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This mosque became a Court (mahkamah) from the 16th cent until the reign of Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham (Greater Syria), Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron: al-Qadi (judge) Yahya (Yahya Zayn al-Din), an Armenian dawadar (major-domo) & Amir of Sultan Jàqmaq (al-Zaher Sayf al-Din Jàqmaq) 1373-1453, Burji (Circassian) Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1438-1440).
Islamic Monument #344
World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali wore these gloves in his comeback fight, "The Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in 1974.
Thanks for the Memories: Music, Sports and Entertainment History, an ongoing exhibition rotates a display of iconic and well-loved artifacts that mirror the ways music, sports and entertainment have played major roles in U.S. life, shaping our national memory and often defining what is American to the nation and the world.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, $85 milliomn renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Phase One of the Madison Square Garden transformation, constructed for the 2011-12 seasons, included the new Delta Sky360° Club with exclusive views into the MSG Network Broadcast stuidio and of the local teams as they enter and exit the court and ice through clear glass panels.
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four incarnations of arenas. Madison Square Garden derives its name from the park where the first two gardens were located. As the venue moved to new locations the name still stuck.
On February 11, 1968 the fourth Madison Square Garden opened after the financially troubled Pennsylvania Railroad tore down Pennsylvania Station (although the tracks remained underneath). The current Garden is the hub of Madison Square Garden Center in the office and entertainment complex known as Pennsylvania Plaza, for the railroad station atop which the complex is located.
The present Garden hosts 320 events a year but it is best known as the home of the Madison Square Garden-owend New York Knicks (NBA) and the New York Rangers (NHL). It also hosts New York Liberty (WNBA), the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, selected home games for the St. John's Red Storm (NCAA), the annual pre and postseason NIT tournaments, the NBA Draft, and the Millrose Games. It has previously hosted the 1976, 1980 and 1992 Democratic National Conventions, the 2004 Republican National Convention, Wrestlemania and the NFL Draft for many years (now held at Garden-owned Radio City Music Hall).
Before promoters moved boxing to Las Vegas, MSG was considered the mecca of boxing, hosting the biggest of fights, including many of Joe Louis, the Roberto Duran-Ken Buchanan affair, and the first and second Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali bouts. MSG also hosts large arena concerts. Particularly famous ones include The Concert for New York City, the Concert for Bangladesh, Led Zeppelin's "Song Remains the Same" concert and John Lennon's final concert appearance before his murder in 1980.
Seating in the present Madison Square Garden is arranged in five ascending levels. The lowest one is referred to as "rink-side" for hockey games or "court-side" for basketball games. Next above this is the First Promenade, followed by the Second Promenade, First Balcony and Second Balcony. The seats of these five levels originally bore the colors red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, respectively; however, this color scheme has since been changed, mainly because the "blue seats" had become synonymous with rowdy behavior by fans, particularly those attending New York Rangers hockey games. It was a common sight for Rangers fans to set fire to the jerseys of fans from visiting teams, especially those from the New York Islanders, Boston Bruins, and the Philadelphia Flyers. Rangers fans in the blue seats would defend their home from the invading hordes of visiting teams' fans at all costs. Fights were constantly occurring, and ushers would often let Rangers fans get their last punches or kicks in before hauling away the opposing fan. For hockey, the Garden seats 18,200; for basketball, 19,763; and for concerts 20,000 center stage, 19,522 end-stage. The arena features 20,976 square feet (1949 m²) of arena floor space.
The Garden became the first artificial ice rink in North America in 1879. It hosted the first indoor professional American football game in 1902, the first televised basketball game in 1940, the first color televised boxing match in 1964, and the first Wrestlemania in 1985. It was the site of Wendell Willkie's 20,000-person civil rights rally in 1943 and home to John F. Kennedy's 45th birthday celebration in 1962 where Marilyn Monroe sang here infamous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President."
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25 May 1965, Lewiston, Maine, USA --- Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and taunts him to get up during their title fight. Ali knocked Liston out in one minute in the first round during their bout at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, Maine. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
The two examples of Rudi Lubbers' autograph are the only examples I found on the "net". They were both done recently - my example on the photo was signed about 20 years ago.
The description reads: Satin-finish 10 x 8 black and white photograph signed in gold ink by an opponent of Muhammad Ali.
My challenge is to find out who this boxer is...
Muhammad Ali: all of his 61 fights as a professional - Muhammad Ali entered the ring 61 times after turning professional in 1960. Here’s every fight from Louisville to London and Munich to Manila - LINK - www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/05/muhammad-ali-every-...
First clue - he is a white boxer - Muhammad Ali fought several white boxers during his career.
My guess who this boxer was - Rudi Lubbers - LINK to a photo of Rudi - africanring.co.za/product/rudi-lubbers-fought-muhammad-al...
- Rudi Lubbers competed in the 1964 Olympics as light heavyweight, and in the 1968 Olympics as a heavyweight.
