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  Ludwig (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero...
In Ludwig (as in The Damned) he gives a staggering performance, ranging from fresh-faced idealism to homoerotic heartbreak to bloated waste.
Ludwig stands as a flawed testament - as a portrait of one enigma by another.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0068883   (628 words)

  
  King Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ludwig's instinct was to try and avoid engagement in such affairs altogether-to the disgust of the public at large, he fled for a time to a solitary retreat at Castle Berg, 15 miles to the southwest of the capital.
Ludwig contributed substantially to Wagner's vast undertaking, including a 100,000-gulden loan (Bavaria was at this time in the process of converting its currency, the gulden, to the Prussian mark) which was not repaid until long after Ludwig and Wagner were both dead.
Ludwig and Wagner quarreled in late 1880 over a performance of the Parsifal prelude and did not meet again, though when Wagner died in 1883 Ludwig commanded that every piano in his castles should thereafter be draped in fl as a monument to the composer.
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/dadd/1258/LudwigII.html   (3275 words)

  
 Ludwig Wittgenstein [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and regarded by some as the most important since Immanuel Kant.
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, born on April 26th 1889 in Vienna, Austria, was a charismatic enigma.
Ludwig was the youngest of eight children, and of his four brothers, three committed suicide.
www.utm.edu /research/iep/w/wittgens.htm   (6909 words)

  
 King Ludwig - Biography
King Ludwig II of Bavaria was born in Nymphenburg Castle outside Munich in the early hours of August 25, 1845.
The Queen enjoyed taking Ludwig and his younger brother Otto on lengthy hikes in the nearby alps and it would have been on these occasions that Ludwig developed his love of the mountains and their solitude, as well as his lifelong devotion to the Schwangau region.
Ludwig and Sophie were seen occupying separate boxes at the theatre, and people remarked that the couple seemed to be lacking a glow.
www.schwangau.de /en/king_ludwig2.html   (1632 words)

  
 Ludwig II and His Castles - The German Way
Today Ludwig's extravagances such as his fairy-tale (and anachronistic) Neuschwanstein castle and his other castles have become a huge tourist draw and a vital source of income for the state of Bavaria.
Since Ludwig I was present in the palace at the time of his grandson's birth, it was decided to delay the announcement of the royal child's arrival for an hour, and to enter August 25, 12:28 a.m.
Though the naive Ludwig long refused to believe the rumors of Wagner's daliances with Cosima von Bülow (the wife of Wagner's concertmaster, and the illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt), in December 1865 Ludwig was compelled to banish Wagner from Bavaria.
www.german-way.com /ludwig.html   (1000 words)

  
 Ludwig II of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ludwig was continually reminded of his royal power as a child, and as a child he was extremely spoiled on some occasions but severely controlled by his instructors and subjected to a strict regimen of study and exercise on others.
Ludwig apologists explain that much of his odd behaviour as an adult was caused by the stress of growing up in a royal family.
Ludwig was known to be a good swimmer, the water was less than waist-deep where his body was found, and the official autopsy report indicates that no water was found in his lungs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria   (2340 words)

  
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William LUDWIG was born on 26 Apr 1821 in Lammspring bei Hildesheim, Hannover.
Wilhelm LUDWIG was born on 6 Dec 1852.
Anna LUDWIG was born on 22 Jun 1863.
www.geocities.com /wqtexas/ludwig.txt   (294 words)

  
 Professor Ludwig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Ludwig is also currently working on a study of the city of Chicago?s Section 8 housing voucher program to learn more about the effects of neighborhood conditions and government housing assistance on the life chances of low-income families.
Ludwig, Jens and Philip J. Cook (2000) "Homicide and Suicide Rates Associated with Implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act." Journal of the American Medical Association.
Ludwig, Jens, Greg J. Duncan and Paul Hirschfield (2001) "Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment." Quarterly Journal of Economics.
gppi.georgetown.edu /faculty/ludwig.html   (766 words)

  
 Little Gems - Ludwig
The Egg shaped character was called Ludwig, a name given to him by the weird man with the binoculars and hat, who hangs out in the bushes spying on Ludwig and the forest animals.
Ludwig is playing the violin and is surrounded by all the animals, except one.
Ludwig then opens up and from inside he gives all the animals ball balls of their own.
www.thechestnut.com /ludwig.htm   (689 words)

