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Umberto Boccioni Biography (1882 - 1916)

środa, czerwiec 4th, 2008

(born Oct. 19, 1882, Reggio di Calabria, Italy—died Aug. 16, 1916, Verona) Italian painter, sculptor, and theorist. He was trained in the studio of Giacomo Balla (1871–1958) in Rome. The most energetic member of the Futurist group ( Futurism), Boccioni helped publish Technical Manifesto of the Futurist Painters (1910), promoting the representation of modern technology, power, time, motion, and speed. These ideas are best shown in his masterpiece of early modern sculpture, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913). His painting The City Rises (1910) is a dynamic composition of swirling human figures in a fragmented crowd scene.

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Bob Uecker Biography (1935 -)

środa, czerwiec 4th, 2008

Baseball player, sportscaster, comedian, actor. Born Robert George Uecker on January 26, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An aspiring athlete, Bob Uecker was a huge fan of minor league baseball as a kid. In 1956, he signed with the Milwaukee Braves where he played catcher. Uecker, who later poked fun at his undistinguished playing career, did stints with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before returning to the Braves in Atlanta. He retired from the league in 1967.

In 1970, Uecker reinvented himself as a sportscaster covering his hometown Milwaukee Brewers. A talented on-air personality, he also appeared in televised games, providing running commentary in the 1970s for ABC’s Monday Night Baseball and in the 1990s for NBC. He also hosted two syndicated shows, Bob Uecker’s Wacky World of Sports and Bob Uecker’s War of the Stars. His humor and charisma endeared him to sports fans of all ages, and he became much more famous as a commentator than he ever was as a player.

Bob Uecker also launched an acting career and had a successful run as George Owens on the sitcom Mr. Belvedere in the 1980s. He is also known for his part as one of the Miller Lite All-Stars in the company’s popular beer commercials. He has published two books, an autobiography entitled Catcher in the Wry and Catch 222.

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Ugo Betti Biography (1892 - 1953)

wtorek, czerwiec 3rd, 2008

born Feb. 4, 1892, Camerino, Italy—died June 9, 1953, Rome) Italian playwright. He pursued a legal career, serving as a judge and as librarian of the Ministry of Justice in Rome. He wrote three volumes of poetry, three collections of short stories, and 26 plays. His first play, The Landlady (1927), drew mixed reviews, but later works were more successful. Several were translated into French and English and performed in Paris, London, and New York City, including Landslide (1933), Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1949), The Queen and the Rebels (1951), and The Fugitive (1953).

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Bah’ Ullh Biography (1817 - 1892)

niedziela, czerwiec 1st, 2008

orig. Mrz oseyn ‘Ali Nr

(born Nov. 12, 1817, Tehrn, Iran—died May 29, 1872, Acre, Palestine) Iranian religious leader, founder of the Bah‘ faith. A Sh‘ite Muslim who allied himself with the Bb, he joined his half brother Mrz Yay (known as ob-e Azal) in leading the Bb movement after the Bb’s execution. Sunnite Muslims exiled him to Baghdad, Kurdistan, and finally Constantinople, where in 1867 he declared himself the imam-mahdi foretold by the Bb and sent by God. This pronouncement split Bbism into two factions, with a small group (the Azal) adhering to its original beliefs and a larger group following him into what became the Bah‘ faith. The Ottoman government banished him to Acre where, as Bah‘ Ullh, he developed Bah‘ into a teaching that advocated the unity of all religions and universal human brotherhood.

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Uriel Acosta Biography (1585 - 1640)

czwartek, maj 29th, 2008

orig. Gabriel da Costa

(born 1585, Oporto, Port.—died April 1640, Amsterdam, Neth.) Portuguese Jewish freethinker. Born into a Marrano family, he came to feel that there was no salvation through the Roman Catholic church and converted to Judaism. His mother and brother also converted, and he and his family fled to Amsterdam. In 1616 he attacked rabbinic Judaism as nonbiblical and was excommunicated. When he enlarged on his criticisms in 1623–24, denying the immortality of the soul, he was arrested and fined. He recanted but was later excommunicated again. He recanted publicly in 1640, after which he wrote a short autobiography, Example of a Human Life, and shot himself.

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Umberto Boccioni Biography (1882 - 1916)

Bob Uecker Biography (1935 -)

Ugo Betti Biography (1892 - 1953)

Bah’ Ullh Biography (1817 - 1892)

Uriel Acosta Biography (1585 - 1640)