- Lubbers is best remembered for lasting the distance in a 12-round fight with Muhammad Ali in 1973.
- In 1986 Lubbers was arrested by the Portuguese police for drug smuggling (cannabis) and sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Division - heavy
Record - 28 wins with 13 KO's / 8 Losses with 4 KO's
Bouts - 36
Rounds - 224
KOs - 46.43%
Career - 1970-1981
Debut - 1970-02-23
Birth name - Rudolfus Josefus Maria Lubbers
Born - 17 August 1945
Nationality - Netherlands
Height - 6′ 0″
Residence - Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Birth place - Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Nationally, Lubbers won six light-heavyweight and two heavyweight amateur titles. In 1970, he turned professional, and in 1971 won a national heavyweight title, holding it until his retirement in 1981. Internationally, he unsuccessfully competed at several European championships. In 1973 he fought Muhammad Ali in Jakarta and managed to last all 12 rounds. In 1986, he was arrested in Portugal for drug trafficking and jailed for four years. After that he worked on funfairs with his wife Ria, and eventually became homeless after she was declared bankrupt in 1999. LINK - alchetron.com/Rudie-Lubbers
LINK to a video - Muhammad Ali vs. Rudi Lubbers | HIGHLIGHTS - October 20, 1973 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPuez2TqhVI
LINK to newspaper article - Ali Beats Lubbers - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vicksburg-post-ali-beats-l...
Lubbers said he had remained friends with Ali who fought him in 1973 as he prepared for a rematch with his great rival Joe Frazier. "Years after the fight, he (Ali) came to Holland," said Lubbers who revealed that Ali had told him something he would remember forever. "Ali told me: `Rudi, you're the only white man from whom I ever learned something'." LINK - www.wionews.com/photos/he-lost-to-muhammad-ali-then-fell-...
At Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue's 'Night Of The Hurricane' concert to benefit imprisoned boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Madison Square Garden, December 8, 1975. Dylan sang, Ali spoke.
Photography by Ken Regan.
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
TIME Magazine cover
March 8, 1971
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion fight
I've saved this for a very long time
Rest in Peace
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
The Greatest
The mosque was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848 and is situated on the summit of the Citadel. This Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's oldest son, who died in 1816.
The mosque was built on the site of old Mamluk buildings in Cairo's Citadel between 1830 and 1848, although not completed until the reign of Said Pasha in 1857. The architect was Yusuf Bushnak from Istanbul and its model was the Yeni Mosque
It is built on the site of Mamluk palaces destroyed at the behest of the patron, an act reminiscent of that of Saladin who wiped out all traces of Fatimid power by dismantling their palaces, and it also superseded the adjacent Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad as the new state mosque. This first independent ruler of Egypt chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, tenaciously stuck to the architectural styles of the two Mamluk dynasties. But then, as an Ottoman governor of Albanian origin, his primary identification was with the Ottomans rather than his local subjects and he even had designs on the Sultanate for a time.
This mosque, with its general scheme consisting of a square sanctuary covered by a central dome flanked by four half-domes, is a conscious revival of Ottoman imperial style. The style, however, was not the only imperial aspect that the architect strived to emulate. The monumental scale of the sanctuary rivals that of Sultan Ahmet (1609-17); the adjoining courtyard surrounded by the typical domed porticoes is of a larger area than that of the Süleymaniye (1550-57); the slightly pointed dome, although of a diameter smaller than its Ottoman counterparts, has a profile equal in height to that of the Süleymaniye and higher than that of the Selimiye (1569-74); the height of the minarets is unrivaled by any of their Ottoman counterparts.
The mosque's decoration styles shows strong influence from the European and Ottoman renaissance, characteristic of Ottoman architecture in Istanbul from this period. The clock tower and abolition fountain are examples of this influence as are the alabaster panels, the interior design and the inside decoration of the dome.
More info available on <a href="http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2080"ArchNet
Muhammad Ali fought Ernie Shavers at Madison Square Garden on September 29, 1977 defending his title. Ali took a unanimous decision although in the second round, Shavers hurt Ali badly with an overhand right. For more visit www.boxingmemories.com/
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
The mosque was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha between 1830 and 1848 and is situated on the summit of the Citadel. This Ottoman mosque, the largest to be built in the first half of the 19th century, is, with its animated silhouette and twin minarets, the most visible mosque in Cairo. The mosque was built in memory of Tusun Pasha, Muhammad Ali's oldest son, who died in 1816.
