 17, 2019) was an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential professor of saxophone at Northwestern University. Hemke helped raise the popularity of classical saxophone, particularly among leading American composers and helped raise the recognition of classical saxophone in solo, chamber, and major orchestral repertoire. For a half century, from 1962 to 2012, <mask> was a full-time faculty music educator at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. In 2002, <mask> was named Associate Dean Emeritus of the School of Music. <mask> retired from Northwestern University in 2012. From the start of his career in the early 1960s, building on the achievements of earlier influential American teachers of classical saxophone — including those of Larry Teal, Joseph Allard, Cecil Leeson, Sigurd Raschèr, and Vincent Abato — Hemke, and a handful of peer American saxophonists — including Eugene Rousseau and Donald Sinta — helped build American saxophone repertoire through composers that included Muczynski, Creston, Stein, Heiden, and Karlins. Journalist and author Michael Segell, in his 2005 book, The Devil's Horn, called Hemke "The Dean of Saxophone Education in America."<mask> died on April 17, 2019. Formal education

From 1955 to 1956, Hemke studied saxophone with Marcel Mule at the Paris Conservatoire National de Musique et de Declamation, earning in 1956 the Premier Prix diploma. <mask> holds the distinction of being the first American saxophonist to earn a Premier Prix diploma from the Paris Conservatory. In 1958, Hemke earned a Bachelor of Science degree in music education from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. In 1962, he earned a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. In 1975, Hemke earned an A.Mus.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.In primary and secondary school, until the start of college, Hemke studied saxophone with Eddie Schmidt, a jobbing teacher, band director in Milwaukee, and a close friend of Ralph Joseph Hermann (1914–1994) — musician, composer, songwriter, and music publisher. Hemke was highly influenced by Schmidt's recording of Marcel Mule — and also of his recordings of Al Gallodoro, and Freddy Gardner. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Hemke studied with Jay Morton, teacher of woodwinds. Hemke did not have a formal saxophone teacher at Eastman, but while there, studied reeds with clarinetist Stanley Hasty (1920–2011), flute repertoire with Joseph Mariano (1911–2007), and oboe repertoire with Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988). Teaching career
Hemke taught saxophone at Northwestern's School of Music for fifty years. He began in 1962 as a teaching associate. In 1964 he became an assistant professor and was appointed chairman of the newly formed Winds and Percussion Instruments Department.In 1967 <mask> was elevated to associate professor; on September 1, 1975, Full Professor; and on September 1, 1991, chairman of the Department of Music Performance Studies at the School of Music. Hemke served as senior associate dean for administration in the School of Music from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, <mask> was named the Louis and Elsie Snydacker Eckstein Professor of Music and also named associate dean emeritus of the School of Music. He retired from full-time teaching in 2012. As a music educator in higher education, Hemke has taught hundreds of saxophonists, many of whom have flourished as performing artists and music educators of international rank. Rico Reeds began making the brand in 1982. Hemke was an artist-clinician for The Selmer Company, the North American distributor of saxophones made in France by the Paris firm, Henri Selmer Paris.In 1979 <mask> was host for the Sixth World Saxophone Congress held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Performing career
<mask> was an internationally acclaimed saxophone artist. <mask> has appeared extensively as a solo artist and has given master classes and lectures in the United States, Canada, Scandinavia, and the Far East. He performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and many other orchestras. He premiered several works for saxophone, including Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 16 (February 24, 1983) and James Di Pasquale's Sonata for tenor saxophone. Di Pasquale, a prolific composer, had studied saxophone with <mask> and Sigurd Rascher.Selected performances
 Hemke made his New York debut on April 16, 1962, at the Town Hall, a storied concert venue that had its first-ever classical saxophone performance on February 5, 1937 — by Cecil Leeson. Hemke performed compositions by Pascal, Lantier, Rueff, Hartley, and Stein and arrangements by Mule of Bach and Leclair. Premier, February 27, 2014, Augusta Read Thomas, Hemke Concerto, Prisms of Light, for solo alto saxophone and orchestra
 "Illuminations" ()
 "Sunrise Ballad"
 "Chasing Radiance"
 "Solar Rings"
 Hemke, saxophone, with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton conducting
 Recorded at Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, February 27, 2014
 Commissioned as a retirement gift to <mask> by current and former students; the composer, Thomas, had been Hemke's colleague at Northwestern
 From the album, A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas, Nimbus Records (CD) (2014);

Advocacy for B tenor saxophone
In a traditional modern saxophone quartet — B soprano, E alto, B tenor, and E baritone saxophone — repertoire and popularity for solo classical was, and still is, dominated by B soprano and E alto saxophone. Bucking the trend, Hemke spent time focusing on the B tenor as a classical solo instrument, as evidenced by the release of his 1971 solo album, Music for Tenor Saxophone. In orchestral music, the tenor is known as one of the three saxophone voices in Ravel's Boléro — originally performed by two saxophonists, one on E sopranino and one on tenor doubling on B soprano. Recordings by tenor saxophone virtuoso James Houlik and others notwithstanding, classical tenor saxophone recordings make up a small portion of the classical saxophone repertoire and discography universe. Symphony No.Awards and honors

<mask>'s saxophone and accessories
Hemke had been a primary design consultant for the S-80 mouthpiece manufactured by Henri Selmer Paris. For alto saxophone, Hemke uses a custom version of the S-80. The mouthpiece is metal with a square chamber. The Selmer Mark VII E alto and B tenor saxophones, introduced in 1974, were designed in consultation with Hemke. Miscellaneous
 For research, while in grad school at Eastman, Hemke had borrowed from H. & A. Selmer one of the world's original saxophones made by Adolphe Sax around 1860. On September 17, 1960, a custodian unwittingly stuffed a cardboard box containing the instrument into an incinerator and completely destroyed it. The only other one in existence was in a Paris museum.<mask> has been a lifelong visual artist. His works are in the Regenstein Hall of Music at Northwestern University and on the covers of his albums.

masks:
Fred Hemke
Frederick Leroy Hemke Jr
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Hemke
Fred Hemke
Hemke
Hemke


title: John Baeder

texts:
<mask> (born December 24, 1938) is an American painter closely associated with the Photorealist movement. He is best known for his detailed paintings of American roadside diners and eateries. Early life

<mask> was born in 1938 in South Bend, Indiana, but was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. The interest in small towns across America began when he was young by photographing old cars and other relics with a Baby Brownie camera. While attending Auburn University in the late 1950s, he made frequent trips between Atlanta and Alabama, which drew his attention to rural landscapes and roadside diners. Early years

