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  Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet was a child prodigy in New Orleans.
Three people were wounded and Sidney spent a year in a French jail as a result of the fracas.
Sidney Bechet was at the RCA studios on April 18th, 1941 (before tape) and the engineers fiddled with some early multiple recordings.
www.redhotjazz.com /bechet.html   (551 words)

  
  Life of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
Upon his return, Sidney attended the court of Elizabeth I, and was considered "the flower of chivalry." He was also a patron of the arts, actively encouraging such authors as Edward Dyer, Greville, and most importantly, the young poet Edmund Spenser, who dedicated The Shepheardes Calender to him.
Lady Penelope was married to Lord Rich in 1581; Sidney married Frances Walsingham, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, in 1583.
In 1586 Sidney, along with his younger brother Robert Sidney, another poet in this family of poets, took part in a skirmish against the Spanish at Zutphen, and was wounded of a musket shot that shattered his thigh-bone.
www.luminarium.org /renlit/sidbio.htm   (701 words)

  
  Sidney, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Sidney is located along British Columbia provincial highway 17, which bisects the town from north to south.
Sidney is known for having a large community of retired/senior citizens, with one of the highest rates of senior citizens per-capita in Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sidney,_British_Columbia   (376 words)

  
 Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (July 13, 1859–October 13, 1947) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, normally referred to in the same breath as his wife, Beatrice Webb.
Both were members of the Labour Party and took an active role in politics, Sidney becoming MP for Seaham in 1923.
The couple's influence can be seen in their hosting of the Coefficients, a dining club which attracted some of the leading statesmen and thinkers of the day.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sidney_Webb   (409 words)

  
 Sidney Olcott Encyclopedia Article @ CompleteIdiots.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney Olcott (September 20, 1873 - December 16, 1949) was a Canadian film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.
With a desire to be an actor, a young Sidney Olcott went to New York City where he worked in the theater until 1904 when he performed as a film actor with the Biograph Studios.
As a result, Sidney Olcott resigned and took some time off, making only an occasional film until 1915 when he was encouraged by his Canadian friend Mary Pickford to join her at Famous Players (later Paramount Studios).
completeidiots.com /encyclopedia/Sidney_Olcott   (755 words)

  
 The Sidney Homepage - Biography of Sir Philip Sidney
While Sidney was first and foremost a courtier and intended to be a statesman, he was also a "poet", a writer not only of verse but of fiction, and a very talented one.
Sidney now (1580) left the Court temporarily for a year's stay at Wilton, the country house of his sister Mary and her husband the Earl of Pembroke.
Sidney's correspondence never mentions "poesy", and it is clear that for him it was secondary to religion and statecraft.
www.english.cam.ac.uk /sidney/sidney_biography.htm   (1830 words)

  
 Sidney
Sidney must be the mellowest dog I have met.
Sidney does have some trouble with chronic ear infections and this seems to affect his hearing some.
Sidney is having a little trouble walking in the back yard.
www.ragom.org /updates/sidney03107.htm   (1236 words)

  
 Episode Guide: LOVE, SIDNEY
Though Sidney was morally conservative to the point of prudishness, the show was considered controversial in its day because Sidney's oft-alluded-to past lover was Martin, a man. The scripts soft-pedaled Sidney's homosexuality, particularly once right-wing organizations threatened to boycott the show's sponsors.
Sidney is furious about the grueling demands that Patti's ballet teacher (guest star Suzanne Farrell, a ballerina) puts on her young students.
Sidney saves the life of a lonely man (guest star Howard Hesseman) who is contemplating suicide because he is gay and fears that no one will ever accept him.
www.stevecap.com /Love_Sidney_episodes.htm   (780 words)

  
 Sidney, Discourses Concerning Government (1698): The Online Library of Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney alludes to a different understanding of liberty when he speaks of “one who is transported by his own passions or follies, a slave to his lusts and vices” (III.25 end).
Sidney is vulnerable to the criticism leveled by Madison against the authors of America’s early state constitutions: “They seem never to have turned their eyes from the danger, to liberty, from the overgrown and all-grasping prerogative of an hereditary magistrate.
Sidney resolved to do nothing at his trial “which doth not agree with the character of a gentleman and a Christian.” The trial was conducted by the brutal Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys, who did not conceal his intention to convict, within the law or without.
oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/LFBooks/Sidney0231/DiscoursesOfGovt/0019_Bk.html   (13720 words)

  
 Sidney Iowa Rodeo
Sidney Legion Post 128 quickly assumed sponsorship of this exciting sport and made it an annual event open to the public with a small grandstand and no admission charge.
Sidney's population of 1,150 hosts over 38,000 visitors during the four days of Sidney Iowa Rodeo, which ranks in the top 12% of the nearly 800 rodeos approved by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
During the year 1996, Sidney Iowa Rodeo was declared an official Iowa Sesquicentennial event with the Friday afternoon performance being dedicated to that celebration of 150 years of statehood.
sidney.heartland.net /rodeo/history.htm   (429 words)