  
 Jason's CG Art Gallery: Ludwig
Ludwig was created to provide the Blender community with a high-quality humanoid rig and to promote Blender as a character animation tool.
Ludwig's mesh is on layer 2 (visible by default).
Ludwig uses a combination of shape keys and an armature to control his facial movements.
www.cs.unm.edu /~sketch/gallery/resource/ludwig/ludwig.html   (1237 words)

  
 Ludwig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The ludwig chrome supra-400 snare drum is in beautiful condition, but it does have some minor pitting on the back side of the shell.
Before Ludwig was purchased by the Conn corporation at the beginning of the depression, the factory made non-standard size bass drums like this.
Ludwig and Ludwig drums that are finished in the rare "Emerald Green Pearl" are extremely rare, to have this drum in a rare color and and with the deluxe hand painted front head make this an exceptionally rare and collectible drum!
www.kingsmusicusa.com /ludwig.htm   (6264 words)

  
 Louis (Ludwig) II
From his self-imposed exile Ludwig communicated with his government through messengers and by telegrams - when he was not listening to verses being recited or rowing in his boat, that resembled a large seashell, in his electrically illuminated grotto.
Ludwig lent the composer vast amounts of money over the years and believed that it was their joint mission to revive the German culture.
It is possible that Ludwig had tried to kill his doctor and then attempted to escape by swimming away from his prison at castle Berg.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /ludwig.htm   (1282 words)

  
 Ludwig Wittgenstein (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein played a central, if controversial, role in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
It was only in 1929 that he returned to Cambridge to resume his philosophical vocation, after having been exposed to discussions on the philosophy of mathematics and science with members of the Vienna Circle.
Ludwig Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle: Conversations Recorded by Friedrich Waismann, 1979, B.F. McGuinness (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/wittgenstein   (7563 words)

  
 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research is an international non-profit organisation that aims to improve the understanding and treatment of cancer through integrated laboratory and clinical research.
The Melbourne Centre for Clinical Sciences integrates laboratory, translational and clinical sciences in coordinated and strategic research themes that are central to the global Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research mission and Programs.
Based at Austin Health (Heidelberg, Melbourne), several senior Melbourne Centre research staff have clinical appointments and are involved actively in the treatment and care of cancer patients.
www.ludwig.edu.au   (168 words)

  
 CBC News: Community wants answers as Ludwig released from jail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Ludwig was convicted last year on five charges, but some community members are still concerned about the unsolved death of a local teenager on his property.
Sixteen-year-old Karman Willis was shot during a joy ride on Ludwig's land in 1999, and his neighbours don't want him to forget her.
Ludwig turned over the rifle that fired the fatal shot, but none of his 30 followers living on his Trickle Creek farm would say who pulled the trigger.
www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/11/14/ludwig_011114   (1052 words)

  
 Ludwig Drum Collection and Archive at the National Music Museum
The William F. Ludwig II Collection features a wide variety of materials, including an outstanding collection of drums, drum pedals and other drum accessories, historic photographs, a comprehensive drum patent collection, historic documents from the Ludwig drum companies, trade literature, and related ephemera.
According to Ludwig, this drum was acquired from a man whose grandfather used it in the Confederate army.
William F. Ludwig II, former president of The Ludwig Drum Company, has been involved with the percussion industry all of his life, first as a player, then as a manufacturer, salesman, and executive.
www.usd.edu /smm/LudwigArchive.html   (498 words)

  
 Ludwig Snare Drums at the National Music Museum
William F. Ludwig and Theobald Ludwig, who were already selling drum pedals, then began producing brass-shelled, separate-tension snare drums based on this drum.
William F. Ludwig II believes this drum may be the earliest extant Ludwig & Ludwig snare drum.
Snare drum by Ludwig and Ludwig, Elkhart, 1930s.
www.usd.edu /smm/Snaredrums.html   (1627 words)