The mosque was built on the site of old Mamluk buildings in Cairo's Citadel between 1830 and 1848, although not completed until the reign of Said Pasha in 1857. The architect was Yusuf Bushnak from Istanbul and its model was the Yeni Mosque
It is built on the site of Mamluk palaces destroyed at the behest of the patron, an act reminiscent of that of Saladin who wiped out all traces of Fatimid power by dismantling their palaces, and it also superseded the adjacent Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad as the new state mosque. This first independent ruler of Egypt chose to build his state mosque entirely in the architectural style of his former overlords, the Ottomans, unlike the Mamluks who, despite their political submission to the Ottomans, tenaciously stuck to the architectural styles of the two Mamluk dynasties. But then, as an Ottoman governor of Albanian origin, his primary identification was with the Ottomans rather than his local subjects and he even had designs on the Sultanate for a time.
This mosque, with its general scheme consisting of a square sanctuary covered by a central dome flanked by four half-domes, is a conscious revival of Ottoman imperial style. The style, however, was not the only imperial aspect that the architect strived to emulate. The monumental scale of the sanctuary rivals that of Sultan Ahmet (1609-17); the adjoining courtyard surrounded by the typical domed porticoes is of a larger area than that of the Süleymaniye (1550-57); the slightly pointed dome, although of a diameter smaller than its Ottoman counterparts, has a profile equal in height to that of the Süleymaniye and higher than that of the Selimiye (1569-74); the height of the minarets is unrivaled by any of their Ottoman counterparts.
The mosque's decoration styles shows strong influence from the European and Ottoman renaissance, characteristic of Ottoman architecture in Istanbul from this period. The clock tower and abolition fountain are examples of this influence as are the alabaster panels, the interior design and the inside decoration of the dome.
More info available on <a href="http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2080"ArchNet
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/33663
Local call number: RC11106
Title: Championship fight of Clay and Liston - Miami Beach
Date: February 25, 1964
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
Series Title: Reference Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
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Born and raised in Louisville, Ali was born Cassius Clay, having been named after his father, who in turn was named after a famous fighter for emancipation — Kentucky planter and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Ali would go on to make a name for himself.
This was taken at a Louisville pumpkin festival a few days before Halloween. Ali had passed away in June.
Patron, begun 1848: Muhammad 'Ali (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) 1769-1849, Wāli of Egypt, Sudan, Sham, Hejaz, Morea, Thasos, Crete (r.1805-1848).
Patron, completed 1857: Sa‘id (Mohamed Sa'id Pasha) 1822-1863, 4th son of Muhammad 'Ali, Wāli of Egypt & Sudan (r.1854-1863).
Architect: Yusuf Bushnak, an otherwise unknown Greek architect from Istanbul, who is thought to have modelled it on the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed (Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.
Islamic Monument #503
Civil Rights Leaders Collage
Pictured are the leaders in the fight for human dignity like late soul singer Mr. James Brown, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his late wife Coretta Scott King, Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Grace Lee Boggs, Cesar Chavez and many others who fight the good fight in their neighborhoods every day.
The King Center Official website of the MLK Family and the late great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
www.thekingcenter.org/drmlkingjr
King Center Facebook:
www.facebook.com/thekingcenter
Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute:
King Center page for the late Coretta Scott King:
www.thekingcenter.org/MrsCSKing/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180053
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Nobel Prize:
nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr
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“Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America's Main Street” by author Jonathon Tilove and photographs by Michael Falco.
www.amazon.com/Along-Martin-Luther-King-Americas/dp/14000...
Official website of author Jonathon Tilove:
jonathantilove.com/obama-along-ml
www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030774.Along_Martin_Luther_King
Books about Martin Luther King, Jr.:
www.martinlutherkingquotes.net/category/martin-luther-kin...
Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.martinlutherkingquotes.net/
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication
The dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is at 11 a.m. on August 28th, 2011 - the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
www.mlkmemorial.org/site/c.hkIUL9MVJxE/b.1286621/k.BD3C/H...
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James Brown:
Official myspace page for soul singer Mr. James Brown:
Wikipedia page on Godfather of Soul Mr. James Brown:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Brown
James Brown Quells Riots in Augusta in 1970:
www.uga.edu/civilrights/cities/augusta/augusta_printable/...
Fannie Brown Burford, Godsister of Soul
Grace Promotions
619-241-4641
info@gracepromotions.com
Fannie@godsisterofsoul.com
www.myspace.com/godsisterofsoul
Band of Mr. James Brown, show pilot:
www.rjandthejamesbrownband.com/
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Official projects of Rev. Jesse Jackson and his “Rainbow Coalition” and “Operation Push”:
Official Muhammad Ali site:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali
Muhammad Ali Center
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Rev. Jesse Jackson - “Rainbow Coalition” and “Operation Push”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson
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César Chávez Foundation:
www.cesarechavezfoundation.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez
www.facebook.com/nationalchavezcenter
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Grace Lee Boggs Center:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Boggs
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Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
The Fleshlights, Secret Prostitutes, White Crime, Crime Wave, Noguey, Muhammadali, The Mahas, Hamamatsu Tom and the Bareback Hell Stallions and Copwarmth @ Bummerfest held at The Ponderosa in Houston, Texas. Aug 2011
Race Project student workshops on 3/9 and 3/11/20 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO. Media Services photographer / Dana Anderson
The Fleshlights, Secret Prostitutes, White Crime, Crime Wave, Noguey, Muhammadali, The Mahas, Hamamatsu Tom and the Bareback Hell Stallions and Copwarmth @ Bummerfest held at The Ponderosa in Houston, Texas. Aug 2011
Sarnia Sertoma Clubs Annual Sportsman Dinner 1974 Guildwood Inn - Muhammad Ali doodle on tablecloth. Larry Csonka was scheduled but couldn't make it (too bad), but Ali stepped in last minute which was "the greatest"!