  
 Defence of Poesie (Ponsonby, 1595)
Sidney nevertheless rallied the troops as best he could, and, going to the relief of the garrison at Zutphen, 22 September 1586, was wounded in the thigh by a musket ball.
Sidney's famous essay is said to be a response to an attack on poetry and stage plays, which had been dedicated to him without his permission, by Stephen Gosson, a former playwright: The Schoole of Abuse, 1579.
Sidney hammers this point home by his argument on "lies." Poets are accused of lying, since there is no necessary connection between their models and observed phenomena.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~rbear/defence.html   (14019 words)

  
 Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb, the son of an accountant, was born in London on 13th July, 1859.
Sidney and Beatrice Webb suggested that the money should be used to develop a new university in London.
As Sidney Webb pointed out, the intention of the institution was to "teach political economy on more modern and more socialist lines than those on which it had been taught hitherto, and to serve at the same time as a school of higher commercial education".
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUwebbS.htm   (1380 words)

  
 Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Sidney is also the departure point for pleasure craft sailings and ferry traffic heading to the San Juan Islands and Washington State in the United States.
Sidney is the centre of the largest concentration of marinas on Vancouver Island.
North of Sidney are the alluring Gulf Islands, snug in the Georgia Strait between the BC mainland and the east coast of Vancouver Island.
www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=43   (1530 words)

  
 Sidney, Sir Philip on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He served in several diplomatic missions on the Continent and in 1586 was fatally wounded at the battle of Zutphen.
Sidney exerted a strong influence on English poetry as patron, critic, and example.
Sidney's prose criticism of the nature of poetry, written as a rebuttal to Stephen Gosson's The School of Abuse, appeared in two slightly different versions— The Defense of Poesie and An Apology for Poetry (both 1595).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SidneyP1.asp   (264 words)

  
 Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Sidney is also the departure point for pleasure craft sailings and ferry traffic heading to the San Juan Islands and Washington State in the United States.
Sidney is the centre of the largest concentration of marinas on Vancouver Island.
North of Sidney are the alluring Gulf Islands, snug in the Georgia Strait between the BC mainland and the east coast of Vancouver Island.
www.vancouverisland.com /Regions/towns/index.asp?townID=43   (1479 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - Town of Sidney - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney is a town in Kennebec County, settled in 1760 and incorporated on January 30, 1792 from a portion of Vassalboro.
Named for Sir Philip Sidney, a sixteenth century author and military commander noted for his bravery and gallantry on the battlefield.
Bounded by the Kennebec on the east and Messalonskee Lake on much of the west, Sidney is located between Augusta and Waterville and is served by Maine Routes 23 and 104.
www.maine.gov /local/kennebec/sidney   (124 words)

  
 Sidney Crosby Fan Site with news, biography, photos & more
For those that may not know, Sidney Crosby is a young professional hockey player whom currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey league (NHL).
He was the first pick overall of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and one of the leading scorers during the 2005-06 NHL season finishing 6th in scoring with 102 points.
Sidney Crosby has been viewed by many as hockey's next great talent, one who might be good enough to rival Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, a title that many young up and coming stars have been given but have never been able to live up to.
sidney-crosby.info   (499 words)

  
 History of Sidney, NY
Sidney is situated in the northwest corner of Delaware County, abutting both Chenango and Otsego counties.
The area was referred to as the Johnston Settlement or Sidney Plains and was geographically part of the Otsego County and the township of Unadilla.
The Village of Sidney maintains a small airport, a police department, a volunteer fire department and an emergency squad.
www.sidneychamber.org /sidhist.htm   (645 words)

  
 Sidney News
Jarret was born in Sidney, Ohio, to Jarret and Mary Clawson.
SIDNEY, Ohio -- Troopers from the Piqua post of the Ohio State Patrol intercepted a shipment of marijuana headed for the streets of Cincinnati over the weekend.
SIDNEY, Ohio - Attorney General Jim Petro is inviting parents, educators and other members of the community to a town-hall meeting to learn about ways to protect children from dangers on the Internet.
www.topix.net /city/sidney-oh   (621 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Sidney the Elephant
Sidney is one of only two Terrytoons characters (the other being Mighty Mouse) ever to have one of his cartoons nominated for an Academy Award.
Sidney's first cartoon (tho he'd appeared earlier as an incidental character in Tom Terrific) was Sick, Sick Sidney, which was also directed by Bartsch and released in 1958, as part of a new wave of Terrytoons.
Sidney made a similar impact in comic books, appearing only in the back pages of a few comics where other Terrytoons characters were the stars.
www.toonopedia.com /sidney.htm   (461 words)

