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Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African-born American entrepreneur who co-founded PayPal and established SpaceX, a launch vehicle and spaceship manufacturer. He was also one of the original major investors in and the CEO of Tesla, an electric car company.
Name: Trickshot
Secret Identity: Trixie Dare
Age: 18
Skills/Powers:
* Opportunity Awareness - Trixie has the ability to instantly recognize the most beneficial opportunity available to her. This power manifests itself most visually in her ability to discern the most effective and non-lethal shot to take in the fraction of a second.
* Sharpshooter - Innate ability to accurately utilize all types of firearms.
* Heightened Reflexes and Dexterity
* Peak Physical Conditioning
Weapons:
* Dual pistols
* Anything can be a weapon in Trickshot’s hands.
Background/Origin Story: Trixie “Trickshot” Dare grew up alone on the rough side of town. Her parents were shot down in a robbery gone wrong, and Trixie was left to fend for herself. Throughout her youth, she got into her fair share of trouble running with a gang known as the “Wreckers” who soon adopted her as part of their family. The “Wreckers” specialized in vandalizing and petty theft. These crimes would often get Trixie noticed by the New Brickton police, and she eventually built up an lengthy record of offenses. Trixie discovered her innate ability to “always hit her target” while evading the police, and she soon used it to her benefit to remain one step ahead of the law.
When she reached adolescence, Trixie began following the career of the Crimson Cloak with great interest. Initially, she hoped to become his sidekick, but after dozens of refusals from the grim hero. She instead decided to go out on her own and become a lone vigilante.
Due to the nature of her parent’s death, Trixie was instilled with a strong sense of justice. Though her moral compass may seem a little skewed at times. Trixie also refrains from killing, instead she opts to use her pistols as tools to bring criminals to justice as opposed to committing the same acts of violence that left her orphaned.
Taken By : Me ,,,
Using : Canon 450D EOS , Photoshop ,,,
Place : Dickson House in KUWAIT ,,,
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Dickson House is of course the house of the first British political agent in Kuwait, built in 1870. Colonel Dickson was the British Political Agent to Kuwait from 1929-1936, who then worked for the Kuwait Oil Company after he retired from the British government. Col. Dickson passed away in 1959 but his wife, Dame Violet, also known as Umm Saud أم سعود, remained in Kuwait in their family home on the Gulf Road until she passed away in 1991 at the age of 92. Most people in Kuwait still remember Umm Saud, as she was a fixture in Kuwait up until the invasion.
رغم هجوم الحاضر والتطور على بساطة الماضي
الا انه رونق الماضي وسحره يعصف بنا ولا نستغني عن ملامحه
فقد نشتاق بين الحين والاخر لترك نعيم الحاضر من اجل الاستمتاع ببساطة الماضي
اتمنى ان تستمتعوا بهذه اللحظات ببيت دكسون التراثي فقد اخذت رحله صغيره
استمتع فيها بروح الماضي والتقت كميه بسيطه من الصور سوف اعرضها بين الفنيه والاخرى
They (animals) are not just living things; they are beings with lives... that makes all the difference in the world...next time you are outside...notice the first bird you see…you are beholding a unique individual with personality traits, an emotional profile, and a library of knowledge built on experience…what you are witnessing is not just biology, but a biography.
They (animals) are not just living things; they are beings with lives... that makes all the difference in the world...next time you are outside...notice the first bird you see…you are beholding a unique individual with personality traits, an emotional profile, and a library of knowledge built on experience…what you are witnessing is not just biology, but a biography.
Irving Wallace - The Nympho and Other Maniacs
Pocket Books 78523, 1972
Cover Artist: unknown
The Lives, the Loves and the Sexual Adventures of Some Scandalous and Liberated Ladies.
I recently made a modest art-historical discovery when I happened across an obscure reference to early illustrations by the American painter, art instructor and art school director Channel Pickering Townsley (1867-1921).
Chan is best known today for the California Impressionist works and European city scenes he painted in the first two decades of the 20th century.
However, these recently rediscovered pieces, which are not mentioned in Chan's biographies, reveal that he was already an accomplished artist by the mid-1890s.