George Chavalo was also a speaker that night.
Saw that Ali was doodling away, didn't know onto what, until after the dinner. Raced up to the table, saw the doodle, saw it was signed, dated and began removing dishes etc and rolled up the tablecloth.
It was a night to remember...RIP
The legendary boxer needs no introduction.
Madame Tussaud's - always a tacky tourist trap, but also always a good place to test my portrait photography skills - and my prime lens (35mm f/1.8).
–¿Es verdad que vas a pelear con Clay?
–Por supuesto, ya lo dije –respondía a los periodistas.
–¿Y qué pensás de los que dicen que eso es una locura y una mentira?
–Que lo dicen porque son envidiosos. Y yo me río de los envidiosos.
Una vez que la pelea se confirmó, la pregunta apuntaba a otro lado:
–¿Le podés ganar a Clay?
–Je! Mejor preguntáme en qué round se cae.
Clay, ya convertido al islamismo luego de negarse a ir a la guerra de Vietnam aceptó, aunque sus allegados trataron de convencerlo de que no lo hiciera. Temían que Bonavena, un guapo que conocía todas las mañas del boxeo, fuera una carga demasiado pesada a 15 rounds para un Alí casi inactivo. Lo que nunca nadie imaginó es que Ringo iba a ganar una batalla que el púgil de Angelo Dundee nunca había perdido, la del chicaneo previo, debajo del ring.
Chicken. La concentración fue en Grossinger, a 200 kilómetros de Manhattan. Allí estuvo el clan Bonavena cerca de un mes. Cuando los periodistas americanos lo interrogaban, Ringo no hablaba ni de Alí ni de Clay, hablaba del “Negro”. “Llegó a decir que le daba un poco de impresión pelear porque ‘los negros tienen olor’”, cuenta el doctor Cacho Paladino, quien compartió los días previos. “Le dije ‘loco, ojo que acá son todos negros’. Y empezó a aclarar que no todos los negros tenían olor, que solamente era Clay. En fin…”.
Esto generó la ira del pupilo de Angelo Dundee. Y todo explotó durante el pesaje previo a la pelea. Estaban sentados en un sillón separados por un médico que les iba a tomar la presión. Alí se sacó la remera y Bonavena arrancó tapándose la nariz.
–¿Guay iu nou gou de armi? (¿Por qué no fuiste a la guerra?)
Alí lo miró no pudiendo creer lo que escuchaba: un boxeador blanco, sudamericano y sin título mundial, sacando chapa de canchero ante él, delante de toda la TV.
–Te voy a dar una paliza, contestó caliente.
–Jaaa … Iu arr e chiken…chiken, chiken!!…pipipipi, (“Vos sos una gallina”), dijo Ringo moviendo la mano, como quien espanta una mosca en el aire.
–Nunca debiste haber hablado así de Muhamad Alí, dijo el moreno, mientras se colocaba el estetoscopio en el brazo izquierdo.
–Clay…, aclaró Bonavena.
–¡Alí!
–Clay, Clay…, repetía Ringo, entrando en risa.
–Te caés en el nueve, cambió de tema el americano, todo el mundo escuche, serás mío en el nueve.
–Maibe iu cam daun in seven, (“Quizá te caes vos en el siete”), redobló Ringo.
–Ok, vos decís el siete y yo digo el nueve, afirmó Alí, con ánimo de acabar con el tema.
–Ai laik de seven (“Me gusta el siete”), la siguió el Zurdo. Seven is culito in mai cantry (“Siete es culito en mi país”).
–Pongamos las cosas en su lugar, dijo Alí, desbordado. ¿Quién habla este idioma? (por el español).
“Yo”, respondió un argentino. “Pregúntele en qué round piensa que puede ganarme?”
Sin necesidad de traducción Ringo dijo: “Ahhhhhhh…¿¿¡¡estás preocupadooo, ehhh!!??. Jajajajaja. Decile que ahora no le digo nada, ¡¡¡sorprais, sorpraissssss!!!