He started working as an art director in Atlanta for a branch of a New York advertising agency in 1960, and subsequently moved to New York City in 1964. He went on to have a successful career in advertising through the early 1970s, while continuing to paint, draw and photograph on his own time.One of his ad agency offices in New York City was located near the Museum of Modern Art. The museum's photograph department became a source of inspiration for him, especially the work of artists such as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, and other photographers of the Farm Security Administration. In the late 1960s he also started collecting postcards of roadside America such as diners, gas stations, campsites, and motels. Artistic career

Baeder left the advertising field in 1972 to pursue his artistic career full-time. The same year, OK Harris Gallery in New York began exhibiting his artworks. Since then, he has had more than thirty solo exhibitions at art galleries such as OK Harris Gallery in New York; Modernism Gallery in San Francisco, Thomas Paul Fine Art in Los Angeles and Cumberland Gallery in Nashville, as well as a traveling retrospective exhibition titled “Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along The Way,” which started at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia in December 2007. His work includes oil paintings, watercolors and photographs and can be found in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Norton Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Cheekwood Museum of Art, the Tennessee State Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, and the Morris Museum of Art among others.According to <mask>, “<mask>r is much more than a painter of diners. He is a knowledgeable and deeply committed chronicler of that rapidly disappearing facet of American vernacular architecture that has played such a unique role in our social and cultural history.” Vincent Scully, professor of the History of Art in Architecture and author, further comments on Baeder's visual style in his introduction to Diners, 1978, stating that his "paintings seem to me to differ from most of those of his brilliant Magic-Realist contemporaries in that they are gentle, lyrical, and deeply in love with their subjects. Most of the painters of the contemporary Pop scene blow our minds with massive disjunctions, explosive changes of scale, and special kind of wink-less visual focus. Baeder does not employ any of those devices. He sees everything as its own size in its proper environment. His diners fit into their urban context like modest folk heroes." Baeder is the recipient of the Tennessee Governor's Distinguished Artist Award in 2009.He lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. See also
List of Auburn University people
Edward Kurstak Art Gallery

Notes

Sources and further reading

Books and catalogues
Baeder, <mask>, Diners. With an introduction by Vincent Scully. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1978. Baeder, <mask>, Diners; Revised and Updated. With a foreword by <mask> and a preface by Vincent Scully. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1995.<mask>, <mask>, Sign Language: Street Signs as Folk Art. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. <mask>, <mask>, Gas, Food, and Lodging. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1982. Frank, Peter, <mask>r’s American Roadside: Early Photographs. Los Angeles, California: Thomas Paul Fine Art, 2009. <mask>, <mask>, Jay Williams, ed., Pleasant Journeys And Good Eats Along The Way: A Retrospective Exhibition Of Paintings By <mask>.With a preface by Kevin Grogan and an introduction by Donald Kuspit. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007. Edwards, Susan H., <mask>r: 1960's Photographs. Self-published, ltd. ed. of 175, 2009. Bonito, Virginia Anne, Get Real: Contemporary American Realism from the Seavest Collection. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Museum of Art, 1998.Leeds, Valerie Ann, Ph.D, Introduction to Shock of the Real: Photorealism Revisited. Boca Raton, Florida: Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2008. Meisel, Louis K., Photorealism. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Films
Baeder: Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way. Directed by Curt Hahn. 2009, Nashville, Tennessee: Film House.http://www.filmhouse.com/baeder.php

Other
Heller, Steven, "Why Does <mask>eder Paint Diners?," The Design Observer Group, November 17, 2009, https://web.archive.org/web/20101031071030/http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11647. “Arts Tennessee Winter/Spring 2009 Newsletter,” Tennessee Arts Commission, https://web.archive.org/web/20090407181041/http://www.arts.state.tn.us/artsTN/artstnwinter2009.pdf, 6. “<mask>”, Indianapolis Museum of Art, http://www.imamuseum.org/art/collections/artist/baeder-john
“<mask>r opening reception”, Tennessee State Museum, https://web.archive.org/web/20110219052035/http://www.tnmuseum.org/Membership/Join%5Fthe%5FFun%21/
“Past Exhibitions,” Morris Museum of Art, http://www.themorris.org/pastexhibitions.html#2007. Nguyen, C. Thi. "Humble Trucks, Great Food,"  Los Angeles Times,  April 21, 2008. p. A1. "Roadside America for the 21st Century,"  Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine,  June 1, 2003. p. 10. Reif, Rita."A Fading Language Of the Roadway,"  New York Times,  June 30, 1996. p. 31, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/arts/arts-artifacts-a-fading-language-of-the-roadway.html?scp=1&sq=A%20Fading%20Language%20Of%20the%20Roadway&st=cse
Hudson, Stacey. "On the Road,"  Metro Spirit (Augusta, Georgia),  issue 19.21. December 19–25, 2007, http://www.metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1993101070593169&ShowArticle_ID=11011812070736572

External links
Official website
<mask>r at OK Harris Gallery
<mask>r on artnet Monographs
<mask>r at Thomas Paul Fine Art

1938 births
Photorealist artists
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
Auburn University alumni
Living people
People from South Bend, Indiana
Artists from Atlanta
Photographers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Photographers from Indiana

masks:
John Baeder
John Baeder
John Arthur
John Baede
John
John
John Arthur
Baeder
John
Baeder
John
John Baede
Baeder
John
John Baeder
John Baede
John Ba
John Baeder
John Baede
John Baede
Johnede
John Baede