The small item from the issue of 7 April, 1909, issue of The Great Bend Weekly Tribune, of Great Bend, Kansas, that put me on the trail of Chan's forgotten illustrations appears below.
They appeared in Ellen P. Allerton's Walls Of Corn and Other Poems, collected and published by Eva Ryan.
Astonishingly, the 1894 book is still available through Amazon and other retailers as a modern reproduction of the original. It is likely the quality of the images is higher in the original than in the copy. www.amazon.com/Ellen-Palmer-Allertons-Walls-Other/dp/1164...
Townsley's name appears quite clearly on some of these works. Whether the others bear his name is a matter of conjecture. Marks that resemble indistinct letters can be found in the general area of the lower right corner. For what it is worth, the artist did not sign all his paintings.
Chan was about 27 years old when the volume of poems in which they appear was published. It remains to be determined when these works were created relative to Townsley's considerable formal art education in New York and Paris.
The illustrations appear in the same order as in the original. Immediately below you will find the poem that was the inspiration for the image.
© 2022 A. Davey
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"Treeless desert " they called it then,
Haunted by beasts and forsook by men.
Little they knew what wealth untold,
Lay hid where the desolate prairies rolled.
Who would have dared, with brush or pen
As this land is now, to paint it then?
And how would the wise ones have laughed in scorn,
Had prophets foretold these walls of corn,
Whose banners toss on the breeze of morn?
Excerpt from the poem Walls of Corn
by Ellen Palmer Allerton
=======================From:
Ellen P. Allerton's Walls Of Corn and Other Poems
Collected And Published With
Memorial Sketch By
Eva Ryan.
Illustrated.
Press of
The Harrington Printing Co
Hiawatha, Kansas.
Copyrighted, 1894,
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ALLERTON, Mrs. Ellen Palmer, poet, born in Centerville, N. Y.. 17th October, 1835. Her ancestors were of Knickerbocker blood. She received a district-school education and afterwards spent a few terms in academies, but never graduated.
Her marriage to Alpheus B. Allerton, took place in 1862, soon after her removal to Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Allerton were both invalids in Wisconsin, but in 1879, traveled to Kansas in a wagon, cooking their own meals and getting health and happiness out of the journey.
They selected for a home an unimproved farm, a quarter section, on very high land in Brown county, in sight of Padonia, Hamlin, Falls City and Hiawatha.
They now have a handsome home and every comfort that prosperity brings in its train.
Mrs. Allerton composed and recited verses before she could write, but offered little to the press until she was past thirty years of age.
Her first poems were published in "The Jefferson County Union," Ex-Governor Hoard's paper. Later she contributed to Milwaukee and Chicago papers, and was at one time book-reviewer for the Milwaukee "Sentinel."
She has published one volume, "Poems of the Prairies." (New York, 1886). She is considered one of the leading authors of Kansas. As a woman and as a writer she is quiet and sensible.
At her home in Padonia she has a wide circle of loving friends, and throughout the West the hearts that hold her dear are legion.
From:
A Woman of the Century
Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches
Accompanied By Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life
Edited By Frances E. Willard And Mary A. Livermore
Assisted By A Corps Of Able Contributors
Buffalo, Chicago, New York
Charles Wells Moulton
1893
Ed Weiner - The Damon Runyon Story
Popular Library 220, 1950
Cover Artist: unknown... Earle Bergey or Rudolph Belarski ?
"Intimate tales of Broadway's guys and gals."
From Kirkus Review:
A loving recall which gives the quality of the man as well as his writings that kept him so long in public affection, this biography draws heavily from Runyon's own columns and stories to fill in the picture. A Kansas boy, who through the newspaper game, he was a reporter at 15, and via the Spanish-American war in which he saw action in Manila, took the chance to come to New York to publicize a utilities convention and fell in love with the city. He became the chronicler of its guys and dolls and made its main stem and side street characters familiar to the newspaper and magazine world. Columns, short stories, later made into moving pictures, homely verse -- these were his passports to a wide public. Here are his friends, the original material for his stories, the quirks of his personality, and his last years of cancer of the throat which did not keep him from the dawn patrol with Winchell, nor from being a local celebrity. Keyed to Runyon's readers, this should have its own popularity.