La previa tomó tal dimensión que el Ku Klux Klan hizo públicas sus simpatías por Bonavena y las Panteras Negras estuvieron en las afueras del Madison apoyando a Alí. El clima era tenso. Alí de pantaloncito y bata roja y blanca. Bonavena bata celeste y blanca y azul oscuro con vivos rojos. La pelea fue intensa. El argentino llegó a alcanzarlo con “la bomba”, golpe que él mismo le daba a su zurda boleada. En el noveno round, Alí resbaló. En la historia quedó como una caída, que en realidad no fue tal. Sí es cierto que los golpes de esa parte del combate fueron estremecedores para el norteamericano y que Ringo demostró que estaba a tono con el mejor de todos los tiempos. Pero, extenuado, perdió por nocaut en el decimoquinto round.
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- Is it true you're going to fight with Clay?
'Of course, I said, responding to reporters.
- What do you think of those who say it is foolish and a lie?
-Let them say they are envious. And I laugh of the envious.
Once the fight is confirmed, the question points to another side:
- Does Clay you can win?
-Je! Better ask me in what round is dropped.
Clay, and converted to Islam after refusing to go to war in Vietnam accepted, though his relatives tried to convince him not to. They feared that Bonavena, a handsome who knew all the tricks of boxing, a burden too heavy for a 15 rounds Ali almost inactive. What no one ever imagined is that Ringo would win a battle that the boxer Angelo Dundee never lost, that of the previous chicaneo below the ring.
Chicken. The concentration was in Grossinger, 200 miles from Manhattan. There was the clan Bonavena about a month. When American journalists questioned him, Ringo did not speak of Ali or Clay, spoke of the "Black". "Went on to say that printing was a little fight because" blacks have smell, '"says Dr. Cacho Paladino, who shared the previous days. "I said 'crazy eye here are all black'. And he began to clarify that not all blacks were smell, it was only Clay. Anyway ... ".
This raised the ire of the pupil of Angelo Dundee. And all exploded at the weigh before the fight. They sat in a chair separated by a doctor who would take the pressure. Ali took his shirt off and started covering her nose Bonavena.
- Iu Guay gou of armi nou? (Why did not you go to war?)
Ali looked unable to believe his ears: a white boxer, South America and without a world title, taking canchero plate before him, before all the TV.
-I'll give you a beating, said hot.
Iu-JAAA ... ... chiken chiken arr e, chiken! ... Pipipipi ("You're a chicken"), Ringo said, shaking his hand as he frightens a fly in the air.
-You should never have had so spoken of Muhammad Ali, Brown said, while placing the stethoscope on the left arm.
-Clay ... Bonavena said.
- Ali!
-Clay, Clay ... Ringo repeated, entering into laughter.
-You fall in nine American changed the subject, the whole world to hear, you will be mine in the nine.
Maib daun-cam in seven iu ("Maybe you will fall in the seven"), Ringo redoubled.
-Ok, you say I say seven and nine, said Ali, aimed at ending the matter.
Seven-Ai laik ("I like the seven"), Lefty followed. Seven is in mai ass cantry ("Seven is my country ass").
-Let's get in place, said Ali, overwhelmed. Who speaks this language? (For Spanish).
"I," said an Argentine. "Ask what round you think you can beat me?"
Translation without Ringo said, "Ahhhhhhh ... ¿¿preocupadooo you, uh !!??. Hahahahaha. Tell him do not say anything now, sorprais, sorpraissssss!
The advance took so great that the Ku Klux Klan made public his support for Bonavena and the Black Panthers were on the outskirts of Madison to support Ali. The atmosphere was tense. Ali of pants and red and white gown. Bonavena coat blue and white and dark blue with red. The fight was intense. The Argentine to reach with "the bomb", hit that he gave his left boleada. In the ninth round, Ali slipped. The story was as a fall, was not really such. It is true that the blows of the fight that were shocking for the American and Ringo showed he was in tune with the best of all time. But, exhausted, lost by knockout in the fifteenth round.
Al-Rifa‘i (Ahmad ibn ʽAli al-Rifaʽi) 1119-1183, was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. Although this mosque is named after him, the shrine contains the burials of his grandson, 'Ali Abu Shibbak al-Rifai and another Sufi mystic, 'Abd Allah al-Ansari.
The Mosque of al-Rifa'i replaced a zawiya (shrine) of the sufi saint, al-Rifa'i. It is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad 'Ali's family, in addition to Hosh al-Basha (the Courtyard of the Pasha), in the Southern Cemetery.
Patron: commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin (Hoşyar Kadın) ?-1885, consort to Ibrahim Pasha & Walida Pasha to their son, Isma'il Pasha.
Original architect: Hussein Pasha Fahmi (a distant cousin of Muhammad 'Ali), Minister of Awqaf, who died in 1880 when work stopped.
Construction Supervisor: Khalil Agha chief eunuch & director of estates for Isma'il Pasha.
Completed: work resumed in 1905 when the Khedive, Abbas II, ordered its completion. Work was supervised by architect Max Herz (Herz Miksa, Hungarian) 1856-1919, head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe.