title: Lis Wiehl

texts:
<mask> (born August 19, 1961) is a New York Times bestselling American author of fiction and nonfiction books, and a legal analyst. She is the author of nineteen books, including, most recently, the second in a trilogy called The Hunting Series — Hunting the Unabomber: The FBI, Ted Kaczynski, and the Capture of America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorist, published by Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins. After working at NBC News and National Public Radio's All Things Considered, <mask> moved to the Fox News Channel (FNC) where she served as a legal analyst and reporter for over fifteen years, appearing on numerous FNC shows. She is a regular commentator for CNN and also appears often on CBS, NPR and other news outlets. <mask> earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland, and a bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Yakima, Washington, and graduated from West Valley High School in Yakima. She received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1983, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland in 1985, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987.Career
After graduating from Harvard Law School, <mask> practiced law at Perkins Coie, a private law firm in Seattle where she also wrote by-lined articles on legal issues for the New York Times. From there she went on to become a third generation federal prosecutor (her grandfather and her father — an FBI agent — were also federal prosecutors) in the US Attorney's Office in Seattle. She served as the Deputy Chief Investigative Counsel for Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during President Clinton's impeachment. From 1995 to 2001, she was a tenured law professor at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, where she ran the Trial Advocacy Program, which won several national awards during her tenure. During her time at the University of Washington, <mask> also stepped deeper into journalism by working as a reporter and legal analyst for NPR's All Things Considered and NBC News. She soon came to be in high demand for her commentary. From 2001 to 2017, <mask> was a legal analyst for The Fox News Channel; she appeared weekly on The O'Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and the Imus morning shows.<mask> also hosted the Legal Lis radio show and the Wiehl of Justice podcast. In 2005, <mask> released her first book, Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life. Two years later she released The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It which was awarded the 2008 award for Books for a Better Life in the motivational category. Since then, <mask> has continued to write best-selling books of fiction and non-fiction including, in 2020, the second in a trilogy called The Hunting Series — Hunting the Unabomber: The FBI, Ted Kaczynski, and the Capture of America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorist. <mask> was the co-host of WOR Tonight With Joe Concha & Lis Wiehl on 710 WOR and she was also an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School. She continues to appear in the media as a legal expert and commentator for organizations including CNN, CBS, NBC, and NPR among others. <mask> <mask> lectures at colleges and universities, appears as a keynote speaker, and speaks at bookstores, conferences, and literary festivals.Bill O'Reilly settlement
<mask> made sexual harassment allegations against Bill O'Reilly in early 2017 and received a $32 million settlement from him. Fox News was not a party to this settlement and regarded it as a personal issue between O'Reilly and <mask>. They claim they were not informed of the amount of money involved. <mask> signed an affidavit on January 17, 2017, stating that she and O'Reilly had settled their dispute. Her allegations and affidavit referred to repeated sexual harassment, a nonconsensual sexual relationship, and sexually explicit e-mails that O'Reilly had sent to her. O'Reilly claims that he forwarded these e-mails to <mask>, who was working as his personal lawyer, as part of a process where he would forward any threatening e-mails he received to his lawyers.

masks:
Lis Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Lis
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl
Wiehl


title: Hervé Vilard

texts:
<mask> (born René Villard; 24 July 1946 in Paris, France) is a French pop–singer, who first became famous in the 1960s. His first single "Capri c'est fini" became an international hit in 1965 and rendered him instantaneously famous. The song sold 3.3 million copies. His long national and international musical career as composer, singer, and stage performer spans four decades. In 1992, in recognition of his contributions to French culture, he was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite in a ceremony at the Parisian Théâtre des Variétés hosted by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Early life

<mask> was born 24 July 1946 in a taxi which was transferring his mother Blanche to the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris to deliver. He never met his father who left home soon after the birth of his son.His mother eventually lost custody of her children and young René was sent to an orphanage in Paris. Later he was transferred to the Berry region of France into the custody of various foster homes. Young René became a runaway during that period of his life. Eventually he was moved to the Cher region of France where he met a priest, Father Angrand, who became his mentor and taught him literature and music. In 1991 Vilard bought the monastery at La Celette, where he met Father Angrand and made it his home. Success in Paris
Eventually young René left La Celette for Paris where he met Daniel Cordier, a former member of the French Resistance and Art dealer who later adopted him in 1962. This enabled teenager Vilard to finally remove himself from the state child care system.He started working at various places in Paris including a record store at Champs-Élysées. René wanted to further cultivate his musical talents and started taking singing lessons. During this time he was discovered by an executive working for Mercury Records. The meeting with the executive from Mercury Records led to a meteoric rise in his musical career. His first single Capri c'est fini was released in June 1965 under the Mercury label and instantly became a hit both in France and abroad selling 3.3 million copies and making Hervé Vilard a household name overnight. Capri c'est fini was co-written with Marcel Hurten, and has been described as "eternal" and "written with intensity by Vilard". Following the success of Capri c'est fini, French newsmagazine France Dimanche offered the singer a deal under which the magazine would help him find his mother.In return, <mask> <mask> gave the magazine exclusive rights to the interviews and the press coverage that would follow a successful reunion. After Vilard accepted the offer, France Dimanche launched a publicity campaign which eventually resulted in Vilard reuniting with his mother. At the same time, the sales of France Dimanche increased substantially. His mother died in 1981. Building on the success of Capri c'est fini Vilard released two more hits Mourir ou vivre and Fais-la rire which establish him as a successful artist. In 1966, he became the opening act for Claude François, with whom he later went on a European and world tour. After some time, disagreements arose between Vilard and François and their co-operation ended.International success
From 1967 to 1969, he embarked on a tour of South America where he met with success. He went back to France between 1969 and 1970 and subsequently left again to take up residence in Buenos Aires. He met with great success in Latin America, including Mexico where he was under a contract. Beyond Latin America, his records become hits in Korea, Turkey, and Japan. He also played to sold-out concerts at the Palais de Sport in Oran, Algeria in 1966. France
In 1978, his single Nous became a hit in France, selling 2 million records. On 31 December 1979, he appeared for the first time at L'Olympia where he starred in a variety show which became very successful.In the summer of 1980 his hit single Reviens sold 1 million copies. During this period, he combined his studio work with tours across France, and in 1984, 1985 and 1987, he produced the hit albums Ensemble, Les Chansons que j'aime and P'tit brun, forming a chain of 1980s album hits. His tours also included performances for charity and appearances at orphanages. In the early 1990s, Vilard produced L'Amour défendu and also appeared at the L'Olympia again. In 1992, he received the Ordre national du Mérite in a special ceremony at the Parisian Théâtre des Variétés hosted by Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 2004, the Berry region honoured Villard by officially naming a performing arts building after him. The same year his compilation CD Cri du coeur, which includes lyrics from the works of Marguerite Duras, Aragon, Brecht, Pablo Neruda and other writers and poets, marked a departure from his usual entertainment-oriented style and gave him wide recognition among France's literati.He declared, in Paris Match magazine, that same year, he noticed former nazi officer, Klaus Barbie, had attended one his concerts in Bolivia, that helped arrest him to deport him to France for trial. In 2006, he wrote an autobiography L'âme seule followed a year later by Le Bal des papillons, recounting in both books his experiences from humble origins to stardom and the relationship he developed with his mother after he found her. Private life
In 1967, Vilard was also the first well known French singer, to come out as gay and did so on the radio. He has been admitted to hospital due to his cholesteatoma of the middle ear. Discography
Capri c'est fini (1965)
Fais la rire (1969)
Champagne (1976)
Rêveries (1977)
Nous (1977)
Je l'aime tant (1981)
Ensemble (1983)
Le Vin de Corse (1986)
Tout simplement (1997)
L'Amour défendu (1990)
Simplement (2002)
Cri du cœur (2004)