They (animals) are not just living things; they are beings with lives... that makes all the difference in the world...next time you are outside...notice the first bird you see…you are beholding a unique individual with personality traits, an emotional profile, and a library of knowledge built on experience…what you are witnessing is not just biology, but a biography.
Wiki/Biography
Celebrated Name
Ashley Graham
Nick Name
Ashley
Birth Date
October 30, 1987
Age
34 years old
Occuption
Modelling, Hosting
Known For
Plus-Sized Model and
Pregnant with her first baby
Birthplace
Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
Current Residence
New York, United States
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American
Ethnicity
White Caucasian
Sexuality
Straight
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Christianity
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Female
star Sign
Scorpio
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In centimeters- 177 cm
In meters- 1.77 m
In feet inches- 5'9"
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In kilograms- 65 kg
In pounds- 143 lbs
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Heavy
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(chest-waist-hips)
34-28-35 inches
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Brown
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Mother: Linda Graham
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Married Since 2010
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None
Husband/Spouse Name
Justin Ervin (Videographer)
Career informatiom
Modeling Agency
1. IMG Models
2. Wilhelmina Models
3. Ford Models
Shows
1. Lip Sync Battle
2. American Beauty Star
3. America's Next Top Model
Favorites
Favorite Actor name
Will Smith
Favorite Actress name
Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite Holiday Destination name
Germany
Favorite Food name
Continental Dishes
Favorite Drink name
Coffee and Wine
Favourite Color name
Black and Red
Hobbies name
Music, Shopping, Fash measurements1.com/ashley-graham/
Exposição "Biografia do Traço - Coleção de desenho 1836-1920)
José Júlio de Sousa Pinto (1856-1939), "O velho Borges", 1913
National Museum of Contemporary Art
exhibition "Biography of the Trace - Drawing Collection 1836-1920)
José Júlio de Sousa Pinto (1856-1939), "The old Borges", 1913
Charles Washburn - Come into My Parlor
Belmont Books L518, 1961
Cover Artist: Jerome Podwil
"The courtesan who incarnates the city."
Catherine aged three and a half on holiday in the Lake District. © The Middleton Family, 2011. All rights reserved.
Pictures may be downloaded from Flickr for appropriate news use only. For permissions regarding any other use, please contact the St James’s Palace Press Office in writing.
A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
Karl Jaspers - Nietzsche: An Introduction to the Understanding of His Philosophical Activity
Gateway Edition 6129, 1969
Cover Design uncredited
A book 'Vamona Navelcar: An Artist of Three Continents', written by former aeronautics engineer, bird lover, Goa lover, artist, writer and photographer Anne Kettringham, will be released at Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim-Goa on April 12, 2013, at 6 pm. It's a limited edition print signed personally by veteran international artist from Pomburpa Vamona Ganexa Navelcar. The biography launch will also mark the opening of Navelcar's retrospective exhibition. The exhibition will continue till April 19.
Max Brod - Franz Kafka - A Biography
Da Capo Press 0670, 1995
Cover Design: FAN Graphics
Cover Illustration by Florence Neal
Except my name isn't Tom
(I have no idea what this was about, and wasn't willing to spend the paltry $10 it would have taken to find out when I assumed I could look it up on the internet when I got home. However the internet tells me nothing aside from the fact that it's a children's book written in 1911 by J.M. Whitfield and that it concerns 'Rachel Thompson, the daughter of the Samford children’s stepmother. While Whitfield’s children may argue with one another, they are presented within an ultimately loving family unit.')
John Faulkner - My Brother Bill
An Affectionate Reminiscence
Pocket Books 50018, 1964
Cover photo of Bill and John Faulkner uncredited
My world is composition.
It is the arrangement of shapes and texture through perspective.
It is the use of light and color to trigger a sensation.
My world is a world of beautiful imagery.
My name is Hamad Darwish, and I’m a health care professional with a passion for photography. I’m from Kuwait, and I'd like to share my photographic memories with you.
Please, visit my world at:
Original name: Barbie Fashionistas Sassy Shops for Makeup Doll
Hair: blonde with pink streaks
Eyes: blue
About her: She had long hair but it was too typical for me to keep. So I cut it and then tried to curl it a little.
