title: Dierks Bentley

texts:
<mask> (born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified gold. It was followed in mid-2008 by a greatest hits package. His fourth album, Feel That Fire was released in February 2009. A bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010; a sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014.<mask>'s eighth album, entitled Black, was released in May 2016. His most recent release, a compilation EP titled Make My World Go Black, was released in 2021. <mask>'s studio albums have accounted for 25 singles on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, of which 17 have reached number one: his debut single "What Was I Thinkin'", "Come a Little Closer", "Settle for a Slowdown", "Every Mile a Memory", "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)", "Feel That Fire", "Sideways", "Am I the Only One", "Home", "5-1-5-0", "I Hold On", "Drunk on a Plane", "Say You Do", "Somewhere on a Beach", "Different for Girls", "Woman, Amen" and "Living". Seven more of his singles have reached the top 5. Early life
<mask> was born on November 20, 1975, in Phoenix, as the son of Leon Fife <mask> (August 16, 1923 – June 1, 2012), a bank vice-president, and Catherine Childs. His father was born in Glasgow, Missouri, to Richard Thomas and Mary Cecile <mask>, and was a First Lieutenant in World War II. His middle name, Dierks (which he now uses as his first name publicly), is also his maternal great-grandmother's surname.He attended Culver Academies in Indiana and graduated from The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1993. Afterward, he spent a year at the University of Vermont (UVM) before transferring to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1997. Music career

2003–05: <mask> <mask> and Modern Day Drifter
<mask> worked at The Nashville Network (now Paramount Network), researching old footage of country performances. In 2003, Capitol Nashville released <mask>'s self-titled debut album. The album's first single, "What Was I Thinkin'," reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts later that year. The next two singles from that album, "My Last Name" and "How Am I Doin'," reached number 17 and number 4, respectively. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.<mask>'s second album, Modern Day Drifter, was released in 2005. It spawned two number one singles with "Come a Little Closer” and "Settle for a Slowdown" and the number three hit "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do." The album was also certified platinum. In 2005, <mask> won the CMA Award for the Horizon Award (now Best New Artist) and was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The induction took place on October 1, 2005. <mask> stands as the third youngest member after Carrie Underwood and Josh Turner. 2006–08: Long Trip Alone and Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008

On June 10, 2006, <mask> released his third album, Long Trip Alone.The album produced two number one hits with "Every Mile a Memory" in 2006 and "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" in 2007. The title track reached No. 10 on the country charts, while the fourth single, "Trying to Stop Your Leaving," peaked at number 5. In 2007, <mask> released a live DVD titled Live and Loud at the Fillmore, which was filmed in Denver, Colorado. In a March 2008 interview, <mask> said he would let his fans be the executive producers of his first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008. The album was released on May 6, 2008. An album cut, "Sweet & Wild," reached No.51 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was an uncredited duet with fellow country singer Sarah Buxton. 2009–10: Feel That Fire and Up on the Ridge

<mask>'s fourth studio album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009. Its title track, co-written by Brett Beavers and The Warren Brothers, became <mask>'s sixth number one hit in February 2009. The album's second single, "Sideways," became his seventh number one hit in summer 2009. The third and final single, "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes," peaked at number 2. <mask> released his fifth studio album, Up on the Ridge, on June 8, 2010.The title track was released to iTunes on April 20, 2010. The song peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming <mask>'s first single to miss the Top 10 since "My Last Name." The second single from the album, "Draw Me a Map," reached number 33. 2012–13: Home and Country & Cold Cans EP

<mask>'s sixth album, Home, was released on February 7, 2012, led by the single, "Am I the Only One" which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Singles. The second single off the album is "Home", which was co-written by <mask>, Brett Beavers, and Dan Wilson (musician) also reached No. 1 on March 24, 2012.A third single, "5-1-5-0", was released shortly after "Home" fell from number one on the country chart. <mask> has been quoted by American Songwriter explaining “I wrote too many songs. I wrote 70. I wrote a lot. There’s 64 that are never going to see the light of day. That’s 64 days that I can’t get back.”

On August 21, 2012, <mask> released the Country & Cold Cans EP on iTunes. It includes five songs, including a radio edit of the track "Tip It On Back" from his album Home.<mask> paid for the studio time to record the EP himself. On October 23, <mask> and Miranda Lambert announced the co-headlined 33-show Locked and Reloaded Tour, that began on January 17, 2013. 2014–15: Riser
<mask>'s seventh album, Riser, was released on February 25, 2014. The album's first single, "Bourbon in Kentucky", was released to country radio on June 10, 2013. It peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming <mask>'s lowest charting single to date. The album's second single, "I Hold On", was released on August 26, 2013. It became his first number one on the Country Airplay chart in April 2014 and also his eleventh overall to do so.The third single, "Drunk on a Plane", followed that same month. It reached number one on Country Airplay in August 2014 and was also a strong commercial hit, reaching number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's fourth single, "Say You Do", was released on October 6, 2014. It reached at number one on Country Airplay in May 2015. The title track became the album's fifth single in June 2015. <mask> along with Eric Paslay are featured on Charles Kelley's debut solo single, "The Driver" which was released on September 28, 2015. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.2016–2017: <mask> released his eighth album, Black, on May 27, 2016. The album's first single, "Somewhere on a Beach", was released on January 25, 2016. <mask> co-hosted the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2016, where he was also nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year. <mask> released a series of four short films for songs from Black, with episode one being the song "I'll Be the Moon" featuring Maren Morris. The following episode serves as the video for "What the Hell Did I Say". The album's second single, "Different for Girls" featuring Elle King, was released to country radio on June 6, 2016. It reached at number one on Country Airplay in October 2016.The album's title track was released to country radio as the third single on November 14, 2016. He was also selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of Take Me Home, Country Roads, On the Road Again and I Will Always Love You which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards. 2018–present: The Mountain and Hot Country Knights
On June 8, 2018, <mask> released The Mountain, his ninth studio album. It was released o via Capitol Records Nashville. The first single from the album was "Women, Amen", which peaked at number one. The second single from the album was "Burning Man", which also peaked at number one (Mediabase only). The third and final single, "Living" also went number one.<mask>'s side project, a '90s country parody band named Hot Country Knights, signed on with <mask>'s label Universal Music Group Nashville as a separate recording act in 2020. The act consists of his road band, all of whom operate under stage names. They released their debut single "Pick Her Up" on January 23, 2020. <mask> wrote the song with Jim Beavers and Brett Beavers, and features guest vocals from Travis Tritt. Dierks released a new single, "Gone", on October 22, 2020. This serves as the lead single from his upcoming tenth studio album, which will also include the single "Beers on Me" featuring Hardy and Breland. He also joined James Barker Band on the single "New Old Trucks" in October 2021.Personal life
<mask> married Cassidy Black on December 17, 2005, in Mexico. They live in Nashville, with their three children and dog George. The couple has two daughters, Evalyn "Evie" <mask>, born on October 4, 2008; Jordan Catherine <mask>, born on December 25, 2010; and a son, <mask>, born on October 9, 2013. Evie makes a vocal appearance on the song "Thinking of You" from <mask>'s 2012 album Home, and Knox appears in the music video for <mask>'s 2019 single, "Living". <mask> holds a private pilot license. He owns a Cirrus SR22T and flies a Cessna Citation CJ4.

masks:
Frederick Dierks Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Fife Bentley
Dierks
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Dierks
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Black Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Day Bentley
Bentley
Knox Bentley
Bentley
Bentley
Bentley


title: Alfred Flechtheim

type: original

texts:
<mask> (1 April 1878 – 9 March 1937) was a German Jewish art dealer, art collector, journalist and publisher persecuted by the Nazis. Early years
<mask> was born into a Jewish merchant family; his father, <mask>, was a grain dealer. <mask> became a partner in his father's company after business internships in London and Paris. Art collector
<mask> appeared in the art world shortly after 1900, with a collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne; French Avant garde early works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and André Derain; paintings of Wassily Kandinsky, Maurice de Vlaminck, Alexej von Jawlensky, Gabriele Münter, and the Rhein Expressionists Heinrich Campendonk, August Macke, Heinrich Nauen, and . 1912 Sonderbund in Cologne
Flechtheim organised The ‘Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbunds Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler’ that opened in Cologne on 25 May 1912. Known as the Sonderbund, the exhibition brought together all avant-garde groups of artists and art movements in Europe (Expressionism, The Brücke, The Blauer Reiter, Fauvism, Cubism) for the first time. <mask> was the chairman of the steering committee and the lender of many important artworks by Picasso and other artists