Publications
L'âme seule Author Hervé Vilard Publisher Libra Diffusio, 2007 ,  Length 325 pages
Le bal des papillons Author Hervé Vilard Publisher LGF/Le Livre de Poche, 2009 ,  Length 310 pages

References

1946 births
French composers
French male composers
French-language singers
French pop singers
French singer-songwriters
Living people
Writers from Paris
French male singers
French male writers
Recipients of the National Order of Merit (France)
Musicians from Paris
LGBT singers from France
Spanish-language singers of France
French male singer-songwriters

masks:
Hervé Vilard
René Vilard
Hervé
Vilard


title: Fred Seibert

texts:
<mask> (born September 15, 1951) is an American television producer, co-founder of MTV and the CEO of FredFilms, an animation production company based in Burbank, California. He has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, Next New Networks, and  Frederator Studios and Networks. Seibert is an angel investor in several technology and media start-ups, has produced live action and animated programs for cable television and the internet, and began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer. Seibert's work has been honored in numerous fields. In music production his production has been nominated for a Grammy Award, he has received an AIGA Medal for lifetime exceptional achievements, he is a member of the Animation Magazine Hall of Fame and has been awarded several Annie Awards and Emmy Awards for his television productions. Early career
Seibert began his media career in college radio at Columbia University's WKCR-FM in 1969. He says he spent most of his college career at the radio station headquarters rather than going to classes, therefore never graduating.While at Columbia he started his first company, Oblivion Records with partners Tom Pomposello, and Dick Pennington, releasing LP's by Mississippi <mask> (Live in New York) and Joe Lee Wilson. (Seibert announced the label revival in 2021 for a digital release of a historical find of a concert recording of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor.) Simultaneously, he produced several dozen jazz and blues albums for independent companies such as Muse Records, JCOA Records, and Birth Records (owned by instrumentalist/composer Gunter Hampel). Seibert was an early employee of New Music Distribution Service, a non-profit distributor of musician owned record company started by composers Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, before going on the road with Bley's big band as sound engineer and road manager. <mask>'s discography includes records he's produced by musical artists that include Hank Jones, Mississippi <mask>, Willis Jackson, Willis Jackson with Pat Martino, Jaki Byard, Linc Chamberland, Dom Salvador, Tom Pomposello, Johnny Woods,  Joe Lee Wilson, Eric Kloss,  Richard Davis (bassist),  Don Patterson and Cecil Taylor. After a late 1970s stint with media promotion innovator Dale Pon at New York's WHN Radio, Seibert began his work at Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment in 1980. Cable television & Media Branding

As a co-founder of MTV: Music Television and the channel's first creative director, Seibert was responsible for a complete rethinking of how the entire television industry was able to think of themselves as “brands.” He guided his team to develop the original voice and visual identity for MTV, and went on to do the same at Nickelodeon, Nick-at-Nite (which he invented with his long time  creative partner Alan Goodman), and Comedy Central.Initially, MTV had none of the kinds of programs that were thought of as "television," only more than 160 hours (there are 168 hours in a week) of music videos that were about three minutes each, and with no set schedule that could be promoted. Seibert had to develop an alternative promotional strategy that was completely different than traditional networks. The promos and network identifications his team produced did not resemble anything TV had every seen before, focusing on an approach that subtly made a series of "promises" to viewers in the wildest and most creative ways possible. The network identifications, 10-seconds each, were based on the MTV logo he commissioned and approved, designed by the Manhattan Design collective (that included his oldest childhood friend, Frank Olinsky). The logo mutated its design hundreds, thousands of ways, sometimes within one short animated film. Some senior network executives objected to a logo that did not remain constant, but the approach ultimately prevailed. The 10-second network IDs and the promos ultimately influenced graphic design and advertising for years to come.Within two years of launch, Seibert led the team that developed "I Want My MTV! ", creative direction by his mentor Dale Pon, and it became one of the most famous advertising campaigns of the late 20th century. In 1983, with partner Alan Goodman, Seibert founded Fred/Alan Inc. in New York City as the world's first media branding company. Goodman had been one of his key creative lieutenants at MTV, and they had worked together in college radio a decade before. Together, they successfully adapted the MTV branding and promotional strategy to overhaul the then-floundering children's cable channel Nickelodeon between June 1984 and January 1985, moving it from worst to first in the ratings in six months, and continued overseeing network branding and promotion for eight more years. By the end of 1985, at the request of Nickelodeon president Geraldine Laybourne <mask> and Goodman conceived a radical rethinking of television networks by creating Nick-at-Nite, pitched as "the first oldies TV network." Over the nine years of the company's existence they also did extensive work with The Movie Channel, Lifetime, Showtime and Comedy Central.Seibert continued involvement with the cable TV industry for several years. He was employed by Turner Broadcasting as the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, then as a consultant for almost 15 years at Warner-Amex successor MTV Networks, and as a producer of several animated series for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Animated cartoons