Click on the links below to see where she features in:
Today the Hereios of the We're Here! group are depicting Me and My Bookmark. I have a habit of starting to read biographies but losing interest when the person has got to where they're going. I'm more interested in their ascent than their arrival. I've got as far as 2011 in the case of David Cameron (a year or so after he became prime minister), and towards the end of Boris Yeltsin's ascent. I haven't read any of the Cameron book for at least a year. I can recommend the Aron biography though; Yeltsin's early career is a model of how to rise through the ranks through great diligence and attention to detail. I put the book down about ten years ago, and plan to resume reading it one day...
Incidentally, if you hadn't guessed, my bookmark is the map of San Francisco.
Greta Thunberg Biography in Hindi: दोस्तों स्वागत है आपका हमारे Blog हिंदी पीसीदुनिया में, आज हम जानेंगे विश्व प्रसिद्ध ग्रेटा थनबर्ग (Greta Thunberg) के बारे में, वह एक विश्व प्रसिद्ध महिला है जो पर्यावरण बचाने तथा जलवायु परिवर्तन को लेकर दुनियाभर में जागरूकता फैला रही है। ग्रेटा थनबर्ग ने इन सब को लेकर डोनाल्ड ट्रंप से मिलने तक मना कर दिया था।
ग्रेटा थनबर्ग कौन है? ग्रेटा टिनटिन एलोनोरा एर्मान थनबर्ग एक स्वीडिश पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता हैं, जो अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर जलवायु परिवर्तन के खिलाफ तत्काल कार्रवाई करने के लिए विश्व के नेताओं को चुनौती देने के लिए जानी जाती हैं।
Greta Thunberg Biography in Hindi
Greta Thunberg Age: ग्रेटा थनबर्ग का जन्म 3 जनवरी 2003 को स्वीडन में हुआ था और 2021 के हिसाब से ग्रेटा Thunberg की उम्र 18 वर्ष की है। और यह स्कॉट होम स्वीडन की रहने वाली है। जब यह 8 साल की थी पर्यावरण बचाने में भी रुचि थी यह अपने स्कूल में पर्यावरण संबंधी प्रोजेक्ट बनाती, उसी से उन्हें पर्यावरण बचाने की प्रेरणा भी मिली। 2014 में ग्रेटा (Greta) उदास रहने लगी उसने खाना और बात करना कम कर दिया diagnosis करने पर एस्पर्जर सिंड्रोम नामक बीमारी का पता चला, इस बीमारी से सामाजिक व्यवहार में कमी आती लेकिन ग्रेटा इस सिंड्रोम को बीमारी के रूप में नहीं देखती है, वह इस बीमारी को महाशक्ति के रूप में देखती है।
AwardRachel Carson prize 2019Glamour award for the revolutionary 2019Right livelihood award 2019Ambassador of conscience award 2019Shorty award for best in activism 2020Greta Thunberg Awards
माता-पिता को चुनौती
ग्रेटा थनबर्ग ने पर्यावरण से लगाव के कारण अपने माता पिता को लगभग 2 वर्षो
La Lutheria es uno de los artes que viven oculto en las ciudades. Estos artista que retorna a la vida a viejos instrumentos y crea nuevos instrumentos, donde el vinculo entre el artista y la madera se unen poéticamente.
Poco conocido es este noble trabajo, que luce más como una pasión, que aunque es una labor de millones de años, sigue siendo ignorada. Por esto asombra y genera curiosidad de encontrarse una persona que vive y se empapa por este trabajo.
Es así como gracias a Ibar Huerta (“https://www.facebook.com/lutheriaibar”), joven luthier del barrio Matta en Santiago de Chile, logre aproximarme sutilmente en su espacio, como un observador que acompaña y se deleita de la sutil forma de utilizar la madera, el cuero, logrando entregar instrumentos con personalidad sonora.
Ibar logra con maestría instrumentos como bombos, cuatros venezolanos, guitarras e incluso un arpa.
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The Beautiful Mary Wilson of the Supremes
In my collection have an autographed copy signed by the legendary Mary Wilson.