Islamic Monument #U103
Let's get ready to rumble @ Zoo Zurich, Switzerland.
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Cover of The Ring from September 1963. This belonged to my father who received it while in hospital from his father. He had fallen off his bike and bumped his head.
Inside: Clay vs Cooper, Liston vs Patterson, Willie Pastrano, Eddie Cotton, Jack Kearns, Young Pastrano, Ultiminio Ramos, P4P ratings, and much more.
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Sabena
Book
Sabena. De pioniersjaren - Les années pionnières
Auteur: Annelies Verbeke
Soort: Met illustraties
Taal: Nederlands - Frans
Vertaald door: Marie-Francoise Dispa
Pagina's: 320
Illustraties: 410
Afmetingen: 50x310x250 mm
Gewicht: 2,13 kg
Druk: 1
ISBN10: 9055448699
ISBN13: 9789055448692
Published in 2011 in Antwerpen by Ludion
Drukkerij: Die Keure in Brugge
Foto's uit het archief van de voormalige nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij
Sabena, de Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploration de la Navigation Aérienne, wordt opgericht op 23 mei 1923, midden in de roaring twenties.
De luchtvaart staat nog in haar kinderschoenen.
Vluchten naar buurlanden verlopen met meerdere tussenstops.
Slechts 2 jaar later vliegt Sabena, naast tal van andere locaties, reeds naar Congo, waar het vliegtuig hét middel blijkt om de lange afstanden in de toenmalige kolonie te overbruggen.
Het helpt de Belgische staat ook om het immense land beter te besturen.
Maar uiteraard ging dat gepaard met het nodige gevaar, de infrastructuur en techniek van toen waren nog niet die van nu, en dat hield risico's in voor langeafstandsvluchten.
Sommige vluchten gingen noodgedwongen ook boven het dichte oerwoud, wat uiteraard voor nodige adrenaline zorgde.
Op zeven november 2011 zal het een decennium geleden zijn dat een enorme kring Sabeniens zich op de luchthaven van Zaventem rond de laatste Sabenavlucht sloot. Ik bekijk het gebeuren in de vorm van amateurfilmpjes op YouTube en kan zelf de ogen nauwelijks droog houden. De werknemers lachen en hullen tegelijk, scanderen Sa-be-na en vallen elkaar in de armen. De intensiteit van hun afscheid overstijgt de boosheid om de sluiting van de luchtvaartmaatschappij en de angst over de toekomst van hun persoonlijke carrières. Met oprecht verdriet begraven deze mensen een groot stuk Belgische geschiedenis, een gedeelde manier van leven die hen naar eigen zeggen vleugels gaf, een bedrijf waarmee ze zich in die mate identificeerden dat ze zich geen gewone werknemers voelden maar Sabeniens.
Le sept novembre 2011, il y aura dix ans que les Sabeniens ont formé, à l'aéroport de Zaventem, un énorme cercle autour du dernier vol de la Sabena. Je découvre l'événement sur YouTube, sous la forme de films d'amateurs, et j'ai moi-même du mal à retenir mes larmes. Les travailleurs rient et pleurent à la fols, scandent Sa-be-na et se tombent mutuellement dans les bras. L'intensité de leur adieu l'emporte sur la colère suscitée en eux par la fermeture de leur compagnie aérienne et sur leur anxiété quant à l'avenir de leurs carrières personnelles. C'est avec un profond chagrin qu'ils enterrent une grande partie de l'histoire de Belgique, un mode de vie commun qui leur a, de leur propre aveu, donné des ailes, une entreprise à laquelle ils se sont tellement identifiés qu'ils ne se considéraient pas comme de simples travailleurs, mais comme des Sabeniens.