In his time working in cartoons at three studios, Seibert has helped jumpstart the creator careers of over 100 animated filmmakers, including people like Genndy Tartakovsky, Pendleton Ward, Butch Hartman, Kevin Kolde, Craig McCracken, David Feiss, Van Partible, John Dilworth, Larry Huber, Rob Renzetti, Eric Robles, Breehn Burns, Bill Burnett, Elyse Castro, Mike Rosenthal, James Kochalka, Bob Boyle, Warren Ellis and Natasha Allegri. From 1992 until 1996, as the last president of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio, Seibert was able to reinvigorate the company's creative reputation with the establishment of the animation incubator What a Cartoon!. Modeled on the Golden Age of mid-20th century cartoons, the 48 short films from creators around the world, Hanna-Barbera was able to launch seven hit series after a dry spell since the launch of The Smurfs in 1981 for NBC. The shows included Genndy Tartakovsky's Dexter's Laboratory, David Feiss' Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel, Van Partible's Johnny Bravo, John R. Dilworth's Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Craig McCraken's The Powerpuff Girls. After Ted Turner included Hanna-Barbera in Turner Broadcasting's 1996 sale to Time Warner, Seibert established Frederator Studios as an independent animation producer based in Burbank, California.Frederator has established itself as a major American independent with several series on Nickelodeon (like Rob Renzetti's My Life as a Teenage Robot), Cartoon Network (Pendleton Ward's Adventure Time), and Cartoon Hangover (Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warriors, Natasha Allegri's Bee and PuppyCat), and Kevin Kolde's production of Castlevania for Netflix. Seibert created 250 short cartoons between 1995 and 2018 at Hanna-Barbera, Frederator Studios, 19 of which were continued as series at Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Hangover, Netflix and YouTube. Seibert has also created several Internet channels featuring cartoons, including Channel Frederator, Cartoon Hangover, and Next New Networks. After starting Frederator Studios in 1997, Seibert brought together a group of investors in a failed attempt to save the troubled underground/alternative comics publisher Kitchen Sink Press. Seibert's production of the first season of Natasha Allegri's Bee and PuppyCat for his Cartoon Hangover streaming channel was the most backed animated project on Kickstarter for several years. Season 2 was accidentally leaked onto Seibert's Vimeo channel in early 2020, but was eventually announced to be officially dropped on Netflix sometime in 2022. On February 23, 2022, Seibert announced the formation of cartoon production company FredFilms, with a first look deal at VIS Kids.The company is in various stages of production on five reboots of vintage Seibert productions, including a live-action The Fairly OddParents for Paramount+ and a CG animated version for Netflix. The company is developing several adult and children's original animated properties, furthering Seibert's philosophy of creators first, always original, and producing your next favorite cartoon. Internet and video
In March 1999, MTV Networks CEO Tom Freston tapped Seibert to become the first president of the new MTV Networks Online, soon to split into MTV Interactive (The MTVi Group) and Nick.com. Building on this new media success, in 2007 Seibert conceived and founded Next New Networks (with Emil Rensing, Herb Scannell, Tim Shey, and Jed Simmons), the leading online television company, with over 2 billion all time video views and over 200 million views every month (as of 2010). Along with their affiliated Indy Mogul, Barely Political, Channel Frederator and several other networks, the company's superdistribution has allowed it to become among the most widely distributed video in the world, and to become YouTube's top professional content provider. By the end of 2010, Next New Networks had the globe's top two videos viewed on YouTube. In March 2011, Next New Networks was acquired by YouTube.In 2004 David Karp interned at Frederator Studios at its first New York City location, and built the company's first blogging platform. In 2007 he launched Tumblr from a rented desk at Frederator Studios' Park Avenue South offices, with chief engineer Marco Arment. Seibert was one of Tumblr's first bloggers, an angel investor in the company, and served on its board before its acquisition. <mask> and his Frederator Networks partnered with John Borthwick and Betaworks; Jonathan Miller, Jason Ostheimer, Shari Redstone; and entrepreneur Yoel Flohr to form Thirty Labs in 2014, a startup studio based in New York City to develop and invest in video based technology businesses Seibert is CEO and Flohr, COO. The company shuttered in 2015. On February 21, 2012, <mask>t launched Cartoon Hangover, a channel on YouTube which consists of various animated shorts and series. Cartoon Hangover gained a much larger audience with the revival of Bravest Warriors by Pendleton Ward on November 8, 2012 which originally aired as a pilot on <mask>'s Random!Cartoons on Nicktoons Network in 2009. In 2014, Channel Frederator was revived as a multi-channel network focused entirely on animation, signing one of YouTube's biggest animation channels, Simon's Cat. By September 2014, the network was distributing 688 channels, with over 65 million monthly views and 10.5 million subscribers, and by 2017 announced it had reached 1 billion monthly views on YouTube. Seibert stepped down from his position as CEO of Frederator in August, though the company indicated that he would remain executive producer for current projects, including Bee & PuppyCat and Castlevania''. See also
<mask>t cartoon shorts filmography

References

External links

 "<mask>t foresees 'next golden age of animation' on Internet" Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2013 interview (2013)
 "The Story of Kids TV Mastermind <mask>t: Cultivating a whole new generation of weird in animation" Adweek interview (2013)
  Animation World News interview (2003)
 2000 AIGA MEDAL  by Steven Heller at AIGA.org (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
 <mask>t's Frederator Tumblr
 <mask>t dot Com
 The Fred/Alan Archive

1951 births
AIGA medalists
Living people
Frederator Studios
American television producers
Hanna-Barbera people
Nickelodeon people
Creative directors
Showrunners
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Primetime Emmy Award winners

masks:
Frederick Seibert
Fred McDowell
Fred Seibert
Fred McDowell
Seibert
Seibert
Fred Seiber
Fred Seibert
Fred Seiber
Fred Seiber
Fred Seiber
Fred Seiber
Fred Seiber


title: Margaret Heckler

texts:
<mask> (née O'Shaughnessy; June 21, 1931 – August 6, 2018) was an American Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 and served as Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan. Early life
She was born <mask>'Shaughnessy in Flushing, New York. Her undergraduate studies began at Albertus Magnus in New Haven, Connecticut. She then studied abroad at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands, in 1952 and went on to graduate from Albertus Magnus College (B.A. 1953) and from Boston College Law School (LL.B. 1956). She was the only woman in her law school class.She was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. She was an editor of the Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law. From 1963 to 1967, Heckler was the first woman to serve on the Governor's council for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1964 and 1968, and was elected as a Republican from the 90th to the 97th Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983). Heckler received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 1975. Congressional career
In Congress, Heckler was generally regarded as a "Rockefeller Republican" who supported moderate to liberal policies favored by voters in her state. Heckler voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. In 1977, she launched and founded the idea of the Congresswoman's Caucus, a bipartisan group of 14 members focused on equality for women in Social Security, tax laws, and related areas.Heckler was also an outspoken advocate for and cosponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment. She opposed abortion but then did not favor a constitutional amendment to ban it. Later in life, however, Heckler became a speaker and activist for pro-life causes. In Massachusetts, she was noted for building an especially-effective network of constituent services that allowed her to breeze through several re-election bids in an overwhelmingly-Democratic state. In the capital, Heckler was noted as a socialite with a penchant for high fashion. In the House, she served on the Banking and Currency Committee as well as ranking member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee (1975–1983). She also served as ranking member of the House Beauty Shop Committee (1971–1979), replacing Representative Catherine May, who had been defeated for re-election.Electoral history
Heckler won her first term in 1966 by defeating 42-year incumbent Republican Joseph W. Martin, Jr., in the primary. Martin, then 82, had previously served as Speaker of the House and was 46 years older than Heckler. Heckler won the subsequent general election with just 51 percent of the votes but was easily re-elected thereafter. Following the 1980 census, Massachusetts lost one of its congressional seats because of its population growth. Heckler's district, then the only one in Massachusetts large enough to not need redistricting, was combined with that of freshman Democratic Representative Barney Frank. The district was numerically Frank's district, the 4th, but it was geographically more Heckler's district. When both ran against each other in 1982, Heckler began the race as a frontrunner.Although she opposed Reagan on 43 percent of House votes, Frank successfully portrayed Heckler as a Reagan ally by pointing to her early support for his tax cuts, which she later retracted. She lost the support of the National Organization for Women because she opposed federal funding for abortion. She went on to lose the race by a larger-than-expected margin of 20%. After her defeat, no woman would be elected to Congress from Massachusetts until Niki Tsongas won a special election in 2007. Health and Human Services Secretary