Supreme Faith Someday We'll Be Together by Mary Wilson and Patricia Romanowski
Synopsis
A gutsy follow-up to Wilson's blockbuster, Dreamgirl, which has sold half a million copies in paper and cloth. Picking up where that bestseller left off, Wilson details life at Motown after Diana Ross quit the Supremes and describes Ross' horror as the Supremes racked up top-ten hits while her singles went nowhere. Wilson also writes honestly about her sizzling affairs with Steve McQueen and Flip Wilson in this extraordinary saga. 25 photographs.
On YouTube there are many interviews and footage of Mary who still performs
and tours.She has a website at : www.marywilson.com/
Also on Youtube noted a recent a great documentary on the History
of Motown.I found Mary Wilson"s bubbly personality and energy
wonderful.Remember Mary Wilson is a legend , great humanitarian
and inspiration.
Published on Apr 16, 2019
In conjunction with the GRAMMY Museum's new exhibition, "Motown: The Sound of Young America,"
opening at the LBJ Presidential Library on April 13, some of Motown's biggest stars recall the
beginnings of Motown 60 years ago and how it forever changed American music, business, and
perceptions of African-Americans.
- Duke Fakir
Founding Member of The Four Tops
- Claudette Robinson
Member of The Miracles
- Mary Wilson
Founding Member of The Supremes
- Moderator: Bob Santelli
Founding Executive Director, GRAMMY Museum
This panel took place on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, and was part of the LBJ Foundation's The
Summit on Race in America, held April 8-10, 2019, at the LBJ Presidential Library, located on
the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS4-s4S-52g
Mary Wilson
Ms. Mary Wilson still performs with the same passion as she did singing with the original
Supremes, but the world renowned celebrity is now using her fame and flair to promote
humanitarian efforts to end hunger, raise AIDS awareness and encourage world peace.
While Ms. Wilson is best known as a founding member of the world’s most famous female trio –
they recorded 12 No.1 hits from 1964 to 1969 – the legendary singer’s career did not stop there,
and she continues to soar to untold heights.
Ms. Wilson is a best-selling author, motivational speaker, businesswoman, former U.S. Cultural
Ambassador, the recipient of an Associate Degree from New York University in 2001, and an
honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. In 2007, Ms. Wilson
was named international spokeswoman for the Humpty Dumpty Institute, a platform she uses to
condemn the death and destruction caused by hidden landmines and unexploded ordnances in less
developed countries
Dreamgirls
The Play, The Movie
Interest in the Supremes’ legacy was renewed after the release of the award-winning film
“Dreamgirls,” in 2006. While the film created a wonderful piece of work using the likeness of
the Supremes, as well as their history, Ms. Wilson said it did not depict their true story.
The Primettes
The true story began nearly 50 years ago when Ms. Wilson started singing as a teenager while
living in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Projects. Performing at an elementary school talent
showcase, she befriended Florence Ballard. They made a pledge to remember each other if they
joined a singing group. The opportunity came in 1959 when Milton Jenkins, the manager of a male
singing group, the Primes, decided to organize a spin-off girls’ group. A friend of the Primes,
Betty McGlown, was the first person asked, and then Florence Ballard, who invited Ms. Wilson.
One of the Primes, Paul Williams, recruited Diane Ross, who just happened to be a neighbor of
Ms. Wilson’s, to round out the quartet ‘The Primettes’. After doing many rock and roll DJ shows
around the Detroit area, performing songs by popular artists, such as Ray Charles and the
drifters, at sock hops, social clubs and talent shows, the Primettes decided to audition for the
up and coming Motown record company. Unfortunately Mr. Gordy told them to come back and see him
after they all graduated from high school.
Determined to leave an impression on Motown President, Berry Gordy, Jr., and join the stable of
rising Motown stars, the Primettes frequented his Hitsville, USA recording studio every day
after school. Eventually, they convinced Mr. Gordy to sign them to his label. Much to their
surprise Paul Williams and another ’Prime’ member Eddie Kendricks, had joined Otis William & the
’Distants’ to become members of the ‘Temptations’.
Although Gordy signed the girls to his label- it was under one condition, that they changed
their name of the group. At this time Betty had left the group and was replaced with Barbara
Martin. On January 15th 1961 the Primettes officially became The Supremes. On the day of the
signing when Gordy asked them for their new name Florence was the only one who had collected a
list of names from her family and friends and chose the ‘Supremes’.