Art Dealer
<mask> opened his first gallery in Düsseldorf in 1913, followed by galleries in Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Vienna.<mask> served in the German Army during World War I, but not at the front. His art business collapsed during the war but he re-opened in Düsseldorf in 1919. Legendary, glamorous parties in Flechtheim's gallery overflowed with the glitterati of the new Berlin: movie stars, titans of finance, prizefighters and artists of every stripe. He founded the important modernist art journal Der Querschnitt (The Cross Section) which ran from 1921 until 1936. <mask>, Nazis and Aryanization
As soon as the Nazis came into power, in 1933, <mask> was persecuted and his business attacked. In 1933, Nazi Sturmabteilung men broke up an auction of Flechtheim's paintings. In March 1933, an art dealer named Alexander Vömel, a member of the SA or Brown Shirts, confiscated Flechtheim’s Düsseldorf gallery.The Nazis aryanized Flechtheim's gallery, as they would many other Jewish businesses. After the war, former Nazi party member Vömel claimed he didn't even remember who <mask> was. <mask>'s former assistant, Curt Valentin, left the Flechtheim Gallery in 1934 and began working in the Berlin gallery of Karl Buchholz, who was authorized by Hitler and Goering to sell confiscated art to raise cash for the Nazis. The Nazis seized and sold off <mask>'s private collection, as well as the contents of his gallery. Emigration and death
Six months after the Nazis came to power in 1933, <mask>, penniless, fled to Paris, and tried to find work with his former business partner, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and with the Mayor Gallery in London. However Flechtheim could not initially count on a work permit because of Great Britain'srestrictive immigration laws. According to Flechtheim's biographer Ottfried Dascher, collaboration in Mayor's gallery was only possible if <mask>'s name did not appear at exhibitions or to the press.Flechtheim subsequently organized exhibits in London of the paintings of exiled German artists. On August 8, 1935, <mask> wrote <mask> of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City a letter informing him, “I lost all my money and all my pictures.” By November 1936, <mask>'s former gallery assistant, Curt Valentin, had made a deal with the Nazis that would allow him to emigrate to New York and to sell “degenerate art” to help fund the Nazi war effort. In January 1937, with financing from Buchholz, Valentin left for New York and set up the Karl Buchholz Gallery at 3 West 46th Street which was later accused of serving as a conduit for bringing Nazi looted art, including paintings that had been seized from Flechtheim, into America. In March 1937 in London, <mask> slipped on a patch of ice, was taken to a hospital, punctured his leg on a rusty nail in his hospital bed, developed sepsis leading to amputation of his leg, and died. The Galerie Alfred Flechtheim GmbH disappeared in its entirety on 27 March 1937. Personal life
<mask> married Betty Goldschmidt, a wealthy Dortmund merchant's daughter. On a honeymoon trip to Paris, Flechtheim invested Betty's dowry in cubist art, to the horror of his inlaws.The marriage was childless. <mask> was with her husband in London during his final days. Then she returned to Berlin. In 1941, when she was ordered to report for deportation to Minsk, she ingested a lethal dose of Veronal. The Gestapo seized her art collection. Professor Ossip K<mask>, who in mid-1940s coined the term "Futurology", and later became a director of Otto-Suhr-Institut in West Berlin, was <mask>'s nephew. Recovery of artworks
Flechtheim's heirs are attempting to recover artworks stolen from Flechtheim.These works reside in German museums and the Museum of Modern Art. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's "Das Soldatenbad" (1915) remained in the custody of Flechtheim's niece Rosi Hulisch in Berlin. It was acquired in 1938 by Kurt Feldhäusser, a member of the Nazi party. Upon Feldhäusser's death in 1945, the ownership of his collection passed to his mother, who brought the work to the United States and consigned it to the Weyhe Gallery in New York in 1949. It was then purchased by American philanthropist and collector Morton D. May of Saint Louis in 1952. May amassed one of the largest collections of German Expressionist art in America and donated over one thousand works from his collection to various institutions; Das Soldatenbad was donated to The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1956. In an exchange in 1988, the work became part of the collection of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.In 2018 Das Soldatenbad was restituted to the heirs of <mask> by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation after an extensive examination of the circumstances surrounding the painting's history. In November 2018, it sold at Sotheby's for $21,975,800 (including fees). Oskar Kokoschka’s "Joseph de Montesquiou-Fezensac" (1910) was sold by Alex Vömel to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm where it would later be transferred to the Moderna Museet. It remained in the Moderna Museet’s collection until 2018, when it was restituted to Flechtheim’s heirs. In November 2018, it sold at Sotheby's for $20,395,200 (including fees). Gallery

See also

 The Holocaust
 List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art
 Aryanization

References

External links
<mask>heim: Art Dealer of the AvantGarde
The Devil and the Art Dealer
Haunting MoMA: The Forgotten Story of ‘Degenerate’ Dealer <mask>heim
Artworks Stolen From <mask> at the MOMA
Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Kunstler zu Coeln 1912

1878 births
1937 deaths
German publishers (people)
German art dealers
Jewish art collectors
German art historians
Writers from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
German military personnel of World War I
People from the Province of Brandenburg
German male non-fiction writers
German magazine founders

masks:
Alfred Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Emil Flechtheim
Alfred
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Alfred Barr
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Flechtheim
Betty Flechtheim
. Flechtheim
Alfred Flechtheim
Alfred Flechtheim
Alfred Flecht
Alfred Flecht
Alfred Flechtheim


title: Mary Johnston

texts:
<mask> (November 21, 1870 – May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels. <mask> was also an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, using her writing skills and notability to draw attention to the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia. Early life
<mask> was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia, the eldest child of <mask>, an American Civil War veteran, and <mask>. Due to frequent illness, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing. When <mask> was 16, her father's work with the Georgia Pacific Railroad caused the family to move to Birmingham, Alabama.Shortly after the move, <mask> began attending the Atlanta Female Institute and College of Music in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the school for three months; this was the only formal education <mask> would receive. After her mother's death in 1889, <mask> acted as her father's companion and as a surrogate mother for her five younger siblings. <mask>'s family moved to New York 1892. They returned to Birmingham in 1896, and then moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1902. Career

<mask> wrote historical books and novels that often combined romance with history. Her first book, Prisoners of Hope (1898), dealt with colonial times in Virginia as did her second novel, To Have and to Hold (1900), and later, Sir Mortimer (1904).The Goddess of Reason (1907) uses the theme of the French Revolution, and in Lewis Rand (1908) the author portrayed political life at the dawn of the 19th century. To Have and to Hold was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly in 1899 and published in book form 1900, by Houghton Mifflin. The book proved enormously popular and was the bestselling novel in the United States in 1900. <mask>'s next work, titled Audrey, was the fifth bestselling book in the U.S. in 1902, and Sir Mortimer, serialized in Harper's Monthly magazine from November 1903 through April 1904, was published in 1904. Her best-selling 1911 novel on the American Civil War, The Long Roll, brought <mask> into open conflict with Stonewall Jackson's widow, <mask> Jackson. Beyond her native America, <mask>'s novels were also very popular in Canada and in England. During her long career <mask> wrote, in addition to 23 novels, numerous short stories, two long narrative poems, and one play.Her book titled Hagar (1913), considered to be one of the first feminist novels as well as somewhat autobiographical, captures the early days of women's rights. <mask>'s deep focus on female suffrage in the United States is documented by her letters and correspondence with women working for the right to vote. But Hagar created a controversy among men and tradition-minded women, who were upset by the book's progressive ideas. Many refused to purchase it and subsequent <mask> novels. During her life, <mask> was close friends with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, who once commented: "I hesitate to write about the South after having read <mask>." Film adaptations
Three of <mask>'s books were adapted to film. Audrey was made into a 1916 silent film of the same name,  and her blockbuster work To Have and to Hold was made into silent films both in 1916 and in 1922.Pioneers of the Old South was adapted as the film  (1923). Women's suffrage advocacy

<mask> was an early an active member of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL), which was founded in November 1909 by other Richmond-area activists like Lila Meade Valentine, Ellen Glasgow, and Kate Waller Barrett. She chaired the ESL's legislative and lecture committees and served as vice president from 1911 to 1914. On December 12, 1909, the Richmond Times-Dispatch published a pro-suffragist article written by <mask> entitled “The Status of Women.” The ESL would go on to reprint this article, along with another entitled "These Things Can Be Done" in Virginia Suffrage News, a monthly paper created to increase communication among the suffrage leagues across the state of Virginia. <mask>'s writings in support of women's suffrage also appeared in national publications, including the Atlantic Monthly and Woman's Journal and Suffrage News. In 1910, <mask> took elocution lessons to improve her public speaking skills. She would go on to deliver several speeches in support of women's suffrage.In January 1912, she addressed Virginia's General Assembly. In December of that year, she spoke at the governors' conference at its annual meeting in Richmond. She also spoke at the closing event of the woman suffrage parade of 1913 in Washington, D.C.

Death and legacy

In 1936, <mask> died of Bright's disease at her home in Warm Springs, Virginia. She was 65 years old. <mask> was interred in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. Three Hills, her house at Warm Springs, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Her Richmond home on Linden Row was listed in 1971.<mask> was honored by the Library of Virginia as part of its 2005 class of Virginia Women in History. <mask>'s name is featured on the Wall of Honor on the Virginia Women's Monument, located in Capitol Square in Richmond.

masks:
Mary Johnston
Johnston
Mary Johnston
John William Johnston
Elizabeth Dixon Alexander Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Mary Anna
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Mary Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston
Johnston


title: Mo Kenney

texts:
<mask> (born 1990) is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Catching the ear of noted Canadian rocker Joel Plaskett while still in school, Kenney released her first album in 2012, which Plaskett produced. <mask> is known for her lyrical prowess and engaging stage presence. Called "Nova Scotia's rising star" by The Scene magazine, she has toured with Plaskett as well as with Ron Sexsmith. In 2013, her song "Sucker" won the prestigious SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Background

<mask> began playing guitar when she was 11. She became interested in music via classic rock; among her favourite artists in her early teens were Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Ozzy Osbourne.When she found herself grounded for two months by her parents at age 16, she began writing songs in earnest and listening to singer/songwriters such as Elliott Smith. Smith in particular inspired Kenney to learn finger-picking. At around the same age, she also began to draw inspiration from the indie rock world, thanks to exposure to the films of Wes Anderson, and the adventurous soundtracks he favors. Career

Kenney first began recording her songs at a small recording studio housed at the Shambhala School, a non-denominational private school in Halifax, when she was 17. Joel Plaskett visited the school one day to talk about playing and recording music, and listened to what she had recorded. Two years later, Plaskett's manager called Kenney with the news that she was invited to attend Gordie Sampson's Songcamp in Cape Breton. Kenney later began working on her first recording with Plaskett, starting in April 2011.Although hampered by severe stage fright when first beginning to perform, <mask> now impresses critics with her at-ease and affable stage presence. Among her notable international performances to date, <mask> played at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in October 2012 and at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton in May 2013. Her debut album, entitled <mask>ney, was produced by Plaskett and recorded at his studio in Dartmouth. The album was released in September 2012 by New Scotland Records and Pheromone Recordings. Plaskett co-wrote two of the album's songs with Kenney. The two of them are the only musicians who play on the album. In March 2013, the album received an East Coast Music Association award nomination for Rising Star Recording of the Year.In July 2013, <mask>'s song "Sucker" won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize for the best song by an independent Canadian musician, sponsored by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Also in 2013, <mask> won three Music Nova Scotia awards: pop recording of the year, female artist of the year, and new artist recording of the year. She received a similar designation, new/emerging artist of the year, at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. The awards for her debut album continued into 2014, when <mask> picked up four ECMA award nominations, winning the award for pop recording of the year. Also in 2014, <mask> was released in England, Ireland, and Germany. In September 2014, Kenney released her second album, In My Dreams, which was again produced by Joel Plaskett and released by New Scotland Records and Pheromone Recordings. The album delivered Kenney an ECMA award for Pop Recording of the Year for the second straight year.<mask> did a cross-country tour supporting the release of In My Dreams, and went to perform on Joel Plaskett's Park Avenue Sobriety Test tour in the Spring of 2015, both opening for Plaskett and accompanying band on guitar and backing vocals for half of every show on the tour. In My Dreams was released in Ireland, the UK, and Germany in September 2015. On September 29, 2017, she released her third album, The Details. In April 2019, Kenney released a follow up single entitled "Ahead of Myself". In 2021 Kenney released Covers, an album of cover versions of songs by artists such as Patsy Cline, Daniel Romano, Stone Temple Pilots, The Kinks, Guided by Voices, Tom Petty and The Magnetic Fields.