After her defeat, Heckler turned down several government jobs, including as an assistant NASA administrator, before Reagan nominated her to replace retiring Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker in January 1983. She was confirmed on March 3, 1983 by an 82-3 vote in the Senate. All three dissenters were conservative Republicans.Early on as secretary, Heckler commissioned the Secretarial Task Force to investigate a "sad and significant fact: there was a continuing disparity in the burden of death and illness experienced by Blacks and other minority Americans as compared with our nation's population as a whole," as she put it in her opening letter in The Secretary's Report on Black and Minority Health, also known as the Heckler Report. The report provided the historical foundation for many reports thereafter and is often referenced as a landmark document for health disparity and health equity inquiry. Clarice Reid was a member of the task force that helped to produce the report. As secretary, Heckler publicly supported the Reagan administration's more conservative views, presided over staffing cuts in the department as part of the administration's spending reductions, and frequently spoke on a wide array of public health issues, including the emerging AIDS crisis. It was very difficult for Heckler to get the topic of AIDS on the Cabinet meeting agendas, and she reportedly never discussed the crisis with Reagan. Heckler repeatedly assured the American public that the nation's blood supply was "100% safe... for both the hemophiliac who requires large transfusions and for the average citizen who might need it for surgery." On January 21, 1985, Heckler became the first woman to be named designated survivor.She served in the role during the inauguration. Public divorce saga
Heckler's tenure as secretary was also marked by a public soap opera that played out in the Washington press when her husband, John, filed for divorce in 1984. The episode was tinged by election-year concerns over the impact of the divorce on conservative voters and dragged on for months as the couple argued whether Massachusetts or Virginia, to where she had moved, had jurisdiction in the case. Departure from Cabinet

Although Heckler stayed on in the Cabinet after Reagan's re-election and was widely regarded as an effective spokesperson, press accounts in late 1985 revealed that some White House and agency insiders regarded her as an ineffective manager. White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan reportedly pushed for Heckler's dismissal, but Reagan told reporters "there has never been any thought in my mind to fire" her. Instead, she was appointed as Ambassador to Ireland, with a $16,000 pay cut that prompted the press to ridicule Reagan's characterization of the situation as a "promotion." She was confirmed as ambassador in December 1985.Ambassador to Ireland
As ambassador, Heckler played a crucial role in obtaining a US$120 million grant to the International Fund for Ireland, an economic development organization. She was a frequent guest on Irish television programs and was "by all accounts an effective spokesperson for her government's policies on everything from Central America to international trade." In February 1989, Heckler announced her intent to resign to pursue a private career, and her term concluded in August 1989. On May 31, 1987, Heckler became the first woman to deliver the commencement address in the history of the University of Scranton. Heckler's papers are housed in the Burns Library at Boston College. Death
Heckler died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, on August 6, 2018, at the age of 87. See also
 List of female United States Cabinet Secretaries
 Women in the United States House of Representatives

References

Sources
 Jane Anderson."Two Massachusetts Incumbents Fight for Single Seat in Congress." Miami Herald, October 17, 1982, pg. 5D. Karen DeYoung. "<mask>, All Emerald Smiles", Washington Post, March 18, 1987, pg. D1. David Hoffman."Heckler Offered Irish Ambassadorship", Washington Post, October 1, 1985, pg. A1. Stephanie Mansfield. "The Heckler Breakup", Washington Post, October 16, 1984, pg. B1. Donnie Radcliffe. "The Women's Caucus", Washington Post, April 27, 1978, pg.B12. Spencer Rich. "Heckler's Administrative Skills Called Inadequate for Agency", Washington Post, October 1, 1985, pg. A1. Myron Stuck and Sarah Fitzgerald. "Senate Confirms Heckler." Washington Post.03/04/1983. p. A13. External links

"Speaker of the House: Joe Martin of N. Attleboro", projo.com, July 26, 1999; accessed February 12, 2017. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives website; accessed February 12, 2017. “Father and Son Rally the Troops on Maryland Truth Tour”, prolifeaction.org; accessed February 12, 2017. Heckler election records at ourcampaigns.com

|-

|-

1931 births
2018 deaths
Albertus Magnus College alumni
Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland
American expatriates in the Netherlands
Female members of the United States House of Representatives
Boston College Law School alumni
Massachusetts Republicans
Members of the Massachusetts Governor's Council
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
People from Queens, New York
Reagan administration cabinet members
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services
Women in Massachusetts politics
Women members of the Cabinet of the United States
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American diplomats
American women ambassadors
Ambassadors of the United States
20th-century American lawyers

masks:
Margaret Mary Heckler
Margaret Mary O
Margaret Heckler


title: Fergus of Galloway

texts:
<mask> of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. <mask> first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter of David I, King of Scotland. There is considerable evidence indicating that <mask> was married to an illegitimate daughter of Henry I, King of England. It is possible that Elizabeth Fitzroy was the mother of <mask>'s three children. <mask> forged a marital alliance with Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles through the marriage of the latter to <mask>'s daughter, Affraic. As a consequence of this union, the leading branch of the Crovan dynasty descended from <mask>.When Óláfr was assassinated by a rival branch of the dynasty, Galloway itself was attacked before <mask>'s grandson, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, was able to seize control of Isles. Both <mask> and his grandson appear to have overseen military operations in Ireland, before the latter was overthrown by Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll. The fact that there is no record of <mask> lending Guðrøðr support against Somairle could be evidence of a slackening of <mask>'s authority. Contemporary sources certainly report that Galloway was wracked by inter-dynastic strife during the decade. <mask>'s fall from power came in 1160, after Malcolm IV, King of Scotland settled a dispute amongst his leading magnates and launched three military campaigns into Galloway. The reasons for the Scottish invasion are unknown. On one hand, it is possible that <mask> had precipitated events by preying upon Scottish territories.In the aftermath of the attack, the king came to terms with Somairle which could be evidence that he had either been allied with <mask> against the Scots or that he had aided in <mask>'s destruction. In any case, <mask> himself was driven from power, and forced to retire to the abbey of Holyrood. He died the next year. The Lordship of Galloway appears to have been partitioned between his sons, Gilla Brigte and Uhtred, and Scottish influence further penetrated into Galloway. Origins