In the spring of 1962, after regarding a few songs for their first album, Barbara Martin left
the group to start a family. Thus the newly named Supremes continued as a trio; which to this
day remains one of their trademark signatures.
The SupremesFrom 1961 to 1963, the Supremes recorded many songs and released eight singles. At
Motown the Supremes were jokingly referred to as the “no-hit Supremes.” But their fate changed
dramatically in late 1963 when the song “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes,”
written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, peaked at number 23 on the Billboard pop chart.
The next year, the Supremes released the single “Where Did Our Love Go,” which reached number
one on the U.S. pop charts in August 1964 and number three in the United Kingdom. After that
hit, the Supremes released four more number one hits, including: “Baby Love,” “Come See About
Me,” “Stop In the Name of Love,” and “Back in My Arms Again,” making them the only group to have
five consecutive number one hits.Their success attracted promotional opportunities. The Supremes
were one of the first pop groups of the 1960’s to do commercial endorsements. They endorsed
Coca-Cola, Arrid deodorant, and they had their own “Supreme” white bread and brand of wigs.The
Temptations and the Supremes regarded two of the first TV Specials by any Pop stars. TCB and GIT
were TV trends that are still popular today for pop artist.The year 1967 was pivotal for the
group. Mr. Gordy renamed them “Diana Ross and the Supremes”, Ms. Ballard left the group and was
replaced by Cindy Birdsong. January 1970 Diana Ross performed for the last time with the
Supremes before pursuing a solo career. Ross’ departure left Ms. Wilson as the only original
member of the Supremes. Ms. Wilson continued performing with Cindy Birdsong and Jean Terrell as
the “New” Supremes, better known today as the “70’s Supremes.”The “New” Supremes scored a number
of hits including “Up the Ladder to the Roof” (US number 10, UK number 6), “Stoned Love” (US
number 7, UK number 3) and “Nathan Jones” (US number 16, UK number 5). These three singles were
also R&B Top Ten hits, with “Stoned Love” becoming their last number one hit in December of
1970. Songwriting/production team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson produced another Top 20
hit for the group, a Supremes/Four Tops version of Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep – Mountain
High.”In 1972, the Supremes had their last Top 20 hit single release, “Floy Joy,” written and
produced by Smokey Robinson, followed by the final US Top 40 hit, “Automatically Sunshine” with
Ms. Wilson on lead vocals, (US number 37, UK number 10).The 70’s found Mrs. Wilson getting
married and starting a family.In June 1977, Ms. Wilson embarked on her own solo career and
toured Europe and Asia while raising three new babies. Ms. Wilson has recorded two solo albums,
including her self-titled debut in 1979 with the single “Red Hot,” and her 1990 release “Walk
the Line.” She is currently recording another album due for release in 2013 while helping to
raise four of her 8 grandchildren.
Ms. Wilson’s “Dare to Dream” lecture, which she gives to young people, emphasizes the need for
personal perseverance to achieve their goals, despite obstacles and adversities in their lives.
The topic is the foundation of her best-selling autobiography “Dreamgirl - My Life as a
Supreme.” Ms. Wilson later authored its sequel, “Supreme Faith - Someday We’ll Be Together.” In
2000, these two books, along with updated chapters, were combined to complete her third book.
She is currently working on a fourth book, which will be a coffee table hardcover featuring the
gowns, history and legacy of the Supremes.
Moreover, she has spread the Supremes’ legacy from the world stage to international museums with
a touring exhibit entitled, “The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Gown Collection,”
featuring their show-stopping gowns and coveted memorabilia. The gowns were on exhibit at the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London and will be touring The United Kingdom before going on to
Europe for another two years.
Over the years, Ms. Wilson has been highly recognized as the consummate humanitarian. She
continues to devote her time and talent to assisting a diverse group of non-profit
organizations, including the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the American Cancer
Society, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, The Po Leung Kuk schools of Hong Kung, UNICEF,
the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Figure Skaters of Harlem, a youth organization committed to
helping children realize their dreams o compete in the Olympics. She has been active with Child
Research, supporting a child around the world for the past 20 years.