masks:
Mo Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Kenney
Mo Ken
Kenney
Kenney
Mo Kenney
Mo Kenney
Kenney


title: Igor Gorin

texts:
<mask> (October 26, 1904 – March 24, 1982) was a Ukrainian Jewish baritone and music teacher. Early life
Gorin was born Ignatz Greenberg on October 26, 1904, in the small village of Grodek (today Horodok, Lviv Oblast) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Sholom Greenberg, was a rabbi and a Talmudist who taught religion in Grodek and in the neighboring provinces. <mask> was not close to his father; it was his beloved mother, Yente Moritz Greenberg, who passed on her love of music to her son. <mask>'s father enrolled him in the Talmudist school where <mask> displayed an amazing aptitude for the orthodox Jewish liturgy, which he committed to memory. He mastered Hebrew and eventually spoke eight languages fluently. He also sang in the local synagogue choir.In 1919, when <mask> was 15, the Greenberg family moved to Vienna, Austria. Living conditions in Vienna were not much better than they had been in Grodek. <mask> worked at many different jobs during these years:  in an iron factory, a tailor shop, and delivering milk. The work hours were from 6 am until 8 pm, 6 days a week. In what little free time he had, he visited the public library and sat in on many lectures at the Urania, a tuition-free night school. On Sundays he would often go to a movie theater and he developed a fascination with America. Like many, he loved Westerns, and cowboys and horses would forever fascinate him.Musical career
Either as a result of auditioning for a synagogue choir or because a neighbor, who overheard him singing, had <mask> audition for a local choir director, his singing drew the attention of Viktor Fuchs, one of the most distinguished voice teachers in Vienna. Though the young man's scruffy and emaciated appearance was repellent, Fuchs would say of the audition years later, "I knew this boy had something, for he was so tenacious in his desire to sing." As a result, in 1925, Fuchs offered <mask> free lessons with Robert Traniewsky, one of his assistants. After recovering from a bout with tuberculosis, Gorin studied at the Vienna Music Academy from 1926 to 1929, studying piano, music theory and formal voice training. Gorin's idol during this period was Italian baritone Mattia Battistini. He resolved that he wanted his voice to sound like Battistini's and made a concentrated effort to master the bel canto singing style. Gorin became head cantor at the Leopoldstrasse Synagogue in Vienna and his fame as a cantor became widespread.One of the rabbis who heard him arranged for Gorin to make his operatic debut as Ping in a Swiss performance of Turandot. He subsequently joined a Czech opera touring company and finally the Vienna Volksoper in 1930. His roles included Tonio, Germont, Figaro, Rigoletto, Renato, Wolfram, Escamillo and Valentin. Success in the United States
It was not as an opera singer that Gorin made his first visit to the United States of America, but rather as a cantor in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1930 and 1931. Upon returning to Austria, he became greatly disturbed at the reports of Nazi purges of the German-Jewish population and the growing popularity of Adolf Hitler, and in 1933 he emigrated to the U.S. permanently. <mask> began his career in the U.S. at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, where he was billed as a "Viennese baritone". After that he was engaged for a 10-week stint on NBC's The Standard Hour.It was during these programs that Gorin met the composer Albert Hay Malotte. As a result, Gorin was the first to perform Malotte's famous setting of "The Lord's Prayer". It was to become Gorin's most popular number on radio, on television and in concerts. His recording of it in 1940 became his most popular recorded selection. Gorin then joined the radio program Hollywood Hotel and his success there led to appearances on the Kraft Music Hall, Great Moments in Music, The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, International Harvester, and The RCA Victor Hour. In 1936, he signed his first recording contract with RCA Victor and made his first recordings in 1937. He also did a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appeared in a secondary role in "Broadway Melody of 1938" singing "The Toreador Song" from Carmen and parts of "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville.In 1939, Gorin married Mary Smith in May and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in July. From this point forward, <mask>'s career was pretty well determined. Although he did audition for the Metropolitan Opera, the Met did not engage him. Gorin went on to become primarily a concert singer who appeared on programs such as The Voice of Firestone and The Bell Telephone Hour regularly. He also appeared in opera performances at a variety of companies around the country, from Pasadena, California to Baltimore, Maryland. Among his many performances was his annual participation as Brigham Young in the Mormon historical pageant "All Faces West" . Notable future performances included portrayals of Rigoletto on the television program NBC Opera Theatre in 1958 and Giorgio Germont with NBC again in 1960.He appeared with Boris Christoff in 1962 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor, directed by Vladimir Rosing. Rosing also directed <mask> in The Student Prince at the Hollywood Bowl that same year. In 1963 Gorin sang with the New York City Opera, as Rigoletto, and Giorgio Germont in La traviata (opposite Beverly Sills). He made one guest appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in La Traviata in 1964. Retirement and later life
For reasons of declining health, <mask> retired from the concert stage and in 1966, he became a Professor of Music at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He died as a result of cancer at the age of 77 on March 24, 1982 in Tucson. References
 Hall, Clarence W. "<mask>'s Song of America."Readers Digest (January 1956)

1904 births
1982 deaths
20th-century Austrian male opera singers
Jewish opera singers
20th-century American male opera singers
American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Operatic baritones
American music educators
Voice teachers
Viennese hazzans
Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Austro-Hungarian Jews
Austrian emigrants to the United States
People from Horodok, Lviv Oblast
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Deaths from cancer in Arizona

masks:
Igor Gorin
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Igor
Gorin
Igor Gorin
Gorin
Igor Gorin
Igor Gorin


title: Vishwas Vasant Mandlik

texts:
<mask> , better known as Mandlik sir , was the founder of the "Yoga Vidya Dham" and is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in India. He has written many books on yoga practice and philosophy. On 6 March 2007, Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati of Bihar Yoga, initiated him to Rushi Sannayasa (part of higher  tradition) and gave new name Rushi Dharmajyoti. Early years
<mask> was born in 1944 in Nasik in a middle-class family. He completed his education from Nasik and then in Pune. In 1967, he graduated from University of Pune as Bachelor in Electrical engineering from Government College of Engineering, Pune, one of the oldest technical schools in India. During the college days, he won lot of awards on national level in competitive rowing, boating.He also won the prestigious "Senior Championship" in 1966. Industrial career
Mandlik started his career as an Engineer in Voltas Transformers Ltd., a Multinational Company in Pune. After working there for 12 years eventually he started his own business of Manufacturing Electrical Distribution Transformers and Industrial Equipments in Nasik in 1978, expanding to Pune and Aurangabad in next few years. Along with his business, he was practicing yoga. He retired from his business in 1995, adopting Yoga Education as his life mission. Career in Yoga
Mandlik started Yoga Vidya Dham in 1978, utilizing the morning and evening hours for the noble cause of Yoga Education. He has authored more than 45 books and over 200 audio cassettes and cds, 2 software on Yoga Education, applications of Yoga, Yoga as a Therapy, Yoga for Kids, Women etc.His books are mainly in Marathi and
later translated in English, Hindi, Kenned, Gujarathi. He is the Editor of Yoga monthly called "Yoga Sugandha" for last 25 years. He is Vice Chancellor of Yoga Vidya Gurukul (Yoga University). He has treated more than 35000 patients suffering from various chronic diseases like Back ache, spondilitis, asthma, diabetes, heart problems, arthritis, hypertension, blood pressure, digestive disorders, psychosomatic disorders and many more through Yoga therapy centers in Nasik and other cities. he conducts various courses, lectures, workshops on stress management, therapy etc. all over India. He has been the source of inspiration to thousands of yoga seekers, volunteers, teachers all over India and other countries as well.He expanded the network of Yoga Vidya Dham to more than 200 cities in India and 16 cities outside India that includes Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Kazakhasthan  He presented more than 15 research papers in different International Yoga Conferences. He also worked as Member of different committees for below universities. I) Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Nagpur. II) Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. III) North Maharashtra University, Jalagaon
IV) Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. Yoga Vidya Dham
Yoga Vidya Dham is one of the big yoga institutes in India. It was founded in 1978 and is working as a Non Profit Organization having 150 branches in Maharashtra alone, 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Eastern part of India.This includes all major cities of Maharashtra including Nasik, Pune, Ahmednager, Kolhapur, Pimpri-Chinchwad etc. It is now expanding in other countries like United States, UK, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia, Ireland etc. More than 450,000 people have completed basic Yoga Pravesh course till today. More than 8500 teachers work all over India conducting classes. Yoga Vidya Dham is running 2 centers in Nasik. Yoga Vidya Dham is a University which imparts Yoga training to students and those aspiring to be yoga teachers. Various courses are conducted at different levels, Yoga Bindu, Yoga Sopan, Yoga Sanjivan, Yoga Pravesh, Yoga Parichay, Yoga Praveen, Yoga Pandit, Yoga Teacher, Yoga Adhyapak and Yoga Pradhyapak.Awards

