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Máximo Cortés European F3 Open 2007
Maximo or Máximo may refer to: Arts * Capcom video game series ** ''Maximo: Ghosts to Glory'' (also known as just ''Maximo'') ** ''Maximo vs. Army of Zin'', the sequel to ''Ghosts to Glory'' * Maxïmo Park, a British indie rock band * Maximu or Maximo, a legendary female warrior descended from the Amazons who is killed by Basil Digenes Akritas People * Joel and Jose Maximo, a wrestling tag team known as The S.A.T. * Máximo (wrestler) (born 1980), ring name of Mexican wrestler José Christian Nieves Ruiz * Maximo Blanco (born 1983), Venezuelan professional Mixed Martial Artist * Máximo Gómez (1836–1905), military commander of the Cuba independence campaign * Máximo Macapobre, Filipino activist and the founder of Toledo City, Philippines * Máximo Rigondeaux (born 1976), Cuban javelin thrower * Máximo Santos (1847–1889), Uruguay president * Máximo Tajes (1852–1912), Uruguay president * Maximo V. Lorenzo (born 1982), comic artist. * Maximo V. Soliven, Filipino journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosts To Glory
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a '' séance''. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of ghostly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Macapobre
Don Máximo Macapobre was a 19th-century Philippines leader and activist, one of the founders of New Hinulawan (1863–1869), now part of Toledo, Cebu, in the Philippines. Little is known about his life except for stories handed down to his scions still living in Bato. His nickname was Kapitan Imok. He often denounced the abuses of the ''guardia civil'' (the police) and the oppression brought upon by tax collectors. He defied the Spanish Empire authorities by refusing to be drafted in the military service. Early life He was born in Valencia, Carcar, Cebu as Máximo Tanudtanod. Imok's father was Amadeo. Concerned for the safety of his son, he sneaked Imok to Bato. To hide their identities, they changed their family name from Tanudtanod to Macapobre. In Bato, Imok settled for good and married a beautiful lass, a certain lady named Sumilhig, with whom he begot eight children, namely: Ángel, Victorina, Potenciana, Regino, María, Severino, Baldomero,, and the other one whos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximos The Confessor
Maximus the Confessor ( el, Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής), also spelt Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople ( – 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, Maximus was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. He gave up this life in the political sphere to enter the monastic life. Maximus had studied diverse schools of philosophy, and certainly what was common for his time, the Platonic dialogues, the works of Aristotle, and numerous later Platonic commentators on Aristotle and Plato, like Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. When one of his friends began espousing the Christological position known as Monothelitism, Maximus was drawn into the controversy, in which he supported an interpretation of the Chalcedonian formula on the basis of which it was asserted that Jesus had both a human and a divine will. Maximus is venerated in both the Catholic and Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximo Yabes
First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (January 29, 1932 – February 26, 1967) born in Lodi, California, was a United States Army soldier who Posthumous recognition, posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions near Phu Hoa Dong in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Yabes distinguished himself when he used his body as a shield to protect others in a bunker, moved two wounded men to a safer position where they could be given medical treatment and destroyed an enemy machine gun position before being mortally wounded. Early years Yabes was born in Lodi, California, and at a young age moved with his family to Oakridge, Oregon where he received his primary and secondary education. In 1950, he dropped out of Oakridge High School (Oregon), Oakridge High School and joined the United States Army. Vietnam War By 1967, Yabes was a First Sergeant with a total of 17 years in the Army. He was assigned to Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximo V
Maximo or Máximo may refer to: Arts * Capcom video game series ** '' Maximo: Ghosts to Glory'' (also known as just ''Maximo'') ** ''Maximo vs. Army of Zin'', the sequel to ''Ghosts to Glory'' * Maxïmo Park, a British indie rock band * Maximu or Maximo, a legendary female warrior descended from the Amazons who is killed by Basil Digenes Akritas People * Joel and Jose Maximo, a wrestling tag team known as The S.A.T. * Máximo (wrestler) (born 1980), ring name of Mexican wrestler José Christian Nieves Ruiz * Maximo Blanco (born 1983), Venezuelan professional Mixed Martial Artist * Máximo Gómez (1836–1905), military commander of the Cuba independence campaign * Máximo Macapobre, Filipino activist and the founder of Toledo City, Philippines * Máximo Rigondeaux (born 1976), Cuban javelin thrower * Máximo Santos (1847–1889), Uruguay president * Máximo Tajes (1852–1912), Uruguay president * Maximo V. Lorenzo (born 1982), comic artist. * Maximo V. Soliven, Filipino journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Tajes
Máximo Tajes Caceres (November 23, 1852 – November 21, 1912) was a Uruguayan political figure.'Máximo Tajes', Wikipedia (in Spanish) :es:Máximo Tajes Background Tajes came from a military background. He was a member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay), which ruled the country almost uninterruptedly for a century. He served as Minister of War from 1882 to 1886 under President Máximo Santos. In November 1886, President Santos, with whom he had poor relations, stepped down from his second term of office. President of Uruguay Tajes served as President of Uruguay from 1886 to 1890. He was succeeded as President by his Colorado Party (Uruguay) colleague Julio Herrera y Obes. Death and legacy Máximo Tajes died two days before his 60th birthday in November 1912. His residence, near Cerrillos and close to the banks of the Santa Lucia river, is situated on a location called Parrador Tajes. It has become a house museum which is open to the public free of charge. A road in Carras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Santos
Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847 – 19 May 1889) was a Uruguayan political and military figure. Background Santos pursued a career in the military, prior to serving as Minister for War from 1880 to 1882. He was a member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay). In 1882 Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez, who served briefly as acting President of Uruguay, stepped down from office. President of Uruguay (1st term) Succeeding acting President Flangini, Santos served as President of Uruguay from 1882 until 1886. Creation of Flores Department Among Santos's lasting acts as President was the creation of the Flores Department in the interior of the country, named after assassinated former President of Uruguay General Venancio Flores, who hailed from the territory incorporated as a department. Other features of his rule He also in a measure repaired relations with Paraguay. However, his administration was also widely criticized for failure to root out corruption. Succession San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Rigondeaux
Máximo Rigondeaux (born 17 October 1976) is a retired Cuban javelin thrower. He claimed the silver medal behind compatriot Emeterio González at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His personal best throw was 81.43 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Dessau Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau .... Achievements References 1976 births Living people Cuban male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Gómez
Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a Dominican Generalissimo in Cuban War of Independence, Cuba's War of Independence (1895–1898). He was known for his controversial Scorched earth, scorched-earth policy, which entailed dynamiting passenger trains and torching the Spanish loyalists' property and sugar plantations—including many owned by Americans. He greatly increased the efficacy of the attacks by torturing and killing not only Spanish soldiers, but also Spanish sympathizers. By the time the Spanish–American War broke out in April 1898, Gómez had the Spanish forces on the ropes. He refused to join forces with the Spanish in fighting off the United States, and he retired to a villa outside of Havana after the war's end. Early life Gómez was born on November 18, 1836 in the town of Baní, in the province of Peravia, in what is now the Dominican Republic. During his teenage years, he joined in the battles against the frequent Haitian incurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximo Vs
Maximo or Máximo may refer to: Arts * Capcom video game series ** '' Maximo: Ghosts to Glory'' (also known as just ''Maximo'') ** ''Maximo vs. Army of Zin'', the sequel to ''Ghosts to Glory'' * Maxïmo Park, a British indie rock band * Maximu or Maximo, a legendary female warrior descended from the Amazons who is killed by Basil Digenes Akritas People * Joel and Jose Maximo, a wrestling tag team known as The S.A.T. * Máximo (wrestler) (born 1980), ring name of Mexican wrestler José Christian Nieves Ruiz * Maximo Blanco (born 1983), Venezuelan professional Mixed Martial Artist * Máximo Gómez (1836–1905), military commander of the Cuba independence campaign * Máximo Macapobre, Filipino activist and the founder of Toledo City, Philippines * Máximo Rigondeaux (born 1976), Cuban javelin thrower * Máximo Santos (1847–1889), Uruguay president * Máximo Tajes (1852–1912), Uruguay president * Maximo V. Lorenzo (born 1982), comic artist. * Maximo V. Soliven, Filipino j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximo Blanco
Maximo Blanco (born October 16, 1983) is a Venezuelan professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2008, Blanco is the former Lightweight King of Pancrase and has also competed in Strikeforce and World Victory Road. Background Blanco, originally from Venezuela, trained in Tae Kwon Do for three years, reaching the rank of green belt, before being introduced to wrestling at the age of 14 by his cousin. Blanco competed in the sport for a year at German Villalobos High School, before being recruited to compete for the inaugural team at Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School in Japan along with three other Venezuelans. Blanco faced problems with bullying and fitting into a new society, but continued to excel at wrestling, winning All-Japan honors before being recruited again to compete at Nihon University. Upon graduating, Blanco continued competing and won International Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo (wrestler)
José Christian Alvarado Ruiz (born November 8, 1980) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by Máximo (Spanish for "Maximus"). Maximo while working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Máximo Sexy until May 2017. Alvarado is the son of José Alvarado Nieves, who wrestled as ''Brazo de Plata'' (Spanish for "Silver Arm"), the grandson of Shadito Cruz and part of the extended Alvarado wrestling family. Alvarado wrestles as an '' Exótico'' character, a character that appears to be homosexual but he is married to wrestler India Sioux and together they have a son. Early life José Christian Alvarado Ruiz was born on November 8, 1980 son of professional wrestler José Alvarado Nieves (Brazo de Plata), into an extended family of wrestlers. The young José Christian grew up watching his father and his uncles wrestle all over Mexico and wanted nothing more than become a professional wrestler himself. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