<mask>'s familial origins are unknown. He is not accorded a patronym in contemporary sources, and his later descendants are traced no further than him in their charters. The fact that he tends to be styled "of Galloway" in contemporary sources suggests that he was the head of the most important family in the region.Such appears to have been the case with <mask>'s contemporary Freskin, a significant settler in Moray, who was styled de Moravia. One source that may possibly cast light on <mask>'s familial origins is Roman de Fergus, a mediaeval Arthurian romance, mainly set in southern Scotland, which tells the tale of a knight who may represent <mask> himself. The name of the knight's father in this source is a form of the name borne by <mask>'s neighbouring contemporary Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll, and could be evidence that <mask>'s father bore the same name. On the other hand, instead of being evidence of any historical relationship, the names could have been employed by the romance merely because they were regarded as stereotypically Gallovidian. In any case, there is reason to suspect that the romance is a literary pastiche or parody of the compositions of Chrétien de Troyes; and besides the coincidence of names, the tale has little to commend it as an authoritative source for the historical <mask>. Despite the uncertainty surrounding his origins, it is possible that <mask> was of Norse-Gaelic and native Gallovidian ancestry. Traditionally, the Gallovidians appear to have looked towards the Isles instead of Scotland, and the core of his family's lands seems to have centred in valley of the river Dee and the coastal area around Whithorn, regions of substantial Scandinavian settlement.In any case, the fact that <mask> died as an old man in 1161 suggests that he was born before 1100. Early career

<mask> first appears on record in about 1136×1141, when he and his son, Uhtred, witnessed the grant of the lands of Partick to the church of St Kentigern at Glasgow. The exact extent of the twelfth-century Lordship of Galloway is unclear. Surviving acta of <mask> and Uhtred reveal a concentration of endowments in central Galloway, between the rivers Urr and Fleet. Subsequent grants of lands by later descendants of <mask> in the Dee valley could represent the expansion of territory from this original core. There is evidence indicating that <mask>'s domain extended into western Galloway as well. His descendants were certainly associated with the castle of Cruggleton and dealt with lands in the vicinity.In 1140, during the return journey of Máel Máedoc Ua Morgair, Archbishop of Armagh from Clairvaux to Ulster, the latter made landfall at Cruggleton, as evidenced by Vita Sancti Malachiae, composed by Bernard of Clairvaux. Although this source associates the castle with the Scots, it seems unlikely that Scottish royal authority extended to the Gallovidian coast, and the statement could therefore be a result of confusion with Máel Máedoc's previous stay at the castle of Carlisle, then controlled by David I, King of Scotland. In fact, Máel Máedoc's visit to Cruggleton may have involved the local lord of the region, conceivably <mask> himself. The mid-twelfth-century lordship, therefore, seems to have been centred in the region of Wigtown Bay and the mouth of the river Dee. The fact that Gilla Brigte, who may well have been <mask>'s eldest child, later appears to have drawn his power from west of the river Cree could be evidence that this man's mother was a member of a prominent family from this region. Such an alliance could also explain <mask>'s apparent westward expansion. Whatever the case, the fact that the Diocese of Whithorn was revived in about 1128, possibly at the hands of <mask> himself, could indicate that he purposely established an episcopal see that encompassed the entirety of his domain.The apparent extension of <mask>'s authority into western Galloway may have been facilitated by the disintegration of the expansive nearby Kingdom of the Isles. Upon the death of the reigning Guðrøðr Crovan, King of the Isles, the Isles plunged into chaos, enduring periods of vicious dynastic kin-strife, overwhelming Norwegian overlordship, and Irish intrusion as well. By the end of the first quarter of the twelfth century, however, Guðrøðr Crovan's youngest son, Óláfr, seems to have been reinserted into the Isles by Henry I, King of England. This restoration of the Crovan dynasty appears to have formed part of the English Crown's extension of influence into the Irish Sea region. Another aspect of this expansion was the establishment of David, a younger brother of the reigning Alexander I, King of Scotland, as Henry I's vassal. Allied to the English

There is a considerable amount of evidence indicating that <mask> married a daughter of Henry I (many believe it was Elizabeth Fitzroy). For example, there is documentary evidence suggesting that all three of <mask>'s children—Uhtred, Gilla Brigte, and Affraic—were related to the English royal family.Specifically, Uhtred was called a cousin of Henry I's grandson, Henry II, King of England, by Roger de Hoveden. Although sources specifically concerning Gilla Brigte fail to make a similar claim, potentially indicating that he had a different mother than Uhtred, Gilla Brigte's son, Donnchad, Earl of Carrick, was certainly regarded as a kinsman of Henry II's son and successor, John, King of England. In regard to Affraic, Robert de Torigni, Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel remarked that her son, Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles, was related to Henry II through the latter's mother, Matilda, one of Henry I's daughters. Henry I appears to have had about twenty-four illegitimate children. Although the name and identity of <mask>'s wife is unknown, she would seem to have been one of Henry I's numerous illegitimate daughters through which the king forged marital alliances with neighbouring princes along the periphery of his Anglo-Norman realm. The date of Uhtred's earliest attestation suggests that he was born in about 1123/1124 at the latest, whilst the fact that Guðrøðr was old enough to render homage to the Norwegian king in 1153 suggests that Affraic herself was born no later than about 1122. Such birth dates suggest that <mask>'s marriage dates to a period when the English Crown consolidated authority in the north-west and extended its influence into the Irish Sea.From the perspective of the English, an alliance between Henry I and <mask> would have secured an understanding with the man who controlled an important part of the north western flank of the Anglo-Norman realm. In fact, one of Henry I's bastard daughters, Sybilla, was wed to the reigning Alexander, seemingly not long after the latter's accession. <mask>'s own apparent marriage, therefore, appears to evidence not only his pre-eminent status in Galloway itself, but the degree of political sovereignty he possessed as its ruler. The unions of Alexander and <mask> evidence Henry I's intent of extending English authority north of the Solway Firth. David and Scottish consolidation