In 1988, Mary Wilson accepted the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the
Supremes when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1994, the Supremes
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 1998, they were inducted into the Vocal
Group Hall of Fame.
In 2003, the National Foundation for Women Legislators bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award on
Ms. Wilson and invited her to a delegation of women legislators who traveled to Bahrain. She
participated in a Trade and Civil Life Conference hosted by the Prince and Prime Minister of
Bahrain and is proud to have played a role in helping pass the Freedom Trade Bill between the
U.S. and Bahrain.
At the 37th Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in 2007, she received the
Floyd Washington Auto Safety Advocacy Award for her commitment to auto safety.
As a Supreme Wilson endorsed the Vice President Hubert Humphrey, sang at Command Performances
for the Royal family in England and Sweden.
Appearing as “Mary Wilson of the Original Supremes,” she is sought after to entertain all over
the world. She performed for President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House at the
Millennium Celebration.
As a mother and a grandmother, Ms. Wilson’s personal desire is to be involved in worthy causes
around the world that improve the lives of individuals, families and all humanity. Ms. Wilson’s
experience as a Supreme and cultural ambassador broadened her horizons and afforded her the
opportunity to be an advocate for social and economic challenges in the United States and
abroad.
Original name: Titanic Barbie Doll
Nickname: Miss Rose
Hair: red
Eyes: green
About her: I stumbled upon her on eBay. She was offered like a new one, in a box that was damaged. So she was for a half of the usual price. I was so happy to get her like that – with her wonderful red dress from Titanic. She got the main role in my first literary adaptation – “Pride and Prejudice”. She was my Elizabeth Bennet.
Click on the links below to see where she features in:
Richard Aldington - Lawrence of Arabia
Pelican Biographies 263, 1971
Cover: A detail of a portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Augustus John
Em português / and in English:
Nascido em 1911* na cidade de Japaratuba, em Sergipe, Arthur Bispo do Rosário se mudou em 1925 para o Rio de Janeiro, alistando-se na Escola de Aprendizes de Marinha. Durante oito anos foi, além de marinheiro, pugilista. Em 1933 foi admitido pela Light, como lavador de bondes e borracheiro. Um acidente de trabalho o levou a mover uma ação judicial contra a empresa, estabelecendo contato com o advogado Humberto Leone. Realizou todo tipo de trabalho doméstico em sua residência, em troca de comida e moradia. Em dezembro de 1938, Bispo do Rosário alucina e afirma ter visto Cristo surgir no quintal da casa, acompanhado de sete anjos azuis. Perambula pela cidade por dois dias, até que é internado no manicômio da Praia Vermelha. No ano seguinte, diagnosticado esquizofrênico-paranóico, é transferido para a Colônia Juliano Moreira, em Jacarepaguá, subúrbio do Rio de Janeiro. Ele só sairia do hospício em 1944, e apos isso, em várias idas e vindas, assumiu funções como porteiro de hotel, ajudante de escritório de advocacia e guarda-costas de um senador. No início da década de 1960 foi admitido em uma clínica pediátrica como faxineiro e faz-tudo. Nessa época Bispo morou isolado no sótão e desenvolveu parte de sua produção. Em 1964, finalmente retornou à Colônia Juliano Moreira, onde passou a ocupar, progressivamente, com suas obras, um labirinto de celas no pavilhão 10, no coração do manicômio, de onde nunca sairia. De sucata e de sobras, Bispo deu origem a centenas de objetos e miniaturas, assemblages e bordados, mantos e estandartes. Artífice de um vocabulário próprio, nos escuros interiores da colônia, ele reinventou sapatos, xícaras, martelos, rolhas, lápis, saboneteiras, relógios, pentes, em uma lista interminável que ele não cansava de ampliar. Ansioso, produzia para catalogar o quanto pudesse, antes que chegasse o grande dia da prestação de contas perante Deus, Nunca se considerou um artista, mas um ser iluminado, filho da Virgem Maria, incumbido de salvar parte do mundo real e suas almas. Bispo seguiu, inabalável, sua odisseia como criador de uma obra única até o dia 5 de julho de 1989, quando morreu, aos 78 anos, vítima de infarto do miocárdio e arteriosclerose. Em outubro de 1989 foi inaugurada, na Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, a primeira mostra individual em sua homenagem. No início de 1993, o MAM-RJ promoveu a mais completa retrospectiva, reunindo quase 800 peças. A consagração internacional veio em 1995, na 46ª Bienal de Veneza. Em 200, seu trabalho foi um dos grandes destaques na Mostra do Redescobrimento do Brasil + 500, em São Paulo. No final de 2001, parte dessa exposição seguiu para o Museu Guggenheim como Brazil: Body and Soul. Suas obras têm integrado importantes exposições coletivas, como Viva Brasil Viva (1991, em Estocolomo), Así Está La Cosa: Instalación y Arte Objeto en America Latina (1997, na cidade do México), Cotidiano/Arte. O Objeto – Anos 90 e Por que Duchamp? (ambas em 1999, em São Paulo). Fundação Cartier (2001, em Paris). O Museu Bispo do Rosário, na Colônia Juliano Moreira, reúne e preserva, hoje, o conjunto de sua produção.