 Yogacharya by Paramacharya (Chancellor) of Bihar Yoga Bharati (First Yoga University in the World) Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati in 2003
 Recipient  of “Prime Minister’s Award for outstanding contribution towards promotion and development of YOGA” in 2018
 Won the prestigious "Senior Championship" in 1965 in College of Engineering, Pune. Outstanding Citizen award  by Jaients Club Nashik in 1988
 Lifetime Achievement Award by K.L.Monot Amrutmahotsava Samiti. Pune in 1992
 Saraswati Award by Kailas Math Nasik in 1993
 Ideal Yoga Teacher by Rotary Club Nashik in 1996
 Yashvant Award by Shri Sadguru Trust Nashik in 2002
 Nashik Gourava by C _ News Nashik in 2003
 Yoga Ratna Award by Patanjali Yoga Kendra, Sangali in 2005
 Naturopathy Awaed by International Naturopathy Organization New Delhi in 2005
 Anubandhi award Shiva Parvati Trust Nashik in 2005
 Nashik Bhushan.by Rotary Club Nashik in 2005
 Loka Kalyan Award by Nashik Municipal Corporation in 2006
 Sanman Pater by Ghantali Mitra Mandal, Thane in 2006
 Rushi DharmaJyoti By Paramahans Niranjananand Saraswati  in 2006
 Sanman Patra Nashik Dist. Yoga Association in 2006
 Yoga Gourava Award by L.Y.Patil Trust Hupari, Kolhapur in 2007
 Dadhichi Award by Education Society Ambarnath in 2007
 Awards on national level in competitive rowing, boating
 Prime Minister's National Yoga Award in 2018

Personal life
He is married to Pournima <mask> who is also a practicing yoga teacher. He has a son named Gandhar Mandlik

Work related to Yoga
 Yoga Vidya Dham organisation in 1972
 Yoga Chintan (A periodical magazine on Yoga.) Yoga Gurukul (University of Yoga) in Nasik, India. Yoga Chaitanya Seva Pratishthan - A trust to help propagation of Yoga in remote part of India.Yoga Chaitanya Sadhana Charitable Trust in 2009
 Yoga Mahavidyalaya, Nashik in 2013 (KKS University, Nagapur)

Major Achievements
 Expanded the network of Yoga Vidya Dham to more than 100 cities in India. Successfully treated more than 13000 patients suffering from various diseases in our Therapy centre. Presented more than 15 research papers in different International Yoga Conferences. Beneficiaries more than 2,51,700 in last 20 years. Gallery

Books written

In English
 Yoga Bindu
 Yoga Pravesh
 Yoga Parichay
 Yoga Sopan Easy Way to Good Health / Yogic Solution for Back Pain
 Ashtang Yoga (Yoga the Science)

In Marathi
 योग प्रवेश
 योग परिचय
 योग बिंदू
 योग सोपान
 निसर्गाची साद
 आरोग्यासाठी आहार
 सूर्यनमस्कार
 गुडघेदुखी
 विध्यार्थ्यांच्या सर्वांगीण विकासाची साधना
 अष्टांग योग, यमनियम
 मुक्तचिंतन भाग १ व २
 योगोपचार

CD's
 मुलांसाठी योगनिद्रा
 तणावमुक्तीसाठी योगनिद्रा
 विकारमुक्तीसाठी योगनिद्रा

References

1944 births
Indian yoga teachers
Living people

masks:
Vishwas Mandlik
Mandlik
Mandlik


title: Matthew Collings

texts:
<mask> (born 1955) is a British art critic, writer, broadcaster, and artist. He is married to Emma Biggs, with whom he collaborates on art works. Education
Born in London in 1955, Collings studied at Byam Shaw School of Art, and Goldsmith's College, both in London. Life and career
He began his career working at Artscribe first in the production department in 1979 and later taking over as editor, filling that role from 1983-7, bringing international relevance to the magazine. In 1987 he received a Turner Prize commendation for his work on Artscribe. <mask> later moved into television working as a producer and presenter on the BBC The Late Show from 1989-95. In the early 1990s he brought Martin Kippenberger into the BBC studios to create an installation, and he interviewed Georg Herold while this Cologne-based conceptual artist painted a large canvas with beluga caviar.He gave Jeff Koons his first sympathetic exposure on British TV, and Damien Hirst was also introduced for the first time to the UK TV audience by Collings. He wrote and presented documentary films for the BBC on individual artists, such as Donald Judd, Georgia O'Keeffe and Willem de Kooning, as well as broader historical subjects such as Hitler's "Degenerate art" exhibition, art looted in the Second World War by Germany and Russia, Situationism, Spain's post-Franco art world and the rise of the Cologne art scene. After leaving the BBC, <mask> wrote 'Blimey! From Bohemia to Britpop: The London Artworld from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst,' which humorously chronicled the rise of the Young British Art (YBA) movement. Published in 1997 by 21, a new company founded by David Bowie, among a group of others, 'Blimey! 'was described by Artforum magazine as “…one of the best-selling contemporary-art books ever." (Kate Bush on the YBA Sensation, Artforum, 2004) The article went on to say that <mask> "invented the perfect voice to complement YBA: He makes an impact without (crucially) ever appearing to try too hard."The following year, <mask> wrote and presented the Channel 4 TV series This is Modern Art, which won him a Bafta (2000) among other awards. <mask> wrote and presented a Channel 4 series in 2003 about the "painterly" stream of Old Master painting, called Matt's Old Masters. A book by the same title accompanied the series. Further Channel 4 series by Collings included Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (2004) and The Me Generations: Self Portraits, (2005). Between 1997 and 2005, <mask> presented the Channel 4 TV programme on the Turner Prize. In 2007 he wrote and presented the Channel 4 TV series This is Civilisation. In 2009 he appeared on the BBC2 programme "School of Saatchi" a reality TV show for newly trained UK artists.In October 2010, he wrote and presented a BBC2 series called Renaissance Revolution, in which he discussed three Renaissance paintings: Raphael's Madonna del Prato; Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights; and Piero della Francesca's The Baptism of Christ. In 2014 he wrote and presented a 90-minute documentary for BBC4 on abstract art: The Rules of Abstraction considered early modernist beginnings by Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Hilma af Klint, and others, as well as contemporary continuities, ranging from Fiona Rae to El Anatsui. In the same year, Collings appeared in Frederick Wiseman's documentary, National Gallery composing and rehearsing a piece-to-camera on Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, for the documentary Turner's Thames, (2012), which Collings wrote and presented for BBC4. Since 2015, he has been the regular art critic for the Evening Standard, replacing Brian Sewell, who died that year. Suspension from Labour Party
In 2019 <mask> was picked as Parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for the South West Norfolk constituency, but was suspended by the party a day later. With Emma Biggs
In October 2007, with his wife, Emma Biggs, <mask> has curated many art exhibitions. These include an exhibition of Picasso's late works at the HN Gallery in London.The paintings were from the 1960s series of  Painter and Model and Déjeuner sur l’herbe reworkings. According to the catalogue essay, written by Collings, the exhibition aimed to draw attention to Picasso's achievement as a manipulator of form rather than the popular myth of Picasso as a showman or lover or sensationalist genius. Together Biggs and Collings create paintings based on intricate patterns. They have exhibited their work in London and abroad. Books
 Blimey! - From Bohemia to Britpop: London Art World from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst, 21 Publishing, 1997
 It Hurts - New York Art from Warhol to Now, 21 Publishing, 2000
 This is Modern Art, Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000
 Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing, 2001
 Sarah Lucas, Tate Publishing, 2002
 Matt's Old Masters: Titian, Rubens, Velázquez, Hogarth, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
 Criticism (with <mask>), Rachmaninoff's, 2004
 Ron Arad interviewed by <mask>, Phaidon, 2004
 This is Civilisation, 21 Publishing, 2008

Video and television
 Omnibus: Willem de Kooning (BBC TV documentary) Narrator 1995
 This Is Modern Art (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 1998
 Hello Culture - (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2001
 2003 Matt's Old Masters (Channel 4 TV series documentary) Hogarth, Velázquez, Rubens, Titian
 Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2004
 Self Portraits (Channel 4 TV series documentary) 2005
 This Is Civilisation (BBC TV series documentary) 2007
 What is Beauty? (BBC TV documentary) 2009
 Renaissance Revolution: Raphael, Piero, Bosch (BBC TV series documentary) 2010
 Beautiful Equations (BBC4 TV one-hour documentary) 2010
 Turner's Thames (BBC2 1-hour documentary)
 The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings (BBC4 TV documentary) 2014

References

External links
 Contains images and updated information on Collings and Biggs' work

1955 births
Living people
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Alumni of the Byam Shaw School of Art
British art critics
British male journalists
English contemporary artists

masks:
Matthew Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Collings
Matthew Arnatt
Matthew Collings