The early twelfth century saw the rise of Alexander's younger brother, David. The latter's close connections with the English likely contributed to his eventual acquisition of a substantial part of southern Scotland from Alexander. In about 1113, David married Maud de Senlis, a wealthy English widow, and through her came into possession of extensive lordship that came to be known as the Honour of Huntingdon.As the mid-part of the century approached, the balance of power along the northern part of the Anglo-Norman realm began to shift in favour of David. {{#tag:ref|David's latter's extension of authority into the Southern Uplands, in a specific region perhaps stretching from Strathgryffe to Carrick, appears to be evidenced by a later grant of his succeeding grandson, Malcolm IV, King of Scotland, which mentions unspecified Gall Gaidhel lands held by David during Alexander's reign.<ref>Oram, RD (2000) p. 63; [[#L4|Liber S. Marie de Calchou' (1846)]] pp. III–VII; Diplomatarium Norvegicum (n.d.) vol. 19 § 38; Document 1/5/24 (n.d.).</ref>|group=note}} In 1120, Henry I's only legitimate son died along with Richard d'Avranches, Earl of Chester in the White Ship disaster. The latter's lordship in the Welsh March was a critical region of Henry I's realm, and the English king responded by transplanting Ranulf le Meschin from his lordship of Carlisle to Richard d'Avranches' former lordship along the Welsh frontier. Upon Alexander's death in 1124, David succeeded to the throne. The latter's subsequent endowment of Annandale to Robert de Brus appears to have not only signalled the Scottish Crown's intention of consolidating control of the region, but served as a declaration of the kingdom's claims to Cumbria.<mask>'s marriage to Henry I's daughter, which appears to date to about this period, may have been arranged with such developments in mind. If so, the union could have been orchestrated as a means to not only compensate for Ranulf's removal, but to counter the dramatic rise of David and the resultant imbalance of power his ascent created. With Ranulf thus vacated from the north, Henry I had filled the power vacuum with various so-called "new men". One such incomer may have been Robert de Brus, a Norman who had previously received extensive lands from the English Crown. In fact, it is possible that it was in the wake of Ranulf's removal that Robert de Brus originally received the lordship of Annandale. If so, the latter may have been inserted into the region by Henry I, or perhaps through collaborative effort between Henry I and his then-vassal David as a means of securing the Anglo-Scottish border. The apparent rise of <mask> at about this time may have also played a part in the infeftment of Annandale.Henry I himself was married to David's older sister, Edith, a union which closely bound him to the Scottish royal house. For as long as Henry I lived, relations between him and David remained harmonious. When the former died in 1135, however, the peace between the neighbouring realms was shattered when his nephew, Stephen of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Mortain, successfully seized the throne. Before the end of the year, the Scots surged forth and seized Carlisle and Cumberland before peace was restored. Relations broke down the following year, and the Scots again invaded in 1137, seizing Northumberland, and pushed forth towards York. The contemporary accounts of the English chroniclers Richard Hexham and Ailred, Abbot of Rievaulx single out Gallovidian soldiers for their excessive atrocities in David's campaign. Disaster struck the Scots in 1138 at the Battle of the Standard, when David's forces were utterly overcome by the English near Northallerton.Although Gallovidians clearly took part in David's campaigning, there is no specific evidence connecting <mask> to the operations until after operations ceased. It is possible that <mask>'s attestation of 1136 could have had bearing on Gallovidian participation in the king's campaigning. If <mask>'s wife was indeed a bastard of Henry I, <mask> himself had a stake in the unfolding English succession crisis, as she would have been a half-sister of Stephen's opponent, Matilda, whom Henry I had nominated as his royal successor. Explicit confirmation of <mask>'s involvement may exist in the terms of the subsequent peace treaty, as Richard Hexham recorded that one of the hostages that was handed over to the English for surety was the son of an earl named <mask>. The fact that there was no Scottish earl of that name suggests that, unless Richard Hexham was mistaken, it was <mask> himself who was referred to. In any case, after this date there is no further evidence of <mask>'s involvement in Anglo-Scottish affairs. Ecclesiastical activities

In about 1128, the Diocese of Whithorn was revived after three centuries had passed since the consecration of the last diocesan bishop.The revival itself is revealed by a papal mandate dated December 1128, and the record of the oath of the bishop-elect, Gilla Aldan, to Thurstan, Archbishop of York between about 1128 and 1140. It is uncertain who was the driving force behind the revival. David's known ecclesiastical activities could suggest that he was responsible. On the other hand, the extent of David's authority in Galloway is questionable. As for <mask> himself, there is no conclusive proof that he controlled the lordship at this point in time, or that he himself established the see. The fact that Gilla Aldan was likely of native origin—as opposed to David's apparent preference for Anglo-Norman clergy—and the fact that Gilla Aldan professed obedience to the Archbishop of York—an ecclesiast whom David was attempting to exclude from influencing the Scottish Church—would both appear to indicate Gilla Aldan was a non-Scottish appointment. If <mask> was indeed responsible for Whithorn's revival, it would have almost certainly aided his royal aspirations since securing ecclesiastical independence could have been part of the process of ensuring political independence.Gilla Aldan's successor was Christian, a man who was consecrated in 1154 by Hugh d'Amiens, Archbishop of Rouen, who in turn may have been acting as a proxy for Roger de Pont l'Evêque, Archbishop-elect of York. <mask> and his family were remarkable ecclesiastical patrons, working with Augustinians, Benedictines, Cistercians, and Premonstratensians. Surviving charter evidence reveals that <mask> granted the lands of Dunrod, St Mary's Isle (upon which a priory was at some point erected), and nearby Galtway to the Augustinian abbey of Holyrood. A fifteenth-century list of properties belonging to the Knights Hospitaller reveals that <mask> had granted this order of the lands of Galtway (within the mediaeval parishes of Balmaclellan and Dalry) at some point in his career. This transaction appears to further evidence <mask>'s alignment with the English Crown. The necrology of the abbey of Newhouse states that <mask> was the founder of a Premonstratensian house at Whithorn. Both he and Christian are stated by the necrology of the abbey of Prémontré to have founded a monastery at Whithorn.Christian's tenure as bishop (1154–1186), and <mask>'s reign as lord (×1160), suggest that the priory of Whithorn was founded at some point between about 1154 and 1160. According to the annals of Maurice of Prato, this house was transformed into a Premonstratensian

masks: Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus Fergus