Condition: Brand new in blister
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 250 x 310
Weight (g): 2150
Edmond Thieffry
L. Roger
J. De Bruycker
Haren - Haeren (Evere)
Savoia-Marchetti S.83
Kongostroom - Fleuve Congo
Levy Lepen HB-2
Vliegveld - Aérodrome
Melsbroek
Transportdienst - Service de transport
DC-3
DC-4
DC-6
Promotie - Publicités
PassagiershaI - Hall des voyageurs
Generaal - Général De Gaulle
Freetown
Meting windrichting - Étude de la direction des vents
G. Pottier
Elisabethstad - Elisabethville
Congo
Convair 240
Stewardess - Hôtesse
Piloot - Pilote
Leopoldstad - Léopoldville
Administratie - Administration
Kantoor - Bureaux
Caïro - Caire
Harlem Globetrotters
Wright Cyclone-SM-83
Instructeur
Geïmproviseerd slaapwiegje - Berceau de fortune
Eddy Merckx
Een dag van een piloot - La journée d'un pilote
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Lou Levy
Roy Eldridge
Sophia Loren
William Holden
Orson Welles
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Italiaanse mijnwerkers - Des mineurs italiens
Mariabeeld - Statue de la Vierge
Vertrek - Départ
Aankomst - Arrivée
Tanganykameer - Le lac Tanganyika
Wagenia
Monseigneur Van Roey
Sabenapersoneel Congo - Personnel Sabena au Congo
Libengué
Albert I - Albert Ier
Bevoorradingspost in Afrika - Ravitaillement en Afrique
Traject - Réseau
Kivumeer - Le lac Kivu
Kalina
Bidon Cinq
El Alouef
Toerisme - Tourisme
Wageniasvissers - Pêcheurs Wagénias
Stanleystad - Stanleyville
Usumbura
Sahara
Sabenabuschauffeurs - Chauffeurs de bus
Matadi
Louis Armstrong
Maria Callas
Marlene - Marlène Dietrich
London
Piccadilly
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Innovation Brussel - Bruxelles
Sabenagebouw - Bàtiment de la Sabena
5th Avenue, New York
Christiansand
Audrey Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Prinses - Princesse
Paola
Joséphine-Charlotte
Rome
Joan Crawford
Praag - Prague
Albert
Medische dienst - Service médical
Roy Orbison
Gaston Roelants
Paul Van Himst
Napels - Naples
Georgette - René Magritte
The Rolling Stones
Koning Boudewijn - Le roi Baudouin
Koningin Fabiola - La reine Fabiola
Grand Bazar
Decoratieatelier - Atelier de décoration
Promotiedecor - Décor de publicité
Koning Albert I - Le roi Albert Ier
Leopold - Léopold III
Astrid
Marie-Christine
Lilian
Albert
Elisabeth
Alexander - Alexandre
Lockheed Lodstar
Technische dienst - Service technique
Marianne Faithfull
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemon
Jacques Brel
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Mansfield
Marc Vanspringel
Roger Moens
Louis Neefs
Joséphine Baker
Duke Ellington
Sonny & Cher
Billboard
Expo '58
Sabenapaviljoen - Pavillon de la Sabena
Atomium
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali lunges at challenger Joe Frazier during the 10th round of a boxing match in Manila in 1975. Ali won a 14th round TKO over Frazier. October 1, 1975 Manila, Philippines
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Sabena
Book
Sabena. De pioniersjaren - Les années pionnières
Auteur: Annelies Verbeke
Soort: Met illustraties
Taal: Nederlands - Frans
Vertaald door: Marie-Francoise Dispa
Pagina's: 320
Illustraties: 410
Afmetingen: 50x310x250 mm
Gewicht: 2,13 kg
Druk: 1
ISBN10: 9055448699
ISBN13: 9789055448692
Published in 2011 in Antwerpen by Ludion
Drukkerij: Die Keure in Brugge
Foto's uit het archief van de voormalige nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij
Sabena, de Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploration de la Navigation Aérienne, wordt opgericht op 23 mei 1923, midden in de roaring twenties.
De luchtvaart staat nog in haar kinderschoenen.
Vluchten naar buurlanden verlopen met meerdere tussenstops.
Slechts 2 jaar later vliegt Sabena, naast tal van andere locaties, reeds naar Congo, waar het vliegtuig hét middel blijkt om de lange afstanden in de toenmalige kolonie te overbruggen.
Het helpt de Belgische staat ook om het immense land beter te besturen.
Maar uiteraard ging dat gepaard met het nodige gevaar, de infrastructuur en techniek van toen waren nog niet die van nu, en dat hield risico's in voor langeafstandsvluchten.
Sommige vluchten gingen noodgedwongen ook boven het dichte oerwoud, wat uiteraard voor nodige adrenaline zorgde.
Op zeven november 2011 zal het een decennium geleden zijn dat een enorme kring Sabeniens zich op de luchthaven van Zaventem rond de laatste Sabenavlucht sloot. Ik bekijk het gebeuren in de vorm van amateurfilmpjes op YouTube en kan zelf de ogen nauwelijks droog houden. De werknemers lachen en hullen tegelijk, scanderen Sa-be-na en vallen elkaar in de armen. De intensiteit van hun afscheid overstijgt de boosheid om de sluiting van de luchtvaartmaatschappij en de angst over de toekomst van hun persoonlijke carrières. Met oprecht verdriet begraven deze mensen een groot stuk Belgische geschiedenis, een gedeelde manier van leven die hen naar eigen zeggen vleugels gaf, een bedrijf waarmee ze zich in die mate identificeerden dat ze zich geen gewone werknemers voelden maar Sabeniens.