title: Mary Docherty

texts:
<mask> (27 April 1908 – 2 February 2000) was a British activist and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Born to a working-class family in Cowdenbeath, Scotland, she was influenced by the communist beliefs of her father, a miner, as well as by the poverty she grew up in. She joined the Communist Party at the age of 18, and in 1929 traveled to the Soviet Union as a Scottish delegate to a gathering of young communists. She founded a local children's wing of the Communist Party, carried out a successful agitation to declare 1 May a school holiday, and worked for communist Member of Parliament Willie Gallacher. She retired from active politics at the age of 60, but continued to give talks and write her memoirs, published in 1991 as A Miner's Lass. Early life and family
<mask> was born on 27 April 1908 in the town of Cowdenbeath. Her parents were Janet Todd, who worked in a theatre, and <mask>, a miner.She was the second of three daughters. Her father had lost his job due to his political work with the Communist Party, and as a result was forced to sell firewood to support the family. Due to the family's financial circumstances, they were often forced to subsist on cheap local herring, including when <mask>'s mother was pregnant with <mask>. Docherty's small size as a baby was attributed to this diet. The county of Fife, of which Cowdenbeath was a burgh, was a stronghold of the Communist Party; Docherty later stated that "Fife was just as radical" as Clydeside, and that the local party had been asked to "slow down" by the party headquarters in London. Docherty's father was a member of the Fife Communist Anarchist Group, and later a founding member of the Communist Party. She was influenced by her father's political activism, as well as by the poverty and hunger that her family endured.Her father wrote political plays, in which Docherty would perform as a child. She contracted tuberculosis at the age of four, due partly to the malnutrition her mother had experienced. She later said that the strike of 1921, during which the British army was brought in to Cowdenbeath to support the local police, was very influential on her. She was 13 years old at the time. As a child, she attended a Socialist Sunday School which taught politics, science, and geography. She later switched to the Proletarian Sunday School, which had a similar ideology, and encouraged children to discuss politics. Her academic record at school was good, and she passed an exam allowing her to enroll in "Higher Grade," but she dropped out of school in 1922.Docherty remained single throughout her life, but played a maternal role in the life of her adopted younger sister Frances. She also took care of her mother until the latter died at the age of 100. Communist activism
Docherty's father joined the Fife Communist Anarchist Group, and was also a founding member of the Communist Party in Britain. Docherty herself joined the Communist Party at the age of 18, the youngest age at which she was able to do so, soon after the 1926 United Kingdom general strike. She initially became a member of the Young Communist League, or YCL. During the strike, she was involved in the "Local Councils of Action", which were inspired by the Russian Soviets, and helped coordinate the strike. The miners' defeat in the strike was very influential upon her.The Communist Party provided her with an adult education, during which she was one of two women among 48 men. The other woman in her class was her mother. While still a teenager, she became the literature secretary for the Cowdenbeath branch of the party, and was responsible for the production and sale of a number of weekly newspapers. While Docherty was still in her twenties, she organized a children's wing of the party in Cowdenbeath, known as the "Young Pioneers". During propaganda meetings of the children's wing, she taught songs, poetry, and plays, and in 1928 organised an agitation to obtain a holiday for all schoolchildren on 1 May, or Labour Day, which was successful in five different burghs, including Cowdenbeath. She also organized a campaign against corporal punishment, and for free food for children while they were at school. The use of the strap to punish children was eventually prohibited after the communists were elected to the Fife education authority and the town council in Lochgelly.Her affiliation with the party allowed her to travel to the Soviet Union in 1929 as a Scottish delegate to a gathering of young communists. In the same year she had tried to join the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, but was told that women were not allowed to be members. Docherty had a great love for the Soviet Union, despite what she saw as a political breakdown in that country. Vladimir Lenin was an idol of hers. During her time in Russia she spent three months in a sanatorium near the Black Sea, recovering from tuberculosis. She had had an operation on a tumor related to the disease before she left Fife, but was cured completely at the sanatorium. She also visited a motor vehicle factory, and found it impressive, because "it [wasn't] for their sel', it was for everybody because everything belonged to them".During her time in Moscow, she learned Russian, visited the Bolshoi, and took part in a parade on the 12th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Of her time in the Soviet Union, she stated:

In 1937, she volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War with the International Brigade; however, she was turned down, because she did not have medical experience. She took to fundraising for the Republican forces in the war, participating in the "Aid Spain" campaign. She became the treasurer of a women's group which raised funds for the wives of men who had gone to fight in the civil war. Docherty remained a member of the Communist Party for 70 years, at times working with Alex Moffat and Abe Moffat. She campaigned for Jack Leckie when he was a candidate for the Dunfermline Burghs constituency. She worked for Willie Gallacher, the communist Member of Parliament for Fife, for several years, and in 1952 unsuccessfully ran for a city council seat.At various points, Docherty held the positions of treasurer, Women's Group leader, and secretary for the Fife branch of the Communist Party. She retired from active political life when she was 60 years old, but despite being crippled by arthritis, participated in fundraising efforts for the newspaper Morning Star. She lived in a modest house in Cowdenbeath, and spent her time working on her memoirs. She continued to give talks and participate in International Women's Day events nearly every year until her death on 2 February 2000. Employment
Docherty found work as a domestic servant at the age of 14, before moving on to working in a factory. She tried to find a job after returning from Russia, but her travel there meant that people were unwilling to employ her. Thus she sold firewood along with her father for a while.She eventually found work at the Leith Hospital as a cleaner, because that job did not require references. She then worked as a servant for five years, before leaving to attend to her mother, who was ill. Back in Fife, she worked as an assistant to a dentist. She stated later in life that when she attended rallies with the communist party, she had to lie to her employers about where she went. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, she began working in the Crombie munitions factory, before shifting to looking after children in Rosyth. The final job she held was at a cooperative bakery. She continued her work for the Communist Party while holding all of these positions. Notable works
In 1991, she published A Miner's Lass, an autobiographical book about the poverty and lack of opportunity among working-class women in her generation.The book describes her experiences as a young communist woman in Fife, including the impact of the Russian revolution in 1917, and does not describe the ideology of the party in great detail. It is dedicated to her father, demonstrating the importance of his influence on her identity, and is unusual in being one of the few autobiographies of a working-class woman. In 1996, she published Auld Bob', a Man in a Million, a tribute to activist Bob Selkirk, who had been her mentor. When she was 91 years old she was among the speakers at an event called "Red Fife," about the contribution of Fife to the communist movement. References

Notes

Sources

1908 births
2000 deaths
People from Cowdenbeath
Communist Party of Great Britain members
Scottish communists
Scottish autobiographers

masks:
Mary Docherty
Mary Docherty
William Docherty
Mary
Mary


title: Norman Armour

texts:
<mask> (October 14, 1887– September 27, 1982) was a career United States diplomat whom The New York Times once called "the perfect diplomat". In his long career spanning both World Wars, he served as Chief of Mission in eight countries, as Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and married into Russian nobility. He was the United States Ambassador to Canada. <mask> was born in Brighton, England, while his parents were vacationing there. He was the grandson of <mask>. He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from St. Paul's School, and from Princeton University in 1909. In 1913, he graduated from Harvard Law School, before returning to Princeton to study diplomacy.His first posts were to Austria in 1912 and France from 1915–1916 before formally entering the Foreign Service. Russia
One of his first assignments in the Foreign Service was as Second Secretary in the United States embassy in Petrograd in the Russian Empire, beginning in 1916 (during World War I). After the collapse of Czarist Russia, the Bolsheviks seized control of the government and signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central powers, which marked their exit from World War I. (These events precipitated the Russian Civil War which would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922.) Prior to the formal signing of the treaty, the United States partially evacuated their embassy, but <mask> remained as part of the limited staff. On July 25, the Russian authorities ordered the diplomats out of Petrograd and a new legation was set up in Vologda. The North Russia Campaign, an Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, further destabilized the situation and resulted in the legation becoming essentially under siege.(The Russian army had already attacked the British consulate and killed its Attache.) At this point, the order of events for <mask> becomes somewhat unclear. According to news reports of the time, <mask> was arrested and brought back to Moscow, where he and other Americans (diplomats and otherwise) were allowed to flee the country on August 26, by train to Sweden, arriving on September 5. Later, it was revealed that <mask> had during this period used a fake Norwegian passport and, disguised as a courier, sneaked back into Petrograd and arranged for Princess Myra Koudashev of Petrograd to escape the country. Contrary to the contemporary reports, his obituary in the New York Times also says that he did not travel in the refugee train from Moscow, but rather escaped himself to Finland, still disguised as a courier, where he caught up with them. On November 2, shortly after they arrived back in the United States, the two announced their engagement. They were married February 2, 1919 in Brussels, Belgium.Russian background of Mrs. <mask>
Née Myra Sergueievna Koudashev, Mrs. Amour was a daughter of a first marriage of Tatar Prince Serguey Vladimirovich Kudashev, to a Russian Countess of the Nieroth family, being born in Saint Petersburg, 7 April 1895. Over the following years, diplomat <mask> served in a number of embassies and consulates, including those in Belgium, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Italy, the United States Department of State (1922–1924), Japan (1925–1928), and France (1928–1932). France
In 1929, after the death of Myron T. Herrick on March 31, 1929, <mask> was made Chargé d'affaires and Head of the Embassy in Paris until the selection of a replacement. This was <mask>'s first time as Chief of Mission. He was also an extremely popular social figure in France and he and his wife were often written about in American newspapers, flaunting the Parisian high life. Haiti
In 1932, <mask> was assigned as Minister to Haiti in the Caribbean. His primary responsibility was to work toward returning the government of the country to native hands at the conclusion of the United States occupation of Haiti.The Occupation had been in effect since July 1915 when U.S. Marines landed at Port au Prince. He was selected for the position due to his fluency in French, but also as a sign to the Haitians that the United States would put a well-respected diplomat in their country. On August 7, 1933, <mask> signed a treaty with Haitian Foreign Minister, Albert Blanchett in which the U.S. agreed "to return government functions to the Haitians by October 1944 and to withdraw the United States Marines stationed there by November 1944." The plan succeeded ahead of schedule, as the Marines left the country on August 14, 1934. Canada
After the death in office of Warren Delano Robbins, <mask> was made Minister to Canada. His appointment to Canada so soon after his success in Haiti was meant to underscore Canada's importance to the United States, according to the New York Times. During his time in Canada, the State Department banned marriages between diplomatic personnel and the citizens of foreign countries they served due to potential conflict of interest problems.Though there were at this time 122 diplomats who had taken foreign wives, <mask>'s high-profile relationship with his highborn Russian wife and the way in which they were engaged were commonly cited by the press on both sides of the issue. Chile and Argentina
In 1938, <mask> was appointed as Ambassador to Chile, was a post in which he served relatively uneventfully. The following year, he was appointed as Ambassador to Argentina,  as the Second World War was heating up. During this period, <mask> worked to negotiate better trade relations with these South American countries, and, once the United States entered the war, to apply pressure on them to not support the Axis powers. One of the provisions of the treaty that he helped negotiate essentially cut off the supply of tungsten, essential for steels in armored tanks and in electrical lamps, to Japan from Argentina. Imports from that country to Japan accounted for half of that country's supply. However, Argentina refused to budge off key issues and remained ostensibly neutral.In 1941, <mask> was made honorary director of the first Pan-American Games, which were to be held in 1942, but were called off due to the war. Near the end of the war, on January 26, 1944, Argentina finally caved to pressure from Britain and the United States and broke ties with the Axis powers. However, almost immediately after this, General Edelmiro Julián Farrell seized power in a coup from President General Pedro Pablo Ramírez. Both generals closely backed General Juan Domingo Perón, their successor from June 1946 to July 1974, who was President in three different periods: 1946–1952; 1952–1955 until a military coup ousted him; and from September 1973, after 18 years in exile, to 1 July 1974 when he died. As a result of this turmoil, the United States refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new government. <mask> was ordered to remain in Argentina, but not to officially establish relations of any kind with the new government until a list of conditions were met. The United States officially suspended relations with the country on March 3, 1944, believing that the coup was backed by pro-Axis groups.<mask> was officially recalled on June 27, 1944. After his recall, <mask> was made acting Chief of the Department of Latin American Affairs, now probably integrated under the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in the State Department, until his appointment the following year, on 15 December 1944, to Spain, presenting his credentials three and a half months later, on March 24, 1945. Spain and retirement
In Spain, <mask> continued to apply pressure on the government of Francisco Franco due in part to its support of the Axis powers during the Second World War. On his retirement on November 29, 1945 (formally, 1 December 1945), only 8 months afterwards, the United States further isolated Spain by refusing to send another ambassador until 1951. A resolution of the United Nations, document 32(I) 9 February 1946, commended General Franco's regimen, stating:

in Spanish:

During the period from December 1945 to March 1951, the U.S. embassy remained open with a succession of Chargé d'Affaires, namely Philip W. Bonsal from March 1946 to June 1947, Paul T. Culbertson from June 1947 to December 1952, and Stanton Griffis. The later Chargé d'Áffaires was appointed on February 1, 1951 again as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary presenting his credentials on March 1, 1951, just one month after his appointment, but he relinquished the charge on January 28, 1952, 11 months later. In 1947, <mask> came out of retirement to serve as Assistant Secretary of State of Political Affairs under George C. Marshall.On July 15, 1948, he retired for a second time. In 1950, <mask> was asked out of retirement again to serve as Ambassador to Venezuela. In 1954, he came out of retirement again to serve as Ambassador to Guatemala, a post he only served in for seven months. According to an interview in 1976, <mask> indicated that he was proudest of his work in 1954, protesting Joseph R. McCarthy's attacks on the members of the Foreign Service who were suspected of connivance with communism during the ongoing Cold War, in his February 9, 1950 Wheeling Speech on Lincoln Day to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia. With a Russian wife, no matter whether she was an exiled Tsarist times aristocrat descending from Tatar Princes settled at the Saint Petersburg corridors of power centuries before, there were grounds for deep suspicions, and as a Catholic member of the Democratic Party under Democrat Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. <mask> died in 1982 and was buried in Princeton Cemetery. References

External links
<mask>our Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University

1887 births
1982 deaths
English emigrants to the United States
People from Brighton
Princeton University alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Ambassadors of the United States to Haiti
Ambassadors of the United States to Canada
Ambassadors of the United States to Chile
Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina
Ambassadors of the United States to Spain
Ambassadors of the United States to Venezuela
Ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala
United States Foreign Service personnel
St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni
Burials at Princeton Cemetery
20th-century American diplomats

masks:
Norman Armour
Career Armour
George Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Armour
Norman Arm


title: Jerry Paper

texts:
Lucas Nathan (born August 7, 1990), best known by the stage name <mask>, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. They began releasing music in 2009, with their first projects being Zonotope™ and the noise music project Diane Kensington Devotional Band. They subsequently created the persona-based project <mask> Paper, and has been releasing music under the name since 2012. Early life
Nathan said that as a child, they were influenced to learn music by the fact that "all [their] friends were making music." They learned how to play "The Simpsons Theme" on the piano when they were five, played bongos for their school band, and were a drummer. Shortly after they learned how to play the Misfits song "London Dungeon" on bass guitar in eighth grade, they made psychedelic folk recordings in their bedroom with Sony Acid and performed in various bands at school. The first group they were in was a comedy rock band named The Corrupt Ice Cream Vendors.They got into several noise and psychedelic acts like Growing and Devendra Banhart in their teen years after being exposed to them via the magazine Arthur, and later got into free jazz and krautrock. Nathan originally wanted to perform in the "cool band[s]" that they saw at school and at their summer camps, but they were turned down by all of them due to their "nerdy" looks, which influenced  them to become a solo artist. Career

2009–2012: Zonotope™ and Diane Kensington Devotional Band
Nathan stated that as a "pretentious teenager", they "refused to listen to anything that wasn't 1966 to 1968." Therefore, it was "part of [their] personality" that they despised electronic music. By the time they were experimenting with  their friend's Roland HS-60 synthesizer, however, Nathan reports in an interview that they were fascinated by the sounds it produced. This inspired them to make electronic music as a way of taking the "challenge" of "find[ing] a way to like" the genre. Nathan began producing music in 2009, and  their first project was Zonotope™, a four-album "propaganda series" promoting a Southern California-based "alternative spiritual community" named the Temple of Pure Information and Mainframe Devotion.they also had a noise project named Diane Kensington Devotional Band, which depicts Nathan as a female who starts the Wellness Group. It's for a fictional religion based on traveling into the inaccessible-to-most infinite "space between the 1 and the 0" through a method named "Trance Channels." 2012–2015: <mask>

The name of <mask> first appeared in the credits of the Zonotope™ album Excellent Realms (2010), where <mask> was given a "special thanks" for "building The Mainframe." The story of the project involves <mask> quitting from the spiritual community setting of Zonotope™ to find a "less orthodox alternative spirituality." Nathan described the music of <mask> as "slightly less abstract" than  their works for Zonotope™, and the project's titular character is caused by a "ritual" that transforms Nathan into <mask>. <mask> often wears a garland and a silk robe and acts like a "weirdo" who does "whatever the hell [they want]," such as become "romantically involved with a giant chameleon" and dance "like someone who just discovered movement five minutes ago," Koen van Bommel stated. Nathan explained that they wrote International Man of Misery (2013), "a cartoonish version of depression," as a way to poke fun on the "ridiculously melodramatic thoughts" they went through at the time.Fuzzy Logic (2013) is about how modern living is complicated by technology and politics. Feels Emotion, released on February 11, 2014, involved Nathan taking on, as Decoder magazine put it, more "ambitious" production techniques than their previous albums such as in sampling, an example being the cat sounds on "Holy Shit." The LP also has some tracks where Nathan focused on non-repetitive pop structures instead of the typical verse–chorus form, including "I Feel Emotions," "Unless It’s," "Other Please," and "Heartbreak Module #3." On August 24, 2014, Nathan released what they considered their "first successful concept album," the Jerry Paper LP Big Pop For Chameleon World, a soundtrack for  their Unity game Dr. Javer's Genneheigen's Chameleon World. The album explores simulacra, looking for "the dividing line" between a real object and a simulated version of it. In doing so, it uses synthesized replications of acoustic instruments, such as a square wave keyboard sound meant to be a harpsichord texture. According to The Fader, the use of these sounds gives the album a more "uncanny" vibe than Nathan's previous releases.2015–present
The same palette of instruments were later used on their next album Carousel (2015). For making Carousel, Nathan wrote the songs in the same manner as for their previous release; however, the analog keyboard Nathan usually used for creating their music had broken, meaning they had to rely on digital synthesizer sounds for Carousel. they said the album consisted of a bunch of "hilarious sounds." As they described making the LP's lead single, "I was just trying to come up with the funniest sounds to go together – like tubular bells, and standup bass, and harpsichord, and then it goes into disco funk." Toon Time Raw! was recorded with the band BadBadNotGood at their studio in Toronto. The band acted as Nathan's anonymous backing band, being billed as "Easy Feelings Unlimited".Toon Time Raw! involves anthropomorphic animals dealing with human issues. The record was performed with a record release party on June 19, 2016 at Brooklyn's art gallery place Secret Project Robot. It was Nathan's first headlining performance that they performed with a backing band, a contrast from their previous live performances where they sang with machines performing the backing tracks. As Madison Bloom of Audiofemme covered the event, "it was an evening of undeniably odd birds, but what a wonderful thing to see when so many modern bands are required to be ultra slick and fronted by supermodels," and the band's setup had "great versatility via keyboards, guitar, pedal effects, and flute." On September 15, 2017, American rapper Kari Faux released "Gotta Know," a track from her extended play Primary. Nathan produced the track under the <mask> pseudonym and also received a "featuring" credit on the song.Faux noticed Nathan's work via the "suggested artists" feature on Spotify, and, as she explained, she "was stuck on [their] music for a good three months, that was all I was listening to, and I would catch myself rapping to [them]." This led her to contact Nathan via Twitter before the two came together personally in Los Angeles to collaborate. Like a Baby was released in 2018. "Your Cocoon" and "Grey Area" debuted on the website Bandcamp as promotional singles for the album, which features Weyes Blood and Charlotte Day Wilson as collaborators. According to the Stones Throw Records website, the album delves into existential topics pertaining to "the endless human cycle of desire and satisfaction". In the same year, Nathan also featured on Tyler, the Creator's debut extended play Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch on the track "Hot Chocolate". On May 15, 2020 Nathan released a new album titled Abracadabra.The song "Quicksand" was teased first while "Puppeteer" and "Cholla" were released on their Bandacamp profile and Spotify. Two years later, Nathan announced the release of their new album Free Time with first single "Kno Me". The album centers around Nathan's coming out as non-binary and will be released on April 15, 2022 on Stones Throw Records. Musical style and philosophies

During their teen years living in Los Angeles, Nathan hung around several Scientology and Mormon centers. They were curious about fervent believers and it felt foreign and interesting to them as they was raised in an atheist household. It was during this time that they got into direct experience, the idea that language cannot clearly state what someone gains via sensory perception. This, as well as their love for the "ritual" of religion, would later become the basis of how they develop their music: "Musical sounds act as symbols, but they carry information that can bypass linguistic processing.That was my main focus. I wanted to investigate that freaky idea." They explained that "instead of trying to explain mystical experience," they "try to create a context and a vocabulary that maybe gets at [a philosophy] slightly more." Nathan is into the idea of fuzzy logic, or what goes on between the binary numbers of zero and one. Their Diane Kensington project and the title track of the Jerry Paper album Fuzzy Logic are based on the concept. As they opined, "Binaries are a very helpful way to deal with things. They’re a pretty good tool when it comes to categorizing the world and figuring things out.But it’s not actually how the world works." Another primary purpose for Nathan making music is to keep "put[ting] [them]self in uncomfortable situations." Nathan's reason for producing and performing music under alter egos like <mask> is that they help them figure out more about their actual self:

"What...is more human than a computer? That doesn’t happen outside of humans. Electronics are purely human tools", Nathan discussed in an interview with The Editorial Magazine. This translates into Nathan's musical style, which Bloom described as "genre-less" but compared to Daft Punk in that it combines the "coldness of technology with the foolproof warmth of human music." Nathan explains that musically,  their works play around with the limitations of pop music.This limitation aspect of their works was inspired by the piano-only works of Henry Cowell: "He has that piece, "The Banshee," where he’s scraping his finger nails on the piano strings. Fucking incredible. He used the piano in a different way." This is why, until Toon Time Raw!, they didn't use MIDI software because they would've otherwise "ha[d] a huge amount of choices." Themes
Nathan, in both their songs and the music videos for them, takes on comic views of real life because, in their words, the "world isn’t so serious." All of Nathan's music attempts to get a view of alternate universes, and "because I feel that music isn’t really the arena for truth, I often write lyrics focusing on the irrational," they said. In terms of live stage performances, Nathan dances in comic yet profound routines and delivers, in a deadpan tone, indifferent aphorisms that are also in the lyrics of their songs.As they said while performing live at  their release party for Toon Time Raw!, “It’s great to be alive. But having a body is sooo annoying. But you are a body, so…fuck it." A common major theme in Nathan's records is anxieties, how they "feel very immediate and true in the moment but in hindsight often register as products of absurd logic." The lyrics of  their works represent feelings of hopelessness and concern of where to go in life in the future, which are translated "into a subtly self-aware revision of easy listening," Decoder analyzed. As Bloom stated, "Though wearing the guise of empathetic AI and employing tools of the Muzak genre such as keyboard saxophone and elevator synths, they manages to make sincere, and more importantly good music that is relatable to humans and algorithms alike." Personal life
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nathan moved to Manhattan where they attended The New School in 2008 to study sociomusicology and philosophy of religion.They lived in Brooklyn as of 2014, but relocated back to California in 2016. They are married. Nathan is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Discography

As <mask>

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Mini-albums

Split albums

Remix albums

Singles

As featured artist

Music videos

As Zonotope™

Studio albums

Extended plays

Split albums

Reissue albums

As Diane Kensington Devotional Band

Studio albums

Extended plays

References

Songwriters from California
Musicians from Los Angeles
Record producers from California
Living people
1990 births
Non-binary musicians

masks:
Jerry Paper
Jerry
Jerry Paper
Jerry Paper
Paper
Paper
Jerry Paper
Jerry Paper
Paper
Jerry Paper
Jerry Paper
Jerry Paper


title: Edward Hagedorn

texts:
<mask> (born October 12, 1946) is a Filipino politician and former Mayor of Puerto Princesa City. He was first elected mayor of Puerto Princesa in May 1992, when the city was still capital and a component city of the island province of Palawan, in the Philippines. In 2007, Puerto Princesa was declared a highly urbanized city and became independent of the province. He was a candidate for Senator in 2013 elections but lost. <mask>'s leadership is directed towards establishing a harmony between the environment and development. The mayor was credited with establishing the City of Puerto Princesa as a model of eco-tourism for the country. Early life and career

<mask> was born in the municipality of Parañaque, then under Rizal Province on October 12, 1946, to <mask> and the former Gliceria Solon.He married Maria Elena Marcelo and the couple have two children, Eva Christie and Elroy John. <mask> completed his education from St. Andrew's School (Parañaque), San Sebastian College - Recoletos and from the University of the East in the City of Manila. When <mask> was elected as Mayor of Puerto Princesa City in 1992, he also served as an Assemblyman of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCD), a body created during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino which was tasked to oversee the establishment of an autonomous region for Muslims in Mindanao and it included Palawan island. He also served simultaneously as mayor and as a Representative of the League of Cities of the Philippines for Region IV and member of National Executive Board of Boy Scout of the Philippines. Under his leadership, Puerto Princesa gained popularity as one of the more famous eco-tourism destinations in the Philippines and as a global model for environment protection. The recognition earned the city a place in the Hall of Fame. During his multiple terms, the city was awarded as the "cleanest and greenest" component city.Based on the Constitution of the Philippines, <mask> was forbidden from running for a third three-year term on January 30, 2001, but after an election recall led by Puerto Princesa's barangay leaders against the incumbent mayor who replaced Hagedorn, Victorino Dennis M. Socrates, the Supreme Court of the Philippines on November 12, 2002, issued a landmark decision enabling <mask> to run again as mayor of the city. In September 2005, <mask> was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the "anti-jueteng czar" to handle the government's  program against the proliferation of the illegal two-numbers gambling. He created a legalized and government form of jueteng called Small Town Lottery or STL. Leadership Initiatives

Oplan Linis Program (Clean and Green Campaign) - Launched on August 1, 1992, the program aims to sustain cleanliness, beautification, and sanitation in the city through active and continuing partnership among government agencies, non-government organizations, the private sectors, and citizens. The program has earned for Puerto Princesa the coveted label of being the cleanest and greenest city in the Philippines. Bantay Puerto Program (Puerto Princesa Watch) - Protect + Rehabilitate + Plan - These are the program's key management thrusts. Protect what is there, rehabilitate what has been destroyed, and plan for the intelligent utilization of the city's terrestrial and marine resources.This is the life cycle that the program envisions for the community to achieve sustainable development. Comprehensive Housing Program - Puerto Princesa's vast land area and its rich terrestrial and marine resources have become like magnets that attracted a lot of in-migration from all over the country. They came in droves and squatted in public and private lands whose owners either did not care or know. Majority of them, being fishermen, chose the coastal areas for being closest to their source of income. Agriculture Program - Puerto Princesa City is primarily an agricultural economy. It is almost self-sufficient in food, except for a few varieties of vegetables. Metro Manila's ten million population get their fish and other marine supplies from the city in particular and Palawan in general.To improve the farmer's quality of life, however, there exists the urgent need to introduce productivity enhancement programs. Education Program - The project intends to improve the standard of education within the service area of the city government by identifying and prioritizing the establishment of schools, and organizing a continuous training scheme for schoolteachers in the city. Health Program – the City Government has undertaken effective and efficient health services. Infrastructure Program – this refers to both horizontal and vertical constructions, implemented with the ultimate goal of boosting the economic development of the city, at the least possible cost. Livelihood Program – “Kaunlaran” (Development) or economic development is the last of the three K's (the first two being “Kalinisan” or cleanliness and “Kapayapaan” or peace and order). The last was the most difficult but was achieved, making Puerto Princesa City one of the safest destinations in the Philippines. Tourism Program - Puerto Princesa City was a former unknown but now has become a city that balances tourism with nature, i.e., a city in a forest.E-tricycle - On January 19, 2007, Puerto Princesa Mayor <mask><mask> unveiled the environment-friendly and economical electric-powered “Trikebayan” (which does not emit any noise or carbon monoxide) at the Kapihan sa Sulo forum, Sulo Hotel, Quezon City. The Trikebayan costs only P 48 or $1.20 per day to operate, while a gasoline-powered tricycle operation would cost P 200. Rolly Concepcion, who conceptualized the Trikebayan, said that converting a tricycle engine to electric costs P 68,000. The 36-watt rechargeable battery under the passenger seat can run for 12 hours. Vision
 “To see Puerto Princesa as model city in sustainable development.”

With the following concepts:

A park-like city demonstrating balance and harmony between development and environment;
A center for eco-tours, healthful recreation, applied research on ecology, ecosystem, marine and terrestrial flora and fauna and environmental management;
A home for disciplined inhabitants who are responsible stewards of the city's ecological system and resources; their quality of life improved as they enjoy directly or indirectly the bounties of nature and the fruits of their labor; and;
Its major thoroughfares developed as boulevards, promenades and stretches of tree-lined and coastal highways interspersed with parks and resorts and provided with appropriate facilities for tourism, agriculture, commerce and environment-friendly industries. In popular culture
 <mask> was the subject of a biopic movie titled Hagedorn in which his character was played by actor Fernando Poe Jr. in 1995. See also
Philippines
History of the Philippines
Palawan
Puerto Princesa

External links
Official website
A Lifelong Journey of Dedication and Service
Visit Puerto Princesa
 Adventure writer Antonio Graceffo writes about Mayor Edward Hagedorn

References

1946 births
Filipino people of German descent
Living people
Mayors of places in Palawan
Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians
People from Parañaque
People from Puerto Princesa
Independent politicians in the Philippines
San Sebastian College – Recoletos alumni
University of the East alumni

masks:
Edward Solon Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Edward Solon Hagedorn
Alexander Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Edward S
. Hagedorn
Hagedorn