  
 Sidney Bechet Bio
Sidney Bechet, who was of Creole ancestry, grew up in a middle class environment.
But as he grew into adolescence, Sidney was attracted to the syncopated music played in the dance halls and brothels in the Storyville District of New Orleans.
To that end, the Sidney Bechet Society sponsors concerts, symposia, in-depth studies, a newsletter, change the name of Quincy Street to Bechet Street and a Website to carry the appreciation of this great jazz pioneer into the next century.
www.sidneybechet.org /bio.html   (885 words)

  
 Sidney's Arcadia at the University of Utah   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney was an idealist and a statesman first; one of the reasons he found so much time for writing was that his commitment to idealism brought him disfavor in the eyes of Queen Elizabeth, culminating in his unwanted advice concerning her marriage.
Sidney was influenced in his education by the study of Machiavelli, and this influence is reflected in Amphialus, who feels justified in shedding the blood of numerous innocents (Argalus and Parthenia, most notably) in seeking the favor of Philoclea.
Sidney was certainly not convinced of the principle of ends justifying the means; Amphialus regrets the deaths of these two characters, and is finally brought to question his own identity as a man driven by passion.
www.cc.utah.edu /~mp2434/522arc.html   (5891 words)

  
 Sidney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sidney Prescott, main fictional character from the Scream horror trilogy
Sidney's Catalog of animals in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sidney   (108 words)

  
 Sidney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney, nicknamed the "Sunrise City," is the largest town in northeast Montana.
The lush irrigated valley with the backdrop of bluffs, badlands and red, scoria hills are a photographer's dream.
Sidney's Mon-Dak Heritage Center features area history and includes an extensive street scene of the early 1900s.
www.visitmt.com /categories/city.asp?SiteID=1&City=Sidney   (607 words)

  
 Sidney
In 1586 Sidney took part in a skirmish against the Spanish at Zutphen in the Netherlands and received a musket wound that shattered his thighbone.
Sidney adapted the Petrarchan sonnet and used it in Astrophel and Stella to write the first ever sonnet sequence in English.
It was Penelope's father's dying wish that she should marry Sidney but, in the end, she married Lord Rich and Sidney married Frances, the daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham.
www.poetsgraves.co.uk /sidney.htm   (339 words)

  
 Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet was a proponent of Dixieland Jazz who played the clarinet and was the first person to play Jazz on a Soprano Saxophone.
Throughout his life, he never had the discipline needed to play in a regular band, he always preferred to be a soloist and worked in many different bands.
All of Bechet’s brothers were keen musicians, but Sidney was the most talented.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/5853/sid.html   (1126 words)

  
 City of Sidney Finance Department
Sidney’s utility billing office – changing utility services, trash collection, payment options, recycling, yard waste, etc.
For them, we have prepared the Citizen’s Summarized Financial Report (pdf format) which is intended to summarize the financial activities of the City of Sidney.
This award is presented to governmental entities that publish a budget document, which was judged to be proficient in several categories, including its effectiveness as a policy document, a financial plan, an operations guide, and a communications device.
www.sidneyoh.com /departments/finance.htm   (553 words)

  
 Sidney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney is located on approximately two square miles in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains along the banks of the Susquehanna River.
It is situated in the northwest corner of Delaware County, abutting both Chenango and Otsego counties.
Sidney is located at the junction of Interstate 88 and State Route 8, making the cities of Oneonta, Binghamton, and Utica readily accessible.
www.delawarecounty.org /sidney   (82 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: LANIER, SIDNEY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sidney Lanier, poet, critic, and musician, was born in Macon, Georgia, on February 3, 1842, the son of Robert S. and Mary Jane (Anderson) Lanier.
The most important of his posthumously published works are Poems of Sidney Lanier (1884), The English Novel and the Principle of its Development (1883), Music and Poetry (1898), Retrospects and Prospects (1899), and Shakespeare and His Forerunners (two volumes, 1902).
Edwin Mims, Sidney Lanier (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905).
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/fla35.html   (596 words)

  
 PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet grew up in a musical family, and all of his four brothers played instruments; Leonard (Victor) Bechet (1886-1952) was briefly a professional trombonist before becoming a dentist, and his son, Leonard, Jr.
The soprano, although difficult to play in tune, has a powerful, commanding voice, and with it Bechet was able to dominate jazz ensembles.
In 1919 Bechet broke away from the Southern Syncopated Orchestra to work in England and France with a small ragtime band led by Benny Peyton; throughout the 1920s he traveled constantly between Europe and the USA, even touring Russia with a jazz band.
www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_bechet_sidney.htm   (823 words)

  
 Sidney Herald - We are your story!
Sidney High School Principal Dan Farr said administrators talked with students Wednesday about the serious nature of the bomb threats.
The Sidney Herald is not liable for messages from third parties.
The Sidney Herald does not endorse and is not responsible for statements, advice or opinions offered by anyone other than authorized Sindey Herald spokespersons.
www.sidneyherald.com /articles/2007/02/05/news/news03.txt   (574 words)

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