  
 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research is a global non profit organization committed to improving the understanding and control of cancer through integrated laboratory and clinical discovery.
Leveraging its worldwide network of investigators and the ability to sponsor and conduct its own clinical trials, the Institute is actively engaged in translating its discoveries into applications for human benefit.
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research is delighted to announce that it is establishing a Branch at the renowned Oxford University.
www.licr.org   (220 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ludwig: Video: Helmut Berger,Trevor Howard,Silvana Mangano,Gert Fröbe,Helmut Griem,Izabella ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
We go thru Ludwig's entire reign as King up till the time when he meets the love of his life,Empress Elizabeth (Romy Schneider, who's performances deserved an Oscar nomination, her pressence brings a certain uniqueness to every scene), his associating with Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), and his angagement to Sophie (Sonia Petrowa).
This is marvellous costume drama set in the later nineteenth century, based on the life of the eccentric and fanciful King Ludwig of Bavaria, and set in the splendid palaces and castles that he had constructed according to his whimsically romantic tastes.
This Ludwig II should be totally trashed and redone properly, with proper lighting, showing the beauty of the scenery properly and without the explanations in between scenes.
www.amazon.com /Ludwig-Helmut-Berger/dp/157252250X   (1801 words)

  
 Ludwig - zZounds.com
This entry-level Ludwig set is perfect for the serious beginning drummer or anyone on a tight budget.
Ludwig’s Accent drum sets are quickly growing in popularity because they deliver surprising quality for their modest prices.
Ludwig now offers a new eye-popping finish that is sure to capture the interest of today's players.
www.zzounds.com /cat--Ludwig--3672   (584 words)

  
 Ludwig van Beethoven - AOL Music
This site is devoted to the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven, who in my opinion was the greatest composer to ever live.
Ludwig van Beethoven: detail of an 1804 portrait by W.J. Mähler...
Download, listen and watch Ludwig van Beethoven music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
music.aol.com /artist/ludwig-van-beethoven/901/main   (166 words)

  
 Ludwig Drummer - Ludwig Drum Collectors' Site for Both Vintage and Modern Drummers
If you're looking for old WFL or Ludwig catalog reprints, catalogs on CD-Rom, or posters please check them out here.
Bill Ludwig's autobiography 'The Making of a Drum Company' is out and now available through Rebeats (Rob Cook's site).
This site is devoted to Ludwig drums, drummers, catalogs, and anything else of interest to Ludwig drummers and collectors both vintage and modern.
www.ludwigdrummer.com   (874 words)

  
 Ludwig & Associates - About Us
Ludwig & Associates - About Us Home
About Us Ludwig and Associates, Inc. (LAI) is an executive search firm specializing in the placement of sales and marketing professionals.
Ludwig and Associates, Inc. was founded by Bob Ludwig in February 1996.
www.ludwig-recruit.com /aboutus.htm   (193 words)

  
 Ludwig von Mises Institute Home
"There cannot be too much of a correct theory." Ludwig von Mises, Epistemological Problems of Economics.
Mark Pribonic decided to take an excursion to a place in American history, Promontory Summit, Utah.
Ludwig von Mises: "The initiative for the great colonial projects came not from finance and business but from the governments." - Omnipotent Government
www.mises.org   (217 words)

  
 Main Menu
I have decided that this would be the best way to present the life of this colourful and fascinating historical figure.
All opinions stated herein are my own, and have come about through 21 years of reading and research.
The intention of this web site is to honour Ludwig II, and any comment that appears otherwise is purely accidental and unintentional.
www.geocities.com /Paris/LeftBank/4080/home.htm   (524 words)

  
 Ludwig Meidner Online
Original works by Ludwig Meidner available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Ludwig Meidner in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
All images and text on this Ludwig Meidner page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/meidner_ludwig.html   (172 words)

  
 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Great Buildings Online
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at Archiplanet —
We appreciate your suggestions for links about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe.html   (439 words)

  
 Ludwig-Musser :: Be LOUD. Be HEARD. Be SEEN.
Ludwig Introduces Free Set-Up and Play Drum Video • Ludwig Announces Glittering New Accents at NAMM Show
From Tre Cool to Alex Van Halen, Ludwig attracts artists from all genres of music.
Visit Mel Bay's website to purchase the entire DVD or download the streaming video.
www.ludwig-drums.com   (175 words)

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