title: Richard Rudzitis

texts:
<mask> (; February 19, 1898 –  November 5, 1960) was a Latvian and Soviet poet, writer, translator and philosopher. He was chairman of the Latvian Roerich Cultural Relations Association from 1936 to 1940. Biography
<mask> was born on February 19, 1898, in the village of Melluzi, in a peasant family. He taught himself to read, and loved books all his life. He graduated from the local gymnasium, continued his studies at the University of Tartu (1916 – 1918) at the Department of Philology. Subsequently, he learned seven languages. In 1920, he entered the Department of Philosophy at the University of Latvia, where <mask> graduated in 1931 with a thesis "About the category of the beauty and the goodness" / " The Metaphysical Aspect of Beauty".From his student years (other sources – from 1918) he worked at the State Library of Riga: he headed the departments, consulted, reviewed, and conducted scientific research. During World War I, he worked in the library, wrote the book "The Brotherhood of the Grail", and accomplished the return of Nicholas Roerich's paintings to the Society. Under Stalin, he refused to join the Writers' Union, so that he would not have to curry favor with the "Master". Authorities banned six of his books (Germany banned one). On April 18, 1948 he was arrested as an "enemy of the people" due to a letter he sent to the Theosophical Society in Moscow; never accepted this condemnation. He was able to hide and preserve the manuscripts and documents of the Latvian Roerich Society in time. He served his term in the  strictest Komi regime camps (Inta, Abez), where he continued to write poetry, articles and other works with a chemical pencil on rags, stitching them into a pea coat.He returned from the camps at the end of 1954 as a complete invalid, occasionally earning money from translations of scientific texts and literary works. From 1957 to 1960 he met George de Roerich many times. <mask> wrote a book about Nicholas Roerich entitled "Cosmic strings in the works of Nicholas Roerich". The manuscript was approved by George de Roerich. <mask> died in the midst of his work; his heart grieved the bitter news of the sudden death of George de Roerich. He was buried at the Forest Cemetery in Riga, Latvia. On the granite stone, in the shape of the flame, a flaming bowl of the Grail warrior is carved, and under it the words: "Hurry up to the morning".Family
His wife (from 1926), Ella Rudzite, (January 6, 1900 – c. 1993), actress, member of the Roerich society from March 15, 1931, led the group from April 28, 1935, also went through the camps. Their first daughter, Gunta (b. May 13, 1933), a library worker, philologist, art critic, accompanied her father to meetings with George de Roerich, the author of articles about Nicholas Roerich, from 1988 the chairman of the recreated Society, had prepared many works of her father for publication. The second daughter is Ilze (b. January 24, 1937), an artist in Barnaul, Russia. The third is Maria (b. April 1, 1939), a doctor. Literary works
The 1920–1930s were the heyday of <mask>' poetic work. He wrote poetry without much editing.He composed songs, and they were translated into foreign languages. <mask> wrote about 400 poems. From 1917, he began to regularly publish his poems, with oriental motifs immediately emerging. The first book of poems is called "Songs of Man" (1922). This was followed by a collection of poems "To the Beautiful Soul" (1933 and 1934) and the poetic anthologies he collected in it "In the Temple" (1925), "The Book of Mother" (1932) also included excerpts from the Teaching of Agni Yoga and statements of Western and Eastern writers). In 1918 he published the first translations of 12 verses by Rabindranath Tagore, in 1923 he published a brochure on his work "Solar Culture". On June 19, 1921 he sent a letter to Tagore and received a response.All in all, <mask>  published 15 articles on Tagore, translations of 133 of his poems, five dramas and several philosophical works. He translated the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Vivekananda, Saadi, Rumi and European poets. In 1927 he published translations of the poetry of Greece "Melodies of the Bees". He wrote articles about Greek culture, India, Mahatma Gandhi, and about the Indian scholar Jagadish Bose. Participation in the Latvian Roerich Society
At the end of the 1920s The Latvian Roerich Society invited <mask>, as a sensitive translator and connoisseur of oriental culture, to become the editor of the Agni Yoga book translations. When the Society was officially registered in 1930, he was already one of its active members. <mask> found what he had been looking for, for many years.From 1930, Fyodor D. Lukin was the chairman of the Latvian Roerich Society for 6 years. After Lukun's death in 1936, <mask> was unanimously elected chairman and led the Society until 1940. In the fall of 1940, the Roerich Society was disbanded, however <mask> continued his work, "The Brotherhood of the Holy Grail", during the war and after the war. In 1935, <mask>'s book "Nicholas Roerich – the Guide of Culture" ("Nicholas Roerich. Peace through Culture") was published. This book highlights the activities of Nicholas Roerich in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1957, the son of Nicholas Roerich transmitted to <mask> the wish of Helena Roerich to write a book about the work of Nicholas Roerich.In 1960, George de Roerich approved the manuscript of the book "Cosmic Strings in the Works of Nicholas Roerich", written by <mask>. About 50 books were published by the "Uguns" publishing house of the Latvian Roerich Society. <mask> was the head, editor, proofreader, and often translator of this publishing house. You can find many good words about <mask> in Helena Roerich's dairy. Under the leadership of <mask>, the Society published the works of the Roerichs, Living Ethics, H. P. Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine and the works of <mask> himself. "A scientist and a poet, such a combination is rare, but you have it, your work and your scientific nature is remarkable", – Helena Roerich wrote. "Thank you for the joy your new book gave to us", Nicholas Roerich wrote after receiving <mask>' work "The Awareness of Beauty Will Save the World" – truly, not only is it rich in thoughts and the way the message is delivered, but it is also the clearness of mind that makes this book attractive.It is so valuable that such clear ideological books are being published and I can only wish for it to spread among wider social groups. The book must go to school libraries. It must find a way to foreign countries, so that people elsewhere know what keeps the spiritual fire of Latvia. Thank you one more time for this celebration of the spirit". <mask> wrote about Nicholas Roerich: "What is especially very attractive to us in the personality of Roerich is that he is not just a thinker, a prophet or a dreamer, he has not told any idea that you could not realize and in whose realization he had not already laid the foundation. He has established the base of many beginnings, cultural institutions that are so monumental that they make people remember the great creators of the past". ("Nicholas Roerich – The Herald of Culture").Works

 Cilveka dziesmas (1922);
 Saules kultura (R. Tagor, 1923);
 Dailajai Dveselei (1933);
 Svetcelotaja piezimes. Riga: Jana Rapas apgads, 1929.;
 Atzineji un cinitaji (1935);
 Nikolajs Rerihs, kulturas celvedis (1935),  (1936),  (1937);
 Dailuma apzina pestis (1936),  (1936)

References

1898 births
1960 deaths
Roerichism
Latvian poets
Russian-language poets
Russian-language writers
Latvian male poets
Latvian male writers
20th-century translators
Translators of the Bhagavad Gita

masks:
Richard Rudzitis
Richard Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis
Rudzitis


title: Forrest L. Vosler

texts:
<mask>, (July 29, 1923 – February 17, 1992) was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator who was the second enlisted U.S. airman to receive the Medal of Honor. He also received the Air Medal and Purple Heart. Biography
<mask> enlisted as a private in the Army at Rochester, New York, on October 8, 1942. He took basic training at Atlantic City, New Jersey; the Radio Operator and Mechanics School at Scott Field, Illinois; and Flexible Gunnery School at Harlingen, Texas. By May 22, 1943, he had successfully completed his training and three days later was promoted to sergeant. He was promoted to staff sergeant in August at Pyote, Texas, while awaiting overseas movement. In October 1943, he deployed to Europe as a radio operator and aerial gunner on B-17s assigned to the 8th Air Force's 358th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) based at RAF Molesworth, England.At approximately 8:30 a.m. on December 20, 1943, Staff Sergeant <mask> took off on his fourth combat mission. His aircraft, on its 28th combat mission, was a B-17F named the "Jersey Bounce Jr.," S/N 42-29664. The plane and crew reached the target area of Bremen, Germany, just before noon. The bombers encountered concentrated, accurate and intense flak over Axis territory. In addition to the anti-aircraft fire, about 125 German fighters repeatedly attacked the formation. This was a costly mission for the 8th Air Force as a total of 27 bombers were lost including the Jersey Bounce Jr. after it ditched in the North Sea. Staff Sergeant <mask> was seriously wounded in action.<mask> was hit initially in the legs and thighs and then again in the face when 20-mm. cannon shells exploded in his aircraft, and his B-17 was forced out of formation. During the ditching, <mask> also saved the tail gunner's life. The badly wounded gunner (Sgt. George Buske) was removed from the still-floating ditched Fortress and put on one of the wings while the other crewmen prepared the life raft. Buske, unconscious, started to slide down the trailing edge of the wing into the water. <mask> grabbed him around his waist while using his other hand to hold an antenna wire to avoid falling into the cold water.<mask> accomplished this while coping with a badly wounded eye that resulted from an earlier exploding 20mm cannon shell that hit his gun position. Staff Sergeant <mask> was recommended for the Medal of Honor based on his heroism and was promoted to technical sergeant two weeks after this mission. He was confined to Air Force hospitals in England until his return to the United States in March 1944. President Roosevelt presented him the Medal of Honor at the White House on September 6, 1944. Technical Sergeant <mask> continued to receive treatment at various hospitals until October 17, 1944, when he was honorably discharged from the service at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He died on February 17, 1992, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Medal of Honor citation

VOSLER, FORREST L. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces.358th Bomber Squadron, 303d Bomber Group. Place and date. Over Bremen, Germany, December 20, 1943. Entered service at: Rochester, New York. Born: July 29, 1923, Lyndonville, New York. G.O. No.: 73, September 6, 1944. Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio operator-air gunner on a heavy bombardment aircraft in a mission over Bremen, Germany, on 20 December 1943. After bombing the target, the aircraft in which T/Sgt. <mask> was serving was severely damaged by antiaircraft fire, forced out of formation, and immediately subjected to repeated vicious attacks by enemy fighters. Early in the engagement a 20-mm. cannon shell exploded in the radio compartment, painfully wounding T/Sgt. <mask> in the legs and thighs.At about the same time a direct hit on the tail of the ship seriously wounded the tail gunner and rendered the tail guns inoperative. Realizing the great need for firepower in protecting the vulnerable tail of the ship, T/Sgt. <mask>, with grim determination, kept up a steady stream of deadly fire. Shortly thereafter another 20-mm. enemy shell exploded, wounding T/Sgt. <mask> in the chest and about the face. Pieces of metal lodged in both eyes, impairing his vision to such an extent that he could only distinguish blurred shapes.Displaying remarkable tenacity and courage, he kept firing his guns and declined to take first-aid treatment. The radio equipment had been rendered inoperative during the battle, and when the pilot announced that he would have to ditch, although unable to see and working entirely by touch, T/Sgt. <mask> finally got the set operating and sent out distress signals despite several lapses into unconsciousness. When the ship ditched, T/Sgt. <mask> managed to get out on the wing by himself and hold the wounded tail gunner from slipping off until the other crewmembers could help them into the dinghy. T/Sgt. <mask>'s actions on this occasion were an inspiration to all serving with him.The extraordinary courage, coolness, and skill he displayed in the face of great odds, when handicapped by injuries that would have incapacitated the average crewmember, were outstanding. Taken from U.S. Air Force Biography

Military awards
Vosler's military decorations and awards include:

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer

References

External links
USAF Museum Fact Sheet

1923 births
1992 deaths
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
People from Orleans County, New York
United States Army Air Forces Medal of Honor recipients
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Silver Star
Shot-down aviators
United States Army Air Forces soldiers
Recipients of the Air Medal
World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Titusville, Florida

masks:
Forrest Lee Vosler
Forrest Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler
Vosler