Le sept novembre 2011, il y aura dix ans que les Sabeniens ont formé, à l'aéroport de Zaventem, un énorme cercle autour du dernier vol de la Sabena. Je découvre l'événement sur YouTube, sous la forme de films d'amateurs, et j'ai moi-même du mal à retenir mes larmes. Les travailleurs rient et pleurent à la fols, scandent Sa-be-na et se tombent mutuellement dans les bras. L'intensité de leur adieu l'emporte sur la colère suscitée en eux par la fermeture de leur compagnie aérienne et sur leur anxiété quant à l'avenir de leurs carrières personnelles. C'est avec un profond chagrin qu'ils enterrent une grande partie de l'histoire de Belgique, un mode de vie commun qui leur a, de leur propre aveu, donné des ailes, une entreprise à laquelle ils se sont tellement identifiés qu'ils ne se considéraient pas comme de simples travailleurs, mais comme des Sabeniens.
Condition: Brand new in blister
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 250 x 310
Weight (g): 2150
Edmond Thieffry
L. Roger
J. De Bruycker
Haren - Haeren (Evere)
Savoia-Marchetti S.83
Kongostroom - Fleuve Congo
Levy Lepen HB-2
Vliegveld - Aérodrome
Melsbroek
Transportdienst - Service de transport
DC-3
DC-4
DC-6
Promotie - Publicités
PassagiershaI - Hall des voyageurs
Generaal - Général De Gaulle
Freetown
Meting windrichting - Étude de la direction des vents
G. Pottier
Elisabethstad - Elisabethville
Congo
Convair 240
Stewardess - Hôtesse
Piloot - Pilote
Leopoldstad - Léopoldville
Administratie - Administration
Kantoor - Bureaux
Caïro - Caire
Harlem Globetrotters
Wright Cyclone-SM-83
Instructeur
Geïmproviseerd slaapwiegje - Berceau de fortune
Eddy Merckx
Een dag van een piloot - La journée d'un pilote
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Lou Levy
Roy Eldridge
Sophia Loren
William Holden
Orson Welles
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Italiaanse mijnwerkers - Des mineurs italiens
Mariabeeld - Statue de la Vierge
Vertrek - Départ
Aankomst - Arrivée
Tanganykameer - Le lac Tanganyika
Wagenia
Monseigneur Van Roey
Sabenapersoneel Congo - Personnel Sabena au Congo
Libengué
Albert I - Albert Ier
Bevoorradingspost in Afrika - Ravitaillement en Afrique
Traject - Réseau
Kivumeer - Le lac Kivu
Kalina
Bidon Cinq
El Alouef
Toerisme - Tourisme
Wageniasvissers - Pêcheurs Wagénias
Stanleystad - Stanleyville
Usumbura
Sahara
Sabenabuschauffeurs - Chauffeurs de bus
Matadi
Louis Armstrong
Maria Callas
Marlene - Marlène Dietrich
London
Piccadilly
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Innovation Brussel - Bruxelles
Sabenagebouw - Bàtiment de la Sabena
5th Avenue, New York
Christiansand
Audrey Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Prinses - Princesse
Paola
Joséphine-Charlotte
Rome
Joan Crawford
Praag - Prague
Albert
Medische dienst - Service médical
Roy Orbison
Gaston Roelants
Paul Van Himst
Napels - Naples
Georgette - René Magritte
The Rolling Stones
Koning Boudewijn - Le roi Baudouin
Koningin Fabiola - La reine Fabiola
Grand Bazar
Decoratieatelier - Atelier de décoration
Promotiedecor - Décor de publicité
Koning Albert I - Le roi Albert Ier
Leopold - Léopold III
Astrid
Marie-Christine
Lilian
Albert
Elisabeth
Alexander - Alexandre
Lockheed Lodstar
Technische dienst - Service technique
Marianne Faithfull
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemon
Jacques Brel
Dizzy Gillespie
Ella Fitzgerald
Jane Mansfield
Marc Vanspringel
Roger Moens
Louis Neefs
Joséphine Baker
Duke Ellington
Sonny & Cher
Billboard
Expo '58
Sabenapaviljoen - Pavillon de la Sabena
Atomium
In the pantheon of sports stars, a few individuals possess transcendent ability and charisma. Through the media, popular culture, and commerce, these larger-than-life stars command worldwide attention. As athletes they inspire imitation. As super-celebrities, they capture the public imagination. As historical figures, they become symbols of their times.
On July 19, 1972, it took Muhammad Ali 11 rounds to defeat Al 'Blue' Lewis at Croke Park, Dublin. A mere footnote in the larger Ali story, this fight against a game ex-convict from Detroit marked the culmination of an extraordinary week in Ireland's sporting and cultural history. From the moment the world's most charismatic athlete touched down at Dublin Airport and announced his maternal great-grandfather Abe Grady had emigrated from County Clare more than a century before, the country was in his thrall and, of course, being Ali - he loved it. It was to be a most extraordinary week for both him and the people he met. Ali was both charming and charmed by those who came to pay homage - among them, the then Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, civil rights campaigner Bernadette Devlin, oscar-winning director John Huston, actor Peter O'Toole and an old lady who invited him into her house for a cup of tea.