(*) Segundo registros da Light, onde trabalhou entre 1933 e 1937, nasceu em 16 de março de 1911. Nos registros da Marinha de Guerra do Brasil, onde serviu entre 1925 e 1933, consta 14 de maio de 1909.
Arthur Bispo do Rosário was Born in 1911 (or 1909) in Japaratuba, in the state of Sergipe and moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1925, where he entered the Navy Cadet School. For eight years he was a sailor and, too, a boxer. In 1933 he went to work for the Light company to wash streetcars and repair tyres. An accident at work led him to sue the company and introduced him to Humberto Leone, a lawyer, for whom he came to do all kinds of domestic tasks in exchange for room and board. In December 1938 Bispo do Rosário hallucinated and saw Christ emerge from de back yard of Leone’s house, accompanied by seven blue engels. He wandered around Rio de Janeiro for two days until he was interned in the Praia Vermelha mental hospital. The following years, he was diagnosed as paranoid schizofrenic and transferred to the Juliano Moreira Colony in Jacarepaguá, in the suburbs of Rio. He left the asylum in 1944 and from that time worked, on and off, as a hotel doorman, assistant in a lawyer’s office and bodyguard for a senator. At the beginning of the 1960s he was hired as a janitor and handyman at a pediatric clinic. At that time, Bispo lived alone in a garret and produced part of his work. In 1964 he returned to the Juliano Moreira Colony and begun to fill a labyrinth of cells in Pavillion 10 with his work, filling the heart of the asylum that he never left again. Bispo made hundreds of objects and miniatures, assemblages and embroidery, canopies and banners out of junk and scraps. Author of his own particular vocabulary, in the dark interior of the colony he reinvented shoes, cups, hammers, corks, pencils, soap dishes, watches and combs in an endless list that he tirelessly made longer. He was anxious to catalogue everything he could before the great day of accounting before God. He never considered himself an artist, but an enlightened being, son of the Virgin Mary, who had been assigned to save part of the real world and its souls. Bispo stayed the course in his odyssey as creator of a unique oeuvre until July 5, 1989, when he died at the age of 78, of a heart attack and arteriosclerosis. In October 1989, the Parque Lage Visual Arts School held the first individual exhibition in his honor. At the beginning of 1993 the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro sponsored a more complete retrospective of almost 800 pieces. International fame came in 1995, at the 46th Venice Biennale. In 2000 his work was one of the highlights of the Rediscovery of Brazil Exhibition Brazil + 500, in São Paulo. At the end of 2001, part of that exhibition was sent to the Guggenheim Museum in New York in the Brazil: Body and Soul show. His work has been part of other important collective exhibitions, like Viva Brasil Viva (1991, in Stockholm), Así Está la Cosa: Instalación y Arte Objeto en America Latina (1997, in Mexico City), Cotidiano/Arte. O Objeto – Anos 90 and Por que Duchamp? (both in 1999, in São Paulo), Cartier Foundation (2001, in Paris). Today, the Bispo do Rosário Museum at the Juliano Moreira Colony holds and preserves all of what he made.
Foto: Fernando Chaves
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